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EDITED  BY  WILLIAM  PAGE,  F.S.A. 


VOLUME     VII 


THE 

VICTORIA   HISTORY 

OF     THE     COUNTIES 
OF     ENGLAND 


LANCASHIRE 


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THE 

VICTORIA  HISTORY 

OF  THE  COUNTY  OF 

LANCASTER 

EDITED  BY 
WILLIAM  FARRER,  D.Lrrr.,  AND  J.  BROWNBILL,  M.A. 


VOLUME    SEVEN 


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CONTENTS    OF    VOLUME    SEVEN 

PAGE 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Architectural  descriptions  by  F.  H.  CHERTHAM. 

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

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

Blackburn  Hundred  (continuation) — 

Mitton  (Part  of) I 

Chipping ',"J         » 20 

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

Amounderness  Hundred — 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Index  to  Volumes  VI  and  VII 337 

Corrigenda     , 435 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 

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

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

„  „  First  and  Ground  Floor  Plans    . 

„  in  1808  » 

„  „  South   Front     ) 

„  „  The  Quadrangle       ..... 

„  „  Gateway  Tower       ..... 

„         Shireburne  Almshouses         ...... 

Chipping  Church  from  the  South  ) 

„  „       The  Nave  looking  East  > 

„  „       The  Font      ....... 

„          Hesketh  End  :  South  Front 

Thornley  with  Wheatley  :  Thornley  Hall  ..... 

Ribchester  Church  :  Plan  ....... 

„  „          from  the  South-east        ) 

„  „          The  Nave  looking  East) 

Dutton  Hall  :  South  Front 

„  ,,        The  Gateway     ....... 

„       Stidd  Chapel  :  Plan 

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

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

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

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

11  11  „  11          The  Dining-room 

„  „  „  Higher  Brockholes) 

„  „  „  Lower   Brockholes' 

Broughton  Church  :   Plan  before  1823 

,,  „        from  the  North-west) 

Barton  Cross 

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

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


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.     186 
Singleton  :  Mains  Hall 

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

Hospital  > 

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Church:  Plan 

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„  „       from  the  South-west       |  ^         ^      full-page  plate,  facing     202 

The  Nave  looking  East  \ 

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Whittingham  :  Chingle  Hall,  Bridge  over  Moat  . 

Dun  Cow  Rib  Farm "        2°' 

.     215 
Lytham  Hall  .  • 

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

Poulton-le-Fylde  :  Stocks  and  Cross     > 

Bispham  Church  :  Norman  Doorway  »  »»         " 

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

n         „  „  »         »      TheHa11 

„         „  „  Hackinsall  Hall  ...  „  260 

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

Pian  26z 

"              "           " 
Upper  Rawcliffe  :  St.  Michael's  ViUage 

Great  Eccleston  :  Raikes  Road  ...                   277 

Woodplumpton  Church  :  Plan  ...                   289 

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

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

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

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

Barnacre  with  Bonds  :  Greenhalgh  Castle 

Claughton  Hall „           »,          »»  3z8 

LIST  OF  MAPS 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

»  >,      »>       „       „  Garstang 292 


XII 


EDITORIAL    NOTE 

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

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

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


xin 


A   HISTORY  OF 
LANCASHIRE 


TOPOGRAPHY 

THE     HUNDRED     OF     BLACKBURN 

(CONTINUATION) 

MITTON   (PART  OF) 
AIGHTON,    BAILEY   AND    CHAIGLEY 


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

1235- 

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

The  township  is  now  governed  by  a  parish  council. 


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

*  J.  Gerard,  Stonyhurst  Coll.  1 24. 

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


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

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

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


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

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


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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


CROSS  OF  ST.   PAULINUS  ON  THE  FELLS, 
AIGHTON 

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


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

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

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

lz  T.  C.  Smith,  Longridge,  31. 

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


»  Ibid.  385. 

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

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

25  Ibid,  i,  60. 

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

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

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

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

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

31  Assize  R.  405,  m.  3 a. 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


MITTON  (PART  OF) 


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

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

I346-55-40 

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


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

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

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

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


SHIRKBURNK.    Argent 
a  lion  rampant  vert. 


s?  Assize  R.  1268,  m.  12. 

33  Ibid.  408,  m.  32d. 

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

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

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

37  Assize  R.  425,  m.  i. 

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

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


89  See  the  account  of  Chorley. 

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

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

42  Final  Cone,  ii,  80. 

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

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

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

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

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

48  Assize  R.  408,  m.  59  d. 

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

50  Palgrave,  Parl.  Writs. 

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

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

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


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

64  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  260. 

«s  Ibid. 

56  Ibid,  iii,  A3,  no.  69. 

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

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

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

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

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

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


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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

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


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

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

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

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


41  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  260. 

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

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

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

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

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

47  Ibid. 

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

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

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

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


70  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  644. 

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

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

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

74  DD,  no.  658. 

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

76  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  260. 

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

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

79  Gerard,  op.  cit.  45. 

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


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

89  Final  Cone,  iii,  38. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


CO 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


MITTON  (PART  OF) 


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

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


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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

*5- 

98  P.R.O.  Litt,  73. 

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

98  Metcalfe,  Bk.  of  Knights,  76. 

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

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

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

102  He  was  said  to  use  his  position  to 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IDS  Gerard,  op.  cit.  53-4. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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

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

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


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


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


He  was  probably  too 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

120  Whitaker,  Whalley,  ii,  491. 

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

138  Thomas  Weld  in  1777  was  tenant 


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

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

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

140  Gerard,  op.  cit.  136. 

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

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

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

144  Information  of  Fr.  J.  Keating. 


145  Grindon,  Lanes.  207,  331. 

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

147  Gerard,  op.  cit.  47. 

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

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

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


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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


1M  Ibid.  100. 

U4  Quoted  ibid.  31. 

1M  Ibid. 

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

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

8 


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

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

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


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


MITTON  :   STONYHURST  :  SOUTH  FRONT 
(From  an  old  print) 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


M1TTON  (PART  OF) 


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

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

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

The  north  wing  as  shown  in  the  plan  of  1694  was 


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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

74- 

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

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


A  HISTORY   OF   LANCASHIRE 


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

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

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

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

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


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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

177  Parts  of  the  walls  of  the  old  south- 

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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


181  Cent.  Rec.  54. 

182  Ibid.  53. 

1;>s  Father  Beauclerk  has  discussed  very 


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

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A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

187  Ibid.  97. 

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


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

190  The    collections    are    described    in 

12 


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

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

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

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


MITTON  :   STONYHURST  GATEWAY  TOWKR 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


MITTON  (PART  OF) 


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

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

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


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

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

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


194  Taken  from  Stonyhurtt  Chronology. 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

815  Ibid.  no.  660-1. 

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


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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


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

the  reversion  of  those  held  by  his  mother  Joan.217 

Thomas  Winkley  was  still  living  in    1479,  when  he 

allowed  Richard   Catterall  to 

make  an  attachment  (perhaps 

for  a    mill    stream)   over    his 

land  to  the  water  of  Kibble 

near    its    junction     with    the 

Hodder 218  ;  but  his  son  and 

heir   Geoffrey   had    in    1463 

married    Isabel     daughter    of 

Alice  and  Alexander  Nowel,219 

and    was    living    some     time 

later,  when  he  demised  land 

called  Horrockfields.220 

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

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


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

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

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

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


817  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  653. 

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

220  Ibid.  no.  665. 

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

222  Winkley   Family.      The     will     was 
proved  in  1557. 

233  DD,  no.  669. 

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

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

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


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

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

227  Winkley  Family. 

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

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

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

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

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

832  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  iii,  236.  George 


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

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

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


BLACKBURN    HUNDRED 


MITTON   (PART  OF) 


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

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

138  Assize  R.  1435,  m.  18. 

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

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

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

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

*»C8,  13,  p.  573- 

2«  Ibid.  563. 

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

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

w  Ibid.  566.     John  Holden  of  Aigh- 

15 


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

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

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

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

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

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

574- 

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


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


WINSTANLEY    of 

Chaigley. 


his  daughter   and   heir  was   fifteen  years  of  age.258 

She  married  Thomas  Brockholes  of  Claughton,  and 

Chaigley  was  sold  to  Richard  Shireburne  in   i655.269 

From  that  time  it  descended 

like  Stonyhurst  till  about  1  840, 

when  it  was  sold  to  William 

Winstanley.    It  has  descended 

to  his  grandson,  Mr.  William 

Alfred     Winstanley,    who     is 

called  lord  of  the   manor  of 

Chaigley.260 

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

BAILEY  also  was  properly 

a     member    of    Aighton,    as 

r  i  i        j  azure     in     chief     thr 

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

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

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


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

in  I345.270 

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

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


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

859  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

265  See  the  account  of  Button. 

266  Final  Cone,  i,  1 6 1. 

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

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

270  De  Banco  R.  343,  m.  102. 

271  See  Winkley. 

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

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

16 


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

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

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

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

276  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

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

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


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


MITTON  (PART  OF) 


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

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

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


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

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

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

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


379  See  note  281  below. 

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

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

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

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

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

284  Ibid. 

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

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

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


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

187  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

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

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

289  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

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

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

874-930- 

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

294  Ibid.  no.  925. 

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

801  See    the    account    of    the    Holden 
family. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

810  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p. 

""Ibid.  1181. 


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

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

173- 

114  Final  Cone,  ii,  10. 

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

816  Add.  MS.  32105,  no.  901. 

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

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

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

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

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

Richard   Crombleholme    in   1588  held 

18 


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

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

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

828  Ibid.  no.  125. 

824  Ibid.  bdle.  131,  no.  274. 

325  Ibid.  no.  317. 

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

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

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

829  Returns  at  Preston. 


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

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


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED     MITTON  (PART  OF, 

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

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


1468 
1498 


John  Bradley 
William  Barker 


oc, 

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

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

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


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

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

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

The   principal     endowment356    is 

CHARITIES     that  of  £80  a  year  for  the  Shireburne 

almshouses.367    In  addition  about  £10 

a  year  is  distributed  to  the  poor  from   the   gift  of 


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

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

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

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

334  Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1430. 

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

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

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


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

343  Gerard,  op.  cit.  99. 

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

345  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

846  Duchy  of  Lane.   Plead.  Eliz.  cxcv, 

Sl2. 

347  Land.  Cast.  25  Feb.  1870. 

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

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

19 


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

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

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

353  Zimmerman,  Carmel  in  England,  372. 

354  Gerard,  op.  cit.  100. 

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

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

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


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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

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


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


CHIPPING 


CHIPPING 
THORNLEY   WITH   WHEATLEY 


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

Jr 


Lancashire  and  for  some  places  in  York- 
shire. 

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

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

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


the  rector  of  Stonyhurst   in   money  doles 
to  poor  cottagers. 

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

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

363  Chaigley,  Bailey  and  Aighton  occur 
each  twice. 

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

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

3  Ibid.  23. 

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

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


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INDEX  MAP  OF  CHIPPING,  LEAGRAM,  AIGHTON  AND  RIBCHESTER 


21 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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

_7$iL,and  1909. 

on  eack  side  to  tke  aisles  by  an  arcade  of  Tkeckxncel  is  »5  ft.  9  in.  long,  oocnpymg  tke  two 

irc  pointed  arckes.     Tke  east  end  of  die  ckanod,  i.«ili  I nmnil  bays,  bat  tke  wood  screen  wkkk  farmedy 

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

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

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

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

:l-Y:i".-f":^r:   ;  i:  ":      s:  ;--     '.:.:*  - --  r..--r. 

'     isepnrategabledroofofciinalkeigktto  kood  monld  and  a  low 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

•^   >;.::.   -  :.;.-  .z    ~:ciiT'^     :  r  ;-    i"i   i^-'.  _r^-^~    >u.:?i.  ir;  ~r.nr.T  ;:  u: .?  ^i:e.       .  "~;  ;: 

1 500  witk  a  new  spacing  of  tke  bays  to  wfcick  saBprj*  nvmaded  witk  &  plain  sojcare   nppri    and 

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

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

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

.rr--   i.-    ~.  ~~  : ;.  r_t   t~;  T.ir;  "^j";    --rr;  ~    r;; — t  ••  f^;".    i5   zz    nnwnl  ;•-   r-Lrrfr   —  ^::   m:_ri--"     _>i  it 

~ ; "-     :    .       ~:r    ^.::_    ~i;~;r:-    •    i^;    |  ^;:     Mn  *~~    ~-~     --    ^r  -    ire    rr.r^r."    jr    i..;    ~  ~;    ;:    u; 

being  nsed  vp»      Tkere  are  no  traces  of  an  ancient  lock-centnry   lebnuoing.      On    two    sraes    of  tke 

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

laerc  B,  kowever,  no  cmience  of  consisting  of  two  small  <  u>lr\ 

•  i"i  :r.  ;";•;:;•  .     :    r     •  ;          .      ;       :;_rrr  ri-  ;u-r.zc  i~z  ti;   ct'.ir  rr  n.;  '  r,"*i  :«j.~ii-~t;      r^~r<, 

tion  caa  onhr  be  snnused.    Tke  I  jtk-ceacarv  ptscina  and  ft  pointod  'window'  of  tiuee  figkts  witk  tke 

-».     .__.-    ..".».   ._.    ,-.    .'   .r~  -_».«..  -.  _^ .  ~~ .   "- . .      H^^i  **^  -^  _  _.»*_. ,_ 

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

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

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

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

•o^  arcade  fitn  tke  east,  b«pan%fnrAer  west-  a  general  knowledge  of  muiuvul  farms.     Tke 'rose 

ward.     Tke  two  west  arckes  are  wider  tkan  tke  tonmante*  otmnabo  on  tke  base  of  Ac  fant,wnkk 

odnm  ami  Oft  capital  of  tke  pier  in  qnesaon  is  of  a  B  of  lotk-centnrj  date.     Tke  cap  of  Ac  tknd  pier 

•ore  or  less  nondescript  ckaratter.     It  is  MjmuJf  from  tke  east  is  a  made-np  one  and  on  tke  east  side 

Halj  tint  tie  pnunt  mim^  m  i  it  of  pkn  whkont  is  caned  whk  fanr  beads  and  a  beak  wkkk  seem  to 

a  stractnral  dkanid  is  dot  wiock  originalr/ obtnned.  be  original  ijtk-centnrj  work,  and  tke  west  respond 

Tke  tower  s  an  adfition  w  icbnkSng  of  tke  earhr  kas  abo  two  beads  jppjuendy  of  cqnai  date.     Tke 

lOlkcgntnry,  »  nfciifc  penad  tke  rest  of  tke  owDd-  impost  of  tke 


wkere  not  modem,   lirlnniji.      In    1702   tke  work  of  orb/  lotk-centmj  type,  and  is  endeady 

k  is  said  ID  kare  been  reseated,  in  1 7$4  a  gallery  coeval  whk  tke  pattens  on  tke  two  caps  to  wkkk 

was  erected  at  tke  west  end  of  tke  nare,  and  in  18 1 1  leference  kas  already  been  made.     Tke  late  date  of 

a  roaiitk  ijlfc  ammmt  of  icpamt  seems  to  bate  been  tkese  seems  dear  from  tkc  intiodnoion  of  a  pointed 

Preiiuns  to  187*  tke  exterior  was  wkke-  'window*  as  an  *"^»«»»  in  a  korizontal 

•^^^M^^.MkL                                   "               ~f  ^m  *                                                                                                                y»                  •         f 

-    -~r; UiZ  riit.n: .:-  m  '^.~  ?~^^-:~  ~z    i    r-t~  :c          r^     ~;-^..;;-i_    r.r 

tne  roof  being  ionnd  to  be  lopicd  witfcont  being  nndenftood.     Tne  sontk  arcade 

-         -"".""':     ;     " :. ;  :         •  -   .  •  -    ;  7        : ,  ^  _r :";-;:":; ".  -  ~    ;  r;  ^  ;  r^ .  ~- 

Tke  nortk  and  sontk  waDs  and  on  orngonal  piers  16  in.  in  dinnnii>witk  monlifd 

bnilt,  tke  ceifing  and  gafcty  cap*  ami  ifcimfiiul  bases,  96.  kigk  to  tke  top  of  tke 

n  mi  m  —         -    ...  J          -    -    -        ^*  *_»     _  _      f     .  _  -»    _  fc     ->-  - 

open  Dencncs.  cape,  am  spaced  wxtnont  reference  ID  tne  pass  on  tne 


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CHIPPING  CHURCH  FROM  THE  SOUTH 


CHIPPING  CHURCH  :   THE  NAVE,  LOOKING  EAST 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


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

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

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


CHIPPING 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

11  Smith,  op.  cit.  74. 

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

23 


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

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


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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

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


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


The  following  have  been  rectors  and  vicars  : — 

RECTORS 
Name  Patron 

Robert 29 

Peter  the  Physician  30 The  King    .      . 

William  Lawrence31 „  . 

Ralph  de  Aldburne  3a 

Roger  33 


Instituted 

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


Cause  of  Vacancy 


res.  P.  the  Physician 


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

oc.  1348-58  Gilbert  de  Marsden  34 

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

oc.  1391       .  John  Exton 36 

II  June  1393      .  William  Whitewell ,     Duke  of  Lancaster . 

I  July  1394       .  Robert  Marshford •  „  .    .. 

Robert  Gowe 

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

17  July  1421       .  John  Caton 38 '         „  ... 

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


d.  Roger 


res.  W.  Whitewell 


res.  Rt.  Gowe 


res.  John  Caton 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

£8  3*-  W- 

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

It  it  not  clear  that  the  increase  in  the 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

88  This  and  some  later  names  are  from 

24 


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

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

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

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

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

38  Raines  MSS.  xxii,  397. 

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

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


CHIPPING  CHURCH  :  THE  FONT 


Instituted 

oc.  1472-80 
oc.  1481 

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


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


Name 

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


Patron 


VICARS 


John  Marsden45 

Richard  Parker 46 Bp.  of  Chester  . 

William  Armitstead  47 „ 

JohnKing^ 

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

Humphrey  Briscoe,  B.A.5 '      ...  „  . 

Thomas  Atherton,  M.A.51.      ...  „  .     . 

Thomas  Clarkson,  M.A.5-.     ...  „  .     . 

William  Rawstorne 53 „  . 

John  Milner,  M.A.54 

Thomas  Pearce,  M.A.55     ....  „  .     . 

William  Stockdale 56     .     .     .     .     .^  „ 

John  Carlisle 57 „  .     . 

James  Penny,  M.A.58    ....    -.  „  .     . 

Edmund  Wilkinson 59 „  . 

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

John  Birch  Jones,  B.D.61  ....  „ 


CHIPPING 

Cause  of  Vacancy 


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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Instituted 
1891 

1 1  Oct.  1 904 


Name 

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


Patron 
Bp.  of  Manchester 


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

68  Visit,  returns  at  Chester. 

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

70  Visit.  Returns. 

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


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

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

CHIPPING 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

26 


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

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

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

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


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


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

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

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

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

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

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

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


CHIPPING 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 


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

19  Final  Cone,  iii,  143. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


BLACKBURN    HUNDRED 


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

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


CHIPPING 

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36  See  the  account  of  Thornley. 

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

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

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

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

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


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

30  T.  C.  Smith,  Chipping,  23. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


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

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


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

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

CESAR    CONQVERT    AN 
GLIA    ANTE    CHRIST    58 


BRVTVS    ERECTVS    LON 
DINV    ANTE    CHRIST    IIO8 

SAXONII    CONQVERT    ANGLIA 
ANNO    DON    447    EPISCOPAT    IB 


DANII     CONQVERT    A 
NGLIA    ANNO   DOI    IOl8 


ANGLIA      IN  CO  ACER      FLODDAN      AN      1513 

14    •    SIVE    •    SHIRI  ANGL    RECEP.    FIDM   AD     179 

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


K 

u 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


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

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

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

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

RESPICE    FIN  EM    ET    NVNQV 
AM    PECCABIS    PROXIMVM   AMA 

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

HERE    IB     1 8    YER. 

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

DEVM  TIME 

REGEM    HONOR 

PROXIMVM    AMA 

HOC    FAC    ET    VIVE 

IN    ETERNVM 

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

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


CHIPPING 

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

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

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

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

I797-52 

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

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


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

Captain  Robert  Alston,  apparently  a 
Parliamentarian,  occurs  in  1650;  Royalist 
Camp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
ii,  264. 

'  The  Alstons  remained  owners  until 
1702,  when  it  passed  to  the  Eccles  family; 
in  1819  Richard  Eccles  of  Wigan  sold  it 
to  Thomas  Cardwell,  whose  descendants 
now  (1893)  possess  it';  T.  C.  Smith, 
Chipping,  234,  where  many  particulars  as 
to  the  Alston  family  are  given. 

44  Ralph    de    Helme    occurs  in   1332; 
Exch.   Lay  Subs.    (Rec.   Soc.    Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  80. 

Lawrence  de  Helme  and  Isabel  his  wife 
in  1377  obtained  from  William  del  Wood 
and  Margery  his  wife  a  messuage  and  lands 
in  Chipping  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  2. 

A  settlement  of  two  messuages,  cottages, 
land  and  wood  in  Chipping  and  Helme 
was  made  in  1553  ;  the  remainders  were 
to  Joan  then  wife  of  William  Lorimer  and 
then  after  her  death  to  Lawrence  Helme 
and  his  issue  by  Joan  then  his  wife  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  14,  m.  36. 

For  a  dispute  between  Alice  Helme, 
widow  (and  others),  and  Thomas  Helrne 
see  Ducatus  Lane,  ii,  227. 

45  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  150. 

With  regard  to  the  rent  of  $.d.  it  may 
be  noted  that  one  Geoffrey  de  Whitting- 
ham  in  1297  held  a  plat  of  the  waste  in 
Chippingdale  for  which  he  received  that 
sum  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  283. 

44  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  76. 

47  Ibid,  xviii,  no.  20. 

48  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  213. 
He  had  other  lands  in  Thornley,  Wheatley 
and  Lea. 


49  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
507. 

50  John  Mauldeson  of  '  Coure,'  a  minor, 
in    1358    claimed    a    messuage   and  land 
against  Richard  and  Adam,  sons  of  Thomas 
de  Knoll,  as  being  son  and  heir  of  John 
son  of  Richard  de  Knoll.     It  was  alleged 
that  his  father  (John  son  of  Richard)  was 
born    before   espousals  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  6,  m.  i. 

In  1360  John  son  of  Maud  de  Coure 
had  livery  of  a  messuage  and  lands  seised 
into  the  duke's  hands  by  reason  of  the 
felony  of  John  (son  of  Richard)  de  Knoll ; 
Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  347. 

Richard  Cover  alias  Coer,  yeoman,  is 
named  in  1448  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  1 1, 
m.  42.  sl  T.  C.  Smith,  Chipping,  247. 

A  dispute  as  to  lands  in  Chipping  be- 
tween Whitaker  and  Parkinson  is  referred 
to  in  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  246. 

In  1653  Ralph  and  Richard  Parkinson 
of  Chipping  petitioned  to  compound  for 
land  sequestered  by  the  Parliament  for 
the  delinquency  of  their  eldest  brother 
Thomas  Parkinson  of  Infield  in  Claughton; 
Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3106. 

52  See  the  account  of  Manchester  Church 
and  the  1880  edition  of  his  Old  Church 
Clock.     He  died  in  1858. 

53  An    estate    in    Chipping,    Thornley, 
&c.,   was  given   to    feoffees    by    William 
Leyland  and  Anne  his  wife  in  1 509  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  1 1,  m.  249,  248. 
Part   of  the  estate  was   held  for  life   by 
Eleanor     Holland,    widow,   and   part    by 
Robert  Thimelby  and  Margery  his  wife. 

Sir  William  Leyland  died  in  1 547,  but 
the  tenure  of  his  Chipping  lands  is  not 
recorded  ;  in  the  case  of  Thomas  Leyland, 

31 


his  son,  it  is  given  as  in  the  text  and  like- 
wise after  the  death  of  Edward  Tyldesley  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  7nq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  20  ; 
xiv,  no.  10.  In  1621,  however,  the  tenure 
was  described  as  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton 
as  of  his  manor  of  Chipping  in  socage  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  269.  In 
1606-7  a  grant  of  lands  in  Chipping, 
Wheatley  and  Thornley  was  made  to 
Edward  Tyldesley  of  Astley  ;  Pat.  4 
Jas.  I,  pt.  xxx. 

It  should  be  added  that  according  to  an 
old  pedigree  (Harl.  MS.  1408,  fol.  159) 
William  Leyland  married  Anne  daughter 
and  heir  of  Alan  Singleton,  who  was  the 
descendant  of  the  heiress  of  Adam  de 
Bury,  whose  estate  in  the  parish  is  noticed 
under  Thornley.  The  wardship  and  mar- 
riage of  Anne  daughter  and  heir  of  Alan 
'Singleton  were  in  1503  granted  to  James 
Medcalfe ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App. 

543- 

5Sa  Nothing  is  known  of  the  origin  of  the 
tenure.  William  son  of  Maurice  occurs 
in  the  Pipe  Roll  of  1 2 1 3—1 5,  when  he  owed 
401.  out  of  60*.  due  apparently  for  some 
encroachment  on  the  forest  or  other  offence 
against  the  forest  laws  ;  Farrer,  Lanes. 
Pipe  R.  251.  He  also  attested  a  charter 
by  Roger  de  Whitacre,  who  gave  lands  in 
Chipping  to  Reginald  ;  Dods.  MSS.  xci, 
fol.  1 6 1.  The  bounds  in  this  case  are  of 
interest :  Along  the  lache  which  falls  into 
Summerford  as  far  as  the  moor  and  then 
on  the  west  side  to  the  road  to  the  mill 
between  Chipping  and  Wheatley,  down 
the  road  to  the  Loud,  and  along  this  river 
to  Summerford. 

54  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
235-6.  Some  references  to  the  Mawdesley 
family  will  be  found  in  Ducatus  Lane. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


was  the  principal  landowner  contributing  to  the 
subsidy,  Robert  Alston  and  Richard  Thornley  being 
the  others.85  Thomas  Sturtivant,  Thomas  Bolton, 
Robert  Alston,  Thomas  Thornley,  Thomas  Rodes 
and  Christopher  Mawdesley  contributed  for  their 
lands  in  I543-56  Robert  Shireburne,  Thomas 
Thornley,  Henry  Mawdesley,  Richard  Alston,  Roger 
Sturtivant  and  Richard  Bolton  were  the  landowners 
in  1 597."  Those  in  1626  were  :  Henry  Shireburne, 
Richard  Thornley,  Richard  Parkinson,  the  heirs  of 
Robert  Alston,  Thomas  Boulton  and  John  Sturtivant ; 
James  Beesley  and  a  large  number  of  others  paid 
-specially  as  non-communicants.58  Several  'Papists' 
registered  estates  in  lyiy.69  The  land  tax  return  of 
1789  shows  that  the  Earl  of  Derby,  Sir  H.  Main- 
waring,  and  —  Blundell  were  the  chief  landowners. 

An  inclosure  award  was  made  in  l8l2.60 

The  parish  church  has  been  described  above. 

The  Wesleyans  made  attempts  to  found  a  congre- 
gation, but  abandoned  them  about  i85o.61 

The  Nonconformists  after  the  Restoration  had  a 
meeting-place62  and  in  1705  the  chapel  in  Hesketh 
Lane  was  built.63  It  is  associated  with  the  name  of 
Peter  Walkden,  minister  from  1711  to  1738,  whose 
Diary  was  published  in  i866.64  It  was  closed  in 
1880  and  then  sold.  The  Congregationalists  had 
another  chapel  from  1838  to  i882.68 

In  1604  it  was  reported  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester 
that  an  '  old  priest '  was  harboured  in  Chipping  ;  and 
'  James  Bradley,  recusant,  [was]  reported  to  be  a  leader 
of  priests  to  men's  houses.'66  John  Bradley,  Grace 
Fairclough  and  Richard  Singleton,  as  recusants,  com- 
pounded for  their  sequestrations  in  1630  onwards  by 
payment  of  £z  each.67  Little,  however,  is  known 
of  the  story  of  the  proscribed  religion  there,  and 
the  Roman  Catholic  church  of  St.  Mary,  opened  in 
1828,  seems  to  be  the  offspring  of  the  mission  long 
before  worked  from  the  adjacent  Leagram  Hall.  It 
was  served  by  the  Jesuits  until  1857  and  since  then 
by  secular  priests.68 


THORNLEY   WITH   WHEATLEY 

Thorenteleg,  1202  ;  Thorndeley,  1258  ;  Thorne- 
delegh,  1262.  The  d  in  the  middle  occurs  to  1350 
and  later. 

Watelei,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Whetelegh,  1227  ;  Queteley, 
1258  ;  Wetteleye,  1302. 

This  township  stretches  from  south-west  to  north- 
east for  over  4  miles  along  the  northern  slope  of 
Longridge  Fell,  the  highest  point  within  the  town- 
ship being  about  1,100  ft.  The  Loud  forms  the 
north-west  boundary  ;  it  falls  into  the  Hodder  just 
outside  the  limits.  Wheatley,  which  anciently  was 
the  principal  member  of  the  township,  is  now  con- 
sidered to  be  no  more  than  a  small  area  of  55^  acres, 
somewhat  south  of  the  centre.  The  whole  town- 
ship measures  3,220^  acres,1  and  in  1901  had  a 
population  of  313. 

The  principal  road  is  that  from  Longridge  eastward 
through  the  length  of  the  township,  which  it  enters 
about  half  a  mile  north  of  Longridge  railway  station. 
Passing  Cockleach  it  descends  till  it  comes  to  the 
Loud,  and  then  for  a  mile  and  a  half  runs  near  this 
stream,  passing  between  Wheatley  on  the  south  and 
Lee  House  on  the  north.  At  Higher  Arbour  it 
divides,  part  going  north-west,  crossing  the  Loud  2  into 
Chipping,  and  part  ascending  eastward  past  Thornley 
Hall  and  Bradley  Hall,  the  latter  being  near  the 
boundary  of  Chaigley.  From  Thornley  Hall  a  branch 
goes  north  to  cross  the  Hodder. 

A  Roman  road  is  said  to  have  crossed  the  township 
into  Yorkshire,  passing  near  Bradley  Hall. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

Included  in  the  grant  of  Chipping- 
M4NORS  dale  in  1102  THORN  LET  descended 
like  Clitheroe.3  From  later  records  it 
seems  that  the  Osbaldeston  family  were  lords  of  the 
place.4  The  immediate  lordship  was  held  by  a 
family  using  the  local  name,5  who  were  about  the 
beginning  of  the  I4th  century  succeeded  by  the 


45  Subs.  R.  Lanes,  bdle.  130,  no.  82. 

56  Ibid.  no.  125. 

sr  Ibid.  bdle.  131,  no.  274. 

58  Ibid.  no.  317. 

49  James  Richmond,  Thomas  Wilcock, 

John  Bolton,  James  Lowde,  John  Dew- 
urst,    Bartholomew    Dilworth,    Thomas 
Dobson  and  James  Parker  ;   Estcourt  and 
Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non-jurors,  103,  127. 

60  Lanes,    and    Ches.    Rec.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  56. 

61  T.  C.  Smith,  Chipping,  1 80. 

63  During  the   indulgence    granted    by 
James  II  a  meeting  was  set  up  at  Chip- 
ping  ;    O.  Heywood,    Diaries,    iii,    228. 
Among    the    «  Presbyterian    parsons    and 
their  meeting-places'   registered  in   1689 
was  Thomas  Whalley  for  Christopher  Par- 
kinson's house  in  Chipping  ;  Hist.  MSS. 
Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  231.  This  minister 
went  to  Hindley  ;  O.  Heywood,  op.  cit.  iv, 
309.    Christopher  Parkinson  was  probably 
the  benefactor  of  the  school. 

68  T.  C.  Smith,  Chipping,  165-80 ; 
Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf.  ii,  210-17  (a 
view  is  given).  James  Bolton  left  £4.0 
for  a  meeting-house,  '  but  when  the  door 
of  liberty  is  shut '  to  poor  widows  and 
orphans  5  Gastrell,  Notitia  (Chet.  Soc.), 
»»  4°3- 

64  Peter  Walkden  was  born  near  Man- 
chester in  1684  and  educated  at  the  school 
there.     After  leaving   Hesketh    Lane  he 
went  to  Holcombe  and  then  to  Stockport, 


where  he  died  in  1769.  An  account  of 
him,  with  extracts  from  his  diaries  and 
papers,  may  be  seen  in  Trans.  Hist.  Soc. 
xxxii,  118  ;  xxxvi,  15. 

66  Nightingale,  op.  cit.  ii,  220-3. 

66  Visit.  P.  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

67  Trans.    Hist.    Soc.   (new    ser.),   xxiv, 
174,    178.      The    list    of    recusants    in 
1667-8  is  printed  by  T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit. 
29.     See   also   Misc.    (Cath.   Rec.   Soc.), 
v,  147-9- 

68  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  v,  339  ;  Smith,  op. 
cit.  158-60. 

1  3,219    acres,    including    3    of  inland 
water;   Census  Rep.  1901. 

2  In  1635  there  is  mention  of  a  new 
stone  bridge  built  at  a  place  called  Loud 
Bridge,  where  was  formerly  a  bridge  of 
Wood,   the   highway    being   a   frequented 
one  ;  Cat.  S.  P.  Dom.   1625-49,  p.  510  5 
1636-7,  p.  333. 

8  See  the  account  of  Chipping.  In 
1258  rents  of  6s.  $d.  from  Wheatley  and 
2s.  6J.  from  Thornley  were  due  to  Ed- 
mund de  Lacy  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  217. 
The  rent  of  js.  due  from  'Utteley'  in 
1241-2  probably  relates  to  Wheatley; 
ibid,  i,  156. 

4  There  does  not  seem  to  be  any  evi- 
dence of  the  manner  in  which  this  family 
acquired  the  mesne  lordship.  In  1349  it 
was  found  that  the  heir  of  Thomas  de 
Osbaldeston  held  in  service  one  plough- 

32 


land  in  Wheatley  and  Thornley,  where 
eight  plough-lands  made  one  knight's  fee  ; 
Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  693,  quoting 
the  Lansdowne  Feodary. 

In  1445-6  Richard  Balderston  held 
Thornley  with  Wheatley  as  well  as  Os- 
baldeston ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Kts.'  Fees," 
bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

5  The  assignment  of  dower  to  Iseult 
widow  of  Robert  by  Richard  son  of  Robert 
in  1 202  gives  the  names  of  several  under- 
tenants, including  Jordan  (probably  of 
Wheatley)  and  Roger  de  Bradley.  The 
mill  is  named  ;  also  clearings  called 
Braderode  and  Flaxerode ;  Final  Cone. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  10. 

Ralph  son  of  Adam  de  Thornley  occurs 
in  1262  ;  ibid.  137.  He  was  living  in 
1292,  being  then  engaged  in  several  suits. 
As  chief  lord  of  Thornley  common  of 
pasture  was  claimed  against  him  by  John 
son  and  heir  of  John  de  Knoll  in  respect 
of  40  acres  of  wood,  it  being  alleged  that 
Ralph  had  disseised  plaintiff's  father ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  33d.  Ralph  on  his 
part  alleged  that  he  had  a  right  to  grind 
his  demesne  corn  at  John  de  Knoll's  mill 
in  Thornley  quit  of  multure  ;  ibid.  m.  53. 
At  the  same  time  Richard  son  of  William 
de  Thornley  was  non-suited  in  a  claim 
against  Robert  son  of  Thomas  de  Sales- 
bury  for  a  tenement  in  Thornley  ;  ibid, 
m.  76.  Richard  de  Thornley  appears  in 
1302  ;  ibid.  418,  m.  13. 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


family  of  Knoll  or  Knolls6  ;  as  early  as  1302  John 
de  Knoll  held  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln  the  eighth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  in  Thornley  and  Wheatley.7  John 
shortly  afterwards  acquired  two  messuages,  2  oxgangs 
of  land,  &c.,  in  Thornley,  which  had  been  granted  by 
Thomas  son  of  Hugh  le  Surreys  to  John  son  of 
Jordan  de  Mitton.8  In  1319  Thomas  son  (and  heir) 
of  John  de  Knoll  called  upon  Thomas  de  Osbaldeston 
as  mesne  lord  to  acquit  him  of  the  service  in  respect 
of  a  tenement  in  Wheatley  claimed  by  the  Earl  of 
Lancaster  ; 9  and  Osbaldeston  claimed  the  custody  of 
the  manors  of  Wheatley  and  Thornley,  Thomas  de 
Knoll  being  a  minor,  because  John  his  father  had 
held  by  knight's  service.10 

Thomas  de  Knoll  died  between  1350"  and  1354, 


CHIPPING 

his  widow  Margaret  and  son  Richard  having  the  lord- 
ship in  the  latter  year.1*  Richard  and  his  brother 
Adam  were  defendants  in  1358  against  a  claim  by 
John  Maudson  of  Core.13  From  later  deeds  it  appears 
that  Adam  ultimately  inherited  ;  he  had  three  sons  — 
Richard,  John  and  Adam.14  Richard  repudiated  his 
wife  and  married  another,  but  on  trial  this  was 
decreed  unlawful  and  he  had  to  return  to  his  first 
spouse.  She  bore  him  two  sons,  Miles  and  Gerard.15 
The  former  had  a  daughter  Margaret,  who  married 
John  Singleton,16  and  the  latter  had  a  son  Richard, 
whose  son  John  Knoll  was  the  heir  male,  when, 
about  1500,  Thomas  first  Earl  of  Derby  purchased 
the  manor  of  Thornley.17  From  the  rental  of 
152  3-4  it  appears  that  a  rent  of  <\.s.  \d.  was  due 


Alice  wife  of  John  de  Sedbergh  and 
her  sisters  Christiana  and  Agnes  were 
non-suited  in  1292  in  a  claim  against 
Ralph  son  of  Adam  de  Thornley  ;  Ralph's 
daughter  Avice  is  named  ;  ibid.  m.  33. 
One  of  the  sisters  may  have  been  the 
Christiana  widow  of  Robert  del  Town 
who  in  1304.  claimed  dower  against 
Ralph  de  Thornley;  De  Banco  R.  151, 
m.  203  d.  Ralph  seems  to  have  called 
upon  John  de  Knoll  for  warranty  ;  ibid. 
154,  m.  31.  Alice  widow  of  William 
del  Town  was  defendant  in  1351  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Assize  R.  I,  m.  v  d. 

In  1316  Margery  daughter  of  Richard 
Francey*  of  Ribchester  demised  land  in 
Thornley  in  Chippingdale  to  Adam  son 
of  Hugh  de  Clitheroe  ;  it  had  been  given 
to  her  for  life  on  her  marriage  with  Adam 
son  of  Ralph  de  Thornley ;  Towneley 
MS.  DD,  no.  1182. 

6  Ralph    de    Mitton    made    complaint 
against  Richard  de   Knoll  and  others  of 
the  neighbourhood  in  1253  ;  Curia  Regis 
R.  150,  m.  20  ;   151,  m.  22,  25  d. 

There  were  disputes  between  John  de 
Knoll  and  Hugh  le  Surreys  in  1277-8,  it 
being  adjudged  in  the  latter  year  that  John 
had  thrown  down  part  of  Hugh's  ditch  in 
Wheatley  (3  rods  justly  and  6  rods  un- 
justly), 6d.  damage  being  awarded  ;  Assize 
R.  1235,  m.  13  ;  1238,  m.  31  d. 

A  claim  by  John  son  of  John  de  Knoll 
in  1292  has  been  mentioned.  He  also 
claimed  common  of  pasture  against  John 
son  of  Jordan  de  Mitton,  giving  his  pedi- 
gree as  son  and  heir  of  John,  brother  and 
heir  of  Richard  (s.p.),  son  and  heir  of 
Richard  de  Knoll  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  55  d. 
The  family  therefore  held  some  land  in 
the  township  as  early  as  the  middle  of  the 
i 3th  century. 

7  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  319.      The 
mesne  lord  at  the  time  is  ignored. 

8  The  charter  from  Mitton  to  Surreys 
is  in  De  Banco  R.  89  (1291),  m.  19,  and 
has  been  referred  to  in  the  account  of 
Chipping. 

John  son  of  Jordan  dc  Mitton  appears 
in  Thornley  as  plaintiff  in  1305,  the  de- 
fendants being  John  and  Adam  sons  of 
John  de  Knoll  and  others ;  Assize  R. 
420,  m.  9  d. 

The  two  messuages  and  2  oxgangs  of 
land  seem  to  have  been  acquired  by  John 
de  Knoll  from  John  de  Mitton  and  Alice 
his  wife  about  1308  ;  De  Banco  R.  171, 
m.  23d.  In  reply  to  the  claim  of  John 
de  Mitton  in  1308-9  John  de  Knoll,  here 
styled  'lord  of  Wheatley,'  averred  that 
the  2  oxgangs  were  in  Wheatley,  and  not 
in  Thornley  ;  Assize  R.  423,  m.  i  d. 
Hugh  de  Salesbury  and  William  son  of 
Hawise  de  Livesey  were  also  defendants. 

In     1310    Thomas    son    of    Hugh    le 


Surreys,  called  to  warrant  John  de  Mitton 
and  Alice  in  respect  of  the  estate,  sum- 
moned Henry  de  Lacy  Earl  of  Lincoln 
to  warrant  him;  De  Banco  R.  183, 
m.  374. 

The  connexion  of  the  Surreys  family 
is  shown  in  later  pleas.  Agnes  widow  of 
Thomas  le  Surreys  in  1335  claimed  dower 
in  certain  lands  in  Wheatley  in  Thornley 
against  Amabel  widow  of  Thomas  de 
Osbaldeston,  but  the  defendant  produced 
a  charter  of  Roger  son  of  John  de  Mitton 
(1332)  granting  the  lands  to  Thomas  and 
Amabel  for  life  or  eleven  years ;  ibid. 
303,  m.  9.  Agnes  also  made  claims 
against  Roger,  Hugh  and  John,  sons  of 
John  de  Mitton  ;  in  reply  Hugh  and  John 
said  they  held  jointly  with  their  wives, 
Agnes  and  Cecily  ;  ibid.  303,  m.  9  d.  ; 
311,  m.  206. 

9  Ibid.  229,  m.  151.     Thomas  de  Knoll 
was  doomsman  of  Wheatley  and  Thornley 
at  the  court  of  Clitheroe  in  1323  ;  Lanes. 
Ct.  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  48. 

10  De  Banco  R.  230,  m.  34  d. 

John  de  Knoll  appears  to  have  had 
other  issue,  for  in  1347  there  was  a  suit 
respecting  a  messuage  and  lands  in  Thorn- 
ley  which  were  successfully  claimed  by 
William  son  of  Richard  son  of  Robert  le 
Walsh  and  Cecily  daughter  of  Robert  de 
Hyde  of  Alston  against  Richard  le  Walsh 
(the  father  of  William),  John  (son  of 
John)  de  Knoll  and  William  his  son. 
The  plaintiffs  alleged  a  grant  by  Richard  ; 
Assize  R.  1435,  m.  i6d. 

11  In  1338  Roger  son  of  John  de  Mitton 
granted    to  Thomas  de   Knoll  part  of  his 
land  and  waste  in  Wheatley  Wood  in  the 
vill    of  Thornley ;  Towneley    MS.   OO, 
no.    1010.     Among    the   witnesses   were 
Richard    son     of    Adam    de    Knoll    and 
Richard    son    of  John   de  Knoll.      The 
land  seems  to  have  been   exchanged  for 
Ramscloughgreen  ;      Kuerden     fol.     MS. 
p.  212,  no.  366. 

Thomas  de  Knoll  was  on  the  com- 
mission of  the  peace  in  Blackburn  Hun- 
dred in  1345  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1343-5,  p.  510. 
He  was  lord  of  the  town  of  Thornley 
in  1350  when  Thomas  son  of  Richard  de 
Bradley  claimed  common  of  pasture  as  to 
100  acres  of  moor  against  him,  Margaret 
his  wife,  Richard  his  son  and  John  son  of 
John  de  Knoll;  Assize  R.  1444,  m.  4  d. 

12  At    Easter    1354    William    son    of 
Richard   son  of  Robert  le  Walsh  claimed 
common  of  pasture  in  respect  of  161  acres 
against  Richard  son  of  Thomas  de  Knoll 
and  Margaret  widow  of  Thomas,  who  had 
the  lordship,  also  against  Adam  de  Knoll 
and   Reginald    his    brother.      The    claim 
succeeded,   it   being  shown    that   a  suffi- 
ciency   of    pasture    had    not    been    left  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize   R.    3,  m.  j.     It 

33 


appears  from  later  records  that  Adam 
and  Reginald  were  younger  sons  of  Thomas 
de  Knoll. 

18  Ibid.  6,  m.  i  ;  see  the  account  of 
Chipping. 

14  This  account  of  the  descent  is  taken 
from    depositions    recorded    about   1500; 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  ion. 

15  Final   Cone,  iii,   90,  being  a   fine  in 
1425  settling  the  manor  of  Thornley  with 
lands  and  wood  in  Chipping,  Wheatley  and 
Aighton  on   Richard   Knoll   and  his  sons 
Miles  and  Gerard  and  male  issue.      Miles 
Knoll  was  living  in  1446  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  9,  m.  33. 

16  There  was  a  settlement  of  the  manor 
by  John  son  of  Christopher  Singleton  and 
Margaret  his  wife  in  1479  ;  Final  Cone. 

ii'»  137- 

The  claims  of  Margaret  appear  to  have 
met  with  much  opposition.  Thus  in 
1483  Stephen  Knoll  claimed  the  manor 
against  John  and  Margaret  Singleton  by 
virtue  of  a  settlement  on  Richard  son  of 
Thomas  de  Knoll  and  Joan  his  wife,  with 
remainders  to  Adam  and  Reginald, 
brothers  of  Richard,  in  default  of  male 
issue.  Reginald  had  sons  John  and 
William,  the  latter  being  succeeded  by  a 
son  John  and  a  grandson  George,  through 
whom  apparently  Stephen  claimed  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Writs  Proton,  file  I  Ric.  Ill  ; 
Plea  R.  58,  m.  6. 

John  Singleton  in  1487—8  demised 
Thornley  to  Sir  Alexander  Hoghton  tor  a 
year  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  49^,  no.  3. 

*7  In  1479  Robert  Wilkinson  and 
Thomas  Newton  gave  a  bond  to  Thomas 
Lord  Stanley  as  to  the  manor  of  Thorn- 
ley  ;  Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1007.  It 
does  not  appear  how  their  title  came,  but 
Robert  Wilkinson  in  1482  released  his 
title  in  the  manors  of  Thornley,  Wheatley 
and  Aighton,  with  various  lands,  &c., 
late  of  John  Knolles ;  ibid.  no.  1008. 
They  were,  therefore,  probably  the  heirs 
or  trustees  of  one  of  the  John  Knolls  of 
the  text.  Later  still,  in  1503  John  the 
son  and  heir  of  John  Newton,  then  of 
Towas  [?Towcester],  Northants,  released 
his  right  (by  inheritance)  in  the  manor  to 
Thomas  Earl  of  Derby  ;  ibid.  no.  1006. 

The  earl's  purchase  of  the  manor  from 
Christopher  Singleton,  son  and  heir  of 
Margaret  (widow  of  John  Singleton) 
daughter  of  Miles  Knoll,  took  place  in 
1499  ;  ibid.  no.  1003-4.  Margaret 
Singletoi  was  living  in  1503  and  1504; 
Def.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  544  ;  Final 
Cone,  iii,  154.  About  the  same  time 
Roger  Shireburne  and  Isabel  his  wife, 
heiress  of  the  Wolfhouse  branch  of  the 
Knoll  family,  appear  to  have  released 
their  right  in  the  manor  and  lands  ;  ibid, 
iii,  155. 


. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


to  the  king  and  izd.  to  the  Prior  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem.18 

The  manor  descended  like  Knowsley  until  1600, 
when  William  the  sixth  earl  sold  it  to  Baptist  Hicks 
of  London,19  who  in  turn  sold  it  to  Michael  Doughty 
of  Lathom,*0  one  of  the  clerks  of  the  kitchen  there." 
Henry  Doughty  and  his  son  William  took  part  against 
the  Parliament  in  the  Civil  War,  and  the  estate  was 
sequestered  and  afterwards  sold.2*  As  in  other  cases, 
part  or  the  whole  was  recovered  for  the  family. 
John  Doughty,  the  eldest  son,  who  died  in  or  before 
1 647,**  left  two  daughters,  Mary  and  Susan.*4  The 
former  married  Thomas  Patten  of  Preston,  who  died 
in  1697,  leaving  as  heir  his  daughter  Elizabeth  wife 
of  Sir  Thomas  Stanley  of  BickerstafFe.25  By  this 
marriage  the  manor  has  descended  to  the  present  Earl 
of  Derby  in  the  same  way  as  Bickerstaffe.26  Manor 
courts  are  still  held  once  a  year.27 

THORNLET  HALL,  sometimes  known  as  Patten 
Hall,  stands  at  the  foot  of  Jeffrey  Hill  on  the  north  side 


of  Longridge  Fell,  and  is  a  plain  two-story  house  very 
much  modernized,  but  retaining  some  ancient  features. 
Over  the  doorway  is  the  inscription  '  B.  O.  Michael 
Dovghtie  1605,'  and  in  the  dining-room  over  the 
mantelpiece  is  a  small  cupboard  on  which  are  the 
initials  of  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Patten  and  the  date 
1709.  All  the  windows  are  modern  sashes  and  the 
house  has  little  architectural  interest,  but  the  front 
lay-out  is  effective  with  balled  gate  piers,  low  fence 
wall  and  a  tall  clipped  yew  tree  close  up  to  the 
building  rising  to  the  level  of  the  eaves. 

WHEATLEY  was  in  1066  the  important  part  of 
the  township,  being  named  in  Domesday  Book  as 
assessed  at  one  plough-land.*8  In  later  times  it  is 
sometimes  named  before  Thornley  and  sometimes 
after  it,  as  at  present.  Occasionally  Wheatley  appears 
to  have  been  regarded  as  a  separate  manor.29 

BRADLEY  was  held  by  the  Hospitallers,80  the 
tenants  being  a  family  assuming  that  name,31  who  had 
lands  also  in  Chaigley  and  neighbouring  townships. 


18  Rental   in    the    possession    of   Lord 
Lathom.     The  following  tenants  paid  the 
'gressum'   due  every  eighth  year  :   Mar- 
garet  Alston     19*.,    Alexander    Bradley 

-245.  4</.,  Thomas  Burne  js.,  wife  of 
Thomas  Dilworth  ioj.,  Richard  Kilworth 
8*.,  Henry  Dicconson  ios.,  Richard  Eccles 
1 31.  4</.,  Ughtred  Huddersall  js.t  Richard 
Marsden  151.  lid.,  Edward  Rodes  ios.t 
Thomas  Rodes  8s.,  Christopher  Sower- 
butts  ioj.,  John  Thornley  14*.  <)d.,  Robert 
Wilkinson  zos.,  &c.  The  rents  of  free 
tenants  amounted  to  22s.  yd.,  of  tenants 
at  will  £22  4-r.  iod.,  the  demesne  yielded 
jCio  (to  which  was  added  the  rent  of  a 
close  in  Chaigley  lately  purchased,  viz. 
ioi.  and  6d.  instead  of  a  stone  of  cheese), 
the  commuted  '  works '  of  the  tenants 
1 8*.  6d.,  the  turbary  of  Withinreap 
i8i.  iod.  The  gross  return  from  the 
manor  was  given  as  ^44  izs.  yd.,  but 
many  allowances  had  to  be  made.  No 
courts  had  been  held.  A  payment  of  q.d. 
called  'Juger  sylvere '  was  made  yearly 
to  the  bailiff  of  Blackburnshire  at  the 
court  held  at  Clitheroe. 

19  Towneley  MS.    OO,  no.    1013-16. 
In    1602    the    earl    sold    lands,    &c.,    in 
Chipping    and     Bosden    in     Bowland    to 
Baptist  Hicks,  who  in  1606  sold  the  same 
to  Michael  Doughty  ;  ibid.  no.  icoi-2. 

20  In   Feb.    1602-3    Baptist  Hicks    of 
London  transferred   to   Michael  Doughty 
of  Lathom,    Cecily  his  wife  and   Henry 
his  eldest  son  the  manor  of  Thornley,  late 
the    inheritance    of   Ferdinando   Earl    of 
Derby;  OO,    no.    1000.     From    a    later 
fine,  however,  it  seems  that  in  1609  Sir 
Baptist    Hicks    acquired    the    manor   of 
Thornley    and    messuages    and    lands    in 
Thornley,    Chipping    and     Bosden    from 
Thomas    Lord    Jillesmere  and    Alice  his 
wife,  Countess  of  Derby  (i.e.  widow  of 
Ferdinando)  ;   Pal.    of  Lane.   Feet  of  F. 
bdle.    75,    no.    18.      For   the    countess's 
right  see  Ducatus  Lane,  (Rec.  Com.),  iii, 
323»  352,458. 

21  Stanley  Papers  (Chet.   Soc.),   ii,  23, 
1 06,  &c.     Michael  Doughty  represented 
Preston  in  the   Parliament  of  1589  and 
Liverpool   in   that  of  1593;    Pink    and 
Beaven,  Parl.  Repre.  of  Lanes.  146,  184. 

A  pedigree  of  Doughty  of  Thornley 
will  be  found  in  the  Visit,  of  1613  (Chet. 
Soc.),  64.  Henry  Doughty  paid  £10  on 
refusing  knighthood  in  1631  ;  Misc.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  217. 

22  Royalist    Comp.    Papers     (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  256-68.     It  appears 


that  Henry  Doughty  the  father  about  Aug. 
1648  'took  up  arms  against  the  Parlia- 
ment and  fled  away  with  the  Scots  forces 
under  Duke  Hamilton  '  ;  ibid.  266.  Other 
sons,  Henry  and  Michael,  are  named. 

Henry  Doughty's  estate  was  sold  in 
1652  ;  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  41. 

23  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  ii,   257.     His 
widow    Elizabeth    daughter    of    Serjeant 
Robert    Callis    was    claiming    under    her 
marriage  settlement    of  1641.     A  mort- 
gage by    Henry    Doughty  (the  father  of 
John)  of  the  manor-house   of  Thornley, 
called    Thornley    Hall,    is    named.     No 
'  delinquency  '  seems  to  have  been  alleged 
against  John  Doughty. 

24  In  a  fine    respecting   the  manor  of 
Thornley,  with  lands,  water-mill,  &c.,  in 
Thornley,      Chipping,      Goosnargh     and 
Witton     in     1684     the     plaintiffs    were 
William  Patten  and  Thomas  Naylor  and 
the  defendants  Thomas  Patten,  esq.,  Mary 
his  wife    and    Susan    Doughty,  spinster ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  213,  m.  8. 

25  See    the    account    of    Bickerstaffe. 
Thomas    Patten,     a     barrister,    was    the 
eldest  son  of  William  Patten  of  Preston  ; 
see  pedigree  in  Gregson's  Fragments  (ed. 
Harland),  185  ;  Preston  Guild  R. 

Thomas  Patten  represented  Preston  in 
the  Parliament  of  1688  as  a  Whig  ;  Pink 
and  Beaven,  op.  cit.  156. 

26  The  manors  of  Thornley  and  Chip- 
ping   were   held    by    successive    Earls    of 
Derby  in  1738  and  1776  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  549,  m.  5  ;  623,  m.  la. 

27  T.  C.   Smith,   Chipping,  46-52,   ex- 
tracts from  the  old  Court  Rolls  being  given. 
From  a  record   of  the   boundaries  of  the 
manor  in  1808   they  seem  to  have  been 
those  of  the  township.     On  the  border  of 
Dutton  were    a    stone  called  the    White 
Stoup  and    a  group  of  stones  called  the 
Cripple  Oak. 

28  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288£.     Cf.  the  tene- 
ment of  Osbaldeston  in   1349  as  already 
recorded. 

A  family  named  Wheatley  occurs.  Thus 
in  1227  Jordan  de  Wheatley  obtained 
from  Eve  widow  of  William  de  Edisford  an 
oxgang  of  land  in  Wheatley,  which  was  to 
descend  to  Jordan's  heirs  by  his  late  wife, 
sister  of  Eve  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  50,  60. 

29  In  1612  William  Helme  (see  Chip- 
ping)   was    said    to    have    held    lands    in 
Thornley  and  Wheatley  of  Edward  Tyldes- 
ley,  as  of  his  manor  of  Wheatley,  by  2s.  $d. 
rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches,),  i,  213.      See  also  note  8  above. 

34 


80  i  \vheatley '  is  named  in  the  list  of 
the  Hospitallers'  estates  in  1292  ;  Plac.  de 
Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375.    In  1 294  the 
Prior  of  St.  John  complained  that  John  de 
Knoll  had  rescued  certain  cattle  impounded 
at  Thornley  ;   De  Banco  R.  103,  m.  26. 

In  a  Stidd  rental  of  1609  a  rent  of 
zs.  lod.  ia  entered  as  due  from  John 
Rodes  for  a  tenement  in  Thornley,  and 
one  of6d.  from  John  Hurst  (lately  Edmund 
Wall  or  Wawne)  in  Wheatley  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  ii,  fol.  132*. 

81  Adam  son  of  Adam  de   Bury  appears 
to  have  held  the   '  manor  of  Bradley '  in 
1246,  when  he  sold  it  to  Thomas  rector 
of  Slaidburn  ;   Final  Cone,  i,    102.     The 
bounds  extended  from  the  Loud  to  Long- 
ridge  and   from  Bradley  Syke  to   Bradley 
Brook.     This  may  have  been  only  a  feoff- 
ment  in  trust,  for  in    1262,  when  Ralph 
son  of  Adam  de  Thornley  acquired  from 
Robert  de  Bradley   100  acres  of  wood  in 
the  township,  Adam  de  Bury  *  put  in  his 
claim,'  as  did  also  the  Prior  of  St.  John 
of  Jerusalem  and  John  de  Knoll  ;   ibid. 
137-8.     The  bounds  began   at  the  place 
where  Bradley  Brook  fell  into  the  Loud, 
went  up   the  brook   to   the   Veu   Viver, 
thence  west  to  Bradley  Syke,  down  this  to 
Ramsclough  and  so  down   to  the   Loud. 
Hugh    le     Surreys    charged     Robert    de 
Bradley  in  1278  with  breaking  his  pound 
at  Thornley  ;   De  Banco  R.  23,  m.  37  d. 
Thomas  le   Surreys  in   1289   complained 
that  Robert  had  cut  down  trees  in  Thorn- 
ley  in  contravention  of  the  above  agree- 
ment ;  Abbrei'.  Plac.  (Rec.  Com.),  219. 

A  Roger  de  Bradley  of  1202  has  been 
already  mentioned.  In  1278  Robert  de 
Bradley  had  some  dispute  with  Ralph  son 
of  Adam  de  Thornley;  Assize  R.  1238, 
m.  33d.  The  same  parties  appear  to 
have  been  again  at  variance  in  1292  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  54. 

From  Richard  son  of  Robert  de  Bradley 
dower  in  Thornley,  Aighton  and  Chaigley 
was  in  1313  claimed  by  William  de 
Huyton  and  Emma  his  wife,  in  right  of 
her  former  marriage  with  Thomas  de 
Bradley  ;  De  Banco  R.  201,  m-.  69  d.  In 
1332  Richard  and  Robert  de  Bradley  con- 
tributed to  the  subsidy  ;  Exch.  Lay  Subs. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  82.  Richard 
de  Bradley,  perhaps  another  of  the  name, 
was  one  of  the  chief  inhabitants  in  1341  ; 
Iny.  Nonarum  (Rec.  Com.),  38. 

Thomas  de  Bradley  in  1389  acquired  a 
messuage  and  land  in  Thornley  from 
John  son  of  Thomas  son  of  Roger  de 


THORNLEY  WITH  WHEATLEY  :   THORNLEY  HALL 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


A  pedigree  was  recorded  in  I  $6j.32  Thomas  Bradley 
died  in  1564  holding  the  capital  messuage  called 
Bradley  Hall  with  60  acres  of 
land,  &c.,  in  Thornley  of  the 
queen  as  of  the  late  priory  of 
St.  John  of  Jerusalem  in  Eng- 
land by  a  rent  of  4/.33  John, 
his  sun  and  heir,  then  thirty- 
six  years  of  age,  died  in  1597, 
leaving  three  daughters  as  co- 
heirs, viz.  Ellen  wife  of  John 
Osbaldeston,  Elizabeth  widow 
of  Thomas  Talbot  and  Jane 
wife  of  Francis  Ducket,  aged 
respectively  forty,  thirty  and 
twenty-eight  years.34  It  de- 
scended  to  the  heirs  of 
Alexander  Osbaldeston 
(i66o),35  and  from  them 
was  purchased  in  1764  by  the  Earl  of  Derby.3 


BRADLEY  of  Bradley. 
Sable  a  Jesse  engrailed 
argent^  in  chief  a  mullet  or 
between  two  crosses  formy 
Jitchy  of  the  second  all 
ivithin  a  bordure  en- 
grailed of  the  same. 


CHIPPING 

STUDLET  is  also  named  in  the  records,  though  it 
has  now  disappeared  from  the  map.  The  Greenhills 
and  Sowerbutts  families  were  connected  with  it.37 
Studley  also  occurs  as  a  surname.37* 

Apart  from  these  estates  there  is  but  little  record 
of  the  landowners  of  former  times.  As  in  Chipping, 
the  Leylands  of  Morleys  and  their  successors  had 
lands  in  Thornley,  Wheatley  and  Studley,  held  of 
the  Earl  of  Derby  in  socage.38  The  Wawne  family 
held  their  land  in  Wheatley  of  the  Crown  as  of  the 
dissolved  priory  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  by  a  rent  of 
1 2</.39  ;  and  Richard  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst  in 
acquiring  the  Hospitallers'  manors  and  lands  in  Stidd 
and  Chipping  acquired  therewith  rents  and  lands  in 
Thornley,  Wheatley,  Studley  and  Cockleach.40  John 
Rodes,  another  landowner,  also  held  of  the  Hos- 
pitallers.41 

One  or  two  other  names  occur.42  John  Bradley 
and  John  Rodes  contributed  to  the  subsidy  of  1524 
in  respect  of  their  lands.43  The  widows  of  John 


Chipping  and  Cecily  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone. 
iii,  35.  In  the  following  year  he  was  a 
juror  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  41. 
Robert  Bradley  attested  a  Thornley  deed 
in  1441  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  53^. 
John  Bradley  of  Chipping,  Robert  son  of 
John  Bradley  of  Chaigley  and  Miles  the 
brother  of  Robert  occur  in  1445  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  8,  m.  33.  Robert  Bradley 
was  concerned  in  the  manor  of  Thornley 
in  1479  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  137. 

John  Bradley  of  Thornley  was  con- 
cerned in  a  rescue  of  impounded  cattle 
in  1521,  which  seems  to  have  led  to 
great  disturbance  ;  Duchy  Plead.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  88-93.  Joan 
the  widow  and  John  the  son  of  John 
Bradk-y  of  Bradley  Hall  in  Thornley  were 
defendants  in  a  plea  of  debt  in  1538  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  167,  m.  16. 

Joan  wife  of  Thomas  Crombleholme 
and  sister  of  Henry  Bradley  of  Chipping 
in  1420  received  from  the  feoffees  lands 
in  Ribchester,  Thornley  and  Wheatley,  the 
remainders  being  to,  Christopher  son  of 
Thomas  and  Joan  and  to  Joan' s  right  heirs ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8, 13  (Chet.  Lib.),  224. 

88  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  38  ;  the  descent 
is  thus  given  :  John  -s.  Thomas  -s.  John, 
who  had  three  daughters.  The  younger 
John  had  a  brother  Thomas  Bradley,  who 
acquired  part  of  the  manor  of  Silverdale. 

88  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  37. 

34  Ibid,  xvii,  no.  28.  There  is  in  it 
recited  an  indenture  dated  1590  by 
which  John  Bradley  granted  the  rectory 
of  Warton  to  feoffees,  for  the  use  of 
Thomas  Talbot  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  as 
to  one  moiety,  and  of  John  Osbaldeston 
and  Ellen  his  wife  as  to  the  other  moiety. 
See  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  53, 
m.  170. 

85  The  heir  of  John  and  Ellen  Osbal- 
deston was  Edward  their  son,  living  in 
1613  ;  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  84.  In  1611 
it  was  found  that  Thomas  Osbaldeston, 
outlawed  for  murder,  had  a  life  annuity 
of  £20  from  Bradley  Hall  and  other 
lands  of  John  Bradley,  late  of  Beetham 
in  Westmorland,  recently  in  the  posses- 
sion of  John  Osbaldeston,  next  of  Ellen 
his  widow,  and  in  1611  of  Edward 
Eccleston  of  Prescot  parish  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  179. 

The  following  fines  relate  to  it  :  1658, 
Anthony  Munson  and  Frances  his  wife, 
deforciants  of  the  manors  of  Bradley  and 
Balderston  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
162,  m.  16.  1726,  Nicholas  Starkie  v. 


Alexander  Osbaldeston,  manors  including 
Bradley;  ibid.  bdle.  298,  m.  4.  1763, 
the  manor  of  Bradley  and  messuages  in 
Bradley,  Thornley  and  Chaigley,  the  plain- 
tiff being  William  Turner  and  the  deforci- 
ants David  Sturgeon,  Jane  his  wife,  Richard 
Shuttleworth,  William  Bartlett  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  ;  ibid.  bdle.  370,  m.  66. 

36  Information  of  Mr.  J.  J.  Hornby. 

37  The  feoffees  in   1441    regranted    to 
John  Formby  his  lands,   &c.,  in  the  vill 
of  Studley,   a  hamlet  of  Thornley,  with 
remainders   to  his   daughters    Alice   and 
Joan  in  equal  shares  for  life,  and  then  to 
Thomas   Greenhills  the  cousin  and  heir- 
apparent  of  the  said  John,  with  remainders 
to    Margaret    and    Isabel,   sisters  of   the 
said  Thomas,  and  then  to  Alice,  mother 
of  John  Formby  ;   Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol. 
53/>.    John  in  1444  made  a  formal  affirma- 
tion that  Thomas  Greenhills  was  the  heir  of 
the  land  he  had  from  his  mother  Alice;  ibid. 
fol.  546  ;  Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1213. 

William  Sowerbutts  of  Studley  re- 
leased to  Thomas  Lord  Stanley  in  1458 
certain  lands  in  Studley  and  Wheatley  ; 
ibid.  no.  1009.  Robert  Sowerbutts  in 
1482  released  to  William  son  of  Henry 
Hoghton  all  his  right  in  certain  lands  in 
Studley  and  was  re-enfeoffed  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  350;  Towneley  MS.  DD, 
no.  1869.  Richard  Sowerbutts  was  a  free- 
holder in  1600  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  235. 

37a  In  1357  John  de  Studley  claimed  a 
messuage  and  lands  in  Wheatley  against 
Henry  de  Dinckley  and  William  son  of 
Richard  the  Smith  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  5,  m.  8  d.,  i  d. 

38  See    the    account    of    the    Leyland 
tenement  in  Chipping  and  the  references 
there  given.     In  1621  Edward  Tyldesley's 
estate  was  held  of  Michael  Doughty  as  of 
his  manor  of  Thornley  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  261—9. 

89  An  account  of  the  Wawne  or  Walne 
family  has  been  given  under  Chipping  ; 
the  tenure  recorded  is  in  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  13.  See  also  the 
Hospitallers'  rental  of  1609  quoted  above. 

In  1409  Agnes  widow  of  Robert  Moton 
gave  her  daughter  Alice  wife  of  John 
Wawne  the  elder  a  tenement  in  Wheatley, 
the  bounds  of  which  extended  from  the 
Loud  on  the  north  to  Studley  Brook  on 
the  south,  and  part  of  another  tenement 
between  Studley  Brook  and  Longridge, 
which  had  descended  to  the  grantor  on 
the  death  of  her  sister  Alice,  a  daughter 
of  William  the  Smith  ;  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.), 

35 


A  12063.  The  latter  tenement  was  known 
as  the  Birks  in  1525,  when  it  was  held 
by  Robert  Wawne,  William  Sowerbutts 
being  occupier;  ibid.  A  13467,  13473. 
Lower  and  Higher  Birks  are  now  shown 
on  the  map  to  the  south  of  Wheatley. 

For  a  dispute  between  Wawne  and 
Sowerbutts  see  Ducatus  Lane .  (Rec.  Com.), 
iii,  163,  179. 

40  Thornley  Hall,  &c.,  as  part  of  Stidd 
was    included    in    the    grant    to    George 
Whitmore    and    others ;    Pat.   9   Jas.   I, 
pt.  xxvii.     It  was  sold  to  Shireburne  in 
1613  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.   132.     See 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  4. 

Sir  Richard  Shireburne  had  in  1573 
purchased  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Wheatley 
and  Thornley  from  Richard  Alston  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  35,  m.  101. 
Richard  Shireburne  in  1586  purchased 
messuages  and  lands  in  Thornley,  Wheat- 
ley  and  Studley  from  Robert  Newsham  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  ;  ibid.  bdle.  48,  m.  27. 

41  See  the  rental  of  1609  above  cited. 
John   Rodes  was  a  freeholder  in   1600  ; 
Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  235. 
In  1631  the  same  or  a  succeeding  John 
paid  ^10  on  declining  knighthood  ;  ibid. 
217. 

For  the  Rodes  family  see  T.  C.  Smith, 
Chipping,  251-3. 

48  John  del  Woodscholes  received  lands 
in  Thornley  in  1316-17;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  58.  John  son  of  Robert  del 
Woodscholes  was  plaintiff  in  1351;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Assize  R.  i,  m.  v  d.  In  1546 
Elizabeth  Rodes,  widow,  was  plaintiff  in 
a  fine  respecting  Woodschole  howe  and 
lands,  &c.,  in  Thornley,  the  deforciants 
being  Thomas  Johnson  alias  Tomlinson 
and  others ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  12,  m.  293. 

In  1574  a  settlement  was  made  of  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Wheatley  and  Thornley, 
by  Robert  Aytough,  Joan  his  wife,  William 
Ambrose,  Ellen  his  wife  (to  whose  heirs  it 
was  to  remain),  Agnes  and  Frances  Eccles  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  36,  m.  121. 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton  in  1 630  held  land 
in  Thornley,  but  the  tenure  is  not  stated  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  13. 
Some  appears  to  have  been  sold  by  Sir 
Henry  Hoghton  in  1772  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  615,  m.  7  d. 

Thomas  Shireburne  of  Heysham  in 
1635  held  land  of  Henry  Doughty  as  of 
his  manor  of  Thornley  ;  Towneley  MS. 
C8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  1083. 

43  Subs.  R.  Lanes,  bdle.  130,  no.  82. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Bradley  and  William  Rodes  so  contributed  in  i  543  44 
and  John  Rodes  in  1597,  in  which  year  Thomas 
Wawne  was  in  ward  to  the  queen.45  John  Rodes 
and  William  Wawne  paid  for  their  lands  in  1626,  and 
many  others  paid  as  non-communicants.46  Thomas 
Bourne  paid  £10  on  refusing  knighthood  in  l63i.47 

James  Bradley  48  and  Ellen  Wilkinson,49  recusants, 
had  two-thirds  of  their  estates  sequestered  during  the 
Commonwealth.  Thomas  Eccles  of  Thornley,  as  a 
'Papist,'  registered  his  estate  in  1717,  as  also  did 
Stephen  Dilworth.50  The  land  tax  return  of 
1787  shows  that  the  following  were  chief  land- 
owners :  Lord  Derby,  Robert  Rhodes  and  Roger 
Kenyon.51 

Archbishop  Sancroft  about  1685  purchased  farms 
in  Thornley  called  New  House  and  West  House,  and 


gave  them  to  augment  the  stipends  of  the  vicar  of 
Blackburn  and  the  curates  of  the  chapels  of  ease.52 

A  decree  concerning  the  wastes  of  Thornley, 
Wheatley  and  Studley  was  made  in  the  time  of 
James  I.53 

The  only  place  of  worship  is  St.  William's  Roman 
Catholic  church,  Lee  House,  founded  by  the  above- 
named  Thomas  Eccles  in  I738.54  He  gave  it  to  the 
English  Franciscans,  and  on  their  approaching  ex- 
tinction in  1826  the  secular  clergy  took  charge  for  a 
time  ;  but  owing  to  a  dispute  between  the  Rev. 
Francis  Trappes  and  the  vicar  apostolic  the  chapel 
was  closed  from  1841  to  i859-55  Since  then  it  has 
been  served  by  the  English  Benedictines.56  In  the 
churchyard  is  the  base  of  an  old  cross  removed  from 
the  road  between  Chipping  and  Longridge.57 


RIBCHESTER 


RIBCHESTER 
DILWORTH 


Ribchester  proper,  together  with  Dutton  and  Dil- 
worth, is  in  the  hundred  of  Blackburn,  but  the  re- 
maining township  is  in  Amounderness.  The  area  of 
the  whole,  including  Stidd,  is  8,437  acres,  and  the 
population  in  1901  was  5,912. 

The  history  of  the  town  goes  back  to  Roman  times, 
numerous  vestiges  of  its  former  occupation  still  re- 
maining.1 Camden  says  that  the  inhabitants  used  the 
following  proverb  in  his  time  2  : — 

It  is  written  upon  a  wall  in  Rome, 

'Ribchester  was  as  rich  as  any  town  in  Christendom.' 

Before  the  Conquest  the  whole  formed  part  of  Earl 
Tottig's  Preston  fee,  and  was  within  the  hundred  of 
Amounderness.  During  the  I2th  century  one  part 
seems  to  have  been  included  in  the  honor  of  Clitheroe, 
and  thus  Ribchester,  Dilworth  and  Dutton  became 
transferred  to  Blackburn  Hundred,  the  other  town- 
ships, Alston  and  Hothersall,  remaining  in  Amounder- 
ness.3 Ecclesiastically  there  was  no  change  ;  the  parish 
was  in  the  diocese  of  York,  archdeaconry  of  Richmond 
and  deanery  of  Amounderness. 

The  mediaeval  history  is  obscure 4  ;  the  resident 
lords  and  landowners  are  scarcely  known.  Leland 
about  1 540  made  the  following  notes  :  '  Ribchester 
is  a  seven  miles  above  Preston  on  the  further  ripe 
of  Ribble  as  Preston  is.  Ribchester  is  now  a  poor 
thing  ;  it  hath  been  an  ancient  town.  Great  squared 


DUTTON 

ALSTON  WITH  HOTHERSALL 

stones,  vaults,  and  antique  coins  be  found  there  :  and 
there  is  a  place  where  that  the  people  fable  that  the 
Jews  had  a  temple.'  5  The  Reformation  left  traces  in 
the  prosecution  of  recusants,  some  of  the  gentry  and  a 
large  portion  of  the  yeomanry  remaining  faithful  to 
the  Roman  Catholic  religion.6  Thomas  Cottam,  a 
native  of  the  parish,  was  executed  for  his  priesthood 
in  1582.  Though  the  Civil  War  passed  over  with 
few  sequestrations,  the  Jacobite  rising  of  1715  re- 
ceived much  support.  Thomas  Hothersall  of  Hother- 
sall was  outlawed  for  his  part  in  it,  as  were  Robert 
Daniell  and  another  ;  while  Jonathan  Winckley  and 
Thomas  Shuttleworth,  both  of  Alston,  were  executed. 
In  more  recent  times  the  parish  has  remained 
comparatively  isolated.  The  manufactures  are  small  ; 
wood-turning,  cotton-weaving  and  quarrying  employ 
the  people.  The  agricultural  land  is  employed 
almost  entirely  for  pasture,  as  the  following  return  6a 
shows  : — 


Arable 
land 
ac. 


Permanent 

grass 

ac. 


Woods  and 

plantations 

ac. 


Ribchester,  Dutton, 

Hothersall 
Longridge,     Alston, 

Dilworth  . 


3 
36 

39 


82 


7,059^        422^ 


44  Subs.  R.  Lanes,  bdle.  130,  no.  125. 
•**  Ibid.  bdle.  131,  no.  274. 

46  Ibid.  no.  317. 

47  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  217.      48  Royalist  Camp.  Papers,  i,  217. 

49  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  v,  3200.     The 
guardians   of  John  Wilkinson,  the  heir, 
procured    a    discharge,   the   sequestration 
having  been   made  in  error.     John  was 
grandson  of  Ellen  Bradley. 

50  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,  136,  150.     Edward  Eccles  was  a 
recusant  in    1668  ;   Smith,  Chipping,  30  ; 
also  254-8,  and  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.), 
v,  152. 

51  Land  tax  returns  at  Preston. 

52  Abram,  Blackburn,  282  ;  End.  Char. 
Rep.  for  Blackburn,  1904. 

83  Lanes,    and    Ches.    Rec.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  276. 


54  T.  C.  Smith,  Chipping,  160-5  ; 
Thaddeus,  Franciscans  in  Engl.  159.  The 
first  priest-in-charge — Germain  Helme 
(usually  called  Holmes)  of  the  Garstang 
family — was  arrested  on  suspicion  in  1745, 
during  the  Young  Pretender's  rising,  and 
died  a  prisoner  in  Lancaster  Castle  the 
following  year  ;  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl. 
Cath.  iii,  259—64. 

65  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  iii,  139. 
The  disputes  were  carried  to  the  Roman 
courts  and  decided  in  favour  of  Fr.  Trappes. 

S6  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  jer.),  xiii,  169. 

47  T.  C.  Smith,  Longridge,  200. 

1  The  Chester  brook  or  Castel  brook 
named  in  some  of  the  local  charters  pro- 
bably commemorates  the  Roman  citadel  ; 
see  l-'.C.H.  Lanes,  ii,  519;  also  Watkin, 
Roman  Lanes.  ;  Shortt  in  T.  C.  Smith, 
Ribchester  ;  Garstang,  Roman  Ribchester  ; 

36 


Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xvii,  189; 
xviii,  197  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc, 
vii,  229  ;  xvii,  235. 

2  Britannia  (ed.  1695),  750. 

3  About  1350  'the   Sigrop   clough  be- 
tween   Ribchester    and    Hothersall '    was 
'  the  division  between  Amounderness  and 
Blackburnshire '  ;  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R. 
425. 

4  In   the   time   of  pestilence    1349-50 
the  Archdeacon  of  Richmond  alleged  that 
100    men    and    women   had   died  in  the 
parish  of  Ribchester,  and  he  was  allowed 
probate    dues     amounting    to    335.    q.d.  ; 
Engl.  Hist.  Re-v.  v,  529. 

8  I  tin.  iv  (i),  22. 

6  T.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester,  60-5,  gives 
details  and  lists  of  names  for  the  I7th 
century. 

6a  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric.  (1905). 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


The  last  perambulation  of  the  parish  took  place  in 
l829.7 

To  the  county  lay  of  1624,  founded  on  the  old 
fifteenth,  when  Blackburn  Hundred  paid  £100,  Rib- 
chester  and  Dilworth  paid  ^3  i  \s.  ^d.  and  Dutton 
£i  i  is.  i  ojr/.,  while  Alston  and  Hothersall  in  Amoun- 
derness  paid  £l  3/.  ii-Jrf1. — a  total  of  £6  los.  if</. 
from  the  whole  parish.8 

The  government  was  formerly  in  the  hands  of  '  the 
gentlemen  and  Twenty-four,'  the  records  going  back 
to  i638.9  At  present  Ribchester  and  Dutton  have 
each  a  parish  council  ;  Alston  and  Dilworth  form  the 
urban  district  of  Longridge. 

The  hearth  tax  returns  of  1666  show  that  Rib- 
chester and  Dilworth  together  had  124  hearths  liable; 
the  largest  house  was  Ellis  Cottam's  with  five  hearths, 
one  house  had  four  and  three  had  three.  Mr.  Richard 
Townley's  house  at  Dutton  had  five  hearths,  another 
had  four,  and  there  was  a  total  of  sixty-one  in  that 
township.10 

Thomas  Pennant  in  his  journey  to  Alston  Moor 
in  1773  visited  this  place  to  see  the  antiquities.  He 
says  :  '  We  crossed  the  New  Bridge,  an  elegant  struc- 
ture of  three  elliptical  arches.  A  quarter  of  a  mile 
beyond  stands  Ribchester,  a  poor  village,  formerly  a 
famous  Roman  station  :  on  its  north-east  side  it  is 
bounded  by  a  little  brook,  on  the  south-east  by  the 
River  Ribble,  both  which  annually  make  great  encroach- 
ments on  the  place  ;  the  last  especially,  which  has 
crossed  from  the  other  side  of  the  vale  and  threatens 
ruin  by  undermining  the  banks  on  which  the  village 
stands :  a  row  of  houses  and  some  gardens  have  already 
been  swept  away.'  After  describing  the  Roman  re- 
mains, and  speculating  on  the  possibility  of  the  tide 
having  once  ascended  as  high  as  Ribchester,  Brock- 
holes  being  at  that  time  its  limit,  he  names  some  of 
the  old  halls  of  the  neighbourhood,  remarking  that 
'they  all  stand  on  the  edge  of  the  bank,  embosomed 
once  by  thick  woods  of  oak,  which  flourished  greatly 
on  the  steep  slope.'  n 

The  church  of  ST.  WILFRID  stands 
CHURCH  on  the  south  side  of  the  town,  about 
100  yds.  from  the  right  bank  of  the 
Ribble,  which  here,  taking  a  big  bend,  flows  south 
for  about  half  a  mile  below  Ribchester  Bridge.  The 
building  consists  of  chancel  with  small  north  vestry, 
nave  with  south  aisle  and  north  chapel,  south  porch 
and  west  tower,  and  occupies  part  of  the  site  of  the 
Roman  station,  the  line  of  the  north  wall  of  which 
passes  through  the  churchyard  on  the  north  side. 

The  building  belongs  substantially  to  the  I  3th  cen- 
tury, and  has  many  points  of  resemblance  to  the  church 
of  Whalley,  which  was  erected  about  the  same  time, 
though  the  dimensions  are  smaller  and  there  is  no  north 
aisle  to  the  nave.  The  work  would  probably  be  in 
progress  during  the  middle  of  the  first  half  of  the 
century,  when  the  building  would  assume  its  present 
shape,  with  the  exception  of  the  north  chapel,  porch 
and  tower.  It  probably  then  terminated  with  a  gable 
at  the  west  end  surmounted  by  a  bell-turret,  and  so 
remained  till  some  time  in  the  I4th  century,  when  the 
chapel  and  porch  were  added.  Nothing  then  seems 


to  have  been  done  till  the  end  of  the  I  5th  century, 
when  the  west  tower  was  built  and  the  plan  assumed 
its  present  shape.  Considerable  changes,  however, 
took  place  in  the  appearance  of  the  building  during 
the  next  century,  when  the  old  steep  roofs  of  both 
chancel  and  nave  were  taken  down,  the  chancel  walls 
raised  and  the  present  roofs  erected.  The  appear- 
ance of  the  aisle  was  entirely  altered  by  the  insertion 
of  new  square-headed  windows  and  the  walls  probably 
raised,  and  it  is  even  possible  that  the  aisle  walls  were 
entirely  rebuilt  at  this  time,  though  the  rough  character 
of  the  masonry  makes  it  difficult  to  be  sure  of  this. 
The  line  of  the  former  steep  roof  to  the  nave  is  still 
clearly  distinguishable  on  the  east  face  of  the  tower, 
and  its  pitch  suggests  that  the  original  aisle  wall  must 
have  been  considerably  lower  than  at  present  or  that 
the  nave  and  aisle  were  under  one  roof.  There  seems 
never  to  have  been  a  clearstory,  the  nave  originally 
having  enough  light  in  all  probability  from  the  west 
end  as  well  as  from  the  north.  There  are  records  of 
repairs  done  to  the  fabric  in  the  I7th  and  i8th  cen- 
turies, the  two  ugly  dormer  windows  on  the  south 
side  of  the  nave  roof  probably  belonging  to  the  former 
period.  The  chief  work  of  repair  was  done  in 
1685-6  and  in  1711,  when  the  fabric  was  twice 
beautified,12  and  in  1736  the  west  gallery  was  erected. 
After  this  little  seems  to  have  been  done  to  the  build- 
ing till  1830,  when  it  was  repaired  and  new  seats  put 
in.  Two  windows  in  the  south  aisle  were  renewed  some 
thirty  years  later,  but  no  real  restoration  took  place 
till  1 88 1,  when  the  chancel  was  taken  in  hand.  The 
rest  of  the  building  remains  in  a  more  or  less  neg- 
lected condition,  the  walls  being  covered  with  yellow 
wash,  obscuring  much  of  the  mediaeval  detail,  which 
in  other  parts  is  spoilt  by  paint  and  varnish. 

The  chancel,  in  common  with  the  rest  of  the  church, 
is  faced  with  rubble  masonry,  and  the  north  wall  was 
partly  rebuilt  in  the  restoration  of  1881.  Its  internal 
dimensions  are  40  ft.  in  length  by  21  ft.  in  width, 
and  the  floor  is  6£  in.  below  that  of  the  nave,  the 
east  end  of  the  church  thus  losing  something  in 
dignity  when  viewed  from  the  west,  the  sanctuary 
being  raised  by  only  one  step,  thus  bringing  it  to  the 
general  level  of  the  floor  of  the  church.  The  roof  is 
new  with  three  wood  principals,  the  tie-beam  at  the 
east  end  cutting  awkwardly  across  the  top  of  the 
window.  The  east  wall  is  faced  on  the  interior  with 
rough  stone,  but  the  other  walls  are  plastered  above 
the  string  which  goes  round  the  chancel  at  the  height 
of  the  window  sills.  The  east  window  is  the  original 
13th-century  one  of  three  lancet  lights  I  ft.  10  in.  in 
width,  splaying  out  on  the  inside  to  5  ft.  There  are 
two  original  lancet  lights  also  in  the  south  wall  1 5  in. 
wide,  splaying  to  4  ft.  on  the  inside  and  with  a  depth 
of  2  ft.  3  in.,  and  remains  of  a  third  may  still  be  seen 
from  the  inside.  There  have  been  two  similar  windows 
at  the  east  end  of  the  north  wall,  one  of  which  still 
remains,  opening  into  the  vestry,  the  door  to  which 
is  cut  in  the  wall  through  the  lower  part  of  the 
second,  the  head  of  which  may  be  seen  above.  West 
of  these  windows  the  north  chancel  wall  appears  to 
have  been  always  blank  as  at  present,  except  for  a 


7  T.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester,  73. 

8  Gregson,    Fragments    (ed.     Harland), 

23- 

9  Smith,  op.  cit.   160-73.     A  petition 
for    exemption    from    serving     on     the 


Hothersall    in    1639,    is    printed  in  Pal. 
Note  Bk.  iii,  43. 

10  Lay  Subs.  Lanes,  bdle.  250,  no.  9. 

11  Downing  to  Alston  Moor,  92-100. 

12  Churchwardens'  accounts  quoted  by 


Twenty-four,  sent  in  by  John  Ward  of       T.   C.   Smith,   Hist,   of  Ribchester,   92-9. 

37 


'  1685.  For  beautifying  the  church, 
£3  i  Of.  1686.  Pd  to  ye  masons  for 
hewne  work  and  for  waiting  and  getting 
stones,  £3  31.  lod.  1711.  For  beauti- 
fying the  church,  £3.' 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


small  opening  about  midway  in  its  length  10  in.  wide 
by  I  5  in.  high  with  a  pointed  head,  and  3  ft.  6  in. 
from  the  floor.  The  outside  of  the  wall  having  been 
rebuilt  no  trace  of  an  opening  now  appears  on 
the  exterior,  but  the  wide  splay  on  the  interior 
seems  to  show  that  it  answered  the  purpose  of  a 
low  side  window  directed  on  to  the  altar.  In  the 
1 4th  century  a  good  deal  of  alteration  appears  to  have 
taken  place  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel,  the 
sedilia  and  piscina  being  of  that  date,  together  with 
two  windows  ;  one  a  wide  three-light  opening  near  the 
east  end  replaces  the  second  lancet  and  the  other  of 
two-lights  at  the  west  end  with  low  transom  forming 
a  lychnoscope  or  low  side  window.  The  first  of  these 
14th-century  windows,  the  lights  of  which  were  low 
with  cinquefoiled  heads  under  a  wide  pointed  arch 
with  foliated  circular  tracery,  has  been  entirely  re- 
newed, but  the  original  jambs  and  traceried  head  of 
the  western  two-light  window  remain,  though  the 
mullion  and  transom  are  modern.  The  south  door- 


stone  corbel  5  ft.  above  the  floor,  probably  for  an 
image,  but  now  unoccupied  and  broken  at  the  top, 
and  in  the  south-west  corner  is  preserved  a  sepulchral 
slab  4  ft.  3  in.  long,  though  imperfect  at  the  top,  with 
incised  ornament  and  sword.  The  chancel  arch  is 
pointed  and  of  two  chamfered  orders,  springing  from 
circular  moulded  imposts  and  semicircular  shafts  below, 
with  fillet  on  the  face  and  bases  with  the  water 
moulding.  The  bases,  however,  have  been  a  good 
deal  restored,  and  rest  on  a  plain  chamfered  plinth 
running  along  the  west  side  of  the  chancel  back  to 
the  north  and  south  walls.  The  small  vestry  on  the 
north  side  of  the  chancel  and  all  the  fittings  are 
modern. 

Externally  the  chancel  has  a  plain  chamfered 
plinth  now  below  the  level  of  the  surrounding 
ground,  and  flat  buttresses  of  two  stages.  The  heads 
of  the  east  window  are  quite  plain  without  hood 
moulds,  and  the  gable  has  been  repaired  at  the  top 
and  a  modern  apex  cross  erected.  The  roof  is 


S  CENTURY 
14S  CENTURY 
152  CENTURY 
16T4  CENTURY 
I]  MODERN 


SCALE  or  FEET 


PLAN  OF  ST.  WILFRID'S  CHURCH,  RIBCHESTER 


way  is  the  original  13th-century  one  with  a  simple 
pointed  arch  with  external  hood  mould  springing 
from  moulded  imposts  slightly  above  the  level  of  an 
external  string  course  which  goes  round  the  chancel. 
The  sedilia  and  piscina  appear  to  have  been  inserted 
subsequent  to  the  three-light  window,  if  the  present 
stonework  of  the  latter  exactly  represents  that  which 
it  displaced,  as  they  break  awkwardly  in  front  of  the 
opening.  They  are,  however,  of  14th-century  date, 
the  sedilia  being  triple  with  semicircular  heads  and  a 
half-semicircular  arch  at  each  end  dying  into  a  scroll 
moulding  string  course  which  forms  a  square  head  to 
the  sedilia  and  piscina.  The  piscina  has  a  segmental 
head  and  two  bowls  with  floreated  sinkings.  The 
13th-century  string  which  runs  the  length  of  the 
north  and  east  sides  is  cut  away  under  the  first  lancet 
on  the  south  side  against  the  returned  14th-century 
scroll  moulding.  In  the  east  wall  the  string  and  the 
sills  of  the  windows  have  been  renewed.  To  the 
north  of  the  east  window  is  a  semicircular  moulded 


covered  with  stone  slates  and  has  overhanging  eaves. 
The  raising  of  the  walls  has  greatly  injured  the 
appearance  of  the  chancel  on  the  south  side,  spoiling 
the  proportions  of  the  windows  by  reason  of  the  long 
stretch  of  blank  walling  above.  The  line  of  the 
former  high-pitched  chancel  roof,  the  eaves  of  which 
were  level  with  the  top  of  the  windows,  can  still  be 
seen  on  the  east  wall  of  the  nave. 

The  nave  is  61  ft.  by  24  ft.  and  consists  of  four 
bays,  with  south  arcade  of  four  pointed  arches  of  two 
chamfered  orders,  carried  on  octagonal  piers  with 
moulded  caps  and  bases,  and  similar  responds  at 
each  end.  The  floor  is  flagged  and  the  roof  is 
divided  into  eight  bays  by  nine  oak  principals,  the 
two  end  ones  against  the  walls  and  the  middle  one 
having  a  tie-beam  and  short  pieces  down  the  walls 
carried  on  corbels.  The  others  are  merely  collars 
with  shaped  pieces  under,  and  the  roof  does  not  seem 
to  have  been  at  all  altered  since  its  erection  in  the 
1 6th  century  except  by  the  insertion  of  the  two  great 


R.IBCHESTKR   CHURCH    FROM   THE   SoUTH-EAST 


RlBCHESTER    CHURCH   :      THE    NAVE    LOOKING    EAST 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


dormer  windows  on  the  south  side  which  break  into 
it  awkwardly,  the  principals  being  still  in  front  of 
each  window  with  a  space  above  the  rafters  where 
the  line  of  the  roof  is  raised.  A  moulded  wall  plate 
now  whitewashed  runs  round  the  building,  on  a  por- 
tion of  which  at  the  north-west  corner  is  the  date 
1527  in  Gothic  characters. 

The  south  aisle  is  10  ft.  6  in.  wide  and  has  three 
square-headed  windows  on  the  south  side,  the  eastern- 
most of  which  is  modern,  a  three-light  modern 
pointed  window  at  the  east  end,13  and  a  small  two- 
light  window  at  the  west.  The  south  doorway  is  in 
the  west  bay  and  is  a  good  piece  of  13th-century 
work,  now  unfortunately  painted  and  varnished,  with 
pointed  arch  of  two  moulded  orders,  square  chamfered 
inner  jamb  and  outer  shafts  with  moulded  capitals 
and  bases.  The  door  is  modern,  probably  of  i8th- 
century  date.  The  aisle  retains  its  original  16th- 
century  oak  lean-to  roof  with  shaped  wind  braces, 
and  its  east  end  is  occupied  by  what  is  known  as  the 
'  Hoghton  choir '  or  chapel,  inclosed  by  an  oak  screen 
probably  of  early  16th-century  date  but  much 
restored.  It  has  eleven  openings  with  traceried 
heads  on  the  north  side  and  eight  on  the  west,  with 
an  embattled  cornice.  The  chapel  is  now  filled  with 
square  pews. 

The  porch  has  a  pointed  14th-century  arch  of  two 
orders  with  wave  moulding  springing  from  moulded 
imposts,  and  with  external  hood  mould  and  moulded 
jambs.  The  gable,  however,  is  quite  plain  above, 
and  the  roof  in  common  with  all  the  roofs  of  the 
church  has  overhanging  eaves  and  is  covered  with 
stone  slates.  The  walling  is  of  rough  stone  with 
large  angle  quoins.  There  is  a  small  •  window  on 
each  side  and  a  wood  bench  on  the  west  side.  In 
the  south-east  corner  is  an  altar  tomb  cut  from  a  solid 
block  of  stone  with  three  shields,  one  of  which  bears 
the  arms  of  Hoghton.14 

On  the  north  side  the  nave  is  open,  for  something 
like  half  its  length  at  the  east  end,  to  the  north 
chapel,  but  west  of  this  is  a  built-up  doorway 
3  ft.  6  in.  wide.  The  rest  of  the  wall  is  blank, 
except  for  a  square-headed  three-light  window  under 
the  roof  inserted  in  the  1 6th  century  when  the  wall 
was  raised.  Externally  the  north  nave  wall  retains 
its  two  original  angle  buttresses  with  gabled  heads 
and  a  portion  of  the  former  west  wall  of  the  building 
above  the  straight  joint  in  the  masonry  showing 
where  the  north  wall  was  raised  when  the  old  steep- 
pitched  roof  was  removed. 

The  north  chapel,  or  '  Dutton  choir,'  is  34  ft.  by 
14  ft.  and  is  open  to  the  nave  on  the  south  side  by 
an  arcade  of  two  pointed  arches  of  two  plain 
chamfered  orders  with  hood  moulds  on  each  side, 
springing  from  a  central  pier  of  three  clustered  shafts 
with  large  circular  moulded  cap,  and  from  half-round 
responds  at  each  end  with  moulded  caps  and  bases. 
The  terminations  of  the  outer  chamfer  over  the  pier 
on  both  sides  are  ornamented  with  roughly  carved 
heads,  but  the  arches  and  shafts,  as  well  as  all  the 
other  stonework  in  the  chapel,  are  much  spoiled  by 
repeated  coats  of  whitewash  and  paint.  The  chapel 


RIBCHESTER 

has  a  separate  gabled  roof,  and  on  the  western  gable 
are  the  remains  of  a  bell-turret.  The  wall  plate  on 
the  south  side  is  carried  over  the  tops  of  the  arches 
by  four  stone  brackets,  and  there  is  one  rough 
principal  to  the  roof  which  is  plastered  under  the 
spars.  At  the  east  and  west  ends  the  chapel  is  lit 
by  two  good  14th-century  windows  with  moulded 
jambs  and  mullions,  traceried  heads  and  external 
hood  moulds.  The  north  wall  has  a  square-headed 
window  of  three  trefoiled  lights  and  a  i  3th-century 
lancet  with  inner  arch  on  corbels,  probably  re-erected 
here  from  the  north  wall  of  the  nave  when  the  chapel 
was  built.  The  piscina  which  remains  at  the  end  of 
the  south  wall  has  a  moulded  segmental  head  and  jambs. 

The  west  tower  is  13  ft.  6  in.  square  inside  and 
has  a  projecting  vice  in  the  south-east  corner.  The 
western  buttresses  are  of  seven  stages,  set  square  and 
finishing  just  above  the  sill  of  the  belfry  windows. 
The  tower  is  faced  with  rubble  masonry  with  quoins 
at  the  angles  and  is  very  plain  in  character,  its  stages 
being  externally  unmarked.  On  the  north  and  south 
sides  the  walls  are  blank  below  the  belfry  except  for  a 
small  square-headed  window  to  the  bell-ringing  stage. 
The  belfry  windows  are  pointed  and  of  three  lights 
with  tracery  in  the  head,  external  hood  mould  and 
stone  louvres.  The  walls  finish  with  an  embattled 
parapet  and  string  course,  and  there  is  a  clock  on  the 
east  side  facing  the  village.  The  west  door  has  a 
pointed  arch  with  continuous  moulded  jambs  and 
head,  and  above  is  a  three-light  window  similar  to 
those  in  the  belfry.  The  tower  arch  is  of  two 
chamfered  orders,  the  outer  one  dying  into  the  wall 
at  the  springing,  but  the  lower  part  is  now  filled  by 
a  wooden  screen  with  turned  balusters  at  the  top 
and  a  modern  door.  The  upper  part  of  the  opening 
is  hidden  by  the  organ,  which  occupies  the  west 
gallery.  This  gallery,  which  is  described  in  the 
faculty  of  1736  as  'for  the  use  of  the  Singers  of 
Psalms/  has  a  plain  18th-century  wood  front  grained 
and  varnished,  and  is  approached  by  a  staircase  on 
the  north  side  within  the  tower. 

The  font  is  of  14th-century  date,  and  stands  in  its 
original  position  near  the  south  door.  It  is  octagonal 
in  plan  with  straight  sides  and  chamfered  angle  shafts 
dying  into  a  splayed  plinth,  and  has  a  flat  wood  top. 
Like  the  south  door  it  has  unfortunately  suffered  from 
successive  coats  of  paint. 

The  pulpit  is  of  oak  and  octagonal  in  plan,  with 
pilasters  at  the  angles,  richly  carved  panels  and  pro- 
jecting cornice  carried  by  shaped  brackets.  On  the 
door  are  the  date  1636  and  the  initials  of  Christopher 
Hindle,  vicar,  and  attached  to  it  is  an  oak  reading- 
desk,  probably  of  equal  date,  forming  a  two-decker. 

The  seating  is  composed  principally  of  modern 
straight- backed  benches,  but  some  of  the  1 8th-century 
square  pews  still  remain,  two  in  the  nave  having  the 
name  or  initials  of  Jas.  Dewhurst  and  the  date  1761. 
Another  in  the  north  chapel  has  the  initials  RCA  and 
the  date  1729. 

There  is  a  little  old  stained  glass  in  the  head  of  the 
east  window  of  the  north  chapel,  but  it  has  been 
spoiled  with  paint  on  the  inside.15 


13  These  two  modern  windows  hnd  been 
•recently     erected'     in     1869;    W.    A. 
Waddington,   Sketches  on   the  Calder   and 
Ribble. 

14  This  stone  is  mentioned  as  being  in 
the  chancel    in    1877   (Dobson's   Rambles 


by  the  Ribble,  ii,  108),  but  Mr.  Smith  says 
that    in    1890   it   was  'nowhere  visible' 


15  In     the    windows     were      formerly 
memorials  of  John  Talbot  and  Isabel  his 


(Hist,  of  Rite/tester,  205).      Canon  Raines  wife,    and    of   Thomas    Lenox    (Lynalx) 

in    1850    speaks   of  it    as    in    the    north  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  together  with   the 

chapel }  Notitia   Cestr.  (Chet.   Soc.  xxii),  Lynalx    arms  ;    Whitaker,    Whalley    (ed. 

472.  Nicholls),  ii,  459  n. 

39 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


There  are  mural  monuments  to  the  Rev.  B.  T. 
Haslewood,  rector  (d.  1876),  Jonathan  Openshaw  of 
Hothersall  (d.  1882)  and  the  Rev.  F.  E.  Perrin, 
rector  (d.  1885). 

In  the  south-east  corner  of  the  north  chapel  is  the 
base  of  an  old  cross.  In  the  north  chapel  also  is  an 
ancient  tombstone  now  bearing  an  inscription  dated 
1689. 

There  is  a  ring  of  six  bells  by  Mears  of  White- 
chapel,  all  dated  1821,  but  hung  in  the  following 
year.  In  1650  the  'curfew'  was  rung  at  4  A.M.  and 
8  P.M.  It  is  still  rung  in  the  evening.16 

The  plate  consists  of  a  chalice  of  1777,  another  of 
1815,  and  a  plated  flagon  and  paten  made  by  Richards 
of  Birmingham,  1826. 

The  registers  begin  in  1598.  The  first  volume 
(1598-1694)  has  been  printed  by  the  Lancashire 
Parish  Register  Society.17  The  churchwardens' 
accounts  begin  in  i65O.18  There  was  formerly  a 
parish  library,  dating  from  1684,  but  it  was  dispersed 
more  than  fifty  years  ago.19 

The  churchyard  lies  principally  on  the  north,  south 
and  west  sides  of  the  church,  and  is  entered  through 
gates,  near  the  south-east  corner,  from  the  village. 
It  was  enlarged  in  1870  when  the  old  burial-ground 
was  closed.  To  the  south  of  the  chancel  is  a  stone 
sundial  raised  on  six  square  steps,  the  plate  of  which 
is  missing,  but  the  shaft,  which  is  probably  of  17th- 
century  date,  forms  a  very  picturesque  feature  in  the 
exterior  view  of  the  building.  The  oldest  dated 
gravestone  is  1696. 


A  church  has  existed  here  at  least 
ADVOWSON  from  the  end  of  the  i  2th  century.20 
Like  the  manor,  the  advowson  be- 
longed to  the  Lacys,  lords  of  Clitheroe,21  and  descended 
to  the  Earls  and  Dukes  of  Lancaster,  and  so  to  the 
Crown.  In  1546  the  rectory  was  granted  to  the 
newly-created  bishopric  of  Chester,  in  part  exchange 
for  other  lands,22  and  a  vicarage  was  ordained  to 
which  the  bishop  collated.23  The  rectory  is  now  in 
the  hands  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners,  and  the 
Bishop  of  Manchester  collates  to  the  vicarage.24 

In  1292  the  value  of  the  rectory  was  taxed  as 
£22  a  year,25  but  owing  mainly  to  an  incursion  of 
the  Scots  it  decreased  within  the  next  thirty  years  to 
j£i2,26  at  which  it  remained  in  I34I.2"  In  1535 
the  income  was  estimated  at  £39  I  5/.  6d.,  including 
the  value  of  the  rectory-house  and  glebe.28  The  Par- 
liamentary Commissioners  in  1650  found  that  the 
Bishop  of  Chester  had  leased  the  tithes  to  the  inhabit- 
ants for  the  nominal  value  of  the  rectory,  out  of 
which  he  had  paid  20  marks  to  the  vicar.29  This 
stipend  was  greatly  increased  soon  afterwards,  out  of 
the  sequestered  revenues  of  the  bishopric  of  Chester,30 
but  after  the  Restoration  the  vicar's  income  would 
return  to  its  former  level.  However,  about  1718 
Bishop  Gastrell  found  that  the  vicar  had  nearly  £39 
a  year  31  and  that  there  was  also  £5  6s.  $>d.  reserved 
*  for  a  priest  serving  within  the  church  of  Rib- 
chester.' 32  The  vicars  have  for  forty  years  been 
styled  rectors.33  The  income  is  now  returned  as 


The  following  have  been  rectors  and  vicars  : — 


RECTORS 


Instituted 
C.    1200     .       . 
c.  1240 


Richard  35 
Drogo  36 


Name 


Patron 


Cause  of  Vacancy 


25  Feb.    1243-4     •     Guy  de  Russelon  37 The  King 


16 T.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester,  104.  The 
clock  was  placed  in  the  tower  in  1813, 
but  one  had  been  there  from  1650  or 
earlier. 

17  Vol.   xxvi,   1906.     Transcribed    and 
edited  by  J.  Arrowsmith. 

18  Many  items   are  extracted  by  T.  C. 
Smith,  Ribchester. 

19  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.   Soc.), 
ii,    471  ;    Smith,    op.  cit.    z  14-1 9,    who 
states  that  the  founder,  Bradley  Hayhurst 
of  Button,    was    curate    of   Macclesfield 
1671-82   (Earwaker,   East  Ches.  ii,  505), 
and  died  about  1685. 

20  In    a  grant  of  the   moiety  of  Rib- 
chester made  by  Robert   deiLacy  before 
1193  the  'gift  of  the  church.' of  the  same 
town '    was     expressly    reserved    to    the 
grantor  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  185. 

31  See  the  account  of  the  rectors. 

88  Pat.  38  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  v  5  Ormerod, 
Ches.  (ed.  Helsby),  i,  97. 

28  The  vicar's  stipend  was  20  marks. 

*4  The  patronage  was  transferred  to  the 
Bishop  of  Manchester  in  1859;  Lond. 
Gam.  5  Aug. 

35  Pope  Nich.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  307. 

36  Ibid.  3Z7. 

n  Inq.  Nonarum  (Rec.  Com.),  38. 
The  township  of  Ribchester  contributed 
,£4  i6s.  8</.,  Alston  the  same,  and  Button 
jCz  6s.  &d.  The  apparent  decrease  of 
value  was  attributed  in  part  to  the 
omission  of  the  tithe  of  hay,  &c.,  and 
other  dues  belonging  to  the  altarage  of 
the  church,  £4  in  all,  but  chiefly  to  the 


destruction  caused  by  the  Scots,  owing  to 
which  ten  fewer  ploughs  were  used  in  the 
parish. 

28  Valor    Eccl.    (Rec.    Com.),    v,    262. 
The    house     and    glebe    accounted     for 
£8    51.    io</.,  the   tithes    of  corn    ,£20, 
other  tithes   £2    i6i.,  Easter  dues,   &c., 
£8  13$.  8<f.      The  outgoings  came  to  6s. 
only,  for  procurations  and  synodals. 

29  Commonly.     Ch.     Sur-v.     (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,    and     Ches.),     168.      A    detailed 
survey   of  the  house   and  glebe  lands  is 
printed    ibid.     197-202.        Some     more 
profitable    arrangement    seems    to    have 
been  made,   for  in   1656  an  allowance  of 
£70  a  year  out  of  the  tithes  was  ordered 
to    be  made  to  the    incumbent  ;    Plund. 
Mins.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
ii,  130,  152,  207. 

30  In    1659    it   was  ordered    that  £60 
should   be  paid   to   the   vicar  out  of  the 
tithes  ;  ibid,  ii,  288. 

81  Notitia  Cesir.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  471. 
The  sum  was  made  up  of  the  20  marks 
paid  by  the  bishop,  the  Button  tithes 
£13,  small  tithes  £9  121.,  and  surplice 
fees  £3. 

There  were  five  churchwardens,  one 
chosen  by  the  vicar  out  of  three  nominated 
to  him,  and  the  other  four  by  the 
'Twenty-four  men'  of  their  respective 
quarters.  The  clerk  was  chosen  by  the 
heir  of  Hoghton  Tower. 

A  list  of  Easter  dues  and  surplice  fees 
in  1682  is  printed  in  Smith,  op.  cit.  90-1. 

In  a  lease  of  the  rectory  granted  by 
Bishop  Gastrell  in  1724  it  is  stated  that 

40 


the  tithes  of  Button  were  reserved  towards 
the  maintenance  of  the  vicar  of  Rib- 
chester ;  Chester  Consistory  Ct.  Rec. 

32  Notitia,  loc.  cit. 

38  The  benefice  was  declared  a  rectory 
in  1867  ;  Lond.  Gay,,  i  Mar.  The  usual 
style  of  the  incumbent  is  '  rector  of  Rib- 
chester and  vicar  of  Stidd.' 

84  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir. 

35  He  attested  an  early  grant  of  part  of 
Hothersall ;    Add.    MS.    32106,    no.    19 
Hud. 

Ellis  the  clerk  of  Ribchester  occurs 
early  in  the  1 3th  century  ;  Whalley  Couch. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  iii,  870  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  51. 

36  In  1246  it  was  recorded  that  Brogo 
rector  of  Ribchester    had   been    drowned 
from  a  horse  in  the  Ribble,  accidentally, 
as  was  supposed.     The  horse  was  drowned 
also,  and  i8i/.,  the  value  of  its  hide,  must 
be   paid    to   the   sheriff;    Assize   R.  404, 
m.  20. 

In  1243,  perhaps  after  the  death  of 
Brogo,  the  king  (in  right  of  his  ward, 
Edmund  de  Lacy)  claimed  the  right  to 
present  to  the  church  of  Ribchester,  then 
vacant,  the  other  claimants  being  the 
'  Prior  of  Button  '  and  Walter  Moton. 
The  prior,  no  doubt  the  master  of  Stidd, 
said  he  claimed  nothing  in  the  advowson  ; 
Cur.  Reg.  R.  131,  m.  18,  17. 

37  Cal.  Pat.  1232-47,  p.  420.      He  was 
a  relative  of  the  king's,  who  presented  in 
right   of   his   ward,    and  had  many  pre- 
ferments ;    see    the    account    of   Preston 
Church    and    Cal.   Papal  Letters,   i,   224. 
He  was  in  minor  orders  only  ;  ibid.  242. 


Instituted 

i  Aug.  1246  . 
c.  1290  . 
23  Nov.  1325  . 

oc.  1333  . 
10  Nov.  1337  . 

7  Oct.  1343  . 
5  Feb.  1349-50 

I  Mar.  1364-5 
1  8  Dec.  1374  • 
21  Jan.  1374-5 


8  Nov.  1395 

oc.  1408 

5  Apr.  1419 

3  Dec.  1419 

14  Dec.  1468 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 

Name  Patron 

Humbert  de  Ascitiis 38 The  King    .     .     . 

Robert  de  Pocklington  39    .      .     .     . 

Robert  de  Brustwick 40 .           ...  .     .     . 


Thomas  Trayley  41 

Matthew  Palmer  42 Queen  Isabella 

Mr.  Walter  de  Woodhouse 43     .     , 

William  de  Wakefield 44     .     .     .     .     Queen  Isabella 


William  de  Hornby  45 


John  de  Lincoln  46 

John  de  Yerdeburgh Duke  of  Lancaster 

Lambert  de  Thirkingham  47    .  „ 


William  de  Bolton  48 
John  Farmer49  .  . 
John  Moor 50 


RIBCHESTER 

Cause  of  Vacancy 

.     res.  G.  de  Russelon 


res.  R.  de  Pockling- 
ton 


.     exch.  T.  Trayley 

.     exch.  W.  de  Wood- 
house 

exch.  W.  de  Wake- 
field 


exch.  Jo.  de  Lincoln 
.     res.  Jo.   de  Yerde- 
burgh 


.     res.  W.  de  Bolton 


Richard  Coventry 61 The  King    .     . 

John  Elswick  52 „  .     . 

William  Talbot,  D.Decr. 53     .     .     .     E.  and  R.  Talbot 


.     d.  John  Moor 
.     res.  R.  Coventry 
.     res.  J.  Elswick 


38  Cal.  Pat.  1232-47,  p.  484.  In 
1246  the  advowson  was  in  the  king's 
hands  by  reason  of  the  wardship  of  Ed- 
mund de  Lacy,  and  was  worth  40  marks 
yearly ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  20  d.  The 
rector  is  named  as  '  Imbert.' 

Josce  the  clerk  of  Ribchester  occurs  in 
1258-9  ;  Originalia,  43  Hen.  Ill,  m.  6. 
He  is  several  times  mentioned  in  local 
charters.  Hawise,  his  widow,  claimed 
an  oxgang  of  land  in  the  vill  in  1282  ; 
De  Banco  R.  45,  m.  70  d. 

89  Robert  de  Pocklington,  parson  of  the 
church  of  Ribchester,  claimed  land  in 
Dilworth  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  63, 
1 8  d.  Letters  of  protection  were  given 
him  in  1294;  Cal.  Pat.  1292-1301, 
p.  123.  In  1305  he  claimed  land  against 
Robert  Moton ;  De  Banco  R.  153, 
m.  3 1 7  d.  Robert,  rector  of  the  church 
of  Ribchester,  attested  a  local  deed  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  275. 

40  Cal.    Pat.    1324-7,     p.    204.       The 
name  is  also  spelt  Burstwick.     The  king 
presented   by   reason  of  the  forfeiture  of 
Thomas    Earl    of   Lancaster.      The  new 
rector    was    one    of    the    king's   clerks. 
Henry  de  Haydock,  another  king's  clerk, 
was   pic-sented   in    1331,    but  Robert    de 
Brustwick  showed  that  he  had  been  duly 
presented  by  Edward  II,  and  was  allowed 
to    retain    the   benefice;    ibid.     1330-4, 
pp.  82,  1 02. 

41  At    Michaelmas    1333     Robert    de 
Brustwick,   rector  of  Lamley,  claimed  a 
sum   of   money    from    Thomas   Trayley, 
rector  of  Ribchester.     The  latter  was  also 
sued  by  Simon  de  Westhalum,  chaplain  ; 
De  Banco  R.  296,  m.  402  d.     There  had 
perhaps   been    an   exchange   of  benefices. 
In  1336  Thomas  Trayley  received  pardon 
for    an    outlawry;    Cal.    Pat.     1334-8, 
p.  197. 

42  Ibid.  p.  550.     The  new  rector  had 
been    rector    of   Little    Canfield    (Essex), 
in    the     diocese     of     London,     Trayley 
taking  his  place   there.     The  lordship  of 
Clitheroe  was  held  by  Queen  Isabella,  and 
Palmer  was  one  of  her  clerks.     He  re- 
ceived   in    1333   a   papal    provision    of  a 
canonry  and  prebend    at    Bosham  ;    Cal. 
Papal  Letters,  ii,  387-8. 

43  He    was    a    pfebendary   of  York  in 
I347~95     Le    Neve,     Fasti,     iii,     217, 

I9Z. 

44  Cal.  Pat.   1343-5,  p.  128  ;  the   new 


rector  had  had  Kippax,  in  the  diocese  of 
York,  which  Woodhouse  took.  The 
date  given  is  that  of  presentation  ;  Wake- 
field  is  said  to  have  been  instituted  on 
10  Nov.;  Smith,  Ribchester,  139.  In 
1331,  at  the  request  of  Joan  queen  of 
Scotland,  whose  clerk  he  was,  the  pope 
provided  him  to  a  canonry  at  Lichfield, 
but  he  was  to  resign  Kippax.  The  pro- 
vision was  renewed  in  1332  ;  Cal.  Papal 
Letters,  ii,  350,  356. 

As  William  de  Wakefield,  rector  of  the 
church  of  Ribchester,  he  granted  to  John 
de  Osbaldeston,  chaplain,  a  part  of  his 
land  in  the  vill,  lying  in  the  lower  part 
of  the  croft  he  had  received  from  John 
Banastre  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  261. 

46  Cal.  Pat.  1348-50,  p.  469.  The 
new  rector,  one  of  the  king's  clerks, 
exchanged  the  rectory  of  Wootton,  Lincoln 
diocese,  for  Ribchester.  He  was  after- 
wards rector  of  St.  Michael's-on-Wyre, 
and  receiver  for  the  Duke  of  Lancaster. 
He  occurs  as  rector  of  Ribchester  down 
to  Jan.  1364-5,  so  that  there  is  no  break 
in  the  succession  at  this  point  ;  De  Banco 
R.  419,  m.  1 80. 

46  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  387. 
One    of  this    name    was    prebendary   of 
York  and  Lincoln  later  in  the  century  ; 
Le  Neve. 

47  John  de  Lincoln  in  1374  exchanged 
Ribchester  for  Long  Leadenham,  in  Lin- 
coln diocese,  with  John   de  Yerdeburgh, 
who    was    presented    to    Ribchester    on 
18    Dec.   1374  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.   Misc. 
Bks.  xiii,  fol.  47.     It  is  unlikely  that  he 
was  instituted,  for  he  almost  immediately 
accepted     Stoke,    in     Staffordshire,    and 
Lambert  de  Thirkingham  was  presented 
on  21  Jan.  1374-5  ;  ibid. 

«  In  Whitaker's  Whalley  (ii,  462) 
William  de  Bolton  is  said  to  have  been 
instituted  on  27  Feb.  1367,  but  there 
must  be  some  mistake  in  the  date. 

49  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.)  xxii,  393  ; 
the  Archdeacon  of  Richmond  was  to  have 
£12  as  first-fruits.  Henry  IV  in  Dec. 
1399  ratified  the  estate  of  John  Farmer, 
king's  clerk,  in  the  rectory  of  Ribchester  ; 
Cal.  Pat.  1399-1401,  p.  101.  The  name 
is  also  spelt  Fermer. 

Boniface  IX  in  1397  appointed  John 
Farmer,  rector  of  Ribchester,  to  the 
prebend  of  Frees,  in  Lichfield  Cathedral, 
if  he  should  be  found  fit  ;  Cal.  Papal 

41 


Letters,  v,  84.  In  1405  Innocent  VII 
extended  an  indult  granted  to  Rector 
Farmer  the  year  before  ;  while  he  should 
be  serving  the  Bishop  of  Norwich  (whose 
registrar  he  was),  studying  at  the 
university,  or  residing  at  the  Roman 
court,  he  might  farm  out  his  benefices, 
&c.  ;  ibid,  vi,  8,  285.  John  'Fermer' 
was  prebendary  of  Wolvey,  in  Lichfield 
Cathedral,  in  1398,  probably  in  exchange 
for  Frees  ;  Le  Neve,  Fasti,  i,  640. 

so  John  Moor,  rector,  was  the  feoffee 
of  Sibyl  widow  of  Sir  Roger  de  Fulthorp 
in  Aug.  1408  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no. 
2025.  He  seems  to  have  been  resident, 
as  he  is  similarly  mentioned  several 
times  ;  e.g.  Final  Cone,  iii,  84  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C8,  13,  p.  602  (1415). 

81  Raines  MSS.  xxii,  395. 

In  1420  Richard  Coventry  was  rector 
of  Benefield  (Northants),  in  the  diocese 
of  Lincoln,  and  obtained  a  plenary  in- 
dulgence ;  Cal.  Papal  Letters,  vii,  336, 
340. 

52  Raines  MSS.  loc.  cit.  This  rector 
seems  to  have  been  resident,  as  his  name 
frequently  occurs  in  local  deeds,  &c. ;  e.g. 
Final  Cone,  iii,  112. 

He  and  William  Clifton  in  1429 
claimed  a  debt  against  Richard  Walmsley 
of  Ribchester  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  2, 
m.  gb.  John  Elswick,  rector  of  Rib- 
chester, was  a  feoffee  of  lands  in  Chaigley 
in  Apr.  1468  ;  Add.  MS.  32108,  T 

336- 

6J  In  1468  there  was  an  inquiry  as  to 
the  patronage,  which  was  claimed  by 
Edmund  and  Richard  Talbot  under  a 
grant  from  the  Crown  in  reward  of  services 
rendered  to  Richard  Earl  of  Salisbury. 
The  king  had  presented  the  last  rector, 
to  whom  a  pension  of  £20  was  allowed 
on  account  of  his  decrepitude ;  Raines 
MSS.  xxii,  385  (from  registers  of  Archd. 
of  Richmond).  In  an  act  of  resumption 
in  1467  the  grant  to  the  Talbots  was 
specially  reserved  ;  Parl.  R.  v,  599. 

William  Talbot  graduated  in  the  canon 
law  at  Cambridge,  bachelor  in  1470  and 
doctor  in  1475-6  ;  Grace  Book  A  (Luard 
Mem.),  83,  in.  He  obtained  a  prebend 
at  York  in  1480  and  another  at  South- 
well in  1485  ;  he  was  buried  at  the  latter 
church  in  1498,  his  monument  still 
remaining;  Le  Neve,  Fasti,  iii,  189, 
448. 


A  HISTORY   OF  LANCASHIRE 


Instituted 


1 6  Mar.  1496-7 
31  July  1527     . 

21  Dec.  1532    . 
9  June  1542     . 


oc.  1562     . 

22  Mar.  1571-2 

9  Mar.  1573-4 

17  Dec.  1616    . 

5  Feb.  1617-18 

1656    . 

6  Oct.  1681     . 
3  Aug.  1706    . 

26  Feb.  1738-9 


Name 

Robert  Crombleholme  54    .     . 
William  Clayton,  D.Can.L. 5 

Thomas  Thirlby,  LL.D.  5G     . 
George  Wolset,  LL.D. 57  .     . 


Patron 
The  King    . 


Cause  of  Vacanrr 


The  King 


res.     R.    Cromble- 
holme 

d.  W.  Clayton 
res.  T.  Thirlby 


VICARS 


James  Lingard  s8 

Christopher  Alsop  r9 

Henry  Norcross  60 John  Whitaker 

Richard  Learoyd  61 Bp.  of  Chester  . 


Christopher  Hindley  c  .  . 
William  Ingham  63  .  .  . 
George  Ogden,  B.D.  64  . 
Thomas  Johnson,  B.A.  6r>  . 
John  Heber 66  .  .  .  . 


res.  last  incumbent 
depr.    of   H.   Nor- 
cross 
res.  R.  Learoyd 


Bp.  of  Chester 


64  Smith,  op.  cit.  141.  Crombleholme 
resigned  the  rectory  on  a  pension,  but 
died  soon  afterwards,  intestate,  when  his 
administrators  began  a  suit  against  the 
Abbot  of  Whalley  ;  Duchy  Plead.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  201.  The  abbot 
was  liable  as  surety  for  William  Clayton, 
the  succeeding  rector,  and  alleged  that 
the  covenants  had  been  fulfilled. 

55  The  king  in  1520  granted  the  next 
presentation  to  John  Veysey  (Bishop  of 
Exeter)  and  Sir  Edward  Belknap  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xxii,  229  d.  On 
Crombleholme's  resignation  the  bishop, 
as  surviving  trustee,  presented  one 
Thomas  Brerewood,  and  complained  that 
William  Clayton  unjustly  hindered  his 
obtaining  possession  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  142,  m.  2  d. 

The  new  rector  (D.  Can.  Law,  1528  ; 
Foster,  Alumni  Oxon.)  held  various 
benefices  and  dignities,  including  Winder- 
mere,  Doncaster  and  Bromfield  Churches, 
and  canonries  at  Lichfield  and  York  ;  Le 
Neve,  Fasti,  i,  627  ;  iii,  193  ;  L.  and  P. 
Hen.  PHI,  v,  608,  700.  He  died  14 
Oct.  1532,  and  it  appears  that  Edmund 
Bonner  was  recommended  as  his  successor 
at  Ribchester  ;  ibid,  v,  604,  687.  A 
letter  from  Clayton  to  Cromwell  is  at 
the  P.R.O.  ;  ibid,  iv,  2248. 

66  Thomas  Thirlby  (Trinity  Hall, 
Cambridge,  LL.D.  1528)  had  many 
preferments,  becoming  successively  Bishop 
of  Westminster  (1540),  Norwich  (1550) 
and  Ely  (1554)  j  Le  Neve,  Fasti.  He 
had  complied  with  the  religious  changes 
of  the  time,  but  in  1559  refused  to 
abandon  Roman  communion  and  was 
deprived  by  Elizabeth.  Thenceforward 
he  lived  a  prisoner  with  Archbishop 
Parker,  dying  at  Lambeth  in  1570.  See 
Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  ;  Cooper,  Athen.  Cantab. 
i,  287-90. 

He  had  a  dispute  with  his  lessees  of 
the  rectory  of  Ribchester  in  1542  ;  Duchy 
Plead,  ii,  160. 

57  Act  Bk.  at  Chester  1502-76,  fol. 
1 2 b.  He  was  also  rector  of  Chipping. 
His  name  is  uncertain,  being  given  also 
as  Wolfet  or  Wolflet.  He  was  educated 
at  Oxford  (M.A.  1512,  as  Welsett  or 
Wylsett ;  Foster,  Alumni),  was  rector  of 
St.  Olave,  Hart  Street,  London,  in  1518 
to  1528,  and  became  clerk  of  the  king's 
closet  in  1537  ;  he  had  other  benefices 
and  was  a  canon  of  Salisbury  ;  see  the 
account  by  T.  C.  Smith,  Chipping,  85-6. 
Hi»  will,  dated  1553,  was  proved  at 
York  in  1554;  an  abstract  is  given  by 
Raine*,  Chantries  (Chet.  Soc.),  195-6. 


Gilbert  Wicks  obtained  a  presentation 
to  the  rectory  in  1540,  but  it  does  not 
appear  to  have  been  acted  upon  ;  L.  and  P. 
Hen.  Fill,  xv,  g.  1027  (20). 

88  No  first-fruits  were  paid  by  the 
vicars.  James  Lingard's  name  appears 
in  the  visitation  list  of  1562  and  again 
in  1570.  He  was  one  of  the  old  clergy, 
having  been  ordained  in  1546-7  ;  Chester 
Ordin.  Bk.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

73.  77- 

59  Smith,  Ribchester,   143.     Some  later 
dates  are    taken    from    the    same  work, 
which    contains    a    full    account    of   the 
vicars.       Alsop's   name    occurs    in    Jan. 
'573-45     Raines     MSS.     (Chet.     Lib.), 
xxii,  56. 

60  Act  Bk.  at  Chester.     The  Bishop  of 
Chester   had    in    1572  granted  the   next 
presentation    to    Bernard    Anderton,    his 
servant,  and  another,   who  transferred  it 
to    John    Whitaker.       In    Raines    MSS. 
xxii,  p.  350,  will  be  found  a  record  of  the 
proceedings  against  Norcross  in  1614-15. 
He    was    charged    with  having  obtruded 
himself  into  the  '  parish '    of  Stidd,   and 
with  being  a  drunkard,  ale-house  keeper, 
gambler,     &c.        He     was     deprived    or 
degraded,  but  continued  to  live  at  Rib- 
chester, being  buried  there  14  Aug.  1623. 
In     1590    he    was     described     as     'no 
preacher '  ;  S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz.  xxxi,  47. 

61  Act  Bk.  at  Chester  1579-1676,  fol. 
64^.     He  became  one  of  the  chaplains 
or  curates  at  the  Collegiate  Church,  Man- 
chester,   and  was  buried   there    22   Aug. 
1623.     From    the   presentments   at    one 
of  the  visitations  it  appears  that  he  was 
unable  to  obtain  possession  of  the  vicarage- 
house  at  Ribchester. 

62  From  this  time  the  institutions  have 
been  compared  with  the  Institution  Books 
P.R.O.   as   printed    in    Lanes,   and  Ches. 
Antitj.  Notes. 

Christopher  Hindley  (or  Hindle — 
Hynde  in  Act  Bk.)  was  of  Cowell  or 
Cowhill  in  Rishton.  At  first  he  '  could 
not  peaceably  enjoy  the  vicarage,'  appa- 
rently owing  to  the  opposition  of  Nor- 
cross, who  also  detained  a  communion 
cup;  Visit.  P.  of  1619  at  Chester  Dioc. 
Reg.  Though  not  a  member  of  the 
classis,  he  continued  to  minister  at  Rib- 
chester after  the  establishment  of  Presby- 
terianism,  until  violently  ejected  from 
his  pulpit  in  1649  while  denouncing  the 
execution  of  Charles  I.  He  then  retired 
to  Cowhill,  where  he  died  in  1657  ;  Loc. 
Glean.  Lanes,  and  Ches.  i,  34,  &c. 

It  was  probably  the  execution  of 
Charles  I  which  roused  the  vicar  to 


d.  W.  Ingham 
d.  G.  Ogden 
d.  T.  Johnson 


resistance,  for  in  1646  the  Parliamentary 
Committee  ordered  an  increase  of  £40  in 
his  stipend,  and  as  late  as  May  1649 
directed  payment  of  arrears  ;  but  in  the 
following  month  the  increase  was  sus- 
pended on  account  of  accusations  of 
'  notorious  misdemeanours  '  ;  Plund.  Mins. 
Accts.  i,  70,  72.  In  1650  it  was  found  that 
'  the  present  incumbent,  Mr.  Christopher 
Hindley,'  had  been  '  lately  suspended  by 
order  from  the  provincial  assembly  of 
divines  for  this  county,  but  for  what 
cause  the  presenters  know  not';  Common-w. 
Ch.  Sur-v.  169.  Thus  he  had  not  then 
been  deprived. 

63  William  Ingham,  who  was  considered 
a  '  diligent,   painful    minister,'   occurs    at 
Church    (1646),   Goosnargh    (1650)    and 
Shireshead      (1652)  ;       Common-w.       Ch. 
Surf.    155  ;  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  i,  119. 
He    was    not    recommended    as    '  settled 
minister'   of   Ribchester    until    1656,   so 
that  the  account  of  his  conduct  given  by 
his  Royalist  successor  has  no  doubt  been 
exaggerated;    ibid,    ii,    151.       The    first 
baptism   by  him  was  on  23    Nov.  1656  ; 
Reg.     He  seems  to  have  been  a  Presby- 
terian and  signed   the  '  Harmonious  Con- 
sent'    in    1648,    but    conformed    at    the 
Restoration,  retaining  the  benefice  till  his 
death  in  1681.     For  his  will  see  Smith, 
op.  cit.  150. 

64  Educated  at  Jesus  Coll.,  Camb.;  M.A. 
1668.       His    epitaph    describes    him    as 
'fellow'   of  his    college   and   B.D. ;    the 
former  statement  is  erroneous.     He  built 
a  vicarage-house  in  1682.    He  was  elected 
fellow  of  Manchester  in  1 68 1  and  retained 
this  with  his  vicarage    till    his  death  in 
1706    at    Manchester.       In     1692    the 
Bishop   of   Chester  (Stratford)   wrote    to 
him  asking  whether  he  intended  to  reside 
at  Ribchester   or   to   resign  it ;    see   Loc. 
Glean.    Lanes,    and    Ches.  ii,    4    and    the 
account    of  him    in    Raines,    Fello-ws    of 
Manch.    (Chet.    Soc.),    183-8.     At  Rib- 
chester he  collected  the  antiquities  found 
there. 

65  Educated   at  Brasenose   Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
B.A.    1692;    Foster,    Alumni.     He    was 
non-resident  in  1734,  but  was  buried  at 
Ribchester  in  1738. 

60  Educated  at  University  Coll.,  Oxf., 
but  did  not  graduate  ;  Foster,  Alumni. 
He  was  rector  of  Marton,  a  family  living, 
1728  to  1775,  and  did  not  reside  at  Rib- 
chester ;  Whitaker,  Cra-ven  (ed.  Morant), 
95.  In  1739  the  vicar  was  also  'chap- 
lain to  his  Majesty's  invalids  at  Ports- 
mouth '  ;  Visit.  Returns.  Reginald  Heber, 
the  poet,  was  his  nephew. 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


RIBCHESTER 


Instituted  Name 

zg  Aug.  1775  .  .  John  Griffiths,  B.A 

37  July  1776  .  .  John  Atkinson67'8 

II  July  1798  .  .  Isaac  Relph 69 

23  Apr.  1800  .  .  James  Quartley,  M.A. 70    .     .     .     . 

14  Apr.  1829  .  .  Boulby  Thomas  Haslewood,  B.A.71   . 

RECTORS 

.     Frederick  Eugene  Perrin,  M.A.72     . 
Francis  John  Dickson,  M.A.73 
Evan  Harries  74 

.     John  William  Brooker 


Patron 

Bp.  of  Chester 


Cause  of  Vacancy 

d.  J.  Heber 


1876  . 

1 8  Aug.  1885  . 

1 1  May  1892  . 
7  Jan.  1908 

The  early  rectors  were  often  officials  of  the  Earls  of 
Lancaster  or  the  kings,  holding  Ribchester  as  one  of 
numerous  preferments  and  resigning  it  after  a  brief 
tenure  for  some  more  lucrative  benefice.  It  is 
unlikely  that  many  of  them  were  resident,  and  pro- 
bably for  this  reason  they  seldom  occur  in  local  deeds. 
After  the  rectory  came  into  the  possession  of  the 
Bishops  of  Chester  the  vicars  appointed  were  usually 
resident,  but  the  stipend  was  small,  and  the  position 
of  the  incumbents  was  probably  no  better  than  that 
of  the  former  curates  of  the  absentee  rectors.  Some 
of  the  vicars  held  other  preferments.  Before  the 
Reformation  there  were  probably  three  or  four 
resident  priests,75  the  parish  church  with  its  chantry 
and  the  chapels  at  Longridge  and  Stidd  having  to 
be  served.  The  visitation  list  of  1548  gives  four 
names,  including  the  rector's,  but  Stidd  had  no 
doubt  ceased  to  be  used.76  The  church  goods  taken 
away  by  the  commissioners  of  Edward  VI  in  155  2—3 
were  a  pix  of  silver  gilt,  a  cross,  a  cope  and  five 
vestments.77  In  1554,  when  the  Bishop  of  Chester 
was  rector,  only  one  name  appears,78  and  the  same 


Bp.  of  Manchester 


d.  J.  Atkinson 
d.  I.  Relph 
d.  J.  Quartley 


d.  B.  T.  Haslewood 
d.  F.  E.  Perrin 


res.  E.  Harries 


is  the  case  in  1 562.79  A  single  minister  appears  thence- 
forward to  have  sufficed  for  the  parish  until  about 
I7oo,80  though  during  the  Commonwealth  period 
there  was  a  second  one  at  Longridge.81  Mr.  Ogden, 
vicar  at  the  end  of  the  1 7th  century,  had  a  resident 
curate.82  In  1731  the  churchwardens  notified  to  the 
Bishop  of  Chester  the  existence  of  Quakers,  Popish 
and  Presbyterian  Dissenters  and  Anabaptists.83 

The  priest  of  St.  Mary  in  Ribchester  Church 
appears  to  have  been  an  established  institution  before 
1349,  w^en  a  rent-charge  of  zs.  on  lands  in  Dutton 
was  made  in  his  favour  by  Henry  de  Clayton.84  Ten 
years  later  a  small  sum  was  left  to  the  priest  singing 
at  St.  Mary's  altar.85  This  was  no  doubt  the  altar 
on  the  south  side  of  the  church.  In  1407  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  obtained  the  royal  licence  to  refound  or  at 
least  to  endow  a  chantry  at  her  altar  on  the  north 
side  of  the  church.86  The  endowment,  derived  from 
lands  in  Ribchester,  Dutton,  Chipping  and  Goosnargh, 
was  unusually  liberal,  the  net  income  of  the  chantry 
priest  in  1547  being  £10  ijs.  4^.87  Robert 
Whittingham  was  the  first  priest,  I4O988;  Ellis 


*7'8  He  was  appointed  one  of  the  king's 
preachers  in  Lancashire  in  1786.  He  was 
also  curate  of  Walton-le-Dale,  where 
there  is  a  tablet  to  his  memory. 

69  He  had  been  curate  of  Ribchester  for 
twenty-two  years  before  being  appointed 
vicar.      He  is  said  to  have  been  drowned 
in  the  Ribble  ;  Smith,  op.  cit.  156. 

70  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  Croston),  iv,  103. 

71  Educated    at     Peterhouse,    Camb.  ; 
B.A.    1818.      On    his   appointment,    he 
being  '  an  Evangelical  and  active  clergy- 
man,' the  Congregationalists  gave  up  their 
services ;     Nightingale,     Lanes.     Nonconf. 
ii,     113.       He    'was    in    many    respects 
a  model  parson,  and  was  highly  esteemed 
by  his  parishioners,  although  it  is  to  be 
regretted  that  the  old  parish  library  was 
allowed    to    become    gradually   dispersed, 
and  the  numerous  Roman  antiquities  dis- 
covered during  his  incumbency  to  be  irre- 
coverably scattered"  ;  Smith,  op.  cit.  157. 

72  Educated  at  Trinity  Coll.,  Dublin  ; 
M.A.  1848.  'He  succeeded  in  accomplish- 
ing many  urgently  needed  reforms '  ;  ibid. 

73  Educated  at  Trinity  Coll.,  Camb.  ; 
M.A.  1873.  Rector  of  Bispham  1876-85. 

74  Educated  at  St.  Bees.    Vicar  of  Christ 
Church,  Pendlebury,  1881-92. 

75  In     a     purely    local    deed    of    1423 
William  Wile  and   Robert  Whittingham, 
chaplains,  were  trustees,  while  John  Els- 
wick,    the    rector,    and    Thomas    Sedill, 
chaplain,  were  witnesses  ;  Towneley  MS. 
DD,  no.  1234. 

76  The  details  given  are  from  the  viii- 
tuion  lists  at  Chester. 

77  Augm.  Off.  Misc.  Bks.  clxxx,  m.  22. 
?B  James  Moor  ;  he  had  been  there  in 

1548  also.  79  Viz.  the  vicar's  name. 

80  There  is,  for  instance,  no  sign  of  an 


assistant — either  lecturer  or  schoolmaster 
— in  the  clerical  subsidy  lists,  1620-39, 
in  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
55,  &c.  81  See  the  account  of  Longridge. 

83  Ogden    himself    and    several    other 
vicars  were  non-resident,  but  from  1682 
there  seems  usually  to  have  been  a  resi- 
dent curate  at  Ribchester  and  another  at 
Longridge  from   about  1700.     There  is  a 
list  in  Smith,  op.  cit.   158-9.     William 
Felgate,  the  curate  in    1689,  was  'con- 
formable '  to  the  government ;  Hist.  MSS. 
Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  230. 

88  Visit.  Returns. 

84  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  175. 

85  John  del  Lee,  smith,  gave  a  rent  of 
6</.,  charged  on    his    lands,   to  God,   St. 
Mary  of  Ribchester  and  all  Saints  and  to 
the   chaplain    perpetually    singing  at  the 
altar  of  our  said  Lady  St.   Mary  in  the 
church  of  Ribchester.      Should    the  rent 
fall  into  arrears  the  'governor  or  parochial 
chaplain    or   procurator '    of  the    church 
might  distrain  ;  ibid.  no.  317. 

Among  the  Shireburne  deeds  was  a 
bond  sealed  in  1545  in  the  parish  church 
of  Ribchester  before  our  Lady's  altar  ; 
Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

88  The  writ  of  Inq.  a.q.d.  was  issued 
in  July  1406,  but  the  inquiry  did  not  take 
place  till  a  year  later.  It  was  then 
reported  that  it  was  not  to  the  king's  loss 
that  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  should  assign 
to  the  chaplain  of  the  perpetual  chantry 
in  honour  of  the  B.  V.  Mary  in  a  certain 
chapel  on  the  north  side  of  the  parish 
church  of  Ribchester  various  messuages, 
lands  and  rents  in  Ribchester,  Chipping, 
Goosnargh,  Hothersall  and  Aighton,  in 
part  satisfaction  of  £10  granted  by  Sir 
Richard  to  the  chaplain  in  virtue  of  the 

43 


king's  licence.  In  Ribchester  nine  mes- 
suages, 41  acres,  &c.,  were  held  of 
Katherine  Lynalx  by  a  rent  of  1 7 £</.,  and 
7  acres  of  pasture  were  held  of  Robert 
Townley  by  zs.  rent ;  Inq.  a.q.d.  file  438, 
no.  26. 

The  royal  licence  referred  to  was  given 
in  May  1406  ;  the  chaplain  was  to  cele- 
brate for  the  good  estate  of  the  king  and 
Sir  Richard  Hoghton,  for  the  souls  of 
their  ancestors  and  others  (including  John 
de  Osbaldeston  and  William  Moton, 
chaplains)  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  364. 
The  grant  of  the  lands  by  Katherine 
widow  of  William  Lynalx,  lady  of  Rib- 
chester, is  in  Kuerden's  fol.  MS.  p.  247. 

The  lands  of  the  chantry  seem  at  a 
little  earlier  date  (1397)  to  have  been  held 
by  the  above-named  William  Moton ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  455  (fol.  323). 

87  Raines,  Chantries  (Chet.  Soc.),  196-9. 
There  was    no  plate.      The  field-names 
recorded    include    Hichough,    Bankheys, 
Stonyfurlong,  Withinlache,  Priestmeadow, 
Orley,  Atough,  the  pasture  called  Eyerley 
and    Avergate.     The    quit-rents    payable 
for    Ribchester   lands   were    i6d.   to    Sir 
Richard  Hoghton  for  Atough  and  is.  6d. 
to   Robert   Lynalx  for  the  third  part  of 
another  tenement. 

It  should  be  noticed  that  in  1535  the 
gross  income  was  returned  as  ^4  131.  4^. 
only ;  31.  yd.  was  due  to  the  king  for 
puture  ;  Valor  Eccl.  (Kec.  Com.),  v,  263. 

88  Add.    MS.    32106,    no.    365.       Sir 
Richard  Hoghton  appointed,  and  the  right 
of  presentation  remained  with  his  descen- 
dants.    The  advowson  of  the  chantry  of 
Dutton    at    Ribchester    was    one   of   the 
rights  of  Alexander  Hoghton   in   1498  ; 
Duchy   of   Lane.   Inq.   p.m.   iii,  no.  66. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Crombleholme  was  appointed  in  I46789  and  was 
still  there  in  1 496 90  ;  James  Schlacter,  chaplain, 
held  it  in  i5O490a;  James  Tarleton  appears  in 
I  5  2  5  91  and  was  still  celebrating  according  to  his 
foundation  in  IS47,92  when  the  chantry  was  sup- 
pressed. The  confiscated  estates  were  in  155° 
granted  by  the  Crown  to  Thomas  Reeve  and  others.93 

Land  had  also  been  given  for  the  maintenance  of  a 
light  in  the  church.94 

Cecily  the  Recluse  is  mentioned  in  izgz.95 

A  school  was  founded  in  I793~7'96 

Apart  from  the  school  and  religious 
CHARITIES     endowments  there  are  several  bene- 
factions for  the  benefit  of  the  poor. 


An  official  inquiry  was  held  in  1898,  and  the  report, 
printed  the  following  year,  contains  a  reprint  of  that 
of  i8z6.97  For  the  township  of  Ribchester  about 
£54  is  distributed  annually  in  money  doles,  of  which 
over  £4.2  is  derived  from  a  bequest  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Dewhurst  in  i842.98  In  addition  for  Ribchester  and 
Stidd  is  a  sum  of  over  £10  yearly,  with  '  preference 
for  poor  Catholics '  "  and  almshouses  with  an  income 
of  j£53  1 1/.  a*/.100  In  Dilworth  £12  is  given  in 
money  doles 101  and  another  endowment  has  been 
lost.102  In  Dutton  calico  is  distributed  to  the  value 
of  j£7.103  For  Alston  over  £16  is  available,  distri- 
buted in  gifts  of  money  104  ;  and  some  benefactions 
for  this  township 105  and  Hothersall  have  been  lost.100 


Robert  Whittingham  was  still  chaplain  in 
1443  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  341. 

89  Raines    MSS.    xxii,     399  ;     Henry 
Hoghton  presented. 

90  In  1487  John  son  and  heir  of  Thomas 
Blackburn  released  to  Ellis  Crombleholme, 
chaplain    of    the    perpetual    chantry    of 
B.  Mary  on  the  north  side  of  Ribchester 
Church,  all  right  in  certain    lands,  part 
lying  between  the  house  of  St.  Saviour  at 
Stidd  and  Chester  Brook  and  part  in  Rib- 
chester  Eyes,    called   the   Crookedroyds  ; 
Add.  MS.   32106,  no.  310.     This  grant 
was  followed  by  an  arbitration  ;  ibid.  no. 
419,  fol.  316.     John  Boyes  of  Ribchester 
in  1496  granted  to   the  same  chantry   a 
part  of  his  land  in  the  corner  of  the  south 
side  of  Bernard  Park,  inclosed  by  a  new 
ditch  ;  ibid.  no.  471,  fol.  326. 

903  He  was  described  in  1504  as  'pos- 
sessor of  the  chantry  of  Dutton  founded 
in  the  church  of  Ribchester '  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  P  121,  no.  74. 

91  In  1527  it  was  recorded  that  he  had 
been  chantry  priest  for  two  years,  having 
been  presented  by  Sir  Richard   Hoghton. 
He  is  again  named    as  priest  in    1535  ; 
Valor  Ecd.  (Rec.  Com.),  v,  263. 

92  Raines,  Chantries,  1 94.     From  a  note 
on  p.  195  it  seems  that  the  rector  (George 
Wolset)  had  in   1543  procured  the  next 
presentation  for  himself. 

98  Pat.  4  Edw.  VI,  pt.  vii.  Part  was 
soon  afterwards  sold  to  James  son  of 
William  Jenkinson,  innkeeper  of  Rib- 
chester, the  occupier ;  Towneley  MS. 
OO,  no.  1229-30.  The  chapel  seems  to 
have  been  acquired  by  the  Townleys  of 
Dutton,  but  it  had  previously  been  known 
as  Dutton  chapel.  The  Hoghton  chapel, 
on  the  south  side  of  the  church,  does  not 
seem  to  have  had  an  endowed  chantry. 

94  Raines,  op.  cit.  253  ;  the  yearly 
value  was  js. 

as  Assize  R.  408,  m.  18  ;  there  is  a 
further  notice  of  her  land  in  Assize  R. 
1 2  9  9,  m.  1 6  d.  D  iana,  the  Anker  maiden, 
possibly  servant  of  another  recluse,  is 
named  in  a  deed  of  1349;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  fol.  322. 

96  The  master  began  teaching  in  1793 
and   a    schoolhouse    was  erected    on    the 
waste  in  1797  ;  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Rib- 
chester (1899),  2>  1I« 

97  The  details  in  the  following  notes  are 
taken  from  these  reports. 

In  1624  an  inquiry  was  made  as  to  £50 
bequeathed  to  the  parish  by  Robert  Jen- 
kinson, citizen  and  merchant  tailor  of 
London  in  1616,  the  sum  being  supposed 
to  be  in  danger  ;  and  John  Dewhurst  and 
Thomas  Waring,  executors  of  Robert 
Dewhurst,  were  ordered  to  pay  the  £50 
to  James  Norcross,  churchwarden,  who 
wag  to  give  security  for  its  safe  trans- 
mission to  succeeding  wardens  ;  Harl.  MS. 


2176,  fol.  32^,  33&.  From  what  follows 
it  appears  that  the  capital  sum  was 
divided  among  the  townships,  and  that  all 
has  been  lost  except  the  £10  appropriated 
to  Ribchester. 

98  This  is  called  the  Waterworth  Dole. 
The  capital  sum  is  £1,300,  invested  in 
Preston   Corporation  stock.      The  distri- 
bution   takes    place    at    Christmas    time, 
there  being  about  1 80  recipients. 

William  Norcross  left  £20  towards 
binding  poor  apprentices  and  Robert 
Jenkinson  jTio  for  the  poor.  These  sums 
were  in  1732  invested  in  a  house  and  land, 
known  as  Dods  HalL  The  property  was 
in  1871  sold  for  £379  and  the  money 
invested  in  consols  in  the  name  of  the 
official  trustees  ;  the  annual  income  is 
£11  51.  The  portion  which  should  be 
applied  to  apprenticing  children  is  £7  I  Of., 
but  no  such  use  has  been  made  of  it  for 
sixty  years,  the  whole  income  being  dis- 
tributed in  small  doles  (is.  to  21.)  on 
St.  Thomas's  Day.  Another  sum  of  £40 
was  lent  to  the  township,  as  was  supposed, 
but  the  poor  law  auditor  having  disallowed 
the  361.  formerly  paid  out  of  the  rates  as 
interest,  this  charity  has  been  lost. 

Miss  Harriett  Jane  Quartley  in  1878 
bequeathed  £19  191.  to  the  vicar  of 
Ribchester  for  the  poor.  This  is  invested 
in  consols  and  produces  an  income  of  i  is., 
distributed  among  six  poor  and  aged 
persons  at  Christmas. 

99  This  was  founded  by  James  Stand- 
ford  in  1695,  he  bequeathing  £150  for  the 
poor  of  Stidd,  Bailey  and  Ribchester,  and 
£300  for  '  other  purposes.'  The  money  was 
invested  in  land  near  Skipton  and  the  gross 
income  is  now  £41  2s.     The  net  income 
is  paid  to  the  Roman  Catholic  priest  at 
Stidd,  who  reserves  two-thirds  to  his  own 
use  (for  the  '  other  purposes  ')  and  distri- 
butes the  rest  in  small  money  doles,  Pro- 
testants being  among  the  recipients. 

100  These    almshouses     were    founded 
under    the    will    of  John    Shireburne    of 
Bailey  and   Sheffield,  who  died  in    1726, 
as  will  be  seen  in  the  account   of  Stidd 
below.     The  connexion  of  the  Walmsley 
family  with  them  seems  to  have  been  that 
of  trustees.     In  1728  the  churchwardens 
of  Ribchester  made  the  following  present- 
ment   to    the    Bishop   of  Chester  :  '  We 
have  an  almshouse  erecting,  but  whether 
the  revenues  be  according  to  law  we  know 
not '  ;  Visit.  Returns.     '  Alice  Worthing- 
ton,  widow,  pauper  from   the  hospital  at 
Stidd,'  was  buried  24  May  1732  ;   Church 
Reg.     There  are  six  sets  of  rooms,  one  of 
which   is   occupied  by  the   schoolmistress 
and    the    others  by    the  five  almswomen 
who  are  appointed   by  the  priest.     Stidd 
Manor  Farm  was  in   1867   transferred  by 
Thomas  George  Walmsley  to  the  use  of 
the  Rt.  Rev.  William  Turner,  Bishop  of 

44 


Salford,  and  others  as  an  endowment  for 
the  almshouses.  The  income,  after  pro- 
viding for  repairs  and  £10  worth  of  coals 
for  the  inmates,  is  divided  equally  among 
these. 

101  Frances  Roades  in  1696  bequeathed 
her  house  and  land  for  the  benefit  of  poor 
distressed  housekeepers  of  Dilworth  for  all 
eternity.'     The  yearly  rent  is  now  £12, 
of  which  between  £8  and   £10  is   distri- 
buted  annually  on  St.  Thomas's  Day  in 
sums  of  is.  to  5*. 

102  Henry  Townley  in  1 776  left  personal 
estate   amounting    to    £100    for    'poor 
necessitous    persons."     The    money    was 
applied  in  1824  to  the  building  of  a  work- 
house, interest  being  paid  out  of  the  rates 
until    1862,  when   the  poor  law  auditor 
disallowed  it. 

Bishop  Gastrell  mentions  a  gift  of  £20 
by  Hugh  Shireburne  to  Ribchester  and 
Dilworth,  and  another  of  £10  by  Grace 
Ward  to  Dilworth  ;  Notitia  Ccstr.  ii,  474. 

103  Henry  Townley,  Ann  his  wife  and 
their  descendants  Jennet  Ward  and  Town- 
ley  Ward  between   1747  and    1790  gave 
sums  amounting  to  £125   to  be  laid  out 
in  cloth.  The  capital,  with  accumulations, 
is  now  represented  by  £255  consols,  pro- 
ducing £j  a  year.     The  distribution  of 
calico  is  made  about  the  end  of  January, 
some  thirty  families  receiving  doles  of  7  to 
24  yds. 

104  Richard  Hoghton  in  1613  left  a  close 
called    Wood    Crook     in    Whittingham 
charged  with  various  sums  for  the  poor, 
including   £i    los.  to  be    distributed  '  at 
the  cross  near  Longridge  Chapel  in  Alston.' 
The  whole  income  of  the  land  (now  sold) 
was  applied  to  the  charity,  and  Alston  now 
has  £6   in.   lod.   from  the  endowment. 
Alston  also  has  a  share   (a  sixth)  of  the 
income  of  the  charity  founded  by  Thomas 
Hoghton  of  Woodplumpton  in  1649  ;  it 
now  amounts  to  £9  izs. 

105  For    '  Jenkinson's     charity '    8*.    a 
year  was  paid  out  of  the  rates  in   1826, 
but  nothing  is  now  known  of  it. 

Thomas  Gregson  in  1742  and  Thomas 
Eccles  in  1777  left  sums  for  the  poor,  but 
these  had  been  lost  before  1826. 

James  Berry  of  Alston  was  stated  to 
have  given  Seth  Eccles  £200  with  a 
verbal  injunction  to  distribute  the  interest 
to  the  poor.  Seth  died  in  1822,  but  his 
son  Thomas  continued  an  annual  distribu- 
tion of  £8.  This  gift  has,  however,  long 
ceased. 

106  In  1826  there  was  paid  yearly  from 
the  rates  91.  or   loj.  for  the  poor,  distri- 
buted in  small  doles  about  Christmas,  the 
endowment    being    attributed    to    Robert 
Jenkinson.     Nothing  has  been  paid  for  a 
long  time,  and  the  cottages  supposed  to 
have    been    built    for   the   poor  are  now 
claimed  as  private  property. 


BLACKBURN    HUNDRED 


RIBCHESTER 

Ribelcastre,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Ribbecestre,  1202  ;  Ribbel- 
cestre,  1227  ;  Rybchestre,  1292.  The  forms  Rib- 
and Ribbel-  occur  together  till  about  I  360,  when  the 
former  prevailed. 

The  little  town  takes  its  name  from  the  Roman 
station  founded  by  the  Ribble.  The  township  has 
an  area  of  ^,^\\\  acres,1  and  in  1901  there  was  a 
population  of  1,237.  The  general  slope  of  the 
surface  is  down  from  north  to  south,  the  greatest 
height  on  the  side  of  Longridge  Fell  being  nearly 
900  ft.  above  the  ordnance  datum.  Boyce's  Brook 
flows  south-east  through  the  township  to  join  the 
Ribble. 

Roads  branch  out  from  the  town  eastward  to 
reach  the  bridge  across  the  river  about  a  mile  away, 
northward  to  join  the  road  from  Longridge  to 
Mitton,  near  the  hamlet  of  Knowl  Green,  and  north- 
westward to  join  the  same  road  nearer  Longridge. 
Buckley  is  central. 

Few  relics  of  the  Roman  occupation  remain  in 
the  town.  In  the  main  street,  forming  a  portico  to 
the  '  White  Bull  Inn,'  are  four  columns  with  debased 
capitals,  said  to  have  been  taken  out  of  the  river. 
They  rudely  resemble  the  Roman  Doric  in  appear- 
ance and  are  6  ft.  7  in.  high  ;  their  dressing  also 
admits  the  possibility  of  their  Roman  origin.  In 
the  rectory  grounds  are  three  Roman  vases,  said  to 
have  been  dug  up  in  the  churchyard,  and  there  is  a 
fourth  at  Lower  Alston  Farm.  At  the  rectory  there 
is  preserved  also  a  Roman  altar,  without  inscription 
and  focus,  which  was  found  in  1888  built  into  a 
cottage  wall.la 

There  are  some  17th-century  houses  remaining, 
one  with  an  interesting  stone  door-head  dated  1680, 
and  in  the  main  street  is  a  block  of  two  houses  of 
some  architectural  merit,  the  lead  rain-water  heads 
of  which  are  dated  1745.  The  building,  which  is 


RIBCHESTER 

of  brick,  with  moulded  stone  architraves  to  the 
windows  and  a  stone  cornice,  is  well  proportioned 
and  simple  in  design. 

Three  fairs  used  to  be  held  in  Ribchester,  but 
have  been  discontinued.2 

The  stocks  were  used  as  late  as  i829.3 

There  was  till  recently  some  hand-loom  weaving. 
There  are  two  small  weaving-mills  and  two  bobbin- 
works. 

The  Preston  Union  Workhouse  is  situated  here. 

In  1066  RIBCHESTER,  assessed  as 
M4NOR  two  plough-lands,  was  a  member  of  the 
Preston  fee  held  by  Earl  Tostig  4  ;  it  then 
probably  included  Dutton  also.  After  the  Conquest 
it  was  given  to  Roger  of  Poitou,8  and  later  is  found, 
together  with  Dilworth  and  Dutton,  as  a  member  of 
the  honor  of  Clitheroe.6  Through  the  Lacys  the 
manor  descended  to  the  Earls  and  Dukes  of  Lan- 
caster, and  thus  to  the  Crown. 

Robert  de  Lacy  gave  a  moiety  of  Ribchester  to 
Robert  son  of  Henry  in  or  before  1 193-7  John  Con- 
stable of  Chester  early  in  the  1 3th  century  granted  to 
Walter  Moton  a  moiety  of  the  vill  of  Ribchester  with  all 
its  wood  and  the  mill,  just  as  the  grantor's  father  and 
brother  had  held  it,  two  gloves  or  \d.  being  payable 
at  Michaelmas.8  About  the  same  time  Alan  de 
Windle  granted  all  his  land  of  Ribchester  and  of 
Dilworth  to  Walter  Moton  in  free  marriage  with 
Amabel  his  daughter,9  and  John  de  Lacy  gave  Walter 
all  the  farm,  aid  and  service  which  had  been  due 
from  Alan  de  Windle  for  the  same  rent  as  for  the 
above-named  moiety.10  Thenceforward  the  whole 
manor  was  held  by  the  Moton  family. 

Walter  Moton  was  a  benefactor  to  Stanlaw  Abbey  u 
and  also  to  the  hospital  at  Stidd.12  He  died  in  or 
before  1 246,  when  his  widow  Amabel,  who  had 
married  Robert  de  Ribchester,  was  suing  his  son 
William  Moton  in  respect  of  her  dower.13  This  son 
also  was  a  benefactor  of  Stanlaw,14  and  gave  land  to 


1  2,224  acres,  including  21  of  inland 
water  5  Census  Rep.  1901. 

la  J.  Garstang,  Roman  Ribchester,  5. 
(Report  of  Ribch.  Excavations,  1898.) 

a  T.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester,  71. 

•Ibid.  72.  In  1599  the  people  of 
Ribchester  were  fined  3*.  ^.d.  because  there 
was  no  cuck-stool ;  Clitheroe  Ct.  R. 

«  V.C.H.  Uncs.  i,  288*. 

5  Ibid. 

6  There   is   no    record  of  the   gift   of 
Ribchester  and    Dilworth  as   there  is  of 
Dutton.     It  is  doubtful  whether  the  fine 
of  1187  recording  the  acquisition  of  the 
vill  of  Ribbec'  refers  to  Ribchester  or  not ; 
Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  i  ;  ii,  185.     If  it  does,  it  shows  that 
Robert  de  Lacy  purchased  it  from  William 
son  of    Rosselin  or  else  confirmed  it  to 
him. 

7  Ibid,    ii,    185,    quoting   an    abstract 
found  at  Pontefract  in   1325  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Misc.  cxxx,  fol.  20  d.     The  moiety 
was  to  be  held  in  thegnage  by  a  rent  of 
Js.     The   advowson   of  the  church  and 
'the   forest  of  buck  and  doe,  wild    boar 
and    sow'    were    reserved.     One    Robert 
son  of  Henry  was  lord  of  Lathom  about 
that  time. 

In  1 202  Alan  de  Windle  and  Agnes 
his  wife  made  grants  of  portions  of  Rib- 
chester ;  Final  Cone,  i,  13,  21.  The 
plaintiffs  in  these  fines — Henry  son  of 
Bernard  anct  John  son  of  Robert — claimed 
by  inheritance.  Agnes  may  have  been 


the  daughter  of  the  Robert  son  of  Henry 
named  in  the  text. 

8  Kuerden  fol.  MS.   (Chet.  Lib.),   77. 
John     de     Lacy    became     constable    of 
Chester  in  1211  and  Earl  of  Lincoln  in 
1232  ;  he  died  in  1240.     It  is  not  clear 
whether  this  is  the  other  moiety  of  Rib- 
chester  or    a    new    and    more    complete 
grant  of  the  same  moiety. 

9  Dods.  MSS.   liii,  fol.   17.     The  sur- 
name   is   spelt    in  many  ways — Mutun, 
Motoun,  &c.  ;    sometimes   a   de    is    pre- 
fixed.    It  may  be  derived  from  Mitton, 
though  this  spelling  rarely  occurs. 

10  Ibid.  fol.  23.    There  was  among  the 
Stonyhurst    deeds   a    grant    by    John    de 
Lacy  to  Walter  Mutton  of  the  manor  of 
Ribchester  and    Dilworth   for   the    same 
service    as    Alan    de    Windhull    and    his 
predecessors  had  rendered — viz.  a  pair  of 
gloves  or  ^.d.  ;  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 
at  Leagram.     In   accordance  with  these 
charters  it  was  found  in  1258  that  Rib- 
chester rendered  2s.  and  one  pair  of  gloves 
(or  4<£)  to  Edmund  de  Lacy  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  217. 

Walter  Moton  in  1219  acquired  an 
oxgang  of  land  in  Ribchester  from  Sieg- 
rith,  Wynniva  and  Maud,  daughters  of 
Godwin  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  40. 

11  He   gave    the    monks    Hulliley    (or 
Hilliley),  from  the  Stonyway  on  the  east 
to  Godrichley  Croft  on  the  west,  and  from 
a  syke  on    the   south    to   an   oak  cross- 

45 


marked  on  the  north,  also  3  acrei  of 
wood.  He  desired  their  prayers  espe- 
cially for  the  soul  of  that  venerable  man 
his  lord  Roger  de  Lacy  ;  Whalley  Couch. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  iii,  868.  He  also  gave 
them  the  mill  with  its  rights,  reserving 
multure  of  his  own  house,  desiring  that 
he  might  be  buried  at  Stanlaw  ;  ibid.  869. 
Amabel  daughter  of  Alan  de  Windle  and 
widow  of  Walter  Moton  confirmed  the 
gifts,  and  her  second  husband  released 
any  right  he  might  have  in  the  same  ; 
ibid.  870-2. 

To  Roger  de  Hurst  he  gave  part  of 
his  land  in  Ribchester  in  Turnley,  the 
bounds  commencing  at  a  stone  house, 
and  including  (in  part)  Chester  Brook  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  493  (fol.  330). 

1J  His  gift  of  land  in  Godrichley  in 
Ribchester  to  the  hospital  of  St.  Saviour 
at  Stidd  is  mentioned  in  a  charter  in 
Towneley's  MS.  DD,  no.  889.  He  also 
gave  land  in  Shipenley,  adjoining  Turnley 
at  one  point,  confirmed  by  his  son 
William  ;  Dugdale,  Man,  Angl.  vi,  687. 

13  Assize  R.  404,   m.    3  d.      She  and 
her   husband   also    claimed    certain    land 
and    a    moiety   of  the   mill    against    the 
Abbot  of  Stanlaw  ;   ibid.  m.   2  d.     This 
suit  affords  an  approximate  date  for  their 
charters  already  quoted. 

14  Whalley  Couch,  iii,  872-4.    William 
son    of    Walter    Moton    confirmed    his 
father's   gifts    and    added    land    between 
Lauediley  Clough  and  Godrich  Clough, 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Sawley15;  others  of  his  charters  are  known.16  He 
was  described  as  lord  of  the  whole  vill.17  He  died 
about  lajS,18  and  in  1282  and  again  in  1292  his 
widow  Edusa  or  Edith  appears  in  the  records.19  He 
seems  to  have  left  several  sons.20  Robert  Moton, 


a  son  or  grandson,  succeeded  to  Ribchester,21  but 
in  1305  Robert's  son  William  occurs.22  The  exact 
succession  at  this  point  is  obscure.  Henry  son  of 
William  Moton  in  1317  gave  a  release  to  the  Abbot  of 
Whalley.23  William  Moton,  son  of  Robert,  and  Isabel 


"Harl.  MS.  112,  fol.  8iA. 

16  To  Henry  son  of  Helewise  he  gave 
land,  the  bounds  of  which  went  north  up 
the   clough    of   Godrichley    to    Hullilcy, 
thence  east  to  Stonygate,   south   to  the 
land  of  Robert  the   Kirkman,  and  then 
west   to   the   starting-point.      A   rent  of 
izd.  was  to  be  paid  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii, 
R.  9.     The  seal  bore  a   fleur  de  lis  and 
the  legend  SIGILL  :  WILL  :  DE  :  MVTVN. 

By  another  charter  he  gave  Robert  the 
Skinner  part  of  his  waste  within  bounds 
which  went  down  Crinsil  Brook  to  its 
junction  with  Chastel  or  Castel  Brook, 
and  up  the  latter  brook  to  Ruddegate, 
&c.  ;  ibid.  Josce  the  clerk  was  a  witness, 
and  the  seal  was  the  same  as  before. 

William  de  Singleton  and  Alan  his  son 
granted  a  rent  of  3$.  from  Dilworth  to 
William  son  of  Walter  Moton  and  Edith 
his  wife  ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixx,  fol.  157. 

To  Josce  the  clerk  William  son  of 
Walter  Moton  gave  half  an  oxgang  of 
land  in  Ribchester  at  a  rent  of  \zd.  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  271.  To  Richard 
son  of  Robert  Boys  (de  Bosco)  he  gave 
land  in  Nutbrook  strinds,  at  a  rent  of 
four  barbed  arrows  ;  ibid.  no.  3 14.  In 
1268-9  he  gave  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton 
the  homage  of  Robert  for  Ametehalit  in 
Ribchester,  with  the  rent  of  zs.  due 
therefrom  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  20. 

17  He  was    so  described  in    a   gift  by 
Beatrix   de    Kuerden,    referring    to    his 
charter  made  to  her  father  Richard  son 
of  John  de  Kuerden  ;  Add.  MS.  32109, 
no.  14  (Edw.  Ill),  no.  54  (s.d.). 

18  He  was  living  in  1278,  when  toge- 
ther   with    Roger    de    Chippenley    and 
Richard  son  of  Hugh  de  Ribchester  he 
was    found    to    have   disseised  Adam   de 
'  Mutton  '  of  his  free  tenement  in  Rib- 
chester.   Adam  had  been  over  sea  and  was 
reported  dead  ;  Assize  R.  1238,  m.  33. 

19  In    1282  Edusa   as   widow   claimed 
dower  in  various  tenements  in  Ribchester 
held  by  Richard   son  of  William  son  of 
William  Moton  and  Denise  his  mother, 
Richard   son  of  Adam  and   Richard  his 
son,  Richard  son  of  Ellis  and  Henry  his 
son  and  Richard  son  of  Ellis  ;   De  Banco 
R.  47,  m.  4  d.    A  Richard  son  of  William 
Moton   gave   an    acre    in    Ribchester   to 
Richard  de  Hurst ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no. 
867. 

In  1292  Edusa,  then  wife  of  Richard 
le  Sothron,  claimed  in  right  of  her  former 
marriage  with  William  Moton  dower  in 
a  messuage  and  land  held  by  Alice  de 
Lacy  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  62. 

20  The  pedigree  at  this  point  is  inde- 
terminate, but  from  the  charters  preserved 
by  Towneley  and   Kuerden   it  is  obvious 
that  there   were  several  branches  of  the 
family  having  estates  in   Ribchester  and 
Dutton.     William   Moton,  William    his 
son  and  Robert  Moton  attested  an  un- 
dated charter  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  265. 
In    1332    Robert,    Richard    and    Henry 
Moton  contributed  to  the  subsidy  in  Rib- 
chester and  William  Moton  in  Dutton ; 
Exch.   Lay  Subs.    (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,   and 
Ches.),  86-7. 

21  The    uncertainty    arises    from    the 
possibility   of   two    Williams.      In   1302 
Robert   Moton,    lord    of  Ribchester,    de- 
mised to  Walter  de   Lofthouse,   chaplain, 


a  part  of  his  waste  in  Ribchester  between 
the  close  of  land  called  Beteleyfield,  be- 
longing to  St.  Saviour's,  and  the  Nut- 
brook ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  985. 
Henry  and  Adam  Moton  attested  this 
charter ;  from  another  deed  it  appears 
they  were  Robert's  brothers  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  273. 

Robert  son  of  William  Moton  released 
to  Master  Richard  de  Hoghton  in  1298 
his  right  in  lands  held  in  Ametehalgh  in 
Ribchester;  ibid.  no.  233.  In  1309 
Robert  son  of  William  Moton  gave  his 
brother  Adam  land  called  the  Berridding 
Bank,  bounded  on  one  side  by  the  high 
way  to  Ribchester  Church  ;  ibid.  no.  272. 
From  the  plea  of  1282  above  cited  it 
would  seem  that  a  Richard  Moton  was 
the  heir  ;  perhaps  he  died  and  Robert,  a 
younger  brother  or  else  an  uncle,  suc- 
ceeded. There  was  an  escheat  to  the 
chief  lord,  or  a  guardianship,  for  in  1292 
Robert  Moton  claimed  two-thirds  of  a 
messuage  and  lands  in  Ribchester  and 
5  markates  of  rent  against  Alice  widow 
of  Edmund  de  Lacy,  and  the  other  third 
against  Edith  widow  of  William  Moton  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  73,  4  d.  In  1293 
—  de  Lacy  released  to  Robert  Moton  a 
capital  messuage  and  a  moiety  of  the 
rents,  services,  &c.,  which  had  come  into 
his  hands  by  the  death  of  William  Moton 
father  of  Robert  ;  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 
Robert  Moton  was  lord  of  Ribchester  in 
1302  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  985. 

Uncertainty  is  created  by  the  appear- 
ance of  Robert  and  William  sons  of  Adam 
Moton  in  other  suits  of  1292  (Assize 
R.  408,  m.  36  d.,  36),  and  by  the  claim 
of  Thomas  son  of  Orm  de  Ribchester 
against  Richard  son  of  William  Moton, 
Cecily  daughter  of  Robert  Moton  and  the 
above-named  Edusa  wife  of  Richard  le 
Sothron,  the  last-named  holding  in  dower; 
ibid.  m.  31. 

Robert  son  of  Adam  Moton  and  Richard 
his  brother  frequently  occur  in  the  Rib- 
chester deeds  in  Add.  MS.  32106.  Adam 
son  of  Roger  son  of  William  de  Ribchester 
gave  lands  to  Robert  son  of  Adam  Moton 
in  free  marriage  with  Alice  his  sister  ; 
ibid.  no.  239. 

22  Robert  was  probably  living  at  that 
time,  for  in  1309  Robert  son  of  William 
Moton  agreed  with  his  brother  Adam  re- 
specting certain  land  which  Robert  was  to 
grant  from  his  waste  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  496,  fol.  330^.  Henry  Moton  was  a 
witness.  In  1313  Beatrix  de  Kuerden 
successfully  claimed  certain  pasture  in 
Ribchester  against  the  representatives  of 
Hugh  de  Dilworth,  whose  son  Richard 
had  had  a  grant  of  it  from  Robert  son  of 
William  Moton,  lord  of  Ribchester ; 
Assize  R.  424,  m.  3.  Richard  was  then 
dead,  and  Robert  also,  Henry  Moton 
appearing  for  the  defendants. 

William  son  of  Robert  Moton  (Mittun) 
and  Alice  his  wife  in  1305  claimed 
a  tenement  against  Avice  daughter  of 
Richard  son  of  William  de  Ribchester  ; 
De  Banco  R.  153,  m.  29.  At  the  same 
time  Robert  Moton  was  defendant ;  ibid. 
m.  317  d. 

In  1317  William  son  of  Robert  Moton, 
with  the  consent  of  Alice  his  wife,  de- 
mised six  butts  of  land  to  Henry  Moton 

46 


for  the  term  of  Alice's  life  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  308.  Alice  widow  of  William 
was  in  1331  the  wife  of  William  Bisset, 
as  appears  by  a  pleading  cited  below. 

William  son  of  Robert  Moton  of  Rib- 
chester confirmed  to  Robert  his  brother  a 
place  in  his  waste  lying  on  the  west  side 
of  Fallonwelhalgh  ;  ibid.  no.  452,  fol. 
322. 

Alice  widow  of  Robert  (?  William) 
Moton  had  dower  in  1330;  Shireburne 
Abstract  Bk. 

23  Whalley  Couch,  iii,  874.  Robert  son 
of  John  de  Hilliley  granted  to  Henry  son 
of  William  Moton  all  his  lands  in  Rib- 
chester, with  the  homages  of  various 
tenants;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet. 
Lib.),  H  285.  About  1300  Henry  Moton 
had  from  Adam  de  Blackburn  the  homage 
of  Richard  de  Hurst  and  the  rent  of 
lot/,  for  his  lands  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no. 
244.  Henry  also  obtained  a  small  grant 
from  Simon  son  of  Richard  son  of 
Ellis  de  Ribchester  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv, 
R  14. 

From  the  release  to  Whalley  and  from 
the  fact  that  Henry's  name  is  almost 
invariably  placed  before  those  of  others  of 
the  family  in  local  deeds  of  the  latter  part 
of  the  reign  of  Edward  II,  it  appears  that 
he  was  the  head  of  the  family  or  at  least 
its  senior  member.  William  son  of  Henry 
Moton  and  Agnes  his  wife  were  in  1334 
accused  of  having,  so  far  back  as 
1320,  struck  a  woman  at  Dutton  so 
that  she  died  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  298,  Rex 
m.  1 8. 

Henry  had  several  sons.  As  'Henry 
de  Moton  of  Ribchester  the  elder*  he 
granted  his  son  Walter  land  in  the  Hagh, 
with  meadow,  buildings,  &c.,  in  1328; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  R  9.  Walter  son  of 
Henry  Moton  in  1359  made  a  feoffment 
of  lands  he  had  had  from  his  brother 
Henry;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet. 
Lib.),  M  77.  Henry  son  of  Henry  Moton 
leased  some  of  his  land  to  William  son  of 
Henry  Moton  in  1329  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  291.  In  the  same  year  a  grant  was 
made  to  Henry  son  of  Henry  Moton  and 
Nicholas  his  brother  ;  ibid.  no.  482,  fol. 
328.  Henry  Moton  in  1337  gave  half 
an  acre  in  Erley  in  Ribchester,  William 
Moton,  Robert  his  brother  and  Robert 
son  of  Adam  Moton  being  witnesses ; 
ibid.  no.  264.  In  1346  Henry  Moton 
released  a  rent  he  had  received  from 
Erley,  Robert  son  of  Robert  Moton  and 
Robert  son  of  Adam  Moton  being  the 
first  witnesses;  ibid.  no.  470,  fol.  325. 
Nicholas  Moton  occurs  again  in  Dutton  ; 
ibid.  no.  288.  He  was  living  in  1360, 
when  he  and  his  wife  Cecily  obtained  a 
quitclaim  from  Richard  son  of  Adam  le 
Seinturc  of  Aighton  respecting  lands  of 
Richard's  mother  Diota,  formerly  belong- 
ing to  Richard  Willison  de  Ribchester  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  8,  m.  1 20  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  254.  The  same 
lands  were  in  1369  released  by  Cecily 
widow  of  Nicholas  Moton  and  Alice  her 
sister  ;  ibid.  no.  302. 

In  1329  various  acres  in  Ribchester 
were  claimed  against  Henry  Moton  the 
younger,  William  Moton,  Richard  Moton 
and  Nicholas  son  of  Henry  Moton  ;  De 
Banco  R.  279,  m.  405  d. 


BLACKBURN    HUNDRED 


his  wife  occur  in  1 3  3 1 .24  William  died  in  or  before 
i  342,  in  which  year  his  widow  Isabel  was  suing  Robert 
Moton  his  brother  for  two-thirds  of  the  manor  of  Rib- 
chester.25  In  1337  Robert  Moton,  perhaps  the  same 
or  else  son  of  William,  was  stated  to  hold  the  manor 
of  Isabella  Queen  of  England  by  the  service  of  $s. 
yearly.26  Robert  was  again  in  1346  called  chief  lord 
of  Ribchester.27  Katherine,  the  heiress  in  1361,  was 
apparently  his  daughter,  or  perhaps  a  granddaughter.28 


RIBCHESTER 

In  or  before  1 373  she  married  William  de  Lynalx,29 
and  was  living,  a  widow,  in  1407,  being  then  de- 
scribed as  lady  of  Ribchester.30  Their  son  John 
Lynalx  succeeded  31  ;  but  though  the  family  retained 
the  lordship  till  1581,  when  Robert  Lynalx  sold  it  to 
Hugh  Shireburne,  second  son  of  Sir  Richard  Shire- 
burne  of  Stonyhurst,32  practically  nothing  is  known 
of  their  history.33  From  Hugh  the  manor  passed  to 
Sir  Richard  Shireburne,34  and  descended  in  the 


24  William    as   lord    of  Ribchcster    at- 
tested   a    charter   in    1329  ;    Add.    MS. 
32107,  no.  1497. 

The  manor  of  Ribchester  was  given  to 
William  Moton  and  Isabel  his  wife  in 
1331  by  Robert  Ragh,  chaplain;  Robert 
son  of  Adam  Moton  was  a  witness  ; 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1195.  In  the 
same  year  Adam  de  Clitheroe  appeared 
against  William  Moton  concerning  the 
manor  of  Ribchester  and  against  William 
Bisset  and  Alice  his  wife  concerning  16 
acres  of  land  in  the  township  ;  De  Banco 
R.  287,  m.  380  d. ;  290,  m.  77  d.  The 
latter  suit  was  prosecuted  in  the  following 
year,  when  William  Moton  appeared  and 
stated  that  the  1 6  acres  were  part  of  his 
inheritance,  held  by  Alice  in  dower,  while 
the  plaintiff  alleged  that  they  had  be- 
longed to  his  father  Hugh  de  Clitheroe 
until  Robert  Moton  had  disseised  him  ; 
ibid.  292,  m.  98  d. 

William  Moton  was  styled  'lord  of 
Ribchester'  in  1338  and  1341,  according 
to  the  Towneley  transcripts  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  245,  301,  463,  fol.  324. 
William  and  Robert  his  brother  attested 
Ribchester  charters  in  1338  and  1342  ; 
ibid.  no.  230,  300. 

25  De  Banco  R.  332,  m.  30.     The  de- 
fendant is  called   Robert  Moton  of  Rib- 
chester.    Isabel    continued    her    suit    in 
1344  against  Robert  for  two-thirds  of  the 
manor  (except  a  messuage  and  10^  acres), 
and    against    some    others ;    ibid.     340, 
m.  5  5  7  d.     Two  years  later  Robert  Moton 
summoned  Robert  son  of  William  Moton 
to   warrant  him  as  to  the  two-thirds  of 
the    manor ;    ibid.    348,    m.    427.      In 
1347   Isabel    widow    of  William    Moton 
came  to   an   agreement  with  Robert  son 
of  Robert  Moton  ;  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

26  In  an  inquiry  as  to  the  proposed  en- 
dowment  of  Bailey   Chapel ;    Inq.   p.m. 
10  Edw.  II  (2nd  nos.),  no.  10. 

Robert  son  of  Adam  Moton  is  fre- 
quently named.  He  is  probably  the 
Robert  Moton  who,  with  his  sons  Adam 
and  William,  was  in  1334  alleged  to  hold 
5  acres  wrongfully,  by  Amery  widow  of 
Roger  at  Kirkstyle  ;  De  Banco  R.  300, 
m.  13. 

27  Add.   MS.   32106,   no.   249.     By  a 
charter  of  the  same  year  Robert  son  of 
Henry  son  of  Walter  Moton,  chief  lord  of 
Ribchester,  reduced  the  free  rent  due  from 
certain  tenements  from  2s.  to  zod.;  ibid, 
no.  242.     A  William  Moton  attested  this 
deed.     The    descent    here    stated    is    not 
otherwise  known,  but  it  is  clear  there  were 
many    Roberts    as    contemporaries.     The 
date  may  have  been  copied  wrongly. 

In  1349  Robert  son  of  Robert  Moton 
was  lord  of  Ribchester  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  450  (fol.  322).  This  deed  was  a 
grant  by  Robert  son  of  Adam  Moton  to 
his  sons  William  and  Thomas  ;  a  witness 
was  Robert  son  and  heir  of  Robert  son  of 
Adam  Moton.  In  the  same  year  Robert 
son  of  Robert  Moton  granted  a  messuage 
and  land  called  Falwelshalgh,  Walter 
Moton  being  a  witness  ;  ibid.  no.  293. 
On  the  other  hand  in  1355  Robert  son 


of  William  Moton  granted  his  manor  of 
Ribchester  to  William  de  Whalley  (no 
doubt  as  trustee),  with  all  homages, 
services  and  rents ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS. 
250. 

Not  long  before  (in  1353)  Richard 
Moton  of  Ribchester  had  settled  his  lands 
on  his  daughter  Agnes  and  her  issue,  with 
remainder  to  William  son  of  Robert 
Moton,  chaplain  ;  ibid.  no.  299.  William 
Moton  was  a  subdeacon  in  1350;  ibid, 
no.  253.  In  1361  his  brother  Robert, 
here  styled  Robert  son  of  Robert  de  Rib- 
chester, released  all  his  claim  in  the  estate 
of  the  above-named  Richard  Moton  ;  ibid, 
no.  262.  William  was  still  living  in  1408 
(ibid.  no.  256),  and  seems  to  have  been 
one  of  the  chief  promoters  of  the  chantry 
at  the  north  side  of  the  church,  even  if  he 
were  not  the  true  founder,  and  he  was 
specially  named  as  one  of  those  to  be 
prayed  for;  ibid.  no.  364. 

28  Katherine  widow  of  Robert  Moton 
in  1361  released  her  claim  for  dower 
against  Katherine  daughter  of  Robert 
Moton  ;  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

39  Final  Cone,  ii,  185  ;  the  manor  was 
settled  on  William  de  Lynalx  and  Kathe- 
rine his  wife,  with  remainders  to  the  issue 
of  Katherine,  and  in  default  to  Richard 
son  of  Alexander  de  Lynalx  and  his  issue. 
William  de  Lynalx  occurs  at  Ribchester  in 
1369  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  512.  In 
1386  he  was  to  go  to  Ireland  on  the 
king's  service,  but  the  protection  was  re- 
voked as  he  did  not  go  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1385—9} 
pp.  156,  274. 

A  release  of  lands  which  had  belonged 
to  Robert  Moton  was  made  to  William  de 
Lynalx  and  Katherine  his  wife  in  1395-6; 
Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

The  Lynalx  family  occurs  in  Pember- 
ton.  The  name  is  spelt  in  many  ways  ; 
e.g.  Linales,  Lennox,  &c. 

80  Kuerden  fol.  MS.   247.     As  widow 
she  had  made  a  feoffment  of  her  lands  in 
1402  ;  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk.    She  gave 
all  her  lands  to  John  her  son  in  1405  ; 
ibid. 

81  John  son  of  William   Lynalx  made 
Thomas   Lynalx   his  attorney   to   receive 
from  his  mother  Katherine  certain  lands 
in  Ribchester;  Towneley   MS.   C  8,   13, 
L  259.     It  appears  that  Thomas  was  also 
a  son  of  William  Lynalx,  receiving  from 
his  father  land  in  Mayridding,  &c.,  in  Rib- 
chester ;    Towneley  MS.   DD,  no.    516. 
Richard  son  of  John  Bradley  of  Dodhill 
was  in   1408   pardoned   for  the   death   of 
Thomas   Lynalx  of   Ribchester ;    Pal.   of 
Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  1/9,  m.  33. 

The  next  in  possession  was  Thurstan 
Lynalx,  named  in  1416  (Shireburne  Ab- 
stract Bk.)  and  in  1418,  when  a  certain 
William  Hill,  an  idiot,  was  found  to  have 
held  of  him  land  called  Sprodpoolhey  by  a 
rent  of  zzd.\  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
i,  130  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxiii,  App.  14. 
In  1421  Thurstan  granted  a  messuage 
in  Ribchester  to  Christopher  Hoghton  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1552. 

John  Lynalx  occurs  from  1430  on- 
wards, and  Richard  Lynalx  from  about 

47 


1470.  Thus  in  1432  Thomas  Southworth 
held  land  in  Ribchester  of  John  Lynalx  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  46.  Again 
in  1449  John  regranted  Richard  Towneley 
a  parcel  of  land  in  Ribchester  ;  Add.  MS. 
32104,  no.  1117.  He  was  styled  lord  of 
Ribchester  in  1456  ;  Shireburne  Abstract 
Bk. 

Richard  Lynalx  in  1469  gave  a  lease  to 
Ellis  and  Edward  Cottam,  Cecily  widow 
of  Thurstan  Lynalx  being  apparently  still 
living  ;  ibid.  Richard  attested  a  deed  in 
1472  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  485,  fol.  328. 
In  1491-2  he  and  Thomas  his  son  and 
heir-apparent  were  also  witnesses  ;  Add. 
MS.  32107,  no.  1006.  Richard,  who  in 
1512-13  married  Elizabeth  widow  of  John 
Elston  of  Ribbleton  (Shireburne  Ab- 
stracts), occurs  in  inquisitions,  &c.,  down 
to  about  1522.  In  1516  he  made  a  feoff- 
ment of  his  messuages  and  lands  in 
Ribchester  and  Dilworth  ;  Kuerden  fol. 
MS.  246. 

From  various  inquisitions  (Robert  Sin- 
gleton and  others)  it  appears  that  Thomas 
Lynalx  was  lord  in  1525,  John  Lynalx  his 
son  (Shireburne  Abstracts)  in  1 5  30-40  and 
Robert  Lynalx  in  1547  onwards.  Isabel 
widow  of  Thomas  Lynalx  had  dower  in 
1536  ;  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk.  Robert 
Lynalx  in  1548  was  one  of  the  defendants 
in  a  plea  respecting  chantry  lands  in  Rib- 
chester ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  i, 
225.  In  1575  Robert  is  called  son  and 
heir  of  John  Lynalx  when  claiming  Hall 
heys,  &c.,  in  the  manor  of  Ribchester 
against  John  Talbot  and  Robert  his  bastard 
son  ;  ibid,  ii,  328  ;  iii,  23,  29. 

32  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  43, 
m.  155.  The  Lynalx  family  do  not  appear 
to  have  retained  the  whole  manor,  for  in 
1588  Hugh  Shireburne  purchased  the 
manor,  with  messuages,  free  fishery,  &c., 
from  John  Talbot  and  his  bastard  son 
Robert,  whose  wife  Elizabeth  also  agreed  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  50,  m.  87.  Two  years  later 
still  Hugh  purchased  the  manor,  with 
messuages  in  Ribchester  and  Dilworth, 
fishery  in  the  Ribble,  and  the  advowson  of 
the  church,  from  John  Squire  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  52,  m.  31.  It  does  not  appear  how 
these  manors  originated  ;  the  latter  vendor 
may  have  had  some  claim  through  the 
Lynalx  family  by  purchase  or  descent. 
The  Talbot  '  manor '  is  named  in  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  304  ;  iii,  228. 

88  Neither  pedigree  nor  inquisition  is 
known.  They  were  styled  'gent.'  not 
'  esq.'  Their  arms  are  given  in  Whitaker, 
Whalley  (ed.  Nicholls),  ii,  459  n. 

84  Hugh  Shireburne  of  Esholt  in  York- 
shire left  no  sons,  and  in  his  purchase  of 
Ribchester  may  have  been  acting  for  his 
father ;  Sherborn,  Family  of  Sherborn, 
102-3. 

Sir  Richard  Shireburne  died  in  1594 
holding  the  manor,  with  messuages,  water- 
mill,  &c.,  in  conjunction  with  Hugh  Shire- 
burne ;  the  tenure  was  unknown  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  3.  The  Shire- 
burnes  seem  to  have  had  a  tenement  in 
Ribchester  much  earlier  than  this ;  sec 
ibid,  viii,  no.  27. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


same  way  as  Stonyhurst 35  until  1831,  when  it  was 
sold  to  Joseph  Fenton  of  Rochdale,  and  it  has  since 
descended  with  Dutton.36 

A  manor  of  Ribchester  is  named  among  the 
Osbaldeston  estates  in  l6z5.37 

A  number  of  the  neighbouring  landowners   had 


estates  in  Ribchester,  including  Hoghton,38  Single- 
ton,39 Southworth,40  and  Talbot.41  Of  the  minor 
families  some  used  the  local  surname,42  but  the  most 
noteworthy  was  that  of  Boys,  which  can  be  traced 
back  to  the  I3th  century.43  John  Boys  died  in 
July  1551  holding  three  messuages  and  various  lands 


84  In  1593  the  manor  was  settled  on 
Richard  Shireburne  (ton  of  Sir  Richard) 
and  his  heirs  male,  and  as  his  son  Henry 
died  without  issue  it  went  to  his  second 
son  Richard,  aged  thirty-seven,  in  1628  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  4. 
The  tenure  was  unknown.  The  manor 
is  again  named  among  the  estates  of 
Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk  and  Mary  his 
wife  in  1719  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  284,  m.  81.  Also  in  later  re- 
coveries— 1737  and  1777  (Weld). 

36  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1836),  iii,  382. 
Courts  used  then  to  be  held  twice  a  year, 
in  May  and  October.  The  court  rolls 
arc  extant  from  1821  only. 

»7  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  107, 
m.  36.  Sir  Edward  Osbaldeston,  John 
his  ion  and  heir,  and  others  were  de- 
forciants.  No  '  manor,'  however,  was 
claimed  at  the  death  of  Sir  Edward  or 
of  his  son  John,  but  only  a  messuage 
called  the  Boathousefield  in  Ribchester, 
the  tenure  of  which  is  not  stated  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  15,  40. 

88  This  family's  holding  was  of  ancient 
date,  and  some  of  their  charters  have  been 
cited  in  the  account  of  the  Moton  family. 

Sir  Henry  Hoghton  in  1424  held  lands 
in  Ribchester  of  the  king  as  duke  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  45.  William 
Hoghton  held  lands  in  1500  of  the  king 
by  services  unknown  ;  ibid,  ii,  127.  This, 
or  '  in  socage  by  fealty,'  was  the  usual 
record  in  the  later  inquisitions. 

89  Robert  Singleton  of  Brockholes  died 
in    1525    holding    a    messuage,    &c.,  in 
Ribchester  of  Thomas  Lynalx  by  a  rent 
of  i$d.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.   Inq.  p.m.  vi, 
no.  64.     His  son  William  held  it  in  1573 
of  Robert  Lynalx  by  a  rent  of  i6d.  ;  ibid. 
xii,  no.  34. 

John  Singleton  of  Chingle  Hall  held  a 
messuage  of  John  Lynalx  in  1530  ;  ibid, 
vi,  no.  32.  John  Singleton  held  the 
same  of  Robert  Lynalx  in  1571  ;  ibid, 
xiii,  no.  1 6. 

40  Thomas  Southworth  of  Samlesbury 
in  1432  held  a  messuage  of  John  Lynalx  ; 
Lanes.   Inq.   p.m.    (Chet.     Soc.),    ii,    46. 
In  1502  it  was  found  that  the  tenement 
was  held  of  Richard  Lynalx  by  a  rent  of 
id. ;    Duchy    of    Lane.    Inq.    p.m.    iii, 
no.  41. 

41  The  Talbots  may  have  succeeded  the 
Clithcroe    family.      Henry   de    Clitheroe 
claimed  land  in  1292  as  brother  and  heir 
of  Alice  who  had  been  wife  of  Adam  de 
Blackburn  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  1 8,  3 1  d. 

Disputes  afterwards  arose  between  the 
Blackburn  and  Clitheroe  families  ;  Assize 
R.  1299,  m.  1 6  d.  ;  De  Banco  R.  152,  m. 
89.  See  also  Final  Cone,  ii,  64  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  42. 

Sir  John  Talbot  of  Salesbury  held  land 
in  Ribchester  of  Richard  Lynalx  in  1511  ; 
ibid.  144.  John  Talbot  in  1588  held 
lands  of  the  Crown,  formerly  the  Hos- 
pitallers ;  ibid.  161.  John  Talbot  had 
made  several  purchases ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdles.  37,  m.  64  ;  39,  m.  72  540, 
m.  106. 

42  The   Ribchester   family   or   families 
have  occurred  in  former  notes.     One  of 
the  earliest  named  is  Ellis,  a  clerk  ;  Final 
Cone,  i,  51.     Richard  de  Turnley  granted 


part  of  his  land  in  Turnley  to  William 
»on  of  Adam  son  of  Ellis  de  Ribchester  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  546.  Richard  son 
of  Ellis  complained  in  1292  that  Master 
Henry  de  Clayton  was  detaining  a  charter ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  94.  He  claimed 
reasonable  estovers  in  the  wood  against 
Thomas  de  Singleton  ;  ibid.  m.  54  d.  He 
was  perhaps  the  Richard  de  Ribchester, 
clerk,  who  was  non-suited  in  his  claim 
for  a  tenement  against  Richard  son  of 
Adam  de  Ribchester  and  Adam  de  Lingard  ; 
ibid.  m.  42. 

Robert  son  of  Ellis  was  concerned  in 
several  suits  of  the  same  year.  He  com- 
plained that  Richard  son  of  William  de 
Ribchester,  Isabel  his  wife  and  William 
his  son  had  disseised  him  of  a  strip  of 
land,  but  was  non-suited  ;  ibid.  m.  49  d. 
In  1313-14  Robert  son  of  William  son 
of  Robert  son  of  Ellis  de  Ribchester 
sought  four  messuages,  26  acres  of  land, 
&c.,  against  his  elder  brother  Henry  (a 
minor),  William  de  Livesey  and  William 
son  of  Robert  de  Osbaldeston,  alleging  a 
grant  from  his  father,  and  succeeded  ; 
Assize  R.  424,  m.  2  d. 

Roger  son  of  William  de  Ribchester 
gave  land  in  Turnley  to  his  son  Richard  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  R.  9.  Richard  son  of 
Roger  Willison  in  1331  claimed  land  (by 
grant  of  one  Simon)  against  John  son  of 
Richard  Franceys  and  Amery  his  wife 
(tenants  in  right  of  Amery,  who  was 
sister  and  heir  of  Simon),  and  against 
Adam  son  of  Richard  Franceys  ;  Assize 
R.  1404,  m.  26. 

Simon  son  of  Richard  son  of  Ellis  de 
Ribchester  made  a  grant  to  Henry  Moton  ; 
Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  368.  Diana  widow 
of  Adam  son  of  Simon  released  her  dower 
in  certain  land  to  William  son  of  Richard 
de  Ribchester,  who  had  purchased  the 
land  from  her  daughters  Margery  and 
Maud  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  357.  The  seal 
bore  the  inscription  s'  IORDA  .  .  CLERICI. 
John  son  of  Richard  son  of  Simon  occurs 
in  1340,  when  he  gave  lands  to  Roger  de 
Elston  and  Amabel  his  wife  for  life  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  R.  9.  Roger  son  of 
Roger  de  Elston  was  plaintiff  in  1346, 
Robert  son  of  Robert  Moton  being  de- 
fendant ;  Assize  R.  1444,  m.  7.  The  Elston 
family  occur  later  ;  Kuerden,  loc.  cit. 

Uctred  son  of  Warine  de  Ribchester 
gave  land  in  Shippenley  to  Adam  son  of 
Ellis  de  Ribchester  ;  ibid.  Richard  son 
of  Adam  de  Hurst  in  1313  gave  a  moiety 
of  his  land  between  Bolingbrook  and 
Shippenley  Clough  to  William  son  of 
Uctred  de  Ribchester;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  869.  The  grantee  afterwards  (1314) 
gave  his  capital  messuage  (lying  in  Rib- 
chester between  John  de  Preston's  land 
and  the  Brendeyerd)  to  Henry  son  of 
Beatrice  de  Kuerden  ;  ibid.  no.  456, 
fol.  323.  William  son  of  Uctred  was 
living  in  1342  ;  ibid.  no.  260. 

Thomas  son  of  Orm  in  1285  sought 
a  messuage  and  an  oxgang  of  land  against 
Robert  son  of  Ellis  de  Ribchester  ;  De 
Banco  R.  60,  m.  83  d.  The  same  Thomas 
gave  to  Roger  de  Turnley  a  toft  near 
Shippenley  Clough  in  1316;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  428,  fol.  318. 

Cecily  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard 

48 


ion  of  William  Atkokson  in  1341  gave 
to  Henry  de  Ribchester,  chaplain,  all  her 
meadow  in  Exgangedoles  in  the  Town 
meadows;  ibid.  no.  289.  To  the  same 
Henry  Roger  son  of  William  Atkokson 
made  a  grant  in  Turnley  ;  ibid.  no.  265. 
Alice  and  Cecily,  daughters  of  William 
son  of  Richard  de  Ribchester,  in  the  same 
year  granted  to  Adam  son  of  Robert  son 
of  Adam  Moton  a  plat  called  the  Fall, 
lying  between  the  outlanefrom  Cornleyyeth 
to  Tillycarr  and  Robert  Franceys'  lands, 
and  between  the  outlane  to  Hothersall 
and  land  of  Robert  son  of  William  son  of 
Nicholas  ;  ibid.  no.  429,  fol.  318.  John 
son  of  William  Atkokson  occurs  in  1 342  ; 
ibid.  no.  491  (fol.  329). 

Robert  son  of  William  Ribchester  in 
1403  acquired  the  lands  of  Agnes  wife  of 
Dawkin  de  Claughton  and  sister  of  Henry 
Hodgson  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  73.  In 
1421  Katherine  widow  of  Robert  Rib- 
chester made  a  feoffment  of  the  lands, 
&c.,  she  had  had  from  her  husband  ;  ibid. 
357.  Percival  Ribchester  and  Robert  his 
brother  occur  in  1443-4  ;  ibid.  87.  In 
1447  Percival  gave  land  in  the  place  called 
Shorten  to  Robert  Halgh  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  269.  It  maybe  added  that 
Robert  Halgh  gave  his  lands  to  John 
Talbot  of  Salesbury  as  trustee,  and  that 
the  latter's  son  John  in  1474  released 
them  to  John  Halgh  son  of  Robert  ;  ibid. 
no.  278,  810.  Robert  son  and  heir  of 
John  Ribchester  occurs  in  1539  ;  Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  396. 

John  Ribchester  in  1 542  gave  his  son 
Richard  the  reversion  of  a  house  tenanted 
by  Robert  Ribchester  the  elder,  brother 
of  grantor  ;  ibid.  357.  From  an  indenture 
of  1588  it  appears  that  Robert  Ribchester's 
lands,  after  two  transfers,  were  acquired 
by  John  Dcwhurst  ;  ibid.  384  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  27,  m.  67. 

Of  the  other  minor  families— some  of 
whom,  as  Shippenley,  Hilliley,  Turnley 
and  Franceys,  have  been  named — only  occa- 
sional notices  are  found.  Alice  daughter 
of  Thomas  son  of  Roger  de  Shippenley  and 
her  son  Henry  in  1306  claimed  a  mes- 
suage and  land  against  Adam  the  son  and 
heir  of  Thomas  and  Amabel  the  widow 
of  Thomas  ;  Assize  R.  420,  m.  5.  Alice 
daughter  of  Avice  de  Shippenley  obtained 
a  judgement  in  1358  against  Henry  de 
Kuerden  and  Eva  his  wife  respecting  a 
tenement  in  Ribchester  ;  Assize  R.  438, 
m.  3.  For  the  Kuerden  estate  see  Final 
Cone,  ii,  156.  John  de  Hilliley  gave  his 
son  Robert  the  land  of  Stanlaw  Abbey 
except  what  he  had  given  with  Agnes  his 
daughter  to  Henry  de  Dutton  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  R.  14.  Cecily  widow  of  William 
de  Hilliley  was  complainant  in  1358  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  6,  m.  4  d.  She 
may  have  been  the  Cecily  who  in 
1352  was  wife  of  John  son  of  Robert  de 
Turnley  ;  ibid.  2,  m.  I  d.  Richard  le 
Franceys  was  called  to  warrant  William 
son  of  Roger  son  of  William  de  Ribchestei 
in  1303,  when  Agnes  widow  of  Richard 
de  Turnlache  sought  dower  in  certain 
land  ;  De  Banco  R.  145,  m.  171  d. 

43  An  early  grant  to  Richard  son  of 
Robert  de  Boys  (Bosco)  has  been  cited 
above.  A  William  son  of  Robert  de 


BLACKBURN    HUNDRED 


in  Ribchester  of  Robert  Lynalx  in  socage  by  a  rent  of 
2s.  3^.44  His  daughter  Grace,  then  aged  twelve,  was 
first  married  to  Robert  Talbot,  but  separating  from 
him  wls  married  to  John  Dewhurst  of  Wilpshire,45 
and  carried  the  Boys'  estate  to  this  family.46 

Roger  Shireburne  of  Buckley  died  in  1605  hold- 
ing various  lands  of  the  king  by  knight's  service,  and 
leaving  as  heir  a  son  Richard,  then  aged  six.47 
Buckley  Hall,  which  stood  about  a  mile  to  the 
north-west  of  the  town,  was  pulled  down  in  1895. 
It  was  a  picturesque  gabled  stone  house  with 


RIBCHESTER 

mullioned  windows,  but  for  some  time  before  its 
demolition  had  been  spoiled  externally  by  a  thick 
coating  of  whitewash.  On  the  front  was  inscribed  : 

NEW    BUCKLEY    IS    MY    NAME, 

RIC    SHERBVRNE    BVILT    THE    SAME 

ANNO     l662,    AGED    6z.48 

The  Walmsleys  of  Dunkenhalgh  4S  and  Showley  80 
acquired  estates,  and  other  owners  occur  in  the 
inquisitions.81  The  late  T.  H.  Rymer  of  Calder 
Abbey  inherited  in  1902  a  considerable  estate  here. 


Boys  had  land  in  Dutton  about  1250; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  133.  John  son  of 
Alexander  de  Boys  in  1292  claimed  a  debt 
from  his  brother  Jordan  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  98.  In  1390-1  Cecily  widow  of 
William  de  Healey  and  Cecily  his 
daughter  and  heir  settled  certain  lands 
in  Ribchester  with  remainders  to  Nicholas 
de  Boys,  Alice  his  wife,  John  son  of 
Robert  de  Turnley  and  Alice  sister  of 
John  ;  Townley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet. 
Lib.),  R  70.  Henry  son  of  Nicholas 
Boys  was  living  in  1435  ;  ibid.  T  128. 
John  Boys  was  witness  in  1403  ;  Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  73.  Robert  brother  and  executor 
of  John  Boys  was  plaintiffin  1445  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  8,  m.  2.  Ellis  Boys  of  Rib- 
chester found  security  for  £20  in  1457  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  i/i,  no.  50. 

Lawrence  Cottam  of  Garstang  in  1488 
released  to  John  son  of  the  late  Henry 
Boys  his  right  in  the  lands,  &c.,  recently 
owned  by  Roger  Elston  in  Ribchester  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  87.  In  1520  John 
Talbot  of  Salesbury  granted  Henry  Boys  a 
messuage  on  lease  (ibid.  397)  ;  and  in 
1524  Sir  Thomas  Southworth  exchanged 
lands  in  Ribchester  for  Henry's  lands  in 
Mellor  and  Samlesbury ;  ibid.  386.  Henry 
Boys  made  a  feoffment  'of  his  lands,  &c., 
in  Ribchester  (except  Moton  House)  in 
1543  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  no.  698. 

44  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  64. 
He  had  also  a  tenement  in  Oswaldtwistle. 
From  later  pleadings  it  appears  that  John 
was  the  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Boys. 

44  The  divorce  was  granted  in  or  about 
1562,  because  the  marriage  had  taken 
place  in  childhood  without  the  consent  of 
Grace  ;  Furnivall,  Child  Marriages  (Early 
Engl.  Text  Soc.),  16.  Robert  Talbot  and 
others  in  1563  became  bound  to  William 
Dewhurst  of  Wilpshire  and  John  his  son 
to  abide  the  award  of  an  arbitration  con- 
cerning Boys  House  and  other  lands,  &c., 
in  Ribchester  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  no.  714. 
John  Dewhurst  and  Grace  his  wife  de- 
mised a  plat  of  land  called  Cockcroft  to 
Richard  Watson  in  1565  ;  Kuerden  fol. 
MS.  95.  They  were  still  living  in  1590, 
when  they  made  a  feoffment  of  the 
capital  messuage  called  Boys  House,  &c.  ; 
ibid.  Again,  in  1599,  they  made  a  settle- 
ment by  fine  ;  ibid.  94. 

There  is  a  pedigree  in  the  1613  Visit. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  96  ;  see  also  the  account  of 
Wilpshire,  and  T.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester, 

23S-7- 

4*  There  were  a  number  of  suits  before 
the  succession  was  settled.  In  1565 
Robert  Talbot  complained  that,  whereas 
Boys  House  should  be  in  his  possession 
in  right  of  his  wife  Grace,  the  Dewhursts 
had  entered,  and  were  cutting  down 
hedges,  destroying  '  the  great  timber 
woods  and  underwoods,'  &c.  The  de- 
fendants alleged  the  divorce  and  new  mar- 
riage of  Grace  to  John  Dewhurst ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  Ixv,  T  5. 

In  1576  William  Boys  of  Great  FaMag 


in  Middlesex,  son  of  Edward  and  grand- 
son of  Henry  Boys,  sought  to  recover 
Boys  House,  the  ferry  over  the  Ribble 
known  as  'the  ferry  of  Osboston,'  &c., 
alleging  that  Grace,  the  child  of  his  uncle 
John  Boys,  was  illegitimate.  The  de- 
fendants stated  that  John  Boys  was 
divorced  from  his  first  wife  Anne  Dew- 
hurst before  he  was  married  to  Alice 
Rodes,  and  that  it  had  been  decided  in 
court  in  1557  that  Grace  should  enjoy  the 
Boys  estate ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead. 
Eliz.  xcix,  B  1 8  ;  cvi,  615;  ccx,  D  7. 

William  Dewhurst,  son  of  John  and 
Grace,  died  at  Ribchester  in  1621  hold- 
ing Boys  House,  &c.,  of  Richard  Shire- 
burne ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  284.  The  surname  long 
remained  known  in  the  township. 

47  Lanes.    Inq.  p.m.   (Rec.   Soc.   Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  58-61.    The  holding  was  a 
composite    one.      Two    messuages    with 
land  called  the  Hagges  were  held  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  of  Lancaster  by  the 
2ooth    part    of    a    knight'.!    fee,    a    half 
rood    of  land    was    held    by    the    3OOth 
part  of  a  fee,  2   acres  called  Sprodspool 
by  the  2ooth  part,  and  the  rest  by  the 
twentieth  part  of  a   fee.     A  settlement  is 
recited,  made  by  Richard   Shireburne,  the 
father  of  Roger,  in    1589-90,  relating  to 
the  capital  messuage   called  Buckley,  and 
giving  the  names  of  fields,  lanes,  &c. — as 
Turnley,  Chester  gate  and  Kendal  heys. 

In  the  pedigree  by  Mr.  C.  D.  Sherborn 
(Fam.  of  Sherborn,  104-8)  it  is  stated  that 
Richard  the  father  was  a  son  of  Roger 
Shireburne  of  Wolfhouse  in  Chipping, 
and  that  Richard  the  son  (who  built  New 
Buckley  in  1662)  died  in  1674  without 
issue.  It  appears,  however,  that  Richard 
the  father  was  a  brother  of  Roger  of 
Wolfhouse  (ibid.  57-9),  for  in  1554  a 
settlement  of  an  estate  in  Ribchester 
which  seems  to  be  certainly  that  of  Buck- 
ley was  made  by  Robert  Shireburne  and 
Margery  his  wife  in  favour  of  their  son 
Richard.  In  default  of  issue  the  lands 
were  to  go  to  Richard  son  of  Sir  Richard 
Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  15,  m.  65. 

Buckley  is  named  in  a  13th-century 
grant  by  William  Moton  to  Thomas  son 
of  Ralph  de  Ribchester  ;  Towneley  MS. 
OO,  no.  1210. 

In  the  1 8th  century  Buckley  Hall  was 
tenanted  by  a  family  named  Pye  ;  Smith, 
op.  cit.  253-6. 

48  Smith,  Hist,  of  Ribchester,  240. 

49  Roger  de  Walmersley  in   1360  had 
lands  in  right  of  his  wife  Alice,  who  seems 
to  have  been  an  Ellel  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xxxii,  App.  343.     Robert  de  Walmerlegh 
alias  Walmesleye  of  Ribchester  received  a 
pardon  in   1400-1  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Chan. 
Misc.  1/9,  m.  146. 

In  1550  or  later  Alexander  Walmsley 
of  Elston,  Margaret  his  wife  and  Robert 
and  Thomas  their  sons  acquired  various 
Innds,  which  seem  to  have  passed  to  the 

49 


Dewhurst  family;  Add.  MS.  32104, 
no.  1128,  693,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  19,  m.  64  ;  45,  m.  169. 

Thomas  Walmsley,  father  of  Sir 
Thomas  and  Richard,  purchased  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  from  Richard  Singleton  and 
Alice  his  wife  in  1562;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  24,  m.  10.  He  added 
other  lands,  more  especially  for  his 
younger  son  5  but  in  1 5  84,  in  the  in- 
quisition after  his  death,  the  tenure  of  his 
estate  in  Ribchester  is  not  recorded  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  72. 
The  son,  Sir  Thomas  Walmsley  of 
Dunkenhalgh,  at  his  death  in  1612  held 
his  moiety  of  lands  here  in  socage  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
249,  252.  The  tenants' names  are  given. 

In  1653  Dame  Anne  Lucas  of  Dunken- 
halgh and  Thomas  son  and  heir  of 
Nicholas  Walmsley  of  London  sought 
allowance  of  their  title  to  a  tenement  in 
Ribchester  leased  to  Thomas  Dewhurst 
in  1597.  Two-thirds  had  been  seques- 
tered for  the  recusancy  of  Leonard 
Walmsley,  deceased,  husband  of  Eliza- 
beth Dewhurst  (one  of  the  lives)  ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3 1  *-6. 

50  Richard  Walmsley  of  Showley 
(brother  of  Sir  Thomas)  had  part  of  his 
father's  lands  ;  his  principal  acquisition 
was  that  of  the  Preston  family's  estate  in 
1593  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  55, 
m.  92.  He  died  in  1609  holding  Fasten- 
fields  of  the  king  by  knight's  service  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  149.  This 
had  belonged  to  the  Hospitallers. 

At  one  time  the  family  resided  at 
Ribchester,  Richard  Walmsley  being 
described  as  'of  Ribchester'  when  he 
registered  his  estate  as  a  '  Papist '  in 
1717;  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Eng.  Cath. 
Non-jurors,  loo.  Part  of  their  estate  was 
in  1867  given  to  the  support  of  the  alms- 
houses  ;  End.  Char.  Rep. 

61  In  the  earlier  fines  and  pleadings 
names  of  owners  occur,  but  these  have 
usually  to  be  recorded  also  in  other  town- 
ships ;  e.g.  Dodhull  and  Hurst,  1335, 
and  Hayhurst,  1355  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  96, 
147.  Shaw  of  Elston  held  land  in  1446  ; 
ibid,  iii,  1 1 2. 

A  small  part  of  the  land  given  to  the 
Hoghton  chantry  in  1407  was  held  of 
Robert  Townley  by  the  rent  of  2*.;  Inq. 
a.q.d.  file  435,  no.  26.  Henry  son  ot" 
Robert  Townley  had  lands  in  Cliviger, 
Ribchester  and  Dutton  in  1420  ;  Towne- 
ley MS.  DD,  no.  2020.  Alice  widow  of 
John  Anderton  of  Ribchester  in  1453-4 
leased  her  lands  to  John  Towneley  of 
Birtwistle  and  afterwards  sold  them  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
A  4  9,  50.  Richard  Towneley  had  landi 
in  the  township  in  1447  and  1473  ;  ibid. 
B  297,  301,  304.  Richard  Townley  of 
Dutton  in  1618  held  his  lands  in  Rib- 
chester and  Dilworth  of  Richard  Shire- 
burne by  6d.  rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq,  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  137. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


In  1524  Robert  Walmersley  and  Henry  Boys  con- 
tributed to  the  subsidy  for  their  lands  in  Ribchester 
and  Dilworth.82  In  1543  Robert  Linalx,  Henry 
Boyes  and  Robert  Walmsley  the  elder  so  contri- 
buted.63 John  Rodes  and  Richard  Ward  were  free- 
holders in  i6oo.54  In  the  1626  Subsidy  Roll  no 
landowners  are  named  ;  John  Osbaldeston  was  a 
convicted  recusant,  and  a  large  number  paid  as  non- 
communicants.55  John  Ward  paid  £10  on  re- 
fusing knighthood  in  1 63 1.56  The  Civil  War  does 
not  seem  to  have  affected  any  of  the  resident  land- 
owners,57 but  in  1717  two  or  three  had  to  register 
estates  as  *  Papists.' 58 

A  rental  of  the  wapentake  compiled  in  l66259 
shows  that  Richard  Shireburne  paid  zs.  \d.  for  the 
manor  of  Ribchester  and  is.  for  a  house  there  ; 
another  Richard  Shireburne  paid  il</.  for  Buckley, 


Richard  Ward  6</.  for  Ward  Green,  Richard  Darwen 
is.  for  Swinglehurst,  William  Dewhurst  "]d.  for 
Boys  House,  Richard  Dewhurst  and  Thomas  Shaw  3^. 
for  Idesforth  and  Edward  Walmsley  ^d.  for'  Rodes 
Mill.  There  were  other  tenants. 

In  1354  Adam  Bibby  demised  land  in  Ribchester 
to  William  de  Bradley,  ferryman,  who  was  to  hold  it 
by  paying  I  id.  rent  and  ferrying  men  across  the 
river.  If  the  men  of  the  place  should  wish  to  build 
a  wood  or  stone  bridge,  then  the  rector  of  Rib- 
chester or  the  lord  of  Osbaldeston  might  sell  the  lands 
and  apply  the  money  to  the  bridge.60  The  date  of 
the  building  of  the  bridge  is  uncertain  61  ;  the  ferry 
continued  in  use  until  1903.  The  ferryman  was 
the  occupant  of  Boathouse  Farm,  about  half  a  mile 
south-west  of  the  church  and  opposite  Osbaldeston 
Hall  on  the  other  side  of  the  Ribble.62 


Henry  Preston  of  Preston  died  in 
1549  holding  land  in  Ribchester  of  the» 
king  as  of  the  late  priory  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem  by  a  rent  of  6d. ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  19  ;  x,  no.  10. 
The  estate,  including  a  fishery  in  the 
Ribble,  was  sold  in  1593  to  Richard 
Walmsley  as  above.  A  Preston  family 
is  of  early  occurrence,  for  in  1292  Robert 
son  of  Adam  de  Preston  held  the  moiety 
of  a  messuage  and  40  acres  in  Ribchester 
in  right  of  his  wife  Margery  ;  they  were 
claimed  by  Margery  the  infant  daughter 
of  Adam  $on  of  Bernard  de  Ribchester  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  1 5  d.  Adam  son  of 
Robert  de  Preston  in  1313-14  claimed 
messuages  and  lands  against  John  de 
Preston  (apparently  his  son)  and  others  ; 
Assize  R.  424,  m.  2  d.  Robert  Preston 
was  in  1472-82  the  feoffee  of  Alexander 
Halgh's  estate  at  Goddisbrook  in  Rib- 
chester ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  270,  1016. 

William  son  of  Richard  Blackburn  was 
in  1552  reputed  to  be  an  idiot.  He  had 
sold  his  lands,  and  his  father's  heirs, 
Roger  Salebury  and  Ellen  wife  of  Henry 
Seed,  put  in  a  claim  as  kinsmen  and  heirs  ; 
they  were  aged  twenty-six  and  forty 
respectively,  and  Ellen  was  William's 
sister ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no. 
13  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  13, 
m.  121.  Both  Blackburn  and  Seed  are 
names  of  long  standing  in  the  district. 
William  Blackburn  had  land  there  in 
1443  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  341.  Robert 
Seed  in  1564  held  three  messuages,  &c.  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  26,  m.  125. 
Robert  Seed,  senior  and  junior,  were  pur- 
chasers in  1589  and  John  Seed  in  1590  ; 
ibid,  bdles.  51,  m.  212;  52,  m.  40. 
Roger  Seed  sold  to  William  Charnley 
'n  I577>  and  the  purchaser  and  his  wife 
Alice  settled  their  lands  in  Ribchester  and 
Dilworth  in  1579  ;  ibid,  bdles.  39,  m.  55  ; 
41,  m.  123. 

Hugh  Ash's  lands  in  Ribchester  were 
held  of  the  Crown  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  x,  no.  35.  See  the  accounts  of 
Aighton  and  Dutton.  George  Ash,  the 
son,  appears  to  have  sold  his  Ribchester 
lands  to  Richard  Walmsley;  PaL  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdles.  43,  m.  143  ;  44, 
m.  215. 

Hugh  Swansey  of  Chorley  in  1566  held 
a  little  land  in  Ribchester  of  Robert 
Lynalx  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no. 
29.  John  Swansey  in  1548  had  held 
lands,  &c.,  in  Ribchester  and  Mellor,  but 
they  seem  to  have  been  sold  to  John 
South  worth  in  1559  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdles.  13,  m.  190  ;  21,  m.  96. 

William   Burley  died   in  1558  holding 


a  messuage  of  the  queen  by  knight's 
service  and  the  rent  of  21.  %d.  ;  Robert 
his  son  and  heir  was  four  years  old  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  57. 
Robert  died  in  1617  holding  as  before 
and  leaving  as  heir  a  son  William,  forty 
years  of  age  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.), 

»i,  77- 

George  Newsham  of  Newsham  in  1585 
held  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Ribchester  of 
Hugh  Shireburne,  younger  son  of  Sir 
Richard,  by  a  rent  of  6d. ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  88.  Henry 
Newsham  held  of  Richard  Shireburne  in 

1619  by  the  same  rent ;  Thomas  his  son 
and   heir  was   twenty-three  years  of  age  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  123. 

Thomas  Sowerbutts  died  in  1594 
holding  a  messuage  in  Ribchester,  for- 
merly part  of  the  chantry  endowment  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  20. 

The  Halgh  family  has  been  named 
several  times  in  former  notes.  It  appears 
that  Richard  Crompton  of  Bury  in  1 545 
purchased  four  messuages  and  a  water- 
mill  in  Ribchester  and  Hothersall  from 
Nicholas  and  George  Halgh  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  12,  m.  199,  211. 
The  purchaser  made  a  settlement  of  his 
estate  in  1556,  the  remainders  being  to 
George  (son  of  John)  Harper  of  Radcliffe, 
and  to  Richard  (son  of  John)  Crompton 
of  Prestall  ;  ibid.  bdle.  17,  m.  134.  The 
estate  is  very  soon  afterwards  (1565) 
found  in  possession  of  Thomas  Green- 
halgh,  Jane  his  wife  and  Richard  his  son  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  27,  m.  42.  See  T.  C.  Smith, 
Ribchester,  53. 

Michael  Clarkson  died  in  1615  holding 
Whitecarr  fall  in  Ribchester  of  Richard 
Shireburne ;  he  bequeathed  this  to  a 
younger  son  John.  William  the  son  and 
heir  was  only  seven  years  old  ;  Chan. 
Inq.  p.m.  dxx,  67. 

M  Subs.  R.  Lanes,  bdle.  130,  no.  82. 

68  Ibid.  no.  125. 

54  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  235  ;  Smith,  op.  cit.  244. 

John  Rodes  purchased  a  messuage  from 
Henry  Preston  in  1588  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  50,  m.  57.  He  died  in 

1 620  owning  Halgh  House  in  Ribchester 
and  other  lands  there  of  Richard   Shire- 
burne by  4$.  rent  ;  also  lands  in  Dutton, 
Clayton-le-Dale     and     Preston  ;    Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii, 
216.     John  his  son  and  heir,  then  thirty 
years  of  age,  died   in    1623,  leaving  two 
daughters    as     co-heirs,    viz.    Ellen    and 
Margaret,    aged    four    and    three    respec- 
tively ;  ibid,  iii,  360.     The  Jauden  House 
was  part  of  the  estate. 

50 


Richard  Ward  was  one  of  the  pur- 
chasers from  William  Blackburn  the 
idiot;  Ducatus  Lane,  ii,  177,  219;  iii, 
1 20,  &c.  For  the  family  see  Smith, 
op.  cit.  256. 

56  Subs.  R.  Lanes,  bdle.  131,  no.  317. 
John   Osbaldeston,   described    as   of  Rib- 
chester, compounded  for  his  recusancy  in 
1630  by  paying  £2   101.  a  year;   Trans. 
Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xxiv,  174. 

M  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  218. 

57  The    estates    of     the     Dewhursts, 
Walmsleys  and  Talbots  suffered. 

58  Estcourt  and  Payne,  op.  cit.  91,  92. 
They  were  Richard  Traffbrd,  brother  of 
John    Traffbrd    of    Croston,    and    John 
Higgison,  miller. 

*'  In  the  possession  of  W.  Farrer 
('  Honor  of  Clitheroe '). 

60  Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1 508  ;  the 
'  Maydya    ford    of    Ribble '    is    named. 
Adam    the    Ferryman  is  known  from  a 
much  earlier  deed  ;  he  paid   a  rent  of  %d. 
for  his  land  to  William  son  of  Richard  de 
Dutton,    who    released    it    to    Adam    de 
Blackburn ;    Towneley    MS.     DD,    no. 
141,  1196. 

The  Bibby  family  is  of  frequent 
occurrence.  Richard  son  of  Bibby  was 
in  1292  non-suited  in  a  claim  against 
Robert  son  of  Ellis  de  Ribchester  respect- 
ing certain  lands  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m. 
57  d.  William  son  of  Richard  son  of 
Bibby  attested  a  charter  of  about  the 
same  time;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no. 
144. 

Adam  Bibby,  no  doubt  the  benefactor, 
made  claims  for  common  of  pasture  in 
1356  against  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  and 
others  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  5,  m. 
10  d.  In  the  same  year  he  granted  to 
John  de  Osbaldeston  and  William  Moton, 
chaplains,  certain  lands  he  had  had  from 
William  his  father  and  John  his  brother, 
lying  in  landoles  in  the  field  called  Erley  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  456  (fol.  323). 
He  had  given  a  messuage  to  his  brother 
Thomas  in  1354  ;  ibid.  no.  208. 

The  land  for  the  ferry  may  be  the 
Boathouse  field  named  in  the  Osbaldeston 
inquisition  already  cited. 

61  In  1669  an  old  bridge  was  replaced 
by  one  destroyed    in    1772   by  a  flood  ; 
the    present    one    was    built    two    years 
later  ;  Smith,  op.  cit.  263. 

62  Boathouse  Farm  was  purchased  from 
the  Warren  heirs  (de  Tabley)  in  1854  by 
Jonathan  Openshaw  ;  information  of  Mr. 
James   Openshaw,  who  adds   that    there 
was   formerly  a  ford  a  little    above  the 
ferry. 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


The  Hospitallers  63  and  Whalley  Abbey  had  lands 
in  Ribchester.64 

From  the  land  tax  return  of  1788  it  appears  that 
Mr.  Walmsley  and  esquire  Hinks  were  the  chief 
landowners.65 

An  Inclosure  Act  for  Chipping,  Mitton  and  Rib- 
chester was  passed  in  l8o8,66  and  under  it  the 
boundaries  of  the  manors  of  Ribchester  and  Button 
were  fixed.67 

The  parish  church  has  been  described.  There  is 
a  Church  of  England  Evangelical  Protestant  Mission- 
room  in  the  town. 

The  history  of  the  Congregational  cause  at  Knowl 
Green  goes  back  to  preaching  begun  at  Lum  Mills 
in  1814,  but  afterwards  discontinued,68  and  the 
chapel,  1827-31,  owes  its  rise  to  the  zeal  of  an 
artisan.  A  new  chapel  was  built  in  i867.69 

Of  the  persistency  of  the  Roman  Catholic  religion 
in  the  township  and  district  there  are  numerous 
tokens.  Various  persons  were  presented  to  the  Bishop 
of  Chester  in  1622  as  'seducers  and  harbourers  of 
seminary  priests.'  70  Again  in  1635,  when  trade  rivals 
sought  to  check  one  John  Cutler,  a  Ribchester  shop- 
keeper, they  said  he  was  '  by  his  confession  a  con- 
victed recusant,  an  utter  enemy  of  the  blessed  word 
of  God  both  in  argument  and  life,'  who  '  commonly, 
for  the  most  part  weekly,  used  to  go  to  where  priests 
of  his  profession  [were]  harboured  to  say  mass,'  and 
they  wished  him  to  be  summoned  before  the  assize 
judges  and  required  to  take  the  oath  of  supremacy,  to 
discover  '  whether  there  be  in  him  any  loyalty  to  his 
majesty  or  not.'  71 

James  Standford,  the  benefactor,  in  1695  left 
£500 

for  the  maintenance  of  a  good  priest  for  ever  at  Stidd  or  Bailey 
Hall  Chapel,  if  times  permitted  that  public  service  could  there  be 
had  ;  otherwise  to  be  for  one  who  should  serve  in  the  country 
two  miles  round  about  the  places  of  Stidd  and  Bailey  Hall  ;  and 
he  desired  that  the  privilege  of  nominating  one  to  enjoy  the 
benefice  should  remain  to  Mr.  Tempest  and  Mr.  Westby  and 
their  families  for  ever,  if  they  remained  in  the  Catholic  faith, 
otherwise  should  redound  to  some  eminent  Catholic  of  good  repute 
in  the  said  circuit ;  provided  that  he  whom  they  nominated 
should  be  a  very  exemplary,  virtuous,  careful,  vigilant  and 
sufficiently  learned  person,  and  that  he  should  not  be  absent 
from  his  flock  for  above  two  or  three  days  and  that  only  upon 
extraordinary  business  5  and  he  obliged  him  who  enjoyed  the 
benefice  to  say  four  masses  every  year  for  him  and  his  family.78 

The  mission  was  served  from  Showley  during  the 
times  of  proscription.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  in 


RIBCHESTER 

1706-10  some  baptisms  and  marriages  are  entered  in 
the  parish  church  registers  as  performed  by  a  Roman, 
Romish,  or  Papist  priest.  The  present  chapel  of 
SS.  Peter  and  Paul,  situated  close  to  the  boundary  of 
Stidd,  was  opened  in  1789.  The  priest  in  charge 
acts  as  chaplain  to  the  adjacent  almshouses.73 

DILWORTH 

Bileuurde  (for  Dilewrde),  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Dileworth, 
1227;  Dillesworth,  1284;  Dilleworth,  1292. 

This  township  lies  on  the  southern  and  western 
slope  of  Longridge  Fell,  the  altitudes  ranging  from 
300  to  700  ft.  above  sea  level.  On  the  southern 
border  is  a  large  reservoir  of  the  Preston  Waterworks. 
The  area  of  the  township  is  1,248  acres,1  and  there 
was  a  population  of  2,439  in  190 1.2 

The  greater  part  of  the  little  town  of  Longridge 
lies  in  the  extreme  west  corner  of  the  township, 
having  a  railway  station,  the  terminus  of  a  line  from 
Preston,  opened  in  l84O,3  and  owned  by  the  London 
and  North  Western  and  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire 
Companies.  From  the  town  two  main  roads  branch 
off,  one  to  the  north-east  and  east  along  the  northern 
side  of  the  Fell,  and  the  other  to  the  east,  along  the 
southern  side.  An  intermediate  road,  on  the  same 
side  of  the  Fell,  but  much  higher,  is  not  much  used. 

Written  Stone  Farm,  to  the  east  of  Longridge, 
takes  its  name  from  a  long  stone  inscribed  : — 

RAVFFE    RADCLIFFE    LAID    THIS 
STONE  TO  LYE   FOR   EVER.        A.fc,    ^655. 

It  is  at  the  entrance  to  the  farmyard.  There  are 
various  legends  connected  with  it.4 

The  Longridge  gild  day  is  10  August.8 
Longridge  has  been  governed  by  a  local  board 
since  1883  ;  this  has  now  become  an  urban  district 
council  of  nine  members.  The  area  includes  the 
township  of  Alston  and  Dilworth.  Gas  is  supplied 
by  a  local  private  company  and  water  by  the  Preston 
Corporation,  which  has  several  reservoirs  in  the 
township. 

Cotton-spinning  and  manufacture  are  carried  on 
to  some  extent.  Nails  are  made  and  stone  quarries 
are  worked.  It  is  the  stone  trade,  begun  about 
1830,  which  has  caused  the  growth  of  Longridge.6 
A  century  ago  there  was  a  thriving  besom  trade.7 
There  are  several  fairs  for  cattle,  &c.  The  land  is 
mostly  used  for  grazing. 


68  The  rental  of  1609  shows  that  their 
lands  in  Ribchester  were  then  held  by 
Robert  Burley  (grandson  of  Robert,  living 
1 544),  who  paid  is.  %d.  rent ;  John 
Rodes,  zs.  lid.;  John  Greenwood, 
2s.  zd.  ;  Richard  Walmesley,  Fastand- 
field,  u.  6d.j  &c.  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol. 
132^.  It  was  in  1544  that  Richard 
Crombleholme  purchased  Fastandfield, 
land  at  Boys  Bridge  and  other  parts  of 
the  Hospitallers'  estate  in  Ribchester  and 
Dutton  ;  Pat.  36  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  xvii. 
He  sold  much  of  it  in  parcels. 

The  lands  held  by  the  Holts  of 
Gristlehurst  perhaps  included  both 
Hospitallers'  and  Whalley  lands  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  25. 

64  The  grants  have  been  recited  above. 
In  1365  Robert  de  Kendal  claimed  from 
Alice  daughter  of  John  Wilcockson,  John 
de  Turnley  and  Cecily  his  wife  acquit- 
tance of  the  services  demanded  by  the 
Abbot  of  Whalley  ;  De  Banco  R.  421, 
m.  157  ;  424,  m.  266  d. 


About  1 540  Geoffrey  Dewhurst  held 
land  in  Ribchester  at  a  rent  of  zs.  id.  ; 
Whalley  Couch,  iv,  1242. 

65  Returns  at  Preston. 

6(5  48  Geo.  Ill,  cap.  79. 

67  T.     C.     Smith,    Ribchester,     70-1  ; 
Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.    (Rec.   Soc.    Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  56  (award  dated  1812) 

68  Nightingale,     Lanes.      Nonconf.     ii, 
"3- 

6»  Ibid.    115-17. 

An  Anabaptist  was  living  at  Dilworth 
in  1699,  as  appears  by  an  entry  in  the 
church  registers. 

70  Visit.  P.  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

71  Smith,  Ribchester,  56.     For  the  con- 
victed recusants  in  Ribchester  and  Dutton 
c.   1670  see  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v, 
155-6. 

73  End.  Char.  Rep.  (Ribchester),  12. 
His  first  trustees  were  Stephen  Tempest 
of  Broughton  and  John  Westby  of  Alston. 
The  bequest,  at  that  time  illegal,  was 
faithfully  observed,  though  part  of  the 

51 


capital  was  lost.  In  1844  Sir  Charles 
Robert  Tempest  claimed  the  right  to 
nominate  a  priest  to  serve  Stidd  Chapel, 
and  withheld  the  endowment  from  the 
Bishop  of  Salford's  nominees,  until  advised 
by  counsel  that  he  had  no  right  to  do  so. 
'  The  trusteeship  of  the  charity  having 
thus  proved  to  involve  no  privilege,'  the 
legal  estate  was  in  1884  transferred 
to  the  Bishop  of  Salford  and  other 
trustees. 

73  Smith,  op.  cit.  210-13. 

1  Including  33  acres  of  inland  water. 

2  Including  Crumpax. 

3  T.  C.  Smith,  Longridgc,  42.      It  was 
originally  worked  by  horses,  the  first  loco- 
motive being  used  in  1848. 

4  Ibid.  op.  cit.  27-30. 

5  Ibid.    34.     About    1 800    the  festival 
occupied  two  days,  on  one  of  which  was  a 
horse  race  and  on  the  other  a   foot  race  ; 
ibid.  40. 

6  Ibid.  44. 

7  Ibid.  40. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


In  1066  DILWORTH  was  a  member 
M4NOR  of  Earl  Tostig's  Preston  fee,  and  was 
afterwards  given  to  Count  Roger  of 
Poitou.8  Its  two  plough-lands  probably  then  in- 
cluded Alston  and  Hothersall.  It  is  not  known  how 
Dilworth  proper  became  not  only  separate  but 
merged  in  Ribchester,  so  as  to  be  accounted  merely  a 
hamlet  of  the  central  township  and  part  of  the 
honor  of  Clitheroe.9 

From  the  scanty  notices  of  the  place  it  may  be 
gathered  that  it  was  held  by  Alan  de  Singleton  about 
1 200,  and  of  him  in  moieties  by  the  lord  of 
Ribchester  and  a  local  family  or  families.10  The 


former  moiety  was  granted  by  William  Moton  of 
Ribchester  to  Richard  son  of  Alan  de  Singleton,11 
and  seems  to  have  become  part  of  the  main  family 
estate,  being  held  in  demesne.  The  lordship  de- 
scended regularly  from  Singleton  to  Banastre  of 
Bretherton,12  Balderston  and  Harrington 13  and 
Osbaldeston,14  but  was  usually  considered  only  a 
moiety  of  the  manor.15  The  second  moiety  was 
acquired  from  Osbert  de  Dilworth  by  Adam  de 
Hoghton,16  descending  like  Hoghton.17  In  1566 
Thomas  Hoghton  acquired  the  Osbaldeston  estate  in 
Dilworth,18  and  thus  became  lord  of  the  undivided 
manor.19  In  1772  it  was  sold  by  Sir  Henry 


*  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i, 

9  It  was  probably  acquired  by  the  Lacys 
together  with  Ribchester,  perhaps  in  1 187, 
but  the  manner  is  not  certainly  known. 

10  This  is  inferred  from  the  account  of 
Sir  William  Banastre's  estate  in  a  subse- 
quent note. 

11  William  de  Mutun  granted  to  Richard 
son  of  Alan  de  Singleton  the  whole  moiety 
of  land  and  wood,  hawks,  honey  and  mill, 
the  bounds  beginning  opposite  the  Strid- 
thorn    by    Thornley,     down      Longshaw 
Brook  to  Dilworthsed    Brook,  up  this  to 
the    upper    head    of   Dilworth,  across  to 
Hothersall  ;    then   by   the    boundaries    of 
Hothersall,  Alston,  Whittingham,  Wheat- 
ley  and  Thornley  to   the   starting-point. 
The  grantor  reserved   to  himself  certain 
easements,    including    mast    fall,    within 
these    bounds,  as  well  as  a  rent  of  four 
barbed  arrows  ;    Kuerden  MSS.  iv,   R  9. 
Sir    Robert    de    Lathom    was    the    first 
witness  ;     the    others    included    Alan    de 
Singleton,  William  his  son  and   Hugh  de 
Osbaldeston. 

A  Richard  de  Singleton  is  soon  after- 
wards (1246)  found  to  be  brother  of  some 
religious  house — probably  Cockersand  ; 
Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  103,  150. 

This  may  be  a  grant  of  half  the  lord- 
ship, but  it  was  not  the  first  acquisition 
by  the  Singleton  family,  for  Alan  son  of 
Richard — father  of  the  above  Richard — 
confirmed  to  Jordan  le  Blund  (Albus) 
half  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Dilworth,  which 
Adam  de  Stiholmes  had  formerly  held  of 
Alan  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  395  (fol. 
311).  The  same  Alan  granted  to  the 
canons  of  Cockersand  4  acres  and  a  toft 
from  his  land  in  Dilworth,  between  Wite- 
kerbrook  and  Cronkeshaw  Brook,  with 
easements  of  his  fee  in  the  vill  aforesaid, 
for  the  souls  of  Robert  and  Roger  de  Lacy, 
&c.  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
227. 

In  1246  William  de  Hawksworth  suc- 
cessfully claimed  land  in  Dilworth  against 
Richard  son  of  Alan  ;  Assize  R.  404, 
m.  4  d.  Richard  son  of  Alan  de  Singleton 
gave  Richard  son  of  Alexander  de  Pen- 
wortham,  chaplain,  a  toft  in  Dilworth,  of 
i  perch  in  extent,  on  the  west  side  of 
Adam  de  Cartmel's  house,  at  a  rent  of  a 
pair  of  white  gloves  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  100.  As  Richard  de  Singleton  he 
granted  land  touching  Cronkeshaw  Brook 
to  Adam  son  of  Adam  de  Hoghton  ;  ibid, 
no.  119.  Bernard  the  clerk  was  a  witness. 

William  son  of  Alan  de  Singleton 
granted  half  an  oxgang  of  land  to  Hugh 
son  of  Siegrith  daughter  of  Jordan  le 
Blund  (Albus)  of  Dilworth,  at  a  rent  of 
31.  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1534. 

12  The  Singleton  heiress  Joan  widow  of 
Thomas  Banastre  made  a  settlement  of 
her  estate  in  1303  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec. 


Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  201.  In  1306 
she  allowed  the  beasts  of  Robert  de  Dil- 
worth within  her  wood  and  pasture  in 
return  for  a  rent  of  6d.  to  be  levied  on  all 
Robert's  tenements  within  Ribchester ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  122. 

Sir  William  Banastre  in  1311  held  one 
plough-land  in  Dilworth  of  the  heir  of 
Henry  de  Lacy  by  the  rent  of  2s.  payable 
on  St.  Giles's  Day  ;  De  Lacy  Inq.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  17.  Again  in  1324  it  was  found 
that  William  Banastre  had  died  seised  of 
the  hamlet  of  Dilworth,  held  of  Thomas 
Earl  of  Lancaster  and  Alice  his  wife  by  a 
rent  of  zs.  ;  one  half  was  in  demesne  and 
the  other  in  service  ;  Inq.  p.m.  17  Ed  w.  II, 
no.  45. 

Sir  Adam  Banastre  gave  Adam  de  Yor- 
drawes  a  messuage  with  curtilage  abutting 
on  Longridge,  another  parcel  on  the  High- 
field,  and  another  on  the  Greenhurst,  all 
in  Dilworth  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  125. 
This  was  probably  the  origin  of  the  estate 
of  two  messuages,  &c.,  in  Ribchester  held 
by  Thomas  de  Yordrawes  and  Margery  his 
wife  in  1383  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  17.  Adam 
Banastre  in  1336  granted  to  Henry  de 
Kuerden  of  Ribchester  and  Alice  daughter 
cf  Henry  for  life  the  lands  in  Whiteley 
Fall  in  Dilworth  they  had  had  from  John 
and  Nicholas  sons  of  Sir  Thomas  Banastre; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  123,  679. 

Lands  in  Dilworth  were  included  in 
Edward  Banastre's  estate  in  1385  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  16. 

18  Dilworth  occurs  among  the  Balders- 
ton manors  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  B  3-7. 
For  the  descent  see  the  account  of  Bal- 
derston ;  also  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  71.  It  was  probably  in  right  of  this 
descent  that  Sir  William  Harrington  in 
1466  granted  lands  in  Ribchester  to  Roger 
son  of  Nicholas  Elston  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii, 
R9. 

Dilworth  was  among  the  manors  granted 
to  Thomas  first  Earl  of  Derby  after  the 
Harrington  forfeiture  5  Lanes,  and  Ches. 
Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  309. 

In  right  of  the  Balderston  inheritance 
lands  in  Dilworth  are  named  in  the  in- 
quisitions of  Thomas  Earl  of  Derby, 
Edmund  Dudley,  Osbaldeston,  Radcliffe 
of  Winmarleigh  and  Gerard,  but  the 
tenure  is  not  separately  recorded. 

14  On  the  partition  of  the  Balderston 
manors  in  1565  Dilworth  was  allotted  to 
John  Osbaldeston  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
216,  m.  10. 

16  This  is  evident  from  the  grants  to 
Ravenshaw  quoted  below. 

16  This  is  inferred  from  the  tenure  as 
recorded  later.  Osbert  would  hold  of 
Singleton  and  he  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln. 
One  grant  has  been  preserved  by  which 
Osbert  de  Dilworth  gave  Adam  de  Hogh- 
ton land  within  bounds,  beginning  at  the 
Sandy  way  and  including  the  Carr,  Hurst, 


Greenlache  and  High  Way  ;  to  be  held  by 
a  rent  of  it,d.  and  a  pair  of  white  gloves  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  1 20.  Richard  le 
Boteler,  then  sheriff  (?  1243),  was  a 
witness.  Osbert  le  Blund  (Albus)  after- 
wards released  to  Adam  the  service  speci- 
fied ;  ibid.  no.  313. 

Adam  son  of  Adam  de  Hoghton  about 
the  same  time  released  to  Alan  de  Single- 
ton the  lands  formerly  Osbert  le  Blund's 
(Blundi)  ;  ibid.  no.  116. 

In  1227  a  partition  was  made  of  an 
oxgang  of  land  and  three-quarters  between 
Avice  widow  of  William  Brun,  Robert 
Plumb  and  Cecily  his  wife  on  one  side 
and  Robert  son  of  Ulfy  on  the  other, 
whereby  the  last  named  obtained  a  moiety 
to  be  held  of  Avice  and  Cecily  and  their 
heirs  at  a  rent  of  zzd.  at  St.  Giles's  Day, 
of  which  zid.  was  due  to  the  chief  lord  ; 
Final  Cone,  i,  53.  Maud  daughter  of 
Robert  Plumb  and  Cecily  his  wife  released 
to  Adam  de  Hoghton  any  claim  she  might 
have  in  Adam's  land  in  Dilworth  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  118. 

William  son  of  Richard  de  Singleton 
released  to  Adam  de  Hoghton  all  claim  in 
his  father's  lands  within  Dilworth  ;  ibid, 
no.  279. 

Thomas  de  Singleton  and  Adam  de 
Hoghton  in  1291,  as  lords  of  the  vill  and 
soil  of  Dilworth,  complained  of  encroach- 
ments by  Robert  son  of  Ellis  de  Ribchester, 
Richard  Franceys,  Robert  de  Anyetehalgh, 
Robert  the  Eyre  and  others,  and  recovered ; 
Assize  R.  407,  m.  i  d.  There  were  some 
counterclaims  the  following  year ;  ibid. 
408,  m.  12  d.  The  same  lords,  in  con- 
junction with  Katherine  widow  of  Alan 
de  Singleton  (father  of  Thomas)  and  then 
wife  of  Thomas  de  Clifton,  and  Agnes 
widow  of  Adam  de  Hoghton  were  in  1292 
sued  by  Robert  de  Pocklington,  rector  of 
Ribchester,  for  having  disseised  him  of  an 
eighth  part  of  certain  wood,  moor  and 
heath  in  Dilworth  ;  ibid.  m.  63,  i8d.  It 
would  seem  from  this  that  the  rector  of 
Ribchester  held  i  oxgang  of  land  in 
Dilworth. 

Sir  Henry  Hoghton  was  in  1425  found 
to  have  held  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Dilworth  of  the  heirs  of  Osbert  de  Dil- 
worth ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  12. 

17  The  later  Hoghton  inquisitions 
merely  state  that  the  lands  in  Dilworth 
were  held  of  the  king  as  duke  by  services 
unknown  or  in  socage  ;  e.g.  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  66  ;  xxvii,  no.  13. 

is  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  28, 
m.  1 86.  The  '  manor  '  is  not  named,  the 
estate  being  described  as  twenty  messuages 
and  various  lands  in  Dilworth  and 
Haighton. 

19  The  manor  of  Dilworth  is  named  in  a 
Hoghton  settlement  of  1585  ;  ibid.  bdle. 
57,  m.  178. 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


Hoghton  and  Frances  his  wife  to  William  Shaw  the 
younger.80  The  present  lord  is  stated  to  be  Mr. 
William  Cross  of  Red  Scar  in  Grimsargh. 

In  1357  the  tenants  of  Dilworth  and  those  of 
Ribchester  arrived  at  a  settlement  of  various  disputes 
as  to  the  wastes  and  common  rights.21 

Few  of  the  minor  landowners'  names  occur,  but 
some  of  those  in  Ribchester  seem  to  have  held  in  this 
township  also.  The  Knights  Hospitallers  had  some 
land.28  Dilworth23  and  Moton,24  Catterall'5  and 
Ravenshaw,26  have  left  some  record  of  themselves.17 
Later  the  Cottam  family,  who  seem  to  have  had  the 
mill,  became  prominent.28  Of  this  family  was  the 
B.  Thomas  Cottam  executed  for  his  priesthood 


RIBCHESTER 

in  I58z.29  Whitacre  is  named  as  if  it  were  a 
hamlet.80 

In  1788  the  principal  owners  were  John  Cottam, 
double  assessed  for  his  religion,  Margaret  Wharton 
and  William  Bowen. 

Longridge  Church  is  in  Alston  ;  it  has  a  chapel  of 
ease  in  Dilworth,  St.  Paul's,  built  in  1890. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  opened  their  first  chapel 
in  1836.  It  was  called  Mount  Zion,  and  situated  on 
the  Alston  side  of  the  boundary.  The  present  chapel 
was  built  in  1884-5."  The  Particular  Baptists  had  a 
Sunday  service  in  l888.M  The  Congregationalists 
began  to  hold  meetings  in  1860,  the  minister  of 
Knowl  Green  leading  ;  the  chapel  was  built  in 


20  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.   387, 
m.  114. 

21  Add.    MS.    32106,    no.    763.      Sir 
Adam   de  Hoghton,  Thomas  son  of   Sir 
Adam     Banastre,     William    de    Hornby, 
rector  of  Ribchester,  Robert  de  Singleton 
the  elder,  Richard  de  Catterall  and  Richard 
de   Knoll   are    the    tenants   of   Dilworth 
named  ;    those    of   Ribchester    including 
William  de  Whalley,  Adam  Bibby,  Henry 
de    Kuerden,   Robert  Moton,  Simon    de 
Preston.     Ribchester  is  called  a  vill  and 
Dilworth  a  hamlet. 

22  Alan  son  of  Richard  de  Singleton 
confirmed  his  father's  gift  of  4  acres  to 
the  hospital  of  St.  Saviour  under  Long- 
ridge  and  the  brethren  there  serving  God. 
The  land  was  between  Cronkshaw  Brook 
and    Whitacre    Brook ;     Dugdale,    Man. 
Angl.  vi,  686.     See  the  account  of  Stidd. 

23  In   1284  it  was  found  that  Juliana 
widow    of   Hugh  de   Dilworth  had  died 
seised  of  two-thirds  of  a  messuage  and 
land   in   Dilworth,   tenanted  by  Margery 
daughter  of  Hugh.     Richard  son  of  Hugh 
and  Juliana  seems  to  have  been  the  plain- 
tiff.    The  tenant  called  the  Prior  of  St. 
John   to  warrant  her;  Assize  R.   1265, 
m.  4. 

Uctred  de  Dilworth  granted  to  his  son 
William  lands  held  of  Sir  Adam  de 
Hoghton;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  109. 
A  rent  of  6d.  was  due  to  the  Hospitallers. 

Margery  daughter  of  Adam  de  Dilworth 
gave  lands  to  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  in 
1339  ;  ibid.  no.  113. 

24  This  seems  to  have  been   a  junior 
branch  of  the  Moton  of  Ribchester  family. 
In  1344-5  Thomas  son  of  Gilbert  son  of 
Alan  de   Singleton    claimed    portions    of 
land    in    Dilworth    against    Robert    son 
of  Adam  Moton  and  Henry  and  William 
his  sons,  against  Adam  de  Dilworth  the 
younger    and     Margery    his    wife,    and 
against  Henry  son  of  Beatrix  de  Kuerden  ; 
De  Banco  R.  339,  m.  109  ;  344,  m.  162. 
The  plaintiff  was  a  minor. 

Sir  Adam  Banastre  had  in  1331  given 
the  third  part  of  his  approvement  in 
Hesmundehalgh  to  Henry  son  of  Robert 
Moton  of  Ribchester  and  William  his 
brother  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  87. 

25  Richard  de  Catterall  of  Whittingham 
and    Isabel  his  wife  gave  lands   in   Dil- 
worth, &c.,  to  their  son  Alan  in   1369  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  96-7. 

26  Adam  de  Eller  in  1327  gave  all  his 
land  in  Osbern  riding  to  Adam  Chyry  of 
Ribchester;  Add.   MS.  32106,  no.    102. 
William  son  of  Adam   Chyry  gave  it  to 
John  son  of  John  de  Ravenshaw  in  1355; 
ibid.  no.  86.     From  this  deed  it  appears 
that  the  land  had  earlier  been  granted  by 
Alan  son  of  William  de  Singleton  to  his 
daughter  Agnes. 

William  son  of  Hugh  son  of  Hugh 
de  Dilworth  granted  land  to  Randle  de 


Singleton  and  Mabel  his  wife  in  1343  ; 
ibid.  no.  99.  Margaret  widow  of  Thomas 
de  Knoll  and  daughter  of  Randle  de 
Singleton  in  1358  granted  her  land  in 
the  high  field  of  Dilworth  together  with 
half  a  messuage  to  the  above  John  son  of 
John  de  Ravenshaw  ;  ibid.  no.  126,  106. 
The  same  John  and  Ellen  his  wife  in 
1376  obtained  other  grants  from  the  lords 
of  the  manor,  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  and 
Sir  Thomas  Banastre  ;  ibid.  no.  90,  &c. 
In  1386  Ellen  de  Ravenshaw  his  widow 
held  his  lands,  with  remainders  to  his 
daughters  Agnes,  Christiana,  Isabel  and 
Margaret ;  ibid.  no.  83. 

27  Edward  Radcliffe  in  1617  had  lands 
in    Dilworth    and    Alston,    held    of    Sir 
Richard   Hoghton  ;  Henry,  his   son   and 
heir,   was   of  full  age  ;  Lanes.   Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.   Soc.),   ii,   52.      Ralph   Radcliffe  of 
the    '  Written    Stone '    was    probably    a 
successor. 

28  In   1466  Henry  son  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  granted  to  William  Cottam  of 
Alston    and  his  sons  Ellis  and  Edmund 
certain  land  in  Dilworth  for  their  lives, 
the  lease  to  begin  at  his  father's  death  ; 
Add.    MS.     32106,     no.    94.       Uctred 
Cottam  appears  in   1483  ;    ibid.  no.  98. 
Uctred  and  Robert  his  son  and  heir  made 
a  feoffment  of  their  messuages,  lands  and 
water-mill  in  the  same  year  ;  ibid.no.  92. 
Uctred's    wife    Ellen,    perhaps   a    second 
wife,    appears    in    the   same   year ;    ibid. 
no.  103.     Their  lands  seem  to  have  been 
given  to  Lawrence  son  of  Edmund  Cottam 
in   1503  and  1511  ;  ibid.  no.   105,   107, 
&c.     From  Lawrence  Cottam  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  purchased  in  1529,  and  Robert 
cousin     and     heir     of     Uctred     Cottam 
(perhaps  a  grandson)  released  his  right  at 
the  same  time  ;  ibid.  no.  89,  101. 

One  branch  of  the  family  recorded  a 
short  pedigree  in  1613  ;  Visit.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  100. 

Lawrence  Cottam,  Dorothy  his  wife 
and  Thomas  his  son  made  a  settlement 
in  1605  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  296, 
m.  2  d.  Lawrence  died  in  1619  holding 
a  messuage  and  land  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  by  a  rent  of  21. ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  115. 
Thomas  his  son  and  heir,  then  thirty 
years  of  age,  died  two  years  later  holding 
the  same  estate  and  leaving  as  heir  his 
son  Thomas,  aged  fifteen  ;  ibid,  ii,  232. 
These  Cottams  were  of  High  House  ;  some 
further  particulars  of  them  will  be  found 
in  Smith's  Ribchester,  242—3,  from  which 
it  appears  that  Lawrence  Cottam,  who 
was  fined  for  recusancy  in  1667  and  1680, 
died  in  1682.  His  son  and  heir,  also 
Lawrence,  registered  his  estate  as  a 
'  Papist '  in  1717;  he  had  a  leasehold 
house  valued  at  £27  a  year  ;  Estcourt 
and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non-jurors,  106. 

The  Cottams  of  Knowl  Green  had  a 

53 


house  at  one  time  called  Dilworth  Hall 
and  now  the  manor-house  ;  for  an  account 
of  them  see  Smith,  op.  cit.  243.  John 
Cottam  of  Ribchester  paid  ^10  on  refusing 
knighthood  in  1631  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  218.  The  lands  of 
Richard  Cottam  of  Dilworth  were  ordered 
to  be  sold  by  the  Parliament  in  1652  ; 
Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  42.  A 
later  John  Cottam  (son  of  Ellis),  as  a 
'  Papist,'  registered  his  small  estate  at 
Ribchester,  Dilworth  and  Wrightington 
in  1717  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne,  op.  cit.  91. 

John  Walmsley  also  registered  a  small 
estate  ;  ibid.  104. 

29  Thomas  Cottam,  brought  up  as  a 
Protestant,  was  educated  at  Brasenose 
Coll.,  Oxf.  (M.A.  1572),  and  taught  a 
school  in  London.  Here  he  was  recon- 
ciled to  the  Roman  Church  and  then 
went  abroad,  his  desire  being  to  preach 
the  Gospel  in  the  East  Indies.  Being 
rejected  by  the  Jesuits  on  account  of  ill- 
health,  he  returned  to  the  seminary  at 
Rheims,  was  ordained  priest  and  sent  on 
the  English  mission  in  1580.  On  land- 
ing at  Dover  he  was  recognized  from  the 
report  of  a  spy,  arrested  and  imprisoned. 
He  was  racked  and  tortured  in  the  Tower, 
b'ut  remaining  constant  was  at  last  exe- 
cuted at  Tyburn  30  May  1582,  together 
with  four  other  priests.  One  of  these 
was  B.  Lawrence  Richardson  or  Johnson 
of  Great  Crosby.  Cottam  was  allowed  to 
hang  till  he  was  dead.  His  beatification 
was  allowed  by  Leo  XIII  in  1886.  See 
Gillow,  Bill.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  i,  5  74  ; 
Pollen,  Acts  of  Martyrs,  280,  373  ; 
Challoner,  Miss.  Priests,  no.  15.  He  is 
claimed  as  a  Jesuit  in  Foley,  Rec.  S.  /.  vii, 
174  (portrait). 

80  Adam   son   of  Adam   de    Morca    of 
Euxton    and    Ellen   his    wife    in     1309 
granted    Isabel    daughter    of    Jordan    de 
Dutton  clerk  all  their  land  in  Whitacre 
in  the   hamlet  of  Dilworth  ;  Add.   MS. 
32106,  no.   91.     Roger  son  of  Thomas 
Topping  and  John  son  of  Roger  de  Bolton 
in    1318    granted    land    in    Whitacre    to 
William  the  Tailor,  son  of  Henry  Moton  ; 
ibid.    no.    84,    95.     Six  years   afterwards 
Henry  Moton  in  exchange  for  this  land 
gave    his    son    William   the    Newhey   in 
Ribchester,  obtained  from  Robert  Moton  ; 
ibid.  no.  85. 

In  1357  Richard  son  of  Adam  de  Rib- 
chester acquired  a  messuage  and  land  in 
Whitacre  and  Dilworth  from  John  de 
Turnley  and  Cecily  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone. 
ii,  152. 

81  T.      C.      Smith,      Longridge,     80  ; 
A.  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,   103 
— the  old  chapel. 

82  Smith,  ibid. 

33  Ibid. 78  ;  Nightingale,  La»«. Nonconf. 
ii,  117,  where  it  is  recorded  that  efforts 
had  been  made  to  establish  a  church  in 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  Roman  Catholic  church  of  St.  Wilfrid  was 
opened  in  1886  ;  it  had  been  preceded  by  a  smaller 
building,  now  the  school,  in  1869.  The  mission 
was  an  offshoot  from  Alston  Lane.  The  church 
possesses  the  head  of  an  old  processional  cross,  found 
in  the  neighbourhood  about  i83O.84 


BUTTON 

Dutton,  1258  and  usually.  Ditton  is  found  very 
rarely.  Dunton  occurs  1289. 

This  township  includes  the  extra-parochial  place  or 
chapelry  of  Stidd,  formerly  belonging  to  the  Knights 
of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem.  The  area  of  the  whole  is 
1,898^  acres,1  of  which  Stidd  has  752.  The  popu- 
lation in  1901  numbered  229. 

The  land  slopes  down  from  nearly  the  highest  point 
of  Longridge  Fell,  over  i,  I  oo  ft.,  to  the  Kibble,  i  oo  ft. 
above  the  ordnance  datum,  the  length  in  this  direction, 
from  north  to  south,  exceeding  3  miles.  Starling 
Brook,  on  the  east,  divides  it  from  Aighton,  and  Stidd 
Brook,  on  the  west,  from  Ribchester,  while  Dutton 
Brook  flows  south  through  a  wooded  valley  in  the 
centre  to  join  the  Ribble.  Stidd  proper  is  in  the 
south-west  corner  of  the  township,  and  its  district 
stretches  north  along  the  western  border  for  some 


distance,  St.  John's  Well  being  nearly  a  mile  to  the 
north  ;  then  it  extends  across  the  township  as  far  as 
the  eastern  border,  and  returns  to  the  west.  There 
are  four  small  detached  portions  at  the  south  end  of 
Dutton  and  one  in  the  north  end.  In  the  north  end 
also  is  a  detached  part  of  Aighton,  Bailey  and 
Chaigley,  known  as  Lennox's  Farm.  In  recent  times 
these  anomalous  boundaries  have  been  removed  for 
local  government  purposes. 

Ribchester  Bridge  is  in  this  township  ;  it  provides 
a  passage  between  Longridge  and  Ribchester  on  the 
north  and  Blackburn  on  the  south.  Another  road 
from  Ribchester  turns  to  the  north  through  the 
township,  passing  Dutton  Hall  and  Pan  Stones,  to 
join  the  road  from  Longridge  to  Mitton.  It  continues 
north  through  Huntingdon  to  join  the  higher  road 
between  the  same  places. 

In  1066  DUTTON  was  probably  a 
MANORS  part  of  Ribchester,  not  having  a  separate 
record  in  Domesday  Book,  but  in  1102 
it  was  given,  as  one  plough-land,  to  Robert  de  Lacy  by 
Henry  I.*  From  that  time  it  became  a  member  of 
the  honor  of  Clitheroe,  and  the  land  was  held  by  a 
number  of  tenants.  The  immediate  lordship  of  the 
manor  seems  to  have  been  held  by  a  family  using  the 
local  surname,3  from  whom  it  passed  to  a  younger 
branch  of  the  Claytons  of  Clayton-le-Dale  about  1 2  go.4 


Longridge  in  1816  and  again  in  1830. 
Also  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  101. 

34  Smith,  op.  cit.  73.  While  an  old 
house  was  being  pulled  down  a  boy  play- 
ing about  found  the  cross  and  some  other 
religious  objects  on  a  ledge.  The  church 
also  possesses  a  carved  oak  chair  made 
for  John  Towers,  Bishop  of  Peter- 
borough, 1631.  See  also  Hewitson,  op. 
cit.  99. 

1  1,908  acres,  including  24  of  inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901.  The  addition 
of  Lennox's  Farm  accounts  for  the  differ- 
ence of  area. 

*  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  382.  It  was 
given  together  with  Aighton  and  Chip- 
pingdale.  There  is  but  little  evidence  of 
the  dependency  upon  Clitheroe,  but  in 
1258,  after  the  death  of  Edmund  de  Lacy, 
it  was  found  that  Dutton  paid  5.1.  to  the 
lord  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  217. 

8  As  the  deeds  of  the  Dutton  and 
Clayton  families  do  not  seem  to  be  known, 
and  as  few  references  occur  in  the 
pleadings,  only  a  very  imperfect  account 
can  be  given  of  the  descent  of  the 
manor. 

Uctred  de  Dutton  granted  land  to  Ellis 
son  of  Leising  within  bounds  including 
Netherhalgh,  Overhalgh,  the  Crook  and 
Wilmescroft  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  172. 
Swain  de  Hothersall  and  Benedict  de 
Dutton  were  among  the  witnesses. 

Richard  son  of  Uctred  de  Dutton  gave 
lands  to  Lambert  de  Anderton  and  his 
heirs  by  Avice  de  Cundecliffe,  the  bounds 
of  which  name  Horsegate  and  Rakedenes- 
cliff?  ibid.  no.  133.  It  may  be  added 
here  that  Lambert's  son  Thomas  was 
surnamed  'de  Dutton,'  and  acquired 
various  lands  in  the  township  ;  he  was 
living  in  1292  ;  ibid.  no.  132,  153,  188. 
Richard  de  Dutton  occurs  in  1241  ;  Final 
Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  79. 
In  1249  Hugh  Gogard  claimed  2  oxgangs 
of  land  in  Dutton  against  Richard  de 
Dutton  and  another  oxgang  against 
Richard  son  of  Vivian,  but  all  three  were 
acknowledged  to  be  the  right  of  Richard 


de  Dutton  ;  ibid,  i,  97.  Richard  son  of 
Uctred  de  Dutton  and  Alice  his  wife 
granted  lands  to  Sawley  Abbey ;  the 
bounds  of  one  portion  name  Redisnape, 
Huuerbeleisick  and  Huntingdon  Brook  ; 
the  other  portion  was  in  his  wood,  near 
'the  great  stonyway'  ;  Harl.  MS.  H2, 
fol.  78^.  Other  grants  by  Richard  son 
of  Uctred  are  in  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  217; 
Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  1476-7. 

Richard  de  Dutton  and  William  his 
son  were  among  the  witnesses  to  a  grant 
of  land  in  Withinlache  in  the  upper  head 
of  Dutton  Holme,  made  by  Adam  son  of 
Henry  de  Blackburn  in  1256-7  to  Robert 
de  Cunliffe;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no. 

J793- 

William  son  of  Richard  de  Dutton 
confirmed  his  father's  gifts  to  Sawley  ; 
Harl.  MS.  112,  fol.  78*.  As  William 
de  Dutton  he  granted  to  Jordan  the 
Clerk  son  of  William  de  Stainburgh, 
clerk,  these  lands  :  A  piece  the  bounds 
of  which  began  at  the  outlane  (via 
exitus\  followed  the  new  ditch  which 
Geoffrey  son  of  Godith  made,  as  far  as 
Dodhill  Brook,  with  all  holmes  (holmis)  ; 
part  of  Broadridding,  on  the  east  side  of 
the  high  road  to  Lancaster  ;  and  the  toft 
which  had  belonged  to  Robert  son  of 
Ellis  de  Ribchester  ;  to  be  held  by  a  rent 
of  3^.  ;  ibid.  no.  173.  Jordan  the  Clerk 
occurs  down  to  about  1320.  To  him 
Robert  son  of  William  de  Dutton  con- 
firmed the  'old  garden'  given  by  his 
father  ;  ibid.  no.  144.  The  same  Robert 
gave  Jordan  de  Dutton,  clerk,  and  Emma 
his  wife  five  ridges  in  the  Heys  between 
land  of  Henry  de  Clayton  and  land  held 
in  dower  by  the  grantor's  mother,  Emma 
widow  of  William  de  Dutton  ;  ibid, 
no.  167.  Further,  in  1309  he  released 
his  right  in  the  land  to  Jordan  and  his 
heirs  by  Emma  formerly  his  wife  ;  ibid. 
no.  142.  It  may  be  added  that  Jordan 
had  a  son  Thomas  and  a  daughter  Avice 
or  Alice  ;  to  the  son  in  1321  he  gave  the 
Old  Orchard  and  land  in  Stonyfurlong  ; 
ibid.  no.  i6<;.  About  the  same  time  he, 
his  son  and  his  daughter  made  various 

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grants  to  Richard  son  of  Amery  and  Alice 
his  wife  ;  ibid.  no.  163,  166,  148. 
Richard  son  of  Ellis  de  Ribchester  com- 
plained in  1290  that  Jordan  the  Clerk  of 
Dutton  had  disseised  him  of  a  tenement 
in  the  township ;  Assize  R.  1288,  m. 
12. 

It  appears  that  Robert  de  Dutton  was 
living  in  1316  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  149. 
His  son  William  seems  to  have  been  in 
possession  a  year  later;  ibid.  no.  141. 
There  was  another  son  Thomas  ;  ibid. 
no.  1 34.  William  son  of  Robert  de 
Dutton  in  1321  claimed  a  tenement  in 
Dutton  against  William  son  of  William 
de  Dutton  ;  De  Banco  R.  237,  m.  72  d.  ; 
240,  m.  261. 

The  elder  William  de  Dutton  (father 
of  Robert)  was  defendant  in  1279  ;  De 
Banco  R.  30,  m.  33d.  He  was  perhaps 
living  in  1292,  when  Adam  son  of  Richard 
de  Entwisle  recovered  seisin  of  certain 
land  against  William  de  Dutton  and 
Robert  son  of  Robert  de  Halghton  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  52.  It  appeared  that 
William  had  enfeoffed  one  Alimun,  whose 
daughters  Avice  and  Agnes  married  re- 
spectively Roger  de  Ribchester  and  John 
de  Whittingham,  and  forfeited  the  tene- 
ment to  Robert  de  Halghton.  William 
son  of  William  de  Dutton  occurs  down 
to  1340;  he  had  a  son  Thomas;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  140,  156. 

4  The  alienation  of  the  manor  was  made 
by  William  de  Dutton,  for  his  son  Robert 
released  to  Henry  de  Clayton  all  right  in 
the  vill  of  Dutton,  'which  my  father  gave 
to  the  said  Henry';  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  129. 

Henry  was  probably  the  son  of  Ralph 
de  Clayton  who  together  with  his  father 
attested  a  Dutton  charter  about  1250; 
ibid.  no.  133.  In  1292  he  released  to 
Jordan  the  Clerk  8</.  out  of  the  gd.  rent 
due  from  land  on  Broadridding,  and 
the  meadow  which  Jordan  had  by  the 
grant  of  Adam  de  Blackburn  ;  ibid.  no. 
161. 

Henry's  sons  appear  to  have  had  Dutton, 
but  the  Huddleston  family,  who  succeeded 


Q 
Cfl 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


The  inquisition  after  the  death  of  Ralph  de  Clayton 
(1324)  was  taken  in  1329,  when  it  was  found  that 
he  had  held  lands  in  Button  of  the  honor  of  the 
castle  of  Clitheroe  by  the  service  of  5/.  yearly ;  there 
were  a  capital  messuage  worth  \zd.  a  year  ;  30  acres 
of  land,  worth  6d.  each  ;  a  pasture,  zs.  6d.  ;  an  acre 
of  meadow,  I  zd.  ;  rents  of  free  tenants  amounted  to 
6s,  6d.  Henry  the  son  and  heir  of  Ralph  was  thirty 
years  of  age  and  more.43 

In  the  Clayton  family  the  manor  descended  regu- 
larly,41" coming  about  1400  to  the  Belfields  of  Clegg 
in  Rochdale.8  From  their  heirs  the  manor  was 
acquired  in  or  about  1578  by  Sir  Richard  Shireburne 
of  Stonyhurst,6  and  descended  in  due  course  to 


RIBCHESTER 

Thomas  Weld,  who  became  a  cardinal  in  1829,  and 
in  1831  sold  Button  to  Joseph  Fenton  of  Bamford 
Hall,  a  manufacturer  and  banker  of  Rochdale.7  Mr. 
Fenton,  who  also  purchased  the  adjacent  manors  of 
Bailey  and  Ribchester,  died  in  1 840,8  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son  James,  who  in  turn  at  his  death  in 
1857  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son,  also  named 
James.  He  died  in  1902,  the  present  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Button  being  his  eldest  surviving  son, 
Mr.  Robert  Kay  Fenton,  born  in  1853.  No  courts 
have  been  held  for  a  long  time. 

After  the  decay  of  the  Claytons  the  principal  family 
in  the  township  was  that  of  Townley,  appearing  about 
I38o.9  Their  estate  is  of  uncertain  origin.  John 


to  Clayton-le-Dale,  also  had  rights  in 
Button,  as  appears  by  various  pleadings  ; 
De  Banco  R.  272,  m.  20,  &c.  In  1314 
Adam  de  Huddleston,  lord  of  Billington, 
made  an  exchange  of  lands  in  the  Halgh 
with  Jordan  the  Clerk  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  187. 

Henry  de  Clayton  left  sons  Ralph  and 
Philip,  of  whom  the  former  was  living  in 
1322  and  the  latter  in  1340  ;  ibid.  no.  138, 
158.  Henry  gave  to  Philip  his  son 
Hordischale  or  Longridge  in  Ribchester, 
Milnholme  in  Dutton,  Colicroft,  and  the 
service  (13^.)  of  John  de  Huntingdon  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1 178.  Ralph  de 
Clayton  in  1308  granted  to  William  son 
of  William  de  Dutton  a  plat  of  his  waste  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  174.  In  1311  it 
was  found  that  Ralph  held  his  tenement 
as  of  the  dower  of  the  Countess  of  Lincoln, 
doing  suit  to  the  court  of  Clitheroe  from 
three  weeks  to  three  weeks  ;  De  Lacy  Inq. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  1 8. 

Philip  gave  some  land  in  Hayhurst  in 
1297  to  Robert  de  Clitheroe,  clerk; 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1 206.  In  1 3 1 8-1 9 
he  granted  land  in  Seedcroft  to  Richard 
•on  of  Amery  and  Alice  his  wife ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  989.  In  1338  four 
messuages  with  land,  meadow,  and 
wood  in  Dutton  and  Bailey  were  settled 
upon  Philip  de  Clayton,  Isabel  his  wife 
and  Robert  their  son  ;  Final  Cone,  ii, 
109.  See  the  account  of  Towneley  for 
the  Clayton-Towneley  connexion. 

In  1321  William  son  of  Robert  de 
Dutton  appears  to  have  made  an  attempt 
to  regain  his  grandfather's  lands,  at  least 
in  part.  Against  Ralph  de  Clayton  and 
Sarah  his  wife  he  claimed  20  acres  of 
land,  &c.,  and  10*.  o\d.  rent  in  Dutton, 
which  William  de  Dutton  gave  to  Robert 
de  Dutton,  Agnes  his  wife  and  their  issue ; 
De  Banco  R.  24.0,  m.  138  d.  He  made 
other  claims  against  John  son  of  William 
de  Greenhill,  Agnes  his  wife  and  Margery 
widow  of  Adam  de  Greenhill,  also  against 
Jordan  the  Clerk;  ibid.  m.  n5d.  He 
was  eventually  (1324)  non-suited;  ibid. 
250,  m.  2. 

**  Inq.  p.m.  3  Edw.  Ill  (ist  nos.), 
no.  39. 

Ralph  de  Clayton  died  during  1324, 
for  in  Trinity  term  in  that  year  Henry  de 
Osbaldeston  and  Isabel  his  wife  claimed 
the  fulfilment  of  an  agreement  made  with 
him  in  1320  concerning  a  messuage  and 
lands  in  Dutton.  Ralph  had  died  and 
Henry  his  son  had  entered  into  possession. 
Henry  appeared,  alleging  a  grant  from 
Henry  de  Clayton  to  his  son  Ralph  and 
Alice  his  wife,  their  son  and  heir  being 
Henry  the  defendant  ;  ibid.  252,  m. 
158  d.  The  dispute  went  on  some  little 
time  (Assize  R.  426,  m.  2  d.),  but  was 
concluded  in  1328  by  an  agreement  be- 


tween Henry  de  Clayton  and  Margery  his 
wife  with  Henry  de  Osbaldeston  and 
Isabel;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  191. 

4b  One  of  Henry  de  Clayton's  early  acts 
(1330)  was  to  make  a  release  to  the  free 
tenants  of  Dutton  Huntingdon,  of  com- 
mon of  pasture  in  the  vill ;  Add.  MS. 
32107,  no.  1497.  Henry  was  in  1337 
called  lord  of  Dutton,  being  said  to  hold 
the  whole  vill  of  the  Lady  Isabella,  queen 
of  England,  mother  of  the  king,  as  of  her 
manor  of  Clitheroe,  by  the  service  of  4*. 
yearly  ;  Inq.  p.m.  1 1  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.), 
no.  10.  The  tenure  was  stated  a  little 
differently  in  1362,  when  Henry  held  it  of 
the  Earl  of  Lancaster  by  thegnage  service 
and  5*.  yearly  ;  Inq.  p.m.  36  Edw.  Ill, 
pt.  ii  (2nd  nos.),  no.  45. 

Henry  de  Clayton  seems  to  have  lived 
for  a  few  years  after  this,  being  named  in 
1366.  Cecily  widow  of  Adam  de  Clitheroe 
in  1346  made  a  claim  against  Henry  and 
Ralph  his  son,  and  there  were  cposs-suits  ; 
Assize  R.  1435,  m.  31,  15.  In  1349 
Henry  granted  his  son  Adam  a  house  and 
garden  formerly  held  by  Alice  daughter  of 
Ralph  de  Clayton,  and  five  ridges  in 
Dutton  Heghes,  with  remainders  to  other 
sons — John,  Hamlet  and  Ralph ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  175.  In  1357  Henry's 
feoffees  regranted  him  his  lands  and  manor 
in  Dutton ;  ibid.  no.  162.  Again  in 
13643  similar  refeofi'ment  was  made  to 
Henry  son  of  Ralph  de  Clayton  of  the 
manor  of  Dutton,  with  the  services  of  all 
the  free  tenants  (except  for  lands  of  Cecily 
widow  of  Nicholas  Moton),  with  re- 
rminder  to  Henry  son  of  John  de  Clayton  ; 
ibid.  no.  194. 

This  Henry  son  of  John  was  no  doubt 
the  grandson  of  the  elder  Henry.  In  1376 
he  granted  his  right  in  a  plat  of  meadow 
between  land  formerly  belonging  to  Philip 
He  Clayton  and  to  Nicholas  Moton  ;  ibid. 
no.  150.  Five  years  later  he  released  his 
right  in  a  moiety  of  land  called  Hayre- 
wasbank,  Highacre  and  Stubbing ;  ibid. 
no.  177. 

Thomas  son  of  Henry  de  Clayton  was 
in  possession  in  1388,  when  he  granted 
land  in  the  Milncroft  ;  ibid.  no.  139. 
Thomas  died  in  1393  holding  a  messuage 
and  lands  in  Dutton  of  the  Duke  of  Lan- 
caster by  the  service  of  t,s.  yearly  at  the 
feast  of  St.  Giles.  Ellen  his  daughter  and 
heir  was  only  five  years  old  ;  Lanes.  Rec. 
Inq.  p.m.  no.  i,  2. 

5  The  descent  in  the  I5th  century  is 
unknown.  In  1445-6  the  heir  of  Ellen  de 
Clayton  held  the  manor  in  socage  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 
The  manor  does  not  seem  to  be  mentioned 
again  until  1572,  when  it  was  part  of  the 
inheritance  of  the  Belfields  of  Clegg  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  34,  m.  98  ; 
38,  m.  40.  See  the  account  of  Clegg 

55 


in  Butterworth,  and  Fishwick,  Rochdale, 
353- 

6  The  manor  of  Dutton  was  included  in 
a  Shireburne  settlement  in  1579  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  41,  m.  199.    Earlier 
Shireburnes  were  stated  to  hold  lands  in 
Dutton  of  the  Abbot  of  Whalley  in  socage; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  46,  &c. 
Their  ancestor  John  de  Bailey  had  held  of 
the  heir  of  Henry  de  Clayton  in   1391  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  44. 

In  a  dispute  as  to  closes  called  Hich- 
haugh  and  Stonyfurlong  in  Dutton  in  1 550 
Richard  Shireburne  claimed  them  as  heir 
of  Hugh,  who  had  demised  them  to  James 
Tarleton,  chantry  priest  of  Ribchester 
deceased.  John  Talbot  of  Salesbury,  on 
the  other  hand,  asserted  that  they  had 
belonged  to  the  chantry  endowment  and 
were  included  in  the  lease  made  by  Erf- 
ward  VI;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  Edw.  VL 
xxvii,  T  9.  The  lands  are  named  in  the 
chantry  endowment  in  Raines'  Chantrits 
(Chet.  Soc.),  196,  and  seem  to  have  b«en 
regarded  as  within  Ribchester. 

In  1565  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  pur- 
chased a  messuage,  &c.,  from  Christopher 
Wilkinson,  and  another  in  1581  from  John 
Woodcock  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
27,  m-  55  !  43,  m-  !9°-  In  1583  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Dutton  was  settled  on 
Sir  Richard  Shireburne  ;  ibid.  bdle.  45, 
m.  172.  At  Sir  Richard's  death  it  was  not 
known  of  whom  or  by  what  tenure  the 
manor  of  Dutton  and  other  lands  there 
were  held  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi, 
no.  3  ;  xxvi,  no.  4. 

The  manor  continued  to  be  named  in 
Shireburne  and  Weld  settlements  down  to 
1777;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  625,  m.  lod. 
(16). 

7  Information    of   Mr.    R.  K.   Fenton 
through  Messrs.  Greenall  &  Co. 

8  The    particulars    of   the  descent    are 
taken  from  Burke,  Landed  Gentry. 

9  An  account  of  the  family  by  W.  A. 
Abram    is    printed    in    Lanes,    and   Ches. 
Antiq.    Notes,    i,    182-190.      Gilbert    de 
Legh,  Richard  de  Towneley  and  John  de 
Towneley  attested    Dutton  deeds  in  the 
time    of  Edward   III    and   later.      They 
belong  to  the  principal  family,  and  held 
land  in  Dutton,  Ribchester  and  Hother- 
sall ;    Lanes.    Inq.   p.m.    (Chet.   Soc.),  ii, 
59.     The  lands  were  held  of  the  Hogh- 
tons  ;  ibid,  ii,  112. 

Of  the  local  line  Robert  de  Townley  in 
1379-80  granted  land  in  Huntingdon  to 
Richard  Woodroff  for  life;  Add.  MS. 
32107,  no.  926.  He  was  a  witness  to 
Dutton  charters  in  1406-7  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  179,  131.  Henry  son  of 
Robert  Townley  in  1420  enfeoffed  John 
White,  vicar  of  Preston,  of  lands  in 
Cliviger,  Ribchester  and  Dutton  ;  Towne- 
ley MS.  DD,  no.  2020.  Henry  Towniejr 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Townley  in  1562  described  the  tenure  of  his  estate 
as  socage  or  in  the  nature  of  socage.10  Richard 
Townley  of  Dutton  in  1 6 1 8 
held  his  lands  in  Dutton  of 
Richard  Shireburne  of  Stony- 
hurst  by  the  service  of  a  red 
rose  yearly  ;  he  also  held  lands 
in  Ribchester,  Dilworth  and 
Hothersall.11  A  pedigree  was 
recorded  in  l66$.12  The 
estates  descended  to  Abraham 
Townley,  who  died  in  1701, 
leaving  two  sons,  Henry  and 
Richard,  the  latter  of  whom 
is  noticed  in  the  account  of 
Belfield  in  Rochdale.  Henry 
Townley  died  in  1731,  leav- 
ing three  daughters  as  co- 
heirs. The  eldest,  Jane, 
married  Edward  Entwisle  of 
Ribchester,  and  by  a  partition 

in  1738  the  Dutton  estate  descended  to  their 
children.13  'In  1805  Mr.  W.  Joule  purchased 
the  estate,  and  in  1823  sold  it  to  Mr.  James 
Rothwell,  whose  nephew,  the  late  Marquis  de 
Rothwell,  of  Bolton,  was  the  owner  till  his  death ' 


FENTON  of  Dutton. 
Per  pale  argent  and  sable 
a  cross  dovetailed,  in  the 
first  and  fourth  quarters 
afieur  de  Us  and  in  the 
second  and  third  a  tre- 
foil slipped  all  counter- 
changed. 


DUTTON  HALL  is  a  picturesque  two-story  stone 
house,  with  balled  gables  and  mullioned  windows, 
finely  situated  on  the  southern  slope  of  Longridge 
Fell,  and  commanding  a  magnificent  view  to  the  south 
over  the  Ribble  Valley.  The  house  is  said  to  have 
been  erected  by  Richard  Townley  about  i67o-8o,18 
but  there  is  no  date  or  inscription  anywhere  on  the 
building  itself.  It  is  now  used  as  a  farm-house,  and 
the  west  wing  is  unoccupied.  The  front,  facing 
south,  is  63  ft.  in  length,  and  consists  of  two  end 
gabled  wings  with  a  recessed  middle  part  containing 
the  hall,  the  plan  being  a  later  adaptation  of  the 
general  type  of  the  preceding  century.  The  doorway, 


however,  is  in  the  east  wing,  and  the  principal  feature 
of  the  front  elevation  is  the  great  square  bay  window 
of  the  hall,  which  occupies  nearly  the  whole  of  the 
space  between  the  wings  in  the  west  angle.  The  bay 
is  externally  14  ft.  wide  with  a  projection  of  6ft.,  and 
goes  up  both  stories,  terminating  as  a  kind  of  tower 
with  lead  flat  and  balustraded  parapet,  forming  an 
exceedingly  picturesque  feature.  It  has  a  large 
mullioned  and  transomed  window  of  seven  lights 
placed  at  the  angle  with  three  lights  on  the  return, 
and  the  rest  of  the  windows  of  the  house  being  low 
and  without  transoms  a  good  effect  is  produced  by 
the  contrast.  The  windows  of  the  disused  west 
wing  retain  their  original  leaded  lights  in  good 
geometrical  patterns.  The  walling  is  generally  of 
large  gritstone  blocks,  but  the  east  wing  is  faced 
with  rough  coursed  sandstone  pieces  and  gritstone 
quoins,  and  may  be  a  rebuilding.  The  roofs  are 
covered  with  modern  blue  slates.  In  the  recess 
between  the  great  bay  window  and  the  east  wing 
is  a  wooden  bell-turret  containing  a  bell.  The 
interior  is  somewhat  modernized,  but  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  hall  and  staircase  is  interesting,  and 
in  the  upper  room  over  the  bay  is  a  good  plaster 
panel  over  the  fireplace,  with  conventional  floral 
ornament  within  a  moulded  border.  The  hall  is 
flagged  diagonally  and  has  a  wide  open  fireplace,  and 
woodwork  of  late  I7th  or  early  18th-century  date. 
The  porch  is  an  open  one  with  four-centred  arch, 
and  a  stone  seat  on  one  side.  The  lay-out  of 
the  garden  on  the  south  side  has  been  effective  ; 
it  is  inclosed  on  either  side  by  outbuildings,  giving 
something  of  the  appearance  of  a  forecourt,  and 
the  two  tall  stone  gate  piers,  with  balls  and 
original  wooden  gates,  surmounted  by  quaintly 
carved  lions,  form  a  very  picturesque  foreground. 
The  grass  plots,  however,  have  been  planted  as  an 
orchard,  and  the  trees  now  almost  completely  hide 
the  front  of  the  house. 

Among  the  older    landowners  were   the    families 


of  Dutton  had  variance  with  Richard 
Towneley  in  1452  respecting  boundaries 
in  Cliviger  ;  W.  A.  Abram,  loc.  cit. 

Richard  Townley  of  Dutton  in  1531 
married  Joan  daughter  of  Roger  Winkley 
of  Winkley  ;  DD,  no.  668.  Shortly  after- 
wards he  and  his  wife  gave  to  trustees  a 
part  of  'my  hall  of  Townley  '  and  certain 
lands  in  Dutton  ;  ibid.  no.  64.6. 

10  From  his  will,  printed  in  Richmond 
Wills  (Surtees  Soc.),  151.  He  gave 
various  lands  to  his  wife  Katherine  for 
twenty-one  years  and  £10  to  Jane  his 
daughter.  To  James  Lingard,  vicar  of 
Ribchester,  he  left  131.  4^.,  and  to  two 
other  priests  101.  each.  In  1537  John 
son  and  heir-apparent  of  Richard  Townley 
had  disputes  with  Richard  Crombleholme 
and  others  respecting  land  called  Carling- 
hur»t  in  Dutton  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  ii,  60.  It  was  probably  the  same 
John  Townley  who  was  plaintiff  in  1 549  ; 
ibid,  i,  246.  According  to  the  pedigree, 
however,  Richard  was  succeeded  by  a  son 
Henry  Townley,  probably  the  same  who 
in  1583  held  eight  messuages,  a  dovecote 
and  various  lands  in  Dutton,  Ribchester, 
Hothersall  and  Dilworth,  of  which  he 
cnfeoffed  John  and  Edward,  sons  of 
Edmund  Shireburne  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  45,  m.  184.  Henry  Townley 
of  Dutton  had  a  dispute  with  Robert 
Lynalx  in  1582  respecting  a  right  of  way  ; 


T.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester,  54.  He  was 
among  the  freeholders  in  1600  ;  Misc. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  234.  He 
was  living  in  1608  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  i,  89. 

The  estate  was  in  1595  secured  by 
Henry  Townley  from  John  Townley  by 
a  fine,  the  meaning  of  which  is  not  clear  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  57, 
m.  17. 

11  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  137.  Richard's  wife 
(Anne),  brothers  and  children  are  named  ; 
the  heir  was  his  son  Henry,  aged  fourteen. 

Henry  Townley  of  Dutton  married 
Alice  Coulthurst  (Burnley)  at  Ribchester, 
26  June  1626  ;  Reg.  He  paid  ^10  in 
1631  on  refusing  knighthood  ;  Misc. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  i,  217. 

12Dugdale,  Vis.it.  (Chet.  Soc.),  310. 
Richard  the  son  of  Henry  Townley  was 
thirty-four  years  old.  He  died  in  1670 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother  Abra- 
ham. 

13  This  part  of  the  descent  is  from 
W.  A.  Abram,  loc.  cit.  The  younger 
daughters  of  Henry  Townley  were  Janet, 
who  married  the  Rev.  Henry  Ward  of 
Ingatestone,  and  Margaret,  who  married 
Lawrence  Wall  of  Preston.  The  family 
were  benefactors  of  the  poor. 

The  deforciants  in  a  fine  respecting  the 
Townley  estate  in  Dutton,  Ribchester, 

56 


Bailey  and  Burnley  (1739)  were  Edward 
Entwisle,  Jane  his  wife,  Henry  Ward,  Janet 
his  wife,  Margaret  Townley,  John  Nock 
and  Anne  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  320,  m.  133.  Anne  was  the 
widow  of  Henry  Townley.  Richard  hi* 
brother  had  lands  in  Ribchester  in  1 744  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  330,  m.  124. 

Edward  Entwisle  died  in  1776  and 
was  buried  at  Ribchester  ;  his  wife  died 
at  the  end  of  1799.  Their  eldest  son, 
Townley  Entwisle,  a  surgeon,  had  died  in 
1779,  leaving  three  daughters.  A  younger 
son,  Edward  Entwisle,  died  at  Ribchester 
in  1828.  See  T.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester, 
252-3. 

It  may  be  added  that  this  surname 
occurs  early,  for  William  de  Dutton  in 
the  1 3th  century  granted  to  Adam  son  of 
Richard  de  Entwisle  land  in  Dutton,  the 
bounds  of  which  name  Ormsclough  and 
Rakedanclough  where  Bailisti  falls  into 
it  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1 149.  Henry 
son  of  Robert  Franceys  in  i  342  gave  land 
at  Whitecarfall  (or  Quittarfall)  in  Rib- 
chester to  John  de  Entwisle,  afterwards 
held  by  Adam  del  Hull  of  Clayton  ;  Add. 
MS.  32107,  no.  1028,  1105. 

14  T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit.  232.     For  the 
Rothwell  family  see  the  accounts  of  Hoole 
and  Sharpies. 

15  Ibid.  ;  an  illustration  of  the  house  is 
given. 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


of  Blackburn,16  Clitheroe,17   Talbot 18   of  Salesbury, 
Moton,19   and     Hoghton    of    Hoghton.*0        Others 

16  Adam  de  Blackburn  gave  his  son 
Richard  lands  in  Button  and  Hayhurst, 
part  of  them  being  held  of  St.  Saviour's, 
for  the  rent  of  a  pair  of  white  gloves  ; 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1191.  Amabel 
widow  of  Adam  de  Blackburn  claimed 
dower  in  1291  in  two  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Hayhurst  and  Dutton  against  William  de 
Blackburn  ;  De  Banco  R.  90,  m.  87. 

Adam  de  Blackburn  and  others  were 
accused  of  assault  in  1292  by  Jordan  the 
Clerk  of  Dutton  (son  of  Emma)  ;  Assize 
R.  408,  m.  95  d.  In  the  same  year  Adam 
son  of  Master  Adam  de  Blackburn  re- 
leased an  annual  rent  which  Jordan  owed 
him  for  land  and  meadow  in  the  vill  of 
Dutton  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  176.  Six 
years  later  he  demised  to  Adam  de 
Huddleston  for  a  term  Whitworth  in 
Dutton  and  two-thirds  of  a  culture  called 
the  Coltepark  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no. 
2061. 

Robert  de  Cofhill  granted  land  in  the 
Hough  and  the  Berecroft  in  Dutton  to 
Adam  de  Blackburn,  a  rent  of  6d.  being 
payable  to  St.  Saviour's  ;  Towneley  MS. 
DD,  no.  2131.  Adam  son  of  Robert  de 
Cofhill  in  1297-8  claimed  certain  land 
against  William  de  Blackburn,  who  replied 
that  he  (William)  was  a  villein  of  Thomas 
le  Surreys  and  held  the  said  land  in 
villeinage  ;  De  Banco  R.  116,  m.  H7d.  ; 
122,  m.  48  d.  William,  however,  gave 
to  Adam  de  Cofhill  land  in  Hayhurst 
between  the  brook  running  from  Cunuyld 
Wall  to  the  Ribble  and  Wyarde  Burn  ; 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1207,  1193.  A 
little  earlier  William  son  of  Adam  de 
Blackburn  had  obtained  land  from  Adam 
son  of  Adam  de  Blackburn  ;  De  Banco 
R.  114,  m.  86  ;  115,  m.  i79d.  Robert 
de  Clitheroe,  clerk,  obtained  land  from 
William  de  Blackburn  in  1304;  Assize 
R.  419,  m.  ii.  Adam  de  Clitheroe  in 
1327  complained  that  William  and  others 
had  cut  down  his  trees  in  Dutton  ;  De 
Banco  R.  269,  m.  70  d. 

The  above-named  Richard  son  of  Adam 
de  Blackburn  seems  to  have  been  the 
founder  of  the  family  of  Blackburn  of 
Shevington  and  Dutton  ;  their  deeds  are 
in  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  1462,  &c. 
Richard  son  of  Adam  obtained  lands 
from  Henry  de  Cunliffe  and  also  from 
William  son  of  Richard  de  Dutton  ;  the 
latter  grant  included  parts  of  Middes- 
holme,  Bradridding  and  Dodhill  (under 
the  Stanrays)  ;  ibid.  no.  1485,  1489. 
Richard  also  had  from  Richard  de  Dutton 
his  part  within  the  fields  of  Dodhill  per- 
taining to  2  oxgangs  of  land  in  Dutton  ; 
and  from  William  de  Dutton  land  in 
Dodhill,  the  bounds  of  which  touched 
Karkesti  ;  ibid.  no.  1506,  1510.  Richard 
de  Blackburn  gave  his  son  Thomas  land 
in  Dutton  to  the  east  of  Dodhill  Brook  ; 
ibid.  no.  1475.  Thomas  obtained  other 
grants;  ibid.no.  1496,  1501. 

17  Ralph  de  Clayton  gave  Hugh  de 
Clitheroe  a  moiety  of  the  mill  on  the 
Ribble  in  a  place  called  Harewas  in 
Dutton;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1177. 
William  de  Blackburn  exchanged  land  on 
the  Hough  for  another  piece  in  Hayhurst 
with  Hugh  de  Clitheroe  ;  ibid.  no.  1157. 
Adam  son  of  William  de  Dutton  gave 
Roger  de  Clitheroe  all  his  land  in  Dutton  ; 
ibid.  no.  2063.  In  1316-17  Alice  daughter 
of  Geoffrey  son  of  Godith  de  Dutton 
granted  all  her  land  in  the  township  to 
Adam  son  of  Hugh  de  Clitheroe  ;  ibid, 
no.  2069. 


RIBCHESTER 

took     their     names     from     places     within     Dutton, 
as    Ash/1     Dodhill,32     Hayhurst 8J     and     Hunting- 


In  1335  Cecily  widow  of  Adam  de 
Clitheroe  recovered  dower  in  land  in 
Dutton  against  Philip  de  Clayton  ;  De 
Banco  R.  304,  m.  23 5  d.  Some  years 
later  (1349)  an  agreement  as  to  pasture 
was  made  between  Henry  de  Clayton  of 
Dutton  on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other 
Cecily  widow  of  Adam  de  Clitheroe, 
William  de  Rilston  and  Sibyl  his  wife, 
Robert  son  and  heir  of  Robert  de 
Clitheroe  and  Adam  de  Blackburn  ;  DD, 
no.  2138. 

18  This  family  inherited   the  Clitheroe 
estate  and  made  other  purchases. 

Isabel  daughter  of  Richard  brother  of 
Sir  Robert  de  Clitheroe,  who  married  John 
Talbot,  had  lands  in  Dutton  and  Rib- 
chester ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii, 
42,  55.  Later  the  lands  in  Dutton  are 
stated  to  be  held  of  the  Abbot  of  Whalley  ; 
ibid,  ii,  144,  161. 

19  William  son   of  William  de  Dutton 
demised    for  his   life    to    William  son  of 
Henry   Moton  a   moiety  of  his  land  in 
Balbanridding  at  a  rent   of  2s.  gd.  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  1 80.     Jordan  de  Dutton, 
clerk,  gave   William    the    Tailor,  son  of 
Henry  Moton,  land   in  Mossiley  Carr  in 
1317;  ibid.  no.  147.     In  the  same  col- 
lection will  be  found  other  grants  of  land 
in  Old  Carr  and    New   Carr,  &c.,  to  the 
same  William  son  of  Henry ;    some    of 
them    were    made    by    Richard    son    of 
Amery  and   Thomas  his  son.      In    1361 
William    Moton    of   Dutton    and    Cecily 
widow  of  Nicholas  Moton  appear  to  have 
sold   their  lands   to   Henry    de    Clayton  ; 
ibid.  no.  183,  178,  156. 

Richard  son  of  William  Moton  was 
defendant  in  1360,  the  plaintiffs  being 
Richard  son  of  Simon  Ball  of  Farington, 
Alice  his  wife,  Henry  del  Scholes-  of 
Cuerdale  and  Maud  his  wife  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane .  Assize  R.  8,  m.  8  d. 

90  From  the  charters  it  appears  that  the 
Moton  lands  came  into  the  possession  of 
Sir  Richard  Hoghton  about  1407  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  129,  &c.  Sir  Richard 
also  acquired  the  lands  of  Hitche 
(Richard)  son  of  Amery,  which  have 
been  mentioned  previously;  ibid.  no.  145. 
One  or  two  further  references  may  be 
added  :  William  son  of  William  son  of 
Maud  de  Ulnes  Walton,  together  with 
Margery  (his  wife)  and  Hawise,  daughters 
and  heirs  of  William  Baskit,  in  1316—17 
granted  the  reversion  of  a  toft  in  Dutton 
to  Richard  son  of  Amery  (fern.)  de  Brad- 
hill  and  Alice  his  wife  ;  ibid.  no.  244. 
From  another  charter  it  appears  that  the 
grantors  were  the  heirs  of  Adam  son  of 
Alice  de  Wheatley  ;  ibid.  no.  138.  Roger 
de  Wheatley  son  of  Richard  the  Smith  of 
Chipping  a  little  later  gave  them  the  right 
he  had  in  a  certain  toft  after  the  death  of 
Alice  his  wife;  ibid.  no.  130.  In  1330 
Richard  son  of  Amery  gave  his  lands  in 
Dutton  and  Ribchester  to  his  son  Thomas, 
with  remainders  to  other  sons  William  and 
John  ;  ibid.  no.  484  (fol.  329).  Thomas 
son  of  Richard  made  a  feoffment  or  sale 
of  his  lands  and  the  rent  of  yd.  due  from 
the  land  of  William  son  of  Robert  de 
Ribchester  in  1372  ;  ibid.  no.  171. 

Land  in  Dutton  was  held  by  Sir  Henry 
Hoghton  in  1424  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  43.  The  tenure  of  the  Hoghton 
lands  in  Dutton  was  unknown  in  the 
1 6th  century  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xiv,  no.  26  ;  xv,  no.  39. 

21  Deeds  of  this  family  are  in  Add. 
MS.  32107,  no.  874,  &c.,  and  reference 

57 


may  be  made  to  the  account  of  Aighton 
and  Bailey  already  given. 

Alexander  del  Ash  (de  Fraxino)  demised 
land  in  Dutton  to  Richard  del  Ash  for  a 
term  of  years  ;  ibid.  no.  901.  Henry  de 
Clayton  gave  the  same  Richard  Roughfall 
in  Hayhurst  ;  no.  890.  Richard  also 
obtained  other  lands  in  the  same  part  of 
the  township  ;  no.  880,  900.  Richard  del 
Ash  made  the  following  grants  :  In 
1320-1  to  John  his  son  a  messuage  in 
Hayhurst  ^0.913);  in  1335  to  Hugh 
his  son  Willeriddings  in  Dutton,  which 
Richard  del  Ash  the  younger  seems  to 
have  confirmed  (no.  911,  914);  and  in 
1336  to  Robert  his  son  Roughfall 
(no.  907).  Hugh  son  of  Richard  del  Ash 
in  1361  granted  all  his  land  in  Dutton  to 
Robert  de  Bailey  ;  no.  887.  In  the  same 
year  Margery  daughter  and  heir  of  Robert 
de  Hayhurst  by  Emota  his  wife  released 
all  her  right  in  Dutton  to  Robert  del  Ash  ; 
no.  876. 

Robert  son  of  Richard  del  Ashes  in 
1347  recovered  a  messuage  and  lands  in 
Dutton  and  Aighton  against  his  brother 
Richard  and  others;  Assize  R.  1435, 
m.  33d.  Robert  del  Ash  in  1360  claimed 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Dutton  against  Hugh 
del  Ash  ;  it  appeared  that  Richard  del 
Ash  had  in  the  time  of  Edward  II  granted 
them  to  John  del  Ash  and  to  William  and 
Robert,  the  brothers  of  John,  and  that 
John  and  William  had  died  without  issue  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  7,  m.  5  ;  8, 
m.  6.  Robert  del  Ash  in  1366  claimed  land 
against  Robert  de  Leyland  and  Katherine 
his  wife  ;  De  Banco  R.  425,  m.  504. 

The  descent  cannot  be  traced  accurately. 
Richard  son  of  Robert  in  1378-9  married 
Ellen  de  Aighton  ;  Add.  MS.  32107, 
no.  878.  Richard  appears  to  have  had 
sons  John  and  Thomas  ;  ibid.  no.  886, 
919.  Robert  son  and  heir  of  Thomas 
Ash  in  the  time  of  Edward  IV  married 
Elizabeth  Crumbleholme  ;  ibid.  no.  912. 

Hugh  Ash  died  in  Sept.  1554  hold- 
ing messuages  in  Dutton  of  the  king 
and  queen  in  chief  by  knight's  service  ; 
his  son  George  was  a  year  old  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  35.  George  Ash 
appears  in  1583  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  45,  m.  172. 

Edward  Ash  in  1609  held  Clough  Bank 
of  the  lord  of  Dutton  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  165. 
Edward  Ash  of  Dutton  in  1630  com- 
pounded for  his  recusancy  by  paying  ^3 
yearly  ;  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xxiv, 
174. 

Robert  Ash  of  Dutton  in  1652  desired 
confirmation  of  a  house  and  land  seques- 
tered for  the  recusancy  of  John  Talbot  of 
Dinckley  ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  ii,  1449. 

M  This  family  appears  from  an  early 
time,  and  some  references  to  it  will  be 
found  in  deeds  already  quoted.  Thomas 
de  Bradhurst  of  Dutton  granted  a  toft  to 
John  son  of  Thomas  de  Dudhill  in 
1316-17;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  1525. 
Richard  de  Dudhill  in  1 342  granted  land 
in  Ribchester  to  Adam  son  of  Richard 
Award  de  Dutton  ;  Towneley  MS.  OO, 
no.  1198.  Thomas  son  of  William  de 
Dudhill  made  grants  of  land  in  Hunting- 
don in  1364  and  1375  ;  Add.  MS.  32107, 
no.  1524,  1462. 

Part  at  least  of  the  Dudhill  lands  ap- 
pears to  have  descended  to  the  Bradleys 
mentioned  later. 

23  Deeds  of  this  family  are  contained 
in  Towneley's  MS.  OO,  no.  1191,  &c. 

8 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


don.34  A  few  additional  owners,  as  Bradley,25 
Harrison  26  and  Thorpe,27  are  also  known. 

The  abbeys  of  Whalley 28  and  Sawley  29  and  the 
hospital  of  St.  Leonard  at  York 30  had  land  in  the 
township. 

For  their  lands  the  following  contributed  to  the 
subsidy  of  1 524  :  Edmund  Bradley,  Robert  Goodshaw, 
John  Hayhurst  and  Richard  Townley.31  Similarly  to 
that  of  1543  Richard  Townley  and  Robert  Ash  the 
elder.32  To  that  of  1597  Thomas  Holt,  Henry 
Townley,  Edward  Ash,  John  Hayhurst  and  Richard 


Goodshaw.33  To  that  of  1626  Henry  Townley, 
John  Hayhurst,  Edward  Ash  and  Robert  Good- 
shaw ;  various  non-communicants  are  entered  on 
this  list.34 

Richard  Duckett  of  Dutton  paid  ^10  in  1631  on 
declining  knighthood.35 

The  land  tax  return  of  1787  shows  that  Thomas 
Weld,  Sir  George  Warren,  Lord  Petre  and  Mrs. 
Jane  Entwisle  were  then  the  chief  landowners. 

The  manor  of  ST1DD  36  was  acquired  by  the 
Hospitallers  about  1265  from  a  more  ancient 


A  noteworthy  grant  wa»  one  by  the 
prior  of  the  Hospitallers  to  Richard  son 
of  Adam  Award  de  Dutton  of  lands  called 
Canfall  (by  Dodhill  Moss),  Hichetleys, 
by  the  Stonebridge,  Codec,  Bernardacre 
and  four  butts  in  landoles  ;  a  rent  of 
61.  6d.  was  to  be  paid,  and  half  a  mark 
at  death;  ibid.  no.  1196.  In  1508 
accordingly  6s.  %d.  was  paid  for  the 
'obit'  of  Henry  father  of  John  Hayhurst ; 
ibid.  no.  1217. 

Robert  son  of  William  de  Dutton 
granted  land  in  Hayhurst  belonging  to 
the  vill  of  Dutton  to  Otes  son  of  John 
son  of  Roger  de  Hayhurst.  The  bounds 
name  Ash  House,  Wyardburn  to  Ribble, 
down  the  Ribble  to  land  held  of  St. 
Leonard;  ibid.  no.  1192.  Otes  de 
Hayhurst  and  Margery  his  wife  appear  in 
1335  ;  no.  1215,  1 202.  Margery  was 
a  widow  in  1338,  and  there  were  several 
sons,  William,  Richard  and  John  being 
named;  no.  1455,  1430,  1432,  1440. 
John  son  of  Otes  de  Hayhurst  and  Alice 
his  wife  are  mentioned  from  1348  to 
1372,  and  Alice  was  a  widow  in  1379  ; 
no.  1216,  1205,  1 200.  Alice  was 
probably  one  of  the  three  sisters  and 
heirs  of  an  Adam  Award  and  had  a  son 
John  ;  no.  1212,  1197,  1476.  John  son 
and  heir  of  Otes  Hayhurst  in  1401  gave 
lands  in  Dutton  to  William  son  of 
Richard  Hayhurst  ;  no.  1435-6.  See 
also  an  undated  testimony  as  to  the 
possessions  of  William  Hayhurst ;  no. 
1476.  Oliver  son  and  heir  of  Robert 
Hayhurst  had  land  in  Dutton  in  1446-7  ; 
no.  1 1 94.  The  will  of  Perci val  Hayhurst, 
1499-1 500  names  his  son  and  heir  John  ; 
no.  1457.  John  ton  and  heir  of  John 
Hayhurst  did  homage  for  his  lands  (in 
Bailey)  at  the  court  of  Aighton  in  1549  ; 
no.  1441.  Jenet  widow  and  executrix  of 
Henry  Hayhurst  of  Hayhurst  in  1574 
became  bound  to  John,  the  son  and  heir, 
an  executor;  no.  1226. 

Thomas  son  of  Robert  son  of  William 
de  Hayhurst  in  1364  claimed  a  messuage, 
&c.,  in  Dutton  against  John  de  Hayhurst ; 
De  Banco  R.  417,  m.  214;  419,  m. 

212d. 

John  Hayhurst  died  in  1619  holding 
Hayhurst,  Furtherhouse  and  Hough- 
wellfall  of  the  heirs  of  Richard  de 
Dutton  by  a  rent  of  $d.  His  heir  was 
his  son  Henry,  aged  forty-two  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
ii,  121.  For  Hough wellfall  cf.  Fallwel- 
halgh  in  the  account  of  Ribchester. 

The  Hayhursts  were  Puritans  ;  one  of 
them  was  vicar  of  Leigh  1646-62,  and 
founded  the  library  at  Ribchester.  See 
the  account  of  the  family  in  T.  C.  Smith, 
Ribchester,  232-4.  On  the  opposite  side 
Lawrence  Hayhurst  of  Dutton,  yeoman, 
registered  his  house  and  land  in  1717  as 
a  '  Papist '  ;  Ettcourt  and  Payne,  Engl. 
Cath,  Non-jurors,  104. 

84  In  1277  Robert  de  Huntingdon,  liv- 
ing it  the  abbey  of  Selby,  came  to  Dutton 


and  buried  his  son  Roger,  and  then  entered 
upon  half  his  land,  whereupon  Beatrix 
widow  of  Roger,  Robert  her  son,  Richard 
de  Wulnesbooth,  John  le  Surreys,  Hugh 
the  Clerk  and  Henry  de  Blackburn  made 
complaint  ;  Assize  R.  1235,  m.  12. 

It  may  be  added  that  Thomas  son  of 
Richard  de  Ulvesbooths  and  Jordan  his 
son,  a  clerk,  attested  a  local  charter  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1137. 

25  In  1466  William   Bradley,  chaplain, 
granted  to   John   son  of  Henry   Bradley 
lands     in     Dutton     inherited     from     his 
mother;    Add.   MS.    32107,    no.    1464. 
From  a  feoffment  of  1370  it  would  seem 
that  this  land  had   belonged  to  John   son 
of    Adam     de    Bradley    in    right    of  his 
marriage  with  Beatrice  daughter  of  John 
de  Dudhill  ;  ibid.  no.  1518. 

Edmund  Bradley  died  in  1529  holding 
a  messuage  in  Dutton  of  the  king  aa 
duke  by  the  hundredth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  the  rent  of  id.  or  a  pair  of  white 
gauntlets.  The  heir  was  hi»  grandson 
John  Bradley  (son  of  John),  aged  seven- 
teen years  in  1539,  and  an  idiot  ;  he  had 
sisters  Anne  and  Alice,  aged  nineteen  and 
fifteen.  James  Sharpies  was  the  uncle 
and  guardian  of  the  said  John  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  viii,  no.  22.  From  a 
later  pleading  it  appears  that  John 
Bradley  died  in  1545  ;  Anne  married 
Alexander  Bimson  and  Alice  Thomas 
Wynhart,  and  a  division  was  made  in 
15505  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  184,  m. 
4  d.  ;  190,  m.  2.  See  also  Ducatus  Lane. 
ii,  220,  for  a  claim  to  a  moiety  of 
Dudhill  by  the  Bimsons.  In  1609  a 
fourth  part  of  Dudhill  was  held  of  the 
Crown  (as  of  the  Hospitallers)  by  Richard 
Thornley  and  John  Bimson,  and  the 
remainder  by  John  Bimson,  by  a  total 
rent  of  2s.  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  133^. 

26  The  estate  was  known   as   Smithy- 
bottom.     Richard  Harrison,  who  died   in 
Oct.    1587,    had   made   a    settlement  in 
1578  in  favour  of  his  son   Richard  (aged 
twenty-four    in    1589),    and    afterwards, 
his  daughter  Jane  marrying  one  Thomas 
Jones,  he  granted   them  a  third   part  of 
the  messuage  for  twenty-one  years.     The 
whole   was    held    of   the    queen    by  the 
2Ooth    part    of    a    knight's    fee    and    a 
rent  of  35.   -jd.  ;    Duchy  of  Lane.   Inq. 
p.m.  xv,  no.    57.     For   fines   relating  to 
the  estate  see   Pal.   of  Lane.   Feet  of  F. 
bdles.  49,  m.  142;  56,  m.  54  ;  59,  m.  218. 

From  the  Ducatus  Lane,  it  appears  that 
a  number  of  disputes  soon  afterwards 
broke  out ;  op.  cit.  iii,  215,  &c.  Richard 
Harrison  in  1594  complained  that 
Thomas  Jones,  his  brother-in-law, 
Richard  Goodshaw  and  others  retained 
possession  of  Smithybottom  and  its  lands. 
At  his  father's  death  he  said  he  had  been 
a  minor,  T.  Jones  being  his  guardian  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  clxiv, 
H  12.  John  Lynalx  or  Lennox  after- 
wards claimed  a  third  part  ;  Ducatus  Lane. 
'»»  399.  44*- 

58 


Edward  Houghton  died  30  June  1621 
holding  a  messuage  and  land  called 
'  Smeathbottom  '  by  the  6ooth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  and  the  third  part 
of  a  rent  of  3*.  -jd.  Edward  his  son  and 
heir  was  twenty-nine  years  old  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
ii,  276. 

27  John  Thorpe  died  in  1588,  leaving  a 
son  and  heir  John,  aged  fifty-six  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  52. 

The  Walmsleys  purchased  lands  in 
Dutton  as  well  as  in  Ribchester,  and 
Thomas  Walmsley  was  in  1584  found 
to  have  held  land  in  Dutton  ;  ibid,  xiv, 
no.  72. 

Robert  Reade  of  Aighton  held  land  in 
Dutton  in  1610  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.),  i,  177. 

Bartholomew  Barker  of  Salesbury  was 
a  landowner  in  1641  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  n. 

In  these  cases  the  tenure  is  not 
recorded. 

28  The    land    at    Harrows    Banks     in 
Dutton  produced  a  rent  of  £z   5*.   about 
1540.     The  tenants  at  will   were   Dew- 
hurst,    Green      and     Bolton  ;      Whalley 
Couch.  (Chet.   Soc.),   iv,   1219.     From  a 
preceding   note    it    is   known    that    the 
Shireburnes  of  Stonyhurst  had   also   part 
of  the  abbey  land.      In  1557-8  Kenning- 
field  and  Harrows   Banks  in  Dutton  and 
Clayton,     lately    belonging    to    Whalley 
Abbey,  were  sold  by  the  Crown  to  Richard 
Shireburne  ;   Pat.  4  &  5  Phil,   and  Mary, 
pt.  viii.     Dutton  Lee,  &c.,  were  in  1564 
granted  to  Charles  Jackson  and  William 
Mason  ;  Pat.  6  Eliz.  pt.  x. 

29  The    grants   by  the   Dutton    family 
have     been     recorded     above.       Thomas 
Sowerbutts  died  in    1594  holding  Reedy- 
snape,     part    of    the    lands    of    Sawley 
acquired  by  Sir  Arthur  Darcy  in    1538  ; 
it    was    held    by  the    2Ooth    part    of  a 
knight's  fee  ;    Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xvi,  no.  20.     His  grandson  Thomas  (son 
of  Robert)  died  in  1623  holding  the  same 
lands  and  leaving  a    son    Robert,   under 
age  ;  ibid,  xxv,  no.  37. 

80  The  'land  of  St.  Leonard  '  has  been 
named    in    a    Hayhurst    charter    already, 
quoted.       In    1299    the    master    of   the 
Hospital     of     St.      Leonard      of      York 
recovered     lands     in      Dutton      against 
Richard    son     of    Robert     del     He*     of 
Hayhurst,  John   son  of  Avice   and   Otes 
son  of  John  ;  there  was  some  suspicion 
of  fraud   or   evasion  of  the   statute  ;  De 
Banco  R.  130, m.  243. 

81  Subs.     R.     Lanes,     bdle.     130,     no. 
82. 

82  Ibid.  no.  125. 

88  Ibid.  bdle.  131,  no.  274. 

84  Ibid.  no.  317. 

85  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lane*,  and   Ches.), 
i,  217. 

86  The  old  spelling  was  some  form  of 
Stede  ;     '  Le   Styde,'    1343.      Stydd    is  a 
common  form  at  present. 


BUTTON   HALL  :    THE  GATEWAY 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


hospital.37  Grants  which  have  been  preserved  indicate 
that  there  had  been  an  organized  community  there 
for  at  least  fifty  years,38  the  endowments  being  given 
'  to  God  and  B.  Mary  the  Virgin  and  the  hospital  of 
St.  Saviour  under  Longridge  and  to  the  master  and 
brethren  serving  God  there.'  39  Some  of  the  masters 
or  wardens  granted  or  attested  1 3th-century  charters.40 
In  1338  it  was  reported  that  the  camera  of  St.  Saviour 
called  the  Stidd,  under  the  preceptory  of  Nevvland  in 
Yorkshire,  was  demised  to  farm  at  10  marks  yearly, 
but  the  farmer  was  bound  to  pay  a  chaplain  singing 
there.41  From  this  it  may  be  assumed  that  divine 
service  was  maintained  down  to  the  Reformation.42 


RIBCHESTER 

Nothing  definite,  however,  is  known,  for  the  manor 
was  extra-parochial. 

After  the  Suppression  the  manor  was  given  to 
Thomas  Holt  of  Gristlehurst 43  and  remained  in  his 
family  for  more  than  a  century.  It  may  have  been 
acquired  later  by  Shireburne  of  Bailey,  founder  of  the 
Stidd  Almshouses.44  In  1609,  however,  an  independent 
grant  was  made  to  George  Whitmore  and  others,45 
who  in  1613  sold  to  Richard  Shireburne  of  Stony- 
hurst.46  Apart  from  these  manors  the  Crown  had 
sold  various  lands  to  Richard  Crombleholme 47  and 
others.48  The  manor  was  in  later  times  claimed  by 
the  Shireburnes  and  their  representatives.49 


s7  In  1292  it  was  found  that  the 
Knights  Hospitallers  had  acquired  from 
a  certain  Adam,  chaplain-warden  of  the 
house  of  St.  Saviour  at  Dutton,  two 
plough-lands,  with  wood  and  moor,  and 
401.  rent  in  Dutton,  Ribchester  and 
Aighton  during  the  minority  of  Henry  de 
Lacy  and  with  the  assent  of  Alice  de 
Lacy  ;  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.), 
376.  The  date  must  lie  between  1258 
and  1271.  See  B.M.  Add.  Charters, 
no.  7364. 

88  The  earliest  part  of  the  chapel  may 
be  dated  about  1 1 90. 

89  Charters  of  land   in   Ribchester  and 
Dilworth  have  been  quoted  in  the  accounts 
of  those   townships ;    see    also    Dugdale, 
Man.  Angl,  vi,  686-7. 

40  Alexander  the   Chaplain,  master  of 
the    hospital    of    St.    Saviour,    and     the 
brethren  of  the  same  place  made  a  grant 
early  in  the  1 3th  century  regarding  land 
in   Salesbury ;  Towneley    MS.   DD,   no. 
202 1.     Land  in  Hothersall  was  held  of 
the  hospital  by  Richard  de  Ametehalgh 
and  to  one  of  the  deeds  regarding  it  the 
first  witnesses  were  '  Brother  Alexander, 
rector  of  the    hospital    of   St."  Saviour  ; 
brother  Adam  of  the  same  place '  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.   5    (fol.   241).     Brother 
Alexander  the  prior  and  Adam  the  chap- 
lain also  occur  5  note  by  Mr.  Weld. 

A  somewhat  later  deed  was  attested  by 
Adam  de  Blackburn  and  John  his  son, 
master  of  St.  Saviour;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  119. 

In  1269-70  Richard  son  of  the  master 
of  the  Stidd,  or  son  of  Alexander  de  la 
Stidd,  was  defendant  ;  Cur.  Reg.  R. 
199,  m.  27  d.  ;  202,  m.  26  d.  It  does 
not  appear  that  Alexander  was  then 
living,  so  that  he  may  be  identical  with 
Alexander  the  chaplain. 

Adam  Prior  of  St.  Saviour  occurs  as 
witness  to  a  Dutton  charter  which  men- 
tions land  in  Hayhurst  belonging  to  the 
house  of  St.  Saviour  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  170. 

The  hospital  may  not  have  become 
extinct  on  its  transference  to  the  Knights 
of  St.  John,  for  Walter  the  Chaplain, 
warden  of  the  house  of  St.  Saviour  in 
Dutton,  was  the  first  witness  to  a  local 
charter  in  1314;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no. 
187.  In  1339  Walter  de  Lofthousum, 
warden  of  St.  Saviour's  by  Ribchester, 
was  one  of  the  defendants  in  a  dispute 
about  land  in  Ribchester  involving  several 
Dutton  people.  The  chief  plaintiffs  were 
Hugh  son  of  John  de  Huntingdon  and 
Joan  his  wife  ;  Assize  R.  427,  m.  2  d.,  3  d. 

41  Hosfitallers    in  Engl.   (Camd.    Soc.), 
in.      In    1351    the   Prior   of  St.  John 
granted   the   manor  of  St.  Saviour  called 
the  Stidd  to  Richard  Tomelay  (?  Townley) 
for  life.     The  lessee  was  to  maintain  the 
buildings  and  the  chantry  and  pay  ^T8  a 
year    to    the    treasury    at    Clerkenwell 


(Fontis  clericorum).  A  mark  was  to  be 
paid  at  death  as  obit.  When  the  pre- 
ceptor or  warden  of  Ribston  should  come 
(not  more  than  once  a  year)  to  hold  the 
prior's  court,  provision  for  men  and  horses 
was  to  be  made  by  the  lessee  ;  MSS.  Var, 
Coll.  (Hist.  MSS.  Com.),  ii,  228. 

In  1292  Robert  Spendloue  and  Amery 
his  wife  were  non-suited  in  a  claim  against 
the  Prior  of  the  Hospitallers  as  to  a  tene- 
ment in  Dutton  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  22. 
In  1337  the  prior  did  not  prosecute  his 
claim  against  Thomas  de  Dudhill  of 
Dutton  ;  Assize  R.  1424,  m.  1 1  d. 

William  Hall  (see  Chipping)  in  1506 
held  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Dutton  of  the 
Prior  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  by  a  rent 
of  71.  6./.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii, 
no.  19. 

42  In  1501  Nicholas  Talbot  appointed 
a  priest  to  sing  for  twelve  months  at 
Stidd,  'where  father  and  mother  are 
buried  ';  Whitaker,  Whalley  (ed.  Nicholls), 
ii,  465.  In  1535  Thomas  Bradley  was 
chaplain  at  Stidd  ;  Valor  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.), 
v,  68.  The  bailiff  there  was  John  Talbot ; 
he  had  a  fee  of  30*.  ;  ibid.  69. 

48  Pat.  35  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  iv.  The 
manor,  with  many  other  estates,  was  held 
by  the  thirtieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  46.  It 
is  regularly  named  in  settlements  and 
inquisitions  ;  e.g.  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  158;  ii,  81  ; 
iii,  371. 

44  An  estate  called  Stidd  in  Dutton 
belonged  in  1716  to  John  Shireburne, 
younger  brother  of  Richard  Shireburne 
of  Bailey  ;  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Rec.  144. 
In  1725  John  Shireburne  of  Sheffield — 
where  he  was  agent  to  the  Duke  of  Nor- 
folk— was  engaged  to  marry  Margaret 
Nelson  of  Fairhurst,  ,£40  being  settled 
on  her  from  '  the  capital  messuage  called 
Stidd,  and  demesne  lands  in  Stidd,  Rib- 
chester and  Blackburn  '  5  Piccope  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  228,  from  roll  1 1  of  Geo.  I 
at  Preston.  Next  year  John  Shireburne 
made  his  will.  To  Elizabeth  widow  of 
his  brother  Richard  he  gave  £15  a  year 
out  of  Bailey  Hall ;  to  his  cousin  Richard 
Walmsley  of  Showley  (who  was  one  of 
the  residuary  legatees)  £10  for  the  poor 
of  Bailey,  Stidd,  &c.,  and  £10  for  a  piece 
of  plate.  His  executors  were  to  build  a 
good  almshouse  on  his  estate  at  Stidd  for 
five  poor  persons  to  live  separately  therein, 
and  to  endow  it  with  ^30  a  year,  viz. 
j£5  for  each  inmate  and  ^5  for  repairs. 
He  died  in  Dec.  1726.  See  C.  D.  Sher- 
born,  Shcrborn  Fam.  73-6. 

4*  Pat.  9  Jas.  I,  pt.  xxvii.  At  the 
same  time  an  extent  was  made  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  ii,  fol.  132^—3^.  It  appears  that 
Stidd  was  occupied  by  Robert  Goodshaw, 
who  paid  45.  rent.  There  was  a  consider- 
able number  of  farms,  &c.,  in  Dutton  and 
the  adjoining  townships. 

59 


This  second  manor  may  have  been  due 
to  a  regrant  to  the  Hospitallers  by  Queen 
Mary  of  Stidd  with  numerous  dependen- 
cies ;  Pat.  4  &  5  Phil,  and  Mary,  pt.  iv. 

46  Kuerden    MSS.  ii,  fol.   132.      The 
sale  included  the  manor  of  Stidd,  formerly 
belonging  to  the  Knights  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem,    with     customary     rents     in 
Chipping,    Barbing,   Thornley,    Chaigley, 
Aighton,    Bailey    and     Belingfield,    &c., 
together  with  perquisites  of  the  court  of 
Stidd  ;  but  a   rent   of  £4.   los.  o\d.  for 
Stidd,  Forton  and   Cunscough  was  to  be 
paid  to  the  Crown. 

In  1 543  Sir  Alexander  Osbaldeston  had 
a  lease  of  '  the  manor  or  capital  messuage 
of  the  Stidd,'  by  purchase  from  John 
Cowell,  who  had  it  from  the  Crown  at  a 
rent  of  £5  u.  8</.  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  1076. 

47  The  grant  to  Richard  Crombleholme 
in  Dutton,  Huntingdon,  Milneclough,  Ac., 
appears   to  have   been   from   part  of  the 
Hospitallers'   possessions  ;  Pat.    38   Hen. 
VIII,   pt.  xvii.       In   the  extent  of  1609, 
above  referred  to,  Richard  Crombleholme 
is   stated  to  have  held    Huntingdon  and 
'  Bailey  in  Dutton  '  by  the  twentieth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  and   31.  id.  rent,  and  to 
have  granted   out   many  portions  of  the 
lands. 

Richard  Crombleholme  the  elder  held 
a  messuage  'in  Huntingdon  in  Bailey  in 
the  township  of  Dutton '  and  various 
lands,  and  made  a  settlement  of  part 
thereof  in  1576.  His  son  William  hav- 
ing died  before  him,  he  was  succeeded  by 
a  grandson  Richard  the  younger  (son  of 
William),  who  died  at  Dutton  in  1588 
holding  Huntingdon,  &c.,  of  the  queen  by 
the  hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  and 
other  land  in  Dutton  of  Sir  Richard 
Shireburne  as  of  his  manor  of  Dutton. 
Richard,  the  son  and  heir  of  the  younger 
Richard,  was  seven  years  old  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  40.  See  further 
in  T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit.  238-9. 

William  Crombleholme  of  Dutton  was 
arrested  in  1584  on  his  way  to  the  Con- 
tinent to  be  educated  for  the  priesthood 
and  was  imprisoned  in  the  Tower  for  some 
time;  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  iii,  17; 
Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  iii,  410 
(quoting  Bridgewater's  Concertatio).  He 
is  supposed  to  have  become  a  missionary 
priest  in  Lancashire. 

Huntingdon  is  now  the  property  of 
Mr.  Holt  of  Stubby  Lee  in  Spotland. 

48  Carlinghurst  was  in  1560  granted  to 
Thomas  Reeve  and  Richard  Pynde  ;  Pat. 
2  Eliz.  pt.  iii.     Afterwards  it  was  held 
by  the  Shireburnes. 

49  In  a  fine  of  1 686  respecting  the  manor 
of  Stidd  and  various  messuages,  lands,  &c., 
in   Stidd,  Ribchester  and   Blackburn   the 
plaintiff  was    Edward    Burdett    and    the 
deforciants  were  James  Stamford  Richard 
Chorley,      Richard      Husband,      Richard 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


After  the  Reformation  an  allowance 
CHAPEL  of  4-O.r.  was  ordered  from  the  manor  estate 
towards  the  stipend  of  a  chaplain  at 
Stidd,50  but  this  became  merely  a  perquisite  of  the 
vicar  of  Ribchester,51  who  held  a  service  in  the 
dilapidated  chapel  several  times  a  year.52  The 
extra-parochial  district  has  now  been  formally  united 
to  the  parish  of  Ribchester,  and  service  is  performed 
once  a  month  and  more  frequently  in  the  summer. 

The  chapel  of  ST.  SAVIOUR  at  Stidd53  stands 
amongst  fields  in  a  pleasant  situation  about  half  a  mile 
to  the  north-east  of  Ribchester.  It  is  an  exceedingly 
interesting  and  rather  picturesque54  building  sub- 
stantially of  late  1 2th-century  date,  with  subsequent 
alterations,  in  plan  a  plain  rectangle  46  ft.  6  in.  long 
internally  by  20  ft.  6  in.  wide,  and  with  a  small 
south  porch.  The  walls,  which  are  3  ft.  thick,  are 
faced  with  rubble  masonry,  but  at  a  later  date, 
probably  in  the  1 3th  century,  square  buttresses  of 
two  stages  have  been  added  at  each  angle,  built  with 
dressed  stone  and  with  chamfered  plinths.  The  north 
wall  retains  all  its  original  12th-century  features 
unaltered,  having  two  narrow  semicircular-headed 
labelled  windows,  with  Q-in.  lights  splaying  on 


1 12S  CENTURY 
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SCALE  or! 

PLAN  OF  ST.   SAVIOUR'S  CHAPEL,  STIDD 

the  inside  to  3  ft.  10  in.,  and  between  them  a  door- 
way, 2    ft.  4  in.    wide,  now   built    up,   with  semi- 


circular  head,  chamfered  jambs,  and  hood  mould 
with  plain  zigzag  ornament.  On  the  south  side  a 
single  12th-century  window  remains,  similar  in 
character  to  those  on  the  north,  but  of  greater  height 
and  widened  out  in  its  lower  half  to  a  width  of  1 2  in. 
The  other  windows  on  the  south  side  are  of  15th- 
century  date,  each  of  three  lights  under  a  square 
head.  They,  however,  differ  in  detail,  and  were 
probably  not  inserted  at  the  same  time,  that  at 
the  eastern  end,  which  is  the  earlier,  having  no 
hood  mould  but  with  cusped  heads  to  the  lights, 
the  opening  going  right  up  under  the  eaves. 
The  other  is  slightly  lower,  with  external  hood 
mould  and  without  cuspings,  and  may  be  of  16th- 
century  date.  The  lower  part  of  both  windows  is 
now  built  up.  The  south  doorway  is  at  the  western 
end  of  the  wall,  and  is  a  good  example  of  early  13th- 
century  work,  probably  inserted  soon  after  the  original 
building  was  finished.  It  has  a  pointed  arch  of  two 
moulded  orders  springing  from  moulded  imposts,  and 
angle  shafts  with  carved  caps.  The  detail  of  the 
carving  is  transitional  in  character,  but  the  appearance 
of  the  doorway  has  been  spoiled  by  successive  coats 
of  whitewash.  On  the  east  side  the  detached  outer 
shaft  has  gone.  The  door  is  the  original  oak  nail- 
studded  one.  A  plain  open  porch  6  ft.  6  in.  square 
has  been  built  at  a  later  date  in  front  of  the  doorway, 
consisting  simply  of  two  rough  stone  walls  with  stone 
lintel  and  rubble  gable. 

The  east  window  is  a  modern  pointed  one  of  three 
lights,  the  mullions  crossing  in  the  head,  but  internally 
it  has  a  segmental  arched  head.  The  gable  above  is 
quite  plain,  and  below  the  window  is  a  dwarf  buttress. 
The  east  wall,  unlike  those  on  the  north  and  south, 
has  a  plinth  suggesting  its  entire  reconstruction  at 
the  time  the  angle  buttresses  were  added.  On  the 
south  wall  below  the  easternmost  window  is  a  portion 
of  a  string  13  ft.  in  length,  detached  at  each  end, 
between  the  buttress  and  the  I  zth-century  window. 

At  the  west  end,  high  up  in  the  wall,  is  a  late 
two-light  pointed  window,  the  sill  of  which  is  10  ft. 
above  the  floor  of  the  chapel,  and  in  the  south-west 
corner  a  pointed  doorway,  the  threshold  of  which  is 
8  ft.  6  in.  above  the  floor.  On  the  outside,  where 
the  ground  has  probably  risen  all  round,  the  height 
of  the  door  from  the  ground  is  only  6  ft.  6  in.  Both 


Shireburne,  John  Shireburne,  Richard 
Walmsley  and  John  Walmsley  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  216,  m.  38.  The 
Shireburnes  here  named  were  those  of 
Bailey  Hall,  and  the  '  manor '  may  be 
that  of  the  Holt  family. 

On  the  other  hand  the  manor  of  Stidd 
is  named  among  the  Shireburne  of  Stony- 
hurst  possessions  in  1737  and  1777  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  544,  m.  13  ;  625,  m. 
10  d.  (16). 

50  This    was    directed    in    the    sale   to 
Thomas  Holt.     The  tithes  of  the  district 
seem  also  to  have  been  paid  by  custom  to 
the   chaplain,  but  by   compositions  they 
became  very  trifling  in  amount. 

51  At  first  there  seems  to  have  been  a 
separate  chaplain,  for  one  John  Moss  was 
there  in  1 574.     He  gave  a  certificate  that 
Edward  Ash  had  received  the  communion 
from    him    at    Stidd   Church    in  Passion 
week    that  year.      Ash    had    been   sum- 
moned before  the  Bishop  of  Chester  for 
his    omission    in    that    matter  5    Chester 
Consistory  Ct.  Rec. 

About  1 6 10  Stidd  was  described  as  'a 


donative  from  the  Lord  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury '  ;  there  was  '  no  minister 
there  resident '  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep. 
xiv,  App.  iv,  9.  On  21  Jan.  1616-17 
Richard  Learoyd,  B.A.,  was  admitted  to 
the  church  of  Stidd  on  the  presentation  of 
Francis  Holt;  Act  Bk.  at  Chester,  1579- 
1676,  fol.  65.  The  vicars  of  Ribchester 
were  therefore  in  charge,  and  the  con- 
venient custom  remained  in  force.  The 
right  of  patronage  or  donation  was  exercised 
by  Francis  Holt,  but  on  the  decay  of  this 
family  and  the  apparent  extinction  of  the 
manor  the  vicar  of  Ribchester  seems  to 
have  been  regarded  as  the  patron,  Stidd 
thus  becoming  a  curacy.  In  1650  it  was 
regarded  as  Mr.  Holt's  donative,  and  was 
worth  £6  131.  4</.,  this  sum  being  paid 
'to  the  minister  at  Ribche.ter,  being 
accounted  parson  at  Stidd.'  There  were 
only  seventeen  families  in  the  parish  ; 
Common-w.  Ch.  Surv.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  170. 

About  1717  Bishop  Gastrell  found  the 
income  to  be  ^3  19.5.  id.,  being  ^2  from 
Stidd  Hall,  from  three  other  estates  51., 

60 


tithes  (by  composition)  £1  141.  id.  In 
1690  the  'vicar  of  Ribchester  [?was] 
instituted  to  Stidd  and  invested  with  all 
the  rights  belonging  to  it.'  The  ancient 
burial-ground  was  in  use  ;  Notitia  Cestr. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  476-8. 

52  In  Gastrell's  time  it  was  '  served  by 
the  vicar  on  New  Year's  Day,  Good 
Friday  and  some  other  Sundays  in  sum- 
mer time  '  ;  ibid,  i,  478.  A  century 
later  Whitaker  wrote  that  divine  service 
was  performed  '  only  twice  a  year '  ;  '  nc 
reading  desk  was  ever  erected  and  prayers 
are  read  out  of  the  pulpit '  ;  Whalley  (ed. 
Nicholls),  ii,  465. 

58  A  monograph  entitled  '  The  History 
of  Stydd  Chapel  and  Preceptory  near  Rib- 
chester, Lancashire,'  by  George  Latham, 
architect,  was  published  in  1853.  It 
contains  fourteen  plates,  mostly  measured 
drawings.  The  letterpress  is  of  little 
value. 

54  Its  'picturesque  beauty'  in  1801  is 
noticed  in  Whitaker's  Whalley,  loc.  cit. 
A  view  of  the  building  is  given  by  T.  C. 
Smith,  Longridge,  166. 


BUTTON  :    STIDD  CHAPEL  FROM  THE   NORTH 


DUTTON  :    STIDD  CHAPEL  :  NAVE   AND  CHANCEL 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


RIBCHESTER 


window  and  door  are  now  built  up,  and  the  south 
buttress  at  the  west  end  is  broken  at  the  top.  The 
doorway  was  probably  the  means  of  access  from  the 
formerly  existing  buildings  of  the  hospital  to  a  gallery 
at  the  west  end  of  the  chapel,  the  condition  of  the 
external  masonry  at  the  south-west  angle  of  the 
building  indicating  a  structural  connexion  at  this 
point. 

The  roof,  which  is  covered  with  stone  slates,  is  for 
the  most  part  ancient,  though  patched  and  mended, 
and  consists  of  simple  tie-beam  trusses  without  king 
posts,  but  with  a  species  of  very  small  collar  and  king 
post  close  to  the  top.  One  of  the  tie-beams  has  the 
sacred  monogram  carved  on  its  underside,  and  another 
has  a  floreated  ornament,  and  the  space  between  the 
spars  is  plastered.  The  floor  is  flagged,  and  the 
interior  is  generally  in  a  rather  neglected  condition. 
The  walls  are  plastered  and  whitewashed,  and  there 
being  no  means  of  heating  the  building,  which  is 
little  used  but  in  the  summer  months,  it  has  naturally 
suffered  in  the  course  of  years.  The  piscina  remains 
at  the  east  end  of  the  south  wall,  and  has  a  trefoiled 
head,  but  the  bowl  has  gone.  The  sanctuary  is  still 
marked  by  a  late  iyth  or  early  18th-century  oak 
screen  standing  I  3  ft.  from  the  east  wall,  now  in  a 
very  dilapidated  condition,  the  framework  with  some 
turned  balusters  along  the  top  being  all  that  is  left. 
The  screen  is  5  ft.  1 1  in.  high,  and  finishes  at  the 
south  end  against  the  pulpit,  which  stands  against  the 
south  wall  immediately  to  the  east  of  the  1 2th-century 
window.  It  is  of  oak,  with  nine  sides,  and  stands 
on  a  rough  stone  base  3  ft.  3  in.  high,  with  stone 
steps  on  the  west  side,  the  topmost  one  of  which  is 
level  with  the  sill  of  the  window.  The  pulpit  is 
probably  of  late  17th-century  date,  and  is  4  ft.  high 
with  plain  panelled  sides.  It  appears  to  have  formerly 
had  a  suspended  canopy,  the  chain  of  which  with 
turned  oak  spindle  still  remains.  The  font  is  in- 
teresting, ajid  belongs  to  the  first  half  of  the  i6th 
century.  It  is  of  dark  gritstone,  octagonal  in  shape, 
each  side  with  a  shield  bearing  sacred,  heraldic  and 
other  devices,  some  of  which  have  been  differently 
interpreted.58  Against  the  north  end  of  the  screen 
facing  the  nave  is  a  long  oak  seat  with  panelled  back, 
and  there  is  a  square  oak  pew  in  the  north-east  corner 
of  the  sanctuary.  The  altar  table  is  of  oak,  and  is 
probably  the  one  given  in  ijc^.56  There  are  no 
communion  rails,  and  the  seats  in  the  church  are 
modern  benches  without  backs. 

The  floor  of  the  sanctuary  is  slightly  raised  round 
the  table  and  along  the  north  side.  Below  the  table 
is  a  14th-century  double  sepulchral  stone,  3  ft.  9  in. 
square,  with  two  floreated  crosses  marking  the  burial- 


place  of  Sir  Adam  and  Lady  Alicia  de  Clitheroe. 
The  inscription,  which  is  very  much  worn  and 
defaced,  is  read  as  :  '  AMEN,  me  JACET  DOMINVS  ADA 

DE    CLIDEROV    M(lLEs)     (p)ROPICIETVR    DEVS HIC    JACET 

.      .      .      ADE.       CVIVS     A1E      PROPICIETVR      DEVS.'  57         On 

the  south  side  of  the  sanctuary  are  two  other 
sepulchral  slabs,  one  6  ft.  long  with  an  incised  cross, 
broken  at  the  top,  and  the  other  5  ft.  9  in.  long 
with  raised  floreated  cross  within  a  circle.  In  the 
floor  close  by,  now  partly  hidden  by  seating,  is  the 
tombstone  with  Latin  inscription  of  Bishop  Petre, 
vicar  apostolic  of  the  northern  district,  who  died  in 
1775  at  Showley  Hall. 

A  scheme  for  the  restoration  of  the  chapel  in  1888 
was  abandoned.58  There  is  a  small  cemetery  on 
three  sides  of  the  building,  and  a  public  path  through 
the  fields  passes  it  on  the  west  side.  On  the  south 
side  is  the  base  of  an  old  cross. 


ALSTON  WITH  HOTHERSALL 

Alston,  1292  ;  occasionally  an  h  is  prefixed. 

Hudereshale,  1199;  Hudersale,  1212;  Huddres- 
hal,  1254;  Hordeshal,  1256;  Hudersale,  Huderis- 
hale,  Hodereshale,  1292  ;  Hothersall,  xvi  cent. 

This  township  is  within  the  hundred  of  Amounder- 
ness.  Its  area  is  3,078^  acres,  of  which  Alston  has 
2,040  and  Hothersall  1,038^.'  The  population  in 
1901  numbered  2,007.2  The  two  portions,  Hother- 
sall being  to  the  east  and  Alston  to  the  west,  are  now 
considered  independent  townships.  Norcross  is  in 
the  south-west  of  Hothersall.  The  surface  is  hilly, 
the  general  slope  being  from  north  to  south,  and 
many  brooks  flow  southwards  through  wooded  valleys 
to  join  the  Ribble.  In  the  bends  of  this  river  lie 
areas  of  level  land.  There  are  no  villages  or  note- 
worthy hamlets  in  the  greater  part  of  the  area,  but 
on  the  extreme  northern  edge  lies  a  part  of  Long- 
ridge. 

The  principal  road  is  one  from  Preston  to  Long- 
ridge,  and  there  is  another  near  the  northern  border 
from  this  town  to  Ribchester.  The  Preston  and 
Longridge  line  of  the  London  and  North  Western 
and  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  Companies'  railways 
runs  along  the  north-western  boundary. 

At  Hothersall  Hall  '  a  demon  is  supposed  to  be 
"  laid  "  under  a  laurel  tree  until  he  can  spin  a  rope 
from  the  sands  of  the  River  Ribble,  which  runs  near 
the  house.'  3 

Before   the  Conquest   it   is   supposed 
MANORS     that    Alston   was   a   part   of  Dilworth. 
Afterwards,  when  Dilworth  proper  be- 
came part  of  the  honor  of  Clitheroe,   Alston    and 


»°  See  Smith,  Rochester,  134-5, 
where  illustrations  of  the  font  and  the 
carved  shields  are  given.  The  shields, 
beginning  at  the  west,  are  as  follows  : 
(i)  I  •  H  •  C  ;  (z)  the  sacred  heart,  hinds 
and  feet  ;  (3)  the  initial*  T.  P.  ;  (4.1  a 
quatrefoil,  on  a  chief  a  cross  ;  (5)  arms 
of  Clitheroe  of  Salesbury  ;  (6)  arms  of 
Hothersall  of  Hothersall  ;  (7)  five  bulls' 
heads  caboshed  in  cross  ;  (8)  arms  of 
Newport  of  Salop.  '  Every  effort  has 
been  made  to  identify  nos.  4  and  7,  but 
without  success.'  It  has  been  suggested 
that  the  initials  T.  P.  refer  to  the  name 
of  the  donor,  that  P.  stands  for  Prior  and 
that  the  letters  stand  for  Turcopolier,  one 
of  the  official  titles  in  the  Order  of  St. 


John.  Smith  suggests  they  are  the  initials 
of  Sir  Thomas  Pemberton,  preceptor  of 
Newland,  under  which  Stidd  was  a  camera 
and  that  the  font  was  a  gift  from  the 
Preceptory.  Whitaker  assigns  no.  4  to 
the  Knights  Hospitallers,  but  gives  no 
explanation  of  the  other  arms.  Smith 
acknowledges  indebtedness  in  his  inter- 
pretations to  Sir  Henry  Diyden,  bart., 
F.S.A.,  and  to  Mr.  Joseph  Gillow. 

56  'Dec.  i  1703.  This  day  Mr.  Ogden, 
vicar  of  Ribchester,  gave  ye  communion 
table  at  Stid  Church  and  caused  the  long 
seat  in  the  church  to  be  fixt  under  the 
south  window  '  5  Church  Book  quoted  by 
Smith,  Ribchester,  132. 

61 


87  Smith,  op.  cit.  136.  There  is  an 
illustration  in  Cutts's  Sepulchral  Slabs, 
plate  Ixiv. 

58  A  report  on  the  state  of  the  structure 
with  suggestions  for  its  repair,  a  copy  of 
which  has  been  communicated  by  the 
present  rector,  was  made  in  that  year. 
Some  portions  of  it  are  quoted  by  Smith, 
op.  cit.  132—3. 

1  Alston,     2,037     acres ;     Hothersall, 
1,056  ;    including  46    and    24    acres    of 
inland    water    respectively ;    Census    Rep. 
1901. 

2  Of  these   1,865   were  'n  Alston,  in- 
cluding Longridge. 

8  Harland  and  Wilkinson,  Legends  and 
Traditions,  240. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Hothersall  remained  in  the  king's  hands,  being  held 
of  him  in  thegnage. 

In  the  survey  of  1 2 1 2  it  was  found  that  Thomas 
de  Burnhull  held  half  a  plough-land  in  chief  by  the 
service  of  4/.4  This  was  ALSTON.  It  did  not 
descend  like  Brindle,  but  became  divided  between 
the  lords  of  Samlesbury  and  Lathom,  each  holding 
nominally  a  moiety,  but  the  former  paying  3*.  rent 
and  the  latter  u.5  The  original  partition  was  pro- 
bably in  the  ratio  of  the  thegnage  rents — into  3 
oxgangs  of  land  and  l  oxgang— for  William  son  of 
Roger  de  Samlesbury  about  1230  granted  3  oxgangs 


of  land  in  Alston  to  Adam  de  Hoghton.6  From 
this  time  onwards  the  Hoghtons  of  Hoghton  were 
the  immediate  lords  of  a  moiety  of  the  manor,7 
the  mesne  lordship  of  Samlesbury  being  frequently 
ignored 8  ;  while  the  other  moiety  descended,  like 
Lathom,  to  the  Stanleys,  Earls  of  Derby.9  There  are 
at  Walton-le-Dale  Court  Rolls  of  Alston  from  1672  to 
1690.  The  Hoghton  manor  was  in  1772  sold  to 
William  Shaw  the  younger,10  and  is  now  said  to  be 
held  by  Mr.  William  Cross  of  Red  Scar. 

In    the    1 3th   and    I4th    centuries    one    or    more 
families   are  found  bearing  the  local  name.11     The 


4  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  50.  Peter  de 
Burnhull  paid  45.  for  half  a  plough-land 
in  Alston  held  in  thegnage  in  1226  ; 
ibid,  i,  139.  The  4*.  rent  was  paid  to 
the  Earl  of  Lancaster  in  1297,  but  the 
tenants'  names  are  not  recorded  ;  ibid. 
289. 

*  In  1324  Nicholas  D'Ewyas  and 
Robert  de  Holland  held  a  moiety  of  the 
manor  of  Alston  by  the  service  of  31. 
yearly  ;  the  other  moiety  was  held  by 
Robert  de  Lathom,  who  rendered  izd.  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39. 

Again  in  1346  Gilbert  de  Southworth, 
in  right  of  his  wife,  and  Robert  de  Holland, 
held  the  fourth  part  of  a  plough-land  in 
Alston  by  a  rent  of  31.,  and  Thomas  de 
Lathom  also  held  the  fourth  part  of  a 
plough-land  by  a  rent  of  12 d.  \  Survey  of 
1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  48. 

A  century  later  Richard  Hoghton  was 
said  to  hold  the  fourth  part  of  a  plough- 
land  by  a  rent  of  I2</.  (for  3*.),  and 
Sir  Thomas  Stanley  similarly  by  izd. 
rent  ;  Extent  of  1445-6  in  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20.  In 
the  former  case  the  intermediate  lordship 
has  been  ignored. 

6  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  226.     A  rent 
of  3.1.  C)d.  was  to  be  paid  to  the  grantor 
and  his  heirs.     The    witnesses  included 
Sir  William  le   Boteler  (who  died  in  or 
before  1233)  and  Emery  his  son. 

In  1282  William  son  of  Jordan  de 
Preston  and  Alice  his  wife  claimed  the 
latter's  dower  in  half  an  oxgang  of  land 
in  Alston  against  Adam  de  Hoghton  ; 
De  Banco  R.  47,  m.  49. 

7  In  addition  to  the  manor  the  Hoghtons 
purchased  other  lands  in  Alston.     William 
de  Bury  released  to  Richard  son  of  Adam 
de   Hoghton  all  claim  in  Alston  and  in 
Elmetridding     in     Chipping    and     Goos- 
nargh,  and  Richard  de  Bury,  brother    of 
William,  in   1306  undertook  to  see  that 
the  sale  was  carried  through  when  William 
should  come  of  age  ;    Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.    218,    225.      Other   acquisitions  are 
noticed  later. 

In  1312  Richard  son  of  Adam  de 
Hoghton  granted  to  Richard  his  son  his 
manors  of  Alston,  Hothersall  and  Dil- 
worth,  together  with  the  services  of  all 
the  free  tenants  ;  ibid.  no.  708.  At  the 
same  time  he  notified  the  free  tenants 
concerning  this  gift;  ibid.  no.  721.  A 
year  later,  by  fine,  a  moiety  of  the  manors 
of  Alston,  Hothersall  and  Dilworth  was 
settled  upon  Richard  son  of  Richard  de 
Hoghton  by  Richard  son  of  Adam  de 
Hoghton  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  14.  Thomas  son  of  Sir 
Adam  de  Hoghton  in  1316  released  to 
Richard  son  of  his  brother  Richard  de 
Hoghton  all  his  claim  to  the  manor  of 
Alston  and  lands  in  Hothersall,  Dilworth, 
Goosnargh,  &c.  ;  ibid.  no.  710. 

John    son    of    William    Jonesson    de 


Alston  in  1 349  made  a  feoffment  of 
3  acres  lying  together  in  the  western  part 
of  his  field  ;  the  bounds  began  at  Sir  Adam 
de  Hoghton's  land  and  went  across  the 
grantor's  field  towards  the  east  '  until 
3  acres  of  land  were  fully  complete '  ; 
ibid.  no.  217. 

Agnes  wife  of  Adam  de  Bowland  in 
1350  gave  2  acres  of  arable  land  and  an 
orchard  to  her  husband  for  his  life  ;  ibid. 
no.  196.  Afterwards  (1362)  she  gave 
him  all  the  land  descending  to  her  after 
the  death  of  John  son  of  William  son  of 
John  ;  ibid.  no.  222.  Two  years  later 
Adam  and  Agnes  granted  the  whole  to 
Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  ;  ibid.  no.  213. 

In  1377  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  and 
Ellen  his  wife  made  a  settlement  of  a 
moiety  of  the  manors  of  Alston,  Dilworth 
and  Hothersall  ;  the  remainder  was  to 
Sir  Henry,  son  of  Sir  Adam,  and  his 
heirs  male  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  3.  The  free 
tenants  in  Alston  appear  to  have  been 
Robert  de  Alston,  William  Albyn,  Adam 
de  Ellel  and  John  son  of  Adam  de  Ellel. 
The  settlement  was  probably  varied,  for 
in  1386  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  released 
his  manors  to  the  feoffees  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  720.  Sir  Henry  de  Hoghton 
does  not  seem  to  have  had  anything  in 
Alston  (Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  [Chet.  Soc.],  ii, 
43),  but  Sir  Richard  (son  of  Sir  Adam) 
de  Hoghton  gave  to  the  feoffees  his 
manors,  specially  naming  the  moiety  of 
the  manor  of  Alston  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  718.  Again  in  1415  Sir  Gilbert  de 
Kighley  and  Ellen  his  wife  (formerly  wife 
of  Sir  Henry  de  Conway  and  Sir  Adam  de 
Hoghton)  granted  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton 
their  manor  of  Alston  ;  ibid.  no.  206. 
Sir  Richard  held  half  the  manor  in  1422 
by  the  rent  of  31.  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  146.  In  1433  his  suc- 
cessor Sir  Richard  granted  John  Elswick, 
rector  of  Ribchester,  a  parcel  of  his  waste 
in  the  vill  of  Alston  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  220. 

8  This  moiety  is  supposed  to  be  that 
settled  upon  Fromund  de  Norhampton 
and  Hawise  his  wife  in  1321  ;  Final  Cone. 
ii,  42. 

In  1363  Edmund  Maunsell  released 
his  right  in  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Alston  to  Sir  William  de  Windsor  ;  Hist. 
MSS.  Com.  Rep.  x,  App.  iv,  226. 

The  Samlesbury  lordship  was  recognized 
in  1499  and  1519,  when  it  was  found 
that  Alexander  and  William  Hoghton 
had  held  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Alston 
of  Thomas  Earl  of  Derby  and  John 
(Thomas)  Southworth  by  a  rent  of  "j\d.  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  66  ; 
v,  no.  66.  IB  the  later  inquisitions  (1559 
onward)  this  moiety  of  the  manor  was 
stated  to  be  held  of  the  sovereign  as  Duke 
of  Lancaster  in  socage  ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  2,  &c. 

Bridget  Brown,  widow,  held  certain 
land  in  Alston  of  the  queen  (the  owner, 
Thomas  Hoghton,  being  a  fugitive),  pnd 


also  had  a  boat  in  the  Ribble  at  Alston, 
and  gave  to  her  nephew  George  Clarkson  ; 
but  at  her  death  in  1578  or  1579  one 
George  Cawvell  (Cowell)  took  possession, 
claiming  by  grant  of  Thomas  Hoghton  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  ex,  C  i  ; 
cxxi,  C  12. 

The  younger  Thomas  Hoghton  in  Aug. 
1581  granted  to  Elizabeth  widow  of 
Alexander  Hoghton,  among  other  things, 
the  capital  messuage  called  Alston  Hal) 
for  her  life  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  878. 

9  The    tenure    of  this    moiety  of  the 
manor    as    recorded    after    the    death    of 
Thomas  de  Lathom    (1370)  is  singular, 
but    throws    light   on   the    second    para- 
graph of  the   last  note.     It    was    stated 
that  he  had   held  it  of  Thomas  la  Warr 
by  knight's  service  and  a  rent  of  41.,  and 
that  William  de  Windsor  held  it  of  him 
by  the  same  service  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  ii,  no.  7. 

The  moiety  of  Alston  is  named  in  the 
inquisition  after  the  death  of  Thomas, 
second  earl,  in  1521.  In  right  of 
Samlesbury  the  Earls  of  Derby  had  also  a 
share  in  the  superior  lordship  of  the  other 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Alston. 

The  rental  compiled  in  1522  (in  the 
possession  of  the  Earl  of  Lathom)  shows 
that  the  free  tenants  paid  us.  n^d. 
rent ;  there  are  named  Roger  Elston 
(formerly  Richard  Ellel),  Christopher 
Norcross,  Ellis  Ellel,  John  Alston  and 
Henry  Hoghton  (is.)  ;  the  Abbot  of 
Sawley  paid  31.  \d.  for  leading  the  water 
from  the  Ribble  to  his  mill  near  Sunder- 
land  Grange.  The  tenants  at  will  (twelve 
tenements)  paid  ^12  6s.  $d.  The  manor, 
demesne  lands  and  water-mills  had  been 
demised  to  John  Cowell  at  a  rent  of 
£7  4*.  ;  a  close  in  the  demesne,  called 
Roberhagh,  was  demised  to  Robert  Ellel 
at  8j.  rent.  There  were  some  small 
rents  also  from  improvements  of  the 
waste.  No  courts  had  been  held,  nor 
had  any  heriots  or  gressums  been  paid 
during  that  year.  The  free  rent  of  i  id. 
due  to  the  king  lor  the  manor  had  been 
duly  paid  to  the  bailiff  of  Blackburnshire. 

After  the  forfeiture  of  James,  the 
seventh  earl,  some  of  his  messuages  and 
lands  in  Alston  were  sold  by  the  Parlia- 
ment in  1652  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  238. 

The  manor  of  Alston  is  named  in  a 
recovery  of  the  Earl  of  Derby's  estates  as 
late  as  1776  ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  623, 
m.  la. 

10  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  387, 
m.  114.     The  deforciants  were  Sir  Henry 
Hoghton  and  Frances  his  wife. 

About  1830  the  Alston  Hall  estate 
was  owned  by  the  Riddells  of  Cheesburn  ; 
T.  C.  Smith,  Chipping,  161. 

11  Robert  lord  of  Alston  granted  an  acre 
in  Alston   to  Robert   son  of  William  de 
Whittingham  at  a  rent  of  4</.;  Add.  MS. 
32106,    no.    223.      Mabot    daughter    of 


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Hothersalls  had  a  share  of  Alston  also,  and  this  seems 
to  have  been  acquired  by  the  Hoghtons.12  Later 
some  of  the  neighbouring  landowners  had  estates  in 
this  part  of  the  township,13  but  few  other  records  of 
Alston  occur.14  Thomas  Cutler  died  in  1604  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  and  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  by  a  rent  of  6s.15  During  the  Common- 
wealth period  two-thirds  of  the  estate  of  Benjamin 
Eccles  at  Colland  Banks  was  sequestered  for  his 
recusancy,16  and  Thomas  Grimshaw  suffered  for  the 
same  cause.17  Thomas  Gregson  and  several  others 
registered  estates  as  'Papists'  in  lyry.18 

The  family  of  Norcross  of  Ribchester  and  Alston 


was  formerly  of  some  note.19  A  branch  of  the  Dew- 
hursts  registered  a  pedigree  in  1665,  being  described 
as  <  of  Alston.'  20 

HOTHERSALL  in  1212  was  held  by  Swain  son  of 
Robert,  to  whom  it  had  been  granted  by  King  John 
first  when  Count  of  Mortain  and  afterwards  on  coming 
to  the  throne  in  1 1 99. 2I  It  was  assessed  as  2  oxgangs 
of  land,  and  a  thegnage  rent  of  5/.  was  rendered.22 
Swain,  living  in  1226,  was  followed  by  a  son 
Thomas  de  Hothersall,  who  died  in  1256  or  1257 
holding  the  2  oxgangs  of  land  in  Hothersall  and  an 
oxgang  and  a  half  in  Alston  ;  Robert  his  son  and 
heir  was  of  full  age.23  The  descent  cannot  be  clearly 


Robert  de  Alston,  a  widow,  released  to 
her  brother  Robert  '  land  with  which  she 
had  been  freely  married  '  to  William  son 
of  Walter  de  Penwortham  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
Ixx,  fol.  155. 

Roger  son  of  Richard  de  Alston  ex- 
changed his  part  of  Croneberihall  in  Eccles- 
ton  for  land  in  Alston  with  Adam  de 
Hoghton  ;  to  this  Roger  Gernet,  Benedict 
his  son,  Vivian  Gernet  and  Thomas 
de  Beetham  were  witnesses ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  208.  About  1247  Roger  dc 
Alston  granted  land  to  Walter  son  of 
Richard  son  of  Uctred  at  a  rent  of  izd.; 
ibid.  no.  348.  The  date  is  fixed  by  one 
of  the  witnesses,  Matthew  de  Redmayn, 
being  described  as  '  then  sheriff.'  By 
another  charter  John  de  Alston  gave  his 
three  daughters  (joan,  Maud  and  Kathe- 
rine)  all  his  land  in  Alston,  a  rent  of  i  zd. 
being  due  to  Walter  de  Alston  ;  ibid, 
no.  202. 

Roger  de  Alston  and  Richard  his  son 
occur  as  witnesses  ;  ibid.  no.  197.  Richard 
de  Alston  was  lord  in  1257  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  i,  204. 

In  1292  Grimbald  de  Alston  was  the 
principal  owner.  William  son  of  William 
de  Alston  claimed  the  sixteenth  part  of 
certain  land  and  wood  in  Alston  against 
Grimbald,  who  had  entry  through  Roger 
de  Alston,  the  grantee  of  Richard  de 
Alston  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  68.  William 
son  of  Robert  atte  Yate  also  claimed  the 
sixteenth  part  of  the  same  land ;  ibid, 
m.  70  d.  The  jury  rejected  these  claims, 
as  also  a  further  one  by  William  son  of 
William  ;  ibid.  m.  8  d. 

Anabel  widow  of  William  de  Porta 
(atte  Yate)  released  to  Richard  de  Alston 
her  dower  right  in  land  which  Richard  and 
Amery  his  wife  had  recovered  by  suit  at 
Lancaster  ;  William  «on  of  William  the 
Clerk  of  Alston  was  a  witness  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  20 1  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  3  i  d. 
Adam  de  Alston  obtained  land  from  Adam 
son  of  Gerard  de  Hothersall  in  Hehefield, 
Whitecross,  Brerecroft  and  Whitecarr ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  224.  Robert  son  of 
Swain  de  Hothersall  gave  Amery  his 
daughter  and  her  issue  all  his  land  in 
Alstonfield  and  2  acres  in  Alstonholme  ; 
ibid.  no.  198.  Then  the  above-named 
William  son  of  Robert  de  Porta  gave 
Richard  son  of  Adam  de  Alston  and 
Amery  his  wife  all  his  land  in  '  Lymwel- 
ridding '  in  the  vill  of  Alston  ;  Grimbald 
de  Alston  was  a  witness  ;  ibid.  no.  204. 
Then  Amery  widow  of  Richard  granted  to 
Richard  her  son  all  her  land  in  '  Lamewel- 
ridding'  in  1321  ;  ibid.  no.  207.  Richard 
son  of  Hitchcock  de  Alston  in  1325  sold 
his  land  in  Alstonholme  to  Sir  Richard  de 
Hoghton  ;  ibid.  no.  199. 

Alice  widow  of  Grimbald  de  Alston 
claimed  dower  in  the  manor  of  Alston  in 
1308  against  Henry  de  Rimington  and 


Amery    his   wife;    De    Banco   R.    170, 
m.  200  d. 

Swain  de  Hothersall  gave  Robert  his 
son  the  half  oxgang  of  land  in  Alston  which 
Waltheof  had  held  ;  a  rent  of  \d.  was  to 
be  paid  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  197. 
Robert  son  of  Swain  afterwards  granted 
Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  all  his  land  in  the 
Hokefield  and  in  the  Brerecroft,  receiving 
2Os.  in  return  ;  ibid.  no.  21$. 

Adam  son  of  Gerard  de  Hothersall  gave 
Robert  son  of  Stephen  de  Hothersall  and 
Roger  son  of  Roger  of  the  same  3  acres  in 
Whitecarr,  they  releasing  to  him  all  their 
right  in  i  J  oxgangs  of  land  in  Alston  ; 
ibid.  no.  20$.  William  ton  of  Adam  de 
Hothersall  granted  half  an  oxgang  of  land 
in  Alston  (formerly  held  by  Richard  son 
of  Adam  de  Hoghton)  to  Adam  son  of 
Adam  and  Amery  de  Hoghton  ;  ibid, 
no.  211.  William  le  Boteler,  'then 
sheriff,'  was  a  witness,  so  that  the  date  was 
about  1260. 

In  1373  William  son  of  Henry  de 
Dutton  purchased  a  messuage  and  land  in 
Alston  from  Richard  son  of  John  de 
Hothersall  and  Emma  his  wife ;  Final 
Cone,  ii,  187  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  203. 

u  The  Shireburnes  of  Stonyhurst  had 
land  in  Alston,  but  the  tenure  it  not 
recorded. 

Edward  Radcliffe  of  Dilworth  in  1617 
held  land  in  Alston  of  Sir  Richard  Hogh- 
ton ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  152. 

14  In  1382  William  Albyn  of  Alston 
and  Joan  his  wife  held  a  third  part  of  two 
messuages  and  certain  land  in  Alston  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  14. 

u  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  107.  Thomas  Cutler,  son  and 
heir  of  Thomas,  was  twenty-six  years  of 
age. 

16  Royalist  Camp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  270-4.     Benjamin  Eccles 
grandson  of  Thomat  had  in  1587  a  lease 
from  the  Earl  of  Derby.     Samuel   King 
claimed  the  land  in  1654,  after  the  death 
of   Ecclet,  alleging    that    his    father    had 
purchased    from    the    earl.     The    seques- 
tered two-thirds  had  been  let  in  1652  to 
Thomat  Gregson. 

17  Ibid,    iii,    133-5.      Thomas    Grim- 
shaw's   right   was  derived    from   hit  wife 
Jane,    who    at    widow    of    one    Thomat 
Duddell  had  a  capital  messuage  in  Altton 
and  landt  in  Thornley.     Jane  having  died 
the  property  wat  in  1651  claimed  by  Roger 
Sudell,  in  right  of  his  wife  Grace,  daughter 
of  William  Duddell,  heir  of  Thomas. 

William  Sanderson,  another  recusant, 
desired  in  1654  to  be  allowed  to  contract 
for  his  estate ;  Cat.  Com.  for  Camp,  v, 
3194. 

18  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,   102,    137,   140,   150.     The  other 
names  were  :    Anne   Hothersall,  widow, 


Robert  Tomlinson,  John  Duckworth 
(Duckett)  and  Anne  hit  wife  and  William 
Walmesley. 

lrT.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester,  249.  James 
Norcross  'of  Dilworth'  in  1631  paid  £10 
on  refusing  knighthood  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  218. 

20  Dugdale,  Viiit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  97. 

11  Chart.  R.  (Rec.  Com.),  27. 

M  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  50.  Swain's 
name  occurt  again  in  1226  ;  ibid,  i,  139  ; 
and  the  payment  of  the  51.  rent  it  re- 
corded among  the  Earl  of  Lancaster's 
receiptt  in  1297  ;  ibid,  i,  289.  A  charter 
of  Swain  ton  of  Robert  it  cited  below 
(note  41). 

Swain  had  teveral  tont.  His  grant  to 
Robert,  one  of  them,  has  been  cited 
above  ;  also  a  grant  by  Robert  in  Altton. 
William  Moton  granted  land  in  Rib- 
chester to  Richard  ton  of  Swain  de 
Hothertall ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  284. 
Alan  ton  of  Roger  ton  of  Swain  de 
Hothersall  granted  all  his  land  to  Adam 
de  Hoghton  ;  ibid.  no.  24,  fol.  244. 

There  were  other  families  taking  a 
surname  from  the  place,  but  their  con- 
nexion with  Swain  cannot  be  traced.  For 
instance,  Adam  son  of  Gerard,  Robert 
ton  of  Stephen,  Roger  and  Hugh  occur 
between  1250  and  1260  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,  183,  &c.  Robert  ton  of 
Stephen  de  Hothertall  confirmed  part  of 
hit  land  to  Henry  ton  of  Geoffrey  de 
Ribchester;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  23, 
fol.  244.  Adam  son  of  Gerard  de  Hother- 
tall gave  his  cousin  Robert  ton  of  Stephen 
parcels  of  land  in  Scalecroft  and  other 
placet  in  the  field  of  Hothertall ;  ibid. 
no.  i.  The  tame  Adam  granted  hit 
titter  Godith't  ton  William  5  acres  in 
the  vill  of  Hothertall ;  ibid.  no.  14. 

Hugh  ton  of  William  de  Hothersall 
gave  hit  daughter  Agnet  various  lands, 
Roughley,  Frendesforth,  Oldfieldhalgh, 
Brerefurlong,  Crocland  and  Great  Hold 
being  named.  Hugh  had  a  brother  and 
a  ton  each  named  Roger ;  ibid.  no.  4. 
Roger  ton  of  Roger  exchanged  with 
William  ton  of  Hugh  certain  lands,  the 
place-names  including  Oldfield,  Rese- 
ditch,  Bradleybone  ;  ibid.  no.  55.  To 
this  deed  Robert  son  of  Stephen,  Alan 
his  ton,  Thomas,  Adam  and  Robert  hit 
son,  all  '  de  Hothertall,'  were  witnetset. 
Other  chartert  of  Roger  dc  Hothertall  son 
of  Roger  are  in  the  tame  collection, 
no.  20,  41,  51,  52.  'Thomas  son  of 
Swain  '  it  named  in  teveral  of  them. 

28  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  204. 
Thomat  it  no  doubt  the  Thomas  too 
of  Swain  of  the  preceding  note.  Again, 
Thomas  de  Hothertall  and  Richard  hi« 
brother  attested  a  Dilworth  grant  (Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  313),  and  Richard't 
parentage  hat  been  shown.  Robert  the 
ton  and  heir  of  Thomat  paid  51.  at  relief 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


traced,  but  Thomas  de  Hothersall  held  the  manor 
in  I32424  and  his  son  Robert  in  1346  by  the  5/. 
rent.25  In  1445-6  the  2  oxgangs  of  land  were  held 
by  the  heir  of  Adam  Hothersall  by  the  same  rent.26 

Robert  Hothersall  died  in  1558  holding  the  manor, 
i.e.  the  capital  messuage  of  Hothersall  with  other 
messuages,  lands,  &c.,  of  the  queen  as  of  her  duchy 
of  Lancaster  by  free  thegnage  and  a  rent  of  5-f.27 
John  his  son  and  heir  was  fifty-four  years  of  age  in 
1577.  John  Hothersall  was  in  1576  reported  to  the 
Privy  Council  by  the  Bishop  of  Chester  as  one  of 
those  'of  longest  obstinacy  against  religion,'  whose 
resistance  had  encouraged  many  others  to  refrain  from 
'  embracing  the  queen's  majesty's  proceedings.'  2ii  He 
made  a  settlement  of  his  estate  in  I579-29  His  suc- 


cessor seems  to  have  been  Richard  Hothersall,  who 
was  a  freeholder  in  i6oo,so  and  died  in  1 6 10,  leaving 
a  son  John,  aged  twenty-five.31  John  was  in  1632 
succeeded  by  his  brother  Thomas,32  who  recorded  a 
pedigree  in  1665,  being  then  about  eighty  years  of 
age.33  John,  his  eldest  son,  had  been  killed  at  the 
siege  of  Greenhalgh  Castle  in  1645,  and  George, 
another  son,  lost  his  life  at  Liverpool  in  1644,  both 
fighting  for  the  royal  cause.34 

John's  eldest  son  Thomas  succeeded  to  Hother- 
sall.35 He  had  several  children.  The  eldest  son, 
John,  took  part  in  the  Jacobite  rising  of  1715,  and 
was  captured  at  Preston  ;  escaping,  he  managed  to 
elude  recapture,  and  lived  secretly  with  his  sister 
Anne,  wife  of  William  Leckonby.36  This  sister  and 


on  succeeding  ;  Originalia  R.  41  Hen.  Ill, 
m.  2. 

Adam  de  Hothersall  and  Richard  his 
brother  gave  half  a  mark  for  a  writ  in 
1258-9  ;  ibid.  m.  6.  They  seem  to  have 
been  sons  of  Thomas. 

Robert  chief  lord  of  Hothersall  about 
1280  granted  Adam  de  Gouldebrough  a 
plat  on  the  eastern  side  of  Bradley,  the 
bounds  beginning  at  Bolkin  (or  Bolin) 
Brook  and  descending  Ayothalgh,  and 
thence  by  lands  of  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton 
and  Richard  de  Bradley  to  the  starting- 
point  ;  ibid.  no.  47,  fol.  248. 

Robert  son  of  Thomas  de  Hothersall, 
Richard  de  Byron  and  Margery  his  wife, 
Robert  son  of  Stephen  and  William  son 
of  Roger  de  Hothersall  allowed  Sir  Adam 
de  Hoghton  to  make  a  mill  on  the  Kibble  ; 
ibid.  no.  36.  Margery  was  probably  one 
of  the  sisters  Margery  and  Isabel,  daughters 
of  Robert  son  of  Stephen,  who  made  a 
grant  in  1288  to  Robert  Ward  of  Hother- 
sall and  Mabel  his  wife  ;  ibid.  no.  38. 

In  1292  the  various  disputes  which  had 
arisen  between  Robert  de  Hothersall  and 
Adam  son  of  Adam  de  Hoghton  were 
referred  to  the  judgement  of  six  men  of 
the  district ;  ibid.  no.  40. 

In  the  same  year  Simon  son  of  Agnes 
de  Ribchester  and  grandson  of  Henry  son 
of  Hawise  de  Ribchester  claimed  various 
messuages  and  lands  against  Thomas  son 
of  Robert  de  Hothersall,  against  Robert  and 
William  other  sons,  and  against  Adam 
and  John,  other  sons  of  Robert,  but  the 
jury  decided  against  him  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  35.  Edusa  daughter  of  Thomas  de 
Hothersall  and  widow  of  Adam  de  Dutton 
formally  acknowledged  that  she  had  re- 
leased to  Adam  son  of  Thomas  de  Hother- 
sall her  right  to  certain  land  in  the  place  ; 
ibid.  m.  20.  Edusa  seems  afterwards 
(1308)  to  have  denied  her  charter ;  De 
Banco  R.  173,  m.  418  d. 

2«  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39.  Thomas's 
parentage  is  shown  by  a  claim  made  in 
1 308-9  by  Robert  le  Ward  of  Hothersall 
respecting  the  eighth  part  of  certain  lands  ; 
the  defendants  were  Master  Richard  de 
Hoghton  and  Thomas  son  of  Robert  dc 
Hothersall,  whose  widow  Ellen  was  joined 
in  the  defence ;  Assize  R.  428,  m.  i. 
The  father  may  be  the  Robert  son  of 
Robert  of  1292. 

Richard  son  of  Adam  de  Hoghton  gave 
Thomai  son  of  Robert  de  Hothersall,  in 
free  marriage  with  his  daughter  Margery, 
lands  in  Eastwood,  Uckemonsriddings,  &c., 
in  1311;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  349. 
In  1339  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton,  Thomas 
son  of  Robert  de  Hothersall  and  Robert 
le  Ward  claimed  a  tenement  against  John 
son  of  Hugh  de  Stapleton  ;  Assize  R.  427, 
m.  3  d. 


«  Sur-v.  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  58.  In 
the  preceding  year  Adam  son  of  Sir 
Richard  de  Hoghton,  as  feoffee,  granted 
to  Robert  de  Hothersall  and  Maud  his 
wife  various  lands  and  services  and  the 
reversion  of  those  held  as  dower  by  Mar- 
gery widow  of  Thomas  de  Hothersall  ; 
Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  349^.  That 
Robert  was  the  son  of  Thomas  appears 
from  a  suit  in  1348;  Assize  R.  1444, 
m.  8.  He  had  a  brother  Richard  living 
in  1349  (Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  293),  and 
to  Richard  son  of  Thomas  de  Hothersall 
had  in  1331  been  granted  by  Agnes 
widow  of  Richard  de  Turnley  2  acres  in 
the  vill  of  Hothersall ;  ibid.  32107,  no. 
382.  Another  brother  was  Roger,  to 
whom  in  1340  Robert  de  Hothersall 
granted  land  in  a  place  called  the  Leigh  ; 
ibid.  no.  378. 

36  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees, 
bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

In  1362  Adam  de  Threlfall,  Silicia  his 
wife,  Adam  son  of  Robert  de  Hothersall, 
Joan  his  wife  and  various  others  had  a 
dispute  with  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  re- 
specting tenements  in  Hothersall  ;  Add. 
MS.  32107,  no.  352  ;  32106,  no.  39 
(fol.  246). 

In  1394  Adam  de  Hothersall  made  a 
feoffment  of  all  his  lands,  &c.,  in  Alston  ; 
Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  356.  Adam  in 
1406  allowed  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  to 
alienate  land  for  the  endowment  of  the 
new  chantry  in  Ribchester  Church  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  290.  In  1414  Adam 
»on  of  Robert  Hothersall  granted  Aspel- 
carr  in  Ribchester  to  his  son  Richard  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  R  14.  Adam  was  still 
living  in  1427,  when  he  gave  land  called 
the  Intakes  in  Alston  and  Hothersall  to 
Ughtred  Hothersall  and  Joan  his  wife, 
daughter  of  John  Catterall  ;  Add.  MS. 
32107,  no.  365.  At  the  same  time  Adam 
and  Ughtred  made  a  feoffment  of  lands  in 
Alston,  Hothersall  and  Ribchester  ;  ibid. 
no.  373. 

Ughtred  was  probably  a  grandson  of 
Adam.  He  was  living  in  1458  (Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  295)  and  had  a  son  and 
heir  Robert,  named  several  times  in  the 
reign  of  Edward  IV  ;  Add.  MS.  32107, 
no.  361,  376.  Bernard  was  another  son 
(ibid.  no.  383),  who  occurs  in  1447  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  10,  m.  42.  Katherine 
wife  of  Ughtred  Hothersall  gave  a  receipt 
to  Ellen  widow  of  Richard  Catterall  in 
1468  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  386.  Ugh- 
tred in  1470  released  to  William  Cottam 
of  Alston  various  lands  in  Hothersall  in 
Alston  which  had  belonged  to  Thomas 
Hothersall  ;  ibid.  no.  366. 

In  1479  Richard  Towneley  complained 
that  Ughtred,  Robert  and  Gilbert  Hother- 
sall had  broken  into  his  close  at  Hother- 

64 


sail  and  cut  down  trees  to  the  value 
of  401.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton. 
19  Edw.  IV.  Robert  Hothersall  seems 
to  have  been  the  head  of  the  family  in 
1487;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  310.  In 
1493  J°hn  Towneley  complained  of 
trespass  by  Robert  Hothersall,  Richard 
Hothersall  the  elder  and  Richard  the 
younger  5  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  77,  m.  2. 
At  this  point  the  succession  is  un- 
certain, but  in  1533  John  son  of  Robert, 
son  and  heir  of  Richard  Hothersall,  was 
contracted  to  marry  Anne  daughter  of 
John  Talbot  of  Salesbury ;  Shireburne 
Abstract  Bk.  at  Leagram. 

27  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  21. 
The  inquisition  was  not  made  until  1577. 
No  land  in  Alston  is  recorded,  but  he  had 
held    i£    acres    in    Ribchester  of  Robert 
Lynalx. 

Robert  Hothersall  was  involved  in 
tithe  disputes  in  1536-41  ;  Ducatus  Lane. 
(Rec.  Com.),  i,  155,  160. 

28  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  Hi, 
410. 

George  Hothersall,  a  son  of  John,  was 
educated  for  the  priesthood  at  Rheims 
and  Valladolid  (1585-93);  he  returned 
to  England  on  the  mission,  but  was 
arrested  and  exiled,  becoming  a  monk  at 
Douay  in  1615.  It  is  believed  that  he 
returned  to  England  and  died  in  Lancashire 
in  1633  ;  ibid. 

29  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.   bdle.  41, 
m.  182. 

30  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,    and  Ches.), 
i,  232. 

31  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Inj.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc 
Lanes,    and    Ches.),    i,    166.     'Shuffling 
John    Hothersall '    is    mentioned    by  the 
Puritan     Nicholas    Assheton    in     1618  ; 
Journal  (Chet.  Soc.),  99. 

32  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
505.     Thomas  Hothersall  is  described  as 
thirty  years  of  age  and  more. 

33  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  153. 
84  Gillow,  op.  cit.  iii,  408. 

35  A  settlement  of  the  manor  of 
Hothersall  and  lands  there  and  in  Alston 
was  made  in  1673,  Thomas  Hothersall 
being  the  plaintiff  in  the  fine  and  William 
Hothersall,  with  his  son  and  heir  Thomas, 
the  deforciants  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  190,  m.  70.  William  would  be  the 
uncle  of  the  former  Thomas.  William 
Hothersall,  Grace  his  wife  and  Thomas 
Hothersall  were  among  the  recusants  of 
Alston  in  1667  ;  T.  C.  Smith,  Ribchester, 
62.  Thomas  was  outlawed  for  the  same 
in  1679-80  ;  ibid.  63. 

86  Smith,  op.  cit.  227.  As  the  father, 
Thomas  Hothersall,  was  living  the  estates 
were  not  forfeited,  but  were  left  to  the 
daughters.  The  father  died  in  1720.  His 
will  is  in  the  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.), 


BLACKBURN  HUNDRED 


RIBCHESTER 


another,  Margery  wife  of  Edward  Winstanley,  after- 
wards divided  the  estates,  the  manor  of  Hothersall  fall- 
ing to  the  former  and  descending  to  her  son  Richard 
Leckonby.  On  his  becoming  bankrupt  in  1763 
the  manor  was  offered  for  sale,37  but  seems  to  have 
been  retained  in  the  family  till  the  end  of  the  cen- 
tury.38 The  Hothersall  Hall  estate  was  purchased  in 
1852  by  Jonathan  Openshaw,  and  has  since  been 
much  augmented.  It  is  now  the  property  of  Mr. 
Frederick  Openshaw.39  The  Hall  was  rebuilt  in 
1856  in  a  plain  modern  Gothic  style  on  the  site  of 
the  old  house  39a  in  a  low  situation  close  to  the  right 
bank  of  the  Ribble.  No  part  of  the  former  house 
remains,. with  the  exception  of  a  carved  stone  built 


into  the  wall  of  one  of  the  outbuildings  on  which 
are  the  arms  of  Hothersall,  together  with  the  initials 
T-H-  and  the  date  i695.39b 

A  moiety  of  the  manor  was  held  by  the  Hoghton 
family.40  It  seems  to  have  been  a  composite  estate, 
formed  by  purchasing  various  portions.41  The  tenure 
is  not  stated  in  the  inquisitions,  and  the  5/.  thegnage 
rent  was  always  paid  by  the  Hothersalls.  In  1 6 1  o  it 
was  purchased  by  John  Dewhurst  from  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  and  Katherine  his  wife,42  and  in  1621 
William  Dewhurst  was  found  to  have  held  messuages 
and  lands  in  Hothersall  of  the  king  in  socage.43 

An  ancient  estate  in  this  part  of  the  township  was 
i  that  of  the  Bradleys  of  Thornley,44  descending  to  the 


iii,  204,  from  znd-jrd  Roll  of  Geo.  I  at 
Preston.  By  it  he  left  Hothersall  Hall  to 
Alexander  Osbaldeston,  as  trustee  for  the 
testator's  daughters.  See  also  ibid,  iii, 
380,  from  Roll  5  of  Geo.  III. 

37  Pedigree  in  Piccope  MSS.  ii,  233  ; 
Gillow,  op.  cit.  iv,  284.     The  descent  is 
thus  given  :  William  Leckonby  of  Eccles- 
ton   in    the    Fylde  m.    Anne   Hothersall 
-s.  Richard   m.    Mary  daughter  and  heir 
of  William  Hawthornthwaite  of   Stony- 
hurst    and  heir  also  of  the   Liveseys  of 
Button  -s.  William  -da.  Mary  m.  (1799) 
T.  H.  Hele-Phipps  of  Wiltshire. 

38  In  1801  Thomas  Ingilby  was  plaintiff 
and  William   Rigby  deforciant  in  a   fine 
respecting  the  manor  of  Hothersall  and 
tenements    there ;     Pal.    of   Lane.    Lent 
Assizes  41  Geo.  III. 

Robert  Parker  was  residing  at  the 
hall  in  1825  (Lanes.  Dir.)  and  —  Martin 
was  owner  about  1836  ;  Raines,  Lanes. 
(ed.  i),  iii,  387. 

89  The  estate,  '  after  passing  through 
several  hands,  became  the  property  of  the 
late  Jonathan  Openshaw  esq.  of  Bury,  to 
whose  nephew,  Frederick  Openshaw,  esq. 
J.P.,  it  now  [1890]  belongs';  T.  C. 
Smith,  op.  cit.  227.  Particulars  are 
given  of  a  family  picture  of  the  Leckon- 
bys.  The  same  writer  gives  the  legend 
of  the  laying  of  the  Hothersall  Hall 
devil  ;  ibid.  73.  For  an  account  of  the 
Openshaw  family  »ee  T.  C.  Smith, 
Longridge,  139. 

39a  The  old  house  is  described  as  having 
been  in  a  'dilapidated  state'  when  pulled 
down  ;  T.  C.  Smith,  Longridge,  139. 
39b  The  8tone  is  illustrated  ibid.  132. 
40  The  Hoghton  family's  estate  has 
been  referred  to  in  preceding  notes. 
Adam  son  and  heir  of  Adam  de  Hoghton 
warranted  to  Agnes,  his  father's  widow, 
a  messuage  and  land  in  Hothersall  claimed 
by  John  de  Church  and  Alice  his  wife. 
Alice  was  the  sister  and  heir  of  William 
and  John  de  Hothersall,  from  whom 
Adam  de  Hoghton  the  elder  had  had  the 
land  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  50. 

The  estate  was  described  as  a  moiety 
of  the  manor  in  1377  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  3. 
Usually,  however,  no  'manor*  is  named 
in  the  inquisitions,  and  the  messuages, 
lands,  &c.,  are  stated  to  be  held  of  the 
king  as  duke  by  services  unknown  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chct.  Soc.),  ii,  127  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  66.  In 
1590  the  estate  is  again  called  a  manor, 
but  the  service  was  unknown  ;  ibid,  xv, 
no.  39. 

41  Many  of  the  Hoghton  charters  have 
already  been  cited  from  Add.  MS.  32106, 
fol.  241  on  ;  32107,  no.  290,  &c. 

Swain  son  of  Robert  granted  Octe- 
pranus  son  of  Ughtred  an  eighth  part  of 
the  vill  of  Hothersall,  to  be  held  in  free 


thegnage  by  a  rent  of  jfad.  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  19,  fol.  243.  This  was  pro- 
bably the  eighth  part  of  the  vill  which 
John  son  of  Roger  de  Hothersall  after- 
wards gave  to  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  ; 
ibid.  no.  22.  Sir  Adam  granted  certain 
easements  in  the  eighth  part  of  the  vill ; 
ibid.  no.  34. 

Richard  de  Amethalgh  and  Christiana 
his  wife  gave  their  daughter  Avice  the 
lands  they  held  of  St.  Saviour's  Hospital. 
The  bounds  began  at  a  broken  bank  by 
the  Ribble,  upon  Hepewell,  went  north 
by  Merecliff  to  Stiropeclough,  and  so 
down  again  to  the  Ribble  ;  ibid.  no.  5, 
50.  Avice  married  John  de  Wickles- 
worth,  and  this  land  was  granted  to  Adam 
de  Hoghton  in  or  before  1275  ;  ibid.  no. 
6,  48,  53.  Alice  daughter  of  Avice  de 
Hothersall  in  1274  gave  Maud,  her 
mother's  sister,  her  right  in  lands  formerly 
belonging  to  her  uncle  Henry ;  ibid, 
no.  13. 

Richard  son  of  Hugh  de  Hothersall 
granted  Adam  de  Hoghton  the  homage 
and  service  of  Roger  his  brother  and 
Adam  del  Hurst  and  Agnes  his  wife, 
Roger  son  of  Hugh  releasing  all  his  right 
in  his  mother  Alice's  dower ;  ibid.  no. 
10,  3. 

The  estate  of  Robert  the  Ward  was 
also  acquired  by  the  Hoghtons.  Margery 
and  Isabel  daughters  of  Robert  son  of 
Stephen  de  Hothersall  gave  an  acre  of 
land  to  Robert  the  Ward  of  Hothersall 
and  Mabel  his  wife  in  1288  ;  ibid.  no.  38. 
In  1 292  Robert  the  Ward  claimed  common 
of  pasture  against  Robert  son  of  Thomas 
(de  Hothersall)  and  Adam  de  Hoghton. 
but  was  non-suited  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m. 
9  d.  It  seems  probable,  from  a  suit 
already  cited,  that  he  had  an  eighth  part 
of  the  manor.  Robert  the  Ward  and 
Mabel  his  wife  acquired  other  lands  down 
to  1322  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  7,  26,  42. 
In  1344-5  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  had 
a  dispute  with  Alina  widow  of  Robert 
the  Ward,  who  claimed  the  fourth  part  of 
a  moiety  of  messuages  and  land  in  Hother- 
sall. She  held  a  fourth  part  of  the  town 
(or  perhaps  a  fourth  of  the  moiety)  in 
common  with  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton 
and  Adam  de  Hoghton,  of  whom  the 
former  was  lord  of  a  third  part  and  the 
latter  had  a  moiety  of  the  town  ;  Assize 
R.  1435,  m.  37  d.,  36.  It  was  found 
that  Richard,  Adam  and  Alina  had 
approved  the  tenements  put  in  view,  and 
that  Richard  alone  had  disseised  her. 

In  1448  John  son  of  Robert  de 
Freckleton  claimed  the  eighth  part  of  the 
manor  of  Hothersall  against  Adam  son 
of  William  de  Turnley,  Margery  his  wife 
and  others,  including  Robert  son  of 
Thomas  de  Hothersall,  Sir  Adam  de 
Hoghton  and  Mabel  widow  of  Henry  de 

65 


Turnley.  Adam  de  Hoghton  said  he  was 
lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  held  of 
him  by  knight's  service.  Adam  de  Turn- 
ley  stated  that  Robert  the  Ward  had  had 
the  tenement  settled  on  himself  and  his 
heirs  by  Alina  his  wife,  with  remainders 
to  Henry  de  Turnley,  Adam  de  Turnley 
and  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton.  The 
claimant  admitted  this,  but  said  that 
Henry  de  Turnley  had  released  his  right 
to  Alina  while  she  was  a  widow,  but  the 
verdict  was  against  him  ;  Assize  R.  1444, 
m.  8.  Adam  de  Turnley  then  granted  to 
Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  all  his  lands,  tene- 
ments, rents,  &c.,  in  the  vill  of  Hother- 
sall ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  8. 

Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  in  1375  made  a 
feoffment  of  his  tenement  called  the 
Blackgreve  in  Hothersall  in  the  vill  of 
Alston  ;  ibid.  no.  1 1. 

43  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  75, 
no.  10.  John  Dewhurst  had,  in  the  time 
of  Elizabeth,  purchased  the  lands  in  Rib- 
chester  and  Hothersall  previously  held  by 
Crompton  and  Greenhalgh  ;  see  the 
account  of  Ribchester. 

43  Lanes.   Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.   Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  284. 

William  Dewhurst  and  Anne  his  wife 
made  a  settlement  of  the  manor  of 
Hothersall  in  1649  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  146,  m.  153.  In  a  later  fine 
the  deforcianti  were  William  Dewhurst, 
Anne  his  wife,  Henry  Marsden,  Janet 
his  wife  and  William  Dewhurst,  the 
plaintiff  being  Lancelot  Bolton ;  ibid, 
bdle.  179,  m.  142. 

44  Adam  de  Hurst  in  1316  released  to 
Adam  de  Bradley  his  right  in  certain  land 
adjoining    Sir    Richard    de     Hoghton's  ; 
Add.    MS.    32106,    no.    43    (fol.    247). 
Richard  de  Amethalgh  gave  Thomas  de 
Bradley  two  small  plats  in  a  field  called 
'  Cromanhalgh '   in   1318;  ibid.  no.   59. 
In  1319-20  Adam  de  Bradley  granted  to 
John  his  son    and   heir   all   the  land    in 
Hothersall  he  had  had  from  Richard  son 
of  Adam  del  Hurst  ;  Parlington  D.     He 
also  gave  his  son  Thomas  land  which  he 
had  had  from  his  brother  Richard  ;  Add. 
MS.    32106,    no.    49.     Thomas    son    of 
Adam    de     Bradley    gave     lands    to    his 
brothers  Robert  and  John  about  the  same 
time  ;  ibid.  no.  37,  54.     To  his  brothers 
Simon    and    William    he    gave    land    in 
'  Cronershalgh  '  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.   55. 
John  son  of  Thomas  de  Bradley  of  Chip- 
pingdale  in  1409  received  10  marks  from 
Nicholas  de  York,  Abbot  of  Whalley,  in 
part  payment  for  '  divers  transgressions '  ; 
ibid. 

Thomas  Hesketh  of  Rufford  in  1523 
held  8  acres  in  Alston  and  Hothersall  by 
services  unknown  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  v,  no.  1 6.  In  1556  Thomas 
Bradley  purchased  lands  in  Aighton  and 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Osbaldestons.45  Some  smaller  estates  are  known,4' 
and  the  family  of  Naden  is  distinguished  by  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Naden,  a  benefactor  of  St.  John's  College, 
Cambridge.47  William  Rogerson  of  Hothersall  regis- 
tered a  small  estate  in  1 7 1 7  as  a  '  Papist.' 48 

The  chapel  of  ST.  LAWRENCE  at 
CHURCH  Longridge  is  of  unknown  foundation, 
but  is  named  in  the  rental  of  the  Earl 
of  Derby's  estates  in  I5Z2.49  A  few  particulars  of 
its  '  ornaments '  at  the  time  of  the  Reformation 
have  been  preserved,60  but  it  does  not  appear  to  have 
had  any  endowment.  It  probably  ceased  to  be  used 
for  a  time,"  but  was  not  destroyed  or  desecrated, 
though  even  in  1650  there  was  'neither  minister 
nor  maintenance.'"  One,  Timothy  Smith,  was 
appointed  in  1657,"  but  ejected  in  1662."  Various 
small  endowments  were  afterwards  given  to  it/5  and 
it  was  rebuilt  in  1716.  Bishop  Gastrell  at  that  time 
found  that  there  was  an  income  of  £4  I  3/.  \d.  for 
the  minister,  received  by  the  vicar  of  Ribchester, 
who  held  service  there  once  a  fortnight.46  Grants 
from  Queen  Anne's  Bounty  were  obtained  in  1730 
and  later."  The  Hoghton  family  claimed  to  present,58 
but  the  advowson  was  purchased  in  1829  by  the 
Hulme  Trustees.59 

The  church  stands  on  the  south  side  of  the  town 


of  Longridge.  The  old  chapel  was  rebuilt  in  1716 
and  again  in  1822,  the  building  of  the  latter  year 
being  rectangular  in  plan  with  galleries  and  two 
tiers  of  windows  at  each  side.  A  west  tower  con- 
taining two  bells  was  added  in  1841.  A  restora- 
tion, which  was  begun  in  1899  and  was  completed 
in  1906,  practically  took  the  form  of  a  further  re- 
building, only  the  tower  and  the  main  walls  being 
left  standing.  A  chancel  and  vestry  were  added,  the 
galleries  done  away  with,60  and  the  interior  of  the 
building  was  entirely  remodelled.  The  churchyard, 
which  slopes  away  from  the  building  on  the  south 
side,  was  enlarged  in  1878.  It  contains  some  frag- 
ments of  the  18th-century  church.  There  is  a  clock, 
given  in  1892,  with  dials  on  the  north  and  west 
sides  of  the  tower.  The  register  of  births  begins 
in  1760,  that  of  burials  in  1789  and  of  marriages 
in  iSsS.60* 

A  district  chapelry  was  formed  for  it  in   i$6i.60b 
The   present   income   is   ^400.     A  chapel  of  ease, 
St.  Paul's,  was  built  in  1890.     The  following  have 
been  curates  and  vicars61  : — 
1701     Thomas  Felgate 
1730     Richard  Dixon 
1743     John  Sharpe 
1780     Robert  Parkinson  " 


Hothersall  from  Sir  Thomas  Hesketh 
and  Alice  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  1 6,  m.  12. 

Thomas  Bradley  of  Bradley  in  Thornley 
in  1564  held  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Hother- 
sall of  John  Hothersall  by  a  rent  of  I2d.\ 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  37  ; 
xvii,  no.  28. 

45  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.   (Rec.   Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  179. 

46  John  Seed  the  elder  in   1596   pur- 
chased messuages,  &c.,  in  Hothersall  from 
Robert  Dobson  and  Isabel  his  wife  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.   Feet  of  F.   bdle.    59,   m.   229. 
Dying  in  1629  John   Seed  was  found  to 
have  held  his  estate  in  Hothersall  of  the 
king  ;   John  his  son   and  heir  was   fifty 
years    of   age  ;    Towneley   MS.   C  8,    13 
(Chet.  Lib.),  1073. 

The  Kuerdens  of  Ribchester  had  lands 
in  Hothersall,  Adam  de  Hoghton  having 
granted  a  parcel  in  Ravenhacclough  to 
Richard  de  Kuerden  at  a  rent  of  6d.  ; 
Add.  MS.  32109,  fol.  17,  no.  57.  This 
or  adjoining  land  was  in  1336  given  to 
Nicholas  son  of  Thomas  de  Hothersall ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  1 3  (Chet.  Lib.),  K  18. 
William  son  of  John  de  Walton,  perhaps 
as  trustee,  secured  a  messuage  and  land 
from  Adam  son  of  Roger  de  Kuerden  and 
Agnes  his  wife  in  1352  ;  Final  Cone,  ii, 
132.  The  same  Adam  son  of  Roger 
made  an  exchange  of  lands  with  Sir  Adam 
de  Hoghton  in  1383-4;  Add.  MS.  32109, 
fol.  57,  no.  29. 

Adam  de  Threlfall  has  been  named 
above.  In  1425  Adam  Hothersall  re- 
leased to  '  his  brother '  John  Threlfall  of 
Goosnargh  the  elder  all  right  in  a  mes- 
suage in  the  hamlet  of  Hothersall  in  the 
vill  of  Alston  ;  Add.  MS.  32108,  no.  880. 
Edmund  Threlfall  of  Ashes  in  Threlfall 
in  1617  held  land  of  John  Hothersall  by 
a  rent  of  I  zd.  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  92. 

Richard  Towneley  of  Towneley  held 
land  in  Hothersall  in  1408-54  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  59.  William 
Cottamof  Dilworth  in  1475  granted  land 
received  from  Ughtred  Hothersall  to 
Richard  Towneley  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8, 
13  (Chet.  Lib.),  C  108, 


47  Smith,   op.  cit.  250  ;  A.  F.  Torry, 
Founders    and   Benefactors,    68.     Thomas 
son  of  Edmund  Naden  of  Hothersall  was 
admitted   to   St.  John's   Coll.,  Camb.,  in 
1669  ;  M.A.    1676.      He    died   in    1714 
and  bequeathed  his  lands  in  Alston  and 
Hothersall  to  found  an  exhibition  in  the 
college    for    students    in    divinity.      The 
lands,  known   as  the  College  farms,  were 
sold  in  1870   and  the  money  invested  in 
consols  ;  the  income,  about  £240  a  year, 
is  given  to  three  '  Naden  students." 

48  Estcourt    and    Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Non-jurors,  105. 

49  There  is  entered  '  ^.d.  of  new  rent  of 
a  parcel  of  land  from  the  lord's  waste  near 
the    chapel    of    Longerygge,     containing 
J  rood  of  land,  enclosed  by  Richard  Fair- 
clough.' 

60  Raines,  Chantries  (Chet.  Soc.),  262, 
277. 

51  Robert    Cottam,    priest,    and    John 
Tomlinson,  church  reeve,  are  named  at 
Longridge  in  1554;  yet  in  Raines'  note 
Robert  Cottam  is  called  a  '  deacon  only ' 
in    1556.      'He    was    grave   and   chaste, 
could  play  on  the  musiques,  and  was  no 
tippler  nor   diceman '  ;    ibid.  262.     His 
name  is  not  given  in  the  visitation  lists. 
It  was  one  of  the  suspicious  points  in  the 
story  of  John  Shireburne,  rector  of  Brindle, 
that  Robert  Cottam,  once  curate  of  Long- 
ridge, had   paid  him  a    visit    during    an 
illness  ;  see  the  account  of  Bury  Church. 

The  chapel  is  named,  without  any 
account  of  its  use,  in  1610  ;  Hist.  MSS. 
Com,  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  9. 

52  Commoniv.     Ch.    Surv.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  169. 

68  Plund.  Mini.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  202.  He  was  nominated 
by  the  inhabitants,  and  a  stipend  was 
provided  out  of  the  tithes  of  Ribchester  ; 
ibid.  223.  He  had  formerly  been  stationed 
at  Rainford. 

54  The  income  would  cease  at  the 
Restoration,  so  that  the  traditional  '  ejec- 
tion '  in  1662  was  little  more  than 
nominal.  Timothy  Smith  continued  to 
preach  in  Longridge  Chapel  occasionally 
till  his  death  in  1679  ;  T.  C.  Smith, 
Longridge,  64. 

66 


From  entries  in  the  Ribchester  church- 
warden's accounts  it  appears  that  '  the 
king's  minister  '  and  others  occasionally 
preached  at  Longridge  from  1679  onwards  ; 
Smith,  Ribchester,  108-9. 

65  In  a  dispute  as  to  the  liability  for 
repairs  in  1702  it  was  stated  that  for 
sixty  years  past  it  had  had  '  prayers, 
sermons  and  both  sacraments  in  it.' 
Three  benefactors  had  given  ^5  a  year 
to  a  'preaching  minister,'  and  for  that 
Mr.  Hargrave  (curate  of  Ribchester) 
preached  there  every  fortnight  in  the 
afternoon  and  had  '  a  very  great  congre- 
gation '  ;  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

56  Notitia  Cestr.   (Chet   Soc.),  ii,  474. 
A  rent-charge  of  13$.  4^.  was  given  in 
1657  for  a  preaching  minister  ;  ^30  was 
given  in   1673    and    £50   in    1701    and 
later. 

57  Smith,    Longridge,    60.     The    later 
grants  were  in  1743-5  an^  I75^- 

68  They  probably  gave  money  to  meet 
the  grants  from  the  Bounty.  Sir  Henry 
Hoghton  presented  Richard  Dixon  in 


49  Smith,  op.  cit.  59.  Since  the 
trustees  acquired  the  patronage  the  vicars 
have  been  Hulmeian  Exhibitioners  of 
Brasenose  College,  Oxford. 

60  The  two  tiers  of  windows  were  re- 
tained,  though   the  windows   themselves 
were  modernized. 

A  description  of  the  church  in  1870 
is  given  in  A.  Hewitson's  Our  Country 
Churches,  93—9. 

603  From  1730  baptisms  'at  Longridge 
Chapel '  are  recorded  in  the  Ribchester 
registers  ;  in  1702  there  was  a  burial  at 
Longridge  ;  Smith,  Ribchester,  198,  2O2. 

eob  London  Gaz.  8  Feb. 

61  The  list  is  taken  from  papers  at  the 
Diocesan  Registry,  Chester,  with  additions 
from    Smith's    Longridge,    61-73,  where 
notices  of  the  incumbents  are  given. 

The  curates  have  been  styled  vicars 
since  1866  ;  Land.  Gaz.  10  July. 

62  His    nephew,    Canon    Parkinson  of 
Manchester,  wrote  of  him  :  '  His  income 
from   his  living  rose  during  the  time  of 
his  incumbency  from  about  £40  a  year 
to  £140,  where  it  stopped.     The  popula- 


BLACKBURN   HUNDRED 


RIBCHESTER 


1829      George  Parkin 

1831  Frederick  Maude,  M. A.  (Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.) 
1843  Edward  Pigot,  M.A.63  (Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.) 
1847  William  Charles  Bache,  M.A.64  (Brasenose 

Coll.,  Oxf.) 
1 877      Fitzherbert  Astley  Cave-Browne-Cave,  M.A.64 

(Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.) 
1894     Thomas  Martin  Harrison,  M.A.66  (Brasenose 

Coll.,  Oxf.) 


For  the  Presbyterians  Timothy  Smith's  house  was 
licensed  in  \6j2,67  but  no  permanent  congregation 
seems  to  have  resulted.  About  1717  there  was  a 
Quakers'  meeting-place  near  Longridge  Chapel.68 

The  Roman  Catholic  church  of  SS.  Mary  and 
Michael,  Alston  Lane,  serves  a  mission  which  can  be 
traced  back  to  about  ijoo.*9  It  was  refounded  in 
1761,  and  the  old  church  was  built  in  1765.  This 
was  replaced  by  the  present  one  in  i857.ro 


tion  in  the  meantime — of  the  worst  kind 
as  far  as  ministerial  labour  is  concerned, 
being  universally  poor,  and  consisting  one 
half  of  Romin  Catholics  and  almost  all 
poor  hand-loom  weavers — advanced  from 
about  400  to  2,000.  During  his  in- 
cumbency he  enlarged  his  small  chapel, 
without  any  expense  to  the  place,  so  as 
to  hold  700  worshippers,  and  left  behind 
him  what  he  did  not  find — a  parsonage- 
house.  Nor  was  there  erected  (and  this 
is  a  singular  exception  in  that  district) 
during  his  incumbency  a  single  Dissenting 
place  of  worship  of  any  kind  in  his 


chapelry  '  ;  Old  Church  Clock,  189.  There 
are  monuments  in  the  chapel  to  him  and 
his  two  successors. 

68  Rector  of  Whittington  1857. 
64  Rector  of  Alresford  1877. 

«5  Vicar    of    Horton    1867,    of    Ellel 
1869,  and  of  Padiham  1874. 

66  Vicar  of  Briercliffe  1887-94. 

67  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1672,  pp.  198,  200. 
48  Gastrell,  Noeitia,  loc.  cit. 

69  A.  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  88-92.    There 
were   many   convicted    recusants   in    the 
township    in    the    time    of    Charles    II  ; 
Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  161-3. 


Sir  Walter  Vavasour,  S.  J.,  served  there 
at  the  beginning  of  the  i8th  century  ;  Gil- 
low,  Hay  Jock  P.  63.  At  that  time  there 
was  also  a  domestic  chapel  at  Hothersall, 
Sir  Walter  registered  his  estate  as  a  '  Papist ' 
in  1717,  being  described  as  'of  Alston '  5 
Estcourt  and  Payne,  op.  cit.  316.  He 
was  'a  reputed  priest'  ;  Smith,  Rib- 
chester,  63.  A  baptism  by  him  in  1705 
is  recorded  in  the  parish  church  register  ; 
ibid.  1 97.  He  was  buried  at  Stidd,  1 740  ; 
ibid.  203. 

70  Smith,  Longridge,  77  ;  a  list  of 
priests  in  charge  ii  given. 


THE  HUNDRED  OF  AMOUNDERNESS 


CONTAINING    THE    PARISHES    OF 


PRESTON 
KIRKHAM 
LYTHAM 
POULTON-LE-FYLDE 


BISPHAM 

ST.  MICHAEL-ON-WYRE 

GARSTANG 


The  whole  of  the  above  parishes  are  contained  within  the  hundred  or 
wapentake  of  Amounderness,1  which  includes  in  addition  the  townships  of 

Alston  with  Hothersall  in  Rib- 
chester,  Forton  and  Cleveley  in 
Cockerham,  and  Fulwood,  Myer- 
scough,  Bleasdale,  Preesall  and 
Stalmine  in  Lancaster.2  A  very 
large  part  of  the  area  is  the  level 
district  on  the  western  side  known 
as  The  Fylde,  once  '  the  Wheat- 
field  of  Amounderness  ' 3  ;  the 
eastern  part  is  more  hilly  and 
Fairsnape  Fell  in  Bleasdale  attains 
a  height  of  1,674  ft.  above  the 
sea.  The  Ribble  forms  the 
southern  boundary;  the  next 
important  stream  is  the  Wyre, 
which  is  joined  by  the  Brock, 
watering  the  centre  of  the  hun- 
dred, and  flowing  west  and  then 
north  to  enter  the  sea  by  the 
Wyre  estuary.  Leland  writing 
about  1535  says  that  the  hundred  had  formerly  been  full  of  wood,  the  moors 
being  *  replenished  with  high  fir  trees,'  but  he  found  the  seaward  portion 
'  sore  destitute  of  wood.'  4 

1  The  hundred  was    defined    probably    soon    after  the  Conquest.     The  name  has  many  spellings  : 
Agemundrenesse,     Dom.     Bk.  ;    Almunderness,     1177  ;    Agmundernes,     1212  ;    Augmonderness,    1226  ; 
Aumundernesse,  1242  ;  Amunderness,  1244  ;  Aumonderness,  Aumunderneys,  1297  ;  Andreness,  1535- 

A  pleading  in  I  300  turned  upon  the  spelling  of  the  word.  The  plaintiff  claimed  an  acre  in  Preston  in 
*  Aundernesse '  ;  the  defendants  replied  that  Preston  was  within  a  certain  liberty  called  Aumundernesse  and 
not  Aundernesse  ;  De  Banco  R.  134,  m.  69. 

Camden  gives  Anderness  as  the  local  pronunciation  in  his  time.      Leland  spells  it  Aundernesse. 

Agamund  was  a  monk  of  Croyland,  and  Hagemund  occurs  locally  as  a  personal  name  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  passim. 

2  For  convenience  the  accounts  of  Fulwood,  Myerscough  and  Bleasdale  have  been  added  to  Preston, 
and  those  of  Preesall  and  Stalmine  to  Kirkham. 

Fulwood,  Myerscough  and  Bleasdale  were  the  principal  parts  of  the  forest  of  Amounderness  ;  see  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  331. 

3  Thornber,  Blackpool,  125.     Camden  remarks  :  'This  part  yieldeth  plenty  of  oats,  but  [is]  not  so  apt 
to  bear  barley.     However,  it  is  full  of  fresh  pastures,  especially  to  the  sea  side,  where  it  is  partly  champain 
ground'  ;  Britannia  (ed.  Gibson),  753.     Very  little  corn  is  now  raised.     The  district  has  no  definite  boundary, 
'The  Fylde'  being   a  popular  term,  but  a  line  drawn  from  Freckleton  to  Cockerham  shows  roughly  the 
eastern  limit.  *  2 tin.  v,  98. 

68 


AMOUNDERNESS 
HUNDEED • 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 

More  than  a  century  before  the  Conquest  part  of  Amounderness 
was  given  by  Athelstan  to  St.  Peter's  Church,  York,5  but  it  does  not  seem  to 
have  been  retained.  The  district  was  then  more  extensive  than  at  present.6 
In  1066  it  was  held  by  Earl  Tostig,  the  younger  brother  of  King  Harold, 
slain  at  Stamford  Bridge  while  taking  part  in  the  King  of  Norway's  invasion. 
Preston  was  the  head  of  the  whole  district,  which  was  in  1086  surveyed  as 
part  of  Yorkshire.7  It  is  not  called  a  hundred  or  wapentake  in  Domesday 
Book,  the  name  Amounderness  being  descriptive,  like  Lonsdale  or  Furness. 

Since  the  Conquest  the  lordship  has  descended  in  the  same  way  as  the 
honour  of  Lancaster,  except  for  a  few  years  at  the  end  of  the  1 2th  and 
beginning  of  the  I3th  century.  John  while  Count  of  Mortain,  between 
1 190  and  1 193,  gave  to  Theobald  Walter  the  whole  of  Amounderness,  with 
the  vill  of  Preston,  the  forest,  all  demesne  lands,  services  of  knights  and 
free  tenants,  &c.,  with  all  pleas  of  wapentake  and  forest,  excepting  only  the 
pleas  pertaining  to  the  Crown.  For  this  Theobald  was  to  render  the  service 
of  three  knights'  fees.8  The  grant  was  confirmed  or  renewed  by  Richard  I 
in  i  I94,8a  and,  though  forfeited  on  John's  accession  in  1 199,  was  restored  in 
1 202,  perhaps  for  life  only.9  Very  soon  afterwards  Amounderness  was  again 
in  the  possession  of  the  Crown.10 

Suit  to  the  three  weeks'  wapentake  court  was  a  usual  condition  of  tenure 
of  lands.11  The  profits  of  the  pleas  were  estimated  at  2os.  in  i29y.12  The 
Court  Rolls  of  1324-5,  which  have  been  printed,13  show  that  the  courts  were 
usually  held  at  Preston,  but  sometimes  at  Ashton,  Garstang  Church,  Poulton 
and  '  Yolrungegreve.'  There  are  later  rolls  at  the  Record  Office.14 

The  bailiwick  of  the  hundred  was  granted  to  the  ancestor  of  the 
Singleton  family,15  and  descended  regularly  to  Banastre 16  and  Balderston  17  and 

4  The  charters  (dated  930)  are  printed  in  Dugdale,  Man.  vi,  1176;  Birch,  Cart.  Sax.  ii,  405. 
See  also  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  271  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antlq.  Soc.  xviii,  1 10—  1 1.  Bispham  or  Biscopham  in  the  Fylde 
has  been  thought  a  token  of  the  gift,  which  was  '  of  no  small  extent.' 

6  The  bounds  in  the  charters  referred  to  are  thus  given  :  From  the  sea  by  the  Cocker  up  to  its  source, 
thence  to  the  source  (?)  called  Duleshope,  and  thence  by  the  Hodder  and  Kibble  to  the  sea.  Duleshope  may 
be  Wyresdale.  The  boundaries  also  in  1066  were  similar,  it  appearing  from  Domesday  Book  that 
Amounderness  then  included  all  Ribchester,  Chippingdale  and  Aighton  (afterwards  in  Blackburnshire)  and 
part  of  Cockerham  (afterwards  in  Lonsdale).  7  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  2884. 

8  Cotton  MSS.  Titus  B.  xi,  fol.  252.  The  witnesses  included  Stephen  Ridell,  'my  Chancellor,'  and 
William  de  Wendeuall.  The  reference  is  due  to  Mr.  J.  H.  Round. 

8a  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  434. 

'Ibid.  2H-I2.  In  1199  King  John  granted  to  the  burgesses  of  Preston  the  whole  toll  of  the 
wapentake  ;  Cal.  Rot.  Chart.  (Rec.  Com.),  26. 

10  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  115,  120,  192.     Theobald  Walter  died  in  1205,  and  in  the  Pipe  Rolls 
of  1205-6  and  later  the  sheriff  accounted  for  £29  IO/.  \d.  of  the  farm  of  Amounderness,  £4  of  perquisites 
of  the  same  wapentake  and  other  profits  of  Theobald's  estates  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  206,  2 1 7,  &c. 

11  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  211,  213.  lf  Ibid.  290. 

13  In  Lanes.  Ct.  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  1 14-23. 

14  Duchy  of  Lane.  Ct.  R.  bdle.  79,  no.  1032. 

15  Little  Singleton,  which  gave  a  surname  to  the  family,  was  held  by  the  serjeanty  of  the  wapentake  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  52,  160.     The  date  of  the  grant  is  unknown  ;  see  Farrer,  op.  cit.  34. 

William  son  of  Swain,  '  then  seneschal  of  Amounderness,'  occurs  in  an  early  Lytham  charter,  now  at 
Durham  ;  I  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  37. 

16  See  the  accounts  of  Broughton  in  Preston  and  Balderston. 

The  serjeanty  of  Amounderness,  formerly  William  Banastre's,  was  in  1324-5  in  the  hands  of  William  de 
Tatham  and  William  Lawrence  on  account  of  the  minority  of  the  heir  ;  Memo.  R.  (L.T.R.),  88,  m.  6  d.  Agnes 
widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Banastre  had  a  third  part  as  dower  in  1392  ;  B.M.  Add.  Chart.  2051 1,  20522. 

lr  Richard  Balderston  died  in  1456  holding  Little  Singleton  by  the  office  of  providing  bailiffs  for 
Amounderness  and  Blackburnshire;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  63.  There  was  a  dispute  as  to  the 
matter  in  1462  ;  ibid,  ii,  71.  See  B.M.  Add.  Chart.  20511. 

69 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 

to  the  heirs  of  the  last-named.18  On  a  division  in  1564  it  was  assigned  to  the 
Earl  of  Derby.19  The  duties  of  the  office  as  held  by  William  Banastre  were 
thus  described  in  1323  :  '  Making  executions  of  mandates  of  the  king's  courts 
by  writs  and  summonses  and  by  summons  of  the  king's  exchequer  by  precept 
of  the  sheriff ;  also  of  judgements  of  the  county  court  of  Lancaster  and  the 
wapentake  court  of  Amounderness  ;  making  summonses,  attachments  and 
distraints  by  precept  of  the  sheriff  or  keepers  of  the  king's  lands,  and 
executions  of  the  sheriffs  tourns.' 20 

Complaints  were  made  in  1334  as  to  the  administration  of  Henry  de 
Bickerstath,  who  held  the  office  by  grant  from  John  Banastre  and  Nicholas 
his  brother  (grantees  of  Adam  Banastre),  paying  them  £20  a  year.  Henry 
was  alleged  to  employ  too  many  bailiffs  in  his  circuit  of  the  hundred,  thus 
laying  a  needless  burden  on  the  tenants.  It  was  stated  that  Alan  de  Singleton 
had  performed  his  duties  in  person  at  his  own  charges.  His  son  William 
did  the  same,  taking  nothing  from  the  men  of  the  wapentake  except  by 
their  courtesy.  His  son  Alan  found  it  necessary  to  employ  a  bailiff,  for 
many  assarts  had  been  made  and  men  had  multiplied.  This  system  had 
continued,  the  number  of  officials  gradually  increasing.  The  acting  bailiffs 
recouped  the  annual  rent  they  paid  to  the  Singletons  by  charges  on  the  men 
of  the  wapentake  for  puture,  &c.21 

Several  outlying  members  of  the  barony  of  Penwortham  are  found  in 
this  hundred.  There  are  a  few  references  to  the  hundred  in  the  records22  ; 
perhaps  the  most  noteworthy  is  that,  on  the  requisition  of  ship-money  in 
1640,  it  'would  neither  assess  nor  pay.'23 

The  three  weeks'  wapentake  court,  which  survived  till  recently,  had 
jurisdiction  in  personal  actions  where  the  debt  or  damages  did  not  amount  to 
4OJ.  The  chief  officer  was  a  steward,  appointed  by  the  Crown  in  right  of 
the  duchy.24 

About  1580  inquiry  was  made  as  to  the  fisheries  of  the  county,  par- 
ticularly as  to  the  destruction  of  salmon  and  their  fry  in  the  Ribble  and 
Wyre.  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  and  the  other  commissioners  reported  that 
they  had  £  reformed '  unlawful  engines  and  nets,  and  had  viewed  all  the 
weirs,  calls  and  gorses  standing  on  the  rivers  named.  They  objected  to  two, 
viz.  one  called  Bessowe  call  on  the  Ribble  and  another  recently  erected  on 
the  Wyre  by  William  Kirkby  of  Upper  Rawcliffe.25 

Amounderness  gave  name  to  a  deanery  in  the  archdeaconry  of  Richmond 
in  the  diocese  of  York.  Adam  Dean  of  Amounderness  occurs  in  the  Pipe 

18  Thomas  Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh  died  in  1521  holding  a    fourth  part  of  Little    Singleton   by  the 
serjeanty  of  being  bailiff  of  the    king's  wapentake  of  Amounderness  and    Blackburnshire  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  3.     Thomas  Earl  of  Derby  at  the  same  time  held  a  moiety  by  the  same  service  ;    ibid,  v, 
no.  68.     Alexander  Osbaldeston  was  the  other  tenant,  but  no  service  was  recorded  in  his  case. 

19  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.   216,   m.  10  ;  Edward   Earl  of  Derby  was   to    be  bailiff  of  Amounderness. 
Hence  his  grandson  Ferdinando  held  the  manor  of  Little  Singleton  in  1 594  by  that  service  ;  Add.  MS.  32104, 
fol.  426  (Blackburnshire  also  is  named).     The  office   was   held  by  James    Earl  of  Derby  in  1715  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  276,  m.  52.  lo  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  160. 

*l  Coram  Rege  R.  297,  Rex,  m.  21,  27. 

"  For  example,  the  appointment  of  keepers  of  the  peace  in  1323  and  1345  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1321-4, 
p.  382  ;' 1343-5,  p.  510. 

23  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1640,  p.  230. 

24  Hardwick,  Preston,  499.     The  steward  in    1857  was  the  Duke   of  Hamilton,  and  his    deputy  was 
Edmund  Robert  Harris,  the  Preston  benefactor. 

K  Duchy  of  Lane.  Special  Com.  308. 

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AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED 

Roll  of  1 177-8  as  paying  a  mark  for  some  breach  of  the  forest  laws26;  also 
in  i  i  8  1-2  27  and  later.28  He  was  Dean  of  Kirkham  in  1 I94-29  The  deanery 
was  smaller  than  it  afterwards  became,  there  being  also  a  Dean  of  Lancaster, 
but  it  had  attained  its  full  jurisdiction  before  1291,  when  it  included  the 
parishes  of  Kirkham,  Preston,  Ribchester,  Chipping,  Garstang,  Cockerham, 
Lancaster,  St.  Michael's,  Poulton  (with  Bispham)  and  Lytham.30  The 
names  of  several  of  the  deans  have  been  preserved.31 

36  Farrer,  op.  cit.  38. 

ij  Ibid.  47  ;  he  desired  to  secure  the  wardship  of  his  nepos  and  the  marriage  of  the  mother. 

13  Ibid.  52  ;  he  married  his  daughter,  who  was  of  the  king's  donation,  to  the  son  of  Norman  de 
Redmayne. 

39  Cur.  Reg.  R.  2,  m.  17  d.  so  Pope  Nick.  Tax.  (Rec..Com.),  307. 

sl  John  de  Conisburgh  was  dean  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  101  d. 

John  de  Ascam  was  dean  in  1334,  when  he  was  accused  of  extortion,  demanding  fees  of  2O/.  for 
every  £20  contained  in  a  testament  and  2O</.  for  every  20*.  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  297,  Rex  m.  22  d. 

William  Ballard  was  dean  in  1346;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  K  18.  He  died  of  the  plague  in  1349, 
being  succeeded  by 

Adam  de  Kirkham  ;  Engl.  Hist.  Rev.  v,  526. 

Thomas  Catterick,  chaplain,  was  dean  in  1388  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Docquet  R.  I  (12  John  of  Gaunt). 

Richard  Cleveland  occurs  in  1504  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  219,  233. 

Richard  Waring  was  dean  in  1517;  Hornby  Chapel  D. 

Nicholas  Lawrenson  was  dean  in  1561  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Spec.  Com.  no.  36. 

Richard  Parker,  vicar  of  Chipping,  was  appointed  dean  in  1592  and  again  in  1598  ;  Dansey,  Herat 
Dec.  Rur.  ii,  374,  376. 


/ 

/ 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


PRESTON 

RIBBLETON 

GRIMSARGH  and  BROCKHOLES 


PRESTON 

ELSTON 

FISHWICK 

BROUGHTON 


HAIGHTON 

BARTON 

LEA,  ASHTON,  INGOL  and  COTTAM 


The  parish  of  Preston  lies  on  the  north  bank  of 
the  Ribble,  and  has  an  area  of  16,116  acres,  in- 
cluding 207^  acres  of  tidal  water.  The  population 
in  1901  was  115,483,  mostly  within  the  borough 
of  Preston.  The  surface  is  undulating,  with  a  general 
rise  towards  the  north  and  east. 

The  history  of  the  parijh  is  practically  that  of  the 
town  which  has  given  its  name  to  the  whole.  The 
old  portion  of  the  town  occupies  the  centre  of  a 


table-land  between  two  brooks  which  flow  south-west 
into  the  Ribble,1  this  navigable  river  completing  the 
boundary  on  the  south  side.  Along  eac^  -.ide  of  the 
Ribble  are  level  tracts  of  low-lying  land,  but  just  at 
the  town  the  surface  rises  sharply  from  the  river  to 
the  table-land  named.  To  the  west  of  the  town  was 
the  marsh,  while  a  moor  extended"-,  itself  along  the 
northern  boundary.  The  main  street  ran  from  east 
to  west,  being,  the  continuation  of  the  road  from 
the  south  across  Ribble  Bridge,  into  which  at  the 
entrance  of  the  town  came  a  road  from  Ribchester. 


The  street  had  a  continuation  down  to  the  riverside, 
but  its  main  line  turned  to  the  north-west,  and  after 
passing  out  of  the  town  divided,  part  forming  the 
main  road  north  and  part  going  west  to  Kirkham. 
On  the  south  side  of  the  main  street  stood  the  parish 
church,  while  on  the  opposite  side,  further  west, 
just  at  the  turning  was  the  moot  hall,  with  the  market 
place  behind  it.  These  streets  and  buildings,  though 
improved  and  renewed  on  a  grander  scale,  have 
remained  predominant  features 
of  the  town. 

The  traces  of  early  history 
are  but  scanty.2  From  the 
Roman  station  at  Walton-le- 
Dale  on  the  south  bank  of  the 
Ribble,  the  north  road,  cross- 
ing the  river  by  a  ford,  passed 
through  Preston,3  and  as  this 
place  had  good  communication 
westward  by  water  and  stood 
in  the  centre  of  two  level  and 
fruitful  districts — The  Fylde  to 
the  north-west  and  Leyland 
to  the  south — it  had  probably 
some  importance  from  an  early 
time,  and  may  well  have  been 
part  of  'the  land  by  Ribble' 
granted  to  St.  Wilfrid  for  the 
endowment  of  his  monastery 
at  Ripon  about  670.*  On  the 
other  hand  it  was  obviously 
exposed  to  the  incursions  of 
the  Norse  pirates. 

Preston  was  at  that  time 
within  the  kingdom  of  North- 
umbria  and  diocese  of  York, 
and  at  the  Conquest  was 
fiscally  still  part  of  the  county 
of  York.  It  was  in  1066  the 
head  of  a  fee  or  lordship  com- 
prising the  whole  district  of  Amounderness,  held  by- 
Earl  Tostig.  Afterwards  it  was  granted  to  Roger 
of  Poitou,8  who  probably  created  a  borough  there, 
on  which  the  privileges  of  a  guild  merchant  were 
conferred  in  1 1 79,  the  town  being  then  in  the 
king's  hands.  There  is  other  evidence  of  its  relative 
importance,  and  it  had  a  market  and  fair.6  As  a 
borough  Preston  sent  two  burgesses  to  some  of  the 
early  Parliaments— from  1295  to  1331 — but  the 
burdensome  duty  fell  into  abeyance,  not  being 
resumed  till  1529  and  I545-7  Even  in  1601  the 


1  The  northern  brook,  the  position  of 
which  is  marked  by  Moorbrook   Street, 
fell  into  the  Ribble  at  the  division  between 
Preston  and  Ashton.     The  southern  one, 
named  Swill  Brook,  formed  the  boundary 
between  Preston  and  Fishwick,          / 

2  For  the  ancient  remains  see  Fish;wick, 
Preston,    3-7,    and    the    sections     ?f  the 
present  work. 


8  The  bridge  at  Walton,  emphatically 
'  Ribble  Bridge,'  is  supposed  to  be  of  post- 
Conquest  erection. 

4  See  the  account  of  the  church. 

5  y.C.H.     Lana.      i,      288*.         The 
manors     within      the      limits      of      the 
parish  were  assessed  as   18   plough-lands 
in  all. 

72 


6  See  the  account  of  the  borough.  The 
assizes  appear  to  have  been  held  there  in 
1226  and  1229;  Cal.  Pat.  1225-32, 
pp.  71,  284. 

1  Pink  and  Beaven,  Lanes.  Parl.  Repre. 
135-176,  referring  to  W.  Dobson,  Preston 
Parl.  Repre.  (1868),  and  articles  in  the 
Preston  Guardian  ;  L.  and  P.  Hen. 
iv  (3)>  P-  z692- 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


election  of  a  member  was  left  to  the  choice  of  Sir 
Robert  Cecil.8 

The  position  of  the  town  in  the  centre  of  the 
county  and  on  a  great  road  from  south  to  north 
has  occasioned  its  being  the  scene  of  many  stormy 
events.  On  4  November  1315  Adam  Banastre  and 
his  confederates  led  their  force  to  Preston,  and,  having 
overcome  Sir  Adam  de  Huddleston  and  others  sent 
to  check  them,  captured  the  place  and  made  levies 
on  the  townsmen.  Later  in  the  same  day,  however, 
they  were  overthrown  by  Edmund  de  Nevill,  the 
sheriff,  who  led  the  main  force  of  the  county.9  Some 
seven  years  later  the  parish  was  laid  waste  by  the 
Scots,  who  probably  burnt  the  town.10  A  minor 
disturbance  took  place  in  1338,  when  John,  Nicholas 
and  William  Deuyas,  with  a  number  of  armed  com- 
rades, having  crossed  the  Ribble,  made  sundry  assaults 
at  Ribchester  and  then  went  on  to  Preston.  Here 
they  lay  hid  in  the  fields  near  the  Grey  Friars'  house, 
and  when  Thomas  Starkie  and  others  came  near 
those  in  ambush  set  upon  them,  shooting  arrows  and 
driving  them  into  the  Friars'  church.  The  rioters 
afterwards  went  to  Kidsnape  in  Goosnargh.11 

In  1332  a  total  of  £<)  4*.  j^d.  was  raised  in  the 
parish  by  a  subsidy,  the  hundred  paying  £53  1 8/.  ^ \d. 
The  amounts  for  the  various  townships li  are  much 
the  same  as  those  fixed  for  the  '  fifteenth  ' ls  ;  while 
the  county  lay  of  1624,  considered  a  fair  tax  at  the 
time,  required  the  parish  to  contribute  £15  ijs.  \\d. 
towards  j£ioo  for  Amounderness.14  This  shows  a 
reduction  in  the  relative  value  of  Preston  in  the 
300  years'  interval. 

About  1340  the  borough  had  not  only  the  parish 
church,  but  an  old  leper  hospital  with  its  chapel  and 
A  house  and  church  of  Grey  Friars 15 ;  the  chapel  at 
Broughton  probably  existed,  and  one  or  two  minor 
oratories.  In  the  centre  of  the  parish  was  the  forest 
district  of  Fulwood,  in  which  the  burgesses  had 
secured  certain  rights.  The  parish  suffered  from  the 
plague  in  1349—50  ;  the  Archdeacon  of  Richmond 
in  a  claim  for  probate  dues  alleged  that  3,000  men 
and  women  had  succumbed  to  it,  and  the  jury,  in 
allowing  him  £10,  seem  to  have  estimated  the  number 
of  wills  proved  as  about  fifty  in  the  period  defined, 
viz.  from  8  September  i  349  to  1 1  January  following.16 
Some  trouble  with  the  labourers  appears  to  have 
followed  the  plague.17 

The  Guild  meetings  are  known  to  have  been  held 


early  in  the  I4th  century,  for  Kuerden  has  preserved 
certain  regulations  of  a  mayor's  court  held  in  June 
I328,18  in  which  reference  was  made  to  an  order 
decreed  'in  the  time  of  our  last  Guild  Merchant.' 
It  was  agreed  that  the  mayor,  bailiffs  and  burgesses 
might  '  set  a  guild  merchant  at  every  twenty  years,' 
if  necessary,  the  fees  to  'go  whole  to  the  mayor  at 
the  renewing  of  the  guild  and  refreshing  of  our 
town,'  the  object  being  the  preservation  of  the  guild, 
and  therefore  of  the  royal  charter,  by  a  regular 
purging  of  the  roll  and  admission  of  new  burgesses.19 
The  earliest  roll  extant  is  that  of  1397,  and  in  spite 
of  the  order  quoted  the  Guilds  were  held  at  irregular 
intervals;  from  1542,  however,  they  have  been 
celebrated  every  twenty  years  without  a  break,  the 
latest  being  that  of  1902.*°  From  1562  the  time  of 
holding  the  festival  has  been  the  Monday  after 
29  August,  the  Decollation  of  St.  John  Baptist, 
patron  of  the  guild.  The  roll  of  1397  gives  first 
the  In  Burgesses — '  those  who  are  in  the  forenamed 
guild  and  whose  fathers  were  in '  it  ;  then  the 
Foreign  Burgesses — knights  and  gentry  of  the  county 
in  many  cases  "  ;  and  then  '  the  names  of  those  whose 
fathers  were  not  in  the  forenamed  guild  and  there- 
fore made  fine.' M  The  entries  afford  information 
as  to  the  trades  practised  in  the  town,  for  there  are 
named  chaloner,  coaler,  draper,  fleshewer,  glover, 
mason,  mercer,  miller,  saddler,  souter,  spicer,  tailor, 
webster  and  wright.  At  the  back  of  the  roll  are 
names  of  women  members,  being  widows  or  daughters 
of  members.13 

The  class  of  foreign  burgesses  was  at  first  very 
small,  but  in  the  1 7th  century  and  later  '  wholesale 
admissions  of  the  neighbouring  gentry  and  others 
seeking  connexion  with  Preston  as  a  matter  of  honour 
or  social  advantage  .  .  .  and  the  promotion  of  many 
Out  Burgesses  of  long  standing  to  the  class  of  In 
Burgesses  with  its  larger  privileges,'  made  the  number 
of  non-resident  burgesses  larger  than  that  of  the 
townsmen  enrolled,  and  '  it  became  necessary  to  check 
the  process  of  appropriation  of  these  franchises  by 
non-residents  and  strangers.' "  An  inferior  class 
named  Stallingers  first  appeared  in  the  roll  of  1562  ; 
they  were  permitted  to  live  and  trade  in  the  town, 
but  not  admitted  to  be  burgesses.  The  new  borough 
created  seventy  years  ago  destroyed  the  political  im- 
portance of  the  guild,  but  it  remains  in  full  vigour 
as  a  popular  festival. 


8  Cecil  MSS.  (Hist.  MSS.  Com.),  xi, 
443- 

9  Coram  Rege  R.  254,  m.  52.     Adam 
de  Bury  and  William  the   Marshal  were 
among  the  townsmen  whose  goods  were 
taken  by  the  insurgents. 

10  Preston  was  taken  by  the  Scots  in 
1322;  see  V.C.H.  Lanes,  ii,   199.     The 
extent  of  1346,  quoted  later,  mentions  a 
house  which  had  been  burnt  by  them. 

11  Assize   R.    430,    m.    22.      Thomas 
Starkie  and  others  in   1343    terrified  the 
bailiffs  in  order  to  prevent  the  execution 
of  writs   and    caused   disturbances  ;  ibid, 
m.  21  d. 

12  Preston,      53*.      4^.  ;       Ribbleton, 
I2J.    i  J</. ;    Grimsargh   and   Brockholes, 
H*.    lod.  ;   Elston,    141.   Bd.  ;  Fishwick, 
8i.  ;  Broughton,  z6s.  %d.  ;  Haighton,  us.; 
Barton,    241.  ;     Lea     and    Ashton,    each 
Us.    6d.;    Exch.    Lay  Subs.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  54-72. 

18  Gregson,  F ragments  (ed.  Harland),  19. 
14  Ibid.  23.     The  townships  paid  thus: 


Preston,  £4  us.  i\d.;  Ribbleton, 
£i  2s.  i\d. ;  Grimsargh  and  Brockholes, 
ijt.  \\d.  ;  Elston,  £i  9s.  6d.  ;  Fishwick, 
17*.  i  \d.  ;  Broughton,  £z  51.  -j\d.  ; 
Haighton,  £1  31.  nj</. ;  Barton, 
£1  181.  9j</. ;  Lea,  151.  z^d.  5  Ashton, 
&c.,  171.  %d.  In  addition  Myerscough 
paid  £3  is.  \\d. 

14  Leland  (/«'«.  iv,  22)  states  that  the 
Friars'  house  was  built  on  '  the  soil  of  a 
gentleman  named  Preston,'  and  that 
several  of  his  family  were  buried  there,  as 
also  some  of  the  Shireburnes  and  Daltons. 

16  Engl.  Hist.  Rei>.  v,  526-7. 

17  Ibid,  xxi,   534,  citing  Anct.   Indict- 
ments, Lane.  54. 

18  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  23  ;  printed  by 
Abram,  Memorials  of  the  Preston  Guilds,  8. 

19  It  was  ordered  that  '  all  manner  of 
burgess   the    which   is    made  burgess   by 
court  roll  and  out  of  the  Guild  Merchant, 
shall  never  be  mayor  nor  bailiff  nor  scr- 
jeant ;  but  only  the  burgess  the  which  the 
name    be    in    the    Guild    Merchant    last 

73 


made  before  ;  for  the  king  give*  the  free- 
dom to  the  burgesses  which  are  in  the 
Guild  and  to  none  other.' 

20  Guilds  are  known  to  have  been  held 
in  1397,  1415,   1459  and   1500;  this  is 
believed  Ito    be    a    complete    list  for  the 
period  covered.     The  rolls  of  the   three 
former  and  those  of  the  guilds  from  1542 
to  1682  have  been  printed  by  the  Record 
Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire(  vol.  ix). 
The  originals  are  preserved   at  Preston. 
The  roll  of  1500  has  been  lost,  but  there 
are  notes  of  it  in  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  36. 

21  The    1397    list    is    headed    by    Sir 
Richard  de  Hoghton. 

22  The  fines  were  of  various  amounts, 
from  zs.  up  to  40*. 

23  In  1562  it  was  ordered  that  widows 
should  'have  and  enjoy  such  liberties  and 
freedoms  during  their  widowhood  as  their 
husbands  in  lifetime  had  and  enjoyed   by 
reason  of  their  burgess-ship.' 

24  W.    A.    Abram    in    introduction   to 
Guild  R. 

10 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  officers  of  the  Guild  were  the  mayor,  who 
was  also  mayor  of  the  borough,  stewards  and  alder- 
men. The  following  is  a  list  of  mayors:  1328, 
Aubred  son  of  Robert  ;  1397,  William  de  Erghum 
(Arkholme)  ;  1415,  Henry  Johnson  ;  1459,  Robert 
Hoghton  ;  1500,  William  Marshall  ;  1 542,  Thomas 
Tipping;  1562,  Thomas  Wall;  1582,  George 
Walton  ;  1602,  Henry  Catterall  ;  1622,  William 
Preston  ;  1642,  Edmund  Werden  ;  1662,  James 
Hodgkinson  ;  1682,  Roger  Sudell  ;  1702,  Josias 
Gregson  ;  1722,  Edmund  Assheton  ;  1742,  Henry 
Farington  ;  1762,  Robert  Parker;  1782,  Richard 
Atherton  ;  1802  and  1822,  Nicholas  Grimshaw  ; 
1842,  Samuel  Horrocks  ;  1862,  Robert  Townley 
Parker;  1882,  Edmund  Birley  ;  1902,  the  Earl  of 
Derby.*5  The  meetings  sometimes  lasted  a  fortnight. 

To  return  from  this  digression,  we  find  that  in  the 
time  of  Henry  Duke  of  Lancaster  (1351-61)  the 
courts  of  the  duchy  were  held  at  Preston,26  and  once 
at  least  the  parish  church  served  as  a  court-house.17 
Usually  they  seem  to  have  been  held  at  Lancaster, 
but  in  time  of  pestilence  were  transferred  to  Preston.88 
An  inquiry  as  to  the  obstructions  to  the  passage  of 
vessels  up  the  Ribble  was  ordered  in  1359.*'  ^ 
matter  of  this  kind  may  have  contributed  to  the 
decline  evident  in  the  importance  of  the  town  in  the 
I  5th  century.  *  The  burgesses  were  fewer  in  number 
in  1459  than  in  1415.  The  old  freemen,  sons  of 
fathers  who  had  been  in  the  guild,  had  dwindled 
down  ...  to  about  ninety  persons,'  though  the 
foreign  burgesses  had  slightly  increased  to  forty-five. 
The  new  in  burgesses  admitted  in  1459  numbered 
ninety-three,  the  roll  being  thus  doubled.10 

In  1536,  during  the  excitement  of  the  Pilgrimage 
of  Grace,  the  Earl  of  Derby  made  Preston  his  head 
quarters,  but  on  30  October  was  able  to  publish  the 
king's  proclamation  and  desire  the  gentlemen  to 
go  home.31  The  Earl  of  Sussex  was  there  in  1537 
on  a  similar  work  for  the  pacification  of  the  north  ; 
he  thought  there  was  '  not  a  scarcer  country  both  for 
horse  meat  and  man's  meat  in  England.'  As  to  his 
mission,  he  expected  to  leave  the  people  as '  obedient, 
faithful,  and  dreadful  subjects '  as  any  in  England." 
Leland  visited  the  place  about  that  time,  and  writes 
thus  :  '  Half  a  mile  beyond  Darwen  I  passed  over 
the  great  stone  bridge  of  Ribble,  having  a  v.  great 


arches.  From  Ribble  Bridge  to  Preston  half  a  mile. 
Preston  hath  but  one  parish  church.  The  market 
place  of  the  town  is  fair.  Ribble  goeth  round  about 
a  great  piece  of  the  ground  about  town,  yet  it 
toucheth  net  the  town  itself  by  space  of  almost  half  a 
mile.  ...  A  mile  without  Preston  I  rode  over 
Savock,  a  big  brook,  the  which,  rising  in  the  hills 
a  iii.  or  iv.  miles  off  on  the  right  hand,  not  very  far 
off  goeth  into  Ribble.'33 

The  town  and  district  were  hostile  to  the  Reforma- 
tion. Even  at  present,  in  spite  of  former  penal  laws 
and  the  vast  changes  effected  by  modern  industries 
with  their  new  populations,  Preston  remains  a 
stronghold  of  Roman  Catholicism.  Various  inci- 
dents recorded  in  the  accounts  of  the  church  and 
the  separate  townships  give  evidence  of  the  state  of 
affairs  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth,  and  a  few  more  may 
be  added  to  illustrate  a  matter  of  such  importance. 
Thus  the  Guild  of  1582  was  marked  by  a  complaint 
from  Lawrence  Wall,  one  of  the  principal  burgesses, 
that  George  Walton,  the  Guild  mayor,  was  promoting 
the  celebration  for  his  own  gain,  while  he  himself 
opposed  it  as  '  tending  to  mere  superstition,  as  may 
appear  by  the  view  of  the  ancient  records  of  the 
said  town  concerning  the  keeping  of  the  old  guild 
merchant  there,34  tending  to  this  effect  that  the  guild 
should  begin  with  procession  and  a  mass  of  the  Holy 
Ghost — now  not  tolerable — and  divers  other  super- 
stitious rites  and  ceremonies  now  abrogated.'  Wall 
had  urged  the  mayor — but  in  vain — to  execute  the 
statute  against  unlawful  games  and  plays,  such  as  the 
keeping  of  common  bowling  alleys,  unlawful  playing 
at  cards  and  dice.  The  mayor  and  his  wife  had  been 
ordered  by  the  ecclesiastical  commission  to  receive  the 
holy  communion  but  had  not  done  so.34 

Next  year  it  was  the  Bishop  of  Chester  who 
denounced  it  and  two  other  places  as  having  a  people 
'  most  obstinate  and  contemptuous '  of  the  Eliza- 
bethan laws  on  religion  ;  he  desired  the  government 
*  to  deal  severely  and  roundly  with  them.' 36 

In  the  autumn  of  1600  a  priest  named  Robert 
Middleton,  a  Yorkshireman  educated  at  the  English 
College  at  Rome,  was  arrested  near  Preston  by  Sir 
Richard  Hoghton,  and  after  being  examined  by  him 
and  Thomas  Hesketh 37  was  delivered  to  the  mayor 
of  Preston,  who  sent  him  to  Lancaster  Castle.  On 


35  Details  of  the  celebrations  down  to 
1882  may  be  seen  in  the  work  already 
cited,   Abram's  Memorials,     It  contains, 
for  example,  the  minute  account  of  the 
Guild   of   1682   given    by  Dr.  Kuerden. 
The     Guild    sermons    on   this    occasion, 
preached   by  Richard   Wroe  and  Thomas 
Gipps,  were  afterwards  printed. 

36  Final  Cone.   (Rec.   Soc.    Lanes,    and 
Ches.),  ii,  130,  &c. 

3~  Assize  R.  450,  m.  8.  There  was 
probably  no  other  public  building  in  the 
town  large  enough  for  a  court-house. 

38  Final   Cone,   iii,    140 ;    this    was   in 
1466.     Lancaster  retained  a  monopoly  of 
the  assizes   and   quarter  sessions  until  a 
century  ago,  but  in  the   lyth  century,  if 
no    earlier,    the  Chancery   Court   of  the 
duchy  was  held  at  Preston,  which  became 
a  lawyers'  town. 

39  Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  346. 

80  Preston  Guild  R.  xxi. 

81  L.  and  P.  Hen.   Vlll,  xi,  922,   947, 
1212  (3). 

82  Ibid,  xii,  695. 

88  Itin.   v,    97.       Camden's    notice    of 


Preston  some  fifty  years  later  is  but 
brief:  'A  great  and  (for  those  countries) 
a  fair  town,  and  well  inhabited  ' ;  Britannia 
(ed.  1695),  752.  Taylor,  the  Water  Poet, 
Drayton,  in  Polyolbion,  and  '  Drunken 
Barnaby '  have  verses  about  it  in  the  first 
part  of  the  I7th  century. 

84  The  '  articles  and  points  '  agreed  upon 
in  1 500  and  1 542  show  that  the  guild  was 
proclaimed    on    three    preceding    market 
days,  and  all  burgesses  were  expected  to 
attend  on  the  first  day,   going  in   proces- 
sion  from   the    Maudlands    through    the 
town  and  hearing  mass  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
in  company  with  the  mayor  and  alder- 
men.    Afterwards    the    enrolling   began, 
when  new  burgesses  could  be  admitted  to 
the  franchise  ;  Abram,  Memorials, 

85  Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  cxxvii, 
W  ii.     From  these    it    appears    further 
that   the   mayor,   either    before    or    after 
Wall's    interference,    empanelled    a  jury 
who   sanctioned    a    right    of    way    over 
certain  of  the  complainant's  land  in  the 
Newfield. 

About  the  same  time  Wall  alleged  that 

74 


William  Hodgkinson,  lately  bailiff,  had, 
4  of  a  covetous  humour,"  unjustly  levied 
certain  dues  ;  ibid.  W  10. 

86  Foley,  Rec.  S.  /.,  v,  392,  quoting 
S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz.  clxiii,  84. 

37  Ibid,  viii,  1367,  quoting  S.  P.  Dom. 
Eliz.  cclxxv,  83.  'The  priest  .  .  . 
had  no  letters  nor  any  other  thing  of 
importance  found  upon  him  saving  only  a 
popish  service  book.'  In  reply  to  his 
examiners,  '  being  demanded  whether  he 
have  said  mass,  christened  children, 
married  any  person,  or  reconciled  any  to 
the  Church  of  Rome  he  said  he  had  done 
so  and  all  other  things  concerning  a  priest, 
and  saith  that  such  as  he  hath  reconciled 
he  doth  instruct  them  to  be  Catholic. 
Being  required  to  declare  whether  he 
used  in  his  reconciling  or  otherwise  any 
persuasion  that  if  the  pope  should  invade 
the  realm  of  England  for  alteration  of 
religion  with  force,  whether  those  that 
are  reconciled  to  the  Catholic  Roman 
Church  should  take  part  with  the  queen's 
majesty  against  the  forces  of  the  pope 
coming  for  such  a  cause,  to  that  he  saith 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


the  way,  near  Myerscough,  '  they  were  overtaken  by 
four  horsemen  and  a  man  on  foot,  who  demanded 
whether  the  prisoner  was  a  priest  and  attempted  to 
rescue  him.  A  desperate  affray  ensued,  in  which  the 
assailants  were  worsted  and  Greenlow,  one  of  the 
horsemen,  was  taken  prisoner.  The  party  then 
returned  to  Preston,  and  Greenlow  was  examined.' 
It  turned  out  that  he  was  a  seminary  priest,  a  York- 
shireman  named  Thurstan  Hunt.  In  the  end  both 
the  priests  were  condemned  as  traitors  for  their 
priesthood  only,  and  were  executed  at  Lancaster  in 
the  March  following.38 

At  the  Bishop  of  Chester's  visitation  in  1605 
sixty-eight  recusants  were  presented  in  Preston  town, 
and  nineteen  others  in  the  parish,  some  being  de- 
scribed as  arch-recusants.  Argument  was  dealt  with 
after  the  manner  of  the  time  :  '  William  Urmston, 
gentleman,  a  great  seducing  Papist,  seduceth  the 
people  very  much,  and  sometimes  a  crafty  subtle 
lawyer.  The  churchwardens  desire  some  course  may 
be  taken  with  him  that  they  be  not  troubled  with 
his  subtle  arguments.'  One  William  Ridley  was 
'  supposed  to  have  many  masses  said  in  his  house 
since  the  death  of  the  queen,  whereunto  many 
have  resorted.' 39 

Somewhat  later,  in  1629  and  subsequent  years, 
the  following  recusants  compounded  by  annual  fines 
for  the  sequestration  of  two-thirds  of  their  estates  : 
In  Preston — Henry  Ashton,  £3  6s.  8</.  ;  Alexander 
Rigby,  £2  ;  James  Walton,  £6  ;  Grace  Wilkinson, 
£$.  In  Broughton — Hugh  Crook,  William  Single- 
ton and  George  Wilkinson,  £2  each.  In  Ribbleton 
— John  Farington,  £6  l$s.  \d.  In  Grimsargh — 
William  Hoghton,  £10.  The  following  compounded 
for  arrears  only,  having  been  induced  to  conform  : 
Henry  Sudell  of  Preston  and  Henry  Grayson  of 
Fulwood.40  Richard  Hurst,  a  yeoman  of  the  district, 
probably  of  Broughton,  was  to  be  arrested  for 
recusancy  by  order  of  the  Bishop  of  Chester. 
The  violence  of  the  officers  provoked  a  fight, 
and  one  of  them  afterwards  died.  Hurst  was 
charged  with  murder,  and  it  is  stated  that  the  judge 
at  the  trial,  Sir  Henry  Yelverton,  '  informed  the 
jury  that  the  prisoner  was  a  recusant  and  had  resisted 
the  bishop's  authority  ;  and  told  them  that  he  must 
be  found  guilty  of  murder,  as  an  example.'  The 
jury  returned  this  verdict,  but  Hurst  on  his  way  to 
execution  was  offered  his  life  if  he  would  take  the 


oath  of  allegiance.  As  it  contained  anti-Catholic 
clauses  he  refused,  and  was  accordingly  executed 
29  August  i628.41 

James  I  was  entertained  by  the  mayor  and  cor- 
poration during  his  progress  from  the  north  to  London 
in  1617.  Arriving  at  the  cross  on  15  August  he  was 
received  by  the  mayor  and  corporation  and  presented 
with  a  bowl  ;  after  the  recorder's  speech  the  king 
went  to  a  banquet  in  the  Guildhall.42  A  great 
pestilence  is  recorded  in  1630—1.  The  guild  order 
book  of  the  time  states  that  1,100  persons  and 
upwards  died  within  the  town  and  parish  of  Preston 
from  the  plague,  which  began  about  10  November 
1630  and  lasted  a  whole  year.43 

On  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  the  people  of 
the  district  in  general  espoused  the  king's  side.44 
One  of  the  powder  magazines  for  the  county  had 
been  established  at  Preston  in  i639.45  Before  the 
actual  outbreak  of  war  Lord  Strange  in  June  1642 
summoned  a  muster  of  the  armed  force  of  the  county 
on  the  moor  to  the  north  of  the  town,46  and  Preston 
itself  was  garrisoned  by  Royalists  soon  afterwards.47 
Early  in  the  following  year  Sir  John  Seaton  led  the 
Parliament's  troops  to  attack  it.  They  found  it  to 
be  defended  by  a  brick  wall,  but  made  the  assault 
with  great  courage  on  9  February  1642-3,  and  after 
two  hours'  fighting  captured  the  town.  The  mayor, 
Adam  Mort,  died  of  his  wounds  ;  he  had  threatened 
to  burn  the  place,  beginning  with  his  own  dwelling, 
rather  than  suffer  it  to  fall  into  the  power  of  the 
Parliament.48  Mr.  Anderton  of  Clayton,  the  com- 
mandant of  the  garrison,  was  taken  prisoner  with 
several  other  local  men  of  importance,  and  some 
were  killed.  Various  guns  and  war  stores  were 
captured  '  and  divers  were  pillaged  to  a  purpose.' 49 
Rosworm,  the  famous  engineer,  afterwards  re-fortified 
the  position. 

Five  weeks  later,  20  March,  Lord  Derby  having 
learnt  that  the  place  was  weak  because  troops  had 
been  drawn  away  to  resist  him  at  Lancaster,  hurried 
to  Preston  and  recaptured  it  for  the  king.  The 
mayor,  Edmund  Werden,  was  in  charge  of  the  town, 
and  refused  to  surrender  it ;  but  assaults  were  made 
at  three  points  by  Captains  Chisnall,  Radcliffe  and 
Rawstorne,  and  after  an  hour's  struggle  the  place  was 
taken.  There  was  no  general  plunder,  but  Lord 
Derby  '  gave  command  that  the  houses  of  those  who 
had  betrayed  the  town  before  should  be  responsible 


he  doth  not  answer,  for  he  doubteth  of  it. 
And  being  demanded  whether  he  taketh 
the  queen's  majesty  to  be  lawful  Queen 
of  England,  he  saith  "In  temporal 
matters,"  and  that  he  hath  done  and  will 
pray  that  God  would  make  her  majesty  a 
Catholic.  And  being  likewise  demanded 
whether  her  majesty  ought  to  be  Queen 
of  England,  the  pope's  excommunication 
notwithstanding,  to  that  he  saith  he  will 
not  answer,  nor  any  more  questions.' 

88  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  iii, 
481  ;  v,  13  ;  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1598-1601, 
p.  485  ;  Foley,  op.  cit.  viii,  962.     Mid- 
dleton  was   admitted    to    the   Society  of 
Jesus  just  before  his  execution. 

The  cause  of  the  beatification  of  both 
priests,  also  of  Richard  Hurst,  hereafter 
mentioned,  and  George  Haydock  of  Cot- 
tarn,  was  allowed  to  be  introduced  at  Rome 
in  1886  ;  Pollen,  Acts  of  Martyrs,  379-82. 

89  Presentments,  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

40  Trans,  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xxiv, 
175,  &c.  To  the  first  class  of  corn- 


pounders  should  be  added  Thomas 
Richardson  of  Myerscough,  £14  101. 

41  Gillow,  op.  cit.  iii,  487-9,  from  a 
contemporary  account,  reprinted  1737. 

4*  Assheton's  Journ.  (Chet.  Soc.),  36-7. 

48  Abram,  Memorials  of  the  Guilds,  42  ; 
Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  45  ; 
Civil  War  in  Ches.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  6. 

44  The    Protestation    of   1641,    which 
affords  a  list  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  parish, 
is  remarkable    as    showing  that  a    large 
number  refused   to  assent.     The  names 
are  printed  in  Fish  wick,  op.  cit.  425—31. 

45  Cal.   S.  P.    Dom.    1638-9,   p.   387. 
The  small  stock  there  in  1642  was  seized 
by  the   Royalists  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep. 
v,  App.  31,  32. 

46  Lord  Strange,   Lord   Molyneux  and 
many   of  the    gentry    were    present,   the 
whole    assemblage    being    estimated    to 
number  5,000.     A  large  number  of  them 
were  in  favour  of  the  Parliament ;  ibid. ; 
Civil  War  Tracts  (Chet.  Soc.),  14,  23. 

75 


47  Civil    War     Tracts     (Chet     Soc.), 
66. 

48  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  23.    The 
troops  had  crossed  by  Ribble  Bridge,  and 
the    main    body  attacked   from  the  east 
side  ;  but  a  small  force  went  round  to  the 
house  of  correction  and  entered  by  Friar- 
gate  Bars.     This  writer  states   that   the 
town  was  captured  on   the   morning  of 
8  Feb.,  but  the  more  detailed  account  in 
Civil  War  Tracts  (p.  74)  says  it  was  the 
following  day. 

John  Tyldesley  of  Deane  also  has  given 
a  description  of  the  event ;  he  adds  :  '  So 
soon  as  matters  were  settled  we  sang 
praises  to  God  in  the  streets,'  and  'the 
sun  brake  forth  and  shined  brightly  and 
hot,  in  the  time  of  the  exercise,  as  if  it 
had  been  midsummer'  ;  ibid.  73. 

For  the  importance  of  the  capture  see 
Broxap,  Civil  War  in  Lanes.  63—5. 

49  Civil  War  Tracts,  75.      For  evidence 
of  plundering  by  the  Parliament's  soldiers 
see  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2849. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


to  his  majesty  for  their  masters'  treason,  whose  goods 
his  lordship  ordered  to  be  seized  and  equally  divided 
among  the  soldiers.'  80 

Prince  Rupert  was  in  the  town  on  23  June 
i644,51  and  returned  to  it  about  a  fortnight  later, 
having  been  defeated  at  Marston  Moor.  He  then 
retreated  south  to  Chester,  and  from  that  time  the 
Parliament  had  command  of  Preston.52  The  meet- 
ings of  the  Sequestration  Committee  were  usually 
held  there,  and  there  was  a  Presbyterian  classis  with 
meetings  of  the  Provincial  assembly.83  The  post 
stages  arranged  at  that  time  show  that  starting  from 
London  on  Saturday  morning  a  dispatch  should 
reach  Manchester  on  Wednesday  night  and  Preston 
the  next  day  at  noon.84 

After  a  few  years'  rest  the  town  had  renewed 
experience  of  war,  for  in  August  1648  the  army  of 
Scotch  Covenanters  under  the  Duke  of  Hamilton  in 
their  march  southward  were  joined  near  Preston  by 
English  Cavaliers  under  Sir  Marmaduke  Langdale. 
Religious  differences  prevented  the  two  bodies  acting 
in  harmony,  and  when  Cromwell,  hastening  unex- 
pectedly from  Yorkshire,  attacked  them  on  1 7  August 
they  were  overcome.  The  field  of  battle  was  to  the 
east  of  the  town,  from  Ribbleton  Moor  to  the  river. 
The  duke's  forces  were  partly  to  the  north  of  the 
Ribble  and  partly  to  the  south.  Langdale's  horse 
covered  their  left  flank  and  thus  met  the  first  onset 
of  Cromwell's  army.  It  was  imagined  that  this  was 
no  more  than  Colonel  Assheton  and  the  Lancashire 
bands,  and  so  the  duke  seems  to  have  continued 
sending  his  infantry  over  the  river  southwards.  The 
weakened  force,  after  a  hot  fight  of  some  four  hours, 
was  driven  into  Preston  itself,  where  fighting  was 
witnessed,  and  then  scattered  to  north  and  to  south  ; 
many  were  slain,  numerous  prisoners  were  taken,  and 
the  ammunition  also.55  The  duke  was  hotly  pursued 
the  next  day  and  finally  routed  near  Winwick.  Just 
three  years  later,  on  14  August  1651,  Prince  Charles, 
'  the  King  of  Scots,'  passed  through  Preston  on  his 
way  south,  riding  through  the  streets  on  horseback  so 
that  he  might  be  seen  by  the  people.  Lord  Derby, 
having  there  assembled  what  force  he  could  from 
the  district,  followed  him  to  the  overthrow  at 
Worcester.66 

The  people  seem  to  have  welcomed  the  Restoration, 
and  the  public  proclamation  of  Charles  II,  on 
1 1  May  1 660,  was  made  with  the  usual  signs  of 


popular  approval.57  William  Cole,  the  vicar,  preached 
a  sermon  on  24  May,  the  public  thanksgiving  day, 
and  it  was  printed  with  a  dedication  to  Sir  George 
Booth,  the  leading  Presbyterian  Royalist.58  By  a 
singular  decision  of  the  House  of  Commons  in  1 66 1 
*  all  the  inhabitants '  of  the  borough  were  declared 
entitled  to  vote  for  the  members  of  Parliament  ;  and 
though  it  does  not  seem  to  have  been  acted  upon  till 
1768  this  democratic  suffrage  was  the  law  till 
i832.69  The  hearth  tax  return  of  i66360  shows 
that  there  were  727  hearths  taxable  in  the  town  ; 
Alexander  Rigby  had  the  largest  dwelling,  with 
fifteen  hearths.61  Ribbleton  had  twenty  hearths 
taxed  ;  the  hall  seems  to  have  had  six,  but  was 
divided  into  three  tenements.  Fishwick  had  twenty- 
five,  four  being  the  largest  number  to  one  house. 
Grimsargh  with  Brockholes  had  thirty-six,  the 
principal  houses  being  those  of  the  two  squires,  each 
with  five  hearths.  Elston  had  twenty-eight ;  three 
of  the  houses  had  four  hearths  taxed.  Barton  had 
1 02,  all  in  small  houses  except  the  hall,  which  had 
twenty-two  hearths,  being  the  largest  house  in  the 
parish.  Broughton  had  eighty-two,  of  which  twelve 
belonged  to  the  Tower.  Lea,  Ashton  and  Cottam 
had  forty-nine,  thirty-two  and  twenty-seven  re- 
spectively ;  all  the  houses  were  small,  except  Lea 
Hall,  with  thirteen  hearths.62  Fulwood  had  fifty- 
one  ;  the  largest  house  had  seven  hearths.  A 
number  of  tradesmen's  tokens  were  issued  about 
i666.63 

From  several  descriptions  of  the  town  about  the 
end  of  the  I7th  century  it  seems  to  have  been 
prosperous.  Kuerden  has  left  two  descriptions  of  its 
state  in  1680-90.  Crossing  the  Ribble  by  the 
bridge  at  Walton  he  entered  the  town  at  the  Bars. 
The  Pattens'  mansion  stood  on  the  right,  '  a 
sumptuous  house.'  Proceeding  along  Church  Street 
he  passed  the  church  and  school  on  the  left  and 
1  many  stately  houses '  on  the  right,  on  which  side 
also  stood  the  town  hall  and  shambles.  Opposite 
these  last  a  footpath  led  down  to  the  Penwortham 
ferry  boat.  Going  past  the  cross,  leaving  Fishergate 
on  the  left,  with  its  '  many  good  houses  .  .  . 
lately  erected,'  he  went  through  Cheapside  and  along 
Friargate,  where  were  yet  more  '  good  houses.' 
Passing  through  the  Bars  he  came  to  the  Moorgate 
and  the  common,  noticing  Alderman  Wall's  '  fair 
house'  on  the  left.  He  then  followed  the  causey 


*°  Civil  War  Tracts,  85-6  ;  Stanley  P. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  iii,  p.  Ixxxiv. 

51  Col.  S.  P.  Dom.  1644,  p.  265.  He 
it  said  to  have  seized  the  mayor,  William 
Cottam,  and  the  bailiffs  and  imprisoned 
them  at  Skipton.  They  were  afterwards 
compensated  by  the  corporation. 

64  Ibid.  440,  447. 

48  Heywood,  Diaries,  i,  78. 

54  The  stages  were  :  London  to  St. 
Albans,  Newport  Pagnell,  Northampton, 
Leicester,  Nottingham,  Derby,  Manches- 
ter, Preston;  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1644-5, 
p.  170. 

5i  Civil  War  Tracts,  257-68  ;  Carlyle, 
Cromwell's  Letters,  Ixiii-iv.  The  victor 
wrote  that  same  evening  :  'We  advanced 
with  the  whole  army,  and  the  enemy 
being  drawn  out  on  a  moor  betwixt  us 
and  the  town  the  armies  on  both  sides 
engaged  ;  and  after  a  very  sharp  dispute, 
continuing  for  three  or  four  hours,  it 
pleased  God  to  enable  us  to  give  them  a 
defeat.  ...  By  this  means  the  enemy  is 


broken.'  He  wrote  more  fully  three  days 
later,  describing  how  the  Royalists  were 
forced  back  into  Preston,  'into  which 
four  troops  of  my  own  regiment  first 
entered  ;  and  being  well  seconded  by 
Colonel  Harrison's  regiment,  charged  the 
enemy  in  the  town  and  cleared  the  streets.' 
The  Duke  of  Hamilton  and  his  staff 
swam  the  Ribble  and  so  regained  the 
main  body  of  their  foot. 

56  Civil  War   Tracts,  288,  301  ;   War 
in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  70,  73-4. 

57  Preston   Guardian  Sketches,  no.   344. 
The  Royalist  party  was  weak  in  the  cor- 
poration, which  was  'purged'  in  1661  by 
the    expulsion   of  Edmund    Werden    and 
seven     others     for      disloyalty ;       while 
William     Banastre     (formerly    expelled) 
was    restored;     Cal.    S.    P.    Dom.    1670, 
p.  663.     Even  then  there  were  complaints 
that  the  loyal  party  was  too  weak  ;  ibid. 
1 66 1-2,  p.  93,  &c. 

68  Preston   Guardian,     1 1     Mar.     1876. 
There  is  a  copy  in  the  Bodleian  Library. 

76 


The  town  seems  to  have  maintained 
the  same  loyal  disposition,  for  when 
James  II  visited  Chester  in  1687  the  cor- 
poration of  Preston  sent  a  deputation 
with  an  address ;  Cartwrighfs  Diary 
(Camd.  Soc.),  74. 

59  Hard  wick,    Preston,    329,    &c.       In 
practice  'the  right  was  confined  to  all  the 
male  inhabitants  above  twenty-one  years 
of  age  who  had  resided  six  months  in  the 
town  and  were  untainted  with  pauperism 
or    crime.'       Religious    test*     excluded 
Roman  Catholics. 

60  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  432-6. 

61  The  next  houses  in  size  were  those 
of  Jane    Langton    with    twelve   hearths, 
William  Hodskinson  and  Joan    Banastre 
eleven    each,    William    Walmesley    and 
William  Banastre  ten  each.     There  were 
three  of  nine,  three  of  eight,  four  of  seven, 
thirteen  of  six  and  the  rest  smaller. 

62  Edmund    Wearden    at    Ashton    had 
six  hearths  ;  Cottam  Hall  had  only  four. 

68  Lanes,  and  CAes.  Antiq.  Soc.  v,  87—9. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


over  the  moor  to  Fulwood  and  Cadley  Moor  ;  so  he 
came  to  Broughton  Tower  and  church  and  after- 
wards to  St.  Lawrence's  Chapel  and  Barton  Hall,  and 
passed  on  to  Goosnargh.64  Celia  Fiennes  was  pleased 
with  it  :  '  Preston  (she  says)  stands  on  a  hill  and  is  a 
very  good  market  town.  Saturday  is  their  mariker, 
which  day  I  was  there  and  saw  it  was  provided  with 
all  sorts  of  things  :  leather,  corn,  coals,  butter, 
cheese,  and  fruit  and  garden  things.  There  is  a  very 
spacious  market  place  and  pretty  church  and  several 
good  houses.  .  .  .  The  generality  of  the  build- 
ings, especially  in  two  or  three  of  the  great  streets, 
were  very  handsome,  better  than  in  most  country 
towns,  and  the  streets  spacious  and  well  pitched.'  ** 
In  1709  it  was  thought  'a  very  pretty  town  with 
abundance  of  gentry  in  it ;  commonly  called  Proud 
Preston.' M  As  a  port  it  had  declined.67 

The  religious  conditions  it  is  difficult  to  determine. 
The  corporation  was  Tory  and  the  vicars  of  the 
parish  Whig.  There  were  numerous  Dissenters,  but 
the  relative  importance  of  the  Roman  Catholics  had 
no  doubt  declined  during  the  century,  and  was  still 
further  weakened  by  the  disasters  of  1715. M 

The  invasion  of  the  Scottish  Jacobites  in  that  year 
penetrated  as  far  south  as  Preston,  and  drew  many 
adherents  from  the  neighbourhood,  but  'all  Papists.'69 
The  army  was  placed  under  the  command  of  a 
lawyer,  Thomas  Forster  of  Etherston,  member  of 
Parliament  for  Northumberland,  and  it  arrived  at 
Preston  on  9-10  November  some  1,700  strong/0 
James  III  was  proclaimed  king  in  the  market  place. 


On  Saturday  the  izth  orders  were  given  that  the 
whole  force  was  to  advance  to  Manchester,  but  news 
being  brought,  greatly  to  their  surprise,  that  General 
Wills  was  advancing  from  Wigan  to  attack  them,  they 
resolved  to  await  him.  Forster  appears  to  have  been 
badly  advised  ;  he  refused  to  defend  Ribble  Bridge 
and  the  fords,  so  that  the  royal  troops  crossed  the 
river  without  opposition  and  at  once  made  a  vigorous 
attack  on  the  town.71  Some  trenches  and  barricades 
had  been  formed,  and  the  defenders  repelled  all  the 
attacks  with  success,  the  king's  troops  suffering 
severely.  Darkness  put  a  stop  to  the  fighting  on 
Saturday,  but  next  day  Wills  received  a  considerable 
accession  of  strength  from  General  Carpenter,  who 
came  up  from  the  east,  and  was  thus  able  to  surround 
the  town.  The  Jacobites  found  that  they  must 
either  cut  their  way  through  the  king's  forces  or 
surrender,  having  but  slight  provision  for  a  sustained 
defence.  The  following  day  accordingly  they  laid 
down  their  arms  in  the  market  place,72  and  the  king's 
troops  took  possession  of  the  town  ;  it  is  said  that 
they  plundered  many  of  the  houses.  The  prisoners 
were  confined  in  the  church  for  a  month,  and  fed 
upon  bread  and  water  at  the  cost  of  the  towns- 
people.73 Some  were  executed  ;  in  December  four 
officers  were  shot 74 ;  the  next  month  some  local 
volunteers  were  hanged  at  Gallows  Hill,  close  to 
the  present  Moor  Park  :  Richard  Shuttleworth  of 
Preston,  Roger  Muncaster  of  Garstang,  Thomas 
Cowpe  of  Walton-le-Dale,  William  Butler  and 
William  Arkwright  ;  and  in  the  following  February 


64  Local  Glean.  Lanes,  and  Ches.  i,  217. 
A  more  elaborate  description  by  the  same 
observer  is  quoted  in  Hardwick,  Preston, 
giving  the  names  of  many  of  the  streets 
and   passages,   the    ferry    and    fords,   and 
particulars  of  various  buildings,  including 
the  'ample,  ancient  and  yet  well  beau- 
tified town  or  guild  hall  or  toll  booth,'  in 
which  was  the  council  chamber. 

The  description  in  Ogilby's  Britannia 
(1690)  calls  Preston  'a  large  and  well 
frequented  town,  governed  by  a  mayor, 
eight  aldermen,  four  under-aldermen  and 
twelve  common  councilmen.  .  .  .  Here 
are  kept  the  chancery  courts,  &c.,  for  the 
county  palatine  of  Lancaster.' 

65  Through  England  on  a  Side  Saddle, 
155.     She,  too,  was  specially  struck  with 
the   Patten   mansion  :  'All  stone    work, 
five  windows  in  the  front  and  high  built 
according  to    the    eastern   building   near 
London.     The  ascent  to  the  house  was 
fourteen  or  fifteen  stone  steps,  large,  and 
a  handsome  court  with  open  iron  palisades 
in  the  gate  and  on  each  side  the  whole 
breadth  of  the  house,   which    discovered 
the  gardens  on  each  side  of  the  house.' 
Patten  House  was  pulled  down  in  1835  ; 
the  gateway  was  re-erected    at    Howick 
House  ;   Hardwick,  op.  cit.  430-1.     The 
site  is  marked  by  Lord's  Walk  and  Derby 
Street. 

There  are  said  to  have  been  four  alms- 
houses,  viz.  in  Fishergate  near  the  top  of 
Mount  Street,  at  the  north  ends  of  Friar- 
gate  and  St.  John  Street,  and  at  the  east 
end  of  the  town  ;  Hewitson,  Preston  Ct. 
Leet  Rec.  54. 

66  Edmund     Calamy't    Autobiography, 
quoted   by  Fishwick,    op.    cit.    62.     See 
N.andQ.(zeT.j],  vii,  428  ;  viii,  55,  214. 

67  In    a   fishery    dispute    in    1691-2  a 
witness  deposed  that  he  had  known  vessels 
and  boats,  some  of  40  tons  burthen,  sail 
op  the  Ribble  as   far   as  Preston  Marsh, 


and  sometimes  even  as  far  as  Holme. 
Some  of  these  vessels  went  to  Bristol 
laden  with  lead  ;  other*  took  millstones 
to  Ireland,  and  did  '  often  lie  or  ride '  at 
a  place  called  Old  Millstones  in  A»hton  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  87. 

68  In  1687,  during  a  moment  of  liberty, 
Bishop  Leyburne  confirmed  1,153  at 
Preston  and  Tulketh  and  1,099  at  Ferny- 
halgh  ;  Gillow,  Bill.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath. 
ii,  145. 

The  vicar  of  Preston  wrote  thus  to  the 
Bishop  of  Chester  in  1715  :  'I  beg  leave 
to  acquaint  your  lordship  that  there  are 
three  townships  and  part  of  another  in 
this  parish,  which  lie  three,  four  and  five 
miles  from  the  church,  and  have  no  other 
convenient  place  of  public  worship  ;  that 
by  this  unhappy  situation  they  have  still 
been  exposed  to  temptations  and  popery, 
which  is  too  prevalent  in  these  parts  of 
your  lordship's  diocese,  and  are  thereby 
an  easier  prey  to  the  priests  of  that  com- 
munion, we  having  no  less  than  six  of 
these  men  in  the  one  parish.  From  my 
first  coming  to  this  place  I  have  wished 
for  some  hopeful  remedy  against  this 
growing  evil '  ;  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  470.  This  vicar  secured  three 
new  churches — Grimsargh,  Barton  and 
Preston  St.  George's.  This  last  is  a 
significant  dedication. 

In  1717  there  were  reported  to  the 
Bishop  of  Chester  to  be  only  643  '  Papists  ' 
in  the  parish,  no  doubt  very  much  below 
the  true  number.  Fifty  years  later  the 
numbers  returned  to  him  were:  In  Preston, 
1,043,  with  a  resident  priest ;  in  Broughton 
chapelry,  313,  with  two  priests  ;  in  Grims- 
argh, 117  ;  in  Barton,  131  ;  "Trans.  Hist. 
Soc.  (new  ser.),  xviii,  218. 

In  1754-5  a  religious  census  was  taken, 
and  the  Preston  return  gives  the  families 
thus  :  In  the  town  of  Preston — Protestants 
762,  Papists  145,  Dissenters  21  ;  in  Lea, 

77 


Ashton,  &c. — Protestants  47,  Papists  30  ; 
Ribbleton,  Grimsargh,  Elston  and  Fish- 
wick—58,  57  ;  Broughton— 41,  47  ; 
Barton — 52,  19  ;  Haighton — 7,  18.  No 
Dissenters  are  recorded  outside  the  town  ; 
Visitation  Returns. 

69  Robert    Patten,    chaplain    to    Mr. 
Forster,  was  an  eye-witness  of  the  whole 
affair  ;    he    turned    king's    evidence    and 
wrote  a  history  of  the   rebellion,  which 
passed  through  several  editions.    It  appears 
to  be  the  principal  source  of  other  accounts, 
e.g.  that  in  Hardwick's  Preston,  219-33. 
There  are  many  allusions  in  the  Stuart  P. 
(Hist.  MSS.  Com.),  ii,  iii. 

70  Two  troops  of  dragoons  quartered  in 
the  town  retired  before  them. 

71  Two  plans  of  the  operations  give  the 
earliest  maps  of  the  town.     One  of  them, 
'drawn  on  the  spot  by  P.   M.,  esq.,'  is 
given  in  Hewitson,  Preston,  23  ;  the  other 
in  Fishwick's  work,  64.     They  show  the 
positions  of  the  barricades  across  the  chief 
streets  and  the  disposition  of  the  king's 
forces.      Several  houses  in  the  outskirts 
are  represented  as  in  names. 

78  Patten  gives  the  losses  thus  :  On  the 
king's  side — killed,  five  officers  and  over 
200  privates  ;  wounded,  sixteen  officers, 
privates  not  recorded.  On  the  Jacobite 
side — killed  seventeen,  wounded  twenty- 
five  ;  prisoners,  seven  lords  and  1,490 
gentlemen,  officers  and  privates,  and  two 
clergymen.  There  is  a  note  of  the 
prisoners  in  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xi, 
App.  iv,  170. 

73  On  the  behaviour   of  the    vicar  of 
Preston,  the  inhabitants  and  the  neigh- 
bouring   gentry,    see    reports    in    Payne, 
Engl.  Cath.  Rec.   85-8,  97-9.     A  list  of 
residents  in  the  district  who  were  attainted 
is  printed  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  66. 

74  Major    Nairne,   Captains   Lockhart, 
Shaftoe    and    Erskine.      See    Hardwick, 
op.  cit.  235-6. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Richard  Chorley  of  Chorley  and  six  others 75  were 
executed  in  the  same  way. 

Defoe  in  1727  found  Preston  a  fine  and  gay  town, 
but  inferior  in  population  to  Liverpool  and  Man- 
chester. It  was  '  full  of  attorneys,  proctors  and 
notaries '  employed  in  the  special  palatine  courts. 
There  was  '  a  great  deal  of  good  company,'  but  not 
so  much  '  as  was  before  the  late  bloody  action  with 
the  Northern  rebels  ;  not  that  the  battle  hurt  many 
of  the  immediate  inhabitants,  but  the  consequences 
of  it  so  severely  affected  many  families  thereabout  that 
they  still  retain  the  remembrance  of  it.' 76  The 
earliest  'prospect'  of  the  town  is  dated  1728  ;  it  was 
drawn  from  the  south  side  by  S.  and  N.  Buck.77  A 
printing  press  was  at  work  as  early  as  I74O.78  A 
verbal  description  of  Preston  in  1745  reads  thus: 
'  This  town  is  situated  on  a  clean,  delightful  eminence, 
having  handsome  streets  and  variety  of  company, 
which  the  agreeableness  of  the  place  induces  to  board 
here,  it  being  one  of  the  prettiest  retirements  in 
England,  and  may  for  its  beauty  and  largeness  compare 
with  most  cities,  and  for  the  politeness  of  the 
inhabitants  none  can  excel.  .  .  .  Here  is  a  hand- 
some church  and  a  town  hall  where  the  corporation 
meet  for  business  and  the  gentlemen  and  ladies  for 
balls  and  assemblies.  Here  is  likewise  a  spacious 
market  place  in  the  midst  of  which  stands  a  fine 
obelisk  ;  the  streets  are  neatly  paved,  and  the  houses 
well  built  of  brick  and  slates.  This  town  being  a 
great  thoroughfare  there  are  many  good  inns  for  the 
reception  of  travellers.  .  .  .  This  town  has  a  pretty 
good  trade  for  linen  yarn,  cloth,  cotton,  &c.'  79 

It  was  in  the  winter  of  1745  that  the  Prince 
Charles  Edward  led  his  army  south  through  Preston 
in  his  attempt  to  win  the  crown  of  England.  He 
arrived  there  on  27  November80;  the  bells  were 
rung,  and  a  few  joined  them,  including  Francis 


Towneley,  nephew  of  the  squire  of  Towneley.  The 
army  left  next  day  for  Manchester.  On  its  hasty 
retreat  north  the  force  regained  Preston  on  I  2  Decem- 
ber and  left  for  Lancaster  the  next  morning,  being 
closely  followed  by  Oglethorpe's  dragoons  and  the 
Duke  of  Cumberland  himself. 

Pococke  in  1750  thought  the  town  subsisted 
*  chiefly  by  its  being  a  great  thoroughfare  and  by 
many  families  of  middling  fortune  living  in  it '  ; 
hence,  he  says,  '  it  is  remarkable  for  old  maids,  be- 
cause these  families  will  not  ally  with  tradesmen  and 
have  not  sufficient  fortunes  for  gentlemen.'  81 

From  that  time  the  history  of  the  parish  has  been 
peaceful,  with  the  exception  of  election  battles — 
notably  that  of  I76882 — and  industrial  disturbances. 
These  latter  conflicts  appear  to  have  been  less 
dangerous  here  than  in  other  parts  of  the  county, 
but  there  was  a  threatening  demonstration  against 
power-looms  in  i8z6.83  In  1797-8  the  Royal 
Preston  Volunteers  were  raised  for  the  defence  of 
the  county,  and  a  rifle  corps  also  was  formed.84  The 
modern  volunteer  movement  received  due  support  in 
the  district,  two  corps  being  formed  in  l859,85  and 
Preston  is  now,  under  the  Territorial  system,  the  head 
quarters  of  a  squadron  of  the  Duke  of  Lancaster's 
Own  Yeomanry,  a  battery  of  the  2nd  West  Lanca- 
shire Brigade  Royal  Field  Artillery,  and  three  com- 
panies of  the  4th  Battalion  Loyal  North  Lancashire 
Regiment. 

Communications  were  improved  by  the  turnpiking 
of  the  north  road  in  1751  86  and  the  erection  of 
Penwortham  Bridge  in  1755-87  The  old  Ribble 
Bridge  was  rebuilt  in  I78i,88and  in  the  following 
year  a  new  town-hall  was  erected.89  Stage  coaches 
began  running  to  Wigan  and  Warrington  about  1771, 
and  to  Liverpool  in  I774.90  The  cotton  manufac- 
ture was  introduced  in  I777,91  and  from  that  time 


75  James  Drummond,  William   Black, 
Donald  Macdonald,  John  Howard,  Berry 
Kennedy  and  John  Rowbottom. 

76  Tour     Through    Great   Britain    (ed. 
1738),  Hi,  183. 

77  A  large  reproduction  of  it  forms  the 
frontispiece  to  Fishwick's  Preston.     In  the 
tame  work  (p.  417)  is  an  old  view  of  the 
market  place,  showing  a  large  timbered 
house  on  the  south  side,  with  a  smaller 
one  adjoining  it  to  the  east.     An  obelisk 
or  market  cross  stood  in  the  square. 

The  large  house  had  the  initials  i1^ 
and  date  1629  carved  over  a  doorway  ; 
the  builder  was  John  Jenkinson,  who  by 
his  will  directed  its  completion,  leaving 
it  to  his  widow  Anne  and  his  daughters 
Grace  and  Elizabeth.  Adam  Mort,  the 
mayor,  killed  in  1643,  once  occupied  it. 
It  was  sold  to  the  corporation  in  1822. 
The  smaller  house  had  the  inscription 
I.  A.  1618,  for  James  Archer.  They 
were  demolished  in  1855,  when  a  pamphlet 
was  printed  giving  a  full  history  of  them  ; 
Hardwick,  op.  cit.  432. 

78  Local  Glean.  Lanes.  and  Chcs.  i,  37, 43  ; 
Hewitson,  op.  cit.  341.    William  Cadman, 
a    local    bookseller,   is    mentioned    some 
eighty  years  earlier  5  Pal.  Note  Bk.  i,  1 3. 

79  Ray,  Hitt.  of  the  Rebellion. 

80  Hardwick,  op.  cit.  241-52.     It  was 
noticed   that   on  his    arrival   at   Preston 
Prince      Charles,     '  who     had     hitherto 
marched  on  foot,  mounted  on  horseback 
and  surveyed  the  passes  and  bridges  of  the 
town,  taking  with  him  such  at  had  been 
there  in  the  year  1715.' 


81  Travels  through  England  (Camd. 
Soc.),  i,  12. 

88  This  was  the  election  in  which  the 
democratic  franchise  of  1661  first  became 
effective.  In  1741  the  foreign  burgesses 
were  considered  to  be  disqualified  as 
electors,  though  resident ;  Abram,  Me- 
morials of  the  Guilds,  83.  In  1768  the 
Earl  of  Derby,  in  the  Whig  interest  as 
opposed  to  the  corporation,  called  atten- 
tion to  the  franchise,  and  raised  a  popular 
disturbance,  Roman  Catholic  chapels 
being  wrecked  and  other  damage  done. 

The  Stanley  family  for  a  long  time 
exercised  a  preponderating  influence  in 
the  elections,  but  the  power  of  the  manu- 
facturers began  to  manifest  itself  before 
1800.  The  last  election  before  the 
Reform  Act  was  a  most  exciting  one,  for 
on  the  Hon.  E.  G.  Stanley  seeking  re- 
election on  being  placed  in  the  ministry 
in  1830  he  was  defeated  by  Henry  Hunt 
the  Radical  by  3,730  to  3,392  votes. 
Hunt  was  defeated  in  1832. 

For  some  of  the  more  important  con- 
tests see  Hardwick,  op.  cit.  330-43. 
Long  accounts,  in  which  the  old  poll 
books  were  reprinted  and  annotated,  ap- 
peared in  the  Preston  Guardian  in  1878 
and  later. 

88  Hardwick,  op.  cit.  375.  There  were 
notable  riots  and  strikes  in  1831,  1836 
(a  three  months'  strike),  1842  (riots,  five 
men  mortally  wounded),  1853  (eight 
months'  lock-out),  and  1878  ;  ibid.  415- 
22  ;  Hewitson,  Preston,  180-4. 

84  Hardwick,    op.    cit.    256.       The«e 

78 


volunteers  joined  the  militia  in  1808  ; 
ibid.  387.  Details  of  their  regulations 
and  uniforms  will  be  found  in  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  418-19. 

85  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  374-7. 

88  Stat.  24  Geo.  II,  cap.  20.  Garstang 
Road  was  formed  in  1817,  replacing  an 
old  crooked  lane.  The  highway  known  as 
Blackburn  New  Road  was  made  in  1824  ; 
a  wooden  bridge  over  the  Ribble  was  built 
for  it  at  Lower  Brockholes,  replaced  by  a 
stone  one  in  1861. 

87  Hardwick,  op.  cit.  459.     An  Act  of 
Parliament  was  obtained  in   1750.     This 
was  the  road  from   Preston  to  Liverpool, 
the  river  having  been   crossed  by  a  ford. 
The  first  bridge  fell  down  in   1756,  and 
a  new  one  was  built  after  a  fresh  Act  had 
been  obtained. 

88  Ibid.  458. 

89  A  view  is  given  in  Fishwick,  Preston, 
71.      The    older   building    fell    down    in 
1780  ;  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  357. 

90  Ibid.  198.     In  Sept.   1823   seventy- 
two  coaches  ran  in  and  out  of  Preston 
every    Wednesday ;    Hardwick,    op.    cit. 
389.     A  list  of  those  running  in  1825  is 
given  in  Baines"  Lanes.  Dir.  ii,  519-20. 
The  coaches  ceased  in  1842. 

91  In  that  year  a  cotton-mill  was  built 
in  Moor  Lane  by  Collinson  and  Watson. 
The    practical    founder  of   the    industry, 
however,  was  John   Horrocks.     He  was 
born    at  Edgeworth   in   1768   of  Quaker 
parents,  and  he  built  a   mill  in    1791    at 
the  east  end  of  Church  Street  (see   Fish- 
wick, op.  cit.  72)  ;  this  was  followed   by 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


the  place  has  grown  in  importance  and  population. 
A  plan  made  in  I77492  shows  that  the  streets  had 
remained  almost  unchanged  for  a  century.93  The 
houses  extended  eastward  nearly  as  far  as  the  present 
Deepdale  Road  and  west  along  Fishergate  to  the  site 
of  the  railway  station.  Northward  the  houses  did 
not  go  beyond  Lord  Street,  except  that  they  extended 
a  little  further  along  Tithebarn  Street  and  to  the 
end  of  Friargate  and  Back  Lane.  There  were  also  a 
few  blocks  of  dwellings  to  the  south  of  Church  Street. 
The  plan  of  i8z494  shows  a  great  increase  in  all 
directions,  more  especially  on  the  south  side,  and 
also  to  the  north-west  of  Fishergate  as  far  as  the 
Lancaster  Canal,  which  had  been  constructed  in 
1798. 95  The  first  railways  were  opened  in  1838 
and  i840.96 

Of  the  old  townships  Preston,  Fishwick  and 
Ashton  have  become  urban  in  character  and  Fulwood 
is  a  residential  suburb  ;  the  others  still  remain  for 
the  most  part  agricultural.  The  following  figures 
show  the  way  in  which  the  agricultural  land  of  the 
parish  is  at  present  utilized.  In  the  whole  there  are 
but  446  acres  of  arable  land,  the  great  bulk,  viz. 
12,103  acres,  being  in  permanent  grass.  There  are 


PRESTON 

363  acres  of  woods  and  plantations.      The  details  are 
thus  given  96a  :  — 


Ribbleton     . 
Grimsargh  \ 
Brockholes   [ 
Elston          j 
Fishwick 
Broughton  . 
Haighton     . 
Barton         ) 
Newsham    ) 
Lea 
Ashton 
Ingol 
Cottam 
To  the  above  may 
Fulwood    . 
Myerscough 

Arable 
ac. 

•     23 
•  H7l 

•     57 
•       5 

.       >* 

.    211 

be  added  : 

•      35 
.   509 

Grass 
ac. 

555 
2,367$ 
529 

2,202^ 
942 

2,753 
2,754 

1,833 
i»977i 

Woods 
ac. 

25I 

IO 

BJ 

*ft 

65 

24 

5 
3i 

In  consequence  of  changes  in  the  boundaries  in 
1894,  when  the  township  of  Preston  was  extended 
to  coincide  with  the  municipal  borough,  Fishwick 


another  at  Spital  Moss  in  1796  and  a 
third  near  Lark  Hill  in  1797.  His 
business  rapidly  increased  and  in  1802  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  Parliament  for 
the  borough.  He  died  in  London  in 
1804,  and  was  buried  at  Penwortham. 

Other  mills  quickly  followed  those  of 
Horrocks.  See  Hardwick,  op.  cit.  366, 
660. 

93  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  40.  A  larger 
plan  founded  on  this  and  the  tithe  map 
is  inserted  in  the  same  writer's  Preston 
Ct.  Lett  Rec.  The  field-names  given 
show  Cuckstool  Pit  Meadow  near  the 
present  infirmary,  Causeway  Meadow 
west  of  it,  and  Platford  Dales  still  further 
west.  Cockpit  Field  was  opposite  the 
north  end  of  Friargate,  near  St.  Peter's. 
Avenham  gave  name  to  a  number  of 
fields  on  the  south  of  the  town.  Grim- 
shaw  Street  passes  through  the  old  Water 
Willows,  to  the  south  of  which  was 
Great  Albin  Hey.  Winckley  Square  has 
replaced  a  Town  End  Field,  but  there 
were  other  fields  of  the  name  on  the  east 
side  of  the  town.  Hepgreave  was  to  the 
north  of  the  railway  station  in  Fisher- 
gate. Woodholme  seems  to  have  been 
in  the  marsh,  at  the  extreme  south-west. 
The  common  fields  were  chiefly  on  the 
north  and  west  sides  of  the  town. 

Colley's  Garden,  to  the  north  of  Lord 
Street,  was  afterwards  known  as  the 
Orchard.  Open-air  meetings  were  held 
there. 

98  The  following  references  to  the 
mediaeval  streets  and  districts  of  the 
town  may  be  useful  :  — 

Cecily  widow  of  Adam  de  Grimshaw 
and  Henry  son  of  Henry  de  Rishton  and 
Margaret  his  wife  in  1394-5  granted  on 
lease  to  John  de  Knoll,  tailor,  and  Maud 
his  wife  a  burgage,  together  with  lands  in 
the  Moor  Field  by  the  Friars'  house,  and 
a  plat  in  St.  John's  Weind  ;  the  lessees 
were  to  build  a  timber  house  ;  Towneley 
MS.  OO,  no.  1054. 

In  1363  William  son  of  John  de 
Walton  granted  a  burgage  in  Kirkgate  to 
Grimbald  the  Tailor;  ibid.  no.  1103. 
Roger  de  Firewath  had  in  1 366  a  toft  in  the 
road  to  the  rectory  of  Preston  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iii,  P  7.  This  road  may  have 


been  the  Parsonweind  occurring  in  the 
same  set  of  deeds,  which  show  that  in 
1388-9  Ellen  del  Moor  had  a  burgage 
in  Preston  and  a  barn  in  Parsonweind, 
and  that  in  1408  William  Winter  the 
younger  had  a  barn  in  Parsonweind  next 
the  kiln  ;  ibid.  James  son  of  John 
Moor  gave  James  Walton  the  elder  and 
Ellen  his  wife  (mother  of  the  grantor)  a 
burgage  in  the  Kirkstile  in  1441—2  ; 
ibid.  A  claim  by  Emma  widow  of 
Henry  del  Kirkstile  shows  that  one 
Henry  del  Moor  had  land  in  Preston  as 
early  as  1311-12;  De  Banco  R.  190, 
m.  195.  Kirkstile  is  a  frequently  recur- 
ring surname  ;  e.g.  Assize  R.  405,  m.  4. 

Lambert  Stodagh  in  1428-9  granted 
to  John  Moor  of  Preston  a  grange  in 
Frereweind,  &c.,  formerly  the  property 
of  Sir  Christopher  Preston ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  ii,  fol.  227. 

Alice  widow  of  Ralph  Kekilpenny 
granted  to  Robert  son  of  Hugh  le  Sposage 
land  on  Avenham  in  the  town  fields  of 
Preston  next  to  land  of  St.  Wilfrid  ;  OO, 
no.  1162.  Henry  son  of  William  Simson 
in  1 349  released  to  Roger  Watson  a 
roodland  in  the  field  called  Avenham 
between  land  of  B.  Wilfrid  on  either 
side  ;  ibid.  no.  1157. 

The  Grethill,  where  the  town's  wind- 
mill formerly  stood,  is  named  in  a 
Hoghton  deed  of  1527;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  P  ii. 

Adam  son  of  Adam  de  Wich  in  1335 
granted  to  Robert  son  of  Walter  de 
Preston  and  Maud  his  wife  lands  including 
ij  acres  on  Avenham  and  ^  acre  at 
Hepgreve  ;  OO,  no.  1117.  Adam  son 
of  Philip  de  Preston  gave  land  on  Ingle- 
ridding,  next  land  of  the  church,  to 
Roger  son  of  Hugh  le  Sposage  ;  ibid, 
no.  1143. 

Thomas  son  and  heir  of  John  Lussell 
had  in  1527  closes  called  Rawmoors  in 
Preston;  ibid.  no.  mi.  John  Lussell 
and  Katherine  his  wife  occur  a  century 
earlier  (Final  Cone,  iii,  95),  while  Thomas 
Lussell,  clerk,  and  Maud  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Thomas  de  Howick,  had  land  in  the 
vill  and  fields  of  Preston  in  1371  ;  OO, 
no.  1132. 

Lands   in   Woodholme   are   mentioned 

79 


frequently.  Robert  son  of  Roger  son  of 
Adam  de  Preston  gave  a  burgage,  &c., 
and  land  in  Woodholme  and  Platfordale 
to  Richard  de  Ribbleton  and  Helen  his 
wife;  Harl.  MS.  2042,  fol.  171. 
William  son  of  Hugh  de  Preston  gave 
land  in  Woodholme  to  John  the  Marshal 
in  1320-3  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  226^. 
William  de  Wigan  gave  land  in  the  same 
place  to  Roger  de  Preston  in  1337  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 

W2II. 

Adam  de  Deepdale  and  Maud  his  wife 
sold  land  in  1354  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  145. 

94  This  plan,  in  the  atlas  accompanying 
Raines'  Directory  of  1825,  is   reproduced 
by  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 

95  In  1802  a  tramroad  was  constructed 
connecting    the    terminus    of  this    canal 
with  that  of   the    Leeds    and   Liverpool 
branch    to    '  Summit,'    west    of  Brindle. 
The  Ribble  was  crossed  by  a  slight  bridge. 
The    tram    wagons    ceased    running    in 
1859;    Hardwick,    op.    cit.    386,    480; 
Hewitson,  Preston,   198.     The   bridge  is 
now  used  for  foot  passengers. 

96  Hewitson,   op.   cit.    199-207.     The 
railway    from    Preston    to    Wigan    was 
opened  31    Oct.    1838  ;  this  gave   access 
to  Liverpool,  Manchester  and  the  south. 
Three  railways  were   opened  in   1840 — 
from  Preston  to  Longridge  (i    May),  to 
Lancaster  (25   June),  and  to   Fleetwood 
(15    July).      The   line    from    Bolton    to 
Chorley  was  opened  in   1841,  but   owing 
to    difficulties    in    construction   the  con- 
tinuation   to  Euxton  was  not  ready  till 
1843,    when    Preston    obtained    another 
route  to  Manchester. 

In  1846  the  Fleetwood  line  opened 
branches  to  Lytham  and  to  Blackpool, 
and  the  Longridge  line  was  continued  by 
a  tunnel  to  Maudlands.  The  new  line 
to  Blackburn  was  opened,  also  a  short 
branch  line  to  the  quay  by  the  Ribble. 
In  1849  the  line  to  Ormskirk  and 
Liverpool  was  opened,  from  which  a 
branch  to  Southport  was  made  in  1855. 
The  West  Lancashire  Company's  direct 
route  to  Southport  was  opened  in  Sept. 
1882. 

963  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric. 
(1905). 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


ceased  to  be  a  township,  and  the  areas  of  Ribbleton, 
Grimsargh  and  Brockholes,  and  Lea,  Ashton,  Ingol 
and  Cottam  were  reduced. 

Something  has  been  said  of  Preston  as  a  port.  Dr. 
Kuerden  about  1682  found  that  a  vessel  of  reason- 
able burden  might  be  brought  up  the  river  to  Preston 
by  a  knowing  and  well-skilled  pilot.97  The  Kibble, 
however,  could  only  be  used  by  small  vessels.  A 
company  was  formed  in  1806  to  improve  the  naviga- 
tion,98 and  in  1838  was  merged  in  the  Kibble  Navi- 
gation Company,  in  which  Preston  Corporation  took 
shares.99  The  bed  of  the  river  was  deepened  at 
Preston,  the  channel  seawards  was  dredged  and  sea 
walls  were  built.  A  dock  was  made  at  Lytham  in 
1841,  and  in  1843,  owing  to  the  increase  of  trade, 
the  corporation  made  a  new  quay  near  the  border  of 
Ashton.  In  1853  additional  powers  were  obtained 
for  the  reclamation  of  tide-washed  land. 

Though  there  was  a  considerable  coasting  trade,100 
the  navigation  of  the  river  continued  unsatisfactory. 
The  corporation  purchased  the  company's  under- 
taking in  i883,101  and  began  a  comprehensive  system 
of  improvement,  the  river  course  having  since  been 
straightened  below  the  town,  and  a  large  dock  formed 
in  Ashton  was  opened  in  1892.  A  small  change  in 
the  township  boundaries  followed  the  alteration  of  the 
stream.  The  channel  is  kept  open  by  dredging 
and  by  a  system  of  retaining  walls  to  prevent  silting. 
The  customs  port  extends  from  Preston  to  Hundred 
End  on  the  south  side  of  the  Kibble  and  as  far  as  the 
mouth  on  the  north,  and  thence  up  to  Blackpool.102 

The  parish  has  not  produced  many  men  of  distinc- 
tion. In  view  of  its  present  industrial  position  the 
first  place  may  be  given  to  Sir  Richard  Arkwright, 
the  inventor,  who  was  born  in  the  town  of  Preston  in 
1732.  After  following  the  trade  of  barber  and  wig- 
maker  for  thirty  years  or  more,  living  part  of  the 
time  at  Bolton,  he  turned  his  attention  to  cotton- 
spinning  machinery.  He  and  his  assistant  are  said  to 
have  set  up  a  trial  machine  in  a  large  house  at  Stony- 
gate,  Preston,  but  his  first  mill  (1771)  was  built  at 
Nottingham  and  his  second  near  Wirksworth  in 
Derbyshire.  He  purchased  the  manor  of  Crom- 
ford,  was  made  a  knight  in  1786  and  acted  as  High 
Sheriff  of  Derbyshire  in  1786-7.  He  died  in 
I792.103 

The  most  distinguished  of  the  natives  of  the  place 
in  the  world  of  letters  was  the  late  Francis  Thompson, 
a  lyrical  poet  of  great  genius  and  splendour  of  diction. 
He  was  the  son  of  a  doctor,  and  born  in  1859.  He 
was  educated  for  the  priesthood  at  Ushaw,  but  re- 
nounced that  calling,  desiring  to  devote  himself  to 


literature.  He  fell  into  destitution,  but  his  talents 
were  recognized  and  the  later  years  of  his  life  were 
fruitful.  He  died  in  November  1907  ;  in  1910  a 
memorial  tablet  was  placed  on  the  house  where  he 
was  born. 

Lawrence  Claxton  or  Clarkson,  born  at  Preston  in 
1615,  became  a  prominent  sectary  of  the  Common- 
wealth times — Presbyterian,  Baptist,  '  Seeker,'  and 
Muggletonian  in  turn.  He  published  various  tracts 
and  died  in  i667.104 

Edward  Baynard,  M.D.,  is  thought  to  have  been 
born  at  Preston  in  1641.  In  1719  he  published  a 
poem  entitled  Health.  His  daughter  Anne  was  noted 
for  her  learning  and  piety.106 

Josiah  Chorley,  son  of  Henry  Chorley  of  Preston, 
became  the  Presbyterian  minister  at  Norwich,  1691, 
till  his  death,  about  1719.  He  published  a  metrical 
index  to  the  Bible.106 

Richard  Shepherd,  born  at  Kendal,  settled  at 
Preston,  where  he  practised  as  a  physician.  He  died 
in  1761,  having  bequeathed  his  library  to  the  town, 
together  with  a  sum  for  a  librarian's  salary  and  the 
purchase  of  fresh  books.  The  library,  which  was  to 
be  strictly  for  works  of  reference,  is  now  deposited  in 
the  Harris  Free  Library.107  The  erection  of  this 
building  was  due  to  the  trustees  of  Edmund  Robert 
Harris  of  Ashton,  who  was  born  at  Preston  in  1804 
and  died  in  1877,  he  having  given  them  power  to 
establish  an  institution  of  public  utility  in  Preston  to 
perpetuate  the  memory  of  his  father  and  family.108 
His  father  was  the  Rev.  Robert  Harris,  incumbent  of 
St.  George's,  Preston,  from  1797  to  1862.  In  the 
Harris  Library  is  preserved  also  the  art  collection 
bequeathed  to  the  town  by  another  native  of  it, 
Richard  Newsham,  1798-1883. 

Sir  Edward  Stanley  of  Bickerstaffe,  who  succeeded 
to  the  earldom  of  Derby  in  1736,  is  stated  to  have 
been  born  at  Preston  in  1689  ;  he  served  as  mayor 
of  the  town  in  1731.  His  descendant,  the  late 
earl,  took  the  title  of  Lord  Stanley  of  Preston  on 
being  raised  to  the  peerage  in  1886,  and  was  guild 
mayor  in  1902. 

Arthur  Devis,  born  at  Preston  about  1711,  became 
a  portrait  painter,  exhibiting  at  the  Free  Society  of 
Artists,  1762-80.  He  died  in  I787.109 

William  Turner,  son  of  a  Nonconformist  minister, 
was  born  at  Preston  in  1714,  and  himself  became  a 
minister  at  Wakefield.  He  contributed  to  Priestley's 
Theological  Repository.  He  died  in  1 794-110 

Edward  Crane,  born  at  Preston  in  1721,  was 
educated  at  Kendal.  He  became  a  Nonconformist 
minister  at  Norwich,  but  died  young,  in  1 749. m 


97  Quoted  by  Hewitson,  Preston,   214, 
from  which  work  the  details  in   the  text 
have  for  the  most  part  been  taken.     See 
also  Hardwick,  op.  cit.  391-400. 

98  Priv.  Act,  46  Geo.    Ill,  cap.   izi. 
In   1821   the  river  was  used  by  coasters 
from  Liverpool,    Kirkcudbright,  Dublin, 
&c.,  as  well  as  for  coal  flats  and  other  small 
craft.    There  was  a  good  fishery  ;  Whittle, 
Preston,  26,  27.     A  list  of  trading  vessels, 
the  Inrgest   being  of  130   tons,   is  given 
ibid.  345. 

99  The  first  steamboat  on  the  Ribble 
appeared  about    1829  ;  the  second,   built 
at  Preston,  in  1834. 

100  <  jvjot  verv  long  ag0  steamers  sailed 
regularly  between  Liverpool  and  Preston, 
carrying  grain  principally.   .  .     Formerly 
considerable    quantities    of     iron     were 


brought  by  water  to  Preston.  There 
was  also  a  large  china-clay  traffic  up  the 
river.  The  outward  cargoes  of  the 
vessels  consisted  mainly  of  coal  from  the 
Wigan  district '  ;  Hewitson,  op.  cit. 
(1883),  224.' 

101  Loc.    Act,    46    &    47    Viet.    cap. 
115,  &c. 

102  In   1826   Preston   was   a  creek    of 
the  port  of  Lancaster  ;  in    1839    it   was 
joined     with     Fleetwood,     and     became 
independent  in  1843. 

103  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.     In  Lancashire  he 
built    a    mill    near   Chorley,   but   it   was 
destroyed    by  the    populace    in    1779    in 
spite    of    the    protection    of    police    and 
military. 

104  Ibid.     A  Lawrence   Clarkson,   son 
of  Henry,  appears  among  the  burgesses 

80 


of    1622    and    1642  ;    Preston    Guild   R. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  88,  97. 

105  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

106  Ibid.  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  127. 

107  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  294-6. 

108  Tne  trustees  gave  £100,000  in  all, 
of  which  £70,000  was  for  the  building 
and  the   rest  for  books  and  endowment. 
The    corporation    gave    the    site.       The 
trustees  also  gave  £40,000  to  found  the 
Harris  Institute,  a  successor  of  the  Insti- 
tution for  the   Diffusion  of  Knowledge, 
founded    in    1849.      A    third    large    gift 
resulted     in    the    Harris    Orphanage    in 
Fulwood. 

109  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

110  Ibid.  ;  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf. 
i,  10-12. 

111  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 


PRESTON  CHURCH  c.    1829 
(From  a  drawing  by  IV.  We ' stall ',  A.R.A.,  engraved  by  Edward  Finden} 


PRESTON  CHURCH  c.  1796 
(From  a  drawing  by  W.  Ormc) 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


William  Gregory  Sharrock,  born  at  Preston  in 
1742,  became  a  Benedictine  monk.  He  was  conse- 
crated in  1781  as  coadjutor  to  Bishop  Walmesley, 
with  the  title  of  Bishop  of  Telmessus,  and  in  1797 
succeeded  him  as  vicar  apostolic  of  the  western 
district,  acting  till  his  death  in  iSog.111 

Thomas  Jackson,  who  took  the  surname  of  Calvert 
in  1819,  was  born  at  Preston  in  1775.  He  became 
Fellow  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  Norrisian 
Professor  in  the  university,  and  Warden  of  Man- 
chester. He  died  in  iS^o.11* 

Charles  Hardwick  was  born  at  Preston  in  1817, 
being  son  of  an  innkeeper  there.  He  acquired  dis- 
tinction as  an  antiquary,  and  his  history  of  his  native 
town,  issued  in  1857,  has  been  frequently  quoted  in 
the  present  account.  He  died  in  iSSg.114 

Robert  Cornthwaite,  born  in  1 8 1 8,  became  (Roman 
Catholic)  Bishop  of  Beverley  in  1861,  and  on  the 
division  of  the  diocese  in  1878  was  appointed  to 
the  Leeds  portion.  He  died  in  1890. 

William  Dobson,  born  at  Preston  in  1820,  and 
educated  at  the  local  grammar  school,  was  editor  of 
the  Preston  Chronicle,  and  wrote  on  local  antiquities. 
He  died  in  i884.lls 

Robert  Gradwell,  son  of  a  Preston  alderman,  was 
born  in  the  town  in  1825,  and  after  education  at 
Ushaw  became  assistant  priest  at  St.  Augustine's, 
Preston,  and  from  1860  till  his  death  in  1906  was 
stationed  at  Claughton-on-Brock.  He  was  a  domestic 
prelate  to  Leo  XIII.  He  was  of  antiquarian  tastes, 
and  published  a  life  of  St.  Patrick  and  various  essays.116 

John  Samuel  Raven,  landscape  painter,  was  son  of 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Raven,  minister  of  Holy  Trinity 
Church  in  Preston,  and  was  born  in  the  town  in 
1829.  He  was  drowned  at  Harlech,  while  bathing, 
in  i877.m 

Some  other  worthies  are  noticed  in  the  accounts  of 
the  various  townships. 

The  church 118  of  ST.  JOHN  THE 
CHURCH  DITINE  stands  in  the  middle  of  the 
town,  on  the  south  side  of  Church 
Street,  and  is  a  handsome  building  in  the  style  of  the 
1 4th  century,  erected  in  1853-5.  The  former 
church  which  stood  on  the  same  site  was  a  low  16th- 
century  structure,  consisting  of  chancel,  clearstoried 
nave  of  four  bays,  with  north  and  south  aisles,  and 
west  tower,  but  before  its  demolition  it  had  under- 


gone many  changes  and  alterations.  In  1644—5  the 
decay  of  the  building  was  such  that  a  levy  of  £30, 
which  had  been  previously  ordered,  but  a  great  part 
of  which  had  not  been  paid,  was  increased  by  an 
additional  £20.  Pews  were  erected  in  the  1 7th 
century,  and  a  rough  plan  of  the  seating  c.  1650, 
showing  the  pulpit  in  the  middle  of  the  nave  on  the 
south  side,  has  been  preserved.119  In  1671  the 
interior  had  '  become  foule  and  uncomely,'  and  efforts 
were  made  to  'adorn  and  beautify'  it,  but  the 
churchwardens  were  desired  to  get  the  work  done 
'as  well  and  as  cheap  as  they  could.'  In  1680 
four  pinnacles  were  ordered  to  be  set  upon  the  steeple 
and  '  the  weathercock  to  be  placed  handsomely  in  the 
middle,'  and  some  time  before  1682  a  clock  and 
chimes  were  placed  in  the  tower.  Towards  the  end 
of  the  1 7th  century  Dr.  Kuerden  describes  the  build- 
ing as  *  spacious,  well-built,  or  rather  re-edifyed,' 1M 
but  during  the  1 8th  century  the  church  was  allowed 
to  fall  into  decay  to  such  an  extent m  that  on 
7  February  1770  the  entire  roof  fell  in,  and  in  con- 
sequence the  north  and  south  walls  had  to  be  taken 
down  and  the  nave  rebuilt.1*2  In  1 8 1 1  the  tower, 
which  had  for  some  time  been  in  an  unsafe  condition, 
was  pulled  down  to  the  level  of  the  church  roof,  and 
was  left  in  that  state  till  1814,  when  it  was  rebuilt. 
The  chancel  was  rebuilt  by  Sir  Henry  Philip  Hoghton 
in  l8l7.m  An  account  of  the  building  written  in 
1821  m  describes  the  body  or  nave  as  containing  three 
aisles,  with  the  royal  arms  where  the  rood  formerly 
stood.  'Two  chapels  exist,  the  Lea  chapel  and 
Wall's  chapel.  .  .  .  The  mayor  has  a  grand  throne 
erected  on  the  right  corner  from  the  altar.  .  .  .  The 
galleries  are  supported  by  eight  Gothic  arches,  the 
pillars  of  an  octagon  shape.  The  front  gallery  facing 
the  altar  contains  a  well-tuned  organ.  .  .  .  The  spiral 
pulpit  and  reading  desk  is  finely  constructed  of  solid 
oak  and  supported  by  four  pillars.'  A  view  of  the 
church  about  1845"*  shows  the  walls  of  chancel, 
nave  and  aisles  to  have  been  embattled,  with  lean-to 
roofs  to  the  aisles,  those  of  the  chancel  and  nave  being 
hidden  behind  the  parapets.  The  clearstory  windows 
were  square-headed  and  of  three  lights,  but  those  in 
the  aisles  had  segmental  heads,  and  the  chancel  was  lit 
with  tall  pointed  windows  of  three  lights,  the  mullions 
crossing  in  the  heads.  The  tower  was  lofty  and  had 
an  embattled  parapet  with  clustered  angle  pinnacles.126 


118  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xiii, 
131.  He  wrote  some  tracts. 

118  He  published  sermons  ;  Diet.  Nat. 
Biog.  ;  Wardens  of  Manch.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
178-83. 

114  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

118  Ibid. 

116  Liverpool  Cath.  Annual,  1907. 

117  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

118  See  T.  C.  Smith,  Rec.  of  the  Parish 
Church  of  Preston  in  Amounderness,    1892. 
The  mediaeval  invocation  was  St.  Wilfrid. 
The  rector  of  St.  Wilfrid's,  Preston,  was 
defendant  in   1342;    De  Banco  R.  332, 
m.  149.     The  church  was  regularly  called 
St.  Wilfrid's,  as    may    be  seen    by    sub- 
sequent notes,  but  in  the  i6th  century  and 
later  the  name  is  found  as  Winifred. 

The  change  to  St.  John  the  Divine  is 
said  to  have  been  made  at  the  end  of  the 
i 6th  century. 

There  was  in  early  times  a  St.  John 
the  Baptist's  Weind  or  street  (vicus), 
leading  perhaps  to  lands  held  by  the 
Knights  Hospitallers  ;  Cockersand  Chartul. 


(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  222,  219  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iii,  ?7  (1340).  'St.  John's  Weind'  is 
said  to  have  been  the  old  name  of 
Tithebarn  Street. 

119  It  is  reproduced  in  Smith,  op.  cit. 
247,  and  in  Fishwick' s  Hist,  of  Preston, 
114.  A  large  space  at  the  south-east 
corner  of  the  nave  is  marked  '  The  antient 
burying  place  of  the  Lords  of  Hoghton 
and  Lea.'  This  was  usually  known  as  the 
Lea  chapel.  At  the  time  of  the  demoli- 
tion of  the  old  church  in  1853  notes  were 
made  of  several  carvings  on  the  backs  of 
the  pews.  They  are  given  in  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  115,  and  bear  various  dates  (1626, 
1630,  1694)  and  initials.  Many  of  the 
oak  panels  were  elaborately  carved.  Coats 
of  arms  emblazoned  on  the  windows 
of  the  church  about  1580  are  recorded 
in  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  vi,  271  ; 
xiv,  204.  These  have  been  imitated  in 
the  windows  of  the  present  church. 

130  Quoted      by     Fishwick,      op.      cit. 
116. 

131  In     Nov.     1769    the     church    was 

81 


reported  to  be  in  imminent  danger  and 
the  churchwardens  were  ordered  to  con- 
tract for  its  taking  down  and  rebuilding. 
The  nave  roof  fell  in,  however,  before 
anything  was  done. 

183  At  a  meeting  held  9  Feb.  1770 
'  the  roof  and  all  the  pillars  on  the  north 
side  of  the  church  were  reported  to  have 
fallen  down  and  the  rubbish  was  ordered 
to  be  cleared  away  and  a  proper  person 
obtained  to  inspect  the  present  state 
of  the  church."  The  rebuilding  was 
more  or  less  on  the  old  lines  ;  the  esti- 
mate of  cost  was  j£i,oo6. 

128  Hardwick,  Hist,  of  Preston,  462, 
where  it  is  further  stated  that  the  quire 
was  renovated  in  1823. 

1M  peter  Whittle,  Hist,  of  Preston,  55, 
quoted  by  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  117. 

135  Drawn  by  William  Physick.  Re- 
produced in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  116. 

186  Glynne's  description,  undated,  but 
probably  written  about  this  time,  is  as 
follows  :  'A  large  church  originally  of  plain 
Perpendicular  work,  much  modernized 

II 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Showing  fresh  symptoms  of  decay  in  the  middle  of 
the  I  gth  century,  the  whole  of  the  building,  with  the 
exception  of  the  lower  part  of  the  tower,  was  pulled 
down  in  i853,127  and  a  new  church  erected  on  the 
old  foundations. 

The  present  building,128  which  was  finished  in 
1855,  consists  of  chancel  with  south  chapel,  clearstoried 
nave  with  north  and  south  aisles  and  west  tower  and 
spire,  with  north  and  south  entrances  in  the  angles 
between  the  tower  and  aisles.  The  building  is  a  good 
example  of  modern  Gothic  and  is  built  of  Longridge 
stone.  The  church  was  reseated  in  i867129  and  a 
new  reredos  was  erected  in  1871.  In  1885  an 
organ  chamber  was  built  in  the  north  side  of  the 
chancel  and  vestries  were  added  on  the  south  side  of 
the  chapel.  There  are  galleries  over  the  north  and 
south  aisles  and  at  the  west  end. 

All  the  mural  tablets  and  brasses  which  were  in 
the  old  church  in  1853  have  been  preserved,  but  with 
the  exception  of  the  Bushell  brass  at  the  west  end  of 
the  north  aisle  they  are  of  little  interest  and  of  no 
antiquity.130  This  brass,  to  the  memory  of  Seth 
Bushell,  a  woollen  draper  who  died  in  1623,  was 
discovered  when  the  old  building  was  pulled  down, 
and  is  in  two  pieces,  one  bearing  a  quaintly  drawn 
figure  and  the  other  the  inscription.  Both  plates  fell 
into  private  hands  and  were  not  restored  to  the 
church  till  1900,  when  they  were  fixed  in  their 
present  position.131  The  Hoghton  memorials  in  the 
quire  comprise  mural  monuments  to  Sir  Henry 
Hoghton  (d.  1768)  and  his  first  and  third  wives, 
Mary  Boughton  (d.  February  1719—20)  and  Susannah 
Butterworth  (d.  1772),  and  to  Ann  Boughton,  his 
sister-in-law  (d.  171  5), 132  who  are  all  there  interred, 
and  there  are  tablets  to  the  memory  of  Sir  Henry 
Bold  Hoghton  (d.  1862),  who  is  buried  at  Anglesea, 
near  Gosport,  and  Sir  Henry  de  Hoghton  (d.  1876), 
who  is  buried  in  the  Bold  chapel  at  Farnworth. 

There  is  a  ring  of  eight  bells  cast  by  T.  Mears  in 
1 8 1*}..133  The  commissioners  of  Edward  VI  reported 
that  there  were  four  bells,134  besides  one  lent  by 
Sir  Richard  Hoghton,  kt.  In  1 7 1 1  an  order  was 


given  to  collect  in  the  parish  for  a  new  set  of  eight  bells, 
which  were  afterwards  cast  by  Rudhall.  The  fourth 
bell  of  an  older  peal  had  been  recast  in  1696,  the 
seventh  was  recast  in  1737. 

The  plate 135  consists  of  a  flagon  and  small  paten  of 
1705,  both  inscribed  'The  gift  of  the  Right  Hon. 
John,  Lord  Gower,  Baron  of  Stitnam,  1705  '  ;  a 
flagon  and  two  large  patens  of  1708,  all  inscribed 
*  The  gift  of  Madame  Margery  Rawstorne,  widdow, 
of  Preston,  to  the  Church  of  Preston,  1 708  ' ;  a  flagon 
of  1719,  purchased  by  order  of  the  vestry,  inscribed 
'  Preston  Lancsi7i9 '  and  round  the  bottom  '  St.  John 
the  Evangelist,  Parish  of  Preston';  a  flagon  of  1725  pur- 
chased by  subscription,  inscribed  at  the  bottom  '  Thos. 
Astley,  Robert  Walsham,  churchwardens,  1725  ';  and 
four  chalices,  two  of  1729  and  two  of  1785,  all 
without  inscriptions.  There  is  also  a  wine-strainer 
inscribed  'The  Parish  Church  of  Preston,  1819.' 

The  early  registers  have  been  lost  or  destroyed. 
Except  for  two  pages  dated  1603  the  existing  registers 
begin  in  October  161 1,  and  from  that  date  to  the  end 
of  1631  have  been  printed.136  In  1821  the  following 
books  were  chained  to  the  pillars  of  the  tower  arch- 
way :  The  Homilies,  Bible,  Foxis  Martyrs  and  Synopsis 
Papismi.™ 

The  churchyard  was  enlarged  in  1804.  The 
oldest  dated  stone,  of  1619,  having  become  indeci- 
pherable has  been  replaced  by  an  exact  copy  of  the 
original.  The  old  churchyard  cross  is  named  in  a 
will  dated  1 55 1.138 

It  is  possible  that  a  church  at 
dDFOWSON  Preston  was  one  of  those  holy  places 
deserted  by  the  British  clergy  on  the 
approach  of  the  destroying  English  of  Northumbria 
and  about  670  granted  with  lands  by  the  Ribble  and 
elsewhere  to  St.  Wilfrid.139  Though  its  existence  may 
be  implied  in  the  reference  to  churches  in  Amounder- 
ness  in  Domesday  Book,140  the  first  express  record  of  it 
is  that  in  the  grant  of  Roger  of  Poitou  to  the  abbey 
of  Sees  in  1094,  by  which  he  gave  it  the  church  of 
Preston  with  the  tithe  of  his  demesne  and  fishery, 
also  2  oxgangs  of  land  and  all  the  tithes  of  the 


and  partially  rebuilt.  It  has  a  lofty  west 
tower  with  crocketed  pinnacles,  nave, 
aisles  and  chancel.  The  tower  and 
chancel  are  modern  in  imitation  of  Per- 
pendicular work.  The  nave  and  aisles  are 
embattled,  the  nave  divided  from  each 
aisle  by  four  lofty  pointed  arches  rising 
from  octagonal  columns,  the  capitals  of 
which  are  much  encroached  on  by  the 
side  galleries.  The  clerestory  windows 
are  square-headed  of  three  lights.  Those 
of  the  aisles  have  chiefly  depressed  arches 
and  tracery  of  three  lights.  The  chancel 
is  tolerably  large  but  rebuilt  in  poor  style. 
The  interior,  though  spacious,  is  as  usual 
encumbered  with  galleries,  and  there  are 
some  poor  modern  Gothic  fittings.  The 
organ  pretty  good  '  ;  Churches  of  Lanes.  3  8. 
Hardwick  (Hist,  of  Preston,  462)  says  : 
'The  pretensions  of  the  old  church  to 
architectural  beauty  or  even  character 
were  so  ambiguous  that  it  was  some- 
times quoted  in  derision  as  an  excellent 
specimen  of  "joiners'  Gothic."  ' 

187  Plans  and  elevations  of  the  old 
church  as  it  existed  in  1853  are  given  in 
Smith,  op.  cit.  248-9. 

148  Designed  by  Edward  Hugh  Shellard. 

129  There  was  a  rearrangement  of  seats 
in  the  quire  in  1885. 

iso  The  inscriptions  are  given  in  full  in 


Smith,  op.  cit.  258-66,  and  in  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  121-3. 

181  The  figure  was  in  the  possession  of 
Mr.  T.  Harrison  Myres  and  the  inscrip- 
tion in  that  of  Mr.  F.  J.  Holland,  both  of 
Preston.  These  gentlemen  restored  them 
to  the  church.  The  brass  is  illustrated  in 
Thornely,  Brasses  of  Lanes,  and  Ches.  272, 
in  Smith,  op.  cit.  258,  and  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  1 20. 

183  There  is  a  small  tablet  inscribed, 
'Sir  Henry  de  Hoghton,  bart.,  in  his  will 
expressed  his  desire  that  no  person  should 
be  interred  under  any  of  the  four  stones 
which  cover  the  remains  of  Dame  Mary, 
his  first  lady,  Miss  Ann  Boughton,  her 
sister,  himself,  and  Dame  Susannah,  his 
last  lady.' 

133  The  inscriptions  (in  addition  to  the 
weight  and  name  of  maker)  are  as  follows  : 
(i)  'Venite  exultemus  Domino.'  (2)  '4 
June  1814,  foundation  laid  by  Sir  H.  P. 
Hoghton,  bait.,  lay  rector  and  patron.' 
(3)  'June  4,  54  George  III,  the  king's 
birthday  :  Vivat  Rex.'  (4)  '  June  4, 
1814,  account  received  of  the  Treaty  of 
Peace.'  (5)  'The  Rev.  James  Penny, 
vicar  5  the  Rev.  Wm.  Towne,  curate, 
1814.'  (6)  '  Rich.  Newsham,  esq.,  mayor, 
1814.'  (7)  'Jno.  Green,  Jno.  Fallow- 
field,  Jno.  Grimbaldeston,  Hen.  Heaton, 

82 


Jas.  Middlehurst,  Jno.  Harrison,  church- 
wardens, 1814.'  (8)  'Blessed  are  the 
dead  that  die  in  the  Lord.  Resurgant.' 

184  In    1602    Thomas    Woodruff    was 
admitted  burgess  on  condition  of  ringing 
the   day  bell  and  curfew  for  the   summer 
season  during  his  life  ;  Preston  Guild  R. 
(Rec.   Soc.   Lanes,  and   Ches.),  64.     The 
ringing  of  these  bells  was  maintained  till 
recent  times. 

185  The  list  of  church  ornaments  con- 
sidered necessary  in    1659   is  printed  by 
Smith,    op.    cit.    253.     It    includes    two 
silver  bowls  with  covers.     In  1660  there 
were  five  pewter  flagons  '  to  be  used  at 
the  time  of  the  Sacrament.' 

186  In     Smith's    Preston     Church,    83- 
224.     In   this  work   are   also   contained 
extracts  from    the  records  of  the  '  Four 
and  Twenty  Gentlemen 'afterwards  (1770) 
known  as  the  Select  Vestry  who  governed 
the  parish.      Lists  of  churchwardens  are 
also  given. 

187  T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit.  265. 

138  George  Crook  desired  to  be  buried 
'in  the  south  side  of  the  churchyard,  nigh 
unto  the  cross  '  ;  cited  by  Fishwick,  Pnston, 
124. 

189  Hist.  Ch.  of  Tork  (Rolls  Ser.),  i, 
25. 

"°  V,C,H,  Lanes,  i,  288*. 


PRESTON   PARISH  CHURCH   FROM  THE  SOUTH-EAST 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


whole  parish.141  Together  with  Roger's  other  posses- 
sions the  advowson  reverted  to  the  Crown  in  I  ioz.142 
It  was  included  in  the  grant  of  the  hundred  to 
Theobald  Walter  about  ngi,143  but  claimed  by  the 
Abbot  of  Sees.  By  a  compromise  made  in  1 1 96  the 
advowson  was  resigned  to  Theobald,  but  the  rector 
was  to  pay  10  marks  yearly  to  the  Prior  of  Lancaster.144 
After  King  John's  accession  the  advowson  reverted  to 
the  Crown,145  and  as  part  of  the  honour  of  Lancaster 
descended  to  the  earls  and  dukes. 

Thomas  Earl  of  Lancaster  in  1316  had  leave  to 
appropriate  the  rectory,146  but  his  purpose,  whatever 
it  may  have  been,  does  not  seem  to  have  been  carried 
further147;  and  it  was  not  till  July  1400  that  an 
appropriation  was  made  by  Henry  IV  in  favour  of 
the  new  collegiate  church  of  St.  Mary  at  Leicester, 
known  as  the  college  of  Newark  ;  a  vicarage  was  to 
be  endowed  and  a  sum  of  money  distributed  annually 
to  the  poor.148  After  the  confiscation  of  such  colleges 
in  1546-8  the  rectory  remained  in  the  Crown149 
until  1 607,  when  it  was  sold  to  Sir  Richard  Hoghton, 
the  advowson  of  the  vicarage  being  included.150  His 
family,  retaining  the  rectory,  sold  the  advowson  of 
the  vicarage  in  1828  to  Hulme's  Trustees,151  the 
present  patrons. 

About  1222—6  the  value  of  the  rectory  was  esti- 


PRESTON 

mated  at  50  marks,153  and  in  1297  at  double  that 
sum,153  this  agreeing  with  the  Valor  of  I292.1M 
Within  thirty  years,  however,  owing  to  the  havoc 
wrought  by  the  Scottish  invasions,  the  taxation  was 
reduced  to  3  5  marks.155  The  ninth  of  sheaves,  &c., 
assessed  in  1341,  shows  a  recovery.156  In  1527  the 
rectory  was  thought  to  be  worth  ^42  a  year  and 
the  vicarage  ^2O,157  and  this  estimate  is  almost  trie 
same  as  that  of  the  Valor  of  1 5  3  5  158  ;  it  appears, 
however,  that  the  vicar  had  to  pay  the  ancient 
10  marks  rent  to  the  Abbess  of  Syon,  who  had  taken 
the  place  of  the  Abbot  of  Sees.159  After  the  sale  of 
the  rectory  in  1607,  a  rent  of  £45  3*.  %d.  had  to  be 
paid  to  the  Crown  by  the  lay  rector,  but  in  1650 
the  value  of  the  tithes  was  estimated  as  ^309. 16° 

The  vicarage  about  1620  had  an  annual  value  of 
j£66.161  In  1650,  on  account  of  the  'distracted, 
troublesome  times,'  it  was  not  worth  so  much,  but  the 
vicar,  one  of  the  leading  Puritan  divines,  had  £50 
from  the  Committee  of  Plundered  Ministers  and 
another  ^50  from  the  duchy  revenues,  as  one  of  the 
four  itinerant  preachers.161  The  vicar  in  1705 
certified  that  he  had  £53,  but  the  true  value  was 
nearly  double,  though  part  was  precarious.163  The 
income  has  greatly  increased  in  modern  times  and  is 
now  returned  as  .£802  net.164 


141  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  290. 

142  This  is  an  inference  from  the  later 
history,  but  the  matter  is  not  clear,  for 
Roger's   grant,    including    Preston,    was 
confirmed  by  John  when  Count  of  Mor- 
tain,  i.e.  before  1193  ;  ibid.  298. 

148  Ibid.  434-5.  To  justify  Theobald 
Walter's  claim  Preston  must  have  been  in- 
cluded among  the  '  advowson*  of  churches' 
not  recorded  by  name. 

144  Final  Cone.   (Rec.   Soc.   Lanes,  and 
Ches.),   i,   6.     The   monks,   described   as 
tenants,  retained   the  church  of  Poulton, 
but    surrendered    Preston.       Each    clerk 
presented   to  the  church  was  to  promise 
to  pay  the  10  marks  annuity. 

145  From   the   list  of  rectors  it  will  be 
seen   that  John   presented    in    1201    and 
1202. 

146  Cal.   Pat.    1313-17,    p.    512.     He 
may    have     intended     to     bestow    it    on 
Whalley  Abbey.    In  a  later  petition  from 
the  abbey  to  the  Archbishop  of  York  the 
abbot  and    monks   state    that  they  have 
obtained  the   church,  so  far  as  a  layman 
could  give  it,  from  Henry  Earl  of  Lan- 
caster, and   pray  for  its  appropriation  to 
their  house,  undertaking  to  pay  a  vicar 
£20    a    year;    Whitaker,    Whalley    (ed. 
Nicholls),  i,  168-9.     The  abbot's  initial 
is  printed  as  C. 

147  In  1354  it  was  found  that  it  would 
not    be    to    the    king's    injury    that    the 
advowson  of  the  church  of  Preston — in- 
cluding, it  would  seem,  the  whole  rectory 
worth  ,£100 — should   be  appropriated  to 
St.  Mary's  Collegiate  Church  at  Leicester  ; 
Inq.  p.m.  28  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.),  no.  2. 
The  scheme  was  not  carried  through,  as 
the    Dukes    of    Lancaster    continued    to 
present  to  the  church. 

148  Cal-  P^.  1399-1401,  p.  341.     The 
New  College  (or  Newark)  was  founded  in 
1355  ;  Cal.  Papal  Letters,  iii,  585. 

The  appropriation  was  in  1401  con- 
firmed by  Boniface  IX  ;  ibid,  v,  41 1  :  vi, 
no. 

In  11520  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  the 
New  College  of  our  Blessed  Lady  of 
Leicester  demised  to  Richard  Hesketh  for 
twenty-five  years  the  parsonage  of  Preston 
with  its  demesne  and  glebe  land  and  the 


chapel  of  Broughton  at  a  rent  of  £40  and 
371.  Thomas  Hesketh,  brother  and  heir 
of  Richard,  afterwards  demised  it  to  Sir 
Alexander  Osbaldeston  at  a  rent  of 
£52  31.  %d.  for  the  use  of  Thomas's  son 
Robert;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  231. 
Robert  Hesketh  in  1531  procured  afresh 
lease  from  the  college  for  a  term  of  forty 
years  at  the  old  rent  of  £40  and  371.  ; 
ibid.  no.  384.  Various  disputes  arising 
out  of  these  and  other  grants  are  related 
in  Smith,  op.  cit.  14-19. 

149  Certain  possessions  of  Newark 
College  at  Preston  seem  to  have  been 
granted  with  other  church  property  to 
Richard  Venables  and  others  in  1 549  ; 
Pat.  3  Edw.  VI,  pt.  ix.  The  rectory  with 
the  advowson  was  probably  leased  for 
short  terms,  judging  from  the  changes  of 
patrons.  In  1569-70  Christopher  Ander- 
ton  of  Lostock  transferred  to  John  Bold 
of  North  Meols  the  advowson  of  Preston  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  225,  m.  7  ;  227, 
m.  5  d.  Thurstan  Anderton  in  1592 
granted  the  same  to  Henry  Bold,  who  in 
1596  transferred  it  to  Richard  Hoghton  ; 
De  Hoghton  D. 

lw  Pat.  5  Jas.  I,  pt.  xiii.  The  rectory 
of  Preston  and  the  advowson  of  the 
vicarage  were  included  in  the  Hoghton 
properties  in  1616  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  317,  m.  7. 

The  De  Hoghton  D.  show  that 
Thomas  Hoghton  had  in  1587  procured 
a  lease  of  the  rectory  from  the  Crown. 

U1  Smith,  op.  cit.  6.  It  appears  from 
a  fine  of  1772  that  the  rectory  and 
advowson  of  Preston  were  in  that  year 
sold  or  mortgaged  to  William  Shaw,  jun., 
by  Sir  Henry  Hoghton  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  387,  m.  114. 

168  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  120.  15S  Ibid.  298. 

1M  Pop-  Nick.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  307  ; 
£66  13*.  4</. 

184  Ibid.  327  ;  £23  6s.  $d.  The  pension 
payable  to  the  Abbot  of  Sees  is  not 
mentioned. 

156  Inq.  Nonarum  (Rec.  Com.),  37. 
The  inquiry  was  made  at  Preston.  The 
borough,  which  was  excepted,  was  worth 
7  marks  and  the  rest  of  the  parish  28 

83 


marks  and  2od.  The  several  townships 
paid  as  follows  :  Ashton,  £1  i6s.  $d.  ; 
Lea,  £2  6s.  So1.  ;  Broughton,  £3  13^.4^.; 
Barton,  £3  6s.  %d.  ;  Haighton,  £i  %s.  $d.\ 
Grimsargh,  £1  ioi.  ;  Brockholes, 
£i  is.  So1.  ;  Elston,  £1  8j.  4^.  ;  Ribble- 
ton,  £i  is.  $d.  ;  Fishwick  the  same  ;  in 
all,  £18  15.. 

The  reasons  given  why  the  100  marks 
was  not  reached  were  that  the  excepted 
revenues  were  considerable  (tithe  of  hay 
,£10,  other  small  tithes  15  marks,  obla- 
tions, &c.,  5  marks, glebe  251.),  and  that  by 
the  destruction  wrought  by  the  Scots  and 
other  insupportable  charges  daily  increas- 
ing there  were  waste  lands  in  the  parish 
causing  a  loss  of  28  marks  to  the  tax  ;  in 

all»  £43  5*. 

1&r  Duchy  of  Lane.  Rentals,  bdle.  5, 
no.  15. 

15S  Valor  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.),  iv,  169  ; 
the  rent  received  by  Newark  College  was 

£41   17'; 

59  Ibid,  v,  262  ;  the  net  value  was 
£15  41.  The  manse  and  garden  were 
valued  at  zs.,  the  vicarial  tithes  at 
£7  u.  4</.,  and  the  oblations  and  Easter 
roll  at  £14  1 6s.  $d. 

160  Common-w.     Ch.     Sur-v.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,   and    Ches.),   144-5.     In    1670  a 
rent  of  £45  was  paid  to  the  Crown  for 
the  rectory  by  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  and 
Edward  Rigby  ;  Pat.  22  Chas.  II. 

161  Commoniu.  Ch.  Sur-v.  146. 

162  Ibid.  The  endowment  of  the  vicarage 
included  cottage  and  barn,  with  ij  acres  of 
glebe,  small   tithes  of  the  whole  parish, 
and  the  corn  tithes  also  in  Ribbleton,  but 
in  some  cases  a  prescriptive  rent  limited 
the  amounts  payable. 

A  terrier  of  the  glebe  lands  of  the  vicar- 
age made  in  1663  and  a  table  of  Eastei 
dues  of  about  the  same  time  are  printed 
in  Smith,  op.  cit.  12. 

168  Gastrell,  Notltia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  461.  The  vicar  paid  £4  to  the  curate 
of  Broughton. 

164  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir.  The  old  vicarage 
was  in  the  street  so  called,  off  Tithebarn 
Street,  to  the  north  of  the  church.  The 
present  house,  at  Eastcliff,  was  built  in 
1846. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Patron 


The  following  is  a  list  of  the  incumbents  : — 

RECTORS 
Instituted  Name 

oc.  1153-60  .     .  William164 

c.  1 1 90   .     .     .  Robert 166 

c.  1196    .     .     .  Adomar  de  la  Roche 167     ....     Theobald  Walter 

25  Feb.  1200-1 .  Ran  die  de  la  Tour  168 The  King    .     . 

?  8  July  1 202       .  Mr.  Peter  Russinol 169 , 

oc.  121 9-40        .  Amery  des  Roches 17° „  .     . 

3  July  1243.     .  William  de  Haverhill m    .     .     .     .  „ 

25  Aug.  1252      .  Arnulf17* „  .     . 

22  May  1256      .  Henry  de  Wingham 17S       ....  „  .     . 

20  June  1262      .  Walter  de  Merton m „  .     . 

oc.  1286-94        .  Aubrey  de  Roseriis 17i 

oc.  1306    .     .     .  Eustace  de  Cottesbach 176  .... 

oc.  1312.     .     .  James  de  Fairford 177 

1321     .      .     .  Thurstan  de  Holland 178     .     .     . 

24  Sept.  1348      .  Henry  de  Walton  "a     .... 


Thomas  Earl  of  Lane. 
Henry  Earl  of  Lane.  . 


Cause  of  Vacancy 


d.  P.  Russinol 


d.  W.  de  Haverhill 

d.  Arnulf 

d.  Bp.  Wingham 


exch.  J.  de  Fairford 


166  William  the  priest  of  Preston  was 
first  witness  to  an  important  charter ; 
Farrer,  op.  cit.  323,  325. 

168  Ibid.  361.    He  is  called  only  Robert 
de  Preston,  but  is  one  of  a  number  of 
witnesses,  all  apparently  clergymen.     In 
another   ecclesiastical   deed  of    1193   he 
appears    as   Master   Robert  de   Preston  ; 
Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  in. 

187  After  making  the  settlement  with 
the  Abbot  of  Sees  recorded  in  the  text, 
Theobald  Walter  presented  Adomar  de  la 
Roche  ;  ibid,  ii,  519. 

188  Cal.  Rot.  Chart.  (Rec.  Com.),  101. 
The    dates    in    the    first    column    are 

often  those  of  presentation,  the  institu- 
tions not  being  known. 

169  Rot.  Lit.  Pat.  (Rec.  Com.),  14.      He 
was  precentor  of  York  in  1213  ;  Le  Neve, 
Fasti,  iii,  I  54.     The  statement  that  Peter 
was  dead  in  1222  shows  that  the  Master 
Peter  de  Russinol  who  occurs  later  must 
be  a  different  person. 

170  He  was   nephew  of  the  Bishop  of 
Winchester  and  is  said  to  have  been  pre- 
sented  by  Henry   III  ;    Lanes.   Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,  120  (where  he  is  called  Henry). 
Americus,  rector  of  Preston,  had  letters 
of  protection  in   1219  and    1222  ;    Cal. 
Pat.  1216-25,  pp.  199,  336.     He  occurs 
again  in   1228,  when  Herbert  the  clerk 
and  other  guardians  of  the  church  had 
letters    of    protection;    ibid.     1225-32, 
p.    189.     He   was  still  rector  in    1240, 
when  he  claimed  Chipping  as  a  chapel  of 
Preston  ;    Abbre-v.    Plac.    (Rec.    Com.), 
no,  in. 

171  Haverhill  was    one    of  the    king's 
clerks  in  1223,  as  appears  by  the  Patent 
Rolls,    the    calendars     containing    many 
references  to  him.     He  became  the  king'* 
treasurer  and  died  in   1252.     He  was  a 
canon  of  St.  Paul's  ;  Le  Neve,  Fasti,  ii, 
400.     According  to  T.  C.  Smith  (op.  cit. 
9,    26)    he    was    presented    to     Preston 
3  July  1 243,  referring  to  Pat.  27  Hen.  Ill, 
m.  3.     The  entry  does  not  appear  in  the 
printed  calendar,  where  instead  it  is  re- 
corded that    on    22  July   1243   Guy  de 
Russilun    (Rousillon)    was    presented   to 
Preston  ;    Cal.    Pat.    1232-47,    p.    387. 
Guy  was  the  king's  clerk  and  kinsman 
(Cal.  Papal  Letters,  i,  201)  and  there  are 
a   number  of  references  to  him   in  the 
Patent  Rolls. 

There  is  probably  some  error,  for  in 
1246  the  church  of  Preston  was  of  the 
king's  presentation.  William  de  Haverhill, 
the  treasurer,  was  rector,  and  it  was 
worth  140  marks  a  year  ;  Assize  R.  404, 
m.  19  d. 


A  papal  dispensation  to  hold  two  addi- 
tional benefices  was  given  to  William  de 
Haverhill  in  1244  ;  Cal.  Papal  Letters, 
i,  2ii. 

17a  Cal.  Pat.  1247-58,  p.  149  ;  he  was 
archdeacon  of  'Tours'  or  Thouars. 
Matthew  Paris,  whose  description  must 
be  considered  that  of  a  hostile  partisan, 
says  that  Arnulf  was  a  Poitevin  and 
chaplain  to  Geoffrey  de  Lusignan,  the 
king's  brother,  and  played  the  fool  to 
amuse  the  king  and  court,  being  a  dis- 
grace to  the  priesthood  ;  '  we  have  seen 
him  pelting  the  king,  his  brother  Geoffrey, 
and  other  nobles  while  walking  in  the 
orchard  of  St.  Albans  with  turf,  stones 
and  apples,  and  pressing  the  juice  of 
grapes  in  their  eyes,  like  one  devoid  of 
sense  '  ;  Chron.  Maj.  (Rolls  Ser.),  v,  329. 
Such  behaviour,  though  undignified,  does 
not  seem  vicious. 

Arnulf  was  also  a  prebendary  of  York  ; 
Cal.  Pat.  1247-58,  p.  414. 

173  Ibid.    p.    471.       He  was    an    im- 
portant public  official,  becoming  keeper 
of    the    great    seal     1255-9,    ant*    held 
a  number  of  benefices  and  dignities,  in- 
cluding the  rectory  of   Kirkham.       He 
became  Bishop  of  London  m   1259,  but 
retained    Preston,    Kirkham    and    some 
other    churches   till  his  death  in    1262. 
See    Diet.    Nat.    Biog.  ;     Foss,    Judges  ; 
Le  Neve,  Fasti,  ii,  285,  &c. 

In  1254  Henry  de  Wingham,  sub- 
deacon,  one  of  the  king's  clerks,  was 
made  a  papal  chaplain  ;  Cal.  Papal 
Letters,  i,  300.  There  are  several  other 
privileges  and  dispensations  recorded  for 
him  in  the  same  volume,  including  per- 
mission (in  1259)  to  hold  for  five  years 
all  the  benefices  he  had  at  the  time  of 
his  election  to  the  see  of  London  ;  ibid. 
366. 

174  Pat.  46  Hen.  Ill,  m.  9  (quoted  by 
Smith,    op.    cit.    31).       This,    die    most 
famous   of   the  rectors  of    Preston,   was 
also  a  great  State  officer  holding  many 
ecclesiastical  preferments.    He  was  Chan- 
cellor   of    England    1261-3     anc'     again 
1272—4,  being  made  Bishop  of  Rochester 
in  1274.     He  founded  Merton  Coll.,  Oxf. 
He    was    drowned    while     crossing    the 
Medway  in  1277.     See  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  ; 
Foss,  Judges  ;  Le  Neve,  Fasti,  ii,  561,  &c. 

Walter  de  Merton,  chancellor  of  the 
Bishop  of  Durham,  obtained  a  papal  dis- 
pensation in  1246  ;  Cal.  Papal  Letters, 
i,  225. 

175  Protections    were   granted   him    in 
1286    and    1294;     Cal.    Pat.    1281—92, 
p.  249  ;   1292-1301,  p.  121.     He  occurs 

84 


also  in  pleadings  of  1292,  the  surname  in 
one  case  being  given  as  De  Roseys  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  39<i.,  99,  24. 

He  made  a  gift  to  Henry  de  Haydock 
of  Ashton  in  return  for  land  in  Dobcroft 
given  to  Preston  Church  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  C  25. 

176  Cal.  Pat.  1301-7,  p.  457  ;  '  Preston  ' 
may  be  an  error  for  Prescot  (q.v.),  but 
Eustace  was  defendant  in  a  plea  regard- 
ing land  in  Preston  in  1305  5  De  Banco 
R.  153,  m.  206  d. 

177  The    name  is  also  given    as   Fair- 
stead.     In  Jan.  1311-12  letters  dimissory 
were    granted     by     the     Archbishop    of 
York    to    James    de    Fairford,   rector  of 
Preston  in  Amounderness  ;  note  by  J.  P. 
Earwaker,  Raines  MSS.  (from  the  York 
records).     James  de  Fairford  is  named  as 
the  immediate  predecessor  of  Thurstan  de 
Holland,  rector  in   1323,  in  a  claim  for 
tithes  by  the  Prior  of  Lancaster ;  Lane. 
Ch.  ii,  448. 

178  Thurstan   de  Holland   is  stated   to 
have  exchanged  the  rectory  of  Hanbury 
for  Preston  with  James  de  Fairford  ;  the 
reference  given  is  Add.  MS.  6065,  fol.  267 
(Fishwick,  Preston). 

As  Thurstan  is  often  named  in  plead- 
ings, &c.,  it  is  probable  that  he,  unlike 
most  of  the  other  rectors,  was  resident. 
He  when  eighteen  (about  1314)  accepted 
the  rectory  of  Hanbury,  and  obtained 
a  papal  dispensation  in  1319  to  retain 
it,  his  intercessor  being  Thomas  Earl 
of  Lancaster  ;  Cal.  Papal  Letters,  ii,  189. 

The  Abbot  of  Sees'  claim  against 
Thurstan  for  the  annuity  of  10  marks, 
already  recorded,  occurs  in  the  Plea 
Rolls  from  1325  onwards  ;  De  Banco  R. 
258,  m.  140  ;  292,  m.  257  ;  300,  m.  185. 

Thurstan  de  Holland  occurs  as  rector 
down  to  the  beginning  of  1348  ;  ibid.  350, 
m.  20  ;  353,  m.  302. 

179  For    the    presentations    about    this 
time  reference   is   given   to   Torre's   Re- 
gisters of  the  Archdeacons  of  Richmond  ; 
Fishwick's  Preston. 

Henry  de  Walton  was  of  the  family  of 
Walton-le-Dale,  and  became  Archdeacou 
of  Richmond  in  1349  by  papal  provi- 
sion, he  then  holding  the  church  of 
Preston  and  canonries  at  Salisbury  and 
York  ;  Cal.  Papal  Letters,  iii,  290. 
There  are  many  other  references  to  him 
in  the  same  volume,  including  dispensa- 
tions from  residence  and  for  further 
benefices,  &c.  He  incurred  sentence  of 
excommunication  in  1357,  but  it  was 
suspended  ;  ibid,  iii,  584.  See  also 
Le  Neve,  Fasti,  iii,  138,  &c. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


Name 


Patron 


Instituted 

9  Dec.  1359      •  Robert  de  Burton  18° Henry  Duke  of  Lane. 

oc.  1369    .     .     .  John  de  Charneles 181 

13  Oct.  1374       .  Ralph  de  Erghum,  D.C.L.1S>  .     .     .     John  Duke  of  Lane. 

?  1 380-99      .  John  de  Yarburgh 183 

1399       .     ,  William  de  Stevington 184  ....  

VICARS 

?  1400       .     .  Richard  Walton  185 

17  Jan.  1418-19  John  White186 New  Coll.,  Leicester 

26  Apr.  1421       .  John  York  alias  Legeard lt7      ...  „ 

6  Mar.  1451-2.  Thomas  Tunstall m „ 

9  Sept.  1454     .  Robert  Cowell 189 

oc.  1482-1501    .  Thomas  Bolton  19° 

c.  1 5  1 6    .     .     .  Robert  Singleton  191 Sir  A.  Osbaldeston 

oc.  1548-62   .     .  Nicholas  Bradshaw,  LL.B.132  . 

22  Oct.  1563       .  Roger  Chorley  193 Thomas  Packet 

15  Sept.  1566      .  Leonard  Chorley194 William  Chorley    . 

12  Sept.  1572      .  Nicholas  Daniel,  B.D.195     ....     John  Bold    .     .     . 

15  Sept.  1580     .  Thomas  Wall196 „  ... 


Cause  of  Vacancy 
d.  H.  de  Walton 


d.  R.  Walton 
res.  J.  White 
d.  J.  York 
exch.  T.  Tunstall 


d.  T.  Bolton 


d.  N.  Bradshaw 
d.  R.  Chorley 
res.  L.  Chorley 
res.  N.  Daniel 


180  An   abstract  of  the  will  of  Robert 
de  Burton,   rector  of  Preston,   dated   at 
Leicester  Abbey,  16  Jan.   1360,  is  given 
from    Gibbon's    Early    Line,    frills,    23, 
by  T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit.  35.     No  benefice 
or  dignity  except  Preston  is  named. 

Another  Robert  de  Burton  had  several 
preferments ;  Cal.  Papal  Letters,  iii, 
241,  &c. 

181  He  was  rector   in   1369,  when  he 
complained     that    various     persons    had 
broken  his  close  at  Preston  ;  De  Banco 
R.  435,  m.  368. 

John  de  Charneles  had  canonries  at 
York  and  Lichfield,  and  dispensations  for 
benefices,  &c.  ;  Cal.  Papal  Letters,  iii,  92 
(i  342),  &c.  He  died  in  1 374  ;  Le  Neve, 
Fasti,  i,  591. 

18a  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  389. 

Ralph  de  Erghum  (Arkholme)  was 
chancellor  of  John  of  Gaunt  and  became 
Bishop  of  Salisbury  (1375)  and  Bath 
(1388).  He  had  various  canonries,  &c.; 
Cal.  Papal  Letters,  iv,  167,  215,  &c.;  Le 
Neve,  Fasti,  ii,  600  ;  i,  139,  &c. 

188  John  de  Yarburgh  became  canon  of 
York  in  1385  and  exchanged  for  a  canonry 
at  St.  Paul's  in  1395,  resigning  the  latter 
in  1400  ;  ibid,  iii,  20$  ;  ii,  380.  He,  being 
in  his  fifty-eighth  year  and  unable  from  his 
infirmities  to  reside  at  Preston,  received 
a  papal  dispensation  for  non-residence 
there  in  1397;  Cal.  Papal  Letters,  v, 
22.  He  was  a  clerk  of  the  Duke  of 
Lancaster's  in  1378  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1377-81, 
p.  262.  In  1399  he  became  one  of  the 
prebendaries  of  the  New  College  at 
Leicester;  ibid.  1399-1401,  p.  13. 

An  incident  of  his  time  may  be  re- 
corded here.  One  John  Robinson  Atkin- 
son of  Balderston  having  killed  Thomas 
Banastre  at  Preston  in  May  1395,  fled  to 
the  church  for  safety.  Acknowledging  his 
crime  before  the  king's  coroner  he  was, 
about  a  month  later,  allowed  to  go  on 
abjuring  the  realm.  He  was  pardoned  in 
1397;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  1/3, 
no.  80. 

184  He  resigned  in  order  to  allow  the 
dean  and  canons  to  take  possession  ;  Cal. 
Papal  Letters,  vi,  no.     The  date  is  not 
given,  but  it  must  have  been  before  1406 
and  may  have  been  in  1400. 

185  Richard  Walton  was  vicar  of  Preston 
in  1400  if  a  deed  preserved  by  Kuerden  is 
rightly  dated  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  250, 
no.  25.     In  Harl.   MS.   2042  (fol.   168) 
what  seems  to  be  the  same  deed  bears  the 
years  3  Hen.  IV  and  3  Hen.  V.     He  was 


a  burgess  of  Preston  by  hereditary  right  in 
1415  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  7. 

In  an  undated  deed  (c.  1410)  Magota 
widow  of  William  Walton  of  Walton-le- 
Dale  granted  certain  lands  to  her  son 
Richard  Walton,  vicar  of  St.  Wilfrid's, 
Preston  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  1 18,  no.  26. 

186  Raines  MSS.  xxii,  395. 

187  Ibid,  xx,  397.    He  occurs  in  local 
charters   and    pleadings ;    e.g.    Add.    MS. 
32107,    no.    2292;    Pal.  of   Lane.   Plea 
R.    2,  m.    I  ;  Dep.   Keeper's  Rep.  xxxiii, 
App.  21. 

188  Raines  MSS.  xxii,  379.  The  vicarage 
fell  vacant    on   1 8   Feb.   1451-2  by  the 
death  of  John  York  alias  Legeard,  and  on 
inquiry  it  was  found  that  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  of  New  College,  Leicester,  were 
patrons.     Tunstall   is  named   in  a    local 
deed  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  552,  2953. 

189  Raines    MSS.    xxii,    379.      Cowell 
had  been  rector  of  Thurnby,  Line,  dioc., 
to  which  Tunstall  went.     Robert  Cowell 
was  an  in  burgess  at  the  guild  of  1459  ; 
Preston  Guild  R.  12.     His  name  occurs  in 
local  deeds  down  to  1473  ;    e.g.  Kuerden 
MSS.  iii,  W  8  (no.  95),  K  2. 

i»o  Thomas  Bolton,  vicar,  was  one  of 
the  witnesses  to  the  will  (dated  1482)  of 
Richard  Taylor,  who  desired  his  body  to  be 
buried  in  St.  Wilfrid's  Church  ;  Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  fol.  396,  T.  Thomas  'Berton' 
was  vicar  in  1483-4  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv, 
R  14.  He  is  again  named  as  Thomas 
Bolton  in  1486  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  363. 
The  king,  apparently  in  1498,  leased  to 
Thomas  Bolton  for  thirty  years  the  vicarage 
of  the  parish  church  of  Preston  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xxi,  56  a/d.  There 
is  nothing  to  show  how  the  vicarage  had 
come  into  the  king's  hands.  Thomas 
Bolton  was  still  rector  in  1501  ;  Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  542. 

191  By  inquiry  made  in  1527  it  was 
found  that  the  church  was  appropriated 
to  the  college  of  '  New  Work,'  Leicester, 
and  that  the  vicar  was  Robert  Singleton, 
who  had  held  it  for  eleven  years  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Rentals,  bdle.  5,  no.  15. 

Sir  Alexander  Osbaldeston  in  1494  ob- 
tained a  grant  of  the  next  presentation 
from  the  College  of  Newark,  Leicester, 
and  presented  Robert  son  of  John  Single- 
ton some  time  between  1515  and  1522. 
The  grant  was  disputed,  but  on  trial 
upheld  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  i, 
195,  printed  by  Smith,  op.  cit.  15-16.  A 
writ  in  this  case  was  issued  8  Oct.  1516, 

85 


the  church  being  then  vacant  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Writs  Proton.  8  Hen.  VIII,  Lent. 
Robert  Singleton  was  vicar  in  1535  ; 
Valor,  v,  262.  One  of  the  name  became 
archpriest  of  St.  Martin's,  Dover,  in  1535  ; 
ibid,  i,  95.  He  was  a  correspondent  of 
Cromwell's  ;  L.  and  P.  Hen.  VIII,  x,  612, 
640.  The  same  or  another  graduated  at 
Oxford  (M.A.  1527)  and  became  rector  of 
Potsgrove,  Beds.,  1 549  ;  Foster,  Alumni. 

193  Nicholas  Bradshaw  was  in  1535  one 
of  the  canons   of  the  Newark  College  ; 
Valor  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.),  iv,   171.     The 
inventory  of  church  goods  at  Preston  in 
1552,  signed  by  him,  shows  a  fair  number 
of  vestments,  &c.,  remaining.     There  was 
also  a  '  painted  cloth  which  was  about  the 
sepulchre'  ;  T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit.  252-3. 
The  name  is  given  as  James  Bradshaw  in 
Chet.  Misc.  (new  ser.),  i,  3.      He  occurs 
as  vicar  of  Preston  in  the  Chester  visita- 
tion lists  of  1 548  and  1562.      In  the  latter 
it  is  said   he   '  appeared   and   subscribed.' 
Mortuus  is  marked  against  his  name. 

198  In  the  visitation  list  of  1563  he  was 
curate  of  Chorley  and  vicar  of  Preston. 
He  was  buried  at  Chorley  26  July  1566. 

The  names  of  patrons  and  dates  of 
institution  from  this  period  are  taken 
from  papers  in  the  Dioc.  Reg.  Chester. 

194  Compounded  for  first-fruits  26  Oct. 
1566  ;  Lanes,  and   Ches.  Rec.   (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  409. 

One  of  this  name  was  B.A.  at  Oxford 
1571,  and  afterwards  (1581)  a  barrister; 
Foster,  Alumni.  He  seems  to  have  become 
Recorder  of  Liverpool  1602-20  ;  Picton, 
Munic.  Rec.  i,  112. 

195  Nicholas  ap  Evan  Daniel  was  vicar 
of  St.  Leonard,  Shoreditch,   1563-8,  be- 
ing deprived — for  nonconformity,  Canon 
Raines  supposed  ;  he  was  also  a  Fellow  of 
Manchester  and  was  there  accused  of  un- 
sound doctrine  ;  Raines,  Manch.  Fellows 
(Chet.  Soc.),  56-7.     He  compounded  for 
his  first-fruits  at  Preston  19  Nov.  1572. 
At    Preston    he    preached    twice    every 
Sunday  and  holiday.     He  was  a  married 
man. 

196  Act    Bk.    at    Chester,    1579-1676, 
fol.     3^.       Compounded    for    first-fruits 
30  Nov.  1580.     An  abstract  of  his  will, 
dated  18  Aug.  1592,  is  printed  by  T.  C. 
Smith,    op.   cit.    45.     He   was    in    1591 
described  as  '  an  old  grave  man  of  simple 
persuasion  in  divinity  and  one  that  in  his 
youth  hath  used  sundry  callings  and  now 
at  last  settled  himself  in   the  ministry '  ; 
Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  60 1. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Instituted 
21  Dec.  1592 

12  Feb.  1603-4 
28  May  1621 

1 8  Nov.)      ,   , 

,  ^          f    1020 

1 6  Dec.  j 

1 1  Nov. )     , 

T-»       r  1030 
2  Dec.  )        3 


Name  Patron 

„,....       c  , ,  .  1q7  (Henry  Bold      .  .     , 

William  Sawrey,  M.A.197  .     .     .     .  Ir.*.     A 

/J  (The  Queen.     .  .     , 

John  Paler 198 Rt.  Parkinson   .  .     , 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton 

( Sir  R.  Hoghton  . 


James  Martin,  M.A.199 
Augustine  Wildbore,  D.D.200 . 


Cause  of  Vacancy 

J  d.  T.  Wall 

res.  W.  Sawrey 
d.  J.  Paler 


(The  King 


"»3? 

2  July  1657 
10  Feb.  1657-8 
14  Feb.  1662-3 
27  Nov.  1663 
12  Dec.  1682 
29  May  1700. 
14  July  1727 


T          o     i-     »/r  A  901  (Sir  R.  Hoghton 

James  Starfae,  M.A.™ |  The  King    .     . 

Isaac  Ambrose,  M.A.202     .... 

George  Thomason  203 Sir  R.  Hoghton 

William  Cole,  B.A.204 „ 

Thomas  Stanhope,  M.A.205     ...  „ 

Seth  Bushell,  D.D.206 

Thomas  Birch  207 Sir  C.  Hoghton 

Samuel  Peploe,  M.A.208     ....  „ 

Samuel  Peploe,  D.D.209     ....  The  King    .     . 


res.  A.  Wildbore 


cess.  W.  Cole 
res.  T.  Stanhope 
res.  S.  Bushell 
d.  T.  Birch 
prom.  Bp.  Peploe 


In  1590  it  was  reported  that  the  vicar, 
who  was  '  no  preacher,'  had  '  by  corrup- 
tion '  only  20  marks  a  year  out  of  the 
vicarage  revenues  ;  S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz.  xxxi, 

47- 

197  Act  Bk.  at  Chester,   fol.  21.      He 
appears   to  have    had  two   presentations, 
one   from    the    queen  and  another  from 
Henry    Bold    of   North    Meols  ;    Smith, 
op.   cit.   46.     He   compounded    for  first- 
fruits  5  Feb.  1592—3.    He  was  also  rector 
of  Windermere  1594—1610. 

198  Act     Bk.    at     Chester,    fol.     37; 
'preacher  of  the  Word  of  God.'     Parkin- 
ion  presented  by  virtue  of  a  grant  from 
Richard  Hoghton.    John  Paler  was  buried 
at  Preston  16  Apr.  1621,  the  entry  in  the 
register   describing    him    as    '  a    notable 
labourer    in    the    Lord's   vineyard.'     An 
inventory  of  his  goods  (Smith,  op.  cit.  47) 
shows  that  he  had  a  considerable  library, 
his  books  being  worth  ,£14  ios. 

199  Act  Bk.  at  Chester,  fol.  72.      He 
was  a  king's  preacher.     Martin  paid  first- 
fruits   29  May   1621.     He  graduated    at 
Oxford    (M.A.    1611)    and     Cambridge; 
Foster,    Alumni.     He    was    deprived    for 
•imony  in  1623.     Some  ten  years  later 
he  made  bitter  complaint  of  his  treatment, 
alleging  that  his  wife  and  son  had  starved 
to  death  in  the  street ;  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom. 
1633—4,  pp.  7,  II,  39.      His  character- 
sketch  of  hig  enemies,  who  were  Puritans, 
is  printed  by  Fishwick,  op.  cit.   180—2. 
Martin  seems  to  have  been  regarded  as  of 
unsound  mind. 

The  institutions  from  this  time  have 
been  compared  with  those  recorded  at  the 
P.R.O.  as  printed  in  Lanes,  and  Ches. 
Antiq.  Notes. 

aoo  The  history  of  the  vicarage  from 
1623  to  1626  is  obscure,  the  proceedings 
concerning  Martin  causing  difficulty.  The 
records  of  the  Chester  registry  show  that 
Alexander  Bradley,  B.A.,  was  presented 
by  the  king,  'by  lapse,'  on  21  June  1623, 
and  John  Inskip  on  6  July  following. 
The  latter  sought  institution,  but  does  not 
appear  to  have  obtained  it  ;  Act  Bk.  at 
Chester,  fol.  736,  76^,  and  at  end  of 
volume.  Augustine  Wildbore  was  pre- 
sented by  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  on 
3  Mar.  1625-6,  the  vacancy  being  due  to 
the  '  deprivation  of  James  Martin,  last 
vicar'  ;  but  on  I  Dec.  following  he  was 
presented  by  the  king,  'patron  for  this 
turn  by  reason  of  the  outlawry  of  the 
patron  or  by  lapse.'  The  first-fruits  were 
paid  20  Feb.  1626-7.  Some  entries  re- 
lating to  John  Inskip,  with  an  abstract  of 
his  will  (1632),  are  printed  by  T.  C. 
Smith,  op.  cit.  51. 

Wildbore  was  educated  at  Sidney-Sussex 


Coll.,  Camb.  (M.A.  1614,  D.D.  1633). 
He  was  appointed  a  king's  preacher ; 
was  vicar  of  Garstang  in  1621,  of 
Preston  in  1626,  and  of  Lancaster 
1630,  vacating  Preston.  He  was  a  strong 
Royalist  and  was  expelled  from  his  bene- 
fices by  Parliament  in  1643.  He  died  in 
1654.  See  the  full  account  by  H.  Fish- 
wick  in  Garstang  (Chet.  Soc.),  149—53. 

201  Act  Bk.  at  Chester,  fol.  91  b,  \i6b. 
First-fruits    paid    25    Nov.   1630.       The 
king's  nomination  was  said  to  be  due  to 
the    outlawry    of    the    patron,    lapse,    or 
simony.     James  Starkie  was  in  1636  ad- 
monished by  the  High  Commission  Court, 
probably    for  some  nonconformity  ;    Cal. 
S.  P.  Dom.  1635-6,  p.  485.     In  1639  he 
was   promoted  to    the   rectory  of  North 

Meols(q.v.). 

202  This  noteworthy  vicar  of  Preston 
wag  the  son  of  Richard  Ambrose,  vicar 
of    Ormskirk,    where    he    was    baptized 
in  1604.     He  was  educated  at  Brasenose 
Coll.,    Oxf.  ;    B.A.    1 624,    M.A.    Camb. 
1632  ;  Foster,    Alumni.      Incumbent    of 
Castleton,  Derb.,  1627  ;  Clapham,  1629  ; 
king's  preacher  in  Lancashire,  1631;  was  a 
zealous  Presbyterian  and  member  of  the 
classis    1646,   signing   the    '  Harmonious 
Consent '  in  1648  ;  became  vicar  of  Gar- 
stang in  1654  and  was  ejected  for  non- 
conformity  in    1662.      He  died   in  Jan. 
1663—4.     He  published  various  religious 
works,  including  Looking  unto  Jesus,  1658. 
See  Diet.  Nat.    Stag.  ;   Wood,   Athenae  ; 
Garstang  (Chet.    Soc.),   154-176.     Am- 
brose was  still  vicar  of  Preston  till  1657, 
when  he  released  to  Sir  Richard  Hoghton 
all  right  in  the  vicarage  ;  De  Hoghton  D. 
During    part    of    the    time     (1655     on) 
William  Brownsword  was  in  charge  of  the 
parish  but  was  not  styled  vicar  ;  he  was 
afterwards    of   Kendal.     See   articles   by 
Rev.  B.  Nightingale  in  Preston  Guardian, 
9-30  Apr.  1910. 

204  Plund.  Mini.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  189.  One  of  this  name 
was  educated  at  Oxford  ;  B.A.  1659  5  an<^ 
afterwards  held  various  benefices  ;  Canon 
of  Lincoln  1683-1712  ;  Foster,  Alumni, 

204  Plund.    Mins.    Accts.   ii,   216,  222. 
Educated  at  Corpus  Christi  Coll.,  Camb. ; 
B.A.  1640;  Fishwick,  Preston,  185.     In 
1662  he  was  willing  to  conform  to  some 
extent,  but  wag  ejected  from  Preston  or 
left  it  voluntarily.     Next  year,  however, 
he    accepted  the   vicarage    of   Dedham  ; 
Smith,  op.  cit.    59.     He  had  previously 
held  Kirkby  Lonsdale  and  Newcastle-on- 
Tyne. 

205  Stanhope  was  educated  at  St.  John's 
Coll.,  Camb.  ;    Admissions    (ed.    Mayor), 
i,  ill  ;  M.A.   1660.     He  is  said  to  have 

86 


acted  afterwards  as  chaplain  at  Hoghton 
Tower  ;  Smith,  op.  cit.  60.  His  son 
George  became  Dean  of  Canterbury 
1704  to  1728. 

206  Educated  at   Oxford  ;   M.A.    1654, 
D.D.     1672  ;     Foster,    Alumni.        Some 
notice  of  this  vicar  has  been  given  under 
Euxton,  of  which  he  was  curate  in  1650. 
Conforming  at    the   Restoration  he  was 
very  tolerant  of  Dissenters,  and  became 
popular  at  Preston  and  Lancaster,  where 
he  wag  vicar  from  1682  till  his  death  in 
1684.        His    epitaph    describes    him    as 
devoted  to  the  English  Reformed  Church, 
and  faithful  to  the  two  Charleses  in  very 
difficult    times;    Smith,    op.    cit.    61-3, 
where  his  will  is  given  ;  Wood,  Athenae  ; 
Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

207  Act     Bk.    at    Chester,    fol.     158. 
Neither  vicar  nor  curate  is  recorded   in 
the  visitation   list  of    1691,   but    James 
Bland,    curate,    was    '  conformable '    in 
1689  ;  Hist.  MSS.   Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App. 
iv,  230.     Birch's  will  is  printed  in  Smith, 
op.  cit.  68. 

He  was  not  liked  by  some  of  the  more 
influential  of  his  parishioners,  who  com- 
plained that  he  did  not  reside  and  that 
he  disparaged  the  Prayer  Book.  Bishop 
Stratford  made  inquiry  and  wrote  to  the 
mayor,  showing  that  some  of  the  charges 
were  untrue  and  other  matters  would  be 
reformed.  In  particular  the  vicar  was 
willing  to  restore  the  daily  prayers  in  the 
church  ;  Loc.  Glean.  Lanes,  and  Ches.  ii, 
6,  9. 

208  The  Hoghton  family  were  Noncon- 
formists,  and   from   a    letter  among  the 
De    Hoghton    D.    it    appears    that    Sir 
Charles  Hoghton  gave  the  nomination  of 
Birch's  successor  to  the  mayor  of  Preston 
and   others.       It  is   not  clear,   however, 
that    they    selected    Peploe,    who  was  a 
zealous  Whig,  afterwards  warden  of  Man- 
chester 1718,  and  Bishop  of  Chester  1726, 
when   he    resigned    Preston.       Peploe  is 
said   to  have  owed  these  promotions  to 
his  courage   in  reading    the    prayers    for 
King    George    at    the    time    when    the 
Jacobite  army  was  actually  in  possession 
of  Preston.     He  was  also  very  energetic 
in    prosecuting    Roman    Catholics.     See 
further   in    the    account    of   Manchester 
Church.     He  died  in  1752. 

John  Stanley  was  presented  13  Apr. 
1726  by  the  king,  but  there  does  not 
seem  to  be  any  record  that  he  was  insti- 
tuted ;  he  at  once  accepted  a  rectory  at 
Liverpool. 

209  Son    of   Bishop   Peploe,   whom  he 
succeeded  also  as  warden  of  Manchester 
in  1738  ;  see  the  account  of  the  church 
there.     He  resigned  Preston   in   1743  on 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Randal  Andrews,  B.A.210    .      . 
Humphrey  Shuttleworth,  M.A.2 
James  Penny,  M.A.212  .     .      . 
Roger  Carus  Wilson,  M.A.213 . 
John  Owen  Parr,  M.A.214 .     . 
James  Hamer  Rawdon,  M.A.  15 
Hercules  Scott  Butler,  M.A.216 


Instituted 
30  Apr.  1743 
30  Oct.  1782 

6  Sept.  1809 

I  Mar.  1817 
14  Apr.  1840 
12  July  1877 

9  Apr.  1900 

The  rectory,  having  been  in  the  patronage  of  the 
kings  or  lords  of  the  honour  of  Lancaster,  was  filled  by 
a  series  of  royal  clerks  or  busy  officials,  most  of  whom 
probably  never  resided,  discharging  their  priestly 
duties  by  curates.  Hence  it  was  an  advantage  to  the 
church,  and  no  doubt  to  the  parish,  when  the  rectory 
was  appropriated  to  the  New  College  at  Leicester  and 
a  responsible  vicar  placed  in  the  cure.  In  addition 
to  the  chapel  at  Broughton  there  seem  to  have  been 
two  or  three  others  in  the  parish,*17  and  for  these  and 
the  chantries  there  was  no  doubt  a  competent  staff  of 
chaplains.  A  list  of  twelve  clergy  was  recorded  about 
l$3°>ns  but  the  visitation  list  of  1548  names  only 
the  vicar,  two  chantry  priests  and  three  others  ;  in 
1562  there  were  still  the  vicar,  his  curate,  the  curate 
of  Broughton  and  another.219  Nothing  seems  to  be 
known  of  the  first  Elizabethan  vicars,  but  from  the 
character  of  the  district  the  conformity  with  the 
religious  legislation  of  the  time  was  little  more  than 
nominal,  and  when  a  convinced  Protestant  was 
appointed  in  i  572  he  was  soon  'in  great  perplexity '  and 
'  many  ways  threatened  of  his  life  for  his  well  doing,' 
i.e.  in  particular  because  at  Easter  he  had  '  taken  the 


Patron 

William  Shaw  . 
Sir  H.  Hoghton    . 
Sir  H.  P.  Hoghton     . 
W.  W.  Carus  Wilson 
Hulme's  Trustees  . 


PRESTON 

Cause  of  Vacancy 
res.  S.  Pcploe 
d.  R.  Andrews 
res.  H.  Shuttleworth 
d.  J.  Penny 
d.  R.  C.  Wilson 
d.  J.  O.  Parr 
res.  J.  H.  Rawdon 


names  of  all  such  as  would  not  receive  the  blessed 
communion,'  22°  and  because  he  had  captured  a  '  false 
priest  at  mass.'  m  The  curate  or  parish  priest  whom 
he  found  in  charge,  a  married  man  of  openly  evil 
life,222  had  winked  at  every  abuse  and  insulted  the 
vicar,  causing  the  '  bells  to  be  rung  for  souls '  when 
the  vicar  was  preaching  and  telling  him  to  come  down 
from  the  pulpit.  The  parish  clerk  was  a  '  popish 
boy,'  who  never  appeared  at  church  except  to  make 
such  a  noise  on  the  organ  on  Sunday  that  no  one 
could  understand  the  singing.223  The  communion 
table  was  formed  from  an  old  altar,  and  *  altar  stones 
and  idols'  seats '  were  still  in  their  places  ;  even  a 
'great  number  of  alabaster  images'  which  had  been 
taken  down  in  accordance  with  the  queen's  commands 
had  been  carefully  buried  in  the  vicarage  garden,  but 
the  vicar  had  found  and  destroyed  them. 

This  incumbent  stayed  but  a  few  years  and  his 
successor,  who  was  '  no  preacher,'  had  tried  many 
occupations  before  becoming  a  minister.  His  successors, 
and  in  particular  John  Paler,  may  have  been  those 
who  influenced  the  Protestant  population  towards 
Puritanism,  so  that  Vicar  Martin  seems  to  have  been 


being  collated  to  Tattenhall  in  Cheshire. 
He  died  in  1781. 

210  William  Shaw  presented  by  grant  of 
Sir  Henry  Hoghton.     The  new  vicar  was 
educated  at  Magdalen   Hall,  Oxf.  ;  B.A. 
1732  ;  Foster,  Alumni.     He  was  curate 
of  St.  George's,  Preston.      Being  a  Whig 
he  had  many  enemies  in  the  town,  who 
asserted  he  had  paid  for  the  presentation. 
He  died  at  the  Bull's  Head,  Manchester, 
4  Aug.  1782.     His  son  became  vicar  of 
Ormskirk. 

211  Educated   at  Christ  Church,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.   1760  ;  Foster,  Alumni.     Vicar  of 
Kirkham,    1771,    king's   preacher  1790, 
Canon    of    York    1791.       He    resigned 
Preston  in  1809,  but  retained  Kirkham 
till  his  death   in   1812.       He    published 
Lectures  on  the   Creed  of   Pius  IV  and 
some  anti-Popery  tracts.      See  Fishwick, 
Kirkham  (Chet.  Soc.),  84-5. 

212  Educated    at    Oxf.  ;     M.A.    1784. 
Rector  of  Chipping  (q.v.)  1807-16. 

813  Educated  at  Trinity  Coll.,  Camb. ; 
M.A.  1818.  A  monument  to  him  was 
erected  in  the  chancel  by  public  subscrip- 
;ion. 

214  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.  1830;  Indian  chaplain  1821, 
vicar  of  Durnford  1834,  hon.  canon 
of  Manchester  1853.  He  wa8  a'8°  a 
county  magistrate.  There  is  a  monument 
to  him  in  the  chancel. 

815  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.  1861  ;  incumbent  of  Shaw  1875, 
hon.  canon  of  Manchester  1890,  rector 
of  Yelverton  1900. 

216  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf. ; 
M.A.     1877  ;    vicar   of   St.     Barnabas', 
Holbeck,  1883,  of  Farnworth  near  Bolton 
1894.     Hon.  canon  of  Manchester  1908. 

217  As    at      Fernyhalgh    and     Barton. 
Kuerden,  about   1680,  speaks  of  a  foot 
passage   'through  the  churchyard  south- 


ward by  the  public  school  and  ancient 
place  called  Ch  :pel  of  Avenham,  over 
the  Swillbrook,'  &c.  ;  Hardwick,  Preston, 
210.  Nothing  else  seems  known  of  this 
chapel.  A  John  '  de  Capella '  occurs 
c.  1 240  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  {,217.  A 
lease  of  the  rectory  made  in  1545  (quoted 
in  a  petition  of  1572)  speaks  of  'the 
glebe  and  demesne  lands  belonging  to  the 
said  church  and  rectory  together  with  the 
chapels  of  Broughton,  Ribbleton,  Ashton 
Bank  and  Lea,  and  three  burgages  in 
Preston,'  &c.  ;  but  there  has  probably 
been  some  mistake  in  quoting  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  xci,  F  15. 

118  Smith,  op.  cit.  20,  citing  '  a  subsidy 
book  in  the  Record  Office.'  The  names 
given  fix  the  date  as  between  1527  and 
1535.  In  the  same  work  (p.  19)  is 
given  a  list  of  seven  names,  dated  1525, 
from  'the  Chapter  House  Book,  B  2/15 
(R.O.) '  ;  this  is  incomplete,  as  it  does 
not  contain  Thomas  Bostock's  name. 

219  Visitation  lists  at  Chester.     It  ap- 
pears   that    another    priest    (not  named) 
was  in  1 548  paid  by  the  corporation  in 
accordance  with  a  lease  ending  in   1560. 
This  priest,  whose  name  occurs  in  the 
list  of  1525,  was  still  ministering  in  1561, 
though   'somewhat  addicted   to  the  ale- 
house,  and   insufficient '  ;  Raines,  Chan- 
tries  (Chet.    Soc.),    205.      He  does  not 
occur  in  1562. 

It  further  appears  that  the  old  chantry 
priest  and  schoolmaster  (not  named  in 
1562)  continued  to  minister  ;  he  was  re- 
ported to  be  '  an  unlearned  priest,"  and 
being  a  recusant  was  under  surveillance 
by  the  authorities  ;  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  Add. 

I547-65.  P-   523- 

220  In  the  Consistory  Court  Records  at 
Chester -is  a  certificate  sent  to  the  vicar 
of  Preston  c.   1575   stating  that  Arthur 
Hoghton  of  Broughton  had  received  '  the 

8? 


holy  communion  at  Easter  last  in  the 
church  of  Goosnargh  according  to  the 
laws  of  this  our  English  Church.' 

221  The  vicar's  letter  and    his  curate's 
reply  are  printed  in  Smith,  op.  cit.  42—4. 

It  was  only  with  the  greatest  difficulty 
that  the  judge  and  jury  could  be  forced 
to  convict  the  priest  and  others. 

222  His  name,  William  Wall,  does  not 
seem  to  occur  in  the  lists  of  pre-Reforma- 
tion   clergy.      William  Wall,  clerk,  was 
an  in  burgess  at  the  guild  of  1582,  and 
Thomas    son    of  William    Wall,    clerk, 
deceased,  at  that  of  1602  ;  Preston  Guild 
R.  32,49. 

The  curate  in  his  reply  admitted  some 
of  the  serious  faults  alleged,  but  said  he 
had  not  taken  bribes  from  recusants  to 
conceal  their  not  coming  to  church,  &c. 
He  had  had  a  dispute  with  the  vicar  about 
the  burial  of  unchristened  children  ;  it 
had  never  been  the  custom  to  bury  them 
in  the  churchyard.  The  custom  of  the 
Rogation  Days  is  mentioned  :  '  During  the 
three  days  before  Ascension  Day  he  (the 
curate)  went  to  the  cross  in  the  town  and 
willed  the  people  to  pray  to  God  to  prosper 
the  fruits  of  the  earth  as  is  appointed  by 
the  book.' 

223  The  singers  would  have  'no  Geneva 
psalm '    before    the  sermon.     The    clerk 
in  reply    admitted    'that   he    being    one 
that  can  sing  and  play  on  the  organs  and 
a  teacher  of  children  to  sing,  did  never 
sing  a  psalm  before  the  sermon,'  but  he 
had  '  no  book  of  psalms.' 

From  what  is  said  in  the  text  it  is  clear 
that  the  organ  was  soon  afterwards  taken 
down.  The  next  was  erected  in  1 802  in 
the  west  gallery  ;  Smith,  op.  cit.  257. 
The  bequest  of  Thomas  Hoghton,  the 
exiled  lord  of  Lea,  in  1580,  for  a  pair  of 
organs,  &c.,  may  be  mentioned  here ; 
Knox,  Life  of  Card.  Allen,  85. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


driven  out  by  this  party.224  In  1637  Lancashire  was 
reported  to  Archbishop  Laud  as  an  extremely  Puritan 
county  ;  at  Preston  and  Manchester  they  called  the 
surplices  '  the  rags  of  Rome,'  and  suffered  no  organs 
in  the  churches.225  At  the  formation  of  the  Presby- 
terian classis  in  1646  three  Preston  aldermen  became 
members  of  it.226 

There  is  evidence  of  a  somewhat  higher  type  ofchurch- 
manship  in  the  town  after  the  Restoration,227  and  in  the 
last  century,  under  modern  conditions,  a  great  change 
has  taken  place  in  Preston,  as  elsewhere,  by  the  pro- 
vision of  new  churches  and  schools  and  a  large  staff  of 
clergy,  the  new  movement  being  due  apparently  to 
the  Rev.  R.  C.  Wilson,  vicar  from  1817  to  i839-228 

There  were  two  endowed  chantries  in  the  parish 
church,  those  at  the  altars  of  the  Rood  or  Crucifix  of 
Jesus  and  St.  Mary.  The  former  is  stated  to  have 
been  founded  by  a  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  for  the  souls 


of  his  ancestors,  and  in  1547  John  Shepherd  was  the 
chaplain,  and  celebrating  accordingly.  There  was  no 
plate  belonging  to  it,  and  the  endowment,  producing 
j£5  is.  %d.  yearly,  was  derived  from  burgages,  lands, 
&c.,  in  Preston.229  In  other  places  William  or  Richard 
Whalley  is  called  the  founder  of  the  Crucifix  chantry.230 
After  the  confiscation  there  were  numerous  disputes 
about  the  property.231  The  altar  of  St.  Mary  is 
mentioned  in  I349-232  The  chantry  thereat  was  said 
to  have  been  founded  by  Ellen  widow  of  Henry 
Hoghton  for  a  chaplain  to  celebrate  continually  for 
her  soul  and  all  Christian  souls,  and  to  keep  a  free 
grammar  school.233  This  chantry  can  be  traced  back 
to  1430,  and  seems  to  have  been  due  to  contributions 
from  various  sources.234  Nicholas  Banaster  was  the 
incumbent  in  1547,  and  'by  report  of  the  inhabi- 
tants '  the  ordinances  of  the  foundation  had  been 
'well  kept  and  used.'  There  was  no  plate,  and  the 


M4  See  the  accounts  of  the  vicars  above. 

Evidence  of  Puritan  feeling  is  given  by 
the  strict  prohibition  of  trading  on  'the 
Sabbath  Day,'  passed  by  the  guild  of 
1602.  In  1616  the  Council  ordered  house- 
keepers to  keep  their  street  doors  shut 
during  service  time  on  Sabbath  days  and 
festivals,  and  to  prevent  their  children 
playing  in  the  streets  or  sitting  in  the 
street  doors  on  the  Sabbath.  Ale-houses 
were  regulated,  being  ordered  to  close  at 
9  p.m.  ;  Abram,  Memorials  of  the  Guilds, 

36,  37- 

In  1625-8  Henry  Banister  bequeathed 
;£6oo  '  towards  the  maintenance  and 
settling  of  a  minister  or  ministers  of  God's 
Word,  if  (the  trustees)  should  so  think 
fit,  to  water  the  dry  and  barren  places  in 
the  County  of  Lancaster,  where  there 
should  be  greatest  want  of  a  preaching 
ministry,  to  direct  the  people  to  the 
glory  of  God.'  With  this  and  other 
sums  land  in  Brockholes  was  purchased, 
and  of  the  resulting  rent-charge  of  j£i6  a 
moiety  has  since  been  paid  to  the  vicar  of 
Preston  ;  End.  Char.  Rep.  1905,  p.  742. 
The  vicar  now  applies  it  to  the  payment 
of  a  deaconess  and  a  Church  Army 
evangelist. 

125  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1637,  p.  26. 

226  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  Harland),  i,  228. 

M7  See  the  account  of  Vicar  Birch. 
The  full  clerical  staff  probably  consisted 
of  the  vicar,  his  curate  and  the  curate  of 
Broughton.  An  additional  church  was 
built  in  1716  at  Grimsargh  and  another 
in  1723  at  Preston. 

228  T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit.  78. 

829  Raines,  Chantries  (Chet.  Soc.), 
202-4;  Smith,  op.  cit.  233.  It  does 
not  appear  which  of  several  Sir  Richards 
founded  this  chantry  ;  it  may  have  been 
the  founder  of  one  at  Ribchester  in  1407. 

In  1487  it  was  found  that  Alexander 
Hoghton  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  had  a 
chantry  in  Preston  Church,  John  Trout- 
beck  being  chaplain,  and  they  were  bound 
to  maintain  the  fabric  and  supply  book, 
vestments,  &c.  ;  Raines,  loc.  cit. 

If  this  altar  were  at  the  end  of  the 
south  aisle,  where  the  Lea  burial-place 
was,  the  crucifix  was  probably  some  special 
one,  and  not  the  chancel  rood. 

880  In  1495  and  1500  the  mayor  and 
burgesses,  being  patrons  of  the  chantry 
of  the  Rood  of  Preston,  demised  a  burgage 
in  Fishergate  and  an  acre  of  land  for  forty 
years,  rents  of  los.  for  each  to  be  paid  to 
the  priest  who  should  say  mass,  according 
to  the  intent  of  Richard  Whalley,  founder 
of  the  same;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  121, 


no.  95,  96.  In  1507  Thomas  Whalley, 
chaplain,  and  another  surrendered  to  the 
mayor  and  others  certain  lands  for  the 
enlarging  or  augmentation  of  the  chantry 
belonging  to  the  altar  before  the  holy 
crucifix  within  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Wilfrid  the  Bishop  in  Preston,  the  priest 
to  pray  especially  for  the  soul  of  William 
Whalley,  priest,  late  founder  of  the  same; 
ibid.  no.  91,  92. 

From  this  it  appears  that  Whalley's 
foundation  was  intended  for  an  additional 
priest  at  the  Rood  altar.  His  benefaction 
seems  to  have  led  to  disputes  with  the 
Hoghtons.  Thus  in  1498  Sir  Alexander 
Hoghton  nominated  William  Gaiter  to 
celebrate,  and  in  1500  and  1507  the  cor- 
poration named  the  same  priest ;  ibid, 
iii,  H  9  ;  and  iv,  P  121,  no.  76,  79,  86. 

The  agreement  with  the  corporation 
was  that  William  Gaiter  'shall  say  mass 
afore  the  rood  in  Preston  Kirk  three 
days  in  a  week,  that  is  to  say  Sunday, 
Wednesday  and  Friday,  and  he  be  disposed, 
and  to  pray  for  the  souls  of  Richard 
Whalley  and  his  wifes  (sic)  and  William 
Whalley  priest  his  son,'  &c.  ;  and  that '  he 
shall  keep  and  maintain  God's  service  to 
his  power  as  St.  Mary's  priest  does '  ; 
and  '  be  ready  to  say  mass  if  the  mayor 
require  him';  ibid,  iv,  Pi  I.  The 
charters  are  in  Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc. 
bdle.  2,  no.  15. 

Richard  Hoghton  as  feoffee  of  Richard 
Whalley  nominated  James  Tarleton  to 
celebrate  in  the  chantry ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  751. 

In  1527  the  chantry  before  the  crucifix 
was  held  by  Thomas  Bostock,  who  had 
been  appointed  about  eleven  years  before  ; 
the  Hoghton  patronage  is  admitted  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Rentals,  bdle.  5,  no.  15.  John 
Shepherd,  named  in  the  text,  was  the 
priest  in  1535  ;  Valor  Eccl.  y,  263.  The 
income  was  then  given  as  £4  41. 10^.  clear. 

231  An  account  of  them  is  given  by 
T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit.  235.  For  grants  of 
the  chantry  lands  see  Pat.  5  Jas.  I,  pt.  xx, 
and  7  Jas.  I,  pt.  xxxiv. 

982  In  that  year  Adam  de  Brockholes 
gave  his  lands  in  Brockholes  to  William 
de  Elston,  charged  with  a  rent  of  6s.  %d.t 
to  continue  for  a  hundred  years,  for  the 
celebration  of  masses  at  the  altar  of  B. 
Mary  in  the  church  of  Preston  for  the 
souls  of  Adam  and  his  kindred  ;  Add.  MS. 
32108,  fol.  289. 

283  Raines,  op.  cit.  205—7  5  Smith,  op. 
cit.  230.  Ellen  was  the  wife  of  Sir 
Henry  Hoghton,  who  died  in  1479  ;  she 
may  have  augmented  an  older  foundation. 

88 


The  altar  was  probably  at  the  end  of 
the  north  aisle,  afterwards  known  as 
'Wall's  chapel.' 

234  In  1430  the  feoffees  granted  to  Ellen 
Young  certain  property  charged  with  a 
payment  of  131.  4^.  a  year  to  God  and 
B.  Mary  of  the  church  of  Preston  for  a 
priest  celebrating  there  for  the  souls  of 
John  Young  and  Maud  his  wife  ;  Kuer- 
den MSS.  iv,  P  121.  Again  in  1456  John 
Inglesle  of  Preston  gave  two  small  rent- 
charges  (is.  in  all)  to  the  wardens  (frc- 
curatoribus)  of  B.  Mary  the  Virgin  of  the 
church  of  St.  Wilfrid  of  Preston  for  the 
souls  of  himself  and  Joan  his  consort  ; 
ibid.  no.  73. 

In  1470  Margaret  widow  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  gave  burgages  on  the  east  side 
of  Friargate  towards  paying  the  priest 
before  St.  Mary's  altar  ;  ibid.  no.  37. 

Ralph  Hoghton  son  of  Margaret,  in 
accordance  with  her  intention,  gave  a 
charge  of  izd.  for  the  priest  singing 
'daily  afore  our  Lady,'  the  whole  tene- 
ment to  be  so  devoted  after  his  wife's 
death  ;  ibid.  no.  94. 

Another  deed  attributes  the  endow- 
ment in  part  to  Richard  Whalley,  whose 
son  William,  a  chaplain,  was  to  hold  cer- 
tain lands  for  life.  After  his  death  they 
were  to  remain  to  Henry  Hoghton  and 
other  trustees  and  to  the  mayor  and  bur- 
gesses to  maintain  a  chaplain  to  celebrate 
daily  (or  at  least  thrice  a  week)  before 
the  image  of  the  B.  V.  Mary  at  her  altar 
in  Preston  Parish  Church;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  848. 

The  mayor,  in  defending  a  suit  brought 
by  Roger  Levens,  the  chantry  priest,  about 
1522  stated  that  this  chantry  had  been 
founded  by  the  corporation  about  1440 
for  '  a  priest  continually  to  sing  and  pray 
for  the  souls  of  the  said  persons,  and  for 
the  prosperity  and  welfare  of  the  mayor 
and  burgesses  and  other  inhabitants  of 
the  town,  within  the  church  of  Preston  ; 
and  every  priest  so  appointed  should  keep 
a  free  school  within  the  said  town  to 
teach  the  scholars  there  '  ;  Smith,  op.  cit. 
232  (from  Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead. 
Hen.  VIII,  i,  N.D.  L  6).  It  appears  that 
Levens'  predecessor  was  named  George 
Hale,  and  had  died  in  1518.  Roger 
Levens  was  in  1519  admitted  to  the  pos- 
session of  copyhold  lands  in  Walton-le- 
Dale  belonging  to  this  chantry  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  P  120,  no.  53. 

Again  in  1527  the  mayor  and  burgesses 
were  returned  as  patrons  of  our  Lady's 
chantry,  of  which  Henry  Coventry  was 
chaplain,  having  held  the  post  about  four 


endowment,    derived    from    burgages    and    lands    in 
Preston  and  Fishwick,  was  only  £3  zs.  ^d.  a  year.235 

A  school  can  be  traced  back  to  the  1 4th  century.236 
Its  connexion  with  a  chantry  threatened  its  exis- 
tence,237 but  it  seems  to  have  been  preserved  by  the 
corporation,  and  under  their  care  has  developed  to  its 
present  standing.238 

The  principal  charities 239  are 
CHARITIES  those  for  education,240  medical 241  and 
religious  purposes 242  ;  but  there  are 
in  addition  a  considerable  number  of  smaller  benefac- 
tions for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  by  gifts  of  money, 
food,  clothing,  apprentices'  fees,  and  other  ways.  None 
of  them  appear  to  be  intended  for  the  whole  parish  ; 
some  are  restricted  to  the  borough  of  Preston,  and 
others  to  particular  townships  or  groups.243 

Catherine  Pennington  in  1871  left  ^1,000  for  the 
benefit  of  poor  women  in  the  town  and  neighbour- 
hood of  Preston,  to  be  distributed  by  the  wardens  of 
Church  of  England  parishes.  The  total  income  is 
£29  zs.  $d.,  and  it  is  distributed  according  to  the 
founder's  wish.244  Margaret  Becconsall  in  1872  left 
money  to  the  New  Jerusalem  Church,  one-seventh 


PRESTON 

being  for  poor  members  ot  the  congregation  ; 
£7  9/.  6d.  is  distributed  accordingly  among  from  five 
to  nine  persons.  William  Edmundson  in  1735  left 
£$o  to  buy  bread  for  the  prisoners  at  Lancaster  and 
Preston  ;  half  the  income,  £6  los.  %d.,  is  given  to 
assist  prisoners  discharged  from  Preston  Gaol,  usually 
by  gifts  of  clothing  or  travelling  expenses.  Mary 
Cross  in  1889  gave  £600,  now  producing  £ij  14*. 
a  year,  for  the  poor  of  the  borough  ;  the  income  is 
distributed  in  small  money  doles.  The  benefits  of 
the  Harris  Orphanage  in  Fulwood  are  available  for 
children  whose  parents  reside  within  eight  miles  of 
Preston  Town  Hall.  This  includes  the  whole  parish 
of  Preston  and  large  parts  of  the  adjacent  parishes.248 
For  the  township  of  Preston  several  apprenticing 
charities  have  been  absorbed  into  the  grammar  school 
endowments,246  but  the  combined  gifts  of  Dorothy 
Cosney  (1678)  247  and  John  Dawson  (1698)  are  now 
applicable  in  part  for  apprenticing  and  in  part  for 
medical  relief,  nursing,  &C.248  Some  gifts,  amounting 
to  £14.  14.;.  Afd.y  have  been  combined  with  the 
mayor's  dole.249  The  almshouses  have  been  pulled 
down,250  the  bread  money  has  ceased,251  and  some 


years  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Rentals,  bdle.  5, 
no.  15.  Nicholas  Banaster  was  the 
incumbent  in  1535  ;  Valor  Eccl,  v,  263. 
The  revenue  was  61  s. 

835  The  chantry  lands  were  in  1556 
granted  by  Mary  to  the  Savoy  Hospital, 
which  she  revived  ;  Anderton  D.  (Mr. 
Stonor). 

286  In  a  disturbance  at  St.  Mary  Mag- 
dalene's Chapel   in  May   1358  John  the 
Clerk  of  Broughton,  master  of  the  schools 
of  Preston,  was  among  those  incriminated ; 
Assize  R.  439,  m.  z, 

Raines  (Chantries,  206)  quotes  from 
the  registers  of  the  Archdeacon  of  Rich- 
mond the  appointment  of  Richard  Mar- 
shall in  1399  to  the  grammar  schools  at 
P-reston.  Marshall  was  enrolled  as  a 
burgess  in  1415  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  9. 

287  The  story  is  given    in   Fishwick's 
Preston,  204-12. 

Peter  Carter,  the  schoolmaster  who 
died  in  1590,  was  author  of  Annotations 
on  Seton's  Logic  ;  see  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

238  See  article  on  ' Schools,'  V.C.H. 
Lanes,  ii,  569,  and  End.  Char.  Rep.  Pres- 
ton, 1905. 

839  An  official  inquiry  was  made  in 
Oct.  1904,  and  the  report,  published  in 
1905,  includes  a  reprint  of  that  of  1824. 
Some  earlier  charities  are  recorded  by 
Bishop  Gastrell,  Notitia,  ii,  465. 

240  The  Grammar  School,  Blue  School, 
and   Harris  Institute   and    Free   Library 
are  the  principal  of  these. 

241  The  Royal  Infirmary  has  an  endow- 
ment of  £2,148   a  year;  the  Industrial 
Institute  for  the  Blind  has  about  £300. 
Mary  Cross's  gift  for  poor  deaf  and  dumb 
children,   founded  in    1899,  produces  an 
income  of  £31. 

242  The  Blue  School,  founded  by  Roger 
Sudell  in   1702  in  a  cottage  in  Minspit 
Weind,  off  Fishergate,   is  now  absorbed 
in    the    schools    attached    to    the    parish 
church.     The  founder  desired  the  vicar 
'  to  appoint  a  sober  and  religious  person 
for  a  catechist,  of  the  communion  of  the 
Church    of  England,    to     catechize    and 
teach  in  the  said  school  the  poorest  chil- 
dren   of  Preston    and    of   the    parish    of 
Preston,  gratis,  the  true  fear  and  worship 
of  God,  and  to  teach  them  to  read  Eng- 
lish, that  they  might  be  better  enabled  to 
attain  to  holiness.' 


Maria  Holland  in  1873—7  gave  a  capi- 
tal fund  of  nearly  £20,000  to  found  St. 
Joseph's  Orphanage  for  destitute  female 
children  and  for  other  charitable  pur- 
poses, of  which  £1,106  was  devoted  to 
an  institution  for  the  sick  poor,  providing 
an  endowment  of  £38  131.  ^d. 

There  are  various  smaller  endowments 
for  religious  purposes. 

148  The  details  here  given  are  taken 
from  the  report  of  1905. 

144  A  smaller  gift  of  the  same  kind 
was  made  by  William  Cooton  in  1876, 
by  which  £40  came  to  the  poor  of  St. 
Saviour's,  Preston.  The  interest  (281.) 
is  distributed  by  the  vicar  in  small  doles 
of  money  and  provisions. 

845  End.  Char.  Rep.  Lane.  1902. 

246  George  Rogerson  in    1619  charged 
his  lands  in  Broughton  with  £13  a  year, 
payable  £9  to  the  mayor  of  Preston  for 
apprenticing  and  £4  to  the  mayor  of  Lan- 
caster for    the    prisoners   there.     Henry 
Banister  in  1625  left  sums  including  £200 
towards  the  apprenticing  of  poor  children 
of  Preston  ;  this  is  now  represented  by  the 
moiety  of  a  rent-charge  of  £i  6.    Thomas 
Winckley  in    1710  left  £50  for  appren- 
ticing.    Henry  Rishton   and  Eleanor  his 
wife  in  1738  gave  £300  for  the  poor,  of 
which  half  the   interest  was  for   appren- 
ticing  poor  children.     These   sums  with 
various  accumulations  are  intact  ;  but,  as 
applications  for  apprentice  fees  ceased,  no 
grants  having  been  made   since  1855,  the 
gross  income  (about   £55)   is   applied  to 
scholarships  at  the  grammar  school. 

247  Her    main    gift    was     £100     for 
'twelve  pious   men  or  widows,'   but  she 
added  £6,  the  interest  whereof  was  to  be 
spent  in  entertaining  the   trustees  at  the 
'  Hind  '    or    elsewhere.      The   Hind  Inn 
is  mentioned  by  John  Taylor  the  '  Water 
Poet'  in  1618. 

248  His  gift  was  £100  for  the  poor  and 
for  apprenticing  in  alternate  years. 

The  combined  charity,  represented  by 
a  rent-charge  of  £10  los.  on  the  'Three 
Legs  of  Man  '  in  Preston,  with  accumula- 
tions of  £289,  is  administered  under  a 
scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
made  in  1 904.  The  gross  income  is 
£18  i2j.  4-d.,  of  which  £8  is  for 
nursing,  subscriptions  to  dispensaries, 
supply  of  clothes,  &c.,  and  the  residue 

89 


primarily  for  apprenticing,  and  then 
(should  there  be  any  balance)  for  outfit  on 
entering  a  trade,  or  on  passage  money  or 
outfit  of  emigrants. 

J49  Henrietta  Rigby  in  1741  left  £100 
to  the  vicar  and  the  mayor  for  the  benefit 
of  six  poor  widows,  housekeepers  in 
Preston.  The  capital  is  held  by  the 
corporation  ;  £z  a  year  is  distributed  by 
the  mayor  to  three  poor  widows,  and  £z 
likewise  by  the  vicar. 

William  Rishton  in  1729  left  £100  to 
the  mayor  and  aldermen,  the  interest  to 
be  given  to  the  poor  at  Christmas.  This 
is  preserved,  the  mayor  distributing  £4 
in  doles  of  is.  each. 

Thomas  Hogkinson  in  1697  be- 
queathed £50  for  the  poor,  and  in  respect 
of  it  £2  is  distributed  by  the  mayor  at 
Christmas  in  doles  of  is,  to  zs.  6d. 

Elizabeth  Parker  in  1757,  acting 
according  to  the  desire  of  her  father 
Joseph  Chorley,  gave  a  rent-charge  of  £4 
on  land  at  Claughton  (as  the  interest  of 
£100),  half  to  go  to  the  poor  of  Preston. 
This  £z  is  now  distributed  by  the  mayor 
in  gifts  of  zs.  6d.  each. 

A  moiety  of  the  gift  of  Henry  and 
Eleanor  Rishton,  already  named,  has 
recently  been  administered  by  the  mayor  ; 
but  this  appears  to  be  an  irregularity. 
The  amount  is  £4  141.  4</. 

250  Bartholomew  Worthington,  a  bene- 
factor of  the  grammar  school,  in  1663 
directed  his  wife  to  build  a  small  alms- 
house  on  the  waste  near  Fishergate  bars. 
It  was  built,  but  there  was  no  endowment, 
and,  on  its  falling  into  decay,  the  materials 
were  sold,  and  the  money,  with  an 
addition,  applied  to  build  an  almshouse 
at  the  east  end  of  the  town.  Here  there 
had  been  a  range  of  almshouses,  of  un- 
known origin,  managed  by  the  corpora- 
tion, which  in  1790  were  replaced  by  six 
houses,  Worthington's  being  a  seventh. 
The  corporation  nominated  the  inmates. 
There  were  three  other  almshouses  occu- 
pied by  poor  persons  put  in  by  the  mayor. 
The  almshouses  were  sold  in  1835,  the 
corporation  being  under  no  known  obli- 
gation to  maintain  them. 

351  It  was  a  sum  of  301.  a  year  paid 
out  of  the  Blue  Coat  charity  fund  for 
bread  for  the  poor  on  Sacrament  days 
It  ceased  about  1812. 

12 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


charities  have  been  lost.252  There  remain,  however, 
a  number  of  others,  so  that  over  £30  a  year  is  given 
in  money  doles,253  the  gifts  of  bread  having  ceased. 

The  township  of  Barton  has  a  poor's  stock  of 
unknown  origin,  represented  by  £78  5/.  8</.  consols. 
The  interest,  39.;.,  is  divided  between  poor  persons  in 
the  township.  In  1904  there  were  only  two,  both 
imbeciles.  Miss  Mary  Cross  of  Myerscough  in  1889 
gave  £200  for  the  poor,  and  the  income  is  divided 
as  the  preceding  charity. 

William  Daniel  of  Broughton  in  1656  gave  land 
there  to  trustees,  charging  it  with  2Os.  for  the  main- 
tenance of  a  grammar  school  in  the  township,  or  in 
default  for  the  repair  of  the  church  and  church 
bridges.  His  widow  added  £20,  and  the  trustees 
were  able  to  purchase  the  land  for  the  poor.  In 
1734,  after  the  payment  of  2Os.  as  directed,  the  rent 
was  applicable  to  the  purchase  of  white  kersey  for 
coats  for  the  poor,254  for  binding  apprentices,  buying 
Bibles  or  other  orthodox  books,  a  preference  being 
had  to  widows,  householders  and  dwellers  in  Broughton 
Row.  The  charity  is  still  known  as  the  Petticoat 
Charity,  though  for  a  long  time  only  money  has  been 
given.  The  land  now  produces  £ij  a  year  gross  ; 
£1  is  paid  to  the  school,  and  the  rest  in  sums  from 
5/.  to  £4  among  the  aged  poor  of  Broughton,  being 
Protestants.  The  fourth  part  of  Thomas  Houghton's 
charity,  already  described,  is  distributed  in  sums  of 
money  varying  from  2s.  6d.  to  2$s.  A  small  rent  of 
is.  6d.  from  Almond's  Croft  has  been  lost,  the  place 
not  being  known  now.  Miss  Damaris  Dixon  in  1 895 
bequeathed  £1,000  for  the  benefice  of  Broughton, 
£  1,000  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor,  and  £$o  for  the 
repair  of  her  grave  in  the  churchyard  there.  The  money 
for  the  poor,  producing  £30  a.  year,  is  given  to  the 
sick,  partly  in  money,  partly  by  paying  doctors'  bills. 

The  township  of  Grimsargh  has  a  share  in  that 
fourth  part  of  Thomas  Houghton's  charity  which  is 
due  to  Preston.  By  custom  a  third  of  the  Preston 
share  is  given,  and  the  money,  26s.  %d.  in  1903,  is 
distributed  on  St.  Thomas's  Day  in  money  doles. 
John  Charnley  in  1737  charged  his  land  at  Pen- 
wortham  with  various  sums,  including  2Os.  yearly  for 
the  poor  of  Grimsargh.  In  1824  the  land255  was 
owned  by  the  representatives  of  one  Henry  Dawson, 


who  died  in  1823,  and  the  money  was  distributed  by 
the  constable  of  the  township  to  poor  housekeepers. 
The  payment  was  discontinued  in  1 88 1,  no  reason 
being  assigned.  A  charge  of  £3  15^.  a  year  for  the 
use  of  the  poor  of  Brockholes  existed  as  early  as  1650. 
The  lands  charged,  known  as  the  Boylton  estate, 
were  purchased  by  William  Cross  in  1808.  The 
charge  has  been  commuted  and  the  capital  is  repre- 
sented by  £125  6s.  consols,  now  yielding  £3  2s.  Id. 
a  year.  This  is  allowed  to  accumulate,  as  there  are 
no  poor  persons  in  the  hamlet. 

The  townships  of  Elston  and  Ribbleton  benefit 
equally  by  the  charity  founded  by  John  Farington  in 
1670.  He  gave  his  tenement  in  Elston  to  bind 
children  apprentices  or  to  benefit  the  poor  in  other 
ways.  As  early  as  1824  there  were  no  cottagers  in 
Elston,  all  the  poor  belonging  to  it  residing  elsewhere, 
and  from  two  to  eight  persons  sharing  the  interest. 
At  Ribbleton  the  rents  of  a  number  of  poor  persons 
were  paid  and  other  help  given.  At  the  present  time 
the  land  gives  a  rent  of  £78,  and  accumulations  of 
over  £10,000  are  invested  in  consols.  Of  the  total 
income,  £145  ijs.  \d.  is  spent  on  education,  and 
£193  8j.  5</.  is  applicable  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor 
in  various  ways  in  accordance  with  an  order  of  the 
Charity  Commissioners  in  iSgo.256  For  Elston  the 
charity  is  scarcely  required  :  for  Ribbleton  there  is 
more  demand,  chiefly  for  gifts  of  clothes,  food,  fuel, 
and  aid  in  sickness.  Elston  by  itself  receives  a  third 
part  of  the  fourth  share  of  Thomas  Houghton's 
charity  appropriated  to  Elston  and  Alston  ;  the 
£i  6s.  Sd.  received  in  1903  was  given  to  Grimsargh. 
Ribbleton  by  itself  had  two  charities  :  the  Luck  Field 
in  Brockholes  and  a  rent-charge  of  £5  los.  out  of  an 
estate  in  Elston  known  as  Willacy's  Tenement.  The 
former,257  augmented  by  a  share  of  Ribbleto  i  Moor, 
on  inclosure  in  1870,  was  sold  in  1873  and  the  price 
(£345)  invested  in  consols,  and,  as  no  distribution 
was  made,  the  capital  increased  to  £608  by  1892, 
when  a  scheme  was  made  similar  to  that  for  the 
Farington  gift.  The  income  is  £19  3/.  4</.,  but  only 
a  small  part  is  used.  The  rent-charge,  commuted, 
with  accumulations  was  in  1869  invested  in  £307 
consols,  and  the  income,  '  not  being  required  in  the 
township,'  continued  to  accumulate  ;  but  in  recent 


SM  These  included  £zo  given  by  Seth 
Bushell,  whose  memorial  brass  has  been 
mentioned,  and  other  sums  amounting  to 
about  £290,  with  rent-charges  of  905. 
All  had  been  'lost'  before  1824.  It  is 
possible  that  they  had  been  used  to  build 
the  above-mentioned  almshouses  and  to 
found  '  Brown's  Charity.'  The  bene- 
factions were  for  the  poor,  for  distribu- 
tions of  bread,  and  '  for  buying  Bibles 
and  Testaments  for  the  poorer  sort  of 
boys  who  should  be  taught  at  the  grammar 
school.' 

258  Thomas  Addison  in  1729  charged 
land  called  Davil  Meadows,  near  Preston 
Marsh,  with  a  rent  of  £5  for  twenty  poor 
housekeepers.  About  1820  the  land  be- 
longed to  John  Grimshaw,  and  in  1904  to 
T.  Coulthard  and  Co.  The  rent-charge 
is  still  paid.  Thomas  Houghton  in  1649 
gave  land  in  Woodplumpton,  now  known 
as  Houghton  House  Farm,  for  the  poor  of 
various  townships  ;  the  gross  rent  paid  is 
,£67,  the  share  of  Preston  being  about 
£2  13*.  4-J.  Mrs.  Smith  in  1710  gave 
^10  to  found  a  bread  charity,  and  the 
money  was  (with  other  funds)  invested 


in  land  in  Whittingham  ;  the  share  of 
the  income  due  to  the  Smith  charity  is 
£2  41.  4<f.  These  three  charities  are  ad- 
ministered together.  Till  recently  bread 
or  tickets  for  bread  were  given  on  St. 
Thomas's  Day  to  poor  persons,  members 
of  the  Church  of  England  ;  but  money  is 
now  given  instead. 

What  is  known  as  Brown's  charity  is 
the  result  of  various  gifts  of  ancient  and 
unknown  origin,  represented  by  a  share 
(now  £5)  of  the  rent  of  land  in  Kirkham, 
distributed  by  the  vicar  of  Preston  in 
Christmas  doles  of  zs.  6d.  each  to  poor 
widows. 

Thomas  Crooke  in  1688  charged  lands 
called  Shaw,  in  Alston,  with  various 
sums,  including  £4  for  the  poor  of 
Preston,  to  be  distributed  on  Shrove 
Tuesday.  Richard  Hoghton  in  1613 
gave  land  called  Woodcrook  in  Whitting- 
ham for  charities,  including  15$.  payable 
every  Good  Friday  at  the  font  stone 
within  the  parish  church  of  Preston. 
The  whole  rent  of  this  land  is  given,  and 
one  fourth  is  paid  to  Preston.  The 
amount,  £z  igs.  n.A,  is  distributed  with 

90 


Crooke's,  to  poor  persons  belonging  to 
the  Church  of  England,  in  money  doles. 

Anne  Oliver  in  1825  bequeathed  £300 
for  the  benefit  of  the  poor,  to  be  dis- 
tributed by  the  incumbent  of  St.  George's. 
The  income  is  now  ,£6  1 5*.  %d.,  and  is 
distributed  by  the  vicar,  partly  at  Christ- 
mas time  and  partly  during  the  year,  in 
money  doles. 

Anne  widow  of  Nicholas  Winckley  in 
1779  gave  £100  for  the  benefit  of  poor 
widows.  The  interest,  £z  izs.  4^.,  is 
divided  equally  among  poor  widows  of 
the  ecclesiastical  parishes  of  St.  Saviour, 
Holy  Trinity  and  St.  Matthew. 

254  The  trustees  were  to  have  '  a   par- 
ticular   respect    to    those  who  should  be 
most  sober,  honest  and  industrious,  and 
frequenters  of  the  Protestant  churches.' 

255  It  is  called  Crabby  Nook. 

256  The   money  may  be  applied  in  sub- 
scriptions   to    hospitals,    &c.,    provident 
societies,  paying  nurses,  or  providing  cost 
of     outfit,      emigrants'      passage-money, 
clothes,    tools,    &c.,    money    gifts,  or    in 
other  ways. 

257  The  origin  of  it  is  unknown. 


years  small  weekly  gifts  of  groceries,  &c.,  in  the 
nature  of  pensions  have  been  given.  The  capital  is 
now  £6 1 8,  producing  about  £14  6s.  a  year. 

Edmund  Robert  Harris  of  Ashton  in  1876  left 
j£5oo  to  provide  a  fund  for  gifts  of  clothing,  bedding, 
&c.,  to  the  poor  of  Ashton,  Lea,  Ingol  and  Cottam 
on  St.  Thomas's  Day  yearly.  The  income  is  £i$, 
which  is  now  usually  given  in  money  doles. 


PRESTON 
Prestune,  Dom.   Bk.  ;    Preston,   1 1 69 


Prestone, 


1292. 

Approached  from  the  south,  Preston,  in  spite  of 
its  factory  chimneys,  has  a  pleasing  appearance,  as 
across  the  broad  stream  of  the  Ribble,  which  forms 
the  foreground,  two  well-planted  public  parks  occupy 
the  ascending  bank  at  the  other  side.  The  town 
hall,  which  has  a  lofty  clock-tower,1  is  about  half  a 
mile  north  of  the  river,  and  from  it  the  principal 
thoroughfare  of  the  town,  the  wide  street  called 
Fishergate,  goes  west  to  the  railway  station,  and  then 
turning  to  the  south-west  descends  to  the  river- 
side,1 and  bending  south3  along  the  Ribble  reaches 
Penwortham  Bridge.  The  continuation  of  Fishergate 
east  from  the  town  hall  is  called  Church  Street,4  the 
parish  church  standing  on  its  south  side  ;  after  a  short 
time  it  divides  into  three  main  branches — to  the 
south-east  and  south  as  Stanley  Street 5  and  London 
Road,  crossing  Fishwick  to  reach  Ribble  Bridge,  the 
main  road  southward ;  to  the  east,  as  Ribbleton 
Lane,  to  Ribchester  ;  and  to  the  north  as  Deepdale 
Road,  in  which  stands  the  Infirmary.  East  from 
Stanley  Street  begins  New  Hall  Lane,  which  goes 
past  the  cemetery  and  is  continued  as  the  Blackburn 
Road.  On  the  north  side  of  the  town  hall  is  the 
open  market  place,  around  which  may  be  seen  the 
Harris  Free  Library,  the  new  sessions  house,6  com- 
pleted in  1903,  and  the  post-office,  opened  in  the 
same  year.7  An  obelisk  in  the  square  commemorates 
the  local  men  who  fell  in  the  Boer  War.  From  this 
square  Friargate  leads  north-west  for  about  a  quarter 
of  a  mile,  when  it  divides  ;  Moor  Lane  leads  north, 
past  Moor  Park  and  then  across  Fulwood  to  Garstang 
and  Lancaster,  while  the  Fylde  road  goes  west  to 
Kirkham.  From  Fishergate  Lune  Street  goes  north 

1  The    building   was    designed    by    Sir 
G.  G.  Scott.     The  spire  is  150  ft.  high. 
1  Here  it  is  called  Fishergate  Hill. 

3  Here  called  Broadgate. 

4  Anciently  Kirkgate. 

5  Formerly  Finkale  Street. 

8  It  has  a  tower  179  ft.  high.  The 
county  records  are  preserved  in  this  build- 
ing, having  been  collected  from  different 
repositories.  The  borough  sessions  house 
is  near. 

7  For   the    development    of   the    local 
post  office  see  Hewitson,  Preston,  336-41. 

8  The  area  of  the  county  borough,  ac- 
cording to   the   Census  Report  of  1901,  is 
3,971  acres.     It  is  that  of  the  old  town- 
ship, together  with  the  whole   of  Fish- 
wick,  large  parts  of  Ashton   and   Ribble- 
ton,   and    bits    of   Grimsargh    and    Pen- 
wortham ;  these  were  all  united  into  one 
township  or  civil  parish   in  1894.;  Loc. 
Govt.    Bd.    Order    31607.       The    3,971 
acres  include  79   of  inland  water  ;   there 
are  besides   85   acres  of  tidal   water  and 
14  of  foreshore. 

9  The  population  of  the  larger  area  of 
the  county  borough  was  112,989. 


10  The  station  was  on  the  site  of  the 
existing  one.     These  details  are  derived 
chiefly  from  A.  Hewitson,  op.  cit.    199, 
&c. 

11  The  station  was  on  the  north  side 
of   Fishergate,  but   was   soon   afterwards 
connected  with  the  station  on  the  south 
side,    the    line    being    thus    made    con- 
tinuous. 

12  The    Blackburn    terminui    occupies 
its  original  position. 

18  The  Southport  (West  Lancashire) 
line  had  its  terminus  in  Fishergate  Hill. 

14  The  terminus  was  in  Maudlands. 

1&  Foot  passengers  can  also  cross  the 
Ribble  by  the  East  Lancashire  railway 
bridge,  that  to  Blackburn,  by  a  side  walk. 
This  bridge  had  fifty-seven  arches  in  all, 
mostly  south  of  the  river,  but  nearly  all 
have  now  been  covered  by  an  embank- 
ment. 

16  St.  Stephen's  cross  is  named  in  un- 
dated deeds  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  1486, 
1543,  fol.  308,  &c.  Fishwick  cross, 
probably  on  the  boundary,  is  named  in 
1339  (ibid.  no.  1614)  and  the  Butter 
cross  •*••  1562;  ibid.  no.  847.  See  also 

91 


PRESTON 

to  Friargate,  and  from  Church  Street  Lancaster  Road 
and  North  Road  run  north  to  join  Moor  Lane.  On 
the  south  side  of  Fishergate  Chapel  Street,  passing 
Winckley  Square,  goes  down  to  the  two  parks  by 
the  Ribble,  already  mentioned,  Avenham  Park  and 
Miller  Park.  In  Winckley  Square  there  is  a  statue 
of  Sir  Robert  Peel,  erected  in  1852,  and  in  Miller 
Park  one  of  the  fourteenth  Earl  of  Derby,  1873. 
In  Avenham  Park  are  two  of  the  Russian  guns 
captured  in  the  Crimea.  Cross  Street,  in  which  is 
the  grammar  school,  begins  on  the  east  side  of 
Winckley  Square  ;  while  lower  down  Avenham  Lane, 
an  old  thoroughfare,  leads  circuitously  from  the  park, 
by  Stonygate,  to  the  parish  church. 

The  whole  township,  which  has  an  area  of  2,127 
acres,8  is  covered  with  a  network  of  streets  of  dwelling- 
houses  and  shops,  among  which  rise  the  numerous 
great  cotton-spinning  factories  and  other  works  which 
produce  the  town's  wealth.  There  was  a  population 
of  101,297  in  1901.' 

The  different  railways  had  formerly  separate  termini, 
but  now  all  are  made  to  meet  at  the  large  station 
in  Fishergate.  The  London  and  North-Western 
Company's  main  line  to  Scotland  is  formed  of  the 
Wigan  and  Preston  Railway,  opened  in  l838,10and 
the  Preston  and  Lancaster  Railway,  1840."  The 
Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  Company's  system  has 
amalgamated  the  lines  joining  Preston  with  Black- 
burn,1* Bolton,  Liverpool  and  Southport.13  The  two 
companies  together  hold  the  Wyre  Railway  M  and  the 
Preston  and  Longridge  line,  which  latter  has  a  station 
in  Deepdale  Road,  its  original  terminus  in  1840. 
The  Lancaster  Canal,  first  formed  in  1798,  begins 
on  the  north  side  of  Fishergate,  near  the  railway. 

The  railways  have  three  bridges  across  the  Ribble  ; 
there  is  only  one  bridge  for  ordinary  traffic,  that  to 
Penwortham,  and  another  for  foot  passengers,  viz. 
the  old  tramway  bridge  at  Avenham  Park.16 

Fairs  are  held  annually  in  the  first  week  of  each 
year  for  horses,  on  27  March,  25  August  and 
7  November  for  cattle  and  earthenware,  and  on  the 
last  Friday  of  March,  June  and  November  for  cheese. 

Though  the  town  has  a  pleasant  aspect  and  a  long 
history,  its  buildings  are  all  modern.  The  ancient 
crosses  and  wells  have  gone.16  In  addition  to  public 
buildings  there  are  banks,17  clubs18  and  theatres. 

Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  156-62. 
The  crosses  known  were  the  high  cross 
in  the  market-place,  afterwards  replaced 
by  an  obelisk  ;  a  butter  cross  in  Cheap- 
side  ;  a  cross  near  New  Street  and  another 
in  Friargate,  and  one  on  the  Moor.  Our 
Lady's  Well  was  near  the  Friary.  The 
butter  cross  was  taken  down  in  1739  by 
order  of  the  corporation,  and  the 
materials  used  to  repair  the  market- 
place, as  appears  by  the  records. 

17  The  Old  Bank  was  opened  in  1776  ; 
for  a  long  time  the   Pedder  family  were 
chief    proprietors.       It    failed    in    1861. 
See    Hewitson,    op.    cit.   238,    where    is 
given   a  view  of  the  house  (c.  1690)  in 
which  business  was  done. 

The  Preston  Banking  Company, 
founded  in  1844,  had  its  head  office  in 
Fishergate.  It  has  been  absorbed  by  the 
London  City  and  Midland  Bank.  Four 
other  banks  have  branch  offices. 

The  Savings  Bank  was  opened  in  1816. 

18  These  include  the  Conservative  Club, 
the  Reform  Club  and  the  Winckley  Club. 
In  1824  there  were  two  news-rooms,  one 
in  the  coffee-house  in  Church  Street  and 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  earliest  theatre  of  which  there  is  any  record  was 
near  Fishergate,  and  described  as  'old  in  1762. 
The  present  Theatre  Royal  in  Fishergate  was  built 
in  1802  and  the  Gaiety  or  Prince's  Theatre  in 
Tithebarn  Street  in  1882."  The  old  sports  of  cock- 
fighting,  bull-baiting,  &c.,  have  been  suppressed.20 
The  old-time  punishments  of  cuckstool,  pillory  and 
stocks  have  likewise  ceased.*1  Archery  used  to  be 
practised  on  the  Spital  Moss.M 

For  more  than  a  century  the  cotton  manufacture 
has  been  the  staple  industry  of  Preston.  There  are, 
however,  a  number  of  minor  ones  :  breweries,  iron 
and  brass  foundries  and  engineering  works,  soap 
manufactories,  and  others,  including  one  of  the  few 
in  England  of  gold  and  silver  laces  and  embroideries. 

The  total  abstinence  movement  found  zealous 
propagation  in  Preston,  which  is  popularly  known 
as  '  the  birthplace  of  Teetotalism  ' — of  the  word  at 
least." 

The  history  of  the  manor  of  PRESTON 
MANOR  is  bound  up  with  that  of  the  hundred, 
of  which  it  was  the  head.*4  Its  ancient 
assessment  was  six  plough-lands.  The  lords  of 
Amounderness  and  subsequently  the  lords  of  the 
honour  of  Lancaster  were  lords  of  Preston  also,25  and 
though  the  manor  seems  once  or  twice  to  have  been 
granted  out,*6  the  gift  had  no  permanent  result.  The 
king,  therefore,  as  Duke  of  Lancaster,  became  lord  of 


the  manor  of  Preston,  but  the  corporation,  by  obtain- 
ing a  grant  of  the  feudal  dues  at  a  fixed  rent,  became 
immediate  lords  of  the  manor,  which  lordship  was 
finally  secured  by  their  purchase  of  the  rent  in 
1676. 

An  extent  of  the  manor  made  in  1244  showed 
that  if  the  town  had  remained  in  the  king's  hands  it 
would  have  yielded  over  £20  a  year*7;  while 
another  extent  a  century  later  showed  that  in  addition 
to  the  fee-farm  rent  of  ^15  paid  by  the  community, 
the  Earl  of  Lancaster  received  only  51^.  zd.  a  year, 
derived,  it  would  appear,  from  tenements  which  had 
escheated  to  him  and  been  granted  out  again.*8 

The  borough  may  have  been  created 
BOROUGH  by  Roger  of  Poitou,29  and  there  is  an 
allegation  that  Henry  I  granted  a 
charter  inn  oo,so  but  this  is  probably  an  error.  The 
first  extant  charter  is  one  granted  in  or  about  1179 
by  Henry  II  conceding  to  'his  burgesses  of  Preston' 
— the  borough  therefore  already  .existing — all  the 
liberties  and  free  customs  of  Newcastle-under-Lyme, 
saving  the  king's  right  of  administering  justice.31 
John  in  1 1 99  confirmed  both  his  father's  charter 
and  one  he  had  himself  granted  while  Count  of 
Mortain,  adding  the  whole  toll  of  the  wapentake, 
and  a  free  fair  on  1 5  August  lasting  for  a  week  ;  also 
the  right  of  pasture  in  Fulwood  and  liberty  to  take 
wood  for  building  on  view  of  the  forester.3*  Henry  III 


the  other  adjoining  the  Town  Hall  ;  the 
two,  it  was  then  said,  connoted  '  ancient 
and  modern  Preston  ;  the  coffee  room  is 
the  resort  of  the  gentry  and  men  of 
leisure,  and  the  Guildhall  room  affords 
its  more  ample  accommodation  to  com- 
mercial gentlemen  and  tradesmen '  ; 
Baines,  Lanes.  Dir.  ii,  499. 

19  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  354. 

80  Ibid.  1 1 8.  A  view  of  the  cock-pit 
is  given  ;  it  was  near  the  south-west 
corner  of  the  parish  church. 

Horse-races  were  run  on  Preston  Moor 
from  1726  to  1791. 

For  a  Corpus  Christi  play  about  1620 
see  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Notes,  ii,  27. 
The  Easter-egg  rolling  in  1882  is  spoken 
of  in  Pal.  Note-bk.  ii,  108. 

J1  The  pillory  was  last  used  at  Preston 
in  1814;  Hewitson,  Preston,  126.  The 
stocks,  in  the  churchyard,  were  in  use 
till  1825  ;  ibid.  Ct.  Leet  Rec.  68. 

82  Hewitson,  Preston,  126. 

23  Ibid.  226-30  ;  a  facsimile  of  the 
first  pledge,  I  Sept.  1832,  is  given,  with 
the  signatures  of  the  'seven  men  of 
Preston,'  including  that  of  Joseph  Livesey, 
the  best  known  of  them. 

*4  See  the  account  of  Amounderness. 

25  Thus  in  1292  Edmund,  brother 
of  the  king,  proved  that  he  was  lord  of 
the  manor  ;  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec. 
Com.),  388.  In  1361  Preston  was 
among  the  manors  of  Blanche  daughter 
of  Henry  Duke  of  Lancaster ;  Fine 
R.  162,  m.  17. 

86  Soon  after  the  Conquest  the  manor 
was  granted  to  Warine  Busscl,  who  held 
it  for  a  time  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extentt 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  35. 

Again  in  1254-5  the  manor  of  Preston, 
probably  in  Amounderness,  was  given  by 
Prince  Edward  to  Master  Richard  the 
Physician  ;  Pat.  49  Hen.  Ill,  m.  82. 

In  1400  the  king  granted  10  marks  a 
year  for  life  out  of  the  profits  of  the  vill 
of  Preston  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks. 
xv,  foL  21. 

27  Lanes.   Inq.   and  Extents,    i,  1 5  8-9  ; 


the  lands  to  the  ploughing  of  four  ploughs 
would  yield  £6,  the  fisheries  the  same, 
the  markets  £3  and  the  mills  jTz, 
toll  and  stallages  the  same,  perquisites 
of  pleas  135.  4</.,  meadows  and  pastures 
the  same  ;  escheats  in  the  king's  hands 
produced  6s.  8d. 

To  various  tallages  Preston  paid  as 
follows:  1176-7,  aid,  £  1 6  IQJ.  ;  1205, 
tallage,  £10  4*.  ;  1213-15,  pleas  of  the 
forest,  £2  6s.  Sd.  ;  1226,  £10  os.  6d.  ; 
1248-9,  £12;  1261,  £20  135.  4^.; 
Farrer,  Lanes.  Fife  R.  35,  202,  251  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  135,  &c. 

As  implied  above,  escheated  lands  were 
the  king's.  From  a  house  escheated  2s. 
was  accounted  for  in  1184-5  5  Farrer, 
op.  cit.  54.  In  1201— 2  Alexander  de 
Preston  recovered  a  toft  of  which  Roger 
de  Leicester  had  disseised  him  ;  ibid.  132. 
Again  in  1226  the  farm  of  a  house  which 
had  been  Harvey's  (hanged)  amounted  to 
31.  8d.  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  138. 
In  1256-8  escheats  in  Preston  produced 
2 is.  gd.  during  eighteen  months  ;  ibid. 
i,  222.  These  were  in  part  held  by 
Richard  le  Boteler,  who  paid  js.  6d.  a 
year  in  1258-62  ;  ibid.  230. 

38  Add.  MS.  32103,  fol.  147  ;  of  1346. 
For  escheats  William  Chapman  paid 
51.  6d.  (an  increase  of  is.  6d.)  and  John 
de  Ashton  ios.,  in  addition  to  izd.  to  the 
earl  (part  of  the  £15  fee-farm  rent)  and 
<)d.  to  the  Prior  of  Lytham.  This  latter 
tenement  had  belonged  to  Adam  Buk- 
monger,  for  whom  see  Final  Cone.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  15. 

The  free  tenants  were  :  Nicholas  de 
Preston,  holding  i  acre  for  which  he  paid 
izd.  ;  John  Marshal  and  John  Bennet, 
in  right  of  their  wives  —  Ellen  and 
Christiana,  daughters  of  Richard  Marshal 
— each  paying  zs.  6d.  for  half  a  burgage  ; 
Robert  son  of  Henry  Maggeson,  a  bur- 
gage  (once  burnt  by  the  Scots),  4*.  ; 
Nicholas  son  of  Henry  Williamson,  four 
plots  of  land,  by  Court  Roll,  41.  8</.  ; 
Thomas  de  Yomb(er)gh,  a  messuage 
lately  belonging  to  Roger  son  of  John  de 

92 


Wich,  5*.  ;  Henry  Chapman,  a  messuage, 
ioj.  ;  Albred  son  of  Robert  and  Alice  his 
wife,  a  toft  for  life,  zs.  ;  an  acre  in  the 
hands  of  the  friars  (held  in  alms)  had 
formerly  paid  4.5.  ;  it  was  used  for  the 
channel  conveying  the  water  to  their 
house. 

a9  This  was  the  opinion  of  Miss  Bate- 
son,  who  discussed  the  Custumal  of  the 
town  in  Engl.  Hist.  Rev.  xv,  496-512. 

80  Sir  Thomas  Walmesley  about  1600 
certified  that  he  had  seen  a  charter  to  the 
burgesses    so    dated  ;    Abram,    Memorials 
of   Preston    Guilds,    i.     The    charter    of 
Henry  II  may  have  been  dated  by  him 
conjecturally  i°  Hen.,  for  if  there  was  an 
earlier  one  extant  it  seems  unaccountable 
that  it  was  not  named  or  included  in  the 
confirmations  of  the  charter  of  Henry  II 
by  successive  kings. 

81  Ibid.  2,  3.     The  charter  was  given  at 
Winchester,   where    the    king   spent  the 
Christmas    of    1179.     The    year    is   not 
named    in   the  deed  itself,   but  gathered 
from  the  place  and  from  the  names  of  the 
witnesses. 

In  the  Pipe  Rolls  of  1179-82  it  is 
recorded  that  the  men  of  Preston  gave 
100  marks  for  the  charter  ;  Farrer,  Lanes. 
Pipe  R.  42,  46.  The  customs  of  New- 
castle at  that  date  are  not  known. 

82  Abram,  op.  cit.  3  ;  Cal.  Rot.  Chart. 
(Rec.  Com.),  26.     From  the  wording  of 
the  confirmation  it  may  be  gathered  that 
the  additions  of  the  fair,  pasturage,  &c., 
had  been  made  by  John  when  Count  of 
Mortain,  1189-94.     The  charter  is  dated 
at  Le  Mans,  18  Oct.  1199. 

The  burgesses  paid  60  marks  and  four 
chaseurs  for  the  grant;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  1 16. 
There  was  a  dispute  in  1201  as  to  the 
right  of  gaol  ;  ibid.  130,  136. 

The  fairs  are  mentioned  in  a  charter 
of  a  few  years  later  by  which  William  de 
Millom  and  Avice  his  wife  (see  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  40)  gave  to  Henry  son 
of  William  son  of  Swain  the  fourth  part 
of  two  burgages  (in  Preston),  formerly 
tenanted  by  Norasius  and  Aldwin,  with 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


confirmed  all  in  1227.**  Edward  III  in  1328  con- 
firmed the  foregoing  acts  of  his  progenitors,  adding 
liberty  of  a  weekly  market  on  Wednesday  and  an 
annual  fair  of  five  days,  27  to  31  October.34  This 
charter  was  granted  five  months  after  the  holding  of 
the  first  recorded  guild  merchant,  at  which  it  was 
expressly  stated  that  '  the  king  gives  the  freedom  to 
the  burgesses  which  are  in  the  guild  and  to  none 
other.' 35  The  guild  is  not  named  in  any  of  the 
charters,  but  may  be  implied  in  the  '  customs  of 
Newcastle,'  which  town  certainly  had  a  guild  in 
the  time  of  Henry  III.*6  The  charters  here  de- 
scribed are  known  by  their  recital  in  later  confir- 
mations ;  only  one,  that  of  1199,  is  preserved  at 
Preston. 

In  1292  the  borough  was  called  upon  to  show  its 
authority  for  the  rights  of  lordship  exercised,  and  the 
bailiffs  and  community  replied  that  their  liberties 
and  fair  were  granted  by  charter,  except  gallows  and 
infangenthef,  which  were  derived  from  ancient 
custom,  this  latter  being  also  the  origin  of  their 


weekly   market.87     The  town   had  a  moiety  of  the 
Kibble  fihery.38 

The  Custumal  of  Preston  in  its  present  form  may 
date  from  the  charter  of  I328,39  but  had  probably 
originated  long  before  and  been  augmented  from 
different  sources.40  The  need  of  such  a  document 
had  been  shown  by  the  proceedings  of  1292.  The 
first  clauses,  beginning  '  Ita  quod,'  without  an  intro- 
ductory phrase,  establish  the  guild  merchant  with 
exclusive  rights  of  trading,  except  at  the  burgesses' 
will.  It  appears  that  anyone41  could  become  a 
burgess  if  he  liked  ;  all  that  was  necessary  was  for 
him  to  pay  I  ^d.  to  the  '  prefect '  and  then  the 
'  pretors '  would  assign  him  a  burgage  plot,  which 
must  have  a  frontage  of  1 2  ft.  at  least,  and  on  which, 
should  there  be  no  dwelling,  he  must  build  one 
within  forty  days.41  Various  clauses  regulate  the 
procedure  in  market 43  and  court 44  ;  a  burgess  was 
expected  to  attend  three  port-motes  in  the  year,  and 
must  attend  each  great  port-mote.45  The  fines,  except 
in  one  or  two  cases,  were  not  to  exceed  1 2<^.46  ;  trial 


all  appurtenances,  white  gloves  being 
payable  at  Preston  fairs  ;  Lytham  D.  at 
Durham,  3  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  3.  The 
grantee  was  rector  of  Whittington,  and 
his  son  Henry  gave  the  tenement  to 
Lytham  Priory  ;  ibid.  no.  2. 

38  Abram,  op.  cit.  ;  dated  Westminster, 
1 6  Mar.  1226-7. 

The  same  king  at  Windsor,  29  Oct. 
1252,  allowed  that  an  appropriation  of 
324  acres  which  the  burgesses  had  made 
under  Fulwood  belonged  to  the  borough 
and  not  to  the  king's  wood.  The  boun- 
dary reached  to  Eves  Brook  from  Ribble- 
ton  Scales  to  the  point  where  the  brook 
fell  into  the  Savock,  and  then  along  the 
Savock  to  the  old  dyke  which  formed  the 
boundary  between  Preston  and  Tulketh. 
Thui  the  land  seems  to  have  been  what 
was  later  known  as  Preston  Moor.  The 
burgesses  had  liberty  to  cultivate  the  land 
as  they  pleased,  up  to  within  40  perches 
of  the  cover  of  Fulwood,  and  their  old 
rights  of  turbary  outside  and  of  fencing 
wood  within  Fulwood  were  admitted  5 
CaL  Chart.  R.  1226-57,  p.  406. 

In  1227  a  five  years'  grant  of  dead  wood 
from  Fulwood  for  burning  had  been  made 
to  the  men  of  Preston  ;  CaL  Pat.  1225-32, 

p.  112. 

84  Abram,  op.  cit.  4  ;  dated  Westmin- 
ster, 27  Nov.  1328.  Four  charters  were 
produced — those  of  Henry  II,  John,  and 
Henry  III  (2).  The  insfeximus  is  re- 
corded in  Chart.  R.  2  Edw.  Ill,  m.  i, 
no.  6. 

35  Abram,  op.  cit.  8.  The  first  clause 
of  the  Custumal  seems  to  be  referred  to — 
'That  they  [the  burgesses]  may  have  a 
guild  merchant  with  hanse  and  other 
customs  and  liberties  appertaining  to  that 
guild.' 

86The  charter,  dated  18  Sept.  1235,  is 
printed  in  Farrer,  op.  cit.  414.  It  may 
have  been  merely  a  confirmation  of  the 
liberties  referred  to  in  the  charter  granted 
by  Henry  II  to  Preston.  It  allowed  a 
guild  merchant  with  all  its  liberties  ;  the 
burgesses  might  pass  through  the  king's 
dominions,  trading  freely,  and  quit  of 
toll,  passage,  pontage,  ulnage,  &c.,  and 
themselves  have  in  their  borough  soc  and 
sac,  toll,  infangenthef,  and  other  jurisdic- 
tions. Similar  liberties  for  Preston  are 
recorded  in  clause  4  of  the  Custumal. 

In  1551  two  inhabitants  of  Preston 
complained  that  they  had  been  compelled 


to  pay  tolls  at  sundry  places  in  Yorkshire. 
For  Pontefract  it  was  alleged  that  the 
right  to  charge  dues  was  earlier  than  the 
exemption  claimed  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Plead.  Edw.  VI,  xxviii,  B  2. 

y  PUc.  deQuo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  385. 
The  charter  they  alleged  was  that  of  King 
John  (i  199),  still  extant.  They  paid  £15 
a  year  to  the  king  for  their  liberties.  The 
weekly  market,  nominally  held  on  Wed- 
nesday, was  actually  on  Saturday.  As  the 
charter  did  not  specify  the  liberties,  and 
as  the  burgesses  were  not  able  to  prove 
the  customs  of  Newcastle,  the  town  lost 
its  cause  for  the  moment.  The  '  gallows ' 
does  not  reappear. 

88  Ibid.  387.     The  lord  of  Penwortham 
had  the  other  moiety. 

89  The   Custumal   is   printed    in  Engl. 
Hist.  Rev.  xv,  496-500,  with  a  commen- 
tary by  Miss  Mary  Bateson,  who  divided 
the  document  into  forty-eight  paragraphs. 
She  considers  that  the  phrase  at  the  end, 
de    lege  Brctonica,    refers  to  the   laws   of 
Breteuil,    on    which    the     statutes    of   a 
number  of  early  English  boroughs  were 
founded  ;    ibid.    73,   302 — see  especially 
p.    318,   where   the   phrase    lex  Britannie 
occurs.     A  reduced  facsimile  of  the  Cus- 
tumal is  given  in  Fishwick's  Preston,  1 6. 

The  date  is  inferred  from  the  heading 
which  Randle  Holme  prefixes  to  his 
transcript — '  Libertates  Gilde  Mcrcatorie 
confirmate  per  Edwardum  Regem.' 

48  Miss  Bateson  considers  that  the  first 
four  paragraphs  have  come  from  a  royal 
charter,  and  that  clause  36  was  at  one 
time  the  ending.  Clause  47  is  a  sentence 
from  32,  and  35  seems  to  be  included 
in  4. 

41  Even  a  '  native '  who  obtained    ad- 
mission to  the  guild  and  remained  a  year 
and  a  day  undisturbed  became  absolutely 
free  ;  clause  3. 

In  the  phrases  '  burgensis  de  curia ' 
(no.  18,  20,  22)  and  'burgensis  de  villa' 
(no.  32)  Miss  Bateson  sees  an  opposition, 
as  if  the  distinction  between  out  and  in- 
burgesses  had  already  been  fixed.  The 
'  burgensis  de  curia '  of  no.  20  may  be  an 
error  for  '  pretor  de  curia.' 

42  Clauses   5,  6,    16.     A  curious  pro- 
vision was  that  id.  was  to  be   paid   to  the 
pretor's  servant  for  his  testimony  to  the 
fact     of    entry.     A    disputed    title    was 
settled  by  the  oath  of  the  tenant's  'prepo 
situs '     and     two     neighbours     at     least, 

93 


affirming  that  he  had  held  it  a  year  and  a 
day  ;  no.  7. 

A  burgess  might  sell  his  burgage,  but 
the  next  of  kin  had  a  right  of  pre-emp- 
tion. If  he  had  only  one  burgage  he 
must  on  selling  pay  ^d.  for  liberty  to  go  ; 
no.  30. 

Nothing  is  said  of  an  annual  rent  to 
be  paid  for  the  burgage,  but  this  was 
probably  I2d.  In  an  undated  charter 
William  de  Euxton  granted  a  burgage  in 
Preston  to  Richard  the  Smith,  a  rent  of 
\i.d.  being  payable  to  the  lord  of  the  fee  ; 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1099. 

No  plot  of  land  is  named  in  the  Cus- 
tumal as  appurtenant  to  a  burgage,  but 
from  charters  and  inquisitions  it  may  be 
inferred  that  some  land  was  normally 
held  with  a  burgage. 

In  later  times  it  was  customary  for  a 
burgess  to  pay  "jd.  on  '  renewing  his  free- 
dom '  at  each  guild  celebration  ;  Abram, 
op.  cit.  65  (quoting  Kuerden). 

48  Among  other  by-laws  it  was  ordained 
that  if  a  burgess  bought  anything  and  gave 
an  earnest  or  instalment  the  seller  might 
rescind  the  bargain  on  repaying  double  the 
earnest ;  but  should  the  purchaser  have 
handled  his  purchase  he  might  either 
retain  it  or  accept  5*.  from  the  seller 
instead  ;  Custumal,  no.  12.  A  stranger 
might  not  share  in  any  bargain  with  one 
of  the  burgesses  ;  no.  29. 

44  One  rule  was   that  if  anyone  were 
taken  and  convicted  for  robbery  or  breach 
of  trust  (injidelitas')  the  prosecutor  should 
'do  justice  '  on  him  ;  no.  19. 

45  Clause   10.     A  burgess  was   not  to 
be   compelled  to  go  with  his  lord  on  a 
military  expedition  unless  he  could  return 
home  the  same  day  ;  no.  43. 

46  Clause  9.     If  one  burgess  wounded 
another  and   they  desired  to  agree  their 
friends  might  impose  a  penalty  of  ^.d.  for 
each  thumb-length  of  wound  in  a  covered 
part  of  the  body  and   %d.   for  each  in  an 
open    place.     The    assailant    must    also 
make  good  any   money   loss   due  to  the 
wound  and  pay  the  doctor  ;  no.  21.    The 
final  clause  of  the  by-law  seems  to  mean 
that  the  wounded  man  should  swear  upon 
his  arms  that  he  had   been  wounded  and 
was   willing  to    accept    the    composition 
agreed  upon.     If  a  burgess  should  be  fined 
nd.  three  times  for  breach  of  the  assize  of 
bread  and  ale,  the  fourth  time  he  should 
pay  a  heavier  fine,  or  else  go  to  the  cuck- 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


by  battle,  fire  or  water  was  allowed.47  The  burgesses 
could  marry  their  daughters  as  they  chose,48  and  were 
free  in  the  matter  of  milling  and  malting  49  ;  they 
had  right  to  common  of  pasture  80  and  to  expenses 
when  travelling  on  the  town's  business.51 

The  titles  of  prefectus  (or  prepositus)  and  pretor  for 
the  chief  officers  are  noteworthy,  for  the  terms  'mayor' 
and  '  bailiff'  were  already  in  use  in  the  time  of 
Edward  II."  The  community  held  the  town  of  the 
king  in  fee  farm,"  and  one  clause  of  the  Custumal 
ordains  that  the  '  pretor '  of  the  court  should  collect 
the  king's  farm  at  the  four  terms,  and  if  a  burgess 
did  not  pay  at  the  second  demand  the  door  of  his 
house  was  to  be  taken  off  and  might  not  be  replaced 
till  due  payment  had  been  made.54  The  reeve  had 
to  account  in  the  farm  rent  for  the  goods  of  a  man 


who  had  been  found  carrying  bad  money."  The 
town  court  was  the  king's  court,66  and  the  common 
fund  seems  to  have  been  called  the  king's  purse.57 

In  1314  began  a  series  of  grants  of  pavage  to  the 
mayor  and  town  of  Preston  for  the  improvement  of 
the  ways.68  The  charter  was  confirmed  from  time 
to  time,69  but  no  change  of  importance  was  made  till 
1566,  when  Elizabeth,  confirming  the  previous 
charters,  decreed  that  the  mayor  and  bailiffs  should 
be  assisted  in  the  government  of  the  town  by  '  twenty- 
four  men  of  the  more  discreet  and  worthy  men  '  of 
the  borough,  who  should  be  called  the  capital 
burgesses  and  form  the  Common  Council,  meeting  in 
the  Tollbooth  or  Moot  Hall.  The  mayor  for  the  time 
being  was  to  be  the  justiciary,  coroner  and  clerk  of 
the  market.60 


stool  (ad  c ukestolam)  ;  no.  31.  Should 
anyone  carrying  false  money  be  captured 
the  'prepositus'  must  account  for  the 
money  and  send  the  criminal  to  the  king 
for  punishment ;  those  who  caught  him 
should  have  the  clothes  ;  no.  41. 

47  Clauses    18,    22.     Should   there  be 
wager  of  battle  between  a  burgess  and  a 
knight  the  latter  must  fight  in  person  ; 
no.  45. 

In  1184-5  a  fine  °f  5  marks  was  levied 
by  the  king  because  a  man  had  been  put 
'  at  the  water  '  without  warrant  ;  Farrer, 
Lana.  Pipe  R.  55. 

48  Clause  23.     Succession  to   property 
is  regulated  by  no.  32. 

49  Clauses  24,  25. 
80  Clause  36. 

sl  Clause  27. 

sa  '  Pretors '  occur  at  Clitheroe  also. 
Ralph  the  reeve  of  Preston  occurs  about 
1 200,  together  with  Roger  his  son ; 
Lanes.  Pipe  R.  335.  Roger,  'pretor'  of 
Preston,  apparently  the  reeve,  attested  a 
local  charter  about  1220  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  C  25*. 

Roger  reeve  of  Preston,  Ralph  his  son 
and  Robert  the  Clerk  of  Preston  occur 
about  the  same  time  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  378.  Baldwin  de  Preston  was  reeve 
in  1246,  and  chose  the  jury  of  twelve 
(including  himself)  who  came  from  the 
borough  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  1 9^. 

There  seems  to  have  still  been  no 
'mayor'  in  1292,  when  the  bailiff*  ap- 
pearing for  the  town  were  Adam  son  of 
Robert  and  Robert  son  of  Roger. 

To  a  charter  already  quoted  Roger 
Fade,  '  then  chief  bailiff  of  Preston,'  was 
a  witness  ;  OO,  no.  1099.  Local  charters 
to  about  1320  are  usually  attested  by  the 
two  bailiffs  of  the  town  ;  but  in  one  early 
deed  Adam  brother  of  Filbard,  mayor,  and 
William  and  Roger  brother  of  Roger  (?), 
reeves,  were  principal  witnesses  ;  ibid. 
no.  no i.  In  1311-12  William  son  of 
Robert  the  Tailor  granted  to  John  del 
Wich  land  in  the  new  field  under  Ful- 
wood,  and  the  witnesses  were  the  mayor, 
Robert  son  of  Roger,  six  bailiffs — Adam 
de  Bury,  William  son  of  Nicholas, 
William  son  of  Paulin,  Henry  Banastre, 
Roger  Salley,  Albred  son  of  Adam — and 
the  clerk  of  Preston,  William  de  Wigan  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  2198.  In  the 
guild  of  1328  the  mayor  and  two  bailiffs 
are  named,  and  the  government  at  that 
time  was  conducted  in  the  name  of  the 
mayor,  bailiffs  and  burgesses. 

The  community  had  a  common  seal  as 
early  as  1250  ;  Cockcrsand  Chartul.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  220-1.  A  seal  of  1376  is  in 
the  British  Museum  (Birch,  Catalogue, 
no-  SB'S);  It;  »hows  the  Agnus  Dei, 


statant  regardant,  with  banner  flag,  and 
on  the  lamb's  shoulder  a  shield  bearing 
the  duchy  arms.  It  is  surrounded  with 
the  legend  -j-  SIGILL*  COMVNE  BVRGENCIVM 
DE  PRESTON.  The  seal  of  1415  is  the 
same,  with  the  addition  of  three  P's 

round  the  lamb,  thus:  V   ™  V-  About 

the  end  of  the  1 7th  century  the  statant 
posture  was  altered  to  couchant.  The 
seals  of  1415  and  the  present  time  are 
shown  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  36,  37.  In 
1 349  the  king  granted  a  seal  for  recogni- 
zances of  debts  ;  the  greater  piece  was  to 
remain  in  charge  of  the  mayor  and  the 
smaller  piece  with  a  clerk  deputed  by  the 
king  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1 348-50,  p.  266.  William 
Clifton  was  appointed  to  be  keeper  of  the 
smaller  piece  in  1423  ;  ibid.  1422-9, 
p.  101. 

The  Moot  Hall  is  named  in  a  deed  of 
1377,  by  which  Thomas  de  Molyneux  of 
Cuerdale  and  Joan  his  wife  gave  the 
mayor,  bailiffs  and  community  of  Preston 
a  small  piece  of  land  (12  ft.  by  12  ft.)  ad- 
joining the  said  hall,  at  a  rent  of  6s,  ;  OO, 
no.  1506. 

88  This  does  not  seem  to  be  mentioned 
in  any  of  the  early  charters. 

The  original  farm  of  the  town  was 
£9,  but  in  or  before  1179  was  increased 
by  £6  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  42,  131.  In 
1 212  the  burgesses  held  three  plough-lands 
in  Preston  by  a  rent  of  £15  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  45,  138,  289.  The  diminution  from 
the  six  plough-lands  of  Domesday  Book  is 
probably  accounted  for  by  the  separation 
of  Fulwood  and  Ribbleton. 

64  Clause  ii.  "  Clause  41. 

66  '  Curia  nostra '  ;  no.  9. 

57  If  a  stranger  claimed  a  debt  before 
the  reeve  and  the  debtor  would  not  pay 
the  'pretor'  paid  it  out  of  the  king's 
purse,  and  then  seized  the  debtor's 
chattels  or  took  possession  of  his  house  ; 
no.  33. 

68  Cal.  Pat.  1313-17,  p.  1 86.  The 
tolls  which  might  be  levied  are  printed 
in  Fishwick,  Preston,  25.  Other  grants 
were  made  in  1328  (for  two  years)  and 
in  1333  (for  five  years)  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1327— 
30,  p.  270  ;  1330-4,  p.  408.  At  a  trial 
in  1334  it  was  alleged  that  the  men  of 
Preston  had  obtained  pavage  charters  for 
five  and  then  for  three  years,  and  then, 
the  town  being  sufficiently  paved,  pur- 
chased another  charter  to  last  for  five 
years,  '  to  the  great  oppression  of  the 
people  of  those  parts.'  Nicholas  de 
Preston  and  three  others  appeared  for  the 
community  to  aver  that  the  additional 
paving  was  required,  but  the  decision  was 
against  them,  and  they  had  to  pay  a  fine. 

94 


The  pavage  dues  were  stated  to  amount 
to  10  marks  a  year  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  297, 
Rex  m.  21. 

In  1337  an  inquiry  was  made  as  to 
the  right  of  pasture  in  Fulwood  ;  Lans- 
downe  MS.  559,  fol.  66/366. 

The  taxation  of  the  ninth  of  the  borough 
of  Preston  in  1340  has  been  preserved  and 
supplies  forty-four  names  of  persons 
taxed  ;  Subs.  R.  bdle.  130,  no.  15. 

In  1341  a  commission  was  appointed 
to  inquire  into  a  suspected  misappropria- 
tion of  the  pavage  money  raised  ;  Cal.  Pat. 
1340-3,  p.  313.  Another  grant  of  pavage 
was  made  by  Duke  Henry  in  1356  ; 
Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  344. 

In  1582  Richard  Stirrop  was  admitted 
burgess  in  consideration  of  his  making 
the  post-holes  in  the  market  stead  at  the 
yearly  fairs  and  repairing  the  causeway 
between  Barkhouse  Hill  and  the  windmill 
at  the  east  end  of  the  town  ;  Abram, 
Mem.  of  the  Guilds,  33. 

59  By  Richard  II  in    1379,  preserved 
at    Preston  5    see    Cal.    Pat.    1377-81, 
p.  340.     By  Henry  IV  in   1401,  also  at 
Preston  ;    a    new    clause    was    inserted, 
allowing  the  burgesses  to  use  any  of  the 
liberties,  &c.,  granted  by  former  charters, 
even  if  they  or  their  predecessors  had  not 
hitherto   fully  availed  themselves  of  the 
same.       By    Henry    V    in    1414.       By 
Henry  VI  in  1425,  now  at  Preston.     By 
Philip  and  Mary  in  1557,  at  Preston. 

For  the  charters  of  1401  and  1414  see 
also  Charter  R.  2  Hen.  IV,  pt.  i,  no.  8  ; 
i  Hen.  V,  pt.  iii,  no.  3. 

60  The  charter  probably  ratified  customs 
in  the  government  of  the  town  which  had 
grown  up  in  the  course  of  time.     At  the 
guild  of   1500   it  was  ordained  that  the 
mayor    should    nominate   two    '  ancient, 
discreet     and    honest    burgesses,'    called 
elisors,  who    in  turn  were  to  nominate 
twenty-four  burgesses,  not  bearing  office 
in  the  town,  to  choose  fit  persons  to  be 
mayor,  bailiff  and  sub-bailiff  ;  the  mayor, 
after  his  election,  chose  a  second  bailiff 
and  a   Serjeant  for   the    mace ;    Abram, 
Mem.  of  the  Guilds,  23. 

In  a  writ  de  quo  ivarr.  issued  in  1487 
the  corporation  were  called  upon  to  show 
by  what  title  they  claimed  to  elect  a 
mayor.  The  £15  a  year  rent  to  the 
Crown  is  named  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs 
Proton.  13  Hen.  VII.  For  part  of  the 
reply  see  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  10  (the 
markets). 

In  1527  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  made  a 
lawless  attempt  to  impose  on  the  town 
his  own  nominees  as  mayor,  bailiff  and 
Serjeant.  It  was  then  the  custom  to 
nominate  priests  as  elisors  ;  Fishwick, 
Preston,  38-42,  quoting  Duchy  of  Lane. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


A  dispute  as  to  the  right  of  the  aulnager  for  the 
county  to  seal  cloths  and  levy  dues  in  Preston  occurred 
in  1571,  it  being  contended  that  the  charter  ex- 
empted the  town  and  that  the  goods  made  there,  viz. 
'  narrow  white  kerseys,'  were  not  included  in  the 
statute.61  The  guild  of  1622  endeavoured  to  protect 
the  burgesses  in  another  way  by  keeping  '  foreigners ' 
out  of  the  town,  it  being  found  that  their  living  and 
trading  therein  was  '  to  the  great  prejudice,  loss  and 
hindrance  of  the  free  burgesses.'  62 

The  records  of  the  court  leet  have  been  preserved 
from  1653. 63  The  ancient  fee-farm  rent  of  £1$** 
was  redeemed  by  the  corporation  in  1650  and  again 
after  the  Restoration  in  i6j6.65  The  guild  of  1662 
distinguished  itself  by  drawing  up  a  code  of  by-laws 
from  the  records  of  former  guilds  and  thus  providing 
for  the  orderly  government  of  the  town.66  Imme- 
diately afterwards  a  new  charter  was  procured  from 
Charles  II,  substantially  the  same  as  that  of  1566, 
but  making  some  further  provisions.67  This  was 
followed  in  1685  by  an  extended  charter,  which  for 
the  first  time  recognized  the  aldermen,  who  were  to 
be  seven  in  number.  The  mayor  was  to  be  assisted 
in  his  office  as  a  justice  of  the  peace  by  the  ex- 
mayor,  the  senior  alderman  and  the  recorder.  Two 


markets  were  now  allowed,  on  Wednesday  and 
Saturday,  and  three  fairs,  beginning  1 5  August, 
27  October  and  16  March.68  No  other  charter  was 
obtained  till  1828,  when,  as,  owing  to  the  growth 
of  the  town,  further  justices  were  needed,  it  was 
provided  that  all  the  aldermen  should  act,  also  that 
the  mayor,  ex-mayor  and  senior  aldermen  should  be 
coroners.69 

Only  seven  years  afterwards,  in  1835,  the  Municipal 
Corporations  Act  abolished  the  old  constitution  and 
the  first  council  election  of  the  reformed  corporation 
was  held  on  26  December  ;  the  aldermen  were  chosen 
on  3  I  December  and  the  mayor  on  New  Year's  Day, 
1836.  The  borough,  which  included  the  townships 
of  Preston  and  Fishwick,  was  at  first  divided  into  six 
wards,  and  the  council  consisted  of  the  mayor,  twelve 
aldermen  and  thirty-six  councillors.70  In  consequence 
of  the  growth  of  the  town  parts  of  Ribbleton  and 
Brockholes  on  the  east  and  of  Ashton  on  the  west 
were  taken  into  the  municipal  borough  in  1880  71  and 
a  further  part  of  Ashton  in  i888,72  but  the  number 
of  wards,  though  the  areas  were  readjusted,  remained 
unchanged  until  1900,  when  the  enlarged  borough 
was  divided  into  twelve  wards — St.  John's,  Trinity, 
Christ  Church  and  Avenham  in  the  centre  or  ancient 


Pleadings,  Hen.  VIII,  xii,  F  i  ;  viii, 
W  9  ;  vi,  W  n.  Sir  Thomas  More  was 
then  Chancellor  of  the  duchy  ;  he  rejected 
the  Hoghton  claims  and  made  certain 
'  ordinances '  for  the  peace  of  the  town 
and  the  election  of  mayor  ;  ibid.  43-4, 
quoting  Pleadings,  vi,  W  1 1.  Sir  Richard 
again  interfered  with  the  election  in 
Oct.  1534  ;  ibid.  45. 

Disputes  arose  as  to  the  nomination  of 
both  elisors  by  the  mayor,  and  the  charter 
of  1566,  while  confirming  the  mode  of 
election  of  the  twenty- four,  gave  them 
the  choice  of  one  of  the  elisors.  A  three 
weeks  court  for  trying  causes  of  debts, 
&c.  ;  the  view  of  frankpledge  on  the  days 
'  accustomed  from  ancient  times,'  the 
markets  and  fairs  (with  court  of  pie- 
powder),  were  all  expressly  ratified  by 
the  charter,  to  be  held  by  '  the  ancient 
rent  and  farm  due  to  the  Crown.' 

The  charter  did  not  allay  all  the  internal 
disputes  which  had  been  going  on  respect- 
ing the  choice  of  the  mayor,  who,  it  will 
be  seen,  had  large  powers.  It  gave  the 
elisors  the  right  to  choose  an  entirely  new 
body  of  capital  burgesses  each  year,  but 
in  practice  no  doubt  the  same  persons 
were  re-elected,  if  willing,  and  in  1598 
there  is  mention  of  a  permanent  body  of 
aldermen,  who  were  eight  in  number. 
It  was  ordered  that  '  the  whole  number 
of  benchers,  commonly  called  aldermen,' 
should  stand  and  remain  as  they  then  were 
until  the  next  guild  merchant,  and  that 
the  mayor  should  be  chosen  annually  from 
this  body,  beginning  with  the  senior 
member,  and  descending  yearly  according 
to  seniority ;  ibid.  34.  This  rule  was 
confirmed  by  the  guild  of  1602,  which 
also  decreed  that  out-burgesses  who  came 
to  reside  within  the  town  should  not  be 
eligible  as  mayor  or  bailiff  till  they  had 
resided  for  seven  years ;  ibid.  36.  In 
1642  it  was  ordered  that  on  an  alderman 
dying  a  successor  should  be  appointed 
from  the  members  of  the  common 
council  ;  ibid.  47. 

An  attempt  to  disfranchise  two  bur- 
gesses was  defeated  by  their  appeal  to  the 
Exchequer  Court  in  or  before  1582  ; 
Abram,  op.  cit.  33. 


61  Abram,  op.  cit.  26-8.  The  decision 
seems  to  have  been  adverse  to  the  town  ; 
Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  236,256.  An  earlier  claim 
to  this  immunity  was  investigated  in 
1 52 1,  when  the  mayor  and  burgesses  also 
claimed  all  the  goods  of  felons,  fugitives, 
&c.,  and  view  of  frankpledge  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  36. 

63  Abram,  op.  cit.  40.  The  making 
of  bricks  for  sale  was  likewise  forbidden, 
»o  that  the  '  wastes '  of  the  town  might 
not  be  impaired. 

There  are  other  evidences  that  at  that 
time  the  established  guilds  or  trade  com- 
panies were  jealous  of  the  growth  of 
independent  traders.  The  rules  of  the 
Preston  Company  of  Drapers,  Mercers, 
Grocers,  Salters,  Ironmongers  and  Haber- 
dashers of  1628  prohibited  the  sale  by 
any  'stranger'  of  goods  belonging  to  these 
trades  ;  ibid.  41—2.  In  1633  the  Society 
of  Skinners,  Whittawers  and  Glovers  in 
Preston  and  other  places  made  a  petition 
against  unlicensed  traders  ;  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom. 

1 63  3-4,  P-  33°- 

M  The  records  from  1653  to  1813  are 
preserved  in  three  folio  volumes  at  the 
Town  Hall.  An  account  of  them,  with 
copious  extracts,  was  published  in  1905, 
Mr.  Anthony  Hewitson  being  editor.  The 
court  leet  was  held  twice  a  year.  The 
Inquest,  sometimes  called  the  court  baron, 
sat  frequently.  The  Mayor's  Court  was 
held  on  the  Friday  before  St.  Wilfrid's 
Day  for  the  election  of  mayor,  bailiff  and 
Serjeant  ;  their  inauguration  was  on  the 
feast  itself.  The  old  procedure  is  related 
in  Whittle's  Preston  (1821),  194-206. 
The  principal  matters  in  the  records  relate 
to  the  right  to  carry  on  a  trade  and  to 
pasture  cattle  on  the  marsh.  The  court 
leet  became  extinct  in  1835,  having  long 
ceased  to  be  of  any  utility  in  the  changed 
conditions  of  the  town. 

'•*  In  1504-5  the  sheriff  was  directed 
to  call  for  £45,  the  rent  due  to  the  king 
for  three  years  from  the  mayor  and 
bailiffs  of  Preston  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv, 
P  118. 

65  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  448. 
The  intermediate  surrender  of  the  pur- 

95 


chase  in  1660,  as  evidence  to  the  loyalty 
of  the  corporation,  is  printed  in  Munch. 
Guard.  N.  and  Q.  no.  375. 

66  Abram,   op.   cit.   5 1-5.     The  guild 
meeting  was  continued  for  six  weeks  to 
allow   of    the   codification.      The    orders 
were  classified  under  the  following  titles  : 
The  Sabbath  ;  the  oaths  ;  the  town  lands, 
rents,   and    other  revenues ;    the   marsh, 
mere  and  town  field  ;  geese  on  the  marsh  ; 
swine  ;  brick  and  digging  of  sods  ;  preser- 
vation of  the  common,  &c.  ;  buying  and 
selling  between  foreigners  and  others,  and 
the  tolls,  stallages,  pickages,  lastages  and 
other  customs  due  for  the  same  ;  house- 
holders and  their  duties  ;  officers  ;  manner 
of  holding  a  council ;  weights  and  measures  ; 
foreign  burgesses  ;  restraining  of  foreign 
burgesses  ;   duties   of   foreign    burgesses ; 
alehouse-keeping,  tippling  and  victualling  ; 
bailiffs  and  other  inferior  officers  ;  office 
of  a  Serjeant ;  streets  and  scavengers. 

'  About  2,200  burgesses  were  enrolled 
at  the  guild  of  1662,  of  whom  something 
less  than  900  were  foreign  burgesses.' 

67  Ibid.  56-7. 

68  Ibid.  68  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks. 
xxiv,  222. 

69  Abram,  op.  cit.  135.     A  description 
of  the  old-fashioned  way  of  '  beating  the 
bounds  '  at  Preston  is  given  in  Hewitson's 
Preston,  1 2 1.     It   is  included  among  the 
former  sports  of  the  place. 

70  Abram,     loc.     cit.  ;     Act     2*3 
Will.  IV,  cap.  64.     The  six  wards  were  : 
St.  John's,  south-east  from  Church  Street 
to  the  Ribble,  including  part  of  Fishwick  ; 
Christ  Church,  to  the  west  ;  St.  George's, 
to  the  north-west ;  St.   Peter's,  north  of 
Maudland  ;  Trinity,  the  east  central  part 
of  the  town  (including  the  Town  Hall) 
to  the   northern   border  ;  Fishwick,    the 
eastern  suburb  of  Preston,  and  the  greater 
part  of  Fishwick  township.     Changes  of 
area  were  made  in  1881,  and  St.  George's 
and  Trinity  were  re-named  Maudland  and 
Park  respectively. 

71  Under  an  Improvement  Act  of  1880, 
43  &  44  Viet.  cap.  118. 

78  Under  the  Ribble  Navigation  Act  of 
1883,  46  &  47  Viet.  cap.  115.  The 
enlargement  came  into  force  in  1889. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


urban  area  ;  Ashton  on  the  west  ;  Maudland,  St. 
Peter's,  Moor  Brook,  Park  and  Deepdale  on  the 
north  ;  Ribbleton  and  Fishwick  to  the  east.  Each 
ward  has  now  an  alderman  and  three  councillors,  so 
that  the  total  membership  is  unchanged.  The  town- 
ship boundaries  were  altered  in  1894,  so  that  those 
of  the  township  or  civil  parish  of  Preston  coincide 
with  those  of  the  municipal  borough.73  Preston 
became  a  county  borough  under  the  Act  of  1888. 
As  a  parliamentary  borough  it  has  been  known  since 
I295.74  By  the  Reform  Act  of  1832  the  town 
continued  to  return  two  members,  but  Fishwick  was 
added  to  the  borough.  No  change  was  made  in  the 
boundary  till  1888,  when  the  enlarged  municipal 
borough,  together  with  the  township  of  Fulwood, 
became  the  parliamentary  borough,  there  being  still 
two  members. 

The  borough  court,  a  survival  of  the  old  manor 
courts,  is  held  every  third  Friday  by  the  recorder,  for 
the  recovery  of  small  debts.  The  town  has  also  its 
police  force  and  court  75  and  a  quarter  sessions  court.76 
A  county  court  is  held  there,  as  also  county  quarter 
sessions.  The  county  council  has  its  offices  and 
meetings  in  Preston,  as  the  most  central  point  for 
Lancashire.77  The  Preston  Rural  District  Council 
also  meets  in  the  town. 

An  artificial  water  supply,  in  addition  to  the  wells, 
was  begun  as  early  as  lyzg78;  but  an  efficient 
modern  supply  was  not  opened  until  1832,™  when 
a  private  company  made  a  reservoir  at  Grimsargh. 


In  1853  the  works  were  acquired  by  the  town  and 
fresh  reservoirs  have  continued  to  be  formed  according 
to  the  needs  of  the  district  supplied.80 

Lamps  for  lighting  the  streets  on  dark  nights  were 
first  supplied  in  1699,  the  corporation  providing 
them.81  Fr.  Dunn,  a  Jesuit  stationed  at  Preston, 
having  seen  gas  used  at  Stonyhurst,  advocated  its 
introduction  in  Preston,  which  was  thus  the  first  pro- 
vincial town  in  England  to  be  lighted  with  gas,  in 
1 8 1 6.82  A  private  company,  formed  in  1815  and 
incorporated  in  1839,  supplies  it.83  The  Electric 
Supply  Company  supplies  electric  light,  with  which 
the  principal  streets  are  lighted. 

The  first  tramways  were  opened  in  iS/g84  and 
have  been  greatly  extended.  They  are  now  owned 
by  the  town  and  worked  by  electricity.  The  corpora- 
tion also  supplies  electric  power. 

The  grammar  school  seems  always  to  have  been 
governed  by  the  corporation  ;  various  other  educa- 
tional institutions  and  libraries  have  now  been  added. 
The  Free  Library  was  opened  in  the  Town  Hall  in 
iSyg,85  but  transferred  to  the  Harris  Free  Public 
Library  and  Museum  in  igc^.86  A  science  and  art 
school  are  held  in  the  Harris  Institute.87  The 
Victoria  Jubilee  technical  school  was  opened  in 
I897.88 

The  corporation  has  carried  out  the  usual  works 
for  sanitary  purposes.89  It  has  erected  a  large  town 
hall,90  a  public  hall  or  corn  market 91  and  a  covered 
market.92  It  owns  several  parks  and  recreation 


73  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  31607. 

74  See  above — introduction. 

75  About  1800  the  watchmen  were  pro- 
vided   by    private     subscriptions     and     a 
corporation    grant.      In    1832    a    police 
station  was  opened   in  Avenham   Street, 
the  force  numbering  six  men.     A   new 
station,    with    magistrates'     court,     still 
used,   was  opened  in  Lancaster  Road  in 
1858.     The    bench    of   magistrates    was 
anciently  regulated  by    the    charters,    as 
already  described  ;    since   the  passing  of 
the  Municipal  Reform  Act  in   1835  the 
justices    have    been    appointed    by    the 
Chancellor  of  the  duchy. 

There  is  also  a  fire  brigade,  with 
station  in  Tithebarn  Street.  In  1271 
Thurstan  de  Holland  complained  that 
one  Henry  son  of  Mirre  had  destroyed 
one  of  his  houses  at  Preston  ;  but  it  was 
shown  that  there  was  a  fire  in  the  town, 
and  Thurstan's  house  and  some  others 
had  been  destroyed  to  check  the  flames  ; 
Curia  Regis  R.  201,  m.  7  d. 

76  The  seneschal,  later  the  recorder,  is 
named  in  the  charters  of  1566  and  1663. 
He  presides  at  the  three  weeks  court  and 
the  quarter  sessions  of  the  borough. 

77  The    offices,    at    the    west    end    of 
Fishergate,  were  opened  in  1882.     The 
chief  county  officials  have  their  offices  in 
the  building. 

The  prison,  at  the  east  end  of  Church 
Street,  was  erected  in  1789  to  replace  the 
old  house  of  correction  in  the  Friary. 
A  court-house  was  built  in  1829 
adjoining.  The  new  county  sessions 
house,  already  mentioned,  has  replaced 
it.  The  county  police  offices  are  part  of 
the  new  building,  in  which  is  also  the 
County  Hall,  used  for  the  meetings  of 
the  county  council. 

78  The     town     records    mention     five 
principal    wells  :     Mincepitt,    near    the 
gas      company's      land  ;       Market-place, 
1654  ;    Fishergate,    1666  ;    Lady    Well, 


west  of  Friargate  ;  Goose  Well,  outside 
Church  Street  bars.  The  old  '  cistern  ' 
was  built  in  Avenham  in  1729,  R. 
Abbot,  a  Quaker,  was  the  maker.  See 
Hewitson,  Ct.  Leet  Rec.  ;  Hardwick, 
Preston,  445.  In  1743  a  new  cistern 
was  made  at  Syke  Hill,  from  which 
water  was  distributed  through  wooden 
pipes;  see  Hewitson,  Preston,  378-80. 
7»  Priv.  Act,  2  &  3  Will.  IV,  cap.  27. 

80  1 6  &  17  Viet.  cap. 48.    See  Hewitson, 
op.  cit.  381-3.      Further  large  reservoirs 
have  lately  been  constructed  at  Longridge. 
The  works  supply  not  only   the   borough 
but  several  adjacent  townships,  north  and 
south  of  the  Ribble. 

81  Ibid.  267. 

83  Hardwick,    op.    cit.    m  5    Gerard, 
Stonyhurst,    125.     The  first  works  were 
in  Avenham  Lane  (Glover  Street). 

88  Act  55  Geo.  Ill,  cap.  22  ;  2  &  3  Viet, 
cap.  3.  Additional  gasometers  have  been 
erected  in  North  Street  and  at  Ribbleton 
and  Walton-le-Dale. 

84  Hewitson,     Preston,     208-9.       An 
omnibus    service    to    Fulwood    began  in 
1859,    superseded    by    the    tramway    in 
1879.        Other      tramway     lines,     from 
Ribbleton  through  the   town   to   Fisher- 
gate  Hill  and  to  Ashton,  were  opened   in 
1882. 

85  Ibid.    287  -  98.      The  new  Harris 
Library,  built  for   it  between    1882   and 
1893,  was  opened  in  1894.   Dr.  Shepherd's 
library  (1759)  is  housed   with  it.     The 
Law    Library,   founded    in     1831,    is    a 
private  subscription  one  ;  the  building  is 
in  Chapel  Walks,  Fishergate. 

86  Ibid.  312—14.     The  museum  was  at 
first    (1841)     in     Cross     Street.       An 
observatory,      privately      founded,      was 
acquired  by  the  corporation  in   1879  and 
anew  building  erected  in  1881  in   Deep- 
dale  Road. 

s?  The  building  was  erected  in  1849 
in  Avenham  Lane  as  an  Institute  for  the 


Diffusion  of  Useful  Knowledge,  originally 
organized  in  1828.  Declining  in  use- 
fulness it  was  re-endowed  by  the  trustees 
of  E.  R.  Harris  as  a  Technological  and 
Science  and  Art  School  in  1882; 
Hewitson,  op.  cit.  235,  276. 

88  This  building,  in  Corporation  Street, 
is    managed    by   the  council  of   the   In- 
stitute,   who    have     acquired     the     old 
buildings    of   the    School   for    the    Blind 
(1871),    which    has    been    removed    to 
Fulwood. 

89  For  example,  baths  and  wash-houses 
were  opened  in  18150  and  refuse  destruc- 
tors in  1887  and  1892. 

Formerly  there  was  a  public  cold  water 
bath  at  the  western  end  of  the  town, 
called  the  Spa  Bath.  It  was  closed  about 
1860;  Hewitson,  Preston,  242.  There 
was  a  spa  well  there  ;  ibid.  385. 

90  This  building  was  opened   in    1867. 
See  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  359-66. 

91  It  was  first  erected  by   the   corpora- 
tion in    1822-4,    and   after  enlargement 
was  re-opened  in  1882.     There  is  accom- 
modation for    3,600  auditors      It  has  a 
large   organ.     The  corn  market  is   held 
there  on  Saturdays  ;  at  the  front  are  sold 
eggs  and  poultry.     The  pork  market  was 
formerly  held  at  the  rear,  but  was  dis- 
continued in    1 88 1  ;   Hewitson,  op.  cit. 
254. 

93  It  is  in  Lancaster  Road,  on  the  site 
of  the  old  'Orchard,'  and  was  built  in 
1870-5.  Fruit  and  vegetables  are  sold 
there  ;  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  308. 

In  Whittle's  Preston  (1821),  Il6-2O, 
is  a  description  of  the  former  markets. 
The  Old  Shambles,  a  street  leading  from 
the  Market  Place  to  Church  Street,  were 
on  the  east  side  of  the  Town  Hall.  The 
Strait  Shambles,  erected  in  1715  by 
Thomas  Molyneux,  went  north  from 
Church  Street  opposite  Avenham  Street. 
They  were  pulled  down  in  1882  to  make 
room  for  the  Free  Library.  Separate 


96 


PRESTON  :    FISHERGATE  WITH  TOWN  HALL  IN   DISTANCE 


PRESTON  :    HARRIS  FREE  LIBRARY,  MARKET  PLACE 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


grounds.93  The  cemetery  in  Ribbleton  was  opened 
in  i855.94  The  corporation  has  also  done  much  to 
improve  the  navigation  of  the  Kibble  and  make  the 
town  a  useful  port.95 

Preston  possesses  valuable  regalia  and  plate, 
including  the  great  mace  presented  by  the  Duke  of 
Hamilton  in  1703,  a  civic  sword  and  the  hanap,  or 
cup  and  cover,  dated  l6l5.96 

The  corporation  built  a  workhouse  in  Avenham  about 
1675  for  the  unemployed  poor,  and  this  was  super- 
seded in  1788  by  a  new  house  on  the  moor.  Under 
the  Poor  Law  of  1834  Preston  became  the  head  of  a 
union.  A  new  workhouse  at  Fulwood  was  opened  in 


PRESTON 

i868.97  The  infirmary  is  in  Deepdale  Road.98  In 
addition  the  town  has  various  societies  and  clubs. 
There  are  two  daily  and  four  weekly  newspapers.99 

In  addition  to  the  church  and  the  chantries,  the 
leper  hospital  10°  and  the  Friary,101  the  Knights 
Hospitallers,102  Lytham  103  and  Burscough  Priories,104 
Whalley,105  Sawley,106  and  Cockersand  Abbeys  107  had 
lands  in  the  town.  In  resisting  a  claim  to  certain 
burgages  and  land  Robert  Abbot  of  Cockersand 
averred  that  the  tenements  were  of  the  manor  of 
Preston,  which  was  of  the  ancient  demesne  of  the 
Crown  of  England  ;  the  claimant  denied  this, 
saying  that  the  manor  was  of  the  honour  of 


slaughter-house*  were  erected  in  1818 
nearSyke  Hill.  The  fish  stones  were  on 
the  northern  side  of  the  market-place  ; 
they  were  removed  in  1853. 

Whittle  further  states  that  then  the 
market  days  were  Wednesday,  Friday 
and  Saturday.  A  bell  was  rung  at 
9  a.m.  when  the  sale  of  provisions  and 
fish  began  ;  it  was  rung  again  at  10  a.m. 
when  '  forestallers,  hucksters  and  badgers  ' 
might  purchase  to  sell  again  ;  and  at 
ii  a.m.  when  the  corn  trade  began. 
'  The  various  markets  shall  now  have 
their  place  as  to  where  they  are  held 
according  to  ancient  usage.  The  cattle 
market  in  Church  Street.  The  goose 
and  pork  market  immediately  under  the 
church  wall.  The  country  butchers  and 
others  hold  their  market  on  the  south 
side  of  Church  Street.'  The  market- 
place was  apportioned  to  various  kinds  of 
produce.  On  the  south  side  butter  and 
poultry  ;  at  the  east  corn  and  peas  ;  in 
the  centre  earthenware,  glass  and  toys  ; 
to  the  north,  clothiers ;  west  of  the 
obelisk,  confectionery,  hats,  boots,  cutlery, 
small  wares.  The  cheese  market  and 
fruit  stalls  on  the  west  side  of  the 
square,  with  vegetables  on  both  sides  of 
Cheapside,  which  leads  down  to  Fisher- 
gate. 

Still  earlier  arrangements  as  described 
by  Dr.  Kuerden  about  1680  are  printed 
in  Hardwick's  Preston,  209.  The  cattle 
market  was  in  Church  Street,  swine 
were  sold  opposite  the  church,  and  sheep 
on  the  west  side  of  the  market-place  ; 
the  horse  market  was  in  Fishergate. 

98  While  the  town  was  still  quite 
small  the  corporation  in  1696-7  obtained 
from  Alderman  Lemon  a  piece  of  ground 
on  Avenham,  used  as  a  walk,  and  thus 
secured  it  for  public  use.  It  was  planted 
with  trees,  and  forms  a  conspicuous 
object  in  Buck's  'Prospect'  of  1728; 
Hewitson,  op.  cit.  320,  236.  Thoresby, 
the  antiquary,  who  visited  the  town  at 
the  1702  guild,  described  it  as  'a  very 
curious  walk  and  delicate  prospect '  ; 
Thoresby,  Diaries,  i,  389-91. 

Avenham  Park,  to  the  south-west  of 
it,  occupies  27  acres  by  the  Ribble  side. 
Between  1843  and  1852  the  corporation 
purchased  the  land,  and  formed  it  into 
an  attractive  pleasure  ground  in  1861-7  5 
work  being  thus  provided  for  the  factory 
workers  made  idle  by  the  American 
Civil  War  ;  ibid.  319-22.  Miller  Park, 
1 1  acres,  lies  further  to  the  west  ;  the 
land  was  given  by  Alderman  Thomas 
Miller,  and,  after  being  laid  out,  was 
opened  in  1867  ;  ibid.  323.  Fine  views 
of  the  Ribble  Valley  can  be  obtained 
from  these  parks. 

The  moor  to  the  north  of  the  town 
•was  inclosed  by  the  corporation  in  1834. 
From  1786  to  1833  horse-races  had  been 


run  there,  in  opposition  to  those  favoured 
by  the  Earl  of  Derby  on  the  adjacent 
Fulwood  Moor.  Racing  had  taken  place 
much  earlier,  an  '  intended  horse  course  ' 
being  marked  in  1695.  A  park  of  no 
acres  has  gradually  been  formed  of  the 
land  inclosed.  The  Marsh,  another  part 
of  the  old  common  land,  is  used  as  a 
recreation  ground  ;  it  measures  22  acres. 
Haslam  Park  was  presented  to  the 
town  in  1908  by  Miss  Haslam. 

94  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  249. 

95  See  the  introduction. 

96  A  full  description  is  given  in    Trant, 
Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xiii,  1-47. 

v  For  the  history  see  Hewitson,  Preston, 
394-410. 

98  A    dispensary    wag    established    in 
Fishergate   in    1809   and  a  house  of  re- 
covery   in    Great  Shaw    Street  in  1813. 
The  latter  was  removed  to  '  the  Moor  '  in 
1833.     The   two    institutions    are    com- 
bined   in    the    present  infirmary,  on  the 
last-named  site,  opened  in  1870  ;  Hewit- 
son, op.  cit.  284. 

99  The  earliest  newspaper,  of  no  long 
continuance,  was  the  Journal,  1744.     Of 
the  existing  newspapers  the  Guardian  was 
established    in    1844    and  the  Herald  in 
1855. 

The  daily  papers  are  the  Lancashire 
Post  and  Northern  Telegraph  ;  the  weekly 
ones  the  Preston  Guardian,  Preston  Herald 
(Wednesday  and  Saturday),  Preston  Argus, 
and  Catholic  News. 

For  a  full  account  of  the  newspapers 
up  to  1882  see  Hewitson,  op.  cit. 
341-4. 

100  The  site  does  not  seem  to  be  known 
exactly.     A  charter  of  1311-12  describes 
a    piece    of   land  as  situated    under    this 
hospital     and    extending    to     Swaghwell 
Syke  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  iv,  580.    This 
name  is  probably  the  same  as  the  Sewalle 
Syke  of  the    Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  217. 
Possibly  the  well  was  one  known  later  as 
Atherton's  Well,  near  the  canal  bridge  on 
Fylde     Road  ;    Hewitson,    Preston,    385. 
Spital  Moss  was  close  by. 

Charters  of  the  hospital  are  in  the 
Duchy  Great  Coucher,  i,  fol.  80,  &c. 

The  history  of  the  hospital  is  narrated 
in  the  account  of  the  religious  houses  of 
the  county.  After  its  confiscation  by 
Edward  VI  it  was  in  1549  granted  to 
John  Doddington  and  William  Ward  ; 
Pat.  3  Edw.  VI,  pt.  vi.  They  sold  it  to 
Thomas  Fleetwood  in  1550,  and  in  1560 
Thomas  sold  the  estate  to  John  Fleet- 
wood  of  Penwortham  ;  D.in  Preston  Chron. 
12  Oct.  1 86 1.  Thomas  Fleetwood  is 
here  called  '  of  Hesketh '  ;  he  was  the 
brother  of  John,  who  died  in  possession 
in  1590  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xv, 
no.  34. 

101  See    the    account    of    the    religious 
houses.     Part  of  the  building  was  granted 

97 


to  William  Breres  of  Preston  and  Oliver 
Breres  of  Chorley  in  1539-40,  and  Oliver 
was  in  possession  in  1545  ;  L.  and  P. 
Hen.  VIH,  xv,  p.  564  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  i,  178.  In  1540  the  whole  site 
was  granted  to  Thomas  Holcroft ;  Pat.  g2 
Hen.  VIII,  fol.  iv.  The  building  was 
used  as  a  house  of  correction  from  about 
1640  to  1789  ;  Hewitson,  Preston, 
281. 

102  The  Hospitallers'  lands  in  Preston 
were  in  1544-5  given   to  Richard  Crom- 
bleholme  ;  Pat.  36  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  xvii. 

103  Lytham  charters   at   Durham,    3  a, 
2  ae,  4  ae  Ebor.  no.  1-5.     These  are  grants 
of  rents  by  the  heirs  of  Richard  son   of 
Roger  of  Woodplumpton. 

104  The  tenement  seems   to   have  been 
known  as  Tinkler  House,  and   a  rent  of 
2s.  was  derived  from  it ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Rentals  bdle.  4,  no.  7,  8  ;  Mins.  Accts. 
bdle.  136,  no.  2198. 

105  Richard  de  Derbyshire  gave  land    in 
Jugeler  Ridding  and  in  Woodholm  (formerly 
Robert    son    of    Stephen's)    to    Stanlaw 
Abbey;  Whalley  Couch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii, 
465. 

106  Richard  Rufus  (?  Russel)  gave  half  of 
a  toft  in  Fishergate  to  Sawley  ;  Harl.  MS. 
112,    fol.    74.     This    as    a   burgage  was 
afterwards  demised  by  the  abbey  to  Hugh 
le  Sposage,  at  a  rent  of  \^d.  to  the  abbot, 
izd.  to  the  king  (as  chief  lord)   according 
to  the  use  and  custom  of  the  vill,  and  %d. 
to  the  heir  of  Hugh   Fitton.     By  Adam 
son  of  Hugh  le  Sposage  it  was  granted  to 
Roger    son   of   Adam   son    of   Suard,    by 
whom  it  was  surrendered   to  the  abbey ; 
ibid. 

Russel  was  an  early  surname  in 
Preston;  De  Banco  R.  195,  m.  331  ; 
248,  m.  44. 

107  Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.   Soc.),  i, 
216-25  >  iy>    1262-3-     The   lands  seem 
for  the  most   part   to  have  been  acquired 
by    Master    William    de    Kirkham    and 
handed  over  to  the  canons.     The  charters 
contain    a    number    of  details  as  to  the 
people   and  place-names.     The  latter  in- 
clude Sicling  Moor,  Oldfield,  Platfordale, 
Sewall     Syke,     Woodholme,     Whitacre, 
Dustesahe  Field  and  Gildhouse. 

Roger  son  of  Robert  Woodward  in 
1326  granted  Thomas  Banastre  and  Joan 
his  wife  land  held  of  the  Abbot  01 
Cockersand  and  having  a  kiln-house  upon 
it ;  Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1 1 14. 

Alice  daughter  of  Adam  de  Ruffbrd  and 
widow  of  Simon  released  to  the  canons 
her  claim  in  Thimsacre  ;  Towneley  MS. 
DD,  no.  10. 

In  1281  Amy  widow  of  Robert  son  of 
Cecily  claimed  dower  in  two  messuages, 
4  acres  of  land  and  a  burgage  in  Preston 
against  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand,  Adam 
de  Bury  and  William  son  of  Adam  Albin  ; 
De  Banco  R.  42,  m.  15. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Lancaster  and  an  escheat  of  the  king,  as  he  was  ready 
to  verify  by  the  '  book  of  Domusdey '  and  in  all 
other  ways.108  Many  of  the  gentry  of  the  county 


of  the  corporation  j    but   often  no  tenure  was   re- 
corded.109 

Of  the  local   families no   several   took   a   surname 


had  burgages  and  lands  in  the  town.      In  some  cases      from  the  town  itself,  and  Prestons  occur  constantly 
they  were  stated  to  hold  them  of  the  king,  in  others       in  the  annals.111     One  of  these  families  recorded  a 


108  Assize  R.  408,  m.  8.     The  plaintiff 
was  Walter  son  of  Jordan   de  Kirkham, 
brother  of  Master  William  de   Kirkham, 
son    of     Richard.      The    abbot     alleged 
bastardy,  but  an  agreement  was  come  to, 
and  Walter  released  all  his  claim  in  the 
tenement. 

109  Of    the    Crown,    mostly    in    free 
burgage  : 

Isabel  widow  of  John  Talbot,  1432; 
and  John  Talbot  of  Salesbury,  1449  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  41,  55. 

Alexander  Hoghton  of  Hoghton,  1489  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  66.  A 
similar  statement  is  made  in  the  later  in- 
quisitions in  the  case  of  this  and  other 
families. 

John  Singleton  of  Broughton,  1522  ; 
ibid,  v,  no.  45. 

Sir  Thomas  Boteler  of  Warrington, 
1522  ;  ibid,  v,  no.  13. 

Lawrence  Starkie,  1532;  ibid,  ix, 
no.  21.  One  of  his  daughters  married 
Humphry  Newton  ;  see  note  134. 

James  Anderton  of  Euxton,  1552,  in 
socage  ;  ibid,  ix,  no.  14. 

James  Forshaw  of  Penwortham,  1563  ; 
ibid,  xi,  no.  41. 

Sir  Richard  Molyneux  of  Sefton,  1569  ; 
ibid,  xiii,  no.  35. 

George  Hesketh  of  Poulton,  1571  ; 
ibid,  xiii,  no.  15. 

Richard  Greenacres  of  Worston,  1578  ; 
ibid,  xiv,  no.  16. 

Richard  Chisnall  [see  Chisnall],  1587, 
3  acres  ;  ibid,  xiv,  no.  39. 

John  Grimshaw  of  Clayton,  1587  ; 
ibid,  xiv,  no.  53. 

Thomas  Standish  of  Duxbury,  1599; 
ibid,  xvii,  no.  54. 

Of  the  Corporation,  i.e.  the  mayor, 
bailiffs  and  burgesses  : 

John  Skillicorne,  1478,  four  burgages, 
by  a  rent  of  zs. ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  105. 

William  Farington  of  Leyland,  1501  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  67. 

Richard  Taylor  (see  Bretherton  and 
Longton),  1596  ;  ibid,  xvii,  no.  25. 
Another  of  the  name  died  in  1631,  leaving 
a  son  Henry,  aged  sixteen  ;  ibid,  xxvii, 
no.  63. 

Robert  Hankinson  (see  Newton  with 
Scales),  1 604  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  135  ;  ii,  123. 

John  Stopford  of  Ulnes  Walton  ;  ibid, 
i,  169  ;  ii,  72. 

George  Rogerson,  1620,  the  Water 
Willows,  &c.  ;  ibid,  ii,  189. 

Thomas  Shireburne  of  Heysham, 
1635-6  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8  13  (Chet. 
Lib.),  1083. 

William  Critchlow  of  Lea,  1637-8  ; 
ibid.  252. 

Edward  Lussell  of  Osbaldeston,  1637  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  78. 

Other  tenures  : 

Robert  Singleton  of  Broughton,  1501  ; 
of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  by  a  rent  of  3^.  ; 
ibid,  iii,  no.  63. 

Robert  Singleton  of  Brockholes,  1525  ; 
of  the  heir  of  Adam  de  Brockholes,  by 
three  grains  of  pepper  ;  ibid,  vi,  no.  64. 

William  Moore  of  Bank  Hall,  1602  ; 
of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  13. 

The  unrecorded  tenures  include  those 


of  Balderston  of  Balderston,  Clifton  of 
Westby,  Harrington  of  Westleigh,  Hesketh 
of  Rufford,  Langton  of  Walton,  Leyland 
of  Morleys,  and  Travers  of  Nateby. 

Of  the  above  it  may  be  noticed  that 
the  Moores  retained  their  Preston  estate 
till  1691  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  226,  m.  22. 

The  Feet  of  Fines  give  some  particulars 
of  other  families.  For  instance,  in  the 
1 6th  cent.,  Park,  bdle.  12,  m.  63,  144, 
290  ;  Newsham,  bdle.  20,  m.  63  ;  Ark- 
wright,  bdle.  43,  m.  200  ;  Forshaw,  bdle. 
49,  m.  77  ;  57,  m.  1 60  ;  Haighton,  bdle. 
58,  m.  173. 

The  following  persons  were  recorded 
as  freeholders  in  Preston  in  1 600  :  Henry 
Ascroft,  Thomas  Banastre,  Richard 
Blundell,  Richard  Cuerdall;  Henry,  James, 
Richard  and  William  Hodgkinson  ;  Ed- 
mund Lemon,  —  Preston,  George  Sollom, 
Anthony  and  Thomas  Wall,  James  and 
—  Walton  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  233. 

110  Kuerden's     collections,      especially 
iv  (P)  and  the  folio  volume  (C,  D),  con- 
tain much  relating  to  the  local  families. 

Numerous  Hoghton  deeds  are  in  Add. 
MS.  32106. 

The  Guild  Rolls  also  are  valuable  for 
their  pedigrees.  For  the  earlier  genera- 
tions some  assistance  may  be  derived  from 
the  witnesses  to  charters  ;  e.g.  about 
1260  there  appear  Adam  brother  of 
Suard  de  Preston,  Roger  and  William 
his  sons  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  451. 

111  The    following    references    to    the 
Plea  Rolls,  &c.,  will  show  that  different 
families  used  this  surname. 

A  Gamel  son  of  Gamel  was  admitted 
to  the  freedom  of  Preston  by  a  charter  of 
King  John  in  1199,  confirming  one 
granted  when  John  was  Count  of  Mor- 
tain  ;  Cal.  Rot.  Chart.  (Rec.  Com.),  26. 

In  1246  it  was  recorded  that  two  bur- 
gages  and  4  acres  of  land  had  escheated 
to  the  king.  Adam  son  of  Suard  held 
them  at  half  a  mark  rent ;  Assize  R.  404, 
m.  19  d.  Robert  son  of  Stephen  de 
Preston  unsuccessfully  claimed  a  mes- 
suage and  3  acres  against  various  persons  ; 
ibid.  m.  4. 

A  Henry  son  of  Baldwin  de  Preston 
did  fealty  on  succeeding  in  1254; 
Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  187. 
See  also  Rot.  Lit.  Claus.  (Rec.  Com.),  i, 
430;  Cal.  Close,  1279-88,  p.  265. 

Roger  son  of  Adam  de  Preston  in  1262 
acquired  a  toft,  at  id.  rent,  from  John  de 
Balderston  and  Alice  his  wife  ;  Final 
Cone,  i,  135. 

In  1277  Maud  widow  of  Roger  son  of 
Roger  de  Preston  claimed  dower  in 
Preston  against  Robert  son  of  Adam, 
Roger  son  of  Belota,  Paulin  de  Preston, 
and  others  ;  De  Banco  R.  19,  m.  14  d. 
Two  years  later  Alice  widow  of  Master 
William  de  Preston  claimed  a  messuage, 
&c.,  against  William  son  of  Master 
William,  and  land  against  Nicholas  son 
of  Roger  de  Preston  and  Alice  his  wife  ; 
ibid.  29,  m.  17  ;  31,  m.  9. 

Agnes  widow  of  Adam  de  Hoghton  in 
1290  claimed  dower  in  houses,  bake- 
house, &c.,  in  Preston  against  Alice 
widow  of  Roger  son  of  Adam  de  Preston  ; 
ibid.  83,  m.  127  d. 

98 


In  1291  Geoffrey  son  of  Roger  son  of 
Adam  de  Preston  and  Ellen  his  wife  un- 
successfully claimed  a  messuage  and  3  acres 
of  land  in  Preston  against  Maud  de 
Brockholes,  William  de  Slyne  and  Eva 
his  wife.  It  appeared  that  Ellen  was 
daughter  of  Adam  de  Brockholes  and  Eva 
daughter  of  Adam  de  Preston  (who  had 
enfeoffed  her  fourteen  years,  before). 
Geoffrey's  father  Roger  is  also  called  'son 
of  Avice'j  Assize  R.  1294,  m.  8  d.  ; 
1299,  m.  16.  The  same  Geoffrey  and 
Ellen  sued  William  the  Carpenter  of 
Preston  and  Ev«  his  wife  ;  Assize  R.  407, 
m.  4  ;  1294,  m.  9.  In  this  claim  Eva 
daughter  of  Adam  the  Clerk  of  Brockholes 
was  found  to  have  been  born  out  of  wed- 
lock ;  she  had  an  elder  brother  William  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  7,  9,  38  d. 

The  following  belong  to  the  year  1292  : 

Robert  de  Ribbleton  and  Cecily  his  wife 
claimed  the  fourth  part  of  a  messuage  and 
toft  against  Roger  son  of  Anot  de  Preston 
and  Ellen  his  wife  ;  it  was  proved  that 
Ellen  was  in  seisin  before  she  married 
Roger  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  3,  44  d.  Roger 
son  of  Avice  de  Preston  was  defendant  in 
another  plea  ;  ibid.  m.  36  d. 

Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Preston  com- 
plained of  a  trespass  by  William  the  Tailor 
of  Preston  ;  ibid.  m.  3,  17  d.  William 
the  Tailor  was  non-suited  in  a  claim  for 
debt  against  Hugh  and  Robert  sons  of 
Adam  son  of  Philip  de  Preston ;  ibid, 
m.  3  2.  Robert  son  of  Adam  son  of  Siward 
held  the  moiety  of  a  messuage  claimed  by 
Agnes  wife  of  William  de  la  Launde,  on 
the  ground  that  her  mother  Maud  (sister 
of  Alice  daughter  of  Ivette)  had  held  it ; 
ibid.  m.  34.  Robert  son  of  Adam  de- 
fended his  title  to  land  in  Preston  against 
Henry  le  Pestur  and  Christiana  his  wife  ; 
ibid.  m.  32.  Robert  son  of  Adam  son  of 
Philip  also  defended  his  title  against 
Richard  son  of  Henry  del  Wra  ;  ibid.  m. 
44  d.  Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Preston 
was  charged  with  trespass  by  Alan  son  of 
Master  Thomas  de  Lancaster  and  others  ; 
ibid.  m.  103.  Robert  de  Preston  was 
defendant  to  a  claim  by  Cecily  widow  of 
Jordan  de  Claughton  ;  ibid.  m.  54  d. 
Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Preston  defended 
his  claim  to  certain  land  (claimed  by 
Nicholas  de  Burnhull)  by  saying  that  he 
had  received  it  from  Alan  de  Catherton  ; 
ibid.  m.  49. 

Christiana  widow  of  Henry  Mirreson 
de  Preston  cUimed  dower  in  various 
tenements  against  Robert  son  of  Adam 
de  Preston  and  Alice  widow  of  Adam, 
against  Adam  son  of  Richard  de  Preston 
and  against  Paulin  de  Preston  ;  ibid.  m. 
49  d.  She  also  claimed  against  William 
son  of  Roger,  when  Robert  son  of  Roger 
de  Preston  warranted  William  and  by 
leave  rendeicd  dower  to  the  claimant  ; 
ibid.  m.  61.  William  son  of  Roger  de 
Preston  claimed  a  debt  from  William  son 
of  William;  ibid.  m.  102.  William  son 
of  Roger  son  of  Adam  de  Preston  demised 
land  to  Richard  the  Teinturer,  who 
refused  to  pay  the  balance  of  the  amount 
he  promised  and  was  ejected  ;  ibid.  m.  54. 
Robert  son  of  Roger  son  of  Adam  de 
Preston  was,  together  with  Alice  the 
widow  of  Roger,  defendant  as  to  a  claim 
by  William  the  Lister  ;  ibid.  m.  58. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


pedigree  in  1664,"*  another  acquired  lands  in 
Ireland,  and  Sir  Robert  Preston  was  in  1478  created 
Viscount  Gormanston,113  a  peerage  still  in  existence, 


though  the  title  was  not  recognized  from  the  Revolu- 
tion until  i8oo.lu  Among  other  more  ancient  families 
may  be  named  by  way  of  example  those  of  Banastre 


Hugh  son  of  Wimark  de  Preston  and 
Margery  his  wife  claimed  small  plots  of 
land  against  William  son  of  Roger  Fitz 
Award  de  Preston  and  Robert  son  of 
Adam  son  of  Ralph  the  Barker  of  Pres- 
ton ;  ibid.  m.  7.  Albred  another  son  of 
Adam  son  of  Ralph  was  defendant ;  ibid, 
m.  43.  Hugh  son  of  Hugh  de  Preston 
defended  his  title  against  William  son  of 
Pain  de  Preston  ;  ibid.  m.  44  d.  William 
son  of  Hugh  de  Preston  had  demised  a 
messuage  and  lands  to  Roger  son  of 
Adam  de  Preston  in  consideration  of 
maintenance,  but  on  this  failing  he 
claimed  damages  against  Alice  the  widow 
of  Roger  and  others,  and  was  allowed  721.  ; 
ibid.  m.  99. 

The  same  Alice  was  defendant  to  a 
claim  for  money  owing  put  forward  by 
Paulin  de  Preston,  and  Amota  widow  of 
Richard  son  of  Richard  son  of  Malbe  de 
Preston  ;  ibid.  m.  103.  Adam  and 
William  sons  of  Paulin  de  Preston  had  a 
dispute  about  a  charter  ;  ibid.  m.  37  d. 

Alice  daughter  of  William  son  of  Ralph 
de  Preston  claimed  a  tenement  against 
Alice  daughter  of  Alexander  de  Preston  ; 
ibid.  m.  24.  Another  Alice  daughter  of 
Ketel  de  Preston  and  wife  of  Simon  son 
of  Amabil  de  Ribbleton  claimed  land  ; 
ibid. 

Roger  son  of  Richard  le  Pestur  of 
Preston  (alias  Richard  de  Preston) 
claimed  parcels  of  land  against  Robert 
the  Tailor,  Richard  son  of  Uctred  de 
Preston  and  Avice  his  wife,  Richard  de 
Aldware  and  Robert  son  of  Roger  de 
Preston  ;  ibid.  m.  41.  In  another  claim 
the  same  plaintiff  showed  the  following 
pedigree  :  Award  de  Preston  -s.  Roger 
-s.  Richard  -s.  Roger  (plaintiff).  Award 
had  given  a  messuage  to  Henry  de  Pen- 
wortham  and  Christiana  his  wife  and 
they  had  died  without  issue  ;  ibid.  m. 
65  d. 

Adam  son  of  Agnes  de  Preston,  Amery 
his  wife,  Robert  son  of  Beatrice  and  Alice 
his  wife  claimed  a  strip  of  land  (looft. 
by  i  ft.)  against  William  son  of  Roger  de 
Preston  ;  ibid.  m.  52  d.  Ellen  widow  of 
Adam  son  of  Philip  de  Preston  claimed 
against  Roger  son  of  Adam  Russcl  of 
Preston  and  Maud  his  wife,  but  was 
non-suited;  ibid.  m.  54  d.  Maud  daughter 
of  Fulk  de  Preston  was  a  plaintiff ;  ibid, 
m.  9  id.  Cecily  daughter  of  Hugh 
Asellison  claimed  a  tenement  against 
Geoffrey  son  of  Roger  de  Preston  ;  ibid, 
m.  58. 

In  1301  Robert  son  of  Adam  son  of 
Philip  de  Preston  was  sued  for  dower  by 
Amery  widow  of  William  Aldeware  ;  De 
Banco  R.  136,  m.  46.  William  son  of 
Roger  Mirreson  had  a  dispute  in  1305 
with  Henry  son  of  Robert  Attownsend 
of  Preston  ;  Assize  R.  420,  m.  8. 

Pleadings  of  1308-14  show  us  Albric 
and  Avice  children  of  Adam  son  of  Ralph 
de  Preston  contending  with  Ralph  son 
of  Henry  son  of  Ralph  ;  Assize  R.  423, 
m.  5  d.  ;  424,  m.  5.  Adam  son  of  Robert 
de  Preston  gave  a  release  to  John  son 
of  Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Preston  re- 
specting six  messuages  and  various  lands  ; 
Alberic  the  brother  of  John  and  Nicholas 
son  of  William  de  Preston  are  named  ; 
ibid.  m.  2  d.  Robert  son  of  William  son 
of  Roger  de  Preston  and  William  son  of 
Nicholas  de  Preston  were  defendants  in 
other  pleas  ;  ibid.  m.  I  d.,  9.  Christiana 


widow  of  William  son  of  Roger  de  Preston 
and  Robert  son  of  Roger  son  of  Adam 
de  Preston  were  concerned  in  suits  of 
1324-5  ;  Assize  R.  426,  m.  9. 

Other  references  might  be  added,  but 
the  above  will  show  how  generally  the 
surname  was  used.  In  the  following 
cases  somewhat  fuller  details  than  usual 
were  alleged  :  In  1323-4  William  de 
Wigan  claimed  against  Albred  son  of 
Ralph  de  Preston  and  Henry  son  of 
Robert  Adcockson  certain  land  which 
had  been  given  by  Benedict  the  Clerk  to 
William  son  of  Adam  de  Preston  in  free 
marriage  with  Cecily  his  daughter,  and 
which  should  descend  to  plaintiff  as  son 
and  heir  of  William  son  and  heir  of 
Cecily;  De  Banco  R.  252,  m.  H4d. 
The  Prior  of  Burscough  claimed  against 
Robert  son  of  John  de  Preston  a  tene- 
ment granted  by  Nicholas  the  Prior 
(temp.  Henry  III)  to  Robert  son  of 
Adam  de  Preston  by  a  rent  of  iBd.  ; 
ibid.  340,  m.  430  d.  Richard  son  of 
Adam  son  of  Margery  de  Preston  claimed 
an  acre  against  Albred  son  of  Robert  son 
of  Adam  de  Preston  in  1 346 ;  ibid. 
345,  m.  I52d. 

In  1352  Alice  daughter  of  John  (who 
married  Margaret)  son  of  Albred  son  of 
Adam  son  of  Ralph  de  Preston  claimed 
two  messuages,  24  acres,  &c.,  against 
Adam  Skillington  and  Alice  his  wife  (in 
her  right),  Geoffrey  de  Hacconsall  and 
John  son  of  John  son  of  Albred  son  of 
Adam  son  of  Ralph  de  Preston  (who  was 
to  inherit  after  the  death  of  Alice 
Skillington)  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize 
R.  2,  m.  3  d.  (Pent.).  Margery  daughter 
and  heir  of  Adam  son  of  William  Mirre- 
son claimed  against  Thomas  son  of 
William  Mirreson  ;  ibid.  m.  i  d.  (July). 
John  son  of  Geoffrey  son  of  Robert  son 
of  Cecily  de  Preston  did  not  prosecute  a 
claim  put  forward  in  1355  against  Roger 
son  of  Adam  son  of  Margery  de  Preston  ; 
ibid.  4,  m.  5  d. 

John  Preston  of  Preston  had  a  pardon 
in  1391  ;  Cal.  Pat,  1388-92,  p.  369. 

George  Preston,  drover,  died  in  1602 
holding  of  the  corporation  in  free  burgage  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  103  (will  recited). 

111  Dugdale,  Vint.  (Chet.  Soc.),  237  ; 
there  is  a  somewhat  fuller  one  in  Fish- 
wick,  op.  cit.  222-3.  This  is  perhaps 
the  family  referred  to  by  Kuerden  about 
1690  in  his  notice  of  the  former  Moly- 
neux  Square  to  the  north-east  of  the 
market-place  :  '  Most  of  which  belongs 
to  that  worthy  person  and  purchaser  of 
the  Townend,  the  ancient  estate  formerly 
belonging  to  the  family  of  Prestons,  but 
now  in  possession  of  Mr.  Rigby,  Pater- 
noster Row  in  London'  ;  Hardwick, 
Preston,  210.  Townend  stood  near  the 
present  St.  Peter's  Church;  ibid.  zn. 
Henry  son  of  Robert  Attownend  has  been 
already  named  in  1305. 

Henry  Preston,  who  died  in  1549, 
married  Isabel  Argham,  widow,  and  had 
for  heir  a  son  apparently  posthumous. 
His  principal  house  was  held  of  the 
Hospitallers  by  a  rent  of  iod.,  but  he 
held  other  lands  of  the  heir  of  Nicholas 
Skillicorn  (by  i8</.  rent),  William  Stanley 
(14^.)  and  the  borough  of  the  vill  of 
Preston  (4-d.)  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
ix,  no.  19  ;  x,  no.  10.  Henry  the  son, 
whose  will  is  recited,  died  in  1599  told- 

99 


ing  his  father's  lands,  with  the  addition 
of  Arom's  house  and  lands  lately  acquired 
of  William  Arom,  deceased,  held  of  the 
mayor  and  burgesses.  William,  his  son 
and  heir,  was  seventeen  years  old  ;  ibid, 
xviii,  no.  45.  William  died  in  1640 
holding  the  same  estate  and  leaving  as 
heir  a  son  Henry,  aged  thirty-five  ;  ibid. 
xxix,  no.  8.  The  pedigree  states  that 
Henry  died  about  1654,  leaving  a  son 
William,  aged  eighteen  in  1664.  Henry 
was  a  Royalist,  and  his  estate  was 
sequestered  by  the  Parliament  ;  Cal.  Com. 
for  Camp,  iv,  2822.  The  arms  of  Preston 
of  Preston  have  the  chief  gules  in 
Dugdale's  visitation,  but  its  tincture  is 
sable  in  the  visitation  of  1613. 

113  An    earlier    barony   of    Preston    is 
said    to    have    been    conferred  upon    the 
family,  1360-90.      See   G.E.C.   Complete 
Peerage^  iv,   55.      The  arms  of  Preston 
Viscount  Gormanston  are  Or  on  a  chief 
sable  three  crescents  of  the  field. 

114  An  outline  of  the  family  deeds,  as 
extant  about   1480,   is   printed    in   Hist. 
MSS.  Com.  Rep.  iv,  574,  &c.     It  is  not 
possible  to  compile  a  clear  descent  there- 
from.    The  Preston  deeds  mostly  range 
from  about  1290  to  1350,  and  refer,  it 
appears,  to  two  families  chiefly,  one  de- 
rived   from    an    Award    de    Preston   -s. 
Roger  (the  Tailor)  -s.  Robert  (the  Tailor) 
-».   Henry  -bro.  Roger  ;  and  the  other 
from   an  Adam   de  Preston  -s.  William 
-s.  Robert.     Thus   Roger  son  of  Robert 
the   Tailor  of  Preston   made  a  grant  of 
land    to    William    de    Preston,     burgess 
of   Drogheda.       This    family    are    often 
erroneously  described   as  'lords  of  Pres- 
ton '  ;    they   were   merely   burgesses,   as 
appears  from  their  charters  and  the  Guild 
Rolls.       In     1397    Christopher    son    of 
Robert  de  Preston — perhaps  there  were 
two    of   the    name — was    admitted    as  a 
burgess,  and  Christopher  and  Robert  his 
son  in  1415  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  2,  5,  7. 

The  folio  wing  local  names  occur  in  the 
deeds  :  Fishwickgate,  Fishergate,  Aven- 
hamends,  Broadlache,  Broughton  Bridge 
(1312),  Gerelriding,  Ingolriding,  Quint- 
acre,  Pepperfield,  Newfield  under  Fulwood, 
Platfordale,  Moorplat,  the  Friars'  Garden, 
Swaghwell  Syke  near  the  Magdalene's 
Hospital. 

In  1458  Thomas  Nelson  acquired  lands 
in  Longton  and  Preston  from  Robert 
Preston  of  Drogheda,  and  four  years  later 
Matthew  Bolton  and  Margaret  his  wife 
purchased  all  or  part  from  Thomas  Nelson 
and  Agnes  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  121, 
131. 

Isabel  widow  of  James  Harrington  of 
Wolfage  in  1518  held  lands  of  the  heir 
of  William  de  Preston  in  burgage  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  2. 

Ewan  Browne  of  Ribbleton  in  1544 
held  two  burgages  in  Preston  of  Lord 
Gormanston  by  a  rent  of  izd.t  and  George 
Browne  likewise  in  1567;  but  James 
Browne  in  1586  held  of  the  mayor,  &c., 
in  socage  and  by  suit  of  court  ;  ibid,  vii, 
no.  24  ;  xi,  no.  4  ;  xiv,  no.  42. 

Thomas  Skinner  in  1577  purchased 
Christopher  Lord  Gormanston's  estate  in 
Preston  and  district ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  39,  m.  97.  Later  deeds  re- 
garding Skinner's  estate  were  enrolled 
in  the  Common  Pleas,  Trin.  1599,  rot. 
15  ;  Mich.  1599,  rot.  27  ;  Trin.  1600, 
rot.  9. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 

of  Peel  Hall,  &c.,m  Blundell,116  Burnhull,117  Erghum      or  Arrom,118   Fishwick,119  Hacconsall,1"    Marshall,1 


115  Thomas  son  of  Thomas  Banastre 
claimed    3    acres    in     Preston    in    1292 
against  Simon  the  Clerk  and  Margery  his 
wife,  and  it  was  found  that  one  Richard 
Banastre  had  disseised  Thomas  Banastre 
the  father  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  56.  Richard 
Banastre  then  was  defendant  in  another 
plea  ;  ibid.  m.  101.     Also  later,  in  1306; 
De  Banco  R.  158,  m.  115  d.     For  others 
of    the     family,     ibid.     152,     m.    215  d. 
Nicholas    and    Hugh    sons  of  Paulin  de 
Preston  claimed  land   by  inheritance  in 
1305  against  Richard  Banastre  of  Pres- 
ton,   Henry    de     Kirkstile    and    others  ; 
Assize    R.  420,  m.  8.      Henry   son   of 
Richard  Banastre  of  Preston  is  named  in 
1313;  Cal.Pat.  1313-17.  P-  53- 

Ellen  widow  of  William  de  Southworth 
in  1323—4  claimed  20  acres  against 
Henry  Banastre  of  Preston  ;  De  Banco  R. 
251,  m.  n/d.  Amery  widow  of  Roger 
at  Kirkstile  claimed  dower  against  Henry 
Banastre  of  Walton  and  others  in  1334  ; 
ibid.  300,  m.  109  d. 

The  Banastres  of  Bretherton  had  land, 
&c.,  in  Preston  ;  it  descended  like  Bal- 
derston,  but  the  tenure  is  nowhere  stated ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  16,  &c. 

In  1465  Richard  Banastre  of  Preston 
the  younger  received  from  the  mayor, 
&c.,  land  on  Sicling  Moor  between  the 
new  intake  of  John  Breton  and  Brome- 
field  Bank  (that  had  been  Henry  Banas- 
tre's)  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  12. 

William  Banastre  and  Grace  his  wife 
were  defendants  in  1494-5  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  79,  m.  gd.  Lawrence 
Banastre  of  Walton  died  in  1558  hold  ing 
a  capital  messuage  in  Preston  of  the  mayor 
and  burgesses  in  free  burgage  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  58.  Richard 
Banastre  appears  as  vendor  in  1548  and 
later  ;  he  and  his  wife  Isabel  in  1570  and 
1572  made  settlements  of  messuages  and 
lands  in  Preston  and  Walton  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  13,  m.  124  ;  27, 
m.  148  (water-mill);  32,  m.  73;  34, 
m.  161. 

Among  several  Banastres  at  the  guilds 
of  1562  and  1582  were  Richard  Banastre 
of  Peel  Hall,  with  sons  Thomas,  Law- 
rence and  George  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  20,  32. 
See  also  the  Maudlands  deeds  in  Piccope 
MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  330-4.  Peel  Hall 
seems  to  have  been  near  Deepdale  Road 
station. 

116  Collections    of    the    deeds    of   this 
family    are     in    Harl.    MS.    2112,     fol. 
96^/1376  ;   2042,  fol.  171.     They  show 
that  the  estates  in  Preston  and  neighbour- 
ing   townships    had  been  acquired  from 
various  sources. 

William  son  of  Adam  the  White  gave 
lands  to  Cockersand  Abbey  about  1240  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  2 1 6.  '  White ' 
may  be  Blundell.  Richard  Blundell  and 
Joan  his  wife  had  two  burgages  in  Pres- 
ton in  1367;  Harl.  MS.  2112,  fol. 
101^/142^.  Two  years  later  William  son 
of  Richard  Blundell  badlands  in  Cuerden  ; 
ibid.  100/1/141^.  William  del  Ashes  in 
1373  complained  that  Richard  Blundell 
had  been  depasturing  his  land  at  Preston; 
De  Banco  R.  451,  m.  163. 

William  Rose  of  Ingol  in  1377-8 
granted  Richard  Blundell  of  Preston  land 
in  Ingol  in  Ashton  formerly  belonging  to 
Robert  son  of  John  de  Blackburn,  and 
Richard  occurs  again  the  following  year  ; 
Harl.  MS.  21 12,  fol.  99^/140^,  101^/142^. 
In  1387-8  Richard  Blundell  and  John 
his  son  appear;  ibid.  fol.  98/139.  John 


married  Agnes  daughter  of  John  de 
Middleton  about  that  time  ;  Harl.  MS. 
2042,  fol.  171.  Agnes  was  a  widow  in 
1420;  Harl.  MS.  2112,  fol.  98/139. 
Richard  son  of  John  Blundell  made  a 
feofFment  in  1435-6;  ibid.  In  1454-5 
various  lands  in  Preston,  Broughton, 
Ingol,  Brockholes  and  Lancaster  were 
granted  by  the  feoffees  to  John  Blundell 
(son  of  Richard  son  of  John)  and  to 
Agnes  widow  of  John  Blundell  the  grand- 
father ;  ibid.  fol.  100^/141^.  In  the 
following  year  John  Blundell  and  Alice 
his  wife  made  a  settlement ;  ibid.  An 
assignment  of  dower  was  made  to  Alice 
widow  of  John  Blundell  in  1493-4;  ibid. 

The  succession  is  not  quite  clear.  John 
seems  to  have  been  succeeded  by  brothers 
William  and  Richard;  ibid.  In  1511 
Alice  wife  of  John  Blundell  was  bound 
to  stand  an  award  in  matters  disputed 
between  her  and  Richard  the  brother  of 
John  Blundell;  ibid.  fol.  98/139.  John 
Hogson  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  (daughter 
and  heir  of  Richard  Blundell)  in  1524 
gave  lands  in  Preston,  Broughton,  Haigh- 
ton,  &c.,  to  Agnes  Blundell  sister  of 
Elizabeth  ;  ibid.  fol.  101^/142*.  The 
heir  male  seems  to  have  been  Richard 
son  of  Robert  Blundell,  described  as 
cousin  and  heir  of  William  Blundell,  who 
in  1 5 34  gave  lands  in  Preston  to  Ellen 
Blundell,  widow  ;  ibid.  fol.  99/140.  This 
Richard  seems  to  have  had  a  son  John, 
living  in  1546  ;  ibid.  fol.  100/141.  Richard 
had  also  a  brother  Henry,  to  whom  he 
became  bound  in  1543;  ibid.  fol.  99^/140/1. 
Richard  and  Henry  his  brother  were  both 
burgesses  of  Preston  Guild  in  1542,  and 
the  latter  seems  to  have  been  ancestor  of 
the  later  Blundells ;  Fishwick,  Preston, 
356.  From  a  fine  of  1558  it  appears  that 
Joan  daughter  of  Richard  Blundell,  de- 
ceased, had  married  Henry  Nicholson  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  20,  m.  73. 
The  estate  was  in  Preston,  Broughton, 
Ingol,  Brockholes  and  Lancaster.  Henry 
Blundell  was  in  possession  in  1560  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  22,  m.  93. 

Robert  Blundell  of  Ince  died  in  1615 
holding  a  messuage  in  Preston  of  the 
king  in  socage  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  28. 

117  Sir   Thurstan   de  Holland,  perhaps 
about  1270,  granted  a  burgage  in  Preston 
to  Nicholas  de  Burnhull  ;  Dods.  MS.  liii, 
fol.  88  b,    Roger  son  of  Adam  and  Henry 
son  of  Mirre,  then   bailiffs,  attested,  and 
the  appended  seal  is  curious  as  showing 
three  bulls'  heads  with  a  chief  vair,  and 
the  legend  -|-  s  :  THVRSTANI  :  DE  :  HOLAND. 
Robert  de  Burnhull  and  Beatrice  his  wife 
purchased    a    messuage    in    1352;    Final 
Cone,  ii,  134. 

118  The  name  appears  at  the  end  of  the 
1 4th  century  among  the  mayors  and  clergy 
of  the  parish  church.    William  de  Ergham 
(Arkholme)  was  guild  mayor  in  1397,  and 
the  name,  degenerating  to  Arrom,  appears 
down  to  the  I7th  century.     It  has  been 
shown  above  that  Arom  House  was  sold  to 
the  Preston  family  ;  it  is  said  to  have  been 
acquired  later  by  the  Pattens,  who  on  the 
site  erected  their  great  mansion,  afterwards 
the  town  residence  of  the  Earls  of  Derby; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  75. 

William  Arram  and  Anne  his  wife  had 
a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Preston  in  1583  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  45,  m.  28. 

119  Gilbert  de  Fishwick  held  a  messuage 
and    ij  acres    claimed  by  Roger    son   of 
Baldwin   the   Kirkman  in   1292  ;  Assize 

IOO 


R.  408,  m.  39  d.  Maud  widow  of  Hugh 
de  Preston  in  1323-4  claimed  dower 
against  John  the  Marshal  and  Hugh  de 
Fishwick  ;  De  Banco  R.  248,  m.  I2od. 
Hugh  son  of  Richard  Mabbeson  of  Fish- 
wick was  defendant  in  1333  ;  ibid.  294, 
m.  1 86  d.  William  son  of  Roger  de  Fish- 
wick of  Preston  was  defendant  in  1346—7; 
ibid.  347,  m.  I58d. ;  352,  m.  338  d. 
There  was  a  dispute  in  1360  concerning 
seven  messuages,  &c.,  between  William 
son  of  William  son  of  Richard  de  Ribbleton 
and  others  plaintiffs,  and  John  de  Fishwick 
and  Christiana  his  wife  defendants  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Assize  R.  8,  m.  ii. 

In  1420  Thomas  son  of  Nicholas  Fish- 
wick acquired  a  messuage  from  John 
Tyrell ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  78. 

120  Geoffrey  de  Hacconsall  and  Margery 
his  wife  were  among  the  defendants  to  a 
claim  for  dower  brought  in  1339  by  Mar- 
gery widow  of  Henry  son  of  Robert  de 
Preston;    De  Banco  R.    279,   m.    ig2d. 
Geoffrey  in  1340  obtained  land  in  Wood- 
holme   from  Albred  son  of  Adam  son  of 
Ralph  de  Preston  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize 
R.  2,  m.  iii  d.    William  the  son  and  Mar- 
gery the  widow  of  Geoffrey  were  defen- 
dants   in  1356,  when  Simon  de   Preston 
claimed    certain    land;     ibid.    5,  m.   26. 
This    Simon  was    son  of  John    son    of 
Robert    son    of  Adam    de    Preston,    and 
brother    and    heir    of    Robert    son    and 
heir  of  John  ;  Assize  R.  435,  m.  9.     A 
claim  made  by  Thomas  son  of  Nicholas 
Deuias  son  of  Agnes  daughter  of  William 
the  Smith  shows  that  this  William  and 
Alice  his  wife  had  made  a  grant  to  William 
son  of  Geoffrey  de  Hacconsall.      Nicholas 
Deuias  had  died  at  Calais,  leaving  Thomas 
his  son  under  age  in  1353  ;  ibid.  m.  22. 
William   the  Smith  was  living  in  1338  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  396. 

John  the  grandson  of  Geoffrey  was  out- 
lawed and  hanged  for  felony  at  Berwick, 
and  in  1406  his  heir  was  found  to  be  his 
brother  Roger.  A  pedigree  is  given,  but 
the  tenure  of  the  burgages,  &c.,  is  not 
recorded  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
81—3.  In  1411  a  charter  was  enrolled  by 
which  Robert  Hacconsall  gave  William 
Dutton  a  house  in  Fishergate  and  a  rood 
of  land  annexed  to  the  same  and  3  acres 
in  the  moor  near  the  highway  to  Ribble- 
ton ;  Dep.  Keeper  s  Rep.  xxxiii,  App.  10. 

121  Richard    the    Marshal    of    Preston 
complained  in  1292  that  William  son  of 
Paulin  de  Preston  had  detained  his  wife 
Milla   in  prison  for  a  week  ;  Assize  R. 
408,  m.  20.    William  the  Marshal  was  a 
defendant  in   1302;   De  Banco  R.    144, 
m.   319.     Alan    the  Marshal    occurs    in 
1329;   ibid.   279,  m.   I92d.     John    the 
Marshal    in    1330    received   a   messuage 
from  William  son  of  Adam  de  Tyrel  of 
Preston  ;    Kuerden    MSS.    ii,    fol.    224. 
Alexander  the  Marshal  in  1347  obtained 
a    messuage,   &c.,   from   William    son  of 
John    de    Ashton    and    Alice    his    wife  ; 
Final   Cone,    ii,    124.      In    1352    Cecily 
widow  of  Alexander  son  of  William  the 
Marshal    acquired    the    fourth    part    of 
certain  messuages  owned  by  Roger  Starkie 
and  Maud  his  wife  ;  ibid.  134. 

John  the  Marshal  and  Alice  his  wife  in 
1376  obtained  2  acres  from  John  Hunt 
and  Agnes  his  wife;  ibid.  191.  It  is 
possible  that  Alice  was  the  widow  of  , 
Roger  de  Birewath,  about  whose  lands 
inquiry  was  made  in  1394-5,  when  it 
was  found  that  Roger  had  died  without 
heir  and  that  his  widow  had  married  John 


AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED  PRESTON 

Leyland."8  Molyneux  of  Cuerdale,183  Pelle,1"  Wall,1'6      descending  by  an  heiress  to  French,  Werden,w  and 


PRESTON  of  Preston. 
Or  on  a  chief  gules  three 
crescents  of  the  field. 


B  RE  RES.  Ermine  on 
a  canton  azure  a  falcon 
•volant  or. 


KUERDEN.  Per  bend 
sinister  or  and  azure  a 
griffin  iegreant  counter- 
changed. 


WINCKLEY.  Per  pale 
argent  and  gules  an  eagle 
displayed  counter  changed. 


Walton,  with  lands  also  in  Fishwick  and  Ashton,"6      Wich "8  ;  of  these  the  Walls  recorded  pedigrees  in 


le  Marshal  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
i,  56  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  527. 
Roger  was  living  in  1372  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
ii,  fol.  224. 

James  Marshall  was  a  burgess  in 
1459  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  n.  In  1483  he 
held  lands  in  Preston  in  conjunction  with 
Grace  his  wife  ;  the  tenure  is  not  stated  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  119-20. 

From  a  fine  of  1526  it  appears  that 
George  Henryson  married  Grace  daughter 
of  Lawrence  Marshall  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  ii,  m.  168. 

122  Roger    de    Leyland    and   Maud  his 
wife    in    1307   claimed    an    acre    against 
Richard  son  of  Adam  Russel  ;  De  Banco 
R.  162,  m.  198.     John  son  of  Thomas 
de  Leyland  was  plaintiff  in  1344  against 
John  de  Leyland  of  Preston  and  others  ; 
Assize     R.    1435,    m.   43d,      Margaret 
widow  of  John  de  Leyland  and  Cecily  his 
daughter    and    heir,    who    had    married 
Henry  son  of  John  de  Coppull,  appear  in 
1358  ;  Assize  R.  438,  m.  1 3d.    Another 
John   Leyland  and   Cecily  his  wife  occur 
in  1387  and  1422  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  30,  Si. 

123  Ibid,    ii,    135,    148.      This    estate 
seems  to  have  been   afterwards   held  by 
Lord   Mounteagle  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  v,  no.  64.     In   1560,  however,  his 
Preston  lands  were  held   as  part  of  the 
lordship  of  Hornby  ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  I. 

124  William  Pelle  son  of  Adam  in  1303 
claimed  a  messuage  and  I'J  acres  against 
Ismania  Pelle,  who  had  entry  by  Richard 
Pelle,  to  whom  Adam  had  demised  when 
(so   it  was   alleged)   he  was   of  unsound 
mind  ;  De  Banco  R.  148,  m.  43  ;  Assize 
R.  420,  m.  5. 

125  A  Thomas  Wall  occurs  in  the  guild 
of    1415  ;    Preston     Guild   R.    7.       The 
family  did  not  attain  any  prominence  till 
the  first  half  of  the   i6th  century,  when 
two   brothers  Lawrence  and  Evan  Wall 
acquired  estates  ;  Add.   MS.   32109,  fol. 
119.     Fines  of  1556   and  later  refer  to 
their  possessions  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.   17,  m.  126  ;  25,  m.  183,  &c.     At 
the    guild    of    1562  Thomas  Wall   was 
mayor,  Evan  his  brother  was  a  seneschal 
and   Lawrence  clerk  of  the  guild,  while 
Anthony    son    of    William     (apparently 
deceased)   and    heir    of  Evan    Wall   was 
enrolled  ;    Preston   Guild   R .   20.     See   a 
subsequent  note. 

126  In  1 3 1 9-20  Roger  son  of  Henry  son 
of  Waste  de  Cuerdale  granted  half  a  bur- 
gage  to  John  son  of  Geoffrey  de  Walton  ; 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1096.     William 
de   Walton    and   Alice   his  wife  made  a 
settlement  in  1386  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  27. 

John  de  Walton,  a  mercer,  was  living 
in  the  time  of  Richard  II,  and  acquired 


messuages,  &c.,  in  Preston  and  Ashton  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  226.  He  made  a 
feoffment  of  his  lands  in  the  townships 
just  named  and  in  Fishwick  in  1407  ; 
Harl.  MS.  2042,  fol.  167^.  He  occurs 
again  in  the  time  of  Henry  V  and  his 
widow  Agnes  in  1419  ;  Kuerden  MS.  ii, 
fol.  224.  Henry  Walton  of  Marsden  in 
1437-8  released  his  right  in  the  family 
estates  to  Richard  son  of  John  Walton  of 
Preston  ;  ibid.  A  little  later,  in  1444-5, 
the  feoffees  gave  lands  to  John  Breton  and 
Agnes  his  wife — apparently  the  widow 
above  -  named  —  with  remainders  to 
Richard  Walton  of  Preston,  &c.  ;  ibid, 
fol.  226. 

Various  members  of  the  family  or 
families  occur  in  the  pleadings  about  this 
time;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  8,  m.  13, 
31^5  9,  m.  io£,  16,  19^.  A  William 
Walton,  spicer,  and  Joan  his  wife  were 
living  in  1465  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  120, 
no.  41. 

John  Highfield  (temp.  Edw.  IV)  made 
claims  against  John  the  son  and  Isabel 
the  widow  of  Richard  Preston  and  against 
John  the  son  and  Joan  the  widow  of 
William  Walton  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
23,  m.  6. 

James  son  of  Richard  Walton  was  a 
burgess  in  1459  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  II. 
In  1485-6  the  feoffees  gave  to  James  son 
of  Richard  Walton  certain  burgages,  &c. ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  227. 

James  the  son  of  Richard  occurs  from 
1462  onwards,  but  was  dead  in  1499, 
when  his  widow  Ellen  and  son  James 
are  named  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Anct.  D. 
(P.R.O.),  L  1059  (the  collection  contains 
other  Walton  family  deeds). 

From  pleadings  of  1528-32  the  latter 
James  appears  to  have  had  two  sons 
Richard  and  Thomas,  the  latter  settling 
at  Bermondsey,  while  Richard  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son  James,  called  'the 
younger,'  and  his  lands  were  in  part  the 
rectory  lands,  held  on  lease  from  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  the  New  College  of 
Leicester  by  a  rent  of  13*.  4^.  ;  Duchy 
Plead.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii, 
5-8. 

The  elder  and  the  younger  James 
Walton  were  aldermen  of  the  guild  of 
1542;  Preston  Guild  R.  15.  In  1544 
James  Walton  the  elder  purchased  two 
messuages  or  burgages,  &c.,  from  John 
Stodagh  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
12,  m.  132. 

In  1558  Richard  son  and  heir  of  James 
Walton — '  the  younger '  according  to  the 
Guild  Roll — gave  lands  in  Preston  and 
Fishwick  to  George  Walton  his  brother  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  227.  Grace  widow 

101 


of  James  Walton  and  Richard  their  son 
and  heir  appear  in  1564  ;  ibid. 

Richard  Walton  died  in  1569  holding 
certain  burgages  and  a  horse-mill  of  the 
queen  in  socage  as  of  her  manor  of  East 
Greenwich  ;  other  burgages  and  lands,  &c., 
in  Preston,  Fishwick  and  Ashton  of  the 
queen  by  a  rent  of  7*.  James,  the  son 
and  heir,  was  only  four  months  old  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  26. 
James  Walton  died  in  1598  holding  the 
same  estate,  and  leaving  a  son  Richard 
ten  years  old  ;  ibid,  xvii,  no.  66.  Richard 
Walton  was  an  alderman  of  the  guild  of 
1622,  and  his  sons  James  and  William 
were  then  enrolled  ;  Preston  Guild  R. 
65-6. 

James  Walton  died  in  1635  holding 
the  estate  described  ;  his  son  and  heir 
Richard  was  only  two  years  old  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  34.  Richard 
died  the  same  year,  leaving  an  infant 
sister  Anne  as  heir  ;  ibid,  xxviii,  no.  63. 
Anne  afterwards  married  Edward  French. 

Besides  this  main  line  there  were  other 
branches  of  the  family  well  known  in 
Preston. 

127  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  274-6. 

James  Werden,  mercer,  died  in  1607 
holding  burgages,  &c.,  in  Fishergate,  Hep- 
greave,  Cawsey  Meadow  and  Great 
Avenham  of  the  king  in  free  burgage  by 
id.  rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  97.  He  left  a  son 
and  heir  Edmund,  aged  twelve.  His  will 
is  recited  in  the  inquisition. 

128  In  1325-6  William  son  of  Paulin 
de  Preston  claimed  land  against  John  son 
of  Roger  del  Wich  and  against  John  son 
of  Adam  del  Wich  ;  De  Banco  R.  260, 
m.    50.     John    (perhaps    the   second   of 
these)  in  1328  purchased  a  messuage  in 
Preston  from  Adam  Agnesson  and  Amery 
his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  70.     Adam  son 
of  Adam  del  Wich  appears  in  1335  and 
1348;  Towneley  MS.   OO,  no.   1117; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  P  7.     A  Roger  son  of 
John  de  Wich  was  in  1339  pardoned  for 
the  death  of  William  son  of  Nicholas  de 
Preston.     He  had  broken  out  of  prison  at 
Lancaster   and    had  abjured  the  realm  ; 
Cal.    Pat.    1338—40,   p.    337.     John  del 
Wich  was  a  bailiff  of  Preston  in   1347, 
and  Roger  del  Wich  was  mayor  in  1366  ; 
OO,  no.  1105,  1116. 

Alice  widow  of  John  del  Wich  re- 
covered a  messuage,  mill,  &c.,  in  July 
1351  against  Roger  son  of  Roger  de 
Birewath  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  i, 
m.  4.  At  the  same  time  Roger  del  Wich 
and  Ellen  daughter  of  Adam  del  Wich 
were  defendants  in  a  Mirreson  suit  ;  ibid. 
The  messuage  of  Roger  del  Wich  escheated 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


1 5  67""  and  1664,"°  and  Banastre131  and  Blun- 
dell 131  in  the  latter  year.  In  1613  pedigrees  were 
recorded  by  two  families  named  Breres,133  one  of 
them  holding  the  old  Friary.1*4  In  1664—5,  in 
addition  to  those  named,  the  families  of  Ashton,1" 
Chorley,136  French,137  Hesketh,138  Hodgkinson,139 
Johnson,140  Kuerden,141  Law,1"  Legh,143  Lemon,144 
Mort,145  Pigot,146  Shaw  ur  and  Winckley  148  recorded 


their  pedigrees  as  '  of  Preston.'  Other  well-known 
names  appear  in  the  iyth  century — as  Addison,14* 
Patten,150  ancestors  of  the  Earls  of  Derby,1503  Pedder,1" 
Sudell 15>  and  Walmesley.143  Many  of  these  were 
lawyers.  In  later  times  others  become  prominent, 
as  manufacturers  brought  wealth  to  the  town  and 
increased  its  population.164 

Under  the  Commonwealth  the  estates  of  several  of 


to  the  duke  for  felony,  and  in  1359  was 
regranted  to  Roger  and  his  heirs  at  a  rent 
of  2J.  ;  Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  340. 
129  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  49. 
Anthony  Wall,  the  grandson  and  heir  of 
Evan  (already  named),  terminates  the 
descent.  He  acquired  Chingle  Hall  in 
Whittingham  by  his  mother,  Ann  Single- 
ton. He  died  in  1601  holding  nine 
messuages,  a  windmill  and  lands  in 
Preston  (tenure  not  stated),  and  lands  in 
Whittingham  and  Haighton  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xviii,  no.  6.  William 
his  son  and  heir,  then  aged  eight,  died  at 
Whittingham  in  1626,  leaving  a  son 
William,  eight  years  of  age  ;  ibid,  xxvi, 
no.  50. 

180  Dugdale,   Vhit.  (Chet.   Soc.),  323. 
Their    arms    are    Argent    a    bend    gules 
between  three  boars'  heads  couped  sable 
armed   argent.      For    the    later  descents 
see  Fishwick,  Preston,  241. 

In  1664  the  Walls  of  Moor  Hall  also 
recorded  a  pedigree  ;  Dugdale,  op.  cit.  324. 
They  were  descended  from  the  above- 
mentioned  Lawrence,  brother  of  Evan 
Wall.  Further  descents  may  be  seen  in 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  243-4. 

181  Dugdale,    Visit.    25.      Their  arms 
were  entered  as  Argent  a  pair  of  water- 
bougets  sable,  on  a  chief  of  the  field  three 
fleurs  de  lis  of  the  second.     One  of  the 
later  members  of  the  family  is  supposed 
to   be  the  '  brave  Banastre,'     innkeeper, 
who    entertained    '  Drunken  Barnaby  '  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  350. 

132  Dugdale,  op.  cit.  40.  Blundell  of 
Preston  differenced  the  arms  of  Blundell 
of  Ince  by  changing  their  canton  into 
argent  with  a  squirrel  sejant  gules. 

188  Vhit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  93,  95.  See 
also  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  323—7. 

184  Oliver  Breres  purchased  a  messuage 
and  land  in  Preston  in  1544  from 
Humphrey  Newton  and  Etheldreda  his 
wife,  and  made  a  further  purchase  in 
1564  in  conjunction  with  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  from  Richard  Greenacres  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  12,  m.  135  ;  26, 
m.  58.  Oliver  Breres  and  John  his  son 
and  heir  were  at  the  guild  of  1562  ; 
Preston  Guild  R.  20. 

Oliver  died  in  1572,  leaving  as  heir  his 
above-named  son  John,  then  twenty-seven 
years  of  age,  and  husband  of  Elizabeth 
daughter  of  William  Lister.  The  site  of 
the  Grey  Friars,  the  church,  belfry,  ceme- 
tery, &c.,  was  held  of  the  queen  by 
knight's  service  ;  a  kiln  house,  horse- 
mill,  windmill,  &c.,  were  held  of  the 
mayor  and  burgesses  by  free  burgage  ; 
there  were  also  lands  in  Bowland  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  13.  Oliver's 
widow  Cecily  was  living  in  1592  ;  Ex- 
chequer Dep.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  7. 

In  1608-9  Oliver  Breres  of  Hamerton, 
Mary  his  wife,  Thomas  his  brother  and 
Bridget  his  wife  conveyed  to  Roger  Langton 
of  Preston  a  burgage  in  the  market-place 
with  ij  acres  appurtenant,  the  house  of 
the  Friars  Minors  or  Grey  Friars  and 
lands  therewith,  with  right  of  turbary  in 
Penwortham  Moss,  and  a  windmill  in 


Preston ;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.), 
xiv,  73.  From  other  deeds  (p.  74)  it 
appears  that  the  burgage  referred  to  was 
the  Castle  Inn.  For  the  Langton  family 
see  the  account  of  Broughton. 

185  Dugdale,    Visit.    12  ;    they  were   a 
branch  of  the  Ashtons  of  Croston,  whose 
arms,  Argent  a  cheveron  between  three 
chaplets  gules,  they  differenced    with   a 
crescent. 

186  Ibid.  82  ;  see  also  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
329.     They  bore  the  arms  of  Chorley  of 
Chorley. 

187  Dugdale,  Visit.    112.     The    family 
was    descended    from    Matthew    French, 
rector  of  North  Meols,  whose  son  Edward, 
as  already  stated,  married  Anne  daughter 
and  heir  of  James  Walton   of  Preston. 
No  arms  were  exemplified. 

138  Dugdale,  Visit.  137;  a  branch  of 
the  family  of  Whitehill  in  Goosnargh. 
They  differenced  the  arms  of  Hesketh  of 
Rufford  with  a  canton  argent. 

189  Ibid.  142.  They  bore  arms  Or  a 
cross  quarter-pierced  and  five  cinque- 
foils  vert.  An  account  of  the  family, 
with  pedigree  and  abstracts  of  deeds,  ap- 
peared in  the  Pal.  Note  Bk.  iv,  163,  188, 
221.  Among  other  local  names  appear 
the  Rushy  heys,  the  Knoll  heys  (between 
a  •venella  called  Ribbleton  Lane  on  the 
south  and  a  road  called  Daykergate  on  the 
west),  Rawmoors  and  Farthing  Hill. 

Luke  Hodgkinson,  who  had  adhered 
'to  the  forces  raised  against  the  Parlia- 
ment in  the  first  war,'  compounded  for 
his  'delinquency*  in  1649.  He  had  a 
horse-mill  and  some  land  in  Preston  ; 
Royalist  Comp.  P.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  iii,  231. 

Two  of  the  name,  Luke  and  Henry 
Hodgkinson,  were  attainted  for  taking 
part  in  the  rebellion  of  1 7 1 5  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  66  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  169.  For  a 
Lancashire  Jesuit  named  Charles  Hodg- 
kinson, 1700-70,  see  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J. 
vii,  363. 

140  Dugdale,    Visit.    164  5    they   came 
from    Welch    Whittle    and    bore    arms 
Argent  a  lion  passant  gules,  on  a  chief  or 
three  acorns  vert. 

141  Ibid.     167 ;    see    the    account    of 
Cuerden. 

142  Ibid.  178.    Their  arms  were  Argent 
an  eagle  double-headed  displayed  vert. 

143  A  branch  of  the  family  of  Legh  of 
Lyme,  whose   arms,    Gules   a  cross    en- 
grailed   argent,   they   differenced    with  a 
canton  or  ;  ibid.  182. 

144  Ibid.  184  ;  a  Walton-le-Dale  family. 
A   continuation  of  the   pedigree  may  be 
seen  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  234.     There  is 
also  printed  the  inventory  of  the  goods  of 
Edmund  Lemon,  1609,  showing  the  shop 
fixtures  and  household  stuff  of  a  prosperous 
townsman  ;  ibid.   226-30.     By  William 
Lemon's  will  the  estates  went  in  1724  to 
his  kinsman  John  Winckley;  ibid.  232. 
No  arms  were  exemplified  in  1664. 

145  Dugdale,     Visit.     212,    where     no 
arms    are    given.      Adam    Mort,  mayor, 
killed    when    Preston    was    captured    by 
the  Parliamentarians  in   164.3,  ^as  ^een 
mentioned.     The    family  occurs   also  in 

102 


Leigh  and  Hulton.  What  became  of  the 
Preston  branch  is  not  clear  ;  Fithwick, 
op.  cit.  323. 

From  the  Royalist  Comp.  P.  (iv,  196-8) 
it  appears  that  Adam  Mort  of  Preston  was 
the  third  son  of  Adam  Mort  of  Tyldesley 
and  in  1622  married  Elizabeth  daughter 
of  Seth  Bushell  of  Preston.  The  younger 
Adam  had  two  children  (Seth  and  Janet), 
who  petitioned  the  Sequestration  Com- 
missioners in  1651,  Seth's  estate  having 
been  'secured  for  acts  of  delinquency 
supposed  to  have  been  done  by  him.' 

146  Dugdale,  Visit.  233.    Their  arms  are 
Ermine  three  lozenges  conjoined  in  fesse 
sable,  quartering  Kay  and  Parkinson. 

147  Ibid.  259  ;  they  traced  their  ancestry 
to  '  William  Shaw  of  Shaw  Hall  in  Ley- 
land,'  and  bore  arms  Argent  a  cheveron 
ermine  and  a  canton  gules.     The  pedi- 
gree is  continued  to  the  present  date  by 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  341.     A  junior  branch 
acquired  the  manor  of  Fishwick  (q.v.). 

148  Dugdale,  Visit.  334.     See  further  in 
the  account  of  Brockholes. 

149  Thomas  Addison,  haberdasher,  and 
his  three  sons  were  burgesses  in   1582  ; 
Preston  Guild  R.  44.     Thomas  Batty  Addi- 
son was  recorder  of  the  borough  till  his 
death  in  1874. 

loo  William  Patten  and  his  two  sons  were 
members  of  the  guild  in  1642  ;  ibid.  101. 

I50a  The  inheritance  passed  by  an  heiress 
to  the  Stanleys  of  Bickerstaffe  and  so  to 
the  Earls  of  Derby  ;  see  the  account  of 
Thornley  in  Chipping. 

151  Richard  and  Thomas,  sons  of  Thomas 
Pcdder,  deceased,  were  burgesses  in  1682; 
ibid.  173.  The  Pedders  were  bankers  and 
acquired  great  wealth  and  many  estates  in 
the  neighbourhood,  remaining  till  the  bank 
stopped  payment  in  1861. 

Abram  (Blackburn,  728)  gives  the  descent 
thus:  Thomas  Pedder,  d.  1680  -s.  Richard, 
d.  1726  -s.  Richard,  d.  1762  -s.  Edward, 
d.  1818  -s.  Edward  of  Walton-le-Dale, 
d.  1835.  The  last-named  had  brothers 
Thomas  and  James.  James  Pedder  of 
Ashton  Lodge  died  in  1846. 

Colonel  Charles  Denison  Pedder  served 
in  the  Crimean  War  ;  Hewitson,  Preston, 
376.  152  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  350—3. 

159  The  Walmesleys  seem  to  have  in- 
herited the  estate  of  the  Walls  of  Moor 
Hall  above-mentioned.  A  fine  was  made 
in  1739-40  concerning  thirty-four  mes- 
suages, lands,  &c.,  in  Preston,  Fulwood, 
Haighton  and  other  places,  the  deforciants 
being  Lawrence  Wall  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  Nicholas  Walmesley,  Elizabeth  his 
wife  and  Margaret  Wall ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  322,  m.  1 1 8.  Four  years 
later  the  same  estate  appears  to  have  been 
divided  between  Nicholas  Walmesley  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  on  one  side  and  John 
Hardman  and  Margaret  his  wife  on  the 
other;  ibid.  bdle.  330,  m.  63.  From  the 
pedigree  in  Fishwick  (op.  cit.  244)  it 
would  seem  that  Elizabeth  and  Margaret 
were  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  James  Wall, 
elder  brother  of  the  Lawrence  named. 

154  John  Cross  made  a  purchase  of 
lands  in  1773  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  400,  m.  150. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


the  townsmen  were  sequestrated  for  political  or 
religious  reasons,155  and  in  1717  two  *  Papists ' 
registered  estates  in  the  township.156 

The  parish  church  has  been  described  above. 
The  population  remaining  comparatively  stationary 
no  other  church  was  needed  in  the  town  till  1724, 
when  St.  George's  I57  was  built  as  a  chapel  of  ease  at 
what  was  then  the  western  edge  of  the  town.  A 
parish  was  attached  to  it  in  i844.158  The  building 
was  encased  in  stone  in  1845,  and  almost  entirely 
rebuilt  in  1885.  After  the  lapse  of  nearly  a  century 
a  great  effort  was  made  to  provide  additional  accom- 
modation, and  the  following  churches  have  been 
built  -.—Holy  Trinity  1 8 14-1 5,159  St.  Peter's  i822,160 
St.  Paul's  1 82 3-5, 161  Christ  Church  i836-7,16i  St. 
James's,  built  by  a  newly-formed  denomination, 
acquired  in  1838,  rebuilt  1870-8 1,163  St.  Mary's 
I836-8,164  St.  Thomas's  1837-9,™  All  Saints' 
1 846-8. 166  Somewhat  later  are  : — St.  Luke's167  and 
St.  Saviour's  i859,168  St.  Mark's  i863,169  Emmanuel 
i87o,170  St.  Stephen's,  first  opened  as  a  chapel  of  ease 
to  Christ  Church  in  1869,  the  present  church  being 
erected  in  i888,171  St.  Matthew's  i88o~3,171  and  St. 
Jude's  i893.173  There  are  mission  rooms  connected 
with  several  of  the  churches.  St.  Philip's  Protestant 
Church  was  opened  in  l894~6.174 


Wesleyan  Methodism  obtained  a  standing  in  the 
town  about  I78i,175  when  it  is  stated  that  a  room  in 
St.  John's  Street  was  used176;  in  1787  a  small 
chapel  in  Back  Lane  was  erected.177  The  church  in 
Lune  Street  succeeded  it  about  i8i7,178  and  was 
practically  rebuilt  in  1862;  Wesley  Church,  North 
Road,  originated  in  l839,179  that  at  Moor  Park  in 
iS6z,m  Marsh  Lane  in  i873,181  and  two  others.18* 
The  Primitive  Methodists  appeared  in  i8io,183  their 
first  meeting-place  being  in  a  yard  off  Friargate  ; 
then  they  built  a  chapel  in  Lawson  Street,  which 
was  in  1836—7  abandoned  for  that  in  Saul  Street. 
A  mission  in  Deepdale,  begun  about  1876,  resulted 
in  the  present  church  there.  The  United  Methodist 
Free  Church184  has  Orchard  Chapel,  built  in  1831 
and  rebuilt  1862,  and  Moor  Lane,  1873,  which  has 
absorbed  the  congregation  of  Parker  Street  Chapel, 
built  in  1852. 

The  Congregationalists  date  from  about  ijjz,1** 
when,  probably  on  account  of  the  Unitarianism  of 
the  old  Nonconformist  chapel,  a  place  of  worship  for 
the  more  Evangelical  members  was  opened  in  Back 
Lane.  Lady  Huntingdon  helped  the  cause,  which 
struggled  on  until  in  1790  an  Independent  chapel 
was  built  in  Chapel  Street186;  it  was  in  1826 
removed  to  Cannon  Street.  This  church  was 


Notices  of  the  families  of  Prichard  and 
Grimshaw  are  given  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 

335,.353- 

160  Some  cases  have  been  already  named. 
The  lands  of  Thomas  Shepherd  of  Preston 
were  declared  forfeit  in  1652  and  sold  ; 
Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  44  ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3134.  In  1649 
Thomas  Vavasour  compounded  for  his 
'delinquency  '  in  taking  arms  against  the 
Parliament  '  in  both  wars '  ;  ibid,  iii, 
2012.  This  surname  does  not  occur  in 
the  Guild  Rolls.  Two-thirds  of  the  estate 
of  Grace  Wilkinson,  deceased,  had  been 
sequestered  for  her  recusancy,  and  a  dis- 
charge was  granted  in  1655  ;  ibid.  T, 
3220.  She  was  perhaps  the  Grace 
Wilkinson  named  in  connexion  with  land 
in  Whittingham  in  1598  ;  Ducatus  Lane. 
(Rec.  Com.),  iii,  397. 

158  Richard  Jackson  and  Anne  Hodg- 
kinson  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath. 
Non-jurors,  97,  155. 

157  Hewitson,    Preston,    471-5,    where 
the    monuments   are  described.     One  of 
the    incumbents,    Robert    Harris,    B.D., 
formerly  Fellow  of  Sidney   Sussex  Coll., 
Camb.,    held   it  for    the  long    period    of 
sixty-four    years,    from    1797    to    1862. 
The  vicar  of  Preston  is  patron. 

Descriptions  of  this  and  other  modern 
churches  with  lists  of  incumbents  will  be 
found  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  153,  &c. 

158  Land.  Gaz.  20  Feb. 

159  The    site  was    formerly  known   as 
Patten    Field.     The    money    for    it    was 
raised    by  subscriptions   and   the   sale  of 
pews.      It    had    at    one    time    the    most 
influential    congregation    in    the    town  ; 
Hewitson,  op.  cit.  475-6. 

A  parish  was  assigned  to  it  in  1844  ; 
Land.  Gaz.  20  Feb.  The  vicar  of  Preston 
presents. 

160  The  original  cost  was  defrayed  from 
'  the  million  grant.'    The  spire  was  added 
in  1852.     A  tombstone  in  the  graveyard 
commemorates  Richard  Turner  (1846)  as 
'  author  of  the  word  Teetotal,  as  applied 
to  abstinence  from  intoxicating  liquors  '  ; 
Hewitson,  op.  cit.  478.     The  parish  was 
formed   in    1 844  ;    Land.    Gaas.   20    Feb. 
The  vicar  of  Preston  is  patron. 


161  This  church  also  was  built  from  the 
parliamentary  grant ;  Hewitson,  op.  cit. 
478.     The  parish  was  formed  in   1844; 
Land.  Gam.  20  Feb.    The  vicar  of  Preston 
is  patron. 

162  Hewitson,  op.  cit. 481.    Themission 
room  in  Savoy  Street  originally  belonged 
to  the  Methodists,  but  was  sold  by  them 
in  1880  ;  ibid.     The  patronage  is  vested 
in  trustees. 

168  The  builders  styled  themselves  the 
1  Primitive  Episcopal  Church ' ;  they  were 
unable  to  pay  for  it.  It  was  first  a 
chapel  of  ease  to  the  parish  church,  but 
consecrated  in  1841  for  an  independent 
parish;  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  485-92.  The 
vicar  of  Preston  presents.  The  district 
was  created  in  1844  ;  Land.  Gaz.  20  Feb. 

164  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  485.    The  patron- 
age is  vested  in  trustees. 

165  The  cost  was  defrayed  by  the  Hynd- 
man  fund,  and  Miss   Hyndman's  trustees 
are  patrons  ;  ibid.  484. 

168  The  origin  of  the  church  is  interest- 
ing. A  number  of  poor  working  men 
began  subscribing  for  a  new  church  for  a 
clergyman  who,  as  curate,  had  endeared 
himself  to  them  ;  it  was  therefore  called 
the  'poor  man's  church';  ibid.  492. 
The  patronage  is  vested  in  trustees. 

167  Ibid.  493.     The  parish  was  formed 
in   1860;  Land.  Gass.   3  Aug.     Simeon's 
Trustees  are  patrons. 

168  Hewitson,    op.    cit.    495-7.       The 
church  occupies  the  site  of  the  old  Baptist 
chapel,  1783.     After  being  purchased  in 
1859  it  was  used  for  service  till  1866  and 
then  pulled  down  for  the  erection  of  the 
present    church,  opened    in    1868.     The 
parish  was  formed  in  1869  ;  Land.  Gaz. 
1 6  Apr.    The  vicar  of  St.  James's  presents. 

169  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  495.    The  parish 
was  formed   in  1866  ;  Land.  Gas;.  2  Jan. 
The  patronage  is  exercised  alternately  by 
the  vicar  of  Preston  and  the  trustees  of 
Christ  Church. 

170  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  497.    The  parish 
was  formed  in  1871  ;  Land.  Gaz.  4  July. 
The  vicar  of  Preston  presents  alternately 
with  the  incumbent  of  St.  Peter's. 

171  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  483.    The  Bishop 
of  Manchester  collates. 

103 


172  Ibid.  498.  The  parish  was  formed 
in  1885.  The  Bishop  of  Manchester 
collates. 

178  Trustees  have  the  patronage  at 
present,  but  it  will  go  to  the  Bishop  of 
Manchester  eventually. 

St.  Philip's,  1871,  and  St.  Barnabas's, 
1872,  were  school  chapels  of  ease  to  St. 
Thomas's  and  St.  Paul's,  but  have  been 
disused  for  service  since  St.  Jude's  was 
opened. 

174  It  was  built  by  those  connected  with 
St.  Philip's  chapel  of  ease,  who  were  dis- 
satisfied with  St.  Jude's  Church. 

175  Tne  Methodist  preachers  first  visited 
Preston  about  1777  ;  Hewitson,  op.  cit. 
519. 

176  Preston     was    included    in     Colne 
circuit  in   1776,  in   Blackburn  in   1787, 
and  became  head   of  a   circuit  in   1799. 
Wesley  visited  the  town  in  1780,  1781, 
1784    and     1790  ;     Fishwick,    Preston, 
170-1. 

177  This  was  afterwards  sold  and  used 
as  a  warehouse  ;  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  520. 

178  Ibid.    521  ;    lists    of  ministers    are 
given. 

179  Ibid.   526.     In    1868    this    church 
became  the  head  of  a  second   circuit  in 
Preston. 

180  Ibid.  526. 

181  Ibid.  525. 

182  In    St.    Mary   Street    (1865)    and 
Acregate    Lane.      There    are    also    some 
mission  rooms. 

188  Ibid.  536.  In  addition  to  those 
named  in  the  text  there  was  an 
iron  chapel  in  Fylde  Road  from  1879 
onwards. 

184  Ibid.     534-5.      The    congregation 
which    first    built  Orchard   Chapel  were 
known  as   Protestant  Wesleyan  Metho- 
dists ;  Hardwick,  Preston,  483. 

185  B.    Nightingale,    Lanes.  Nonconf.  i, 
21-47.    The  author,  of  whose  work  great 
use  has  been  made  in  the  present  history, 
has  since  1888  been  minister  of  Cannon 
Street  Church. 

186  This     building     was    turned    into 
offices  and  shops  ;    it  was  at  the   we«l 
era  corner  of  Chapel  Street  and  Fisher- 
gate. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


enlarged  in  1852  and  greatly  altered  in  1887.  A 
second  church  was  opened  in  Grimshaw  Street  in 
i8o8,187  and  this  was  rebuilt  in  1859.  A  third,  the 
result  of  a  secession  from  Cannon  Street,  was  built  in 
Lancaster  Road  in  1863,  a  beginning  having  been 
made  two  years  before.188 

The  Baptist  church  in  Fishergate  has  sprung  from 
a  small  meeting  which  can  be  traced  back  to  i/Sz.189 
A  church  was  formed  in  the  following  year,  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  Particular  or  Calvinistic  Baptist 
Church  in  Prescot  Street  near  the  Tower  of 
London.190  A  building  was  erected  in  Leeming 
Street,  now  Manchester  Road,  in  I784~5,191  and 
services  went  on  there  until  about  1856  ;  the  old 
building  was  sold  192  and  the  present  one  in  Fisher- 
gate  was  opened  in  i858.193  A  division  in  the 
congregation  had  in  1854  led  to  the  foundation  of  a 
church  in  Pole  Street,194  which  had  a  continuous 
history  until  1901,  about  which  time  the  congre- 
gation dissolved.  The  trustees  afterwards  reopened 
the  building,  known  as  Carey,  the  new  church  being 
formed  in  1905  or  I9o6.198  The  General  Baptists 
had  a  mission  in  the  town  from  1825  till  about 
1 840  ;  they  are  thought  to  have  used  Vauxhall 
Chapel.  This  building,  which  had  had  various 
uses,196  was  acquired  about  1845  by  a  body  of 
Baptists  who  clung  to  Calvinistic  tenets  when  the 
denomination  in  general  was  relinquishing  them  197  ; 
in  1853  a  division  led  to  the  building  of  a  small 
chapel,  called  Zoar,  in  Regent  Street,198  from  which 
the  congregation  has  migrated  to  Great  Avenham 
Street.  The  Tabernacle,  St.  George's  Road,  is 
another  small  Baptist  church  which  has  existed  for 
about  thirty  years. 


The  Presbyterian  Church  of  England  has  a  place 
of  worship  in  St.  Paul's  Square,  opened  in  iSyS.199 

The  Unitarian  church  in  Preston,  as  in  many 
other  places,  represents  the  old  Nonconforming 
congregation,  which  had  a  more  or  less  secret 
existence  from  the  Act  of  Uniformity  of  1662  till 
toleration  was  granted  at  the  Revolution.200  The 
chapel,  near  the  east  end  of  Church  Street,  was  built 
about  1717  by  Sir  Henry  Hoghton  of  Hoghton. 
The  doctrine  is  said  to  have  been  Arian  or  Unitarian 
from  an  early  period  of  its  history.201 

The  Society  of  Friends  can  be  traced  back  to 
i68o.202  Their  meeting-house  between  Friargate 
and  Back  Lane  was  acquired  in  1784  and  rebuilt  in 
1797  and  1847.  The  district  and  county  meetings 
of  the  Society  are  held  in  it.203  There  is  a  Free 
Gospel  church  dating  from  i858,204  and  the  Salvation 
Army  has  stations.  The  New  Jerusalem  Church  in 
Avenham  Road  began  in  i844.205  The  Catholic 
Apostolic  Church,  or  Irvingites,  after  meeting  in 
various  rooms  acquired  in  1882  a  small  church  in 
Regent  Street 206  originally  built  by  the  Particular 
Baptists.207  Some  minor  religious  efforts  failed  to 
secure  a  permanent  standing.208  The  Mormons  also 
failed  to  establish  themselves.209 

In  spite  of  the  large  number  of  faithful  adherents 
of  Roman  Catholicism  known  to  have  lived  in  Preston 
during  the  times  of  persecution  there  is  here,  as 
elsewhere,  the  greatest  obscurity  in  the  story  of  their 
worship,210  though  rooms  may  have  been  secretly 
used  for  mass  even  in  the  town  itself,  particularly  in 
the  Friargate  district.211  It  was  here  that  the  first 
St.  Mary's  Chapel  was  built  in  1761.  It  was 
demolished  by  the  mob  during  the  election  contest 


187  Nightingale,  op.  cit.  i,  48-60.     The 
first  minister,  William  Manning  Walker, 
had  been  the   minister  of  the  Unitarian 
congregation.      Another    notable     pastor 
was  Richard  Slate,  1826-61,  author  of  a 
Life  of  Oliver  Heywood,  &c. 

188  Nightingale,  op.  cit.  i,  60-66. 

189  W.    Shaw,    Fishergate   Baptist    Ch. 
(Preston,  1883).    It  is  an  error  to  regard 
these     Baptists     as     belonging    to    the 
Arminian  or  General  denomination. 

190  Some  of  the  Preston  Baptists  were 
members    of    this    congregation,    which 
dates  back  to  about  1635. 

191  The  cause  appears  to  have  been  a 
struggling  one  ;  it  was   '  in   a   low  con- 
dition' in  1794  ;  Rippon,  Reg.  7. 

191  St.  Saviour's  Church  stands  on  the 
site  of  it  ;  see  above.  The  (Harris) 
Institution  was  used  for  service  pending 
the  erection  of  Fishergate  Church. 

193  The    Fishergate    congregation    was 
augmented    by    a    small    Scotch    Baptist 
church   formed   about    1829.     Hardwick 
(quoting  Baines)  calls  themSandemanians; 
they  had  a  room  in  Church  Street  and 
from    1845    occupied    a   small   chapel  in 
Meadow  Street. 

194  This    section    acquired    a     chapel 
called  St.  Mark's,  built  in   1826  for  the 
Calvinistic  Methodists  of  Lady  Hunting- 
don's Connexion,  who  had  previously  met 
in    Cannon   Street  ;  Baines,   Lanes.   Dir. 
1825,  ii,  488. 

195  This  and  other  information  as  to  the 
Baptists  is  due  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Whitley, 
minister  of  the  Fishergate  Church. 

196  It  was  built  originally  for  the  New 
Connexion  of  Methodists  about  1814,  but 
was   in    1819  sold  to  a  'body  of   semi- 
Episcopalians,'  and  called  St.  Paul's  ;  the 


service  followed  the  form  of  the  Estab- 
lished Church,  but  the  minister  was  not 
ordained  ;  Baines,  op.  cit.  Afterwards 
the  Wesleyans  had  it,  then  the  Baptists 
and  others. 

197  Hardwick   (quoting    Baines)   states 
that  this  congregation  sprang  up  in  1833 
and  met  in  Cannon  Street. 

198  Hardwick,  Preston,  482. 

199  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  537. 

200  The  celebrated  Nonconformist,  Isaac 
Ambrose,  formerly  vicar,  resided  in  the 
town  from  1662  till  his   death  in  1664. 
There  is  evidence  of  other  Nonconformists 
living  and  preaching  there  ;  Nightingale, 
op.  cit.  i,  9,  68.     In  1689  licences  for 
two  Nonconformist  meeting-places  were 
granted  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App. 
iv,  232. 

John  Turner,  the  minister  in  1715, 
who  was  '  a  Calvinist  of  the  most  strict 
and  rigid  form,'  actively  assisted  the 
government  forces  during  the  Jacobite 
occupation  of  the  town,  he  and  his  con- 
gregation being  employed  by  General 
Wills  as  scouts  ;  Nightingale,  op.  cit.  i, 
II. 

301  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  515-17.  Mr. 
Nightingale,  however,  brings  evidence  to 
show  that  Unitarianism  did  not  prevail 
till  about  1770  ;  op.  cit.  i,  22-3. 

102  A  meeting-place  was  registered  in 
1689  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 
231.  The  registers  begin  in  1660  and 
the  minutes  of  the  Fylde  (now  Preston) 
monthly  meeting  in  1700  ;  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  172.  George  Fox  visited  Preston 
several  times,  but  it  is  not  recorded  that 
he  preached  there. 

203  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  517—19. 

204  Ibid.  536. 

104 


205  Ibid.  535.  208  Ibid.  537. 

807  Zoar  Chapel,  named  above. 

208  The  Countess  of  Huntingdon's  Con- 
nexion and  the  Methodist  New  Connexion 
have  been  mentioned.    Hardwick  (op.  cit. 
483)  states  that  a  Primitive  Episcopalian 
Chapel  was  built  in  Gorst  Street  in  1837 
for  Mr.  Aitkin's  New  Christian  Society. 
Nothing  is  known  of  this  now,  and  there 
may  have  been  some  confusion  with  the 
original  of  St.  James's  Church. 

209  Ibid.  538. 

210  Mass  appears  to  have  been  said  at 
Cottam,  Tulketh,   Broughton  and   Fish- 
wick. 

211  The  story  that  a  chapel  existed  there 
as  early  as  1605  is  not  supported  by  any 
definite  evidence.     It  could  not  have  re- 
mained in  use  during  the  Commonwealth 
period. 

In  1689,  however,  we  learn  that  'the 
soldiers  unslated  the  Popish  chapel,'  so 
that  one  had  been  opened,  perhaps  in  the 
time  of  James  II  ;  Hewitson,  Bellingham 
Diary,  73. 

The  Jesuits  served  the  Preston  mission. 
'Mr.  Gray,'  i.e.  Gilbert  Talbot,  after- 
wards Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  was  in  charge 
in  1701,  with  a  salary  of  £10  ;  Foley, 
Rec.  S.  J.  v,  320.  A  house  at  the  lower 
end  of  Friargate  was  used  about  that  time 
and  is  supposed  to  have  been  that  pur- 
chased by  Fr.  Alexander  Leigh  in  1733  ; 
it  was  called  Greystocks  and  St.  Mary's 
is  on  the  site  of  it.  The  first  chapel  of 
the  name  was  built  in  1761.  'The 
greatest  caution  was  used  ;  the  chapel  was 
built  behind  the  front  houses  in  Friargate 
so  as  to  be  quite  shut  out  from  view. 
The  mysterious  building  was  carried  on  in 
the  name  of  Mr.  Clifton  of  Lytham,  and 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


of  1768,  and  though  the  priest  in  charge  managed  to 
escape  across  the  Ribble  he  died  soon  afterwards 
from  alarm  and  horror.212  Shortly  afterwards  another 
was  built  on  the  site,  but  was  closed  when  St. 
Wilfrid's  was  opened  in  1793  and  it  became  a  ware- 
house. However,  in  1 8 1  5  it  was  restored  to  divine 
worship  as  a  chapel  of  ease,  its  present  status,  and 
served  till  1856,  when  the  present  St.  Mary's  was 
built  on  its  site.213  It  stands  back  from  the  street, 
being  approached  from  Friargate  through  an  arch- 
way. St.  Wilfrid's,  built,  as  stated,  in  1793,  was 
rebuilt  in  i879,214  St.  Ignatius'  followed  in  i836,215 
and  St.  Walburge's,  with  its  tall  spire,  one  of  the 
landmarks  of  Preston,  in  i852.216  These  churches, 
with  St.  Mary's,  are  served  by  Jesuit  Fathers.  The 
secular  clergy  have  St.  Augustine's  I838-4O,217 
St.  Joseph's  1 86 2-74  218  and  the  English  Martyrs' 
1 863-88. 219  The  Sisters  of  Charity  manage  St. 
Joseph's  Institutions,  founded  in  1872  by  Mrs. 
Holland.  The  teaching  orders  of  the  Sisters  of  the 
Holy  Child  Jesus  and  the  Faithful  Companions  of 
Jesus  have  convents.220  A  society  formed  in  1731, 
but  of  earlier  origin,  exists  for  the  relief  of  the  poor 
and  charity  towards  the  dead  ;  it  is  called  the  '  First 
Catholic  Charitable  Society.' 

RIBBLETON 

Ribleton,  1200  ;  Ribbleton,  1202  ;  Ribbelton, 
1226;  Ribilton,  1251  ;  Rybelton,  1292. 

This  township  has  an  area  of  757  acres,  including 
the  1 08  acres  of  Ribbleton  Moor.  As  the  hamlet  of 
Brockholes  in  the  adjoining  township  had  rights  in 
the  moor,  this  was  formerly  regarded  as  a  semi-inde- 
pendent district,  and  its  L-shaped  form  divided 
Ribbleton  proper  into  three  distinct  parts — north- 
east (in  which  is  Ribbleton  Hall),  north-west  (Scales), 
and  south  (in  which  is  Farington  Hall).  A  large 
part  was  taken  into  the  borough  of  Preston  in  1880 
and  has  been  incorporated  with  that  township  since 
1894,'  so  that  the  present  township  of  Ribbleton, 


PRESTON 

the  eastern  part  of  the  historical  township,  has  an 
area  of  only  305  acres.  The  population  of  the 
reduced  township  in  1901  numbered  66. 2 

The  surface  is  elevated  but  comparatively  level  ; 
on  the  south  it  descends  very  sharply  to  a  plot  of 
low-lying  ground  in  a  bend  of  the  Ribble.  The 
principal  roads  are  those  from  Preston  to  Blackburn 
on  the  south  side  and  from  Preston  to  Longridge  on 
the  north.  The  railway  between  the  last-named 
places  crosses  the  north-west  corner.  Preston 
cemetery,  formed  in  1855,  lies  on  the  west  side  of 
the  township  on  the  Blackburn  road.  There  are 
also  some  pleasure-grounds  opened  in  1885  ;  they 
are  now  called  Farington  Park.  This  side  is  be- 
coming residential,  being  served  by  the  electric 
tramways. 

The  Royal  Cross  Training  School  for  Deaf  and 
Dumb  Children,  opened  in  1894,  stands  on  the 
Blackburn  road.3 

There  was  formerly  a  cross  on  the  moor  and 
another  in  Ribbleton  Lane  on  the  Preston  boundary.4 
The  story  of  the  manor  of  RIBBLE- 
M4NOR  TON  is  obscure.  Before  the  Conquest  it 
seems  to  have  been  part  of  the  great 
lordship  of  Preston  held  by  Earl  Tostig,  and  is  not 
separately  named  in  Domesday  Book.5  In  later  times 
its  assessment  was  one  plough-land,  and  it  was  held 
in  thegnage,  by  a  rent  of  8/.  Henry  de  Ribbleton 
died  possessed  of  it  in  or  before  1201,  leaving  a  son, 
who  was  a  leper,  and  a  daughter.  Henry  son  of  Alan 
de  Holland  of  Downholland  purchased  the  wardship 
and  marriage  of  the  daughter,6  and  by  1212  Ribbleton 
had  become  incorporated  with  the  Holland  manors 
and  had  been  granted  out  to  Roger  de  Leicester 
for  an  annual  service  of  Ss.  and  four  arrows.7 
Roger  in  turn  in  1202  gave  it  to  Henry  de  Fish- 
wick  and  Maud  his  wife,  a  rent  of  los.  being  payable, 
but  the  agreement  was  varied  in  1224.8  The  mesne 
lordship  of  the  Hollands  was  not  long  recognized.9 

In  1324  Roger  de  Elston  held  the  vill  by  the  rent 
of  8/.  and  doing  suit  to  the  county  and  wapentake.10 


passed  by  the  name  of  the  "  New  Build- 
ing "  '  ;  ibid,  v,  395.  In  1750  the  priest 
in  charge  had  a  stipend  of  ^40  and  520 
'  customers '  ;  the  numbers  of  those  con- 
firmed and  of  Easter  communicants  were 
274  and  940  in  1784  and  488  and  1,302 
in  1793  ;  ibid,  v,  321-5. 

212  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet.  o/Engl.  Cath.  ii, 
146  ;  Foley,  op.  cit.  viii,  719. 

218  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  501-2.  The 
chapel,  a  small  plain  building,  has  been 
lined  with  marble. 

214  Ibid.   503-6.       Joseph  Dunn,  S.J. 
(•vere  Earpe),  was  priest   in  charge  from 
1776   till  his  death  in  1827,  and  won  a 
high  position  in  the  town.     The  House 
of  Recovery  and  the  gasworks  were  due 
to  him  ;  Gillow,  op.  cit.  ii,  143-7. 

215  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  507.     It  was  the 
first  church  in  Preston  which  had  a  spire. 
The    school    for    boys  was    opened   in   a 
buililing  erected  as  a  '  hall  of  science '  by 
local  Secularists. 

216  Ibid.  508.     The  dedication  was  due 
to  a  remarkable  cure  attributed  to  the  use 
of  St.  Walburge's  oil ;  N.  and  Q.  (Ser.  i), 
x,  1 86.    The  church  stands,  it  is  believed, 
on  or  near  the  site  of  the  old  Hospital  of 
St.  Mary  Magdalene. 

317  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  508.  St.  Augus- 
tine of  Canterbury  is  the  patron  ;  see 
Gillow,  op.  cit.  ii,  481-3. 


218  Hewitson.  op.  cit.  515.     A  school- 
chapel  served  from  1862  till  i8'-4. 

219  Ibid.   513.     The  '  Martyrs  '  named 
are    St.  Thomas  of  Canterbury  and   St. 
Alban.     A  school-chapel  was  opened  in 
1865   and  the  church  in  1867,  but  this 
was  not  completed  till  1888. 

220  The  last-named  community  occupy 
Lark    Hill,    formerly    the    residence    of 
Samuel   Horrocks,  cotton  spinner,   M.P. 
for     Preston     1804-26.        The    English 
Benedictine  nuns  of  Ghent,  driven  from 
their  house   by  the   Revolution  in    1792, 
resided  in  Chapel  Street  till  1812,  when 
they  removed  to  Staffordshire. 

1  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  31607. 

2  The    Census   Report  gives  as   part  of 
Preston   an  area  of  645  acres   (including 
9  of  inland  water),  with  a  population  of 
936  in  1901.     This  refers  principally  to 
the  part  of  Ribbleton  now  in  the  borough. 

8  The  founder  was  Mary  Cross,  the  late 
Archdeacon  Rawstorne  contributing.  It 
depends  partly  on  voluntary  contributions. 

4  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  172. 

*  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

8  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  132.  Henry 
(de  Holland)  gave  10  marks  for  the  ward- 
ship, undertaking  to  provide  all  neces- 
saries for  the  brother  and  reasonable 
dower  for  the  mother.  The  daughter's 
name  is  not  known. 

105 


Robert  de  Preston  and  Richard  his 
brother  had  offered  1001.  for  the  grant, 
and  promised  i6s.  instead  of  the  old  8*. 
service  for  the  plough-land  in  Ribbleton  ; 
Rot.  de  Oblatii  (Rec.  Com.),  115,  123. 

7  Lanes.    Inq.    and   Extents    (Rec.   Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  49.  Roger  de  Leices- 
ter was  seneschal  of  Amounderness  under 
TheobaldWalter;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  143, 169. 

8  Final    Cone.    (Rec.    Soc.    Lanes,   and 
Ches.),  i,  21  ;  .an  assize  of  mort  d'ancestor 
had  been  summoned  between  them,  but 
the  descent  of  the  parties  is  not  recorded. 
Roger    de    Leicester  had   a   wife   Alice  ; 
ibid,  i,  43.     In  1224  Maud,  described  as 
'daughter    of    Henry,'    complained    that 
Roger  son  of  Roger  de  Leicester  had  not 
kept  the  agreement  made  by  his  father, 
and  she  received  3  oxgangs  of  land   for  a 
rent   of  2$.,   Roger  to  warrant  her  ;  oa 
the  other  hand   she   renounced   all  claim 
to  the  rest  of  the  plough-land  ;  ibid,  i,  45. 

9  Henry  de  Holland  paid  the  thegnage 
rent    of   8*.    in    1226  ;  Lanes.    Inq.    and 
Extents,    i,  140.      In    1297    the    vill   paid 
8i.    to    the   earl,   the   tenants  not   being 
named  ;  ibid,  i,  289. 

10  Dods.   MSS.   cxxxi,    fol.  39.     Some 
grants  to   Roger  de  Elston  are  recited  in 
a  later  note  ;  his  estate   seems   to  have 
been   acquired    by  a  number  of  separate 
purchases. 

14 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Again  in  1346  William  de  Elston  and  Roger  his 
brother  were  said  to  hold  four  plough-lands  in  Ribble- 
ton,  Preston  and  Elston  of  Henry  Earl  of  Lancaster  by 
knight's  service  and  1 8d.  for  castle  ward  "  ;  but  in  the 
same  year  Thomas  Travers  and  William  Lawrence 
held  between  them  one  plough-land  in  Ribbleton  in 
socage,  rendering  8j.  a  year  at  the  four  terms.12  The 
latter  record  is  confirmed  by  later  testimonies,13  but 
nothing  is  known  as  to  the  source  of  their  right.14 

The  estate  was  not  usually  called  a  manor.  The 
Travers  moiety  descended  like  Nateby  1&  until  1579, 
when  it  was  sold  to  John  Shireburne.18  The  other 
moiety  "  was  in  1 524  held  by  Robert  Lawrence,  who 
died  on  27  March  holding  his  part  of  Ribbleton  of 
the  king  in  socage  by  the  rent  of  4*.  His  heirs  were 
two  daughters,  Margaret  and  Agnes,  aged  seventeen 
and  fourteen  respectively.18  The  elder  daughter 


married  Hugh  Farington  of  Hutton,19  and  their 
descendants  were  seated  in  Ribbleton  for  some  time, 
recording  pedigrees  at  the 
visitations  of  1567,  1613 
and  1665.*°  The  younger 
daughter's  share "  seems  to 
have  gone  to  Evan  Browne, 
who  died  in  1545  holding  a 
capital  messuage  called  Rib- 
bleton and  messuages,  lands 
and  windmill  there  in  socage, 
by  a  free  rent  of  2/.M  His 
son  and  heir  Richard  *3  dying 
without  issue,  the  six  sisters 
made  a  partition  in  1559  by 
which  Ribbleton  Hall  became 


FARINGTON.    Ar 
chevefn    gukt 


three  leopards'  faces  sable. 

the  property  of  Robert  Shuttleworth  and  Jane  his 


11  Inq.  p.m.   20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd   nos.), 
no.  62.     In  1342   the  feoffee  granted  to 
William    son    of   Roger    de    Elston    and 
Roger  his  brother  various  lands  in  Ribble- 
ton  and   Brockholes  ;    Harl.   MS.    2042, 
fol.  169. 

12  Surv.  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  48.    The 
same  partners  also  held  a  moiety  of  Ash- 
ton    at    the   other  side   of   Preston.     In 
both  cases  the   right  seems  to  have  de- 
scended through  Haydock,  as  below.     In 
1331  Thomas  son  of  Lawrence  Travers 
had  lands  in  Ribbleton  ;   Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  G  zb. 

18  Thomas  Travers  and  Robert  Law- 
rence in  1415  granted  Roger  Elston  the 
younger  for  his  life  right  of  way  through 
a  field  called  Riddings  to  Roger's  field 
called  Newhey  in  Ribbleton  ;  Add.  MS. 
32107,  no.  2986.  In  1445-6  Thomas 
Travers  and  Robert  Lawrence  held  the 
plough-land  in  Ribbleton,  rendering  8j. 
yearly  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees, 
bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

14  A  large  number  of  Ribbleton  deeds 
(Farington  family)  are  in  Piccope  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  17-29.  None  are  so 
early  as  1346,  and  the  first  relating  to 
Lawrence  is  of  1412,  as  will  be  seen 
below. 

ls  John  Travers  was  in  1362  found  to 
have  held  36  acres  in  Ribbleton  in  socage 
by  a  rent  of  4*.  ;  Inq.  p.m.  36  Edw.  Ill 
(2nd  nos.),  no.  52. 

William  Travers  died  in  1524  holding 
lands  in  Ribbleton  of  the  king  as  duke 
by  the  annual  service  of  41.  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  62.  A  similar 
record  was  made  in  1559  ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  68. 

«  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  36, 
m.  262.  The  vendors  were  Richard 
Travers  and  Grace  his  wife  :  the  estate 
is  described  as  four  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Ribbleton  and  Fulwood. 

17  In  1354  William  Lawrence  and 
Alice  his  wife  made  a  settlement  of  their 
estate  in  Thornton,  Great  and  Little 
Layton,  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Ribbleton  and  a  fourth  part  of  the 
manor  of  Ashton.  The  remainders,  after 
their  children  (John  and  others),  were, 
so  far  as  Ashton  was  concerned,  to  the 
right  heirs  of  Alice  ;  and  as  to  Ribbleton 
to  Joan  daughter  of  Geoffrey  de  Cuerdale 
for  life,  and  then  the  same  as  Ashton  ; 
Final  Cone,  ii,  141-2.  The  fine  proves 
that  Lawrence  held  in  right  of  his  wife. 
Joan  de  Cuerdale  was  then  wife  of  Thomas 
de  Molyneux,  and  much  of  her  estate 
went  to  the  Osbaldeston  family. 

John  Lawrence  died  in  1398,  having 
made  a  settlement  of  his  estate  on  his 


wife  Margaret  in  1368.  He  left  a  son 
William,  aged  eighteen  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  72. 

Roger  de  Elston  of  Ribbleton  in  1412 
demised  to  Robert  son  of  John  Lawrence 
a  messuage  in  Ribbleton  for  life,  and  in 
1438  John  Elston  and  William  his  son 
and  heir  granted  land  in  Ribbleton  fields 
to  Robert  Lawrence  ;  Piccope  MSS.  iii, 
27.  Robert  Lawrence,  as  above  recorded, 
was  a  partner  in  the  manor  in  1445-6 
and  Edmund,  the  son  and  heir  of  Robert, 
in  1448  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  n,  m.  \b. 

Robert  seems  to  have  been  still  living  in 
1459,  when  John  son  of  Henry  Compsty 
granted  land  in  Ribbleton  to  him,  while 
to  Edmund  son  of  Robert  Lawrence  a 
quitclaim  was  given  by  William  son  of 
John  Compsty  in  1475  ;  Piccope  MSS. 
loc.  cit. 

18  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  57. 
Robert    Lawrence    is    described     as    'of 
Claughton  in  Amounderness '  ;  his  lands 
were  in  Layton,  Ribbleton  and  Thornton. 
A   feoffment  made  in    1513    is    recited, 
giving  the  following  details  :  A  messuage 
in  Ribbleton  called  the  Maiden's  House, 
with   closes   named  the  Town  Field  and 
Fishwick  Banks,  with  other  closes  called 
Blackearth,  Over    and    Nether   Crooked 
Riddings,     Oxhey,    Wall    Banks,     Moor 
Furlong,  Little  Furlong,  with  the  orchard, 
and  the  orchard  about  the  hall. 

By  an  award  of  the  same  time  Isabel 
widow  of  Robert  Lawrence  and  their  two 
daughters  were  to  pay  z6s.  Sd.  a  year  to 
James  Walton  of  Preston  and  provide 
a  man  horsed  and  harnessed  for  the  king's 
service  ;  Piccope  MSS.  iii,  17. 

Richard  Walton  in  1579  released  to 
Richard  Farington  all  his  interest  in  lands 
in  Ribbleton  ;  ibid.  21. 

19  Visit,    of    1567    (Chet.    Soc.),    45. 
Some  notes  on  this  family  will  be  found  in 
the  account  of  Longton  in  Penwortham. 

An  inquisition  after  the  death  of 
Richard  Farington  was  made  in  1596. 
He  held  land  in  Ribbleton  of  the  queen 
in  socage  by  a  rent  of  iod.,  and  his  heir 
was  his  son  Hugh,  aged  thirty-six  ;  Piccope 
MSS.  iii,  29. 

Hugh  Farington  died  in  1637  holding 
a  messuage  and  land  in  Ribbleton  of  the 
king.  His  heir  was  his  son  Charles,  aged 
thirty-seven  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  1 3 
(Chet.  Lib.),  423-4.  A  settlement  was 
made  by  Hugh  Farington  and  Charles  his 
son  in  1620  ;  Piccope  MSS.  iii,  23. 

Deeds  by  Richard  Farington,  the  son 
of  Charles,  may  be  seen  in  the  same  col- 
lection ;  he  appears  to  have  sold  or  mort- 
gaged the  estate  in  1672  ;  ibid.  23,  25. 

106 


See    also    p.    206    for    a    sale    to    John 
Winckley. 

20  Printed  by  the  Chetham  Soc.  :  1567, 
P-  45  5   l6l3»P-    I03  5   1664-5,  p.   106. 
The  descent  from  Hugh  and  Margaret  is 
thus   given  :  -s.   Richard  -s.   Hugh  -s. 
Charles  (d.  c.  1650)  -s.  Richard  -da.  Jane. 
Jane    married     a     Southworth    and   was 
living  in  1695  5  Piccope  MSS.  iii,  25. 

John  Farington  founded  a  charity  in 
1670  for  the  poor  of  Elston  and  Farington, 
at  the  discretion  of  Richard  Farington 
of  Ribbleton  or  those  who  might  be  owners 
of  Richard's  estate.  In  1824  James 
Pedder  and  Thomas  Walmesley  were 
trustees  for  the  charity,  their  fathers  and 
grandfathers  having  acted  before  them  ; 
End.  Char.  Rep. 

21  About  1550  a  division  of  the   Law- 
rence   estates    was    arranged.       By    this 
Margaret,  widow  of  Hugh  Farington,  and 
Richard  their  son  and  heir  were  to   have 
a  moiety  of  Ribbleton  and  all  the  land  in 
Goosnargh,  while  Henry  Smith,  Agnes 
his  wife  and  William  their  son  and  heir- 
apparent  were  to  have  lands  in  Ribbleton 
and  all  the  estate  in  Layton  and  Stainall  ; 
Piccope  MSS.  iii,  1 9.    William  Smith  and 
Mary  Smith,  widow,  had   this  estate  in 
1593  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  55, 
m.  139. 

2'  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no. 
24.  Evan  Browne  probably  acquired 
Agnes's  share  by  purchase,  though  the 
date  in  the  preceding  note  causes  a  diffi- 
culty, but  he  had  an  estate  in  Elston  by 
inheritance.  Thus  James  Browne  in 
1479  gave  land  in  Ribbleton  to  the 
younger  John  Elston  and  his  wife  on 
their  daughter's  marriage  with  his  son 
William  Browne;  Add.  MS.  32108, 
fol.  288.  (There  was  a  remainder  to 
William  Elston  and  Catherine  his  wife, 
so  that  the  land  may  have  been  part  of 
the  Elston  estate.)  Then  in  1503-4 
Ewan  or  Evan  son  and  heir  of  William 
son  and  heir  of  James  Browne  (living)  was 
contracted  to  marry  Elizabeth  daughter 
of  John  Singleton  of  Shingle  Hall  ;  ibid. 
Evan's  widow  Elizabeth  is  named  in 
the  inquisition,  and  seven  daughters 
Anne,  Alice,  Jane,  Katherine,  Laura, 
Ellen  and  Bridget.  Laura  does  not 
occur  again.  Evan  Browne  had  a  numbei 
of  scattered  properties,  including  two 
burgages  in  Preston  and  a  messuage  in 
French  Lea. 

28  Evan  Browne,  Richard  and  James 
his  sons  were  out-burgesses  of  the  guild 
of  1542  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  18.  Richard  was  six 
years  old  at  his  father's  death. 


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wife."  The  Farington  estate  is  said  to  have  been 
sold  to  the  Heskeths  of  Rufford  about  the  end  of  the 
I  yth  century.*4 

John  Shireburne,  already  named,  married  one  of 
the  daughters  and  seems  to  have  acquired  the  shares 
of  two  others.26  His  grandson  of  the  same  name 
recorded  a  pedigree  in  1613,"  and  being  a  recusant 
and  Royalist  his  estates  were  sequestered  under  the 
rule  of  the  Parliament.88  His  son  Henry  seems  to 
have  removed  to  Lincolnshire.19  The  Shireburne 
estate  is  said  to  have  been  sold  to  Richard  King  in 
1656  ;  his  descendants  sold  to  Thomas  Birchall, 
whose  son,  also  Thomas,  built  the  present  Ribbleton 
Hall  not  far  from  the  old  house.30  The  estate  is 


reported  to  be  owned  at  present  by  Mr.  R.  R. 
Rothwell  of  Sharpies,  by  bequest  of  the  late  Mrs. 
Birchall. 

The  freeholders  recorded  in  1600  were  Hugh 
Farington,  John  Shireburne  and  Richard  Whalley.11 
The  '  manor '  appears  no  more  in  the  records. 

The  Elston  family,  at  one  time  described  as  hold- 
ing the  vill,32  continued  to  be  considerable  landowners 
there,33  and  in  1454  their  estate  was  described  as  a 
manor.34 

A  Ribbleton  family  appears  at  times,35  and  the 
Haydocks  once  held  a  large  part 36  ;  names  of  other 
landowners  are  recorded.37  In  the  1 8th  century  a 
family  named  Brewer  had  Ribbleton  Lodge,  the 


24  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  S  125.  Of 
the  other  daughters,  Anne  married 
Richard  Shireburne  of  Bailey ;  Alice 
(dead  in  1559),  Hugh  Jones  ;  Katherine, 
John  Shireburne  ;  Ellen,  Richard  Shire- 
burne the  younger  5  and  Bridget,  Thomas 
Whittingham. 

In  1559  a  settlement  of  a  sixth  part  of 
the  manor  of  Ribbleton,  with  dovecote, 
windmill,  &c.,  was  made  by  John  Shire- 
burne and  Katherine  his  wife,  the  re- 
mainder in  default  of  issue  being  to  her 
gon  (by  her  first  husband)  Richard  Elston  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  21,  m.  3. 

Hugh  Shireburne  in  1594  sold  mes- 
suages and  lands  in  Ribbleton  and  Haigh- 
ton  to  George  Talbot  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  56,  m.  48.  This  was  another 
part  of  the  Browne  estate,  George  Talbot 
being  the  son  of  Anne  Shireburne  by  a 
first  husband  ;  C.  D.  Sherborn,  Sherborn 
Fam.  71.  2i  Hewitson,  Preston,  388. 

96  John  Shireburne  in  1566  purchased 
two  messuages,  &c.,  in  Ribbleton  and 
Preston  from  Thomas  Whittingham  and 
Bridget  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  28,  m.  63.  Next  year  he  bought 
a  messuage  and  land  from  William  Wood- 
ward and  Elizabeth  his  wife  ;  ibid.  bdle. 
29,  m.  99.  In  1579  he  purchased  two 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Ribbleton  and  Fulwood 
from  Thomas  Jones  and  Jane  his  wife 
(presumably  the  heirs  of  Hugh  and  Alice 
Jones),  and  followed  this  in  1585  by 
purchasing  further  lands  from  them  and 
the  sixth  part  of  the  manor  of  Ribbleton  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  41,  m.  99  ;  47,  m.  38. 

The  estate  of  Richard  Shireburne  and 
Anne  his  wife  (another  co-heir)  occurs 
in  1572  ;  ibid.  bdle.  34,  m.  23. 

*  Vint.  (Chet.  Soc.),  109.  The  descent 
is  given  thus :  John  (s.  of  Thomas) 
married  Katherine  Browne  — s.  Thomas 
-s.  John  (1613)  -s.  Henry  (aged  twelve). 

K  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  v,  3233  ;  John 
Shireburne  died  in  1655,  and  a  claim  to 
land  in  Ribbleton  put  in  by  Thomas 
Parker  of  Browsholme  was  allowed. 

89  C.  D.  Sherborn,  Sherborn  Fam.  87—90. 

80  Hewitson,  loc.  cit. 

81  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

'»  233- 

Richard  Whalley  in  1574  purchased  a 
messuage,  &c.,  from  John  and  Katherine 
Shireburne ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  36,  m.  155.  Similar  estates  were 
sold  to  Edward  Belshaugh,  John  Ridley 
and  Richard  Tomlinson  ;  ibid.  m.  178, 
184,  259. 

M  In  1 346  as  above.  Various  Elston 
families  occur  in  Brockholes,  Ribbleton 
and  the  neighbouring  townships.  Thus 
John  de  Haighton  gave  3  acres  in  Haigh- 
ton  to  Roger  son  of  William  de  Elston 
and  Paulin  his  brother  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iii,  H  2.  Adam  son  of  Roger  del  Scale* 


gave  to  the  same  brothers  land  in  the 
Scales  in  Ribbleton;  Add.  MS.  32107, 
no.  2959.  Roger  de  Elston  granted 
Paulin  de  Elston  land  in  Haighton  and 
i  acre  in  Ribbleton  Scales  ;  Kuerden,  loc. 
cit.  John  son  of  William  de  Haighton 
in  1327  gave  land  in  Haighton  to  William 
son  of  Paulin  de  Elston  ;  ibid.  Richard 
son  of  Henry  de  Brockholes  gave  land  in 
Ribbleton  Scales,  descending  from  his 
mother  Maud,  to  Roger  de  Elston  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  50  B. 

Richard  son  of  William  Drury  gave 
Roger  de  Elston  a  release  of  his  claim  to 
lands  in  Ribbleton,  attested  by  William 
and  Paulin  de  Elston,  Henry  and  Simon 
de  Ribbleton  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  2961. 
In  1316—17  Henry  de  Ribbleton  and 
Agnes  widow  of  Richard  de  Brockholes 
released  to  Roger  de  Elston  their  rights 
in  Ribbleton  ;  ibid.  no.  2965,  2967. 
The  date  of  the  former  deed  may  be 
fixed  approximately  by  a  claim  for  dower 
in  1269  by  Amery  widow  of  William 
Drury  v.  Robert  son  of  Richard  Drury  ; 
Cur.  Regi»  R.  195,  m.  35  d. 

William  son  of  Roger  de  Elston  ob- 
tained from  William  de  Methop  (son  of 
Robert  the  Harper)  in  1333  a  release  of 
a  rent  of  2s.  yd.  from  Ribbleton,  and  in 
the  same  and  later  years  he  obtained 
further  grants  and  releases  from  Adam 
son  of  Henry  de  Ribbleton  (1333), 
Gilbert  de  Knaresborough  and  Alice  his 
daughter  (1336),  Adam  de  Compsy,  Alice 
his  wife,  and  Robert  de  Claughton  of 
Ribbleton  (1342)  ;  Add.  MS.  32107, 
no.  2968,  2970,  2971-2. 

88  John  de  Elston  the  younger  in  1369 
made  a  grant  to  William  the  Tailor  ; 
ibid.  no.  2975.  In  1379-80  he  obtained 
a  quitclaim  from  Robert  le  Sagher  of 
Ribbleton  ;  ibid.  no.  2977. 

84  Kuerden    MSS.    vi,    fol.    80  ;  John 
Elston  gave  his  manor  of  Ribbleton  to 
feoffees.     In    1461  William  Elston  gave 
lands  in  the  same  place,  &c.,  to  feoffees  ; 
ibid.  foL  74.     John  Elston  of  Ribbleton 
obtained  an  exemption  from  jury  service 
in  1504-5  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Ref>.  xl,  App. 

544- 

85  Ralph  son  of  William  de  Ribbleton 
released     to     Henry   son    of    Robert    de 
Ribbleton   his   right   in   all   land    in   the 
Musifield  in  Ribbleton  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.   666.     Henry,  the  grantee,  gave  all 
his   land    in   the   same  field  to  John   de 
Grimsargh  and  his  heirs  for  the  rent  of 
an  arrow  ;  ibid.  no.  678. 

Robert  de  Ribbleton  granted  land  in 
Ribbleton  and  Brockholes  in  1325-6  to 
Henry  de  Ribbleton  and  Agnes  his  wife  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  B  14.  Thomas 
Kendal,  cousin  and  heir  of  William 
Ribbleton,  had  in  1407  lands  in  Preston 
and  Ribbleton  ;  ibid,  ii,  fol.  224. 

107 


Tunnock  daughter  of  Robert  son  of 
Vivian  de  Ribbleton  Scales  and  Adam  her 
son  gr2nted  all  her  land  to  the  west  of  a 
certain  hedge  to  Master  William  de 
Preston,  clerk ;  Towneley  MS.  OO, 
no.  1095,  1164.  In  1303  Robert  de 
Ribbleton  Scales  gave  land  there,  received 
by  the  gift  of  his  brother  Roger,  to  Roger 
his  younger  son  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol. 
224. 

Robert  de  Ribble1  on  son  of  Adam  de 
Ribblescales  in  1313-14  granted  his  son 
Robert  the  moiety  of  a  messuage  in 
Preston  ;  ibid,  iii,  P  7. 

86  From  the  fine  of  1224  above  cited 
it  appears  that  Maud  de  Ribbleton  had 
3  oxgangs  of  land.     The  other  5  oxgangs 
seem   to  have  been  held   about   1280  by 
the   Haydock  family,  for   in   1285  Joan 
widow  of  John  son  of  Henry  de  Haydock 
claimed  dower  in  messuages  and  lands  in 
Ribbleton,    &c.,   afterwards   described    as 
eleven  messuages  and  5  oxgangs  of  land  ; 
De    Banco   R.   59,   m.    3  ;    64,   m.  122. 
The  defendant  was  Henry  de  Haydock, 
whose    widow    Alice    in     1290    claimed 
against  the  said  Joan  and  her  daughters 
Alice  and  Aline  ;  ibid.  86,  m.  174.     It 
seems   most   probable    that    the   Travers 
and  Lawrence  inheritance  descended  from 
these  daughters. 

87  Forfeited   lands  of  the  Yorkist,  Sir 
James  Harrington,  probably  inherited  with 
Balderston,  were  granted  to  the  Earl  of 
Derby   in   1489,   but   the  tenure    is    not 
stated    in    1521  ;    Duchy   of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  v,   no.    68.      Thomas  Radcliffe    of 
Winmarleigh,  also    through    Balderston, 
held   lands    in    Ribbleton   in    1521,   but 
the  tenure  is  not  separately  stated  ;  they 
descended   to   Sir   Gilbert   Gerard  ;  ibid. 
v,  no.   3  ;  xvi,  no.   2.     Edmund  Dudley 
had     another    part    of     the     Balderston 
inheritance  ;     ibid,    iv,     no.     13.       Sir 
Alexander  Osbaldeston  had  another  part ; 
ibid,  viii,  no.  I. 

Sir  Thomas  Boteler  of  Bewsey  in  1 522 
held  lands  in  Ribbleton  in  socage  ;  ibid. 
v,  no.  1 3. 

John  de  Elston  in  1370  granted  2  acres 
in  Ribbleton  to  John  de  Walton  ;  Add. 
MS.  32107,  no.  2976.  In  i559William 
Walton  of  Preston  died  holding  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  in  Ribbleton  of  Richard 
Browne  in  socage  by  id.  rent,  and  his 
son  Richard  Walton  apparently  held  the 
same  in  1593;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xi,  no.  27  5  xvi,  no.  42.  But 
Richard  Walton  seems  to  have  mort- 
gaged or  sold  it  to  Richard  Farington  in 
1579  and  to  Hugh  Farington  in  1589, 
so  that  it  probably  became  incorporated 
with  the  Farington  estate  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdles.  41,  m.  35  ;  51,  m.  67. 

A  purchase  by  John  Ridley  has  been 
recorded.  He  died  in  1599  holding  a 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


domestic  chapel  there  serving  the  Roman  Catholics 
of  the  district.38  Several  '  Papists '  registered  estates 
in  17 1 7.39 

The  Knights  Hospitallers  had  some  land  in  Rib- 
bleton,40 afterwards  owned  by  the  Shireburnes  of 
Stonyhurst.41 

A  dispute  in  1564  as  to  the  lordship  and  moor  of 
Ribbleton  gives  the  bounds  on  the  Fulwood  side  as 
follows  :  From  Jackson  Hey  and  Clough  north-east  to 
the  mere  hills,  five  in  all,  on  the  south-west  side  of 
a  close  called  the  Park  Falls  in  Fulwood."  The 
moor  was  inclosed  in  iS/o.43 

In  connexion  with  the  Church  of  England  St. 
Mary  Magdalene  was  consecrated  in  1889  ;  a  district 
had  been  formed  for  it  in  1883,"  and  services  began 
about  that  time.  The  patronage  is  in  the  hands  of 
trustees. 


GRIMSARGH   AND    BROCKHOLES 

Grimesarge,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Grimisharg,  1242  ; 
Grimsarche,  Grimsharg,  1244;  Grimesherg,  1253  ; 
Gremesargh,  Gremeshargh,  Grymesharth,  Grymes- 
haruth,  1292  ;  Grymesargh,  1293  ;  Greymesargh, 
1301  ;  Grymsar,  xv  cent.  This  last  shows  the 
pronunciation  (/  short). 

Brochole,  1212;  Brocholes,  Brochols,  1290. 
Locally  pronounced  Brockus. 

This  township  consists  of  two  distinct  parts  con- 
nected by  a  narrow  strip  of  ground  beside  the  Ribble. 
A  small  part  was  included  in  the  borough  of  Preston 
in  1880  and  in  the  township  of  Preston  in  I894-1 
Grimsargh,  the  northern  half,  has  an  area  of  1,184 
acres,  stretching  from  the  Ribble  to  Savock  Brook. 
It  is  divided  from  Elston  on  the  east  by  a  wooded 
clough.  In  the  southern  corner  the  land  rises 
steeply  from  the  river,  and  here  is  Red  Scar,  a  mansion 
commanding  fine  views  over  the  valley.  The  surface 
of  Grimsargh  is  comparatively  level,  but  mostly  above 
200  ft.  over  sea  level. 

The  principal  road  is  that  from  Preston  to  Long- 
ridge,  going  north  and  then  east.  The  railway 
between  those  towns  crosses  this  part  of  the  town- 
ship in  a  north-easterly  direction,  and  has  a  station 
named  Grimsargh,  from  which  a  branch  line  runs 
north-west  to  the  asylum  at  Whittingham. 

There  are  reservoirs  of  the  Preston  Waterworks  in 
the  north  of  the  township.  Near  Red  Scar  there 
was  formerly  a  well  reputed  to  be  medicinal  ;  *  it 
went  by  the  name  of  Boilton  Spa,  and  it  is  said  that 
its  water  cured  consumption.  This  well  was  in  the 


form  of  a  double  trough,  2  yds.  long  and  i  ft.  broad, 
and  was  approached  by  about  half  a  dozen  descending 
steps.  The  water  came  out  of  the  breast  of  Boilton 
Wood,  and  in  front  of  the  drain  or  pipe  by  which  it 
entered  the  well  there  was  a  piece  of  carved  work  in  the 
shape  of  a  human  head,  through  the  mouth  of  which 
the  water  ran  into  the  receiving  trough.  .  .  The 
well  was  done  away  with  and  the  water  drained  off, 
about  thirty  years  ago  [i.e.  about  1850],  by  the  late 
Colonel  Cross.' a 

Brockholes  lies  in  a  bend  of  the  Ribble,  its 
boundary  on  the  east  and  south,  being  closed  in  by 
Ribbleton  on  the  other  sides.  The  greater  part  of 
it  is  low-lying  level  ground,  but  on  the  border  of 
Ribbleton  the  surface  rapidly  rises  for  nearly  100  ft. 
Lower  Brockholes  and  Higher  Brockholes  are  in  the 
south-west  and  north-east  respectively.  Near  the 
former  house  the  Preston  and  Blackburn  road  crosses 
the  Ribble  by  a  bridge,  first  erected  in  1824,  and 
then  in  stone  in  1 86 1.  It  was  known  as  the  Half- 
penny Bridge,  from  the  toll  formerly  charged.  There 
are  very  few  houses  in  this  part  of  the  township, 
which  has  an  area  of  753^  acres. 

The  area  of  the  original  township  is  1,937^  acres,3 
and  in  1901  there  was  a  population  of  453  for  the 
present  reduced  township.4 

The  soil  is  clay  and  alluvial,  with  subsoil  various. 
The  land  is  chiefly  in  pasture. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

A  wayside  cross,  known  as  Three  Mile  Cross, 
formerly  stood  in  Grimsargh.5  The  line  of  a  Roman 
road,  called  Watling  Street,  has  been  traced  in 
Grimsargh  and  Elston. 

In  1066  GRIMSARGH,  then  assessed 
MANORS  as  two  plough-lands,  was  a  member  of 
Earl  Tostig's  Preston  lordship.6  Some 
time  after  the  Conquest  the  manor  was  divided  ; 
Grimsargh,  as  half  a  plough-land,  was  held  in 
thegnage  ;  Brockholes,  also  half  a  plough-land,  was 
given  to  the  baron  of  Manchester  ;  and  Elston, 
the  remaining  plough-land,  to  the  baron  of  Pen- 
wortham. 

Roger  son  of  Augustin  de  Heaton  of  Heaton  in 
Lonsdale  had  a  confirmation  of  his  half  plough-land 
in  Grimsargh  in  1 1 89  from  John  Count  of  Mortain  ; 
Roger  had  obtained  the  manor  from  Roger  son  of 
Orm  (son  of  Magnus),7  who  held  Hutton  near  Pen- 
wortham  and  Medlar  near  Kirkham.8  Roger,  de 
Heaton  demised  it  to  Gilbert  de  Grimsargh.9  His 
son  Roger  de  Heaton  held  it  in  1262,  the  tenant 
then  being  William  de  Grimsargh,  who  paid  the  3^. 


messuage,  &c.,  in  Ribbleton  of  the  queen 
in  socage,  and  leaving,  a  son  Richard  over 
fifty  years  old  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  162.  This  son  died  four  years 
afterwards,  his  son  and  heir  John  being 
twenty-two  ;  ibid,  ii,  163.  John  Ridley 
died  in  1637  holding  the  same  estate  ; 
his  son  and  heir  Richard  was  twenty- 
four  years  old  ;  ibid,  ii,  165.  He  was 
perhaps  the  in-burgess  of  Preston  appear- 
ing in  1662  and  1682  5  Preston  Guild  R. 

135,  174. 

Sir  Thomas  Walmsley  of  Dunken- 
halgh  had  land  in  Ribbleton  in  1612  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  250. 

38  Gillow,  EM.  Diet.  ofEngl.  Cath.  i, 
291,  giving  notices  of  two  Benedictines, 
members  of  the  family. 

89  John  Gregson,  Richard   Bolton  (also 


at  Catterall),  John  Ridley,  Adam  Helme, 
Thomas  Kellet,  Richard  Kendal,  Edward 
Parkinson  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl. 
Cath.  Non-jurors,  91,  138-40. 

40  It  is  named  among  the  Hospitallers' 
lands  in  1292  ;  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec. 
Com.),  375. 

41  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.   132  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  4. 

Another  part  of  the  Hospitallers'  land 
was  held  in  1603  by  Thomas  Barton  of 
Barton  by  6d.  rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  10. 

42  The  depositions  are  printed  in  Fish- 
wick,  Preston,  345-6. 

43  Stat.    24   &   25    Viet.,  cap.    i.     In 
the  award  a  parcel  of  5^  acres  was  granted 
to  the  overseers  as  a  recreation  ground  ; 
End.  Char.  Rep.  (Preston  1905),  102. 

44  Land.  Gaz.  23  Aug.  1883. 

108 


1  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  31607.     About 
192  acres  were  transferred  to  Preston. 

2  Hewitson,   Preston,   388.      Boilton  is 
on   the    north-west  boundary   of  Brock- 
holes,  adjoining  Ribbleton. 

3  1,748,  including  53   acres  of  inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901. 

4  In    addition    the    part     included     in 
Preston  contained  108  persons. 

5  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  173. 

6  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288^. 

7  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  437.  8  Ibid.  409. 
9  So  stated  in  the  charter  of  his  grand- 
son William  de  Heaton  cited  below. 

In  1212  Grimsargh  is  not  separately 
named  among  the  Heaton  lands  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  48.  Roger  had  died  in  1204, 
leaving  a  son  of  the  same  name,  who  was 
under  age. 


5 

5 
O 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


thegnage  rent  due  from  Roger  to  the  king.10  William 
the  son  and  heir  of  Roger  afterwards  confirmed  the 
title  of  William  de  Grimsargh, 
the  rent  being  unchanged.11 
The  Earl  of  Lancaster  re- 
ceived 3/.  from  Grimsargh  in 
1297." 

About  this  time  the  Hogh- 
tons  of  Hoghton  appear  to 
have  acquired  lands  in  the 
township,13  and  eventually 
purchased  the  lordship  from 
the  Grimsargh  family.14  In 
1 324  the  mesne  lord,  William 
de  Heaton,  was  said  to  hold 
it  by  the  old  rent  of  3/.,15 

but  in  1 346  the  immediate  tenant  only  was  re- 
cognized, viz.  Adam  de  Hoghton.16  The  manor 
descended  in  this  family  without  noteworthy  in- 
cident17  until  1772,  when  it  was  sold  by  Sir  Henry 
Hoghton  and  Frances  his  wife  to  William  Shawe 
the  younger,18  from  whom  it  seems  to  have  passed  to 
the  Cross  family,  seated  at  Red  Scar  in  this  town- 


HOGHTON  of  Hogh- 
ton. Sable  three  hart 
argent. 


PRESTON 

ship.'9  Mr.  William  Cross  is  the  present  lord  of 
the  manor,20  but  lives  in  Surrey,  Red  Scar  being  let. 

RED  SC.4R  20a  stands  in  a  commanding  situation 
facing  south-east  above  a  bend  of  the  River  Ribble 
on  its  north  bank  about  three  miles  north-east  of 
Preston,  and  is  a  picturesque  two  story  gabled  building 
of  timber  and  plaster,  partly  dating  probably  from 
Elizabethan  times,  but  so  much  restored  and  added 
to  that  few  of  its  original  architectural  features  remain. 
It  was  enlarged  and  altered  in  1798  and  again  in 
1840  when  the  library  was  added.  The  exterior 
timber  and  plaster  work  is  almost  wholly  imitative 
and  modern,  but  a  thatched  one-story  wing  at  the 
north-east  end,  now  used  as  a  dining-room,  preserves 
to  some  extent  an  interesting  ancient  feature.  The 
interior  contains  some  oak  furniture  and  carvings 
formerly  in  the  old  church  at  Grimsargh. 

BROCKHOLES,  as  already  stated,  was  a  member 
of  the  fee  of  Manchester.  It  was  granted  to  the 
Lathom  family,21  and  of  them  held  by  a  tenant 
assuming  the  local  surname.  The  first  of  them  known 
by  name  was  one  Award  de  Brockholes,*2  whose  son 
Roger  appears  in  pleadings  of  1246  and  otherwise.23 


10  Ibid.  231  ;  thus  Roger  had  nothing 
from  Grimsargh  except  relief  and  ward- 
ship.    Roger's  heir  was  his  son  William. 

11  Kuerden  MSS.  v,  fol.  113. 

12  Lanes,    Inq.    and    Extents,    i,     289. 
The  tenant  is  not  named. 

18  In  1292  Adam  de  Hoghton  held  a 
messuage  and  12  acres  in  Grimsargh,  as 
heir  of  his  father,  who  had  purchased 
from  Richard  son  of  John  de  Flitchcrofthaw. 
The  plaintiff,  Richard  son  of  Robert  son  of 
John  de  Goosnargh,  said  that  these  Johns 
were  the  same  person,  but  he  was  non- 
suited ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  22. 

At  the  same  time  William  son  of 
Robert  de  Elston  claimed  the  sixth  part 
of  a  water-mill  in  Grimsargh  against 
Richard  de  Hoghton  and  Alexander  de 
Hyde.  The  plaintiff,  who  recovered, 
stated  that  his  father  had  purchased  the 
mill  from  Thomas  de  Grimshagh 
(?  Grimsargh),  but  Agnes  widow  of 
Thomas  had  a  third  part  in  dower,  which 
she  had  granted  to  plaintiff  till  he  had 
received  the  cost  of  repairing  the  mill  ; 
ibid.  m.  3  d.  Again,  Roger  de  Eccleston 
(?  Elston)  complained  that  Thomas  de 
Grimsargh  and  Richard  de  Hoghton  had 
obstructed  his  right  of  way ;  ibid.  m. 
32  d. 

14  The  time  of  purchase  does  not 
appear,  but  in  1301  Richard  de  Hoghton 
seems  to  have  had  a  fair  estate  in 
Grimsargh  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  dies.),  i,  192.  Richard  son 
of  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  granted  9  acres 
in  Grimsargh  to  Henry  de  Eccleshill  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  Ixx,  fol.  1 6o/>. 

In  1325-6  William  son  of  Roger  de 
Caton  granted  William  de  Heaton  and 
Anilla  his  wife  the  service  of  Sir  Richard 
de  Hoghton  for  lands  in  Grimsargh  ; 

?uoted  in  Memo.  R.  (L.T.R.)  128,  m.  xv 
37  Edw.  III). 

An  agreement  as  to  arbitration  on 
various  matters  in  dispute  was  made  in 
1334  between  William  de  Grimsargh  and 
Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton,  two  neighbours 
and  a  man  of  the  law  being  chosen  by- 
each  to  view  and  decide  ;  Add.  MS 
32106,  no.  318. 

The  transfer  of  the  manor  does  not 
seem  to  have  been  complete  until  1362, 
when  William  de  Grimsargh  granted  to 
Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  all  his  messuages, 


lands,  rents,  services,  &c.,  in  the  vill  of 
Grimsargh  ;  ibid.  no.  520. 

Of  the  Grimsargh  family  little  is 
known.  A  William  de  Grimsargh 
appears  between  1242  and  1262,  followed 
by  a  John  de  Grimsargh  in  1293  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  151,  231,  280. 
Gilbert  son  of  Thomas  de  Grimsargh  in 
1292  claimed  common  of  pasture  against 
John  de  Grimsargh  and  William  de 
Brockholes,  but  was  non-suited  5  Assize 
R.  4'.8,  m.  58.  To  charters  of  1284  John 
de  Grimsargh  and  Gilbert  his  brother 
were  witnesses ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol. 
74,  50  (B  5).  John  de  Grimsargh 
attested  a  deed  in  1312-13  ;  ibid.  fol.  74. 
William  de  Grimsargh  contributed  to  the 
subsidy  in  1332;  Exch.  Lay  Subs.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  58. 

15  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39. 

16  Survey    of    1 346    (Chet.    Soc.),    59. 
This  shows  that  the  deed  of   1362  above 
cited  was  only  the  completion  of.  a    sale 
that  had  taken  place  long  before. 

17  The    manor  of  Grimsargh,  as  held 
by    the     service    of    31.,  occurs    among 
Hoghton  properties  in  inquisitions,  fines, 
&c.,  but  the  family  do  not  seem  to  have 
resided  there.    See  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,    145    (1422)  ;    Duchy  of  Lane. 
Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20  (1446)  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.   Feet  of  F.  bdle.  89,  no.    141 
(1616),  &c. 

Grimsargh  was  held  by  Elizabeth 
Kighley  at  her  death  in  1524  by  31.  rent, 
the  reversion  being  to  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v, 
no.  6 1. 

18  ial.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.    bdle.   387, 
m.  114. 

19  It  is  stated  that  the  manor  was  sold 
by  Sir  Henry  Philip   Hoghton   (d.    1835) 
to  William  Cross  of  Red  Scar  (Fishwick, 
Preston,  93),  in  which  case  the   apparent 
sale  to  Shawe  must  have  been  a  mortgage 
only. 

ao  For  pedigree  see  Burke,  Landed 
Gentry.  This  gives  John  Cross,  d.  1799 
-s.  William  (of  Red  Scar),  d.  1827-8. 
William  Assheton,  d.  1863  — ».  William, 
b.  1850. 

20a  There  is  an  illustration  in  Twycross, 
Lanes.  Mansions,  ii,  48. 

21  In  12 12  Richard  son  of  Robert  (de 
Lathom)  held  half  a  plough-land  in 

IOQ 


Brockholes,  part  of  the  Grelley  fee,  by 
the  thirteenth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  54. 

The  dependence  upon  Manchester, 
though  merely  nominal,  continued  to  be 
recorded  down  to  the  I7th  century. 
In  1322  Robert  de  Lathom  held  the 
thirteenth  part  of  a  fee  in  Brockholes  by 
John  de  Brockholes  ;  Mamecestre  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  379.  For  sake  fee  %d.  was 
paid,  also  gd.  for  castle  ward,  and  puture 
of  the  Serjeants  was  due  ;  ibid,  ii,  288. 
In  1473  the  wife  of  Nicholas  Singleton 
held  the  lordship  of  Brockholes  by  the 
Ribble  by  the  same  tenure ;  ibid,  iii, 
480. 

33  Award  de  Brockholes  attested  a 
charter  by  Henry  de  Lea ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  69. 

In  the  account  of  Samlesbury  has  been 
mentioned  an  Edward  son  of  Edward  son 
of  Orm  de  Brockholes  ;  the  first  Edward 
(living  1227)  may  be  identical  with  the 
Award  of  the  text. 

One  Ellis  de  Brockholes  appears  in 
Yorkshire  in  1284;  Ca/.  Close,  1279-88, 
p.  271.  There  may  have  been  other 
placesof  the  name;  Gen.(nev?  ser.),xi,  196. 

*3  In  1246  Roger  de  Brockholes  re- 
covered common  of  pasture  in  4  acres  in 
Brockholes  against  Maud  de  Ribbleton, 
Robert  and  William  her  sons  and  Richard 
de  Ellesley  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  4.  The 
first  of  these  defendants  was  perhaps  the 
Maud  daughter  of  Henry  who  unsuccess- 
fully claimed  20  acres  at  the  same  time 
against  Roger  de  Brockholes,  Richard  d« 
Lathom  and  others;  ibid.  m.  13.  Roger 
and  his  wife  Christiana  acquired  land  in 
Byrewath  in  Garstang  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  1105. 

In  Dec.  1253  an  agreement  was  made 
between  Roger  de  Brockholes  and  Huard 
de  Bradshaw  as  to  certain  quarrels  respect- 
ing land  in  Bradshaw  given  in  free 
marriage  with  Huard's  sister  Mabel  ; 
Harl.  MS.  2112,  fol.  65/107.  It  appears 
that  Mabel  had  married  Roger,  for 
William  son  of  Roger  de  Brockholes 
released  his  claim  (derived  from  Mabel 
his  mother)  to  4  acres  in  Bradshaw  to 
Robert  son  of  Henry  son  of  Huctreil  de 
Bradshaw  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  50  B. 

Roger  had  also  a  son  Richard,  who 
gave  William  his  brother  land  in  Brock- 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Roger's  son  Adam  de  Brockholes21  died  in  1290 
holding  the  manor  of  Brockholes  of  Sir  Robert  de 
Lathom  by  the  eighth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  also 
land  in  Byrewath  in  Garstang  and  in  Paythorne  in 


Gisburn.25  His  son  Roger  succeeded,  but  was  still 
under  age  in  I292.'26  He  married  Nichola  daughter 
and  heir  of  Isolda  de  Rigmaiden,27  and  was  succeeded 
in  or  before  1311  by  their  son  John.28  He  was 


RSD  SCAR  :  THE  DINING-ROOM 


holes  and  Old  Brockholes  ;  ibid.  William 
son  of  William  de  Brockholes  in  1284 
gave  his  uncle  Richard  (son  of  Roger)  his 
right  in  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Ribbleton 
called  Hysokecroft  ;  ibid.  Another 
version  of  the  charter  places  Hysokecroft 
in  Brockholes  ;  Add.  MS.  32108,  fol. 
288.  In  1341  William  son  of  William 
son  of  Roger  de  Brockholes  claimed  9 
acres  in  Grimsargh  against  Richard  son 
of  William  son  of  Roger  de  Brockholes  ; 
De  Banco  R.  328,  m.  524 d. 

21  In  1280  Adam  de  Brockholes,  as 
grandson  and  heir  of  Award  de  Brock- 
holes,  claimed  a  messuage  and  half  an 
oxgang  of  land  in  Brockholes  against 
Robert  Noel,  Agnes  his  wife,  and  Cecily 
(under  age)  the  sister  of  Agnes,  who  held 
two-thirds,  and  Henry  de  Walton  and 
Agnes  his  wife,  who  had  one-third  ;  De 
Banco  R.  36,  m.  70.  The  claim  was 
still  being  prosecuted  in  1287  against 
Robert  son  of  Adam  Nowell  of  Mearley, 
Agnes  and  Cecily,  it  being  alleged  that 
Award  de  Brockholes  had  demised  the 
land  for  a  term  (then  expired)  to  Uctred 
de  Brockholes ;  ibid.  69,  m.  75  d. 
About  1284  an  exchange  seems  to  have 
been  made,  Robert  Nowell  and  the  sisters 
taking  land  in  Paythorne  ;  Kuerden  fol. 
MS.  fol.  273.  Robert  Nowell  and  Agnes 
his  wife  claimed  common  of  pasture  in 
Brockholes  in  1288  against  Adam  de 
Brockholes  and  William  his  brother ; 


Assize  R.  1277,  m.  31.  It  may  be 
added  that  an  Alice  daughter  ot  Roger 
son  of  Uctred  de  Brockholes  released 
(c.  1285)  to  her  sister  Agnes  all  her 
inheritance  in  Brockholes;  Kuerden  MSS. 
v,  fol.  1 1 8£.  Roger  son  of  Agnes  de 
Brockholes  in  1314-15  gave  land  in  the 
township  to  Thomas  son  of  Roger  Hyde; 
Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  1875. 

Henry  son  of  Robert  de  Ribbleton 
released  to  Adam  son  of  Roger  de  Brock- 
holes  half  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Brockholes 
held  of  Adam  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  996. 
The  same  Adam  and  Henry  made  an 
exchange  of  land  called  Elondes,  the 
bounds  naming  the  brook  which  formed 
the  division  between  Brockholes  and 
Ribbleton  ;  Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  1877. 
Adam  gave  his  brother  William  a  part  of 
the  waste  of  Brockholes,  within  certain 
bounds ;  a  field  called  the  Hyles  is 
named  ;  ibid.  no.  1888. 

25  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  274.  Henry 
de  Haydock  and  William  le  Blund  were 
the  executors  of  the  will  of  Adam  de 
Brockholes  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  100.  In  the  same  year  John  de 
Rigmaiden  claimed  a  debt — but  was 
non-suited  —  against  the  executors  of 
Cecily  widow  of  Adam  de  Brockholes  ; 
ibid.  m.  54  d. 

36  Maud  widow  of  William  de  Clifton 
claimed  a  messuage  and  half  an  oxgang  of 
land  in  Brockholes  against  Roger  son  of 

110 


Adam  de  Brockholes,  but  the  trial  was 
adjourned  till  Roger  should  be  of  age  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  5  d. 

William  de  Clifton  and  Maud  his  wife 
gave  all  their  land  in  Brockholes  with  a 
messuage  there  to  Robert  their  son,  and 
this  Robert  made  an  exchange  with  Adam 
de  Brockholes  about  1284  ;  Kuerden  fol. 
MS.  fol.  75,  74. 

27  About   1290   Adam  son  of  Richard 
de    Disteshaw   granted     all   his    land    in 
Brockholes  to   John    de   Rigmaiden    and 
Isolda  his  wife  ;  Towneley  MS.  HH,  no. 
1867.      In   1308-9  Isolda  de  Rigmaiden 
released   to   Nichola   de   Brockholes,   her 
daughter  and  heir,  all  right  in  the  same  ; 
ibid.  no.  1868. 

In  continuation  of  the  last  note  it  may 
be  added  that  in  1310-11  Maud  widow 
of  Robert  son  of  William  de  Clifton 
released  her  dower  land  to  Nichola  widow 
of  Roger  de  Brockholes,  and  that  Roger 
son  of  Robert  de  Clifton  soon  afterwards 
granted  all  his  lands  in  Brockholes  to  the 
same  Nichola ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol. 

74-5- 

28  The    last   note  shows  that   Nichola 
was  a  widow  in  1310-11.     In  1316-17 
John  son  of  Roger  dc  Brockholes  released 
to  Nichola  his  mother  a  third  part  of  the 
manor  of  Brockholes,  &c.,  as  dower  ;  Kuer- 
den MSS.  v,  fol.  1 1  %b.   Nichola  afterwards 
gave  to  her  son  John  the   rent  from  the 
third  part  of  the  manor  ;  HH,  no.  1869. 


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AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


followed  at  Brockholes  about  ten  years  later  by  his 
brother  Adam  "9  ;  by  what  title  is  not  quite  clear, 
but  probably  by  a.  family  partition,  John's  descendants 
having  the  manor  of  Claughton  in  Garstang. 

Adam  de  Brockholes,  who  was  living  in  1341,  had 
several  children,  including  Nicholas  his  heir30  and 
Roger.31  Nicholas  had  at  least  two  sons,32  but  the 
manor  appears  to  have  descended  to  two  daughters 
or  granddaughters  :  Margaret,  who  married  Roger 


Elston,  and  another  who  married  —  Singleton.33 
A  partition  was  afterwards  agreed  upon,  by  which 
the  former  had  Old  or  Higher  Brockholes  and  the 
latter  New  or  Lower  Brockholes.34 

The  Elston  moiety  descended  regularly 35  to  Robert 
Elston,  who  died  in  1662.™  After  some  changes  it 
was  purchased  in  1694  by  Thomas  Winckley  of 
Preston,37  and  descended  to  Frances  Lady  Shelley,38 
after  whose  death  in  1873  it  was  sold  to  Edward 


John   was   still   in   possession   in    1322; 
Mamecestre,  ii,  379. 

A  dispute  in  1323  between  William  de 
Ribbleton  and  Roger  son  of  Richard  de 
Ribbleton  concerning  12  acres,  &c.,  in 
Brockholes  shows  that  the  father  had 
held  of  Nichola  de  Brockholes  by  knight's 
service.  John  and  Adam  de  Brockholes 
and  Richard  Deuyas  and  Isolda  his  wife, 
formerly  wife  of  William  (?)  de  Ribbleton, 
are  named  ;  Assize  R.  425,  m.  i,  5. 
John  de  Brockholes  appeared  for  Nichola 
and  the  others. 

29  Nichola  widow  of  Roger  de  Brock- 
holes  in   1319  procured  a  messuage  and 
land  to  be  settled  on  her  with  remainder 
to  Adam  son  of  Roger  de  Brockholes  and 
Margaret   his   wife  ;    Final   Cone,   ii,    35. 
Roger    son    of    Agnes    de     Brockholes, 
already  named,  in  1324-5  made  a  release 
to  Adam  de  Brockholes  ;  HH,  no.  1890. 
In    1329  Adam  son  of  Roger  de   Brock- 
holes  made  a  feoffment  of  a  third  part  of 
the  manor,  &c.  ;  ibid.  no.  1874. 

30  In   1339   Robert  du  Marreys,  clerk, 
regranted    to    Adam    son    of    Roger    de 
Brockholes  and    Margaret  his  wife  two- 
thirds  of  the  manor  of  Brockholes,  with 
the  homage  and  service  of  the  free  tenant 
William  de  Brockholes  ;  with  successive 
remainders    to     Nicholas,    Adam,    John, 
Robert  and    Henry,   sons   of  Adam,   and 
then   to  the   right    heirs   of   William   de 
Brockholes  ;  Kuerden  fol.   MS.   fol.  259. 
An  Adam   de  Brockholes  son  of  William 
was  l:ving  in   1349  ;  Add.   MS.    32108, 
fol.  289. 

In  1341  Roger  son  of  Roger  de  Elston 
exchanged  certain  land  in  Brockholes  with 
Adam  son  of  Roger  de  Brockholes  and 
Margaret  his  wife  ;  the  remainders  were 
to  Adam's  sons  Nicholas  and  John  ;  HH, 
no.  1894. 

81  In    1349    Roger    son    of  Adam    de 
Erockholes      released      to     his     brother 
Nicholas    all    right     in    the    manor    of 
Brockholes  ;  ibid.  no.  1906. 

Roger  de  Singleton  of  Singleton  and 
Alice  his  wife  in  1348  granted  to 
Nicholas  de  Brockholes  all  the  lands  in 
Brockholes  which  had  belonged  to  Adam 
de  Singleton  ;  J.  Harland's  note. 

82  The    preceding    note     shows     that 
Nicholas  was  in  possession  in   1 349.     In 
1355  he  granted   leave   to  get  turves   in 
Brockholes;  Add.  MS.    32108,  fol.  289. 
In     1358     he    received     from    John    de 
Preston    a    release    of   all    the    right    in 
Brockholes    which    John  had  had    from 
Edmund  de   Brockholes  ;  Kuerden   MSS. 
v,  fol.  n8A.     Three  years  later  he  made 
a    feoffment    of   the    manor ;     HH,    no. 
1884.     Another  feoffment  was  made  in 
1396-7  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  B  14.     The 
seal    shews    a    cheveron    between    three 
brocks  (?).     Nichola*  de   Brockholes  and 
Margaret  his  wife   occur  in    1402  ;  HH, 
no.  1880. 

Roger  son  of  Nicholas  de  Brockholes 
in  1377-8  quitclaimed  to  Nicholas  his 
father  and  Margaret  his  wife  all  right  in 
Brockholes;  ibid.  no.  1558.  Thomas 


de  Bredkirk  was  in  1387  pardoned  for 
the  death  of  Geoffrey  son  of  Nicholas  de 
Brockholes,  killed  at  Preston  in  1385  ; 
Cal.  Pat.  1385-9,  p.  284. 

In  1378  William  del  Pole  and  Margery 
his  wife  had  some  interest  in  the  Brock- 
holes  estate  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  5. 

88  The  deeds  preserved  (those  of  Elston 
of  Brockholes)  are  not  clear  on  this  point. 
In  1419  (or  perhaps  7  Hen.  IV)  a  moiety 
of  the  manor  of  Brockholes,  held  for  life 
by  Margaret  widow  of  Nicholas,  was 
settled  on  Roger  Elston  and  Margaret 
his  wife,  the  heir  of  Nicholas,  with 
remainder  to  their  son  John,  contracted 
to  marry  Agnes  daughter  of  John 
Fleetwood  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  548. 

John  Elston  had  a  son  William,  who 
as  early  as  1428-9  was  contracted  to 
marry  Ellen  daughter  of  Thomas 
Haighton  ;  Add.  MS.  32108,  fol.  289*. 

According  to  the  pedigree  the  other 
heiress  married  Thomas  Singleton ; 
Fishwick,  Preston,  288. 

34  John  Elston  was  bound  in  1437-8 
to  Nicholas  Singleton  for  the  performance 
of  an  agreement  as  to  lands  in  Brock- 
holes  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  foL  115. 
From  notes  by  Kuerden  (MSS.  vi,  fol. 
74)  it  seems  that  a  division  was  made  in 
1453-4  and  an  award  relating  to  it  in 
1478.  In  1458-9  William  son  of  John 
Elston  granted  a  lease  of  Old  Brockholes  ; 
ibid. 

Another  note  of  agreement  between 
Nicholas  Singleton  and  Roger  Elston 
states  that  the  latter  was  to  have  Old 
Brockholes  for  life;  Add.  MS.  32107, 
no.  2987.  Again  in  1445-6  Roger 
Elston,  whose  son  John  had  granted 
Nicholas  Singleton  the  reversion  of  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Brockholes, 
released  his  own  life  interest  in  the 
same  ;  HH,  no.  1901.  The  moiety  of 
the  manor  was  the  subject  of  a  settlement 
in  1453-4,  when  the  elder  John,  son 
and  heir-apparent  of  William  Elston,  was 
contracted  to  marry  Agnes  daughter  of 
Nicholas  Singleton  of  Brockholes  ;  Add. 
MS.  32108,  fol.  289*.  The  parties 
being  near  akin  a  dispensation  was 
obtained  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  vi,  fol.  74.. 
William  Elston  had  a  younger  son  also 
named  John. 

Robert  son  and  heir-apparent  of  John 
Elston,  senior,  was  in  1483-4  married  to 
Anne  daughter  of  John  Singleton  of 
Withgill;  Add.  MS.  32108,  fol.  28o/>. 
In  1515  John  Elston  agreed  with 
Margaret  daughter  of  Robert  Waddington 
as  to  her  marriage  with  his  cousin  and 
heir  Ralph  Elston  (apparently  son  of 
Robert);  ibid.  Again  in  1553-4 
William  Elston,  who  had  married 
Katherine  daughter  of  Evan  Browne, 
was  to  have  Brockholes ;  ibid.  It 
appears  that  he  was  the  younger  son  of 
Ralph  Elston  ;  Richard  the  elder  son 
had  died. 

Ralph  Elston  and  Richard  his  son 
were  out-burgesses  of  the  guild  of  I  542  ; 
Preston  Guild  R.  19.  In  the  same  year 

III 


two  messuages,  &c.,  were  settled  on 
Ralph  Elston  and  Richard  his  son  and 
heir-apparent ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  12,  m.  81.  Ralph  Elston  occurs  as 
vendor  (or  trustee)  in  1553  ;  ibid.  bdle. 
14,  m.  48. 

In  1538-9  Roger  Asshaw  and  Jane 
his  wife  claimed  a  'form  or  kneeling 
place  '  in  Preston  Church  in  right  of  his 
manor  of  Elston,  but  Ralph  Elston  of 
Old  Brockholes  asserted  his  right  to  it. 
The  churchwardens,  seeing  that  '  man- 
slaughter, sedition,  and  great  unquietness 
were  like  to  have  ensued,'  took  away 
the  form  till  a  legal  decision  could  be 
given  ;  T.  C.  Smith,  Preston  Church, 
250-1. 

85  Ralph    Elston,    named    above,    died 
4  Nov.  155^  holding  a  capital  messuage 
and  lands  in  Brockholes  of  the  executors 
of  the  will  of  Lord  La  Warre  in   socage 
by  a  rent  of  4^.  yearly.     The  kinsman 
and  heir  was   Richard  Elston,   aged   five 
years  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no. 
3.     The  following  field-names,   &c.,  are 
given  :  Grey  Bank,  Margaret  Acre,  Boat- 
field,    Holme,    Eases,    Oldhouse,    Brew- 
house,  &c. 

Richard  Elston,  a  minor,  made  com- 
plaint in  1571  as  to  invasion  of  his 
grandfather's  lands  by  John  Shireburne 
and  Katherine  his  wife  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Plead.  Eliz.  Ixxxii,  E  I. 

From  the  Preston  Guild  R.  (p.  27)  it 
would  seem  that  Richard  was  the  son 
and  heir  of  Richard  (?  William)  Elston, 
deceased.  A  settlement  of  Richard 
Elston's  estate  in  Brockholes  or  Over 
Brockholes  was  made  in  1574  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  36,  m.  73.  He 
died  in  1592  holding  the  same  estate  of 
John  Lacy  (as-  of  his  manor  of  Man- 
chester) by  the  twenty-sixth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  and  a  rent  of  j\.d.  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  14.  The  service 
was  that  due  for  a  moiety  of  Brockholes. 

William  the  son  and  heir  was  thirteen 
years  of  age.  He  died  in  1636  holding 
his  Brockholes  estate  of  Edward  Mosley 
of  Manchester  by  the  fourth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  and  \d.  rent ;  Robert  his  son 
and  heir  was  twenty-eight  years  of  age  ; 
ibid,  xxix,  no.  i.  William  Elston,  a 
scholar  and  a  Puritan,  was  the  author  of 
a  history  of  his  family  (Harl.  MS.  1727, 
fol.  336),  under  the  title  of  Mundana 
Mutabilia  :  Ethelestophylax.  Extracts 
from  it  were  printed  in  the  Preston 
Guardian  of  1 88 1,  Feb.  5,  19,  &c. 

86  Robert  Elston's  son  William  died  in 
1664    without    issue,    and    Robert's    six 
daughters  in  the  same  year  sold  the  estate 
to  Paul  Moreau  of  Knowsley,  who  settled 
at  Brockholes. 

37  The    vendor     was      Paul     Moreau, 
grandson  of  the  purchaser  in  1664.     Paul 
Moreau,    James    his    son    and    Paul   his 
grandson,  &c.,  were  out-burgesses  of  the 
guild  of  1682  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  191. 

38  For  pedigree  see  Fishwick,  op.   cit. 
276.       Thomas    Winckley    was    son    of 
John     Winckley,    curate     of    Garstang 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Petre  in  1^75  ;  from  him  it  has  come  to  his  son,  the 
present  owner,  Mr.  Oswald  Henry  Philip  Turville- 
Petre,  of  Husbands  Bosworth.39 

HIGHER  BROCKHOLES,  now  a  farm-house, 
stands  on  low  ground  near  the  Kibble  below  Red 
Scar,  the  river  here  flowing  in  a  south-easterly  direc- 
tion on  the  east  side  of  the  house,  the  front  of  which 
faces  south.  It  is  a  long,  low,  two-storied  stuccoed 
building  very  much  modernized,  but  retaining  for 
the  most  part  its  grey  slated  roof  and  some  portions 
of  its  original  timber  framing.40  The  house,  how- 
ever, is  architecturally  uninteresting  except  for  a 
portion  at  the  east  end  now  disused,  which  is  a  good 
example  of  ijth-century  black  and  white  work  on  a 
low  stone  base,  with  overhanging  upper  floor  and 
gable.  The  work  is  simple  in  detail,  consisting 
mostly  of  the  structural  framework  filled  in  with 
straight  and  diagonal  pieces  and  quatrefoils.  A 
carved  oak  panel  bears  the  date  1643  and  the  initials 
R  E  A,  probably  those  of  Robert  Elston  and  Ann  his 
wife.  The  interior  has  been  almost  entirely  moder- 
nized, but  contains  old  oak  stairs  and  thick  oak 
doors.41 

The  Singleton  moiety  43  descended  to  William  Sin- 
gleton, who  died  in  1556  without  legitimate  issue.43 
A  pedigree  was  recorded  in  i6i3.44  The  estate  was 
in  i  564  sold  to  Sir  John  Southworth  of  Samlesbury,45 


and  afterwards  changed  hands,  being  at  last  in  1696 
acquired  by  the  above-named  Thomas  Winckley.46 
The  two  moieties  thus  reunited  have  so  continued  to 
the  present  time. 

LOWER  BROCKHOLES,  now  a  farm-house, 
stands  in  a  low  situation  close  to  the  bend  of  the 
Ribble  near  Brockholes  Bridge,  facing  east  towards 
Samlesbury.47  It  is  a  small  two-story  bu'lding  of 
no  particular  interest  architecturally,  having  been  very 
much  modernized  and  the  exterior  covered  with  rough- 
cast. The  windows  are  all  modern,  but  the  roof 
retains  its  grey  stone  slates,  and  the  north  wing,  which 
has  a  separate  gabled  roof  at  right  angles  to  that  of 
the  rest  of  the  house,  preserves  its  old  half-timber 
construction  above  the  ground  floor,  though  much  of 
the  timber  has  been  renewed.  There  is  a  wide  open 
gabled  porch  of  two  stories  projecting  9  ft.  6  in.  and 
measuring  8  ft.  square  inside,  over  the  archway  of 
which  is  a  stone  dated  1634  with  the  initials  and 
arms  of  Francis  Bindloss,  the  arms  with  helm,  crest 
and  mantling,  and  a  crescent  for  difference.  The 
interior  is  structurally  uninteresting,  but  a  small  oak 
staircase  of  good  design  with  turned  Jacobean  balusters 
still  remains,  and  in  one  of  the  bedrooms  is  some  oak 
panelling  forming  a  dado,  on  which  is  the  inscrip- 
tion, '  Quamlibet  expectes  horam  tibi  ducere  mortem, 
disce  mori  mundo  Christoque  resurgere  spera,  1630.' 


(1637)  and  of  Broughton  (1661);  he 
was  registrar  of  the  duchy  Chancery 
office.  He  died  in  1710  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  John,  who  died  in 
I7^>7f  John's  son  Thomas  left  an  only 
daughter  Frances,  who  married  Sir  John 
Shelley,  sixth  baronet  (d.  1852). 

39  Mr.  E.  H.  Petre  died  in  1902. 

40  The     timber      construction     shows 
externally  at  the  back. 

41  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  298. 

43  Nicholas  Singleton,  possessor  in 
the  time  of  Henry  VI,  has  been  men- 
tioned. There  was  an  arbitration  in 
1474  between  Alice  widow  of  Nicholas 
Singleton  and  the  sons — James  (the 
heir),  John,  Lawrence  and  Roger  ;  HH, 
no.  1918.  John  Singleton  of  Brockholes 
in  1485  granted  all  his  lands  to  Sir 
Alexander  Hoghton,  apparently  as 
trustee;  ibid.  no.  1902.  In  1495—6 
Robert  Singleton,  another  son  of  Nicholas, 
released  all  his  claim  to  his  brother  John  ; 
no.  189$. 

In  1487-8  James  Singleton  and 
Thomas  his  son  became  bound  to 
Richard  Singleton  of  Broughton,  en- 
gaging to  make  no  alienation  of  the 
inheritance  of  Nicholas,  father  of  James, 
so  that  it  might  descend  to  Richard  the 
son  of  James,  except  as  to  lands  of  20 
marks  yearly,  the  dower  of  Agnes  wife  of 
James  and  daughter  of  Richard  Hoghton 
of  the  Lawnd  in  Bowland.  Richard  was 
to  occupy  the  Bank  in  Broughton  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  389. 

Richard  Singleton  died  in  1499,  having 
been  married  or  betrothed  as  early  as 
1458,  while  his  grandfather  Nicholas  was 
living,  to  Elizabeth  his  wife,  who  survived 
him.  He  held  the  moiety  of  the  manor 
of  Brockholes  of  Sir  Thomas  West  Lord 
La  Warre  in  socage  and  other  lands  in 
Bolton-le-Sands,  &c.  Thomas  his  son 
and  heir  was  twenty-seven  years  of  age  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  52. 
Thomas  Singleton  about  two  years  later 
made  a  feoffment  of  messuages  and  lands 
in  Brockholes  called  Rishmelfield,  Gam- 


ridding,  a  water-mill  and  a  fishing,  to 
fulfil  the  marriage  covenants  of  his  sons 
Robert  and  Henry  with  Anne  and  Aline, 
daughters  of  John  Singleton  of  Shingle 
Hall  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  381. 

Robert  Singleton  died  in  1525,  his  wife 
Anne  having  died  before  him,  leaving  a 
son  and  heir  William,  only  about  two 
years  old.  He  held  one  moiety  of  the 
manor  of  Brockholes  and  various  lands, 
&c.,  in  the  other  moiety  of  Lord  La 
Warre,  as  of  his  manor  of  Manchester, 
by  knight's  service.  He  also  held  a 
burgage  and  land  in  Preston  of  the  heir 
of  Adam  Brockholes  by  the  rent  of  three 
grains  of  pepper,  and  other  tenements  in 
Broughton,  Barton,  Ribchester,  Whitting- 
ham,  Bolton-le-Sands,  &c.  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  64. 

43  Ibid,  x,  no.    I,  in  which  his  will  is 
recited  as  well   as  various  family  settle- 
ments.    To  Mary  his  wife  he  allowed  his 
dwelling-house,  a  close  called  Gamridding, 
with    mill    and    fishing  ;    to    Robert    his 
bastard   son  he  gave  certain    closes    and 
his  interest   in   the  tithe  of  Brockholes. 
Brockholes  was  held  of  Lord  La  Warre 
by    the    seventeenth  part    of   a  knight's 
fee  and  the  rent  of  4^.     The  heir  was 
his    uncle    Henry    Singleton,    chaplain, 
aged  fifty-five.     From  later  depositions  it 
appears    that    Henry    had  been    a    friar. 
For  Robert  Brockholes    see    Exch.    Dep. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  2. 

44  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  Si. 

45  An  indenture  concerning  the  manor 
is  enrolled  in  the  Common  Pleas,  Mich. 
3  &  4  Phil,   and   Mary.     An  account  of 
the    disputes    which    followed    William 
Singleton's    death    will    be    found,    with 
copies     of     depositions,     in     Fishwick's 
Preston,  94-6,   289-93.      It  appears  that 
the    above     Henry     Singleton    and     his 
nephew  William  son  of  Thomas  Single- 
ton of  Bank  Hall  in  Broughton  sold  the 
estate  to  John  Singleton  of  Ripley,  who 
in    1565    sold    to  Sir   John  Southworth. 
John  son    of    Henry  Singleton   in   1557 
gave    his    life    interest    in    the    Eyes   in 

112 


Brockholes  to  John  Singleton  of  Ripley  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  389,  no.  399. 
Fines  relating  to  the  settlements  at  the 
same  time  are  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdles.  17,  m.  33,  80  ;  27,  m.  171. 

After  the  death  of  Sir  John  Southworth 
in  1595  his  estate  in  Brockholes,  not 
called  a  manor,  was  said  to  have  been 
held  of  the  lord  of  Manchester  by  the 
three-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee 
and  the  rent  of  4</.  A  free  fishery  in 
the  Ribble  was  included  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  3. 

By  Thomas  Southworth  (son  of  Sir 
John)  Brockholes  was  mortgaged  and 
then  (1620)  sold  to  Edmund  Breres  of 
Preston,  and  sold  again  the  next  year 
to  Sir  Robert  Bindloss  of  Berwick  Hall. 
It  descended  to  a  grandson  Francis  and 
then  to  his  sister  Dorothy  wife  of  Sir 
Charles  Wheler,  who  in  1668  sold  to 
Paul  Moreau,  owner  of  Higher  Brock- 
holes,  and  John  Walshman  of  Preston, 
who  divided  the  estate  ;  Preston  Chron., 
May  1862.  Fishwick  (op.  cit.  96)  states 
that  Lower  Brockholes  was  in  1682 
the  property  of  Hugh  (John)  Walshman, 
who  died  in  1694. 

48  The  Walshman  share  was  sold  to 
Winckley  in  1696  and  the  Moreau  share 
in  1698.  A  full  abstract  of  the  title  is  in 
Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  292-310. 

47  Lower  Brockholes  was  formerly 
reached  from  Preston  by  a  roadway 
known  as  Brockall  Lane,  which  now 
forms  part  of  the  high  road  from  Preston 
to  Blackburn  made  in  1824.  There  was 
a  direct  way  between  the  two  towns 
previous  to  that  date,  but  it  was  a  mere 
lane,  and  there  was  either  no  bridge  or 
a  very  primitive  one  across  the  river  at 
Lower  Brockholes.  When  the  road  and 
bridge  were  projected  the  landowners  and 
farmers  petitioned  Parliament  to  refuse 
authority  for  its  construction,  their  con- 
tention being  that  if  the  new  road  were 
made  it  would  give  Samlesbury  farmers 
the  means  of  competing  with  them  at 
Preston  ;  Preston  Guardian,  28  Dec.  1907. 


GRIMSARGH  AND  BROCKHOLES  :    HIGHER  BROCKHOLES 


GRIMSARGH  AND  BROCKHOLES  :    LOWER  BROCKHOLES 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Apart  from  the  lords  of  the  manor  there  are  few 
records  of  estates  in  the  combined  township,48  and  in 
most  cases  the  owners  of  them  did  not  reside  there. 
A  branch  of  the  Hoghton  family,  however,  was  in  the 
1 7th  century  resident  in  Grimsargh,  and  in  1653 
William  Hoghton,  a  '  delinquent,'  whose  estate  had 
been  ordered  for  sale  by  the  Parliament,  desired  to 
compound,  but  was  too  late.49  William  Elston  and 
William  Hoghton  in  1631  paid  £10  each,  having 
refused  knighthood.50  Several  estates  of  Grimsargh 
'  Papists '  were  registered  in  1 7 1  j.61 

In  connexion  with  the  Church  of  England  a  chapel 
was  erected  at  Grimsargh  about  1716  by  the  efforts 
of  Samuel  Peploe,  vicar  of  Preston.52  It  was  dedi- 
cated to  St.  Michael.  It  was  entirely  rebuilt  in 
1868-9  by  the  Rev.  John  Cross,  brother  of  the  lord 
of  the  manor.53  It  had  a  separate  parish  assigned  to 
it  in  i875.84  The  vicars  are  presented  by  the  vicar 
of  Preston. 

A  Congregational  mission  was  begun  in  1903. 

St.  John's  College,  Grimsargh,  is  a  private  adven- 
ture school  for  boys.85 

ELSTON 

Etheliston,  1212;  Echelyston,  1284;  Echilston, 
1285  ;  Ethelston,  1297  ;  Etheleston,  1301  ;  Elston, 
Elleston  xv  cent. 

This  township  has  an  area  of  961^-  acres,1  and  in 
1901  there  was  a  population  of  59.  The  Ribble 
forms  a  large  part  of  the  boundary,  and  in  a  bend  of 
it  there  is  some  low-lying  level  ground,  but  the  sur- 
face in  general  is  elevated,  rising  quickly  till  over 
200  ft.  above  sea  level  is  attained.  There  are  woods 


PRESTON 

overlooking   the   river   at  the   eastern   end,  and   the 
western  boundary  is  formed  by  a  small  wooded  clough. 

The  principal  road  runs  south  from  the  Preston  and 
Longridge  road,  through  the  middle  of  the  township, 
till  it  reaches  the  level  tract  mentioned  ;  here  is  the 
hamlet  of  Elston. 

The  land  is  chiefly  in  pasture.  The  soil  is  clay, 
loam  and  alluvial,  with  subsoil  various. 

The  pipe  line  of  the  Manchester  water  supply  from 
Thirlmere  passes  through  the  township,  and  thence 
through  the  Ribble  into  Samlesbury. 

The  Tnanor  of  ELSTON,  assessed  as 
M4NOR  one  plough-land,  appears  to  have  been  sepa- 
rated from  Grimsargh  after  the  Conquest 
and  given  to  the  lord  of  Penwortham.  Warine 
Bussel  gave  it  with  Heaton  in  Lonsdale  to  Hamon  Ic 
Boteler  in  free  marriage,2  and 
Hamon  appears  to  have  given 
it  to  the  Knights  of  St.  John 
of  Jerusalem,  a  gift  ratified 
by  Albert  Bussel.3  The 
knights  gave  it  to  William 
son  of  Hamon,  to  be  held 
free  of  suit  to  their  court  of 
Amounderness,  but  paying  an 
annual  rent  of  8j.  and  an 
obit  of  2  marks.4  This  free 
rent,  representing  the  lord- 
ship of  the  Hospitallers,  was 
in  1613  acquired  by  the 
Shireburnes  of  Stonyhurst.5 

The  estate  of  William  son  of  Hamon  in  Golborne  6 
descended  to  the  Hoghton  family,  but  Elston  went  in 


WALMSLEY.  Gules 
tn  a  chief  ermine  two 
hurts. 


48  Ellis  de  Knoll  and  Alice  his  wife 
about  1290  granted  Edmund  Earl  of 
Lancaster  a  piece  of  land  in  Grimsargh 
lying  on  the  east  side  of  his  park  of 
Hyde  ;  Great  Coucher,  i,  fol.  62,  no.  13. 
Matthew  de  Huyton  (?  Heaton)  and 
Maud  his  wife  in  1323-4  claimed  land 
in  Grimsargh  against  Alice  the  widow 
and  Adam  the  son  of  Ellis  de  Knoll  ; 
Assize  R.  425,  m.  5  d. 

In  1351  Roger  de  Blackburn  acquired 
a  messuage  and  land  in  Grimsargh  from 
John  son  of  Ralph  de  Freckleton  and 
Maud  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  131. 

William  Pole  and  Margery  his  wife  in 
1378  held  two  messuages  with  land  and  rent 
in  Grimsargh,  Brockholes  and  Preston  ; 
ibid,  iii,  5.  Their  tenant  Richard  de 
Smewes  was  perhaps  the  Richard  who 
occurred  as  defendant  in  July  1351;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Assize  R.  I,  m.  5. 

William  Pole  was  in  1398-9  accused 
of  felling  and  carrying  away  certain  trees 
belonging  to  Nicholas  de  Brockholes ; 
Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  1020.  Later 
(1454-5)  an  agreement  was  made  between 
John  Pole  and  John  son  of  Roger  Elston 
as  to  the  bounds  of  their  lands  in  Brock- 
holes  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  vi,  fol.  74. 

John  Singleton  in  1530  held  land  in 
Grimsargh  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  in 
socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi, 
no.  32.  In  1541  Gabriel  Hesketh  pur- 
chased from  another  John  Singleton  lands 
in  Claughton  and  Grimsargh  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  12,  m.  60.  Bar- 
tholomew Hesketh  of  Rufford  made  a 
purchase  in  1536-7  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  162,  m.  15.  George  Hesketh  of 
Poulton  died  in  1571  holding  land  in 
Grimsargh  of  Thomas  Hoghton  by  a 
rent  of  q.d.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 


xiii,  no.   15.     See  also  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  363. 

Evan  Browne  of  Ribbleton  in  1545 
held  land  in  Grimsargh  of  Richard 
Hoghton  by  a  rent  of  zod.  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no.  24.  Thomas 
Brockholes  in  1567  also  held  land  there 
of  Thomas  Hoghton  ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  6. 

The  Gerards  of  Brynn  had  land  in 
Grimsargh  said  to  be  held  of  the  king  in 
thegnage  by  a  rent  of  zd.  in  1537  ;  ibid, 
viii,  no.  29,  13.  William  Pemberton  in 
1575  purchased  a  messuage  and  land 
there  from  Sir  Thomas  Gerard ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  37,  m.  154. 
Richard  Pemberton  died  in  1619  holding 
of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  by  a  rent  of  6d.  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  224. 

Thomas  Asshaw  in  1564  purchased  a 
tenement  there  from  the  Earl  of  Derby  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  26,  m. 
152.  This  was  perhaps  the  messuage 
held  in  1627  by  Sir  John  Radcliffe  of 
Ordsall,  the  tenure  not  being  stated  in 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxv,  no.  6. 

Thomas  Shireburne  of  Heysham  held 
land  in  Grimsargh  of  Hoghton  in  1635  ; 
Towneley  MS.  €8,13  (Chet.  Lib.),  1083. 

49  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  301  ;  Index  of 
Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  42.  See  also  Fish- 
wick,  Preston,  361. 

Two  husbandmen  of  Grimsargh, 
Thomas  and  John  Cosson,  being  '  sus- 
pected of  popery,'  were  in  1653  summoned 
before  the  committee  for  compounding. 
They  did  not  appear,  and  the  two-thirds 
of  their  estates  were  sequestered  ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  i,  656. 

40  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.   Lane*,  and  Ches.), 

1,  221. 


41  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath. 
Nonjurors,  95,  136—7.  Their  names  were 
Paul  Charnley,  John  Coseney,  Robert 
Hummer,  Richard  Fishwick,  George 
Clarkson,  James  Rogerson,  Gilbert  Slater 
and  Thomas  Slater. 

52  Gastrcll,    Notitia   (Chet.     Soc.),    ii, 
470.     It  was  consecrated  in  1726. 

53  T.    C.  Smith,    Longridge,    210-14  ; 
notices  of  curates  in  charge  and  vicars  are 
given,  with  a  view  of  the  church.  See  also 
Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  85-8. 

A  '  Capellanus  de  Brockholes '  attested 
an  agreement  in  1253,  but  the  place- 
name  may  be  the  surname  only  ;  Harl. 
MS.  21 1 2,  fol.  65/107. 

54  Land.  Gaz.  14  May  1875. 

55  T.  C.  Smith,  Longridge,  216.     The 
place  was  formerly  known  as  The  Her- 
mitage, the  residence  of  a  family  named 
Chadwick. 

1  959  acres,  according  to  the  Census 
Rep.  1901,  including  30  of  inland  water. 

*  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  30. 

3  Ibid.  Elston  (30  acres)  was  confirmed 
to    the    Hospitallers   by    Henry    II    and 
Richard  I  (1189)  ;  Cartae  Antiquae  T  39 
and  RRi7  (noted  by  Mr.  R.  Gladstone, 
jun.).     It  is  named  among  their  lands  in 
1292  ;  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.), 

4  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  loc.  cit.  from 
Kuerden  MSS.  v,  fol.  82*. 

5  Elston  is  named  among  Hospitallers' 
lands  granted  in  1611   to  George  Whit- 
more  and  others  ;  Pat.  9  Jas.  I,  pt.  xxvii. 
It    was    sold    to    Richard    Shireburne    of 
Stonyhurst  in   1613  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii, 
fol.  132.     It  is  named  in  an  inquisition  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  4. 

6  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  74. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


a  different  way,  as  the  Hoghton  holding  there  appear; 
to  have  been  acquired  by  purchase,7  and  was  after- 
wards said  to  be  held  of  the  Crown  in  socage  by 
a  rent  of  i8^.s  Several  families,  possibly  younger 
branches,9  assumed  Elston  as  a  surname,  one  of  them 
of  long  continuance  in  the  neighbouring  township  of 
Brockholes.  The  immediate  lordship  seems  to  have 
descended  to  one  John  de  Elston,  living  in  the 
time  of  Edward  III.10  About  a  century  later,  in  1 446, 
Sir  Thomas  Harrington  and  others  purchased  it  from 


Isabel  and  Joan,  daughters  and  heirs  of  John  Shaw.11 
On  the  partition  of  Sir  James  Harrington's  lands  in 
1516  Elston  fell  to  the  share  of  his  daughter  Mar- 
garet,12 who  married  Christopher  Hulton,  and  so  it 
descended  to  Asshaw  1S  and  Radcliffe  of  Ordsall.14  In 
1610-1 1  it  was  sold  to  Sir  Thomas  Walmesley,15  and 
after  changing  hands  again  was  acquired  by  Thomas 
Walmsley,16  in  whose  family  it  remained  till  recently. 
The  present  lord  of  the  manor,  it  is  stated,  is 
Mr.  William  Cross  of  Frensham,  Surrey. 


7  Alexander  son  of  William  de  Elston 
released  to  Adam  de  Hoghton  his  rights 
in  waters,  mills,  fisheries,  &c.,  within  the 
vill,  2os.  being  paid,  and   William  son  of 
Alexander  de  Elston  confirmed  to  Adam 
de  Hoghton  all  his  part  of  the  mill,  with 
mill-stead,  &c.,  for   a   rent  of  a   pair  of 
white  gloves  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  168, 
132. 

In  1301  Richard  son  of  William  son  of 
Warine  de  Elston  gave  Master  Richard  de 
Hoghton  all  his  right  in  Elston  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  59.  In  the  same  year 
Elston  is  named  among  the  Hoghton 
estates ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  192. 

Maud  daughter  of  Paulin  de  Westacre, 
as  widow,  released  to  Sir  Adam  de  Hogh- 
ton in  1330  all  right  in  her  father's  lands 
in  Elston  and  her  right  of  turbary  in 
Grimsargh  for  her  life  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  84,  fol.  254.  A  Henry  de  Wedacre 
was  plaintiff  respecting  land  in  the  town- 
ship in  1285  ;  Assize  R.  1271,  m.  12. 

8  Sir    Richard   Hoghton   in   1422    was 
found  to   have  held  a  messuage  and  40 
acres  in  Elston  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.   (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  146.     See  also  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  26,  where  the  rent  is 
not  stated. 

9  William    de    Elston    and    Roger    his 
brother  were  stated  in  1346  to  hold  four 
plough-lands  in  Elston,  &c.,  by  knight's 
service ;    Inq.   p.m.    20    Edw.    Ill   (2nd 
nos.),  no.  62.     To  a  charter  of  1349  the 
following  were  witnesses  :  John  de  Elston, 
William  son  of  Roger  de  Elston,  William 
son   of  Paulin   de   Elston   and   Roger  de 
Elston;  Towneley  MS.   HH,  no.   1906. 
John  dc  Elston  of  Elston,  John  de  Elston 
of  Ribbleton  and  Roger  de  Elston  attested 
a  charter  of  the  year  1362  ;  Piccope  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  27. 

William  son  of  Roger  de  Elston,  Roger 
his  brother  and  William  son  of  Paulin  de 
Elston  occur  together  in  1355  ;  Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  fol.  50,  B  8. 

A  deed  of  about  1280  names  Roger  son 
of  William  de  Elston  and  Paulin  his 
brother  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  H  2.  Henry 
de  Blackburn  and  Eve  his  wife  (about 
1302)  granted  their  son  John  their  right  in 
2oJ.  rent  due  from  William  son  of  Paulin 
de  Elston;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  309. 
Christiana  widow  of  Paulin  de  Elston  and 
William  her  son  occur  in  1 340  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  ii,  fol.  256*. 

The  following  pleadings  show  that  the 
partition  between  several  Elston  families 
goes  back  some  distance  of  time.  In  1280 
James  de  Elston  claimed  half  a  messuage 
and  oxgang  of  land  against  Robert  de 
Elston  and  Roger  his  brother  ;  William 
de  Elston  was  called  to  warrant ;  De 
Banco  R.  36,  m.  69  ;  42,  m.  38.  In 
1284  James  de  Elston  was  non-suited  in 
a  claim  for  land  against  Robert  son  of 
William  de  Elston  ;  Assize  R.  1268, 
m.  12  d.  It  seems  that  James  was  the  son 
of  a  Roger  de  Elston  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  906,  D  53. 


William  de  Myr  of  Elston  in  1282 
sought  a  messuage  and  oxgang  of  land 
against  Robert  de  Elston,  and  the  same 
against  Roger  de  Elston  ;  while  Robert 
son  of  William  de  Elston  and  Roger  his 
brother  sought  a  small  tenement  against 
John  son  of  Agnes  de  Elston  ;  De  Banco 
R.  47,  m.  32,  34  d.  Robert  de  Elston 
and  Roger  his  brother  attested  a  charter 
c.  1284  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  74. 

Again  in  1298  Cecily  daughter  of 
Robert  de  Elston  and  her  sisters  Margery, 
Elizabeth  and  Emma  claimed  goods  to  the 
value  of  £12  from  William  son  of  Ralph, 
Alice  his  wife  and  Roger  de  Elston ; 
De  Banco  R.  124,  m.  64. 

10  The  descent  seems  to  be  :  William 
de  Elston  — s.  Robert  — s.  William  -s. 
John. 

To  William  de  Elston,  'his  lord,'  the 
Alexander  son  of  William  son  of  Arthur 
de  Elston  already  mentioned  granted  land 
in  Elston;  Had.  MS.  2042,  fol.  171. 
He  was  probably  the  William  called  to 
warrant  in  1280. 

Robert  son  of  William  de  Elston  has 
been  named  as  defendant  in  1284-5.  To 
his  son  Richard  in  1318  he  granted  all 
his  lands  in  Elston;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  164,  fol.  271.  The  manor,  however, 
seems  to  have  descended  to  another  son 
William,  who  in  1328  was  defendant  to 
a  claim  put  forward  by  Roger  and  Paulin, 
sons  of  William  de  Elston  and  Roger  son 
of  Roger  ;  Assize  R.  1400,  m.  233. 

John  de  Elston  was  lord  in  1337  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  150.  He  (as  son 
of  William)  was  in  that  year  one  defen- 
dant to  a  claim  by  William  son  of  William 
de  Elston;  Assize  R.  1424,  m.  II.  In 
1346  Margery  daughter  of  William  son 
of  Richard  de  Ashley  (of  Whittingham) 
claimed  three  messuages  and  a  plough-land 
in  Elston  in  right  of  her  mother  Christiana, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Nicholas  the  Clerk, 
seised  in  the  time  of  Edward  I.  The 
defendants  were  Maud  widow  of  William 
de  Elston  and  John  the  son  of  William  ; 
John  said  that  the  tenement  was  only  one 
messuage  and  6  acres  of  land  and  that  he 
held  jointly  with  Maud  his  wife  ;  De 
Banco  R.  342,  m.  20  ;  345,  m.  21  ;  348, 
m.  304.  The  suit  went  on  for  some 
years.  At  Pentecost,  1352,  John  de 
Elston  further  defended  his  right  by  say- 
ing that  plaintiff's  mother  had  released  to 
his  grandfather  Robert  all  her  right  in 
Elston,  but  the  charter  was  denied  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Assize  R.  2,  m.  vij  d.  In  the 
end  Margery  lost  her  case  ;  ibid.  6,  m.  7  d. 

In  1346  John  de  Elston  made  a  feoff- 
ment  of  his  manor  of  Elston  with  all  its 
buildings,  homages,  services,  reliefs,  &c.  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  in.  He  made  an 
exchange  of  lands  in  1358,  Roger  de 
Elston  and  William  son  of  Paulin  de 
Elston  being  witnesses  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  433. 

In  1357  John  de  Elston  purchased  10 
acres  in  Elston  from  William  de  Dodhill 
and  Alice  his  wife;  Final  Cone,  ii,  154. 

114 


In  1363  it  was  found  that  the  tenement 
of  Joan  wife  of  Gilbert  the  Tailor  in 
Elston,  taken  into  the  king's  hands  for 
felony,  was  held  of  John  de  Elston  the 
elder  by  the  rent  of  9.1.  e,d.  ;  Inq.  p.m.  37 
Edw.  Ill  (tst  nos.),  no.  23. 

In  1369  there  were  two  Johns,  but  the 
John  de  Elston  who  attested  a  Ribbleton 
charter  granted  by  John  de  Elston  the 
younger  was  probably  the  lord  of  Elston  ; 
Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  2975.  At  the  same 
time  a  John  son  of  William  de  Elston 
complained  that  Alice  widow  of  William 
de  Elston  was  causing  waste  in  Elston  ; 
De  Banco  R.  433,  m.  425  ;  see  also  447, 
m.  189. 

In  the  following  year  John  de  Elston 
the  elder  made  a  settlement  of  lands  in 
Elston,  Preston  and  Haighton  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  E  5. 

It  was  perhaps  his  son  who  as  Roger 
son  of  John  de  Elston  obtained  land  in 
the  township  from  William  son  of  Robert 
West  of  Elston  in  1382-3  ;  ibid.  Roger 
de  Elston  in  1395  purchased  three  mes- 
suages, &c.,  from  John  de  Shorrock  the 
younger  and  Agnes  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone. 
iii,  46.  There  was,  however,  a  Roger  de 
Elston  of  Ribbleton  and  Brockholes. 

11  Ibid.  112.  The  estate  was  described 
as  the  manor  of  Elston,  with  messuages, 
land  and  wood  in  Ribchester,  Haighton 
and  Preston  and  the  moiety  of  a  mill  in 
Haighton.  The  purchasers  were  probably 
trustees  of  Harrington  of  Wolfage. 

Sir  James  Harrington  of  Brixworth,  in 
a  deed  dated  at  Elston,  made  a  feoffment 
of  all  his  lands  in  Elston,  Haighton, 
Fishwick,  Dinckley  and  Lancaster  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  473.  Isabel  his  widow 
in  1498  made  a  release  of  the  same  ;  ibid, 
no.  830.  12  Norris  D.  (B.M.). 

13  Land.    Inq.    p.m.    (Chet.    Soc.),    ii, 
171-2. 

In  1552  Joan  widow  of  Roger  Asshaw 
and  daughter  of  Margaret,  one  of  the 
daughters  and  co-heirs  of  Sir  James  Har- 
rington, gave  her  son  Anthony  an  annuity 
of  4  marks  from  her  lands  in  Elston, 
Haighton,  Goosnargh,  &c.  ;  Add.  MS. 
32105,  fol.  214.  At  the  same  time  she 
made  a  general  settlement ;  ibid.  fol.  213. 

14  See  the  accounts  of  Heath  Charnock 
and  Salford. 

15  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  78, 
no.  22  ;  77,  no.  i,  8. 

16  Fishwick,  Preston,  93. 

In  1625  Robert  Randolph  leased  to 
Thomas  Heneage  the  manor  of  Elston 
and  a  messuage  in  Preston  for  five  years  ; 
Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1625-6,  p.  49.  See  also 
Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  247. 

In  1652—3  the  manor  of  Elston,  with 
messuages,  windmill,  tithes,  &c.,  and  a 
free  fishery  in  the  Ribble  were  held  by 
John  Box,  Anne  his  wife,  Thomas  Ince, 
Robert  Charnock,  esq.,  Thomas  Harrison, 
esq.,  Elizabeth  his  wife  and  Hester  Char- 
nock ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  151, 
m.  127, 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


There  are  but  few  other  details  known  regarding 
estates  in  this  township.17  Henry  Gregson  paid  J~io 
in  1631,  having  declined  knighthood.173  Robert 
Hothersall 18  and  Henry  Walmesley 19  had  their 
estates  sequestered  under  the  Commonwealth.  Two 
or  three  '  Papists'  registered  small  estates  in  17 ij.20 

Apart  from  Mr.  Cross's  land  the  principal  holding 
is  that  of  the  Goosnargh  Hospital,  comprising  the 
tenements  called  Marsh  House  (or  Elston  Hall), 
Salisbury  and  Moorfields,  in  all  about  220  acres.21 

John  March's  house  in  Elston  was  in  1672  licensed 
for  a  Presbyterian  meeting.22 

FISHWICK 

Fiscuic,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Fiswich,  1202;  Fiskwic, 
1203  ;  Fyswic,  c.  1220  ;  Fischwic,  "1 2 2 5  ;  Fissewyk, 
c.  1250;  Fiswike,  1251;  Fixwyk,  1297;  Fisshe- 
wyke,  1302  ;  Phisick,  xviii  cent.  This  last  shows 
the  local  pronunciation. 

This  township  extends  from  the  south-east  border 
of  Preston  to  the  Ribble.  A  large  part  of  the  surface 
is  low-lying  level  ground  in  bends  of  the  river,  but  in 
the  west  and  north  the  surface  rises  steeply  and 
irregularly,  a  height  of  about  1506.  above  sea  level 
being  attained.  The  hall  is  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  township,  near  the  foot  of  the  slope  and  at  the 
opening  of  a  small  clough.  The  Swillbrook  was  the 
boundary  between  Fishwick  and  Preston  ;  it  has  now 
disappeared.  Frenchwood  lies  between  it  and  the 
Ribble,  to  the  west  of  the  road  to  Walton.  The 
area  is  69 2  J  acres,  and  the  population  in  1901  was 
4,884. 

The  ancient  highway  from   Preston  to  the  south, 


PRESTON 

by  way  of  Walton-le-Dale,  passes  through  Fishwick, 
and  the  bridge  across  the  river  there  has  long  been 
pre-eminently  '  Ribble  Bridge.'  From  the  bridge  a 
minor  road  leads  north-east  towards  the  hall  and 
thence  to  Preston,  while  another  road  and  footpath 
lead  west  towards  Avenham  Park. 

Dwelling-houses  have  spread  over  the  border  from 
Preston,  with  which  town  Fishwick  has  been  joined 
for  municipal  and  parliamentary  purposes  since  the 
Reform  Acts.  In  1894  the  township  ceased  to  exist, 
being  now  part  of  the  enlarged  township  of  Preston.1 
The  manor  of  F1SHWICK  was  in 
MANOR  1066  a  member  of  the  Preston  lordship 
of  Earl  Tostig,  and  was  assessed  as  one 
plough-land.2  Some  time  after  the  Conquest  it  was 
given  to  the  Forester  of  Lancaster,  as  part  of  his  fee,3 
and  descended  in  the  same  way 4  as  the  Gernet 
moiety  of  Eccleston  in  Ley- 
land,  coming  into  the  hands 
of  Richard  Molyneux  of  Sefton 
in  I539-5  The  manor  of 
Fishwick  and  the  lands,  &c., 
in  Fishwick,  Ribbleton  and 
Brockholes  were  in  1 5  69 
found  to  be  held  of  the  queen 
in  socage  by  fealty  only  6  ; 
and  this  statement  of  the 
tenure  was  repeated  later.7 

It  does  not  appear  that  the 
lords  of  the  manor  ever  re- 
sided there,  and  the  chief 

interest  of  the  Molyneux  possession  arises  from  the 
fact  that  in  the  1 7th  century  the  hall  became  the 
centre  of  a  Roman  Catholic  mission,8  and  it  was 


MOLYNKUX.       A«ur 
a  cross  moline  or. 


Thomas  Walmsley  of  Elston  and  his 
sons  Thomas  and  Richard  were  burgesses 
at  the  Preston  Guild  of  1782  ;  Abram, 
Mem.  of  the  Guilds,  104. 

17  Sir  Thomas  Ashton  (i  5 14)  purchased 
lands  in  Elston  and   Haighton  from  his 
father-in-law  Sir  James  Harrington,  but 
the  tenure  is  not  stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  80. 

Ralph  Elston's  capital  messuage  in 
Brockholes  was  in  1557  described  as  'in 
the  town  of  Elston'  ;  ibid,  x,  no.  3. 

17*  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  222. 

18  His  estate  was  sequestered  for  recu- 
sancy.    In  1650  he   settled   part   on  his 
wife  Katherine,  who  after  his  death  sold 
her  interest,  and  the  purchaser  in   1654 
desired    an     examination    of    his    title  ; 
Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  iii,  262. 

19  Henry  Walmsley,  husbandman,  was 
in  1653  'suspected  of  popery,'  and  there- 
fore summoned  before  the  committee  for 
compounding.     On  his  refusing  to  abjure 
his  religion,  two-thirds  of  his  estate  was 
sequestered  ;   Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  i,  656. 

20  Henry    Cumaleach,    son-in-law     of 
John  Walmsley  ;  Alice  and  Anne  Charn- 
ley  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Eng.  Cath.  No* 
jurors,  139,  104. 

21  End.  Char.  Rep.  (Kirkham,  1 904),  42, 
123.          »  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1672,  p.  200. 

1  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  31607. 

»  y.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  28 8 A. 

3  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  43,  121.  In  1252 
Roger  Gernet  held  one  plough-land  in 
chief  of  the  king  by  service  of  the  forest  ; 
he  had  all  the  land  except  i  oxgang 
and  60  acres,  the  moiety  of  a  fishery  in 


the  Ribble,  and  a  mill  worth  301.  yearly  ; 
ibid,  i,  187-8. 

In  1225  an  agreement  was  made 
between  William  and  Roger  Gernet  as 
to  the  manor  of  Fishwick.  It  was  held 
in  dower  by  Cecily  widow  apparently  of 
Benedict  Gernet,  father  of  Roger  and 
grandfather  of  William  ;  Farrer,  Lanes. 
Pipe  R.  204,  &c.  Cecily  married  one 
William  known  as  the  Villein,  and  Roger 
warranted  the  manor  to  them,  while 
William  Gernet  renounced  all  claim  to 
it  on  behalf  of  himself  and  his  heirs  in 
return  for  half  a  plough-land  in  Crophill. 
Roger  Gernet's  lordship  of  Fishwick  was 
therefore  undisputed  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  46. 

4  William  de  Dacre  held  Fishwick  by 
knight's  service  in  1297  ;  at  that  time 
the  vill  rendered  js.  Bd.  to  the  Earl  of 
Lancaster ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
298,  289.  From  a  return  made  in  1302 
it  would  appear  that  the  tenure  had  been 
altered  from  forestry  to  knight's  service  ; 
ibid,  i,  317.  The  old  service  of  master 
forester  was,  however,  recorded  in  1 3  24, 
Randle  de  Dacre  being  lord  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxxxi,  fol.  41^.  A  further  change  was 
made  before  1458,  when  Sir  Thomas 
Dacre  of  Gillesland  was  found  to  have 
held  the  manor  of  Fishwick  of  the  king 
as  of  his  Duchy  of  Lancaster  in  socage 
by  the  service  of  a  grain  of  pepper ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  65. 

In  1324  the  annual  value  of  the  estate 
was  returned  as  £j  i8j.,  made  up  thus  : 
A  messuage  with  fruit  and  herbage,  2s.  ; 
60  acres  arable,  301.  ;  6  acres  meadow, 
6s.  ;  a  fishery  in  the  Ribble,  261.  8</.  ;  a 
water-mill,  40*.,  and  8  oxgangs  of  land, 
held  by  free  tenants  who  paid  6s.  Sd.  for 

"5 


each  oxgang — 53*.  4</.  ;  Inq.  p.m.  18 
Edw.  II,  no.  41.  Sir  William  de  Dacre 
in  1358  complained  that  Robert  son  of 
Henry  de  Kuerden  and  others  had  taken 
hares  and  pheasants  from  his  free  warren 
at  Fishwick  ;  Assize  R.  438,  m.  7.  The 
clear  value  of  the  manor  was  stated  as 
10  marks  in  1375  ;  Inq.  p.m.  49 
Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  no.  39. 

After  the  confiscation  in  1461  thismanor 
was  granted  for  life  to  Eleanor  widow  of 
Sir  Randle  Dacre  in  1467  as  compensa- 
tion for  dower  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1467-77,  p.  26. 

Richard  Fiennes  Lord  Dacre  in  1486 
held  the  manors  of  Fishwick  and  Eccles- 
ton by  knight's  service  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  58.  His  successor 
Thomas  Fiennes  Lord  Dacre  in  1506 
sold  them  to  Edmund  Dudley  ;  ibid,  iv, 
no.  21  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  545. 
From  John  Dudley  the  manors  passed  to 
Sir  Thomas  Seymer  in  1530  and  to 
Edward  Elrington  in  1538  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  u,  m.  113,  16. 

5  Ibid.   bdle.  12,  m.    15.     The  manor 
is    named   in   a   Molyneux  settlement  of 
1558  ;  ibid.  bdle.  20,  m.  80. 

6  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  35. 

7  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),    iii,    390  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.   Inq. 
p.m.  xxvii,  no.  59. 

8  In    1586    Evan     Banister,    an     'old 
priest,'  was  harboured  by  Jane  Eyves  of 
Fishwick,    widow  ;    Baines,    Lanes,     (ed. 
Harland),   i,  180,  from  Harl.   MS.   360, 
fol.  32.     'It  is  probable  that  the  chapel 
within  the  hall  was  regularly  served  before 
Dom     Bartholomew     Gregory    Hesketh 
took  charge   of  the  mission  in  1685  and 
built    the    chapel    there,    wherein    were 
organs,  bells,  vestments  and  a  pulpit,  at 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


reported  to  the  Government  in  1717  that  Lord 
Molyneux  had  given  the  place  to  the  English 
Benedictines  both  as  a  mission  station  and  an  en- 
dowment.9 If  the  report  was  true  proof  was 
wanting,  and  the  manor  was  retained  by  the  family 
until  the  sale  in  1729.™  It  was  purchased  by  Sir 
Henry  Hoghton  in  1731,  and  from  a  later  Sir  Henry 
in  1785  by  William  Shawe  of  Preston.11  From  him 
it  descended  to  Thomas  Rigby  Knowles,  who  died 
in  1901,  leaving  an  infant  son.  The  estate  is  in 
the  hands  of  trustees.  No  courts  have  been  held  for 
many  years.  The  hall  was  parted  from  the  manor, 
and  in  1731  sold  to  Thomas  Astley  of  Preston,  a 
chief  rent  of  3*.  8</.  being  then  payable  to  t^e 


Forester  of  Myerscough.1*  It  was  about  1760  pur- 
chased by  the  above-named  William  Shawe. 

Lists  of  the  free  tenants  in  the  I3th  and  1 4th 
centuries  have  been  preserved  13  ;  their  holdings  were 
no  doubt  the  basis  of  the  freehold  estates  of  later 
times,  but  no  detailed  account  of  them  can  be  given. 
Some  of  the  families  took  the  surname  of  Fishwick,14 
and  other  owners  can  be  traced  by  the  inquisitions 
and  other  records.14 

The  principal  resident  family  was  that  of  Eyves. 
Robert  del  Eves  of  Fishwick  in  1394  leased  to  Sir 
Richard  Hoghton  his  '  manor '  of  Fishwick,  from 
which  there  were  due  rents  of  £6  $s.  \d.  to  Dacre 
and  iu.  to  Langton.16  In  1617  the  hall  was  leased 


deposed  before  the  Commissioners  of  For- 
feited Estates  in  1718';  ].  Gillow  in 
Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xiii,  159. 

» Lanes,  and  CAes.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  173-4.  The  hall 
was  called  Physick  Hall.  There  is  an 
allusion  to  the  estate  in  a  letter  from 
Richard  Hitchmough  ;  Payne,  Engl.  Cath. 
Rec.  124. 

10  Under  the  Private  Act  2  Geo.   II, 
cap.  9. 

11  Abstract  of  W.  Shawe's  title  in  the 
possession    of    the    Knowles    Trustees. 
The  appointment  of  a  gamekeeper  by  Sir 
Henry  Hoghton  as  lord  of  the  manor  in 
1734  was  printed  in  the  Preston  Guardian, 
24  Apr.  1875. 

For  a  pedigree  showing  the  Shawe 
descent  see  Fishwick's  Preston,  343. 

13  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  242. 
For  an  account  of  die  Astleys  see  Fish- 
wick, op.  cit.  308. 

13  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  178—9, 
dated  1247—51,  and  showing  the  aliena- 
tions made,  the  rents  due  and  the  por- 
tions of  a  knight's  fee  for  which  service 
was  to  be  rendered.  The  land  amounted 
to  I  oxgang  and  5  8  acres  and  the  rents  to 
151.  zd.,  as  follows  : — 

Roger  the  Clerk  of  Fishwick,  i  oxgang 
of  land  and  3  acres,  paying  6s.  8J.,  and 
being  ordered  to  render  the  service  due  for 
the  twentieth  part  of  a  fee. 

Baldwin  de  Preston,  the  moiety  of  mill 
and  20  acres  of  land  and  wood,  35.  zd. 
and  one-fortieth. 

John  son  of  John,  6  acres,  2s.  and  one- 
fiftieth. 

Heirs  of  Roger  del  Ridding,  22  acres, 
is.  6d.  and  one-fiftieth. 

William  Watchet,  4  acres  ;  6d. 

William  son  of  Richard,  3  acres  ;  q.d. 

Benedict  Gernet  gave  an  assart  to 
Robert  his  clerk,  son  of  Ralph  de  Preston, 
a  rent  of  6d.  being  payable  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  ii,  fol.  227*. 

The  above-named  Baldwin  de  Preston 
died  in  1251  holding  in  Fishwick  an 
assart,  called  Dustescahe,  of  18  acres  each 
worth  4-d.  a  year,  also  the  moiety  of  a  mill 
worth  31.5  he  rendered  31.  zd.  to  the 
king.  His  heir  was  his  son  Henry,  aged 
seventeen  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
183,  192. 

The  tenancies   of  1346    (corrected  by 

the  sheriff's  compotus  of  1348)  were  : — 

Messuage  Acres     Rent 

s.  d. 

Alan  del  Moor   .     .     .  i       22         70 
William  de  Fishwick    .   i         6         08 
Adam  son  of  Simon     .   i         6         20 
Geoffrey  de  Hackinsall      J       4^       07^ 
Beatrice  del  Ridding     .  —       4 \       07^ 
Thomas  del  Ridding     .1          9          13 
Adam  de  Bury    ...  —      4         09 
Lawrence  Travers  .     .  —    14         25 


The  summary  in  the  record  states  that 
'they  hold  70  acres  by  being  Serjeants  of  the 
forests  of  Lonsdale,  Amounderness  and 
[West]  Derbyshire,  rendering  1 5.5.  q.d.  and 
relief  ;  Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.), 
48. 

Comparing  the  lists  it  seems  that  Alan 
del  Moor  represents  Roger  the  Clerk  and 
William  son  of  Richard;  William  de  Fish- 
wick, William  Watchet  (2  acres  and  zd. 
rent  being  added) ;  Adam  son  of  Simon, 
John  son  of  John  ;  Adam  de  Bury  and 
Lawrence  Travers,  Baldwin  de  Preston  ; 
and  the  other  three  the  heirs  of  Roger  del 
Ridding. 

In  1326  Adam  de  Bury  granted  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in  Preston,  Fishwick  and 
Ashton  to  Peter  de  Risley  and  Maud  his 
wife,  with  remainders  to  Maud's  sisters 
and  to  Richard  the  brother  of  Adam  ; 
Final  Cone,  ii,  63.  William  de  Beconsaw 
in  1372  purchased  a  messuage  and  land 
in  Preston  and  Fishwick  from  Robert  son 
of  Robert  son  of  Richard  de  Bury  ;  ibid, 
ii,  184. 

Christiana  del  Ridding  gave  land  in  the 
Ridding  to  her  son  Adam  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
ii,  fol.  zz6b.  In  the  time  of  Richard  II 
and  Henry  IV  these  lands  were  sold  to 
the  Waltons  of  Preston  ;  ibid.  From  one 
of  the  deeds  it  appears  that  Ridding  Field 
was  near  Fishwick  Brook. 

14  A  charter  of  1279  shows  that  Adam 
Woderowe  and  his  wife  Amabel  (daughter 
of  Roger  de  Fishwick)  pledged  land  in 
Fishwick  field  in  return  for  151.  lent 
them  in  their  need  by  Roger  son  of  Roger 
son  of  Alan  de  Fishwick ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  398.  Alexander  Woderowe 
of  Preston  gave  land  of  his  mother's 
in  Fishwick  to  Adam  Lussell,  clerk ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  227^. 

Simon  de  Fishwick  was  in  1284  non- 
suited in  a  claim  against  Benedict  Gernet 
concerning  land  in  Fishwick  ;  Assize  R. 
1268,  m.  12  d.  Adam  son  of  Simon  de 
Fishwick  in  1314-15  gave  lands  in  Fish- 
wick and  Brockholes  to  his  son  Simon, 
who  had  married  Maud  daughter  of 
Thomas  son  of  David  de  Kirkham  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  714.  The  same 
Adam  in  1311—12  gave  land  in  Westfield, 
next  the  demesne,  to  Robert  son  of  Auger; 
Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  zz6b.  In  1319-20 
Adam  son  of  Robert  son  of  Auger  de 
Fishwick  gave  land  in  the  Westfield,  lying 
between  lands  of  the  lord  of  Fishwick,  to 
Richard  son  of  Dobin  and  Cecily  his  wife  ; 
ibid.  fol.  zzjb.  This  land  seems  after- 
wards (c.  1400)  to  have  been  the  property 
of  John  Lussell  of  Preston  ;  ibid. 

By  a  charter  dated  '  5  Edw.'  Roger 
son  of  Roger  son  of  John  de  Fishwick 
granted  a  messuage  and  land  in  the  vill  of 
Fishwick  to  Richard  son  of  Roger  de 
Fishwick  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  95  (fol. 

116 


257).  William  son  of  Richard  de  Fish- 
wick was  a  witness. 

Maud  widow  of  Roger  son  of  Roger 
son  of  John  de  Fishwick  in  1312-13  gave 
Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Fishwick  all  the 
land  she  held  in  dower  ;  Kuerden,  loc. 
cit.  Roger  son  of  John  de  Fishwick  was 
a  witness. 

An  Adam  Fishwick  was  tenant  of  the 
hall  about  1550.  After  his  death  a  claim 
to  it  was  put  forward  (1565)  by  Gregory 
Fishwick,  the  holders  being  another  Adam 
Fishwick  and  Thurstan  Southworth.  The 
depositions  are  printed  by  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  299-306.  Robert  Fishwick  claimed 
land  in  1551  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.), 
ii,  112. 

15  Settlements  of  land  in  Fishwick  were 
made   by   Thomas   Nixon    and   Joan  his 
wife  in  1406  and   1410  ;  the  remainder 
was  to  Sir  James  Harrington  (apparently 
the    owner),    who    granted    turbary    on 
Balderston  Moss  during  the  nonage  of  the 
heir  of  William   Balderston  ;  Add.    MS. 
32106,  no.  967,  91  (fol.  256).     Thomas 
Nixon  made  a  further  purchase  in  1416  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  73. 

A  later  Sir  James  Harrington  died  in 
1497  holding  lands  in  Fishwick  by  ser- 
vices unknown ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iii,  no.  40.  They  passed  (by  pur- 
chase or  inheritance)  to  his  son-in-law  Sir 
Thomas  Ashton  of  Ashton-under-Lyne, 
who  died  in  1514  ;  ibid,  iv,  no.  80.  His 
heir,  Thomas  Hoghton,  held  them  in 
1580  by  services  unknown,  but  in  1630 
the  lands  in  Fishwick  were  considered  an 
appurtenance  of  the  manor  of  Lea  ;  ibid. 
xiv,  no.  26  ;  xxvii,  no.  13. 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton  was  concerned  in 
a  plea  regarding  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Fish- 
wick in  1 544  ;  Ducatus  Lane,  ii,  77.  He 
complained  that  Robert  Ainsworth  and 
others  had  broken  his  close  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Writs  Proton.  36  Hen.  VIII. 

William  Walton  of  Preston  died  in 
1559  holding  6  acres  in  Fishwick  of  Sir 
Richard  Molyneux  in  socage,  by  fealty 
and  suit  of  court  ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  27. 
Richard  Walton  in  1569  held  1 6  acres  of 
the  queen  ;  ibid,  xiii,  no.  26.  In  later 
inquisitions  the  tenure  is  not  stated. 

John  Singleton  in  1530  held  lands  in 
Fishwick  of  the  heir  of  Lord  Dacre ; 
ibid,  vi,  no.  32.  A  like  statement  is 
made  in  other  inquisitions  of  the 
family. 

Thomas  Clayton  in  1591  held  land  of 
Sir  Richard  Molyneux  ;  ibid,  xv,  no.  3. 

The  tenure  of  Richard  Walmsley's 
lands  here  in  1609  was  unknown  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
149. 

16  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  90  (fol.  255). 
Eyves — perhaps  Ees— was  a  place  in  the 
township  ;  Ducatus  Lane,  i,  238. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


E  Y  v  E  s  .  Sable  a 
che-ueron  between  three 
crosslets  argent. 


to  Ralph  Eyves  and  became  the  family  dwelling.'7 
The  family  being  recusants  and  Royalists  quickly  felt 
the  displeasure  of  the  Parlia- 
ment on  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War,  and  Richard 
Eyves's  estate  was  in  1643 
sequestered  for  the  combined 
offences.18  Richard  Eyves 
died  in  1644,  but  his  father 
Ralph  survived,  and  his  estate 
was  under  sequestration  for 
recusancy.19  Thomas  Eyves, 
another  of  the  family,  had 
two-thirds  of  his  leasehold 
estate  sequestered  for  the  same 
reason  ;  he  was  eighty  years 
of  age.20  Another  Thomas 
Eyves,  son  of  Richard,  recorded  a  pedigree  in  1665." 

The  estates  of  Richard  Eyves,  Richard  Kellet  and 
Richard  Sudell  were  sold  under  the  Act  of  1652." 
James  Melling,  a  recusant,  in  1654  requested  to  be 
allowed  to  compound  for  his  sequestered  estate.13  In 
1717  Alexander  Hudson,  linen  weaver,  registered  a 
small  holding  as  a  « Papist.' "  The  estate  called 
Frenchwood,  formerly  owned  by  Thomas  Starkie 
(great-grandson  of  John  Starkie  of  Huntroyde)  and 
Nicholas  his  son,  was  carried  by  the  latter's  daughter 
and  co-heir  in  1815  to  Colonel  Henry  Bence 
Bence M  of  Thorington  Hall,  Suffolk,  whose  de- 
scendant, Mr.  P.  Bence  Trower,  is  the  present 
owner.26 

Roger  the  Clerk  alienated  4  acres  in  Fishwick  to 
Sawley  Abbey.17 

The  tenants  of  the  township  had  a  right  of  turbary 
on  Penwortham  Moss.18 


BROUGHTON 

Broctun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Brocton,  1 200  ;  Brecton, 
1256  ;  Brochton,  1261  ;  Broucton,  1262  ;  Broghton, 
1292  ;  Brogton,  1297. 

Blundel  Brook,  running  west,  forms  at  first  the 
northern  boundary  of  this  township  and  then  flows 
across  it.  On  the  north  bank  stand  the  church  and 


Broughton  House.  Most  of  the  area  lies  to  the 
south  of  the  brook  ;  near  the  centre  was  the  Tower, 
with  the  hamlet  of  Sharoe  adjacent,  Durton  or  Urton 
to  the  north-east  and  Fernyhalgh  on  the  eastern 
boundary.  Lightfoot  Green  and  Ingolhead  are  on 
the  west  side.  A  small  detached  portion  lay  in 
Woodplumpton,  to  which  it  was  added  about  1882. 
The  area  measured  2,367  acres,1  and  in  1901  there 
was  a  population  of  6 1 6.  The  surface  is  compara- 
tively flat,  the  heights  above  sea  level  ranging  from 
100  to  1 80  ft. 

The  principal  road  is  that  going  north  from 
Preston  ;  it  crosses  Blundel  Brook  by  a  bridge,  from 
which  a  road  goes  eastward  to  Haighton,  with  a 
branch  turning  south  to  Fulwood  ;  westward  a  road 
goes  to  Cottam  and  Lea.  The  London  and  North- 
Western  Company's  railway  runs  north  through  the 
western  end  of  the  township. 

The  land  is  pasture  ;  the  soil  clayey,  with  varying 
subsoil. 

There  is  a  parish  council. 

Remains  of  a  number  of  ancient  crosses  are  known — 
in  the  churchyard  and  elsewhere.*  There  are,  or 
were,  some  reputed  holy  wells.3 

In  1066  BROUGHTON,  assessed 
MANORS  as  one  plough-land,  formed  part  of 
Earl  Tostig's  lordship  of  Preston  or 
Amounderness.4  After  the  Conquest  it  appears  to  have 
been  held  in  thegnage,  perhaps  by  the  old  lords  and 
their  descendants.  Between  1153  and  1 1 60  William 
Count  of  Boulogne,  son  of  King  Stephen,  confirmed  to 
Uctred  son  of  Huck  and  his  heirs  8  oxgangs  of  land 
in  Broughton  by  the  service  due,  viz.  8/.  a  year.5 
Uctred  and  his  family  took  their  surname  from  Little 
Singleton,  which  they  held  by  serjeanty  of  the 
wapentake  of  Amounderness.6 

Richard  son  of  Uctred  succeeded,  but  was  ejected 
by  Theobald  Walter,  after  whose  forfeiture  and  death 
King  John  detained  the  manor  and  it  remained  in 
the  hands  of  Henry  III.  The  township  during  this 
time  gave  an  increased  revenue  to  the  Crown.7  In 
1261  Henry  III,  after  inquiry,  restored  it  as  a  matter 
of  right  to  William  de  Singleton,  grandson  of  Richard, 
who  paid  3  marks  of  gold.8  William  had  already  in 


17  Royalist    Comp.    Papers    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  280-1.      For  pedi- 
gree sec  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  332. 

18  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  ii,  285.      The 
claim    recorded    was    for    an    annuity    of 
£10    from    Over    Hacking    in  Aughton 
(Aighton). 

19  Ibid,  ii,  279-84.     Ralph  Eyves  was 
buried  at   Preston    30  Aug.   1653,  aget 
ninety-five  ;  Reg. 

20  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  iit  286. 

21  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  105. 

**  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.), 
41-3. 

Richard  Kellet  had  lands  also  in  Ribble- 
ton  (Braggar's  tenement)  and  in  Preston 
(Knowle  Hey),  the  latter  by  grant  of 
Richard  Savage  of  Winnington,  Staffs. 
The  estate  was  sequestered  for  the  '  popery 
and  delinquency '  of  Kcllei,  who  died 
before  1652,  when  his  daughter  Mary 
Knight  petitioned  for  restoration,  she 
being  'conformable  to  the  Church  of 
England  '  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  iv,  39. 

23  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  \,  3193. 

24  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Eng.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,  94. 

25  Burke,  Commoners,  i,  651-3. 

26  Information  of  Mr.  Trower.     The 


other  daughter  of  Nicholas  Starkie 
married  —  Bacon. 

17  Pal.  of  Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  i,  12 
(1389  and  1395).  The  gift  was  probably 
void.  *8  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  101. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  2,357 
acres  ;  the  difference  is  probably  accounted 
for  by  the  detached  portion  within  Wood- 
plumpton. 

*  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  1 74-6. 
Some  have  disappeared;  those  enumerated 
are  the  churchyard  cross  (steps  remain), 
Daniel's  Cross  and  Duxen  Dean  Cross 
on  the  northern  boundary  (base  of  latter  re- 
mains), Durton  Lane  (now  destroyed)  and 
Durton  Green  Crosses,  and  Fernyhalgh. 

8  Ibid. ;  near  Broughton  Church  and 
at  Fernyhalgh. 

4  V.C.E.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

5  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  430.     Uctred's 
'  antecessores '  had   held  Broughton,   ap- 
parently by  the  same  service.     His  father 
may  be  Huck  the  reeve,  living  1160—70  ; 
Lanes.   Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  47. 

Uctred  son  of  Huck  also  had  land  in 
Stainall  ;  ibid.  He  is  mentioned  in  the 
Pipe  Rolls  of  1171-7;  Farrer,  op.  cit. 
24,  &c. 

117 


6  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  52. 

7  Farrer,  op.    cit.    131;'  the    increase 
of  rent   from   Broughton  for  the  whole 
year — 511.  8d.' 

8  The  story  is  told  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Ex- 
tents, i,    192,    226-7.      King   Henry  had 
given  the  manor  for  life  to  Master  William 
the     queen's     Sauser    (Salsarius).       The 
manor  was  not  liable  to  tallage. 

In  1194-5  Theobald  Walter  sued 
Richard  son  of  Uctred  and  Robert  his 
brother  for  the  whole  town  of  Broughton, 
one  plough-land,  as  part  of  his  demesne, 
having  been  held  by  the  king  or  his 
father  in  demesne.  Richard  said  in  reply 
that  the  moiety  of  the  town  was  of  his 
own  demesne,  held  of  the  said  Theobald 
by  certain  services  which  he  was  ready  to 
perform.  Robert  had  the  other  moiety  ; 
Coram  Rege  R.  5,  m.  2  d. 

William  the  Sauser  received  Broughton 
from  the  king  in  1244  ;  he  had  8  marks 
of  silver  '  of  his  farm  '  from  William  de 
Singleton  in  1261  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix, 
fol.  50. 

Richard  and  Robert,  sons  of  Uctred, 
seem  to  have  succeeded  their  father  as 
early  as  1185  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  56.  In 
1205  Richard  son  of  Uctred  proffered 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


1256  acquired  land  in  Broughton  from  Geoffrey  the 
Cook,9  and  in  1262  he  warranted  to  Alan  de  Singleton 
a  moiety  of  Broughton.10 

William  and  his  son  Alan  died  before  1292,  when 
Alan's  son  Thomas  was  in  possession  and  engaged  in 
various  disputes.11  Soon  afterwards  Broughton  and 
the  other  estates  of  the  family  are  found  in  the 
possession  of  Joan  wife  of  Thomas  Banastre  of 
Bretherton,  she  being  the  sister  and  heir  of  Thomas 
de  Singleton.  Thomas  died  in  1299  or  1300,  Joan 
claiming  dower  in  the  latter  year.12  As  a  widow  in 
1303  she  made  a  settlement  of  the  manor  of  Little 
Singleton  and  various  lands  in  Thornton,  Broughton, 
Dilworth  and  Bilsborrow,  the  remainders  being 


to  William  Banastre  and  Adam  his  brother."  From 
the  account  already  given  of  Bretherton  in  the  parish 
of  Croston  it  will  be  seen  that  William  was  the  son 
of  Joan  and  Thomas.  Broughton  descended  in  the 
same  way  as  Bretherton,14  and  in  the  i6th  century 
the  Earl  of  Derby  held  the  manor,15  though  the 
other  heirs  of  Balderston  had  estates  in  Broughton.16 
This  principal  manor  of  Broughton  then  disappears 
from  the  records. 

What  in  later  times  was  called  the  manor  was 
the  estate  of  BROUGHTON  TOWER,  held  by  a 
branch  of  the  Singleton  family.  There  are  but 
fragmentary  notices  of  them.17  James  Singleton  of 
Broughton  and  Robert  his  son  occur  in  a  feoffment 


5  marks  for  having  his  scrjeanty  (of 
Amounderncss  and  Blackburn),  which  had 
been  taken  into  the  king's  hands  ;  ibid. 
204.  In  1208  he  proffered  10  marks  for 
the  restoration  of  the  plough-land  in 
Broughton  ;  Abbrev.  Plac.  (Rec.  Com.), 
58. 

Richard  died  in  or  before  1211,  when 
his  son  Alan  proffered  20  marks  for  livery 
of  his  father's  estates  in  Singleton  and 
Broughton,  and  for  confirmation  of  his 
office  of  bailiff  of  Amounderness  ;  Farrer, 
op.  cit.  237-8.  In  1 21 2  Alan  is  found 
in  possession  of  his  serjeanties  of  Amoun- 
derness and  Blackburn  ;  but  Broughton 
•was  in  the  king's  hands,  rendering  6 
marks  yearly  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
52,  134.  He  also  held  Bilsborrow  in 
1226,  and  portions  of  Freckleton  and 
Whittingham  in  1242  ;  ibid,  i,  140,  152. 
He  died  in  1244  holding  these  offices  and 
lands,  and  leaving  a  son  William  who 
was  the  heir;  ibid,  i,  158,  160. 

In  1245  Alice  widow  of  Alan  de 
Singleton  came  to  an  agreement  with 
William  de  Singleton  as  to  dower  ;  Final 
Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  92. 
She  was  marriageable  in  1246,  and  the 
king  had  granted  her  marriage  to  William 
de  Lancaster  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  22. 

Alan  had  perhaps  a  brother  John,  for 

tohn  son  of  Richard  de  Singleton  in  1261 
eld  2  oxgangs  of  land  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,  228.  Alan  had  a  second  son 
named  Richard,  who  perhaps  became  a 
canon  of  Cockersand  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  103, 
150.  The  family  were  benefactors  of 
this  house  ;  see  Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  225-8,  264-5. 

9  Final    Cone,    i,  119;    concerning   40 
acres  of  land. 

10  Ibid,  i,  141.     Thirty  acres  were  ex- 
cepted,  and   these   William  warranted    to 
Thomas  de  Singleton  at  the  same  time. 
The  plaintiff  was  Hugh   son  of   Richard 
de  Stapleford.     From  other  sources  it  is 
known  that  Alan  was  the  son  and  heir  of 
William  ;  probably  Thomas  was  another 
son.     William  son  of  Alan  de  Singleton, 
with  the   consent  of  Alan  his  heir,  gave 
land  in  Bilsborrow  to  Cockersand  Abbey; 
Ctckersand  Chartul.  i,  268. 

In  1297  thevill  of  Broughton  rendered 
81.  to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster,  and  the 
tenants  paid  a  further  io*.  for  having 
common  in  the  forest  of  Fulwood  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  289. 

"  Katherine  widow  of  Alan  de  Singleton 
was  in  1292  the  wife  of  Thomas  de 
Clifton,  and  claimed  dower  in  lands  in 
Broughton.  One  parcel  had  been  granted 
to  Master  Robert  de  Singleton  by  William 
the  father  of  Alan,  and  Alan  had  added 
some  land  in  Whittingham ;  it  was 
ordered  that  Master  Robert  should  hold 
hit  land  in  peace,  while  Katherine  should 


have  an  equivalent  from  the  lands  of 
Thomas  the  son  of  Alan  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  23.  A  similar  decision  in  her  favour 
was  given  as  to  land  held  by  Thomas  son 
of  Thomas  de  Singleton  ;  ibid.  In  two 
other  claims  also  Thomas  the  son  and 
heir  of  Alan  warranted  the  defendants — 
Nicholas  son  of  Alan  de  Singleton  and 
William  de  Singleton — and  rendered  dower 
to  Katherine  from  his  own  land  ;  ibid. 
m.  3 1  d. 

At  the  same  time  William  de  Earlsgate 
was  non-suited  in  claims  against  Thomas 
de  Clifton  and  Katherine  his  wife,  and 
against  Nicholas  son  of  Alan  de  Single- 
ton ;  ibid.  m.  76.  This  Nicholas  again 
appears  in  1295  ;  De  Banco  R.  109, 
m.  70. 

13  Compare    De    Banco    R.    127,    m. 
119  d.  ;   131,  m.  1 06  d. 

18  Final  Cone,  i,  201.  The  descent  is 
thus  recorded  in  pleadings  of  1334: 
Alan  -s.  William  -s.  Alan  -s.  Thomas 
-sister  Joan,  who  married  Thomas  Banastre 
-s.  William  -*.  Adam  ;  Coram  Rege  R. 
297,  m.  27. 

William  son  of  Ellen  de  Broughton  in 
1308-9  released  all  actions,  &c.,  to  Sir 
William  Banastre  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix, 
fol.  45*. 

14  Adam  son    of  William  Banastre  in 
1324  held  the   manor   of  Broughton   by 
the   service  of   8*.,  and    had    pasture    in 
Fulwood    for    the    cattle    of  his    tenants 
(except  in  time   of  pannage)  by    paying 
i  CM.  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39^. 

In  1334  it  appeared  that  the  king  had 
demanded  a  payment  of  £4  a  year  from 
the  men  of  Broughton  ;  Coram  Rege  R. 
297,  Rex  m.  19  d.  This  probably  referred 
to  the  right  of  pasture  in  Fulwood,  for 
which  los.  was  paid.  The  men  of 
Broughton  appear  to  have  exceeded  their 
rights,  and  in  1336  were  fined  £13  6s.  %d. 
for  all  transgressions  ;  Whalley  Couch. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  373-4. 

Thomas  son  of  Adam  Banastre  held  the 
town  of  Broughton,  viz.  one  plough-land, 
in  1346,  by  the  tenth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  a  rent  of  lot.  ;  Survey  of  1346 
(Chet.  Soc.),  50. 

Lands  in  Dilworth,  Broughton,  Whit- 
tingham, Preston  and  Goosnargh  were 
held  by  Edward  Banastre  in  1382,  and 
inherited  by  his  daughter  Constance  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  1 6. 

In  1445-6  Richard  de  Balderston  held 
Broughton  by  the  tenth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2, 
no.  20. 

15  Broughton  was  included  in  the  for- 
feited Harrington  lands  given  to  Thomas 
Earl  of  Derby  in  1489  ;   Pat.  4  Hen.  VII. 
In  1513   it  was  stated  that  Thomas,  late 
Earl  of  Derby,  William  Knowles,  clerk, 
and  others  (apparently  trustees)  held  the 

118 


manor  of  Broughton  of  the  king  in  socage 
by  the  rent  of  8j.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iii,  no.  15.  On  the  partition  made 
in  1564  the  manor  of  Broughton  was 
assigned  to  Edward  Earl  of  Derby  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  216,  m.  10. 

16  See    the    inquisitions    of    Edmund 
Dudley    (1509),     Thomas     Radcliffe    of 
Winmarleigh  (1521)  and  his  successors, 
and  Alexander  Osbaldeston  (1544).     The 
Balderston     manors,    &c.,     are    grouped 
together,  without    any  statement  of  the 
separate  tenures. 

17  Adam  de  Singleton  occurs   1254  to 
1286;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  192,  264. 

Gilbert  de  Singleton  died  in  or  before 
1326  holding  lands  in  Broughton  of  Adam 
son  of  Sir  William  Banastre  by  the  service 
of  a  rose  and  id.  yearly.  There  was  a 
messuage  there,  50  acres  of  arable  land 
worth  Sd.  a  year  each,  a  horse-mill  (fallen 
down)  worth  only  101.  a  year,  a  windmill 
(broken)  worth  the  same,  a  little  close 
called  the  Fernyhalgh  worth  zs.  Tenants 
at  will  held  47  acres  of  arable  land  paying 
6d.  an  acre  ;  and  3  acres  of  meadow  ren- 
dered u.  each.  Gilbert  had  lands  also  in 
Freckleton,  Warton  and  Great  Plumpton. 
His  son  and  heir  Thomas  was  twenty-six 
years  old  ;  Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  19  Edw.  II, 
no.  67.  Thomas  in  1335  claimed  the 
family  manors  against  John  son  of  Thomas 
Banastre  as  son  and  heir  of  Gilbert  son  of 
Alan  de  Singleton  ;  De  Banco  R.  301, 
m.  42. 

Thomas  de  Singleton  was  living  in 
1 346,  when  he  was  called  to  warrant  John 
son  of  Gilbert  de  Singleton  ;  De  Banco 
R.  346,  m.  ii  ;  347,  m.  148  d.  John 
seems  to  have  had  a  son  Thomas  ;  ibid. 
348,  m.  427.  Thomas  son  of  Gilbert 
de  Singleton  had  licence  for  his  oratory  at 
Broughton  in  1349  ;  Gillow,  Haydock 
Papers  57.  The  same  Thomas  was  a 
plaintiff  in  1351  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize 
R.  i,  m.  iiii  d. 

Adam  de  Singleton  in  1348  granted  to 
Robert  his  son  and  Joan  his  wife  and 
their  heirs  all  the  lands  which  Alice  widow 
of  John  de  Singleton  and  mother  of  the 
grantor  had  allowed  Robert  and  Joan  and 
a  part  of  Threpmeadow.  The  remainders 
were  to  Nicholas  the  brother  of  Robert, 
to  Robert  and  Thomas,  grantor's  brothers. 
Among  the  witnesses  were  Thomas  son 
of  Gilbert  de  Singleton  and  Richard  de 
Singleton  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  387. 
The  seal  shows  a  cheveron  between  three 
roundels,  with  the  legend  -\-  SIGIL.  ADE  DE 
SINGLETON.  A  Thomas  son  of  Nicholas 
de  Singleton  occurs  in  1396-7  ;  ibid, 
fol.  191.  Robert  Singleton  of  Broughton 
occurs  in  1422  ;  ibid.  fol.  383. 

Sir  Thomas  Banastre  in  1372  granted 
Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Singleton  and 
Alice  his  wife  the  lands,  mills,  &c.,  which 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


of  I47I.18  Robert  Singleton  died  in  August  1501 
holding  the  manor  of  Broughton  with  lands,  &c.,  in 
Broughton,  Sharoe,  Durton  and  Fernyhalgh  ;  Joan 
his  wife  died  in  the  following  January,  and  Richard 
the  son  and  heir  succeeded,  being  twenty-five  years 
of  age.19  He  died  in  September  1504,  leaving  as 
heir  a  son  John,  aged  seven.20  The  manor  of 
Broughton  was  in  1513  stated  to  be  held  of  the  Earl 
of  Derby  and  others  as  of  their  manor  of  Balderston 
by  the  yearly  rent  of  id.21  John  Singleton  died  in 
1522  and  his  uncle  Thomas  succeeded,22  holding  the 
manor  till  his  death  in  or  before  1535,  when  Robert 
his  son  was  found  to  be  his  heir.23  In  1557  Robert 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  Richard,  the  manor  and 
lands  in  Broughton  being  held  of  the  king  and  queen 


PRESTON 

by  the  tenth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.24  Richard  and 
Robert  his  son  both  died  in  the  course  of  the  same 
year  1557,  and  then  Edward  Singleton,  brother  of 
Robert  the  grandfather,  inherited  ;  he  was  forty -six 
years  of  age.25  He  died  in  1567,  leaving  a  son  and 
heir  Thomas,  only  seven  years  of  age.26 

Thomas  Singleton  adhering  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
religion  was  punished  for  his  recusancy,  and  his  son 
Edward  likewise.27  The  father  and  son  joined  in  a 
settlement  of  the  manor  in  i6oo,28  while  Edward 
seems  to  have  been  in  possession  in  1 604 29  and 
another  Thomas  Singleton,  his  son,  in  i6o9.30  The 
manor  was  sold  by  Thomas  Singleton  and  other 
members  of  the  family  to  Roger  Langton  in  l6l5.31 
It  descended  in  this  family  till  1732,  when  William 


had  been  held  for  life  by  Robert  de  Single- 
ton the  elder  in  Broughton  and  Whit- 
tingham,  with  the  reversion  of  certain 
other  lands  held  by  Pernell  the  grantor's 
mother  in  dower ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix, 
fol.  47  b. 

Nicholas  de  Singleton  the  younger  in 
1377  secured  lands  in  Broughton  from 
John  son  of  Adam  Singleton  of  (Light)- 
worlchouses  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  I. 

Nicholas  son  of  Gilbert  de  Singleton 
had  restored  to  him  in  1405  various  lands 
in  Dilworth,  Bilsborrow,  Whittingham, 
Broughton  and  Thornton  and  part  of  the 
manor  of  Little  Singleton,  formerly  the 
possessions  of  Sir  Alan  de  Singleton, 
Nicholas  being  his  next  of  kin  and  heir  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  38*,  39.  Another 
Nicholas  (son  and  heir  of  Thomas)  appears 
in  1449,  being  described  as  'of  Warton  '  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  12,  m.  4^. 
Nicholas  Singleton  of  Broughton  and 
Margaret  his  wife  occur  in  1454;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  B  34. 

The  Preston  Guild  Rolls  give  many 
particulars  of  the  families.  Thus  in  1397 
Thomas  son  of  Nicholas  de  Singleton  was 
admitted  to  the  freedom,  paying  405.;  and 
in  1459  Nicholas  Singleton  of  Brockholes 
and  Richard  his  brother  were  among  those 
enrolled  by  hereditary  right ;  Preston 
Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  6, 
n.  In  the  latter  year  James  Singleton 
of  Broughton,  William  and  Brian  his 
sons  and  James  the  son  of  William  were 
also  enrolled  ;  ibid.  I  z. 

William  Singleton  of  Broughton  had 
land  called  Fernyhalgh  in  1483  ;  the 
remainder  was  to  Robert  Singleton  ;  Add. 
MS.  3ZI07,  no.  765.  William  Singleton 
died  in  1490,  leaving  a  son  and  heir 
Robert,  aged  thirty-eight ;  Towneley  MS. 
CC  (Chet.  Lib.),  no.  582.  Robert  and 
John  Singleton  were  in  the  same  year 
ordered  to  give  reasonable  dower  to  Agnes 
widow  of  William  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs 
Proton,  file  5  Hen.  VII  ;  Plea  R.  70, 
m.  9.  John  Singleton  was  also  son  of 
William,  and  founder  of  the  Chingle  Hall 
family  ;  see  Whittingham. 

Agnes,  the  widow  of  William,  died  in 
or  before  1519,  when  her  lands  were 
granted  to  Thomas  Wrightington  during 
the  minority  of  John  Singleton  the  heir  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xxii,  47  d. 

There  was  another  Singleton  family 
holding  lands  in  Chipping  parish  and  also 
in  Broughton  Row  and  Ingol,  which 
descended  to  Leyland  and  Tyldesley  of 
Morleys  in  the  parish  of  Leigh.  In  1564 
Thomas  Leyland  was  found  to  have  held 
his  lands  in  Broughton  and  Ingol  of  the 
heirs  of  Richard  Balderston  by  id.  rent, 
and  in  1587  Edward  Tyldesley  held  them 
by  the  same  rent  of  Henry  Earl  of  Derby  ; 


Duchy  of  Lane.   Inq.   p.m.  xi,  no.  20  ; 
xiv,  no.  10. 

18  Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  1524. 

19  Duchy  of  Lane.   Inq.  p.m.   iii,  no. 
59,  63.     Lands  in  Broughton  had  been 
held  for  life  by  Margaret  widow  of  Nicholas 
Singleton  and  Agnes  widow  of  William 
Singleton.     One   Thomas    Singleton  had 
land  in  Fernyhalgh.    Joan  wife  of  Robert 
was    one   of  the    daughters   of   Edmund 
Lawrence  ;  William,  Henry  and  Thomas, 
younger    sons    of   Robert   and  Joan,    are 
named.     The   tenure   of  the    manor   of 
Broughton  was   (erroneously)  said  to  be 
by  the  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  of 
the   king  as  Earl  of   Lincoln,  a  rent  of 
6s.  8</.  being  paid.     There  was  probably 
a      confusion      with      the      tenure      of 
Warton. 

See  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xi,  App.  542-3. 

*°  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  70. 
There  was  a  younger  son  Richard.  Jane 
the  widow  married  Arthur  Standish,  who 
after  her  death  (1513)  continued  to  take 
the  profits  of  the  manor,  &c.  This  led  to 
disputes  with  the  heir ;  see  Fishwick, 
Preston,  251-3,  where  the  depositions  are 
printed. 

J1  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  15. 
This  was  a  traverse  of  former  inquisitions, 
and  corrects  the  tenure  previously  recorded. 

In  1 508  a  certain  Robert  Singleton 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  widow  of  William 
Balderston,  had  an  estate  in  Broughton  ; 
ibid,  iv,  no.  13. 

M  Ibid,  v,  no.  45.  The  disposition  of 
the  estates  made  by  John  Singleton  is 
recited  in  full.  It  provided  for  80  marks 
to  advance  the  marriage  of  his  sister 
Elizabeth  and  £20  to  be  distributed  in 
deeds  of  charity.  The  tenure  of  the 
manor  wag  recorded  as  the  tenth  part  of 
a  knight's  fee. 

23  Ibid,  xxvi,  no.  56.  Henry  Singleton, 
brother  of  Thomas,  was  still  living,  hold- 
ing a  messuage  in  Sharoe  and  land  in 
Durton,  given  him  for  life  by  their  father 
Robert.  Elizabeth  widow  of  Henry 
Singleton  of  Fernyhalgh  is  named  in  a 
lease  of  1594,  in  which  Richard  son  of 
William  Singleton  of  Killinsough  is  also 
named  ;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xiv, 
68. 

34  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  29. 
It   recites  the  provision  made  for  Richard 
the    son    and  his  wife  Joan  daughter  of 
Thomas  Cowell ;  also  for  Brian  brother 
of  Robert  Singleton. 

35  Ibid,  x,  no.  16. 

William  Singleton  had  an  estate  in 
Broughton  and  Goosnargh  in  1563  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  25,  m.  161. 
The  will  of  Anne  widow  of  William 
Singleton  of  Broughton  (1565)  is  printed 
in  Wills  (Chet.  Soc.  new  ser.),  iii,  132. 


26  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  17. 

Edward  Singleton  granted  to  Andrew,  a 
younger  son,  three  messuages  in  Broughton 
for  life  and  one  in  Lightworkhouses  in 
Broughton,  and  made  provision  for  other 
sons — William,  Richard  and  George.  The 
place-name  Durton  is  given  *  alias  Urton 
alias  Overtowne.' 

It  is  possible  that  two  of  the  song 
became  priests.  Dr.  William  Singleton, 
educated  at  Douay,  was  sent  on  the 
English  mission  in  1590,  but  was  arrested 
and  banished  in  1606.  He  died  in  1620 
at  Liege.  Richard  Singleton  entered  the 
English  College  at  Rome  in  1583,  being 
then  seventeen  years  old  ;  he  became  3 
Jesuit  and  died  in  1602,  having  petitioned 
to  be  sent  on  the  English  mission.  See 
Foley,  Records  S.  J.  v,  997,  1008.  An 
undated  return  of  the  latter  part  of 
Elizabeth's  reign  reports  '  Mr.  Single- 
ton, a  Jesuit,  at  Mr.  Singleton's  of 
the  Tower '  ;  Gillow,  Haydock  Papers, 
59,  quoting  S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz.  clxxxv, 
85. 

Thomas  Singleton  made  a  settlement 
of  the  manor  of  Broughton  and  lands  in 
Broughton,  Preston  and  Warton  in  1586  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  48,  m. 
295. 

"7  Fishwick,  Preston,  257-8. 

28  Piccope    MSS.    xiv,    68.      A    large 
number   of  deeds  relating    to    the    estate 
are  given  ibid.   67-75  ;  they  range  from 
1583      to     1810.        Thomas     Singleton, 
Edward    his    son    and    Thomas    son    of 
Edward  were  burgesses  of  the  Guild   of 
1602  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  55. 

29  Piccope   MSS.  xiv,  67  ;  a   lease  by 
Edward   Singleton   of   Broughton  Tower 
to  Henry  Birches  of  Cadeley  of  4  acres 
called    Mowbank.     From    an    agreement 
of  1598   it  appears   that  Edward  married 
Grace  daughter    of   Thomas    Bradley    of 
Arnside. 

30  Named  in  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,   and   Ches.),  i,  137.      He  was  son 
of  Edward  ;  see  pedigree  in  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  254-5. 

31  Pal.  of  Lane.   Feet  of  F.  bdle.   86, 
m.   46.     The  deforciants   were   Thomas 
Singleton,    csq.,     Anne    his    wife,    John 
Massye,  esq.,  Thomas  Singleton  of  Scales, 
Cuthbert,  George  and  Thomas  Singleton 
and  Grace  Singleton,  widow.     The  estate 
was  the  manor  of  Broughton,  with  mes- 
suages, windmill,  dovecote,  lands,  &c.,  in 
Broughton,  Urton  alias    Durton,   Ferny- 
halgh, Fulwood,   Haighton  and   Cadeley, 
with  certain  small  tithes. 

Among  the  Roman  Catholics  killed 
while  fighting  for  the  king  in  the  Civil 
War  were  Captain  George  Singleton, 
Captain  Thomas  Singleton  (Newbury)and 
Lieutenant  William  Singleton  (Marston 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Langton  bequeathed  it  to  his  sister  Jane,32  who  in 
1735  married  Lawrence  Rawstorne  and  it  became  her 
husband's  property,33  descending  by  the  issue  of  his 
second  marriage  to  his  grandson  Lawrence  Rawstorne,34 
who  sold  the  Broughton  estate  in  1 8 1  o.  Broughton 
Tower  with  part  of  the  land  was  sold  to  James 
Rothwell  and  has  descended  like  Hoole  ;  the  rest  of 
the  land  was  purchased  by  the  trustees  of  Kirkham 
Grammar  School.35  The  Tower  was  demolished 
about  1800. 


INGOLHEAD  gave  a  surname  to  a  family  dwelling 
there,36  whose  estate  seems  to  have  been  acquired  by 
the  Blundells  of  Preston.37  Some  of  this  land  was 
sold  to  William  Hoghton  in  I49O.38  There  was 
also  a  family  of  Singleton  of  Ingolhead.39 

BANK  HALL,  at  one  time  owned  by  the  Singletons 
of  Brockholes,40  had  a  more  interesting  history.  In 
the  I  yth  century  it  was  held  in  moieties,  one  half 
being  in  trust  for  the  Roman  Catholic  missionary 
priests  of  the  district,  for  whom  it  served  as  a  centre.41 


Moor)  ;  Challoner,  quoting  Castlemain, 
Cath.  Apology. 

In  1666  William  Singleton  of  St.  Mar- 
tin's-in-the-Fields,  son  and  heir  of  John 
Singleton  of  York  (will  1644),  and  others 
•old  to  John  Farnworth  of  Euxton  and 
Ralph  Farnworth  of  Preston  tenements 
called  Church  House  in  Broughton, 
Sharoe  House,  &c.  ;  Piccope,  loc.  cit.  69. 

32  For  deeds  see  ibid.  ;  for  pedigree, 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  258-9.  Roger  Langton 
died  in  1644.  His  son  William,  Recorder 
of  Liverpool,  was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian Classis  in  1646,  and  represented 
Preston  in  Parliament  from  1645  to 
1653  ;  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  Harland),  i, 
228  ;  Pink  and  Beaven,  Parl.  Repre.  of 
Lanes.  152.  Dying  in  1659  he  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  William,  who  in 
1664  recorded  a  short  pedigree  ;  Dugdale, 
Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  173.  In  1678,  in 
conjunction  with  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
William  Langton  made  provision  for  his 
younger  brothers,  John,  Richard,  Roger, 
&c.  Jane,  the  father's  widow,  was  living. 
A  messuage  in  Sharoe  was  sold  which  had 
formerly  been  occupied  by  Henry  Charn- 
ley  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  ;  Piccope  MSS. 
xiv,  70. 

William  the  younger  died  in  1680  and 
his  son  Roger  in  1714.  This  Roger, 
described  as  of  Chester,  bequeathed  all  his 
lands  in  Broughton  and  Durton  to  his  cousin 
William  Langton  of  Liverpool,  merchant. 
He  names  his  uncles  Richard  and  Thomas, 
also  William  Clayton,  his  partner  in  sugar 
works;  ibid.  74.  In  1715  a  settlement 
of  the  manor  of  Broughton,  &c.,  was 
made  by  Richard  Langton  and  William 
his  son  and  heir-apparent ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  273. 

William  Langton  in  1732  bequeathed 
the  manor  to  his  sister  Jane,  and  she  in 
1733  made  a  new  settlement  of  it,  with 
lands  also  in  Broughton  and  Cheethamnear 
Manchester,  at  the  same  time  petitioning 
the  Lord  Chancellor  for  protection  from 
the  schemes  of  her  niece  Mary  daughter 
of  Roger  Langton  and  niece  and  heir-at- 
law  of  the  said  William.  She  stated  that 
William  Langton  had  in  1732  started  for 
Scarborough  for  the  benefit  of  his  health, 
but  died  at  Ripon,  where  he  made  his 
will.  Mary  Langton  was  waiting  till 
Jane's  death  to  dispute  the  will  on  pre- 
text of  unsound  mind  and  defect  of 
evidence  for  its  validity  and  to  claim  the 
estate  ;  Piccope  MSS.  xiv,  71—2.  In  Mar. 
1735  Jane  Langton,  spinster,  acquired  a 
rent  of  £10  settled  by  William  Langton 
on  Mary  wife  of  Stephen  Butcher  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  313,  m.  35. 

83  It    appears     that    she    was    seventy 
years  of  age  at  her  marriage  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  260.      Lawrence   Rawstorne  and 
Agnes  his  wife  had  the  manor  in   1742  ; 
Pal.    of    Lane.    Feet    of    F.    bdle.    326, 
m.  143. 

84  See  the  account  of  Hutton. 

35  Piccope  MSS.  xiv,  75.  Broughton 
Tower  and  102  acres  of  land  were  sold  for 


,£11,500  to  James  Rothwell,  who  also 
bought  the  small  tithes,  a  private  chapel 
belonging  to  the  estate,  and  the  timber. 
The  rest  of  the  estate  was  sold  to  the 
school  trustees  for  ,£14,500. 

36  Thomas  son  of  Thomas  de  Ingolhead 
granted  to  three  of  his  children — Edmund, 
Helen    and    Joan  —  40    acres    each    in 
Broughton  ;  Harl.  MS.  2042,  fol.  171. 

Cecily  widow  of  Thomas  de  Ingolhead 
in  1310-11  claimed  dower  in  Broughton 
against  Henry  the  Marler  ;  De  Banco  R. 
184,  m.  107.  The  heir  was  Richard  son 
of  Thomas  ;  ibid.  192,  m.  89  d. 

Thomas  de  Hale  and  Maud  his  wife  in 
1352  claimed  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Broughton  against  William  de  Bolron, 
Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Singleton  and 
others.  Maud  was  daughter  of  Joan 
(daughter  of  Thomas)  de  Ingolhead  by 
her  second  husband  Matthew  de  Abram  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  2,  m.  vi. 

37  Richard  Blundell  of  Preston  made  a 
feoffment  of  40   acres  in    Broughton  in 
1395-6  ;    Harl.     MS.    2042,    fol.    171. 
The  family  continued   to  hold   lands   in 
the    township,     and    in    1 546  John    son 
of    Richard     Blundell    granted    William 
Blundell  a  rent  of  8j.  %d.  from  Ingolhead 
and  Tulketh  Bank;    Harl.    MS.    2112, 
fol.  100/141. 

88  Roger  Blundell  sold  (as  stated)  his 
messuages  and  lands  in  Ingolhead  occupied 
by  Thomas  Eccleston  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  639.     This  was  confirmed   by  John 
son  of  William  Blundell  and   cousin  and 
heir  of  Roger   in    1492  ;   ibid.   no.    174. 
Lands  in   Broughton  are  named    in  later 
Hoghton  inquisitions,   but  the  tenure  is 
not  recorded  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xiv,  no.  26,  &c. 

89  Richard     Singleton     of     Ingolhead 
occurs  in   1380;  Final   Cone.   Hi,    7.     A 
later  Richard  was  burgess  in  the  Guild  of 
1459,    William    Singleton    and    Thomas 
his     son     in     that     of     1542,     Thomas 
Singleton  and  his  sons  John  and  Edward 
in    1562  ;    Preston  Guild  R.    II,  19,  27, 
&c. 

John  Singleton  died  in  1588  holding 
Ingolhead  Hall,  &c.,  of  the  Earl  of  Derby 
by  the  rent  of  a  pair  of  white  gloves  and 
id. ;  his  heir  was  his  son  Thomas,  aged 
thirteen.  His  will  recited  in  the  in- 
quisition names  his  wife  Ellen  (who 
survived  him),  sons  Thomas,  Robert, 
James  and  Henry  ;  brothers  Edward  and 
William,  sister  Anne,  brother-in-law 
James  Browne  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xvi,  no.  48. 

One  Henry  Singleton-  died  in  1614 
holding  lands  in  Broughton  of  the  king, 
partly  in  socage  and  partly  (Fernyhalgh, 
Sharoe  and  Durton)  by  the  hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee.  John  his  son  and 
heir  was  fourteen  years  old  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
ii,  9-1 1. 

In  the  Guild  Rolls  of  1642  and  later 
appears  a  family  named  Beesley  of  Ingol- 
head. See  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 

120 


xxviii,    no.    62 ;     the     tenure     ii     not 

stated. 

40  See    the    account    of    this    family. 
After  the  main  portion  of  the  Brockholes 
estate    had     been    sold,     Bank    Hall    in 
Broughton  and  some  lands  in  Brockholes, 
&c.,    were    retained    by    the    heir    male 
William    son    of  Thomas    Singleton    of 
Scale,    which    Thomas    was    brother    of 
the  Robert  who  died  in  1525.     Robert's 
estate   in  Broughton  was  held  of  the  heir 
of   Robert    Banastre    by   a  rent  of  $d.  ; 
Duchy    of  Lane.  Inq.    p.m.  vi,  no.   64. 
In  1556  the  Bank  Hall  estate  was  held  by 
the  same  rent  of  Edward  Earl  of  Derby, 
John  Osbaldeston  and  William  Radcliffe  ; 
ibid,  x,  no.  i. 

William  Singleton  of  Bank  Hall  died 
in  Dec.  1573  holding  the  capital 
messuage  and  other  lands,  &c.,  in 
Broughton  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  by  a 
rent  of  51.  His  widow  Ellen  continued 
to  reside  there.  The  heir  was  his  son 
Thomas,  two  years  old.  There  are  also 
mentioned  Thomas  the  father  of  William, 
Ellen  wife  and  Richard  brother  of  Thomas 
the  father.  The  other  estates  were  in 
Brockholes  (Littlewoodhey),  Whitting- 
ham,  Ribchester,  Newsham,  Wood- 
plumpton,  Scale  and  Quernmore  ;  ibid. 
xii,  no.  34.  A  later  inquisition  (xii,  no. 
30)  states  the  tenure  of  Bank  Hall 
differently,  viz.  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
Duchy  of  Lancaster  by  knight's  service. 
William  Singleton  adhered  to  the  Roman 
Catholic  religion  and  was  imprisoned  at 
Chester  under  Queen  Elizabeth.  He 
was  released  in  1570,  ordered  to  conform 
and  to  confine  himself  to  his  house  at 
Brockholes  ;  Fishwick,  Preston,  287 
(quoting  the  Bishop  of  Chester's  Liber 
Correct). 

Thomas  Singleton  the  son  and  heir 
came  of  age  about  1593,  when  he  in- 
herited land  in  Whittingham  and 
Brockholes  from  a  kinsman,  Thomas 
Singleton  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xvi,  no.  50. 

Bank  Hall  is  said  to  have  been  sold 
about  1625  (Fishwick,  op.  cit.  318),  but 
this  branch  of  the  Singleton  family  con- 
tinued to  hold  Scale. 

41  Gillow,  Haydock  Papers,  60. 
Richard  Woodcock,  who  died  in  1633, 

at  Walton-le-Dale,  held  the  moiety  of 
the  Bank  Hall  in  Broughton  and  lands 
there  ;  his  son  James  was  twenty-five 
years  old  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xxix,  no.  63. 

Edward  French  and  Anne  his  wife  in 
1651  asked  for  an  examination  of  their 
title  to  Bank  Hall,  the  estate  being 
sequestered  for  the  recusancy  and 
delinquency  of  Woodcock  and  Crook. 
Anne  was  daughter  of  James,  eldest  son 
of  Richard  Walton,  who  had  married 
Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  William 
Garstang  of  Broughton,  which  William 
had  purchased  the  estate  ;  Cal.  Com.  for 
Comp,  iv,  2909.  If  true  this  would  carry  the 
sale  of  Bank  Hall  into  the  i6th  century. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


The  other  moiety  was  owned  by  a  recusant   family 

named  Crook,"  whose  representative  sold  to  the  late 

John  William  Richard  Wilson  of  Preston  in    1834." 

The  old  house  was  abandoned 

and    the    present    Broughton 

House  built  as  a  residence.  Mr. 

Wilson  died  in  1875  and  was 

succeeded  by  his  son  the  late 

Edward  Wilson,  and  grandson 

Mr.  Henry  Francis   Wilson, 

the  present  owner.44 

The  names  of  other  land- 
owners occur  in  inquisitions.45 
Several  of  the  people  suffered 
sequestration  under  the  Com- 
monwealth46  and  some 
'  Papists '  registered  estates  in 
1717." 

The  Knights  Hospitallers 
Broughton.48 


LANGTON  of  Brough- 
ton Tower.  Argent 
three  cheverons  gules  and 
a  canton  vair. 


had 


land 


The  church  of  ST.  JOHN  BAPTIST 
CHURCH  stands  at  the  south  end  of  the  village 
on  a  slightly  elevated  site  to  the  east  of 
the  high  road  close  to  the  Blundel  Brook,  which 
forms  the  boundary  of  the  churchyard  on  Che  south 
side.  The  site  is  an  ancient  one,  but  the  oldest  part 
of  the  present  church  is  the  tower,  which  dates  only 
from  the  l6th  century,  the  rest  being  modern.  The 
old  building,  which  was  pulled  down  about  1823, 
appears  to  have  been  an  early  16th-century  rebuild- 
ing of  a  14th-century  church,  fragments  of  which 
have  been  discovered,49  and  it  is  probable  that  at 
least  two  churches  stood  on  the  site  previous  to 
the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.  A  plan  of  the  old 
church  as  it  existed  at  the  beginning  of  the  last 
century 50  shows  it  to  have  consisted  of  a  chancel  with 
a  large  chapel  on  the  north  side  separated  from  it 
by  an  arcade  of  two  arches,  and  a  smaller  south  chapel 
open  to  the  chancel  by  a  single  arch,  nave  of  four 
bays  with  north  and  south  aisles,  south  porch  and 


In  1654  Thomas  Clayton  of  Chorley 
desired  to  prove  his  title  to  a  house,  &c., 
in  Broughton  settled  by  the  late  William 
Singleton  on  claimant,  with  reversion  to 
William  Daniel  ;  two-thirds  were  still 
under  sequestration  for  Singleton's  re- 
cusancy ;  ibid,  v,  3201.  From  the 
later  history  this  appears  to  be  Bank 
Hall. 

A  report  by  Samuel  Peploe,  vicar  of 
Preston  in  1716,  stated  that  at  that  time 
one  moiety  was  held  by  the  Crook 
family,  with  a  charge  upon  it,  so  it  was 
suspected,  'only  in  trust  ...  for  Romish 
priests  '  ;  '  the  other  part  of  Bank  Hall 
estate  is  Mr.  Thomas  (or  his  son  John) 
Clayton  of  Preston.  This  has  been  in 
lease  many  years.  Mr.  Smith,  a  Romish 
priest  (whose  true  name  is  Edward 
Kitchen),  lives  in  that  part  of  the  house 
at  Bank  Hall  which  belongs  to  this  side 
of  the  estate  and  has  occupied  and  let 
the  ground  from  time  to  time  .... 
I  am  told  that  Mr.  John  Clayton  has 
entered  on  this  tenement  some  days  ago, 
pretending  that  he  has  bought  Smith  out 
of  it,'  &c. ;  Haydoc k  Paper  j,  60,  61,  quoting 
P.R.O.  Forftd.  Estates,  Pi 34.  See  also 
Payne,  Rec.  of  Engl.  Cath.  155. 

The  Claytons  of  Crook  and  Fulwood 
had  lands,  &c.,  in  Broughton,  Fulwood- 
shaw  and  Durton  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxviii,  no.  79. 

42  Hugh  Crook  was  living  at  Bank 
Hall  in  1632,  paying  his  fines  for 
recusancy.  George  Crook,  a  missionary 
priest,  succeeded  to  this  moiety,  and 
served  the  mission  till  his  death  about 
1710  ;  the  estate  then  descended  to  his 
nephew  John  Crook,  the  succession  being 
thus  given  :  John  -s.  George  — s.  John 
-s.  John  -s.  John,  M.D.  (d.  1869); 
Haydock  Papers,  60— 2. 

George  Crook  of  Broughton,  who  died 
in  1653  or  1654,  had  two-thirds  of  his 
tenement  sequestered  for  recusancy. 
His  widow  Anne  and  sons  George  and 
John  are  named  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  87. 
Others  of  the  family,  John  Crook  of 
Preston  and  William  Crook  of  Durton, 
also  suffered  for  their  religion  ;  ibid.  88—9. 

George  Crook  was  of  Bank  Hall  in 
Broughton  in  1724;  in  1732  he  married 
Janet  Blackburne  of  Westby,  she  being 
daughter  and  co-heir  of  Richard  Black- 
burne of  Upper  Rawcliffe.  Her  son  and 
heir  in  1771  is  named  as  George  Crook  ; 


Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  286,  246, 
390,  from  rolls  at  Preston. 
48  Fishwick,  Preston,  318. 

44  Information  of  the  late  Mr.  Wilson. 
Bank  Hall  is  now  a  farm-house.  The  Wil- 
sons in  making  alterations  in  the  old  hall 
'  discovered    a    secret  chamber   adjoining 
the  room  formerly  used  as  a  chapel,  in 
which    were    a    tabernacle,    chalice    and 
other     church    furniture.       These    they 
handed   over  to  Dr.    Crook ' ;     Haydoc^ 
Papers,  62. 

45  Lawrence  Starkie,  who  has  occurred 
in  the  account  of  Chipping,  held  lands  in 
Preston,  Broughton    and   Haighton,  and 
on  his  death  in   1532  was   succeeded  by 
his  daughters,  Margaret  wife  of  William 
Banastre  and  Etheldreda  wife  of  Humphrey 
Newton  ;  the  former  died  in  1 542,  leav- 
ing a  son  Wilfrid,  under  age  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  21.    The  Newtons 
appear    to    have    sold    their    estate    in 
Broughton,  Sharoe  and  Urton  at  various 
times  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdles.  12, 
m.    123;  20,  m.  44  ;  24,   m.  40.      See 
also  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  353. 

Peter  Mason  of  Lathom  in  1612  held 
land  in  Broughton  of  the  king  by  the 
hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
214-15.  Robert  Blundell  of  Ince  in  1615 
held  land  by  the  two-hundredth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee ;  ibid,  ii,  28.  Richard 
Ayrie  in  1616  held  by  a  like  service; 
ibid.  43.  George  Rogerson  of  Preston 
in  1620  held  lands  in  Sharoe  and  Ingol- 
head  of  Roger  Langton  as  of  his  manor 
of  Broughton ;  ibid.  189.  Thomas 
Gregory  of  Woodplumpton  in  1622  held 
of  the  king  by  knight's  service  ;  ibid,  iii, 

403- 

The  following  had  lands  in  Durton  or 
Urton,  but  the  tenure  is  not  recorded  : 
Richard  Dilworth,  1627  (John,  son  and 
heir)  ;  John  Robinson  of  Whittle,  1628  ; 
and  Thomas  Slater,  1633  (William,  son 
and  heir) ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xxviii,  no.  1 1  ;  xxvi,  no.  20  ;  xxvii,  no. 
47.  William  Slater  was  dead  in  1654, 
and  two-thirds  of  his  lands  being  under 
sequestration  for  his  recusancy,  the 
guardian  of  his  son  and  heir  Thomas 
petitioned  for  leave  to  prove  title  ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  v,  3200. 

Thomas  Shireburne  of  Heysham  held 
his  land  in  Broughton  of  Sir  Gilbert 
Hoghton  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet. 
Lib.),  1083. 


46  In  addition  to  cases  already  given  are 
the  following  : 

Robert  Adamson's  lands  were  seques- 
tered for  recusancy  and  delinquency.  He 
held  under  a  lease  for  three  lives  from 
Thomas  Singleton  of  Broughton  Tower, 
and  the  lives  having  expired  in  1651 
William  Langton  claimed  possession,  as 
«on  and  heir  of  Roger  Langton,  who 
had  purchased  from  Singleton  ;  Royalist 
Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  10. 

Edward  Daniel  of  Durton,  recusant,  in 
1653  petitioned  to  be  allowed  to  contract 
for  his  sequestered  estate  ;  Cal.  Com.  for 
Comp.  iv,  3175. 

James  Hollinhead  and  George  Wilkin- 
son, sequestered  recusants,  made  similar 
petitions  ;  ibid,  v,  3186,  3179. 

Thomas  Glave's  estate  had  been 
sequestered  for  a  like  reason,  and  in  1651 
Margaret  and  Anne  Glave,  widows,  with 
another  widow  and  three  fatherless  children, 
all  '  conformable,'  in  their  poverty  desired 
restoration  ;  ibid,  iv,  2910. 

John  Taylor's  estate  was  also  under 
sequestration  for  recusancy.  He  was 
dead,  and  the  leaseholders  under  his  son 
Christopher  desired  to  show  their  title. 
The  claim  was  allowed,  but  'the  debts 
due  to  delinquents  and  two-thirds  of  those 
due  to  recusants '  were  to  be  paid  to  the 
use  of  the  State  ;  ibid,  v,  3  207. 

47  Their  names  were  John  Arkwright, 
Robert  Arkwright,   William  Arkwright, 
William  Blakey,  Richard  Boys  of  Sharoe, 
Richard  Cardwell,  James  Carterof  Durton, 
John  and  Thomas  Daniell  of  the  same, 
Edward    Daniell    of   Catterall,   Elizabeth 
Gradwell  of  Fernyhalgh,  widow,  Thomas 
Greenalls,     Edward     Harrison,    Richard 
Parkinson  and  Ellen  Walmesley,  widow  ; 
Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors, 
95-6,  104,  105,  136  8. 

For  the  Daniel  family,  already  men- 
tioned several  times,  see  Gillow,  Bibl. 
Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  ii,  ii. 

48  The  prior  claimed  4  acres,  &c.,  in 
1333    against    Richard    de   Myerscough ; 
De  Banco  R.  293,  m.  322. 

49  Some  early   14th-century  fragments 
found  when  the  present  chancel  was  erected 
are  now  in  the  churchyard  on  the  west  side 
of  the  tower.     This  probably  indicates  a 
rebuilding  of  or  alteration  to  the  original 
12th-century  church. 

50  The  plan   is  on  the   faculty  to  re- 
build.    See  next  page. 

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A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


west  tower.  Both  chapels  projected  beyond  the  line 
of  the  aisle  walls  north  and  south,  and  were  separated 
from  the  chancel  by  oak  screens.61  The  chancel 
was  of  the  same  width  as  the  nave,  there  being 
apparently  no  structural  division.  No  illustration  of 
the  building  remains,  though  it  is  said  to  have  been 
of  a  plain  late  type  of  Gothic,  with  low  overhanging 
eaves  and  dormer  windows.52  From  remains  still  exist- 
ing in  the  east  wall  of  the  tower  the  old  nave  seems  to 
have  been  15  ft.  6  in.  wide,53  with  aisles  8  ft.  wide, 
the  total  length  of  the  nave  and  chancel  being  79  ft.54 
During  the  I  yth  and  1 8th  centuries  little  or  nothing 
seems  to  have  been  done  to  keep  the  structure  in 
adequate  repair,  and  shortly  before  its  demolition 
Dr.  Whitaker  wrote  that  he  had  seldom  seen  '  greater 
appearances  of  squalid  neglect  and  approaching  decay.' 65 
The  rebuilding  consisted  of  the  present  wide  aisleless 
nave,  69  ft.  by  45  ft.,  in  the  Gothic  style  of  the 
period,  and  was  finished  in  1826.  To  this  a  chancel, 
36  ft.  by  22  ft.,  with  north  vestries  and  south  organ- 
chamber  occupying  to  some  extent  the  position  of 


Gothic  work,58  contrasting    sharply  with  the  nave, , 
the  windows  of  which  are  tall,  narrow  single  lights. 
The  nave  roof  is  of  one  span,  covered  with  slate,  and 
has  a  flat  plaster-panelled  ceiling. 

The  tower,  which  is  I  3  ft.  3  in.  square  inside  and 
built  of  gritstone,  has  diagonal  buttresses  of  seven 
stages,  a  projecting  vice  in  the  south-east  corner  and 
an  embattled  parapet  with  the  stumps  of  angle 
pinnacles.  On  the  string  course  below  the  parapet  on 
the  south  side  are  a  four-leafed  flower  and  the  date  1533, 
which  probably  gives  the  year  of  the  building  of  the 
tower,  and  on  the  vice  the  string  bears  the  initials 
E.G.  The  stages  are  unmarked  externally  by  string 
courses,  and  on  the  north  and  south  sides  the  walls 
are  quite  plain  except  for  the  belfry  windows,  which 
are  of  three  lights  under  a  pointed  head  without 
tracery,  but  with  external  hood  mould.  The  west 
doorway,  which  has  moulded  jambs  and  head,  was 
opened  out  in  1905—6,  and  the  window  above,  which 
is  of  three  lights  with  traceried  head  and  hood  mould, 
was  likewise  restored,  the  lower  part,  which  had  before 


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PLAN  OF  BROUGHTON  CHURCH  BEFORE   1823 


the  two  original  chapels,  was  added  in  1905-6,  at 
which  time  also  the  whole  of  the  building  was 
restored,  the  tower  arch  opened  out,  and  benches 
substituted  for  the  old  square  pews. 

The  chancel  and  nave  being  modern  are  without 
antiquarian  interest,  except  that  six  sculptured  stones 
from  the  old  church  are  built  into  the  external  wall 
of  the  organ-chamber  on  the  south  side.56  These 
consist  of  (i)  a  boar's  head  with  the  initials  T.B.  ; 
(2)  arms  of  Redmayne  and  initials  G.R. ;  (3)  I.H.C.  ; 
(4)  arms  of  Singleton  and  the  initials  R.S.  ;  (5)  arms 
of  Barton  and  initials  T.B.  ;  and  (6)  clawed  foot  and 
ivy  leaf.57  The  chancel  is  a  good  example  of  modern 


been  built  up,  being  opened  out.  There  is  a  clock  on 
the  west  side,  and  on  the  north  buttress  facing  east 
are  the  initials  T.B.  on  either  side  of  a  shield,59  and 
in  a  similar  position  on  the  south  buttress  a  shield 
with  the  Singleton  arms.  The  tower  arch  is  of  two 
chamfered  orders  dying  into  the  wall  at  the  springing, 
and  above  it  the  lower  part  of  the  weathering  of  the 
old  pointed  roof  is  visible  under  the  modern  ceiling. 
Until  1905—6  the  tower  was  separated  from  the  nave 
by  a  wall  5  ft.  thick,  the  removal  of  which  revealed 
on  the  south  side  the  half- octagonal  respond  of  the 
old  nave  arcade.  In  the  rebuilding  of  1826  the  floor 
of  the  church  seems  to  have  been  considerably  raised, 


61  The  inscriptions  and  arms  in  these 
screens  are  given  in  Fishwick,  Preston, 

134-5- 

51  Information  from  old  inhabitants  to 
present  vicar.  It  is  described  as  having 
been  similar  to  Goosnargh  Church,  only 
lower  at  the  eaves. 

53  On  the  plan  it  scales  less,  but  the 
plan  does  not  appear  to  be  quite  accurate, 
the  dimensions  of  the  tower  not  strictly 
agreeing  with  those  of  the  actual  building. 


54  These  measurement*  are  taken  from 
the  plan. 

55  Whitaker,  Richmondshirc,  ii,   433-4. 
He    says    '  a    few    remnants  of  a,    more 
ancient  fabric  appear  in  the  walls  of  the 
present  fabric,  which  is  evidently  a  work 
of  the  time  of  Henry  VIII,  since  when 
very    little    attention     seems    to     have 
been    paid    it,    excepting    to    secure    the 
handsome    tower    from  falling  by  strong 
iron  bars.'     This  was  in  1822.     On  the. 

122 


oak  roof  of  the    chancel  was    the    date 

1537- 

56  In  the    1826  rebuilding    they  were 
placed  in  the  east  gable. 

57  Four  of  these  are  illustrated  in  Fish- 
wick,  Preston,  136. 

58  The     architects     were     Austin     & 
Paley  of  Lancaster. 

69  The  shield    is   difficult  to    decipher, 
but  probably  bore  the  Barton  arms. 


BROUGHTON  CHURCH  FROM  THE  NORTH-WEST 


BARTON   CROSS  (RESTORED) 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


the  floor  of  the  present  nave  being  2  ft.  4  in.  above 
that  of  the  tower,  from  which  there  is  an  ascent  of 
five  steps. 

The  font,  which  stands  in  the  north-west  corner 
of  the  nave,  is  a  massive  circular  Norman  bowl 
2  ft.  8£  in.  in  diameter  and  18  in.  high,  hewn  out 
of  a  sandstone  boulder,  with  a  half-round  moulding 
at  the  bottom.  The  font  was  turned  out  of  the 
church  in  1826  to  make  way  for  one  of  alabaster,  but 
was  discovered  at  a  cottage  in  Barton  in  1889  and 
restored  to  the  church.  The  bowl  is  supported  by 
a  modern  shaft. 

There  are  preserved  in  the  church  an  old  stoup,60  an 
octagonal  stone  mortar,  a  piece  of  oak  6  ft.  long 
carved  with  the  vine  pattern  belonging  to  one  of  the 
screens  in  the  old  church,  a  mediaeval  chest  and  a 
Jacobean  oak  communion  table,  while  in  the  vestry 
is  a  smaller  chest  dated  1666  with  various  initials 
and  fleurs  de  lis  hinges.  The  organ  has  a  good  1 8th- 
century  case,  and  there  is  a  brass  chandelier  dated 
1817.  Against  the  west  wall  of  the  nave  north  of 
the  tower  is  a  fragment  of  a  memorial  stone  to  Roger 
Langton  of  Broughton  Tower,  who  died  at  Chester 
in  1714,  and  was  buried  in  the  now  demolished 
church  of  St.  Bridget  in  that  city.61 

There  is  a  ring  of  six  bells,  cast  in  1 884  by  Mears  & 
Stainbank.62 

The  silver  plate  consists  of  two  chalices  inscribed 
'  Capellae  de  Broughton  Sacrum  1782  ',  and  on  the 
foot  '  The  gift  of  the  Reverend  Samuel  Peploe  Arch 
Deacon  of  Richmond  &  Vic.  of  Preston ',  but  with- 
out other  marks  than  R|  thrice  repeated  ;  a  set  of 
two  chalices,  two  patens  and  a  flagon  of  1851,  pur- 
chased by  subscription  in  that  year,  and  a  bread-box 
of  1906.  There  are  also  two  pewter  flagons  given 
by  Archdeacon  Peploe  in  1732. 

The  registers  begin  in  1653-4. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  churchyard  are  the  steps 
of  the  churchyard  cross,  now  surmounted  by  a  modern 
sundial,  the  plate  of  which  is  dated  1 8 1 6  and  bears 
the  names  of  the  vicar  and  churchwardens.  The 
steps,  which  are  three  in  number  and  square  on  plan, 
are  of  coarse  gritstone  and  are  carried  on  a  solid 


PRESTON 

rubble  foundation  going  down  a  considerable  depth. 
The  stocks,  which  stand  outside  the  churchyard  wall 
near  the  west  entrance,  were  restored  in  1902,  one 
of  the  old  stone  posts  being  replaced.  They  are  not, 
however,  in  their  original  position. 

Though  the  building,  as  stated, 
4DVOWSON  existed  from  an  early  time,  there 
are  few  records  of  it.63'4  In  the 
1 6th  century  it  was  often  called  a  church,  its  status 
being  th^t  of  parochial  chapel.  Its  ornaments  and 
bells  were  sold  at  the  Reformation,65  but  the  building 
seems  to  have  been  retained  in  use  for  service.66  The 
patronage  descended  like  that  of  the  vicarage  of 
Preston  until  1867,  when  Sir  Henry  de  Hoghton 
sold  it  to  John  Bretherton  of  Leyland ;  the  purchaser 
gave  it  to  his  brother  William,  who  became  vicar  in 
1872,  and  whose  representatives  are  now  the  patrons.67 
In  1650  the  stipend  was  £40,  paid  out  of  sequestra- 
tions,68 and  therefore  ceasing  at  the  Restoration.  The 
Langtons  endowed  it  with  £20,  and  in  1717  the 
income  was  ^34-69  In  1774  an  augmentation  was 
obtained  from  Queen  Anne's  Bounty.70  The  present 
value  is  given  as  £z$o.n  A  parish  was  assigned  to 
it  in  i878.72  The  chapelry  was  formerly  reputed 
to  include  the  three  townships  of  Broughton,  Barton 
and  Haighton.  The  following  have  been  curates 
and  vicars  73  : — 
oc.  1368-96  William  de  Erlesgate  74 

1441  Henry  Broughton 

1515  Evan  Wall  75 

1530  Henry  Helme  76 

i  548-65      Roger  Charnock  77 
oc.  1597  John  Marton  78 

oc.  1 6 1  o  —  Witton  79 

oc.  1622  —  Lomax  80 

1626  Peter  Addison,  B.A.81 

1628  Roger  Farrand  82 

1650  James  Knott  83 

1 66 1  John  Winckley 

oc.  1674-1714  William  Wood  84 

1721  William  Charnley,  B.A.85  (St.  John's 

Coll.,  Camb.) 

1727  John  Starkie 


60  Found  in  1893   in  a  ditch  near  the 
church. 

61  The    stone    was    cast    aside   when 
St.    Bridget's  was   pulled   down,  but  was 
recovered  in  1888  and  placed  in  Broughton 
Church  by  the  late  Mr.  William  Langton 
of  Manchester. 

13  Two  of  the  former  bells,  which  were 
used  in  the  casting  of  the  present  ring, 
bore  the  dates  1632,  and  another  1681. 
The  treble  was  inscribed  '  See.  Petre 
O  P  N  '.  The  other  bells  had  « Jesus  be 
our  spede,  1632  ';  '  G.W.  w.w.  i.e.  1681  '  ; 
'Gloria  in  excelsis  Deo,  1632  ';  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  135,  but  his  description  is  not 
very  clear. 

6S'4  Geoffrey,  chaplain  of  the  hermitage 
of  Broughton,  is  named  in  a  deed  of  1 377, 
but  he  may  then  have  been  dead  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  256. 

In  1441  the  priest  at  Broughton  was 
witness  to  a  local  charter ;  Fishwick, 
Preston,  129.  In  1460  a  sentence  of 
divorce  was  read  in  the  church ;  ibid. 
The  chapel  of  Broughton  is  named  in  the 
1520  lease  of  Preston  tithes  quoted  in 
the  account  of  the  church. 

65  Raines,   Chantries  (Chet.  Soc.),  277, 
280. 

66  The   same    curate   was   there    from 


1 548  to  1565  at  least.    Nothing  i*  known 
of  the  next  thirty  years. 

67  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  140. 

68  Commonw.     Ch.     Sur-v.    (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  146.     In  1651,  how- 
ever,  the    minister's  '  maintenance  '   did 
not   exceed    zos.    a  year,   and  ^50  was 
allowed    from     the     tithes     of    Leyland, 
sequestered  from  James  Anderton,  '  papist 
and    delinquent '  ;    Plund.    Mini.    Accts. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  103,  in. 

89  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  467.  Richard  Cross  had  given  £100, 
and  the  vicar  of  Preston  had  usually  paid 
,£4  a  year,  but  this  had  been  refused  by 
Vicar  Birch.  It  is  now  paid  by  the  vicar 
of  Preston. 

70  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  143. 

71  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir. 

73  Loud.  Gass.  5  Apr.  1878. 

78  This  list  is  taken  mainly  from  Fish- 
wick, op.  cit.  140—4,  where  many  details 
of  the  incumbents  will  be  found. 

74  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1776, 1786. 

75  In  depositions  of  1515-16  he  is  called 
'parish  priest'  of  Broughton;  ibid.  253. 

76  Named  in  a  Subsidy  Roll,  c.  1530  ; 
T.  C.  Smith,  Preston  Ch.  20. 

77  Occurs  in  the  Chester  visitation  lists 
of  1548  and  1562,  and  in  1565  is  named 

123 


in    the  will    of  Anne    Singleton ;  Willt 
(Chet.  Soc.  new  ser.),  iii,  133. 

78  The  will  of  a  John  Marton,  '  curate 
of    Broughton,'    was   proved    in    1597  ; 
Fishwick,  Preston,  141. 

79  He  was  '  stipendiary  minister,'  but 
'  no    preacher ' ;    Hist.    M.SS.    Com.   Rep. 
xiv,  App.  iv,  9. 

80  Visitation  lists  at  Chester. 

81  Act  Bk.  at  Chester. 

82  '  Commonly     called      Sir     Roger '  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  141.    This  is  a  late  use 
of  the  clerical  '  sir.'     His  name  heads  the 
list  of  '  Protesters  '  at  Broughton  in  1641. 

88  Named    in   the  Ch.    Sur-v.,   Sec.,  in 
1650-1. 

84  His  initials  are  on  the  bells  of  1681. 
His  name  is  in  the  Bishop  of  Chester's 
visitation    list    in    1691,    as    curate    and 
schoolmaster,  showing   letters   of   orders 
*ut  in  1674.'      He  is  also  named  in  the 
will  of  Roger  Langton,   1714;   Piccope 
MSS.   xiv,   74.     According   to   Fishwick 
(op.    cit.    142)   he   was    deprived    of  his 
curacy  in  1678  but  reinstated. 

85  He    and     his    two    successors    were 
nominated     by    the    vicar    of    Preston. 
Charnley  had  spent  some  time  at  Trinity 
College,    Dublin,   before    he    entered    St. 
John's,  Cambridge,  in  1718,  being  then 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


1732  Joseph  Cowper,  M.A.  (T.C.D.) 

1761  John  Hunter  86 

1774  Randal  Andrews,  M.A.87  (Worcester 

Coll.,  Oxf.) 

1801  George  Charnley  M 

1 8 10  Hugh  Hodgson 

1817  William  Dixon 

1872  William  Bretherton 

1886  Samuel    Edward    Collinson,    L.Th. 

(Durh.) 88a  0 

There  was  in  the  ijth  century  an  oratory,  St. 
Mary's,  at  Fernyhalgh,89  but  this  fell  into  decay,  and 
was  not  used  after  the  Reformation.90 

A  school  was  founded  in  1527  by  Lawrence 
Stodagh.91 

As  a  large  proportion  of  the  people  adhered  to 
the  old  religion  at  the  Reformation  the  Roman 
Catholic  worship  survived  during  the  time  of 
proscription.92  Bank  Hall,  as  above  stated,  was  a 
missionary  centre  for  a  long  time,93  and  our  Lady's 
Well  at  Fernyhalgh  is  said  to  have  remained  a  place  of 
pilgrimage.94  In  1685  Hugh  Charnley  gave  the  site 
of  the  well  in  trust  for  the  mission  there  and  a  house- 
chapel  was  built.  This  remained  in  use  till  1793, 
when  the  present  church  of  St.  Mary  was  built  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  away.95  The  Rev.  John  Daniel, 
last  president  of  the  seminary  at  Douay,  was  born  at 
Durton.96 

It  appears  that  a  school  was  secretly  kept  up  in 
connexion  with  this  mission  from  about  1650  ; 
it  was  known  later  as  Schola  Sanctte  Maries  ad 
fontem.97 


The  township  gives  its  name  to  the  Broughton 
Charitable  Society,  the  annual  meeting  being  held 
there.98 


HAIGHTON 

Halctun,  Dom.  Bk.1  ;  Aulton,  1200;  Halicton, 
1212  ;  Halghton,  1278  and  usually  ;  Alghton,  1292  ; 
Halghton,  Haughton,  Haghton,  Haighton,  1560- 
1600. 

This  township,  a  continuation  of  Broughton  east- 
ward, is  somewhat  more  elevated,  as  most  of  the 
surface  is  above  the  2OO-ft.  level.  Blundel  Brook 
forms  the  northern  boundary,  while  Savock  Brook, 
flowing  through  a  little  valley,  cuts  off  the  south- 
eastern portion,  in  which  is  Cow  Hill.  The  area  is 
1,078  acres,2  and  in  1901  the  population  num- 
bered 273. 

The  principal  road  is  that  going  through  the 
centre  of  the  township,  leading  eastward  from 
Broughton  through  Haighton  Green,  and  then  turn- 
ing south  and  east  again  towards  Longridge.  There 
was  formerly  a  cross  on  the  green.3  To  the  north  of 
the  road  are  New  Chingle  Hall  and  Haighton  Hall, 
while  Haighton  House  lies  to  the  south.  There  is 
neither  railway  nor  canal.  The  township  is  governed 
by  a  parish  council. 

The  land  is  almost  entirely  in  pasture. 

One  plough-land  in  HJ1GHTON  was 

MdNOR     in  1066  included  in  Earl  Tostig's  fee  of 

Preston.4     After  the  Conquest  it  appears 

to  have  been  included  in  the  royal  demesne,5  but  in 

1 2 1 2   Gillemichael  de  Haighton  held  2  oxgangs  of 


twenty-one  years  of  age.  He  was  after- 
wards vicar  of  Bray  ton  and  Selby,  1727- 
48  ;  R.  F.  Scott,  Admissions,  iii,  14,  318. 
In  1726  the  Sacrament  was  adminis- 
tered four  times  a  year  by  the  vicar  of 
Preston  ;  Visit,  returns.  With  Charnley 
begin  the  nominations  recorded  at  the 
Chester  Diocesan  Registry. 

88  He   became  curate  of  Pilling.      He 
and  his  successors  were  nominated  by  the 
Hoghton  family. 

87  Vicar  of  Ormskirk  1780-1800  ;  re- 
tained Broughton. 

83  Master  of  Broughton  School,  1771. 

88a  Mr.  Collinson  has  afforded  con- 
siderable assistance  to  the  editors. 

89  In     1454     Nicholas     Singleton    of 
Broughton    and    Margaret  his  wife   had 
licence  for  a  chaplain  to  celebrate  divine 
service  in  the  chapel  of  Fernyhalgh  and 
in    the    oratory    in    their  manor-house ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  B  34. 

There  is  evidence  for  its  use  for  mass 
in  the  time  of  Henry  VII,  but  the  roof 
is  stated  to  have  fallen  in  by  1515  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  quoting  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Plead.  Edw.  VI,  Ixi,  R  2  ;  Depositions 
Hen.  VIII,  x,  S  5.  The  chapel  had  land 
at  Warton. 

On  the  meaning  of  the  word  see  N: 
and  Q.  (Ser.  4),  x,  260. 

90  Raines,    Chantries,    259,   &C.      The 
chapel  had    one  bell,  seized  by  Edward 
VI.     William  Kenyon,  who  had  a  grant 
of  the  lands  belonging  to  it  in  1553,  made 
complaints  about  various  tenants  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Plead.  Edw.  VI,  xxxii,  K  2. 

91  Gastrell,  Notitia,  ii,  468  ;  End.  Char. 
Rep.  (Preston,  1905),  18. 

9*  William  Cowell  of  Preston  about 
1590  found  Edmond  Haworth,  priest, 
'  saying  mass  after  the  popish  manner  in 


a  loft  at  the  east  end  of  the  house  of  one 
Dilworth,  a  widow,  in  the  village  of 
Broughton,  about  10  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing, attired  in  massing  apparel,  wearing  a 
vestment,  alb  and  stole,  and  with  a  mass 
book,  a  super  altar,  chalice  containing 
wine  and  a  paten,  with  other  massing 
furniture.'  The  widow,  her  sons  and 
daughters  and  one  or  two  more  were 
present.  The  informant,  terrified  with 
cries  of  '  Strike,  strike  !  kill,  kill  !  now 
or  never  ! '  and  bribed  by  a  gift  of  seven 
nobles  promised  to  keep  silence,  restored 
the  paten  and  chalice  he  had  '  partly 
taken,'  but  immediately  gave  informa- 
tion to  the  mayor  of  Preston  and  others  ; 
T.  C.  Smith,  Preston  Ch.  21,  from  Raines 
MSS.  xxii,  156-8. 

93  In    1718  John    Crook   'had   heard 
George  Crook,  a  reputed  Romish  priest, 
say   prayers    after   the   Romish  way'  at 
Bank  Hall ;  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Rec.  155. 

94  Christopher   Tootell,  the   priest    in 
charge  about  1700  and  later,  in  an  account 
written  in  1723  gives  the  legend  of  the 
well.     A  merchant  in  distress  in  a  storm 
in   the  Irish  Sea  promised    to  do    some 
work  of  piety  if  he  escaped,  and  heard  a 
voice  telling  him  to  seek  a  place  called 
Fernyhp.lgh   and    build   a   chapel  by  the 
spring  ;  which,  after  long  search  for  the 
place,    he    performed.      Tootell    states : 
'  The  ancient  devotion  of  neighbouring 
Catholics  did  not  fail  with  the  old  chapel, 
but  .  .  .  continued     in    their    constant 
assembling    and  praying  together  at  the 
well    on    Sundays    and    Holy   Days  and 
especially  on  the  feasts  of  Our  Lady,  even 
in    the    severest   times    of    persecution.' 
This  was  interrupted  at  the  futile  Jacobite 
rising  of  1715   and  the  severities  which 
followed  it,  the  chapel  being  plundered  ; 

124 


but  prayers  were  resumed  in  1717.  There 
is  a  notice  of  Chr.  Tootell  in  Gillow, 
Blbl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  v,  548. 

95  Gillow,  Haydock  Papers,  58.     There 
is  preserved  there  an  ancient  chalice  in- 
scribed '  Dosus  Maguir  Rex  Fermanne  me 
fi.  fe.  MCCCCC  xxix,'  supposed  to  have 
belonged  to  the  pre-Reformation  chapel. 

96  When  the  college  was  destroyed  in 
the  French  Revolution  the  president  was 
imprisoned  for  some  time.     He  returned 
to  England  and  was  made  president  of  the 
new  college  at  Crook  Hall,  Durham,  in 
1795,  but  resigned  in  order  to  protect  the 
interests  of  the  college  at  Douay,  and  died 
in    Paris    in    1823.     He  wrote   a   short 
work    on    Church    history.     There    are 
notices  of  him  in   Diet.   Nat.   Biog.    and 
Gillow,  EM.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  ii,  13-15. 

97  Ibid,  iii,  145-8.     In  the  first  half  of 
the    1 8th    century  it  had   a  noteworthy 
teacher — Alice  Harrison  of  Fulwood. 

98  It  was  founded   in  1787,  and  large 
numbers  of  Lancashire  Roman  Catholics 
are  members.      Masses  are  said  for  them 
at  death,  and  a  distribution  of  the  surplus 
funds  is  made  each  year,  each  member 
giving  his  share  to  some  poor  person. 

1  It  is  difficult  to  distinguish  the  town- 
ships of  Haighton,  Aighton  and  Hoghton 
in  mediaeval  deeds,  but  the  first  is  com- 
monly Halghton  and  the  second  Aghton. 

2  1,077    acres,   including   2    of  inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901. 

3  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antij.  Soc.  xx,  178. 

4  V.C.H.  Lanes,   i,   28  8a.     As  will  be 
seen  from  the  text  Haighton  was  in  later 
times  regarded  as   2   oxgangs  of  land  or 
else  half  a  plough-land. 

5  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  130  ;  fl2d.  of 
the  increment  of  Aulton'   for  the  half- 
year. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PRESTON 


land  there  in  drengage,  rendering  zs.  yearly.6  This 
appears  to  have  been  the  whole  service  due  from  the 
township,  though  the  land  is  only  a  fourth  part  of  the 
old  assessment,  for  in  1297  the  vill  of  Haighton  was 
found  to  pay  zs.  yearly  to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster.7  In 
1324  a  portion  was  held  by  John  de  Bolton,  who  paid 
it.,  and  the  rest  by  Adam  son  of  William  Banastre, 
who  also  paid  is.8  In  1346  the  whole  was  held  by 
Thomas  Banastre,  as  half  a  plough-land,  by  the  rent  of 


2J.9  It  descended  like  Balderston,  being  held  by 
Richard  Balderston  in  1445—6  for  the  twentieth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee,  the  land  being  half  a  plough-land.10 
Haighton  does  not  seem  to  have  been  usually  regarded 
as  a  separate  manor,  and  in  a  document  of  the  i6th 
century  is  described  as  '  in  Broughton  '.u 

A  family  which  took  a  surname  from  it  can  be 
traced  for  some  time 12  ;  but  the  land  seems  to  have 
been  very  much  divided,13  the  Elstons,13a  Singletons, 13b 


6  Lanct.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lance,  and  Ches.),  i,  51.  Richard  de 
Haighton  held  the  same  land  by  the  same 
service  in  1226  ;  ibid,  i,  140.  He  was 
living  in  1248,  but  Walter  son  of  Richard 
de  Haighton  appears  in  1251  and  1261  ; 
ibid,  i,  176,  183,  228.  Robert  son  of 
William  son  of  Walter  de  Haighton  was 
plaintiff  in  1334  against  Paulin  son  of 
William  son  of  Walter  and  Gilbert  son  of 
Walter  de  Haighton,  also  against  William 
son  of  Amry  dc  Haighton  :  Assize 
R.  1417,  m.  7d. 

*  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  289.  The 
Banastre  estate  may  have  been  derived 
in  part  from  Robert  son  of  Walter  de 
Haighton,  who  gave  all  his  wood  in 
Haighton  (within  certain  bounds)  to 
Thomas  Banastre  of  Bretherton  ;  Kuer- 
den  MSS.  iv,  H  5. 

8  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39  ;  John  de 
Bolton  held  a  messuage  and  40  acres,  and 
Adam  Banastre  the  whole  remainder  of 
the  hamlet  of  Haighton. 

In  1326  it  was  found  that  William  son 
of  Ellen  de  Haighton  had  held  i  acre 
(worth  6d.  a  year)  in  the  vill  of  Haighton 
of  Adam  son  and  heir  of  William  Banastre, 
a  minor,  by  id.  rent ;  a  messuage  and 
9  acres  of  Richard  de  Haighton  by  3^. 
rent;  12  acres  of  John  de  Haighton  by 
zd.  rent ;  and  8  acres  of  Walter  de 
Haighton  by  ^d.  rent,  the  annual  value 
of  these  29  acres  was  %d.  each.  The 
heir  was  William's  son  Richard,  aged 
twenty-four  ;  Inq.  p.m.  19  Edw.  II,  no.  5 1. 

John  de  Bolton  is  stated  to  have 
received  lands  in  Haighton,  with  acquit- 
tance of  multure  in  the  mill,  from  John 
de  Coppull,  the  remainder  being  to  Robert 
son  of  John  de  Belton  and  his  heirs  by 
Joan  daughter  of  Thomas  le  Waleys  ; 
the  grant  was  made  in  1318.  After- 
wards Robert  sold  to  Roger  de  Elston, 
living  in  1363,  and  he  died  without  issue 
by  Joan  ;  Memo.  R.  (L.T.R.)  128,  m.  xxi. 
Margaret  (then  wife  of  William  de 
Childers)  widow  of  Robert  son  of  John 
de  Bolton  claimed  dower  in  1366  ;  De 
Banco  R.  425,  m.  234.  The  surname 
Bolton  long  continued  in  the  township. 

9  Sur-v.  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  50.     Sir 
Thomas   Banastre  held   in  1379  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  15. 

10  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees,bdle.  2, 
no.  20.     In  1456  Richard  Balderston  held 
the  manor  of  Haighton  by  Goosnargh  of 
the  king  as  of  his  duchy  in  socage  by  a 
rent  of  21.  ;  its  clear  value  was  4  marks 
a  year  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii, 
63.     Thi-s  is  one  of  the  rare  instances  in 
which  it  is  called  a  manor. 

Portions  of  the  Balderston  estate  are 
named  later  in  the  possessions  of  Edmund 
Dudley  (1507),  Thomas  Radcliffe  of 
Winmarleigh  (1521),  Thomas  Earl  of 
Derby  (1523)  and  Sir  Alexander  Osbal- 
deston  (1544) ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
iy,  no.  13  ;  y,  no.  3,  &c. ;  v,  no.  68  ; 
viii,  no.  i.  No  particulars  of  tenure  are 
given  for  Haighton. 

u  The  warden*  of  Broughton   Chapel 


in  1539  demised  to  William  Singleton  of 
Chingle  Hall  a  messuage  in  Haighton  in 
Broughton  at  a  rent  of  loj.  lod.  ; 
Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  1575.  This 
may  only  mean  '  in  the  chapelry  of 
Broughton.' 

13  One  branch  has  been  named  in  pre- 
ceding notes. 

John  de  Haighton  occurs  in  1244 ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  159,  160. 
Alice  daughter  of  Adam  de  Blackburn 
in  1276-8  complained  that  John  de 
Haighton,  Ellen  his  wife  and  Katherine, 
Maud  and  Joan  his  daughters  had  dis- 
seised her  of  her  free  tenement  in  the 
place,  and  recovered  ;  De  Banco  R.  17, 
m.  27;  Assize  R.  1238,  m.  32;  1239, 
m.  37.  In  1292  Katherine  daughter  of 
John  de  Haighton  withdrew  her  claim 
against  John  de  Haighton  ;  Assize 
R.  408,  m.  69  d.  Much  of  the  land  of 
this  family  appears  to  have  been  acquired 
by  Hoghton  of  Hoghton,  as  below. 

Godith  de  Elston  and  Roger  son  of 
William  de  Elston  agreed  with  Joan 
widow  of  John  de  Haighton  for  a  lease 
of  their  lands  to  her;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  783. 

John  de  Haighton  gave  his  daughters 
Joan,  Katherine,  Maud  and  Margery  his 
house  of  Brunden,  lands  held  by  Roger 
and  Paulin,  sons  of  William  de  Elston, 
and  homages  and  services  in  the  vill  of 
Haighton,  at  a  rent  of  izd.  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iii,  H  2.  John  son  of  John  de 
Haighton  granted  Robert  de  Whittingham 
certain  lands,  the  bounds  at  one  point 
following  Brunden  to  the  east ;  the  rent 
was  a  pair  of  gloves  or  id. ;  ibid.  In 
1293-4  Katherine  and  Joan,  daughters 
of  John  de  Haighton,  made  claims 
against  John  son  of  Robert  de  Singleton 
and  Alice  his  wife,  and  against  Master 
Richard  de  Hoghton,  in  respect  of  tene- 
ments in  Haighton  ;  De  Banco  R.  101, 
m.  100  d.  ;  104,  m.  81  d. 

In  1332  Richard  de  Haighton  granted 
some  of  his  land  upon  Highfield  ;  Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  fol.  175.  Richard  made  a  grant 
in  1358  ;  ibid.  fol.  189.  In  1377  Maud 
and  Margaret,  daughters  of  Richard  de 
Haighton  and  Euphemia  his  wife,  had 
hereditary  lands  delivered  to  them  ;  ibid, 
fol.  256. 

Robert  Greenacre  and  others,  probably 
trustees,  in  1416  gave  a  tenement  in 
Haighton  to  Thomas  Haighton  and  his 
heirs  ;  ibid.  fol.  87.  Ughtred  Hothersall 
in  1441-2  became  bound  to  William  son 
and  heir  of  Thomas  Haighten  for  the 
fulfilment  of  contracts  ;  ibid.  fol.  189. 
William  Haighton  was  defendant  in 
1442  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  4,  m.  i. 
William  occurs  again  in  1459  and  1464  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  88,  63. 

13  A  fine  respecting  'Haighton'  in 
1311  may  refer  to  some  other  place  of 
the  name  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  8.  In  1317-18  John  de 
Brockholes  claimed  land  in  Haighton 
against  Richard  son  of  Richard  de  Fish- 
wick  and  Cecily  his  wife ;  De  Banco 

125 


R.  221,  m.  210  <J.  Eve  widow  of  Henry 
de  Blackburn  in  1336  claimed  a  mes- 
suage there  against  John  de  Blackburn  ; 
ibid.  306,  m.  128.  Land  in  Haighton 
was  among  the  Clitheroe  estates  in  1 342  ; 
Final  Cone,  ii,  114.  In  1347  Simon 
Breton  and  Joan  his  wife  claimed  an 
acre  of  land  against  William  del  Hall  and 
Robert  son  of  Robert  del  Moor  ;  the  last 
named  seems  to  have  been  the  owner  ; 
Assize  R.  1435,  m.  16.  Isolda  widow  of 
William  del  Hall  had  lands  in  1372  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  87.  John  de 
Cottam  of  Haighton  made  a  feoffment 
of  his  lands  in  1389;  ibid.  fol.  88.  A 
John  son  of  William  de  Cottam  was 
defendant  to  a  claim  by  Adam  son  of 
Richard  de  Holmes  in  1337  ;  De  Banco 
R.  311,  m.  I56d.  Henry  Cottam  of 
Haighton  died  in  1592  holding  a  capital 
messuage,  &c.,  of  Richard  Hoghton  by 
6d.  rent.  George  his  son  and  heir  was 
seventeen  years  old ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  49. 

13a  In  1329  Roger  and  Paulin  sons  of 
William  de  Elston  claimed  a  tenement 
in  Haighton  against  Henry  de  Herrys 
and  Cecily  his  wife  ;  Assize  R.  427,  m. 
3  d.  (Henry  de  Hericy  had  land  in 
Wheatcroft  from  John  de  Haighton  in 
1287  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  649.) 
John  son  of  William  son  of  Robert  de 
Elston  in  134$  claimed  40  acres  of  land 
against  Robert  and  Adam  sons  of  Ellis  de 
Knoll ;  De  Banco  R.  341,  m.  226. 

Roger  de  Elston  already  named  and 
Anabel  his  wife  had  lands  in  Haighton, 
and  part  of  two  mills,  which  were  in 
1348  settled  on  Roger  son  of  John  de 
Elston,  Ralph  and  Thomas  his  brothers, 
and  the  heirs  of  Roger  de  Elston  of 
Killanshagh  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  291. 
Robert  de  Bolton  was  a  witness. 
William  son  of  Roger  de  Elston  in  1350 
gave  his  brother  Roger  land  called  the 
Moss  and  rents  from  the  tenements  of 
William  son  of  Paulin  de  Elston,  Roger 
son  of  Ellis  de  Knoll  and  Henry  son  of 
William  Amricson  in  Haighton ;  ibid, 
fol.  in. 

The  feoffees  in  1414  granted  Margaret 
widow  of  John  Elston  various  lands  in 
Haighton,  with  remainders  to  Thomas 
Elston  and  Nicholas  his  brother  ;  Harl. 
MS.  21 12,  fol.  100/141.  In  1429-30 
Roger  Elston  gave  lands,  formerly 
Reginald  Elston's,  to  trustees  for  Ellen 
daughter  of  Thomas  Haighton  ;  Add. 
MS.  32107,  no.  2991—2.  Some  of  the 
Elston  lands  probably  went  to  the 
Blundells  of  Preston,  for  in  1452-3  John 
Blundell  and  Agnes  widow  of  Hugh 
Longton  granted  land  in  Haighton  to 
William  son  of  John  Blundell  ;  Harl. 
MS.  2112,  fol.  100/141. 

13b  Nicholas  son  of  Gilbert  de  Singleton 
in  1384  had  lands  in  Haighton  within 
these  bounds  :  Beginning  at  Falsnape 
Cloughhead  on  the  west,  following  tie 
Moss  Dyke  east  to  Christopher  de  Whit- 
tingham's  land,  then  north  to  Brunden, 
following  this  westward  to  Falsnape 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


and  neighbouring  owners,  as  appears  from  the  in- 
quisitions and  other  records, 
having  estates  therein.14  The 
Hoghtons  of  Hoghton  in 
Leyland  held  lands  here  from 
the  time  of  Edward  1 14a  ; 
the  estate  was  once  called  a 
manor. 14b  Cockersand  Abbey 
had  a  little  land.15  In  the 
1 7th  century  one  residence 
was  called  the  Hall,  and  its 
owners,  named  Wadsworth, 
recorded  a  pedigree  in  i664.16 


WADSWORTH  of 
Haighton.  Gules  three 
Jleurs  de  Us  argent. 


In  consequence  of  their  taking  the  Jacobite  side  in 
1715  the  estate  was  forfeited.17  It  was  afterwards 
held  by  Edward  Pedder,  Blacklidge  of  Wheelton  and 
Anderton  of  Euxton.18  Another  noteworthy  family 
was  that  of  Gerard  19  ;  their  estate  was  sold  to 
James  Francis  Anderton,  and  is  now  held  by  his  son 
Mr.  Wilfrid  Francis  Anderton  of  Haighton  House.20 

George  Charnley,  Richard  Whittingham  and  Law- 
rence Wilkinson,  described  as  of  Haighton,  in  1631 
compounded  for  refusing  knighthood  by  payments  ot 
£10  each.21 

Two  or  three  estates  were  sequestered  by  the  Com- 
monwealth authorities  for  delinquency  or  recusancy,22 


Cloughfield  and  so  south  to  the  starting- 
point  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Anct.  D.  L  1061. 
The  same  piece  of  land  apparently  (in 
Falsnape  Wray)  had  been  given  (temp. 
Henry  III)  by  Richard  de  Haighton  to 
Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Broughton ; 
ibid.  L  1074. 

Nicholas  son  of  William  Singleton  had 
land  here  in  1471  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS. 
fol.  396.  John  son  of  William  Singleton 
in  1488-9  had  land  in  Haighton,  in- 
cluding Stubbings,  formerly  belonging  to 
Henry  Haighton  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD, 
no.  1289.  John  Singleton  of  Shingle 
Hall  in  1571  granted  Thomas  Hoghton 
of  Lea  an  annuity  out  of  a  messuage,  &c., 
in  Haighton  by  Fulwood  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  804.  Jane  daughter  of  John 
Singleton  was  in  1587  wife  of  Christopher 
Harris,  and  had  land  in  Haighton  and 
West  Stubbings  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  49,  m.  267. 

John  Singleton  of  Shingle  Hall  was  in 
1530  said  to  hold  his  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Haighton  in  socage  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  by  a  rent  of  lid.  and  a  pair  of 
gloves,  and  a  similar  return  was  made 
after  the  death  of  his  son  William  in 
1541  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no. 
32  ;  viii,  no.  9.  Later,  however,  the 
tenure  was  said  to  be  of  the  queen  by 
knight's  service  ;  ibid,  xiii,  no.  16  ;  xiv, 
no.  67. 

14  Robert  Hesketh  in  1490  held  lands  in 
Haighton  of  Nicholas  Harrington  by  the 
rent  of  a  grain  of  pepper ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  72  ;  v,  no.  16. 
Sir  Thomas  Ashton  had  part  of  the 
Harrington  land  in  Haighton  in  1514; 
ibid,  iv,  no.  80.  Thomas  Bradley  in 
1556  purchased  lands  in  Haighton  and 
Hothersall  from  Sir  Thomas  Hesketh 
«nd  Alice  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  1 6,  m.  12.  John  Bradley 
held  in  1597,  but  the  tenure  is  not 
stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii, 
no.  28.  The  tenement  descended  to 
Osbaldeston  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soe, 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  179. 

Lawrence  Starkie  had  lands  in 
Haighton  as  well  as  in  Broughton,  and 
they  descended  in  the  same  way  ;  Duchf 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  21. 

Thomas  Dixon  in  1597  purchased  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Haighton  and  Whit? 
tingham  from  James  Anderton  of 
Lostock,  who  seems  to  have  purchased  in 
1591  from  Gabriel  Pennington  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  58,  m.  81  ;  53, 
in.  136.  Christopher  Dixon  died  in  1605 
holding  his  lands  (in  the  townships 
named)  of  the  king  by  the  hundredth  and 
the  thousandth  parts  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  40. 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton  in  1606  sold  to 
George  Lorimer  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Haightuu;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  770. 


George  died  in  1638,  holding  it  of  '  the 
lord  of  Haighton  '  in  socage,  and  leaving 
a  son  John,  aged  thirty-seven  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  57. 

Thomas  Preston  had  lands  in 
Haighton  and  Warton  in  1591  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  53,  m.  178. 
George  Preston  died  in  1602  holding 
lands  in  Haighton  and  Whittingham  of 
the  king  by  the  two-hundredth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.), 
i,  103. 

John  Robinson  purchased  lands  from 
Bolton  and  from  Singleton  in  1596-7  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  58,  m.  46  ; 
59,  m.  97.  Edward  Robinson  died  in 
1608  holding  lands  of  the  king  by  the 
three-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  114. 
John  Robinson  of  Whittle  died  in  1628 
holding  land,  tenure  unstated  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  20. 

John  Taylor  in  1586  acquired  a 
messuage  from  Roger  Taylor  and  Ellen 
his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
48,  m.  257.  Christopher  Taylor  died  in 
1634  holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  of  'the 
lord  of  Haighton,'  and  leaving  as  heir  his 
son  John,  over  forty  years  of  age ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
1190. 

Anthony  Wall  and  Margaret  his  wife 
had  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  1596  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  59,  m.  181. 
Anthony  died  at  Preston  in  1601  holding 
three  messuages  and  three-eighths  of  a 
windmill  in  Whittingham  and  Haighton, 
also  messuages,  &c.,  in  Preston.  His  son 
and  heir  William  was  eight  years  old  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xviii,  no.  6. 
William  Wall  died  in  1626  at  Whitting- 
ham holding  the  same  estate  and  leaving 
as  heir  his  son  William,  aged  eight  ;  ibid, 
xxvi,  no.  50. 

In  the  following  cases  the  tenure  is 
not  stated  :  Sir  Richard  Shireburne, 
Henry  Brown,  Thomas  Beesley  and 
Thomas  Clarkson  ;  ibid,  xvi,  no.  3  ; 
xviii,  no.  23  ;  xxviii,  no.  62  ;  xxx,  no. 
Si. 

Ma  The  estate  has  been  mentioned  in 
previous  notes.  John  son  of  John 
de  Haighton  in  the  time  of  Edward  I 
made  a  number  of  grants  and  quitclaims 
to  Master  Richard  de  Hoghton  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  35,  653,  662,  &c. 
Joan  daughter  of  John  de  Haighton  and 
Maud  her  sister  released  to  Master 
Richard  their  right  in  the  lands  he  had 
acquired  from  their  father  ;  ibid.  no.  624. 
Joan  widow  of  John  released  her  dower 
right ;  ibid.  no.  650.  Joan,  Maud  and 
Margery  daughters  of  John  de  Haighton 
afterwards  released  their  claim  to 
Richard  son  of  Richard  de  Hoghton  ; 
ibid.  no.  654.  Robert  son  of  Warine  de 
Elston  and  Ellen  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Roger  Mustard  (about  1280),  granted  all 

126 


their  lands  in  Haighton  to  Master 
Richard  de  Hoghton,  excepting  a  rood 
held  of  the  heirs  of  Richard  le  Boteler  ; 
ibid.  no.  656.  In  1315  Richard  son  of 
Richard  de  Hoghton  granted  land  to 
Paulin  de  Elston  and  Christiana  his  wife 
at  a  rent  of  1 31.  4^.  yearly  ;  ibid.  no. 
714. 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton  was  in  1422 
found  to  hold  a  messuage  and  land  in 
Haighton  of  the  king  as  Duke  of 
Lancaster  in  socage  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  146.  Anilla  daughter 
and  heir  of  Robert  Singleton  (formerly 
of  Chipping)  in  her  widowhood  gave  her 
hereditary  lands  in  Haighton  to  Henry 
and  Ralph  sons  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  663.  John  son  of 
William  Blundell  and  cousin  and  heir  of 
Roger  Blundell  in  1491-2  granted  to 
William  Hoghton  the  lands  in  Haighton 
which  had  formerly  belonged  to  Alexander 
Blundell  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  foL  556. 
Lands  in  Haighton  are  mentioned  in 
later  Hoghton  inquisitions,  &c.,  but  the 
tenure  is  not  stated.  In  1566  Thomas 
Hoghton  purchased  lands,  &c.,  in 
Haighton  and  Dilworth  from  John 
Osbaldeston  and  Jane  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  28,  m.  186. 
Richard  Hoghton  in  1577  purchased  a 
messuage,  &c.,  from  Henry  Earl  of 
Derby  ;  ibid.  bdle.  39,  m.  93. 

14b  See  note  22  below. 

15  Adam    son  of  Uctred    gave    all  hit 
land*  in  Haighton  bounded  by  Moorsyke, 
Thorny  Clough,  Savock  and  Cabber  Clough 
and    across    the    moor    to    the    starting- 
point  ;   Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  228. 

16  Dugdale,    Visit.   (Chet.    Soc.),    322. 
The  Wadsworths  had  also  the  '  manors ' 
of  Fulwood  and  Cadley  ;  Exch.  Dep.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  90. 

17  Gillow     and     Hewitson,      Tyldesley 
Diary,   62  ;  Lanes,   and  Ches.   Rec.    (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  171.     See  al»o 
Cal.  Exch.  Pleas,  W  2. 

18  Fishwick,  Preston,  359. 

19  John   Gerard   died  in   1635  holding 
lands     in    Warton,     Livesey,    Whitton, 
Withnell  and  Haighton.      His  messuage 
in   the    last-named   township  was   called 
Rogerson   House.     The  heir  was  his  son 
Evan,  aged  forty  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.    xxvii,  no.   20.     An    Evan    Gerard 
'  of  Brindle,'  skinner,  was   a   burgess  at 
the  Guild  of  1622  ;  Preston  Guild R.  89,  93. 

20  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  357,  where  a  pedi- 
gree is  given. 

21  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

1,  222. 

M  Richard  Charnley  died  in  1623  hold- 
ing messuages  and  lands  in  Haighton  of 
the  heirs  of  Balderston  by  the  rent  of  a 
rose  ;  his  heir  was  his  nephew  George 
(son  of  Lawrence)  Charnley,  aged  twenty- 
four  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  iii, 
367.  Henry  Charnley  died  in  1637 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


and    some     small     tenements     were     registered     by 
'Papists'  in  1717." 

BARTON 

Bartun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Barton,  1212  and  usually  ; 
Berton,  1226. 

The  surface  is  for  the  most  part  level  or  slightly 
undulating,  but  rises  a  little  more  sharply  in  the 
north-east  corner,  a  height  of  about  230  ft.  being 
attained.  Barton  Brook,  formed  by  Westfield  Brook 
and  Sparling  Brook  from  east  and  north-east  respec- 
tively, runs  diagonally  across  the  area  from  north- 
east to  south-west,  the  Old  Hall  being  to  the  north 
of  it  and  a  water  corn-mill  upon  it ;  Barton  Lodge 
and  Tunsteads  lie  to  the  south  of  it.  The  township 
contains  2,707^  acres  and  had  a  population  of  315 
in  1 90 1.1  The  hamlet  of  Newsham  in  Goosnargh 
was  included  in  the  township  of  Barton  in  1894.* 

The  principal  road  is  that  from  Preston  to  Lan- 
caster, running  along  the  western  boundary  ;  upon 
it,  near  the  centre,  is  the  church.  The  London  and 
North-Western  Company's  main  line  to  the  north 
crosses  the  north-west  corner. 

The  land  is  chiefly  meadow  and  pasture  ;  the  soil 
is  clayey. 

A  parish  council  administers  the  affairs  of  the 
township. 


PRESTON 

There  are  remains  of  ancient  crosses  near  the 
eastern  border.3 

In  1066  the  manor  of  BJRTON, 
M4NOR  assessed  as  four  plough-lands,  was  a  member 
of  the  lordship  of  Preston  held  by  Earl 
Tostig.4  It  was  no  doubt  larger  than  the  present 
township,  which  in  1212  is  found  assessed  as  only 
two  plough-lands,  being  then  part  of  ten  held  of  the 
king  in  thegnage  by  Walter  son  of  Osbert,  ancestor 
of  the  Cliftons  of  Westby,  by  the  service  of  £2 
annually.4 

The  Cliftons  and  their  heirs  retained  the  mesne 
lordship  of  Barton,6  which  in  1212  was  held  imme- 
diately by  the  heirs  of  Gilbert  dt  Barton.7  Of  this 
family  very  little  is  known 8 ;  their  rent  was  8/., 
being  the  proportion  due  for  two  plough-lands.  A 
mortgage  or  settlement  of  the  manor  of  Barton,  with 
lands  in  Goosnargh,  was  made  by  John  de  Barton  in 
I323,9  and  another  settlement  by  a  later  John  de 
Barton  and  Denise  his  wife  in  I38i.10 

Gilbert  Barton  was  in  1496  an  outlaw  for  trespass,11 
and  was  succeeded  by  another  Gilbert,  who  died  in 
1516,  leaving  a  son  and  heir  Thomas,  only  four  years 
old."  The  manor  was  held  of  Sir  William  Molyneux 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  in  her  right,  by  a  rent  of  8/. 
She  was  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Cuthbert  Clifton. 

Thomas  Barton  died  in  1554  holding  the  manor 
by  a  like  tenure,  the  mesne  lord  being  Henry  Halsall 


holding  a  messuage  in  Haighton,  with 
common  of  pasture  for  all  cattle,  of 
Gilbert  Hoghton,  'as  of  his  manor  of 
Haighton,'  in  socage.  Hugh,  his  son  and 
heir,  was  seven  years  of  age  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  62.  Henry  son 
of  Hugh  Charnley  in  1653  desired  to  be 
admitted  to  compound  for  the  two-thirds 
of  his  father's  estate  sequestered  'for 
recusancy  only'  in  1643  ;  Hugh  had  died 
about  1650  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  20—2. 

Thomas  Beesley  of  Haighton  forfeited 
his  lands  for  some  delinquency,  but  on 
the  petition  of  his  son  John  in  1653  the 
sentence  seems  to  have  been  reversed  ; 
Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  41  ; 
Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  i,  171-2. 

John  Hunt  was  found  to  have  been 
convicted  of  recusancy  and  to  have  com- 
pounded for  his  estate  in  1634 ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3144. 

23  Evan  (son  of  John)  Gerard  of 
Haighton  and  Brindle,  Thomas  Rogerson, 
James  Chester,  Anne  Sudall,  Henry 
Sudall,  Roger  Livesey,  John  Bolton  (or 
Bilton),  Lawrence  Simpson  and  John 
Slater  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath. 
Nonjurors,  105,  137—8. 

1  The    Census    Rep.  of  1901    gives   an 
»rea  of  3,055  acres,  including  13  of  inland 

tfater,  and  a  population  of  423  ;  but  in 
Jhese  figures  Newsham  in  Goosnargh  is 
included. 

2  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  32199. 

3  These   are   called   Barton    Cross   and 
Oak  Bank  Farm  Cross  ;  Lanes,  and  Che*. 
Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  179,  1 80.     In  the  former 
case  a  new  cross  has  been   placed  on  the 
old  pedestal. 

4  F.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

5  Lanes.   Inq.    and   Extents    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  46,  139. 

6  So    in    the    inquest  of  1324;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxxxi,  i,  fol.  39^. 

7  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  46. 

8  Walter  de  Barton  occurs  in  1244  and 
Grimbald    de    Barton    in   1253,  both  in 
Amounderness  ;  ibid,  i,  158,  192.    Walter 


de  Barton  and  William  his  son  attested  a 
charter  copied  in  Towneley  MS.  DD 
(no.  1835). 

Ralph  de  Catterall  in  1292  claimed 
certain  land  in  Barton  against  John  de 
Barton,  but  afterwards  said  it  was  in 
Goosnargh;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  34d. 
John  de  Barton  appears  again  in  1297 
and  1307  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  289  ; 
De  Banco  R.  163,  m.  253. 

9  Final   Cone.  (Rec.    Soc.    Lanes,    and 
Ches.),  ii,  56.    John  Travers  the  plaintiff 
(?  trustee)    received    two-thirds    of    the 
manor,    with    tke    reversion    of  the   re- 
mainder, then  in  the  possession  of  Alice 
wife  of  Richard  de  Bury  as  her  dower. 
In  1334  Iseult  widow  of  William  son  of 
John  de  Barton  (and  afterwards  wife  of 
Adam    the    Spinner)    claimed    dower   in 
Goosnargh  against  William  son  of  Richard 
de    Bury    and     against    Sir    Richard    de 
Hoghton,  the  latter  holding  by  demise  of 
John  son  of  John  de  Barton,  to  whom  her 
second  husband  had  granted  the  messuage, 
&c.,    claimed  ;    De    Banco    R.    297,    m. 
230  d. ;  300,  m.  143  d.     Alice  widow  of 
John  de  Barton   made  a  claim  in    1342 
against   Adam   de  Waley  and   Iseult  his 
wife  ;  ibid.  309,  m.  289. 

John  de  Barton  was  described  as  a 
knight  in  charters  of  1335  and  1348  ; 
MS.  C  8,  5  (Chet.  Lib.),  Edw.  Ill,  no.  17; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  387. 

Sir  John  de  Barton  and  John  his  son 
were  witnesses  in  1340  ;  DD,  no.  1879. 

{Catherine  daughter  of  William  de 
Barton  in  1370  claimed  the  manors  of 
Barton  and  Bilsborrow  against  Richard 
de  Catterall ;  De  Banco  R.  438,  m. 

*53- 

10  Final  Cone,  iii,  10.      The  remainder 
wag  to  Thomas  son  of  John  and  Denise. 

In  1443  lands  of  Thomas  Barton  of 
Barton  in  Amounderness  were  taken  for 
debt ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  1/7, 
no.  31. 

Christopher  Barton,  son  and  heir  of 
Gilbert,  was  in  1485  to  wed  Margaret 
daughter  of  William  Singleton  and  widow 

127 


of — Elston;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  59. 
Christopher  Barton  was  living  in  1500  ; 
ibid.  fol.  63. 

11  Duchy  Plead.   (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  10. 

He  was  no  doubt  the  Gilbert  Barton 
the  elder  who  in  1493  made  several 
grants  to  his  sons  and  daughters — 
Anthony,  Lawrence,  Richard,  Hugh, 
Gilbert,  Etheldreda  and  Isabel  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  76,  m.  4,  4  d.,  5  d.,  8. 
Holmes,  Kirks  Place  and  Stokkolhede  in 
Barton  are  named. 

This  Gilbert  died  in  or  before  1508, 
for  William  Ireland,  who  had  married  his 
widow  Clemency,  was  then  claiming  her 
dower  in  certain  messuages,  &c.,  in  Barton, 
held  by  Lawrence  Barton ;  ibid.  104, 
m.  4. 

12  There  are  three  inquisitions   taken 
in  this  order — Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
v,  no.  33,  iii,  no.  7  (both  1520),  v,  no.  6 
(1521).      (i)  The    first  of  them   relates 
particularly    to    lands    held    by   Gilbert's 
wife  Margaret,  who  survived  her  husband 
for  over  two  years.    It  mentions  the  above- 
named  Lawrence,  Gilbert,  Anthony,  Hugh, 
Constance,  Etheldreda,  and  Isabel  Barton 
as    still    living    in   1520;    also  William, 
Thomas  and  Christopher  Barton,  younger 
sons  of  Christopher  Barton,  and  Gilbert 
son  of   the   Gilbert   of    the    inquisition. 
Thomas    Barton    the    heir    had  been  in 
the    custody  of   Sir    John  Warren,    and 
then  of  his  son  Lawrence  Warren.     See 
Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  24.     (2) 
The    second    document    relates    to     the 
claim    to  wardship    made    shortly    after- 
wards   by    Sir    William    Molyneux    and 
Elizabeth    his    wife,    they    alleging    that 
Barton    was    held    of   them  by  knight's 
service,    viz.    by    the    tenth    part    of    a 
knight's  fee  and  the  rent  of  8i.      (3)  The 
third    inquisition     reaffirms    the     socage 
tenure  of  the  manor  of  Barton.     It  gives 
field-names    in    the    demesne,    including 
Ovall,   Tonstedes,  Akame,    Flethycrokes 
and  Alpham,   and    a  number  of  tenants' 
names. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


in  right  of  Anne  his  wife.18     Richard  Barton,  the  son 

and  heir,  then  twenty-two  years  of  age,  recorded  a 

pedigree  in    I567,14  and  died 

in  1572,  leaving  as  heir  a  son 

Thomas,  aged  sixteen.15   This 

son  lived  till    1603,  and  his 

son   Richard   having   died   in 

1600,     Thomas's    heir     was 

Richard's  daughter  Fleetwood, 

born  in    1595.     The  manor 

was   held    of    Sir     Cuthbert 

Halsall  in  socage  by  a  rent  of 


BARTON  of  Barton. 
Argent  three  boars' 
heads  couped  sable  armed 


When  four  years  old  Fleet- 
wood  Barton  was  married  to 
Richard  son  and  heir  of  Sir 
Richard  Molyneux  17  ;  but 

this  union  was  afterwards  annulled,  and  she  then 
married  Richard  Shuttleworth  of  Gawthorpe  in 
Habergham  Eaves  near  Burnley.18  Barton  descended 
like  Gawthorpe  till  the  death  of  Robert  Shuttleworth 
in  1 8 1 6,  when — he  having  divided  his  estates — Barton 
was  inherited  by  the  elder  son  James,  the  younger, 
Robert,  having  Gawthorpe.  James  Shuttleworth  in 
1833  sold  the  manor  to  George  Jacson  of  Preston, 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Horrocks,  Jacson  &  Co., 
whose  son  Charles  Roger  Jacson  succeeded  to  it.19 
Having  no  issue  he  directed  the  manor  and  lands  to 
be  sold  at  his  death,  which  took  place  on  3  October 


1893,  for  the  benefit  of  his  nephews  and  nieces. 
Portions  have  been  sold,  but  the  lordship  of  the 
manor  is  said  to  be  vested  in  his  trustees.  Barton 
Lodge  is  the  manor-house.20 

The  Charnley  family  held  an  estate  in  Barton  in 
141 5. 21  A  few  other  families  holding  land  are  known 
through  the  inquisitions.22 

Richard  Shuttleworth  of  Barton  being  a  zealous 
Parliamentarian  and  Presbyterian,  the  township  seems 
to  have  escaped  the  attention  of  the  Commonwealth 
authorities  ;  but  William  Cardwell,  tanner,  and  some 
others  registered  estates  as  'Papists'  in  i/ij.23 

There  was  probably  a  chapel  at  the 
CHURCH  hall  from  an  early  time,  but  there  are  no 
records  of  it.24  In  1650  St.  Lawrence's 
chapel  had  neither  minister  nor  maintenance.25  In 
1723  Richard  Shuttleworth,  retaining  the  right  of 
presentation,  made  it  a  semi-public  chapel  and  gave 
some  endowment,  a  grant  from  Queen  Anne's  Bounty 
being  apparently  obtained.26  It  was  made  parochial 
in  1850,  and  was  pulled  down  and  rebuilt  in  l$<)6.27 
The  patronage  is  vested  in  the  Bishop  of  Manchester 
and  the  representatives  of  the  late  Col.  Marton 
alternately.28  The  following  have  been  incum- 
bents : — 

1832     Thomas  Duell 

1870     John  Denby  Harrison,  Ph.D.  (Rostock) 

1905      Herbert  James  Bardsley,  M.A.  (Worcester 
Coll.,  Oxf.) 


Margaret  the  widow  of  Gilbert  after- 
wards married  Francis  Morley,  and  was 
claiming  dower  in  Barton  in  1518;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  123,  m.  4. 

In  1518,  i.e.  before  the  above  inquisi- 
tions, Thomas  Barton  had  summoned 
Lawrence  Barton  to  answer  for  the 
waste,  sale  and  destruction  of  houses  and 
woods  which  Gilbert  Barton  (grandfather 
of  Thomas,  whose  heir  he  was)  had 
granted  to  Lawrence  for  life ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Writs  Proton.  10  Hen.  VIII. 

The  above  statements  as  to  the  descent 
are  difficult  to  harmonize.  According  to 
the  recorded  pedigree  Gilbert  was  great- 
grandfather of  Thomas,  which  would  clear 
the  matter. 

13  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  50. 
He  held  the  manor,  also  twelve  messu- 
ages, a  water  mill,  a  windmill,  &c.,  in 
Barton,  and    lands    in    Goosnargh,  Bils- 
borrow  and  Chipping. 

14  Visit,    of    1567    (Chet.    Soc.),    57. 
This    gives    the    descent   thus  :    Thomas 
Barton    -s.  Gilbert    -s.   Christopher   -s. 
Gilbert    -s.    Thomas    -s.    Richard    -s. 
Thomas. 

For  a  settlement  by  Thomas  Barton  ir. 
1599  see  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  b/kle. 
61,  no.  198.  S^ 

15  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  8. ; 
the  tenure  was  unchanged.    The  i 

tion  names  Richard's  uncle  Gilbe 
mother  Maud,  sister  Elizabeth, 
Anne,  and  children  John,  Andrew  and 
Maud.  His  will  is  recited  in  it ;  his 
wife  was  to  hold  Barton  Hall,  the  de- 
mesne lands,  &c.,  till  his  son  should 
attain  full  age. 

For  a  recovery  of  the  manor  in  1573 
see  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  233,  m.  I3d. 
For  a  claim  to  the  manor  of  '  Barton 
Row'  in  1575  see  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  iii,  35. 

16  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  7-11. 

!•  Ibid. 


Gilbert,^ 
i,     wife  \ 


18  See  the  account  of  Gawthorpe.    The 
outline  of  the  descent  is  :  Richard  Shuttle- 
worth,  d.  1669  — s.  Richard,  d.  1648   -8. 
Sir  Richard,  d.  1687-8.  Richard,  d.  1748 
-s.James,  d.   1773  -s.  Robert,  d.  1816 
-s.  James. 

A  loi\al  story  relates  that  '  there  was  a 
large  forest  hereabouts  and  it  contained  a 
wild  boa^  which  played  such  havoc  in 
the  neighbourhood  that  Barton  the  elder 
offered  in  ^marriage  his  daughter,  a  rich 
heiress,  to  )£he  man  who  would  kill  it.  A 
great  hunt  followed,  and  on  St.  Lawrence's 
Day  one  of  the  Shuttleworths  slew  the 
animal  near  the  house  now  known  as 
the  Boar's  Head  '  ;  Hewitson,  Our  Country 
Churches,  65. 

A  settlement  of  the  manor  of  Barton 
was  made:  by  Richard  Shuttleworth  and 
Fleetwood'»his  wife  in  1617-18  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  92,  m.  9.  There 
were  others1  in  1709  by  Richard  Shuttle- 
worth,  and  r^i  1742  by  the  same  Richard 
and  James  his  eldest  son  and  heir  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Pie*  R.  490,  m.  6  ;  557,  m.  7. 

19  Th-pre     is     a    pedigree    in     Foster's 
Lanes.  Fed. 

20  Fishwick,  Preston,  91,  315.      Barton 
Hall  was  sold  to  Alderman  William  Smith 
of  Newsham. 

31  Final  Cone,  iii,  73.  William  Charn- 
ley was  plaintiff  and  his  parents,  John 
Charnley  of  Erlesgate  and  Amery  his 
wife,  were  deforciants. 
1  22  Robert  Singleton  of  Brockholes 
(^525)  held  land  in  Barton  of  the  heirs 
oK  Gilbert  Barton  by  the  rent  of  a  rose  ; 
Duahy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  64. 

Gizorge  Medgeall  (Midgehalgh)  held 
messutoges  in  Barton  in  1557  of  Richard 
Barton  y>y  a  rent  of  2s.  ;  Robert  his  son 
and  heirxwas  aged  thirty-three  ;  ibid,  x, 
no.  22.  .Robert  had  a  son  George  who 
married  Elian  Parkinson  in  1577  and  had 
a  son  Robere  ;  and  this  Robert  left  a  son 
and  heir  Gerorge,  a  minor,  who  died  in 
the  king's  custody  without  issue  in  1626. 

>    128 


His  heir  was  his  uncle  Edward  Mighall, 
brother  of  Robert ;  ibid,  xxvi,  no.  39. 

The  tenure  of  Sir  Gilbert  Gerard's  land 
in  1593  is  not  stated  separately. 

Thomas  Cardwell  died  in  1633  holding 
two  messuages,  &c.,  of  Richard  Shuttle- 
worth  and  Fleetwood  his  wife  in  socage 
by  a  rent  of  us.  yd.  William  his  son 
and  heir  was  sixteen  years  of  age  ;  ibid. 
xxx,  no.  $9. 

Nicholas  Cross  had  land  in  1484  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  61,  m.  7. 

28  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath. 
Nonjurors,  139,  95.  William  Cardwell 
was  a  son  of  Thomas.  The  other  names 
are — George  Calvert,  Richard  Arrowsmith 
and  George  Turner. 

Among  the  convicted  recusants  of  the 
time  of  Charles  II  was  a  goldsmith,  Thomas 
Kitchin  ;  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec  Soc.),v,  165. 

24  It   is    said  to    be  named  in   1577  ; 
Raines  in  Notitia  Cestr.  ii,  469. 

John  de  Barton  in  1348  received 
licence  from  the  Archbishop  of  York  to 
have  services  in  his  oratories  within  the 
deanery  of  Amounderness  ;  note  by  Mr. 
Earwaker  citing  Raines  MSS. 

25  Common-w.     Ch.     Surv.     (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,    and    Ches.),    146.     The    inhabi- 
tants desired  it  to  be  made   a  parochial 
chapel  to  Broughton.    It  is  not  named  in 
the  Plund.  Mins.  Acctt. 

26  Gastrell,    Notitia     Cestr.     loc.    cit.  ; 
'this  chapel  was  built  and  has  been  con- 
stantly repaired  by  the  family  who  enjoyed 
the  estate  and  lived  in  the  manor-house, 
to    which    this    seems    to    have    been    a 
domestic  chapel.' 

An  advertisement  for  a  chaplain  in 
1795  shows  that  he  was  to  be  master  also 
of  Bilsborrow  School  ;  Preston  Guard. 
Sketches,  no.  1526. 

27  Fishwick,  Preston,   145-7.     A  view 
of  the   old   building   is    given.     See  also 
Hewitson,  op.  cit.  64-70. 

*8  The  Bishop  of  Manchester's  right 
wa»  formerly  that  of  the  Jacsons. 


LEA,  ASHTON,  INGOL  AND  COTTAM 

Lea,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Le,  1212  ;  Lee,  1297  ;  Eng- 
leshel[e],  1200;  Englisle,  1292;  Inglisle,  1301; 
Frenkyssele,  1277  ;  Franckesleye,  1292  ;  Frensshele, 

1352- 

Estun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Eston,  1 1 68  ;  Estone,  1 20 1  ; 
Assheton,  1292. 

Ingole,  Ingool,  c.  I  200. 

Cotun,  1227;  Cottun,  1258;  Cotum,  1261; 
Colon,  1280  ;  Cotom,  xv  cent. 

This  composite  township  lies  to  the  west  of  Preston. 
It  is  divided  into  two  nearly  equal  parts  by  the  Savock 
or  Savick  Brook,  flowing  west  to  the  border,  and 
then  turning  south  to  become  itself  the  boundary  at 
that  point.  The  Kibble's  old  course  is  the  boundary 
on  the  south.  The  river  is  tidal  here,  and  the  land 
by  it  is  level,  but  the  surface  rises  to  about  60  or  70  ft. 
above  the  ordnance  datum,  and  then  falls  again  to  the 
Savock.  North  of  this  stream  the  ground  again  rises 
and  over  100  ft.  is  attained  on  the  border  of  Wood- 
plumpton. 

Lea  forms  the  western  part  of  the  township.  It 
was  formerly  divided  by  the  Savock  into  French  Lea 
on  the  south  and  English  Lea,  now  Lea  Town,  on 
the  north,  but  the  old  names  have  long  been  forgotten. 
On  the  northern  border  is  Cottam  or  Gotham,  while 
Ingol  lies  in  the  north-east  corner,  on  the  border  of 
Broughton.  Sidgreaves  is  or  was  on  the  boundary 
of  English  Lea  and  Cottam.  South  of  the  Savock 
the  eastern  part  of  the  township  is  called  Ashton,  or 
Ashton-upon-Ribble,  having  Tulketh  to  the  north- 
east on  the  border  of  Preston,  and  Ashton  Bank  on 
the  south-west  by  the  Kibble.  Greaves  lies  between 
Ashton  and  (French)  Lea.  A  large  part  of  Ashton 
has  now  become  urban  ;  the  dock  of  the  Preston 
Corporation's  Kibble  navigation  scheme  is  situated 
there  in  what  was  formerly  the  bed  of  the  Kibble,1 
the  course  of  which  stream  has  been  straightened. 
The  township  boundaries  also  have  been  altered  so  as 
to  include  about  half  of  Ashton  within  the  township 
of  Preston.* 

The  areas  of  the  several  parts  are  as  follows :  Lea, 
1,776  acres  ;  Ashton,  828^  ;  Ingol,  365  ;  Cottam, 
518^  ;  in  all  3,488  acres.8  The  population  in  1901 
was  6,586.* 

The  principal  roads  are  those  from  Preston,  west 


PRESTON 

through  Ashton,  Greaves  and  Lea  towards  Lytham, 
and  north  through  Ingol  to  Woodplumpton.  From 
Greaves  on  the  former  road  another  important  one 
goes  north  to  Inskip  and  the  Wyre  district  ;  cross- 
roads connect  it  with  Cottam,  Lea  Town  and 
Clifton.  The  Preston  and  Wyre  Railway,  owned  by 
the  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  and  London  and  North- 
Western  companies,  runs  north-west  and  west  through 
the  township,  with  a  station  called  Lea  Road.  The 
Lancaster  Canal  crosses  the  Savock  from  Preston  and 
then  goes  west  through  the  township.  The  Preston 
tramway  system  extends  into  Ashton,  and  there  are 
branch  railways  to  serve  the  dock. 

There  are  brick  and  tile  works  at  Ashton  and 
Cottam.  In  the  other  parts  of  the  township  agri- 
culture remains  the  only  industry. 

The  present  reduced  township  is  governed  by  a 
parish  council. 

There  was  formerly  a  holy  well  *  in  Ingol,  '  a 
walled-in  structure  reached  by  a  flight  of  steps.'  In 
French  Lea  was  St.  Catherine's  Well. 

'  Danes  Pad  '  goes  west  through  Ingol  and  Cottam  ; 
it  is  supposed  to  mark  the  line  of  a  Roman  road. 

In  1066  LEA,  assessed  as  one  plough- 
MANORS  land,  and  ASHTON  as  two,  were  mem- 
bers of  the  fee  of  Preston  or  Amoun- 
derness  held  by  Earl  Tostig.6  After  the  Conquest 
they  appear  to  have  been  included  in  the  royal 
demesne,  and  were  held  in  thegnage  by  a  number  of 
tenants,  the  hamlets  being  French  Lea,  English  Lea, 
Ashton,  Tulketh,  Ingol,  Cottam,  Sidgreaves,  and  per- 
haps others.  French  Lea,  as  above  stated,  lay  between 
the  Savock  Brook  and  the  Ribble  ;  in  this  part  the 
hall  was  built  ;  while  English  Lea  was  to  the  north 
of  the  Savock.7 

Henry  II  granted  FRENCH  LEA  among  other 
manors  to  Warine  de  Lancaster  to  hold  by  the 
service  of  falconer,8  and  this  was  confirmed  between 
1190  and  1 1 94  by  John  Count  of  Mortain  to 
Warine's  son  Henry  de  Lea.9  A  further  confirma- 
tion or  renewal  was  granted  in  1 1 99  after  John  had 
become  king.10  In  1 207  the  king  obtained  Henry's 
manors  of  Liverpool  and  Uplitherland  in  exchange 
for  ENGLISH  LEA,11  and  the  service  thenceforward 
to  be  rendered  was  a  payment  of  zoj.  yearly  instead 
of  falconry.11  The  two  Leas  were  thus  united 
under  one  lordship  and  have  so  remained.  In  1212 


1  The  work  of  altering  and  deepening 
the  course  of  the  Ribble  and  making  the 
dock  was  begun  in  1884,  and  the  dock 
was  opened  in  1892  as  the! Albert  Edward 
Dock.  The  entrance  is  through  a  dock 
basin  and  two  locks.  Vessels  ofi8-ft. 
draught  can  come  up  to  the  dock.  Ware- 
houses have  been  built  at  the  side  of  it. 

8  Part  of  Ashton  was  included  within 
the  municipal  borough  in  1880  and  a 
further  part  in  1888  ;  in  1894  these 
part*  were  included  also  in  the  township  of 
Preston  by  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  31607. 

3  The  Census  Rep.  of  1901  gives  3,098 
acres,  including  18  of  inland  water,  as  the 
area  of  the  present  reduced  township — 
the  old  name  being  retained — and  357 
acres,  including  2  of  inland  water,  as  the 
area  of  the  part  taken  into  Preston.  In 
addition  there  are  22  acres  of  tidal  water 
and  i  3  of  foreshore  in  the  reduced  town- 
ship ;  while  the  alteration  of  the  Ribble 
course  and  the  boundary  have  made  further 
changes  at  the  expense  of  Penwortham, 
perhaps  100  acres. 


4  Eight-ninths  (viz.  5,872  persons)  were 
within  the  borough  (and  new  township) 
of  Preston. 

6  Lanes,    and    Ches.    Antiq.    Soc.     xx, 

173- 

•  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

7  The  positions  of  the  two  parts  of  the 
township  are  shown  by  various  charters. 
Thus  about  1290  Amphelicia  widow  of 
Richard  le   Scrivain  (scrivener)   released 
to  William  de  Lea  her  lord  her  right  to 
dower    in    her    husband's    lands    beyond 
Wadebridgegate     towards    the     west     in 
French  Lea,  between  Ribble  and  Savock, 
and   also  all  the   land   her  son   William 
had    granted    in    Sidgreaves  ;    Add.   MS. 
32106,  no.  460.     The  same  William  son 
of   Richard    le  Scrivain    of  French    Lea 
released   to  William  son  of  Sir  Henry  de 
Lea    land    within    bounds    which    began 
at  Wadebridge,  followed  Wadebridgegate 
across    to    the    Ribble,    along    Ribble    to 
Savock,    and     along    Savock    to    Wade- 
bridge  ;  ibid.   no.  457.      It  may  be  added 
that  Richard  son  of  Robert  Scriftoriut  of 

129 


French    Lea    occurs    in    another    deed  ; 
ibid.  no.  419. 

The  two  Leas,  English  and  French, 
seem  also  to  have  been  known  as  Great 
and  Little  Lea. 

8  This  grant    is    known    only    by   the 
confirmations.     Warine  the  Falconer   is 
named    in    the    Pipe    Roll    of    1185-6; 
Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe   R.   60.     As  Warine 
de  Lancaster  he  gave  the  fourth  part  of 
an  oxgang  of  land  in  Lea  to  the  abbey  of 
Cockersand  for  the  soul  of  King  Henry, 
&c.  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.   (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
207.     Warine  probably  died  about  1191. 

9  Farrer,   op.   cit.  432  ;  it  mentions  a 
confirmation  previously  granted  by  John 
to  Warine  de  Lancaster.     Henry  son  of 
Warine  gave  20  marks  for  the  charter  ; 
ibid.  1 1 6. 

10  Chart.  R.  (Rec.  Com.),  26. 

11  In  the  Pipe  Roll  of  1200-1  English 
Lea  appears   as   paying  an  increment  of 
4J.    for    the    half-year  ;    Farrer,    op.    cit. 
130. 

13  Cat.  Rot.  Chart.  (Rec.  Com.),  171. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


accordingly  Henry  de  Lea  was  recorded  as  holding  in 
all  six  plough-lands  by  the  king's  charter  and  rendering 
2O/.13  The  two  Leas  seem  then  to  have  been  con- 
sidered as  one  plough-land,  as  in  1066,  and  3/.  \d. 
was  the  portion  of  the  rent  charged  on  them  14  ;  but 
in  the  1 4th  century  they  are  called  two  plough- 
lands.18 

Henry  de  Lea  16  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Sir 
John  de  Lea,  of  whom  little  is  known.17  He  died 
in  I  z65,18  leaving  two  sons  Sir  Henry  and  Baldwin, 


the  former  being  his  successor.  Sir  Henry  was  a 
prominent  man  in  the  county  19  and  was  at  one  time 
sheriff.20  He  died  in  I  288,  leaving  as  heir  his  son 
William  de  Lea,21  who  acquired  the  manor  of  Molling- 
ton  Banastre  near  Chester  by  his  marriage  with 
Clemency  Banastre.22  Their  son  Henry,23  taking 
part  with  Adam  Banastre  in  his  rebellion  in  October- 
November  1315,  was  executed  24  ;  but  his  sister  Sibyl 
was  able  to  secure  the  inheritance,  which  she  carried 
by  marriage  to  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  of  Hoghton.25 


*3  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  21.  The  grant  to 
Cockersand  made  by  Henry's  father 
Warine  is  recorded,  as  also  a  further  gift 
by  Henry  himself. 

The  six  plough-lands  seem  to  have 
been  made  up  thus  :  Ainsdale  2,  Ravens- 
meols  3,  Lea  I. 

14  The  vill  of  Lea  rendered  40^.  yearly 
to  the  Earl   of  Lancaster  in  1297  ;  ibid. 
i,  289.     Richard    de    Hoghton  in   1324 
held  the  manor  by  the  service  of  31.  4^. 
at  Michaelmas;  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39. 

15  In    1346    Adam    de    Hoghton    held 
both   Leas   as  two   plough-lands    by    the 
service  of  the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee, 
giving  relief,   and  paying   35.  $.d.   yearly 
for   castle   ward;  Sur-v.   of  1346    (Chet. 
Soc.),  54.    The  two  Leas  are  again  called 
two  plough-lands  in    1445-6  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20.  They 
were  then  held  by  the  third  part  of  a  fee. 

16  He    confirmed   his   father's   gift  to 
Cockersand  ;  Chartul.    i,   209.     He   also 
allowed  Walter  son  of  Simon  to  give  part 
of  his  land   in   Lea,   by   Fulford  at    the 
Savock  ;  ibid,   i,   208.     He  gave  land  in 
English  Lea  near  the  Outlane  and  Mere- 
lich  (the  boundary  between   English   Lea 
and  Ashton)  to   Richard  son  of  Owen  ; 
Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.),  C  2146.     To  Uctred 
son  of  Edith  he  gave  a  toft  and  croft  in 
Lea,  with  two   nets  free  in  the  Ribble, 
for  a  rent  of  izd.  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no. 
50.     To   Peter  son   of  Geoffrey  he  gave 
land  within  bounds  which  name   Blake- 
mon  Syke  and   Katelaw  Syke  ;  ibid.  no. 
53.     To  his  son  Richard  he  gave  land  in 
the  Spitalfield  ;  ibid.  no.  69. 

In  English  Lea  he  granted  i  oxgang 
of  land  to  Roger  son  of  Levenot,  which 
the  said  Levenot  had  held  ;  ibid.  no.  55. 
A  more  important  grant  was  made  by 
him  as  Henry  de  Lea  son  of  Warine  de 
Lancaster  about  1230,  giving  his  daughter 
Amice  the  moiety  of  the  whole  vill  of 
English  Lea  with  all  its  appurtenances 
at  a  rent  of  3*.  ;  ibid.  no.  379. 

There  is  a  charter  of  William  son  of 
Henry  son  of  Warine  de  Lancaster 
respecting  Sidgreaves,  ibid.  no.  380. 

'  Henry  de  Lancaster  son  of  Warine  ' 
gave  a  plot  of  land  in  Forton  to  the 
monks  of  Furness  in  exchange  for  another 
piece  for  the  souls  of  William  de  Lan- 
caster, Warine  de  Lancaster  and  Mabel 
his  wife,  Richard  Fitton  father  of  his  own 
wife  Margaret,  &c.  ;  Harl.  Chart.  (B.M.) 
52  I,  i.  The  round  seal  has  a  bird  with 
the  inscription  -j-  SIGILL  -^-  HENRICI  DE 
LANCA  -J-.  William  de  Lancaster  (either 
I  or  II)  is  called  the  uncle  of  Warine  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  ii,  366.  For  the 
Fittons  see  the  account  of  Harwood. 

17  He  attested  various  charters.  William 
de  Scales  son  of  Gilbert  granted  Sir  John 
de    Lea   a   selion   in   English   Lea,  lying 
between  land  of  Henry  son  of  Roger  and 
land  of  Herbert  the   Clerk,  in   exchange 
for  a  messuage  in  the  same   vill ;   Add. 
MS.   32106,  no.  411.     Sir  John  occurs 
several  timei  between    1244  and   1261  ; 


Lanes.    Inq.    and    Extents,    i,    158,    184, 
227.          18  Ibid.  234. 

19  He   gave    land    in    the  Millfield  in 
French     Lea     to     Cockersand    Abbey  ; 
Chartul.  i,   210.     The  seal  to  this  grant 
is  drawn   by  Dodsworth   (cxlii,  fol.  17); 
it  shows  a  bend  lozengy,  with  the  legend 
-J-  s.  HENRICI    DE    LEE.       A    number    of 
grants  to  and  by  him  are  contained  among 
the  Hoghton  deeds  in  Add.  MS.  32106. 
Among  them  may  be  cited  the  following  : 
Henry  son  of  Uctred  of  English  Lea  gave 
Henry  son  of  John  de  Lea  all  his  land  in 
English  Lea,  about  1230,  Henry  de  Lea 
(i.e.   the  grandfather)  being    a    witness  ; 
no.  80.      Henry  son  of  Adam  de  Leahead 
gave  all  his  land  in   Leahead  to  Henry 
son    of  John    de    Lea,    a    rent    of   izd. 
to  be  paid  to  St.  Saviour's  in   Ribbledale 
(i.e.  Stidd)  ;  no.  58.     The  same  grantor 
also  gave  land  in  the  field  called  Westley 
in  French  Lea  ;  no.  458.      Robert  son  of 
Henry  of  French  Lea  gave  Henry  son  of 
John  de  Lea  five  selions  in  Leferirley  ; 
no.  401.     Adam  son  of  William   Edwin 
made   an  exchange   of  land   in  the  field 
called  the  Mekes  with  Sir  Henry  de  Lea  ; 
no.  433.     In  1281    an  exchange  in  the 
Crofts      and     Geoffreyfield      was     made 
between  John  son  of  Alan  of  French  Lea 
and  Sir  Henry  de  Lea  ;  no.  65.     William 
the  reeve  of  Lea  was  a  witness. 

Henry  de  Lea  appears  as  the  king's 
bailiff  in  1256  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents, 
i,  205-6.  He  became  tenant  of  the 
Cockersand  land  in  Lea  in  1262  ;  Final 
Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
141.  He  was  defendant  to  a  claim  for  a 
tenement  in  French  Lea  made  by  Alice 
daughter  of  Robert  de  Staining  in  1278  ; 
Assize  R.  1238,  m.  31  ;  1239,  m.  39. 

20  P.R.O.  List  of  Sheriffs,  72. 

11  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  273.  In 
addition  to  Lea  Sir  Henry  held  Charnock, 
part  of  Wheelton  and  Ravensmeols.  He 
held  Lea  of  Edmund  Earl  of  Lancaster 
by  the  service  of  40^.,  having  2  oxgangs 
of  land  in  demesne  there,  each  worth 
51.  a  year,  and  6  oxgangs  in  service,  each 
worth  2s.  a  year ;  also  a  water-mill, 
worth  half  a  mark  yearly.  William  the 
son  and  heir  was  thirty  years  old. 

*3  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  32*.  Clemency 
was  daughter  of  Robert  Banastre. 

As  William  son  of  Sir  Henry  de  Lea 
he  made  an  exchange  of  land  on  the  cast 
side  of  Baddebridgegate  for  land  on  the 
west  side  thereof  with  William  son  of 
Roger  of  French  Lea  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  39.  John  son  of  Alan  de  Lea  granted 
his  lord  William  de  Lea  certain  land  in 
French  Lea,  lying  in  Merclie,  in  Gild- 
homefield,  in  Overthemarketgate  field, 
also  selions  called  Staniggefethir  and 
Crauthornland  ;  ibid.  no.  44.  Roger  son 
of  Mille  of  English  Lea  in  1284  gave 
William  de  Lea,  his  lord,  an  acre  in 
English  Lea,  a  candle  having  to  be  given 
yearly  to  God  and  St.  Mary ;  ibid.  no. 
47.  Richard  the  Miller  of  Lea  con- 
firmed to  William  his  lord  two  butts  of 
land  in  English  Lea,  lying  in  the  Merst- 

130 


holme  between  the  Scalebanks  and  the 
new  bridge  ;  no.  308. 

In  1292  William  de  Lea  was  sum- 
moned to  prove  his  title  to  the  manor, 
which  he  did  by  showing  the  grants 
above  cited  ;  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec. 
Com.),  380.  In  1296  Margery  widow 
of  Alan  de  Ingol  released  to  her  lord 
William  de  Lea  all  right  in  lands  which  she 
and  Alan  had  sold  to  him,  which  lands 
were  in  the  fields  called  Becanesfurlong 
and  Eastgreaves  in  English  Lea  in  Syke 
Meadow,  in  Wadebridgeholme,  Wade- 
bridge  Meadow  and  Mill  Carr  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  388.  In  1301  an  agreement 
was  made  between  William  de  Lea  and 
Robert  de  Haydock  ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixx,  fol. 
1 54^.  William  de  Lea  appears  to  have 
died  in  April  1302,  leaving  his  son  and 
heir  Henry,  a  minor  ;  Mins.  Accts.  771, 
no.  i. 

33  In  1311  Sir  Henry  de  Lea  granted 
to  Thomas  son  of  David  de  Sidgreaves  and 
Alice  his  wife  3  acres  in  the  field  called 
Williamcroft  in  the  vill  of  Sidgreaves  at 
a  rent  of  ioj.  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  436. 
In  1312  William  son  and  heir  of  Gilbert 
de  Ashton  released  his  right  in  Brookfield 
(?  in  Ashton)  to  Sir  Henry  de  Lea  ;  ibid, 
no.  485.  Roger  son  of  Roger  son  of 
Emma  de  Sidgreaves  in  1313  gave  all  his 
land  in  Lea  to  Sir  Henry  ;  ibid.  no.  347. 

14  The  insurgents  were  defeated  on  4 
Nov.  1315,  and  Henry  de  Lea  for  a  week 
or  more  remained  hiding  in  the  moors  and 
woods,  being  captured  by  William  de 
Holland,  and  afterwards  beheaded  by  order 
of  the  Earl  of  Lancaster ;  Coram  Rege 
R.  254,  m.  52. 

28  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  32*.  Henry 
de  Lea  had  two  brothers  (or  half  brothers), 
William  and  Thomas,  mentioned  in  1301; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  889.  Sir  William 
de  Lea,  son  of  William  de  Lea,  in  1337 
released  to  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton, 
Agnes  widow  of  Sir  Henry  de  Lea,  Sir 
Adam  de  Hoghton  and  others  all  right  in 
the  manors  of  English  Lea,  French  Lea, 
Ashton  by  Preston,  &c.  ;  ibid.  no.  891. 
For  Sir  William  see  the  account  of 
Croston. 

In  1 3  20  Thomas  son  of  Roger  son  of 
Emma  of  English  Lea  released  to  Sir 
Richard  de  Hoghton  and  Sibyl  his  wife 
all  that  land  which  Sir  Henry  de  Lea, 
brother  of  Sibyl,  had  had  by  the  gift  of 
Thomas's  brother  Roger  in  English  Lea  ; 
ibid.  no.  735.  Sir  Richard  in  1323 
acquired  from  Henry  son  of  John  de 
Lea  land  given  him  by  William  son  of 
Sir  Henry  de  Lea  ;  ibid.  no.  52.  Later, 
in  1327,  Avice  widow  of  Richard  de 
Claughton  granted  Sir  Richard  two  butts 
of  her  land  in  the  vill  of  English  Lea, 
near  the  tithe  barn  of  Lea  and  adjoining 
the  king's  way  from  Preston  to  Kirkham  ; 
ibid.  no.  43 

Adam  He  Hoghton  in  1341  granted 
common  of  pasture  in  Lea  Marsh  to 
certain  tenants  of  John  son  of  William  de 
Lea  ;  ibid.  no.  765.  Willizm  de  Dutton, 
clerk,  apparently  the  trustee  of  Thomas 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


From  that  time  Lea  has  descended  in  the  same  way  as 
Hoghton.26 

The  family  seem  to  have  found  Lea  a  desirable 
residence,  and  were  often  known  as  Hoghton  of 
Lea.27  The  most  prominent  incident  of  their  tenure 
was  the  tragedy  of  1589,  when  a  feud  between  the 
Langton  and  Hoghton  families  resulted  in  a  night 
attack  on  Lea  Hall  and  the  death  of  Thomas 
Hoghton,  the  lord.  The  story  is  thus  told28  : — 

Thomasine  widow  of  John  Singleton  of  Staining 
in  right  of  herself  and  her  daughters  claimed  certain 
oxen  feeding  in  an  inclosed  pasture  adjoining  Thomas 
Hoghton's  manor-house  called  the  Lea  on  2  I  Novem- 
ber 1589  ;  these  cattle  had  been  removed  from 
Staining  by  George  Singleton  the  brother  of  John. 
William  Anderton  of  Anderton  Ford,  a  kinsman  of 
the  widow's,  she  being  a  daughter  of  Roger  Anderton, 
asked  Thomas  Langton  of  Walton-le-Dale  to  take  the 
cattle  away  from  the  Lea,  arguing  that  it  might  law- 
fully be  done.  Langton  accordingly  on  20  Novem- 
ber warned  a  number  of  his  tenants  to  be  ready  to 
accompany  him  with  their  weapons,  and  asked  the 
help  of  Thomas  Singleton  of  Broughton.  About 
eleven  o'clock  at  night  Langton,  Anderton,  the 
Singletons  and  their  aiders,  about  eighty  in  all,  armed 
with  pikes,  guns,  long  staves,  Welsh  hooks  on  staves, 
swords,  daggers,  bows,  arrows,  and  bills,  assembled  on 
Preston  Marsh  for  the  purpose  of  seizing  the  cattle, 
their  watchword  being  '  The  crow  is  white  ! '  They 
reached  the  Lea  about  an  hour  after  midnight, 
dividing  themselves  into  two  companies,  of  which  one 
passed  through  the  outer  court  of  the  manor-house  to 
reach  the  cattle  inclosure.  Thomas  Hoghton  had 


PRESTON 

had  several  hours'  warning  and  had  made  prepara- 
tions to  resist.  He  and  a  company  of  friends  and 
tenants,  including  William  Hulton  and  his  two  sons, 
to  the  number  of  thirty,  armed  themselves  with  staves, 
a  pike,  a  gun  charged  with  hail  shot,  two  pistols,  a 
bow  and  arrows,  swords  and  daggers,  and  placed 
themselves  near  the  inclosure  to  guard  the  cattle. 
Their  cry  was  '  Black,  black  ! '  The  two  companies 
met  and  '  a  great  affray  began  between  them  within 
60  yards  of  the  said  mansion  house.'  The  first  attack 
having  been  repulsed  a  fresh  one  was  made  in  which 
Thomas  Hoghton  was  killed  and  one  man  on  the 
other  side.  After  this  the  assailants  appear  to  have 
withdrawn. 

Complaint  was  made  and  an  inquiry  immediately 
ordered,  which  was  held  at  the  beginning  of  January, 
the  Earl  of  Derby  and  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  stating 
that  they  had  taken  steps  to  quell  the  disturbance 
and  arrest  the  offenders  as  soon  as  they  heard  of  the 
matter.  Thomas  Langton,  sore  wounded,  was  arrested 
as  he  lay  in  bed  at  Broughton  Tower ;  Thomasine 
Singleton  and  others  were  sent  to  Lancaster  Castle. 

Anne  the  widow  of  the  Thomas  Hoghton  thus 
slain  had  Lea  Hall  for  her  life  ;  she  afterwards  married 
Richard  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst.29 

A  record  of  the  arms  displayed  at  Lea  Hall,  1591 
to  1636,  has  been  preserved.30 

No  courts  have  been  held  for  the  manor  for  many 
years,  but  rolls  extending  from  1622  to  1774  are 
preserved  at  Walton-le-Dale.31 

Several  minor  families  occur  taking  a  surname 
from  the  Leas.32  SIDGRE4VES  was  at  one  time 
held  by  Baldwin  de  Lea,  above-named,33  and  it  also 


the  Priestsknave  of  Preston,  gave  Sir 
Adam  de  Hoghton  in  1371  all  Thomas's 
lands  in  English  Lea;  ibid.  no.  355. 
This  charter  was  dated  at  French  Lea. 
Maud  widow  of  William  de  Freckleton  in 
1388  granted  all  her  lands  in  English  Lea 
to  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  ;  ibid.  no.  75. 
In  1393  John  de  Whitley  and  Ellen  his 
wife  granted  Sir  Richard  a  messuage  and 
land  in  the  vill  of  Lea  which  Adam  son 
of  William  had  received  from  his  brother 
John  ;  ibid.  no.  464. 

Thomas  Whiteside  of  Burscough  in 
1419  granted  to  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  all 
those  lands  in  French  Lea  which  he  had 
by  his  wife  Alice  daughter  of  John  the 
Spenser,  and  Richard  Whiteside,  the  son, 
agreed  ;  ibid.  no.  549,  299. 

56  A  number  of  the  Hoghton  tenants 
in  French  Lea  and  Ashton  are  named  in 
an  agreement  of  1 3  34  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  94. 

The  manor  of  Lea  is  constantly  named 
in  the  Hoghton  inquisitions,  &c.  Sir 
Richard  Hoghton  was  in  1422  found  to 
have  held  the  manor  of  French  Lea  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  by  knight's  service 
and  a  rent  of  zod.,  and  English  Lea  by 
the  same  tenure,  the  two  being  the  third 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  worth  5  marks 
a  year  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
145.  So  in  1580  the  manor  of  Lea  and 
lands,  &c.,  there  were  held  of  the  queen 
as  of  her  duchy  by  the  third  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xiv,  no.  26.  Sir  Henry  Hoghton  and 
Dame  Susanna  his  wife  were  vouchees  in 
a  recovery  of  the  manors  of  Lea  and 
Ashton  in  1 742  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
554,  m.  12. 

n  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  in  1348  had 
licence  for  oratories  in  his  manors  of 
Alston,  Lea  and  Thornton  ;  Canon 
Raines'  note  from  York  records. 


General  pardons  were  in  1469  granted 
to  Alexander  Hoghton  of  French  Lea,  esq., 
and  to  Henry  Hoghton  of  French  Lea 
(otherwise  of  Hoghton),  esq. ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  366-7. 

A  number  of  tenants  of  pasture  in  Lea 
are  named  in  1582  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  46,  m.  39. 

88  Add.  MS.  32106,  fol.  205*. 

*'  Ibid.  no.  776. 

30  Tram.  tint.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xiv, 
216. 

81  Information  of  Mr.  J.   H.   Lumby. 
The  customs  of  the  manor  were  in  dispute 
in  1691-2  ;  Exch.  £><•/>.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  78,  8 1. 

82  Some  of  them  have  occurred  in  pre- 
ceding notes.     The  following  particulars 
may  be  added  : 

Henry  son  of  Uctred  of  English  Lea 
granted  Adam  son  of  Gillomichael  his 
kinsman  6$  acres  in  English  Lea.  Four 
of  the  acres  were  in  Berifurlong,  two  lay 
between  Alan's  Dyke  and  Russilache,  and 
the  half  acre  was  next  to  Adam  the  Stud- 
herd's  acre  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  409. 
Henry  de  Lea  and  John  his  son  were 
witnesses. 

The  following  witnesses  to  a  charter 
show  that  the  users  of  the  surname  were 
numerous  about  1270:  Henry  de  Lea 
son  of  Alan  ;  Robert  son  of  Henry  de 
Lea,  Robert  son  of  Roger  de  Lea,  Uctred 
de  Lea,  Alan  son  of  Alan  de  Lea  Gallica  ; 
ibid.  no.  416. 

In  1292  Alice  widow  of  John  son  of 
Adam  de  Lea  claimed  dower  in  Lea  against 
Adam  son  of  Henry  de  Lea,  who  called 
Baldwin  son  of  John  de  Lea  to  warrant 
him  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  33.  At  the 
same  time  Maud  daughter  of  Robert  de 
Lea  claimed  a  tenement  in  French  Lea 
against  Thomas  Uttingesone  ;  ibid.  m.  58. 


William  son  of  Robert  Backman  in  1301 
made  a  claim  against  Henry  son  of  Emma 
de  '  Inglisle '  respecting  a  tenement  in 
English  Lea,  but  did  not  prosecute  it  ; 
Assize  R.  419,  m.  7.  The  claim  was 
renewed  or  continued  in  1324-5,  the 
plaintiffs  name  being  given  as  William 
son  of  Robert  son  of  Robert  de  Lea  ; 
Assize  R.  426,  m.  2.  A  settlement  by 
Thomas  Johnson  Amotson  and  Ellen  his 
wife  in  1385  may  refer  to  the  same 
family;  Final  Cone,  iii,  25. 

James  son  of  Richard  Lea  and  cousin 
and  heir  of  John  Lea  in  1532  granted 
lands,  &c.,  in  French  Lea  to  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  73. 
The  said  James  and  John  his  son  were 
'of  English  Lea'  in  1564;  ibid.  fol.  189. 
John  Lea  made  a  feoffment  of  lands  in 
English  Lea  in  1574  for  the  benefit  of 
his  son  Alexander  and  Janett  his  wife, 
daughter  of  John  Bayne  ;  ibid.  no.  786. 
In  1587  Thomas  Hoghton  purchased  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Lea  from  Alexander 
(son  and  heir  of  John)  Lea  and  Janett  his 
wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  49, 
m.  250. 

38  Thomas  son  of  Uctred  de  Lea  released 
to  Baldwin  de  Lea  his  claim  to  service  for 
a  tenement  in  Sidgreaves  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  42.  William  son  of  Henry 
son  of  Warine  de  Lancaster  released  the 
service  of  Robert  Spendlow  in  Sidgreaves, 
viz.  1 6d.,  to  Baldwin  son  of  John  de  Lea  ; 
ibid.  no.  380.  Robert  Spendlow  released 
to  Baldwin  de  Lea  the  service  01  Roge/ 
Spendlow  his  brother  for  a  tenement  in 
Sidgreaves  in  the  fee  of  English  Lea  and 
also  of  Robert  White  ;  ibid.  no.  416,  420., 
Baldwin  also  obtained  a  '  land '  in  the 
Astewaldis  in  Sidgreaves,  extending  east 
to  west  from  the  road  to  the  moor  to  a 
syke  of  Remisgrene  ;  ibid.  no.  395. 


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


occurs  as  a 
occurs 


surname.34  GRE47ES  in  French  Lea 
I277.35  The  Knights  Hospitallers36  and 
Cockersand  Abbey  37  had  land  in  Lea.  Robert  son 
of  Robert  son  of  Auger  of  French  Lea  gave  land 
there,  with  his  body,  to  St.  Cuthbert  of  Durham  in 
connexion  with  Lytham  Priory.38 

One  plough-land   in  4SHTON  was    granted   by 
John  when  Count  of  Mortain  to  Arthur  de  Ashton, 


to  be  held  in  free  thegnage  by  the  service  of  IOJ. 
yearly,  and  this  was  confirmed  when  he  became  king 
in  II99.39  It  had  formed  part  of  the  honour  of 
Peverel  forfeited  about  U53-40  Arthur  de  Ashton 
died  in  1201,  when  his  son  Richard  succeeded,41  but 
in  1 2 1 2  it  was  recorded  merely  that  '  the  heir  of 
Arthur  de  Ashton '  held  the  plough-land  by  the 
service  named.42  The  inheritance  became  divided,43 


Robert  son  of  Geoffrey  de  Lea  in  1 3  34 
acquired  an  estate  in  Great  Lea  from 
Richard  son  of  Baldwin  ;  Final  Cone,  ii, 
92. 

34  Adam  son  of  Adam  de  Sidgreaves 
gave  his  son-in-law  Gilbert  a  half- acre  on 
the  west  side  of  the  out-lane  in  Sid- 
greaves,  with  common  of  pasture  in 
English  Lea  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  45. 
Robert  Spendlow  (son  of  Richard)  gave 
an  acre  in  Sidgreaves  to  Uctred  son  of 
Eda  de  Sidgreaves  at  a  rent  of  ^d,  sterling ; 
ibid.  no.  401. 

In  1292  Roger  son  of  Roger  Spendlow 
of  Sidgreaves  was  non-suited  in  a  claim 
for  a  tenement  in  the  place  made  against 
Robert  son  of  Ralph  de  Sidgreaves  and 
Ellen  his  wife  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  76. 

Soon  afterwards  (1294-5)  the  last- 
named  Ellen  stated  that  her  husband,  who 
had  been  hanged  for  felony,  had  held  a 
messuage  and  lands  in  Lea  of  her  patri- 
mony ;  Inq.  p.m.  22  Edw.  I,  no.  86  ;  23 
Edw.  I,  no.  no. 

85  Margery  widow  of  Alexander  son  of 
Warine  in  1277  claimed  dower  against 
Richard  son  of  John  del  Greaves  in 
respect  of  two  messuages  and  2  oxgangs 
of  land  in  French  Lea  ;  De  Banco  R.  21, 
m.  27  d.,  94  d.  The  hamlet  of  Greaves 
was  said  to  be  in  the  vill  of  French  Lea 
in  1404;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  513. 

36  Part    or    all    was    in     Sidgreaves ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.   132.     Roger  son 
of  Levenot  of  English  Lea  in  making  to 
his  son  Uctred  a  grant  of  the  eighth  part 
of  an    oxgang   in   English  Lea,  next  to 
Swingilcar,  excepted  half  an  acre  given  to 
the  Hospitallers  ;  ibid,  iv,  L  5—9. 

John  son  of  Adam  de  Lea  granted  to 
the  Hospital  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem 
half  a  'land  '  in  Longfield  in  English  Lea 
and  half  a  land  on  Old  Bruches  next  Sir 
John  de  Lea's  land,  beginning  at  the 
Spitalfield  and  extending  as  far  as  the 
moor  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  fol.  234. 

George  Atkinson  died  in  1639  holding 
a  messuage  and  lands  in  Lea  which  had 
belonged  to  the  Hospitallers.  His  heir 
was  his  sister  Anne  Hodgson,  widow,  aged 
fifty-eight ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  1 3  (Chet. 
Lib.),  I.  James  Harrison  died  in  1610 
holding  a  messuage  in  English  Lea  of 
Richard  Shireburne  (as  of  the  Hospital  of 
Jerusalem)  ;  John  his  son  and  heir  was 
aged  twenty-eight  in  1633  ;  ibid.  498. 

37  In  addition  to  grants   already  recited 
the    canons    had    land    in   Mill  Furlong, 
with  easements  of  the  vill  of  French  Lea, 
from  Richard  the  Clerk  of  Lea  ;  Cocker- 
tand  Chartul.  i,  209. 

88  Lytham  D.  at  Durham,  2  a,  2ae,  430 
Ebor,  no.  42-3  ;  4  acres  were  in  Wites- 
stanes  Furlong,  &c. 

3»  Chart.  R.  (Rec.  Com.),  26.  The 
township  is  named  in  1168-9  as  contri- 
buting to  the  aid  together  with  Preston  ; 
Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  12.  Arthur  de 
Ashton  gave  20  marks  for  the  confirma- 
tion of  his  charter;  ibid.  116.  Theobald 
Walter  in  1200—1  appeared  against  Arthur 
de  Ashton  in  a  plea  of  half  a  plough-land 
and  a  mill  in  Ashton  ;  Corain  Rege  R. 
22,  in.  a.  d. 


40  Farrer,  op.  cit.  5,  36  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  1 20. 
It  is  possible  that  the  second  plough-land 
in  Ashton  remained  in  the  king's  hands 
after  the  grant  to  Arthur  de  Ashton,  and 
was   transferred   to   the   Earl  of  Ferrers, 
who  is  said  to  have  held  them  in  1216-22; 
ibid.     It  was  probably  divided  among  the 
other  tenants   of  Lea  and  Ashton,   and 
that  may  account  for  the  increase  in  the 
assessment  of  Lea  from  one  plough-land 
to  two.    There  was,  however,  no  increase 
in  the  rent  paid. 

In  charters  already  given  Sidgreaves  is 
described  as  being  in  English  Lea,  but  in 
a  grant  to  Cockersand  by  Richard  Spend- 
low  it  is  said  to  be  in  Ashton,  the  bounds 
being  fully  described  :  From  Fulesyke 
where  the  Plumpton  road  crossed  it  to 
the  boundary  to  Cottam  and  Sidgreaves, 
south  to  the  Savock,  &c.  ;  with  appurte- 
nant easements  in  Ashton,  and  the 
sixteenth  part  of  a  fishery  in  the  Ribble  ; 
Cocker  sand  Chartul.  i,  213. 

The  vill  of  Ashton  paid  lOs.  to  the 
Earl  of  Lancaster  in  1297  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,  i,  289. 

41  Rot.  de  Oblatis  et  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.), 
115.    Richard  paid  ioo*.  as  relief ;  Farrer, 
op.  cit.  130. 

42  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  50.     The 
'heir'  is  again  unnamed  in  1226,  when 
the    tenure    was    called    drengage ;    ibid. 
140.     The   same  uncertainty  as   to    the 
succession  is  shown  in  the   Pipe  Rolls  of 
1205—6,    when    the    heir   of   Arthur    de 
Ashton  paid  los.  scutage  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit. 
205.     Again  in  1210-11,  the  heir  owed 
iooj.  for  relief;  ibid.  242. 

43  Robert    son    of  Arthur    de    Ashton 
gave  half  an  acre  in  Geoffrey's  assart  on 
the  east  side  of  the  vill  of  Ashton  to  the 
canons   of  Cockersand  ;  Chartul.  i,    214. 
The  record  of  the  payment  of  relief  cited 
above  (Rot.  de   Oblatis,   115)  states    that 
Richard    and    William    sons    of    Arthur 
paid  it,  but  William's  name  is  cancelled. 
About  1230  Adam  son  of  Waltheof  the 
White    of    Ashton    granted    his    brother 
Henry  lands  in  Ashton  held  of  William 
son  of  Richard   de  Ashton,  and    in  Lea 
held  of  Sir   Henry  de   Lancaster  ;    Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.   505.     William   Breton 
was  then  Sheriff  of  Kent ;  Dep.  Keeper's 
Rep.  xxxi,  App.  297.    William  and  Robert 
de  Ashton  were  living  in   1242  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  1 5 1  • 

The  division  of  the  inheritance  was 
probably  due  to  Arthur  de  Ashton  him- 
self, for  he  gave  his  son  Robert  '  the 
whole  moiety  of  all  his  tenement  in 
Ashton  with  all  its  appurtenances  and 
with  his  messuage  and  garden  and  the 
whole  moiety  of  all  his  demesnes,'  the 
rent  being  a  spur  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no. 
381.  The  seal  showed  a  bird  with  out- 
spread wings  and  had  the  legend  +  SIGILL. 
ARTURI  DE  ESTUN.  To  his  son  Richard 
he  gave  all  the  land  on  the  north  side  of 
Savock,  from  Gamel's  bridge  to  the  boun- 
dary of  English  Lea,  and  so  round  to  the 
road  (via)  from  Plumpton  and  the  street 
(strata)  which  came  down  to  the  bridge 
named  ;  ibid.  no.  375.  Another  charter 

132 


by  Arthur  to  the  same  Richard  was  given 
into  the  safe  keeping  of  Adam  son  of  Sir 
William  Banastre  in  1330;  Dods.  MSS. 
Ixx,  fol.  1546. 

The  descent  of  the  various  portions 
cannot  be  traced  clearly.  Adam  son  of 
Warine  de  Lancaster  and  his  wife  Alice 
released  to  Robert  son  of  Arthur  all  that 
Arthur  had  given  his  son,  except  a  grant 
made  by  Robert  to  the  said  Adam  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  378.  About  the  same 
time  Eva  de  Ashton,  widow,  released  to 
Robert  de  Ashton  some  land  ;  ibid.  no. 
433.  Susan  widow  of  one  Robert  de 
Ashton  was  plaintiff  in  1277  ;  De  Banco 
R.  21,  m.  27  d. 

Mabot,  the  widowed  daughter  of  Robert 
de  Ashton  (then  dead),  gave  her  brother 
Robert  all  the  land  in  Ashton  given  in 
free  marriage  when  she  espoused  William 
son  of  Walter  de  Penwortham  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  455.  A  similar  grant 
in  1282  seems  to  carry  the  descent  a  step 
further  ;  by  it  Maud  daughter  of  Robert 
de  Ashton  released  to  her  brother  William 
de  Ashton  a  toft  and  croft  formerly  be- 
longing to  her  uncle  Ralph  de  Ashton  ; 
ibid.  no.  511.  The  same  Maud,  as 
widow  of  Robert  de  Newton,  released  to 
William  son  of  Robert  de  Ashton  all 
right  to  land  which  her  father  Robert  had 
given  on  her  marriage  ;  ibid.  no.  489.  In 
or  about  1298  William  son  of  Robert  de 
Ashton  gave  to  William  de  Lea,  his  lord, 
an  acre  in  Ashton  and  all  his  part  of  the 
water  of  the  Ribble  ;  ibid.  no.  894.  In 
1301  Henry  son  of  William  de  Lea  gave 
William  son  of  Robert  de  Ashton  all  his 
lands,  &c.,  in  Ashton,  reserving  homages 
and  services  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  27. 
Ten  years  later  William  son  of  Robert 
de  Ashton  gave  Sir  Henry  de  Lea  his 
manor  and  all  his  lands  in  the  vill  of 
Ashton;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  888. 
From  the  names  of  the  attesting  wit- 
nesses this  was  evidently  a  grant  of  special 
importance. 

Alice  daughter  of  William  son  of 
Arthur,  a  widow,  gave  to  Cockersand 
Abbey  a  moiety  of  her  wood  in  Ashton 
and  the  carr  of  Tulketh  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlii,  fol.  34^.  The  wardship  of  the  heir 
of  William  de  Ashton — no  doubt  a  later 
William — was  in  1291  given  by  Edmund 
(Earl  of  Lancaster)  to  Thomas  le  Sureys  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  494. 

Roger  de  Ashton  seems  to  have  in- 
herited the  manor  of  Ashton,  for  it 
descended  to  Richard  son  of  Roger,  who 
in  or  about  1298  gave  it  to  Henry  son  of 
William  de  Lea  in  exchange  for  land 
in  English  Lea  and  a  sum  of  money. 
The  remainders  were  to  William  and 
Thomas,  brothers  of  Henry  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  890.  In  1301  the  said  Henry 
granted  his  manor  of  Ashton  to  William 
his  father,  and  William  deputed  his 
brother  Henry  de  Lea  to  receive  it 
accordingly;  ibid.  no.  897,  587.  Another 
agreement  describes  the  estate  transferred 
by  Richard  de  Ashton  to  Henry  de  Lea 
as  two  parts  and  the  third  of  a  third  part, 
with  the  reversion  of  a  third  of  two  parts 
held  in  dower  by  Adam  de  '  Hoyton ' 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


and  one  moiety  or  share  was  obtained  by  Lea  and 
the  other  by  Haydock.44  The  Lea  portion  descended 
like  that  manor  to  the  Hoghtons,45  and  ceased  to 
have  any  distinct  history.  Of  the  Haydock  portion 
a  part  was  given  to  a  younger  son,  ancestor  of  the 
Haydocks  of  Cottam,  and  the  remainder  came  to 
Alice  and  Aline,  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  John 
de  Haydock,  and  thus  was  divided  between  the 


PRESTON 

families  of  Travers  of  Nateby  and  Lawrence  of 
Ribbleton.46  The  Travers  manor  was  in  1625  sold 
to  Hugh  Rigby.47  The  history  of  the  Lawrence 
share  is  unknown.48  The  Waltons  of  Preston  also 
seem  to  have  had  part  of  the  manor.49  TULKETH 
in  Ashton,  where  the  monks  of  Savigny  resided  before 
they  settled  in  Furness,80  became  a  seat  of  the  Travers 
family  till  the  ijth  century.61  Afterwards  it  passed 


(Hoghton)  and  Avice  his  wife ;  Dods. 
MS.  cxlii,  fol.  30*.  It  appears  that  Avice 
was  the  widow  of  Roger  de  Ashton  ;  De 
Banco  R.  316,  m.  466. 

44  The  Hoghton  charters  have  been 
given  in  the  preceding  note.  The  pro- 
portions held  by  the  different  lords  seem 
to  have  varied.  In  1324  Richard  de 
Hoghton  held  a  moiety  of  Ashton  by  the 
service  of  51.,  while  Lawrence  Travers 
and  William  Lawrence  (in  right  of  their 
wives)  held  the  other  moiety  by  51.  also  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  foL  396. 

In  1346,  however,  some  readjustment 
had  taken  place,  and  while  Sir  Adam  de 
Hoghton  held  a  moiety  of  the  manor  (by 
the  twelfth  part  of  a  knight's  fee)  he  paid 
only  3*.  yd.  ;  Edmund  de  Haydock, 
Thomas  Travers  and  William  Lawrence 
held  a  plough-land  in  socage  by  rents  of 
2s.  6a".t  y.  \d.  and  $d.  respectively ; 
Sur-v.  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  46-8.  Thus 
the  ioj.  rent  was  contributed  by  four 
partners,  three  of  whom  held  the  '  plough- 
land  '  in  socage  while  the  other  held  a 
'  moiety  of  the  manor '  by  knight's  ser- 
vice. At  the  same  time  Lea  was  stated 
to  be  two  plough-lands  instead  of  one. 
Cottam  seems  to  have  been  regarded  as 
held  of  the  lords  of  Ashton,  so  that  Hay- 
dock  contributed  is.  ^d.  for  the  Hoghton 
moiety  and  it.  $d.  for  that  held  of 
Lawrence  and  Trovers.  In  1 3  54  William 
Lawrence  held  a  fourth  part  of  the 
manor  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  141. 

In  1356  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  claimed 
his  part  of  the  manor,  alleging  that  John 
son  of  Thomas  Travers  of  Tulketh,  Alice 
widow  of  William  Lawrence  and  Thomas 
son  of  Geoffrey  de  Hackinsall  had  occupied 
parts  of  it  ;  Assize  R.  441,  m.  4  d. 

The  extent  made  in  1445-6  shows  a 
distribution  of  the  lordship  like  that  of 
1 346  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights*  Fees, 
bdle.  2,  no.  20.  Roger  Travers  of  Nateby 
had  the  fourth  part  of  the  manor  in  1403  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  G  zb. 

In  1301  various  agreements  were 
made  by  the  partners  in  the  vill.  Robert 
de  Haydock  released  to  William  de  Lea, 
Henry  his  son  and  Richard  de  Ashton  all 
right  to  their  homage  and  services  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  474.  William  de  Lea 
conceded  a  moiety  of  the  manor  to 
Robert  de  Haydock,  viz.  that  moiety 
which  Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Ashton 
had  given  to  Henry  son  of  William  de 
Lea  ;  ibid.  no.  509.  A  partition  of  the 
manor-house  seems  to  have  accompanied 
these  agreements  ;  the  chamber  to  the 
east  was  given  to  Richard  de  Ashton,  the 
whole  of  the  hall  to  Robert  de  Haydock 
and  the  chamber  to  the  west  to  William 
de  Lea  ;  ibid.  no.  507.  Robert  de  Hay- 
dock  was  probably  acting  as  trustee  for 
his  nieces. 

In  1324  an  agreement  was  made  be- 
tween Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton,  William 
Lawrence  and  Alice  his  wife  on  one  side 
and  Lawrence  Travers  and  Aline  his  wife 
on  the  other  ;  ibid.  no.  759.  Another 
agreement  was  made  in  1330  between 
Sir  Richard  dc  Hoghton  on  the  one  side 
and  Lawrence  Travers  and  William  Law- 


rence on  the  other  as  to  the  partition  of 
certain  meadows  previously  held  by  Avice 
de  Howick  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  30. 

44  The  Hoghton  family  continued  to 
acquire  fresh  portions  of  Ashton.  In 
1329  William  son  of  Richard  del  Greaves 
released  all  title  in  his  father's  lands  to 
Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  450.  Robert  the  Graveson 
of  Ashton  in  1 348  transferred  his  lands 
(formerly  Ralph  the  Tailor's)  to  Sir  Adam 
de  Hoghton  ;  ibid.  no.  479.  Four  years 
later  Cecily  widow  of  Thomas  de  Ham- 
bleton  and  Thomas  son  of  Henry  son  of 
John  de  Sidgreaves  sold  to  Sir  Adam  lands 
which  had  belonged  to  Cecily's  father  ; 
ibid.  no.  480—1.  She  was  daughter  of 
Henry  del  Greaves,  and  'her  land  lay  in 
Dawfield  in  the  hamlet  of  Greaves  in  the 
vill  of  Ashton  ;  ibid.  no.  484,  6 1. 

John  son  of  Gilbert  son  of  Adam  de 
Ashton  in  1370  released  to  Sir  Adam  de 
Hoghton  all  claim  on  the  inheritance  of 
Roger  de  Ashton  ;  ibid.  no.  477. 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton  in  1422  held  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Ashton  by  the 
twelfth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  31.  yd. 
rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
145.  In  1580  Thomas  Hogh ton's  tene- 
ment in  Ashton  next  Preston  and  Greaves 
was  said  to  be  held  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
Duchy  of  Lancaster  by  the  third  part  of  a 
fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  26. 

The  remainder  of  the  manor  of  Ashton 
seems  to  have  been  acquired  by  1595, 
when  'the  manor'  is  named  among  the 
Hoghton  estates  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  57,  m.  178.  Sir  Richard  Hoghton 
died  in  1630  holding  the  manors  of  Lea 
and  Ashton  of  the  king  by  the  third 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  13.  The  manors  of 
Lea  and  Ashton  appear  together  in  later 
Hoghton  settlements,  e.g.  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  554,  m.  12. 

46  The  origin  of  the  Haydock  interest 
is  not  known.  In  1285  Joan  widow  of 
John  son  of  Henry  de  Haydock  claimed 
dower  in  various  lands  against  Henry  de 
Haydock  in  Stainall  and  against  Henry 
son  of  Henry  de  Haydock  in  Cottam, 
Ingol  and  Ashton ;  De  Banco  R.  59, 
m.  3  ;  64,  m.  122.  In  1292  inquiry  was 
made  as  to  whether  Robert  and  Henry 
sons  of  Henry  de  Haydock  had  disseised 
Paulin  de  Preston  of  land,  aldergrove  and 
marsh  in  Ashton,  but  plaintiff  was  non- 
suited ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  49  d. 

It  thus  appears  that  Henry  de  Haydock 
the  father  had  part  of  Ashton,  and  that 
he  had  three  sons,  John,  Robert  and 
Henry,  of  whom  John  died  before  him. 
Henry  was  dead  in  1290,  when  his  widow 
Alice  claimed  dower  inRibbleton,iStainall, 
Haydock  (against  Hugh  son  of  Richard 
de  Haydock)  and  Ravensmeols ;  De 
Banco  R.  86,  m.  174. 

In  1338  Adam  son  of  Richard  de 
Hoghton  claimed  a  third  part  of  the 
manor  of  Ashton  as  heir  of  Henry  son  of 
William  de  Lea.  The  holders  were 
William  Lawrence,  Alice  his  wife,  Law- 
rence Travers  and  Aline  his  wife,  Alice 

133 


and  Aline  being  daughters  of  John 
brother  of  Robert  de  Haydock,  whose 
right,  it  was  alleged,  was  derived  from  a 
grant  by  William  de  Lea  ;  De  Banco 
R.  316,  m.  466  ;  333,  m.  374 d. 

Two  years  later  Alan  de  Marhalgh,  in 
right  of  his  wife  Isabel,  claimed  a  fourth 
part  of  the  manor  of  Ashton  against 
Lawrence  and  Travers;  ibid.  321,  m. 
iggd.  The  suit  was  continued  in  1345, 
Isabel  being  described  as  daughter  of 
Adam  son  of  Roger  de  Ashton  ;  ibid. 
342,  m.  250;  345,  m.  21;  350,  m. 
20.  An  agreement  of  1339  represents 
Sir  Richard  and  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton 
as  recovering  three  parts  of  the  manor 
from  Alan  de  Marhalgh  and  Isabel  his 
wife,  while  claims  were  put  in  by  Law- 
rence, Travers  and  Haydock  ;  Final  Cone. 
ii,  112. 

47  William  Travers'  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Ashton  were  in  1524  held  of  the  king  as 
of  his  Duchy  of  Lancaster  in  socage  by  a 
rent  of  31.  %d.  yearly  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  62.    In  1559  the  service 
was  said  to  be  8</.  only;  ibid,  xi,  no.  68. 

In  1625  the  manor  of  Ashton,  with 
lands  in  Ashton,  Ingol,  Clayton  and  Ley- 
land,  and  a  free  fishery  in  the  Ribble,  were 
sold  to  Hugh  Rigby  by  William  Travers, 
Richard  Travers  and  William  Werden  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  107,  no.  32. 

48  The    fourth    part   of  the  manor  of 
Ashton  was  held  by  William  Lawrence  in 
1354  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  331. 
As    shown    above,    it    appears    again    in 
1445-6  ;  but  Robert  Lawrence  of  Ribble- 
ton, who  died  in  1524,  had  no  lands  in 
Ashton. 

49  Mabel  daughter  of  Adam  de  Ashton 
gave  her  sister  Avice  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Ashton  in  1351.     In   1404  a  third  part 
of  the   manor  was   claimed   by  John  de 
Walton  and  Agnes  his  wife  (for  her  life) 
against     Henry    de     Preston,    Maud    his 
wife,  Robert  Paslew  and  Alice  his  wife. 
Later  the  Waltons  are  found  holding  in 
Ashton  ;  Kuerden  MSS.   ii,  fol.   224-7. 
Richard  Walton  held  lands  in  Ashton  of 
Queen  Elizabeth  ;  the  tenure  of  his  suc- 
cessors is  not  recorded  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  26,  &c. 

Henry  Walton  was  vouchee,  of  the 
manor  of  Ashton  in  1721  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  515,  m.  7. 

50  Stephen  Count  of  Boulogne,   after- 
wards king,  in  1123  gave  Tulketh  to  the 
Abbot  of  Savigny  to  found  an  abbey  of  his 
order  there  ;  Simeon  of  Dur.  Opera  (Rolls 
Ser.),  ii,  267.     The  monks  resigned  it  in 
1127  on  going  to  Furness. 

51  It  became  the  manor-house  of  the 
Travers  family  for  their  part  of  the  manor 
of  Ashton  ;    Duchy  of   Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xi,  no.  68  ;  xii,  no.  22. 

Thomas  Preston  in  1577  demised  the 
capital  messuage  called  Tulketh  in  Ash- 
ton, lately  in  the  tenure  of  Richard 
Travers,  deceased  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol. 
239*. 

It  is  stated  that  Tulketh  was  subse- 
quently held  by  Werden,  Rawstorne, 
Hesketh  (1687  to  1836),  Bray,  Johnson, 
and  Thompson  (1876)  ;  Fishwick,  Preston, 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


through  many  hands,  and  the  hall  is  now  part  of  a 
boys'  industrial  school,  managed  by  the  Brothers  of 
Charity.62  Cockersand  Abbey  had  land  in  Tulketh.53 
The  Hospitallers  had  some  in  Ashton.54 

Of  INGOL  there  is  little  to  be  said.55  Land  was 
given  to  the  endowment  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene's 
Hospital  by  Walter  son  of  Gamel  de  Ingol  about 
I2OO.56  Richard  de  Lea  gave  to  Edmund  Earl  of 
Lancaster  lands  in  Ingol  in  Christ's  Croft,  White- 
field,  &c.,57  and  William  son  of  William  de  Ingol 
gave  the  earl  land  in  Oldfield.58  In  1567  it  was 
alleged  that  the  queen  was  seised  of  the  manor,  to 
which  appertained  a  pasture  or  moss  ground  in  which 
all  her  inhabitants,  tenants  and  farmers  in  Ingol,  had 
common  of  pasture  and  turbary.89  Fulshaw  Moor 
was  in  Ashton  and  Ingol.60 


COTT4M,  assessed  as  2  oxgangs  of  land,  may  be 
identified  with  a  grant  of  the  land  by  Fulesyke61  made 
by  Arthur  de  Ashton  to  Richard  son  of  Uctred  ; 
for  this  Richard  afterwards  gave  it  to  Roger  his  son 
under  the  name  Cottam,62  while  Roger  son  of  Richard 
son  of  Uctred  de  Singleton  granted  an  oxgang  of  land 
in  Cottam  to  Richard  son  of  Robert  son  of  Uctred.63 
This  last  grant  seems  to  have  been  made  in  I2O4.64 
Towards  the  end  of  the  same  century  Henry  de 
Haydock  was  in  possession,65  and  gave  it  to  a  younger 
son  Henry,66  whose  descendants  continued  to  hold  it 
till  the  early  part  of  the  1 8th  century.  The  early 
history  of  the  family  is  obscure.67  Cottam  in  the 
earlier  surveys  is  stated  to  be  held  of  the  Earl  of 
Lancaster  by  the  service  of  is.  6d.  yearly,  but  at  the 
death  of  Eleanor  Haydock  in  1525  the  estate  in 


266.  It  appears  that  in  17^0  there  was 
a  sale  or  mortgage  of  Tulketh  Hall  by 
Stanley  Werden  of  Tulketh  Hall  and 
Ashton  Werden  of  Accrington,  clerk,  his 
son  and  heir  ;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.), 
iii,  360,  from  R.  23  of  Geo.  II  at  Preston. 

52  Roger  son  of  William  son  of  Master 
William  de  Preston  in  1324-5  claimed 
3  acres  in  Tulketh  against  John  son  of 
Ellis  de  Entwisle ;  De  Banco  R.  256, 
m.  9  d. 

'"•'  Adam  de  Lea  gave  the  canons  8  acres 
in  'the  vill  of  Tulcheth,'  adjoining  the 
Preston  boundary,  with  all  liberties,  &c., 
of  the  vill  appurtenant  ;  Cockersand 
Char tul.  i,  21$. 

Alice  daughter  of  William  son  of 
Arthur  [de  Ashton]  in  her  widowhood 
gave  land  in  Tulketh,  with  a  moiety  of 
her  wood  in  Ashton  ;  ibid.  From  the 
bounds  recited  it  appears  that  Tulketh 
touched  the  Ribble  ;  other  points  named 
are  the  six  Ashheys,  the  Foxholegreave 
and  Clakerkelde. 

54  Robert  son  of  Bernard's  gifts  to  the 
hospital  included  an  oxgang  in  Ashton  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  v,  fol.  82. 

55  The  extent  of  1346  merely  says  that 
divers    tenants    had    lands   there,   paying 
2 id.  ;  Adam  de  Preston  held  30  acres  for 
life  at  a  rent  of  40*.;  Add.  MS.  32103, 
fol.  148*. 

In  1246  Avice  de  Ingol  and  her  hus- 
band Baldwin  de  Preston  held  certain 
lands  during  the  minority  of  John  son  of 
William  de  Yealand,  and  Gilbert  de 
Ingol  was  sued  by  John  de  la  Lea;  Assize 
R.  404,  m.  4d.,  5,  10. 

Aldred  de  Ingol  gave  Adam  de  Hoghton 
his  part  of  Sperlet  within  the  bounds  of 
Ingol  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  387.  Henry 
Mason  purchased  a  messuage  from  Thomas 
Hoghton  and  Anne  his  wife  in  1588  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  50,  m.  64. 
Robert  France  of  Fulwood  in  1632  held 
land  in  Ingol  as  of  the  manor  of  Lea  of  Sir 
Gilbert  Hoghton  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxix,  no.  51. 

Leyland  of  Morleys  held  land  in  Ingol 
as  part  of  the  Broughton  estate  ;  ibid,  xi, 
no.  20. 

56  Farrer,   Lanes.   Pipe   R.    334.     The 
land   seems   to  have  been  within  Ingol, 
but  one  plat  touched  the  old  Kirkgate  (of 
Preston).     The  seal  of  the  charter  bore 
the  legend  '  SIGILLV.  WALTERI.  DE.  INGOOL.' 

57  Duchy  of  Lane.  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.), 
L29ii;     Great    Coucher,    i,    fol.    61, 
no.  1 1. 

58  Ibid,  ii,  fol.  388,  no.  5.     Leases  of 
land  in  Ingol  by  the  Dukes  of  Lancaster 
are    recorded    in    1360   and   later;    Dep. 
Keeper's   Rep.  xxxii,  App.   342  ;  xl,  App. 
525,  528. 


69  Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  Ixxii, 
Hi3. 

A  claim  by  Edward  Tyldesley  to  land 
called  Wilcock  Acre  was  investigated  in 
1579.  Charters  by  Maud  widow  of 
Thomas  de  Hutton,  Geoffrey  de  Cottam 
to  John  his  son,  and  John  Cottam  (1464) 
to  William  Leyland  were  produced  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Special  Com.  279. 

80  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  205,  m.  4. 
There  is  a  reference  to  it  in  the  time  of 
Elizabeth  (Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  [Rec. 
Soc.],  ii,  254,  272),  and  in  1624-5  land 
in  Ingol,  Fulshaw  Moor  and  Cottam 
Moss  was  granted  out  by  the  Crown  ; 
Pat.  22  Jas.  I,  pt.  xvii. 

61  Two  oxgangs  of  land  in  Ashton,  viz. 
the  land  by  Fulesyke,  and  a  fourth  part 
of    the    service    of    Ingol ;    Add.    MS. 
32106,  no.  383.     A  rent  of  6d.  was  to 
be  paid. 

62  Two  oxgangs  of  land  in  Ashton,  viz. 
Cottam  and  the  land   by  Fulesyke,  and  a 
fourth   part   of   the   service  of  Ingol,  as 
before,  for  which   a  pair  of  gloves  was  to 
be  rendered  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  C  25. 

63  Dods.   MSS.  cxlix,   fol.    50*.     The 
rent  was  to  be  half  a  pound  of  cummin. 

6*  William  de  Vernon,  'then  sheriff,' 
attested  it  ;  P.R.O.  List,  72. 

The  same  Roger  son  of  Richard  de 
Singleton  enfeoffed  Herbert  the  White, 
who  had  married  Avice  daughter  of  Henry 
de  Lea,  of  the  fourth  part  of  an  oxgang  of 
land  in  Cottam  (being  the  eighth  part  of 
the  vill  of  Cottam  which  Roger  held  in 
demesne),  and  an  eighth  part  of  an 
oxgang  in  the  same  place,  at  a  rent  of 
31.  ;  Kuerden,  loc.  cit.  A  mill  on  the 
Savock  and  a  fishery  in  the  Ribble  are 
named. 

Alice  widow  of  Alan  de  Singleton  in 
1246  sued  Robert  the  Tailor  for  dower  in 
half  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Cottam,  while 
Robert  claimed  turbary  against  John  de 
I  ^a  and  others  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  14  d., 
14. 

"J  The  estate  may  have  been  acquired 
by  purchase.  Michael  son  of  Herbert 
(perhaps  the  Herbert  named  above)  re- 
leased his  lands  in  Cottam  to  Henry  de 
Haydock ;  Geoffrey  son  of  Richard  de 
Cottam,  Robert  son  of  Robert  the  Cor- 
viser  and  Alice  daughter  of  John  de 
Dewsbury  granted  lands  to  the  same 
Henry  ;  while  Adam  son  of  Alan  the 
Miller  granted  land  to  Henry  son  of 
Henry  de  Haydock.  See  Kuerden,  loc. 
cit 

66  Ibid.  ;  the  date  may  be  about  1270. 
For  the  land  in  Cottam  the  younger  Henry 
was  to  render  21.  6d.,  for  that  in  Ingol 
is.  6d.  and  \d.  for  the  light  of  St.  Cuthbert 
of  Clifton  (sic),  for  that  in  Ashton  jd. 


In  1284  Henry  son  of  Henry  de  Hay- 
dock  recovered  against  his  father  a  mes- 
suage and  i  oxgang  of  land  in  Cottam, 
14  acres  in  Ashton  and  a  messuage  and 
30  acres  in  Ingol;  Assize  R.  1265,  m. 
4  d.  In  1292  Alice  and  Aline  daughters 
of  John  (elder)  son  of  Henry  de  Haydock 
claimed  messuages  and  land  in  Cottam 
against  Henry  son  of  Henry  de  Haydock 
and  others.  The  plaintiffs  were  under  age. 
The  jury  found  that  Henry  the  father 
enfeoffed  Henry  the  son  of  the  tenement 
in  dispute  and  put  him  in  full  seisin. 
Afterwards  his  father  disseised  him,  but 
he  recovered  the  tenements  by  assize  of 
novel  disseisin  (viz.  the  suit  above  referred 
to)  and  demised  them  to  his  father  for  a 
term  of  five  years  ;  the  father,  five  year* 
before  his  death,  rendered  them  to  Henry 
his  son.  There  was  therefore  a  verdict 
for  Henry  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  20  d. 

Henry  son  of  Henry  de  Haydock  in 
1295  granted  land  in  Ashton  to  Richard 
son  of  Roger  de  Ashton  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  A  6. 

An  inquiry  into  the  character  of  Richard 
de  Cottam,  clerk,  who  had  been  arrested 
for  the  death  of  William  le  Paumere,  was 
made  in  1293.  He  proved  his  innocence 
and  was  reported  to  be  '  of  honest  and 
good  conversation  ' ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Ex- 
tents, i,  280. 

67  In  1308-9  William  son  of  Gilbert 
de  Ashton  claimed  a  tenement  in  Cottam 
against  Ellen  widow  of  Henry  de  Hay- 
dock  ;  Assize  R.  423,  m.  2  d.  Edmund 
de  Haydock  succeeded,  but  his  parentage 
does  not  appear  ;  he  occurs  as  attesting 
deeds,  &c.,  from  1317  to  1352.  He 
secured  recognition  as  a  partner  in  the 
manor  of  Ashton,  as  appears  by  the  extent 
of  1 346  (note  44  above).  Robert  son  of 
Robert  de  Cottam  granted  a  toft  to  Robert 
his  son,  who  married  Edith  daughter  of 
Gilbert  de  Ashton  ;  and  in  1317-18  Edusa 
widow  of  Robert  son  of  Robert  the 
Corviser  released  to  Edmund  de  Haydock 
all  right  in  certain  land  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  C25.  In  1348  Edmund  obtained  a 
licence  for  his  oratory  in  the  manor  of 
Cottam  from  the  Archdeacon  of  Rich- 
mond ;  ibid. 

Richard  de  Haydock  attested  a  charter 
in  1359  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  461. 

Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  in  1388  ac- 
quired land  in  English  Lea  from  John  de 
Haydock  of  Cottam  and  Margaret  his 
wife  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  32.  John  de  Hay- 
dock  was  a  burgess  at  the  guilds  of  1397 
and  1415  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  5,  8.  Edmund  son  of 
John  de  Haydock  also  appeared  in  1397  ; 
ibid.  3.  John  was  living  in  1419  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  no.  549. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Ingol,  Ashton  and  Cottam  was  said  to  be  held  by  a 
rent  of  2/.68  A  pedigree  was  recorded  in  i6i3,69and 
William  Haydock  died  on  4 
August  1624  seised  of  the 
manor  of  Cottam,  a  water- 
mill,  three  messuages,  lands, 
&c.,  in  Cottam,  Ingol, 
Ashton,  French  Lea  and 
Freckleton,  held  of  the  king 
as  of  his  duchy,  and  in  Wood- 
plumpton,  held  of  Sir  Robert 
Banastre.70 

The  interest  of  the  family 
is  mainly  religious.  William 
Haydock,  said  to  be  a  brother 
of  the  Gilbert  of  1529-42, 

was  a  monk  of  Whalley,  and  executed  there  on 
12  March  1536-7  for  complicity  in  the  Pilgrimage 
of  Grace.71  Ewan  Haydock,  left  a  widower  in 
1557,  was  strengthened  in  his  constancy  to  Roman 
Catholicism  by  the  company  of  William  (afterwards 
Cardinal)  Allen,  a  relative  by  marriage,  and  in  1573 
went  over  to  Douay  with  one  or  two  of  his  sons, 


HAYDOCK.  Argent 
three  sparrow-hawks 
close  gules. 


PRESTON 

and  in  1575  was  ordained  priest  and  sent  on  the 
English  mission,  dying  at  Mowbreck  in  I58i.72  His 
son  George,  educated  at  Douay  and  the  English 
College,  Rome,  was  ordained  priest,  and  in  1582 
returned  to  England.  He  was  almost  immediately 
betrayed  to  the  government,  and  after  two  years' 
imprisonment  was  executed  as  a  traitor  at  Tyburn, 
12  February  I583-4.73  Richard  Haydock,  an  elder 
brother  of  George,  was  ordained  priest  at  Douay  in 
1577.  In  1582  it  was  reported  that  he  was  with 
his  brother  at  Cottam  Hall  or  else  at  Mowbreck. 
After  ten  years  of  missionary  labour,  during  which  he 
is  said  to  have  been  imprisoned,  he  returned  to  Rome, 
and  had  the  titular  dignity  of  Dean  of  Dublin.  He 
died  at  Rome  in  l6c>5.74  William  Haydock,  the 
eldest  brother,  was  punished  for  his  recusancy  in 
various  ways.75  The  family  appear  to  have  escaped 
molestation  during  the  Commonwealth  period,76  but 
William  Haydock  of  Cottam  is  traditionally  said  to 
have  taken  part  in  the  Jacobite  rising  of  1715  ;  he 
died  soon  afterwards.77  The  manor  of  Cottam,  how- 
ever, passed  to  a  relative,  and  eventually  became  the 
property  of  the  Crosses  of  Red  Scar  in  Grimsargh.78 


In  1422  Martin  V  granted  a  dispensa- 
tion for  the  marriage  of  Gilbert  Haydock 
with  Isabel  daughter  of  William  Hoghton, 
they  being  related  in  the  fourth  degree  ; 
Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  938.  Gilbert 
was  living  in  1459,  when  he  and  his  sons, 
Richard,  William  and  Henry,  were  in  the 
guild  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  12.  Gilbert's 
widow  (here  called  Elizabeth)  took  the 
mantle  and  ring  on  10  Feb.  1466-7  ; 
HH,  no.  977.  His  son  Richard  was  dead 
in  1475,  when  Isabel  Haydock,  widow, 
was  distrained  to  answer  to  William  Hay- 
dock  for  waste,  &c.,  in  lands  in  Cottam 
and  Ingol  assigned  to  her  for  life  by 
Richard  Haydock,  father  of  William  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  15  Edw.  IV. 

William  Haydock  died  in  1494,  leaving 
a  son  and  heir  Gilbert,  about  fifteen  years 
of  age  ;  his  tenement  in  Cottam  and 
Ingol  was  stated  to  be  held  of  the  king  as 
duke  by  the  seventh  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  ;  Duchy  Plead.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  8.  The  heir's  wardship  was 
granted  to  Cuthbert  Clifton ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  C2i. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  I5th  century 
the  family  of  Haydock  of  Heysandforth 
in  Burnley  branched  off  from  that  seated 
at  Cottam. 

68  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  56. 
Eleanor  was  widow  of  Richard  Haydock, 
and  the  heir  was  Gilbert  son  of  William 
son  of  the  said  Richard. 

In  1529  William  Clifton  of  Westby 
granted  Gilbert  Haydock  of  Cottam  and 
his  son  Richard  two-thirds  of  the  tithe 
corn  of  Warton  in  Kirkham  ;  Huntroyde 
D.,  C  i.  In  1542  Gilbert  Haydock  and 
his  sons  Henry,  Cuthbert,  Richard  and 
Edmund  were  in  the  Preston  guild  ;  also 
Ewan  and  Richard  sons  of  William  Hay- 
dock,  which  William  was  (according  to 
the  pedigree  of  1613)  the  son  of  Gilbert; 
Preston  Guild  R.  18.  In  1562  Ewan 
Haydock  and  his  sons  William,  Richard, 
Ewan  and  George  entered,  as  also  John 
son  of  Ewan's  uncle  Henry;  ibid.  26-7. 

69  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  108.    The  descent 
is    thus  given  :    Gilbert   -s.  Richard  -s. 
William  -s.  Gilbert  -s.  William  -s.  Ewan 
-s.  William  (living  1613)  -s.  Ewan  (aged 
thirty)  ;   there  were  two  other  sons  and 
five  daughters. 

70  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 


529.  The  heirs  were  William's  four 
daughters  —  Elizabeth  Cartmel,  Bridget 
Hothersall,  Mary  Hayhurst  and  Katherine 
Wall — all  of  full  age,  and  his  grandson 
Robert  Adamson  son  of  another  daughter 
Ellen.  The  inquisition  recites  a  settle- 
ment made  shortly  before  William's  death, 
by  which  Robert  Haydock  of  Whitting- 
ham,  elder  son  of  Cuthbert  Haydock,  was 
made  heir,  but  a  portion  was  assigned  to 
the  Adamsons. 

There  were  several  Cuthberts,  as  appears 
by  the  Preston  Guild  R.  The  father  of  the 
new  owner  of  Cottam  seems  to  have  been 
a  son  of  Henry,  one  of  the  younger  sons 
of  Gilbert  Haydock  (1529—42) ;  informa- 
tion of  Mr.  J.  Gillow. 

71  Gillow,  Bill.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  iii, 
230-1.     'His  body,  for  some    unknown 
reason,  was  allowed  to  continue  suspended 
on  the  gibbet  entire,  and  ultimately  was 
secured  and  secretly  removed  by  his  nephew 
and  namesake  to  Cottam  Hall.   In  Lanca- 
shire he  was  generally  looked  upon  as  a 
martyr,  and  his  remains  were  treated  with 
the  greatest  veneration  by  the  Haydock 
family." 

72  Ibid,  iii,  202-4.     The   government 
had    tried    to    arrest    him,    but    he    had 
managed  to  keep  free.     There  is  a  refer- 
ence to  him  as  a  fugitive  beyond  the  seas 
without  licence  in  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  342. 

73  Gillow,  op.  cit.  iii,  205-11.    He  was 
executed  for  being  ordained  priest  beyond 
the  seas  and  for  conspiring  to  effect  the 
queen's  death.    There  was  no  evidence  of 
the  latter   part  of  the  charge,  of  which 
Haydock    asserted    his    innocence.     The 
judge  who  condemned  him  was  Sir  William 
Fleetwood,  the  Recorder  of  London. 

See  also  Challoner,  Missionary  Priests, 
no.  23  ;  Foley,  Rec.  S.  7.,  vi,  136.  The 
cause  of  his  beatification  was  allowed  to 
be  introduced  at  Rome  in  1886  ;  Pollen, 
Acts  of  Martyrs,  379. 

74  Gillow,    op.    cit.    iii,    221-5.      See 
Foley,  op.  cit.  vi,   130,  518  (will),  739  ; 
Misc.   (Cath.   Rec.    Soc.),  ii,   132;  Diet. 
Nat.  Stag. 

75  Gillow,  op.   cit.   iii,  223.     A  sister 
Aloysia  suffered  imprisonment  for  religion. 
In  1600  a  licence  was  granted  to  William 
Haydock,  '  popish  recusant,"  allowing  him 
to  go  to  London  ;  Huntroyde  D.,  C  2.  In 

135 


1604  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  referred  to  a 
dispute  with  his  uncle  William  Haydock 
of  Cottam  (son  of  Ewan)  ;  ibid.  C  3.  A 
grant  of  the  sequestered  lands  of  William 
Haydock  of  Cottam,  recusant,  was  made 
by  the  Crown  in  1607  ;  Pat.  5  Jas.  I, 
pt.  i. 

76  In  1648  Robert  Haydock  and  Cuth- 
bert   his    second    son    and    heir-apparent 
made  a  settlement  of  Cottam   Hall  and 
lands  in  Cottam,  Ingol,  Ashton,  French 
Lea,  &c.  ;  and  at  the  same  time  William 
Haydock    of   Eaves,    in  Woodplumpton, 
granted  that  messuage  to  Cuthbert  Hay- 
dock  of  Cottam  ;  Huntroyde  D.,  C  5,  4. 
Robert  Haydock  had  a  brother  Richard 
of  Fulwood  ;  ibid.  C  6.     Cuthbert  Hay- 
dock   seems  to  have  succeeded  by  1660 
and  William  Haydock  by  1676  ;  ibid.  C  9, 
II,    12.       In    1673,    however,    William 
Haydock    secured   the   third   part  of  the 
manor   of   Cottam,  water-mill,  malting- 
mill,    &c.,  from  Christopher  Harris  and 
Margery  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.   bdle.  190,  m.  99.     In  1698  William 
Haydock  of  Cottam,  the  elder,  and  William 
his  son  and  heir  mortgaged  the  estate  to 
Nicholas  Starkie  ;  Huntroyde  D.,  C  15. 

77  Gillow,  Haydock  Papers,  45-6. 

78  Ibid.;  it  is  stated  that  the  last  William 
Haydock,  whose  brothers  were  priests,  had 
settled  the  manor  on  his  sister  Dorothy, 
who  married  George  son  of  John  Shuttle- 
worth  of  Hodsock  Park,  Notts.     George 
Haydock,    cousin    of  William,   in    1730 
conveyed    his    interest  in  the    manor  to 
George  Farington    of  Worden,  in    trust 
for  Henry  son  of  Valentine  Farington  of 
Preston.     The  Faringtons  sold  the  manor, 
or  their  part  of  it,  about  the  end  of  the 
1 8th  century.     There   is  a  reference  to 
William    Haydock    in    Lanes,    and   Ches. 
Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  171. 

By  his  will  of  1713  William  Haydock 
of  Cottam  gave  the  manor  to  trustees  for 
the  use  of  his  three  sisters — Mary  wife 
of  Thomas  Finch,  Dorothy  wife  of  George 
Shuttleworth  and  Elizabeth  wife  of  Hugh 
Barton.  In  a  fine  regarding  the  manor 
of  Cottam  in  1717  the  following  were 
concerned  :  John  Shuttleworth,  Robert 
Hudson,  Mary  his  wife,  George  Shuttle- 
worth,  William  Haydock,  William  Raw- 
storne  and  Valentine  Farington  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  504,  m.  8.  The  deed  by 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


A  branch  of  the  Haydocks 79  settled  on  a  small 
estate  known  as  The  Tagg  in  Cottam,  the  old  dower 
house  of  the  family,  and  there  were  born  Thomas 
Haydock,  a  publisher,80  and  George  Leo  Haydock,  a 
priest  noteworthy  for  his  edition  of  the  Bible  ;  he 
died  in  i84g.81  This  family  is  now  represented  by 
Mr.  Joseph  Gillow,  whose  works  have  been  quoted 
frequently  in  these  pages. 

A  family  surnamed  Cottam  is  found  in  this  and 
neighbouring  townships.82 

Cockersand  Abbey  83  and  the  Knights  Hospitallers84 
had  land  in  this  part  of  the  township. 

The  inquisitions  show  that  in  general  the  land  was 
held  by  the  Hoghton  family.85  Under  the  Common- 


wealth some  holdings  were  sequestered  for  religious 
'  delinquency,'  86  and  some  '  Papists  '  registered  estates 
Disputes  as  to  the  fishery  in  1691-2 


are  of  interest  as  showing  the  customs  of  the  fisher- 
men.88 

A  pedigree  case  of  much  interest  concerned  the 
estates  of  Richard  Harrison  of  Warrington,  who  died 
in  1863,  a  descendant  of  John  Harrison  of  Lea,  who 
died  in  1667.  89 

In  connexion  with  the  Church  of  England  St. 
Andrew's,  Ashton,  was  built  in  1836,  and  a  parish 
was  formed  for  it  in  the  following  year.  A  chapel  of 
ease,  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels',  was  built  in  1884. 
The  patronage  is  vested  in  trustees. 


George  Haydock  in  1730  recites  that 
William  Haydock  had  agreed  to  sell  the 
manor  of  Cottam,  and  that  in  1716 
Valentine  Farington  agreed  to  purchase  ; 
Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  258,  from 
R.  7  of  Geo.  II  at  Preston.  Later  still 
(1756-7)  in  a  fine  regarding  the  manor 
the  deforciants  were  William  Gardner, 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  Nicholas  Starkie  and 
Sarah  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  356,  m.  34.  Elizabeth  and  Sarah 
were  the  daughters  and  heirs  of  Valentine 
Farington.  From  deeds  at  Huntroyde  it 
appears  that  Le  Gendre  Starkie  sold  his 
moiety  between  1769  and  1791  ;  infor- 
mation of  Mr.  H.  Ince  Anderton. 

79  For    pedigrees    see     Chron.     of   St. 
Monica's,    Louvain,    ii    (end)  ;  Fishwick, 
Preston,  272-3. 

80  Gillow,  Bibl.Dict.  iii,  226-30.     He 
was  born  in  1772  and  died  in  Preston  in 
1859. 

81  Ibid,  iii,  211-21  ;  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 
Another  brother,  James  Haydock,  priest, 
served  the  mission  at  Lea,  and  died  of  a 
fever  caught  while  attending  the  sick  in 
1809;  Gillow,  op.  cit.  221.     The  same 
editor's  Haydock  Papers  is  mainly  occupied 
with  this  family. 

83  Geoffrey  de  Cottam  was  bound  to 
Henry  de  Haydock  to  pay  half  a  pound 
of  cummin  and  1 5</.  to  the  chief  lords  in 
Henry's  place  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  C  25. 
John  son  of  Geoffrey  de  Cottam,  Avice 
his  wife  and  John  son  of  Richard  de 
Cottam  were  in  1323-4  engaged  in  dis- 
putes with  the  lords  of  Ashton  ;  Assize 
R.  425,  m.  2.  A  little  later  the  same 
John  son  of  Geoffrey  claimed  land  in 
Ashton  against  William  de  Ingolhead, 
Christiana  his  wife  and  Thomas  his  son  ; 
ibid.  R.  426,  m.  8  d.  See  also  De  Banco 
R.  323,  m.  32.  One  John  de  Cottam 
had  had  a  dispute  as  to  his  inheritance 
with  Richard  de  Cottam  in  1306  ;  Assize 
R.  420,  m.  8.  Margery  widow  of  Henry 
de  Cottam  was  plaintiff  in  1348;  De 
Banco  R.  355,  m.  202. 

In  1446  John  Cottam  claimed  the 
manor  against  Gilbert  Haydock,  alleging 
that  Geoffrey  de  Cottam  had  given  it  to 
his  son  Richard  and  his  heirs  by  Margaret 
his  wife,  the  pedigree  being  :  Geoffrey 
-».  Richard  -s.  John  -s.  Robert  —8. 
Edmund  -s.  John  (plaintiff)  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  9,  m.  lot.  John  son  of 
Richard  de  Cottam  was  claiming  a  mes- 
tuage,  &c.,  in  Ashton  in  1 344 ;  De 
Banco  R.  340,  m.  430  ;  347,  m.  15  d. 

83  Roger  son  of  Richard  son  of  Uctred 
de  Singleton  was  the  benefactor,  granting 
a  half   acre    in    Briary    Furlong    in    his 
demesne    and    other    parcels,   Sandibutts 
being  named  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  225. 

84  Roger  de  Singleton  was  the  grantor  ; 
Lines.  Chart.  (Bodl.  Lib.),  Ai,  no.  6*. 


85  This  was  the  case  in  Lea  for  lands 
held  by  John  Singleton  (Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  32  ;  viii,  no.  9)  ;  George 
Browne  (ibid,  xi,  no.  4  ;  xiv,  no.  42  ; 
xviii,  no.  23)  ;  James  Holme,  who  also 
held  in  Chipping  (Towneley  MS.  C  8, 
13  [Chet.  Lib.],  507);  William  Helme 
(Lanes.  Inq. p.m.  [Rec.  Soc.  ],  i,  213);  and 
in  Ashton  by  James  Stopford  of  Ulnes 
Walton  (ibid,  i,  169  ;  ii,  72). 

George  Buller  of  Singleton  held  a 
tenement  in  Lea  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton 
by  a  rent  of  51.  %d.  and  by  suit  at  the 
baron's  court  of  the  manor  of  Lea ;  he 
died  in  1595,  leaving  a  son  William, 
about  seven  years  old  ;  ibid,  iii,  317. 

Henry  Catterall  in  1610,  in  right  of 
his  late  wife  Elizabeth  Lubley,  held  a 
messuage  and  lands  in  Lea  and  Cottam 
of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  by  a  rent  of  yd. 
Thomas,  his  son  "and  heir,  was  aged 
thirty- four  ;  ibid,  i,  212. 

William  Critchlow  died  in  1637  hold- 
ing a  messuage  and  land  in  Lea  of  Sir 
Gilbert  Hoghton,  and  other  lands,  &c., 
in  Whittingham  and  Preston.  He  left  a 
widow  named  Grace  and  a  son  and  heir 
William,  about  ten  years  of  age  ;  Towne- 
ley MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  252. 

Henry  Gregson  died  in  1631  holding 
land  in  English  Lea  and  Whittingham  of 
Sir  Gilbert  Hoghton,  and  leaving  a  son 
Robert,  who  came  of  age  in  Dec.  1633  ; 
ibid.  465. 

James  Wharles  died  in  1 626  also  hold- 
ing land  in  English  Lea  of  Sir  Gilbert. 
His  son  Alexander  was  thirty  years  old  ; 
ibid.  1295. 

Evan  Browne  held  land  in  French  Lea 
of  Henry  VIII  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  vii,  no.  24.  John  Fleetwood  of  Pen- 
wortham  held  land  in  Ashton  of  Queen 
Elizabeth  ;  ibid,  xiii,  no.  26  ;  xv,  no.  34 
(St.  Mary  Magdalene's  lands). 

In  other  cases — Clifton,  Hesketh,  &c. 
— the  tenure  is  not  stated. 

The  following  suits  may  be  mentioned  : 
Alice  widow  of  William  Pickard  claimed 
land  in  English  Lea  in  1309-10  against 
John  son  of  William  de  Charnock  ;  De 
Banco  R.  179,  m.  i64d.  In  1331  Alice 
widow  of  William  de  Charnock  gave  an 
acre  in  Eastley  Field  and  the  Foles  to 
Henry  son  of  William  Charnock  of  Lea  ; 
Harl.  MS.  2042,  fol.  171.  Thomas  son 
of  Robert  the  Mercer  of  Sidgreaves  v. 
Robert  son  of  Robert  Franceys,  as  to 
tenements  in  French  Lea  and  Ashton  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  2,  m.  ii. 
Adam  de  Catterall  of  Longton  v.  John 
de  Cottam,  &c.,  in  Ashton ;  ibid.  3, 
m.  vii  d.  John  del  Milne  of  Cottam  v. 
Thomas  son  of  Walter  del  Hall  of  Ash- 
ton ;  ibid.  5,  m.  26.  Nicholas  son 
of  Adam  de  Singleton  and  Cecily  his  wife 
(daughter  of  Edmund  de  Horwich)  in 

136 


1371  claimed  dower  in  burgages,  lands 
and  horse  mill  in  Ashton  and  Preston 
against  William  de  Singleton  ;  De  Banco 
R.  443,  m.  91.  Roger  Elston  v.  William 
Denby  alias  Cardmaker  and  Margaret  his 
wife,  daughter  of  William  Soperson,  in 
French  Lea  and  Ashton  ;  Final  Cone,  iii, 

"3- 

Edward  Blackburne  in  1450-1  had 
lands  in  English  Lea,  French  Lea  and 
Preston,  which  seven  years  later  he  gave 
to  the  mayor  and  burgesses  of  Preston  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  120. 

86  The     following     were     recusants  : 
Margery  Melling  of  Lea,  widow  ;  Eliza- 
beth  Wharles,  widow,  of  Ashton  ;  Cal. 
Com.    for    Comp.    v,    3185-7.       Gabriel 
Short  of  Lea,  suspected,  was  summoned 
before    the    committee    and    refusing    to 
abjure  his  religion  had  two-thirds  of  his 
tenement  sequestered  ;  ibid,  i,  656. 

John  Bispham  of  Ashton  had  had  two- 
thirds  of  his  estate  sequestered  for  recu- 
sancy ;  after  his  death  his  daughter  Eliza- 
beth Bispham  in  1654  prayed  to  be 
allowed  to  contract  for  it ;  Royalist  Comp, 
Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
183.  Richard  Gregson  and  John  Harri- 
son, recusants,  made  similar  petitions  in 
respect  of  the  two-thirds  of  their  estates 
in  Ashton  ;  ibid,  iii,  128,  164.  William 
Hollinhead  of  Ingol  and  John  Hodgkin- 
son  of  Cottam  did  likewise  ;  ibid,  iii,  251, 
231. 

87  At    Lea  :    Lawrence    and    William 
Johnson,    Thomas    Hankinson    (Mason 
House),  Thomas  Hankinson  the  younger 
(Lea  Town),  William  and  Thomas  Helme, 
and  William  Fidler  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne, 
Eng.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  93,  106,  139.       At 
Ashton  :     William     Bolton,     Elizabeth 
widow  of  Oswald  Eaves,  Margaret  Porter, 
John  and  William  Browne,  Joseph  Miller  j 
ibid.  92,    101,   102,   138.     At  Cottam  i 
Roger  Higginson,  James  Holme  and  John 
Simpson  ;  ibid.  93,  138-9. 

88  An  abstract  of  the  pleadings  is  given 
in    Fishwick,    Preston,   87.      'It    appear* 
that  from  time  immemorial  "  stakes  and 
piles  "  were  placed  in  the  bed  of  the  river 
for  the  fishermen  to  hang  their  nets  upon, 
and    it   was   customary  before  the  com- 
mencement of  the  fishing  season  for  the 
fishermen  of  Penwortham  and  [those  of] 
Ashton  and  Lea  to  draw  lots  for  priority, 
and    having    settled    this    the    river    wa» 
fished  "  right  across  "  from  bank  to  bank 
by  the   men   from  the  two  manors  alter- 
nately from  sunrise  to  sunset.    The  season 
began  about  Candlemas  and  closed  about 
Michaelmas.' 

89  J.  P.  Earwaker,  Lanes.  Pedigree  Can, 
1887.     The  landed  estates  lay  in  War- 
rington, Lea,  Whittle,  Brindle,  Clayton, 
&c.  ;  there  was  personal  estate  of  about 
£100,000    value.     The  evidence  at  the 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PART  OF 
LANCASTER 


A  school  was  founded  in  Lea  in  1784  by  Samuel 
Neeld.90 

The  Wesleyans  had  a  chapel  in  Ashton  in  1883  ; 
the  present  church  was  built  in  1893.  There  is  a 
Baptist  church  in  Ashton,  founded  about  1880. 

From  the  accounts  of  the  manors  it  will  have  been 
gathered  that  Roman  Catholic  worship  was  maintained 


with  more  or  less  constancy  during  the  long  period  of 
proscription.91  When  owing  to  sale  Cottam  Hall 
was  not  available,  the  mission  appears  to  have  been 
removed  to  the  adjoining  township.93  In  1 800  the 
old  mission  at  Salwick  Hall  was  transferred  to  Lea, 
St.  Mary's  Church  being  built  there.  In  Ashton  the 
Church  of  the  Sacred  Heart  was  built  in  1903-4. 


PART    OF    LANCASTER 


FULWOOD 

Fulewde,  1199;  Fulewude,  1228;  Fulwode, 
1297. 

This  township,  formerly  a  woodland  area  and  now 
to  a  great  extent  a  residential  suburb  of  Preston,  lies 
to  the  north  of  Preston  and  Ribbleton.  The  Savock 
(or  Savick)  Brook  crosses  the  centre,  flowing  west- 
south-west  to  the  Ribble.  The  western  end  is  called 
Cadley  or  Cadeley  ;  Killinsough  is  in  the  north-east. 
The  surface,  slightly  undulating  according  to  the 
watercourses,  rises  on  the  whole  from  west  to  east, 
attaining  over  200  ft.  above  sea  level.  The  township 
has  an  area  of  2,1 1 6£  l  acres,  and  in  1901  contained 
a  population  of  5,238,  including  1,101  in  the  barracks, 
784  in  the  workhouse,  and  others  in  charitable  insti- 
tutions. 

Garstang  Road,  the  main  road  from  Preston  to  the 
north,  crosses  its  western  end,  but  a  more  noteworthy 
one  is  that  which  runs  east  and  west  near  the 
southern  border  ;  it  is  called  Watling  Street,  and  is 
supposed  to  be  on  the  track  of  an  old  Roman  road 
from  Ribchester  to  the  sea.  The  Preston  and  Long- 
ridge  railway  passes  through  the  south-eastern  corner 
of  the  township,  where  there  is  a  station  called 
Ribbleton.  To  the  north  of  it  is  the  hamlet  called 
Fulwood  Row.  The  London  and  North-Western 
Company's  main  line  to  the  north  crosses  the  western 


end  of  the   township.       The    electric    tramways  of 
Preston  serve  Fulwood. 

The  township  contains  the  Preston  Union  Work- 
house, built  in  1865-8,  and  a  large  barracks,  1848, 
the  dep6t  of  the  3Oth  and  47th  Regimental  Dis- 
tricts, including  the  Loyal  North  Lancashire  Regi- 
ment, the  old  47th  and  8ist  Foot.  On  Garstang 
Road,  on  an  estate  formerly  known  as  Crow  Trees,  is 
the  Harris  Orphanage  for  about  1 40  children,  opened 
in  1888.*  Homes  for  the  Blind  were  opened  in 
i896.s  The  Home  of  the  Little  Sisters  of  the  Poor 
and  St.  Vincent's  Home  for  Boys,  a  Poor  Law  school 
founded  in  1893  in  memory  of  the  late  Bishop 
O'Reilly,  are  also  in  Fulwood. 

A  local  board  was  formed  in  i863.4  Since  1894 
there  has  been  an  urban  district  council  of  twelve 
members,  elected  by  three  wards — Central,  East,  and 
West.  For  parliamentary  elections  Fulwood  is  included 
in  Preston. 

The  open  land  is  chiefly  in  pasturage  ;  the  soil  is 
loam  and  clay,  with  subsoil  various. 

Races  used  to  be  held  on  Fulwood  Moor.  They 
were  discontinued  about  1833.* 

Fulwood  was  probably  included  in  the 

MANOR     forest  of  Lancaster  on  its  formation,6  and 

was  thus  taken  out  of  the  township  and 

parish  of  Preston.7       It  occurs    but  seldom   in   the 

records  before  its  disafforestation,8    but  part  was  in 


trials  showed  that  the  registers  at  Preston, 
Kirkham,  Poulton  and  Lytham  had  been 
tampered  with,  as  also  the  official  tran- 
scripts at  Chester  ;  'had  the  court  rolls  of 
the  manor  of  Lea  near  Preston  not  been 
preserved  there  is  only  too  much  reason 
to  believe  that  the  ingenuity  of  the  forgers 
would  have  been  rewarded  before  their 
forgeries  could  have  been  exposed  .  .  . 
These  court  rolls  were  kept  in  private 
hands,  and  so  were  out  of  the  reach  of  the 
forgers,  even  if  they  had  known  how  im- 
portant they  really  were." 

90  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Preston. 


91  See,  e.g.,  the  accoun 
Hoghton  of  Hoghton.  Ale 
ton  was  reported  ai  con 
1586;  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed. 


of  Thomas 
ander  Hogh- 
umacious  in 
868),  i,  180. 


Mrs.  Hoghton  of  Lea  wa  reported  to 
keep  a  '  Papist  '  schoolmast  r  ;  Fishwick, 
Preston,  264.  Mass  was.  said  at  Tulketh 
in  1607  and  confirmation  given  there  in 
1687  ;  ibid.  The  Eyves  family  resided 
at  Ashton  ;  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl. 
Cath.  iii,  288. 

93  See  Woodplumpton. 

1  Including  3  acres  of  inland  water. 

4  End.  Char.  Rep.  (Lane.),  1902,  p.  3. 
There  is  an  endowment  of  about  £2,700 
a  year. 

3  They  were    founded    in    Preston    in 
1864  ;   Hewitson,  Preston,  243. 

4  Land.  Gax.  10  Mar.  1863. 


6  Hewitson,  Preston,  120. 

*  See  the  account  of  the  forest. 

7  There    was    a    dispute    between    the 
incumbents    of   Preston    and     Lancaster 
churches  as  to  the  tithes  of  the  forest  of 
Fulwood  and  the  park  of  Hyde  in  1323  ; 
Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  448-50. 

8  Free  pasturage  in  the  forest  of  Fulwood 
was  allowed  to  the   burgesses  of  Preston 
by  King  John's  charter  of  1199,  together 
with  as  much  wood  as  they  might  require 
for  building  their  town,  on  the  view  of  the 
foresters  ;  Abram,  Mem.  of  the  Guilds,  3. 
The  grants  were  confirmed  and  extended  by 
later  charters.     See  also  Inq.    a.q.d.    19 
Edw.  II,  no.  183  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec. 
(Rec.    Soc.    Lanes,   and  Ches.),   ii,  272, 
275,  &c. 

The  bounds  of  Fulwood  were  thus  de- 
fined in  1228  :  From  the  hey  of  Ravenkel 
to  the  road  of  Dunepool,  along  the  water- 
course to  Deepdale,  to  the  upper  head  of 
Lund,  by  the  watercourse  of  Deepdale  to 
Fulwood  and  so  to  Uctredsgate,  by  the 
road  to  Coleford,  thence  to  Cadley  Shaw 
and  to  the  hey  of  Ravenkel  ;  Farrer, 
Lanes.  Pipe  R.  421. 

Pontage  for  five  years  was  allowed  in 
1291  for  repairing  the  causeway  of 
Fulwood  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1281-92,  p.  430. 

In  1297  the  forest  was  worth  a  mark 
yearly  to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster,  and  in 
addition  the  men  of  Broughton  paid  los. 

137 


for  having  common  there  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  289-90. 

Some  particulars  are  given  in  the 
survey  made  in  1346  in  Add.  MS.  32103, 
fol.  148.  John  de  Burton  held  the 
herbage  of  Myerscough  and  a  close  called 
Cadley  in  Fulwood  ;  Grimbaldthe  Mercer 
had  pasture  rights,  &c.,  in  Fulwood,  as 
had  Thomas  Banastre  for  Broughton. 
Roger  de  Elston  had  Killanshagh 
(Killinsough),  a  piece  of  waste  by  Fulwood, 
at  a  rent  of  401.  Thomas  son  ot 
Lawrence  Travers  had  Great  Cadley. 

In  1442  Thomas  Urswick  had  a  lease 
of  the  pastures  of  Myerscough  and  Fulwood 
in  the  forest  of  Amounderness  and  an 
annuity  of  £10  a  year  from  them  ;  Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  536. 

A  charge  of  cutting  down  and  carrying 
away  trees  and  underwood  in  the  king's 
forest  of  Fulwood  was  in  the  time  of 
Edward  IV  preferred  against  William 
Singleton  of  Broughton,  Brian  Singleton 
of  the  same,  Richard  Singleton  of  Ingol- 
head,  John  Singleton  of  the  Peel  (son  of 
Nicholas  of  Brockholes)  and  others  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  29,  m.  9  d. 

The  king  in  1481  included  40  acres  of 
moor  in  Fulwood  in  his  grant  to  Sir 
Thomas  Molyneux,  but  it  was  not  per- 
manent ;  see  the  account  of  Eccleston  in 
Leyland. 

18 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


1551  granted  to  Anthony  Browne,  who  also  had  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Eccleston,  &c.9  Soon  after- 
wards Browne  transferred  it  to  John  Charnock  and 
Thomas  Clayton.  Subsequently  the  '  manors '  of 
FULWOOD  and  CAD  LET  are  named,  but  little 
satisfactory  evidence  exists.10  Hyde  Park  was  at  the 
east  end  of  the  township.11  Inquiries  as  to  the  wastes 
of  Fulwood  were  made  in  1638  and  i64O.12 

Lambert  Stodagh  of  Stodday  died  in  1511  holding 
lands  in  Preston  and  Fulwood  of  the  king  in  socage.13 
His  son  Lawrence  founded  the  school  at  Broughton. 
The  Claytons  of  Whittle-le- Woods  in  the  I  7th  century 
became  the  principal  residents  in  Fulwood.14  Their 
estate  descended  to  Robert  Clayton,  Bishop  of  Clogher, 
who  died  in  I758,15  having  bequeathed  it  to  his 
relatives  the  Claytons  of  Adlington. 

Several  of  the  inhabitants  had  their  estates  seques- 
tered under  the  Commonwealth,16  and  a  number  of 
'  Papists '  registered  estates  in  1 7 1  y.17 

An  Inclosure  Act  for  Cadley  and  Fulwood  Moors 
was  passed  in  i8u.18 

For  the  Church  of  England  Christ  Church  was 
built  in  1865.  The  vicar  of  Lancaster  is  patron.19 

There  is  a  Congregational  church,  founded  in 
1894. 

A  school  at  Cadley  was  founded  in  1 707  by  John 
Hatch.20  Brunswick  Chapel  was  purchased  for  the 
use  of  the  school  in  1865. 

MYERSCOUGH 

Mirscho,  1258  ;  Miresco,  1265  ;  Mirescowe, 
1297.  It  is  pronounced  locally  Masca. 

This  township,  lying  between  the  parishes  of 
Preston,  Garstang  and  St.  Michael-on-Wyre,  has 


an  area  of  2,707  acres,1  and  the  population  in  1901 
numbered  423.  The  surface  slopes  from  east  to  west 
from  about  120  ft.  above  sea  level  on  the  border  of 
Barton  to  between  30  and  40  ft.  at  the  other  side. 
The  Brock  crosses  the  northern  end  on  its  way  west 
to  the  Wyre  ;  north  of  it  are  Myerscough  House, 
Light  Ash  and  Stanzaker  ;  to  the  south  is  Myer- 
scough Hall,  between  the  Brock  and  another  brook 
flowing  west.  The  latter  is  a  two-story  i8th- 
century  building  with  barred  sash  windows,  hipped 
roof  and  deeply  overhanging  eaves,  erected  by 
William  Greenhalgh,  high  sheriff  in  1729,  in  the 
place  of  an  older  building  of  the  same  name.  On 
the  brook  is  the  mill  ;  near  it  is  the  Lodge,  the 
former  home  of  Sir  Thomas  Tyldesley.  Badsberry  is 
near  the  centre,  and  Midghalgh  at  the  southern 
end  of  the  township. 

The  great  highway  from  Preston  to  Lancaster 
passes  along  the  eastern  boundary.  There  are  several 
minor  roads,  including  one  passing  westward  near 
the  hall,  towards  St.  Michael's.  The  London  and 
North-Western  Railway  crosses  the  south-east  corner, 
and  the  Preston  and  Kendal  Canal  winds  northward 
through  the  centre. 

The  population  is  agricultural.  The  soil  is  heavy, 
with  subsoil  of  clay.  Wheat  is  grown,  and  much  of 
the  land  is  in  pasture. 

The  township  has  a  parish  council. 

Henry  Borron  Fielding,  son  of  Henry  Fielding  of 
Myerscough  House,  was  a  botanist  of  some  note. 
He  lived  at  Bolton  near  Ulverston  and  then  at 
Lancaster,  dying  in  1 8  5 1 .2 

MTERSCOUGH  seems  to  have  been 

FOREST     part  of  one  of  the  forests,  possibly  that  of 

Amounderness,  and  then   to    have  been 


9  The  grant  was  of  waste  lately  approved 
in    Fulwood    Forest ;    Pat.    5  Edw.  VI, 
pt.  vi. 

John  Charnock  of  Leyland,  &c.,  by 
his  will  in  1571  gave  Joan  his  wife  all 
his  lands  and  tenements  in  Fulwood 
lately  purchased  of  Sir  Anthony  Browne, 
deceased,  and  other  lands  there  ;  they 
were  held  of  the  queen  by  knight's  ser- 
vice ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii, 
no.  35. 

10  Parcels  in  Hyde  Park,  Cadley,  Brede- 
land,  Killanshaugh  and  Fulwood  were  by 
James    I    granted    on    lease    to    George 
Whitmore  and  others  and  by  Charles  I  to 
Edward    Ditchfield    and    others    in    fee ; 
Pat.  8  Jas.  I,  pt.  xxvii ;  4  Chas.  I,  pt.  xxxiii. 
This    may  have    been  the  origin  of  the 
reputed  manors  of  Cadley  and  Fulwood. 
A    rent    of  £19   7*.   jd.    was    paid   for 
Cadley    and     Fulwood    in    1670    to    the 
Crown  by    Hugh  Wadsworth ;    Pat.   22 
Chas.  II,  pt.  ii,  rot.  I.    In  a  recovery  of  the 
manors  of  Little  Cadley  and   Fulwood  in 
1705  the  vouchees  were  Hugh  and  Robert 
Wadsworth  of  Haighton;  Nicholas  Starkie 
and   William  Shawe  were   the   tenants  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  481,  m.  5. 

In  a  fine  respecting  the  manors  of  Great 
Cadley  and  F-ulwood  in  1718  the  defor- 
ciants  were  Sir  Thomas  Abney,  Nicholas 
Starkie  and  William  Shawe,  and  the 
plaintiff  was  John  Dorsett  (?  Barrett)  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  279,  m. 
1 02.  This  was  probably  the  same  estate. 

The  manors  or  lordships  of  Great 
Cadley,  Little  Cadley  and  Fulwood,  with 
lands,  &c.,  in  Haighton,  Broughton  and 
Fulwood,  were  in  1773  held  by  Thomas 
Barrett ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  618, 


m.  10.  An  abstract  of  the  title  of  Thomas 
Barrett  may  be  seen  in  Piccope  MSS. 
(Chct.  Lib.),  xiv,  123.  It  shows  that  the 
'manors'  were  those  of  the  Wadsworth 
family,  but  does  not  give  the  origin  of 
their  title,  as  the  earliest  deed  cited  is 
dated  in  1682. 

11  The  name  occurs  as  early  as  1257  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  222.      It  may 
refer  to  the  hide  of  land  (6  carucates)  in 
Preston.     In   1583   Oliver   Wrigan    and 
others    (who   had    received  from    Queen 
Elizabeth  in  1 5  76)  let  to  Thomas  Singleton 
part  of  their  lands  in  Cadley,  Little  Cadley 
and  Hyde  Park  in  Fulwood  ;  also  in  Kil- 
lawneshauge  ;    and  the  water-mill ;    Pic- 
cope  MSS.  xiv,  68. 

12  Duchy  of   Lane.   Spec.   Com.   851, 
1041. 

18  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  i. 

14  See  the  account  of  Crook  in  Whittle. 
Thomas   Clayton   died   in    1591   holding 
the    moiety    of  two    messuages,  &c.,  in 
Fulwood  of  the  queen  by  the  hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  3.    The  pedigree  (com- 
piled by  Mr.   R.   Stewart-Brown)  reads  : 
Thomas,  d.   1591  — s.  William,  d.    1631 
—s.   Thomas,  d.   1669   -s.   Robert  -sons 
Thomas   (s.p.),   William  (d.    1715),  and 
John,  Dean  of  Kildare. 

15  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.     Thomas  Clayton, 
who  was   fifteen   years  of  age   in    1664, 
when  the  pedigree  was  recorded  (Dugdale, 
fisit.     85),    became    a    barrister-at-law ; 
Foster,  Alumni  Oxon.       He  died  without 
issue,  but  had  a  brother  William  (d.  1715), 
a    Liverpool    merchant,  who    left  several 
daughters    as    heirs.     William's    younger 
brother  John  was  the  father  of  the  bishop, 

I38 


who  was  born  at  Dublin  in  1695.  Dr. 
John  Clayton  was  incumbent  of  St. 
Michan's,  Dublin,  and  Dean  of  Kildare, 
1708-25.  His  son  Robert  was  educated 
at  Westminster  and  Dublin  ;  D.D.  1730. 
He  was  made  Bishop  of  Killala  and 
Achonry  1730,  held  other  sees,  but  was 
refused  the  Archbishopric  of  Tuam,  being 
accused  of  Arianism,  and  afterwards 
threatened  with  a  prosecution  for  heresy. 
He  published  various  works.  Mr.  F. 
Clayton  of  Morden  has  afforded  the 
editors  information  about  the  family. 
See  also  H.  Peet,  Liverpool  in  the  time  of 
Queen  Anne. 

16  Thomas    Lingard    (dead    in    1651), 
Lawrence  Sharrock  (dead  in  1654),  both 
of  them  recusants,  and  Lawrence  Sudall ; 
Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2749;  v,  3196;^, 
3090.    SudaU's  estate  was  put  in  the  Act 
of  1652  to  be  sold  for  treason  ;  Index  of 
Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  44. 

17  Anne      Kitchen,     John     Newsam, 
Lawrence    Tomlinson,    John     Kendall, 
James  Hatch,  John   Chew,  John   Sudall, 
Thomas     Werden,      Thomas      Coseney, 
Thomas    Miller    and    William    Cowpe ; 
Estcourt    and    Payne,    Engl.   Cath.   Non- 
jurors,  95,  &c. 

The  Kendall  family  here  named  pro- 
duced several  notable  ecclesiastics  ;  Gillow, 
Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  iv,  4-12. 

18  51  Geo.  Ill,  cap.  55. 

19  A   district    chapelry  was  formed  in 
1865  ;  Land.  Gam.  15  Dec. 

20  End.   Char.  Rep.    (Fulwood),    1902, 
p.  i. 

1  The  Census  Rep.    1901    gives    2,708 
acres,  including  30  of  inland  water. 
8  Diet.  Nat.  Biog, 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


joined  to  the  forest  of  Lancaster.3  The  name  does 
not  occur  in  Domesday  Book  3a,  and  it  is  uncertain 
which  of  the  neighbouring  townships  then  contained 
it.4  Unlike  Fulwood  it  does  not  appear  to  have 
been  styled  a  manor  at  anytime.  In  1297  the  forest 
of  Myerscough  was  worth  2Of.  a  year  to  the  Earl  of 
Lancaster.5  The  Earls  of  Derby  were  once  keepers 
of  the  park,6  and  the  Tyldesleys  of  Wardley  and  then 
of  Morleys  were  under-keepers.7  About  1620  the 
latter  had  licence  to  inclose  90  acres  of  the  Outwood 
of  Myerscough.8  James  I  stayed  at  their  house, 
known  as  the  Lodge,  in  i6i7,9  and  Charles  II  in 
1 65  I.10  Various  grants  were  made  by  the  Crown.11 
A  survey  is  extant  made  in  the  Commonwealth  time,12 
and  a  plan  of  the  park  in  I769.13  There  are  16th- 
century  Court  Rolls  at  the  Record  Office,14  and  an  old 
plan  has  been  preserved.18 

Leland,  writing  about  1536,  thus  refers  to  it  : 
*  Ere  I  came  to  Garstang  by  a  mile  and  a  half  I  left 
Myerscough,  a  great  park  partly  enclosed  with  a 


PART  OF 
LANCASTER 

hedge,  partly  (all  on  the  moor  side)  with  a  pale.  On 
the  right  it  is  replenished  with  red  deer.  The  Earl 
of  Derby  hath  it  in  farm  of  the  king.'15" 

But  few  of  the  inhabitants  occur  in  the  records,16 
apart  from  the  Tyldesley 
family,  who  made  it  their 
chief  residence,  probably  for 
religious  reasons.17  The  family 
have  been  noticed  in  the 
accounts  of  Morleys  in  Astley 
and  Wardley  in  Worsley. 
Edward  Tyldesley,  the  first 
of  Morleys,  was  in  1587^ 
succeeded  by  his  infant  grand- 
son and  namesake,  who  died 
at  Myerscough  in  1621,  when 
his  son  Thomas  was  about 
nine  years  of  age.19  The  heir, 

the  typical  Lancashire  Cavalier,20  was  about  thirty 
years  of  age  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out ;  he  at 


TYLDCSLEY.      Argent 
three  molehills  vert. 


8  See  the  account  of  the  forest,  V.C.H. 
Lanes,  ii,  439,  448—9  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches. 
Antiq.  Soc.  xix,  19. 

Myerscough  is  not  named  in  the  early 
Pipe  Rolls,  or  in  the  perambulation  of 
the  forest  in  1228,  but  was  an  ancient 
forest  '  beyond  the  memory  of  man,'  in 
1323  ;  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  449.  The 
forest  of  Amounderness,  as  distinct  from 
those  of  Wyresdale  and  Lonsdale,  occurs 
in  1246—8  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rcc. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches),  i,  170.  It  formed 
part  of  the  gift  to  Theobald  Walter  in 
1194  (Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  435),  but  as 
late  as  1 3  37  Myerscough  was  not  reckoned 
within  it ;  ibid.  425.  About  1322  Thur- 
stan  de  Northlegh  farmed  the  herbage  of 
the  parks  of  Myerscough  and  Fulwood  by 
demise  of  John  Travers,  keeper  of  the 
tame  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  254,  m.  54  d. 

3a  The  township  may  be  the  lost  vill  of 
Aschebi,  one  plough-land  in  1066. 

*  Tithes  were  claimed  in  1591  by  the 
farmer  of  the  rectory  of  St.  Michael's, 
Myerscough  being  said  to  be  part  of  the 
chapelry  of  Woodplumpton  ;  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  261. 

&  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  290. 

The  extent  of  i  346  appears  to  regard 
both  Myerscough  and  Fulwood  as  appur- 
tenances of  Quernmore ;  Add.  MS. 
32103,  fol.  148.  The  herbage  of  the 
park  was  then  worth  £8  a  year.  William 
de  Holland  and  William  his  son  had  a 
cottage,  &c.,  called  Baggerburgh,  next  the 
park  of  Myerscough,  paying  71.  a  year, 
also  id.  a  day  wages  of  a  parker,  and 
keeping  up  the  park  palings.  Thomas 
Wambergh  had  a  messuage  and  lands  in 
Mygelhagh  (Midghalgh),  at  a  rent  of 
701.  Alice  de  Shireburne  also  had  land 
there.  Thomas  and  Robert  de  Haldeslegh 
had  pannage,  &c.,  in  Myerscough  and 
Bradshaw  hey.  '  Baggerburgh '  is  no 
doubt  Badsberry. 

Richard  de  Radcliffe  had  a  lease  of  the 
foreign  wood  of  Myerscough  in  1360  at  a 
rent  of  1 8  marks  ;  Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xxxii,  App.  343. 

6  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  294-5. 
Thomas   Bayton  was  master  forester  in 
the  time  of  Elizabeth  ;  ibid,  iii,  331,  366. 

7  Ibid,  i,  148,  158,  &c.;  iii,  36.    For  a 
complaint  byThurstan  Tyldesley  in  1531 
see  Duchy  Plead.  (Rec.   Soc.   Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  228. 

8  Lanes,    and    Ches.    Rec.     (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  262,  294. 


9  The  king  stayed  there  from  12  to  14 
Aug.  and  hunted,  killing  several  bucks  ; 
Assheton's  Journal  (Chet.  Soc.),  32-4.. 

10  On  1 3  Aug.  on  his  way  to  Worcester ; 
Civil  War  Tracts  (Chet.  Soc.),  287. 

11  In  1605  Rippon  Park  in  Myerscough 
was  granted  to  Charles  Earl  of  Devon  ; 
Pat.  2  Jas.  I,  pt.  vii. 

Bannerhurst  and  Colthey,  parts  of 
Stanzacre  by  Myerscough  Park,  a  water- 
mill,  a  messuage  and  lands  called  Midg- 
halgh, &c.,  were  gran  ted  to  Edward  Bradley 
and  others  in  1623  ;  Pat.  20  Jas.  I,  pt.  iii. 

Several  leases  of  the  herbage  in  the 
park  are  known  ;  e.g.  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom. 
1638-9,  p.  62. 

In  1 809  Myerscough  Park  was  leased 
to  William  Heatley  for  thirty-one  years, 
and  he  in  1815  transferred  to  William 
Fitzherbert-Brockholes  ;  D.  at  Claughton. 

12  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  i,  43. 

13  Ibid,  i,   25. 

14  Duchy   of  Lane.    Ct.  R.    bdle.   79, 
no.  1035-6. 

15  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Recs.  i,  24. 

15a  Itin.  v,  98.  The  deer  were  de- 
stroyed about  1778  ;  Assheton's  Journal, 
loc.  cit. 

16  Leonard   Helme  in  1601   held  two 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Myerscough,  but  the 
tenure  is  not  stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xviii,  no.  20. 

The  Richardson  family  appear  at  Over 
Wood  and  Nether  Wood  before  1530; 
Ducatus  Lane,  ii,  43,  232.  Thomas 
Richardson,  son  of  William,  held  lands  in 
Woodplumpton,  &c.,  destined  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  schoolmaster  of  Gar- 
stang ;  he  had  the  reversion  of  a  messuage, 
water  corn-mill,  <fec.,  in  Myerscough, 
where  he  died  in  1637.  His  mother 
Janet  was  living.  His  son  William  was 
only  a  year  old  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxviii,  no.  76. 

Elizabeth  widow  of  Thomas  Richard- 
son afterwards  married  Hugh  Kighley 
and  then  Thomas  Jepson  ;  being  a  recu- 
sant two-thirds  of  her  lands  were  seques- 
tered in  1645,  and  a  petition  for  the 
removal  of  the  sequestration  in  1654-5 
seems  to  have  failed.  William  Richard- 
son was  then  living  ;  Royalist  Comp. 
Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iv, 
29. 

Walter  de  Myerscough  occurs  in 
1262-5  5  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  229, 
234.  Families  of  this  name  are  after- 
wards found  at  Lancaster  and  Penwor- 
tham  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 

139 


Ches.),  ii,  24  ;  Lanes.  Ct.  R.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches),  42,  45. 

17  Morleys  is    known  to  have  been  a 
Roman  Catholic  mission  station.    Myer- 
scough was  secluded  and  nearly  1 5  miles 
from  Lancaster  parish  church.     Elizabeth 
Tyldesley    (of    Morleys)  in    1628    com- 
pounded for  her  sequestration    for  recu- 
sancy by  an  annual  payment  of  ^15. 

18  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  10. 
He  was   buried   at   Leigh.     By   his   wife 
Anne,  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas 
Leyland,  he  had  not  only  Morleys  but  a 
number  of  small  estates  scattered  over  the 
county,  e.g.    in    Preston,    Chipping   and 
Lancaster.     Myerscough  is  not  named  in 
any  of  the  inquisitions,  perhaps  because 
it  was  held  in  right  of  a  subordinate  office. 
The   heir  was   Edward  Tyldesley  son  of 
Thomas  son  of  Edward  deceased,  aged  two 
years. 

Two  inquisitions  were  taken  respecting 
the  estates  of  Thomas  Tyldesley,  father  of 
the  heir  ;  ibid,  xv,  no.  30,  37.  It  appears 
that  he  died  at  Myerscough  on  23  Feb. 
1585-6.  He  was  buried  at  Leigh.  One 
of  his  daughters,  Elizabeth,  was  Abbess  of 
Gravelines  in  Flanders. 

19  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,   261-9.     Elizabeth   Tyldesley 
widow  of  Thomas  (the  father)  and  Eliza- 
beth   Tyldesley  widow   of  Edward    were 
living  at  Myerscough.     Edward's  will  is 
in     Stanley     Papers     (Chet.     Soc.),     iii, 
p.  cccxxxi. 

*°  There  are  numerous  references  to 
him  in  Civil  War  Tracts,  Lanes.  War  and 
Stanley  Papers  (all  Chet.  Soc.)  ;  a  memoir 
in  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

There  is  no  question  as  to  Sir  Thomas's 
religion,  but  at  the  beginning  of  the  struggle 
a  leading  Parliamentarian  told  Sir  Gilbert 
Hoghton  and  Mr.  Tyldesley  'he  could 
like  them  well  if  they  were  not  so  familiar 
with  Papists';  Civil  War  Tracts,  21. 
Another  of  the  same  side  wished  the  Par- 
liament to  '  send  for  this  Tyldesley,  for 
he  is  a  captain,  one  of  the  commission  of 
array,  and  doth  more  harm  than  any  man 
I  know  '  ;  ibid.  23.  A  more  generous  op- 
ponent wrote  :  'In  Amounderness  among 
the  Papists  there  were  several  companies 
raised  under  the  leading  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Tyldesley  of  Myerscough  as  colonel,  a 
man  much  esteemed  in  the  country  ;  most 
were  willing  to  comply  with  him.  All 
the  captains  raised  by  him  were  Papists,' 
except  one  ;  they  included  William  Butler 
of  Myerscough.  '  There  was  not  a  man 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


once  took  sides  with  the  king  21  and  was  advanced  to 
the  rank  of  colonel,22  and  to  knighthood  in  i643.23 
He  took  part  in  the  leading  events  of  the  conflict  in 
the  county,  assisting  in  the  siege  of  Manchester,24 
the  capture  of  Lancaster,25  and  the  storming  of 
Bolton  26  ;  he  was  defeated  at  Wigan  27  and  Orms- 
kirk,28  and  compelled  to  surrender  Liverpool,29  and 
Lichfield  afterwards 30  ;  still  later  he  joined  in  the 
Duke  of  Hamilton's  invasion  of  Lancashire,31  and 
then  in  the  Earl  of  Derby's  attempt  to  lead  rein- 
forcements to  Charles  II  at  Worcester.  In  this 
attempt  he  fell,  being  killed  in  the  battle  at  Wigan 
Lane  25  August  i65i32;  he  was  buried  in  Leigh 
Church.32a  His  grandson  Thomas,  a  strong  Jacobite, 
died  early  in  171 5, 33  and  his  son  Edward  joined 
the  insurrection  at  the  end  of  that  year,  but  was 
acquitted  on  trial  ;  '  his  sword  had  a  silver  handle.'  34 
He  seems  to  have  been  the  last  Tyldesley  of  Myer- 
scough,  and  his  son  James,  who  served  in  the  Young 
Pretender's  army  in  1745,  sold  Morleys.35 

MTERSCOUGH   LODGE    was   pulled  down  in 
1888.     It  had  long  been  used  as  a  farm-house,  and 


was  described  in  i84836  as  containing  an  oak  stair^ 
case  of  spacious  dimensions,  the  '  railing '  of  which 
was  '  very  beautiful.'  In  one  of  the  rooms  on  the 
ground  floor  was  an  elaborately  carved  oak  chimney- 
piece  with  eight  panels,  the  four  upper  ones  having 
the  armorial  bearings  of  the  Tyldesley  and  Derby 
families  together  with  the  initials  T.  T.,  and  those 
below  medallion  heads  in  strong  relief.  Two  of  the 
walls  in  the  same  room  were  panelled  in  oak,  and  at 
the  east  end  of  the  house  on  the  upper  floor  was  a 
small  semi-hexagonally  roofed  apartment  called  '  The 
King's  Room,' 37  where  according  to  tradition  James  I 
and  Charles  II  slept  during  their  respective  visits  here 
in  1617  and  1651.  Over  the  stable  door  was  a  stone 
with  the  inscription  'Old  Dog  Lad  I7I4-'38  The 
Lodge  was  in  a  dilapidated  state  immediately  prior  to 
its  demolition,  and  the  old  oak  had  been  removed  some 
years  before  and  taken  to  London.  The  modern  house 
now  called  Myerscough  Lodge  stands  about  40  yds. 
to  the  east  of  the  site  of  the  original  building.39 

The  estates  of  William  and  Edward  Butler  40  and 
some  others  were  sequestered  under  the  Common- 


in  all  the  county  more  zealous  and  fervent 
for  the  king's  part  than  Colonel  Tyldesley 
was,  not  the  Earl  of  Derby  himself,  for  it 
was  thought  he  forwarded  the  earl  more 
than  he  would  have  been.  He  was  a 
noble,  generous-minded  gentleman.  His 
zeal  for  the  king's  cause  put  him  on  so 
that  having  many  well  affected  to  him  to 
follow  him,  besides  many  of  the  free- 
holders' band  whom  he  allured  or  com- 
manded to  march  with  him  to  Warrington, 
and  when  he  had  them  there  would  not 
suffer  any  of  them  to  return  home,  but 
compelled  and  forced  them  to  march 
with  him  after  the  king,  then  returning 
from  Chester,  and  so  to  Kineton  field 
and  Edgehill  battle,  whence  most  of  them 
never  returned  again  '  ;  War  in  Lanes.  \  9. 
The  Earl  of  Derby  addressed  him 
affectionately  as  '  Thorn  '  ;  Stanley  Papers, 
iii,  p.  clxxiii,  &c. 

"  Civil  War  Tracts,  13. 
21  Ibid.  47  (Sept.  1642).    He  was  after- 
wards described  as  major-general  to  the 
Earl  of  Derby  ;  ibid.  303. 

23  He  gained  it  by  commanding  the 
cavalry  in  a  desperate  charge  over  the 
thirty-six  arches  of  Burton  Bridge  in 
July  ;  ibid.  99.  He  was  accompanying  the 
queen  on  her  way  from  York  to  join  the 
king  in  Warwickshire. 

34  Ibid.  46,  51.  From  the  lodge  at 
Aldport  'Tyldesley  with  a  drake  played 
fiercely  against  the  town  at  that  end 
called  Deansgate,  but  did  no  execution 
worth  memory '  ;  War  in  Lanes.  7. 

16  Civil  War  Tracts,  85.  On  the  sub- 
sequent capture  of  Preston  '  Master 
Tyldesley  was  much  busied  about  Mr. 
Edmund  Werden's  house,'  i.e.  in  plunder- 
ing ;  War  in  Lanes.  30.  Then  (May 
1 643)  he  accompanied  the  Earl  of  Derby 
in  his  unfortunate  excursion  to  Whalley  ; 

33- 

On  23  Oct.  the  same  year  'was  seques- 
tered Mr.  Thomas  Tyldesley's  estate  of 
Myerscough,  being  the  first  that  was 
sequestered  within  Amounderness  Hun- 
dred, and  the  very  life  of  all  that  acted 
against  the  Parliament  within  it '  ;  ibid. 
44.  It  appears  that  his  mother  Elizabeth 
(Westby)  was  in  possession  of  a  large  part 
of  the  family  estates,  and  that  two-thirds 
were  sequestered  for  her  recusancy.  She 
survived  her  son,  dying  about  1652,  so 
that  Sir  Thomas's  property  was  probably 


small.  See  the  petitions,  &c.,  in  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2568-9.  Sir  Thomas's 
estates  were  declared  forfeit  for  treason 
and  ordered  for  sale  by  an  Act  passed  in 
July  1651  ;  Index  of  Royalists  (Index 
Soc.),  i. 

36  Civil  War  Tracts,  197  ;  May  1644. 
In  the  subsequent  plundering  '  some  of 
the  soldiers  of  the  Fylde  country,  who 
had  been  abroad  from  home  much  of  a 
year,  brought  cloth  from  them  [the  Bolton 
people]  to  their  wives  and  families  which 
served  them  many  years  after '  ;  War  in 
Lanes.  52.  The  same  day  the  Parliamen- 
tary soldiers,  taking  prisoners  to  Lancaster 
Castle,  stayed  '  at  the  Lodge  in  Myer- 
scough, Colonel  Tyldesley's  house  '  ;  ibid. 
49.  27  Civil  War  Tracts,  98  ;  Apr.  1643. 

28  Ibid.  206  ;  Aug.  1644. 

39  Ibid.  104  ;  June  1643. 

80  Ibid.  214;  July  1646.  Thii  sur- 
render was  by  the  king's  general  orders  to 
the  commanders  of  castles,  &c.,  still  held 
for  him. 

He  had  been  taken  prisoner  in  Sept. 
1644  near  Montgomery  ;  ibid.  206. 

31  Ibid.  255  ;  Aug.  1648.  He  was  left 
by  the  main  body  to  attack  Lancaster 
Castle,  but  upon  the  duke's  defeat  he 
retreated  to  Appleby,  where  he  surren- 
dered, on  condition  of  going  beyond  sea  ; 
ibid.  273-5.  He  is  said  to  have  gone  to 
Ireland  and  afterwards  joined  the  Earl  of 
Derby  in  the  Isle  of  Man. 

M  Ibid.  298-9  ;  War  in  Lanes.  72,  76. 
His  monument  was  erected  by  Alexander 
Rigby,  formerly  his  cornet,  near  the 
spot  where  he  fell  ;  Stanley  Papers,  iii, 
p.  cccxxxiii.  His  portrait  is  in  Raines' 
Lanes,  (ed.  1836),  iii,  610.  It  was  his 
saying  that  '  he  would  follow  his  business 
close,  to  the  end  that  he  might  the  more 
enjoy  his  pleasures '  ;  Blundell,  Cavalier's 
Note  Bk.  121.  Three  of  his  daughters 
became  nuns  in  the  Augustinian  convent 
at  Paris. 

3!la  His  son  Edward  succeeded,  being 
under  age  ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  loc.  cit 
He  obtained  the  place  of  bow-bearer  of 
Myerscough  Chase,  and  was  also  made 
steward  and  forester  of  Myerscough, 
Wyresdale  and  Quernmore  in  1660  ;  Cal. 
S.P.  Dom.  1660-1,  p.  145.  He  recorded 
a  pedigree  in  1664  ;  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  302.  He  was  living  in  1679,  when 
being  '  a  reputed  though  not  convicted 

140 


popish  recusant '  he  had  licence  to  travel 
to  Lancaster,  returning  within  ten  days  ; 
Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  in. 
He  and  his  son  Thomas  were  among  the 
'  popish  recusants '  destined  to  exile  in 
1680;  Cavalier's  Note  Bk.  166.  He  seems 
to  have  been  anxious  to  avoid  a  formal 
conviction  in  1682  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep. 
xiv,  App.  iv,  143.  He  is  supposed  to 
have  died  soon  afterwards. 

33  Thomas    Tyldesley    was   accused   of 
participation  in  the  so-called  '  Lancashire 
Plot'    of  1694  ;    Jacobite    Trials    (Chet. 
Soc.),   1 6,  &c.     He  was  buried  at  Gar- 
stang  as  '  Thos.  Tinsley,  esq.,  of  Lodge," 
26  Jan.  1714—15.      His  Diary,  1712-14, 
was  printed,  with  notes,  by  Messrs.  Joseph 
Gillow  and  Anthony  Hewitson  in  1873. 
It  contains  a  pedigree  of  the  family. 

34  R.  Patten,  Rebellion  0/171$  (ed.  3), 
116. 

Edmund  Tyldesley  of  the  Lodge  in 
1717  as  a 'Papist'  registered  an  estate 
(leasehold)  at  Myerscough,  and  in  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Holcroft,  valued 
at  £720  a  year ;  Estcourt  and  Payne, 
Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  155. 

35  Tyldesley  Diary,  14. 

36  Canon    Raines'  Notes    to    Nicholai 
Assheton's  Journ.  (Chet.  Soc.  xiv). 

37  Hewitson,  Northward,  29. 

88  The  stone  is  now  built  into  one  of 
the  outbuildings.  The  inscription  is  said 
to  refer  to  Mr.  Tyldesley. 

39  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  28. 

40  Edward   Parkinson    of   Myerscough 
died    in    1631   holding   a    messuage  and 
land  there  of  the   king  as  of  his  manor 
of   Enfield.       His    daughters   Cecily  and 
Isabel  had  died  before  him,  leaving  issue 
William  Butler,  aged   sixteen,  and  Anne 
Shireburne,  aged   seventeen    and    more  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  57. 
He  gave  lands  to  this  grandson  (William 
Butler),  who  left  a  daughter  Cecily,  with 
remainder  to  William's  brother  Edward  ; 
Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  i,  258, 263.  William 
Butler  (note  20)  was  killed  in  the  battle 
of  Newbury  fighting  for  Charles  I. 

William  son  of  Edward  Butler  of 
Myerscough  was  a  burgess  of  Preston  in 
1682  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  182.  Myerscough  House, 
the  estate  of  William  Butler,  was  adver- 
tised for  sale  in  1700  ;  Pal.  Note-bk.  iii, 
283. 


MYERSCOUGH  LODGE  :    INSCRIBED  STONE  OVER  STABLE  DOOR 


—      * 


KIRKHAM  CHURCH  FROM  THE  NORTH-WEST 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


wealth,41  and  in  1715-17  other  estates  seem  to  have 
been  confiscated  or  threatened.42  William  Butler 
was  executed  for  taking  part  in  the  rebellion  of 
I7I5.43 

The  Old  House  at  Badsbeny  was  in  1718  be- 
queathed by  John  Cross  to  endow  a  school  at  Bils- 
borrow.44  Mary  Cross  of  Myerscough  in  1889 
founded  a  charity  for  the  poor.45  Midghalgh  was 
early  in  the  i8th  century  owned  by  a  family  named 
Lund,46  and  was  a  Roman  Catholic  mission  station/' 
Anthony  Lund,  the  heir  of  the  family,  was  a 
Douay  priest ;  he  built  the  present  chapel  at  Ferny- 
halgh.48 

BLEASDALE 

Blesedale,  1228. 

Although  now  in  the  parish  of  Lancaster,  owing  to 
its  inclusion  in  the  forest,  Bleasdale  has  remained  in 
the  hundred  of  Amounderness,  and  was  probably 
once  within  Garstang.  It  occupies  a  hilly  country, 
divided  into  three  main  parts  by  the  Rivers  Calder 
and  Brock,  which  rise  near  the  Yorkshire  border  and 
flow  south-west  through  it.  The  northern  part  lies 
on  the  slopes  of  Grizedale  and  Stake  House  Fells,  the 
height  on  the  border  of  Wyresdale  ranging  from  900  ft. 
to  1,520  ft.  above  sea  level.  The  central  portion, 
between  the  rivers,  is  occupied  by  Bleasdale  Moors 
on  Oakenclough  and  Hazelhurst  Fells  ;  most  of  this 
is  over  1,000  ft.  level,  1,505  ft.  being  the  highest 
point.  Bleasdale  Tower  lies  on  the  north  side  of 
the  Brock.  The  part  of  the  township  south  of  this 
stream  is  in  the  main  lower,  but  on  the  eastern 
boundary  the  ground  rises  very  steeply,  the  flat- 
topped  Parlick  at  the  south  end  of  the  ridge  attaining 
1,416  ft.  above  sea  level,  while  Fairsnape  Fell  to  the 


PART  OF 

LANCASTER 

north  attains  1,700  ft.  on  the  boundary  of  Yorkshire. 
In  this  part  Admarsh  Chapel  is  situated.  The  stream 
which  bounds  the  township  on  the  south  is  also  called 
the  Brock.  There  are  7,298  J  acres 1  in  the  township, 
and  the  population  in  1901  was  40 3. 2 

There  are  few  roads  ;  one  leads  from  the  western 
boundary  to  Bleasdale  Tower,  while  another  leads 
circuitously  to  Admarsh,  Lower  Fairsnape  and  Blind- 
hurst. 

Some  prehistoric  remains  have  been  found.3 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

The  North  Lancashire  Reformatory  School  was 
built  by  subscription  in  1857  for  the  training  of  boys 
in  farm  work.  The  boys  are  now  taught  various 
trades  and  work  in  the  mills. 

In  1314  there  was  an  iron  mine.4  The  land  is 
now  chiefly  in  pasture,5  the  soil  being  a  peaty  moss, 
with  clay  subsoil.  Butter  and  cheese  are  made.  At 
Oakenclough  are  paper-mills  and  a  fish  hatchery. 
The  water  of  the  streams  is  impounded  by  the  Fylde 
Water  Board,  affording  the  chief  supply  for  the 
western  part  of  the  hundred. 

Cuthbert  Anthony  Parkinson  of  Blindhurst,  1666- 
1728,  was  a  Franciscan  historian  and  missionary.6 

The  district  of  BLE4SDALE  was  in- 
FOREST  eluded  in  the  forest  of  Lancaster  before 
the  time  of  Henry  II,  and  was  therefore 
excepted  from  the  charter  of  the  forest  of  1 2 1 7.  The 
boundary  as  defined  in  the  perambulation  of  1228 
included  the  greater  part  of  the  present  township,  the 
Calder,  instead  of  Grizedale  Fells,  being  the  northern 
boundary.7  The  value  to  the  earl  in  1297  was  only 
^\  marks  a  year.8 

Bleasdale  scarcely  ever  occurs  in  the  records.9  The 
most  important  family  of  later  times  was  that  of  Parkin- 
son of  Fairsnape,10  a  pedigree  being  recorded  in  161 3." 


41  The  cases  of  Sir  T.  Tyldesley  and 
Elizabeth  Jepson  have  been  mentioned. 

John  Parker,  recusant,  in  1653  desired 
to  compound  for  two-thirds  of  his  estate 
sequestered  ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv, 
3174.  Thomas  Pierson  of  Newcastle 
was  allowed  to  compound  for  his  estate 
in  Myerscough,  though  it  had  been 
ordered  for  sale  ;  ibid,  iv,  2958.  Andrew 
Thistleton  of  Myerscough  House  had  his 
estate  sold  in  1653  ;  ibid.  3145.  These 
estates  and  that  of  Francis  Westby  were 
ordered  to  be  sold  under  the  third  Act, 
1652  ;  Index  of  Royalists,  44. 

4!l  The  estates  of  John  Parkinson  and 
John  Edsforth,  '  Papist,'  seem  to  have 
been  forfeited  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  i, 
174-5.  The  following  'Papists'  regis- 
tered estates  in  1717  :  Anne  Baine, 
James  Brand,  Robert  Cardwell  of  Barton, 
William  Catterall,  Elizabeth  Crookall  of 
Badgebury  (Badsberry)  within  Myerscough 
and  Francis  Malley  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne, 
op.  cit. 

48  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  i, 
366. 

44  End.    Char.    Rep.     (Lane.),     1903, 
p.  115. 

45  Ibid.    117.      The    gross    income  is 
£8  i6i.,  which  is  given  annually  to  nine 
or  ten  persons  in  gifts  of  money.     Miss 
Cross,  who  founded  many  other  charities 
(see  the  Preston  report),  died  in  1896. 

46  Anthony  Lund  the  younger  registered 
his   estate  as  a  '  Papist '   in    1717;   Est- 
court and  Payne,  op.  cit.  151. 

47  Gillow,  Haydock  Papers,  62-4. 

48  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  iv, 


350.  He  died  in  1811,  having  told 
Midghalgh. 

1  Including  10  acres  of  inland  water. 

a  Including  124  in  the  Reformatory 
School. 

8  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  243  ;  Lanes,  and 
Ches.  Antiij.  Soc.  xvii,  255  ;  xviii,  114. 

4  Lanes.    Inq.    and   Extents    (Rec.   Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  28. 

5  There  are  only  8  acres  of  arable  land 
to  3,213  of  permanent  grass  ;  woods  and 
plantations  occupy  319  acres. 

6  Gillow,  Bibl.   Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  v, 
243.     He  joined  the  Franciscans  at  Douay 
and    was    sent    to    the    English   mission 
in   169$.     He  published    his   Collectanea 
Anglo-Minoritica  in  1726. 

7  Farrer,    Lanes.    Pipe   R.   421.     The 
bounds  are  thus  given  :  From  the  source 
of  Calder  south  to  Ulvesty,  thence  to  the 
summit  of  Parlick,  down  Mereclough  to 
the  Brock,  down  the  Brock  to  Wensnape, 
thence  up  to  Stogesthol  and  to  Senesty, 
thence  going  down  to  the  Calder  and  up 
this  stream  to  its  source.     See  also  Cal. 
Pat.  133  8-40,  p.  427. 

A  commission  to  define  the  bounds  of 
the  forest  of  Bleasdale  was  issued  in  the 
time  of  James  I  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  279. 

8  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  290.     The 
vaccaries  of  Blindhurst,  Hazelhead,  Fair- 
snape and  'between  the  Brooks  (Brocks)  ' 
existed     in    1323  ;    ibid,    ii,    128.     The 
pasture  between  Calder  and  Grizedale  was 
also  accounted  for  ;  ibid.  178. 

9  In  the  time  of  Henry  VII  the  tenants 
of   the    Chase    complained    of   distraints 


made  by  Sir  John  Booth,  the  king's  re- 
ceiver, on  their  cattle  in  the  pasture  lands 
in  Bleasdale  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.), 
i,  112. 

A  mill  site  vras  granted  in  1609  at 
Admarsh  ;  Pat.  7  Jas.  I,  pt.  xi. 

By  the  county  lay  of  1624  Bleasdale 
was  required  to  pay  141.  n^d.  to  each 
,£100  contributed  by  the  hundred  ;  Greg- 
son,  Fragments  (ed.  Harland),  23. 

10  Anthony    Richardson,    the    queen's 
lessee,  had  a  dispute  with  Ralph  Parkinson 
in    1572   respecting  Admarsh,   Fairsnape 
and    the    Fells,  and    the    matter   occur* 
later ;    Ducatus    Lane,    ii,    399  ;    iii,   47, 
275. 

11  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  1 34  ;  the  succes- 
sion   is   given    as    Ralph    -s.    Ralph  -s. 
Ralph  — s.  Robert  (living  1613). 

Robert  Parkinson  in  1602  and  George 
in  1642  were  burgesses  of  the  Guild  ; 
Preston  Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  57,  116.  George  Parkinson  sold 
or  mortgaged  Fairsnape  and  Blindhurst, 
water-mill,  &c.,  to  Edward  Hodgkinson 
in  1649  >  Pal-  °f  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
146,  m.  103.  A  dispute  occurred  in 
1659  between  the  widows  of  George  and 
Robert  Parkinson  ;  Exch.  Dep.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  34. 

One  moiety  of  Fairsnape  and  Blind- 
hurst passed  by  marriage  to  the  Clifton  s 
of  Lytham  and  thence  by  sale  to  William 
Garnett  of  Salford.  The  other  moiety 
remained  in  the  Parkinson  family  till  the 
1 8th  century,  when  there  was  a  further 
partition  between  William  Sharp  of  Lan- 
caster (as  husband  of  the  granddaughter 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


PARKINSON    of 
snape.        Gules 


Hazelhurst11   and    Oakenclough 1S    were    other   vac- 
caries.14     The  messuage  called  Brooks  was  in    1720 
sold    by   Richard   Blackburne 
and    Elizabeth    his    wife    to 
Robert  Lawson  of  Lancaster.1* 

William  Garnett  of  Lark 
Hill,  Salford,  acquired  a  lease 
of  the  manor  or  forest  from 
the  Crown  and  greatly  im- 
proved the  district,  converting 
wild  lands  into  meadow  and 
pasture.  He  built  Bleasdale 
Tower,  and  was  high  sheriff 
of  the  county  in  1843.  At 
his  death  in  1863  he  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  William 
James,  who  continued  the 
work  of  improvement,  and, 

dying  in  1873,  was  followed  by  his  eldest  son, 
Mr.  William  Garnett  of  Quernmore,  who  served  as 
high  sheriff  in  i879-16 

More  than  half  the  area  of  the  moorlands  remains 
uninclosed.  The  pasture  rights  have  been  purchased 
from  the  duchy  by  the  landowners. 

The  chapel  at  Admarsh  existed  in  the 
CHURCH  time  of  Elizabeth,17  but  is  of  unknown 
origin  and  invocation.  In  1610  it  was 
described  as  '  a  chapel,  without  service,  in  the  king's 
chase,'  and  the  stipend  was  said  to  be  detained  by 
Robert  Parkinson,  commissary  of  Richmond.18  In 
1650  it  had  'neither  minister  nor  maintenance,'  and 
the  people  were  declared  to  be  ignorant  and  careless, 


Fair- 
on    a 

cheveron  between  three 
ostrich  feathers  argent  at 
many  mullets  sable. 


knowing  nothing  of  the  worship  of  God,  but  living  in 
ignorance  and  superstition.19  Nothing  seems  to  have 
been  done  at  that  time,  but  in  1689  Richard  White 
of  Chipping  had  the  Bishop  of  Chester's  licence  to 
preach  in  Admarsh  Chapel,20  and  in  1702  Christopher 
Parkinson  of  Hazelhurst  gave  £$  lev.  a  year  for  the 
wages  of  a  minister."  In  1717  there  was  'service 
every  first  Sunday  in  the  month  and  no  other.'2* 
Afterwards  an  augmentation  was  obtained,  and  from 
1749  there  seems  always  to  have  been  a  curate  in 
charge.  The  church  was  rebuilt  in  1835,  and  called 
St.  Eadmor's13;  it  was  restored  and  enlarged  in  1897. 
The  vicar  of  Lancaster  is  patron.  The  following 
have  been  curates  and  vicars M  : — 

1 749     John  Penny 

1764     John  Braithwaite 

1767     Thomas  Smith  ** 

1778     Joseph  Stuart 

1825     James  Bleasdale 

1828     Osborn  Littledale 

1833     William  Fenton 

1837     James  Robinson 

1 846     Henry  Short  *6 

1851      David  Bell,  M.D.  (Glas.)  w 

1855     William  Shilleto,  B.A.'8  (Univ.  Coll.,  Oxf.) 

1864     Robert    Charles    Colquhoun     Barclay,    B.A. 
(T.C.D.) 

1891      John  Frederick  Heighway  Parker19 

The  above-named  Christopher  Parkinson  also  be- 
queathed money  to  pay  a  schoolmaster  £10  a  year.30 
The    once-existing     charities    have    failed  ;     they 

amounted  to  less  than  £4  a  year.31 


and  heir  of  Henry  Parkinson)  and  Richard 
Parkinson  (brother  of  Henry).  This 
Richard  was  grandfather  of  Canon  Parkin- 
son of  Manchester.  See  his  Old  Church 
Clock  (ed.  1880),  pp.  xii,  Ixxv-lxxvii. 

John  Clifton  of  Fairsnape  and  Thomas 
his  son  were  burgesses  of  the  guild  of 
1662  ;  Preston  Guild  R.  142.  See  the 
account  of  Clifton  in  Kirkham. 

13  This  also  was  held  by  Parkinsons  ; 
Ducatus    Lane,    iii,    275.      So    also    was 
Stake  House  ;  ibid,  ii,  42. 

18  Ibid,  iii,  294,  363. 

14  In  1622  thevaccaries  appear  to  have 
been    Falsnape    (Fairsnape),    Blindhurst, 
Hazelhurst,  Brooks,  Calder  and  Oaken- 
clough, with  land   called  Scoring  Moss  ; 
Pat.  20  Jas.  I,  pt  iii. 

In  1670  John  Sturzaker  paid  £2  a 
year  rent  for  Oakenclough,  Peter  Black- 
burne £2  i  u.  for  Brooks,  Richard  Par- 
kinson £2  in.  8</.  for  Falsnape  and 
John  Fanshaw  £2  for  Calder  ;  ibid.  22 
Chas.  II,  pt.  ii,  no.  i. 

"Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii, 
206,  from  2nd-3rd  R.  of  Geo.  I.  at 
Preston. 


16  Baines,   Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  540  ; 
Burke,  Landed  Gentry. 

17  Raines    in    GastrelTs   Notitia  Cestr. 
(Chet  Soc.),  ii,  438. 

18  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  8. 

19  Common-it).     Ch.    Surv.    (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  126. 

80  Stratford's  Visitation  List,  1691,  at 
Chester. 

81  Gastrell,  Notitia,  ii,  437-8  ;  Parkin- 
son gave  a  rent-charge  of  ^4  a  year  for  a 
'  preaching  minister  who  should   officiate 
monthly." 

22  Ibid. 

23  The    name    Admarsh    was    perhaps 
thought  to  be  connected   with   Eadmer, 
the  friend  of  St.  Anselm  and  historian  of 
his  time. 

14  Ch.  Papers  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

25  Richard  Parkinson,  named  in  a 
former  note,  'who  had  twelve  children, 
engaged  the  Rev.  Mr.  Smith  to  become 
a  permanent  resident  in  his  house  and 
teach  his  children  and  officiate  in  the 
chapel,  giving  him  for  his  labours  board 
and  lodging  and  £12  a  year'  ;  Old  Church 
Clock,  p.  xiv. 


96  Afterwards  rector  of  Stockton  Forest, 
Yorks. 

87  Afterwards  vicar  of  Goole. 

88  Afterwards  vicar  of  Goosnargh. 

29  Mr.  Parker  has  assisted  in  the  com- 
pilation of  this  list. 

30  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Lancaster,  1903. 
Formerly   the   curate  of  the   chapel  was 
often  the  schoolmaster  also. 

31  Ibid.     Richard   Blackburn   in   1743 
gave    ,£50    for    the    poor.      The    capital 
passed  to  John   Lawson  and   A.  R.  Ford, 
and  in  1826   the  interest,   £2  IQJ.,  was 
still  paid.     Nothing  is  now  known  of  it. 
Thomas   Parkinson   in  1728   left  £10  to 
the  poor  ;  interest  of  9*.  a  year  was  paid 
by  Henry  Parkinson  down  to  1794,  when 
his  heirs  were  two  daughters  married  to 
John  Garner  of  Crookhall  in  Cockerham 
and  to  William  Taylor    of   Berwick  5  a 
moiety  of  the  interest  was  paid  by  William 
son  of  John  Garner  down  to  his  death  in 
1817,  when  the  entire  legacy  failed. 

A  dole  of  £1  31.  q^d.  was  in  1826 
received  from  Brabin's  charity,  of  which 
an  account  is  given  under  Chipping.  It 
is  now  applied  to  the  school  there. 


I42 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


KIRKHAM 


KIRKHAM 

MEDLAR-  WITH-WESHAM 

RIBBY-WITH-WREA 

BRYNING-WITH-KELLAMERGH 

CLIFTON-WITH-SALWICK 

NEWTON-WITH-SCALES 

FRECKLETON 

WARTON 

WESTBY-WITH-PLUMPTONS 


WEETON-WITH-PREESE 

TREALES,  ROSEACRE  AND  WHARLES 

GREENHALGH-WITH-THISTLETON 

LITTLE   ECCLESTON-WITH-LARBRECK 

SINGLETON 

HAMBLETON 

GOOSNARGH 

WHITTINGHAM 


In  addition  to  the  township  which  affords  a  name 
to  the  whole,  the  parish  of  Kirkham  contains  thirteen 
others  extending  north  from  the  Ribble  to  the  Wyre, 


district.  Thus,  after  other  parishes  had  been  cut  off, 
the  detached  fragments  of  Goosnargh  remained  subject 
to  Kirkham  ;  and  in  early  times  the  rectors  and 


a  distance  of  8  miles,  one  on  the  further  side  of 
the  latter  river,  and  the  two  townships  of  Goosnargh 
and  Whittingham,  to  the  east,  quite  detached  from 
the  main  part,  Newsham  again  being  a  detached 
hamlet  of  Goosnargh.  The  area  of  Kirkham  proper 
is  33,564^  acres,  and  of  Goosnargh  chapelry  1 1,864, 
making  a  total  of  45,428^  acres,  including  2,788 
acres  of  tidal  water.  The  population  in  1901  was 
15,46s.1 

There  are  indications  in  addition  to  the  name  to 
show  that  Kirkham  was  the  ecclesiastical  head  of  the 


vicars  seem  to  have  been  also  usually  deans  of  Amoun- 
derness.  Otherwise  there  is  little  to  notice  in  the 
history.  The  great  lords,  temporal  and  spiritual, 
were  non-resident.  The  chief  local  family  was  that 
of  Clifton  in  the  south  ;  the  others  appear  to  have 
been  little  more  than  yeomen,  though  some  acquired 
greater  importance  in  course  of  time.  The  parish  is 
comparatively  seldom  mentioned  in  the  records. 
The  '  fifteenth,'  which  became  fixed  about  the 
I  5th  century,  shows  the  relative  importance  of  the 
various  townships  at  that  time,2  and  the  county  lay, 


1  The  total  is  composed  thus  :  Kirk- 
ham proper,  11,138  ;  Goosnargh,  4,327. 
Of  the  former  of  these,  the  townships  of 
Kirkham  and  Wesham  contain  half. 

3  Gregson,  Fragments  (ed.  Harland),  1 9. 
The  details  are  :  Kirkham,  161.  q.d.  ; 


Bryning,  £i  21. ;  Clifton,  £1  2s.  8 
Eccleston,  Little,  121.  %d.  ;  Freckleton 
£i  los.  6J.  ;  Greenhalgh,  ^i  4*.  2\ 
Medlar,  ^i  2s.;  Newton,  £i  is.;  Ribby 
161.;  Treales,  i8j.  ij</.;  Warton,  £i  41. 
Weeton,  £1;  Westby,  121.  8</.;  Single- 


ton,  £i  41.  ;  Hambleton,  i6s.  $.d. — 
making  a  total  of  £15  2s.  6d.  when 
the  hundred  paid  £56  4.1.  8J. 

In  addition  to  this  Goosnargh  paid 
£2  6s.  8</.,  Newsham  41.  %d.  and  Whit- 
tingham ^i  75.  <)%d. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


established  in  1624,  gives  a  similar  indication  for  the 
1 7th  century.3 

Kirkham,  like  most  of  the  Fylde  country,  was  hostile 
to  the  Reformation,  and  between  1629  and  1633  the 
following  squires  and  yeomen  compounded  for  the 
two-thirds  of  their  estates  legally  liable  to  sequestra- 
tion 4  :  John  Barrow  of  Weeton,  £4  a  year  ;  Sir 
Cuthbert  Clifton  of  Westby,  £160  ;  Gervase  Clifton 
of  the  same,  £5  ;  George  Crook  of  Kirkham,  £2  ; 
Ralph  Eccleston  of  Singleton,  £4  ;  John  Gaunt, 
senior  and  junior,  of  the  same,  £4  and  £$  ;  George 
Grayson  of  Clifton,  £2  ;  Thomas  Hesketh  of  Mains 
(described  as  of  Poulton),  £15  ;  William  Horskar  of 
Clifton,  £2  ;  Thomas  Kirkham  of  Warton,  £2  ; 
Thomas  Pattison  of  Great  Singleton,  £4.  ;  Thomas 
Threlfall  of  Clifton,  £2  ;  Thomas  Westby  of  Mow- 
breck  (described  as  of  Burn),  £100  ;  and  Edward 
Worthington  of  Weeton,  £±.6  It  is  not  surprising, 
therefore,  that  on  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  the 
king's  side  found  zealous  supporters,6  the  Fylde  proving 
a  valuable  recruiting  ground.  There  was  little  fight- 
ing, if  any,  in  the  parish,7  for  the  men  were  drawn 
away  to  other  places,  where  they  proved  themselves 
good  pillagers,  according  to  the  parliamentary  his- 
torian,8 who  was,  however,  candid  enough  to  record 
a  plundering  expedition  by  the  troops  of  his  own 
side.9 

After  the  Restoration  the  district  settled  down  to 
a  quiet  agricultural  life  again,  the  Revolution  and  the 
Jacobite  insurrections  producing  little  apparent  effect 
in  Kirkham  10  ;  but  one  story  of  injustice  has  been 
told,  that  of  Robert  Blackburne  of  Thistleton.  He 
was  charged  with  having  been  implicated  in  a  con- 
spiracy to  assassinate  William  III  in  1695,  and 
though  he  was  never  brought  to  trial,  there  being 
apparently  no  evidence  against  him,  he  was  kept  a 
close  prisoner  in  Newgate  for  fifty  years.11  Although 
for  a  century  there  have  been  cotton  and  other 
manufactures  at  the  town  of  Kirkham,  the  parish  as 


a  whole  has   remained  agricultural,  as  the  following 
figures  will  show  lla: — 


Kirkham  .         .         • 

Bryning-with-Kellamergh  . 
Clifton-with-Salwick  .  . 
Eccleston  (Little)  -  with- 

Larbreck 

Freckleton  .  .  . 
Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton 
Hambleton  .  .  . 
Medlar-with-Wesham  . 
Newton-with-Scales  .  . 
Ribby-with-Wrea  .  . 
Singleton 
Treales,  Roseacre  and 

Wharles 

Warton  .          . 

Weeton-with-Preese 
Westby- with-Plumpton 


Arable 
land 
ac. 

34 
3°4 
745* 


Woodi 
Per-  and 

manent     planta- 
grass         tions. 
ac.  ac. 

587  22 

904!      3* 

2,289!   I03 

7i 


44°  1 

1,782 

— 

35°i 

1,498* 

41  2 

94i 

i,i32! 

— 

484! 

1,284! 

»7i 

167* 

98oi 

36ii 

939i 

45* 

S8if 

1,980 

103! 

947* 

2,9°5i 

63 

172 

i,iHi 

25 

M27! 

1,671 

94 

','57i 

1,920 

82! 

7,232^  21,868!  617 


These  figures  are  for  Kirkham  proper. 

The  church  of  ST.  MICHAEL™ 
CHURCH  stands  at  the  north-east  end  of  the  town 
and  consists  of  a  chancel  3  5  ft.  by  2  8  ft. 
with  south  aisle  and  north  organ  chamber,13  nave 
86  ft.  by  59  ft.,  and  west  tower  and  spire  12  ft.  3  in. 
square,  all  these  measurements  being  internal.  The 
building  is  entirely  modern,  the  nave  dating  only 
from  1822,  the  tower  and  spire  from  1844,  and  the 
chancel  from  1853.  The  former  church14  was  prac- 
tically a  rebuilding  of  the  early  i6th  century,  and 
consisted  of  a  chancel,  nave  with  north  and  south 
aisles  under  one  roof,  and  west  tower  about  60  ft. 


*  Gregson,  op.  cit.  23.  The  details  of 
this  tax  are:  Kirkham  £i  71.  IK/., 
Bryning^i  ijs.j^d., Clifton  £i  iZs.g^d., 
Eccleston^i  ij.Si/.jFreckleton^z  izs.zd., 
Greenhalgh^z  is,$d.,Medla.T£i  ijs.j^d., 
Newton  ^i  151.  lid.,  Ribby  £i  7^.4^., 
Treales  £i  us.,  Warton  £2  is.  o|^., 
Weeton  £i  141.  zf^.,  Westby  £i  is.  8d., 
Singleton  £2  is.  of^.,  Hambleton 
£1  71.  ii^d.  Thus  for  each  £100  con- 
tributed by  the  hundred  Kirkham  proper 
had  to  raise  £25  171.  e,d.  In  addition 
Goosnargh  paid  £3  195.  ioJ.,  Newsham 
7».  iif<£  and  Whittingham  £2  75.  6\d. 

*  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xxiv, 
173,  &c. 

4  In  addition  John  Gaunt  of  Singleton 
paid  £i  as  composition  for  arrears  and 
Edward  Hankinson  of  Clifton  (appa- 
rently a  conformist)  paid  £2  for  his 
grandmother's  arrears. 

Occasional  notices  of  the  recusants  and 
their  'Sunday  shillings'  occur  in  the 
town's  books ;  Fishwick,  Kirkham,  97, 
102,  107. 

6  In  addition  to  the  local  squires  the 
Earl  of  Derby  had  great  estates  in  the 
parish.  On  the  other  side  Major  Edward 
Robinson  of  Euxton  lived  at  Newton- 
with-Scales,  and  was  an  active  officer ; 
other  Parliamentary  officers  were  William 
Pateson  of  Ribby,  Richard  Wilding  of 
Kirkham,  Richard  Smith  and  George 
Carter  of  Hambleton  ;  while  members  of 


the  Presbyterian  Classis  of  1646  were 
Edward  Downs  of  Wesham  and  Richard 
Wilkins  of  Kirkham. 

7  In  Aug.  1644  the  royal  troops  mus- 
tered on  Freckleton  Marsh,  thence  cross- 
ing the  Ribble.     They  levied   contribu- 
tions of  corn,  cattle,  &c.,  from  the  people 
of  the  district ;  'glad  was  the  country  so 
to  be  free  of  them,   though   most  were 
glad  at  their  coming.'     The  leaders,  Lord 
Molyneux  and   others,  had    their  provi- 
sions from   Mowbreck   Hall.     Sir  John 
Meldrum  moved  his  troops  at  Penwor- 
tham   and    Preston   to  attack  them,  but 
they  were   delayed,   and    so   arrived   too 
late.      'For  more  expedition    command 
was    given    that    horsemen    should   take 
behind    them    musketeers,    who    rid    up 
speedily  to  Proud  Bridge  in  Freckletoii, 
where  some  remained.     And  coming  up 
within  musket  shot  of  them  killed  one 
or  two  and  the   rest  fled  ;  but  it  being 
marsh  ground  and  many  pools  and  holes, 
nor  very  passable  for  strangers,  there  was 
not  pursuit  of  them,  so  that  all  got  over 
safely   and  marched  up  to  the  Meols '  ; 
War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  56-8. 

8  Ibid.  53. 

9  Ibid.  38  ;  'they  thought  all  the  Fylde 
country  were  their  enemies.'     This  was 
in  1643.    In  1648  a  'thievish  regiment' 
from  Durham  was  quartered  at  Kirkham 
by  Cromwell ;  ibid.  67. 

10  No  estates  in  Kirkham  proper  seem 

144 


to  have  been  confiscated  for  treason  in 
1717,  though  some  in  Goosnargh  were. 

11  Lana.  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Notes,  i, 
45—50.  The  imprisonment  was  by 
special  Acts  of  Parliament,  10  &  n 
Will.  Ill,  cap.  13,  renewed  at  the 
beginning  of  the  reigns  of  Anne,  George  I 
and  George  II. 

lla  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric.  (1905). 

13  The  church  seems  to  be  the  St 
Michael's  named  in  Godfrey  the  Sheriff's 
charter  of  1093  ;  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R. 
270.  The  invocation  also  appears  from 
the  Clifton  case  in  1337  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  35. 

13  The  organ  is  now  at  the  west  end 
of  the  south  aisle,  and  the  original  organ- 
chamber  is  used  as  a   choir  vestry.     The 
clergy  vestry  occupies  the  east  end  of  the 
south  aisle. 

14  A  view  of  the  old  church  forms  the 
frontispiece   of  Fishwick's  Hist,  of  Kirk- 
ham (Chet.  Soc.)  ;  a  description  is  given 
ibid.  41-3.  An  ordinance  as  to  the  forms 
in   1606-7  will  be  found   ibid.  95. 

The  Clifton  chapel  (Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  39)  was  perhaps  at  the  end  of  the 
south  aisle  ;  it  was  about  1630  con- 
sidered to  be  the  most  recently  built 
part  of  the  church.  At  that  time  a 
'great  flag  stone  which  as  is  thought  had 
been  an  altar  stone '  was  lying  near  the 
east  wall,  being  used  to  make  mortar 
upon. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


high  with  embattled  parapet  and  angle  pinnacles.15 
The  chancel  was  the  width  of  the  nave  and  south 
aisle  and  was  under  two  roofs,  and  the  nave  was  lit  by 
dormer  windows.  The  east  end  of  the  north  aisle 
was  the  private  chapel  of  the  Westbys,  and  before  its 
demolition  there  were  galleries  at  the  east  and  west 
ends  and  on  the  north  side.16 

The  present  wide,  aisleless  nave,  which  is  in  the 
Gothic  style  of  the  second  decade  of  the  last  century, 
with  tall  single-light  windows,  is  built  on  the  old 
foundations.  Its  north-east  corner  is  still  known  as 
the  Westby  chapel  and  retains  the  old  square  i8th- 
ccntury  pews,  and  there  are  galleries  on  the  north, 
south  and  west  sides.  The  chancel  is  in  14th- 
century  style  with  a  good  five-light  east  window  with 
reticulated  tracery,  and  the  tower  is  a  rather  florid 
example  of  modern  15th-century  work  built  of  Long- 
ridge  stone,  with  a  crocketed  spire  150  ft.  in  height. 
The  church  was  repaired  and  reseated  in  1877,  and 
the  interior  underwent  a  partial  restoration  in  1909. 
A  few  relics  of  the  former  building  remain.  Built 
on  the  inside  of  the  west  wall  of  the  tower  is  a  stone 
with  the  arms  of  Clifton,  which  was  formerly  in  one 
of  the  tower  buttresses,  and  a  stone  coffin  and  the 
plain  octagonal  bowl  of  a  font,  probably  of  16th- 
century  date,  are  preserved  under  the  tower.  There 
is  a  very  good  18th-century  brass  chandelier  suspended 
by  an  elaborate  wrought-iron  rod  ;  and  on  the  south 
wall  of  the  nave  is  a  monument  of  good  Renaissance 
design  to  Thomas  Clifton,  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Clifton 
of  Lytham  Hall,  who  died  in  1688.  In  the  floor  of 
the  chancel  are  stones  in  memory  of  two  former 
vicars,  Richard  Clegg  (d.  1720)  and  Charles  Buck 
(d.  1771). 

There  is  a  ring  of  eight  bells 17  cast  by  C.  &  G.  Mears 
in  1846. 

The  plate 18  is  all  modern,  and  consists  of  a  set  of 
two  chalices,  two  patens  and  a  flagon  of  1845,  pre- 
sented by  Charles  and  Elizabeth  Birley  in  1853. 


KIRKHAM 

The  registers  of  baptisms  and  burials  begin  in 
1540  and  those  of  marriages  in  1539,  but  the  first 
volume,  1540  to  1628,  is  a  copy  made  in  the  latter 
year.19 

The  earliest  dated  gravestone  in  the  churchyard  is 
of  1653.  On  the  south  side  is  a  sundial  on  a  fluted 
stone  shaft,  the  name  *  Noblett '  alone  being  decipher- 
able on  the  plate. 

The  church  of  Kirkham  was  no 
ADVQWSQN  doubt  one  of  the  three  in  Amounder- 
ness  mentioned  in  Domesday  Book. 
Together  with  its  priests  it  was  in  1093  given  by 
Geoffrey  the  sheriff  of  Count  Roger  of  Poitou  to 
Shrewsbury  Abbey,20  but  in  the  following  year  by 
Count  Roger  himself  to  St.  Martin  21  of  Sees.  It  was 
about  1140  restored  to  Shrewsbury,22  but  in  1196 
obtained  by  Theobald  Walter,  he  agreeing  to  pay 
the  abbey  1 2  marks  a  year.23  The  Crown  usually 
presented  to  the  benefice,24  and  in  1 279  the  advowson 
was  acquired  by  the  king  from  Theobald  Boteler,*4** 
and  was  soon  afterwards  given  to  the  Cistercian  Abbey 
of  Vale  Royal,  near  Northwich.25  After  the  Sup- 
pression in  1538  it  was  given  to  Christ  Church, 
Oxford,26  which  continues  to  hold  the  rectory,  pre- 
senting the  vicars. 

The  vicarage  seems  to  have  been  ordained  when 
the  church  was  given  to  Vale  Royal  27  ;  by  a  further 
ordination  in  1357  the  abbot  and  convent  were 
allowed  to  present  one  of  their  own  monastery  to  the 
benefice,  they  paying  him  40  marks  a  year,  and  he 
being  responsible  for  the  maintenance  of  the  parson- 
age-house and  the  care  of  souls.28 

As  early  as  1220  the  church,  or  perhaps  two- 
thirds  of  it,  was  valued  at  80  marks  a  year.29  In  1291 
the  rectory  was  taxed  at  £160  and  the  vicarage  at 
£23  6.r.  cV.,30  but  on  account  of  the  destructive 
raid  of  the  Scots  in  1322  these  amounts  were  reduced 
to  £53  6/.  8</.  and  £6  13^.  \d.  respectively.31  -  The 
Priors  of  Penwortham  and  Lancaster  had  shares  of 


14  Cuthbert  Clifton  in  1512  left 
'£6  131.  \d,  towards  building  of  the 
steeple.' 

16  Whitaker,  writing  about  1822,  says  : 
'The  present  church  is  well  repaired  and 
handsome  .  .  .  there  is  not,  however,  a 
relic  of  anything  sufficiently  old  or  curious 
about  the  place  to  detain  a  topographer  '  ; 
Richmond*  At  re,  ii,  436. 

lr  The  old  bells  were  sold.  In  1571 
'the  great  bell  had  been  taken  down  and 
a  new  one  put  up  '  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  90. 
A  second  bell  is  named  in  1613  (ibid. 
95)  and  a  clock  was  set  up  in  1612. 

"  The  plate  in  1601  consisted  of  'two 
old  platters  '  and  a  'communion  cup  with 
cowl  of  silver'  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  94. 
The  books  in  the  church  at  that  time 
included  a  '  prayer-book  for  the  corona- 
tion '  and  two  copies  of  Foxe's  Acts  and 
Monument.. 

In  1641  the  church  was  broken  into 
and  '  the  green  covering  for  the  com- 
munion table  and  all  the  other  clothes  in 
the  [iron]  chest  stolen '  ;  ibid.  102. 

19  In  Fithwick,  op.  cit.  (89-115),  may 
be  seen  extracts  of  the  records  of  the 
thirty  sworn  men  who  governed  the 
parish. 

80  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  270.  Various 
confirmations  were  given  later. 

21  Ibid.  290. 

22  Ibid.  276-83.     In  spite  of  this  res- 
toration   the    church    of   Kirkham    was 
included  in  a   confirmation  to  the  priory 


of  Lancaster  by  John  when  Count  of 
Mortain,  1189-93  5  'btd.  298.  See  also 
the  account  of  the  religious  houses,  y.C.H. 
Lana.  ii,  167. 

23  Final  Cone.  (Rec.   Soc.    Lanes,    and 
Ches.),    i,     2.       Theobald     Walter    had 
already  in   1194  had  a  suit  with  Adam 
the  Dean  of  Kirkham  and   Richard  the 
Clerk    respecting    the  advowson ;    Curia 
Regis  R.  2,  m.  17  d. 

In  1347  the  Abbot  of  Shrewsbury 
alleged  that  the  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal  was 
withholding  the  rent  of  12  marks  due  to 
him  from  Kirkham.  The  defendant 
pleaded  a  release  from  the  plaintiff  dated 
30  May  1341,  which  was  accordingly 
allowed  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  348,  m.  41. 
See  also  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  32. 

24  The  right  of  the  heirs  of  Theobald 
Walter  was  acknowledged  from  time  to 
time  by  the  Crown,  e.g.  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents  (Rec.  Soc.    Lanes,    and    Ches.),  i, 
1 20  ;   Cal.  Pat.  1232-47,  p.  175. 

S4a  In  1270-1  Theobald  le  Boteler,  who 
was  the  great-grandson  of  Theobald 
Walter,  claimed  the  advowson  of  Kirk- 
ham against  the  king,  asserting  that  if 
the  kings  had  presented  they  had  done  so 
on  account  of  the  minority  of  the  heirs 
at  the  time  ;  Curia  Regis  R.  201,  m.  19; 
204,  m.  20.  In  1277  Edward  I,  on  a 
fresh  vacancy,  claimed  the  advowson 
against  Theobald  le  Boteler,  and  also 
against  Edmund  the  king's  brother,  as 
'ord  of  the  honour  ;  De  Banco  R.  21, 


m.  i6d.,  95.  Two  years  later  Theobald 
acknowledged  the  king's  right  ;  Final 
Cone,  i,  157.  See  also  Cal.  Close,  1272-9, 
p.  546. 

i&  The  advowson  of  the  church,  with 
the  chapels,  was  first  granted  on  5  Dec. 
1280,  and  was  confirmed  in  1287;  Chart. 
R.  74  (9  Edw.  I),  m.  ii,  no.  88  ;  81 
(15  Edw.  I),  m.  3,  no.  8  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  2U.  A  further  confirmation  of 
the  abbey's  possessions  was  granted  in 
1299,  and  in  this  it  is  stated  that  at  the 
king's  request  Honorius  IV  and  Nicho- 
las IV  had  appropriated  the  church  to 
the  monastery;  Ormerod,CA«.  ii,  168-70; 
Dugdale,  Man.  v,  709—11.  In  the  abbey 
chartulary  the  grant  from  Pope  Honorius 
is  ascribed  to  the  good  will  of  Otes 
Grandison  ;  ibid,  v,  706.  The  date  is 
given  as  1286  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  30. 

26  The  grant  of  the  manor,  rectory, 
&c.,  of  Kirkham  and  the  chapel  of 
Goosnargh  was  made  in  1546  ;  Pat. 
38  Hen.  VIII. 

J7  The  vicarage  is  named  in  the  taxa- 
tion of  Pope  Nicholas,  1292. 

*8  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  484, 
citing  the  registers  of  the  archbishop's 
court.  In  1378  the  fruits  of  the  church 
were  sequestered  because  it  was  found  the 
40  marks  were  not  being  paid  by  the 
abbey  ;  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii, 
389.  ^  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Ex.'ents,  i,  120, 

30  Pope  Nieh.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  307. 

81  Ibid.  307,  337, 

19 


the  tithes."  The  same  benefices  were  returned  at  the 
reduced  rates  in  1341. "  In  1535  the  value  of  the 
rectory  was  estimated  at  £100  a  year,34  and  that  of 
the  vicarage  at  £2 1  is.**  The  rectorial  tithes  were 
usually  let  on  lease.36  In  1650  the  vicar  received 
£80  a  year  from  tithes  and  other  dues  as  well  as  £50 
augmentaton  from  the  Committee  of  Plundered 
Ministers."  About  1717  the  income  was  given  as 
only  £60,  arising  from  the  small  tithes,  Easter  dues, 


and  surplice  fees;  there  was  an  old  house  with  a 
customary  acre  of  glebe  belonging  to  it.*8  The 
value  of  the  small  tithes  advanced  rapidly  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  l8th  and  the  beginning  of  the 
I gth  century,  being  £1,600  in  l835-39  The  vicar's 
income  is  now  returned  as  £400.*°  The  Dean  and 
Chapter  of  Christ  Church  have  recently  given  the 
rectorial  tithes  of  the  present  reduced  ecclesiastical 
parish  of  Kirkham  to  the  vicar.41 


The  following  have  been  incumbents  : — 

RECTORS 
Name  Patron 

Adam  the  Dean  " 

Walter  de  Grey 43 The  King    .     . 

Simon  le  Blund4' „  • 

Richard45  • 


Instituted 
C.  1170  .  . 
C.  I  2  I  I  .  . 

4  July  1213 

c.  1225    .      . 

1236  .     . 

29  Jan.  1246-7 

c.  1251    .     . 

c.  1258   .     . 


Cause  of  Vacancy 


William  de  York 46 The  King 

Aymer  de  Valence " „ 

Artaud  de  Sancto  Romano 4S   .     .     .  „ 

Henry  de  Wingham 49 „ 


w  Pope  Nick.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  309  ; 
the  Penwortham  share  was  estimated  at 
£2  and  that  of  Lancaster  at  £1  6s.  8</. 
The  former  priory  received  231.  4-d.  in 
1535  ;  Valor  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.),  v,  233. 

33  Inq.  Nonarum  (Rec.  Com.),  37.  The 
tithes  of  corn,  &c.,  were  thus  valued  in 
the  several  townships  :  Clifton,  ^3  6s. ; 
Newton,  £2  5.5.  8</.j  Freckleton,  ^3  IJ.; 
Warton,  £2  5*.  8^.;  Bryning,  £2  75.  8</.; 
Ribby,  £2  141.  4<£;  Westby,  £z  2s.  4^.; 
Weeton,^2  js.%d. ;  Singleton,  £3  141. 4</.; 
Hambleton,  £2  6s. ;  Larbreck,  £2  1 7*-  8<£ ; 
Thistleton,  £2  91.5  Wesham,  ^i  ijs.  4</.; 
Treales,  £3  14*.  4^.;  Kirkham,  £2  is. ; 
Goosnargh,  £6  131.  $.d,  ;  Whittingham, 
£5  61.  %d.;  Newsham,  £i  6s.  8</.  The 
difference  between  the  old  and  new 
taxations  was  accounted  for  by  the  omis- 
sion of  the  tithe  of  hay,  &c.,  about 
10  marks  a  year,  small  tithes,  oblations, 
&c.,  pertain'ng  to  the  altarage  20  marks 
and  the  glebe  of  the  church  10  marks  ; 
but  the  main  deficiency  was  due  to  the 
destruction  and  war  of  the  Scots,  viz. 
,£80  a  year. 

34  Valor  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.),  v,  209  (mis- 
printed loo*.).     In  1540  the  farm  of  the 
tithes  of  Kirkham  produced  £64,  those 
of    Goosnargh   £29  9*.,  and  the    manse 
£8  ICM.  ;  Dugdale,  Man.  Angl.  v,  711. 

35  Valor   Eccl.    (Rec.    Com.),    v,    263. 
The    manse  was  valued  at  u.,  tithes  of 
wool  and  lambs  £7,  of  hay,  small  tithes 
and  Easter  roll  £14  93.  ^d.     The  church 
due*    paid    by    the    vicar    amounted    to 
91.  4<£ 

36  Fishwick,    op.    cit.    36  ;    Commor.iv. 
Ch.  Sur-v.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
153-4.    The  family  of  Clifton  of  Westby 
and  Lytham  have  usually  been  lessees  of 
all  or  part. 

87  Ibid.    1 54-5  ;    Plund.    Mins.    Accts, 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  9,  96. 

88  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  414.     There  were  four  churchwardens 
chosen  by  the  vicar  a«d  thirty  men,  viz. 
one  yearly  out  of  Treales  or  Weeton,  one 
out  of  Clifton-with  Salwick,  one  out  of 
Westby  with   Plumptons   and  the  other 
out  of  the  remaining  townships. 

39  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1836),  iv,  385. 

40  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir. 

41  Information  of  the  Dean  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxf. 

48  He  it  called  '  de  Kirkham '  and  was 
probably  rector  of  the  church  and  Dean  of 
Arnounderness  j  Fantr,  op.  cit.  38,  409, 


366.  He  was  concerned  in  the  plea  of 
1194  regarding  the  advowson  already 
mentioned.  A  charter  of  about  the  same 
date  was  attested  by  Adam  the  Dean, 
William  de  Kirkham  and  other  ecclesi- 
astics, while  another  was  attested  by  Simon 
and  William  chaplains  of  Kirkham  living 
while  Richard  was  rector  there  ;  Cocker- 
sand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  335,  332. 
Sec  also  the  account  in  Torks.  Arch. 
Journ.  xxi,  59. 

43  Chancellor    of    England     1205-1*4, 
Bishop  of  Worcester  1214,  Archbishop  of 
York  1215-55  5  D'ct-  Nat.  Biog.      Kirk- 
ham was  one  of  the  benefices  given  him  by 
King  John,  who  had  the  right  of  presen- 
tation by  reason  of  the  minority  of  the 
heir  of   Theobald  Walter  ;    Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  58  ;  Curia  Regis  R.  204,  m.  20. 

44  Rot.    Lit.   Pat.    (Rec.    Com.),   102  ; 
Simon   Blund  or  Blundel  was  nephew  of 
the  Archbishop  of  Dublin.     The  king  pre- 
sented to  two-thirds  only  of  the  rectory, 
which  he  held  (as  above)  on  account  of 
the  wardship    of    the    son    and    heir    of 
Theobald  Walter  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents, 
i,  120.     Henry  de    Loundres  was  Arch- 
bishop  of   Dublin    1212—28  ;  Diet,  Nat. 
Biog. 

4i  Richard  rector  of  Kirkham  occurs 
early  in  the  time  of  Henry  III  ;  for 
instance,  he  attested  a  charter  in  con- 
junction with  Adam  de  Yealand,  '  then 
sheriff,'  i.e.  1228-31  ;  Lytham  D.  at 
Durham,  i  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  40. 
See  also  ffhalley  Couch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii, 
459  ;  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  429  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  197.  It  is  thus 
evident  that  he  resided  at  Kirkham,  but 
he  was  only  a  '  clerk  '  and  had  several 
children,  one  of  whom,  Master  William 
de  Kirkham,  also  a  clerk,  seems  to  have 
been  a  man  of  standing  in  the  district ; 
Lytham  D.  2  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  26  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  217, 
&c.  Another  son,  Jordan,  had  land  in 
Goosnargh  and  Greenhalgh  ;  ibid,  i,  240. 

It  should  be  noticed  that  in  one  deed 
Richard  is  called  conrector  of  Kirkham  5 
during  the  tenure  of  Simon  le  Blund  he 
held  the  other  third  part  of  the  rectory, 
and  probably  succeeded  to  the  whole  on 
Simon's  death  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  856, 
no.  27.  Among  the  Lytham  Priory 
charters  at  Durham  is  one  attested  by 
Simon  Blund,  rector  of  Kirkham,  and 
Richard,  rector  of  Kirkham  ;  Misc.  Chart, 
no.  477. 


res.  W.  de  Grey 


.     .     .      .     res.  W.  de  York 

res.  A.  de  Valence 
.     .     .     .     d.  A.  de  S.  Romano 

46  Col.  Pat.   1232-47,  p.  156.     In  the 

February  following  the  king  notified  that 
he  had  given  the  advowson  of  the  church 
of  Kirkham  (as  part  of  the  possessions  of 
the  heir  of  Theobald  le  Boteler)  to  Richard 
Earl  of  Poitou  and  Cornwall,  guardian  of 
the  heir  ;  ibid.  175.  Richard,  king  of  the 
Germans,  according  to  the  later  pleadings 
confirmed  the  presentation  of  William  de 
York  ;  Curia  Regis  R.  204,  m.  20. 
William  was  a  prominent  public  official, 
one  of  the  three  custodians  of  the  realm 
in  1 242  and  Bishop  of  Salisbury  1 246-56  ; 
Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  He  was  provost  of 
Beverley  in  1246,  when  the  rectory  of 
Kirkham  was  said  to  be  worth  240  marks 
a  year  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  22. 

47  Cal.  Pat.    1232—47,  p.  496  ;   he    is 
here  called  son  of  the  Count  de  la  Mscche, 
and    elsewhere    the    king's    brother,    for 
Isabel,    widow    of    King    John,    married 
Hugh  Count  of  La  Marche.     He  became 
Bishop  of  Winchester  in  1250-1  and  died 
1260  ;  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.    Aymer  is  named 
as  rector  in  1248  ;  Close,  62,  m.  10  d. 

In  a  charter  of  about  1245-65  there 
occur  among  the  witnesses  '  Robert  and 
Roger,  chaplains  of  the  church  of  Kirk- 
ham'  ;  Lytham  D.  at  Durham,  i  a,  2  ae, 
4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  54. 

48  In  the  long  statement  regarding  the 
advowson  in  1277  it  is  recited  that  King 
John  (as  above)  presented  Walter  de  Grey 
and  Simon  le  Blund,  and  that  the  latter 
died   rector   in  the   time   of  Henry  III  ; 
also  that  Henry  III  presented  William  de 
York  (cause  of  vacancy  not  stated),  Aymer 
de  la  Marche,  Artaud  de  Sancto  Romano 
(who   died  rector),    Henry  de  Wingham 
and  Henry  de  Gaunt ;   De  Banco  R.  21, 
m.   i6d.,   95.      These  presentations  had 
been  made  by  reason  of  minorities,  except 
the    last,  when    the    king    presented    by 
reason  of  regality,  the  rector  having  been 
elected  to  the  bishopric  of  London. 

Artaud  de  Sancto  Romano  was  pre- 
sented to  Shalford  in  1241  ;  Cal.  Pat. 
1232-47,  p.  268.  He  is  often  named  in 
the  Patent  Rolls,  &c.,  being  an  officer  of 
the  Wardrobe.  He  seems  to  have  died 
about  1257;  Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  (Rec. 
Com.),  ii,  252,  326. 

«  Cal.  Pat.  1247-58,  p.  624.  Henry 
de-  Wingham  or  Wengham  was  also  a 
public  official  :  keeper  of  the  Great  Seal 
1255—9,  Bishop  of  London  1259-62 ; 
Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  He  was  also  rector  of 
Preston  1256-62. 


146 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


Instituted 

c.  1259  .  . 

22  Aug.  1277 

c.  1286  . 


oc.  1331  .  .  . 
oc.  1332-49 

c.  1350  .  .  . 

oc.  1357  .  .  . 
28  Aug."  i  362 

oc.  1394-1401  . 

28  Dec.  1418  . 

9  Sept.  1420 
14  Mar.   1452-3 
oc.  1504   . 

c.  1510  .     .  . 

c.  1542  .     .  . 

6  Sept.  1585  . 

17  Nov.  1591  . 
20  Nov.  1 594 

1 8  Aug.  1598  . 
22  Jan.  1627-8  . 


Name 

Mr.  Henry  de  Gaunt50 
John  de  Kirkby 51  .  . 
John  de  Conisburgh 52  . 


The  King 


Patron 


VICARS 


John  de  Ardern  53    . 
Robert  de  Newton  54     . 
William  de  Slaidburn  55 
William  de  Bolton  5G     . 
Philip  de  Greenhul 57  . 
Thomas  de  Hornby  58  . 
Roger  Diring 
William  Torfot 59-60      . 
Mr.  John  Cottam  61      . 
Edmund  Lache 62     .     . 
Richard  Davy 63       .     . 
Thomas  Smith 64      .     . 
James  Smith G5    .     .     . 
James  Smith 66    .     .     . 
James  Sharpies,  M.A.67 
Nicholas  Helme,  M.A.(8 
Arthur  Greenacre,  M.A.6 
John  Gerard,  M.A.70  . 


Ab.  of  Vale  Royal 
Ab.  of  Vale  Royal 


Ab.  of  Vale  Royal 

John  Smith 
Christ  Ch.,  Oxf.    . 
John  Sharpies  . 
Cuthbert  Sharpies  . 
Christ  Ch.,  Oxf.    . 


Cause  of  Vacancy 
res.  H.  de  Wingham 
res.  H.  de  Gaunt 


d.  R.  Diring 
d.  W.  Torfot 
d.  J.  Cottam 


d.  Jas.  Smith 


d.  J.  Sharpies 
d.  N.  Helme 
d.  A.  Greenacre 


50  Master  Henry  de  Gaunt  seems  to 
have  succeeded  Artaud  at  the  Wardrobe  ; 
Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  364. 

81  Cal.  Pat.  1272-81,  p.  227.  The 
king  having  obtained  the  advowson  pre- 
sented John  de  Kirkby,  no  doubt  the 
Bishop  of  Ely,  1286—90  ;  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

M  He  occurs  as  rector  in  1290,  1292 
and  1297;  De  Banco  R.  86,  m.  214; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  91,  told.  ;  Cal.  Pat. 
1292-1301,  p.  237.  He  must  have  been 
appointed  before  the  appropriation  of  the 
rectory  to  Vale  Royal. 

a  He  attested  a  Freckleton  deed  in 
1331  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  F  3. 

44  He  attested  deeds  in  Oct.  1332  and 
in  1349;  Dods.  MSS.  cliii,  fol.  73 
(J.P.E.) ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  K  17.  He 
is  named  as  vicar  in  a  pleading  in  1344  ; 
Assize  R.  143$,  m.  43.  In  the  arch- 
deacon's claim  for  dues  it  was  alleged  that 
the  vicarage  of  Kirkham  was  twice  vacant, 
on  account  of  the  plague,  between  8  Sept. 
1349  and  ii  Jan.  1349-50  ;  Engl.  Hist. 
Rev.  v,  526. 

ss  He  was  vicar  early  in  1354  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Assize  R.  3,  m.  ij.  In  1357  he 
was  described  as  '  lately  vicar '  ;  ibid.  6, 
m.  3  d.  He  was  Dean  of  Amounderness 
and  appears  to  have  been  guilty  of  oppres- 
sion in  his  office,  securing  a  pardon  some 
time  between  1354  and  1361  ;  Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  344. 

56  This  name  is  given  by  Fishwick  (op. 
cit.  70)  on  the  authority  of  '  the  records 
of  the  Thirty-men.'  He  may  be  identical 
with  Slaidburn. 

s7  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  387. 
This  and  some  later  institutions  are  given 
in  Whitaker,  Hist,  of  Richmondshire,  ii,  437 
(from  Torre).  Greenhill  (or  Greenhalgh) 
was  a  monk  of  Vale  RoyaL 

58  In  1394  Hornby  (or  Hernby)  was 
going  across  the  seas  and  nominated 
attorneys ;  Towneley  MS.  CC  (Chet. 
Lib.),  no.  392.  His  estate  in  the  vicar- 
age was  ratified  in  1399  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1399- 
1401,  p.  3.  He  was  plaintiff  in  1401  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  i,  m.  5  d. 

69-8°  Raines  MSS.  xxii,  395.  He  was 
a  priest. 

61  Ibid,  xxii,  397  ;  he  was  a  priest.  He 
is  named  in  various  charters,  &c. ;  Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  p.  383  (1422)  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 


iv,  Ki7  (1427-8);  PaL  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  3,  m.  28^  (1441)  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
51  (1450-1). 

In  1448  it  was  ordered  that  he  and 
others  should  be  put  in  prison  till  they 
should  pay  ,£200  to  the  Abbot  of  Vale 
Royal;  PaL  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  n,  m. 
2oi. 

He  seems  to  have  had  a  son  Peter  in 
1429  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  K  18.  His 
father  was  named  William  and  his  grand- 
father was  John  Cottam. 

82  Raines    MSS.    xxii,    379.     He  was 
vicar  in    1458  ;    Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  8 1. 

83  Kuerden    MSS.   iv,  P  121,  no.  74. 
He  founded   a   chantry  or  added  to  the 
endowment  of  the  old  one.     A  Richard 
Davy  of  Gonville  Hall,   Camb.,  became 
M.A.  in  1495-6  ;  Grace  Book  B  (Luard 
Mem.),  i,  82,   119.     One  of  the    name 
was  rector  of  Norton  in  Norfolk  in  1535  ; 
Valor  Eccl.  iii,  320. 

64  In  a  return  compiled  in  1527  Thomas 
Smith  is  given  as  vicar  for  eighteen  years 
past,  having  been  presented  by  the  Abbot 
and  convent  of  Vale  Royal ;  his  benefice 
was  worth  ^40  a  year  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Rentals,  bdle.  5,  no.  15.  He  occurs  as 
vicar  in  1512;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iv,  no.  12.  He  was  buried  at  Kirk- 
ham  23  Oct.  1541  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
72,  122. 

William  Stringer  was  '  parish  priest ' 
(curate-in-charge)  in  1537;  Wills  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  73. 

85  A  Precipe  was  addressed  to  the  Bishop 
of  Chester  and  James  Smith,  clerk,  on  27 
Mar.  1542,  that  they  should  permit  Miles 
Spencer  and  William  Wright  to  present  to 
the  vicarage,  then   vacant   and    in   their 
gift ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  (67,  34 
Hen.   VIII).     From    this  it  seems   that 
Smith   was    already   in    possession.     His 
name    appears    in    the  visitation  lists  of 
1548,  1554  and  1562.    He  was  buried  at 
Kirkham   1 1   July   1585  ;  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  73,  124.     For  church  goods  in  1552 
see  Chet.  Misc.  (new  ser.),  i,  4. 

86  Some  of  the  institutions  and  notes 
have    been    taken    from     Baines"    Lanes. 
(ed.  Croston),  v,   361-2,  and   Fishwick's 
Kirkham,    73-87,   where    notices    of  the 
different  vicars  will  be  found.    The  records 


in  the  Diocesan  Registry,  Chester,  have 
also  been  searched. 

John  Smith  of  Stalmine  Grange  was 
patron  in  virtue  of  a  grant  by  William 
Troutbeck,  true  patron ;  Earwaker 
MSS. 

67  Educated  at  St  John's  Coll.,  Camb., 
of  which  he  was  scholar;  M.A.   1591  ; 
information  of  Mr.  R.  F.  Scott.     Buried 
at  Kirkham  21  Sept.  1594. 

68  The  patron  presented  in  virtue  of  a 
grant  from  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Christ 
Church,     Oxf.,     dated      8     Dec.     1591. 
Nicholas  Helme  was  educated  at  Brasenose 
Coll.,      Oxf.  ;       M.A.      1585  ;      Foster, 
Alumni.     A  complaint  to   the   Bishop  of 
Chester  in   1598  (Visit.    Papers)    alleged 
that  Helme  was  supposed  to  have  come 
into  the  vicarage  by  simony,  that  he  kept 
another  man's  wife  in   his  house  under 
suspicious  circumstances,  that  he  refused 
to  wear    the    surplice  and  'administered 
the  wine  as  it  came  from  the  cellar,  with- 
out  any  prayers  or  reverence,'  and  that 
he  was  ready  to  minister  the  sacrament 
to  a  blind  woman  and  another  who  'had 
beads  in  their  hands  ' ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
75.    The  charges  may  have  been  malicious 
merely,  but  Helme's  death  would  render 
inquiry  unnecessary.      He  was  buried  .at 
Kirkham,  16  July  1598. 

89  The  patron  was  son  of  John  Sharpies. 
Greenacre  was  described  as  '  a  preacher  ' 
in  1 6 10  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App. 
iv,  9.  He  died  in  1627,  and  his  widow 
afterwards  practised  as  a  midwife,  attesting 
a  monstrous  birth  in  or  about  1646  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  79.  The  surname  is 
given  as  Gatacre. 

70  Act  Bk.  at  Chester,  1579-1676,  fol. 
96.  The  institutions  from  this  time  have 
been  compared  with  those  in  the  Institu- 
tion Books,  P.R.O.  as  printed  in  Lanes, 
and  Ches.  Antiq.  Notes. 

John  Gerard  compounded  for  first-fruits 
23  Feb.  1627-8  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  412.  He 
appears  to  be  the  John  Gerard  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxf.  (M.A.  1615),  who  was 
beneficed  in  Norfolk  in  1630;  Foster, 
Alumni  Oxon.  He  is  said  to  have  'ex- 
changed with  Mr.  Fleetwood,  who  passed 
over  to  his  son '  (son-in  law)  ;  note  in  the 
Reg.  by  Vicar  Clegg. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Instituted 

17  July  1630 

1650 

31  Mar.  1663 

20  June  1666 

10  June  1720 

7  July  1744 

9  Aug.  1771 

1 8  Jan.  1813 
15  Dec.  1847 
24  Aug.  1852 

1862 

15  June  1875 
20  Nov.  1902 


Name  Patron 

.  Edward  Fleetwood,  M.A.71    .     .     .     Christ  Ch.,  Oxf. 

'  | John  Fisher" {  Christ  Ch 

.  Richard  Clegg,  M.A.73      .... 

.  William  Dickson,  B.A.74    .... 

.  Charles  Buck,  M.A.75 

.  Humphrey  Shuttleworth,  M.A.76     .  „ 

.  James  Webber,  D.D.77       .... 

.  George  Lodowick  Parsons,  M.A.78   .  „ 

.  William  Law  Hussey,  M.A.79      .     .  „ 

.  George  Richard  Brown,  M.A.80  .     .  „ 

.  Henry  Williams  Mason,  M.A.81       .  „ 

.  Welbury  Theodore  Mitton,  M.A.82 


Cause  of  Vacancy 
res.  J.  Gerard 
res.  E.  Fleet  wood 


d.  J.  Fisher 
d.  R.  Clegg 
d.  W.  Dickson 
d.  C.  Buck 
d.  H.  Shuttleworth 
d.  J.  Webber 
d.  G.  L.  Parsons 
res.  W.  L.  Hussey 
d.  G.  R.  Brown 
d.  H.  W.  Mason 


It  will  be  observed  that  the  early  rectors,  presented 
by  the  kings,  were  as  usual  busy  public  officials  who 
discharged  their  duties  by  deputy,  and  that  the  dona- 
tion to  Vale  Royal  was  probably  of  advantage  to  the 
parish,  as  giving  it  a  permanent  and  properly  paid 
vicar  instead  of  a  stipendiary  curate.  These  vicars, 
however,  do  not  seem  to  have  been  of  more  than 
local  importance,  and  even  since  the  Reformation, 
while  the  advowson  has  been  held  by  Christ  Church, 
Oxford,  none  of  them  calls  for  special  mention.  Before 
the  Reformation  the  due  service  of  the  parish  church, 
chantry  and  chapels  at  Lund,  Singleton  and  Hambleton 
would  require  five  priests.83  This  was  the  staff 


recorded  at  the  bishop's  visitations84  in  1548  and 
1554;  but  in  1 562  only  the  vicar  and  two  others  are 
named,  and  the  vicar  alone  seems  to  have  conformed 
fully  to  the  Elizabethan  requirements.86  He  had 
apparently  been  brought  up  under  the  Reform  of 
Henry  VIII  and  accepted  all  the  changes  made  by  the 
civil  power,  holding  the  benefice  till  his  death.  No 
zeal  can  be  looked  for  in  such  cases,86  and  the  three 
chapels  appear  to  have  been  left  to  decay,  but  it  may 
be  noted  that  the  organ  in  the  church  was  allowed  to 
remain.87  The  vicars  appear  usually  to  have  had  a 
curate.88  In  the  Commonwealth  time  additional 
places  of  worship  seem  to  have  been  provided,  but  it 


71  For    pedigree    see    Dugdale's    Vitit. 
(Chet.     Soc.),     in.       Fleet  wood     com- 
pounded   for    first-fruits    29    Oct.   1630. 
He  had  various  quarrels  with  the  parish- 
ioners   and    bishop.     He   seems   to  have 
been  a  Puritan,  'sometimes'  omitting  to 
use  the  surplice,  though  he  said  the  Litany 
regularly  thrice    a   week.     In    1634  the 
sum  of  \s.  %d.  was  'paid  for  the  exercise 
and  for  the  moderators  and  the  preacher ' ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.    98.     'Exercise  days' 
are  again  mentioned  in  1646  ;  ibid.  102. 
He  readily  conformed  to  the  Presbyterian 
discipline  in  1646  (Baines,  op.  cit.  i,  228) 
and  signed  the    '  Harmonious    Consent ' 
in  1648. 

In  1646  he  published,  under  the  title  of 
Strange  Signs  from  Heaven,  an  account  of 
the  strange  birth  above  mentioned.  A 
parishioner,  Mr.  Hoghton, '  a  great  Papist 
and  of  great  parentage,'  and  his  mother- 
in-law  'did  usually  scoff"  and  mock  the 
Roundheads,  and  in  derision  of  Mr. 
Prynne  and  the  others  cut  off  the  cat's 
ears  and  called  it  by  his  name '  ;  his  wife 
also,  being  pregnant,  wished  that  rather 
than  be  a  Roundhead,  or  bear  one,  her  child 
might  have  no  head,  which  monstrosity 
was  accordingly  borne  by  her  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  78—9. 

72  Fisher  had  been  minister  of  Bispham, 
and  was  regarded  as  '  a  godly  and  orthodox 
divine,'     succeeding     Fleetwood    (whose 
daughter  he  married)  at  Kirkham  in  or 
before  Feb.  1650-1,  when  the  £50  out  of 
Thomas  Clifton's  sequestered  tithes  was 
confirmed  to  him  ;  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  i, 
59,  96.    He  conformed  at  the  Restoration 
and  died  in  possession  18  Mar.  1665-6. 

It  is  a  token  of  his  conformity  that  in 
1662  a  font  was  'put  up '  at  a  cost  of 
£2  151.  4.J.  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  105.  At 
the  same  time  the  king's  arms  and  the 
Commandments  were  painted. 

7*  Educated  at  University  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.  1663  ;  Foster,  Alumni.  He  is 
chiefly  known  for  his  violent  opposition 
to  Cuthbert  Harrison,  the  Nonconformist 
minister  at  Elswick  ;  he  had  also  disputes 


with  his  parishioners.  There  is  extant  a 
letter  from  him  dated  1684,  in  which  he 
complains  that  the  Quakers,  '  the  most 
incorrigible  sinners  that  I  know,'  had 
opened  a  burial-ground,  and  desires  that 
the  sheriff  may  be  informed  ;  Hist.  MSS. 
Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  146.  He  was 
'  conformable  '  in  1689;  ibid.  229.  He 
founded  a  charity  for  the  poor  at  Kirk- 
ham,  and  also  established  a  school  and  a 
loan  fund  at  Todmorden.  There  is  a 
monument  to  him  in  the  church. 

74  Educated    at   Christ   Church,   Oxf.  ; 
B.A.  1701  ;  Foster,  Alumni.     The  name 
is  also  spelt  Dixon. 

75  Educated    at  Christ   Church,   Oxf.  ; 
M.A.  1736  ;   Foster.     On  his  epitaph  in 
the  church  he  is  described  as  'most  famou* 
for  piety  and  learning."      His  son  Charles 
was   curate  of  Lund   (d.   1808)  and  had 
among  other  issue  a  son  Henry  Rishton 
Buck,  lieutenant  33rd  Reg.,  who  fell  at 
Waterloo;   Fishwick,  op.  cit.  131-2. 

76  Educated    at   Christ   Church,   Oxf.  ; 
M.A.  1760  ;  Foster.     He  was  also  vicar 
of  Preston  1782-1809;  see  the  account 
of  that  church.      He   was  buried  in  the 
chancel  of  Kirkham  Church. 

77  Educated    at    Christ    Church,    Oxf., 
becoming  tutor  and  censor  ;  M.A.  1796  ; 
D.D.  1829.      He  was  vicar  of  St.  Mary 
Magdalen,    Oxf.,     1803,    Prebendary    of 
York    1812,  Dean  of  Ripon    1828,  and 
had  other  preferments  at  various  times  ; 
Foster,  Alumni.     He  vigorously  asserted 
his    rights,  recording    his   satisfaction   at 
making  the  vicar  '  as  he  ought  to  be,  the 
first  person  in  the  place.'     He  procured 
the    rebuilding   of   the   church  (the  cost 
being    borne    by  a   rate)   and   raised  the 
vicar's  income  from  £250  to  over  ^1,600 
a  year  ;  but  in  the  opinion  of  his  parish- 
ioners   he    grossly    neglected    his   duties, 
being    non-resident    and    rendering    no 
additional  service  for  the  increased  income, 
and    they  petitioned   Parliament   on  the 
matter;     Baines,    Lanes,    (ed.    1870),  ii, 
486. 

78  Educated    at    Christ    Church,    Oxf., 

148 


of  which  he  was  student  ;  M.A.   1834. 
Incumbent  of  Bensington  1835. 

79  Educated    at    Christ    Church,    Oxf., 
of  which  he  was  student  ;  M.A.    1837. 
He  was  hon.  canon  of  Manchester  1856 
and  rector  of  Great  Ringstead  1862-88. 

80  Educated    at    Christ   Church,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.     1841.       Incumbent    of     Maiden 
Bradley  1851-62. 

81  Educated    at   Christ    Church,    Oxf., 
of  which  he   was   student  ;  M.A.   1851. 
Incumbent  of  Wigginton  1858-75,   hon. 
canon    of   Manchester    1887.      He    died 
20  June  1902. 

8*  Educated  at  Pembroke  Coll.,  Camb.; 
M.A.  1888.  Formerly  beneficed  in 
Canada;  vicar  of  Peel  1899-1902. 
Some  details  in  the  text  and  notes  are 
due  to  him. 

88  At  an  inquiry  made  in  1362  it  was 
stated  that  in  the  church  of  Kirkham 
there  used  to  be  of  right  two  priests 
celebrating  daily  and  serving  the  parish, 
which  '  chantries '  had  been  withdrawn 
by  the  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal,  one  of  them 
thirteen  years  before  and  the  other  a  year 
ago  ;  Inq.  p.m.  36  Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  no. 
120. 

84  Lists  at  Dioc.  Reg.,  Chester. 

84  The  vicar,  James  Smith,  appeared 
and  subscribed.  William  Nickson  seems 
to  have  stayed  at  home  and  Lawrence 
Kempe  appeared  but  did  not  subscribe 

86  He  maybe  the  vicar  who  in  1581  (?) 
reported   the   presence  of  two   seminary 
priests  in   his   parish  ;   Baines,  Lanes,  (ed. 
1868),  i,  180  (from   Harl.   MS.   360,  fol. 

32). 

87  In    1576   for  'dressing  the   organs' 
zs.   was    paid,    and   in    1643    'f°r   organ 
pipes,  which  had  been  pulled  asunder  by 
the  soldiers,'  3$.  4^.  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
91,  102.     The  parish  clerk  in  1572  and 
1576  was  ordered  to  teach  singing;  ibid. 
91. 

88  Curates  are   noticed   in  the  repisrers 
in  1596,  1608,  1619,  &c.  ;  see  also  Misc. 
(Rec.    Soc.    Lanes,    and     Ches.),    i,    68, 
124. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


was  not  till  the  1 8th  century  that  chapels  at  Hambleton, 
Lund,  Singleton  and  Warton  are  found  to  be  regu- 
larly used  for  service.89 

A  report  made  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester  in  1669, 
probably  by  the  vicar  of  Kirkham,  gives  a  lively 
account  of  the  conditions  ecclesiastical  : — 

There  are  three  sorts  of  conventicles,  viz.  Papists,  Quakers, 
and  Fanatical  or  Mixed  Multitude.  Of  the  Papists  there  are 
two  conventicles  very  visible  at  Westby  Hall,  rented  by  one 
Mr.  Butler,  the  supposed  priest,  whither  resort  some  hundreds. 
Another  at  Mowbreck  where  Mr.  Hughson  (alias  Whaley) 
sojourneth  with  Mrs.  Westby  and,  as  is  more  than  said, 
officiates  as  priest  there.  At  Mr.  Gervase  Clifton's  of 
Plumpton,  as  is  said,  is  set  apart  a  place  or  chapel  for 
Romanists,  but  since  Mr.  Hughson's  abode  at  Mowbreck  it's 
not  so  much  used.  At  Salwick  Hall,  it's  said,  the  Romanists 
out  of  Preston  have  their  meetings.  In  Great  Singleton  they 
be  generally  papists,  but  have  not  their  conventicles  so  fixed, 
but  have  two  or  three  supposed  priests.  There  hath  usually 
been  a  conventicle  of  Quakers  at  one  Brewer's  house  in  or  near 
Little  Eccleston.  Of  the  Fanatical  party  there  was  a  conventicle 
at  Lund  chapel  on  Sunday  in  last  Lent  assizes  by  Mr.  John 
Parr  ;  and  either  for  that  or  the  like  offence  the  next  Sunday  at 
Heapa  chapel,  it's  said,  he  is  to  answer  at  the  next  assizes. 
There  was  another  conventicle  held  by  one  Hartley,  a  York- 
shireman  and  lately  a  weaver  and  now  an  Antinomian  speaker. 
He  usurped  the  pulpit  at  Kirkham  in  the  absence  of  the 
minister.  He  hath  also  held  many  conventicles  at  Goosnargh, 
the  vacancy  of  which  chapel  gives  the  Nonconformists  encourage- 
ment to  meet  there  since  the  expiration  of  the  Act  against 
conventicles.  The  factions  plead  indulgence  because  of  the 
indulgence  of  the  papists  and  their  experience  that  church- 
wardens' presentments  are  but  laughed  at.90 

Dr.  William  Grimbaldson  in  1725  left  £500  for 
the  maintenance  of  daily  morning  and  evening  prayers 
in  the  parish  church,  and  these  have  accordingly  been 
maintained  ever  since,  for  the  donor  ordained  that 
should  the  prayers  be  neglected  the  income  of  his 
fund  was  to  be  given  to  poor  housekeepers  of  Treales.91 
The  visitation  returns  of  the  i8th  century  afford 


various  interesting  particulars.  In  1706  a  return  of 
the  church  furniture  was  made  ;  it  included  two 
decent  surplices,  two  communion  cups  and  several 
flagons.  In  1722  the  vicar  administered  the  sacra- 
ment of  the  Lord's  Supper  on  Palm  Sunday,  Good 
Friday,  Easter  Day,  Whit  Sunday,  St.  Jamestide, 
Michaelmas,  Martinmas,  Christmas  and  Shrovetide. 
The  1,177  families  in  1755  were  thus  classified  :  Of 
the  communion  of  the  Church  of  England,  868  ; 
Popish  families,  269  ;  Protestant  Dissenters,  40. 
There  were  church  rate  contests  in  1 849  and  later, 
the  Nonconformists  refusing  to  pay.92 

At  St.  Mary's  altar  a  chantry  was  founded  by  one 
of  the  Clifton  family.93  Its  endowment  consisted  of 
burgages  and  lands  in  Kirkham,  Warton,  Freckleton, 
Newton  and  Bilsborrow,  and  in  1547  amounted  to 
£5  13*.  id.  clear  per  annum.94  Thomas  Primett  was 
the  incumbent  in  I  5  3  5  95  and  until  the  Suppression. 
He  was  sixty  years  old  in  I  548,  and  noted  as '  decrepit ' 
in  the  visitation  of  that  year.  He  lived  on  until  1 564  ; 
his  will  has  been  printed  by  the  Surtees  Society.96 

Detailed  official  inquiries  into  the 
CHARITIES  charities  of  the  parish  were  made 
in  1824  and  1902-3  ;  the  report  of 
the  latter,  issued  in  1904,  contains  a  reprint  of  the 
former.97  The  principal  Kirkham  charity  is  the 
grammar  school,  with  an  income  of  £1,260,  and 
there  are  small  educational  endowments  in  many  of 
the  townships.  There  are  also  some  special  endow- 
ments for  the  parish  church  and  the  chapel  at  Lund. 
For  the  poor  generally  there  exist  funds  producing 
£31  4/.  %d.  a  year  distributed  in  money,  in  coal, 
&c.98 

The  township  of  Kirkham  has  a  United  Charities' 
Fund  of  £27  I4_f.  a  year,  distributed  in  medical  relief, 
in  money  and  in  kind  "  ;  also  other  sums  amounting 


88  In  the  1610  list  (Hist.  MSS.  Com. 
Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  9)  no  chapel  except 
Goosnargh  is  mentioned.  Hambleton 
may  have  been  an  occasional  exception, 
as  a  curate  there  is  named  in  1611.  The 
vicar  and  the  schoolmaster  are  the  only 
clergymen  named  in  Bishop  Stratford's 
visitation  list  in  1691  ;  Chester  Dioc. 
Reg.  The  chapels  named  in  the  text 
were  in  use  in  the  time  of  Bishop 
Gastrell ;  Notitia  Cestr.  ii,  422,  &c. 

90  Visitation   papers   at   Chester  Dioc. 
Reg. 

91  The  benefactor  is  described  as  M.D., 
of  St.   Dunstan's  in  the  West,   London. 
He  ordered  that  the  prayers  were  to  be 
at  1 1   a.m.   and   5  p.m.  in  summer  and 
1 1  a.m.  and  4  p.m.  in  winter  ;  End.  Char. 
Rep. 

91  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf.   i,  98- 

IOO. 

98  Raines,Ctan/r;'«(Chet.  Soc.),2i3-i6. 
Earlier  '  chantries '  are  named  in  a  pre- 
ceding note.  This  chantry  was  named  in 
1527  as  in  the  gift  of  William  Clifton, 
the  annual  value  being  estimated  as  £4  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Rentals,  &c.,  bdle.  5, 
no.  15. 

In  1492-3  Richard  Davy  and  others 
were  enfeoffed  of  various  lands — appa- 
rently the  chantry  property — of  the  gift 
of  James  Clifton  and  Richard  Davy,  in 
order  to  establish  (faciani)  a  fit  chaplain 
to  celebrate  at  the  altar  of  B.  Mary 
for  the  souls  of  Richard  Davy,  his  rela- 
tives and  all  the  parishioners  of  Kirkham  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  K  18. 

94  The  gross  rental  of  the  chantry 
lands  was  £6  os.  lid.,  but  quit-rents 


of  4</.  to  the  lord  of  Penwortham  and 
71.  6d.  to  the  lord  of  Kirkham  were  pay- 
able. 

For  a  dispute  as  to  the  chantry  lands 
in  1567  see  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.   Com.), 

>'»  3*7- 

95  Valor   EccL    (Rec.    Com.),    v,    263. 
William     Clifton    in     1537     bequeathed 
,£3   6s.  %d.  'to  the  church  of  Kirkham 
towards   emending  of  our  Lady's  work,' 
and  four  cows  to  '  the  stock  of  our  Lady 
of    Kirkham'  to  pray  for  his  soul,   and 
desired  his  executors  to  be  'good  masters  ' 
to  Sir  Thomas  Primet,  whom  he  styled 
'my    chantry  priest,'   and    to    whom   he 
left  6s.  %d.  ;  Wills  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  71-3.     Thomas  Clifton  in  1551 
left  a  cow  '  towards  our   Lady's  stock '  ; 
Piccope,  Wills  (Chet.  Soc.),  iii,  76. 

96  Richmond  Wills,  171.     He  desired  to 
be  buried  at  Lytham,  but  left  his  surplice 
to  Kirkham  Church.     The  bequest  of  zs. 
to  the  light  of  St.  Nicholas  in  Lancaster 
Church  shows  how  imperfectly  Elizabeth's 
reformation  had  then  been  carried  out  in 
Lancashire. 

97  The  details  here  given   are  derived 
from     this     report.       The     Goosnargh 
charities  are  given  separately. 

98  Henry    Colborne,    a    native    of  the 
parish    and     afterwards    a     scrivener    in 
London,  by  his  will  in  1655   left  money 
to    purchase    lands,    a    rent-charge   from 
which  was  to  be  applied  to  schools  and 
to  the  poor.     The  share  of  the  poor  was 
soon  afterwards   fixed   at  ,£5  101.  a  year, 
which  is  given  to  the  townships  in  rota- 
tion,   and    used    by    the    overseers    in  a 
variety  of  ways.       The  rent-charge  was 

149 


extinguished  in  1898-9  by  a  transfer  of 
consols  to  the  official  trustee. 

Edward  Robinson  and  others,  apparently 
trustees,  invested  £80  in  1648  in  land  in 
Freckleton  ;  501.  a  year  of  the  rent  was  to 
be  paid  to  the  minister  of  Lund,  and  the 
rest  given  to  the  poor  of  the  parish. 
In  1824  the  benefits  were  in  practice 
confined  to  Clifton  and  four  adjoining 
townships.  The  present  income  for  the 
poor  is  ^17  15*.,  and  it  is  divided  among 
the  townships  or  hamlets  of  Kirkham, 
Freckleton,  Newton-with-Scales,  Clifton- 
with-Salwick,  Treales,  Warton,  Weeton 
and  Wrea  Green,  and  given  in  money  or 
kind  to  the  poor. 

The  Bread  Charity  represents  a  com- 
bination of  benefactions,  and  goes  back 
as  far  as  1670  ;  it  seems  to  have  been 
due  to  the  suggestion  of  the  vicar, 
Richard  Clegg.  The  present  income  is 
£5  91.,  of  which  the  vicar  gives  £2  izs., 
and  is  spent  on  a  distribution  of  penny 
loaves  every  Sunday  after  morning  service 
at  the  parish  church,  and  on  various 
holidays.  The  number  of  applicants  is 
very  small. 

Mary  Jones,  widow,  in  1827  left  j£ioo 
for  an  annual  Christmas  gift  to  poor 
widows.  The  income  is  £2  los.  8</., 
which  is  given  in  coals  to  widows  in 
the  townships  of  Kirkham  and  Wesham 
— the  modern  ecclesiastical  parish.  The 
vicar  and  churchwardens  have  charge  of 
the  distribution,  but  no  difference  is 
made  on  account  of  creed. 

99  Richard  Brown  in  1641  gave  a  rent- 
charge  of  £i  on  his  land  and  Mrs.  Clegg 
and  Mrs.  Sayle  (before  1734)  gave  £20 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


to  £8  OJ.  3</.  a  year  given  in  money.100  Bryning- 
with-Kellamergh  has  a  special  fund  of  £2  I  zs.  6d.  a 
year101 ;  Freckleton,  £  l  $}.m  ;  Medlar- with- Wesham, 
£2  ios.m-,  Ribby-with-Wrea,  £2  I2s.  6d.w  —  all 
given  in  money  ;  Treales,  Roseacre  and  Wharles, 
£13  los.,  which  maybe  distributed  in  several  ways  105  ; 
Warton,  £3  15*.  8</.106 ;  Westby-with-Plumpton, 
\os.  Sd'.107 — both  distributed  in  goods;  Hambleton, 
£2  m  ;  Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton,  £6  6s.m ;  and 
Little  Eccleston-with-Larbreck,  £i  icv.110 — all  in 


money 
lost.111 


doles.       Two  or   three   charities  have  been 


KIRKHAM 
Dom.     Bk. ;     Kirkeheim, 


1196; 
Kirkham, 


Chicheham, 

Kirkeham,   c.    1200;    Kirkam,    1260 
1271. 

This  township,  which  contains  the  church,  is  com- 
paratively central  for  the  main  portion  of  the  parish. 
It  has  an  area  of  857  acres,1  and  the  population  in 


1901  numbered  3,693.  The  surface  is  generally 
level  ;  the  highest  ground  is  in  the  centre  and  at  the 
west  end — here  100  ft.  above  sea  level  is  attained — 
and  it  slopes  away  to  the  north  and  east,  forming 
a  slight  valley,  through  which  the  boundary  brook 
flows. 

The  principal  road  is  that  from  Preston  westwards ; 
along  it  the  town  is  built,  as  it  descends  from  the 
Mill  Hill  on  the  east,  rises,  falls  and  rises  again  to 
the  Willows  at  the  west.  A  road  branches  south  to 
Freckleton,  from  the  old  market  square,  and  another 
north  to  the  church.  Further  west  is  the  road  leading 
to  the  railway  station  in  Wesham.  The  market  cross 
was  demolished  about  a  hundred  years  ago.1 

The  town  had  in  1825  manufactures  of  sail-cloth 
and  cordage,  and  also  of  fine  and  coarse  linen  ; 
and  the  cotton  manufacture  had  been  introduced.8 
This  last  has  continued  to  expand,  and  affords  em- 
ployment to  the  majority  of  the  people. 

The  soil  is  boulder  clay,  sand  and  gravel,  overlying 
red  marls. 


each  for  the  poor.  Land  was  purchased 
and  the  bailiffs  of  the  town  have  ad- 
ministered the  income — sometimes  irregu- 
larly. Some  of  the  land  has  been  sold 
and  the  proceeds,  with  accumulations, 
are  now  represented  by  ,£628  consols. 
The  gross  income  is  ,£27  14*.)  and  it 
may  be  applied,  under  a  scheme  of  the 
Charity  Commissioners  made  in  1898, 
in  various  ways — subscriptions  in  aid  of 
hospitals,  provident  clubs,  &c.  ;  provision 
of  nurses,  outfit  on  entering  a  trade, 
supply  of  food,  fuel,  clothes,  &c.,  or 
money  grants. 

100  Elizabeth     Brown     in     1739     left 
£40    on    trust    for    poor  widows.      The 
interest    has    been    distributed    in    small 
money  gifts.     The  capital,  now  amount- 
ing to  £48    14*.,  has  been  paid  over  to 
the  official  trustee. 

William  Harrison's  gift  of  ,£140  for 
Bibles  and  other  religious  books,  for 
poor  people  in  Kirkham  and  Little 
Eccleston-with-Larbreck,  is  now  applied 
to  school  prizes,  &c. 

Mary  Bradkirk  in  1816  gave  £100  for 
five  poor  persons  of  Kirkham,  members 
of  the  Church  of  England  and  regular 
attenders  of  the  parish  church.  The 
present  income,  £2  121.  6d.t  is  distri- 
buted accordingly. 

A  sum  of  £180,  trust  money  of  un- 
known origin,  was  in  1892  invested  for 
the  benefit  of  poor  widows.  The  income 
is  ,£5  31.  9</.,  which  is  given  in  small 
lums  to  between  fifty  and  sixty  widows. 

101  This  was  a  gift  of  the  above-named 
Mary  Bradkirk.     The  income  is  divided 
among  five  poor  persons  ;  attendance  at 
Warton    or  Wrea    Green    Church    is    a 
qualification,  in   accordance  with  recent 
ecclesiastical  arrangements. 

102  This    sum    appears   to    be    due    to 
ancient  gifts  by  Andrew  Freckleton  and 
others,   once   charged   upon    the  Marsh, 
and  to   a  rent-charge  of  ioj.  on  a  close 
called  Swainson  Butts.     The  former  gift 
it  now   provided    for    in    this    manner  : 
'There  are  230^  cattle  gates  on  Freckle- 
ton  Marsh,  but  in  practice  231   are  let 
yearly,  the  rents  received  being  paid  into 
the  general  fund   .  .  .  except  that  of  the 
odd  half-gate,  which  is  now  paid  to  the 
parish  council.     As  it  represents  nothing 
corporeal  and  only  exists  as  a  fiction  for 
the  sake  of  this  charity  it  is  not  assessed 
for  rates,  &c.,  like  the  other  cattle  gatet.' 


The  rent  varies  from  time  to  time.  The 
doles  are  given  on  St.  Thomas's  Day  and 
vary  from  6d.  to  41.  6d. 

103  This   charity    was    in  existence   in 
1789.     It  is  the  income  of  two   cattle- 
gates    on    Freckleton     Marsh    purchased 
with  the  original  endowment  said  to  have 
been  given  by  Thomas  Thompson  and 
William   Crookall.     The   money   is  dis- 
tributed on   St.  Thomas's   Day  to  about 
forty  poor  persons. 

104  This  is  another  of  Mary  Bradkirk's 
benefactions,  similar  to  that  for  Kirkham. 
It  is  given  to  five  poor  persons  in  equal 
shares. 

105  William    Grimbaldston,    M.D.,    in 
1725  left  ,£300  for  binding  out  poor  chil- 
dren of  Treales  as  apprentices  ;  ,£400  for 
the  master  of  Kirkham  School,  provided 
he  had   been  bred  at  Westminster,  Win- 
chester or  Eton,  or  in  default  for  appren- 
ticing, as  before  ;  ,£50   for   classics,   for 
Kirkham  School ;  ,£500   for   the  saying 
of  daily  prayers  in  Kirkham  Church,  or 
in  default  for   poor  housekeepers  born  in 
Treales  ;  ,£50  for  books  for  poor  children 
of  the  parish  belonging  to  the  Church  of 
England.     The   money  was   invested  in 
land,  and,  as  there  were  few  applications 
for  apprenticing,  a  school  was  founded  in 
Treales.       The    gift    for    daily    prayers 
remains    as    directed ;    the    rest    of    the 
income    is    now    devoted    to    Kirkham 
Grammar  School. 

Ellen  and  John  Bolton  m  1657—8, 
James  Porter  and  his  brother  in  1729 
and  others  gave  money  for  the  poor  which 
was  invested  in  a  house  and  land  at  Cat- 
forth  in  Woodplumpton.  The  rent,  now 
,£13,  is  administered  under  a  scheme 
made  by  the  Charity  Commissioners  in 
1899.  The  scheme,  however,  is  prac- 
tically disregarded,  and  the  net  income  is 
divided  on  St.  Thomas's  Day  among  poor 
persons  belonging  to  the  hamlet  of  Treales. 
Old  'charity  money'  of  ^15,  supposed 
to  be  the  gift  of  one  Bridgett,  is  now 
represented  by  £20  in  Kirkham  Savings 
Bank.  The  income  (ios.)  is  given  in 
doles  of  is.  or  n.  6d,  to  poor  people  of 
Wharles. 

106  Mrs.    Mary    Southworth    in    1870 
bequeathed  ,£200  for  the  benefit  of  the 
school    and    scholars   of  the    Established 
Church  of  England   at    Wharton.     The 
portion  for  the  scholars  is  spent  on  clogs 
for  those  who  attend  most  regularly. 

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107  Anne  Moor  of  Westby  in  1805  left 
the  residue  of  her  estate,   £40,   for  the 
school  and  the  poor.     The  capital  is  now 
invested  in  consols,  and  the  poor's  moiety, 
formerly   distributed    in  kind,   seems  for 
many    years    to    have    been    allowed    to 
accumulate. 

108  This  was  a   rent-charge  on  Lent- 
worth  Hall  and  other  lands  made  by  Sir 
Nicholas    Shireburne    in     1706.       The 
charge  was  in  1868  placed  upon  a  farm  in 
Hambleton,  and  since  its  sale  has   been 
paid   by  the  purchasers  of  the    different 
portions.     It  is  collected  by  the  vicar  and 
churchwardens  and  distributed  at  Christ- 
mas among  about  ten  poor  families. 

109  Mary   Hankinson,  a  benefactor  of 
Esprick  School,  also  bequeathed  £200  in 
1805  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  of  that 
hamlet.     In  1901-2  there  were  only  two 
poor  persons  in  Esprick,  and  the  money 
was  paid  to  them  in  monthly  instalments. 

One  Lawrenson,  of  date  unknown, 
left  £20  to  the  poor  of  Greenhalgh. 
This  sum  was  invested  in  the  highways, 
but  only  £12  has  been  repaid;  the  6s. 
interest  is  divided  among  the  two  or  three 
poor  persons  in  the  hamlet. 

110  In  1697  William  Gillow  of  Little 
Eccleston  charged  a  close  called  Porter's 
Harlow  with  a  rent  of  10*.  a  year  for  the 
poor    of    the     township,    and     George 
Gillow  in    1720  added   201.  a  year  from 
the   same  land.     The  301.  continues  to 
be  paid  to  the  overseers,  who  distribute 
it  in  doles  of  41.  to  7*.  among  poor  widows 
and  others. 

111  For  Kirkham  generally  and  Freckle- 
ton  there  was  in   1824  a  rent  of  6s.  due 
to  a  gift  of  Elizabeth  Clitherall  in  1675, 
and    another    rent    of   271.  of  unknown 
origin.     This  was  given  in  money  doles. 
The  rent-charges  have  long  ceased  to  be 
paid  owing  to  disputes  as  to  liability  and 
as  to  the  lands  charged. 

Mrs.  Nightingale  (before  1786)  gave 
,£10  for  the  poor  of  Hambleton.  The 
money  was  spent  on  paving  a  lane. 
Interest  was  paid  until  1885,  when  the 
auditor  disallowed  it.  It  appears  that 
the  j£io  would  have  been  repaid  to  the 
vicar  and  churchwardens  as  trustees,  if 
these  wardens  had  not  opposed  it,  fearing 
loss  of  interest. 

1  Including  2  acres  of  inland  water. 

*  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  1 84. 

8  Baines,  Dir.  1825,  i,  655-6. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


The  market  has  long  been  obsolete.4  The  dates 
of  the  fairs  have  been  changed  from  time  to  time  ; 
there  are  now  three  cattle  fairs — 4-5  February, 
28-9  April  and  18-19  October. 

The  court-house  and  police  station  is  in  Freckleton 
Street  ;  the  workhouse  of  the  Fylde  Union  (1844)  is 
at  the  west  end  of  the  town. 

Kirkham  and  the  district  were  visited  by  the  plague 
in  1 63 1.8 

Halfpenny  tokens  were  issued  in  1670  and  1671 
by  Kirkham  traders.6 

In  1754  there  was  a  'chalybeate  water  called 
Humphrey's  Spa '  to  the  north  of  the  town.7 

The  cucking-stool  was  used  at  Kirkham.8 

A  football  match  used  to  be  played  in  the  streets  on 
Christmas  Day  in  the  afternoon.9 

The  printing  press  is  said  to  have  been  in  use  in 
the  town  about  I79O.10 

'  The  town  hall  or  moot  hall  was  destroyed  by  fire 
some  eighty  years  ago  [c.  1 8 1  o]  ;  it  formerly  stood  in 
the  market  place.  The  ground  floor  was  occupied  by 
shop-keepers,  and  part  of  the  upper  story  was  used  as 
a  flax-dressing  room,  the  remaining  space  being  taken 
up  by  the  large  room  in  which  the  town's  business 
was  transacted.  This  room  was  approached  from  the 
outside  by  a  flight  of  stone  steps.' n  The  urban 
district  council  meets  in  Station  Road. 

Zachary  Langton,  third  son  of  Cornelius  Langton 
of  Kirkham,  born  1698,  and  educated  at  the  local 
grammar  school  and  at  Magdalen  Hall,  Oxford, 
acquired  some  reputation  as  a  divine,  publishing  an 
essay  Concerning  the  Rational  Human  Soul.  He  died  in 
1786.  Thomas  Parkinson,  likewise  born  at  Kirkham 


KIRKHAM 

(1745)  and  educated  there,  became  Fellow  of  Christ's 
College,  Cambridge,  and  Archdeacon  of  Huntingdon 
and  Leicester.  He  distinguished  himself  as  a  mathe- 
matician, and  was  elected  F.R.S.  in  1786.  He  died 
in  1830.  Philip,  son  of  Humphrey  Shuttleworth 
vicar  of  Kirkham,  was  born  in  the  town  in  1782. 
After  education  at  Winchester  he  went  to  New  College, 
Oxford,  becoming  warden  in  1822.  This  dignity 
he  held  till  he  was  made  Bishop  of  Chichester  in 
1 840.  He  wrote  against  the  Tractarians.  He  died 
in  i842.12 

In  1066  KIRKH4M,  like  the  whole 
M4NOR  parish,  was  part  of  the  fee  of  Earl  Tostig  ; 
it  was  assessed  as  four  plough-lands.13  This 
probably  included  Wesham  and  other  hamlets,  Kirk- 
ham proper  u — the  later  township — being  no  doubt 
then  or  soon  afterwards  a  rectory  manor,  held  by 
the  clerks  or  others  responsible  for  the  church,15  and 
it  always  descended  in  the  same  way  as  the  rectory, 
the  history  of  which  has  already  been  recorded.  The 
Dean  and  Chapter  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  leased 
the  manor  to  the  Cliftons  of  Lytham,16  but  in  1871 
the  manor  and  part  of  the  land  were  sold  to  Thomas 
Langton  Birley.17  No  courts  are  held. 

Soon  after  receiving  Kirkham  the 
BOROUGH  Abbot  and  convent  of  Vale  Royal  in 
1296  constituted  a  free  borough  there. 
The  burgesses  were  to  have  a  gild,  with  gaol,  pillory 
and  cuck-stool  and  other  means  of  punishing  male- 
factors, the  assize  of  bread  and  ale,  and  other  liberties 
of  a  borough  ;  their  bailiffs  were  to  be  presented  to 
the  abbot.  Perquisites  of  the  courts,  stallage  and 
other  dues  were  reserved  to  the  abbey.18  A  charter 


4  It  was  in    1825  held   on  Thursday, 
according  to  the  charter. 

5  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  47. 
There  were  about  zoo  burials  in  August 
and    September    1631,    the    only    'Mr.' 
being  one  Henry  Clifton  (26  Aug.). 

6  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  v,  79. 

7  Pococke,    Travels    through    England 
(Camd.  Soc.),  ii,  6. 

8  Fishwick,  Kirkham  (Chet.  Soc.),  205. 

9  Ibid.  206. 

10  Loc.  Glean.  Lanes,  and  Ches.  i,  31. 

11  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  25. 

12  Accounts    of    these    three    worthies 
may  be  seen  in  the  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

13  y.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  z88a. 

14  From  the  boundaries  of  the  manor  in 
1 68:  it  appears  that  Kirkham  proper  was 
assessed  as  18  oxgangs  of  land  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  21. 

ls  This  seems  clearly  implied  by  the 
wording  of  Sheriff"  Godfrey's  grant  (1093) 
to  Shrewsbury  Abbey  of '  the  church  which 
he  used  to  have  in  the  demesne  of  St. 
Michael  [of]  Kirkham,  with  the  priests 
and  the  land  which  pertains  to  them '  ; 
Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  270.  In  later 
charters  it  is  merely  the  '  church  '  of  Kirk- 
ham which  is  named  ;  later  no  'manor' 
occurs  apart  from  ths  church. 

In  1246  William  de  York,  provost  of 
Beverley  and  rector  of  Kirkham,  secured 
the  acknowledgement  that  an  oxgang  of 
land  in  Kirkham  held  by  Robert  son  of 
William  de  Kirkham  and  another  held 
by  Alan  de  Newton  were  not  lay  fees  but 
free  alms  pertaining  to  the  church  ;  Final 
Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  103, 
106. 

The  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal  was  plaintiff 
in  several  cases  in  i  292  in  respect  of  sums 
owing  to  him  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  30,  34, 


&c.  The  abbot  in  1314  claimed  a  mes- 
suage, 2  oxgangs  of  land,  &c.,  against 
Adam  son  of  Henry  de  Blackburn  and 
Alice  his  wife  ;  De  Banco  R.  204,  m.  1 36. 

16  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  25.     The  Cliftons 
had  usually    been  lessees  of  the  rectory 
and  manor.    The  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal  in 
1526-7  gave  William   Clifton   a  receipt 
for  ,£16,  rent  of  the  manor  of  Kirkham  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  K  18.  In  ijSzThomas 
Clifton,   in    right  of    a    grant    from   the 
Abbot  of  Vale  Royal,  claimed  certain  per- 
quisites   of   the    court  of    the  manor   of 
Kirkham  against  Richard  Davy  ;  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  109. 

A  lease  of  the  manor  to  Thomas 
Flcetwood  of  Calwich  in  1601  is  printed 
in  Porter's  Fylde,  374. 

A  rental  of  the  lands  in  Kirkham,  as 
well  as  an  account  of  the  tithes  (1508-9) 
belonging  to  the  abbey,  is  preserved  in 
Towneley's  MS.  OO. 

17  Information   of   the  Dean  of  Christ 
Church.    Formerly  the  rectory  and  manor 
were   leased  separately,  the  terms   being 
twenty-one  years  in  each  case.     The  last 
leases,  granted  in  1850  to  Thomas  Clifton, 
were  not  renewed.     Another  part  of  the 
land  was  in   1871   sold  to  George  Wray 
and    the    remainder,   together    with    the 
rectorial  tithes  of  Kirkham  proper,  was 
annexed    to    the    vicarage    under    Acts 
29  Chas.  II,  cap.  8  and  i  &  2  Will.  IV, 
cap.    45.       At    the    same    time    several 
annexations   of  tithe-rent    charges    were 
made  to  various  district  churches. 

For  the  Birley  family  see  Burke, 
Landed  Gentry.  T.  L.  Birley,  the  purchaser 
of  the  manor,  died  in  1874  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son  Mr.  Henry  Langton 
Birley,  who  is  said  to  be  the  present  lord 
of  the  manor. 


18  A  bad  copy  of  the  original  charter  is 
printed  by  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  209-10.  A 
17th-century  translation  is  in  the  posses- 
sion of  W.  Farrer.  No  confirmation  by 
the  Crown  is  known. 

In  1330  the  community  of  Kirkham 
rendered  an  ox  to  the  abbey  ;  Ormerod, 
Ches.  (ed.  Helsby),  ii,  167. 

The  burgages  are  constantly  mentioned. 
In  1375  a  burgage  in  Preston  was  ex- 
changed for  one  in  Kirkham  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  P  1 18.  John  de  Slaidburn  and 
Alice  his  wife  had  a  burgage  settled  upon 
them  in  1407  ;  ibid.  K  17.  In  the  same 
year  John  de  Bradkirk  granted  a  parcel 
of  his  burgage  to  Robert  son  of  John  the 
Smith,  wh  ch  burgage  he  had  had  from 
Adam  de  Newton.  The  parcel  was  a 
corner  at  the  south  end  adjoining  a  bur- 
gage  called  the  Kilnyard.  The  deed  was 
attested  by  the  bailiffs  Robert  de  Myer- 
scough  and  John  the  Smith;  Earwaker  MS. 
Christopher  Singleton  in  1560  claimed  a 
burgage  and  land  called  '  an  oxcon ' 
(oxgang)  against  Lawrence  Singleton  and 
others;  Ducatus  Lane,  ii,  232,  233,  296. 
See  also  ibid.  262,  277. 

Several  extracts  from  the  bailiffs' records, 
1680—1743,  are  printed  in  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  20-5.  Various  payments  are  recorded 
'  for  his  freedom  within  the  borough  of 
Kirkham.'  At  the  court  leet  of  Oct.  168 1 
Thomas  Hodgkinson  was  steward  and 
there  were  fifteen  jurors  ;  two  bailiffs  were 
appointed,  a  Serjeant,  constable,  galdlayers, 
burleymen,  prisers,  leather-searchers  and 
flesh  and  fish  viewers.  'The  seal  of  the 
borough  is  a  dove  with  an  olive  branch  in 
its  mouth.  The  original  seal  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  the  bailiffs,  but  is  not  in 
a  perfect  state  of  preservation ' ;  ibid. 
25- 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


for  a  weekly  market  and  a  fair  at  Midsummer  had  been 
granted  to  the  town  by  Edward  I  in  I28y.19 

In  1599  the  mayor  and  burgesses  of  Preston,  in 
virtue  of  their  charters,  which  granted  all  the  toll  and 
stallage  of  the  wapentake  of  Amounderness,  complained 
that  they  had  been  defrauded  of  their  dues  by  the 
bailiffs  of  Kirkham.  The  bailiffs  in  reply  quoted  their 
charters,  and  stated  that  the  Abbot  and  convent  of 
Vale  Royal  had  had,  in  addition  to  the  Midsummer 
fair,  another  fair  at  St.  Luke's  Feast  (viz.  17-21 
October),  by  prescription.20 

'  Formerly  the  fee-farmer  convened  annually  a  jury 
of  thirteen  inhabitants  who  constituted  a  court  leet 
and  met  in  June,  when  they  nominated  two  bailiffs 
for  the  borough,  a  constable  for  the  borough,  town 
and  township,  with  tax-layers,  viewers  of  fish,  flesh 
and  other  provisions;  scavengers,  by-law  men,  affeerers, 
swine-ringers,  pinders  or  pounders,  assizers  of  bread 
and  beer,  and  leather  searchers.  The  lord  himself 
appointed  a  collector  of  tolls.  The  bailiffs  and  twelve 
or  more  burgesses  constituted  a  corporation.'21  A 
court  of  requests  was  granted  in  1770,  and  used  to 
meet  monthly  for  the  recovery  of  small  debts. J2 


A  local  board  was  appointed  in  i852,23  and  this 
was  in  1894  transformed  into  an  urban  district  council 
of  nine  members.  There  was  no  school  board.  The 
Fylde  Rural  District  Council  holds  its  meetings  in  the 
town.  Kirkham  and  the  district  around  are  supplied 
with  water  by  the  Fylde  Water  Board  ;  the  gas 
supply  is  in  the  hands  of  a  private  company,  formed 
in  i839.24 

Kirkham  occurs  as  a  surname,25  but  in  mediaeval 
times  there  does  not  seem  to  have  been  any  important 
resident  family.26  The  mill  was  held  by  the  Cottams.27 
Many  of  the  neighbouring  gentry  had  burgages  or 
lands  in  the  town.28 

William  Walker,  attorney,  had  his  estate  sequestered 
by  the  Parliament  for  adhering  to  Charles  I.29  James 
Lowde  recorded  a  pedigree  in  i664.30  Thurstan 
Whalley  of  Warton  registered  an  estate  at  Kirkham 
in  1717,  being  a  '  Papist.'  31 

The  parish  church  has  been  described  above. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodist  church  was  built  in 
l844-32  The  Congregationalists'  first  chapel,  Zion, 
was  built  in  1810  and  the  next  in  1818  ;  the  present 
church  replaced  it  about  igoo.33 


la  The  market  day  was  Thursday  and 
the  fair  was  for  five  days  at  Midsummer, 
23-7  June.  The  charter  is  known  from 
the  abbot's  reply  in  1292  to  the  writ  'de 
quo  warranto,'  and  from  the  copy  in  an 
inspeximus  of  1401  ;  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr. 
(Rec.  Com.),  383  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1399-1401, 
p.  508.  This  inspeximus  is  printed  in 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  1 8.  Jn  1292  the  abbot 
claimed  various  privileges  for  'his  men' 
at  Kirkham  on  the  ground  of  a  charter 
given  to  Vale  Royal  in  1269-70. 

In  1498  the  abbot  proved  his  right  to 
the  market  and  fair  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  86,  m.  6. 

The  charter  was  confirmed  by  Queen 
Elizabeth  in  1560. 

30  Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  clxxxix, 
P  5  ;  cxciv,  P  1 3.  For  decrees  see  Lanes, 
and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  238,  242. 

21  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  484. 

M  Act  of  10  Geo.  III. 

K  Land.  Gaz.  13  Jan.  1852. 

34  A  public  lamp  lighted  with  oil  at  the 
town's  charge  was  ordered  to  be  erected 
'  in  the  middle  of  the  borough  of  Kirkham 
in  some  convenient  place'  in  1692; 
Baines,  op.  cit.  487. 

20  See  a  preceding  note.  In  1259-60 
Richard  le  Boteler  claimed  the  custody  of 
the  son  and  heir  of  Ralph  de  Kirkham 
against  Roger  de  Hetton  ;  Curia  Regis  R. 
166,  m.  36. 

36  The  list  of  those  who  contributed  to 
the  subsidy  in  1332  is  printed  in  Exch. 
Lay  Subs.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
71.  No  freeholders  are  mentioned  as  'of 
Kirkham '  in  1600. 

27  The  mill  seems  to  have  been  held  in 
shares.  In  1326  Adam  son  of  Richard 
the  Harper  and  Maud  his  wife  claimed  a 
fourth  part  of  the  mill  of  Kirkham 
against  the  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal ;  De 
Banco  R.  260,  m.  218. 

William  Cottam  (or  Cotom)  in  1442 
claimed  the  third  part  of  the  mill  against 
Robert  son  of  William  Cottam  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  i/io,  no.  7.  Some 
deeds  of  the  family  are  preserved  in 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  K  17,  18.  From  these 
it  appears  that  Nicholas  son  of  Adam 
Aldwayn  in  1372  gave  a  tenement  in 
Kirkham  to  John  son  of  Thomas 
•on  of  Henry  de  Cottam.  John  de 


Cottam  in  1391  acquired  a  messuage 
from  Thomas  Southwood  and  Cecily  his 
wife  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  38.  Again,  Richard 
son  or  Michael  de  Staining  and  Christiana 
his  wife  in  1356  granted  a  burgage 
in  Kirkham  to  Adam  Skillicorne,  and 
Edward  Skillicorne  in  1399-1400  gave 
it  to  William  Cottam  ;  Kuerden,  loc. 
cit.  William's  lands  were  in  1427-8 
settled  on  his  children  Robert,  James, 
Joan,  Amice  and  Margaret,  while  two 
years  later  John  Cottam,  vicar  of  Kirk- 
ham, gave  a  half-burgage  to  his  father 
William  with  remainders  to  Robert, 
James  and  William  sons  of  William,  to 
Peter  son  of  John  Cottam,  to  Amice, 
Joan  and  Margaret,  daughters  of  William. 
From  another  deed  it  appears  that  the 
vicar  was  a  grandson  of  John  Cottam, 
who  was  no  doubt  the  John  mentioned 
in  1372. 

Alice  widow  of  William  Cottam  in 
1435-6  released  her  dower  in  Kirkham, 
Freckleton,  Newton,  Warton,  Bankhouses 
and  Goosnargh  to  her  son  Henry  ;  and  in 
1446-7  William  son  of  Henry  Cottam 
made  a  feoftment  of  his  lands ;  ibid. 
Margaret  daughter  of  John  Cottam,  clerk, 
had  in  1463  a  burgage  which  was  to 
descend  to  William  Cottam,  and  (in 
default)  to  the  right  heirs  of  William  son 
of  John  Cottam.  Roger  son  of  James 
Cottam  in  1489—90  released  to  William 
son  of  Henry  Cottam  all  right  in  a  bur- 
gage,  &c. 

28  The  following  appear  in  the  inquisi- 
tions : 

James  Anderton  of  Euxton  in  1552 
held  his  lands  in  Kirkham  of  'New 
College'  (Christ  Church),  Oxford,  in 
socage  by  a  rent  of  15^.  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  14;  xi,  no.  31. 
He  had  purchased  them  in  1532  from 
Rainbrown  Robinson  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  1 1, 
m.  85. 

Evan  Brown's  burgages,  &c.,  were  in 
1545  said  to  be  held  of  the  king,  but 
George  Brown's,  in  1567,  were  held  of 
the  Dean  and  canons  of  Christ's  Coll., 
Oxf.,  in  socage,  by  a  rent  of  14^.  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no.  24  ;  xi,  no.  4  ; 
xiv,  no.  42. 

The  Kirkham  lands  of  John  Boteler 
of  Rawcliffe  were  in  I  502  stated  to  have 

152 


been  held  (like  Rawcliffe  itself)  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  ;  ibid,  iii,  no.  45.  The 
tenure  is  not  recorded  in  later  inquisitions. 

The  Clifton  of  Clifton  estate  in  Kirk- 
ham was  in  1512  held  of  the  abbey  of 
Vale  Royal,  in  1551  and  later  of  the  king 
as  of  the  dissolved  abbey,  and  in  1585  of 
the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Christ  Church  ; 
ibid,  iv,  no.  12  ;  ix,  no.  18  ;  xiv,  no.  21. 
The  '  manor '  is  not  named  in  any  of 
the  inquisitions.  William  Clifton  of 
Kidsnape  also  held  of  the  abbey  ;  ibid. 
v,  no.  21. 

George  Hesketh  of  Poulton  died  in 
1571  holding  burgages,  &c.,  of  'the  lord 
of  Kirkham '  by  the  rent  of  zs.  6d.  ;  ibid, 
xiii,  no.  15.  In  1622  the  same  were 
found  to  be  held  of  Cuthbert  Clifton ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  iii,  364. 

The  tenure  of  William  Skillicorne's 
messuages,  windmill  and  lands  (1600)  is 
not  stated. 

John  Westby  of  Mowbreck  in  1581 
held  two  messuages,  &c.,  of  the  dean 
and  chapter  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xv,  no.  6  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.), 
i,  34.  James  Bradley  of  Bryning  held  a 
burgage  and  windmill  similarly  in  1617  ; 
ibid,  ii,  79. 

In  addition  Sir  Robert  de  Pleasington 
held  land  in  1387  and  William  Ambrose 
in  1421  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  29,  79  ;  Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  fol.  37. 

29  Cal.   Com.  for   Comf>.  ii,  1398.     He 
had  left  his  house  at  the  beginning  of  the 
wars  for  Bangor  in  North  Wales  and  had 
contributed    voluntarily    to    the    mainte- 
nance   of   the    king's    forces.     He  com- 
pounded in  1646,  but  the  fine  was  raised 
to   £220   on    information    that    he    had 
joined  Prince  Rupert  in  Lancashire,  after 
professing  penitence  and  being  made  an 
officer  of  Parliament. 

George  Crooke's  leasehold  estate  was 
sequestered  for  his  recusancy  ;  ibid,  i,  721. 

30  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  191. 

81  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath. 
Nonjurors,  140. 

33  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  327; 
the  first  attempt  to  establish  Methodism 
was  a  failure  ;  the  second,  in  1841,  re- 
sulted in  the  present  chapel. 

83  Preaching  commenced  in  1805  in  a 
small  room.  There  is  a  memorial  to  the 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


The  Roman  Catholic  church  of  St.  John  the  Evan- 
gelist, at  the  Willows,  represents  the  old  mission  at 
Mowbreck.  This  was  transferred  to  Kirkham  in 
1809,  when  the  chapel  of  Holy  Cross,  taken  down 
in  1883,  was  opened.  The  present  church,  designed 
by  Pugin,  was  consecrated  in  i845-34  There  are 
registers  from  1775. 

MEDLAR-WITH-WESHAM 

Middelarghe,  Middelerwe,  1226;  Middilhargh, 
1292. 

Westhusum,  1203  ;  Westeshum,  1262  ;  Westesom, 
Westsom,  1292  ;  Wessum,  1324. 

Bredekirk,  1249. 

Mulebrec,  1249;  Molebrek,  1276. 

Wesham,  with  Mowbreck  on  the  east,  occupies  the 
southern  part  of  the  township,  having  Medlar  as  a 
long  prolongation  northwards,  and  Bradkirk,  which 
(though  quite  detached)  is  reckoned  with  Medlar, 
as  a  prolongation  westward.  The  total  area  is 
1,965^  acres,1  of  which  the  two  portions  of  Medlar 
furnish  1,079  an<^  Wesham  886^.  In  1901  there 
was  a  population  of  1,826.  The  surface  in  general 
varies  from  25  to  60  ft.  above  the  ordnance  datum, 
but  there  is  some  higher  land  on  the  west  of  Bradkirk, 
125  ft.  being  there  attained. 

The  principal  village  is  modern,  clustering  round 
the  railway  station  on  the  border  of  Kirkham. 
Through  it  go  roads  northward  to  Greenhalgh  and 
north-west  through  Bradkirk  to  Weeton  and  Black- 
pool. The  railway  from  Preston  to  Blackpool  and 
Fleetwood  crosses  the  township  close  to  the  southern 
border,  having  the  station  already  named,  which  is 
called  Kirkham  and  Wesham.  From  it  the  Lytham 
line  branches  off. 

There  are  two  cotton  factories.  The  soil  is  clayey  ; 
wheat,  oats  and  potatoes  are  grown,  but  most  of  the 
land  is  used  for  pasture. 


KIRKHAM 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 
There  are  a  lecture  hall  and  concert  room. 

None  of  the  component  parts  of  the 
MANORS  township — Medlar,  Wesham,  Mowbreck 
and  Bradkirk — is  named  in  Domesday 
Book  ;  in  1066  they  were  probably  included  in 
Kirkham  and  Greenhalgh.2  Afterwards  they  were 
in  the  hands  of  different  lords. 

MEDLAR  was  about  1 1 80  held  in  thegnage  by 
Roger  de  Hutton  of  Penwortham  by  a  rent  of  8/.  ; 
it  was  assessed  as  one  plough-land.3  He  gave  it  to 
his  daughter  Cecily  in  free  marriage  with  Benedict 
Gernet 4  ;  she  afterwards,  as  it  seems,  married  Ellis 
de  Stiveton  or  Steeton.  She  gave  Medlar  to  the 
Knights  of  St.  John  about  1 207,  and  they  granted  to 
Gilbert  son  of  Roger  son  of  Reinfred,5  he  in  turn 
transferring  it  to  the  canons  of  Cockersand.6  In 
1299  the  Hospitallers  confirmed  the  Cockersand 
right  ;  a  rent  of  2J.,  instead  of  i/.  6</.,  was  to  be 
paid  to  them,  and  2/.  also  on  the  death  or  removal 
of  an  abbot.7  The  canons  retained  possession  till 
the  Suppression,8  and  in  1543  Medlar  was  granted 
by  the  Crown  to  William  Eccleston  of  Great  Eccleston.9 
In  1592  Thomas  Eccleston  had  only  a  rent  of  2O/. 
from  lands  there,10  the  greater  part  having  apparently 
been  acquired  by  the  Westbys  of  Mowbreck,11  for  in 
1557  William  Westby  held  messuages  in  Medlar  and 
a  close  called  the  Cornfield  of  the  king  and  queen  in 
chief  by  the  fortieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  a  rent 
of  8/.,12  i.e.  the  old  thegnage  rent.  Land  or  rent  in 
Medlar  was  re-granted  to  the  Hospitallers  by  Queen 
Mary,  as  part  of  the  Stidd  estate,13  and  seems  after- 
wards to  have  been  acquired  by  the  Shireburnes.14 

WESHAM.  was  in  1189  confirmed  to  Roger  son 
of  Augustin  de  Heaton  by  John  Count  of  Mortain  ; 
one  part,  assessed  as  4  oxgangs  of  land,  was  held  by 
a  rent  of  2.r.  yearly,  due  to  the  chief  lord,  Count 
John  ;  the  other  part,  also  assessed  as  4  oxgangs,  had 
been  granted  to  Roger  by  Adam  son  of  Adam  Artwin.15 


Rev.  R.  M.  Griffiths,  the  minister  from 
1816  to  1848.  A  full  account  is  given 
in  Nightingale's  Lanes.  Nonconf.  i,  92— 
103. 

34  Liverpool  Cath.  Annual. 

1  1,967   acres,   including   7  of   inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901. 

2  Wesham  was  later  reputed  to  contain 
two  (or    three)  plough-lands  and  Medlar 
one  (or  half).     The  former  was  probably 
taken  from  Kirkham  and  the  latter  from 
Greenhalgh. 

8  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  47  ;  it  was  held  by 
Ellis  de  Hutton  son  of  Roger  in  1212. 

4  Ibid.  She  was  living  and  in  posses- 
sion in  121 2. 

8  Robert  the  Treasurer,  Prior  of  the 
Hospitallers  in  England,  confirmed  to 
Gilbert  (son  of  Roger)  son  of  Reinfred 
'  the  whole  vill  of  Medlar,  i.e.  one  plough- 
land  with  all  its  appurtenances,  &c.,  which 
we  had  by  the  gift  of  Cecily  daughter  of 
Roger,  formerly  wife  of  Benedict  Gernet.' 
Gilbert  and  his  heirs  were  to  pay  izd.  a 
year  to  the  knights  on  St.  Oswald's  Day, 
half  a  mark  as  obit,  and  the  8*.  a  year 
due  to  the  king ;  Cockersand  Chartul. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  170. 

Ellis  de  Hutton  confirmed  his  sister's 
grant  to  the  Hospitallers  ;  ibid.  171. 

6  Ibid.  1 68  ;  one  plough-land  in  Medlar, 
the  mill  of  Greenhalgh  and  the  service  of 
Adam  de  Cornay  and  his  heirs.  The 


canons  were  to  perform  the  service  due  to 
the  king.  The  grant  was  made  in  or 
before  1216,  when  the  king  confirmed 
Gilbert's  grant  to  the  abbey  ;  CaL  Rot. 
Chart.  (Rec.  Com.),  218. 

Gilbert  seems  to  have  become  the 
abbey's  tenant.  He  obtained  a  quitclaim 
respecting  Medlar  from  Maud  de  Stiveton, 
daughter  and  beneficiary  of  Ellis  de  Stive- 
ton,  and  had  granted  his  whole  tenement 
to  Reyner  de  Stiveton,  guaranteeing  also 
to  pay  the  8i.  service  due  to  the  king  ; 
Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  440-2. 

It  was  perhaps  in  consequence  of  this 
grant  that  an  Ellis  de  Stiveton  claimed 
Medlar  in  1235,  and  on  the  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  calling  William  de  Lancaster 
(son  of  Gilbert  the  benefactor)  to  warrant 
him  Ellis  resigned  his  right  on  being  paid 
25  marks  by  William  ;  Cockersand  Chartul. 
i,  169  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  63. 

7  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  167  ;  see  p.  171 
for  the  earlier  agreement  for  is.  6d.  rent. 

The  canons  obtained  3  oxgangs  of  land 
from  Robert  son  of  Ellis  de  Hutton,  and 
another  in  1271  from  Eda  daughter  of 
Roger  de  Medlar,  who  had  been  enfeoffied 
by  her  father  in  marriage  ;  ibid.  172. 

This  last  grant  is  probably  that  referred 
to  in  a  claim  by  Eda  daughter  of  Roger 
de  Furness  in  1292  ;  she  alleged  that  she 
had  demised  an  oxgang  of  land  to  the 
abbot's  predecessor  for  life  in  1276,  he 

153 


promising  a  robe  yearly,  which  was  with- 
held. The  verdict  was  for  the  abbot ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  96  d. 

8  In  1324  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand  was 
stated  to  hold  Medlar  in  conjunction  with. 
Newbigging  or  Singleton  Grange  ;  Dods. 
MSS.   cxxxi,  fol.  40.     In   1346  he  held 
half  a  plough-land  in  Medlar  in  thegnage 
by  a  rent  of  8*. ;  Survey  of  1346  (Chet. 
Soc.),  52.    A  similar  tenure  was  recorded 
in  1445-6,  but  the  abbot  alleged  that  he 
held    in    pure    alms  ;     Duchy    of    Lane. 
Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

In  1303  Adam  son  of  Richard  de 
Mowbreck  claimed  a  messuage  and  half 
an  oxgang  of  land  in  Medlar  held  by  the 
Abbot  of  Cockersand  ;  De  Banco  R.  145, 
m.  95  d. 

The  Cockersand  rentals  1451-1537  are 
printed  in  the  Chartul.  iii,  1264-5. 

9  Pat.   35   Hen.  VIII,  pt.   ix,  m.   n. 
The  grant  included  a  close  called  Cornfield. 

10  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  38. 

11  William  Westby  was  defendant   in 
1543   in  various    claims    as  to  lands  in 
Medlar    lately    of    Cockersand    Abbey ; 
Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  80. 

la  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  17. 
A  similar  return  is  made  in  later  inquisi- 
tions. 

13  Pat.  4  &  5  Phil,  and  Mary,  pt.  xiv. 

14  Duchy    of  Lane.    Inq.    p.m.    xxvi, 
no.  5. 

15  Farrer,  op.  cit.  437. 

20 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Five  years  later  the  whole  plough-land  was  confirmed 
to  Roger  de  Heaton  by  Theobald  Walter,  the  rent 
of  4-r.  being  apparently  unaltered.16  It  was  held  by 
Roger's  heir  in  izi2,irand  in  1262  a  later  Roger 
de  Heaton  was  found  to  have  held  in  chief  of  the 
king  8  oxgangs  of  land  in  Wesham,  2  in  demesne 
and  6  in  service,  rendering  4*.  yearly.18  The  estate 
passed  to  the  lord  of  Mowbreck,  who  in  1557  was 
holding  lands,  windmill,  &c.,  in  Wesham  of  the  king 
and  queen  by  the  rent  of  4/.19  ;  but  the  mesne  lord- 
ship, like  that  of  Mowbreck  itself,  was  vested  in  the 
Botelers  of  Ireland,20  perhaps  in  virtue  of  the  grant 


vww 


BOTELER.     Or  a  chief 
indented  azure. 


STANLEY.  Argent  on 
a  bend  azure  three  stags' 
heads  c abashed  or. 


of  Amounderness,  and  as   an  appurtenance  of  their 
lordship  of  Weeton  was  acquired  by  the  Stanleys.21 


The  Earl  of  Derby  remains  the  chief  landowner  to 
the  present  time.  For  a  long  time  part  of  Wesham 
was  held  by  the  Greenhalgh  family,22  but  was  sold 
to  the  Masons  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth.23  One  or 
two  other  holders  occur.24 

MOWBRECK  was  from  an  early  time  in  the 
possession  of  the  Botelers  of  Ireland.25  Of  them  it 
was  held,  like  Wesham,  by  the  Heaton  family,  the 
immediate  tenant  in  1286  being  Adam  de  Bradkirk, 
who  rendered  \s.  yearly,26  which  continued  to  be  the 
service  due  from  the  manor.  The  manor  was  settled 
on  William  de  Heaton  and 
Anilla  his  wife  in  1328-30, 
the  free  tenants  being  Nicholas 
del  Marsh,  John  de  Bradkirk, 
Thomas  de  Greenhalgh  and 
John  son  of  Roger  de 
Wesham.27  About  150  years 
later  the  manor  was  held  by 
one  William  Westby,28  per- 
haps by  descent  from  Nicholas 
del  Marsh,  and  in  1479  he 
settled  it  upon  his  son  John 
and  Mabel  daughter  of 
Richard  Boteler.  They  had 
issue  two  daughters — Beatrice, 
who  married  Lawrence  Pres- 
ton, and  Alice — but  John  by  a  second  marriage  had 


WESTBY  of  Mow- 
breck. Argent  on  a 
eheveron  azure  three 
cinquefoils  pierced  of  the 
field. 


16  Farrer,  op.  cit.  439.  The  homage 
and  service  of  Alexander  de  Wesham  was 
included. 

l'  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  4.8.  Sabina 
widow  of  Roger  de  Heaton  had  dower 
from  Wesham  in  1203-4  ;  Farrer,  Lanes. 
Pipe  R.  1 8 1. 

18  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  231.    The 
value  was  i6s.  a  year. 

19  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  17. 
40  In  1286  William  de  Hoton  (Heaton) 

was  mesne  tenant  between  Theobald  le 
Boteler  and  Adam  de  Bradkirk  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  265. 

Two  plough-lands  in  Wesham  and 
Mowbreck  were  included  in  the  Earl  of 
Ormond's  estate  in  1346  ;  Survey  (Chet. 
Soc.),  52-4.  The  two  plough-lands  may 
have  been  composed  thus  :  Wesham,  one  ; 
Mowbreck,  half  ;  Bradkirk,  half. 

S1  Sir  John  Stanley  held  the  Boteler 
estate  in  1431  ;  Feud.  Aids,  iii,  95. 

The  Derby  rental  (at  Lathom)  for  1522 
shows  that  41.  was  paid  to  the  king  as  the 
free  rent  of  the  vill  of  Wesham.  The 
tenants  at  will  paid  441.  a  year  and  eight 
hens  (each  worth  \\d.).  The  41.  paid  to 
the  Crown  in  1557  by  William  Westby 
was  no  doubt  the  same  rent,  he  being 
immediate  tenant. 

M  In  1292  Thomas  son  of  William  de 
Greenhalgh  claimed  the  third  part  of 
certain  moor  and  turbary  in  Wesham 
against  John  de  Sotehill  and  Denise.  his 
wife,  William  le  Boteler  of  Warrington 
and  others.  Denise  replied  that  she  held 
in  dower,  of  the  inheritance  of  Christiana, 
daughter  of  Roger  de  Heaton,  and  that 
plaintiff  had  common  of  pasture  and 
turbary.  The  father  of  the  plaintiff 
married  Alice  daughter  of  Roger  de  Heaton 
(called  Hoghton)  and  Roger  gave  her  in 
marriage  3  oxgangs  of  land  out  of  the  8 
he  held  in  the  vill  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  45. 
From  another  pleading  it  appears  that 
Denise  was  the  widow  of  Roger. 

Thomas  de  Greenhalgh,  John  de 
Marays  and  John  son  of  Roger  de  Brad- 
kirk brought  a  claim  against  William  de 


Heaton  and  others  in  1334,  but  did  not 
prosecute  it ;  Coram  Rege  R.  297,  m.  122. 

James  Greenhalgh  died  in  15  59  holding 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Wesham  of  John 
Westby  in  socage,  by  a  rent  of  1 %d.  yearly; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  23. 
The  rent  was  the  proportion  of  the  4$. 
due  for  3  oxgangs.  George  Greenhalgh 
grandson  of  James  succeeded. 

William  Westby  in  1547  complained 
that  James  Greenhalgh  and  others  had 
made  encroachments  on  the  waste  of 
Wesham  lordship  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  i,  231. 

28  Richard  Mason  in  1564  purchased  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Wesham  from  George 
Greenhalgh  and  Agnes  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  28,  m.  266. 
Gregory  Mason  purchased  a  messuage — 
perhaps  the  same — from  Hugh  Mason, 
Anne  his  wife  and  Margaret  Mason 
widow  in  1571  ;  ibid.  bdle.  33,  m.  13. 
Gregory  died  in  1581  holding  his  land, 
&c.,  of  John  Westby  by  the  rent  of  i8<£ 
Cuthbert  his  son  and  heir  was  thirteen 
years  old  ;  his  widow  was  Ellen  Pleasing- 
ton  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv, 
no.  55.  Cuthbert  secured  his  inheritance, 
or  made  a  further  purchase,  by  agreement 
with  James  Greenhalgh  in  1585  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  47,  m.  104. 

Peter  Mason  '  of  Wesham '  was  a 
recusant  in  1607 ;  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom. 
1603-10,  p.  383.  Ralph  son  of  Peter 
Mason  'of  Lathom'  in  1612  held,  in 
addition  to  his  father's  lands,  a  messuage 
and  40  acres  of  land,  &c.,  in  Wesham  of 
Thomas  Westby  in  socage  by  i%d.  rent ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  237.  His  heirs  were  two 
daughters.  The  estate  may  have  passed 
to  the  Fleetwood  family. 

84  The  local  surname  was  used.  John 
son  of  Roger  de  Wesham  was  a  free  tenant 
in  1330;  Final  Cone,  ii,  78.  In  1350 
Roger  son  of  John  de  Wesham  granted  to 
Cecily  daughter  of  Richard  le  Spencer  of 
Newton,  whom  he  married,  an  oxgang 
of  land  in  the  place  for  life  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C  85  (Chet.  Lib.),  Edw.  Ill,  no.  n. 

154 


William  Aspinwall  purchased  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  in  Roseacre  and  Wesham  from 
the  Earl  of  Derby  and  Lord  Strange  in 
1591  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  53, 
m.  209.  Edward  Aspinwall  died  at  Toxteth 
Park  in  1632  holding  an  estate  in  Rose- 
acre  and  Wesham  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy,  by  knight's  service ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxviii,  no.  i.  It  seerr* 
to  have  descended  to  Edward  AspinwaJ 
of  Hale  in  1698  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  ' 
F.  bdle.  240,  m.  1 16. 

Thomas  Hesketh  of  Ruffbrd  in  152^ 
held  land  in  Wesham,  but  the  tenure  was 
not  known  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
v,  no.  1 6. 

'  Mr.  Robert  Fleetwood  of  Wessum  ' 
was  buried  at  Kirkham  19  March  1641-2; 
Reg.  A  '  Mr.  Fleetwood '  was  buried 
there  21  Oct.  i66q  and  Mrs.  Mary 
Fleetwood  22  Aug.  1667  ;  ibid. 

Richard  Fleetwood  of  Rossall  held 
Wesham  Hall  and  the  demesne  lands  in 
1696  ;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),iii,  252, 
quoting  R.  5  of  Geo.  II  at  Preston. 

25  In     1249    the    land    of    Theobald 
le   Boteler  in    Mowbreck    and    Bradkirk 
rendered    41.    yearly  ;    Lanes.     Inq.    and 
Extents,  i,  172,  265. 

26  Ibid.  265.     In  1276  Denise  widow 
of    Roger    de    Heaton    complained    that 
William  de  Heaton,  Adam    de  Bradkirk 
and  John  de  Goosnargh  had  broken  her 
grange  at  Mowbreck  ;  De  Banco  R.  1 5, 
m.  58. 

A  year  later  William  de  Heaton  com- 
plained of  waste  by  Denise  in  Wesham 
and  Mowbreck  ;  ibid.  21,  m.  74. 

27  Final  Cone,  ii,  78.     This  fine  con- 
firmed a  charter  dated  at  Mowbreck  in 
1326  ;  Memo.  R.  (L.T.R.),  128,  m.  xv. 

In  1334  Thomas  de  Greenhalgh,  John 
del  Marsh  and  John  son  of  Roger  de 
Bradkirk  were  tenants  ;  Coram  Rege  R. 
297,  m.  122. 

28  One  William  Westby  and  Ellen  his 
wife  had  lands  in  Lancaster  and  Urswick 
in    1413  ;    Final    Cone,    iii,    71.       Ellen 
Westby,  probably  a  widow,  held  Burn  in 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


a  son  William,  who  after  various  disputes  obtained 
the  manor  from  the  Prestons.29 

He  died  in  May  1557  holding  the  manor  of 
Mowbreck  of  the  king  and  queen  as  of  their  duchy 
of  Lancaster  in  socage  by  \s.  rent,  and  leaving  a  son 
and  heir  John,  twenty-seven  years  old.30  This  son 
proved  one  of  the  most  uncompromising  adherents  of 
the  old  religion  in  the  county.  At  the  beginning 
of  active  persecution  in  I  568  he  was  summoned  before 
the  queen's  commissioners,  and  replied  that  he  had 
'  not  resorted  to  the  church  Sundays  and  holydays,' 
as  the  laws  of  the  realm  required,  nor  '  received  the 
communion  in  such  sort  as  by  the  laws  he  (was)  like- 
wise appointed '  ;  he  had  entertained  William  Allen 
(afterwards  Cardinal),  not  as  a  disloyal  subject  but 
regarding  him  only  as  a  relative.31  He  remained 
constant,  and  is  found  on  the  recusant  lists  as  heavily 
fined.32  In  1585  he  sent  a  petition  to  the  queen 
asking  for  some  consideration  ;  he  was  sixty  years  of 
age,  he  had  lately  paid  £25  for  the  furnishing  of  a 
light  horseman,33  and  his  goods  had  been  seized 
for  a  fine  of  £80,  though  his  '  ancient  rents ' 
amounted  to  no  more  than  ^42  a  year.  He  there- 
fore desired  the  queen  to  accept  j£io  or  20  marks 
as  a  composition.**4  He  died  in  1591  in  possession 


of  the  family  estates  ;    the  heir  was  his  son  John, 
eleven  years  old.38 

The  younger  John  Westby  died  in  1605,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  brother  Thomas,  then  nineteen 
years  of  age.36  Thomas  Westby,  who  recorded  a 
pedigree  in  1613  37  and  paid  £13  6s.  8d.  in  1631 
on  declining  knighthood,38  died  at  Burn  in  Thornton 
in  September  1638,  leaving  his  son  John  heir  to  a 
somewhat  diminished  estate.39  On  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  War  John  Westby  and  his  brothers  espoused 
the  king's  side,40  and  his  estates  were  sequestered  and 
finally  sold  for  his  recusancy  and  delinquency  by  the 
Parliamentary  authorities.41  The  estate  of  his  brother 
and  successor  Francis  suffered  a  like  fate,42  as  did  that 
of  his  half-brother  George.43 

Francis  Westby  succeeded  in  1661,  and  recorded 
a  pedigree  in  1664,  being  then  forty-four  years  of 
age.44  Mowbreck  descended  to  his  son  Thomas45 
and  grandson  John,  who  in  1717  as  a  '  Papist ' 
registered  his  estates  at  Burn  in  Thornton,  Mow- 
breck, Westby,  &c.,  the  Lancashire  portion  being 
valued  at  £230  6s.  \\d.  per  annum.46  He  left  four 
daughters  as  co-heirs,  and  they  or  their  representatives, 
after  the  death  of  his  brother  Robert  in  1 762,  obtained 
the  Mowbreck  estates.47  Division  and  sales  followed, 


Thornton  in  1445-6  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20.  The 
William  named  in  the  text  was  probably  a 
later  member  of  the  family  ;  for  him  see 
the  pleadings  of  1517-18  printed  in  Fish- 
wick's  Kirkham  (Chet.  Soc.),  172-4.  It 
appears  that  John  Westby  died  about 
1511,  and  that  his  son  William  was  then 
under  age. 

Writs  of  diem  cl.  extr.  after  the  death 
of  William  Westby,  probably  the  grand- 
father, were  issued  on  II  Mar.  1515-16 
and  i  Apr.  1517;  Towneley  MS.  CC 
(Chet.  Lib.),  n.  754,  787. 

The  surname  Westby  is  derived  from 
a  place  of  that  name  in  Gisburn,  held 
of  the  Percys  ;  Adam  de  Westby  occurs 
in  1258  ;  Torki.  Inq.  (Yorks.  Arch.  Soc.), 
i,  70. 

29  The  agreement  was  made  in  1531; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  1 1,  m.  102. 
William  Westby  was  plaintiff,  and  Law- 
rence Preston  and  Beatrice  his  wife  were 
deforciants. 

*  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  1 7. 
In  addition  to  Mowbreck  he  held  lands 
in  Medlar,  Wesham,  Kirkham,  Newton- 
with-Scales,  Burn  in  Thornton,  Heaton 
and  Urswick.  Elizabeth  his  wife  sur- 
vived him. 

William  Westby's  will  is  printed  in 
Richmond  Wills  (Surtees  Soc.),  90.  He 
desired  to  be  buried  in  his  pew  and  under 
his  form  in  Kirkham  Church.  He  left 
the  manor  of  Mowbreck  to  his  son  John, 
his  wife  having  been  provided  for  by  the 
assignment  of  Burn  Hall  to  her. 

81  Gibson,    Lydiate    Hall,    205,    from 
S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz.  xxxvi,  2. 

A  pedigree  was  recorded  in  1567; 
Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  47. 

82  In  1586  he  was  liable  to  the  fine  of 
£260  a  year  ;  Gibson,  op.  cit.  238.     In 
1582    his   house   had    been    one  of  the 
resorts  of  one  of  the   missionary  priests, 
a    nephew    of   his ;    ibid.    222,    quoting 
S.    P.  Dom.  Eliz.  cliv,  76.     It  is  related 
that  on   one    occasion    he  'was  glad   to 
stand    for    a    whole  winter's  day  almost 
in  a  pit  of  water  up  to  the  ears,  and  often 
forced  to  duck   under  the  water  lest  he 
should    be    espied    of  the    persecutors '  ; 


Allen,  True,  Sincere  and  Modest  Defence  of 
Engl.  Caths.  173-4  (quoted  in  Month,  civ, 

517). 

38  This  was  a  special  tax  on  recusants. 

84  Gibson,  op.  cit.  235,  quoting  S.  P. 
Dom.  Eliz.  clxxxvii,  51.  The  peti- 
tioner had  a  wife  and  four  children,  of 
whom  the  eldest  was  under  six  years. 
He  had  elder  daughters  by  a  former 
marriage. 

35  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  6. 
In  addition  to  lands  in  Lancashire  he  also 
had  the  manors  of  Holmes,  Duffield   and 
Westby   in   Yorkshire,  with  lands  there 
and  in  Gargrave,  Thorpe,  Settle,  Gisburn 
and  York.     The  tenures  of  Mowbreck, 
&c.,  were  recorded  as  before.      His  will 
(recited    in    the   inquisition)    names    his 
youngest  son  William,  daughters    Ellen 
and  Mary  and  cousin  William   Haydock 
of  Cottam. 

Anne  his  widow  was  a  recusant  in 
1593  ;  Gibson,  op.  cit.  261. 

36  Lanes.    Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.   Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  33-6.     The  tenures  of  the 
manors  of  Mowbreck,  &c.,  are  recorded 
as  before. 

87  Vitit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  90.     Two  of  his 
sons,  John  and  Thomas,  were  safely  taken 
to  Douay  in  1623,  but  the  attendant  was 
captured   at   Dover   on   his  return  ;   Cal. 
S.  P.  Dom.  1623-5,  p.  6. 

88  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

i,  221. 

89  Duchy  of   Lane.    Inq.    p.m.   xxviii, 
no.  42.     The  tenures  of  Mowbreck  and 
Wesham  were  recorded  as  before.    John 
Westby  was  aged  twenty-nine. 

40  It  is  said  that   six  of  the  brothers 
fought  for  the  king  ;  Misc.   (Cath.  Rec. 
Soc.),  i,  128.     In  the  1664  pedigree  it  is 
recorded  that  one  brother,  Thomas,  was 
killed  at  Preston  on  that  side.     This  was 
'  the  popish  doctor,   Dr.  Westby,'  killed 
in  1643  ;  Chil  War  Tracts  (Chet.  Soc.), 

75- 

41  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2634  ;  Index 
of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  44.     Mowbreck 
and    other    manors    were    purchased    by 
Thomas    Wharton    and    James     Lowd. 
Though  most  or   all  was  recovered,  the 
family  were  impoverished. 


4S  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3124. 

43  Ibid,  iv,   3138.     George  Westby  of 
Rawcliffe    was    ancestor    of     the     later 
Westbys    of    Mowbreck.      In    this  way 
White    Hall    in    Rawcliffe    became    the 
principal  seat  of  the  family. 

44  Dugdale,   Visit.    (Chet.    Soc.),    331, 
Most  of  the   details   as  to  later  descents 
in  the  text  and  following  notes  are  from 
the  pedigree  in  Foster's  Lanes.  Peds. 

45  He  was  one  of  those  charged  in  the 
4  Lancashire  Plot '  of  1694  ;  Jacobite  Trials 
(Chet.    Soc.),   1 6,   30,   33.     He   died    in 
1699.     Three  of  his  sisters  in  1681  sent 
401.  to  the  receiver  of  recusants'  estates, 
'  which  is  '  (they  state)  '  according  to  what 
we  always   paid  since  this  charge  was  laid 
upon  us  ';  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App. 
iv,  127. 

In  1688  John  Westby  son  and  heir- 
apparent  of  Thomas  Westby  of  Mowbreck 
was  contracted  to  marry  Jane  daughter  of 
Christopher  Parker  of  Bradkirk  ;  Piccope 
MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  202,  quoting 
2nd-3rd  Roll  of  Geo.  I  at  Preston. 

46  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,  147,  318.     John   Westby  died  in 

1722. 

John  Westby  was  succeeded  by  his 
brother  Thomas,  who  died  in  1729,  and 
was  followed  by  Robert.  In  1731  a 
Private  Act  was  obtained  (4  Geo.  II,  cap. 
29)  by  which  the  manor  of  Burn  and 
lands  in  Thornton  and  Carleton  were  to 
be  sold  for  the  discharge  of  debts,  &c. 
Several  family  deeds  are  recited  in  it. 

47  Foster,  ut  sup.  The  co-heiresses  were 
Catherine  wife  of  Alexander  Osbaldeston 
(of  Sunderland),  Mary  wife  of  Rev. Thomas 
Alderson,  Anne  wife  of  Rev.  John  Benison 
and  Bridget  wife  of  William  Shuttleworth, 
whose    only   child    and    heir  (Margaret) 
married  Thomas  Westby  of  Rawcliffe  in 
1744. 

In  1740  Robert  Westby,  having  no 
male  issue,  settled  his  estates  with  re- 
mainders to  the  right  heirs  of  Thomas 
his  father  ;  Piccope  MSS.  iii,  194,  quoting 
Roll  9  of  Geo.  I  at  Preston.  Another 
deed  (1756)  states  that  Catherine  mother 
of  Alexander  Osbaldeston  was  a  daughter 
and  co-heir  of  John  Westby  ;  Robert,  the 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


but  part  returned  by  marriage  to  Thomas  Westby  of 
Rawcliffe,  a  distant  cousin.48  His  estate  descended  to 
two  of  his  sons,49  and  then  by  will  to  the  son  of  a 
nephew,50  George  Westby,51  who  was  in  1842 
followed  by  his  son  Joscelyn  Tate  Fazakerley 
Westby.52  It  was  in  1893  purchased  from  the  mort- 
gagees by  the  Earl  of  Derby,  the  present  owner.53 

BR4DKIRK,54  though  recently  accounted  as  part 
of  Medlar,  seems  always  to  have  belonged  to  the  lords 
of  Wesham.54a  It  gave  a  surname  to  a  family  of  long 
continuance  in  the  district.68  Adam  de  Bradkirk 
died  in  September  i  349  holding  in  conjunction  with 
Ismania  his  wife  the  manor  of  Bradkirk  of  Edmund 
de  Heaton  by  fealty  and  the  service  of  4/.  yearly. 
John  his  son  and  heir  was  only  two  years  of  age.56 


Later  the  estate  was  held  on  lease  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby  56a  by  the  Parkers,57  and  in  1653  was  purchased 
by  Christopher  Parker.58  It  did  not  continue  much 
longer  in  his  family,  being  sold  in  1723.  After 
passing  through  several  changes  it  was  again  sold  in 
1797  to  Joseph  Hornby  of  Ribby,59  and  has  since 
descended  with  his  estates. 

James  Hornby  of  Medlar,  as  a  recusant,  had  part 
of  his  estate  sequestered  under  the  Commonwealth,"0 
and  John  Swarbrick  of  Wesham,  as  a  '  Papist,' 
registered  his  estate  in  I7i6.61 

Christ  Church,  Wesham,  was  built  in  1894  as  a 
chapel  of  ease  to  the  parish  church  of  Kirkham. 

There  is  a  Primitive  Methodist  chapel. 

During  the  times  of  persecution  mass  was  said  at 


brother,  is  named  ;  ibid.  370,  from  Roll 
32  of  Geo.  II.  An  indenture  of  1769 
respecting  lands,  &c.,  in  Wesham  and 
Medlar  was  enrolled  in  the  Common 
Pleas  Hil.  10  Geo.  Ill  (R.  15)  ;  see  also 
ibid.  Mich.  13  Geo.  Ill,  m.  3  for  the 
manor  of  Mowbreck. 

48  The   descent    is    thus  given  :    John 
Westby  (d.  1638)  -s.  George  (Rawcliffe) 
— s.  John  -s.  John-  s.  Thomas,  who  had  a 
brother  George,  as  below. 

49  John,  who  died  in  1 8 1 1,  and  Thomas, 
who  died  in  1829,  both  unmarried. 

40  Thomas  Westby,  son  of  George, 
above-named. 

51  The  pedigree  in  Burke's  Commoners, 
i,  597,  after  stating  that  George  Westby 
had    held    office    in    Honduras,   recorded 
that  the  family  '  is  one  of  those  ancient 
Catholic  houses  still  numerous  in  Lanca- 
shire which  through  good  and  bad  repute 
adhered  to  the  faith  of  their  forefathers.' 
The  tradition  seems  to  have  been  ended 
by  George  Westby's  act,  for  'his  widow, 
a  recent  convert,  went  to  reside  with  her 
young  family  in  London.     Here  she  re- 
lapsed, and  the  children  were  not  educated 
in  the  faith  of  their  forefathers  '  ;  Gibson, 
op.  cit.  205. 

52  Mr.  Westby  married  in  1863  Matilda 
Harriett    daughter    and     co-heir    of    H. 
Hawarden  Fazakerley  of  Gillibrand  Hall, 
near  Chorley,  and  then  assumed  the  name 
Fazakerley  in  addition  to  his  own. 

53  Inform,  of  Mr.  Windham  E.  Hale, 
who  adds   that  a  century  ago  the  Mow- 
breck  estate  was  held  by  four  lords,  all 
Westby  descendants.     On  a  division  au- 
thorized by  a   Private  Act   in   1857  the 
hall  and  331  acres  became  the  property  of 
J.  T.  Westby.    The  former  estates  of  the 
family    are    now   held     chiefly    by    Lord 
Derby  and  the  representatives  of  the  late 
John  L.  Birley  of  Kirkham. 

54  The    name    was    commonly    spelt 
Bredkirk. 

s4»The  land  of  Bradkirk  had  before 
1189  been  granted  by  Hervey  Walter  and 
Theobald  his  son  to  Roger  son  of  Augus- 
tine de  Heaton  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  437.  In 
1 249  the  land  of  Bradkirk  and  Mowbreck 
had  paid  41.  yearly  to  Theobald  le  Boteler  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  172,  265.  This 
rent  was  in  later  times  paid  by  Mowbreck 
alone. 

65  Adam  de  Bradkirk  about  1230  gave 
lands  in  Elswick  in  marriage  with  his 
daughter  Amabil ;  Whalley  Couchtr  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  459.  He  in  1235  purchased  an 
oxgang  of  land  in  Wesham  from  Ellen 
widow  of  Richard  de  Rimington  for  which 
he  was  to  render  6d.  a  year  ;  Final  Cone. 
i,  72.  He  (or  his  son  Adam)  had  also 
land  in  Greenhalgh  in  1 242  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
an  d  Extents,  i,  152.  Adam  de  Bradkirk 


was  living  in  1262,  Roger  in  1286  and 
another  Adam  in  1293  ;  ibid.  231,  264, 
277.  Adam  de  Bradkirk  and  Adam  his 
son  attested  a  charter  c.  1260—70  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  85,  no.  24.  Adam  son  of 
Adam  de  Bradkirk  about  1250  confirmed 
land  in  Elswick  to  the  monks  of  Stan- 
law  ;  Whalley  Coucher,  ii,  464.  John  son 
of  Adani  de  Bradkirk  made  a  grant  in 
1281  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  86£,  no.  45. 
Another  John  was  a  free  tenant  of  Wesham 
in  1328-30  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  78. 

John  de  Bradkirk  and  Alice  his  wife 
had  a  grant  from  Lytham  Priory  in  1 3  27  ; 
they  had  a  son  John,  who  was  succeeded 
before  1344  by  his  brother  Edmund  and 
he  by  another  brother  Adam  ;  see  the 
account  of  Lytham. 

A  little  light  is  thrown  on  the  descent 
by  pleadings  of  1349,  in  which  Adam  (son 
of  John)  de  Bradkirk  produced  the  charter 
granting  his  land,  made  by  Roger  son  of 
Augustine  de  Heaton,  to  Adam  the  clerk 
son  of  Richard.  This  last-named  Adam 
was  great-grandfather  (?  ancestor)  of  the 
former,  who  then  had  a  dispute  with  his 
superior  lord  as  to  the  tenure,  he  alleging 
that  he  held  by  the  service  of  4*.  only, 
while  Edmund  son  of  William  de  Heaton 
alleged  that  he  held  by  the  fourth  part  of 
a  knight's  fee  ;  De  Banco  R.  349,  m. 
209  d.;  356,111.353. 

66  Inq.  p.m.  28  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.), 
no.  I b.  Adam  also  held  land  in  Green- 
halgh, Newton-by-Freckleton,  Whitting- 
ham  and  Poulton. 

John  died  in  or  before  1363,  when  the 
wardship  of  the  heir  (his  brother  Adam), 
under  age,  was  in  dispute  ;  De  Banco  R. 
413,  m.  8 1  d.  5  420,  m.  257  d.  An  Adam 
de  Bradkirk  was  verderer  for  Amounder- 
ness  till  1384  ;  Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii, 
App.  356.  Adam  de  Bradkirk  (with 
Olive  his  wife)  occurs  in  1390  and  1398  5 
Final  Cone,  iii,  3  5  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  70. 

In  1401  John  de  Bradkirk  granted  to 
Robert  son  of  John  the  Smith  of  Kirk- 
ham part  of  his  burgage  in  that  town  ; 
Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xiv,  137. 
There  are  other  Bradkirk  deeds  in  the 
same  volume.  John  de  Bradkirk  was 
living  in  1420  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  86. 

William  Bradkirk  was  described  as  of 
Greenhalgh  in  1477  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs 
Proton,  file  17  Edw.  IV.  In  1492-3 
Philip  son  of  William  Bradkirk  was 
ordered  to  hold  with  Sir  Thomas  Wolton 
a  convention  as  to  the  manor  of  Bradkirk 
with  messuage  and  land  there,  &c.  ;  ibid. 
Ric.  Ill  and  Hen.  VII.  In  1479  was 
issued  a  writ  of  diem  cl.  extr.  after  the 
death  of  Roger  Bradkirk;  Add.  MS. 
32103,  no.  1417. 

6611  It  does  not  appear  when  the  estate 


was  acquired  by  the  Earl  of  Derby.  It  ia 
not  named  in  the  rental  of  1522,  but 
was  owned  by  Edward,  the  third  earl,  in 
1570  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  fol.  415. 

47  John  Parker  of  Bradkirk  held  by 
lease  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  in  1625.  He 
was  a  recusant,  and  his  estate  was  seques- 
tered by  the  Parliament  and  put  in  the 
act  of  sale,  1652,  but  as  he  was  dead  his 
infant  grandson  and  heir  William  Parker 
(son  of  William)  petitioned  for  discharge 
in  1652  ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2445  5 
Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  43.  It 
was  perhaps  the  same  John  Parker  oi 
Radholme  Laund  in  Yorkshire  whose 
estate  was  sequestered  for  delinquency  and 
recusancy  in  1643. 

His  son  Christopher  was  in  1650  de- 
scribed as  '  of  Bradkirk ' ;  Cal.  Com.  for 
Comp.  loc.  cit.  He  was  son  of  John  by  a 
wife  Margaret,  daughter  of  Anthony 
Parker,  and  had  come  of  age  in  1649, 
and,  his  father  being  dead,  claimed 
relief. 

A  pedigree  was  recorded  by  Christopher 
Parker  of  Bradkirk  in  1664.  It  shows  : 
William  Parker,  d.c.  1612  -s.  John,  d. 
1649  -s.  (by  second  wife)  Christopher  -s. 
Anthony,  aged  seven  ;  Dugdale,  Visit. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  227. 

58  This,  like  Mythop,  Swarbreck  and 
other  lands  in  the  neighbourhood,  formed 
part  of  the  forfeited  estates  of  the  seventh 
earl  sold  by  the  Parliament ;  Cal.  Com. 

for  Comp.  ii,  1117.  The  purchaser 
agreed  with  Charles  Earl  of  Derby  to 
receive  from  him  an  absolute  conveyance 
on  paying  three  years'  value  to  him  ; 
Piccope  MSS.  iii,  126.  From  other 
deeds  in  the  same  volume  (114-32)  it 
appears  that  Christopher  Parker  made  his 
will  in  1693,  and  that  the  estate  descended 
by  1710  to  a  son  of  the  same  name,  who 
made  a  settlement  of  Bradkirk  in  that 
year.  His  sister  and  heir  Catherine  wife 
of  Thomas  Stanley  of  Cross  Hall  in 
Lathom  in  or  about  1723  sold  to  Townley 
Rigby  of  Middleton  in  Goosnargh,  and  he, 
though  a  Quaker,  claimed  a  seat  in  Kirk- 
ham Church  in  1726  in  right  of  Brad- 
kirk. 

59  The  details  are  recorded  in  Fishwick, 
Kirkham  (Chet.  Soc.),  178-80.    It  appears 
that  the  real  purchaser  in  1723  was  John 
Richardson     of    Preston,    and     Bradkirk 
descended    in    1767    to    Edward     Hurst, 
whose  initials  '  E.   H.  1761,'  and  'E.  H. 
1764,'    appear    on    the    buildings.       He 
devised  it  to  his  sister  Margaret  and  her 
husband  James  Kearsley,  the  vendor  in 
1797. 

60  Royalist    Comp.    Papers    (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  261. 

61  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Eng.  Cath.  Nan- 
jurors,  135. 


156 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Mowbreck,62  which  remained  the  seat  of  the  mission 
till  1809,  when  it  was  removed  to  the  chapel  opened 
at  Kirkham.  As  an  offshoot  of  this  St.  Joseph's, 
Wesham  Cross,  was  opened  in  i886.63 

RIBBY-WITH-WREA 

Rigbi,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Riggebi,  1226  ;  Rygeby,  1246; 
Ruggeby,  1249. 

Wra,  1226;  Wraa,  1329. 

This  township  has  an  area  of  1,387  acres.1  Wrea 
or  Wrea  Green  is  situated  near  the  centre  of  the 
northern  border,  with  Ribby  to  the  east  of  it.  The 
surface  is  higher  and  more  undulating  than  in  most 
of  the  neighbouring  townships,  rising  to  over  100  ft. 
above  the  ordnance  datum  in  the  centre  and  again  in 
the  north-east.  There  is  moss  land  at  the  west  end. 
The  population  numbered  475  in  1901. 

The  chief  road  is  that  going  west  from  Kirkham  to 
Lytham  ;  it  passes  through  both  hamlets.  From 
Wray  Green  cross  roads  go  south  to  Warton  and 
north  to  Westby  and  Blackpool. 

The  soil  is  clayey,  and  wheat,  beans  and  oats  are 
grown,  but  three-fourths  of  the  land  is  pasture. 

One  of  the  Ribble  guides  used  to  be  stationed  at 
Wrea. 


KIRKHAM 

There  is  a  parish  council.  An  infectious  diseases 
hospital  was  opened  in  1902. 

Among  the  members  of  Earl  Tostig's 
MANORS  Preston  fee  in  1066  was  RIBBT,  assessed 
as  six  plough-lands,2  so  that  it  included 
the  later  townships  or  hamlets  of  Ribby,  Wrea, 
Bryning  and  Kellamergh.  It  was  afterwards  held  in 
demesne  by  Count  Roger  of  Poitou,  who  in  1094 
granted  tithes  from  it  to  St.  Martin  of  Sees.3  Ribby 
proper  continued  to  be  parcel  of  the  demesne  of  the 
honour  of  Lancaster,  and  is  named  in  the  Pipe  Roll 
of  1 168-9,"*  and  in  later  accounts  as  contributing  to 
various  aids.5  WREA,  however,  which  was  separately 
assessed  as  one  plough-land,  was  granted  in  drengage,6 
and  was  in  1212  held  by  Richard  and  Gerard  by  a 
rent  of  6/.7  They  were  probably  ancestors  of  the 
families  afterwards  using  the  local  name,  of  whom, 
however,  few  particulars  can  be  given.8  Ribby,  in  its 
old  form  of  Rigby,  has  also  given  a  surname  to 
families 9  who  came  into  notice  in  a  number  of  places 
in  Lancashire.10 

In  the  time  of  Henry  VIII  and  later  there  were 
disputes  as  to  the  right  of  pasture,11  and  as  to  the 
bounds  of  the  manors.12 

Ribby  and  Wrea  were  usually  farmed  with 
Singleton.13  An  extent  of  Ribby  which  was  made  in 


63  As  in  other  cases  practically  nothing 
is  known  of  the  17th-century  history. 
The  existence  of  the  mission  in  1669  is 
proved  from  the  report  to  the  Bishop  of 
Chester  already  given  in  the  account  of 
Kirkham  Church.  For  convicted  re- 
cusants c.  1670  see  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec. 
Soc.),  v,  202. 

Robert  Westby  (d.  1762)  is  described 
in  an  anniversary  book  now  at  Kirkham 
as  the  founder  of  the  chapel  at  Mowbreck, 
and  a  priest  is  known  to  have  resided 
there  in  1727.  In  1774  there  was  also  a 
private  school.  Ten  years  later  Bishop 
Gibson  confirmed  fifty-five  persons  at 
Mowbreck,  and  the  number  of  communi- 
cants was  said  to  be  about  180.  See 
Liverpool Cath.  Annual (Willows)  ;  Gillow, 
Hay  dock  Papers,  68,  79. 

In  1769  was  printed  at  Manchester 
1  The  Recantation  of  William  Gant,  late 
a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  Rome  and 
for  many  years  the  officiating  priest  at 
Mowbreck  near  Kirkham  ;  with  some  of 
the  causes  which  brought  on  his  conver- 
sion to  the  Church  of  England.'  The 
recantation  itself  was  read  in  Kirkham 
parish  church  before  the  vicar,  &c. ; 
Preston  Guard.  Loc.  Notes,  no.  320. 

68  Liverpool  Cath.  Annual. 

1  1,390    acres,    including   7   of   inland 
water;   Census  Rep.  1901. 

2  V.C.E.    Lanes,    i,    288*.     From   the 
later  records  it  would   appear  that  there 
were  three  plough-lands  in  Ribby,  one  in 
Wrea,  two  in  Bryning   and  one  in  Kella- 
mergh, or  seven  in  all. 

8  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  290.  This 
will  account  for  the  26*.  Sd.  paid  to  the 
Prior  of  Lancaster,  as  recorded  in  the 
account  of  Kirkham  Church. 

4  Ibid.  12.  It  contributed  in  con- 
junction with  Preston,  &c. 

*  The  king's  demesne  of  Ribby  (three 
plough-lands)  was  in  1235  granted  to 
Master  John  le  Blund,  king's  clerk,  for 
life  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1232-47,  p.  93.  In  1226 
Ribby  paid  half  a  mark  tallage  and  gs.  to 
the  farm  of  the  wapentake  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
't  '3S>  I39-  1°  the  compotus  of  the 


demesne  in  1246-8  Ribby  appears  with 
j£8  %s.  ii^d.  ;  ibid.  170.  In  1248-9  in 
a  tallage  Ribby  paid  I  mark;  ibid.  176. 
The  '  manor '  of  Ribby  is  recorded  in 
1256-8  ;  ibid.  221.  For  other  notices 
see  ibid.  230,  287.  The  accounts  of 
the  hal motes  of  Ribby  and  Wrea  in  1325 
are  printed  in  Lanes.  Ct.  R.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  94-5. 

6  For  a  time  Wrea  was  held  by  the  lord 
of  Clifton  (q.v.)  in  exchange  for  Salwick, 
but  was  exchanged  back  in  1200. 

7  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  51.    Adam 
de  Wrea  and  Gerard  his  brother  in  1 200—1 
gave  the  king  2  marks  for  confirmation 
of  their  tenements  ;  Rot.  de  Oblatis  (Rec. 
Com.),  124.     Wrea  paid  (is.  in  1226  and 
5*.  tallage  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  139, 
135.  In  1246-8  one  plough-land  and  three 
drengages   in  Wrea  contributed   igs.  6d. 
to  the  demesne  rents,  and  the  drengs  of 
Wrea  in  1248-9  paid  tallage  201.;  ibid. 
170,   176.      In    1256-8  the  three   dren- 
gages paid  391.  in  all,  and  a  new  rent  of 
zi^d.  was   accounted  for;    ibid.  221—2. 
Ribby  and  Wrea  each  contributed  2  marks 
tallage  in  1261  ;  ibid.  228. 

In  1297  the  vill  of  Ribby  and  the 
free  tenants  of  Wrea  paid  in  all  £19  us. 
yearly  to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster  ;  ibid.  289. 

8  The  above-named  Gerard  de  Wrea, 
also  Richard  de  Wrea    and  William  his 
son    were     benefactors     of     Cockersand 
Abbey  ;   Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  228-9. 

In  1324  John  son  of  Jordan  del  Wrea 
claimed  a  messuage,  J  oxgang  of  land, 
&c.,  in  Wrea  against  Adam  son  of  John 
Sharpies;  De  Banco  R.  253,  m.  98. 
Adam  and  John  sons  of  John  son  of 
Jordan  del  Wrea  were  in  1329  defen- 
dants to  a  claim  for  a  messuage  and 
2  oxgangs  of  land  put  forward  by  the 
representatives  of  three  sisters,  of  whom 
Agnes  wife  of  Robert  del  Boot  had  a 
son  Richard  ;  Margery  was  wife  of  John 
son  of  William  son  of  Simon  de  Medlar, 
and  Margaret  was  the  other ;  Assize 
R.  427,  m.  3  ;  De  Banco  R.  278,  m. 
1 1 7  d.  For  the  Boot  family  see  also 
De  Banco  R.  309,  m.  13  ;  316,  m.  459  ; 
328,  m.  324. 

'57 


William  del  Bank  unsuccessfully  claimed 
two  messuages,  &c.,  in  Wrea  and  Newton 
against  Adam  del  Bank  and  others  in 
1351  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  i,  m. 
viii  d.  In  the  following  year  Thomas 
Tauntaler  of  the  Grenes  did  not  prosecute 
his  suit  against  John  son  of  Richard  dc 
Newton,  who  seems  also  to  have  been 
called  John  del  Wrea  ;  ibid.  R.  2,  m.  j  ; 
Assize  R.  435,  m.  4. 

It  was  recorded  in  1618  that  John 
Nickson  of  Kellamergh  held  a  cottage 
and  land  in  Wrea  of  the  heirs  or  assigns 
of  William  de  Wrea  by  i  %d.  rent ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  88. 

9  In  1311  there  was  a  dispute  between 
William   son  of  Anabil   de   Preesall  and 
Thomas  son  of  Robert  de  Rigby  regarding 
waste  in  Ribby  ;  De  Banco  R.  184,  m.  3. 

10  As    in    Little     Hulton,     Duxbury, 
Wrightington  and  Goosnargh. 

11  In  1517  inquiry  was  made,  when  it 
was  found  that  the  free  tenants  of  Wrea 
had  always  had  right  of  pasture  on  Ribby 
Moor ;    Towneley    MS.    OO    (Singleton 
rental). 

13  Duchy  of  Lane.  Dep.  i  Mary,  Ixvi, 
R  5.  John  Benson  and  James  Davy, 
queen's  farmers  of  part  of  Ribby,  Cuth- 
bert  Clifton  of  Westby  and  the  lords  of 
the  manor  of  Kirkham  were  the  parties 
to  the  dispute.  It  was  alleged  that, 
large  parts  of  the  wastes  of  Westby  and 
Kirkham  having  been  wrongfully  inclosed 
within  the  preceding  twenty  years,  the 
tenants  of  those  manors,  being  short  of 
common,  had  pastured  on  all  the  waste 
or  moor  of  Ribby.  The  bounds  of  this 
last  began  at  the  east  end  of  a  close 
adjoining  Richard  Crook's  house,  followed 
an  old  ditch  called  Raa  Ditch  to  the  east 
end  of  Tarnbreck,  thence  west  to  Tarn- 
breck  Cross,  then  along  a  running  water 
to  the  east  end  of  a  close  by  Henry 
Hall's  house,  and  thence  along  a  running 
water  westward. 

13  William  Skillicorne,  farmer  of  the 
king's  lordships  of  Ribby,  Wrea  and 
Much  Singleton,  not  having  paid  the  rent 
due,  was  in  1483  ordered  to  be  removed  ; 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


1346™  shows  that  the  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal  had  a 
grange  there,  paying  3*.  \d.  a  year  for  it.  Held  in 
bondage  were  20  oxgangs  of  land,  each  of  14  acres 
and  paying  i6s.  8</.15  The  tenants  were  bound  to 
carry  victuals  whenever  the  lord  journeyed  from  Ribble 
Bridge  to  Lancaster  Castle  and  vice  versa.  In  addition 
there  were  4  oxgangs  of  13  acres  each  and  render- 
ing 1 3-f.  4</.,  held  on  like  conditions.  There  were 
several  cottages  let  at  i  ^d,  rent  and  a  pinfold.  The 
survey  of  Wrea  16  shows  seventeen  tenants — Adam 
del  Wrea,  Adam  del  Sharpies,  and  others — holding 
land  in  all  amounting  to  3 \  oxgangs  and  57^  acres, 
doing  suit  to  the  halmote  and  paying  double  rent 
as  relief.17  The  rental  of  Ribby  amounted  to 
£19  ijs.  $d.,  and  that  of  Wrea  to  £i  ijs.  \\d.  A 
rental  of  1509  also  has  been  preserved.18 

In  1623  the  manors  of  Ribby,  Wrea  and  Singleton 
were  granted  in  fee  farm  to  Edward  Badby  and 
William  Weltden.19  Soon  afterwards  Ribby-with- 
Wrea  is  found  to  be  in  the  possession  of  Alexander 


Rigby,  no  doubt  the  owner  of  Middleton  in 
Goosnargh.20 

The  principal  messuage  in  Ribby  seems  to  have 
been  that  called  Counton  or  COMPTON  21  ;  it  was 
acquired  by  the  Parkers  of  Preston  and  Bradkirk,22 
and  on  the  sale  of  their  estates  about  1720  passed  to 
a  descendant  of  the  above-named  Alexander  Rigby  23 
and  then  to  Richard  Hornby,24  who  sold  it  to  his 
nephew  Joseph  Hornby  26  ;  from  him  it  has  descended 
to  his  granddaughter  Miss  Margaret  Hornby.26 

The  inquisitions  show  that  the  Cliftons 27  and  some 
other  local  families  had  lands  in  Wrea.28 

The  people  of  the  district  in  1650  desired  that  a 
chapel  should  be  built  there  29  ;  but  the  first  in  con- 
nexion with  the  Church  of  England  was  that  of 
St.  Nicholas,  built  about  1 72 1  30  and  rebuilt  in  1 848-9. 
An  ecclesiastical  parish  was  formed  for  it  in  i846.31 
The  incumbents,  styled  vicars,  are  presented  by  the 
vicar  of  Kirkham.32 

A  school  was  founded  in 


Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xix,  123. 
He  seems  to  have  been  excused  for  the 
time,  but  was  again  dismissed  in  1485, 
being  indebted  to  the  king  in  great  sums 
of  money  ;  ibid,  xx,  70  d. 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton  was  steward  of 
the  three  lordships  about  1550;  Ducatui 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  304. 

14  Add.  MS.  32103,  fol.  149. 

15  The  names  of  the  tenants  are  given. 
Adam  Adamson  de  Singleton  held  £  oxgang 
for  which  he  paid  6s.  %d.t  and  in  lieu  of 
ploughing,  reaping,  &c.,  he  paid  is.  8d. — 
8*.    $d.    in    all.     He    was    also    to    give 
merchet  for  his  son  or  daughter  and  leyr- 
wit  for  his  son.     At  death  all  his  goods 
escheated  to  the  lord,  who  was  to  discharge 
debts,  mortuaries,  &c.,  and  after  reserving 
the  best  beast  was  to  give  two-thirds  to 
the    widow    and    children.     There    were 
thirty-six  other  tenants  in  Ribby. 

16  Ibid.     The  first  entry  shows  that  a 
tenement  comprising  a  messuage,  1 8  acres 
of  land  and  4  acres  of  pasture  had  lately 
come  into  the  lord's  hands  by  default  of 
heir  to   one  David  of  Scotland,  and  that 
it  had  been  divided  into  two  moieties,  held 
by  William  son  of  Nicholas  and  Robert 
son  of  Jordan,  who  paid  the  old  rent  of 
35.  i^d.  and  i  mark  each  in  addition. 

17  An  extent  made  some  time  earlier 
is  printed  in  Baines'  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii, 
692—3.     It  shows  the  land  divided  into 
6   oxgangs   and    30  J   acres,  with  a  total 
rental  of  371.  if/.,  including  2  marks  from 
Adam   de    Paris    for  2  oxgangs  of   land 
formerly  John  le  Harper's. 

18  Towneley  MSS.  OO.     This    shows 
that  of  the  king's  tenants  in  Ribby  James 
Bradley  paid  £1    161.,  Henry  Newsham 
1 81.,  James  Bradkirk  £i    31.  4*/.,  a  close 
called   Racarr   101.,  James   Cowper  22.1., 
Richard  Cronkshaw  1 31.  4</.,  nine  other 
tenants    181.  each.     In   Wrea  were  free 
rents  of  the  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal  for  a 
barn  31.  4^.,  the  Earl  of  Derby  is.  and  id. 
in  addition  for  Beetham  lands,  the  heirs 
of  John  Pearson  is.  zd.,  John  Culban  gd., 
William    Sharpies  8</.,  and  others ;    the 
total  being  in.  6^d. 

19  Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xxiv,  I  d.; 
Pat.  20  Jas.  I,  pt.  iii. 

80  In  1670  Alexander  Rigby  was  paying 
a  rent  of  ,£14  is.  1 1  Jrf.  for  the  manor  of 
Ribby  and  Wrea  ;  Pat.  22  Chas.  II,  pt.  ii, 
R  i. 

11  Agnes  Adlington,  widow,  in  1537 
complained  that  William  Singleton  and 
others  had  interrupted  her  right  of  way  at 


Counton  in  Ribby,  Warton  Lees  and  Brown 
Moss;  Ducatui  Lane,  i,  154.  About 
twenty  years  later  the  tenants  of  Ribby 
had  a  dispute  with  Robert  Shaw  and 
others  respecting  title  to  lands  in  the 
manor;  ibid,  i,  303.  In  1559  Robert 
Shaw,  Alexander  Shaw  and  Mary  his 
wife,  administrators  of  Nicholas  Becon- 
saw,  were  plaintiffs  in  respect  of  a  mes- 
suage called  Counton;  ibid,  ii,  218. 
From  another  pleading  it  appears  that 
Nicholas  had  been  a  lunatic  ;  ibid,  i,  292. 

From  the  pedigree  of  Parker  of  Bradkirk 
it  appears  that  William  Parker  married 
Margaret  daughter  of  Robert  Shaw  of 
Compton  in  Ribby  in  1561;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  1 80.  William  Parker  in  1596 
purchased  messuages  and  lands  in  Ribby 
and  Wrea  from  Hugh  Jollybrand,  Isabel 
his  wife,  Edward  Dicconson,  Margery  his 
wife,  Peter  Wrooe,  Cecily  his  wife  and 
Margaret  Rigby  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  59,  m.  274.  In  1598  William 
Parker  and  Margery  his  wife  sold  a 
messuage  and  land  in  Wrea  to  Richard 
Pateson  ;  ibid.  bdle.  60,  m.  in. 

82  In  1688  John  Parker  of  Preston 
gave  to  Christopher  Parker  of  Bradkirk 
the  capital  messuage  of  Compton  in 
Ribby,  and  by  Christopher's  will  (1693) 
Compton  was  to  be  sold  ;  Piccope  MSS. 
(Chef.  Lib.),  iii,  112  (from  the  deeds  of 
Hugh  Hornby  of  Ribby).  In  1709  and 
1719  releases  of  various  interests  in 
Compton  were  made  to  Alexander  Parker, 
executor,  and  in  1720  the  sale  seems  to 
have  been  effected  ;  ibid.  116,  118. 

28  Townley  Rigby  (the  purchaser  of 
Bradkirk)  and  Grace  his  wife  were  in 
1742  in  possession  of  the  manor  of  Ribby 
alias  Ribby-cum-Wrea,  with  messuages, 
lands,  &c.,  in  Ribby  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  326,  m.  100.  Robert  and 
John  Porter  were  the  plaintiffs  in  this  fine. 

24  The  will   of   Lieut.-Col.  Alexander 
Rigby  shows  that  he  had  lands  in  Ribby 
in  1792  (Piccope,  loc.  cit.)  ;  but  a  fine  of 
1753  shows  that  the  manor  of  Ribby  was 
then  in  the  possession  of  Robert  Hornby, 
Jane  his  wife  ;  Hugh  Hornby,  Margaret 
his  wife  ;  Richard  Hornby  and  Alice  his 
wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  348, 
m.  240.     The  plaintiff  in  this  case  was 
James  Whalley. 

From  the  Hornby  of  Ribby  pedigree, 
in  Burke's  Landed  Gentry,  it  appears  that 
Robert  was  thefather of  Hughand  Richard. 

25  Baines,   Lanes,   (ed.   1836),  iv,  398. 
Joseph  Hornby  was  son  of  Hugh. 


26  Burke,  as  above  :  Joseph  Hornby, 
d.  1832  ;  -s.  Hugh,  d.  1849  ;  -8.  Hugh 
Hilton,  d.  1877 — sisters,  Margaret  Anne 
and  Mary  Alice. 

37  The  tenement  in  Wrea  of  Cuthbert 
Clifton  of  Clifton  was  in  1512  held  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  in  socage  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  12.  That  in 
Ribby  of  William  Clifton  of  Kidsnape  in 
1517  was  held  similarly  by  a  rent  of 
zotf.  ;  ibid,  iv,  no.  i  i. 

28  Robert  de  Newsham  had  land  in 
Ribby  and  Wrea  in  1380;  Final  Cone,  iii, 
7.  John  Newsham  of  Newsham  died  in 
1515  holding  messuages,  &c.,  in  Wrea  of 
the  king  as  duke  in  drengage,  doing  suit 
at  the  halmote,  and  rendering  jd.  a  year  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  75. 
George  Newsham  in  1585  held  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  in  socage  by  a  rent  of  \\d.  ; 
ibid,  xiv,  no.  88.  His  son  Robert  sold 
to  John  Bradley  in  1591;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  53,  m.  166.  James 
Bradley 's  lands  in  Wrea  in  1617  were 
held  of  the  king  partly  of  his  honour 
of  Pontefract  and  partly  of  his  manor  of 
East  Greenwich  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  80. 

George  Hesketh's  lands  in  Wrea  in 
1571  were  held  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
duchy  by  the  rent  of  ^d.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  15. 

James  Sharpies  died  in  1593  holding 
a  capital  messuage,  cottages,  &c.,  in  Wrea 
of  the  queen  by  a  rent  of  %d.  Henry  his 
son  and  heir  was  twelve  years  old  ;  ibid, 
xvi,  no.  13. 

Nickson  was  a  common  surname.  John 
son  of  William  Nickson  in  1411  gave 
lands  in  the  hamlet  of  Wrea  in  the  vill 
of  Ribby  which  he  had  inherited  from  his 
mother  Amery  to  John  Fleetwood  ; 
Kuerdcn  MSS.  iii,  R  12. 

89  Commoww.  Ch.  Surti.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  156. 

80  Bishop  Gastrell  in  1724  notes  that 
it  had  been   built  at  the  expense  of  the 
inhabitants    and     that    it    was    intended 
that  the  schoolmaster  should  officiate  till 
some     endowment    could    be    obtained  ; 
Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.   Soc.),  ii,  426.     The 
chapel  was  then  part  of  the  school  build- 
ing.   It  was  consecrated  in  1755  ;  Chester 
Dioc.  Reg. 

81  By  order  in  Council  21  Jan.  1846. 
88  Fishwick,  Kirkham,  63-5  ;  a  list  of 

the  incumbents  is  given. 

88  Notitia  Cestr.  loc.  cit. ;  End.  Char. 
Reft. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


BRYNING-WITH-KELLAMERGH 

Birstaibrinning,  1200;  Birstatbrunning,  1239; 
Burstad  Brining,  1242  ;  Brunigg,  1252  ;  Brining, 
1257. 

Kelfgrimeshereg,  1200;  Kelgrimisarhe,  1239; 
Kelsimshargt,  1249;  Kelgrimesarth,  1254;  Kel- 
grimsargh,  Kelegrymesarch,  1251  ;  Gelgrumysharagh, 
1292  ;  Kelgremargh,  1405  ;  Kellermargh,  1444. 

The  township  has  an  area  of  1,061  acres,1  and  in 
1901  the  population  numbered  129.  The  hamlets 
from  which  it  takes  its  name  are  situated  in  the  centre 
of  it,  Bryning  at  the  north  end  and  Kellamergh  at 
the  south  end  of  a  strip  of  land  rising  above  the  general 
level,  though  attaining  only  64  ft.  above  the  ordnance 
datum.  About  the  same  height  is  attained  again  on 
the  eastern  border. 

A  road  from  north  to  south  passes  through  the  two 
hamlets,  from  each  of  which  other  roads  go  off  towards 
Lytham. 


KIRKHAM 

At  the  Conquest  BRTNING  and 
MANORS  Kellamergh  were  included  in  Ribby,  and 
like  it  became  part  of  the  demesne  of  the 
honour  until,  about  1 190,  they  were  granted  by  John 
Count  of  Mortain  to  Richard  son  of  Roger,  thegn 
of  Woodplumpton.  They  were  assessed  separately — 
Bryning  as  two  plough-lands  and  Kellamergh  as  one — 
and  were  to  be  held  as  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee.  Richard  died  in  1201,  and  John  as  king  con- 
firmed his  former  grant  to  the  five  daughters  and 
co -heirs.2  This  part  of  the  inheritance  in  the  main 
descended  to  the  Beethams  3  and  then  to  the  Middle- 
tons  4  ;  the  portion  belonging  to  the  Stockport 
family  seems  to  have  been  given  to  a  John  de 
Baskervill,5  whose  descendants  continued  to  hold  it  in 
the  1 4th  century.  George  Middleton  had  a  number 
of  lawsuits  with  tenants  and  others.6  The  manor  and 
estate  seem  to  have  changed  ownership  several  times 
after  i68o,7  and  nothing  is  now  known  of  any  claim 
to  the  lordship. 


1  Including  2  acres  of  inland  water  ; 
Centus  Rep.  (1901). 

3  Chart.  R.  (Rec.  Com.),  90.  The 
daughters  are  named  as  Maud  (wife  of 
Robert  de  Stockport),  Margaret,  Avice 
(wife  of  William  de  Mulhum),  Quenilda 
and  Amuria.  Robert  de  Stockport  had 
in  1 200- 1  paid  part  of  10  marks  (for  two 
palfreys)  for  confirmation  of  three  plough- 
land*  in  Bryning  and  Kellamergh  ;  Farrer, 
Lanes.  Pipe  R.  132. 

Accordingly  in  1212  and  1236  the  heirs 
of  Richard  son  of  Roger  held  the  fourth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee ;  Lanes.  Inq,  and 
Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  40,  144.  Roger  Gernet,  Thomas  de 
Beetham  and  Robert  de  Stockport  were 
the  heirs  in  1242  ;  ibid.  153.  The  share 
of  Thomas  de  Beetham  in  1249  was 
9^  oxgangs  of  land,  each  worth  5*.  a 
year,  and  a  part  of  the  windmill,  31.  $.d.  ; 
ibid.  171.  It  is  noted  that  twelve  plough- 
lands  there  went  to  a  knight's  fee. 
Quenilda  widow  of  Roger  Gernet  in  1252 
also  held  9^  oxgangs  of  land,  worth  in  all 
431.  ;  ibid.  190.  Her  share  was  divided 
between  Beetham  and  Stockport,  so  that 
Ralph  de  Beetham  in  1254  held  13!  ox- 
gangs  of  land  by  knight's  service  and  a 
rent  of  ij^d.  Each  oxgang  was  then 
worth  6s.  a  year  and  the  tallage  of  the 
bondmen  1 5.1.  ;  his  three-fourths  of  the 
windmill  was  worthless,  the  mill  being 
waste  ;  ibid.  194,  201.  The  Beetham 
share  was  called  the  seventh  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  in  1256-8  ;  ibid.  221. 

Afterwards  a  division  of  the  whole  of 
Richard  son  of  Roger's  estate  seems  to 
have  been  made,  and  in  1297  the  'heir 
of  Beetham '  held  all  Bryning  and  Kella- 
mergh of  the  Earl  of  Lancaster,  paying 
2s.  6d.  (for  castle  ward),  and  having  in 
1302  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee 
there  ;  ibid.  290,  298,  316. 

3  In  spite  of  the  statements  quoted  in 
the  last  note  the  extent  of  1324  shows 
that  the  Beetham  family  had  not  obtained 
the  whole  manor.  Thus  in  Bryning 
Ralph  de  Beetham  held  three-fourths  of 
the  vill  and  12  oxgangs  of  land  by  the 
service  of  I  ^d.  and  the  fourth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  ;  while  John  de  Baskervill 
held  the  other  part  and  4  oxgangs  by  the 
service  of  $d.  for  castle  ward  and  the 
tenth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.  In  Kella- 
mergh, described  as  a  hamlet  of  Bryning, 
Ralph  de  Beetham  held  2f  oxgangs 
of  land,  John  de  Baskervill  i£,  and 
Thurstan  de  Northlegh  in  right  of  his 


wife  Margery  3  (?8),  each  paying  \\d. 
per  oxgang  for  castle  ward  and  holding 
by  knight's  service  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi, 
fol.  40. 

In  1346  Sir  Ralph  de  Beetham  held 
two  (not  three)  plough-lands  in  Bryning 
and  Kellamergh  by  the  fourth  part  of 
a  knight's  fee  and  a  payment  of  21.  6d. 
for  castle  ward  5  Survey  of  1 346  (Chet. 
Soc.),  46.  At  the  same  time  John 
Davenport  held  a  plough-land  (?)  in 
Bryning  and  Kellamergh  and  lands  in 
Woodplumpton  and  Formby  ;  ibid.  52. 

Just  a  century  later  Thomas  Beetham 
held  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in 
Bryning  and  Kellamergh,  the  relief  be- 
ing 251.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees, 
bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

By  1473  the  Beetham  manor  of  Cow- 
burn  in  Warton  had  been  made  to  include 
Bryning  and  others  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  1 02  ;  Chan.  Inq.  p.m. 
19  Edw.  IV,  no.  87. 

As  in  other  cases  (see  Bootle)  this 
Beetham  manor  was  afterwards  held  by 
the  Earls  of  Derby  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  68.  The  tenure  is  not 
recorded.  The  Derby  rental  of  the  time 
(at  Lathom)  shows  that  only  i  is.  6d.  was 
received  from  tenants. 

4  Gervase   Middleton   of    Leighton    in 
Lonsdale    in    1 548  held    lands,    &c.,    in 
Warton,  Kellamergh,  Bryning  and  Wrea 
of  the  king  by  fealty  and  the  yearly  rent 
of   2s. ;    Duchy  of   Lane.   Inq.   p.m.   ix, 
no.  ii. 

George  Middleton  in  1600  held  the 
'  manor  '  of  Kellamergh,  with  messuages, 
lands,  &c.,  in  Kellamergh,  Bryning  and 
Hollowforth,  but  the  tenure  is  not  re- 
corded ;  ibid,  xvii,  no.  51.  In  1640, 
however,  the  manor  and  estate  were 
stated  to  be  held  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy  in  socage  by  id.  rent  ;  ibid,  xxix, 
no.  64. 

The  Middleton  manors  in  1654  and 
1666-9  included  that  of  Bryning;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  156,  m.  135  ; 
176,  m.  154  (Sir  T.  Clifton,  plaintiff)  ; 
182, m.  94. 

5  For  trie  Baskervill  share  see  a  pre- 
ceding note.     The  family   seems   to   be 
that  seated  at  Old  Withmgton  in  Prest- 
bury ;  Ormerod,   Ghes.  (ed.   Helsby),   iii, 
717.     John  de  Baskervill  was  defendant 
in  1275   and    1278    to  claims  for  dower 
put   forward   by  Ellen  widow  of  Robert 
de    Stockport     in     respect     (inter    alia} 
of  4  oxgangs    of   land    in    Bryning    and 

159 


Kellamergh;  De  Banco  R.  n,  m.  94  ; 
23,  m.  5  d.  In  1372  Richard  Mason  and 
Margaret  his  wife,  widow  of  William  son 
of  William  de  Baskervill,  claimed  dower 
in  four  messuages,  &c.,  in  Bryning  and 
Kellamergh  against  Richard  le  Buntable, 
vicar  of  Prestbury,  and  others ;  ibid. 
448,  m.  353d. 

8  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  114, 
&c.  In  1583  George  Middleton  of 
Leighton  complained  that  whereas  his 
father  Gervase  and  his  ancestors  had  as 
lords  of  the  manor  of  Bryning  held  court 
baron  there  at  which  the  freeholders  had 
appeared  and  done  their  suit,  one  John 
Bradley,  a  freeholder,  had  secretly  practised 
with  Mrs.  Middleton,  plaintiff's  mother- 
in-law,  to  get  into  his  hands  all  the  court 
rolls  of  the  manor,  intending  to  with- 
draw his  suit.  Further  orders  having 
been  given  to  sever  each  man's  tene- 
ment by  stakes,  &c.,  Bradley  had  pulled 
up  the  partitions  and  stakes  and  had 
likewise  destroyed  the  common  pinfold  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead,  cxxx,  M  13. 

In  reply  Bradley  asserted  that  his  father 
James  had  been  lord  of  the  fourth  part 
of  the  manor  of  Bryning,  so  that  plaintiff 
was  not  lord  of  the  whole  manor.  He 
also  asserted  that  Kellamergh  was  a 
'town  or  manor'  distinct  from  Bryning  ; 
ibid,  cxxvi,  M  8.  This  seems  to  be 
evidence  that  the  Stockport  or  Baskervill 
manor  was  still  remembered  ;  see  also 
Bradley  inquisition  below.  Middleton 
in  reply  denied  the  assertions  ;  ibid, 
cxxxiii,  M  i. 

George  Middleton  died  seised  of  the 
manor  of  Kellamergh  and  Bryning  about 
1598,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Thomas,  who  soon  afterwards  made  com- 
plaint of  James  Crook  and  John  Mercer 
as  having  wrongfully  entered  certain  lands 
and  refused  to  surrender  the  deeds  ;  ibid, 
cxcviii,  M  6. 

7  The  following  references  are  given, 
but  may  not  all  refer  to  the  Beetham 
manor  : — 

In  1713  Edward  Rigby  held  the  manor 
of  Bryning-with-Kellamergh,  with  various 
lands,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  497, 
m.  5. 

In  1760  Robert  Hesketh,  Anne  his 
wife,  Henry  Sharpies  and  Anne  his  wife 
held  the  manor  or  lordship  of  Bryning- 
with-Kellamergh,  courts  leet,  courts 
baron,  views  of  frankpledge,  &c.,  belong- 
ing to  the  said  manor ;  also  messuages 
and  lands  in  the  township  and  ten  cattle- 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


A  portion  of  KELLAMERGH,  afterwards  described 
as  a  moiety  of  the  manor,8  came  before  1246  into  the 
possession  of  the  family  of  Ulnes  Walton,9  and  was  to- 
gether with  their  principal  manor  purchased  by  Henry 
Earl  of  Lancaster  in  I347.10  It  descended  with  the 
duchy  till  1551,  being  then  sold  to  Anthony  Browne.11 
This  moiety  also  has  disappeared  from  the  records.11 

Bryning  is  found  as  a  surname,  and  Kellamergh 
also  gave  a  surname  to  a  local  family  or  families,13'1 
among  whom   were  benefactors  of  Lytham  Priory.16 
Another   family    of  long    continuance  was    that   of 


Sharpies.16  John  Bradley  17  of  Bryning  was  a  free- 
holder in  i6oo.18  James  Bradley,  his  successor,19  was 
repeatedly  fined  for  recusancy  ;  his  eldest  son  Edward 
was  killed  at  Marston  Moor,  fighting  on  the  king's 
side,  and  a  younger  son,  Richard,  born  in  1605, 
became  a  Jesuit  priest.  Labouring  in  Lancashire  in 
dangerous  times  he  was  arrested  by  the  Parliamentary 
soldiers  and  imprisoned  at  Manchester,  dying  there 
before  his  trial  on  30  January  1645-6.*°  Part  of  the 
estate  was  sequestered  for  '  delinquency  only '  under 
the  Commonwealth."  A  pedigree  was  recorded  in 


gates  on  Freckleton  Marsh ;    ibid.    Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  364,  m.  98. 

In  1805  George  Cowban,  Robert  Leach 
and  their  wives  had  the  manor  or  reputed 
manor  ;  ibid.  August  Assizes,  45  Geo.  Ill 
(fines). 

8  From  what  has  been  stated,  it  must 
have  been  part  of  the  Stockport  share. 

9  Warine  de  Walton,  as  shown   later, 
warranted  in  that  year ;  Assize  R.  404, 
m.  10  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),   i,    194.      The  story   is  given  in 
detail  in  the  accounts  of  Ulnes  Walton, 
Leyland,  and  Eccleston  in   Leyland.     In 
the  fines  the  estate  is  called  «  301.  rent,' 
but  as  above  stated  Thurstan  de  North- 
legh    held  4  oxgangs  of   land  in    Kella- 
mergh in  1 324.   This  was  half  the  manor. 

10  Ibid,   ii,  124  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  i,  no.  51. 

In  1403  Adam  Hogeson  of  Kellamergh 
died  holding  a  messuage  and  an  oxgang 
of  land  and  meadow  (12  acres  in  all) 
of  the  king  (as  of  'his  duchy)  of  the 
manor  of  Ulnes  Walton  by  knight's 
service  and  a  rent  of  <$d.  Thomas,  the 
son  and  heir,  was  six  years  of  age ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1508.  Thomas 
seems  to  have  died  soon  afterwards,  for 
in  1405  the  wardship  and  marriage  of 
Roger  son  and  heir  of  Adam  Hogeson 
were  granted  to  John  Fleetwood  ;  Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  532. 

11  Duchy   of  Lane.    Misc.    Bks.   xxiii, 
70  d. 

u  In  1558  there  was  a  settlement  or 
partition  of  the  manors  of  Ulnes  Walton 
and  Kellamergh,  &c.  ;  half  was  to  belong 
to  Anthony  Browne  and  Joan  his  wife 
and  half  to  William  Farington  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  20,  m.  4.  Four 
years  later  the  Earl  of  Derby  obtained 
one  moiety  of  them  from  Sir  Thomas 
Gerard  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  who  gave 
warranty  against  Anthony  Browne  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  24,  m.  78.  He  also  obtained  the 
reversion  of  Farington's  moiety  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  289,  m.  19.  This  part  of  the 
manor  descended  to  Ferdinando,  the  fifth 
earl ;  ibid.  It  may  have  been  repurchased 
by  the  Faringtons,  for  in  1675  George 
Farington  held  the  manors  of  Ulnes 
Walton  and  Kellamergh  ;  ibid.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  194,  m.  102. 

13.14  William  son  of  Ughtred  claimed 
by  inheritance  in  1246  ij  oxgangs  of 
land  in  Kellamergh  against  Robert  son  of 
Ughtredp  but  did  not  prosecute  ;  Assize 
R.  404,  m.  1 3  d.  At  the  same  time 
Margaret  daughter  of  Siward  de  Kella- 
mergh .claimed  the  third  part  of  an 
oxgang  i  of  land  against  Thomas  de 
Beethani  and  another  third  against 
Jordan  son  of  Quenilda.  Thomas  stated 
that  he  held  in  right  of  his  wife 
Amiria,  and  had  a  son  Ralph.  Jordan 
summonejd  Warine  de  Walton  to  warrant 
him,  and  Warine  in  turn  called  Richard 
Banastre,  who  called  Robert  de  Stock- 
port,  Roger  Gernet  and  Quenilda  his 


wife  and  Ralph  son  of  the  said  Amiria. 
These  appeared  accordingly  and  stated 
that  the  land  was  the  villeinage  of  Hugh 
de  Morteyn,  and  that  plaintiff's  father 
had  held  his  2  oxgangs  of  him  by 
villeinage  ;  they  alleged  further  that 
Kellamergh  was  a  member  of  Singleton, 
part  of  the  king's  demesne,  where  such 
a  writ  did  not  run  ;  ibid.  m.  10. 

Richard  son  of  Gilbert  de  Kellamergh 
was  defendant  in  1292  and  1294  ;  Assize 
R.  408,  m.  57;  1299,  m.  16,  18. 
John  son  of  William  son  of  Jordan  de 
Kellamergh  in  1347  put  forward  a  claim 
to  land  in  the  place  against  John  de 
Bradkirk,  Robert  de  Newton,  vicar  of 
Kirkham,  and  John  son  of  William  le 
Wower  of  Kellamergh.  The  last-named 
John  said  that  his  father  William  had 
had  a  grant  of  the  land  in  1318  from 
plaintiff's  father,  and  so  prevailed  ;  Assize 
R.  1435,  m.  43. 

15  Robert  de  Kellamergh  (son  of 
Richard)  about  1240  granted  the  monks 
two  butts,  lying  between  land  of  his 
brother  Richard  with  easements  in  the 
vill  of  Kellamergh  ;  Lytham  Charters  at 
Durham,  2  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  14. 
Robert  the  son  of  Robert  afterwards  gave 
a  release  ;  ibid.  no.  1 5. 

The  above-named  Richard  son  of 
Richard  de  Kellamergh  also  gave  land, 
and  the  gift  was  confirmed  by  his  son 
William;  ibid.  no.  17,  18.  The  same 
Richard  gave  his  daughter  Eda,  on  her 
marriage  with  Robert  son  of  John  the 
Salwaller  (or  Sauner),  a  '  land '  in  Kella- 
mergh near  the  '  land  '  of  the  little  tower 
(turrelli),  on  the  Wallfurlong;  ibid.  no.  16. 
It  is  noteworthy  that  a  William  'del 
Castell '  contributed  to  the  subsidy  of 
1332  ;  Exch.  Lay  Subs.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  60.  John  father  of  the 
bridegroom  promised  to  compensate  the 
monks  out  of  his  oxgang  of  land  in 
Warton  should  Eda  reclaim  the  land  her 
father  Richard  had  given ;  Lytham 
Charters,  ut  sup.  no.  22.  The  brothers 
Richard  and  Robert  also  gave  and  con- 
firmed various  parcels  of  land  to  the 
monks;  ibid.no.  19. 

A  grant  by  Beatrice  daughter  of  Adam 
de  Kellamergh  and  Clarice  to  the  monks 
is  noticeable  as  having  been  attested  by 
the  lords  of  the  place — Robert  de  Stock- 
port,  Roger  Gernet  and  Thomas  de 
Beetham — among  others  ;  ibid.  no.  22. 
It  may  be  added  that  Robert  de  Stock- 
port  (about  1230)  released  to  the  monks 
Simon  de  Kellamergh,  with  all  his  off- 
spring and  chattels  ;  ibid.  no.  26.  Adam 
Banastre  also  released  to  them  the  homage 
of  Robert  son  of  Richard  de  Kellamergh  ; 
ibid.  no.  27. 

16  In  1251  Godith  widow  of  William 
de  '  Kelkemath  '  claimed  dower  in  Kella- 
mergh against  Henry  de  Sharpies,  Gilbert 
son  of  Roger  de  Freckleton  and  William 
son  of  Richard  ;  Curia  Regis  R.  145,  m.  i, 

i* 

1 60 


John  the  son  and  Maud  the  widow  of 
Henry  de  Sharpies  were  defendants  in 
1292  to  claims  to  land  made  by  the 
granddaughters  and  heirs  of  William  son 
of  Henry  de  Kellamergh — viz.  Ellen  wife 
of  Roger  son  of  Avice  de  Preston,  Mar- 
gery wife  of  Richard  de  Tulketh,  Eve 
wife  of  Adam  son  of  Margery  and  Cecily 
wife  of  Robert  de  Ribbleton  ;  Assize  R. 
408,  m.  70  d. 

In  1346  John  son  of  William  de  Kella- 
mergh and  Adam  de  Sharpies  seized  a 
number  of  cattle  grazing  on  their  common 
of  Corcolcar.  The  owner  of  the  cattle, 
William  the  Palfreyman  of  Lytham, 
asserted  that  they  were  feeding  on  Hest- 
holme  Carr  in  Lytham  ;  De  Banco  R.  348, 
m.  242. 

Roger  Kellamergh  in  1444  complained 
that  John  Sharpies  and  others  had  been 
breaking  his  close  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
6,  m.  6. 

Thomas  Sharpies  died  in  1527  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Kellamergh  of  the 
king  as  of  his  lordship  of  Penwortham  by 
a  rent  of  31.  nd. ;  William  his  son  and 
heir  was  fifteen  years  old ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  43.  This  pro- 
perty was  soon  afterwards  acquired  by 
Thurstan  Tyldesley  of  Wardley  and  passed 
to  his  son  Thomas,  as  appears  by  their 
inquisitions  ;  ibid,  x,  no.  44,  27. 

17  One  James  Bradley  in  1560  claimed 
a    windmill,    &c.,    in    Kellamergh    and 
Bryning  as  son  and  heir  of  John,  son  and 
heir  of  James,  son  and  heir  of  William 
(son  of  Thomas)   Bradley  and  Margaret 
his  wife,  on  whom  the  tenement  had  been 
settled  in  the  time  of  Henry  VI  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  207,  m.  9  d. 

18  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  232.     John  Bradley  son  of  James  was, 
as  already  shown,  engaged  in  suits  respect- 
ing lands  in  the  manor  of  Bryning  from 
1583  onwards  ;  Ducatus  Lane,  iii,  131,  &c. 

19  James    Bradley  died    at  Bryning  in 
1617  holding  messuages,  lands  and  wind- 
mill there,  and  other  lands  in  Kellamergh, 
Wrea,  Freckleton,  Kirkham  and  Warton. 
No  share  of  the  manor  was  claimed.     He 
left  a  widow  Ellen   and   a  son  and  heir 
Edward,  then  thirteen  years  of  age.     It  is 
recorded    that    the    Bryning   lands    were 
held  of  the  lord  of  Stockport  in  socage  by 
the  rent  of  a  pair  of  gloves  at  Easter  ; 
those    in    Kellamergh  were    held  of  the 
king ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  79,  80. 

20  Gillow,  Blbl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  i, 
287  ;  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  ii,  178. 

21  The  estate  of  James  Bradley  the  elder 
was  ordered  for  sale   in  1652;  Index  of 
Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  41.    James  Bradley 
the    younger,    'having    been    ever    con- 
formable,' put  in  a  claim,  but  the  estate 
was  sold    to    Bartholomew    Hesketh    of 
Aughton  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  216—17  ;  Cal.  Com. 
for  Comp.  iv,  3010.  The  two  Jameses  were 
probably  the  brother  and  son  of  Edward. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


i665-22  The  inquisitions  yield  the  names  of  a  few 
of  the  old  landholders 23  ;  among  them  was  Edward 
Mercer,24  who  died  in  1637,  an(^  whose  mother's 
land  in  1652  stood  sequestered  for  '  popery.' 25  John 
Mercer  as  a  '  Papist '  registered  his  freehold  estate  in 
Kellamergh  in  iji/.26  A  family  named  Leyland 
occurs  in  the  i8th  century.27 


CLIFTON-WITH-SALWICK 

Cliftun,  Dom.  Bk.     Salewic,  Dom.  Bk. 

This  is  a  composite  township,  Clifton  lying  to  the 
south-west  and  Salwick  to  the  north-east,  the  respec- 
tive acreages  being  2,101  and  1,388,  or  3,489  acres 
in  all.1  Lund,  with  its  chapel,  is  about  midway 
between  the  two  hamlets,  but  in  the  Clifton  portion. 
This  portion  has  on  the  south  the  marshy  land  by 
the  Ribble,  and  on  the  north  some  moss  land.  From 
the  marsh  the  surface  rises  at  first  somewhat  steeply, 
the  village  of  Clifton  being  on  the  slope  ;  in  general 
the  surface  continues  to  rise  gradually  from  that 
point  to  near  the  northern  boundary,  but  with  many 
undulations,  over  100  ft.  above  sea  level  being 
attained.  In  the  northern  corner  the  surface  falls 
away  somewhat ;  it  is  in  this  part  that  Pepper  Hill 
is  situate.  The  population  was  413  in  1901. 

The  principal  roads  are  three  crossing  westward 
through  Lund,  Clifton  and  the  Marsh  respectively. 
The  line  of  another  westward  road,  called  the  Danes' 
Pad,  is  traceable  to  the  north  of  Lund  ;  it  is  supposed 
to  be  of  Roman  origin.  A  cross  road  goes  north 
through  Clifton  and  Salwick  to  Pepper  Hill,2  where 
it  meets  another  going  north-west  from  Preston. 
There  is  also  a  westerly  cross-road  near.  The 
Preston  and  Lancaster  Canal  winds  west,  north  and 
east  through  Salwick.  The  railway  from  Preston  to 


KIRKHAM 

Blackpool   runs  westward  to  the  south  of  the  canal, 
and  has  a  station  named  Salwick. 

There  was  formerly  a  cross  at  Lund  village.3 

The  land  is  clayey  ;  wheat,  beans  and  oats  are 
grown,  but  most  of  the  land  is  in  pasture. 

The  township  has  a  parish  council. 

Robert  son  of  John  Gradwell  was  born  at  Clifton 
in  1777-  Educated  at  Douay  he  was  imprisoned 
there  on  the  outbreak  of  the  French  Revolution. 
Afterwards  he  was  rector  of  the  English  college  at 
Rome,  and  in  1828  was  consecrated  (as  Bishop  of 
Lydda)  to  assist  Bishop  Bramston  as  vicar-apostolic 
of  the  London  district.  He  died  in  i833-4  At 
Clifton  also  was  born  George  Hilary  Brown  (1786)  ; 
he  was  appointed  vicar-apostolic  of  the  Lancashire 
district  in  1840,  and  ten  years  later,  on  the  restora- 
tion of  the  hierarchy,  became  Bishop  of  Liverpool. 
He  died  in  i856.5 

In  1066  CLIFTON,  assessed  as  two 
MANORS  plough-lands,  and  S4LWICK,  as  one, 
were  part  of  the  Amounderness  fee  of 
Earl  Tostig.6  They  were  sometimes  regarded  as  sepa- 
rate manors,  probably  their  original  status,  but,  as  they 
were  adjacent  and  held  in  demesne  by  one  lord, 
Salwick  gradually  fell  into  the  position  of  a  depen- 
dency of  Clifton.  After  the  Conquest  they  were  held 
of  the  king  in  thegnage,  and  in  1212  formed  part  of 
an  estate  of  ten  plough-lands  so  held,  a  rent  of  40^. 
being  paid.7 

The  owner  in  the  year  named  was  Walter  son  of 
Osbert,8  who  seems  to  have  been  in  possession  by 
1 1 7O.9  Walter  was  followed  in  1217  by  his  son 
William  de  Clifton,10  who  died  in  1258  holding  ten 
plough-lands  in  chief  of  the  king — viz.  eight  in  demesne 
and  two  in  service — by  a  rent  of  401.  and  by  finding 
a  suitor  at  the  courts  of  the  county  and  the  wapen- 
take.  His  son  Henry  was  of  full  age  and  married.11 


28  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  49.  The 
descent  is  thus  given  r  John  Bradley  -8. 
James  (d.  c.  1620)  -8.  Edward  (killed  at 
Marston  Moor,  fighting  on  the  king's 
side)  -s.  James  (aged  forty)  -».  Edward 
(aged  fourteen). 

23  The  Heskeths  of  Rufford  had  land 
in  Kellamergh  in  the  time  of  Henry  VIII, 
but  the  tenure  was  unknown  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.   Inq.   p.m.  v,  no.  16  ;  vii,  no.  14. 
The    tenement    of    George    Hesketh    of 
Poulton  in  1571  was  held  of  the  lords  of 
Kellamergh  in  socage  ;  ibid,  xiii,  no.  15. 
Later  it  was  held  of  the  king  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  iii,  366. 

John  Nickson  of  Kellamergh,  who  died 
in  1618,  held  a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the 
heirs  or  assigns  of  Jordan  de  Kellamergh. 
William  Nickson  son  and  heir  of  John 
was  seven  years  old  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
ii,  87. 

George  Browne  in  1567  held  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  in  Kellamergh  as  part  of  his 
Kirkham  estate,  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Christ  Church,  Oxf.,  being  lords  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  4. 

24  Ibid,  xxix,  no.  9.    The  tenure  is  not 
recorded.       William     son    and     heir    of 
Edward  was  two  years  of  age. 

William  Mercer  was  defendant  in  1582 
and  1 590,  while  John  Mercer  was  claimant 
of  lands  in  the  manor  of  Bryning  in  1601  ; 
Ducatus  Lane,  iii,  161,  243,  422. 

25  In     1645    two-thirds    of    one-third 
part  of  the  Mercer  tenement  was  seques- 
tered   for    the    recusancy     of    Elizabeth 
mother  of  Edward;    she  died   in   1651. 


Two-thirds  of  another  third  were  in  1646 
sequestered  for  the  recusancy  of  Alice 
Mercer,  widow  of  Edward.  William 
Mercer  the  son  made  petition  in  1652  in 
respect  of  these  portions  ;  Royalist  Camp. 
Paper -s,  iv,  128—9.  The  claim  was  allowed  ; 
Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3013. 

26  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,  89. 

47  Pedigree  in  Fishwick,  Kirkham,  1 96. 

Richard  Bradkirk  of  Bryning  died  un- 
married in  1813.  A  sister  Elizabeth 
married  John  Langton  ;  M.  I.  at  Kirk- 
ham. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  3,373 
acres,  including  17  of  inland  water ; 
there  are  also  40  acres  of  tidal  water  and 
83  of  foreshore. 

*  Thomas  Duddell  of  Pepper  Hill  in 
Clifton  occurs  in  1613  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  14. 

8  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  187. 

4  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  ;  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet. 
of  Engl.  Cath. 

8  Ibid,  i,  320. 

6  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

7  Lanes.   Inq.   and   Extents    (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and   Ches.),  i,  46.     The  fee  con- 
sisted of  Clifton  (two  plough-lands),  Sal- 
wick (one),  Westby  (two),  Fieldplumpton 
(two),  and  Barton  (two).     These  give  only 
nine   plough-lands,  but  in   1226  Westby 
and  Fieldplumpton  together   were  called 
five    plough-lands ;     the    assessment    of 
Barton    in     1066    was   four,    not    two. 
Though   Salwick  became  subordinate,  it 
occurs  occasionally  as  the  leading  member. 

161 


From  a  tithe  suit  of  1586  it  appears 
that  there  were  then  19  oxgangs  of  land 
in  Clifton  proper  ;  Fishwick,  Kirkham 
(Chet.  Soc.),  73. 

8  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  46. 

9  He  attested  a  charter  which  may  be 
dated  between    1160  and    1170;  Farrer, 
Lanes.  Fife  R.  409- 1 1 .     Theobald  Walter 
about  1 194  took  the  land  of  Salwick  from 
him,  giving  Wrea  instead  ;  but  soon  after 
the  accession  of  King  John  he  recovered 
Salwick,  paying  10  marks  and  a  palfrey  ; 
Rot.  de  Oblatis  (Rec.  Com.),  115;  Farrer, 
op.  cit.  130.     He  contributed  to  a  scutage 
in  1205-6  ;  ibid.  205. 

Walter  son  of  Osbert  and  his  son 
William  were  benefactors  of  Cockersand 
Abbey  ;  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  211,  212. 

10  Memo.  R.  (L.T.R.),  i.  Walter  son  of 
Osbert's  name  was  copied  into  the  roll  of 
1226,  as  if  he   were  still  living;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  139. 

William  de  Clifton  was  collector  of  an 
aid  in  1235  ;  ibid.  142.  In  1256  he 
agreed  with  John  de  Lea  and  Henry  his 
son  respecting  common  of  pasture  within 
Clifton  Marsh  ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixx,  fol.  160. 

11  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,   212—13. 
The  two   plough-lands   in    service   were 
those    in    Barton,  as    appears    from    the 
inquest  of    1212  ;  ibid.  46.     The  lands 
were     in     the     escheator's    hands    from 
23  April  till  4  May,  being  then  delivered 
to   Henry,    the    son   and   heir.     In   that 
time  ^5  135.  gd.  was  received  ;  ibid.  222. 

It  appears  that  Henry  was  a  younger 
»on,  for  in  1257  William  de  Clifton  gave 

21 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Of  Henry  practically  nothing  is  known.12  He 
was  ancestor  of  three  successive  Williams,  the  first 
of  whom 13  in  1318  obtained  a  charter  of  free 
warren  in  his  manors  of  Clifton  and  Westby.14 
He  died  in  I323.15  His  grandson,  another  Sir 
William,16  showed  himself  a  lawless  and  violent  man 
in  a  dispute  in  1337  with  the  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal. 
On  arbitration  he  was  ordered  to  acknowledge  his 
guilt  and  ask  for  pardon,  submitting  himself  to  the 
abbot's  will,  to  pay  20  marks  and  compensate  for  loss. 
Those  who  had  assisted  him  were  to  bring  a  large 
candle,  which  was  to  be  carried  round  the  church  of 


Kirkham  on  Palm  Sunday  and  offered  to  St.  Michael.17 
He  appears  in  another  light  in  1349,  obtaining  from 
the  Archbishop  of  York  licence  for  his  oratories  at 
Clifton,  Westby  and  Lund.18 

Sir  William  was  about  1370  succeeded  by  his  son 
Sir  Robert,18  who  died  in  1401  holding  the  manors 
of  Clifton,  Salwick  and  Moorhouses,  also  the  manor 
of  Westby  and  various  lands  of  the  king  in  socage  by 
the  service  of  40^.  yearly.  The  heir  was  his  nephew 
Thomas  son  of  Sir  Nicholas  de  Clifton,  then  twelve 
years  of  age.20  The  manors  descended  regularly  to 
Cuthbert  Clifton,21  who  died  14  August  1512,  leaving 


60  marks  of  silver  to  Robert  de  Hampton 
and  Margery  his  wife  for  a  release  of  her 
dower  of  one-third  of  the  manors  of 
Clifton,  Westby  and  Plumpton,  with 
which  Richard  de  Clifton  (formerly  her 
husband)  had  dowered  her  at  the  church 
door  when  he  married  her,  with  the 
assent  and  good-will  of  William  his 
father  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  130.  It  appears  that  Margery 
was  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Sir  William 
de  Samlesbury.  Before  1278  she  had 
married  a  third  husband,  Richard  Deuias  ; 
Assize  R.  1277,  m<  32*- 

18  In  1282  Henry  de  Clifton  and 
Margery  his  wife  released  their  right  to  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Thurnham  ; 
Final  Cone,  i,  158.  Margery  widow  of 
Henry  de  Clifton  was  in  1289  the  wife 
of  Robert  de  Holland,  and  was  claiming 
dower  in  a  messuage  and  4  oxgangs  of 
land  in  Plumpton  against  Thomas  de 
Clifton;  De  Banco  R.  80,  m.  125  d. 
Thomas  was  living  ten  years  later  ;  ibid. 
138,  m.  99. 

u  William  son  of  Henry  de  Clifton 
in  1298  allowed  turbary  in  Salwick  or 
Moorhouses  to  William  son  of  Henry 
de  Lea,  jusi  as  his  ancestors  had  enjoyed 
it ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixx,  fol.  160.  In  the 
following  year  he  (as  Sir  William)  approved 
30  acres  in  Clifton  Marsh  with  the  leave 
of  William  de  Lea  ;  ibid. 

William  de  Clifton  was  defendant  in  a 
claim  put  forward  by  Edmund  Earl  of 
Lancaster  in  1291  ;  Assize  R.  1294, 
m.  1 1  d.  He  proved  his  right  ;  Plac.  de 
Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  380.  In  1297 
he  rendered  the  old  401.  thegnage  rent ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  289.  In  1306 
he  andj  Aline  his  wife,  through  Eustace 
de  Cottesbach,  made  a  settlement  of  the 
manors  of  Clifton  and  Westby,  the  re- 
mainders being  in  succession  to  William, 
Thomais  and  Henry,  sons  of  William  de 
Clifton  :  Final  Cone,  i,  207. 

William  son  of  William  de  Clifton 
established  his  right  to  the  manor  of 
Salwick  in  1313— 14  against  William  de 
Clifton  and  Aline  his  wife  ;  Assize  R. 
424,  m.  ft.  Sir  William  de  Clifton  occurs 
in  a  bonldin  1317-18  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv, 

CM. 

14  Chart.  R.  n  Edw.  II,  m.  5,  no.  18. 

15  His  two  manors,  Clifton  and  Westby, 
were  held  of  the  king  in  socage  by  suit 
at  the  ce  unty  from  six  weeks  to  six  weeks 
and  at  the  wapentake  from  three  weeks 
to  three/  weeks,  and  by  the  rent  of  401. 
The  cap  *\il  messuage  of  Clifton  was  worth 
2*.;  4    '• gangs   were   in   demesne,  each 
oxgang  retaining  18  acres  of  arable  land, 
worth  iAr.an  acre  ;  also  8  acres  of  meadow, 
each    worth    is.    6d.  ;    a    fishery  in    the 
Ribble  worth  6s.  %d.  a  year,  a  water-mill 
131.  4</.j  a  horse-mill  the  same,  and  a 
windmill  z6s.  8</.     Tenants  at  will  held 
12  oxgangs,  valued  as  above,  24  acres  of 
meadow/   and    twelve     cottages.      In    a 


hamlet  called  the  Moor  were  eight  cot- 
tages and  80  acres  of  arable  land,  worth 
441.  in  all,  and  in  another  hamlet  called 
the  Scales  were  six  cottages  and  60  acres 
of  arable  land,  worth  in  all  331.  His 
heir  was  his  son  William,  aged  twenty- 
eight  ;  Inq.  p.m.  17  Edw.  II,  no.  32. 

William  de  Clifton  in  1324  held  the 
manors  of  Clifton,  Westby  and  Barton 
by  the  ancient  tenure  of  40*.,  &c.  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39^. 

16  In   1 346  Isabel  widow    of  William 
de   Clifton   had   a  dispute  with  William 
son  of  William  as  to  dower.     The  fine  of 
1306  was  referred  to.     William  and  Alice 
(Aline)  were  dead  ;  also  William  the  son 
therein  named,  whose  widow  had  entered 
into  four  messuages,  4  oxgangs  of  land, 
&c.,    parcel    of   the    manor   of   Westby, 
contrary  to  the  fine,  as  was  alleged  by 
the   third   William.     Isabel    alleged  that 
William  the  grandfather  (son  of  Henry) 
had  given  two-thirds  of  them  to  John  de 
Venables,  with  the  reversion  of  the  other 
third  (held  by  Katherine  de  Singleton  as 
dower),  and  they  had  been  then  given  to 
her  on   her  marriage  with  William  (the 
father  of  defendant).     An  allegation  that 
the  senior  William  was  of  unsound  mind 
at  the  time  was  rejected  by  the  jury  ;  De 
Banco    R.    348,  m.    73  ;    350,   m.    122. 
Katherine  de  Singleton  was  probably  the 
second  wife  of  the  first  William. 

17  Fishwick,     Kirkham     (Chet.     Soc.), 
34-5,  quoting  Harl.  MS.  2064,  fol.  14^. 
Sir  William  wished  to  purchase  the  tithes 
of   Clifton    and    Westby  for    20   marks, 
which  the  abbot  refused.     He  drove  away 
the  tithe  collectors,  and  the  abbot's  tithes 
were  left  in  the  fields  to  waste  ;  he  even 
entered  the  church  and  assailed  the  priests 
and    clerks,    and    in    contempt    of    the 
rectorial  rights  had  had  his  child  baptized 
elsewhere    than    in    the    parish    church. 
Further,  with  the  approval  of  a  number 
of    associates,   he    had    had    the    abbot's 
clerk  beaten  in  the  Preston  streets. 

William  de  Clifton  appears  in  1346 
as  holding  two  plough-lands  in  Westby, 
two  in  Fieldplumpton  (Great  and  Little), 
three  in  Salwick  and  Clifton  and  two  in 
Barton,  in  socage,  paying  401.  yearly  at 
the  four  terms,  giving  relief  at  death,  and 
doing  suit  to  the  county  and  wapentake  5 
Survey  of  1 346  (Chet.  Soc.),  46. 

In  1348  Sir  William  complained  that 
Edmund  de  Dacre  had  entered  his  free 
warren  at  Clifton  and  hunted  therein 
without  his  licence,  carrying  off  game  ; 
De  Banco  R.  355,  m.  19.  Sir  William 
and  Margaret  his  wife  were  in  1359 
engaged  in  suits  with  Adam  de  Hoghton  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  7,  m.  7. 

18  Note  by  Canon  Raines  citing  Epi«. 
Reg.  Zouche. 

19  In  1375  Robert  de  Clifton  made  a 
feoffment  of  his  manors  of  Clifton  and 
Salwick,  receiving    them   back  the  next 
year  ;   Close,  49  Edw.   Ill,   m.  46  ;   50 

l62 


Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  m.  3.  In  1385  Sir  Robert 
was  alleged  to  have  carried  off  wreck  of 
the  sea  at  Freckleton  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  22. 

In  the  following  year  he  went  to  Ireland 
on  the  king's  service  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1385-9, 
p.  214. 

In  1390  he  made  acknowledgement  of 
a  debt  before  William  de  Walton,  then 
mayor  of  Preston  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Chan. 
Misc.  1/9,  m.  134. 

20  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1453. 

The  date  of  the  inquest  is  given  as  1 8 
Mar.  i  Hen.  IV  ;  it  should  probably  be 

2  Hen.   IV,    as   Thursday    in    the    first 
(?  second)   week   of   Lent   could    not   be 

3  Mar. — the  day  of  death — in  1400. 

Sir  Nicholas  de  Clifton  was  made  keeper 
of  Bolsover  Castle  in  1396  ;  Cal.  Pat. 
1391-6,  p.  662. 

The  pedigree  given  in  the  inquisitions 
of  1512  and  1514  (hereafter  cited)  is  as 
follows  :  William  de  Clifton  -s.  Sir 
William  -s.  Nicholas  -s.  Robert  -s. 
Thomas  -s.  Richard  -s.  James  -s.  Robert 
-s.  Cuthbert  (who  died  in  1512).  The 
Robert  son  of  Nicholas  appears  to  be  an 
error,  but  there  is  no  independent  proof 
of  several  of  the  steps. 

Richard  Clifton  and  John  Clifton,  each 
described  as  '  esquire,'  were  in  1445 
accused  by  Henry  Fleetwood  of  waylaying 
him  with  intent  to  kill  him  at  Kirkham  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  8,  m.  2.  Richard 
obtained  licence  for  his  oratories  at  Clifton 
and  Westby  in  1444  ;  Raines  MSS.  (Chet. 
Lib.),  xxii,  373.  He  was  in  possession 
in  1445-6,  holding  Westby,  Fieldplump- 
ton, Salwick  and  Clifton  by  the  ancient 
service  ;  the  relief  was  405.  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Knights'  Fees  bdle.  2,  no.  20.  He 
seems  to  have  been  succeeded  by  his 
son  James  between  1479  and  1482  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  118. 
The  writ  of  diem  cl.  extr.  after  the  death 
of  James  Clifton  was  issued  20  Feb. 
1495-6  ;  Towneley  MS.  CC  (Chet.  Lib.), 
no.  639.  For  James's  possessions  see 
Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  29. 

81  In  1498-9  Alice  widow  of  James 
Clifton  in  conjunction  with  Cuthbert, 
next  of  kin  and  heir  of  James,  granted  to 
Henry  Clifton  son  of  James  a  moss  called 
Westgrims  in  Clifton  for  his  life  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  C  21.  Cuthbert  Clifton  in  1504 
gave  land  in  Whittingham  (purchased  by 
his  grandfather  James)  in  exchange  for  a 
burgage  in  Kirkham ;  Towneley  MS. 
DD,  no.  1884.  Alice,  the  widow 
named,  was  one  of  the  daughters  of 
Robert  Lawrence  of  Scotforth  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  163,  m.  20. 

A  rental  of  the  estates  compiled  in 
1509  has  been  preserved  by  Towneley 
(OO).  It  gives  the  names  of  the  tenants 
and  the  various  rents  due  from  each  ;  thus 
Thomas  Ryley  in  Clifton  paid  191.  icW., 
two  days'  'shearing'  or  ^d.,  two  days' 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


an  only  daughter  Elizabeth,  the  heir  male  being  his 
brother  William.22  A  division  ensued,  Clifton  going 
to  the  daughter  and  Westby  to  the  brother,23  and 
thus  the  Cliftons  became  known  as  'of  Westby.' 
Elizabeth  by  her  second  husband  Sir  William  Moly- 
neux24  had  a  daughter  and  heir  Anne,25  whose 
grandson  Cuthbert  Halsall  had  a  daughter  and  co-heir 
Anne.  She  married  Thomas  Clifton  of  Westby,  and 
the  whole  estate  became  reunited.26 

It  will  thus  be  convenient  to  give  in  this  place  the 
descent  of  the  manor  of  Westby.  William  Clifton 
died  in  I  5  37,27  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas, 
who  died  in  1551,  leaving  a  son  and  heir  Cuthbert, 


twelve  years  ot  age.28  Cuthbert  was  a  recusant  in 
1577,  his  income  being  stated  at  100  marks  a  year.29 
He  died  in  1580,  leaving  a  son  Thomas,  eighteen 
years  of  age,30  who  at  his  death  only  five  years  later 
was  followed  by  his  son  Cuthbert,  three  years  old.31 
This  son,  the  purchaser  of  Lytham,  was  made  a 
knight  at  La  thorn  in  i6l7,32  and  died  in  1634 
holding  the  manors  of  Westby,  Lytham  and  Little 
Marton.33  Thomas,  his  son  and  heir,  was  twenty- 
nine  years  of  age,  and,  as  above  stated,  had  recovered 
the  manor  of  Clifton  and  the  other  moiety  of  the 
ancient  family  estate  by  his  marriage  with  Anne 
Halsall.  Pedigrees  of  the  family  were  recorded  at 


ploughing  or  is.,  two  days'  harrowing  or 
8^.,  leading  four  '  foder '  of  turves  or  6d., 
two  hens  or  ^</.,  and  a  goose  or  zJ.  In 
Salwick-with-Moorhouse  the  New  Hall 
with  three  closes  and  two  doles  and  a  half 
in  the  Broadmeadow  was  worth  £2  is.  a 
year,  and  the  Old  Hall  with  half  a  dole 
in  the  Broadmeadow  £2  icw.  The 
Westgrims  Moss  is  named. 

A  full  description  of  the  boundary  of 
the  lordship  of  Clifton  and  Sal  wick  is 
added.  It  went  through  the  middle  of 
the  moor  between  Clifton  and  Lea, 
'straight  betwixt  the  hepping  stones  in 
Sidgreaves  Lane  and  the  nook  of  the  new 
intake.'  The  Harestones,  Wagging 
Birch,  Raholme  and  Graystone  seem  to 
have  been  on  the  north-west  border  of 
Salwick. 

It  is  noted  that  the  friars  of  Preston 
paid  is.  to  the  lord  of  Westby  for  certain 
lands  at  the  Maudlands  and  a  pound  of 
pepper  (or  is.),  and  that  the  lord  of 
Barton  paid  81.  for  that  lordship. 

M  Two  inquisitions  were  made.  That 
in  1512  (Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv, 
no.  iz)  gives  the  pedigree  as  already 
recorded  and  recites  several  deeds.  By 
one  of  them  (without  date)  the  feoffees  of 
Sir  William  de  Clifton  gave  to  William 
de  Clifton  the  son  the  manors  of  Clifton 
and  Westby,  with  messuages,  windmill, 
lands,  rents  in  various  places  and  homages 
of  Sir  Nicholas  Boteler  for  a  tenement  in 
Whittle,  of  John  de  Barton  for  Barton, 
and  of  Richard  de  Shireburne  for  Inskip. 
By  another  Sir  William  de  Clifton  gave 
to  his  son  Nicholas  messuages  and  lands 
in  Goosnargh  and  English  Lea  (including 
one  in  Sidgreaves).  Cuthbert  Clifton  gave 
certain  lands  to  trustees  to  pay  Lawrence 
Henreson  to  celebrate  in  Kirkham  Church 
for  him  and  his  wife,  &c.,  for  ten  years, 
when  the  lands  were  to  go  to  his  brother 
William.  All  his  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Kirkham,  Newton,  Scales,  Great  and 
Little  Plumpton,  Warton,  Wrea,  Elswick, 
Greenhalgh,  Esprick,  Ashley  and  Barker 
in  Goosnargh  were  to  go  to  his  said 
brother,  together  with  certain  lands  in 
Salwick,  Clifton  and  Westby.  The 
manors  of  Clifton  and  Westby  and  the 
lands  there  were  stated  to  be  held  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  by  the  yearly  rent  of 
4.01.  Salwick  is  called  a  '  manor '  at  the 
beginning  but  not  afterwards. 

The  second  inquisition,  in  15 14  (ibid, 
iv,  no.  48),  quotes  the  fine  of  1306,  and 
recites  that  Richard  son  of  Thomas  Clifton 
was  seised  of  certain  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Clifton,  Westby,  Salwick  and  other  place* 
which  descended  to  Cuthbert  as  his  heir 
(viz.  son  of  Robert,  son  of  James,  son  of 
the  said  Richard),  and  should  descend  to 
his  daughter  Elizabeth,  who  was  nine  years 
old  at  her  father's  death. 

Elizabeth  Clifton  became  the  king's 
ward,  but  William  Clifton  had  possession 


of  some  or  all  of  the  estates,  and  in  1516 
Richard  Hesketh,  the  king's  attorney  for 
the  county  palatine,  appeared  before  the 
barons  of  the  Exchequer  for  instructions  ; 
ibid,  iii,  no.  3. 

28  In  May  1515  it  was  agreed  between 
Richard  Hesketh  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Cuthbert  Clifton,  on 
the  first  part,  and  William  Clifton  brother 
of  Cuthbert,  on  the  other,  that  the  manor 
of  Westby,  demesne  lands,  &c.,  property 
in  Much  and  Little  Plumpton,  Wrea, 
Elswick,  Poolhouses  in  Warton,  Green- 
halgh, &c.,  and  the  chantry  at  Kirkham 
lately  made  by  Sir  Richard  Davy,  vicar 
thereof,  were  to  be  taken  for  half  the 
inheritance.  The  other  half  consisted  of 
the  manor  of  Clifton,  with  various  lands, 
the  tithe  barn  there,  fishery  in  the  Ribble, 
lands,  Sec.,  in  Salwick  and  other  places, 
chief  rents  and  services  of  the  free  chapel 
and  lands  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen  nigh 
Preston,  the  chief  rent  of  Barton,  the 
chantry  of  Lund  Chapel,  and  other  lands. 
Richard  and  Elizabeth  were  allowed  six 
months  in  which  to  make  choice  of  one 
of  the  moieties  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  C  21. 

84  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  155,  m.  8  d. 

14  Sir  William  Molyneux  of  Sefton  died 
in  1548  holding  the  manor  of  Clifton,  &c., 
in  right  of  his  wife  Elizabeth,  who  was 
mother  of  Thomas  Molyneux  the  heir. 
Elizabeth  died  nine  months  before  her 
husband,  viz.  on  5  June  1 547,  and  Thomas 
was  of  full  age.  The  manor  and  other 
lands  were  held  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy  by  a  rent  of  zoj.  q.d.  a  year  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  6. 

It  appears  from  the  pedigree*  that  there 
were  several  children  of  the  marriage,  but 
that  Anne,  a  daughter,  was  eventually  the 
heir  and  married  Henry  Halsall  of  Halsall, 
by  whom  she  had  a  son  Richard  ;  Visit,  of 
1567  (Chet.  Soc.),  94,  104.  Settlements 
of  the  manor  appear  to  have  been  made 
by  Henry  Halsall  and  Anne  his  wife  in 
1557  and  1571  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  17,  m.  55  ;  33,  m.  76.  Richard  was 
succeeded  by  his  illegitimate  son  Sir  Cuth- 
bert Halsall,  who  had  two  daughters,  Anne 
and  Bridget;  see  V.C.ll.  Lanes,  iii,  195  ; 
Vitit.  of  1613  (Chet.  Soc.),  59.  The 
manor  of  Clifton,  held  by  the  rent  of 
2os.  4^.,  is  named  in  the  possessions  of 
Henry  Halsall  in  1574  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  34. 

Sir  Cuthbert  Halsall  as  lord  of  the 
manors  claimed  services  in  1600  ;  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  420. 

36  An  agreement  as  to  the  manor*  of 
Clifton  and  Westby  was  made  in  1612 
between  Sir  Cuthbert  Halsall  and  Cuthbert 
Clifton  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  307,  m.  9  d. 
The  manors  were  granted  to  the  Earl  of 
Derby  and  other  trustees  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  80,  no.  24,  25. 

*r  His  will  is  printed  in  Wills  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  70—3.  He  desired 

I63 


to  be  buried  in  Kirkham  Church,  where 
his  ancestors  were  buried.  Thomas,  his 
son  and  heir,  was  under  age  ;  William, 
the  younger  son,  was  to  be  kept  to  the 
school  until  twenty-one ;  the  daughter 
Ellen  is  named.  Isabel  his  wife  was  to 
have  the  manor-place  of  Westby  and  the 
demesne  thereto  belonging.  '  A  certain 
pasture  called  the  Peel '  is  mentioned. 

Isabel  married  John  Holcar  and  in  1538 
was  claiming  dower  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  1 64,  m.  3  d. 

18  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  18; 
x,  no.  47  ;  xii,  no.  12.  Thomas  died 
seised  of  the  manor  of  Westby,  messuages, 
windmill,  &c.,  in  Westby,  Great  and  Little 
Plumpton,  &c.  The  manor  of  Westby  and 
its  appurtenances  were  held  of  the  king  as 
of  his  duchy  in  socage  by  a  rent  of  IQJ. 
This  was  only  a  fourth  part  of  the  old 
service  of  401.5  Clifton  rendered  201.  4</. 
There  is  nothing  to  show  how  the  re- 
mainder was  paid,  but  the  chief  rent  of 
Barton  (8s.)  may  account  for  most  of  it. 

The  accounts  of  Thomas  Clifton's 
executors  are  printed  in  Piccope,  Wills 
(Chet.  Soc.),  iii,  73-80.  He  left  201.  to 
the  grammar  school.  To  the  vicar  of 
Kirkham  ios.  was  paid  as  a  mortuary, 
and  /"4  CM.  4</.  was  paid  at  the  church  the 
day  of  his  burial. 

29  Gibson,  Lydiate  Hall,  215,  quoting 
S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz.  cxviii,  451.  The  William 
Clifton,  gent.,  of  this  and  later  lists  was 
no  doubt  his  uncle,  the  younger  son  named 
in  the  will  of  1537  above  quoted. 

80  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  76. 
The  tenure  of  Westby  is  given  as  before. 
A  messuage  called  Ballam  there  had  been 
assigned  to  Cuthbert's  brother  William. 

81  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  21. 
This  recites  the  will  of  Thomas  Clifton, 
dated  3  Feb.  1584—5,  in  which  are  given 
particulars  of  a  settlement  of  his  estates. 
His  wife  was  Jane  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Southworth  ;  he  had  three  brothers — Wil- 
liam,   John    and    Cuthbert ;    his    uncle, 
William  Clifton  of  Ballam,  was  living. 

Thomas  Clifton  as  a  recusant  was  in 
1584  required  to  provide  a  light  horse- 
man, armed,  for  the  queen's  service  in 
Ireland  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 

593- 

Licence  of  entry  to  Cuthbert  son  and 
heir  of  Thomas  Clifton  was  given  in 
1605-6  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  C  21. 

38  Metcalfe,  Bk.  of  Knights,  171.  Sir 
Cuthbert  Clifton  obtained  a  general  pardon 
on  the  accession  of  Charles  I  ;  Kuerden, 
loc.  cit. 

88  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii, 
no.  43.  The  tenure  of  Westby  is  recorded 
as  before.  '  The  Peel '  was  said  to  be 
held  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  knight's 
service.  A  settlement  made  in  1611  is 
recited,  the  remainder  being  to  Thomas 
the  son  and  heir  and  heirs  male.  There 
was  a  younger  son  Cuthbert.  Jane  Stanley, 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


the    heralds'    visitations    in     I56;,34     i6i335    and 


The  Cliftons  adhered  to 
Roman  Catholicism,37  and  in 
the  Civil  War  to  the  king's 
side.38  Thomas  Clifton  had 
his  estates  sequestered  as  a  re- 
cusant and  delinquent,39  and 
at  length  they  were  sold  by 
order  of  the  Parliament.40 
His  eldest  son,  Colonel  Cuth- 
bert  Clifton,  was  taken 
prisoner  at  Liverpool  in  1 644, 
and  died  at  Manchester,41  and 
three  other  brothers  are  stated 
to  have  lost  their  lives  in  the 
king's  service.42  Thomas  died 


CLIFTON  of  Clifton 
and  Westby.  Sable  on  a 
bend  argent  three  mulleti 
pierced  gules. 


in    1657,   and   his 


second  son  Thomas  succeeded.43  He  was  made  a 
baronet  in  1 66 1  as  a  recognition  of  his  family's 
loyalty,44  and  he  was  accused  of  treason  after  the 
Revolution.45  He  died  in  1694,  and  his  son  having 
died  before  him  the  baronetcy  expired,  while  the 
manors  descended  to  his  nephew  Thomas  Clifton 
of  Fairsnape,  who  registered  his  estates  in  1717 
as  a  '  Papist,'  the  annual  value  being  given  as 
£1,548  ijs.  2</.46  He  died  in  1720,  and  the 
manors  of  Clifton  and  Westby  descended  regularly  to 
his  great-great-grandson,  another  Thomas  Clifton,47 
who  became  a  Protestant  in  183 1,48  and  was  sheriff  in 
1835.  He  died  in  1851,  and  his  son  John  Talbot  Clif- 
ton, who  represented  North  Lancashire  1 844-47  49'50 
and  was  sheriff  in  l853,51  died  in  1882,  having 
returned  to  the  Roman  Catholic  religion.52  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  grandson  Mr.  John  Talbot  Clifton,63 


widow,  formerly  wife  of  Thomas  Clifton 
(father  of  Cuthbert),  and  Dorothy,  Cuth- 
bert's  widow,  were  living  at  Westby. 

The  younger  son,  Cuthbert,  entered 
the  Society  of  Jesus  in  1630  and  laboured 
in  the  Lancashire  mission  from  1642  till 
his  death  in  1675.  He  is  stated  to  have 
reconciled  the  seventh  Earl  of  Derby  to 
the  Roman  Church  while  on  his  way  to 
execution  at  Bolton,  1651  ;  Foley,  Rec. 
5.  /.  vii,  139.  »*  Vhlt.  (Chet.  Soc.),  42. 

35  Ibid.  88.  s6  Ibid.  86. 

37  Sir  Cuthbert  was  present  at  the 
meeting  (or  pilgrimage)  at  Holywell  in 
1629.  It  was  then  stated  that  he  had  two 
priests  at  his  house,  at  which  place  were 
kept  Fr.  Arrowsmith's  clothes  and  the 
knife  that  cut  him  up  ;  Foley,  op.  cit.  iv, 
534,  citing  S.  P.  Dom.  Chas.  I,  cli,  13. 
Two  of  his  daughters  were  nuns. 

It  may  have  been  this  Cuthbert  to 
whom  in  1636  licence  to  travel  abroad 
was  given,  Rome  being  the  place  for- 
bidden ;  Cal,  S.  P.  Dom.  1635-6,  p.  341. 

88  Thomas  Clifton  was  one  of  the 
'  recusants  convicted  '  who  petitioned  the 
king  on  the  outbreak  of  the  war  to  be 
allowed  to  provide  themselves  with 
weapons  ;  Civil  War  Tracts  (Chet.  Soc.), 
39.  He  entertained  the  Earl  of  Derby 
at  Lytham  Hall  in  1644  ;  War  in  Lanes. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  26. 

39  Royalist    Comf.    Papers    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,    and    Ches.),    ii,    47—63.      Major 
John  Wildman,  esq.,  contracted   for  the 
purchase  of  the  manors  of  Clifton-with- 
Salwick,    Westby,    Lytham    and     Little 
Marton. 

Other  members  of  the  family  also 
suffered.  The  estate  of  Dorothy  widow 
of  Sir  Cuthbert  was  sequestered  in  1647 
for  her  recusancy  ;  ibid.  43.  The  annuity 
of  John  Clifton,  a  lunatic,  was  suspended 
for  a  time  ;  ibid.  46. 

40  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  30  ; 
under  an  Act  of  1652,  for  the  use  of  the 
navy. 

41  He  married  in  1641  Margaret  daugh- 
ter and  heir  of  George  Ireland  of  South- 
worth,  and  his  estate  was  seized   by  the 
Parliament     in     1643  'i    Royalist    Comp. 
Papers,    ii,    60.       Colonel    Clifton — who 
must  have  been  very  young  for    such   a 
post — was  made    governor  of    Liverpool 
after    the    capture     of    that    town     by 
Prince  Rupert,  and  was    taken  prisoner 
at  its  recapture   i    Nov.   1644.     He  and 
the  others  'were  carried  to  Manchester 
and    there    kept.      Some    of  them   died 
within  a    little    time    after,    as    Colonel 
Cuthbert  Clifton  of  Lytham  and  Captain 
Richard       Butler      of     Rawcliffe      with 
others'  ;  War  in  Lanes.  60  ;  Civil  War 


Tracts,  208.  For  an  anecdote  of  him  see 
War  in  Lanes.  5 1. 

42  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  i, 
516-17.  Their  names  are  given  as 
Francis  (killed  at  Newbury  1643),  J°^n 
and  Lawrence.  Another  brother,  Ger- 
vase,  was  with  the  king's  forces  till  the 
taking  of  Shelford  Manor,  when  he  was 
captured  ;  '  as  to  his  recusancy,  as  he 
was  but  young  before  the  first  wars  he 
could  not  be  convicted,  but  his  father 
and  all  the  family  being  ever  Papists, 
they  (the  investigators)  believed  he  could 
never  make  it  appear  that  he  was  con- 
formable, nor  was  he  then  so  far  as  they 
knew"  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  ii,  56,  45. 

48  The  details  in  the  later  part  of  the 
descent  are  taken  in  the  main  from 
Foster's  Lanes.  Fed.  f  Mr.  Thomas  Clifton 
of  Lytham '  was  buried  at  Lytham 
17  Dec.  1657  ;  Reg. 

44  G.E.C.  Complete  Baronetage,  iii,  170. 

45  Sir  Thomas  and  Lady  Bridget  his  wife 
were  indicted  for  recusancy  in   1678-9  ; 
Hist.  A1SS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  109. 

Sir  Thomas,  then  a  very  infirm  man, 
was  arrested  on  suspicion  in  1689,  and 
kept  in  Mr.  Patten's  house  in  Preston, 
where  he  avowed  his  contentment  with 
the  government.  Again  he  was  captured 
at  Wrea  Green  17  July  1694  and  lodged 
at  Kirkham,  being  taken  next  day  to  his 
own  house  at  Lytham,  then  by  Wigan 
to  Chester  Castle.  Afterwards  he  was 
kept  in  the  Tower  of  London  till  the 
trial  at  Manchester  ;  Jacobite  Trials  (Chet. 
Soc.),  98,  46. 

His  brothers  William  and  James  were 
also  arrested  in  1689;  Hist.  MSS.  Com. 
Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  3 14.  Lunt,  the  informer 
and  chief  witness,  at  the  trial  pointed  to 
Sir  Rowland  Stanley  as  Sir  Thomas 
Clifton  and  vice  versa  ;  ibid.  371. 

The  manors  of  Lytham,  Westby-with- 
Plumpton,  Clifton -with -Salwick  and 
Little  Marton  were  held  by  Sir  Thomas 
Clifton  in  1692;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  455,  m.  ii  ;  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  228, 
m.  127. 

46  Estcourt    and     Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurors,  115;  also  Bridget  Clifton,  94. 

An  agent  of  the  government  writing 
from  Preston  in  1716  says  :  '  The  family 
of  Thomas  Clifton  of  Lytham,  esq.,  a 
Roman  Catholic  of  very  considerable 
estate,  seems  to  have  been  very  deeply 
engaged  in  the  late  rebellion.  George 
Clifton,  his  brother,  is  actually  outlawed 
on  account  of  that  rebellion  and  I  have 
the  copies  of  several  depositions  taken 
against  the  eldest  son  of  the  said  Thomas 
Clifton  and  one  Mr.  Mayfield  his  steward 
.  .  .  that  are  very  plain  and  direct  ! ' 

164 


Again,  '  The  eldest  son  of  the  said 
Thomas  Clifton  has  absconded  ever  since 
the  action  at  Preston  and  is  said  also 
to  be  fled  to  France.  .  .  .  There  are 
also  some  depositions  against  the  said 
Thomas  Clifton  himself,  and  I  have  been 
assured  by  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of 
England  in  his  neighbourhood,  a  very 
zealous  man  for  the  government,  that 
.  .  .  was  there  but  proper  encourage- 
ment given  there  might  be  a  cloud  of 
witnesses  produced  that  would  fix  the 
matter  plainly  upon  him  ' ;  Payne,  Engl. 
Cath.  Rec.  87,  100. 

47  The  descent  is  thus  given  in  Foster, 
op.  cit.  :   Thomas,  d.  1720  -s.  Thomas, 
d.  1734  -s.  Thomas,  d.    1783   -s.  John, 
d.  1832  -s.  Thomas,  1788-1851. 

It  was  the  second  Thomas  Clifton  who 
married  Mary  daughter  and  co-heir  of 
Richard  (fifth)  Lord  Molyneux.  The 
same  Thomas,  as  son  and  heir  of  Thomas 
Clifton  and  nephew  and  devisee  of  James 
Clifton  of  Preston,  in  1727  transferred 
to  William  Clifton  (son  of  Cuthbert, 
eldest  son  of  said  James)  and  John 
Winder  land  on  the  Freshes  of  the  River 
Potomac  in  the  province  of  Virginia, 
lately  in  the  possession  of  James  Clifton 
and  of  Thomas  his  second  son  ;  Piccope 
MSS.  Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  232,  from  rolls 
i  &  2  of  Geo.  II  at  Preston.  For  the 
will  of  Thomas  Clifton,  1734,  see  ibid. 
256,  quoung  2nd  5th  roll  of  Geo.  II  ;  it 
mentions  Mary  his  wife  daughter  of 
Richard  Lord  Molyneux  and  his  four 
daughters.  Eleanor,  one  of  the  daughters, 
was  a  nun  at  the  Bar  Convent,  York, 
1720-85  ;  Misc.  <Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  iv,  360. 

The  third  Thomas  in  the  descent 
married  Anne  daughter  of  Sir  Carnaby 
Haggerston  in  1752.  The  marriage 
covenant,  from  which  it  appears  he  owned 
Fairsnape  and  Todderstaffe,  is  abstracted 
by  Piccope  (ibid.  278)  from  R.  26  of 
Geo.  II.  He  had  made  a  settlement  of 
his  manors  of  Clifton,  Salwick,  Westby, 
&c.,  in  1750  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  570, 
m.  7.  The  last  Thomas  similarly  occurs 
in  1809  ;  Draft  Docquets,  bdle.  27,  R  10. 

48  Some     particulars     are    related    in 
Gillow' s  Haydock  Papers,  237. 

49-so  Burke,  Landed  Gentry  (1906),  335. 

51  Ibid. 

52  His  brother  Charles  Frederick  took 
his   wife's   surname   of  Abney-Hastings, 
and  was  raised  to  the  peerage  in  1880  as 
Lord  Donington.       He  died  in  1895,  his 
son  being  the   Earl   of  Loudoun,  as  heir 
of  his  mother  ;  G.E.C.  Complete  Peerage, 

ii'»  137- 

53  Son  of  Thomas  Henry  Clifton,  who 
died  in  1880. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


born  in  1868,  the  present  lord  of  the  manor.  The 
principal  residence  of  the  family  has  been  at  Lytham 
since  early  in  the  ijth  century.  Mr.  Clifton's  pos- 
sessions include  the  whole  of  the  townships  of  Clifton- 
with-Salwick,  Westby-with-Plumptons,  and  Lytham 
(ancient)  ;  also  Little  Marton,  part  of  Great  Marton 
and  much  of  Warton.  Manor  courts  have  long  ceased 
to  be  held,  but  juries  of  the  farmers  in  the  several 
townships  assemble  yearly  to  make  arrangements  for 
the  clearing  of  the  watercourses,  and  officials  named 
constables,  byelaw-men,  &c.,  are  nominated  as  a 
matter  of  form.54 

The  Cliftons  being  the  only  landowners  in  the 
township,  there  is  little  to  record  besides.  Richard 
Clitheroe  of  Clifton  paid  £10  on  declining  knight- 
hood in  1 63 1.55  One  Thomas  Threlfall  had  two- 
thirds  of  his  house  and  land  sequestered  for  recusancy 
in  the  Commonwealth  time.56  Several  people  of 
Clifton  and  Salwick  registered  estates  as  '  Papists  '  in 
171 7,57  in  addition  to  the  squire. 

Of  Salwick  there  is  little  to  record.58  There  were 
disputes  between  the  lords  of  Lea  and  Clifton  as  to 
pasturage  on  Salwick  Waste,  Grimes  Moss  and  Clifton 
Marsh.59  William  Duddell  was  a  freeholder  in 
l6oo.60 

LUND  was  the  site  of  an  oratory  in 
CHURCH  1349,  as  above  stated.  The  chapel  is 
named  again  in  the  partition  of  the 
Clifton  estates  in  I5I5-61  Nothing  is  known  .of  its 
earlier  history  ;  it  is  not  named  among  the  chantries 
suppressed  in  1547-8,  and  probably  ceased  to  be  used 
for  service62  till  the  time  of  the  Commonwealth, 
when,  the  Cliftons'  estates  being  under  sequestration, 
Lund  Chapel  was  rebuilt63  and  occupied  by  one 
Joseph  Harrison,  'a  godly,  diligent  and  painful 
pastor,'  who  received  £40  a  year  from  the  Com- 
mittee of  Plundered  Ministers.64  Afterwards  it  re- 
verted to  the  Cliftons,  but  in  1687  was  claimed  by 
Mr.  Clegg,  vicar  of  Kirkham,65  and  this  claim  seems 


to  have  prevailed,  probably  owing  to  the  Revolution, 
for  in  1689  Thomas  Ryley,  'conformable,'  was 
minister  there.66  Bishop  Gastrell  about  1717  found 
that  there  was  an  income  from  recent  endowments  of 
£6  1 8s.  \d.,  and  that  the  master  of  Kirkham  School 
preached  and  read  prayers  there  '  every  Sunday, 
Sacrament  days  excepted.'  67  Curates  were  appointed 
regularly  from  1732.  The  chapel  became  ruinous,68 
and  was  replaced  by  the  present  church  of  St.  John 
the  Evangelist  in  1825.  A  district  parish  was  attached 
to  it  in  1 84O,69  and  the  vicarial  tithes  have  been 
assigned  to  the  incumbent,  who  is  presented  by  the 
Dean  and  Canons  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford.70  The 
following  have  had  charge  71  : — 

1717     Edward  Manwaring 

1726     Thomas  Cockin 

1749     Benjamin  Wright 

1774     Cuthbert  Harrison 

1790     Joshua  Southward 

1790     Charles     Buck,     M.A.    (St.    John's    Coll., 

Camb.) 

1808     Thomas  Stephenson 
1820     Richard  Moore,   M.A.72  (Brasenose  Co!]., 

Oxf.) 
1886     Charles    Fullerton    Smith,    M.A.    (Christ 

Ch.,  Oxf.) 

Ward's  House,  near  Salwick  Hall,  was  formerly  the 
seat  of  a  younger  branch  of  the  Clifton  family,  of 
whom  several  became  Jesuits,  and  mass  was  said  in  the 
chapel  there  in  the  I7th  73  and  i8th  centuries,74  until 
the  chapel  at  Lea  was  built  in  i8oi.78 

NEWTON-WITH-SCALES 

Neutune,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Neuton,  1242. 

This  township  occupies  a  long  strip  of  ground 
running  north  from  the  Ribble,  with  an  area  of 
1,5  22 1  acres.1  The  village  of  Newton  is  near  the 


M   Information  of  Mr.  James  S.  Fair. 

46  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  222. 

48  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  v,  3202.  Threl- 
fall was  dead,  but  had  been  succeeded  by 
another  of  the  same  name.  The  claim 
of  Thomas  Cottam  in  1654.  was  allowed 
'unless  the  County  Commissioners  find 
that  Margaret  wife  of  Thomas  Threlfall 
is  the  Margaret  Threlfall  of  Poulton  who 
has  been  convicted  of  recusancy." 

57  Of  Clifton — Robert  Hoskar,  James 
Hoskar  and  Robert  Gradwell ;  Estcourt 
and  Payne,  op.  cit.  103,  133,  136.  Of 
Salwick  —  James  Hardman  and  Anne 
widow  of  John  Charnock  ;  ibid.  92,  140. 

68  The  New  Hall  and  the  Old  Hall  in 
Salwick  are  named  in  1591  ;  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  256. 

59  Ibid.    113,    323;  Lanes,    and    Ches. 
Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  279. 

60  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  232. 

61  Quoted    in    a    former    note.       See 
Raines"   notes    in    Notitia    Cestr.    (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  424. 

62  The   chantry   chapel  and   its   lands, 
including  three  messuages    in    Kirkham 
and  the  4  acres  and  a  windmill  in  Clifton, 
certainly    came    into    the    hands    of  the 
Crown,  for  James  I   sold   them   in    1606 
to    William     Brown    and    others    (Pat. 
3  Jas.  I,  pt.  xvi),  who  no  doubt  sold  to 
the  lord  of  Clitton. 

83  In   1645   an  allowance  of  £40  out 


of  Thomas  Clifton's  sequestered  tithes 
was  voted  for  the  maintenance  of  a 
minister,  'when  the  said  chapel  of  Lund 
shall  be  re-edified '  ;  Plund.  Mini.  Accts. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  9.  The 
grant  became  effective  in  1648  ;  ibid.  62. 

64  Commoniv.     Ch.     Sur-v.     (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  155.     The  allowance 
was  increased  to  ^50  ;  Plund.  Mins.  Accts. 

i»  94>  245- 

Harrison  was  '  a  good  scholar  and  a 
methodical  preacher  ;  fixed  in  a  dark 
corner,  where  he  was  wonderfully  fol- 
lowed and  very  useful '  ;  Calamy,  Nonconf. 
Mem.  (ed.  Palmer),  ii,  97.  For  his 
family  see  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Hist,  and  Gen. 
Notes,  ii,  159. 

65  Raines,  ut  sup.  quoting  Cartivright's 
Diary    (Camden     Soc.),    in    which    the 
bishop  states  he  dismissed  the  claim  for 
want  of  evidence.     The  claim  must  have 
originated   somewhat  earlier,  for  in  1680 
Alice   Clitherall  left  ^5   towards  an  en- 
dowment;  in   1682    John   Dickson   left 
money,  half  the   interest  on  which  was 
'  to  be  paid  to  such  minister  as  should  be 
legally  authorised  to  teach  and  preach  in 
the    chapel  of  Lund,    according   to    the 
Church  of  England,'  or  in  default  to  the 
poor  ;  and   in  1685    Thomas   Smith  left 
£20  for  '  a  lawful   minister '  ;  while  in 
1690  Alice  Hankinson  left  £z  for  the 
use    of    the    chapel ;    End.    Char.    Rep. 
(Kirkham),  18. 

The   chapel  was  first  repaired   at  the 

I65 


charge  of  the  parish  in  1688  ;  Fishwick, 
Kirkham  (Chet.  Soc.),  56. 

66  Hist.  MSS.   Com.  Rep.   xiv,  App.  iv, 
229.     Ryley  is  not  named  in  Stratford's 
visitation  list,  1691,  so  that  he  did  not 
stay  long. 

67  Notitia  Cestr.  loc.  cit. 

68  The  royal  brief  for  a  collection  on 
behalf  of  the   rebuilding,   dated  1822,  is 
printed  in  Lanes,  and  Chef.  Antiq.  Notts, 
ii,  200. 

69  Order  in  Council,  Aug.  1840. 

70  Raines"  notes,   Notitia    Cestr.      The 
benefice  was  declared  a  vicarage  in  1866  ; 
Land.  Gaz.  25  May. 

71  This  list  is  from  the  church  papers, 
Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

7*  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  303. 

73  See  the  account  of  Kirkham  Church. 

74  Foley,   Ret.   S.  J.   vii,    140-1.      In 
1716    it    was    reported    'that    Lowick 
[  ?  Salwick]     Hall,    the    reputed  inherit- 
ance of  Thomas  Clifton  esq.  of  Lytham, 
about  four  miles  from  Preston,  belongs 
to  some  popish  priests  or  is  appropriated 
to  some  other  superstitious  use '  ;  Payne, 
Engl.  Cath.  Rec.  89. 

75  John  Clitton  (d.    1832)  suppressed 
Salwick  Chapel,  and  made  an  unsuccess- 
ful  claim  for  the  plate  and  vestments  ; 
Gillow,  Haydock  Papers,  237,  207. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  1,472 
acres,  including  7  of  inland  water  ;  there 
are  also  1 5  acres  of  tidal  water  and  40  of 
foreshore. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


centre,  Scales  lying  to  the  north-east  of  it,  on  the 
border  of  Clifton.  The  southern  end  has  been 
reclaimed  from  the  Kibble,  and  about  a  third  of  the 
remainder  is  flat  ground,  under  25  ft.  above  sea 
level ;  north  of  this  the  surface  rises  sharply  to  over 
50  ft.,  Newton  being  situated  on  the  slope,  and  then 
the  ground  again  becomes  even,  descending  a  little 
at  the  northern  boundary.  The  population  in  1901 
was  229. 

The  road  from  Preston  to  Kirkham  passes  through 
Scales  and  Dowbridge,  with  a  loop  round  by  Newton  ; 
and  the  road  from  Preston  to  Lytham  crosses  the  low- 
lying  ground  to  the  south. 

The  soil  is  clayey  and  loamy,  with  subsoil  of  sand  ; 
wheat,  beans  and  oats  are  grown,  but  nearly  all  the 
land  is  used  for  pasture. 

The  township  is  now  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

There  was  formerly  a  curious  inscription  on  the 
High  Gate  Inn.2 


In  1066  NEWTON  was  a  member 
MANORS  of  Earl  Tostig's  fee,  and  assessed  as  two 
plough-lands.3  Afterwards  it  was  in- 
cluded in  the  barony  of  Penwortham,  and  found  to 
be  divided  equally  between  the  fees  of  Freckleton 
and  Preese,  held  by  knight's  service.4  The  former 
moiety  was  held  by  Singleton  and  Whittingham  of  the 
lord  of  Freckleton.5  The  other  moiety  long  descended 
like  Preese.6  This  was  sold  in  l6o8,7  and  in  1617  was 
held  by  James  Townend  and  Edmund  Hankinson.8 

There  were  immediate  tenants  who  assumed  the 
local  surname,  and  were  benefactors  to  Cockersand 
Abbey.9  A  small  part  of  Newton  descended  from 
Bradshagh 10  to  Coppull,  and  was  in  the  time  of 
Henry  VI  sold  to  Thomas  Stanley n  of  Lathom,  so 
descending  to  the  Earls  of  Derby.12 

Newton  occurs  but  seldom  in  the  records 13  ;  the 
'manor'  is  named  in  I563.14  In  1580  SC4LES 
also  was  spoken  of  as  a  manor.15  In  1794  the  lords 


*  Printed  in  N.  and  Q.  (Ser.  6),  ii,  336, 
from  a  local  paper. 

»  r.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

*  Ibid.  335. 

5  One  of  the  moieties  of  Newton  was 
in  1 202  held  of  Roger  de  Freckleton  by 
William  de  Winwick  and  Maud  his  wife  ; 
Feet  of  F.  Yorks.  4  John,  no.  4.5.     The 
other  moiety  was  probably  that  held  by 
Gunilda  (or  Quenilda),  described  as  '  lady 
of  Newton  '  in  the  Cockersand  charters. 

Alan  de  Singleton  and  Warine  de 
Whittingham  held  the  Freckleton  moiety 
in  1242  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  152. 

In  1292  Alice  daughter  of  Richard  de 
Marklan  and  widow  of  William  de  Newton 
claimed  dower  in  two-thirds  of  three 
messuages  and  3  oxgangs  of  land  in  New- 
ton against  Henry  de  Lacy  Earl  of  Lin- 
coln, Maud  daughter  and  heir  of  John  son 
and  heir  of  William  de  Newton  and  wife 
of  William  de  Beconsaw,  and  others. 
Adam  de  Freckleton  claimed  the  lordship, 
and  stated  that  William  de  Newton  had 
held  of  him  by  knight's  service,  and  John 
his  son  also  ;  Maud  the  daughter  and  heir 
of  John  was  under  age,  and  the  tenement 
was  given  to  the  Earl  of  Lincoln,  who 
allowed  one-third  to  Almorica,  John's 
widow.  The  jury,  however,  found  for  the 
plaintiff  under  a  grant  made  by  William 
de  Newton  ;  Assize  R.  4 1 8,  m.  9  d. ;  4 1 9, 
m.  12  d. 

In  1384  Robert  de  Freckleton  granted 
John  de  Newton  a  messuage  and  ij  ox- 
gangs  of  land  in  Newton  and  Warton  for 
life  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  iii,  24. 

6  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,   30,  152, 
316.     It    continued    in    the    families   of 
Frees  and  Skillicorne  till  the  I7th  century. 

In  1292  Margery  widow  of  John  Fran- 
ceys  claimed  dower  in  half  an  oxgang  of 
land  in  Newton  against  Robert  de  Frees  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  43  d. 

William  »on  of  William  de  Frees,  a 
minor,  in  1361  recovered  a  messuage  and 
land  in  Newton  against  Adam  Wodebridde, 
Alice  his  wife  and  William  Browning  ; 
De  Banco  R.  408,  m.  79. 

Margery  de  Frees  in  1401  held  2  ox- 
gangs  of  land  in  Newton  of  the  king  as 
of  his  honour  of  Penwortham  by  knight'* 
•ervice  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
76.  John  Skillicorne  in  1478  held  nine 
messuages,  100  acres  of  land,  &c.,  in  New- 
ton of  the  king,  paying  6d.  a  year  ;  ibid,  ii, 
105.  The  family  had  an  earlier  interest  in 
Newton,  for  in  1357  Adam  Skillicorne 


purchased  an  oxgang  of  land,  &c.,  there 
from  William  de  Thornton  and  Maud  his 
wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  155,  1 80. 

Nicholas  Skillicorne  in  1606  still  held 
the  'manor'  of  Newton-with-Scales ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  70,  no.  83. 
Soon  afterwards  it  must  have  been  sold, 
for  in  a  Skillicorne  fine  of  1609  it  is  not 
named  ;  ibid.  bdle.  76,  no.  31. 

7  In  Aug.  1608  James  Townend  and 
Edmund  Hankinson  paid  £5   for  licence 
to  agree  with  Nicholas,  John  and  William 
Skillicorne  respecting  the  manor  of  New- 
ton-with-Scales, a  windmill,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  301,  m.  9  d. 

8  James  Townend  of  Weeton  (Ducatus 
Lane,   iii,   407)   died  in   1618   holding  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of   Newton-with- 
Scales,  and  various  messuages,  lands,  &c., 
of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  the  hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee.     William  his  son 
and  heir  was  fourteen  years  old  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii, 
97.     Some  Townends  occur  in  the  Preston 
Guild  Rolls. 

Edmund  Hankinson  died  in  1619  hold- 
ing a  moiety  of  the  manor,  various  lands, 
&c.,  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  the 
twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.  The 
heir  was  his  son  Robert,  three  years  old  ; 
ibid.  123. 

For  the  Hankinson  family  see  Preston 
Guard.  Loc.  Notes,  no.  546.  Hugh  Hornby 
of  Kirkham  is  said  to  have  married  Mar- 
garet daughter  and  eventual  heir  of  Joseph 
Hankinson  of  Kirkham  (she  died  1804), 
and  thus  probably  the  moiety  of  the  manor 
descended  to  Hornby  of  Ribby  ;  Burke, 
Landed  Gentry. 

In  1652  one  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Newton-with-Scales  and  messuages,  wind- 
mill,&c.,  there  was  held  by  Thomas  Davy, 
Margery  his  wife,  Robert  Clifton  and  Jane 
his  wife ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  151,  m.  108. 

A  moiety  of  the  manor  was  held  in 
1753  by  the  Hornbys  of  Ribby;  ibid, 
bdle.  348,  m.  240. 

Nothing  further  is  known  of  any  manor 
of  Newton. 

9  Adam    son  of   Leysing    de    Newton 
and    Robert  his    son    were    benefactors ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.   Soc.),  i,  201, 
205.     Summerbrook  Furlong,  Dounanes- 
breck,  Fretlands,  Avenams,  Aldefield  and 
Feredale  are  names   occurring    in    their 
charters. 

Gunilda  daughter  of  Richard  son  of 
Swain  and  wife  of  Robert  son  of  Huck 
gave  land  in  Lumland,  as  also  did  her 

166 


son  Jordan  de  Newton  ;  ibid,  i,  203-4. 
William  son  of  Albert  with  his  wife 
Siegrith  daughter  of  Robert  de  Newton 
also  gave  land  in  Summerbrook  Furlong  ; 
ibid.  205. 

Another  benefactor  was  William  son 
of  Richard  de  Bispham,  who  gave  the 
canons  the  eastern  moiety  of  Dalebridge 
Head,  in  part  bounded  by  the  'great 
street,'  from  Dalebridge  at  Lund  to  the 
Carr  ;  ibid,  i,  205. 

The  abbey's  rentals  1451-1537  are 
printed  ibid,  iii,  1262-3. 

10  Adam  son  of  Richard  de  Bradshagh 
and  Margaret  his  wife  in  1331  settled  a 
messuage    and    ij    oxgangs    of    land    in 
Newton  upon  Adam's  son  William  and 
Ellen  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  79. 

11  William  Coppull  the  elder  sued  for 
the  manor  of  Newton-in-Amounderness, 
with  twelve  messuages,  200  acres  of  land, 
&c.,  in  Warton,   Kirkham,   Kellamergh, 
Wesham,  Greenhalgh,  Elswick  and  Ham- 
bleton  ;  the  defendant  was  John  Coppull  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  20,  m.  14  (about 
1456). 

John  son  of  William  Coppull  sold  to 
Thomas  Stanley  lands  in  Newton,  Freckle- 
ton,  Kirkham,  Warton,  &c.,  which  had 
descended  to  him  from  his  mother  Alice 
daughter  of  John  son  of  William  de 
Bradshagh  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  C  33. 

14  The  Derby  rental  of  1522  (at 
Lathom)  shows  541.  %d.  received  from 
the  tenants  in  Newton  ;  also  ten  hens 
valued  at  I  $d. 

Henry  Earl  of  Derby  was  plaintiff  in 
1591  respecting  lands,  &c.,  and  the  repair 
of  Proud  Bridge  in  Newton,  Scales,  Clifton 
and  Freckleton  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  iii,  253. 

13  William  del  Bank  claimed  two  mes- 
suages, &c.,  against  Adam  del   Bank   in 
1351  ;    Duchy   of   Lane.    Assize    R.    i, 
m.  i  d.  (July),  8  d.  (Mich.). 

John  le  Spenser  of  Newton  in  1375 
made  complaints  of  depasturing ;  De 
Banco  R.  457,  m.  341. 

About  1541  began  disputes  between 
John  Grimboldston  and  members  of  the 
Elston  family  respecting  a  tenement  in 
Newton-in-Scales  ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Writs 
Proton.  Lent,  32  Hen.  VIII  ;  Sessional 
P.  33  Hen.  VIII,  Writs  of  Assize,  Aug. 
36  Hen.  VIII. 

14  In  a  claim  by  William  Skillicorne, 
who   held  by  inheritance,  respecting  the 
common  ;  Ducatus  Lane,  ii,  270. 

15  Ibid,  iii,  92,  in  a  petition  by  James 
Browne.     The   Browne   family  had  had 


CLIFTON  WITH   SALWICK  :    LUND  CHURCH,   ROMAN  ALTAR  USED  AS  FONT 


of  the  manor  of  Newton-with-Scales  were  Joseph 
Hornby,  Richard  Birley  and  Bertie  Markland.16  The 
names  of  some  of  the  former  landowners  may  be  re- 
covered from  the  inquisitions.17  The  Hospitallers  had 
land  in  Newton  from  an  early  time.18 

John  Browne  of  Scales  and  Thomas  Davie  of 
Newton-with-Scales  paid  £10  each  in  1631,  having 
declined  knighthood.19 

A  school,  known  as  the  Blue  Coat  School,  was 
founded  in  i/oy.20 


FRECKLETON 

Frecheltun,  Dom.  Bk. ;  Frequelton,  1212;  Frekel- 
ton,  1 242  ;  Frekilton,  1 244. 

Formerly  this  township  was  bounded  by  two  brooks 
flowing  south  to  the  Kibble,  which  forms  the  boundary 
on  that  side,  and  the  Naze  was  a  projecting  point  in 
the  south-east  corner.  A  large  tract  of  land  reclaimed 
from  the  Kibble  has  been  added  to  the  township  to 
the  east  of  the  Naze.  The  highest  ground  is  in  the 


KIRKHAM 

centre  and  north,  attaining  about  85  ft.  above  the 
ordnance  datum.  The  large  but  somewhat  straggling 
village  of  Freckleton  lies  near  the  centre,  having  a 
mill  by  the  brook  to  the  east.  The  area  of  the  town- 
ship measures  2,417  acres,1  and  the  population  in 
1901  numbered  1,239. 

The  principal  roads  are  one  going  west  through 
the  village  from  Preston  to  Lytham  and  another 
going  from  the  village  to  Kirkham  on  the  north. 
Other  roads  lead  south  to  the  Kibble. 

Sailcloth  and  sacking  used  to  be  manufactured  in 
the  village  ;  rope  and  twine  are  now  made  there, 
and  there  is  a  cotton  manufactory. 

Sites  of  two  ancient  crosses  are  known.2 

There  is  a  parish  council. 

Before  the  Conquest  FRECKLETON, 
MANORS  assessed  as  four  plough-lands,  formed 
part  of  Earl  Tostig's  Preston  lordship,3 
and  afterwards  became  a  member  of  the  barony  of 
Penwortham,4  being  head  of  a  knight's  fee  of  eight 
plough-lands.8  This  was  held  by  a  family  assuming 
the  surname  of  Freckleton.6  In  1242  Richard  de 


land*  in  Newton  from  1419  ;  Townelejr 
MS.  DD,  no.  1791,  1882,  1884. 

George  Browne  died  in  1567  seised  of 
six  messuages,  &c.,  in  the  Scales  and 
Newton,  held  of  William  Skillicorne  by 
a  rent  of  i  ^./.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xi,  no.  4.  The  estate  went  to  James 
Browne,  a  cousin. 

Another  George  Browne  in  1572 
purchased  a  messuage,  &c.,  from  Ellen 
Taborner,  widow  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  34,  m.  32. 

In  pleadings  of  1580  Scales  is  called  a 
'  manor.'  James  Browne,  then  claiming, 
stated  that  his  grandfather  James  Browne 
of  '  Houghton '  had  held  it,  and  had 
settled  it  on  his  son  William,  with 
remainders  to  younger  sons  Henry  and 
Alexander.  William  had  two  sons,  Evan 
(who  had  one  son  Richard,  s.p.m.)  and 
George  (s.p.m.),  and  the  younger  James 
claimed  as  sen  and  heir  of  Henry.  It 
appeared  that  on  George  Browne's  death 
his  brother  Evan's  daughters  had  shared  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  22Eliz.  cxvi,  B  19. 

James  Browne  died  in  1586  holding 
land  of  William  Skillicorne  by  id.  rent, 
and  two  closes  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
duchy  by  the  hundredth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  42. 

John  Browne  in  159;  purchased  a 
messuage  in  Newton-with-Scales  from 
William  Skillicorne  and  Joan  his  wife  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  57,  m.  68. 

Henry  Browne  of  Scales  was  a  free- 
holder in  1600  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  233. 

James  Browne  of  Newton  in  1621 
held  his  messuage  and  land  there  of  the 
king  by  knight's  service  as  of  the  fee  of 
Penwortham,  and  by  -$d.  rent.  His  son 
John,  aged  thirty,  was  the  next  heir  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  239. 

In  the  case  of  the  Cliftons  of  Clifton 
their  tenement  in  Scales  (once  called  a 
'manor')  appears  to  have  been  regarded 
as  part  of  the  manor  of  Clifton,  Scales 
being  on  the  border,  but  in  Newton  they 
held  land  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  in  socage 
or  by  knight's  service  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  12,48.  Henry  Halsall, 
however,  in  1575,  was  found  to  have 
held  land  in  '  Newton  in  le  Scales,'  as 
part  of  Clifton,  of  the  queen  ;  ibid,  xiii, 
no.  34. 


16  Licence     for    gamekeeper  ;    Preston 
Guard.  Loc.  Notes,  no.  1129. 

17  Adam    de    Bradkirk    in    1349    held 
ij  oxgangs    of  land  in   Newton    of   the 
duke    as  of   the  fee  of  Penwortham   by 
knight's  service,  sake  and  ward  ;  another 
J    oxgang    of    Richard    the    Harper    by 
knight's  service  and  a  rent  of  "j\d.  ;  and 
the  fourth  part  of  an  oxgang  of  William  de 
Frees  by  knighl's  service  and  1 5</.  ;  Inq. 
p.m.  28  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.),  no.  la. 

The  Newsham  family  had  land  in  the 
township  in  1380  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  7. 
George  Newsham  in  1585  held  two  mes- 
suages in  Newton-in-Scales  of  William 
Skillicorne  by  a  rent  of  zd.  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  88. 

William  Westby  of  Mowbreck  in  1551 
purchased  two  messuages,  &c.,  from 
Christopher  Colborne  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  14,  m.  253.  This  tenement  was 
in  1557  found  to  be  held  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  in  socage  by  the  rent  of  a  pepper- 
corn ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  17. 
The  statement  is  repeated  later.  The 
origin  of  the  Hoghton  lordship  is  un- 
known ;  it  may  have  resulted  from  their 
manor  in  Whittingham. 

George  Hesketh  of  Poulton  in  1571 
held  land,  &c.,  in  Newton  of  William 
Skillicorne  by  i^J.  rent  ;  ibid,  xiii,  no. 
15.  In  1622  this  estate  was  held  'of  the 
lords  of  the  said  town '  by  the  same  rent 
of  i \d.  ;  Lanes.  Inq. p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes. 
and  Ches.),  iii,  366. 

Robert  Hankinson  died  in  1 604  holding 
cottages  in  Newton  of  Nicholas  Skillicorne 
as  of  his  manor  of  Newton-with-Scales 
by  \d.  rent.  Edmund  his  son  and  heir 
was  twenty-six  years  of  age  ;  ibid,  i,  135. 
This  Edmund,  as  already  stated,  acquired 
a  moiety  of  the  manor. 

John  Browning  in  1617  held  land  in 
Newton  of  the  king  as  of  his  manor  of 
East  Greenwich  by  18.1.  rent.  Margaret, 
his  daughter  and  heir,  was  five  years  old ; 
ibid,  ii,  22$. 

Robert  Hesketh  of  Rufford  died  in  1620 
holding  a  messuage  and  land  in  Newton- 
with-Scales  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy 
in  socage.  Thomas  Stanley  afterwards 
occupied  the  same;  ibid,  iii,  357~8. 

18  In    1246    the     Prior    of    St.    John 
claimed  warranty  from  William  de  Prees 
respecting  i  \  oxgangs  of  land  ;  Roger  and 
Richard,  sons  of  Jordan  de  Newton,  were 


the  prior's  sureties  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  4. 
The  place  is  mentioned  among  the  Hos- 
pitallers' lands  in  1292;  Plac.  de  Quo 
Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 

19  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

i,  221-2. 

*°  John  Hornby,  the  founder,  who  lived 
in  Newton,  directed  that  the  children 
were  to  be  instructed  freely  '  in  learning 
and  in  the  principles  of  the  Protestant 
religion,'  and  taken  to  Kirkham  Church 
every  Sunday  ;  End.  Char.  Rep.  Kirkham, 
24. 

1  2,207  acres,  including  6  of  inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901.  There  are 
also  67  acres  of  tidal  water  and  135  of 
foreshore. 

a  Hall  Cross  and  Higher  House  Cross  ; 
Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  1 86. 

»  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

4  Ibid.  335,  n.  i.  The  Earl  of  Lincoln 
in  1292  claimed  wreck  of  the  sea  at 
Freckleton  and  Warton  in  right  of  his 
fee  of  Penwortham  ;  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr. 
(Rec.  Com.),  382.  See  also  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  22. 

*  Freckleton,  four  plough-lands ;  Whit- 
tingham, one  ;  Newton,  one  ;  and  Els- 
wick,  two. 

6  The  earliest  member  of  it  known  is 
Roger  de  Freckleton,  tenant  in  1199, 
when  he  confirmed  to  Richard  de  Freckle- 
ton  (who  appeared  by  a  brother,  Adam) 
the  sixteenth  part  of  a  mill  and  fishery 
in  the  township  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  7.  In  1 200-1  Roger 
appears  as  holding  by  knight's  service  ; 
Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  1 34.  At  the  same 
time  he  paid  5  marks  for  having  the 
pasture  of  Brethough  Moor,  to  which  his 
claim  had  been  allowed  ;  ibid.  132.  He 
is  named  also  in  the  Pipe  Roll  of  1203-4  ; 
ibid.  176.  In  1 202  he  confirmed  to 
William  de  Winwick  and  Maud  his  wife 
the  lands  they  held  of  him  in  Whitting- 
ham and  Elswick,  and  added  8  oxgangs 
more,  they  releasing  to  him  all  claim  in 
his  tenement  and  giving  9  acres  in 
Brechou  (Brethough)  in  Freckleton ; 
Feet  of  F.  Yorks.  4  John,  no.  45. 

It  is  possible  that  he  was  the  Roger  son 
of  Jordan  who  gave  2  acres  on  the  south 
side  of  Freckleton,  together  with  his  body, 
to  the  canons  of  Cockersand  ;  Chartul. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  198.  He  had  a  son 
Richard  and  a  brother  Swain,  who  also 


Freckleton,7  who  was  a  benefactor  of  Cockersand 
Abbey 8  and  Lytham  Priory,9  held  in  demesne  ^\ 
plough-lands  in  Freckleton,  while  another  plough- 
land  was  held  by  Alan  de  Singleton  and  Swain  de 
Freckleton,  and  the  remaining  half  plough-land  by 
Gilbert  de  Meols,  Roger  de  Nutshaw  and  William 
de  Pool.10  Amid  so  many  subdivisions  the  succession 


is  not  clear.11  In  1297  Adam  de  Freckleton  was  the 
principal  holder,12  succeeded  before  1324  by  Ralph 
de  Freckleton,13  who  was  living  in  1 346.  In  that 
year  Queen  Isabella  had  a  knight's  fee  in  Freckleton, 
&c.,  of  the  inheritance  of  Alice  Countess  of  Lincoln, 
and  by  Ralph  de  Freckleton  her  tenant  rendered 
IOJ.  for  castle  ward  yearly.14  Afterwards  an  heiress, 


had  a  son  Richard  (perhaps  the  Richard 
of  the  fine  of  1199)  ;  ibid.  199.  Roger 
attested  several  of  Quenilda  de  Warton's 
grants  to  Lytham  Priory  ;  D.  at  Durham. 
To  another  charter,  perhaps  somewhat 
later,  the  witnesses  included  Roger  and 
Richard  de  Freckleton  and  Robert  son  of 
the  lady  of  Freckleton  ;  ibid.  I  a,  zae, 
4ae,  Ebor.  no.  45. 

A  third  Richard  (son  of  Waldeve)  had 
lands  in  Freckleton  about  I  zoo-zo  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  2OO. 

7  In   121 2    Richard    son  of   Roger  de 
Freckleton  held  one  plough-land  in  Thorp 
in  Bretherton  ;    Lanes.  Inq.    and  Extents 
(Rec.    Soc.    Lanes,    and    Ches.),    i,    34. 
Richard    lord    of   Freckleton    attested    a 
number  of  the  Lytham  Priory  charters  ; 
in  one  (c.  1234)  a  Richard  de  Freckleton 
attested  before  Richard  son  of  Roger  de 
Freckleton  ;  D.  at  Durham,  la,  2ae,  436, 
Ebor.  no.  42.     In  a  later  one  Richard  is 
entitled  Sir  ;   ibid.  no.  34. 

At  an  inquisition  made  about  1253  '* 
was  recorded  that  Richard  de  Freckleton 
held  a  knight's  fee,  but  his  ancestors  had 
enfeoffed  many  persons  of  portions  of  it, 
so  that  his  own  residue  was  not  worth 
£15  a  year;  Inq.  p.m.  Hen.  Ill,  'de 
annis  incertis,'  no.  33.  By  a  fine  of  1227 
Richard  son  of  Roger  obtained  a  release 
to  himself  of  5  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Freckleton  to  which  Maud  daughter  of 
Robert  had  some  claim  ;  Final  Cone,  i, 
50.  Richard  was  living  in  1258  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  212. 

8  As  Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Freckleton 
he  gave  the  canons  various  lands,  includ- 
ing Lyolfscroft  and  4  selions  at  the  Moor 
next  the  Hospitallers'   lands  ;  Cockersand 
Chartul.  i,  197-8. 

9  As    Richard    son    of   Roger,   lord   of 
Freckleton,  with  the  assent  of  Alice  his 
wife   and  of  his   heirs,  he  (about   1230) 
gave  his  land  between  the  lands  of  Richard 
son  of  Robert  del  Moor  and  William  son 
of  Hawise  and  confirmed  the  gift  of  Swain 
son  of  Osbert ;  Lytham   D.  at  Durham, 
3  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  8.  This  deed  has 
a  seal  with  the  legend  -{-  s'  RICI  DNI   DE 
FREKKL'.     Other  grants    by  him    in    the 
same  collection  name  lands  on  Scortefald- 
wrynges,  Ulvesbothe   Furlong,   the   Out- 
lane  Wra  in  Freckleton  Field,  the  House- 
steads,  Curtasfaldwrigis,  Tustehorn   Fur- 
long, the  field  called  Strick,  and  an  acre 
on  Longrodes  in  Freckleton  Field,  extend- 
ing from  the  road  called   Phusthor  to  the 
moor.    In  two  of  the  charters  (no.  1 1,  30) 
he  describes  himself  as  '  brother '  of  the 
house  of  St.  Cuthbert  of  Lytham,  though 
he  does  not  seem  to  have  been  a  monk 
there  ;  in   another   (no.   13)  his   mother 
Sara  is  named. 

Richard's  widow  was  Hawise  daughter 
of  Hugh  de  Mitton,  who  released  her 
dower  right  in  certain  land  to  the  monks  ; 
ibid.  no.  21.  Robert  son  of  Hawise  de 
Freckleton  and  brother  of  Richard  de 
Freckleton  was  no  doubt  her  son  ;  ibid, 
no.  22,  23.  In  another  charter  Hawise 
is  described  as  formerly  lady  of  the  vill  ; 
no.  36. 

10  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  152.    The 
Swain  named  is  probably  the  Swain  son 


of  Osbert  already  mentioned.  From 
charters  already  referred  to  it  appears  that 
he  was  a  benefactor  of  Cockersand  and 
Lytham.  Two  of  his  charters  are  pre- 
served at  Durham  (no.  31,  33),  one  of 
them  bearing  his  seal.  Swain  son  of 
Osbert  recovered  a  parcel  of  land  in 
Freckleton  in  124.6  against  Richard  de 
Freckleton,  Adam  de  Singleton  and  Adam 
his  son  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  8  d. 

Gilbert  de  Meols  and  Adam  his  brother 
attested  a  number  of  the  Lytham  Priory 
charters.  This  share  seems  to  have 
been  acquired  by  the  Butlers  of  Rawcliffe. 

William  de  Pool  is  probably  the  William 
son  of  Roger  del  Rise  who,  in  conjunction 
with  his  wife  Margery,  released  to  the 
monks  the  land  near  Warton  Pool  in  the 
field  of  Freckleton  which  he  and  his  father 
had  held  of  them  by  fee  farm  of  2j..  ;  the 
monks  had  given  him  5  marks  in  his 
great  need  ;  Lytham  D.  no.  28,  29. 

For  Nutshaw  (Nottesagh)  see  the 
account  of  Penwortham  parish. 

11  Richard    lord    of     Freckleton    and 
Richard  his  son  attested   a  local  charter 
c.  1246  ;  Lytham  D.  no.  36. 

Richard  son  of  Roger,  lord  of  Freckle- 
ton,  granted  4  oxgangs  of  land  in  Freckleton 
and  i  in  Elswick  to  Richard  his  son  and 
heir,  who  was  to  marry  Margaret  daughter 
of  Robert  de  Molyneux  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  F  13.  Sir  Adam  de  Molyneux  was  a 
witness. 

Richard  son  of  Richard  de  Freckleton 
in  1259-60  claimed  half-acres  against 
Robert  son  of  Richard  de  Freckleton  and 
Adam  de  Singleton,  so  that  he  probably 
succeeded  his  father  about  that  time  ; 
Curia  Regis  R.  166,  m.  17  d.  A  year  or 
two  later  the  defendants'  names  are  given 
as  Robert  son  of  Richard  and  Adam  de 
Freckleton  ;  ibid.  171,  m.  76.  At  the 
same  time  Richard  de  Freckleton  claimed 
the  services  due  for  their  free  tenements 
from  John  son  of  Richard,  Gilbert  de 
Meols  and  Margery  his  wife,  Richard  son 
of  John  and  Joan  his  wife  ;  ibid.  Adam 
son  of  Alan  de  Singleton  acquired  the 
land  pertaining  to  2  oxgangs  of  land  from 
Michael  de  Thornton  about  1240  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  93. 

John  de  Freckleton  appears  just  after- 
wards as  attesting  charters  and  as  juror  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  231,  234 
(1262-5). 

12  Ibid,  i,  290,  298  ;  he  held  the  Earl 
of  Lincoln's  knight's  fee  in  Freckleton  of 
the  Earl  of  Lancaster  and  paid  icw.  yearly 
for  castle  ward.    In  1302  also  he  held  the 
fee  in  Freckleton,  Whittingham,  Newton 
and  Elswick  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln  ;  ibid, 
i,  316.     Adam  was  still  tenant  in  1311, 
paying  41.  as  sake-fee  and  doing  suit  to 
Penwortham  Court ;  De  Lacy  Inq.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  22. 

Adam  de  Freckleton  gave  to  Adam  his 
son  and  Ellen  his  wife  a  messuage  (bought 
of  Sir  William  de  Clifton)  and  3  oxgangs 
of  land  in  Freckleton  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iii,  F  3.  Adam  the  son  was  outlawed  in 
1315  for  the  death  of  Henry  de  Bury  in 
the  rising  of  Adam  Banastre  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,  ii,  159.  He  was  living 
twenty  years  later  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  299, 

168 


m.  20  Rex.  In  1322—3  Adam  son  of 
Adam  de  Freckleton  released  to  his 
brother  Ralph  all  right  in  his  lands  in 
Freckleton,  except  an  oxgang  which 
Edmund  de  Rigby  and  Joan  his  wife  held 
for  Joan's  life  ;  Kuerden  loc.  cit.  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  1 1 6.  Ellen  the  widow 
of  Adam  son  of  Adam  de  Freckleton  in 
1337  claimed  2  oxgangs  of  land  and  an 
eighth  part  of  another  against  James  son 
of  Robert  de  Freckleton,  and  against 
Nicholas  son  of  Robert  son  of  Michael  de 
Freckleton  the  fourth  part  of  an  oxgang  ; 
De  Banco  R.  311,  m.  82,  82  d.  Again 
in  1351—4  she  claimed  the  same  estate 
against  John  son  of  Robert  de  Freckleton 
and  many  others  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize 
R.  i,  m.  3  d.  ;  2,  m.  3  d.  ;  3,  m.  5.  She 
had  in  the  former  case  made  an  appeal  on 
the  ground  of  error  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  3 1 6, 
m.  1 8  d.  ;  326,  m.  20. 

13  From  the  last  note  it  appears  that 
Ralph  was  a  son  of  Adam  the  elder.     In 
1 324  the  heir  of  Adam  de  Freckleton  held 
the  knight's  fee  of  Alice  de  Lacy,  doing 
suit  to  county  and  wapentake  and  paying 
castle  ward  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  3 9 b. 

The  subdivisions  of  the  fee  are  shown 
in  a  list  of  those  distrained  to  do  homage 
in  1322:  Ralph  de  Freckleton  himself  held 
three  plough-lands  and  4  oxgangs  in  the 
four  townships  ;  Nicholas  le  Boteler,  one 
plough-land  »nd  3  oxgangs  in  Freckle- 
ton  ;  Adam  Banastre,  one  plough-land  in 
Freckleton  and  Elswick,  &c. ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,  ii,  135.  In  the  ministers' 
accounts  of  1341—2  for  Penwortham 
appear  payments  from  Nicholas  Boteler 
41.  zd.,  Robert  de  Shireburr*  T,d.  (for 
2  oxgangs  and  3  roods  of  land),  Adam 
Banastre  i^d.  (2  oxgangs),  Edmund  de 
Rigby  and  Joan  his  wife  i^d.  ;  Mins. 
Accts.  bdle.  1091,  no.  6. 

In  1335  Ralph  de  Freckleton  granted 
Adam  his  son  and  Emma  his  wife  land  in 
the  Cross-flat,  &c.,  in  Freckleton  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  F  3. 

14  Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  44. 

In  1355  the  tenants  were  separately 
named:  Ralph  de  Freckleton,  Nicholas  le 
Boteler,  Thomas  Banastre,  Richard  de 
Shireburne,  Richard  de  Newton  and  Sir 
Adamde  Hoghton;  Feud.  Aids,\n,  87.  The 
same  persons  held  it  in  1361  ;  Inq.  p.m. 
35  Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  no.  122. 

Emmota  widow  of  Adam  son  of  Ralph 
de  Freckleton  in  1374  released  to  Ralph 
her  son  40  acres  she  had  received  in  free 
marriage  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ut  sup.  It 
was  probably  this  younger  Ralph  who 
made  a  feoffment  of  lands  in  Freckleton 
and  Elswick  in  1369  and  had  the  manor 
of  Freckleton,  demesne  of  Elswick,  lands 
in  Kirkham,  &c.,  regranted  to  him  in 
1371  ;  ibid.  In  the  same  year  he  demised 
his  fishery  at  Freckleton  to  John  Boteler 
for  sixteen  years  ;  from  a  bond  it  appears 
that  his  wife  was  named  Agnes ;  Towneley 
MS.  C  8,  5,  Edw.  Ill,  no.  8,  9. 

Ralph  de  Freckleton  in  1374  com- 
plained of  depasturing  by  John  Boteler  of 
Marton  and  others;  De  Banco  R.  455, 
m.  395. 

In  1382—3  an  agreement  was  made  for 
the  marriage  of  John  son  of  Ralph  de 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Joan,  daughter  of  a  later  Ralph,  carried  the  manor 
to  William  Huddleston  about  I42y,15  and  he  held 
the  manor  in  I446.16  The  Huddleston  estate,  not 
described  as  a  manor,  was  sold  to  the  Earl  of  Derby 
in  I496.17 

Alan  de  Singleton's  estate  descended  to  Banastre 
of  Bretherton  and  so  to  the  heirs  of  Balderston.18 
Their  right  in  part  was  granted  to  the  Earls  of 


KIKKHAM 

Derby,19  who  thus  became  the  principal  holders  in 
the  1 6th  century. 

Richard  le  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  obtained  a  portion 
of  the  vill  in  1259  from  Richard  son  of  Richard  de 
Freckleton,20  and  this  descended  in  his  family  till 
1541,  about  which  time  part  of  the  inheritance  was 
divided  among  the  daughters  of  John  Butler.21  The 
shares  were  further  subdivided  by  sales,28  but  the 


Freckleton  and  Alice  daughter  of  Adam 
de  Bradkirk  ;  it  shows  that  Ralph  had 
mills  in  Freckleton  and  lands  in  Aughton, 
Maghull,  &c. ;  Kuerden,  loc.  cit.  In  the 
following  year  Ralph  made  a  fcoffment  of 
the  manor  of  Freckleton,  &c. ;  ibid. 

15  In   1428   William    Huddleston    and 
Joan  his  wife  were  in  possession  of  the 
manor  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  94.     The  name 
is  here  spelt  Hodelston.    In  1431  William 
Huddleston  held  a  moiety  of  the   manors 
of  Freckleton  and  Elswick  by  the  service 
of    half    a     knight's    fee  ;    Feud.    Aids, 
iii,  95. 

16  William    Huddleston   and  Joan   his 
late  wife  held  a  knight's  fee  in  Freckleton, 
&c.,    the    relief   being   iooj.;  Duchy    of 
Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20.     It 
was,  perhaps,  the  husband  who  had  died, 
for  the  writ  '  diem  clausit  extr.'  after  the 
death  of  Joan  was  not  issued  till  1454  ; 
Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxvii,  App.  175.     In 
it  she  was  described  as  'daughter  and  heir 
of  Ralph  de  Freckleton.' 

17  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  5   (Chet.  Lib.), 
Hen.  VII,  no.  i.    Thomas  Earl  of  Derby 
v.   William   Huddleston  nine  messuages 
in   Freckleton,  &c.     Land,   &c.,  in   the 
township  is  named  in  the  possessions  of 
Thomas  the  second  earl  in  1521,  but  the 
tenure  is  not  stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  v,  no.  68. 

The  rental  of  1522  (at  Lathom)  shows 
that  109*.  Cf\d.  was  received  from  the 
estate  purchased  from  William  Huddle- 
ston, including  2s.  4</.  for  fisheries  in  the 
Ribble  and*4*.  4^.  profits  of  the  court  held 
during  the  year.  In  addition  19;.  gd. 
was  received  from  the  lands  purchased 
from  John  Coppull.  The  estate  descended 
to  Ferdinando  the  fifth  earl  ;  Add.  MS. 
32104,  fol.  406. 

18  See  the  accounts  of  those  townships. 
Adam  de  Hothersall  gave  Thomas  Ban- 
astre and  Joan  his  wife  half  an  oxgang  of 
land   in  Freckleton  ;    Kuerden  MSS.  ii, 
fol.    257.     Thomas    Banastre    granted  a 
capital  messuage  and  the  moiety  of  2  ox- 
gangs  of  land  in  Freckleton  to  Roger  son 
of  Robert  the  Forester  of  Preston  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  94.  No  tenure  is  recorded  for 
Sir  Thomas  Banastre's  lands  in  Freckleton 
in  1385  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
14.     Nor  again  in  the   case   of  Richard 
Balderston  in  1457  ;  ibid,  ii,  63. 

From  the  inquisitions  of  the  time  of 
Henry  VIII  it  appears  that  the  following 
held  lands  in  Freckleton  of  the  Balderston 
inheritance,  but  no  details  are  afforded  : 
Edmund  Dudley,  Thomas  Radcliffe  of 
Winmarleigh  (held  of  Osbaldeston)  and 
Sir  Alexander  Osbaldeston. 

Other  Singletons  appear  in  the  town- 
ship, one  of  them  having  been  named 
above.  Alice  widow  of  Alan  de  Singleton 
claimed  an  acre  in  1246  against  Ellis  son 
of  Herbert,  but  Richard  de  Freckleton 
warranted  the  land,  being  of  his  demesne, 
whereupon  the  plaintiff  remitted  her  right 
for  4.00".  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  14.  Adam 
son  ol  Alan  de  Singleton  granted  land  in 
Racarr  to  the  same  Ellis  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  F  3.  Ellis  about  1260  granted  various 


lands  to  Gilbert  son  of  Alan  de  Meols  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  95.  Later  Maud 
widow  of  Ellis  made  a  grant  to  Gilbert  de 
Meols  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  loc.  cit. 

Maud  widow  of  Adam  de  Singleton  in 
1294  and  later  claimed  dower  against 
Thomas  Banastre  of  Bretherton  and  others 
in  respect  of  ij  oxgang s  of  land,  &c.;  De 
Banco  R.  106,  m.  8  ;  153,  m.  410. 

Gilbert  de  Singleton  of  Broughton  in 
1326  held  his  lands  in  Freckleton  of 
Adam  Banastre  by  the  sixty-fourth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee,  paying  zd.  for  castle 
ward.  There  were  a  messuage  worth 
I2d.  a  year  and  an  oxgang  of  land  con- 
taining 12  acres,  each  worth  izd.  ;  Inq. 
p.m.  19  Edw.  II,  no.  67.  Thomas  son 
of  Gilbert  de  Singleton  gave  his  brother 
John  all  his  land  in  Freckleton  in  1332  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cliii,  fol.  73.  The  tame 
Thomas  granted  a  lease  of  the  fourth 
part  of  an  oxgang  of  land  to  James  the 
Tailor  in  1348;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii, 

F  3- 

19  Pat.  4  Hen.  VII  ;  in  a  grant  of  Sir 
James  Harrington's  lands  to  the  first 
earl.  Some  land  also  descended  to 
him  by  virtue  of  the  purchase  from 
Coppull,  mentioned  in  the  account  of 
Newton. 

William  Earl  of  Derby  and  Edward 
Stanley  sold  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Freckle- 
ton  to  Cuthbert  Sharpies  in  1597  (Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  58,  m.  360), 
but  the  manor  was  reputed  to  be  held  by 
the  earl  years  afterwards,  as  appears  by 
the  inquisitions.  It  must  have  been 
alienated  before  the  Civil  War,  as  it  is  not 
named  in  the  Royalist  composition  papers, 
or  later. 

*°  Richard  de  Freckleton  granted  2 
oxgangs  of  land  (which  his  father  Richard 
had  given  to  the  grantor's  brothers, 
Robert  and  William),  and  seems  to  have 
added  in  1259  2^  oxgangs  recovered 
from  his  brother  John  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii, 
fol.  90  ;  cxlix,  fol.  117^. 

The  Botelers  made  a  number  of  other 
acquisitions.  Thus  Richard  son  of  Michael 
de  Thornton  gave  Richard  le  Boteler 
the  service  of  Gilbert  de  Meols  for  2 
oxgangs  of  land,  a  pair  of  gloves  being 
the  rent ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  S  zob.  To 
the  same  Richard  land  was  given  by 
Richard  son  of  John  son  of  Alice  de 
Warton,  and  Richard  de  Pemberton 
granted  Sir  Richard  le  Boteler  half  an 
oxgang  of  land  ;  ibid.  F  13.  John  son  of 
Robert  de  Hothersall  in  1348  gave  land 
to  Master  Nicholas  Boteler  ;  ibid.  The 
above-named  Richard  de  Pemberton  is 
named  in  some  Lytham  Priory  charters 
as  a  tenant  in  Freckleton. 

In  1276  William  de  Meols,  nephew 
of  Gilbert,  claimed  2  oxgangs  of  land, 
&c.,  in  Freckleton  and  Hutton  against 
Richard  le  Boteler  and  the  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  ;  Assize  R.  405,  m.  2. 

Adam  de  Meols  and  William  his  son 
attested  charters  about  1265  ;  Lytham 
D.  at  Durham,  3  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  20, 
44.  Lands  formerly  belonging  to  Margery 
widow  of  Gilbert  de  Meols  were  acquired 

169 


by  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlii,  fol.  58^,  50  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  688  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  W  30.  They 
are  not  named  in  the  Hoghton  inquisi- 
tions. A  moiety  of  Margery's  lands 
went  to  Richard  le  Boteler  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  117. 

In  1364  a  settlement  of  the  manor  of 
Freckleton  was  made  by  Richard  son  of 
Sir  Nicholas  Boteler  (Ralph  de  Freckleton 
being  a  witness),  the  remainder  being 
to  John  le  Boteler  of  Marton  ;  ibid, 
fol.  115.  Sir  John  (son  of  Nicholas) 
Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  somewhat  later 
recovered  a  moiety  of  the  manor  against 
Nicholas  de  Croft  and  Ellen  his  wife  ; 
ibid.  fol.  n6.  John  de  Cottam  in  1395 
obtained  a  mill  and  an  oxgang  of  land  in 
Freckleton  against  Nicholas  and  Ellen  dc 
Croft  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  46. 

The  lands  of  Sir  John  Boteler  in  1404 
were  said  to  be  held  of  Ralph  de  Freckle- 
ton  by  knight's  service  and  2s.  6d.  rent  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1460.  Those 
of  John  Butler,  who  died  in  1488,  were 
in  1502  found  to  have  been  held  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  by  knight's  service  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  45. 

81  In  the  year  named  Nicholas  Butler 
claimed  as  brother  and  heir  male  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  172,  m.  ii.  A  large 
part  of  the  estate  was  in  1572  divided 
among  representatives  of  the  four  daugh- 
ters, and  the  manor  of  Freckleton  became 
part  of  the  share  of  Thomas  Standish  of 
Duxbury  and  James  Anderton  of  Clayton  ; 
ibid.  231,  m.  8. 

In  1599  the  lands  of  Thomas  Standish 
in  Freckleton  were  said  to  be  held  of  the 
queen  as  of  her  duchy  by  the  hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  54.  As  early  as  1552 
James  Anderton  (father  of  the  Hugh  who 
married  Grace  Butler)  was  said  to  hold 
of  the  heir  of  Michael  de  Freckleton 
(cf.  Michael  de  Thornton  above)  in  socage 
by  \d.  rent  ;  ibid,  ix,  no.  14. 

Some  particulars  of  the  Shireburne 
estate  may  be  added.  This  was  of  varied 
origin.  Adam  son  of  Adam  de  Freckle- 
ton  gave  land  to  Robert  de  Shireburne 
in  1324-5  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  86. 
In  1441  Richard  Shireburne  was  stated 
to  have  held  in  demesne  two  messuages, 
40  acres  of  land,  20  acres  of  meadow 
and  100  acres  of  pasture  in  Freckleton, 
of  the  king  in  socage  ;  Lanes.  Rec.  Inq. 
p.m.  no.  30,  31.  Later,  however,  the 
tenure  was  recorded  otherwise  ;  thus 
Robert  Shireburne  (1492)  held  his  land 
in  Freckleton  of  John  Butler  in  socage  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  92. 
A  similar  statement  was  made  in  later 
inquisitions. 

22  James  Anderton  and  Dorothy  his 
wife  made  sales  in  1573  (Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  35,  m.  23,  98);  Thomas 
Standish  and  Margaret  his  wife  in  1580  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  42,  m.  134. 

In  1631  Richard  Butler,  who  on  de- 
clining knighthood  was  fined  £10,  was 
described  as  '  of  Freckleton  '  ;  Misc.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lane*,  and  Ches.),  i,  222. 

22 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Sharpies  family  seem  to  have  acquired  part,"  and 
in  1 6 1 8  a  '  manor '  of  Freckleton  was  held  by 
them."  Nothing  further  is  known  of  it. 

The  other  fragments  of  the  manor  in  1242  dis- 
appear from  view  very  quickly.  The  surname  of 
Freckleton  25  occurs  often  but  not  prominently.  In 
the  1 6th  and  iyth  centuries  Clifton  of  Westby,26 
Hesketh  of  Poulton,"  Cowburn,*8  Browne  '*  and 
others  held  lands  in  Freckleton.*0 


In  addition  to  Cockersand  and  Lytham  the  abbey 
of  Dieulacres 3l  had  some  land  in  the  township,  as 
had  also  the  Knights  Hospitallers.38 

There  are  230^  cattle-gates  on  the  marsh,  but 
231  are  let  yearly,  the  odd  half-gate  existing  by  a 
fiction  for  the  benefit  of  the  charity.*3 

For  the  worship  of  the  Church  of  England  Holy 
Trinity  was  built  in  1839,  services  having  begun 
in  1834."  A  separate  ecclesiastical  parish  was  formed 


23  George  and  James  Sharpies  purchased 
a  messuage  and  land  in  1548  from  John 
Browne  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  13, 
m.  191.  John  Sharpies  was  among  the 
purchasers  in  15 73,  and  John  Sharpies  the 
elder,  John  Sharpies  the  younger  and 
James  Sharpies  in  1580,  as  above.  John 
Sharpies  also  acquired  three  messuages 
&c.,  from  James  Anderton  and  Henry 
Marsden  in  1580  ;  ibid.  bdle.  42,  m.  156. 
John  Sharpies  was  the  only  freeholder 
recorded  in  the  township  in  1600  ;  Misc. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  232. 

84  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  90,  no. 
48.  The  deforciants  were  John  Sharpies 
the  elder,  Arthur  Sharpies,  Alice  his  wife 
and  Cuthbert  Sharpies.  Freckleton  and 
Warton  are  named  together,  but  in  the 
later  fine  (1652)  Warton  only  is  named. 
25  Some  notes  have  been  preserved  by 
Kuerden  (MSS.  iii,  F  3)  :  Adam  son  of 
Osbert  released  to  Richard  de  Freckleton 
(c.  1230)  all  right  in  an  oxgang  of  land. 
Richard  son  of  Osbert  de  Freckleton  gave 
a  messuage  to  Robert  son  of  Thomas. 
Margery  daughter  of  John  de  Freckleton 
released  her  right  in  half  an  oxgang  of  land 
to  Stephen  son  of  William  del  Carr. 
Maud  daughter  of  Geoffrey  de  Pool  gave 
to  John  son  of  Adam  de  Freckleton  all 
her  father's  land  in  the  Pool  field  ; 
William  son  of  Nicholas,  the  reeve  of 
Freckleton,  was  one  of  the  witnesses. 

Richard  de  Freckleton  in  1325  gave 
a  rood  on  Threperth  to  John  son  of 
Thomas  de  Plumpton,  Ralph  and  Robert 
de  Freckleton  being  among  the  witnesses  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  5,  Edw.  II,  no.  5. 

Among  the  charters  of  Lytham  Priory 
some  other  early  families  appear.  Richard 
Waldeve  was  a  benefactor,  the  charters 
naming  Thuftthorn  Furlong,  Stubbiholm, 
Elvive  Furlong,  Weselbutts,  all  in  the 
fields  of  Freckleton  ;  Rutheditch  and  the 
Housesteads  ;  D.  at  Durham,  33,  2ae,  4ae, 
Ebor.  no.  35-40.  Eve  his  widow  gave 
lands  to  William  son  of  Roger  de  Rise  ; 
no.  24.  Richard  del  Moor  gave  land  to 
Michael  son  of  Hugh  de  Hambleton  and 
Michael  gave  to  the  priory  ;  no.  44,  20. 
Adam  son  of  Richard  son  of  Margery  de 
Freckleton  occurs  in  1346  ;  no.  25,  26. 
See  also  Final  Cone,  ii,  131,  170. 

Richard  son  of  James  de  Freckleton  in 
1332  demised  land  to  Nicholas  son  of 
William  Bussel ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  131. 
Elizabeth  widow  of  Robert  son  of  Adam 
ton  of  Nicholas  de  Freckleton  was  plaintiff 
in  1365  ;  De  Banco  R.  421,  m.  205  d. 

James  Freckleton  died  in  1586  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  in  the  township,  but  the 
tenure  is  not  stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xv,  no.  49.  Gregory  his  son  and  heir, 
then  aged  twenty-four,  occurs  frequently 
among  the  jurors  in  the  time  of  James  I. 
Ralph  Freckleton  died  in  1587  holding 
two  messuages,  &c. — one  of  the  queen  as 
of  the  Hospital  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem 
by  a  rent  of  6d.,  and  the  other  of  Thomas 
Holcroft  as  of  the  priory  of  Lytham  by  a 
rent  of  zd.  Henry  his  son  and  heir  was 
twenty-six  years  of  age  ;  ibid,  xiv,  no.  35. 
Henry  Freckleton  died  in  1626  holding 


of  the  king  and  of  Cuthbert  Clifton,  the 
heir  being  his  nephew  Ralph  (son  of 
Richard  brother  of  Henry),  aged  twenty- 
four  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
426.  Ralph  died  in  1632,  leaving  a  son 
Henry  as  heir,  three  years  old  ;  ibid.  428. 
86  Cuthbert  Clifton  in  1580  was  said 
to  hold  of  the  heirs  of  Richard  formerly 
lord  of  Freckleton  by  a  rent  of  \d.  ;  but 
his  son  Thomas  five  years  later  was  said 
to  hold  partly  of  the  queen  by  knight's 
service  and  partly  of  Thomas  Holcroft 
by  a  rent  of  \d.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xiv,  no.  76,  21. 

27  George  Hesketh  in  1571  held  of  the 
Earl   of  Derby   by   a   rent   of  J</.  ;   ibid, 
xiii,  no.  15.      His  son  William,  however, 
in    1622  was    said    to    hold   of   Thomas 
Holcroft  by   id.    rent  ;  Lanes.   Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  366. 

28  Two  messuages,  &c.,  in  Freckleton 
were  in  1552  obtained  by  William  Cow- 
burn,    clerk   (probably    as   trustee),  from 
Christopher  Cowburn  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of   F.  bdle.    14,  m.    109.     Christopher's 
wife  Joan  occurs  in  1554;  ibid.  bdle.  15, 
m.  15.     Henry  Cowburn  the  elder  pur- 
chased from  James  and  Dorothy  Anderton 
in    1573  ;  ibid.  bdle.   35,  m.  98.     John 
Cowburn  in    1578  obtained   a  messuage, 
&c.,  from  William  Cowburn  ;  ibid.  bdle. 
40,  m.  192. 

John  Cowburn  died  in  1578  holding  a 
messuage,  &c.,  of  the  queen  as  of  the  late 
abbey  of  Dieulacres  by  a  rent  of  8J^.  His 
heirs  were  his  sisters,  Janet  wife  of  Richard 
Butler  and  Ellen  wife  of  Henry  Freckleton, 
aged  thirty-eight  and  thirty  in  1588  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  30. 

Some  disputes  in  the  Colburn  or  Cow- 
burn  family  are  referred  to  in  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  214,  233,  &c. 

Lawrence  Cowburn  died  in  1604  hold- 
ing a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the  Earl  of  Derby 
by  \d.  rent,  leaving  a  son  and  heir  Henry, 
ten  years  old  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.),  i,  32,  44. 

Henry  Cowburn  died  in  1605  holding  a 
rhessuage,  &c.,  partly  of  the  king  by 
knight's  service  and  partly  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby  by  the  fortieth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  zd.  rent  ;  his  heir  was  a  daughter 
Judith,  a  year  old  ;  ibid,  i,  45. 

Lawrence  Cowburn  died  in  1622  at 
Freckleton  holding  a  messuage,  &c., 
partly  of  the  king  in  socage,  as  of  his 
manor  of  East  Greenwich,  by  izd.  rent, 
and  partly  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by 
the  two-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 
William  his  son  and  heir  was  eight  years 
old  ;  ibid,  iii,  317-19. 

89  William  son  of  Robert  Browne  of 
Freckleton  in  1313-14  unsuccessfully 
claimed  a  messuage  and  land  against 
Adam  son  of  Alan  de  Pool,  who  had  been 
enfeoffed  by  Agnes  daughter  of  Jordan  de 
Freckleton  ;  Assize  R.  424,  m.  2d. 

William  Browne  died  at  Freckleton  in 
1617  holding  a  messuage  and  land  there 
of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  the  two- 
hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.  His 
son  Richard  having  died  shortly  before 
him,  the  heir  was  his  grandson  William 

170 


Browne  (son  of  Richard),  aged  sixteen  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  86. 
Richard  Browne  died  in  1639,  leaving  as 
heirs  two  nieces — Janet,  aged  twenty-five, 
wife  of  William  Cowburn  and  widow  of 
Thomas  Hall,  being  daughter  of  Eliza- 
beth sister  of  Richard  Browne  ;  and  Ellen 
Derham,  aged  thirteen,  daughter  of  Janet, 
another  sister;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13 
(Chet.  Lib.),  79-80. 

30  Thomas  Boteler  of  Warrington(i  522) 
held  lands,  but  the  tenure  was  unknown  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  13. 

Gabriel  Hesketh  of  Aughton,  who  died 
in  1573,  held  his  land  in  Freckleton  of 
the  Earl  of  Derby  by  a  rent  of  zd.  ;  ibid. 
xii,  no.  32.  In  1597  it  was  sold  to  John 
Bradley  of  Bryning  (Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  58,  m.  328),  and  at  his  death  in 
1617  the  same  tenure  was  recorded  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  80. 

James  Hall  died  in  1609  holding  a 
messuage  and  land  of  the  king  by  a  rent 
of  6d.  His  son  and  heir  Thomas  was 
twenty-six  years  old  ;  ibid,  i,  124. 

Peter  Mason  of  Lathom  in  1570  pur- 
chased a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Freckleton 
from  Richard  Chisnall  and  Christopher 
Anderton,  they  giving  warranty  against 
Thomas  Dicconson  of  Eccleston  and  the 
Master  of  the  Savoy  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  32,  m.  99.  This  land  had 
belonged  to  Eccleston  Chantry  ;  Lanes, 
and  Chet.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  252.  The  purchaser  died  in 
1612,  and  then  his  land,  &c.,  in  Freckle- 
ton  was  stated  to  be  held  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby  in  socage,  but  on  his  son's  death 
later  in  the  same  year  this  was  corrected, 
the  lands  being  held  of  the  king  as  of  his 
manor  of  East  Greenwich  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  215,  237. 

Nicholas  Badger  died  in  1612  holding 
a  tenement  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy 
by  6d.  rent.  Thomas  his  son  and  heir 
was  of  full  age  ;  ibid,  i,  217.  Thomas 
Badger  died  in  May  1637,  when  the 
tenure  was  recorded  as  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby ;  the  heir  was  Thomas's  son 
Nicholas,  aged  thirty  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  83. 

Thomas  Hankinson  died  in  1628, 
leaving  a  daughter  and  heir  Ellen,  aged 
nine  ;  the  tenure  of  his  messuage,  &c., 
was  not  stated  ;  ibid,  xxvii,  no.  32.  In 
another  copy  he  is  called  John  Hankin- 
son ;  the  tenure  was  'of  the  king'  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  516. 

Thomas  Taylor  died  at  Freckleton  in 
1640  holding  land  there  of  James  Lord 
Strange  in  socage,  and  leaving  a  brother 
Nicholas,  aged  sixty-eight,  as  heir  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  15. 

31  Adam   de   Singleton  gave  '  lands  '  in 
the  field  called  Hwldismont  upon  Ribble- 
bank,  with  appurtenant  easements  in  the 
vill    of   Freckleton  ;    Dieulacres    Chartul. 
(Staffs.  Hist.  Coll.),  349.     See  the  Cow- 
burn  inquisitions  above. 

32  Mentioned    in   1292  ;  Plac.    de   Quo 
Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 

33  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Kirkham,  85. 
84  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1836),  iv,  396. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


in   1874,*''   and  the  patronage  is  vested  in  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford.  The  building 
contains    an    old    oak    pulpit 
removed  from  Kirkham.86 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists 
had  a  chapel  in  1814  ;  their 
present  one  was  built  in  1885. 
The  Primitive  Methodists 
have  one  dating  from  1861." 
The  Congregationalists 
formerly  held  services  there, 
but  do  not  seem  to  have 
established  themselves.88 

The  Society  of  Friends  had 
a  meeting  place  from  i668.'9 
They  still  have  two  ancient 
burial-grounds,  and  a  meeting 
house,  first  built  in  1720.  No  meetings  are  now 
held,  but  the  room  was  in  1903  let  to  the  Plymouth 
Brethren.40 

Roman  Catholics  have  the  small  school-chapel  of 
the  Holy  Family,  served  from  Kirkham. 

WARTON 

Wartun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Warton,  1242. 

This  township  lies  along  the  Ribble,  and  much  of 
the  surface  in  the  south-west  is  less  than  25  ft.  above 
sea  level.  In  the  east  and  north-east  is  h'gher  land 


BUTLER  of  Rawcliffe. 
Azure  a  chcveron  be- 
tween three  covered  cupt 
or. 


KIRKHAM 

and  on  it  the  village  is  situated.  Warton  Bank  and 
Warton  Brow  overlook  the  river,  and  formerly  there 
was  a  ford  from  this  side  to  Hesketh,  a  guide  being 
stationed  there  to  conduct  travellers  across.  The 
area  is  2,540^  acres,1  including  8  acres  of  salt  marsh. 
In  1901  there  was  a  population  of  446. 

The  principal  road  is  that  going  west  from  Preston 
to  Lytham,  which  divides  into  two  branches  after 
passing  through  Warton  village,  these  joining  again 
later.  Cross  roads  go  south  to  the  Kibble  and  north 
to  Wrea  Green. 

The  soil  is  clay,  and  the  land  is  almost  entirely  in 
pasture. 

The  township  has  a  parish  council. 

Before  the  Conquest  PF4RTON,  then 
MANORS  assessed  as  four  plough-lands,  was  one 
of  the  members  of  Earl  Tostig's  Preston 
lordship.*  After  the  creation  of  the  barony  of  Pen- 
wortham  it  is  found  incorporated  therewith,5  passing 
from  Bussel  to  Lacy  and  the  Earls  and  Dukes  of 
Lancaster.  By  the  Bussels  it  appears  to  have  been 
granted  to  a  younger  member  of  the  family  to  be 
held  by  the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  for  about  1 190 
it  had  come  into  the  possession  of  Quenilda  daughter 
of  Hugh  son  of  Acard  Bussel,  who  was  married  to 
Roger  le  Boteler,4  and  had  a  number  of  children 
— Richard,  Stephen,  Thomas,  Adam,  Roger  and 
Siegrith.5  The  family  were  benefactors  of  the 
religious  houses  at  Lytham  and  Cockersand, 


85  Land.  Gaz.  30  Jan.  1874. 

86  Fishwick,  Kirkham  (Chet.   Soc.),  67. 

37  Baines,  loc.  cit. 

38  Lewis's    Tof>og.  Diet.    1831-44,   as- 
signs them  a  chapel. 

39  Information  of  Mr.  R.  Muschamp. 
In  1689  Lawrence  Coulbornc's  house 

at  Freckleton  was  a  certified  Quaker 
meeting-place  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep. 
xiv,  App.  iv,  230. 

*°  Quaker  Char.  Rep.  1905,  p.  29.  The 
1720  room  was  pulled  down  in  1870. 
The  meetings  ceased  before  1800  ;  Baines, 
loc.  cit. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  1,633 
acres,  including  3  of  inland  water  ;  there 
are  also  87  acres  of  tidal  water  and  697 
acres  of  foreshore. 

1  V.C.H.  Lana.  i,  28  8a.  The  later 
assessment  was  three  plough-lands  only  ; 
possibly  one  plough-land  may  have  been 
added  to  Ribby.  Sometimes  Warton 
was  stated  (as  will  be  seen)  to  have  three 
plough-lands  and  a  third  ;  but  this  may 
be  an  error,  due  to  the  '  third  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  '  being  taken  to  refer  to  a 
fee  of  ten  plough-lands  instead  of  nine. 

8  Ibid.  335,  n.  i.  The  lords  of  Pen- 
wortham  retained  part  in  their  own  hands 
for  some  time,  for  about  1 1 54  Richard 
Bussel  confirmed  grants  to  Evesham 
Abbey  of  two-thirds  of  the  demesne  tithes 
of  Freckleton  and  Warton  ;  Farrer,  Lanes. 
Pipe  R.  323.  This  explains  the  £2 
received  from  the  tithes  of  Kirkham  by 
the  Prior  of  Penwortham  in  1291. 

4  Lytham  Charters  at  Durham,  i  a, 
2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  46  ;  a  confirmation 
of  the  grant  of  an  oxgang  of  land  which 
Quenilda's  husband  Roger  had  given  to 
the  priory.  Roger's  grant  (no.  47),  made 
'  with  the  consent  of  my  wife  Quenilda 
and  my  heirs,'  was  attested  by  '  Stephen 
my  son,  Martin  my  brother,'  and  others. 
The  easements  included  rights  in  tur- 
baries, moors,  marshes,  waters,  sands  and 
fisheries.  Quenilda  lady  of  Warton,  with 
the  consent  of  her  heirs,  gave  to  Lytham 


the  homage  ot  Henry  son  of  Efward  ; 
ibid.  no.  1 1. 

A  son  of  Acard  (perhaps  Hugh)  attested 
an  agreement  on  behalf  of  Warine  Bussel 
of  Penwortham  c.  1145  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit. 
321.  Roger  le  Boteler  attested  charters 
of  the  time  of  Henry  II,  one  at  least  as 
early  as  1164  ;  ibid.  37$,  409.  He  paid 
half  a  mark  in  1177  for  some  default  ; 
ibid.  38.  In  1184-7  nc  appea"  to  have 
claimed  Claughton  ;  ibid.  56.  His  wife 
is  sometimes  called  absolutely  '  the  lady  ' 
or  '  Lady  of  Warton,'  at  other  times 
Me  Boteler'  or  '  de  Warton.'  She 
rendered  account  in  1200—1  for  part  of 
the  scutage  due  from  the  fee  of  Pen- 
wortham ;  ibid.  132.  She  occurs  again 
in  the  Pipe  Rolls  of  1202-4  (ibid.  170, 
178),  but  seems  to  have  died  before 
Oct.  1207,  when  Richard  her  son  was 
defendant  to  the  claim  by  Hugh  de 
Morton  and  his  wife  ;  Curia  Regis  R.  45, 
m.  3.  As  Quenilda  daughter  of  Hugh 
she,  with  the  consent  of  Richard  her  son 
and  heir,  granted  5  acres  in  Warton, 
with  the  land  between  Baunebreck  and 
the  ditch,  and  between  the  road  called 
Highgate  and  Goschecarr,  to  the  canons 
of  Cockersand  ;  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
i,  196.  She  and  her  husband  had  for- 
merly given  the  canons  3  acres ;  ibid, 
i,  195. 

A  William  le  Boteler,  their  contem- 
porary, was,  with  Aline  his  wife,  a  bene- 
factor of  Lytham  ;  Charters,  ut  sup.  no.  5. 
The  seal  shows  a  man  standing,  holding 
a  cup  in  his  right  hand.  A  similar  seal 
was  used  by  some  of  the  Botelers  of 
Warton. 

4  Richard,  Stephen,  Thomas  and  Adam, 
as  sons  of  Quenilda,  witnessed  her  Lytham 
grant  above  quoted  (no.  46)  ;  Roger  and 
Siegrith  are  known  from  other  deeds. 
Thomas  does  not  occur  again. 

Stephen  le  Boteler  (or  de  Warton)  gave 
to  Lytham  Priory  half  an  acre  in  Redcarr- 
furlong  upon  Stubbegate,  and  a  perch  in 
the  marsh  between  Blakefield  and  Stubbe- 

171 


gate  ;  Lytham  Charters,  I  a,  i  ae,  4  ae, 
Ebor.  no.  4.  About  1240  he  gave  land 
in  Wallfurlong  and  elsewhere  ;  ibid. 
no.  42.  As  Stephen  son  of  Roger  he 
gave  to  the  same,  with  the  consent  of 
Ivetta  his  wife,  the  house  in  Warton  in 
which  he  lived,  with  land  by  the  shore 
between  Oubeck  (or  Howbeck)  and  Crow- 
pool  ;  ibid.  no.  33.  It  appears  that  this 
was  '  at  the  Bank  '  from  a  further  charter 
by  Stephen  made  about  1247  ;  no.  36. 

Quenilda  daughter  of  Stephen  le 
Boteler  released  her  right  to  certain  lands 
held  by  Lytham  Priory  ;  ibid.  2  a,  2  ae, 
4ae,  Ebor.  no.  5.  Adam  son  of  the 
priest  of  Lytham  granted  to  the  priory 
certain  lands  purchased  from  Stephen  le 
Boteler  ;  ibid.  I  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  8. 
This  benefactor  may  be  the  Adam  son  of 
Roger  the  chaplain  of  Lytham  of  another 
deed  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  143. 

Adam  is  named  in  grants  to  Cockersand 
by  his  brother  Richard  ;  he  had  held 
3  oxgangs  of  land  by  the  gift  of  Quenilda  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  192.  Alice  daughter 
of  Adam  son  of  Roger  de  Warton,  who 
gave  land  to  Henry  son  of  William  the 
Carpenter  of  Kirkham,  may  have  been 
his  daughter ;  Lytham  Charters,  no.  6. 
In  1246  Alice,  as  daughter  and  heir  of 
Adam  de  Warton,  recovered  4  acres  in 
Warton  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  4  d.  Mabel 
widow  of  Adam  le  Boteler  in  1251  claimed 
dower  against  Maud  daughter  of  Richard 
de  Newton  (half  an  oxgang),  John  son  of 
Alice  (i  acre),  and  Robert  de  Conyers  and 
Alice  his  wife  (i  J  oxgangs)  ;  Curia  Regis 
R.  145,  m.  41  d.,  43  d.  John  son  of 
Alice  de  Warton  was  a  benefactor  of 
Lytham,  giving  land  (with  house)  on  the 
Bank,  between  the  toft  which  had  be- 
longed to  Stephen  le  Boteler  and  the 
three  thorns  ;  Lytham  Charters,  no.  44. 
Avice  as  widow  of  John  son  of  Alice  de 
Warton  released  her  claim  in  or  about 
1285  ;  ibid.  no.  12.  Richard  son  of  this 
John  had  a  grant  from  Roger  Collan  and 
Alice  his  wife  ;  ibid.  no.  14. 


Quenilda's  husband  becoming  a  monk  of  the 
former,6  and  the  descents  can  be  traced  for  some 
time,7  but  the  manor  of  Warton  appears  to  have 
been  alienated  about  1220-40  to  some  of  the  Wood- 
plumpton  family,8  and  thus  in  1242  it  was  recorded 
that  Thomas  de  Beetham  held  the  third  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  in  Warton  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln's  fee 
(of  Penwortham).9 

The  Beetham  estate,  known  as  the  manor  of 
COWEURN  or  Cowburgh,10  descended  regularly  in 
the  family  till  the  time  of  Edward  IV.  An  estate 
first  acquired  by  Adam  de  Yealand  about  1230" 
and  held  after  him  by  Conyers  and  Singleton  of 
Broughton  12  came  in  time  to  be  regarded  as  a  moiety 
of  the  manor  of  Warton.  Thomas  de  Beetham  on 
acquiring  Warton  gave  a  general  confirmation  to  the 


monks  of  Lytham  of  the  lands  they  held.13  He  died 
in  1248  or  1249,  and  it  was  found  that  he  held 
three  plough-lands  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln  by  the 
third  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  receiving  only  4;.  4^.  a 
year  and  certain  white  gloves,  others  having  been 
enfeoffed  freely.14  Sir  Ralph  his  son  and  heir  died 
about  five  years  afterwards  ;  his  daughter  Joan  was 
only  seven  years  old 15  and  appears  to  have  died  a 
little  later,  for  at  inquisitions  made  in  I25516  and 
1257  it  was  found  that  Ralph's  brother  Robert  was 
his  heir.17 

Sir  Robert  de  Beetham  confirmed  the  Lytham 
charters,  and  agreed  with  the  monks  as  to  the  bounds 
of  Bryning  and  Warton  on  the  Lytham  side  18  ;  he 
also  gave  land  in  the  Bankhouses  to  Stanlaw  Abbey.19 
He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas  before  I3O2,20 


To  Roger  her  son  Qucnilda  lady  of 
Warton  gave  z  oxgangs  of  her  land  ;  ibid. 
no.  7.  Roger  with  the  consent  of  Eda 
his  wife  gave  to  Lytham  land  near 
Stubbegate  and  Blakefield  ;  ibid.  no.  38. 
Roger  son  of  Roger  son  of  Quenilda  gave 
the  priory  a  selion  called  Dreng,  lying 
between  lands  of  Sir  Robert  de  Conyers 
and  of  Roger  son  of  Haward,  and  stretch- 
ing from  the  ditch  of  Howbeck  to  the 
butts  of  Rucditch  ;  ibid.  no.  3  9. 

Siegrith  de  Warton  daughter  of  Roger 
le  Boteler  of  Warton,  with  the  good  will 
of  her  husband  Roger  son  of  Eward,  gave 
land  on  Redlinch  and  in  Warton  field 
upon  Stupelgate  to  St.  Cuthbert  of  Lytham ; 
ibid.  no.  45,  53.  Roger  and  Siegrith 
gave  a  '  land  '  to  Cockersand  also  ;  Chartul. 
i,  197. 

6  This  is  stated  in  the  Lytham  charter 
already  quoted  ;  no.  46. 

7  Richard  le  Boteler  son  of  Quenilda  de 
Warton  gave  to  Lytham,  with  the  consent 
of  his  heirs,  the  homage  of  Adam  son  of 
Efward,  his  free  man  ;  Lytham  Charters, 
no.  27.     The  seal  shows  the  '  Butler '  as 
described  above.     He  also  gave  an  oxgang 
of  land  in  alms,   &c.  ;  ibid.  no.   55,  52. 
He  was  a  benefactor  to  Cockersand  also, 
giving  among  other  parcels  land  between 
Markpool  and  Warton  Pool,  2  acres  on 
the  field   of   Stubbegate    next    the  ditch 
between  Warton  and  Kellamergh,  nearer 
Flitholm  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  192-4. 

Eustace  the  son  of  Richard  le  Boteler 
of  Warton  confirmed  a  gift  which  his 
father  had  made  to  Lytham,  viz.  3  acres 
in  '  Cuburch '  next  the  land  of  Roger 
de  Freckleton  ;  Lytham  Charters,  no.  50. 
Stephen  and  Adam  le  Boteler  were  wit- 
nesses. The  seal  is  like  his  father's. 

Adam  son  of  Richard  le  Boteler  of 
Warton,  and  therefore  brother  of  Eustace, 
appears  to  have  succeeded.  He  granted 
to  Richard  son  of  his  uncle  Roger  half 
an  oxgang  of  land  in  Warton  in  return 
for  3  marks  of  silver  given  him  in  his 
great  need,  which  land  had  formerly 
belonged  to  the  grantor's  uncle  Robert.  . 
Easements  were  allowed  except  on  the 
lands  formerly  given  in  alms  and  in 
2  acres  which  another  uncle  (Stephen) 
had  for  peace  made  between  them.  The 
service  to  be  done  to  the  lord  was  the 
proportion  of  knight's  service  pertaining 
to  half  an  oxgang  where  nine  plough-lands 
made  a  knight's  fee;  ibid.  no.  31.  By 
another  charter  Adam  released  to  the 
monks  of  Lytham  the  land  he  held  of 
them  upon  the  Bank  in  Warton,  they 
having  given  him  ijs.  in  his  great 
need  ;  ibid.  2  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  3.  It 
was  possibly  his  daughters  who  put  for- 
ward a  claim  to  the  manor  in  1291-2, 


but  apart  from  this  there  is  no  record  of 
the  permanence  of  this  branch  of  the 
family.  The  Butlers  of  Rawcliffe  in  the 
1 6th  century  held  lands  in  Warton,  but 
the  tenure  is  not  stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  109,  &c. 

In  1301  Adam  de  Claughton  released 
to  Thomas  de  Beetham  all  right  in  lands 
and  rents  formerly  held  by  Richard  le 
Boteler  of  Warton,  his  great-grandfather 
(froa-vus)  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  144^. 

8  There  was   probably  some  connexion 
between  Quenilda  de  Warton  and  Richard 
son  of  Roger  the  lord  of  Woodplumpton, 
for    one    of    his    daughters    was    named 
Quenilda.     At    all    events,  she    gave    to 
another    of     his     daughters,     Margaret, 

1  oxgang    of   land    in  Warton    together 
with  the  service  of  Stephen    le    Boteler 
for  the  4  oxgangs  he  held  of  her.     Mar- 
garet was  to  perform  the  knight's  service 
pertaining    to    5     oxgangs    where    nine 
plough-lands  made  a  knight's  fee  ;  Final 
Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  28. 
Richard  le  Boteler,  the  heir  of  Quenilda, 
assented  to  this  charter,  and  was  in  1207 
called  upon  by  Margaret  and  her  husband 
Hugh  de  Morton  to  warrant   the  land  to 
them,  and  in  the  following  year  he  did 
so  ;  ibid. 

Margaret's  estate  probably  passed  to 
her  sister  Amuria,  who  married  Thomas 
de  Beetham,  but  how  the  lordship  of  the 
rest  was  transferred  is  unkno-wn.  Per- 
haps Adam  son  of  Richard  sold  it  in  his 
necessity. 

9  Lanes.    Inq.    and   Extents    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  151.     The  Prior  of 
Durham  in  1305-6  called  upon  Thomas 
de  Beetham  to  acquit  him  of  the  service 
demanded  by  Henry  de  Lacy  ;  De  Banco 
R.  160,  m.  101  ;  163,  m.  261. 

10  The    name   occurs    (1200-1300)  in 
various  forms  in  the  Lytham  and  Cocker- 
sand   charters — Cuburch,   Cuburne,  Cou- 
burgh — and  Richard  de  Warton  described 
it  as   an    island  ;    Cockersand  Chartul.    i, 
192.     As  a  surname  it  appears  as  Cow- 
burne  and  Colborne. 

11  Adam    gave    to    Cockersand    Abbey 

2  oxgangs  of  land,  one  purchased   from 
Stephen   le  Boteler  and  the  other  from 
Roger    son    of  the    Lady ;    ibid,  i,    1 90. 
Another    oxgang    he    obtained    in    1227 
from    Adam    son    of  Walter,  apparently 
claiming  by  inheritance  ;    Final   Cone,   i, 
52.     Alice  his  daughter  and  heir  married 
Robert  de  Conyers  ;  ibid,  i,  107. 

13  Gilbert  de  Singleton  in  1300  pur- 
chased a  toft  and  40  acres  in  Warton 
from  Alice  daughter  of  William  de 
Conyers;  ibid,  i,  191.  He  died  in  or 
before  1326  holding  lands,  &c.,  in  War- 
ton  of  Sir  Robert  de  Conyers  by  fealty 

172 


and  rendering  a  pair  of  white  gloves 
yearly,  also  by  the  service  of  the  twenty- 
fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  paying 
4^.  sake  fee  and  ioj<f.  for  castle  ward. 
There  were  a  capital  messuage  (worth  2s. 
a  year),  6  oxgangs  of  land  each  of  10 
acres  (worth  401.),  and  the  fourth  part  of 
a  fishery  (6s.  $d.)  ;  four  free  tenants  paid 
\(>d.  yearly;  Inq.  p.m.  19  Edw.  II,  no. 
67.  Gilbert  seems  to  have  had  a  fourth 
part  of  the  manor,  though  doing  only  the 
eighth  part  of  the  knight's  service. 

Thomas  de  Singleton  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  in  1425—6  gave  the  manor  of  War- 
ton,  &c.,  to  Nicholas  his  son  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  p.  381. 

In  the  1 6th  century  the  Singletons  of 
Broughton  were  stated  to  hold  their 
manor  of  Warton  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy  by  knight's  service  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  70  ;  v,  no.  45,  &c. 

13  The  charter    is    named   in   the    old 
catalogue  of  Lytham  charters  at  Durham, 
but  is  now  missing. 

14  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  171.    Ralph 
died  8  Mar.  1253-4. 

15  Ibid,   i,    195  ;  the  value  is  given  as 
2s.  4-d.     Joan's  marriage  was  worth  ,£30. 

18  Ibid.  202. 

17  Ibid.  203.     Robert  was  of  full  age. 

18  Durham  catalogue  as  above. 

19  Whalley     Couch.     (Chet.     Soc.),    ii, 
453-4.     The  gift  was  made  for  the  soul 
of  Robert's  deceased  wife  Maud. 

20  Lanct.    Inq.    and    Extents,    i,    316  ; 
Thomas  de  Beetham  held  the  third  part 
of  a  knight's  fee   in  Warton  of  the  Earl 
of  Lincoln. 

In  the  same  year  John  son  of  Richard 
de  Warton  claimed  a  messuage,  an  oxgang 
of  land,  &c.,  and  a  mill  in  Warton  against 
Thomas  de  Beetham  and  another  oxgang 
against  Gervase  Avenel  and  Emma  his 
wife  ;  De  Banco  R.  144,  m.  333d. 

Thomas  was  in  possession  as  early  as 
1290,  when  Godith  and  Avice  daughters 
of  Adam  le  Boteler  claimed  against  him 
2  oxgangs  in  Warton  and  two-thirds  of 
the  manor  of  Cowburgh  as  their  inherit- 
ance. Their  father  was  brother  and  heir 
of  Richard  le  Boteler,  and  the  claim  was 
respited  because  Thomas  de  Beetham  was 
under  age;  Assize  R.  1288,  m.  I3d.  ; 
407,  m.  i.  The  claim  was  renewed  in 
1292,  when  Thomas,  still  a  minor, 
alleged  that  his  father  Robert  had  died  in 
seisin ;  ibid.  408,  m.  4.  This  is  the 
last  appearance  of  the  Botelers.  A  Godith 
wife  of  John  Ward  occurs  in  1300  ;  De 
Banco  R.  132,  m.  193  d.  'The  heir  of 
Beetham'  in  1297  was  liable  for  castle- 
ward  rents  of  31.  ^.d.  in  Warton  and 
zs.  6d.  for  Kellamergh  and  Bryning ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  290. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


and  Thomas  by  his  son  Ralph  in  or  before  1317,  in 
which  year  William  de  Tours  and  Emma  his  wife 
called  upon  him  to  warrant  to  them  certain  land 
in  Warton  claimed  by  John  de  Astenthwaite  and 
Margaret  his  wife  as  dower,  Margaret  being  widow 
of  Thomas  de  Beetham.21  In  1346  it  was  recorded 
that  Queen  Isabella,  in  right  of  the  fee  of  Pen- 
wortham,  held  three  plough-lands  and  a  third  for 
the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  Warton  which 
Sir  Ralph  de  Beetham  and  Thomas  son  of  Gilbert  de 
Singleton  held  of  her  in  moieties,  rendering  $s.  \d. 
yearly  for  castle  ward.22  In  1361  Robert  de  Beetham 
and  his  tenants  held  the  third  part  of  a  fee  of  the 
Duke  of  Lancaster.23 

Thomas  Beetham  of  Beetham  held  a  moiety  of  the 
manor  in  1431  by  the  sixth  part  of  a  knight's  fee, 
Nicholas  Singleton  of  Broughton  holding  similarly 
the  other  moiety24;  while  in  1445-6  Thomas 
Beetham  and  Thomas  Singleton  held  three  and 
one- third  plough-lands  for  the  third  part  of  a  fee, 
paying  relief  equally.25  Thomas  Beetham  was  suc- 


ceeded by  his  son  Sir  Edmund,  who  conveyed  his 
manor  of  Cowburn,  which  extended  into  Bryning, 
Kellamergh  and  Ravenshaw,  with  his  other  manors, 
&c.,  to  trustees,  with  remainders  to  his  brothers 
Roger,  William  and  Richard,  and  then  to  his  cousin 
John.  He  died  in  1472  and  his  brother  William 
succeeded,26  but  Richard  was  in  possession  in  I483.27 

From  this  time  the  Beetham  Manor  disappears 
from  the  records  and  its  lands  were  said  to  be  held  of 
the  Crown  in  right  of  the  duchy,  though  Gervase 
Middleton  still  retained  some  land  in  I548.28  The 
Singletons  sold  their  moiety  of  the  manor  to  James 
Gerard  in  I  598,29  and  John  Gerard  of  Haighton  had 
an  estate  there  in  1 63  5  30 ;  but  the  manor  with  much  of 
the  land  seems  to  have  been  acquired  by  the  Sharpies 
family,31  and  was  in  1652  sold  to  James  Ashton.32  It 
is  not  mentioned  again. 

The  land  was  from  an  early  time  divided  among  a 
number  of  freeholders,33  as  appears  from  the  inquisi- 
tion of  1249  above  cited.  Warton34  and  Collan  35 
occur  among  the  early  surnames  ;  and  the  inquisitions 


Sir  Thomas  de  Beetham  was  in  1311 
found  to  hold  lands,  &c.,  in  Warton, 
Bretherton  and  Newsham  by  the  service 
of  a  knight's  fee,  paying  i8</.  for  sake 
fee  and  doing  suit  to  die  court ;  De  Lacy 
lay.  (Chet.  Soc.),  22. 

"  De  Banco  R.  221,  m.  219  d.  ;  226, 
m.  145  ;  230,  m.  105  d.  Margaret's 
claim  was  for  dower  in  eighteen  messuages 
and  12  oxgangs  of  land  in  Warton.  The 
defendants  produced  a  charter  of  Thomas 
de  Beetham's  granting  all  his  tenement 
in  Kellamergh,  also  i£  oxgangs  and 
§  oxgang  in  Warton,  to  William  de 
Tours  and  Emma  for  Emma's  life. 

There  is  some  error  in  the  extent  of 
1324,  which  reads  thus  :  'Ralph  son  and 
heir  of  Robert  de  Conyers  holds  of  Alice 
de  Lacy  the  manor  of  Warton  of  the  fee 
of  Penwortham  by  the  service  of  31.  $d, 
yearly  for  ward  of  Lancaster  Castle,  the 
third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  suit  to 
the  county  and  wapentake  '  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxxxi,  fol.  396.  'Thomas  de  Beetham' 
has  perhaps  been  omitted  after  son  and 
heir ;  thus  the  double  tenancy  of  the 
manor  would  be  recognized  for  the  first 
time. 

M  Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  44. 
The  Singletons  may  have  acquired  the 
Conyers  part  of  the  manor  by  marriage. 
Thomas  de  Singleton  in  1331  complained 
that  Ralph  de  Beetham  had  seized  his 
cattle  at  Stainacregrene,  a  place  outside 
Ralph's  fee.  Ralph  replied  that  William 
de  Conyers  had  formerly  held  ten  mes- 
suages and  12  oxgangs  of  land  of  his 
grandfather  Robert  de  Beetham  by  the 
service  of  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  a  rent  of  2*.,  and  that  William's 
heirs  were  his  daughters  Agnes  and  Joan; 
De  Banco  R.  287,  m.  448  d. 

In  the  aid  of  1 346-5  5  Richard  Banastre 
is  joined  with  Beetham  and  Singleton  as 
tenant  of  Warton  ;  Feud.  Aids,  iii,  87. 
By  a  charter  some  years  earlier  Agnes 
widow  of  Richard  Banastre  gave  to 
Richard  her  son  land  at  Warton,  with 
Ribble  Water  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  W  5. 

23  Inq.  p.m.  35  Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  no.  122. 
The  yearly  value  was  331.  \d. 

Sir  John  de  Beetham  and  Christiana 
his  wife  occur  in  1403-4  and  Sir  John 
in  1420  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  67,  86.  In 
1401  Margery  de  Frees  held  2  oxgangs 
in  Warton  of  Sir  John  de  Beetham  by 
knight's  service  and  a  rent  of  izd.  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  76.  The 


same  was  held  of  the  heir  of  Sir  Edward 
Beetham  in  1479  ;  ibid,  ii,  106. 

84  Feud.  Aids,  iii,  95.  Thomas  was 
the  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John  ;  Final  Cone. 
iii,  85.  He  was  in  possession  by  1429  ; 
Lanct.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  23. 

ai  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle. 
2,  no.  20.  A  Roger  Beetham  occurs  in 
1450  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  117. 

K  Lanct.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  102; 
Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  19  Edw.  IV,  no.  87. 
It  appears  that  Roger  left  a  daughter 
Agnes,  who  married  Robert  Middleton. 

a7  Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  cxxx. 

38  Messuages,  &c.,   in  Warton,  Kella- 
mergh, Bryning  and  Wrea  were  held  of 
the  king   by   fealty   and   a   rent  of  zs.  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.    ix,  no.    ii. 
George  Middleton  sold  his  estate  in  Cow- 
burn  and  Warton  to  William  Skillicorne 
in  1567  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  29, 
m.  74.     A  settlement  of  it  was  made  by 
William  Skillicorne  and  Nicholas  his  son 
and  heir  in    1590  ;  ibid.  bdle.  52,  m.  34. 
The  tenure  of  William's  estate  in  Warton 
in  1600  was  not  known. 

Richard  Skillicorne  in  15  34  held  land 
in  Warton  of  the  king  by  id.  rent ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  25. 

William  Clifton  of  Kidsnape  died  in 
1517  holding  lands  in  Warton  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  by  fealty  only  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  21.  This  maybe 
an  indication  that  the  earl  succeeded  to 
the  Beetham  estate  here  for  a  short  time. 
It  appears,  however  that  an  estate  in 
Warton,  Freckleton,  &c.,  was  sold  by 
John  Cop  pull  to  Sir  Thomas  Stanley  in 
the  time  of  Henry  VI  ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
»'»  £33. 

39  Pal.   of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  60, 
m.    55.     The    deforciants  were  Thomas 
Singleton,  Cecily  his  wife  and  Edward  his 
son  and  heir.     The  estate  included   mes- 
suages, windmill,  lands  and  moiety  of  the 
manor   and    a    moiety   of    the    view   of 
frankpledge. 

30  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no. 
20.  He  held  four  messuages  of  the  king 
by  the  two-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  a  free  fishery  in  the  Ribble.  The 
change  of  lordship  appears  in  other  ways. 
Thus  in  1571  George  Hesketh  of  Poulton 
held  lands,  &c.,  in  Warton  of  Edward 
Singleton  of  Broughton,  while  his  son 
William  Hesketh  in  1622  held  of  John 
Gerard  ;  ibid,  xiii,  no.  15  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.'  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  366. 

173 


31  At  the  time  of  selling  the  manor  the 
Singletons  also  sold  two  messuages,  &c., 
to  William  Threlfall  and  Jenet  his  wife  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  60,  m.  51. 
They  also  gave  to  trustees  or  mortgagees 
another  part  of  their  estate  —  probably  the 
remainder  —  and  one  of  the  trustees  was 
John  Sharpies  ;  ibid.  m.  96. 

In  a  fine  of  1617  respecting  the  manors 
of  Freckleton  and  Warton,  with  messuages, 
lands,  windmill,  &c.,  there  and  in  Newton- 
with-Scales,  Stalmine,  Preesall,  Hamble- 
ton,  Catterall,  Goosnargh  and  Wood- 
plumpton,  and  a  free  fishery  in  the  Ribble, 
the  deforciants  were  John  Sharpies  the 
elder,  Arthur  Sharpies,  Alice  his  wife 
and  Cuthbert  Sharpies  ;  ibid.  bdle.  90, 
no.  48. 

M  Ibid.  bdle.  150,  m.  25  ;  the  defor- 
ciants were  John  Sharpies,  Dorothy  his 
wife,  John  Browne  and  Isabel  his  wife. 

33  This  appears  from  previous  notes. 
In  1219  Gilbert  son  of  Reinfred  gave  2 
oxgangs  in  Warton  (formerly  belonging  to 
Robert  dc  Treales)  to  William  son  of 
Robert  in  part  exchange  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  42. 

William  de  Bradkirk  in  1366  purchased 
a  messuage  and  land  in  Warton  from 
Ralph  son  of  William  de  Freckleton  and 
Isabel  his  wife  ;  ibid,  ii,  170. 

John  son  of  Richard  Carus  and 
Katherine  bis  wife  had  land  in  1398  ; 
ibid,  iii,  55. 

Thomas  Hesketh  purchased  14  acres, 
&c.,  in  Warton  in  1514  from  John 
March  and  Beatrice  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  n,  m.  237.  The 
tenure  was  unknown  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  16. 

84  From  the  Lytham  Charters  (quoted 
above)  it  would  appear  that  some  of  the 
Wartons  were  descendants  of  the  younger 
sons  of  Quenilda,  while  others  came  from 
four  sons  of  Efward  or  Eward  —  Henry, 
Robert,  Adam  and  Roger. 

35  Among  the  Lytham  Charters  at 
Durham  are  several  relating  to  Roger 
Collan  and  Alice  his  wife,  ranging  from 
about  1230  to  1280  ;  they  had  a  son 
Adam  ;  i  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  14-19. 

In  1278  Alice  widow  of  Roger  Collan 
claimed  lands  against  Adam  son  of  Robert 
del  Bank,  Thomas  son  of  Roger  and 
several  others  ;  De  Banco  R.  27,  m. 


Juliana  Collan  granted  Richard  son  of 
John  le  Spenser  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  the 
Bankhouses  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  W  15. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


of  the  1 6th  and  xyth  centuries  show  a  number  of 
landowners,36  but  few  of  them  seem  to  have  been 
resident.  The  Singletons  at  one  time  had  a  house  at 
Warton,  and  a  John  Singleton37  died  in  1592  hold- 
ing a  messuage  there  and  land  in  Whittingham. 
James  Browne  of  Lower  Birches,38  William  Dixon,39 
William  Dobson,40  Richard  Noblett,41  James  Smalley42 
and  John  Thistleton  43  had  small  estates  in  Warton. 
Robert  Thistleton  the  son  of  John  had  his  estate 
sequestered  '  for  his  popery  '  in  the  Commonwealth 
time  ;  he  died  in  1 65 3-44  Two  '  Papists'  registered 
estates  in  I7iy.45 

The  Lytham  Priory  lands  were  after  the  Dissolution 
held  by  the  Cliftons.46  The  abbeys  of  Cockersand  47 
and  Whalley48  and  the  Knights  Hospitallers49  also 
had  lands  in  Warton. 

In  connexion  with  the  Church  of  England  the 
former  St.  Paul's  was  built  in  i/zz,50  and  consecrated 
in  1725,  being  replaced  by  the  present  building  in 
1885-6.  A  separate  parish  was  assigned  to  it  in 
1 846.51  The  vicars  are  presented  by  the  Dean  and 
Canons  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford. 

WESTBY-WITH-PLUMPTONS 

Westbi,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Westby,  1226. 
Pluntun,  Dom.  Bk.;  Plumton,  1226. 
This  township  is  divided  into  five  hamlets.  Westby 
is  the  central  one.     The  two  Plumptons,  anciently 


known  as  Fieldplumpton  for  distinction  from  Wood- 
plumpton,  occupy  the  northern  part,  Great  Plumpton 
lying  to  the  north  of  Little  Plumpton.  Ballam 
(Higher  and  Lower)  and  Brown  Moss  Side  in  the 
south-west  are  considered  parts  of  Westby.  The 
measurements  are  as  follows  :  Westby,  877^  acres  ; 
Ballam,  666£  ;  Brown  Moss  Side,1  724^-2,268^  ; 
Great  Plumpton,  665  ;  Little  Plumpton,  664  ;  or  in 
all,  3,597^  acres.2  The  population  in  1901  was 
532.  There  is  some  comparatively  high  land  in  the 
north,  Great  Plumpton  being  100  ft.  above  sea  level  ; 
but  the  surface  falls  away  to  the  south-west,  and  the 
greater  part  of  Ballam  and  Moss  Side  is  below  the 
25  ft.  line. 

Two  roads  cross  the  township  from  Kirkham  to 
Lytham  and  Blackpool,  and  there  are  cross-roads 
uniting  the  different  hamlets,  one  of  them  going  north 
to  Weeton.  The  railway  from  Preston  to  Blackpool 
crosses  the  northern  end  of  the  township,  and  that 
from  Preston  to  Lytham  runs  along  near  the  south- 
western border,  having  two  stations  called  Wrea 
Green  and  Moss  Side. 

The  soil  is  clayey;  about  a  third  of  the  land  is 
arable,  the  rest  being  pasture. 

There  was  formerly  a  stone  cross  in  Westby.3 

Two  presidents  of  Ushaw  College  were  born  at 
Westby — John  Gillow,  181 1-28,4  and  Charles  New- 
sham,  1 837-6  3. 5 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 


It  may  be  added  that-  among  the  other 
Warton  benefactors  of  Lytham  Priory 
were  the  families  of  Midhope  and  Salt- 
weller. 

36  George  Kirkby  of  Upper  Rawcliffe 
held  his  land  in  Warton  of  Edward  Single- 
ton by  id.  rent  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xi,  no.  8. 

Gilbert  Latewise  (Latus)  in  1568  held 
of  Thomas  Singleton  in  socage  by  id. 
rent  5  ibid,  xii,  no.  11. 

George  Allen  of  Poulton  in  1579  held 
of  Thomas  Singleton  (a  minor)  by 
knight's  service,  which  Thomas  held  the 
manor  of  Warton  of  the  queeo  as  of  her 
duchy  by  knight's  service;  ibid,  xiv,  no.  80. 

Evan  Haughton  in  1608  held  land 
in  Warton  of  the  king  by  ^d.  rent  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
126. 

James  Bradley  of  Bryning  in  1617  also 
held  in  Warton  of  the  king  by  the 
hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  a  rent  of 
6</.,  and  suit  at  Penwortham  Court ;  ibid, 
ii,  80. 

Thomas  Worthington  of  Blainscough 
in  1619  held  his  land  in  Warton  of  the 
king  by  knight's  service  ;  ibid,  ii,  174. 

87  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no. 
89  ;  the  estate  was  held  of  the  queen  as 
of  her  duchy.  Richard  the  son  and  heir 
was  four  years  old  in  1596,  and  Eliza- 
beth the  widow  had  married  Thomas 
Walmesley. 

38  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  122. 
James  Browne  died  in  1619  ;  his  land 
had  belonged  to  Lytham  Priory,  for  it 
was  held  of  Cuthbert  Clifton  as  of  his 
manor  of  Lytham  by  the  two-hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  i£J.  rent. 
The  heir  was  a  brother  William,  then 
aged  six  years,  who  died  in  1624  holding  a 
somewhat  increased  estate,  including  a 
windmill  and  kiln,  &c.,  in  Warton  and 
Cowburn  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  1 3  (Chet. 
Lib.),  73.  Elizabeth,  his  daughter  and 
heir,  was  thirteen  years  old. 


William  Browne  of  Freckleton  also  had 
land  in  Warton  in  1617,  held  of  the  king 
by  a  castle-ward  rent  of  $J.  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  87.  Richard  Browne 
died  in  1639  holding  an  acre  of  Thomas 
Clifton  as  of  his  manor  of  Warton ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  pp.  79-80. 

89  He  died  in  1619  holding  land  of  the 
king  by  i%J.  rent,  and  leaving  as  heir  a 
son  James,  aged  twenty-five  ;  Lanes.  Inj. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  125.  Richard  Dixon 
died  in  1638  holding  a  messuage  and  land 
of  Thomas  Clifton  as  of  his  manor  of 
Lytham.  The  heir  was  his  grandson 
Richard  (son  of  James  son  of  Richard), 
aged  ten  years;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13, 

P-  343- 

^  I  Did.  342.  He  died  in  1639  holding 
land  of  the  king.  His  son  Robert  was 
seventeen  years  old.  He  may  have  been 
of  Warton  in  Lonsdale. 

41  Ibid.  913.  Richard  Noblett  died  in 
1625  holding  two  messuages  and  land  of 
the  king  by  the  two-hundredth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee.  His  son  and  heir  Robert 
was  twenty-six  years  old. 

43  Ibid.  1069.  He  died  in  1639,  leaving 
a  son  and  heir  George,  aged  twenty-six. 
His  messuage  and  land  were  held  of 
Thomas  Clifton  as  of  his  manor  of 
Lytham. 

43  Nicholas  Skillicorne  and  Margaret  hi* 
wife  in  1596  sold   a  messuage,  land,  &c., 
in  Warton  to  John  Thistleton  ;  PaL  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  59,  m.  258.    John 
Thistleton  died  at  Warton  in  1621  hold- 
ing   of   Sir    Cuthbert  Clifton  as    of   his 
manor  of  Lytham  by  the  two-hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  the  rent  of  6  /. 
Robert,  his  son  and  heir,  was  twenty-five 
years   old  ;   Lanes.   Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.   Soc.), 
ii,    249.     The    Skillicornes    had    held   of 
Beetham. 

44  Col.  Com.  for  Camp,  v,  3*17. 

45  Estcourt    and     Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurortj  89  ;  they  were  Robert  Mercer 
and  Edward  Hardman. 

174 


46  Thomas  Eccleston  in  1592  held  land 
in  Warton  of  Thomas   Holcroft  as  of  his 
manor  of  Lytham  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.    xvi,  no.    38.     Inquisitions   already 
cited    show    that    the    Cliftons    acquired 
lands  in  Warton  together  with  the  manor 
of  Lytham.     Apart  from  this,  however, 
the  family  had  long  had  lands  in  Warton, 
for  Cuthbert  Clifton   in  1512  held   them 
of  the  king  in  socage  ;  ibid,  iv,  no.  12, 
and  later  inquisitions. 

47  For   their    rentals    1451-1537     see 
Coekersand  Chartul.  iii,  1262-3. 

48  William  Noblett  held  the  Whalley 
lands  at  Bankhouses  about  1 540,  paying 
4*.  a  year  ;  Whalley  Ccuch.  iv,  1234. 

49  Plae.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 
In  the  Lytham   charters  the  lands  of  the 
Hospitallers  are  named.     They  seem  to 
have   passed   into   the   possession    of  the 
Shireburnes    of    Stonyhurst    with    other 
parcels    of  the  Stidd    estate ;    Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  4. 

40  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  427.  Land  called  Little  Moorhey  was 
given  by  Joseph  Shaw  of  Liverpool  in 
fulfilment  of  the  intention  of  his  brother 
William  Shaw  of  Preston  ;  Chester  Dioc. 
Reg.  For  description  and  list  of  curates 
and  vicars  see  Fishwick,  Kirkham  (Chet. 
Soc.),  65-6. 

51  By  Order  in  Council  21  Jan. 
1846. 

1  Brown  Mos»  adjoined  Lythe  Carr  in 
a  release  of  claim  (by  Henry  de  Clifton  in 
1259)  ;  the  calendar  speaks  of  'common 
in  the  moss  called  Brown  Moss  outside 
Lythe  Carr,"  but  the  name  is  not  in  the 
deed  itself  ;  Lytham  Charters  at  Durham, 
2  a,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  31. 

*  3,600  acres,  including  15  acres  of 
inland  water  ;  Census  Rep.  1901. 

3  Foxlane  Ends  Cross  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches. 
Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  187. 

4  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  ;  Gillow,  BibL  Diet. 

EnsrL  Cath. 
P 

0  Gillow,  op.  cit. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


In    1066   tTESTBT  and   PLUMP- 
MAN  OK     TON,  each  assessed  as  two ; 

formed  part  of  Earl  Tosrig's  Pi 


lord- 


Later  they  are  found  to  be  held  of  the  king 
in  ****»,"£*  **  V*  °f  the  estate  of  the  lords  of 
Clifton.7  In  1372  Robert  de  Clifton  and  his  men 
were  charged  with  having  seized  one  William  Garfick 
at  Lhde  Singleton,  carried  him  of  to  Westby  and 
there  imprisoned  him  for  a  fortnight,  carrying  off 
abo  his  corn  and  other  goods.  In  defence  it  was 
pl-aA-*!  that  Gadick  was  a  riOem  as  of  Clifton's 
manor  of  Westby  and  had  ahnowded.*  Except  for 
about  a  centnry  —  from  1512  onward  —  die  manors, 
••nib/  regarded  as  one,  riz.  Westby-with-Field  Flump- 
con,  hare  «W»»«A^  like  Clifton,  in  the  account  of 
whkh  will  be  found  abo  the  story  of  the  exceptional 
pa  MM!  irfrrinl  to.  During  that  time  Westby  was 
the  residence  of  the  Clifton  family. 

In  the  1  4th  century  Great  Plumpton  appears  to 
hare  been  hdd  by  a  junior  branch  of  the  niflsMi 
faniDy,  using  Pfampton  as  a  surname.'  A  'manor* 


of  Field  Plumps  was  hdd  by  Thomas  Larhom  in 
IJ7O.1*  The  Singleton  &mifr  had  a  pan  of  Ifrmp- 
ton,11  and  one  or  two  other  estates  occur  in  the 
inquisitions.13 

Cockexsand  ftlftry  had  a  littk  land  in  Plumpton-u 
James  Sanderson  and  a  number  of  others  registered 
their  estates  as  'Papists'  in  1717.** 

'The  Qiftons  «Mrnnfnrd  a  priest  at  Westbj- 
throughout  the  dap  of  persecution.  If  he  was  not  at 
aH  tinKS  residem  in  the  hall,  owing  to  the  siirrefflance 
of  the  pursuivants,  he  was  not  far  distant  ;  and  per- 
hap  soinerimes  there  was  niore  than  on«  priest  attend- 
ing  to  the  wants  of  the  district.*1*  About  1700 
James  Barrow,  a  Jesuit,  had  charge.  In  1716,  after 
the  defeat  of  the  Jacobites  at  Preston,  he  was  con- 
victed  of  recusancy  and  declared  an  outlaw.  He 
escaped  capture.1*  Toe  Jesuits  remained  in  charge  till 
1791.  and  were  sncceedaa1  by  Benedictines  and  then 
by  the  secular  clergy.  A  chapel  was  built  at  the  west 
end  of  the  hall  in  1741,  but  dosed  by  Thomas 
Clifton,  who  had  become  a  Piototant,  in  1845.  The 


^Seethe 

:    K        :_-.: 

4-  acres  of  Iwvsawooa  amvi  15^  acies  of 

—  •-  --   ^*-  -    i?v __r  **-    -«-  —  -• 

-  -  .          -     :  :  _    .        ...  — 

»      ,1  ,  m,  •      m\     ,      ,« 

Lrtnaaiy   vno  pcore»f    cftat   tne  4-  *crc» 
were  int  LytBUBy  nwnwl  aDcgBol  tBnwt  Hotty 


Nkkolas   4d   Ma*   m    1327 

• 


goods  of  his  at  Great 
R.  2«*  m.  631 


bad  allowed  them  convnon  in  tke 
bnt  on  tins  point  tke  verdict 
fliimnTi  ;  Assbe  R.  407,  m.  3. 

In  1323  tke  L  mini  mi  mm  %r  of  Westby 
was  worth  40/.  a  year  ;  in . 

and  6  acres  of  meadow,  worth  I2/.  each, 
mOL  each  wortk  131.  4/.  Tenants  at 

^^B«  t__IJ    _£_L~  *M*«*«AA      -^ .  .      . 

wrii  nets  esjat  cottages,  90  acres  01  anme 
land  and  4  acres  of  meadow.  In  Little 

FlOnipnVanwpt3Qsm  WCfC  Ogiot  GSttagCS  nWnwi 
^jr  •  -^  •*-JJ»  1—^LJ  m-sJJ  snm-  s>mw»*m»nwi  .«* 

y>  acres  oc  acatswc  imwim  •DBI  Dy  ccBamu  av 
witt,  and  in  Great  Fie2dplsanfton  two 
cottages  aofl  jpR  acres^  tncU  •BHlnvl^  j 
Ine.  pjn.  17  Edw.  H,  no.  32. 

Tke  rental  of  Westby  (Townesey  MS. 
OO)  sbows  tkat  the  demesne  was  worth 
£12  a  year  in  1509;  tke 
and: 
Tke 


and  60  acres  of  _ 
1359  settled  «pon  Robert  Grinm  and 
Joan  hss  wMe  and  their  heirs  male,  with 
'  *  .  ~  "_  -  ' ;  "  .  '  t . ;,  ' '  1-1  - 

inme  of  Jons,  and  to  Sir  Wiffiani  de 
Onwnm;  Fmtl  Cose.  (Ree.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ckes.^  E,  160. 

It  may  be  added  tkat  Denis  son  of 
IKihil  i  del  Manh  was  plaintiff  and 
Wiliam  de  difton  defendant  in  n  dnwnte 
as  to  land,  *c,  in  Westbf  in  1322; 
De  Banco  R.  244,  m.  12*. 

*•  Dnchy  of  I  nir    In*,  pjn.  n,  no.  7. 
It  is  recorded  tkat  Tkomas  de  Latkom 
•died  seised  of  the  serrice  of  Robert  de 
wko  keld  of  him  tke  manor  of 

•ntl 


idled  in  1579 

••*<***   *«-«    i 

.  r  \_  _:^.r--.    .    _     ~-     z   •::::*:    Z_:z 
Lane.  Imj.  fju.  nr,  no.  So  ;  T  tmrt.  Inf. 
fum.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lane*,  on*  Ckes.^  i,  198. 
Tke  tennre  of  tke  lands  of  Sktreonme 
•  of  Stonyknrst  is  • 

I  in  1631 

Robert  Bannester;Jobn  bis  son  and  heir 
yean  of  age;  Dnchy  of 
Lane.  In«.  pjn.  xxx,  no.  70. 

"  TTiln  i  ins  n f  TTsiiilmiii  ih  inisni 
tke  honse  which  bad  been  Alan  Txyior's, 
with  tke  croft,  also  a  moiety  of  PQanv 
mrlong^  with  comnfton  m  tke  <wM  of 

Soc.),  i,  211.  WCEam  son  of  Walter 
^•nnnn^d  n^e  pift.  R^kaid  M^  <^ 
Richard  Rnmtt  seems  to  have  been  the 
:  in  126*  ;  ibid.  212.  Tke  rental 


b  printed  Aid.  ci,  1262. 
M 


Estconrt   and    Payne,    EmgL    Cmih. 
90,96,07.     Tkeotkeri 


Edward  Paimmson  of  naBnni  (nnder  tne 
wiH  of  Gregory  Crook],  Ge»-ge  Cowhnm 

it  Ti  :    -f.  . 

BGOIow,lbs«icc/!e*ers>3<-    *  In  the 
days  of 


to  Westbf  ftmn  Hoole  in  tke  tone 
of  Edward  L 

•TnanmsdeCnman  seems  to  kricheid 

4nmmnm).f  Land  m  Great  Keidsmnms. 

•nlhilltl     mm  iiiillln   i  fisiih|nl 

fH   n|l    i  ,TT    •ill     r   I  i,   ii    in   I 

In  1299  Ege&na  widow  of  Walter  de 


m.  S. 


ton,wkkk  l-il  '  del  Marsh  held  of 
him  far  ssfc  by  tke  service  of  a  rose  at 
Mmnnmer;  Inn.  pern.  1 9  Edw.  H,  no.  67. 

In  tke  i6rk  centnry  tke  Singletons  of 
Staining  keld  land  m  Ptnmpton,  b«t  the 
tennre  is  not  stated. 

DTknmasEarlof  Derby  in  1521  held 
lands  in  Phnnpton,  bnt  tke  tennre  is  not 
recorded;  Dnchy  of  Lane.  In*,  pum.  T, 
no.6X.  This  may  have  been  tke  ; 
estate  of  Tkomas  de  Latkom  in  Field 
In  tke  Derby  rental  of  tke 

of  tke       'TnWs'i4 


to  Job. 
The  name  appears  again  in  1653 

earl;    tijfftif  COM/L    Pmftn   (Rec.  Sac. 
Lanes,  and  Ckes.),  n,  237. 

175 


kept  locked';  Estconrt  and  Payne,  cp. 
at.  90. 

KGiQow,  op.  ck.  232-4.  Tke  govern- 
ment's officer  gives  a  livery  account  of  his 
search  far  tke  priest  and  his  spoliation  of 
tke  ckapeL  in  wkkk  he  had  been  I 

there  was  good  onantity  of  state;  Hnm 
I  gatkered,'  be  says,  'from  one  of  tke 
iof  tkese 

.    •    -     |^ - 

i  e-ATS  snsn%  nm  now  a 

and  was  privy  to  all 
secret    places.'      He   dU   not    find   tke 
jnw^snd  tke  people  vainly  endeavonred 


Fr.  Barrow  bad  £12  from  the  comae 
(Le.  bis  order)  and  ^6  from  Sir  T.CKfton 
and  otkers;  his  successor  in  i-?i  bad 
tke  more  fibeal  stipend  of  £lo  lot ; 
Foiey,  Jt«e.  S.  7.  v,  321-*- 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


congregation    was    then  joined  to  Kirkham  until  in 
1860  the  present  church  of  St.  Anne  was  opened.17 

WEETON-WITH-PREESE 

Widetun,  Dom.  Bk. ;  Whiteton,  1205;  Wytheton, 
1236;  Wythinton,  1286;  Wetheton,  1382. 

Midehope,  Dom.  Bk. ;  Mithop,  1212;  Methop, 
1286. 

Pres,  Dom.  Bk.;  Frees,  Preez,  Peres,  1278;  Prese, 

1338. 

Suartebrec,  1249  ;  Swartebreke,  1280. 

The  area  of  this  township  is  2,972^  l  acres,  and  its 
population  in  1901  was  374.  It  is  curious  to  note 
that  Preese,  which  has  recognition  in  the  official 
name,  has  no  separate  measurement,  while  Mythop  or 
Mythorp,  the  western  corner,  has  its  area  recorded 
as  677  acres,  though  it  is  not  recognized  in  the  town- 
ship name  ;  it  is  divided  from  Weeton  by  moss  land. 
Weeton  proper  occupies  the  southern  half  of  the 
township,  the  northern  half  containing  Preese  on  the 
west  and  Swarbrick  on  the  east.  Each  of  the  four 
places  named  occupies  a  piece  of  rising  ground,  one 
piece  being  divided  by  depressions  from  the  others  ; 
at  Weeton  112  ft.  above  the  ordnance  datum  is 
attained,  at  Swarbrick  and  Preese  100  ft.  and  at 
Mythop  50  ft. 

A  road  from  Kirkham  goes  west  and  north  through 
Weeton  and  Swarbrick  to  Singleton  ;  from  Weeton 
a  cross  road  goes  west  through  Mythop  to  Blackpool 
and  another  east  to  Greenhalgh.  The  old  Danes'  Pad 
is  traced  in  Mythop,  running  north-west.  The  rail- 
way from  Preston  to  Fleetwood  and  Blackpool  also 
runs  north-west  through  the  township,  and  a  branch 
line  to  Blackpool  crosses  the  south-west  corner. 

The  Fylde  Waterworks  have  large  reservoirs  at 
Weeton. 

Charles  Earl  of  Derby  procured  a  charter  for  a 
weekly  market  at  Weeton  in  1670,*  and  a  fair  for 


cattle  and  small  wares  used  to  be  held  on  the  Tuesday 
after  Trinity  Sunday.3 

The  township  has  a  parish  council. 

The  soil  is  sandy,  with  subsoil  of  clay ;  wheat,  oats, 
beans  and  barley  are  grown,  but  more  than  half  the 
land  is  devoted  to  pasture. 

A  '  hairy  ghost '  is  associated  with  Weeton.4  There 
is  an  ancient  burial  cairn. 

William  Barrow,5  known  better  as  Waring  or  Har- 
court,  was  born  in  1610,  and  educated  at  St.  Omers. 
In  1632  he  joined  the  Society  of  Jesus,  and  was  sent 
on  the  English  mission  in  1644,  labouring  in  the 
London  district  till  the  outbreak  of  the  Gates  Plot. 
He  was  arrested  in  May  1679,  and  executed  the 
following  month  with  several  other  victims. 

In  1066  Weeton,  Preese  and  Mythop, 
MANORS  assessed  as  three,  two  and  one  plough- 
land  respectively,  formed  part  of  the 
Amounderness  lordship  of  Earl  Tostig.6  Afterwards 
the  lordship  was  divided,  Weeton  becoming  head  of 
the  fee  of  the  Butler  of  Ireland  in  Amounderness,7 
and  Preese  and  Mythop  being  added  to  the  fee  of 
Penwortham.8 

WEETON  contributed  zis.  %d.  to  the  tallage  in 
1205-6,  the  heir  of  Theobald  Walter  being  a  minor 
in  ward  to  the  king.9  In  1242  the  heir  held  the 
third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  demesne  and  the 
sixth  part  in  service.10  From  extents  of  Theobald  le 
Boteler's  lands  made  in  1249"  and  1286  it  appears 
that  at  Weeton  was  a  well-built  manor-house  ;  half 
the  land,  1 2.  oxgangs,  was  in  demesne,  and  the  other 
half  was  held  by  free  farmers  at  the  will  of  the  lord  ; 
there  were  three  mills.12  The  manor  continued  in 
the  Boteler  family  till  about  I4OO13;  it  was  then 
acquired  by  Sir  John  Stanley  of  Lathom,14  who  ob- 
tained a  charter  for  free  warren  there,15  and  it  has 
continued  in  his  family  to  the  present  time,16  the  Earl 
of  Derby  being  lord"of  the  manor.  The  rental  of  1 5  22 17 
shows  that  Weeton  was  then  the  head  of  a  lordship 


17  Fall  particulars  will  be  found  in 
Gillow,  op.  cit.  236—8  ;  Hewitoon,  Our 
Country  Churches,  345.  Bishop  Gibson 
visited  Westby  in  1784  and  confirmed 
78  persons  ;  the  number  of  communicants 
was  given  as  360. 

1  2,972  acres,  including  14  of  inland 
water  ;  Census  Rep.  1 90 1 . 

1  Col.  S.  P.  Dom.  1670,  p.  267. 

I  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  493. 
«  Ibid.  482. 

*  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  ;  Gillow,  Bitl.  Diet. ; 
Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  Under  the  name  of 
William  Harcourt  the  cause  of  his 
beatification  was  in  1886  allowed  to 
proceed  at  Rome  ;  Pollen,  Acts  of  'Martyrs, 
382.  «  y.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

7  Ibid.  350.  The  Weeton  lordship  in- 
cluded also  Treales,  Greenhalgh,  Raw- 
cliffe  and  Wesham.  8  Ibid.  335,  n,  I. 

'  Fairer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  202. 

10  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  152-3.  The 
demesne  lands  were  in  Weeton  and 
Treales  ;  the  sixth  part  was  in  Thistleton, 
Preese  and  Greenhalgh. 

II  Ibid.    173.      In     1249     there    was 
only  one  mill.     Certain  land    belonging 
to  Weeton,  called  Quinschalcishurede,  was 
worth  31.  yearly,  and  a  plot  of  meadow 
3</.     For  the  dower  of  Margery  widow  of 
Theobald  le  Boteler  in  Weeton,  <tc.,  see 
Close,  64,  m.  19. 

u  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  264-6.  In 
1291  Theobald  le  Boteler  was  commanded 


to  do  homage  to  Edmund  the  king's 
brother  for  his  lands  held  of  the  honour 
of  Lancaster ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Royal 
Charters,  175. 

"  See  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.), 
385.  Edmund  le  Boteler  in  1302  held  half 
a  knight's  fee  in  Weeton  of  the  Earl  of 
Lancaster  ;  Lar.es.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  316. 

James  son  of  Edmund  le  Boteler  of 
Ireland  in  1324  held  the  manor  of 
Weeton  with  Little  Marton,  &c,  by 
knight's  service  and  the  yearly  rent  of 
101.  for  *  goshawk,  5*.  for  castle  ward, 
and  131.  4</.,  doing  suit  to  the  county  and 
wapentake  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cirri,  fol.  40. 

The  manor  of  Weeton  was  included  in 
a  feofrment  by  James  le  Boteler  Earl  of 
Ormonde  and  Eleanor  his  wife  in  1329  ; 
De  Banco  R.  278,  m.  i8od.  See  also 
325,  m.  380. 

The  Earl  of  Ormond  in  1 346  held  the 
fishery  of  Marton  Mere  by  10*.  rent,  two 
(not  three)  plough-lands  in  Weeton,  three 
in  Little  Marton,  three  in  Treales,  two  in 
Wesham  and  Mowbreck  by  half  a  knight's 
fee,  rendering  13*.  4^.;  Survey  of  1346 
(Chet.  Soc.),  52-4. 

Eleanor  Countess  of  Ormonde  held  in 
1355;  Feud,  Aids,  iii,  90.  She  was  a  plain- 
tiff in  1356  (Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  5, 
m.  26  d.),  and  tenant  of  Weeton  in  1 361  ; 
Inq.  p.m.  3$  Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  no.  122. 

The  Earl  of  Ormonde  in  1 378  paid  icu. 
to  the  aid  as  for  the  moiety  of  a  fee  in 
Weeton,  Greenhalgh,  Treale*,  Thi*tleton, 


Out     Rawcliffe,    Bradkirk,    Medlar    and 
Esprick  ;  HarL  MS.  2085,  fol.  421,  Ac. 

In  1384  John  (James)  son  and  heir  of 
James  Boteler,  late  Earl  of  Ormonde,  bad 
livery  of  100  marks  rent  from  the  manor 
of  Weeton ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  p.  56. 
See  also  Def.  Keeper's  Rep.  rxxii,  App. 

359,  363- 

14  Sir  John  Stanley  was  lord  of  Weeton 
in  1401  ;  Lanes.  Inq.p.ir..  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  76. 

15  The   grant  was    made    in    1408    to 
John  Lund  and  Thomas  Charnock,  chap- 
lains ;  Chart.  R.  9  Hen.  IV,  no.  6. 

16  John  Stanley  in  143 1  held  the  moiety 
of   a    knight's    fee    in   Weeton,   Treales, 
Wesham  and  Thistleton  ;  Feud.  Aids,  iii, 
95.     In  1445-6  Sir  Thomas  Stanley  held 
in  Weeton  of  the  inheritance  late  of  the 
Earl  of  Ormonde  (and)  the  fishery  called 
Marton  Mere,  rendering  201.  yearly  or  a 
sor  goshawk  ;    Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights' 
Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

Thomas  the  second  Earl  of  Derby  in 
1521  held  the  manors  of  Weeton  and 
Treales  of  the  king  by  the  service  of  half 
a  knight's  fee  and  the  rent  of  131.  4^. 
The  clear  value  was  £30 ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  68. 

The  manors  of  Weeton  and  Treales 
occur  at  various  times '  in  fines  and  re- 
coveries of  the  earl's  estates  ;  e.g.  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  276,  m.  75  (1715); 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  623,  m.  la  (1776). 

17  In    the    possession    of    the    Earl   of 
Lathom. 


176 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED  KIRKHAM 

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COBTT  kad  beta  held  dariag  tke  Tear.     To  tke  king  of  whom  Etde  is  known,9  aat3  aboot   1 360.     Ia 

were  paid  reals  raobjffie  of  13*.  \4-  far  tke  lordships  1401,  after  tke  death  of  Margery  de  Prses,  it  was 

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A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


SKILLICORNK  of 
Preese.  Sable  a  cross 
countercompony  or  and 
azure  between  four  garbs 
of  the  second. 


to   his   grandson   Nicholas,  who  held   it    in   1609." 
Soon  afterwards  the  manor  was  sold,  and  in  1634  was 
held    by    John     Wolverton.25 
In    1756    John    Parkes    pur- 
chased   a   moiety  of  it  fixm 
Thomas   Gorst     and     Rachel 
his   wife.26     The  hall17   now 
belongs      to      Mr.      Thomas 
Horrocks  Miller  of  Singleton. 

SWARBRICK  in  Preese 
seems  always  to  have  been  a 
member  of  Weeton.28  It  gave 
a  surname  to  a  family  or 
families  of  long  standing  in 
the  district. 

MTTHOP,  though  part  of 
the  fee  of  Penwortham,  was 
held  as  the  tenth  part  of  a 

knight's  fee  by  the  lords  of  Weeton,19  and  has  de- 
scended with  it.  A  family  surnamed  Mythop  occurs, 
but  does  not  seem  to  have  b.en  of  long  continu- 
ance.30 

Sir  Gilbert  Gerard  was  in  1593  stated  to  have 
held  land  in  Preese  of  the  inheritance  of  Richard 
Balderston.31 

Some  of  the  Earl  of  Derby's  lands  were  sold  by  the 
Commonwealth  authorities  in  i6$$.33  Three  'Papists' 
registered  estates  in  ijij.33 

For  the  Church  of  England  St.  Michael  and  All 
Angels'  was  erected  at  Weeton  in  1843.  A  parish 
was  assigned  to  it  in  1 846,"  and  the  vicar  of  Kirkham 
has  the  patronage. 

A  Wesleyan  Methodist  chapel  was  built  in  1827," 
but  has  long  since  disappeared, 


TREALES,  ROSEACRE,  AND  WHARLES 

Treueles,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Turuel,  1242. 

Rasaker,  Raysakur,  1249. 

Quarlous,  1249;  Warlawes,  Werlows,  1286. 

Treales  is  the  southern  half  of  this  composite 
township,  the  northern  half  being  divided  between 
Roseacre  to  the  north-west  and  Wharles  to  the  south- 
east. The  respective  areas  of  the  three  portions  are 
1,998,  937  and  1,165  acres,  or  4,100  in  all.1  The 
population  numbered  492  in  1901.  The  greater 
part  of  the  surface  is  flat,  but  in  the  south  is  some 
higher  land,  the  100  ft.  above  sea  level  being  attained  ; 
but  this  declines  somewhat  sharply  to  the  brook  which 
forms  the  boundary  between  Treales  and  Kirkham. 

From  Kirkham  a  road  goes  north  through  Treales, 
standing  on  the  higher  land  mentioned,  and  then  by 
Bolton  Houses  and  Cross  Hill  to  Wharles,  at  which 
hamlet  it  divides,  one  branch  going  north-east  to 
St.  Michael's  and  the  other  north-west,  by  Roseacre  and 
Sasswick  House,  to  Elswick.  There  are  some  side  roads 
and  cross  roads.  The  railway  from  Preston  to  Black- 
pool runs  through  the  extreme  south  of  the  township. 

The  soil  is  clay  ;  wheat  is  grown,  but  three-fourths 
of  the  land  is  pasture. 

There  is  a  parish  council. 

In  1066  TREBLES,  a  member  of 
MANOR  Earl  Tostig's  fee,  was  assessed  as  two 
plough-lands.1  Afterwards  it  is  found  to 
be  a  member  of  the  Weeton  fee,  held  successively  by 
Boteler  and  Stanley,  and  the  lordship  has  descended 
to  the  present  Earl  of  Derby.3  ROSEACRE  and 
WHARLES  were  probably  improvements  from  the 
waste 4  ;  it  does  not  appear  that  they  were  ever 


were  burgesses  at  the  guild  of  1 542  ; 
Preston  Guild  R.  19.  Nicholas  was  dead 
in  1550,  when  the  manor  was  in  the 
king's  hands  by  reason  of  the  minority  of 
William,  his  son  and  heir  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xxiii,  55  d. 

In  1592  an  informer  told  the  govern- 
ment that  '  Mr.  Skillicorne  of  Preese 
hath  for  many  years  a  recusant  school- 
master, who  for  sundry  years  was  one 
William  Fletcher,  then  a  recusant,  now 
the  schoolmaster  at  Wigan '  ;  Gibson, 
Lydiate  Hall,  258,  quoting  S.  P.  Dom. 
Eliz.  ccxv,  79.  William  Skillicorne  died 
in  1 60 1  holding  the  manor  of  Preese,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  Nicholas ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xviii,  no.  35. 
For  a  pedigree  see  Fishwick,  Kirkham, 
191. 

84  A  feoffment  of  the  manors  of  Preese 
and  Newton  was  made  by  Nicholas 
Skillicorne  in  1606  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  70,  no.  83.  The  manor  of 
Preese  alone  appears  in  a  similar  fine  in 
1609,  when  the  deforciants  were  Nicholas 
Skillicorne,  William  his  son  and  heir- 
apparent  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  John 
Skillicorne  and  Priscilla  his  wife  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  76,  no.  31.  No  Skillicornes  appear 
in  the  Preston  guild  roll  of  1622  or  later. 
Nicholas  and  John  Skillicorne  were  con- 
victed recusants  in  1620  ;  Cal.S.P.Dom. 
1619-23,  p.  150. 

"  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  125, 
no.  43.  From  the  draft  of  an  Act  of  1624 
it  appears  that  John  Skillicorne  had  con- 
veyed the  manor  to  Robert,  Edmund  and 
Charles  Wolferstone ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com. 
Rep.  iii,  30. 

86  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  354. 

37  In  1836  it  belonged  to  Hugh  Hornby 


of  Liverpool,  and  was  afterwards  sold  to 
Thomas  Miller,  father  of  the  present 
owner  ;  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1836),  iv,  400  ; 
(ed.  1870;,  ii,493. 

*8  The  4  oxgangs  of  land  there  were  in 
1286  held  by  free  farmers  of  Theobald  le 
Boteler  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  265. 
This  is  probably  the  land  in  Preese  held 
by  the  heir  of  Theobald  Walter  in  1 242  5 
ibid.  153. 

89  In  12 1 2,  of  the  four  plough-lands 
granted  by  Warine  Bussel  to  Gillemichael, 
only  three  were  held  by  his  heirs  ;  the 
other,  in  Mythop,  was  held  by  the  heir  of 
Theobald  Walter  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents, 
i,  29.  It  was  worth  4^  marks  yearly  in 
1249  and  641.  in  1286;  ibid.  172,  264. 
The  tenure  was  in  i  302  recorded  as  the 
tenth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  Mythop, 
held  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln  ;  ibid.  316. 
This  is  repeated  in  later  extents,  &c.  ;  e.g. 
Feud.  Aids,  iii,  91. 

In  1522  the  tenants  of  Mythop  paid 
£4  a  year,  including  31.  ^d.  as  the  value 
of  the  works  and  services  ;  Derby  Rental 
(at  Lathom). 

30  James  le  Boteler  Earl  of  Ormonde  in 
1329  complained  that  Robert  de  Prees 
and  Adam  son  of  Thomas  de  Mythop  had 
rescued  cattle  from  his  pound  at  Weeton ; 
De  Banco  R.  278,  m.  157. 

Adam  son  of  Richard  de  Mythop  in 
1341  confirmed  to  his  son  Richard  lands 
at  the  Bankhouses  in  Warton  ;  Lytham 
D.  at  Durham,  i  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  20. 
The  witnesses  included  Henry,  Geoffrey 
and  Robert,  sons  of  Richard  de  Mythop. 

Nicholas  son  of  Robert  de  Mythop  had 
land  in  Elswick  in  1402-5  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C8,  5  (Chet.  Lib.),  Hen.  IV,  no. 
5>7- 

I78 


There  was  another  place  of  the  same 
name  in  Lytham. 

81  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  2. 

82  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  ii,  1117  ;   Swar- 
brick,  Mythop,  &c. 

38  James  and  Thomas  Swarbrick  and 
William  Blacoe ;  Estcourt  and  Payne, 
Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  134-5.  For  the 
convicted  recusants  c.  1670  see  Misc. 
(Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  195-6. 

34  By  Order   in  Council  21  Jan.  1846. 

85  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  493. 

1  Including  2    acres  of  inland  water  ; 
Census  Rep.  1901. 

2  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  2883. 

8  See  the  account  of  Weeton.  The 
sheriff  rendered  account  of  261.  tallage  of 
Treales  in  1205-6  ;  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe 
R.  202.  In  1249  the  three  plough-lands 
in  Treales  were  worth  £8  14*.  yd.  in  all 
issues,  and  the  land  of  Wharles  and  Rose- 
acre  £<)  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  172-3.  In 
1286  there  were  24  oxgangs  of  land  in 
the  hands  of  free  farmers,  each  oxgang 
being  worth  i  u.  a  year  ;  ibid.  265. 

4  In  1286  there  were  in  Roseacre  215 
acres  of  land,  and  in  Wharles  144  acres, 
each  worth  lod.  yearly,  in  the  hands  of 
free  farmers  ;  ibid. 

It  appears  that  in  1283  Randle  de 
Goosnargh,  Alice  his  wife  and  William 
son  of  Alexander  the  Clerk  of  Elswick 
held  67  acres  in  Roseacre,  but  Theobald 
le  Boteler  purchased  them  ;  Final  Cone. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  160. 

The  Derby  rental  of  1522  (at  Lathom) 
shows  that  £16  was  received  from 
tenants  at  will  in  Treales  ;  a  windmill 
paid  301.,  and  turbary  26s.  8</.  The 
rent  of  the  tenants  at  will  in  Wharles 


considered  to  be  manors.5  The  township  is  scarcely 
ever  named  in  the  records,  but  in  1228-9  a  mandate 
was  issued  to  the  sheriff  respecting  Lewe  de  Treales, 
who  had  found  ancient  coins  while  ploughing.6 

Thomas  Firth  (Styth)  of  Wharles  in  1631  was 
fined  £10,  having  refused  knighthood.7  Sir  Edward 
Osbaldeston  in  1637  had  a  small  rent  from  Treales.8 
Some  '  Papists '  of  Treales  and  Roseacre  registered 
estates  in  1717.' 

Christ  Church,  Treales,  for  the  worship  of  the 
Church  of  England,  was  built  in  1855.  The  vicar 
of  Kirkham  is  patron.10 

The  Presbyterians  had  a  licensed  meeting-place  in 
Roseacre  in  1689,"  but  it  does  not  seem  to  have  been 
permanent. 

GREENHALGH-WITH-THISTLETON 

Greneholf,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Grenhole,  1212;  Grenele, 
1242;  Grenehol,  1 244  ;  Grenole,  1 249  ;  Grenolf, 

I33I- 

Thistilton,  1212  ;  Thistelton,  1242. 

Estebrec,  1249. 

Greenhalgh  or  Greenalgh,  in  which  are  Esprick 
and  Cornoe,  occupies  the  southern  part  of  this  com- 
posite township,  Thistleton  being  the  northern  part. 
The  two  portions  measure  1,187  and  710  acres 
respectively,  or  1,897  in  all l  ;  the  population  in  1901 
was  408.  The  surface  is  flat,  sloping  gradually  from 
south  to  north  and  from  west  to  east,  the  extremes 


KIRKHAM 

being  100  ft.  above  sea  level  at  the  south-west  border 
and  25  ft.  in  the  north-east  corner.  There  is 
moss  land  in  the  south. 

A  road  goes  north-north-west  through  the  whole 
length  of  the  township,  passing  through  Corner  Row 
and  Esprick.  From  it  another  road  goes  west  to  the 
hamlet  of  Greenhalgh.  turning  south  to  reach  Weeton  ; 
while  yet  another  in  the  north  turns  off  to  the  east 
and  north  to  reach  Thistleton,  from  which  it  turns 
towards  Elswick. 

The  soil  is  clay  ;  potatoes  are  grown,  but  most  of 
the  land  is  permanent  grass. 

For  this  township  there  is  a  parish  council. 

In  1 066  three  plough-lands  in  GREEN- 
MANORS  HALGH  formed  part  of  Earl  Tostig's 
Preston  lordship.1  Afterwards  there 
seems  to  have  been  a  division  ;  so  that  one  of  the 
plough-lands,  Medlar,  was  granted  out  in  thegnage, 
while  the  others,  Greenhalgh  proper  and  Thistleton, 
were  given  to  the  ancestors  of  the  Boteler  family, 
and  held  as  members  of  the  Weeton  lordship,  the 
superior  manor  descending  in  the  same  way.* 

By  Hervey,  the  grandfather  of  Theobald  Walter, 
Thistleton  and  Greenhalgh  were  given  with  his 
daughter  Alice  to  Orm  son  of  Magnus,  and  thus 
descended  to  Roger  de  Hutton,  lord  of  the  adjacent 
Medlar.4  Roger  and  his  son  granted  the  whole  or 
greater  part  out  in  various  ways.5  Chiefly  by  purchase 
the  Butlers  of  Rawcliffe  appear  to  have  acquired  the 
greater  part,6  and  were  regarded  as  lords  of  the 


was  1091.  8(/.,  including  \%d.  the  value 
of  their  works  ;  for  Roseacre  the  amounts 
were  £6  I  51.  5</.  and  41.  jd.  respectively. 
5  The  'township'  of  Wharles  and 
Roseacre  is  named  in  1526;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  998.  6  Close  R.  39,  m.  20. 

I  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

i,  221. 

8  Duchy    of    Lane.    Inq.    p.m.     xxvii, 
no.  i$. 

9  Henry  Johnson   and   John   Ward   of 
Treales  ;     William     Crooke     and    John 
Miller  of  Roseacre  ;  all  leaseholds  ;  Est- 
court  and  Payne,  Engl,  Cath,  Nonjurors, 
91.  91.  For  the  convicted  resusantt  c.  i  670 
see  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  196-7. 

A  separate  ecclesiastical  parish  was 
constituted  in  1858  ;  information  of  the 
vicar.  See  A.  Hewitson,  Our  Country 
Churches,  365,  where  is  also  an  account 
of  the  Primitive  Methodist  Meetings, 
369-72. 

II  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 
232. 

1  1,898    acres,   including   8    of   inland 
water  ;   Census  Rep.  1901. 

2  IS.C.H.  Lana.  i,  288*. 

3  The  members  of  Theobald  Walter's 
fee  of  Weeton  were  not  named  separately 
in    1 212,  but  Thistleton  and  Greenhalgh 
occur  in    1242  ;   Lanes.   Inq,  and  Extents 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  37,  153. 
The    assessment    of   Greenhalgh   as    one 
plough-land  was  recorded  in  12495  'D'd- 
i,  172.      Thistleton   is  named  among  the 
Countess  of  Ormonde's  lands  in  1355  and 
among  those  of  Sir  John  Stanley  in  1431  ; 
Feud.  Aids,  iii,  90,  95. 

One  oxgang  of  land  was  in  1286  in 
the  lord's  hands,  and  rendered  181. 
yearly  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  265. 
This,  no  doubt,  was  the  oxgang  not  held 
by  knight's  service  ;  ibid.  173. 

The  Derby  rental  of  1522  (at  Lathom) 
records  the  payment  of  181.  gd. — the  gd. 
in  lieu  of  services — for  a  tenement  and 
oxgang  of  land  containing  24  acres,  in 


the  occupation  of  Gilbert  Wilkinson ; 
31.  \d.  for  a  cottage  newly  built,  and 
2  acres,  lately  of  Henry  Fleetwood 
deceased,  and  then  of  Robert  Wilkinson  ; 
and  \^d.  for  certain  lands  in  Greenhalgh 
Field  held  by  Rowland  Cornay.  These 
rents  were  from  Greenhalgh  in  the 
Fylde  ;  from  Greenhalgh  in  the  Holme 
came  101.  for  a  tenement  lately  Henry 
Fleetwood'*.  Another  Greenhalgh  gave 
a  name  to  Greenhalgh  Castle  near  Gar- 
stang. 

4  Lanes,  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  37. 

8  Part  was  included  in  the  gift  of 
Medlar  to  his  daughter  by  Roger,  and 
thus  came  into  the  possession  of  the 
Hospitallers  and  of  Cockersand  Abbey — 
viz.  the  mill  of  Greenhalgh  and  the  ser- 
vice of  Adam  de  Cornoe  ;  Lanes,  Inq. 
and  Extents,  i,  47  ;  Cockersand  Chartul, 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  168-71. 

Ellis  son  of  Roger  de  Hutton  made 
grants  in  Greenhalgh  and  Thistleton  to 
Cockersand,  as  will  be  seen  below.  To 
Adam  de  Cornoe  he  gave  part  of  his 
demesne  in  Greenhalgh,  and  this  was 
confirmed  by  his  son  Robert ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  91.  The  same  Ellis 
granted  an  oxgang  of  land  to  Jordan  son 
of  Richard  the  Clerk  of  Kirkham,  and 
another  to  Walter  son  of  Ailsi  de  Ros 
(the  land  of  Adam  de  Cornoe,  the  mill, 
Whitaker,  and  the  croft  of  Raun  being 
excepted)  ;  ibid.  fol.  85^,  87. 

In  1242  the  immediate  tenants  were  : 
In  Thistleton — John  de  Thornhull  ;  in 
Greenhalgh— Roger  de  Nutshagh,  Adam 
de  Bradkirk,  William  de  Kirkham,  Robert 
son  of  Thomas,  and  Richard  son  of 
William  5  Lanes,  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
152-3. 

6  Geoffrey  de  Pleasington,  with  the 
consent  of  Alice  his  wife  (probably  the 
heir),  released  to  Richard  le  Boteler  all 
right  in  Greenhalgh,  Whitacre  and 
Cornoe  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  98. 
Richard  le  Boteler  gave  his  son  Edmund 

179 


all  his  land  in  Greenhalgh,  Whitacre, 
Esprick,  and  Cornoe  Row  ;  ibid.  fol.  97^. 
The  same  Edmund  ie  Boteler  acquired 
for  27  marks  an  oxgang  and  a  half  of 
land  from  William  son  of  Robert  de 
Greenhalgh,  who  in  1274  at  Little 
Hoole  released  all  his  land  in  Greenhalgh 
to  Edmund  ;  ibid.  fol.  92,  86£  (no.  44). 
Edmund  also  acquired  first  an  acre  of 
land  and  then  the  whole  inheritance  in 
Wh'tacre  of  William  son  of  Adam  de 
Whitacre  ;  ibid.  fol.  85,  no.  25,  35. 
From  Geoffrey  de  Pleasington  he  ob- 
tained a  release  of  all  the  land  held  by 
Geoffrey  of  the  Hospitallers  ;  ibid.  fol.  97. 

Nicholas  le  Boteler  in  1291  released 
to  an  uncle  Henry  the  la,nd  in  Green- 
halgh formerly  held  by  the  uncle  Edmund 
just  named  ;  and  a  little  later  gave  his 
sister  Alice  all  his  land  in  Greenhalgh, 
with  the  services  of  Adam  de  Bradkirk, 
William  de  Esprick,  and  others  ;  ibid, 
fol.  98,  97.  William  de  Elswick,  son  of 
Alexander  the  Clerk,  grantsd  to  Henry 
le  Boteler,  son  of  Sir  Richard,  the 
homage  and  service  of  his  brothers  Alan 
and  Thomas,  apparently  in  Thistleton  ; 
ibid.  fol.  85. 

Alice  sister  of  Nicholas  le  Boteler 
was  no  doubt  the  wife  of  Adam  de 
Walton,  to  whom  in  1302  Henry  le 
Boteler  gave  all  his  land  in  Greenhalgh  ; 
ibid.  fol.  876. 

Mabel  widow  of  Nicholas  le  Boteler 
in  1300  claimed  dower  in  six  messuages, 
6  oxgangs  of  land,  &c.,  in  Greenhalgh, 
against  Adam  de  Walton  and  Alice.  The 
free  tenants  named  were  Adam  de  Brad- 
kirk, William,  Adam  and  John  de 
Esprick  ;  De  Banco  R.  135,  m.  227. 

Ranulf  de  Singleton  and  Mabel  his 
wife  in  1304  claimed  her  dower  in  certain 
land  in  Greenhalgh  held  by  Adam  de 
Walton  and  Alice  hi«  wife,  and  William 
son  and  heir  of  Nicholas  le  Boteler,  a 
minor,  was  called  to  warrant ;  DC  Banco 
R.  153,  m.  1 157,  164. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


manor.7  In  1488  John  Butler  held  his  lands  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  by  knight's  service,8  but  in  1504  and 
later  the  mesne  lordship  was  ignored,  and  the  lands  in 
Greenhalgh  and  Thistleton  were  said  to  be  held  of 
the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  knight's  service.9 

Greenhalgh  gave  a  surname  to  some  local  families,10 
of  which  one  retained  possession  of  its  lands  till  the 
1 6th  century."  The  Bradkirk  family  held  a  fourth 
part  of  Greenhalgh.1* 

THISTLETON,  apart  from  the  tenement  of  the 


Butlers,  was  largely  held  by  the  Cowdrays 13  and 
Aughtons  of  North  Meols u  and  their  heirs,  their 
manor  of  Thistleton  consisting  principally  of  the 
2  oxgangs  of  land,  a  fourth  part  of  the  vill,  granted 
to  the  canons  of  Cockersand  by  Ellis  son  of  Roger  de 
Hutton.'5  A  number  of  the  tenants  of  Thistleton, 
which  name  in  former  times  seems  to  have  been  used 
of  the  township  as  a  whole,  appear  in  the  pleadings 
and  inquisitions  I6  ;  some  of  them,  seated  in  neighbour- 
ing townships,  held  of  the  Crown,  the  Earl  of  Derby 


7  See  a  later  note  ;  also  the  account  of 
Out  Rawcliffe. 

8  Duchy  of   Lane.    Inq.   p.m.   iii,   no. 
4.5  ;     the    lands    were    said    to    be     in 
Thistleton. 

'  Ibid,  iii,  no.  109  ;  viii,  no.  8  ;  xzvi, 
no.  36 ;  Greenhalgh  alone,  or  Green- 
halgh with  Thistleton. 

William  Butler  of  Hackinsall  in  1586 
held  land  in  Thistleton  of  the  queen  as 
of  her  duchy  in  socage  ;  ibid,  xiv,  no. 

47- 

10  Walter  de  Greenhalgh  was  tenant  of 
Ellis  de  Hutton  about  1 22O  ;  Cockersand 
Chartul.  i,  166.  Robert  son  of  William 
de  Greenhalgh  (c.  1260)  was  a  benefactor 
of  Cockersand  Abbey,  having  given  land 
at  Sandyford  ;  ibid.  165.  He  may  have 
been  Robert  the  Clerk  of  Kirkham  (son 
of  William)  to  whom  Richard  le  Boteler 
granted  2  oxgangs  of  land  in  Thistleton  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  liii,  foL  85,  no.  24.  A 
William  son  of  Robert  [?de  Greenhalgh] 
had  in  1219  obtained  a  rent  of  8;.  due 
from  William  son  of  Warine  in  Thistle- 
ton  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  42. 

Other  clerks  of  Kirkham  had  lands  in 
the  township  and  were  possibly  ancestors 
of  the  Greenhalgh  families.  Thus  Robert 
ton  of  Rainkell  de  Treales  about  1250 
gave  a  part  of  his  land  within  Green- 
halgh to  Ralph  son  of  Richard  the 
Clerk,  co-rector  of  Kirkham ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  85,  no.  27.  Somewhat 
later,  Master  William  de  Kirkham,  clerk, 
son  of  Richard  the  Clerk  of  Kirkham, 
gave  all  his  land  in  the  vill  of  Green- 
halgh to  his  brother  Ralph,  with  remainder 
to  their  sister  Amabil  wife  of  John  de 
Hackinsall;  ibid.  fol.  926.  In  1263  Sir 
Richard  le  Boteler  agreed  with  Geoffrey 
de  Pleasington  and  Alice  his  wife  that 
they  should  have  the  ward  and  marriage 
of  Thomas  son  and  heir  of  Ralph  de 
Kirkham  ;  there  were  2  oxgangs  of  land 
in  Greenhalgh;  ibid.  fol.  86A,  no.  4;. 
To  Thomas  son  of  Ralph  de  Greenhalgh 
— no  doubt  the  same  person — John  son 
of  Adam  de  Bradkirk  in  1281  granted  a 
small  piece  of  land  to  enable  Thomas  to 
enlarge  his  dwelling  ;  ibid.  no.  45. 

William  son  of  Robert  de  Greenhalgh 
has  been  named  above  (1274).  Geoffrey 
son  of  Maud  formerly  the  wife  of  Roger  de 
Nutshaw  released  to  his  brother  Henry 
the  fourth  part  of  an  oxgang  of  land  in 
Thistleton,  and  Henry  de  Nutshaw  in 
1316-17  gave  lands  there  to  Robert  son  of 
William  de  Greenhalgh  at  *  rent  of  zd.  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  T  5. 

u  William  ion  of  Thomas  Greenhalgh 
was  in  1442  re-enfeoffed  of  lands  in 
Greenhalgh,  Esprick,  Cornoe,  Wesham, 
Whitacre  and  the  Holmes  ;  Dods,  MSS. 
liii,  fol.  86,  no.  38. 

Thomas  Clifton  in  1547  claimed  • 
messuage  in  the  township  against  Richard 
Greenhalgh  and  James  Thornton  ;  Ducatut 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  223. 

James  Greenhalgh  died  in  1 559  holding 
various  messuages,  &c.,  in  Greenhalgh, 


Cornoe  Row,  Esprick  and  Whitter  (Whit- 
acre)  of  the  queen  as  of  the  late  priory  of 
St.  John  of  Jerusalem  by  a  rent  of  zs. 
His  heir  was  his  grandson  George  (son  of 
Richard)  Greenhalgh,  about  twenty  years 
old  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no. 
23.  Not  long  afterwards,  in  I  566,  George 
Greenhalgh  sold  the  manor  of  Greenhalgh 
aliat  Greenoo,  with  water-mill,  windmill, 
&C.,  in  Cornoe  Row,  Whitter  and  Esprick, 
to  Henry  Butler  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  28,  m.  203.  Soon  afterwards 
Henry  Butler  also  purchased  two  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in  Greenhalgh  and  Esprick 
from  the  Earl  of  Derby ;  ibid.  m.  49. 
James  Greenhalgh,  son  of  George,  in 
1577  released  any  right  in  Greenhalgh  to 
the  same  Henry  Butler ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii, 
fol.  9  7  b. 

The  manor  of  Greenhalgh  is  named 
among  the  Butler  estates  in  1571  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  33,  m.  79.  In 
1505  Henry  Butler  complained  that  John 
Eccleston  of  Greenhalgh  had  obtained 
certain  evidences  showing  that  the  parcel 
of  land  he  held  was  held  of  plaintiff,  the 
lord  of  the  manor,  and  intended  to  claim 
a  title  to  the  manor  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Plead.  37  Eliz.  clxviii,  B  6.  James 
Greenhalgh  of  Greenhalgh  was  presented 
as  a  recusant  in  1605  ;  Visit.  P.  in 
Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

After  the  confiscation  of  the  Butler 
estates  in  1716  the  manor  of  Greenhalgh 
appears  to  have  been  acquired  again  by  a 
member  of  the  local  family,  for  in  1774 
and  again  in  1816  the  holder  was  a  James 
Greenhalgh  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  620, 
m.  I  (2)  ;  Lent  Assizes  56  Geo.  III. 

11  The  Bradkirk  holding  has  occurred 
in  preceding  notes.  Adam  de  Bradkirk 
and  Ismania  his  wife  in  1349  held  two 
messuages.  2  oxgangs  of  land,  &c.,  in 
Greenhalgh  of  Sir  Nicholas  le  Boteler  by 
knight's  service  and  a  rent  of  \$J.  ;  Inq. 
p.m.  28  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.),  no.  it.  A 
Richard  Parker  was  defendant  in  a  claim 
to  Fowflat  in  Greenhalgh  in  1596  ; 
Dueatus  Lane,  iii,  468. 

The  Greenhalgh  part  of  the  township 
seldom  occurs  in  the  records.  William 
de  Greenhills  of  Preston  and  Margaret  his 
wife  had  an  interest  (for  her  life)  in  a 
messuage,  &C.,  there  under  John  Boteler 
of  Kirkland  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec,  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  43-4.  William 
Skillicorne  and  Joan  his  wife  had  some 
land  there  in  1567;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  29,  m.  64.  Cuthbert  Clifton 
of  Clifton  in  1512  held  land  of  John 
Butler  of  Rawcliffe,  and  a  similar  state- 
ment is  found  in  later  inquisitions ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  12,  &c. 
Edward  Worthington  died  at  Weeton  in 
1639  holding  a  messuage,  land  and 
common  rights  in  Greenhalgh  of  Henry 
Butler.  Lawrence  his  son  and  heir  was 
fifty  years  old  ;  ibid,  xxx,  no.  3$. 

u  In  1317  Alice  widow  of  William  de 
Travers  claimed  dower  in  Thistleton  and 
Elswick  against  Robert  son  of  William  de 

180 


Cowdray  and  Margaret  his  wife  ;  De 
Banco  R.  219,  m.  1 3 1  d.  Margery  widow 
of  Robert  de  Cowdray  in  1349  gave  all 
her  land  in  Thistleton  to  Adam  de  Meols  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  T  5. 

14  Hugh  Aughton  of  North  Meols  was 
in  1417  seised  of  a  moiety  of  the  manor 
of  Thistleton,  held  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy  by  knight's  service  and  $.d.  rent ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  f.m.  (Chct.  Soc.),  i,  129. 

14  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  173  ;  Ellis 
made  an  exception  of  Esprick  and  his 
mill,  but  added  12  acres  on  the  nearer 
side  of  Greenhalgh  Syke,  marked  out  by 
crosses,  and  exemption  from  multure  at 
Greenhalgh  mill.  Thomas  de  Chevilli 
and  Amiria  his  wife  released  their  title 
to  lands  in  Thistleton,  and  the  canons 
received  further  grants  or  releases  from 
Robert  son  of  Robert  the  Clerk  of  Ulvers- 
ton,  Richard  de  Freckleton,  clerk,  and 
Geoffrey  son  of  Sir  John  de  Hackinsall ; 
ibid.  174-6.  Numerous  place-name* 
occur  in  the  charters — e.g.  Fieldingford- 
wray,  Mundegumeland,  Otemaste,  Ruthe- 
syke,  two  tongues  (or  gores)  on  Borayns 
on  the  lower  side  of  the  road  to  Single- 
ton. 

Hereward,  Abbot  of  Cockersand,  gave 
the  2  oxgangs  to  William  the  Clerk  of 
Kirkham  about  1230  at  a  rent  of  21.  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  loc.  cit.  ;  Dods.  MSS. 

Hugh  Aughton,  son  of  the  above-named 
Hugh,  held  messuages,  &c.,  in  Thistleton 
in  1464  of  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand  by  a 
rent  of  zd.  (zs.)  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  80.  No  '  manor '  is  named  then 
or  later.  A  similar  tenure  was  recorded 
in  later  inquisitions,  e.g.  in  that  of  Hugh 
Aughton,  1^20;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  v,  no.  28.  After  the  inheritance  was 
divided,  John  Bold  (1587)  was  said  to 
hold  lands,  &c.,  in  Thistleton  of  the 
queen  as  of  the  late  abbey  of  Cockersand 
by  zs.  rent  (ibid,  xviii,  no.  43)  ;  but  in 
1603  Barnaby  Kitchen  held  similarly  by 
izd.  rent — i.e.  he  had  a  moiety  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  f.m.  i,  23,  27.  The  'manor'  of 
Thistleton  was  named  among  the  estates 
of  Hugh  Hesketh  of  North  Meols  and 
Alice  his  wife  in  1611  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  79,  no.  71. 

16  The  estate  of  John  de  Thomhill  in 
1242  may  have  been  derived  from  the 
Jordan  de  Thornhill  who  married  Quenilda 
daughter  and  co-heir  of  Richard  son  of 
Roger  of  Woodplumpton  ;  she  afterwards 
married  Roger  Gernet,  but  had  no  children. 
John  Gernet  died  in  1249  holding  nothing 
in  chief  of  Theobald  le  Boteler,  but  hold- 
ing 2  oxgangs  in  Thistleton  of  John  de 
Thornhill,  which  land  he  had  by  purchase. 
His  brother  Benedict  was  his  heir  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  177.  When,  shortly 
afterwards,  the  escheators  were  directed  to 
give  seisin  to  Benedict,  the  land  was  said 
to  be  held  of  Richard  son  and  heir  of 
John  de  Thornhill ;  Close  R.  64,  m.  14. 

In  1292  inquiry  was  made  as  to  the 
tenement  of  Master  William  dc  Kirkham 
in  Thistleton  ;  he  was  dead  and  the 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


or  the  Butlers";  olhers,  such  as  Haw,18  Hudson," 
and  Thompson,"  resided  in  Thistleton  itself.  Several 
*  Papists  '  registered  estates  in  1717." 

CORXOE,**  or  Corner  Row,  gave  a  surname  to 
its  tenants."  It,  like  Esprick*4  and  Whitacre  or 
Whitter,1*  was  usually  regarded  as  part  of  Greenhalgh. 

The  Hospitallers*  and  Cockersand  Abbey  had 
lands." 

Peter  and  John  Winstanley  in  1653  petitioned  for 
a  rent-charge  due  to  them  from  their  father's  estate 
in  Cornoe,  sequestered  for  the  recusancy  of  their 
brother  Francis.18 

A  Congregational  chapel  was  in  1851  built  at 
Corner  Row,  and  provided  with  a  small  endowment.*9 

There  is  a  school  at  Esprick  said  to  have  been 
founded  by  John  Cooper  about  1 760.** 


LITTLE    ECCLESTON-WITH- 
LARBRECK 

Eglestun,  Dom.  Bk.;  Eccliston,  1212. 

Lairbrec,  1212;  Leyrebrec,  1242;  Leirbreck, 
1329. 

The  component  parts  of  the  township  are  divided 
by  Thistleton  Brook  flowing  north-east  to  join  the 
Wyre,  which  river  is  here  the  northern  boundary  of 


township  and  parish.  Little  Eccleston,  with  an 
acreage  of  445^,  lies  to  the  east  of  the  brook,  thus 
adjoining  Great  Eccleston  in  St.  Michael's ;  while 
Larbreck,  or  Larbrick,  containing  835  acres,  lies  to 
the  west.  The  total  area  is  1,280^  acres.1  There 
was  a  population  of  188  in  1901.  The  surface  is 
comparatively  level,  rising  a  little  on  each  side  of  the 
brook  to  over  80  ft.  above  sea  level  on  the  east  and 
over  60  ft.  on  the  west,  thence  falling  again  to  the 
north  and  further  west. 

The  principal  road  is  one  going  west  and  south- 
west from  Great  Eccleston  through  Larbreck  hamlet 
to  Little  Singleton  ;  from  it  other  roads  lead  south  to 
Little  Eccleston  hamlet,  joining  there  and  going  on 
to  Elswick,  while  another,  in  the  north-east  corner  of 
the  township,  goes  north,  crossing  the  Wyre  by 
Cartford  Bridge. 

Dr.  Leigh  about  1 700  wrote  :  *  The  most  remark- 
able cold  spring  in  these  parts  is  that  at  Lar-breck. 
.  .  .  Upon  immersing  your  hand  into  it  the  part 
immediately  grows  extremely  red  and  you  will  then 
perceive  a  most  violent  pain.  Fishes  of  several  sorts 
I  have  seen  put  into  this  spring,  which  make  but  one 
effort  and  instantly  expire.  It  is  an  Aciduta  or  Chaly- 
beate Water.' f 

The  soil  is  clayey  ;  wheat,  oats,  beans  and  potatoes 
are  grown,  and  there  is  much  pasture  land. 


claimant  was  hi*  nephew  Walter  dc  Goos- 
nargh.  He  had  held  a  messuage,  4  ox- 
gangs  of  land  and  33  acres.  In  1292 
Thomas  T ravers  and  Cecily  his  wife  held 
the  messuage  and  2  oxgangs ;  William 
son  of  Robert  held  \\  oigangs  and  Alice 
de  Newton  held  §  ozgang,  in  dower  of 
William's  inheritance  ;  three  others  held 
13  acres  of  land,  the  remaining  20  be- 
longing to  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand. 
Travers  called  Roger  son  of  Alexander  de 
Pilkington  to  warrant  him,  while  William 
called  Nicholas  son  and  heir  of  William 
son  of  Nicholas  le  Boteler,  •»  minor ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  37,  8.  The  suit 
against  William  son  of  Robert  de  Thistle- 
ton  and  Alice  (now  called  Dulcia)  was 
continued  in  1301,  when  William  son  of 
Nicholas  le  Boteler,  a  minor,  was  called 
to  warrant;  Assize  R.  1321,  m.  lod. 
Some  of  this  mar  hare  been  acquired  by 
the  Newton  family, who  had  half  an  oxgang 
of  land  in  1332  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  88.  John 
Ifcwtuu  of  Preston  in  1596  sold  a  mes- 
suage, &c^  in  Thistleton  to  James  Ander- 
ton  of  Euxton,  and  he  transferred  it  to 
Edmund  Raw;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol. 
139,  139*  ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
59,  m.  66. 

17  Henry  Holme  of  Uprawclifre  had 
land  in  Thistleton  about  1468 ;  Final 
GMT.  iii,  133.  George  Kirk  by  of  Upraw- 
cliffe  was  in  1561  found  to  hare  held  his 
lands  in  Thistleton  of  the  Earl  of  Derby 
by  ^d.  rent ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xi,  no.  8.  Richard  Parker  of  Salesbury  in 
1638  held  his  land  of  James  Lord  Strange  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (CheC  Lib.), 
p,  967. 

James  Anderton  of  Euxton  in  1552 
held  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  by  \\J,  rent,  as 
did  his  son  Hugh  in  1566  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  14  ;  jri,  no.  31. 

The  tenure  in  some  cases — Hesketh, 
Westby,  Alien,  Duddell,  and  Shireburne — 
is  not  recorded;  Gilbert  Latus  in  1568 
held  of  the  lord  of  Thistleton  in  socage  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  ii  ; 
and  see  Dneatms  Lame,  iii,  469.  Sir 
Thomas  Hesketh  and  Alice  his  wife  sold 


lands  in  Thistleton  to  John  Bold  in 
1558  ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  20, 
m.  109. 

To  Alexander  Banyon  were  granted  a 
messuage,  windmill,  &c^  in  1608  ;  Pat. 
6  Jas.  I,  pt.  xxii. 

15  Richard  Haw  died  in  1592  holding 
a  messuage,  &c~,  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
duchy  by  the  two-hundredth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee,  and  leaving  a  son  William, 
ajed  fifteen,  as  heir  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xvi,  no.  21.  William  died  in  1603, 
his  heir  being  his  brother  John,  aged 
se ren teen  ;  and  John  died  in  1607,  the 
heir  being  a  sister  Janet,  wife  of  Chris- 
topher Parkinson,  twenty-eight  years  of 
age ;  Lanes.  Inq.  pjm,  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  15,  100. 

19  Christopher  Hudson  died  in  1605 
holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  of  Henry  Butler 
as  of  his  manor  of  Greenhalgh  by  i$J. 
rent.  His  heir  was  his  son  William*  aged 
twenty-eight ;  ibid.  106.  On  William's 
death  in  1626  he  was  succeeded  by 
his  son  Christopher,  aged  twenty-six  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
p.  506. 

•  Henry  Thompson  made  a  purchase 
from  Hugh  Hesketh  and  Alice  his  wife 
in  1586  ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
48,  m.  224.  Henry  Thompson  the 
elder  died  in  1620,  holding  land  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  by  3</.  rent.  His  son  and 
heir  John  was  thirty-two  years  old ; 
Lanes.  Ina.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  272. 
John  Thompson  died  five  years  later, 
leaving  a  son  William,  two  years  old  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  1180. 

n  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  CatJk. 
Nonjurors,  135  ;  Gabriel  Wilkinson, 
James  and  Robert  Carter. 

**  In  1 1 89  Roger  son  of  Augustine  de 
Heaton  held  the  land  of  Cornoe  by  grant 
of  William  de  Lancaster  ;  Fairer,  op.  cit. 
437.  In  1346  it  was  found  that  William 
de  Coucy  held  2  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Greenhalgh,  William  Banastre  being  the 
occupant ;  Inq.  p.m.  20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd 
nos.),  no.  63. 

a  Robert   and   Rowland   Cornoe   were 

181 


charterers  in  1593  ;  Ducatia  Lane,  iii, 
282,  298.  322.  Robert  Cornoe  in  1604 
held  land  in  Cornoe  and  Greenhalgh  ot 
Henry  Butler  as  of  his  manor  of  Green- 
halgh by  lid.  rent.  Rowland,  his  son 
and  heir,  was  fifty  years  old  ;  Lares.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  107.  Rowland  died 
in  1609,  leaving  a  son  Henry,  aged 
twenty-nine;  ibid.  124.  The  spelling 
seems  to  have  become  Cornall  at  times. 

*  William    Clifton     of    Kidsnape    in 
I  >  17  held  lands  in  Esprick  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby  by  \\d.  rent ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.    v,    no.    21.      Cuthbert    Clifton   of 
Clifton   in  1512  held   of  John   Butler  oi 
Rawcliffe  ;  ibid,  iv,  no.  12. 

John  White  of  Eccleston  in  1557  held 
a  messuage  in  Esprick  of  William  Kirkby 
in  socase  by  a  rent  of  3</.  ;  ibid,  xi,  no. 
55.  William  Travers  of  Nateby  in  1558 
also  held  of  William  Kirkby  by  a  red  rose  ; 
ibid,  xi,  no.  68. 

Esprick  was  described  as  a  manor  in 
1586  ;  Duejtjs  Laif.  iii,  169. 

**  Ellis  son  of  Roger  de  Hutton  gave 
his  demesne  land  in  Wh  tacre  to  Cocker- 
sand  Abbey,  with  easements  in  the  vill  of 
Greenhalgh.  The  bounds  were  :  on  the 
west,  the  syke  going  down  north  from  the 
moss  between  Watfoth  and  Whitacre, 
across  to  a  great  stone,  eastward  to  the 
highway  and  southward  to  the  moss ; 
Cockersand  Chart*!,  i,  1 60. 

•*  Plae.  de  Qua  ff'arr.  (Rec.  Com.%  375. 

97  The  rentals,  with  tenants'  names, 
1451  to  I  $37,  are  printed  in  Cockersand 
Chart*!,  iii,  1262-;,  1266-9. 

*•  Col.  Com.  for  Camp,  iv,  2973.  The 
father,  also  Francis,  had  made  his  will  in 
1638. 

"  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf.  i,  103. 
The  ministers  of  Kirkham  and  Elswick 
maintain  the  services. 

»  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Kirkham,  21. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  1,158 
acres,  including  8  of  inland  water  ;  there 
are  also  29  acres  of  tidal  water  aed  3 1  of 
foreshore. 

•  C.  Leigh,  Nat.  Hist.  tfLana.  bk.  i, 

54- 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


In  1066  the  two  Ecclestons,  assessed 
MANORS  as  two  and  four  plough-lands,  were  held 
by  Earl  Tostig.3  Afterwards  five  plough- 
lands  there  are  found  in  the  fee  of  the  barons  of  Kendal4 ; 
they  were  later  still  members  of  the  lordship  of  Nether 
Wyresdale.4  These  five  plough-lands,  of  which  two 
were  in  Great  Eccleston  in  the  adjacent  parish  of  St. 
Michael's,  had  been  granted  in  marriage  by  William 
de  Lancaster,  and  in  1212  were  held  by  Richard  de 
Molyneux  of  Sefton,  William  Blundell  of  Ince,  Ralph 
de  Eccleston,  Walter  son  of  Swain  and  Geoffrey.6 
The  tenure  was  later  described  as  knight's  service.7 

From  the  subsequent  history  it  is  clear  that  Molyneux 
and  Blundell  held  LARBRECK  equally,  though  the 
former  was  principal.8  It  was  rated  as  a  plough- 
land  and  a  half,  and  the  Blundell  part,9  having  been 
granted  to  Norreys  (of  Sutton),10  descended  regularly 
till  the  1 6th  century,  when  the  tenants  were  Moly- 
neux "  and  Daniell  of  Daresbury."  The  manor  was 
purchased  in  1565  by  William  Burrow  or  Burgh,13 
who  died  in  1601  holding  the  manor  of  the  queen 
by  suit  at  the  court  of  Goberthwaite  and  a  rent  of 
izd.  yearly.14  Richard  Burgh,  his  son  and  heir,  then 


aged  thirty-nine,  died  at  Larbreck  in  1639  holding 
the  manor  as  before  and  leaving  his  brother  William 
as  heir.14  Richard  had  made  a  settlement  in  1637, 
with  remainders  to  Alice  his  wife,  William  his  brother 
and  Dorcas  his  sister  for  life,  and  then  to  his  nephews 
Peter  and  John  Woodhouse,  sons  of  his  sister  Sarah, 
still  living  in  1640,  when  William  Burgh  was  found 
to  be  a  lunatic.16 

William  Woodhouse,17  another  son  of  Sarah,  suc- 
ceeded, and  on  his  death  in  1 66 1  was  followed  by  his 
daughter  Alice,  who  married  Edward  Shuttleworth. 
They  had  two  daughters — Dorothy,  who  married 
Dr.  Charles  Leigh  of  Singleton  Grange,18  and  Fleet- 
wood,  who  married  Richard  Longworth  of  St. 
Michael's.  Eventually  the  moiety  of  the  former  was 
acquired  by  Richard  Harrison  of  Bankfield  in  Singleton 
in  1 747  ;  while  the  other  moiety  by  various  sales 
passed  to  the  Pedders  of  Preston,19  and  was  purchased 
from  —  Pedder  of  Lancaster  in  1858  by  Richard 
Whiteside,  father  of  Mr.  George  Whiteside,  the  present 
owner.20  No  manor  is  now  recognized. 

But  little  is  known  of  the  minor  tenants  of  Larbreck, 
though  at  one  time  there  was  a  family  so  surnamed." 


3  y.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

4  Ibid.  357,  n.  13. 

5  e.g.    Extent    of  1324;    Dods.    MSS. 
cxxxi,  fol.  39^  (Ingeham  de  Gynes). 

6  Lanes.    Inj.    and  Extents    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  2. 

7  Ibid.     154  ;     Adam     de     Eccleston, 
William  de  Molyneux,  Hugh  de  Mitton, 
Richard  de  Catterall  and  Henry  de  Long- 
ford held  the  »ame  lands  and  Catterall  by 
the  sixth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  1242. 
The   last   three   having   Catterall,   Adam 
and  William  must  have  had  the  Ecclestons 
and   Larbreck,   unless  some  names  have 
been  omitted. 

8  Both  were  equally  recognized  as  tenants 
in  1 21 2,  but  Molyneux  alone  in  1242  (if 
the  record  is  perfect).     In  1346  the  lord- 
ship of  Wyresdale  included  a  plough-land 
and   a  half  in   Larbreck  held   by  Richard 
de   Molyneux  by  knight's  service  ;    Inq. 
p.m.    20   Edw.    Ill    (2nd    nos.),    no.    63 
(William    de    Coucy).     William    son    of 
Richard  de   Molyneux  held  the  manor  of 
Larbreck  in  1358,  having  received  it  from 
his   father  on   his    marriage,    paying    id. 
rent  and  performing  suit  at  the  court  of 
Wyreidale,  held    at   Goberthwaite   every 
three  weeks  ;  j^d.  was  payable  for  castle 
ward  ;  ibid.  33    Edw.  Ill  (2nd   nos.),  no. 
99.     The  clear  value  was  given  as  7  marks 
then,    and    as   5    marks   in    1362,    when 
William  son  of  the  above-named  William 
was  heir  but  under  age  ;  ibid.  36  Edw.  Ill, 
pt.  i,  no.  1 20.     In  other  records  (of  1364 
and  1366)   the  tenement  of  William  son 
of  William  son  of  Richard  de  Molyneux 
was  called  a  moiety  of  the  manor  ;  it  was 
held  by  knight's  service  of  the  manor  of 
Wyresdale,  and  John  de  Ashton  was  in 
charge;  Memo.  R.  (L.T.R.),  129,  m.  5  d. ; 
Memo.  R.  (K.R.),  143,  m.  20.     William's 
son    Richard  died  in    1397    holding    the 
manor    of    Larbreck    in    Amounderness 
among  his  other  estates  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  71. 

It  is  possible  that  the  '  moiety  of  the 
manor '  only  means  the  Larbreck  moiety 
of  the  whole  township. 

9  This    does    not    seem    to  have    been 
usually  regarded   as  a   manor.     It  is  not 
recognized  in  the  Blundell  inquisitions. 

10  In    1318    Alan    son    of    Henry   le 
Norreys  demanded  against  John  le  Norreys 
(of  Speke)  a  messuage,  6  oxgangs  of  land, 


&c.,  in  Larbreck,  which  William  Blundell 
had  given  to  Alan  son  of  Alan  le  Norreys 
and  his  issue,  with  reversion  to  Henry  le 
Norreys.  Patrick,  son  of  the  grantee, 
had  died  without  issue.  John  le  Norreys 
alleged  that  Patrick  had  granted  him 
2  oxgangs  of  land,  and  the  jury  gave  a 
verdict  for  the  plaintiff  for  the  other 
4  ;  De  Banco  R.  222,  m.  226.  The 
6  oxgangs  show  that  the  tenement  was  a 
moiety  of  Larbreck.  Notice  of  a  similar 
suit  will  be  found  in  the  account  of 
Formby. 

The  same  plaintiff  in  1329  claimed 
land  in  Larbreck  against  Richard  son  of 
William  de  Molyneux  and  John  son  of 
Alan  le  Norreys;  ibid.  279,  m.  330  d. 
Two  years  later  he  did  not  appear  to 
prosecute  his  claim  to  twelve  messuages, 
&c.,  held  by  John  son  of  Alan ;  ibid. 
287,  m.  484.  There  may  have  been  some 
surrender  by  the  latter,  for  the  Norrises 
of  Speke  do  not  again  appear  in  connexion 
with  Larbreck. 

William  Danyers  (Daniell)  and  Clemency 
his  wife  (in  her  right)  complained  of  waste 
of  her  lands  in  Larbreck  by  William  and 
John  Blundell  of  Ince  in  1357-8  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Assize  R.  6,  m.  3  d.  (Mich.), 
m.  5  (Lent). 

In  1435-6  it  was  recorded  that  William 
Daniell  held  the  manor  of  Larbreck  of 
William  Blundell  in  socage  by  a  rent  of 
6d.  ;  Harl.  MS.  2085,  fol.  446*. 

11  The  manor  is  named  in  a  Molyneux 
fcorrment  in  1558  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  20,   m.  80.     The  object  was  to 
provide  a  jointure  for  Bridget  daughter  of 
John  Caryll,  who  was  to   marry  William 
the  son  and  heir-apparent  of  Sir  Richard 
Molyneux  ;   Duchy    of   Lane.    Inq.  p.m. 
xiii,  no.  35. 

12  John  son  and  heir-apparent  of  Thomas 
son  of  John  Daniell  of  Daresbury  received 
his    grandfather's    lands    in    Larbreck   in 
1550;  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.),  A  1 3476.    John 
his  son  assigned  to  his  grandfather  Thomas 
an  annuity  of  £4  from  the  Larbreck  lands 
in  1564  ;  Harl.  MS.  2077,  fol.  193  d. 

In  1571  John  Daniell  sold  his  lands  in 
Larbreck,  the  principal  purchaser  (seven 
messuages,  &c.)  being  Thomas  Eccleston  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  33,  m.  58, 
Sec. 

18  Ibid.    27,  m.   33.       The   deforciant, 

182 


Richard  Chisnall,  was  one  of  the  trustees 
appearing  in  the  Molyneux  fine  of  1558 
above  referred  to.  The  sale  included 
the  manor,  five  messuages,  windmill,  salt- 
pit,  fishery  in  the  Wyre,  &c. 

Chisnall  had  been  plaintiff  in  a  dispute 
as  to  right  of  way,  &c.,  in  1563  ;  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  260. 

14  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xviii,  no. 
37.  For  Goberthwaite  see  the  account  of 
Cabus.  Soon  after  his  purchase  William 
Burgh  had  had  a  dispute  with  Henry 
Butler  of  Rawcliffe  respecting  a  messuage 
and  salt  marsh  by  the  Wyre  ;  Ducatus 
Lane,  ii,  337. 

18  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no. 
100. 

18  Ibid.  99.  Alice  the  wife  of 
Richard  had  formerly  been  married  to 
Thomas  Holt,  and  she  was  afterwards  wife 
to  John  Greenhalgh,  being  a  widow  the 
third  time  in  1652  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  111-13. 

17  This  paragraph  is  a  summary  of  the 
account    in    Fishwick's    Kirkham     (Chet. 
Soc.),  183-4,  where  further  details  may 
be    seen,    the    '  title    deeds '    being    the 
authority. 

18  In  a  fine  in  1689  respecting  a  mo'ety 
of  the  manor  of  Larbreck  and  messuages, 
&c.,  there  and   in  Thornton,  Greenhalgh 
and  Medlar,  the  deforciants  were  Charles 
Leigh    and    Dorothy    his    wife  ;    Pal.    of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  224,  m.  40  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  451,  m.  6. 

19  Edward     Pedder    owned     in    1836; 
Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  i),  iv,  404. 

au  Information  of  Mr.  Whiteside. 

11  Richard  de  Molyneux  granted  to 
Adam  son  of  Roger  de  Larbreck  the 
messuage  of  Girard,  with  half  an  oxgang 
of  land  in  the  lord's  hands,  half  of 
Thurnewaitacre ;  this  lay  beside  the 
Wyre,  and  its  two  salt-pits  were  excluded 
from  the  grant.  The  witnesses  included 
Robert,  rector  of  Garstang,  and  William 
Blundell  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  334. 

In  1366  William  son  of  Richard  de 
Larbreck  complained  that  Adam  son  of 
Ralph  de  Bickerstath  had  taken  his  cattle 
at  Cornholm  in  Larbreck,  but  defendant 
pleaded  that  Cornholm  was  partly  in 
Little  Eccleston,  :md  it  was  here  that  the 
seizure  had  been  made  ;  DC  Banco  R.  425, 
m.  446  d.,  441  d. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Some  other  owners  appear  in  the  inquisitions."  Cocker- 
sand  Abbey  had  land  there,  adjoining  Singleton  Pool,23 
which  was  afterwards  owned  by  the  France  family.*4 

The  descent  of  LITTLE  ECCLESTON  is  obscure. 
The  local  family  soon  disappears,25  and  in  1346  the 
plough-land  and  a  half  there  were  held  by  Henry  de 
Bickerstath  of  the  lord  of  Wyresdale.*6  At  other 
times  only  6  oxgangs  of  land  are  ascribed  to  them,27 
and  in  the  1 6th  century  their  heirs  were  stated  to  hold 
of  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe.28  In  the  Boteler  inquisitions 
the  tenure  of  their  land  in  Little  Eccleston  is  not 
recorded  ;  they  appear  to  have  been  succeeded  in  the 
1 8th  century  by  the  France  family."  The  '  manor ' 
does  not  appear  in  the  records,  but  a  few  minor 
owners  are  named.30 

Richard  Burgh  of  Larbreck  paid  £2$ — the  highest 
fine  in  the  parish — and  John  France  of  Little  Eccles- 
ton £10,  on  refusing  knighthood  in  163 1.31  A  few 
'Papists'  registered  estates  in  the  township  in  171 7." 

SINGLETON 

Singletun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Schingleton,  1168  ;  Singel- 
ton,  1176  ;  Singilton,  1257  ;  Singleton,  1286. 


KIRKHAM 

The  larger  part  of  this  township  is  known  as  Great 
Singleton  with  1,575^  acres  ;  it  contains  the  village 
and  chapel  near  the  centre,  with  Enam  or  Avenham 
to  the  south-west  and  Brackinscal  to  the  south-east. 
Little  Singleton  occupies  the  northern  part,  bordering 
the  River  Wyre  with  its  picturesque  scenery  ;  it  is 
divided  near  the  centre  by  a  small  area  known  as  Pool 
Foot,  which,  with  a  detached  plot  to  the  west, 
measures  53^  acres.  Little  Singleton  has  an  area  of 
1,294  acres  ;  the  hamlet  or  village  is  near  its  centre, 
with  Mains  to  the  north-west,  while  Singleton  Grange 
and  Bankfield  are  in  the  eastern  portion.  The  total 
measurement  is  2,923  acres,1  and  there  was  in  1901 
a  population  of  373.  The  surface  is  almost  level,  but 
falls  away  to  the  north  and  to  the  west  ;  on  the  latter 
side  are  the  low-lying  Carrs,  drained  by  a  dyke  cut 
some  years  ago  at  the  expense  of  the  landowners.  It 
goes  along  near  the  western  boundary  of  the  township, 
and  empties  into  the  Wyre,  near  Skippool,  Poulton.1 

A  road  from  Kirkham  and  Weeton  leads  north  to 
Great  Singleton  and  then  to  Little  Singleton,  where 
it  turns  westward,  crossing  the  boundary  brook  at 
Skippool  Bridge  and  turning  south  to  Poulton.  From 


M  Among  the  purchasers  from  John 
Daniell  in  1571  were  Nicholas  Thompson 
and  Robert  Kirkham  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  33,  m.  61,  64.  Nicholas 
Thompson  (who  was  son  of  Henry)  died 
in  1609  holding  his  messuage  and  land 
in  Larbreck  of  the  king  by  the  hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee.  John,  his  son  and 
heir,  was  nineteen  years  of  age  ;  Lanes. 
Inj.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  201. 

Robert  Kirkham  in  1573-5  sold  some 
of  his  lands  to  George  Duddell,  his  wife 
Anne  and  son  Henry  being  concerned 
also;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  35, 
m.  149  ;  38,  m.  132.  Duddell  (in  right 
of  Thomas  Daniell)  had  in  1578  a  dispute 
with  the  attorney-general  as  to  lands  in 
Larbreck  for  Rufford  Chapel ;  Ducatitt 
Lane,  iii,  62.  He  died  in  1589  holding 
lands  in  Larbreck  and  other  places,  tenure 
unstated,  and  leaving  a  son  William,  aged 
twenty-four  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xv,  no.  4.3. 

Henry  Kirkham  died  in  1630  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Larbrcck  of  Richard 
Burgh  as  of  his  manor  of  Larbreck  by 
knight's  service  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  1 3 
(Chet.  Lib.),  721.  He  left  three  infant 
daughters — Agnes,  Margaret  and  Anne. 

Robert  Higgenson,  who  died  in  1618, 
also  held  his  messuage,  &c.,  of  Richard 
Burgh  as  of  his  manor  of  Larbreck  by 
knight's  service.  His  heir  was  his 
daughter  Janet  wife  of  Richard  Simpson; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rcc.  Soc.),  ii,  169-70. 

Thomas  Stanley  of  Great  Eccleston 
(1641)  purchased  a  water-mill  at  Lar- 
breck ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxix, 
no.  14. 

M  Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
185.  The  gift  was  made  by  Richard  de 
Molyneux  and  included  one  of  his  men, 
viz.  Alan  son  of  Roger  de  Larbreck. 

M  Ducatus  Lane,  iii,  373  ;  John  France 
was  tenant  in  1597.  For  details  of  the 
pleading  and  pedigree  see  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  194. 

as  Adam  son  of  Patrick  in  1246 
obtained  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Little 
Eccleston  from  Beatrice  widow  of  Ralph 
de  Eccleston  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  14. 

In  1284  inquiry  was  made  whether  or 
not  Robert  de  Eccleston  had  held  3^ 
oxgangs  of  land  in  Little  Eccleston,  the 


right  of  Simon  son  of  William  de  Burton 
to  3  oxgangs  being  acknowledged  by  John 
son  of  Christiana  de  Lingard  and  brother 
of  Petronilla,  Mabel  and  Quenilda,  John 
and  his  sisters  being  the  heirs  of  Robert  ; 
Assize  R.  1268,  m.  12  d.  Petronilla  was 
wife  of  William  son  of  Simon  de  Stodley 
and  Quenilda  of  Roger  at  Creek. 

John  son  of  John  de  Lingard  claimed 
a  moiety  of  the  tenement  in  1324  against 
Richard  del  Cross  ;  De  Banco  R.  252, 

m-  99  »  *53>  m-  352  >  258>  m-  IO°- 

*8  Inq.  p.m.  20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.), 
no.  63.  See  the  account  of  Bickerstaffe. 

From  a  pleading  of  1292  it  would 
appear  that  Little  Eccleston  had  been 
granted  out  afresh  to  the  Bickerstaths. 
Adam  son  of  Ellis  de  Eccleston  claimed 
three  messuages  and  3^  oxgangs  of  land 
in  Little  Eccleston  against  Ralph  son  of 
Adam  de  Bickerstath,  alleging  that  Ralph 
had  no  entry  except  through  William  de 
Lancaster,  who  had  disseised  plaintiff. 
Ralph  pleaded  that  there  were  other 
tenants  (including  his  brother  Richard, 
§  oxgang),  but  afterwards  agreed  with  the 
plaintiff,  giving  him  a  sor  sparrow-hawk 
fora  quitclaim  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  15  d. 

Henry  de  Bickerstath  was  in  occupa- 
tion of  a  moiety  of  Little  Eccleston 
(viz.  6  oxgangs  of  land,  &c.)  in  1331, 
when  Adam  de  Bickerstaffe  granted  the 
reversion  to  his  own  son  Ralph  and  Joan 
his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  80. 

Adam  son  of  Ralph  de  Bickerstath 
complained  of  waste  at  Little  Eccleston 
in  1360  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  8, 
m.  7  d. 

27  Nicholas  Atherton  in  1424  held 
6  oxgangs  of  land,  Sec.,  in  Little  Eccleston 
of  John  Duke  of  Bedford  as  of  his  manor 
of  Wyresdale,  in  socage,  by  suit  at  the 
duke's  court  of  Goberthwaite  from  three 
weeks  to  three  weeks  ;  Towneley  MS. 
DD,  no.  1477. 

18  Thomas  Atherton  in  1514  held  his 
lands,  &c.,  in  Little  Eccleston  of  John 
Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  in  socage  by  i^d. 
rent  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no. 
68.  His  daughter  Margaret  Scarisbrick 
held  likewise  ;  ibid.  no.  92. 

29  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  496  ; 
J.  Porter,  Fylde,  161.  In  a  recovery  of 
land,  &c.,  at  Little  Eccleston,  with  a  free 
fishery  in  the  Wyre  in  1779,  John  France 


was  vouchee  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  629, 
m.  3  d. 

80  Robert  Pacok  (Peacock)  of  Eccleston 
and  Agnes  his  wife  held  a  oxgangs  of 
land  in  Great  and  Little  Eccleston  in 
1369,  when  a  division  was  arranged  by 
which  I  oxgang  in  Great  Eccleston  was 
assigned  to  the  husband  and  the  rest  to 
his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  175. 

The  estate  of  the  Kighley  family  ex- 
tended into  Little  Eccleston  ;  ibid,  iii,  4. 

William  Ambrose  purchased  two  mes- 
suages in  Little  Eccleston  and  Larbreck 
from  Henry  Farington  in  1562,  but 
appears  to  have  sold  them  to  Thomas 
Eccleston  four  years  later  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  24,  m.  250  ;  28,  m.  165. 
The  tenure  of  Thomas  Eccleston's  land 
in  the  township  (1592)  was  not  recorded. 

William  Thomason  purchased  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  from  the  Earl  of  Derby  in 
1564;  ibid.  26,  m.  156.  He  died 
in  1587  holding  the  same  'in  Little 
Eccleston  in  the  township  of  Larbreck.' 
His  heir  was  his  son  William,  aged  eight  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  50. 
At  a  later  inquiry  it  was  found  that  the 
tenement  was  held  of  Henry  Butler  in 
socage  ;  ibid,  xvii,  no.  63. 

John  Wilkinson  the  younger  died 
in  1628  holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Little  Eccleston  of  William  Butler  as  of 
his  manor  of  Rawcliffe  ;  the  estate  had 
been  purchased  from  John  Leckonby  and 
Thomas  Hall.  He  also  held  the  Half-hey 
in  the  Wall  of  the  king.  His  heir  was 
his  nephew  John  (son  of  William)  Wilkin- 
son, aged  forty  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13, 
pp.  1311-12. 

31  Misc.  (Rec.   Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

1,  221. 

M  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath. 
Nonjurorst  134.  They  were  Henry 
Kirkham  the  elder  and  Henry  the 
younger,  both  of  Larbreck  ;  William 
Gillow,  who  was  younger  son  of  George 
Gillow  of  Gillow  House  in  Little 
Eccleston  ;  and  Henry  Barton. 

1  The  Census  Reft.  1901  gives  2,730 
acres,  including  17  of  inland  water  ;  there 
are  also  35  acres  of  tidal  water  and  no 
of  foreshore. 

1  This  and  much  other  local  informa- 
tion has  been  afforded  by  Messrs.  J.  W. 
Fair  and  Rea,  agents  to  Mr.  T.  H.  Miller. 


I83 


A  HISTORY   OF   LANCASHIRE 


this  road  a  branch  goes  north  past  Mains  to  cross  the 
Wyre  by  Shard  Bridge.  From  Little  Singleton  another 
road  turns  off  to  the  east  towards  St.  Michael's,  while 
from  Great  Singleton  other  roads  go  east  and  west  to 
the  adjoining  townships. 

The  village  is  said  to  have  been  the  residence  of 
Mag  Shelton,  a  famous  witch.  '  The  cows  of  her 
neighbours  were  constantly  milked  by  her,  the  pitcher 
in  which  she  conveyed  the  milk  away,  when  stolen, 
walking  before  her  in  the  shape  of  a  goose.'  A  neigh- 
bour, suspecting,  once  struck  the  'goose,'  and  the 
pitcher  was  broken,  the  milk  flowing  out.3 

There  is  a  sheep  fair  on  2 1  September. 

The  soil  is  clayey,  with  marl  subsoil  ;  oats,  potatoes 
and  turnips  are  grown.  Sixty  years  ago  almost  all 
the  land  was  under  the  plough,  but  about  three-fourths 
of  the  land  is  now  pasture,  for  the  dairy  farms. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 
There  is  a  fire-engine  station,  with  a  volunteer 
brigade. 

The  Gillow  family,  formerly  seated  in  this  and 
adjacent  townships,  produced  several  noteworthy 
men.4  Henry  Lushington,  at  one  time  chief  secre- 
tary to  the  Government  of  Malta,  was  born  here  in 
1812.  He  died  in  1855.*  John  Bilsborrow,  D.D., 
born  at  Singleton  Lodge  in  1836,  was  Bishop  of 
Salford  from  1892  till  his  death  in  1903. 

Before  the  Conquest  Singleton  was  in- 
MJNORS  eluded  in  the  great  lordship  held  by  Earl 
Tostig  in  Amounderness  ;  it  was  then 
assessed  as  six  plough-lands.6  Afterwards  it  was  re- 
tained as  demesne  by  the  lords  of  the  honour  of  Lan- 
caster," except  that  half  a  plough-land  was  given  to  the 
hereditary  bailiff  of  the  wapentake  by  way  of  fee,  and 
two  plough-lands  more  were  granted  to  Cockersand 
Abbey. 

Singleton  is  named  in  the  Pipe  Roll  of  1 168-9  as 
contributing  to  an  aid,8  and  in  similar  ways  later.9 
The  demesne  rendered  28^.  to  the  farm  of  the  county 
in  I226,10  but  this  had  been  greatly  increased  by 


1258,"  and  the  value  of  the  vill  to  the  Earl  of  Lan- 
caster was  in  1297  estimated  at  .£21. 12  Accounts  of 
the  halmotes  in  1325  have  been  printed.13  A  brief 
extent  made  a  few  years  later  states  that  there  were 
then  twenty-one  messuages  and  26  oxgangs  of  land  in 
the  hands  of  bonders  ;  the  total  value  to  the  lord  was 
£24. u  A  more  elaborate  extent  of  the  year  I  346  has 
been  preserved.  There  were  then  28  oxgangs  of  land, 
held  by  bondmen  or  natives,  each  containing  12  acres 
and  rendering  14^.  ^\d.  yearly.  The  payment  was 
made  up  of  5/.  rent  and  91.  ^\d.  in  lieu  of  various 
services,  including  the  carriage  of  the  lord's  victuals 
at  any  time  of  the  year  by  three  suitable  beasts.  An 
additional  service  was  the  carrying  of  victuals  whenever 
the  lord  travelled  from  Ribble  Bridge  to  Lancaster 
Castle  and  back.  Merchet  for  sons  and  daughters  and 
letherwit  for  sons  were  due.  At  death  the  lord  took 
all  the  bondman's  goods,  reserving  the  best  beast  for 
himself,  paying  debts,  and  returning  to  the  widow 
and  children  two-thirds  of  the  remainder.  In  1346 
there  were  also  a  few  cottagers  and  three  tenants  at 
will.  There  was  an  ancient  custom  that  an  unmarried 
woman  living  by  herself  in  the  township  should  pay 
the  lord  ^d.  yearly  in  the  name  of  advowson.15 

About  1510-15  disputes  arose  between  the  king's 
tenants  of  Singleton  and  those  of  the  Abbot  of  Whalley's 
manor  of  Staining  as  to  boundaries,  and  particularly 
as  to  the  carr.  It  was  decided  that  the  carr  belonged 
to  the  king  alone,  but  the  tenants  of  Todderstaffe  and 
Hardhorn  had  right  of  common.18 

Singleton  proper,  or  GREAT  SINGLETON,  re- 
mained in  the  hands  of  the  Earls  and  Dukes  of  Lan- 
caster, and  eventually  of  the  Crown,  until  1623,  when 
this  manor,  with  Ribby  and  Wrea,  was  sold  to  Edward 
Badby  and  William  Weltden.17  Within  a  few  years  it 
seems  to  have  been  purchased  by  William  Fanshawe, 
auditor  of  the  duchy,18  descending  to  Simon  Fanshawe, 
who  in  1748  sold  it  to  William  Shawe  of  Preston.1' 
His  son,  William  Cunliffe  Shawe,  who  succeeded  in 
1771,  sold  it  to  Joseph  Hornby  of  Ribby  about  1 800. 


8  Thornber,  Blackpool,  308-9. 

4  Thomas  Gillow,  D.D.,  son  of  Richard 
Gillow  of  Singleton,  1769  to  1867,  has 
a  notice  in  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  Memoirs  of 
him  and  several  other  members  of  the 
family  will  be  found  in  Gillow,  Bill.  Diet, 
of  Engl.  Catht  ii,  474-88.  The  Gillows 
of  Leighton  in  Yealand  are  descendants. 

4  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

6  V.C.H.  Lana.  i,  288,7. 

7  The  tithes  were  given  to   St.  Martin 
of   Sees     in    1094  by     Count  Roger    of 
Poitou  ;  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  290. 

8  Ibid.  12. 

9  In    1176-7,    5    marks    of    aid;    in 
1200-1,  i8j.  increment  of  farm  (for  half 
a  year)  ;  in   1205-6,  47*.  8rf.  of  tallage  ; 
ibid.  35,  130,  202.     In  1181-2  Richard 
de  Molyneux  paid  201.  fpr  leave  to  agree 
with  the  men  of  Singleton  as  to  a  certain 
new  assize  ;  ibid.  46-7. 

Singleton  contributed  £2  51.  %d.  to  a 
tallage  in  1226  and  £4.  in  1248-9,  £8 
in  1261  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  135,  176,  228. 

In  1229  the  sheriff  was  ordered  to 
reinstate  Richard  son  of  Ralph  de  Single- 
ton, who  had  held  2  oxgangs  of  land 
by  a  rent  of  zs. ;  Cal.  Close,  1227-31, 
p.  176. 

10  Lanes.  Inq.   and   Extents  (Rec.   Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  139.     The  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  also   paid    zos.   for    the    two 
plough-lands  of  Newbigging.  In  1246-8  the 


farm  of  Singleton  amounted  to  £5  31.  6d. 
and  the  pleas  and  perquisites  to  £5  zs.  6d.  ; 
ibid.  169. 

11  For  two  years  and  a  half  (1256-8) 
the   farm  and   the  pleas    and    perquisites 
amounted  in  all  10^13  is.  id.  ;  ibid.  221. 
The    issues    for  the   three    years    and    a 
half   following,    1258-62,    amounted    to 
£15  cjs.   <)d.  without  the  pleas  and  per- 
quisites ;   ibid.  230. 

12  Ibid.  289. 

13  Lanes.  Ct.  R.  (Rec.  Soc.   Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  93—4.      Three  women    paid    6</. 
each  tor  licence  to  marry. 

14  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  692. 

15  Add.  MS.  32103,  fol.  149*.     There 
was  another  custom    that    the   township 
should   provide   four  cows  for  the  lord's 
stock,   each  man  contributing  his  share. 
The  names  of  the  bondmen  are  recorded  ; 
their  holdings  varied  from  half  an  oxgang 
to  2  oxgangs  of  land. 

The  six  plough-lands  of  1066  seem  to 
have  been  divided  thus  :  3^  demesne, 
2  Cockersand,  and  J  serjeanty.  Some- 
times, however,  the  abbot  was  said  to 
have  five  plough-lands  and  the  bailiff  of 
the  wapentake  one. 

John  of  Gaunt  in  1373  (?)  granted  Sir 
Thomas  Banastre  for  his  life  the  vill  of 
Singleton  with  all  rents,  &c.,  to  be  held 
by  the  rent  of  a  rose  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Misc.  Bks.  xiii,  131. 

A  rental  of  the  king's  lands  in  Great 

184 


Singleton  in  i  508  is  preserved  in  Towne- 
ley's  MS.  OO.  The  Abbot  of  Vale  Royal 
paid  3*.  4</.  for  his  tithe  barn  there. 

16  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  19, 
20  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii, 
271.  17  Pat.  20  Jas.  I,  pt.  iii. 

18  In    Burke's    Landed    Gentry,  in  the 
pedigree   of  Fanshawe  of  Dengie,  Essex, 
William  Fanshawe  (1583-1634),  auditor 
of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  is  styled  '  of 
Great  Singleton,"  and    the   later  descent 
is  thus     given  :  -s.    John,    d.    1689    -». 
William,   d.    1708  -s.    Thomas  Edward, 
d.  1726  -s.  Simon,  d.  1777- 

Christopher  Slinger  was  plaintiff  and 
William  Fanshawe  deforciant  in  a  fine 
in  1699  regarding  the  manor  of  Great 
Singleton,  lands  there,  view  of  frank- 
pledge,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  243,  m.  55.  Thomas  Edward  Fan- 
shawe was  vouchee  in  recoveries  of  the 
manor  in  1712  and  1716  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  496,  m.  2  ;  502,  m.  3.  Simon 
Fanshawe  in  1747  ;  ibid.  564,  m.  9. 

19  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  338. 
Courts  leet,    courts    baron,   and   view  ot 
frankpledge  are  named  in  the  fine. 

From  the  pedigree  in  Fishwick's  Preston 
(341)  it  appears  that  William  Shawe 
died  in  1771,  and  his  son  W.  C.  Shawe, 
M.P.  for  Preston  in  1792,  died  in  1821. 
This  son  was  vouchee  in  a  recovery  of 
the  manor  of  Great  Singleton  in  1771  j 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  614,  m.  6. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


In  1852  it  was  purchased  from  the  trustees  of  Hugh 

Hornby  by  Thomas  Miller,  one  of  the  great  cotton 

manufacturers     of     Preston,20 

who  resided  at  Singleton  and 

did    much    for    the    material 

improvement   of  the   district. 

Dying  on  24  June   1865,  he 

was  followed  by  his  son,  Mr. 

Thomas  Horrocks  Miller,  the 

present    lord    of  the    manor, 

who  resides  at  Singleton  Park, 

having  built  the  mansion  there. 

He  also  owns   the   Avenham 

estate.21 

LITTLE  SINGLETON,  as 
half  a    plough-land,    was,    as 

above  stated,  granted  in  serjeanty."  The  holders 
adopted  the  local  surname,  but  their  principal 
manor  was  Broughton  in  Preston,  with  which  Little 
Singleton  descended  to  the  heirs  and  representatives 
of  the  Balderston  family."  On  the  partition  in  1 565 
it  was  assigned  to  the  Earl  of  Derby.24  In  1602  it 
was  sold  by  Alice  Countess  of  Derby  and  the  heirs  of 
Ferdinando  the  fifth  earl  to  William  Hesketh  of  Little 
Poulton,25  who  was  probably  already  the  occupier. 

The  manor-house,  known  as  MAINS,  thencefor- 
ward became  the  chief  residence  of  this  branch  of  the 


LANCASTER.  England 
differenced  with  a  label 
of  France. 


Heskerhs.  George  Hesketh,  who  has  already  occurred 
in  the  account  of  Aughton  as  half-brother  of  Gabriel 
son  of  Bartholomew  Hesketh,*6 
had  a  considerable  estate  in 
the  town  of  Kirkham  and  the 
neighbourhood,  and  in  1566 
was  described  as  of  Rossall. 
He  died  in  1571,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  William, 
aged  thirty."  This  William 
died  at  Mains  in  1622,  but 
as  nothing  is  said  in  the  in- 
quisition as  to  his  holding 
land  in  Little  Singleton,  the 
purchaser  in  1602  may  have 
been  his  son  William,  aged 
sixty  at  his  father's  death.28 

William  died  in  1623  holding  the  manor  of  Little 
Singleton,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas.28 
Pedigrees  were  recorded  in  1613  and  i664.30 

The  family  were  distinguished  by  their  fidelity  to 
Roman  Catholicism  even  in  the  days  of  Elizabeth." 
In  the  Civil  War  it  was  a  matter  of  course  that  they 
took  the  king's  side  ;  one  of  the  sons  was  killed  in  a 
skirmish  at  Brindle  in  1651,"  and  the  family  estates 
were  by  the  Parliament  sequestered  for  recusancy  as 
early  as  1643."  A  later  William  Hesketh  registered 


HESKETH  of  Mains. 
Argent  on  a  bend  sable 
three  garbs  or,  a  canton 
of  the  second. 


20  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  495. 
Mr.  Cunliffe  Shawe  presented  to  the 
curacy  in  1797,  and  Mr.  Hornby  was 
lord  of  the  manor  in  1809,  rebuilding 
the  church. 

Mr.  Miller  greatly  improved  the  estate 
by  draining  the  carrs  and  in  other  ways. 

S1  Information  of  Messrs.  J.  W.  Fair 
and  Rea. 

M  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  52,  151. 
See  the  accounts  of  Broughton  and 
Balderston. 

13  William  son  of  Alan  de  Singleton 
had  a  mill  and  fishery  at  Singleton  in 
1245  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  92.  Thomas  de  Singleton 
proved  his  title  in  1292  ;  Plac.  de  Quo 
Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  388. 

Joan  (de  Singleton)  widow  of  Thomas 
Banastre  held  the  manor  of  Little 
Singleton  in  1303  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  201. 

William  Banastre  died  in  1323  holding 
of  the  Earl  of  Lancaster  the  hamlet  of 
Little  Singleton  by  serjeanty  of  the  baili- 
wick of  Amounderness  and  Blackburn- 
shire  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  159. 
In  1346  Thomas  son  of  Adam  Banastre 
held  a  plough-land  in  Little  Singleton 
by  the  same  serjeanty,  paying  £2  a  year  ; 
Survey,  50. 

Richard  Balderston  held  the  manor  of 
Little  Singleton  by  serjeanty  in  1457  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  63. 

In  or  about  1460  a  petition  was 
addressed  to  the  Bishop  of  Exeter  as 
Chancellor  by  John  Pilkington  and 
Robert  Harrington,  as  lords  of  Singleton, 
in  right  of  their  wives  ;  Early  Chan.  Proc. 
bdle.  28,  no.  224. 

Thomas  son  of  Gilbert  de  Singleton  put 
in  a  claim  to  the  manor  of  Little  Singleton 
in  1344  against  John  and  Nicholas  sons 
of  Thomas  Banastre  ;  De  Banco  R.  338, 
m.  337.  The  story  shows  that  the  claim 
failed  ;  nevertheless  the  Singletons  of 
Broughton  Tower  and  Chingle  Hall  appear 
to  have  retained  certain  land  in  Little 
Singleton;  Final  Cone,  iii,  164  (11508). 
This  is  not  mentioned  in  the  inquisitions, 
but  is  said  to  have  been  the  estate  called 


the  Lodge,  once  the  residence  of  William 
Cunliffe  Shawe  ;  Baines,  loc.  cit. 

Robert  Hesketh  and  John  Talbot  were 
in  1466  appointed  to  arbitrate  between 
William  Singleton  and  Joan  widow  of 
Richard  Balderston ;  Kuerden  MSS. 
iv,  S  12. 

24  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  216,  m.  10. 

Little  Singleton  occurs,  as  part  of 
the  Balderston  estates,  in  the  inquisi- 
tions of  Edmund  Dudley,  Thomas  Rad- 
cliffe  of  Winmarleigh  and  his  successors, 
Thomas  Earl  of  Derby  and  Sir  Alexander 
Osbaldeston.  In  that  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby  in  1521  the  '  moiety  of  the  manor' 
is  stated  to  have  been  held  of  the  king  as 
of  his  duchy  by  serjeanty,  viz.  being 
bailiff  of  the  king  of  his  wapentakes  of 
Amounderness  and  Blackburnshire ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  68.  The 
tenure  of  '  the  manor  of  Singleton  alias 
Little  Singleton '  was  recorded  in  similar 
terms  after  the  death  of  Ferdinando,  fifth 
earl ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  fol.  426. 

15  Brockholesof  Claughton  D.  A  con- 
firmatory fine  shows  that  the  manors 
of  Little  Singleton  and  Elswick,  with 
lands  there  and  in  Mains,  Great  Eccleston, 
Newton-with-Scales,  &c.,  were  purchased 
by  a  large  number  of  persons  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  65,  no.  69.  The 
deforciants  were  Thomas  Lord  Ellesmere, 
Chancellor  of  England,  Alice  his  wife, 
Grey  Bridges  Lord  Chandos,  Anne  his 
wife,  Sir  Thomas  Leigh  and  Thomas 
Spencer.  Alice  (Spencer)  was  the  widow 
of  Ferdinando  Earl  of  Derby,  and  Anne 
was  one  of  his  daughters  and  co-heirs. 
The  twenty  plaintiffs  (or  purchasers) 
include  Richard  Burgh,  William  Hesketh, 
and  Cuthbert  Sharpies.  On  the  other 
hand  it  should  be  noticed  that  a  manor 
of  Singleton— probably  titular  only — 
occurs  among  the  Earl  of  Derby's  estates 
in  1631  ;  ibid.  bdle.  118,  no.  i. 

William  Hesketh  held  the  manor  of 
Little  Singleton  in  1712,  and  Thomas 
Brockholes,  lately  called  Thomas  Hesketh, 
in  1737  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  49  j,  m.  J  ; 
544,  m.  12. 

I85 


16  Bartholomew  Hesketh  was  described 
at  'of  Rufford';  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.), 
A  1 3476.  He  seems  to  be  the  founder 
of  the  chantry  at  Rufford. 

27  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  15. 
He  held  nothing  in  Little  Singleton. 

*8  Lanes.  Inq. p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  iii,  365. 

K  Brockholes  of  Claughton  D. 

3°  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  21  (1613),  136 
(1664).  They  give  the  descent  as: 
Bartholomew  Hesketh  -a.  George  -». 
William  -s.  William,  d.  1628  -s.  Thomas, 
d.  1653  —s.  William,  aged  forty-six  in 
1664  — s.  Thomas,  aged  five.  A  more 
extended  pedigree  may  be  seen  in  Fish- 
wick,  op.  cit.  197. 

81  For  some  notes  on  the  family  see 
Gillow,  Bill.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  iii,  285, 
290 ;  Foley,  Rec.  S.  /.  vi,  493  ;  vii, 
356-7. 

William  Hesketh,  who  was  a  brother- 
in-law  of  Cardinal  Allen,  was  in  1577  a 
recusant,  '  in  lands  £20  and  in  goods  poor'; 
Gibson,  Lydiate  Hall,  215  from  S.  P.  Dom. 
Eliz.  cxviii,  451.  In  1584  he  had,  as 
a  recusant,  to  provide  a  light  horseman 
for  the  queen's  service  ;  ibid.  231,  from 
S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz.  clxxxiv,  33.  He  was 
fined  the  ,£260  a  year  in  1 586  ;  ibid.  238, 
from  S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz.  cxc,  43.  His  arrest 
was  desired  in  1593  ;  ibid.  261. 

31  This  was  Thomas  Hesketh,  son  of  the 
Thomas  who  died  in  1653  ;  Visit,  of  1664 
(Chet.  Soc.),  136  ;  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  74. 

33  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  218-21.  Thomas 
Hesketh,  who  died  in  Oct.  1653,  had  two- 
thirds  of  his  estates  sequestered  for  recu- 
sancy in  1643.  William  as  son  and  heir 
succeeded  to  the  remaining  third,  but  had 
not  been  convicted  of  recusancy,  nor  had 
he  been  charged  with  an  offence  against 
the  State,  though  his  father  had  aided  '  the 
King  of  Scots'  in  1651  and  his  brother 
had  died  in  arms  against  the  Parliament. 
The  petition  of  1654  was  on  behalf  of 
William's  seven  daughters,  of  whom  the 
eldest  was  twelve  years  old. 

24 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


his  estate  as  a  '  Papist '  in  1717."*  His  son  Thomas, 
inheriting  the  manor  of  Claughton  in  Garstang,  took 
the  name  of  Brockholes  ;  and  ultimately  Mains,  like 
Claughton,  was  devised  to  a  relative  by  marriage, 
and  has  thus  descended  to  its  present  owner,  Mr.  W.  J. 
Fitzherbert-Brockholes. 

M41NS  HALL  stands  in  a  pleasant  situation  close 
to  the  bank  of  the  River  Wyre,  and  was  originally  a 
house  of  very  considerable  interest,  being  built  on 
three  sides  of  a  quadrangle  which  was  open  to  the 
south.  To  some  extent  this  disposition  still  obtains, 
though  the  west  wing  has  disappeared  and  the  build- 
ing has  been  so  much  altered  and  pulled  about  from 
time  to  time  that  it  has  lost  nearly  all  its  architec- 
tural interest,  and  having  been  for  a  long  time  used 
as  a  farm-house  has  suffered  much  in  other  ways. 


central  doorway  and  a  projecting  gable  at  the  east 
end.  The  doorway,  however,  is  a  good  piece  of 
18th-century  work  with  flat  canopy  supported  by 
carved  brackets.  The  hall  has  been  '  altered  and 
re-altered,  modernized  and  re-modernized,'  altera- 
tions carried  out  in  1846  having  almost  gutted  the 
interior.84  The  west  wing,  which  contained  the  kitchen 
and  offices,  was  pulled  down  in  the  first  quarter  of  the 
I gth  century,343  and  is  said  to  have  contained  a  'hall 
part '  having  a  huge  open  chimney  and  wainscoted 
with  '  fluted  oak  of  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.' 35  The 
west  end  of  the  main  building  has  been  rebuilt  three 
stories  in  height  in  a  very  plain  manner,  detracting 
in  a  very  large  measure  from  the  otherwise  rather 
picturesque  appearance  of  the  south  front,  a  pictu- 
resqueness  produced  mainly  by  the  long  line  of  1 7th- 


MAINS  HALL 


The  north  side  facing  the  river  preserves  something 
of  its  i  yth-century  appearance,  having  a  large  middle 
gable  and  a  smaller  one  to  the  east  ;  but  all  the 
windows  are  modern,  and  additions  have  been  made 
from  time  to  time.  All  the  external  walls  of  the 
main  building  are  covered  with  rough-cast  and 
whitewashed  and  the  roofs  are  covered  with  modern 
grey  slates.  The  south  side,  or  garden  front,  was 
rebuilt  in  the  i8th  century,  and  is  a  rather  un- 
interesting two-story  elevation  with  sash  windows, 


century  red  brick  buildings  on  the  east  side  and  the 
inclosing  brick  wall  to  the  garden.  The  wall  is 
about  I  oft.  6  in.  high,  with  triangular  buttresses  on 
the  outside,  and  steps  down  at  each  end  to  the  front, 
where  it  forms  a  dwarf  wall  with  wood  railings,  the 
entrance  being  flanked  by  tall  brick  gate-piers  sur- 
mounted by  balls.  The  garden  is  about  90  yds.  long 
by  50  yds.  in  width,  extending  some  feet  beyond  the 
house  on  either  side,  and  is  inclosed  for  its  greater 
length  on  the  east  by  the  outbuildings  already  men- 


Ma  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl,  Cat  A. 
Nonjurors,  133.  The  annual  value  was 
^198  131.  4-|</.,  but  allowance  was  made 
for  annuities.  William  Hesketh  was  son 
of  the  Thomas  (aged  five)  of  1664.  He 
married  Mary  daughter  of  John  Brockholes 
of  Claughton  and  heir  of  her  brother  j  their 


numerous  children  all  died  without  issue, 
three  of  the  daughters  being  nuns. 

Some  other  members  of  the  family  are 
named;  ibid.  96,  135. 

84  Tram.  Hist.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches. 
(i8S3)»  v,  »59- 

Ma  Thornber,  writing  about  1837,  sayt 

186 


it  was  taken  down  '  some  years  ago '  ; 
Hist,  of  Blackpool,  301.  He  describes  it  ai 
'  the  most  venerable  part  of  the  mansion.' 
Various  'hiding  places'  were  discovered 
during  the  demolition. 

3S  Trant,  Hitt.  $0(.  Lan(s.  and  Ches.  v. 
159. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


tioned,  which  stand  detached  from  the  main  building. 
Towards  the  north  end  of  these  facing  the  garden  are 
the  initials,  roughly  worked  in  the  brickwork,  of 
Thomas  and  Margaret  Hesketh  and  the  date  1686. 
The  building  on  which  the  initials  occur  is  now  a 
stable,  but  the  upper  part  is  usually  known  as  the 
4  chapel,'  though  no  signs  of  its  having  been  used  as 
such  are  now  visible.  It  is  described  as  being  '  deso- 
late' in  184.5,  when  'the  picture  of  the  Virgin  and 
Child  had  fallen  from  the  altar  and  the  altar  rails 
were  in  decay.' 35a  The  outside  staircase  which  for- 
merly led  to  the  '  chapel,'  which  is  now  a  hayloft,  has 
long  been  removed.  In  the  north-west  corner  of  the 
garden  is  a  brick  pavilion  measuring  I  3  ft.  6  in.  by 
1 1  ft.  internally,  with  pointed  slated  roof,  now  in  a 
state  of  dilapidation.  The  lay  out  in  front  of  the 
house  must  have  been  originally  very  effective,  and 
even  yet  in  its  decay  and  semi-wildness  is  not  without 
beauty.  On  the  north  side,  between  the  house  and 
the  river,  is  an  octagonal  brick  pigeon-house  with 
pointed  roof. 

SINGLETON  GRANGE,  or  Newbigging,  was 
considered  to  lie  in  Little  Singleton  probably  because, 
being  the  estate  of  Cockersand  Abbey,36  it  was  inde- 
pendent of  Great  Singleton  Manor.  In  1 384  inquiry 
was  made  as  to  the  tenure  of  part  of  the  land  held 
by  the  abbot,  it  being  alleged  that  John  Count  of 
Mortain  had  granted  a  messuage  and  12  acres  to 
John  Joy  and  his  heirs  to  find  a  man  with  a  horse 
to  be  ferryman  on  the  water  of  Wyre — which  alms 
had  been  withdrawn.363 

The  Grange  was  after  the  Suppression  sold  to 
William  Eccleston  of  Great  Eccleston,37  and  seems  to 
have  been  alienated  subsequently  in  small  parcels. 


Hugh  Hornby  died  in  1638  holding  a  messuage  in 
Singleton  Grange  and  leaving  a  son  and  heir  John, 
aged  forty.38  William  Leigh,  clerk,  who  was  rector 
of  Standish,  died  at  Preston  in  1639  holding  a  capital 
messuage  called  Grange  House  in  Singleton  Grange, 
with  various  cottages  and  land  in  the  township. 
Theophilus,  his  son  and  heir,  was  forty  years  of  age.39 
His  grandson  Charles  Leigh,  M.D.,  said  to  have 
been  born  at  Singleton  in  1662,  was  author  of  the 
Natura/  History  of  Lancashire  published  in  1 700 40  ; 
he  practised  as  a  physician  in  Manchester,  where  he 
was  living  in  lyo^..41  A  pedigree  of  the  family  was 
recorded  in  1664."  Richard  Burgh  of  Larbreck  also 
had  land  at  the  Grange  in  1 6 3 p.43  Cuthbert  Harrison, 
minister  of  Singleton  during  the  Commonwealth  and 
founder  of  the  Nonconformist  chapel  at  Elswick,  had 
an  estate  at  Bankfield,  which  has  continued  in  his 
family.44  The  present  owner  is  Mr.  Charles  Edward 
Dyson  Harrison  Atkinson. 

Several  'Papists'  registered  estates  in  1717." 

The  earliest  record  of  St.  Mary's 
CHURCH  Chapel  at  Singleton  occurs  in  1358, 
when  Henry  Duke  of  Lancaster  granted 
the  custody  of  it  to  John  de  East  Witton,  hermit.46 
It  remained  in  use47  till  the  Reformation,  but  in 
1547  a  stipend  of  49^.  a  year  was  paid  to  a  priest  to 
celebrate  in  the  chapel.48  It  appears  that  there  was 
a  curate  as  late  as  1578,  but  he  was  conspicuous  for 
neglect  of  his  duties  and  bad  morals.49  Afterwards 
the  building  ceased  to  be  used,  and  was  with  the 
appurtenances  sold  by  the  Crown  in  1618  to  Sir 
James  Auchterlony.50  During  the  Commonwealth 
period  a  new  chapel  was  built,  and  the  people  re- 
quested a  minister  and  endowment.41  It  seems 


M«  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.  v, 
159. 

36  King  John  in  1216  gave  two  plough- 
lands  (with  their  appurtenances)    of  his 
demesne    in    Newbigging    by    Singleton, 
from  which  i6s.  used  to  be  received  ;  but 
the  canons  of  Cockersand  were  to  pay  zoj. 
yearly  ;  Cockersand   Chartul.  i,  40.     The 
grant  was  twice  confirmed  by  Henry  III ; 
ibid.    43  ;    Originalia    R.  40    Hen.    Ill, 
m.  ii.     From  an  entry  in  the  Pipe  Roll 
of  1213—15  it  seems  that  the  canons  had 
already  been  in  possession  at  a  rent  of 
£2  a  year  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  252. 

The  name  Singleton  Grange  was  used 
in  1297,  at  which  time  the  abbot  paid  the 
2os.  yearly  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  289. 

In  1 346  the  abbot's  tenement  in  New- 
bigging was  called  five  plough-lands.  He 
paid  2Oi.  yearly;  Survey  of  1346  (Chet. 
Soc.),  52.  For  rentals,  see  Chartul.  iii, 
1264-5. 

86a  Pal.  of  Lane.  Docquet  R.  i  (8  Reg.). 

37  Pat.    35    Hen.   VIII,   pt.  ix.      The 
grant  included  Medlar  also.     The  amount 
paid  was  ^244. 

William  Eccleston  and  his  son  became 
involved  in  various  disputes  as  to  the 
fishery  and  the  marsh  ;  Ducatus  Lane. 
(Rec.  Com.),  i,  180  ;  ii,  254  ;  iii,  19. 

Thomas  Eccleston  died  in  1592  holding 
ten  messuages,  &c.,  in  Great  Singleton, 
commonly  called  Singleton  Grange.  The 
tenure  was  not  stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  38. 

88  Ibid,  xxx,  no.  91.  His  tenement  was 
held  of  the  king  as  of  his  manor  of  East 
Greenwich  in  socage. 

39  Ibid.  no.  34.  The  tenure  is  not  stated. 
A  settlement  had  been  made  in  1623. 

40  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  ;  Loc.  Glean.  Lanes. 


and  Ches.  i,  68  ;  Fish  wick,  Kirkham, 
187—8.  A  portrait  is  prefixed  to  his 
Natural  History.  He  had  no  issue,  and  the 
estate  seems  to  have  been  divided  and  sold. 

41  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xxii, 
1 8  6-8. 

43  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  183; 
Leigh  of  Singleton  Grange. 

43  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no. 
100.     The  tenement  in  Singleton  Grange 
and  Great  Singleton  was  stated  to  be  held 
of  the  king    by    the    fiftieth    part   of  a 
knight's  fee. 

44  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  189,  with  pedigree. 
The  estate  is  said  to  be  the  same  as  that 
of  Hugh  Hornby  above  ;    Haines,  Lanes. 
(ed.    1870),  ii,  495.      There  are  family 
monuments  in  the  church. 

45  Est court  and  Payne,  op.  cit.  125,  133, 
137,  147,  149.      The  names  were  Ellen 
Bickerstaffe,     James     Buller,     Elizabeth 
widow  of  William  Hull,  Richard  son  of 
Edward  Hull,  and  Thomas  Knott.      The 
Bullers    were    of   some    standing   there  ; 
Ducatus  Lane,  iii,  183,  &c.      George  Buller 
of  Singleton  in   1622  had  land  in  Lea; 
Lanes.   Inq.  p.m.   (Rec.   Soc.   Lanes,   and 
Ches.),  iii,  317. 

48  Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  345. 

47  In  1440  a  licence  was  granted  to 
celebrate  in  the  chapel  at  Singleton  for  one 
year  ;  in  1452  a  similar  licence  for  three 
years  was  granted,  and  an  indulgence  of 
forty  days  for  the  chapel  was  afterwards 
added  ;  Raines,  Lanes.  Chantries  (Chet. 
Soc.),  216.  The  chaplain  was  probably 
maintained  by  subscription  of  the  inhabi- 
tants, but  the  491.  later  paid  to  a  stipen- 
diary indicates  that  the  D  ukes  of  Lancaster, 
as  lords  of  the  manor,  had  made  a  small 
allowance. 

187 


48  Ibid.     A    lease,    apparently   of  the 
chapel    property,    made    to    Sir    Richard 
Hoghton  (26  Feb.  1546—7),  contained  a 
provision  that  he  should  pay  491.  to  the 
priest,    who    at    that    time   was   Richard 
Godson,  thirty-eight  years  of  age.     This 
name  does  not  appear  among  those  of  the 
Kirkham  clergy  in  1548.      The  chapel 
had  no  plate,  but  possessed  'ornaments' 
worth  zs.  4<£  and  a  small  bell,  which  were 
taken  by  the  king;  ibid.  267,  275,  277. 
The  above-named  lease  caused  disputing 
in  1561  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  45. 

49  Raines,    op.    cit.   266,    note;     'he 
hath    lately   kept    an    ale-house    and   a 
naughty  woman  in  it.'     His  name  is  not 
given. 

50  Pat.  1 6  Jas.  I,  pt.  xiii  ;    the  chapel 
was   '  ruinous.'       The  chapel  house  and 
chapel  yard   were   included,   as   also   the 
stipend  due  to  the  chaplain  and  a  windmill 
with  suit  of  the  demesne  tenants,  which 
seems  to  have  been  the  endowment.  The 
grantee,  aged  twenty-five,  one  of  the  king's 
carvers,  was  in  1 604  to  marry  Dorothy, 
widow  of  Sir  John  North,  aged  thirty-six. 
Foster,  Marriage  Licences. 

The  old  chapel  was  still  existing  in 
1650,  having  been  held  on  lease  by  Ralph 
Eccleston,  a  recusant,  and  purchased  by 
Robert  Holt  of  London ;  Cal.  Com.  for 
Comp.  iv,  2549. 

51  Common-w.    Ch.    Surv.     (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,    and    Ches.),    155.      The    chapel 
was  'newly  erected  '  in  1650,  but  it  is  not 
stated  who  built  it.     There  was  then  no 
minister,  but  Cuthbert  Harrison  officiated 
1651-4,  £50  having  been  given  out  of 
Thomas    Clifton's    sequestered    estates  ; 
Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  98,  139. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


doubtful  whether  it  was  this  building  or  some  part 
of  the  old  chapel  which  after  the  Restoration  came 
into  the  hands  of  the  Roman  Catholics  and  was  used 
for  service  as  opportunity  offered  M  ;  but  in  1749  the 
new  lord  of  the  manor,  who  owned  the  building, 
gave  it  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester  to  be  used  as  a  chapel 
of  ease  to  Kirkham,53  and,  having  provided  a  small 
endowment,  the  right  of  presentation  was  conceded 
to  him.44  This  right  has  descended  with  the  manor 
to  Mr.  T.  H.  Miller.  In  1809  the  chapel  was 
pulled  down  and  a  new  one  was  built  ;  this  lasted 
for  fifty  years,  and  was  replaced  by  the  present 
St.  Anne's  Church  in  1861." 

The  following  have  been  incumbents M  : — 

1 749     Edward  Threlfall 

1754  John  Threlfall,  B.A.  (Wadham  Coll.,  Oxf.) 
—  William  Threlfall 

1797     Thomas  Banks  57 

1842  William  Birley,  B.A.  (Trinity  Coll.,  Oxf.) 

1843  Leonard  Charles  Wood,  B.A.  (Jesus  Coll., 

Camb.) 

In  1689  there  was  a  Quakers'  meeting-house  in 
Great  Singleton.68 

From  what  has  been  said  about  the  Heskeths,  who 
had  a  domestic  chapel  at  Mains,69  it  might  be  inferred 
that  all  through  the  penal  times  the  missionary  priests 
were  able  to  minister  in  the  Singleton  district,  and 
direct  evidence  is  available  that  even  in  the  most 
bitter  periods  they  carried  on  their  work.  Thus 
Thomas  Robinson,  born  at  Singleton,  was  baptized 
in  1651  by  a  secular  priest  named  Holden,  and  on 
entering  the  English  College  at  Rome  in  1673  he 
stated  that  '  his  parents  had  suffered  both  public  and 
private  spoliation  of  their  property  in  the  Civil  War 
on  account  of  their  faith.' 60  Later  than  this,  as  above 
stated,  an  old  chapel  was  used  till  about  1750.  On 
being  dispossessed  a  new  one  was  built  about  1768," 
but  the  lease  expiring  was  given  up  when  St.  John's 
at  Poulton  was  opened  in  i8i3.6>  It  was  again  used 
from  1832  to  1860,  by  which  time,  through 
Mr.  Miller's  influence,  very  few  Roman  Catholics 
remained  in  the  township.63 


HAMBLETON 

Hameltune,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Hamelton,  1176; 
Hambleton  (xvi  cent.). 

This  northernmost  portion  of  the  parish  is  cut  off 
from  the  main  body  by  the  River  Wyre,  the  boundary 
on  the  south-west  side.  It  has  an  area  of  i ,  5  5  3  £  acres,1 
and  in  1901  the  population  numbered  321.  The 
village  is  situated  near  the  centre,  on  the  slope  of  a 
piece  of  rising  ground.  The  surface  in  general  is 
undulating,  varying  from  about  15  ft.  to  50  ft.  above 
sea  level. 

Entry  is  made  from  the  south  by  the  Shard  Bridge 
over  the  Wyre,  opened  in  1864.*  The  scenery  by 
the  river  is  very  beautiful.  From  this  point  the  road 
goes  north  to  the  village,  and  divides  into  several 
branches  going  in  all  directions  ;  one  to  the  north- 
west leads  to  a  ferry  over  the  Wyre. 

Dr.  Charles  Leigh  of  Singleton,  writing  about 
1 700,  states  that  the  River  Wyre  '  affords  us  a  pearl 
fishing,  which  are  frequently  found  in  large  mussels, 
called  by  the  inhabitants  Hambleton  Hookins,  from 
their  manner  of  taking  them,  which  is  done  by 
plucking  them  from  their  skeers  or  beds  with  hooks.' 3 

The  soil  is  various,  with  subsoil  of  clay  ;  wheat, 
oats  and  beans  are  grown,  but  almost  the  whole  of 
the  land  is  pasture. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

In  1066  H4MBLETON  was  assessed 
MANORS  as  two  plough-lands,  and  was  held  by 
Earl  Tostig.4  Later  it  was  called  three 
plough-lands,  and  was  included  in  the  demesne  of 
the  honour  of  Lancaster.*  In  1176-7  it  contributed 
30^.  to  an  aid.6  The  farm  of  the  vill  had  been 
increased  by  24*.  a  year  in  I2OO,7  but  this  addition 
seems  to  have  been  temporary,  for  in  1212  the  '  men 
of  Hambleton  '  held  the  three  plough-lands  there  by 
a  service  of  24*.  yearly.8  It  appears  that  a  William 
de  Pilkington  had  once  held  the  land,  but  in  1213 
the  king  gave  it  to  his  serjeant,  William  de  Colmore, 
for  his  maintenance.9  In  1229  Henry  III  granted 
the  same  in  fee  to  Geoffrey  the  Arbalaster,  who  was 
to  pay  i6/.  to  the  king  and  24*.  to  the  old  tenant, 


M  Thornber  (Blackpool,  306)  gives  a 
different  account.  He  states  that  the 
chapel  of  1650  was  turned  into  an  inn, 
and  that  the  old  chapel  remained  in  the 
hands  of 'the  Romanists'  till  174.5,  'when, 
on  the  suppression  of  the  rebellion  in  this 
year,  the  Protestants  of  the  village  cele- 
brated the  fifth  of  November  with  greater 
zeal  than  usual,  raising  contributions  of 
peats  at  every  door  and  among  the  rest  at 
the  priest's.  The  refusal  of  his  house- 
keeper so  enraged  the  people  that  with  one 
Richard  Seckington  at  their  head  they 
ejected  the  priest  both  from  his  house 
and  church.'  This  traditional  account 
must  be  a  little  wrong  in  the  date. 

68  The  chapel  and  chapel-yard  were 
consecrated  in  1754. 

64  Deeds  of  1749  and  1756  printed  in 
Fishwick's  Kirkham,  47.  The  chapel  was 
then  known  as  St.  Anne's.  William  Shawe 
gave  ,£200  for  endowment  and  £200  was 
added  by  Queen  Anne's  Bounty.  The 
curate  of  Singleton  was  to  assist  at  the 
parish  church  on  Christmas  Day,  Good 
Friday,  Easter  Day,  Whit  Sunday,  and 
other  Sundays  on  which  sacraments  were 
usually  administered. 

In  the  deed  of  1749  the  chapel  was 
(aid  to  be  '  then  used  as  a  popish  chapel.' 


45  Fishwick,  loc.  cit.  See  also  Hewitson, 
Our  Country  Churches,  378-86.  In  the 
chancel  is  an  old  oak  chair,  said  to  have 
been  Milton's. 

86  Church  P.  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

*7  Succeeded  William  Threlfall,  who 
resigned  ;  Consistory  papers  at  Chester. 
4  William '  may  be  an  error  for  '  John,' 
for  Thornber  states  that  only  'two  minis- 
ters, Mr.  Threlfall  and  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Banks,'  had  occupied  it  till  1837.  John 
Threlfall  was  master  of  Kirkham  Grammar 
School  from  1744  till  his  death  in  1 80 1  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  148. 

58  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  230. 

59  Fr.  John  Berington,  S.  J.,  was  there 
from  1701  to  1720  ;  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  vii, 
54    (Meales)  ;    Gillow,    Haydock  Papers, 
235  ;   Tyldesley  Diary. 

60  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  vi,  421  ;    he  had 
studied  humanities  at  Kirkham,  Poulton, 
Singleton    and    St.    Omers.       A    similar 
statement  was  made  by  James  Swarbrick, 
who  had  been  baptized  by  a  priest  named 
Matthews  in  1655  ;  ibid.     The  convicted 
recusants   c.    1670    (including    Robinson 
and    Swarbrick)    are    recorded    in    Misc. 
(Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v.  198-202.     For  the 
fate  of  James  Swarbrick  see  Estcourt  and 
Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  355. 

188 


61  Thornber,  loc.  cit.    One  of  the  priests 
there,  —  Watts,  became  a  Protestant  and 
was   appointed    curate   of  Wrea    Green, 
where  he  died  in  1773. 

62  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  404. 

63  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  ii, 

474- 

1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  1,445 
acres,  including  4  of  inland  water  ;  there 
are  also  24  acres  of  tidal  water  and  128 
of  foreshore. 

3  The  bridge  is  supported  by  thirty-two 
iron  pillars.     There  was  previously  a  ferry 
called     Shard     Ferry ;     and    at    Aldwath 
(see  Poulton)  there  was  a  ford  in  more 
ancient  times. 

8  Nat.  Hist,  of  Lanes,  bk.  i,  pp.  22,  137. 

4  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  28  8  b. 

5  The   adjacent  Stalmine  was   reduced 
from  four  to  three  plough-lands. 

6  Farrer,    Lanes.    Pipe    R.    35.      The 
sheriff  answered  for  ijs.,  the   tallage  of 
Hambleton  in  1206  ;  ibid.  202. 

7  Ibid.  131. 

8  Lanes.    Inq.    and   Extents   (Rec.   Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  51  ;    the  heading  is 
'  Drengages.' 

9  Rot.  Lit.  Claus.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  136. 
The    gift    was    to   hold   good  during  the 
king's  pleasure,  but  in  1227   Henry  III, 


AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED 


after  whose  death  the  whole  4.0*.  would  be  due  to 
the  king  ;  the  land  was  to  be  quit  of  tallage  thence- 
forward.10 The  manor  of  Hackinsall  became  the 
chief  residence  of  the  lords  of  Hambleton,  so 
that  they  took  their  surname  from  it,11  and  in 
course  of  time  their  lordship  in  Hambleton  was 
ignored.11 

The  above-named  Geoffrey  in  1244—5  granted 
all  Hambleton  to  his  nephew  Robert  de  Shireburne, 
the  rent  of  40^.  being  payable  to  the  king.13  Then 
in  1255-6  Robert  de  Shireburne  gave  2  oxgangs  of 
land  in  Hambleton  to  his  son  John,  with  remainder 
to  William,  Robert's  eldest  son.14  John,  who  was  a 
clerk,  also  had  an  oxgang  from  his  brother  William,15 


KIRKHAM 

and  eventually  succeeded  to  the  whole.16  John's  son 
Robert  acquired  by  marriage  part  of  the  manor  of 
Aighton  near  Ribchester,  and  his  descendants  were 
long  seated  there  as  the  Shireburnes  of  Stonyhurst.17 
Hambleton  descended  in  the  same  way  1S  until  i$6j,19 
when  the  land  was  sold  in  parcels,20  and  no  manor 
seems  to  have  been  recognized  afterwards. 

In  1548  an  agreement  was  made  by  Sir  Richard 
Shireburne  as  lord  of  Hambleton  with  Nicholas 
Butler  as  lord  of  Over  Rawcliffe  concerning  the 
bounds  of  their  manors." 

At  one  time  a  family  surnamed  Hambleton  had 
part  of  the  land "  ;  the  Botelers  of  Rawcliffe  *3  and 
Singletons  of  Little  Singleton  24  and  their  successors 


for  the  profit  of  the  souls  of  King  John 
his  father  and  others,  confirmed  the  grant 
to  William  de  Colmore  for  the  period  of 
his  life  ;  Cat.  Pat.  1225-32,  p.  112. 

10  Cal.  Close,  1227-31,  p.  159  ;   Chart. 
R.  22,  m.  1 1  ;  23,  m.  8. 

11  See    the    account    of   Preesall    with 
Hackinsall. 

In  1263  Geoffrey  de  Hackinsall  de- 
mised the  vill  of  Hambleton  with  4 
oxgangs  of  land  to  John  de  Hoole  for 
eighteen  years,  as  a  marriage  gift  for  his 
son  Geoffrey,  who  was  to  marry  John's 
daughter  Mary  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  8  3 b. 

John  de  Hackinsall  in  1261  held  three 
plough-lands  of  the  king  in  Hambleton 
by  the  yearly  service  of  40.1.  ;  the  value 
was  ^5  i6s.  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
229.  The  vill  of  Hambleton  paid  401. 
yearly  to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster  in  1297  ; 
ibid.  289. 

Richard  de  Hackinsall  held  Hambleton 
by  the  401.  service  in  1292  and  1324; 
Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  377  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  40^. 

Though  Richard  was  the  brother  and 
heir  of  John  de  Hackinsall,  the  latter  had 
a  son  Roger,  to  whom  his  father,  when  on 
his  death-bed,  gave  a  messuage  and  two- 
thirds  of  2  oxgangs  of  land  in  Hamble- 
ton. Richard  in  1292  appears  to  have 
disputed  the  gift,  but  the  verdict  was  in 
Roger's  favour  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  34  d. 
Roger  de  Hackinsall  held  two-thirds  in 
1306,  Cecily  wife  of  Thomas  Travers 
having  the  remainder  (of  Roger's  inherit- 
ance), but  it  was  claimed  by  the  three 
nieces  of  John  son  of  Simon  de  Hamble- 
ton ;  Assize  R.  420,  m.  8,  lod.  Roger 
summoned  Richard  de  Hackinsall  to 
warrant.  Geoffrey  de  Hackinsall  was 
plaintiff  in  1352  and  John  son  of  Thomas 
de  Hackinsall  in  1354,  with  respect  to 
property  in  Hambleton  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  i,  m.  vij  ;  3,  m.  i  ;  Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  331. 

John  de  Hackinsall  had  some  land  in 
the  township  in  1362  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  82. 

11  The  manor  of  Hambleton  was  in 
1321-2  granted  to  Robert  de  Shireburne, 
with  remainders  to  his  sons  William  and 
Robert,  by  Richard  de  Hackinsall ;  Kuer- 
den  MSS.  ii,  fol.  260.  The  charters 
referred  to  below  show  that  this  was  a 
final  release.  The  Hackinsall  lordship 
does  not  seem  to  have  been  recognized 
after  1324. 

18  Kuerden  MSS.  v,  fol.  112. 

In  the  claim  for  dower  by  Eva  widow 
of  Geoffrey  Arbalaster  in  1246  it  was 
agreed  that  she  should  have  6s.  yearly 
from  the  tenement  of  Robert  de  Shire- 
burne in  Hambleton  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  96. 

14  Kuerden  MSS.  loc.  cit.  ;  Robert'* 
wife  was  named  Maud. 


14  Ibid.  In  1262  an  agreement  as  to 
the  3  oxgangs  of  land  was  made  between 
William  son  of  Robert  de  Shireburne  and 
John  ;  the  latter's  right  was  acknowledged, 
and  he  was  to  pay  William  id.  at  Easter 
and  do  the  service  to  the  chief  lords  ; 
Final  Cone,  i,  136.  At  this  time  the 
father  must  have  been  dead  ;  nevertheless 
a  Robert  de  Shireburne  was  juror  in 
1265  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  234. 

16  This  seems  the  necessary  inference 
from  the   descent  of  the  manor.     John 
de  Shireburne  was  living  in   1297  ;  ibid. 
289. 

John  son  of  Robert  de  '  Chireburne ' 
granted  2  oxgangs  of  land  to  William  son 
of  Alexander  de  Hambleton  ;  Raines  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  xxxviii,  377. 

17  See  the  account  of  Aighton. 
Robert  son  of  John  de  Shireburne  in 

1292  complained  that  John  de  Shireburne 
(apparently  his  father),  Adam  Pakok  of 
Singleton,  Roger  de  Hackinsall  and  others 
had  disseised  him  of  3  oxgangs  of  land, 
&c.  John  had  demised  them  to  Adam  for 
ten  years,  and  then  had  given  them  to 
Robert,  who  entered  at  the  end  of  the  ten 
years.  Meantime  John  had  extended 
Adam's  term  to  thirty-three  years,  to 
Robert's  loss.  Adam,  however,  resigned 
his  right  to  Robert,  reserving  only  the 
crops  of  that  year's  harvest  ;  Assize  R. 
408,  m.  6. 

The  Prior  of  St.  Mary's,  Lancaster, 
claimed  a  messuage  and  2  oxgangs  of  land 
against  'John  son  of  Robert  de  Shire- 
burne,' but  failed,  as  it  should  have  been 
'  Robert  son  of  John*  ;  ibid.  m.  59  d. 

John  de  Shireburne  was  in  1294  sum- 
moned to  answer  Adam  Pacock  respecting 
a  convention  as  to  3  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Hambleton  ;  De  Banco  R.  103,  m.  24. 

18  In  1346  William  de  Shireburne  held 
three    plough-lands     in     Hambleton    in 
socage,   paying  40*.   a  year  ;    Survey   of 
1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  52. 

Richard  Shireburne  died  in  1445  hold- 
ing the  manor  of  Hambleton  with  its 
appurtenances  of  the  king  in  socage,  its 
value  being  ,£10  clear  ;  Lanes.  Rec.  Inq. 
p.m.  no.  30,  31.  His  grandson  Robert 
was  tenant  in  the  following  year,  by  the 
old  service  of  401. ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

The  manor  is  regularly  named  among 
the  family  estates.  Robert  Shireburne 
(1492)  was  said  to  hold  by  knight's  ser- 
vice, but  the  tenure  in  socage  with  40.5. 
rent  was  rightly  given  in  1528  after  the 
death  of  Hugh  Shireburne  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  92  ;  vi,  no.  65. 
It  occurs  in  1777  among  the  manors  of 
Thomas  Weld  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  625, 
m.  10  d  (16). 

19  Joseph  Weld  of  Lulworth,  brother  of 
the  Cardinal,  was  the  lord  of  the  manor 
in    1836  ;      Baines,    Lanes,    (ed.    i),    iv, 

189 


404  ;     Hewitson,    Our  Country   Churches, 
5°5- 

20  Baines,  op.  cit.  (ed.  1870),  ii,  496. 

21  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

JJ  In  1 246  Simon  de  Hambleton  was 
a  tenant  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  96.  In  the  same 
year  one  William  de  Hambleton  acknow- 
ledged that  he  was  the  native  of  John  de 
Hackinsall  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  4. 

Alice  widow  of  William  de  Hambleton 
in  1292  recovered  dower  against  Robert 
de  Singleton  alias  Broughton  ;  ibid.  408, 
m.  i,  74.  She  also  complained  that 
Robert  had  encroached  on  her  right  in 
the  common  pasture,  but  the  jury  found 
that  he  had  approved  with  the  assent  of 
Geoffrey  son  of  John  de  Hackinsall, 
chief  lord  of  Hambleton,  and  others  ; 
ibid.  m.  67  d. 

In  a  suit  already  mentioned  Maud 
wife  of  Thomas  (son  of  Thomas)  de 
Hambleton,  with  her  sisters  Agnes  and 
Alice,  nieces  and  heirs  of  John  son  of 
Simon  de  Hambleton,  claimed  land  in 
1305-13;  Assize  R.  420,  m.  8,  lod. ; 
424,  m.  6. 

Maud  widow  of  William  son  of  Richard 
de  Hambleton  claimed  dower  in  the  town- 
ship in  1330  against  Nicholas  de  Oxcliffe  ; 
De  Banco  R.  283,  m.  247  d. 

33  Richard  le  Boteler  about  1280  gave 
to  his  son  Geoffrey  all  the  land  ol 
Hambleton  which  he  had  from  John  son 
of  Adam  Beaufront ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol. 
9 1 .  William  son  of  Sir  Richard  confirmed 
the  same  to  his  brother  Geoffrey  ;  ibid, 
fol.  84.  In  1294  Richard  le  Boteler  gave 
two-thirds  of  an  oxgang  of  land  to  Richard 
son  of  Robert  the  Cook  of  Hambleton  ; 
ibid.  fol.  91.  Richard  son  of  William  the 
Cook  gave  land  to  Thomas  son  of  Richard 
de  Stainall  in  1315-16  ;  ibid.  The  same 
Richard  also  gave  land  to  John  Lawrence 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.),  L  1029. 

Richard  le  Boteler  of  Marlon  in  1322 
held  a  messuage  and  land  in  Hambleton 
of  Richard  de  Hackinsall  in  socage  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  146.  There 
are  charters  in  Raines  MSS.  xxxviii, 

377-9- 

Nicholas  le  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  had 
land  in  Hambleton  in  1331  ;  De  Banco 
R.  287,  m.  307  d.  In  1405  the  family's 
lands  here  were  stated  to  be  held  of  the 
king  as  duke  in  socage  ;  Towneley  MS. 
DD,  no.  1460.  Nothing  more  definite 
is  stated  in  the  later  inquisitions,  down  to 
William  Butler  in  1639. 

*4  This  may  be  inferred  from  land  in 
Hambleton  being  held  by  Sir  Thomas 
Banastre  in  1379,  and  by  the  heirs,  &c., 
of  Balderston  later — e.g.  Dudley,  the  Earl 
of  Derby,  and  Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh, 
as  appears  by  the  inquisitions,  &c.  See 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  15.  Land 
in  Hambleton,  part  of  the  Balderston 


A   HISTORY   OF    LANCASHIRE 


also  had  estates  there,  the  former  having  ferry  rights 
over  the  Wyre."  A  few  other  names  occur  in  the 
inquisitions  and  pleadings.*6 

Cockersand  Abbey"  and  Lancaster  Priory*8  had 
lands  in  Hambleton. 

Some  estates  were  registered  by  '  Papists  'in  171 7." 
The  chapel  of  St.  Mary  probably 
CHURCH  existed  from  an  early  date,  and  may 
have  been  the  oratory  at  Hambleton  for 
which  Robert  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst  obtained  a 
licence  in  I4.$6.*°  It  was  in  1567  licensed  for  the 
administration  of  the  sacraments  and  for  burials.31 
In  1717  it  was  '  duly  served  by  a  curate  who  preaches 
and  reads  prayers  every  Sunday,  sacrament  days 
excepted.'3*  The  ancient  endowment  was  £5  a  year, 
paid  by  the  lord  of  the  manor  out  of  the  profits  of 
a  windmill 3S  ;  but  this  was  increased  by  other  gifts.34 
In  1650  the  Committee  of  Plundered  Ministers 
had  allowed  £40  a  year  out  of  sequestrations.55 
The  church  was  rebuilt  in  1 749  ;  there  is  a  sundial 

TXT  J6 

with  the  inscription  ,  '  A  separate  parish  was 
formed  in  1 846.37  The  vicar  of  Kirkham  appoints 


the  incumbents.  The  following  have  been  in 
charge38  : — 

1699     Christopher  Jackson,  B.A.  (T.C.D.) 

1706      Richard  Crombleholme  3? 

1717     Richard  Rauthmell,  B.A. 

1717  William  Whitehead,  B.A.40  (St.  John's 
Coll.,  Camb.) 

1737     John  Field  (Queen's  Coll.,  Oxf.) 

1765      Robert  Tomlinson 

1803  Thomas  Butcher,  B.A.  (St.  John's  Coll., 
Camb.) 

1835  Charles  Beaumont  Howard,  B.A. 

1836  William  Hough 

1882     James  Henry  Bumstead 

The  Congregationalists,  who  first  began  a  preaching 
station  in  1830,  erected  a  small  chapel  in  1870  ;  it 
is  annexed  to  Poulton.41  There  was  at  one  time  a 
small  congregation  of  Particular  Baptists.4* 

GOOSNARGH-WITH-NEWSHAM 

Gusansarghe,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Gunanesarg,  1205  ; 
Gosannesareghe,  Gosanesarwe,  1226  ;  Gosenargh, 


inheritance,  was  included  in  the  grant  to 
the  first  Earl  of  Derby  in  1489,  and  after 
the  death  of  the  second  earl  the  1522 
rental  (at  Lathom)  shows  that  lands  there 
paid  3C«.  -jd.  yearly. 

Robert  de  Singleton  has  been  named  as 
a  landholder  in  1292.  It  may  have  been 
his  estate  which  descended  to  Sir  William 
Leyland  of  Morleys,  who  died  in  1547 
holding  lands  in  Hambleton  of  the  king 
as  of  his  duchy  by  the  tenth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  and  a  rent  of  141.  8</.  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  43. 
The  same  tenure  is  recorded  in  later 
inquisitions,  e.g.  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.),  ii,  262. 

In  1596  Robert  BickerstafFe  purchased 
a  messuage,  &c.,  from  George  Singleton, 
Mary  his  wife,  Thomas  Gudlaw  the 
younger,  Richard  Wilkinson  and  Margaret 
his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
59,  m.  142. 

35  Henry  Butler  of  Rawcliffe  died  in 
1621  holding  six  messuages,  four  salt- 
cotes,  lands,  moor,  marsh,  fishery,  &c.,  and 
a  ferry  boat  on  Wyre  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  36  ;  xxx,  no.  18. 

26  In  1323  John  de  Lancaster  purchased 
a  messuage  and  an  oxgang  and  two-thirds 
from  Richard  son  of  Robert  de  Inskip  and 
Alice  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  57.  This 
may  have  been  the  estate  of  John  de 
Hambleton  already  referred  to. 

Alice  widow  of  Robert  Hesketh  in 
1490—1  left  lands  in  Hambleton  to  her 
sons  Hugh  and  Richard  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  H  300.  The 
tenure  of  Thomas  Hesketh's  lands  was 
not  known  in  1523  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  16.  Sir  Richard  Shire- 
burne seems  to  have  purchased  them  in 
1556  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  16, 
m.  15. 

The  lands  of  Thomas  Boteler  of 
Warrington  (1522)  and  Alexander  Goos- 
nargh  (1524)  were  held  as  parts  of  an 
estate  in  Stainall  in  socage ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  13,  55. 

George  Allen  in  1567  purchased  a 
messuage,  &c.,  from  Nicholas  Sumner, 
Alice  his  wife,  Thomas  Wilkinson,  Ellen 
his  wife,  Anthony  Garstang  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
19,  m.  8 1.  Other  parts  of  the  same 
estate  were  sold  to  Sir  Richard  Shireburne 


and  Henry  Thompson  ;  ibid,  bdles.  34, 
m-  595  35»  m-  I52-  George  Allen's 
tenement  was  in  1579  found  to  be  held 
of  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  in  socage  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  80. 

Robert  Finch  of  Mawdesley  (1610)  had 
land,  but  the  tenure  was  not  stated  ; 
Lanct.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  156. 

27  Simon  son  of  Henry  de  Hambleton 
gave  to  Cockersand,  together  with  the 
body  of  his  wife  Alice,  half  an  acre  in 
Sandirland  field,  having  land  of  Robert  de 
Shireburne  on  the  south  side  ;  Cockersand 
Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  141. 

For  rental  see  ibid,  iii,  1268-9  ;  and 
for  grants  of  the  Cockersand  lands  see 
Pat.  21  Eliz.  pt.  xi  ;  42  Eliz.  pt.  xvi. 

3S  John  son  of  Geoffrey  Arbalaster  gave 
to  the  priory  2  oxgangs  of  land,  one  of 
which  had  been  held  by  Richard  Colmore 
and  another  by  Richard  son  of  Siward, 
but  reserved  a  part  of  the  appurtenances, 
viz.  in  a  field  called  Thornhole  and  in  the 
Wyre  fishery;  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  378.  This  was  confirmed  by  his  son 
Geoffrey  de  Hackinsall ;  ibid.  377. 

It  was  perhaps  this  land  which  was 
held  by  Thomas  Fleetwood  of  the  queen 
in  1576  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii, 
no.  2. 

29  Estcourt    and     Payne,   Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurors,    93,    1 1 6,    134.     The   names 
were  :   John  Lickfold,  London,  in  right 
of  his  wife  Dorothy  (widow  of  Richard 
Sharpies),   Mabel  Hodgkinson,  and  John 
Charnley. 

Mary  Holland  of  Wigan  in  1757 
bequeathed  to  Mrs.  Winifred  Eccleston 
of  St.  Helens  a  messuage  in  Hambleton 
which  she  had  had  from  her  aunt  Anne 
Hesketh;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.), 
iii,  288,  from  R.  31  of  Geo.  II  at  Preston. 

30  Raines    MSS.     (Chet.    Lib.),    xxii, 

379- 

31  In   1567  the  inhabitants   petitioned 
that  their  chapel  '  commonly  called  Our 
Ladie    Chapell '   might   be   '  consecrated  ' 
for  divine  service  and   administration  of 
the  sacracotnts  by  fit  chaplains  as  curates, 
approved  by  the  vicar  of  Kirkham,  and 
for  the  burial  of  the  bodies  of  their  dead  ; 
Reg.  Bk.  at  Chester,  i,  fol.  40  3  b.     The 
Bishop  of  Chester  gave  '  licence '  accord- 
ingly,  ordering  that  the  chapel  wardens 
should   take    his   permission    once    every 

I9O 


three  years  to  the  parish  church,  where  it 
was  to  be  read  through,  after  the  Gospel, 
on  Whit  Monday;  ibid,  ii,  fol.  231. 
Thus  an  old  chapel  was  not  'con- 
secrated,' but  licensed  for  use.  It  seems 
likely  that  the  vicar  of  Kirkham  had 
objected,  but  as  the  place  was  7  miles 
from  the  parish  church  its  use  was 
convenient  for  baptism  and  burial. 

In  1 60 1  an  agreement  as  to  the  chapel 
was  made  by  Richard  Shireburne  on  one 
part  and  John  and  Thomas  Carter  on 
the  other  ;  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk. 

Gabriel  Tyldesley  was  curate  in 
1611-22  ;  Visit.  P.  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

38  Gastrell,  Nofitia  Ceslr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  423.  In  1705  the  curate  certified 
that  the  only  revenue  was  £5  a  year  and 
that  there  was  'preaching  there  one 
afternoon  in  three  Sundays '  ;  ibid.  422. 
This  shows  that  there  was  a  curate  in 
1705  ;  there  does  not  seem  to  have  been 
one  in  1689  and  1691. 

33  This  is  mentioned  in   the  time   of 
James  I  ;    Lanes,    and    Ches.   Rec.    (Rec. 
Soc.   Lanes,   and   Ches.),  ii,   268.     The 
amount     points    to    a    pre-Reformation 
endowment. 

34  About  1717  there  was  £8  151.  rent 
of  land   and    £2    los.   interest  of  £50  ; 
Gastrell,   loc.   cit.       The   rent-charge   of 
,£5  appears  to  be  paid  still. 

35  Common-w.    Ch.    Surv.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  156.    The  £5  paid  by 
the  lord  of  the  manor  is  named. 

The  minister  in  1651-2  was  Robert 
(Noble)  Cunningham,  and  in  1654  Roger 
Sherburn  ;  Plund.  Mini.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  239,  246,  142. 
The  latter  had  an  increased  allowance  of 
£50. 

36  Fishwick,  Kirkham,  59-62. 

37  By  Order  in  Council  21  Jan.  1846. 

38  From  the  Diocesan  Registry,  Chester. 

39  William  Bushell  of  Goosnargh  wrote 
to  the  Bishop  of  Chester,  18  Sept.  1706  : 
'The  bearer  Richard   Crombleholme  has 
been    educated    as    a    Presbyterian    and 
intended     to    have     been    a     dissenting 
minister.' 

40  Son  of  Robert  Whitehead,  clerk,  one 
of    the     masters    of    Kirkham    School ; 
Admissions  to  St.  John's  Coll.  ii,  2OI. 

41  Nightingale,   Lanes.   Nonconf.  i,   135, 
167.  **  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  508. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


1244  ;  Gosanarche,  1251  ;  Gosenhar,  1257  ;  Gosse- 
narwe,  1290  ;  Gosnargh,  1297.  Pronounced  Goosnar. 

Trelefelt,  Dom.  Bk. ;  Threlefel,  1 244  ;  Threlefal, 
1257.  Neuhuse,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Nusum,  1249  ;  Neu- 
sum,  1251. 

Goosnargh  gives  its  name  to  a  detached  chapelry 
of  Kirkham,  comprising  Goosnargh,  Newsham  and 
Whittingham.  The  first-named  portion  has  of  itself 
a  content  of  8,324  acres,1  while  Newsham,  a  detached 
portion  to  the  west,  has  348,  so  that  the  whole  town- 
ship measures  8,672  acres.  In  1901  it  had  a  popu- 
lation of  1,09 1  .*  Goosnargh  proper  contains  a  number 
of  hamlets  or  farmsteads.  The  name  belongs  specially 
to  the  lower  or  south-western  part  of  the  township 
and  to  the  village 3  round  the  chapel,  which  stands 
close  to  the  border  of  Whittingham.  The  higher  or 
north-eastern  part  was  known  as  Threlfall — a  name 
no  longer  in  common  use — and  had  its  chapel,  which 
was  called  White  Chapel.  To  the  north-east  of 
Goosnargh  Chapel  lies  Eaves  Green  and  to  the  north- 
west Middleton  ;  Inglewhite  is  I  £  miles  north  of  the 
last-named,  and  has  St.  Anne's  Well 4  to  the  south  of 
it  and  Fairhurst  to  the  north.  Beesley  is  north  of 
Eaves  Green,  and  has  Kidsnape  to  the  east  and 
Bulsnape  to  the  north-east,  and  further  to  the  east, 
on  the  border  of  Chipping,  is  Loudscales,  over- 
looking the  River  Loud,  there  forming  the  boundary. 
There  were  six  ancient  divisions  called  tithings — 
Church,  Beesley,  Kidsnape,  Longley,  Aspenhurst 
and  Threlfall.4- 

The  principal  feature  of  the  northern  end  is  Beacon 
Fell,  which  attains  a  height  of  874  ft.  above  the  sea. 
From  it  the  ground  slopes  away  in  all  directions,  but 
more  especially  to  the  west  and  south-west.  The 
3OO-ft.  line  runs  diagonally  across  the  township  by 
Fairhurst,  Beesley  and  Kidsnape,  with  higher  ground 
to  the  east  and  lower  to  the  west.  To  the  north  of 
the  Fell  are  Lickhurst  and  Broadhead,  and  further 
north  is  the  River  Brock,  forming  the  boundary  on 
that  side. 

The  township  is  crossed  by  a  large  number  of 
country  roads.  Through  Newsham  passes  the  London 
and  North-Western  Company's  main  line  to  the 
north,  with  a  station  called  Barton  and  Broughton. 
To  this  station  there  is  a  footpath  over  the  fields  from 
Goosnargh  village.  The  Preston  and  Lancaster  Canal 
crosses  Newsham  at  Hollowforth. 

Newsham  was  separated  from  Goosnargh  in  1894 
and  annexed  to  Barton  * ;  the  present  reduced  town- 
ship is  governed  by  a  parish  council.' 


The  soil  is  of  every  variety,  with  subsoil  of  clay. 
The  land  is  chiefly  in  grass,  being  occupied  as  follows 
in  Goosnargh  and  Whittingham  jointly  :  Arable, 
50  acres  ;  permanent  grass,  10,794^  ;  and  woods  and 
plantations,  I97|.6a  The  population  is  now  employed 
solely  in  agriculture  ;  formerly  there  were  silk  and 
cotton  manufactures.7  Goosnargh  is  noted  for  cheese 
and  butter  ;  also  for  a  kind  of  small,  sweet  cake. 

The  Thirlmere  pipe  line  conveys  the  Manchester 
water  supply  through  the  eastern  parts  of  Goosnargh 
and  Whittingham. 

There  is  a  market  cross  at  Inglewhite  Green.8 
Here  two  fairs  for  cattle  and  sheep  are  held — on  the 
Tuesday  before  Ascension  Day  and  on  5  October.  A 
sheep  fair  is  held  on  2  5  April.  A  workhouse  formerly 
stood  there. 

There  are  remains  of  several  ancient  crosses,9  and 
at  Inglewhite  was  a  pit  known  as  '  cuckstool  pit.' 10 

Lists  of  the  principal  inhabitants  at  different  times 
in  the  I7th  century  have  been  printed.11 

Among  the  burials  recorded  in  the  registers  for 
August  1 644  are  those  of  a  *  soldier  found  slain  '  on 
the  ist  and  another  soldier  on  the  i6th.  They  may 
have  belonged  to  the  royal  troops  driven  out  of 
Amounderness  on  1 8  August. 

The  worthies  of  the  chapelry  include  the  Ven. 
William  Marsden  and  George  Beesley,  who  suffered 
death  during  the  Elizabethan  persecution  in  1586 
and  1591;  Alexander  Rigby,  a  noteworthy  Parlia- 
mentarian, baron  of  the  Exchequer,  who  died  in 
1650  lf ;  William  Bushell,  founder  of  the  hospital  at 
Goosnargh,  who  was  high  sheriff  in  1733,  and  died 
in  1735  u  ;  Peter  Armstrong  Whittle,  born  at  Ingle- 
white in  1789,  a  miscellaneous  writer  who  published 
several  topographical  works,  and  died  in  Liverpool  in 
1 866  "  ;  William  Threlfall  of  Hollowforth,  a  Wesleyan 
missionary,  killed  in  Namaqualand  in  1825  ;  Edward 
Kirk,  journalist  and  antiquary,  1832  to  1885. 1S 

In  1066  Goosnargh,  Threlfall  and 
MANORS  Newsham,  each  assessed  as  one  plough- 
land,  were  held  by  Earl  Tostig  as  members 
of  his  lordship  of  Preston.16  Afterwards  Goosnargh 
and  Threlfall — or  part  of  them,  viz.  a  plough-land 
and  a  half — were  granted  out  in  thegnage,  being  held 
by  the  service  of  1 2/.  a  year  and  6/.  8^.  for  a  sor 
goshawk  ;  and  Newsham  became  part  of  the  barony 
of  Penwortham. 

Bernard  son  of  Ailsi  was  lord  of  GOOSNARGH 
about  Ii6o,ir  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Robert, 
who  about  1 190  gave  land  to  the  Hospitallers.18  He 


1  The  Census  Rep,  of  1901  give*  8,3  29 
acres,  including  zz  of  inland  water. 

*  Of  these  983  belonged  to  Goosnargh 
proper  and  1 08  to  Newsham.  The  popu- 
lation of  the  chapelry  was  4,327. 

3  This  seems  to  have  been  called  the 
'  burgh.'  There  is  no  trace  of  any  borough. 
Cf.  Euxton  Burgh. 

4  Dr.    Leigh    about    1700  says  of  it  : 
'  This  springs  out  of  a  black  bass,  which 
by  calcination  I  found  to  contain  sulphur. 
The  water  has  a  very  sulphureous  smell  as 
strong  as  that  near  Harrogate  in  York- 
shire, but  contains  little  or  no  salt ' ;  Nat. 
Hist,  of  Lana.  bk.  i,  p.  40. 

<a  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  421. 

5  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  32199. 

6  The  older  government  was  by  a  vestry 
known    as    '  the    Twenty-four    Men  '  of 
Goosnargh  and  Whittingham.     There  are 
extracts  from   their   books,   which   com- 


mence about  1625,  in  Col.  H.  Fishwick's 
Goosnargh,  51-85.  See  also  Tram.  Hist. 
Soc.  (new  ser.),  xiv,  41-64. 

63  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric.  (1905). 

7  Fishwick,   op.   cit.  8  ;  Smith,  Long- 
ridge,  220. 

8  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  8. 

9  Ibid.  199. 

10  Ibid.  198. 

11  Taxation  of  Goosnargh,  1625  ;  ibid. 
59-68.     Of  Whittingham,  c.  1640  ;  ibid. 
55-6.     Heads  of  families,    1671  ;    ibid. 
20 1— 6. 

18  For  these  three  see  the  accounts  of 
Threlfall  and  Middleton  below. 

13  For  an  account  of  this  benefactor  and 
his  family  see  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  120-8, 
where  a  pedigree  is  given.  He  was  grand- 
son of  Dr.  Seth  Bushell,  vicar  of  Preston 
1663-82,  and  of  Lancaster  1682-4. 


14  Diet.   Nat.  Biog.      The   'historical' 
parts  of  his  books  are  untrustworthy. 

15  Smith,  op.  cit.  243. 

16  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  28 8a. 

17  This  is  an  inference  from  the  dates 
recorded  of  kis  son. 

18  See    the    account    of    Howath    in 
Barnacre.      Robert's  wife  Hawise  and  his 
son    Bernard  are  named.     The  brethren 
of  St.  John  Baptist  of  Howath  granted  to 
their  '  sister '  Hawise,  wife  of  Robert  son 
of  Bernard  de  Catterall,  land  in  Howath, 
also  Threlfall,  with  appurtenances,  and  I 
oxgang  of  land  in  Hutton  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
liii,  fol.  896. 

In  1194-5  Robert  son  of  Bernard, 
who  had  joined  in  the  rebellion  of  Count 
John,  made  peace  with  the  king,  paying 
1 5  marks  ;  Farrer,  Lanes.  Fife  R.  90. 
There  is  another  reference  to  Robert,  ibid. 
146. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


died  in  1 206, 19  and  his  heirs  held  the  1 2  oxgangs  of 
land  in  1212  by  the  service  above  stated.80  The  heirs 
were  three  daughters — Iseult,  who  married  Richard 
son  of  Swain  (de  Catterall)  *'  ;  Beatrice  wife  of  Hugh 
de  Mitton  2*  ;  and  Avice,  who  married  (l)  Oliver  son 
of  Nigel  de  Longford13  and  (2)  Michael  de  Aslacton.** 
In  1 242  accordingly  the  manor  was  held  by  their 
heirs,*5  Richard  de  Catterall,*6  Hugh  de  Mitton  *7  and 


Henry  de  Longford.*8  Two  oxgangs  of  land,  i.e.  a 
sixth  part  of  the  manor,  were  acquired  by  William  de 
Clifton,  who  died  in  I258,*9  or  by  his  predecessors  ; 
this  in  time  led  to  a  nominal  readjustment,  the  repre- 
sentatives of  the  three  co-heirs  being  said  to  hold  five- 
sixths  of  the  manor.  There  were  other  changes.  The 
Mitton  third  was  surrendered  to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster 
and  then  granted  to  the  Hoghtons  of  Hoghton,so 


19  In  that  year  Hughde  Mitton,  Oliver 
son  of  Nigel  and  Richard  son  of  Swain 
gave   20   marks    and   a  palfrey    to    have 
1 2  oxgangs  of  land  in  Goosnargh  which 
had  been  held  by  Robert  son  of  Bernard, 
they  having   married    his  daughters  and 
heirs  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  203,  209  ;  Towneley 
MS.  HH,  no.  520. 

20  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents   (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,    and    Ches.),     i,    48  ;     see     also 
139,  for   1226.     In   1297   the  vill   paid 
1 8 j.  8<£  to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster  ;   ibid. 
289. 

81  Richard  de  Tarnacre  gave  to  Cocker- 
sand  Abbey  a  third  part  of  Beesley  in 
Goosnargh,  which  he  had  had  from  the 
Lady  Iseult,  wife  of  Richard  son  of  Swain  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  243. 
Richard  son  of  Richard  son  of  Swain  de 
Catterall  granted  an  acre  of  land  ;  ibid. 
242. 

22  Beatrice  daughter  of  Robert  son  of 
Bernard  made  various  grants  to  Cocker- 
sand,  some  as  'widow,'  and  one  as  Beatrice 
de    Mitton.      The  place-names    include 
Robert shurst,  Hurst  and  Carr,  Fulsnape, 
Small  Brook,  Longley,  the  syke  which  was 
the    boundary    between    Goosnargh    and 
Barton,    where    the    road    descends    into 
Goosnargh  Brook.     In    one   grant    land 
given   by  Avice  her  sister  is  mentioned  ; 
ibid.  234-8,  243. 

As  Beatrice  de  Mitton  daughter  of 
Robert  son  of  Bernard  she  in  her  widow- 
hood gave  Wil'iam  the  Clerk  son  of 
Robert  the  rector  of  Garstang  the  moiety 
of  certain  land  in  Threlfall.  The  bounds 
began  at  Pepper  Syke,  following  it  to  the 
old  hedge,  under  the  land  of  Avice  daughter 
of  Robert  son  of  Bernard  ;  then  going 
across  to  the  old  ditch,  and  along  this  to 
the  entry  into  the  great  wood  ;  by  the 
wood  to  Mill  Brook,  and  following  this 
brook  to  the  great  carr  under  Huenat- 
hurst ;  thence  along  the  carr,  the 
boundaries  o^  Adam  son  of  Paulinus  and 
the  aforesaid  Avice,  to  the  starting-point ; 
Add.  MS.  32104,  no.  958. 

23  See  the  account  of  this  family  under 
Withington,  near  Manchester. 

14  Michael  de  Aslacton  (Ellaston)  and 
Avice  his  wife  gave  lands  to  Cockersand 
Abbey  ;  the  land  which  Iseult  daughter 
of  Robert  son  of  Bernard  gave  William 
son  of  Richard   de   Kirkham   is  named. 
Avice  granted  the  same  as  widow  ;  Cocker- 
sand  Chartul.  i,  240-1,  where  two  other 
gifts  are  recorded. 

15  I  Macs.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  154.    They 
were  the  tenants  in  Catterall.    Goosnargh 
is  not  named  in  1 242. 

26  Richard  de  Catterall  in  1 244  held 
3  oxgangs  of  land  in  Goosnargh  by 
knight's  service  ;  he  paid  41.  "J\d.  ;  ibid. 

159,  212. 

Adam  de  Catterall  granted  certain 
land  (received  in  exchange  from  Richard 
de  Hoghton)  to  Alexander  de  Goosnargh 
and  Maud  his  wife,  with  remainders  to 
Thomas  and  to  Margery  de  Bradkirk  ; 
Add.  MS.  32104,  no.  497.  The  same 
Adam  gave  land  on  the  north  side  of 
Longley  to  Grimbald  son  of  Diota  and 
Maud  his  wife  ;  a  rent  of  i  zd.  was  to  be 


paid,  and  izd.  for  pannage  ;  Towneley 
MS.  DD,  no.  756. 

Robert  de  Grotton  and  Agnes  his  wife 
(widow  of  John  de  Catterall)  in  1318-19 
claimed  dower  against  Paulin  and  Alan 
de  Catterall,  on  the  ground  that  John  son 
and  heir  of  Ralph  de  Catterall  had  dowered 
Agnes  with  certain  lands  in  Goosnargh 
at  the  church  of  Towneley  (or  Burnley) 
in  1 287  ;  De  Banco  R.  223,  m.  150;  229, 
m.  2  ;  248,  m.  229.  John  son  of  John 
de  Catterall  made  further  claims  in  1325 
against  Joan  the  widow  and  Robert  the 
son  (under  age)  of  Paulin  de  Catterall  ; 
ibid.  258,  m.  137. 

Ralph  son  of  Richard  de  Catterall  granted 
Oakenhead  in  the  vill  of  Threlfall  to  Adam 
de  Hoghton,  his  mill  there  being  excepted, 
at  the  rent  of  a  pair  of  white  gloves  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  517.  He  gave  his 
daughter  Christiana  8  acres  purchased  from 
Hugh  de  Middleton  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol. 
looA.  The  same  Ralph  gave  Adam  his 
son  all  his  lands  and  demesne  in  Goosnargh 
and  Threlfall,  together  with  the  homage  of 
John  de  Barton,  Master  Richard  de 
Hoghton,  Walter  de  Goosnargh,  Thomas 
de  Kirk,  and  others,  in  1294;  ibid.  fol. 
93^.  The  above-named  Christiana,  as 
widow  of  Walter  de  Goosnargh,  gave 
lands  to  her  son  Thomas  with  remainder 
to  another  son  Henry  5  Kuerden  MSS.  iv, 
G  9.  She  was  plaintiff  (as  widow  of 
Walter)  in  1324;  De  Banco  R.  253,  m. 
i85d. 

Alan  de  Catterall  in  1322  died  holding 
a  messuage,  land  and  rent  of  the  king  in 
chief  (by  the  forfeiture  of  Thomas  Earl  of 
Lancaster),  by  a  rent  of  5.1.  j  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,  ii,  141. 

Richard  de  Catterall  in  1337  demised 
4  acres  in  Goosnargh  newly  approved  to 
Richard  son  of  John  del  Yate  of  Bils- 
borrow  and  John  his  son  for  their  lives  ; 
Add.  MS.  32104,  fol.  1 1 6. 

17  Ralph  de  Mitton  was  summoned  in 
1246  to  show  why  he  would  not  take  the 
homage  and  relief  of  Bernard  de  Mitton 
for  5  oxgangs  of  land  in  Goosnargh  granted 
Bernard  by  his  mother  Beatrice  daughter 
of  Robert  ;  Ralph  was  her  grandson  and 
heir,  being  son  of  Robert,  elder  brother  of 
Bernard.  Ralph  said  he  held  nothing  of 
Beatrice's,  but  Bernard's  land  would  revert 
to  him,  should  he  die  without  issue  ; 
Assize  R.  404,  m.  2.  Bernard  son  of 
Beatrice  had  in  1241  purchased  an  oxgang 
of  land  from  Bernard  son  of  Richard,  he 
giving  6  acres  north  of  Foxhole  Hurst  at  a 
rent  of  \zd.  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  86.  As  Bernard  son 
of  Hugh  de  Mitton  he  granted  6  acres  to 
Alan  the  Forester  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv, 
G9. 

Ranulf  de  Goosnargh  in  1246  de- 
fended his  title  to  20  acres  against  Bernard 
de  Mitton  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  2.  At  the 
same  time  Jordan  de  Kirkham  recovered 
30  acres  against  Bernard  de  Mitton, 
Walter  de  Barton,  Ranulf  de  Goosnargh, 
Benedict  de  Beesley  and  Hugh  de  Middle- 
ton  ;  ibid.  m.  3  d.  Jordan  was  son  of 
Richard  the  rector  of  Kirkham  ;  Cockersand 
Chartul.  i,  240. 

192 


Margery  widow  of  Ralph  de  Mitton  in 
1291  claimed  dower  against  Margery 
widow  of  Ranulf  son  of  Bernard  de  Goos- 
nargh, Alice  daughter  of  John  de  Barton, 
and  many  others  ;  De  Banco  R.  90,  m. 
98  d.  ;  91,  m.  248  d. 

38  Nigel  de  Longford  in  1248-51  paid 
relief  (131.  4-d.)  on  succeeding  to  4  ox- 
gangs  of  land  in  Goosnargh,  being  the 
estate  of  Avice  daughter  of  Robert  and 
grandmother  of  Nigel  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,  184. 

29  In    1258    William    de    Clifton    was 
found  to  have  held  2  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Goosnargh  of  the  heirs  of  Robert  son  of 
Bernard  by  a  rent  of  31.  i  \d.  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,  i,  213.      This  rent  is  a  sixth 
part  of  i8j.   %d.  ;  the  tenure  may  imply 
that  the  grant  had  been  made  by  Robert 
son  of  Bernard  himself.     A  later  William 
de  Clifton,   1323,  held  certain   lands   of 
Richard  de  Hoghton  by  id.  yearly  ;    they 
included  a  '  skalinga '  (shieling)  with  80 
acres  from  the  waste  ;  ibid,  ii,  159. 

In  1324-5  a  messuage  and  18  acres 
in  Goosnargh  were  part  of  lands  in  dispute 
between  Isabel  widow  of  William  de 
Clifton  and  William  son  of  William  de 
Clifton  ;  Assize  R.  426,  m.  8. 

30  About   1285   Sir  Ralph  de  Mitton, 
for  100  marks,  resigned  to  Edmund  Earl 
of    Lancaster    his    whole    tenement    in 
Goosnargh  and  Threlfall,  a  rent  of  21.  6d. 
per  annum  being  due  to  the  Hospitallers 
for  the  Threlfall  portion  ;  Great  Coucher, 
i,  fol.  73,  no.  53-4. 

As  will  be  seen  (note  3  2),  this  part  of  the 
manor  was  by  the  earl  granted  to  Adam 
de  Hoghton,  who  had  already  begun  to 
acquire  an  estate  there.  Adam  made  a 
grant  of  land  in  Goosnargh  to  Richard 
son  of  Richard  Lussell  of  Plumpton,  at  a 
rent  of  iod.,  with  6d.  for  pannage ; 
Bernard  de  Mitton  was  another  lord ; 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1156. 

In  1276  Ralph  de  Mitton  claimed  a 
messuage,  two-thirds  of  a  mill,  and  4  ox- 
gangs  of  land  against  Adam  de  Hoghton  ; 
De  Banco  R.  13,  m.  22d.  Two  years 
later  Adam  was  claiming  a  messuage, 
mill,  oxgang  of  land,  and  14.1.  rent  against 
William  son  of  Alan  de  CarJeton, 
referring  to  an  agreement  made  with 
the  eaid  Alan  ;  ibid.  24,  m.  75  ;  49,  m. 
52d.  It  seems  likely  that  the  former 
suit  refers  to  the  acquisition  of  the  Long- 
ford share  by  Adam  de  Hoghton,  for  he 
with  his  sons  Adam,  Richard  and  John 
were  alleged  about  that  time  to  have 
disseised  Ralph  de  Mitton  of  a  messuage, 
mill  water,  &c.,  and  the  third  part  of 
1,000  acres  of  moor  and  wood  in  which 
they  were  wont  to  common  ;  Assize  R. 
1235,  m.  I  id.  About  ten  years  later 
Henry  de  Clifton  claimed  common  of 
pasture  in  land  in  Goosnargh  against  Adam 
de  Hoghton  ;  Assize  R.  1265,  m.  21. 
Adam  son  of  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  in 
1291  released  to  Earl  Edmund  all  his 
right  in  a  pasture  called  the  Heyfield  in 
Threlfall,  bounded  by  a  dyke  from  the 
limit  of  Blackburnshire  as  far  as  the  water 
of  Brock  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Great  Coucher, 
i,  fol.  64,  no.  23. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


and  the  Clifton  part  was  divided  between  Clifton 
and  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe."  Thus  in  1346  five-sixths 
were  held  equally  by  Richard  de  Catterall,  Sir  Adam 
de  Hoghton  and  Nicholas  de  Longford,  and  the  other 
sixth  equally  by  William  de  Clifton  and  Richard  le 
Boteler.3*  A  century  later  the  tenants  were  Richard 


KIRKHAM 

Catterall,  Richard  Hoghton  and  Nicholas  Longford  ; 
Richard  Clifton  and  Nicholas  Boteler.83 

Early  in  the  i6th  century  the  Catterall  portion 
became  further  divided,34  and  one  fraction  continued 
to  be  claimed  by  the  family  of  Townley  of  Barnside 
for  some  time.35  The  Hoghtons,  perhaps  holding  the 


A  release  of  all  interest  in  Wrighting- 
ton,  Goosnargh,  Threlfall  and  Howath 
made  by  Henry  de  Aslacton  to  Adam  de 
Hoghton  while  Sir  Robert  de  I.athom  was 
sheriff  would  complete  the  transfer  of  the 
Mitton  third  to  the  Hoghtons.  That  they 
held  the  Longford  parr  also  seems  clear 
from  a  fine  of  1306  by  which  Richard  son 
of  Adam  de  Hoghton  made  a  settlement 
of  two-thirds  of  the  manor  of  Goosnargh 
and  various  lands  there  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  207. 
But  from  a  charter  in  Add.  MS.  32106 
(no.  705)  it  may  be  inferred  that  the 
two-thirds  refers  to  the  part  in  possession, 
Agnes  widow  of  Adam  the  father  (brother) 
of  Richard  having  the  other  third,  as 
below. 

Henry  son  of  Adam  de  Blackburn  was 
non-suited  in  1292  on  claiming  a  tene- 
ment in  Goosnargh  against  Adam  de 
Hoghton  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  58.  In 
1302  John  son  of  Alexander  de  Hyde 
made  a  successful  claim  to  30*.  rent 
withheld  by  Master  Richard,  son  and  heir 
of  Adam  de  Hoghton  ;  the  defence  was  a 
technical  one — that  Agnes  de  Hoghton 
and  Ralph  de  Catterall  held  the  third  part, 
but  were  not  named  ;  Assize  R.  418,  m. 
1 3  d.  From  other  pleadings  it  appears 
that  Agnes  was  the  widow  of  Master 
Richard's  brother  Adam  ;  Assize  R.  419, 
m.  13  ;  420,  m.  lod. 

31  William   son   of  Walter   de   Clifton 
about    1230  granted   to  William   son  of 
Waiter  de  Carleton,  in  marriage  with  his 
sister    Elizabeth,    I    oxgang    of    land    in 
Goosnargh  and  all  his  estate  in  Whittle  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  90,  no.  73.     This 
moiety  of  the  Clifton  part  of  Goosnargh 
seems  to  have  descended  to  the  Botelers, 
who    made    other    acquisitions.       About 
1263  Ranulf  de  Goosnargh  gave  Richard 
le    Boteler    1 5   acres   in   Threlfall ;    ibid, 
fol.  89,  no.  64.     Peter  de  Catterall  also 
gave  land  there  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  G  9. 

Richard  le  Boteler  gave  land  in  Goos- 
nargh and  Threlfall  to  his  son  Henry  ; 
ibid.  Henry  sor,  of  Sir  Richard  le  Boteler 
gave  Orm  son  of  Richard  de  Barton  part 
of  his  land  between  Longley  and  the 
Mickle  Brook  of  Ratonraw  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
hii,  fol.  89,  no.  66.  He  also  gave 
part  of  his  land  in  Threlfall  to  Roger 
son  of  Godith  de  Hupronchelm  ;  ibid, 
no.  69.  William  son  of  Alexander  de 
Goosnargh  granted  to  William  son  of 
Nicholas  le  Boteler  in  1316  an  oxgang  of 
land  in  Goosnargh  which  he  had  had  from 
Henry,  who  had  it  from  Richard  le  Boteler  ; 
ibid.  no.  74.  Richard  son  of  Thomas 
de  Threlfall  made  a  similar  release  about 
the  same  time  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  G  9. 

To  Nicholas  son  and  heir  of  William 
le  Roteler  Agnes  widow  of  John  de 
Myerscough  released  land  in  Threlfall  in 
Cla^ghton  in  1321-2  ;  ibid.  Sir  Nicholas 
Boteler  in  1 3  3 7  gave  William  de  Hoghton, 
clerk,  land  by  Falbothgrene  ;  ibid. 

32  Survey  of  1346  (Chet.   Soc.),   56-8. 
The  plough-land  and  a  half  in  Goosnargh 
were  stated  to  make  the  third  part  and  the 
eighth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.      The  old 
rent  of  \2s.  and  6j.  %d.  for  a  sor  goshawk 
was   paid.       It   is   stated   that   Adam   de 
Hoghton    held    his    third    part    by    the 
charter  of  E(dmund)  lately  earl. 


That  the  Longford  third  was  occupied 
by  Adam  de  Hoghton  may  be  inferred 
from  the  sheriff's  compotus  of  1 348,  when 
those  who  paid  the  izs.  rent  were  Sir 
Adam  de  Hoghton,  Nicholas  Boteler, 
William  de  Clifton  and  Ralph  de  Catterall  5 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xxiii,  in. 
Later  inquisitions  attribute  third  parts  of 
a  knight's  fee  to  Barton  and  Leyland. 

In  i  348  Walter  Wenne  and  Margaret 
his  wife  claimed  a  messuage,  &c.,  against 
Richard  de  Catterall,  Alan  his  son  and 
William  de  Singleton  ;  Assize  R.  1444, 
m.  22.  Alan  son  of  Richard  de  Catterall 
sought  a  messuage,  &c.,  against  Richard 
son  of  Margaret  de  Catterall  in  1356; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  5,  m.  4  d. 

Richard  son  of  William  Gest  in  1367 
claimed  three  messuages,  40  acres  of  land, 
&c.,  in  Goosnargh  against  John  son  of 
John  de  Catterall,  alleging  a  grant  from 
Ralph  de  Catterall  (temp.  Edw.  II)  to 
Paulin  de  Catterall  and  Alice  his  wife. 
Their  daughter  Margaret  was  plaintiff's 
mother  ;  De  Banco  R.  427,  m.  3i9d. 

John  son  of  John  de  Catterall  made  a 
feoffment  of  his  lands  in  1 366  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.)  ;  C  124.  His 
estate  was  by  his  cousin  William  son  of 
Richard  the  Parker  given  to  John  son 
and  heir  of  Richard  de  Towneley  in 
1380-1  ;  ibid.  P  43. 

Adam  de  Catterall  in  1392-3  gave  a 
part  of  his  land  called  the  Oakenhead 
for  life  to  Thomas  del  Oakenhead  ;  Add. 
MS.  32104,  fol.  115.  He  died  in  1397 
holding  a  third  part  of  the  manor  of  the 
king  in  socage  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  66.  Richard  Catterall  in  1440-1 
made  a  feoffment  of  Fisherplace  and 
Crosshouse  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  755. 

Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  in  1376  com- 
plained of  the  depasturing  of  his  grass  at 
Broadhead  ;  De  Banco  R.  463,  m.  21. 
In  1422  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  held 
five  messuages,  &c.,  in  Goosnargh  and 
Threlfall  of  the  heirs  of  Nicholas  de  Hyde 
in  socage  by  a  rent  of  1 51.  ;  his  manor  of 
Goosnargh  had  been  given  to  his  son  Sir 
William  Hoghton  and  Alice  his  wife ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  146. 
The  charter  making  the  grant  of  the 
third  part  of  the  manor  to  William  and 
Alice  (1388-9)  is  in  Kuerden  MSS.  vi, 
fol.  85. 

83  From  an  extent  of  1445-6  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 
The  proportions  were  unchanged,  Cat- 
terall, Hoghton  and  Longford  holding 
five-sixths,  Clifton  and  Boteler  the  other 
sixth. 

Ralph  Catterall  in  1515  was  stated  to 
hold  his  land  in  Goosnargh  of  the  king  by 
the  third  part  of  the  fifth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee,  but  his  son  John  in  1517  was  said 
to  hold  in  socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p  m.  iv,  no.  62,  4.  There  are  numerous 
references  to  the  Catterall  holding  in 
Threlfall,  Lickhurst,  Broadhead,  White 
Lea,  &c.,  in  the  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.). 

The  Hoghtons  also  weie  stated  to 
hold  by  knight's  service,  the  proportion 
of  a  fee  being  differently  stated  ;  in  1498 
it  was  called  the  third  of  five-sixths  of  a 
knight's  fee,  in  1524  the  third  of  the 
fifth,  and  in  1559  the  third  of  a  fourth 

193 


part  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii, 
no.  66  ;  v,  no.  61  ;  xi,  no.  2. 

The  Longford  part  does  not  occur  at 
all  in  the  inquisitions,  by  that  name. 

The  Clifton  of  Clifton  estate  in 
Goosnargh  was  not  treated  separately, 
the  tenure  being  called  socage ;  e.g. 
ibid,  iv,  no.  12. 

Sir  John  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  died  in 
1404  holding  his  land  in  Goosnargh  of 
Richard  Catterall  by  services  unknown  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1460.  A  later 
John  was  in  1488  said  to  hold  of  Ralph 
Catterall  by  id.  rent,  but  later  still  the 
tenure  was  stated  as  by  knight's  service  ; 
ibid,  iii,  no.  45,  109,  &c.  The  main 
portion  of  the  estate  was  sold  to  Gilbert 
Gerard  in  1572  by  Henry  Butler,  Anne 
his  wife,  Thomas  Standish  and  James 
Anderton  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
34,  m.  69.  The  purchaser  had  also  part 
of  the  Balderston  estate  through  Radcliffe 
of  Winmarleigh,  but  after  his  death  the 
tenure  was  not  recorded  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  2,  and  see  Latus  family 
below. 

34  Thomas  Catterall   of  Little  Mitton 
made  a  feoffment  of  Bulsnape,  with  court 
baron  of  Goosnargh,  in  1570;    Towneley 
MS.  DD,  no.   758.     Thomas,  who  died 
in    1579,  left  seven  daughters  co-heirs  : 
Anne      Townley,      Elizabeth       Procter, 
Katherine  (wife  of  Thomas)  Strickland — 
these    three  appear  to   have  divided  the 
Goosnargh   part  of  the  estate — Margaret 
Atherton   (and  Edwards),  Marian  Grim- 
shaw,  Dorothy  Shireburne  (and  Braddyll), 
and      Jane       (unmarried)  ;        Fishwick, 
Goosnargh,    150.       The  Stricklands    sold 
their      share       to      Kighley,      Hoghton, 
Wilson,     Kirk,    and    Barton  ;     Pal.     of 
Lane.   Feet   of  F.   bdle.  49,   m.  31  ;   53, 
m.  190;   58,  m.  100,  &c.     See  Bulsnape 
and  White  Lea  below.   Thomas  Shireburne 
seems  to  have  released  his  rights  to  James 
Pickering  in  1599  (Common  Pleas  Recov. 
R.  Easter  41    Eliz.  m.   9),  yet  Dorothy 
Whipp  (daughter  of  Thomas  Catterall  and 
formerly  wife  of  Richard  Shireburne)  in 
1620   held   a   messuage  of  the    king    by 
the  three-hundredth   part  of   a   knight's 
fee  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc),  ii,  229. 
Thomas  Shireburne  of  Heysham  in  1635 
held      an     acre     of    Gilbert     Hoghton  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  1083. 

35  Goosnargh  is  named  in  a  settlement 
by  Henry  Townley  and  Anne  his  wife  in 
1590  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  52, 
m. 136. 

Lawrence  Townley  of  Barnside  died 
in  1623  holding  a  third  of  a  third  of  the 
manor  of  Goosnargh  and  a  third  part  of 
various  messuages,  water-mill,  &c.,  includ- 
ing Lickhurst  and  Broadhurst,  all  of  Sir 
Richard  Shireburne  as  of  the  late  priory  of 
St.  John  of  Jerusalem  in  socage  by 
2s.  f>\d.  rent ;  Land.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  411.  A  similar 
return  was  made  in  1630  after  the  death 
of  Richard  Townley  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxv,  no.  19.  The  third  part 
of  a  third  part  of  the  manor  occurs  later, 
in  1673,  in  a  feoffment  of  the  estates  of 
Richard  Townley  and  Anne  Townley, 
widow  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
191,  m.  67. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Longford  share,36  appear  to  have  acquired  part  of  the 

Catteralls',37  and  the   manor  was  spoken  of  as  theirs 

absolutely.   About  1630 38  the 

manor  was  purchased  from  Sir 

Richard  Hoghton  out  of  the 

marriage  portion  of  Charlotte 

wife  of  James  Lord  Strange, 

afterwards    Earl    of    Derby.39 

It    was    acquired     by    Hugh 

Cooper,  lord  of  the  manor  of 

Carnforth,40  and   about  1680 

was  held  by  John  Warren  of 

Poynton    in    Cheshire,41   who 

married    the     daughter     and 

heir  ;  and  so  descended  to  his 

great  -  grandson    Sir    George 

Warren,41  and  from   him    to 

Lord  de  Tabley,  who  about   1860  sold  the  right  of 

toll  at  Inglewhite  fair  to  Mr.  R.  Baillie  of  Fulwood. 

That  was  supposed  to  be  the  only  remaining  manorial 

right." 

The  Knights  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  had  a  con- 
siderable estate  in  THRELF4LL,"  possibly  the  half 
plough-land  noticed  above  as  wanting,  and,  as  the 
Catteralls  were  their  tenants,45  the  predominance  of 


WARREN  of  Poynton. 
Cheequy  or  and  azure  on 
a  canton  gules  a  lion 
rampant  argent. 


this  family  was  assured.  They  appear  to  have  been 
the  only  manorial  family  resident  within  Goosnargh 
proper.  Their  estate  was  known  as  the  manor  of 
BULSN4PE,*6  and  on  the  partition  became  the  resi- 
dence of  Thomas  Procter  in  right  of  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth daughter  of  Thomas  Catterall  (i579).47  After 
several  changes  of  ownership,48  Bulsnape  was  in  1650 
acquired  by  James  Fishwick,49  and  it  continued  in  his 
family  till  I777,50  when  it  was  again  sold.  Bulsnape 
Hall  is  situated  about  \\  miles  to  the  east  of  Ingle- 
white,  and  is  a  three-story  building,  now  used  as  a 
farm-house.  It  was  originally  E-shaped  in  plan,  with 
wide  end  gables  and  a  narrow  middle  one  over  the 
porch,  which  is  the  full  height  of  the  house.  The 
left-hand  wing,  however,  has  disappeared  and  the 
building  is  very  much  modernized,  nearly  all  the 
windows  being  new  and  the  walls  covered  with 
stucco.  An  oak  staircase  with  carved  balustrade  still 
remains,  and  other  evidences  of  the  original  building 
are  visible  in  the  interior.  Remains  of  a  moat 
could  be  seen  up  to  about  1856,  but  have  now  dis- 
appeared. SI 

WHITE  LEA,  another  part  of  the  Catteralls'  estate 
in  Threlfall,61  was  sold,  as  a  third  part  of  the  manor, 
by  Gervase  Strickland  and  Katherine  his  wife  to  James 


36  See  preceding  notes  as  to  Hoghton  ; 
in  a  later  one  (97*)  will  be  found  indica- 
tions that  the  Bartons  of  Barton  held  that 
third,  perhaps  as  tenants  of  Hoghton. 

37  Richard     Hoghton    in     1591     pur- 
chased two  messuages,  &c.,  in  Goosnargh 
and     Bulsnape    from    the    above-named 
James   (son  of  Thomas)   Strickland  and 
Katherine  his  wife  ;    Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  53,  m.  162. 

Thomas  Hoghton  had  in  1570  pur- 
chased the  estate  of  William  Catterall  and 
Joan  his  wife  in  Goosnargh,  Whitting- 
ham,  Cumberhalgh  and  Dilworth  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  32,  m.  67,  105.  In  other  deeds  the 
vendor  is  described  as  of  New  Hall  (in 
Rathmell)  in  Craven  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii, 
fol.  70  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  780. 

In  the  following  year  Thomas 
Hoghton  purchased  various  lands  from 
Thomas  Singleton  of  Chingle  Hall  and 
Isabel  his  wife  ;  they  were  situated  in 
Goosnargh,  Whittingham,  Fishwick, 
Lea  and  Claughton  ;  ibid.  no.  774, 
no.  199  (fol.  277). 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton  and  Sir  Gilbert 
were  in  possession  of  Goosnargh  (among 
other  manors)  in  1616  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  89,  no.  41. 

38  The   inquisitions  show  the   transfer 
to  have   been   made    between    1626  and 
1638. 

89  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  ii,  1102. 
William  Earl  of  Derby,  James  Lord 
Strange  and  Charlotte  his  wife  were  in 
possession  in  1642  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  141,  no.  31. 

40  Watson,  Earls  of  Warren,  ii,  151. 

41  Fishwick,    Goosnargh,    172.       'Mr. 
Justice  Warren '  was  John  Warren,  one 
of  the   Council   of  the  Welsh    Marches, 
Judge  of  Chester,  &c.,  who  died  in  1706. 
For    pedigree    see    Ormerod,    Ches.     (ed. 
Helsby),    iii,    686-7  ?     '»     626.       The 
Warrens  had  land   in  Goosnargh  as  early 
as  1667  ;    PaL  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
179,  m.  24.     See  also  V.C.H.  Lanes,  vi, 
255- 

42  Pal.  of  Lane.   Plea   R.    585,  m.  6. 
Sir  George    Warren    and   Jane  his   wife 
occur  in  1761  ;  ibid.  594,  m.  6.    Thomas 
Jnme»  Viscount  Bulkeley  and  Elizabeth 
Harriet    hii     wife    were    in     possession 


in    1804;    Pal.  of  Lane.    Lent    Assizes, 
42  Geo.  Ill,  R.  8. 

43  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  8. 

44  Some  or  all  of  it  appears  to    have 
been  given  by   Robert  son  of  Bernard  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  v,  fol.  82  (here  the  name 
reads  Ywulefell,  probably  for  Thralefell). 
Both  Goosnargh  and  Threlfall  are  men- 
tioned  among  the  Hospitallers'  lands  in 
1292  ;  Plac.   de  Quo   Warr.  (Rcc.  Com.), 

375- 

45  Richard   de  Catterall  in    1244    and 
Adam  de  Catterall  in  1397  held  lands  of 
the  Hospitallers  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents, 
i,    1 60  ;    Lanes.    Inq.   p.m.    (Chet.   Soc.), 
i,  66.     Ralph  Catterall  in    1515  and  his 
son  John  in  1517  held  of  the  same  by  a 
rent  of  8j.  ;    Duchy   of  Lane.   Inq.   p.m. 
iv,  no.  62,  4.     In   1579  the  whole  estate 
was   recorded  to  have   been  held    of  the 
Hospitallers  ;  ibid,  xiv,  no.  4. 

46  Lawrence  Catterall,  clerk,  who  died 
in  1520,  had  held  the  manor  of  Bulsnape 
for  life  by  the  gift  of  his  father  Richard. 
The  heir   was  his  grand-nephew    Ralph 
(son    of    John,    son    of   Ralph,    son    of 
Richard),  who  was  then  a  minor  in  ward 
to  the  king  ;    Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
v,   no.   31.     The   manor  of  Bulsnape  is 
named  in   Ralph  Catterall's  inquisition  ; 
ibid,  vi,  no.  77. 

47  An  agreement  between   the  Town- 
leys,  Procters  and  others  seems  to  have 
been  made  in    1604  ;    Exch,  Dep.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii. 

48  The  Procters  were  a  recusant  family 
and    the    sequestration    of    two-thirds  of 
their  land  in  1607  (Cal.  S.P.  Dom.  1603- 
10,  p.  383)  may  have  contributed  to  the 
need  for  sale.     Feoffments  of  the  manor 
of  Bulsnape  and  lands  in  Goosnargh  were 
made  by  Thomas  Procter  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  in  1581,  by  Thomas  Procter  in 
1610,  and  again  by  him  in  conjunction 
with  John  Nowell  in  1614  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  43,  no.  130  ;  74,  no.  19  ; 
85,  no.  43.      Shortly  afterwards,  viz.  in 
1624,    John   Nowell  and   Mary  his  wife 
sold   the  manor  to  Thomas  Edge  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  103,  no.  10. 

The  purchaser  died  the  same  year 
holding  the  manor  of  Bulsnape  in  Threl- 
fall, with  mill,  &c.,  of  Richard  Shireburne 

194 


(as  of  the  late  Priory  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem)  by  a  rent  of  zs.  $.d.  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxv,  no.  2.  The  heir 
was  his  son  Richard,  then  ten  years  old, 
and  there  were  other  children — George, 
Bridget  and  Ellen. 

49  The    deforciants    to    the   fine    were 
Richard    Edge,    Sarah  his   wife,    Samuel 
Shatterden   and    Bridget    his    wife  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.   147,  m.   158  ; 
Com.     Pleas    Recov.     R.    Easter     1650, 
m.  7. 

The  Fishwick  family  had  long  been 
connected  with  the  neighbourhood. 
Adam  de  Fishwick  in  1383  obtained  a 
third  of  a  messuage  and  land  in  Whitting- 
ham from  William  de  Formby  and  Alice 
his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  17. 

In  1523  a  jury  of  twelve  freemen  of 
the  view  of  frankpledge  in  Goosnargh 
was  summoned  to  inquire  whether  Adam 
Fishwick  was  seised  of  messuages,  &c., 
in  Goosnargh  claimed  by  his  nephew  John 
Fishwick  as  heir  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Sessional 
Papers,  15  Hen.  VIII. 

Adam  Fishwick  of  Newsham  in  1 544 
agreed  to  give  his  younger  brother  Thomas 
(perhaps  as  trustee)  certain  lands  in 
Goosnargh;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  179, 
m.  13  d. 

50  The   descent  is  thus  given  :   James 
Fishwick,    d.    before    1653    -8.    Charles, 
d.     before    1680  -«.    James,      d.     1736 
-s.John,  d.    1752  -s.  Robert,  d.   1788. 
See  the  pedigree  in  Lt.-Col.  Fishwick's 
work   already  quoted  (154);   its  author, 
of  whose  local  histories  considerable  use 
has  been   made   in  the  present  work,  is 
descended  from  the  Rev.  James  Fishwick 
(1711—93),   younger    son    of  the   James 
who  died  in  1736. 

51  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  152,  where  there 
is  an  illustration. 

52  In    1570    an    agreement  was    made 
between    Thomas     Catterall    of     Little 
Mitton  and  Thomas  Strickland  of  Man- 
sergh,     who     had      married     Katherine 
daughter  and    heir-apparent    of  Thomas 
Catterall,  as  to  a  messuage  in  Goosnargh 
called  White  Lea  (occupied  by  William 
Parkinson)   and  others  held   by  William 
Beosley,  &c.  ;  Catterall  D.  in  possession 
of  W.  Farrer. 


GOOSNARGH  I      BuLSNAPE    HALL 


GOOSNARGH  :   ASHES,  OLD  DOORWAY 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


KIRKHAM 


Kighley  in  I59I.53  John  Kighley  died  in  16 1 6  hold- 
ing it  of  the  king  by  the  fortieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee 
and  leaving  an  infant  son  Hugh  as  heir.64  This  family, 
who  were  Roman  Catholics,85  remained  in  possession 
till  1726  ;  from  Charles  Gibson,  who  then  purchased, 
the  estate  descended  to  his  great-great-grandson  Charles 
Gibson,  who  died  in  l832.S6  The  estate  was  then 
sold  to  William  Blackledge,  who  was  succeeded  by  his 
son  John. 

The  4SHES  was  held  by  a  family  bearing  the  local 
name,  Threlfall,  who  held  lands  of  the  Bartons  of 
barton,  who  in  turn  appear  to  have  held  this  portion 
of  their  estate  of  Ralph  Catterall  by  rendering  a  pound 
of  cummin  yearly.47  There  is  little  known  of  the 
early  history  of  the  Threlfalls.58  Edmund  Threlfall 
of  the  Ashes  died  in  1617,  leaving  a  son  John,  aged 
twelve.*9  He  was  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  had  suffered 
the  sequestration  of  two-thirds  of  his  estate  for  re- 
ligion.60 The  son  John  died  young,61  and  it  was 
another  son,  Cuthbert  Threlfall,  whose  estate  at  the 
Ashes  was  sequestered  for  '  delinquency '  under  the 
Commonwealth  and  forfeited  in  165  3.61  Cuthbert's 
son  Edmund  was  a  Jacobite,  and  was  killed  by  a 
party  of  soldiers  sent  to  arrest  him  in  16^0.^  He 
was  succeeded  by  his  brother  Cuthbert,64  who  as  a 
*  Papist '  registered  his  estate  in  1 7 1 7."  A  brother 


John  was  in  possession  soon  afterwards,  and  later  in 
the  century  the  Ashes  was  sold,  and  has  since  changed 
hands  several  times.66  Ashes  stands  in  a  secluded 
situation  some  distance  from  the  highway  on  rising 
ground  north-east  of  Inglewhite  ;  but  apart  from  the 
doorway,  which  has  a  curious  winged  figure  in  a 
triangular  frame  carved  over  the  square  stone  head,67 
is  of  little  interest,  being  almost  wholly  modernized. 
Traces  of  a  moat  are  still  to  be  seen,  and  in  one  of 
the  walls,  which  is  from  4  ft.  to  6  ft.  thick,  are 
cavities  locally  known  as  '  hiding  places.' M  The 
house  is  of  two  stories  and  faces  south-west. 

The  HILL  was  in  1600  the  residence  of  a  family 
named  Beesley.69  Francis  Beesley  was  fined  for  re- 
cusancy between  1591  and  l6o7.70  His  brother 
George,  ordained  at  Rheims  in  1587,  was  sent  on  the 
English  mission  in  the  following  year,  that  of  the 
Armada.  He  was  captured  after  about  two  years, 
and  though  tortured  to  make  him  reveal  the  names  of 
his  hosts  he  would  tell  nothing,  and  was  at  last 
executed  for  his  priesthood  in  Fleet  Street,  London, 
1591."  From  the  Beesleys71  the  estate  went  to 
the  Blackburnes,  a  branch  of  the  Stockenbridge  family, 
who  were  in  possession  in  1754. 73  WHITE  HILL 
was  the  seat  of  a  branch  of  the  Heskeths,  also  a 
Roman  Catholic  family.74  In  consequence  of  their 


53  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  53, 
m.  133.  Gervase  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Strickland.  The  previous  year  the  same 
vendors  had  given  a  messuage,  &c.,  to 
Robert  Kighley  ;  ibid.  bdle.  52,  m.  37. 

84  Lanes,   Inq.  p.m.   (Rec.  Soc.    Lanes, 
and   Ches.),   ii,   31-3.      John   seems  to 
have    been    half-brother   of  James    and 
Robert  Kighley  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  156, 
where    there    is    some    account    of    the 
family.     It  is  stated  that  '  the  local  tradi- 
tion  is  that   the  last  Kighley  of  White 
Lea,  having  joined  the  rebellion  of  1715, 
was  obliged  to  quit  the  country  to  save 
his  neck.' 

85  A  small  chapel  attached  to  the  house 
was  pulled  down  about  1830  ;  ibid.  159. 

56  Ibid.  ;  the  descent  is  thus  given  : 
Charles  Gibson,  d.  1759  -s.  John,  d.  1786 
-8.  Charles,  d.  1823  -s.  Charles  (of 
Quernmore),  d.  1832. 

47  For  the  Barton  holding  see  the 
account  of  Kidsnape. 

68  Richard  son  of  Thomas  de  Threlfall 
has  been  mentioned  in  1316.  Somewhat 
earlier  (1311)  a  John  de  Threlfall  was 
husband  of  Alice  daughter  and  co-heir  of 
Richard  son  of  William  de  Greenhills  ; 
De  Banco  R.  187,  m.  105.  Among 
witnesses  to  charters  a  John  de  Threlfall 
occurs  in  1327  and  another  in  1392. 
In  1442  Robert  Barton  was  claiming 
money  due  from  John  Threlfall  of  Goos- 
nargh  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  4,  m.  2. 
In  the  time  of  Edward  IV  John  son  of 
Edward  (?  Edmund)  Threlfall  recovered  a 
tenement  in  Goosnargh  against  John 
son  of  John  Threlfall;  ibid.  55,  m.  12. 
Eleanor  widow  of  John  son  of  John 
Threlfall  recovered  dower  in  Goosnargh 
and  Ribchester  in  1488  against  John  son 
of  Edmund  Threlfall ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs 
Proton.  3  Hen.  VII. 

Edmund  Threlfall  in  1568  purchased 
an  acre  in  Threlfall  and  Goosnargh  from 
Robert  Midgehall ;  ibid.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
30,  m.  47.  It  was  no  doubt  the  same 
Edmund  who  in  1570  claimed  (by  descent) 
land  beside  the  Chewe  in  Goosnargh  ; 
Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  402. 

89  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  91  ; 
hii  land  in  Threlfall,  &c.,  was  held  of 


Richard  Shuttleworth  and  Barton  Fleet- 
wood  his  wife  by  the  rent  of  a  glove— see 
the  Barton  inquest  in  note  97*.  His 
wife  (Juliana  Hesketh)  survived  him. 

60  In  1607  ;   Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1603-10, 

P-  383. 

61  John  Threlfall  died  in  1625  holding 
his  messuage,  &c.,  in  Threlfall  of  Richard 
Shuttleworth  of  Barton,   and    leaving  as 
heir  his  brother  William,  aged  seventeen  5 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  1 3  (Chet.  Lib.),  1182. 

William  Threlfall,  using  the  aliases  of 
Parkinson  or  Hoghton,  entered  the 
English  College  at  Rome  in  1627,  being 
twenty  years  of  age.  He  is  identified  as 
the  son  of  Edmund  by  his  mother's  name, 
Hesketh.  He  stated  that  '  he  was  born 
in  the  parish  of  Goosnargh  near  Preston, 
where  he  was  chiefly  brought  up  until 
seventeen  years  of  age  ;  he  lived  after- 
wards at  Burton  [?  Barton]  in  the  same 
county.  He  made  his  early  studies  and 
his  humanities  at  St.  Omer's  College.  His 
friends  on  his-  father's  side  were  chiefly  of 
the  lower  class,  but  those  on  his  mother's 
were  of  good  family.  He  had  two 
brothers  and  two  sisters,  and  many  rela- 
tions, nearly  all  of  whom  were  Catholics 
as  he  himself  always  was.'  He  died  of 
consumption  in  1628  ;  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J. 
vi,  313. 

63  Cal.  Com. for  Comp.  iv,  3094.  Nothing 
is  said  about  recusancy  but  for  that  his 
mother  Juliana's  part  of  the  estate  stood 
sequestered  ;  ibid.  The  estate  was  ordered 
for  sale  ;  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.), 

44- 

63  If  any    part    of    the    story    of    the 
1  Lancashire     Plot  '     is    to    be    believed 
Edmund  Threlfall   took  an  active   part  ; 
Hist.  MSS.   Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,   293. 
He  was  buried  24  Aug.  1690  ;  ibid.  315. 

64  He  is  frequently   mentioned   in  the 
Tyldesley  Diary,  22,  107,  &c.     He  was  a 
Jacobite  also. 

65  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,    144.        He    was    then     'of   Bils- 
borrow.' 

68  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  167;  'Ashes 
became  part  of  the  possessions  of  the 
Parkinsons  of  Clitheroe,  and  in  or  about 
1830  it  was  conveyed  to  the  Rev.  James 

195 


Radcliffe  of  Kirkham  and  Whitechapel 
and  subsequently  to  its  present  [1871] 
owner,  William  Shawe  of  Preston,  esq. 
In  the  same  place  are  given  some  par- 
ticulars of  another  Threlfall  family,  of 
Barton.  Another  one  occurs  at  Clifton. 

67  The  doorhead  is  illustrated  ibid.  164. 

68  Preston  Guard.  22  Feb.  1908. 

69  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  232  ;  George  Beesley  of  Hill. 

ro  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  i, 
170. 

71  Ibid.  ;      Challoner,      Miss.     Priests, 
no.  88  ;  Douay  Diaries,  238,  Sec.  ;  Pollen, 
Acts  of  Martyrs,  291,  &c.     The  cause  of 
his  beatification  was  allowed  to  be  intro- 
duced at  Rome  in  1886.   Another  brother 
was  a  missionary  priest  in  England. 

72  Francis  Beesley  died  in  1609  holding 
two    messuages,     &c.,     of    Sir     Richard 
Hoghton.     His  heir  was  his  son  George, 
twenty-three  years  old  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  138. 

73  In  a    deed    of  1723    is  mention  of 
James  Blackburne  of  the  Hill,  son  and 
heir  of  James  ;  his  mother  Bridget  was 
living;   Piccope   MSS.   (Chet.   Lib.),   iii, 
220,   from  R.  8   of  Geo.   I  at    Preston. 
Another  deed   gives  the   pedigree   thus  : 
Robert  Blackburne  -s.  John  -s.  James  -s. 
James    (1723)  j    ibid.    224.       The   last- 
named  James   [a  priest]  died  at  Lisbon 
about   1754  without  issue  ;  his   co-heirs 
were  two  aunts,   Grace  Blackburne  and 
her  sister  Elizabeth,  wife  of  George  St-dg- 
wick  ;  ibid.  286,  from  R.  31   of  Geo.  II 
at  Preston.     Thomas  Starkie  of  Preston 
seems   from   this  to  have  purchased  the 
estate  in   1757.     See  Gillow,  op.  cit.  iii, 
260. 

It  may  be  noted  that  Adam  son  of  Adam 
de  Blackburn  gave  land  in  Gnosnargh  to 
his  son  Henry  (Add.  MS.  32104,  no. 
1170),  and  that  John  and  Robert,  sons 
of  Henry  de  Blackburn,  occur  in  1360  ; 
Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  342. 

74  Fishwick,  Goosnargh,  159.     A  pedi- 
gree is  given,  from  which  it  appears  that 
Cuthbert  Hesketh  of  White  Hill  was  a 
son   of  Gabriel   Hesketh  of  Aughton — 
therefore    probably    descendant    of    the 
Bartholomew     Hesketh     named     under 


A   HISTORY    OF   LANCASHIRE 


taking  part  in  the  Civil  War  on  the  king's  side  their 
estate  was  sequestered,"  and  on  their  afterwards 
joining  in  the  rebellion  of  1715  it  was  forfeited,78 
and  has  since  had  many  owners.77  Some  other 
estates  in  Threlfall  have  points  of  interest  in  their 
history.78  Higher  Lickhurst  was  acquired  by  the 
trustees  of  the  Goosnargh  Hospital  in  1819.'* 

The  Ven.  William  Marsden  is  said  to  have  been 
born  at  a  farm  called  the  Mountain,  on  the  east  side 
of  Beacon  Fell,  about  1563.  He  was  ordained  priest 
at  Rheims  in  1586  and  sent  on  the  English  mission, 
but  the  ship  he  sailed  in  was  driven  ashore  on  the 
Isle  of  Wight.  Marsden  was  captured,  and,  rejecting 
the  equivocation  suggested  by  a  lenient  judge,  was 
condemned  and  suffered  death  as  a  traitor  25  April 
I586.80 

In  the  Church  tithing  the  KIRKHOUSE  was  about 


1600  held  by  a  branch  of  the  Helme  family,81  of 
whom  other  branches  appear  in  Goosnargh  and  Chip- 
ping.8* It  was  purchased  by  Sir  Nicholas  Shireburne 
of  Stonyhurst  in  i694-8S 

M1DDLETON  at  one  time  gave  surname  to  a 
local  family.84  Afterwards  it  occurs  in  connexion  with 
the  Coore,84  Greenhills86  and  Singleton  families,87 
the  story  being  made  clear  by  pleadings  of  1447 
and  later,  in  which  Alan  Singleton  claimed  three 
messuages,  6  acres  of  land  and  I  zd.  rent  in  Goosnargh 
against  John  Catterall,  late  of  Flasby  in  Craven.  It 
appeared  that  Richard  son  of  Grimbald  de  Coore  in 
the  time  of  Edward  II  gave  the  property  to  Geoffrey 
son  of  Grimbald  de  Coore  (by  fine  in  1323),  and  it 
descended  to  Adam  son  and  heir  of  Geoffrey  to  Adam's 
daughter  Christiana  (wife  of  William  de  Greenhills  in 
I393)>  w^°  had  two  children — William,  who  died 


Kidsnape — and  legatee  of  Sir  Thomas 
Hesketh  of  Helsington,  whose  estate 
went  to  Cuthbert's  eldest  son,  a 
younger  son  Gabriel  having  White 
Hill.  A  pedigree  of  the  family  under 
the  title  of  '  Hesketh  of  Preston '  was 
recorded  in  1664  ;  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet. 

Soc.),  137- 

Notices  of  two  priests  of  the  family — 
Roger  Hesketh,  D.D.,  and  Bartholomew 
Hesketh,  O.S.B. — will  be  found  inGillow, 
op.  cit.  Hi,  287-9. 

7*  For  recusancy  and  delinquency  ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2960;  Royalist  Camp. 
Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii, 
186—94. 

76  Gabriel's  son  Cuthbert,  who  died  in 
i  702,  settled  White  Hill  on  his  nephew 
Gabriel.  This  Gabriel  and  his  son  Cuth- 
bert were  both  attainted  of  high  treason 
in  1716.  Under  the  settlement  the  heir 
was  John  Sallom,  son  of  Anne,  the  sister 
of  Gabriel,  and  under  a  Private  Act  of 
1735—6  (9  Geo.  II,  cap.  36)  he  obtained 
possession  ;  Fishwick,  loc.  cit.  Gabriel 
Hesketh  and  his  sons  Thomas  and  Roger 
were  parties  to  an  agreement  as  to  a  re- 
covery of  White  Hill  in  1725-6  ;  Piccope 
MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  230,  from  R.  12 
of  Geo.  I  at  Preston.  The  forfeiture  may 
have  been  partial  only. 

n  John  Sallom  sold  in  1737  to  William 
Lucas,  who  died  in  1771.  His  trustees 
sold  to  Thomas  Cardwell,  whose  son  sold 
it  to  Edward  Harrison,  and  after  the  death 
of  his  son  in  1826  it  was  sold  to  Robert 
Snell.  In  1871  it  was  owned  by  George 
Hargreaves  of  Leyland.  See  Fishwick, 
loc.  cit.,  quoting  the  title  deeds. 

78  By  a  deed  passed  in  the  early  part  of 
the  1 3th  century  Richard  Fitton  granted 
to  Adam  de  Hoghton  (Hoyton)  and  his 
heirs  all  his  right  in  the  land  of  Loud- 
scales  (Ludecholis),  which  the  grantor's 
father  had  of  the  gift  of  Avice  daughter 
of  Bernard  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  nb. 
Loudscales  was  owned  by  Christopher 
White  in  1657,  and  by  Thomas  Knowles 
in  1 674 ;  Preston  Guard.  Loc.  Sketches, 
no.  629.  It  now  belongs  to  the  Knowles 
charity.  The  forest  bounds  c.  1230 
'  ascended  the  Loud  between  Chippingdale 
and  Threlfall ' ;  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pife  R.  425. 

In  1246  Michael  son  of  Michael  de 
Thornton  claimed  2  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Threlfall  against  Richard  son  of  Michael, 
but  he  was  non-suited  ;  Assize  R.  404, 
m.  6. 

Of  Crombleholme  Fold  an  account  may 
be  read  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  175.  A  sun- 
dial bears  the  inscription 
1697. 


Walter  Curwen  of  Caton  held  lands 
in  Goosnargh  by  Fairhurst  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  in  1457,  an<*  Gilbert  Curwen 
held  of  Sir  Alexander  and  his  partners, 
lords  of  Goosnargh,  in  1484  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  64,  114.  Thomas 
Curwen  and  Nicholas  his  son  and  heir  in 
1587  sold  a  messuage  to  Robert  Walker  ; 
PaL  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  49,  m.  113. 
George  Curwen  died  in  1629  holding  a 
messuage  in  Threlfall,  tenure  unrecorded, 
and  leaving  as  heir  his  nephew,  the  son  of 
his  sister  Janet  by  William  Trout ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxviii,  no.  24. 

Richard  Singleton  of  Brockholes  in 
1499  held  land  in  Threlfall  by  unknown 
tenure,  but  in  1556  William  Singleton 
held  his  land  (probably  the  same)  of  the 
Prior  of  St.  John;  ibid,  iii,  no.  52;  x, 
no.  i. 

79  End.  Char.  Rep.  44. 

Lickhurst,  which  had  formed  a  part 
of  the  Hospitallers'  estate,  was  held  by 
the  Catt eralls.  In  1480  Ellen  widow  of 
Robert  Beesley  was  ordered  to  render  to 
Richard  Catterall  the  manor  of  Lick- 
hurst ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  of  Assize, 
20  Edw.  IV.  It  passed  to  Townley  of 
Barnside,  as  already  shown. 

80  Gillow,  Bill.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  ir, 
464;    Liverpool    Cath.    Annual,     1888; 
Pollen,  Acts  of  Martyrs,  66-82.     Marsden 
acknowledged    Elizabeth    to    be    lawful 
queen,  '  and  took  himself  bound  to  obey 
her  majesty,  so  far  as  his  obedience  im- 
peached not  his  duties  to  God  and  to  the 
Church,'  but  refused  to  promise  '  not  to 
deal  with  any  of  her  Majesty's  subjects  in 
matters  of  religion.'     The  introduction  of 
the  cause  of  his  beatification  was  allowed 
at  Rome  in  1886  ;  ibid.  379. 

81  George  Helme  was  a  freeholder  in 
1 600  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  233.     For  the  estate  see  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  184-5. 

In  the  Commonwealth  time  one  Robert 
Helme  had  two-thirds  of  his  estate 
sequestered  for  recusancy,  but  in  1650-1 
Edward  Rigby  claimed  it  as  part  of  his 
grandfather's  estate,  the  said  Helme  having 
become  tenant  in  1641  ;  Royalist  Comp. 
Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii, 
179. 

8J  Notices  of  several  members  of  the 
family  will  be  found  in  Gillow,  Bill.  Diet. 
of  Engl.  Cath.  iii,  261. 

83  A  number  of  deeds  relating  to  Kirk- 
house  are  catalogued  in  the  Shireburne 
abstract  book  at  Leagram.  It  appears 
that  in  1662  and  later  Thomas  Helme  of 
Kirkhouse  and  William  his  son  mortgaged 
the  estate  ;  William  had  succeeded  by 

196 


1669,  and  his  son,  also  named  William, 
sold  to  Sir  N.  Shireburne,  who  arranged 
with  the  mortgagees. 

84  In  1292  Richard  son  of  Patrick  de 
Middleton  was   non-suited   in   his   claim 
for    a   tenement   in   Goosnargh   held    by 
Hugh  son  of  Patrick  ;    Assize  R.  408, 
m.  32  d. 

Middleton,  Greenhills  and  Coore  all 
appear  in  the  subsidy  roll  of  1 3  3  2  ;  Exc h. 
Lay  Subs.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  59. 

85  Geoffrey    son   of   Gilbert   de    Coore 
(Couer)   secured  four   messuages,  an  ox- 
gang  of  land,  &c.,  in  Goosnargh  and  Mid- 
dleton   in    1323    from    Richard    son    of 
Grimbald    de    Coore.       The    remainders 
were  to  Geoffrey's  children — Adam,  John, 
Christiana   and   Hilda — and  then  to   his 
brother  Richard  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  53. 

Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  was  plaintiff  in 
1367  against  John  son  of  Geoffrey  de 
Coore  (Covere)  in  respect  of  certain  pas- 
ture ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  5,  m.  8. 
A  messuage,  half  an  oxgang  of  land,  &c., 
were  in  1359  recovered  by  Jane  wife  of 
William  de  Caton— she  being  daughter 
of  Richard  son  of  William  de  Coore — 
against  Robert  de  Middleton  ;  ibid.  7, 
m.  i  d. 

88  This  family  probably  took  its  sur- 
name from  a  place  in  Medlar.  William 
de  Greenhills  in  1315  obtained  a  mes- 
suage and  land  in  Goosnargh  from  Richard 
son  of  Adam  de  Greenhills  and  Alice  his 
wife.  It  was  Alice's  right  and  was  to 
descend  to  John  son  of  William  ;  Final 
Cone,  ii,  22. 

In  1393  Alan  de  Catterall  acquired 
from  William  de  Greenhills  and  Christi- 
ana his  wife  three  messuages,  &c.  ;  ibid, 
iii,  42. 

William  and  Christiana  were  concerned 
in  suits  as  to  land  in  1368  and  1371  ; 
De  Banco  R.  432,  m.  449  d.  ;  444, 
m.  425. 

A  William  de  Greenhill  was  outlawed 
in  1381  5  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App. 

354- 

87  The  pleadings  recited  in  the  text 
probably  indicate  that  Alan  Singleton  had 
part  but  not  all  the  Greenhills-Coore 
inheritance.  Alan's  estate  in  the  main 
descended  by  Anne  his  daughter  and 
heiress  to  her  husband  Sir  William  Ley- 
land  of  Morleys  (Visit,  of  1533,  p.  88), 
who  died  in  1547  holding  lands,  &c.,  in 
Goosnargh  of  the  king  by  the  third  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  ix,  no.  43.  The  tenure  of  his  heir 
Edward  Tyldesley  in  1621  was  not  re- 
corded ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii, 
261. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


without  issue,  and  Alice,  mother  of  the  plaintiff.  The 
defendant  replied  that  one  Alan  de  Catterall  had  had 
possession  and  had  given  it  to  defendant  and  his  son 
John.87* 

The  Singletons  having  established  their  claim, 
granted  it  to  endow  a  chantry.88  On  the  suppression 
of  these  foundations  it  was  .acquired  by  Robert 
Helme,  whose  sons  defended  their  right  as  against 
Thomas  Tyldesley,  the  representative  of  the  founders.89 
It  was  acquired  not  long  afterwards  by  Alexander 
Rigby  of  Wigan,  who  died  in  1621  holding  Middleton 
Hall,  Topping  House,  with  dovecote,  lands,  &c.,  of 
the  king  as  of  his  manor  of  Clitheroe  ;  also  Eyves 
Hall,  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  (formerly  the  Hospitallers' 
land),  by  \d.  rent  ;  and  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Aspen- 
hurst  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  by  5*.  rent.  His  son 
and  heir  Alexander  was  twenty-six  years  of  age.90 

The  younger  Alexander 91  was  a  bencher  of  Gray's 
Inn.  He  resided  at  Ribby,  being  perhaps  desirous 
of  the  style  of  Rigby  of  Ribby.  He  was  returned 
for  the  Short  Parliament  in  1640  and  then  for  the 
Long  Parliament  as  a  member  for  Wigan,  at  once 
distinguishing  himself  as  a  zealous  Puritan.  On  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  showed  himself  equally 
active  on  the  Parliamentary  side,  first  as  a  civilian, 
sequestrator,  &c.,M  and  then  as  a  soldier  with  a 
colonel's  commission.  His  son  Alexander  was  lieu- 


KIRKHAM 

tenant-colonel  under  him,  and  raised  a  company 
within  Goosnargh.  He  took  Thurland  Castle,  after 
a  siege  of  seven  weeks,  in  October  1643,  but  lost  his 
reputation  next  year  by  the  fruitless  leaguer  of  Lathom 
House  and  the  defeat  at  Bolton.  He  then  seems  to 
have  retired  from  war  and  devoted  his  attention  to 
Parliament  and  to  the  sequestering  of  '  Papists'  and 
delinquents'  estates.'  His  son  Alexander,  however, 
continued  his  military  career.  The  father  was 
appointed  one  of  the  judges  of  Charles  I,  but  did 
not  act.  In  1649  he  was  made  a  baron  of  the 
Exchequer,  but  did  not  enjoy  his  dignity  long,  dying 
1 8  August  1650.  In  religion  he  was  an  Independent, 
hostile  to  Presbyterian  ism  as  well  as  to  Episcopacy. 
His  son  Alexander  seems  to  have  been  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  Classis  in  i646.w 

This  son  succeeded  to  Middleton,  and  was  member 
of  Parliament  for  Lancaster  in  1658.  He  and  his 
brother  Edward  fell  under  suspicion  at  the  beginning 
of  the  reign  of  James  II,  and  were  ordered  into 
custody  in  1685.  Alexander  Rigby  died  in  i694,94 
and  from  him  the  estate  descended  to  the  Knowles 
family,  but  there  is  nothing  in  the  history  to  call  for 
remark. 

To  this  part  of  the  township  may  have  belonged 
the  family  or  families  using  Goosnargh  as  a  surname. 
They  occur  in  the  pleadings,98  but  the  nature  of 


87a  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  10,  m.  29*  ; 
1 1,  m.  9.  Another  messuage  here  with 
24  acres  of  land  was  in  1449  claimed  by 
the  same  Alan  Singleton  against  Alan  son 
of  John  Catterall.  It  was  alleged  that 
Adam  de  Greenhills  and  Alice  his  wife 
gave  it  to  John  son  of  William  de  Green- 
hills  in  the  time  of  Edward  II,  after 
which  it  descended  thus  :  John  -s.  Wil- 
liam -s.  William  -sister  Alice  -s.  Alan 
Singleton  the  plaintiff.  The  jury  found 
for  the  defendant  ;  ibid,  12,  m.  19,  8i. 

In  1498  a  settlement  was  made  of  the 
estate  in  Goosnargh  and  Middleton  of 
the  daughters  and  heirs  of  Alan  Carr, 
viz.  Anne  wife  of  John  Lynstede  and 
Joan  wife  of  John  Browne  ;  Final  Cone. 
iii,  147. 

Alan  Singleton  claimed  a  messuage  and 
oxgang  of  land  from  Joan  and  Anne  in 
1469  in  right  of  his  descent  from  Geoffrey 
de  Coore,  and  Roger  Singleton  seems  to 
have  held  it ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  36, 
m.  5  ;  86,  m.  5. 

88  Lands  in  Chaigley,  Aighton,  Goos- 
nargh and  Middleton  were  in  1508  in  the 
hands  of  one  Roger  Singleton,  apparently 
as   trustee  for  Alan  Singleton    deceased, 
and  he  gave  them  to  the  chantry  trustees  ; 
Fish  wick,  op.  cit.  215-18. 

89  Ibid.  207-10,    where  the  pleadings 
of   1582    are    printed.       The    plaintiffs, 
George    and  Henry  Helme,   stated   that 
Edward  VI  in   1549  granted  Middleton 
and    other    chantry    lands    to    William 
Eccleston  and  Anthony  Layton  to  hold 
as  of  his  manor  of  Clitheroe,   and  the 
grantees  conveyed  to  Roger  Helme,  plain- 
tiffs' father.     After  Roger's  death  his  sons 
in  1566  divided  the  estate.      (See  Pal.  of 
Lane.   Feet  of  F.  bdle.  28,  m.  45,  60.) 
Tyldesley   claimed    as    heir   of   Leyland, 
alleging  that  Middleton  had  never  belonged 
to  the  chantry. 

George  Helme  acquired  a  messuage, 
&c.,  in  Goosnargh  from  Thomas  Eccleston 
and  Joan  his  wife  in  1573  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  3  5,  m.  80.  He  probably 
had  Kirkhouse. 

Henry  Helme  died  in   1589  holding  a 


capital  messuage  called  Middleton  (by  gift 
of  his  father  Robert),  held  of  the  queen  as  of 
her  manor  of  Clitheroe  in  socage.  Leonard, 
his  son  and  heir,  was  nine  years  old  in 
1596  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii, 
no.  92.  Leonard  died  in  1601  holding 
the  estate,  and  leaving  a  son  (P  brother) 
Thomas,  aged  seventeen,  to  inherit  it  ; 
ibid,  xviii,  no.  20. 

90  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  iii,  456  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxv,   no.  31  ; 
xxviii,  no.  82,  in  which  Fairhurst,  said  to 
be  held  of  William  Hyde  of  Denton,  was 
found    to   have   gone   to   a   younger   son 
Joseph  Rigby. 

Alexander  Rigby  (the  father)  was  son 
of  John  Rigby  of  Wigan,  whose  brother 
Alexander  was  seated  at  Burgh  in  Dux- 
bury  ;  see  the  account  of  the  family  in 
Pal.  Note  Bk.  iii,  137,  &c. 

Adam  Rigby,  rector  of  Eccleston  in 
Leyland,  was  in  1632  said  to  have  held 
his  land  in  Cross  Ground  and  Fairhurst 
of  the  same  William  Hyde  by  knight's 
service  and  rent.  The  heir  was  the 
younger  Alexander  named  in  the  text, 
being  a  nephew  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxvii,  no.  30  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8, 
13  (Chet.  Lib.),  1009. 

91  This  account  is  from  the  Pal.  Note 
Bk.  loc.  cit.       See  also  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 
There  is  a  portrait  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
146. 

93  The  Royalist  view  may  be  gathered 
from  Peter  Barwick  :  '  One  Rigby,  a 
scoundrel  of  the  very  dregs  of  the  Parlia- 
ment rebels,  did  at  that  time  expose  these 
venerable  persons  [William  Beale,  Master 
of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  &c.] 
to  sale,  and  would  actually  have  sold  them 
for  slaves  if  any  one  would  have  bought 
them'  ;  Vita  J.  Bar-wick,  23. 

93  Pal.  Note  Bk.  iii,  169.  Baron  Rigby's 
lordship  of  the  province  of  Lygonia  in 
Maine  (New  England)  is  related  ibid. 
181-7.  His  son  Edward,  also  a  lawyer, 
who  'took  to  crooked  ways,'  succeeded 
him  in  that  estate. 

George  Rigby,  brother  of  the  baron, 
settled  at  Peel  in  Hulton  ;  his  daughter 

197 


Alice  had  some  land  in  Goosnargh  ;    Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  160,  m.  63. 

A  pedigree  was  recorded  in  1664  ; 
Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  245. 

94  Fishwick,  loc.  cit.,  where  there  is  a 
pedigree  from  which  the  following  outline 
of  the  descent  is  taken  :  Alexander  Rigby, 
d.  1694  -».  Thomas,  d.  1709  -s.  Alexan- 
der, d.  1716    -s.  Townley,  d.   1777    -s. 
Alexander  -sister    Sarah,     d.    1832,    m. 
William    Shawe  -da.    Sally,    m.   Joseph 
Knowles  —».  Towneley  Rigby  Knowles. 
See  the  account  of  Fishwick  in  Preston. 

In  the  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii, 
1 1 8,  122,  may  be  seen  the  claim  of 
Townley  Rigby,  a  Quaker,  son  and  heir 
of  Alexander  Rigby,  to  a  seat  in  Kirkham 
Church,  1726;  the  covenant  on  his 
marriage  with  Grace  daughter  of  Sir 
Edward  Hill,  1730;  and  the  will  of 
Lieut.-Col.  Alexander  Rigby,  1792, 
settling  the  descent  of  the  messuage 
called  Middleton  in  Goosnargh,  lands  at 
Ribby,  Ac. 

95  Margery    widow    of   Ranulf  son  of 
Bernard  de   Goosnargh  was  (as  above)  a 
defendant  in    1291  ;     De   Banco  R.  90, 
m.  98  d.    In  the  following  year  in  different 
pleas    respecting     lands    in    Goosnargh 
Richard  son  of  Robert  de  Goosnargh  was 
plaintiff,  Robert  de  Goosnargh  and  others, 
also  Henry  son  of  Ranulf  de  Goosnargh, 
were    defendants ;  Assize    R.    408,    m. 
36  d.,  96,   54  d.     Three   years  later  John 
son    of    William    son    of    Thomas    de 
Goosnargh  had  a   dispute  as  to  their  in- 
heritance with   Richard  son  of  William 
de  Goosnargh;  Assize  R.  1306,  m.  19 d. 
Richard  son  of  William  son  of  Thomas 
was    called  to    warrant    in    1306  ;    De 
Banco  R.  161, m.  107. 

Isold  widow  of  Richard  claimed  dower 
in  1311  against  Walter  son  of  Robert  de 
Ayrdale  and  Agnes  daughter  of  Roger  de 
Cumberhalgh  ;  De  Banco  R.  187,  m 
105.  Possibly  she  was  the  wife  of  Adam 
de  Rideleys  in  1315  ;  ibid.  209,  m. 
82. 

Walter  de  Goosnargh  seems  to  have 
been  a  more  important  man  than  any  of 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


their  estate  is  unknown,  except  in  the  case  of  Alexander 
Goosnargh  of  Stalmine,  who  died  in  1524.  holding 
lands  in  the  township  of  Richard  Hoghton  in  socage  ; 
the  heir  was  a  grandson  Alexander  Wering.96  Eaves 
or  Eyves  Hall  has  been  mentioned  among  the 
possessions  of  Alexander  Rigby ;  some  particulars 
have  been  preserved  of  Eaves  Green.97 

BRADCROFT,  which  may  stand  for  the  obscure 
third  part  of  the  manor  once  belonging  to  Longford, 
was  owned  by  the  Bartons  of  the  adjacent  township  of 
Barton,973  who  long  held  KIDSNAPE  of  the  Hoghton 
family  by  a  rent  of  6j.  8</.98  William  Clifton,99 
described  as  'of  Kidsnape,'  died  in  1517  holding 
lands  in  the  tithing  of  Richard  Hoghton  and  John 
Boteler  by  services  unknown.  He  left  three  daughters 
and  heirs — Isabel,  aged  twenty-nine,  wife  of  Ralph 
Venables  in  1528;  Joan,  twenty-six,  who  married 
John  Beconsaw  ;  and  Anne,  twenty,  who  married 
Bartholomew  Hesketh.100 


BEESLEFm  gave  a  surname  to  one  or  more  local 
families.  That  seated  in  Threlfall  has  been  mentioned 
above,  and  it  is  not  possible  to  trace  the  others  or 
state  their  tenures  exactly,  though  they  are  often 
named  in  pleadings  and  other  records.102  Jane  the 
wife  of  Henry  Beesley  died  in  1585,  and  Henry  died 
in  1591  holding  half  a  messuage,  &c.,  called  Barnard 
House  or  the  Hey  of  Beesley,  the  tenure  of  which 
was  not  recorded.  The  heir  was  a  son  William.103 
Thomas  Beesley,  who  died  in  1637,  held  '  Beesley's 
lands '  ;  his  son  Robert,  aged  forty,  was  heir.104 
PTHINNr  CLOUGHm  was  part  of  the  Hoghton 
estate  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth  ;  later  held  by  the 
Bamber  family  of  Poulton,  and  more  recently  by  the 
Parks  of  Preston.106  It  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  William 
P.  Park  of  Ashton-on-Ribble.106a 

In  Longley  tithing  Higher  and  Lower  BARKER 
are  noteworthy.  About  1450  Barker  in  Goosnargh 
was  a  portion  of  the  estates  of  Richard  Clifton  of 


the  above.  In  1 302  he  had  a  suit  with 
William  son  of  Robert  de  Thistleton  ; 
Assize  R.  41 8,  m.  6a.  He  was  called  to 
warrant  in  1312-14  in  a  suit  between 
Roger  de  Wedacre  and  William  son  of 
Grimbald  de  Coore  and  Alice  his  wife  ; 
De  Banco  R.  195,  m.  184  d.  ;  207,  m.  148  5 
212,  m.  283  d.  Johnson  of  Walter  de 
Goosnargh  claimed  land  against  Roger 
de  Wedacre  in  1324  ;  ibid.  251,  m.  154. 

Hugh  son  of  Ranulf  de  Goosnargh  in 
1314-15  gave  his  land  in  Whittingham 
to  his  sons  Richard  and  Thomas ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  12. 

Robert  Goosnargh  in  1481  gave  his 
land  in  the  Snape  and  Westfield  to  the 
brothers  Edmund  and  Henry  Elswick ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  153-4. 

96  Duchy    of    Lane.    Inq.    p.m.     v, 
no.  55.     In   1582  one  William  Waring 
was    party    to    a    division    of   lands  in 
Whittingham  and  Goosnargh  ;    he  took 
those  in  the  former  township   and  John 
Taylor  those  in  the  latter  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet   of  F.    bdle.   44,    m.    139.      John 
Taylor,   Anne   his  wife,    James  his  son 
and  Ellen  his  wife  occur  in   1593  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  55,  m.  48. 

97  John  Catterall  of  Selby,  the  elder, 
attainted  in  1461,  had  the  manor  of  Eaves 
Green,    with    messuages    and    land    in 
Goosnargh,    Hackinsall,    and    Dilworth ; 
Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  n   Edw.  IV,    no.   35. 
The    tenures   were    not    recorded.     The 
manor  with  the  rest  of  the  estate  was  in 
1472  granted  to  John  Pilkington  (Cal. 
Pat.  1467-77,  pp.  307,  419),  who  died  in 
possession  in  1478,  leaving  a  son  and  heir 
Edward,    twelve  years  old ;    Chan.   Inq. 
p.m.  19  Edw.  IV,  no.  77.      In  1625  the 
tenant    was    Richard    Harrison  ;     Fish- 
wick,  op.  cit.  68. 

In  1633  Alexander  Rigby  made  in- 
quiry as  to  the  'manor'  of  Eaves  Green. 
He  believed  it  was  the  land  he  owned, 
'  only  a  little  common  .  .  .  before  the 
inclosure  .  .  .  and  no  manor.'  There  was, 
however,  another  little  common  '  near 
the  burgh '  called  by  the  same  name  ; 
Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  52. 

972  Gilbert  Barton  in  1516  held  Kid- 
snape of  the  heirs  of  Sir  Alexander 
Hoghton  by  6s.  %d.  rent,  otherwise 
of  Henry  Kighley  and  Elizabeth  his  wife 
(in  her  right).  In  addition  Gilbert 
held  an  oxgang  of  land  there  of  Ralph 
Catterall  by  a  pound  of  cummin — this 
was  perhaps  the  Sandyclough  of  another 
inquisition  ;  other  messuages,  of  tenure 
not  recorded,  and  lands,  &c,  yielding  a 


rent  of  41.  f)\d.  and  a  pair  of  gloves,  held 
of  the  king  by  the  third  part  of  the  fifth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  i8</.  rent  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  7  ; 
v,  no.  6.  Bradcroft  is  mentioned  in  the 
second  inquisition,  but  the  tenure  is  not 
separately  stated  ;  in  1572  Richard  Barton 
was  said  to  have  held  it  of  the  queen 
by  the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and 
i  %d.  rent ;  ibid,  xii,  no.  9.  At  the  same 
time  a  place  called  Spinster  House  in 
Goosnargh,  which  had  been  given  to  John 
Barton,  younger  son  of  Richard,  was 
stated  to  be  held  of  Thomas  Hoghton  by 
3<£  rent. 

Thomas  Barton  and  Anne  his  wife  in 
1593  sold  various  messuages,  &c.,  to  James 
Gregson  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
55,  m.  157.  In  1603  Thomas  Barton 
of  Barton  (nephew  of  Thomas  Barton  of 
Kidsnape)  was  stated  to  have  held  his 
lands  in  Kidsnape  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton 
by  6s.  %d.  rent  and  Thomas  Procter  by 
id.  or  a  pair  of  gloves.  He  also  held 
some  land,  newly  inclosed,  of  the  king 
by  knight's  service ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  i,  7-11. 

98  John  son   of  Adam  de   Barton  and 
Alice  his  wife  sold   land  in  Goosnargh  to 
Richard  son  of  Nicholas  de  Hiles  in  1322  ; 
Final  Cone,  ii,  47.      In  the  following  year 
the  family  had  two  messuages,  &c.,  in  the 
township  ;    ibid.    56.     The    same    estate 
appears  again  in  1381  ;  ibid,  iii,  10. 

In  1292  a  Jordan  de  Kidsnape  claimed 
land  in  Goosnargh  against  Walter  son  of 
Robert  de  Ayrdale,  but  was  non-suited  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  46. 

99  It  was  no  doubt  an  earlier  William 
Clifton    to   whom,    in  conjunction  with 

ioan  his  wife,  Thomas  Barton  and  Agnes 
is  wife  in  1444  granted   all  his  land  in 
Kidsnape,   with  51.    a  year  from   Gibbe- 
field,  at  a  rent   of  10  marks  ;  Add.  MS. 
32104,  no.  706. 

In  1473  Ralph  Whitehead  granted 
Kidsnape  to  Margaret  and  Joan,  daughters 
of  Thomas  Barton  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv, 
G  9.  See  also  the  account  of  Upper 
Rawcliffe. 

100  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  21. 
In  a    previous    inquisition    (iv,    no.    n) 
William   Clifton's  lands  '  in  Goosnargh  ' 
were  said  to  be  held  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy  by  the  sixth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 

A  minor  Clifton  family  occurs  in  the 
1 8th  century  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq. 
Notes,  ii,  35. 

101  John  son   of  Adam  de    Barton    in 
1315-16  gave  land  in  Beesley  to  Richard 

198 


son  of  Nicholas  del  Hiles  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
liii,  fol.  93,  and  see  note  98. 

103  To  Cockersand  Abbey  in  the  first 
part  of  the  1 3th  century  Adam  son  of 
Ralph  gave  land  of  his  demesne  next  to 
land  held  by  Richard  de  Beesley  of  the 
Lady  Beatrice  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  239.  Adam  de  Goosnargh  gave 
lands  to  Thomas  de  Beesley,  Thomas 
Travers  being  then  sheriff  (1302-6); 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  78^.  This  deed 
was  in  1597  in  the  possession  of  George 
Beesley  of  Goosnargh. 

Gilbert  de  Beesley  and  Adam  his 
brother  attested  a  charter  (undated)  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1891.  William 
son  of  Gilbert  de  Beesley  was  in  1305 
defendant  in  two  claims,  one  for  dower 
put  forward  by  Agnes  widow  of  Gilbert, 
and  the  other  for  certain  land,  by  William 
son  of  Richard  Russel  of  Woodplumpton  ; 
De  Banco  R.  153,  m.  256  d.;  156, 
m.  I72d.  William  son  of  Nicholas  de 
Beesley  claimed  a  messuage,  10  acres  of 
land,  &c.,  against  Ellen  widow  of  William 
de  Beesley  in  1354;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  3,  m.  v.  The  defendant  sum- 
moned William  son  of  William  de 
Beesley  to  warrant  her,  he  being  next  of 
kin  and  heir  of  Iseud  de  Beesley  ;  ibid. 
4,  m.  15.  Shortly  afterwards  (1356) 
in  a  cross-suit  William  son  of  Nicholas 
claimed  from  Ellen  the  widow  two  mes- 
suages given  by  Gilbert  de  Beesley  to 
Adam  de  Beesley  and  his  issue  with  re- 
mainder to  Nicholas.  Adam  (living  in 
the  time  of  Edward  II)  died  without 
issue,  and  thus  Nicholas  succeeded,  and 
his  right  descended  to  his  son  the 
plaintiff.  William  son  of  William,  who 
warranted,  said  the  remainder  was  to 
William  de  Beesley  his  grandfather ; 
ibid.  5,  m.  19  d. 

In  1488  Alexander  Ambrose  and 
Margaret  his  wife  claimed  lands  in 
Goosnargh  and  other  places  against 
Thomas  Lawrence,  Margaret  his  wife, 
Thomas  Beesley  and  Joan  his  wife  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  3  Hen.  VIII. 

Cecily  widow  of  Robert  Beesley  was  a 
plaintiff  in  1536  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  i,  155. 

103  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi, 
no.  24.  104  Ibid,  xxviii,  no.  62. 

105  In     1570    Thomas,    base     son    of 
Thomas  Hoghton,  laid  claim  to  Whinny 
Clough  ;  Ducatus  Lane,  ii,  392. 

106  For  a    full    account    see    Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  179-81. 

I06a  Information  of  Mr.  Park. 


GOOSNARGH  :   INGLEWHITE  VILLAGE 


GOOSNARGH   HOSPITAL 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Clifton.107  Of  Higher  Barker  there  is  little  to  be 
said1"3;  Lower  was  about  1670-80  the  residence  of 
the  lord  of  the  manor  of  Goosnargh,  John  Warren 
of  Poynton,109  who  in  1 674  procured  the  royal  charter 
for  holding  two  fairs  annually  at  Inglewhite  in  this 
tithing.110  INGLEWHITE  was  the  estate  of  a  family 
named  Sidgreaves,111  of  whom  Christopher  was  re- 
corded as  a  freeholder  in  1 6oo,m  and  James  recorded 
his  estate  as  a  'Papist'  in  I717-113  He  died  in  1759 
and  was  succeeded  by  a  son  James,  whose  great- 
grandson  dying  without  issue  in  1853  the  estate  was 
sold.114  In  1869  it  became  the  property  of  William 
Shawe  of  Preston,  and  is  now  held  by  the  Knowles 
trustees. 

BL4CKHALL  or  Blakehall ns  was  long  the  seat 
of  a  family  named  Midgehall.116  George  Midgehall 
died  in  1557,  leaving  a  son  Robert,  aged  thirty-three, 
heir  to  an  estate  comprising  Brabinfield  in  Goosnargh, 
held  of  Richard  Hoghton  by  I  %d.  rent,  two  messuages 
held  of  the  Crown  as  of  the  dissolved  monastery  of 
Cockersand  by  I  ^d.  rent,  3  acres  held  of  the  heirs  of 
Ralph  Catterall  by  the  rent  of  a  catapult,  and  two 
messuages  in  Threlfall  held  of  the  heirs  of  Richard 
son  of  Adam  de  Woodacre.117  Robert's  son  George 
died  in  1612,  leaving  a  son  Robert  as  heir,118  and  he 
in  turn  119  left  a  son  George,  who  died  in  1626  under 


KIRKHAM 

age  and  without  issue,  the  estate  then  reverting  to 
his  uncle  Edward  Midgehall.1-0  This  Edward  was  in 
trouble  in  the  Civil  War  time,  for  he  took  the  king's 
side  and  his  estates  were  sequestered  and  ultimately 
sold  by  the  Parliament  for  his  '  delinquency.' 1J1  The 
family  about  that  time  became  Protestant,  and 
the  estate  continued  in  the  male  line  till  1807, 
when  it  was  sold  to  James  Sidgreaves  of  Inglewhite 
and  was  in  1847  purchased  by  William  Shawe  of 
Preston.122 

L4TUS  House  had  more  anciently  the  name  of 
Clifton  House.123  The  family  of  Latus  or  Latewise 
held  it  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth  and  later,121  but  by 
1650  it  had  passed  to  the  Rigby  family.125  About  a 
century  later  it  was  in  the  hands  of  Parkinson,  a 
wide-spreading  family  found  in  several  parts  of  the 
township.126  It  afterwards  went  to  Talbot  and  was 
sold  to  Philip  Park  of  Preston.  St.  Anne's  Well  is  on 
this  estate.  A  Longley  charter  dated  1494  men- 
tions Benetfield,  the  highway  to  the  church  of 
Goosnargh,  Tinklerfield  and  Stonyford.127 

Of  Aspenhurst  there  is  little  record  except  of  the 
estate  of  Fairhurst  held  by  the  Rigbys  of  Middleton, 
already  mentioned. 

Little  need  be  said  of  other  estates  and  landowners 
occurring  in  the  records.  Cockersand  Abbey 128  and 


107  From    a  deed  quoted  in  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  48. 

108  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  171.    Barker  was 
said  to  be  in  Threlfall  in  1626;  ibid.  174. 

109  He  was  the  '  Mr.  Justice  Warren  ' 
spoken  of  ibid.   172.     The    stocks  were 
placed  near  this  house.     It  was  sold  to 
John  Lucas  of  Goosnargh  about  1760. 

110  Pat.  26  Chas.  II  (21  Sept.). 

111  Their  house  was  called  the  Lodge. 
For  the  family  see  Fishwick,  Goosnargh, 
173-5,     where    14th-century    deeds    are 
referred  to,  and  the  later  pedigree  is  given 
thus  :  Christopher  (1588)  -a.  James  (will 
1626)  -s.  James,  d.  1671  -s.  Christopher, 
d.  1702  -s.  James,  d.  1759  -s.  James,  d. 
1780  — s.  James,  d.    1808   -s.  James,  d. 
1838  -s.  James,  d.  1853.     See  also  Mr. 
Gillow  in  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  148. 

112  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

'.  233- 

113  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,  95. 

114  See  note  n  i. 

115  A  family  of  this  surname  occurs  in 
1410  ;  Dods  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  6ib. 

116  Fishwick,  op.   cit.    168,   &c.,   with 
pedigree. 

Thomas  son  of  Thomas  Goosnargh 
was  in  1418  enfeoffed  by  his  trustees  of 
lands  in  Goosnargh,  Barton  and  Chipping, 
with  remainder  to  William  son  of  Robert 
Midgehall  (Miggehalgh)  and  Alice  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  son  of  Thomas  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  Ixx,  foL  161. 

117  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  22. 
By  the  inquisition  of  1626  it  appears  that 
Robert  Midgehall  in  1577  made  provision 
for  his  son  George  on  his  marriage  with 
Ellen  Parkinson.     Robert  was  living  in 
1600  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  232. 

118  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes. 
and    Ches.),    i,    216-17.       T^e    capital 
messuage  in  Goosnargh  was  stated  to  be 
held  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  by  zod.  rent, 
and  land  improved  from  the  waste,  of  the 
king    by    the    two-hundredth    part   of  a 
knight's  fee. 

119  Ibid,  iii,  407. 

120  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no. 
39.     The  capital  messuage  was  held  as  in 


1612,  but  the  other  land  was  held  partly 
of  the  king  by  knight's  service  and  partly 
(in  Threlfall)  of  Richard  Shireburne  in 
socage. 

121  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  43  ; 
Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3201  ;  Royalist 
Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
iv,  138—9.  Part  of  the  estate  had  been 
sequestered  for  the  recusancy  of  Edward's 
mother  Margaret,  who  died  in  1649  ;  part 
also  for  the  recusancy  of  Alice  Midgehall, 
also  dead.  Alice  appears  to  have  been  the 
widow  of  Edward's  elder  brother  Robert. 

For  a  dispute  as  to  the  estate  in  1667 
see  Exch.  Dep.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  45.  m  Fishwick,  ut  sup. 

128  It  is  also  called  Longley  Hall ;  ibid. 

its. 

124  Gilbert  Latus  held  Clifton  House 
in  1556  by  bequest  of  his  father-in-law 
William  Westby  of  Mowbreck  ;  Richmond 
Wills  (Surtees  Soc.),  91.  He  died  in 
1568  holding  a  capital  messuage,  60  acres 
of  land,  &c.,  of  Gilbert  Gerard  by  a  rent 
of  6s.,  with  other  lands  in  Warton, 
Thistleton,  &c.  His  son  and  heir 
William  was  twenty-four  years  old  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  n. 
The  tenure  shows  that  it  had  been  part 
of  the  Balderston  estate,  and  this  again 
had  probably  descended  from  the  Banastres 
and  Singletons.  Portions  of  this  estate 
are  found  from  the  inquisitions  to  have 
been  held  by  Edmund  Dudley  (1509), 
Thomas  Earl  of  Derby  (1521),  Thomas 
Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh  and  his  suc- 
cessors. The  tenure  is  sometimes  de- 
scribed as  of  Osbaldeston,  at  other  times 
of  the  king  as  duke  ;  ibid,  v,  no.  3  ;  viii, 
no.  26  ;  xi,  no.  7.  Part  of  it  may  have 
been  augmented  by  the  Hopersfield  sold 
by  William  Ward  of  Ottley  and  Alice  his 
wife  to  Sir  James  Harrington  in  1408  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  90. 

William  Latus  died  in  1609  holding  a 
messuage,  &c.,  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton 
by  \6d.  rent,  and  leaving  as  heir  a  son 
Matthew,  aged  thirty  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  i,  137.  William  Latus  was 
one  of  the  recusants  whose  sequestrations 
were  in  1607  granted  to  Sir  Richard 

199 


Coningsby  ;    Cal.    S.  P.   Dom.    1603-10, 
P-  3.83- 

125  These  statements  are  from  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  182. 

136  Richard    Parkinson    was    a    tenant 
under  Catterall   in    1520-35   for  land  in 
Threlfall ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Dep.  xxxi,  P.  i. 

Complaint  was  made  of  the  abduction 
of  Edmund  son  and  heir  of  Thomas 
Parkinson  of  Goosnargh  in  1540,  his 
marriage  pertaining  to  Nicholas  Turner  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  32  Hen. 
VIII. 

William  Parkinson  (of  Bilsborrow)  held 
Hutchenhey  in  1592,  but  the  tenure  was 
not  stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xvii,  no.  21.  His  son  Edward  was  in 
1617  said  to  hold  the  same  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  and  Catch  House  of  Thomas 
Catterall  by  41.  rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  215.  Roger  Parkinson  (of 
another  family)  held  lands  in  1622  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  as  successor  of  the  Knights 
Hospitallers ;  he  left  as  co-heirs  three 
young  daughters — Alice,  Janet  and  Mar- 
garet ;  ibid,  iii,  309—10. 

Many  references  to  the  families  will  be 
found  in  the  Ducatus  Lane. 

137  Duchy  of  Lane.  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.), 
L  1199  ;  a  grant  from  John  son  and  heir 
of  John  Westfield  to  Christopher  Leeming 
of    Lancaster,    of    a    messuage,    &c.,   in 
Longley. 

128  Cockersand  Abbey  estate  has  been 
recorded;  for  rtntals  1451-1537  see 
Chartul.  iii,  1270-1.  One  grant  to  the 
abbey  was  made  by  Adam  son  of  Ralph 
which  concerned  Fayles,  the  bounds 
naming  (among  other  points)  Selebrook 
and  Helmer  housesteads ;  ibid,  i,  238. 
In  1246  Richard  son  of  Robert  sought 
common  of  pasture  in  Goosnargh  against 
Robert  de  Faleghs  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  5. 

The  award  in  a  suit  between  Lancaster 
Priory  and  Cockersand  Abbey  about  a 
grange  in  '  Trefeld  '  is  in  B.M.  Add. 
Charter  19818. 

In  1377  John  de  Elswick  made  a 
feoffment  of  lands  in  Goosnargh  ana 
Whittingham  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  v,  117, 
no.  10. 


A    HISTORY   OF   LANCASHIRE 


Conishead  Priory  had  some  land  in  the  township.1*9 
John  Singleton  of  Chingle  Hall  died  in  1530  holding 
of  Richard  Hoghton  by  a  rent  of  6s.  8</.130  William 
Wilson  in  1619  held  lands  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton 
by  a  rent  of  5*.  ;  they  had  been  purchased  from 
Thomas  Shireburne  and  had  no  doubt  formed  part 
of  the  Catterall  estate."1  Joshua  Gallard  in  1638  held 
his  lands  of  the  king  by  the  two-hundredth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee.1"  William  Barnes's  messuage  and  lands 
were  held  of  James  Lord  Strange  as  of  his  manor  of 
Goosnargh  by  5/.  \d.  rent.133  In  other  cases  the 
tenure  is  stated  either  vaguely"4  or  not  at  all.114 

Under  the  Commonwealth  rule  the  estates  of  a 
number  of  Royalists  and  recusants  were  sequestered 
and  in  some  cases  sold  outright.136  In  1717  nine 
estates  of  '  Papists '  were  registered."7 

NEWSHAM.,  as  already  stated,  was  after  the 
Conquest  a  member  of  the  barony  of  Penwortham, 
and  the  mesne  tenant  was  the  lord  of  Woodplump- 
ton,138  with  which  manor  it  continued  to  descend  till 
the  1 7th  century  or  later."9  There  seem  to  have 
been  several  subdivisions  of  the  land,  and  the  prin- 


cipal holders  took  the  surname  of  Newsham.      Little 

is  known  of  them.140     Adam  de  Newsham  in   1361 

purchased  six  messuages,  land, 

&c.,  in  Newsham  from  Roger 

de  Farington  and  Amery  his 

wife.141  John  Newsham,  living 

in    1467,  died   in    1515,  but 

the  tenure  of  his  estate  was 

not  known  ;  his  heir  was  his 

grandson    John,     then     aged 

fourteen.141     A   pedigree  was 

recorded  in  I567.143  In  1585 

George    Newsham    held    the 

Newsham  Hall  estate  of  John 

Warren  by  ijs.  rent.144  Robert 

Newsham  was  a  freeholder  in 

i6oo.145     Soon  afterwards  the 

family  disappeared   from  view,  and    Newsham   Hall 

was  before  1660  acquired  by  the  Wilsons  of  Tunley 

in  Wrightington  ;  by  them  it  was  sold  to  John  Bourne 

of  Stal mine  Hall  in    1782   and  has  since  descended 

with  his  estates.146     William  Singleton  of  Bank  Hall 


NEWSHAM  of  New- 
sham.  Azure  on  afesse 
argent  three  crosdeti 
rules. 


1W  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  94. 

130  Duchy  of  Lane.   Inq.  p.m.   vi,  no. 
32.     This    continued    to    descend    with 
Chingle  Hall. 

131  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.   (Rec.    Soc.    Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  223.      John  Wilson,  the 
•on  and  heir,  was  fifty  years  of  age. 

132  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no. 
17.     The  heir  was  his  son  Edward,  aged 
nine. 

i»3  William  Barnes  was  son  and  heir  of 
John  Barnes,  who  died  in  1617  holding 
messuages  and  land  in  Goosnargh  ;  Add. 
MS.  32108,  no.  44312.  William  died  in 
1640  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx, 
no.  30.  John  Barnes,  his  son  and  heir, 
was  fifteen  years  of  age. 

134  Lambert  Stodagh  in  1511  held  of 
'the  lords  of  Goosnargh'  in  socage  ; 
ibid,  iv,  no.  i.  Ralph  Clitheroe  in  1556 
held  of  Thomas  Whittingham  ;  ibid,  x, 
no.  26.  George  Kirkby  of  Upper  Raw- 
cliffe  (1561)  held  of  Thomas  Hoghton  by 
2s.  6d.  rent ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  8.  William 
Walton  of  Preston  in  1559  held  of 
Thomas  Hoghton  by  fealty  and  suit  of 
court,  but  the  Goosnarjh  lands  had  been 
given  (for  life)  to  Isabel  widow  of  Thomas 
Walton,  elder  brother  of  William  ;  ibid, 
xi,  no.  27. 

William  Pleasington  of  Dimples  in 
1621  held  of  the  king  in  socage  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  240.  This  estate 
appears  to  have  been  in  the  family  as 
early  as  1387,  appearing  again  about 
1490  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  29  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  63,  m.  14. 

I3i  These  include  Sir  Richard  Shireburne 
of  Stonyhurst,  1594;  Sir  John  South- 
worth,  1595  >  Thomas  Osbaldeston  (as 
heir  of  John  Bradley),  1611  ;  Alexander 
Standish  of  Duxbury,  1622  (perhaps 
Catterall,  perhaps  purchased  from  Bridget 
Stanley ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  271)  ; 
Sir  John  Radclitfe  of  Ordsall,  1627  ;  and 
John  Crosse  of  Liverpool,  1640. 

'*  Some  have  been  mentioned  al- 
ready. 

Thomas  Barnes's  lands  were  sequestered 
for  delinquency  only,  and  were  placed  in 
the  act  for  sale.  He  was  dead  in  1654  ; 
Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  41  ;  Cat. 
Com.  for  Camp,  iv,  3120.  The  same  was 
the  case  of  Henry  Butler  ;  Index,  42  ; 
Cal.  v,  3216. 


Janet  Cottam  (who  died  in  1652)  had 
two-thirds  of  her  estate  sequestered  for 
recusancy;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3065. 
Robert  Cottam  in  1558  purchased  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in  Goosnargh  from  Nicholas 
and  William  Ambrose,  the  remainders 
being  to  James  Cottam  and  John  and 
Thomas  his  brothers  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  1 8,  m.  32. 

The  land  of  George  Glave  was  in  1 645 
sequestered  for  recusancy ;  he  died  in 
Scotland  in  1648,  and  his  son  John, 
'never  a  recusant,'  petitioned  for  restitu- 
tion, and  took  the  oath  of  abjuration 
in  1652  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  76. 

The  lands  of  Peter  Stanley  of  Aughton 
were  forfeited  and  sold  ;  Cal.  Com.  for 
Comp.  iv,  2937. 

William  Topping's  land  was  sequestered 
for  recusancy,  as  was  that  of  Francis 
Turner  (dead  in  1654);  ibid.  3175; 
v,  3225.  A  brief  note  on  James 
Moore  of  Goosnargh  (will  1693)  is  in 
Lanes,  and  Ches.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Notes, 
iii,  57. 

1X7  Besides  the  estate  of  James  Sidgreaves 
already  named  were  those  of  John  Adamson, 
Edmund  and  Edward  Barton,  Cuthbert 
Cardwell,  Michael  Grayston,  William 
Moreton  of  Dovehold,  Thomas  Parker 
and  Jane  Sturzaker  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne, 
Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  95,  100,  103, 
141-2. 

188  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  36.  Quenilda, 
widow  of  Roger  Gernet,  held  2  oxgangs 
of  land  in  Newsham  of  the  Earl  of 
Lincoln  in  1252  by  knight's  service; 
ibid.  190.  A  similar  estate  and  tenure 
were  recorded  in  1240  after  the  death  of 
Thomas  de  Beetham,  and  in  1254,  after 
that  of  Ralph  de  Beetham;  ibid.  171, 
194,  202. 

U1*  Ellen  widow  of  Robert  de  Stockport 
in  1275  claimed  dower  in  a  messuage, 
100  acres  of  land,  &c.,  against  Adam  de 
Acton  (?Aighton);  De  Banco  R.  10, 
m.  71  d.  Adam  son  of  Richard  de  Acton 
and  Richard  son  of  Adam  were  concerned 
in  several  suits  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  1 2  d.,  j  7  d.  Richard  de  Aghton  claimed 
common  of  pasture  in  Newsham  against 
Earl  Edmund,  but  was  non-suited  ;  ibid, 
m.  10  d.  An  Adam  son  of  Richard  de 
Aghton  of  Newsham  made  a  claim 

20O 


against  Adam  Pigot  of  Newsham  and 
Hawise  his  wife,  but  did  not  prosecute  it, 
in  1332  ;  Assize  R.  1411,  m.  12. 

Lands  in  Newsham  and  Hollowforth 
are  named  in  a  fine  of  the  manor  of 
Woodplumpton  in  1662;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  169,  m.  76.  Newsham 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  considered 
a  separate  manor. 

140  Richard  de  Newsham  in  1291  com- 
plained that  he  had  been  disseised  of  his 
common  of  pasture  in  13  acres  of  moor 
in    Newsham   by  Richard   de  Stockport, 
William  son  of  Adam  de  Redeford,  and 
others  ;  but  the  jury  decided  that  the  land 
was  in  Woodplumpton  ;  Assize  R.  407, 
m.  I  d. 

In  the  following  year  Adam  de  New- 
sham  and  William  his  son  were  sureties 
in  one  of  the  Acton  cases  above  referred 
to  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  17  d. 

Adam  de  Newsham  occurs  in  1332  ; 
Exch.  Lay  Subs.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  70.  In  1339  Richard  son  of  Adam 
de  Newsham  claimed  lands  against  Richard 
and  Henry,  sons  of  William  de  Newsham, 
and  against  Godith  del  Erlesgate  ;  De 
Banco  R.  318,  m.  27  d.  ;  320,  m.  218. 
In  the  latter  case  he  alleged  that  a  mea- 
suage  and  17  acres  in  Newsham  and 
Woodplumpton  had  been  given  by  Richard 
de  Newsham  to  Henry  the  Harper, 
with  remainder  to  plaintiff's  father, 
Adam  son  of  (the  said)  Richard  de  News- 
ham.  The  descent  is  established  by  a 
further  plea  two  years  later ;  ibid.  R. 
325,  m.  56. 

141  Final  Cone,  ii,  167. 

142  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.   p.m.  iv,    no. 
75.     It  appears  that  John  had  two  sons, 
George  and  Uctred  ;   the  former  married 
an  Alice,  and  had  the  son  John  who  in- 
herited, and  who  was  the  ward  of  Henry 
Preston  of  Preston.     George  was  dead  in 
1514. 

113  Visit,  of  1567  (Chet.  Soc.),  51.  The 
descent  was  thus  given  :  William  New- 
sham  -9.  John  —s.  George  -s.  John  —  s. 
George  -s.  Robert. 

144  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,no.  88  ; 
Robert,  the  son  and  heir  of  George,  was 
thirty-two  years  old. 

145  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  232. 

146  For   details  see   Fiihwick,    op.   cit. 
194-5. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


held  land  in  Newsham  of  John  Warren  in  I573-147 
The  Fishwicks  occur.148 

HOLLOWFORTH  with  its  mill  was  the  estate 
bought  by  Robert  de  Holland  in  1292  149  and  held  in 
1323—4  by  William  de  Holland  of  Euxton  of  the 
heirs  of  Stockport  by  a  rent  of  2/.150  Like  Euxton  it 
descended  to  Molyneux  of  Sefton,151  and  was  in 
1558  sold  by  Sir  Richard  Molyneux  to  George 
Newsham.152  Land  in  Hollowforth  was  held  by  the 
Middletons  in  1 600-40. 153  The  estate  of  Lawrence 
Parkinson  of  Hollowforth  was  one  of  those  sequestered 
and  sold  under  the  Commonwealth.154  There  is  still 
a  mill  at  Hollowforth. 

Alexander  Rigby,  James  Sidgreaves  and  Thomas 
Helme  each  paid  £10  in  1631,  having  refused 
knighthood.155 

John  Reynolds  of  Newsham  as  a  *  Papist '  registered 
a  leasehold  estate  in  this  part  of  the  township  in 
I7I7.156  Robert  Shepherd  of  Barnacre  did  the 
same.157 

In  the  grant  of  Kirkham  to  Vale 
CHURCH  Royal  Abbey  in  1281  its  « chapels '  were 
included,158  so  that  it  is  probable  that 
ST.  MART'S,  Goosnargh,  already  existed.  It  was 
frequently  called  a  '  church,'  and  its  district  a  '  parish  ' 
before  the  Reformation.159  Direct  proof  of  its 
existence  begins  in  1330,  when  its  '  chaplain  '  was 
required  to  send  an  ox  of  the  value  of  los.  to  the 
Abbot  of  Vale  Royal  (as  rector)  every  year.160 
Complaint  was  made  of  an  assault  upon  Sir  Adam 
Banastre  at  Goosnargh  Church  in  I336,161and  that 
the  chapel  was  in  constant  use  is  shown  by  the  names 
of  the  ministering  priests  which  have  been  preserved.161 
John  son  of  Adam  de  Whittingham  granted  certain 
lands  in  1379-80  to  Henry  Moton,  the  rent  being  a 
pound  of  wax,  due  to  the  church  of  B.  Mary  of 


KIRKHAM 

Goosnargh.163  There  was  in  it  a  second  altar,  that  of 
St.  John  the  Baptist,  the  priest  at  which  in  1528-9 
received  an  endowment — perhaps  temporary — from 
William  Barnes  of  Tewkesbury.164  A  more  substantial 
endowment  was  secured  to  the  chaplain  celebrating 
in  the  '  church  or  chapel '  of  B.  Mary  the  Virgin  of 
Goosnargh  by  Alan  Singleton,  the  statutes  of  the 
chantry  being  ordained  by  Roger  Singleton  in  1 508. 165 
This  chantry  was  in  existence  at  the  confiscation  of 
such  endowments  in  1547-8.  It  had  a  revenue 
of  £5  a  year.166 

What  happened  during  the  next  fifty  or  sixty 
years  is  uncertain.  A  curate  was  probably  maintained 
there,  but  the  stipend  was  only  £3  i8j.  from  the 
tithes  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,167  increased  no  doubt 
by  occasional  offerings.  The  curate  of  1611  was 
presented  to  the  bishop  for  having  given  notice  of  the 
rush  bearing  '  on  the  Sabbath  day,'  leading  to  piping 
in  the  church  and  churchyard,168  while  eleven  years 
later  the  curate  had  not  preached  himself  and  had 
procured  only  two  sermons  in  the  year  ;  he  kept  ale 
to  sell.169  The  arrangement  of  the  seats  in  1635 
has  been  preserved.170  The  Presbyterian  discipline 
was  accepted  without  resistance  in  1646,  and  the 
minister  in  1648  signed  the  'Harmonious  Consent.' 
There  was  in  1650  no  allowance  to  the  minister, 
except  ^50  from  the  Committee  of  Plundered 
Ministers.171  This  would,  of  course,  cease  at  the 
Restoration,  but  Christ  Church  afterwards  increased 
the  allowance  from  the  tithes  to  £  1 9  1 8 j.178  About 
1720  a  grant  was  obtained  from  Queen  Anne's 
Bounty,173  and  the  incumbent's  income  has  gradually 
increased  until  it  is  now  ^2Oi.174  A  separate  parish 
was  assigned  in  i846.175 

The  church  stands  on  the  north  side  of  the  village 
of  Goosnargh,  and  consists  of  chancel  25  ft.  6  in. 


147  Duchy   of    Lane.     Inq.    p.m.    xii, 
no.  30,  34. 

148  See  the  account  of  Bulsnape.  Adam 
Fishwick    in    1558    sold    messuages    in 
Newsham,    &c.,    to    Ralph    Massy    and 
William  Neild  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  1 8,  m.  16  ;   19,  m.  51. 

149  Final  Cone,  i,   175  ;    Robert  son  of 
Adam    de    Holland    acquired    2    oxgangs 
of  land,  a  mill,  &c.,  in  Newsham  from 
Adam  de  Newsham.      In  a  pleading  of 
the  same  year  already  referred  to  Robert 
de    Holland  was  joined    with  Adam  de 
Acton    in    defending    the    right    of  two 
messuages,  80  acres  of  land,  a  water-mill, 
&c.,  claimed  by  Richard  son  of  Adam  de 
Acton.  Both  claimed  by  gift  of  Adam,  but 
Richard  withdrew,  acknowledging  Robert's 
right  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  17  d.  The  name 
Hollowforth  does  not  appear  till  much  later. 

150  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  162. 

151  Richard    Molyneux    died    in    1397 
holding  a  plat  of  land  called  Hollowforth 
in  Amounderness  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  71. 

Sir  William  Molyneux  in  1548  held 
Hollowforth  of  Sir  Edward  Warren  in 
socage  by  21.  rent  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  ix,  no.  2. 

152  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  20, 
m.  95  ;  the  estate  was  described  as  three 
messuages,  water-mill,  &c. 

158  The  tenure  of  George  Middleton 
of  Leighton's  land  in  1600  was  not 
recorded,  but  Thomas  Middleton's  in 
1640  was  said  to  be  held  of  the  king  in 
socage  in  conjunction  with  Kellamergh  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  51  ; 
xxix,  no.  64. 


154  Cat.  Com.  for  Comp.  ii,  1301  ;  Index 
of  Royalists,  43. 

155  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  221. 

146  Estcourt    and    Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurors,  96. 
57  Ibid.  140. 

158  See  the  account  of  Kirkham  Church. 

159  Even  an  official  document  like  the 
Ministers'  Accounts    in   1549   speaks   of 
the    chantry    in    the    parish    church    of 
Goosnargh  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Recs.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  88. 

160  Ormerod,  Ches.  (ed.  Helsby),  ii,  167. 

161  Assize  R.  430,  m.  20. 

163  Katherine  Radcliffe  of  York  in 
1458  left  2OJ.  to  the  fabric  of  the  chapel 
of  Goosnargh,  where  she  was  born  ;  Test. 
Ebor.  (Surtees  Soc.),  ii,  92. 

163  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  noo. 

164  Ibid.  no.  10 1 2,  1074-5. 

165  Something  has   been    said    of  the 
founders'  family  in  the  account  of  Middle- 
ton.      Roger  Singleton's  deed,  apparently 
for  the  appointment  of  new  trustees,  is 
printed  by  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  215-18.    In 
the   Valor  Eccl.    (Record  Com.),  v,  263, 
the  founder  is  called  Roger  Singleton,  and 
61.  $J.  had  to  be  distributed  to  the  poor 
on  his  anniversary  (St.  Luke's  Day).     In 
1 548,  however,  Anne  Singleton  (perhaps 
the  daughter  of  Alan)  was  said  to  have 
founded  it,  but  no  foundation  deed  was 
known,  and  the  priest  used  to  '  celebrate 
there  at  his  pleasure  '  ;  Raines,  Chantries 
(Chet.  Soc.),  242-3. 

166  Ibid.  244.     The  chantry  priest  oc- 
cupied Middleton,  out  of  which   a   rent 
of   6s.  was  due  to  the  king's    bailiff   of 

201 


Amounderness  ;  5*.  zd.  and  5*.  6J.  were 
paid  to  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  and  Thomas 
Catterall  respectively  as  free  rents  for 
other  parts  of  the  endowment. 

In  addition  there  was  land  of  the  yearly 
value  of  461.  %d.  devoted  to  the  celebra- 
tion of  obits  and  the  maintenance  of 
lamps  in  the  church  ;  ibid.  253.  Afield 
called  St.  Mary's  Croft  is  supposed  to 
have  been  part  of  it ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  16. 

There  were  three  bells  ;  Raines,  op.  cit. 
264,  280. 

167  Plund.  Mini.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),   i,  8  ;  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  420. 

168  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  28,  citing  Raines 
MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  86.     Cf.  Asshe- 
ton's  Journ.  (Chet.  Soc.),  41. 

169  Fishwick,   op.    cit.    29.      The  ale- 
selling  is  named  in  the  visitation  record 
of  1619. 

170  Ibid.  71-3. 

171  Commoniv.     Ch.    Sur-v.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  155.     An  allowance 
of  £40  was  made  out  of  the  sequestered 
tithes  as  early  as  1645  ;  this  was  increased 
to  £50,  but  about  1655  reduced  to  £20  ; 
Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  i,  8  ;  ii,  88,  210. 

Goosnargh,  which  had  what  was 
thought  '  a  fair  parochial  chapel,'  was 
made  an  independent  parish  in  1658-9; 
ibid,  ii,  265,  272. 

172  Gastrell,  op.   cit.   ii,  420.      There 
were  two  chapel  wardens  for  Goosnargh 
and  two  for  Whittingham  ;  a  list  to  1800 
is  given  by  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  86-102. 

178  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  21. 

174  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir. 

175  By  Order  in  Council  21  Jan.  1846. 

26 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


by  20  ft.  with  north  vestry,  nave  70  ft.  6  in.  by 
20  ft.  6  in.,  north  aisle  74  ft.  6  in.  by  1 2  ft.  6  in., 
south  aisle  66  ft.  by  13  ft.,  south  porch  and  west 
tower  10  ft.  8  in.  square,  all  these  measurements 
being  internal.  The  building  is  constructed  through- 
out of  rubble  masonry  with  gritstone  dressings,  and 
no  part,  with  the  possible  exception  of  one  of  the 
windows  of  the  north  aisle,  is  older  than  the  1 5th 
century.  To  this  period  belong  the  north  arcade 
and  aisle,  tower,  and  perhaps  the  chancel ;  but  this  is 
said"6  to  have  been  rebuilt  in  1553.  However  this 
may  be,  the  whole  of  the  building  is  of  late  date,  and 
though  the  architectural  detail  is  uninteresting,  the 
general  appearance  of  the  interior  is  good.  The 
south  arcade  and  aisle  appear  to  have  been  rebuilt  at 
a  subsequent  period,  perhaps  at  the  end  of  the  i6th 
or  in  the  early  years  of  the  1 7th  century,  the  windows 
being  all  square-headed  with  plain,  rounded  lights,  and 
without  labels.  The  chancel  roof  is  externally  lower 
than  that  of  the  nave,  which  is  continued  over  the  aisles 


windows  renewed,  new  wood  dormers  inserted,  the 
floor  lowered  12  in.,  the  rough-cast  which  had 
formerly  covered  the  exterior  removed,  and  the  two 
end  galleries  taken  down.  The  whole  of  the  seating 
was  likewise  renewed,  the  old  square  pews,  which  had 
filled  both  aisles,  nave,  and  part  of  the  chancel,  being 
done  away  with.  There  was  a  further  restoration  of 
the  roof  in  1895,  when  it  was  again  reslated,  the  east 
gable  and  wall  north  of  it  rebuilt  in  dressed  stone, 
and  the  vestry  enlarged. 

The  chancel  has  an  original  five-light  pointed  east 
window  with  plain  pointed  lights  and  transom  at 
the  line  of  springing  and  inner  moulded  arch  dying 
into  the  wall  at  the  same  level  ;  two  windows  and  a 
priest's  door  on  the  south  side,  and  a  single  square- 
headed  window  of  two  cinquefoiled  lights  on  the 
north  side  to  the  west  of  the  vestry  door.  The 
easternmost  window  on  the  south  has  a  segmental 
head  and  is  of  three  lights,  the  middle  with  cinque- 
foiled  and  the  outer  ones  with  trefoiled  heads,  with 


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PLAN  OF  GOOSNARGH  CHURCH 


with  overhanging  eaves,  and  has  two  modern  gabled  dor- 
mer windows  on  the  south  side  and  three  on  the  north. 
The  roof  probably  dates  from  the  time  of  the 
building  of  the  south  aisle,  when  it  was  raised  some 
feet,  the  line  of  the  former  1 5th-century  roof  showing 
in  the  east  face  of  the  tower  within  the  nave.  In  the 
1 8th  century  the  church  is  described  as  filled  with 
square  pews  probably  of  1 7th-century  date,  and  had 
a  gallery  at  the  west  end,  and  in  1 800  another  gallery 
was  erected  at  the  east  end  in  front  of  the  chancel  for 
the  use  of  the  inmates  of  Goosnargh  Hospital.1" 
Repairs  had  been  carried  out  in  1 78 8,m  when  probably 
a  ceiling  was  erected;  but  the  building  remained  more 
or  less  unrestored  till  1868-9,  when  it  was  very 
substantially  repaired,  the  roof  opened  out,  renovated, 
and  wholly  reslated,  the  stone-work  of  many  of  the 


chamfered  jambs,  head  and  mullions,  but  without  hood 
mould.  The  other  window  is  of  the  same  type  as 
those  in  the  south  aisle,  square-headed  and  of  two 
rounded  lights.  The  priest's  door  is  2  ft.  4  in.  wide 
with  segmental  arch  and  chamfered  jambs  and  head. 
The  walls  of  the  chancel,  as  in  the  rest  of  the  church, 
are  plastered,  and  the  roof  is  a  modern  boarded  one 
of  flat  pitch  in  three  bays  with  moulded  principals 
and  purlins,  and  divided  from  the  open  timber  roof 
of  the  nave  by  a  timbered  plaster  gable  facing  west 
with  shaped  moulded  piece  below  the  tie-beam 
carried  down  the  walls  on  to  small  wood  pillars  on 
stone  brackets  in  the  form  of  a  chancel  arch.  There 
is  a  good  1 8th-century  brass  chandelier,  but  the  rest 
of  the  fittings  of  the  chancel  are  all  modern,  and 
there  is  no  screen. 


176  Glynne,  Churches  of  Lancr.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  41. 

177  When  this  gallery  was  erected  win- 
dows were  cut  through  the  upper  part  of 


the  chancel  wall  hoth  north  and  south. 
They  have  since  been  built  up. 

17t>  On    one  of   the  roof   timbers    was 
painted:    'The   Rev<»-    C.    Hull,   B.D.  ; 

202 


R.  Oliverson,  Wm.  Gornall,  Wm.  Bailey, 
J.  Eccles,  churchwardens,  A.D.  1788. 
The  expense  of  repairing  this  church, 
,£195  izs.  6d.'  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  21. 


GOOSNARGH  CHURCH   FROM  THE  SOUTH-WEST 


GOOSNARGH  CHURCH  :  THE  NAVE,  LOOKING  EAST 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


The  north  arcade  of  the  nave  is  of  six  pointed  arches 
of  two  chamfered  orders  carried  on  octagonal  piers 
and  responds  with  plain  moulded  capitals  and  bases, 
the  height  to  the  top  of  the  capitals  being  6  ft.  2  in. 
The  north  aisle,  which  is  the  full  length  of  the  nave 
and  continued  beyond  it  some  feet  at  the  east  end, 
varies  in  width  from  1 1  ft.  4  in.  at  the  east  to 
12  ft.  3  in.  at  the  west  end.  It  has  two  square- 
headed  windows  of  two  cinquefoiled  lights  on  the 
north  side  and  a  similar  one  at  the  west  end,  and  a 
built-up  north  doorway. 

The  east  end  of  the  aisle  was  formerly  the  chantry 
founded  by  the  Singletons,  and  has  a  window  on  the 
north  side  of  two  plain  pointed  lights.  The  chantry, 
which  is  now  known  as  the  Middleton  Chapel,179 
is  inclosed  by  a  screen  and  has  a  recess  with 
segmental  moulded  arch  in  the  north  wall  3  ft. 
high  by  6  ft.  in  width.  The  east  window  is  square- 
headed  of  three  rounded  lights  similar  to  those  in 
the  south  aisle. 

The  south  arcade  of  the  nave  consists  of  five  pointed 
arches  of  two  chamfered  orders  on  octagonal  piers 
and  responds  with  moulded  capitals  and  chamfered 
bases,  6  ft.  in  height  to  the  top  of  the  capitals.  At 
the  west  end  the  arcade  begins  at  a  distance  of 
9  ft.  8  in.  from  the  tower  wall,180  the  south  aisle  not 
extending  the  length  of  the  nave  at  this  end,  and 
the  piers  are  thus  not  directly  opposite  those  on  the 
north  side.  The  windows  of  the  aisle  are  all  square- 
headed  and  of  two  lights,  except  that  at  the  east  end, 
which  has  three.  The  nave  roof  retains  its  four 
original  roughly  wrought  principals,  and  is  boarded 
between  the  spars  ;  but  is  otherwise,  together  with  its 
continuation  over  the  aisles,  almost  entirely  modern. 
The  porch,  which  is  quite  plain,  measures  internally 
8  ft.  by  10  ft.  and  has  a  slated  roof  and  inner 
pointed  arch  with  double  hollow-chamfered  jambs 
and  head,  and  a  wood  seat  on  each  side.  The 
outer  arch  is  also  pointed,  with  plain  chamfered 
jambs  and  head,  and  the  gable  above  has  been  rebuilt. 

The  west  tower  is  60  ft.  in  height  with  embattled 
parapet  and  projecting  vice  in  the  south-east  corner. 
Externally  the  stages  are  unmarked,  the  north  and 
south  sides  being  quite  plain  between  the  plinth  and 
the  belfry  windows.  On  the  west  side  there  are 
diagonal  angle  buttresses  of  six  stages  reaching  to  the 
middle  of  the  belfry  windows,  and  at  the  north-east 
angle  a  square  buttress  of  three  stages.  On  the 
second  stage  of  each  of  the  west  buttresses  is  a  plain  or 
obliterated  shield,  and  on  the  west  face  of  the  tower, 
about  12  ft.  above  the  ground,  a  circular  figure 
1 8  in.  in  diameter  commonly  known  as  the  '  spinning 
wheel.' 181  The  west  door  is  round-headed  with 
hood  mould  and  chamfered  jambs,  and  above  is  a 
pointed  window  of  three  lights  with  perpendicular 
tracery  and  label.  The  belfry  windows  are  also  of 


KIRKHAM 

three  lights  and  similar  in  detail,  with  slate  louvres, 
and  there  is  a  clock  on  the  south  and  west  sides  towards 
the  village.  The  tower  arch  is  of  two  chamfered 
orders  splayed  off  to  one  at  a  height  of  8  ft.  6  in. 
from  the  floor. 

The  screen  inclosing  the  Middleton  Chapel  has 
turned  balusters  in  the  upper  part  and  a  door  on  the 
west  side.  The  top  rail  is  carved  and  bears  on  the 
south  side  the  date  1622  and  the  initials  of  Alexander 
Rigby,  while  on  the  west  side  are  the  initials  of  his 
grandson  Thomas  Rigby  and  the  date  1721. 
Within  the  'chapel'  are  an  oblong  pew  10  ft.  by 
4  ft.  6  in.  of  the  same  period  as  the  screen  which 
forms  part  of  it  and  an  elaborately  carved  ridged 
tombstone  of  late  15th-century  date,  6  ft.  2  in.  long 
and  diminishing  in  width  from  3  ft.  to  2  ft.,  with  two 
parallel  floreated  crosses  terminating  in  heraldic 
shields.18*  The  stone  lies  on  the  floor  opposite  the 
recess,  but  does  not  belong  to  it.  The  initials  A.R. 
have  been  cut  upon  it  at  a  later  time. 

The  lower  part  of  the  tower  arch  is  filled  in  by 
an  oak  screen  7  ft.  high  with  turned  balusters  along 
the  top,  and  a  door  in  the  middle  on  which  are 
carved  the  initials  R.C.,  I.L.,  i.i.,  j.w.,  and  the 
date  i678,18!  and  in  the  vestry  is  a  loose  panel  with 
the  date  1708  and  the  initials  I.T.,  R.W.,  I.P., 
w.w.  The  old  pulpit  had  the  initials  of  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Bushell  and  the  date  1707,  but  this  has  given 
place  to  a  modern  one  of  wrought  iron. 

The  font,  which  stands  at  the  west  end  of  the 
south  aisle,  is  a  square  block  of  stone  2  ft.  3  in.  in 
diameter  and  I  ft.  5  in.  high  with  a  square  bowl 
standing  on  a  modern  pedestal,  and  may  be  of  15th- 
century  date.  The  organ  was  formerly  in  the  west 
gallery,  but  the  present  instrument,  which  was  built 
in  1906,  is  at  the  east  end  of  the  south  aisle.  There 
is  a  brass  to  the  Rev.  Wm.  Bushell  in  the  north  aisle, 
and  a  stone  slab  to  Thomas  Whittingham,  who  died 
in  i667.184 

There  is  a  ring  of  six  bells,  with  inscriptions  as 
follows  :  Treble,  '  God  preserve  the  Church  and 
Queen  Ann  1713';  (2)  *  Prosperity  to  the  Church 
of  England  A.R.  1742';  (3)  '  Abr.  Rudhall  cast  us 
all  1713';  (4)  'Christopher  Swainson  A.M. 
minister,  A.R.  1742'  ;  (5)  'Presented  by  R.  News- 
ham  esq.  Mears  and  Stainbank  1883  ';  tenor,  *  I  to 
the  Church  the  living  call  and  to  the  grave  do 
summon  all,  I753.'lsi 

The  silver  plate  consists  of  a  chalice  of  1 746  and 
a  paten  '  Presented  to  Goosnargh  Church  in 
memoriam  Charles  Osborne  Gordon,  vicar  of  the 
parish,  who  died  Aug.  19,  1892.'  There  are  also  a 
plated  chalice  and  flagon  and  a  plated  breadholder 
inscribed  '  Presented  to  the  Parish  Church  of  Goos- 
nargh by  Townley  Rigby  Knowles  esq.  in  memory  of 
the  late  William  Shawe  esq.  1872.' 


179  In  1635  the  Records  of  the  Sworn 
Men  mention  '  the  Middleton  Chapel  con- 
taining all  the  uppermost  arch  from  the 
eastward  wall  of  that  aisle  into  the  middle 
of  the  uppermost  pillar.'      The  pew   in 
the    chapel    was    repaired    by  Alexander 
Rigby.     The    precise    position    of   every 
other  pew  and    the    name  of  the  owner 
liable  for  its  repair  are  also  given. 

180  A  window  formerly  in  this  length  of 
wall,  between  the  vice  of  the  tower  and 
the  west  wall  of  the  aisle,  is  now  built  up. 

181  The   tradition  is  that  an  old  lady, 
by  the  proceeds  of  her  industry  at  flax 


spinning,  defrayed  the  expenses  of  building 
the  tower  to  the  height  thus  indicated  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  24. 

183  The  dexter  shield  has  three  cheve- 
ronels,  differenced  by  a  mullet  (Singleton), 
but  the  sinister  is  indecipherable.  The 
stone  is  illustrated  in  Whitaker's  Rich- 
mondshirc,  ii,  438,  and  in  Fishwick's 
Goosnargh,  23. 

183  Fishwick,  op.  cit  25,  says  that  this 
was  formerly  the  'rood  screen,'  but  it  is 
not  likely  that  it  was  ever  across  the  chan- 
cel. The  upper  part  of  the  tower  arch  is 
filled  with  modern  glazed  wood  tracery. 

203 


184  All  the  monumental  inscriptions,  in 
the  floor  and  elsewhere,  were  retained  in 
the  restoration  of  1868-9,  and  are  given 
in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  113-18.    Two  belong 
to  the  1 7th  and  six  to  the  1 8th  century  ; 
the  rest  are  modern. 

185  In   1677  it  was  ordered   that  the 
ringers  should  on  Sunday  ring  one  bell  at 
7  A.M.,  two  at  8,  and  three  at  9  ;  also 
one  bell  at  12  noon,  two  at  I  F.M.   and 
three  at  2  ;  ibid.  76.      In  1682  the  clerk 
was  ordered  to  look  after  the  clock  and  to 
ring  the  bell  at  8  o'clock  (daily)  j  Fish- 
wick, op.  cit.  77. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  registers  begin  in  1639,  but  are  imperfect  up 
to  1675. 

In  the  churchyard  to  the  south  of  the  tower  is  a 
circular  stone  shafted  sundial  on  two  circular  steps, 
the  plate  of  which  is  dated  July  1 746  and  bears  the 
name  of  the  Rev.  C.  Swainson.  Further  east  is  the 
socketed  base  of  a  churchyard  cross.  The  oldest  dated 
gravestone  is  1668. 

The  patronage  is  vested  in  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
of  Christ  Church,  Oxford.  The  following  have 
been  curates  and  vicars  : — 

oc.  1330     William  Cortays 186  , 

oc.  1342     Thomas  [de  Rawcliffe]  187 
oc.  1368     Richard  de  Sunderland  188 
oc.  1508-35      Christopher  Parkinson  189 
oc.  1547-53     Ralph  Parker190 
oc.  1552     Lawrence  Gaiter 1M 
oc.  1562     Lawrence  Kemp192 
oc.  1583     John  Helme  19S 
oc.  1605     William  Duxbury IM 
1641      Edmund  Shaw 19S 
1 646     Thomas  Cranage 196 
1648     William  Ingham  197 

Richard  Harrison,  B.A.198  (Brasenose 

Coll.,  Oxf.) 
c.  1675     James  Butterworth,  M. A.199  (Brasenose 

Coll.,  Oxf.) 

1692     William  Bushell,  B.A.100 
1735     William  Whitehead,  B.A.  (St.  John's 

Coll.,  Camb.) 
1740     Christopher  Swainson,  B.A.801  (Univ. 

Coll.,  Oxf.) 
1770     Christopher  Hull,    B.D.    (St.    John's 

Coll.,  Camb.) 

1 790     Charles  Buck,  M.  A.102  (St.  John's  Coll., 
Camb.) 


1 790     Joshua  Southward 20S 

1815      Robinson  Shuttleworth   Barton,  B.D. 
(Camb.) 

1822     Robert  Studholme 

1867     William  Shillito,  B.A.   (Univ.  Coll., 
Oxf.) 

1883     Charles     Osborne     Gordon,      M.A. 
(Exeter  Coll.,  Oxf.) 

1892     Edmund     Dawson     Banister,     B.A. 
(Magdalen  Hall,  Oxf.) 

1899     James  Thomas  Kerby,  M.A.  (Dur.) 

1911  Thos.  Bingley  Boss,  M.A.  (Lond.) 
WHITECHAPEL,  as  the  oratory  in  Threlfall 
was  called,  existed  before  the  Reformation,  as  the 
pedestal  of  a  cross  in  the  churchyard  gives  testimony  ; 
it  belonged  to  the  inhabitants,  who  had  at  one  time 
used  it  for  divine  service,  but  long  before  1581  it 
had  been  left  alone,  the  chapel  bell  being  then  given 
to  Alexander  Hoghton  of  Lea  until  such  time  as  it 
might  again  be  wanted.204  In  the  Commonwealth 
time  it  was  again  used,  an  allowance  of  £50  being 
made  out  of  Royalist  sequestrations.205  This  probably 
did  not  long  continue.206  About  1717  it  was  re- 
corded that  the  chapel  had  no  endowment,  and  that 
it  was  '  served  now  and  then  only,  out  of  charity  at 
the  request  of  the  people.' 207  A  bequest  of  £60  in 
1713  led  to  the  schoolmaster  becoming  also  the 
minister  of  the  chapel,  and  other  sums  being  given 
about  1720,  augmented  out  of  Queen  Anne's 
Bounty,  lands  of  ^430  value  were  purchased  for 
securing  a  minister's  salary.  A  further  .£400  was 
given  in  I756.208  The  income  is  now  ^2o8.209 

The  church  having  become  ruinous  was  rebuilt 
in  1738  and  again  in  1891.  It  is  known  as 
St.  James's.210  There  is  a  sundial  (1745)  in  the  church- 
yard.211 In  1 846  Whitechapel  became  an  indepen- 


186  Ormerod,    loc.    cit.       Biographical 
notices  of  the  later  curates  will  be  found 
in  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 

187  In  1342  Roger  son  of  William  de 
Whittingham   enfeoffed   Thomas,   parish 
chaplain  of  Goosnargh,  of  all  his  lands  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1800.     This  is 
probably  the  Thomas  de  Rawcliffe,  chap- 
lain,   to    whom  in    1361    Henry  son   of 
Henry  de   Whittingham  granted   all   his 
lands  ;  ibid.  no.  1782. 

188  Ibid.  no.   1776.      John  de  Furnes, 
chaplain,    occurs    in    similar    feoffments, 
1369—70,  and  was  probably  in  charge  of 
Goosnargh.       Later    were    William    de 
Bispharn  (1384),  Thomas  de  Mawdesley 
(1396-9),  and  Robert  Brownall  (1413). 
They  are  not  formally  styled  'chaplains 
of  Goosnargh.' 

189  He  is  named  in  the  deed  of  Roger 
Singleton  in  1508,  and  in  the  Valor  Eccl, 
loc.  cit. 

190  Raines,    Chantries,   242.      He    was 
forty-two  years  of  age  in  1548,  and  had 
a  pension  of  £4  from  the  chantry  in  1553. 
He  appeared  at  the  bishop's  visitation  in 
1554 — at  least  his  name  is  in  the  list — 
but  not  in  1 562.     He  seems  to  have  left 
to  act  as  Thomas  Leyland's  private  chap- 
lain, being  undoubtedly  the  Ralph  Parkin- 
son of  the  story  in  Foxe's  Acts  and  Monu- 
ments (ed.  Cattley),  viii,  563-4.     He  was 
called    his    'servant    and    executor'    in 
Leyland's  will,  and  had  an  annuity  of  £5  ; 
Piccope,  Wills  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  163.     He 
was  buried  at  Leigh  in  1564  ;  Reg. 

191  His  name  occurs  as  '  parish  priest ' 
in  the  inventory  of  church  goods  in  1552  ; 
Chet.  Misc.  (Chet.  Soc.,  new  ser.),  i,  J. 


He  attended  the  visitations  of  1548  and 

I554- 

192  He  appeared,  but  did  not  subscribe, 
at    the    visitation     of    1562.       He    was 
ordained  acolyte  in  1555,    but    there  is 
no    record   that    he    proceeded    further ; 
Chest.    Ordination   Bk.   (Rec.  Soc.   Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  85. 

193  In  the    Chester    Consistory    Court 
Records    is   preserved  a    letter  certifying 
that  Mr.  Arthur  Hoghton  of  Broughton 
and  Goosnargh   had    received    'the  holy 
communion  at  Easter  last  in  the  church 
of  Goosnargh    according   to  the  laws  of 
this  our    English    Church.'      The    letter 
was    addressed  to  the  vicar    of   Preston 
by  his  '  assured  friend  and  fellow  servant 
in  Christ's  affairs  ever  to  command,  Sir 
John     Helme,     the     under    curate     of 
Goosnargh.' 

John  Helme,  clerk,  purchased  3  acres 
in  Whittingham  in  1579  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  41,  m.  130. 

194  In  1 605  it  was  presented  that  he 
stood  excommunicate    for    anything    the 
churchwardens    knew,   and    that  he  was 
'  nothing  diligent  in  attending  the  church' ; 
Visit.  P.  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg.     He  was 
'no    preacher"  ;    Hist.  MSS.   Com.  Rep. 
xiv,  App.  iv,  9. 

195  He  signed  the  Protestation  as  curate 
of  Goosnargh  ;    and   was  buried   in    the 
chancel  29  May  1645. 

196  Plund.    Mins.    Accts.    i,    265.     He 
moved    to    Brindle    in    1647  ;    ibid.   46. 
The  Goosnargh  members  of  the  classis 
of    1646    were    T.    Cranage,    Alexander 
Rigby     and    Edmund    Turner ;    Baines, 
Lanes,  (ed.  1868),  i,  228. 

204 


197  '  A    diligent    painful    minister '    in 
1650 ;    he    became    incumbent    of   Rib- 
chester  in  1656. 

198  Afterwards  vicar  of  Poulton. 

199  He  was    'conformable'    in    1689; 
Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,   App.  iv,  229. 
He  appeared  at  the  visitation   of  1691, 
showing    letters  of   orders  'as    in    1677 
&c.'       He  had   been    appointed    school- 
master in  1686. 

200  Also  rector  of    Heysham  ;  his  son 
was  the  founder  of  the    hospital.      The 
Goosnargh    Church    papers    in    Chester 
Diocesan  Registry  begin  at  this  time. 

201  In    1743    there    were  prayers  and 
sermon  every   Sunday   in  the    year    and 
prayers   on  all  holy  days  ;  Visit,  returns. 
In    1755     the    families     were    classified 
thus  :  Protestants  230,   Papists   96,  and 
Protestant  Dissenters  2. 

202  Rector  of  Heysham. 

203  A  letter  of  his  touching  his  burial  fees 
is  printed  in  Gillow's  Haydock  Papers,  75. 

204  Fishwick,   op.   cit.   39  ;  there  is  a 
view  of  the  present  building,  ibid.  46. 

205  Common-w.   Ch.  Sur-v.  155.      Roger 
Shireburne  was  the  minister  at  that  time, 
1650-52  ;    Plund.    Mins.    Accts.   i,   235, 
244.     An    allowance  of   ,£40  had    been 
voted  as  early  as  1646  ;  ibid.  101,  42. 

206  Threlfall  was  merged  in  Goosnargh 
in    1658,   on  the  formation   of  an  inde- 
pendent parish  there  ;  ibid,  ii,  265,  272. 

207  Gastrell,  Notitia,  ii,  427. 

808  For  details  see  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
41-7.  209  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir. 

210  Sentence  of  consecration  was  given 
9  July  1818. 

811  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  47. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


dent  parish 21*  ;  the  patronage  is  vested  in  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford.     The  follow- 
ing have  been  curates  and  vicars  : — 
1716     William  Birket 

John  Penny213 

James  Farrer214 

Benjamin  Wright 

Thomas  Stephenson 

Thomas  Saul,  M.A.*16 

Philip   Gerard  Slatter,  M.A.   (Christ  Ch., 
Oxf.) 

James  Radcliffe,  M.A.  (Christ  Ch.,  Oxf.) 

Thomas  Benn 

Edmund  Dawson  Banister,  B.A.  (Magdalen 
Hall,  Oxf.) 

James  Thomas  Kerby,  M.A.  (Dur.) 

Joseph  Rhodes,  B.A.  (Dur.) 

Edwin  Augustine  Marshall  Godson,  M.A. 

(Oxf.) 

A  free  grammar  school,  under  the  will  of  Henry 
Colborne,  was  established  in  Goosnargh  about  1673.*" 
At  Whitechapel  a  school  was  founded  in  1705  by 
William  Lancaster,  a  linen-weaver.817 

The  Congregationalists  built  a  chapel  at  Ingle- 
white  in  1826.  It  has  some  endowments.118 

As  will  have  been  gathered  from  the  foregoing 
account,  the  principal  resident  families  adhered  to 
Roman  Catholicism  long  after  the  Reformation.  In 
1632  the  following  compounded  by  small  annual  rents 
for  the  two-thirds  of  their  estates  which  should  have 
been  sequestered  for  their  recusancy  :  In  Goosnargh — 
George  Beesley,  £$  ;  Gabriel  Hesketh,  £4.  ;  Roger 
Hesketh,  £6  i$s.  \d.  ;  and  Thomas  Whittingham, 
£$  6s.  8<£  ;  in  Whittingham — William  Chorley,  £2  ; 
and  Ellen  Nelson,  ^3."9  Bishop  Gastrell  recorded 
145  known  *  Papists  '  in  1717,  and  in  1767  there 


1738 
1764 

1774 
1796 

1808 
1813 

1815 
1836 

1873 

1892 
1900 
1909 


KIRKHAM 

were  3 1 6  above  sixteen  years  of  age,  with  two 
resident  priests,  in  Goosnargh  and  200  more  in 
Whitechapel.*20  Nothing  is  known  of  the  secret 
ministrations  of  the  I7th  century,  except  that  in 
1643  the  Ven.  Thomas  Whitaker  was  captured  at 
Edward  Midgehall's  house  in  Longley.2*1  One  of 
the  English  Franciscans  established  a  '  residence '  of 
the  Holy  Cross  at  White  Hill  in  1687,  obtaining  a 
plot  of  land  from  Cuthbert  Hesketh.**2  About  a 
century  afterwards  the  present  St.  Francis'  Chapel 
was  built  at  the  Hill,223  and  this  branch  of  the  Order 
served  the  mission  till  1813."*  The  work  was 
transferred  to  the  English  Benedictines  about  1833, 
and  they  retain  it  still.**5  The  congregation  has 
dwindled  away. 

To  Newsham  is  supposed  to  have  belonged  Roger 
Wrennall,  executed  at  Lancaster  in  1 6 1 6  for  assisting 
Fr.  Thewlis  in  an  attempt  to  escape  from  the  castle.**6 
About  1715  there  appear  to  have  been  two  secular 
priests  resident  in  this  part  of  the  township — one  at 
Crow  Hall  m  and  the  other  at  Hough,**8  and  they 
ministered  as  opportunity  afforded  in  the  neighbour- 
ing district.  Mass  was  occasionally  said  at  the 
former  house  till  about  1800  ;  at  the  latter  New- 
house  Chapel,  St.  Lawrence's,  was  built  about  1 740. 
This  was  replaced  in  1 806  by  St.  Mary's,  Newhouse,229 
which  in  turn  has  been  succeeded  by  the  present 
church  in  1907. 

The  principal  charity*30  is  the 
CHARITIES  Hospital  founded  by  William 
Bushell's  will,  1735.  He  devised 
almost  all  his  estate  to  trustees  for  maintaining 
'  decayed  gentlemen  or  gentlewomen  or  persons  of  the 
better  rank  of  both  or  either  sex,  inhabitants  of  the 
towns  or  townships  of  Preston,  Euxton,  Goosnargh, 
Whittingham,  Fulwood  and  Elston  .  .  .  being 


112  By  Order  jn  Council  21  Jan. 
1846. 

318  He  was  also  master  of  the  school. 
In  1743  there  was  service  three  Sundays 
in  the  month. 

*u  The  church  papers  in  the  Chester 
Dioc.  Registry  begin  with  this  curate. 

*15  Correspondence  in  a  dispute  between 
this  incumbent  and  the  parishioners  is 
printed  by  T.  C.  Smith,  Longridge,  222-8. 
He  did  not  reside,  and  had  another  curacy 
in  Yorkshire.  In  consequence  he  resigned. 
Whitechapel  had  then  an  income  of 
about  £100  a  year  ;  it  was  unconsecrated, 
but  services  were  regularly  held  twice  each 
Sunday,  except  four  times  a  year,  when 
the  curate  assisted  at  the  Sacrament  at 
Goosnargh  Church. 

218  End.    Char.    Rep.     Kirkham,    38  ; 
Bishop  Gastrell  gives  a  somewhat  different 
account ;  Notitia,  loc.  cit.  Richard  Cook- 
son,   a  native   of  the   place,  and  school- 
master for  forty  years,  published  Goosnargh 
Past  and  Present,  &c.  ;  he  died  in  1888  ; 
T.  C.  Smith,  op.  cit.  244. 

817  End.  Char.  Rep.  Kirkham,  39  ; 
Gastrell,  op.  cit.  ii,  428. 

a18  B.  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf. 
i,  163—5.  Preaching  began  in  1815  or 
before.  The  chapel  site  was  obtained  by 
a  little  trick  described  loc.  cit. 

219  Trans.  Hist.   Sac.   (new   ser.),   xxiv, 
177—9.     For  arrears   there  compounded 
(mostly  by  conformists),  John  Adamson  (for 
John  Lawrenson),  £i  ;  Nicholas  Norris  of 
Kidanape  (for  Grace  Morton),  ^4  ;  Robert 
Boyes  of  Whittingham  (for  Robert  Boyes, 
his  grandfather),  £z  ;  Edward  Midgehall 
(for  George  Midgehall  his  father),  £2  ; 


Matthew  Latus  (for  William  Latus  de- 
ceased), £2. 

The  Thomas  Whittingham  named  in 
the  text  was  no  doubt  the  ' Mr.'  T.  W. 
living  in  Threlfall  in  1625  ;  Fish  wick, 
op.  cit.  67. 

120  Trans.  Hist.  Sac.  (new  ser.),  xviii, 
217. 

221  Challoner,    Missionary    Priests,    no. 
1 86  ;  Whitaker  'was  apprehended  by  a 
gang  of  priest-catchers,  armed  with  clubs 
and  swords  ;  who,  it  seems,  fell  to  club 
law  with  their  prisoner  immediately  and 
ceased  not  to  beat  and  abuse  him  (threaten- 
ing also  to  murder  him  on  the  spot)  till 
they  had  extorted  a  confession  from  him 
that  he  was  a  priest.' 

222  Thaddeus,   Franciscans   in    England, 
186-7.     A  few  years  after  the  Revolution 
the  station    was    described  as   consisting 
of  '  a  chapel  and  a  little  dwelling  place  at 
one  end.      Cuthbert  Hesketh  gave  £200 
(yielding  ^10  a  year)  for  the  missioner, 
who  was  bound  "  to  say  two  masses  per 
week  for  the  said  Mr.   Cuthbert  and  his 
wife,  to  serve  the  poor  Catholics  of  the 
parishes  of  Goosnargh  and  Chipping,"  and 
if  permitted  make  his  abode  and  live  at 
the  chapel  of  White  Hill.     The  chapel 
being  uncovered  by  the  mob,  the  walls  are 
ordered  to  be  taken  down,   and  all    the 
materials    either    sold  or  laid  up  safe '  ; 
ibid. 

*»3  Gillow,  Bill.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath. 
iii,  260.  The  registers  at  the  Hill  begin 
about  1770. 

284  The  kst  appointment  to  the  Hill 
was  Fr.  Anselm  Millward,  1809-13. 
Afterwards  the  Franciscan  at  Lee  House 

205 


seems  to  have  served  the  Hill  also,  until 
1833.  The  English  Province  of  the 
Order  was  dying  out,  ending  about  1840. 

*25  Gillow,  loc.  cit.  ;  Trans.  Hist.  Soc. 
(new  ser.),  xiii,  168. 

»26  \yrennall  was  a  weaver,  in  prison 
for  religion  ;  Challoner,  Missionary  Priests, 
no.  176.  The  cause  of  his  beatification 
was  introduced  at  Rome  in  1886  ;  Pollen, 
Acts  of  Martyrs,  382. 

227  Gillow,  Haydock  Papers,  67-8.     In 
1716  Samuel  Peploe,  the  vicar  of  Preston, 
reported    to    the  government  that  Crow 
Hall  was  devoted  to  'superstitious  uses' ; 
the  estate  went   in  William    Shepherd's 
name,  and  the  lease  was  supposed  to  be 
in    his  name    in    trust   for   the  priests ; 
ibid,     citing    P.R.O.    Forfeited    Estates, 
P  134. 

228  Ibid.  69  ;  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl. 
Cath.   i,  411.     Vicar   Peploe   denounced 
this  mission  also,  but  apparently  without 
success.     John  Swarbrick,  a  later  priest 
in  charge,  died  in  1731,  bequeathing  his 
effects    to    the    building  of  a    chapel    at 
Midgehall.       It    was,  however,  built    at 
Newhouse  in   Newsham,  Edmund  Fish- 
wick  of  that    place    being  a  benefactor. 
The     mob     at     the    turbulent    Preston 
election  of  1768   marched  out  to  destroy 
the  chapel,  but  were  persuaded  to  retreat 
by  a  friendly  Protestant. 

229  Haydock  Papers,  73. 

280  An  official  inquiry  into  the  charities 
was  made  in  June  1903,  and  the  account 
in  the  text  and  notes  is  taken  from  the 
report  published  in  1904.  This  report 
includes  a  reprint  of  the  earlier  one, 
made  in  1824. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Protestants,  in  a  house  or  hospital  to  be  provided  in 
Goosnargh,  where  he  then  resided,  at  or  near  the 
dwelling-house  of  his  late  father.'  831  William  Bushell 
died  in  the  same  year,  and  the  trust  became  effective 
ten  years  later  when  his  daughter  Elizabeth  died. 
In  1824  there  were  thirteen  persons  in  the  hospital  ; 
each  had  a  separate  room,  but  they  dined  together, 
and  one  of  them  read  prayers  to  the  rest ;  they  were 
supplied  with  clothing,  and  each  received  los.  a 
quarter  for  pocket  money.  They  were  all  advanced 
in  life,  of  the  class  designated  by  the  founder,  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  of  England  and  required  to 
attend  the  services  in  the  church  at  Goosnargh, 
wherein  the  trustees  had  built  a  special  gallery  for 
them.  The  income  at  that  time  was  £855  and  the 
expenditure  considerably  less.  The  Hospital  is  an 
18th-century  building  of  stone,  in  a  simple  and 
dignified  classical  style. 

Owing  to  the  growth  of  Preston,  in  which  much  of 
the  property  lay  and  lies,  the  income  greatly  increased 
during  last  century,2"  and  the  charity  is  now  governed 
by  a  scheme  enforced  by  the  Charity  Commissioners 
in  1895 .83S  The  house  has  been  considerably  enlarged, 
and  the  number  of  inmates  is  fixed  at  twenty-four  ; 
they  are  to  have  the  qualifications  fixed  by  the 


founder,  with  a  slight  relaxation  in  favour  of  the 
lower  class  of  people.234  Married  couples  may  be 
received.  The  immediate  charge  of  them  is  en- 
trusted to  a  salaried  manager  and  matron,  assisted  by 
servants  and  a  trained  nurse.  '  The  life  of  the  in- 
mates resembles  that  of  residents  en  pension  at  an 
hotel  :  they  do  not  even  assist  in  tending  the  flower 
garden  and  they  are  not  permitted  to  follow  any 
occupation.  They  have  books  from  Mudie's  as  well 
as  a  permanent  library,  and  are  well  supplied  with 
newspapers.  The  diet  is  ample.  .  .  .  An  inmate 
dying  is  buried  at  the  cost  of  the  charity.'  There  is 
power  to  appoint  out-pensioners.  The  income  is 
about  .£3,300,  and  the  ordinary  expenditure  some- 
what less. 

In  addition  to  educational  endowments,855  a  pension 
fund  for  the  poor  of  the  chapelry  was  founded  in 
1878  by  Richard  Cookson,2*6  and  £6  5/.  is  paid  in 
money.237  For  Goosnargh  with  Newsham  £77  Js.  %d. 
is  available  for  the  apprenticing  of  children  by  the 
gift  of  John  Parkinson,838  and  £47  i8j.  8</.  is  given 
in  money  and  kind  from  the  foundations  of  Lawrence 
Parkinson  and  others.839  In  Whittingham  £8  1 •$;.  %d. 
is  given  yearly  in  money  doles.840  Several  gifts  to 
Goosnargh  have  been  lost.841 


181  The  founder  provided  that  '  no 
person,  being  a  Papist,  nor  any  one  who 
should  have  received  any  relief  out  of  the 
rates  for  the  poor '  should  be  eligible,  and 
if  any  one  already  in  the  house  '  should 
become  •  Papist,  such  person  should  im- 
mediately be  displaced  and  turned  out ' 
without  further  benefit. 

M2  Full  particulars  of  the  estates,  and 
various  sales  and  purchases,  are  given  in  the 
official  report.  The  gallery  in  Goosnargh 
Church  has  been  taken  down,  but  seats  are 
reserved  for  the  inmates  in  the  body  of 
the  church. 

233  This  scheme  was  imposed  in  conse- 
quence of  various  unsatisfactory  incidents 
in  the  management  of  the  hospital. 

234  In    1903    fourteen   of  the  inmates 
were  from   Preston,  five  from  Fulwood, 
two    from    Goosnargh,    and    one     from 
Whittingham. 

835  For  schools  at  Goosnargh  and 
Whitechapel. 

286  The  capital  fund  consists  of  £1,201 
consols,  with  an  income  of  £30  os.  %J. 
By  a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commis- 
sioners in  1893  seven  annual  pensions  of 
£3  each  were  founded  for  poor  persons 
resident  in  Goosnargh  or  Whittingham, 
aged  fifty-five  or  upwards.  The  residue 
of  the  income  is  given  in  school  prizes. 

237  Of  this  sum  £5  is  derived  from  the 
benefaction  of   Henry    Colborne,    1655, 
of  which  an  account  has  been  given  under 
Kirkham  ;  it  is  given  in  money  doles  by 
the    vicar    of    Goosnargh,    £3    IQJ.    6J. 
having  been  the  usual  share  of  Goosnargh, 
and  £i  91.  6d.  that  of  Whittingham. 

From  the  estate  known  as  the  Dun 
Cow  Rib  in  Whittingham  25*.  has  since 
1691  been  paid  yearly  for  the  poor,  201. 
being  given  to  Whittingham  and  5*.  to 
Goosnargh.  This  is  known  as  Lund's 
charity,  because  about  a  century  ago  the 
estate  was  the  property  of  Anthony  Lund, 
the  priest  at  Fernyhalgh.  It  is  dis- 
tributed with  Waring's  charity. 

238  The  benefactor  in  1676  gave  a  mes- 
suage and  land  in  Newsham  and  Hollow- 
forth  for  apprenticing  poor  children,  and 
further  land  was  purchased  in  1814  with 
borrowed  money.      In  1824  it  was  found 
that  'for  a  long  period  this  charity  has 


been  in  fact  confined  to  the  children  of 
Roman  Catholics,  and  it  has  been  left  to 
the  Roman  Catholic  priest  at  Goosnargh 
to  select  such  objects  as  he  thought  fit,' 
and  the  Commissioners  expressed  their 
objection  to  this.  The  debts  on  the 
charity  were  paid  off,  and  there  being  in 
recent  times  little  demand  for  apprenticing 
fees,  much  of  the  annual  income  is  allowed 
to  accumulate.  Under  a  scheme  of  the 
Charity  Commissioners  in  1880  the 
trustees  were  allowed  to  use  the  fund  not 
only  for  apprenticing,  but  to  supply  an 
outfit  for  qualified  children  on  entering 
a  trade.  The  charity  owns  Boggart 
House  Farm  in  Newsham,  rented  at  £65, 
and  has  £453  in  consols. 

239  Lawrence  Parkinson  in  1719  gave 
land  and  money  for  the  use  of  'poor 
needy  necessitous  housekeepers  of  Goos- 
nargh,' to  be  distributed  '  in  corn  called 
groats '  ;  also  for  providing  '  six  good 
penny  manchets  every  Sunday '  for  poor 
people  attending  divine  service  at  Goos- 
nargh Church.  He  also  left  money  for 
books,  but  this  does  not  seem  to  have 
become  operative.  The  bread  distribution 
has  been  kept  up,  but  in  1903  there  was 
only  one  recipient.  The  distribution  of 
meal  (eight  or  nine  loads  of  240  Ib.  each) 
had  been  suspended  since  1897,  the  money 
being  required  for  improvements  of  the 
property,  which  brings  in  £26  a  year. 

Thomas  Knowles  of  Sowerby  in  1686 
charged  his  estate  of  Loudscales  in  Goos- 
nargh with  certain  sums  for  the  poor, 
one-fourth  (501.)  being  for  Goosnargh, 
the  remainder  of  the  income  from  it  being 
left  to  the  trustees.  In  practice  a  fourth 
part  of  the  net  revenue  has  been  devoted 
to  the  poor  of  Goosnargh.  A  new  scheme 
was  made  by  the  Charity  Commissioners 
in  1901,  by  which  the  real  estate  became 
vested  in  the  official  trustee,  and  local 
trustees  were  appointed  to  distribute  the 
income,  the  share  of  Goosnargh  being 
about  £14  a  year.  Gifts  of  money  or 
goods,  medical  relief,  nursing,  &c.,  are 
allowed,  but  the  money  is  in  practice 
given  in  doles,  this  being  the  least  trouble- 
some to  the  trustees,  who  stated  that 
'  there  wrre  really  no  poor  in  Goos- 
nargh.' 

2O6 


William  Waring  of  Goosnargh  in  1728 
left  his  personal  estate  (about  £300)  for 
the  poor  of  that  place.  The  capital  was 
spent  on  a  workhouse  at  Inglewhite  Green, 
and  in  1824  the  poor  rates  were  charged 
with  £12  I2s.  for  the  charity,  distributed 
partly  in  doles  of  linen  and  woollen  cloth 
and  partly  in  money.  The  capital  was 
repaid,  and  is  represented  by  £316  con- 
sols, paying  £7  171.  %d.  This  is  now 
distributed,  along  with  Colborne's  charity, 
in  money  doles.  '  No  share  of  the  income 
has  ever  been  given  to  Newsham,  probably 
because  there  have  been  no  poor  there 
within  memory.' 

John  Lancaster  in  1866  left  the  residue 
of  his  estate  (£42)  for  the  benefit  of  the 
poor  of  Goosnargh  and  Newsham  who 
might  be  debarred  from  other  charities 
through  having  had  relief  from  the  rates. 
The  income  is  £i  is.  yearly.  From 
1895  onwards  no  one  in  the  township  had 
had  poor  relief,  so  that  the  income  has 
been  added  to  capital. 

240  Thomas  Houghton  in  1613— 14  gave 
money  and  land  (in  the  Green  Nook)  for 
the  benefit  of  the  poor.     The  gross  rent 
is  £3  i  CM. 

Jeremiah  Waring  in  1731  left  £40  for 
the  poor.  This  gift  is  now  represented 
by  £207  consols,  yielding  £5  31.  8d.  a 
year. 

The  above  sums,  to  which  are  added 
the  Whittingham  shares  of  Lund's  and 
William  Waring's  charities,  are  distributed 
chiefly  in  money  doles,  but  partly  in  food, 
by  the  trustees  of  Houghton's  charity  and 
the  vicar  of  Goosnargh. 

241  Jane  Adamson  in  1732  added  £40 
to  a  gift  of  £20   made  by  her  brother 
Thomas  Adamson  for  the  poor.     James 
Sidgreaves  in  1 824  paid  £2  1 41.  as  interest, 
as  heir  of  his  grandfather,  who  had  been 
the  trustee  ;  but  his  estate  was  not  legally 
charged  with  it.     The  amount  was  paid 
till  his  death  about  1840. 

Miss  Eccles,  it  was  believed,  left  £40 
for  the  poor.  This  was  spent  on  the 
workhouse,  and  in  1824  there  was  a  sum 
of  £i  i6i.  paid  out  of  the  rates  and  dis- 
tributed with  other  charity  money.  The 
workhouse  was  sold  in  1838-9,  and 
nothing  was  recovered  for  this  charity. 


WHITTINGHAM  :   CHINGLE  HALL,   BRIDGE  OVER  MOAT 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


WHITTINGHAM 

Witingheham,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Whitingham,  1199; 
Witingheham,  Witingeheim,  1202  ;  Hwytingham, 
1246;  Wytingham,  1257;  Quytyngham,  1292. 

Cumberhal,  1292  ;  Cumberhalgh,  1301.  Asshe- 
legh,  1346. 

This  township  has  an  area  of  3,192  acres.1  The 
western  half  or  Lower  End  is  Whittingham  proper  ; 
the  eastern  half  or  Higher  End 2  being  formed  of 
Comberhalgh  or  Cumeragh  in  the  south  and  Ashley 
in  the  north.3  Chingle  Hall  is  three-quarters  of  a 
mile  south  of  Goosnargh  Chapel.  Duxendean  lies  at 
the  west  end  of  the  township.4  The  general  slope  of 
the  ground  is  down  from  east  to  west  and  north  to 
south,  but  the  surface  is  intersected  by  many  depres- 
sions, down  which  flow  some  brooks  ;  the  chief  is 
Blundel  Brook,  flowing  west  south-west  and  for  about 
two  miles  forming  the  southern  boundary.  Savock 
Brook  is  the  boundary  on  the  south-east.  The 
ordinary  population  in  1901  was  805,  but  there 
were  also  3,236  persons  in  the  lunatic  asylum  as 
patients  or  attendants. 

The  principal  road,  from  Preston  and  Broughton 
to  Longridge,  goes  east  through  the  centre  ;  one  cross 
road  goes  north  to  Goosnargh  and  another  south  to 
the  above-named  asylum.  This  is  the  chief  institu- 
tion in  the  township  ;  it  was  built  in  1869  by  the 
county  authorities  and  has  a  single  line  railway  con- 
necting it  with  Grimsargh  station  on  the  Preston 
and  Longridge  line.  A  large  part  of  the  township 
belongs  to  it. 

The  soil  is  clayey,  and  the  land  is  chiefly  in 
pasture. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

The  local  legend  of  the  Dun  Cow  Rib  Farm  is 
that  there  was  once  on  the  moors  an  old  dun  cow  of 
great  size,  which  had  no  owner  but  gave  milk  freely 


KIRKHAM 

to  all  comers.  An  old  witch  once  took  a  riddle 
instead  of  a  pail,  and  the  cow,  mortified  at  being 
unable  to  fill  it,  died.  The  people  much  regretted 
its  loss  and  preserved  its  ribs  for  a  memorial.  One 
of  them  is  chained  over  the  door  of  the  farm-house 
named,  which  stands  in  Halfpenny  Lane,  near  Long- 
ridge. It  is  a  good  type  of  the  small  stone-built 
1 7th-century  yeoman's  dwelling,  of  two  stories,  with 
low  mullioned  windows  and  stone  slated  roof  over- 
hanging at  the  eaves  and  with  a  gable  at  each  end. 
The  front  faces  south  with  the  door  at  its  east  end, 
and  the  east  wall  is  blank  except  for  an  oriel  window 
corbelled  out  on  the  first  floor,  the  entrance  to  which, 
however,  is  blocked  up  on  the  inside.  Over  the 
door  are  the  initials  of  Adam  Hoghton  and  the  date 
1 6 1 6,  together  with  the  Hoghton  arms  on  a  shield. 
Over  the  shield  fastened  to  the  wall  with  iron  bands 
is  the  bone  referred  to,  which  is  about  2  ft.  long. 
The  door  is  the  original  nail-studded  one  and  retains 
its  original  heavy  oak  bar.  The  interior  was 
modernized  in  the  middle  of  the  i  gth  century  and 
the  plan  altered.  The  original  oak  staircase  remains, 
but  its  position  has  bfeen  changed  ;  partitions  have 
been  introduced  and  the  ceiling  raised.  The  house 
was  also  known  as  Moor  House.8 

Forming  part  of  Earl  Tostig's  Preston 
MANORS  fee  in  1066,  when  it  was  assessed  as  two 
plough-lands,6  WHITTINGHAM  was 
afterwards  a  member  of  the  barony  of  Penwortham 
and  held  with  other  lands  by  knight's  service  by  the 
lords  of  Freckleton.7  These,  retaining  one  moiety  in 
demesne,  gave  the  other  plough-land  to  subordinate 
tenants  to  hold  by  the  eighth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 
In  1242  the  tenants  were  Alan  de  Singleton,  Warine 
de  Whittingham  and  Robert  de  Dutton,8  each,  it 
would  seem,  holding  equally.  Soon  afterwards,  by 
steps  unknown,  this  portion  was  held  equally  by  the 
heirs  of  Singleton  9  and  by  the  Hoghton  family 10  ; 


Grace  Shakeshaft  in  1740  left  £60 
(reduced  to  £40)  for  the  poor.  This 
with  other  sums,  amounting  in  all  to 
£138  los.,  had  been  in  the  hands  of 
Thomas  Clifton  till  about  1822,  when  he 
died  in  very  embarrassed  circumstances. 
Letitia  Barrow  (nie  Moore)  left  £40, 
which  may  have  been  part  of  the  last- 
named  ,£138.  Nothing  further  is  known 
of  these  sumi. 

1  The  1901  Censut  Rep.  gives  3,193 
acres,  including  2  of  inland  water. 

3  This  seems  to  have  been  known  as 
Alley  tithing  in  1671.     The  name  may 
be  the  Heyley  of  the  Hospitallers. 

s  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  421. 

4  Henry  Waring,  in  right  of  the  Earl 
of  Derby,  claimed  a  waste  called  Duxen- 
dean, &c.,  in   1587  ;  Ducatui  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  iii,  207. 

4  Gillow,  HaydocJ^  Papers,  64-6.  The 
estate  came  into  the  possession  of  An- 
thony Lund,  priest  at  Fernyhalgh  in 
Broughton,  and  in  1808  he  settled  it  upon 
St.  Cuthbert's  College,  Ushaw.  The  bone 
is  not  a  cow's  rib  ;  Fishwick,  Goosnargh, 
192  ;  Harland  and  Wilkinson,  Lanes. 
Legends,  16-19.  For  Moor  House  see 
notes  86  and  95  below. 

6  r.C.H.  Lana.  i,  288*. 

7  Lanes.    Inq.    and   Extents   (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  36.     In  1324  again 
Whittingham    was    described    as   part  of 
the   Freckleton  lordship,   the   immediate 
tenants  not  being  recorded  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxxxi,  fol.  39/1. 


8  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  152.    From 
note  12  below  it  will  be  seen  that  Alan 
was  the  common  ancestor  of  the  various 
Singleton  families. 

One  of  the  divisions  may  be  due  to  an 
arrangement  in  1202  by  which  Roger  de 
Freckleton  confirmed  8  oxgangs  of  land 
in  Whittingham  and  Elswick  to  William 
de  Winwick  and  Maud  his  wife  in  ex- 
change for  other  lands  there  and  else- 
where ;  Feet  of  F.  Yorks.  4  John,  no.  45. 

Maud,  called  '  de  Thornton '  or 
'daughter  of  Robert,'  gave  land  in  Whit- 
tingham to  Cockersand  Abbey,  3  acres 
with  her  body,  and  6  acres  (in  Flecher 
Oatley)  for  the  soul  of  her  lord  William 
de  Winwick  ;  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
231-2.  The  Abbot  of  Cockersand  in 
1246  made  an  agreement  with  Alice  de 
Thornton  (daughter  of  Maud)  as  to  land 
in  Whittingham  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  103. 

9  William  father  of  Adam  Banastre  was 
in  1323  found  to  have  died  seised  of  lands 
in  Whittingham  held   of   Adam   lord  of 
Freckleton  by  paying  2s.  when  a  scutage 
of  40*.  was  demanded  (i.e.  by  the  twentieth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee)  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  ii,  159.     Adam  Banastre,  then  a 
minor,   seems  to  have  had  but  a   small 
revenue  ;  ibid.  113. 

As  in  other  cases,  the  Banastre  inherit- 
ance descended  to  Balderston  and  became 
divided  among  the  heirs  of  this  family, 
the  later  fines  and  inquisitions  showing 
portions  to  have  been  held  by  Thomas 

207 


Earl  of  Derby,  1521  (succeeding  Harring- 
ton) ;  Alexander  Osbaldeston,  1544  ; 
William  Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh,  1561, 
and  Gilbert  Gerard,  1593. 

10  Hoghton  succeeded  Dutton  before 
1290.  Robert  de  Dutton  gave  his  brother 
Hugh  part  of  the  wood  of  Whittingham  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1913.  Hugh  de 
Dutton  granted  land  to  Alexander  son  of 
Randle  de  Goosnargh,  the  bounds  of  it 
going  down  to  Ashley  Clough,  by  the 
clough  to  the  high  way,  thence  to  the 
carr,  and  round  to  the  starting-point ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  324.  Adam 'son  of 
Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  about  1284  (Gilbert 
de  Clifton  being  sheriff)  released  to  the 
same  Alexander  all  his  claim  in  that 
oxgang  of  land  which  Robert  de  Dutton 
had  granted  to  Randle  father  of  Alexander ; 
ibid.  no.  320. 

A  sixth  part  of  the  manor  of  Whitting- 
ham was  in  1306  included  in  the  estate 
of  Richard  son  of  [Sir]  Adam  de  Hoghton; 
Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  207.  This  seems  to  show  that  at  that 
time  the  'manor*  was  the  moiety  granted 
out,  and  that  each  of  the  three  holders 
shared  equally.  Nevertheless  in  1322 
Richard  de  Hoghton  was  said  to  hold  the 
manor  of  Whittingham  by  the  eighth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  of  the  honour  of  Pen- 
wortham ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  136. 

In  1422  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  was  said 
to  hold  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Whit- 
tingham by  the  sixteenth  part  of  a  knight't 
fee,  paying  1\d.  for  castle  ward  and  (>d.  to 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


the  Whittinghams  may  have  failed  in  the  legitimate 
line,  or  may  have  been  compelled  to  sell  part  of  their 
holding,  as  to  the  remainder  of  it  becoming  tenants 
of  Hoghton.  The  mesne  lordship  of  the  last-named 
family  was  sometimes  neglected 11  and  sometimes 
regarded  as  the  sole  manor. 

The  moiety  at  first  retained  in  demesne  appears 
to  have  been  acquired  by  one  of  the  numerous  off- 
shoots of  the  Singleton  family.12  John  de  Singleton 
died  in  or  before  1398  holding  a  moiety  of  the 
manor  of  the  duke  in  chief,  and  leaving  a  son  and 
heir  Robert,  only  four  years  of  age.18  This  moiety 
became  subdivided,  for  in  the  i6th  century  it  is 
found  that  the  Singletons  of  Chingle  Hall,  offshoots 
of  those  of  the  Tower  in  Broughton,  held  of  the  king 
as  of  his  duchy  the  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in 
Whittingham  14  ;  the  Leylands  of  Morleys,  as  heirs  of 
the  Singletons  of  Withgill,  the  same,  their  estate 


having  apparently  been  called  the  manor  of 
MANHOLES  16  ;  and  the  Shireburnes  of  Stonyhurst, 
whose  estate  was  known  as  the  manor  of  COM- 
FORTH  HALL,  the  fortieth  part,18  having  acquired 
the  share  of  the  Clitheroes  of  Bailey.  In  all  these 
shares  form  the  eighth  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  corre- 
sponding with  one  plough-land  of  the  ancient  assess- 
ment. 

The  lordship  of  the  manor  was  thus  early  divided 
into  small  fractions,  held  in  many  cases  by  non- 
residents, and  it  is  impossible  to  say  what  has  become 
of  all  of  the  parts.  The  original  Singleton  Manor  on 
a  partition  of  estates  between  the  heirs  in  1564  was 
assigned  to  the  Earl  of  Derby,17  and  about  1610  was 
acquired  by  the  Heskeths  of  Rufford,18  being  held  by 
them  for  a  long  time  as  the  manor  of  NETHER 
WHITTINGHAM.19  The  Hoghton  Manor  was 
sold  or  mortgaged  in  i63i.20  Fines  and  suit  of 


Penwortham  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  146.  Land*  in  Whittingham 
were  in  1479  enumerated  among  the 
possessions  of  Henry  Hoghton  held  by 
knight's  service,  but  nothing  was  said  of 
any  '  manor  '  ;  Lanes.  Rec.  Inq.  p.m. 
no.  47,  48.  Later,  in  the  inquisition 
after  the  death  of  Alexander  Hoghton, 
his  lands  in  Whittingham  and  Cornber- 
halgh  were  said  to  be  held  of  the  king, 
but  the  tenure  was  unknown  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  66.  Later  still 
Sir  Richard  Hoghton,  who  died  in  1630, 
was  found  to  have  held  his  '  manors  '  of 
Whittingham  and  Comberhalgh  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  by  the  twentieth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  ibid,  xxvii,  no.  13. 
This  is  the  same  as  the  Banastre  tenure 
of  1323. 

11  Compare   the    tenures   of    William 
and  Thomas  Whittingham  in  1437  and 


w  Richard  de  Freckleton  gave  land  in 
Comberhalgh  to  Richard  Drury  ;  Towne- 
ley  MS.  DD,  no.  1915.  Richard  son  of 
William  Drury  claimed  4^  acres  in  Whit- 
tingham against  Master  Robert  de  Single- 
ton in  1295  ;  De  Banco  R.  no,  m.  73  ; 
in,  m.  39d.  William  son  of  Robert 
de  Singleton  was  plaintiff  in  1317-18, 
and  Randle  de  Singleton  in  1319;  De 
Banco  R.  220,  m.  376  d.  ;  223,  m.  27  ; 
231,  m.  109  d. 

In  1324  a  jury  decided  that  Richard  de 
Hoghton  was  lord  of  one-sixth  of  Comber- 
halgh —  a  distinct  hamlet  in  Whitting- 
ham —  and  Randle  de  Singleton  of  the 
remainder,  various  minor  tenants  being 
defeated,  viz.  Maud  widow  of  Thomas 
de  Kendal,  Adam  de  Elswick,  Thomas 
son  of  Hugh  de  Goosnargh,  and  Hugh 
son  of  Randle  de  Goosnargh  ;  Assize  R. 
425,  m.  5  d.  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  340. 
As  a  result  Richard  Drury  released  all 
his  claim  in  the  sixth  part  of  Comberhalgh 
to  Richard  de  Hoghton  ;  ibid.  no.  180, 
319  (fol.  274,  &c.).  In  1332  Richard 
Drury  made  claims  against  William  son  of 
Alexander  son  of  Adam  de  Elswick  and 
against  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  and 
Randle  de  Singleton;  Assize  R.  1411, 
m.  12. 

Randle's  lordship  appears  to  have  been 
derived,  in  part  at  least,  from  a  grant  by 
Joan  widow  of  Thomas  Banastre  to  her 
brother  Randle  de  Singleton  of  all  her  part 
of  Comberhalgh  and  all  her  lands  in 
Whittingham  at  the  rent  of  a  pair  of 
gloves  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  74^.  In 
1324  Randle  granted  to  Adam  son  of 
John  de  Singleton  a  fourth  part  of  all  the 


wood  and  waste  between  Brunden  and 
the  Crombrook  in  Comberhalgh  for  the 
rent  of  a  pair  of  spurs  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  671.  Ten  years  later  there 
was  a  dispute  between  William  son  of 
John  de  Whittingham  and  Alice  widow 
of  John  de  Singleton  on  one  side  and  Sir 
Richard  de  Hoghton  and  Randle  de 
Singleton  on  the  other  as  to  an  approve- 
ment of  waste  between  Brunden  and 
Ashley  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1854. 
See  the  note  on  Pleasington  below. 

In  1246  Adam  de  Singleton  claimed 
part  of  an  oxgang  of  land  as  part  of  his 
inheritance  from  Thomas  his  father  ; 
Assize  R.  404,  m.  9. 

The  Shireburne  abstract  book  preserved 
at  Leagram  Hall  throws  light  on  the 
Singletons  of  Whittingham.  It  appears 
that  Alan  de  Singleton  (whose  wife 
was  named  Alice)  had  two  sons  named 
William,  and  the  younger  of  them  gave 
lands  in  Whittingham  to  Robert  and 
Alan,  sons  of  his  brother  William. 
Robert  had  a  son  John,  who  by  his  wife 
Alice  (a  widow  in  1319)  had  a  son  Adam, 
whose  son  Robert  had  Chingle  Hall  from 
his  father  in  1354.  This  Robert  with 
Alice  his  wife  had  a  grant  from  Sir  T. 
Banastre  in  1372.  See  notes  28,  59. 

Alan  the  (?  elder)  brother  of  the  former 
Robert  granted  lands  in  Comberhalgh  to 
his  son  Henry.  Gilbert  (of  Broughton) 
and  Randle  were  apparently  other  sons. 

18  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  69. 
It  was  probably  the  daughter  of  this  John 
de  Singleton  (Margaret)  who  married 
Robert  son  and  heir  of  Nicholas  de 
Clitheroe  of  Bailey  in  1403  ;  Shireburne 
Abstract  Book.  14  See  below. 

16  Something  has  been  said  of  this 
family  in  preceding  townships  (e.g.  in  the 
account  of  Middleton  in  Goosnargh), 
but  a  clear  descent  is  wanting. 

Henry  son  of  Thomas  de  Singleton  in 
1361  leased  to  Robert  son  of  Adam  de 
Singleton  his  manor  of  Fermanholes  with 
mills  and  lands  in  Whittingham  ;  Shire- 
burne Abstract.  Henry  de  Singleton  had 
Fermanholes  in  1 3  94,  in  which  year  his  son 
William  is  named  as  having  been  indicted 
for  waylaying  and  killing  one  of  the 
king's  justices  ;  Cat.  Pat.  1391-6,  p.  388. 
William  Singleton  of  Withgill  —  ob- 
viously the  William  Singleton  of  Fer- 
manholes of  another  writ — complained  in 
1408  that  he  had  been  outlawed  unjustly  ; 
Add.  MS.  32108, no.  1583,  1636.  From 
the  pedigree  given  below  it  would  appear 
that  this  estate  went  to  another  Singleton 
family,  previously  of  Chingle  Hall. 

208 


Sir  William  Leyland  of  Morleys 
married  Anne  daughter  and  heir  of  Alan 
Singleton  of  Withgill;  Visit,  of  1533 
(Chet.  Soc.),  88.  Sir  William  died  in 
possession  in  1547  holding  lands  in 
Whittingham  and  Ashley  of  the  king  as 
of  his  duchy  by  the  twentieth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
ix,  no.  43.  Similar  statements  were  made 
in  later  inquisitions,  as  in  that  of  his  son 
Thomas  in  1564  (ibid,  xi,  no.  20)  and- 
that  of  Edward  Tyldesley  of  Morleys  in 
1621  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  dies.),  ii,  261. 

Richard  Whittingham  in  1543  com- 
plained that  Thomas  Leyland  of  With- 
gill and  others  had  entered  'a  great 
waste  ground  containing  too  acres  and 
more,  with  divers  cottages  built  there,' 
which  had  belonged  to  plaintiff  and  his 
ancestors.  Thomas  Leyland  replied  that 
a  certain  John  Singleton  his  ancestor  had 
inherited  the  'manor  of  Fernarweles," 
which  included  the  said  waste,  and  he 
gave  the  following  pedigree  :  John  Single- 
ton -s.  Robert  -s.  Alan  -da.  Anne. 
Plaintiff  denied  the  existence  of  such  a 
manor  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Dep.  35 
Hen.  VIII,  xxxix,  W  4. 

Part  at  least  of  the  Tyldesley  estate 
(Ashley)  was  in  1681  sold  by  Edward 
Tyldesley  of  Myerscough  to  Thomas 
Patten  of  Preston  and  Thornley,  from 
whom  it  has  descended  to  the  Earl  of 
Derby  ;  information  of  Mr.  Windham  E. 
Hale. 

16  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  was  found  to 
have   held    it    in   1594,  as  also    Richard 
his  son  in   1628  ;    Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xvi,  no.  3  ;  xxvi,  no.  4. 

The  manors  of  Comforth  Hall  and 
Whittingham  are  named  among  the 
Shireburne  estates  in  1579;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  41,  m.  199. 

17  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  216,  m.  10. 

18  In  a  fine  of  that  year  respecting  this 
and   other   manors    Robert    and  Richard 
Hesketh  were  plaintiffs  and  Thomas  Lord 
Ellesmere,  Alice   his  wife,    Sir    Thomas 
Leigh  and   Thomas  Spencer  were  defor- 
ciants  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  74, 
no.  28. 

19  It  occurs   in  a   feoffment  by  Robert 
Hesketh  of  Rufford  in   1696  ;  ibid.  bdle. 
237,    m.    52.     Again   in    a    recovery    in 
1748  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  569,  m.  8  d. 

80  In  a  fine  of  that  year  respecting  the 
manor  of  Whittingham  only  Miles  Berry 
and  Samuel  Knott  were  plaintiffs  and 
Sir  Gilbert  Hoghton  deforciant  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  120,  no.  17.  It 


O 

U 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


court  were  claimed  for  the  superior  manor  of  Pen- 
wortham  as  late  as  I544-21 

The  chief  resident  family  was  that  of  Whitting- 
ham, but  in  the  1 6th  century  that  of  Singleton  of 
Chingle  Hall  became  important  for  a  time.  There 
were  several  minor  houses. 

Warine  de  Whittingham  occurs  as  early  as  1210," 
and  is  no  doubt  the  Warine  who  had  possession  of  a 
share  of  the  manor  in  1242  and  1246.^  In  1232-3 
he  made  an  agreement  with  Alan  de  Singleton  and 
his  partners  of  the  vill  of  Whittingham  for  a  division 
of  the  wood  into  two  parts,  of  which  Warine  was  to 


KIRKHAM 

have  the  northern  part  and  Alan  and  the  others  the 
southern."  Warine  was  apparently  succeeded  by  his 
son  Adam,25  who  was  living  in  1 2  5  y,26  and  he  by  his  son 
John.  Adam's  younger  son  Geoffrey  became  an  idiot,*7 
and  on  his  death  in  I  3  i  o  his  heirs  were  found  to  be  his 
sisters  Alice  (wife  of  John  de  Singleton)  and  Margery, 
and  another  Margery  daughter  of  his  third  sister 
Christiana.28 

John  de  Whittingham,*9  who  was  living  in  I  309,"° 
was  succeeded  by  a  son  William,31  who  made  nu- 
merous grants  of  lands  to  his  children,3'  and  was 
about  1347"  succeeded  by  his  son  Adam,34  followed 


does  not  occur  again  among  the  family 
manors,  but  Land  in  Whittingham  was 
sold  by  Sir  Henry  Hoghton  in  1772  to 
William  Shawe  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
615,  m.  7  d. 

31  Duchy  Plead.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  200. 

22  Farrer,    Lanct.    Pipe    R.    115,     &c. 
Warine  was  a   benefactor  of  Cockersand 
Abbey,    giving    the    canons    an    acre    in 
Kilnehalgh  ;  Chartul  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  232. 

23  He  was  plaintiff  in  the  latter  year  ; 
Assize    R.    404,  m.   3.     He  complained 
that  he  had  been  disseised  of  common  of 
pasture    by    Robert    de    Freckleton  and 
others,  and  recovered. 

At  the  same  time  Maud  widow  of  one 
Thomas  de  Whittingham  claimed  a  mes- 
suage against  Alexander  the  Clerk,  Maud 
his  wife  and  Randle  de  Goosnargh. 
Maud  said  she  had  recovered  the  land 
c.  1228—9  agamst  Alice  de  Singleton  and 
had  had  possession  for  seventeen  years. 
She  recovered  ;  ibid.  m.  5. 

It  should  be  noticed  that  Warine  had 
a  son  Richard,  occurring  1246  ;  Richard 
had  a  wife  Hawise  and  a  son  Warine  ; 
Cockcrtand  Chartul,  i,  184  ;  Final  Cone. 
i,  99.  He  had  also  a  son  John  in  one 
deed  described  as  'lord  of  Whittingham ' ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1906. 

24  Add.   MS.   32106,   no.    327.       The 
bounds  began  at  '  Barndehurt '  and  were 
defined    by    marked     oaks,    brooks     and 
ditches  as  far  as  the  White  Oak  at  Cros- 
tanesnape. 

Warine  granted  land  within  certain 
bounds  to  Simon  his  son,  Richard  de 
Goosnargh  and  Randle  his  brother  being 
witnesses  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1909. 
To  Henry,  another  son,  he  granted  an 
oxgang  of  land  to  be  held  by  knight's 
service,  eight  plough-lands  there  making  a 
knight's  fee  ;  ibid.  no.  1838.  Geoffrey 
the  clerk,  another  son,  had  land  on  the 
west  of  Smalldene,  the  service  for  1  ox- 
gang  of  land  to  be  rendered  for  it  ;  no. 
1853.  The  date  of  this  lies  between 
1235  and  1241,  Simon  de  Thornton  being 
sheriff.  It  was  probably  this  Geoffrey 
who  was  a  juror  in  1247  5  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,  i,  1 66. 

K  Warine  de  Whittingham  granted  hi» 
son  Adam  an  assart  within  certain  bounds  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1835. 

26  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  2IO.  To 
Cockersand  Abbey  he  gave  two-thirds  of 
an  oxgang  of  land,  the  bounds  touching 
Whitacreley,  Brundene  and  Blenesgill  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  230.  As  Adam  son 
of  Warine  he  attested  a  grant  made  by 
Robert  son  of  Warine  to  his  son  Adam 
of  land  in  Hevesclough  ;  DD,  no.  1907. 
From  John  de  Whittingham  and  Adam 
son  of  Geoffrey  be  Whittingham  he  ac- 
quired the  sixth  part  of  a  mill  called 
Cowanthwaite,  also  a  part  of  Hurst  from 
John  son  of  Richard  de  Whittingham  ; 
ibid.  no.  1892,  1900.  To  Richard  Drury 


he  gave  8  acres  in  the  north  of  Comber- 
halgh  ;  no.  1901. 

27  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  274.  An 
account  of  his  lands  is  given  in  1297  ; 
ibid.  283.  As  his  sisters  were  heirs,  the 
father  must  have  married  twice. 

38  Ibid,  ii,  i.  His  '  manor'  of  Whit- 
tingham was  held  of  John  de  Whitting- 
ham by  a  rent  of  $d.  ;  he  also  held  a 
messuage  and  land  of  the  Prior  of  St. 
John  of  Jerusalem  by  2s.  \od.  rent. 

William  de  Whittingham,  clerk,  ac- 
knowledged that  he  owed  the  prior  431. 4^. 
in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  51.  This  is 
perhaps  the  William  who  is  mentioned 
in  1293  and  took  precedence  of  John  de 
Whittingham  in  1297  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,  281,  282. 

A  grant  of  land  by  William  de  Whit- 
tingham to  Richard  his  son  was  attested 
by  William  de  Whittingham,  clerk,  and 
John  de  Whittingham  ;  DD,  no.  1873. 

John  de  Singleton  and  Alice  his  wife 
frequently  occur.  They  were  plaintiffs 
in  respect  of  lands  in  Whittingham  in 
1308-9,  while  Geoffrey  son  of  Adam  was 
an  idiot  and  his  tenement  in  the  king's 
hands  ;  Assize  R.  423,  m.  I  d. 

In  1311  William  de  Ravenshaw  ob- 
tained part  of  Alice's  inheritance  from  her 
and  her  husband,  and  Adam  le  Fevre  had 
another  portion  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  12,  13. 

Richard  de  Hoghton  in  1324-5  re- 
covered 40*.  rent  from  lands  in  Whitting- 
ham, Haighton  and  Broughton  against 
Alice  widow  of  John  de  Singleton  and 
Adam  and  Thomas  hit  sons  ;  Assize  R. 
426,  m.  8. 

Alice  widow  of  John  de  Singleton  in 
1314—15  gave  lands  to  Adam  son  of  Alan 
son  of  Gilbert  de  Whittingham  ;  DD,  no. 
1784.  She  was  living  in  1329,  when  an 
agreement  was  arrived  at  between  her, 
her  son  Adam  and  Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton 
as  to  the  wood  of  Haylegh  Shaw  in  Whit- 
tingham ;  they  surrendered  it  to  him  for 
a  release  of  the  above-named  rent  of  401. ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  319  ;  also  no.  331. 

29  John  son  of  Adam  son  of  Warine  de 
Whittingham  in  1306  claimed  6  acres  in 
the  township  against  Richard  son  of  Wil- 
liam de  Whittingham  ;  De  Banco  R.  151, 
m.  206  ;  162,  m.  258.  John  de  Whit- 
tingham had  been  engaged  in  disputes 
with  neighbours  concerning  a  mill  dam 
and  the  diversion  of  the  course  of  a  boun- 
dary brook  in  1284  and  1294  ;  Assize  R. 
1268,  m.  13  ;  1299,  m.  15. 

As  John  de  Whittingham  he  made 
grants  to  William  his  eldest  son,  to 
Richard  de  Feris  (the  land  by  the  mill 
pool),  to  Henry  son  of  Richard,  and  to 
Adam  his  uncle  ;  DD,  no.  1780,  1807, 
1834,  1914,  1902,  1905,  1908. 

About  the  same  time  there  was  another 
of  the  name,  son  of  Richard  de  Whitting- 
ham, who  made  various  grants  ;  ibid. 
no.  1896  (in  the  field  of  Ashley),  1898, 

209 


1916-17.  Also  William  son  of  Amery  de 
Whittingham,  defendant  in  1309  to  a 
claim  by  John  son  of  Richard  de  Hother- 
sall  ;  De  Banco  R.  178,  m.  255  d. 

30  Inq.  p.m.  of  Geoffrey,  above  cited. 

81  He  attested  a  deed  in  1 3  14—1 5,  so 
that  he  had  probably  succeeded  his  father 
by  that  time  ;  DD,  no.  1784.  In  1315 
he  was  called  to  warrant  by  Richard  son 
of  Amery  de  Comberhalgh  ;  De  Banco  R. 
212,  m.  302.  The  following  year  he  re- 
ceived land  in  Will  croft  from  Adam  son 
of  Alot  and  regranted  to  Adam  and  Milli- 
cent  his  wife  ;  DD,  no.  1804,  1837. 

As  William  son  of  John  de  Whitting- 
ham he  gave  to  Richard  Wawayn  (after- 
wards Wawne)  land  within  bounds  begin- 
ning (on  the  north  side)  at  the  lower  head 
of  a  certain  ditch  on  Spenclough  bank, 
following  the  ditch  south  to  the  upper 
head,  by  a  hedge  west  to  the  cross-marked 
oak,  thence  along  Spenclough  north  to  the 
starting-point,  together  with  another 
piece  of  land,  at  a  rent  of  2s.  Various 
easements  were  allowed,  including  a  pro- 
portion of  wood  for  building  and  burning 
from  the  common  wood  of  Whittingham  ; 
Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries,  Deeds  and 
Evid.,  box  13  A,  no.  FD  17.  William 
son  of  John  also  made  a  grant  to  Adam 
de  Whittingham  the  Smith  ;  DD,  no.i852. 

William  de  Whittingham  and  Alice 
his  wife  obtained  certain  land  in  the  Eves  ; 
ibid.  no.  1889.  The  same  William  and 
Alice  obtained  a  grant  from  Robert  de 
Greenfield  in  1322-3,  and  were  re-en- 
fcoffed  by  Robert  son  of  John  de  Singleton 
in  1327  5  ibid.  no.  1794-5,  I775- 

32  Several  grants  have  been   preserved 
to  Roger,  William  and  Cecily  ;    DD,  no. 
1899,    1903,   &c.      In    1346   William  de 
Wliittingham  and  Adam  his  son  made  rn 
agreement    whereby    the    lands   formerly 
belonging    to    William    son    of   William 
should    go    to   Adam,    who   had    granted 
land  to  his  sister  Cecily  for  life  and  other 
land  to  Henry  the  son  of  William  (son  of 
William)  ;  ibid.  no.  1826. 

Roger  had  a  son  Robert  who  in  1368 
was  married  to  Maud  daughter  of  John 
de  Clare  and  had  lands  in  Whittingham 
settled  with  remainder  to  William  son  of 
Adam  de  Whittingham  ;  ibid.  no.  1776. 

33  William  son  of  John  de  Whittingham 
and    Alice   his   wife    were   in    1344   and 
1347  defendants  to  a  claim  for   12  acres 
put  forward  by  Henry  son  of  Thomas  de 
Comberhalgh;   Assize  R.  1435,  m.  45d., 

33d- 

34  Adam  son  of  William  son  of  John 
de  Whittingham  was  plaintiff  as  early  as 
1314-15,    his    father    being    defendant, 
with    regard     to    certain    messuages    in 
Whittingham  ;  Assize   R.  424,  m.  6.      It 
appears   that  the    father   had    married   a 
daughter  of  Adam  de  Lever  of  Lever. 

In  1327  his  father  William  gave  him 
land  in  Whittingham  on  his  marrying 
Aline  ;  DD,  no.  1787.  At  the  same 

27 


A   HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


by  a  xm  William,*  and  a  grandson  Adam,"  de- 
scribed a*  'lord  of  Whitongham.'*  This  was 
probably  the  Adam  Whittingham  who  accompanied 
Henry  V  to  France  and  died  at  the  siege  of 
Hat-Hear  in  1415**  The  next  in  possession  was 
a  William  Whittingham,  probably  son  or  brother 
o;'  Adam**;  he  died  in  1437  holding  the  manor 
of  Whittingham  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  by 
knight's  service  and  a  payment  of  7^.  yearly  ;  also 
bolJing  sjn  SM  1^1 1  and  land  in  Ashley  of  the  same 
Sir  Richard  by  knight's  service  and  1<L  John  his 
son  and  heir  was  fire  years  of  age." 

John  Whittingham  *•  was  about  1500  succeeded  by 
his  son  Thomas,*1  who  married  Joan  daughter  of 
John  Singleton  of  Withgill,**  and  had  a  son  Roger,** 
who  came  to  a  violent  end  about  1521,  Thomas 
died  in  1530**  V^tPifg  various  messuages  and  land  in 
Whittingham  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  the 
thirtieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  a  rent  of  7^.  ; 
his  son  Roger  had  left  a  son  Richard,  who  was  the 
heir,  being  then  ten  years  old,4*  Richard  died 
in  or  before  1552  holding  similarly  and  leaving  a  son 
Thomas,  ten  yean  old.4  Thomas  in  or  before  1 566 


married  Bridget  sister  and  co-heir  of  Richard  Browne 
of  RibMeton.47  A  pedigree  was  recorded  In  the 
Mowing  year.* 

lake  his  neighbours,  Thomas  Whittiagham  was 
hostile  to  the  change  of  religion  made  by  Elizabeth, 
but  on  being  summoned  before 
the  Bishop  of  Chester  about 
•577,  as  a  person  suspected, 
he  affirmed  that  he  went  to 
church  and  was  conformable." 
The  conformity  may  have 
been  external  merely,  for  two 
of  his  grandsons  became  Jesuits, 
one  of  them  being  a  piitomtr 
in  Newgate  for  some  years.1* 
Thomas  was  Irving  in  1590,** 
but  before  1600  had  been 
succeeded  by  his  son  Richard,19 
who  died  in  1611  holding 
bnds  in  Whittingham,  Ashley 

and  Comberhalgh  of  the  king  by  the  twentieth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee.  His  son  Thomas,  twenty-fire  years 
old,*1  followed  and  held  possession  M  aU  through  the 


Whfttiagham.  Ardent 
*  fnte  a*mret  aver  mil  * 
Dam  rtmfamt  pla. 


time  Atom  made  a  (rant  of  land  m 
Ashley  dough  and  Eva  dough  to  his 
brother  Roger ;  DD,  no.  1781. 

Adam  de  WbJttingham  m  1351  gave 
land  to  Vale  Royal  Abbey  for  a  tinW 
bara ;  ibid.  no.  1862. 

*  !•  1364  Adam  MM  of  Win  am  de 
Wh:ttingham  gave  certain  land*  in  Ashley 
to  his  soa  William,  with  remainder*  to 
John  aad  Thomas,  other  sons  of  the 
grantor,  and  dien  to  Robert  SOB  of  Roger 
de  Whittingham  ;  ibid.  no.  1836. 

Adam  Hisjst  have  died  MOB  afterwards, 
far  in  1369  William  de  Whittingham  and 
Maud  his  wife  made  a  settlement  of  the 
manor  of  Whittingham,  the  iTnuiai«f» 
m  default  Wsng  to  John  Mi  Thorn**, 
fcnpdhui  of  William,  to  Robert  de 
Whittingham  and  to  Cecily  and  Aline 
daughter*  of  William;  ibuL  BO,  1828-7. 
Maud  was  a  widow  in  13(4-5 ;  no. 
1812,  1874-5. 

la  1377-1  John  de  Whittingham, 
probably  the  brother  of  William,  recefred 
certain  land  from  the  trustee ;  Add.  MS. 
32107,  no.  1050. 

MMandwi<k>w  of  Winiamde  Whitting- 
ham, Adam  hi»  MB  and  William  MB  of 
Thaws*  de  Singleton  in  1313  agreed  to 
•ell  to  Richard  de  Hoghton  the  ir.uiisMf 
and  marriage  of  John  MB  and  heir  of 
Robert  de  Singleton  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
BO.  330, 

Adam  de  Wh:tt:ngham  attested  charter* 
in  1390-1  ;  DD,  no.  (§77,  iSSo.  In 
1394-$  Maod  the  widow  of  William  de 
Whittingham  aad  William  de  Singleton 
the  elder  made  a  feorTmettt  of  die  manor 
of  Whittingham,  and  then  M  and  and 
Adam  it  Whittingham  contracted  that 
Adam  should  marry  Alice  sister  of 
Edmund  Skillicorne;  no.  1130,  1872. 
In  1398-9  Adam  de  Whittingham  and 
Alice  hi*  wife  received  the  manor  of 
Whittingham  from  the  trustees;  no. 
i  $29. 

"  Adam  de  Whittingham,  lord  of  the 
same,  granted  to  Thomas  Browne,  Robert 
de  Bispham  aad  John  Browning  turbary 
and  pasture  in  respect  of  a  tenement 
formerly  William  de  Cottam's  ;  DD,  no. 
1863.  From  another  deed  (no.  iSn)  it 
appears  that  Thomas  Browne,  chaplain, 
•vas  son  of  Maod  Ward,  daughter  aad 
heir  of  William  Cottam. 


»»  Exchequer  K.  R.  Aeets.  bdle.  46, 
mo.  17. 

R  There  does  not  seem  to  be  any 
f  tisVai  i  on  this  point,  except  the  un- 
trustworthy pedigree  of  1567. 

*  DD,  ao.  1474 ;  Off.  Kfcfer'i  Kef. 
xxxiii,   App.    37,      FJtrabrth   widow   of 
Wilfiaat    Whittingham   soon    afterwards 
If  jars'  her  laads  in  Whittingham,  Goos- 
nargh    aad  Comberhalgh  to  Sir  Richard 
flagWtin  for  sixteen  years;    Add.  MS. 
32106,  ao.  875,    John  Whittingham  ia 
1467  gave  to  trustees  lands 

his  mother ;   DD,  ao.  18(7, 

Ifring  ia   1476,   being   thea   widow   of 

Peter  Raddifte  ;  Kuerden  foL  MS.  357. 

•In  1456-7  John  soa  aad  heir  of 
William  Whittingham  married  Elizabeth 
liajhli  i  of  John  Boteler  of  Kirkland  ; 
DD,  no.  (790,  1824,  1858.  In  1483 
he  released  to  feoffees  lands  ia  Ashley 
croft;  ibid,  no.  1821. 

41  In  deeds  of  1498-1500  Thomas  is 
called  soa  aad  lnii  iifaajust  of  John 
Whittingham ;  ibid.  no.  1785,  1796. 

*  Laads    in    Whittingham    were    in 
1477  settled   for  fife    on    Joan  on   her 
marriage  with  Thomas ;  ibid,  no.  1867, 
1789. 

*  Roger  first   married    Agnes    Brock- 
holes,  but  they  were  divorced  ia  1513  ; 
ibid.  no.  1868.     His  next  wife  was  named 
Isabel;     she    made    complaints    against 
several   ia    1521    tor  complicity  in   the 
death   of  her  husband ;    PaL   of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  131,  m.  ijd.;  Fishwick,  Goot- 
ffigif  186.  She  afterwards  married  James 
Lambert  and  in  1544  made  complaint  as 
to  her  dower ;  DD,  no.  1801. 

**  In  i  $23-4  he  made  a  feoBment  of 
all  his  lands  ;  DD,  no.  1912.  This  was 
probably  on  account  of  his  son's  death. 

44  Duchy  of  Lane.  Ino,  p.m.  vi,  no. 
19.  Some  of  the  deed*  above  quoted  are 
recited.  It  appear*  that  Agnes  Brock- 
holes  was  daughter  of  Ellen  die  widow  of 
Roger  Brockboles. 

Christopher  Standish  bought  from  die 
king  die  marriage  of  Richard  Whitting- 
ham, next  of  km  aad  heir  of  Thomas 
Whittingham  deceased,  and  sold  it  to 
William  Singleton,  who  in  1531-2  made 
a  grant  of  certain  lands  ia  Ashley; 
Kuerden  foL  MS.  383. 

Richard  Whittingham  ia  1550  made  a 

210 


settlement  of  his  manor  of  WhittiogatM% 
&c,  aad  made  provisioa  for  his  (yooager) 
soa  Richard;  DD,  no.  1833,  1859. 
About  die  same  time  he  complained  of 
various  trespasses  on  die  waste  of  die 
manor  ;  Dmeatmt  Lame,  i,  247,  261,  273. 

**  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p-m,  ix,  BO.  15. 
Ia  1553  die  king  granted  OK  diird  part 

wiA  OK  wardship  aad  marriage  of 
Thomas  the  heir,  to  William  Waring  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks,  xxni,  81  d. 

*  DD,  ao.  1843.     A  settlement  of  die 

•  of  Whittiagham  aad  various  laads 
by  Thomas  aad  Bridget  ia 
1585  ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  47, 
m.  42. 

•  yint.  of  1567  (Chet.  Soc.),  50. 
•Gibson,  Ljdiau  Hall,  215,  quoting 

S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz,  exviii,  49, 

wrn  at  Whit- 


tiagham,  entered  d*  English  College  at 
Rome  ia  1606,  aged  (eveateea.  He  had 
made  his  first  studies  at  Goosaar^h, 
Chipping  and  Whalley,  aad  dten  weat  t* 
Douay.  [1605 — 'a  poor  Engii-hman'  ; 
D«*rwr,286.]  His  parents  aad  relatives  on 
taA  side*  were  of  die  upper  dass  of  society, 
and  he  had  two  brrxher*.  'Hediedmost 
piously  in  die  college,  (I  July  1611, 
having  been  first  admitted  to  die  Society'; 
Foley,  Jkr.  5./.  vi,  238. 

His  younger  brodier  William  was  ad- 
mitted to  die  same  college  in  1607,  and 
brfamr  'dear  to  all  for  hi*  remarkable 
virtue*  aad  candour  of  sooL*  He  had 
made  his  early  studies  at  Pocklington  and 
Whalley  and  then  went  to  Dooay.  [1606 
— '  a  poor  Englishman  '  ;  Dior  in,  286.] 
He  entered  die  Society  of  Jesus  in  1611 
aad  was  sent  on  die  London  missioB 
in  1620,  taking  die  alias  of  Rediate. 
He  was  killed  in  die  accident  at  Black- 
friars,  26  Oct.  1623  ;  Foley,  op.  cit.  i, 

»5 ;  *»»  247- 

«  Af/*i  (Cadi.  Rec.Soc.),  rv,  177. 

0  Aftv.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Che*.), 
5,232. 

w  L«wx.  7«y.  /jn.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Che*.),  i,  195. 

**  Thotnas  Whittingham  and  Margaret 
hi*  wife  in  1633—4.  made  •  settlement  of 
die  manor,  with  lands,  dovecote,  Ac.,  ia 
Wh:ttingham  and  A%hley  ;  PaL  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  122,  no.  42. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Civil  War  period,"  recording  pedigrees  at  the  visita- 
tions in  i6i3i6  and  i664.67 

He  died  in  1668,  and  was,  it  appears,  succeeded 
by  his  grandson  Thomas.  The  estate  descended  in 
the  male  line  M  to  Richard  Whittingham,  who  sold  it 
in  1779,  and  died  soon  afterwards  without  issue. 
It  was  purchased  by  Edward  Pedder  of  Preston,  and 
descended  in  his  family  till  about  1866,  when  it  was 
again  sold.  It  now  belongs  to  the  asylum. 

CH INGLE  HALL  first  appears  by  name  in  1354, 
when  it  was  held  by  Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Single- 
ton/9 a  descendant  of  the  Alan  de  Singleton  who  held 
part  of  the  manor  in  1 242.  It  was  about  I  500  settled, 
apparently  by  a  family  arrangement,  upon  John  Single- 
ton, a  younger  son  of  William  Singleton  of  Broughton 
Tower.60  He  died  about  1 5  30,*'  and  his  son  William 
in  1 54 1,6*  Chingle  Hall  being  then  recorded  as  held 
of  the  king  by  the  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.63 
John  the  son  and  heir  was  twenty-nine  years  old, 
but  he  died  only  three  years  later,  leaving  a  son 
Thomas,  aged  one  year,64  and  Thomas  dying  shortly 
afterwards,  a  younger  son  John  became  heir.64  John 
Singleton  held  the  manor  of  Chingle  Hall,  with 
windmill,  &c.,  till  his  death  in  1571,  and  then,  his 
son  William  having  just  died,  the  heir  was  a  daughter 


KIRKHAM 

Eleanor,  four  years  old.66  She  became  an  idiot,67 
and  died  in  1585,  when  her  heirs  were  Anthony  Wall 
of  Preston,  Thomas  Preston,  Katherine  wife  of 
Thomas  Eccleston  and  Jane  wife  of  Christopher 
Harris.68  After  some  disputation69  the  hall  became 
the  property  of  Anthony  Wall,70  in  whose  family  it 
remained  till  1764.  It  was  then  purchased  by  a 
family  named  Singleton,  and  about  1 860  was  sold  to 
Richard  Newsham  of  Preston.71  Soon  afterwards  the 
hall  was  acquired  by  the  trustees  of  Goosnargh 
Hospital,  the  present  owners.7' 

The  hall  stands  on  rising  ground  a  little  less  than 
half  a  mile  to  the  north  of  the  Blundel  brook.  It 
is  now  a  two-story  farm-house  very  much  modernized 
and  retaining  little  of  its  ancient  appearance.  The 
front  faces  south  with  a  projecting  gable  towards  the 
east  end,  and  a  new  wing  has  been  built  at  the  back. 
The  walls  appear  to  be  of  brick  on  a  stone  base,  but 
are  now  covered  with  stucco,  and  all  the  windows 
are  modern,  but  the  front  door  is  the  original  17th- 
century  one  of  oak  with  Y  knocker  and  ornamental 
hinges.  The  chief  interest  of  the  house  lies  in 
the  well-preserved  remains  of  the  moat  on  the 
south  side,  crossed  by  a  '  bridge '  or  passage-way 
with  cobble  paving  and  low  brick  walls. 


54  Thomas  Whi  ttingham  must  have  been 
certainly  known  as  a  Protestant  before 
1643,  for  he  was  made  captain  of  a  troop 
of  horse  for  the  Parliament,  which  troop 
he  actually  raised  when  Prince  Rupert 
came  into  the  county ;  War  in  Lanes. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  4.3. 

*  yitit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  63.  He  paid  £10 
in  1631,  having  refused  knighthood; 
Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  221. 

57  Dugdale,  Viut.  (Chet.  Soc.),  333. 
The  ages  of  Thomas  Whittingham  and 
his  son  are  given  wrongly.  The  descent 
is  thus  shown  :  Thomas  -s.  Godfrey 
— s.  Thomas.  Some  further  genealogical 
particulars  can  be  obtained  from  the 
Preston  Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc.),  and  there 
is  a  pedigree  in  Fishwick's  Goosnargh, 
1 8  5—8,  from  which  the  later  details  in  the 
text  have  been  derived. 

**  The  descent  is  thus  given  in  the 
work  quoted  :  Thomas,  died  1710  — half- 
bro.  Richard,  d.  1717  — s.  Henry,  d.  1753 
-s.  Richard,  d.  1777  -t.  Richard,  the 
vendor.  Richard,  who  died  in  1717,  gave 
his  lands  to  trustees  to  the  use  of  his 
son  Henry,  'provided  that  the  said  Henry 
conformed  himself  to  the  Protestant 
religion  according  to  the  Church  of 
England  ' — which  Henry  refused  to  do — 
in  default  they  were  '  only  to  allow  a  com- 
petent maintenance  for  him  and  his  wife 
and  children';  Fish  wick,  op.  cit.  1 8  8. 
Henry  Whittingham  was  a  Jacobite  ; 
Gillow,  Haydock  Papers,  45.  There  is  a 
note  of  his  marriage  in  Piccope  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  272,  from  roll  18  of 
Geo.  II  at  Preston. 

i9  Shireburne  Abstract  above  cited,which 
also  shows  that  the  manor  of  Chingle 
Hall,  with  lands  in  Whittingham,  Haigh- 
ton,  Preston  and  Newsham,  was  in  1431 
held  by  Thomas  and  Robert  Singleton  and 
Richard  Clitheroe.  A  division  was  ar- 
ranged. (The  Singletons  concerned  appear 
to  be  those  of  Broughton  and  Withgill.) 

60  William  Singleton  and  his  feoffees  in 
1484-5  made  a  grant  of  all  his  lands  to 
his  son  John  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  382. 
This  grant  was  no  doubt  in  trust,  for  in 
1501  a  division  was  arranged  by  which 
Richard  Singleton  (son  of  Robert  son  of 
William)  should  have  lands,  &c.,  in 


Broughton,  Warton  and  Preston,  and 
John  Singleton  should  have  the  manor  of 
Chingle  Hall  and  messuages  and  lands  in 
Whittingham,  Haighton,  Goosnargh  and 
several  other  townships  ;  ibid.  383  ;  Final 
Cone,  iii,  150. 

61  John  Singleton  and  William  his  son 
and  heir-apparent  occur  in  receipts  and 
bonds  in  152$,  1527  and  1528—9; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  383  ;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  796.  In  1530—1  Elizabeth  widow  of 
John  Singleton  and  her  trustees  agreed 
with  William  as  to  her  dower  ;  Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  381. 

63  William  Singleton  married  Anne 
Heaton  some  time  before  1 5  34,  when  the 
1 10  marks  he  received  with  her  was 
fully  discharged  ;  ibid.  382. 

63  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  viii,  no.  9. 

64  Ibid,  vii,  no.  15  ;  his  brothers  Richard 
and  Henry  are  named,  also  his  wife  Alice 
and   daughters  Anne,  Elizabeth,   Kathe- 
rine and  Jane. 

There  was  a  divorce  between  Alice 
Duckett  and  John  Singleton  pronounced 
in  the  ecclesiastical  court  at  Ribchester 
in  1532  ;  yet  she  seems  to  be  the  Alice 
named  in  the  inquisition,  and  claimed 
dower  in  I  569  (being  then  wife  of  Lancelot 
Marten)  as  widow  of  John  Singleton  the 
elder  ;  Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries,  box 
86,  no.  i,  2. 

65  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no.  22. 
The     wardship    and     marriage    of    John 
Singleton   were   in   1545  granted    by  the 
king   to    Sir    John    Perient ;    Duchy    of 
Lane.  Misc.  Bics.  xxii,  219  d.     Anthony 
Laton,    apparently    the    actual    guardian 
of  John  Singleton,  was  of  Chingle   Hall 
in  1549  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  247.     John 
was  probably  posthumous. 

66  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  16  ; 
an    agreement    of    1571    is   recorded,   by 
which  William  the  son  and  heir  was  to 
marry  Mary  daughter  of  George  Astley. 
John  Singleton  married  Isabel,  afterwards 
wife  of  Richard  Livesey  ;  she  was  living 
at  Chingle  Hall  in  1585  ;  ibid,  xiv,  no.  67. 

67  Ibid,  xiv,  no.   74,  dated  1582  ;  her 
age  was  then  given  as  fifteen. 

68  Ibid.  67.    Her  father's  sisters  above- 
named  were   married   as   follows  :    Anne 
to  William  Wall  of  Preston  -s.  Anthony  ; 

21  I 


Elizabeth  to  Richard  Preston  -s.  Thomas  ; 
Katherine  to  James  Bolton  -s.  Nicholas 
and  da.  Katherine  wife  of  Thomas  Eccles- 
ton ;  Jane  to  Christopher  Harris.  See 
the  pedigree  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  192. 

69  Many  references  will  be  found  in  the 
Ducatus  Lane,  (ii,  237,  Sec.),  and  abstracts 
of    some   of   the  pleadings   are  given   in 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  191.  Christopher  Harris 
and    Joan    his  wife    in    1568  claimed   a 
moiety  of   certain    lands    bequeathed    by 
Alice  Singleton,  mother  of  Joan,  but  her 
brother  John,  to  whom  Joan  had  trans- 
ferred   in   1564,  refused   to  pay;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  Ixxii,  H  20. 

Nicholas  Bolton  in  1586,  on  behalf  of 
himself  and  the  co-heirs,  complained  that 
one  Roger  Burton  and  Elizabeth  his  wi, .• 
had  wrongfully  obtained  possession  of  part 
of  the  estate  ;  ibid,  cxliv,  B  8. 

William  Farington  of  Worden  in  1596 
complained  that  Nicholas  Bolton,  who  as 
heir  of  Chingle  Hall  had  sold  him  certain 
land,  was  trying  to  evade  the  performance 
of  his  bargain  by  hiding  himself  and  chang- 
ing his  name  ;  ibid,  clxxiii,  F  3. 

William  Farington  in  1611  held  lands 
in  Whittingham  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  182-4. 

The  following  refer  to  the  estate  :  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  49,  m.  267  ; 
50,  m.  194;  51,  m.  57;  52,  m.  199; 
59,  m.  97,  1 8 1. 

70  Anthony   Wall   of    Preston    died   in 
1 60 1   holding  lands   in  Whittingham,  of 
which  the  tenure  is  not  recorded  ;   Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xviii,  no.  6.     His  son 
William  died  in  1626  holding  of  the  king 
by  the  hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
ibid,  xxvi,  50;    Towneley  MS.  C  8,   13 
(Chet.  Lib.),  1301.      A  pedigree  of  Wail 
'of  Chingle  Hall '  was  recorded  in  1664  ; 
Dugdale,    Visit.   (Chet  Soc.),    323.     See 
further  in  the  account  of  Preston. 

Thomas  Eccleston  of  Great  Eccleston, 
another  of  the  heirs,  in  1592  held  lands 
in  Whittingham,  but  the  tenure  was  not 
recorded  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xri, 
no.  38. 

7*  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  192. 

7J  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Kirkham,  123  ; 
the  hall  and  41  acres  of  land. 


A  HISTORY   OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  family  of  Singleton  of  Brockholes  and  Bank 
Hall  in  Broughton  was  represented  in  Whitting- 
ham,  holding  of  the  Prior  of  St.  John  by  a  rent  of 


ASHLETH  and  COMBERHALGH"  gave  sur- 
names to  landholders  there.  Families  named 
Wawne,78  Fishwick,77  Taylor,78  Walton,79  and  Bra- 
boner  w  were  connected  with  these  parts  of  the  town- 


ship.  Comberhalgh  now  belongs  to  the  trustees 
of  Lady  Marling.  The  house  has  long  since 
disappeared.803 

Among  the  early  families  of  note  were  those  of 
Bradkirk,81  who  seem  to  have  been  followed  by 
Parker  of  Whittingham  House  ;  Elswick,8*  perhaps 
succeeded  by  Southworth  of  Samlesbury  ;  Goos- 
nargh,83  and  Preston.84  Later  that  of  Waring 


78  This  was  the  tenure  of  Robert 
Singleton  of  Brockholes  in  1525,  and  of 
his  successor  William  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  64  ;  x,  no.  I.  William 
Singleton  of  Bank  Hall,  however,  was  in 
1573  said  to  hold  of  the  queen  by  knight's 
service,  or  else  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  by  a 
rent  of  gauntlets,  payable  at  Preston  fair  ; 
ibid,  xii,  no.  30,  34  ;  xvi,  no.  50.  Compare 
the  grant  by  Joan  Banastre  in  note  12 
above. 

'*  John  de  Whittingham  gave  a  moiety 
of  Lower  Ashley  to  Robert  son  of  William 
de  Ashley,  and  William  son  of  John  made 
a  grant  to  the  same  Robert  ;  Towneley 
MS.  DD,  no.  1894,  1887. 

John  de  Whittingham  granted  half  the 
field  called  Over  Ashley  to  Richard  de 
Ashley  ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  1081. 
This  may  have  been  the  Richard  son  of 
Gilbert  de  Ashley  who  released  lands  to 
William  his  brother;  DD,  no.  1891. 
John  son  of  Gilbert  de  Ashley  also  had 
land  in  Ashley  from  John  de  Whittingham 
(DD,  no.  1897),  but  in  1316  released  his 
right  in  them  to  Robert  son  of  Richard 
de  Ashley  and  Avice  his  wife  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  24.  Among  the  witnesses 
were  two  named  Robert  de  Ashley.  The 
gift  was  confirmed  or  augmented  by 
William  de  Whittingham;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  326. 

Margery  daughter  of  William  son  of 
Richard  de  Ashley  of  Whittingham  claimed 
land  in  Elston  in  1346  ;  De  Banco  R.  348, 
m.  304. 

75  William  son  of  John  de  Whittingham 
gave  9  acres  to  Richard  son  of  Amery 
de  Comberhalgh  and  Alice  his  wife  ;  DD, 
no.  1888.  Alice  daughter  of  Adam  del 
Eves  in  1331  sought  two-thirds  of  a  tene- 
ment in  Whittingham  against  Henry  son 
of  Thomas  de  Comberhalgh  (under  age), 
and  the  other  third  against  Eva  widow  of 
Thomas ;  De  Banco  R.  287,  m.  582  ; 
290,  m.  276  d.  The  land  called  the  Eves 
is  named  in  a  much  earlier  charter  ;  DD, 
no.  1876. 

Alice  daughter  of  Roger  de  Comber- 
halgh was  non-suited  in  1360  in  a  claim 
against  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  and  Gilbert 
de  Hyde  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  8, 
m.  8. 

A  portion  called  'a  moiety  of  the  manor 
of  Comberhalgh  '  was  in  1364  in  the  pos- 
session of  Richard  de  Pleasington  (of 
Dimples)  and  Sibyl  his  wife  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  72^.  A  note  on  the  pedigree 
states  that  the  lands  came  from  Margaret 
daughter  and  co-heir  of  Randlc  de  Singleton, 
formerly  wife  of  Thomas  de  Knoll  ;  ibid, 
fol.  73  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  2,  m.  8. 
William  Pleasington  in  1621  held 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Comberhalgh  of  the 
king  in  socage  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.),  ii,  240. 

Henry  Proden  (who  had  a  son  John) 
had  land  in  Greenhurst  in  Comberhalgh 
in  1412  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  no.  623.  In 
1583  Richard  Crook  purchased  land  in 
Whittingham,  Ashley  and  Comberhalgh 
from  Edmund  Proden  and  Robert  his  son  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  45,  m.  71. 
Sir  Richard  Shireburne  made  a  purchase 


from  John  Pruden  in  Ashley  in  1589; 
ibid.  bdle.  51,  m.  273. 

76  Deeds  of  this  family  are  in  the  Court 
of  Wards  and  Liveries  (box  I  3  A,  FD  17, 
20,  &c.),  and  there  are  some  in  the 
Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.),  A  8931,  &c.  They 
had  lands  in  Ashley  and  Comber- 
halgh. The  descent  cannot  be  clearly 
established.  We  have  Richard  -s.  William 
—8.  John  between  1300  and  1350; 
Thomas  in  1372  granting  lands  to  Aline 
del  Chambre  (Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  323)  ; 
John  the  elder  and  Alice  his  wife  in  1409  ; 
John  (son  of  Thomas)  in  1423  ;  Robert  in 
1525,  and  Nicholas  in  1574. 

Edmund  Wawne  (son  of  Nicholas  and 
Ellen)  died  in  or  before  1592  holding 
two  messuages  in  Ashley  of  Thomas 
Whittingham  by  knight's  service  and 
6s.  rent.  His  heir  was  a  brother  Thomas, 
thirteen  years  of  age  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  13. 

77  Adam  de  Fishwick  obtained  land  in 
1383,  perhaps  part  of  his  inheritance  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  1 7.  William  Fishwick  in 
1414  gave  land  in  Over  Ashley  to  John 
Moton, tailor;  Add.  MS.  32iO7,no.  1125. 

James  (son  of  John)  Fishwick,  who  died 
in  1585,  held  lands  in  Comberhalgh,  viz. 
in  Savock  Hey,  of  the  queen  as  of  the 
late  priory  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  by 
3*/.  rent ;  he  also  held  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Whittingham  of  the  queen  as  of  her  duchy 
by  the  thousandth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  52. 
His  heir  was  a  son  John,  ten  years  of  age. 

Col.  Fishwick  supplies  the  following 
notes  :  In  1358  Richard  son  of  Thomas 
de  Greenhall  granted  to  Adam  »on  of 
Richard  de  Fishwick  all  his  lands  in 
Comberhalgh  and  Whittingham,  and  in 
1408  Roger  Waring  granted  his  lands 
there  to  William  son  of  Adam  de  Fishwick. 
In  1432  John  son  of  William  de  Fishwick 
and  Ellen  his  wife,  daughter  of  R.  Hoi- 
croft,  made  a  feoffment  of  lands  in  the 
place  (Shireburne  D).  In  1607  and  in 
1618  John  Fishwick  and  Jane  his  wife 
occur  (Plea  R.). 

7a  Roger  Taylor  died  in  15  86  hold  ing 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Comberhalgh  of  Thomas 
Whittingham  by  the  hundredth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  and  "J\d.  rent.  Robert  his 
son  and  heir  was  three  years  old  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  43.  A  later 
inquisition  corrects  this  by  stating  that 
the  land  was  held  of  Richard  Shireburne  ; 
ibid,  xvii,  no.  19. 

79  William  Walton  died   in  1559  hold- 
ing lands  in  Comberhalgh,  &c.,  of  Thomas 
Whittingham  by  4$.  rent  ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  27. 
His   son  Richard   died  in    1594    holding 
the  same  estate  ;  ibid,  xvi,  no.  42  ;  xvii, 
no.  48. 

80  Braboner's  House  was  in  the  south- 
west    corner     of   Comberhalgh.       Some 
16th-century  deeds  of  this  family  are  in 
Add.   MS.    32106,   no.    388-94.     There 
are  references   to  them  in  Ducatus  Lane. 
iii,  15,  &c.,  from   which   it   appears  they 
held  of  the  Fishwicks  ;  one  of  them  was 
rector  of  Ashton-under-Lyne  ;  ibid.  107. 

80a  Information  of  Col.  Fishwick. 

81  John  de  Bradkirk  held  land  in  1330  ; 

212 


De  Banco  R.  284,  m.  304.  Adam  de 
Bradkirk  died  in  1349  holding  two 
messuages  and  40  acres  of  Sir  Adam  de 
Hoghton  by  knight's  service  and  $d. 
rent  ;  Inq.  p.m.  28  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.), 
no.  I  b. 

This  is  possibly  the  estate  held  by  a 
family  named  Parker  from  early  in  the 
1 7th  century.  Its  founder  was  Henry 
son  of  William  Parker  of  Bradkirk.  Whit- 
tingham House  descended  to  Martha 
Parker,  who  died  in  1856,  leaving  issue 
by  her  husband  James  German  of 
Preston.  There  is  a  pedigree  in  Fish- 
wick, op.  cit.  189. 

82  Adam    de   Elswick    died    in     1325 
holding  lands,  &c.,  of  Adam    Banastre,  a 
minor,  by  a  rent  of  if^/.  and  paying  5^. 
in    a    scutage    of  40.1.       There    were    a 
messuage,  19  acres  of  arable  land  and  an 
acre  of  meadow,   in   all  worth    141.  4.J. 
William    the   son    and  heir    was    thirty 
years  old  ;  Inq.  p.m.  19  Edw.  II,  no.  58. 

Alexander  son  of  Adam  de  Elswick 
and  William  his  son  were  defendants  to  a 
claim  made  by  Richard  Drury  in  1332  ; 
Assize  R.  1411,  m.  12.  John  de 
Elswick  received  lands  from  his  feoffees 
in  1399  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  153,  114. 
Thomas  Elswick  of  Whittingham  and 
Edmund  his  son  and  heir  made  in  1469 
a  grant  of  messuages  and  lands,  including 
one  tenanted  by  Richard  Dukedale  ; 
ibid.  115.  Edmund  Elswick  of  Witton 
made  a  feoffment  of  his  lands  in 
Whittingham  and  Goosnargh  in  1 506—7  ; 
ibid.  John  son  and  heir  of  Edmund 
Elswick  occurs  in  1531  ;  Add.  MS. 
32107,  no.  1048.  John  Curtes,  who  had 
married  Margaret  daughter  and  heir  of 
John  Elswick,  claimed  various  lands  in 
Goosnargh  and  Whittingham  in  1553-4  ; 
Ducatus  Lane,  ii,  1 30.  Their  deeds  are  in- 
cluded among  those  of  Southworth  by 
Kuerden,  and  Sir  John  Southworth  in 
1595  had  land  in  the  township,  but  the 
tenure  is  not  recorded  ;  see  also  Ducatus 
Lane,  iii,  314. 

83  Adam  son  of  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton 
about  1290  released  to  Alexander  son  of 
Randle    de    Goosnargh    all    right    in    an 
oxgang  of  land   in  Whittingham  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  Ixx,  fol.  154.     This  Alexander  and 
Alice   the    widow    of   Randle    appear  in 
pleadings   in     1292,    the  latter  claiming 
land  against    Robert    de    Singleton,  who 
showed    that     he      had     entry    through 
William    de    Singleton    and   not  through 
her   husband  ;    Assize    R.   408,    m.    46, 
l8d. 

It  appears  that  Randle  de  Goosnargh 
had  two  other  sons,  Henry  and  Hugh, 
Hugh's  sons  Richard  and  Thomas  gave 
lands  in  Whittingham  to  William  de 
Whittingham,  which  gift  was  confirmed 
in  1324-5  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no. 
1890.  In  1330  Alexander  son  of  Henry 
claimed  messuages  and  lands  against  his 
cousins  the  said  Richard  and  Thomas  ; 
De  Banco  R.  282,  m.  179  d. 

84  In     1331     William     son    of    John 
brother  of  Henry  de   Tunstall  claimed  a 
messuage,    mill,    &c.,    in    Whittingham 
against  John   son  of  Robert  son  of  Adam 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


LYTHAM 


occurs.85  George  Waring  died  in  1557  holding  two 
messuages  in  Over  Whittingham  of  Thomas  Whit- 
tingham  by  a  rent  of  5/.  3^.,  and  owning  land  in 
Nether  Whittingham  also.86  The  family  can  be 
traced  down  to  the  i8th  century  ;  the  site  of  their 
house,  Got  Field,  is  part  of  the  Asylum  estate.87 
Thomas  Salisbury  died  in  1630  holding  Lower  House 
in  Whittingham  of  Thomas  Singleton  68  ;  Christopher 
his  brother  and  successor  died  in  i64i.89  A  number 
of  other  owners  occur  in  the  inquisitions.90 

Cockersand  Abbe)  ,91  the  Knights  Hospitallers,9* 
and  the  Franciscans 93  of  Preston  had  land  in  the 
township. 


Only  one  or  two  sequestrations  appear  in  the 
Commonwealth  period,94  but  some  '  Papists '  registered 
estates  in  ijiy.9* 

The  Presbyterians  had  a  licensed  meeting-place  in 
l689,96  but  it  has  disappeared. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  began  services  in  a  dis- 
used cotton  factory,  but  in  1831-2  a  chapel  was 
built,  which  continues  in  use.97 

There  was  a  large  number  of  convicted  recusants 
in  Whittingham  about  i67o,98  and  Roman  Catholics 
formerly  had  a  chapel  at  Duxendean  at  the  west 
end  of  the  township,  but  it  was  taken  down  ID 
1840." 


LYTHAM 


Lidun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Lithun,  Lithum,  c.  1190; 
Lethum,  134.7. 

The  township  occupies  a  level  tract  of  land  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Ribble  ;  Lytham  proper  is  at  the 
eastern  end,  and  is  bounded  on  the  south  by  the 
Ribble  ;  while  St.  Anne's,  formerly  called  Heyhouses, 
occupies  the  north-west  portion  and  looks  out  over 
the  Irish  Sea  to  the  west.  The  area  between  the 


two  extremes  is  known  as  Ansdell  ;  the  new  residential 
district  called  Fairhaven  is  here,1  while  Heyhouses 
is  more  inland.  Formerly  a  large  part  of  the  total 
area  of  5,309^  acres*  was  occupied  by  sandy  wastes 
on  the  sea  side  and  mosses  inland,  but  there  was 
arable  land  to  the  north-east  of  the  village.  The 
township  by  the  county  lay  of  1624  had  to  pay 
£2  6s.  i\d.  to  each  £100  levied  on  the  hundred.* 


de  Preston,  but  the  defendant  showed  a 
release  from  William  himself  ;  Assize  R. 
1404,  m.  19. 

Henry  Preston  of  Preston  died  in 
1 549  holding  land  of  Richard  Whitting- 
ham by  I2</.  rent  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  ix,  no.  19  ;  x,  no.  10.  Margaret 
widow  of  Henry  Wilkinson  was  occupier 
of  Preston  House  in  1563-6  ;  Ducatus 
Lane,  ii,  273,  333.  George  Preston  in 
1602  held  of  the  king  by  the  two- 
hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  103-4.  The 
same  estate  was  in  1608  held  by  Leonard 
Chorley,  who  was  succeeded  by  a  son 
William  ;  ibid,  ii,  9. 

To  these  may  be  added  Thomas 
Bretherton,  who  died  in  1443  holding 
among  other  lands  a  messuage  and  30 
acres  in  Whittingham  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  by  10*.  net,  and  6  acres  of 
Thomas  Singleton  the  elder  by  2s.  rent ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1490.  John 
Catterall  of  Eaves  Green  and  Sclby, 
attainted  of  high  treason  in  1461,  had 
lands,  &c.,  in  Whittingham  which  were 
bestowed  on  Sir  John  Pilkington  ;  Chan. 
Inq.  p.m.  ii  Edw.  IV,  no.  33;  19 
Edw.  IV,  no.  77. 

84  Henry  Waring  of  Whittingham  was 
a  debtor  in  1448  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
10,  m.  8. 

86  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  1 8. 
John  his  son  and  heir  was  twenty-five 
years  of  age.  He  died  in  1592  holding  a 
capital  messuage  called  the  Moor  House, 
&c.,  and  his  son  George,  aged  eleven,  was 
i.jir  ;  Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  (Ser.  2),  ccxxxvi, 
31- 

A  William  Waring  appears  in  1579- 
82  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  41, 
in.  151,  196;  44,  m.  139.  His  son 
John  died  in  1 594  holding  messuages,  &c., 
of  the  Earl  of  Derby  by  the  hundredth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  and  4^.  rent  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  10.  The  heir, 
his  brother  Richard,  then  seventeen  years 
old,  died  in  1598  holding  the  same  estate, 
with  the  addition  of  7  acres  approved 
from  the  waste  and  held  of  the  queen  by 
the  hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  ibid. 


xvii,    no.    12.      The    heir    was    his    son 
William,  three  years  old. 

87  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  189. 

88  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
1078.     He  also  held  Westsnape  in  Ashley 
of   Thomas    Tyldesley    of   Withgill     (at 
assignee   of  Henry   Singleton,  deceased), 
and  his  heirs  were  his   daughters  Janet 
wife  of  Richard   Pope,  Elizabeth  wife  of 
Nathaniel     Woodward,    Anne    wife    of 
Thomas  Cowell  and  Jane  wife  of  Richard 
Singleton,  their  ages  lying  between  thirty- 
eight  and  twenty- four  years. 

89  Duchy    of    Lane.    Inq.    p.m.    xxix, 
no.  77.     The   heir   was  a  son    Richard, 
aged  seven. 

90  The  following  held  of  the  Whitting- 
ham family  :  Evan  Browne  of  Ribbleton, 
1545,    by    i8</.    rent;    Duchy    of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  vii,   no.  24.       Ralph  Clitheroe 
of  Bailey,    1556,  by  6d.  rent;    ibid,  x, 
no.  26.     Alexander  Rigby,  1621  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.    Soc.),  iii,  457.     Thomas 
Beesley  of  Goosnargh,   1637  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  72. 

These  held  of  the  Crown  or  the  duchy  : 
Leonard  Houghton  (in  right  of  his  wife 
Anne),  1583,  by  the  hundredth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  ;  the  heir  was  a  daughter 
Bridget,  aged  six  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xiv,  no.  89.  Edward  Robinson,  1608, 
by  the  three-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  I,  114. 

John  Robinson  of  Whittle,  1628,  by  the 
undredth  part  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13, 
p.  1013.  Stopford  of  Ulnes  Walton,  by 
the  two-hundredth  part ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  i, 
169  ;  ii,  73.  Thomas  Holden,  1617,  by 
knight's  service ;  ibid,  ii,  57-8.  Robert 
Hesketh  of  Ruffbrd,  1620,  lands  in  Nether 
Whittingham  in  socage  ;  ibid,  iii,  356. 

John  Kighley  of  White  Lea  in  Goos- 
nargh, 1616,  held  of  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  ; 
ibid,  ii,  33.  Henry  Gregson,  1621,  held 
of  the  same  ;  he  left  a  son  and  heir 
Robert  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  465. 
Adam  Rigby,  clerk,  1627,  held  of  the  same 
a  messuage,  with  Lockfield,  Dodgecroft, 
and  Cowhey  wood,  by  the  two-hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  30.  William  Critch- 

213 


lowe,  1637,  held  of  Richard  Shireburne 
as  of  the  late  priory  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem  ;  his  heir  was  his  son  William, 
aged  twelve  ;  C  8,  13,  p.  252. 

In  some  cases  the  tenure  was  not 
recorded  :  Sir  William  Molyneux,  1548 
(part  of  the  Clifton  estate)  ;  Henry  Cottam 
of  Haighton,  1592  ;  Leonard  Helme  of 
Goosnargh,  1601. 

91  The  charters  have  been  cited  above. 

9J  They  had  in  1292  lands  in  Whitting- 
ham, Heyley  (?  Alley),  and  Combeihalgh  } 
Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 

9S  Lawrence  Houghton  of  English  Lea 
gave  to  Philip  warden  of  the  Friars 
Minor  of  Preston  a  tenement  in  Whitting- 
ham in  1509-10;  Harl.  MS.  2112,  f'ol. 
152^.  It  was  probably  a  temporary  gift. 

94  Richard  Waring  in   1649  desired  to 
compound,  '  being  sequestered  for  delin- 
quency  in  the  beginning  of  the  wars  '  ; 
Cal.    Com.  for    Comp.    iii,    1999.     Two- 
thirds  of  a  small  house  and  acre  of  land, 
sequestered    for   the   recusancy  of   Ellen 
Jackson,  the  lessee,  was  the  subject  of  a 
petition    by    Thomas    Whittingham    in 
1651  ;  ibid,  iv,  2768. 

95  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,  90,  91,  138-9.     The  names  were 

Richard  Duckworth,  William  Sturzaker 
(Moor  House),  Thomas  Daniell,  Robert 
and  Richard  Stanistreet. 

96  At  Richard  Dicconson's  house  ;  Hist. 
MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  232. 

97  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  197. 

98  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  184-6. 

99  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  196.     'Over  one 
of  the  doors  was  the   following   inscrip- 


tion :   1611 


.1.  E.I There  was 


also  a  wooden  cross,  which  was  removed 
to  Hill  chapel '  in  Goosnargh. 

1  Cross  Slack  was  in  the  same  neigh- 
bourhood. 

a  The  Census  Rep.  of  1901  gives  the 
following  acreages  for  Lytham  and  St. 
Anne's  respectively  :  Land,  2,453,  3J341? 
inland  water,  ii,  i  ;  tidal  water,  300, 
402  ;  foreshore,  775,4)633.  St.  Anne's 
includes  part  of  Marton. 

3  Gregson,  Fragments  (ed.  Harland),  23. 


A    HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


About  130  years  ago  Lytham  came  into  notice  as  a 
sea-bathing  place  for  summer  visitors4;  in  1825  it 
was  stated  that  '  if  the  company  is  less  fashionable 
than  at  Blackpool  it  is  generally  more  numerous  and 
usually  very  respectable.' 6  The  development  of  the 
place  was  then  restricted  by  the  '  reservations  and 
covenants  of  the  old  feudal  life-leases '  inserted  in 
grants  of  building  land,6  and  the  town  has  long 
ceased  to  be  in  the  same  rank  with  Blackpool.  It 
is  of  pleasant  appearance  and  attracts  a  large  number 
of  visitors  in  the  season,  while  its  mild  climate  makes 
it  a  favourite  resort  in  winter  also.  There  are  wide 
sands,  an  open  promenade  with  a  stretch  of  grass 
called  the  Green  along  the  sea  front,  and  a  pier 
built  in  1864-5  and  rebuilt  in  1891.  From  this  pier 
steamers  go  to  Southport  and  Blackpool.  A  windmill 
near  it  is  still  working. 

A  branch  of  the  Preston  and  Wyre  railway  was 
made  to  Lytham  as  early  as  1846,*  and  was  continued 
along  the  shore  to  Blackpool  in  1863  with  stations  at 
Ansdell  and  St.  Anne's.  An  electric  tramway  starting 
at  Lytham  also  goes  through  St.  Anne's  to  South 
Shore  ;  it  is  owned  by  a  private  company. 

A  pool  on  the  eastern  boundary  under  the  control 
of  the  lord  of  the  manor  was  formerly  useful  when 
the  state  of  the  Kibble  prevented  any  but  the 
smallest  vessels  going  up  to  Preston.8  A  graving 
dock  there  led  to  the  establishment  of  shipbuilding 
works.  The  hamlet  of  Saltcotes  adjoining  is  said  to 
have  taken  its  name  from  a  salt  refinery  formerly 
worked  there.9 

The  market-house  was  built  in  i848.10  A  cottage 
hospital  was  opened  in  1871,  and  the  institute,  con- 
taining a  library,  &c.,  in  the  following  year.  At  the 
same  time  Mr.  Clifton  gave  the  Lowther  Gardens  at 
the  west  end  of  the  town.  There  are  public  baths 
on  the  central  beach.11 

St.  Anne's-on-the-Sea  sprang  into  existence "  in 
1875.  It  extends  over  the  boundary  into  Marton. 
Here,  as  at  Lytham  proper,  are  a  sea  promenade,  a 
pier,  an  institute  and  a  public  hall.  There  are  three 


convalescent  homes  for  children  and  a  home  for  the 
blind. 

Weekly  newspapers,  the  Times  and  Standard,  are 
published  at  Lytham  and  St.  Anne's. 

The  agricultural  land  12a  is  thus  occupied  : — 


Arable 

Permanent 

Woods  and 

land 

grass 

plantations 

ac. 

ac. 

ac. 

Lytham 

509 

1,062 

280 

St.  Anne's  . 

728 

1,134 

— 

1,237 


2,196 


280 


For  Lytham  a  local  board  was  formed  in  1 847, 
and  Hey  houses  acquired  a  local  board  in  i878u; 
but  in  1894  the  parish  was  divided  into  two  town- 
ships, Lytham  and  St.  Anne's,  each  with  an  urban 
district  council.14  The  Lytham  council  consists  of 
twelve  members  elected  by  four  wards — North-east, 
North-west,  South-east  and  South-west  ;  it  owns  the 
gas  works,15  while  water  is  supplied  to  the  whole 
district  by  the  Fylde  Water  Board.  The  St.  Anne's 
council  also  consists  of  twelve  members  elected  bv 
four  wards  —North,  East,  South  and  West  ;  it  owns 
electric  lighting  works,  but  gas  is  also  supplied  by  a 
private  company. 

In  1676  there  were  181  Protestant  inhabitants 
and  seventy  popish  recusants  ;  no  Dissenters.16  In 
1755  the  number  of  Protestant  families  was  returned 
as  eighty,  of  Papist  forty-four.161 

The  population  of  Lytham  numbered  7,185  in 
1901,  and  that  of  St.  Anne's  6,838,  but  thirty-one 
of  the  latter  belonged  to  Marton  ;  thus  the  popula- 
tion of  the  old  parish  was  13,992. 

The  descent  of  the  manor  oiLTTHAM 
MANOR  may  be  given  in  very  few  words.  In 
1066,  assessed  as  two  plough-lands,  it 
was  part  of  Earl  Tostig's  Amounderness  lordship.17 
Afterwards  it  was  held  of  the  Crown  in  thegnage 
by  the  lord  of  Woodplumpton,18  and  about  1 1 90  was 
granted  to  the  great  monastery  of  Durham,19  which 


4  Whittle's  Marina  (1829)  contains 
an  account  of  Lytham  composed  in  1799 
by  Captain  .William  Latham  ;  this  speaks 
of  the  place  as  then  '  only  advancing  into 
fame,'  but  mentions  a  tradition  that  there 
was  formerly  a  '  town  of  some  note  .  .  . 
between  the  present  church  and  the 
sandhills,  in  a  direction  towards  the 
common  side." 

6  Baines,  Lanes.  Dir.  (1825),  ii,  53. 

6  Ibid.  See  also  the  account  in  Porter's 
Fylde,  437-51. 

7  The  terminus  of  1846  stands  some 
distance  to  the  east  of  the  present  station. 

8  Baines,    op.  cit.  ii,  55  ;  'the  pool  in 
Lytham,  situated  about  a  mile  east  of  the 
village,  is    nearly  formed  into  a  natural 
dock,  large  enough  to  contain  a  fleet  of 
men-of-war,  and  there  is  a  small  graving 
dock    at    its    northern   extremity    where 
vessels  are  built  and  repaired.     This  pool 
belongs  to  Mr.  Clifton  and  at  the  summer 
assizes  at  Lancaster  in  1824  he  established 
his  claim  for  anchorage  on  vessels  loading 
and  unloading  there." 

9  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  506. 

10  A  market  was  authorized  by  an  Act 
10  &  ii  Viet.  cap.  251. 

11  The  baths  and  assembly  rooms  were 
opened  in  1862. 

12  Porter,  Fylde,  453. 

"a  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric.  (1905). 

13  By  a  special  improvement  Act  10  & 


ii    Viet.    cap.    251,    amended    by  later 
Acts. 

14  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  31813.      In 
1897  a  further  order  was  made  (no.  36320) 
extending    Lytham     and    St.    Anne's  to 
include  the  foreshore. 

15  These  works  were  established  by  the 
local  board  in  1850. 

16  Hist,  of  Lytham  (Chet.  Soc.),  20-4  ; 
the  names  are  given.     A  Subsidy  Roll  of 
1546    is    printed   ibid.    16  ;     another    of 
1640-1,   ibid.   31—4;  and  a  list  of  sub- 
scribers to   a   '  voluntary  present  to   his 
majesty 'in  1661,  ibid.  17-19. 

16a  Visit,  returns  at  Chester. 

17  V.C.H.  Lana.  i,  288*. 

18  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents   (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  46. 

19  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  346  (from  the 
Charter  R.  130,  of  1335)  ;    Richard  son 
of  Roger,  with   the   consent  of  his  wife 
Margaret  and  of  his  heirs,  gave  in  pure 
alms  all  his  land  of  Lytham,  with    the 
church  of  the  same  vill,  and  all  appur- 
tenances, in  order  that  the  monks  might 
build  a  house  of  their  order  there.     The 
bounds  were  described  as  beginning  on  the 
west  side  of  the  cemetery  of  Kilgrimol, 
where  the  benefactor  had  raised  a  cross, 
and  thence  westward  to  the  sea.     From 
the  same  cross   the  boundary  went  east 
along  the  Cursed  mere  beyond  the  great 
moss  and  the  Suinebrigg  brook  as  far  as 

214 


Ballam  ;  from  Ballam  across  the  moss, 
which  had  been  divided  between  the 
grantor  and  John  Count  of  Mortain  (his 
lord)  as  far  as  the  east  side  of  Estholme 
carr,  and  thence  to  the  water  coming 
from  Birchholme  between  the  said  carr 
and  Bryning  carr ;  then  following  the 
water  south  to  the  middle  point  between 
Estholme  and  Couburgh,  returning  west- 
ward and  going  round  the  moss  southward 
to  the  Pool  beyond  Swartesalt,  and  the 
sand  by  the  sea  ;  thence  by  the  thread  of 
the  Ribble  and  the  sea  back  to  the 
starting-point.  Islands,  sands  and  all 
rights  were  given  as  fully  as  possible. 

These  bounds  seem  to  have  been  pre- 
served down  to  the  present,  with  little 
if  any  variation. 

Another  charter,  perhaps  earlier,  gives 
the  bounds  in  reverse  order  ;  Lytham  D. 
at  Durham,  i,  2  a,  4  ae,  Ebor.  From  this 
it  is  clear  that  the  'islands'  were  in  the 
inner  marsh. 

Count  John  showed  his  good  will  not 
only  by  confirming  the  grant,  but  also  by 
remitting  the  thegnage  rent  of  8i.  8</. 
due  from  Lytham,  and  after  he  became 
king  he  ratified  these  acts;  ibid.  130, 
137  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  loc.  cit.  ;  Cal. 
Rot.  Chart.  (Rec.  Com.),  88.  The  original 
charter  is  at  Durham,  2, 4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  20. 

There  was  an  inspeximus  of  the  charter 
in  1319  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1317-21,  p.  404. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


LYTHAM 


established  a  cell  or  priory.10  After  the  Dissolution 
Lytham  was  sold  by  the  Crown  in  1554  to  Sir 
Thomas  Holcroft,21  and  in  1 606  it  was  acquired  by 
Cuthbert  Clifton  of  Westby.22  It  became  the  chief 
residence  of  its  new  lords,  whose  descent  has  been 
traced  in  the  account  of  Clifton  in  Kirkham.  The 
lord  of  the  manor,  who  is  practically  the  sole  land- 
owner, is  Mr.  John  Talbot  Clifton,  who  resides  at 
Lytham  Hall. 

The  hall  stands  in  a  park  of  over  600  acres  on  the 


north-west  of  the  town  half  a  mile  immediately  to 
the  north  of  the  parish  church.  It  is  a  fine  classic 
building  of  two  stories  and  an  attic,  begun  in  1751 
from  the  designs  of  Carr  of  York  but  not  completed 
till  1764."  The  principal  front  faces  east  and  has  a 
pediment  supported  by  Ionic  columns  the  height  of 
the  upper  floors. 

The  Priors  of  Lytham  (or  of  Durham)  had  various 
disputes  with  their  neighbours  as  to  boundaries  and 
common  rights,'4  and  in  izgz  were  summoned  to 


From  deeds  preserved  at  Durham  it 
seems  that  Evesham  Abbey  had  had  a 
grange  at  Lytham;  Lytham  D.  12,  2  a, 
4  ae,  Ebor.  &c. 

20  See  the  account  of  the  religious 
houses  in  V.C.H.  Lanes,  ii,  107—10. 

'al  Pat.  z  Mary,  pt.  ii,  the  church  and 
hall  formerly  belonging  to  Durham.  The 
Prior  of  Durham  had  in  1539  granted  a 
lease  of  the  manor  to  Thomas  Dannett 
for  eighty  years  at  a  rental  of  £48  191.  6d.t 
and  this  seems  to  have  been  confirmed  by 
the  Crown  in  1 549,  with  a  reduction  of 
the  rent  due  ;  D.  at  Lytham.  Dannett 
was  to  pay  jj.  4^.  to  the  king  for  wreck, 
waifs  and  strays,  and  401.  to  the  Earl  of 
Derby  as  steward's  fee. 

Sir  Thomas  Holcroft  died  in  July 
1 158  holding  the  manor  of  Ly  ham  of 
the  Crown  by  knight's  service.  His  son 
Thomas  was  a  year  old  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  13. 

In  I  586  Thomas  Holcroft  had  a  dispute 
with  William  Clifton  as  to  waste  called 
Westmow  ;  Ducatui  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.), 
Hi,  173,  187. 

82  Cuthbert  Clifton  (afterwards  made  a 
knight)  came  of  age  in  1603,  and  pur- 
chased Lytham  in  1606  from  Sir  Richard 
Molyneux  and  Frances  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  70,  no.  60  ;  Piccope 
MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  50.  How  the 
vendors  obtained  the  manor  has  not  been 
ascertained.  In  the  year  of  purchase 


LYTHAM  HALL 

Cuthbert  Clifton  made  a  settlement  of  the 
manor,  rectory  of  the  church,  view  of 
frankpledge,  free  warren  and  fishery,  lands, 
&c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  70, 
no.  40.  In  1609  Gilbert  Syth worth 
had  a  rent  of  ,£24  out  of  the  manor 
from  Cuthbert  Clifton  and  Anne  his 
wife;  ibid.  bdle.  76,  no.  34.  In  1612 
the  manor  appears  among  the  other 
Clifton  properties,  and  continues  to  do  so 
in  later  settlements,  &c.  ;  ibid.  bdle.  80, 
no.  24  ;  156,  m.  247,  &c. 

The  tenure  of  the  manor  was  declared 
to  be  by  knight's  service  in  1634  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  43. 

23  E.   B.   Chancellor,   Lives  of  British 
Architects,  251.     There  is  a  view  of  it  in 
Twycross,  Mansions  of  Engl.  and  Walet 
(Lanes,  ii,  33). 

24  In  1272  a  declaration  of  the  bounds 
between    Kelgrimoles    and    Lsyton    was 
made   by  Ranulf  de    Dacre,  the  sheriff, 
and  other  arbitrators.     The  old  cross  on 
Cross  How  was  the  starting-point ;  from 
it   the  boundary   line  went   west  to  the 
sea,  and   east  to  another  cross  set  up  by 
the  arbitrators  on  the  road  from  Lytham 
to  Layton,  and  thence  through  the  middle 
of  the  great  moss  between  Marton  and 
Lytham  on  the  north  side  of  Miggylund 
as  far  as  Swinebridge  Brook  ;   but  Kel- 
grimoles and  the  Northhows  were  to  be 
common  for  both   Layton  and   Lytham  ; 
2  a,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  1 4. 


In  1291  the  Priors  of  Durham  and 
Lytham,  Alan  a  monk  at  Lytham  and 
Robert  de  Millum  chaplain  there  had  to 
answer  Robert  de  Holland  and  Margery 
his  wife  as  to  land  alleged  to  be  in 
Westby,  the  defence  being  that  it  was  in 
Lytham  ;  Assize  R.  407,  m.  3.  Next 
year  a  similar  dispute  between  the  Prior 
of  Durham  and  William  de  Clifton  resulted 
in  a  division  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  25. 
There  was  a  further  dispute  in  1350; 
De  Banco  R.  360,  m.  23.  Pasture  land 
in  Holmecarr  was  in  1347  declared  to  be 
in  Lytham,  not  in  Kellamergh  as  claimed 
by  Adam  and  John  de  Sharpies  ;  Assize 
R.  1435,  m.  15. 

In  July  1351  the  Prior  of  Durham 
proved  his  right  to  100  acres  of  moor  and 
marsh  against  Robert  de  Beetham,  Eleanor 
his  wife,  Thomas  son  of  Gilbert  de  Single- 
ton, Gilbert  his  son  and  Isabel  his  wife, 
Richard  son  of  Richard  Banastre  and 
others  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  I, 
m.  4.  The  prior  was  in  1356  defendant 
to  a  claim  put  forward  by  William  Boteler 
of  Warrington  and  Sir  John  Boteler ; 
ibid.  5,  m.  12. 

In  1530  the  Botelers  asserted  their 
boundary  claims  in  a  violent  manner, 
throwing  down  an  ancient  boundary  cross, 
another  cross  and  the  image  of  St.  Cuth- 
bert, and  threatening  the  priory  itself, 
being  held  in  check  only  by  two  monks 
who  brought  the  sacrament  out,  for  the 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


show  by  what  right  they  claimed  wreck  of  the  sea  at 
Lytham."  Later  they  are  found  paying  the  Earl  of 
Lancaster  3/.  \d.  a  year  for  this  right.*6  In  1498  a 
number  of  other  claims  were  called  in  question,  in- 
cluding free  warren.27  Estholme  Carr  was  at  one 
time  held  by  the  Bradkirk  family.*8  There  are  but 
few  traces  of  other  freeholders.*9 

Several  accounts  of  the  furniture  and  stock  of  the 
priory  have  been  preserved.30  The  house  itself  seems 
to  have  been  deserted  by  the  monks  before  the 
Dissolution  ;  they  returned  to  Durham. 

In  addition  to  the  lord  of  the  manor  several  yeomen 
and  others  registered  estates  as  '  Papists  'in  171 7." 

The  church  of  ST.  CUTHBERT 
CHURCH  stands  at  the  west  end  of  the  town  and 
is  a  modern  building  in  red  brick  erected 
in  1834  on  the  site  of  an  older  edifice  built  in  1770, 
which  in  itstur.i  had  replaced  one  of  still  earlier  date. 
This  earlier  church  was  built  of  cobbles  and  was  very 
low,  with  a  '  steeple,'  a  porch,  and  a  '  pulpit  against 
the  south  wall.'  A  description  of  the  building  as  it 
was  in  1764  has  been  preserved  in  a  brief  of  that 
date,32  in  which  it  is  stated  to  be  a  '  very  ancient 
structure  standing  upon  the  sea-coast  and  so  much 
decayed  in  every  part  that  the  parishioners  cannot 
assemble  therein  for  the  worship  of  God  without 
manifest  danger  to  their  lives,  the  walls  being  so 
bulged  out,  in  some  places  near  three  feet  from  the 
perpendicular,  that  the  parishioners  have  laid  out 
considerable  sums  of  money  from  time  to  time  in  re- 
pairing and  endeavouring  to  support  the  said  church, 
yet  the  same  is  by  length  of  time  become  so  ruinous 
and  decayed  that  it  cannot  any  longer  be  kept  up, 
but  the  same  with  the  steeple  must  be  taken  down 


and  rebuilt.'  The  building  was  accordingly  taken 
down33  and  a  new  church  erected,  which  in  plan  was  a 
simple  rectangle  under  a  gabled  roof  with  a  '  whitened  ' 
west  tower  containing  one  bell.34  The  interior  of  the 
building,  which  is  described  as  being  '  extremely 
simple,  light,  and  elegant  ' 3i  and  '  preserved  in  the 
neatest  possible  order,'  was  '  fitted  up  with  thick 
narrow  oak  frames  ornamented  with  elbows  or  scrolls 
and  having  two  rows  in  the  middle  and  one  at 
each  side.' 36  The  walls  were  above  a  yard  in  thick- 
ness, the  main  door  having  a  small  porch,  and  to  the 
east  and  west  were  the  remains  of  thick  walls,  as  if 
they  might  have  been  the  ruins  of  some  former  and 
larger  edifice.37  The  parish  maintained  the  west 
end,  which  was  '  about  half  of  it,'  and  Thomas 
Clifton  the  east  end.38  This  second  church  was 
pulled  down  in  1834,  being  found  too  small  to  meet 
the  requirements  of  the  growing  number  of  visitors  in 
the  season,  and  the  first  stone  of  the  present  building 
was  laid  in  March  and  the  church  opened  in  the 
same  year.  It  consists  of  chancel  with  north  vestry 
and  organ  chamber,  clearstoried  nave  with  north  and 
south  aisles  and  west  tower.  The  chancel,  which 
was  originally  small,  was  extended  in  1872,  and  the 
north  aisle  was  widened  in  1882,  being  increased  to 
double  its  width  and  covered  with  a  separate  gabled 
roof.  The  style  is  Gothic  with  embattled  walls  to 
nave  and  tower,  the  roofs  being  covered  with  stone 
slates,  and  though  architecturally  of  little  merit  is 
perhaps  superior  to  much  Gothic  work  of  the  period, 
the  brickwork  showing  nothing  of  the  hardness  of 
line  so  common  in  stone  churches  of  the  early  part  of 
the  last  century.  A  new  vestry  on  the  north  side  of 
the  old  one  was  erected  in  1 909  in  memory  of  Bishop 


honour  of  which  they  desisted.  They 
were  ordered  not  to  interfere  in  the  Hawes, 
but  might  use  their  common  in  Kilgri- 
mosse  as  before  ;  Duchy  Plead.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  206-10.  A 
renewal  of  the  dispute  has  caused  some 
further  information  as  to  the  priory  lands 
to  be  recorded.  The  Priory  of  Lytham 
stood  at  the  end  of  the  church  ;  the 
Kilgrimoles  churchyard  had  been  (so  it 
was  said)  '  worn  into  the  sea.'  One 
Cursed  mere  was  near  the  priory  ;  another 
was  in  the  moss.  The  name  was  given 
because  many  beasts  had  been  drowned 
therein.  The  decision  was  in  the  prior' • 
favour;  ibid,  ii,  9-19. 

K  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  386. 
The  king  recovered  this  right,  and  in 
1295  transferred  it  to  his  brother  Edmund  ; 
Cal.  Chart.  R.  1257-1300,  p.  461. 

26  Survey  of  134.6  (Chet.  Soc.),  44. 

a7  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  20  Aug. 
13  Hen.  VII  ;  the  claims  were  view  of 
frankpledge,  with  waifs  and  strays,  assize 
of  bread,  wreck  of  gea,  sok,  sak,  team, 
&c.  ;  freedom  from  common  services  and 
amercements,  pontage,  &c.  ;  also  free 
warren  in  the  demesne  lands  in  Lytham. 

88  The  Prior  of  Durham  in  1327 
granted  all  his  waste  of  Estholme  Carr  in 
Lytham  to  John  de  Bradkirk  and  Alice 
his  wife,  with  remainder  to  John  their 
son  for  his  life  only.  A  rent  of  4^.  was 
to  be  paid  for  each  acre  newly  approved  ; 
corn  growing  on  the  land  was  to  be  ground 
at  the  Lytham  mill,  and  suit  of  court  was 
to  be  performed  as  done  by  other  tenants 
of  Lytham  and  Estholme  ;  Lytham  D.  at 
Durham,  4  and  5,  2  a,  4  ae,  Ebor. 

From  pleadings  of  1344  it  appeared 
that  John  de  Bradkirk  had  had  a  charter 


for  Estholme  Carr  from  thr  Prior  of 
Durham,  and  by  his  wife  Alice  had  three 
sons,  John,  Edmund  and  Adam  ;  the  last, 
as  heir  of  his  brothers,  surrendered  to  the 
prior;  Assize  R.  1435,  m.  39.  In  the 
status  domus  for  1 345  a  sum  of  £j  i  is.  &d. 
was  put  down  for  this  plea ;  5  marks 
were  given  to  Adam  de  Bradkirk. 

In  1246  the  Prior  of  Durham  demised 
for  life  24  acres  in  the  marsh  of  Edric- 
holme  to  John  Sauener  of  Lytham  and 
Adam  son  of  Roger  the  Priest  for  8*. 
rent  ;  2  a,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  7. 

29  Richard  Cardwell  in  1572  claimed  a 
tenement  in  Lytham  by  descent  against 
Richard  Salthouse,  whose  title  was  derived 
from  Thomas  Holcroft  ;  Ducatut  Lane. 
iii,  4. 

Robert  Clark  died  in  1599  holding, 
besides  other  property,  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Norcross  in  Lytham,  but  the  tenure  was 
not  recorded  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xvii,  no.  44.  Small  plats  were  held  by 
Thomas  Jollice  and  Thomas  Bamber  of 
Layton  ;  in  those  cases  also  no  tenure 
was  given.  John  Walsh  of  Layton  in 
1624  held  3  acres  in  Lytham  of  the  king 
by  the  three-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
1311. 

The  profits  of  the  portion  of  the  estate 
of  William  Harris  of  Lytham  sequestered 
for  recusancy  were  in  1607  granted  by 
the  Crown  to  Sir  Richard  Coningsby ; 
Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1603—10,  p.  383.  James 
Beesley,  a  recusant,  had  two-thirds  of  his 
estate  sequestered  by  the  Commonwealth 
authorities  before  1653  ;  Cal.  Com.  for 
Comp.  iv,  3174. 

su  In  1311  corn  in  the  granary  and 
grange  from  the  dc-me-ne  and  the  tithe 

2l6 


amounted  to  18  qrs.,  in  seed  10  qrs.  ; 
[other  corn]  2  qrs.,  in  seed  i  qr.  2  bushels  ; 
barley  24  qrs.  ;  beans  and  peas  18  qrs., 
which  were  considered  enough  for  seed 
and  for  the  food  of  the  house  ;  oats 
200  qrs.,  also  sufficient. 

The  stock  of  oxen  for  the  ploughs  was 
24  ;  cows  22,  with  2  bulls  ;  younger 
cattle,  36  ;  sheep  and  ewes,  78  ;  lambs, 
36  ;  pigs,  &c.,  14,  with  2  boars. 

Money  in  hand  and  due  was  considered 
enough  for  the  creditors. 

In  later  years  much  more  detailed 
statements  were  compiled  ;  see  those 
printed  in  Hist,  of  Lytham  (Chet.  Soc.), 
73-93,  from  the  Durham  records. 

The  site  of  the  priory  with  the  lands 
attached  was  valued  at  ^8  8s.  in  1535  ; 
the  rents,  &c.,  in  Lytham  amounted  to 
£22  us.,  in  Estholme  £3  71.,  Med- 
holme  £j  zs.  8</.,  Pillhouses  and  Bank- 
houses  izs.  lid.,  other  lands  42*.  ;  in  all 
£43  8j.  -jd.  ;  Valor  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.), 

v,  305- 

31  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath 
Nonjurors,  94,  106,  147.  Their  names 
were  William  Snape,  James  and  John 
Harrison,  Robert  Bennett,  Henry  Fletcher, 
Ellen  Smith  and  Roger  Charnley. 

82  Quoted  by  Fishwick,  Hist,  of  Lytham, 

37- 

33  As  far  as  is  known  neither  plan  nor 
sketch  has  been  preserved  ;  ibid.  38. 

34  There  is  an  illustration  from  a  water- 
colour  drawing,  ibid.  37. 

38  Capt.  Latham,  Desultory  History  of 
Lytham,  in  Whittle,  op.  cit.  43. 

86  Thornber,    Hist,    oj  Blackpool,    341. 

37  Ibid. 

88  Terrier  of  1778,  quoted  by  Fish- 
wick,  op.  cit.  45. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Pym  of  Bombay  (d.  1908),  who  was  assistant  curate 
at  Lytham.39  The  church  was  reseated  in  oak  in 
1888.  There  are  several  Clifton  monuments,  in- 
cluding four  18th-century  ones  from  the  old  church. 

There  is  a  ring  of  eight  bells,  six  cast  in  1857  by 
C.  &  G.  Mears,  and  the  treble  and  tenor  in  1874 
by  Mears  &  Stainbank. 

The  plate  consists  of  a  chalice  of  1 844,  no  longer 
used  ;  two  chalices,  a  bread-holder  and  a  flagon 
presented  by  Thomas  Clifton  in  1845  ;  a  paten  of 
1846  ;  a  paten  of  1871-2  ;  a  small  silver  almsdish 
of  1874-5  >  and  a  large  repousse  almsdish  of  un- 
burnished  silver  presented  in  1895  by  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Ashton  Thompson  Yates.  In  a  case  in  the 
vestry  are  preserved  the  bowls  of  two  pewter  chalices 
and  a  pewter  flagon,  together  with  the  loose  foot  of 
one  of  the  chalices,  which  is  inscribed  '  The  gift  of 
William  Hornsby  to  Lytham  Church,  1816.'  The 
flagon  is  '  The  gift  of  William  Hornby,  Esq.,  of 
Kirkham,  to  Lytham  Church.' 

The  registers  begin  in  1679.  The  first  volume, 
which  contains  the  baptisms  and  burials  from  1679 
to  1761  and  the  marriages  from  1679  to  1754,  has 
been  printed.40 

On  the  south  side  of  the  church  is  an  undated 
stone  pedestal  sundial,  the  plate  bearing  the  motto 
'  Dum  spectes  fugio,'  and  with  the  name  of 
The  oldest  gravestone  is  dated 


maker. 


Waller, 
1672." 

The  earliest  record  of  the  church 
4DVOWSON  of  Lytham  is  that  contained  in 
Reginald  of  Durham's  book  of  the 
miracles  of  St.  Cuthbert."  The  grandfather  of 
Richard  son  of  Roger,  he  tells  us,  pulled  down  the 
ancient  wattled  church,  and  built  a  new  one  of  stone, 
on  an  adjacent  site,  in  honour  of  St.  Cuthbert, 
4  wherein  the  grace  of  God  on  account  of  the  merits 
of  B.  Cuthbert  wrought  many  miracles,  to  be  admired 


LYTHAM 

of  all  men.'  A  servant  of  Richard  son  of  Roger 
named  Uvieth,43  having  committed  a  secret  sin,  was 
smitten  in  the  face  by  St.  Cuthbert  and  was  like  to 
die.  Being  carried  to  the  church,  the  faith  of  his 
friends  was  rewarded  by  a  vision  of  the  saint,  who 
healed  the  man  he  had  punished.  Another  servant,  a 
youth,  walking  in  the  cemetery,  saw  a  young  sparrow 
fly  from  its  nest  on  the  church  roof  and  rest  on  the 
remains  of  the  altar  of  the  old  church  still  visible.44 
The  youth  captured  it,  not  thinking  he  was  breaking 
'  the  peace  of  the  saint,'  and  was  surprised  to  find 
that  he  could  not  leave  the  cemetery  until  he  had 
released  his  prey.  Richard  son  of  Roger  himself, 
being,  as  it  was  thought,  at  the  point  of  death,  was 
carried  to  the  church  of  St.  Cuthbert, '  whom  he  had 
always  loved,'  to  die  there,  and  was  cured  as  soon  as 
he  entered  the  building  ;  afterwards  he  went  to 
Durham  to  watch  at  the  shrine  45  and  return  thanks 
for  his  cure.  His  son  also,  being  at  the  point  of 
death,  was  restored  to  health  after  a  night's  watching 
in  the  church.  For  testimony  of  this  restoration  the 
father  took  his  son  to  Durham  and  offered  a  gold 
ring,  which  was  to  be  fixed  on  the  tomb  of  St. 
Cuthbert,  at  the  same  time  telling  the  story  of  all 
these  wonders.46 

Apart  from  Reginald's  stories  the  existence  of  the 
church  before  1 1 90  is  proved  by  the  priory  charter.47 
The  church  was  probably  at  one  time  dependent 
upon  Kirkham,  but  the  founder  obtained  a  formal 
release  from  the  Abbot  of  Shrewsbury,48  and  the 
chapter  of  Lancaster  decided  that  Lytham  was  a 
parish  church  and  not  a  chapel.49  The  church  was 
given  absolutely  to  the  monks,  and  the  Prior  of 
Lytham,  the  nominee  or  removable  deputy  of  the 
Prior  of  Durham,  took  the  position  of  rector,  assisted 
by  one  or  two  other  monks  and  a  secular  chaplain  or 
more.50  In  1291  the  value  of  the  church  was  £4, 
but  after  the  raid  of  the  Scots  in  1322  51  was  reduced 


39  The  Rev.  Walter  Ruthven  Pym  was 
appointed  assistant   curate   at  Lytham  in 
1880  and  served  till  1882. 

40  Lanes.   Parish  Rtg;.  Soc.  Publ.  xxxiii 
(1908).     Transcribed  by  Henry  Bnerley. 

41  The  terrier  of  1778  has  a   note  to 
this   effect  :    '  The  church  yard  fence  is 
very  ordinary,   being   composed   of  earth 
which  falls   in   frequently  and  is  impos- 
sible to  be   repaired  without  loss  to  the 
churchyard.      There    are    stones   enough 
left  from   the    rebuilding    of  the   church 
which  would   repair  the  worst  of  it,  but 
that   the   parishioners   are   against  it.     I 
mean  the  Papists  and  some  who  are  set 
on  by  them.' 

41  De  admirandis  B.  Cuthberti  virtutibut 
(Surtees  Soc.  i),  280-4. 

48  A  Roger  son  of  Wlfiet  occurs  in 
1184-5  5  fairer,  Lanes.  Fife  R.  56. 

44  This  story  was  written  after  the 
foundation  of  the  priory,  for  the  old  altar 
was  '  outside  the  circuit  of  the  new 
monastery,'  yet  nothing  is  said  of  the  gift 
of  the  church  to  Durham. 

48  'Cum  lumine  pervigil  oravit.' 

46  These  miracles  should  be  compared 
with  a  slightly  varied  series  (ibid.  138- 
48)  laid  to  have  happened  at  '  Lixtune,' 
a  place  *in  Coupland  '  according  to  the 
heading,  lut  'in  the  furtr--,.  part  of 
Cheshire,  on  the  very  ',«ge  of  the  sea- 
shore,' according  t->  »'ae  text.  The  place 
had  a  little  church,  ,  ;Unded  in  honour  of 
St.  Cuthbert,  which  i'.-ough  but  a  mean 
country  chapel  was  a  Baptismal  church. 


A  boy  who  climbed  to  the  roof,  damaging 
the  crazy  walls  in  doing  so,  in  order  to 
destroy  a  crows'  nest,  found  his  hand 
clenched  so  that  the  nails  pierced  through. 
A  great  man  of  the  district,  whose  face 
was  horribly  distorted  by  some  illness,  on 
appealing  for  the  saint's  help  was  cured, 
and  in  thanksgiving  pulled  down  the  old 
church,  vimine  fenoque  contectam,  rebuilt 
it  of  stone,  and  bountifully  endowed  it. 
The  only  son  of  another  great  man  of  the 
district  was  carried  to  the  church  almost 
dead  and  made  whole.  A  wayfarer  go  ng 
into  the  church  to  pray  first  thrust  his 
spear  into  the  ground  of  the  cemetery,  and 
a  thief  seizing  it  could  neither  move  it 
nor  release  his  hand  from  it  until  the 
owner  came.  The  priest's  steward  saw 
a  little  sparrow  fly  down  from  the  church 
roof  and  caught  it,  though  it  took  refuge 
by  the  church  door  ;  and  he  wandered 
about  the  cemetery  all  the  afternoon 
unable  to  get  out.  These  and  other 
stories  were  told  to  Reginald  by  the 
priest  of  the  place  and  his  neighbours 
who  made  a  pilgrimage  to  Durham  in 
1165. 

4'  Roger  de  St.  Edmund,  Archdeacon  of 
Richmond  (c.i2oo),  confirmed  to  God  and 
St.  Cuthbert  the  grant  of  the  church  of 
Lytham  made  by  Richard  son  of  Roger  of 
good  memory  ;  Lytham  D.  at  Durham, 
2  a,  4ae,  Ebor.  no.  8.  Morgan,  another 
archdeacon,  also  confirmed  it  '  for  the 
maintenance  of  their  monks  dwelling  at 
Lytham  '  ;  no.  9. 

217 


48  This    grant    may    not     have    been 
needed  for  any  supposed   dependence  on 
Kirkham  ;  it  appears  to  be  the  release  of 
one  of  the  Shrewsbury  monks,  Robert  de 
Stafford,  for  whom  Richard  son  of  Roger 
had  asked  in  order  to  make  him  head  of 
the    monastery  he  proposed   to   erect    at 
Lytham  ;  ibid.  no.  n. 

49  Ibid.  no.  28. 

60  The  Archdeacons  of  Richmond 
appear  to  have  made  several  inquiries  as 
to  the  position  of  the  removable  Prior  of 
Lytham.  In  1347  it  was  formally 
declared  that  the  priors  might,  as  had 
been  accustomed,  by  themselves  or  by 
secular  chaplains  hear  the  confessions  of 
the  parishioners,  absolve  them,  minister 
the  sacraments  to  them,  &c.,  as  deputies 
of  the  Prior  of  Durham  it  would  seem  ; 
2a,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  18.  The  Priors  of 
Lytham  were  instituted  by  the  arch- 
deacons or  their  deputies  just  as  rectors 
of  the  church  would  have  been  ;  ibid.  no. 

39- 

About  1265  the  priory  had  a  staff  of 
three,  the  following  attesting  a  charter  : 
S.  the  prior  ;  S.  his  socius  ;  and  Simon 
the  chaplain  ;  ibid.  3  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor. 
no.  44. 

81  Pope  Nick.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  309, 
327.  The  goods  of  the  Prior  of  Lytham 
were  valued  at  ,£1 1  6s.  id. 

A  testimony  by  Hugh,  cantor  of  York 
and  archdeacon,  names  the  payment  of 
an  ancient  due  of  6d.  called  chrism  pence 
(denarii  crismatii),  and  says  that  a  further 

28 


A   HISTORY   OF    LANCASHIRE 


to  £z  ;  this  remained  the  nominal  value  in  I34I.5* 
In  1535,  however,  the  value  of  the  tithes  and  obla- 
tions was  reckoned  as  £9  l$s.  lid.  ;  out  of  which 
3/.  was  paid  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Richmond  and 
io/.  was  distributed  to  the  poor  on  Maundy  Thurs- 
day according  to  ancient  custom.53 

An  inventory  of  the  church  goods  made  in  1 446 
shows  that  it  was  well  furnished  with  books  and 
vestments.44 

After  the  dissolution  of  the  monastery  it  does  not 
clearly  appear  what  provision  was  made  for  divine 
worship,45  but  the  king  as  rector  and  then  the 
Holcrofts  and  their  successors  would  pay  a  chaplain  to 
perform  at  least  the  minimum  service.  The  stipend 
also  would  be  a  minimum,  and  in  1610  Lytham  was 
reported  as  *  an  usurped  impropriation  '  (as  it  was 
supposed)  possessed  by  one  Mr.  Roger  Ley,  gentle- 
man, dwelling  in  the  parsonage-house  ;  the  stipendiary 
minister  (was)  a  bare  reader  and  careless.46  In  1604 
it  was  reported  that  the  parish  clerk  could  neither 
read  nor  write.47  In  1650  the  tithes  were  worth 
£29  a  year ;  the  patron  and  impropriator  was 
Thomas  Clifton,  '  a  Papist  and  delinquent '  ;  the 
minister  had  no  allowance  or  salary,  but  £50  was 
allowed  by  the  Committee  of  Plundered  Ministers.48 
In  1717  Bishop  Gastrell  found  that  £20  a  year  was 
allowed  to  the  curate  by  the  lay  rector,  who  nomi- 
nated him  ;  and  the  surplice  fees  came  to  £z.  There 
were  then  neither  schools  nor  charities.49  A  grant 
was  afterwards  obtained  from  Queen  Anne's  Bounty 
and  other  endowments  were  given,60  the  vicar's  income 
now  amounting  to  about  £400."  The  trustees  of 
J.  T.  Clifton  are  patrons. 

The  following  have  been  curates  and  vicars  : — 
oc.  1548-62     George  Lorimer" 

oc.  1610     Hugh  Grimbalson GS 

oc.  1619     Peter  Bullock64 

oc.  1622     — Brown64 

oc.  1639     Robert  Brodbelt66 


oc.  1646-54  William  Armisfeed67 

oc.  1678-1701  James  Threlfall68 

1701  Josiah  Birchall 69 

1717  Timothy  Pollard  70 

1 74 1  Ashton  Werden,  M.A."  (T.C.D.) 

1 743  Robert  Willacy 72 

1759  Thomas  Place 

1 760  John  Gibson  7S 
1800  Robert  Lister,  B.A.74 

1834  Richard  Barton  Robinson,  M.A.76 
(Queen's  Coll.,  Oxf.) 

1 870  Henry  Beauchamp  Hawkins,  M.A.76 
(Trinity  Coll.,  Camb.) 

At  the  east  end  of  the  town  St.  John's  Church 
was  built  in  1848-50  ;  the  Clifton  trustees  are 
patrons.77  At  Fairhaven  St.  Paul's  was  built  as  a 
chapel  of  ease  to  the  parish  church  in  1904.  St. 
Anne's-on-the-Sea  has  taken  its  name  from  St.  Anne's 
Church  built  in  that  part  of  the  township  in 
1 872-3  78;  Lady  Drummond's  trustees  are  patrons. 
There  is  a  mission  church  of  St.  Thomas  built  in 
1900  ;  the  present  vicar  of  St.  Anne's  is  the 
patron,  but  Mr.  J.  T.  Clifton  will  succeed  after  his 
death. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  opened  a  chapel  in 
1846;  the  present  church  succeeded  it  in  l86879; 
they  also  have  chapels  at  Fairhaven,  1899,  and 
St.  Anne's,  1892,  with  mission  halls.  The  Strict 
Baptists  have  long  had  a  meeting-place 80 ;  their 
present  chapel  is  at  Pollux  Gate,  Fairhaven.  There 
are  two  more  recent  Baptist  chapels,  at  Ansdell  and 
St.  Anne's,  1884-6  ;  the  former  was  rebuilt  in 
1908. 

The  Congregationalists  opened  their  first  church  in 
1 862";  they  have  now  another  at  Fairhaven, 
1903-4,  and  a  third  at  St.  Anne's,  i894~6.82  At 
the  last-named  place  the  Christian  Brethren  also  have 
a  meeting-room. 


payment  of  id.  to  the  synod  or  to  the 
fabric  of  the  mother  church  of  York  had 
been  refused  in  the  time  of  Thomas  the 
elder  (1070— noo),  formerly  archbishop. 
The  chrism  pence  were  remitted  by 
Archbishop  Thurstan  ;  Lytham  D.  at 
Durham,  2  a,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  6. 

82  Inq.  Nonarum  (Rec.  Com.),  37.  The 
reduction  was  accounted  for  by  20*. 
altarage  and  zos.  loss  by  the  destruction 
wrought  by  the  Scots. 

53  Valor  Eccl.  ut  sup. 

54  Lytham  D.  at  Durham  ;  printed  in 
Hist,  of  Lytham  (Chet.  Soc.),  29. 

65  Thomas    Dannett   by    the    lease    of 
1539  was  bound  to  provide  an  able  and 
honest  priest  to  celebrate  divine  service  ; 
Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  38. 

66  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  9. 

67  Visit.  P.  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

58  Common-w.     Ch.     Surtf.     (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),   156.     An  allowance 
of  £40,  increased  to  ,£50,  was  decreed  in 
1646  out  of  the  lay  rector's  sequestrated 
tithes  ;  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  i,  40,  45. 

59  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  446-7. 
There  were  two  churchwardens. 

60  A  board  in  the   church  stated   that 
the  Countess  Dowager  Gower  gave  £150 
in     1765     and    Queen     Anne's    Bounty 
£200  ;  this  was  invested  in  the  purchase 
of  Ryheads  in  Goosnargh  in  1768. 

About  ,£1,300  was  given  between  1801 
and  1814. 

61  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir. 


62  Visit.    Lists    at    Chester.     Thomas 
Primett,  priest,  of  Kirkham,  in  1564  be- 
queathed his  velvet  cap,  &c.,  to  George 
Lorimer  ;   Richmond  Wills  (Surtees  Soc.), 
172. 

63  From  his  presentment  of  recusants 
in  the  Consistory  Ct.  papers,  Chester. 

64  Visit,  papers,  Chester. 

65  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
j,  69  ;  Visit.  Lists. 

66  Ibid,  i,  124  ;  he  was  at  Bispham  in 
1622  ;    ibid.    69.     The    will    of   Robert 
Brodbelt  of  Bispham,  clerk,  1 674,  is  printed 
in  Fishwick's  Bispham  (Chet.  Soc.),  43. 
He  may  have  been  a  Royalist,  as  he  does 
not    appear    during    the    Commonwealth 
period. 

67  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  i,  40,  141.      He 
had    been    curate    and     schoolmaster    of 
Kirkham  ;    Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  68,  124. 

68  In  the  Visitation  List  of  1691  he  is 
stated  to  have  been  ordained  in  1663  ;  he 
may  have  been  at  Lytham  the  whole  time. 
He  was  the  'minister'  in   1678  when  a 
collection  of  j£i  3*.  8i/.  was  made  for  the 
rebuilding    of   St.    Paul's    Cathedral,  Sir 
Thomas  Clifton  and  Mr.  James  Threlfall 
heading  the  list  with  5*.  each  ;  N.  and  Q. 
(Ser.  5),  x,  164.      He  was  'conformable  ' 
in  1689  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App. 
iv,  229.      He  bequeathed  £2  used  for  the 
school,  the  date  being  given  as  1702. 

69  In  1707  the  minister  did  not  wear 
the  surplice  ;  Visit,  returns. 

10  Nominated    by    the    University    of 

218 


Cambridge.  The  vacancy  was  caused  by 
the  death  of  the  preceding  incumbent  ; 
Chester  Dioc.  Reg.  In  1725  the  sacra- 
ment was  administered  thrice  a  year. 

71  Nominated  by  Alexander  Osbaldeston 
of  Preston,  who  also  nominated  the  next 
incumbent.  Went  to  Bispham. 

J2  Buried  at  Lytham,  1758  ;  Hist,  of 
Lytham  (Chet.  Soc.),  61. 

In  1745  the  holy  sacrament  was  ad- 
ministered five  times  a  year  ;  Visit, 
returns. 

73  Nominated    by   Abigail    Clayton    of 
Lark    Hill,    Blackburn,    as    widow    and 
executrix   of  Thomas    Clayton,    executor 
of  Alexander  Osbaldeston. 

74  Nominated     by     John     Clayton     of 
Little  Harwood. 

75  He     was    nominated     by     Thomas 
Clifton.     He   died  in  1872  ;    there   is   a 
memorial  tablet  in  the  church,  subscribed 
by  parishioners. 

76  Hon.  Canon  of  Manchester,  1891. 

77  Porter,  op.  cit.  446. 

78  A    district    was    assigned    to  it    in 
1877  ;  Lond.  Ga%.  26  Oct. 

7u  Porter,  op.  cit.  445- 

80  Ibid.  439  ;  the  original  small  ch  pel, 
holding    about    thirty    worshippr  •>»     was 
openea  uL'^'.t  1820. 

81  Nightingale        Lanc.>      Nonconf.      i, 
106-9. 

82  In  this  is  a  manorial  brass  for  W.  J. 
Porritt,  who  is  regarded  as  the  founder  of 
St.  Anne's. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 


Worship  according  to  the  Roman  rites  was  probably 
maintained  at  Lytham  Hall  during  the  I  yth  and  1 8th 
centuries,83  there  being  a  domestic  chapel.84  The 
list  of  convicted  recusants  about  1670  is  headed  by 
Sir  Thomas  Clifton,  and  contains  many  names  still 
known  in  the  district.843  The  number  of  'Papists' 
returned  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester  in  1767  was  384  ; 
the  priest  was  'John  Mansel  a/iasTalbot, Jesuit,'  and 
'  Thomas  Clifton  esq.'  followed  him.84b  In  1800  an 
old  tithe-barn  on  the  edge  of  the  park  was  used  as 
a  chapel.85  After  the  squire  became  a  Protestant  the 
present  St.  Peter's  was  built  in  the  town  in  I839.56 
At  St.  Anne's  the  church  of  Our  Lady  Star  of  the  Sea 
was  built  in  I  Sgo.87  St.  Joseph's,  Ansdell,  was  founded 
in  1908. 

The  free  school  at  Lytham  was  founded  in  1726 


or  a  little  later.88     A  second  school,  or  branch,  seems 
to  have  been  opened  at  Heyhouses  in  1775. 

Official  inquiries  were  made  as  to 
CHARITIES  the  charities  in  1824  and  1899,  and 
from  the  reports  issued  in  1900  it 
appears  that,  apart  from  the  educational  endowments, 
amounting  to  £720  a  year,  there  are  only  two 
chanties  in  operation.  Elizabeth  Layland  in  1734 
left  £60  for  the  poor  or  the  education  of  children  ; 
this  now  produces  £5  los.  a  year,  of  which  £2  2s. 
is  given  to  the  cottage  hospital  and  the  rest  is  dis- 
tributed to  the  poor  in  kind.89  Harriet  Jane 
Quartley  in  1878  left  £19  igs.  to  the  vicar  of 
Lytham  for  a  Christmas  gift  to  the  poor  ;  the  income 
is  1 3-f.  2</.,  but  the  capital  has  been  increased  by 
accumulations.90 


POULTON 
CARLETON 


POULTON-LE-FYLDE 

THORNTON 
HARDHORN-WITH-NEWTON 


MARTON 


This  parish,  from  which  Bispham  has  been 
detached,  has  an  area  of  16,691^  acres,  including 
1,523^  acres  of  tidal  water,  and  its  population  in 
1901  numbered  27,987.  The  country  is  in  general 
level,  with  gentle  undulations.  The  town  of  Poulton 
was  formerly  a  place  of  importance  in  the  district, 
being  called  the  'metropolis  of  the  Fylde  'in  1837,' 
but  the  formation  of  Fleetwood  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Wyre,  and,  still  more,  the  growth  of  Blackpool,  have 
left  it  far  behind.  In  former  times  the  estuary  of  the 
Wyre  was  '  proverbial  for  the  safety  of  its  navigation,'  * 
and  Poulton  was  the  port  on  it. 

The  history  of  the  parish  has  been  that  of  a  quiet 
agricultural  community.  There  are  slight  traces  of 
Roman  occupation.1  Before  the  Reformation  a  large 
portion  of  the  land  was  held  by  religious  houses, 
represented  by  the  bailiffs  at  their  granges,  and  the 
resident  gentry  were  little  more  than  yeomen, 
cultivating  their  estates  and  apparently  living  in  peace 
with  each  other.  The  destruction  of  the  monasteries 
made  little  practical  change,  though  it  introduced  an 
important  resident  family — that  of  Fleetwood  of 
Rossall — but  the  religious  revolution  found  a  number 
of  victims,  great  and  small.  One  or  two  here,  as  in 
other  parishes  of  the  Fylde,  suffered  death  for  their 
work  as  missionary  priests,  and  the  most  powerful 
opponent  of  the  Elizabethan  establishment  of  religion 
was  a  native  of  the  parish — Cardinal  Allen.  The 
Civil  War  and  the  Revolution  do  not  seem  to  have 


disturbed  this  parish  in  any  noteworthy  manner. 
One  of  the  minor  gentry,  Thomas  Singleton  of 
Staining,  lost  his  life  in  1643  in  the  cause  of  Charles  I. 
The  school  at  Rossall,  though  of  recent  origin, 
provides  a  distinctive  feature. 

To  the  tax  called  the  county  lay  of  1624  the 
various  townships  contributed  as  follows  when  the 
hundred  paid  £100  :  Poulton,  £2  los.  (>\d.  ; 
Carleton,  £i  i6s.  \\d.  ;  Thornton,  £2  os.  5f</.  ; 
Hardhorn-with-Newton,  £2  los.  2\d.  ;  and  Marton, 
£2  os.  ^\d.\  in  all,  £  10  ijs.  j±d.*  The  older 
fifteenth  shows  much  the  same  relative  values.5 

With  the  exception  of  Fleetwood  the  district 
remains  almost  entirely  agricultural.  The  land  is 
now  occupied  very  largely  as  pasture,  as  may  be  seen 
by  the  following  table 5a  : — 


Arable 

Permanent 

Woods  and 

land 

grass 

plantations 

ac. 

ac. 

ac. 

Poulton      .     . 

.       66£ 

644 

5 

Carleton 

.     149 

1,752* 

— 

Thornton  . 

.     470 

1,962 

I0| 

Fleetwood  . 

•     475 

1,032 

17 

Hardhorn-with- 

Newton  . 

.    578 

1,951 

27 

Marton       .     . 

1,261* 

1,851* 

20 

3,000 


9>'93 


79* 


83  As   usual    there    are    practically    no 
records  of  the   i/th  century.     A  list  of 
priests  in  charge  from  about  1615,  com- 
piled by  Mr.  Gillow,  is  printed  in  Hist,  of 
Lytham  (Chet.  Soc.),  47-54. 

84  It  is  now  a  lumber-room. 

844  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  188-90. 

^b  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xviii, 
2 1 8.  There  was  a  priest  at  the  hall 
in  1712  ;  Tyldesley  Diary,  37.  The 
Jesuits  had  charge  of  the  mission,  and 
in  1701  Ralph  Hornyold  alias  Gower  was 
in  charge  with  a  salary  of  £10.  In  1750 
there  were  200  general  confessions  and 
230  '  customers,'  while  in  1793  there 
were  250  Easter  communicants  and  75 
persons  were  confirmed  ;  Fok-y,  Rec.  S.  /. 
v,  320-5.  About  1794  a  Benedictine 


succeeded  the  Jesuits,  but  remained  only  a 
short  time  ;  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.), 
xiii,  1 66.  The  secular  clergy  have  been 
in  charge  since  1803. 

86  There  is  a  description  in  Whittle, 
Lytham,  10,  II. 

86  Liverpool  Cath.  Annual.  There  is  a 
cemetery  with  a  mortuary  chapel  at 
Saltcotes.  87  Ibid. 

88  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Lytham,   1 900. 
The  original  endowments,  though  small, 
were    invested    in    land    near    Blackpool 
which  has  become  valuable. 

89  The  income  is  derived  from  a  piece 
of  meadow  in  Freckleton,  called  Manning's 
land. 

90  An  old  charity  founded  by  Thomas 
Cookson,  for  books  for  poor  children,  is 

219 


supposed  to  have  been  merged  in  the 
school  fund. 

1  Thornber,  Blackpool,  281. 

a  Baines,  Lanes.  Dir.  1825,  ii,  463. 

8  Traces  of  a  Roman  road  leading  north 
through  Marton  and  Poulton  to  the  Wyre 
mouth  have  been  noticed.  A  hoard  of 
Roman  coins  was  found  near  Fleetwood 
in  1840. 

4  Gregson,  Fragments  (ed.  Harland),  23. 

s  Ibid.  19  ;  the  payments  were  :  Poul- 
ton, £i  9*.  6\d.  ;  Carleton,  £i  is.  i  £<£  ; 
Thornton,  £i  3*.  8<£  ;  Hardhorn-with- 
Newton,  £1  91.  4^.  ;  and  Marton, 
£i  3*.  fyd.  This  gives  a  total  sum  of 
/,6  js.  2%a".  when  the  hundred  paid 
£56  4*.  8</. 

5a  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric.  (1905). 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


A  village  called  Singleton  Thorp,  near  Rossall 
Grange,  is  said  to  have  been  destroyed  in  1555  by  an 
irruption  of  the  sea.6 

One  Robert  Hey, '  a  wise  man,  a  witch  or  charmer,' 


POULTON 

AND 

BISFHAM. 


was  presented  by  the  vicar  in  161 1  for  the  Bishop  of 
Chester's  censure  for  telling  fortunes  and  the  like. 
He  was  known  as  '  the  wise  man  of  the  Fylde,'  but 
appeared  to  disclaim  the  title,  and  as  the  vicar  did 
not  press  his  accusation  and  the  churchwardens 
averred  that  he  was  '  an  honest  man,  a  good  church- 
man '  and  a  communicant,  he  was  merely  ordered  to 
appear  in  Poulton  Church  on  Sunday  during  service 
and  declare  his  sorrow  for  giving  offence,  renouncing 
publicly  the  title  of  '  wise  man  of  the  Fylde.' 7 

The  protestation  of  1641-2  was  signed  by  Peter 
White  the  minister  and  ninety-seven  inhabitants.8 

In  1643  a  large  Spanish  ship  laden  with  arms  for 
the  Low  Countries  appeared  in  the  Wyre,  having  been 
driven  out  of  its  course,  and  created  great  excitement 
by  firing  guns  as  signals.  The  Parliamentarians  first 
seized  it,  but  the  Earl  of  Derby  having  heard  visited 
the  place,  took  possession,  and  ordered  the  ship  to 
be  burnt,  allowing  the  crew  to  go  free.  A  Parlia- 
mentary major  who  also  went  to  see  the  vessel  was  not 
able  to  save  it  ;  his  force  being  small,  he  had  to  avoid 
the  earl.9 

Several  ancient  customs  lingered  in  the  Fylde  till 
recent  times,  such  as  the  bonfires  on  All  Hallows'  Eve, 
known  locally  as  '  Teanley  night.'  A  gala  day  marked 
the  close  of  marl-getting.  Onion  seed  had  to  be 
sown  on  St.  Gregory's  Day.  A  small  stone  through 
which  a  hole  had  been  bored  was  tied  to  the  stable 
key  to  protect  the  horses  from  witchcraft.  '  Ignaging ' 
was  a  dance  performed  by  the  village  lads  at  Easter.10 

John  Hull,  M.D.,  a  botanist  of  some  note,  was 
born  at  Poulton  in  1761.  He  practised  as  a  physician 
at  Manchester  and  died  in  1843."  George  Long,  a 
classical  scholar,  was  born  at  Poulton  in  1800  ;  he 
became  Fellow  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  edited 
the  Penny  Cyclopaedia,  1833-46,  and  afterwards  estab- 
lished the  Bibliotheca  Classica.  He  died  in  1879." 

The  church  of  ST.  CHAD  stands  on 
CHURCH  an  elevated  site  in  the  centre  of  the 
town  of  Poulton  at  the  north  end  of  the 
market-place,  and  consists  of  an  apsidal  chancel  20  ft. 
by  17  ft.  6  in.,  nave  93  ft.  6  in.  by  36  ft.  and  west 
tower  12  ft.  square,  all  these  measurements  being 
internal.  The  site  is  an  ancient  one,  but  all  trace  of 
the  original  church  has  vanished,  the  oldest  part  of 
the  present  building  being  the  tower,  which  is  said  to 
have  been  erected  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I.  The 
nave  dates  from  1752—3  and  the  apse  from  1868. 

The  old  structure,13  which  was  pulled  down  in  1751, 
is  described  as  being  built  of  red  sandstone  with 
double-gabled  roof  supported  down  the  middle  by 
four  octagonal  pillars  and  semicircular  arches  and  lit 
by  round-headed  windows.  It  appears  to  have  been 
originally,  like  Bispham,  a  narrow,  aisleless  building 
with  small  chancel,  enlarged  at  a  later  date  by  the 
addition  on  the  north  side  of  an  aisle  which  perhaps 


6  Thornber,    op.    cit.   54,  referring  to 
Dodsworth.     The  story  is  very  doubtful, 
but  the  coast-line  has  suffered  much  from 
erosion. 

7  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

8  The  names  are  printed  by  Fishwick, 
Poulton  (Chet.  Soc.),  31-3.     Another  list 
of  the  inhabitants,  from  an  assessment  of 
1660,  will  be  found  ibid.  202—4. 

9  ^ijr/nLa«a.(Chet.Soc.),25-7.  This 
miy  be  the  origin  of  the  'tradition'  of  a 
vessel  of  the  Spanish  Armada  having  been 
ia    danger    off  Rossall  ;    Thornber,    op. 
cit.  60. 


10  Details  of  these  and  other  local  cus- 
toms are  given  by  Thornber,  op.  cit.  82- 
105  ;    and   Trans.  Hist.  Soc.   iv,   102-18. 
The  Teanley  fires  were  lighted  on  a  cairn 
in  Hardhorn. 

11  Diet.  Nat.  Stag. ;  see  notes  on  Carleton 
township. 

13  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

1S  A  description  of  the  church  is  given 
by  Thornber  (  Blackpool,  285),  who,  after 
recording  the  wanton  destruction  of  a 
monument  to  the  Singletons  of  Staining, 
adds  :  '  Two  other  relics  which  belonged 
to  this  house  of  God  long  before  the 

220 


Refo-mation  are  still  existing  [1842]  in 
the  possession  of  the  Roman  Catholics, 
viz.  a  rude  brass  crucifix,  the  property  of 
the  Reverend  Mr.  Platt,  late  priest  of  the 
Breck  Chapel,  and  a  chalice,  which, 
having  fallen  into  the  hands  of  James 
Hesketh  Brockholes,  esq.,  of  Mains  Hall, 
was  presented  by  him  to  the  Popish  chapel 
at  Claughton.'  There  does  not  seem  any 
evidence  that  either  of  these  had  belonged 
to  Poulton  Church. 

Its  appearance  about  1870  is  described 
by  A.  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches, 
391. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


doubled  its  width.  The  de  criptions  left  of  the 
building  do  not  materially  assist  in  determining  the 
date  of  its  erection.  The  tower,  which  stood  at  the 
west  end  of  the  original  nave,  was  retained  when  the 
church  was  pulled  down,  and,  the  walls  of  the  new 
building  being  erected  on  the  old  foundations,  is 
therefore  at  the  south-west  corner  of  the  present 
church.  A  stone  with  the  date  1622  and  the  name 
of  Peter  White,  vicar,  and  another  with  the  initials 
of  six  churchwardens  and  the  date  1638,  apparently 
indicate  some  rebuilding  or  alterations  in  these 
years.14  In  1883  the  building  underwent  extensive 
repairs,  and  a  further  renovation  and  decoration  took 
place  in  1908. 

The  apse  is  built  in  a  modern  Norman  style  with 
three  groups  of  double  round-headed  windows,  and 
forms  the  sanctuary,  the  chancel  arrangement  being 
carried  into  the  nave  for  a  distance  of  19  ft.  The 
chancel  arch  is  of  1868  date  and  is  semicircular  in 
form.  The  nave  is  a  fairly  good  example  of  18th- 
century  work,  with  round-headed  two-light  windows 
and  drafted  quoins  at  the  angles.  On  the  south  side 
are  two  good  classic  doorways  with  Tuscan  pilasters 
carrying  entablature  and  pediment,  above  which  the 
wall  is  pierced  by  elliptical  windows.  The  doorway 
on  the  north  side  has  a  plain  moulded  architrave. 
The  roof,  which  is  of  one  wide  span  and  covered  with 
slate  and  with  an  external  stone  cornice,  is  divided 
inside  into  nine  bays  by  eight  plain  principals 
plastered  between.  On  the  south-east  corner  is  the 
vault  of  the  Fleetwood  family,  approached  from  the 
outside  by  a  door  within  a  small  stone  porch  of  good 
classic  design  with  moulded  architrave  and  pedimented 
head  carried  on  consoles.  Over  the  door  is  the 
inscription,  now  somewhat  defaced,  '  Insignia  Rici 
Fleetwood  afi  hujus  eccliae  patronis,  Anno  Dni 
i699.'15  The  spout  heads  on  each  side  of  the 
building  are  of  handsome  design  with  the  date  1753, 
the  arms  of  Fleetwood-Hesketh,  and  the  Hesketh 
double-headed  eagle. 

The  tower  is  of  gritstone  and  very  plain  in  design, 
with  diagonal  buttresses  of  seven  stages  and  a  vice  in 
the  south-east  corner.  It  finishes  with  an  embattled 
parapet  and  angle  pinnacles  of  Renaissance  type,  and 
the  belfry  windows  are  of  two  plain,  round-headed 
lights  with  slate  louvres,  but  without  hood  mould  or 
any  ornament,  the  whole  having  the  appearance  of 
very  late  work  and  giving  some  credibility  to  the 
local  tradition  of  its  being  of  I  yth-century  date.  The 
west  side  is  quite  plain,  without  door  or  window,  but 
the  masonry  in  the  lower  part  appears  to  have  been 
rebuilt  in  a  way  suggesting  a  former  window.  There 
is  a  clock  on  the  south  side  to  the  market-place, 
and  also  a  small  round-headed  doorway,  apparently 
an  1 8th-century  insertion,  which  is  the  only  means 
of  access  to  the  tower,  the  arch  having  presumably 
been  built  up  when  the  nave  was  erected.  The 
interior  of  the  tower  was  renovated  in  1908. 


POULTON  Lfc 
FYLDE 

The  nave  has  galleries  on  the  north,  south  and 
west  sides  supported  by  small  stone  classic  columns 
and  approached  by  a  staircase  in  the  north-west 
corner.  The  north  and  south  galleries,  which  stop 
about  20  ft.  from  the  east  end  of  the  nave,  retain 
their  original  square  pews,  but  the  west  gallery, 
along  with  the  nave,  has  been  reseated  with  modern 
benches  and  all  the  fittings  are  of  modern  date. 
Over  the  vault  in  the  south-east  corner  were  originally 
the  Fleetwood  pews,  but  the  whole  of  the  east  end 
of  the  1 8th-century  structure  is  now  thrown  into 
the  quire,  the  organ  being  placed  on  the  north  side. 
The  baptistery,  however,  which  occupies  the  south- 
west corner,  is  formed  by  a  carved  oak  I  yth-century 
screen  of  good  design,  originally  part  of  the  pew 
belonging  to  Sir  Peter  Hesketh,  the  Hesketh  garb 
being  carved  on  two  of  the  posts  and  the  double- 
headed  eagle  and  a  griffon  introduced  into  the 
decorative  treatment.  The  low  door,  however, 
bears  the  crest  of  the  Rigbys  of  Layton,  together 
with  the  initials  A.R.  and  the  date  1636,  and  belongs 
to  a  pew  of  that  family's.  In  the  baptistery  are  the 
two  dated  stones  already  mentioned,  and  there  is 
also  an  oak  cupboard  with  the  date  1730  and  the 
names  of  the  churchwardens.  On  the  south  wall  at 
the  east  end  are  preserved  four  sides  of  an  octagonal 
oak  Jacobean  pulpit  discovered  in  1877  encased  in  a 
later  pulpit  supposed  to  have  been  erected  in  1753. 
The  sides  are  richly  carved  and  divided  into  three 
panels  of  unequal  size,  the  middle  ones  with  the 
common  semicircular  arched  ornament  of  the  time, 
while  along  the  top  is  carved  CRIE  ALOVD  SPARE  NOT 
LIFT  UP  THY  VOYCE  LYKE  .  .  .16  There  are  some  brasses 
belonging  to  the  older  church,  one  to  Ann  wife  of 
Richard  Harrison,  vicar  (d.  1697),  and  others  to 
Geoffrey  Hornby  (d.  1732)  and  Dorothy  his  daughter 
(d.  1740).  A  number  of  hatchments  of  the  Fleet- 
wood  and  Hesketh  families  are  hung  on  the  walls 
above  the  galleries,  and  there  are  monuments  to 
Fleetwood  Hesketh  (d.  1769),  Francis  Hesketh  (d. 
1809),  Bold  Fleetwood  Hesketh  (d.  1819),  and 
Edward  Thomas  Hesketh  (d.  iSao).17 

There  is  a  ring  of  six  bells  cast  in  1741  by  Abel 
Rudhall  of  Gloucester.  The  sixth  was  recast  in  1865 
and  has  the  names  of  the  vicar  and  wardens  of  that 
date.  The  whole  were  re-hung  in  igo8.}8 

The  old  plate  19  consists  of  a  large  paten  of  1698-9 
inscribed  '  Poulton  1699';  a  small  visiting  chalice 
6  in.  high  and  cover  paten,  the  chalice  inscribed 
'  Given  for  the  use  of  the  poor  sick  Communicants  in 
the  Parish  of  Poulton  in  the  County  of  Lancaster  ' 
and  the  cover  *  1735,'  both  by  R.  Richardson  of 
Chester  ;  and  a  flagon  with  the  makers'  mark  B  and 
W.  There  are  also  two  modern  chalices,  two  patens, 
and  a  flagon  presented  by  the  Rev.  T.  Clark  in 
1866. 

The  registers  begin  in  1591.  The  three  earliest 
volumes,  extending  to  1677,  have  been  printed.*0 


14  These  two  stones  are  now  fixed  in  the 
wall  of  the  baptistery  at  the  south-west 
corner  of  the  nave.     The  latter  was  dis- 
covered in  1 8  3  6  on  the  removal  of  the  pul- 
pit. Thornber  (op.  cit.  286)  conjectured  that 
it  commemorated  the  erection  of  the  tower. 

15  'In  1882  some  workmen  discovered, 
in  removing  the  lead  gutter  over  this  vault, 
that  a  portion  of  a  similar  inscription  was 
cut  on  the  stone  cornice  in  raised  3-inch 
letters'  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  45. 


16  The    panels    were    placed    in    their 
present  position  on  the  south  wall  in  Nov. 
1878. 

17  The   inscriptions  on   all   the    mural 
monuments  in  the  church  are  given   in 
full  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  50-8. 

18  The  inscriptions  are  :  (i)  '  Prosperity 
to   all    our  benefactors,  A  R.    1741';  (2) 
'  Peace     and    good    neighbourhood,     AR. 
1741';  (3)    'Prosperity   to    this    parish, 
A  R.  1741  '  ;  (4)  'When  you  us  ring  we'll 

221 


sweetly  sing,  A».  1741';  (5)  'Able 
Rudhall  cast  us  all  at  Gloucester,  1741  '  ; 
(6)  Originally  had  names  of  church- 
wardens. 

19  A  return  of  church  goods  sent  to  the 
Bishop  of  Chester  in  1725  records  a  paten, 
flagon  and  chalice. 

30  Lanes.  Parish  Reg.  Soc.  Publ.  vol.  xix 
(1904),  transcribed  and  edited  by  Wm. 
Edward  Robinson.  The  Churchwardens' 
Accts.  begin  1708  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  88. 


The  churchyard,  which  is  almost  entirely  inclosed 
by  surrounding  buildings,31  is  intersected  by  flagged 
paths  and  has  an  entrance  at  each  of  its  four  corners, 
that  at  the  south-west  leading  from  the  market-place. 
It  was  at  one  time  a  '  filthy  place  almost  surrounded 
by  a  ditch.' M  On  the  south  side  is  an  octagonal 
stone  sundial  shaft  without  plate  on  two  older  circular 
steps. 

The  church  of  Poulton,  with  one 
ADVQWSON  plough-land  and  all  appurtenances, 
was  given  by  Roger  of  Poitou  to 
the  Abbey  of  Sees  in  rog^.23  In  spite  of  a  confirma- 
tion,74 Theobald  Walter  was  able,  a  century  later,  to 
lay  claim  to  the  advowson,  but  in  1196  released  his 
right  to  Poulton  and  Bispham  on  being  allowed  the 
advowson  of  Preston.*5  The  Prior  of  Lancaster,  as 
representing  Se"es,  appears  to  have  retained  a  moiety 
of  the  rectory86  and  given  the  other  moiety  to  a 
clerk  who  would  be  responsible  for  the  maintenance 
of  divine  worship.  In  1 247,  however,  it  was  agreed 
that  on  the  next  avoidance  of  the  latter  moiety  the 
whole  should  be  appropriated  to  Lancaster  Priory,17  a 
vicarage  being  ordained.  The  vicar  was  to  receive 
20  marks  a  year,  being  responsible  fer  all  ordinary 
dues,  and  was  to  be  duly  instituted  by  the  archdeacon 
to  the  cure  of  souls.28  Afterwards  the  vicar  was  paid 
out  of  the  small  tithes  and  oblations,  but  had  a  house 
provided  for  him.89  In  1291,  when  the  rectory  was 
valued  at  70  marks  a  year,  the  vicarage  was  estimated 


at  10  marks.30  The  destruction  wrought  by  the 
Scots  in  1322  seems  to  have  been  unusually  great  in 
this  parish,  for  the  value  of  the  rectory  was  reduced 
by  70  per  cent,  in  consequence  of  it,  while  that  of 
the  vicarage  fell  to  4O/.31  As  in  other  cases,  the 
rectory  was,  as  part  of  Lancaster  Priory  endowment, 
in  1432  transferred  to  Syon  Abbey,38  and  was  in 
1535  valued  at  £62**  the  vicarage  being  then  worth 
£7  l6/.  id.  clear.34 

During  the  wars  with  France  the  advowson 
had  several  times  been  in  the  king's  hands,30 
owing  to  seizures  of  the  temporalities  of  foreign 
houses,  and  on  the  suppression  of  Syon  it  was 
again  taken  by  the  Crown.  It  was  in  1554  pur- 
chased by  Thomas  Fleetwood  of  Rossall,36  and  has 
descended  to  Mr.  C.  H.  Fleetwood-Hcsketh  of  North 
Meols. 

The  rectory  became  divided  among  several  impro- 
priators.37  In  1650  the  vicar  had  a  house  with 
2  acres  of  land,  the  small  tithes  and  tithe  salt  through- 
out the  parish,  which  then  included  Bispham,  but  in 
some  parts  these  dues  were  limited  by  prescription  ; 
the  whole  was  worth  about  £5  5  a  year.38  About  1717 
Poulton,  without  Bispham,  was  certified  as  worth 
only  ^ 2 8  l8/.  a  year,  but  some  additional  endow- 
ments were  given.39  A  terrier  of  1755  has  been 
preserved  ;  it  shows  a  total  revenue  of  ^67  2/.  6</.40 
At  present  the  vicar's  income  is  reported  to  be 
£260" 


11  Some  of  these  have  been  condemned 
to  demolition  (1909). 

M  Thornber,  Blackpool,  285.  This 
probably  refers  to  the  i8th  century.  It 
was  surrounded  by  a  ditch  in  1751,  on 
the  borders  of  which  were  several  fine 
sycamore  trees,  subsequently  cut  down. 
The  houses  probably  date  from  the  end 
of  the  1 8th  or  beginning  of  the  igth 
century. 

23  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  290,  294.  In 
a  pleading  in  1293  it  was  stated  that  the 
church  was  built  by  Roger  of  Poitou,  who 
endowed  it  with  a  third  part  of  the  land, 
which  was  all  that  he  held  directly  in  the 
place  ;  Ltnc.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  485. 

34  Farrer,  op.  cit.  298  ;  by  John,  when 
Count  of  Mortain,  1189—93. 

25  Find  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  6. 

36  Honorius,  Archdeacon  of  Richmond 
(i  198— 1 200),  specially  confirmed  to  them 
the  moiety  of  the  church  of  Poulton  and 
the  moiety  of  the  church  of  Bispham, 
which  (among  others)  they  had  to  their 
own  uses  according  to  a  confirmation  by 
Pope  Celestine  (111,1191-8);  Lane.  Ch. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  117. 

27  Ibid.    122.       The     Archdeacon     of 
Richmond  agreed  on  condition  that  the 
monks  released  their  claim  to  the  advow- 
ion  of  Bolton-le-Sands  and  a  pension  of 
3  marks  from  that  church. 

The  right  of  Lancaster  Priory  was  the 
subject  of  inquiry  in  1351,  and  found  to 
be  established  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  205. 

28  Lane.  Ch.  i,  141.     Bispham  is  called 
a  chapel  only. 

29  Ibid,  ii,  380.  It  was  in  1275  ordained 
that  the  vicar,  besides  a  suitable  house, 
should   have   the  whole  •  altarage   of   the 
church  of  Poulton  and  chapel  of  Bispham, 
except  living  mortuaries  and  the  tithes  of 
wool,  &c.,  in  Great  Layton  and  Thornton, 
which  belonged   to  the  Prior  and  monks 
of  Lancaster. 


30  Pope    Nich.    Tax.    307,    327.      The 
Prior  of  Norton  had    a  '  portion  ' — £2, 
reduced  to  los.     The  Abbot  of  Stanlaw 
also  had  a  portion — £13  6s.  8</.,  reduced 
to   £6  131.  4</.,  besides  paying  10  marks 
to  the  Prior  of  Lancaster.     This  last  was 
in    respect    of   Staining.       Compositions 
between  the  priory  of  Lancaster  and  the 
abbeys  of  Cockersand  and  Whalley  as  to 
tithes  are  printed  in   Lane.  Ch.  i,  50,  70, 
527  ;    see    also    Whalley  Coucher  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  395. 

31  Inq.  Nonarum  (Rec.  Com.),  37.    The 
various  townships  were  able  to  pay  thus  : 
Hardhorn  and  Layton,  £2  6s.  8t/.  each  ; 
Marton  and  Bispham,  £2  31.  q.d.  each  ; 
Thornton,  £i  135.4^. ;  Carleton,  £1  101.5 
and    Poulton,   £i   3$.  ^.d. — ^13  6s.  %d. 
in    all.       The    glebe    was    estimated    at 
£i  6s.  8</.,   and  the   loss   through    lands 
waste  by  the  destruction  of  the  Scots  at 

£1*- 

82  Simpson,  Hist,  and  Antiq.  of  Lane. 
241. 

3»  V*l»r  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  425.  In 
the  minister's  accounts,  after  the  Dissolu- 
tion, only  £30  6s.  $d.  is  recorded  as 
coming  from  Amoundernets  ;  Dugdale, 
Man.  vi,  544. 

34  Valtr  Eccl.  v,  262.     The  house  and 
garden  were    worth    only    u.    So1.  ;    the 
tithes  of  calves,  js.  ;  of  salt,  245.  ;  flax 
and  hemp,  2Os.  ;  small  tithes,  offerings, 
&c.,  as  in  the  Easter  roll,  ^5  181.  ;  in  all 
^8  3$.  %d.     For  synodals  21.  8</.  was  paid, 
and  for  procurations  4.1.  $d. 

35  See  the  list  of  vicars. 

36  Pat.  2  Mary  ;   lands  in  Layton,  &c., 
were  purchased  at  the  same  time.      On 
12    July     1557    Thomas    Fleetwood     of 
Heskin  granted  the  next  presentation  to 
John    Fleetwood   of  Penwortham,   John 
Wrightington      of      Stan^ish,      Richard 
Wrightington  his  son  and   heir-apparent, 
and  Alexander  Wrightington  of  Enfield  ; 
Church  Papers  in  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

222 


The  advowson  was  bequeathed  to  a 
younger  son  William,  who  in  1596  sold 
it,  together  with  the  manor  of  Layton, 
&c.,  to  his  brother,  Edmund  Fleetwood 
of  Rossall,  who  died  in  1622  holding 
the  advowson  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  316. 

37  The  rectorial  tithes,  &c.,  were  leased 
to  Thomas  Bradley  and  others  in  1577  ; 
Pat.  19  Elir.  pt.  xii.    In  1605  the  rectory 
was   sold   to  Lawrence   Baskerville  ;   Pat. 
3  Jas.  I,  pt.  xii.     See  also  Pat.  6  jas.  I, 
pt.  iii,  xv. 

In  1650  Baron  Rigby  had  the  tithes 
of  Poulton,  Marton  and  part  of  Bispham 
with  Norbreck  ;  Sir  Thomas  Tyldesley 
those  of  Hardhorn-with- Newton,  Carleton, 
Thornton  and  the  remainder  of  Bispham 
with  Norbreck  ;  Alexander  Rigby  those 
of  Layton  ;  Cemmonw.  Ch.  Surv.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  150. 

38  Ibid.  151. 

39  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  456  ;  the   glebe   land    and    churchyard 
produced  £2  91.  ;  prescriptive  payments 
for  tithe  hay,  hemp  and  flax,  £5  15*.  5^.; 
tithe  hay  in  kind,  £3  i8j.  ;  Easter  dues, 
as  let,  ,£9  ;  tithe  geese,  hemp  and  flax,  in 
kind,  as  let,  £l  151.  ;  tithe  pigs,  £1   is. ; 
surplice  fees,  £5.    He  states  that  Richard 
Fleetwood  of  Rossall  had  in  1687  given 
£10  a  year  to  the  church  and  Mr.  Baines 
in  1717  land  worth  ^4  10*. 

There  were  five  churchwardens  chosen 
thus  :  '  Every  Easter  the  old  church- 
wardens write  down  every  one  three  persons 
living  in  the  township  for  which  he  serves, 
out  of  which  the  minister  chooses  one. 
The  clerk  is  chosen  by  the  heir  of  Stain- 
ing Hall,  now  John  Mayfield,  gent.,  a 
Papist  :  1722'  ;  ibid.  458. 

Grants  were  later  secured  from  Queen 
Anne's  Bounty. 

*»  Visit.  Ret. 

41  Mar.ch.  Dioc.  Dir.  There  are  a 
vicarage-house  and  36  acres  of  glebe. 


AMOUNDERiNTESS  HUNDRED 


POULTON-LE 

FYLDE 


The  following  have  been  rectors  and  vicars  : — 


Name 


RECTORS 


Instituted 

c.  1 1 60      .      .  .  Gamel  43 

c.  1 200      .     .  .  Richard43 

oc.  1246-7     .  .  Alexander  de  Stanford44    . 


Presented  by 


Cause  of  Vacancy 


VICARS 


oc.  1294  .  . 
oc.  1325  .  . 
oc.  1332  . 

1  Apr.  1338 

2  July  1339 
7  Oct.  1349 

oc.  1356  .  . 
oc.  1365-9  . 

6  Sept.  1383 
23  Aug.  1403 
21  May  1422 

7  June  1437 
25  June  1442 
1 8  June  146; 
oc.  1500    . 

c.  1512-20  . 
oc.  1530-5  . 
oc.  1548-52  . 
20  Dec.  1552 
oc.  1557  .  . 


Roger45 
John46 

William  de  Sellerdale  l7 . 
William  de  Stalmine43 
William  de  Preston  4<J   . 
John  de  Fishwick  50 
William  de  Clayton  81  . 
Ralph  de  Penwortham  82 
William  de  Southworth  S3 
William  Tyndour 54      . 
John  Lytham  65 


The  king 


The 


William  Cronkshaw  5G Syon  Abbey 

Richard  Brown  67 ,, 

John  Oxcliffe  58 

Richard  Singleton  59 

William  Bretherton  G0 

Hugh  Sneyd,  B.D.61 

Robert  Clerke  63 

Randle  Woodward  63 The  king 

Richard  Cropper  M 


exch.  W.  de  Stalmine 


d.  W.  Tyndour 


d.  W.  Cronkshaw 
d.  R.  Brown 


a  He  attested  a  Bispham  charter  by 
Robert  Abbot  of  Shrewsbury,  who  died  in 
1167  ;  Shireburne  D.  at  Leagram. 

43  Fairer,  op.  cit.  335,  338,  from  deeds 
between     1194    and     1206;     Cockersand 
Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  333. 

44  He  was  rector  of  a  mediety  ;  Lane. 
Ch.  i,  122.    See  also  ii,  431.    He  claimed 
certain  lands  in  Poulton  in  1246  ;  Assize 
R.  404,  m.  I2d.      He  may  have  retained 
his  rectory  till  1275,  when  the  ordination 
of  a  vicarage  -was  finally  settled.     He  is 
not  called  a  '  clerk.' 

Robert  son  of  Alexander  de  Stanford 
obtained  a  toft  adjoining  the  cemetery  by 
grant  of  Adam  son  of  Robert  de  Poulton  ; 
Lane.  Ch.  ii,  387. 

45  Ibid.  421. 

46  Lanes.  Ct.  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  134. 

47  This  vicar  in  1332  came  to  an  agree- 
ment with  the  Prior  of  Lytham  as  to  the 
tithe  of  fish  taken  on  the  Warthes  north 
or  south  of   the  Milne  Pool  of  Layton. 
The  prior  was  to  have  the  tithe,  but  was 
to  pay  -is.  a  year  ;  Lytham  D.  at  Durham, 
3  a,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  33. 

48  Cat.  Pat.  1338-40,  p.  30.    The  date 
is  that  of  presentation.     The  king  pre- 
sented in  this  and  other  cases  because  the 
estates  of  alien  priories  had  been  taken 
into  his  hands  during  the  war  with  France. 

For  the  king's  claim  see  De  Banco  R. 
3 1 6,  m.  182.  After  presenting  William  de 
Stalmine  it  was  found  that  one  Henry  de 
Carleton  opposed,  and  he  was  fined  for  it ; 
ibid.  317,  m.  288. 

49  Cal.  Pat.  1338-40,  p.  264.    William 
de  Preston  had  been  vicar  of  Giggleswick. 
Sec  Whitaker,  Craven  (ed.  Morant),  1 66. 
He  had  a  dispute  with  his  predecessor  in 
1341  as  to   money  owing  ;   DC   Banco  R. 
325,    m.    84.       He    was    no    doubt    the 
William,  vicar  of  Poulton,  who  was  in 
1345  joined  with  the  Prior  of  Lancaster 
as  liable  for  the  repair  of  the   chancel  ; 
Fishwick,  op,  cit.  207-8. 


A  William  de  Preston  was  Archdeacon 
of  Stafford  in  1339;  Le  Neve,  Fasti,  i, 

574- 

50  Cal.    Pat.    1348-50,   p.   401.     The 
church    of   Poulton    with    its    chapel    of 
Bispham  became  void  in  the  time  of  pesti- 
lence between  8  Sept.  1349  and   1 1  Jan. 
1349—50  ;  Engl.  Hist.  Rev.  v,  526. 

51  Raines   MSS.   (Chet.   Lib.),  xxxviii, 
105.       William     de    Clayton    was    'late 
vicar'    in    1359;    ibid.    383.      He    was 
styled   the  same    in    1429,   having    been 
concerned,  in  conjunction  with  Ralph  de 
Penwortham,     chaplain — no     doubt    his 
successor  as  vicar — in  a  grant  to  John  de 
Thornton,  who  died  in  1396  ;  Lanes.  Inj. 
p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  24. 

M  This  vicar  occurs  in  1365  and  1369; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  A3;  ii,  fol.  260. 

53  Cal.  Pat.   1381-5,  p.  305.      He  was 
trustee  in  a  Skillicornc  settlement  referred 
to  in  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no.  3. 

54  Cal.  Pat.  1401-5,  pp.  261,  265. 

55  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  397; 
William      Kenwolmersh,    Treasurer     of 
England,  and  others  presented,  Henry  V 
having  lately  granted  them  the  priory  of 
Lancaster.     This  presentation  is  referred 
to    by   Bishop    Gastrell,  as    if   from    the 
original   register  of  Archdeacon    Bowet  5 
Notitia  Cestr.  ii,  458.    As  John  '  Lathom  ' 
he  was  still  vicar  in  1430  ;  Rentals  and 
Surv.  R.  378. 

'Richard  '  is  named  as  vicar  in  a  deed 
of  Sept.  1423  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  fol. 
309.  This  must  be  a  mistake  in  dating  ; 
see  Richard  Brown  later. 

56  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  68.     He  is  named 
in  a  deed  of  1437-8  as  vicar  ;   Kuerden 
fol.  MS.  213. 

57  Raines  MSS.  xxii,  409. 

58  Ibid.   385.     John  Oxcliffe  was  still 
vicar  in  1487  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton, 
file  i&2  Hen.  VII. 

5a  Brockholes  of  Claughton  D. 
60  William  Bretherton  was  one  of  the 
feoffees  of  Cuthbert  Clifton,  who  died  in 

223 


1512  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no. 
12.  He  is  named  in  proceedings  con- 
cerning the  transfer  (after  1518)  of  the 
lease  of  tithes,  &c. ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
69,  quoting  Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead,  iv, 

B37- 

61  He  was  witness  to  the  will  of  George 
Allen  of  Rossall,  1530;  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  127.  A  letter  of  his  is  printed  in 
L.  and  P.  Hen.  Vlllt  xiv  (2),  206.  He 
was  vicar  in  1535  ;  Valor  Eccl.  v,  262. 

A  Hugh  Snead  (1513)  occurs  in  the 
pedigree  of  Snead  of  Willaston  near 
Nantwich  ;  Ormerod,  Ches,  (ed.  Helsby), 
iii,  492.  Two  of  the  surname  graduated 
at  Cambridge,  one  as  D.  Civ.  L.  in  1511— 
12  and  another  (Hugh)  as  D.D.  in  1529— 
30  ;  Grace  Book  B  (Luard  Mem.),  ii,  5  5 
i,  254  ;  ii,  156.  Ralph  Sneyd,  LL.D., 
became  rector  of  Woodchurch  in  1530  ; 
Ormerod,  op.  cit.  ii,  524.  A  Dr.  Sneyd 
was  vicar  of  Rye  in  1535  and  later. 

63  He  was  vicar  in  1 548,  the  king  being 
then  called  rector  ;  Visit.  List  at  Chester. 
He  signed  the  return  of  the  church  goods 
(which  included  two  chalices  and  three 
little  bells  in  the  steeple)  in  1552  ;  Fish- 
wick, op.  cit.  42. 

63  Act  Bk.   at   Chester,   1502-76,  fol. 
40.      He  compounded  for  his  first-fruits 
14    Dec.   1552  ;    Lanes,  and    Ches.    Rec. 
(Rec.    Soc.    Lanes,  and    Ches.),   ii,   408. 
Other  vicars  seem  to  have  been  excused 
this  payment.    His  name  is  in  the  visita- 
tion list,  1554. 

64  Named  as  vicar  in  the  will  of  George 
Hull  of  Poulton,   1557  ;    Fishwick,  loc. 
cit.     He  appeared  and  subscribed  at  the 
bishop's  visitation  in  1562,  but  died  soon 
afterwards,  his  will  being  dated  and  proved 
in  1565.     From  his  bequests  he  appears 
to    have   been    one   of   the    Croppers  of 
Lathom.    He  desired  to  be  buried  'within 
the  parish  church  of  Poulton  in  the  highest 
chancel  near  unto  the  table  ' ;   Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  70-1.     The  last  word  shows  that 
the  altar  had  been  removed. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Instituted 

6  Nov.  1565  . 
9  SeP1-  '573- 


Name 


William  Wrightington  68 
Richard  Greenhall  68    , 


ii  Jan.  1582-3  .     Peter  White67 


1 6  Jan.  1644-5 

oc.  1650    .      . 

oc.  1653    .      . 

I  Aug.  1662 

6  Oct.    1674 

6  Aug.  1714 

4  July    1726 

28  Nov.  1770 

28  Dec.  1 8 10 

13  July    1828 

6  Oct.   1835 
21  June  1864 

Mar.  1869 
10  June  1889 

7  Apr.    1907 


Robert  Freckleton 68  .  . 
Peter  White 69  .  .  .  . 
Thomas  Rigby,  M.A.70  . 
George  Shaw71  .... 
Richard  Harrison,  B.A.72  . 
Timothy  Hall,  B.A.73  .  . 
Robert  Loxham,  M.A.74  . 
Thomas  Turner,  B.A.75  . 
Nathaniel  Hinde,  M.A.76 . 
Charles  Hesketh,  M.A.77  . 
John  Hull,  M.A.78  .  . 
Thomas  Clark,  M.A.79.  . 
William  Richardson,  M.A.80 
Thomas  Hill  Guest,  M.A.81 
John  Young,  M.A.82  .  . 


Presented  by 

John  Fleetwood  .  .  . 
I  Bridget  and  William 
1  Fleetwood  .  .  . 
(Edward  Fleetwood 
t  William  Parson  .  . 
John  Browne  .... 


Cause  of  Vacancy 
d.  R.  Cropper 

,x,  „,  .   ,    . 

W.  Wrightington 


Bishop  of  Chester       .     . 
Richard  Fleetwood     . 
Edward  Fleetwood 

»  •     • 

Frances  Hesketh    . 
Bold  Fleetwood  Hesketh 
Peter  Hesketh .     .     .     . 
Rev.  C.  Hesketh  . 


Mrs.  Hesketh         .     .     . 
C.  H.  Fleetwood-Hesketh 


d.  G.  Shaw 
d.  R.  Harrison 
d.  T.  Hall 
d.  R.  Loxham 
d.  T.  Turner 
res.  N.  Hinde 
res.  C.  Hesketh 
res.  J.  Hull 
d.  T.  Clark 
d.  W.  Richardson 
res.  T.  H.  Guest 


The  list  of  clergy  contains  nothing  of  note  except 
the  long  incumbency  of  Peter  White,  nearly  seventy 
years  except  for  a  very  brief  interval.  Before  the 
Reformation  there  was  no  endowed  chantry,83  and 
those  at  Staining  and  Carleton,  of  which  there  is  early 
mention,  were  probably  not  permanent.  The  Visita- 
tion List  of  1548  shows  four  clergy  in  addition  to  the 


vicar;  one  of  them  would  serve  Bispham.84  In  15  54 
there  were  the  vicar  and  an  assistant  at  Poulton  and 
another  at  Bispham,  but  in  1562  the  vicar  and  the 
curate  at  Bispham  were  the  only  clergy  recorded. 
This  probably  continued  to  be  the  regular  staff  till 
recent  times,  the  building  of  Marton  Chapel,  about 
1750,  leading  the  way  to  further  changes. 


64  This  and  later  institutions  are  from 
the  church  papers  in  the  Diocesan 
Registry  at  Chester.  Many  of  the  par- 
ticulars concerning  these  incumbents  have 
been  derived  from  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  71— 
87,  where  biographies  will  be  found. 

John  Fleetwood  presented  by  virtue  of 
a  grant  from  Thomas  Fleetwood  ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  ii,  fol.  267.  William  Wrightington 
by  his  will  1573  made  his  brother  John 
his  executor  ;  ibid.  His  family  had  land 
in  Shevington,  &c. 

66  The  patrons  were  Bridget  Fleetwood 
of  the  Vache,  widow,  and  William  Fleet- 
wood  her  son. 

67  Act  Bk.  at  Chester,  1579-1676,  fol. 
gb.    This  vicar's  name  appears  constantly 
in   the  registers  until   about   1633.     He 
was   a   '  preacher,'    but    not    resident    in 
1590  ;  S.P.  Dom.  Eliz.  xxxi,  no.  47.    He 
was  then  or  soon  became  a  Puritan,  for  in 
1604  it  was  reported  that  he  did  not  wear 
the  surplice  nor  use  the  sign  of  the  cross 
in  baptism.     There    was  only  one  com- 
munion in  the  year,  and  the  chancel  of 
the  church  had  fallen  down  ;  Visit.  Papers 
at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg.     In  1610  the  report 
of    him    was     'a    preacher    but    never 
preacheth '  ;  Hist.  MSS.   Com.   Rep.   xiv, 
App.  iv,  8. 

68  His    institution   and  later   ones  are 
recorded  in  the  Institution  Books,  P.R.O., 
and    printed    in    Lanes,  and   Ches.  Antij. 
Notes,  i,  95,  &c.     Freckleton  was  son-in- 
law  of  Peter  White  and  had  charge  of 
Bispham.     He  was  in  Chester  when   the 
city    was    taken     by    the    Parliamentary 
forces  (Feb.  1645—6),  and   had   his  goods 
seques:ered    for    his   'delinquency.'     He 
was  pro  tempore  placed  in  charge  of  Back- 
ford  and  received  an  augmentation  from 
the  Committee  of  Plundered  Ministers  ; 
Common-w.   Ch.  Sur-v.  218  ;  Plund.  Mins. 
Accts.  i,  204—11.     It  is  reasonable  to  sup- 
pose that  he  was  appointed  to  Poulton  as 
a  relief  to  the  vicar,  not  to  supersede  him. 

69  In   1650  the  vicar  was  'Mr.  Peter 
White,    formerly    an    able    and    painful 


minister,  but  now  very  aged  and  infirm. 
The  cure  was  supplied  by  Mr.  John 
Brereley,  who  had  no  allowance  ;  the 
parishioners  desired  he  might  have  allow- 
ance and  encouragement ' ;  Common-w.  Ch. 
Sur-v.  151. 

70  Educated  at  St.  John's  Coll.,  Camb.; 
M.A.     1638,     Fellow      1639  ;     Mayor, 
Admissions,  i,  5  ;   Baker,  Hist,  of  St.  John's 
(ed.  Mayor),  i,   295.      He  was  a  son  of 
Alexander  Rigby  of  Burgh  and  Layton,  a 
Cavalier.     Thomas  Rigby,  who  occurs  at 
Broughton-in-Furness    in     1650—1,    was 
vicar  before  Nov.  1653,  when  a  son  °f  his 
was  baptized  at  Poulton.      In  1660  it  was 
agreed   that   an   additional   sum   of   £30 
should   be  paid  to  a  'godly  and    painful 
minister '  at    Poulton,    approved    by  the 
committee,  and  it  was  next  ordered  that 
it  be  paid  to  Thomas  Rigby  ;  Plund.  Mins. 
Accts.  ii,  316.      Soon  after  the  Restoration 
he  went  to  Ireland  and   acquired  bene- 
fices and    prebend    there.     For    pedigree 
see  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  244. 

71  An  entry  in  the  registers  states  that 
'  Mr.   George   Shaw  was  presented  vicar 
and  took  quiet  possession  according  to  a 
legal   form   the    i6th   day  of  December, 
1661.'     The  presentation  and  institution 
by  the  bishop  in  1662  show    there  was 
some  defect  in  his  title  to  Poulton. 

He  was  of  Cockerham,  son  of  Robert 
Shaw,  clerk  ;  and  after  two  years  at 
Queen's  Coll.,  Oxf.,  was  admitted  to  St. 
John's  Coll.,  Camb.,  in  July  1658  ; 
Mayor,  Admissions,  i,  137.  He  married 
a  daughter  of  Sir  Paul  Fleetwood,  and 
sister  of  the  then  patron. 

73  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
B.A.  1668  ;  Foster,  Alumni.  He  was 
'conformable'  in  1689  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com. 
Ref>.  xiv,  App.  iv,  230.  He  enlarged  the 
vicarage-house.  For  pedigree  see  Misc. 
Gen.  et  Her.  iv,  1 1 8. 

73  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
B.A.  1703  ;  Foster,  op.  cit.  He  adminis- 
tered the  holy  sacriment  seven  times  in 
the  year  at  least  ;  Visit.  Ret.  1725. 

224 


74  Educated    at    Trinity    Coll.,    Oxf.  ; 
M.A.   1715  ;    Foster,    op.  cit.     He    was 
rector  of  Workington  1724-6.     In  1749 
he  obtained  another  benefice,  being  pre- 
sented to  Poulton  a  second  time. 

75  The  actual  nominators  were  Richard 
Wilbraham    Bootle   of  Lathom,  Thomas 
Hunt  and   Robert  Moss  ;  with  the  con- 
sent of  Frances  Hesketh,  widow. 

Thomas  Turner,  described  as  formerly 
curate  of  Bradford,  was  educated  at  St. 
John's  Coll.,  Camb.,  which  he  entered  in 
1743  ;  R.  F.  Scott,  Admissions,  iii,  109, 
538. 

'  This  vicar  purchased  the  living,  then 
worth  ^75  per  annum,  for  the  sum  of 
£200  '  ;  Thornber,  Blackpool,  288.  His 
funeral  is  said  to  have  been  the  last  con- 
ducted at  night  by  torchlight  ;  on  such 
occasions  each  householder  illuminated 
his  windows  with  candles  ;  ibid.  294. 

76  Educated  at  St.  Mary  Hall,  Oxf.    He 
was  vicar  of  Shifnal  1811—31,  and  rector 
of  Kingswinford  1814. 

77  Educated  at  Trin.  Coll ,  Oxf.  ;  M.A. 
1830.     He  was  also  incumbent  of  Bisp- 
ham.   In  1835  he  became  rector  of  North 
Meols  (q-v.). 

78  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf. ; 
M.A.  1826.    Hon.  Canon  of  Manchester 
1852.    Presented  to  the  rectory  of  Eagles- 
cliffe,  Durham,  1864. 

79  Educated  at  Queens'  Coll.,  Camb.  ; 
M.A.  1829.  Incumbent  of  Christ  Church, 
Preston,  1834-64. 

S()  M.A.  by  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
1859.  He  was  rector  of  St.  John's,  Miles 
Platting,  1852-69. 

bl  Educated  at  Christ's  Coll.,  Camb.  ; 
M.A.  1865.  Rector  of  St.  Mark's, 
Hu'.me,  1871-89. 

**  Educated  at  Christ's  Coll.,  Camb.  ; 
M.A.  1904. 

83  A  Thornton  chantry  is  mentioned  in 
the  i  ^th  century;  Lanes.  Inq.p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  25. 

84  These    details    are    from    the   Visit. 
Lists  in  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


A  catalogue  of  the  library  at  the  parish  church  in 
1720  is  preserved  at  Chester.85 

Schools  were  founded  by  James  Baines  in  1717  at 
Poulton,  Thornton  and  Marton.  That  at  Carleton 
originated  from  a  bequest  by  Elizabeth  Wilson  in 
i68o.86 

Official  inquiries  into  the  parish 
CHARITIES  charities  were  made  in  1824  and 
1898.  The  report  of  the  latter 
inquiry,  published  in  1899,  contained  a  copy  of  the 
former  report,  and  from  it  the  following  account  is 
taken. 

For  the  whole  parish  there  is  available  the  endow- 
ment given  by  the  above-named  James  Baines  in 
1717,  the  earliest  charity  known  to  have  been  estab- 
lished in  Poulton.  He  gave  £800  to  trustees,  for 
the  *  maintenance,  use,  and  best  advantage  '  of  the 
poor  not  receiving  help  from  the  rates  and  for  the 
apprenticing  of  poor  children.  Half  the  interest  was 
to  be  given  for  both  objects  to  the  township  of 
Poulton  and  half  equally  for  apprenticing  only 
among  the  other  four  townships.  The  distribution 
was  to  be  made  at  Christmas.  A  farm  was  bought  at 
Little  Carleton,  now  known  as  Carleton  House  Farm. 
The  net  income  is  about  £112,  which  is  divided 
into  eight  parts,  Poulton  receiving  four  and  the  other 
townships  one  each.  Very  few  apprentices  are  now 
bound,  and  in  Poulton  the  £30  given  in  doles 
'  appears  to  be  wasted '  as  to  the  greater  part.  Thus 
the  capital  is  accumulating,  but  the  charity  is  not  so 
useful  as  it  might  be.  The  poor  of  this  parish  have 
an  interest  in  the  Foxton  Dispensary  at  Blackpool. 

For  the  township  of  Poulton  Nicholas  Nickson  of 
Compley,  by  will  of  1720,  left  .£100  to  the  vicar  and 
the  poor.  Land  called  Durham's  Croft  was  pur- 
chased for  £120,  the  additional  £20  coming  from 
the  rates.  The  rent  was  divided  thus  :  one-sixth  to 
the  rates,  the  remainder  equally  between  the  vicar 
and  the  poor.  The  poor's  portion  was  given  in 
small  doles  in  1824.  The  vicar  of  Poulton  is  in 
possession  of  the  land,  and  gives  £4  u.  8^.  a  year  to 
the  overseers  as  the  portion  due  to  the  poor  rate  and 
to  the  poor.  Doles  of  2s.  are  given  to  twenty-eight 
poor  persons. 

Ellen  Whitehead  of  Poulton  (1727)  left  money  or 
land  for  the  poor  of  Hardhorn-with-Newton.  In 
1824  there  were  three  cottages  and  a  weaving  shed 
(built  in  1817)  on  the  land.  The  rents  were  dis- 
tributed in  dole*,  but  irregularly.  The  gross  income 
is  now  £12  i  is.  %d.,  of  which  about  £8  is  distributed 
to  the  poor  in  gifts  of  ^s.  or  $s.  6d.  each. 

For  Marton  there  are  several  charities,  over  £31 
being  distributed  in  food  and  clothing.  Edward 
Whiteside,  a  sailor,  of  Little  Marton,  in  1721  left 
his  plot  of  land  for  cloth  for  the  poor  ;  it  consists  of 
5  acres  in  Poulton  called  the  Long  Marsh,  and  is 
let  for  £20.  About  £  1 8  is  available  for  a  distribution 
of  cloth  made  in  November  to  thirty  or  more  persons. 
William  Whiteside  in  1742  gave  £100  for  clothing. 
This  is  represented  by  rent-charges  on  Marton  Green 
and  Webster's  farms.87  John  Hodgson  in  1761  left 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 

land  to  be  sold  for  endowing  a  dole  of  meal  for 
Great  Marton  ;  it  seems  to  have  produced  £100,  and 
is  represented  by  rent-charges  of  £2  los.  each  on 
Top  o'  the  Town  and  Whittam  farms.  The  two 
charities  are  combined  in  working  ;  the  doles  of  meal 
have  ceased,  and  the  income  of  £8  6s.  8^.  is  used 
for  doles  of  calico  to  a  large  number  of  persons  in 
Great  Marton.  Edward  Jolly  in  1784  gave  £60  for 
a  weekly  dole  of  bread  to  be  distributed  at  the  chapel 
on  Sunday  mornings  to  such  poor  persons  as  might 
have  attended  service.  Should  the  chapel  become  a 
dissenting  meeting-house  the  destination  of  the  gift 
was  to  be  changed.  The  income  is  £i  i$s.  8d.,  and 
nine  penny  rolls  are  given  each  Sunday  after  service. 
The  Thornton  charities  are  recent.  Elizabeth 
Goulding  of  Fleetwood  left  the  residue  of  her  estate 
for  the  benefit  of  poor  widows  living  at  Fleetwood  ; 
the  capital  is  represented  by  £151  I  is.  \d.  consols, 
and  there  is  an  annual  income  of  ^4  $s.  \d.  distri- 
buted according  to  the  founder's  wish.  Elizabeth 
Bond  of  the  same  town  in  1880  left  securities,  now 
bringing  in  about  £5  io/.  a  year,  for  the  benefit  of 
the  poor,  to  be  distributed  by  the  vicar  of  Fleetwood 
at  his  discretion. 


POULTON 

Poltun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Pultune,  1160;  Pulton, 
1196  to  rvi  cent.  The  local  pronunciation  is 
Pole-ton. 

This  triangular  township  lies  between  two  brooks 
which  join  together  at  its  northern  end  and  then 
flow  into  the  Wyre,  which  is  about  half  a  mile  to 
the  north.  The  parish  church  stands  near  the 
centre  of  the  area  in  the  part  called  Great  Poulton. 
Little  Poulton  is  a  hamlet  to  the  east,  while  Compley 
lies  in  the  south-west  corner.  In  general  the  sur- 
face is  even  with  a  slope  to  the  north,  but  the 
three  portions  named  are  on  slight  elevations. 
Angelholme  lies  on  the  north-west  boundary.  The 
area  is  914  acres,1  and  there  was  a  population  of 
2,223  i°  1901- 

A  road  leads  north  through  the  township,  passing 
the  church  to  west  and  to  east  and  descending  the 
Breck  to  Skippool,  as  that  part  of  the  united  streams 
flowing  to  the  Wyre  is  called.  The  portion  of  this 
road  to  the  south-west  of  the  church  has  been  formed 
into  a  little  square  or  market-place,  at  the  entrance 
of  which  are  the  market  cross,  fish  stones,  whipping 
post  and  stocks.*  From  the  ends  of  the  market-place 
roads  branch  off  north-west  to  Fleetwood  and 
Bispham  and  south-west  to  Blackpool.  Pococke 
described  Poulton  in  1754  as  'a  little  neat  town 
built  of  brick,  subsisting  by  trade  and  tillage.'  * 

The  Preston  and  Wyre  railway  goes  through  the 
centre  of  the  township,  with  a  station  in  the  Breck, 
just  to  the  north  of  the  church,  opened  in  1896. 
The  line  then  divides,  part  going  north  to  Fleetwood 
and  a  branch  turning  west  to  Blackpool.  The  old 
station  (1840),  still  existing,  was  lower  down  the 
Breck,  the  line  to  Fleetwood  being  straighter  than  at 


85  Dioc.  Reg.    There  is  a  brief  account 
of  this  library  in  Fishwick's  Poulton,  197. 

86  Notitia  Cestr.  ii,  459,  460;  End.  Char. 
Rep. 

87  The  rent-charge  became  divided  into 
thirds.     Two  of  these  are   still   existent ; 
but  the  other,  paid  in  1 824  by  William  son 


of  William  Bonney  and  grandson  of  Robert 
Bickerstaff,  has  been  lost,  as  the  purchaser 
of  the  land  from  which  it  was  due  refused 
to  pay  on  the  ground  that  it  was  not 
named  in  the  conveyance  to  him  in  1870. 
1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  915 
acres,  including  2  of  inland  water. 

225 


a  Lana.  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  188-9. 
The  stocks  were  renewed  in  1 874.  There 
are  remains  of  a  churchyard  cross,  and 
another  cross  formerly  stood  in  the 
Breck. 

8  Travels  through  England (Camd.  Soc.), 
ii,  6. 

29 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


present  ;  the  alteration  was  made   to  avoid  the  very 
sharp  curve  at  which  the  Blackpool  line  turned  oft". 

The  port  at  Skippool  was  formerly  of  local 
importance.4  There  was  a  market  on  Monday  and 
customary  fairs  are  still  held  in  February,  April  and 
November.5  A  court  of  requests  for  the  recovery  of 
small  debts  was  established  in  1770. 

The  soil  is  clayey,  overlying  stiff  clay. 

Poulton  is  governed  by  an  urban  district  council 
of  twelve  members.  The  town  has  been  lighted  by 
gas  since  1851  ;  the  works  were  purchased  by  the 
council  in  1903. 

There  is  a  cemetery  in  the  Breck,  laid  out  in 
1883. 

A  halfpenny  token  was  issued  in  1667  by  James 
Smith,  a  Quaker,  who  had  suffered  imprisonment 
for  refusing  to  take  an  oath.6  A  shilling  token  was 
issued  about  l8iz.7 

Before  the  Conquest  POULTON,  as- 
MdNOR  sessed  as  two  plough-lands,  was  held  by 
Earl  Tostig8  and  afterwards  became 
part  of  the  lands  of  Count  Roger  of  Poitou,  who,  as 
stated  in  the  account  of  the  church,  gave  it  to  the 
Abbey  of  St.  Martin  of  S6es.9  Thus  it  became  part 
of  the  endowment  of  St.  Mary's  Priory  at  Lancaster 
and  afterwards  of  the  Bridgitine  Abbey  of  Syon  in 
Middlesex.  Beyond  the  charters  of  endowment  and 
a  few  later  acquisitions 10  there  is  but  little  record  of 
the  place,  and  no  '  manor '  seems  to  have  been 


acknowledged  in  later  times,11  except  in  1634,  when 
Alexander  Rigby  of  Middleton  and  others  held  it.1* 
Thornber,  writing  in  1837,  says:  'The  principal 
part  of  Poulton  .  .  .  passed 
into  the  hands  of  the  Rigbys 
of  Layton  Hall,  in  whose 
name  the  greatest  number  of 
its  houses  are  leased  for  the 
remaining  term  of  999  years.'13 

The  Prior  of  Lancaster  com- 
plained in  1330  that  he  had 
been  seized  and  imprisoned 
at  Poulton  by  Sir  Adam 
Banastre,  Richard  the  Demand 
and  others,  and  that  his  men 
had  been  assaulted,  &c.  A 
fine  of  a  mark  was  imposed. 
The  dispute  seems  to  have 
arisen  over  a  right  of  way  and 

the  collection  of  tithes,  an  agreement  being  made  at 
the  same  time  by  which  the  prior  and  his  men  were 
to  have  two  sufficient  roads  for  men  and  wagons 
through  Sir  Adam's  lands  in  Thornton,  Staynall  and 
Singleton.  One  road  was  to  go  from  Thornton  and 
Poulton  by  Skippool  through  Little  Singleton  to  the 
ford  of  Aldwath  over  the  Wyre  ;  the  other  road  was 
to  go  through  Poulton  and  Thornton,  crossing  the 
Wyre  by  the  ford  of  Bulkes." 

Two  families  at  least  used  the  local  surname,15  but 


RIGBY 

Bendy    of 


of 


Layton. 
indented 


argent  and  azure  on  a 
chief  sable  three  cinque- 
foils  or. 


4  In  I72Z— 3  it  was  a  member  of  the 
port  of  Chester,  and  its  bounds  extended 
from  Kibble  mouth  round  to  the  Wyre 
estuary.      Timber  from  America  and  flax 
and  tallow  from  Russia  were  landed  there, 
and  the  town  did  a  considerable  business 
in  flax,  which  came  from  Ireland  also  ; 
Fishwick,  Poulton  (Chet.  Soc.),  33-4. 

A  rate  for  the  repair  of  Skippool  bridge 
was  levied  in  1702  ;  ibid.  200. 

5  Thornber,  Blackpool,  290. 

6  Lanes,  and  Cites.  Antiq.  Soc.  v,  87. 

7  By  R.  D.  Hall ;  Pal.  Note  B{.  i,  84. 

8  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288^.     In  later  times 
Poulton  was  considered  as  three  plough- 
lands  ;  Lane.    Ch.   (Chet.   Soc.),   ii,  483, 
the  plough-land  given  to  the  church  being 
the  third  part  of  the  vill. 

9  Ibid,  i,  9  ;  '  in  Amounderness  Poulton 
and  whatever  belonged  to  it.'     This  was 
confirmed  by  John  when  Count  of  Mortain, 
and  again  after  he  became    king  ;    ibid. 
13,  16. 

10  In  1205—6  half  a  plough-land  was 
in  dispute  between  the  Prior  and  monks 
of  Lancaster  on  the  one  side  and  Richard 
de  Singleton,  Robert  the  C  erk  his  brother, 
Richard    de   'Workedel'   (Worsley)   and 
Maud  his  wife  on  the  other.     The  monks' 
right  was  acknowledged,  and  the   other 
parties  received  the  land  for  life  at  a  rent 
of  2s.  ;  ibid,  ii,  385. 

Robert  son  of  Alexander  de  Stanford 
released  to  the  monks  the  toft  he  held, 
and  received  it  again  at  a  quit-rent  of  3</., 
with  remainder  to  his  sister  Edusa  ;  ibid, 
ii,  389-91.  Several  similar  grants  follow. 
Walter  son  of  William  del  Moor  gave 
them  2  acres  of  land  lying  in  various 
places,  viz.  two  lands  on  Carrfurlong, 
one  ferling  next  the  'Orsegate'  leading 
to  Carleton,  half  a  land  on  the  Trim- 
lands,  half  a  land  on  the  Ouand,  and 
half  a  land  on  the  Ferns  ;  ibid.  402. 
He  also  gave  land  on  the  Overland  of  the 
Marsh,  on  Cantelow  (afterwards  Cantley), 
Sec.,  and  half  an  oxgang  of  his  land  in 


Poulton  ;  ibid.  403-5.  In  one  deed  the 
'vill  of  Great  Poulton'  is  named;  ibid. 
408. 

In  Little  Poulton  Geoffrey  de  Whit- 
tingham  gave  half  an  oxgang  of  land  to 
Robert  son  of  Richard  de  Poulton  ;  ibid. 
411.  Robert  del  Marsh  of  Little  Poulton, 
perhaps  the  grantee,  having  incurred  a 
fine  of  30  marks,  pledged  his  lands,  &c., 
to  the  Prior  of  Lancaster,  who  had 
became  surety  for  him  ;  ibid.  418. 

In  1295  Nicholas  son  of  John  Baldwin, 
living  in  Poulton,  released  to  his  chief 
lord  the  prior  all  his  title  in  half  an 
oxgang  of  land  he  had  had  from  his 
brother  William  ;  ibid.  422. 

Inquiry  was  made  in  1 299  as  to  whether 
or  not  it  would  be  to  the  king's  loss  to 
allow  the  prior  to  acquire  certain  lands  in 
Poulton  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lane?,  and  Ches.),  i,  304  ;  Cal.  Pat. 
1292-1301,  p.  482. 

A  grant  by  Walter  son  of  William  de 
la  Moor  in  the  time  of  Henry  III  is  in 
the  Record  Office  ;  Anct.  D.,  B  2948. 

11  The  lordship  of  the  Prior  of  Lancaster 
was   fully  recognized  in    1293,  when  he 
complained   of  disseisin  by  John  son  of 
James  de  Poulton,  John  son  of  Adam  de 
Poulton    and    others.      The    two   Johns 
alleged    that    their    ancestors    had    been 
coparceners  with   Roger  of   Poitou,   and 
had  given  freely,  for   the   benefit  of  the 
church,  a  rent  of  6d.  per  oxgang  of  land. 
The  verdict  was  for  the  prior,  who  claimed 
an  approvement  in  right  of  his  lordship  ; 
Lane.  Ch.  ii,  480-6.    There  seems  to  have 
been  a  very  determined  resistance  to  the 
prior's   claims,  judging  by  the  number  of 
those  who  joined  in  throwing  down  the 
ditches,    &c.  ;    Lanes.    Inq.    and   Extents, 

i,  277- 

12  The  deforciants  in  a  fine  respecting 
the    manor    of    Poulton,    the    tithes    of 
Poulton    and   Marton,   various  lands    in 
Goosnargh,  &c.,  were  Alexander   Rigby, 
Lucy  his  wife,  Joseph  and  George  Rigby, 

226 


Robert  Mawdesley  and  Dorothy  his  wife  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  122,  no.  21. 

13  Hist,  of  Blackpool,  291. 

14  Lane.  Ch.  ii,  468,  471. 

15  They  occur  in  the  Lancaster  Char- 
tulary  quoted  in  preceding  notes. 

Adam  de  Poulton,  John  de  Poulton 
and  James  his  son,  John  son  of  Baldwin 
and  Robert  his  brother,  and  John  de 
Kirkby  successfully  resisted  a  claim  by 
Alexander  rector  of  Poulton  in  1246  ; 
Lanes.  Assize  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  48.  At  the  same  time  Sibyl 
wife  of  Adam  de  Larbreck  claimed  a 
toft,  Sec.,  in  right  of  her  sister  Agnes 
daughter  of  Adam  ;  but  Adam  son  of 
Robert  de  Poulton  said  that  another 
sister,  Avice,  had  left  a  daughter  Alice, 
who  should  have  been  joined  in  the 
complaint  ;  ibid.  26. 

In  1301  John  Curteys  claimed  a 
messuage  and  an  oxgang  of  land  in 
Poulton  against  Henry  de  Poulton  ;  De 
Banco  R.  135,  m.  360.  Alice  widow  of 
John  son  of  Roger  de  Poulton  in  1308-9 
claimed  dower  in  a  toft  and  an  oxgang 
of  land  against  Alice  daughter  of  Roger 
son  of  John  de  Poulton  ;  ibid,  174,  m. 
225.  Adam  le  Wayte  in  1338  claimed  a 
messuage  and  oxgang  of  land  in  Kirk 
Poulton  held  by  Beatrice  widow  of  John 
son  of  James  de  Poulton;  ibid.  315, 
m.  2i4d.  Thomas  son  of  John  son  of 
James  de  Poulton  occurs  in  1346  ;  ibid. 
346,  m.  3d. 

In  1353  the  lands  of  Robert  de  Poulton, 
deceased,  who  held  of  the  priory  of 
Lancaster,  were  committed  to  John  son 
of  Robert  de  Farington,  together  with  the 
marriage  of  Nicholas,  next  of  kin  and 
heir,  a  minor;  Fine  R.  154  (27  Edw. 
Ill),  m.  19.  The  possessions  of  the 
priory  were  in  the  king's  hands  by 
reason  of  the  war  with  France.  The 
inquisition  states  that  Robert  had  held 
a  messuage,  40  acres  of  arable  land, 
5  acres  of  meadow  and  1 5  acres  of  pasture 


LYTHAM  CHURCH  FROM  THE  SOUTH-EAST 


PoULTON-LE-FYLDE  :    STOCKS    AND    CROSS 


AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED 


there  is  practically  'no  record  IG  of  them.  The  in- 
quisitions show  that  a  number  of  the  neighbouring 
landowners  had  possessions  in  the  township 17  and 
after  the  Dissolution  Thomas  Fleetwood  acquired 
land  in  Little  Poulton  with  Rossall  and  in  Poulton 
with  the  advowson.18  The  Heskeths  of  Mains 
recorded  pedigrees  as  '  of  Poulton,'  19  but  the  resident 
owners  seem  to  have  been  of  no  higher  than  yeoman 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 

rank.*"  The  Bamber  family  was  prominent  in  the 
district.*1 

From  about  1535  to  1570  there  was  a  dispute 
about  the  mill-house  and  various  lands  between  John 
Lancelyn  and  Margaret  his  wife  on  one  side  and 
William  Butler  on  the  other.28 

Cockersand  Abbey  had  some  land  in  Poulton 23 
and  the  Knights  Hospitallers  also.24 


of  the  priory  of  Lancaster  by  knight's 
service,  rendering  zs.  io^d.  yearly.  The 
heir  Nicholas  (son  of  John  son  of  Robert) 
was  fifteen  years  old  5  Inq.  p.m.  27  Edw. 
Ill  (ist  nos.),  no.  4. 

Nicholas  de  Poulton  and  Agnes  his 
wife  in  14.08  made  a  grant  of  land  within 
their  manor  of  Poulton  which  afterwards 
(1461)  came  into  the  hands  of  John  son 
of  Nicholas  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  ioib. 

16  Some  minor  cases  may  be  recorded. 
In  1 3  34  John  son  of  Adam  le  Wayte1  of 
Kirk  Poulton  did  not   prosecute  a  claim 
against  Roger  son  of  John  son  of  James 
de     Poulton     Parva     and     William     de 
Bartaill  ;     Coram  Rege  R.  297,  m.   5  d. 
The  same  John  was  plaintiff  respecting 
an  oxgang  of  land   in   Kirk   Poulton  in 
1357;     his    father   Adam    was    son    of 
Richard    de   Poulton    by  his  wife  Alice 
daughter    of    Walter    del    Moor.      The 
defendant,  Nicholas  son  of  John   son  of 
Robert   de    Poulton,   held    in   his   grand- 
father's right  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R. 
4,  m.  5  d.  ;  6,  m.  3  d. 

The  above-named  William  de  Bartaill 
acquired  a  messuage  and  land  in  Kirk 
Poulton  in  1330  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  76.  In 
1333  he  claimed  from  Henry  the  Sumpter 
and  Agnes  his  wife  the  performance  of 
an  agreement  as  to  a  toft,  &c.,  in  Little 
Poulton  ;  De  Banco  R.  294,  m.  237. 

The  Prior  of  Lancaster  as  rector  of 
Poulton  claimed  a  messuage  and  2 
oxgangs  of  land  in  1319  against  Gilbert 
de  Howath  and  Joan  his  wife,  the  matter 
of  dispute  being  whether  the  estate  was 
free  alms  or  a  lay  fee ;  De  Banco  R. 
231,  m.  121  d.  It  seems  to  have  been  the 
property  of  Joan,  and  in  1334  was  settled 
on  Alan  son  of  Gilbert  de  Howath  and 
his  heirs  by  Cecily  daughter  of  William  de 
Howick,  with  remainders  to  Alan's  sisters 
Christiana  and  Maud  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  94. 

Alice  widow  of  Robert  del  Marsh  in 
1292  claimed  dower  against  the  Prior  of 
Lancaster  in  three  messuages  and  3 
oxgangs  of  land  in  Poulton  ;  Assize  R. 
408,  m.  24  d.  In  Little  Poulton  in  1328 
Nicholas  del  Marsh  obtained  half  an 
oxgang  of  land  from  William  de  Meols 
and  Alice  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  72. 
The  grant,  dated  1326,  is  among  the 
deeds  of  Mr.  Fitzherbert-Brockholes. 

The  custody  of  lands  in  Little  Poulton 
738  in  1363—5  claimed  by  the  Prior  of 
Lancaster  against  Alice  widow  of  Henry 
de  Worsley  and  William  de  Bradkirk, 
during  the  minority  of  Adam  brother  and 
heir  of  John  son  of  Adam  de  Bradkirk  ; 
De  Banco  R.  413,  m.  81  d.  ;  420,  m. 
257  d.  Adam  de  Bradkirk  had  held  3 
oxgangs  of  land  of  Lancaster  Priory  by  a 
rent  of  2s.  6J.  ;  Inq.  p.m.  28  Edw.  Ill 
(2nd  nos.),  no.  la. 

Pleastngton  and  Shaffar  occur  among 
the  landowners  in  1387  and  1395  ;  Final 
Cone,  iii,  29,  45.  The  former  estate  is 
said  to  have  been  sold  to  Richard  Boteler 
in  1469  ;  Fishwick,  Poulton  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  quoting  Harland's  MSS. 

17  Sir  James  Harrington  of  Wol'"aj;e  in 
1497    held    lands    in    Great     and    Little 


Poulton,  but  the  tenure  was  not  known  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  168  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  40. 
After  the  death  of  his  widow  Isabel  in 
1518  the  lands  in  Poulton  were  said  to 
be  held  of  the  priory  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem  ;  ibid,  v,  no.  2.  The  Poulton 
lands  seem  to  have  been  applied  to  the 
endowment  of  a  chantry  at  Brixworth, 
according  to  Sir  James's  will  ;  afterwards 
they  were  given  by  Queen  Mary  to  the 
Savoy  Hospital  ;  Pat.  4  &  5  Phil,  and 
Mary,  pt.  xv.  They  were  perhaps  pur- 
chased by  James  Massey  of  Layton  ; 
Thornber,  Blackpool,  291.  James  Massey 
in  1562  purchased  lands  in  Great  Poulton 
and  Marlon  from  the  Butler  family  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  24,  m.  82,  117. 
John  son  and  heir  of  James  held  two 
messuages,  &c.,  in  1585  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  47,  m.  1 54. 

Sir  Robert  de  Shircburne  and  Alice  his 
wife  received  land  in  Poulton  from  the 
Prior  of  Lancaster  in  1334;  Anct.  D. 
(P.R.O.),  B  2945.  Richard  Shireburne 
of  Stonyhurst  was  in  1441  found  to  have 
held  a  messuage  and  land  in  Poulton  of 
the  Abbess  of  Syon  in  socage  ;  Lanes. 
Rec.  Inq.  p.m.  no.  30,  31.  His  successor 
in  1513,  Sir  Richard,  was  said  to  hold  of 
the  heirs  of  Sir  James  Harrington  in 
socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no. 
46.  This  was  recorded  also  of  some  of 
his  successors,  but  Richard  Shireburne  in 
1628  was  stated  to  have  held  of  the  king 
as  of  his  abbey  of  Syon  lately  dissolved  ; 
ibid,  xxvi,  no.  4. 

Thomas  Catterall  in  1579  held  h'8  'anc' 
of  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  in  socage  ; 
ibid,  xiv,  no.  4. 

Alexander  Rigby  of  Middleton  in  1621 
held  tithes  and  land  of  the  king  as  of  his 
manor  of  East  Greenwich  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  458. 

In  some  other  cases  the  tenure  was 
not  recorded.  This  happened  with  Skilli- 
corne  of  Preese,  whose  lands  were  sold 
to  William  Hodgkinson  in  1567  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  29,  m.  64. 

18  Pat.  7  Edw.  VI,  pt.  ix  ;  2  Mary. 
Thomas  Fleetwood  died  in  1576  holding 
lands  in  Poulton  as  part  of  the  Rossall 
estate  by  knight's  service  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  2. 

George  Allen  in  1579  held  his  land  in 
Poulton  of  William  Fleetwood  in  socage  ; 
ibid,  xiv,  no.  80. 

la  Their  residence  in  Poulton  was 
known  as  Little  Poulton  Hall.  An 
account  of  the  family  has  been  given 
under  Singleton.  From  the  Brockholes 
of  Claughton  D.  it  appears  that  Bartholo- 
mew Hesketh,  the  father  of  George  and 
Gabriel,  was  the  Bartholomew  Hesketh 
concerned  in  the  foundation  of  Ruffbrd 
chantry,  and  that  he  purchased  lands  in 
Great  and  Little  Poulton,  Hoole  and 
Bretherton  in  1523-4  from  Thomas 
Harrington  of  Newington  in  Kent.  George 
Hesketh  died  in  1571  holding  messuages 
and  lands  in  Poulton  of  the  queen  as  of 
the  late  monastery  of  Syon  by  a  rent  of 
5s. ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.xiii,  no.  15  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rer.  Soc.),  iii,  363. 

227 


20  Thomas  Bocher  and  Agnes  his  wife 
had    an   estate  in   1556,    the    remainder 
was  to  Richard  Law  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  17,  m,  140. 

Robert  Clark  died  in  1599  holding  a 
messuage  in  Poulton  and  another  in 
Carleton,  but  the  tenure  was  not  recorded. 
Henry  his  son  and  heir  was  nineteen 
years  of  age  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xvii,  no.  44. 

Thomas  Atkinson,  who  died  in  1640, 
held  a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy.  His  heir  was  a  daughter  Alice, 
only  five  years  old  ;  ibid,  xxx,  no.  48. 
She  died  in  1642,  the  heir  being  her 
uncle  Christopher  Atkinson,  aged  thirty- 
four  ;  ibid,  xxix,  no.  55. 

21  Fishwick,  Poulton,  177. 

Thomas  Bamber  of  Great  Poulton  in 
1616  held  a  messuage  there  of  the  king 
by  the  two-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee,  also  lands  in  Thornton  and  Nor- 
cross  by  unknown  tenures.  His  heir 
was  his  son  John,  aged  fifteen  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  45. 

John  Bamber  of  Poulton  was  among 
those  who  compounded  for  refusing 
knighthood  in  1631  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  222. 

22  There  are   many  references  to   the 
matter  in  the  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.), 
i,  156,  &c.     From  a  statement  made  in 
1 540  it  appears  that  John  Lancelyn  and 
Margaret  (in  her  right)  claimed  messuages 
and   lands  not  only  in   Poulton,   but  in 
many    of    the     surrounding    townships. 
Margaret   was   the   daughter  of  Richard 
Butler,  who  had   two  sons,   George   and 
Thomas.     George    dying   without  issue, 
the  estate  went  to  Thomas,  and  William 
Butler  claimed  as  his  son  and  heir  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  168,  m.  6. 

The  claimant's  legitimacy  was  disputed, 
and  he  was  known  as  Butler  alias  Parr 
alias  Ward  alias  Taylor.  He  appears  to 
have  succeeded,  and  as  William  Butler  of 
Hackinsall  died  in  1586  holding  land  in 
Poulton  of  the  queen  as  of  her  duchy  in 
socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv, 
no.  47. 

23  Robert  son  of  Richard  de  Burgh  (or 
Burrow)  gave    half   an    oxgang    of   land 
which  he  had  purchased  from  Richard  son 
of  Waldeve,  for  the  souls  of  himself  and 
Avice  his  wife,  in  payment  of  the  third  of 
their  goods,  which  should  go  to  Cocker- 
sand  Abbey  at  their  decease  ;  Cockersand 
Chartul.   (Chet.  Soc.),  i,   189.      Waldeve 
de  Poulton  released  his  right ;  ibid,  i,  190. 
For   rentals   1451    to   1537   see   ibid,  iii, 
1266-9. 

In  the  Lancaster  Chartulary  (Lane.  Ch. 
ii,  413)  is  a  grant  by  Richard  son  of 
Walter  (sic)  de  Poulton  to  Robert  son  of 
Richard  de  Boure  and  Avice  his  wife  of 
half  an  oxgang  of  land.  John  son  of 
Waldeve  also  gave  them  half  an  oxgang 
(ii,  414)  ;  while  Robert  son  of  Richard 
son  of  Waldeve  gave  Lancaster  Priory 
an  oxgang  of  land  ;  ibid,  ii,  415* 

24  This  appears   from   the  Harrington 
inquisition    above.     It    was    not    named 
among     the    hospital's     possession*     in 
1292. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


James  Taylor  of  Poulton  was  a  freeholder  in  1 600." 
There  appear  to  have  been  no  sequestrations  under 
the  Commonwealth,  but  Thomas  Bamber  as  a 
'Papist'  registered  his  estate  in  i/iy.26 

The  parish  church  has  been  described  above. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  built  a  chapel  in 
1819.  This  was  replaced  by  the  present  building 
in  1 86 1." 

The  Congregationalists  began  preaching  as  early  as 
1778,  but  their  chapel  was  not  built  till  1809.  Its 
fortunes  have  fluctuated,  but  the  building  was 
restored  in  1886. 

The  Society  of  Friends  had  a  meeting-house  at 
Poulton  in  i825,19  but  did  not  retain  it. 

After  the  Reformation  a  considerable  portion  of 
the  people  in  Poulton  as  elsewhere  in  the  Fylde 
clung  to  Roman  Catholicism  openly  or  secretly.  As 
the  persecution  slackened  in  the  time  of  James  I  they 
appear  to  have  thought  concealment  less  needful,  and 
in  1622  it  was  reported  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester 
that  various  persons  in  the  parish  did  '  deprave 
publicly  the  religion  now  established  and  openly 
maintain  popery,  wearing  crosses  in  their  hats  as 
badges  thereof.'  Further,  Thomas  Singleton  of  Stain- 
ing, Thomas  Westby  of  Burn  and  others  had 
'  christened  their  children  with  popish  priests  and  not 
at  their  parish  church.' so  Mass  was  said,  it  is  probable, 
at  Burn  and  Mains  and  other  houses  in  the  district, 
but  the  first  public  church,  that  of  St.  John  the 
Evangelist,  Breck,  was  not  built  till  1813;  it 
represents  the  old  mission  at  Singleton.11 

CARLETON 

Carlentun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Karleton,  1241  ;  Karlton, 
1258  ;  Carleton,  1294. 

This  township  has  an  area  of  2,03  1 1  acres,1  and  in 


1901  there  were  684  inhabitants.  It  had  three 
ancient  divisions  :  Great  Carleton  in  the  centre, 
Little  Carleton  to  the  south  and  Norcross  in  the 
north  ;  as  in  the  case  of  Poulton  the  hamlet  in 
each  case  stands  on  ground  rising  a  little  above  the 
general  low  level.  The  hamlet  of  Great  Carleton 
has  more  recently  been  taken  to  include  Norcross, 
and  its  area  is  1,224  acres  ;  while  Little  Carleton, 
which  has  three  detached  portions,  one  of  them 
within  Bispham,  has  807^  acres. 

The  principal  road  is  that  going  north  from 
Blackpool  to  Fleetwood.  It  passes  through  each  of 
the  three  hamlets  ;  from  Great  Carleton  a  branch 
goes  east  to  Poulton,  and  to  the  north  a  road  from 
Bispham  to  Poulton  crosses  it  at  Four  Lane  Ends. 
The  Poulton  to  Blackpool  branch  of  the  Wyre  rail- 
way crosses  the  southern  part  of  Carleton,  going 
south-west  ;  there  is  a  station  named  Bispham. 

There  was  formerly  a  cuck-stool  in  Great  Carleton.* 

The  soil  is  a  strong  loam,  and  dairy  farming  is  the 
chief  industry. 

The  township  has  a  parish  council. 

In  1066  CARLETON  was  assessed 
MANORS  as  four  plough-lands  and  formed  part  of 
the  Preston  fee  of  Earl  Tostig.3  About 
a  century  afterwards  it  is  found  to  be  a  member  of 
the  Wyresdale  lordship  of  the  Lancaster  family,4  of 
whom  it  was  held  by  the  heirs  of  Richard  son  of 
Roger,  the  lord  of  Woodplumpton.5  In  1242  it 
was  held  in  two  moieties,  called  Little  and  Great 
Carleton,  by  Roger  Gernet  and  Robert  de  Stockport 
respectively,6  but,  as  will  be  seen  below,  the  subse- 
quent history  cannot  be  traced  clearly.7 

A  considerable  portion  was  granted  in  alms  to 
different  religious  houses.  Four  oxgangs  of  land 
were  granted  to  Lytham  Priory  by  its  founder.8  The 
same  amount  was  given  to  Cockersand  Abbey,'  and 


25  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

',  233- 

36  Estcourt     and    Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurors,  139. 

27  Hewitson,     Our     Country    Churches, 
407.       This    writer    (1872)    states    that 
Methodism   appeared    in    Poulton    about 
1800,  but  had  not  flourished  there.     The 
first  meeting-place  was  an  out-house  at 
the  back  of  the  '  King's  Arms,'  and  con- 
siderable persecution  had  to  be  endured. 

28  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf.i,  122-6. 
The  chapel  has  had   to  be  closed  several 
times — in  1816,  1826,  1833  (with  slight 
exceptions)  to  1850,  1864  to  1866. 

29  Baines,   Lanes.  Dir.   ii,  462.     This 
may  refer  to  the  meeting  at  Thornton. 

30  Visit,      presentments      at     Chester 
Dioc.  Reg.     For  convicted  recusants  in 
the  parish  c.  1670  sec  Misc.  (Cath.  Rcc. 
Soc.),  v,  169,   182-3,   *97~8.     In   1717 
the   number  of  'Papists'   in   the  parish 
was  returned  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester  as 
67,  in    1767   as   164;    Trans.   Hist.   Soc. 
(new  ser.),  xviii,  218. 

31  Hewitson,    op.    cit.    403-6.       The 
Calvinistic  Evangelicals  of  a  century  ago 
regarded  this  district  as  'the  most  dark  and 
miserable  part  of  the  county.  ...   A  few 
attempts  from  time  to  time  were  made 
to  diffuse  throughout  it  the  light  of  the 
Gospel ;  but  a  very  large   proportion   of 
the  inhabitants  being  Catholics  it  will  be 
easily  conceived  that  peculiar  difficulties 
attended    every   exertion    to    spread    the 
truth  ...  [in  a  tract]  so  awfully  obscured 
with  the  mists  of  Popish  ignorance,  error 
and  superstition ' ;   Nightingale,  op.   cit. 


i,  126,  from  the  report  of  the  Lancashire 
Congregational  Union,  1808. 

1  The   Census  Rep.   1901    gives    2,013 
acres,  including  5  of  inland  water.     The 
diminution    in  area  is  accounted  for  by 
the  transfer  of  the  detached  part  of  Little 
Carleton  (Horseman's  Hill),  lying  within 
Bispham,  to  the  latter  township  in  1877  ; 
Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  6910. 

2  Thornber,  Blackpool,  281. 

8  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  2884.  The  later 
assessment  seems  to  have  been  three 
plough-lands  only  ;  perhaps  one  was  added 
to  Poulton. 

4  Ibid.  357,  n.  13. 

5  Avice    daughter    of   Richard    son   of 
Roger    granted     3    oxgangs    of  land     to 
Richard  son  of  Robert  de   Carleton  at  a 
rent  of  91.  ;  Lytham  D.  at  Durham,  3  a, 
2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  7.      See  also  4  a,  2  ae, 
4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  6. 

6  Lanes.    Inq.    and    Extents  (Rec.   Soc. 
Lanes,   and    Ches.),    i,    154.       Quenilda 
widow   of   Roger  Gernet  died    in    1252 
holding  one   plough-land  in   Carleton  of 
the  heir  of  Sir  William  de  Lancaster  by 
knight's  service.      She   received  nothing 
but  id.  farm  at  Michaelmas  ;  ibid.  190. 

7  See  the  account  of  Little  Carleton. 

8  Richard  son  of  Roger,  with  the  consent 
of  his  wife  Margaret  and  his  heirs,  gave 
half  a    plough-land   of   his    demesne    in 
Carleton  in  alms  ;  Lytham  D.  at  Durham, 
2  a,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  3.      Some  of  the  deeds 
are  in  Kuerden  MSS.  iii,  C  i. 

Richard  Prior  of  Durham  and  the 
convent  gave  Henry  de  Whittington  4 
oxgangs  of  land  in  Carleton  which  they 

228 


had  had  from  Richard  son  of  Roger,  at  a 
rent  of  half  a  mark  yearly  payable  to 
Lytham  Priory  ;  Dods.  MSS.  ciclii,  fol.  67. 
Henry's  acknowledgement  of  liability  is 
at  Durham  ;  Lytham  D.  Misc.  no.  477. 

Henry  son  of  William  son  of  Swain 
gave  his  son  Michael  4  oxgangs  of 
land  in  Carleton  which  he  had  received 
from  the  Prior  of  Lytham  ;  Add.  MS. 
32106,  no.  797.  Henry's  parentage  is 
thus  shown.  The  same  Henry  had  had 
a  grant  of  the  water  in  the  marsh  between 
Poulton  and  Little  Carleton  from  John 
son  of  Waldeve  of  Poulton  for  the  rent 
of  a  pair  of  white  gloves  (or  id.)  payable 
at  Lancaster  fair ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii, 
fol.  75.  William  de  Carleton  and  Thomas 
his  brother  were  witnesses. 

9  William  son  of  Swain  gave  4  ox- 
gangs  of  his  land  in  Carleton  in  free 
alms,  reserving  the  4  oxgangs  he  held  in 
demesne  and  another  4  in  Norcross  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc,),  i,  143. 
This  was  confirmed  by  Walter  his  brother 
and  heir,  who  added  a  further  piece  of 
land  to  endow  a  lij?ht  during  masses  for 
the  faithful  at  Cockersand  ;  ibid.  144. 

Thomas  de  Norcross  gave  an  acre  in 
Norcross  near  Restinglaw,  and  his 
brother,  William  de  Carleton,  added  half 
an  oxgang  in  the  same  part  of  the 
township.  This  gift  was  confirmed  by 
Walter  son  and  heir  of  Sir  William,  and 
was  occupied  about  1270  by  Henry  de 
Haydock  for  a  rent  of  izd.  ;  ibid. 
144-6.  In  1271  the  canons  made  an 
exchange  with  Walter  de  Carleten,  giving 
eleven  '  falls '  on  the  Hull  (north  of 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


POULTON-LE. 
FYLDE 


augmented  by  i  or  2  oxgangs.10  To  the  Hospital 
of  St.  John  Baptist  outside  the  North  Gate,  Chester, 
an  oxgang  and  a  half  of  land  was  given  "  ;  a  meadow 
and  a  small  piece  of  land  were  granted  to  Stanlaw 
Abbey.12 

GREAT  CARLETON  was  held  by  William  son  of 
Swain  about  I  zoo.13  He  was  succeeded  by  his 
brother  Walter,14  whose  son  William  became  a 
knight.15  In  1246  this  William  de  Carleton  called 
upon  Robert  de  Stockport  as  mesne  tenant  to  acquit 
him  of  the  services  demanded  by  William  de  Lan- 
caster, including  suit  to  the  three  weeks  court  at 
Garstang.16  He  had  to  renew  his  plea  ten  years  later, 
when  Agnes  de  Lancaster  revived  the  claim,  and  then 
Robert  agreed  to  acquit  him  accordingly.17  Sir 


William  was  succeeded  by  a  son  Walter,18  living  in 
1 28 1,19  but  from  that  time  little  seems  to  be  known 
of  the  family.20  Their  estate  appears  to  be  the 
'  manor  of  Carleton,'  afterwards  held  by  the 
Lawrences  of  Ashton  near  Lancaster,81  and  after  the 
partition  among  their  heirs  lands  in  Carleton  are 
found  in  the  possession  of  Rigmaiden,22  Butler,83 
Skillicorne,24  and  Molyneux.26  There  seems  to  have 
been  a  partition,*6  Richard  Skillicorne  receiving 
Carleton,  no  doubt  the  *  manor  of  Great  Carleton ' 
which  was  in  1608  in  the  hands  of  Lawrence  Livesey 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife.87  The  Livesey  estate  was 
in  that  year  purchased  by  Richard  Shireburne  of 
Stonyhurst.18  A  second  fourth  part  was  acquired  by 
Evan  Haughton,  so  that  he  had  a  moiety,  which 


Walter's  house)  for  eleven  on  the  Smithy 
flat  ;  ibid.  150. 

The  half  oxgang  in  Norcross  was  in 
1322  held  by  Richard  Boteler  of  Marton 
by  a  rent  of  izd.  ;  Inq.  p.m.  16  Edw.  II, 
no.  59. 

For  the  rentals  1451  to  1537  see 
Chartul.  iii,  1266-7. 

The  Cockersand  lands  were  in  1560 
granted  by  the  Crown  to  Giles  Parker,  &c., 
to  be  held  of  the  manor  of  East  Green- 
wich in  socage  ;  Pat.  2  Eliz.  pt.  iv. 

10  Richard  son  of  Roger  gave  an  oxgang 
of  land  in  alms  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  i, 
143.  William  de  Millum  and  Avice  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Richard  son  of  Roger, 
gave  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Little  Carleton, 
with  toft  and  croft,  and  with  the  toft  of  a 
second  oxgang  lying  towards  a  messuage 
formerly  the  Prior  of  Lytham's,  and  they 
gave  also  a  piece  of  land  in  Hayholme  in 
Little  Carleton,  viz.  as  much  as  pertained 
to  9^  oxgangs  of  land  ;  ibid,  i,  141-2,  326. 

Isoud  daughter  of  Henry  de  Whitting- 
ton  gave  8  acres  and  6  acres  of  her  land, 
lying  together  on  Langfield  in  Hay- 
holme,  adjoining  the  other  Cockersand 
land  and  abutting  towards  Bispham 
Church ;  ibid.  145-6.  Henry  (de 
Carleton)  son  of  Henry  de  Whittington 
also  gave  an  acre,  extending  from 
Milanesmur  west  to  the  road  from  Great 
Carleton ;  ibid.  147.  He  also  made 
other  gifts,  from  which  it  appears  that  his 
part  (Little  Carleton)  was  nominally  two 
plough-lands,  for  the  sixteenth  part  of 
Ellercarr  meadow  pertained  to  the  oxgang 
of  land  given  by  Richard  son  of  Roger, 
and  a  sixteenth  part  of  the  waste  ;  ibid. 
147-50.  Afterwards,  as  will  be  seen,  it 
was  contidered  to  be  a  plough-land  and  a 
half.  A  number  of  place-names  occur  in 
the  charters. 

The  Abbot  of  Cockersand  made  claims 
against  various  persons  in  Little  Carleton 
in  1297  ;  De  Banco  R.  151,  m.  I59d. 

11  Roger  the  prior  and  the  brethren  of 
the  hospital  gave  Henry  de  Whittington 
the  said  oxgang  and  a  half,  with  the  sons 
of  Maud  de  Carleton,  lately  the  tenant, 
at  a  rent  of  i  zd.  payable  at  Chester  fair. 
Should  any  dispute  occur  Henry  and  his 
heirs    were    to    maintain    the    title    by 
warrant  of  the  charter  which  the  hospital 
had    had    from    Hugh    de    Moreton    and 
Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  Richard 
son  of  Roger  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  7  3  b. 
Henry  de  Walton  and  Richard  de  Meath 
were  among   the   witnesses,  so  that  the 
date  was  about  1230. 

12  Henry  de  Whittington  gave  3  acres 
on    the    south    side    of   Little    Carleton, 
wliile  Henry  son  of  Henry  de  Carleton 
gave  a  meadow  called  Ellercarr  in  Little 
Carleton.     The  bounds  of  this   meadow 


began  at  the  ditch  of  Cecily  de  Layton, 
where  it  went  down  to  Staining  ditch, 
and  extended  east  to  Blacklache  and  west 
to  Stockenbridge  ;  Henry  reserved  the 
watercourse  for  the  use  of  his  mill.  The 
former  grant  was  confirmed  by  Robert  de 
Stockport ;  Whalley  Couch.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  444-6. 

About  1540  'Whitbent'  was  occupied 
by  William  Carleton  at  a  rent  of  it.  6d.  ; 
ibid,  iv,  1244. 

13  See    the    Cockersand    grants    above 
quoted  for  the  pedigree.      From  them  it 
appears   that  this  part    was    assessed    as 
12    oxgangs   of  land.     William    son    of 
Swain  in  1194—5  paid  loo*,  for  the  royal 
pardon  after  the  rebellion  of  John  Count 
of  Mortain  ;  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  90. 

14  Walter    son  of    Swain    in    1202-3 
owed  i   mark  for  licence  to  withdraw  a 
plea;  ibid.  170.      In   1212  he  held  land 
in    Great    Eccleston  ;     Lanes.     Inq.    and 
Extents,  i,  3. 

15  William  de  Carleton  appears  to  have 
succeeded  before  1226,  when  he  obtained 
the   wardship    of  his   brother    Michael's 
heir  ;  Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.),  i, 
136.     He  was  collector  of  a  subsidy  in 
1235   and  a  juror  in   1244;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,   i,  142,    160.     As  shown  in 
the  text  he  was  living  in   1256.     He  is 
frequently  styled  '  knight,'   e.g.   Whalley 
Couch,  ii,  444.        16  Assize  R.  404,  m.  5. 

17  Final    Cone.    (Rec.    Soc.   Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  1 20. 

18  He  is   mentioned   in  1256  ;  ibid,  i, 
128.     He  was    a  juror  in  1257  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  210. 

19  He    was    in    that    year    called    to 
warrant    by    John    de    Shireburne ;     De 
Banco  R.  41,    m.  21  d.     His  possessions 
seem     to    have    extended    over    a    wide 
area,  for  about  1280  as  Walter  son  of  Sir 
William    de    Carleton    he   gave  his    son 
William  the  homage   and  service  of  Sir 
Richard  le  Boteler  for  lands  in  Inskip  and 
Eccleston,  Adam  Laumwale  in  Norbreck, 
Richard  (son  of  Sir  Richard)  le  Boteler  and 
John  de  Thornton  in  Marton  and  Lohonis, 
Roger  de  Warton  in  Warton,  Hugh  de 
Formby  in  Formby,  Alan  le  Norreys  and 
John  son   of  William  son  of  Edwin  in 
Ravenmeols  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  83. 

80  Margery  widow  of  William  de 
Carleton  claimed  dower  in  land  in 
Carleton  in  1298  against  Walter  son  of 
John  de  Shireburne  and  the  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  ;  De  Banco  R.  122,  m.  103. 

The  lords  in  1317  appear  to  have  been 
John  de  Shireburne  and  Eva  his  wife  and 
Randle  le  Gentyl,  for  they  claimed  the 
marriage  of  Richard  son  of  Richard  Boteler 
(of  Marton)  as  a  tenant  by  knight's  ser- 
vice ;  De  Banco  R.  2 1 8,  m.  176. 

An  oxgang  of  land  in  Carleton  was  in 

22Q 


1 340  included  in  a  settlement  by  Robert 
de  Washington  the  elder  and  Agnes  his 
wife;  Final  Cone,  ii,  113.  Agnes  was 
daughter  and  heir  of  Randle  le  Gentyl 
(note  40).  See  also  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xxxii,  App.  362. 

21  Robert    Lawrence    in    1450    held  a 
moiety  of  the  manor   of  Carleton  of  the 
king  as    of  his  duchy    of   Lancaster    in 
socage    by    id.    rent  ;     Lanes.    Inq.   p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  56.     The  rent  is  the  same 
as    that    formerly    received    by  Quenilda 
Gernet,   but  her  estate  appears  to  have 
been   Little  Carleton.      Sir   James  Law- 
rence,   son    of    Robert,    held    similarly  ; 
ibid.  132. 

22  Thomas   Rigmniden   of  Wedacre  in 
1520    held    his    lands    in    Carleton    and 
Sowerby  of  the  king  by  the  tenth  part  of 
a   knight's   fee  ;    Duchy    of    Lane.   Inq. 
p.m.  T,  no.  65. 

28  The  Carleton  lands  of  John  Butler 
of  Rawcliffe  were  in  1534  said  to  be  held 
of  the  king  in  socage  ;  ibid,  vii,  no.  4. 
His  daughter  Eleanor  inherited,  but  in 
1557  her  lands  were  found  to  have  been 
held  by  knight's  service  ;  ibid,  x,  no.  19. 

24  Richard  Skillicorne  died  in  1534 
holding  eight  messuages,  &c.,  in  Carleton 
of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  id.  rent. 
His  heirs  were  four  daughters — Joan, 
who  married  Thomas  Chaddock ; 
Elizabeth,  George  Livesey ;  Anne, 
Henry  Marsh  ;  and  Ellen,  Evan  Halgh- 
ton  or  Haughton  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  x,  no.  25. 

Evan  Haughton  and  Joan  hit  wife, 
in  conjunction  with  Joan,  Elizabeth  and 
Anne,  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  Richard 
Skillicorne,  granted  land  in  Carleton  in 
1550  to  Henry  Halsall  of  Prescot  and 
Isabel  his  wife  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol. 
262^. 

*5  Carleton  is  named  among  the  Clifton 
lands  held  by  Sir  William  Molyneux  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  in  1532  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  155,  m.  8  d. 

26  Ibid.  163,  m.  20,  where  the  descent 
of  the  heirs  of  Lawrence  is  set  forth. 

*  Lawrence  Livesey  of  Sutton  in 
Prescot  was  son  of  George  and  Elizabeth  ; 
Dugdale,  Vhit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  189. 

In  1563  (15 7 3)  Elizabeth,  as  widow  of 
George  Livesey,  made  a  feoffment  of  the 
Skillicorne  lands  ;  after  her  death  they 
were  to  descend  to  her  son  Lawrence  ; 
Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  1540.  A  fourth 
part  of  the  estate  was  in  1569  held  by 
Thomas  Foxe  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  31,  m.  160. 

J8  Shireburne  Abstract  Bk.  at  Leagram. 

George  Hull  and  eight  others  appear 
to  have  purchased  a  number  of  messuages, 
&c.,  in  Great  Carleton  in  1608  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  73,  no.  62. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


in  1614  was  held  by  Richard  Haughton  and 
Margaret  his  wife.*9  Later  it  likewise  was  called 
the  '  manor  of  Great  Carleton,' 89a  and  was  sold 
to  Edward  Moore  of  Bank  Hall,30  and  probably 
sold  by  his  heir  to  the  Shireburnes,  for  their  '  manor ' 
was  the  only  one  known  in  later  times.31  In  1572 
Sir  Richard  Shireburne  had  purchased  the  fourth 
part  of  an  estate — no  *  manor  '  is  named — in  Great 
Carleton,  &c.,  from  Lancelot  Bold  and  Grace  his 
wife.32  The  whole  descended  to  Edward  Joseph 
Weld  of  Lulworth,  who  about  1866  sold  his  interest 
to  a  number  of  small  proprietors.33 

NORCROSS  in  Great  Carleton  was  at  an  early 
time  held  by  a  Norcross  family,34  but  by  1281  had 
come  into  the  hands  of  John  de  Shireburne  and  Eva 
his  wife,  being  probably  her  inheritance.34  It 
descended  with  the  other  Shireburne  estates,36  but 
no  doubt  became  merged  in  the  manor  of  Great 
Carleton.  The  manor  courts  were  held  at  Norcross.37 


LITTLE  C4RLETON  was  held  by  Henry  de 
Whittington,  who  was  a  son  of  William  son  of  Swain, 
about  I23<D.38  He  was  succeeded  by  a  son  Henry 
surnamed  de  Carleton.39  The  descent  cannot  be 
traced  clearly.  In  1347  among  the  tenants  of 
William  de  Coucy's  lordship  of  Wyresdale  was 
Henry  de  Carleton  holding  a  plough-land  and  a  half 
in  that  town  by  knight's  service.40  Thomas  Carleton,41 
who  died  in  1499,  held  similarly  of  the  king,  Margaret 
Countess  of  Richmond  and  John  Rigmaiden  as  of 
their  manor  of  Wyresdale.42  His  son  George  Carleton, 
then  twenty-two  years  of  age,  died  in  1513  holding 
of  the  king  and  Thomas  Rigmaideri,  and  leaving  as 
heir  a  son  William,  aged  eleven.43  William's  son 
Lawrence,  who  died  in  1558,  was  the  last  of  the 
male  line.  He  held  a  capital  messuage  in  Little 
Carleton  called  the  Hall  of  Carleton,  and  various 
messuages,  &c.,  in  both  parts  of  the  township,  of  the  • 
duchy  by  knight's  service.  His  heir  was  a  sister 


29  Evan     Haughton    purchased     from 
Thomas    Chaddock    and    Joan    his    wife 
their  fourth  part  of  the   manor  in  1566  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  28,  m.  99. 
Evan   Haughton  of  Pennington  died  in 
1608    holding   a    moiety   of   eight    mes- 
suages, &c.,  in   Carleton  of  the  king  by 
%d.  rent  ;    Lanes.    Inq.  p.m.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  125.      His  son  and 
heir  was  the  Richard  named   in  the  text, 
who    with    his    wife    enfeoffed    Edward, 
James  and  William  Stanley  of  the  manor 
of  Great  Carleton,  with  lands  there  and 
in    Warton,    Lancaster,    &c.  ;     Pal.     of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  85,  no.  16. 

29a  Richard  Haughton  died  in  1630 
holding  the  manor  of  Great  Carleton, 
with  various  lands,  of  the  heirs  of  George 
Carleton  by  fealty  only.  The  heir  was 
a  son  Evan,  aged  forty.  By  an  indenture 
of  1614  the  remainders  were  to  Dorothy 
and  Francis  Haughton  ;  Towneley  MS. 
C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  523. 

30  He  purchased  it  from  Mrs.  Dorothy 
Shelvock,  '  daughter  to  that  Mr.  Haugh- 
ton   which  lived  in   Wavertree    Lane  '  ; 
Irvine,    Liverpool  in  time     of    Chas.    //, 
68-9.     Among  the   Moore   D.   at  Liver- 
pool are  leases  of  houses,   &c.,  at  Great 
Carleton     by      Richard      Haughton     of 
Wavertree   and   Margaret  his   wife  ;  no. 
765-6.       Alexander     Rigby    of    Burgh 
seems  to  have  been  tenant  in  1649,  leasing 
Carleton  Hall  and   the  demesne  lands  to 
Everill   widow    of  Edmund    Fleetwood  ; 
ibid.  no.  767. 

Sir  Cleave  Moore  and  Margaret  Moore 
spinster  held  the  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Great  Carleton  in  1691  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  226,  m.  22. 

From  the  Shireburne  abstract  book  it 
appears  that  Sir  N.  Shireburne  purchased 
in  1701—2  some  at  least  of  Sir  Cleave 
Moore's  estate ;  the  '  manor '  is  not  named. 

31  Baines,  Land.   (ed.    1836),  iv,  439- 
40.     The   manor  of  Carleton  or    Great 
Carleton    was    regularly   entered    among 
the  family  estates  in  the  1 8th  century  ; 
e.g.   Pal.   of  Lane.    Plea   R.    452,   m.  7 
(1690,    Carleton);    544,    m.    13   (1737, 
Great  Carleton);  625,  m.  10  d./i6. 

88  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  34, 
m.  56. 

38  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  519. 

34  From  the  Cockersand  charters 
already  quoted  it  appears  that  Thomas 
de  Norcross  was  a  son  of  Walter  de 
Carleton,  son  of  Swain,  and  that  Nor- 
cross was  rated  as  half  a  plough-land. 

85  In  the  year  named  Christiana  widow 


of  Thomas  de  Norcross  claimed  dower  in 
a  messuage  and  2^  oxgzngs  of  land  in 
Norcross  against  John  and  Eva ;  De 
Banco  R.  43,  m.  3.  A  later  note  shows 
the  origin  of  another  part  of  the  Shire- 
..•urne  estate  in  Great  Carleton  (1348). 

86  Robert  Shireburne  died  in  1492 
holding  lands  in  Carleton  and  Norcross 
of  George  Carleton  in  socage  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  92.  His  son 
Sir  Richard  in  1513  was  said  to  hold 
in  Carleton  of  the  heirs  of  George 
Carleton  and  in  Norcross  of  the  Abbot 
of  Dieulacres  ;  ibid,  iv,  no.  46.  This 
statement  is  repeated  later.  In  1594 
Norcross  was  called  a  manor,  but  the 
tenure  was  not  recorded  ;  ibid,  xvi,  no.  3. 

A  '  manor  of  Carleton  '  was  said  to  be 
held  by  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  of  Stony- 
hurst  in  1579  (Feet  of  F.)  and  1594  and 
by  his  son  Richard  in  1628.  The 
tenure  was  unknown. 

37  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  19  ;  he  states 
that  '  the  manorial  rights  were  sold  with 
Norcross  Farm.' 

35  See  the  notes  on  the  Lytham  and 
Cockersand  holding  above  ;  as  Walter 
was  the  brother  and  heir  of  William, 
Henry  must  have  been  illegitimate. 
Henry  de  Whittington  occurs  in  1222—6  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  131,  134-  He 
was  rector  of  Whittington — hence  his 
surname — and  is  called  a  clerk  ;  Lytham 
D.  at  Durham,  4  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor. 
no.  2. 

89  Henry  de  Carleton — probably  there 
were  two  of  the  name  in  succession — 
occurs  from  1258  to  1297  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,  i,  21 1,  297,  &c.  Henry  de 
Carleton  the  elder  and  Amabil  his  wife 
in  1283  leased  to  Henry  le  Boteler  of 
Rawcliffe  for  seven  years  an  oxgang  of 
land  with  house  formerly  tenanted  by 
Roger  the  Carpenter,  another  oxgang 
(without  a  house)  occupied  by  Richard 
de  Kendal,  a  third  (with  house)  formerly 
held  by  Robert  the  man  of  Gervase, 
and  other  lands,  with  easements  appur- 
tenant in  Little  Carleton  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlii,  fol.  82*7.  Walter  de  Carleton  was 
a  witness. 

40  Inq.  p.m.  20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.), 
no.  63. 

Henry  de  Carleton  at  that  time  held 
land  in  Great  Carleton  also,  and  in  1348 
he  and  his  wife  Margery  complained  of 
disseisin  there  by  Alice  widow  of  Sir 
Robert  de  Shireburne,  Agnes  widow  of 
Robert  de  Washington,  William  de  Edres- 
ford,  Adam  Anyon  and  John  Beaver.  As 

230 


to  one  moiety  Alice  replied,  saying  she 
held  by  gift  of  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand 
and  of  John  de  Shireburne  ;  as  to  the 
other  moiety  Agnes  said  she  entered  as 
heir  of  her  father  Randle  le  Gentyl.  The 
jurors  said  that  Henry  and  Margery  were 
lords  of  a  moiety  of  the  vill,  and  had 
been  disseised  by  the  defendants,  except 
as  to  the  portion  held  of  the  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  8ia  ; 
Assize  R.  1444,  m.  7.  It  appears  that 
Alice  and  Agnes  were  sisters. 

The  name  of  Henry  de  Carleton  occurs 
1387  to  1408  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  25,  91.  One  John  Carleton  and 
Alice  his  wife  made  a  settlement  of  lands 
in  Lancashire,  &c.,  in  1408  ;  Shireburne 
Abstract  Bk.  He  is  probably  the  John 
son  of  Henry  Carleton  of  another  deed  ; 
ibid.  In  1420  the  king  ordered  all  pro- 
ceedings to  be  suspended  against  the  sure- 
ties of  Henry  de  Carleton  the  elder, 
Henry  the  younger,  Thomas  de  Carleton, 
and  William  de  Carleton  of  Norcross, 
bastard,  who  were  absent  in  the  king's 
service  in  the  parts  of  Aquitaine  ;  Def>. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxiii,  App.  18.  It  appears 
that  Henry  de  Carleton  had  been  out- 
lawed for  debt  ;  ibid. 

One  Thomas  son  of  Nicholas  of  Little 
Carleton  occurs  in  1352  ;  Raines  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  xxxviii,  103. 

41  Thomas  Carleton  of  Little  Carleton 
in  1476  granted  to  feoffees  a  tene- 
ment in  Little  Carleton,  another  in 
Hayholme  in  Great  Carleton,  and  a 
meadow  called  Cardales  in  Norcross  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  791.  In  1492  an 
agreement  was  made  that  George  son  and 
heir-apparent  of  Thomas  Carleton  should 
marry  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Robert  Clif- 
ton deceased  ;  ibid.  no.  800. 

A  deed  of  about  the  same  time  (1491  ?) 
represents  John  Carleton  as  holding  the 
manor  of  Little  Carleton  and  providing 
for  the  wardship  and  marriage  of  his  son 
and  heir  George  ;  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.), 
C2978. 

44  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no. 
49. 

48  Ibid,  iv,  no.  71.  Joan  widow  of 
Thomas  Carleton  was  still  living,  as  was 
Elizabeth  wife  of  George. 

Deeds  of  William  Carleton,  includiag 
a  settlement  in  1548  on  his  son  Law- 
rence's marriage  with  Margaret  daughter 
of  George  Singleton  of  Staining,  with 
remainder  to  Margery  sister  of  Lawrence, 
are  recited  in  Fishwick's  Poulton,  17.;, 
from  the  Shireburne  D. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Margery,  thirty  years  of  age,  then  wife  of  Thomas 

Almond.44     She  sold  in  1561  to  James  Massey,45  who 

recorded    a    pedigree    as    '  of 

Carleton'  in  I56746;  but  the 

manor    was    claimed    by    the 

Singletons    of    Staining,47    in 

which  family  it  descended  for 

some  time,48  and  is  then  lost 

to  sight.      The  hall  went  to 

decay.49 

Of  the  minor  owners  but 
few  occur  in  the  records.50 
The  chief  family  seems  to 
have  been  that  of  Bamber  of 
the  Moor.51  The  tenure  of 
James  Bamber's  land  in  Poul- 
ton in  1617  was  a  curious 

pne — viz.  of  the  heirs  and  assigns  of  William  Oudlawe 
by  \d.  rent.5*  William,  his  son  and  heir,  was  eight 
years  old.  Richard  Bamber,  perhaps  brother  of  James, 
paid  £10  in  1631,  having  declined  knighthood.53 
The  family  adhered  to  Roman  Catholicism,  and  one 
of  the  sons,  John,  was  captain  of  a  company  in  the 


MASSEY  of  Carleton. 
Quarterly  gules  and 
argent,  in  the  second 
quarter  a  mullet  sable. 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 

king's  service  in  the  Civil  War.54  Another  son, 
Edward,  educated  abroad  and  ordained  priest,  was 
sent  on  the  English  mission  ;  after  being  imprisoned 
more  than  once  he  was  captured  in  Lancashire,  and 
after  three  years'  imprisonment  executed  as  a  traitor 
at  Lancaster  7  August  i646.6i  The  family  removed 
to  Aughton,  near  Ormskirk,  but  retained  their  estate 
in  Carleton  till  I737.56 

An  oratory  was  allowed  to  Henry  de  Whittington 
in  Little  Carleton  about  1 240,"  but  it  does  not  seem 
to  have  continued.58 


THORNTON 

Torentun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Torrenton,  1226;  Thorin- 
ton,  1258  ;  Thornton,  1297. 

Steinol,  1176  ;  Stanhol,  I2OO  ;  Stainhol,  1226  '  ; 
Staynolf,  1346. 

Brune,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Brunne,   1204  ;  Brone,  1262. 

Rushale,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Rossall,  1212  ;  Roshale,  1228. 

This  township  forms  a  peninsula  between  the 
Irish  Sea  and  the  Wyre  estuary.  At  the  northern 
end  is  the  modern  town  of  Fleetwood,  built  on  an 


44  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  15. 
He  had  arranged  that  William  Singleton 
(who  died  before  Lawrence)  and   James 
Massey    should   succeed   him   for   fifteen 
years,  with  remainder  to  William  son  of 
Hugh  Singleton. 

In  1557  a  settlement  of  the  manor 
was  made  by  Lawrence  Carleton,  Thomas 
Anion  and  Margery  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  17,  m.  45.  It 
thus  appears  that  Anion  and  Almond 
were  the  same. 

45  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.   bdle.  23, 
m.  91. 

46  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  56.     He  was  son 
of  John   Massey  of  Rixton.      His  estates 
descended  to  Veale  of  Whinney  Heys. 

47  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  233,  m.  16  d. 
From  the  pedigree  given  it  appears  that 
William    son    of    Hugh    Singleton    died 
without  heirs,  on  which  the  estate  should 
go    (according    to    Lawrence     Carleton's 
disposition)  to  his  cousin  Thomas  son  of 
William  Singleton  (brother  of  Hugh)  and 
then    to     John     Singleton,     brother    of 
Thomas,  the  plaintiff  in  1573.      See  also 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  175. 

John  Singleton  in  1582  purchased  four- 
teen messuages,  &c.,  in  Little  Carleton, 
Poulton  and  Norcross  from  Roger  Pendle- 
bury  and  Anne  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  44,  m.  65. 

The  Masseys  retained  part  of  the  es- 
tate, including  a  windmill  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii, 
117-19. 

48  John  Singleton  of  Staining  died  in 
1589   holding  the  manor  of  Carleton  by 
knight's  service,  except  4  oxgangs  of  land, 
which  were  held   of  Thomas   Holcroft ; 
Duchy   of  Lane.   Inq.   p.m.  xv,  no.  47. 
The  4  oxgangs  would    be    the   share  of 
Lytham  Priory,   its  estates  having  been 
purchased  by  Sir  Thomas  Holcroft. 

The  manors  of  Staining  and  Carleton 
continued  to  be  held  in  conjunction  as 
late  as  1689  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  224,  m.  1 50.  A  considerable  estate 
in  the  two  townships  was  in  1781  acquired 
by  John  Hankinson  ;  ibid.  405,  m.  167. 
What  became  of  the  manor  of  Little 
Carleton  does  not  appear,  but  as  many  of 
the  Carleton  family  deeds  came  into  the 
hands  of  the  Shireburnes  they  may  have 
acquired  it  about  1690;  Shireburne 
Abstract  book. 


49  Thornber,   writing    in    1837,   says  : 
'  This  hall  was  situated  in  the  field  oppo- 
site the  farm-house  called   the  Gezzerts, 
and    its    ruins   are    remembered     by    the 
present  generation ';  Blackpool,  281. 

50  Robert  Clerk  of  Poulton  in  1599  had 
a  messuage  in  Carleton  also  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  44. 

Land  in  Carr  meadow  in  Great  Carleton 
was  in  1557—8  claimed  by  Alice  widow 
of  William  Hull,  who  afterwards  married 
Thomas  Pateson  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  i,  298  ;  ii,23i.  Hull  family  deeds 
at  Agecroft  show  that  Richard  Hull  of 
Carleton,  whose  will  was  dated  1703,  had 
land  called  Highfalong  from  his  father- 
in-law  Richard  Rossall,  whose  family 
resided  there  in  the  I7th  century.  The 
family  and  their  relatives  the  Bucks  ac- 
quired a  considerable  estate  in  the  district. 
John  Hull,  vicar  of  Poulton  1835-64, 
was  son  of  Dr.  John  Hull,  the  botanist, 
who  was  son  of  John  Hull  of  Carleton 
and  Poulton,  apothecary  ;  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  85. 

01  William  Bamber,  perhaps  of  this 
family,  purchased  a  messuage,  &c.,  at 
Norcross  and  Great  Carleton  in  1565 
from  William  Butler  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  27,  m.  15. 

52  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.   Soc.),  ii,  74. 
James  Bamber  was  of  the  Moor  in  Carle- 
ton,  as  appears  by  the  registers,  but  his 
lands  were   in  Poulton  and    Great  Bisp- 
ham. 

53  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,   221.        Richard's   will  was  proved   in 
1636,  his  estate  descending  to  his  eldest 
son    Thomas  ;    Fishwick,   op.    cit.    180. 
There   is,   however,  an  inquisition  after 
the    death    of  one    Richard    Bamber   of 
Layton    and    Carleton,    in  which   he    it 
stated  to  have  died  in  1639.     The  tenure 
of  his  estate  in  Carleton  was  not  known. 
The  heir  was  a  son  Thomas,  aged  thirty- 
six  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
58. 

04  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  19,  25. 
John  Bamber's  estate — he  is  called  'of 
Layton' — was  in  1652  ordered  for  sale 
by  the  Parliament ;  Index  of  Royalists 
(Index  Soc.),  42.  He  had  died  in  the 
Isle  of  Man  in  1651,  and  his  son  Richard 
in  1653  petitioned  for  the  discharge  ot 
the  Lower  Moor,  in  which  his  father,  'a 
Papist  and  delinquent,'  had  had  a  life 

231 


interest  in  accordance  with  the  settlement 
by  Richard  Bamber  the  grandfather  in 
1636  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  120—4. 

Captain  Roger  Bamber  of  the  Moor 
was  in  1650  guardian  of  Edward  Bamber, 
aged  about  ten,  his  kinsman,  whom  he 
was  bringing  up  in  the  Protestant  religion, 
the  father's  estate  being  sequestered  for 
recusancy  and  delinquency  ;  ibid.  124. 
Edward  was  probably  a  younger  son  of 
John,  but  in  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2644, 
he  is  called  son  of  Edward. 

50  Challoner,  Missionary  Priests,  no. 
184  ;  Gillow,  Bill.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cat  A.  i, 
120-2.  The  cause  of  his  beatification 
was  allowed  to  be  introduced  at  Rome  in 
1886  ;  Pollen,  Acts  of  Martyrs,  382. 
The  story  is  inaccurately  given  by 
Challoner,  if  this  be  the  Edward  Bamber 
alias  Leonard  Helmes  who  was  arrested 
at  Plymouth  in  1626  on  a  ship  bound  to 
Newhaven.  He  had  studied  at  St.  Omers 
and  Seville,  and  had  been  ordained  priest ; 
Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1625-6,  p.  487.  He  con- 
formed and  was  pardoned  5  ibid.  1627-8, 
p.  84.  A  little  later  an  Edward  Bamber 
was  labouring  in  Lancashire  ;  Misc.  (Cath. 
Rec.  Soc.),  i,  115. 

46  John  Bamber  as  a  '  Papist '  registered 
his  estate  in  1717  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne, 
Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  1 1 2.  His  son 
Thomas  left  his  estates  to  his  nephew 
Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Brownbill  of 
Liverpool,  who  became  a  bankrupt  ; 
Gillow,  op.  cit.  i,  122  ;  Piccope  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  272,  from  R.  18  of 
Geo.  II  at  Preston,  &c. 

57  Lane.  Ch.  ii,  428-30.     Henry  might 
maintain  a  priest  at  his  own  expense,  but 
no  injury  to  the  tithes  or  other  rights  of 
the  parish  church  was  to  be  caused.     As 
a  guarantee  he  gave  a  rent-charge  of  3.5. 
on  his  water-mill  in  Carleton  to  the  Prior 
and  monks  of  Lancaster.      Henry  his  son 
made  a  further  agreement  with  the  monks  ; 
ibid.  433. 

58  Robert  the  Chaplain  occurs  in  1332  ; 
Exch.  Lay    Subs.  (Rec.  Soc.   Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  64. 

1  Two  places  of  the  same  original  name, 
now  distinguished  as  Stanah  and  Staynall, 
lie  on  the  west  and  east  sides  of  the  Wyre. 
It  is  not  always  possible  to  determine 
which  of  the  two  is  intended  in  the 
mediaeval  references. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


ancient  rablit  warren  and  now  formed  into  a  separate 
township,  which  includes  Rossall  on  the  western  side 
with  its  famous  public  school,  founded  in  1844. 
The  history  of  this  school  has  been  narrated  else- 
where in  the  present  work.la  In  the  remaining  part 
of  Thornton  the  original  village  occupies  the  south- 
east portion  on  slightly  elevated  ground  overlooking  the 
Wyre.  On  the  north-west  slope  of  the  same  ground 
is  Stanah.  Trunnah,  the  Ho'mes  and  Pool  Foot  are 
in  the  centre  of  the  township  and  have  Burn  Hall  to 
the  north  and  to  the  west  a  little  seaside  resort  called 
Cleveleys.  This  last  name  has  in  common  usage 
superseded  the  ancient  Ritherham  or  Ritherholme. 
Burnt  Naze  or  Bourne  Naze  lies  on  the  Wyre  on  the 
border  of  Fleetwood.  The  surface  is  low-lying  and 
flat,  the  ancient  hamlets  named  occupying  the  more 
elevated  portions. 

In  more  recent  times  there  have  been  three 
divisions:  Thornton,  in  the  centre,  with  2,112 
acres  ;  Stanah,  in  which  is  Thornton  Hall,  1,427 
acres,  and  Fleetwood,  2,848^  acres  ;  in  all  6,387^ 
acres,  including  tidal  water.2  The  population  in  1901 
was  3,108  in  Thornton  proper  and  12,082  in 
Fleetwood,  or  15,190  in  all. 

The  principal  road  is  that  from  Blackpool  to  Fleet- 
wood,  going  north  through  the  eastern  side  of  the 
township.  It  is  joined  by  another  road  between  the 
same  places  going  along  the  sea  coast.  From  it  other 
roads  branch  out  ;  one  goes  west  to  Cleveleys,  another 
east  to  Thornton  Church  and  then  south  to  Poulton. 
The  Preston  and  Wyre  railway  goes  north  to  Fleet- 
wood,  at  which  is  the  terminus  ;  there  is  a  small 
station  called  Cleveleys — a  misleading  designation — 
to  the  south  of  Trunnah.  On  the  western  road 
between  Blackpool  and  Fleetwood  an  electric  tram- 
way runs. 

A  '  submerged  forest '  has  tokens  near  Rossall  and 
along  the  coast  to  Blackpool. 

A  special  commission  was  in  1637  directed  to 
inquire  into  the  possibility  of  gaining  land  from  the 
sea  at  Thornton  Holmes  or  Poulton.1* 

Thornton  Marsh  was  inclosed  in  1800.*  One 
result  of  the  making  of  the  railway  to  Fleetwood  has 
been  that  about  400  acres  of  marsh  land  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Wyre  west  of  the  line  have  been 
reclaimed.4 

From  various  allusions  to  saltcotes  it  seems  that 
salt-making  is  an  ancient  industry  of  the  place.  A 


'  salt-weller '  of  Thornton  was  buried  at  Poulton  in 
1676.  There  are  modern  salt  and  alkali  works  at 
Burnt  Naze. 

The  soil  is  various,  with  clay  subsoil  ;  oats  and 
potatoes  are  grown. 

A  school  board  was  formed  in  1877.* 

Fleetwood  became  an  independent  township  in 
l894.6  The  remaining  portion,  the  existing  town- 
ship of  Thornton,  is  governed  by  an  urban  district 
council  of  twelve  members  elected  by  four  wards. 

Two  newspapers  are  issued  at  Fleetwood,  the 
Chronicle  and  the  Express  ;  each  appears  twice  a 
week. 

In  1066  there  were  three  manors  in  this 
MANORS  township,  all  members  of  Earl  Tostig's 
Preston  lordship,  viz.  Thornton,  assessed 
as  six  plough-lands,  Burn  and  Rossall,  as  two  each — 
ten  in  all.7  They  retained  their  individuality  later, 
but  Thornton  became  still  further  subdivided. 

In  12 1  2  it  was  found  that  THORNTON  proper, 
as  five  plough-lands,  was  held  in  thegnage  by  William 
son  of  Robert  de  Winwick,  who  rendered  2OJ.  a 
year.8  The  other  plough-land,  lying  in  STJNJH, 
was  held  in  drengage  by  Adam  son  of  Eilsi  and  Alan 
son  of  Hagemund,  who  rendered  5/.  yearly.9  Robert 
de  Winwick  had  granted  one  of  his  plough-lands  to 
Uctred  son  of  Huck,10  the  ancestor  of  the  Singleton 
family,  who  by  marriage  acquired  a  further  share  of 
Thornton  and  probably  a  moiety  of  the  drengage 
plough-land  in  Stanah.  Thus  in  1324  Adam  son 
of  William  Banastre  held  a  moiety  of  Thornton,  pay- 
ing 8/.,  and  a  moiety  of  Stanah,  paying  4/.  6J.  ; 
while  the  other  moieties  were  held  by  Lawrence  son 
of  Robert  de  Thornton  and  John  son  of  John  de 
Staynolf  respectively,  paying  corresponding  rents, 
viz.  %s.  and  4^.  6^.n  The  assessment  of  the  whole 
appears  to  have  been  reduced  by  one-half,  and  thus 
in  1346  Thomas  Banastre  held  one  plough-land  and 
John  son  of  Lawrence  de  Thornton  another  in 
Thornton  and  Stanah,  formerly  Robert  de  Winwick's, 
while  the  third  plough-land  in  Stanah  was  held  as  to 
one  moiety  by  John  de  Staynolf  and  as  to  the  other 
by  a  number  of  tenants.1*  In  1378  Thomas  Banastre 
and  John  de  Thornton  held  the  manor 13  and  in 
1445-6  Richard  Balderston  and  the  heir  of  John 
son  of  Lawrence  Thornton  held  a  plough-land 
each  as  before,  but  Stanah  is  omitted  in  the 
record.14 


la  V.C.H.  Lanes,  ii,  614-15.  A  coat 
of  arms  was  granted  in  1892. 

*  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  :  Thorn- 
ton, 2,996  acres,  including  19  of  inland 
water;  Fleetwood,  2,510  and  46.  To 
these  must  be  added  73  acres  of  tidal 
water  and  657  of  foreshore  in  Thornton 
and  134  and  2,778  respectively  in  Fleet- 
wood. 

Sa  Duchy  of  Lane.  Special  Com. 
no.  1 167. 

3  Porter,  Fylde,    271.     The    Act    was 
passed  in  1799.     The  final  award  seems 
to  have  been  in  1 806  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches. 
Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  56. 
In  1739  the  king  leased  to  John  Wilkin- 
son the  marshes  called  Thornton  Marsh, 
Holme  Marsh,   Stanah  Marsh,  Trunnah 
Marsh  and  Haddle  Moss  for  thirty-one 
years  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xxvii, 
178. 

4  Porter,  op.  cit.  227. 

4  Land.  Gate.  27  Nov.  1877. 


•  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  31813. 

7  y.C.H.    Lanes,    i,    2884.     Thornton 
proper    seems    to    have     contained    four 
plough-lands  and   Stanah  two,  afterwards 
reduced  (as  stated  in  the  text)  to  two  and 
one.       Burn     also    was    considered     one 
plough-land  at  a  later  time. 

8  Lanes.    Inq.    and    Extents   (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and   Ches.),  i,  46.     The  zos.  rent 
is  named  again  in  1226  and  1297  ;  ibid. 
139,  289. 

9  Ibid.  51.     The  second  plough-land  in 
Stanah  was  included  in  William  de  Win- 
wick's  Thornton  estate. 

It  appears  to  be  this  '  Stanhol '  which 
is  mentioned  in  the  Pipe  Rolls,  &c.,  as 
contributing  to  aids  and  similar  taxes  ; 
Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  35,  130  (where 
the  tenants  are  called  Uctred  and  Gilbert) ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  135^  176. 

10  From  the  later  history  it  seems  that 
this  plough-land  was  half  in  Thornton  and 
half  in  Stanah.    This  may  account  for  an 

232 


error  in  1226,  when  Robert  de  Winwick's 
estate  was  called  five  plough-lands  in 
Thornton  and  half  a  plough-land  in 
Stanah. 

11  Dods.   MSS.   cxxxi,   fol.  40*.     The 
Stanah  rent  seems  to  be  made  up  in  each 
case  of   a  thegnage  rent  of   zs.   for   the 
moiety  of  a   carucate   pertaining   to  the 
Winwick  estate  and  zs.  6d.  for  the  moiety 
pertaining  to  the  drengage   land.     Thus 
Thornton  (with  half  Stanah)  paid  zos.  as 
in  1 21 2,  and  the  other  half  of  Stanah  51. 
as  before.     The  tenants  did  suit  to  county 
and  wapentake. 

12  Survey   of    1346    (Chet.    Soc.),    56. 
The    minor    tenants    in    Stanah    clearly 
represent     the     Singleton    or    Banastre 
portion  ;  the  Thorntons  do  not  seem  to 
have  retained  any  part  of  it. 

13  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  8ii. 

14  Duchy    of    Lane.     Knights'     Fees, 
bdle.  2,  no.  20. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Of  the  two  moieties  of  Thornton  proper  one,  as 
indicated,  descended  with  the  Singleton  estates  to 
Banastre  u  and  Balderston,16  and  on  the  partition  in 
1564  was  allotted  to  Gilbert  Gerard,17  who  died 
possessed  of  it  in  1593,  the  tenure  not  being  recorded.18 
It  appears  to  have  been  purchased  by  the  Fleetwoods 
of  Rossall,  whose  '  manor '  of  Thornton  was  the  only 
one  recognized  in  later  times.19 

The  other  moiety  was  held  by  a  family  using  the 
local  surname,  descendants,  like  the  Singletons,  of 
Robert  de  Winwick,  the  earliest  immediate  lord  of 
the  undivided  manor  of  whom  there  is  record.  His 
son  William,  the  tenant  in  1212,  gave  10  marks 
and  two  palfreys  in  1201  for  30  acres  of  land  in 
Thornton,  of  which  Theobald  Walter  had  disseised 
him,  and  for  relief  of  his  land.*0  He  died  before 
1215,  when  Alan  de  Singleton  gave  the  king  20  marks 
that  he  might  have  Alice  his  daughter  and  co-heir.11 
The  other  daughter  Margaret  or  Margery  married 
Michael  de  Carleton,  who  had  to  pay  10  marks  for 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 

pardon  in  marrying  without  licence  one  who  was  in 
the  king's  gift."  Margery  de  Winwick  died  in  or 
before  1258  holding  two  plough-lands  in  Thornton 
of  the  king  in  chief  by  the  yearly  service  of  z/.,  owing 
suit  to  county  and  wapentake.  Her  son  and  heir 
Richard  de  Thornton  was  of  full  age.83  The  other 
two  plough-lands  had  become  part  of  the  Singletons' 
estate.24 

Of  the  Thornton  family  there  is  little  to  record.** 
The  Lawrence  above-named  left  two  sons,  John,  who 
died  in  1 396,  and  William.86  Another  William  seems 
to  have  succeeded  ;  he  died  in  1429,**  when  the 
heir  of  John  was  found  to  be  Thomas  Travers  son  of 
Roger  Travers  by  Alice  daughter  of  John  Thornton. 
The  daughters  of  William  Thornton  shared  the 
estate  in  spite  of  that  finding.28  The  story  is  obscure. 
In  1 60 1  James  Worthington  purchased  a  sixth  part 
of  the  manor  from  Hugh  Adlington  and  Sibyl  his 
wife.19  A  minor  family  of  the  name  appears  in  later 
times  holding  land  in  the  Holmes.30 


16  William  Banastre  in  1323  held  a 
moiety  of  Thornton  (except  the  half  of 
5  oxgangs  of  land)  by  a  rent  of  8*.  and 
»uit  of  court.  It  wa»  worth  £10  131.  $.d. 
a  year  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  1 60. 

Thornton  and  the  Holmes  by  Thornton 
were  among  the  lands  of  Sir  Thomas 
Banastre  of  Bretherton  in  1379;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  1 5. 

16  Richard   Balderston  in   1456  held  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Thornton  and  the 
Holmes,  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy,  in 
thegnage  by  a  rent  of  8*. ;  ibid,  ii,  63. 
The  Stanah  portion  was  probably  omitted 
because  the  tenants  paid  their  small  rents 
direct  to  the  duchy  receiver.    The  manors 
of  Thornton  and  Holmes  were  in  dispute 
in  1508  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  164. 

As  in  other  cases,  the  16th-century 
inquisitions  show  that  the  Balderston 
estate  here  was  held  by  Edmund  Dudley, 
Thomas  Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh  and  his 
successors,  Alexander  Osbaldeston  and  the 
Earl  of  Derby. 

17  In  right  of  his  wife  Anne  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  216,  m.  10. 

18  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  2. 

19  The  manor  of  Thornton  was  included 
in  a  settlement  of  the  Rossall  estate  in 

1695  5  Pal-  of  Lanc-  Feet  of  F-  bdle-  235> 
m.  75.     It  occurs  later  in  a  similar  way. 

10  Fine  R.  (Rec.  Com.),  116  ;  Farrer, 
Lanes.  Pipe  R.  130.     In  1205-6  he  paid 
2  marks  to  a  icutage  ;  ibid.  205. 

11  Ibid.  252.    William  de  Winwick  had 
given  the   canons  of  Cockersand   3  acres 
in  Thornton,    and    afterwards    Alan    de 
Singleton  and  his  heirs  were  in  posses- 
sion, paying  a  rent  of  41.  to  the  abbey  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  160. 
William  married  one  Maud  daughter  of 
Robert,  who  had  lands  in  Whittingham  ; 
ibid,  i,  231—2.     As   Maud  de  Thornton 
she  was  unmarried  and  in  the  king's  gift 
in  1222—6  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  \,  128. 

13  Baldwin  le  Blund  in  1215  offered  20 
marks  for  permission  to  marry  Margaret, 
but  before  1221  she  had  married  Michael 
de  Carleton  ;  Rot.  Lit.  Claus.  (Rec.  Com.), 
i,  190;  Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.), 
i,  60.  Michael  was  dead  in  1226,  when 
hi»  brother  William  purchased  the  ward- 
ship of  his  heir  ;  ibid.  136. 

13  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  2 1 1 .  Richard 
de  Thornton — probably  there  were  two 
or  more  of  the  name — occurs  as  juror, 
&c.,  from  1244  to  1297  ;  ibid.  160,  289. 
He  consented  in  1246  to  an  agreement 
between  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand  and 


Alice  de  Thornton  as  to  the  Whittingham 
lands  of  his  grandmother  Maud  ;  Final 
Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  103. 
He  gave  the  monks  of  Lancaster  a  site 
for  their  tithe  barn  in  Thornton  ;  Lanc. 
Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  424. 

14  Alice  widow  of  Alan  de  Singleton  in 
1245  arranged  with  William  the  son  of 
Alan  as  to  the  succession  of  two  plough- 
lands    in  Thornton,   she    acknowledging 
William's  right  and  receiving  it  for  life, 
together  with  a  third  part  of  the  fishery 
at  Singleton.    If  Alice  should  not  be  able 
to  grind   in  her  mill    of  Thornton    she 
might  use  that  of  Singleton  free  of  mul- 
ture.    She   released   to   William  all  her 
dower  right  and  he  gave  her  ^10  ;  Final 
Cone,  i,  92. 

15  From     the     text    it    appears    that 
Lawrence  son  of  Richard   de   Thornton 
was  in  possession  in  1324  and  John  son 
of  Lawrence  in  1 346.     John  was  defen- 
dant  ten   years  later ;  Duchy   of   Lanc. 
Assize  R.  4,  m.  i  d. ;  5,  m.  25  d. 

A  pleading  of  1302  calls  Richard  de 
Thornton  the  son  and  heir  of  Clarice 
daughter  of  Robert  Wath  ;  Abbre-v.  Plac. 
(Rec.  Com.),  246.  Another  of  1356  gives 
a  different  descent,  stating  that  John  de 
Thornton  was  son  of  Lawrence  son  of 
John  (and  Clarice)  de  Thornton,  living  in 
the  time  of  Edward  I  ;  Duchy  of  Lanc. 
Assize  R.  5,  m.  25  d.  A  step  (Richard) 
may  have  been  omitted  after  Lawrence. 

Amery  and  Thomas  de  Thornton  con- 
tributed to  the  subsidy  in  1332;  Exch. 
Lay  Subs.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
70.  Richard  son  of  Amery  (fern.)  de 
Thornton  was  accused  of  taking  a  horse 
from  Henry  de  Carleton  in  1 3  3 1 ;  De  Banco 
R.  286,  m.  24  d.  John  son  of  Richard  de 
Thornton  occurs  in  1352-55  Duchy  of 
Lanc.  Assize  R.  2,  m.  xj  d.  ;  4,  m.  I  d. 

In  1412  John  son  of  John  de  Thornton 
received  land  in  Little  Poulton  from 
William  de  Poulton  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  ii, 
fol.  24  5  b. 

3e  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  24. 
He  held  the  moiety  of  the  manor  of  John 
Duke  of  Lancaster  in  socage  by  a  rent  of 
8*.  ;  it  was  worth  £,10.  His  heir  in 
1429  was  Thomas  Travers,  aged  forty, 
son  of  Alice  daughter  of  John  de  Thorn- 
ton by  Margery  his  wife,  daughter  of 
John  de  Bradkirk.  John  appears  to  have 
had  two  sons  named  John,  and  they  with 
their  uncle  William  had  held  possession 
of  the  estate  from  1396  onwards. 

37  It     does      not      appear     who    was 

233 


father  of  William,  who  left  four  young 
daughters,  Agnes  (aged  ten),  Katherine, 
Elizabeth  and  Joan  ;  ibid,  ii,  26.  William 
held  the  moiety  of  the  manor  as  before. 

A  writ  of  Amoveas  manus  in  favour  of 
the  daughters  was  issued  in  1432  ;  Def. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxiii,  App.  33. 

28  In  1450  William  Tarleton,  Katherine 
his  wife,  Robert  Adlington,  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  Christopher  Worthington  and  Joan 
his    wife    claimed    three-fourths    of    the 
moiety   of   the    manor    against    Thomas 
Travers,  Lawrence  Travers  and  Richard 
his  brother,  William  Travers,  and  William 
Harebotell  and  Agnes  his  wife,  and  their 
claim  was  allowed  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  117. 
The  four  daughters  of  William  Thornton 
are   here  named   as  married,  but  one  of 
them   probably  died  without  issue,  this 
moiety  being  afterwards  held  in  thirds. 

Very  little  is  known  about  these  frag- 
ments. In  1487  a  praecipe  was  issued 
to  William  Heth  and  Agnes  his  wife 
(daughter  and  one  of  the  heirs  of  William 
Thornton)  to  maintain  with  Christopher 
Worthington  a  convention  as  to  two  mes- 
suages, 50  acres  of  land,  &c.,  in  Thornton; 
Pal.  of  Lanc.  Writs  Proton,  file  I  &  2 
Hen.  VII.  From  a  writ  of  1513  it 
appears  that  Katherine  widow  of  Robert 
Adlington  (who  must  therefore  have 
married  twice)  became  the  wife  of  Giles 
Lever,  and  had  an  interest  in  the  family 
estates  in  Adlington,  Thornton,  &c.  ; 
ibid.  4  Hen.  VIII. 

Hugh  Adlington  of  Adlington  died  in 
1525  holding  four  messuages,  two  salt- 
cotes,  a  fishery,  Sec.,  in  Thornton  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  by  a  rent  of  2s. ; 
Duchy  of  Lanc.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  73, 
The  rent  is  a  fourth  part  of  the  old  one. 
His  grandson  Hugh  Adlington  died  in 
1556  holding  similarly  ;  ibid,  x,  no.  34. 

Joan  Worthington  died  in  1501  holding 
messuages  and  land  in  Thornton  and  the 
Holmes  of  the  king  in  socage  by  a  rent 
of  zs.  %d.  ;  ibid,  iii,  no.  108.  The  rent 
is  a  third  part  of  the  old  one.  The  family 
was  seated  at  Crawshaw  in  Adlington. 

29  Pal.  of  Lanc.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  63, 
no.   86.     Thomas    Worthington  died  in 
1627   holding  six  messuages,  lands,  &c., 
in  Thornton  of  the  king  ;  Towneley  MS. 
C8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  1292. 

80  Richard  Thornton  died  in  1555 
holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Holmes  in 
Poulton  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  ;  Hugh, 
his  son  and  heir,  was  forty-four  years 
old  ;  Duchy  of  Lanc.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  42. 

3° 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


This  family  probably  descended  from  one  of  the 
numerous  tenants  recorded  in  Stanah  in  I  346."  The 
principal  of  them,  John  de  Staynolf,  who  took  his 
name  from  the  place,  has  no  further  record,32  but  his 
estate  may  have  been  that  held  later  by  Banastre  of 
Bank.33  The  estate  of  Lawrence  of  Ribbleton,34 
Travers  of  Nateby 35  and  Norcross 36  can  be  traced 
for  some  time,  and  the  later  landowners  occurring  in 
the  inquisitions  may  have  inherited  or  purchased 


other  of  the  shares.  These  include  Finch  of 
Worthington,"  Albin,"  Brickell"9  and  Hodgson.40 
Some  others  are  recorded.*1 

BURN  was  among  the  possessions  of  Roger  de 
Heaton's  heir  in  I2I2.42'3  Roger  had  had  it  taken 
from  him  by  Theobald  Walter,  but  recovered  it  in 
1199-1200,  after  John  became  king.44  It  de- 
scended in  the  Heaton  family45  till  the  I  $th  cen- 
tury, when  it  passed  on  partition  to  Westby  of 


81  Survey  of  1 346,  p.   56;  they  were 
John    de    Staynolf,    4    oxgangs    of  land, 
paying  4*.  6d.  ;  Roger  de  Northcross  and 
Thomas  son  of  Robert  de  Staynolf,  each 
an  oxgang,  paying  "j\d.  ;   William  Law- 
rence, Thomas  Travers  and  John  Boteler, 
each   the  fourth  part  of  an  oxgang  and 
paying  \6d.,  \6d.  and  nil  (?)  ;  Adam  the 
Knight,  5  acres,  \d.  ;  Richard  Doggeson, 
5  acres,  6d.     There  was  one  plough-land 
in  all,  rendering  5*.  drengage  rent.     The 
rents,    as    here  stated,  amount  to   more 
than   the   old   51.  and  41.,  yet  there  has 
probably  been  some  omission. 

Another  version,  preserved  by  Dods- 
worth  (Ixxxvii,  fol.  66b),  records  John 
Boteler  as  holding  a  third  part  of  the 
manor  by  a  rent  of  zod.  From  the  rents 
it  may  be  conjectured  that  Lawrence, 
Travers  and  Boteler  held  the  Thornton 
part  of  this  moiety  of  Stanah  (under 
Banastre),  and  that  Norcross  and  the 
others  (with  Boteler  in  part)  held  the 
drengage  moiety. 

82  John  de  Steynhole  died  about  1264-5 
holding  a  plough-land  in  Stanah  of  the 
king  by  drengage  and  5*.  rent  ;  half  was 
in  demesne  and  half  in  service.     His  son 
Roger  was  of  full  age  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,  234. 

Roger  de  Staynolf  gave  a  messuage  and 
land  in  Thornton  to  William  de  Marton, 
who  married  his  daughter  Margery.  Their 
son  Richard  had  a  daughter  and  heir 
Margery,  who  in  1346  claimed  them 
against  Thomas  del  Mere ;  De  Banco 
R.  349,  m-  243  5  354,  m.  381  d. 

Margaret  mother  of  Richard  de  Staynolf 
of  Preston  and  wife  of  William  Hudson 
in  1396  held  in  her  own  right  certain 
lands  in  Little  Staynoll  (?  Stanah),  Holmes 
and  Thornton  ;  Richard  was  an  outlaw  in 
1408  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
i,  89  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxvii,  App. 

173  »*!»  S3*- 

In  1500  Robert  Staynoll  made  a  settle- 
ment of  lands  in  Thornton,  Stanah  and 
Holmes,  with  remainder  to  William  his 
son  and  heir  ;  Brockholes  of  Claughton  D. 

83  Henry  Banastre  purchased  in   1515 
from  Gilbert   Charnock  and   Emma  his 
wife,  it  being  Emma's  property  ;   Pal.  of 
Lane.    Feet    of    F.    bdle.    n,    m.    231. 
Richard   Banastre  in  or  before  i  548  held 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Thornton  ;   Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.   p.m.   ix,  no.   33.     His    son 
William   held    in    1555  of  the   Earl  of 
Derby  by  zs.  rent ;  ibid,  x,  no.  37.     The 
estate  descended   to  Henry   Banastre  in 
1641  ;  ibid,  xxix,  no.   15.     In  1617  the 
rent  was  given  as  6d.  only  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  77. 

84  Final  Cone,   ii,   141   (1354);  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  72  (1398).     No 
particulars  are  given.      Robert   Lawrence 
in   1524  held  his  lands  of  the  heirs  of 
William  Singleton  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  v,  no.  57.    Henry  Browne  held  land 
in  Thornton  in  1601  ;  ibid,  xviii,  no.  23. 

Here  as  elsewhere  Lawrence  and 
Travers  were  no  doubt  the  heirs  of  the 
Haydock  family,  who  about  1292-1305 
had  messuages  and  land  in  Thornton  and 


Great  Carleton  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  61  d.; 
De  Banco  R.  149,  m.  109  ;  156,  m.  75  d. 

35  William  Travers  in   1524    held  his 
lands   in  Turnoll  (Trunnah)  of  William 
Kirkby    by  the    service   of   a    red  rose  ; 
Duchy   of   Lane.   Inq.   p.m.   v,  no.    62. 
The    same    tenure    is    recorded    in  later 
inquisitions.     Trunnah  was  regarded    as 
part  of   Holmes.     In    1635    this  estate 
was  held  by  Thomas  Hull,  who  left  a  son 
and  heir  John,  aged  sixteen  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  509.     Another 
of  the  family,  Richard  Hull  of  the  Turn- 
yate,  in  1638  held  his  land  of  the  king, 
and    left    as    heir    a    son  Thomas,   aged 
thirteen  ;  ibid.  497.     This  Richard  was 
no  doubt  the  son  of  Thomas  Hull,  who 
died    in    1614    holding    messuages,  &c., 
in    Thornton    of  the    king    as    duke   in 
socage  and  in  Stanah  by  the  hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  8. 

36  In   1360-2  William    son  of  Roger 
(son  of  William)  de  Norcross  claimed  a 
messuage  and  5  acres  of  land  in  Thornton 
against  John  the  Knight  of  Holmes  and 
Ellen  his  wife  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  8, 
m.  I2d.  ;  De  Banco  R.  408,  m.  nod. 

David  (son  of  William)  Norcross  died 
in  1593  holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Stanah  of  the  queen  as  of  her  castle  and 
honour  of  Lancaster  by  the  two-hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  $d.  rent.  His 
widow  Agnes  afterw»rds  married  John 
Nelson.  His  heir  was  a  daughter  Mary, 
aged  six  months  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xvi,  no.  9. 

37  Robert   Finch   in    1610    held  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in   Thornton  and   Holmes, 
Stanah,  Trunnah,  &c.,  of  the   king    in 
socage  ;  Lanes.  Inq. p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  1 56. 
Richard  Finch,  his  cousin  and  heir,  died 
in    1629    holding    messuages,    &c.,    in 
Holmes  in  Thornton  of  the  king  as  of 
his  manor  of  Pontefract,  also  a  salt  marsh 
of  the    king  as   duke  ;    Towneley   MS. 
C  8,  13,  pp.  425-6.     His  heirs  were  the 
sons   of  an    elder   brother,    Christopher 
Finch  of  Mawdesley. 

38  Christopher  Albin  died  in  1638  hold- 
ing a  messuage,  saltcote,  &c.,  in  Thornton 
of  the  king  by  a  rent  of  281.  4</.  ;  his 
son  and  heir  Robert  was  fourteen  years 
of  age  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  I. 

39  Richard  Brickell  died  in  1621  hold- 
ing a  messuage  in  Holmes  of  the  king ; 
Richard,  his  son  and  heir,  was  twenty- 
eight  years  of  age  (perhaps  in  1630  when 
the  inquiry  was  made)  ;  ibid.  p.  55. 

40  Robert  Hodgson  died  in  1613  holding 
a  messuage  and   14  acres  of  the  king  in 
socage ;     his    son    and    heir   John   was 
fourteen   years    old  ;    Lanes.    Inq.    p.m. 
(Rec.    Soc.),    i,    258.      John    Hodgson 
died  leaving  an  only  child,  Ellen,  in  1652 
the  wife  of  Robert   Hoole  (or  Hull)  of 
Carleton,  and  was  succeeded  by  a  brother, 
Richard  Hodgson  of  Pool  Foot,  and  he, 
being  a  recusant,   had   two-thirds  of  his 
estate   sequestered.     A  younger  brother, 
William,   had  'lived   in   Ireland  till    the 
bloody  insurrection  began  and  then  was 
enforced    to    fly    into    England    for    the 

234 


safety  of  the  lives  of  himself,  his  wife  and 
children,  leaving  their  livelihood  and  all 
their  fortunes  behind  them  save  only  some 
principal  goods,'  which  he  kept  '  twelve 
miles  beyond  Preston,"  till  the  Parlia- 
ment's forces  took  Lancaster  and  other 
places  there,  and  then  '  our  party '  took 
away  those  goods,  not  knowing  that 
William  was  in  the  Parliament's  service  in 
London  and  had  'found  a  man  to  go 
forth  with  the  Earl  of  Essex.'  He  had 
also  sent  his  own  son  '  to  sea  in  the 
Adventure  frigate  against  the  Dutch,  and 
he  continued  there  till  peace  was  made 
and  since  came  home  very  sick '  and 
chargeable.  William,  having  had  no 
compensation  for  these  losses,  desired  a 
lease  of  his  brother  Richard's  sequestered 
estate  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  233-6. 

Thomas  Hodgson  in  1629  held  land 
in  Thornton  of  the  king ;  his  heir  was 
his  son  Richard,  aged  eleven  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  509. 

41  Beatrice  de  Marton  and  Margery 
her  sister  claimed  a  messuage  and  half 
an  oxgang  of  land  in  Thornton  against 
Richard  son  of  Jordan  de  la  Merc  ; 
De  Banco  R.  257,  m.  252. 

The  estate  of  Thomas  Fleetwood  of 
Rossall  in  1576  extended  into  Stanah, 
Trunnah,  Holmes  and  Ritherham ;  Duchjr 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  2. 

George  Duddell  in  1589  had  land  in 
Holmes  in  Thornton  ;  ibid,  xv,  no.  43. 
Thomas  Eccleston  in  1592  held  four 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Thornton  ;  ibid,  xvi, 
no.  38.  The  tenures  are  not  stated. 

John  Allen's  estate  in  1593  was  said  to 
be  held  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  in  socage  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  197—9. 

George  Crane  (of  Skippool)  died  in  1636 
holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the  king  as 
duke.  His  heirs  were  four  daughters — 
Margaret,  aged  fourteen,  Anne,  Janet  and 
Agnes  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8, 1 3,  p.  249. 

Elizabeth  Woodhouse,  widow,  died  in 
1637  holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the 
king  in  socage  ;  the  next  of  kin  and 
heir  was  Peter  Woodhouse,  aged  fifteen  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  68. 
Peter  son  of  Peter  Woodhouse  of  Thorn- 
ton was  baptized  at  Poulton  17  Apr. 
1622  ;  Reg. 

42-3  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  48. 

44  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  115.     Sabina, 
widow  of  Roger,  sought  dower  there  in 
1203-4  ;  ibid.  181. 

45  Roger    de    Heaton    in     1262    held 
8  oxgangs  of  land  of  the  king  in  chief  by 
a  rent  of  I  os. ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
231.     About   1284  there   was  a  dispute 
as  to  the  succession;    Assize  R.   1277, 
m.  31  d. 

In  1324  Adam  Banastre  was  said  to- 
hold  Burn  by  a  rent  of  los.  (Dods.  MSS. 
cxxxi,  fol.  40^),  but  it  was  perhaps  as 
trustee  ;  for  in  1346  William  de  Heaton 
held  in  Thornton  in  the  place  which  was 
called  Burn  one  plough-land  in  socage, 
rendering  101.  a  year,  also  relief,  and  suit 
to  county  and  wapentake  ;  Survey  o£ 
p.  56- 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 


Mowbreck.46  This  family  retained  it  for  over  300 
years,47  frequently  residing  there,48  and  then  it  passed 
by  marriage  to  the  Rev.  J.  Benison,  who  married 
Anne  daughter  and  co-heir  of  John  Westby.49  After- 
wards it  was  sold  to  Fleetwood  and  later  to  Horrocks 
of  Preston.80 

ROSS4LL  after  the  Conquest  does  not  seem  to 
have  been  accounted  a  manor.  It  became  a  pasture 
ground  from  which  the  lords  of  the  honour  derived  a 
profit  of  about  £5  a  year.51  In  1216  King  John  at 
the  request  of  the  Earl  of  Chester  bestowed  it  on  the 
abbey  of  Dieulacres  in  Staffordshire,52  and  twelve 
years  later  Henry  III  confirmed  the  gift.53  The 
monks  obtained  surrenders  of  rights  from  most  or  all 
of  the  previous  landowners  there,54  and  received  also 
a  number  of  gifts  in  other  parts  of  Thornton  and  in 
Bispham.55  In  1291  the  goods  of  the  abbot  in 
Rossall  were  taxed  at  £61  los.  a  year,  but  after  the 
Scottish  invasion  of  1322  at  £16  i$s.  \d.  only.56 
In  1498  the  abbot  was  summoned  to  prove  his  right 
to  wreck  of  the  sea  at  Rossall.57  After  the  Dissolu- 
tion the  Rossall  estate  remained  in  the  Crown  for 
some  years,58  but  was  in  1553  sold  to  Thomas 


of  a  knight's  fee.59  A  year  later  he  obtained  a 
further  grant  of  monastic  lands  in  Marton,  Bispham 
and  Layton,  together  with  the  advowson  of  Poulton 
vicarage.60  He  died  in  1 576  holding  Rossall  Grange, 
with  wide  lands  in  the  parishes  of  Poulton  and 
Bispham  and  elsewhere  ;  his  heir  was  his  son 
Edmund,  aged  twenty-eight.61 

Edmund  Fleetwood,  who  recorded  a  pedigree  in 
i6i3,62  died  in  1622  holding 
Rossall  Grange,  with  Rither- 
ham  and  other  lands  in 
Thornton,  and  the  manors  of 
Norbreck  and  Little  Bispham 
of  the  king  by  the  twentieth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee,  and 
various  other  estates.63  His 
son  Paul,  afterwards  knight,64 
was  forty-six  years  old.  Sir 
Paul  died  about  1657,  in- 
volved in  debt.65  His  eldest 
son  Edward  had  died  about 
1644  without  male  issue,  and 
a  younger  son  Richard  suc- 


FLEETWOOD  of  Ros- 
sall. Per  pale  nebuly 
azure  and  or,  six  martlets 
counterchanped.  a  canton 

o       ' 

argent. 


Fleetwood,  who  was  to  hold  it  by  the  twentieth  part      ceeded  ;  he  recorded  a  pedigree  in  1664,  being  then 


48  In  1445-6  Ellen  Westby  held  one 
plough-land  in  Burn  in  Thornton  in 
socage,  paying  IQJ.  rent,  as  before  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

47  See    the  account   of   Mowbreck   in 
Kirkham.    William  Westby  in  1557  held 
three  messuages,  &c.,  in  Burn  in  Thorn- 
ton of  the  king    and    queen    as    of   the 
duchy  of   Lancaster    in   socage    by    lot. 
rent ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  17. 
Thomas   Westby   died  at  Burn  in   1638 
holding  six  messuages,  a  windmill,  &c., 
there  ;  ibid,  xxviii,  no.  42. 

48  They  were    sometimes  described   as 
'  of  Burn.'     There  is  a  short   notice  of 
the  hall,  which  had  a  domestic  chapel  in 
their    time;    Thornber,    Blackpool,    312. 
Burn  Hall,  originally  of  the  1 5th  century 
but  altered  at  a  later  date,  is  now  divided 
into  two  tenements  occupied  by  farmers. 
Over  the  porch  is  the   date   1786  with 
the  initials  of  Bold  Fleetwood  Hesketh. 
One  of  the  rooms  has  a  good  i8th-cen- 
tury  ceiling  and  a  mantelpiece  with  the 
Hesketh    arms.       In    Whitaker's    Rich- 
mondshire  (1823),  ii,  444,  it  is  said  :  ''At 
Burn  Hall  are  the  remains  of  a  domestic 
chapel  with  an  oak  wainscot  richly  carved 
with  small  statues,  shields  and  foliage,  and 
bearing  on  a  projecting  portal  the  appro- 
priate passage  "  Elegi    abjectus    esse    in 
domo  Dei  mei,  magis  quam  habitare  in 
tabernaculis  peccatorum."  ' 

49  Thornber,  loc.  cit. ;    Mr.    Benison 
*  ruined  his  property  in  an  attempt  to  culti- 
vate it  on  the  plan  laid  down  by  Virgil  in 
his  Georgics.'      An    Act    of    1731    per- 
mitted the  sale  of  the   manor  of  Burn 
and  land  there,  but  it  does  not  seem  to 
have  been  acted  upon  ;  4  Geo.  II,  cap.  29. 

50  Fishwick,  Poulton  (Chet.  Soc.),  169. 

51  This   sum   is  recorded   in  the  Pipe 
Roll  of  5  Hen.  Ill,  4d.    In  1212  Rossall 
with  its  stock  was  in  the  king's  hands, 
the   sheriff  answering  ;    Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,  52. 

63  Rot.  Lit.  Claus.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  284. 
This  was  a  grant  '  in  bail '  or  during  the 
king's  pleasure.  Henry  III  ordered  an 
inquiry  as  to  value  in  1221  ;  ibid.  474. 

The  boundary  between  the  hey  of 
Rossall  and  Roger  de  Heaton's  land  of 
Burn  was  denned  in  1222  ;  ibid.  518. 

63  The    king    resumed    possession   in 


1226  ;  Rot.  Lit.  Claus.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii, 
1 60.  Two  years  later  he  ordered  the 
sheriff  not  to  interfere  with  the  abbot's 
sheep  and  other  animals  in  the  pasture 
of  Rossall,  and  on  14  July  1228  he 
granted  Rossall  in  alms  for  ever  ;  Cal. 
Close,  1227-31,  pp.  35,  62;  Cal.  Pat. 
1225-32,  p.  125  ;  Cal.  Chart.  R.  1226-57, 
p.  78.  This  grant  was  perhaps  revoked, 
but  on  28  July  1247  a  definitive  charter 
was  passed,  granting  Rossall  in  free  alms  ; 
ibid.  325  ;  Dieulacres  Chartul.  (Wm.  Salt 
Soc.),  341. 

Thomas  de  Rigmaiden,  Adam  son  of 
Agnes  de  Middleton  and  Adam  son  of 
Alan  de  Middleton  in  1290  claimed  the 
manor  of  Rossall  from  the  abbot,  who 
alleged  the  charter  of  King  Henry  ;  De 
Banco  R.  83,  m.  40  d. 

In  1292  the  abbey's  right  was  called 
in  question  by  the  king,  and  the  jury 
found  that  Rossall  had  been  held  in  bail 
of  King  John  for  seven  years,  being  then 
worth  £20  a  year,  which  was  also  its 
value  for  the  first  twenty-four  years  of 
Henry  III,  but  in  the  following  six  years 
it  was  worth  40  marks  yearly  ;  the  abbot 
was  liable  for  the  arrears — £780  in  all ; 
Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  374-5. 

44  Dieulacres  Chartul.  346.  Theobald 
Walter,  as  heir  of  the  lord  of  Amounder- 
ncss  in  the  time  of  Richard  I,  about  1230 
released  to  the  abbey  all  his  title  in 
Rossall.  William  de  Tatham  in  1228 
gave  a  similar  release  in  return  for  200 
marks  ;  he  had  claimed  three  plough-lands 
there  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  55.  Of  the  three 
plough-lands  one  may  have  formerly 
belonged  to  Burn.  William  de  Clifton 
released  his  right  for  9  marks.  For 
Clifton  see  also  Close  44,  17  Hen.  Ill,  m. 
9  d.,  10  d.  Roger  de  Heaton  about  1235 
released  his  claim  between  Saltholmpool 
and  Stodfoldpool  according  to  the  boundary 
between  Rossall  and  Burn  fixed  in  the 
time  of  Theobald  Walter. 

55  Roger  son  of  Alan  de  Singleton  gave 
land,  in  Stanah,  excepting  right  in  the 
field  called  Tranehole  (Trunnah),  and 
made  several  other  grants  and  exchanges 
in  the  same  part  of  the  township  ; 
Dieulacres  Chartul.  347-8.  Henestebreck 
and  the  Gald  Rene  are  place-names. 

William    son    of    Alan    de    Staynole 


(Stanah)  gave  a  'land  '  at  Foxholes  upon 
Trunnah,  &c.  ;  ibid.  348—9.  Roger  son 
of  John  de  Stanah,  William  de  Thornton 
and  Richard  de  Thornton  gave  shares  of 
the  Crook  in  Stanah  ;  ibid.  349,  351.  Some 
'natives  '  also  were  given  ;  ibid.  352-3. 
86  Pope  Nic A.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  329. 

57  Pal.    of    Lane.   Writs    Proton.    15 
Hen.  VII. 

58  About  1540  the  farm  of  the  Grange 
amounted  to  ^13  6s.  8</.  ;  Dugdale,  Man. 
•Angl.  v,  630. 

5?  Pat.  7  Edw.  VI,  pt.  ix.  The  grant 
included  lands  in  Little  Poulton,  Bispham, 
Norbreck,  Ritherham  and  Thornton. 

60  Pat.  2  Mary. 

61  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  2. 
John  Fleetwood  of  Penwortham  was  his 
brother.    Rossall  Grange  with  its  appurte- 
nances was  held,  according  to  the  patent, 
by  the  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 
In  addition  to  this  and  the  lands  in  Layton 
and  Marton  he  had  scattered  estates  in 
other  parts  of  the  county,  including  the 
Peel  in  Hulton,  Lostock  Hall  in  Walton- 
le-Dale,   the    manors    of   Eccleston    and 
Heskin,  &c. 

Thomas  Fleetwood  was  also  lord  of  the 
Vache  in  Buckinghamshire,  treasurer  of 
the  Mint,  sometime  knight  of  the  shire 
and  Sheriff  of  Buckinghamshire  and  Bed- 
fordshire. He  was  buried  in  Chalfont  St. 
Giles  Church,  where  there  is  a  monument. 

There  is  an  account  of  the  family  in 
Fishwick's  Poulton,  1 57-67.  The  late  J.  P. 
Earwaker  made  collections  for  a  history  of 
them.  The  place  from  which  their  sur- 
name is  taken  does  not  seem  to  be  known. 

»  Vhit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  89.  He  was 
Sheriff  of  Lancashire  in  1606  (P.R.O.  List, 
73),  and  seems  to  have  lived  at  Rossall. 

68  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  iii,  315-16. 

64  At  Greenwich,  2  June  1623  ;  Met- 
calfe,  Bk.  of  Knights,  181.     He  purchased 
the  manors  of  Preesall  and   Hackinsall. 
See    Exch.  Dep.  (Rec.   Soc.   Lanes,   and 
Ches.),  22,  24. 

Robert  Fleetwood  of  Rossall,  younger 
brother  of  Paul,  compounded  in  1631  on 
refusing  knighthood  ;  Mite.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  221. 

65  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  161-2.  The  family 
estates  were  much  reduced. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


forty-five  years  of  age.66  He  had  three  sons,  but 
Rossall  went  to  a  nephew  Richard,67  son  of  his 
brother  Francis.  This  younger  Richard  had  a  son 
Edward  Fleetwood,  whose  daughter  Margaret  in 
1733  married  Roger  Hesketh  of  North  Meols,  and 
carried  the  estates  into  that  family.68  Their  great- 
grandson  Sir  Peter  Hesketh  Fleetwood,  bart.69  (i  80 1- 
66),  was  the  founder  of  the  town  of  Fleetwood.  He 
sold  Rossall  Hall  to  the  founders  of  the  public  school 
there. 

Also  connected  with  Rossall,  as  lessees  from  Dieu- 
lacres  Abbey,  was  the  family  of  Allen,  which  had  a 
considerable  scattered  estate  in  the  district.  In  1534 
the  Abbot  of  Dieulacres  granted  the  grange  of  Rossall 
to  John  Allen  and  George  his  son  for  their  lives 70  ; 
the  abbot  afterwards  in  I  5  3  8—9  gave  a  seventy  years' 
lease  of  the  rest  of  the  abbey  lands,  including  Rither- 
ham,  a  windmill  in  Norbreck,  &c.,  and  this  seems  to 
have  been  confirmed  about  the  same  time  for  fifty 
years  by  Nicholas  Whitney  of  Walden,  a  rent  of 
£13  6s.  %d.  being  payable  to  the  king  and  £10  to 
Whitney.71  John  Allen's  will,  dated  1569  and 
proved  1 5  70,  was  formerly  among  the  Worthington 
of  Blainscough  deeds.  His  son  George  had  the 
queen's  licence  in  I  5  74  to  go  with  his  wife  to  the 
Spa  in  Germany.  He  died  in  August  1579  holding 
messuages  and  lands  in  Poulton,  Thornton,  Norbreck, 
Great  Bispham,  Marton  and  many  other  places  ; 
part  at  least  of  his  Thornton  lands  was  held  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  in  socage.72  John,  his  son  and  heir, 
was  fourteen  years  of  age,  and  Elizabeth,  the  widow, 
sister  of  John  Westby  of  Mowbreck,  took  charge  of 
the  estates.  She  was  a  zealous  Roman  Catholic, 
and  in  1582  was  indicted  for  not  going  to  church. 
This  was  the  beginning  of  more  serious  trouble, 
for  at  the  end  of  the  following  year  (1583), 
Sir  Edmund  Traffbrd  becoming  sheriff,  it  was  deter- 
mined to  arrest  her,  partly  perhaps  out  of  hostility  to 
her  brother-in-law,  Dr.  William  Allen,  partly,  too,  it 
is  supposed,  at  the  instigation  of  Edmund  Fleetwood, 
who  had  had  disputes  with  her.  On  trial  the  widow 
was  outlawed  and  her  property  confiscated,  she  then 


retiring  to  Rheims,  where  she  could  enjoy  freedom 
of  conscience.73  John  Allen  died  in  1593  without 
issue,  holding  messuages  and  lands  in  Thornton  and 
other  places  as  before  ;  his  heir  was  his  sister  Mary, 
who  in  1612  was  the  wife  of  Thomas  Worthington 
of  Blainscough  in  the  parish  of  Standish.74 

The  glory  of  a  family  otherwise  obscure,  and  one 
of  the  greatest  men  the  county  has  produced,  is  the 
above-named  William  Allen, 
brother  of  George.75  He  was 
born  about  1532,  and  edu- 
cated at  Oxford,  where  he 
became  Fellow  of  Oriel  and 
principal  of  St.  Mary's  Hall  ; 
he  was  a  canon  of  York  in 
1558.  A  zealous  and  resolute 
adherent  of  Roman  Catholi- 
cism,76 he  lost  his  preferments 
soon  after  the  accession  of 
Elizabeth,  but  stayed  on  in 
Oxford  as  long  as  it  was  safe 
to  do  so,  flying  to  Louvain  in 
1561.  His  health  suffering 
he  returned  to  his  family  near 
Poulton,  and  though  sought  for 
by  the  government  he  lived  in 
England  from  1562  to  1565. 

He  returned  abroad,  was  ordained  priest,  and  at  Rome 
in  1567  broached  his  plan  for  the  foundation  of  an 
English  college  both  for  general  education  and  the 
training  of  learned  priests  ;  the  sending  of  missionary 
priests  to  England  was  an  afterthought.  The  fol- 
lowing year  the  seminary  at  Douay  was  established,77 
several  Oxford  exiles  assisting  Allen,  who  was  created 
D.D.  in  1571.  The  plan  succeeded  and  there  were 
1 20  students  in  I576.78  The  college,  however, 
owing  to  popular  excitement  against  the  English,  had 
to  be  removed  to  Rheims  in  1578,  staying  there  till 
1593.  In  1584  Allen  published  what  is  considered 
one  of  the  most  valuable  of  his  books — the  True, 
Sincere  and  Modest  Defence  of  English  Catholics,  in  reply 
to  Lord  Burghley's  apology  for  the  executions  of 


CARDINAL  ALLEN  is 
said  to  have  borne  sable 
a  cross  potent  quarter 
pierced  or  charged  ivith 
four  gouttes  gules,  in  chief 
two  lions'  heads  erased  of 
the  second,  all  -within  a 
bordure  engrailed  tr- 
minois. 


66  Dugdale,  Vis.it.  (Chet.  Soc.),  in. 

67  Ibid.  ;  aged  eleven  in  1664.    He  gave 
,£1  o  a  year  each  to  the  churches  of  Poulton 
and  Bispham,  of  which  he  was  patron  ; 
Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.    Soc.),  ii, 
398,  456.     He  died  at  Rossall  in  1709 
and  his  son  Edward  in  1737. 

Settlements  of  the  Rossall  Grange 
estate,  including  the  manors  of  Thornton, 
Layton,  Bispham  and  Marton,  with  lands, 
mills,  malting  houses,  advowsons,  &c., 
were  made  by  Richard  Fleetwood  and 
Margaret  his  wife  in  1695  and  by  Edward 
Fleetwood  in  1733  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdles.  235,  m.  75  ;  312,  m.  46. 

There  were  recoveries  of  the  manors 
of  Rossall  Grange,  &c.,  in  1736  (Edward 
Fleetwood  and  Roger  Hesketh,  vouchees) 
and  1759  (Fleetwood  Hesketh.  vouchee)  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  542,  m.  10  ;  591, 
m.  9. 

68  See  the  account  of  North  Meols. 

69  He  took  the  surname  of  Fleetwood 
in  1831  by  royal  licence,  and  was  created 
baronet  in  1838.    He  represented  Preston 
in  Parliament  from  1832  to  1847.    There 
is  a  notice  of  him  in  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

70  This   and    other  particulars  of   the 
family  deeds  are  from  an  old  abstract  of 
the  deeds  of  Worthington  of  Blainscough 
in  the  possession  of  W.  Farrer. 


The  father  of  John  Allen  was  George 
Allen  of  Rossall,  whose  will  of  1530  is 
printed  by  Fishwick  op.  cit.  126—7. 
George  was  perhaps  the  son  of  John 
Allen  who  occurs  at  Norbreck  in  1490  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  142. 

Isabel  widow  of  George  Allen  in  1556 
purchased  lands  in  Thornton  and  Holmes 
from  Hugh  Thornton  and  Dulcia  his  wife  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  17,  m.  146. 

71  Whitney,  who  was  servant  to  Lord 
Chancellor  Audley,  had  a  pension  out  of 
Dieulacres  ;  L.  and  P.  Hen.  Fill,  xiv  (2), 
p.  73  ;  xvi,  p.  351.  It  may  be  noted  that 
Thomas  Fleetwood,  afterwards  purchaser 
of  Rossall,  had  at  the  same  time  an  annuity 
out  of  Sheen  ;  ibid. 

78  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  80. 
For  his  will  see  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  129. 

73  A  long  account  of  the  business  from 
Bridgewater's  Concertatio  is  printed  by 
Fishwick  op.  cit.  136—57.  The  value 
of  the  goods,  &c.,  seized  by  the  sheriff  at 
Rossall  and  Todderstaffe  early  in  1584 
was  ,£926  us.  4*/.  Another  inquiry 
reported  the  value  as  £589  175.  \od.  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Special  Com.  256.  At 
the  trial  in  Manchester  the  foreman  of 
the  jury  was  Edmund  Fleetwood. 

From  the  pedigree  of  the  family  (Fish- 
wick,  op.  cit.  156)  it  appears  that  two  of 

236 


Mrs.  Allen's  daughter*  became  nuni  at 
Louvain. 

74  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  197-9. 
The   Worthingtons    sold   their  estate  in 
Thornton  in  1729  ;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet. 
Lib.),  iii,  240,  from  R.  2  of  Geo.  II  at 
Preston. 

75  This  sketch  of  Cardinal  Allen's  career 
is  from  the  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  and  Gillow, 
Bill.  Diet.  ofEngl.  Catholics,  i,  14-24  (with 
full  account  of  his  works).     See  also  the 
introduction  to  Allen's  Letters  (ed.  T.  F. 
Knox)  ;  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  vii. 

76  He  was  in  trouble  even  in  the  time 
of  Edward  VI  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.   131, 
citing  Privy  Council  records.      There  is 
a  portrait  of  him  in  Green,  Hist,  of  Engl. 
People  (illustr.  ed.),  ii,  817. 

77  The  story  is  given  in  detail  in  the 
introduction  to  the  Douay  Diaries,  edited 
by  T.  F.  Knox. 

78  The  first  priests  were  sent  to  England 
in  1574,  and  by  1580  over  a  hundred  had 
been  dispatched  ;  ibid.  Ixii.      In  this  year 
the  first  Jesuits  went.     The  reply  of  the 
English  government  was  an  Act  making 
it  high  treason  '  to  withdraw  any  of  the 
queen's  subjects  from   the  religion    now 
by    her    highness's    authority   established 
within  her   highness's  dominions  to  the 
Romish  religion,'  and  high  treason  also 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 


missionary  priests,  Seminarists  and  Jesuits.  He 
went  to  Rome  in  1585,  and  lived  there  till  his 
death.  About  1576  he  began  to  take  part  in  the 
politics  of  the  time,  which  were  inextricably  mixed 
up  with  the  religious  struggle,  and  became  an  advo- 
cate of  the  plans  of  Philip  II,  which  resulted  in 
the  Armada  of  1588. 79  In  1587,  in  anticipation  of 
this  expedition,  he  was  made  cardinal  by  the  title  of 
St.  Silvester  and  St.  Martin  in  Montibus.  He  spent 
the  rest  of  his  life  in  the  ordinary  duties  of  a  cardinal,80 
and  dying  1 6  October  1594  was  buried  in  Trinity 
Church  in  the  English  College  at  Rome,81  which  he 
had  assisted  to  found  in  I576-8.82  While  his 
political  schemes  failed,  the  college  at  Douay  to  some 
extent  fulfilled  the  objects  of  its  founder,  defeating 
Elizabeth's  anticipation  that  Roman  Catholicism  in 
England  would  die  out  quietly — of  starvation — by 
supplying  a  long  succession  of  missionary  priests  to 
labour  in  England  at  the  peril  of  their  lives.  After 
more  peaceful  times  came  round  at  home  the  French 
Revolution  drove  the  college  from  its  old  seat,  but  it 
is  still  represented  by  St.  Cuthbert's,  Ushaw,  and 
St.  Edmund's,  Ware. 

There  are  several  places  of  worship  in  Thornton 
proper.  In  connexion  with  the  Church  of  England 
Christ  Church  was  opened  in  1835,  and  a  separate 
parish  was  assigned  to  it  in  1862.  The  patronage  is 
vested  in  trustees.83  There  is  a  mission  church  at 
Burnt  Naze  and  another  at  Cleveleys. 

The  Wesleyans  built  a  chapel  as  early  as  1812. ** 
There  is  also  a  Primitive  Methodist  chapel,  and  at 
Thornton  Marsh  a  meeting-place  of  the  Society  of 
Friends.  There  is  a  Congregational  mission  room 
at  Cleveleys. 

The  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  the  Sacred  Heart, 
near  Burn,  was  opened  in  1899. 

As  already  stated,  the  modern  town  of  FLEET- 
WOOD  owes  its  origin  as  also  its  name  to  the  enter- 
prise of  Sir  Peter  Hesketh  Fleetwood,  who  judged 
that  the  mouth  of  the  Wyre  would  form  an  excellent 
site  for  a  port.  He  procured  the  construction  of  a 
railway  line  from  Preston  in  I835-4O,85  the  building 
of  the  town  proceeding  at  the  same  time.86  He  ob- 
tained an  Act  of  Parliament  in  1842  vesting  the 


government  of  the  place  in  a  board  of  commissioners.87 
The  town  was  very  popular  for  many  years  as  a  sea- 
side holiday  resort,  and  when  it  declined  some- 
what in  this  respect  the  place  improved  as  a  seaport. 
Queen  Victoria  and  the  royal  family,  travelling  from 
Scotland  to  London,  landed  at  Fleetwood  20  Septem- 
ber 1847.  There  is  a  considerable  fishing  industry, 
it  being  the  port  for  a  large  fleet  of  steam  trawlers 
which  operate  from  the  Portuguese  coast  to  Arch- 
angel. A  dock  was  opened  by  the  Lancashire  and 
Yorkshire  Railway  Company  in  1877.  In  1875  tne 
manorial  rights,  with  lands,  buildings,  &c.,  were  pur- 
chased by  a  limited  liability  company  for  _£  120,000. 
The  railway  company  built  a  grain  elevator  in  1882, 
and  made  provision  for  the  fish  trade  by  an  ice 
factory  and  cold  storage  ;  it  also  maintains  steamboat 
services  to  Belfast  and  (in  the  summer)  to  the  Isle  of 
Man.  The  government  has  a  barracks  and  rifle  range. 
There  is  a  ferry  from  Fleetwood  to  Knott  End  across 
the  Wyre.88  A  coat  of  arms  is  used. 

The  town  is  now  governed  by  an  urban  district 
council  of  eighteen  members,89  which  meets  in  the 
town  hall  close  to  the  railway  station.90  The 
council  possesses  the  market  rights,  and  a  market 
was  built  in  1892.  Friday  is  the  market  day.  The 
other  public  buildings  include  library,  seamen's  in- 
stitute and  cottage  hospital.  Water  is  supplied  by 
the  Fylde  Water  Board  and  gas  by  a  private  com- 
pany. 

There  are  a  number  of  places  of  worship.  In 
connexion  with  the  Church  of  England  St.  Peter's 
was  built  in  1841,  and  a  separate  parish  was  assigned 
to  it.  The  patronage  is  vested  in  the  devisees  of  the 
late  Mrs.  Meynell-Ingram.  There  is  a  mission 
church  of  St.  Margaret,  built  in  1893.  The 
cemetery  is  outside  the  town. 

A  Wesleyan  church  was  opened  in  i847,91  and 
the  present  one  was  built  on  the  old  site  in  1899. 
The  Primitive  Methodists  also  have  a  church.  The 
Congregationalist  church  was  built  in  i848.92  The 
Plymouth  Brethren,  the  Society  of  Friends  and 
the  Salvationists  also  conduct  services. 

Mass  has  been  said  since  i84i93;  the  present 
church  of  St.  Mary  was  opened  in  1867. 


to  be  withdrawn  or  reconciled  ;  23  Eliz. 
cap.  i.  Eighty  Douay  priests  are  said  to 
have  suffered  death  under  this  and  other 
penal  statutes. 

79  Inthisyearwasprinted  his  Admonition 
to  the  English  people  to  assist  the  in- 
vaders on  account  of  the  various  crimes 
of  the  queen. 

80  To  support  his  dignity  he  had  the 
revenues  of  an  abbot  in  Calabria  and  the 
archbishopric  of  Palermo  from  the  pope. 
Philip  II  nominated  him  to  Malines,  but 
he  did  not  obtain  that  see. 

81  The  epitaph  placed  over  him  by  his 
brother   Gabriel  Allen    and    his  nephew 
Thomas  Hesketh  is  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
133.     'To  the  parish  church  of  Poulton 
where  he  was  born,  when  the  people  there 
became  Catholics,"  he  left  certain  vest- 
ments, which  meantime  were  to  be  kept 
in  the  English  college  at  Rome  ;  ibid.  134. 

83  This  college  was  intended  for  secular 
priests,  but  in  consequence  of  dissensions 
was  in  1579  given  to  the  care  of  the 
Jesuits,  who  retained  it  till  1773  ;  the 
students  were  seculars.  Its  Diary  is  (im- 
perfectly) printed  by  Foley,  Rec.  S.  7.  vi. 

83  Porter,  Fylde,  271-2. 


84  Ibid.  273. 

85  The    original  terminus  was  on  the 
south-east  side  of   the    town,    near    the 
present   dock.     The  line  was  continued 
northward    to    the    present    terminus    at 
Wyre  mouth,  opened  in  1883,  to  provide 
facilities  for  the  seagoing  passenger  traffic. 
There  is  a  passenger  station  also  at  the 
docks. 

86  The    ttreets    were    made  to  radiate 
from   an  eminence  called  the  Mount  on 
the    north   side,   by  the  Irish  Sea.     On 
the  sea  side  is  a  promenade  over  a  mile  in 
length.     To  the  east,  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Wyre,  is  a  small  ornamental  green  ;  then 
turning  south  the  ferry  to  Knott  End  and 
the  railway  terminus  are  seen.    The  docks 
are  on  the  south-west  of  the  town,  in  a 
bend   of  the   river.      The   Pharos  light- 
house, built  about  1840,  stands  between 
the  Mount  and  the  station  ;   in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  Lower  lighthouse  on  the 
shore  it  assists  in  navigating  the  Wyre. 
A    third    lighthouse,    2    miles    north    of 
the    town,    marks    the   entrance    to    the 
channel. 

87  5  &  6  Viet.  cap.  49.     The  area  was 
extended^  in   1882.       The   port  of  Fleet- 

237 


wood  under  the  Customs  Act  of  1846 
extends  from  Blackpool  to  the  mouth  of 
the  Wyre  and  thence  to  Broadfleet  River, 
both  streams  being  included. 

88  These    particulars     are     from    the 
guide  issued  by   the  council.       There  is 
a  detailed  account  of  the  town  in  Porter's 
Fylde,  218-67,    and    Mr.   Frederick    W. 
Woods,  clerk  to  the  council,  has  afforded 
information  as  to  recent  progress. 

89  The  council  is  the  board  of  improve- 
ment commissioners  extended.     In  1905 
the    district    was    divided    into    wards — 
Central,  East  and  West — and  the  number 
of  councillors  increased    from  twelve  to 
eighteen,  six  being  elected  by  each  ward. 

90  It  was  originally  the  custom  house, 
and   then    a   private   residence.      It    has 
been  used  as  the  town  hall  since  1887. 

91  Porter,  op.  cit.  234. 

93  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf.  i, 
174—80.  Preaching  began  in  1838,  the 
minister  at  Preesall  officiating.  A  church 
was  formed  in  1840,  and  a  schoolroom 
was  built  in  the  following  year. 

93  The  first  St.  Mary's  in  Walmsley 
Street,  1841,  was  afterwards  turned 
into  cottages  ;  Porter,  op.  cit.  224. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


HARDHORN-WITH-NEWTON 

Hordorn,  1332.  Nuton,  1332. 

Staininghe,  Dom.  Bk.;  Steyininges,  1292  ;  Stayn- 
yng,  1297  ;  Steyninge,  1302. 

This  township  is  bounded  on  the  south  and  east 
by  the  brook  running  from  Marton  Mere  to  join  the 
Wyre.  The  surface  is  in  general  low  and  level,  but 
there  arc  elevated  portions  rising  to  50  ft.  above  sea 
level  in  the  centre,  south  and  east.  On  the  central  one 
stands  the  hamlet  of  Hardhorn  ;  to  the  south-west  is 
Newton  and  to  the  south  Staining  ;  while  near  the 
south-eastern  boundary  is  TodderstafFe  Hall.  The 
area  is  2,65 11  acres  and  the  population  in  1901 
numbered  597. 

A  road  leads  north-west  through  Staining  and 
Newton  and  then  north  to  Poulton,  with  branches 
west  to  Blackpool  and  north  and  east  to  Hardhorn 
and  Singleton.  The  Preston  and  Wyre  railway  runs 
near  the  eastern  boundary,  with  a  station  at  Todder- 
stafFe called  Singleton. 

Agriculture  is  the  only  industry,  chiefly  as  dairy 
farms.  The  soil  is  variable,  with  subsoil  clay. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

Richard  Davie  or  Davies  of  Newton  raised  a 
company  for  the  Parliament's  service  in  the  Civil 
War,  but  was  killed  with  most  of  his  men  at  the 
capture  of  Bolton  in  1 644.* 

In  1066  STAINING,  assessed  as  six 
M4NOR  plough-lands,  was  part  of  Earl  Tostig's 
lordship  of  Preston.3  Afterwards  it  was 
held  by  the  Constable  of  Chester,  for  about  1134 
William  Fitz  Nigel,  lord  of  Halton,  granted  three 
plough-lands  in  Staining  to  his  newly-founded  priory 
of  Runcorn,  while  his  son  William  recovered  them 
when  he  transferred  the  house  to  Norton,  but 


granted  two-thirds  of  the  demesne  tithes  to  the 
canons.4  His  successor,  John  de  Lacy,  1211-40, 
gave  the  whole  in  free  alms  to  Stanlaw  Abbey.5 
Later  the  monks  were  said  to  hold  it  by  the  service 
of  half  a  knight's  fee  and  a  castle-ward  rent  of 
5/.Sa  The  grange  of  Staining  seems  to  have  been 
the  abbey's  manor-house  for  all  their  estates  in  the 
Fylde. 

In  I  348  the  monks  obtained  a  charter  for  a  market 
on  Thursdays  at  their  vill  of  Hardhorn  and  a  fair 
on  the  eve,  day  and  morrow  of  St.  Denis  (8— IO 
October)  ;  in  the  following  year  by  another  charter 
the  weekly  market  was  assigned  to  Monday.6 

The  manor  remained  in  possession  of  the  monks 
till  the  confiscation  of  the  Whalley  estates  after  the 
rebellion  of  the  north  in  1537,  and  was  sold  by  the 
Crown  to  Thomas  Holt,7  who  sold  to  George  Single- 
ton.8 The  family  had  probably  been  tenants  under 
the  abbey  for  some  time,9  and  they  continued  in 
possession  until  the  beginning  of  the  1 8th  century. 
George  Singleton,  the  pur- 
chaser of  Staining,  died  in 
1551  holding  the  manor  with 
messuages,  lands,  &c.,  of  the 
king  by  the  third  part  of  a 
knight's  fee.10  His  successor 
was  his  son  William,  of  full 
age,  who  died  in  or  about 
1556  holding  the  'manor  or 
grange  '  of  Staining  as  before 

and  leaving  a  numerous  family, 
.      ,     .     ,     .  mi  SINGLETON   of  Stain- 

the  heir  being  a  son  Thomas,  ing  Argentthreechcrve. 
seven  years  old.11  Thomas  roneh  gules  between  ai 

died    in    1563,  Still   a   minor,          many  martlets  sable. 

and  a  younger  brother,  John, 

succeeded."     He  died  in   1589  holding  the  manors 


1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  2,653 
acres,  including  1 3  of  inland  water. 

*  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  42,  50. 

8  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

4  Ormerod,  Ches.  (ed.  Helsby),  i,  691  ; 
Dugdale,  Man.  Angl.  vi,  314. 

6  Whalley  Couch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  419. 
The  benefactor  also  released  the  whole 
farm  of  Staining.  William  the  Monk 
and  Thomas  de  Beaumont  his  heir  had 
given  to  John  Constable  of  Chester, 
probably  the  grandfather  of  John  de  Lacy, 
the  whole  vill  of  Staining  for  15  marks 
paid  and  301.  rent ;  ibid.  420.  This 
grant  was  attested  by  Henry  the  prior 
(of  Norton),  and  throws  some  light  on  the 
intermediate  history  of  the  place.  In 
1208  Philip  brother  of  Geoffrey  de 
Valoines  of  Farleton  had  some  estate  in 
it ;  Rot.  de  Oblatis  et  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.), 
425. 

Cecily  de  Layton  allowed  the  monks  a 
moiety  of  the  marsh  between  Marton  Mere 
and  Little  Carleton,  and  William  and 
Richard  le  Boteler  also  made  concessions 
as  to  the  marsh,  which  divided  Staining 
from  Layton.  Theobald  Walter,  butler 
of  Ireland,  allowed  them  to  draw  water 
from  Marton  Mere  for  their  mill,  but  they 
were  not  to  take  any  fish  ;  ibid.  421-4  ; 
Cal.  Pat.  1225-32,  p.  71.  The  other 
charters  in  the  Coucher  refer  to  agree- 
ments as  to  tithes  made  with  the  monks 
of  Sies  and  Lancaster  as  rectors  of 
Poulton  ;  see  also  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
i,  70  ;  ii,  527. 

The  Abbot  of  Whalley  in  1469  claimed 
common  of  pasture  in  Stainingand  Weeton 
against  John  Skillicorne  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 


Plea  R.  36,  m.  14.  There  were  later 
disputes  ;  Ducatus  Lane,  (Rec.  Com.),  i, 
10  ;  ii,  19,  31. 

5a  The  Abbot  of  Whalley  paid  41.  a  year 
to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster  in  1297,  and  in 
1 302  held  by  half  a  knight's  fee  ;  Lanes. 
Inj.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  289,  316.  The  service  for 
Staining  with  Hardhorn  and  Newton  was 
that  of  half  a  knight's  fee  and  51.  for 
castle  ward  in  1324;  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi, 
fol.  40.  Similarly  in  1346  the  abbot  held 
five  plough-lands  in  Hardhorn  or  Newton 
or  Staining  for  half  a  knight's  fee,  and  paid 
5*.  for  castle  ward  ;  Survey  of  1 346  (Chet. 
Soc.),  54.  The  five  (not  six)  plough-lands 
appear  again  in  1445-6  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

The  tenant  about  1 540  is  not  named, 
but  6s.  was  paid  for  Staining  Grange 
itself.  The  principal  tenants  at  that  time 
were  Lawrence  Rigson,  house  and  wind- 
mill, paying  £2  ;  Constance  Singleton, 
widow,  house  and  30  acres  arable,  335.  ; 
Lawrence  Archer,  similar  tenement, 
30*.  4</.;  and  Thomas  Wilkinson,  a  mes- 
suage and  20  acres,  £1  ;  Whalley  Couch. 
iv,  1242-3. 

6  Chart.  R.  143   (22  Edw.  Ill),  m.  9, 
no.  9  ;   144  (23  Edw.  Ill),  m.  8,  no.  7. 
Nothing  further  seems  to  be  known  of 
them,  but  the  Monday  market  of  Poulton 
may  have  been  derived  from  the  second 
charter. 

7  Pat.  35  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  iv. 

8  This  is  stated  in  the  pedigree  of  1664. 

9  Cf.  Constance  Singleton  above.      In 
a  writ   of    1474   there  are  named  John 
Singleton  of  Woodplumpton  and  Margaret 

238 


his  wife,  George  Singleton  of  Staining 
and  Richard  his  son  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs 
Proton.  13  Edw.  IV. 

10  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  17. 
He  had  granted  certain  messuages,   &c., 
to    George    Browne    and    his  heirs    and 
others    to  trustees  for  the  use  of  Alice 
wife  of  his  son  William  Singleton.     He 
had  also  land  in  Woodplumpton. 

A  few  deeds  of  the  family  are  preserved 
in  Dods.  MSS.  cliii,  fol.  73. 

11  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  30  : 
the  estate  included  two  windmills.     The 
inquisition  names  his  mother  Margaret, 
his    grandmother    Eleanor,  late    wife    of 
George  Westby,  his  sons  Richard,  John 
and     George.       His     great  -  grandfather 
Award  Singleton  in   1501  had  settled  a 
burgage  in  Preston  and  a  close  in  Wood- 
plumpton called  '  Mykelleghe '  on  Eleanor 
wife  of  Lawrence  Singleton  son  of  Award. 
The    descent   thus  appears  :    Award  —». 
Lawrence     -».    George     -».    William. 
Daughters  Helen  and  Margaret  are  named 
in  the  next  inquisition.     It  appears  that 
Lawrence  Singleton  died  in  or  about  1518  ; 
Fishwick,  Poulton  (Chet.  Soc.),  69. 

An  annuity  was  granted  by  the  Crown 
(as  guardian)  to  Alice  widow  of  William 
Singleton,  together  with  the  custody  and 
marriage  of  Thomas  the  heir,  in  1557  5 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bk.  xxiii,  146  d. 

13  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  43. 
Margaret  widow  of  George  Singleton  had 
married  William  Ambrose  and  was  still 
living  ;  Eleanor  Westby  had  died.  John, 
the  brother  and  heir,  was  aged  thirteen. 
Alice  the  widow  of  William  Singleton 
is  named  as  if  living  at  Staining,  but  her 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


of  Staining  and  Carleton.  He  left  two  daughters 1S  ; 
but  the  manors  went  to  a  brother  George,  who  died 
in  1598,  and  was  followed  by  his  son  Thomas,  aged 
six.14  The  religious  history  of  the  family  is  not 
known.  Thomas  was  no  doubt  a  Protestant,  for  he 
was  a  justice  of  the  peace,15  but  his  son  Thomas  was 
a  Roman  Catholic  l6 ;  he  raised  a  troop  for  Charles  I 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War 17  and  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Newbury  in  l643-18  His  children  were 
very  young,  as  appears  by  the  pedigree  recorded  in 
1 664  w  ;  four  of  them  succeeded — John,  Thomas, 
George  and  Anne.80  The  last-named  died  in  1719, 
and  Staining  went  to  John  Mayfield,  son  of  her  sister 
Mary.  The  history  then  becomes  obscure.81  The 
manor  in  1 8 1  o  was  purchased  by  Edward  Birley,  by 
whose  daughter  it  passed  to  her  husband,  William 
Henry  Hornby  of  Blackburn."  He  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  Sir  William  Henry  Hornby,  bart. 

Thornber  states  that  the  hall  had  its  '  boggart,'  the 
wandering  ghost  of  a  Scotchman  murdered  near  a 
tree  which  has  since  recorded  the  deed  by  perfuming 
the  ground  near  it  with  the  odour  of  thyme.83 

TODDERSTAFFE  M  was  another  estate  of  import- 
ance in  former  times,25  but  of  Hardhorn  and  Newton, 
which  give  a  name  to  the  township,26  practically  nothing 


will,  dated  1558,  is  said  to  have  been 
proved  at  Richmond  in  this  year  ;  Fish- 
wick,  op.  cit.  183. 

A  grant  by  the  father  to  James  Massey 
of  Layton  and  Richard  Houghton  of 
Kirkham,  comprising  a  windmill  at 
Hardhorn  and  lands  at  Staining,  was  the 
subject  of  dispute  soon  after  Thomas 
Singleton's  death  ;  Ducatui  Lane,  ii,  296. 

13  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  47. 
In  addition  to  the  manors  the  estate  com- 
prised sixty  messuages,  three  windmills, 
&c.,    in    Staining,    Hardhorn,    Newton, 
Plumpton,  Great  and  Little  Carleton  and 
Poulton  ;  also  a   free  fishery  in  Marton 
Mere.    In  1 5  8  3  he  had  settled  the  manors, 
&c.,  on  his  wife  Thomasine  for  life,  with 
remainder  to  his  brother  George,  making 
provision  also  for  his  daughters  Alice  and 
Elizabeth,   who    at    their   father's    death 
were  aged  ten  and  five  years  respectively. 
The  tenure  of  Staining  was  recorded  as 
before,  by  the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 
John  Singleton's  will  (1589)  is  printed  in 
Wills  (Chet.  Soc.  new  ser.),  i,  106. 

In  1592  Thomasine  was  wife  of 
Thomas  Dutton,  and  in  possession  of 
part  of  the  estate  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  54,  m.  14.2. 

14  Duchy    of    Lane.    Inq.    p.m.    xvii, 
no.  26.     George  Singleton  had  married 
Margaret  Houghton,  who  survived  him. 
A   family    dispute    led    to    the    death  of 
Thomas  Hoghton  of  Lea  in   1590;  see 
the  account  of  Lea  in  Preston. 

The  estates  were  in  1604  in  the  hands 
of  Henry  Birkheved  the  younger  and 
Alice  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  65,  no.  41.  Alice  was  one  of  the 
daughters  of  John  Singleton  ;  Ormerod, 
Ches.  ii,  368. 

15  Fishwick,  op.    cit.    188    (pedigree). 
He  had  a  dispute  about  tithes  in   1616  ; 
Exch.    Dep.      (Rec.     Soc.     Lanes,     and 
Ches.),  1 8. 

16  Thomas    Singleton    in    1632    com- 
pounded   with  the    Crown   for  the  two- 
thirds  of  his  estates  liable  to  be  seques- 
tered for  his  recusancy  by  an  annual  fine 
of  £20  ;  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xxiv, 
176. 

17  Lanes.  War  (Chet.  Soc.),  19,  25. 

18  Pedigree  of  1664.     The  estate  does 


not  appear  to  have  been  sequestered  by 
the  Parliament. 

19  Dugdale,  Vint.    (Chet    Soc.),   274  ; 
John  the  eldest  son  of  Captain  Thomas 
was  twenty-nine  years  old  in  1664.     He 
married  Jane  Fleetwood  and  died  in  1668, 
after  which  his  widow  married  Thomas 
Cole    (Fishwick),    from    whom    Thomas 
Singleton,    brother    and    heir    of    John, 
recovered    the    manors   of   Staining    and 
Singleton  in  1681  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  187,  m.  29. 

A  settlement  of  the  manors  was  made 
by  George  Singleton,  Christopher  Ander- 
ton,  Alexander  Butler,  Dorothy  (Single- 
ton) his  wife  and  Anne  Singleton  in  1686 
(ibid.  bdle.  216,  m.  18)  ;  yet  Thomas 
Cole  and  Jane  his  wife  were  deforciants  in 
a  fine  of  1689  ;  ibid.  bdle.  224,  m.  150. 

20  As    a    '  Papist '    she    registered    her 
estate  in  Little  Carleton  and  Newton  in 
1717  ;    the   value    was  £75    5*.    iod.  a 
year ;    Estcourt  and    Payne,  Engl.   Cath. 
Nonjurors,   133.       She  also  had  a  house 
at  Crank  in  Rainford. 

In  1722  Christopher  Gradwell,  trustee, 
conveyed  to  new  trustees  the  capital 
messuage  of  Staining,  late  the  inheritance 
of  George  Singleton  ;  Piccope  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  212,  from  R.  5  (2)  of 
Geo.  I  at  Preston. 

sl  The  story  is  given  in  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  187-8  :  Mary  Singleton,  widow  of 
John  Mayfield,  was  buried  at  Poulton, 
1694;  her  son  John  died  without  issue, 
the  estate  going  to  a  nephew,  William 
Blackburn  of  Great  Eccleston,  whose  son 
James,  dead  in  1784,  left  as  heir  a  sister 
Anne  wife  of  John  Fielding.  Their  son 
Gabriel,  who  married  an  actress,  left  the 
neighbourhood. 

John  Mayfield,  '  Papist,'  was  heir  in 
1722  ;  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  ii,  458. 
A  deed  of  17 34  recites  that  Anne 
Singleton,  late  of  Singleton,  spinster,  had 
by  her  will  of  1719  directed  lands  in 
Carleton,  Staining  and  elsewhere  to  be 
sold.  John  Mayfield  and  Mary  his  wife  had 
Staining  Hall,  with  remainder  to  Mary, 
and  then  to  John  eldest  son  of  William 
Blackburn  of  Singleton,  &c.  ;  Piccope 
MSS.  iii,  248,  from  R.  5  (l)  of  Geo.  II. 
See  ibid.  336,  from  R.  9  of  Geo.  II. 

239 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 

can  be  stated,  though  from  the  former  was  derived  a 
surname  varying  between  Hardern  and  Hordern. 

The  Abbot  of  Stanlaw  obtained  leave  to  have  an 
oratory  at  the  manor  of  Staining,27  but  this  does  not 
seem  to  have  led  to  a  permanent  chapel. 

A  barn  in  Hardhoru  was  in  1689  licensed  as  a 
meeting-place  for  Presbyterians.88 

MARTON 

Meretun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Merton,  1 1 76  ;  Mereton, 
Merton,  1212  ;  Marton,  1297. 

The  hamlets  of  Great  Marton  and  Little  Marton 
stand  on  slight  elevations,  to  west  and  east  respectively, 
near  the  northern  boundary  of  the  township. 
Marton  Mere  lies  on  the  boundary  itself.  The 
two-thirds  of  the  area  to  the  south  of  the  hamlets 
named  is  a  level  and  comparatively  dreary  district, 
largely  sand-covered  and  moss  land  extending  west  to 
the  sea  ;  but  in  the  extreme  south-east  corner  is  the 
ancient  homestead  called  Peel  on  ground  about  40  ft. 
above  sea  level.  Revoe  adjoins  Blackpool.  The  town- 
ship contains  4,707^  acres,1  of  which  Great  Marton 
has  1,973  and  Little  Marton  2,734^.  In  1901 
the  population  was  1,603  f°r  the  reduced  township.2 

By  fine  in  1781  John  Hankinson  ob- 
tained from  John  Fielding,  Anne  his  wife, 
James  Law  and  Mary  his  wife  various 
messuages,  lands,  &c.,  in  Staining,  Hard- 
horn  with  Newton,  Poulton  and  Carleton  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  405,  m. 
167. 

M  Fishwick,  loc.  cit.  William  Henry 
Hornby,  1805—84,  married  Margaret 
Susannah  daughter  and  heir  of  Edward 
Birley  of  Kirkham,  and  had  issue  ;  Burke, 
Landed  Gentry. 

33  Hist,  of  Blackpool  (written  1837),  38. 
He  also  mentions  a  tradition  that  John, 
when  Count  of  Mortain,  sometimes 
visited  the  place. 

24  Taldrestath,  1332. 

*5  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  168.  It  became 
part  of  the  Singleton  estate  of  Mr.  T.  H. 
Miller. 

Todderstaffe  was  at  one  time  tenanted 
by  the  Aliens  of  Rossall,  for  in  1 543  it 
was  given  by  George  Singleton  of  Mithop 
to  Elizabeth  widow  of  George  Allen  ; 
Worthington  of  Blainscough  abstract. 
Afterwards  it  reverted  to  the  Singletons 
and  was  part  of  the  Staining  estate  given 
to  Dorothy  wife  of  Alexander  Butler ; 
she  had  a  daughter  and  heir  Elizabeth,  who 
'married  Robert  Worswick ;  Gillow  in 
Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  iv,  173.  See 
also  N.  and  Q.  (Ser.  10),  v,  468,  517.  In 
Urswick  Church  there  is  a  monument 
to  Dorothy  daughter  of  Alexander  and 
Dorothy  Butler  of  Todderstaffe,  dated 
1687  ;  North  Lorn.  Mag.  ii,  160. 

By  the  will  of  Richard  Worswick  of 
Preston  in  1746  land  in  Great  Singleton 
and  the  capital  messuage  of  Todderstaffe 
were  ordered  for  sale  ;  Piccope  MSS.  iii, 
350,  from  R.  20  of  Geo.  II  at  Preston. 

26  So  called  in  1332  ;  Exch.  Lay  Subs. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  59. 

27  Whalley  Couch,  ii,  428-9. 

18  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 
232. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  of  1901  gives  the 
portion  outside  Blackpool  as  follows  : 
3,503  acres,  including  10  of  inland  water. 

a  To  these  should  be  added  7,659  in 
Blackpool  and  3 1  in  St.  Anne's,  making 
a  total  population  for  the  old  township  of 
9,293. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


There  are  various  roads  through  the  township 
connecting  Lytham  and  Blackpool,  with  cross  roads. 
The  branch  railway  line  forming  the  direct  route 
between  Kirkham  and  Blackpool  crosses  Marton  from 
east  to  west,  but  there  is  no  station. 

Marton  Mere  *  was  formerly  very  extensive  and 
liable  in  time  of  floods  to  spread  further  over  the 
country  around.  An  agreement  as  to  clearing  the 
watercourse  leading  from  it  was  made  m  1731.* 
*  During  the  work  of  draining  large  quantities  of  the 
trunks  of  oak  and  yew  trees  were  found  imbedded  in 
the  soil,  all  of  which  were  in  a  slanting  position 
towards  the  sea  and  some  of  them  bore  evidence  of 
having  at  some  far-distant  time  been  cut  down.' 5 

The  soil  is  peaty,  sand  and  clay  ;  wheat  and  potatoes 
are  grown,  but  much  of  the  land  is  in  pasture. 

Thomas  Fleetwood  in  1 700  procured  a  charter  allow- 
ing three  fairs  to  be  held  at  Marton  Mere,  viz.  23-4 
April,  22-3  June  and  27-8  September  each  year.6 

In  1894  Great  Marton  was  added  to  Blackpool 
and  part  of  Little  Marton  to  St.  Anne's-on-the-Sea 7  ; 
the  remainder,  the  existing  township  of  Marton,  is 
governed  by  a  parish  council. 


Before  the  Conquest  M4RTON,  as- 
MANORS  sessed  as  six  plough-lands,  was  a  member 
of  Earl  Tostig's  Preston  fee.8  Some  time 
afterwards,  probably  early  in  the  1 2th  century,  it 
formed  part  of  the  honour  of  Peverel,  forfeited  in 
1153.  The  Pipe  Rolls  record  the  receipts  from 
Marton  9  till  the  honours  of  Lancaster  and  Peverel 
were  in  1189  given  to  John  Count  of  Mortain. 
Before  this  time  probably  it  had  been  divided,  one 
moiety  being  held  immediately  by  a  family  bearing 
the  local  surname  and  the  other  by  Hervey  Walter, 
lord  of  the  adjacent  Weeton. 

GREAT  MARTON  was  about  1200  held  by 
Adam  son  of  Matthew  de  Marton,  a  benefactor  of 
Stanlaw  Abbey.10  Adam  died  in  1242  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  William,11  a  benefactor  of 
Cockersand18  and  Lancaster,13  as  well  as  of  Stanlaw.14 
From  the  later  descent  of  the  manpr  it  appears  that 
William  de  Marton  and  Richard  his  son  and  heir  1S 
conveyed  the  manor  about  1260  to  William  le 
Boteler  of  Warrington  and  his  brother  Richard  le 
Boteler  of  Rawcliffe,16  and  in  these  families — the 
latter  having  a  branch,  Boteler  of  Marton ir — it 


8  For  map  see  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  24. 

4  Fishwick,  Pouhon  (Chet.  Soc.),  25-7. 

5  Ibid. 

6  Pat.    12   Will  III,  pt.  iv,  fol.  532, 
no.  6. 

7  Both  changes  were  effected  by  Loc. 
Govt.  Bd.  Order  31813. 

8  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

9  In     1175-6     Randle    de    Glanville 
rendered  account   of  js.   of  the  farm  of 
Marton,  escheat  of  the  honour  of  Peverel ; 
Farrer,   Lanes.  Pipe  R.   31.     Similar  re- 
ceipts   occur   until    1188-9,    when    the 
sheriff  accounted  for  6s.  of  the  farm  of 
Marton  and  4*.  of  Clifton  received  before 
the    Count  of  Mortain  had  them  from 
the  king  ;  ibid.  72. 

In  1216-22  the  Earl  of  Ferrers  was  in 
possession  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  121. 

Great  Marton  rendered  5*.  a  year  to 
the  Earl  of  Lancaster  in  1297  and  Little 
Marton  lOs.  ;  ibid,  i,  289. 

Part  may  at  one  time  have  been  held 
by  Busselof  Penwortham  ;  secPen-wortham 
Priory  (Chet.  Soc.),  3. 

10  Whalley  Couch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  443. 
He  confirmed   the  right  to  draw  water 
from   the   Great  Mere  which   had   been 
allowed     the     monks    by    Theobald     le 
Boteler,  but    reserved   the  right  to  build 
a  mill  himself. 

Matthew  de  Marton  attested  the  grant 
of  half  an  oxgang  of  land  in  the  vill 
made  by  William  son  of  Richard  to 
Adam  his  brother  ;  Lytham  D.  at  Dur- 
ham, 2  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  30. 

Adam  de  Marton  held  three  plough- 
lands  in  12 12  by  knight's  service  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  i,  37.  In  1236  he  held  the 
fourth  part  and  the  twentieth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  in  Marton  '  of  ancient 
feoffment '  5  ibid,  i,  144.  Thus  ten 
plough-lands  there  made  a  knight's  fee. 

11  William  paid    3   marks  as   relief  in 
May     1242,    on    succeeding;    Fine    R. 
26  Hen.  Ill,   m.  9;  Close  R.  53,  pt.  i, 
m.  2.     In  the  same  year  he  was  found  to 
hold  the    tenth    part  ani  the   twentieth 
part    of  a  knight's    fee   of   the    king  in 
chief;     Lanes.  Inq.   and  Extents,   i,   153. 
This  was   a  moiety  of  his  father's   tene- 
ment. 

18  As  William  son  of  Adam  de  Marton 


he  gave  an  acre  in  Landirg  open-furlong 
between  land  of  Amery  de  Thornton  and 
Michael  de  Marton,  also  liberty  to  get 
turf  in  the  great  moss  of  Marton  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  153. 

13  He  gave  a  toft,  &c.,  next  that  of  his 
brother  Michael ;  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,    439.       For    Michael    see  Assize   R. 
1265,  m.  4. 

14  As  William  de  Marton,  son  of  Adam 
son  of  Matthew,  he  granted  half  a  selion 
extending  from  the  Prior  of  Lancaster's 
barn  to  Redcarr  ;  Whalley  Couch,  ii,  446. 
As  '  lord  of  Marton '  he  granted  half  an 
oxgang  of  land  in   Great  Marton,  with 
2   acres   on  the    east    side    of  Suterdale, 
in    the    Hall    Stude  and  in  Ketelsworth 
towards  Layton,  and  common  of  pasture, 
also  a  house   and  garden  ;  ibid.   447—8. 
Margery    widow    of    William     in     1271 
released  to  the  monks  her  right  in  these 
gifts  ;     ibid.    449.       She    had    married 
William  de  Kirkby. 

15  Richard  son  of  William  de  Marton 
about   1270  confirmed  his  father's  grant 
to  Stanlaw  ;    Whalley  Couch,  ii,  450. 

Gilbert  the  clerk  of  Lancaster  and 
John  son  of  Robert  de  Shireburne  had 
granted  certain  oxgangs  of  land,  &c.,  in 
Marton  to  Cockersand  Abbey  and 
Richard  son  of  William  de  Marton  con- 
firmed the  gifts  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  i, 
154—5.  Gilbert  de  Lancaster,  just 
named,  held  half  an  oxgang  of  the  monks 
of  Stanlaw  for  life,  paying  them  4$.  rent 
and  promising  his  assistance  in  their 
business  in  the  county  ;  Whalley  Couch,  ii, 
451. 

16  A   number   of  the  charters    are    in 
Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxxviii,  89,  &c., 
389.     From  these  it  appears  that  William 
de  Marton  (son  of  Adam  son  of  Matthew) 
gave   half   an    oxgang    of  land  in  Great 
Marton    to     Sir    Richard     le     Boteler, 
together  with  the  homage  and  service  of 
Amery  de  Thornton  and  a  fishery  in  the 
Great  Mere  ;  ibid.  93.    He  made  another 
grant    and  his    eldest  son    Richard  con- 
firmed his  father's  charter  ;    ibid.  91,  89. 
Alice  the  widow  of  Richard  de  Marton 
gave  a  release  in  1296  ;  ibid.  99. 

Richard  son  of  William  de  Marton 
gave  land  in  Scoutlonglands  and  Redcarr 
to  Richard  son  of  Richard  le  Boteler 
and  other  land  to  Walter  de  Wilton  and 

240 


William  brother  of  Hugh  de  Marton  ; 
ibid.  91,  93.  In  the  latter  the  grantor's 
mother  Margaret  is  named  and  it  is 
attested  by  Sir  William  le  Boteler  and 
Sir  Richard  his  brother.  Amery  son  of 
Simon  de  Thornton  gave  land  in  Great 
Marton  to  Richard  son  of  Sir  Richard 
le  Boteler  ;  ibid.  Henry  de  Haydock 
gave  half  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Norcross 
to  Richard  son  of  Sir  Richard  le  Boteler 
and  Ellen  his  wife,  Henry's  daughter. 
The  grantor  had  had  it  in  free  marriage 
with  Alice  his  wife  ;  ibid.  383.  To  the 
same  Richard,  described  as  '  my  nephew  ' 
(nepos),  Walter  de  Carleton  son  of  Sir 
William  granted  land  in  Great  Marton 
which  he  had  received  from  his  brother 
William ;  ibid.  107.  This  charter  is 
attested  by  Sir  William  le  Boteler,  Henry 
his  son,  William  his  brother,  William  de 
Singleton  and  Alan  his  son.  Studholme, 
Hallstead,  Faethewra  and  Crooklands 
are  other  places  in  Marton  named  in 
these  charters. 

William  le  Boteler  of  Warrington 
granted  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Marton,  at 
6d.  rent,  to  Thomas  son  of  William  de 
Bispham  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  fol.  ioo£. 

Richard  le  Boteler  (about  1277)  granted 
to  Richard  his  son  all  his  lands  in  Marton 
received  from  William  de  Marton  and 
Richard  his  son  ;  Raines  MSS.  xxxviii,  89. 

Isabel  widow  of  Henry  le  Boteler  in 
1294  complained  that  she  had  been  seized 
at  Marton  and  imprisoned  and  that  her 
corn  there  had  been  reaped  ;  but  William 
le  Boteler  of  Warrington  stated  in  reply 
that  she  had  sold  him  the  growing  corn 
for  6  marks  ;  De  Banco  R.  103,  m.  72, 
66  d. ;  105,  m.  60. 

Isabel  le  Boteler,  widow,  in  1304 
directed  her  tenant  John  de  Staynall  to 
pay  ft.  to  Father  Humphrey,  monk  of 
Whalley  ;  Whalley  Couch,  ii,  452. 

17  Richard  Boteler  of  Marton  died  in 
1323  holding  a  capital  messuage,  lands 
and  the  fourth  part  of  a  fishery  in  Marton 
Mere  of  Nicholas  son  and  heir  of  William 
le  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  by  knight's  service  ; 
other  messuages,  horse  mill,  &c.,  of 
William  le  Boteler  of  Warrington  by 
knight's  service  ;  and  a  windmill  of  the 
heirs  of  Richard  Russell  by  an  arrow 
rent.  His  son  and  heir  Richard  was  four 
years  old  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii, 


AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED 


descended18  until  the  middle  of  the  1 6th  century,  when 
it  was  acquired  by  Thomas  Fleetwood.19  It  was  given 
to  a  younger  son  William,  who  in  1596  conveyed  it 
to  his  brother  Edmund.20  From  that  time  it  de- 
scended in  the  same  way  as  Rossall  until  1 841,  when  Sir 
Peter  Hesketh  Fleetwood  sold  it  to  Thomas  Clifton.21 
The  estate  of  the  Botelers  of  Marton  descended  by 
marriage  to  the  Crofts  of  Dalton  and  Leghs  of  Lyme.22 
There  were  a  few  minor  holders  of  land  in  Marton 


POULTON-LE- 
FYLDE 

whose   names  occur  in  charters   and  pleadings,23  as 
also  in  the  later  inquisitions.24 

LITTLE  M4RTON  descended  like  Weeton,25 
the  Earl  of  Derby  holding  it  in  the  I5th  and  i6th 
centuries.  The  manor  was  in  1522  farmed  out  to 
William  Lache,  William  and  Robert  Whiteside  and 
Thomas  Gaulter  for  £9  6s.  8</.  a  year.26  It  was  after- 
wards (about  1 600)  acquired  by  Molyneux  of  Sefton 
and  sold  in  1606  to  Cuthbert  Clifton,  together  with 


145-7.  The  son  became  a  ward  of  Sir 
William  le  Boteler  of  Warrington,  who 
in  1323-4  granted  the  lands  to  Cecily 
widow  of  Richard  le  Boteler ;  Raines 
MSS.  xxxviii,  103.  A  description  of 
house  (with  chapel),  &c.,  is  given. 

John  son  of  Richard  Boteler  of  Marton 
appears  in  1357,  1358  and  1361  ;  Raines 
MSS.  xxxviii,  105  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  6,  m.  4  d. ;  Assize  R.  441, 
m.  2.  John  Boteler  of  Marton  granted  to 
feoffees  in  1362  all  his  lands,  with  the 
reversion  of  those  in  Little  Layton  held 
by  Agnes  widow  of  Nicholas  Boteler,  and 
in  1367  the  feoffees  regranted  them  to 
John  Boteler  and  Margaret  his  wife ; 
Raines  MSS.  xxxviii,  107.  The  seal  to 
the  former  charter  shows  a  cheveron  with 
three  fleurs  de  lis  between  three  covered 
cups.  In  1369  Agatha  daughter  of  John 
Boteler  gave  a  quitclaim  to  her  father 
and  Margaret  his  wife  ;  ibid.  389. 

John  Boteler  of  Marton  was  living  in 
1385  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  22. 
John  the  elder  had  a  protection  on  going 
to  Ireland  in  1386;  Cat.  Pat.  1385-9, 
p.  189. 

18  The  Botelers  of  Warrington  were 
usually  regarded  as  the  chief  lords  of 
Marton.  Thus  William  Boteler  and 
Edmund  Boteler  in  1302  held  half  a  fee 
and  the  tenth  part  of  a  fee  in  Great  (and 
Little)  Marton  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents, 
i,  316.  In  1324  William  Boteler  held 
the  manor  with  Layton,  &c.  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxxxi,  fol.  40. 

In  1346  William  Boteler  held  two- 
thirds  and  Nicholas  Boteler  one-third  of 
the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  Great 
Marton,  paying  yearly  51.  for  castle  ward  ; 
Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  58. 

Sir  William  Boteler  in  1355  answered 
for  the  tenth  and  twentieth  parts  of  a 
knight's  fee  formerly  held  by  William  de 
Marton  ;  Feud.  Aids,  iii,  90. 

Sir  William  Ferrers  of  Groby  was  said 
to  hold  by  knight's  service  in  Marton  in 
right  of  his  wife  Elizabeth  in  1431  ;  ibid. 
95.  She  was  the  widow  of  Sir  William 
Boteler. 

Both  lordships  were  recognized  in 
1445-6,  when  John  Boteler  (under  age) 
and  Nicholas  Croft  held  the  third  part  of 
a  knight's  fee  in  Great  Marton  in  the 
proportions  of  two  to  one  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

Great  Marton  is  named  in  1416  among 
the  manors  of  Sir  William  Boteler  of 
Warrington  ;  it  was  held  by  knight's 
service  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
113.  Similarly  it  occurs  in  1472  (ibid, 
ii,  82)  and  later  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  v,  no.  13. 

John  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  in  1488 
held  messuages  and  lands  in  Great 
Marton  of  Boteler  of  Warrington  by 
the  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  and 
his  great-grandson,  James  Boteler,  died 
in  1504  holding  lands  in  Great  Marton 
of  Sir  Thomas  Boteler  (of  Warrington) 
by  knight's  service  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iii,  no.  43,  109. 

7 


Thomas  Fleetwood  in  1565  purchased 
the  Great  Marton  estate  of  Richard  and 
Henry  Butler  (of  Rawcliffe)  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  27,  m.  191. 

19  It  was  sold  by  Sir  Thomas  Butler 
of  Warrington  together  with  Layton  to 
Browne;  Thornber,  Blackpool,  325.     In 
1550  the  estate  was  sold  by  John  Browne 
to    Thomas    Fleetwood ;    Pal.    of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.   bdle.  14,  m.   276.     See  also 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.   xii,  no.    2  ; 
held  by  Thomas  Fleetwood  by  knight's 
service  in  1576. 

20  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  279,  m.  7  d. 
81  Fishwick,   op.   cit.   23.     Marton   is 

named   in  fines,  recoveries,  &c.,  among 
the  Fleetwood  manors. 

28  In  1383-4  an  agreement  was  made 
for  the  marriage  of  Ellen  daughter  of 
John  Boteler  of  Marton  with  Nicholas 
son  and  heir  of  John  Croft ;  Raines 
MSS.  xxxviii,  583.  She  had  in  1378 
been  married  to  Edward  son  of  Sir 
Thomas  de  Lathom  the  younger,  lands 
in  Layton  being  settled  on  them  in  that 
year  with  remainders  to  John  Boteler  of 
Kirkland,  Thomas  son  of  John  Boteler 
of  Marton  and  John  son  of  Nicholas 
Boteler;  ibid.  109.  See  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  20,  141,  and  the 
account  of  Dalton  in  Lonsdale.  Nicholas 
Croft  was  in  possession  in  1417  ;  Dtp. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxiii,  App.  14. 

2*  To  Stanlaw  Abbey  Richard  son  of 
Henry  de  Marton,  with  the  consent  of 
Margery  hii  wife,  gave  half  a  selion  in 
Marton  fields,  lying  between  land  of 
William  de  Marton  and  Amery  son  of 
Simon  de  Thornton  in  Kettlesholme- 
wathwra  ;  Whalley  Couch,  ii,  450. 

Hugh  ton  of  Richard  le  Rous  of  Marton 
had  an  oxgang  of  land  tenanted  by  Henry 
de  Whittington  at  a  rent  of  zd.  He  gave 
his  whole  right  there  to  the  canons  of 
Cockersand  about  1240,  and  made  other 
grants  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  151-3. 
Henry  de  Whittington  son  of  William 
son  of  Swain  appears  also  in  Carleton. 

William  le  Boteler  of  Warrington 
granted  to  Thomas  son  of  William  de 
Bispham  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Marton 
for  his  homage  and  2^  oxgangs  for  6d. 
rent ;  Brockholes  of  Claughton  D. 

Adam  son  of  Hugh  de  Marton  in  1283 
claimed  lands  in  the  township  against 
Stephen  and  Paul  sons  of  Henry  de 
Marton  ;  De  Banco  R.  48,  m.  56. 

The  above-named  Amery  de  Thornton 
appears  more  prominently  at  Thornton 
in  Sefton.  In  1282  Amy  widow  of  John 
de  Warton  claimed  dower  in  a  messuage 
and  oxgang  of  land  in  Marton  against 
Amery  de  Thornton  ;  ibid.  44,  m.  32. 
In  1 344  Alice  widow  of  Amery  de  Thorn- 
ton claimed  dower  in  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Great  Marton  and  Great  Layton  against 
John  de  Bradkirk  ;  ibid.  337,  m.  33. 

Joan  widow  of  Richard  de  Thornton 
in  1292  complained  that  William  le 
Boteler  of  Warrington  had  disseised  her 
of  common  of  pasture  in  Great  Marton, 
but  the  jury  found  that  the  6  acres  of 

241 


marsh  referred  to  were  in  Layton  ;  Assize 
R.  408,  m.  70  d. 

34  From  a  charter  cited  it  appears  that 
the  Shireburnes  held  land  in  Great  Marton 
in  the  I3th  century.  In  1492  Robert 
Shireburne  held  there  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby  in  socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iii,  no.  92. 

George  Allen  of  Rosiall  in  1579  held 
two  messuages,  &c.,  in  Marton  of  William 
Fleetwood  in  socage  by  2od.  yearly  ;  ibid, 
xiv,  no.  80.  They  were  held  of  Sir 
William  Fleetwood  in  1593  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rcc.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
197-9. 

In  some  cases  the  tenure  is  not  stated, 
but  the  following  held  of  the  king  by 
knight's  service  :  John  Hulton  of  Darleys, 
1606 ;  Robert  Bamber,  1607,  by  the 
two-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee — 
son  and  heir  John,  aged  fifteen  ;  Anthony 
Veale,  1609;  William  Greenbank,  1610 
— cousin  and  heir  Lawrence  Greenbank, 
aged  fifty;  John  Massey,  1618,  by  the 
two-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee ; 
ibid.  68,  77,  163,  177;  ii,  117. 

John  Butcher  died  in  1623  holding 
land  in  Great  Marton,  and  leaving  a  eon 
and  heir  John,  aged  thirty-four  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  6.  Thomas 
Butcher  (grandson  of  Robert)  died  in 
1632  holding  a  messuage  and  lands  in 
the  same  place  ;  his  heir  was  his  brother 
William,  aged  nineteen ;  ibid,  xxvii, 
no.  6. 

William  Moore  in  1632  held  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  of  Sir  Paul  Fleetwood  ;  Hugh 
his  son  and  heir  was  two  years  old  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
861. 

«  The  heir  of  Theobald  Walter  held 
three  plough-lands  in  1212  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
and  Extents,  i,  37.  Sir  Theobald  le 
Boteler  in  1249  had  three  plough-lands 
in  Marton  with  Lynholme,  worth  ^8  to 
£11  yearly;  ibid.  172,  173.  Again  in 
1285  it  was  found  that  Theobald  le 
Boteler  had  had  24  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Marton,  each  worth  101.  in  the  hands  of 
free  farmers,  with  land  in  Lynholme 
worth  261.  Sd. ;  ibid.  265. 

Edmund  Boteler  held  in  1302;  ibid. 
316.  John  son  of  Edmund  in  1324; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  40.  The  Earl  of 
Ormonde  in  1346  held  three  plough-lands 
in  Little  Marton,  and  paid  IQS.  rent  (or  a 
sor  goshawk)  for  the  fishery  called  Marton 
Mere  ;  Survey  of  1346,  p.  54. 

In  1355  Eleanor  Countess  of  Ormonde 
leased  to  John  Boteler  the  hamlet  of 
Little  Marton  for  ten  years  at  a  rent  of 
10  marks,  with  right  of  turbary  there  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  xxxiii,  fol.  42^  ;  liii,  fol. 
86. 

In  1445-6  Sir  Thomas  Stanley  held  the 
three  plough-lands  and  fishery,  paying  for 
the  latter  zos.  a  year  or  a  sor  goshawk  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2, 
no.  20,  fol.  8. 

86  Derby  Rental  at  Lathom.  For  the 
fishery  in  Marton  Mere  ids.  was  paid  to 
the  king  as  formerly. 

3' 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


the  adjoining  manor  of  Lytham.*7  It  has  since 
descended  with  the  Clifton  estates.*8 

The  PEEL  in  Little  Marton  was  held  by  tht 
Cliftons  from  the  Earls  of  Derby  long  before  they 
acquired  the  lordship  ;  thus  in  1522  William  Clifton 
paid  £2  of  old  rent  and  £2  of  increment.*9 

In  addition  to  the  religious  houses  at  Cockersand,50 
Whalley 3l  and  Lancaster,  Lytham  Priory  had  pasture 
rights  in  Marton.31 

William  Russell  of  Marton  had  a  priest  taken  in 
his  house  in  1604,  and  a  number  of  other  residents 
were  presented  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester  as  '  suspected 
of  relieving  seminary  priests  and  Jesuits.' s$ 

Nicholas  Sanderson  of  Great  Marton  and  John  his 
son  registered  small  estates  in  1 7 1 7  as  '  Papists.' 34 


A  house  at  Moss  Side  in  Little  Marton  was 
licensed  for  Nonconformist  worship  in  1762  and  it 
continued  in  use  till  the  rise  of  Blackpool.35 

Services  in  connexion  with  the  Church  of  England 
were  held  in  the  schoolroom,  built  about  1717,  from 
1748  at  latest,  for  in  that  year  James  Fisher  was 
nominated  to  the  '  chapel  of  Marton  '  by  the  vicar  of 
Poulton.36  The  church  of  St.  Paul  was  built  in 
1 800  and  consecrated  in  1 804  ;  it  has  been 
considerably  enlarged  from  time  to  time.  A  separate 
parish  was  assigned  to  it  in  1892.  The  vicars  are 
nominated  by  the  vicars  of  Poulton.87  A  mission 
room  is  connected  with  it. 

There  is  a  Wesleyan  chapel  at  Moss  Side,  built  in 
1872. 


BISPHAM 

BISPHAM  WITH  NORBRECK  LAYTON  WITH  WARBRECK 


This  small  parish,  definitely  separated  from  Poulton 
in  the  I7th  century,  has  become  distinguished  by 
the  growth  of  Blackpool  into  a  leading  place  among 
seaside  pleasure  resorts.  The  area  is  3,983  acres, 
and  the  population  in  1901  numbered  40,674,  of 
whom  all  but  a  thousand  were  within  the  borough 
of  Blackpool. 

The  Pool  or  the  Blackpool  in  Layton  often  occurs 


in  1 7th-century  documents 1  ;  it  was  a  peaty-coloured 
pool  of  water,  discharging  by  a  little  stream  which 
ran  into  the  sea  south  of  Fox  Hall,*  a  mansion  of 
the  Tyldesleys  of  Myerscough  erected  about  1660* 
and  still  standing  in  part.4  About  1730  the  place 
began  to  be  a  local  sea-bathing  resort  in  the  summer 
time,5  but  William  Hutton's  description  of  his  visit 
to  it  in  1788  made  it  known  through  a  much  larger 


87  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  70, 
no.  60,  40  ;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.), 
iii,  50. 

»8  See  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  80, 
no.  24,  and  the  accounts  of  Lytham  and 
Clifton.  Sir  Cuthbert  Clifton  in  1 634  was 
stated  to  hold  the  manor  of  Little  Marton 
and  lands  there  (in  reversion  after  the  death 
of  Alice  Dowager  Countess  of  Derby)  of 
the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  knight's 
lervice  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  laq.  p.m.  xxvii, 
no.  43.  He  held  two  messuages,  &c.,  in 
the  Peel  as  part  of  the  same. 

39  Derby  Rental  at  Lathom.  William 
Clifton  in  his  will  (1537)  desired  his 
trustees  to  obtain  a  grant  of  the  Peel  for 
the  benefit  of  his  son  Thomas ;  Wilh 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  71. 

so  The  rentals  1451-1537  for  Marton, 
Poolhouse,  Hayholm  in  Bispham  and 
Thornton  are  printed  in  the  Cockersand 
Chartul.  iii,  1266—7. 

31  The  Whalley  lands  were  acquired  by 
Thomas  Fleetwood  in  1 554  ;  Pat.  2  Mary. 

33  William  son  of  Adam  de  Marton 
gave  the  monks  of  Lytham  entry  for  their 
cattle,  &c.,  in  the  whole  moss  pertaining 
to  the  vill  of  Great  Marton  ;  Lytham  D. 
at  Durham,  2  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  32. 
Richard  son  of  William,  as  lord  of 
Marton,  renounced  all  claim  to  common 
in  Lithcarr  lying  between  Marton  and 
Lytham  ;  ibid.  no.  35.  Henry  de  Clifton 
gave  a  quitclaim  on  his  part ;  ibid.  no.  36. 

33  Visit.  P.  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

34  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Ntn- 
jurors,  93,  107. 

35  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf.  i,  1 5  2-  9, 
with    view.      The    house    of    Matthew 
Hoole  (Hull)  of  Marton  was  licensed  for 
Presbyterian    worship    in     1689  ;    Hist. 
MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  232.    This 
may    have    been    the    original    seat,    for 
Matthew  son   of  Robert   Hull  of  Little 
Marton     Moss    Side     was     baptized     at 
Poulton  in  1658  ;  Regs. 


36  Mr.  Fisher  was  the  schoolmaster  of 
Thornton  and  wai  a  native  of  Kendal ; 
Ch.  P.  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

37  In  1804  George  Hall  was  nominated 
by  Bold  Fleetwood  Hesketh  and   others  ; 
Ch.  P.     For  list  of  ministers  see  Fish- 
wick,  op.  cit.  60—2.     In   1890  there  was 
a  dispute  as  to  the  patronage. 

1  It  seems  to  be  the  Pool  named  in 
Cockersand  charters  c.  1250,  and  among 
the  possessions  of  Sir  William  Boteler  in 
1415  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
113.  If  so,  it  was  called  a  'manor'  in 
1539  and  later;  see  the  account  of 
Layton.  In  the  Bispham  registers  of  1 602 
are  entries  of  Bamber  of  Pool  and  Cowban 
of  Blackpool.  Richard  Bamber  of  Carle- 
ton  about  1630  had  a  tenement  'in  le 
Pool  commonly  called  Blackpool '  ; 
Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  122. 

An  account  by  Mr.  C.  Rocder  is  printed 
in  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xviii,  i, 
with  map  and  view*. 

*  It  now  forms  the  main  sewer.  The 
Pool  proper  was  on  the  east  side  of  the 
hall,  about  half  a  mile  from  the  sea. 
It  was  gradually  reclaimed,  and  had  been 
turned  into  meadow  land  by  1788. 
'  Pool,'  however,  is  often  used  for  the 
mouth  of  a  stream. 

The  map  of  1751  (by  E.  Bowen)  in 
Mr.  Roeder's  essay  shows  Marton  Mere 
drained  by  the  Pool,  which  is  impossible. 

3  For  an  account  of  it  see  Fishwick, 
Bispkam  (Chet.  Soc.),  105-14.  After  the 
Revolution  it  is  said  to  have  been  used 
by  its  owners  and  other  Jacobites  as  a 
rendezvous,  being  then  in  a  lonely  spot  on 
the  coast.  There  are  many  references  to 
it  in  the  Tyldetley  Diary,  with  a  view. 

Agatha  Tyldesley  of  Blackpool,  widow 
of  Thomas  Tyldesley,  registered  her  estate 
as  a  'Papist'  in  1717.  She  had  an 
annuity  of  £20  out  of  the  estate  of  her 
son  Edward  and  a  freehold  house  called 

242 


Fox   Hall  ;    Estcourt   and    Payne,    Engl. 
Cath.  Nonjurors,  109. 

4  Hutton    thought   it    'in    ruins'    in 
1788.     There  is  a  description  of  its  con- 
dition about  1837   in  Thornber,  op.  cit. 
71-2.      It   was    then    divided   into    two 
dwellings,  and  part  was  used  for  a  beer- 
shop.     The  surviving  part  is  used  at  a 
public-house. 

5  The  old   cottages  in  Blackpool  '  were 
formed   of  clay,   plastered   upon  wattles, 
the  roof  and  the  whole  fabric  being  sup- 
ported by  crooks,  and  the  interior  open 
to   the    thatch,  which    was    generally  of 
rush    in    the    place  of  straw ;  and   they 
contained    a    large    capacious     chimney, 
above  which  was  erected  what  was  termed 
a  soot  loft,  the  depository  of  lumber,  form- 
ing   a   canopy  over    the   family   hearth. 
Near  the  door,  to  keep  out  the  cold  air, 
was  a  "  speere,"  better  known  by  the  name 
of  "  God  speed  stoop,"  perforated  with  a 
small   light,   to  guard  the  door.     These 
buildings  fronted  the  south,  a  position  so 
usual  that,  whatever  views  another  aspect 
might  command,  this  general  custom  wa» 
never   broken";    ibid.    196.      The    turf 
stack  and  the  dunghill  stood   before  the 
door  ;  ibid.  201. 

The  same  writer  (p.  199)  states  that 
the  first  habitation  fitted  up  for  visitors 
was  a  long  thatched  building  owned  by 
Ethart  a  Whiteside,  c.  1750.  Having 
married  a  Welsh  woman  who  proved  to 
be  'the  only  cook  in  the  place,'  he 
ventured  to  cater  for  the  public  and 
prospered  for  half  a  century.  Every- 
thing had  then  to  be  brought  from 
Poulton,  there  being  no  market  or  shop 
at  Blackpool. 

In  1754  Pococke  noted  :  'At  Black- 
pool, near  the  sea,  are  accommodation* 
for  people  who  come  to  bathe  ' ;  Travels 
through  England  (Camd.  Soc.),  ii,  6. 

An  early  inn  sign  is  printed  in  Lanes, 
and  Ches.  Hist,  and  Gen.  Notes,  ii,  183. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


part  of  the  country.6  At  that  time  about  fifty  houses 
were  scattered  along  a  mile  of  the  sea  bank  from  Fox 
Hall  northward,  and  the  visitors  numbered  about  400 
in  the  height  of  the  season.  They  were  largely  from 
Manchester.  The  attractions  were  then  as  now  the 
beach,  the  breeze  and  the  bathing.  Amusements  were 
provided  by  strolling  players  who  gave  performances 
in  a  barn.7  The  development  of  the  place  was 
hindered  by  the  selfish  policy  of  house-owners  who 
objected  to  the  building  of  new  dwellings  lest  their 
existing  houses  should  suffer  for  lack  of  visitors,8  and 
by  defective  communication,  the  only  approach  being 
from  Preston  by  roads  unfit  for  vehicles.9 

A  'commodious  public  room,'  furnished  with 
books,  magazines  and  papers,  was  erected  about  1 8oo.10 
A  free  school  was  built  in  1817"  and  a  chapel  of 
ease  to  Bispham  in  1821."  About  1825  there  were 
three  coaches  to  Preston  daily  and  a  daily  postal 
delivery.13  An  outbreak  of  cholera  in  1832  raised 
the  reputation  of  Blackpool,  which  was  quite  free 
from  the  plague.14  The  Preston  and  Wyre  railway 
brought  passengers  to  Poulton  in  1840,  and  six 
years  later  a  branch  line  was  formed  to  Blackpool 
itself ;  a  second  and  more  direct  line  through  Lytham 
was  opened  in  1861,  and  a  third,  through  Marton, 
in  1903  for  the  summer  traffic. 

These  facilities  have  brought  a  continuously  in- 
creasing number  of  visitors,  and  improvements  in  the 
town  itself  have  kept  pace  with  the  requirements  of 
the  times.  In  1847  water  was  supplied  by  the 
Fylde  Waterworks  Company — since  1898  taken  over 
by  a  public  board — and  in  1853  gas  was  introduced 
by  the  local  board.  The  electric  light  is  now  used  in 
the  principal  streets.  An  electric  tramway  was 
opened  in  1885.  The  Parade  or  Promenade  along 
the  sea  front,  one  of  the  original  features  of  the  place, 
was  extended  and  improved  in  1870,  when  a  formal 
opening  took  place.  More  recently  it  has  been 
further  extended  and  greatly  increased  in  width, 
and  now  has  a  length  of  over  3  miles.  The  North 


BISPHAM 

Pier  was  opened  in  1863,  the  Central  Pier  in  1868 
and  Victoria  Pier,  South  Shore,  in  i893.15  The 
tower,  which  was  formed  in  1891  and  rises  about 
500  ft.  from  the  ground,  and  the  great  wheel,  about 
200  ft.  in  diameter,  1896,  are  other  popular  attrac- 
tions. Raikes  Hall,  first  built  about  1 76o,16  and  the 
residence  of  the  Hornbys  from  1834  to  1860,  was 
for  that  time  the  principal  mansion.  It  was  after- 
wards used  in  various  ways,  the  grounds  becoming 
pleasure  gardens.  Claremont  Park  was  formed  in 
1862.  There  are  theatres  and  opera  houses,  winter 
gardens  and  other  places  of  amusement  ;  also  markets, 
hospitals,  technical  school  and  free  libraries.  The 
cemetery,  north-east  of  the  town,  was  opened  in 

1873- 

South  Shore,  formerly  a  separate  village  to  the 
south  of  Blackpool,17  has  shared  in  the  growth  of  the 
latter,  and  now  forms  one  town  with  it. 

The  Territorial  force  is  represented  by  part  of  a 
battery  of  the  2nd  West  Lancashire  Brigade  of  the 
Royal  Field  Artillery. 

Blackpool  gives  a  name  to  one  of  the  parlia- 
mentary divisions  of  the  county. 

The  agricultural  land  remaining  in  the  parish  is 
thus  occupied  17a  : — 


Bispham  and 
Norbreck  . 
Blackpool 


Arable 
land 


315 


Permanent 
grass 
ac. 

946 
1,465 


Woods  and 
plantations 


2,411 


t* 

51 


The  county  lay  fixed  in  1624  provided  that 
Bispham  and  Norbreck  should  pay  £2  3/.  \d.  and 
Layton  with  Warbreck  £2  6s.  6%d.  when  £100 
was  levied  upon  Amounderness.18  The  more  ancient 
fifteenth  required  £1  $s.  \d.  and  £i  Js.  2\d. 
respectively,  showing  the  same  relative  valuation.19 


8  There  were  three  editions  :  London, 
1804  ;Kirkham,c.  1805  ;  Preston,  18174 
Fishwick,  Lanes.  Lib.  It  was  a  small 
pamphlet  of  some  fifty  pages.  He  says  : 
•When  I  intended  to  visit  it,  with  my 
family,  I  neither  knew,  nor  could  learn, 
any  particulars  respecting  its  appearance 
or  accommodations,'  and  desired  to  make 
its  merits  better  known.  He  states  that 
there  was  '  neither  hedge  nor  tree  in  the 
whole  neighbourhood.' 

7  These  particulars  are  from   Hutton. 
He    'frequently    visited     the     adjacent 
farmers    for  intelligence    and    found   the 
people    extremely    civil    and    very   com- 
municative.'    He  was  not  impressed  by 
the  '  Lancashire  Witches." 

8  Thornber,  op.  cit.  216. 

9  Hutton    considered    the    roads  good, 
'safe  and  easy  for  the  traveller,'  but  they 
lacked  milestones,  so  that  owners  of  post 
chaises  were  able  to  overcharge.  Thornber, 
on  the  other  hand,  referring  to   a  little 
earlier   time,    says  :    '  The    highway    to 
Preston  was  unpaved — in  winter  and  in 
a  rainy  summer  it  was  next  to  impass- 
able ;    in    fact,     about    sixty    years    ago 
[from    1837]    the    pack   horse  was  the 
only  mode    of   conveyance   for   grain  or 
passengers  from  this  quarter,  and  "  Darby 
and  Joan  "  trotted  to  market  and  church 
beguiling  the  way  in  family  chat  on   a 
sociable  pillion' ;  op.  cit.  208.    In  another 
place  (p.  293)  he  states  that  on  account 


of  the  bad  roads  '  carriages  were  not  then 
in  use  ;  in  fact,  carts  in  winter  were  laid 
aside  about  home.  Miss  Bold,  on  her 
way  to  Rossali  Hall  after  her  nuptials 
with  Fleetwood  Hesketh,  esq.  [1759], 
travelled  attended  by  her  bridesmaids  on  a 
palfrey  covered  with  silver  net  trappings, 
a  coach  even  at  that  period  being  too 
cumbersome  for  the  ioft  nature  of  the 
highways,  which  were  neither  paved  nor 
coated  on  the  surface  with  gravel.' 

A  Manchester  and  Blackpool  coach 
was  advertised  in  1783  ;  Roeder. 

10  Preface  to  Hutton,  Descr.  of  Black- 
fool    (ed.     2)  ;     Raines,    Lanes.    Dir.    ii, 
528. 

11  Thornber,  op.  cit.  230. 

18  Ibid.  231-3.  An  attempt  had  been 
made  as  early  as  1789  to  provide  a  church 
building,  but  had  failed  ;  ibid.  209.  The 
morals  of  the  people  were  low  ;  ibid. 
203—4.  Some  illustrative  anecdotes  are 
given,  ibid.  74,  77-9.  Smuggling  was 
carried  on  ;  pp.  205-6. 

13  Baines,  Dir.  ii,  528  ;  in  winter  the 
post  came  every  other  day.  '  Mr.  Cooke, 
an  American  loyalist  who  was  driven 
from  his  home  during  the  revolutionary 
wars  to  labour  for  a  livelihood  at  Black- 
pool, was  the  originator  of  this  post, 
which  commenced  by  travelling  to  Kirk- 
ham  three  times  each  week  during  the 
season.  .  .  .  Mr.  Cooke  was  for  many 
years  the  Beau  Nash  of  Blackpool  ;  he 

243 


died  in  1820  and  was  buried  at  Bispham  '  ; 
Thornber,  op.  cit.  237. 

14  Ibid.  225.  A  description  of  the 
place  about  1830  is  given  in  Whittle's 
Marina,  with  a  view. 

16  Steamers  sail  in  the  season  not  only 
for  short  pleasure  trips  but  for  the  Isle  of 
Man,  Barrow  and  other  places. 

16  Tradition  relates '  how  a  Mr.  Butcher 
of  Blackpool  suddenly  sprang  into  conse- 
quence   from    comparative    poverty    and 
commenced  the  building  of  Raikes  Hall 
to  the  astonishment  of  his    neighbours, 
who,    ignorant    whence     the    necessary 
funds  were  obtained,  conceived  with  some 
probability   that   his    constant   visits   to 
the  sea  shore  had  been  rewarded  by  the 
discovery  of  the  wealth  of  three  sisters 
lost  in  a  vessel  which  was  wrecked  about 
the  time  upon  the  coast.  .  .  .  His  son, 
a  wretched  hypochondriac,  as  if  conscious 
that  he  had  no  title  to  the  wealth  he  in- 
herited, shunned  the  light  of  day  and  was 
tormented  with  the  horrible    fancy  that 
an  industrious  cordwainer  had  taken  up 
his  abode  and  laboured  at  his  daily  task 
within  his  body,  which  (in  hii  depraved 
imagination)  he  supposed  to  be  of  glass '  ; 
Thornber,  op.  cit.  259. 

17  The  first  house  was  built  there  in 
1819  ;  Thornber,  op.  cit.  344. 

17»  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric.  (1905). 

18  Gregson,    Fragments  (ed.    Harland), 
23.  19  Ibid.  19. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  early  history  of  the  church  or 
CHURCH  4LLH4LLOfrS*°isobsc\ire.  It  appears 
to  have  been  a  parish  church  reduced  to 
the  condition  of  a  chapel  after  its  grant  to  Lancaster 
Priory.11  A  chapelry  it  remained  until  the  ijth 
century,  being  so  described  in  the  Church  Survey  of 
1650."  Both  before  and  afterwards  Bispham  is 
found  more  or  less  clearly  recognized  as  an  independent 
parish,13  and  one  Richard  Higginson,  citizen  of 
London,  '  out  of  a  pious  sense  of  the  great  blindness 
of  the  parishioners,'  having  rebuilt  the  church,  offered 
in  1658  to  provide  a  free  school  and  to  settle  £40  a 
year  'towards  the  maintenance  of  such  godly  and 
painful  preacher  of  the  Gospel  as  shall  be  from  time 
to  time  settled  there.' 14  The  church  appears  to  have 
been  but  irregularly  served,  either  then  or  after  the 
Restoration,  when  it  again  became  a  chapel  under 
Poulton,  being  so  described  at  the  bishop's  visitation 
in  1677.  Ten  years  later,  however,  it  was  called 
'the  parish  church  of  Bispham.'"  No  Act  of 
Parliament  seems  to  have  been  obtained. 

That  the  patron  of  Poulton  concurred  in,  or  more 
probably  obtained  the  separation  which  gave  him  an 
additional  piece  of  patronage,  is  shown  by  the  gifts 
of  Richard  Fleetwood,  which  in  1717  constituted 
the  greater  part  of  the  endowment.  The  certified 
income  at  that  time  was  only  £8  a  year.*6  The 
present  income  is  said  to  be  £200  a  year."  Mr.  C.  H. 
Fleetwood-Hesketh  is  the  patron. 

The  church  stands  at  the  north  end  of  the  village, 
and  is  a  stone  building  erected  in  1 883  on  the  founda- 
tions 18  of  an  older  structure.  It  consists  of  chancel, 
with  organ  chamber  on  the  north  and  vestry  on  the 
south  side,  wide  aisleless  nave,  south  porch  and  west 
tower.  The  building  is  of  a  rather  plain  Gothic 
style  with  rough  stone  facings  and  blue  slated  roof,  and 
the  tower,  which  is  61  ft.  high,  has  angle  pinnacles. 
No  authentic  record  has  been  preserved  of  the  old 
church,  but  that  a  structure  of  some  importance 
stood  here  in  the  izth  century  is  evident  from  the 
Norman  doorway  which  still  remains  within  the 
south  porch.  The  church  as  rebuilt  by  Richard 
Higginson  is  said  to  have  consisted  of  a  chancel,89 
nave,  south  porch  and  a  low  but  strong  west  tower  and 


to  have  been  constructed  of  red  sandstone  from  Furness. 
It  had  a  double  gabled  roof  supported  at  the  junction 
of  the  gables  by  a  row  of  black  oak  crooks,  or  piers, 
down  the  centre,30  and  the  east  window  was  of  three 
narrow  lights.  The  pews  were  of  black  oak,  and  there 
was  a  gallery  at  the  west  end.  This  building,  how- 
ever, was  unroofed  and  gutted  in  1773,  practically  only 
the  tower  and  the  Norman  arch  being  left  untouched, 
and  a  new  wide  aisleless  nave  erected.  The  chancel 
seems  at  the  same  time  to  have  been  either  curtailed 
or  pulled  down  altogether.  The  1 8th-century  church 
finally  gave  place  in  1883  to  the  present  building. 
No  sufficient  evidence  exists  to  enable  us  to  trace 
the  development  of  the  old  plan,  but  the  position  of 
the  tower,  which  is  considerably  to  the  south  of  the 
centre  line  of  the  nave,  suggests  that  the  mediaeval 
building  was  a  narrow  aisleless  church,  occupying 
approximately  the  south  half  of  the  present  nave,  its 
south  wall  being  in  the  same  position.  The  position 
of  the  Norman  door  further  suggests  that  the  mediaeval 
church  was  largely  a  rebuilding  of  the  i  zth-century 
one,  a  tower  being  added  on  the  west  end,  and  in  later 
times  the  structure  being  enlarged  northward  by  a 
widening  of  the  nave.  During  the  demolition  of 
1883  the  head  of  a  three-light  window,  apparently 
belonging  to  the  17th-century  building,  was  found 
in  one  of  the  walls,  and  it  is  now  built  into  the 
north  wall  of  the  porch.  The  Norman  arch  appears 
to  have  stood  untouched  till  1883,  when  it  was 
pulled  down,  the  stones  numbered,  and  rebuilt  again 
in  its  original  position.  It  had  been  long  covered 
with  whitewash,  and  when  this  was  removed  it  was 
discovered  that  the  stones  forming  the  middle  order 
had  carved  upon  them  the  signs  of  the  Zodiac.31 
The  crab,  the  bull,  the  virgin  could  be  easily 
recognized,  the  scales  and  the  scorpion  were  less 
distinct,  and  the  rest  were  almost  defaced.  The 
arch  consists  of  three  orders,  the  inner  one  being 
quite  plain  and  the  outer  carved  with  the  cheveron 
ornament.  The  two  outer  orders  spring  from  circular 
shafts  with  cushion  capitals  and  moulded  bases.  Un- 
fortunately in  the  rebuilding  the  whole  of  the  stone- 
work was  rechiselled  and  the  Zodiacal  carving  was 
entirely  recut.32 


90  This  dedication  is  witnessed  in  1530 
by  the  will  of  George  Allen  of  Rossall  ; 
Fish-wick,  Poulton  (Chet.  Soc.),  126. 

91  In    the    charters    it    is    sometimes 
called  the   '  church  '  and   sometimes  the 
'  chapel '    of   Bispham ;    e.g.   Lane.    Ch. 
i,  117,  124..     It  was  the  former  in  1196  ; 
Final  Cone,  i,  6.      In  a  grant  by  William 
le  Boteler  apparently  early  in  the  reign 
of  Henry    HI.       Bispham   is    distinctly 
called    the    mother   church   of   Layton ; 
Lane.  Ch.  ii,  436. 

M  Commonw.  Ch.  Surv.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  151.  It  was  then 
considered  to  have  been  a  parish  church 
in  former  times,  with  two  townships,  and 
the  inhabitants  desired  that  they  might 
again  be  made  a  parish  and  have  a 
competent  maintenance  allowed,  the 
minister  at  that  time  having  only  the 
Easter  dues,  worth  about  £5. 

83  For  example,  in  1646  'the  rectory  of 
All  Hallows  in  the  Chapelry  of  Bispham '  ; 
Plund.  Mim.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  28.  »«  Ibid,  ii,  221. 

M  In  the  record  of  the  gift  of  £10  a 
year  by  Richard  Fleetwood  ;  Ch.  Papers 
at  Chester. 

In  1686  a  return  of  'the  minister  and 


churchwardens  of  the  parish  of  Bispham  ' 
to  the  bishop's  articles  of  inquiry  gives 
some  interesting  particulars.  The  fabric 
of  the  church  was  '  in  good  repair  and 
decency  ' ;  there  were  a  stone  font,  with 
cover,  a  communion  table,  with  carpet 
and  linen  cloth,  two  cups  and  a  flagon, 
and  a  fair  surplice.  There  was  neither 
vicarage  house  nor  glebe  land.  The 
minister  resided  and  was  of  sober  life, 
bidding  and  observing  holy  days  and  fasts. 
The  schoolmaster  instructed  his  scholars 
in  the  catechism  of  the  Church  of 
England.  The  parish  clerk  was  '  chosen 
by  the  minister  and  approved  by  the 
parish.'  Similar  replies  were  made  in 
later  years.  In  1725  Mr.  Albin  ad- 
ministered the  sacrament  five  times  a  year. 

K  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  398  ;  land  given  by  Richard  Fleetwood 
was  worth  £5  a  year,  Easter  dues  £3, 
and  in  1687  a  rent-charge  of  £10  had 
been  given  by  the  patron.  There  were 
four  churchwardens,  two  chosen  by  the 
minister  and  two  by  the  parish.  It  is 
noteworthy  that  Gastrell  says  nothing  as 
to  the  former  dependence  of  Bispham  on 
Poulton  or  as  to  the  patronage. 

27  Manch.  Dioc.    Dir.    Augmentation* 

244 


were  granted  by  private  benefactors  and 
Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  invested  in  the 
purchase  of  Layton  tithes ;  Fishwick, 
Bispham,  27. 

28  With  an  extension  eastward. 

29  '  Mr.  Fleetwood's  own    chancel '  is 
mentioned  in  1705. 

80  Fishwick,  Hist,  of  Bispham,  28. 
Thornber,  however,  in  his  Hist,  of  Slack- 
fool,  320,  states  that  'a  row  of  semi- 
circular arches  supported  on  three  plain 
round  pillars  ran  from  the  chancel  to  the 
font,'  and  says  his  description  of  the 
church  is  based  on  the  authority  of  two 
parishioners  who  had  worshipped  in  the 
old  building.  But  there  may  be  some 
confusion  here  with  Whitaker's  account 
of  Poulton  Church  (Richmondshire,  ii, 
441—2).  Thornber  further  states,  however, 
that  the  new  roof  in  1773  wa8  f°rmed  'by 
raising  the  walls  with  the  materials  of 
the  displaced  pillars.' 

31  There  are  fourteen  stones,  the  two 
springers  being  carved  with  a  cheveron 
ornament. 

38  The  carvings  are  very  good  specimens 
of  modern  sculpture,  but  the  loss  of  the 
original  12th-century  work  is  greatly  to 
be  deplored. 


BISPHAM  CHURCH  :   NORMAN   DOORWAY  (RE-ERECTED) 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


An  ancient  stoup  of  roughly  hewn  stone,  which  for 
many  years  lay  in  the  churchyard,  has  been  built  into 
the  north  wall  of  the  tower  in  the  interior,  and  on 
the  north  wall  of  the  nave  are  four  18th-century 
brasses  to  members  of  the  Veale  family  of  Whinney 
Heys,  and  a  chest  in  the  vestry  has  the  initials  of  the 
four  churchwardens,  together  with  the  figure  12, 
probably  for  ijiz.33 

There  is  one  bell  cast  from  two  older  ones  by 
Mears  &  Stainbank  in  1883. 

The  plate  consists  of  a  chalice  of  1608,  in- 
scribed 'The  gift  of  Ann,  daughter  to  John 
Bamber,  to  ye  churche  of  All  Hallows  in  Bispham. 
Delivered  by  John  Corrit  1 704 '  ;  a  silver-gilt 
chalice  of  Sheffield  make,  1908,  and  a  plated  paten 
and  flagon. 

The  register  of  baptisms  begins  in  1599,  but 
after  1603  nearly  thirty  years  are  missing,  after 
which  the  entries  continue  till  1652,  and  are  then 
wanting  till  1661.  They  are  also  missing  between 
October  1670  and  June  1672.  There  is  no  register 
of  marriages  till  1632,  and  between  1645  and  1697 
only  one  marriage  is  recorded.  The  burials  begin 
in  1632,  but  are  missing  between  1651  and  l678.34 
The  first  five  volumes  (1599-1754)  have  been 
printed.38 

The  churchyard  has  been  twice  enlarged,  on  the 
north-west  in  1888  and  on  the  south-west  in  1902. 
On  the  south  side  is  a  sundial  on  a  stone  shaft,  which 
is  probably  a  portion  of  the  old  churchyard  cross.  It 
stands  on  two  steps,  the  lower  one  of  which  is  circular 
and  the  second  octagonal  on  plan.  The  plate  bears 
the  date  1 704,  together  with  the  motto  *  Die  dies 
Truditur,'  and  the  name  of  John  Hull  and  that  of 
the  maker,  Jo"  Heblethwaite.  John  Hull  was  probably 
the  donor  of  the  dial,  the  initials  I.H.  being  carved 
on  the  north  side  of  the  stone  shaft.  On  the  west 
side,  nearer  the  bottom,  are  the  initials  R.B.  roughly 
cut  in  an  upright  position.38 


B.A.49     (Brasenose 
M.A.60    (Emmanuel 


BISPHAM 

The  following  have  been  curates 37  and  vicars  or 
rectors  : — 

oc.  1598      Michael  Rigmaiden  38 
oc.  1 6 10     — Walkden39 
oc.  1614     Robert  Brodbelt40 
oc.  1634-44  Robert  Freckleton 41 
oc.  1646     John  Sumpner42 
oc.  1648     John  Fisher43 
oc.  1651-4  John  Berkeley44 

?  1674      Robert  Wayte45 
1690     Thomas  Riley46 

1692  Thomas  Sollom  47 

1693  Jonathan  Hay  ton48 
11725     Christopher     Albin, 

Coll.,  Oxf.) 
1753      Roger    Freckleton, 

Coll.,  Camb.) 
1760     Ashton  Werden,  LL.B.61  (T.C.D.) 
1767     John    Armetriding,  B.A.  (Trinity    Coll., 

Camb.) 
1791      William  Elston,  B.A.52  (Brasenose  Coll., 

Oxf.) 
1831     Charles  Hesketh,  M.A.63  (Trinity  Coll., 

Oxf.) 
1837     Bennett  Williams,  B.A.84  (Queen's  Coll., 

Oxf.) 

1850     Henry  Powell 68 
1857     William     Abraham      Mocatta,      M.A.8a 

(T.C.D.) 

1 86 1     James  Leighton 87 
1874     Charles    Stead    Hope,     M.A.88    (Sidney 

Sussex  Coll.,  Camb.) 
1876     Francis   John    Dickson,  M.A.89   (Trinity 

Coll.,  Camb.) 

1885     George  Leighton,  M.A.  (Dur.) 

The    school    above    named,    which    was   not    the 

first,60    was    founded  in    i659-61      Provided   by   a 

Puritan,    it    is    noteworthy   that    it   was    in     1689 

licensed  as  a  meeting-place  for  Presbyterians.62  They 


83  The  inscription  reads ;  RB  |  TB  | 
IB  |  AG  |  CW.  12.     The  chest  appears 
to  be  of  iSth-century  date. 

84  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  71. 

35  Lanes.  Parish  Reg.  Soc.  Publ.  xxxiii 
(1908).  Transcribed  by  W.  E.  Robinson. 

86  These  are  said  to  be  the  initials  of 
Robert  Brodbelt,  parish  clerk  1678-1715, 
cut   by   him    in  hours  of  leisure  while 
resting  on  the  steps.     He  was  what   is 
known  as  a  'character.' 

87  Some  of  the  earlier  names  are  taken 
from    Fishwick,   op.    cit.   37-66,    where 
biographical  notices  will  be  found.     He 
also  gives  William  Silcock,  curate  in  1530, 
and  William  Corwyn,  1552,  attesting  the 
scanty   list    of   church  goods  (ibid.  25). 
From    the    visitation    lists    at    Chester 

Souters  appears  to  have  been  there 

in  1554  and  Thomas  Hankinson  in  1562. 

88  Visit.  List  at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

89  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  9  ; 
he  was  'no  preacher."     In    1604  there 
was   communion   only  once  a  year — at 
Easter  ;  Visit.  Papers  at  Chester.  In  1605 
the  curate  was  presented  to  the  bishop 
for  nonconformity,  but  he  said   that  he 
observed  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer 
and  would  do  so  ;  ibid. 

40  He  served  Lytham  also  at  one  time  ; 
Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
124.  He  died  in  1674,  being  described 
as  '  minister  of  Bispham.'  The  ministers 
recorded  down  to  1674  may  have  been 
acting  for  him. 


41  See  the  account  of  Poulton  Church. 

43  In  the  Commonwealth  period  an  in- 
come of  £50  a  year  was  given  to  the 
minister  of  Bispham  out  of  the  sequestered 
estates  of  Royalists,  Sumpner  being  there 
in  1646  ;  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  i,  13. 

43  He    signed    the   Agreement    of   the 
People  as  pastor,   but    had  gone  before 
1650. 

44  Appointed    in    1651;    Plund.   Mins. 
Accti.  i,  104,  142. 

45  In  the  visitation  list  of  1674  he  is 
called  Robert  Wayte  alias  Ward,  curate  ; 
and  in  1677  he  showed  letters  of  orders — 
deacon    1668  and  priest    1674 — but    no 
licence.     He  died  in  1689. 

46  No  curate  occurs  in  the  lists  of  1689 
and  1691,  so  that  Riley' s  tenure  was  very 
brief. 

47  From  this  time  the  nominations  of 
the  curates  have   been  preserved  in  the 
diocesan    registry    at    Chester,    Richard 
Fleetwood  and  his  successors  beingpatrons. 

48  He  was  resident  and  held  no  other 
benefice,  according  to  replies  to  articles 
of  inquiry  1703-12.      He  died  in  1728. 

49  Pedigree  in    Fishwick,  op.  cit.   55. 
This  incumbent,  who  was  acting  (perhaps 
as  curate)  in  1723   and  as  'minister'  in 
1725,  is  commemorated  by  a  brass  plate 
in  Bispham  Church  and  a  tombstone  in 
Poulton  Church.     He  died  in  1753. 

50  He  had  been  curate  of  Maghull. 

61  In  1762  he  resided  at  Paulton  ;  he 
bad  no  other  bruefice. 

245 


5*  Nominated  by  his  father,  Thomas 
Elston  of  Blackpool.  For  an  anecdote  of 
him  see  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nenconf. 
i,  125. 

55  Also  vicar  of  Poulton  ;   afterward* 
rector  of  North  Meols. 

54  Had  licence  of  non-residence  in 
1847.  Became  rector  of  Bramshall. 

65  He  had  been  a  missionary  in  India, 
and  in  1857  became  vicar  of  Bolton-le- 
Moors,  &c. 

56  Afterwards    vicar   of    St.    Thomas', 
St.  Helens. 

57  Formerly    a    missionary    in    India  ; 
rector  of  Harpurhey  1884. 

88  Vicar  of  Holy  Trinity,  Southport, 
1876-1909. 

59  Vicar  of  Ribchester  1885. 

60  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  67. 

61  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Bispham.     The 
founder  charged  ,£30  for  maintenance  on 
lands,  &c.,  which   had    belonged  to   the 
Dean  and  Chapter  of  St.  Paul's,  so  that 
the  endowment  failed  at  the  Restoration. 
His  widow  Elizabeth  (who  married  John 
Amherst)  gave  £200   for  the  school,  so 
that  all  might  not  be  lost,  and  land  was 
purchased  in  Layton.     This  became  very 
valuable  owing  to  the  growth  of  Black- 
pool,  and  the   ,£200    is    represented    by 
nearly  £10,000  in  consols,  yielding  £250 
a  year. 

6a  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 
232. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


probably  obtained  another  building,  the  existence  of 
which  was  remembered  in  i837.63 

The  Wesleyans  and  the  Congregationalists 64  now 
have  churches  within  the  township  of  Bispham. 

Apart  from  educational  and  re- 
CH4RITIES  ligious  benefactions  the  only  charities 6i 
endowed  are  the  Foxton  Dispensary 
and  the  Victoria  Hospital,  both  of  recent  foundation 
in  Blackpool.  The  former  is  due  to  a  bequest  of 
£6,000  in  1878  by  Mrs.  Catherine  Dauntesey 
Foxton  of  Agecroft  Hall ;  the  dispensary  in  Clifton 
Street,  Blackpool,  is  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  of  the 
borough  and  of  the  parish  of  Poulton.  The  endow- 
ment fund  of  the  hospital  amounted  to  ,£5,422  in 
1898. 

BISPHAM-WITH-NORBRECK 

Biscopham,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Byspham,  1326. 

Norbrec,  1195. 

This  composite  township  stretches  along  the  coast 
for  about  3  miles,  and  has  an  area  of  1,624  acres,1 
including  1,119^  acres  in  Bispham  and  504^  in 
Norbreck.  The  church  lies  close  to  the  eastern 
boundary,  about  the  centre  of  the  township,  with  the 
village  of  Bispham  a  little  to  the  south  of  it.  A  small 
detached  part  of  Bispham  lay  at  the  south  end  of 
Layton ;  it  was  called  Bispham  Hawes,  and  was 
added  to  Layton  in  1883.*  Of  the  three  hamlets, 
Little  Bispham  is  inland  to  the  north  of  the  church,3 
with  Norbreck  to  the  west  of  it  on  the  coast  ;  Great 
Bispham  occupies  the  southern  part  of  the  township. 
Angersholme  is  a  farm  in  Norbreck.  The  population 
of  the  present  township  was  985  in  1901. 

The  coast-line  is  protected  by  hillocks  about  50  ft. 
high,  the  inland  portion  being  much  lower.  The 
principal  road  is  that  from  Blackpool  to  Cleveleys, 
passing  inland  through  the  village  and  by  the  church. 
There  is  a  road  from  the  village  to  the  shore,  also 
one  from  Little  Bispham  to  Norbreck.  Formerly 
the  principal  road  seems  to  have  gone  north  along 
the  coast,  but  it  was  undermined  or  washed  away  by 
the  sea.4  At  present  the  electric  tramway  from 
Blackpool  to  Fleetwood  passes  along  near  the  shore. 

The  soil  is  variable,  with  subsoil  of  clay.  The 
people  are  mostly  employed  in  agriculture,  but  there 
was  formerly  some  hand-loom  weaving. 


Most  of  the  dwellers  in  Great  and  Little  Bispham 
seem  to  have  signed  the  Protestation  of  1 64 1.5 

By  the  churchyard  there  was  a  spring  known  as 
the  Holy  Well,  now  filled  up.6  A  cross  stood  at 
Leys  near  Knowl,  but  has  long  disappeared.7 

The  township  is  governed  by  an  urban  district 
council  of  nine  members. 

Earl  Tostig  in  1066  held  Bispham 
MANORS  and  Layton  as  parts  of  his  lordship  of 
Preston  or  Amounderness.  The  former 
manor  was  assessed  as  eight  plough-lands.8  Afterwards 
it  was  divided  ;  one  moiety 
was  given  to  the  abbey  of 
Shrewsbury  and  the  other  to 
the  lord  of  Warrington. 

The  former  moiety, 
LITTLE  BISPH4M  and 
NORBRECK,  was  given  to  the 
monks  by  Roger  of  Poitou.9 
Between  1 1 29  and  1133 
Henry  I  ordered  Stephen 
Count  of  Mortain  to  allow 
them  to  hold  the  moiety  of 
Bispham  free  and  quit  of  all 
customs,  pleas  and  suits  of  the 
hundred  court,10  and  a  few 
years  later  David,  King  of 

Scots,  confirmed  the  moiety,  to  be  held  as  freely  as 
in  the  time  of  any  of  his  predecessors.11  About 
1270  the  Abbot  and  convent  of  Shrewsbury  granted 
their  vills  of  Norbreck  and  Little  Bispham  to  the 
Abbot  and  convent  of  Dieulacres,  who  already  held 
the  adjacent  Rossall,  in  fee  farm  at  a  rent  of  8  marks.1* 
It  thus  became  merged  in  the  Rossall  estate,  and 
after  the  Dissolution  was  with  it  granted  in  1553  to 
Thomas  Fleetwood,13  and  descended  in  the  same 
way.  A  manor  of  Chornet  named  in  the  inquisition 
after  his  death  as  part  of  the  Rossall  estate  does  not 
occur  again.14 

The  other  moiety,  GREAT  BISPH4M,  was  a 
member  of  the  lordship  of  Layton  and  descended 
with  it.15  It  was  purchased  in  15  39  by  John  Browne 
and  sold  by  him  in  1550  to  Thomas  Fleetwood, 
who,  as  just  stated,  soon  afterwards  purchased  the 
rest  of  Bispham  as  appurtenant  to  Rossall. 

Of  the  local  families  there  is  little  on  record.  By 
a  grant  which  may  be  dated  about  1 1 60  Robert 


SHREWSBURY  ABBEY. 
Azure  a  crosier  in  bend 
surmounted  by  a  lion 
rampant  or,  all  'within  a 
bordure  of  the  second. 


65  Thornbcr,  Blackpool,  322.  Some 
account  of  the  congregation,  which  seems 
to  have  died  out  about  the  end  of  the 
1 8th  century,  will  be  found  in  Nightingale, 
Lanes.  Nonconf.  i,  116.  The  chapel  is 
noted  by  Gastrell,  Notitia,  ii,  398.  About 
1730  the  'teacher'  was  Thomas  Cooper. 
There  were  126  families  in  the  parish  in 
1755,  viz.  122  Protestants,  3  Presby- 
terians, and  i  Papist  ;  Return  to  the 
Bishop  of  Chester. 

64  The  chapel,  called  Bethel,  was  built 
in    1834,    after    some    years'    preaching. 
See    Nightingale,    op.    cit.    i,     119-21. 
There  is  a  small  endowment  ;  End.  Char. 
Rep.  1899,  p.  7. 

65  An    official    inquiry   was    made    in 
1898.     The    report,  including  a  reprint 
of  that  of  1824,  was  published  in  1899. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  only 
1,346  acres,  including  5  of  inland  water. 
There  are  also  473  acres  of  foreshore. 
The  modern  area  differs  from  the  ancient 
one  by  the  inclusion  of  about  20  acres 
from  Little  Carleton  in  1877  (Loc.  Govt. 


Bd.  Order  6910)  and  the  loss  of  Bispham 
Hawes  to  Layton,  about  300  acres. 
*  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  14712. 

3  The  houses  round  this  are  sometimes 
called  Church  Town. 

4  William  Hutton  (in  his  Description  of 
Blackpool)  in   1788  records  something  of 
this   and   tells   the   story   of    the    Penny 
Stone,  then  standing  half  a  mile  out  to 
sea  :  '  According  to  a  tradition  which  was 
allowed  by  the  whole  country,  a  public- 
house  some  ages  back  stood  by  that  stone 
upon  land   as   firm  and  high  as  that  on 
which  we  were  ;  and  that  iron  hooks  had 
been  fixed  to  the  stone  to  which  travellers 
hung  their  horses  while  they  drank  their 
penny    pots,     from    whence    the    stone 
acquired  and  still  bears  the  name  of  Penny 
Stone.' 

5  The  list  of  names   may   be   seen  in 
Fishwick,  Bispham  (Chet.  Soc.),  20-1.    A 
township     assessment     dated      1706     is 
printed  ibid.  125—6. 

6  Ibid.  34.  7  Ibid.  128. 
8  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

246 


9  Dugdale,  Man.  iii,  519.     Godfrey  the 
Sheriff  gave    tithes    of   Bispham   to    St. 
Martin's  Abbey,  Sies  ;  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe 
R.  299. 

10  Ibid.  273.  »  Ibid.  274. 

w  Dugdale,  Man.  v,  629.  Certain 
tithes  in  Layton  are  mentioned.  Accord- 
ingly in  1291  the  rent  of  £5  6s.  %d.  from 
Norbreck  and  Bispham  was  recorded 
among  the  possessions  of  the  abbey  ;  Pope 
Nich.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  309.  After  the 
Dissolution  £j  6s.  %d.  was  received  from 
Bispham,  Norbreck  and  Thelwall ;  Dug- 
dale, op.  cit.  iii,  528. 

13  Pat.    7    Edw.    VI,    pt.    ix.       Little 
Bispham  and  Norbreck  were  regarded  as 
separate  manors  in  1622  ;  Lanes.  Inq.p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  315. 

14  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  2. 

15  William    le   Boteler  of   Warrington 
and  Sibyl  his  wife  in  1326  purchased  two- 
thirds  of   an    oxgang   of   land    in    Great 
Bispham  ;  Final  Cone.   (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  64. 

16  See  the  account  of  Layton. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Abbot  of  Shrewsbury  restored  to  William  son  of  the 
daughter  of  Aschetil,  as  to  the  right  heir,  one  plough- 
land  in  Bispham  which  the  said  Aschetil  had  held  in 
the  time  of  Henry  I  at  a  rent  of  4/.17  As  this  deed 
has  been  preserved  among  the  Shireburne  muniments, 
the  5  oxgangs  of  land  purchased  by  Walter  de  Shire- 
burne from  Roger  son  of  Roger  Noel  and  Maud  his 
wife  in  1 3 1  o  18  were  probably  part  of  the  plough- 
land.  The  free  rent  of  2s.  6d.  subsequently  paid 
agrees  with  this  supposition.19 

Bispham  gave  a  surname  to  residents.  In  the  time 
of  Henry  III  Richard  de  Bispham  granted  2  oxgangs 
of  land  held  of  the  Abbot  of  Shrewsbury  to  a  nephew 
Adam,  son  of  his  brother  Thomas,  at  a  rent  of  zd. 
in  addition  to  the  izd.  which  was  payable  to  the 
abbot.10  In  14.11-12  it  was  found  that  a  former 
Abbot  of  Dieulacres  had  purchased  a  messuage  and 
10  acres  in  Bispham  from  Amery  de  Bispham  without 
obtaining  the  royal  licence.'1 

Norbreck  **  also  provided  a  surname  for  residents,*3 
but  nothing  definite  is  known  of  them.  The  Abbot 
of  Shrewsbury  and  William  de  Bispham  had  some 
disputes  in  1 1 94  respecting  the  succession  to  6  oxgangs 
of  land  in  Norbreck.24  In  1241  Richard  de  Button 
acquired  3  oxgangs  of  land  in  '  Norhicbiec ' — supposed 
to  be  Norbreck — from  Richard  de  Freckleton.*5  To 
the  Abbot  of  Dieulacres  were  granted  several  parcels 
of  land,86  and  he  was  in  1362  found  to  have  acquired 
a  messuage  and  2  oxgangs  of  land  in  Norbreck  from 
John  de  Leckhampton.77  John  Allen  in  1490  claimed 
land,  rent,  &c.,  in  Norbreck  from  Henry  Pleasington,18 


BISPHAM 

and  later  the  Aliens  were  found  to  hold  land  there 
of  the  Fleetwoods  of  Rossall.*9  The  same  is  true  of 
other  owners  in  that  part  of  the  township,30  but  in 
consequence  of  the  alienations  made  by  William 
Fleetwood  of  Layton  lands  in  Great  Bispham  were 
usually  said  to  be  held  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  of 
Lancaster.31 

In  1323  a  complaint  was  made  by  William  Boteler 
of  the  invasion  of  his  turbary  at  Bispham  by  a  number 
of  the  neighbouring  landowners  and  tenants.  These 
disputed  the  boundaries,  stating  that  there  were  large 
moors  and  turbaries  in  the  vills  of  Thornton,  Carleton, 
Norbreck  and  Little  Bispham,  in  which  the  plaintiff 
had  no  right,  and  when  his  men  would  have  dug 
turves  there  Robert  de  Shireburne  and  the  others 
prevented  them.81 

Angotsmoss,  where  the  monks  of  Dieulacres  had 
and  gave  rights,33  is  identified  with  the  present 
ANGERSHOLME  in  Norbreck.84 

In  addition  to  Dieulacres,  the  priory  of  Lan- 
caster had  land  in  alms  in  Norbreck K  and  Great 
Bispham.36 


LAYTON  WITH  WARBRECK 

Latun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Laton,  1236;  Layton,  xvi 
cent.  Warthebreke,  1279. 

This  township  includes  Blackpool  with  its  suburb 
of  South  Shore  ;  it  has  an  area  of  2,359  acres>  but 
was  in  1894  extended  so  as  to  include  the  hamlet  of 
Great  Marton,1  the  area  of  the  new  township  of 


17  Shireburne  D.  at  Leagram  Hall. 

18  Final   Cone,   ii,   9.     In    1312    Joan 
widow  of  Thomas  de  Singleton  claimed 
the  performance  of  an  agreement  a»  to 
z£   oxgangs   of  land   in   Little   Bispham 
against  Roger  Noel   and   Maud  his  wife, 
Maud  being  niece  of  Adam  de  Newton  ; 
De  Banco  R.  193,  m.  87.     See  the  note 
on  Angotsmoss  below. 

19  Richard    Shireburne    of    Stonyhurst 
died    in    1513    holding    lands    in     Little 
Bispham  of  the  Abbot  of  Dieulacres  by 
zs.  6d.  rent  ;  Duchy   of  Lane.   Inq.  p.m. 
iv,    no.    46.      Thomas   Shireburne   held 
similarly  in  1536  (ibid,  viii,  no.  33),  but 
later  the  tenure  was  not  recorded.     For 
a  41.  rent  see  note  30  below. 

10  Lytham  D.  at  Durham,  43,  2  ae,  436, 
Ebor.  no.    n.     An   Adam    de    Bispham 
gave  all  his  land  in  Bispham  and  Norbreck 
to   Shrewsbury  Abbey  ;    Chartul.   (copy) 
in  possession  of  W.  Farrer,  70. 

11  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  97. 
Amery  occurs  in  1354  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  3,  m.  I. 

Ja  Theobald  son  of  Walter  had  3  oxgangs 
of  land  in  Norbreck  and  about  1190 
released  them  to  the  Abbot  of  Shrews- 
bury ;  Chartul.  144. 

*3  They  occur  among  the  witnesses  to 
local  charters  ;  Dieulacres  Chartul.  (William 
Salt  Soc.),  347,  &c.  Robert  son  of 
Thomas  de  Norbreck  released  to  Shrews- 
bury Abbey  all  claim  in  2  oxgangs  of  land 
in  Norbreck  formerly  held  by  his  grand- 
father Ellis  ;  Chartul.  147. 

*4  Coram  Rege  R.  2,  m.  13. 

15  Final  Cone,  i,  79. 

86  Richard  le  Boteler  about  1260 
granted  the  monks  certain  lands  which  he 
had  purchased  from  William  son  of 
Alexander  de  Norbreck  in  Houkberch, 
the  Holme  and  Faldworthings  at  id. 
rent  ;  Dieulacres  Chartul.  347. 

"  Inq.  p.m.    36  Edw.  Ill   fist   nos.), 


no.  1 20.  The  surname  Leckhampton  is  of 
early  occurrence  in  the  Fylde  district ; 
e.g.  Dieulacres  Chartul.  348—9. 

88  Final  Cane,  iii,  142  ;  Thomas  Allen 
was  called  to  warrant. 

19  George  Allen  in  1580  held  his  land, 
&c.,  in  Norbreck  of  Edmund  Fleetwood 
(Rossall)  in  socage,  but  that  in  Great 
Bispham  of  William  Fleetwood  (Layton)  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  80. 
Similarly  in  1593  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  197—9. 

40  George  Newsham  of  Newsham  in 
1585  held  six  messuages,  &c.,  in  Bispham 
and  Norbreck  of  Edmund  Fleetwood  in 
socage  by  a  rent  of  41. ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  88. 

In  1608  Thomas  Tompson  held  part 
of  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Norbreck  of 
Edmund  Fleetwood  as  of  his  manor  of 
Norbreck  by  i%d.  rent.  Robert  his  son 
and  heir  was  six  years  old  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  i,  i  34. 

31  William  Bamber  died  in  1605  hold- 
ing a  messuage  and  land  of  the  king  by 
the  thousandth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 
His  heirs  were  two  daughters,  Anne  (aged 
twenty-one)  and  Margaret  (eighteen)  ; 
ibid,  i,  136.  Richard  Bamber  in  1639 
held  his  messuage,  &c.,  by  the  two- 
hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  John 
his  son  and  heir  wss  thirty-five  years  of 
age  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  85. 

William  Dobson  died  in  1623  holding 
a  messuage  and  land  in  Great  Bispham  by 
the  two-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee, 
also  in  Warbreck  by  a  like  service  ;  he 
had  common  rights  in  Layton  Hawes  and 
Marton  Moss.  His  heir  was  a  son 
Richard,  aged  forty ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  iii,  435. 

John  Singleton  died  in  1623  holding  a 
messuage  and  land  by  knight's  service  ; 
his  son  and  heir  John  was  forty-eight 
years  of  age ;  Towneley  MS.  C8,  13 

247 


(Chet.  Lib.),  1071.  This  family  was  of 
the  Knowl  in  Great  Bispham  ;  Fishwick, 
Bispham  (Chet.  Soc.),  115. 

John  Salthouse,  1629,  held  similarly  ; 
William  his  son  and  heir  was  thirty  years 
old;  C8,  13,  p.  1073. 

The  tenure  is  not  stated  in  the  case  of 
Richard  Tinckler  of  Bispham,  who  died 
in  1627,  leaving  as  heir  a  son  Christopher, 
aged  forty  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xxvi,  no.  15. 

33  Coram  Rege  R.  254,  m.  42.  The 
lords  of  the  vills  named  were  Adam  son  of 
William  Banastre,  Lawrence  de  Thornton, 
Randle  Gentil,  the  Abbot  of  Dieulacres, 
Robert  de  Shireburne  and  Henry  de 
Carleton. 

33  In  1252  William  de  Newton,  son  of 
Richard  de  Bispham  and   Hawise  widow 
of  Richard,  allowed   the  monks  free  pas- 
sage for  their    sheep  which  came  to  be 
washed   in  Little  Bispham  Mere  ;  Dieu- 
lacres Chartul.  349,  351.     A  number  of 
tenants— Sir    William   de   Carleton    and 
others — gave    up  all    opposition    to    the 
claims  of  the  monks  in  the  common  moss 
of  Angotsmoss  and  Little  Bispham  mere, 
and   William   le  Boteler  afterwards  gave 
a  similar  release  ;  ibid.  350—1. 

34  Fishwick,  Bispham,  127. 

35  Adam    son   of  Robert  de  Norbreck 
granted  all  the  land  in  the  vill  of  Norbreck 
formerly  held  of  him  by  Amery  de  Leck- 
hampton ;  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  435. 

88  William  le  Boteler  granted  an 
oxgang  of  land  formerly  held  by  Adam 
son  of  James  ;  ibid.  436. 

1  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  31813. 

By  a  further  Order  (36320)  made  in 
1896  the  township  or  civil  parish  of 
Blackpool  was  extended  to  include  the 
foreshore,  1,334  acres.  The  detached 
portion  of  Bispham  known  as  Bispham 
Hawes  wag  added  to  Layton  township 
in  1883  ;  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  14712. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Blackpool — the  name  of  Layton  having  been  super- 
seded— being  3,601  acres.1  The  population  of  Black- 
pool was  47,348  in  1901.*  The  surface,  though 
level,  rises  somewhat  towards  the  east,  and  on  the 
higher  land  is  placed  the  village  of  Layton,  just  out- 
side Blackpool.  Little  Layton  is  about  a  mile  to  the 
north  of  it  with  Warbreck  to  the  west.  Whinney 
Heys  is  on  the  extreme  eastern  border.  Layton 
Hawes  was  at  the  south  end  of  the  township  ;  horse 
races  used  to  be  held  there  yearly.4 

Roads  spread  out  in  all  directions  from  the  centre 
of  the  Blackpool  shore  line.  There  are  three 
approaches  to  the  town  by  railway  :  the  old  line,  a 
branch  from  the  Preston  and  Fleetwood  railway 
turning  off  at  Poulton  with  a  terminus  at  Talbot 
Road,  near  the  North  Pier  ;  a  second  line,  coming 
from  the  south  through  Lytham,  with  a  station  at 
South  Shore  and  a  terminus  near  the  Tower  ;  and  a 
more  direct  line  from  Kirkham,  having  the  same 
terminus,  but  a  separate  station  at  South  Shore. 
Electric  tramways  run  north  to  Fleetwood  and  south 
to  St.  Anne's  and  Lytham. 

In  1837  the  market  house  and  market  field  were 
itill  known,  though  the  chartered  market  and  fair 
had  long  ceased  ;  the  cross  and  stocks  had  also  dis- 
appeared.6 The  cuckstool  was  still  pointed  out,  and 
'  riding  the  stang '  had  been  a  custom.6  The 
'  Layton  miser,'  one  John  Bailey,  was  remembered.7 

In  1 296  a  ship  from  Ireland  laden  with  victuals  for 


the  king  was  driven  ashore  at  Layton  ;  the  goods 
were  seized  by  the  people  and  the  king's  men  were 
ill-treated. 8-9 

In  1066  L4TTON  was  in  the 
MANORS  hands  of  Earl  Tostig  as  part  of  his 
Preston  lordship.10  It  was  in  later  times 
a  part  of  the  Warrington  fee,  and  in  1236  it  was 
recorded  that  the  heirs  of  Sir  Emery  le  Boteler  held 
three  knights'  fees  in  Warrington  and  Layton  'of 
ancient  feoffment,'  n  Layton  being  one  fee."  Thus 
their  tenure  went  back  to  the  time  of  Henry  I. 
Layton  was  composed  of  Great  and  Little  Layton, 
Warbreck,  the  Pool,  and  Threfeld,  and  Great  Bispham 
was  the  other  member  of  the  fee.  These,  or  most  of 
them,  are  spoken  of  as  separate  *  manors.'  Great 
Marton  was  later  added,  though  the  tenure  differed. 
In  1297  William  le  Boteler  held  Layton  with  its 
members  (Great  Marton  not  being  included)  of  the 
Earl  of  Lancaster  by  knight's  service,  rendering  IDJ. 
yearly.11  This  payment  was  for  castle  ward.  The 
manors  continued  to  descend  in  the  same  way  as 
Warrington14  until  1539-43,  when  Sir  Thomas 
Butler  sold  his  Layton  lordship,  with  Great  Marton 
included,  to  John  Browne,  citizen  and  mercer  of 
London,16  who  in  1550  sold  to  Thomas  Fleetwood,16 
the  purchaser  of  Rossall.  It  was  given  to  his  younger 
son  William,17  who,  however,  afterwards  transferred 
it  in  1 596  to  his  brother  Edmund.18  It  descended 
like  Rossall19  till  1841,  when  Sir  Peter  Hesketh 


*  Census    Rep.    1901.      Thii    area    in- 
cludes 7  acres  of   inland  water,  but  not 
the  75  acres  of  tidal  •water  (sea)  and  the 
foreshore. 

*  This    includes    7)659    in    the    added 
portion  of  Marton. 

4  Thornber,  Blackpool,  198. 

*  Ibid.  270. 

6  Ibid.  276  ;     perhaps  by  '  cuckstool ' 
the  pond  was  meant. 

7  Ibid.  277. 

8-9  Cal.  Pat.  1292-1301,  p.  216. 

10  V.C.H.  Lana.  i,  z88a. 

11  Lana.   Inq.  p.m.    (Rec.   Soc.    Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  145. 

la  Ibid.  151  ;  Layton  was  held  in 
demesne.  The  fee  appears  to  have  been 
one  of  10  plough-lands,  made  up  thus — 
Layton  6,  Great  Bispham  4. 

"Ibid.  289,  316. 

14  Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  58  ;   at 
that    time    i6s.   %d.   was  paid   for   castle 
ward  and  6s.  %d.  for  sake  fee. 

See  also  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  40,  195  ;  iii,  8,  122  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  {,113;  ii, 
73,  82  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  536  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  13. 
The  Layton  estate  appears  from  these 
to  have  been  regarded  as  a  provision  for 
the  widows  or  younger  children  of  the 
lords  of  Warrington.  In  1299  Isabel 
widow  of  Henry  le  Boteler  claimed  a 
messuage  and  30  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Layton  as  dower;  De  Banco  R.  130, 
m.  219  d. 

John  de  Haydock  and  Joan  his  wife 
put  forward  a  claim  to  the  manors  in 
1357  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  6, 
m.  4  d. 

15  Pal.  of  Lane,   Feet  of   F.  bdle.    1 2 
(1539),    m.    31  ;    the   manors    of   Pool, 
Warbreck,  Great  Marton,  Bispham  and 
Little    Layton,    &c.,    are    named.      The 
remainder  of  the  Layton   estate   appears 
to  have  followed  in  1543  ;   see  Beamont, 
quoting  Bold  D.,  in  Lords  of  Warrington 
(Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  454.     Apart  from  their 


being  named  separately  there  is  nothing 
to  show  that  Pool  and  Warbreck  were 
independent  manors. 

16  Pal.   of  Lane.   Feet  of   F.  bdle.  14, 
m.  276  ;  John  Browne  and  Christina  his 
wife  were  deforciants,  and  the  estate  in- 
cluded   the    manors    of    Great    Layton, 
Great  Marton,  Pool,  Warbreck,  Bispham 
and  Little  Layton,  with  messuages,  lands, 
windmills,  water-mills,  dovecotes,  rents, 
100    acres    of   alder,   &c.,    in  the  places 
named  and  also  in    Norcross,   Trunnah, 
Holmes,  Stalmine,  Staynall,  Hambleton 
and  Rowall.     ,£1,500  is  the  price  named. 

Queen  Mary  in  15  54  gave  a  confirma- 
tion of  his  estate  to  Thomas  Fleetwood, 
the  reason  being  that  Sir  Thomas  Butler 
had  been  indebted  to  Henry  VIII  and 
had  pledged  and  sold  his  manors  in 
consequence  ;  Pat.  i  Mary,  pt.  ii,  printed 
in  Porter,  Fylde,  306-7. 

Thomas  Fleetwood  died  in  1576  hold- 
ing the  manors  of  Great  Layton,  &c.,  of 
the  queen  as  of  her  duchy  by  one  knight's 
fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii, 
no.  2. 

17  Fishwick,   Bispham  (Chet.  Soc.),  9, 
quoting    Duchy    of    Lane.    Plead.    Eliz. 
Ixxxix,  F  2. 

William  Fleetwood  in  1574  made  a 
feoffment  of  his  manors  of  Great  Layton, 
Marton,  Great  Bispham,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  36,  m.  181. 

A  special  commission  as  to  the  manor 
was  issued  in  1588  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  343. 

18  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.   59, 
m.  125.     The  deforciants  were  William 
Fleetwood  and  Jane  his  wife,  and  the  sale 
included    the   manors   of   Great  Layton, 
Great  Marton  and  Great  Bispham,  with 
windmill,  water-mill  and  open  lands  and 
moor,  &c.,  in  Layton  and  the  neighbour- 
hood ;    also    the    advowson    of    Poulton 
vicarage. 

A  large  number  of  messuages,  with 
lands,  &c.,  and  rights  of  common,  in  the 
same  hamlets  and  townships,  were  at  the 

24-8 


same  time  gold  to  John  Hulton  and  John 
Hodgson  ;  ibid.  m.  320.  John  Hulton 
of  Darleys  died  in  1606  holding  lands  in 
Great  Layton,  the  Pool,  Warbreck,  &c., 
of  the  king  in  chief  by  knight's  service  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  68.  A  small  part  of  the  same 
appears  to  have  been  acquired  by  John 
Hodgson,  who  died  in  1630  holding  a 
messuage  in  Great  Layton  and  another 
in  Little  Layton,  with  common  of  pasture 
on  the  Hawes,  &c.  The  tenure  is  not 
recorded.  The  heir  was  a  grandson 
Richard  (son  of  Henry  son  of  John),  who 
was  sixteen  years  old  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxv,  no.  i.  Robert  Hodgson, 
probably  a  younger  son  of  John,  held  a 
messuage  in  a  place  called  the  Pool  in 
Great  Layton  (i.e.  at  Blackpool),  and 
died  in  1627,  leaving  a  son  and  heir  John, 
aged  sixteen,  in  1634  ;  ibid,  xxvii,  no.  62  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  512. 
Richard  Hodgson  in  1630  held  a  messuage 
in  Little  Layton  of  Sir  Paul  Fleetwood 
and  another  in  Great  Layton  of  the  king  ; 
his  heir,  a  brother  William,  died  in  1631, 
leaving  two  daughters,  Margaret  wife  of 
Richard  Bamber  and  Jane  wife  of  Thomas 
Elston  ;  ibid.  514. 

The  feet  of  fines  for  1574  and  there- 
abouts show  that  William  Fleetwood 
disposed  of  much  of  his  estate  in  parcels. 

19  Edmund  Fleetwood  died  in  1622 
holding  the  manors  of  Great  Bispham, 
Layton  and  Marton  of  the  king  by  the 
two-hundredth  part  of  a  knight'*  fee  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  iii,  315.  The  manors  of  Layton 
and  Marton  were  in  the  hands  of  his  son 
Sir  Paul  Fleetwood  in  1653-4  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  153,  m.  30.  Some 
later  references  may  be  added  :  1695 — 
the  manors  of  Great  and  Little  Layton, 
Warbreck,  Great  Bispham  and  Great 
Marton,  &c.,  by  William  Fleetwood  and 
Margaret  his  wife  ;  ibid.  235,  m.  75. 
1733 — Layton  with  Warbreck,  Great 
Marton,  &c.,  by  Edward  Fleetwood ; 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


BISPHAM 


Fleetwood  sold  to  Thomas  Clifton  of  Lytham,20  and 
the  late  Lady  Drummond  was  lady  of  the  manor. 

Edward  Fleetwood  of  Rossall  in  1712  claimed  the 
right  to  keep  a  court  leet  and  court  baron  for  the 
manor  or  pretended  manor  of  Layton,  but  met  with 
some  opposition." 

'In  1835  the  sole  manorial  lord  of  the  parish 
was  Peter  Hesketh  Fleetwood,  who  held  a  court  leet 
and  baron  for  Layton-with-Warbreck  and  Great 
Bispham  in  October  at  Blackpool,  when  the  usual 
officers  were  appointed.'  "  The  courts  have  long 
ceased  to  be  held. 

Layton  Hawes,  about  which  the  Botelers  had 
disputes  with  the  Priors  of  Lytham,23  was  inclosed 
under  an  Act  passed  in  1767." 

Henry  III  granted  a  charter  to  William  le  Boteler 
in  I  2  5  7  for  a  weekly  market  at  Layton  on  Wednes- 
day and  an  annual  fair  on  the  eve,  day  and  morrow 
of  St.  Andrew  (29  November- 1  December).25  Free 
warren  in  the  demesne  lands  was  added  by  Edward  I 
in  1 285.*"  These  rights  were  called  in  question  in 
1292  17  and  1498,**  but  approved. 


LATTON  HALL,  the  old  manor-house,  appears 
to  have  been  sold  by  William  Fleetwood  in  1592  to 
Edward  Rigby  of  Burgh  in  Duxbury,29  who  died  in 
1627  holding  it  of  the  king  by  knight's  service, 
together  with  the  tithes  of  grain  in  Great  and  Little 
Layton,  Warbreck  and  Blackpool,  and  various  mes- 
suages and  lands.30  Somewhat  later  the  hall  seems  to 
have  become  the  chief  residence  of  the  Rigbys." 
After  the  sale  of  their  estates  in  1720  it  was  pur- 
chased by  William  Clayton  of  Adlington,  and  he  in 
1736  conveyed  it  to  trustees  for  Thomas  Clifton 
of  Lytham.  It  has  since  remained  in  this  family." 
Manorial  rights  remaining,  if  any,  are  of  no 
value. 

FOX  HALL  has  been  mentioned  in  the  account 
of  Blackpool  above  given. 

In  Little  Layton  the  Botelers  of  Marton  had  an 
estate  at  one  time,"  which  probably  reverted  to  the 
lords  of  the  manor.  The  chief  estate  there  in  later 
times  was  WH1NNET  HETS,  purchased  by  James 
Massey  (of  Carleton)  from  William  Fleetwood  in 
1575"  and  descending  to  his  heirs  the  Veale  family." 


ibid.  312,  m.  46.  1759 — Layton  with 
Warbreck,  &c.,  by  Fleetwood  Heskcth  ; 
ibid.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  591,  m.  9. 

M  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  1 8. 

11  Ibid.  1 6  ;  the  opponents  were  free- 
holders of  Bispham. 

M  Ibid.  5. 

18  From  these  disputes  it  appears  that 
the  Hawes,  chiefly  within  Layton,  ex- 
tended into  Lytham. 

Quenilda  daughter  of  Richard  son  of 
Roger  gave  the  monks  of  Lytham  her 
share  in  the  Hawes  of  Lytham  ;  D.  at 
Durham,  2  a,  2  ae,  4  ae,  Ebor.  no.  67.  The 
boundary  must  have  been  uncertain,  for 
William  le  Boteler  about  1230  confirmed 
the  two-thirds  of  the  pasture  within  the 
Hawes  of  Lytham  which  Maud  de  Stock- 
port  had  given  with  her  body  and  Quenilda 
daughter  of  Richard  son  of  Roger  had 
further  given  ;  ibid.  no.  66.  The  bounds 
were  finally  settled  in  1272  ;  ibid.  Misc. 
no.  5454. 

The  fifth  part  of  half  a  plough-land  in 
the  Hawes  between  Layton  and  Lytham, 
within  the  fee  of  William  le  Boteler,  was 
before  1249  granted  to  Cockersand  Abbey 
by  Thomas  de  Beetham  and  Amiria  his 
wife,  and  the  gift  was  in  1271  confirmed 
by  William  ;  Cockenand  Chartul.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  158. 

The  Prior  of  Lytham  complained  in 
1338  that  Sibyl  widow  of  William  Boteler 
of  Warrington  had  seized  an  anchor  at 
Kelgrimoll  (at  Greenskar  pot),  but  she 
asserted  that  it  was  taken  within  Great 
Layton  ;  De  Banco  R.  315,  m.  287. 

In  1509  (?)  the  prior  complained  that 
John  Bispham  had  trespassed,  but  the 
defendant  said  he  had  used  the  Hawes, 
containing  1,000  acres  of  land  within 
the  manor  of  Layton  belonging  to  Sir 
Thomas  Boteler  and  adjacent  to  Lytham  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Sessional  Papers,  bdle.  4. 

For  a  more  violent  dispute  in  1531-2 
see  Duchy  Plead.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  206  ;  ii,  9. 

14  Lanes,  and  Chet.  Antiq.  Soc.  vi,  122. 

The  award  was  made  in  1769  ;  Lanct. 
and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  56. 

85  Cal.  Chart.  R.  1226-57,  p.  476  ; 
the  name  is  wrongly  given  as  Robert. 

26  Ibid.  1257-1300,  p.  326. 

87  Plac.  de  Qua  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  386. 
Wreck  of  the  sea  was  also  claimed,  as 
having  been  an  appurtenance  of  the  lord- 


ship from  the  time  of  William  the 
Conqueror. 

18  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  13 
Hen.  VII. 

"  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  54, 
m.  152.  The  hall  is  not  specially  named, 
the  estate  being  described  as  three  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in  Great  and  Little  Layton, 
the  Pool  and  Warbreck,  together  with  the 
tithes  and  fisheries  at  Marton  and  Layton. 

30  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  5. 
In  1651  Jane  Rigby,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Rigby  of  Burgh,  farmed  the  demesne 
of  Layton  ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comf.  iii,  1650. 
A  pedigree  was  recorded  in  1664,  the 
family  being  described  as  '  of  Layton '  ; 
Dugdale,  Vint.  (Chet.  Soc.),  244. 

11  In  1671  Alexander  Rigby  of  Layton 
held  messuages,  &c.,  in  Great  and  Little 
Ljyton,  Marton,  Warbreck  and  Pool, 
also,  though  no  '  manor '  is  named, 
views  of  frankpledge  in  Great  and  Little 
Layton  and  Pool  (i.e.  Blackpool)  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  206,  m.  32. 
An  account  of  this  branch  of  the  Rigby 
family  has  been  given  under  Duxbury  ; 
see  also  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  94-105,  where 
there  is  a  pedigree.  The  estates  were 
sold  under  a  Private  Act  i  Geo.  I, 
cap.  45. 

'*  Ibid.  105.  The  manor  was  held  by 
Lady  Drummond,  widow  of  T.  H.  Clifton 
of  Lytham. 

33  Richard  Boteler  in  1323  held  land, 
ice.,  in  Little  Layton  occupied  by  Roger 
le  Waleys  and  Agnes  his  wife.  The 
tenure  is  not  recorded  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  ii,  145.  Earlier  still,  in  1303, 
Richard  Boteler,  together  with  Adam  de 
Walton  and  Alice  his  wife,  called  upon 
the  custodee  of  William  son  and  heir  of 
Nicholas  Boteler  (of  Rawcliffe)  to  warrant 
to  them,  inter  alia,  the  third  part  of  three 
messuages  and  3  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Little  Layton  claimed  as  dower  by  Mabel 
widow  of  Nicholas  ;  De  Banco  R.  144, 
m.  141.  In  1315  Nicholas  del  Marsh 
and  Ellen  his  wife  claimed  dower  in  six 
messuages  and  6  oxgangs  of  land  in 
Little  Layton  against  Agnes  widow  of 
Nicholas  Boteler,  who  called  upon  Richard 
son  of  Richard  Boteler  to  warrant  her  ; 
ibid.  209,  m.  252. 

Two  other  pleas  may  be  cited.  In  1320 
Maud  widow  of  Ralph  de  Bickerstath 
claimed  dower  in  100  acres  of  land  against 

249 


Alice  widow  of  Geoffrey  de  Cuerdale  and 
her  daughters  Agnes  and  Margery,  while 
in  1322  she  claimed  similarly  against 
Thomas  Curwen,  who  held  three  mes- 
suages and  half  an  oxgang  of  land  ;  ibid. 
235,  m.  166  5  244,  m.  15,  135  d. 

Cecily  widow  of  Richard  le  Boteler  was 
in  1336  the  wife  of  Thomas  de  Molyneux, 
and  claimed  her  dower  in  Little  Layton 
against  the  above-named  Roger  le  Waleys 
and  Agnes  his  wife  ;  ibid.  306,  m.  268  d. 

34  Pal.   of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.   bdle.   37, 
m.   1 08.      The   property   is  described   as 
messuages,  windmill,  &c.,  in  Little  Layton 
and   Great   Bispham.       Massey   probably 
acquired   further  lands  ;    he   died   before 
1600,  when  his  son  John  had  to  defend 
his  title  against  claims  put  forward  by  the 
Fleetwoods,  who  were  desirous  of  limiting 
the  extent  of  the  sales  made  by  William 
Fleetwood;    Fishwick,    op.    cit.    10-13, 
quoting  Duchy  of  Lane.   Plead.  42  Eliz. 
Fi4. 

John  Masscy  of  Layton  recorded  a 
pedigree  in  1613  ;  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
79.  He  died  in  1618  holding  the  capital 
messuage  called  Whinney  Heys  in  Little 
Layton  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy 
by  the  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee, 
and  other  lands,  &c.,  there  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii, 
117-19.  His  heirs  were  hii  daughters 
Ellen  wife  of  Edward  Veale,  aged  thirty- 
six,  and  Alice  widow  of  Thomas  Bamber, 
aged  thirty-four.  The  former  had  four 
sons,  of  whom  the  oldest,  John,  was 
about  twelve  years  old. 

35  For  an  account  of  them  see  Fishwick, 
op.   cit.   81-93,  with   a  pedigree.      The 
succession  appears  to  be  thus  :    Edward 
Veale,  d.  1650  — s.  John,  d.  1669-8.  John, 
d.    1704    — s.     Edward,    d.    1723    —sister 
Dorothy,  d.  1748.     Another  sister,  Sarah, 
married  Edward  son  of  Richard  Fleetwood 
of   Rossall.       Their    daughter    Margaret 
married  Roger  Hesketh,  who  inherited. 

A  letter  of  Edward  Veale's,  lamenting 
'the  miserable  distress  of  this  poor 
Fylde  ...  by  reason  of  the  fearful  infec- 
tion '  of  1631,  is  printed  in  Hist.  MSS. 
Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  47.  About  the 
same  time  he  arrested  a  man  for  taking 
a  hawk,  called  a  merlin,  belonging  to 
Edmund  Fleetwood,  who  proved  unwilling 
to  prosecute  ;  ibid.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  Classis  established  in 

32 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


A  pedigree  was  recorded  in  i664.36  Mr.  Thornber 
says  :  '  The  traditions  of  the  neighbourhood  intro- 
duce us  to  John  Veale,  esq., 
of  Whinney  Heys,  as  main- 
taining this  character  [of  the 
plain  old  English  gentleman] 
during  the  eventful  periods  of 
1715  and  1745,  when  he 
acted  as  a  magistrate  in  the 
county.  His  lady,  Mrs. 
Dorothy  Veale,  with  thrifty 
care,  superintended  the  labours 
of  her  household  and  en- 
couraged by  the  presence  of 
herself  and  family  the  inno- 
cent mirth  and  hilarity  of  her 
dependants.  From  what  I 

can  gather  of  the  pursuits  of  the  Rigbys  of  Layton 
Hall  the  family  group,  partaking  of  the  boisterous 
mirth  and  sports  too  generally  practised  by  the 
Cavalier  party  of  the  unfortunate  Charles  and  his 
son,  formed  a  striking  contrast  to  the  domestic 
arrangements  of  Whinney  Heys  ;  the  one  family 
employing  the  long  winter's  night  in  useful  occupa- 
tions, enlivened  with  cheerful  conversation,  the 
other,  according  to  stories  still  [1837]  repeated,  in 
gambling,  cards,  dice  and  the  drunken  bowl.' 3r  The 
estate  passed  by  marriage  to  the  Fleetwoods  of 
Rossall. 

A  few  other  estates  occur,  but  no  connected  history 


VKALI  of  Whinney 
Heys.  Argent  on  a  bend 
sable  three  calves  passant 
or. 


can  be  given  of  them.38  Warbreck  occurs  as  a  sur- 
name.39 Lancaster  Priory40  and  Cockersand  Abbey41 
had  land  in  the  township. 

Something  has  been  related  above 
BOROUGH  concerning  the  growth  of  BLACK- 
POOL." A  local  board  of  nine 
members  was  formed  in  1853  under  an  Improvement 
Act43;  in  1871  the  number 
of  members  was  increased  to 
eighteen.44  Five  years  later, 
by  charter  21  January  1876, 
the  town  was  incorporated, 
and  the  council  was  to  consist 
of  a  mayor,  six  aldermen  and 
eighteen  councillors,  chosen 
from  six  wards.4*  In  1879 
the  municipal  boundaries  were 
extended  to  include  South 
Shore  and  parts  of  Marton 
and  Bispham.46  In  1894  the 
part  of  Marton  within  the 
borough  was  united  to  Layton, 
and  the  whole  became  one 
township,  Blackpool,  the  old 
names  and  limits  being  obli- 
terated. An  increase  in  the 
governing  body  was  made  in  1898,  and  the  council 
now  consists  of  a  mayor,  twelve  aldermen  and  thirty- 
six  councillors,  chosen  by  six  wards  as  formerly.47  It 
became  a  county  borough  in  1904.  The  council  has 


BOROUGH  or  BLACK- 
FOOL.  Barry  ivaiiy  of 
six  sable  and  or  a  sea- 
gull -volant  proper,  on  a 
chief  argent  a  thunder- 
bolt between  a  fieur  de 
Us  and  a  lion  rampant 
gules. 


1646  ;  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1868),  i,  228. 
A  grandson,  Edward  Veale,  was  Noncon- 
formist minister  at  Wapping,  dying  in  1708. 

36  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  321. 

37  Blackpool,  87.     In  a  list  of  the  in- 
habitants of  the   parish    compiled   about 
1686 — the  whole  number  was   385 — the 
first  place  was  taken  by  Alexander  Rigby, 
esq.,  his  three  daughters,  ten  menservants 
and  three  maidservants  ;  and  the  second 
by  John  Veale,  gent.,  his  wife,  mother, 
two  menservants  and  two  maidservants. 

38  Robert  Lawrence  of  Ribbleton,  1524, 
had    land   in   Layton  ;    Duchy  of   Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  57. 

William  Smith  died  in  1602  holding 
eight  messuages,  &c.,  in  Little  Layton, 
also  others  in  Thornton  and  Ribbleton — 
perhaps  the  Lawrence  estate — and  leaving 
a  grandson  and  heir  Alexander  Smith  (son 
of  Henry  son  of  William),  aged  fifteen. 
The  Layton  lands  were  held  of  Edmund 
Fleetwood  as  of  his  manor  of  Great 
Layton  ;  ibid,  xviii,  no.  22. 

Lawrence  Cowborne  of  Freckleton  held 
messuages  and  land  in  Layton  and  Bispham 
in  1604  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  by  \d.  rent 
or  ( ?  by  correction)  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy  by  the  fortieth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  2.\d.  rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  32,  45. 

The  Bambers,  who  occur  in  neigh- 
bouring townships,  held  land  in  Layton. 
William  Bamberof  Pool  in  1576  obtained 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Layton  and  Bispham 
from  William  Bamber  the  elder  and 
Edmund  his  son  and  heir-apparent ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  28,  m.  9.  The 
same  William  Bamber  of  Pool  in  1579 
made  an  agreement  with  Richard  Bamber 
of  Marton  as  to  a  partition  of  lands  ; 
W.  Farrer's  Deeds.  William  Bamber 
died  in  1597  holding  a  messuage  and 
land  in  Great  Layton  and  Warbreck  of 
the  king  as  duke  by  the  two-hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee.  His  son  and  heir 


Robert  was  then  thirty-seven  years  old  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  116. 
This  is  probably  the  Robert  Bamber 
of  Warbreck  who  died  in  1624  holding 
lands  by  the  same  tenure,  and  leaving 
a  son  William,  aged  three ;  ibid,  iii, 
462.  Richard  Bamber  died  in  1609 
holding  messuages  and  land  in  Great 
Layton  of  the  king  as  duke  by  knight's 
service  ;  his  son  and  heir  John  was  forty- 
seven  years  old  ;  ibid,  i,  154.  Some 
further  particulars  will  be  found  in  Fish- 
wick's  Bispham,  116—19. 

John  Anion  in  1609  held  messuages, 
&c.,  in  Warbreck  of  the  king  as  duke  by 
the  one-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
hi»  heir  was  hi»  son  John,  aged  twenty- 
two  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  155. 
This  son  seems  to  be  the  John  Anion 
who  died  in  1623  holding  by  the  two- 
hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.  His 
son  and  heir  John  was  ten  years  old  ; 
ibid,  iii,  435.  See  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  115. 

Thomas  Jollice  in  1618  held  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  of  the  king  as  duke  by  the 
three-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
he  left  a  son  and  heir  Robert,  aged  five  ; 
ibid,  ii,  n  i. 

John  Walsh  died  in  1624  holding  land 
in  Layton  of  the  king  and  leaving  a  son 
Henry  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Notes,  i, 
74,  where  some  particulars  of  the  family 
are  given. 

Robert  Crane  died  in  1627  holding  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Layton,  tenure  not 
recorded  ;  his  heir  was  a  grandson  Robert 
(son  of  Richard  son  of  Robert)  Crane, 
aged  fifteen  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xxvi,  no.  31. 

Robert  Gaulter  died  in  1631  holding  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Little  Layton  of  Paul 
Fleetwood  as  of  his  manor  of  Little 
Layton.  His  heir  was  his  brother  George, 
aged  forty-four;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13, 
p.  459. 

39  Richard    Waibreck,    1628,  held  his 

250 


messuage  in  Warbreck  of  the  king  by 
the  two-hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 
Thomas,  his  son  and  heir,  was  four  years 
old;  ibid.  1309.  See  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
119,  125. 

40  The  priory  seems  to  have  had  merely 
an  acre,   given  them   by  William  son  of 
Emery  le   Botelcr,   so    that    they   might 
build  a  tithe-barn   there.     This  acre  lay 
by  the  pathway  leading  from  the   high- 
road to  the  little  mere  ;  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet. 
Soc.),   ii,  438.     It  was  included   in   the 
grant    of   the    advowson    of   Poulton   to 
Thomas  Fleetwood  in  1554. 

41  William    le     Boteler    granted      the 
canons     all     his     part     of    Threplands, 
within  his  demesne  of  Layton,  as  marked 
out  by  crosses,  with  right  of  way  to  the 
sea  and  the  pool,   excepting  25  acres  held 
by  Walter  son  of  Swain  (de  Carleton)  by 
a    rent    of    6d.  ;     Cockersand    Chartul.    i, 
155-7.       Threplands    or    Threfelt     was 
between  Layton  and  Marton.     The  same 
benefactor  gave   20   acres  in   Withroom, 
on  the  west  side   towards  the  mill,  and   a 
rent-charge  of  40*.   from   his   camera  or 
treasury;  ibid,  i,  156,  159,  i6t. 

42  Porter,    Fylde,     311   62.       Further 
details,    particularly   with    regard    to  the 
recent  changes,   have    been    supplied    by 
Mr.  T.  Loftos,  town  clerk. 

43  There  are   eight  later  Improvement 
Acts. 

44  Ibid.   339.     The  title  was  changed 
from  Layton-with-Warbreck  Local  Board 
to  Blackpool  Local  Board  in  1868. 

44  Ibid.  355-9.  The  original  wards 
were  Claremont,  Talbot,  Bank  Hey, 
Brunswick,  Foxhall  and  Waterloo. 

46  42  &43  Viet.  cap.  199.     The  part  of 
Bispham   included  was  the  detached  por- 
tion known  as   Bispham  Hawes,  south  of 
Layton.     The   boundaries   of   the   wards 
were  altered. 

47  The    township     boundary    was    ex- 
tended in  1896  to  include  the  foreshore. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


carried  out  many  works  for  the  health  and  conveni- 
ence of  the  people  and  the  beautifying  of  the  town. 
It  owns  the  gas  and  electric  lighting  and  power  works, 
also  the  tramways.  A  new  town  hall  was  built  in 
1895-1900.  A  market,  built  in  1844,  was  acquired 
by  the  local  board  in  1853  and  enlarged  in  1872; 
the  free  library48  was  built  on  the  site  in  1895,  a 
new  market  being  opened  in  Lytham  Road.  A  new 
free  library  building  has  recently  been  given  by  Mr. 
Carnegie  ;  a  technical  school  was  erected  in  1905-6. 
There  are  also  a  court-house,  police  stations  and  fire 
brigade  station.  A  bench  of  magistrates  for  the 
borough  was  constituted  in  1898.  A  coat  of  arms 
was  granted  in  1899. 

There  was  in  the  I3th  century  a  chantry  chapel  in 
Layton,4'  but  it  disappeared,  and  the  existing  places 
of  worship  in  Layton  are  all  modern  and  due  to  the 
rise  of  Blackpool.  In  connexion  with  the  Church  of 
England  St.  John's  was  erected  in  1821  50  and  re- 
built in  1878  on  the  old  site  ;  a  separate  parish  was 
assigned  to  it  in  1 860. 51  The  patronage  is  vested  in 
trustees.  The  incumbent  from  1829  to  1846  was 
the  Rev.  William  Thornber,  B.A.,  whose  history  of 
the  town  written  in  1837  has  been  quoted  frequently 
in  the  present  work.41  Holy  Trinity,  South  Shore, 
built  in  1836  and  rebuilt  in  1895,  had  a  parish 
assigned  in  1871."  Lady  Drummond's  trustees  pre- 
sent the  vicars.  Christ  Church,  Blackpool,  built  in 
1866,  became  parochial  in  1871."  St.  Paul's,  North 
Shore,  was  built  in  1898-9.  These  two  churches 
are  in  the  gift  of  bodies  of  trustees.  There  is  a 
mission  church,  St.  Peter's,  1878,  connected  with 
Holy  Trinity  ;  also  another,  All  Saints',  connected 
with  St.  John's  ;  and  school-chapels  at  South  Shore 
and  Marton  Moss. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  opened  a  chapel  in  Bank 
Hey  Street  in  1835  >  ^'ls  was  replaced  in  1861-2 


PART  OF 
LANCASTER 

by  the  present  Adelaide  Street  church.53  They 
have  now  two  others  in  Blackpool  and  two  in  South 
Shore.  The  United  Methodist  Free  Church  opened 
their  first  chapel  in  i864,56  and  have  since  added  two 
others  in  Blackpool  and  South  Shore.  The  Primitive 
Methodists,  after  meeting  for  some  time  in  a  room, 
built  a  church  in  187 5."  The  New  Connexion, 
now  joined  to  the  United  Methodists,  also  has  a 
church. 

The  Baptists  held  services  in  a  room  from  1858" 
till  Union  Chapel  was  opened  in  1861  ;  it  was 
rebuilt  in  1 904.  They  have  now  a  second  chapel  in 
Blackpool  and  another  in  South  Shore. 

About  1820  the  Congregationalists  began  preach- 
ing in  Blackpool,  and  in  spite  of  much  opposition 
were  able  to  open  Bethesda  Chapel,  near  Fox  Hall, 
in  1825.  A  larger  building  in  Victoria  Street  was 
built  in  1 849,  and  for  a  time  Bethesda  ceased  to  be 
used,  except  occasionally  by  the  Methodists ;  but 
services  there  were  resumed  in  i875-59  Another 
chapel  was  opened  at  South  Shore  in  I885,60  and 
more  recently  (1901)  another  in  Claremont  Park. 

A  Unitarian  chapel  was  opened  in  1875,"  and 
the  present  church  succeeded  it  in  1883.  The 
Plymouth  Brethren,  Swedenborgians  (New  Church) 
and  Salvation  Army  are  also  represented  at  Black- 
pool. 

The  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  the  Sacred  Hearts 
of  Jesus  and  Mary  was  built  in  1857  and  has  been 
enlarged.61  It  is  served  by  Jesuits.  St.  Cuthbert's, 
South  Shore,  built  in  1880,  was  succeeded  by  the 
present  church  ten  years  later.  St.  Kentigern's, 
Blackpool,  was  begun  in  1907.  These  are  served 
by  secular  priests.  There  is  a  convent  and  boarding 
school,  the  Holy  Child  Jesus,  at  Littk  Layton. 

The  Jews  have  a  synagogue,  and  there  is  a 
Spiritualists'  Hall. 


PART     OF     LANCASTER 
STALMINE   WITH    STAYNALL 


Stalmine,  Dom.  Bk. ;  Stalmin,  1205  ;  Stalemynne, 
1278. 

Stainole,  1277;  Staynol,  1292  ;  Staynolf,  1331. 

This  composite  township,  with  Stalmine  to  the 
north  and  east  and  Staynall  to  the  south-west,  has  a 
total  area  of  2,583^  acres,1  the  two  hamlets  having 
1,771  and  812^  respectively,  and  the  population  in 
1901  was  537.  The  River  Wyre  forms  the  western 
boundary,  and  upon  it,  at  the  south  of  Staynall,  is 
the  hamlet  of  Wardleys,  where  before  the  rise  of 


Fleetwood  there  was  a  small  port,  with  warehouses, 
from  which  the  Kirkham  spinners  a  century  ago 
drew  their  supplies.* 

The  surface  is  comparatively  level,  but  there  is  a 
ridge  of  higher  land  by  the  bank  of  the  river,  on 
which  Staynall  is  placed  ;  and  inland,  Stalmine,  with 
its  church,  stands  on  another  piece  of  higher  ground. 
The  greatest  elevation  is  about  75  ft.  above  sea  level. 
The  principal  road  is  that  from  Shard  Bridge  to 
Preesall,  passing  through  Stalmine. 


48  The  Free  Librariei  Act  was  adopted 
in  1879. 

49  Lane.  Ch.  ii,  436. 

&0  Porter,  op.  cit.  330. 

51  Land.  Gaz.  10  Mar.  1860. 

M  A  memoir  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Sutton  is 
prefixed  to  his  tale  called  Penny  Stone, 
1886.  He  was  the  ion  of  Gile»  Thornber 
of  Poulton,  born  about  1805,  and  educated 
at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf. ;  B.A.  1828. 
Hit  History  of  Blackpool  wa*  first  printed 
at  Poulton  in  1837,  and  reissued  later; 
it  is  of  great  value,  both  on  account  of 
the  author's  local  knowledge  and  as  re- 
cording conditions  that  have  long  passed 
away.  He  wrote  other  antiquarian 


essays.  He  died  at  Stafford  8  Sept. 
1885. 

63  Porter,  op.  cit.  360  ;  Land.  Gam. 
22  Dec.  1871. 

M  An  iron  church  was  erected  in  1861  ; 
Porter,  op.  cit.  341.  For  district,  Lond, 
Ga-z.  28  Mar.  1871. 

55  Porter,  op.  cit.  335. 

86  Ibid.  345.  They  had  previously 
used  Bethesda  Chapel.  "  Ibid.  359. 

58  Ibid.  340.     The   congregation  origi- 
nated in  a  division  in  the   Congregational 
chapel  ;    Nightingale,   Lanes.    Nonconf.    i, 
148. 

59  Ibid,   i,    137-51;   Porter,     op.    cit. 
333,  338. 

251 


*°  Nightingale,  op.  cit  i,  162. 

11  Porter,  op.  cit.  359. 

«  Ibid.  339  ;  Kelly,  Engl.  Cath.  Mis- 
sions, 86. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  of  1901  gives  2,303 
acres,  including  3  acres  of  inland  water. 
There  are  also  58  acres  of  tidal  water  and 
374  of  foreshore. 

1  In  1825  the  Baltic  produce  used  at 
Kirkham  was  '  brought  up  the  Wyre  and 
landed  at  Warleys,'  where  the  Kirkham 
manufacturers  had  Marge  and  commodious 
warehouses'  for  storage.  Wardleys  waa 
part  of  the  port  of  Poulton  ;  Baines, 
Lanes.  Dir.  i,  656. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  soil  is  various,  with  subsoil  of  clay.  Oats 
and  potatoes  are  grown.  There  are  646^  acres 
of  arable  land,  1,472^  in  permanent  grass  and  n  of 
woods  and  plantations. 

The  township  has  a  parish  council. 


8  Gregson,  Fragments  (ed.  Harland),  23. 
«  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

5  Lanes.    Inq.    and    Extents    (Rcc.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  47. 

6  Ibid.  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxvi,  App. 
163. 

7  He  gave  6  oxgangs  of  land  to  Si-ward 
son  of  Huck  in  marriage  with  his  daughter 
Eva,  chiefly,  it  would  appear,  in  Staynall, 
2   oxgangs  each  to  his  sons   Henry  and 
Alan  ;    Lanes.    Inq.    and   Extents,    i,    47. 
From    the    Cockersand    and    Lancaster 
charters    it    appears    that    Alan    had    a 
son    Geoffrey    and    a    daughter    Maud, 
who   married  William  the   Marshal  and 
had  a  daughter  Godith    wife  of    Randle 
son  of  Michael  the  Clerk.     John  the  son 
of  Randle  de  Stalmine  was  contemporary 
with  John  son  of  Adam  de  Stalmine. 

Mabel  widow  of  Geoffrey  de  Stalmine  in 
1235  released  her  dower  in  half  an  oxgang 
of  land  to  the  Abbot  of  Furness  ;  Final 
Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  68. 
John  de  Stalmine  (probably  the  son  of 
Randle)  in  1256  released  to  Adam  de 
Stalmine  his  hereditary  right  in  3  oxgangs 
and  30  acres  of  land  ;  ibid.  120. 

8  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  205  ;  he  paid 
i  mark  to  the  scutage.    From  the  charter 
above  referred  to  it  appears  that  Peter's 
wife  was  named  Adelisa.     The  name  of 
Peter  de  Stalmine,  paying  los.  for  three 
plough-lands  held  inthegnage  in  Stalmine, 
occur«  in  the  Pipe  Roll  of  1226,  but  he 
may  nave  been  dead  at  that  time  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  139. 

^  In  a  grant  to  Furness  Robert  is  called 
son  of  Peter  de  Stalmine,  so  that  William 
must  also  have  been  a  son  ;  Dep.  Keeper's 
Rep.  xxxvi,  App.  163.  William  was  lord 
of  Stalmine  in  1230;  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  ii,  362.  William  de  Stalmine  and 
Robert  his  brother  attested  a  Cockersand 
grant ;  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  105. 

Henry  and  John  sons  of  William  de 
Stalmine  occur  as  benefactors  to  Furness  ; 
Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxvi,  loc.  cit.  As  they 


survived  their  father  yet  did  not  inherit 
they  must  have  been  illegitimate. 

10  Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.),  i, 
306  ;  Robert  was  to  pay  ioj.  as  relief. 

11  Orig.  R.  23   Hen.  Ill,  m.  2  ;  Adam 
son  of  Robert  owed    los.  for  relief.     He 
was  a  benefactor  of  Cockersand  Abbey  ; 
Chartul.  i,  86,  &c.      He  gave  a  toft  and 
an  acre  in  Fernbreck  to  Lancaster  Priory 
in   1256  ;  Lane.  Ch.  ii,  375.     He  occurs 
as  juror  from  1242  to  1255. 

Adam's  wife  Helen  survived  him  and 
married  William  de  Chamber,  and  was  at 
one  time  described  as  lady  of  Stalmine  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  89—90.  She  claimed 
dower  in  1278  against  William  son  of 
William  de  Hambleton  and  against  John 
de  Thornton  and  Clarice  his  wife  ;  De 
Banco  R.  24,  m.  70. 

13  John  son  and  heir  of  Adam  de  Stal- 
mine did  fealty  for  his  lands  in  1259  on 
succeeding,  and  had  to  pay  zos.  as  relief ; 
Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  ii,  312.  He  gave  an 
acre  on  Harecarr  Furlong  to  Cockersand, 
and  as  'lord  of  Stalmine'  confirmed 
another  gift ;  Ctckersand  Chartul.  i,  109, 

"3- 

John  de  Stalmine  was  summoned  to 
warrant  two  of  the  tenants  of  the  manor 
in  1288  ;  De  Banco  R.  73,  m.  7  d.  5  78, 
m.  5  d. 

In  1297  the  i  CM.  rent  was  paid  to  the 
Earl  of  Lancaster  by  the  vill  of  Stalmine 
with  Staynall ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
289. 

13  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  379- 
80.     He  stated  that  Ellen  de  Stalmine 
held    8    acres    as    dower,    the   Abbot    of 
Furness  one    plough-land,  the  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  another,  Simon  the  Clerk  an 
oxgang  of  land  and  Adam   de   Stalmine 
another. 

14  For  the  gifts  to  Cockersand  in  Stal- 
mine   see    Chartul.    i,    86-113,    an<^    m 
Staynall,     114—36  ;     to     Furness— Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxvi,  App.  163—4;  Beck, 
Annales  Furn.  Ixxviii  ;  to  Lancaster  Priory 

252 


The  chapelry  contributed  as  follows  to  the 
county  lay  of  1624,  which  was  based  on  the 
older  fifteenth:  Stalmine  with  Staynall,  £l  i8/.  ; 
Preesall  with  Hackinsall,  £2  p.  8^/.,  or  a  total  of 
£4  is.  %\d.  towards  each  £100  required  from 
Amounderness.3 

Earl  Tostig  held  ST4LMINE  in 
MANORS  1066  as  part  of  his  Preston  fee;  it 
was  then  assessed  as  four  plough- 
lands,4  but  in  I  z  1 2  as  three.  Later  it  was  held 
in  thegnage  of  the  king  or  the  lord  of  the  honour 
of  Lancaster  by  a  rent  of  lo/.*  The  first  re- 
corded possessor  is  Robert  de  Stalmine,  who  with 
Peter  his  son  granted  one  plough-land  called 
Corcola  at  a  rent  of  8;.  to  the  monks  of  Furness 
about  1165.'  He  also  granted  other  parts  of  his 
land  to  younger  children.7  The  Peter  just  named 
was  lord  in  1205. 8  He  had  a  son  William,9  to 
whom  a  brother  Robert  succeeded  in  I235-6.10 
Three  years  later  Robert  was  followed  by  his  son 
Adam,11  and  he  by  a  son  John,"  lord  of  the  manor 
in  the  time  of  Edward  I.  He  was  in  1292  sum- 
moned to  prove  his  title,  but  replied  by  saying 
that  he  held  part  only.13  Adam  de  Stalmine  and 
other  members  of  the  family  were  benefactors  of 
Cockersand  and  Furness  Abbeys  and  Lancaster 
Priory.14  Instead  of  Stalmine  the  surname  Beau- 
front  was  used.14a 

John   de   Stalmine    transferred    the    manor   to 
William  de  Oxcliffe,15  whose  son  Nicholas 16  held 

— Lane.  Ch.  ii,  363-75  for  Stalmine  and 
355-61  for  Staynall.  Among  the  place- 
names  occurring  in  these  charters  are 
Arghole  and  its  pool,  Harestane  and  Hare- 
carr, Yarsmoor  and  Warlesmoor,  Scaling- 
stud,  Faylid,  Lawrence's  Cross,  Fernbreck, 
KeHwellbreck,  Lamypot,  the  Greenvray 
and  Oxenholme  in  Stalmine  ;  Cumbelow, 
Alsergate,  Argholestan,  Risegreve,  Wall- 
gate,  Smerepot,  Hychum  Oxgang  and 
Uttingland. 

Ma  John  son  of  William  Beaufront,  who 
was  a  benefactor  of  Cockersand  Abbey 
(Chartul.  i,  95),  seems  to  be  the  above- 
named  John  son  of  William  de  Stalmine. 
John  de  Stalmine  son  and  heir  of  Adam 
Beaufront  gave  land  to  Furness  between 
1274  and  1284  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxvi, 
App.  163.  In  claims  for  the  manor 
against  the  Goosnargh  family  William 
Beaufront  son  of  John  son  of  Adam  de 
Stalmine  was  plaintiff  in  1334  and  1338, 
and  William  Beaufront  (perhaps  a  different 
person)  in  1354;  De  Banco  R.  298, 
m-  57  d-  ;  311,  m-  83  ;  Assize  R.  1425, 
m.  4  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  3,  m.  v. 
Shortly  afterwards  John  Beaufront  claimed 
the  manor ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii, 

App.  335- 

15  The  Abbot  of  Furness  had  in  1313-14 
to  complain  of  a  small  encroachment  on 
his  land  in  Stalmine  by  William  de  Ox- 
cliffe, Nicholas  son  of  Nicholas  (William) 
de  Oxcliffe,  and  William  son  of  Alice  de 
Stalmine ;    Assize    R.    424,    m.    2.      In 
defence    it    was    stated    that   the  former 
William  had  entered  by  grant  of  John  de 
Stalmine,  formerly  lord  of  the  town,  but 
the  verdict  was  for  the  abbot. 

William  seems  to  have  been  a  son  of 
John  de  Oxcliffe  ;  Assize  R.  1425,  m.  4. 

16  William    de   Oxcliffe  in    1311  gave 
all  his  lands   in   Stalmine   and   Staynall, 
together  with  the  service  (8s.)  due  from 
Furness  Abbey  for  the  grange,  to  his  son 
Nicholas ;     Dep.     Keeper's     Rep.     xxxvi, 
App.  164. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


it  in  I324,17  and  appears  to  have  been  succeeded  by 
a  brother  William,  who  alienated  it  to  Thomas  de 
Goosnargh.18  This  last  held  the  lordship  and  two- 
thirds  of  the  vill  in  1 346,  and  Nicholas  Boteler  of 
Rawcliffe  held  the  other  third.19  Of  the  Goosnargh 
family  next  to  nothing  is  known.20  The  manor 
descended  to  Alexander  Goosnargh,  who  died  in 
I  524  at  Mansergh  holding  the  manor  of  the  king  by 
a  rent  of  5^.  His  son  Thomas  having  died  before 


PART  OF 
LANCASTER 

him,  his  heir  was  his  grandson  Alexander  Waring 
(son  of  a  daughter  of  Margaret),  aged  eight.21  It 
appears,  however,  that  there  was  another  daughter 
Maud,  afterwards  wife  of  Robert  Parker.22  They 
sold  the  manor  to  the  Butlers  of  Rawcliffe,23  and  the 
whole  descended  with  Rawcliffe  till  the  forfeiture  in 
1716.  This  estate  seems  to  have  been  sold  in  parcels  24  ; 
the  Bournes  of  Hackinsall  became  the  principal  pro- 
prietors,25 but  the  manor  has  disappeared. 


William  seems  to  have  died  about  1316, 
in  which  year  Nicholas  de  Oxcliffe  claimed 
a  messuage  and  9  acres  of  land  against 
John  son  of  William  de  Norbreck  ; 
De  Banco  R.  216,  m.  363.  In  the  year 
following  Alice  widow  of  William  de 
Oxcliffe  claimed  dower  in  a  messuage 
and  24  acres  in  Stalmine  against  Nicholas 
son  of  William  de  Oxcliffe  ;  ibid.  220, 
m.  231  d. 

Nicholas  was  plaintiff  in  1318  (ibid. 
221,  m.  9  d.),  in  which  year  he  came 
to  an  agreement  with  the  monks  of 
Furness  as  to  certain  approvements  ;  Dtp. 
Keeper's  Rep.  ut  sup.  From  this  it 
appears  that  Nicholas  had  a  salt-pan  on 
the  waste  and  the  monks  had  a  water- 
mill  by  their  grange. 

17  He  held  the  manor  of  Stalmine  and 
Little  Staynall  by  a  rent  of  icu.  and  doing 
suit   to    county  and    wapentake  ;    Dods. 
MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  40^. 

At  the  same  time  the  doomsmen  of 
Stalmine  and  Staynall  are  named  in  the 
court  roll  of  the  hundred  ;  Lanes.  Ct.  R. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  115. 

18  In     1338    Thomas    de    Goosnargh 
claimed  to  hold  by  grant  of  William  son 
of  William    son    of  John    de    Oxcliffe  ; 
Assize  R.  1425,   m.  4.     A  William  de 
Oxcliffe  had  been  defendant  in  the  case 
in  1334  ;  De  Banco  R.  298,  m.  57  d. 

Thomas  de  Goosnargh  and  Margaret 
his  wife  in  1357  obtained  from  John  son 
of  William  Beaufront  a  release  of  his 
claim  in  the  manor  of  Stalmine  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  83. 

19  Survey   of    1346    (Chet.    Soc.)    47; 
Thomas  de  Goosnargh  held  two  plough- 
lands  and  paid  6s.  %d.  of  the  rent,  while 
Nicholas   Boteler  held    one    plough-land 
and  paid  35.  4^.  ;  but  Thomas  did   the 
whole    suit   to    county    and    wapentake. 
Later   the   manor  seems    to    have    been 
held  in  moieties,  each  paying  5*. 

Thomas  son  of  Walter  de  Goosnargh 
was  in  possession  of  the  manor  in  1354  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  3,  m.  5.  He 
and  his  wife  Margaret  occur  a  year  later  ; 
ibid.  4,  m.  15. 

10  In  1363  John  de  Oxcliffe  appeared 
against  John  son  of  Thomas  de  Goosnargh 
to  claim  a  messuage  and  land  which 
Ralph  Gentyl  had  given  to  Nicholas  de 
Oxcliffe  and  Alice  de  Slyne  and  their 
issue  ;  in  default  to  remain  to  Nigel  son 
of  the  said  Alice,  and  in  default  to  the 
right  heirs  of  Nicholas.  Nicholas,  Alice 
and  Nigel  had  died  without  issue,  and  so 
the  right  came  to  plaintiff.  John  de 
Goosnargh  said  that  Thomas  his  father 
died  in  possession,  and  he  was  himself 
under  age,  whereupon  the  trial  was 
deferred  ;  De  Banco  R.  416,  m.  455  d. 
John  de  Oxcliffe  had  claimed  in  1360  ; 
Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  342. 

Thomas  Goosnargh  and  Nicholas 
Boteler  held  in  1445-6  just  as  in  1346  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees,  bdle.  2, 
no.  20. 

Robert  Goosnargh  son  of  William 
agreed  with  Joan  his  father's  widow  as  to 


dower  in  1452  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  92^. 
Robert  and  Maud  his  wife  in  1459 
demised  Redeford  in  Plumpton  and  a 
messuage  in  Catterall  for  a  term  of 
twenty  years  ;  ibid.  fol.  90^.  Robert  was 
summoned  to  warrant  by  James  Pickering 
in  1473  in  respect  of  a  manor  in  Stalmine  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton,  file  13 
Edw.  IV. 

31  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  55. 
Alexander  was  separated  from  his  wife 
Agnes  daughter  of  John  Boteler  by  an 
arbitration  in  1496,  he  retaining  the 
custody  of  the  children  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii, 
fol.  91.  He  must  have  married  again. 

In  1518  Alexander  Goosnargh  made  a 
feoffment  of  the  manor  of  Stalmine  Hall, 
&c.,  with  remainder  to  his  son  Thomas  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  123,  m.  9.  This 
son  probably  died  »oon  after,  for  no 
remainder  was  stated  in  another  feoffment 
in  1522;  ibid.  131,  m.  2.  At  his 
death  Alexander  held  lands  in  Stalmine 
and  Staynall,  Hambleton,  Goosnargh, 
Woodplumpton  and  Catterall.  By  his 
will  (recited  in  the  inquisition)  he  charged 
his  lands  with  a  yearly  stipend  of  5  marks 
for  twenty-three  years  to  find  a  chaplain 
to  celebrate  at  the  altar  of  St.  George  in 
Kirkby  Lonsdale  Church. 

24  From  the  inquisition  it  might  be 
supposed  that  Margaret  Waring  was  dead 
in  1525,  but  in  1528  Richard  Waring 
and  Margaret  his  wife  demised  to  Edward 
Mansergh  certain  messuages  and  lands  in 
Stalmine,  together  with  seven  saltcotes 
there  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  n, 
m.  157  d. 

In  1540  Nicholas  Butler  purchased 
from  Robert  Parker  and  Maud  his  wife 
(she  being  the  heir  of  Thomas  Goosnargh) 
a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Stalmine,  with 
various  lands  (including  thirty  salt-pits) 
there  and  in  Staynall,  Preesall,  &c.  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  12,  m.  28.  Possibly  Alexander 
Goosnargh  had  been  married  twice,  and 
Maud  was  half-sister  to  Margaret  but 
whole  sister  to  Thomas.  The  purchase 
of  this  moiety  was  confirmed  by  Maud 
Parker,  widow,  with  George  Knott  of 
Canterbury  and  Joan  his  wife — Joan  being 
the  daughter  of  Maud  by  a  former  husband 
(William  Cowper)  and  her  sole  heir — to 
Richard  Butler  and  Henry  his  brother 
in  1564;  ibid.  bdle.  26,  m.  101  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  83. 

The  other  moiety  seems  to  have  been 
obtained  in  1537-45  by  Nicholas  Butler 
from  Margaret  Waring,  widow,  daughter 
and  co-heir  of  Alexander  Goosnargh  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  ut  sup.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  i8i,m.  gd.  It  was  perhaps  a  daughter 
of  Margaret  who  married  Arthur  Bayne, 
for  about  1556  he  and  Margaret  his  wife 
complained  that  Nicholas  Butler  was 
wrongfully  holding  lands  in  Stalmine 
Manor  and  detaining  their  title  deeds  ; 
Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  291.  In 
1559  a  rent  of  £4  191.  8</.  from 
lands  in  Stalmine,  &c.,  was  settled  on 
Arthur  Bayne  and  Margaret  his  wife,  with 
remainder  to  James  Bayne  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 

253 


Feet  of  F.  bdle.  21,  m.  117.  Yet  some- 
what later  (1562)  Agnes  Warren  and 
Maud  Parker  claimed  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Stalmine  Manor  against  Richard  Butler 
and  Margaret  Waring  ;  Ducatus  Lane,  ii, 
258.  Again  in  1565  James  Bayne  and 
Margaret  his  wife  (widow  of  —  Waring) 
claimed  the  estate  of  Alexander  Goosnargh, 
Margaret  and  Maud  being  daughters  and 
heirs,  against  Richard  and  Henry,  sons 
of  Nicholas  Butler,  who  defended  by 
alleging  the  feoffment  by  Margaret 
Waring  ;  ibid.  303. 

23  The   available   evidence   is  given  in 
the  preceding  notes.     In  1571  the  manor 
of  Stalmine  was  reckoned  as  part  of  the 
Butler    estates  ;    Pal.  of   Lane.    Feet    of 
F.  bdle.  33,  m.  79. 

It  will  have  been  seen  from  the  text 
that  this  family  had  long  held  certain 
land  in  Stalmine,  and  there  are  some 
charters  in  the  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.), 
xxxviii,  380-1.  In  1323-4  Nicholas  son 
of  William  Boteler  claimed  a  messuage 
and  land  against  Nicholas  de  '  Oxcleve  ' 
and  William  son  of  Adam,  to  which 
Nicholas  replied  that  his  name  was 
'Oxclyf,'  and  that  William  Boteler  had 
held  his  land  of  him  by  knight's  service, 
on  which  account  he  had  taken  posses- 
sion. The  jury  did  not  accept  the  spell- 
ing and  also  decided  against  him  as  to 
the  tenure,  giving  a  verdict  for  the 
plaintiff;  Assize  R.  425,  m.  5.  In  1502 
the  tenure  of  the  lands  in  Stalmine  and 
Staynall  was  grouped  with  that  in  Thistle- 
ton,  Kirkham  and  Freckleton,  as  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  by  knight's  service  and  a 
rent  of  Ss.  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
iii,  no.  45.  Shortly  afterwards  James 
Boteler,  who  died  in  1504,  was  stated  to 
have  held  messuages,  lands,  &c.,  in  Stal- 
mine and  Staynall  of  the  Earl  of  Derby 
in  socage  ;  ibid,  iii,  no.  109.  This 
same  tenure  was  again  recorded  of  Wil- 
liam Butler,  1639,  though  the  estate  had 
been  increased  by  many  purchases,  so  that 
he  held  the  manor  of  Stalmine  with  Stay- 
nall, messuages,  lands,  twelve  saltcotes, 
two  windmills,  a  ferry  boat  on  the 
Wyre  and  a  fishery  there ;  ibid,  xxx, 
no.  1 8. 

The  manor  is  mentioned  in  a  settle- 
ment by  Richard  Butler  in  1714  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  501,  m.  2  d. 

24  In     1752    Richard     Harrison     the 
younger  purchased  from  Nathan  Arderne 
and    Elizabeth    his    wife  a   third    of  the 
eighth  part  of  the  manor  of  Stalmine  with 
Staynall,  court  baron,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  349,  m.  60. 

*5  John  Bourne  of  Stalmine  (d.  1841) 
was  reputed  to  be  lord  of  the  manor  in 
1836;  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  i),  iv,  550. 
He  was  followed  by  Cornelius  Bourne,  the 
reputed  lord  in  1850  ;  Raines  in  Notitia 
Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  443- 

According  to  the  pedigree  in  Foster's 
Lanes.  Peds.  John  Bourne  (d.  1783), 
grandfather  of  the  above-named  John, 
married  Jane  daughter  and  co-heir  of 
Cornelius  Fox  of  Stalmine  Hall. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


,  probably  one  plough-land,26  gave  a 
surname  to  the  lords  of  it,17  but  the  family  cannot  be 
traced,  and  the  lordship  probably  became  merged 
in  Stalmine.  Sir  Adam  de  Shevington  and  Emma 
his  wife  in  1344.  claimed  messuages,  lands  and  mills 
in  Great  Marton  and  '  Staynolf,'  but  the  defendants 
— John  son  of  Richard  le  Boteler,  Clemency  his 
wife,  Cecily  wife  of  Richard  le  Boteler  and  others — 
protested  that  there  was  no  such  vill  as  'Staynolf' 
absolutely  ;  either  Great  Staynolf  or  Little  Staynolf 
must  be  named,  and  the  jury  agreeing,  the  plaintiffs 
were  defeated  for  the  time.18 

In  addition  to  the  families  named  those  of  Hamble- 
ton,19 Shireburne  30  and  Singleton  "  had  lands  in  this 
township  from  an  early  time.  Some  later  owners 


appear  in  the  records.  The  estate  of  the  Butlers  of 
Warrington  S1  seems  to  have  passed  with  Layton  to 
the  Fleetwoods  of  Rossall.88  Theobald  le  Boteler  held 
an  oxgang  of  land  in  Staynall  in  1 249."  John  Braddyll 
in  1561  purchased  messuages  and  fishery  in  Great 
Staynall  and  Stalmine  from  Wilfrid  Banastre,35  and  at 
his  death  in  1578  was  found  to  have  held  them  of 
the  queen  in  socage  by  6d.  rent,36  but  later  the 
tenure  was  recorded  as  of  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst." 
There  were  some  other  owners.38 

Little  can  be  said  of  the  monastic  estates.  That  of 
Furness,  Stalmine  Grange,39  came  in  part  at  least  to 
a  family  named  Smith,  who  held  it  for  some  time.40 
That  of  Cockersand 41  seems  to  have  been  dispersed  in 
parcels,  while  that  of  Lancaster  Priory  may  have  been 


26  The  old  distinctions  of  Great  and 
Little  Staynall  have  disappeared. 

In  1324  'Staynolf  was  used  of  Stanah 
in  Thornton  and  'Little  Staynolf  of 
Staynall.  But  see  p.  234,  note  3  I,  above. 

37  Siward  son  of  Huck  and  Eva  his  wife 
(daughter  of  Robert  de  Stalmine),  the 
latter  described  as  the  Lady  Eva,  granted 
lands  in  Staynall  to  Cockersand  Abbey  ; 
ChartuL  i,  114,  118.  Their  sons  Henry 
and  Richard  were  also  benefactors  ;  ibid. 
These  took  their  surname  from  Staynall, 
as  did  Henry  son  of  Robert  de  Stalmine, 
who  seems  to  have  had  several  children. 
Robert  and  Roger,  sons  of  Henry  de 
Staynall,  were  benefactors  of  Cockersand  ; 
ibid.  119-21  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  S  20. 
Richard  son  of  Richard  son  of  Henry  de 
Staynall,  who  had  a  brother  Peter,  gave  a 
messuage  and  land  to  Lancaster  Priory  ; 
Lane.  Ch.  ii,  355,  359.  The  said  Peter 
gave  land  to  Cockersand  ;  ChartuL  i,  121. 

Adam  son  of  Eva  de  Elswick  in  1288 
claimed  half  an  oxgang  in  Staynall  by 
Stalmine  against  Richard  son  of  Adam  de 
Staynall  and  Maud  his  daughter ;  De 
Banco  R.  75,  m.  61  d. 

18  Assize  R.  1435,  m.  44. 

28  Gilbert  de  Hambleton  was  a  bene- 
factor of  Lancaster  Priory,  giving  a  toft 
in  Staynall  which  Gilbert  son  of  Peter  de 
Hackinsall  had  held  ;  Lane.  Ch.  ii,  361. 
Alice  widow  of  William  de  Hambleton 
was  plaintiff  in  1285  and  1292  in  respect 
of  lands  in  Stalmine  ;  De  Banco  R.  59, 
m.  2  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  97. 

William  the  Baker  sou  of  Hugh  de 
Hambleton  gave  an  oxgang  of  land  in 
Stalmine  to  Furness  Abbey  ;  Dep.  Keeper's 
Rep.  xxxvi,  App.  163.  William  son  of 
William  son  of  Henry  de  Hambleton 
gave  half  an  oxgang  of  land  (held  of  Adam 
lord  of  Stalmine)  to  William  son  of 
William  the  Clerk  of  Hambleton  ;  ibid. 
164, 

The  Hackinsall  family  just  named 
probably  held  lands  in  the  township,  for 
their  successor  James  Pickering  in  1479 
held  messuages  and  a  windmill  in  Stay- 
nall, partly  of  the  king  in  socage  and 
partly  of  Richard  Staynall  by  i\d.  rent  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  107-8. 
See  also  the  later  inquisitions  of  Booth 
and  Butler  of  Hackinsall. 

Robert  son  of  Gregory  de  Winmarlcigh 
and  Avice  his  wife  were  benefactors  of 
Cockersand,  giving  land  in  Stalmine  in 
1262  ;  ChartuL  i,  1 10  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  135. 

One  Robert  de  Wath  had  land  in  the 
same  part  of  the  township,  and  gave  to 
his  daughter  Clarice,  who  married  John 
de  Thornton,  and  was  a  widow  in  1 292  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  69  d.  Their  son 
Richard  de  Thornton  appears  ten  yeart 
later  ;  Abbrev.  Plac.  (Rec.  Com.),  246. 


John  son  of  Lawrence  de  Thornton  held 
a  messuage  and  land  in  1354;  Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  332. 

A  Peacock  family  occurs  in  1350  ;  De 
Banco  R.  362,  m.  60. 

John  Shaffer  and  Emma  his  wife  (in 
her  right)  held  land  in  Hackinsall  and 
Stalmine  in  1395  ;  Final.  Cone,  iii,  45. 
Hugh  Chaffar  had  messuage*  and  land  in 
Staynall  in  1432  ;  Brockholes  of  Claugh- 
ton  D. 

30  Robert  de  Shireburne  gave  land  in 
Stalmine  to  Cockersand  Abbey  ;  ChartuL 
i,  1 06. 

John  Travers  in  1318  released  to 
Robert  de  Shireburne  his  claim  to  tene- 
ments which  his  brother  Lawrence  had 
granted  to  Walter  de  Shireburne  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  84*. 

In  1321  William  de  Hornby  and  his 
wife  Alice  (widow  of  Thomas  Travers) 
claimed  dower  in  Stalmine  against  Robert 
de  Shireburne  ;  De  Banco  R.  238,  m. 
86  d. 

Thomas  son  of  Lawrence  Travers  in 
1348  claimed  two  messuages  and  20 
acres  there  against  William  son  of  Sir 
Robert  de  Shireburne ;  De  Banco  R. 
354,  m.  326.  Agnes  widow  of  Richard 
Shireburne  was  tenant  in  1446  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  53. 

Richard  Shireburne  in  1513  held  his 
lands  in  Stalmine  of  Alexander  Goosnargh 
in  socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv, 
no.  46.  A  similar  statement  is  made  in 
later  inquisitions,  but  the  property  seems 
to  have  been  sold  before  1600. 

81  Maud  widow  of  Robert  de  Singleton 
gave  land  in  Stalmine  to  Cockersand  ; 
ChartuL  i,  in.  Thomas  Banastre  was 
defendant  there  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  97.  Sir  Thomas  Banastre  also  held 
there  in  1385  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  15. 

This  was  probably  the  estate  afterwards 
shared  by  the  Radcliffes  of  Winmarleigh 
and  other  heirs  of  Balderston.  The 
tenure  is  not  separately  stated. 

3*  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  13  ; 
lands,  &c.,  in  Stalmine  and  Staynall,  of 
tenure  unknown. 

83  Ibid,  xii,  no.  2.  The  lands  held  by 
Thomas  Fleetwood  in  1576  are  herein 
regarded  as  part  of  the  Great  Layton 
estate,  formerly  that  of  Butler  of  War- 
rington. 

34  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  172-3.  It 
became  merged  in  the  estate  of  the  Butlers 
of  Rawcliffe,  having  been  granted  by 
Theobald  Walter  to  his  kinsman  Richard 
le  Boteler  in  the  time  of  Henry  III  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  R.  5.  In  1324 
William  son  and  heir  of  John  Beaufront 
released  to  Nicholas  son  and  heir  of 
William  Boteler  the  rent  of  8s.  6d,  which 

254 


was  due  from  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Stal- 
mine ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  83. 

35  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  23, 
m.  15  ;  26,  m.  160.  The  estate  was 
perhaps  the  messuage,  &c.,  in  Stalmine 
purchased  by  Sir  Thomas  Lawrence  in 
1503  from  Thomas  Standen  and  Ellen 
his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  153. 

86  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  85. 

37  Lanes.   Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.   Soc.   Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  109. 

38  Nicholas  Beconsaw  in  1407  granted 
a  windmill  in  Staynall  to  James  Pickering  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.   102.     The  family 
probably  had  other  land  there,  for  Cuth- 
bert  Clifton  in  1562  purchased  a  messuage 
and    fishery    at    Staynall    from    William 
Beconsaw ;    Pal.    of    Lane.    Feet    of   F. 
bdle.  24,  m.  47.     At  his  death  in   1580 
Cuthbert    held    messuages    and     land    in 
Stalmine  and   Staynall  of  Henry  Butler 
by  id.  rent  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xiv,  no.  76. 

George  Kirkby  of  Upper  Rawcliffe 
about  1560  held  lands  in  Stalmine  of 
Richard  Butler  by  $d.  rent ;  ibid,  xi, 
no.  8. 

Richard  Thompson  purchased  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  in  Staynall  from  the  Heskeths 
in  1569  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
31,  m.  98  ;  34,  m.  117.  Nicholas 
Thompson  of  Larbreck  in  1609  held  a 
messuage  there  of  Henry  Butler  by  zd. 
rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  202. 

89  The  Abbot  of  Furness  in  1535-6 
complained  of  trespass  on  his  turbary  at 
Stalmine  Grange  by  Nicholas  Butler ; 
Duchy  Plead.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  74.  At  the  Dissolution  the 
abbey  received  ,£8  6s.  <)d.  from  Stalmine 
Grange  and  Staynall,  including  ,£4  41.  for 
20  quarters  of  salt ;  West,  Furness  (ed. 
1813),  139. 

40  John  Smith  died  at  Stalmine  Grange 
in    1598   holding  messuages  in  Staynall, 
Preesall  and   Hackinsall.      His  heir  was 
his  grandson  John  Smith  (son  of  Richard 
son  of  John),  aged  seventeen  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  47.    John  Smith 
of  Stalmine  was  a   freeholder  in   1600  ; 
Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  232. 
See  also  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  96  ;  ii,  277. 

In  the  time  of  Elizabeth  the  tenants  of 
the  Grange  had  various  disputes  with  the 
lords  of  the  manor  and  others  ;  Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  iii. 

Parts  of  Stalmine  Grange  were  granted 
by  the  Crown  to  Edward  Howard  and 
others  in  1604-5  '•>  Pat-  2  Jas<  I»  ?*•  ''• 
A  saltcote  and  lands  in  Hackinsall  were 
included. 

41  The  rentals  145110  1537  are  printed 
in  ChartuL  iii,  1268-9. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


treated   similarly.4*     The    Knights    Hospitallers   had 
lands  in  Staynall  in  izga.43 

John  Clifton  of  Stalmine  compounded  for  his 
recusancy  in  1630  by  an  annual  payment  of 
£2." 

Christopher  and  Thomas  Butler,  who  were  sons  of 
Richard  Butler  of  Rawcliffe,  and  James  Danson,  as 
'Papists,'  registered  estates  in  1717." 

The  chapel  of  Stalmine  is  first  named 
CHURCH  about  1200,  when  it  was  a  dependency 
of  Lancaster.46  When  a  cemetery  was 
consecrated  in  1230  the  lords  of  the  'parish' — 
Geoffrey  the  Arbalaster  of  Hackinsall  and  William  de 
Stalmine — renounced  all  title  to  the  advowson.47  It 
seems  probable  that  the  townships  of  Stalmine  and 
Preesall  had  been  either  an  entirely  independent 
parish  reduced  to  a  chapelry  or  else  included  in 
the  parish  of  Poulton,  and  that  in  the  latter  case 
the  monks  of  Lancaster,  on  receiving  Poulton  Church, 
had  made  a  separate  chapelry  at  Stalmine,  attaching  it 
to  their  own  church  at  Lancaster.473  The  names  of 
some  of  the  earlier  chaplains  are  on  record,48  and  in 
1430  the  vicar  of  Lancaster  was  made  responsible  for 
the  maintenance  of  a  chaplain  there.49  Its  history  after 
the  Reformation  is  doubtful,  but  as  the  small  tithes — 
valued  at  j£io  a  year  in  1650 — appear  to  have  been 
devoted  to  the  chaplain's  stipend,  it  is  most  probable 
that  service  was  kept  up  with  some  regularity.40  During 
the  Commonwealth  period  £50  a.  year  was  given  to 
the  minister  from  Royalist  sequestrations.*1  Later 
some  private  benefactions  raised  the  certified  income 


PART  OF 
LANCASTER 

to  £28  I2s.  ifd.  before  171 7,"  and  the  vicarage  is 
now  returned  as  worth  £320  a  year.53  The  vicar 
of  Lancaster  is  patron. 

The  chapel  was  rebuilt  in  1806  and  called  St. 
James's.64  The  registers  begin  in  1593,  but  were 
not  regularly  kept  before  1 700.  In  the  churchyard 
is  a  sundial  dated  1690. 

The  following  have  been  curates  in  charge  and 
vicars S5 : — 

c.  1593-1610  John  Picke56 
oc.  1622-42     Richard  Leigh57 
oc.  1646-51      Henry  Jenny,  M.A.58 
oc.  1653  Henry  Smith 

1 669  Christopher  Hall 59  (T.C.D.) 

1 68 1  John  Wells,  B.A.60 

oc.  1700  George  Yates 

1714  John  Anyon  61 

1725  Robert  Loxham,  M.A."  (Trin.  Coll., 

Oxf.) 

1725  Thomas  Holme63 

1737  Thomas  Knowles,  M.A.64 

!773  John  Spicer 

1778  Thomas  Smith 65 

1782  James  Fenton,  M.A.66  (St.  Peter's 

Coll.,  Camb.) 

1787  James  Thomas,  B.A.67 

1799  Joseph    Rowley,    B.A.68    (Queen's 

Coll.,  Oxf.) 
1864  Joseph  Kirby  Turner,  M.A.  (Trin. 

Coll.,  Camb.) 
1894  Henry  Barnett,  M.A.69  (T.C.D.) 


42  Lands  of  Cockersand  were  granted 
to  Roger  Dalton  in  1579  for  twenty-one 
years  5  Pat.  21  Eliz.  pt.  xi  ;  see  also  Pat. 
42  Eliz.  pt.  xvi  and  2  Jas.  I,  pt.  xix. 

Thomas  Danson  in  1628  held  mes- 
luages,  &c.,  in  Stalmine  and  Staynall  of 
the  king,  partly  as  of  the  manor  of  East 
Greenwich  and  partly  as  of  the  honour  of 
Tutbury.  His  son  and  heir  James  was 
eleven  years  old  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8, 
13  (Chet.  Lib.),  344. 

43  Plac.de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 
From  the  change  of  tenure  recorded  it  is 
probable  that  this  was  the  Braddylls'  land. 

44  Tram.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xxiv,  173. 

45  Estcourt     and     Payne,   Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurort,    133-4.      Christopher    Butler 
made   a  point   of  his  lease  of   Stalmine 
Hall  being  in  right  of  Agnes  (Goss),  his 
Protestant  wife. 

46  Lane .  CA.  i,  117. 

47  Ibid,  ii,  362. 

47a  From  the  saving  of  the  right  of  the 
church  of  Poulton  in  1230  it  may  be 
inferred  that  Stalmine,  though  separated 
by  the  Wyre,  had  been  part  of  that  parish  ; 
while  the  similar  saving  of  the  right  of 
Lancaster  Church  shows  that  it  had 
already  been  included  in  the  parish  to 
which  it  has  continued  to  belong. 

The  chapel  of  Stalmine  is  specially 
named  as  one  of  those  held  plena  jure  by 
the  monks  of  Lancaster  about  1290  ;  ibid. 
i,  145. 

48  Robert  ;  ibid,  ii,  360.     John  (Cocktr- 
tand  Chartul.  i,  102)  was  a  benefactor  of 
the   canons.      Geoffrey  the    chaplain   of 
Stalmine  attested  a  deed  in  1297  }  Raines 
MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxxviii,  379. 

49  Lane.  CA.  iii,  578. 

At  an  inquiry  in  1527  it  was  recorded 
that  there  was  a  free  chapel  at  Stalmine, 
of  which  John  Lawfield  had  been  incum- 
bent for  seven  years  at  the  will  of  the 
vicar  of  Lancaster.  It  was  worth  jT6  a 


year  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Rentals,  bdle.   5, 
no.  15. 

The  list  of  church  goods  seized  by  the 
Crown  in  1552  is  imperfect ;  Chet.  Misc. 
(new  ser.),  i,  10. 

50  This  is  shown  by  some  entries  in  the 
register  being  as  old  as  1583   and  by  the 
list  of  curates. 

51  Common-w.  CA.  Sur-u.  (Rcc.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  127.    The  additional  £50  was 
ordered   as  early  as   1 646  ;  Plund.  Mins. 
Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.   Lanes,   and  Ches.),   i, 
13,28. 

M  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  443-4.  Of  the  income  £1  was  derived 
from  tithe  of  hay  and  geese  in  Stalmine, 
£2  from  surplice  fees  and  £5  IQS.  from 
Easter  dues  ;  while  £6  i  p.  4</.  was  a 
rent-charge  given  by  Richard  Fleetwood  of 
Rossall  in  1687  on  condition  that  he  and 
his  heirs  should  have  the  nomination 
of  the  curate — a  condition  never  observed 
— and  jTiz  9*.  was  the  interest  on  a  gift 
of  £324  (part  lost)  from  Mr.  Tite.  In 
addition  ^i  a  year  was  given  from  Robert 
Carter's  school  charity.  The  clerk's  in- 
come was  derived  from  fees  of  zd.  from 
each  house,  is.  at  a  marriage,  6d.  at  a 
burial  and  zd,  at  a  churching.  Each  of 
the  townships  had  a  chapel-warden. 

58  Manck.  Dioc.  Dir. 

54  The  ancient  chapel  is  said  to  have 
been  St.  Oswald's.  'The  day  on  which 
the  village  wake  is  celebrated  (the  first 
Sunday  after  12  Aug.)  is  still  [1836] 
called  Tossets  Day,  by  corruption  of 
St.  Oswald '  ;  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  i),  iv, 
550. 

A  short  description  of  the  building  by 
Col.  Fishwick  is  printed  in  Pal.  Note  Bk. 
ii,  244. 

65  Some  details  are  due  to  Col  Fish- 
wick's  article  above  cited. 

68  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 
8  ;  he  was  'no  preacher.'  Edward 

255 


Rawstorne,  clerk,  is  named  in  the  visita- 
tion papers  about  1611,  but  is  not 
described  as  curate. 

57  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  69  (lecturer),  124  (curate). 

88  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  i,  14,  239; 
Commoniv.  CA.  Sur-v.  127.  He  was 
afterwards  minister  of  St.  Michael's  for 
a  short  time. 

59  Appeared  at  the  visitations  of  1674 
and  1677. 

60  Visit.  List,  1691. 

61  From  this  time  the  licences  to  the 
curacy  are  recorded  in  the  church  papers 
at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg.     They  state  that 
'  John  Anyon  was  educated  in  the  Presby- 
terian way  and  lately  came  over  to  the 
church  and    was    accepted    as  curate  to 
Mr.    Harrison,    late    vicar    of    Poulton. 
After    Mr.    Harrison's   death    Mr.     Hall 
(now  vicar)  continued  Mr.  Anyon   as  his 
curate  at  Stalmine.' 

62  Loxham   became    vicar   of  Poulton 
1726-70.     Bishop  Gastrell  (Notitia  Cestr. 
ii,  445)  names  Alexander    Bagot,  A.B., 
as   curate  in   July  1725  ;  he  must  have 
been  a  temporary  assistant. 

63  Also  rector  of  Claughton  1711-41. 

64  Thomas  Knowles  in   1760  made  a 
list    of   the  old  'customs'   belonging    to 
the  parochial  chapel ;    they  included  an 
estate   in  Preesall,   consisting  of  a  house, 
barn  and  17  acres  of  land,  a  rent-charge 
of  £6    131.  on  Clarkson's  tenement    in 
Preesall  and  9  acres  of  land  in  Thornton. 
He  was  rector  of  Claughton  1741-73. 

65  Also  curate  of  Admarsh. 

66  Son  of  James  Fenton  of  Lancaster  ; 
rector  of  Doddington-with-Althorpe  1787. 

67  Also  vicar  of  Bolton-le-Sands. 

68  He    held    the    incumbency    till    his 
death    in   1864.      He    was    non-resident, 
being  chaplain  of  Lancaster  Castle  }  Lane. 
CA.  (Chet.  Soc.),  iv,  698. 

69  Rector  of  Quernmore  1890-4. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


1901      William  Poole,  M.A.  (Dur.) 
1910     Daniel  Schofield70 

In  1689  a  Presbyterian  meeting  was  licensed  at 
Thomas  Dicconson's  house  at  Stalmine,71  and  about 
1717  Bishop  Gastrell  recorded  that  '  the  presbyterian 
meeting  house  is  very  near  the  chapel.'  72  Nothing 
seems  to  be  known  of  it  now. 

Apart  from  the  school  endowments 
CHARITIES  for  Preesall  and  small  gifts  for  re- 
ligion there  is  no  charitable  founda- 
tion 73  in  the  chapelry  except  io/.  a  year  from  Robert 
Carter's  benefaction,  1710.  This  sum  is  divided 
among  about  eight  poor  persons  who  are  by  custom 
selected  from  residents  in  the  Pilling  Lane  portion  of 
Preesall.  Thomas  Bell  of  the  Ridge  in  Pilling  had 
in  1723  left  5-r.  a  year  for  the  poor  of  Preesall,  but 
this  had  been  lost  by  1826. 

PREESALL    WITH    HACKINSALL. 

Pressouede,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Presoure,  1 168  ;  Pressore, 
1176;  Presho,  1199;  Preshou,  1246;  Presoude, 
Presehou,  Presthowe,  1292. 

Haccumeho,  Hacunesho,  1 199  ;  Hacumesho,  1 200; 
Hakinishal,  1244;  Hakonesho,  1246.  Hackensall 
is  a  common  modern  spelling. 

The  township  is  bounded  by  the  River  Wyre  on 
the  west,  the  Lune  estuary  on  the  north  and  a  small 
brook  on  the  south.  In  the  north-west  angle  is 
the  hamlet  of  Knott  End,  with  a  ferry  across  the 
Wyre  to  Fleetwood  ;  to  the  south,  on  a  stretch  of 
higher  land,  is  Hackinsall  ;  while  Preesall  lies  a  mile 
to  the  east,  on  the  side  of  another  tract  of  higher 
land,  and  Pilling  Lane  occupies  its  north-east 
corner.1  The  surface  to  the  north  and  east  is  flat 
and  lies  very  low,  much  of  it  below  the  25  ft.  level, 
but  the  highest  land  in  the  township  is  about  100  ft. 
above  the  sea.  There  is  a  wide  expanse  of  sands  to 
the  north.  The  area  in  all  measures  3,393  acres,2 
and  there  was  a  population  of  1,423  in  1901. 


Preesall  is  the  central  point  of  the  township  ;  from 
it  roads  spread  out  in  various  directions — south  to 
Staynall  and  Stalmine,  east  towards  Garstang  and 
north-west  to  Knott  End.  From  this  last  another 
road  goes  east  along  the  coast  to  Pilling.  There  is  a 
salt  mine  to  the  south-west  of  Preesall,  and  from  it  a 
railway  runs  down  to  the  Wyre.  The  railway  from 
Knott  End  to  Pilling  and  Garstang  was  opened  in 
1908. 

In  Preesall  is  the  cemetery  for  the  chapelry. 

The  township  is  governed  by  an  urban  district 
council  of  twelve  members. 

The  soil  is  various,  with  subsoil  of  clay  and  gravel. 
Wheat,  oats  and  potatoes  are  grown.  Of  the  land, 
869  acres  are  arable,  1,648  in  permanent  grass  and 
20  in  woods  and  plantations.2* 

A  small  detached  part  of  Pilling  was  added  to 
Preesall  under  the  Divided  Parishes  Act  of  1882. 

There  was  a  fairy  well  to  the  north  of  Preesall 
village. 

In  1066  PREESALL  was  assessed  as  six 
MANOR  plough-lands  and  was  included  in  the 
Preston  fee  of  Earl  Tostig.3  The  demesne 
tithes  were  in  1094  granted  to  St.  Martin  of  Sees 
by  Roger  of  Poitou,4  and  later  still,  in  1168-9, 
Preesall  was  in  the  demesne  of  the  honour  of 
Lancaster.5  About  1 1 90  John  Count  of  Mortain 
granted  Preesall  and  Hackinsall  to  Geoffrey  the 
Arbalaster  or  crossbowman,6  and  renewed  the  gift 
after  he  came  to  the  throne.7  It  appears,  however, 
that  4  oxgangs  of  land  in  the  township  had  long 
before  been  held  by  serjeanty  by  Hugh  de  Hackinsall, 
whose  son  Robert  obtained  confirmations  from  John 
when  Count  of  Mortain,  and  afterwards  when  king.8 
An  agreement  respecting  the  same  was  made  between 
Geoffrey,  as  lord  of  the  whole,  and  Peter  de  Hackin- 
sall,9 and,  as  Geoffrey's  descendants  assumed  their 
surname  from  HACKINSALL,  they  no  doubt 
obtained  a  surrender  of  the  4  oxgangs.10 

Geoffrey  the  Arbalaster  held  the  six  plough-lands 
in  1 2 1 2  by  the  service  of  two  crossbows  yearly.11 


70  Previously  vicar  of  Wyreidale. 

71  Hist.  MSS.   Com.   Ref.   xiv,  App.  iv, 
230.     Dicconson  was  one  of  the  trustee! 
for  Carter'*  school. 

72  Notitia  Cestr.  ii,  444. 

73  An  official  inquiry  was  held  in  1901. 
The  report,  published  the  following  year, 
includes   a  reprint  of  the  former  official 
report  of  1826. 

1  Formerly  called  the  Lower  End  of 
Pilling.  - 

1  The  Census  Rep.  of  1 90  i  gives 
3,232  acres,  including  3  of  inland  water. 
There  are  also  105  acres  of  tidal  water 
and  5,428  of  foreshore. 

The  acreages  of  the  three  hamlets 
separately  are — Preesall,  2,038  ;  Hackin- 
sall, 541  ;  and  Pilling  Lane  District,  814. 

**  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric.  (1905). 

3  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

4  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  290. 

5  Ibid.  12  ;  it  contributed  to   the    aid 
in   1168-9  together    with    Preston,  &c. 
Again    in     1176-7     it    is    found  paying 
i  mark  to  an  aid;  ibid.  35.     6  Ibid.  431. 

7  Geoffrey    in     1201-2     proffered     15 
marks     to     the    king    for     confirmation 
(ibid.    152),    and    received  a  charter  ac- 
cordingly ;    Lanes.   Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  45. 

8  Ibid.,  to  be  held   by  the  '  free  service 
of   free  serjeanty.'      Robert  de  Hackin- 
sall had   given   io    marks  for  the    con- 


firmation in  1199-1200  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit. 
1 1 6,  1 24. 

9  Geoffrey    acknowledged    the    4    ox- 
gangs      of      land      in      Hackinsall      and 
Preesall  to  be  the  right   of  Peter  (son  of 
Robert  and  grandson  of  Hugh),  who  was 
to  hold  of  Geoffrey   and   his  heirs  by  free 
serjeanty   of   performing   suit  to    county 
and    wapentake  for  Geoffrey's  land  and 
of  summoning   pleas  of  Geoffrey's  court 
in  the  vill.     Exception   was  made  of  18 
acres  of  land,   and  the  messuage  formerly 
Peter's,  a   fishery  adjoining  and  an  acre 
of  meadow  lying  east  of  the  path  through 
the  ealand   called   Holm  ;    these  were  to 
be  Geoffrey's.     Peter  was   released  from 
the  payment  of  5*.  a  year  for  four  cows 
which  Geoffrey  had   farmed  to  him,  and 
he   was    at    liberty    to    make    two    new 
fisheries  on    the  sea  side  of  Geoffrey's  ; 
Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and   Ches.), 
i,  9.      From  the  date   of  the  fine  (i  199) 
it    appears    that   Robert   died  and    Peter 
succeeded  in  that  year. 

10  Robert  de  Hackinsall  gave  the  third 
part    of    his    land     in     Hackinsall     and 
Preesall  to  Cockersand   Abbey,  his  heir 
assenting  ;     Cockersand    Chartul.     (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  72.     Nothing  further  is  known 
of  Peter  son  of  Robert,  but  Alan  son  of 
Peter  de  Hackinsall  gave  the  same  abbey 
land  on  Northcrofts,  Hackinsall  and  the 
Coteflatt  ;  also    his    share  in    the   waste 


within  bounds  beginning  at  the  Stocken- 
pool,  where  there  was  a  cross,  and  going 
directly  south  to  the  cross  on  the  Tongue  ; 
ibid,  i,  72-3. 

Roger  de  Hackinsall,  a  defendant  in 
1292,  may  have  been  Alan's  successor. 
Anabil  (or  Aline)  de  Preesall  had  left  a 
son  William  and  a  daughter  Sabina,  who, 
as  her  brother's  heir,  claimed  a  messuage 
and  land  in  Preesall  from  Roger  ;  Assize 
R.  408,  m.  47  d.,  63.  Roger  de 
Hackinsall  was  plaintiff  and  Thomas  son 
of  Thomas  de  Hambleton  defendant  in 
respect  of  theii  inheritance  from  1301  to 
1313  ;  Assize  R.  419,  m.  4  ;  424,  m.  5. 

In  1364  Maud  widow  of  Thomas  de 
Carleton  claimed  land  in  Hackinsall 
against  Margaret  wife  of  William  »on  of 
John  son  of  John  son  of  Alan  de 
Hackinsall  and  Ismania  her  sister  ;  De 
Banco  R.  417,  m.  214. 

11  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  1,44.  Geoffrey 
gave  to  Cockersand  Abbey  lands  in  Pree- 
sall, viz.  all  that  between  Colecross  and 
Fauerbeck  ;  also  2  oxgangs  which  Michael 
the  reeve  had  held,  2  acres  in  the  field 
called  Kirkgate,  other  parcels,  also  a 
fishery  on  the  Wyre  to  the  north  of 
Hackinsall  5  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  67-9. 

Geoffrey  was  a  benefactor  to  St.  Mary's, 
Lancaster,  giving  land  for  the  repair  of 
the  church,  including  the  site  of  a  grange 
which  he  gave  when  Ranulf  Earl  of 


256 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


His  son  John,12  known  as  Arbalaster  and  de  Hackinsall, 
in  1 246  agreed  with  Eva,  his  father's  widow,  as  to 
dower.13  At  the  same  time  he  claimed  wreck  of  the 
sea  at  Hackinsall,  but  without  good  ground.14  John 
died  in  1262  holding  six  plough-lands  in  Hackinsall 
and  Preesall  as  before,  also  three  plough-lands  in 
Hambleton  ;  Geoffrey  his  son  and  heir  was  of  full 
age.15  John  the  son  of  Geoffrey  succeeded  before 
iz84,16  and  was  himself  followed  about  1299"  by  a 
brother  Richard.18  John  the  son  of  Richard  de 
Hackinsall 19  had  a  son  William,  who  was  in  1335  to 
marry  Alice  daughter  of  John  de  Bradkirk.20  William 
had  a  daughter  Ismania,21  whose  daughter  Joan 
married  James  Pickering,22  and  in  1402  James  and 
Joan  had  a  dispute  with  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand 
respecting  900  acres  of  land  in  Preesall  held  by  the 
abbot,  a  dispute  renewed  in  1437  by  the  plaintiff's 
son  James  Pickering.23 

It  was  probably  this  James  who  died  in  1479  in 
possession  of  the  manor,  but  leaving  four  daughters  as 


PART  OF 
LANCASTER 

co-heirs — Margaret  wife  of  Richard  Boteler,  Isabel 
wife  of  John  Leyburne,  Mabel  wife  of  Thomas 
Acclamby  and  Joan  wife  of  Nicholas  Acclamby. 
Each  of  them  had  a  fourth  part  of  the  manor,24  but 
the  descent  is  by  no  means  clear,  as  the  subdivisions 
are  given  differently  at  different  times. 

The  Boteler  share  may  be  that  held  by  the  Butlers 
of  Hackinsall.25  William  Butler  died  in  1586  holding 
a  fourth  part  of  the  manor  of  Hackinsall,  with 
messuages  and  lands  in  Hackinsall,  Preesall,  Poulton, 
Thistleton,  Staynall  and  Elswick.26  The  heir  was 
his  grandson  William,  aged  twenty-three,  who  died 
in  1613  holding  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  the  king 
in  socage,  and  leaving  a  son  Henry  to  succeed  him.27 
Henry's  daughter  Ellen  carried  the  estate  to  William 
Fyfe  of  Wedacre.28  Their  daughter  Catherine  became 
heir,  and  marrying  John  Elletson,  this  part  of  the 
manor  has  descended  to  Mr.  Henry  Chandos  Elletson 
of  Parrox  Hall.29  He  is  said  to  hold  a  third  part  of 
the  manor. 


Chester  was  at  Jerusalem  (1219)  ;  Lane, 
Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  352. 

In  1227  a  confirmation  of  Preesall  and 
Hackinsall  was  granted  to  Geoffrey  de 
Riffbrd  (Balistarius  in  margin)  ;  Cal. 
Chart,  R.  1226—57,  p.  39. 

12  John  son  of  Sir  Geoffrey  de  Hackinsall 
was  also  a  benefactor  of  Cockersand,  and 
he  and  his  wife  Amabil  desired  to  be 
buried  in  the  abbey  ;  C»ckers*nd  Chartul, 
69-71.  His  charters  included  part  of 
Licol  (Lickow)  field,  within  Hackinsall, 
and  2  half-oxgangs  of  land  in  Preesall ; 
the  carr,  the  deep  moss  and  Sandiford  in 
Preesall  are  named. 

18  Final  Cone,  i,  96.  Eva,  as  the 
widow,  was  in  the  king's  gift,  but  William 
de  Lancaster  had  her  marriage  ;  Assize 
R.  404,  m.  22.  That  Geoffrey  died 
about  1246  seems  to  be  implied  in  a 
claim  by  William  de  Hambleton  to  prove 
his  liberty  against  Geoffrey  de  Hackinsall, 
ending  in  his  acknowledging  that  he  was 
John's  villein  ;  ibid.  m.  4. 

14  Ibid.  m.  22  ;  it  appeared  that  Geoffrey 
had  had  three  casks  of  wine  cast  up  by 
the  sea  which  the  king  had  granted  to 
him  in  the  name  of  wreck. 

16  Lanes,  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  229  ; 
H  ckinsall  and  Preesall  were  worth 
£12  a  year.  The  estates  were  in  the 
escheator's  hands  for  six  weeks,  during 
which  time  ^3  3*.  was  received  by  him  ; 
ibid.  231.  The  rent  of  two  crossbows 
due  to  the  king  was  payable  in  1297  to 
the  Earl  of  Lancaster  ;  ibid.  289. 

Geoffrey  son  and  heir  of  John  de 
Hackinsall  gave  land  in  Preesall  to  Lan- 
caster Priory,  including  the  meadow  in 
the  field  called  Flimingswell  Syke  ;  also 
2  acres  in  Petit  Middleargh  in  his  demesne 
of  Hackinsall  ;  Lane,  Ch,  ii,  353.  The 
same  Geoffrey  made  a  number  of  gifts  to 
Cockersand  Abbey,  confirming  also  his 
father's;  Chartul.  i,  73-81.  One  clause 
gave  permission  for  the  canons'  cattle  to 
cross  the  sands  in  summer  from  Preesall 
to  Cocker.  He  also  allowed  a  fishery 
in  the  Wyre  between  that  of  Alan 
de  Hackinsall  and  one  the  canons  had, 
for  their  sustenance.  Certain  disputes 
having  arisen  between  him  and  the  canons 
as  to  dykes  around  their  lands  in  Preesall 
a  friendly  agreement  was  made  in  1271, 
by  which  he  allowed  them  to  make  a  dyke 
from  that  at  the  Blacklache  straight  across 
to  their  eastern  dyke  ;  ibid.  83. 

In  1266-7  Geoffrey  the  Arbalaster  son 
of  John  released  to  Edmund  his  lord  son 


of  King  Henry,  Richard  son  of  Lyol  de 
Singleton  and  William  his  brother,  with 
all  their  sequela  and  chattels ;  Great 
Coucher,  i,  fol.  62,  no.  14. 

16  In  that  year  there  was  a  dispute  as 
to   40    acres    in    Hackinsall,   of    which 
20    acres    were    held    by   John    son    of 
Geoffrey    de    Hackinsall,    9    by    Amery 
widow  of  Geoffrey,  9   by  the   Abbot  of 
Cockersand  and  2  by  the  Prior  of  Lan- 
caster.    It    was  alleged  that  one  Adam 
de  Dissheford  had    held    them,  and    the 
claimant  was  his  daughter  Alice  widow 
of  Simon  son  of  Henry  de  Hambleton  ; 
Assize  R.  1268,  m.  II  d. 

17  Writ    of  diem   cL    extr.    issued   25 
June  1299  ;  Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  (MS.), 
ii,  27  Edw.  I,  m.  13. 

18  Assize   R.   420,    m.    lod.     Richard 
de  Hackinsall  held  the  manor,  together 
with  Preesall  and  Hambleton,  in  1324, 
by    the    service    of   two    crossbows    and 
401. ;  Dods.   MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  40*.     The 
40.5.  was  for  Hambleton. 

19  Maud   de  Preesall  in  1331  claimed 
a  messuage  and  land  in  Preesall  against 
Richard  de  Hackinsall,  John  his  son  and 
William   the   Pinder.     It   appeared    that 
Richard    was    dead    and  John  was    then 
tenant.      A  verdict  was  recorded  against 
William;  Assize  R.  1404,  m.  i8d. 

10  A  settlement  was  made  by  which  the 
manor  of  Hackinsall  and  4  oxgangs  of 
land  in  Preesall  were  given  to  John  son 
of  Richard  de  Hackinsall,  with  remainder 
to  William  (son  of  John)  and  Alice  and 
their  issue.  There  were  a  sheep  walk, 
&c.,  held  by  Jordan  del  Celer,  20  acres 
held  by  William  de  Hackinsall  and  Ellen 
his  wife,  12  acres  held  by  Master 
Edmund  de  Lacy  and  Margaret  daughter 
of  Richard  de  Hackinsall  and  Isabel 
daughter  of  Master  Edmund  ;  also  an 
oxgang  of  land  held  by  Thomas  dc 
Goosnargh  for  life ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  95. 
A  further  agreement  as  to  5  oxgangs  of 
land  in  PreesalJ  was  made  at  the  same 
time,  these  being  given  to  John  de 
Hackinsall  and  Christiana  his  wife,  with 
remainder  to  William  their  son  and  Alice 
his  wife,  daughter  of  John  de  Bradkirk  ; 
ibid.  98. 

In  1346  John  de  Hackinsall  held  a 
plough-land  and  a  half,  the  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  a  plough-land  and  John 
Lawrence  half  a  plough-land  by  the 
service  of  two  crossbows  (or  4.5.)  yearly  ; 
Sur-v,  of  1 346  (Chet.  Soc.),  54. 

21  William  son  of  John  de  Hackinsall 

257 


and  Alice  his  wife  in  1357  granted  the 
manor  of  Hackinsall,  with  exceptions,  to 
John  son  of  Robert  de  Dalton  for  life  ; 
Final  Cone,  ii,  151. 

*a  The  descent  is  given  in  Def,  Keeper's 
Rep.  xl,  App.  534.  The  name  of 
Ismania's  husband  is  not  recorded. 

»  Ibid. 

14  Lanes,  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii, 
107—8.  The  manor  was  held  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  in  socage  by  the 
annual  service  of  two  crossbows  or  zs,  8<£, 
and  was  worth  ,£20  a  year.  The  ages  of 
the  daughters  were  forty,  thirty-six,  thirty- 
four  and  thirty-three  years  respectively. 

85  The  Richard  husband  of  Margaret 
was  son  of  John  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe,  as 
appears  by  an  arbitration  deed  of  1478 
among  the  Dalton  of  Thurnham 
muniments. 

The  paternity  of  William  Butler,  who 
acquired  part  of  Hackinsall,  seems  to 
have  been  doubtful.  He  had  three  aliases 
— Ward,  Parr  and  Taylor.  Richard 
Butler  had  two  sons,  George  and  Thomas, 
and  a  daughter  Margaret,  who  married 
John  Lancelyn  ;  William  Butler  alleged 
in  1540  that  he  was  the  son  of  Thomas  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  168,  m.  6  ;  171, 
m.  14. 

William  Butler  of  Preesall  in  1535 
granted  the  marriage  of  his  son  George 
to  Nicholas  Butler  of  Rawcliffe  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  84*. 

William  Butler  appears  as  plaintiff  in 
,.549  respecting  the  fourth  part  of 
Hackinsall  Hall  and  lands,  &c.,  Henry 
Barton  and  Barbara  his  wife  being 
defendants.  Butler  held  in  common 
with  Sir  Marmaduke  Tunstall,  William 
Mordaunt,  Anne  his  wife  and  —  Bewley. 
Barbara  claimed  by  grant  of  John  Booth, 
as  recorded  later ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Plead.  Edw.  VI,  xxxi,  B  8. 

16  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no. 
47  ;  the  premises  in  Hackinsall  were 
said  to  be  held  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
duchy  by  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  the  rest  of  the  estate  in  socage. 

87  Lanes,  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  240-1  ;  all  was  held  of  the 
king  in  socage.  Henry  Butler  was  twenty- 
two  years  old.  Henry  Butler  in  1631 
compounded  for  refusing  knighthood ; 
Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  222. 

*8  Dugdale,  Vhit.  113.  The  marriage 
took  place  in  1648. 

89  Foster,  Lanes,  Fed.  ;  abstract  of  titli 
in  possession  of  W.  Farrer.  William 

33 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


P4RROX  HALL  is  a  low  two-story  H-shaped 
house  with  rough-cast  and  whitewashed  walls  and 
grey  slated  roofs,  very  much  modernized,  but  still 
preserving  some  of  its  ancient  features.  The  building 
itself  offers  no  architectural  evidence  of  a  date  earlier 
than  the  first  half  of  the  iyth  century,  but  there 
have  been  so  many  alterations  at  different  times  that 
it  is  quite  possible  the  structure  may  incorporate  parts 
of  an  earlier  building,  though  whether  of  date  prior  to 
the  1 6th  century  it  is  impossible  to  say.  Any  earlier 
building  which  may  have  stood  on  the  same  site  was 
probably  pulled  down  wholly  or  piecemeal  at  the 
time  the  present  house  was  erected  or  came  into 
being. 

The  principal  front,  which  is  about  75  ft.  in  length, 
is  now  north,  but  this  is  probably  a  later  modification 
of  the  original  design,  the  entrance  having  been  most 
likely  on  the  south  side,  now  the  garden  front.  The 
east  or  kitchen  wing  is  over  60  ft.  in  length,  but  the 
west  wing  is  very  much  shorter  with  only  a  slight 
projection  north  and  south.  The  original  plan 
appears  to  have  been  changed,  perhaps  more  than 
once,  and  how  far  the  modern  work  reproduces  old 
features  it  is  now  impossible  to  say.  An  arched 
entrance  at  the  south  end  of  the  east  wing,  if  it 
represents  in  any  way  an  older  feature,  suggests  the 
entrance  gateway  to  a  courtyard  on  the  south  side  of 
the  house.293 

The  hall  occupies  the  west  end  of  the  main  wing 
and  is  22  ft.  6  in.  long  by  16  ft.  in  width,  with  a 
stone  fireplace  at  the  east  end.  The  entrance  is  in 
the  middle  of  the  north  side  by  a  door  which  appears 
to  be  an  18th-century  insertion,  and  the  staircase, 
which  occupies  a  gabled  bay  in  the  angle  formed  by 
the  main  and  west  wings,  leads  from  the  north-west 
corner.  The  hall  and  screens  may  have  originally 
occupied  the  whole  of  the  middle  wing,  the  eastern 
end  of  which  is  now  occupied  by  the  dining-room, 
but  this  is  uncertain.  A  modern  pointed  doorway  at 
the  north-east  corner,  now  disused  but  opening  into 


a  passage  north  of  the  dining-room  between  the  hall 
and  east  wing,  if  it  reproduces  an  original  entrance, 
suggests  the  north  doorway  of  the  screens,  but  there 
is  no  other  evidence  that  this  was  so.  The  hall, 
however,  may  always  have  been  its  present  size  with 
a  passage-way  behind  the  fireplace  as  at  Speke.  The 
walls  are  wainscoted  their  full  height  with  iyth- 
century  oak  in  diamond-shaped  panels  and  the  stair- 
case has  square  newels  and  turned  balusters.  The 
floor  is  flagged  diagonally,  and  the  ceiling,  which  is 
8  ft.  8  in.  high,  is  of  plain  plaster  crossed  by  two 
cased  beams  running  its  greater  length.  With  the 
exception  of  four  mullioned  windows  in  the  north 
front,  a  large  one  of  six  lights  in  the  west  wing  and 
the  others  in  the  east  wing,  all  the  windows  are 
modern  sashes  or  casements,  and  externally  the  build- 
ing has  little  or  no  architectural  interest.  The  interior 
contains  some  good  oak  furniture,  but  more  has  been 
taken  away,  and  in  one  of  the  bedrooms  is  a  good 
oak  mantel.  There  appears  to  have  been  a  restoration 
in  the  1 8th  century,  most  of  the  internal  oak  panelled 
doors  being  apparently  of  that  date,  but  except 
for  the  hall  the  interior  has  been  almost  wholly 
modernized. 

It  is  not  clear  what  became  of  the  Leyburne  share, 
but  that  of  Thomas  and  Mabel  Acclamby  or  Aglaby 
descended  to  their  daughter  Agnes,30  whose  son 
Thomas  Booth  succeeded  in  1514,  and  was  followed 
by  his  brother  John  Booth,  D.D.,  Archdeacon  of 
Hereford,31  after  whose  death32  there  was  much 
contention  as  to  the  inheritance,  which  had  been 
augmented  to  a  moiety  of  the  manor.33  William 
Mordaunt  and  Agnes  his  wife,  who  acquired  it,  were 
succeeded  by  William  Twynehoe  and  Etheldreda  his 
wife.34  They  sold  to  Edmund  Fleetwood  of  Rossall 
in  I596,35  and  it  descended  to  his  son  Paul  in  1622. 

The  other  Acclamby  share  seems  to  have  been 
divided  between  two  daughters,  of  whom  one,  Mabel, 
carried  an  eighth  part  of  the  manor  to  her  husband, 
Reginald  Preston,  who  in  1519  was  succeeded  by 


Elletson  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  had  lands 
in  Hackinsall,  Preesall  and  Stalmine  in 
1759  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  360, 
m.  46.  James  Pickering  in  1456  gave 
Parrock  hey  to  Richard  Boteler  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol. 

let. 

»9a  The  walls  here,  however,  are  of 
brick  and  plaster  of  no  particular  thick- 
ness and  are  apparently  modern. 

30  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  60. 
It   appears    that    her   first    husband   was 
Roger  Booth  of  Old  Durham  ;  she  after- 
wards   married   Richard    Skelton.       The 
fourth  part  of  the  manor,  with  messuages 
and  land  in  Hackinsall  and  Preesall,  was 
held  of  the  king  by  the  rent  of  the  fourth 
part  of  two  crossbows  or  zs.  %d.     Thomas 
Booth    her    son    was   twenty-four    years 
old. 

31  Ibid,    vi,    no.    56.       The    estate    is 
described  as  'the  manors'  of  Hackinsall 
and  Preesall  ;  it  had  in  1515  been  settled 
on  Alice  wife  of  Thomas  Booth  and  widow 
of  John  Lawrence.     The  service  due  to 
the  king  as  duke  was  two  crossbows  or 
zs.    Sd.     Thomas    Booth   died    13   Mar. 
1527-8.     His  brother  John  was  thirty- 
three  years  old. 

38  John  Booth  was  Archdeacon  of  Here- 
ford 1523-42;  Le  Neve,  Fasti,  i,  481. 
In  1533  he  obtained  the  king's  licence  to 
acquire  from  John  Ashton,  John  Jackson, 
Charles  Booth  and  Douce  Booth  their 


estate  in  a  fourth  part  of  the  demesne 
lands  of  Hackinsall,  and  also  to  acquire 
both  moieties  of  another  fourth  part ; 
L.  and  P.  Hen.  VIII,  vi,  g.  1060  (3). 
He  died  in  August  1 542,  leaving  a  moiety  of 
the  manor  of  Hackinsall,  with  messuages, 
&c.,  there  and  in  Preesall,  Stalmine  and 
Staynall,  all  held  of  the  king  as  duke  by 
knight's  service  and  a  rent  of  zs.  %d.  His 
next  heir  was  a  niece,  Anne  Booth, 
daughter  of  his  brother  Charles,  aged 
thirteen;  but  he  had  in  1540  demised 
the  moiety  of  the  manor  to  Francis  Booth 
(son  and  heir  of  Roger)  and  his  wife 
Barbara  Booth,  the  last-named  being  a 
cousin,  at  a  rent  of  £j  a  year  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no.  18  ;  ix,  no.  42. 
The  latter  inquisition,  taken  in  1549, 
gives  Agnes  (daughter  of  Charles)  as  the 
name  of  the  heiress.  Anne  and  Annes 
were  frequently  confused. 

It  would  appear  that  the  Booths  had 
acquired  the  Leyburne  share  of  the  manor, 
and  that  they  were  responsible  for  the 
whole  service  due  to  the  duchy. 

83  Geoffrey  Starkie  and  Barbara  his  wife, 
formerly  wife  of  Francis  Booth,  in  1550 
complained  that  William  Westby  detained 
the  title  deeds  of  the  moiety  of  the  manor  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  Edw.  VI,  xxvii, 
S.  1 6.  They  also  claimed  arrears  of  rents 
and  profits  for  saltcotes,  with  boons, 
services,  &c.,  against  William  Mordaunt, 
Anne  his  wife  and  others  (ibid,  xxxii,  89), 

258 


and  a  little  later  had  a  further  dispute 
with  William  Mordaunt  and  Annes  hi» 
wife  ;  ibid.  Eliz.  xxxix,  M  3. 

From  the  pleadings  it  appears  that  the 
Starkies  held  the  Booth  moiety  for  the 
term  of  a  hundred  years  from  15 39  under 
the  grant  of  Archdeacon  Booth  ;  also  the 
Butler  fourth  part  under  grant  of  William 
Butler  for  thirty  years  from  1538.  Sir 
Marmaduke  TunstaH  held  one-half  the 
remaining  part  an«i  Thomas  Bewley  the 
other  half ;  these  portions  had  also  been 
leased  to  Geoffrey  Starkie,  so  that  he 
held  the  whole  manor  of  Hackinsall  and 
Preesall. 

34  William   Mordaunt    and    Anne    his 
wife  in   1573  made  a  settlement  of  the 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Hackinsall  and 
Preesall,  with  messuages,  dovecote,  lands, 
&c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  35, 
m.  12.     They  made  a  further  settlement 
in  1587,  the  estate  being  described  as  the 
manor  of  Preesall  and  a  moiety  of  the 
manor  of  Hackinsall,  the  remainder  being 
to  William  Twynehoe  and  Etheldreda  his 
wife  and   the  heirs  of  Etheldreda  ;    ibid, 
bdle.  49,  m.  28. 

35  Ibid.  bdle.   59,   m.    171.       Edmund 
Fleetwood  died  in  1622  holding  a  moiety 
of  the  manor  of  Hackinsall  and  Preesall, 
with   lands,   &c.,  of  the  king   as   of  his 
duchy  by  a  rent  of  zs.  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and    Ches.),  iii,  315- 
16. 


PREESALL  WITH   HACKINSALL  :    PARROX  HALL  :   NORTH   FRONT 


PREESALL  WITH   HACKINSALL  :   PARROX  HALL  :  THE  HALL 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


their  son  Thomas.36  This  portion  was  sold  to 
Tunstall,37  then  to  Starkie.38  The  other  eighth  part 
seems  to  have  been  held  about  1555-68  by  Thomas 
Bewley.39 

In  1555  an  agreement  was  made  as  to  the 
partition  of  the  manor  between  Sir  Marmaduke 
Tunstall,  Thomas  Bewley,  William  Butler  and 
William  Mordaunt  and  Anne  (Agnes)  his  wife.40 

The  fourth  part  of  the  manor  held  by  Robert 
Dalton  of  Thurnham  in  1578  resulted  from  the 
purchase  of  the  Tunstall  and  Bewley  shares  41  ;  the 
tenure  was  not  known.42  This  part  was  purchased 
by  the  above-named  Paul  Fleetwood  in  l6i8.43 

The  three-fourths  of  the  manor  was  in  1729  sold 
by  Edward  Fleetwood  of  Rossall  to  the  executors  of 
Edmund  Hornby  of  Poulton,  and  to  Robert  Loxham, 
vicar  of  Poulton,  in  moieties,  and  in  1797  the 
former  moiety  was  sold  to  James  Bourne  by  Geoffrey 
Hornby  the  younger.44 

In  1813  the  manor  was  held  by  Daniel  Elletson, 
James  Bourne  and  Robert  Loxham.45  The  second  of 
these  seems  to  have  become  the  chief  owner,  and 
Hackinsall  Hall  descended  to  his  brother  Peter,  who 
died  in  1 84.6,46  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Sir  James  Bourne,  bart.47  Dying  in  1882,  he  was 
followed  by  his  son  Sir  James  Dyson  Bourne,  who 
survived  his  father  only  a  year,  and  the  inheritance 
then  passed  to  his  sister  Harriet  Anne  Dyson,  who 
married  Mr.  James  William  Seaburne  May  of 
Liverpool.  He  took  in  1897  the  additional  sur- 
name of  Bourne,  and  Mrs.  Bourne-May  continues  to 
own  the  estate,  which  is  said  to  include  two-thirds  of 
the  manor. 


PART  OF 
LANCASTER 

HACKINSALL  HALL,  now  used  as  a  farm-house, 
is  a  large  irregular  two-story  building  of  i/th-cen- 
tury  date  with  mullioned  and  transomed  windows, 
but  it  retains  few  or  none  of  its  original  architectural 
features,  having  undergone  a  very  thorough  restoration 
about  the  year  1873.  The  walls  are  entirely  of 
rough-cast,  the  roofs  covered  with  blue  slates,  and  the 
mullioned  windows  throughout  are  modern.  The 
restoration,  however,  probably  reproduces  more  or 
less  the  original  characteristics  of  the  building,  though 
little  of  the  actual  structure  but  the  masonry  of  the- 
walls  remains.  Built  into  a  low  gable  on  the  south 
side  is  a  stone  inscribed  : — 

F 

R     A 

GOD'S    PROVI- 
DENCE   1656 

the  initials  being  those  of  Richard  and  Anne  Fleet- 
wood,  and  the  date  probably  that  of  the  erection  of 
the  house. 

'  The  famous  boggart  of  Hackinsall  Hall  had  the 
appearance  of  a  huge  horse,  which  was  very  industrious 
if  treated  with  kindness  ;  thus  we  hear  that  every 
night  it  was  indulged  with  a  fire,  before  which  it 
was  frequently  seen  reclining,  and  when  deprived  of 
this  indulgence  by  neglect  it  expressed  its  anger  by 
fearful  outcries.'  48 

The  Cockersand  Abbey  estate,  chiefly  in  the 
LOWER  END  of  Pilling,  was  in  1346  considered  a 
third  part  of  the  vill.49  After  the  Dissolution  it  seems 
to  have  been  granted  out  in  parcels.50  Roger  Dalton 


36  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  18  ; 
Mabel  died  before  her  husband.     Thomas 
Preston  was  twenty-two  years  old.     The 
manor  was  said  to  be  held  of  the  king  as 
duke  by  the  serjeanty  of  rendering  to  the 
king  two  crossbows  or  41. 

37  Sir  Marmaduke  Tunstall  (of  Thur- 
land)   in    1543    purchased   the  manor  of 
Hackinsall    from    Wilfrid     Preston     and 

Joan  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
die.  12,  m.  69.  He  died  in  1557  hold- 
ing an  eighth  part  of  the  manor  of 
Hackinsall  and  Preesall,  with  land,  &c., 
of  the  king  and  queen  as  of  their  duchy, 
by  knight's  service  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  x,  no.  5.  His  son  Francis  and  Alice 
his  wife  in  1563  sold  to  Geoffrey  Starkie  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  F~eet  of  F.  bdle.  25,  m.  138. 

38  Geoffrey  Starkie    has    already   been 
mentioned    as    interested    in   the   manor 
through  his  wife  Barbara. 

Thomas  Starkie,  as  nephew  and  heir 
of  Geoffrey  (viz.  son  of  Richard  Starkie 
of  Stretton),  claimed  the  manor  in  1568 
against  Richard  Hothersall  and  Edmund 
Clerkson,  who  alleged  a  conveyance  from 
Geoffrey.  Hothersall  had  married  Anne 
daughter  of  Geoffrey,  whose  wife  Bridget 
(apparently  a  second  wife)  survived  him  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  Ixxvii,  S  16. 
Barbara's  right  went  to  Robert  Dalton, 
and  two  years  later  William  Mordaunt 
and  Agnes  his  wife  claiming  by  Charles 
Booth,  her  father,  sought  lands,  &c.,  in 
Hackinsall  against  Richard  Hothersall, 
Anne  his  wife,  Bridget  Starkie  and  Robert 
Dalton  ;  ibid,  xciii,  M  16  ;  ci,  M  10. 

39  In  1568  an  eighth  part  of  the  manor 
of  Hackinsall,  with  lands  in  Preesall,  a 
fishery  in  the  Wyre,   &c.,    was    held  by 
Thomas  Bewley,  who  in  conjunction  with 
his    son   and   heir   William   conveyed   to 


Richard  Hothersall,  John  Smith  and  John 
Aglaby  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
30,  m.  8 1.  Of  these  three  Hothersall 
appears  to  have  conveyed  to  Dalton  ;  John 
Aglaby  sold  in  1582  to  Henry  Thompson 
(ibid.  bdle.  44,  m.  129)  ;  and  John  Smith 
(of  Stalmine  Grange)  died  in  1598  hold- 
ing two  messuages,  &c.,  in  Hackinsall 
and  Preesall,  tenure  not  recorded  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  47. 

40  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  197,  m.  10. 

41  From    preceding    notes    it    may    be 
gathered  that  Richard  Hothersall  acquired 
the  Tunstall-Starkie  eighth  and  also  that 
of    Bewley.     See   also   Dods.    MSS.   liii, 
fol.  102^.     In  1569  Robert  and  Thomas 
Dalton  purchased  the  manor  of  Hackin 
sail,    with    dovecote,     lands,    &c.,     from 
Richard   Hothersall  and  Anne  his  wife  ; 
Pal.   of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.   bdle.   31,   m. 
28. 

William  Butler  in  1571  complained 
that  in  the  conveyance  by  Hothersall  to 
Dalton  his  fourth  part  of  the  manor,  the 
thirty  years'  lease  of  which  had  expired, 
had  been  wrongly  included  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Plead.  Eliz.  xc,  638. 

41  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no. 
i  ;  the  heir  was  Robert  Dalton  son  of 
Thomas  (brother  of  Robert),  who  had 
left  a  widow  Anne. 

43  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  94, 
no.  17. 

There  are  a  number  of  references  to 
the  Hackinsall  estate  of  the  Fleetwood 
family  (1628-57)  m  Exch.  Dep.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  and  some  of  the 
depositions  are  printed  in  the  introduction 
to  that  volume,  pp.  x-xxiv. 

In  1658  Richard  Fleetwood  held  the 
manor  of  Preesall  and  a  moiety  of  the 
manor  of  Hackinsall,  with  lands,  free 

259 


warren,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  162,  m.  164.  In  1695  the  manor 
of  Hackinsall  with  Preesall  is  named 
among  the  Fleetwood  properties  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  235,  m.  75. 

44  Abstract  of  title  in  possession  of  W. 
Farrer. 

45  Pal.  of  Lane.   Fines,   53   Geo.  Ill, 
m.  9  ;  Richard  Dickson  was  plaintiff. 

46  Foster,  Lanes.  Pedigrees.     There  are 
family  monuments  in  Stalmine  Church. 

47  Sometime  M.P.  for  the  borough  of 
Evesham. 

48  Thornber,  Blackpool,  333. 

49  See  a   former  note.      Rentals  from 
1451  to  1537  are  printed  in  the  Chartul. 
iii,  1268—71. 

60  Part  of  the  Cockersand  lands  was 
leased  to  Roger  Dalton  for  21  years  in 
1579,  and  a  lease  of  the  same  to  other 
persons  was  given  in  1600  ;  Pat.  21  Eliz. 
pt.  xi  ;  42  Eliz.  pt.  xvi.  Robert  Dalton 
claimed  the  messuage,  &c.,  called  Tunges 
in  1 60 1  against  Richard  Hoghton  \Ducatus 
Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  436,  457.  In 
1583  lands  in  Preesall  and  Hackinsall, 
late  of  Cockersand  Abbey,  called  the  Lower 
End  of  Pilling,  were  given  to  Theophilus 
and  Robert  Adams,  to  be  held  of  the 
manor  of  East  Greenwich  by  51.  rent  ; 
Pat.  25  Eliz.  pt.  iv.  Another  grant  was 
made  to  Edward  Badby  and  others  in 
1622-3  >  Pat>  2O  Jas<  I»  Pt-  *"•  Land 
called  Tongues,  lately  of  Cockersand 
Abbey,  was  in  1588  granted  to  Edward 
Wymcock  ;  Pat.  30  Eliz.  pt.  vii. 

James  Fisher  died  at  Preesall  in  1640 
holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  there  of  the 
king  as  of  his  manor  of  East  Greenwich. 
His  heir  was  his  son  John,  aged  thirty- 
three  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx, 
no.  1 6. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


had  some  of  it,  which  was  sold  in  1587  to  Robert 
Bindloss  of  Borwick,51  and  he  died  in  1595  holding 
the  Lower  End  of  Pilling,  but  the  tenure  is  not 
recorded.52 

At  the  byrlaw  or  hurley  court  of  Robert  Bindloss 
in  1 590  various  persons  were  fined  for  non-attendance, 
including  John  Smith  of  Stalmine  Grange.  It  was 
ordered  that  the  watercourses  must  be  *  scoured  and 
drawn'  before  St.  Helen's  Day,  'being  the  3rd  day  of 
May.'  Fines  were  ordered  for  foldbreak  (breaking 
the  lord's  pinfold),  rescues,  bloodwick  and  hubble- 
showe  (affray),  playing  unlawful  games,  keeping 
unlawful  fences  and  neglect  to  ring  swine.  Turf 
was  not  to  be  taken  without  the  owner's  leave  ; 
scolding  women  were  to  be  punished  by  fine  ;  and 
*  inmakes  or  bysiers '  were  not  to  be  entertained  by 
anyone  in  the  lordship.58 

John  Lawrence  was  a  partner  in  thevill  in  13 46," 
and  his  estate  may  be  that  subsequently  held  by 
Beconsaw  and  Clifton  of  Westby." 

Though  it  is  Preesall  which  is  named  in  Domesday 


Book,  the  manor  in  later  times  seems  to  have  been 
known  as  Hackinsall  ;  yet  in  the  1 6th  century  and 
later  a  manor  of  Preesall  is  separately  mentioned, 
usually  in  connexion  with  Hackinsall.56  A  family  of 
Bradshaw  of  Preesall  occurs.67 

It  would  appear  that  Hereward  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  (1216-35)  undertook,  in  return  for  the 
gifts  to  his  abbey,  to  find  a  fit  monk  to  celebrate  in 
the  chapel  of  Hackinsall  for  the  souls  of  King  John, 
Geoffrey  and  Eva  and  others,  but  the  chapel  is 
not  mentioned  again.58 

There  are  now  two  places  of  worship  in  the 
township.  St.  Oswald's  was  built  in  1898  in  con- 
nexion with  the  Church  of  England,  and  is  a  chapel 
of  ease  to  Stalmine.  Bethel  Congregational  Chapel 
was  built  in  1835  and  enlarged  in  1888.  Services 
were  first  begun  about  1830,  owing  to  the  efforts 
of  the  minister  of  Elswick,  who  described  this  district 
as  '  destitute  of  the  Gospel,'  but  '  ready  to  attend 
it  if  preached.' 59 

Two  schools  were  founded  in  Preesall  about  lyoo.60 


ST.  MICHAEL-ON-WYRE 


UPPER  RAWCLIFFE  WITH  TARNACRE 
OUT  RAWCLIFFE 
GREAT  ECCLESTON 


INSKIP  WITH  SOWERBY 

ELSWICK 

WOODPLUMPTON 


The  church  from  which  the  parish  takes  its  name 
lies  in   the  township   of   Upper    Rawcliffe,    on   the 
south   bank  of  the  Wyre,  which  river    divides  the 
area  into  two  unequal  parts.     The  district  is  for  the      Upper  Rawcliffe 
most  part  flat  and  lies  low,  except  in  the  extreme      Out  Rawcliffe    . 
south,  where  a  height    of  about   120  ft.  above    sea      Great  Eccleston 
level  is  attained.     The  acreage  amounts  to  i8,888£,      Elswick    . 
and  the  population  in  1901  was  3,691.  Inskip  with  \ 

The   history   of  the    parish    has   been   extremely          Sowerby    } 
placid,  and  there  is  even  yet  no  railway  line  within      Woodplumpton  . 
its  boundary.     The  population  is  employed  almost 
entirely  in  agriculture,  and  the  land  is  now  occupied 
as  follows ' : — 


Permanent      Woods  and 
grass  plantations 


I,99I 

2,437 
1,125 
690^ 

1,875 
4,492 


12,611 


49 
46 

3 
15 


10 


'54 


51  Dalton  probably  purchased  from 
Adams.  An  estate  of  forty  messuages, 
500  acres  of  salt  marsh,  &c.,  was  in  1586 
granted  to  feoffees  by  Anne  Dalton, 
widow,  Barnaby  Kitchin,  Hugh  Hesketh 
and  Alice  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdlc.  48,  m.  48.  In  the  following 
year  the  feoffees,  in  conjunction  with 
Roger  Dalton,  sold  the  greater  part  to 
Robert  Bindloss  ;  ibid.  bdle.  49,  m.  21. 

4>  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  7. 

68  Preston  Guard.  29  June  1878. 

54  See  a  former  note.     Edmund  Law- 
rence of  Lancaster  had  land  in  Preesall  in 
1358;    Duchy    of    Lane.    Assize    R.    7, 
m.  4  d. 

55  Cuthbert  Clifton  in  right  of  William 
Beconsaw   of  Wray  claimed  in    1574   a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Stalmine,  with  common 
of  pasture  on  the  waste  grounds  of  Preesall 
called  Preesall  Park  and  Park  Moss,  and 
other  wastes  of  Hackinsall  and  Preesall. 
Beconsaw  also  had  messuages  and  lands  in 
Preesall  and  others,  known  as  Wheatholme 
Carr,  in  Hackinsall.     He  conveyed  all  to 
Cuthbert  Clifton,  whose  right  to  common 
was  denied   by  Robert   Dalton,  partly  in 
virtue  of  a  lease   of  Cockersand    Abbey 


lands  and  partly  in  virtue  of  his  lordship 
of  part  of  the  manor  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Plead.  Eliz.  c,  C  6. 

Cuthbert  Clifton  died  in  1580  holding 
lands,  &c.,  in  Hackinsall  and  Preesall  of 
the  heirs  of  Thomas  Booth  in  socage  by 
suit  at  the  court  of  his  manors  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  76.  In  1585 
the  Clifton  lands  were  stated  to  be  held 
of  the  queen  as  of  her  duchy  by  the 
service  of  two  crossbows  ;  ibid,  xiv,  no.  21  ; 
Ct.  of  Wards  Inq.  p.m.  xxi,  238. 

In  1581  Roger  Dalton  claimed  turbary 
in  Preesall  Moss  and  a  messuage  called 
Quatholme  (or  Wheatholme)  against 
Robert  Carter,  whose  right  was  derived 
from  William  Beconsaw  ;  Ducatus  Lane. 
iii,  94, 126.  Thomas  Carter  died  in  1622 
holding  land  in  Hackinsall  of  the  king  as 
duke  in  socage  ;  George  his  son  and  heir 
was  fifteen  years  of  age  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  317. 

56  The  manor  of  Preesall  is  named 
separately  in  a  deed  of  1642  by  Henry 
Philpott  and  Robert  Swayne  ;  Com.  Pleas 
Recov.  R.  Trin.  18  Chas.  I,  m.  5. 

Maud  daughter  of  Sabina  de  Preesall 
in  1319  claimed  a  messuage  and  land  in 

260 


Preesall  from  William  son  of  Robert  de 
Leyland  ;  De  Banco  R.  230,  m.  92.  See 
note  10  above. 

Christiana  widow  of  William  Wikock- 
son  claimed  dower  in  a  messuage  in 
Preesall  in  1342  against  John  son  of 
John  de  Poulton ;  ibid.  332,  m.  524  d. 
Maud  daughter  of  William  Wilcockson  of 
Preesall  claimed  lands  there  in  1357  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  6,  m.  i. 
Henry  Blundell  and  Alice  his  wife  in 
1371  claimed  (in  Alice's  right)  a  messuage 
and  land  in  the  same  place  against  Maud 
daughter  of  William  Wilcockson  ;  De 
Banco  R.  443,  m.  306. 

Thomas  Dobson  of  Preesall  made  a 
purchase  there  in  1355  from  Richard 
Page  and  Amabil  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii, 
148. 

57  Dugdale,  VIM.  55.     They  occur  also 
at  Scale  in  Skerton. 

58  Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  216. 

69  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf.  i, 
166-73. 

60  Richard  Fleetwood's,  1687-95,  and 
Robert  Carter's,  1710;  End.  Char. 
Rep. 

1  Statistics  from   Bd.  of  Agric.  (1905). 


PREESALL  WITH   HACKINSALL  :    HACKINSALL  HALL 


ST.  MICHAEL'S  ON  WYRE  CHURCH   FROM  THE  NORTH-EAST 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


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The  plague  of  1349—50  visited  the  parish,  taking 
off  many  of  the  people.13  Sir  Richard  Kighley  of 
Inskip  was  one  of  those  who  fought  at  Agincourt, 
being  killed  in  the  battle.2  The  Reformation  was 
long  resisted  by  a  number  of  the  people  here  as 
elsewhere  in  the  Fylde.3  In  the  Civil  War  the 
principal  squires — Butler  and  Kirkby — lost  sons  in 
the  cause  of  Charles  I  ;  but  men  were  raised  also 
for  the  Parliament,4  <ind  around  Elswick  there  was 
sufficient  Puritanism  to  stir  the  people  to  the  build- 
ing of  a  place  of  worship.  The  Jacobite  rising  of 
1715  brought  disaster  to  the  Butlers  of  Rawcliffe, 
but  in  1745  the  parish  seems  to  have  been  untouched 
by  the  invasion. 

To  the  ancient  tax  called  the  fifteenth  St. 
Michael's  contributed  £6  4*.  when  the  hundred  paid 
^56  4/.  8^.,5  and  to  £100  leviable  on  the  same 
district  for  the  county  lay  of  1624  this  parish  would 
contribute  £  i  o  izs.  ^d^ 

The  church  of 
CHURCH  ST.  MICH4EL1 
stands  close  to  the 
left  bank  of  the  River  Wyre, 
which  bounds  the  church- 
yard on  the  north  side,  the 
west  end  facing  on  to  the 
road  immediately  south  of  the 
bridge.  It  consists  of  a  chan- 
cel 33  ft.  6  in.  by  19  ft.  8  in. 
with  north  vestry,  nave 
45  ft.  6  in.  by  19  ft.  8  in., 
south  aisle  15  ft.  10  in.  wide 
extending  the  full  length  of 
nave  and  chancel,  short  north 
aisle  8  ft.  3  in.  wide,  and 
north  chapel  24  ft.  8  in.  by 
1 2  ft.  9  in.,  south  porch  and 
west  tower  13  ft.  square,  all 
these  measurements  being  in- 
ternal. 

The  building  is  substanti- 
ally of  1 5th  and  early  16th- 
century  date,  but  there  may 
be  portions  of  an  older  struc- 
ture in  the  north  wall  of  the 
chancel  and  at  the  west  end 

of  the  south  aisle  adjoining  the  tower,  the  masonry 
of  which  may  date  from  the  I3th  century.  The 
evidence  of  the  building,  however,  is  not  sufficient  to 
make  it  possible  to  trace  the  development  of  the 
plan  or  to  arrive  at  any  conclusion  as  to  the  extent 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 

and  appearance  of  the  earlier  structure,  except  that 
its  length  must  have  been  about  the  same  as  that  of 
the  present  building.  On  the  north  chancel  wall 
the  older  masonry,  which  is  of  red  sandstone,  in- 
cludes a  buttress  2  ft.  6  in.  wide  with  a  10  in. 
projection,  and  at  the  west  end  of  the  south  aisle 
the  fragment  of  old  walling,  which  is  3  ft.  6  in. 
wide  and  stands  6^  in.  in  front  of  the  later  wall, 
has  been  pierced  by  a  pointed  window  z  ft.  9  in. 
high  and  1 2  in.  wide,  now  built  up.  The  present 
plan  is  that  of  the  15th-century  building,  but  there 
is  said  to  have  been  a  restoration  or  partial  rebuild- 
ing in  I549,8  when  the  tower  is  said  to  have  been 
erected  and  new  bells  purchased.  The  tower  seems 
to  have  been  rebuilt  or  refaced  in  1 6 1 1  by  Henry 
Butler,  whose  arms  and  initials  together  with  the 
date  are  carved  on  the  north-west  merlon  of  the 
parapet  facing  west.  The  north  chapel,  originally 


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the  chantry  of  St.  Katharine,  was  repaired  in  1797, 
and  in  1854  the  church  was  reseated  and  some  resto- 
rations carried  out,  the  old  square  pews  being 
taken  away  and  the  whitewash  removed  from  the 
arches  and  columns  of  the  nave.9 


la  Engl.  Hist.  Rev.  v,  529  ;  fourscore 
men  and  women  was  the  Archdeacon  of 
Richmond's  estimate.  The  jury  appear 
to  have  allowed  zos.  out  of  the  50*. 
claimed  for  probates. 

*  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  1 1 6. 

3  This  appears  in  the  township  histories, 
but  the  only  residents  who  in  1630—2 
compounded  for  the  two-thirds  of  their 
estates  liable  to  sequestration  for  recusancy 
were  Thomat  Kirkby  of  Rawcliffe  (by 
an  annual  payment  of  ,£5),  Leonard 
Clarkson  of  Woodplumpton  (£3),  and 
Robert  White  of  Great  Eccleston 
(£8  13*.  4</.)  ;  Traru.  Hist.  Soc.  (new 
ser.),  xxiv,  176-8. 

A  list  of  recusants  in  1610  is  printed 
in  Fishwick's  St.  Michael's  (Chet.  Soc.), 
12—14.  A  large  number  of  the  people 
refused  to  make  the  Protestation  of  1641  ; 


ibid.  16—17.  An  annotated  list  of  the 
convicted  recusants  c.  1670  will  be  found 
in  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  166,  180-2, 
190-2,  204-6. 

4  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  42.  The 
same  chronicler  shows  that  the  royal  and 
parliamentary  troops  crossed  the  parish 
from  time  to  time  ;  e.g.  38,  67. 

8  Gregson,  Fragments  (ed.  Harland),  19. 
The  details  were  :  Upper  Rawcliffe, 
8j.  Bo".  ;  Out  Rawcliffe,  £i  6s.  ;  Great 
Eccleston,  i6s.  \d.  ;  Elswick,  191.  4</.  ; 
Inskip  with  Sowerby,  101.  $d.  ;  Wood- 
plumpton, £z  31.  4«/. 

6  Ibid.  23.  The  details  were  :  Upper 
Rawcliffe,  14*.  iof<£  ;  Out  Rawcliffe, 
/.;  GreatEccleston,,£i  75.  nj</.; 
1  135.  of</.  ;  Inskip  with 
171.  8</.  ;  Woodplumpton, 


Elswick, 
Sowerby, 

£3  '4*.  * 


Extracts  from  Subsidy  Rolls  1523-80 
are  printed  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  9—1 1  ; 
they  give  the  names  of  the  principal 
residents. 

7  The  invocation  appears  in  Domesday 
'  Michelescherche."       It    had     then    one 
plough-land.     The  distinguishing  phrase 
'upon  Wyre'  is  found  in  1216. 

8  Fishwick,    op.   cit.    62.     The    state- 
ment seems  to  be  based  only  on  the  fact 
that    in     1549    Thomas     Singleton    by 
his  will  left  401.   '  towards   the  churche 
and   buyldinge   of  the   steple   of    Seynct 
Mychaells.'    The  later  notes  to  Glynne's 
Churches  of  Lane.  24  give  the  date  of  re- 
building as  1525. 

9  Some  work  was  apparently  done  in 
1809    and    1811,  these    dates    being  on 
spout    heads    on    the    south   side  of  the 
building. 


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A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  chancel  and  nave  are  uuder  one  continuous 
blue-slated  roof  and  the  south  aisle  has  a  separate 
gabled  slated  roof  finishing  behind  an  embattled 
parapet.  The  walls  are  generally  constructed  of 
rubble  masonry  with  sandstone  dressings,  the  whole 
of  the  parapet  of  the  south  aisle,  together  with  its 
eastern  gable,  being  of  dressed  stone. 

The  east  wall  of  the  chancel,  however,  is  built  of 
red  sandstone  blocks  and  may  be  a  lyth-century 
reconstruction.  The  east  window  is  of  three 
trefoiled  lights  with  perpendicular  tracery  and 
moulded  jambs  and  mullions  with  a  very  slight 
reveal  and  without  hood  mould.  On  the  south  side 
the  chancel  is  open  to  the  aisle  by  two  wide  arches, 
but  there  is  a  5  ft.  6  in.  length  of  straight  wall  at 
the  east  end  in  which  is  a  piscina  with  cinquefoiled 
head  and  chamfered  jambs,  now  only  19  in.  from  the 
floor  and  without  bowl,  and  on  the  east  wall  to  the 
north  of  the  window  is  a  plain  stone  bracket.  The 
north  wall  sets  back  6  in.  at  a  distance  of  7  ft.  3  in. 


16   CENT 
17'bCENT 

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PLAN  OF  ST.   MICHAEL'S  CHURCH 


from  the  east,  forming  a  slight  recess  about  9  ft.  long, 
to  the  west  of  which  is  a  modern  two-light  traceried 
window.  Before  the  erection  of  the  vestry  there  was 
a  second  window  to  the  eastward,  the  position  of 
which  may  still  be  seen  in  the  plastered  wall  within 
the  recess,  of  which  part  of  the  external  hood  mould 
remains.  The  arrangements  of  the  sanctuary  being 
altered  in  1907  necessitated  the  vestry  door  being 
pushed  further  westward  and  a  skew  passageway 
being  formed  through  the  wall.  There  is  no  chancel 
arch  or  screen  and  no  distinction  between  the  chancel 
and  the  nave,  except  in  the  construction  of  the  roof, 
which  in  the  chancel  is  boarded  and  consists  of  three 
bays  with  plain  king-post  trusses,  the  tie-beams 
cutting  across  the  top  of  the  east  window.  The 
same  roof  is  continued  over  the  nave  with  collared 
principals  and  shaped  wood  brackets  on  stone  corbels, 
and  is  of  seven  bays  plastered  between  the  trusses 
and  with  three  modern  dormer  windows  on  the 
south  side. 

The  south  arcade  consists  of  six  pointed  arches  of 

262 


two  chamfered  orders  springing  from  octagonal  piers, 
I  ft.  8  in.  diam.,  with  moulded  capitals  and  bases  and 
from  responds  at  ends.  The  two  easternmost  arches 
to  the  chancel  are  wider  than  those  to  the  nave,  the 
piers  are  thicker  and  the  detail  of  the  capitals  different, 
but  they  appear  to  have  been  built  at  the  same  time. 
The  north  arcade  consists  of  four  pointed  arches  on 
octagonal  piers  similar  to  those  on  the  south  side,  the 
capitals  only  slightly  differing  in  detail.  The  piers  are 
5  ft.  6  in.  in  height  to  the  top  of  the  capitals,  the  height 
of  the  arches  above  being  10  ft.  2  in.  to  the  crown. 
There  is  a  4  ft.  length  of  blank  wall  at  the  west  end 
of  the  nave  on  the  north  side  and  the  whole  of  the 
interior  walling  is  plastered.  The  windows  of  the 
south  aisle  are  all  square-headed,  of  three  lights  with 
external  hood  mould,10  and  are  probably  of  16th- 
century  date.  There  are  two  windows  and  a  priest's 
door  to  the  chancel  aisle  and  a  single  window  and 
doorway  to  the  nave.  The  east  window  of  the  aisle 
has  a  four-centred  head  with  three  pointed  lights 

and  hollow-chamfered 
mullions  and  the  west 
window  is  modern. 

The  porch,  which 
is  dated  161 1,  stands 
12  ft.  from  the  west 
end  of  the  aisle,  and 
is  built  of  wrought 
stone  with  a  blue- 
slated  overhanging 
roof  and  segmental 
outer  arch.  It  is  very 
plain  in  character  and 
small  in  size,  measur- 
ing only  8  ft.  3  in.  by 
8  ft.  II  in.  wide,  and 
has  a  seat  on  each  side. 
The  north  aisle  pro- 
per is  confined  to  the 
two  western  bays  of 
the  nave,  beyond 
which,  to  the  east,  it 
is  merged  into  the 
chantry  chapel.  Its 
west  end,  which  now 
forms  the  baptistery, 
is  lighted  by  a  modern 

three-light  segmental-headed  traceried  window,  and 
has  a  pointed  north  door  opposite  the  second 
bay.  The  wall  west  of  the  doorway  is  occupied  by 
a  modern  Gothic  memorial  to  members  of  the 
Swainson  family,  and  the  floor  of  the  baptistery  is 
raised  two  steps  above  that  of  the  nave.  The  aisle 
roof  is  a  continuation  of  that  of  the  nave,  with  low 
overhanging  eaves. 

The  Butler  chapel,  or  St.  Katharine's  chantry,  is 
now  seated  with  modern  pews  and  open  to  the  nave, 
but  at  the  west  end  is  separated  from  the  aisle  by 
an  ornate  early  igth-century  Gothic  screen,  said  to 
have  been  made  at  Lancaster  and  bearing  the  arms 
of  the  France  and  Wilson  families.11  The  floor  is 
boarded  and  raised  two  steps  above  that  of  the  nave, 
and  the  chapel  is  covered  with  a  separate  low-pitched 
gabled  roof  with  flat  plaster  ceiling,  the  latter  probably 
introduced  in  1 797.  At  this  time,  too,  a  fireplace  was 

10  The  westernmost  one  is  slightly  different  in  detail. 

11  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  57. 


SCALE  or  FEET 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 


built  in  the  north-east  corner,  and  is  still  in  position 
though  bricked  up.  There  are  two  segmental- 
headed  windows  on  the  north  side,  each  of  three 
cinquefoiled  lights  and  trefoiled  tracery,  and  at  the 
east  end  a  taller  three-light  window  of  similar  type 
with  perpendicular  tracery.12  On  the  exterior,  which 
is  almost  entirely  covered  with  ivy  and  has  a  modern 
straight  parapet  and  two  square  buttresses  and  a 
diagonal  one  at  the  north-east  corner,  is  a  shield  with 
the  arms  of  Butler.  The  chapel  contains  no  monu- 
ments, but  on  a  framed  board  at  its  west  end  is  an 
escutcheon  with  the  arms  of  Roe  of  Rawcliffe,  with 
helm,  crest,  mantling  and  motto. 

The  tower  is  faced  with  large  wrought  sandstone 
blocks  and  is  very  irregular  in  shape,  the  west  and 
south  walls  being  at  an  obtuse  angle.  It  has  a  pro- 
jecting vice  in  the  south-east  corner  and  diagonal 
buttresses  of  five  stages  finishing  below  the  belfry 
stage,  which  is  slightly  set  back  with  a  plain  splay. 
The  belfry  windows  are  of  two  flat  trefoiled  lights 
without  hood  mould,  and  have  slate  louvres,  and  the 
tower  finishes  with  an  embattled  moulded  parapet, 
angle  pinnacles  and  leaded  roof,  the  height  to  the 
top  of  the  parapet  being  46  ft.  6  in.  The  west 
door  has  a  four-centred  head  of  two  hollow-chamfered 
orders  and  hood  mould,  and  above  is  a  three-light 
segmental-headed  transomed  window  of  poor  detail, 
with  plain  chamfered  jambs  and  mullions  and  rounded 
heads  to  the  lights.  There  is  a  clock  on  the  east  and 
west  sides,  but  the  north  and  south  sides  are  plain 
except  for  the  belfry  windows  and  a  square  opening 
immediately  below.  The  date  1 6 1 1  on  the  parapet 
is  probably  that  of  the  whole  of  the  external  walling, 
if  not  of  the  entire  rebuilding  of  the  tower.  The 
tower  arch  is  of  two  chamfered  orders  placed  high  up 
above  the  roof  principals,  obtuse  and  awkward  in 
shape. 

All  the  fittings,  including  the  font  and  pulpit,  are 
modern,  but  there  are  fragments  of  ancient  glass  in 
the  north  chancel  window  and  westernmost  window 
of  the  chapel,  the  former  heraldic  and  the  latter  a 
circular  piece  with  a  picture  of  sheep-shearing, 
one  of  a  former  series  representing  the  months  or 
seasons.13 

There  is  a  ring14  of  three  bells,  the   first  dated 


1652,  with  a  long  inscription  in  Gothic  letters 
difficult  to  decipher.  The  second  bell  is  dated  1663 
and  inscribed  '  God  save  the  King,'  and  with  various 
initials,  and  the  third  is  by  Abel  Rudhall  of  Gloucester, 
1742. 

The  plate  consists  of  two  silver  chalices  of  1792, 
with  the  arms  of  Wilson  impaling  France,  two  silver- 
plated  patens  and  a  plated  flagon.15 

The  register  of  baptisms  begins  in  1659  and  those 
of  marriages  and  burials  in  1662.  From  1659  to 
1707  the  registers  have  been  printed.16 

The  churchwardens'  accounts  begin  in  1667. 

In  the  churchyard  is  a  sundial,  the  plate  dated 
1796  and  bearing  the  names  of  the  Rev.  Hugh 
Hornby,  vicar,  and  of  five  churchwardens.  The 
oldest  dated  gravestone  is  1667. 

At  the  Conquest  the  church  was 
JDfOWSON  no  doubt  in  the  gift  of  Earl  Tostig 
as  lord  of  Amounderness.  No  change 
seems  to  have  been  made  afterwards,  so  that  Theobald 
Walter,  when  lord  of  the  wapentake,  1 190  to  1200, 
had  this  advowson  also,  for  he  gave  the  church  of 
St.  Michael  with  all  its  appurtenances  to  the  Abbot 
and  monks  of  Wyresdale  in  alms  ;  they  were  to 
appoint  a  vicar  with  a  portion  sufficient  for  his 
maintenance.17  The  monks  accordingly  appointed 
one  H.  to  the  charge,  allowing  him  the  land  to  the 
east  of  the  church  with  the  fishery  there  and  half  a 
mark  yearly.  They  also  undertook  to  provide  a 
clerk  to  assist  him.18 

The  monastery  was  transferred  to  Ireland,  and  the 
gift  of  the  church  appears  to  have  lapsed,  for  when 
in  1 203—4  it  was  alleged  that  Garstang  was  a  chapel 
pertaining  to  St.  Michael's  the  patron  was  the  king.19 
From  that  time  the  advowson  remained  with  the 
honour  of  Lancaster20  until  1409,  when  Henry  IV 
gave  it  to  the  newly-founded  college  of  St.  Mary 
Magdalen  at  Battlefield  near  Shrewsbury.21  A  vicar 
was  appointed  in  1411,  on  the  death  of  the  last 
rector.22  When  the  college  was  suppressed  with 
other  chantries  in  I  546-8,  the  rectory  and  advowson 
were  taken  by  the  Crown,  and  after  minor  grants 23 
the  rectory  was  in  1 6 1 1  sold  to  Francis  Morrice  and 
Francis  Phillips  of  London,  but  the  advowson  was 
reserved.24  This,  however,  with  the  rectory  soon 


u  The  lower  part  of  all  these  windows 
to  a  height  of  18  in.  has  been  filled 
in  with  brick,  so  as  to  form  a  window 
seat  inside. 

13  It  bears  the  figure  of  the  crab  and  is 
lettered  'Junius.' 

14  In  1692  it  was  ordered  that  during 
the  winter  the    sexton   should   ring  the 
great  bell  at  8  p.m.  and  4  a.m.  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  65.     In  1742  the  churchwardens 
reported  their  two  bells  out  of  order,  'the 
great  bell  being  lately  burst '  ;  Visit.  Ret. 

15  On  21  Apr.  1671  Thomas  Knowles 
and  Ann  his  wife  bestowed  on  the  church 
a  piece  of  silver  plate  inscribed  '  Ex  dono 
Thomae   Knowles  et  Annae  ejus  uxoris 
de    Sowerby,'   to    remain    for   ever   as   a 
proper  right  of  the  parish  to  be  employed 
about  the  holy  sacrament  of   the    body 
and    blood   of   Christ.     This  appears   to 
have  been  lost. 

16  Lanes.  Parish  Reg.   Soc.    Publ.  xxvii 
(1906).     Transcribed  by  Henry  Brierley. 

17  Farrer,    Lanes.   Pipe  R.    336;    from 
the    confirmatory  grant    by    William    de 
Chimelli,  Archdeacon  of  Richmond,  be- 
tween 1194  and  1198. 


18  Ibid.  337-8.  If  H.  did  not  him- 
self act  as  chaplain  he  was  to  provide  a 
sufficient  deputy.  The  monks  reserved 
the  right  to  construct  a  mill  on  the  land 
to  the  east  of  the  church. 

9  See  the  account  of  Garstang 
Church. 

20  Thomas  Earl  of  Lancaster  had  the 
advowson    in    1316,    and     received     the 
king's  licence   to   alienate   it  5    Cal.   Pat. 
1313-17,  p.  512. 

21  Duchy    of    Lane.    Misc.    Bks.    xvi, 
139  (pt.  iii)  ;  Cal.  Pat.   1408—13,  p.  59. 
The  papal    confirmation    was    obtained  ; 
Cal.  Papal  Letters,  vi,  226. 

M  Dugdale,  Man.  viii,  1427.  The 
college  was  to  keep  the  chancel  in  repair. 
An  imperfect  translation  of  the  ordina- 
tion of  the  vicarage  in  1411  may  be  seen 
in  Porter's  Fyldet  458-9. 

88  Some  of  the  lands,  particularly  in 
Tarnacre,  were  granted  to  John  Pickerell 
and  John  Bernard  in  1 549  ;  Pat.  3 
Edw.  VI,  pt.  xi.  The  rectory  was  leased 
to  Robert  Worsley  for  eighty  years  in 
1575;  ibid.  18  Eliz.,  pt,  vi.  Other 
church  lands  in  Tarnacre  were  granted 

26.3 


in  1589  ;  ibid.  31  Eliz.,  pt.  vii.  Further 
details  from  the  Duchy  Pleadings  are 
printed  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  46—53. 

An  agreement  as  to  the  rectory  between 
William  Doddington  and  Henry  Kirkby 
was  enrolled  in  1564  in  the  Common 
Pleas  ;  Mich.  6  &  7  Eliz. 

M  This  is  stated  in  an  abstract  of  title 
of  William  Johnson's  trustees  in  the 
possession  of  W.  Farrer ;  the  date  is 
28  July  1611.  In  the  following  October 
the  grantees  sold  to  Thomas  Gatacre  and 
Richard  Taylor,  who  in  1613  sold  to 
John  Cook  of  Hartwell  Park,  Northants. 
The  purchaser  had  already  secured  the 
interest  of  Worsley  and  others  to  whom 
grants  had  been  made.  In  1620  Cook 
sold  to  William  Johnson.  For  this  see 
also  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  326,  m.  3  d. 

The  Patent  Rolls  show  grants  apparently 
at  variance,  viz.  in  1610  to  John  Eldred 
and  others  in  fee  (Pat.  8  Jas.  I,  pt.  xxi),  and 
in  1612  to  Robert  Earl  of  Salisbury  for 
forty  years  ;  ibid.  9  Jas.  I,  pt.  x. 

Various  references  are  given  in  Exch. 
Dep.  (Rcc.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  10, 
12,  &c. 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


afterwards  became  the  property  of  William  Johnson." 
After  various  sales  the  advowson  came  into  the 
possession  of  the  Rev.  Hugh  Hornby,  vicar  from 
1789  to  1847,  and  it  has  descended  to  his  grandson 
the  present  patron,  Mr.  Hugh  Phipps  Hornby.*6 

In  1216-26  the  rectory,  then  in  the  king's  gift, 
was  valued  at  30  marks  yearly,"  but  not  long  after- 
wards, in  1 24.6,  it  was  said  to  be  worth  70  marks.'8 
The  value  continued  to  increase,  and  in  1291  was 
recorded  as  £66  1 3/.  4</.,*'  but  this  after  the  raid  of 
the  Scots  in  1322  was  reduced  to  little  more  than  a 
third,  viz.  £23  6s.  8</.30  This  valuation  was  con- 


firmed in  1 34 1.31  In  1527  the  rectory,  appro- 
priated to  Battlefield  College,  was  valued  at  £20 
a  year  and  the  vicarage  at  _£8.s*  Some  eight  years 
later,  however,  the  farmers  of  the  rectory  paid 
£31  is.  \d.  to  the  college,33  while  the  vicarage  was 
worth  £10  ijs.  6d.  clear.34  By  1650  the  value  of 
the  vicarage  had  increased  to  £50  a  year,35  but  about 
1717  was  certified  as  £44  icxr.36  The  vicar  and 
patron  in  1816  obtained  an  Act  of  Parliament  to 
commute  the  vicarial  tithes,  &c.,  for  a  corn  rent, 
securing  a  clear  annual  income  of  £joo,37  and  the 
net  value  is  now  given  as  £584  a  year.38 


The  following  have  been  rectors  and  vicars  : — 

RECTORS 
Instituted  Name  Patron 

c.  1196  .      .      .      .  H.39 Wyresdale  Abbey 

oc.  1 204  ....  Mr.  Matthew  the  Physician  40     .     . 

c.  1216  .     .     .     .  Mr.  Macy41 King  John 

c.  1224  ....  William  of  Savoy 4* Henry  III  .     . 

1 5  Oct.  1227     .     .  Mr.  William  de  Avignon 43    ...  „          .     . 

15  Nov.  1227    .     .  Mr.  Henry  de  Bishopston44   ...  „          .     . 

6  Mar.  1237-8     .  Mr.  Peter  de  Aqua  Blanca45  ...  „          .     . 

oc.  I  246  ....  James  de  Monasteriis 4S      .... 

1 9  Feb.  1264-5      •  Richard  le  Rus 46a Henry  III  .     . 

oc.  1289-95.     .     .  Walter  de  Langton " 

oc.  1294.     .     .     .  Thomas  son  of  Alan  48 

oc.  1 3 1 2  .     .     .     .  Simon  de  Balderston 49       .... 


Cause  of  Vacancy 


prom.  —  of  Savoy 


84  How  he  acquired  the  advowson  does 
not  appear — perhaps  in  virtue  of  the 
Worsley  lease — but  he  presented  in  1628, 
when  the  king  also  presented  by  way  of 
confirmation. 

The  above-named  abstract  mentions 
William  Johnson,  Julalia  his  wife,  Alex- 
ander and  Richard  his  sons.  Alexander 
about  1630  married  Anne  Turner,  and 
in  1654  was  described  as  of  Rushton 
Grange  in  Yorkshire  ;  his  son  William 
was  married  to  Mary  daughter  and  heir 
of  Thomas  Coomber,  D.D.  The  will  of 
Alexander  Johnson  was  dated  1666  and 
that  of  his  son  Richard  1680  ;  the  latter 
left  a  son  and  heir  Alexander,  who 
married  in  1681  Mary  sister  of  Allen 
Bellingham  of  Levens.  They  had  a  son 
Allen,  who  in  1706  was  to  marry  Eliza- 
beth Lawson  of  Wakefield. 

Allen  Johnson  and  others  had  the 
advowson  in  1703  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  478,  m.  5  d. 

Some  further  particulars  of  the  family 
are  given  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  45,  where 
it  is  stated  that  Allen  Johnson  sold  the 
advowson  to  the  Rev.  Richard  Cromble- 
holme,  whose  son  Edward  sold  it  to 
Thomas  Whitehead  ;  his  great-grandson, 
of  the  same  name,  rector  of  Eccleston, 
sold  it  to  the  Rev.  Christopher  Swainson  ; 
his  grandson  sold  to  Joseph  Hornby, 
who  gave  to  his  brother  the  Rev.  Hugh 
Hornby. 

36  See    the    account    of     Ribby-with- 
Wrea  and  the  pedigree  in  Burke.,  Landed 
Gentry. 

37  Lanes.   Inq.   and  Extents   (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  120. 

88  Assize  R.  404,  m.  22  ;  it  was  in 
the  king's  gift. 

29  It  was  worth  100  marks,  and  in  the 
Earl  of  Lancaster's  gift,  in  1297  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  298. 

s°  Pope  Nick.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  307, 
327. 

81  Inq.  Nonarum  (Rec.  Com.),  37.  The 
decline  was  attributed  in  part  to  the 
allowance  of  hay  tithes  and  other  altar- 


age (£14.  13*.  4^.)  and  £2  for  glebe,  but 
chiefly  to  the  invasion  of  the  Scots  and 
other  misfortunes,  resulting  in  a  decline 
of  £26  131.  4</.  The  separate  townships 
contributed  thus  :  Upper  Rawcliffe,  £2  ; 
Out  Rawcliffe,  £4  ;  Eccleston,  Elswick 
and  Inskip-with-Sowerby,  £2  131.  4^. 
each,  and  Woodplumpton  £9  61.  %d. 

82  Duchy  of  Lane.  Rentals,  bdle.  5, 
no.  15. 

88  Valor  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  195. 

84  Ibid,  v,  263.  The  mansion-house 
and  glebe  were  worth  us.  ^d.,  small 
tithes  £3  os.  8</.,  Easter  roll  £j  131. 
The  vicar  paid  ecclesiastical  dues  amount- 
ing to  js.  6d. 

35  Common-iv.     Ch.    Sur-v.     (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and   Ches.),    146-8.      The  vicar 
had  a  house,  10  acres  of  glebe  (in  Tarn- 
acre)  and  the  small  tithes,  out  of  which 
he  had  usually  paid  the  curate  of  Wood- 
plumpton £4.  a  year.     The  value  of  the 
tithes  was  much  reduced  by  prescriptions. 
In  1651  an  augmentation  of  ,£50  a  year 
was  ordered  out  of  the  sequestrated  estates 
of   Sir    Thomas    Tyldesley    and    others ; 
Plund.    Mins.    Accts.    (Rec.    Soc.    Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  105,  114,  &c. 

36  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  448.     The  glebe,  24  acres,  was  worth 
£10,    Easter     dues    and     small     tithes 
^24     los.,     surplice     fees    £$,     legacy 
from     Ralph     Longworth     £5.       There 
were  five  churchwardens,   being  one  for 
each  township,  except  Woodplumpton. 

87  Ibid.  449. 

38  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir.  For  the  Terle- 
ways  land  see  a  later  note. 

89  Farrer,  op.  cit.  337.     A  much  later 
charter   relating   to    Ellel    and    Sowerby 
was  attested  by  H.  chaplain  of  the  church 
of  St.   Michael  and   Thomas,  deacon  of 
the  same  place  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  90^. 
This    H.    is  no    doubt    the   '  Henry    the 
Chaplain '   named  in  Cockersand  Chartul. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  245. 

40  Farrer,  op.  cit.  192  ;  the  king's 
physician.  He  proffered  10  marks  in  order 
that  the  trial  of  his  claim  that  Garstang 

264 


was  a  chapelry  of  St.  Michael's  might 
come  on  without  delay.  He  occurs  several 
times  in  the  Patent  Rolls,  &c.,  until  1209. 

41  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  119.  He 
may  be  the  same  as  Master  Matthew. 

a  The  rectory  about  1220  seems  to 
have  been  much  sought  for.  The  Patent 
Rolls  show  that  in  1224  Randle,  clerk  of 
the  son  of  the  Earl  de  Ferrers,  had  letters 
of  presentation  to  it ;  Cal.  Pat.  1216-25, 
p.  472.  In  1225  William  de  Thornour, 
clerk,  was  presented  by  the  king  ;  ibid. 
1225-32,  p.  8.  Yet  about  the  same 
time  a  son  of  the  Count  of  '  Salvata  '  held 
it,  as  is  shown  by  the  cause  of  vacancy 
in  1227  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  119. 
It  appears  that  this  was  William  son  of 
Thomas  Count  of  Savoy,  Bishop  of 
Valence  from  1226  till  1241,  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  his  brother  Boniface, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  1242-70; 
Gallia  Christiana,  xvi,  314. 

43  The  rector  having  been  promoted  to 
a  bishopric  the  king  presented  two  clerks 
one  after  the  other  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1225-32, 
pp.  147,  169.  William  de  Avignon  was 
presented  to  Bromsgrove  in  the  same 
year  ;  ibid. 

4*  There  are  many  references  to  this 
rector  in  the  Patent  Rolls  of  the  time. 
According  to  Le  Neve  he  refused  the 
deanery  of  Salisbury. 

45  Cal.   Pat.    1232-47,  p.   211  ;    he   is 
described  as  clerk  to  the  bishop-elect  of 
Valence.     He  had  a  grant  of  the  arch- 
deaconry of  Salop  in  1239  ;  Le  Neve,  Fasti, 
i,  482- 

46  Assize  R.  404,  m.  22. 

46a  Cal.  Pat.  1258-66,  p.  408. 

47  Cal.  Papal  Letters,  i,  508,  &c. ;  dis- 
pensations to  hold  other  benefices.      See 
Manchester.     This    busy  '  king's   clerk  ' 
discharged  his  duties  by  deputy. 

48  Cal.  Pat.  1 292-1 301, p.  123.     From 
the   Cal.  Papal   Letters,  i,   559,  it  would 
seem  that  Langton  still  held  St.  Michael's 
in  1295. 

49  De  Banco  R.  193,  m.  40  d.  ;  rector 
of  St.  Michael's  on  Wyresbank. 


AMOUNDERNESS    HUNDRED 


ST.  MICHAEL 
ON-WYRE 


Instituted 

oc.  1322-60. 
oc.  1367-88. 
i  Mar.  1390 


oc.  1428  .  .  . 
5  June  1444  . 
oc.  1451-2  .  . 
1 8  June  1463  . 
oc.  1504-8  .  . 
oc.  1509-30.  . 
[IS32  •  • 
1535  •  • 
23  Sept.  1537  . 
1 6  July  1549  . 
27  June  1577  . 
31  Dec.  1628) 

8  May  1629)   ' 
oc.  1651-2   . 
1 6  Feb.  1658-9 

5  Mar.  1663-4 
25  Feb.  1668-9 
29  Feb.  1715-16 


Name 

William  de  Balderston  50 
William  de  Hornby61  . 
Thomas  de  Herdwick  a 


Richard  Raby 63 .     .     . 
Thomas  Wainwright M. 

Peter 55 .     .     . 

William  Houghton46  . 
Robert  Richardson  "  . 
John  Preesall M  .  .  . 
Robert  Hill  .... 
Christopher  Gradell 59  . 
Michael  Thornborow  M 
Thomas  Cross61 
Adam  Wolfenden  «.  . 

Nicholas  Bray61       .     . 

Henry  Jenny,  M.A.64  . 
Nathaniel  Baxter,  M.A.65 
John  Greenwood  M . 
Thomas  Robinson,  B.A.67 
Richard  Crombleholme  68 


Patron 


Cause  of  Vaca 


ncy 


VICARS 


Battlefield  Coll. 


d.  R.  Raby 


Battlefield  Coll. 


Battlefield  Coll.      . 

Exors.  Bp.  Blythe. 

Battlefield  Coll.     . 

G.  Kirkby,  &c.     . 

The  Queen 
(  William  Johnson    ) 
\  The  King  ) 


Alex.  Johnson  . 


William  Johnson 
Thomas  Clitherall 


d.  J.  Preesall 
d.  C.  Gradell 
d.  M.  Thornborow 
d.  T.  Cross 

res.  A.  Wolfenden 


exp.  N.  Baxter 


d.  T.  Robinson 


50  He  had  a  dispute  as  to  the  tithes  of 
Myerscough  with  the  monks  of  Lancaster 
in  1326  ;  it  was  stated  that  he  had  carried 
away  the  tithes  for  five  years  past  ;  Lane. 
Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  453-5.     He  seems  to 
have  been  resident,  as  he  occurs  in  local 
deeds;    in    1348,  Towneley  MS.   C  8,  5 
(Chet.  Lib.),  Edw.  Ill,  no.  10  ;  in  1360, 
Towneley  MS.  OO,  no.  1565.     The  sur- 
name is  given  as  Balderston  and  Bolleron  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  6,  m.  4  ;  7, 
m.  6. 

51  Rector  of  Ribchester  (q.v.)  1350-65. 
He  is  named  as  rector  of  St.  Michael's, 
De  Banco  R.  426  (1367),  m.  221  ;  440, 
m.   33  ;   463  (1376),  m.  67.      He  was 
still  rector  in   1386  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xxxii,  App.  361—5.    He  was  living  in  1389, 
receiver  of   the    duke,  and  probably  re- 
tained the  benefice  till  his  death;  ibid.  365. 

In  1383  Margaret  daughter  of  William 
son  of  Robert  de  Hornby  called  upon 
William  de  Hornby,  rector  of  St.  Michael's, 
and  John  de  Hornby,  rector  of  Tatham,  to 
hold  to  an  agreement  regarding  lands  in 
Bentley,  &c. ;  De  Banco  R.  491,  m.  574. 

M  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  109,  quoting  reg. 
of  Richmond.  He  complained  to  the 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury  as  Lord 
Chancellor  that  Thomas  de  Urswick 
held  the  church  (which  was  in  the  king's 
patronage)  and  would  not  allow  him  to 
take  the  profits,  disregarding  the  king's 
order  ;  Early  Chan.  Proc.  bdle.  16,  no.  47. 
The  date  must  lie  between  1392  and 
1396  or  1407  and  1409. 

Thomas  de  Herdwick  had  a  prebend  in 
Lincoln  Cathedral,  which  he  exchanged 
for  one  at  Lichfield  in  1394.  He  died  in 
1411,  and  was  buried  in  the  latter 
cathedral  ;  Le  Neve,  Fasti,  i,  587  ;  ii, 
223.  His  executors  in  1416  gave  fine 
for  a  writ ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  iii,  85. 

58  He  is  named  in  local  deeds  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  Ixii,  fol.  90  ;  cxlix,  fol.  332  (quoted 
by  Fishwick)  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no. 
178. 

54  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  373. 

8S  Brockholes  of  Claughton  D. 

56  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  1 1 o.  He  is  named 
as  vicar  in  deeds  from  1465  to  1478  ; 
Kuerden  fol.  MS.  72,  37.  He  was  vicar 
in  Dec.  1496;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13 


(Chet.    Lib.),    6204.      Also    in    1503; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  73. 

57  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  P  121,  no.  74; 
Fishwick,  loc.  cit. 

58  In  a   return  of    1527   already  cited 
John  Preesall  (Presewe)  is  stated  to  have 
been  vicar  for  eighteen  years  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.    Rentals,    bdle.    5,    no.    15.      See 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  in. 

49  The  vicarage  was  vacant  in  1532, 
when  William  Knight,  Archdeacon  of 
Richmond,  Humphrey  Thomas  alias 
Lashford,  clerk,  and  Robert  Hill,  clerk, 
were  ordered  to  permit  the  executors  of 
Geoffrey  (Blythe),  Bishop  of  Lichfield, 
to  present ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton. 
no.  46,  24  Hen.  VIII. 

A  grant  of  the  presentation  by  the 
master  and  brethren  of  the  college  led  to 
a  dispute.  It  appears  that  they  granted 
the  bishop  the  next  presentation  as  early 
as  1515,  but  on  the  vacancy  presented 
the  above-named  Robert  Hill.  Judgement 
was  in  1535  given  in  favour  of  the 
executors  and  Christopher  Gradell  was 
instituted.  Hill  was  ordered  to  restore 
half  of  the  fruits  of  the  vicarage  which 
he  had  received  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
158,  m.  9. 

Gradell  was  vicar  in  1 5  3  5  ;  Valor  Eccl. 
v,  263. 

60  Mr.  Earwaker's  note  from  '  Ledger, 
P-  33°.' 

61  The  patrons  for  the  turn  were  George 
Kirkby  and  Nicholas  Lawrenson  by  grant 
of  John    Hussey,   Master  of   Battlefield 
College  ;  Earwaker.    Cross  had  been  one 
of  the  chantry  priests. 

63  Earwaker.  Wolfenden  was  curate 
of  Wigan  in  1576  ;  Pennant's  Acct.  Bk. 
John  Cottam  as  executor  of  Lawrence 
Cottam  claimed  the  right  to  present  on 
the  ground  of  a  further  grant  (1544)  by 
the  college  to  the  said  Lawrence  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  241,  m.  28.  Robert 
Worsley  was  joined  in  the  defence  with 
the  Bishop  of  Chester  and  Wolfenden. 

At  the  visitation  in  1598  the  chancel 
was  reported  to  be  '  very  ruinous,'  and  a 
sequestration  was  ordered. 

The  vicar  was  returned  as  '  no  preacher  ' 
both  in  1590  and  1610  ;  S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz. 
xxxi,  no.  47  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xir, 
App.  iv,  8. 

265 


Being  above  the  age  of  eighty,  and 
having  been  vicar  for  fifty  years  and  more, 
he  in  1628  resigned  the  vicarage,  desiring 
the  bishop  to  institute  Nicholas  Bray  ; 
Ch.  Papers  at  Chester  Dice.  Reg. 

For  fuller  accounts  of  the  vicars  see 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  113-25. 

63  The  double  presentation  (a  resigna- 
tion intervening)  was   due  to  a  doubt  as 
to  Johnson's  right.    See  Chester  Act  Bks. 
1579-1676,   fol.   <)\b,  114^5  Inst.  Bks. 
P.R.O.  as    printed    in    Lanes,  and  Ches. 
Antiq.  Notes,  i,  95,  &c. 

Bray  is  said  to  have  been  a  zealous 
Independent;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  115. 
St.  Michael's  was  not  recognized  in  the 
Presbyterian  Classis  of  1646,  and  its 
minister  did  not  sign  the  '  Harmonious 
Consent'  of  1648. 

An  anecdote  of  his  hostility  to  Charles  I 
is  given  in  Loc.  Glean.  Lanes,  and  Ches. 
ii,  20. 

64  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  i,  106,  141. 

65  Ibid,  ii,  288.      He  was  educated  at 
Jesus   Coll.,   Camb.  ;    M.A.    1660  ;    and 
was    ordained    at    Manchester    in    1659, 
having  obtained  the  vicarage  through  the 
influence    of    Isaac    Ambrose,    vicar    of 
Garstang ;    Manch.   Classis   (Chet.   Soc.), 
412  ;    Newcome's   Autobiog.  and   Diary. 
Like  Ambrose  he  was  ejected  in   1662, 
and  afterwards  laboured  as  a  Nonconfor- 
mist minister  at  Beauchief  Hall,  Derby- 
shire,  and   afterwards    at  Sheffield.     He 
died    in    1697  ;    Calamy,  Nonconf.  Mem. 
(ed.  Palmer),  ii,  99-101. 

In  1660  Baxter  secured  the  king's 
patent  for  his  vicarage,  the  patronage 
apparently  being  still  doubtful ;  Pat.  12 
Chas.  II,  pt.  i,  no.  82  ;  Dep.  Keeper's 
Rep.  xlvi. 

66  Nothing  seems  to  be  known  of  this 
vicar.      He  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of 
the  church  on  6  Dec.  1668. 

67  Educated  at  Trinity  Coll.,  Dublin  ; 
Visit.   List  at   Chester.     He  was   'con- 
formable* to    the  government  in   1689; 
Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  229. 

68  The  church  papers  at  Chester  Dioc. 
Reg.    record    the    institutions    from    this 
time.  As  already  stated,  this  vicar  acquired 
the  patronage,  in  which  he  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  Edward.     The  name  is  also 
spelt  Cromleholme. 

34 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Instituted 

14  June  1729 

Z4  Sept.  1765 

2  Aug.  1768 

1 4  July  1784 
19  Oct.  1789 

Mar.  1847 

15  Sept.  1885 


Name 

William  Crombleholme69  . 

Robert  Oliver,  M.A.70     .  . 
Anthony  Swainson,  M.A.71 

Charles  Buck,  M.A.71       .  . 

Hugh  Hornby,  M.A/1    .  . 

William  Hornby,  M.A.74  . 
Phipps  John  Hornby,  M.A.74 


Patron 

Edw.  Crombleholme 
Richard  Whitehead 

»  • 

John  Swainson  .     , 

Joseph  Hornby  . 

William  Hornby  . 


This  list  of  clergy  does  not  call  for  any  comment, 
though  one  or  two  of  the  early  rectors  were  men  of 
eminence.  The  service  of  the  parish  church,  chantries 
and  chapelries  before  the  Reformation  would  require 
a  staff  of  at  least  five  priests.  The  list  of  1548  does 
not  seem  to  have  been  preserved,76  but  in  1554,  and 
again  in  1562,  three  names  are  entered  in  the  Bishop 
of  Chester's  visitation  list."  Afterwards  there  were 
apparently  only  the  vicar  at  the  parish  church  and  the 
curate  at  Woodplumpton.78  Copp  chapel  was  added 
in  1723.  A  religious  census  was  made  in  175 5,  when 
the  vicar  and  churchwardens  recorded  the  367  families 
in  the  parish  (apart  from  Woodplumpton)  thus  : 
Church  of  England,  297  ;  Protestant  Dissenters  or 
Presbyterians,  26  ;  Quakers,  3  ;  Papists,  4i.79 

There  were  two  endowed  chantries.  One  was 
founded  by  John  Boteler  of  Out  Rawcliffe  (d.  1534) 
at  the  altar  of  St.  Katharine  in  the  north  aisle  of  the 
church.80  The  priest  was  to  celebrate  for  the  souls 
of  the  founder  ind  others  and  to  teach  a  grammar 
school.  The  clear  revenue  at  the  confiscation  in 
1547-8  was  £5  los.  %d.,  derived  from  lands  in 
Great  and  Little  Eccleston,  Esprick  and  Staynall 
Mill.81  The  other  chantry,  of  the  B.V.  Mary,  was 


Cause  of  Vacancy 

d.  R.  Crombleholme 
d.  W.  Crombleholme 
res.  R.  Oliver 
d.  A.  Swainson 
res.  C.  Buck 
d.  H.  Hornby 
res.  W.  Hornby 


founded  by  William  Kirkby  of  Upper  Rawcliffe,  and 
had  an  endowment  of  £4  i$s.  io</.8i  A  gift  of 
land  in  Great  Sowerby,  made  by  Thomas  Urswick  in 
1423  for  the  support  of  a  chaplain  in  the  parish 
church,85  may  have  become  merged  in  the  general 
endowment. 

The  old  grammar  school  was  destroyed  with  the 
chantry,  and  the  next  schools  were  not  founded  till 
the  beginning  of  the  1 8th  century. 

Official  inquiries  as  to  the  endowed 
CHARITIES  charities  of  the  parish  were  made  in 
1824  and  1898,  and  the  report  of 
the  latter M  contains  also  a  reprint  of  the  former 
report.  It  appears  that  the  gross  income  is  £303  a 
year,  but  £104  is  devoted  to  the  schools  and  £6j  to 
ecclesiastical  purposes.  It  is  singular  that  there  are 
no  funds  for  apprenticing  children  and  no  almshouses. 
For  the  whole  parish  there  is  an  ancient  bread 
charity  of  £2  yearly,  distributed  after  morning 
service  at  the  parish  church  on  the  second  Sunday  of 
the  month  in  '  cobs '  of  bread. 

For  the  poor  of  Great  Eccleston  there  are  sums  of 
£3  ijs.  6<t.  from  the  benefactions  of  William 
Gualter,8'  Jonathan  Dobson 86  and  William  Fyld,87 


Richard  Crombleholme  had  been  curate 
of  Hambleton  1706—17  (q.v.).  For  his 
epitaph  and  will  see  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
73,  120. 

69  In  1730  there  was  '  communion  four 
times  a  year  at  least '  ;  Visit.  Ret.     In 

.  1 742  the  report  was  '  Lord's  Supper  six 
times  in  the  year ' ;  ibid. 

70  Educated  at  Worcester  and  Merton 
Colls.,  Oxf.  ;  M.A.  1734  ;  Foster,  Alumni 
Oxon.     He  was  schoolmaster  of  Preston, 
curate  of  St.  George'*  in  that  town,  and 
vicar  of  Warton. 

71  Educated  at  Worcester  Coll.,  Oxf. ; 
M.A.    1767  ;    Foster,    Alumni.     For    an 
account  of  him  »ee  Hewitson,  Our  Country 
Churches,  445. 

78  Educated  at  St.  John's  Coll.,  Camb.; 
M.A.  1781.  Became  curate  of  Warton 
in  KJrkham  in  1789. 

73  Younger  brother  of  the  patron,  from 
whom  he  obtained  the  advowson.     Hugh 
Hornby  was  educated  at   Christ's   Coll., 
Camb.  ;  M.A.  1790.    He  was  incumbent 
of  Whitworth  near  Rochdale  1804—29. 

74  He  was  the  only  son  of  the  preceding 
vicar,  and  was  educated  at  Christ  Church, 
Oxf.;    M.A.    1836.     He   was  appointed 
Hon.  Canon  of  Manchester  in  1850  and 
Archdeacon  of  Lancaster  in   1870.     He 
died  20  Dec.  1899. 

75  Archdeacon  of  Lancaster  1909.    He 
is  a  younger  son  of  the  late  Archdeacon 
Hornby  ;  educated  at  Balliol  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.  1879.    He  has  afforded  information 
to  the  editors  on  several  points. 

76  The  record  of  church  goods  in  1552  is 
printed  by  Fishwick  op.  cit.  63. 

77  Chester    Dioc.    Reg.       One    of  the 
three,  Christopher  Thompson,  is  noted  as 
extra  ;  see  Chester  Ordin.  Bk.  (Rec.  Soc.), 
1 08,  and  the  account 


78  This  was  the  case  in   1622  ;  Misc. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  68—9. 

79  Visit.  Ret. 

80  The  altar  existed  before  the  chantry 
and  St.  Katharine's  aisle  is  named  in  the 
will  of  Alice  Boteler,  widow,  1504  ;  she 
left   2od.   for  the  light    burning    there  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  55. 

81  Raines,   Chantries  (Chet.  Soc.),  217. 
Neither  of  the  chantries  is  mentioned  in 
the    Valor   Eccl.    of     1535.      William 
Harrison  wat  the  priest  of  the  Boteler 
chapel  in   1548  and  fifty-four  years  old. 
There  is  a  fuller    account  by  Fishwick 
loc.  cit.,  it  being  shown  that  this  chantry 
was  founded  about  1528. 

In  1 548  the  king  allowed  Thomas  Cross 
a  pension  of  £4  1 31.  loJ.  in  respect  of  the 
late  chantry  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  890. 

82  Raines,  op.  cit.  220.    Thomas  Cross 
(afterwards    vicar)    was    incumbent    and 
forty  years   of  age.     It  was  part  of  his 
duty  to  '  assist  the  curate  '  of  the  parish. 
From  the  full  account  in  Fishwick  (op. 
cit.  58—62)   it  appears  that  this  chantry 
was    founded    before     1505,    and    that 
William   Richardson,   Edmund    Clarkson 
(there  in  1526)  and  Thomas  Cross  had 
been     the     chantry     priests.       William 
Kirkby,  the  reputed  founder,  died  about 
that  time. 

88  Add.  MS.  32106,  fol.  309,  no.  384. 
Lord  Derby's  rental  of  1522  (quoted 
below)  shows  that  14$.  was  paid  yearly. 

At  an  inquiry  made  in  1561  it  was 
stated  that  lands  in  Claughton  called 
Mickle  and  Little  'Tirlaweys'  (Terle- 
ways)  of  the  yearly  rent  of  6j.  had  been 
given  by  Dame  Ellen  Urswick  (see  Upper 
Rawcliffe)  to  St.  Michael's  Church.  The 
tradition  was  that  she  had  intended  to 
give  them  to  Garstang,  but  someone  had 

266 


remarked  that  it  would  be  more  meri- 
torious to  give  to  the  other  church, 
'  because  St.  Michael  must  weigh  her 
soul,'  and  so  she  changed  her  mind  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Special  Com.  33. 

The  land  was  secured  for  the  church 
(see  Ducatus  Lane.  [Rec.  Com.],  ii,  283), 
and  now  yields  £46  a  year.  It  was 
formerly  the  custom  to  have  a  dinner 
for  vicar  and  wardens  out  of  the  funds  on 
5  November,  on  which  day  a  sermon 
'  against  popery  '  was  preached  ;  the  rest 
was  applied  to  the  church  rate.  The  dinner 
and  sermon  are  things  of  the  past,  and 
the  net  receipts  are  given  to  the  church 
expenses  account  ;  End.  Char.  Rep.  In 
1796  it  was  ordered  that  the  balance, 
after  paying  for  the  dinner  and  a  quart  of 
ale  for  each  participant,  should  accumulate 
for  the  purchase  of  an  organ  ;  Porter, 
Fylde,  465. 

84  Issued  in  1899. 

85  By  his  will,  dated  1748,  he  left  two 
messuages  and   a  close   called  the  Town 
Field  in   Great  Eccleston  to  support  two 
poor  widows  of  the  township.     The  sale 
produced  £58,  which  is  now  held  by  the 
trustees  of  Copp  School.     The   interest, 
£i  igs.  6d.t  is  distributed  by  the  clerk  of 
the   parish    council    in    money  doles   to 
poor    widows,    the    number    not    being 
limited. 

86  Jonathan  Dobson    the    elder   about 
1760   left  £20  for  the  poor.     This  sum 
also  is  held  in  part  by  the  Copp  School 
trustees,  but   part  was   lost  through  the 
failure   of   Pedder's   Bank,   Preston,    and 
1 8i.  is  paid  as  interest.     It  is  distributed 
in   doles  at  the  same  time  as  Gualter' s 
charity. 

87  By  his  will  in   1719  he  left  a  rent- 
charge  of  40;.  a  year  on  land  called  the 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


distributed  in  money  doles,88  and  £i  from  Ellen 
Longworth  for  bread  for  the  poor  attending  Copp 
Church.89  Elizabeth  Hoole  or  Hull  gave  about 
2  acres  of  meadow  in  Elswick  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
chapel  in  Great  Eccleston,  charging  it  with  the  pay- 
ment of  ^3  a  year  to  the  poor  of  Elswick.90  This 
sum  is  distributed  by  the  parish  council  in  money 
gifts  at  Christmas. 

Thomas  Knowles  of  Sowerby  in  1686  gave  his 
estate  at  Loudscales  in  Goosnargh  for  the  benefit  of 
the  poor  of  Great  and  Little  Sowerby,  Inskip,  Tarn- 
acre  and  Goosnargh,  in  equal  shares.  The  gross 
rental  is  £90.  Three-fourths  of  the  net  income, 
about  £82,  is  divided  equally  between  Inskip  with 
(Great)  Sowerby  and  Upper  Rawcliffe  with  Tarnacre 
(which  includes  Little  Sowerby).  The  money  is 
given  by  the  trustees  in  doles  averaging  about  i^s.  in 
December.91  For  Inskip  with  Sowerby  there  is  a 
further  money  dole  of  £16  i8/.,  due  to  the  gift  of 
John  Jolly  in  i75o,M  and  for  Upper  Rawcliffe  with 
Tarnacre  other  doles  of  £2  los.  from  Ralph  Long- 
worth  9J  and  £2  from  John  Hudson.94  In  Out 
Rawcliffe  £l  is.  a.  year  used  to  be  given,  but  had 
ceased  by  i8z4.9* 

The  township  of  Woodplumpton  has  £23  i8j.  \d. 
a  year  from  the  benefactions  of  Thomas  Houghton  ** 
and  George  Nicholson,97  applicable  in  kind,  or  in 
medical  relief,  money  gifts  or  education.  It  has  also 
£8  i  5/.  a  year,  given  in  money,  from  the  bequest  of 
Richard  Edward  Waterworth  in  i85<D.M 


UPPER   RAWCLIFFE    WITH 
TARNACRE 

Rodeclif,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Rotheclif,  1301  ;  Uprouthe- 
clyve,  1288.  Up  Rawcliffe  was  the  form  commonly 
used  till  about  1700,  when  Upper  Rawcliffe,  which 
appears  in  the  1 6th  century,  displaced  it. 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 

Trenaker,  c.  1250. 

This  township,  which  contains  the  parish  church, 
has  a  total  area  of  3,839$  acres,1  of  which  two-thirds 
lie  north  of  the  River  Wyre  and  the  remaining  third 
south.  The  population  in  1901  was  518.  Tarnacre 
or  Trenacre,  the  acreage  of  which  is  now  estimated 
as  486,  is  in  the  north-east,1  Turnover  Hall  about 
the  centre,  on  the  north  bank  of  the  river,  with 
Stockenbridge  to  the  south  ;  White  Hall  is  on  the 
western  border.  The  Brock  flows  into  the  Wyre 
half  a  mile  east  of  the  church.  The  surface  is  flat 
and  low  ;  the  highest  ground,  about  50  ft.  above  sea 
level,  is  in  the  north,  in  Rawcliffe  Moss. 

The  principal  roads  go  from  east  to  west  through 
the  township,  to  the  south  and  north  of  the  river, 
from  Myerscough  to  Great  Eccleston  (past  the  church), 
and  from  Catterall  to  Hambleton  respectively.  Near 
the  church  there  is  a  bridge  across  the  Wyre  by  which 
these  roads  are  connected. 

A  parish  council  administers  local  affairs. 

The  soil  is  mostly  light  peat  with  subsoil  of  blue 
clay  ;  oats,  potatoes,  turnips,  &c.,  are  grown. 

There  are  ghost  stories  connected  with  two  of  the 
old  houses.  Major  Longworth  of  St.  Michael's  Hall 
was  said  to  have  haunted  the  place  after  his  death. 
To  lay  his  ghost  the  '  combined  power  of  priest  and 
parson  was  brought  into  operation.  The  ghost  was 
"  laid"  under  the  bridge  near  the  hall,  with  the  injunc- 
tion that  it  had  to  remain  quiet  "  so  long  as  the  water 
flowed  down  the  hills  and  the  ivy  remained  green."  ' 
The  other  ghost  was  said  to  appear  in  the  garden  of 
White  Hall.4 

In  1066  Earl  Tostig  held  a  RAW- 
MANORS  CLIFFE  assessed  as  three  plough-lands 
and  a  MICHAELKIRK  assessed  as  one.5 
Probably  the  whole  was  granted  together  with  Gar- 
stang  to  form  the  Wyresdale  fee  of  the  Lancaster 
family.6  In  1242  Lambert  de  Multon  held  the  twelfth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  Rawcliffe.7  He  was  then 


Stone  Lands,  for  '  the  poorest  sort  of 
householders '  in  the  township.  The 
charge  is  still  paid,  and  the  money  is 
distributed  with  Dobson's. 

88  The  list  of  recipients  is  settled  by 
the  parish  council. 

89  She  left  £20  in  1789  for  the  purpose 
named.     The  capital  is  intact,  and  £i  a 
year  is  paid  as  interest.     This  provides 
ten   twopenny  '  cobs,'   which    are  given 
after  morning  service  at  Copp  Church  on 
the  last  Sunday  of  the   month   to   poor 
people  who  have  attended  the  service. 

90  The    rent-charge   now    exceeds  the 
annual  value  of  the  land. 

91  The  other  fourth  part  goes  to  the 
poor  of  Goosnargh. 

98  He  left  the  residue  of  his  estate  for 
the  benefit  of  poor  housekeepers  in  the 
township.  The  whole  amount  was  £3  70, 
but  £170  was  said  to  have  been  lost  by 
the  bankruptcy  of  a  trustee  ;  the  re- 
mainder is  lent  on  mortgage,  and  owing 
to  various  charges  only  a  small  amount 
yearly  has  recently  been  available  for 
distribution.  The  trustees  give  it  in 
sums  of  is.  to  p.  about  Christmas  time. 

93  His  will  was  dated  1691.  In  1824 
the  £2  lot.  was  paid  out  of  the  estate 
called  St.  Michael's  Hall,  which  had 
been  owned  by  John  Ashton  Nelson  of 
Fairhurst,  and  after  his  death  in  1822 
by  hit  sister.  Archdeacon  Hornby  was 
the  owner  in  1898,  and  paid  the  rent- 
charge  through  his  tenant.  The  sum 


was  added  to  Knowles'  chanty  and  simi- 
larly distributed. 

94  By  his    will    in    1722    he    left    his 
estate    in    Upper    Rawcliffe    to    his    son 
Robert   charged  with  £2  to  be  paid   in 
equal  sums  to  four  of  the  poorest  persons 
in  the  township  'to  buy  them  such  things 
as   they  should  stand  most   in   need  of, 
against  the   great  yearly   festival   of    the 
Nativity.'     Ralph  Baines  was  the  owner 
in   1824.  and  William  Baines  Porter  in 
1898  ;  the  rent-charge  is  duly  paid  and 
given  in  sums  of  101.  to  four  poor  persons. 

95  It  had  been  paid  by  John  France  and 
then  by  his  widow  ;  but  there  was  nothing 
to  show  that  it  was  not  a  voluntary  gift, 
and  on  her  death  about  1822  it  ceased. 

96  He   in    1649   devised    an    estate    in 
Woodplumpton  and  Broughton  for  chari- 
table   uses  ;    see    End.    Char.    Rep.    for 
Preston.     A  fourth  part  of  the  income 
(;£6?)    is   available    for   Woodplumpton. 
It  used  to  be  given  in  money  doles,  but 
is  now  united  with  Nicholson's  gift,  as 
follows. 

97  He   left    money    for    'needful    poor 
people  '  in  the  township  about  1666  ;  and 
in    1672   it  was   decreed  that   ,£210  was 
the  sum  due  to  the  poor.     The  income, 
now  £j  31.  4</.  from  consols,  was,  like 
Houghton's  charity,  formerly  distributed 
in  money  doles,  but  since   1870  the  two 
have  been  combined  and  regulated  under 
a  scheme  of  the   Charity  Commissioners, 
allowing  payments  at  in  the  text.     The 

267 


income  is  applied  to  paying  bonuses  to 
contributors  to  a  clothing  club,  care  being 
taken  to  allow  larger  sums  to  the  poorer 
members. 

98  He  left  £600,  half  the  interest  to 
be  paid  to  the  incumbent  of  Woodplumpton 
Church  and  half  to  be  distributed  in 
money  or  bread  among  poor  persons,  over 
sixty  years  of  age,  recommended  by  the 
said  incumbent. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  of  1901  gives 
3,842  acres,  including  38  of  inland 
water. 

1  It  appears  from  charters,  &c.,  that 
this  hamlet  was  formerly  much  more 
extensive,  reaching  to  the  south  side  of 
the  Wyre  by  the  church. 

3  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches, 437. 

4  Fishwick,  St.  Michael's  (Chet.  Soc.), 
167.  s  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

*  Ibid,  i,  357,  n.  13  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  214  ;  ii,  51. 

7  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  154.  Lambert 
de  Multon  married  Amabil  daughter  and 
co-heir  of  Richard  de  Lucy  by  Ada 
daughter  and  co-heir  of  Hugh  de  Morvill 
and  Helewise  de  Stutevill,  widow  of 
William  de  Lancaster  II.  Ada  de  Lucy 
married  for  her  second  husband  Thomas 
de  Multon,  the  father  of  Lambert.  It 
seems  to  have  been  in  this  way  that 
Lambert  obtained  a  part  at  least  of  Upper 
Rawcliffe  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  178  n. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


apparently  the  immediate  lord  of  the  manor,  but  may 
not  have  retained  it  long. 

William  de  Lancaster  III  gave  part  at  least  of 
Upper  Rawcliffe  to  Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Kirkby,8 
no  doubt  of  Kirkby  Ireleth.9  Richard  acquired  from 
his  brother  Roger  2  oxgangs  of  land  in  Rawcliffe, 
with  tofts  and  part  of  the  meadow  called  Meadow- 
gate,  also  the  proportion  of  the  fishery  pertaining  to 
2  oxgangs  and  liberty  of  grinding  at  the  mill  without 
multure.10  Roger  had  had  the  same  from  William 
de  Tarnacre  for  the  rent  of  a  pound  of  cummin.11 
Richard  made  some  further  acquisitions,12  and  at  his 


UPPER  RAWCLIFFB  :  ST.  MICHAIL'S  VILLAGE 


death  left  a  son  John  to  succeed  him.13  Another 
son  Peter  is  also  named.14  By  them  Upper  Rawcliffe 
was  given  to  William  de  Whittingham,  clerk,  and 


Ellen  his  wife,15  and  in  this  way  apparently  passed  to 
William  de  Southworth,16  who  was  in  possession  of 
the  manor  in  I3H,17  and  in  1316-17  granted  it  to 
his  son  Thomas,  together  with  the  reversion  of  lands 
held  in  dower  by  Ellen  widow  of  John  de  Kirkby 
and  by  Elizabeth  widow  of  Nicholas  de  Southworth, 
son  of  William.18 

Thomas  de  Southworth  in  1331  obtained  a  messuage, 
&c  ,  from  William  son  of  Robert  the  Miller  of  Upper 
Rawcliffe.  Part  of  the  tenement  was  then  held  in 
dower  by  Ellen  widow  of  John  de  Kirkby.19  He 
obtained  from  Ellen  daughter  of  Nicholas  de  South- 
worth  a  release  of  her 
interest  in  the  manor 
in  I336.20  Edmund 
de  Wedacre  in  1 348-9 
claimed  common  of 
pasture  in  Upper 
Rawcliffe  against 
Thomas  son  of  William 
de  Southworth  and 
Alice  his  wife.21 

The  next  step  shows 
the  Urswick  family  in 
possession,  but  the 
story  is  confused  and 
doubtful.  It  would 
seem  that  Margaret 
the  daughter  and  heir 
of  Thomas  de  South- 
worth  married  one 
Robert  de  Hornby,  for 
Robert  and  Margaret 
occur  in  13  50-2. 22 
Soon  afterwards  Mar- 
garet de  Hornby 
married  Robert  de 
Urswick,  and  in  1367 

obtained  the  papal  dispensation  for  an  impediment 
of  which  they  had  been  in  ignorance  at  the  time 
of  marriage.23  In  1369  Robert  de  Urswick  and 


8  John  son  of  Richard    de  Kirkby  in 
1x85   gave   to  William   de  Whittingham, 
clerk,   and   Ellen  his  wife   all   the   tene- 
ment and    demesne    in  Upper  Rawcliffe 
which  his  father   Richard  had  had  from 
William    de    Lancaster  ;     Dods.    MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  75. 

9  Richard    was    probably    the    son    of 
Roger  of  Kirkby  Ireleth  by  a  daughter  of 
Gilbert  Fitz  Reinfred,  who  is  mentioned 
in    1222  ;    see    the    account    of  Kirkby 
Ireleth. 

10  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  75*. 
»  Ibid. 

18  Walter  de  Sowerby  gave  to  Richard 
son  of  Roger  de  Kirkby  the  homage  of 
two  tenants  of  an  oxgang  of  land  in 
Rawcliffe  for  the  rent  of  two  barbed 
arrows  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  380. 

Richard  de  Kirkby  obtained  half  an 
oxgang  of  land  from  Richard  de  Rise, 
also  a  fishery  from  Sir  William  de 
Carleton,  who  had  received  it  from 
William  de  Lancaster  for  a  rent  of  6J.  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  96,  97. 

11  John    son    of  Richard    de    Kirkby 
granted    to    Roger    son    of    Henry    de 
Forton  a  toft  and  a  selion  called  Croft- 
land  in  Upper  RawclifFe,  and  William  de 
Whittingham,    clerk,    renewed    or  con- 
firmed  the   gift;    ibid,    fol,   85*.      The 
same  John    also  granted  to   Sir  William 
son  of  Sir  Richard  Boteler  the  moiety  of 


hit  fishery  in  Out  RawclifFe  ;  ibid.  fol. 
97/>.  To  Ralph  de  Catterall  he  gave  half 
an  oxgang  of  land,  &c.,  in  Upper  Raw- 
clifFe at  id.  rent  ;  Add.  MS.  32104, 
no.  497.  The  same  John  son  of  Richard 
de  Kirkby  held  2  oxgangs  of  land  of 
Henry  de  Beconsaw,  who  transferred 
his  homage  and  service  to  Thomas  son  of 
Thomas  Banastre  ;  ibid.  no.  1317. 

14  Peter  son  of  Richard  de  Kirkby 
released  to  William  de  Whittingham  all 
his  right  in  the  lands  in  Upper  RawclifFe 
which  should  have  descended  to  him 
after  the  death  of  Roger  de  Kirkby  his 
brother  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  96. 

14  See  preceding  notes.  In  1281  John 
son  of  Richard  de  Kirkby  gave  land,  in- 
cluding a  piece  by  the  mill  called  Peule, 
to  William  de  Whittingham  ;  ibid.  fol. 
95,  96. 

William  de  Whittingham  acquired  half 
an  oxgang  of  land  from  Richard  son  of 
Adam  de  Inskip,  part  of  the  mill  of 
Skippool  from  John  son  of  William  son 
of  Richard  de  RawclifFe,  and  the  fishery 
(formerly  John  de  Kirkby's)  in  Out 
RawclifFe  from  William  son  of  Sir  Richard 
Boteler  ;  ibid.  fol.  85*,  96*,  97 A. 

19  It  is  possible  that  Whittingham  and 
Southworth  were  the  same  person,  or 
that  the  latter  was  son  of  the  former. 
See  Claughton. 

17  In  that  year  William  de  Southworth, 


clerk,  granted  turbary  in  Upper  Raw- 
clifFe Moss  to  Henry  son  of  Henry  de 
Croft  of  Catterall,  who  had  married  his 
daughter  Joan  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no. 
13.  In  or  before  1315-16  he  made  an 
exchange  of  lands  with  Adam  son  of 
Richard  del  Hall,  who  transferred  his 
part  to  John  de  Celer  -,  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  90^. 

18  Ibid.  fol.  97.     The   settlement  was 
confirmed    by    fine    in    1318,    with    re- 
mainder to  Adam  the  brother  of  Thomas. 
There    was    an    exception    of   two   mes- 
suages,  2    oxgangs   of   land,    &c. ;    Find 
Cone,  ii,  26. 

19  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  257. 

30  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  90. 

21  De  Banco  R.  357,  m.  27  d. 

22  Maud   daughter  of  John    de    Celei 
(see  above)  in  1350  gave  all  her  lands  to 
Robert  de  Hornby  and  Margaret  his  wife  ; 
Dods.    MSS.    cxlix,    fol.   95.      In    1352 
Roger  de  Kirkby  gave  to  the  same  Robert 
and  Margaret  a  messuage  and  garden  in 
Upper  RawclifFe  ;  ibid. 

»3  Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  925. 

There  appear  to  have  been  several 
Roberts,  and  this  creates  some  uncertainty. 
Adam  de  Urswick,  who  had  land  in 
Westmorland,  died  in  1361,  leaving  as 
heir  his  son  Robert  the  younger,  of  full 
age  ;  Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  35  Edw.  Ill,  pt,  ii 
(ist  nos.),  no.  88.  In  1 366,  Sarah  widow 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


Margaret  his  wife  claimed  from  William  de  Scargill 
and  Rose  his  wife  the  custody  of  the  land  and  heir 
of  John  de  Balderston  in  respect  of  a  plough-land, 
&c.,  in  Upper  Rawcliffe  held  of  Thomas  de  South- 
worth,  the  father  of  Margaret.24  Robert  de  Urswick 
the  younger  and  Margaret  his  wife  made  a  feoffment 
of  the  manor  of  Upper  Rawcliffe  in  the  same  year.25 
Robert  de  Urswick  of  Tatham  in  1376  obtained  a 
grant  of  free  warren  for  Badsworth,  Tatham,  Cants- 
field  and  Upper  Rawcliffe.26 

Sir  Robert  Urswick  died  in  1402  holding  jointly 
with  Joan  his  wife  a  rent  from  Langbargh  Wapentake 
in  Yorkshire.  His  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert,  was 
thirty  years  of  age.27  Robert  son  of  Robert  de 
Urswick  and  Margaret  his  wife  had  acquired  land  in 
Yorkshire  in  I39i-2.27a  Sir  Robert  was  Sheriff  of 
Lancashire  in  1415-16  and  I4i8.28  As  lord  of  the 
manor  or  vill  of  Upper  RawclifFe  he  in  1420  made 
an  agreement  with  the  free  tenants,  viz.  the  Abbot 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 

of  Cockersand,  Nicholas  Boteler,  and  others.89  In 
the  same  year  he  made  a  feoffment  of  his  lands  in 
Claughton,  RawclifFe,  Eccles- 
ton,  Goosnargh  and  Bilsbor- 
row.30  He  died  about  the 
same  time,  and  Thomas  his 
brother  was  found  to  be  his 
heir.31  Thomas  Urswick  suc- 
ceeded to  Badsworth,32  and 
apparently  the  same  Thomas 
occurs  in  Lancashire,33  but  the 
manor  of  Upper  RawclifFe 
went  to  daughters  and  heirs 
of  Sir  Robert.  These  appear 
to  have  been  Ellen,  who  mar- 
ried Roger  Kirkby,  and  Joan.34 
The  latter  or  more  probably 
a  daughter  and  co-heir  Joan 
was  wife  of  William  Clifton  in  I443-4.36  Another 


URSWICK.  Argent 
on  a  bend  sable  three 
lozenges  of  thefeld  each 
charged  with  a  saltire 
gules. 


of  Adam  de  Urswick  made  a  grant  to  her 
ton  Robert ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  91^. 

It  is  possible  that  Margaret  died  about 
1370  and  that  Robert  married  again. 
Thus  Robert  de  Urswick  and  Ellen  his 
wife,  executrix  of  the  will  of  Sir  John  de 
Dalton,  gave  a  receipt  for  money  at  Upper 
RawclifFe  in  1372  and  are  named  in  1 379  ; 
ibid.  fol.  97^,  92^.  Again  Robert  de 
Urswick  of  Upper  Rawcliffe,  Ellen  his 
wife  and  a  daughter  Ellen  occur  in  1382  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  12,  13. 

The  same  or  another  Robert,  not 
described  as  a  knight,  was  escheator  for 
Lancashire  in  1384-91  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  12,  45.  One  Robert  de 
Urswick  was  an  esquire  of  John  Duke  of 
Lancaster  in  1395  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1396-9, 
p.  547.  Robert  de  Urswick,  one  of  the 
king's  esquires,  received  an  annuity  in 
1373,  which  was  confirmed  in  1378  and 
1399  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1377-81,  p.  240  ;  1399- 
1401,  pp.  29,  35. 

*4  De  Banco  R.  433,  m.  451.  It  is 
noteworthy  that  the  Balderstons  also 
occur  at  Badsworth  in  Yorkshire,  where 
the  Urswicks  obtained  an  estate  ;  Hunter, 
Deanery  of  Doncaster,  ii,  438  ;  Torks. 
Arch.  Journ.  x,  349. 

In  connexion  with  the  Balderstons 
may  here  be  cited  a  complaint  by  William 
son  of  William  de  Balderston,  in  con- 
junction with  John  and  Nicholas  sons  of 
Thomas  Banastre,  in  1334,  respecting 
4  acres  of  moor  in  Upper  Rawcliffe.  It  was 
alleged  in  defence  that  the  same  William 
son  of  William  and  a  certain  Adam 
Verious  were  lords  of  the  vill ;  but  the 
jury,  while  finding  for  the  defendants, 
said  that  Adam  Verious  never  had  any- 
thing there  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  297,  m. 
103  d.  An  Adam  de  Aspinwall  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  had  some  claim  in  the 
township  in  1318;  De  Banco  R.  223, 
m.  105.  *5  Final  Cone,  ii,  177. 

"Chart.  R.  162  (47-51  Edw.  Ill), 
m.  6,  no.  13. 

37  Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  4  Hen.  IV,  no.  15  ; 
Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxiii,  App.  4.  In  an 
inquisition  taken  in  1418  Sir  Robert  son 
of  Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Urswick  is 
stated  to  have  been  thirty-four  years  old 
and  upwards  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
i,  136. 

Sir  Robert  de  Urswick  is  mentioned 
in  various  ways  from  1386  to  1402  ; 
ibid.  1385-9,  pp.  233,  471;  1401-5, 
p.  130.  In  1398  he  had  a  wife  named 
Joan;  ibid.  1391-6,  p.  375  ;  1396-9, 
p.  402. 


John  de  Urswick,  who  married  Con- 
stance Banastre,  but  died  without  issue, 
is  said  to  have  been  a  son  of  Sir  Robert ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  1 6. 

»7*  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  91.  In  1412 
it  was  stated  that  Margaret  wife  of  Sir 
Robert  de  Urswick  was  divorced  from 
him  and  married  to  Gilbert  de  Kighley  ; 
Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  936. 

*8  P.R.O.  List,  72.  He  is  not  de- 
scribed as  knight  in  this  place,  but  else- 
where is  designated  chivaler  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  134. 

In  1406  Sir  Robert  de  Urswick  gave 
to  Thomas  his  brother  all  his  lands  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  92/1.  He  made  a 
feoffment  in  1410  ;  ibid.  fol.  93^. 

39  Ibid.  fol.  91. 

80  Ibid.  fol.  95*. 

81  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxiii,  App.  19  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  bdle.  i,  no.  14. 

M  Hunter,  op.  cit.  ii,  436  ;  Sir  Thomas 
Urswick  held  Badsworth  in  1424-5  ;  it  had 
in  1402  been  held  in  moieties  by  Robert 
and  Thomas  Urswick.  Sir  Thomas  had 
a  son  Robert  who  married  Katherine 
Harrington  of  Hornby,  and  their  daughter 
and  heir  Isabel  (d.  1471)  married  William 
Vavasour  ;  ibid.  437,  441. 

33  The  feoffees  of  Sir  Robert  gave  lands 
to  Thomas  Urswick  in  1424  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  95^.  Thomas  Urswick,  esquire, 
and  Dame  Katherine  Urswick  are  named 
together  in  1443  and  1455  ;  ibid.  fol. 
94.  See  also  Torks.  Arch.  Journ.  xvii, 
119. 

Thomas  Urswick,  receiver  to  the  king's 
father  and  the  king  for  twenty-four  years, 
was  in  1442  rewarded  with  an  annuity 
of  £10  secured  on  the  herbage  of 
Myerscough,  Fulwood  and  Wyresdale  ; 
Towneley  MS.  RR,  no.  1664.  See  also 
Cal.  Papal  Letters,  vii,  330;  Cal.  Pat. 
1422-9,  p.  405  ;  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.), 
C  2978.  In  1452  he  was  made  serjeant- 
at-law  and  attorney  in  all  the  king's 
courts  of  Lancashire ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Chan.  Misc.  file  i,  bdle.  i,  no.  60.  He 
was  dead  in  1456,  when  his  successor 
was  appointed  ;  ibid.  bdle.  I,  file  1 1, 
no.  4.  He  is  named  in  various  pleadings, 
e.g.  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  7,  m.  21. 

Another  Thomas  occurs  in  the  Raw- 
cliffe deeds  as  holding  lands  in  Caton, 
Great  and  Little  Eccleston,  Elswick  and 
Upper  Rawcliffe  in  1473  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  94^.  He  was  recorder  of 
London  in  1455  an^  chief  baron  of  the 
Exchequer  from  1471  till  his  death  in 
1479.  He  held  manors,  &c.,  in  Essex  ; 

269 


Foss,  Judges  ;  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  (called  son 
of  Thomas  Urswick). 

84  Roger  son  of  Sir  Richard  Kirkby  in 
1420-1,   i.e.   shortly    after    Sir    Robert's 
death,  demised   to  Thomas   Urswick  the 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Upper  Rawcliffe 
which  he  (Roger)  held  by  reason  of  the 
minority    of    (blank    in    the    deed)   the 
daughters  and  heirs  of  Ellen  hi$  wife  lately 
deceased,  viz.  as  father  of  the  heirs,  Roger 
being  the  nearest  relative,  to  whom  their 
estates  held  in  socage  could  not  descend  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  91.     This  deed  it 
is  difficult  to  explain  in  view  of  others. 
It  is  usually  stated  (e.g.  in  the  recorded 
pedigree)  that  it  was  John,  a  younger  son 
of  Sir  Richard  Kirkby  of  Kirkby  Ireleth, 
who  married  Ellen  Urswick.     Roger  was 
the  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Richard  ;    West, 
Furness  (ed.  1774),  240. 

A  fragment  of  pedigree  in  Towneley 
MS.  HH,  no.  936,  gives  Sir  Robert  de 
Urswick  and  Margaret  his  wife  two 
daughters,  Joan  wife  of  Richard  de 
Kirkby  and  Ellen  wife  of  Roger  de 
Kirkby. 

In  a  pleading  as  to  the  manor  of  Bads- 
worth  in  1424  Thomas  Urswick  called 
the  heirs  of  Sir  Robert  to  warrant  him, 
viz.  John  Worsley  and  Joan  his  wife, 
Margaret  Kirkby  and  Joan  Kirkby,  of 
whom  the  last  was  under  age  ;  De  Banco 
R.  East.  2  Hen.  VI,  m.  32gd.  (quoted 
in  Gen.  [new  ser.J,  xvii,  22).  The  two 
Kirkbys  may  have  been  daughter*  of 
Richard,  and  may  have  married  Latus 
and  Clifton  respectively  ;  Joan  was  perhaps 
their  mother,  formerly  wife  of  Richard. 

In  1437-8  John  son  of  Roger  Kirkby 
by  Ellen  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert 
Urswick  by  Margaret  his  wife,  made  a 
settlement  of  his  purparty  of  the  manor 
of  Upper  Rawcliffe  and  lands,  &c.,  in 
Thistleton  and  Tatham  ;  also  the  reversion 
of  others  held  for  life  by  his  brother 
Roger  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  213. 

A  John  son  of  Richard  Kirkby  had  the 
manor  and  advowson  of  Waberthwaite  in 
1427-8  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  98*. 
In  the  same  collection  of  charters  are 
some  relating  to  the  town  of  Kendal, 
where  the  Kirkbys  of  Rawcliffe  later 
held  land. 

85  William    and    Joan    received    lands, 
&c.,  from   Thomas  Urswick    about  that 
time  ;      Kuerden     fol.      MS.    410,     87. 
From  abstracts  preserved  by  Towneley  it 
appears    that    some    at    least    had    been 
acquired     from     Robert     Jenkinson     of 
Bispham  ;  HH,  no.  453. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


sharer  in  1454  was  William  Latus.36  A  certain 
Elizabeth  about  1468  made  a  settlement  of  part  of 
the  manor  in  conjunction  with  her  husband  Henry 
Holme.37  In  1484— 5  a  partition  was  sought  between 
William  Kirkby,  Richard  Latus  and  Robert  Clifton 
as  co-heirs  of  Sir  Robert  Urswick.38 

Of  thesjs  families  the  Kirkbys  were  resident.  They 
appear  to  have  inherited  a  moiety  of  the  manor,  and 
possibly  acquired  the  whole.  Going  back  a  little,  it 
appears  that  in  1454-5  J°^n  Kirkby  and  Clemence 
his  wife  had  lands  in  Moorbreck.39  In  1459  John 
Kirkby  complained  that  Nicholas  and  John  Boteler 
of  Rawcliffe  were  obstructing  the  flow  of  water  to 
his  mill  in  Upper  Rawcliffe.40  William  the  son  and 
heir  of  John  Kirkby  was  about  1458  contracted  to 
marry  Isabel  daughter  of  John  Pudsey.41  In  1475, 
perhaps  after  the  actual  marriage,  John  Kirkby 
granted  his  part  of  the  manor  to  his  son  and  heir 
William.42  William  and  Isabel  had  a  moiety  of 
the  manor  in  1486-7,  as  well  as  lands  in  Goos- 
nargh,  Haighton  and  Kendal.43  John  the  son  and 
heir  of  William  Kirkby  was  in  1485-6  contracted  to 
marry  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Henry  Banastre  of 
Bank.44  He  was  living  in  I5OI,45  but  it  is  unlikely 
that  he  outlived  his  father,  for  in  1507  Isabel  was 
widow  of  William,46  and  about  the  same  time 
received  dower  from  William  son  and  heir  of  John 
Kirkby.47 

William  Kirkby  the  younger  was  in  1506-7  con- 
tracted to  marry  Elizabeth  daughter  of  William 
Thornburgh.48  He  was  living  in  1549,  at  which 
time  he  was  involved  in  disputes  concerning  the 
chantry  lands.49  His  son  George  died  in  1558 
holding  the  manor  of  Upper  Rawcliffe  and  Tarnacre 
of  the  queen  and  John  Rigmaiden  as  of  the  lordship 
of  Wyresdale  in  socage  by  6d.  rent  ;  also  various 
lands  there  and  in  nearly  twenty  other  townships. 
The  heir  was  a  brother  William,  thirty  years  of 
age.60  William  Kirkby  made  a  settlement  of  the 
manor  in  15  64s1  and  recorded  a  pedigree  at  the 
visitation  of  1567. 62  In  1588  inquiry  was  made  as 
to  the  weirs  on  the  Wyre,  including  one  of  William 
Kirkby's  which  had  lately  been  pulled  down,  appa- 


KIRKBY  of  Upper 
Rawcliffe.  Argent  two 
bars  gules  on  a  canton  of 
tht  last  a  cross  moline  or. 


rently  because  it  was  too  high  for  the  salmon  to 
pass.83  He  and  Isabel  his  wife  in  1591  agreed  that 
their  son  William  should  marry  Joan  daughter  of 
Thomas  Fleetwood  of  Col- 
wich.64  William  Kirkby  died 
in  December  1596  holding 
the  manor  of  Upper  Raw- 
cliffe, with  messuages  and 
lands  there  and  in  Tarnacre 
and  Little  Sowerby,  a  water- 
mill,  and  a  fishery  in  the 
Wyre,  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
honour  of  Lancaster  by  the 
twelfth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 
William  his  son  and  heir  was 
fifteen  years  of  age.65 

The    religious    position   of 
the  neighbourhood  in  1595  is 

shown  clearly  enough  by  someone  zealous  'for  the 
furtherance  of  Christ  His  glorious  gospel,'  in  the 
Protestant  sense,  who  wrote  to  the  authorities  to 
urge  attention  to  it.  In  the  parishes  of  Garstang 
and  St.  Michael's,  he  said,  there  were  '  as  many 
farmers  notorious  recusants '  as  would  make  two 
grand  juries.  He  therefore  advised  the  prosecution 
of  those  known  to  be  rich,  naming  among  gentle- 
women Isabel  wife  of  William  Kirkby  of  Rawcliffe, 
Anne  wife  of  Henry  Butler  of  the  same,  and 
Elizabeth  wife  of  William  son  of  Henry.  The 
husbands  of  these  attended  church  perhaps  not  so 
much  as  monthly  and  the  churchwardens  should 
warn  them  to  conform  once  a  month.  If  they 
would  not  do  so  the  gentlewomen  and  their  husbands 
should  be  confined  '  during  their  obstinacy '  to  the 
houses  of  Protestant  gentlemen,  so  that  they  could 
neither  'frequent  shriving,  massing,  nor  relieve 
papish  priests  or  seditious  seminaries,  to  the  peril  of 
their  souls,  great  danger  of  their  husbands,  and  utter 
spoil  of  their  husbands'  simple  seduced  tenants  and 
neighbours.'  86 

From  this  time  the  Kirkbys  declined  in  import- 
ance.57 William  Kirkby  was  said  to  be  of  full  age  in 
1602  68  ;  in  that  year  he  and  his  son  Thomas  were 


86  In  1454  John  Kirkby  received  401. 
and  William  Latus  zos.  from  Thomas 
Urswick  in  satisfaction  of  profits  he  had 
taken  of  lands  in  Kendal,  formerly  Sir 
Robert  Urswick's  and  then  belonging  to 
John  and  William  and  their  co-heirs  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  102.  The 
proportions  indicate  a  moiety  for  Kirkby, 
and  half  of  the  other  moiety  for  Latus. 

3J  Final  Cone,  iii,  132 ;  they  had  a 
sixth  part  of  the  manor,  i.e.  the  third  of 
a  moiety.  It  was  to  be  held  by  Elizabeth 
for  life  and  then  to  revert  to  Robert 
[?  Clifton]  and  his  heirs. 

38  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton. 

39  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  996.   Clemence 
was  living  in  1488-9  ;  ibid.  fol.  101. 

40  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  21,  m.  25. 

41  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  101  ;  a  grant 
to  Isabel  of  lands   in   Bolton  and  other 
places,  with   remainder  to  William  son 
and  heir  of  John  Kirkby. 

«  Ibid.  fol.  10 1  b.          *3  Ibid.  fol.  101. 

44  Ibid.    fol.     100,     loob  ;     lands    in 
Thistleton,     Goosnargh,     Wray,     Over 
Kellet,      Cantsfield     and    Tatham    were 
assigned  to  her  for  life. 

45  Ibrd.  fol.  loot.          «  Ibid.  fol.  100. 
47  Ibid.  fol.   99   (?  misdated   23    Hen. 

VIII    for   VII).       Isabel    was    to    have 


20  marks  a  year,  half  the  heriots  in 
Waberthwaite,  Keltontree  and  Kendal, 
and  should  enjoy  the  demesne  lands  of 
Upper  Rawcliffe  with  the  mill  and  fish- 
ing until  the  following  Martinmas ; 
also  the  tithe  corn  of  the  demesne,  paying 
30*.  for  it.  She  was  excommunicated  at 
Kirkham  in  1510;  ibid. 

48  Ibid.  fol.  98. 

49  Fishwick,     St.    Michael    on     Wyre 
(Chet.    Soc.),     59.       William     son     of 
William  Kirkby  was  engaged  in  further 
contests  in  1579  ;  ibid.  6 1. 

50  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  8  ; 
Towneley  MS.      'Lanes.  Tenures'    (in 
possession   of  W.   Farrer).      The  socage 
tenure  is  noticeable,  as  agreeing  with  the 
statement  of  a  charter  cited  above. 

Ellen  widow  of  George  Kirkby  was  in 
1567  the  wife  of  Edward  Horsfall ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  too ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  29,  m.  no. 

61  Ibid.  bdle.  26,  m.  199. 

M  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  41  ;  George 
Kirkby  is  not  named  in  it. 

53  Duchy  of  Lane.  Special  Com.  426. 
It  was  deposed  that  William  Kirkby  had 
an  ancient  mill  called  Cross  Mill  and  a 
weir  for  the  same  on  the  Wyre.  It 
stood  over  the  other  side  of  the  water 

270 


from  '  one  white  house  called  Cross 
House.'  The  foundation  being  washed 
out  by  the  river,  the  mill  fell,  and  was 
erected  on  a  new  site  close  by.  At  spring 
tides  the  sea  water  reached  nearly  a  mile 
further  up  the  river.  The  water  called 
Sowerby  or  Yowcles  ran  into  the  Brock. 

The  jury  in  their  verdict  noticed  all 
the  weirs  ;  the  mill  weir  at  Dolphin- 
holme  was  the  highest  up  the  Wyre. 
Corles  Mill,  Cleveley  Mill,  a  mill  weir 
near  Goberthwaite  Bridge  and  others  are 
named.  54  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  88. 

85  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  1 6. 
The  change  of  tenure  was  perhaps  the 
result  of  a  search  in  the  records,  being 
the  same  as  that  recorded  in  1242  for 
Lambert  de  Multon. 

Isabel  the  widow  was  in  1598  the 
wife  of  Gabriel  Croft ;  Dods.  MSS.  loc. 
cit. 

*6  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 
584-5. 

William  Kirkby  of  Rawcliffe  and  Isabel 
his  wife  had  been  summoned  before  the 
ecclesiastical  commission  in  1583,  but 
had  conformed  ;  English  Martyrs  (Cath. 
Rec.  Soc.),  i,  70. 

87  Fishwick,  op.  cit  163-5. 

*8  Dods.  MSS.  loc.  cit. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


enrolled  at  Preston  Guild.59  They  were  or  became 
recusants,  as  the  above  quotation  indicates,  and  in 
1632  Thomas  Kirkby  of  Rawcliffe  compounded  by  an 
annual  payment  of  £5  for  the  two-thirds  of  his 
estate  which  was  liable  to  sequestration  for  his 
religion.60  In  the  Civil  War  he  was  a  Royalist,  and 
his  estate,  after  being  sequestered  by  the  Parliament, 
was  in  1652  ordered  for  sale.61  Three  of  his  sons 
were  stated  to  have  been  killed  in  the  service  of 
Charles  I.62  He  was  dead  in  1655,  when  Edward 
Tyldesley  of  Myerscough  petitioned  to  be  allowed  to 
contract  for  the  estate.63  After  that  a  family  named 
Whitehead64  long  held  the  manor,  but  there  is 
nothing  to  record  of  them.68  The  manor  is  now 
stated  to  be  held  by  the  Earl  of  Derby. 

A  considerable  portion  appears  to  have  been  sold 
before  1655  to  George  Westby,66  a  son  of  Thomas 
Westby  of  Mowbreck,  who  built  White  Hall,67  in 
later  times  regarded  as  the  manor-house.  He  also 
was  a  recusant  and  a  Royalist,  and  suffered  the 
sequestration  and  confiscation  of  his  lands  by  the 
Parliament.68  He  regained  them  through  the  agency 
of  friends.  A  pedigree  recorded  in  1 664  shows  that 
he  had  sons  Thomas  (aged  ten)  and  John.69  In  1717 
John  Westby  of  Upper  Rawcliffe,  son  of  John  and 
nephew  of  Thomas  Westby,  registered  his  estate  as 
a  '  Papist.'  70  He  was  accidentally  killed  in  a  mill  in 
1728  and  left  a  son  Thomas  as  heir.  This  branch 
of  the  family  succeeded  to  part  of  the  Mowbreck 
estate,  but  all  has  been  sold  in  the  last  half-century. 
White  Hall  was  in  1857  sold  to  — Stevenson,  whose 
son,  J.  C.  Stevenson  of  Leamington,  was  the  owner 
in  1891. 

WHITE  HALL,  now  a  farm-house,  stands  close  to 
the  River  Wyre,  facing  south,  but  is  without  archi- 
tectural interest,  having  been  almost  entirely  rebuilt 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 

and  modernized  about  1857;  most  of  the  old 
timbers  were,  however,  again  used.  The  building 
dated  substantially  from  the  beginning  of  the  1 7th 
century,  the  older  house  of  the  Kirkbys  having 
entirely  disappeared,  but  had  been  for  a  long  time  in 
a  state  of  decay.  The  present  structure  is  covered 
with  rough-cast  and  whitewashed,  the  roofe  covered 
with  blue  slates  and  all  the  windows  are  new.  There 
is  an  old  open  fireplace  in  the  kitchen  now  walled 
up.  The  west  wing  is  three  stories  in  height  with 
an  unequal  gable  to  the  front,  but  the  house  generally 
is  of  two  stories,  with  a  projecting  gabled  two-story 
porch.  The  east  wing  appears  to  have  been  pulled 
down  about  i87o.70a 

Other  portions  of  the  Urswick  estate  cannot  be 
traced.  One-fourth  probably  descended  to  Clifton 
of  Kidsnape,  but  William  Clifton  in  1517  held  only 
'  messuages  and  lands '  in  Upper  Rawcliffe  of  the 
king  and  Thomas  Rigmaiden  as  of  their  manor  of 
Nether  Wyresdale  by  a  rent  of  6d.n  His  widow 
Margaret  claimed  dower  in  the  fourth  part  of  the 
« manor.' 73 

Rawcliffe  gave  a  name  to  some  of  the  earlier 
tenants,  who  with  others  were  benefactors  of  Cocker- 
sand  Abbey.73  Warine  de  Cornay,  one  of  them,  in 
1246  claimed  certain  land  from  the  Abbot  of 
Cockersand.74 

T4RN4CRE  or  Trenacre  also  was  used  as  a 
surname.  The  same  abbey  received  land  from 
William  de  Tarnacre,  with  his  body,  and  from  Alice 
his  widow  and  Alan  his  son.78  About  1270  the 
abbot  and  canons  agreed  with  Thomas  son  of  Adam 
de  Inskip  as  to  an  exchange  of  land,76  and  other 
Inskips  appear  later  in  the  township.77  Alan  son  of 
William  de  Tarnacre  and  others  gave  land  to  Lytham 
Priory78  and  to  the  Knights  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem.79 


*9  Pretton  Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Che».),  54.  They  were  also  enrolled 
in  1622  ;  ibid.  78. 

60  Tram.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xxiv,  178. 
About  the  same  time   he   paid  £10  for 
having  refuted  knighthood  ;  Misc.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  221. 

61  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  41. 
"  Castlemain,  Cath.  Apology,  as  quoted 

by  Challoner.  Their  names  are  given  as 
William,  Thomas  and  Edward  in  Gillow, 
Bill.  Diet.  ofEngl.  Cath.  iv,  53. 

63  Royalitt    Comp.    Papers    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iv,  46. 

64  To    a    fine    of   1656  respecting  the 
manor  of  Upper  Rawcliffe  the  following 
were  parties  :  Plaintiffs — Richard  White- 
head  and  James   Taylor  ;  Deforciants — 
Edward     Tyldesley,     William      Kirkby, 
Edward  Kirkby,  George  Westby,  Ralph 
Longworth,  Richard  Bannister,  Dorothy 
his    wife    and    James    Curwen  ;   Pal.    of 
Lane.     Feet     of   F.    bdle.    159,    m.    93. 
Richard  Whitehead  acquired  other  lands  ; 
Lanes,  and  Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.   Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  33. 

65  See  the  accounts  of  Claughton  and 
Forton    and    the    pedigree   in    Fishwick, 
Garstang  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  254. 

Thomas  Whitehead  was  vouchee  in  a 
recovery  of  the  manors  of  Rawcliffe  and 
Tarnacre  in  1724  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  521,  m.  4d.  Richard  Whitehead  was 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Upper  Rawcliffe  and 
Tarnacre  in  1794;  Preston  Guard.  Loc. 
Notes,  no.  1 129. 

66  See  the  fine  above  cited. 

67  Fishwick,     op.     cit.     165-7,    fr°m 
which  the  later  descent  has  been  taken. 


68  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3138,  where 
his   residence  is  called  '  Ratcliffe  Hall'; 
Index  of  Royalists,  44. 

69  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  332. 

70  Estcourt    and    Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurors,  128. 

76a  Fishwick,  St.  Michaets -on- Wyre, 
167.  Baines  mentions  a  'gateway  half 
pulled  down,'  a  secret  place  formerly  used 
as  a  chapel  and  a  priest's  hole.  The  gate- 
way had  disappeared  when  Fishwick 
wrote  in  1891.  'On  pulling  down  the 
old  house  a  secret  room  was  discovered. 
The  chapel  was  in  what  is  now  a  bed- 
room on  the  third  story '  ;  ibid. 

71  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  21. 
7i  Pal.  of  Lane.  Sessional  Papers,  bdle.  4. 
n  Cockersand  Chartul.   (Chet.   Soc.),  i, 

178-83.  The  benefactors  were  William 
son  of  Alan  de  Rawcliffe,  William  son  of 
Alan  de  Tarnacre  (perhaps  the  same 
person),  William  son  of  Simon  de  Raw- 
cliffe, Warine  de  Cornay,  Thomas  son  of 
Robert  de  Rice,  Adam  and  William  sons 
of  Richard.  One  of  the  gifts  was  of  half  an 
oxgang  of  land,  of  which  Richard  son  of 
William  de  Ireland  was  tenant  at  i  ^d.  rent. 

Among  the  place-names  are  North- 
breck,  Old  Goredale,  Kirkflat,  War- 
oxgang,  Tunstead,  Swineland,  Dunandes- 
pool  on  the  Wyre  and  Serlescalespool. 

T*  Assize  R.  404,  m.  4  d.  ;  he  did  not 
prosecute. 

75  Cockersand  Chartul,  i,  247-51.    Other 
benefactors  were  William  son  of  Alan  de 
Wath  and   Richard   de    Tarnacre.     The 
place-names  include  Kirkcroft,  Priestpot 
and  Cleanfield. 

76  Ibid.  251-2.  The  canons  gave  an  acre 

271 


in  Kilncroftfield  for  an  assart  adjoining 
their  land  and  that  of  Roger  de  Wedacre. 

77  In    1288  Agnes  daughter  of  Adam 
de  Inskip  complained  that  Richard  son  of 
Adam  de  Inskip  had  disseised  her  of  half 
an  oxgang  of  land  ;  Assize   R.  1277,  m. 
31.     Agnes  daughter  of  Richard  de  Inskip 
was  plaintiff  in  1301  ;  ibid.  1321,  m.  8  d. 
William  son  of  Adam  son  of  Richard  de 
Inskip  claimed  8  acres  of  land  in   1351  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  i,  m.  5  d. 

78  Alan  gave    the  monks   of   Durham 
2  acres  on  the  east  of  Morbreck  and  all 
his    land    called     Culnstyde    (Kilnstead), 
with  easements  in  Rawcliffe  and   Tarn- 
acre  ;  Lytham  D.  at  Durham,  2a,  2ae,  4ae, 
Ebor.  no.  52.     He  gave  Lytham  also  an 
oxgang  of  land  in  Rawcliffe,  formerly  that 
of  Richard  son  of  Alan,  in  pure  alms  ; 
ibid.  no.  54. 

Warine  de  Cornay  gave  the  monks  an 
acre  and  a  perch  in  Rawcliffe  ;  Lathbutt, 
Netherfield  and  the  mill  are  mentioned  5 
ibid.  no.  53. 

Among  the  same  charters  is  one  from 
William  son  of  Alan  de  Romecliue 
( ?  Rouecliue)  to  his  brother  Richard, 
granting  2  oxgangs  of  land  formerly  held 
by  Gamel  and  Walter  son  of  Hartholf, 
at  a  rent  of  40^.  As  '  gersum '  40*.  was 
given.  The  fishery  and  demesne  were 
excepted,  and  in  exchange  for  that  part 
of  the  appurtenances  lying  in  Holebrook 
Richard  was  to  have  two  esselgones  (selions) 
in  Northfurlong ;  ibid.  no.  55. 

79  Lands  of  the  Hospitallers  in  Rawcliffe, 
Tarnacre  and  Sowerby  are  mentioned  in 
1292  ;  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.), 
375- 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Alan's  charter  was  alleged  in  a  dispute  in  1292 
between  Hugh  son  of  Hugh  de  Mitton  and  Roger 
de  Wedacre,  when  Richard  son  and  heir  of  William 
son  of  Alan  de  Tarnacre  was  called  to  warrant.  The 
Prior  of  the  Hospitallers  had  granted  the  land  to 
Maud  daughter  of  Hugh  de  Mitton  ;  she  married 
Roger  de.  Wedacre  and  bore  him  a  son  Robert,  whose 
estate  was  in  his  father's  hands.80  The  Cockersand 
lands81  were  after  the  Dissolution  purchased  by 
John  Braddyll,8*  and  the  Hospitallers'  lands  by  the 
Shireburnes.83 

The  pleadings  afford  some  details  of  the  mediaeval 
tenements  M  ;  the  inquisitions  also  preserve  the  names 
of  landowners  there.84  In  the  i8th  century  and 
later  the  house  called  Turnover  Hall  was  held 
successively  by  Shuttleworth 86  and  Westby.87 

Stockenbridge  was  owned  by  a  family  named 
Blackburne.  Richard  Blackburne  of  Eccleston  and 
Tarnacre,  holding  in  the  latter  place  of  the  king, 
died  in  1641,  and  had  for  heir  a  son  John,  aged 
forty-four.88  Richard  and  Edward  Blackburne,  re- 
cusants, in  1654  sought  to  compound  for  the  seques- 
trated portions  of  their  estates.89  A  later  Richard 
Blackburne,  described  as  of  Stockenbridge,  yeoman, 
in  1717  registered  his  estate  as  a  'Papist.'  He  died 
about  I7Z5-90  John  Blackburne  of  Field  Plumpton, 
who  had  a  son  Thomas,  made  a  settlement  in  1727 
of  the  capital  messuage  called  Stockenbridge,  lately 
in  the  possession  of  Richard  son  of  (the  said)  John 
Blackburne,  who  had  died  leaving  a  daughter 
Margaret  wife  of  Thomas  Eccles  of  Dil  worth."  From 


a  deed  of  1748  it  appears  that  another  daughter, 
Ellen,  had  married  William  Hathornthwaite,  and 
their  son  John  had  Stockenbridge.9*  The  estate 
afterwards  passed  by  marriage  to  Leckonby  of  Great 
Eccleston  and  to  Phipps.93 

Tarnacre  Hall,  now  St.  Michael's  Hall,  near  the 
church,  was  owned  by  the 
Longworth  family,  who  re- 
corded a  pedigree  in  1664. 
Isabella  Longworth  had  it  in 
1770;  next  year,  after  her 
death,  it  was  advertised  for 
sale.94  The  Butlers  of  Out 
Rawcliffe  had  from  an  early 
date  estates  in  Upper  RawclifFe 
and  Little  Sowerby  which 
were  sometimes  called 
manors.96 

LITTLE  SOWERBT  was 
included     in    the     Singleton 

estate;  thus  in  1293  Joan  widow  of  Thomas  de 
Singleton  released  to  Thomas  Banastre  and  Joan  his 
wife  all  her  right  in  land  there.96  Richard  Balderston 
had  land  in  Sowerby  in  I456,97  and  the  Earl  of 
Derby's  rental  for  1523  shows  lands  in  Upper 
Rawcliffe  and  Tarnacre.98  It  was  reckoned  as  a 
manor,  for  the  manors  of  Great  and  Little  Sowerby 
occur  in  feoffments  of  the  Derby  estates.99  The 
manor  is  held  together  with  the  manor  of  Upper 
RawclifFe  by  the  present  Earl  of  Derby,  and  courts 
are  held.100 


LONGWORTH.  Argent 
three  wolves'  headi 
erased  sable. 


80  Assize  R.  408,  m.  73  d. 

81  For    the    tenants     1450-1537    see 
Cockersand  Chartul.  iii,  1270-1. 

82  Pat.  36  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  ii. 

83  See  the  account  of  Stidd.     Richard 
Shireburne  held  land  in  RawclifFe  in  1628  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  4. 
The  family,  however,  had  held  lands  much 
earlier,   for  a   pleading   of    1334  already 
cited  shows  that  Sir  Robert  de  Shireburne 
held  two  messuages  and  half  a  plough- 
land  in  Old  Upper  Rawcliffe — a  designa- 
tion which  has  not  been  noticed  again — 
and  that  Nicholas  Boteler,  Richard  son  of 
Richard    Travers,    and    Thomas    son    of 
Thomas  de  Rigmaiden  were  also  owners  ; 
Coram  Rege  R.  297,  m.  103  d. 

84  In    1291    Richard   son    of   William 
de   Eccleston  claimed  a  toft,  the  moiety 
of    a    water-mill    and    the    fourth    part 
of    a    fishery    against    Geoffrey    son    of 
William   de  Eccleston  and  John  de  Rig- 
maiden,  but  did  not  succeed  ;   Assize  R. 
407,    m.    3  d.      In    the    following    year 
Roger  de  Wedacre  claimed  the  moiety  of 
a   water-mill   against    the  same   Richard 
(whose  father  William  had  died  in  seisin) 
and  John  de  Rigmaiden,  to  whom  Richard 
had  demised  it ;  ibid.  408,  m.  63,  71. 

Alan  son  of  William  de  Eccleston, 
William  son  of  Geoffrey  de  Whittingham, 
Roger  son  of  Alan  de  Rowall  and  Mar- 
gery widow  of  Richard  de  Sale  were 
concerned  in  pleadings  in  1292  ;  ibid. 

m.  44,  32>  54  d- 

In  1334  John  son  of  Amice  daughter 
of  Alan  de  Sowerby  claimed  messuages, 
&c.,  in  Upper  Rawcliffe  against  John  son 
of  Roger  Tunnison  and  John  de  Birewath  ; 
De  Banco  R.  300,  m.  70  d. ;  304,  m.  45  d. 
The  Hornby  family  have  been  mentioned 
in  the  account  of  the  Kirkbys  ;  see  also 
Final  Cone,  ii,  145  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  6,  m.  2  d. 

There   are  a  number  of  pleadings  re- 


specting Tarnacre  in  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  i  (2),  ii  (3). 

In  1492  Agnet  and  Margery,  daughters 
and  heirs  of  Richard  Walton,  had  lands 
in  Upper  Rawcliffe  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  78,  m.  4  d.  Agnes  married  John  son 
and  heir  of  Richard  Boteler,  and  about 
1528  her  land  in  Upper  Rawcliffe,  Wood- 
plumpton  and  Ncwsham  was  sold  to 
Bartholomew  Hesketh ;  ibid.  144,  m. 
19  d.  ;  154,  m.  5  d. 

85  William  Walton  of  Walton-le-Dale 
in  1638  had  the  reversion  of  a  messuage, 
&c.,  in  Tarnacre  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxv,  no.  3  5,  49.     From  the  pedigree 
in  the  Visit,  of  1613  (Chet.  Soc.),  100,  it 
appears    that    this    was    inherited    from 
William's    mother,   Priscilla   daughter  of 
John   Cottam   of  Tarnacre  and  wife    of 
Thomas  Walton.     John  Cottam   was   a 
freeholder   in    1 600 ;    Misc.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  233. 

Thomas  Eccleston  in  i  592  held  three 
messuages  and  land  in  Tarnacre  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  38. 

James  Raby  died  in  1635  holding  a 
messuage  and  land  in  Tarnacre  of  Robert 
Viscount  'Kilnemurrie'  and  Eleanor  his 
wife  (in  her  right)  as  of  the  manor  of 
Nether  Wyresdale  by  knight's  service  ; 
also,  of  the  king,  2  acres  improved  from 
the  waste  there.  His  son  and  heir  Richard 
was  eight  years  of  age  ;  ibid,  xxviii,  no.  22. 

86  Margaret  Shuttleworth  of  Turnover 
Hall,  widow  of  William,  in  1717  registered 
her  estate  as  a   '  Papist '  ;   Estcourt  and 
Payne,  op.   cit.    141.     A   later  William 
Shuttleworth  died  in  1745,  leaving  a  son 
Thomas  (s.p.)  and  a  daughter  Margaret, 
who  married  Thomas  Westby  of  White 
Hall ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  167-8. 

87  The  house  was  bequeathed  to  another 
Thomas    Westby,    who    died    in    1830, 
leaving  it  to  three  daughters  ;  ibid. 

88  Duchy   of    Lane.    Inq.    p.m.    xxix, 

272 


no.   8 1.     This    family  is  stated  to  have 
been  the  senior  branch  of  the  more  con- 
spicuous (Protestant)  family  of  Blackburne 
of  Orford  and  Hale  ;  Dugdale,  Visit.  36. 
89  Cal.     Com.   for     Comp.     iv,      3178, 

3185. 

%  Estcourt  and  Payne,  op.  cit.  92. 
His  wife  Mary  was  daughter  and  heir  of 
Lawrence  Livesey  of  Ravenhead. 

91  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  234, 
from  R.  i  and  2  of  Geo.  II  at  Preston. 

93  Ibid,  iii,  354,  from  R.  22  of  Geo.  II. 

93  Ibid,  i,  361. 

94  Dugdale,  Visit.  190  ;  Piccope  MSS. 
ii,  244.     According  to  this,  Ralph  Long- 
worth,  d.  c.  1634,  was  the  first  of  Upper 
Rawcliffe  -s.  Richard,  d.  1660  -s.  Thomas 
-s.    Richard,    who    married    Fleetwood 
daughter  and  co-heir  of  Edward  Shuttle- 
worth  of  Larbreck,  by  Alice  daughter  and 
heir    of  John    Woodhouse    of   Larbreck 
-s.   Edward   -s.   Ralph.     A  letter    from 
R.    Longworth,  St.   Michael's,    1690,  is 
printed    in    Hist.    MSS.    Com.    Rep.   xiv, 
App.  iv,  247. 

95  Lands  in  Upper  Rawcliffe  and  Little 
Sowerby  are  named  among  the   Boteler 
possessions  in  1333  ;  De  Banco  R.  295, 
m.   102.     See  also  ibid.   287,  m.  307  d. 
The  tenure  is  not  recorded  in  the  inquisi- 
tions  beyond   the    statement    that  these 
(with    others)    were    held  of  the    king  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  viii,  no.  8. 

Among  their  charters  was  a  grant  by 
Thomas  de  Galwayth  in  1386  to  Roger 
de  Birewath  of  lands  in  Little  Sowerby  in 
the  vill  of  Upper  Rawcliffe  5  Dods.  MSS. 
liii,  fol.  gob. 

96  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  83. 

97  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  63. 

98  Rental  at  Lathom. 

99  Pal.  of  Lane.   Feet  of  F.  bdle.   175 
(1665),  m.  143  ;  260  (1708),  m.  53. 

100  Information  of   Mr.   Windham  E. 
Hale. 


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ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 


From  a  grant  by  Richard  son  of  Richard  de 
Tarnacre  to  Cockersand  Abbey  it  appears  that  Little 
Sowerby  was  also  called  Aldred  Sowerby,  for  land  in 
it  touched  the  Brock.101  Walter  de  Ellel  granted 
land  in  Aldrith  Sowerby  to  Walter  son  of  Richard 
le  Boteler.102 

Some  of  the  Commonwealth  sequestrations  for 
religion  and  politics  have  been  recorded  above. 
Dr.  Wildbore,  vicar  of  Garstang  and  then  of  Lancaster, 
had  land  in  '  Up  Ratcliffe '  and  Tarnacre  which  he 
gave  to  his  daughter  Elizabeth.  She  married  Thomas 
Challoner,  and  the  estate  was  sequestered  for  the 
husband's  'delinquency.'  After  his  death  she  married 
Samuel  Barker,  who  in  1650  petitioned  for  the 
removal  of  the  sequestration.103  Roger  Hesketh  as  a 
'  Papist '  had  had  two-thirds  of  his  lands  in  Tarnacre 
and  Claughton  sequestered  ;  after  his  death  in  1649 
his  son  Richard  petitioned  for  the  removal  of  the 
sequestration  or  leave  to  compound.104  Thomas 
Wilkinson  of  Tarnacre  was  another  who  had  two- 
thirds  of  his  estate  sequestered  for  his  religion.105 
Several  'Papists'  registered  estates  in  171 7. 106 

The  parish  church  is  situated  in  this  township, 
and  is  the  only  place  of  worship  there. 

A  school  was  in  1708  founded  by  Richard  Cornall 
in  Upper  Rawcliffe.107 

OUT   RAWCLIFFE 

Rodeclif,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Routecliue,  1 206  ;  Routhe- 
clif,  1212. 

Middelrotheclyue,  1273  ;  Mideste  Routheclif, 
1309. 

Outroutheclif,  1328. 

The  surface  is  undulating,  much  of  it  very  low,  but 
rising  both  in  the  south-east  and  in  the  west  to  50  ft. 
above  sea  level.  In  the  former  more  elevated  patch 
is  Rawcliffe  Hall,  the  village  lying  a  mile  to  the 
west.  Liscoe  is  in  the  extreme  south-west  and  Ashton 
in  the  north.  The  Wyre  forms  the  southern  boundary. 
The  area  measures  4,593^  acres,1  and  there  was  a 
population  of  705  in  1901. 

The  principal  roads  run  from  east  to  west,  one 
near  the  river  from  St.  Michael's  to  Hambleton,  and 
another  further  north  from  Garstang  to  the  same  place. 
Cartford  Bridge  in  the  south-east  gives  a  passage  over 
the  Wyre,  and  from  it  a  road  goes  north  to  Pilling. 


The  township  has  a  parish  council. 

The  soil  is  clay  and  moss,  with  clay  subsoil ;  wheat, 
oats  and  potatoes  are  grown 

The  portions  of  the  township  once 
MANORS  known  as  MIDDLE  and  OUT  RAW- 
CLIFFE  seem  originally  to  have  been 
separate  manors,  and  in  1066  the  two  Rawcliffes,  each 
assessed  as  two  plough-lands,  were  part  of  the  Preston 
lordship  of  Earl  Tostig.2  A  century  later  they  were 
part  of  the  fee  of  the  Botelers  of  Weeton,3  and  Hervey 
father  of  Hervey  Walter  gave  to  Orm  son  of  Magnus, 
with  his  daughter  Alice,  four  plough-lands  in  Rawcliffe, 
Thistleton  and  Greenhalgh,  tenable  by  knight's  ser- 
vice.4 The  Rawcliffe  here  intended  seems  to  be 
Mid  Rawcliffe,  which  was  in  1 249  held  by  Sir  John 
de  Thorn  hill  of  Theobald  Walter  by  the  twelfth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee,5  Out  Rawcliffe  at  the  same 
time  being  held  by  tenants  at  will  for  the  most  part.6 
In  1346  it  was  recorded  that  the  Earl  of  Ormonde 
held  four  plough-lands  in  Out  Rawcliffe,7  and  his 
mesne  lordship,  as  in  the  case  of  Weeton,  passed  to 
the  Earls  of  Derby. 

Theobald  Walter  in  1266-7  granted  to  his  'cousin' 
Sir  Richard  le  Boteler  all  the  land  of  Out  Rawcliffe 
together  with  an  oxgang  in  Staynall,  for  which  he  was 
to  render  the  farm  the  men  of  the  place  had  been 
accustomed  to  pay.8  At  the  same  time  he  ordered 
these  men  to  render  their  services  to  the  said  Richard,9 
whom  they  were  to  consider  as  their  lord.  The 
rents  seem  to  have  amounted  to  £j  a  year,  for  this 
was  the  sum  remitted  or  commuted  to  a  pair  of  gloves 
or  id.  by  Theobald  Walter,  butler  of  Ireland,  when 
William  le  Boteler,  the  son  and  heir  of  Richard, 
married  Joan  de  Syfrewast.10  Richard  had  also  acquired 
Mid  Rawcliffe  from  Richard  de  Thornhill n  and  John 
Debaud,12  and  thus  held  the  whole,  though  by  different 
tenures.  From  this  time  until  1716  his  family  re- 
tained possession,  and  there  are  practically  no  records 
of  any  other  tenants.  The  manors  seem  to  have  been 
regarded  as  one,  called  indifferently  either  Middle  or 
Out  Rawcliffe  ;  but  sometimes  these  were  named 
separately.  The  Botelers  also  held  manors  and  lands 
in  Hoole,  Whittle-le- Woods,  Freckleton,  Goosnargh 
and  other  places. 

Sir  Richard  le  Boteler,  brother  of  Sir  William  le 
Boteler  of  Warrington,13  was  living  in  1 273,14  but  must 
have  died  not  long  afterwards,  leaving  a  widow 


101  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  244.  Styrop 
and  the  Sourlands  are  other  field-names 
in  the  charter. 

101  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  1006. 

108  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  17—19. 

104  Ibid,  iii,  195-8.     Some  field-names 
are  mentioned — Breckfield,  Little  Brick- 
hill,  &c. 

105  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3178. 

106  In   addition  to  those  already  given 
was  the  small  estate  of  Richard  Richardson 
of  Garstang  in  the  tithes  of  Tarnacre  on 
the  south-east  side  of  the  Wyre  ;  Estcourt 
and  Payne,  op.  cit.  142. 

107  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
li,  451  ;  End.  Char.  Rep. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  of  1901   gives  4,501 
acres,    including     13     of    inland     water. 
There   are  also  45   acres  of  tidal   water 
and  147  of  foreshore. 

2  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

3  In  1205-6  Rawcliffe' s  I2t.  of  tallage 
follows  next  after  Weeton  ;  Farrer,  Lanes. 
Pipe  R.  202. 


4  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  37,  115,  145. 

4  Ibid.  174.  Of  the  two  plough-lands 
2  oxgangs  were  held  in  demesne,  and  the 
other  tenancies  are  thus  recorded  :  Roger 
son  of  Roger,  2  oxgangs  at  51.  rent  ; 
Jordan  son  of  Roger,  i,  at  21.  6d.  ;  UctreH 
the  Smith,  i,  at  zs.  6d.  ;  Sir  Otto  de 
Rowall,  5,  by  knight's  service ;  Richard 
de  la  Hay  the  same. 

6  Ibid.  172-3.     Of  these   two  plough- 
lands    1 5   oxgangs  were   worth   Io6j.  ^d. 
yearly,  and  the  remaining  one  was  held 
by  the  service  of  performing  suit  to  the 
county  and  wapentake  courts.     The  mill 
was  worth   i6s.  a  year,  the  moor  6s.  8</., 
and  the  marsh  izd. 

7  Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  54  ;  for 
castle  ward  5*.  was  payable. 

8  Dods.  MSS.  xxxiii,  fol.  29  ;  liii,  fol.  99. 

9  Ibid,   xxxiii,   fol.    29^ ;    this    charter 
supplies  the  date. 

10  Ibid.  fol.  30.     Should  William  and 
Joan  have  no  issue  the  rent  was  to  revert 
to  the  grantor  or  his  heirs. 

273 


11  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  85  ;  a  grant  of 
all  Thornhill's  land,  made  about  1253, 
Sir  Robert  de  Lathom  being  sheriff  and 
attesting.  Richard  de  Thornhill  directed 
his  tenants  in  future  to  answer  to  Richard 
le  Boteler  as  to  their  lord  ;  ibid. 

Richard  de  Thornhill  granted  2  oxgangs 
of  land  and  a  half  in  Middle  Rawcliffe  to 
Richard  de  Thornton  in  free  marriage 
with  his  '  cousin  '  Olive  ;  ibid. 

In  1308-9  William  son  of  Nicholas 
Boteler  made  a  claim  respecting  a  tene- 
ment in  Midst  Rawcliffe  against  John  de 
Thornhill  and  others,  but  did  not  prose- 
cute it ;  Assize  R.  423,  m.  2  d.  5. 

li  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  99  ;  a  direction 
to  the  tenants  to  render  services  to 
Richard  le  Boteler. 

13  Raines   MSS.    (Chet.   Lib.),  xxxviii, 
93  ;    Beamont,    Annals  of  the    Lords    oj 
Harrington,  i,  60,  79. 

14  In  1273  the  sheriff  was  ordered   to 
fix    a    boundary    between     the    lands    of 
Richard   le   Boteler  in   Middle  Rawcliffe 
and  those  of  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand  in 

35 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Alice.15  His  eldest  son  William  did  not  long  sur- 
vive him,  being  dead  in  1287  ;  his  widow  Joan  had 
by  that  time  married  Thomas  de  Singleton.16  The  son 
Nicholas  was  a  minor  at  his  father's  death,17  and  by 
his  wife  Mabel  left  a  son  William,  a  minor  in  I3C>5.18 
This  son  also  appears  to  have  died  young.  By  his 
wife  Isabel  he  left  a  son  Nicholas,  who  served  as 
knight  of  the  shire  in  I344,19  and  occurs  from  I32820 
until  about  1364.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Sir 
John  Boteler,21  who  rendered  public  service  as  sheriff 
of  the  county  22  and  in  other  ways.23 

Sir  John  died  27  September  1404,  leaving  as  heir 
his   son    Nicholas,  about   twenty   years  of  age,   and 


Pilling  Grange  ;  De  Banco  R.  3,  m.  24. 
There  had  already  (in  1270)  been  an 
agreement  as  to  bounds,  which  were  to 
go  from  the  head  of  Pilling  straight 
between  Scytholme  and  south  by  the 
hedge  to  the  head  of  Westpool  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  1 20.  In  1273  Richard, 
in  bequeathing  his  body  to  the  abbey, 
released  his  right  in  Pilling  pasture  ;  ibid. ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  1,47-50. 

15  She  was  the  daughter  of  William  de 
Carleton  ;  Whittle-le-Woods  and  part  of 
Goosnargh  appear  to  have   come  to  the 
Botelers    through    her.     In    1281   dower 
was   granted   to   her   by  her   eldest    son 
William,  viz.  the  whole  manor  of  Middle 
Rawcliffe.     The  other  sons  were  Henry, 

£>hn,    Richard,   Edmund   and   Geoffrey  ; 
ods.   MSS.   liii,  fol.   85.     For  Richard 
see  the  account  of  Marlon  in  Poulton. 

Alice,  when  widow,  granted  to  Richard 
son  of  Sir  Henry  de  Kighley  all  her  part 
of  the  fishery  of  Wyre,  given  her  by  her 
brother  Adam  ;  ibid.  fol.  <)jb. 

16  At  the  beginning  of  1287  Joan  widow 
of  Theobald  le  Boteler  claimed  dower  in 
Rawcliffe — as  to  6  oxgangs  of  land,  &c., 
against    Nicholas     son    of    Theobald     le 
Boteler,  who  was  custodee  of  the  land  and 
heir  of  William  son  of  Richard  le  Boteler  ; 
and  as  to  10  oxgangs,  &c.,  against  Thomas 
de  Singleton  and  Joan  his  wife  ;  De  Banco 
R.  66,  m.  27  d.      It  appeared  that  Joan, 
who   held   in   dower,  was   the  widow  of 
William  le  Boteler,  whose  son  and  heir 
Nicholas  was  under  age  ;  ibid.  68,  m.  21  d. 

17  Nicholas  occurs  in  a  Wrightington 
plea  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  41. 

18  Assize  R.  420,  m.  9  d.  ;  from  which 
it   appears  that  William's   wardship  had 
been  granted  to  Richard  de  Lathom  by 
John    de     Kirkby    as     superior    lord    of 
Wrightington,  where  the  family  had  lands. 
The  lord  of  Weeton  seems  for  the  time 
to   have   been   overlooked,    but   in    1313 
Edmund  the   Butler  of  Ireland   appeared 
against  William  son  and  heir  of  Nicholas 
Boteler  for  having  intruded  himself  into 
the  manor  of  Out  Rawcliffe,  which  had 
been  held  of  plaintiff  by  the  said  Nicholas 
by    knight's    service,    so    that    William's 
wardship   belonged   to  him ;    De    Banco 
R.  198,  m.  lod. 

19  Pink   and    Beaven,   Par!,   Repre.    of 
Lanes.  29. 

20  In  that  year  Nicholas  son  of  William 
Boteler  claimed  the  third  part  of  £j  rent 
from   Out  Rawcliffe   against    Randle    de 
Singleton   and    Mabel  his   wife.      Mabel 
was  the  widow  of  Nicholas   Boteler,  who 
had  held  the  manor  of  a  certain  William 
(sic)    Boteler    by    the    rent    of  a  pair   of 
gloves.     From  Nicholas  it  had  descended 
to  William  as  son  and  heir,  and  he  had 
granted   Mabel  a   third   of  two-thirds   of 
the   manor  for  dower.     The   descent   of 
the  manor  was  traced   (as  in  the  text)  ; 
it  was  stated   that  Joan,  as  widow  of  the 


first  William  (son  of  Richard),  had  re- 
ceived the  £7  rent  until  her  death,  and 
it  was  argued  that  a  third  part  of  this  was 
due  from  Mabel  to  the  lord  of  the  manor. 
The  defence  was  that  the  rent  had  been 
extinguished  by  the  charter  to  William 
and  Joan  ;  Assize  R.  1400,  m.  233  d.  ; 
De  Banco  R.  276,  m.  93. 

Isabel  widow  of  the  second  William 
(father  of  Nicholas)  had  married  Sir 
Henry  de  Croft  by  1331  ;  ibid.  287,  m. 
307  d.  Dower  was  claimed  in  seventy- 
two  messuages,  lands,  &c.,  in  Middle 
Rawcliffe,  Out  Rawcliffe,  Upper  Rawcliffe, 
Great  and  Little  Sowerby,  Inskip  and 
many  other  places  against  Nicholas  son 
of  William  Boteler  ;  ibid.  295,  m.  102  ; 
Cal.  Pat.  1330-4,  p.  388. 

Nicholas  occurs  again  in  1346—7  ;  De 
Banco  R.  348,  m.  286  ;  351,  m.  109  d. 

zl  Sir  John  son  of  Nicholas  Boteler  of 
Rawcliffe  in  the  time  of  Richard  II  re- 
covered a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Freckle- 
ton  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  116. 

Sir  John  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  and  Agnes 
his  wife  occur  in  1401;  Final  Cone.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  62. 

™  From  1371  to  1374  ;  P.R.O.  List,  72. 

23  In  1386  he  went  to  Ireland  with 
Sir  John  de  Stanley  on  the  king's  ser- 
vice :  Cal.  Pat.  1385-9,  p.  126.  John 
Duke  of  Lancaster  in  1397  retained  Sir 
John  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe  for  his  service 
in  peace  and  war,  giving  him  a  fee  of 
£20  yearly  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  860. 
A  similar  grant  was  made  to  him  in 
1399;  Cal.  Pat.  1396-9,  p.  557. 

34  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1460.  The 
tenure  of  the  lands  in  Middle  and  Out 
Rawcliffe  is  not  stated.  The  marriage  is 
also  noted  in  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  97^. 

*3  Pink  and  Beaven,  op.  cit.  50,  52. 
Licence  for  an  oratory  was  in  1428 
granted  to  Nicholas  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe 
and  Margery  his  wife ;  Raines  MSS. 
(Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  407. 

36  In  1441  Nicholas  appears  to  have 
married  Katherine  widow  of  Sir  Thomas 
Radcliffe,  and  lands  in  Catterall,  Gar- 
stang  and  elsewhere  were  assigned  to 
her  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  93.  Nicholas 
was  living  in  1443  and  1451,  as  appears 
by  the  note  following,  but  was  dead  in 
1455  ;  ibid.  fol.  98.  John  Boteler  of 
Rawcliffe,  as  son  of  Nicholas,  granted 
lands  to  Katherine,  his  father's  widow, 
in  1464  ;  ibid.  fol.  92. 

John  son  of  John  Boteler  and  brother 
of  Nicholas  released  to  trustees  all  his 
right  in  lands  in  Catterall,  &c.  ;  ibid, 
cxlix,  fol.  115^. 

27  A  feoffment  by  Nicholas  Boteler 
occurs  in  1443  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  108-9. 

In  1423  an  agreement  was  made 
between  Nicholas  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe 
and  John  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Richard 
Boteler  of  Warrington  for  the  marriage 
of  John  son  and  heir  of  the  former  and 

274 


married  in  1401  to  Margery  daughter  of  Sir  Richard 
Kirkby.24  Nicholas  Boteler,  who  was  knight  of  the 
shire  in  1419  and  I4z6,25was  about  1452  succeeded26 
by  a  son  John,27  who  died  in  September  1488  a  very 
old  man,  his  heir  being  a  great-grandson  James,  twenty 
years  of  age.  The  manor  of  Out  Rawcliffe,  with 
messuages,  lands,  &c.,  there  and  in  Stalmine,  Staynall, 
Thistleton,  Kirkham  and  Freckleton,  was  held  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  by  knight's  service  and  the  rent  of  8/.28 
James  Boteler,  who  married  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Molyneux  of  Sefton,29  died  in  1504,  leaving 
two  sons  John  and  Nicholas,30  of  whom  the  former 
proved  his  age  in  I  5  1 2.31  This  John  Boteler  recorded 

Elizabeth  si«ter  of  the  latter  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  83*.  In  1451  Nicholas 
made  a  grant  of  moss  and  turbary  to  his 
son  John  ;  ibid. 

An  earlier  deed  (about  1430)  records 
an  agreement  between  Nicholas  Boteler 
and  John  his  son  on  the  one  side  and  Sir 
Thomas  Radcliffe  on  the  other  for  the 
marriage  of  John's  son  and  heir-apparent 
Nicholas  to  Thomas's  daughter  Alice. 
There  are  mentioned  Sir  John,  the  father 
of  Nicholas,  Margery  his  wife  and  Eliza- 
beth wife  of  his  son  John  ;  ibid.  fol.  97. 

John  and  Richard,  sons  of  Nicholas 
Boteler,  were  defendants  in  1449  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  12,  m.  2. 

In  1467  William  son  of  John  Boteler 
of  Rawcliffe  received  lands  in  Freckleton, 
and  in  1502-3  John  son  and  heir  of 
William  Boteler,  on  marrying  Beatrice 
daughter  of  Richard  Singleton,  had  lands 
in  Esprick,  Thistleton  and  Freckleton  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  101-2. 

88  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  43, 
45.  The  descent  is  thus  given  :  John 
Boteler  the  elder  -s.  Nicholas  -t.  John 
—s.  James. 

From  later  pleadings  it  appears  that 
the  younger  John  married  Elizabeth,  one 
of  the  daughters  and  heirs  of  Robert 
Lawrence  of  Ashton,  &c. 

29  The   agreement  was  made   1 8  July 
1488  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  98*.      But 
in  it  James  Boteler  is  styled  '  esquire.' 

30  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  109. 
The  manor  of  Rawcliffe  was  held  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  by  knight's  service.   James 
Boteler  had  in  1500  granted  various  mes- 
suages and  lands  in  Freckleton,  Warton, 
Tarnacre,    &c.,    to    trustees    for    Anne 
daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  and 
wife  of  his  son  John  Boteler;  in   1501 
James  made  a  grant  to  his  brother  Richard, 
and  in  the  same  year  another  to  his  son 
Nicholas.     At  his  death  his  son  and  heir 
John  was  fourteen  years  of  age. 

Elizabeth  Boteler,  widow  of  James,  died 
in  Nov.  1508,  and  Richard  Boteler  in 
Oct.  1507  ;  ibid,  iv,  no.  33. 

31  Ibid.    no.    23.     It   was   stated    that 
John  Boteler  was  born  at  Rawcliffe  on 
1 6     Aug.     1489,    and    baptized    at     St. 
Michael's ;    John   Rigmaiden  and    Mar- 
garet wife  of  John   Kirkby  of  Thornton 
were   sponsors.       'A  certain   missal  was 
shown,  and   in  the  calendar  of   the  said 
book  the  day  of  birth   of  the  said  John 
Boteler  was  written   by  Richard   Brid,  a 
brother  of  the  order  of  Preachers  on  the 
said  Morrow  of  the  Assumption  ...  in 
these  words  :    John  Boteler  son  of  James 
Boteler  was  born    1489.'      One  witness 
remembered  being  sent  by  the  father  to 
announce    the     birth  .to     Dame     Anne 
Molyneux,   who  sent    him  back   with   a 
'  royal '  for  the  said  John. 

For  a  recovery  of  the  manor  in  .1521 
see  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  132,  m.  nd. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 


a  pedigree  in  1 533,"  and  died  in  1534,  leaving  by 
his  wife  Anne  Shireburne  four  daughters  as  co-heirs, 
viz.  Elizabeth,  who  married 
James  Standish  of  Duxbury  ; 
Isabel,  who  married  Thomas 
Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh,  and 
left  a  daughter  Anne,  after- 
wards wife  of  Sir  Gilbert 
Gerard  ;  Eleanor,  who  married 
Henry  Rishton  of  Rishton  ; 
and  Grace,  who  married  Hugh 
Anderton  of  Euxton.33  The 
manor  of  RawclifTe,  however, 
went  with  other  estates  to 
the  heir  male,  the  above- 
named  Nicholas,  brother  of 
John.  He  died  about  1555, 

leaving  a  son  Richard,34  who  was  succeeded  by  his 
brother  Henry,35  with  whom  the  pedigree  recorded 
in  1664  begins. 


BUTLER  of  Rawcliffe. 
Azure  a  che-veron  be- 
t-ween three  covered  cups 


This  family,  like  most  of  those  in  the  district, 
adhered  to  Roman  Catholicism  at  the  Reformation,  but 
appear  to  have  attended  the  reformed  services  occa- 
sionally in  order  to  avoid  fines  and  sequestrations.36 
Henry  Butler,  grandson  of  the  above-named  Henry,37 
lived  through  the  Civil  War  period,  and  lost  his  son 
in  the  king's  service  ;  but,  though  his  estates  appear  to 
have  been  sequestered  by  the  Parliament,  it  was  for 
'  delinquency  '  only.38  Another  Henry,  great-grand- 
son of  the  foregoing,  succeeded  to  the  estates  later,39 
and  had  a  son  Richard,40  who  joined  the  Jacobites  in 
1 71  5,  and  was  tried  and  condemned  for  high  treason. 
He  died  in  prison.41  His  estates  were  declared 
forfeit,"  and  the  manor  of  RawclifFe  was  in  1729  ac- 
quired by  Thomas  Roe,  an  attorney,  whose  daughter 
carried  it  in  marriage  to  John  France  of  Little 
Eccleston,  and  it  descended  in  this  family  for  a  time.43 
Mr.  Robert  John  France  Aiston  is  said  to  be  the 
present  lord  of  the  manor.  Courts  have  been  held  in 
recent  times.431 


32  Vhit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  93. 

33  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no.  4. 
The  manor  is  herein  called  Middle  Raw- 
cliffe.    John  Boteler's  will  is  given,  and 
it  is  recorded  that  he  had  begun  a  chantry 
and  service  in  St.  Michael's  Church.    The 
ages  of  the  heirs  are  given  :  Daughters — 
Elizabeth,  twenty-seven  ;  Isabel,  twenty- 
five  ;   Eleanor,   twenty-two  ;   and   Grace, 
twenty-one.     Brother — Nicholas,  thirty- 
three. 

Anne  the  widow  received  dower  in 
1534;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  98*.  The 
daughter  Eleanor  was  engaged  to  marry 
Henry  son  and  heir-apparent  of  Richard 
Rishton  in  1527  ;  ibid.  fol.  94^. 

For  the  descent  see  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  172,  m.  ii. 

34  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  4  ; 
the  will  of  Nicholas  Butler  is  recited,  his 
two  sons  Richard  and   Henry  being  men- 
tioned, and  daughters  Elizabeth   (wife  of 
John  Orrell),  Alice  and  Catherine.  There 
was  a  remainder    to  William   Butler   of 
Esprick    and    heirs    male.     Richard   was 
fifteen  years    old    at    his   father's    death. 
The    manor   of   Middle    Rawcliffe,  with 
windmill,  messuages,  &c.,  was  held  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  by  knight's  service.     Out 
Rawcliffe    is    separately    named,   but    no 
tenure  is  recorded.     For  an  inventory  of 
the    goods    at    Rawcliffe    see    Fishwick, 
St.  Michael's  (Chet.  Soc.),  147. 

Nicholas  Butler  in  1538  obtained  a 
dispensation  from  Archbishop  Cranmer 
to  enable  him  to  marry  Anne  Bradshagh, 
widow  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  94^.  His 
will  (ibid.  91^)  mentions  also  a  bistard 
son  James  and  a  son-in-law  John  Butler 
of  Kirkland. 

Richard  Butler,  the  heir,  is  said  to  have 
married  Agnes  daughter  of  Sir  Richard 
Hoghton  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  98^. 
The  date  is  wrongly  given  ;  perhaps  it 
should  be  31  Hen.  VIII. 

35  Richard  Butler  in  1564  settled  Raw- 
cliffe  and   Stalmine  on  himself  for  life, 
with  remainder    to  his    brother  Henry  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  98*  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.   26,  m.  253.     In   1571 
an  agreement  respecting  the  Butler  manors 
and  lands  was  made  by  Gilbert  Gerard, 
Anne  his  wife,  Thomas  Standish,  Margaret 
his  wife,  James  Anderton — these  repre- 
senting   John     Butler — Richard    Butler, 
Henry  Butler  and  Anne  his  wife  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  33,  m.  79  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  150  ; 
Lanes,  and   Ches.  Rec.  (Rcc.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  254. 


36  See  the  note   on    Kirkby  of  Upper 
Rawcliffe  ;  also  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  151—2. 

37  In  1591  William  Burgh  of  Larbreck 
charged  Henry  Butler  of  Middle  Rawcliffe 
with   trespassing    on    his   fishery   in    the 
Wyre,    catching    twelve    salmon    called 
mortes,  worth  izs.,  twenty  flukes   (20^.) 
and    100   eels   (6s.   %d.)  ;    Pal.   of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  268,  m.  9. 

The  elder  Henry  Butler  died  at  Middle 
Rawcliffe  on  24  Feb.  1620-1  holding 
the  manor  of  Middle  Rawcliffe  and  Out 
Rawcliffe  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  by  fealty 
and  6s.  8</.  rent  ;  also  two  ferry-boats  for 
the  passage  of  the  water  of  the  Wyre  in 
the  said  manor  and  a  free  fishery  in  the 
same  river,  with  other  manors  and  lands. 
Anne  his  widow  died  a  week  after  him. 
William  Butler,  his  son  and  heir,  was  sixty 
years  of  age  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
x.xvi,  no.  36. 

The  manor  of  Middle  Rawcliffe,  &c., 
was  the  subject  of  a  settlement  in  1632 
by  William  Butler,  Henry  his  son,  and 
William  son  of  Henry  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  121,  m.  I. 

William  Butler  died  in  1639,  his  son 
Henry  being  then  fifty-four  years  of  age  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx,  no.  1 8. 
Various  settlements  are  recited,  from 
which  it  appears  that  William  married 
Elizabeth  daughter  of  Cuthbert  Clifton 
of  Westby,  and  Henry  married  Dorothy 
daughter  of  Henry  Stanley  (of  Bicker- 
staffe).  William  had  brothers  named 
Nicholas  (with  son  Richard),  Thomas 
and  Robert,  and  younger  sons  Cuthbert, 
Nicholas  and  John.  The  tenure  of 
Rawcliffe  was  recorded  as  before  ;  there 
were  there  sixteen  saltcotes. 

38  Royalist    Comp.    Papers    (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,    and    Ches.),    i,    260-1.      Henry 
Butler's  sequestration  is  just  mentioned. 
His    son     Richard    had     left     a    widow 
Elizabeth,  whose  jointure  lands  had  been 
in  part  sequestered  for  her  '  popery."     She 
was  dead  in  1655,  when  Henry  petitioned 
for  the  removal  of  the  sequestration,  the 
lands  having  reverted  to  him. 

The  son  named,  Captain  Richard  Butler 
of  RawclifFe,  had  been  taken  prisoner  at 
the  capture  of  Liverpool  in  1644,  and 
died  soon  afterwards,  apparently  while  a 
prisoner  at  Manchester  ;  War  in  Lanes. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  60.  The  same  writer  states 
that  ' —  Butler,  the  young  heir  of  Raw- 
cliffe,' was  killed  at  Brindle  in  the  fight  of 
1651.  Dugdale,  contrary  to  his  custom, 
does  not  record  these  facts  in  the  pedigree 

275 


of  1664;  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  64.  Two 
other  members  of  the  family,  William 
and  Edward  Butler  of  Rawcliffe  and 
Myerscough,  have  been  noticed  in  the 
account  of  the  latter  place. 

The  pedigree  referred  to  gives  :  Henry 
Butler,  aged  eighty  -s.  Richard,  d.v.p.  -s. 
Richard,  aged  thirty-two  -s.  Henry,  aged 
six.  Henry  Butler  the  elder  died  in  1667; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  i  54,  where  an  abstract 
of  his  will  is  given.  Richard  Butler  of 
Rawcliffe,  with  Henry  and  five  other  sons, 
were  Preston  burgesses  in  1682  ;  Preston 
Guild  R.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  182. 

39  Henry    Butler    was    vouchee    in    a 
recovery  of  the  manor  of  Out  or  Middle 
Rawcliffe  in   1708  ;    Pal.  of  Lane.   Plea 
R.  488,  m.  7. 

40  Richard    Butler    was  vouchee    in   a 
recovery    of  the   manor    in   1714;    ibid. 
501,  m.  20. 

41  Gillow,   Bill.  Diet,   of  Engl.  Cath.  i, 
364—5.     Catherine  the  daughter  and  heir 
of    Richard    married    Edward    Markham 
and  had  Thurland  Castle.     See  Lanes,  and 
Ches.  Rec.  (Rec.   Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

',  '77- 

It  appears  that  Henry  Butler,  the  father 
of  Richard,  was  still  living  in  1720,  when 
he  '  put  in  a  claim  to  the  estate  for 
himself  and  Anne  his  wife,  but  as  they 
were  both  Papists  they  were  incapacitated 
and  their  interest  declared  void  '  ;  Fish- 
wick, op.  cit.  155.  Henry  Butler, 
Catherine  his  daughter,  and  Mary  the 
widow  of  Richard  in  1717  registered 
their  estates  as  '  Papists  '  ;  Estcourt  and 
Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  145,  148-9. 

4*  Rawcliffe  was  sold  in  1723  to  the 
Rev.  Richard  Cromleholme,  John  Leyland, 
Cornelius  Fox  and  James  Poole  for 
,£11,260  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  156. 

43  Op.  cit.  156-7,  where  the  succession 
is  thus  given  :  John  France,  d.  1774 
-s.  John,  d.  1817,  having  bequeathed  to 
Thomas  Wilson,  who  took  the  name  of 
France  and  died  in  1828  -s.  Thomas 
Robert  Wilson  France,  d.  1853-3.  Robert 
Wilson  France,  d.  1858,  having  be- 
queathed Rawcliffe  to  his  natural  son, 
Robert  John  Barton  Aiston,  who  assumed 
the  name  of  Wilson  France.  'In  the 
event  of  his  death  without  issue,  the 
property,  subject  to  certain  contingencies, 
will  [1891]  go  to  Greenwich  Hospital.' 

The  manor  of  Out  Rawcliffe  was  held 
by  John  France  in  1775  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  393,  m.  86. 

43a  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  40. 


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


RAWCLIFFE  HALL  stands  in  a  pleasant  situation 
a  little  over  a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  the  north  of  the 
right  bank  of  the  Wyre,  facing  south,  and  is  a  two- 
story  building  of  I  Jth-century  date  very  much 
modernized  and  added  to  in  recent  years.  It  has, 
however,  at  one  time  been  of  considerable  interest 
and  yet  retains  some  of  its  ancient  features,  though 
the  disposition  of  the  original  plan  is  no  longer  easy 
to  trace.  The  principal  elevations  face  the  south  and 
west  where  the  walls  are  covered  with  rough-cast  and 
the  windows  modern.  All  the  roofs  are  covered  with 
blue  slates.  The  greater  part  of  the  building  appears 
to  be  of  late  I  yth-century  brickwork,  but  this  only 
shows  at  the  back  where  no  rough-cast  has  been 
applied.  The  north  side  of  the  principal  or  south 
wing,  however,  retains  its  original  timber  construction 
facing  a  small  courtyard  about  24  ft.  by  21  ft., 
possibly  a  late  I  yth-century  development  of  the 
original  plan,  the  east  and  west  walls  having 
apparently  been  built  up  against  the  timber  framing 
of  the  main  wing.  This  timber  work  remains  a  very 
picturesque  feature  and  may  indeed  be  of  Elizabethan 
date,  or  at  any  rate  part  of  the  '  new  buildings  of  the 
Hall  of  Rawcliffe '  which  are  mentioned  shortly 
before  1619."  The  timber  framing  extends  the 
whole  height  of  the  building,  but  the  lower  part  is 
filled  in  with  2  J  in.  brickwork,  including,  however,  a 
good  door  with  traceried  panels.  The  upper  part 
has  a  long  range  of  mullioned  and  transomed  wood 
windows  glazed  with  diamond  quarries,  and  a  plaster 
cove  below  the  eaves,  the  framing  under  the 
windows  being  composed  of  two  rows  of  square 
panels  with  quatrefoil  and  other  fillings.  The  timber 
is  without  paint,  and  the  work  being  generally  very 
little  '  restored '  makes  a  very  charming  picture. 
The  courtyard,  however,  has  been  encroached  upon 
on  the  west  side,  and  has  been  altered  on  the  north, 
from  which  side  it  was  entered.  At  the  north  end 
of  the  west  wing  is  a  large  room  going  up  the  full 
height  of  the  building,  now  used  as  a  billiard-room, 
but  said  to  have  been  originally  the  chapel.  The 
west  front,  though  modernized,  retains  substantially 
its  17th-century  lines,  being  well  broken  up  with 
chimneys,  one  of  which  is  incorporated  in  an 
embattled  two- story  bay  window.  The  south  front 
is  uninteresting,  although  John  France,  who  died  in 
1774,  left  instructions  in  his  will  that  this  side  of  the 
house  should  never  be  altered.  '  It  is  questionable, 
however,  whether  the  wish  was  observed,  as  the 
modernization  seems  to  be  later  in  date.' 44a  There 
is  a  central  porch  going  up  both  stories,  but  the  roof 
runs  the  length  of  the  front  with  overhanging  eaves 
and  a  gable  east  and  west.  The  entrance  hall  has 
the  remains  of  an  open  fireplace,  and  there  is  a  small 
oak  staircase  with  dog  gate.  There  are  I  8th-century 


additions  on  the  north-east  side  and  in  other  parts,4Su 
and  on  one  of  the  outbuildings  to  the  north-west  is  a 
stone  inscribed  'Tho.  Roe,  Ano.  Dni.  1734.'  On 
the  lawn  on  the  west  side  is  a  lead  statue  of  a  girl  in 
haymaker's  costume  commemorating  one  of  the  farm 
servants  who  lost  her  life  under  peculiar  circum- 
stances. 

Apart  from  the  Butler  family  there  is  little  to 
relate  of  the  township,453  but  several  '  Papists '  regis- 
tered estates  in  I7I7-46 

For  the  Church  of  England  St.  John's  was  built  in 
1838;  the  vicar  of  St.  Michael's  presents  to  the 
vicarage.47 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  built  a  chapel  in  1844, 
but  services  were  discontinued  in  1873,  the  congre- 
gation having  dwindled  away.48 


GREAT   ECCLESTON 

Eglestun,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Eccliston,  1212  ;  Ecleston, 
1285  ;  Great  Eccleston,  1296. 

This  township  has  a  considerable  amount  of  low- 
lying  land  by  the  Wyre,  which  river  forms  the 
northern  boundary  ;  but  the  Copp,  which  occupies 
the  south-west  quarter,  rises  to  a  height  of  55  ft. 
above  the  sea  level.  On  the  northern  slope  of  it 
is  the  village  of  Great  Eccleston.  The  area  is 
1,469  acres,1  and  in  1901  the  population  numbered 

583. 

The  roads  spread  out  from  the  village.  Eastward 
goes  one  to  St.  Michael's  ;  east  and  south,  another  to 
Inskip  ;  west,  to  Little  Eccleston,  in  the  parish  of 
Kirkham,  affording  a  way  across  the  Wyre  by  Cart- 
ford  Bridge ;  south,  through  Copp  hamlet  to  Elswick. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

There  have  long  been  three  cattle  fairs — in  March, 
April  and  November,  held  by  custom. 

The  soil  is  clay,  and  principally  used  for  pasture 
land,  but  wheat,  oats,  barley  and  beans  are  grown. 
Rushes  were  formerly  a  staple  commodity,  and  rush- 
lights were  made. 

Thomas  Barrow,  a  local  portrait  painter  of  some 
ability,  was  born  at  Great  Eccleston  in  1737  and 
buried  at  St.  Michael's  in  1822.* 

A  ghost  story  was  connected  with  Cress  House,8 
formerly  owned  by  the  White  family. 

In  1066  Earl  Tostig  held  GREAT 
MANORS  ECCLESTON,  assessed  as  two  plough- 
lands,  as  a  member  of  his  Preston  lord- 
ship.4 Later  it  is  found  to  have  been  included  in 
the  Wyresdale  or  Garstang  fee  of  the  Lancaster 
family,  and  the  immediate  tenants  in  1212  have 
been  identified  as  Ralph  de  Eccleston  and  Walter 
son  of  Swain,  lord  of  Carleton.5  In  I  242  Adam  de 


44  Fishwick,  Sr.  Michael' s-on-Wyre,  157. 
In  a  document  drawn  up  by  Henry  Butler 
shortly  before  his  death  (24  Feb.  1620-1) 
the  following  places  are  mentioned  in 
Rawcliffe  Hall :  'All  the  buildings  on  the 
south  side  of  the  gates,  the  chamber  over 
the  gates,  the  chappell,  the  east  buttery 
with  the  chamber  over  it  called  the  lower 
Heigh  chamber,  the  closet  in  the  same 
over  the  porch,  the  kitchen,  the  larder, 
the  old  rye  barn,  the  slaughter  house,  the 
slaughter  house  barn,  the  old  stable,  and 
the  kiln.'  Also  the  '  chamber  where  my 
son  William  usually  does  lie." 

41a  Ibid. 


45  Fishwick,  writing  in  1891,  says  the 
east  side  was  modernized  and   partly  re- 
built '  about  thirty  years  ago.' 

45a  Geoffrey  the  Carpenter  about  1247 
released  to  William  de  Eccleston  an 
oxgang  of  land  in  the  vill  of  Rawcliffe, 
Hugh  the  chaplain  having  been  the 
tenant ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  57.  This 
may  refer  to  Upper  Rawcliffe. 

46  Estcourt    and    Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurors,  96,    &c.     Their   names  were 
Hilary  Ashton,  Philip   Butler  and  Henry 
Curwen,  in  addition  to  the  three  Butlers 
above  mentioned. 

47  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  95-6. 

276 


48  Ibid.  132. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  of  1901  gives 
1,467  acres,  including  13  of  inland  water. 

J  Fishwick,  St.  Michaefs  (Chet.  Soc.), 
199. 

8  *  It  is  said  that  strange  and  unaccount- 
able noises  have  been  heard  in  the  house, 
and  on  several  occasions  a  lady  dressed  in 
white  has  appeared  at  a  small  window 
looking  out  of  the  attics  into  the  garden 
below '  ;  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches, 
419. 

4  F.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288^. 

5  Land.    Inq.    and   Extents    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  2,  3. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 

Carleton  to  Richard  le  Boteler  about  1260." 
Thomas  de  Bartail  died  in  1 349  holding  a  third 
part  of  Great  Eccleston.1'3  Of  the  Boteler  tenure 
there  is  little  to  record.1*13 

The    Bartail  manor,  or  part  of  the   manor,  was 
in  1592  held  by  Thomas  Eccleston  of  Henry  Butler 


Eccleston  held  of  William  de  Lancaster  by  knight's 
service.6  In  1347  it  was  found  that  in  William  de 
Coucy's  lordship  of  Wyresdale  Sir  Richard  de  Kighley 
held  one  plough-land  by  knight's  service,  and  the 
heir  of  William  de  Bartail  or  Bartle  held  another 
plough-land  similarly.7  At  other  times  Kighley  and 
Bartail  were  said  to 
hold  two-thirds  and 
one-third  respectively. 
In  the  absence  of 
evidence  it  is  impos- 
sible to  trace  the  lord- 
ships clearly.  The 
Kighley  manor  seems 
to  represent  that  of 
Adam  de  Eccleston  in 
1242,*  and  to  have 
been  joined  in  practice 
with  Inskip  9 ;  it  de- 
scended to  the  Caven- 
dish family.10  The  Earl 
of  Derby  is  now  said 
to  be  lord  of  the 
manor.11  The  Bartail 
manor  was  held  of 
Boteler  of  RawclifFe, 
whose  title  came,  in 
part  at  least,  from  a 
grant  of  the  homage  of 
William  son  of  Uctred 
de  Eccleston  made  by  Walter  son  of  Sir  William  de  of  Rawcliffe  in  socage,"  and  descended  to  his  son 


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GREAT  ECCLESTON  :   RAIKES  ROAD 


6  Lanes.    Inq.   and   Extents    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,    and    Ches.),    i,    154.     Adam  de 
Eccleston    was    non-iuited    in    a     claim 
against  William  de  Lancaster  in   1246  ; 
Assize  R.  404,  m.  5. 

Adam  de  Eccleston  seems  to  have  been 
living  in  1258  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents, 
i,  212.  His  successors  were  perhaps  the 
Roger  and  his  son  Richard  of  whom  the 
Kighleys  were  later  stated  to  have  held. 

7  Inq.   p.m.  20   Edw.  Ill   (2nd  nos.), 
no.  63. 

3  In  1285  Alice  widow  of  Richard  le 
Boteler  acknowledged  the  right  of  Henry 
de  Kighley  and  Ellen  his  wife  to  the 
manor  of  Inskip  and  two-thirds  of  the 
manor  of  Great  Eccleston  ;  these  were  to 
descend  to  the  heirs  of  Ellen,  with  rever- 
sion in  default  to  the  heirs  of  Alice  ; 
Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  163—4.  Alice  was  daughter  of  William 
de  Carleton  ;  see  Out  RawclifFe.  Henry 
de  Kighley  and  Ellen  in  1296  purchased 
the  third  part  of  an  oxgang  of  land  in 
Great  Eccleston  from  Roger  de  Kirkby 
and  Margaret  his  wife  ;  ibid.  181. 
Another  half  oxgang  was  acquired  by 
Richard  de  Kighley  in  1326,  the  vendo'rs 
being  John  de  Thurstinton  and  Maud  his 
wife  ;  ibid,  ii,  64. 

Richard  de  Kighley  in  1323  made  an 
exchange  of  land  in  Roscaldcarrfield  with 
Richard  son  of  Robert  de  Eccleston  (see 
below);  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  87  (fol.255). 

A  moiety  of  the  manor  (i^  oxgaugg 
excepted)  was  settled  by  the  Kighleys  in 
1330  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  193. 

Gilbert  de  Kighley  in  1357  granted 
his  share  of  the  stream  and  fishery  of  the 
Wyre — from  Crossford  to  Skepulford — to 
Robert  de  Hornby,  Margery  his  wife, 
and  William  their  son  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix, 
fol.  95. 

IJ  Sir  Henry  Kighle/  in  1526  held  the 
manor  of  Inskip  with  lands  in  Eccleston 


of  the  heir  of  Richard  Eccleston  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  44.  Henry 
Kighley  in  1567  was  said  to  have  held 
of  the  heir  of  Richard  son  of  Roger  de 
Eccleston  ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  10. 

10  See   the    account    of  Inskip.     Lord 
Chesham  was  recently  reputed  lord  of  the 
manor,  but  »ee  p.  281  below. 

11  Information  of  Mr.  Windham  E.  Hale. 

"  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  86  ;  the  tene- 
ment is  described  as  5  oxgangs  of  land 
and  the  third  part  of  an  oxgang. 

The  tenant  is  elsewhere  called  William 
son  of  Uctred  son  of  Swain,  so  that  he 
may  have  been  a  relative  of  William  de 
Carleton.  He  gave  land  in  the  field 
called  Gaseflosland  to  Cockersand  Abbey  ; 
Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  190.  To  him 
Emma  daughter  of  Roger  de  Eccleston 
sold  a  toft  in  Eccleston  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii, 
fol.  59. 

William  son  of  Uctred  de  Eccleston 
about  1 240  granted  his  part  of  the  fishery 
to  his  lord  William  de  Lancaster,  who 
gave  it  to  Richard  de  Kirkby  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  87,  87*. 

William  seems  to  have  been  succeeded 
by  Robert  de  Eccleston,  who  occurs  from 
1249  to  1297  ;  Land.  Inq.  and  Extents, 
i,  172,  297. 

William  son  of  Robert  de  Eccleston 
gave  his  brother  Richard,  about  1304,  all 
his  right  in  2  oxgangs  of  land  in  Great 
Eccleston  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  fol.  2546. 

Robert  son  of  Richard  de  Eccleston  in 
1319  granted  all  his  lands  in  the  vill  to 
his  son  Richard  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  53. 
This  Richard  son  of  Robert  has  been 
named  above  (note  8). 

William  de  Bartail  summoned  John  de 
Bildeswath  in  133010  hold  to  a  covenant 
respecting  the  third  part  of  the  manor  of 
Great  Eccleston  ;  De  Banco  R.  283, 
m.  23 id.  He  in  1331  secured  the 
third  part  of  the  third  part  of  the  same 

277 


manor  from  Thomas  de  Eyvill  and  Mar- 
gery his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  79.  The 
said  William  soon  afterwards  purchased 
half  an  oxgang  of  land  there  ;  ibid.  90. 
The  Coucy  inquest  already  cited  shows 
that  William  de  Bartail  was  dead  in  1346. 

12a  He  held  of  the  king  (through  escheat 
after  the  death  of  William  de  Coucy)  by 
knight's  service.  There  were  2j  oxgangs 
of  land,  worth  2s.  ;  a  fishery  (part),  4.1.  rent 
from  a  free  tenant,  also  half  an  oxgang  of 
land  held  of  Sir  Richard  de  Kighley  by 
the  rent  of  a  pair  of  gloves.  John  son 
of  John  Dautry  was  next  of  kin  and  heir, 
and  six  years  old  ;  Inq.  p.m.  23  Edw.  Ill, 
pt.  ii  (ist  nos.),  no.  112. 

By  1 3  5  3  William  de  Tarleton  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife  (in  her  right)  had  succeeded 
to  this  third  part  of  the  manor ;  Final 
Cone,  ii,  137.  In  1361  they  claimed 
lands,  &c.,  in  Great  Eccleston  against 
Gilbert  de  Kighley  and  others,  but  did 
not  prosecute  ;  Assize  R.  441,  m.  i  d. 
An  agreement  had  probably  been  made  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  5  8 b. 

12b  Richard  son  of  Robert  del  Hall  of 
Eccleston  complained  in  1 346  that  Nicholas 
Boteler  had  taken  a  horse  of  his  in  the 
shortbutts  at  Westmeadowend.  Nicholas 
said  that  he  took  it  for  rent  due,  the 
tenement  being  part  of  5^  oxgangs  of 
land  which  he  held  of  the  king  by  paying 
nd.  yearly  and  31.  4</.  to  a  scutage  of 
40*.  ;  De  Banco  R.  346,  m.  22  d.  In 
1354  an  agreement  as  to  a  fishery  in  the 
Wyre  was  made  between  Sir  Richard  de 
Kighley,  Gilbert  his  son  and  William  de 
Tarleton  on  one  side  and  Sir  Nicholas 
Bwteler  on  the  other  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii, 
fol.  97^.  The  manor  of  Great  Eccleston 
is  named  among  the  estates  of  Nicholas 
Butler  in  1555,  but  the  tenure  is  not  re- 
corded ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  4. 

13  Ibid,  xvi,  no.  38.  Nothing  is  known 
of  any  connexion  of  this  Eccleston  family 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Adam,  then  sixteen  years  of  age.14  Soon  afterwards 
it  was  sold  to  Sir  Richard  Hoghton,15  and  then 
acquired  by  Thomas  Stanley,16  whose  son  Richard 
died  in  1640  holding  of  William  Butler  the  capital 
messuage  called  Eccleston  Hall  in  the  Fylde,  a  wind- 
mill and  lands,  and  leaving  a  son  and  heir  Robert, 
aged  five  years.17  Thomas,  the  father,  died  in  1641, 
and  his  grandson  Robert  following  him  about  six 
weeks  later,  the  heir  was  another  grandson,  Thomas, 
aged  six.18 

The  Stanleys  were  Roman  Catholics,19  but  the 
youth  of  the  heir  probably  saved  his  estates  from 
sequestration  during  the  Commonwealth  period.20 
Thomas  Stanley  recorded  a  pedigree  in  1 664,21  and 
left  a  son  and  heir  Richard.  He  married  Anne 
daughter  and  eventual  co-heir  of  Thomas  Culcheth 
of  Culcheth,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  Thomas,  a 


Jacobite  attainted  in  1716,  when  the  Eccleston  Hall 
estates  were  forfeited.22  The  hall  was  advertised  for 
sale  in  1796,  the  owner  at  that  time  being  James 
Greenhalgh  of  Heysham.23  It  was  in  1891  owned 
by  the  Misses  Westby,  but  it  does  not  appear  that 
any  manor  is  claimed. 

Among  the  minor  families  of  the  place  were 
Heriz,24  Peacock 28  and  Whittingham 26  in  earlier 
times,  and  Blackburne,  Gaunt,27  Leckonby,  Shire- 
burne,28  White  and  others29  later.  The  Blackburnes 
of  Stockenbridge  in  Upper  Rawcliffe  30  were  also  land- 
owners in  Great  Eccleston  ;  their  estates  descended 
to  the  Leckonbys,  another  recusant  family  long  resi- 
dent in  Eccleston  and  Elswick,  who  were  '  ruined  by 
the  dissipation  or  extravagance  of  Richard  Leckonby,' 
a  prisoner  for  debt  in  Lancaster  Castle  from  1762  to 
1783,  when  he  died.31 


with  the  earlier  tenants.  The  father  of 
Thomas  was  named  William  and  died  in 
or  before  1563  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlii,  fol. 
$6i.  A  John  Eccleston  of  London, 
grocer,  obtained  land  in  the  township  in 
1538  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  820. 

Thomas  Eccleston's  estate  spread  over 
several  neighbouring  townships  and  in- 
cluded Singleton  Grange.  He  purchased 
Ellison  House  in  1582  from  Henry 
Ellison,  and  acquired  other  land  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  44,  m.  13  ;  45, 
m.  44;  51,  m.  60;  Add.  MS.  32106, 
no.  958. 

14  A  settlement  of  the  moiety  of  the 
manors  of  Great  Eccleston   and  Elswick, 
with    various   lands,   &c.,   was   made   by 
Adam   Eccleston   in   1596  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlii,  fol.  56^. 

15  The  sale  took  place  in  1598  ;  ibid.  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  60,  m.  359. 
In  the  following  year  Sir  Richard  Hoghton 
made   a   further   agreement   respecting  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  with  James  Worth- 
ington  and  Anne  his  wife  ;  ibid.  bdle.  61, 
no.    23,   328.     It   appears   to  have  been 
sold   or  mortgaged  in   1602,  Sir  Richard 
Molyneux  and  Sir  Richard  Hoghton  being 
deforciants  ;  ibid.  bdle.   64,  m.  17.     The 
real  purchaser  in   1602  was  Sir  Edward 
Brabazon  ;  Raines  D.  in  Chet.  Lib. 

A  number  of  references  to  the  estate, 
1593-1601,  will  be  found  in  Ducatus 
Lane,  ill,  280,  &c. 

From  the  contemporary  pedigree  it 
appears  that  Anne  Worthington  was  a 
daughter  of  Adam  Eccleston  and  co-heir 
to  her  nephew  Adam  Eccleston  ;  Dug- 
dale,  Visit,  of  1613  (Chet.  Soc.),  126. 
From  this  the  relationship  of  the  two 
Adams  is  left  obscure,  but  the  elder  was 
probably  great-grandfather  of  the  younger. 

16  Thomas  Stanley  was  an  illegitimate 
son    of    Henry    fourth    Earl    of    Derby 
(d.  1593).     The  purchase  is  recorded  in 
Richard    Stanley's   inquisition.     Thomas 
Stanley    was    'of   Eccleston'    in    1622; 
Preston   Guild  R.   (Rec.   Soc.   Lanes,   and 
Ches.),  79.     He  in  1631  compounded  for 
refusing   knighthood     by    a    payment    of 
£13  6s.  8</.  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  222. 

17  Duchy   of    Lane.   Inq.   p.m.   xxviii, 
no.  73  ;  the  marriage  settlement  (1629) 
for  Richard   Stanley  and  Mary  Tyldesley 
is  recited.     Thomas,  the  father,  was  still 
living  at  Eccleston  in  1639.     The  lands 
were  held  of  William  Butler  of  Rawcliffe 
in  socage. 

18  Ibid,  xxix,   no.  14.      The    lands   in 
Eccleston  were  held  of    Henry  Butler  in 
socage. 


19  Fishwick,  St.  Michael's  (Chet.  Soc.), 
187,  where  there  is  a  pedigree. 

20  Mrs.  Stanley,  probably  the  widow  of 
Richard,  showed   hirself  friendly  to  the 
Cavaliers  ;  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  61, 

74- 

11  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  286  ; 
Richard  the  son  of  Thomas  was  three 
years  of  age. 

M  Fishwick,  loc.  cit.  ;  Lanes,  and  Ches. 
Rec.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  175. 

In  1724  an  annual  charge  of  ,£30  on 
the  lands  in  favour  of  Henry  Stanley  was 
operative,  but  the  lands  had  passed  to 
William  Greenhalgh.  The  pedigree  is 
thus  given  :  Thomas  Stanley  -s.  Richard, 
who  married  Anne  Culcheth  -s.  Thomas 
and  Henry  ;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.), 
iii,  228,  from  R.  10  of  Geo.  1  at  Preston. 
Henry  was  a  priest,  S.J. 

13  Preston  Guard.  Loc.  •  Sketches,  no. 
1273. 

*4  In  1 249-50  Mabel  widow  of  Geoffrey 
Heriz  claimed  dower  in  3  oxgangs  of  land 
in  Eccleston,  a  fishery  being  appurtenant, 
against  Richard  Heriz  ;  Curia  Regis 
R.  137,  m.  i6d.,  I7d.  Again  in  1314 
dower  was  claimed  by  Margery  widow  of 
Richard  de  Heriz  in  seven  messuages, 
5  oxgangs  of  land,  &c.,  in  Great  Eccleston 
against  Henry  de  Croft  the  elder  ;  De 
Banco  R.  204,  m.  3. 

45  In  1315  Anabil  widow  of  Alan  son 
of  William  de  Eccleston  obtained  dower 
in  half  an  oxgang  of  land,  &c.,  in  Great 
Eccleston  against  John  Pacok  ;  De  Banco 
R.  211,  m.  48.  John  Pacok  and  John 
Pacok  the  younger  occur  in  1332  ;  Exc/i. 
Lay  Subs.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
62.  In  1369  Robert  Pacok  and  Agnes 
his  wile  obtained  an  oxgang  of  land,  &c., 
from  John  Pacok  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  175. 

26  Geoffrey  de  Whittingham  in  1297 
had  a  rent  of  41.  from  Eccleston  ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  283.  Adam  de  Whit- 
tingham in  1401  granted  to  Robert  de 
Urswick  the  younger  two  messuages  and 
5  acres  of  land  in  Mickle  Eccleston,  which 
Thomas  de  Whittingham,  grantor's  uncle, 
formerly  had  of  the  gift  of  Clemency 
sometime  wife  of  Sir  Gilbert  de  Kighley  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  92^. 

*  John  Gaunt  and  Nicholas  White  were 
freeholders  in  1600  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  232-3. 

Four  messuages,  &c.,  were  in  1563 
held  by  John  Lawson,  Joan  his  wife,  Joan 
Lawson,  widow,  Roger  Gaunt  and  William 
Thornton  ;  the  remainders  were  to  Roger 
Gaunt,  Isabel  his  wife,  William  Thornton, 
Joan  his  wife,  to  the  right  heirs  of  Joan 
wife  of  John  Lawson  and  Joan  Lawson, 

278 


widow  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  25, 
m.  41.  A  moiety  of  four  messuages,  &c., 
was  in  1594  held  by  John  Gaunt  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  56,  m.  45.  William  Thornton  had 
a  son  John  5  ibid.  bdle.  57,  m.  163.  See 
Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  214. 

a(>  Robert  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst  in 
1492  held  land,  &c.,  in  Great  Ecclest<  n 
of  Sir  Henry  Kighley  in  socage  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  93. 

*9  Henry  Beesley  of  Goosnargh  and 
Jane  his  wife  had  land  in  Great  Eccleston 
in  1578  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 

40,  m.  8 1.    Jane  Beesley  died  in  1585,  but 
the  tenure  of  her  land  was  not  recorded  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  24. 
Francis  Beesley  in  1609  held  of  the  heir 
of  Henry  Kighley  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  138—9. 

William  Pleasington  of  Dimples  held 
of  the  king  in  socage  in  1621  ;  ibid,  ii, 
240.  This  family  had  held  lands  as  early 
as  1489 ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  68, 
m.  6d. 

The  tenure  was  not  recorded  in  regard 
to  the  tenement  of  Richard  Burgh  of 
Larbreck,  1639  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxx,  no.  100. 

Thomas  Taylor  of  Freckleton  held  land 
in  Eccleston  in  1640  of  the  king  as  of 
his  duchy  in  socage  ;  ibid,  xxx,  no.  i  5. 

30  In  1579  Joan  wife  of  William 
Thornton  (named  in  a  former  note)  was 
called  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Richard 
Blackburne  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 

41,  m.  179. 

A  later  Richard  Blackburne  held  a 
cottage  and  land  in  Eccleston  of  Henry 
Butler  in  socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxix,  no.  8 1. 

John  Blackburne,  who  had  sons  Richard 
and  Edward,  had  his  estate  sequestered  for 
recusancy  under  the  Commonwealth.  After 
his  death  (about  1649),  his  son  Richard 
being  also  a  recusant,  the  younger  son 
Edward,  apprentice  at  York,  applied  to 
have  a  messuage  and  land  which  had  been 
assigned  to  him  by  his  father  ;  Royalist 
Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  186—9. 

sl  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  188-9,  where  a  full 
pedigree  is  given,  showing  the  descent 
thus:  John  Leckonby,  d. 1 6 50  -s.Richard, 
d.  1675  —s.  John  — neph.  William  (son  of 
Richard),  d.  1729  —  s.  Richard,  d.  1783 
— gd.-dr.  Mary  (da.  of  William),  who 
married  Thomas  Henry  Hele  Phipps  of 
Leighton  House,  Wilts. 

John  Leckonby  of  Eccleston  and  Richard 
his  son  were  burgesses  of  Preston  in  1642, 
and  other  members  of  the  family  in  1662  ; 
Preston  Guild  R.  115,  148. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 


The  Whites  can  be  traced  back  to  the  141!! 
century.3*  John  White  died  in  July  1557  holding 
a  capital  messuage,  &c.,  in  Great  Eccleston  of  the 
heir  of  William  Pleasington  in  socage  by  4^.  rent,  and 
other  property  in  Esprick  and  Upper  Rawcliffe.  His 
heir  was  a  cousin  Nicholas,  son  of  William  White, 
aged  twenty-two.33  The  residence  of  the  family  was 
known  as  Cross  House,34  and  remained  with  them 
till  about  a  century  ago.35 

A  small  piece  of  land  was  granted  to  Cockersand 
Abbey,36  but  more  considerable  gifts  were  made  to 
Dieulacres,37  which,  together  with  Rossall,  were 
acquired  by  the  Fleetwoods  after  the  Dissolution.38 

Some  sequestrations  are  recorded  in  the  Common- 
wealth period,39  and  in  1717  several  '  Papists '  regis- 
tered estates.40 

There  are  four  places  of  worship  in  the  township. 
For  the  Church  of  England,  St.  Anne's,  Copp, 
was  erected  in  1723,  because,  Elswick  Chapel  'being 
never  consecrated  and  in  the  possession  of  Dissenters, 
it  was  thought  more  proper  to  build  a  new  chapel 
here  than  to  seize  upon  that.' 41  The  vicar  of 
St.  Michael's  presents  to  this  church. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists,  after  holding  meetings 
in  a  cottage,  built  a  chapel  in  1841."  The  Baptists 
also  have  a  chapel. 

As  the  chief  resident  families  adhered  to  Roman 
Catholicism  at  the  Reformation,  it  is  probable  that 
mass  was  said  with  comparative  regularity  during  the 
times  of  proscription,  but  no  connected  story  of  the 
mission  in  the  township  can  be  given  before  1700, 
soon  after  which  there  appears  to  have  been  a  chapel 
of  St.  Lawrence  at  Raikes,  rebuilt  in  1760.  The 
present  church  of  St.  Mary,  in  the  village,  was 
opened  in  l835.41 


INSKIP-WITH-SOWERBY 

Inscip,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Inskyp,  1246  ;  Insckyp,  1285; 
Ineskyp,  1331. 

Sorbi,  Dom.  Bk.  ;    Soureby,  1256. 

This  township  has  a  total  area  of  2,979^  acres,1  of 
which  Inskip  proper  has  2,046,  Sowerby  86S£,  and 
Carr  House  Green  Common  65.  The  north  and 
east  portions  are  flat  and  lie  low,  but  the  south-west 
quarter  has  two  rather  higher  plateaux,  50  ft.  above 
sea  level,  divided  by  a  small  valley  running  from  west 
to  east.  On  the  more  northerly  of  these  elevations 
stands  the  village  of  Inskip  ;  the  southerly  contains 
Higham.  Crossmoor  lies  on  the  western  border  ; 
Sowerby  is  in  the  lower  land  to  the  east.  There  was 
a  population  of  450  in  1901. 

The  principal  road  goes  north-west  and  west  from 
Woodplumpton,  through  the  village  of  Inskip  to  Els- 
wick  and  Singleton,  with  two  branches  going  north  by 
Sowerby  and  by  Inskip  to  St.  Michael's,  and  another 
south-west  through  Higham  to  Wharles  and  Kirkham. 

There  is  a  parish  council. 

The  soil  is  light  and  peaty,  with  subsoil  gravel. 
Wheat  and  oats  are  grown.  Rush  wicks  were 
formerly  made  in  Sowerby. 

Though  INSKIP,  assessed  as  two 
MANORS  plough-lands,  is  named  in  Domesday 
Book  among  the  manors  of  Earl  Tostig 
in  1066,*  its  subsequent  history  is  very  obscure.  In 
the  I  3th  century  it  seems  to  have  been  held  by  the 
Carleton  family,3  and  to  have  been  joined  to  their 
part  of  Great  Eccleston.  Walter  son  of  Sir  William 
de  Carleton  about  1280  granted  his  son  William  the 
homage  and  service  of  Sir  Richard  le  Boteler  for  his 
tenement  in  Inskip  and  Eccleston.4  In  1285  Henry 


Richard  Leckonby,  described  as  'of 
Elswick,'  took  arms  against  the  Parlia- 
ment, and  submitted  at  Greenhalgh  Castle 
in  1645  ;  he  took  the  National  Covenant 
and  Negative  Oath,  and  compounded  for 
his  estate  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  iv,  76-7. 
The  family  afterwards  became  Roman 
Catholics,  and  in  1717  William  Leckonby 
a»  a  '  Papist '  registered  his  estate  at 
Eccleston  and  Elswick,  subject  to  a  rent- 
charge  of  £25  to  Anne  his  wife  ;  Estcourt 
and  Payne,  Er.gl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  132. 
Through  this  marriage  the  Leckonby* 
acquired  the  manor  of  Hothersall.  The 
son  Richard,  named  -in  the  text,  by  his 
marriage  acquired  Stockenbridge  and  other 
estates  ;  his  wife  was  Mary  daughter  of 
William  Hathornethwaite  of  Stonyhurst 
and  in  1757  heir  to  her  brother  John  ; 
Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  288,  from 
R.  31  of  Geo.  II  at  Preston.  For  the 
bankruptcy  see  ibid,  iii,  372,  380,  384. 

M  Roger  the  White  contributed  to  the 
subsidy  in  1332;  Exch.  Lay  Subs,  62. 
John  son  of  Roger  the  White  had  a  dispute 
concerning  land  with  Adam  son  of  Roger 
the  White  and  Adam  »on  of  Hugh  de 
Elswick  in  1348;  De  Banco  R.  355, 
m.  124. 

13  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  55. 
A  settlement  of  messuages,  &c.,  in  Much 
Eccleston  and  Tarnacre  was  made  in 
1590  by  Nicholas  White  and  Isabel  his 
wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  52, 
m.  119. 

Thomas  White  in  1560  claimed  a 
capital  messuage,  &C.,  in  Eccleston,  Tarn- 
acre,  Upper  Rawcliffe  and  Charnley  Eaves 
against  Nicholas  White  ;  Ducatus  Lane. 
ii,  235.  In  1589  the  tenure  was  in 


dispute,  Robert  Pleasington  alleging  that 
it  was  by  fealty  and  a  rent  of  45.,  while 
Nicholas  White  asserted  that  it  was  in 
socage  by  a  castle-guard  rent  of  6s,  ; 
ibid,  iii,  225. 

14  This  was  part  of  the  rectory  estate, 
having  belonged  to  Battlefield  College  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  190. 

35  Ibid.    191—2.      An  account  of  a  dis- 
pute as  to  a  settlement  by  Thomas  White 
in    1675    was   printed   in   Preston  Guard. 
Loc.   Notes,    1 6    Feb.    1878.       For    the 
family,  who    were    recusants,   see    Misc. 
(Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  190. 

36  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  190. 

37  Dieulacres  Chartul.  (Wm.  Salt  Soc.), 
324.     Uctred  son   of  Swain   released   to 
the  monks  Roger  and  Adam  sons  of  Elsi 
of  Great  Eccleston,  and  William  son  of 
Uctred   confirmed   this  grant,   as  he   did 
also  that  of  half  an  oxgang  of  land  made 
by  Adam   son  of  Richard    de  Eccleston. 
The  dates  range  from  about  1210  to  1230. 

38  Pat.  7  Edw.  VI,  pt.   ix  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  2. 

39  See  preceding  notes.     Two-thirds  of 
a  small  tenement  in  Much  Eccleston  was 
sequestered  for  the  recusancy  of  William 
Gurnall.     He  being  dead  in  1653,  his  son 
Robert,  aged  six,  who  was  '  a  conformable 
Protestant,'  petitioned  for  the  discharge 
of  the  sequestration,  and  it  was  granted  ; 
Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  iii,  137. 

40  Elizabeth  Butler,  widow  ;    Thomas 
Penswick,  Alice  Taylor  and  Joan  Caton, 
widow  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl,  Cath. 
Nonjurors,  105,  135,  141. 

41  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  453—4.      From  correspondence  printed 
in    the    notes    ibid,  it  appears    that    the 

279 


chapel  was  built  by  subscription  and  that 
Mr.  France  was  the  chief  promoter.  See 
also  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  89-95,  where  a 
list  of  curates  and  vicars  is  given  ;  Hewit- 
son,  Our  Country  Churches,  420. 

4*  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  133  ;  Hewitson, 
426. 

43  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  96— 102  ;  Hewitson, 
423.  The  first  resident  priest  known  is 
William  Caton,  of  a  local  family,  educated 
at  the  English  College,  Rome,  1694- 
1701  ;  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  vi,  445  ;  Tyldesley 
Diary,  6 1,  109,  174.  There  is  a  short 
notice  of  the  Caton  family  in  Misc.  (Cath. 
Rec.  Soc.),  v,  191. 

In  1774  there  were  confirmed  114 
persons,  and  ten  years  later  thirty-seven. 
Belonging  to  the  church  are  a  portable 
altar-stone  such  as  the  missionary  priests 
carried  with  them  in  the  penal  times, 
two  early  chalices,  and  another  of  Queen 
Anne's  time  ;  Fishwick,  loc.  cit. 

1  The  Census  Kep.  of  1 901  says  that  there 
are  2,984  acres,  including  7  of  inland 
water, 

3  V.C.ti.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

1  In  1246  Richard  de  Whittingham 
and  Hawise  his  wife  claimed  common  of 
pasture  against  William  de  Carleton  re- 
specting certain  lands  in  Inskip,  but  were 
non-suited  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  3.  Robett 
son  of  Adam  at  the  same  time  unsuccess- 
fully claimed  certain  pieces  of  land 
(che-viciae],  about  2  acres  in  all,  against 
William  de  Carleton  ;  ibid.  m.  7. 

4  Dods.   MSS.    cxlii,    fol.    83.      Ellen 
widow  of  Robert  de  Stockport  in   1275 
claimed  from   Richard  le  Boteler  a  third 
part   of   21.   rent   in   Inskip ;  DC   Banco 
R.  10,  m.  71  d. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


de  Kighley  and  Ellen  his  wife  obtained  from  Alice 
widow  of  Richard  le  Boteler  the  manor  of  Inskip  and 
two-thirds  of  the  manor  of  Great  Eccleston.5  Henry 
de  Kighley  was  knight  of  the  shire  in  1297,  1298 
and  1 30 1.6  Sir  Richard  de  Kighley  in  1330  settled 
the  manor  of  Inskip  and  other  estates,  with  succession 
to  his  son  Gilbert  and  his  heirs  by  Clemency  his 
wife.7 

Gilbert  de  Kighley  appears  to  have  had  a  son 
Sir  Henry,8  whose  three  sons  John,  Hugh  and 
Richard  were  in  the  remainder  to  '  Nicholas  Manor ' 
in  Tyldesley  in  1385.'  Of  these  Richard  10  is  prob- 
ably the  knight  who  was  slain  at  Agincourt,  14I5,11 
and  was  followed  by  a  son  Henry,12  who  occurs  down 
to  I446.13  Then  came  another  Richard,  described  as 
son  and  heir  of  Henry  in  \<\.6j.u  Sir  Henry 
Kighley15  died  in  1526  holding  the  manor  of  Inskip 
with  messuages  and  lands  in  Inskip  and  Eccleston  of 
the  heir  of  Richard  Eccleston  in  socage  by  the  rent 
of  a  barbed  arrow.  His  grandson  Henry  Kighley, 
aged  thirty,  was  his  heir.16  The  heir,  who  recorded 
a  pedigree  in  1533,"  left  a  son  Henry,  who  was  dead 


in  1554,  when  his  heir  was  a  son  also  named 
Henry.18  This  Henry  Kighley  proved  to  be  the  last 
of  his  name;  he  died  in  July  1567,  leaving  two 
daughters  as  heirs — Anne,  aged  four  years,  and 


KIGHLEY.      Argent  a 
feise  sable. 


CAVENDISH.  Sable 
three  stags'  heads  ca- 
boshed  argent. 


Katherine,  aged  four  months.19  The  former  married 
William  Cavendish,  ancestor  of  the  Dukes  of  Devon- 
shire, and  the  latter  married  Thomas  Worsley  of 
Booths.*0  On  partition  the  manor  of  Inskip  was 


5  Final  Cone.    (Rec.    Soc.    Lanes,    and 
Ches.),    i,    163-4;    should     Henry    and 
Ellen  die  without  issue  the  manors  were 
to  revert   to  Alice.     In    1296   the  same 
Henry  and   his   wife   acquired  a  further 
part  of  Great  Eccleston   and   the  manor 
of  Bedford  in  the   parish  of  Leigh  ;  ibid. 
1 8 1— 2.     The    surname    is    derived   from 
Keighley  in  Yorkshire,  where  Sir  Henry 
de  Kighley  held  six  plough-lands  in  1303  ; 
Kirkbys  Inq.  (Surtees  Soc.),  192-3. 

6  Pink    and    Beaven,    Parl.    Repre.   of 
Lanes,  n,  12. 

7  Final  Cone,  ii,  193  ;  the  other  estates 
were  a  moiety  of  the   manor  of    Great 
Eccleston   and   the    manor    of   Keighley. 
The  trustee  in  the  settlement  was  Thomas 
son   of  Henry  de   Kighley.     Nicholas  le 
Boteler  put  in  his  claim.     The  manor  of 
Bedford  was  at  the  same  time  settled  on 
Gilbert  and  Clemency  ;  ibid.  77.     Robert 
and  John,   apparently  other  sons  of  the 
same  Richard,  had  land   in  Eccleston  in 
1326  ;  ibid.  64.     Sir  Richard  de  Kighley 
was  in  1346-7   engaged   in  disputes  with 
Sir  Nicholas  le  Boteler  as  to  the  manor  of 
Inskip;  De   Banco  R.   347,   m.   217  d.  ; 
349,   m.  n8d.      He,  with  others,  acted 
in  1351  as  surety  for  William  de  Balders- 
ton,  clerk  ;  Assize  R.  431,  m.  I  d. 

8  Gilbert  de  Kighley  was  in  1353  con- 
cerned in  a  dispute  as  to   a  mill  in  Bed- 
ford ;  Assize  R.  435,  m.  5,  32.     In  1356 
he   attested   a   Sowerby  deed  ;  Add.   MS. 
32106,  no.  3. 

Henry  son  of  Gilbert  de  Kighley  was, 
together  with  Roger  de  Bradshagh  of 
Westleigh  and  others,  charged  in  1375 
with  wrongfully  imprisoning  Adam  son 
of  Robert  de  Buckley  the  tlder  at  Pen- 
nington  ;  De  Banco  R.  4157,  m.  34  d. 

Henry  de  Kighley  of  Leigh  was  named 
in  a  recognisance  of  debt  in  1378  ;  Add. 
MS.  32108,  no.  1657. 

Gilbert's  brother  was  Nicholas  de 
Kighley,  who  was  executor  of  Sir  Richard's 
will  (1366-70)  ;  De  Banco  R.  423, 
m.  318  ;  438,  m.  344.  Nicholas  de 
Kighley  and  Joan  his  wife  transferred  in 
1378  various  messuages  and  lands  to 
Robert  [?de  Urswick]  ;  they  were  situated 
in  Inskip,  Great  and  Little  Eccleston  and 
Elswick ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  4.  See  the 
account  of  Hapton  in  Whallcy. 

9  Final  Cone,  iii,  26. 

'"  Richard' son  of  Sir  Henry  de  Kighley 


in  1396  obtained  the  manor  of  Lightshaw 
(ibid.  49),  which  descended  like  Inskip. 

Richard  de  Kighley  is  named  in  writs 
in  1409  and  1411  ;  Add.  MS.  32108, 

no-  IS95,  1533- 

Sir  Richard  de  Kighley  and  Katherine 
his  wife,  widow  of  Sir  Peter  Maulcverer, 
occur  in  1410  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  69. 

11  Nicolas,     Agincourt      (ed.       1827), 
ccxxxii,  ccxxxvi. 

12  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  1 1 6. 
The  lands  in  Inskip  were  said — no  doubt 
wrongly — to   be  held  of  the   heir  of  Sir 
William  Boteler  (of  Warrington).    Henry, 
the  heir,  was  twenty-four  years  old. 

Henry,  as  executor  of  his  father, 
rendered  account  of  sums  expended  in 
the  Agincourt  campaign  ;  Army  Accts. 
Exch.  K.R.  bdle  44,  no.  29.  Sir  Richard 
had  taken  in  his  retinue  fifty  Lancashire 
bowmen  at  6d.  a  day.  One  of  them  was 
William  Tailor  of  Inskip,  who  died  at  the 
siege  of  Harfleur. 

A  contemporary,  Sir  John  Kighley, 
was  bailiif  of  Rouen  in  1420,  and  is 
otherwise  mentioned  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Ref>. 
xlii,  App.  388,  &c.  Sir  Gilbert  Kighley 
also  occurs  ;  ibid,  xliv,  App.  579. 

18  Henry  Kighley  was  a  trustee  in 
1432  and  1446  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  99,  113. 
In  1473  tne  executors  of  the  will  of 
Henry  Kighley  were  Constance  the 
widow  and  James,  Ralph  and  Christopher 
Kighley  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  of  Assize, 
bdle.  13. 

14  Dods.   MSS.   cxlix,  fol.  ioib  ;  in  a 
bond   of  £40  to   abide  by  an  arbitration 
as  to  disputes  with  John  Kirkby  of  Raw- 
cliffe.     Richard  Kighley,  esq.,  was  plaintiff 
respecting  a  tenement  in  Great  Eccleston 
in  1459  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  of  Assize, 
bdle.  5  (37  Hen.  VI).     He  was  a  juror 
in   1464  ;    Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.   Soc.), 

",  77- 

15  He    was    made    a    knight    by    Lord 
Stanley  during  the   Scottish  expedition  of 
1482  ;  Metcalfe,  Bk.  of  Knights,  7. 

16  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  44. 
The  heir  was  son  of  Richard  son  of  Sir 
Henry.     The    other    Lancashire    estates 
were  the  manor  of  Lightshaw,  with  lands 
in  Golborne  and  Pemberton  ;  also  others 
in  Bedford. 

17  Visit,  of  1533  (Chet.  Soc.),  92  ;  his 
wife    was    Cecily    daughter    of    Thomas 
Boteler  of  Bewsey,    and    his  son    Henry 

280 


had    married    Elizabeth  daughter   of   Sir 
Alexander  Osbaldeston. 

18  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  49  ; 
it  is  noteworthy  that  the  manor  of  Inskip, 
called  Inskip  Hall,  was  stated  to  be  in 
the  vill  of  Eccleston.  The  inquisition 
recites  the  provision  made  by  Henry  the 
father  on  his  son's  contract  of  marriage 
(1523)  with  Elizabeth  Ofbaldeston.  His 
father's  widow  was  named  Isabel  ;  she 
had  married  Nicholas  Tempest  before 
1552.  Part  of  the  younger  Henry's  will 
is  given,  naming  daughters  Margaret  and 
Anne.  Of  these  the  former  married 
William  Hulton. 

In  1552  an  annuity  of  £30  wag 
settled  on  Isabel  Tempest  for  life  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  14,  m.  97. 

19  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  10  ; 
the  manor  of  Inskip,  or  Inskip  Hall, 
with  messuages  and  lands  in  Eccleston 
and  Cross  Moor,  was  held  of  the  heir  of 
Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Eccleston  by 
the  rent  of  a  barbed  arrow. 

The  will  of  Henry  Kighley,  1567, 
is  printed  in  Richmond  Wills  (Surtees 
Soc.),  198.  He  desired  to  be  buried 
in  St.  Michael's  Church  near  the  place 
where  his  father  was  buried.  Mary 
his  wife,  Anne  his  daughter,  Isabel 
Tempest  (widow  of  Henry  Kighley  his 
grandfather)  and  Mr.  Justice  Carus  his 
father-in-law  are  named.  He  left  '  to 
every  one  of  my  servants  and  to  every 
one  of  my  mother's  servants  at  Light- 
shaw one  whole  year's  wages.' 

Elizabeth  Kighley  of  Lightshaw,  widow, 
was  a  recusant  in  1577  ;  Gibson,  Lydiate 
Hall,  215,  217. 

80  A  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Inskip, 
with  view  of  frankpledge,  &c.,  was  in 
1585  held  by  William  Cavendish  and 
Anne  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  47,  m.  133.  The  other  moiety  was 
in  1589  held  by  Thomas  Worsley  and 
Katherine  his  wife  ;  ibid.  bdle.  5i,m.  13. 
An  agreement  seems  to  have  been  made 
in  1 593;  ibid.  bdle.  55,  m.  1 61,  1 80.  In 
1594-5  Thomas  Worsley  and  Katherine 
sold  messuages  in  Inskip  and  Cross  Moor 
to  John  de  Cardenas  and  Nicholas  and 
William  Thompson  ;  ibid,  bdles.  56, 
m.  122  ;  57,  m.  n. 

John  de  Cardenas  sold  his  land  to 
Sir  Richard  Shuttleworth  in  1596  and  it 
descended  with  the  Gawthorpe  estates  ; 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


allotted  to  the  former,11  and  descended  in  the  main 
line  until  1819,  when  it  was  given  to  a  younger 
branch,1*  and  so  descended  to  the  trustees  of  the 
Earl  of  Burlington,  who,  with  the  Hon.  Charles 
Compton  Cavendish,  in  1843  23  sold  it  to  the  thirteenth 
Earl  of  Derby,  whose  successor  is  now  lord  of  Inskip 
and  Great  Eccleston.  Manor  courts  are  held.14 

A  manor  of  Inskip  was  claimed  by  the  Cliftons  of 
Westby.14  This  appears  to  have  been  the  tenement 
of  the  Whittingham  family16  which  about  I  308  passed 
to  the  Shireburnes  of  Stonyhurst.17  A  family  sur- 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 

named  Inskip 1S  and  a  few  other  landowners  occur  in 
the  records.18 

Cockersand  Abbey  *°  and  the  Knights  Hospitallers  n 
had  lands  in  the  township. 

SOWERBT  was  in  1066  assessed  as  one  plough- 
land,  and,  like  Inskip,  formed  part  of  Earl  Tostig's 
fee.*3  Afterwards  Great  Sowerby  was  part  of  the 
Wyresdale  lordship,33  and  the  chief  owners  appear  to 
have  been  the  Banastre M  and  Hoghton w  families. 
The  Earls  of  Derby  have  long  been  lords  of  the 
manor,56  and  courts  are  held.17 


Fiihwick,  op.  cit.  30 ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  59,  m.  210.  Cross  Moor 
belonged  to  the  lords  of  Inskip  in  1580  ; 
Exck.  Dtp.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  2. 

11  William  Lord  Cavendish  had  Inskip, 
&c.,  in  1614  ;  Pat.  1 2  Jas.  I,  pt.  xxvi. 

**  See  the  account  of  Brindle.  Inskip 
was  among  the  manors  of  the  Right  Hon. 
William  Cavendish  in  1747  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  567,  m.  6. 

**  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  19. 

84  Information  of  Mr.  Windham  E. 
Hale. 

•"In  1514  it  was  found  that  William 
de  Clifton  about  1300  had  had  the 
homage  and  service  of  Richard  Shireburne 
for  his  manor  of  Inskip  as  parcel  of  the 
manors  of  Clifton  and  Westby,  and  that 
this  had  descended  to  Cuthbert  Clifton, 
who  died  in  1512  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iii,  no.  3.  Similar  statements  are 
made  later  ;  ibid,  ix,  no.  6. 

96  Richard  son  of  Warine  de  Whitting- 
ham gave  2  acres  in  Inskip  to  Cocker- 
sand  Abbey  ;  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  1 84. 
In  1246  Geofrrey  de  Whittingham  ob- 
tained an  oxgang  of  land,  &c.,  from  Richard 
de  Whittingham  and  Hawise  his  wife  ; 
Final  Cone,  i,  99.  Richard  de  Whitting- 
ham gave  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Inskip  to 
Roger  de  Wharles  with  his  daughter 
Alice  in  exchange  for  an  oxgang  in 
Elswick,  and  Roger  and  Alice  afterwards 
released  it  to  John  lord  of  Whittingham, 
son  of  Richard  ;  Towneley  MS.  DD, 
no.  1906.  John  son  of  Richard  de 
Whittingham  in  1279  claimed  land 
against  Walter  de  Carleton  and  William 
his  son  ;  De  Banco  R.  31,  m.  32.  John 
son  of  John  de  Whittingham  in  1 305 
claimed  a  messuage,  2  oxgangs  of  land, 
&c.,  in  Inskip  against  his  father  and  his 
brother  William,  with  whom  was  joined 
Adam  de  Lever  ;  Assize  R.  420,  m.  6. 
There  are  two  charters  relating  to  it  in 
Kuerden  foL  MS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  330  (68), 
331  (96). 

17  The  Shireburne  abstract  book  at  Lea- 
gram  affords  the  following  notes  :  John 
de  Whittingham  to  John  his  son,  all  his 
lands  in  Sowerby  (s.d.).  John  de  Whit- 
tingham of  Sowerby  to  John  son  of 
Nicholas  de  Sowerby,  all  lands  in  Great 
Sowerby  which  he  had  from  Sir  Henry 
de  Kighley  (s.d.).  William  son  of  John 
de  Whittingham  to  Robert  de  Shireburne, 
homages  and  services  in  Elswick,  Inskip 
and  Sowerby  (Inskip,  1308). 

In  1354  John  the  Chapman  of  Preston 
claimed  against  Alice  widow  of  Robert 
de  Shireburne  two  messuages,  100  acres 
of  land,  &c.,  as  nephew  and  heir  of  John 
son  of  Nicholas  de  Sowerby,  being  son  of 
John's  sister  Margery.  The  land  had 
been  granted  to  Roger  de  Sowerby,  but 
his  son  and  heir  (John)  had  died  without 
issue.  Alice  alleged  that  Roger  was  a 
bastard,  so  that  his  lands  escheated  to 
her,  but  the  jury  found  for  the  claimant ; 


Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  3,  m.  v  d. 
Margery  widow  of  Nicholas  de  Sowerby 
occurs  in  1292  ;  As  ize  R.  408,  m.  36. 

Sir  Adam  de  Howick  in  1358  pur- 
chased messuages,  &c.,  in  Inskip  from 
John  the  Chapman  of  Preston,  William 
le  Grigour  and  Alice  his  wife  ;  Final 
Cone,  ii,  159. 

Inskip  is  named  among  the  Shireburne 
estates  in  the  later  inquisitions,  but  the 
tenure  is  not  recorded.  It  can  only  be 
gathered  from  the  Clifton  inquisitions 
cited  already. 

*8  Adam  de  Inskip  to  his  son  Thomas 
land  on  Moorbreck  (perhaps  in  Upper 
Rawcliffe),  for  which  id.  rent  was  due  to 
Lytham  Priory;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  188. 

Richard  de  Inskip  granted  to  Richard 
le  Boteler  the  waste  pertaining  to  I  ox- 
gang  of  land  in  Inskip,  also  part  of  the 
windmill  j  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  S  4. 

About  1226  William  de  Carleton 
released  to  Dieulacres  Abbey  his  right  in 
Richard  son  of  Richard  son  of  Alan  de 
Inskip  ;  Dieulacres  Chartul.  (Wm.  Salt 
Soc.),  352. 

89  An  agreement  was  made  in  1271-2 
between  Richard  son  of  Geoffrey  de 
Chipping  and  Gilbert  ton  of  Paulinus  de 
Wedacre  and  Godith  his  wife  as  to  land, 
etc.,  in  Inskip  and  the  twelfth  part  of  the 
mill ;  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.),  C  1912. 

Adam  de  Catterall  in  1397  held  a 
messuage,  &c.,  of  the  duke  in  socage  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  66. 

James  Anderton  of  Clayton  and 
Dorothy  his  wife  had  an  estate  here  in 
1602  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  64, 
m.  233.  In  the  inquisition  he  is  said  to 
have  had  201.  rent  from  Inskip  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  56. 

30  Chartul.  i,  184. 

31  Plae.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 
w  V.C.H.    Lanes,    i,    2880.     There    is 

nothing  to  show  whether  this  refers  to 
Great  and  Little  Sowerby  or  to  one 
portion  only. 

83  Ingram  de  Gynes  held  Sowerby  in 
1324  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39^. 

84  The  Banastre   of  Bretherton  estate 
was  probably  derived  from  the  Singletons. 
In  1346—8  John  Trussell  and  Petronilla 
his    wife   were    claiming    her    dower   in 
various  messuages  and  lands  in  Sowerby 
against  Robert  de  Haldeleghs  and  his  son 
John  ;    De     Banco    R.    347,    m.    165  ; 
354,  m.  300. 

In  i  $21  the  Banastre  estate  was  held 
by  Thomas  Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh  and 
Thomas  Earl  of  Derby  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  3  (and  later),  68.  The 
tenures  in  Sowerby  are  not  recorded 
separately  from  the  rest  of  the  Balderston 
estate. 

In  1563  Edward  Earl  of  Derby  acquired 
land  in  Great  and  Little  Sowerby  and  in 
Myerscough  from  John  Osbaldeston  and 
Jane  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  25,  m.  104. 

In    1662   a   rent  of  161.   8t/.   for    the 

28l 


manor  of  Sowerby  was  due  to  Moore  of 
Bankhall,  Kirkdale  ;  Pat.  14  Chas.  IL 

ss  John  the  Chapman  of  Preston  in 
1356  granted  to  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton 
all  his  messuages  and  lands  in  the  hamlet 
of  Great  Sowerby  in  the  vill  of  Inskip  ; 
Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  3.  From  a  pleading 
above  cited  it  appears  that  the  grantor 
was  heir  of  a  John  de  Sowerby.  Maud 
Chapman,  widow  of  John,  wa»  living 
sixty  years  later,  releasing  her  dower 
right  in  the  vill  of  Sowerby  to  Sir  Richard 
de  Hoghton  in  1417  ;  ibid.  no.  670. 
Sir  Richard  de  Hoghton  in  1387  demised 
his  lands,  &c.,  in  Great  Sowerby  to 
William  de  Hornby  the  younger  for  life  ; 
ibid.  no.  64  (2). 

Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  in  1358  com- 
plained that  Sir  Nicholas  Boteler  had 
seized  certain  cattle  of  his  in  the  vill  of 
Inskip  in  a  place  called  the  Highfield  in 
Great  Sowerby.  Sir  Nicholas  replied 
that  his  tenant  John  Chapman,  who 
should  pay  61.  8</.  a  year,  was  in  arrears  ; 
but  the  jury  found  that  the  place  of 
seizure  was  outside  Boteler's  fee,  and  he 
was  fined  4.0  J.  ;  Assize  R.  438,  m.  9. 

Sir  Richard  Hoghton  in  1415  was 
found  to  have  held  of  the  heir  of  Adam 
de  Winkley  j  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  146.  In  later  Hoghton  inquisi- 
tions the  tenure  is  recorded  as  of  the 
king  by  knight's  service  ;  e.g.  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  61.  A  fishery  in 
Sowerby  mere  it  named  in  1519;  ibid, 
no.  66. 

36  The  rental  of  the  Earl  of  Derby  in 
1522  (in  possession  of  the  Earl  of 
Lathom)  shows  that  from  Great  and 
Little  Sowerby  and  Myerscough 
£27  141.  ^d.  was  received  from  Sir 
Henry  Kighley,  who  farmed  the  estate, 
and  that  the  following  free  rents  were 
paid  :  To  the  heirs  of  James  Boteler,  34*. ; 
Richard  Hoghton,  ijj.  ;  the  chaplain  of 
St.  Michael-on-Wyre,  14*.  ;  Hugh 
Shireburne,  62*.  lod. ;  and  the  heirs  of 
John  Lawrence,  335.  4^.  For  the 
Balderston  lands  46*.  %d.  was  paid,  of 
which  one  half  went  back  to  the  Earl 
of  Derby  and  the  other  to  Radcliffe  and 
Osbaldeston.  Thomas  first  Earl  of 
Derby  had  purchased  lands  belonging  to 
Roger  Birewath  and  —  Hyde  producing 
331.  8</.  a  year. 

It  does  not  appear  that  the  Earls  of 
Derby,  though  they  must  have  owned  a 
large  part  of  the  land,  claimed  any  manor 
at  that  time,  but  in  1665  the  manors  of 
Great  and  Little  Sowerby  were  held  by 
Charlotte  Dowager  Countess  of  Derby  aad 
in  1678  by  William  Earl  of  Derby, 
while  in  1708  they  were  among  the 
Derby  estates  in  the  hands  of  John  Earl 
of  Anglesea  and  Henrietta  Maria  his 
wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdles.  175, 
m.  143  ;  201,  m.  37 ;  260,  m.  53  5 
267,  m.  75. 

87  Information  of  Mr.  Windham  E. 
Hale. 

36 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  distinction  between  Great  and  Little  Sowerby 
was  often  ignored,  and  the  same  families  appear  to 
have  held  lands  in  both  hamlets,  so  that  much  con- 
fuiion  results.  Among  the  owners  were  the 
Carleton58  and  Ellel  families,"  the  latter  adopting 
Sowerby  as  a  surname,  and  later  the  Botelers  of 
Rawcliffe,40  Lawrences,41  and  others.4*  Except  perhaps 
the  Sowerby  and  Charnley  families,  none  of  these 
was  resident. 

One  or  two  sequestrations  in  Sowerby  are  recorded 
in  the  Commonwealth  period,4*  and  two  Inskip 
«  Papists '  registered  estates  in  1 7 1 7." 

Before  the  Reformation  there  was  a  chapel  at 
Inskip,4*  but  it  disappears  afterwards,  being  probably 
claimed  by  the  Kighleys  as  private  property. 

In  1 848  St.  Peter's  was  consecrated  for  the  services 
of  the  Church  of  England.  The  vicar  of  St.  M  Jehad's 
is  patron.4* 

A  Baptist  congregation,  due  to  a  division  in 
Elswick  Chapel,  was  formed  in  1794  and  met  in 
Inskip  ;  the  chapel  was  built  in  i8i7-47 

In  1680  Thomas  Tomlinson  of  Crossmoor  was 
presented  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester  for  keeping 
conventicles  of  Quakers  in  his  house.48 

ELSWICK 

Edeleswic,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Etleswhic,  1 202  ;  Ethelis- 
wyck,  1242.  Elleswyk,  xv  cent. 

Exceptional  forms  are  Eckeleswyk,  Etheneswyk, 
and  Echemeswyk,  1292. 


This  is  the  smallest  township  in  the  parish,  having 
an  area  of  1,036$  acres1  ;  the  population  in  1901 
was  227.  The  eastern  half  is  occupied  by  com- 
paratively high  land,  50  ft.  above  sea  level  ;  the  west 
is  low  and  flat. 

The  village  of  Elswick  stands  on  the  higher  land, 
centrally  placed  ;  the  Leys  and  the  Grange  are  to 
the  south  of  it. 

The  principal  roads  cross  at  the  village,  going  east 
to  Inskip,  north  to  Great  Eccleston,  west  to  Thistleton 
and  Singleton,  with  a  branch  north  to  Little  Eccleston, 
and  south  to  Roseacre  and  Wharles. 

The  soil  is  clayey  ;  wheat,  oats,  barley  and  beans 
are  grown. 

The  township  has  a  parish  council. 
Several  cannon  balls  have  been  found  near  Elswick 
Grange  ;  they  are  supposed  to  be  traces  of  the  passage 
of  the  Earl  of  Derby  and  his  troops  in  1643. 

In  1066  Earl  Tostig  held,  as  member 
MANORS  of  his  Preston  fee,  ELSWICK,  assessed 
as  three  plough-lands.*  Afterwards  it 
was  included  in  the  lordship  or  barony  of  Penwortham, 
and  in  part  at  least  was  given  by  Richard  Bussel  to 
Richard  Fitton.*  This  gift  was  probably  surrendered, 
there  being  no  indication  that  the  heirs  of  the  Fittons 
had  any  share  in  Elswick.  Before  1212  it  had  been 
given  to  the  lord  of  Freckleton  to  be  held  by  knight'* 
service.4  It  was  then  assessed  as  two  plough-lands, 
of  which  a  fourth  part  was  in  1242  held  in  demesne, 
while  a  plough-land  was  held  by  Warine  de 
Whittingham  and  the  other  half  plough-land  by 


88  William  de  Carleton  wai  defendant 
in    a    plea    respecting    a    tenement   in 
Sowerby  in  1246  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  7. 
Ten   years   later    Wimark    daughter   of 
Adam    released    to   Walter   de  Carleton 
2    oxgangs    of    land    in    Sowerby    and 
20  acres  in   Plumpton,   receiving    other 
land  in  Sowerby  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  128. 

89  Walter   de    Ellel    son   of   Grimbald 
gave  Adam  son  of  Henry  the  rector  of 
Bolton    3j  acres  in  the  Balgerfield  and 
other  land   in   Fourlands    (apparently  in 
Sowerby)  ;    Dods.    MSS.   liii,   fol.    looi. 
Richard  de  Sowerby  and  Roger  White  of 
Eccleston  attested. 

40  Walter  de  Ellel  granted  Sir  Richard 
le  Boteler  the  wardship  and  marriage  of 
his  eldest  son  Richard  with  his  inheritance 
in  Ellel  and   Sowerby  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii, 
fol.    90*.     Hugh  de  Sowerby,  with  the 
assent  of  Henry  his  son  and  heir,  gave 
certain  land  in  Sowerby  to  John   son  of 
Richard  le  Boteler  ;  ibid.  fol.  loob. 

In  1284  Richard  de  Sowerby  com- 
plained that  Alice  le  Boteler  had  disseised 
him  of  a  tenement  in  Sowerby  which  he 
had  demised  to  William  son  of  Richard 
le  Boteler  for  eight  years.  William  had 
granted  it  to  his  brother  Edmund,  and  he 
to  Alice  ;  Assize  R.  1265,  m.  21  ;  1268, 
m.  1 2.  William  son  of  Walter  de  Carleton 
was  joined  in  the  defence. 

John  Butler  in  1534  was  found  to  have 
held  of  the  king  in  socage  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no.  4. 

41  A   fourth    part   of    the    manor   of 
Sowerby  was  in   1340  settled  by  Robert 
de  Washington  the  elder  and  Agnes  his 
wife   upon    Robert   de   Washington    the 
younger  and   Margaret  his    wife ;    Final 
Cone,  ii,  113. 

This  is  probably  the  same  fourth  part 
as  that  held  by  Robert  Lawrence  in  1450, 
the  tenure  being  of  the  king  as  duke  by 
the  rent  of  a  grain  of  pepper  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 


p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  57  ;  also  122,  131. 
The  Lawrence  inheritance  became  much 
divided.  Thus  Thomas  Rigmaiden  of 
Wedacre  in  1520  held  lands  in  Carleton 
and  Sowerby  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy 
by  the  tenth  part  of  a  knight's  fee ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  65. 
Richard  Skillicorne  of  Preese  also  had  a 
share,  which  was  in  1557  described  as 
1 40  acres  of  land  held  in  socage  by  a  rent 
of  id.  yearly  ;  ibid,  vii,  no.  3  ;  x,  no.  25. 
Evan  Haughton  in  1608  held  part  by  \d. 
rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  125-6. 

42  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  died  in  1513 
holding  land  in  Sowerby  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby  in  socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iv,  no.  46.  A  similar  statement  is 
made  in  later  inquisitions. 

George  Newsham,  who  died  in  1585, 
held  his  land  in  Sowerby  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby  in  socage  ;  ibid,  xiv,  no.  88. 

Alexander  and  Thomas  Charnley  had 
disputes  with  John  and  George  Newsham, 
1547-60;  Ducatui  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.), 
ii,  94,  222,  230.  Robert  Charnley  of 
Myerpool  was  a  freeholder  in  1600  ;  Misc. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  232. 
John  Charnley  in  1636  held  a  capital 
messuage  called  Myerpool  in  Inskip  with 
Sowerby  of  the  Earl  of  Derby,  lands  in 
Woodplumpton,  &c.  His  heir  was  his 
son  Robert,  aged  thirty  ;  Towneley  MS. 
C8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  244. 

Norton  Abbey  in  Cheshire  had  an  alms 
of  £1  los.  yearly  from  '  Sawarby,'  perhaps 
this  township ;  Ormerod,  Ches.  (ed. 
Helsby),  i,  686. 

In  1596  there  wat  a  suit  between 
Thomas  Farington  and  Brian  Jackson 
respecting  lands  in  Sowerby,  late  of  the 
Earl  of  Derby  ;  E&ch.  Dep.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  8. 

48  Dorothy  Grant  of  Sowerby  had  two- 
thirds  of  her  estate  sequestered  in  1653 

282 


for  '  Popery '  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  92. 

Bartholomew  Jackson,  for  a  like  reason, 
had  two-thirds  sequestered,  but  part  of 
the  estate  had  not  been  surveyed,  and 
this  led  to  further  inquiries  ;  ibid,  iv,  23-8. 

Richard  Parkinson  of  Sowerby,  refusing 
to  abjure  his  religion  in  1653,  likewise 
had  two-thirds  of  hit  estate  sequettered  ; 
Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  i,  656. 

44  Thomas  Eccles    registered   a    house 
called  Gradwell's  ;  Estcourt   and   Payne, 
Engl.   Cath.   Nonjurors,   101.     The  other 
was  Christopher  Medcalfe  ;  ibid.  106. 

45  It    is    named    in    a    description    of 
boundaries- — '  straight  upon  Inskip  chapel' 
— in  a   Clifton   rental   first   compiled  in 
1509;    Towneley    MS.    OO.       For    its 
equipment  see   Fishwick,  op.  cit.  170—1. 
In    1650   it*  existence   was   remembered 
by    the    people  ;    Commoniv.     Ck.     Surv. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  148.     The 
inhabitants    were    '  often   debarred    from 
church  by  water  and  moist  ground.' 

46  Fishwick,   op.    cit.    95  ;    Hewitson, 
Our  Country  Churches,  427. 

47  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  133  ;  Nightingale, 
Lanes.  Nonconf.  i,  90  ;  Hewitson,  431. 

48  Visit.  Ret. 

1  The  Census  Rep.  1901  gives  1,038 
acres,  including  5  of  inland  water. 

1  f.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

s  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  374  ;  dated 
between  1159  and  1164. 

4  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  34.  In  1202  land 
in  Elswick  was  included  in  the  agreement 
between  Roger  de  Freckleton  and 
William  dc  Winwick  and  Maud  his  wife, 
noticed  under  Freckleton  ;  Feet  of  F. 
Yorks.  4  John,  no.  45. 

Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Freckleton 
gave  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Elswick  to  his 
son  Richard  on  his  marriage  ;  Kuerden 
MSS,  iv,  F  13. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 


Alan  de  Singleton.5  These  subdivisions  were  in- 
creased by  later  grants,  and  in  1322  the  holders 
were  Ralph  de  Freckleton,  4  oxgangs  of  land  ;  Adam 
son  of  William  Banastre,  3  oxgangs  ;  Thomas  de 
Bradkirk,  £  oxgang  ;  Orm  Travers,  5  oxgangs  ; 
and  William  son  of  Ellen  J  oxgang,  rendering  the 
service  due  where  eight  plough-lands  make  one 
knight's  fee.6 

The  Freckleton  demesne  descended  like  the  chief 
manor 7  to  Huddleston  and  the  Earls  of  Derby,  whose 
estate  was  augmented  by  a  share  of  the  Singleton 
portion.8  In  1603  the  manor  of  Elswick  was  sold 
with  other  estates  to  a  number  of  purchasers  and 
probably  subdivided.9  The  demesne  lands  were 
afterwards  the  property  of  the  Leckonbys  of  Great 


Eccleston,  whose  estates  were  dispersed  in  1 762,  this 
portion  being  purchased  by  Edward  Rishton  ;  from 
him  it  descended  by  marriage  to  Alderman  King  of 
Manchester  (iSgi).10 

Another  part  of  the  Freckleton  share  seems  to 
have  been  held  in  the  I5th  century  by  Dicconson, 
who  sold  to  Clifton.11  A  Molyneux  family  had  some 
lordship,12  Swarbrick,13  Ballard14  and  Turner16  all 
holding  of  William  Molyneux  in  the  time  of  James  I. 
Other  lands  were  held  of  the  Crown ls  and  of  Butler 
of  Rawcliffe.17 

The  Whittingham  moiety  of  the  manor  became 
subdivided.18  Bradkirk19 — to  whom  in  part  succeeded 
Goosnargh  *° — and  Travers 81  seem  to  have  been  the 
chief  participants  in  1322,  but  others  who  took  the 


5  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  1 5  2. 

6  Ibid,  ii,    1 3  5-6  ;    gome  of  the  tene- 
ments  are   calculated.     In  the   accounts 
of  the   Penwortham  fee  in    1341-2  the 
following  tenants  of  Elswick  are  named  : 
Adam    Banastre,    J     oxgang    of    land ; 
Thomas  de  Bradkirk,  the  same  ;  William 
son  of  Ellen  ;  Mins.   Accts.  bdle.   1091, 

DO.  6. 

7  Ralph  de  Freckleton  held  the  demesne 
of  Elswick  in  1371  ;    Kuerden  MSS.  iii, 

F3- 

8  The    Singleton   part    of  the    manor 
descended    like       Little      Singleton     to 
Banastre,  Balderston  and  their  heirs. 

William  Banastre  was  in  1323  found 
to  have  had  the  reversion  of  a  messuage 
and  3  oxgangs  of  land  held  of  Adam 
de  Freckleton  by  paying  zz^d.  towards  a 
scutage  of  401. — i.e.  by  three  sixty-fourth 
parts  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  ii,  159.  Sir  Thomas  Banastre 
had  lands  in  Elswick  in  1379;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  14. 

Elswick  was  in  the  time  of  Henry  VIII 
enumerated  among  the  Balderston  lands 
in  the  inquisitions  of  Edmund  Dudley, 
Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh,  the  Earl  of 
Derby  and  Sir  Alexander  Osbaldeston. 

The  Coppull  of  Coppull  family  had 
land  in  Elswick,  and  this  was  probably 
part  of  the  estate  sold  to  the  Stanleys  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  20,  m.  14. 

Lord  Derby's  rental  in  1522  shows 
ion.  3</.  rents  of  the  tenants  at  will,  and 
a  few  other  payments. 

9  Pal.  of  Lane.   Feet   of  F.   bdle.  65, 
no.  69  ;    Thomas  Lord  Ellesmere,  Alice 
his  wife  and  others  were  deforciants. 

10  See  the  account  of  Great  Eccleston, 
and  Fishwick,  St.  Michael's  (Chet.  Soc.), 
189. 

11  In  1489  John  Dicconson  and  Cecily 
his  wife  held  land   in  Elswick  of  Richard 
Huddleston     (of   Freckletoa)  ;    Pal.    of 
Lane.   Chan.  Misc.  bdle.  i,  file  10.     In 
the  same  year  they  sold  to  James  Clifton  ; 
Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
iii,  142. 

Cuthbert  Clifton  died  in  1512  holding 
in  Elswick  of  Thomas  Earl  of  Derby  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  12. 
The  later  inquisitions  of  the  Clifton*  of 
Westby  give  a  similar  record. 

12  A   William    Molyneux     of    West- 
houghton    occurs   in   1600  ;  Misc.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  248. 

13  William  Swarbrick  of  Roseacre  died 
in  1619  holding  land  and  a  corn-mill  in 
Elswick  of  William  Molyneux   in  socage 
by  \od.  rent  ;  also  another  piece  of  land 
of  the  king  as  of  his  honor  of  Clitheroe. 
John,  his  son  and  heir,  was  twenty  years 
of   age  ;    Lanes.    Inq.    p.m.    (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  138. 


It  is  stated  that  early  in  1643  tne  Earl  of 
Derby  '  stayed  at  Elswick  whilst  his  com- 
pany plundered  Mr.  William  Swarbrick's 
books'  ;  ffur  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  28. 
The  victim  was  not  a  mere  student, 
but  shortly  afterwards  raised  soldiers  for 
the  Parliament,  having  the  rank  of 
captain,  and  took  part  in  the  campaign  ; 
ibid.  42,  49,  50.  He  was  the  son  of 
John  Swarbrick  of  Roseacre,  and  his  sister 
Ellen  married  Cuthbert  Harrison,  the 
founder  of  Nonconformity  after  the  Res- 
toration ;  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf. 
i,  8 1. 

14  John  Ballard  held    a  messuage  and 
land  by    lod.  rent,  and   at  his  death  in 
1619  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas, 
aged  forty  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.    (Rec.  Soc.), 
ii,  141. 

Thomas  Ballard  died  in  1635  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Elswick  of  Richard 
Molyneux  and  land  in  Tarnacre  of  the 
king  as  of  the  manor  of  East  Greenwich. 
He  left  four  daughters  as  co-heirs — 
Janet,  Ellen,  Anne  and  Dorothy — their 
ages  ranging  from  seventeen  to  eight 
years  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  1 3  (Chet. 
Lib.),  60. 

15  Edward    Turner    of   Goosnargh    in 
1604  held  12  acres  and  left  a  son  Chris- 
topher, aged  fifty  in  1620  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  191. 

William  Turner  died  in  1632  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Elswick  of  the  king 
as  of  his  manor  of  Clitheroe.  Thomas, 
his  son  and  heir,  was  fifty  years  of  age  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  1190. 

16  William    Butler   of  Hackinsall    in 
1586  held  land  in  Elswick  of  the  queen 
as   of  her  duchy  in  socage  ;    Duchy    of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  47.     See  also 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  241. 

John  (son  of  William)  Bell  died  in 
1625  holding  land  and  a  mill  in  Elswick 
of  the  king  ;  his  heir  was  William  his 
son,  aged  twenty-five  ;  Towneley  MS. 
C  8,  13,  p.  66. 

Thomas  Noblett  died  in  1636  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy  in  socage.  Edmund,  his  son  and 
heir,  was  twenty  years  of  age  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m  jcxx,  no.  67. 

In  some  cases,  as  those  of  Eccleston 
and  Stanley  of  Great  Eccleston,  the 
tenure  has  not  been  recorded. 

17  John  Wilkinson  of  Little  Eccleston 
so  held  in  1628  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13, 
pp.  1311-12. 

18  John  de  Whittingham   gave  to  his 
friend  Thomas  Banastre  of  Bretherton  a 
rent  of  zs.   from  an  oxgang  of  land   in 
Elswick    in    1301  ;    Dods.    MSS.    cxlix, 
fol.  46*. 

19  Adam    de    Bradkirk    (before    1226) 
gave  to  Richard  son  of  Alan  in  marriage 

283 


with  Amabil  his  daughter  3  oxgangs  of 
land  in  Elswick,  which  had  been  given  by 
Warine  de  Whittingham  ;  Whalley  Couch. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  459.  Amabil  granted 
one  of  the  oxgangs  to  John  de  Elswick, 
another  to  Adam  son  of  Lewe,  and  the 
third  to  Robert  son  of  Hugh  ;  ibid.  She 
was  afterwards  known  as  Amabil  de 
Sowerby  ;  ibid.  462. 

10  Adam  son  of  Adam  de  Bradkirk 
gave  land  to  Randle  de  Goosnargh  son  of 
Robert,  viz.  one  of  the  oxgangs  which 
Warine  de  Whittingham  had  given  Adam 
his  father  and  which  Adam  son  of  Lewe 
had  released.  A  rent  of  zs.  was  to  be 
paid  to  cover  the  rent  payable  to  Warine 
de  Whittingham.  This  charter  was  en- 
rolled because  the  wax  fell  off  when  in 
the  hands  of  the  justices  in  eyre  ;  Assize 
R.  408,  m.  44. 

Alice  widow  of  Randle  de  Goosnargh 
in  1292  claimed  dower  in  half  an  oxgang 
of  land  in  Elswick  against  Adam  son  of 
Henry  son  of  Ulf  and  Agnes  his  wife  ; 
ibid.  m.  24.  In  1316  Maud  widow  of 
Alexander  de  Goosnargh  claimed  dower 
in  i  oxgang  of  land  against  Henry  de 
Carleton  and  Godith  his  wife  ;  De  Banco 
R.  216,  m.  194. 

About  the  same  time  Hugh  son  of 
Randle  de  Goosnargh  released  to  Thomas 
de  Bradkirk  his  claim  in  2  oxgangs  of 
land  with  a  messuage  in  Elswick  formerly 
his  brother  Alexander's,  of  which  i  ox- 
gang  was  formerly  held  by  Adam  son  of 
Roger,  while  the  other  was  then  held 
by  Henry  de  Carleton  and  Godith  his 
wife  for  life  ;  Kuerden  fol.  MS.  154. 
Hugh  also  gave  his  sons  Richard  and 
Thomas  a  chief  messuage  in  Withington 
(Weeton)  and  the  reversion  of  the  lands 
held  in  Elswick  by  Maud  widow  of  Alex- 
ander de  Goosnargh  and  Godith  daughter 
of  Randle  ;  ibid.  The  said  Godith,  as 
widow,  gave  the  2  oxgangs  of  land  to 
Thomas  son  of  Adam  de  Bradkirk  in 
1320-1  and  her  whole  right  in  3 
oxgangs  ;  ibid. 

21  Paulin  de  Preston,  who  had  sons 
William  and  Adam,  held  an  oxgang  of 
land  in  Elswick  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  24,  76.  Earlier  than  this  he  had 
granted  an  oxgang  of  land  there  to  his 
son  William  ;  it  had  been  purchased 
from  Adam  son  of  Richard  de  Elswick  ; 
Add.  MS.  32108,  no.  70.  In  1295 
Thomas  Travers  obtained  a  messuage 
and  the  third  part  of  an  oxgang  from 
Hugh  son  of  Paul  de  Preston  and  Alice 
his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  178. 

Alice  widow  of  Thomas  Travers 
claimed  dower  in  1317  in  Elswick  and 
Thistleton  against  Robert  son  of  William 
Cowdray  and  Margaret  his  wife ;  De 
Banco  R.  219,  m.  131  d. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


surname  of  Elswick**  had  shares.  William  de  Elswick 
gave  his  lands  to  the  Singletons  in  return  for 
maintenance.*8 

Whalley  M  and  Cockersand  "  Abbeys  and  the  Priory 
of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  had  lands  in  Elswick," 
represented  later  probably  by  the  estates  of  Fleet- 
wood,*7  followed  by  Hulton,*8  Eccleston  w  and  Shire- 
burne.10  Other  of  the  neighbouring  landowners  also 
had  lands  in  this  township. 

An  apportionment  of  the  pasture  was  made  in 
1305,  when  Thomas  Travers,  Dame  Joan  Banastre, 
Walter  de  Goosnargh  and  Roger  son  of  Adam  de 
Elswick  were  lords.  By  it  the  holder  of  an  oxgang 
of  land  was  allowed  to  send  four  oxen,  four  cows, 
four  young  beasts,  two  horses  or  mares,  ten  sheep, 
and  four  geese  with  one  gander  at  the  close  time. 
There  was  also  a  horse-mill  in  the  township,  and  for 
its  maintenance  five  horses  or  mares  might  be  sent 
to  the  common  pasture." 

Apart  from  the  Leckonby  family  the  sequestrations 
by  the  Commonwealth  authorities  do  not  seem  to  have 
affected  this  township.  In  1717  several  'Papists' 
registered  estates.1* 


During  the  Commonwealth  period  the  inhabitants 
built  a  chapel  on  the  waste  or  Leys,  and  had  an 
allowance  of  £50  a  year  from  the  Committee  of 
Plundered  Ministers."  After  the  Restoration  this 
stipend  would  cease,  and  it  is  said  that  the  Prayer 
Book  services  were  occasionally  used  in  it S4  ;  but  the 
vicars  of  St.  Michael's,  perhaps  themselves  indifferent 
or  finding  no  support  from  the  people  and  land- 
owners, do  not  seem  to  have  made  any  serious  attempt 
to  gain  it.  It  was  therefore  used  as  a  school  until 
the  brief  indulgence  of  1672,  when  it  was  licensed  for 
Congregationalists.35  From  before  the  Revolution  M 
it  has  been  regularly  used  by  this  denomination,  and 
from  it  many  other  churches  have  sprung.  It  was 
rebuilt  in  1753,  and  succeeded  by  the  present  church 
in  1873-4. 

WOODPLUMPTON 

Plunton,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Plumpton,  1256;  Wode- 
plumpton,  1336. 

The  prefix  Wood  distinguishes  this  township  from 
Field  Plumpton,  Great  and  Little,  in  Kirkham.  The 


w  Amabil  daughter  of  Adam  de  Brad- 
kirk,  as  widow,  granted  to  Robert  son  of 
Hugh  de  Elswick  the  oxgang  of  land 
which  Richard  the  Dispenser  had  when 
he  took  his  way  to  the  Holy  Land,  at  2s. 
rent,  and  this  was  confirmed  by  her 
brother  Adam  de  Bradkirk  and  her  son 
Richard  de  Sowerby  ;  Whalley  Couch,  ii, 
460-2.  To  a  grant  by  the  same  Robert 
son  of  Hugh  de  Elswick  the  following 
were  witnesses  :  Adam  son  of  Hugh  de 
Elswick,  Stephen  his  brother,  Adam  son 
of  John  de  Elswick  "and  Alexander  de 
Elswick,  clerk  ;  ibid.  456.  Richard  son 
of  Adam  de  Elswick  confirmed  a  grant  by 
Robert  his  uncle  ;  ibid.  458.  William 
de  Elswick  released  lands  to  his  brother 
Robert ;  ibid.  463.  Alexander  de  Els- 
wick, clerk,  granted  land  in  Sowerby  to 
his  son  Richard  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  S  3. 
William  son  of  Alexander  the  clerk  in 
1292  called  upon  Adam  son  of  Henry  de 
Elswick  to  fulfil  an  agreement  made  in 
1280  that  William's  son  and  daughter 
should  respectively  marry  Adam's  daughter 
and  son,  but  the  decision  was  adverse  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  93  d. 

Robert  son  of  Alexander  de  Elswick 
obtained  half  an  oxgang  of  land  in  1298 
from  Adam  son  of  Ulf  and  Agnes  his 
wife  ;  Final  Cone,  i,  184. 

Some  other  early  tenants  occur.  In 
1 304  Cecily  widow  of  Alan  de  Warlowes 
(Wharles)  claimed  dower  in  a  tenement 
(including  I  oxgang  of  land)  in  Elswick 
against  John  de  Fulborne  and  Joan  his 
wife,  and  William  Banastre  was  summoned 
to  warrant ;  De  Banco  R.  151,  m.  5  d.  ; 
1 54,  m.  28  d.  Cecily,  called  widow  of 
Alan  de  Faisacre,  gave  all  her  right  in 
Elswick  to  William  Banastre  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  5*. 

William  son  of  Ellen  de  Haighton  was 
in  1 326  found  to  have  held,  in  conjunction 
with  Alice  his  wife,  4^  acres  of  arable 
land  in  Elswick  of  the  king  in  chief  as  of 
the  honour  of  Lancaster,  by  knight's 
service  and  a  rent  of  $d.  to  the  castle  ; 
Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  19  Edw.  II,  no.  51. 

Richard  Southworth  of  Gressingham 
and  Alice  his  wife  had  lands  in  1413  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  72.  The  tenure  of  John 
Southworth's  lands  in  1484  was  not 
known ;  Lanes.  Inj.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  113. 


Nicholas  son  of  Robert  Mythop  in 
1413  released  to  Robert  Taylor  all  right 
in  lands  in  Elswick  and  Great  Eccleston 
held  of  him  by  Robert  ;  Dep.  Keeper's 
Rep.  xxxvii,  App.  174. 

38  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  138-9. 
William  had  granted  three  messuages,  a 
horse-mill  and  2  oxgangs  of  land  to 
Thomas  de  Singleton  and  Joan  his  wife, 
who  in  return  bound  themselves  to  pro- 
vide him  with  sustenance  like  that  of  the 
free  men  in  their  household,  a  cloak  at 
Christmas,  and  4*.  6d.  for  shoes  at 
Michaelmas.  The  inheritance  having  in 
1322  descended  to  Adam  Banastre,  a 
minor,  William  found  himself  deprived 
of  his  sustenance.  Order  was  thereupon 
made  that  it  should  be  restored  to  him. 

*4  Robert  (son  of  Hugh)  de  Elswick 
granted  to  Stanlaw  Abbey  half  an  oxgang 
of  land  (excepting  that  part  already  given 
to  Cockersand)  ;  the  monks  were  to  pay 
izd.  a  year  to  Adam  de  Bradkirk,  he 
paying  the  same  to  the  heirs  of  Whitting- 
ham  ;  Whalley  Couch,  ii,  457.  The  gift 
was  confirmed  by  others  interested  (ibid. 
463-4),  and  a  toft  was  added  ;  ibid.  454-5. 

The  lands  of  the  abbey  were  described 
about  1400  as  eight  'lands'  in  the  Page 
Croft  (next  land  of  John  Southworth),  a 
broadland  on  the  Tunstead,  a  headland 
in  the  Wadfurlong  that  shot  upon  the 
Tunstead  (next  land  of  John  Coppull), 
land  shooting  into  the  Trathorne  (next 
Henry  Marshall's  land),  and  a  toft  called 
the  Granger  yard  ;  ibid.  465. 

25  Warine    de    Whittingham    gave    an 
acre  ;  Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Freckleton 
gave  a  messuage,  &c. ;  and  Robert  son  of 
Hugh  de  Elswick  gave  land  for  a  barn  ; 
QockersandChartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  187-8. 
Among    the    field-names    arc    a    selion 
called  Cock  and  Hen,  Turmurfurlong  and 
Smerebrook. 

For  the  tenants  1451-1537  see  ibid,  iii, 
1266—9.  John  Southworth  and  his  heirs 
were  among  them. 

26  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 
87  The  grant  to  Thomas  Fleetwood  in 

Elswick  was  said  to  be  of  lands  formerly 
of  Whalley  Abbey  ;  Pat.  2  Mary.  Els- 
wick is  named  in  the  inquisition  after  his 
death,  along  with  Great  Layton,  and  was 
to  go  to  his  younger  son  William  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  2. 

284 


*8  William  Fleetwood  »old  to  John 
Hulton  and  John  Hodgson  in  1596  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  59,  m. 
320. 

John  Hulton  of  Darley*  died  in  1606 
holding  lands  in  Elswick  of  the  king  by 
knight's  service  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.),  i,  68.  Richard  Hodgson  of  Layton 
died  in  1630  holding  land  there  of  the 
king ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  514. 

33  The  tenure  is  not  recorded,  but  the 
land  in  Elswick  was  probably  acquired 
with  Singleton  Grange. 

30  Duchy   of    Lane.    Inq.    p.m.    xxvi, 
no.  4. 

31  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  34.     There 
were    16    oxgangs    of  land    in    the  vill, 
each    containing    24  acres    of  land    and 
meadow. 

32  Elizabeth     Hoole,     John     Turner, 
William    Smith     and    John    Clarkson ; 
Estcourt   and   Payne,   Engl.    Cath.    Non- 
jurors,  105,  125,  134-5. 

33  Commoniv.     Ch.    Surv.     (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches),  148.    No  minister  had 
then  (1650)  been  approved.     The  order 
for    ^50   a  year   (out  of   Lord    Derby's 
estates)   was  made    in    Dec.    1649,    and 
about  a  year  later  William  Bell,  a  '  godly 
and  orthodox  divine,'  was '  settled  minis- 
ter '  there  ;  Plund.  Mini.  Acets.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  83,  89,  103,  235. 

84  '  Divine  service  was  performed  in 
this  chapel  in  the  memory  of  several  now 
[1722]  living,'  was  the  vicar  of  St. 
Michael's  statement ;  Gastrell,  Notitia 
Ctstr.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  452. 

35  Nightingale,  Lanes.  None onf.  i,  83-92, 
where  a  full  account  may  be  read  ;  a  view 
of  the  present  church  is  given.     Cuthbert 
Harrison,  curate  of  Singleton  till   1662, 
is  said  to  have  been  minister  at  Elswick 
in  1672. 

36  From    '  King   James's    Toleration,' 
according   to  the  vicar  of  St.  Michael's. 
In    1689    Elswick  Chapel    was    certified 
'  for  John   Parr  and  his  congregation  ' ; 
Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.   xiv,  App.  iv,  231. 
The  first  minister  recorded  by  Mr.  Night- 
ingale is  Jonathan  Nightingale,   1703—5. 
There   is  supposed  to  have  been  a  lapse 
into  Arianism  about  1760.    The  registers 
are  at  Somerset  House. 

The  chapel  of  1753  is  described  in 
Hewitson'i  Our  Country  Churches,  41  5-18. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


surface  on  the  whole  rises  steadily  from  the  low  level 
of  the  more  northerly  parts  of  the  parish.  Thus 
the  5o-ft.  level  crosses  it  from  east  to  west  when 
about  a  third  of  the  length  of  the  township  has  been 
traversed,  and  the  i  oo-ft.  level  when  the  second  third 
is  reached  going  south.  Two  brooks  flow  through 
it,  mainly  to  the  north-west,  towards  the  Wyre  ; 
that  to  the  north  comes  from  Barton  through  Hollow- 
forth  ;  that  to  the  south  is  called  Blundel  Brook  in 
Broughton,  but  here  Woodplumpton  Brook,  for  its 
course  takes  it  through  the  centre  of  the  township. 
The  village  of  Woodplumpton  lies  on  its  northern 
bank,  with  Bartle  to  the  south  and  Ambrose  Hall  to 
the  north.  Swillbrook  and  Catforth  lie  to  the  north- 
west, on  the  westerly  side  of  the  brook,  and  Woods- 
fold  near  the  northern  boundary,  with  Lewth  to  the 
east  of  it  and  Eaves  to  the  north.  The  area  is 
4,970^  acres,1  shared  by  the  four  hamlets  thus  : 
Woodplumpton,  949  ;  Bartle,  1,341  ;  Catforth, 
1,828  ;  and  Eaves,  852^.  In  1901  there  was  a 
population  of  1,208. 

The  two  principal  roads  meet  near  Woodsfold. 
One  of  them  comes  from  the  south,  passing  through 
Bartle  and  Catforth  ;  the  other  from  the  south-east, 
passing  Ambrose  Hall,  Moorside  and  Lewth.  These 
are  connected  at  the  south  by  a  cross-road  from 
Bartle  through  Woodplumpton  to  Ambrose  Hall. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

Woodplumpton  was  visited  by  plague  in  i63i.2 

The  land  is  largely  in  pasture.     The  soil  is  clayey. 

Henry  Foster,  R.N.,  born  at  Woodplumpton  in 
1796,  being  son  of  the  incumbent,  attained  dis- 
tinction as  a  navigator  and  astronomer,  and  was 
elected  F.R.S.  in  1824.  He  took  part  in  Parry's 
Polar  expeditions  of  1825-7  and  did  exploring  work 
in  the  South  Seas.  He  was  accidentally  killed  in  the 
River  Chagres,  near  Panama,  in  1831.  There  is  a 
memorial  tablet  in  Woodplumpton  Church.3 

Mag  Shelton,  the  Singleton  witch,  is  supposed  to 
have  been  buried  at  Woodplumpton.  A  boulder 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 

stone,  known  as  the  Witch's  Stone,  marks  the  grave 
in  the  churchyard.  Her  spirit  had  to  be  '  laid '  by 
a  priest.4 

In  1676  there  were  said  to  be  646  inhabitants,  of 
whom  46  were  '  popish  recusants '  and  3  Dissenters.8 
A  more  elaborate  return  in  1755  is  as  follows  : — 

Papists 
56 
78 
65 
69 


Protestants  Dissenters    Quakers 

Plumpton      .       147 
Bartle      .     .       112  I 

Catforth  .      .       313  7 

Eaves       ..114  —  7 

or  969  persons  in  all.6 


Earl  Tostig  held  WOODPLUMP- 
MANORS  TON  in  1066  as  part  of  his  Proton  fee. 
It  was  assessed  as  five  plough-lands.7 
Afterwards  it  was  held  of  the  Crown  or  of  the 
honour  of  Lancaster  in  thegnage  by  a  family  whose 
pedigree  seems  to  connect  them  with  the  pre-Conquest 
owners.  Raghanald,  the  earliest  of  them  on  record, 
must  have  lived  about  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  for 
his  son  Ravenkil  attested  the  grants  made  in  1094 
by  Count  Roger  of  Poitou  to  the  abbey  of  Sees,8 
and  Roger  son  of  Ravenkil,  who  gave  Linacre  to  the 
Knights  Hospitallers,9  occurs  from  1130  to  II7I.10 
His  son  Richard,  the  founder  of  Lytham  Priory, 
lived  in  the  time  of  Henry  II  and  Richard  I,  holding 
by  knight's  service  Kirkby,  Argarmeols,  Kellamergh 
and  Bryning,  and  in  thegnage  Woodplumpton, 
Lytham,  Carleton,  Bootle  and  part  of  Formby.11 

Richard  son  of  Roger  left  five  daughters  as  co- 
heirs,12 but  ultimately  the  inheritance  became  divided 
between  two — Maud,  who  married  Robert  de  Stock- 
port,  and  Amice,  who  married  Thomas  de  Beetham. 
Woodplumpton  appears  to  have  gone  entirely  to  the 
former,13  and  as  early  as  1256  Robert  de  Stockport 
was  sole  lord,  allowing  John  de  Lea  common  of  pas- 
ture on  Bartle  Moor.14  The  manor,  which  rendered 
17*.  4</.  a  year  to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster  in  I297,18 
descended  regularly  to  the  Warrens  of  Stockport  and 


I  The  Census   Rep.  1901    gives   4,986 
acres,  including  1 8  of  inland  water.     The 
area  was   increased    about    1882   by  the 
addition    of    a    small    detached    part    of 
Broughton  lying  within  Woodplumpton. 

*  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  47. 

3  Fishwick,  St.  Michael's  (Chet.  Soc.), 
87,  78  ;  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

4  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  200  ;  Gillow,  Hay- 
dock  Papers,  41. 

5  Visit.  Ret.  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester. 

6  Ibid, 

7  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  2884. 

8  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  290,  296. 

9  See  the  account  of  Bootle  in  V.C.H. 
Lanes,  iii,  31. 

10  Roger  son  of  Ranchil  owed  30  marks 
in  1129—30  for  an  agreement  with  the 
Count  of  Mortain  respecting  lands  between 
Ribble   and   Mersey  ;   Farrer,  op.  cit.   I. 
He  was  surety  in  5  marks  for  a  pardon 
in  1169-71  ;  ibid.  16,  20,  23. 

II  Ibid.  44.     In   1176  Richard  son  of 
Roger  paid  5  marks  in  order  to  obtain  an 
inquiry  as  to  the  manor  of  Kirkby,  which 
had    been  taken    into    the  king's  hands 
because  he  had  married  his  daughter  and 
heir  without  the  king's  licence,  and   he 
had  to  pay  £100  to  recover  his  lands ; 
ibid.  31,42-3.     The  payment  of  several 
instalments  is  recorded  in  the  Pipe  Rolls. 
In  1 1 94  he  Incurred  a  further  penalty  for 
having  shared  in  Count  John's  rebellion  ; 
ibid.  90,  92.     The  Priory  of  Lytham  was 


founded  by  him  between  1189  and  1194  ; 
ibid.  346—9. 

In  1199  Maud  Banastre  made  a  claim 
respecting  sisters'  portion  against  Richard 
son  of  Roger  and  Margery  his  wife  (her 
sister),  who  put  Robert  de  Stockport  in 
their  place  ;  Rot.  Curia  Regis  (Rec.  Com.), 
'»  359*  Plaintiff  was  perhaps  the  Maud 
de  Hastings  who  had  then  another  dispute 
with  Richard  son  of  Roger ;  ibid.  227, 
301  ;  Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.), 
i,87. 

lz  The  three  not  named  in  the  text  were 
Quenilda  wife  of  Roger  Gernet,  Margaret 
wife  of  Hugh  de  Moreton  and  Avice  wife 
of  William  de  Millom. 

13  It  was  probably  the  marriage  of  Maud 
with  Robert  de  Stockport  in  1176  which 
created  the  trouble  above  referred  to. 
Robert  de  Stockport  in  1200—1  paid  a 
part  of  the  200  marks  and  five  palfreys 
which  he  had  offered  the  king  on  suc- 
ceeding to  the  lands  of  Richard  son  of 
Roger  ;  Farrer,  op.  cit.  1 30. 

Robert  de  Stockport  died  before  1206, 
when  his  widow,  as  Maud  Banastre,  having 
adopted  her  mother's  surname,  proffered 
20  marks  and  a  palfrey  for  freedom  from 
a  compulsory  marriage  and  for  a  reason- 
able share  of  her  father's  and  mother's 
lands.  At  the  same  time  others  of 
Richard's  daughters  are  noticed  ;  ibid. 
203  ;  Rot.  de  Finibus  (Rec.  Com.),  352. 

From  the   inquest  of  1212  it  appears 

285 


that  the  heirs  of  Richard  son  of  Roger 
held  nine  plough-lands  in  thegnage  by  a 
rent  of  4  (?  3)  marks,  of  which  8*.  lod.  had 
been  remitted  on  the  foundation  of 
Lytham  Priory  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  46.  From 
later  inquests  it  appears  that  the  proportion 
due  from  Woodplumpton  was  ijs.  $d.  or 
171.  6d.  The  assessment  seems  to  have 
been  reduced  from  five  to  four  plough-lands. 

Maud  de  Stockport  appears  to  have  been 
unmarried  in  1216-22,  when  she  held 
lands  worth  2  marks  yearly  ;  ibid.  117. 

Robert  de  Stockport,  apparently  the 
son  of  Maud,  released  certain  lands  ( ?  in 
Woodplumpton)  to  Adam  son  of  Swain 
and  his  heirs  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  805. 

14  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  123.  This  Robert  de  Stockport 
was  the  grandson  of  Maud.  His  father 
Robert  in  1242  held  shares  in  other  parts 
of  the  inheritance  of  Richard  son  of 
Roger  in  conjunction  with  Gernet  and 
Beetham  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  149, 
153-4.  The  younger  Robert  succeeded 
in  1248,  being  of  full  age  ;  ibid.  175,  184. 
The  king  received  the  homage  of  Robert 
son  and  heir  of  Robert  de  Stockport  in 
May  1248  ;  the  relief  was  341.  lod.  ; 
Excerpta  e  Rot.  Fin.  ii,  33.  On  the  death 
of  Quenilda  Gernet  in  1252  a  further 
share  of  the  inheritance  accrued  to  him  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  191. 

»  Ibid.  289. 


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


Poynton,18  but  these,  though  among  the  great  families 
of  Cheshire,  took  little  part  in  Lancashire  affairs.17 
Sir  John  Warren18  died  in  1386  holding  the  manor 
of  Woodplumpton  of  the  Duke  of  Lancaster  by  a 
rent  of  I  js.  6</.,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Nicholas,19  whose  son  Lawrence  held  it  in  I4i8.20 

In  later  times  the  tenure  was  described  as  by 
knight's  service.21  Thus  John  Warren,  who  died  in 
I474,23  was  said  to  have  held  the  manor.  He  had 
in  1445  granted  various  messuages  and  land  in 
Woodplumpton  to  trustees  for  Isabel  daughter  of 
Robert  Legh  of  Adlington,  and  other  messuages, 
&c.,  in  1471  to  Eleanor,  who  married  his  grandson 
Sir  John  Warren.23  This  Sir  John  was  aged  thirty-six 
in  1506,  and  died  in  1518  holding  the  manor  of 
Woodplumpton,  with  fifty  messuages,  lands,  meadow, 
wood,  turbary  and  moss  of  the  king  by  the  fifth  part 


of  a  knight's  fee  and  the  rent  of  I  js.  6d.  Lawrence, 
his  son  and  heir,  was  thirty-three  years  of  age.24 
The  tenure  was  recorded  in  the  same  terms  in  the 
inquisition  after  the  death  in  1540  of  Sibyl  widow  of 
Lawrence,  when  his  son  Edward,  aged  thirty-five, 
was  found  to  be  the  heir.28 

Sir  Edward  Warren,  made  a  knight  during  the 
Scottish  expedition  of  1 5  44,26  died  in  October  1558 
holding  the  manor  of  Woodplumpton  as  before,  and 
leaving  as  heir  his  son  Francis,  aged  twenty-four.27 
Francis  had,  however,  been  disinherited  by  his 
father,28  and  so  his  brother  John  succeeded,  and  his 
grandson,  another  John  Warren,  mortgaged  the  manor 
to  Sir  Robert  Banastre  for  £4,000,  and,  failing  to 
pay,  forfeited  it.29  Woodplumpton  remained  for 
some  time  in  the  hands  of  the  Banastre  family,30 
but  in  1667  was  recovered  by  Edward  and  John 


14  The  history  of  the  family  was  told 
in  detail  by  John  Watson,  rector  of 
Stockport,  in  his  Memoirs  of  the  Ancient 
Earls  of  Warren  and  Surrey  (Warrington, 
1782)  ;  and  there  are  later  pedigrees,  &c., 
in  Earwaker,  East  Ches.  i,  343  ;  ii, 
286-9  5  and  Ormerod,  Ches.  (ed.  Helsby), 
iii,  795-6,  685-7;  i,  626.  The 
following  outline  shows  the  descent  of 
the  manor  of  Woodplumpton. 

Robert  de  Snckptrt,  d.  1205  — ».  Robert, 
d.  1248  -§.  Robert,  d.  c.  1274  — s. 
Richard,  d.  1 292  —da.  Joan,  d.  c.  1 3  3 1 ,  who 
married  Nicholas  de  Eton  of  Rotley  -s. 
Robert,  d.  c.  1350  -s.  Richard  -s.  Richard 
—sister  Isabel,  d.  1369  -cos.  John  Warren 
(s.  Cecily,  da.  of  Joan  de  Eton),  d.  1386 
— s.  Nicholas,  d.  1413  -s.  Lawrence,  d. 
1444  — s.  John,  d.  1474  — gdson.  John 
(s.  of  Lawrence),  d.  1518  -s.  Lawrence, 
d.  1530  — s.  Edward,  d.  1558  — s.  Francis 
(disinherited)  — bro.  John,  d.  1587  -s. 
Edward,  d.  1609  — s.  John,  d.  1621  -s. 
Edward,  d.  1687  — s.  John,  judge  of 
Chester,  d.  1706  -s.  Edward,  d.  1718  -s. 
John,  d.  1729  -bro.  Edward,  d.  1737  -s. 
George,  d.  1801  —da.  Elizabeth  Harriott, 
d.  1826,  wife  of  Thomas  James  Viscount 
Bulkeley  (who  d.  s.p.  1822). 

The  heiress  bequeathed  Woodplumpton, 
&c.,  to  the  second  Lord  de  Tabley,  heir  of 
her  family,  being  descendant  of  her  great- 
aunt  Anna  Dorothea  sister  of  Edward 
Warren,  who  married  Sir  Daniel  Byrne 
of  Timogue,  — s.  John,  d.  1742  — s.  Peter, 
who  assumed  Leicester  as  a  surname, 
d.  1770  —s.  John  Fleming,  cr.  Lord  de 
Tabley,  1826,  and  d.  1827  -s.  George, 
who  took  the  surname  of  Warren  in 
1832  and  d.  1887,  having  sold  the 
manor  of  Woodplumpton. 

The  Warren  family  has  occurred  pre- 
viously in  the  accounts  of  Blackburn 
Hundred  and  Goosnargh. 

17  A  claim  for  common  of  pasture  was 
in    1274    made     by    Adam     de    Acton 
(Aighton)  against  Robert  de  Stockport ; 
De  Banco  R.  6,  m.  2.     In  the  following 
year  Ellen   widow  of  Robert   claimed   a 
third  part  of  the  manor  of  Plumpton  as 
dower    against    Richard    de    Stockport ; 
ibid.  10,  m.  71  d. 

Nicholas  de  Eton  held  the  manor  of 
Woodplumpton  in  1324  by  the  rent  of 
171.  6d.  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  39^. 
John  de  Davenport  the  younger  (as 
trustee  for  Eton)  held  (four)  plough-lands 
in  Woodplumpton  in  1346,  rendering 
171.  6d.  ;  Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  52. 

18  In  1382  the  escheator  was  ordered 
to  give  seisin  of  the    manor    of  Wood- 
plumpton to  Sir  John  de  Warren,  son  of 
Cecily  sister  of  Robert  son  of  Nicholas  de 


Eton.  A  feoffment  of  the  'manor  had 
been  made  by  John  son  of  Sir  John  de 
Davenport  to  the  said  Robert  de  Eton 
and  Isabel  his  wife,  with  remainder  to 
John  brother  of  Robert,  &c.  ;  Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  354. 

19  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.   (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  25, 
34,47.     In    1382  Sir  John  de  Warren 
had    granted    this    manor    to    John    de 
Davenport  and  others  ;  after  his  death  a 
dispute    ensued    between    the     Duke    of 
Lancaster  and  these    trustees    as  to  the 
custody  of  the  manor,  lasting  from   1387 
to  1392  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  525. 

20  Margaret  the  widow  of  Sir  John  de 
Warren    (Waryng)     afterwards     married 
John    Mainwaring,  but    had    the  manor 
of  Woodplumpton    for    her    life,    with 
remainders  to  Nicholas  and  Margaret,  Sir 
John's  children.      Parcel  of  the    manor 
was    in     1396     given     to     Nicholas     de 
Warren  on  his  marriage  with  Agnes,  who 
had  a  son  Lawrence.     To  him  a   parcel 
of   the    manor    was    granted    in    1415. 
Margaret  his  grandmother  died  in   1418 
holding  the  manor  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy   by  a   rent  of  ijs.   6d.  ;   it*  clear 
value  was  £6  ;   Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet. 
Soc.),     i,     131-3;     Dep.    Keeper's    Rep. 
xxxiii,  App.  1 6  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  76.     For 
the  Worsley  claim  appearing  in  thii  fine 
see  Watson,  op.  cit.  ii,  237. 

Agnes  Warren  in  1421  received 
£9  ioj.  as  farmer  of  Woodplumpton  ; 
Add.  MS.  32105,  GG  2652. 

81  Sir  Lawrence  Warren  of  Stockport 
was  in  143 1  said  to  hold  the  manor  of 
Woodplumpton  by  the  service  of  one 
knight's  fee  ;  Feudal  Aids,  iii,  95.  In 
1445-6,  however,  his  knight's  fee  included 
not  only  the  four  plough-lands  in  Wood- 
plumpton but  the  lands  in  Bryning,  &c., 
which  had  anciently  been  held  by  knight's 
service  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees, 
bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

22  Ches.  Inq.  p.m.  14  Edw.  IV,  no.  6. 
The  Lancashire  inquisition  quoted  below 
gives  1480  as  the  date  of  death. 

23  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  86. 
One  John  Warren  was   made  a  knight 

at  Ripon  in  1487  ;  Metcalfe,  Bk.  of 
Knights,  18. 

**  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  89. 
In  a  recovery  of  the  manor  in  1525 
Lawrence  Warren  was  the  defendant  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  141,  m.  3. 

25  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  viii, 
no.  15.  Sibyl  Warren  had  had  the 
manor  granted  to  her  for  life.  Edward 
Warren,  the  son,  had  granted  certain 
messuages  and  lands  to  Francis,  his  son 
and  heir,  and  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Sir  Edward  Fitton. 

286 


86  Metcalfe,  op.  cit.  77. 

27  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  66. 
By  a  fine  of  1557,  therein  quoted,  the 
manor  of  Woodplumpton,  a  fourth  part 
of  the  manor  of  Formby,  with  messuages, 
water-mill,  &c.,  in  those  townships  and 
in  Liverpool  and  Didsbury,  were  by  Sir 
Edward  and  his  son  Francis    settled  on 
the  younger  son  John  Warren    and  his 
heirs,   with    remainders    to    other    sons, 
Lawrence  and  Peter.     The   fine  it  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  17,  m.  90. 

28  Watson,  op.  cit.  ii,  131.     The  reason 
is  not  given.     Francis  died  without  issue 
in  1576. 

John  Warren  and  Margaret  hit  wife 
made  a  settlement  of  the  manor  of 
Woodplumpton  in  1582;  P*l.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  44,  m.  172.  Edward 
Warren  and  Anne  his  (second)  wife  had 
four  messuages,  &c.,  there  in  1591  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  53,  m.  91.  Again  in  1598  a 
settlement  of  the  manor  and  various 
lands  was  made  by  Edward  Warren  and 
Susanna  his  wife ;  ibid.  bdle.  60,  m.  3  8. 
Another  settlement  was  made  in  1613 
by  John  Warren,  Anne  his  wife  and 
Margaret  widow  of  John  Warren  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  81,  no.  68. 

Edward  Warren  was  M.P.  for  Liver- 
pool in  1589;  Pink  and  Beaven,  Parl. 
Repre.  of  Lanes.  184. 

From  entries  in  the  Woodplumpton 
registers  it  appears  that  the  Warrens 
resided  there  about  1604-6. 

39  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1637,  p.  545. 
Edward  Warren,  son  of  the  mortgager, 
stated  that  his  father  had  been  im- 
prisoned for  debt  and  there  died,  leaving 
petitioner  in  ward  to  the  king.  He  had 
sought  to  regain  the  manor,  but  Sir 
Robert  Banastre,  who  at  first  appeared 
willing,  alleged  that  he  had  so  settled 
it  at  the  marriage  of  his  son  that  he  had 
no  power. 

so  A  feoffment  of  the  manor  was  made 
in  1634  by  Sir  Robert,  Lawrence  and 
Henry  Banastre  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  122,  no.  6. 

Sir  Robert  Banastre  of  Passenham, 
Northants,  was  made  a  knight  in  1605  ; 
Metcalfe,  op.  cit.  155.  He  died  in  1649. 
His  daughter  and  heir  Dorothy  married 
William  second  Lord  Maynard  (d.  1698), 
and  bore  him  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 
The  eldest  son,  Banastre,  born  in  1642, 
succeeded  his  grandfather  and  his  mother 
at  Woodplumpton  in  1649,  and  in  1651—4 
made  claims  for  the  discharge  from 
sequestration  of  tenements  in  Wood- 
plumpton which  had  been  held  by  re- 
cusants;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2751. 
In  1662  in  a  fine  concerning  the  manor 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 


Warren  from  Banastre  Maynard  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife.31  The  manor  descended,  with  other  Warren 
estates,  to  Lord  de  Tabley,  but  was  sold  to  the 
Birleys  of  Milbanke,  Kirkham,  and  became  the  pro- 
perty of  Charles  Birley  of  Bartle  Hall,  who  died  in 
1891,  leaving  issue.  The  eldest  son,  Charles  Addison 
Birley,  succeeded,  and  at  his  death  in  1908  was 
followed  by  his  son  Mr.  Charles  Fair  Birley,  the 
present  lord  of  the  manor.  Courts  leet  and  baron 
were  held  annually  till  recently.32  The  hall  was 
sold  to  Dr.  Thomas  Calvert,  Warden  of  Manchester 
1 823-40. 33 

In   1542  there  arose  disputes  as  to  the  wastes,34 
and  an  agreement  as  to  the  division  of  parcels  of  the 


commons  and  waste  lands  within  the  manor  was  made 
in  1573  between  John  Warren,  lord  of  Wood- 
plumpton,  and  the  various  charterers.  The  details  are 
preserved  in  Christopher  Towneley's  MS.  numbered 
OO  ;  the  lord  received  210  acres  and  the  charterers 
i68.3S 

The  Singleton  family  or  families  had  lands  in 
the  township,  those  of  the  senior  branch  descend- 
ing in  the  usual  way,36  and  those  of  the  Chingle 
Hall,37  Brockholes 38  and  Staining  branches 39  ap- 
pearing in  their  inquisitions.  Others  of  the  neigh- 
bouring landowners  also  appear  in  the  records,40 
with  minor  local  families  such  as  Beck,41  Billing- 
ton,42  Duddell,43  Gregson,44  Harrison,48  Mason,48 


William  Lord  Maynard  was  plaintiff 
and  Nicholas  Banastre  deforciant  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  169,  m.  76. 
In  another  fine,  1665,  Thomas  Banastre 
was  plaintiff  and  Banastre  Maynard 
deforciant;  ibid.  bdle.  175,  m.  41. 
Banastre  succeeded  hit  father  as  third 
Lord  Maynard,  and  died  in  1718  ; 
G.E.C.  Complete  Peerage,  v,  277. 

31  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  179, 
m.  24.  In  a  later  fine  (1710)  Edward 
Bere$ford  was  plaintiff  and  the  following 
were  deforciants — Anne  Warren,  widow  ; 
Edward,  Hugh  and  John  Warren,  esquires; 
Edward  and  Talbot  Warren,  gentlemen  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  265,  m.  53.  Again  in  1761 
the  deforciants  were  Sir  George  Warren 
and  Jane  his  wife ;  ibid.  bdle.  366, 
m.  66.  Thomas  James  Viscount  Bulke- 
ley  and  Harriet  his  wife  were  in  posses- 
sion in  1802  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Lent  Assizes, 
42  Geo.  Ill,  R.  8. 

Sir  George  Warren  (K.B.  1761)  repre- 
sented Lancaster  in  Parliament  1758-80 
and  1786-96  ;  Pink  and  Beaven,  op.  cit. 
126-7. 

"  Fishwick,  St.  Michael's  (Chet.  Soc.), 

25.     The  court  baron  it   mentioned    in 

1601  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  111,436. 

33  Raines  in  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 

»,  455- 

84  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  69. 
K  A  list    of  the    charterers,    with    the 
acreage  of  their  separate  '  inlands,'  is  ap- 
pended.    The  queen  had  26  acres. 

36  Robert  de  Stockport,  lord  of  Plump- 
ton,  leased  land  in  the  manor  to  Thomas 
Banastre  in  1287;  B.M.  Add.  Charter 
20149.  la  I3°o  Joan  widow  of  Thomas 
Banastre  claimed  dower  in  a  messuage 
and  land  in  Woodplumpton  against 
Gilbert  de  Grimsargh  ;  De  Banco  R.  133, 
m.  127.  Thomas  Banastre  had  in  1296 
demised  to  Gilbert  (for  life)  various  lands 
held  by  gift  of  Richard  de  Stockport ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  ii,  fol.  256. 

In  1 346-8  John  Trussell  and  Pernell 
his  wife  (widow  of  Adam  Banastre) 
claimed  dower  in  ten  messuages,  &c., 
against  Edmund  de  Dacre  and  Ellen  his 
wife  ;  De  Banco  R.  347,  m.  165  ;  354, 
m.  3°°-  Robert  de  Singleton  appeared 
as  plaintiff  in  1369  against  Robert  son  of 
Edmund  de  Dacre  and  Godith  his  wife  ; 
Final  Cone,  ii,  177. 

Later  lands,  &c.,  in  Woodplumpton 
appear  as  portion  of  the  Balderston 
estates  (ibid,  iii,  165)  in  the  possession 
of  Edmund  Dudley,  Radcliffe  of  Winmar- 
leigh,  Alexander  Osbaldeston  and  the  Earl 
of  Derby,  as  appears  by  the  inquisitions 
p.m.  It  should  be  noted,  however,  that 
in  1521  the  Woodplumpton  land  of 
Thomas  Radcliffe  was  not  placed  among 
the  Balderston  inheritance,  but  was  de- 
clared to  be  held  of  Lawrence  Warren  by 


a  rent  of  2s. ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
v,  no.  3.  Similar  statements  are  made 
in  later  inquisitions,  but  in  1593  Plump- 
ton  was  included  with  other  Balderston 
lands  ;  ibid,  xvi,  no.  2. 

37  They  held   a  windmill,  three   mes- 
suages,  &c.,  of  the  Warrens  in  socage  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.   Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.   32  ; 
viii,  no.  9  ;  ziii,  no.  16. 

Belonging  to  a  minor  family  of  the 
district  was  John  Singleton,  whose  will 
of  1545  is  printed  in  Richmond  frills 
(Chet.  Soc.),  57. 

38  Robert  Singleton  in  1525  held  land, 
Sec.,    in    Woodplumpton    of    Lawrence 
Warren  in  socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  vi,  no.  4.     In  1573  what  was  pro- 
bably  the  same  estate  was  described    as 
'in   Newsham,'    which    was    within    the 
lordship    of  Woodplumpton ;    ibid,    xii, 
no.  34.     In  a  later  inquisition  the  tenure 
was  said  to  be  of  the  queen  by  knight's 
service  ;  ibid.  no.  30. 

39  In  1551   George  Singleton  was  said 
to    hold   in    Woodplumpton    of    George 
Newsham   in  socage  ;    Duchy    of   Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  17.     The  tenure  is  not 
stated  in  later  inquisitions. 

40  The    tenure  of  John  Newsham    of 
Newsham  in   1515  was  not  known,  and 
in    1585   the  whole  estate  in  Newsham 
and    Woodplumpton    was   combined,   as 
held  of  John  Warren  in  socage  ;  ibid,  iv, 
no.  75  ;  xiv,  no.  88. 

The  lands  of  Alexander  Goosnargh  of 
Stalmine  were  in  1524  said  to  be  held  of 
the  king  by  a  rent ;  ibid,  v,  no.  55. 

George  Hesketh  of  Poulton  in  1571 
died  holding  land,  &c.,  of  John  Warren 
by  a  rent  of  6s.  %d.  ;  ibid,  xiii,  no.  1 5. 
It  was  held  similarly  in  1622  of  Sir 
Robert  Banastre  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  363-6. 

Anthony  Pickering  of  Catterall  in  1613 
held  land,  &c.,  in  Catforth  and  Wood- 
plumpton of  John  Warren  by  10*.  rent ; 
ibid,  i,  242-3. 

Alexander  Rigby  of  Goosnargh  in  1621 
held  of  the  heirs  or  assigns  of  John 
Warren,  marking  the  transition  to 
Banastre  ;  ibid,  iii,  457-9. 

Thomas  Gregory  in  1622  held  of  Sir 
Robert  Banastre  by  a  rent  of  id. ;  ibid, 
iii,  403-^4. 

William  Haydock  of  Cottam  held  of 
the  same  in  1624;  Towneley  MS.  C  8, 
13  (Chet.  Lib.),  529. 

In  some  other  cases  no  tenure  has  been 
recorded. 

41  Richard   Beck  died  in   1585  holding 
a    messuage,    &c.,    of   John    Warren    in 
socage  by  a  rent  of  4*.  ;  Roger  Beck,   the 
son  and  heir,  was  nineteen  years  of  age  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  46. 
Roger  Beck  was  in  possession  in  1590  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  52,  m.  506. 

287 


The  property  seems  to  have  been  iold  to 
Duddell,  as  below. 

42  Anthony     Biilington    by     his    will 
of    1575    desired    to  be   buried    in    the 
'parish  church*  of  Woodplumpton.     He 
names  his  sons  John  and  Thomas  ;  Fish- 
wick,   op.    cit.   193.      A  later  Anthony 
Biilington  died  in  1631  holding  of  Robert 
Banastre.     John  his    son    and    heir  was 
nineteen  years  old  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxvii,  ne.  17  ;  xxx,  no.  70. 

43  In  the  case  of  George  Duddell  (1589) 
the   tenure  is  not  recorded,  but  his  son 
William  in   1613  was  said  to  have  held 
in  part  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by  the 
fiftieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and   in  part 
of  John  Warren  by  6s.  rent ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  13-15.     The  estate 
included  purchases  from  Roger  Beck  and 
Thomas  Harrison,  and  was  bequeathed  to 
his  nephew  George  (son  of  John)  Duddell 
of  Clifton,  and  in  default  of  male  issue  to 
another  nephew,  William  (son  of  Richard) 
Duddell,  &c.     George  Duddell,  the  next 
heir,  was  seventeen  years  old. 

Thomas  Harrison  and  Ellen  his  wife 
sold  to  William  Duddell  in  1558  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  20,  m.  105.  In 
1563  they  sold  to  William  Ambrose; 
ibid.  bdle.  25,  m.  119.  The  Duddells 
took  the  Parliamentary  side  in  the  Civil 
War.  Captain  Duddell,  eldest  son  of 
George,  raised  a  company  for  service,  and 
was  killed  at  the  capture  of  Bolton  in 
1644;  War  in  Land.  (Chet.  Soc.),  42,  50. 

44  Robert  Gregson  died  in  1613  holding 
a   messuage,    &c.,    of  John    Warren    by 
41 .  ifd.  rent,  and  6  acres  (from  the  waste) 
of  the    king    as    of    his    duchy    by    the 
hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.     John 
Gregson,  the  son  and  heir,  was  seven  years 
of  age  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i, 
257. 

John  Gregson  was  a  'delinquent '  during 
the  Civil  War  time,  having  assisted  the 
forces  raised  against  the  Parliament. 
In  1650  he  compounded  by  a  fine  of 
,£51  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  128. 

45  The  will  of  James  (son  of  Thomas) 
Harrison  of  Catford,  1587,  shows  that  he 
had   land    in    Woodplumpton    and    Bils- 
borrow.       His    sons    were    James    and 
Andrew;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  194.     James 
Harrison,  who  died  in  1612,  held  his  land 
of  John  Warren  by  5*.  rent ;  his  son  and 
heir   John   was  aged   seventeen  ;    Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  6. 

46  Robert   Mason,  who   died    in   1599, 
held  of  Sir  Edward  Warren  by  a  rent  of 
31.  $d.     He  left  three  daughters  and  co- 
heirs,  viz.  Alice  widow  of  Richard  Am- 
brose, and  aged  fifty  in  1623  ;  Elizabeth 
wife  of  Robert   Lache,  forty-seven  ;  and 
Jane  wife  of  John  Larrimer,  forty-four  j 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  155. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Richardson  47  and  White  48  ;  but  the  chief  residents 
in  the  I5th  century  and  later  seem  to  have  been  the 
Ambrose  family  of  AMBROSE  HALL™  and  Cat- 
forth.  Their  estates  passed  by  sale  in  1650  to 
Richard  Shaw,  and  about  1870  to  Charles  Birley.60 
CAT.  FORTH,  called  a  manor,  was  held  by  the  Shire- 
burnes  of  Stonyhurst,51  and  B4RTLE  gave  a  surname 
to  a  local  family  who  in  the  I4th  century  had  part 


of  the  manor  of  Great  Eccleston.83  In  this  part  of 
the  township  is  Moor  Hall,  which  has  for  a  long 
time  been  held  by  a  branch  of  the  Threlfall  family.83 
Isolated  references  are  all  that  can  in  most  cases  be 
given.54 

George  Nicholson  of  Woodplumpton  in  1631  paid 
£10  on  declining  knighthood.68  Several  sequestra- 
tions for  religion  or  politics  marked  the  Common- 


47  William  Richardson  and    Anne  hit 
wife  in  1590  gave  two  messuages,  &c.,  to 
William  Waring  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet   of 
F.  bdle.  52,  rri.  219. 

Thomas  son  of  William  Richardson, 
who  died  at  Myerscough  in  1637,  held 
three  messuages,  &c.,  in  Woodplumpton 
and  other  lands  in  Claughton,  Bils- 
borrow  and  Sowerby,  and  left  a  son  and 
heir  William,  one  year  old.  The  re- 
mainder in  default  of  heirs  male  was  to 
trustees  for  the  maintenance  of  a  school- 
master at  Garstang ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxviii,  no.  76. 

48  Anthony  White  acquired  a  messuage, 
&c.,  in  1582  from  Nicholas  White  ;  Pal. 
of    Lane.   Feet  of  F.  bdle.  44,   m.  132. 
Anthony  White  died  in  1606  holding  in 
socage    and    leaving    as    heir   a  daughter 
Margaret  wife   of    Henry  Singleton  and 
twenty-nine  years  of  age  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  i,  100. 

49  William  Ambrose  the  elder  settled 
messuages,      &c.,     in       Woodplumpton, 
Kirkham,     Goosnargh,     Garstang     and 
Lancaster  in    1421  ;    Final  Cone,  iii,  79. 
The  remainders  appear  to  have  been  to 
his  son  William,  and  in  default  of  issue 
to  Joan,  Ellen  and   Margaret  sisters  of  a 
Nicholas  (?)  Ambrose.     About  the  same 
time  a  William  Ambrose  is  found  acting 
as  arbitrator   in   Furness  ;    West,  Furnest 
(ed.  1805),  264. 

Nicholas  Ambrose  in  1448  complained 
of  trespass  by  John  Hestholm,  Joan  his 
wife  and  others  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
1 1,  m.  zb. 

Richard  Ambrose  in  1478  made  a 
feoffment  of  lands,  &c.,  in  Kirkham  and 
Woodplumpton  5  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13 
(Chet.  Lib.),  A  in. 

Alexander  Ambrose  in  1492  obtained 
licence  to  agree  with  Agnes  and  Margery 
daughters  of  Richard  Walton  concerning 
their  holding  in  Woodplumpton,  News- 
ham  and  Upper  Rawcliffe  5  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  78,  m.  4  d.  Richard  son 
of  Richard  Walton  and  Agnes  his  wife 
occur  in  1474 ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs 
Proton,  file  15  Edw.  IV. 

The  lands  of  William  Ambrose  were 
estimated  for  the  subsidy  of  1523—4  at 
301.  a  year  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  9. 

In  1541  Nicholas  Ambrose  of 
Plumpton  sold  to  William  Eccleston  a 
messuage  with  appurtenances  in  Wood- 
plumpton ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  fol.  337  d. 
In  1548  a  settlement  of  Ambrose  Hall, 
with  ten  messuages,  lands,  &c.,  in  Wood- 
plumpton, Penwortham,  Goosnargh  and 
Winmarleigh,  was  made  by  Nicholas 
Ambrose,  the  remainder  being  to  his  son 
and  heir  William  ;  but  three  messuages, 
&c.,  the  dower  of  Elizabeth  Ambrose, 
widow,  were  to  go  to  Thomas  Sing/eton  5 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  13, 
m.  149.  In  1555  Nicholas  appears  to 
have  sold  a  further  part  of  his  estate  in 
Woodplumpton  and  Charnley  Eaves  to 
William  Eccleston  ;  ibid.  bdle.  16,  m.  128. 
These,  however,  were  re-sold  to  William 
Ambrose  in  1559,  a  tenement  in  Little 
Eccleston  being  given  for  them  ;  Add. 
MS.  32106,  fol.  199. 


William  son  and  heir  of  William 
Ambrose  made  a  feoffment  in  1564  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  26,  m.  212.  In 
1577  he  made  a  settlement  of  the  whole 
or  part  of  his  estate,  which  included  a 
water-mill,  with  contingent  remainders 
to  his  brothers  Thomas,  Ewan  and  George 
and  to  Richard  and  Leonard  sons  of 
William  Ambrose  of  Catforth  Hall  ; 
ibid.  bdle.  39,  m.  58. 

A  pedigree  was  recorded  in  I  567  show- 
ing the  descent  thus  :  Richard  Ambrose 
-s.  William  — s.  Nicholas  —sons  William, 
Thomas,  Henry,  Roger,  Ewan,  George, 
and  da.  Ellen  ;  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  46. 

Thomas  Ambrose  claimed  a  capital  mes- 
suage in  1595  against  Thomas  Richardson 
and  Isabel  his  wife  (widow  of  Roger 
Ambrose)  as  heir  of  his  brother  William  ; 
Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  409. 

Roger  Ambrose  had  died  in  1585  hold- 
ing a  messuage  called  Little  Blacklache 
of  John  Warren  by  izd.  rent;  this  and 
another  piece  of  land  held  by  knight's 
service  were  parts  of  William  Ambrose's 
estate  (then  deceased),  and  Roger  had  also 
acquired  a  further  parcel  from  John 
Singleton  of  Chingle  Hall,  held  of  the 
queen  as  of  her  duchy  by  knight's 
service.  His  son  and  heir  William  was 
seven  years  of  age  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  62. 

William  died  unmarried  in  1641  and 
the  estate  went  by  a  deed  of  1607  (in 
possession  of  William  Farrer)  to  the 
allied  family  of  Catforth  Hall.  For 
confirmation  Richard  Ambrose  of  this 
place  obtained  in  1612  a  royal  grant  of 
Ambrose  Hall  for  himself  and  his  heirs  ; 
Pat.  10  Jas.  I,  pt.  xv.  In  1650-1 
William  Ambrose  of  Catforth,  Elizabeth 
his  wife  and  Richard  his  son  and  heir 
mortgaged  Ambrose  Hall  to  William 
Shaw  of  Preston,  who  eventually  became 
the  owner ;  W.  Farrer's  Deeds,  and 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  183-5,  where  pedigrees 
will  be  found.  William  Ambrose  of 
Catforth  had  succeeded  his  father  Richard 
by  1631  ;  W.  Farrer's  Deeds. 

50  Fishwick,  loc.  cit. 

51  Catforth    was    called    a    manor    in 
1422  ;      Dunkenhalgh     D.     The    deeds 
noticed  in  the  Shireburne  abstract  book 
at  Leagram  Hall  begin  with  a  grant  by 
Sir    Robert  de  Stockport  to  Richard  de 
Newsham  of  land  in  Woodplumpton  to  be 
held  by  a  rent  of  I2<£     Afterwards  the 
land  seems  to  have  passed  to  the  Fishwick 
family    (1366    to    1522),   and    in    1575 
Thurstan    Southworth    sold    messuages, 
&c.,    in    Woodplumpton  to  Sir  Richard 
Shireburne,  while  Robert  Midghalgh  and 
George  his  son    and  heir  in   1591    sold 
land  in  Newsham  called  Ravenshawhalgh 
(or  Rainshalgh)  to  the  same. 

Though  these  deeds  are  silent,  it  appears 
that  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  in  1508  gave 
the  manors  of  Aighton  and  Catforth,  with 
various  lands,  &c.,  to  his  executor  to 
fulfil  the  trusts  in  his  will,  and  that 
Catforth  was  held  of  Sir  John  Warren  in 
socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv, 
no.  46.  Similar  statements  were  made 
in  later  inquisitions,  but  the  abstract 

288 


book  shows  that  part  of  the  demesne  was 
in  1546  sold  to  Elizabeth  (or  Ellen) 
Rodes  by  Sir  Richard  Shireburne  and 
Maud  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  12,  m.  299.  Probably  the  other 
parts  were  also  alienated,  and  in  1594  the 
Shireburne  estate  in  Catforth  was  not 
called  a  manor. 

Gilbert  de  Catforth  attested  some  early 
charters. 

52  See  the  account  of  Great  Eccleston. 

58  Information  of  Mrs.  Charles  Threl- 
fall. Edward  Stanley  acquired  land,  &c., 
in  1588  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  50,  m.  23.  In  his  will,  dated  1587, 
he  names  his  nephew  Thomas  Threlfall  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  196.  In  1595  Thomas 
Threlfall  claimed  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Woodplumpton  against  William  Richard- 
son and  Anne  his  wife  ;  Ducatus  Lane. 
iii,  387.  It  was  probably  the  same  who 
was  chapel-warden  in  1610  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  231. 

54  Some  examples  may  be  recorded. 

In  1310  John  de  Cottam  and  Denise 
his  wife  claimed  dower  in  three  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in  Woodplumpton  against 
Richard  son  of  William  de  Rediford  ; 
De  Banco  R.  181,  m.  224  d.  John  son 
of  Robert  de  Rediford  claimed  a  messuage, 
&c.,  in  1333  against  Robert  son  of  Ralph 
de  Dardeslow.  It  appeared  that  John  de 
Rediford,  grandfather  of  plaintiff,  gave 
to  Joan  his  daughter,  but  she  died 
without  issue.  The  defendant  said  that 
the  gift  was  to  his  father  Ralph  and  his 
heirs  ;  ibid.  293,  m.  91  ;  295,  m.  58  d. 

Henry  son  of  Richard  Russel  of  Wood- 
plumpton and  Cecily  his  wife  in  1336 
acquired  three  messuages,  &c.,  from  John 
son  of  John  son  of  Simon  de  Howick  ; 
Final  Cone,  ii,  101. 

Sir  John  Tempest  and  Alice  his  wife 
were  plaintiffs  in  1352  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  2,  m.  I.  Margery  de  Nettleton 
claimed  against  Robert  de  Newsham  and 
Alice  his  wife  in  1359  ;  ibid.  7,  m.  i. 
John  son  of  Robert  de  Rainford  and 
Agnes  his  wife  appear  in  1361  ;  Assize 
R.  441,  m.  i  d.  Robert  de  Newsham 
and  Joan  his  wife  had  lands  in  1388  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  30. 

Robert  Lache  of  Bartle  and  James  his 
son  and  heir  in  1522  granted  a  windmill 
and  land  to  William  Braboner  of  Goos- 
nargh ;  Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  393-5. 
See  Ducatus  Lane,  iii,  63. 

The  Subsidy  Roll  of  1 545-6  shows  the 
following  owners  of  land  :  Nicholas 
Ambrose,  Henry  Charnley,  Thomas 
Henryson,  George  Kighley,  William 
Latus,  John  Newsham  and  the  wife  of 
John  Richardson  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  10. 
Some  other  rolls  are  given  ibid. 

Christopher  Hudson  made  a  purchase 
from  John  Fell  in  1555  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  16,  m.  113.  Richard 
Hudson  had  land,  &c.,  in  1582  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  44,  m.  102. 

65  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  222.  A  later  namesake  was  a  bene- 
factor of  the  poor.  Alice  Nicholson  of 
Bartle,  widow,  founded  the  school  at 
Catforth. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


wealth  period,56  while  a  number  of  '  Papists '  regis- 
tered estates  in  ijij." 

The  piety  of  Richard  son  of  Roger 
CHURCH  makes  it  probable  that  a  chapel  existed 
in  his  demesne  before  1200.  Though 
this  is  confirmed  by  remains  in  the  building,  there 
seems  to  be  no  direct  documentary  evidence58  of  the 
chapel  till  1552,  when  its  'ornaments'  were  seized 
for  the  king.59  About  the  same  time  it  was  locally 
styled  a  'church.' 60  There  was  no  endowment,  but 
the  vicar  of  St.  Michael's  allowed  ^4  a  year  to  the 
curate,61  and  service  there  appears  to  have  been  main- 
tained after  the  Reformation.  In  1650  the  minister 
had  an  allowance  of  £50  a  year  from  the  Committee 
of  Plundered  Ministers.62  The  certified  income  in 
1717  was  only  £3,  but  further  endow- 
ments were  procured  about  that  time,63 
and  the  net  value  is  now  given  as 


ST.  MICHAEL- 
ON-WYRE 

40  ft.  long  by  1 6  ft.  wide.  This  may  have  been 
extended  eastward  in  the  late  I5th  or  early  i6th 
century  and  a  south  aisle  added,  and  later  again  in 
the  1 6th  century  a  further  aisle  added  on  the  south 
side,  the  first  aisle  then  becoming  the  nave.  The 
evidence  for  this  is,  however,  far  from  being  conclu- 
sive, the  chief  reasons  in  support  being  the  nature 
of  the  walling  at  the  west  end  of  the  north  aisle,  the 
width  of  the  aisle  itself,  which  is  greater  than  that  of 
the  nave,  and  the  difference  of  detail  of  the  two 
nave  arcades,  which  seems  to  point  to  that  on  the 
south  being  later  in  date,  though  perhaps  at  no  great 
interval  of  time,  than  that  on  the  north.66  The  nave  and 
aisles  are  under  three  separate  and  continuous  gabled 
roofs,  that  over  the  south  aisle  and  the  north  slope  of 


14S  CENTURY 

15J2CENTUBY 
152CENTUBY 
CHI  MODERN 


The  church  of  ST.  4NNE  stands  at 
the  south  end  of  the  village,  near  the 
edge  of  the  higher  ground  before  its  fall 
to  Woodplumpton  Brook,  and  consists  of 
chancel  and  nave  with  north  and  south 
aisles  forming  a  parallelogram  measuring 
internally  72  ft.  6  in.  long  by  47  ft.  6  in. 
wide,  with  north-east  vestry  and  small 
western  tower  with  octagonal  lantern. 
The  oldest  part  of  the  building  is  the 
western  half  of  the  north  aisle  wall,  in 
which  there  are  a  window  of  c.  1 300  and 
a  door  of  about  100  years  later,  the  east 
part  of  the  wall,  together  with  the  east 
wall  of  the  aisle,  being  either  of  1 5th  or 
early  1 6th-century  date,  or  an  older  wall 
restored  with  later  windows  inserted. 
The  north  and  south  arcades  belong  to 
the  late  I5th  or  early  16th-century 
period,  but  the  rest  of  the  structure, 
comprising  the  whole  of  the  west  and 
south  walls  and  the  east  wall  as  far  as  the 
north  side  of  the  chancel,  was  rebuilt  or 
refaced  in  the  i8th  century,  probably  in 
1 748,64a  at  which  time  the  tower  was 
also  erected.  The  development  of  the  plan  is  not 
clear  from  the  evidence  of  the  building,  but  the 
present  north  aisle  may  represent  the  nave  of  a  1 4th- 
century  building  which  would  be  perhaps  about 


SCALE  or  FEET 

PLAN  OF  WOODPLUMPTON  CHURCH 

the  north  aisle  being  covered  with  stone  slabs  and 
the  others  with  modern  blue  slates.  The  older 
masonry  is  of  red  and  yellow  sandstone  intermixed, 
but  the  18th-century  walling  consists  of  squared 


66  Edward  Browne  of  Bartle,  '  adhering 
to  the  forces  raised  against  the  Parlia- 
ment,' had  his  lands  sequestered,  but  took 
the  National  Covenant,  &c.,  in  1646 
and  was  allowed  to  compound  ;  Royalist 
Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  251-5. 

Jane  Brewer,  widow,  had  two-thirds 
of  her  estate  sequestered  for  recusancy, 
'conformed'  in  1648,  but  had  in  1651 
failed  to  secure  discharge  of  her  land. 
She  then  seems  to  have  renounced  Pro- 
testantism, for  she  petitioned  in  1654  to 
be  allowed  to  contract  for  the  seques- 
trated part  under  the  Recusants  Act  ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  2886.  John  Ward's 
ca»e,  1652,  appears  to  be  of  the  same 
kind  ;  ibid.  2991. 

Other  recusants  were  William  Beesley 
and  his  wife,  both  dead  in  1653,  when 
Peter  Blackburn  and  Katherine  his  wife 
(heir  of  Henry  son  of  William  Beesley) 
petitioned  for  discharge,  and  George 


Green  ;     ibid.     3155,     3174  ;     Royalist 
Comp.  Papers,  i,  172. 

57  Francis  Almond  of  Lawton  House, 
Edmund    Baine    of   Catforth,    Elizabeth 
Billington,  William  Billsborough,  Richard 
Clarkson  (steward  for  Sir  N.  Shireburne), 
Perpetua  Clarkson,  Anne  Crichlow,  Robert 
Kellet,  William  Kitchen,  Richard  Latui 
and    Thomas    Willasey ;    Estcourt    and 
Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  91,  103,  &c. 

58  The  house  of  Gilbert  the  chaplain  of 
Plumpton  is  named  in  a  Sowerby  charter 
about   1240  :  Cockenand  Chartul.   (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  245.      'Of  Plumpton'  may  be  a 
surname.     The  chapel  is  not  named  in 
the  grant  of  St.  Michael's  to  Battlefield. 

59  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  76. 

60  As  in  wills  quoted  ibid.     Ellen  Top- 
ham,  widow,   in    1556    left  2OJ.   to    the 
church    of    Woodplumpton    (where    she 
desired    to    be    buried),    and    6s.    Sd.    to 
Nicholas  Lawrenson  to  pray  for  her  soul  ; 
Richmond  Wills,  88. 

289 


61  Commoniv.     Ch.    Sur-v.     (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  147. 

62  Ibid.    148  ;   no   minister   is   named. 
The  £50  was  given  in   1646  out  of  T. 
Clifton's     sequestered     estates ;      Plund. 
Mins.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  26.     The  chapel  was  vacant ;  ibid.  32. 

63  Gastrell,    Notitia    Cestr.    ii,    454-5. 
The  chapel  was  '  duly  served  by  a  curate.' 

64  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir. 

64a  Among  the  briefs  collected  in  the 
parish  of  Ryton,  co.  Durham,  is  one  for 
'Woodplumpton  Chapel  in  Com.  Lane." 
received  12  June  1748.  The  charge  was 
,£1,246 ;  Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  of  Newcastle,  x, 

34- 

65  A    local    tradition    that    the   early 
window  and  door  in  the  north  aisle  were 
brought  to  Woodplumpton  from   a  place 
not  named  and  inserted  during  the  igth 
century  would,  if  true,  destroy  the  argu- 
ment for  the  supposed  early  14th-century 
date  of  part  of  the  north  walL 

37 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


blocks  of  gritstone  with  sandstone  dressings.  The 
south  wall  is  a  fairly  good  piece  of  classic  work  with 
semicircular-headed  windows  and  doorways  and 
angle  pilasters  and  entablature,  above  which,  however, 
the  embattled  parapet  of  the  earlier  wall  has  rather 
unfortunately  been  set.  The  doorways  have  moulded 
imposts  and  blocked  keystones  with  a  straight  moulded 
weathering  on  blocked  corbels  above,  and  the  windows 
have  plain  jambs  and  heads  with  blocked  imposts 
and  keystones.  At  the  east  and  west  ends  the  walling 
is  of  plainer  character. 

The  church  seems  to  have  been  repaired  and  re- 
roofed  in  1639,  that  date  being  on  one  of  the 
principals  of  the  north  aisle,  and  was  later  filled  with 
square  pews  ;  but  there  seems  to  have  been  no 
adequate  restoration  in  modern  times  till  the  year 
1 900,  when  the  interior  was  stripped  of  many  coats 
of  whitewash  which  covered  the  walls  and  the 
masonry  laid  bare,  the  old  square  pews  removed  and 
new  seating  erected,  the  chancel  re-arranged,  new 
quire  stalls  and  other  fittings  being  inserted,  and  the 
vestry  enlarged  by  being  extended  westward.  In  the 
course  of  this  latter  work  various  fragments  of  an 
earlier  church  were  discovered,  including  two  por- 
tions of  shafts  with  scalloped  capitals,  indicating  the 
existence  of  a  building  here  in  the  1 2th  century, 
lome  bits  of  14th-century  tracery,  and  a  red  sandstone 
slab  with  floreated  cross.  All  these  fragments  are 
now  built  into  the  vestry  wall. 

The  chancel  and  nave  are  without  structural 
division,  the  chancel,  which  is  inclosed  by  modern  oak 
screens  and  is  27  ft.  6  in.  by  14  ft.,  occupying  the 
first  and  half  the  second  bay  from  the  east,  a  6-ft. 
length  of  plain  wall  forming  the  original  15th- 
century  sanctuary  at  the  east  end.  The  east  window 
is  a  modern  pointed  one  of  four  lights  with  per- 
pendicular tracery,  and  the  roof,  together  with  those 
of  the  nave  and  south  aisle,  is  also  modern.  The 
north  arcade  consists  of  five  pointed  arches  of  two 
chamfered  orders  on  octagonal  piers,  20  in.  in 
diameter,  with  moulded  caps  and  bases,  6  ft.  in 
height  to  the  top  of  the  caps,  the  arches  all  being  of 
equal  width.  On  the  south  side  the  arcade  differs 
somewhat  in  the  setting  out,  though  the  number  of 
bays  is  the  same  and  the  detail  somewhat  similar. 
The  work,  however,  is  rather  more  rough  in  cha- 
racter and  the  piers  are  6  in.  more  in  height.  There 
is  a  4-ft.  length  of  straight  wall  at  the  west  end,  and 
the  two  outer  arches,  east  and  west,  are  less,  and  the 
second  one  from  the  east  greater,  in  width  than 
those  in  the  north  and  the  remaining  arches  on  the 
south  side.  The  north  aisle  is  16  ft.  in  width  and 
is  lit  at  the  east  end  by  a  three-light  window  with 
low  four-centred  arched  head  and  external  hood 
mould,  and  at  the  west  by  a  new  four-light  square- 
headed  Gothic  window  inserted  in  the  1 8th-century 
wall.  The  north  side  had  originally  three  windows, 
but  the  easternmost  one  was  removed  when  the  vestry 
was  enlarged,  the  reveal  alone  remaining  as  a  recess. 
Next  to  this,  about  the  middle  of  the  aisle,  is  a  late 
two-light  square-headed  opening,  and  further  west 
the  interesting  early  14th-century  window  already 
mentioned,  of  two  pointed  trefoiled  lights  with 
a  rounded  trefoil  in  the  head  and  segmental  rear 
arch.  The  north  door,  which  may  be  c.  1400,  has 
a  pointed  arch  with  plain  sunk  chamfered  jambs  and 
head  on  which  are  carved  symbolic  paterae,  including 
three  four-leafed  flowers,  a  rose,  fish,  and  the  initial 


M  (twice).  The  north  wall  has  apparently  been 
raised  about  three  courses,  probably  in  the  iyth 
century,  when  the  roof  was  renewed,  and  is  built  in 
the  lower  part  of  blocks  of  red  and  yellow  sandstone 
3  ft.  to  4  ft.  long,  but  of  less  size  above,  and  is 
strengthened  by  two  buttresses  each  of  two  stages. 
The  roof  retains  some  of  the  17th-century  oak 
principals,  but  is  otherwise  new,  and  has  overhanging 
eaves,  and  on  the  south  slope  is  pierced  by  two  dormer 
windows  of  six  lights  each. 

The  south  aisle  is  1 3  ft.  wide,  with  a  two-light 
segmental-headed  window  at  each  end  and  four 
windows  and  two  doors  on  the  south  side.  The 
west  tower,  or  campanile,  measures  6  ft.  square 
inside,  and  is  set  towards  the  north  side  of  the 
nave  gable,  to  the  height  of  which  it  is  carried  up 
square,  finishing  with  a  moulded  cornice,  above 
which  is  an  octagon  lantern  with  an  open  arch  on 
each  face,  surmounted  by  a  small  stone  dome  with 
ball  and  fish  weather-vane.  The  lower  part  of 
the  campanile,  which  is  open  to  the  church  with 
a  modern  arch  filled  in  by  a  modern  oak  screen,  has 
a  round-headed  west  window  with  keystone  and 
blocked  jambs,  and  on  the  south  side  is  an  old 
disused  clock-face. 

The  font  now  in  use  is  a  modern  one  (1901)  of 
red  sandstone.  An  old  round  font,  found  some  years 
ago  at  the  back  of  the  church,  fell  into  the  hands  of  a 
local  mason,  by  whom  it  was  re-cut,  re-chiselled  and 
reduced  to  octagon  form,  all  vestiges  of  its  original 
character  being  destroyed.  It  now  stands  outside,  to 
the  north  of  the  turret. 

Many  of  the  old  1 8th-century  oak  pew  ends,  carved 
with  various  initials  and  dates  between  1716  and 
1746,  have  been  used  as  panelling  round  the  walls, 
and  at  the  east  end  of  the  south  aisle  is  the  1 7th- 
century  oak  communion  table  with  the  initials  '  WA  ' 
and  the  date  1635. 

There  are  two  bells,  one  dated  1596  and  the  other 
1837,  but  without  other  inscription  or  founders' 
name. 

The  plate  is  all  modern  and  comprises  a  chalice, 
paten  and  flagon  of  1859,  given  by  Mr.  Charles 
Birley  of  Bartle  Hall  ;  a  paten  of  1896,  'The  gift  of 
Gertrude  Emily  Birley,  Easter  1896'  ;  and  a  small 
flagon  of  1897,  given  by  Richard  Marsden  in  memory 
of  his  son  James  Marsden.  There  are  also  two 
chalices,  two  breadholders  and  two  flagons  of  pewter, 
all  inscribed  '  I.  Woods  and  R.  Parker  Churchwardens 
1822.' 

The  register  of  burials  begins  in  1603  and  those 
of  baptisms  and  marriages  in  1604,  from  which 
year  they  are  complete  with  the  exception  of  gaps 
between  1625  and  1628  and  between  1648  and 
1653.  The  first  two  volumes  (1614-59)  have 
been  printed.66 

The  churchyard  lies  principally  on  the  south  and 
west  sides.  There  is  an  octagonal  stone  shaft  sur- 
mounted by  a  sundial,  the  plate  of  which  is  dated 
1657,  and  on  the  south  wall  are  traces  of  a  large 
painted  sundial  with  the  motto  '  Sic  transit  gloria 
mundi '  on  the  architrave.  Near  the  entrance  on  the 
south  side  are  the  remains  of  the  stocks,  on  one  pillar  of 

....          AB 
which  is  cut  —  • 


66  Lanes.  Parish  Reg.  Soc.  Publ.  xxvii  (1906).     Transcribed  by 
Henry  Brierley. 


2QO 


WoODPLUMPTON     CHURCH    FROM    THE    SOUTH-EAST 


WoODPLUMPTON    CHURCH  :    THE    NAVE,    LOOKING    EAST 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


The  incumbents,  styled  vicars,  are  appointed  by 
the  vicar  of  St.  Michael's.  The  following  is  a  list  of 
them67  : — 

oc.  1552—62     Nicholas  Lawrenson  68 
oc.  1604—13      John  Hollinworth  69 
oc.  1 6 1 4  R  .  .  .  Lomax 70 

oc.  1621  Roger  Farrand  71 

oc.  1629-30     John  Dugdale  72 
oc.  1637-41      JohnGregge73 
oc.  1 646-7        Peter  Jackson  7* 
oc.  1650  John  Wright76 

1651  John  Haydock78 

oc.  1669  Robert  Wayte  77 

oc.  1676-80     John  Harrison 

1684  Thomas  Kirkham,  B.A.78 

c.  1695  Thomas  Cockshutt,  B.A.79  (Pembroke 

Coll.,  Camb.) 
1700  Timothy    Corles,  B.A.80   (Emmanuel 

Coll.,  Camb.) 
1704  Ralph    Loxam,    B.A.81    (Jesus     Coll., 

Camb.) 

1708  Robert  Butterworth 

oc.  1735  Matthew  Worthington  82 

1797  Charles  Buck,  M.A.83  (St.  John's  Coll., 

Camb.) 


1803  Henry  Foster 

1836  Isaac  Mossop 8t 

1884  William  Henry  Ramsbottom  M 

1889  Ernest  Turner  Millard 

A  free  school  was  founded  at  Catforth  in  i66i-6.86 

Roger  Kitchen's  house  in  Woodplumpton  was 
licensed  in  1689  as  a  meeting-place  for  Noncon- 
formists,87 but  the  congregation  does  not  seem  to  have 
continued. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  have  a  chapel  at  Wood- 
plumpton, erected  in  iSig88  ;  the  Primitive  Metho- 
dists appeared  at  Catforth  in  1815,  and  soon  afterwards 
a  chapel  was  built  there,  replaced  in  1863  by  the 
present  one.89 

St.  Andrew's  Roman  Catholic  church,  at  the  south 
end  of  the  township,  is  known  as  Cottam  Chapel,  as 
representing  the  old  mission  maintained  by  the  Hay- 
dock  family  at  Cottam  Hall,  close  by.  This  had  to 
be  given  up  in  ijij,  on  the  estate  passing  into  the 
hands  of  Protestants,  but  a  new  chapel  was  soon  after- 
wards opened  in  Woodplumpton.  It  was  destroyed 
in  1 746,  after  the  defeat  of  the  Young  Pretender,  and 
again  in  1768  by  mobs  from  Preston.  The  present 
church  succeeded  it  in  I793.90  St.  Robert's,  Catforth, 
was  opened  in  i877.91 


NETHER  WYRESDALE 
HOLLETH 
CLEVELEY  (PART) 
CABUS 
WINMARLEIGH 


GARSTANG 

NATEBY 

GARSTANG 

KIRKLAND 

BARNACRE-WITH-BONDS 


CATTERALL 
CLAUGHTON 
BILSBORROW 
PILLING 


The  parish  of  Garstang  has  an  area  of  28,88 1  acres, 
and  the  population  in  1901  numbered  5,896,* 
employed  for  the  most  part  in  agriculture,  though 
there  are  some  scattered  factories. 

The  northern  boundary  is  peculiar,  Holleth  being 
quite  detached  from  the  main  body  of  the  parish  and 
having  a  small  part  of  its  area  within  the  parish  of 
Cockerham,  in  which  also  is  contained  about  three- 
fourths  of  Cleveley.  Some  evidences  of  the  Roman 
occupation  have  been  found.2  Before  the  Conquest 


only  three  manors  existed — Garstang,  Catterall  and 
Claughton — and  these  three,  with  the  addition  of 
Bilsborrow,  were  all  the  townships  existing  in 
1 3 27-41. 3  It  was  only  slowly  that  the  other  town- 
ships became  separate.  In  1624  the  county  lay  was 
apportioned  as  follows  :  Garstang,  £10  f,s.  3^.  ; 
Catterall,  £1  i$s.  ^\d.  ;  Claughton,  iBs.  y\d.  ;  and 
Bilsborrow,  £l  \s.  6£J.,  making  a  total  contribution 
of  £14  2s.  ^d.  towards  the  £100  levied  upon  the 
hundred.4  The  older  fifteenth  was  of  similar  pro- 


67  Much  of  the  list  is  due  to  Col.  Fish- 
wick,  who  gives  biographical  notices,  op. 
cit.    80-8.       It   will    be    seen    that    the 
curates    changed    very    frequently,    the 
chapel  being  often  vacant,  until  the  iSth 
century. 

68  His  name  occurs  in  the  inventory  of 
church  goods  and  in  the  visitation  lists  of 
1554  and   1562;  Chet.  Miic.  (new  ser.), 
i,  10. 

69  His  name  appears  in  the  registers. 
He  was  'no  preacher"  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com. 
Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  8. 

70  In  1619  the  name  occurs  as  George 
Lomas  ;  he  was  presented  to  the  Bishop 
of      Chester     for     making      clandestine 
marriages  ;  Visit,  records  at  Dioc.   Reg. 
He  seems  to  have  moved  to  Broughton. 

71  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and   Ches.), 
i,  69.     Afterwards  at  Broughton. 

73  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  70. 

73  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  124. 

74  Registers. 


75  Plund.  Mitts.  Accts.  i,  235. 

76  Ibid.  236.     Haydock  was  still  there 
in  1654  ;  ibid.  140. 

77  Afterwards  of  Bispham.    The  curacy 
was   vacant  in    1674;  Visit.    Paper*    at 
Chester. 

78  Visit.    Papers    at    Chester,     1686. 
Kirkham  was   curate  and  '  conformable  ' 
in  1689  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App. 
iv,   230.     In   1691   he  was  at  Garstang 
and  in  1693  at  Melling. 

79  The  church  papers  in   Chester  Dioc. 
Reg.  begin  with  this  curate. 

80  Afterwards  of  Longton. 

81  Afterwards  rector  of  North  Meols. 

82  Afterwards  vicar  of  Childwall. 

85  He  had  been  vicar  of  St.  Michael's. 

84  For  the  church   in  his  time  see  A. 
Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  59. 

85  Formerly  a  solicitor,  1877-80.  Went 
to  South  Africa,  1890. 

88  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  ii,  45  5  ;  End. 
Char.  Rep.     From  the  visitation  present- 

291 


ments  at  Chester  (Dioc.  Reg.)  it  appears 
that  George  and  Robert  Boulton  were 
teaching  school,  unlicensed,  in  1622. 

87  Hist.  MSS.   Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 
232. 

88  Fishwick,  op.  cit.    132  ;  Hewitson, 
op.  cit.  554. 

89  Fishwick,    loc.   cit.  ;   Hewitson  (op. 
cit.    551)  states    that  it   originated   in   a 
camp  meeting  at  Great  Eccleston. 

90  Gillow,    Haydock   Papers,   53-6,   76, 
&c.  ;  Liverpool  Cath.  Annual ;  Hewitson, 
op.  cit.   55.     A  priest  was  labouring  in 
the   district  in   1653,  as  appears  by  the 
story  of  John   Baines  of  Woodplumpton, 
admitted  to  the  English  College,  Rome, 
in  1674  ;   Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  v,  425. 

91  Liverpool  Cath.  Annual, 

1  This  does  not  include  any  in  Cleveley. 
*  Pal.  ftote-Bk.  v,  15. 
8  Subs.  R.  of  1332  ;   Inq.  Nonarum,  37. 
4  Gregson,    Fragments    (ed.    Harland), 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


portions.6  The  townships  had  by  that  time  become 
distinct,6  and  Bishop  Gastrell  in  1717  reckoned  them 
as  eleven,  arranged  in  four  quarters — Garstang, 
Claughton,  Barnacre  and  Wyresdale  ;  Pilling  was  in 
the  first-named  quarter.7 

Garstang  is  midway  between  Preston  and  Lan- 
caster, on  the  ancient  road  to  Scotland,  and  has  thus 
witnessed  many  stirring  events,  such  as  the  devas- 
tating raid  by  the  Scots  in  1 322,*  but  ancient  remains 
are  scanty.9 

There  was  a  visitation  of  the  plague  in  ij^g-jo.10 
In  1444  William  Marsden  and  others  were  charged 
with  having  broken  into  a  fulling  mill  at  Garstang 
and  stolen  forty  ells  of  woollen  cloth  called  russet, 
value  40^.,  the  goods  of  John  Ingoll,11 

Leland,  journeying  north  about  1535,  says  :  '  After 
I  rode  over  Brock  water,  rising  a  vi  miles  off  in  the 


Garstang  out  of  the  hills  on  the  right  hand  and 
cometh  by  Greenhalgh,  a  pretty  castle  of  the  lord  of 
Derby's,  and  more  than  half  a  mile  thence  to  Garstang 
in  Amounderness.  Some  saith  that  Garstang  was  a 
market  town.' lf 

The  district  was  hostile  to  the  Reformation  1S  and 
favourable  to  the  king's  cause  in  the  Civil  War, 
though  some  companies  were  raised  for  the  other 
side.14  Greenhalgh  Castle  was  one  of  the  two  impor- 
tant fortresses  remaining  till  1645  to  give  trouble  to 
the  Parliamentarians.  Their  historian  gives  the 
following  account  of  its  surrender  :  — 

Colonel  Dodding  with  his  regiment,  with  Major  Joseph 
Rigby's  companies,  laid  close  siege  to  Greenhalgh  Castle,  keep- 
ing their  main  guard  at  Garstang  town,  into  which  [castle] 
were  gotten  many  desperate  Papists.  Their  governor  was  one 
Mr.  Anderton.  They  vexed  the  country  thereabouts  extremely, 
fetching  in  the  night  time  many  honest  men  from  their  houses, 


WINMARLEIGp- 

**"•        Tyro*   .^"' 


GARSTANG. 


hills  on  the  right  hand  and  goeth  at  last  into  Wyre. 
Calder  rising  about  the  same  hills,  goeth  also  into 

Tjrr  T  J  •«.  T>        M.I.  >  J         r  Winter.         me     country     was     pui     iu    cALiauiuiuai^    luaigra     in 

Wyre;     I    rode    over    it.       By  the  town's    end    of  maintaining  the  northrern  men,  who  made  a  prey  without  pity, 

Garstang  I  rode   Over  a  great   Stone    bridge   on  Wyre  8UCh    abundance    of   provision    they   weekly    destroyed.       The 

ere  I  came  to  it.      Wyre  rises  a  viii  Or  ten  miles  from  Leaguers  had  thought  to  have  undermined  the  castle  and  blown 


making  a  commodity  of  it.  They  sallied  out  oft  upon  the 
Leaguers  and  killed  some.  They  stood  it  out  stoutly  all  that 
winter.  The  country  was  put  to  extraordinary  charges  in 


5  Gregson,    Fragments    (ed.    Harland), 
19  ;  Garstang  paid  £6,  Catterall  igs.  %d., 
Claughton   lit.,  and  Bilsborrow  141.  \d. 
towards  the  hundred's  total  of  £56  4*.  %d. 

6  A  schedule  of  tenants  in  the  manor 
of    Nether    Wyresdale    in     1604    names 
Barnacre  and    Bonds    as    separate  town- 
ships ;  Fishwick,    Garstang  (Chet.  Soc.), 
47-8. 

7  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  409. 

8  John  the  Tailor  of  Kirkland,  flying 
from     the    Scots,    complained    of    being 
robbed    near    the    Lostock    in   Leyland  ; 
Coram  Rege  R.  254,  m.  42. 

9  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  2-4. 

10  Engl.  Hist.  Rev.  v,  526,  528.     The 


archdeacon  of  Richmond  alleged  that  2,000 
had  died,  but  the  jury  allowed  only  £3 
out  of  his  claim  for  £13  for  probate  dues. 

11  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  6,  m.  22*. 

u  I  tin.  v,  97. 

13  The  patent  rolls  of  the  early  years  of 
James  I  show  a  number  of  sequestrations 
for  recusancy  in  the  parish,  e.g.  Oliver 
Cottam  in  Barnacre  and  Bilsborrow ; 
Pat.  6  Jas.  pt.  xxi. 

In  1630-2  the  following  compounded 
by  annual  fines  for  the  two  thirds  of  their 
estates  liable  to  sequestration  for  recu- 
sancy :  Barnacre — John  Bee  jTz,  Robert 
Layfield  ,£3  ;  Catterall— Robert  Shire- 
burne  £20  ;  Kirkland — John  Butler 

292 


,£3  6s.  %J.  ;  Pilling — John  Bradshaw  (for 
his  wife)  £5,  Thomas  Dalton  £3  6s.  8J.; 
Winmarleigh — Thomas  Molyneux  ^5  ; 
Wyresdale — William  Baines  ^2,  Thomas 
Parkinson  £3,  William  Parkinson 
£z  131.  4-d.  ;  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.), 
xxiv,  175,  &c. 

Large  numbers  refused  to  sign  the  Pro- 
testation of  1641  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
264—72.  For  the  case  of  William  Capes 
see  Cal.  5.  P.  Dom.  1638-9,  pp.  156, 171. 

14  '  Mr.  Fyfe  that  dwelt  at  Woodacre, 
Mr.  Christopher  White  of  Claughton, 
Mr.  Whitehead  of  Garstang  town  ;  these 
raised  their  companies  within  Garstang 
parish '  ;  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  42. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


it  up  with  gunpowder,  and  great  cost  was  spent  about  it  to 
pioneers,  but  to  no  effect  ;  the  ground  was  so  sandy  it  would 
not  stand.  At  last  this  Anderton  died,  and  them  there  within 
being  thereby  discouraged,  they  were  glad  to  come  to  a  compo- 
sition to  deliver  it  up  upon  conditions — which  were,  that  they 
might  go  to  their  own  houses  and  be  safe.  It  was  ordered  that 
the  castle  should  be  demolished  and  made  untenable  and  all  the 
timber  taken  out  of  it  and  sold,  which  was  done.  And  so  it 
lies  ruinated.  ...  It  was  very  strong,  and  builded  so  that  it 
was  thought  impregnable  with  any  ordnance  whatsoever,  having 
but  one  door  into  it,  and  the  walls  of  an  exceeding  thickness  and 
very  well  secured  together.15 

Celia  Fiennes,  who  passed  through  this  'little  market 
town  '  about  1 700,  was  here  '  first  presented  with  the 
clap  bread  which  is  much  talked  of,  made  all  of  oats.'  " 

In  the  Jacobite  rising  of  1 7 1 517the  town  clerk,  Roger 
Muncaster,  joined  their  forces,  as  did  several  others  of 
the  district.  Muncaster  was  executed  at  Preston,  and 
three  of  the  local  men  at  Garstang  on  14  February 
17 1 5- 1 6. 18  Though  Prince  Charles  Edward  and  his 
army  passed  through  in  1745,"  it  does  not  appear 
that  they  secured  any  adherents  in  this  parish. 

A  century  ago  the  district  was  famous  for  its 
cattle,  which  were  of  a  peculiar  breed,  '  of  a  smaller 
size  than  the  Lancashire,  of  elegant  shape  and  beauti- 
fully curled  hair,  with  wide  spreading  horns  and 
straight  backs.'  The  Wyre  then  supplied  the  inhabit- 
ants with  plenty  of  fine  soft  water,  and  afforded 
good  diversion  to  the  angler  as  abounding  with  trout, 
chub  and  gudgeon  and  in  springtime  with  smelts.20 

The  following  table  *0;i  shows  the  manner  in  which 
the  agricultural  land  is  now  employed  : — 


Arable 

Permanent 

Woods  and 

land 

grass 

plantations 

ac. 

ac. 

ac. 

Barnacre-with-  Bonds 

94 

3,804$ 

394 

Bilsborrow 

43 

821 

Cabus         .... 

45 

1,285 

i7i 

Catterall    .... 

67 

1,082 

2 

Claughton      .     .     . 

48 

3,138 

298 

Garstang 

423 



Holleth      .... 

59 

285 

15 

Kirkland   .... 

48 

839 

3° 

Nateby      .... 

HI! 

1,183 

43 

Pilling        .      .      .      . 

2,874 

2,248 

33 

Winmarleigh 

604 

«i*34 

6o£ 

Nether  Wyresdale     . 

10 

2,853^ 

157 

4,733$ 


1,050 


The  church  of  ST.  HELEN'1  stands 

CHURCH     on  the  south  side  of  Churchtown  village, 

close    to  the  right  bank    of  the  River 


Wyre,  about  l£  miles  to  the  south-west  of  the  town 
of  Garstang,  and  consists  of  a  chancel  with  north  and 
south  aisles  and  north  vestry,  clearstoried  nave  with 
north  and  south  aisles,  south  chapel,  south  porch, 
and  west  tower.22 

The  earliest  parts  of  the  building  are  the  pier  and 
responds  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  and  the 
piers  of  the  nave  arcades,  which  are  of  13th-century 
date,  indicating  a  church  at  that  period  of  about  the 
same  length  and  width  as  at  present.  This  early 
building,  however,  would  probably  be  without 
clearstory,  and  would  terminate  at  the  west  end  with 
a  gable,  from  a  window  in  which  the  nave  would  be 
lighted.  The  chancel  may  have  been  originally 
without  a  south  aisle,  but  there  is  no  evidence  of  this, 
as  the  arcade  on  that  side  is  of  later  date,  probably 
work  of  the  1 4th  century,  to  which  period  the  chancel 
arch  belongs.  The  chancel  was  most  likely  entirely 
reconstructed  at  this  period  and  a  south  aisle  added, 
the  pier  and  responds  on  the  north  side  being  re- 
tained perhaps  by  reason  of  the  beauty  of  the  work, 
which  is  unusually  good  for  this  part  of  the  country, 
or  possibly  for  merely  structural  reasons.  In  the 
i  5th  century,23  and  again  in  the  i6th  century,84  the 
church  was  largely  rebuilt,  the  whole  of  the  outside 
walls  belonging  to  these  periods,  a  chapel  added  on  the 
south  side  of  the  south  aisle  of  the  nave  and  a  tower 
erected  at  the  west  end,  the  building  assuming  in  a 
large  measure  its  present  appearance.  The  windows 
are  all  of  this  last  date  with  perpendicular  tracery, 
with  the  exception  of  those  at  the  west  end  of  the 
nave  aisles,  which  are  of  14th-century  date  and  may 
have  been  originally  in  the  south  quire  aisle.  The 
small  irregularly-shaped  two-story  vestry  at  the 
north-east  corner  of  the  building  is  apparently  of 
1 6th  or  early  1 7th-century  date,  and  a  gabled  hearse- 
house  against  the  west  side  of  the  porch  was  probably 
erected  in  the  middle  of  the  1 8th  century.  In  1 746 
an  inundation  of  the  Wyre  overflowed  the  church- 
yard and  so  much  injured  the  church  that  it  was 
thought  that  it  would  be  necessary  to  take  it  down 
and  entirely  rebuild  it,  but  on  inspection  the  building 
was  found  to  be  structurally  sound,  so  that  restora- 
tion alone  was  necessary. 

In  1 8 1 1  the  walls  of  the  nave  and  chancel  were 
raised  and  a  clearstory  erected  in  place  of  the  gabled 
dormer  windows  which  had  before  existed,  and  the 
whole  of  the  building  was  at  the  same  time  re-roofed 
and  ceiled.  A  more  thorough  restoration  took  place 
in  1865— 8, 2i  when  the  square  pews  and  galleries 
which  had  been  erected  in  the  previous  century  were 


15  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  60.    The 
date  of  surrender  is  not  given,  but  it  was 
in    or  after  May    1645.     The    defender 
was    Capt.    Nicholas    (son    of     James) 
Anderton  of  Clayton  ;  Castlemain,  Cath. 
Apology  5  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  iii,  779. 

16  Through  England  on  a  Side-saddle,  156. 
Kuerden's  account  of  his    tour  through 
this  part  of  Lancashire  notices  the  water- 
mill   and  the   '  fair  stone  bridge  '  at  the 
entry  into  Garstang  ;  Loc.   Glean.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.  i,  217. 

17  The  Highland  army  passed  through 
the    '  small    market-town  '  on   9   Nov.  ; 
Patten,  Hist,  of  Rebellion  (ed.  1745),  79. 

18  Fishwick,     op.    cit.    70—3.        Mun- 
caster was  executed  at  Preston  on  27  Jan.; 
those  at  Garstang  were  Joseph  Wadsworth 
and    Thomas    Goose    of    Catterall    and 
Thomas  Cartmell  of  Claughton.     Others 


who  joined  were  John  Leyburne  of 
Nateby,  Edward  Sykes  of  Nether  Wyres- 
dale and  Thomas  Walmesley  of  Bils- 
borrow. The  place  of  execution  is 
uncertain  ;  one  tradition  gives  it  as  Stocks 
Lane  End  in  Catterall,  but  another  as 
Lancaster  Lane,  about  half  a  mile  north 
of  Garstang ;  Hewitson,  Our  Country 
Churches,  474. 

19  Advancing     27      Nov.,      retreating 
13    Dec.       At    the     former     date    the 
treasure  chest  is  said  to  have  been  stolen 
by  some  of  the  people,  but  was  restored 
after  a  threat  to  put  all  the  inhabitants  to 
the  sword  ;  Hewitson,  loc.  cit. 

20  Cooke,      Lanes.       (1805),       122-3. 
'  Drunken    Barnaby '    thus    notices    the 
local  cattle  : 

'Veni  Garstang,  ubi  nata 
Sunt  armenta  fronte  lata.' 


20a  Statistics  from  Bd.  of  Agric. 
(1905). 

21  So  called  circa  1200  (note  30). 

22  Cf.  Glynne,  Lanes.    Churches   (Chet. 
Soc.),      24  ;      Hewttson,      Our     Country 
Churches,  449-62  ;  Whitaker,  Richmond- 
shire,  ii,  453. 

K  In  1403  the  king  ordered  the  chief 
forester  of  Myerscough  to  deliver  four 
'keisnes  '  to  the  parishioners  of  Garstang 
for  the  repair  of  the  church  ;  D.  of  Lane. 
Misc.  Bks.  xv,  51  d.  (pt.  ii). 

34  Thomas  Graystock  in  1561  left 
6s.  %d.  towards  the  building  of  the  new 
aisle  ;  Richmond  Wills  (Surtees  Soc.), 
151. 

K  'A  restoration  committee  was  formed 
in  1864.  ...  It  took  about  five  years 
to  complete  the  work  '  ;  Hewitson,  North' 
•ward,  44. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


removed,  the  nave  re-seated,  and  the  roofs  opened 
out,  the  interior  then  assuming  its  present  appearance. 

The  walls  are  of  rubble  masonry  with  ashlar 
dressings,  finishing  with  a  plain  ashlar  parapet  to  the 
aisles  and  chapel,  but  the  chancel  and  nave  roofs, 
which  are  of  flat  pitch,  have  overhanging  eaves.  The 
chancel  roof  is  slightly  lower  than  that  of  the  nave, 
and  their  east  gables  being  unmarked  by  a  cross 
or  other  apex  stone,  an  appearance  of  flatness  is  pro- 
duced. The  external  appearance  of  the  church  has 
no  doubt  lost  much  of  its  distinction  by  the  removal 
of  the  old  higher-pitched  roofs. 

The  chancel  is  36  ft.  9  in.  long  by  19  ft.  3  in. 
in  width,  and  has  a  five-light  pointed  window  with 
perpendicular  tracery,  moulded  jambs  and  head,  and 
external  hood  mould  with  carved  terminations.  The 
line  of  the  I  5th-century  roof  shows  on  the  exterior 
of  the  gable,  the  east  wall  of  the  1 8 1 1  clearstory 


walling.  The  north  aisle,  which  is  12  ft.  10  in. 
wide,  is  the  full  length  of  the  chancel,  and  is  lighted 
by  two  three-light  pointed  windows  with  perpendicular 
tracery  on  the  north  side  and  a  similar  one  at  the 
east  end.  Below  the  east  window,  close  to  the  floor 
level,  is  a  square-headed  opening,  now  built  up, 
19  in.  high  by  6\  in.  wide,  splaying  to  2  ft.  9  in. 
inside,  the  sill  of  which  is  2  ft.  4  in.  above  the 
ground  on  the  outside,  the  purpose  of  which  is 
not  clear.  On  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  is  a 
6  ft.  length  of  wall  containing  a  piscina  with  trefoil 
head  and  projecting  bowl  moulded  on  the  underside, 
and  beyond  an  arcade  of  two  pointed  arches  of  two 
chamfered  orders  springing  from  an  octagonal  pier  with 
moulded  capital  and  base,  and  from  semi-octagonal 
responds.  On  the  east  wall  to  the  south  of  the 
chancel  window  is  a  moulded  corbel  or  bracket, 
1 1  in.  deep,  square  on  plan,  with  a  four-leaved  flower 


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being  simply  built  above  it.  The  wall  on  the  north 
side  of  the  chancel  for  a  distance  of  1 3  ft.  from  the 
east  end  is  of  15th-century  date,  with  a  pointed 
doorway  to  what  was  probably  a  vestry  built  at  the 
east  end  of  the  original  shorter  aisle,  but  which  is 
now  part  of  the  aisle  itself.  West  of  this  is  an  arcade 
of  two  pointed  arches  of  two  chamfered  orders  spring- 
ing from  a  central  eight-shafted  pier  with  moulded 
base  and  carved  capital,  and  from  a  respond  of  similar 
detail  at  the  east  end.  At  the  west  end  the  arch 
dies  into  the  wall,  stopping  with  a  four-leaved  flower, 
but  the  13th-century  respond  still  remains  set  back 
within  the  later  masonry.  The  detail  of  the  pier 
and  responds  is  very  good,  the  bases  having  the  water 
moulding,  and  the  caps,  which  are  1 2  in.  deep,  being 
carved  with  stiff-leaved  foliage.  The  capital  of  the  west 
respond  is  3  ft.  lower  than  the  others,  the  height  of 
which  to  the  top  of  the  capitals  is  8  ft.  3  in.,  it  having 
probably  been  mutilated  and  built  up  in  the  later 


ornament,  5  ft.  above  the  floor.  The  south  chancel 
aisle,  which  is  1 3  ft.  4.  in.  wide  and  has  a  pointed 
south  door  with  moulded  jambs  and  head,  is  about 
9  in.  less  in  length  than  the  chancel,  and,  like  the 
north  aisle,  is  lighted  by  two  three-light  pointed 
windows  with  perpendicular  tracery  on  the  south 
side  and  one  at  its  east  end.  The  chancel  is  sepa- 
rated from  the  aisles  by  modern  oak  screens,  and  has 
two  clearstory  windows,  similar  to  those  of  the  nave, 
on  either  side.  The  roof  is  a  modern  timber  one 
of  four  bays  and  the  floor  is  tiled,  the  aisles  being 
paved  with  flags. 

The  chancel  arch  is  of  two  orders  each  with  the 
wave  moulding,  springing  from  similar  responds 
having  modern  caps,  but  retaining  their  original 
moulded  plinths,  which  are  mutilated,  on  either  side 
for  a  former  screen.  In  the  pier  south  of  the 
chancel  arch  facing  east  is  a  segmental-headed  door- 
way with  hollow-chamfered  jambs  and  head,  which 


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GARSTANG  CHURCH  FROM  THE  NORTH-EAST 


GARSTANG  CHURCH  :  THE  NAVE,  LOOKING  EAST 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


led  formerly  to  a  stone  staircase,  the  underside  of 
three  of  the  steps  of  which  are  still  visible  above 
the  opening.  The  lower  steps  have  been  removed 
and  a  skew  passage-way  cut  through  the  masonry  to 
the  nave,  the  pier  having  been  rebuilt  and  the  stair- 
case done  away  with.  Previous  to  the  restoration  of 
1868  the  south  aisle  was  blocked  from  floor  to 
ceiling  by  a  large  stone  '  vault,'  and  a  faculty  had  to 
be  obtained  for  its  removal,  the  materials  being  used 
in  the  restoration  of  the  church. 

The  nave,  which  is  55  ft.  6  in.  long  by  21  ft.  9  in. 
wide,  has  an  arcade  of  five  pointed  arches  of  two 
chamfered  orders  on  each  side,  springing  from  circular 
piers  2  ft.  in  diameter,  with  plain  moulded  capitals  and 
bases.  On  the  north  side  the  height  of  the  piers  to  the 
top  of  the  capitals  is  10  ft.  3  in.,  but  on  the  south 
the  height  is  6  in.  less,  and  the  top  member  of  the 
cap  is  octagonal  in  plan  instead  of  circular  as  in  the 
north.  The  north-east  respond  is  half-octagonal, 
but  the  others  are  of  the  same  type  as  the  piers, 
those  at  the  west  being  something  less  than  half  a 
circle,  and  the  westernmost  pier  on  the  north  side 
leans  badly  to  the  west.  The  arches  are  of  later 
date  than  the  piers,  belonging  probably  to  the  15th- 
century  rebuilding.  All  the  stonework  of  the  arcade, 
both  of  piers  and  arches,  has  been  re-chiselled.  There 
are  three  square-headed  clearstory  windows  of  three 
pointed  lights  on  each  side,  and  the  roof,  which  is 
of  five  bays,  is  modern.  The  north  aisle  is  1 3  ft.  3  in. 
wide,  and  has  two  pointed  three-light  windows,  with 
perpendicular  tracery  on  the  north  side  and  a  pointed 
doorway  in  the  second  bay  from  the  west,  of  two 
hollow-chamfered  orders  and  external  hood  mould, 
above  which  is  a  niche  with  a  crocketed  canopy, 
now  much  worn.  The  west  window  is  of  red  sand- 
stone, with  three  trefoiled  lights  and  straight  bar 
tracery  and  quatrefoils  in  the  head,  but  without  a 
hood  mould.  At  the  west  end  of  the  south  aisle, 
which  is  1 2  ft.  wide,  is  another-  pointed  sandstone 
window  of  three  cinquefoiled  lights,  with  quatrefoil 
tracery,  the  mullions  crossing  in  the  head  ;  both  these 
windows,  which,  as  already  mentioned,  are  of  14th- 
century  date,  have  plain  chamfered  details.  The 
south  aisle  is  open  to  the  chapel  at  its  eastern  end 
by  two  wide  pointed  arches  of  two  chamfered  orders 
springing  from  an  octagonal  pier  and  responds,  to 
the  west  of  which  and  I  3  ft.  from  the  west  wall  is 
the  south  doorway,  with  segmental  head  and  square 
splayed  jambs.  The  chapel,  formerly  the  chantry  ot 
the  Blessed  Virgin,  is  33  ft.  3  in.  by  12  ft.  8  in.,  the 
floor  being  raised  two  steps  above  that  of  the  nave. 
In  the  south  wall  is  a  piscina  with  trefoiled  head  and 
wide  chamfered  jambs,  and  the  roof  is  the  original 
flat  one  of  oak  divided  into  seven  bays  by  moulded 
beams,  with  intermediate  moulded  pieces,  forming 
in  all  twenty-one  squares.  On  the  south  wall  are 
stone  corbels,  lower  than  the  crown  of  the  window 
arches,  carrying  portions  of  an  older  beam  moulded 
on  the  edges,  above  which,  carved  along  the  wall- 
plate,  is  the  inscription  *  SANCTA  MARIA  ORA  -p  NOBIS 

DEMON  SCRIBIT  IBI  CVNCTA  LOCVTA  SIBI  A°  DNI 
M°D°XXIX  HOC  OPVS  AGITAT  IN  TEMPLO  GENTES 


CAVEANT    SIMVL  ESSE  LOQVENTES.'        The   chapel   has   tWO 

pointed  windows  of  three  trefoiled  lights,  and  with 
perpendicular  tracery  and  external  hood  moulds  on 
the  south  side,  and  on  the  east  a  window  of  later 
date,  with  four-centred  arch  and  three  plain  pointed 
lights. 

The  porch  is  12  ft.  10  m.  by  8  ft.  6  in.  wide, 
with  a  stone  seat  on  each  side,  and  open  outer  arch 
of  two  chamfered  orders  6  ft.  wide  by  10  ft.  high, 
with  plain  gable  above  set  between  the  higher  wall 
of  the  south  chapel  and  the  wider  gable  of  the  hearse- 
house,  which  is  flush  with  it. 

The  west  tower,  the  centre  line  of  which  is  about 
2  ft.  to  the  south  of  that  of  the  nave,  is  1 1  ft.  square 
inside,  and  has  a  projecting  vice  with  stone  spirelet 
in  the  north-east  corner,  and  diagonal  angle  buttresses 
on  the  west  side  of  six  stages  going  up  to  the  string 
immediately  below  the  belfry  windows,  which  are  of 
two  trefoiled  lights  under  a  square  labelled  head. 
The  embattled  parapet  has  been  rebuilt  apparently 
in  the  1 8th  century  and  is  poor  in  detail.  There 
is  a  clock  on  the  north  side  towards  the  village,  but, 
except  for  a  small  square-headed  window  to  the 
ringing  chamber,  the  north  and  south  walls  below 
the  belfry  are  quite  plain.  The  west  door  has  a 
pointed  arch  of  two  hollow-chamfered  orders  and 
external  label,  and  the  window  above  is  a  pointed 
one  of  three  trefoiled  lights  with  perpendicular 
tracery.  The  tower  arch  is  of  two  chamfered  orders, 
the  outer  one  dying  into  the  wall  at  the  springing. 

The  north-east  vestry  is  built  of  large  blocks  of 
squared  stone,  in  contrast  to  the  rubble  masonry  of 
the  rest  of  the  building,  and  is  entered  from  the 
north  chancel  aisle  by  a  four-centred  arched  doorway. 
It  measures  internally  10  ft.  6  in.  square,  with  a  bay 
window  3  ft.  6  in.  deep  on  the  east  side,  and  is  now 
open  to  the  roof,  the  original  upper  floor  having 
been  removed.26 

The  pulpit  is  of  oak,  dated  1646,  with  a  new 
stem  and  top  mould,  and  is  a  good  piece  of  Jacobean 
woodwork  with  square  moulded  panels.  At  the  east 
end  of  the  north  quire  aisle  are  preserved  portions  of 
oakwork  said  to  have  been  originally  round  the  stalls, 
bearing  the  inscription  '  Bona  consuetude  excutiat 
quod  mala  extruxit.  Minus  semper  dicito  qua  facias.' 
The  stalls  themselves  have  been  restored,  four  of  the 
six  on  each  side  having  carved  misericordes.  There  is 
a  good  18th-century  brass  chandelier  in  the  nave," 
but  the  font  and  the  rest  of  the  fittings  are  modern. 

There  is  a  ring  of  six  bells  by  T.  Mears  of  London, 
1828. 

The  plate  consists  of  a  chalice19  of  1658  inscribed 
'  Garstang,'  with  the  maker's  mark  T  C  linked  ;  a 
chalice  inscribed  '  Garstang  1 690 '  without  date  letter, 
but  with  the  maker's  initials  R  M  thrice  repeated  ;  a 
paten  of  1719  without  inscription  ;  two  flagons  of 
1795,  both  inscribed  'The  gift  of  Isabella  Pedder, 
wife  of  John  Pedder,  vicar  of  Garstang,  for  the  use 
of  that  church,  1795';  and  a  paten  of  1872-3 
without  inscription. 

The  registers  begin  in  1567,  but  there  are  gaps 
from  January  to  June  1601,  January  to  March  1609, 


26  'In  1836  the  vestry underwent  some 
repairs,  and  over  the  ceiling  was  dis- 
covered a  email  room.  In  it  were  some 
of  the  brasses  now  on  the  church  walls  ' 
(Fishwick,  Hist,  of  Garstang,  92).  A  list 
of  the  mural  tablets  and  inscriptions 


is  given  by  Fishwick.  They  are 
chiefly  of  tyth  and  18th-century  date. 
The  earliest  brass  commemorates  George 
Ainsworth,  who  was  vicar  from  1575  to 
1610. 

17  It  was  given   by  the  contractor  for 

295 


the  1746  restoratioc  ;  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed. 
1836),  iv,  460. 

88  The  churchwardens  in  1680  gave  a 
report  on  the  state  of  the  church  and  its 
furniture.  There  were  a  silver  chalice  and 
two  pewter  flagons.  Visit.  Ret.  at  Chester. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


September  to  December  1653,  and  from  April  1659 
to  December  1660.** 

The  churchyard,  which  lies  principally  on  the  north 
and  south  sides,  is  entered  from  the  village  at  the 
north-west  corner,  and  is  bounded  on  the  west  and 
south-east  by  a  line  of  beech  trees.  On  the  south 
side  are  the  base  and  octagonal  stump  of  a  cross,  the 
latter  2  ft.  6  in.  high,  and  further  west  an  i8th- 
century  pedestal  sundial,  the  plate  dated  1757,  with 
the  name  of  John  Miller,  Preston,  and  the  motto 
'  Pereunt  et  imputantur.'  On  the  east  side  is  a  stone 
slab,  much  mutilated  and  worn,  with  the  raised  full- 
length  figure  of  a  man  with  hands  clasped. 

The  advowson  of  the  church  of 
ADVQWSQN  Garstang  was  held  by  the  Lancaster 
family  as  appurtenant  to  their  manor 
or  fee  of  Nether  Wyresdale,  and  in  1204-5  Gilbert 
Fitz  Reinfred  and  Helewise  de  Stuteville  were  able 
to'prove  their  right  against  the  rector  of  St.  Michael's, 
who  alleged  that  Garstang  was  a  chapelry  to  which 
he  should  appoint.10  Gilbert  afterwards  granted  the 
advowson  to  Cockersand  Abbey,31  and  the  canons 
held  the  church  and  rectory  down  to  the  Dissolution. 
Queen  Mary,  in  refounding  the  Savoy  Hospital  in 
1556-8,  included  the  advowson  of  Garstang,"  and 
the  master  of  the  hospital  in  1558,  immediately 
after  Elizabeth's  accession,  demised  it  to  Christopher 
Anderton  of  Lostock  for  ninety-nine  years."  After- 
wards the  advowson  appears  to  have  been  acquired 
absolutely,  and  was  in  1679  8O^  by  Sir  Charles 
Anderton  of  Lostock  to  Silvester  Richmond,  a  Liver- 
pool physician,34  whose  son  and  namesake  in  1 740 


39  Some  extracts  are  given  in  Fishwick' s 
Garstang  (Chet.  Soc.),  127-40.  The 
vestry  books  go  back  to  1734  ;  ibid.  125. 

30  Gilbert  (who  was  grandson  of  Rein- 
fred) said  that  the  advowson  of  the  church 
of  St.  Helen  of  Garstang  belonged  to  his 
wife  Helewise,  who  had  not  been  sum- 
moned.     She  was  the  daughter  and  heir 
of  William  de  Lancaster  by  Helewise  (de 
Stuteville),   the   other  defendant    to    the 
claim  on  behalf  of  St.  Michael's.      This 
Helewise  said  she  claimed  nothing  except 
as  dower,  and  called  Gilbert  and  Helewise 
his  wife  to  warrant  her  ;  Assize  R.  1039, 
m.  3.     The  date  is  known  by  an  entry 
in  the  Pipe  Roll,  stating  that  Matthew 
the  Physician    owed   10    marks    for   the 
summoning  of  a  jury  to  decide  whether 
the  church  of  Garstang  was  a  chapel  of 
St.    Michael's    or    not ;    Farrer,    Lanes. 
Fife    R.    192.      The    jury    stated    that 
St.    Helen's    had    always    been   regarded 
as    a    mother    church,    and    pointed  out 
that  it    had    never    been   regarded  as  in 
the  king's  gift  (as  St.  Michael's  was)  in 
inquiries  made  in  the  time  of  Henry  II 
and    of   John    himself   when    Count    of 
Mortain  ;  Curia  Regis  R.  32,  36. 

31  Cockersand  Chartul.    (Chct.   Soc.),  i, 
278  ;    the    gift    was  made  for  the  souls 
of   Kings    Henry    and    Richard,  also    of 
King  John,  the    grantor    and    his    wife, 
with  the  consent  of  William  de  Lancaster 
his    heir.     The    date    is  about   1215,  in 
which  year  King  John  ratified  it ;  ibid. 
46.      Helewise    de    Stuteville    also  con- 
curred ;  ibid.  279.    William  de  Lancaster 
confirmed    his    father's    gift    and    added 
4  oxgangs  of  land  ;  ibid.  280. 

William  Archdeacon  of  Richmond 
approved  the  gift,  reserving  the  right  to 
ordain  a  vicarage  ;  ibid.  281.  Gregory  IX 
confirmed  it  in  1232  ;  ibid.  25. 

The  Abbot  of  Cockersand  was  rector 


in  1246,  when  he  claimed  an  oxgang  of 
land  as  the  free  alms  of  his  church  and 
not  the  lay  fee  of  Jordan  son  of  Thorfin  ; 
Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  106.  Jordan  relinquished  his  claim  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  276. 

33  Anderton  D.  (Mr.  C.  J.  Stonor). 

33  Ibid.     The  list  of  vicars  shows  that 
Christopher  Anderton  presented  in  1559. 
In  1650  another  Christopher  Anderton, 
'  a  Papist   delinquent,'  was  patron  ;   Com- 
monw.   Ch.   Sur-v.    (Rec.  Soc.   Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  149. 

34  Fishwick,  op.   cit.  83,  citing  Pedder 
D«-    An  account  of  the  Richmond  family 
is  given  ibid.  83-6.  85  Ibid.  86. 

36  The  descent  is  thus  given  :  Richard 
Pedder  -gth  s.  James  (vicar,  1755-72) 
-s.  John  (vicar,  1794-1835)  — s.  James 
(vicar,  1835-56)  — bro.  John  (vicar, 
1856-9)  — bros.  Thomas  and  Richard,  of 
whom  the  latter  survived  ;  he  was  of 
Preston  and  Finsthwaite  House,  Ulvers- 
ton,  d.  1891  -bro.  Wilson  (vicar,  1859- 
91)  and  his  son  John  Wilson,  present 
vicar,  who  has  afforded  the  editors  this 
and  other  information. 

37 Pope,Nich.  Tax.  (Rec.  Com.),  307,  327. 

38  Inq.  Nonarum  (Rec.  Com.),  37.  The 
contribution  of  Garstang  was  recorded  as 
£9  6s.  $d.,  Claughton  ,£1  13*.  4.d.t 
Catterall  £1  6j.  Bo1,  and  Bilsborrow  £i  ; 
the  glebe  also  produced  £1  6st  So1.  ;  a 
total  of  £14  131.  4</.  Waste  due  to  the 
destruction  made  by  the  Scots  accounted 
for  the  £12  reduction.  Claughton  (and 
perhaps  also  the  glebe)  appertained  to  the 
vicarage. 

89  Valor  Eccl.  (Rec.  Com.),  v,  261. 

40  L.  and  P.  Hen.  VIII,  xiv  (i),  609  ; 
a  grant  by  the  Court  of  Augmentations 
in  1539.  A  lease  for  twenty-one  years 
was  made  to  Edward  Turner  in  1588  ; 
Pat.  30  Eliz.  pt.  xv. 

296 


sold  to  Richard  Pedder  of  Preston.34  It  has  since 
descended  in  this  family,  the  present  patron  being  the 
vicar,  the  Rev.  John  Wilson  Pedder.36 

The  rectory  was  in  1291  valued  at  £26  i  3*.  4^. 
a  year,  but  after  the  incursion  of  the  Scots  in  1322 
this  was  reduced  to  £  i  o  37  ;  an  increase  to  £12  was 
recorded  in  I34i.38  The  valuation  of  1535  was 
only  j^ig.39  After  the  Dissolution  the  Crown  leased 
the  rectory  out  apart  from  the  advowson,40  and  in 
1604-5  sold  it  to  Lawrence  Baskervill.41  It  appears 
to  have  been  purchased  by  Robert  Bindloss  of  Ber- 
wick,42 who  also  acquired  the  lessees'  interest,43  and  in 
1622  the  tithe  corn  was  farmed  for  a  gross  sum  of 
£2  74."  A  rent  of  ^40  was  paid  to  the  Crown,  and  this 
was  part  of  the  queen's  income.46  The  main  portion 
of  the  rectory  passed  to  Standish  of  Standish  by 
marriage,  and  has  since  descended  with  this  manor.46 

A  vicarage  was  ordained  in  1241  by  John  Romaine, 
then  Archdeacon  of  Richmond.  The  vicar  was  to 
have  the  tithes,  &c.,  of  Claughton,  which  included 
the  hamlets  of  Douansargh  and  Heyham,  the  obla- 
tions of  the  entire  parish  at  Christmas,  Easter  and 
the  patronal  feast,  with  mass  pennies  and  other  dues. 
The  vicar  was  to  be  responsible  for  the  due  celebra- 
tion of  divine  service,  the  payment  of  the  arch- 
deacon's dues,  Peter's  pence,  &c.  A  residence  was 
allotted  to  him  at  Philiptoft,  by  the  churchyard,  also 
an  oxgang  of  land  in  the  town  fields  of  Garstang 
exempt  from  tithes.47  The  vicar's  income  was  in 
1291  taxed  as  £13  6s.  8d.,  reduced  after  1322  to 
j£5.48  In  1535  the  gross  value  was  estimated  as 
8.f.  8</.,49  by  1650  this  had  advanced  to  £60,* 


41  Pat.  2  Ja$.  I,  pt.  xvii. 

4a  Though  it  does  not  appear  that  the 
lay  rector  was  in  any  way  responsible  for 
the  church  services,  complaint  was  made 
in  1621  that  Sir  Robert  Bindloss  refused 
to  keep  a  curate  in  the  rectory  of  Gar- 
stang which  he  had  purchased,  so  tfiat  six 
hundred  persons  were  destitute  of  services  ; 
Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1619-23,  p.  283. 

Sir  Robert  Bindloss  of  Berwick  and 
Rebecca  his  wife  made  settlements  of  the 
rectory  of  Garstang,  &c.,  in  1650  and 
1660  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
149,  m.  38  ;  165,  m.  4. 

43  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  88,  citing  '  Exch. 
Bills  and  Answers,  Jas.  I,"  no.  156. 

44  Ibid.  89. 

45  Pat.  2  Chas.  I,  pt.  iv  (14  Mar.). 

46  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  90.     About   1717 
'Lady  Standish,   a  Papist,  [was]  impro- 
priator  of  six  townships  and  Mr.  Butlet 
of  the  other  four  '  ;  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  409. 

47  Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  282-3. 

48  Pope  Nich.  Tax.  307. 

49  Valor  Eccl.  v,  263  ;   the  manse  and 
demesne    lands     were    worth    2s.    clear, 
tithes  of  grain  £8  131.  4^.  and   of  wool, 
&c.,  £i  131.  4<£,  other  small  tithes  and 
dues  as  in  the  Easter  roll  ,£4.     The  vicar 
was  liable  for  synodals  21.  and   procura- 
tions 31.  5*/. 

In  1571  the  vicar  was  alleged  to  claim 
'plough  pence*  and  'house  money, 
otherwise  called  smoke  money  or  smoke 
pence,'  belonging  to  the  rectory  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  88. 

60  Commoniv.  Ch.  Surv.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  149-50;  the  vicarage- 
house  and  3  acres  of  glebe  were  worth  £3 
a  year,  Stout  House,  on  the  glebe,  worth 
£1 3  6s.  8</.,  but  then  detained  by  John 
Greenwood  of  Lancaster  under  a  lease  from 
Dr.  Wildbore  ;  tithes  of  Claughton  £45. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


and  by  1717  to  £73  io/.51     At  the  present  time  the 
net  value  is  £266  a  year.52 

The  names  of  some  of  the  early  rectors  are  known, 


Robert  occurring  about  ii9O-i2o6,53  both  singly 
and  in  conjunction  with  Henry04;  also  William 
somewhat  later.55 


The  following  have  been  vicars  : — 
Instituted  Name 

.      Benedict56     .      .     .     . 
Roger  de  Cockersand 57 
.     William  de  Skipton  "  . 
William  de  Lonersale 59 
.     William  de  Caton «°      . 
Richard  Pacock61 


Patron 


Cause  of  Vacancy 


oc.  1277-8    .  . 
29  May  1281 

oc.  1330  .     .  . 

oc.  1 341  .     .  . 

oc.  1347  .     .  . 

c.  1356  .      .  . 

21  Oct.  1380  . 

oc.  1385  .     .  . 
1 6  Mar.  1395-6 

?  1410  .      .  . 

1 6  Nov.  1421  . 

3  Aug.  1422  . 
14  Feb.  1422-3 

29  Sept.  1429  . 
oc.  1461  (r)  . 

oc.  1481  .      .  . 
oc.  I  500  . 

oc.  1 508         .  . 

c.  1515         .  . 

oc.  1535  .     .  . 

Oct.  1545  . 

1 8  Jan.  1558-9 

28  July  1562  . 


81  Gastrell,  Notitia,  ii,  408  ;  glebe  £ 
tithes  of  Claughton  ^46  io.t.,  modus 
for  tithe  hay  £1,  Easter  reckonings  ^5, 
and  surplice  fees  £j.  This  value  had 
increased  to  over  £80  a  year  by  1725  ; 
ibid.  409.  The  glebe  land  measured  16 
or  17  acres.  A  terrier  of  1736  is  in  the 
Visit.  Ret. 

The  glebe  is  situated  partly  in  Kirkland 
(the  vicanige,  &c.),  but  chiefly  in  Garstang 
(Stout  House).  62  Munch.  Dioc.  Dir. 

63  R.  de  Garstang  was  a  surety  to  the 
monks  of  Wyresdale  for  the  chaplain  of  St. 
Michael's  between  1 194  and  1 199  ;  Farrer, 
Lanes.  Pipe  R.  338.  He  is  no  doubt  the 
Robert  de  Garstang  who  attested  a 
Conishead  charter  about  1190  ;  ibid.  361. 
Robert  rector  of  Garstang  and  Paulin  his 
brother  also  occur  ;  Cockersand  Chartul.  i, 
291.  See  also  Lane.  Ch.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
57  ;  ii,  387  (dated  1205-6). 

Paulin  was  perhaps  the  ancestor  of 
Edmund  de  Wedacre  living  in  1340  ;  De 
Banco  R.  321,  m.  294. 

54  Robert     and      Henry,     rectors      of 
Garstang,  made  an  agreement  as  to  the 
tithes  of  Bilsborrow  with  Robert  the  Clerk 
of  Preston,  the  latter  releasing  his  claim  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  334. 

55  Lane.  Ch.  ii,  362  (dated  1230),  429. 
William    de     Lancaster     (HI),     sending 
greeting    and     sincere    love    to    William 
rector  of  Garstang,  directed  him  to  render 
his  homage  and  service  for  land  in  Nateby 
to  Gilbert  the  Clerk  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix, 
fol.  77.     About   1260  one  William  was 
'  chaplain '      of      Garstang ;      Cockersand 
Chartul.  i,  292. 

66  Benedict  vicar  of  Garstang  attested 
Claughton  charters  ;  Add.  MS.  32104, 
no.  933,  1309.  In  1278  he  complained 
of  a  ditch  in  Garstang,  made  by  John  le 
Tailor,  but  died  about  that  time  ;  Assize 
R.  1238,  m.  31  ;  1239,  m.  39.  Also 
lief.  Keeper's  Rep.  xlvi,  App.  166. 

57  Tork  Reg.  Wick-wane  (Surtees  Soc.), 
119  ;  collated  by  reason  of  the  archbishop's 
visitation.  He  was  a  priest. 


Archbishop  of  York 


Richard  de  Preston 61 Cockersand  Abbey 

Roger  Pacock63 

Thomas  de  Green  64 Cockersand  Abbey 

Robert  Lancaster 

Robert  Carrington Cockersand  Abbey 

Roger  Garnet „  . 

Robert  Overton ,,  . 

Thomas  Hoton G5 „  .     . 

Henry  * 

John  Bradford663 

John  Woods'7 

Thomas  Bowland 67a 

John  Lancaster68 

James  Dugdale69 

Richard  Preston,  M.A.70  ....     John  Kechyn    .     .     . 

James  Anderton  71 Christopher  Anderton 

Hugh  Anderton,  B.C.L."       .     .     .     The  Queen .... 


d.  R.  Lancaster 


res.  R.  Garnet 
res.  R.  Overton 


d.  last  inc. 
d.  last  inc. 
res.  J.  Anderton 


Roger  vicar  of  Garstang  in  1292  made 
a  claim  against  Henry  de  Haydock  and 
William  the  White,  executors  of  the  will 
of  Adam  de  Brockholes,  and  recovered 
40*.  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  98.  He  may 
be  the  Roger  afterwards  Abbot  of 
Cockersand  ;  Chartul.  i,  p.  xxii. 

58  He  claimed    50*.   as  owing  by  John 
de  Bardsey,  Thomas  de  Southworth  and 
Gilbert  de  Howath  ;  De  Banco  R.   283, 
m.  280  d. 

59  John  de  Pleasington   in  1341  com- 
plained that  William  de  Lonersale,  vicar 
of  Garstang,  had  broken  down  his  hedges 
and  trespassed  in  his  corn  and  grass  there  ; 
De  Banco  R.  327,  m.  151. 

60  Ibid.  352,  m.  537  d. 

61  Complaint  was  made  that    he  kept 
greyhounds   and  dogs   for   hunting    foxes 
and    hares,    to     the    hurt    of    the    deer ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.    Forest    Proc.    bdle.    I, 
no.  20,  m.  3. 

M  This  and  some  later  institutions  are 
taken  from  Whitaker,  Richmondshiret  ii, 
453,  citing  Torre's  MSS. 

Richard  de  Preston  was  vicar  in  1382  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  1468. 

68  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  91. 

64  Thomas    Green    became    Abbot    of 
Cockersand  in  1410  ;  Chartul.  i,  p.  xxii. 

65  In    1444    a     monition    was     issued 
against   the   vicar  of   Garstang  for  non- 
residence  ;    Raines    MSS.    (Chet.    Lib.), 
xxii,   373.     Thomas   Hoton   as   vicar  in 
1467—8  witnessed  the  last  will  of  Roger 
Dugdale,  who  left  one  of  his  animals  for 
the  repair  of  Garstang  Bridge  ;  Richmond 
Wills  (Surtees  Soc.),  5. 

66  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  G  4.      The  date 
is  erroneous. 

66a  Cockersand  Chartul.  iii,  1133,  &c. 
He  was  a  c»non  of  the  abbey  and  vicar  as 
late  as  1497. 

87  Ibid.  1144.  He  also  was  a  canon 
of  Cockersand. 

67a  Named  in  a  settlement  by  Ralph 
Catterall  recited  in  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iv,  no.  4. 

297 


68  In  a  return  made  to  the  king  in  1527 
it    was    stated    that     Garstang     Rectory, 
appropriated   to   Cockersand  Abbey,  was 
worth  £20  a  year  and   the  vicarage  £10. 
The  latter  hnd  been  held  by  John  Lancas- 
ter, one  of  the  canons  of  the  house,   for 
twelve  years  and  more ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Rentals,  bdle.  5,  no.  15.    In  15 24  Lancas- 
ter had  some  dispute  with  John  Brock- 
holes,  John  Rigmaiden,  Robert  Pleasing- 
ton  the  elder  and   Richard  Cottam  ;  the 
award  was  that,  after  anyone  died,  his  rep- 
resentatives should  give  the  vicar, '  for  the 
solemn  singing,"  id.  if  unable  to  give  the 
rector  a  mortuary,   zs,  if  able  to  give  a 
mortuary,  and   3*.  if  a  gentleman  ;  Add. 
MS.  32105,  no.  823. 

In  1520  Robert  Walhill  was  'parish 
priest,'  or  curate  in  charge  ;  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  217.  In  1524  Adam  Astley  was 
'  curate '  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v, 
no.  62. 

69  Valor  EecL  v,  263. 

70  Act   Bks.  at   Chester,  1502-76,  fol. 
23/1.      In  1538   the  Abbot  of  Cockersand 
granted    the    next    presentation    to    Sir 
William  Poulet  and  John  Kechyn  ;  Church 
Papers  in  Dioc.  Reg.  Chester.  The  Churck 
Papers  and  Act  Bks.  have  supplied  the 
later  vicars,  where  no  other  references  are 
given.     Accounts  of  the  various  incum- 
bents will  be  found  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit. 
145—200  ;  Raines,  Lanes,  (ed.  Croston),  v, 
421—4.     Richard  Preston  was  still  vicar 
in  Sept.  1557  ;  Catterall  D.  (W.  Farrer); 
also    in    1558-9,   according    to    Piccope, 
Wills   (Chet.    Soc.),   iii,    74  ;    but    there 
must  be  a  mistake  in  the  date. 

71  In   old   pedigrees  'James  Anderton, 
priest,'  is  named  as   a  brother  of  Peter 
Anderton  of  Anderton  ;  e.g.   Harl.   MS. 
1549,  fol.  22.    In  the  Visit.  List  of  1562 
he  was  said  to  be  at  Oxford,  but  the  entry 
(though  James  is  named)  may  refer  to  the 
next  vicar. 

73  Of  this  vicar  nothing  seems  to  be 
known  except  that  he  joined  with  Chris- 
topher Anderton,  the  patron,  in  granting 

38 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Instituted  Name  Patron 

10  Mar.  1574-5  .     George  Ainsworth  7S Bishop  of  Chester .     .     . 

2  Feb.  1609-10  .      George  Mitton,  B.A James  Anderton     .     •,     . 

17  Feb.  1620-1  .  Augustine  Wildbore,  D.D.74-S       .      .  Master  of  Wards    .      .     . 
Apr.  1645     .  .  Christopher  Edmundson 76      .      .     . 

29  Nov.  1654    .  .     Isaac  Ambrose,  M.A.77 Master  of  Savoy     . 

3  June  1663     .  .  Robert  Ditchfield,  B.A.78  .     .     .     .  Bishop  of  Chester  .     >    . 
28  July  1677      .  .      Henry  Patten,  M.A.79 The  King 

6  Jan.  1678-9.  .     Robert  Hunter80 Silvester  Richmond     .     . 

9  Mar.  1679-80  .  Richard  Richmond,  M.A.81    ...  „  ... 

28  Nov.  1684    .  .  Richard  Wroe,  D.D.8J       ....  Richard  Richmond     .     . 
10  Mar.  1696-7  .     Robert  Styth,  B.A.83 Sarah  Richmond,  &c. 

4  Apr.  1698.     .  .  Henry  Richmond,  B.A.84  ....  „                „ 

I  Mar.  1706-7  .  Thomas  Waring,  M.A.84    ....  Richard  Richmond,  &c.  . 

4  Mar.  1722-3  .  Thomas  Hayward,  M.A.86      .     .     .  Silvester  Richmond     .     . 

14  July  1731      .  .      Le»h  Richmond87 „               .      .     . 

i  June  1750    .  .  Thomas  Hunter,  M.A.88    ....  „              ... 

3  Sept.  1755    .  .     James  Pedder,  B.A.89 Richard  Pedder     .      .      . 

29  June  1772     .  .     James  Fisher90 James  Pedder   .     .     .     . 

22  Aug.  1794    .  .     John  Pedder,  M.A.91 John  Pedder     .... 

27  July  1 835      .  .     James  Pedder,  M.A.SI James  Pedder    .      .     .     . 

Feb.  1856     .  .     John  Pedder,  M.A.'3 John  Pedder     .     .     .     . 

18  Oct.  1859     •  •  Wilson  Pedder,  M.A.94      ....  Richard  &  Thomas  Pedder 
1 4  July  1 89 1      .  .  John  Wilson  Pedder,  M.A.9S .     .     .  J.  W.  Pedder    .     .     .     . 


Cause  of  Vacancy 


d.  G.  Ainsworth 


depr.  I.  Ambrose 

d.  Rt.  Ditchfield 
res.  R.  Hunter 
res.  R.  Richmond 
res.  R.  Wroe 
res.  R.  Styth 
res.  H.  Richmond 
d.  T.  Waring 
res.  T.  Hayward 
res.  L.  Richmond 
res.  T.  Hunter 
d.  J.  Pedder 
res.  J.  Fisher 
d.  J.  Pedder 
d.  J.  Pedder 
d.  J.  Pedder 
d.  W.  Pedder 


a  lease  of  the  vicarage  to  Thomas  Ander- 
ton ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  146,  citing  Pedder 
D.  Hugh  Anderton  graduated  from  St. 
Mary  Hall,  Oxf.;  B.A.  1566,  B.C.L. 
1572  ;  Foster,  Alumni.  From  an  agree- 
ment dated  1583  between  John  Bold, 
farmer  of  the  vicarage,  and  Thomas 
Brockholes  of  Claughton  it  appears  that 
a  grant  of  the  vicarage  was  made  in  1581 
by  Thomas  and  Hugh  Anderton  of 
Chorley  during  the  life  of  the  said  Hugh 
Anderton,  B.C.L.  ;  Add.  MS.  32105, 
foL  zz8i.  There  is  therefore  something 
doubtful  about  the  time  and  manner  of 
Ainsworth's  succession. 

73  The  bishop  collated  '  by  lapse.' 
George  was  a  younger  brother  of  Henry 
Ainsworth,  the  Brownist. 

In  a  return  made  in  1590  he  was 
described  as  'no  preacher';  S.  P.  Dom. 
Eliz.  xxxi,  47.  A  similar  report  was 
made  of  him  about  1610,  but  at  that  time 
one  of  the  king's  preachers  had  been 
stationed  at  Garstang  ;  Hist.  MSS.  Com. 
Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  8. 

74-5  From  this  time  the  institutions  are 
recorded  in  the  Inst.  Bks.  P.R.O.  printed 
in  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Notes,  i,  95,  &c. 

Dr.  Wildbore  was  vicar  of  Preston 
1626-30,  and  of  Lancaster  1630  onwards. 
Both  benefices  were  sequestered  by  the 
Parliament,  he  being  a  Royalist.  He 
died  in  1654. 

76  It  is  improbable  that  Edmundson 
had  any  legal  title  to  the  vicarage,  as  Dr. 
Wildbore  was  sequestered  only  for  'delin- 
quency,' but  he  is  styled  vicar  in  the 
registers.  He  was  approved  by  the 
Assembly  of  Divines  as  'godly  and 
orthodox,'  and  required  to  officiate  as 
vicar  and  preach  diligently,  having  for  his 
pains  therein  the  vicarage-house,  &c.  ; 
Plund.  Mini.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  3.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Classis  in  1646,  and  signed  the  'Har- 
monious Consent'  in  1648;  he  was 
approved  as  '  a  diligent  painful  minister  ' 
in  1650;  Commoniv.  Ch.  Surit.  150. 
Edmundson's  title  ceased  on  the  termina- 
tion of  the  sequestration  by  Dr.  Wild- 
bore's  death  in  1654,  and  the  people 
petitioned  that  Ambrose,  who  had  long 
had  the  office  of  king's  preacher  in  the 
neighbourhood,  should  be  appointed,  'there 


being  a  great  necessity  of  such  a  reverend 
and  able  man  among  us  in  regard  to  the 
extraordinary  profaneness,  lukewarmness, 
popery  and  several  strange  heresies  so 
much  abounding'  ;  Fishwick,  op. cit.  1 68. 
Edmundson  was  presented  to  Hawkshead 
in  1657  (Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  ii,  182, 
307),  probably  conformed  in  1662,  and 
died  at  Hawkshead  in  1675. 

Hiet  Edmundson,  son  of  Christopher, 
entered  St.  John's  Coll.,  Camb.,  in  1661, 
aged  seventeen  ;  he  was  described  as  '  of 
Oldham.'  He  graduated  B.A.  in  1664, 
and  became  vicar  of  Deeping  ;  Mayor, 
Admissions  to  St.  John's,  i,  149  ;  Wilson^ 
Sedbcrgh  Reg.  85. 

77  Vicar  of  Preston  1639-57.     He  was 
presented  to  Garstang  i  Sept.  1654,  and 
the  appointment  was  ratified   29  Nov.  ; 
Plund.    Mins.    Accts.    ii,    54.       On    the 
restoration  he  obtained  a  new  presenta- 
tion from  the  king  ;  Def.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xlvi,    App.    19.      He    was    deprived    for 
nonconformity   in   1662    and    retired    to 
Preston. 

78  The  bishop  presented  by  lapse.    This 
vicar,  who  was  of  St.  Mary  Hall,   Oxf., 
B.A.  1662  (Foster),  appears  to  have  had 
a  doubtful  title.     In  1676  the  king  pre- 
sented    Richard    White,    M.A.,    to    the 
vicarage  ;   Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xlvi,   App. 
121.    Ditchfield  died  at  Garstang  in  July 
1677. 

79  The   king  presented   '  by  reason   of 
simony    or    other    cause '  ;    Patten    was 
instituted,  but  his   title  must  have  been 
faulty,  as  the  next  vicar  was  presented  as 
successor   to   Ditchfield.      Henry   Patten 
matriculated  at  Oxford  in  1664  (Foster, 
Alumni),  but  the  source  of  his  degree  is 
not  known. 

80  Hunter    was     curate    of    Liverpool 
1670-88  ;  he  probably  occupied  Garstang 
till  Richard  Richmond  was  of  proper  age. 

81  In  the  Inst.   Bks.  P.R.O.   and   the 
Church  Papers  the  date  is  given  as  in  the 
text;  in  the  Act  Bks.  as   30   Oct.  1679. 
For  this   vicar   see   the  accounts  of   the 
rectors  of  Sefton  (1684-1721)  and  Walton 
(1690-1721). 

82  Also  Warden  of  Manchester   (q.v.J 
1684-1718. 

83  The   patrons    were    Sarah,   Richard, 
Silvester     and     Henry    Richmond     and 


Richard  Houghton.  Styth  was  one  of 
the  curates  of  Liverpool,  and  occupied 
Garstang  for  twelve  months  only,  till 
Henry  Richmond  (one  of  the  patrons) 
was  ready. 

84  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
B.A.  1695;  Foster,  Alumni.     He  became 
one  of  the  rectors  of  Liverpool  in  1706. 

85  Educated  at  Christ  Ch.,  Oxf.  ;  M.A. 
1688  ;  Foster. 

86  Educated  at   Brasenose   Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.      1719;     Foster.       He    was    head 
master  of  Warrington  Grammar  School, 
and  held  Garstang  only  until  the  patron's 
son  was  of  age  for  institution. 

87  Son    of   the   patron.       He    resigned 
Garstang  on  being  presented  to  the  rectory 
of  Stockport,   1750-69  ;  Earwaker,  East 
Ches.  i,  396,  372.     His  grandson,  of  the 
same     name,      wrote      the      Dairyman's 
Daughter,  &c. 

88  Educated  at  Queen's  Coll.,  Oxf.,  but 
left  without  graduating.  He  had  Balderston 
chapel,  but   resided   at   Garstang  ;  Visit. 
Ret.     In   1771   the  degree  of  M.A.  was 
granted   by  the  University  for  his  Philo- 
sophical Character   of  Lord   Bolingbroke. 
He  wrote  other  works.     From   1755   till 
his  death  in  1777  he  was  vicar  of  Weaver- 
ham,    Cheshire.     See   Fishwick,   op.   cit. 
193-7  ;  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

83  The  patron  is  described  as  '  of 
Preston,  linen  draper';  the  vicar  was 
his  son.  He  was  educated  at  Brasenose 
Coll.,  Oxf.  ;  B.A.  1753  ;  Foster.  A 
'  threatening  letter  '  by  him,  addressed  to 
the  priest  at  Claughton,  is  printed  by 
Hewitson  op.  cit.  460. 

90  The  patron,  an  infant,  was  son  of  the 
late  vicar. 

91  The  patron  presented  himself  in  this 
and  some  following  cases.     John  Pedder 
was  educated    at  Trinity   Coll.,   Camb.  ; 
M.A.  1794. 

92  Educated  at  Christ's  Coll.,  Camb.  ; 
M.A.  1829. 

93  Educated  at  St.  John's  Coll.,  Camb.  ; 
M.A.  1829. 

94  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.    1842,     vice-principal     of      Wells 
Theological     Coll.     1842-7,     vicar     of 
Compton  Dando  1847  ;  J.P.  for  Lanes. 

95  Educated  at  Brasenose  Coll.,  Oxf.  ; 
M.A.  1876. 


298 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


Before  the  Reformation  the  vicars  appear  to  have 
been,  as  a  rule,  canons  of  Cockersand  ;  one  or  two 
became  abbots,  but  nothing  is  known  of  them  further. 
The  services  of  the  church,  its  chantries,  and  the 
chapels  at  Garstang  and  Pilling  would  normally 
require  five  priests,  or  a  nominal  staff  of  six  should 
the  vicar  be  non-resident  or  only  occasionally  resident. 
In  the  visitation  list  of  1554  six  names  appear,  but 
in  that  of  1562  only  two  are  given,  the  non-resident 
vicar  and  the  curate,  who  appeared  but  did  not 
subscribe.96  The  story  during  the  remainder  of 
Elizabeth's  reign  is  unknown  ;  probably  the  vicar  or 
a  curate  was  in  sole  charge.  The  religious  people  in 
general  probably  remained  Roman  Catholic.  An 
incident  in  1 600  shows  the  popular  sympathies.  The 
Bishop  of  Chester  having  sent  a  pursuivant  to  arrest 
'  some  obstinate  recusants '  in  and  near  Kirkland,  the 
vicarage  was  attacked  during  the  night  by  a  number 
of  armed  men  and  shots  were  fired  at  the  house  to 
intimidate  the  vicar  and  pursuivant.97 

In  view  of  the  state  of  the  people,  one  of  the  four 
'  King's  Preachers '  had  already  been  stationed  at 
Garstang,98  and  later  the  famous  Puritan  Isaac 
Ambrose  held  the  office  there.  In  1619  Anne  wife 
of  John  Butler  of  Kirkland  was  presented  to  the 
Bishop  of  Chester  '  for  being  of  bold,  insolent  and 
offensive  behaviour  in  maintaining  of  popish  supersti- 
tion and  making  choice  of  popish  recusants  to  be  her 
servants '  ;  and  two  of  the  gentry,  Edward  Kirkby 
and  Bartholomew  Jackson,  did  '  offensively  keep 
argument  in  maintaining  of  popery  and  disgracing  of 
the  profession  of  the  Gospel,  especially  on  the  Sabbath 
day.' " 

Under  Bishop  Bridgeman  an  effort  at  improvement 
was  made,  for  a  curate  of  Pilling  is  named  in  1639. 10° 
Even  under  the  Commonwealth  the  only  resident 
ministers  were  the  vicar  and  the  curate  of  Pilling, 
and  the  latter  had  been  silenced.101  Isaac  Ambrose 
is  the  only  vicar  of  eminence,  and  after  his  expulsion 
in  1662  the  list  contains  no  name  requiring  com- 
ment, except  that  of  the  non-resident  Wroe.  The 
parish  was  not  neglected.102  The  diary  of  Thomas 
Parkinson,  curate  1723—5,  shows  that  'prayers  were 
then  said  in  the  church  on  all  Wednesdays  and 
Fridays,  and  all  saints'  days  and  holy  days  throughout 


the  year.'  The  communicants  were  numerous,  being 
236  on  Good  Friday  and  285  on  Easter  Day,  I723.103 
Soon  afterwards  the  vicars  appear  to  have  resided,  so 
that  with  curates  at  Garstang  and  Pilling  the  normal 
staff"  was  raised  to  three. 

In  1755  the  churchwardens  made  a  religious  census 
and  recorded  461  Protestant  families,  154  Papist, 
and  1 8  Dissenters.104  The  number  of  '  Papists ' 
in  the  parish  reported  to  the  Bishop  of  Chester 
increased  from  230  in  1717  to  837  in  ij6j.lMa 

There  were  two  chantries.  The  principal  was 
that  of  St.  Mary,  at  the  altar  on  the  south  side  of 
the  church.  It  was  founded  by  Margaret  Rigmaiden, 
one  of  the  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  John  Lawrence 
of  Ashton  near  Lancaster,  for  a  priest  to  celebrate 
for  the  souls  of  her  ancestors,  a  stipend  of  £5  6s.  8</. 
being  allowed  out  of  her  hereditary  lands.  Her 
heir  John  Rigmaiden  about  1547  refused  to  pay  the 
stipend,  and  so  the  chantry  ceased.105  This  refusal 
was  probably  due  to  a  desire  to  save  the  endowment 
from  confiscation  ;  if  so  it  did  not  succeed,  for  in 
1606-7  a  grant  was  made  by  the  Crown  of  '  Ashton's 
lands '  belonging  to  a  chantry  in  Garstang  Church.106 
The  other  chantry  was  that  of  the  Brockholes  family, 
which  may  have  been  the  one  they  were  bound  to 
maintain  by  the  tenure  of  Claughton.  Nothing 
but  a  stipend  of  40^.  belonged  to  it  ;  Henry  Hey 
was  the  incumbent  in  I547.107 

Official  inquiries  into  the  charities 
CHARITIES  of  the  parish  were  made  in  1824  and 
iSgS.108  Apart  from  several  small 
educational  endowments,  amounting  in  all  to  j£i33,109 
the  poor  receive  money  doles  out  of  a  gross  total  of 
£82  i6t.  3</.  available. 

Elizabeth  Caton  of  Cabus  in  1728  left  £30  for 
money  or  cloth  for  the  poor  of  the  whole  parish. 
John  Caton  of  Claughton  in  1720  left  £40  for  the 
poor,  and  Christopher  Caton  of  the  same  place  in 
1721  left  another  £40  for  the  poor  of  Claughton. 
With  these  sums  Round  Meadow  in  Forton  was 
purchased,  and  in  1824  part  of  the  rent  was  spent 
in  cloth  at  Martinmas  and  part  in  money  at  Christmas. 
Margaret  Blackburn  of  Scorton  in  Nether  Wyresdale 
in  1718  bequeathed  ^50  to  the  poor  of  this  township 
and  £40  '  for  the  learning  of  poor  children.' 110  John 


96  Visit.    Lists   at    Ches.    Dioc.    Reg. 
The    church   'ornaments'   remaining    in 
1552    were   scanty;    Fishwick,    op.    cit. 
8 1-2. 

97  Cal.    S.    P.    Dom.     1598-1601,    pp. 
466-7.     Over  ninety  persons  were  sum- 
moned before  the  justices. 

98  This  is  evident  from  the  story  ;  see 
also  Cal.  S.  P.  Dom.  1633-4,  p.  467. 

99  Visit,     presentments     at      Chester. 
Several  persons  were  in  trouble  in  1624 
for  taking  part  in  a  funeral  in  which  the 
corpse  was    set  down  at   crosses  by  the 
wayside,  with  '  obeisance  to  the  same  in 
superstitious   manner,'    and  was  '  buried 
without  the  minister's  aid  or  any  prayers 
made"  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  274. 

100  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,    124.       The  vicar   was    non-resident, 
holding    Lancaster    also.      Ambrose    was 
king's   preacher  from    1635,  and   resided 
at  Garstang  till  his  appointment  to  Pres- 
ton ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  163. 

101  Common-w.  Ch.  Sur-v.  i  50.  The  visit, 
list  of  1691  shows  a  vicar  (non-resident), 
a  curate  and  a  second  curate  at  Pilling. 

lu*  In  1680  the  churchwardens  reported 


'many  Papists,  or  reputed  for  to  be,  and 
some  Quakers'  ;  Visit.  Ret. 

103  Parkinson,  Old  Ch.  Clock  (ed.  1880), 
188—9;     at   Eastertide    1724    the    com- 
municants   numbered    about    740.       See 
also  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  532. 

104  Visit.  Ret.  at  Chester. 

1Wa  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  »er.),  xviii, 
217. 

loi  Raines,  Chantries  (Chet.  Soc.),  1 99  ; 
there  was  no  plate. 

106  Pat.  4  Jas.  I,  pt.  xiii. 

107  Raines,   op.   cit.  201.     An   inquiry 
was    made    into    the    matter    in    1561. 
John    Rigmaiden,    then    aged    thirty-six, 
produced  the  will  of  Margaret  Rigmaiden, 
dated    19  June  1516.     She  directed  her 
trustees  to  set  aside   8  marks  a  year  '  to 
hold  and  keep  therewith  a  sufficient  and 
able  priest  to  read  and  sing  in  the  said 
church  of  Garstang  continually  for  ever, 
in  manner  following  :  That  is  to  wit,  to 
say  mass  three  days  in  every  week,  and 
Placebo   and   Dirige    with    three    lessons 
every    ferial    day,    the    commemoration, 
Pasch    time    and    octaves    precipue   only 
except  ;  and   also  every  year  to  make  a 

299 


solemn  obit  with  note  and  mass  of 
Requiem  in  like  wise  for  my  husband's 
soul,  my  soul,  all  our  parents'  and  friends' 
souls  ;  and  also  help  to  maintain  and 
keep  divine  service  in  the  said  church 
every  Sunday  and  holy  day  at  matins, 
masses  and  evensong  in  his  surplice  as  oft 
as  there  shall  happen  to  be  company  to 
do  the  said  service  with  note."  Her  son 
Richard  Rigmaiden  was  the  first  priest 
appointed  ;  on  his  death  John  Pye  suc- 
ceeded, and  dying  was  followed  by  Thomas 
Lawrenson  (1543),  who  was  cantarist  for 
two  years  or  more.  It  was  then  that 
John  Rigmaiden,  deceased,  refused  to  pay, 
and  Lawrenson  died  in  Holborn  of  the 
plague  about  1550 ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Special  Com.  33. 

108  The   report    of  the    1898    inquiry, 
issued  in    1899,  contains  also  the  report 
of  1824. 

109  The  Sunday  school  attached  to  the 
parish  church  has  also  a  small  endowment. 

110  The   will   declares,   '  though    I   ex~ 
elude  no  sort  of  poor  from  partaking  of 
my  charity,  yet  still  I  would  have  poor 
Catholics  preferred  before  others.' 


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


Jenkinson  in  1733  left  £20  for  the  poor  of  the  same 
township,  and  Henry  Barton  in  1784  left  the  residue 
of  his  personal  estate,  which  residue  amounted  to 
£354,  for  the  poor  of  Nether  Wyresdale  and 
Claughton  in  equal  shares.  These  sums,  with 
assistance  from  the  Caton  estate,  were  used  to  purchase 
the  Cook  Green  Farm  in  Forton.  These  charities 
have  long  been  administered  together.  The  landed 
estate  was  sold  in  1886  and  the  proceeds,  £1,400 
invested  in  consols,  yield,  with  the  interest  on  £24 
in  the  savings  bank,111  £38  lo/.  8</.  a  year.  This 
income  is  apportioned  thus  :  Claughton,  £20  los.  ; 
Scorton,  £11;  Garstang,  £$  los.  %d.  ;  trustees' 
allowance,  £i  los.  'The  original  trusts  are  partly 
for  clothing,  but  the  distribution  is  now  made  in 
money.  ...  It  has  long  been  customary  to  confine 
the  Caton  charities  to  Roman  Catholics.' 

William  Baylton  in  1679  gave  to  trustees  Dimples 
Field  in  Barnacre  and  Calder  Field  in  Catterall  for 
the  poor  of  Barnacre  and  of  Garstang  and  Catterall, 
and  added  £60  in  money,  which  was  spent  on  land 
in  Forton.  The  estate  is  intact  and  produces 
£36  I  5/.  id.  a  year,  with  a  prospect  of  increase.  In 
1898  it  was  the  custom  'to  distribute  £10  to  the 
poor,  £6  to  hospitals,  £4  each  to  four  public 
elementary  schools,  and  to  reserve  the  balance  for 
expenses.'  U1 

A  rent-charge  of  £4  on  land  in  Claughton  granted 
by  Elizabeth  Parker  in  1757  in  fulfilment  of  the 
wish  of  her  father  Joseph  Chorley  is  given  thus  : 
£i  in  Catterall,  £ l  in  Claughton  and  £2  in  Preston 
to  poor  persons  not  in  receipt  of  poor  law  relief. 

Margaret  Catterall,  widow,  in  1868  left  £100  to 
the  incumbent  and  churchwardens  of  St.  Lawrence's, 
Barton,  for  the  poor  of  Bilsborrow,  the  interest  to 
be  given  in  either  money,  clothing  or  food.  The 
income  is  £2  los.  a  year.113 

John  Corless  in  1721  left  £20  to  the  poor  of 
Garstang,  the  interest  to  be  given  in  wheat.  The 
capital  was  in  1756  spent  on  the  town  hall,  and  £l 
a  year  has  since  been  given  from  the  funds  of  the 
town,  I/,  each  being  given  to  twenty  poor  widows  or 
others  on  St.  Thomas's  Day.  Elizabeth  Vasey  in 
1811  bequeathed  £20  for  gifts  of  is.  each  to  poor 
widows  of  Garstang  on  Christmas  Day.  The  trustee 
died  insolvent  about  1858,  and  the  capital  was  lost. 

Gregory  Sturzaker  of  York  left  £50  for  the  poor 
of  Winmarleigh.  This  is  now  considered  to  be 
represented  by  a  rent-charge  of  £2  on  a  farm  in 
the  township,  part  of  the  late  Lord  Winmarleigh's 
estate.  It  is  distributed  by  two  of  the  farmers  in 
small  doles  at  Christmas  time. 

NETHER     WYRESDALE 

Wyresdale,  I  246. 

The  township  retains  the  name  of  the  large  dis- 


trict of  which  it  forms  part.  The  River  Wyre  in 
general  bounds  it  on  the  west,  and  Grizedale  Brook, 
on  which  at  one  point  a  reservoir  of  the  Fylde  water- 
works has  been  formed,  forms  about  three-fourths  of 
the  southern  boundary.  The  surface,  level  along 
the  Wyre,  rises  to  the  south  and  the  east,  1,000  ft. 
being  attained  on  the  side  of  Grizedale  Fell.  The 
small  village  of  Scorton  lies  in  the  south-west  corner, 
Dolphinholme  in  the  extreme  north.  The  area 
measures  4,215  acres,1  and  in  1901  there  was  a 
population  of  454. 

The  principal  road,  from  Garstang  into  Over  Wyres- 
dale, passing  through  Scorton  goes  thence  north-west 
through  the  township,  being  crossed  about  the  centre 
by  another  road,  south-east  from  Ellel.  From  Scorton 
a  road  goes  west  to  Cockerham,  crossing  the  Wyre 
by  a  bridge  ;  there  are  various  minor  roads,  and 
several  other  bridges  over  the  Wyre,  including  one  at 
Dolphinholme.  The  London  and  North-Western 
Company's  main  line  to  Scotland  crosses  the  south- 
west end,  and  has  a  station  called  Scorton  near  that 
village. 

The  pipe-line  of  the  Thirlmere-Manchester  water 
supply  passes  through  the  township. 

The  soil  is  loamy  and  clayey  ;  practically  all  the 
land  is  in  pasture.  There  is  a  fish  hatchery,  in  the 
hands  of  a  limited  liability  company,  on  the  River  Wyre. 
Formerly  there  was  a  cotton  factory  at  Scorton. 

The  township  has  a  parish  council. 

At  Cross  Hill,  Scorton,  is  the  base  of  an  ancient 
cross.* 

In  1066  this  township  was  part  of  the 
MJNOR  large  manor  of  G4RST4NG,  rated  as 
six  plough-lands,  which  was  a  member  of 
Earl  Tostig's  Amounderness  lordship,3  and  in  later 
times  NETHER  WTRESDALE  and  Garstang  were 
used  indifferently  to  denote  the  fee  of  the  barons  of 
Kendal  in  this  part  of  Lancashire,  including  the  whole 
or  large  parts  of  the  parishes  of  Cockerham,  Gar- 
stang and  St.  Michael's,  and  some  part  of  Lancaster 
also.  Members  of  the  fee  were  granted  out  to  free 
tenants  or  to  religious  houses,4  but  Nether  Wyresdale, 
Holleth  and  Cabus  in  Garstang  seem  to  have  been 
retained  in  demesne. 

The  story  of  the  Lancaster  family  has  already  been 
told.5  William  de  Lancaster  I  held  a  knight's  fee 
in  Warton  and  Garstang  in  the  times  of  Stephen  and 
Henry  II.  He  gave  Cockerham  to  monks  of  Leicester, 
and  at  his  death  in  or  about  1170  left  as  successor  a 
son  William,  the  founder  of  Cockersand  Abbey.  The 
second  William,  by  his  wife  Helewise  de  Stuteville, 
left  a  daughter  and  heir  Helewise  to  succeed  him  in 
1 1 84.  She  married  Gilbert  son  of  Roger  son  of 
Reinfred,6  who  died  in  1220  and  had  a  son  known 
as  William  de  Lancaster  III.  He  married  Agnes  de 
Brus,  but  died  without  issue  in  1246';  his  widow 
had  Garstang  and  other  manors  in  dower.8  His 


111  The  origin  of  this  sum  has  not  been 
ascertained. 

112  Barnacre    has    half,    Catterall    and 
Garstang  each  a  quarter  of  the  income. 

113  Protestant  Nonconformists  are  ad- 
mitted   to   the  distribution,  but    Roman 
Catholics  excluded. 

1  4,243  acres,  including  57  of  inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  (1901).  A  small 
detached  portion  of  Cleveley  was  added 
in  1887  by  Loc.  Govt.  Rd.  Order  20097. 
At  the  same  time  (ibid.  20100)  a  small 
part  of  Ellel  was  added. 


2  Lanes,  and  dies.  Antiq.    Soc.  xx,  207. 
To  the  north  of  the  township  is  the  site 
of  Bradshaw  Cross  ;  ibid.  206. 

3  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  2886. 

4  Lanes.    Inq.   and   Extents    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  2—5. 

&  y.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  357-65,  of  which 
the  account  here  given  is  an  outline. 

6  Gilbert,  usually  called  Fitz  Reinfred, 
held  one  knight's  fee  in  Lancashire  in 
1 2 12  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  2. 
This  fee  was  usually  said  to  contain 
twenty-four  plough-lands,  and  the  Wyre»- 

3OO 


dale  portion  was  separately  reckoned  as 
half  a  knight's  fee. 

7  Ibid,   i,    144,    165.      He   held   in  all 
thirty-six     and    a    half    plough-lands    in 
Lancashire,  either  in  demesne  or  granted 
out  in  service  or  alms,  by  the  service  of 
one    knight.       The    yearly    value     was 
£93    iOi.   8j^.      The  heirs   were   Peter 
de   Brus,  of  full  age,  and  Walter  son   of 
William  de  Lindsay,  aged  sixteen. 

8  In  1269-70  Agnes  de  Brus  distrained 
Robert  de  Holland  to  appear  at  her  court 
of  Garstang  ;  Curia  Regis  R.  1 99,  m.  4  d. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


heirs  were  the  representatives  of  his  three  sisters, 
Helewise,  Alice  and  Sarot,  married  respectively  to 
Peter  de  Brus,  William  de  Lindsay  and  Alan  de 
Multon  ;  but  the  last-mentioned  sister  having  no 
children  the  Lancaster  inheritance  was  divided 
between  Brus  and  Lindsay. 

The  Brus  moiety  of  Nether  Wyresdale  or  Gar- 
stang  descended  to  Peter  son  of  Peter  and  Helewise, 
and  on  his  death  without  issue  in  or  before  1274 
his  four  sisters  were  found  to  be  co-heirs,  namely 
Margaret  married  to  Robert  de  Ros,  Lucy  to 
Marmaduke  de  Thweng,  Agnes  to  Walter  de 
Fauconberg,  and  Ladarena  to  John  de  Bel'.ew.9 
Of  these  Margaret  de  Ros  had  Kcndal  and  appears 
to  have  had  little  or  nothing  to  do  with  Wyres- 
dale 10 ;  and  the  others,  concerned  chiefly  in  York- 
shire, granted  their  rights  to  John  de  Rigmaiden, 
who  appears  about  1290,"  and  founded  the  family 
of  Rigmaiden  of  Wedacre  or  Woodacre,  seated  for 
over  three  centuries  in  the  adjacent  township  of 
Barnacre. 

The  Thweng  family,  however,  remained  for  about 
a  century  the  nominal  lords  of  part  of  Wyresdale.1* 
Marmaduke  de  Thweng  died  in  or  before  1322 
holding  part  of  the  Lancaster  inheritance,  but  Wyres- 
dale is  not  expressly  named.13  He  left  a  son  and  heir 
William,  thirty  years  of  age,  who  soon  afterwards 
began  a  long  series  of  lawsuits  concerning  the  lord- 
ship and  various  lands  against  John  son  of  John  de 
Rigmaiden  and  others.14  It  was  in  1333  alleged  for 
the  defence  that  Marmaduke  de  Thweng  had  alienated 
the  tenement  in  dispute  to  John  de  Rigmaiden  and 


Isolda  his  wife  before  iz85.15     William  de  Thweng 
died  in   1340  or  1341   holding  die  fourth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  in  Garstang,  Ellel,  Scotforth  and  Ashton 
of  the  Earl  of  Lancaster,  but 
took  no  profit  to  his  own  use 
beyond   the   rent  payable   to 
the   earl.      His   heir   was   his 
brother    Robert,   aged    forty- 
six.16 

Robert  de  Thweng  died 
within  three  years,  leaving 
another  brother,  Thomas,  to 
succeed  him.17  In  1346 
Thomas  son  of  Sir  Marmaduke 
de  Thweng  is  found  prose- 
cuting the  claim  to  the  fourth 
part  of  the  manor  of  Garstang, 
&c.,  already  referred  to.18  He 
died  in  1374  holding  four  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Garstang,  and  leaving  four  nephews  and  nieces  as 
heirs.19  Of  their  descendants  Sir  John  Lumley 
occurs  in  1420  as  holding  the  tenement  in  Garstang.20 

The  Fauconberg  and  Bellew  families  scarcely 
appear  in  this  lordship.  Walter  and  William  sons  of 
Walter  de  Fauconberg  in  the  father's  lifetime  were 
concerned  in  various  local  suits  from  1276  to  1292." 
John  son  of  Walter  de  Fauconberg  in  1333—43 
claimed  a  rent  of  £10  from  Garstang,  alleging  that 
it  had  been  granted  by  John  de  Rigmaiden  in  1305 
to  his  father  Walter,  lord  of  Whitton  in  Lincoln- 
shire.** John's  son,  Sir  Walter  de  Fauconberg, 
renewed  the  claim  in  135  1-2. 23 


THWENG,  Argent  a 
Jesse  gules  between  three 
popinjays  vert. 


9  Torks.  Inq.  (Yorks.  Arch.  Assoc.),  j, 
147—50.  For  the  Brus  or  Bruce  of 
Skelton  family  see  Ord,  Cleveland,  249-50. 

In  1278  Roger  de  Wedacre  claimed  a 
messuage  and  lands  in  Garstang  against 
William  dc  Lindsay,  who  replied  that  he 
had  a  share  of  the  inheritance  of  William 
de  Lancaster  in  conjunction  with  Walter 
de  Fauconberg,  Agnes  his  wife,  Marma- 
duke de  Thweng,  Lucy  his  wife,  John  de 
Bellew,  Ladareaa  his  wife  and  Margaret 
de  Ros.  These  were  accordingly  sum- 
moned, Margaret  being  in  Westmorland  ; 
De  Banco  R.  24,  m.  50  d.  The  land 
claimed  may  have  been  in  Barnacre, 
'Garstang'  being  used  for  the  whole  of 
the  fee  within  the  parish. 

Later  in  the  same  year  Richard  de 
Tresal  (?  Threlfal),  Ellen  his  wife  and 
Agnes  daughter  of  Warine  de  Blyth 
claimed  60  acres  in  Garstang  against  John 
le  Tailor  of  Garstang  (Kirkland),  and 
he  called  to  warrant  him  the  repre- 
sentatives of  William  de  Lancaster,  viz. 
William  de  Lindsay,  Walter  de  Faucon- 
berg, Agnes  his  wife,  Marmaduke  de 
Thweng,  Lucy  his  wife,  Margaret  de  Ros, 
Sibyl  and  Joan,  daughters  and  heirs  of 
Ladarena  de  Bellew,  which  Sibyl  and  Joan 
were  under  age  and  in  custody  of  John  de 
Bellew,  who  lived  in  Yorkshire  ;  De 
Banco  R.  27,  m.  41.  Margaret  de  Ros 
does  not  appear  again  in  connexion  with 
Garstang. 

In  1292  Roger  de  Wedacre  (a  grandson 
of  Paulinus)  claimed  certain  tofts,  &c., 
against  Ingeram  de  Gynes,  Christiana  his 
wife,  Ada  widow  of  William  de  Lindsay 
and  Walter  son  of  Walter  de  Fauconberg  ; 
the  trial  was  adjourned  to  the  full  age  of 
Lucy  daughter  of  Robert  de  Thweng  and 
of  Joan  daughter  of  John  de  Bellew ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  38.  Joan  and  her 
elder  sister  Sibyl,  wife  of  Miles  de 


Stapleton,  are  named   as  heirs  in  1292; 
Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  383. 

The  Bellews  do  not  appear  again  in 
Wyresdale  except  in  the  statement  as  to 
William  de  Coucy's  court  (1344)  quoted 
later. 

10  For  the  partition  in    1281  see  Cal. 
Close,  1279-88,  pp.  105-6. 

11  In    1290    Marmaduke    de    Thweng 
and  John  de  Rigmaiden  were  defendants 
to   a   Garstang  claim   by  one  Robert  de 
Hasthorp  ;    Assize    R.    1288,    m.    I3d. 
From  1294  onwards  John  de  Rigmaiden 
appears  to  have  been  in  sole  occupation  ; 
Assize   R.    1299,  m.  16  ;    De   Banco  R. 
106,  m.  145.     In  1301  John  and  his  wife 
Isolda  were  stated  to  have  a  third  part  of 
the    lordship    of   the    vill    of   Garstang  ; 
Assize  R.  1321,  m.  5  d.     In  1309  Isolda, 
as  widow,  called  Marmaduke  de  Thweng 
and  Walter  son  of  Walter  de  Fauconberg 
to  warrant  certain  land  to  her  ;  De  Banco 
R.  179,  m.  164. 

13  Marmaduke  son  of  Robert  de 
Thweng,  according  to  later  pleadings, 
granted  various  lands  in  Wyresdale  and 
apparently  a  part  of  the  lordship  to  his 
son  Marmaduke,  which  latter  Marma- 
duke had  a  son  William,  the  plaintiff  in 
1333  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  294,  m.  47.  The 
first-named  Marmaduke  must  have  been 
the  husband  of  Lucy  and  father  of  the 
Robert  whose  daughter  Lucy  was  a  Lan- 
caster co-heir  in  1292,  as  recorded  above  ; 
«ee  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr,  loc.  cit. 

13  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  147. 

14  The  suits  began  in  1325   and  lasted 
for  many  years  ;  see  De  Banco  R.  258, 
m.  284  ;   264,  m.  61  ;   275,  m.  33  d. 

15  Coram    Rege  R.  294,  m.  47.      For 
further    details    see    De    Banco   R.    304, 
m.  286  ;   305,  m.  339  ;   323,  m.  19  d. 

16  Inq.   p.m.     15    Edw.   Ill   (ist  nos.), 
no.  4.     Among  other  land  he  held  a  piece 

301 


of  waste  called  Solam  or  Sulam  in  Garstang 
(in  Barnacre),  named  in  later  inquisitions 
of  the  family. 

17  Inq.  p.m.  18  Ed w.  Ill  (i st  nos.),  no.  45. 

18  De  Banco  R.  345,  m.  2  d.  ;  the  pedi- 
gree is  given  as   Marmaduke  de  Thweng 
—s.   Marmaduke  -s.   Sir  Marmaduke  — s. 
Thomas.      It    appears    that   Robert   and 
Thomas  were  priests,  the  latter  being  rector 
of  Kirkleatham  ;  Ord,  Cleveland,  269. 

19  Lanes.   Inq.  p.m.   (Chet.   Soc.),  i,  4. 
His  three  sisters  (all  dead)  were  Margaret 
wife  of  Sir  Robert  de  Hilton,   Katherine 
of  Sir  Ralph  Daubeny  and  Lucy  of  Sir 
Robert  de   Lumley.     The   first   left  two 
daughters,     Isabel    wife    of   Sir    Walter 
Pedwardine    and    Maud,    represented    in 
1374  by  her  son  Sir  John  de  Hotham  ; 
the  second  left  a  daughter  Elizabeth  wife 
of  Sir  William  de  Botreux  ;  and  the  third 
was  represented  by  her  grandson   Robert 
de  Lumley  (son  of  Marmaduke). 

20  Chan.     Inq.     p.m.     10     Hen.     VI, 
no.  42  ;  he  held  four  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Garstang  of  John  Duke  of  Bedford,  also 
a    messuage    in    the    same    place     called 
Sulam,    uncultivated.     Thomas  Lumley, 
his  son  and  heir,  was  aged  twenty-two  in 
1431,  when  the  inquiry  was  made. 

The  Lumley  estate  in  Wyresdale  and 
Cleveley  was  by  Private  Act  of  1531 
granted  to  the  king  in  exchange  for  other 
lands  and  given  to  his  illegitimate  son 
Henry  Duke  of  Richmond.  This  son 
dying  in  1536  the  lands  were  granted  to 
Sir  William  Parr  ;  L.  and  P.  Hen.  Fill, 

*ii(0»g-  795  (H). 

21  De     Banco    R.    13,   m.    8  d.  ;     17, 
m.    89  d.  ;    51,    m.  48  d.  ;   55,    m.  45  ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.   '3. 

22  De   Banco   R.  296,    m.   188  ;    326, 
m.  204  d.  ;  Assize  R.  1435,  m.  52. 

23  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.   i,  m.  4 
(Mich.),  5  d.  (Lent). 


The  heir  to  the  Lindsay  moiety  of  Wyresdale  in 
1246  was  Walter  son  of  William  de  Lindsay.24 
Walter  died  in  or  before  1272,  his  son  William  being 
then  of  full  age  and  married  to  Ada  daughter  of  John 
de  Balliol.25  William  de  Lindsay  died  in  1282,  and 
soon  afterwards  his  daughter  and  heir  Christiana  was 
by  the  King  of  Scotland  married  to  Ingram  or  Ingel- 
ram  de  Gynes,  she  being  then  in  Scotland.26  This 
part  of  the  manor  was  in  the  escheator's  hands  for  six 
months  in  1282-3,  and  tne  receipts  amounted  to 
£72  3/.  4^.27  In  1292  Ingelram  and  Christiana 
were  called  upon  to  prove  their  right  to  the  assize  of 
bread  and  ale,  gallows  and  infangenthef,  and  market 
at  Warton  and  Garstang,  but  it  was  alleged  that  at 
the  latter  place  only  assize  of  ale  was  exercised,  and 
that  all  the  rights  had  been  held  by  William  de 
Lancaster.28  In  1297  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Amoun- 
derness  was  held  of  the  Earl  of  Lancaster  by  Ingram 
de  Gynes,  Walter  de  Fauconberg  and  Marmaduke  de 
Thweng,  who  rendered  5^.  a  year  for  castle  ward  *9 ; 
and  in  1302  Ingram  de  Gynes  and  John  de  Rig- 
maiden  were  tenants  of  the  half-fee  in  Garstang.30 

Ingram  and  Christiana  were  involved  in  many  local 
suits,  as  was  a  Gilbert  de  Lindsay,  and  in  1313-14 
the  defendants  to  a  claim  for  common  of  pasture  in 
Garstang  were  Marmaduke  de  Thweng,  Walter  de 
Fauconberg,  Ingram  de  Gynes,  Christiana  his  wife, 
Gilbert  de  Lindsay,  a  number  of  Rigmaidens  and 
others.81  Baldwin  de  Gynes  was  enfeoffed  of  the 


TAAAJ 


Lindsay  moiety  of  Wyresdale  before  131 8/2  and  in 
one  version  of  the  feodary  of  1324  he  appears  as 
tenant  by  knight's  service,  rendering  zs.  6d.  a  year 
for  castle  ward.33  Ingram  de  Gynes  died  in  1324, 
but  Wyresdale  is  not  named  in  the  inquisition. 
His  son  and  heir  was  William,  aged  thirty-six.34 
Christiana  obtained  the  lordship  of  Wyresdale  from 
Baldwin  de  Gynes,  without  the  king's  licence,  and 
received  a  pardon  in  1325."  She  was  still  living  in 

I333-36. 

William  de  Gynes,  also  known  as  de  Coucy  from 
his  French  lordship,  in  1335, 
after  his  mother's  death, 
granted  the  barony  of  Lindsay 
and  various  manors  and  lands 
in  Scotland 37  and  England, 
including  Wyresdale,  to  his 
son  William.38  Robert  de 
Gynes,  however,  another  son 
of  Ingram,  seems  to  have  been 
made  lord  of  Wyresdale  ;  on 
the  outbreak  of  war  with 
France  he  took  the  French 
side,  and  all  his  English  lands 
were  declared  forfeit.  William 
de  Coucy,  his  nephew,  was  placed  in  possession,39  but 
died  in  1342,  when  his  brother  Ingram  was  found 
to  be  the  heir.40  Several  inquisitions  were  taken,41  for 
Ingram  died  or  forfeited  his  rights,41  so  that  the 


mnnz 


mnog 


Coucy.       Barry 
six  iiair  and  gules. 


24  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  166,  168. 
The  family  had  the  barony  of  Lindsay  in 
Berwick-on-Tweed  and  various  manors, 
&c.,  in  Scotland. 

25  Ibid.  236-8. 

26  Cal.  Doc.  re!,  to  Scotland,   ii,  69,   72. 
In   1292   Edward  I  caused  inquiry  to  be 
made  as  to  the  loss  he  might  have  sus- 
tained by  the  marriage  of  the  heiress,  but 
it  was  alleged  to  be  the  custom  that  when 
an  heir  had  lands  both  in  Scotland    and 
England  the  marriage  was  granted  where 
the  body  was  found  ;  Coram  Rege  R.  134, 
m.  38. 

For  the  pedigree  see  Duchesne,  Hist, 
des  Maisons  de  Guines  .  .  .  et  de  Coucy, 
1631. 

The  homage  of  Ingram  de  Gynes  and 
his  wife  was  specially  named  in  a  grant 
by  Edward  I  to  his  brother  Edmund  in 
1291  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xi, 
42  d. 

27  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  258. 

28  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  383  ; 
a  statement  of  the  descent  is  given.     In 
1291   Ingram  de  Gynes  had  been   com- 
manded  to   do  homage  to  Edmund    the 
king's  brother  for  the  lands  in  the  honour 
of  Lancaster  held  in  right  of  his  wife  ; 
D.  of  Lane.  Royal  Chart,  no.  172-3. 

39  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  289,  297. 

3°Ibid.  316. 

31  Assize  R.  424,  m.  2. 

31  De  Banco  R.  225,  m.  435  d. 

38  Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  396,  which 
gives  Ingram  instead  of  Baldwin  (probably 
his  brother).  The  latter  name  appears  in 
the  version  printed  in  Gregson's  Frag- 
ments (ed.  Harland),  341.  The  lordship 
extended  over  Great  and  Little  Eccleston, 
Great  Carleton,  Upper  Rawcliffe,  Cat- 
terall,  Sowerby  and  Rowall. 

34  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  164. 

35  Cal.    Pat.     1324  7,    p.    172;    Inq. 
a.q.d.  file  186,  no.  8  (19  Edw.  II). 

36  De  Banco  R.   294,  m.  291  d.      She 
died  soon  afterwards  ;  Cal.  Pat.  1330-4, 
p.  561. 


37  Cal.  Doc.   rel.  to    Scotland,  iii,    210. 
The  pedigree  above  referred  to  states  that 
William  married  Isabel  de  St.  Paul. 

38  Cal.   Pat.    1340-3,    pp.    69-70.      In 
1334    there    was    a    treaty    of   marriage 
between  John  Earl  of  Cornwall  (son  of 
Edward     III)     and     Mary    daughter    of 
William  de   Gynes,  lord   of  Coucy,  but 
the  marriage  did  not  take  place  ;  Rymer, 
Foedera  (Syllabus),  i,  274. 

The  elder  William  appears  to  have 
died  in  or  before  1339,  leaving  his  son 
William  a  minor;  Cat.  Pat.  1338-40, 
p.  252.  Robert  de  Gynes  was  uncle  of 
William  the  son  ;  ibid.  1340-3,  p.  70. 
Ingram  brother  of  the  elder  William  is 
named  in  1341  ;  De  Banco  R.  326, 
m.  191  d. 

39  In    1337   Edward    III    granted    the 
custody  of  Robert's  lands  to  his  nephew 
William  de  Coucy,  the  king's  yeoman  ; 
Cal.    Pat.    1334-8,    p.    404.      It    seems 
from  this  grant  that  William's  own  lands 
had  for  the  time  been  seized. 

William  de  Coucy  in  1 340  obtained  a 
grant  of  free  warren  in  his  demesne 
lands  of  Wyresdale  and  elsewhere  ;  Chart. 
R.  14  Edw.  Ill,  m.  2,  no.  7. 

40  Inq.  p.m.   17  Edw.  Ill    (ist  nos.), 
no.  51  ;  Robert  son  of  Ingram  de  Gynes 
is  named,  and  Ingram,  brother  and  heir 
of  William,  was  of  full  age.     The  manor 
of  Wyresdale  (of  which  William  had  held 
a  moiety)  was  held  of  the  Earl  of  Lan- 
caster by  knight's  service.     The   manor 
(place)    was    worth    \zd.  ;     60    acres   of 
arable  land  held  by  tenants  at  will  ren- 
dered 6d.  a  year  each,  as  did  1 1  acres  of 
meadow.     Various   tenants  at  will  paid 
;£i8.     There   was  a  park  rendering  91. 
yearly  ;  the  moiety  of  three  water-mills 
rendered  ,£4  and  a  fulling-mill  los.     The 
court  was  held   jointly  with  Robert  de 
Bellew  from  three  weeks  to  three  weeks, 
and  was  estimated  to  produce  zos.  in  all. 
There  were  also  nine  free  tenants  of  the 
Coucy  moiety,  holding  by  knight's  service 
and  rents  amounting  to  241.  10^.   William 

302 


de  Coucy  had  by  the  king's  grant  held 
certain  estates  which  had  belonged  to 
Robert  de  Gynes. 

The  inquiry  as  to  the  estates  of  the 
said  Robert,  '  an  adherent  of  the  king's 
enemies  in  France,'  was  made  a  year 
later.  It  was  found  that  he  had  held  of 
the  Earl  of  Lancaster  a  moiety  of  the 
manor  of  Wyresdale  in  fee  in  the  vill  of 
Garstang  by  knight's  service  ;  William 
de  Coucy  had  occupied  it  for  his  life,  and 
after  him  the  king  had  granted  it  to  the 
Countess  of  Pembroke  ;  Inq.  p.m.  18 
Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.),  no.  58. 

41  A  further  inquiry  was  made  in  1347  ; 
Inq.  p.m.  20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.),  no.  63. 
It  gives  many  details.      The   pasture   of 
the  manor  site  was  worth  6d.  ;   75^  acres 
of  demesne    farmed    to    various    persons 
were  worth   1121.  io$d.  ;    in   Hallsteads 
and   Mekmyr  were  4   and    4^    acres    of 
meadow,  17^.;    a   several  pasture,  401.  ; 
tenants     at     will      of     improved     land, 
^38  7*.    lod.  ;    8   acres  more   might  be 
improved,    worth   8j.  ;    Thomas  de  Rig- 
maiden,  who   held  per  indi-viso  with   the 
other  lord,   inclosed    12  acres,  of  which 
6  acres  belonged  to  the  Coucy  moiety,  6s 
At  Cleveley  a  water-mill  and  the  moiet) 
of   another  were   worth  £4,    a    mill  at 
Garstang  401.,  the  moiety   of  a   mill  at 
Sandholm     461.    8</.,    a     fulling-mill     at 
Cleveley    and    the    moiety   of  a   mill   at 
Calder  20*.     The  sale  of  wood  produced 
6s.  %d.     The  rents  of  free  tenants  came 
to  241.  lod. 

There  were  two  courts — a  common 
court,  the  perquisites  of  which  were  worth 
201.  a  year,  and  a  several  court,  131.  4^. 
Other  profits  arose  from  the  pannage  o{ 
pigs,  dead  wood,  the  fishery  of  the  Wyre, 
honey  and  bees  in  the  park  and  outside 
wood. 

Other  inquisitions  were  taken  in 
1365—6,  as  cited  below. 

42  The  lands  of  Ingram  son  of  Ingram 
de  Gynes   were  escheated  in  1 342  ;  Cal. 
Close,  1 341-3,  p.  452.     Tint  may  refer  to 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


Crown    entered    into   possession   and    made   various 
grants.43 

In  1346  the  land  of  Wyresdale  seems  to  have  been 
assessed  as  three  plough-lands,  half  being  described  as 
lately  held  by  William  de  Coucy  and  the  other  half 
as  held  by  John  son  of  Thomas  de  Rigmaiden  ;  each 
moiety  rendered  zs.  6d.  for  castle  ward.44  John  de 
Coupland,  a  distinguished  soldier  of  the  time,  who 
captured  David  King  of  Scots  at  NevilPs  Cross  in 
1346,  had  a  grant  of  ^500  a  year  partly  at  one  time 
charged  on  the  Coucy  manors.45  Joan  wife  of  John 
de  Coupland  also  had  a  grant  of  Wyresdale,46  but 
after  her  death  it  was  in  1365  restored  to  Ingram 
son  of  the  above-named  Ingram  de  Coucy,  who  won 
the  favour  of  Edward  III,47  receiving  the  king's 
daughter  Isabella  in  marriage  and  being  created  Earl 
of  Bedford  in  I366.48  Ingram's  daughter  and  co- 
heir, Philippa  wife  of  Robert  de  Vere  Earl  of 
Oxford  and  Duke  of  Ireland,  had  his  English  estates 
and  died  in  1411-12.  Wyresdale  was  granted  to 
John  Duke  of  Bedford,  son  of  Henry  IV,  famous  in 
the  French  campaigns  of  the  1 5th  century,49  and 
later  still  to  Edmund  Earl  of  Richmond  in  1453 
and  in  1487  to  Margaret  Countess  of  Richmond, 


mother  of  Henry  VII.50  On  her  death  in  1509  it 
descended  to  the  king,  and  was  granted  out  on  lease 
to  Sir  Thomas  Parr  and  others.51 

A  compotus  of  1495  preserved  at  Sizergh  Castle 
shows  that  the  rents  of  the  Crown  moiety  of  Nether 
Wyresdale  amounted  to  £5 i  zs.  jd.,  including  zs. 
from  Sir  Thomas  RadclifFe  for  Winmarleigh,  accord- 
ing to  a  rental  renewed  in  1461.  The  mill  at 
Sandholme  paid  zos.  8^.  a  year.  Lord  Derby  paid 
4/.  for  '  Grenoll,'  Thomas  Rigmaiden  3^.  for  the 
'  Boundes.'  The  free  tenants  of  the  Bonds  in  all 
paid  5/.  $d. 

The  Crown  moiety  of  Wyresdale  was  purchased 
in  IS7482  by  Sir  Gilbert  Gerard,  Master  of  the 
Rolls  ;  and  as  his  son  Sir  Thomas  Lord  Gerard  of 
Gerard's  Bromley 53  acquired  the  other  moiety  in 
1602  from  the  heirs  of  Rigmaiden,54  the  whole 
lordship  was  reunited  in  his  family.  Lord  Gerard 
died  in  1617 55  and  his  son  Gilbert  in  i6z^,56 
leaving  a  son  and  heir  Dutton,  who  died  in  i64O.57 
Gilbert  had  married  Eleanor  Dutton,  heiress  of  the 
great  Cheshire  family  ;  she  afterwards  married  Robert 
Needham  Viscount  Kilmorey,  and  occurs  in  con- 
nexion with  Wyresdale.58  Dutton's  son  Charles  was 


a  *on  of  the  earlier  Ingram.  In  1343 
a  preliminary  grant  of  William  de 
Coucy's  lands  was  made  to  his  brother 
Ingram  ;  Cal.Pat.  1343-5,  p.  36. 

43  A  grant  to  the  Countess  of  Pembroke 
(Mary   de   St.    Pol)    has     been    recorded 
above.     After  the  expiry  of  her  term  the 
manor  of  Wyresdale  was  to  go  to  Aymer 
Darcy    for    life;     Cal.     Chic,     1343-6, 
p.  643.     The  Earl  of  Lancaster  was  in 
1345  suing  her  for  her  free  tenement  in 
Garstang,  viz.  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Nether    Wyresdale;     Assize    R.     1435, 
m.  35  d. 

44  Survey    of    1346    (Chet.    Soc.),    50, 
52.       The    former    moiety    is    wrongly 
described  as  one  plough-land  only.     The 
sheriff's    compotus     of    1348     gives     it 
correctly. 

45  Cal.    Pat.    1345-8,    p.    370.       The 
Archbishop  of  York  in  1368  gave  licence 
to  the  Prior  and  Canons  of  Kirkham  (in 
the    East    Riding)    to   remove    the    body 
of  John  de   Coupland  from    Carham   to 
their  church  ;  Dods.  MSS.  vii,  202.    For 
will  sec  Wills  and  Invent.    (Surt.   Soc.), 
i,  29. 

46  The    Duke    of   Lancaster    in    1361 
claimed     a    moiety    of    the    manors    of 
Mourholme  and  Wyresdale  against  John 
de  Coupland  and  Joan  his  wife  ;  Assize 
R.  441,   m.   2  d.      Joan  is  described   as 
daughter  and  heir  of  John  de  Rigmaiden  ; 
Feud.  Aids,   iii,  90.       She  died  early  in 
1365   holding    by    grant    of   Edward  III 
the  Coucy  part  of  the  Lancaster  family's 
possessions.     The  moiety  of  the  manor 
of  Wyresdale  was  held  of  John  ( of  Gaunt), 
Duke  of  Lancaster,   by  knight's  service, 
with  reversion  to  Ingram  de  Coucy  Earl 
of  Bedford  and  Isabella  his  wife  ;    Inq. 
p.m.  49  Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  no.  29. 

47  In  Sept.   1365   a  fresh   inquiry  was 
made  as  to  the  lands,  &c.,  of  William  son 
of    William     de    Coucy  ;     Inq.    p.m.    49 
Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  no.  22.     It  was  stated 
(erroneously)    that     William    had     died 
without  heir  in   1335    and  that  he   was 
'  a    man    of   the     kingdom    of    France.' 
In  the  next  year  another  jury  found  that 
William  de  Coucy  had  held  the  moiety 
of  the  manor  of  Wyresdale,  &c.,  as  before, 
that  he  died  in  Feb.  1341-2,  and  that  his 


heir  was  Ingram  de  Coucy  Earl  of 
Bedford,  son  and  heir  of  Ingram  brother 
of  the  said  William  ;  ibid.  50  Edw.  Ill 
(ist  nos.),  no.  1 8.  William  the  English 
and  then  John  de  Coupland  and  Joan  his 
wife  were  said  to  have  occupied  the 
manors,  Sec.,  after  William's  death. 

48  G.E.C.     Complete   Peerage,    i,    292  ; 
'  Ingelram    or    Engucrraud     dc     Coucy, 
Sire  dc  Couci,   La  Fere  and  Oisi  in  the 
district  of  Marie,  <fec.,  only  s.  and  h.  of 
Enguerraud    de    Couci  of   the    same  .  .  . 
succeeded  his  father  in  1 344,  being  then 
in  his  fifth   year.      He   was   one   of  the 
hostages    for    John    King    of   France    to 
England,  where  he  arrived  in  1 360.     The 
English  king  showed  great  favour  to  him, 
restoring  him  to  lands  in  Lancashire,  &c.' 
He  in  1367  gave  the  king  the  reversion 
of  his  manors,  then  held  by  Joan  widow 
of   Sir  John   de  Coupland   (Arch.  Journ. 
xxxv,    1 66),    and    finally    renounced    his 
English  honours  in    1377.      Mention  is 
made    of    a    grant    by    him  ;    Cal.    Pat. 
1385-9,  p.  413. 

49  G.E.C.  op.  cit.  i,  293.     At  his  death 
in  1435  he  held  the  manor  or  lordship  of 
Wyresdale  of  the  king  in  chief  by  knight's 
service,  and  other  parts  of  the  Lancaster 
inheritance  ;  Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  14  Hen.  VI, 
no.    36.       The    king    was    his    nephew 
and   heir.       Jaquetta    his  widow  had   as 
dower    the    third    part    of    a    moiety    of 
Wyresdale,  &c.,  and  held  it  till  her  death 
in    1472  ;    Dods.    MSS.   cxxxi,   fol.    91. 
Richard    Boteler    of   Kirkland    was    the 
farmer    of    the     lordship  ;       Cal.      Pat. 

H36-4i»  P-  275- 

A  rent  from  the  manor  is  named 
among  the  possessions  of  John  Duke  of 
Somerset  in  1444  ;  Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  22 
Hen.  VI,  no.  19. 

50  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  28. 
Henry  VI  granted  all  the  late  Duke  of 
Bedford's  manors,  &c.,  to  Edmund  Tudor 
Earl  of  Richmond  (d.  1456),  from  whom 
they     descended    to    his    son     afterwards 
Henry  VII  ;    as  king  he  gave  the  same 
to  his  mother  for  life.     She  had  dower  in 
1459,  confirmed  1464  ;   Cal.  Pat.  1461-7, 
p.    363.       For    a    grant    by    her    to    Sir 
William     Parr  (1472,     1475)    see     ibid. 
1467-77,  pp.   334,    532.      She   survived 

303 


her  son  three  months,  dying  14  July  1509, 
and  Henry  VIII  succeeded  her.  She 
had  a  further  connexion  with  Lancashire 
as  wife  of  the  Earl  of  Derby,  and  some- 
times lived  at  Lathom  ;  Cooper,  Lady 
Margaret,  57. 

In  1498  a  writ  was  issued  summoning 
Margaret  Countess  of  Richmond  and 
John  Rigmaiden  to  hear  judgement  in  a 
plea  concerning  their  right  to  assize  of 
bread  and  ale  in  Garstang  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Writs  Proton.  15  Hen.  VII. 

81  To  Sir  Thomas  Parr  in  1513  for 
forty  years ;  Pat.  4  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  i. 
To  William  Parr  Earl  of  Essex  in  1546  ; 
Pat.  38  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  vi.  To  Henry 
Earl  of  Cumberland  in  1553—4  for 
twenty-one  years  ;  Pat.  i  Mary,  pt.  iv. 

52  Pat.  1 6  Eliz.,  pt.   ii  ;  the  grant,  to 
Gilbert    Gerard   and   his  wife  and   their 
issue,    included    the    manors    of    Nether 
Wyresdale,  Ashton,   Carnforth   and  Scot- 
forth. 

53  G.E.C.  Complete  Peerage,  iv,  17-18  ; 
Ormerod,  Ches.  (ed.  Helsby),  i,  653. 

54  A    third    part    of    a    moiety    from 
Charles   Fleming  and  another  third  part 
from  Thomas  Brockholes  ;    Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet    of   F.    bdle.    64,    no.   21,   28.      A 
settlement    of   the   manors  of  Wedacre, 
Nether  Wyresdale,  Winmarleigh,  &c.,  was 
made  in  1611  ;  ibid.  bdle.  77,  no.  58. 

55  Chan.   Inq.  p.m.  (Ser.  2),  ccclxviii, 
119  (16  Jas.  I)  ;  the  purchase  of  the  two 
moieties  of  the  manor  is  recited,  also  a 
settlement    on    Eleanor  wife    of  Gilbert 
Lord  Gerard  for  life  with  remainder  to 
Gilbert    in   tail  male.     Gilbert,  the  son 
and  heir,  was  twenty-one  years  of  age. 

56  Ibid,   cccci,  119;  Dutton,  the  son, 
was  nine  years  old. 

57  Ibid,   dxcix,   92  ;    Charles,    the    son 
and  heir,  was  five  years  of  age. 

58  The  following  refer  to  settlements  of 
the    manors  : — 1618,    by    Gilbert    Lord 
Gerard  ;    Pal.  of  Lane.   Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
94,    no.    7.       1635,    by    Dutton     Lord 
Gerard,  Robert   Viscount   Kilmorey  and 
Eleanor  his  wife  ;    ibid.  bdle.  127,  no.  7. 
1662,  by  Charles   Lord  Gerard  and  Jane 
his  wife  ;  ibid.  bdle.  168,  m.  7. 

Lord  Kilmorey  is  named  in  Cal.  Com. 
for  Comp.  ii,  1284-5. 


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


in  1667  succeeded  by  his  son  Digby,  who  married  a 
distant  cousin,  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Charles  Gerard, 
Earl  of  Macclcsfield,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Halsall  in 
Lancashire.  Digby's  heir  was  his  daughter  Eliza- 
beth, who  in  1698  married  James  fourth  Duke  of 
Hamilton,  killed  in  the  celebrated  duel  with  Lord 


GERARD,  Lord 
Gerard  of  Gerard's 
Bromley.  Argent  a 
saltire  gules. 


HAMILTON,  Duke  of 
Hamilton.  Gules  three 
cinquefoils  pierced  er- 
mine. 


Mohun  in  lyiz.89  The  lordship  of  Wyresdale 
descended  with  the  dukedom  until  i853,60  when  it 
was  sold  to  Peter  Ormrod  of  Bolton,61  who  settled 
at  Wyresdale  Park.  He  diei  about  1875,  after 
which  his  widow  held  it  for  life.  On  her  death  in 
1 890  it  went  to  James  Cross  Ormrod,  nephew  of 
Peter,  who  was  in  1895  succeeded  by  his  son  Captain 
Peter  Ormrod,  stated  to  be  now  lord  of  the  manor.62 
Wyresdale  Park,  a  modern  house,  had  a  herd  of 
deer  ;  a  pack  of  staghounds  is  maintained. 


Courts  are  held.63  In  1642  it  was  ordered  by 
the  jury  that  the  court  should  be  elected  out  of  the 
several  townships  in  rotation,  the  first  year  out  of 
Barnacre,  Bonds  and  Tarnacre,  the  second  year  out 
of  Cabus,  Cleveley  and  Holleth,  and  the  third  year 
out  of  Wyresdale,  Longmoor  or  Pilling  Moss  and 
the  remainder.64  The  meeting-place  was  at  Gober- 
thwaite  or  Gubisthwaite  in  Cabus.65  Gubberford 
and  Gubberford  Lane  are  marked  on  the  ordnance 
map  in  Cabus  and  adjoining  Woodacre,  and  the 
bridge  over  the  Wyre  is  named  Gubberford  Bridge. 
The  courts  are  still  held  in  Cabus. 

The  lords  of  the  manor  having  been  almost  sole 
landowners,  no  other  families  occur  to  be  noticed 
specially  in  the  township.66  There  were  some 
sequestrations  under  the  Commonwealth.67 

Dolphinholmc  in  Nether  Wyresdale  Forest  was 
the  subject  of  dispute  in  I59I.68  Wyreside,  in  this 
part  of  the  township,  is  the  seat  of  Captain  Charles 
Henry  Garnett.69  Scorton  Old  Hall  belonged  to  the 
Blackburnes  in  the  I7th  century.70 

In  connexion  with  the  Church  of  England  St. 
Peter's,  Scorton,  was  built  in  1878-9  ;  Captain 
Peter  Ormrod  is  patron.71 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  have  a  chapel  at  Scorton, 
built  in  1 843, 72  and  another  at  Dolphinholme.  The 
Congregationalists  have  one  at  the  latter  hamlet.73 

The  Roman  Catholic  church  of  St.  Mary  and 
St.  James,  built  in  1861-2,  replaced  an  earlier  one, 
and  represents  missionary  work  at  different  home- 
steads in  the  township  and  district,  which  can  be 
traced  back  to  the  early  part  of  the  1 8th  century.74 


59  G.E.C.  Complete  Peerage,  iv,  146-50. 
The  descent  may   be  given  in  outline  as 
follows  :    James,  4th   duke,   killed  1712 
-s.  James,   5th  duke,  d.  1743   -s.  James, 
6th   duke,    d.    1758  -s.    James    George, 
7th  duke,   d.    1769  — bro.   Douglas,    8th 
duke,     d.     1799  —uncle    Archibald,    gth 
duke  (son  of  James,  5th  duke),  d.  1819  -s. 
Alexander,  loth  duke,  d.  1852. 

Lord  Archibald  Hamilton  (afterwards 
duke)  was  knight  of  the  shire  1768-72  ; 
Pink  and  Beaven,  Part.  Repre.  of  Lanes. 
85.  He  died  at  Ashton  Hall. 

There  were  fines  and  recoveries  of  the 
manors  of  Nether  Wyresdale,  &c.,  in 
1701  by  James  Duke  of  Hamilton  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  1737  by  James  Duke 
of  Hamilton,  1762  by  Lord  Archibald 
Hamilton,  and  1800  by  Archibald  Duke 
of  Hamilton  and  Alexander  Marquess  of 
Douglas  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdles.  247,  m.  105  ;  319,  m.  10  ;  Plea 
R.  596,  m.  5  ;  Aug.  Assizei,  40 
Geo.  Ill,  R.  6. 

60  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  54. 

61  The  Ormrods  were  cotton   spinners 
of  Bolton.     James  Ormrod  of  Chamber 
Hall    died    in    1825,    leaving    two  sons, 
Peter  and  James  ;    Barton,  Bolton  Glean. 
i,    153.     The  latter   was   father  of  Col. 
James  Cross  Ormrod   named  in  the  text. 
Peter  Ormrod   rebuilt  the  parish  church 
at  Bolton  ;    his   brother  James  built  St. 
Peter's,  Scorton,  in  memory  of  him. 

The  price  paid  for  Nether  Wyresdale 
(4,027  acres)  was  £110,500,  for 
Cleveley  (693  acres)  £35,100,  and  for 
Cabus  (1,359  acres)  £54,100;  Preston 
Guard.  21  Nov.  1874. 

63  Hcwitson,  Northward,  75. 

63  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  57. 

64  Baines,   Lanes,  (ed.    1870),   ii,   528. 
Fishwick  (op.   cit.  47-54)  gives  a  list  of 
the  tenants  in   1604-5    w'th    the    allot- 


ments of  common  made  to  each  by 
agreement  with  Lord  Gerard. 

65  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  72  ; 
the  manor  of  Wyresdale  is  here  called 
Goburthwaite.  See  the  account  of  Little 
Eccleston. 

68  Scabgill  in  Wyresdale  was  in  1615 
held  by  Robert  Foxe  of  the  king  as  of 
his  manor  of  Wenden  Ferrens  in  Bucks, 
in  socage.  Thomas  Foxe,  aged  twenty, 
wa»  next  of  kin  and  heir  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii, 

122. 

Park  House,  part  of  the  lands  of 
William  (Parr)  Marquess  of  Northampton, 
was  in  1561—4  in  dispute  between 
Anthony  Harrison  (in  right  of  his  wife 
Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard 
Hodgekinson)  and  William  Harrison,  &c. ; 
Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  286-7. 

There  were  disputes  as  to  tenures  in 
the  manor  in  1664  and  later,  yielding 
the  names  of  many  of  the  tenants  5 
Exch.  Dep.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
38,  43,  44.  The  depositions  were 
printed  in  the  Preston  Guard.  6  Nov. 
1886  and  later.  A  court  held  at 
Wedacre  is  named.  There  were  further 
disputes  in  1687,  Lady  Elizabeth  Gerard 
being  in  possession  ;  Exch.  Dep.  71. 

67  William  Baines,  recusant,  had  two- 
thirds  of  his  estate  under  sequestration  in 
1653  ;  Royalist  Camp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  157.  John  Baines, 
aged  thirty,  admitted  to  the  English 
College,  Rome,  in  1659,  was  son  of 
William.  He  stated  that  his  parents, 
4  Catholics  of  the  middle  classes,  descended 
from  an  ancient  stock  .  .  .  suffered  much 
on  account  of  their  religion  and  were 
reduced  to  very  slender  means  in  con- 
sequence '  ;  Foley,  Rec.  S.  J.  v,  3  99.  He 
was  ordained  and  sent  to  England.  John 
Baines,  who  had  taken  part  in  the  '  second 

304 


war  '  on  the  king's  side,  escaped  with  a 
fine  of  £3  5  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  i,  1 1 8. 
Thomas  Mercer  and  Mary  his  wife, 
who  were  leaseholders  under  Lady  Kil- 
morey,  for  recusancy  suffered  sequestra- 
tion, but  were  dead  in  1655  ;  ibid,  iv,  130. 
The  surname  is  given  as  Myerscough  in 
Cat.  Com,  for  Comp.  v,  3242.  John 
Rigmaiden  of  Wyersdale,  recusant,  de- 
sired to  contract  for  the  two-thirds  of  his 
estate  in  1654;  ibid,  v,  3186.  John 
seems  to  have  died  soon  after,  the  trustees 
of  his  daughter  Anne,  wife  of  Roger 
Green,  petitioning  for  discharge  later  in 
the  year;  ibid,  iv,  2851.  William 
Windress,  though  not  actually  sequestered, 
compounded  in  1651  for  having  been  in 
arms  for  the  king  in  1643  ;  ibid,  iv,  2899. 

68  Ducatus  Lane,  iii,  275. 

69  Burke,  Landed  Gentry. 

70  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  256. 

71  A  district  was  formed  for  it  in  1880  ; 
Land.  Ga*.  17  Sept. 

'*  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  524. 
A  poor  woman,  employed  at  the  mill, 
held  a  class  meeting  in  her  house  ;  this, 
after  some  persecution,  found  protectors 
in  the  mill-owners  and  regular  services 
were  instituted. 

73  Services  began  in  1875  and  an  iron 
church  was  opened  in  1881  ;  Nightingale, 
Lanes.  Nonconf.  i,  207. 

74  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  521-3.    Mass  used 
to  be  said  at  Brackenlea  (occupied  by  the 
Jenkinsons),    and    there    was    a    priest's 
hiding-place  at  Foxhouses.     '  The  original 
Catholic  chapel   at  Scorton  was  a  small 
rude  thatched  building.     In  its  early  career 
the   building,   it   is  said,   was    used  as  a 
clogmaker's    shop  on  weekdays   and    for 
Catholic    worship    on    Sundays.     It  was 
eventually  replaced  by  another  building, 
set  apart  entirely  for  religious  purposes.' 
This  was  afterwards  used  as  a  schoolroom. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


A  school  existed  at  Cross  Hill  as  early  as  1717, 
and  another  was  built  at  Scorton  in  1793,  each  with 
a  small  endowment.76 


HOLLETH 

Holouth,  1326  ;  Holuith,  1329  ;  Holough,  1375. 

This  township  is  entirely  separated  from  the 
main  part  of  the  parish  by  Forton  in  Cockerham, 
and  about  60  acres  of  its  southern  edge  lie  in  the 
latter  parish.  The  area  is  358^  acres,1  and  may 
be  said  to  consist  of  a  hill  reaching  about  100  ft. 
above  sea  level  and  sloping  away  to  the  boundary 
on  all  sides.  In  1901  the  population  numbered 
twenty-five  only.  There  is  no  considerable  residence 
within  it.  A  minor  road  from  Cockersand  eastward 
to  join  the  north  road  from  Preston  to  Lancaster 
crosses  the  south-west  corner,  as  does  also  the  Kendal 
Canal. 

The  base  of  Buck's  Cross  remains,  and  the  site  of 
another  ancient  cross  is  known.1 

HOLLETH  seems  to  have  belonged  to 
M4NOR  Forton.*  There  was  never  any  manor, 
but  Holleth  is  named  in  1345  among 
the  Rigmaiden  properties.4  It  descended  with 
Wedacre,5  and  so  came  to  the  Gerards  and  Hamiltons, 
lords  of  Wyresdale.  At  the  sale  in  1853  it  was 
purchased  by  Mr.  Richard  Cardwell  Gardner  of 
Liverpool,  who  died  in  1882.* 

The  canons  of  Leicester  had  right  of  common  in 
Holleth  in  the  parish  of  Garstang,  but  released  it  to 
Thomas  de  Rigmaiden  in  consideration  of  an  annual 
rent  of  zosJ 

The  Cawson  family  occur  in  the  I7th  century.8 

CLEVELEY 

About  a  fourth  part  of  this  township,  in  the  south- 
east, lies  within  Garstang  parish  ;  the  remainder  is 
in  Cockerham,  where  an  account  of  the  whole  will 
be  given. 

CABUS 

Cayballes,  1328  ;  Caboos,  1550. 

This  township  has  an  area  of  1,388  acres,9  and  a 
population  of  171  according  to  the  Census  of  1901. 
From  the  Wyre  on  the  east  the  surface  rises  till  about 
100  ft.  above  the  ordnance  datum  is  attained  and 
then  falls  away  to  the  west.  The  hamlet  of  Patten 
Arms  lies  in  the  north-west  corner.  Two  roads  go 


through  it  from  Garstang  northwards,  one  to  Lan- 
caster, the  other  to  Cockerham.  The  railway  from 
Preston  to  Lancaster  crosses  the  north-east  corner, 
and  the  canal  between  the  same  places  winds  along 
near  the  western  side. 

Carr  Holme  in  Cabus  was  added  to  Garstang  in 
1887  ;  at  the  same  time  a  detached  part  of  Barnacre 
with  Bonds  was  added  to  Cabus.10 

The  soil  is  a  heavy  loam  with  clay  subsoil.  The 
land  is  almost  entirely  in  pasture.  About  1880  there 
was  a  tile  manufactory  worked  by  Mrs.  Ormrod. 

The  pedestal  of  an  ancient  cross  remains  near 
cross  roads  on  the  north-west  boundary.11 

There  was  never  any  separate  manor 
M4NOR  of  C4BUS,  but  the  courts  for  the  lord- 
ship of  Nether  Wyresdale  were  formerly 
held  here  at  Goberthwaite.11  This  place  is  named  in 
a  grant  by  William  son  of  Swain  to  his  son  Henry 
the  Clerk.13  Cabus  occurs  in  an  agreement  made  in 
I  340  between  Dame  Christiana  de  Lindsay  and  the 
abbey  of  Leicester.14  It  descended  with  Nether 
Wyresdale 14  and  was  purchased  in  1853  by  Peter 
Ormrod.  It  is  now  owned  by  Captain  Peter  Ormrod. 

WINMARLEIGH 

Wynomerislega,  Wynermerisle,  1212;  Wimerleg, 
1241  ;  Winmerly,  1244;  Wynnemerley,  1262; 
Wymerlay,  1292.  The  accent  is  on  the  second 
syllable. 

On  the  eastern  side  of  this  township  the  land  is 
50  ft.  or  more  above  sea  level,  and  here  is  placed  the 
hall  ;  but  westwards  about  two-thirds  of  the  surface 
lies  below  the  2  5 -ft.  level,  much  of  it  being  moss- 
land.  There  is  no  village  or  considerable  hamlet. 
The  area  is  2,342^  acres,1  and  in  1901  there  was 
a  population  of  284. 

Northward  through  the  eastern  side  go  roads  from 
Garstang  to  Cockerham,  and  the  west  end  is  crossed 
by  one  from  the  former  place  to  Pilling  ;  these  are 
connected  by  another  passing  through  the  centre  of 
the  township,  having  the  hall  on  one  side  and  the 
church  on  the  other.  The  Garstang  and  Knott  End 
single-line  railway  crosses  the  western  corner,  with  a 
station  called  Coglie  Hill,  and  the  Lancaster  Canal 
at  one  place  bends  so  as  to  come  within  the  north- 
east boundary. 

The  soil  is  clay  and  peat,  with  clay  subsoil  ;  wheat 
and  potatoes  are  grown,  but  two-thirds  of  the  land 
is  in  pasture. 


For  the  convicted  recusants  in  Nether 
Wyresdale  and  Cabus  c.  1670  see  Misc. 
(Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,  172-4.  The  names 
include  Baines,  Blackburn,  Cawthorne, 
Cross,  Hubbersty,  Myerscough,  Parkin- 
son, Sykes  and  Windress. 

The  Garstang  churchwardens  in  1755 
reported  a  '  Papist  chapel '  at  Wyresdale  ; 
Visit.  Ret.  at  Chester. 

75  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Garstang,  7,  8. 

1  359    acres,    including    2    of    inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901. 

2  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  209. 
8  The  place  is  named  in  an  agreement 

as  to  tithes  between  Cockersand  and 
Leicester  Abbeys  in  1 242  ;  Cockersand 
Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  382.  Also  in 
an  agreement  between  Leicester  Abbey 
and  Dame  Christiana  de  Lindsay  in  1320  ; 
ibid,  i,  299. 

4  In  that  year  Thomas  son  of  Marma- 


duke  de  Rigmaiden  complained  that 
certain  persons  had  broken  his  close 
there  ;  De  Banco  R.  345,  m.  152.  A 
similar  complaint  was  made  by  Thomas 
de  Rigmaiden  in  1375  against  Edmund 
de  Washington  ;  ibid.  457,  m.  34  d. 

4  It  is  named  in  the  Rigmaiden  inqui- 
sitions as  a  dependency  of  their  manor 
in  Garstang.  John  Rigmaiden  in  1583 
complained  of  destruction  of  his  wood  in 
Holleth  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii, 
149. 

6  Fishwick,   Garstang  (Chet.  Soc.),  33. 

7  Cockerham    charter*    in  MS.   Laud. 
H  72,  fol.  48. 

8  Richard   Cawson   in  1647   and   John 
and  George  Cawson  of  Cocker  House  in 
1663-4,  tenants  of  the  manor  of  Nether 
Wyresdale  ;  W.  Farrer's  D. 

9  1,392   acres,   including  20  of  inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901. 

305 


10  By  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  20097. 

11  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  207. 
1J  See  the  account  of  Nether  Wyresdale. 
"  Add.  MS.   32106,    no.    806.      The 

grantor  gave  all  his  land  in  Gubisthwaite 
(otherwise  Goberthwaite  or  Gubber- 
thwaite)  within  these  bounds  :  From 
Gubisthwaite  Pool,  up  the  River  Wyre 
to  Drypool,  by  Drypool  to  the  carr, 
round  it  to  the  pool  which  falls  by 
Hagrimai,  and  down  that  pool  to  Gubis- 
thwaite Pool.  The  land  was  to  be  held 
as  three-eighths  of  an  oxgang  where 
24  carucates  made  a  knight's  fee. 

14  Cockersand  CAartu/.(Chet.  Soc.),  1,299. 

15  Cabus    and    Goberthwaite   are    both 
named  among  Walter  Rigmaiden' a  lands 
in  1587  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv, 
no.  5. 

1  2,343    acres,   including   7    of   inland 
water  5  Census  Rep.  1901. 

39 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The    moss-lands    in    the    neighbourhood    provide 
materials  for  the  manufacture  of  moss  litter. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

Two  oxgangs  of  land  in  Wyresdale 
M4NOR  were  granted  by  William  de  Lancaster  II, 
who  died  in  1184,  to  Harvey  the 
Falconer,*  and  this  estate  probably  formed  the  nucleus 
of  the  later  manor  of  WINMARLEIGH.  Harvey'* 
son  Hugh  adopted  the  local  surname,3  which  con- 
tinued in  use  for  some  centuries,  perhaps  by  several 
of  the  freeholding  families,4  but  the  descent  cannot 
be  traced  clearly.  In  1347  Thomas  le  Gentyl  held 
2  oxgangs  of  land  by  knight's  service  of  the  king,  as 
representing  William  de  Coucy,  late  lord  of  Wyres- 
dale,6 and  shortly  afterwards,  in  1359,  Nicholas  le 
Gentyl  claimed  the  manor  against  Thomas  son  of 
Marmaduke  de  Rigmaiden.6  From  fines  of  an  earlier 
time  it  seems  that  Robert  de  Pleasington  had  obtained 
a  moiety  of  the  manor  from  Thomas  le  Gentyl.7  The 


Pleasington  inheritance  probably  descended  to  an 
heiress  who  married  Richard  Radcliffe.8  The  Rad- 
cliffes  also  obtained  in  1472  part  of  the  inheritance 
of  Roger  de  Winmarleigh,  which  by  a  daughter 
Christiana  had  descended  to  Christopher  Rowall.9 
Sir  John  de  Harrington  of  Farleton  died  in  1359 
holding  a  messuage  and  40  acres  in  Winmarleigh  as 
of  the  manor  of  Wyresdale,  formerly  William  de 
Coucy's.10 

Richard  son  of  William  de  Radcliffe  in  1375 
complained  that  Joan  widow  of  Roger  de  Winmar- 
leigh had  abducted  the  heir,  and  he  claimed  the 
custody  of  a  moiety  of  the  manor  until  the  majority 
of  Robert  son  and  heir  of  Roger.11  Richard  was  the 
kinsman  and  heir  of  Robert  de  Radcliffe  of  Astley, 
which  manor  he  acquired.18  Winmarleigh  descended 
regularly15  to  Richard  Radcliffe,  who  died  in  1477 
holding  the  manor  of  the  Earl  of  Richmond  in  socage 
by  a  rent  of  ^d.  ;  he  also  held  the  moiety  of  Astley 


2  Lanes.   Inq.   and   Extents    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,   and  Ches.),  i,  3  ;  in  1212   Hugh 
de  Winmarleigh  held  by  knight's  service. 

3  Hugh  son   of  Harvey  the   Falconer 
about    1200   granted    Camel's    toft    and 
croft  of    3  acres  to    Cockersand    Abbey, 
with  easements  of  his  fee  in  Winmarleigh, 
including  pasturage  for    thirty  oxen  and 
cows,    &c.  ;     Cockersand    Chartul.    (Chet. 
Soc.),  i,  290.     William  son  of  Harvey  is 
also  named  ;  ibid,   i,  291.     William  son 
of  Hugh  de  Winmarleigh  made  a  further 
grant  to  Cockersand  ;  ibid,  i,  296.     Alice 
was  the  widow  of  Hugh  ;  ibid. 

4  Grants    to    Cockersand    were    made 
by  Roger  son  of  Hamelin    and  his    son 
Richard,  by    Richard    son  of  Robert    de 
Winmarleigh,    and    several     (one     dated 
1246)   by  Gregory  de  Winmarleigh,  who 
names    his    brother     Richard,    also    by 
Richard  de  Wath  ;  ibid,  i,  290—7.     John, 
Robert  and  Thomas  de  Winmarleigh  are 
named  in  these  charters. 

There  is  nothing  to  show  whether 
Gregory  was  the  successor  of  Hugh  or 
the  lord  of  that  part  of  Winmarleigh  not 
in  Hugh's  fee  ;  he  occurs  from  1241  to 
1253  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  i,  82  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
159,  191.  John  de  Winmarleigh  is 
named  in  1257  5  'bid.  i,  210.  Robert 
son  of  Gregory  and  Avice  his  wife  had 
land  in  Stalmine  in  1262  ;  Final  Cone,  i, 
135.  John  de  Winmarleigh  was  defendant 
in  1276  ;  Assize  R.  405,  no.  30. 

5  Inq.   p.m.   20  Edw.   Ill  (2nd  nos.), 
no.  63.     Thomas  appears  to  have   been 
son  of  William  le  Gentyl  of  Poulton  in 
Lonsdale  ;  Final  Cone.   (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  9,  1 1 8. 

6  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  7,  m.  id.; 
Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  346. 

'In  1338  Robert  de  Pleasington  ob- 
tained a  messuage  and  lands  in  Garstang, 
including  wood  called  Eskland,  from 
Thomas  le  Gentyl  and  Katherine  his 
wife  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  no.  The  same 
Robert  in  1343  obtained  a  moiety  of  the 
manor  of  Winmarleigh  (except  two  mes- 
suages, &c.)  from  the  same  and  their  son 
Randle  ;  ibid.  116.  At  the  same  time 
Robert  granted  to  Thomas  ten  messuages, 
&c.,  and  certain  homages.  The  field- 
names include  Herneshead,  Lawesteghele, 
Hyngilka,  Briggemouridding  and  Deres- 
lowe.  Very  soon  afterwards  these  ten 
messuages,  &c.,  were  granted  to  Robert 
de  Pleasington  and  Ellen  his  wife  ;  ibid. 
117.  It  seems  possible  that  Katherine 
and  Ellen  were  the  heirs  of  Winmarleigh. 


In  1 344  Robert  de  Pleasington  obtained 
a  messuage  and  land  in  Winmarleigh  from 
Robert  the  Grayve  ;  Add.  MS.  32104, 
no.  906.  In  1348  he  acquired  another 
in  Garstang  from  John  son  of  Thomas  de 
Rigmaiden  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  126.  John  de 
Pleasington  in  1354  successfully  claimed 
the  manor  and  2s.  rent  from  Gilbert  de 
Haydock  and  Ellen  his  wife  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Assize  R.  3,  m.  3  d. 

8  Dodsworth  (MSS.  cliii,  fol.  48)  states 
that  Richard  de  Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh 
(living  1407)  married  the  daughter  and 
co-heir  of  Henry  de  Pleasington  by  Isabel 
his   wife.       From   pleadings   cited  below 
it  is  clear  that  Richard's  grandfather  had 
part  of  the  manor  in  1376. 

9  One    Roger    de    Winmarleigh    was 
plaintiff  in    1292   and    1302;   Assize  R. 
408,  m.  96,  97  d.;    418,  m.    ii,    izd. 
William  son  of  Roger  occurs  in  1330; 
Assize  R.  1400,  m.  235.     Again  in  1345 
Robert  de  Pleasington    complained   that 
Roger  de  Winmarleigh  had  cut  his  grass, 
&c.  ;  De  Banco  R.  344,  m.  613. 

Thomas  Henryson  de  Rowall,  as  heir 
of  his  mother  Christiana  daughter  and 
heir  of  Roger  de  Winmarleigh,  in  1425 
granted  a  moiety  of  the  demesne  of 
Winmarleigh  in  the  vill  of  Garstang  to 
his  brother  Christopher,  with  remainder 
to  another  brother  Richard  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cliii,  fol.  47^.  From  what  is  stated 
below  it  appears  that  Thomas  and  Chris- 
topher sold  much  of  their  inheritance. 
John  Rowall  son  of  Christopher  had  to 
wife  Ellen  daughter  of  Thomas  Jenkinson 
in  1447—8  ;  ibid.  fol.  48.  A  messuage, 
&c.,  was  granted  to  John  and  Ellen  in 
1490—1,  with  remainder  to  their  son 
Edward  ;  ibid.  An  elder  son  Richard 
had  in  1480  married  Janet  daughter  of 
William  Colous  ;  ibid.  Ellen  the  widow 
of  John  Rowall  was  living  in  1500—1  ; 
ibid.  fol.  48 b.  Deeds  of  1436  and  1447—8 
are  in  Pal.  of  Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  bdle.  i, 
files  i  and  6. 

Edward  son  of  Richard  Roo  alias  Rowall 
died  in  1531  holding  six  messuages,  &c., 
in  Winmarleigh,  held  of  Thomas  Rad- 
cliffe by  a  rent  of  2s.  His  heir  was  a 
daughter  Alice,  aged  six  in  1535.  Edward's 
mother  Joan  and  wife  Anne  survived 
him  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  viii, 
no.  39.  For  an  earlier  marriage  of 
Edward  see  Add.  MS.  32106,  fol.  284, 
no.  234. 

In  1472  John  son  and  heir  of  John 
Rigmaiden  released  all  his  right  in  lands 
obtained  from  Christopher  Rowall  and 

306 


Thomas  his  brother  (sons  of  Henry)  to 
Ralph,  Hugh  and  Richard  Radcliffe ; 
Dods.  loc.  cit.  Hugh  Radcliffe  had  pre- 
viously obtained  messuages,  &c.,  from 
Christopher  Rowall,  which  in  1468  he 
demised  to  Thomas  Myerscough  ;  ibid. 

10  Inq.  p.m.  36  Edw.  Ill,  pt  i,  no.  99, 
1 20.     Nothing   further  seems  known  of 
this  tenement,  which  was  held  by  knight's 
service  and  rendered  40*. 

11  De   Banco   R.  457,  m.  10,  95.     In 
1376   Richard  and  Isabel  his  wife  were 
plaintiffs   and    John   de  Southworth  and 
Joan    his    wife    defendants   in  the   same 
matter;    ibid.  462,  m.   330.     Later  in 
1376   Isabel    widow    of   Richard  son  of 
William  de  Radcliffe  continued  the  plea. 
She  alleged  that  Roger,  father  of  the  heir, 
had  held  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Win- 
marleigh of  her  by  homage  and  fealty, 
paying  20*.  to  a  scutage  of  401.  and  2s. 
rent.     The  defendants  alleged  that  Roger 
had  made   a  feoffment  of  his  moiety  to 
William    de    Curwen    and    William    de 
Hornby,    and   that  Joan,  the    defendant 
and  mother  of  the  heir  (of  tender  years), 
had  had  charge  of  him,  and  was  in  pos- 
session of  the  moiety  of  the  manor  by  a 
grant   from  the   feoffees   in    1374;  ibid. 
464,   m.   53  ;    219,  430  d.       From   the 
terms  of  Isabel's  claim  it  might  be  inferred 
that  she  was  the  heiress  of  Winmarleigh. 
She  may  have  been  heiress  of  GentyL 

13  V.C.H.  Lanes,  iii,  446  ;  Final  Cone. 
ii,  128. 

18  The  pedigree  is  shown  in  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  32-4,  thus  :  Richard 
de  Radcliffe  and  Isabel  his  wife  -s.  Thomas 
-s.  Sir  Richard,  d.  1431  -s.  Sir  Thomas, 
aged  forty. 

Joan  widow  of  Thomas  Radcliffe  of 
Winmarleigh  occurs  in  1410  and  1417  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  69,  85.  The  inquisition 
after  the  death  of  Sir  Richard  Radcliffe 
above  cited  concerns  the  manor  of  Astley 
only. 

Proof  of  the  next  step  is  afforded  by 
an  entry  in  the  court  rolls  of  Ightenhill 
in  1441,  Richard  Radcliffe  son  and  heir 
of  Sir  Thomas  being  accused  of  wrong- 
fully withholding  a  tenement  called  the 
Chamber  in  Pendle  from  Lawrence 
Parker  of  Foulridge  ;  Add.  MS.  32105, 
fol.  251. 

Sir  Thomas's  daughter  Joan  married 
Robert  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst ;  Lanes. 
Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  53.  Thomas 
son  of  Sir  Thomas  came  to  a  violent  end 
at  Whalley  in  1439  >  P*'-  °f  Lane.  Chan. 
Misc.  bdle.  i,  file  7.  The  executors  of 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


and  lands,  &c.,  in  Chatburn,  Clitheroe,  Hapton, 
Great  Marsden  and  Showley.  His  grandson  Richard 
son  of  Thomas  was  his  heir  and  under  age.14 

Richard  Radcliffe  died  in  1500,  leaving  a  son  and 
heir  Thomas,  aged  seventeen,15  and  this  Thomas 
died  in  1521,  leaving  as  heir  a  son  of  the  same  name, 
five  years  old.16  The  younger  Thomas  died  in  1538, 
when  his  son  William  was  only  four  years  old.17  This 
son  died  at  Astley  in  1561,  without  issue,  and  his 
half-sister  Anne,  wife  of  Gilbert  Gerard,  obtained 
Winmarleigh.18  As  already  shown,  Gilbert  purchased 
the  superior  lordship  of  Wyresdale,19  but  at  his  death 
in  1593  he  was  said  to  hold  the  manor  of  Winmar- 
leigh by  the  old  tenure,  viz.  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
earldom  of  Richmond  by  knight's  service  and  $d. 
rent.  His  son  and  heir  Sir  Thomas  Gerard  was 
aged  twenty-nine.10  Some  estate  in  Winmarleigh 
was  at  that  time  held  by  the  Rigmaidens,11  whose 
manors  were  afterwards  purchased  by  Sir  Thomas. 

The  manor  descended  to  Button  third  Lord 
Gerard  of  Bromley,"  and  was  granted  to  his  daughter 
Elizabeth,  who  married  the  Hon.  William  Spencer. 
It  descended  to  their  great-granddaughter  Elizabeth 
wife  of  Edward  eleventh  Earl  of  Derby,  and  was  sold 
to  Thomas  Patten  in  1 744."  From  him  it  descended 
to  John  Wilson-Patten,24  who  after  a  long  and 


honourable  career  in  the  public  service,  having  been 
knight  of  the  shire  as  early  as  1830,  was  raised  to  the 
peerage  in  1874  and  took  his  title  from  this  manor. 
Lord  Winmarleigh  died  in  1892,  and  his  son  and 


PATTIN.  Loxengy 
ermine  and  table  a  canton 
gules. 


WILSON.  Sable  a 

wolf  salient  or,  in  chief 

three     estoiles  of     the 
second. 


grandson  having  died  before  him  the  title  became 
extinct.  He  was  sole  landowner,  and  built  Win- 
marleigh House  in  iSji.K  Lady  Headfort,  widow 
of  the  son,  is  tenant  for  life  of  the  manor.  No  courts 
are  held.*6 

John  Goose  was  a  freeholder  in    1600."      A  few 
names  of  former  landowners  can  be  recovered  from 


the  will  of  Sir  Thomas  were  in  14.4.2-3 
summoned  to  answer  Margaret  widow  of 
Sir  Richard  concerning  lands,  &c.,  demised 
to  her  in  Astley  and  Clitheroe ;  ibid. 
file  ii. 

14  Lanes.   Inq.    p.m.    (Chet.    Soc.),    ii, 
103.      The   son   Thomas,    who  married 
Ellen  daughter  of  Richard  Balderston  and 
so  obtained  a  considerable  increase  of  the 
family    possessions,    died    before     1473  ; 
ibid.   cj2.      The  heir's  age  was  given   as 
fourteen  in  1473  and  as  twelve  in  1477. 

15  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  75  ; 
the  manor   of   Winmarleigh  was  said  to 
be  held  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln  by  services 
unknown.     It  had  in    1495   been  settled 
upon    Alice    daughter    of    Sir    Thomas 
Gerard     for     life.       Other     grants    are 
recited,    including    one     in     favour    of 
Richard's  brothers  John  and  Roger.    Alice 
married  Thomas  Radcliffe  and  was  living 
in  1538  ;  ibid,  viii,  no.  26. 

16  Ibid,  v,  no.  3.     The  will  of  Thomas 
Radcliffe  is  recited  making  provision  for 
his  wife  Alice,  his  children  Thomas  and 
Cecily,  his  sister  Margaret    and    others. 
The  manor   of  Winmarleigh   was  stated 
to  be  held  of  the  king  as  Earl  of  Chester 
in  socage  by   $d.  rent.     In   1524  Alice 
widow  of  Thomas  Radcliffe  claimed  dower 
in  the  manor  of  Winmarleigh,  &c.  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Plea  R.  135,  m.  4. 

17  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  viii,  no.  26  ; 
the  manor  of  Winmarleigh  was  said  to 
be  held  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  of 
Lancaster    by    knight's    service  and    5</. 
rent. 

18  Ibid,  xi,  no.  7  ;    the  jurors  ignored 
the  half-blood,  and  found  that  William's 
heirs  were  John  Singleton,  aged  twelve, 
and  Joan  Radcliffe,  aged  fourteen.     Win- 
marleigh was  found  to   be  held   of   the 
queen  as  of  the  earldom  of  Richmond  by 
knight's  service  and   ^d.  rent.     William 
had  shortly  before  his  death  made  a  settle- 
ment of  his  manors,  &c.,  in  favour  of  his 
sister  Anne. 

William  Radcliffe  married  Anne 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Holcroft,  by  whom 
he  had  a  son  and  three  daughters  who 


died  in  infancy,  and  he  was  buried  at 
Culcheth,  where  a  memorial  brass  records 
the  facts. 

The  heirs  named  by  the  jury  were  the 
grandson  and  the  daughter  of  his  aunt 
Cecily. 

There  is  a  Radcliffe  pedigree  in  the 
Visit,  of  1613  (Chet.  Soc.),  43-4. 

19  A  settlement  of  the  manor  of  Win- 
marleigh was  made  by  Gilbert  Gerard  and 
Anne  his  wife  in  1574;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  36,  m.  269. 

30  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  2. 
A  large  collection  of  deeds  (already 
quoted)  relating  to  disputes  as  to  the 
Radcliffe  inheritance  has  been  preserved 
by  Towneley  in  Add.  MS.  32105,  fol. 
237  onward.  These  show  that  Cecily 
Radcliffe  above  mentioned  was  twice 
married  :  (i)  to  Thomas  Farington,  by 
whom  she  had  a  daughter  Alice,  wife  of 
(William)  Singleton  (of  Staining),  whose 
son  John  left  two  daughters — Elizabeth 
wife  of  James  Massey  (s.p.)  and  Alice 
wife  of  Henry  Birkenhead  ;  (2)  to  Edward 
Radcliffe  of  Mearley,  by  whom  she  had 
another  daughter  Joan,  wife  of  Ralph 
Assheton  of  Great  Lever,  whose  son  was 
Sir  Ralph  Assheton,  bart. 

Thomas  Farington  appears  as  plaintiff 
in  the  time  of  Henry  VIII ;  Ducatus  Lane. 
i,  205. 

81  Winmarleigh  is  named  in  the  inquisi- 
tions of  Walter  and  John  Rigmaiden, 
1587—8,  but  without  separate  details. 

18  See  the  account  of  Nether  Wyres- 
dale. 

33  Fishwick,  Garsfang  (Chet.  Soc.), 
44—5,  where  a  lease  of  1668  is  quoted, 
showing  the  services  required.  William 
Spencer  (third  son  of  the  second  Lord 
Spencer)  and  Elizabeth  had  a  son  William, 
who  left  four  children — John,  Charles, 
Alice  and  Elizabeth.  Elizabeth  married 
Robert  Hesketh  of  Rufford,  and  her 
daughter  and  heir,  the  Elizabeth  named 
in  the  text,  married  in  1714  Sir  Edward 
Stanley,  afterwards  (1736—76)  eleventh 
Earl  of  Derby.  Collins  states  that  the 
first  William  Spencer  had  no  issue. 

307 


A  deed  of  1667  by  the  Hon.  William 
Spencer  of  Ashton  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
sole  daughter  and  heir  of  Dutton  Lord 
Gerard  by  Elizabeth  his  (second)  wife, 
recites  a  conveyance  of  the  manor,  with 
remainder  to  the  right  heirs  of  Elizabeth  ; 
Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  60.  The 
following  fines,  &c.,  relate  to  this  manor  : 
1658 — William  Spencer  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  (the  Gerard  manors)  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  162,  m.  161.  1667 — the 
same  (Winmarleigh  only)  ;  ibid.  bdle. 
179,  m.  9.  1669 — the  same  with  Giles 
Russell  and  Milcham  his  wife  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  182,  m.  4  ;  183,  m.  4.  1710 — John 
Spencer,  vouchee ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  491,  m.  6d.  1713 — Charles  Spencer  ; 
ibid.  497,  m.  5. 

24  Thomas  Patten  of  Bank  Hall,  War- 
rington,  d.  1772  -s.  Thomas  Patten, 
d.  1806  -3rd  s.  Thomas  Wilson-Patten, 
d.  1826  -2nd  s.  John  Wilson-Patten, 
born  1802  ;  Burke,  Commoners,  iii, 
83—4;  Gregson,  Portfolio  (ed.  Harland), 
186-7. 

15  Diet.  Nat.  Biog.  ;  G.E.C.  Complete 
Peerage,  viii,  189  ;  Pink  and  Beaven, 
Parl.  Repre.  of  Lanes.  89-93.  He  sat  for 
Lancashire  as  a  Tory  1830-1,  and  for 
North  Lancashire  1832—74,  in  twelve 
Parliaments  ;  chancellor  of  the  duchy 
1867-8,  constable  of  Lancaster  Castle 
1869. 

His  son  Eustace  John  Wilson-Patten 
died  in  1873,  leaving  a  son  John  Alfred 
(who  died  unmarried  in  1889)  and 
daughters.  His  widow  (Emily  daughter 
of  Lord  John  Thynne)  afterwards  married 
the  third  Marquess  of  Headfort,  who  died 
in  1894. 

*6  Information  of  Messrs.  John  White 
&  Co.,  Warrington. 

n  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i, 
232. 

Sir  Gilbert  Gerard  in  1591  purchased  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Winmarleigh  from  John 
Goose  and  Mary  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  53,  m.  83.  For  the 
Goose  family  see  Ducatus  Lane,  iii,  149, 
327. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


the    inquisitions28    and    the    sequestrations     of    the 
Commonwealth  period.29 

In  connexion  with  the  Church  of  England 
St.  Luke's  was  built  in  1876  and  enlarged  in  iSSj.30 
The  patronage  is  vested  in  the  Hon.  Misses  Ellinor 
and  Elizabeth  Wilson-Patten,  daughters  of  Lord 
Winmarleigh. 

NATEBY 

Natebi,  Nateby,  1204. 

Nateby  is  a  level  and  low-lying  township,  the 
highest  land,  on  the  eastern  side,  not  rising  much 
above  70  ft.  over  sea  level.  The  small  hamlet  of 
Nateby  lies  near  the  centre  of  the  township,  but  the 
hall  is  near  the  northern  border.  The  area  measures 
2,087  acres,1  and  in  1901  the  population  was  297. 

Along  the  eastern  border  goes  the  road  from 
Garstang  to  Cockerham,  while  through  the  centre 
goes  that  from  Garstang  to  Pilling.  The  single-line 
railway  between  these  places  also  runs  through  the 
township,  and  has  a  station  called  Nateby.  The 
Preston  and  Lancaster  Canal  crosses  the  north-east 
portion. 

The  old  divisions  into  Great  and  Little  Nateby 
are  now  forgotten.  The  former  was  in  the  north 
and  the  latter  in  the  south. 

Wheat  and  oats  are  grown,  but  more  than  half 
the  land  is  in  pasture.  The  soil  is  light  with  clay 
subsoil.  Tiles  are  made. 

The  township  is  governed  by  a  parish  council. 

Sir  Roger  Strickland,  admiral  and  Jacobite,  was  a 
son  of  Walter  Strickland  of  Nateby.  He  was  born 
in  1640,  and  died  at  St.  Germains  in  1717.* 


As  a  part  of  Wyresdale  NATEBT  was 
M4NOR  held  by  the  Lancaster  family  and  their 
successors.  William  de  Lancaster  II,  who 
died  in  1 1 84,  granted  an  oxgang  of  land  there  to 
Hugh  the  Northman.  A  rent  of  4;.  was  to  be  paid, 
but  all  easements  and  common  rights  of  the  vill  of 
Garstang,  '  both  within  the  Wyre  and  without,'  were 
allowed.2*  William  de  Lancaster  III  gave  the  lord- 
ship of  Nateby,  or  part  of  it,  to  his  clerk  Gilbert  de 
Garstang,  as  pertaining  to  land  in  Scotforth.3 

The  oxgang  named  appears  to  have  been  in  Great 
Nateby.  The  owners  adopted  the  local  surname, 
and  in  1292  William  son  of  Ralph  de  Nateby  sold 
his  estate  to  Lawrence  son  of  Lawrence  Travers.4 
This  was  afterwards  transferred  by  Lawrence  to  his 
brother  Thomas.8  It  descended  in  this  family,  who 
also  held  part  of  the  manors  or  lands  in  Ribbleton, 
Tulketh,  Esprick  and  Trunna  in  Thornton  down  to 
the  time  of  Charles  I.  In  1 347,  however,  the  tenants 
of  William  de  Coucy  for  this  part  of  Wyresdale 
were  stated  to  be  John  de  Pleasington  for  I  oxgang 
of  land  in  Great  Nateby,  Robert  de  Pleasington  and 
Robert  de  Bour  (Bower)  for  an  oxgang  in  Little 
Nateby,  all  holding  by  knight's  service.6  Little 
Nateby,  which  was  later  held  by  Travers,  was  probably 
the  messuage  and  40  acres  in  Nateby  claimed  by 
William  de  Layton  from  Ingram  de  Gynes  and 
Christiana  his  wife  in  1292.  Their  defence  was  a 
technical  one — that  Nateby  was  not  a  vill.7 

Thomas  Travers  in  1308  transferred  an  oxgang  of 
land  in  Garstang  to  his  son  John,8  while  two  years 
later  John  Travers  surrendered  2  oxgangs  of  land 
there  to  Thomas  Travers  and  Alice  his  wife,  with 
remainders  to  Lawrence  and  Alexander  sons  of 


88  For  Rowall  and  Rigmaiden  see  earlier 
notes.  John  Sale  or  Saule  compounded 
for  refuiing  knighthood  in  1631  ;  Misc. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  222.  He 
died  in  1634  holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  in 
Gargtang  and  Winmarleigh  of  Dutton 
Lord  Gerard  as  of  his  manor  of  Winmar- 
leigh. Christopher  his  son  and  heir  was 
thirty-two  years  of  age  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8, 
13  (Chet  Lib.),  1087. 

William  Ambrose  of  Woodplumpton 
had  land  in  Garstang  in  1421  ;  Final 
Cone,  iii,  79.  It  wat  perhaps  in  Winmar- 
leigh, for  William  Ambrose  and  John 
Kuerden  sold  a  messuage,  &c.,  there  to 
John  Rigmaiden  in  1567  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  29,  m.  58. 

49  Anne  Molyneux  had  two-thirds  of 
her  tenement  sequestered  for  recusancy, 
and  died  in  1654,  the  heirs  at  law  being 
William  Latus  of  Catterall,  Dorothy  his 
wife  and  John  Goose  of  Winmarleigh. 
She  had  in  1652  devised  her  estate  to 
Robert  Pleasington  of  Garstang.  There 
was  a  suspicion  that  this  was  on  trust  for 
some  priest  or  delinquent  or  convicted 
recusant,  but  one  John  Charnock  of  Cabus, 
a  Protestant  and  communicant  at  Garstang 
Church,  claimed ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iv,  140—3. 

30  A  district  was  assigned  to  it  in  1876  ; 
Land.  Ga-z.  5  Dec. 

1  2,088  acres,  including  12  of  inland 
water}  Census  Rep.  1901. 

8  Diet.  Nat.  Siog. 

3*  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  77  ;  Robert 
son  of  Bernard  was  a  witness  (dead  in 
1206).  Another  version  of  the  charter 
(or  perhaps  a  different  grant)  is  in  Kuerden 
MSS.  iv,  G  3^>.  It  gives  the  bounds  as 
beginning  where  Rosnyt  descends  into 


Pilling  Moss,  and  going  by  various  sykes, 
moor,  moss  and  wood  till  the  ford  of 
Winmarleigh  was  touched,  thence  down 
to  Stockenbridge  and  to  Pilling  Moss. 

It  is  possible,  if  not  probable,  that  the 
two  plough-lands  in  Scotforth  granted  to 
Hugh  by  William  de  Lancaster  I  (Lanes. 
Inq.  and  Extents  [Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.],  i,  4)  included  the  whole  or  part 
of  Nateby. 

3  Dods.  loc.  cit. ;  in  a  letter  addressed 
to    William    rector    of    Garstang,    who 
occupied  land  in  Nateby.     Scotforth  and 
Nateby  occur  togather  in  fines  of  1 204, 
by  which    Hawise   wife  of   Gilbert  Fitz 
Reinfred  secured   the    third  part  of  two 
plough-lands    there ;    Final    Cone.    (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  22-3. 

4  Kuerden,  loc.  cit.  ;  '  Rosnyt '  is  here 
spelt  '  Rasich.'     The  date  is  fixed  by  the 
accompanying    fine ;  Final    Cone,  i,   175. 
On    the    same    day  William    de    Nateby 
obtained  a  release  of  what  appears  to  be 
the     same     tenement     from    Roger    de 
Wedacre  ;  ibid.  173.     A  pleading  of  the 
same  year  shows  that  Roger  was  brother 
and  heir  of  Hugh  son  of  Robert  son  of 
Paulin  brother  and  heir  of  Robert,  who 
had  held  the  same  in  the  time  of  King 
John.      Roger  appears  to  have  proved  his 
right  in  the  court  of  Ingram  de  Gynes 
held  at  Garstang  in  1286  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.    69.       The    last-named    Robert    was 
probably  the  rector  of  Garstang. 

John  son  of  William  de  Nateby  and 
William  de  Nateby  occur  in  1308-9; 
Assize  R.  423,  m.  4. 

5  Dods.    and    Kuerden,    loc.  cit.  ;    the 
date  was  between  1298  and  1302,  Master 
Richard     de      Hoghton,     then      sheriff, 
attesting.      Thomas  Travers  was   sheriff 

308 


in  1302-6;  P.R.O.  List,  72.  In  1301 
Isabel  widow  of  William  de  Nateby 
complained  that  Lawrence  Travers  and 
others  had  disseised  her  of  a  messuage,  an 
oxgang  of  land,  &c.,  in  Garstang,  and 
Lawrence  replied  that  he  had  found  that 
she  and  her  husband,  being  childless,  had 
desired  to  enfeoff  Thomas  Travers  of  the 
same,  and  he  had  taken  possession  ;  Assize 
R.  1321,  m.  10  ;  418,  m.  13.  After  the 
grant  to  his  brother  Lawrence  in  1301 
wrote  to  Isabel  to  direct  her  in  future  to 
render  to  Thomas  the  services  she  had 
hitherto  rendered  to  himself ;  Dods.  loc.  cit. 
In  1300  Thomas  Travers,  Cecily  his 
wife  and  Alexander  their  son  were 
defendants  to  a  claim  for  a  messuage,  &c., 
in  Garstang  made  by  Benedict  son  of 
Ralph  de  Nateby;  De  Banco  R.  131,  m. 
33d.  The  same  three  with  a  daughter 
Margaret  were  in  1301  defendants  to  a 
like  claim  by  Roger  de  Brockholes  and 
others  ;  Assize  R.  419,  m.  13. 

6  Inq.  p.m.  20    Edw.  Ill    (2nd  nos.), 
no.  63.    A  Robert  de  Bure  (Bower) claimed 
common  of  pasture  in   Garstang  against 
the  Abbot  of  Leicester  and  others  in  1301 
and  later;  Assize  R.  1321,  m.  12  ;  418, 
m.  4,  14.     Robert  son  of  Adam  del  Boure 
was  in  1317  summoned  to  warrant  Roger 
de  Wedacre,  against  whom  Alice  widow 
of  Adam  son   of  Robert  del  Boure  was 
claiming  dower  in  certain  messuages,  &c., 
in  Garstang  ;  De  Banco  R.  2 1 8,  m.  1 54  d. ; 
221,  m.  16. 

Little  Nateby  in  the  town  of  Garstang 
occurs  in  a  plea  Wedacre  v.  Catherton  in 
1352  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  2,  m.  I. 

7  Assize  R.  408,  m.  42  d. 

8  Dods.    MSS.    liii,    fol.    89*.       John 
Travers  restored  the  same  to  Thomas  his 


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Thomas.9  Thomas  son  of  Lawrence  Travers  was  in 
1331  contracted  to  marry  Eleanor  daughter  of  John 
de  Kirkby,10  but  Lawrence  was  still  living  in  I339-11 
Thomas  son  of  Lawrence  Travers  in  1349  granted 
to  John  his  son  and  heir  and  to  Alice  daughter  of 
Robert  de  Pleasington  a  windmill  and  lands  in 
Stanah  in  Thornton,  Ribbleton,  Ashton,  Elswick  and 
Ingol,  and  in  default  of  issue  to  his  other  sons 
Lawrence,  Edmund,  Thomas,  Roger,  William  and 
Richard.12  John  Travers  died  in  1361  holding 
lands,  &c.,  in  Tulketh,  Ribbleton,  Thornton  and 
Winmarleigh  in  the  vill  of  Garstang,  this  last  being 
held  of  the  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Wyresdale  for- 
merly William  de  Coucy's,  by  a  rent  of  4/.13  His 
son  and  heir  Roger  was  eight  years  old.  Roger 
occurs  from  1389  to  1420. 14  His  son  Thomas  was 
forty  years  old  in  I429,18  and  appears  to  have  been 
still  in  possession  in  I448.16  Robert  son  of  Lawrence 
Travers  was  in  1452—3  contracted  to  marry  Katherine 
daughter  of  Richard  Radcliffe  of  Clitheroe.17  At 
this  point  there  is  a  defect  in  the  evidence.18 

William  Travers  died  on  28  July  1524  holding 
messuages,  &c.,  in  Nateby  and  other  places,  having  in 
the  May  previous  bequeathed  *  the  whole  manor  of 
Nateby '  to  his  wife  Margaret  for  her  life,  two  tene- 
ments only  being  excepted.  The  Nateby  lands  were 
said  to  be  held  of  the  king  in  socage  by  the  rent  of 
\i.  yearly.  The  heir  was  a  son  Lawrence,  aged 


thirteen.19  William  Travers,  said  to  have  been  a 
younger  brother  of  Lawrence,  succeeded,  dying  in 
July  1558  in  possession  of  the  capital  messuage 
called  Nateby  and  lands,  &c.,  there  held  of  the  queen 
as  of  her  manor  of  Nether  Wyresdale  in  socage  by  a 
rent  of  4J.20  His  son  and  heir  Richard,  then  fifteen 
years  of  age,  died  in  April  1576  holding  in  addition 
a  messuage  in  Little  Nateby  in  Garstang  of  the  queen  as 
of  her  castle  of  Lancaster  in  socage  by  a  rent  of  zs.  id. 
and  a  pair  of  gauntlets  worth  6£^.  The  heir  was 
again  a  minor,  being  his  son  William,  aged  thirteen.21 
A  pedigree  recorded  in  1 6 1 3  22  enables  the  descent 
to  be  carried  a  little  further.  William  Travers  and 
Richard  his  son  in  1626  sold  the  manor  to  George 
Preston  of  Holker,23  and  he  gave  it  to  a  younger  son 
George  Preston,  who  had  a  command  in  the  royal 
army  in  the  Civil  War  and  was  killed  at  Bradford.24 
His  son  George  in  i6542S  transferred  it  to  Walter 
Strickland  of  Sizergh  ;  his  son  Robert  gave  it  to 
George  Leyburne  of  Cunswick,  who  had  married  a 
daughter  of  George  Preston.  The  new  owner 
resided  at  Nateby,  and  was  in  1 704  succeeded  by  his 
son  John  Leyburne.  Being  a  Jacobite,  he  joined  the 
Highland  force  in  1715,  and  his  estates  were  con- 
fiscated.26 Nateby  was  re-purchased,  and  through 
a  sister  descended  to  Michael  Anne  of  Frickley,  and 
was  by  him  sold  in  i8o6.27  After  passing  through 
the  hands  of  several  owners28  it  was  in  1868 


father  and  Alice  his  wife  ;  Kuerden,  loc. 
cit.  John  Travers  in  1323-4  was  author- 
ized to  grant  lands  in  Bolton-le-Sands,  &c., 
to  his  daughter  Katherine  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  78^. 

9  Final  Cone,  ii,  8  ;  the  following  put 
in  claims — Ingram  de  Gynes  and 
Christiana  his  wife,  Gilbert  de  Lindsay, 
Isolda  widow  of  John  de  Rigmaiden  and 
Lawrence  Travers  the  elder. 

From  the  accounts  of  Ashton  near 
Preston  and  Ribbleton  it  will  be  seen  that 
Lawrence  Travers  the  younger  married 
Aline  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Henry  de 
Haydock,  and  so  acquired  lands  in  those 
townships.  10  Kuerden,  loc.  cit. 

11  Ibid.  The  account  of  Stanah  shows 
that  Thomas  Travers  was  in  possession  in 
1346. 

13  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  78*.  John 
Travers  occurs  at  Ribbleton  in  1362. 

13  Inq.  p.m.  36  Edw.  Ill,  pt.  ii,  no.  52. 

14  Roger    was    a   juror    in    1389-90; 
Lanes.   Inq,  p.m.   (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  38.     In 
1402  he  made  a  settlement  of  the  manor 
of  Nateby,  lands  in  Preston  and  Elswick 
and  the  reversion  of  the  fourth  part  of  the 
manor  of  Ashton  ;  the  remainders  were 
to   his   sons  Thomas  and  John,   and   in 
default    of    male    issue     to     Katherine 
daughter  of  Roger   and   Alice,  formerly 
his  wife,  daughter  of  John  de  Thornton  ; 
Kuerden,  loc.    cit.     (Two    versions    are 
given  ;    in    one   John    is    called  son  not 
brother  of  Thomas.)     Thomas  seems   to 
have  been  in  possession  as  early  as  1415  ; 
account  of  Ribbleton.     As  late  as  1420, 
however,  the  feoffees  regranted  to  Roger 
Travers  of  Nateby  and  Joan  his  wife  the 
manor    of   Tulketh    with    remainder   to 
Thomas    the    son    of    Roger ;    Dunken- 
halgh  D. 

ls  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  25. 
In  1430  the  Archdeacon  of  Richmond 
gave  licence  to  Thomas  Travers  to  have 
an  oratory  at  Nateby  ;  Raines  MSS.  (Chet. 
Lib.),  xxii,  407. 

16  Thomas  occurs  at  Ribbleton  in 
1445.  In  1447  Nicholas  Boteler  of  Raw- 


cliffe  claimed  a  debt  of  10  marks  from 
Thomas  Travers  of  Nateby,  'gentleman.' 
The  defendant  pleaded  that  he  was  very 
illiterate,  and  being  told  that  the  promise 
to  pay  was  conditional  upon  his  son  John 
not  submitting  to  arbitration  regarding 
certain  trespasses  he  agreed  to  it.  The 
verdict  was  for  the  plaintiff ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  10,  m.  26.  Thomas  Travers, 
'esquire,'  was  defendant  in  1448  ;  ibid. 
II,  m.  ib  ;  12,  m.  6. 

17  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  64,  no.  7.     The 
writ  of  diem  cl.  extr.  after  the  death  of 
Robert  Travers  was  issued  in  1479  5  Add. 
MS.  32108,  no.  1413. 

18  The    pedigree    in     Travers    Family 
(1864)  states   that  Robert  Travers  died 
1479—80    and    was    'buried    at    Calais' 
(Dods.  MSS.  Ixxxvii,  fol.   1130),  and  left 
a  son  Richard,  '  buried  in  the  north  aisle 
of  the  minster  at  Canterbury '  ;  his  son 
was  the  William  Travert   who   died  in 
1524. 

19  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  62. 
*°  Ibid,  xi,  no.  68.     His  will,  recited  in 

the  inquisition,  is  printed  in  Fishwick's 
Garstang  (Chet.  Soc.),  248-50 . 

21  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xii,  no.  22  ; 
the  hall  of  Nateby  and  appurtenances  were 
held  of  Gilbert  Gerard,  attorney-general, 
as  of  his  manor  of  Nether  Wyresdale,  by 
a  rent  of  41.     See  note  29  below. 

Richard  Travers  in  1574  obtained  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Nateby  from  Walter 
Preston  and  Margaret  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  36,  m.  215.  This 
may  have  been  Little  Nateby. 

22  Visit,    of    1613     (Chet.    Soc.),    85. 
William    Travers    was    then    living    and 
had  a  son    Richard,  twenty-three    years 
of  age. 

23  This  account  of  the  descent  is  taken 
from    Fishwick,    op.    cit.    250-1,  where 
details  are  given  from  the  title-deeds. 

24  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  i,  124. 
Walter  Strickland  of  Rydal  in    1649, 

as  cousin  and  heir,  desired  to  compound 
for  an  estate  descending  to  him  by  the 
death  of  George  Preston  in  1644.  He 

309 


said  he  had  always  been  well  affected 
towards  the  Parliament,  but  desired  to 
compound  rather  than  attend  the  Com- 
mittee of  Sequestration.  This  was 
allowed,  £266  being  the  fine.  After- 
wards it  was  alleged  that  George  Preston 
had  been  '  a  Papist  in  arms  and  an  active 
delinquent,'  and  that  Strickland  himself 
was  a  sequestered  delinquent.  The  latter 
protested  that  a  mistake  had  been  made 
between  George  Preston  of  Nateby  and 
George  Preston  of  Holker,  his  father. 
These  difficulties  delayed  the  discharge 
until  1651  ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iii, 
1888-9. 

25  In  1668  Robert  Strickland  obtained 
the  manor  of  Nateby,  &c.,  against  Francis 
and    Richard    Biddulph ;    Pal.    of   Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  181,  m.  35. 

26  Tyldesley  Diary  :  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet. 
ofEngl.  Cath.  iv,  240. 

87  John  Leyburne's  sister  Anne  married 
Thomas    Walton    of    Winder.       Their 
daughter  Elizabeth  married   (i)  Thomas 
Cholmley  and  (2)  George  Anne  of  Frickley ; 
her  daughter  by  the  second  marriage  gave 
the  estate  to  her  father  absolutely.     He 
married  (2)  Mary  Needham,  and  had  sons 
George  and  Michael  the  vendor  ;  Fish- 
wick,  op.  cit.  ;  Burke,  Landed  Gentry. 

There  was  a  recovery  of  the  manor  by 
George  Anne  in  1783  ;  Com.  Pleas  Recov. 
R.  East.  23  Geo.  Ill,  m.  91.  There 
was  a  fine  concerning  the  manor  in  1803, 
Henry  Maire  v.  Michael  Anne  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Aug.  Assizes,  43  Geo.  III. 

88  Thomas  Swarbrick  and  John  Valen- 
tine,   purchasers   in    1806,    conveyed    to 
John   Birley  of  Kirkham,  who  in   1818 
sold  to  Thomas  Butler-Cole  of  Kirkland. 
In    1826    it    was  purchased  by  Richard 
Thompson  of  Lancaster,  whose  daughter 
Elizabeth  married  John  Stewart.     He  and 
his  son  sold  it  in  1868  ;  Fishwick. 

In  1826  there  was  a  fine  concerning 
the  manor,  Richard  Thompson  v.  Thomas 
Fawcett  and  wife  and  Richard  Thompson 
and  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Fines,  Aug.  7 
Geo.  IV. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


purchased  by  John  Wilson-Patten,  afterwards  Lord 
Winmarleigh. 

Nateby  Hall,  now  occupied  as  a  farm-house, 
stands  in  a  sheltered  position  surrounded  by  a  belt 
of  trees,  but  is  a  building  of  no  architectural  interest, 
the  greater  part  having  been  destroyed  by  fire  about 
1 870  and  the  remainder  modernized.  The  exterior  is 
stuccoed  and  all  the  windows  are  modern  sashes.283 
In  the  garden  is  a  fine  mulberry  tree. 

In  Little  Nateby  is  Bowers  House,  built  about 
1627  by  Richard  Green.29  He  or  his  son  Richard, 
as  '  a  Papist  delinquent,'  had  his  estate  sequestered 
under  the  Commonwealth,30  and  at  last  sold  by  the 
Act  of  i653.31  It  seems  to  have  been  part  of  the 
endowment  of  the  Savoy  Hospital. 

The  house,  though  to  some  extent  modernized, 
preserves  a  good  deal  of  its  original  appearance. 
The  building  is  of  three  stories  with  a  middle  and 


house  doubtless  possessed  originally  some  architectural 
features,  but,  though  these  have  been  lost,  it  retains 
some  degree  of  picturesqueness,  added  to  by  the 
dwarf  fence  wall  and  tall  stone  gate  piers  in  front, 
the  latter  with  large  ball  finials.  The  chapel  is  said  to 
have  been  in  the  top  room  in  one  of  the  gables.  On 
the  lintel  of  an  outbuilding  now  used  as  a  wash-house 
are  the  date  1627  and  the  initials  R.  G.,  G.  G., 
referring  to  members  of  the  Green  family. 

A  large  part  of  the  soil  remained  in  the  hands 
of  the  lords  of  Nether  Wyresdale,  and  in  1853 
the  Duke  of  Hamilton  held  1,802  acres  in  Nateby 
and  the  neighbourhood.  This  estate  was  pur- 
chased by  William  Bashall  of  Farington  Lodge  for 


Among  the  recusants  who  in  1654  sought  to  com- 
pound for  their  sequestrated  two-thirds  was  John 
Miller  alias  Atkinson  of  Nateby.33  There  were  a 


BOWERS  HOUSE 


projecting  end  wings,  but  the  old  mullioned  windows 
have  given  place  in  the  front  to  modern  insertions 
and  others  have  been  blocked  up.  The  walls  are 
whitewashed  and  the  gables  quite  plain,  being  with- 
out barge-boards  or  ornament  of  any  kind.  The 


number  of  convicted  recusants  in  this  township  and 
Winmarleigh  after  the  Restoration.34  Three  brothers 
of  John  Leyburne  of  Nateby  registered  estates  as 
'Papists'  in  1717,  viz.  James  (Croxteth),  Nicholas 
(Prestwood)  and  George  (Nateby)  ;  the  last  was  a 


28:1  There  is  a  local  legend  of  a  subter- 
ranean passage  from  Nateby  Hall  to 
Bowers  House. 

19  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  252—3.  In  1631 
Richard  Green  of  Garstang  compounded 
for  refusing  knighthood  ;  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  222. 

Thomas  Bower  died  in  1557  holding  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Garstang,  held  partly 
of  the  queen  as  of  her  manor  of  Nether 
Wyresdale  by  knight's  service  and  zs.  j\d. 
rent,  and  partly  of  the  queen  in  socage 
by  31.  $d.  rent.  His  heir  was  a  daughter 


Margaret,  a  year  old  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  29.  Another  inquisi- 
tion (later)  gives  a  different  account  of 
the  tenure,  viz.  all  was  held  of  the  queen 
as  of  her  castle  of  Lancaster  in  socage  by  a 
rent  of  zs.  id.  and  a  pair  of  gauntlets  value 
t>\d.  for  castle  ward.  Margaret,  the 
daughter,  was  in  1570  the  wife  of  Walter 
Preston  of  Preston  in  Westmorland  ;  ibid, 
xiii,  no.  28.  This  may  refer  to  Bower 
House  in  Nateby. 

80  Royalist  Comf.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  iii,  95—100.     Richard  Green 

310 


took  part  in  the  burning  of  Lancaster  by 
the  Royalists  ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comf.  i,  21. 

31  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  42. 
The  estate  appears  to  have  been  recovered 
for  the  family,  for  in  1717  Agnes  Green, 
spinster,  registered  her  leasehold  estate  at 
Garstang    as  a   '  Papist '  ;    Estcourt  and 
Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  141. 

32  Preston  Guard.  21  Nov.  1874. 

83  Royalist  Comf.  Papers,  iv,  139. 

84  Misc.   (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,   171-2; 
in  the  notes  will  be  found  an  account  of 
the  Green  family. 


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GARSTANG 


secular  priest.  Their  estates  consisted  of  annuities 
out  of  the  manor.85 

Owing  to  a  division  in  the  Congregational  church 
at  Garstang  a  Particular  Baptist  church  was  established 
at  Nateby,  the  chapel  being  opened  in  i839.38 

From  early  in  the  1 7th  century  there  were  mis- 
sionary priests'  stations  at  Bowers  House 37  and 
Nateby  Hall.38 

GARSTANG 

Cherestanc,  Dom.  Bk. ;  Geresteng,  Grestem, 
1204;  Gayrestan,  1236;  Gayerstang,  1246;  Gayr- 
stang,  1274;  Gayrestang,  1292. 

This  township,  which  gives  its  name  to  the  parish,1 
extends  for  about  2  miles  along  the  western  bank  of 
the  Wyre,  but  its  breadth  seldom  exceeds  half  a  mile, 
and  the  area  measures  but  502^  acres.8  The  little 
town  of  Garstang  lies  along  the  main  road  from 
Preston  to  the  north,  which  here  crosses  the  Wyre 
by  a  two-arched  stone  bridge.3  At  the  south  end  of 
the  town  is  the  modern  church,  and  at  the  north 
end  is  a  station  on  the  single-line  railway  which 
branches  from  the  London  and  North- Western  main 
line  to  go  to  Pilling  and  Knott  End.4  Various  roads 
lead  to  Cockerham,  Pilling  and  Churchtown.  The 
Preston  and  Kendal  Canal  comes  into  the  township 
by  an  aqueduct  over  the  Wyre  and  crosses  into 
Nateby. 

The  surface  is  generally  even,  between  50  ft.  and 
70  ft.  above  sea  level  for  the  most  part,  but  at  the 
north  end  attaining  100  ft.  The  population  in 
1901  was  808. 

The  relative  importance  of  the  place  has  greatly 
declined  since  the  opening  of  the  railway  route  to 
the  North.  There  are  no  manufactures,  and  the 
land  is  entirely  in  pasture.  The  township  is  now 
governed  by  a  parish  council.  Gas  is  supplied  by  a 


private  company  formed  in  l88os  and  water  by  the 
Fylde  Water  Board. 

William  Lancaster  issued  a  farthing  token  in  1663* 

In  1690  Ogilby  described  Garstang  as  'a  good 
thoroughfare,  with  a  market  for  corn,  cattle,  &c.,  on 
Thursdays.'  Pococke  in  1750  thought  it  'a  very 
poor  town '  ;  he  '  saw  to  the  east  the  smoke  of  some 
iron-smelting  houses,  which  are  erected  there  on 
account  of  the  great  plenty  there  is  of  wood.' r 

The  market  cross,  restored  in  1897,  stands  in  the 
main  street.  Near  it  were  formerly  the  well  and 
pump  and  the  fish-stones.  The  old  stocks  are  pre- 
served in  the  town  hall.8 

As  already  explained,  Garstang  usually 
MANOR  denoted  the  lordship  of  Nether  Wyres- 
dale,  but  a  smaller  subordinate  manor 
was  created  in  1246  in  the  present  township  of 
G4RSTJNG  by  one  of  William  de  Lancaster's 
death-bed  gifts — that  of  4  oxgangs  of  land,  which  he 
granted  with  his  heart  to  Cockersand  Abbey.9  This 
manor,  after  the  Suppression,  was  given  by  Philip 
and  Mary  to  the  Savoy  Hospital 10  ;  it  afterwards 
reverted  to  the  Crown,  and  was  let  on  lease,11  but  was 
in  1750  sold  to  the  lessee,  the  Hon.  Edward 
Walpole,  under  a  special  Act  of  Parliament."  Through 
his  daughter  the  lordship  has  descended  to  Mr. 
Bertram  William  Arnold  Keppel  of  Lexham,  Norfolk.13 
Courts  baron  have  been  held  down  to  the  present 
time. 

In  1310  the  canons  of  Cockersand  obtained  a 
royal  charter  for  a  market  every  Thursday  at  their 
manor  of  Garstang  and  a  yearly  fair  on  28-9  June.14 
The  right  fell  into  abeyance,  and  Leland's  statement 
that  '  some  said '  it  was  a  market  town  shows  that 
markets  had  ceased  to  be  held  long  before  the  Reforma- 
tion. In  1597  Elizabeth  granted  the  inhabitants  a 
weekly  market  and  two  yearly  fairs  *  for  the  relief  of 


35  Estcourt  and    Payne,  op.   cit.    121, 
148,  150. 

36  Nightingale,  Lanes.  Nonconf.  i,  203  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  124. 

37  Ibid.  252. 

38  Gillow,  op.  cit.  iv,  241. 

1  Perhaps  it  would  be  more  correct  to 
say  that  it  takes  its  name  from  the  parish. 

2  488    acres,    including    13    of   inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901.     A  small  de- 
tached part  of  Cabus  was  added  in  1887 
by  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  20097.     At  the 
same  time  some  adjustments  were  made 
with  Baraacre  township. 

3  The    first    Earl    of  Derby  left   £20 
towards  the  building  of  a   bridge  here  ; 
V.C.H.  Lana.  iii,  160,  n.  6. 

4  This  railway  was  opened  in  1870  as 
far  as  Pilling,  and   completed   to    Knott 
End  in  1908. 

5  Act  43  &  44  Viet.  cap.  61. 

6  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  v,  77. 

7  Ogilby,  Bk.  of  Roads  ;  Travels  through 
Engl.  (Camd.  Soc.),  i,  13. 

'  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  197. 
Remains  of  two  other  crosses  are  known  ; 
the  cross  itself  in  one  case  is  at  Bowgrave  ; 
ibid.  201. 

9  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  165  ;  it  was  then 
worth  2  marks  yearly.  The  brief  charter 
is  in  Cockersand  Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
281.  This  may  be  a  confirmation  or 
extension  of  a  previous  grant  of  4  oxgangs 
of  land  (ibid.  280),  the  bounds  of  which 
are  given — from  Belanspot  Ford  to  Kiner- 
syke  and  thence  to  Tilversheimholme 
Ford  beyond  the  Moss. 


Its  history  under  the  rule  of  the  canons 
appears  to  have  been  unmarked  by  note- 
worthy incidents.  An  oxgang  of  land  was 
in  dispute  in  1246  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  6. 
Names  of  tenants,  with  their  rents,  from 
1451  to  1538  will  be  found  in  the  printed 
Chartulary,  iii,  1272-5.  In  1538  the 
abbots  and  canons  leased  their  manor 
and  other  estates  in  the  district  to  John 
Rigmaiden  for  ninety-nine  years  at  a  rent 
of  £10  8*. ;  Fishwick,  Garstang  (Chet. 
Soc.),  14. 

10  Pat.  4  &  5  Phil,  and  Mary,  pt.  xv. 
The  advowson  of  the  parish  church  was 
included.     The    master    of   the    hospital 
gave  a  lease  to  Henry  Saville,  its  term  of 
ninety-nine  years  to  begin  on  the  expiry 
of  the  Rigmaiden  lease.     This  prospective 
lease  was   acquired  by  John    Rigmaiden 
and  passed  by  the  sale  of  the   Wedacre 
estate   to   Lord    Gerard  ;    Fishwick,    op. 
cit.  15. 

Thus  in  1667  William  Spencer  and  his 
wife  Elizabeth  were  involved  in  disputes 
with  Lord  Gerard,  with  Thomas  Green 
as  to  messuages  held  on  lease,  and  with 
Hugh  Barton  and  others  as  to  the  customs 
and  tenant  rights  of  the  manor  as  observed 
by  the  abbey  of  Cockersand  and  the 
masters  and  chaplains  of  the  Savoy  Hos- 
pital ;  Exch.  Dep.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  45.  There  was  a  fine  respecting 
the  manor  of  Garstang,  &c.,  in  1689 
between  Elizabeth  Spencer,  widow,  and 
William  Spencer  and  Mary  his  wife ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  224,  m.  63. 

11  After    the    expiration   of   the  leases 
named  above  the  Crown  in  1742  let  the 

311 


manor  to  William  Hall,  who  transferred 
to  the  Hon.  Edward  Walpole,  and  he  in 
1751  obtained  a  fresh  lease  for  thirty-one 
years ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  16-17  >  Pat- 
25  Geo.  II,  pt.  iii. 

1J  23  Geo.  II,  cap.  7,  private.  The 
Act  was  passed  for  the  benefit  of  the 
town  and  district,  it  being  represented 
that  the  lessee,  having  only  a  short  lease, 
was  discouraged  from  any  attempt  to 
improve  it ;  Fishwick,  loc.  cit. 

13  Edward  Walpole  was  second  son  of 
Sir  Robert,  the  great  statesman,  created 
Earl   of   Orford   in    1742.     Edward   was 
Chief  Secretary  for  Ireland,  created  K.B. 
in    1753    (Collins,   Peerage,    v,   49)    and 
died   unmarried   in    1784.      His  natural 
daughter  Louisa,  who  received  Garstang, 
was  the  wife    of  Dr.  Frederick   Keppel 
(son  of  the   second  Earl  of  Albemarle), 
Bishop  of  Exeter   1762—77  -s.  Frederick 
of  Lexham,  d.  1830  — s.  Frederick  Wal- 
pole, d.  1858  -bro.  (Col.)  Edward  George 
Walpole,  d.   1859  -bro.   (Rev.)   William 
Arnold    Walpole,    d.     1888     -s.     (Col.) 
William  Henry    Augustus,   d.    1889  — ». 
Bertram  W.  A.  Keppel,  b.  1876  ;  Burke, 
Peerage    under    Albemarle  ;    Diet.    Nat. 
Biog.  lix,  205. 

The  estate  was  offered  for  sale  in  1867. 

14  Chart.  R.  4  Edw.  II,  m.  22,  no.  59  ; 
Cal.  Chart.  R.  1300—26,  p.  138. 

On  the  fair  day,  29  June  1369,  there 
came  to  the  fair  John  de  Derby,  canon 
and  warden  of  Cockerham,  John  de 
Chacoumbe  and  various  men  of  Cocker- 
ham,  with  force  and  arms,  to  seek  a 
certain  Thomas  and  maltreat  him,  and 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


the  poor.' 14  In  this  way  the  distinction  between 
Garstang  Churchtown  and  Garstang  Market-town 
became  established,  and  now  the  latter  is  known  as 
Garstang  absolutely,  the  former  being  Churchtown. 

In  1679  a  charter  of  incorporation 
BOROUGH  was  granted  by  Charles  II,  constitut- 
ing a  free  borough  of  Garstang  with 
bailiff  and  burgesses.  The  charter  appointed  William 
Spencer  the  first  bailiff,  the  office  to  be  an  annual 
one,  and  named  the  seven  burgesses,  who  held  for 
life.  A  common  seal  was  allowed,  and  the  market 
and  two  fairs,  with  court  of  pie  powder,  were  ratified 
and  extended.16  Freemen  were  elected  and  a  town 
hall  was  built.17  The  corporation  was  dissolved  in 
1886  under  the  Municipal  Corporations  Act  of  1883, 
and  the  Garstang  Town  Trust  was  then  formed  to 
manage  the  property,  viz.  the  town  hall,  with  offices, 
warehouse  and  cottage,  market  tolls,  piccage  and 
stallage  ;  fair  tolls  ;  furniture  of  the  town  hall  ;  two 
constables'  halberds,  a  silver-topped  staff,  the  common 
seal  and  documents.  The  gross  income  is  about 
£50  a  year  ;  any  balance  over  expenses  is  to  be 
applied  to  the  establishment  of  a  library  or  other 
institution  for  the  benefit  of  the  inhabitants.18 

In  1654  Jane  Hodgkinson,  widow,  of  Garstang, 
desired  to  compound  for  the  two-thirds  of  her  estate 
sequestered  for  recusancy.19  Roger  Green  and  Richard 
Richardson  registered  estates  in  1717  as  'Papists.'20 
In  1437  the  inhabitants  obtained  a 
CHURCH  licence  for  one  year  for  the  chapel  of 
Holy  Trinity  in  Garstang."  This  is 
supposed  to  refer  to  a  chapel  in  what  is  now  called 
Garstang.  No  clear  evidence  of  its  continuance  is 
forthcoming n  till  1 646,  when  the  Committee  of 
Plundered  Ministers  made  a  grant  of  £$o  a  year 
from  Royalists'  estates  in  order  to  provide  a  minister 
for  '  the  chapel  of  the  Market  town  of  Garstang.' w 
Bishop  Gastrell  in  1717  found  that  it  had  no  endow- 


ment, but  was  'supplied  by  the  vicar.'24  In  1734 
the  churchwardens  reported  that  service  was  '  seldom 
performed '  there.25  It  was  rebuilt  on  a  new  site  in 
1770,  and  some  endowments  were  obtained.  It  is 
now  called  St.  Thomas's,  and  has  been  enlarged  and 
restored.26  A  separate  district  was  assigned  to  it  in 
1 88 1,27  and  the  vicars  are  presented  by  the  vicar  of 
Garstang.  The  net  value  is  ^197.  The  following 
have  been  in  charge  28  : — 

1723      Thomas  Parkinson  29 

1736     John  Sutton,  B.A.  (Trin.  Coll.,  Camb.) 
c.  1738     John  Hunter30 

1762     James  Fisher  sl 

1773     John  Moss32 

1800     William    Wayles    Thornton,    B.D.    (Em- 
manuel Coll.,  Camb.) 

1822     James     Pedder,    M.A.33    (Christ's    Coll., 
Camb.) 

1835     William  Armitstead 

1879      George    Boys    Stones,    M.A.    (St.    John's 
Coll.,  Oxf.) 

A  school  was  built  in  1756,  the  lord  of  the 
manor,  Sir  Edward  Walpole,  granting  a  piece  of 
land  at  the  north  end  of  the  great  street  of  Garstang 
at  a  rent  of  is.  6d.zt 

John  Wesley  visited  Garstang  in  1765  and  1770, 
but  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  chapel  was  not  built 
till  l8l4-35  He  preached  in  the  Congregationalist 
chapel,86  which  is  of  unknown  origin,  but  the  lease 
had  thirty  years  to  run  in  1823."  A  fresh  beginning 
was  made  by  the  Congregationalists  in  1829,  and 
the  chapel  was  altered  and  improved  in  1868.  A 
graveyard  is  attached.38 

Roman  Catholics  during  the  time  of  the  penal 
laws  were  served  by  the  missionary  priests  harboured 
at  a  number  of  the  houses  in  the  district,  such  as 
Dimples  in  Barnacre S9  or  Bowers  House  in  Nateby.40 
They  had  a  chapel  in  the  town  from  1784  until 


this  to  the  terror  of  the  people  and  disturb- 
ance of  the  peace  ;  Assize  R.  45 1,  m.  2. 
It  does  not  appear  that  they  found  him. 

15  Cal    S.    P.    Dom.    1595-7,   P-    347- 
The  market  was  to  be  kept  (on  Thursday) 
on  the  street  way  and   the   fairs  were   to 
be  held  on   29  June  and  n  November; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  59.    The  revived  market 
became     popular,     and     is     noticed      by 
'Drunken    Barnaby.'     Blome     in    1673 
says  there  was  '  a  great  market  for  corn, 
cattle,    yarn    and    fish    on    Thursdays '  ; 
Brit.  135  (quoted  by  Baines). 

16  The  charter  is  printed  by  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.   59  ;  here   also  may  be   seen  the 
seal    (ibid.    68)     and    extracts   from    the 
town's  books  (61-7).     The  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  corporation  used  to  be  held  on 
29   September.     The  weekly  market  on 
Thursday  was  continued  by  the  charter 
and  the  fairs  were  extended   to  two  days 
each,  viz.  28-9  June  and  10-11  November. 
The    June    fair    has    long    been    discon- 
tinued, but  the   Martinmas  fair  (affected 
by  the  change  of  style)  is  held   still  on 
22-3    November    for    cattle  and   horses. 
A  market-house  was  built  in   1843   and 
the  Thursday  market  continues.     There 
is  no  authority  that  a  charter  of  incorpora- 
tion was  granted  in  1314,  but  '  burgages ' 
occur  in  Kirkland. 

An  additional  fair  instituted  in  1830 
to  be  held  on  12-13  April  has  ceased  to 
exist ;  ibid.  68. 

17  It    was    rebuilt    1755-64  ;     Baines, 
Lanes,  (ed.  1870),  ii,  534. 


18  End.  Char.  Rep.  for  Garstang,  1899, 
pp.  21—3.     There  are  eleven  trustees — 
two  ex  officio,  viz.   the  guardians  of  the 
poor  for  the  parish,  four  elected  by  the 
parish    council,    one    nominated    by    the 
Lancashire     and     Cheshire    Antiquarian 
Society — a   noteworthy    case — and    four 
co-optative,  appointed  by  the  other  trustees 
to  serve  for  seven  years.     It  is  added  that 
several  of  the  old  freemen  were  living  and 
were  exempt  from  the  fair  and  market  tolls. 

19  Royalist    Comp.    Papers    (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  231. 

20  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Non- 
jurors,  142. 

21  Raines  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  xxii,  409. 

22  Robert  Beck,  draper,  of  Manchester 
in  1556  left  161.  8^.  towards  the  buying  or 
making  of  a  chalice  for  '  the  chapel  of  Gar- 
stang '  ;  Piccope,  Willt  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  84. 

23  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  24.    It  is  called  '  the  chapel 
of  Garstang'  in  1648  ;  ibid.  63.    Thomas 
Smith  in   1648   signed  the  '  Harmonious 
Consent '     as     '  preacher     at     Garstang 
Chapel,'  but  he  had  removed   to  Cocker- 
ham    by   1650.     Edward    Lawrence  was 
there  in    1656;  Fishwick,   op.   cit.    137. 
In  1650,  'the  chapel  at  Garstang  market 
being  two  miles  distant  from  the  parish 
church    and    in    the    high    road   between 
Preston  and  Lancaster,'  the  people  of  the 
neighbourhood    desired    it  to  be  made   a 
parish,  with  a  minister  and  a  '  competent 
maintenance  '  ;  Commoniu.  Ch.  Surir.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  150. 

312 


24  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  412. 

25  Visit.    Ret.    at    Chester.     In    1743 
service  was  performed  every  Sunday  after- 
noon,   excepting    those    days    when    the 
sacrament  was  administered  at  the  parish 
church  ;  ibid. 

26  The  title  being  defective,  the   chapel 
was  not  consecrated  until  1848  ;  Notitia 
Cestr.  ii,  413.     Some  details  are  given  by 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  100—  i.     A  descriptive 
account  is  given  in  Hewitson,  Our  Country 
Churches,  477-81. 

27  Land.  Ga-z.  1 8  Jan.  1 88 1. 

28  This    list    is    mainly    derived    from 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.   102-4,  where  further 
details  may  be  found. 

29  Parkinson,    Old   Church     Clock    (ed. 
1880),  187-90. 

30  Afterwards  curate  of  Pilling. 

31  Afterwards  vicar  of  Garstang. 

32  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  481. 

33  Afterwards  vicar  of  Garstang. 
»4  End.  Char.  Rep. 

35  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  492. 
86  Fishwick,    op.    cit.    124,    citing    R. 
Allen,  Methodism  in  Preston. 

37  B.    Nightingale,    Lanes.    Nonconf.    i, 
196. 

38  Ibid.    191-203  ;    Hewitson,   op.   cit. 
482.       The    cause    was    injured    by    the 
secession  of  the  more  extreme  Calvinists  in 
1828  ;  see  Nateby. 

39  See  Tyldesley  Diary,  94,  158. 

40  Ibid.  59.      In  1687  Bishop  Leyburn 
had    at    Nateby    Hall    confirmed     1,052 
Roman  Catholics  ;  ibid.  22. 


AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


1858,  when  the  church  in  Bonds  was  opened.41     The 
old  building  is  now  a  public  institute. 


KIRKLAND 

Kirkelund,  1246;  Kyrkelund,  1254;  Kyrkelond, 
1292;  Kyrkeland,  1331. 

This  township  is  bounded  on  two  sides  by  the 
Wyre,  which  flows  south  and  then  turns  sharply  to 
the  west  at  a  point  where  it  is  joined  by  the  Calder 
from  the  east  ;  on  its  north  bank  is  situated  the  old 
parish  church,  nearly  two  miles  south  of  Garstang. 
The  hamlet  called  Churchtown  adjoins.  The  hall  is 
somewhat  to  the  north  of  it,  and  Humblescough  lies 
in  the  north-west  corner.  The  area  measures  974^ 
acres,1  and  in  1901  there  was  a  population  of  274. 

The  principal  road  follows  the  course  of  the  river 
from  Garstang  to  St.  Michael's  ;  there  is  a  bridge 
somewhat  to  the  west  of  the  bend  named  above,  by 
which  there  is  a  connexion  with  the  main  road  to 
Preston.  The  surface  is  in  general  level  and  lies 
low,  the  highest  ground,  about  50  ft.  above  the 
ordnance  datum,  being  near  the  eastern  edge. 

The  dead-wood  of  '  Kirkelund '  is  mentioned  in  a 
charter  made  before  1245.'  There  is  now  very 
little  wood  in  the  township,  the  land  being  mostly  in 
pasture.  The  soil  is  gravelly,  with  subsoil  of  sand 
and  clay. 


A  large  boulder  stone  lying  about  half  a  mile  from 
the  church  is  called  Crappencrop.  It  is  said  to 
have  been  thrown  from  the  church  tower  and  to 
turn  round  when  the  bells  ring.  The  spot  was  con- 
sidered haunted.3 

The  township  is  administered  by  a  parish  council. 

The  village  cross  has  a  sundial.4 

Sir  Edward  Frankland,  a  distinguished  chemist, 
was  born  at  Churchtown  in  1825.  After  a  long 
and  brilliant  career  he  died  in  Norway  in  1899.* 

This  formed  part  of  the  lordship  of 
M4NOR  Nether  Wyresdale.  All  his  land  of 
KIRKL4ND  was  by  William  de  Lan- 
caster III  granted  to  Robert  the  Tailor  and  his 
heirs,6  with  other  land  adjacent  and  free  fishery  in 
all  waters  within  his  demesne  of  Wyresdale.7  The 
Tailors  were  sometimes  styled  '  de  Kirkland.'  The 
manor  descended  regularly 8  to  William  de  Kirkland, 
who  died  in  1361  holding  various  lands  of  that 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Wyresdale  which  had 
belonged  to  William  de  Coucy  by  the  service  of  \d. 
or  half  a  pound  of  cummin  yearly.  He  had  three 
daughters,  and  his  wife  Margaret  was  pregnant  at  his 
death,9  but  the  child  if  a  son  must  have  died  early, 
as  Kirkland  passed  with  the  eldest  daughter  Alice  to 
her  husband  John  Boteler  and  their  issue.10  The 
descent  is  not  clearly  established,11  but  William 
Boteler  died  in  I  505  holding  the  manor  of  Kirkland 


41  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  121. 

1  975    acres,    including    1 1    of   inland 
water;  Census  Rep.  1901. 

2  Cockersand  Chartul.    (Chet.    Soc.),    i, 
280. 

3  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  4.49. 
•*  Lanes,  and  Ches,  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  203. 

The  bases  of  the   churchyard   cross  and 
Hagwood  cross  remain  ;  ibid.  200,  204. 

5  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

6  Dods.  MSS.  Ixii,  fol.  89. 

7  Ibid.     William  de  Lancaster  died  in 
1246  and  among  the  gifts  he  made  on  his 
death-bed  was  one  of  56   acres  of  arable 
land  in  the  townfields  of  Kirkland  (worth 
i8j.  8</.  a  year)  and  of  the  wood  of  Kirk- 
land (worth  20$.)  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  165. 

In  1253-4  Hilda  widow  of  Robert  the 
Tailor  claimed  dower  in  Kirkland  against 
Agnes  widow  of  William  de  Lancaster 
and  in  Ravenmeols  against  William  del 
Well;  Curia  Regis  R.  154,  m.  10. 

8  John  de   Kirkland   in    1253-4   gave 
the    king    201.    for    an    assize    of    mort 
d'ancestor  ;  Orig.  R.  38  Hen.  Ill,  m.  10. 
John     son    of   Robert    the    Tailor    paid 
i  mark  for  an  assize  in  1269  ;  Excerptae 
Rot.  Fin.  (Rec.  Com.),  ii,  490.     John  the 
Tailor  was  defendant  in  1 278  ;  De  Banco 
R.  23,  m.  62.     William  son  of  Alan  de 
Cathirton  in  1285   released  to  John  son 
of  Robert  le  Tailor  of  Kirkland  all  claim 
in  forty    pigs  which  of  right  he  should 
have  in  the  wood  of  Kirkland  by  inherit- 
ance ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixii,  fol.  90. 

John  son  of  John  the  Tailor  about 
1285  confirmed  a  charter  granting  the 
dead-wood  of  Kirkland  to  the  abbey  of 
Cockersand,  for  which  they  allowed  him 
and  his  successors  to  approve  parcels  of 
wood,  waste  and  pasture  in  Garstang 
within  the  bounds  of  Kirkland  ;  one 
piece  lay  between  Ounespool  and  Pilling 
Moss  and  between  Humblescough  and 
the  Wyre  ;  another  4  acres  lay  in  parcels 
from  John's  manor-house  to  the  gate 
called  the  Lodyat,  leading  to  Howath 
Bridge,  also  6  acres  by  his  manor  in  the 


Hallhursts.  Rights  of  way  were  allowed 
to  the  canons,  including  one  within 
Kirkland  Wood  to  Fildingford  and  thence 
to  Pilling  Moss  ;  Cockersand  Chartul. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  269—71.  Oak  trees  are 
named  as  growing  in  the  wood.  Ounes- 
pool seems  to  be  the  brook  falling  into 
the  Wyre  a  quarter  of  a  mile  west  of 
Garstang  Church.  Sir  Henry  de  Lea  was 
then  sheriff ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixii,  fol.  90*. 

In  1292  John  the  Tailor  of  Kirkland 
was  non-suited  in  a  claim  for  common  of 
pasture  in  Garstang  against  Ralph  de 
Catterall  ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  i  d.  This 
appears  to  have  been  the  elder  John,  for 
John  son  of  Robert  the  Tailor  was  plaintiff 
in  1294;  Assize  R.  1299,  m.  16,  i6d. 
In  1298  William  de  Wedacre  complained 
that  John  son  of  Robert  the  Tailor  had 
taken  his  goods  at  Kenandesaker  and  did 
not  perform  a  covenant  about  messuages, 
&c.,  in  Garstang;  De  Banco  R.  122, 
m.  141,  113  d. 

In  1306  John  the  Tailor  of  Kirkland 
released  to  William  le  Gentyl  common  of 
pasture  ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixii,  fol.  90^.  The 
monks  of  Leicester  in  1327  demised  to 
John  the  Tailor  of  Kirkland — perhaps 
the  same  or  a  son — Margaret  his  wife 
and  William  his  eldest  son  a  messunge 
and  land  situate  partly  in  Boulandwra  by 
Kirkland  ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixx,  fol.  161. 
John  and  William  had  previously  granted 
a  release  of  the  same  ;  ibid,  cviii,  fol.  115. 
John  the  Tailor  held  of  William  de 
Coucy  by  knight's  service  in  1346  ;  Inq. 
p.m.  20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.),  no.  63.  In 
1349  the  feoffees  granted  the  manor  of 
Kirkland  to  John  the  Tailor  and  Margaret 
his  wife  with  remainders  to  William  de 
Kirkland  and  his  brothers  John,  Nicholas, 
Lawrence  and  Robert ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixii, 
fol.  90.  At  the  same  time  the  feoffees 
gave  lands  to  three  younger  brothers  in 
Woodslac,  Gildouscroft,  Halecroft,  &c., 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  K  19.  It  appears 
safe  to  assume  that  the  William  son  of 
John  the  Tailor  of  1327  was  the  William 
de  Kirkland  of  1349. 

313 


9  Inq.  p.m.  36  Edw.  Ill,  pt.  i,  no.  102. 
He  had  a  messuage  and  60  acres  in  Kirk- 
land, worth  6os.  a  year  ;  also  10  marks 
rent  from  tenants  at  will.  He  had  given 
his  manor,  &c.,  to  trustees  for  his  wife 
(for  her  life)  and  then  for  his  daughters 
in  succession — Alice,  Joan  and  Katherine. 
The  trustees  made  a  grant  accordingly  ; 
Kuerden,  loc.  cit. 

Various  inquiries  as  to  the  descent  of 
the  manor  were  made  in  1365  and  later. 
From  these  it  appears  that  Margaret  the 
widow  married  John  Boteler,  that  the 
daughters  were  aged  five,  three  and  one 
respectively  at  the  father's  death,  and 
that  the  charter  granting  the  manor  to 
the  widow  was  suspected  but  proved 
good  ;  Memo.  R.  (Q.R.)  143  ;  (L.T.R.) 
130,  xxix  ;  131. 

10  A    settlement    of    the    manor     of 
Kirkland   and    i6d.  of  rent  in  Garstang 
was  made  by  John  Boteler  and  Alice  his 
wife   in   1392.      The  remainder  was   to 
the    sons    of  Alice,    and    in    default    to 
Margaret  daughter  of  Alice  and  John  and 
to    her    sisters    Joan,    Katherine,    Ellen, 
Elizabeth  and   Isabel,  &c.      Nicholas  de 
Kirkland  was    still    living  ;    Final  Cone. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  39.     In 
1397  the  feoffees  granted  to  Alan  son  of 
William  de  Warburton  and   Margaret  his 
wife,     daughter     of    John     Boteler     of 
Kirkland,    all    the    lands    in    Claughton, 
with  the  whole  demesne,  which  they  had 
received  from  Alan,  with  remainders  to 
Robert  de   Blackburn  of  Arley,  to  John 
son  of  William  de  Bradkirk,  to  William 
son  of  Thomas   Rigmaiden,   and  to  the 
right  heirs  of  Joan  de  Fetherby  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  Ixii,  fol.  gob. 

11  The  next  in  possession   after    John 
and   Alice   was   Richard   Boteler,  at  one 
time    (1420    onward)    escheator    in    the 
county,  but  his  paternity  is  not  stated  in 
the    notices    of   him  ;     Lanes.    Inq.    p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,i  33.  In  1400-1  Boniface  IX 
granted  a   dispensation  for  the  marriage 
of   Richard     Boteler    of    Kirkland    with 
Elizabeth   daughter  of  Sir  John   Boteler 

40 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


and  various  lands,  &c.,  of  Margaret  Countess  of 
Richmond  by  the  service  recorded  in  1362.  His 
son  and  heir  Thomas  was  six  years  of  age.1* 

Thomas  Butler  died  in  1526  holding  the  manor 
of  the  king  and  John  Rigmaiden  as  of  the  lordship 
of  Goberthwaite  in  socage.11  He  left  a  daughter 
and  heir  Margaret,  aged  eight,  but  the  manor  went 
to  his  brother  John,  who  died  in  possession  in  1543 
holding  of  the  king  by  a  rent  of  id.  and  other  service 
not  known.  The  heir  was  his  son  John,  aged  ten.14 
This  John  Butler  recorded  his  pedigree  in  15  67," 
and  his  son  and  heir  John  made  a  settlement  in  1591, 
including  the  capital  messuage  called  Kirkland  Hall 
in  the  town  of  Garstang,  forty  messuages,  water-mill, 
&c.,  and  a  parcel  of  meadow  called  Bolon-wray  ; 
he  died  a  few  days  afterwards,  leaving  a  son  James, 
only  four  years  old.16  James  Butler  died  in  1600, 
during  his  minority,  and  his  younger  brother  John, 
aged  nine,  succeeded  him.17 

John  Butler,  who  recorded  a  pedigree  in  i6i3,18 
lived  on  until  1659.  Though  he  compounded  for 
recusancy  in  i63219  the  estates  do  not  appear  to 
have  been  molested  by  the  Parliamentary  authorities 
during  the  Civil  War.20  His  son  John  fought  for 
the  king  and  took  part  in  the  burning  of  Lancaster  * '  ; 
he  was  killed  at  Marston  Moor,  1644.**  His  son 
Thomas,  aged  twenty-nine  in  1665,  succeeded  his 
grandfather  and  recorded  a  pedigree.13  By  this 
time  the  family  had  probably  become  Protestant,  but 


Thomas's  son  Alexander  is  said  to  have  been  a 
Jacobite.24  He  died  in  1 747,**  and  his  son  Thomas 
in  the  following  year,  leaving  a  son  Alexander  Butler, 
high  sheriff  in  ij6"j,K  and  constable  of  Lancaster 
Castle.  Through  his  mother  Dorothy  Cole  he 
acquired  Beaumont  Cote,  near  Lancaster.  He  had 
no  children  and  bequeathed  his  estates,  with  an 
obligation  to  take  the  surname  of  Cole,  to  his  brother 
Thomas's  grandson  Thomas,17  who  on  succeeding  in 
1 8 1 1  was  sixteen  years  old. 

Thomas  Butler  Cole,  an  eccentric  man,28  died  in 
1864,  having  bequeathed  Kirkland  to  Major  Thorn- 
ton for  life,  with  remainder  to  Captain  Clarke, 
maternal  uncle,  with  remainder  to  his  second  son  and 
male  issue  ;  failing  issue  it  was  to  revert  to  the  heirs 
of  the  Butler  family.29 

Kirkland  Hall  stands  about  half  a  mile  to  the 
north  of  Churchtown  village  and  has  a  plain 
18th-century  brick  front  facing  south,  three  stories 
in  height,  with  cornice,  wide  pediment,  and  sash 
windows  retaining  their  original  wood  bars.  On  the 
pediment  are  the  Butler  arms  and  over  the  porch  is 
the  date  1760  with  the  initials  of  Alexander  Butler. 
The  oldest  part  of  the  house,  however,  is  at  the 
back,  a  stone  at  the  north-west  corner  bearing  the 
date  1668  and  the  initials  of  Thomas  Butler  and 
Elizabeth  (Fleetwood)  his  wife.  Another  stone  in  a 
gable  near  to  this  has  the  same  initials  and  the  date 
1 679,  and  on  the  north-east  side  is  a  good  1 7th-cen- 


(of  Rawcliffe)  ;  they  were  related  in  the 
fourth  degree  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  91*. 
Richard  Boteler  was  in  1427  accused  of 
having  made  false  returns  of  the  profits  of 
his  escheatorghip  ;  Add.  MS.  32104, 
fol.  179.  An  inquiry  was  in  1433 
ordered  into  a  charge  that  he  had  held  a 
market  at  Kirkhouse  in  Wyresdale  to  the 
prejudice  of  the  Duke  of  Bedford's 
tenants  ;  Dtp.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  533. 

In  1428  the  feoffee*  gave  to  John  son 
of  Richard  Boteler  of  Kirkland  and  Ellen 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Barton,  a 
messuage  in  Kirkland  ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixii, 
fol.  90.  Richard  the  father  was  living  in 
1448,  when  he  gave  land  in  Kirkland  in 
the  vill  of  Garstang  to  trustees  for 
Elizabeth  wife  of  Edward  son  of  John  son 
of  the  said  Richard  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv, 
K  19.  A  charter  by  John  the  son  of 
Richard  dated  1446  has  been  preserved  ; 
it  gave  Walkerholme  and  Aldfield  in 
Garstang  to  trustees  ;  ibid.  Nicholas, 
another  son  of  Richard  Boteler,  had  land 
in  Homelsco  in  Kirkland  in  1457  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  986.  In  1441  Richard, 
Thomas  and  Nicholas  Boteler  of  Kirk- 
land were  charged  with  trespass  on  the 
fishery  of  Richard  Catterall  at  Garstang 
and  Catterall  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  3, 
m.  17. 

William  Boteler  and  Alice  Rigmaiden 
had  in  indulgence  in  1482  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
Ixii,  fol.  yob.  The  first  recorded  ped'gree 
begins  with  Robert  father  of  William 
Boteler. 

la  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  44. 
He  made  a  settlement  of  the  manor,  &c., 
in  1501  in  favour  of  his  male  issue  by 
Al'ce  his  wife  and  in  default  to  his  right 
heirs  male.  His  will  (1505)  is  recited 
also  ;  it  provides  for  his  son  John  and 
other  younger  children.  Alice,  the 
widow,  and  two  daughters  were  executors  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  Ixii,  fol.  90.  Thomas,  the 
heir,  was  at  once  contracted  to  marry 
Isabel  daughter  of  John  Brockholei  •.  ibid. 


13  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  72. 
Isabel    in    1528    claimed    dower    in    the 
manor  of  Kirkland  against  John  Boteler 
and  others  ;  PaL  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  142, 
m.  3. 

14  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vii,  no.  32. 
His  will  is  recited.     He   left   zos.  to  the 
parish    church  ;    to    his    son   John    'all 
things  belonging  to  my  chapel,  with  my 
velvet  night-cap,  my  damask  doublet  and 
all    the    harness    that    I    have,    to    the 
intent    that    the    said    harness    with    all 
things  pertaining  to  my  said   chapel  and 
my  clock  shall  be   left  at  my  manor  of 
Kirkland    as    heirlooms   for   ever."      He 
had    in     1527    made    a    settlement    on 
Elizabeth  daughter  of  Thomas  Farington, 
whom  he   was  to   marry  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea   R.    178,  m.  3.     Another,  of  1538, 
is  in  Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  679. 

15  Vint,  of  1567  (Chet.  Soc.),  43. 
The  grant  of  a  crest  in  1560  is  printed 

in  Gregson's  Fragments  (ed.  Harland),  267. 

16  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xv,  no.  17  ; 
the  deceased   is   called  grandson  of  John 
Butler  late  of  Kirkland.      Kirkland  Hall 
was  held  of  the  queen  as  of  her  manor  of 
Nether  Wyresdale  in  socage  by  the  rent 
of  half  a  pound  of  cummin  ;  Bolon-wray 
was  held  of  the  queen  in  chief  by  knight's 
service  and  a  rent  of  41.     By  the  settle- 
ment    recited    the    remainders    were    to 
James    and  John,   sons  of  John    Butler, 
and  then  to  his  brother  James. 

17  Duchy    of    Lane.     Inq.    p.m.    xvii, 
no.  29. 

1S  fUt.  of  1613  (Chet.  Soc.),  74. 
There  was  a  recovery  of  the  manor  of 
Kirkland  in  1612,  John  Butler  and  Anne 
his  wife  being  vouchees  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  310,  m.  4.  Another  settlement 
was  made  in  1636  by  John  Butler  and 
John  his  son  and  heir  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  129,  no.  2. 

19  Trans.  Hist.  Soc.  (new  ser.),  xxiv,  175. 

*°  John  Butler  gave  certain  lands  to 
younger  children — James,  Elizabeth  and 


Mary  (wife  of  James)  Anderton — and 
they  being  recusants  the  lands  were 
sequestered,  so  that  the  purchaser, 
Thomas  Cole  of  Cotes,  had  in  1651  lost 
possession  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  261-2.  Wear- 
ingmoor,  Kinsacre  and  Bredenham  are 
among  the  field-names  given. 

Part  of  the  manor-house  of  Kirkland 
was  in  1659  in  possession  of  Thomas 
Carus,  Mary  his  wife  and  Reginald 
Heber  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
164,  m.  80. 

41  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  i,  21. 

M  Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  63. 

»  Ibid. 

84  According  to  a  local  tradition  re- 
ported in  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches, 
447-8  ;  it  refers  apparently  to  1715. 

*5  The  remaining  part  of  the  descent 
has  been  taken  from  Fishwick,  Garstang 
(Chet.  Soc.),  227-30,  where  fuller  details 
may  be  read. 

The  following  recoveries  of  the  manor 
of  Kirkland  are  on  record  : — 1696,  Alex- 
ander Butler,  vouchee  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  463,  m.  12.  1728,  Alexander 
Butler  ;  ibid.  529,  m.  6  d.  1 762,  Alexander 
Butler  ;  ibid.  595,  m.  3. 

M  P.R.O.  List,  74.  His  monument 
in  Garstang  Church  declares  that  'he 
chose  an  elegant  retirement  as  most  con- 
genial with  his  literary  and  philosophical 
pursuits '  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  94. 

37  The  brother  Thomas  was  rector  of 
Bentham  in  Yorkshire  and  Whittington 
in  Lancashire  1793-1825.  His  son 
Thomas,  a  custom-house  officer  at  Liver- 
pool, married  Sarah  Clarke  and  had  a 
son  Thomas  ;  Fishwick. 

Thomas  Butler  was  deforciant  in  a  fine 
of  the  manor  in  1826;  Lane.  Aug. 
Assizes,  7  Geo.  IV. 

28  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  456. 

39  Fishwick.  The  Rev.  Henry  Clarke 
of  Torquay  is  one  of  the  beneficiaries, 
having  a  life  interest. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


tuty  doorway  with  moulded  jambs  and  hood  mould, 
the  ornamental  head  of  which  is  dated  1695  and 
has  the  initials  of  Alexander  Butler  and  Elizabeth 
(Parker)  his  wife.  The  door,  which  is  the  original 
one,  with  ornamental  iron  hinges  and  ring  handle,  is 
panelled  and  profusely  studded  with  nails. 

The  whole  of  the  land  in  this  township  except  the 
glebe  has  long  belonged  to  the  Butlers,  so  that  there 
is  little  or  nothing  to  record  of  minor  families.30  At 
one  time  Leicester  Abbey  owned  the  pasture  called 
Bolon-wray  mentioned  above.31  Robert  White  of 
Garstang  compounded  in  1631  for  declining  knight- 
hood.32 In  the  Civil  War  he  took  the  king's  side  ; 
his  lands  in  Garstang,  Kirkland  and  Catterall  were 
declared  forfeit,33  and  were  purchased  by  John  White 
his  son.34  It  is  noteworthy  that  '  burgages '  are 
mentioned  in  the  White  possessions  in  Kirkland  and 
the  neighbourhood. 

The  history  of  the  parish  church  has  already  been 
given.  There  is  no  other  place  of  worship  in  the 
township. 

The  school  was  formerly  considered  a  grammar 
school.  It  was  founded,  according  to  Bishop 
Gastrell,  by  the  representatives  of  Walter  Rigmaiden 
of  Wedacre  in  1602,  and  certainly  existed  in  1624, 
when  an  inquiry  was  made  as  to  its  funds.35  The 
Butlers  of  Kirkland  gave  £100  for  endowment,  and 
this  was  augmented  later.36 

BARNACRE    WITH    BONDS 

Bernaker,  1450.  Byrewath,  1292;  Byrewayth, 
1357.  Grenolf,  1347.  Howath,  1274;  Hawath, 
1276.  Lingarth,  1276.  Wedacre,  Wedaker,  1276  ; 
Wodacre,  1292. 

Bonds  lies  in  the  south-west  of  the  township, 
occupying  960  acres  out  of  the  total  area  of  4,494^.* 
The  name  is  applied  especially  to  the  hamlet  by  the 
bridge  over  the  Wyre,  carrying  the  high  road  from 
Preston  to  the  north  into  the  adjacent  town  of 
Garstang.  The  surface  is  in  general  level,  but  there 
is  a  small  hill  in  the  south,  round  which  are  Dimples 
to  the  east,  Bowgrave  and  Howath  south-east  and 
Byrewath  or  Byerworth  west.  In  the  north  end  of 
Bonds  are  the  remains  of  Greenhalgh  Castle  and  the 
farm  or  hamlet  of  Lingart. 

Barnacre,  the  main  portion  of  the  township, 
occupies  higher  ground  to  the  north  and  east,  over 
600  ft.  above  sea  level  being  attained,  but  the  surface 
falls  away  somewhat  at  the  eastern  and  northern 


boundaries,  formed  respectively  by  the  Calder  and 
Grizedale  Brook.  In  the  north-west  corner,  on  level 
ground  beside  the  Wyre,  is  Woodscre,  formerly 
Wedacre  ;  towards  the  eastern  border  are  Eidsforth 
and  Kelbrick,  and  in  the  south-east  arc  Sullam  Side 
and  Stirzacre.  On  the  high  land  at  the  north  end 
are  reservoirs  of  the  Fylde  Waterworks. 

A  detached  part  of  Catterall  was  added  to  this 
township  in  1887;  at  the  same  time  a  detached 
portion  of  Barnacre  called  the  Banks  was  added  to 
Cabus.2  The  population  of  the  township,  including 
Bowgrave  and  Calder  Vale,  was  1,117  'in  1901- 

The  principal  road  is  that  already  mentioned  from 
Preston  northwards  ;  from  it  another  branches  off 
east  and  then  north  over  the  hilly  portion  of  the 
township.  The  London  and  North-Western  Com- 
pany's main  line  to  Scotland  runs  north  through 
the  western  side,  having  a  station  named  Garstang 
and  Catterall  nearly  two  miles  by  road  from  the  town 
of  Garstang.  From  the  station  a  single-line  railway 
branches  off  westward  to  Pilling  and  Knott  End.  The 
Preston  and  Lancaster  Canal  winds  through  Bonds  and 
crosses  the  Wyre  into  Garstang  by  an  aqueduct. 

The  Garstang  Union  Workhouse,  built  in  1876, 
is  in  Bonds. 

The  soil  is  clay  ;  wheat  is  grown,  but  most  of 
the  land  is  in  pasture.  There  was  formerly  a  paper- 
mill  on  the  Calder. 

The  enlarged  township  is  governed  by  a  parish 
council. 

The  Thirlmere  water  supply  is  conveyed  through 
the  township  towards  Manchester. 

A  square  masonry  well  near  Woodacre  Hall  is 
known  as  the  Spa  Well,  and  is  believed  to  have 
healing  qualities.3 

The  base  stone  of  an  ancient  cross  remains  at 
Stirzacre,  and  the  sites  of  four  others  are  known.4 

Though  in  some  late  documents  a 
MANORS  manor  of  B4RNJCRE  is  named,5  the 
place  was  formerly  no  more  than  a 
hamlet  in  the  manor  of  Garstang  or  Nether  Wyres- 
dale.G  There  were  within  it  a  number  of  smaller 
estates  or  manors  which  call  foi  notice. 

The  principal  of  these  is  Woodacre  or  WEDACRE, 
once  the  residence  of  the  Rigmaiden  family.  They 
were  for  three  centuries  lords  of  a  moiety  of  Nether 
Wyresdale,  and  this  moiety  was  spoken  of  as  the 
manor  of  Wedacre.  The  origin  of  their  title  having 
been  narrated  above,7  it  remains  to  give  an  account 
of  the  descent.  John  de  Rigmaiden  and  Isolda  his 


80  For  Crombleholme  of  the  Cross  see 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  259. 

31  See  previous  notes  and  Pat.  31 
Eliz.  Also  Exch.  Dep.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  5. 

The  chartulary  of  the  abbey  (MSS. 
Laud.  H  72,  fol.  46)  records  a  demise  by 
the  canons  in  1327  to  John  le  Taylor, 
Margaret  his  wife  and  William  their 
eldest  son,  at  a  rent  of  4*. 

M  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 

i,  222. 

88  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  44  ; 
Robert  White,  described  as  '  of  Kirkland,' 
was  dead  in  1652. 

84  Cal.     Com.    for     Comp.     iv,     2506. 
Robert  White  was  recusant  and  delinquent, 
but  John  'had   been  in   service   for   the 
Parliament  and  ever  well  affected.' 

85  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  410-1 1. 
The  free  school  was  to  have  been  erected 


in  ths  churchyard,  but  according  to  Gas- 
trell was  built  on  a  piece  of  the  waste 
granted  by  the  lord  of  the  manor. 

Thomas  Richardson  of  Myerscough 
died  in  1637,  leaving  his  lands,  in  the 
case  of  failure  of  issue  in  the  heirs  named, 
to  trustees  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
schoolmaster  at  the  school  of  Garstang  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxviii,  no.  76. 

In  1689  a  master  was  nominated  by 
Dame  Elizabeth  Gerard  as  guardian  of  the 
heiress  of  the  manor-house  of  Wedacre  ; 
Garstang  Ch.  Papers  at  Chester  Dioc. 
Reg. 

36  End.  Char.  Rep.  1899. 

1  4,969  acres,  including  96  of  inland 
water  ;  Census  Rep.  1901. 

3  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  20097.  At 
the  same  time  some  adjustments  were 
made  in  the  boundary  between  this  town- 
ship and  Garstang. 

315 


3  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches, 
487. 

*  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antij.  Soc.  xx,  200-1, 
207  ;  the  sites  are  Brunahill,  Grizedale, 
Ringing  Hill  and  Whittingham's. 

5  In  1776  in  a  recovery  of  the  Earl  of 
Derby's    estate  in    the   district ;    Pal.   of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  623,  m.  la. 

6  William  Banastre    of  Bretherton   in 
i  362  granted  to  Adam  de  Meols  of  North 
Meols  all  his  lands  in  the  hamlet  of  Barn- 
acie  in  the  vill  of  Garstang;   Towneley 
MS.  OO,  no.  1570. 

This  may  have  been  the  oxgang  of  land 
in  Garstang  settled  on  Richard  Banastre 
of  Bretherton  in  1304,  with  remainders 
to  Isolda  daughter  of  Richard  Ulf  of 
Wyresdale,  &c.  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  204. 

7  See  the  account  of   Nether  Wyret- 
dale. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


wife,  the  first  in  possession,8  had  two  sons,  John  and 
Marmaduke.  John  son  of  John  de  Rigmaiden  in  1323 
settled  two  plough-lands,  &c.,  in  Wyresdale  and  Gar- 
stang  upon  his  son  Thomas  and  Joan  his  wife,  together 
with  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Wyresdale  and  rents 
in  various  townships.9  John  was  still  living  in  I33I,10 
but  Thomas  was  dead  in  1328,  and  his  widow  Joan 
afterwards  married  Robert  de  Culwen  ;  she  was  still 
living  in  I348.11  Thomas  left  an  infant  son  John,12 
who  married  Lettice,  afterwards  the  wife  of  Richard 
de  Molyneux  of  Great  Crosby.13  John  de  Rigmaiden 
died  in  1 3  5  5  13a  ;  his  heir  was  a  daughter  Joan,  who 
died  without  issue  in  or  before  I362.14 


Wedacre  was  then  claimed  by  Thomas  de  Rig- 
maiden,  son  of  Marmaduke  above  named.15  A  settle- 
ment was  made  by  him  of  this  moiety  of  the  manor 
of  Wyresdale  in  1366—71,  the  remainders  being  to 
John  the  son  of  Thomas,  who  was  to  marry  Margaret 
daughter  of  Robert  de  Hornby,  and  in  default  of 
issue  to  Richard,  William  and  Peter,  brothers  of 
John  ;  to  John  son  of  William  de  Bradkirk  and  Agnes 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  de  Rigmaiden.16  John 
de  Rigmaiden  afterwards  married  Elizabeth,17  and 
dying  at  Wedacre  in  I37918  before  his  father,  left 
by  her  a  son  and  heir  named  Thomas,  who  proved 
his  age  in  I397-19  Thomas  Rigmaiden  held  the 


8  These  have  been  frequently  named. 
Isolda  had  a  daughter  Nichola,    who  is 
described   as  her  heir,  and  who  married 
Roger  de   Brockholes  of  Claughton.     It 
does  not  appear  what  Isolda's  name  was 
or  her  estate,  and,  as  the  later  Rigmaidens 
descended   from  her,  she  must  have  been 
twice  married. 

John  de  Rigmaiden  and  Isolda  his  wife 
were  defendants  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  66.  In  1303  they  made  a  claim 
against  Hugh  de  Akovere  concerning 
waste;  De  Banco  R.  148,  m.  31.  They 
appear  again  in  1304;  Assize  R.  419, 
m.  9.  In  the  same  year  Gilbert  de 
Lindsay  complained  that  John  de  Rig- 
maiden,  John  his  son  and  Robert  de 
Pleasington  had  cut  trees  in  his  several 
woods,  viz.  Chapelfield  in  the  park  of 
Arkestanheved,  &c.  John  replied  that 
he  and  his  wife  held  a  wood  in  common 
with  Gilbert;  Coram  Rege  R.  176, 
m.  46  d. 

Robert  de  Leyburn  and  Isolda  his  wife 
in  1311  claimed  against  Ingram  de  Gynes 
and  Christiana  his  wife  certain  services 
demanded  for  a  tenement  in  Garstang  by 
Gilbert  de  Lindsay  and  Isolda  widow  of 
John  de  Rigmaiden;  De  Banco  R.  185, 
m.  57.  Ten  years  later  the  Abbot  of 
Leicester  demanded  common  of  pasture 
in  Garstang,  of  which  he  alleged  he  had 
been  disseised  by  Isolda  widow  of  John 
de  Rigmaiden  and  others ;  ibid.  238, 
m.  in  d. 

9  Final  Cone,  ii,  51,  55.      In  each  case 
one-third  was  said  to  be  held  of  the  king 
as  of  his  honour    of  Lancaster  and  the 
rest  of  the  lords  of  the  fee.    This  probably 
refers    to    the    subdivisions    of  the  Brus 
moiety,    John   then   holding    one    share 
immediately   and  the   rest   as    tenant    of 
Thweng  and  (probably)  Fauconberg.    See 
also  Cal.  Pat.  1321-4,  pp.  281,  284. 

10  He  was  defendant  to  claims  by  the 
Abbot  of  Leicester  in  1325  ;  De  Banco 
R.  257,  m.   123  d.,   I34d.      About  the 
same  time  Christiana  daughter  of  William 
de  Lindsay  and  widow  of  Ingram  de  Gynes 
claimed  a  messuage  in  Garstang  against 
him,  alleging  that  Isolda  de   Rigmaiden 
had  intruded  after  the  death  of  Christiana 
de    Howath  ;   ibid.   258,  m.  453.     John 
de  Rigmaiden,  Joan  his  wife  and  others 
were  in  1328  charged  with  an  assault  by 
Richard  son  of  Alan  de  Catterall  ;  ibid. 
273,  m.   45   d.       John     de    Rigmaiden, 
Joan  his   wife    and  John  and  Roger  his 
sons,  Thomas  son  of  Marmaduke  de  Rig- 
maiden,  Robert  de  Culwen  and  Joan  his 
wife,  William  de  Heaton  and  Anilla   his 
wife,   were   defendants   in    1330;   Assize 
R.    1400,   m.    235.      John  son   of  John 
de  Rigmaiden    the  elder   was   again   de- 
fendant   in    1331  ;    De    Banco    R.    287, 
m.  25. 

Joan  widow  of  John  de  Rigmaiden  was 


a  plaintiff  in  1334  respecting  her  dower 
in  forty-two  messuages,  mill,  &c.,  in 
Garstang  ;  ibid.  297,  m.  230  d.  ;  300, 
m.  204  d. 

11  In  1328  William  de  Thweng  claimed 
six  messuages,  lands,  the  fourth  part  of  a 
mill,  &c.,  in  Garstang,  against  John  de 
Hornby  and  Joan  widow  of  Thomas  son 
of  John   de  Rigmaiden  ;  also  four  mes- 
suages,    &c.,     against    Thomas    son    of 
Marmaduke    de    Rigmaiden,    &c.  ;    ibid. 
275,  m.  3  3  d. 

The  fine  of  1 323  concerning  the  moiety 
of  the  manor  was  adduced  in  1334,  when 
John  son  of  John  and  Thomas  de  Rig- 
maiden  both  being  dead,  Joan  the  widow 
(then  wife  of  Robert  de  Culwen)  claimed 
to  benefit ;  another  John  son  of  John 
de  Rigmaiden  was  one  of  the  defendants  ; 
Coram  Rege  R.  297,  m.  127.  Joan  was 
wife  of  Robert  de  Culwen  in  1331; 
De  Banco  R.  287,  m.  25.  She  was  again 
a  widow  in  1348  ;  ibid.  355,  m.  124  d. 

A  family  named  Croft  appears  in  Gar- 
stang about  this  time.  Isabel  (or  Isolda) 
widow  of  William  de  Croft  claimed 
warranty  from  Ingram  de  Gynes  and 
Christiana  his  wife  in  1291—2  ;  ibid. 
91,  m.  129  d.  ;  92,  m.  146  d.  William 
de  Thweng  in  1332  recovered  land  against 
John  son  of  William  de  Croft ;  ibid. 
292,  m.  537  d. 

12  John  son  of  Thomas  de  Rigmaiden 
appeared    in    some    of   the    pleadings    of 
1334;    ibid.    297,  m.   230  d.      He  was 
called  to  warrant  by  John  de  Lingart  in 
1336,    but    was    under  age;    ibid.    305, 
m.  339.     He  was  again  called  to  warrant 
in    1348  ;    ibid.    355,    m.   124  d.       In 
the    account    of    Nether    Wyresdale    it 
has  been  shown  that  he  held  a  moiety  of 
the    manor    in    1346.      In    1350-1    the 
Abbot  of  Cockersand  claimed  against  him 
60  acres  of  moor  and  pasture  in  virtue  of 
4  oxgangs    of  land    granted   by  William 
de  Lancaster  to  his  abbey  and  the  church 
of  St.  Helen  of  Garstang,  but  he  answered 
that  he  was  jointly  seised  with  John  de 
Coupland  ;  Assize  R.  1444,  m.  2  d.  ;  431, 
m.  I.      He  again  appears  in  1352,  being 
described  as  the  great-grandson  of  John 
de   Rigmaiden,   whose  wife  was   Isolda  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  i,  m.  5  d. 

13  Final  Cone,  ii,  181.     Lettice  widow 
of  John  de  Rigmaiden  died  in  1387  hold- 
ing in  dower  the  third  part  of  the  manor 
of   Wedacre    of    the    duke    in    chief  by 
knight's  service  and  lod.  a  year  for  castle 
ward.     The  heir  was  Thomas  son    and 
heir  of  John  de  Rigmaiden  (of  the  other 
line,  as  will  be  seen),  then  twelve  years 
old  and  in  ward  to  the  duke  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  26.     The  custody  of 
that  third  part  was  granted  to  Joan  widow 
of  Thomas  de  Rigmaiden   (he  was  grand- 
father of  this  heir)  at  a  rent  of  20  marks  ; 
ibid,  j  Def>,  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  526. 


18a  The  writ  of  diem  cl.  extr.  after  his 
death  was  issued  20  July  1355  ;  Dep. 
Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App.  334. 

14  Joan  was  in  possession  in  1355  as 
daughter  and  heir  of  John  de  Rigmaiden, 
she  and  John  de  Coupland  contributing 
to  the  aid  for  half  a  kmght's  fee  in 
Garstang  with  its  members  ;  Feud.  Aids, 
lii,  90. 

Ji  In  1362,  Joan  having  died  without 
issue,  Thomas  de  Rigmaiden  claimed  from 
the  Earl  of  Lancaster  (John  of  Gaunt)  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Wyresdale,  &c., 
in  accordance  with  the  fine  of  1323  ;  De 
Banco  R.  411,  m.  246  d. 

Thomas  ton  of  Marmaduke  son  of  (the 
first)  John  de  Rigmaiden  and  Isolda  was 
plaintiff  in  1372  respecting  a  further 
part  of  his  inheritance  ;  De  Banco  R.  444, 
m.  351  ;  447,  m.  322,  346  (where  the 
pedigree  is  set  out  fully).  Marmaduke 
was  living  in  1313  (Assize  R.  424,  m.  2), 
but  died  in  or  before  1321,  when  Isolda 
widow  of  John  de  Rigmaiden,  calling  him 
her  son,  acknowledged  the  receipt  of 
money  due  from  him  ;  Towneley  MS. 
C  8,  1 3  (Chet.  Lib.),  R.  46.  His  widow 
probably  was  the  Anilla  who  as  wife  of 
William  son  of  William  de  Heaton  is 
frequently  joined  in  the  pleadings  with 
Thomas  son  of  Marmaduke,  e.g.  De 
Banco  R.  257,  m.  134  d.  (1325).  In  1338 
Thomas  gave  William  and  Anilla  a  release 
of  all  actions  concerning  his  inheritance  in 
Garstang  and  Ellel  ;  Towneley,  op.  cit. 
R.  5 1.  Ten  years  later,  however,  Thomas 
son  of  Marmaduke  de  Rigmaiden  was 
plaintiff  against  William  de  Heaton  ;  De 
Banco  R.  356,  m.  369  d.  The  same 
Thomas  made  a  claim  against  John  son 
of  Thomas  de  Rigmaiden  (i.e.  of  the 
elder  line)  in  1352;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  2,  m.  i. 

16  Final  Cone,  ii,  181. 

In  1372  Thomas  de  Rigmaiden  claimed 
compensation  for  waste  from  Adam  the 
Calfherd  in  a  messuage  and  land  demised 
to  him  for  ten  years.  The  jury  found 
that  Adam  had  thrown  down  a  kitchen 
and  a  chamber  (each  worth  40 J.)  and  had 
cut  down  and  sold  four  ash  trees  worth 
10 d.  each,  but  acquitted  him  of  the  further 
charges  ;  De  Banco  R.  448,  m.  56d. 

The  writ  of  diem  cl.  extr.  after  the 
death  of  Thomas  de  Rigmaiden  was  issued 
on  i  Feb.  1383-4;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xxxii,  App.  356.  Dower  was  in  March 
assigned  to  his  widow  Joan  and  the  custody 
of  the  heir — his  grandson  Thomas  (son  of 
John  son  of  Thomas) — was  granted  to  her 
at  a  rent  of  £1 3  13*.  \d.  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  i,  12  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xxxii,  App.  357  ;  xl,  App.  522. 

17  On  this  marriage  his  father  granted 
them  lands  called  '  Yngtonthintill '  in  the 
vill  of  Garstang  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  i,  12. 

18  Ibid.  19  Ibid,  i,  67. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


moiety  of  Nether  Wyresdale  in  I43I,20  and  appears 
to  have  left  a  son  Nicholas,  in  possession  in  i-f-fS-21 

Nicholas  Rigmaiden  died  in  1478  holding  the 
manor  of  Wedacre  of  the  king  as  of  his  duchy  by 
fealty  and  a  rent  of  ^s.  6d.  ;  his  son  John  having 
died,  the  heir  was  John's  son  Nicholas  Rigmaiden, 
then  thirty  years  of  age.22  This  Nicholas  died  in 
or  before  I49623  ;  he  seems  to  have  married  Margaret, 
one  of  the  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  Robert  Lawrence 
of  Ashton  and  Carnforth,24  and  to  have  left  a  son 
John,25  whose  son  and  heir  Thomas  proved  his  age 
in  I5I4,26  and  died  in  1520,  leaving  a  son  John, 
only  five  years  old.27  John  Rigmaiden  died  in  1557 
holding  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Nether  Wyresdale 
of  the  king  and  queen  by  knight's  service  and  a  rent 
of  zs.  6J.  yearly.28 

The  heir  was  a  namesake,  grandson  of  the  above- 
named  Thomas's  brother  John,  and  thirty  years  of 
age.  He  recorded  a  pedigree  in  1567,^  and  in 
1585  was  discharged  from  his  office  of  master  forester 


of  Quernmore  and  Wyresdale  on  account  of  disorders 

there  and  destruction    of  the  deer.30     He   died  in 

1587  holding  the   moiety  of 

Nether  Wyresdale  as  before, 

and    leaving    a    son    Walter, 

thirty  years  of  age,31  who  was 

a  lunatic.32    He  died  between 

1598  33  and  1602,  and  in  the 

latter  year  his  representatives 

sold  his  estate  to  Sir  Thomas 

Gerard,34  who  had  inherited 

the   other   moiety  of  Nether 

Wyresdale. 

After  this  Wedacre  for  a 
time  ceased  to  be  a  seat  of 
the  lords  of  Wyresdale  and 

in  itself  became  the  residence  of  a  family  named 
Fyfe.35  John  Fyfe  raised  a  company  of  men  for  the 
Parliament  in  the  Civil  War,36  and  was  killed  at  the 
storming  of  Bolton  by  Prince  Rupert  in  i644.37  He 


RIGMAIDEN.  Argent 
three  stags7  heads  ca- 
boihed  sable. 


20  Feud.  Aids,  iii,  95  ;  he  held  a  moiety 
of  the  manor  of  Garstang  by  the  fourth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee.     The  writ  of  diem 
cl.  extr.  after  his  death  was  issued  18  Aug. 
1440  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxiii,  App.  39. 
He  was  found  to  hold  the  eighth  part  of 
the  manor  of  Garstang  by  knight's  service 
and  the  rent  of  i^d.  ;  Harl.  MS.  2085, 
fol.  446^.     There  may  be  some  confusion 
between     contemporaries    of    the    same 
name,  so  that  the  descent  outlined  in  the 
text  is  only  probable. 

21  In    1438   a  settlement  of  six  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in  Garstang  and   Cockerham 
was    made   by  Nicholas    Rigmaiden   and 
Eleanor  his  wife  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  103.    In 
1440  the  escheator  was  ordered  to  deliver 
to    Nicholas,  son   and    heir    of   Thomas 
Rigmaiden,  the  eighth  part  of  the  manor 
of  Garstang  which  Thomas  had   held  in 
fee,  as  also  other  lands,  &c.,  which  he 
had  held  conjointly  with  Alice  his  wife  5 
Dep.  Keeper's  Rep,  xxxiii,  App.  39. 

In  1445-6  Nicholas  Rigmaiden  was 
said  to  hold  in  Garstang  a  plough-land  and 
a  half  for  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  ;  the  relief  was  251.  which  the  escheator' 
had  received  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights' 
Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

M  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  106. 
The  zs.  6d,  was  for  castle  ward  (note  1 3). 
Some  other  Rigmaidens  occur  in  the 
pleadings  contemporary  with  Nicholas  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  3,  m.  I  3  (John)  ;  ' 
6,  m.  zb  (Thomas) ;  10,  m.  3  (John  and 
Gilbert  his  brother). 

In  1444  William  Rigmaiden, '  esquire,' 
claimed  an  account  of  their  receiverships 
against  Nicholas  Rigmaiden  of  Wedacre, 
'gentleman,'  and  Richard  son  of  Gilbert 
Barton  of  Barton ;  ibid.  6,  m.  7.  In 
the  recorded  pedigree  the  descent  is  traced 
through  a  William  who  was  a  younjer 
son  of  the  Thomas  who  died  in  1384; 
see  the  fine  of  1371. 

John  Rigmaiden,  '  esquire,'  occurs  in 
1462,  together  with  many  others  of  his 
family  and  neighbourhood,  charged  with 
assault ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton,  file  2 
Edw.  IV. 

23  Towneley  MS.  CC  (Chet.  Lib.),  no. 
641  ;  writ  of  diem  cl.  extr.  He  held  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Wyresdale  in 
Garstang  by  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  ;  Harl.  MS.  2085,  fol.  449. 

14  Margaret  Lawrence  married  a 
Rigmaiden,  but  his  Christian  name  is 
not  stated  in  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  163, 
m.  2O.  Margaret  Rigmaiden  died  in 


1516  holding  forty  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Garstang  of  the  inheritance  of  Thomas 
Rigmaiden,  being  parcel  of  the  manor  of 
Wedacre,  which  manor  was  held  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  by  the  fourth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  and  zs.  6J.  rent ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  73.  It  is 
here  stated  that  Margaret  was  mother  of 
John  father  of  Thomas,  but  her  hus- 
band's name  is  not  given. 

25  John  the  son  and  heir  of  Nicholas 
Rigmaiden  in  1489  was  married  or  con- 
tracted to  {Catherine  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Pennington  of  Muncaster  ;  Hist.  MSS. 
Com.  Rep.  x,  App.  228.  The  writ  of  diem 
cl.  extr.  after  John's  death  was  issued 
14  Feb.  1504-5  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl, 
App.  544.  The  wardship  and  marriage 
of  Thomas  son  and  heir  of  John 
Rigmaiden  were  soon  afterwards  granted 
to  John  Lawrence  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xl,  App.  544. 

46  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv, 
no.  52  ;  it  was  stated  that  Thomas  was 
born  at  Wedacre  10  June  1493. 

37  Ibid,  v,  no.  65.  His  will  is  recited, 
from  which  it  appears  that  he  had  an 
uncle  James,  brothers  John  and  Richard, 
a  sister  Katherine  and  daughters  Isabel, 
Margaret  and  Eleanor.  There  is  also 
recited  a  demise  by  the  feoffees  of  his 
father  John  (1503)  made  in  1506  in 
favour  of  Joan  wife  of  Thomas.  The 
manor  of  Wedacre  and  lands,  &c.,  in 
Barnacre,  Garstang  and  elsewhere  were 
stated  to  be  held  of  the  king  as  of  his 
duchy  by  the  moiety  of  a  knight's  fee. 
The  will  is  printed  by  Fishwick,  Garstang 
(Chet.  Soc.),  215.  The  custody  of  the 
manors  was  granted  to  John  Porte  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Misc.  Bks.  xxii,  57. 

As  mentioned  in  a  previous  note  there 
was  a  minor  Rigmaiden  family  in  the 
township.  In  1521  there  died  a  Nicholas 
Rigmaiden  holding  two  messuages,  land, 
&c.,  in  Barnacre  and  Wyresdale  of  the 
king  as  duke  by  the  twentieth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee.  He  left  a  son  and  heir 
John,  aged  six  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  v,  no.  37.  Again  John  (son  of 
John)  Rigmaiden  of  New  Hall  in  Barn- 
acre  was  about  1556  called  upon  to 
answer  John  Rigmaiden  (of  Wedacre)  re- 
specting his  title  to  Bradley  House,  &c.  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  217.  A  settlement  of 
New  Hall,  dovecote,  water-mill,  &c.,  in 
Barnacre  and  Winmarleigh  was  made  by 
John  Rigmaiden  in  1563  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  25,  m.  63. 

317 


28  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  n. 
The  estate  was  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
Nether  Wyresdale  in  Garstang,  with 
eighty  messuages,  three  water-mills,  half 
a  water-mill  at  Sandholme,  land,  &c. 

John  Rigmaiden  was  master  forester 
of  Wyresdale  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.), 
i,  303. 

49  Visit,  of  1567  (Chet.  Soc.),  54.  The 
descent  is  given  as  Thomas  (1520)  -bro. 
John  -s.  John  -s.  John  (1567). 

30  Duchy  of  Lane.  Special  Com.  381. 
John  Calvert  of  Cockerham  succeeded 
him.  Details  were  given  of  the  deer 
killed  in  the  forest  since  the  beginning 
of  the  queen's  reign. 

81  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no. 
87.  In  1573  he  had  made  a  settlement 
on  his  son  Walter  on  marrying  Anne 
daughter  of  Edward  Tyldesley.  Margaret 
North,  sister  •  of  John  Rigmaiden,  is 
named.  An  abstract  of  his  will  is  printed 
in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  218. 

He  was  one  of  those  summoned  in 
1568  to  be  made  an  example  of,  because 
of  his  known  opposition  to  Elizabeth's 
regulation  of  religion.  He  answered  that 
he  had  attended  his  parish  church  and 
heard  divine  service,  but  he  had  not  re- 
ceived the  communion  ;  he  had  enter- 
tained some  of  the  deprived  clergy,  but 
was  not  aware  he  was  offending  ;  Gibson, 
Lydiate  Hall,  206,  from  S.  P.  Dom.  Eliz. 
xxxvi,  no.  10.  He  was  soon  afterwards 
found  among  those  who  refused  to  attend 
church,  and  was  reported  to  have 
harboured  a  priest  named  'Little 
Richard  '  ;  ibid.  216,  226,  229,  231,  239, 
quoting  from  reports  in  the  State  Papers. 
In  1592  the  sheriff  was  called  upon  to 
account  for  £254  of  the  goods  of  John 
Rigmaiden  seized  for  his  recusancy ; 
Exch.  L.T.R.  Recusant  R.  34  Eliz. 

33  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv, 
no.  5.  The  inquiry  as  to  his  condition  was 
made  immediately  after  the  father's  death. 

Like  his  father  Walter  Rigmaiden  was 
a  recusant  and  fined  therefor  ;  his  fines 
were  not  excused  by  his  lunacy  ;  Misc. 
(Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  iv,  170. 

33  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  219. 

34  See  the  account  of  Nether  Wyresdale. 

35  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  220-2.    The  Fyfes 
held  by  lease,  as  appears  below. 

36  War  in  Lanes.  (Chet.  Soc.),  42. 

37  Ibid.  50. 

John  Fyfe  appears  to  have  left  some 
children  ;  Royalist  Camp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  iii,  304. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


was  succeeded  by  his  brother  William,38  a  physician, 
who  recorded  a  pedigree  in  1664— 5. 39  On  his  death 
in  1671  the  lord  of  the  manor  took  up  his  residence 
there.  It  was  sold  with  other  of  the  Duke  of  Hamil- 
ton's estates  in  1854,  an^  became  the  property  of 
William  Thompson  of  Underley  and  Kendal,  whose 
daughter  and  heir  Amelia  married  the  Earl  of  Bective, 
who  in  1870  after  her  death  became  Marquess  of 
Headfort  and  died  in  1 894.  Their  son  Thomas  Earl 
of  Bective  had  died  in  1893  and  his  daughter  Olivia 
wife  of  Lord  Henry  Cavendish  Bentinck  succeeded 
to  Wedacre,  Greenhalgh  and  other  estates.40  Wedacre 
and  the  Barnacre  estate,  together  with  Greenhalgh 
and  Lingart,  were  purchased  from  Lord  Bective's 
representatives  in  1899  by  the  late  Thomas  Henry 
Rushton.  On  his  death  in  1903  they  descended  to 
his  son,  the  present  owner,  Mr.  James  L.  Rushton 
of  Barnacre  Lodge.403 

Wedacre  occurs  as  a  surname.41  Of  the  other 
tenants  there  is  little  record.42  Stirzacre  is  partly  in 
Catterall.43  Sandholme,  Sullam  and  Eidsforth  are 
other  places  in  Barnacre  occasionally  mentioned. 

Bonds  does  not  appear  to  be  an  ancient  name,  but 
in  this  part  of  the  township  are  several  estates  once 
of  some  note.  HOWATH.  was  a  general  name  for 
the  southern  part,44  which,  like  much  of  Barnacre, 


was  regarded  as  pertaining  to  Catterall,45  but  the 
'  manor  of  Howath '  was  the  estate  of  the  Knights 
Hospitallers  there.  It  was  described  as  the  mansion 
of  St.  John  Baptist  upon  Howath  with  the  chapel 
and  lands,  and  about  1 200  was  given  to  the  order 
by  Robert  son  of  Bernard  lord  of  Catterall,  together 
with  other  lands.46  There  appears  to  have  been 
a  small  hospital  there.463  Roger  de  Wedacre  was  the 
tenant  in  1302,  when  the  prior  complained  that 
goods  seized  in  distraint  for  a  fine  imposed  at  the 
prior's  court  had  been  rescued  by  Robert  son  of 
Simon  de  Garstang.47  Afterwards  it  was  acquired 
by  Richard  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst  together  with 
S.idd,48  and  descended  with  his  estates  till  the  i8th 
century.49  The  chapel  of  St.  John  there  is  not  heard 
of  later.  The  Hoghtons  of  Hoghton  so  had  lands 
in  Howath  and  Catterall  held  of  the  Hospitallers 
by  zs.  6d.  rent.81  William  Baylton  died  in  1638 
holding  a  messuage,  &c.,  in  Catterall  and  Barnacre 
of  the  king  as  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem.52  His  son  William,  then  thirty  years  of 
age,  was  a  Royalist,  and  in  the  Commonwealth  period 
had  to  compound  for  his  lands.83 

Cockersand  Abbey  had  land  in  Howath S4  and 
BTREWATH™  which  latter  place  was  held  by 
Brockholes  of  Claughton.56 


38  William  Fyfe  of  Wedacre  in  165 1 
held  the  demesne  with  mill  and  kiln  by 
lease  from  Lord  Kilmorey.  Great 
damage  had  been  done  by  the  incursion 
of  the  Scots  in  1648.  'Old  Mrs.  Fyfe,' 
the  mother  of  Captain  John  Fyfe,  had 
paid  £200  a  year  under  the  lease,  the 
fines  and  perquisites  of  Wyresdale  Court 
being  included.  Mrs.  Fyfe,  '  a  staunch 
Parliamentarian,'  had  lost  two  sons  and  a 
son-in-law  in  the  service,  at  Bolton,  but 
had  been  put  out  by  Ewan  Wall,  clerk  to 
the  Sequestration  Committee  at  Preston  ; 
ibid,  i,  162—5  5  £"'•  Com.  for  Comp.  ii, 
1284. 

39Dugdale,  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  114. 
See  also  the  account  of  Hackinsall 
and  Preesall.  There  is  an  anecdote  of 
Dr.  Fyfe  in  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  220 ; 
Lanes.  And  Ches.Antiq.  Notes,  i,  63. 

48  Hewitson,  Northward,  68.  The 
Countess  of  Bective,  mother  of  the 
heiress,  used  to  live  at  Barnacre. 

*°a  Information  of  Mr.  Rushton. 

41  Roger  de  Wedacre  has  been  named 
in  preceding  notes.  In  1276  he  claimed 
two  messuages,  land,  Sec.,  against  William 
de  Lindsay;  De  Banco  R.  14,  m.  50  d. 
He  also  occurs  in  1292  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  4d.  38. 

Robert  de  Wedacre  was  plaintiff  in 
1246  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  lod.  William 
de  Wedacre  was  plaintiff  in  1276  ;  De 
Banco  R.  15,  m.  45  ;  17,  m.  tlltL 

For  an  early  pedigree  see  De  Banco  R. 
321,  m.  294.  See  also  notes  47,  &c., 
below. 

4a  John  Hudson  of  Barnacre,  a  'delin- 
quent' who  had  been  'in  arms  against 
the  Parliament,'  compounded  for  his 
leasehold  tenement  in  1649  ;  Royalist 
Comp.  Papers,  iii,  306. 

48  See  the  account  of  Catterall. 

44  '  Howath    bridge    over    the    Wyre ' 
shows   that    Howath   extended    over    all 
Bonds,  though  the  name  is  now  applied 
to  the  south-east   corner.     Halecath  or 
Holcath   seems   to   have  embraced    both 
Howath  and  Stirzacre  ;    Lanes.   Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,  3. 

45  Stirzacre    in    Catterall    has    already 
occurred. 


46  Dods.  MS5.  liii,  fol.  93^5   Dujdale, 
Man.  vi,  806  ;  Kuerden  MSS.  v,  fol.  82. 
The    bounds    began    at    the    bridge     of 
Howath,  followed  the  Wyre  as  far  as  the 
bridge  over  the  Wyre  towards  St.  Helen's, 
and    so   to    the    dyke    near   the   donor's 
house   in   Catterall  ;  thence   to  the  road 
from  Preston,  crossing  it  and  going  along 
the  road  towards  Slireshagh  as  far  as  land 
formerly  Sparling's,    and    thence   to    the 
Wyre. 

Howath  is  named  in  the  list  of  Hos- 
pitallers' lands  in  1292  ;  Plac.  de  Quo 
Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 

46a  Lands  situated  by  the  Brock,  be- 
tween Hecham  and  Duuenshaw,  were 
granted  to  St.  John  and  the  hospital  of 
Howath  by  Matthew  son  of  Adam  5 
Add.  MS.  32107,  no.  2998. 

The  brethren  of  St.  John  the  Baptist 
of  Howath,  with  the  consent  and  advice 
of  the  brethren  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem, 
made  a  gift  to  Hawise  wife  of  Robert  son 
of  Bernard  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  89^. 

47  De  Banco  R.  143,  m.  176.     Hugh 
de  Wedacre  and  William  his  brother  had 
been  tenants  in  1274-6  ;  De  Banco  R.  6, 
m.  8  ;  13,  m.  17. 

48  See  the  account  of  Stidd  in  Dutton. 
A  rental  of  1613  shows  that  a  court  was 
held  and  that   the   Hospitallers'  lands  in 
Claughton,  Bilsborrow  and  other  adjacent 
townships   were   subject  to  it ;  Kuerden 
MSS.  ii,  fol.  132. 

49  Howath    occurs   in    Richard    Shire- 
burne's  lands  in   1628  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  4  ;  also   among  the 
Duchess  of  Norfolk's  possessions  in  1737  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  544,  m.  13. 

80  Richard  de  Wedacre  about  1280 
granted  to  Adam  son  of  Sir  Ad^m  de 
Hojhton  and  his  heirs  all  his  Ian  1  in 
Howath  in  Catterall  inherited  from  his 
father  ;  a  rent  of  35.  was  to  be  paid  to 
the  Hospital  of  Jerusalem  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlii,  fol.  6 1,  no.  54.  Richard  son  of 
Adam  de  Hoghton  gave  all  his  land  in 
Howath,  with  part  of  the  mill,  to  Richard 
de  Bury  and  William  his  brother,  for  the 
donor's  life  ;  the  remainder  was  to  his 
son  Richard  de  Hoghton  ;  in  default  to 
Edmund,  Richard  and  Adam,  sons  of 

318 


William    son    of  Adam    de    Graystock  ; 
ibid.  fol.  68A. 

In  1351-2  Adam  de  Hoghton  obtained 
releases  from  William  brother  of  Richard 
de  Bury  and  from  Edmund  son  of  William 
de  Graystock  ;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  725, 
fol.  286,  319/1. 

51  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  146, 
127.     The  same   estate    occurs  in   later 
Hoghton  inquisitions.      In   1559  it  was 
said  to  be  held   of  the   queen  as  of  her 
duchy  in  socage  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.   Inq. 
p.m.  xi,  no.  2. 

52  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.), 
54.       He   had   compounded    for  refusing 
knighthood   in    1631  ;    Misc.   (Rec.   Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  222. 

53  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  i,  1 5 5-7.     His 
'  delinquency '  was  that  he  had  refused  to 
take  the  covenant,  he  living  within  a  mile 
of  Greenhalgh  Castle,   then   one   of  the 
king's  garrisons.    He  took  it  in  May  1646. 

The  same  or  a  later  William  Baylton 
was  a  benefactor. 

54  Adam  de  Wedacre  gave  the   canons 
half  an  acre  in  Howath  on  the  field  called 
the   Lawe,  the   south   head   abutting   on 
the  great  moor  of  Catterall,  with  ease- 
ments of  the  vill  of  Catterall ;  Cockersand 
Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  276,  286. 

55  Byrewath  was  held,  in  part  at  least, 
of  the  church  of  Garstang,  and  Henry  de 
Casterton   (son   of   Gilbert)    released   all 
right  in  it  to  Cockersand  ;  ibid,  i,  277. 

46  Robert  de  Byrewath  released  to 
Roger  de  Brockholes  and  Christiana  his 
wife  certain  land,  probably  in  Byrewath  ; 
Add.  MS.  32105,  fol.  8£;  32io6,no.  1105. 

In  1268  Adam  de  Brockholes  held  the 
Cockersand  parcel,  paying  35.  6d.  a  year 
and  half  a  mark  at  death  ;  Chartul.  loc.  cit. 
In  1290  Adam  was  stated  to  have  held 
an  oxgang  of  land  in  Byrewath  in  Gar- 
stang of  Walter  de  Londe  by  I2</.  yearly  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  274. 

This  estate  descended  in  the  line  of 
Brockholes  of  Claughton,  and  Roger  de 
Brockholes  was  in  1 347  found  to  hold  an 
oxgang  of  land  in  Byrewath  of  the  king 
(in  right  of  William  de  Coucy)  as  of  the 
manor  of  Wyresdale,  by  knight's  service  ; 
Inq.  p.m.  20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.),  no.  63. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


GREENHALGH,  2  oxgangs  of  land,  was  in  1347 
held  of  the  lord  of  Wyresdale  by  William  Banastre 
by  knight's  service.57  This  land  afterwards  came 
into  the  possession  of  the  first  Earl  of  Derby,  who 
in  1 490  obtained  the  king's  licence  to  fortify  his 
manor-house  there  and  to  inclose  a  park.58  Camden 
states  that  the  earl  was  '  in  fear  of  certain  outlawed 
gentlemen  of  this  shire,  whose  possessions  King 
Henry  VII  had  freely  given  unto  him  ;  for  many 
an  assault  they  gave  him  and  other  whiles  in  hostile 
manner  made  inroads  into  his  lands,  until  the  moderate 
carriage  of  the  good  and  worthy  man,  and  process  of 
time,  pacified  these  quarrels.' 69  The  castle  then 
erected  became  famous  in  the  Civil  War,  as  already 
stated,  and  after  being  destroyed  the  ruin  remained 
in  the  hands  of  the  earls  till  about  i865,60  when  it 
was  sold  to  Lord  Ken lis,  afterwards  (1870)  Earl  of 
Bective.61  As  above  stated,  it  is  now  the  property 
of  Mr.  Rushton. 

The  ruins  of  the  castle 68  stand  on  a  slight  emi- 
nence half  a  mile  or  more  to  the  east  of  Garstang, 
and  consist  of  the  remains  of  a  single  tower  24  ft. 
square  externally,  constructed  of  rubble  sandstone 
masonry,  with  angle  quoins,  the  walls  of  which  are 
5  ft.  thick.  Whitaker,  writing  about  1822,  states 
that  the  building  had  been  '  a  rectangle  nearly 
approaching  a  square,  with  a  tower  at  each  angle 
standing  diagonally  to  each  adjoining  wall.  The 
interval  between  the  two  towers  was  14  yds.  on  one 
side  and  1 6  yds.  on  the  other.'  a  The  elevation  on 
which  the  castle  stands  is  said  to  have  been  originally 
surrounded  by  a  marshy  swamp,  the  only  natural 
connexion  with  firm  land  being  on  the  north-east 
side,  but  the  wet  land  has  long  been  drained.64  It 
would,  however,  add  to  the  defensive  position  of  the 
building,  and  was  probably  a  contributing  factor  to 
the  choice  of  site,  helping,  in  addition,  to  supply 


the  moat,  traces  of  which  are  still  visible.  Apparently 
nothing  has  been  done  to  preserve  the  castle  since 
the  siege  of  1645,  the  action  of  time  and  weather, 
supplemented  by  the  local  practice  of  using  the  ruins 
as  a  stone  quarry,  having  reduced  it  to  its  present 
condition. 

The  portion  still  standing  is  one  of  the  western 
towers,  the  highest  part  of  the  walling  of  which,  on 
the  north-east  and  north-west  sides,  is  about  25  ft. 
to  30  ft.  in  height.  It  shows  internally  marks  of  a 
wooden  floor  10  ft.  above  the  ground,  and  there  was 
probably  another  floor  above  this  ;  but  the  upper 
part  of  the  walls  is  entirely  gone  and  the  building  is 
open  on  the  south  side,  the  walls  being  only  about 
5  ft.  above  the  ground.  In  the  east  angle  is  a 
passage-way  3  ft.  6  in.  wide,  which  formerly  led  to 
the  main  building,  and  opposite  in  the  west  wall  are 
three  embrasures,  one  in  the  centre  and  one  set 
diagonally  at  each  angle,  that  on  the  west  facing 
directly  towards  Garstang  and  commanding  the  bridge 
or  ford  across  the  Wyre.  The  interior  of  the  tower, 
which  measures  14  ft.  6  in.  by  14  ft.,  is  now  strewn 
over  with  broken  masonry,  large  portions  of  walling 
having  fallen  within  the  last  forty  years,65"6  and  the 
lower  parts  of  the  external  angles  and  masonry 
bordering  the  window  openings  are  broken  away. 
On  the  north-east  side  are  garderobes,  and  in  the 
portion  of  the  south-west  wall  which  still  remains 
part  of  an  embrasure  like  that  on  the  north-west. 
The  top  of  the  knoll  occupied  by  the  ruins  forms  a 
square  of  about  35  yds.,  the  excavation  of  which 
would  probably  disclose  the  foundations  of  the 
castle. 

The  Pleasington  family  or  families  frequently  occur 
in  the  parish.67  One  of  them  was  in  the  i6th  and 
1 7th  centuries  seated  at  DIMPLES,68  and  recorded 
a  pedigree  in  i6l3-69  They  were  recusants  and 


In  1496  Roger  Brockholes  died  holding 
messuages  and  land  in  Garstang  of  the 
king  as  of  his  duchy  by  knight's  service  ; 
and  Byrewath,  part  at  least  of  this  tene- 
ment, was  in  the  occupation  of  Robert 
Ambrose  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii, 
no.  73,  77.  The  place  was  leased  to 
Thurstan  Tyldesley  in  1541  ;  Add.  MS. 
32105,  fol.  208/1. 

Walter  dc  Byrewath  in  1292  claimed  a 
tenement  in  Garstang  against  John  de 
Rigmaiden,  but  was  nan-suited  ;  Assize 
R.  408,  m.  37  d. 

Particulars  as  to  the  later  descent  of 
Byrewath  will  be  found  in  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  235-6.  The  capital  messuage  called 
Byrewath  was  in  1582  demised  by  Sir 
Gilbert  Gerard  to  Edward  Horsfall  and 
Ellen  his  wife  for  forty  years  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  G  49.  Byre- 
wath was  sold  in  1784  by  William  Fitz- 
herbert  Brockholes  to  the  Jackson  family  ; 
Mr.  Jonathan  Jackson  of  Brooklands, 
Garstang,  was  the  owner  in  1879.  He 
also  had  Dimples,  Howath  and  Stirzacre, 
but  these  (except  Dimples  House)  were 
sold  in  1902  and  later  ;  information  of 
Mr.  F.  Jackson. 

57  Inq.  p.m.  20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.), 
no.  63. 

»  Towneley  MS.  CC  (Chet.  Lib.), 
no.  580 ;  free  warren  was  allowed. 
Nothing  is  known  of  an  earlier  castle  in 
the  neighbourhood,  but  in  1343  a  robbery 
was  reported  at  Castelhow  near  Garstang  ; 
Assize  R.  430,  m.  14. 

The  Derby  rental  of  1522  records 
761.  8</.  as  received  from  various  tenants 


of  land  in  Greenhalgh,  Barnacre  and 
Ellel,  'which  lately  belonged  to  Nicholas 
Rigmaiden.'  The  same  rental  shows  405. 
received  from  Howath,  but  claimed  by  the 
farmer  as  his  fee  as  parker  of  Greenhalgh. 
In  1556  the  Earl  of  Derby  granted  to 
Sir  Richard  Shireburne  the  custody  of 
Greenhalgh  Castle  and  park,  profits,  &c., 
as  Thurstan  Tyldesley  had  held  the  same  ; 
Shireburne  Abstract  Bk.  at  Leagram. 

59  Brit.  (ed.  Gibson),  753. 

60  The  castle  is    named  in   fines    and 
recoveries  of  the  Derby  estates  down  to 
1776  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  623,  m.  la. 

It  was  probably  confiscated  under  the 
Commonwealth,  being  in  1656  in  posses- 
sion of  Gilbert  Mabbott  and  Martha  his 
wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  158, 
m.  51.  Mabbott  purchased  several  parts 
of  the  estates  of  James  Earl  of  Derby  in 
the  neighbourhood  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers, 
ii,  237-8.  The  castle  had  been  regained 
by  the  Earl  of  Derby  in  1667  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  179,  m.  28  (William 
Fyfe  v.  Charles  Earl  of  Derby  and  Dorothy 
Helen  his  wife). 

61  Hewitson,  North-ward,  55. 

68  The  site  is  described  in  F.C.H.  Lanes. 
ii,  550. 

63  Richmondshire,    ii,    456,    where    an 
illustration  is  given. 

64  Palatine  Note-bk.  iv,  130. 

K-6  Mr.  A.  Hewitson,  op.  cit.  55, 
describes  the  state  of  the  castle  as  he 
found  it  on  three  successive  \isits,  in 
1871,  1898  and  1900.  Nearly  the  whole 
of  the  south-eastern  side  of  the  tower 
and  about  two-thirds  of  the  wall  on  ih» 

319 


south-western   side   disappeared    between 
1871  and  1898. 

67  See  the  accounts  of  Nateby,  &c.  ; 
Final  Cone,  ii,  no;  iii,  29.  John  de 
Pleasington  had  a  tenement  in  Garstang 
in  1354;  Def>.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii,  App. 
332.  John  son  of  Richard  son  of  Robert 
de  Pleasington  was  a  minor  in  1355  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  5,  m.  27. 

88  An  account  of  the  family,  with 
pedigree,  will  be  found  in  Fishwick,  op. 
cit.  230—3.  William  Pleasington  of 
Dimples  was  living  in  1475  ;  Dunken- 
halgh  D.  The  Pleasingtons  named  in 
the  will  of  Thomas  Rigmaiden  (1521) 
are  supposed  to  have  been  of  Dimples  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  215-16. 

Robert  son  of  William  Pleasington 
inherited  Dimples  from  his  father  and 
was  in  possession  before  1592  ;  ibid.  231. 
Robert  was  a  freeholder  in  1600  ;  Misc. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),i,  232.  Two- 
thirds  of  his  estate  was  sequestered  for 
recusancy  in  1607  ;  Cal.  5.  P.  Dom. 
1603-10,  p.  383.  He  was  living  in 
1613  (pedigree),  when  his  son  William 
was  thirty-eight  years  old.  William 
Pleasington  died  in  1621  holding  the 
capital  messuage  called  Dimples  in  the 
manor  of  Nether  Wyresdale  and  town- 
ship of  Garstang  of  Gilbert  Lord  Gerard 
by  the  hundredth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 
He  had  lands  in  Catterall,  Eccleston, 
Goosnargh  and  Whittingham.  The  heir 
was  his  son  Robert,  twenty-two  years  of 
age  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  240. 

69  visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  75. 


A   HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


Royalists,70  and  in  1716  the  estate  was  forfeited, 
John  Pleasington  being  convicted  of  high  treason.71 
His  uncle  John  Pleasington  was  a  priest,  residing 
chiefly  at  Puddington  Hall  in  Cheshire.  In  the 
excitement  created  by  the  Gates  Plot  private  malice 
caused  him  to  be  denounced  and  arrested.  It  was 
difficult  to  procure  evidence  against  him,  but  three 
former  members  of  his  flock  who  had  become  Pro- 
testants swore  to  his  having  said  mass  and  otherwise 
exercised  his  office.  He  was  thereupon  condemned  and 
executed  at  Chester  19  July  1679.™  The  cause  of 
his  beatification  was  allowed  to  be  introduced  at 
Rome  in  i886.73 

LINGART,  Lingard,  or  Lingarth  is  another  estate 
of  which  some  particulars  are  on  record.  It  belonged 
in  part  to  the  abbey  of  Cockersand,74  and  gave  a  surname 
to  the  family  holding  it.75  A  branch  of  the  Faring- 
tons  succeeded76  ;  a  pedigree  was  recorded  in  1567." 

Few  other  references  to  the  township  occur.78  An 
inclosure  award  was  made  in  ijjz.73 

In  1689  the  Presbyterians  had  a  licensed  meeting- 
place  in  Barnacre  and  the  Quakers  one  in  Wedacre.'0 
These  do  not  seem  to  have  resulted  in  permanent 
buildings.  In  1828,  however,  a  meeting-house  for 
the  Society  of  Friends  was  built  in  Bonds,  near 
Calder  Bridge,  and  it  continues  to  be  used.81 

The  Roman  Catholic  church  of  St.  Mary  and 
St.  Michael  was  built  in  1 8  5  8  in  Bonds,  near  Garstang 
Bridge,  to  replace  the  older  chapel  in  Garstang.88 

CATTERALL 

Catrehala,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Catrehal,  1272;  Kater- 
halle,  1277  ;  Caterhale,  Caterale,  1292. 


Catterall  lies  along  the  southern  bank  of  the  Calder 
and  the  Wyre,  with  Rohall  at  the  extreme  west  ;  it 
has  a  detached  portion,1  in  which  is  Landskill,  some 
distance  to  the  north-east.  This  detached  part  lies 
upon  the  slope  of  Bleasdale  Fell,  and  a  height  of 
745  ft.  above  sea  level  is  reached  on  the  east  ;  but 
the  main  portion  of  the  township  is  low-lying  and 
comparatively  level,  though  the  surface  rises  a  little 
from  west  to  east.  The  area  is  1,741^  acres,2  and  in 
1901  the  population  was  317. 

The  principal  road,  on  which  the  village  is  situated, 
is  that  from  Preston  to  Garstang  and  the  north.  The 
London  and  North-Western  main  line  crosses  the 
eastern  end,  as  does  the  canal  from  Preston  to 
Lancaster. 

The  detached  portion  above  named  was  in  1887 
added  to  Barnacre  with  Bonds.3  In  it  is  the  hamlet 
known  as  Calder  Vale,  founded  in  1835  by  Richard 
and  Jonathan  Jackson,  who  built  a  cotton-mill  by  the 
river  and  added  houses  for  the  workpeople.4 

In  the  main  part  of  the  township  a  little  wheat 
and  oats  are  grown,  but  the  land  is  mostly  in  pasture. 
The  soil  is  heavy,  with  clay  subsoil.  A  century  ago 
there  were  large  cotton-printing  works  at  Calder 
Bridge,  but  they  were  given  up  in  i83O.5 

A  parish  council  governs  the  township. 

Earl  Tostig  held  CATTERALL  in 
MANORS  1 066  as  part  of  the  lordship  of  Preston  ;  it 
was  assessed  as  two  plough-lands.6  After- 
wards it  was  included  in  the  Garstang  or  Nether 
Wyresdale  fee  held  by  the  Lancaster  family  and  their 
successors.7  William  de  Lancaster  II  gave  two 
plough-lands  in  Halecath  and  Catterall  to  Bernard 
son  of  Eilsi,  and  in  1212  Richard  son  of  Swain  (de 


70  Robert    Pleasington's    estate    calle.l 
Dimples  Farm  was  confiscated  and  sold 
by    the    Parliament    in   1652  ;    Index   of 
Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  43.     Ralph  Long- 
worth  had   purchased  it  in   1653  ;    Cal. 
Com.  for    Comp.    iv,   3 1 34.     In   the   fol- 
lowing year  Robert  Pleasington,  who  is 
described  as  '  of  Kirkland  in  Garstang,' 
desired  to  contract  on  the  recusants' Act  for 
two-thirds  of  his  sequestered  estate  ;  ibid. 

71  Fish  wick,    op.  cit.    232,  where  the 
subsequent    history    of   Dimples  is  thus 
traced  :    1719,  William    Greenhalgh    of 
Myerscough  ;    1736,  by  will  to  Edward 
Styth  of  Great  Eccleston,  who  took  the 
name  of  Greenhnlgh    and    d.    1769    -a. 
James,   d.  1799  — s.  Edward,  who  sold  to 
Henry  Fielding— s.  Henry  Barrow  Fielding 
in  1852  sold  to  Jonathan  Jackson,  one  of 
the   founders  of  the    Quakers'    meeting- 
house near  Dimples.     It  remains  in  his 
family  (see  note  56). 

72  Challoner,  Missionary  Priests,  no.  201. 
He  was  '  indicted    of  high    treason    for 
having    taken    orders   in  the  Church    of 
Rome    and    remaining   in  this    kingdom 
contrary  to  the  statute  of  27  Elizabeth.' 
His  last  speech  is  given. 

73  Pollen,  Acts  of  Martyrs,  382. 

74  Walter  de  Fauconberg  (about  1280) 
granted    to     the    abbey    the    service    of 
Walter  de  Lingart  for  his  whole  tenement 
in  Garstang,  his  rent  being  half  a  mark  ; 
Cockersand  Chartul.  i,  60.      The  rent  of 
6s.  8</.  was  in   1451   paid  by  the  heir  of 
John     Lingart    and    in   1501    by   Henry 
Farington  ;  ibid,  iii,  1272,  &c. 

75  Walter    de    Lingart    was    living    in 
1276  ;  De  Banco  R.  15,  m.  41.     John 
son  of  John  de  Lingart  made  complaint 
of   waste    by  Ellen    widow    of   John    de 


Lingart  in  1306  ;  ibid.  1 60,  m.  289. 
Probably  the  same  John,  a  minor,  made  a 
release  to  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand  in 
1313;  Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  G  4.  William 
de  Thweng  in  1332  claimed  land  in 
Garstang  against  John  de  Lingart,  Isolda 
his  wife  and  others  ;  De  Banco  R.  290, 
m.  273  d. 

In  1347  John  de  Lingart  held  2  ox- 
gangs  of  land  of  the  lord  of  Nether  Wyres- 
dale (the  Coucy  moiety)  by  knight's  ser- 
vice ;  Inq.  p.m.  20  Edw.  Ill  (2nd  nos.), 
no.  63. 

The  feoffees  in  1356  gave  a  messuage, 
&c.,  in  Garstang  to  Robert  son  of  John 
de  Lingart  and  Christiana  his  wife  ; 
Kuerden,  loc.  cit.  Five  years  later  the 
same  Robert  granted  a  messuage  to 
Richard  his  brother  and  Roger  de  Cocker- 
ham  ;  ibid.  John  son  of  Robert  de 
Lingart  and  Ellen  his  wife  made  a  feoff- 
ment  in  1416  ;  ibid.  Edmund  son  of 
John  Lingart  in  1421  became  bound  to 
the  Abbot  of  Cockersand  ;  ibid.  In  the 
same  year  John  son  of  Robert  de  Lingart 
made  a  feoffment  of  his  estate  in  Gar- 
stang and  Little  Eccleston  ;  Brockholes  D. 

76  Alice  (or  Cecily)  wife  of  Henry 
Farington  was  in  possession  in  1461  ;  ibid. 
In  1537-8  the  Abbot  of  Cockersand  made 
a  grant  of  the  wardship  of  Henry  son  and 
heir  of  Nicholas  Fnrington  deceased  ; 
Kuerden  MSS.  iv,  W5i.  Thomas  son 
of  Henry  Farington  died  in  or  about 
1592,  bequeathing  to  Richard  Whitting- 
ham  of  Goosnargh  his  brother  ;  ibid,  and 
G4-  From  other  deeds  here  preserved  it 
appears  that  there  ensued  a  division  be- 
tween Whittingham  and  John  Farington 
of  York  (brother  of  Henry),  and  that 
both  portions  were  in  1601  sold  to  James 

320 


Anderton  of  Clayton.  It  is  named  in  his 
inquisition,  1630  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.xxvii,no.  56.  The  tenure  is  not  stated. 

Richard  Whittingham  of  Lingart, 
'  Papist,'  was  a  freeholder  in  1600  ; 
Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  232. 

In  1653  complaint  was  made  that 
Lingart  had  been  sequestered  by  the 
Parliament  as  James  Anderton's,  whereas 
it  really  belonged  to  John  Preston  ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  iii,  1903. 

Richard  Ackers  of  Claughton,  as  a 
'  Papist,'  registered  his  estate  in  1717  ;  it 
consisted  of  a  house  called  Lingart  and 
36  acres  at  Barnacre ;  Estcourt  and 
Payne,  Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  141. 

77  Visit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  48. 

78  John    Mercer  of  Barnacre  had  had 
two-thirds  of  his  estates  sequestered  for 
recusancy  only  under  the  Commonwealth 
and  in   1653   desired  to  contract  for  it  ; 
Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  v,  3186. 

79  Lanes,    and    Ches.    Rec.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  55. 

80  Hist.  MSS.   Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv, 
232,    230.       That  of   the    Quakers  still 
existed  in  1717;  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr. 
(Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  408. 

81  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  518. 
An  account  of  the  Jackson  family  is  given. 

82  Fishwick,  op.  cit.   121  ;    Hewitson, 
op.  cit.  487. 

1  It  is  known  as  Higher  Catterall. 

2  1,279  acres,  including   29  of  inland 
water  ;   Census  Rep.  1901. 

3  Loc.  Govt.  Bd.  Order  20097. 

4  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  53°- 

5  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1836),  iv,  472. 

6  V.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

7  See  for  example  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extent! 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  147-9. 


KIRKLAND  :   CHURCHTOWN   CROSS 


BARNACRE  WITH   BONDS  :   GREENHALGH   CASTLE 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


Catterall),  Beatrice  daughter  of  Robert  and  Michael 
de  Athelaxton  or  Ellaston  held  the  same  by  knight's 
service.8  Bernard  was  lord  of  Goosnargh,  and  the 
descent  of  that  manor  shows  that  of  Catterall,  the 
three  daughters  of  his  son  Robert  sharing  the  inherit- 
ance. Of  the  two  portions  of  Catterall  named,  each 
seems  to  have  been  considered  one  plough-land  ; 
Halecath  probably  included  Howath,  Stirzacre  and 
Landskill,  Catterall  in  its  wider  meaning  thus  ex- 
tending over  the  southern  half  of  Barnacre  with 
Bonds.9 

Richard  son  of  Swain,  who  married  Isolda  or  Iseult, 
one  of  the  daughters  of  Robert  de  Goosnargh,  appears 
to  have  had  Catterall  proper  assignei  to  him  in  right 
of  his  wife,  and  he  and  his  descendants  assumed  the 
local  surname.  Richard  died  about  1 220,  and  between 
1222  and  1226  it  was  found  that  his  son  Richard  was 
of  the  king's  gift  and  in  ward  to  Henry  de  Whitting- 
ton.10  He  died  about  1243  holding  land  in  Catterall 
of  William  de  Lancaster,  and  leaving  a  son  Ralph, 
twelve  years  of  age.11  Ralph  de  Catterall  occurs  in 
various  ways  down  to  1305  12  ;  his  eldest  son  John13 
had  a  son  John  who  was  living  in  1346  but  appears 


to     have    died    without    issue.13*       In    virtue    of   a 
settlement  made  in    1287   Ralph  was  succeeded  by 
another    son    Alan,14    who    obtained    the   manor    of 
Little    Mitton    with    Loretta 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Richard 
de  Pontchardon,  and  died  in 
1322  holding  a  capital   mes- 
suage in  Catterall,  with  lands 
in  demesne  and  service,  of  John 
son    of  John    de    Rigmaiden 
by  the  eighteenth  part  of  a 
knight's    fee  and   paying   3^. 
yearly  for  castle  ward.  Richard 
his    eldest    son    was    thirteen 
years  of  age.18 

Richard  Catterall's  son 
Adam16  died  in  1397  hold- 
ing a  third  part  of  the  manor  of  Catterall  of  Thomas 
de  Rigmaiden  by  knight's  service  and  paying  ^d.  for 
castle  ward.17  His  son  and  heir  Richard,  then  fifteen 
years  of  age,18  proved  his  age  in  I4O4.19  The  descent 
appears  to  be  clear  and  uneventful  from  this  time20 
until  the  death  of  Thomas  Catterall  in  1579,  when 


CATTERALL. 
three  mascles  or. 


Azun 


8  Lanes.   Ittq.    and   Extents  (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  3  ;  also  the  account 
of  Goosnargh. 

In  1242  Richard  de  Catterall,  Hugh  de 
Mitton  and  Henry  de  Longford  held  of 
William  de  Lancaster  III  by  knight's 
service  ;  ibid,  i,  154. 

At  the  partition  of  the  Lancaster 
inheritance  in  1281  the  following  were 
lords  of  Catterall — Adam  de  Hoghton, 
Hugh  de  Mitton  and  Ralph  de  Catterall  ; 
Cal.  Close,  1279-88,  pp.  105-6.  Eustace 
de  Cottesbech  in  1293  obtained  a  messuage 
and  two  plough-lands  in  Catterall  from 
John  de  Knyttecote  of  Leicester  ;  Final 
Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  176. 
The  meaning  of  this  fine  is  unknown  ; 
'  plough-lands '  may  be  used  in  a  sense 
other  than  that  of  the  ancient  assessment. 
Hugh  de  Mitton  in  1295  did  not  prosecute 
his  claim  against  Eustace  de  Cottesbech, 
Ralph  de  Catterall,  John  de  Rigmaiden, 
John  de  Knightcote  and  Christiana  his 
wife,  Thomas  de  Singleton  and  John  de 
Fetherby ;  Assize  R.  1306,  m.  i6d. 
Hugh  de  Catterall — apparently  identical 
with  Hugh  de  Mitton — claimed  the  manor 
of  Catterall  in  1306,  Master  John  de 
Leicester  and  Christiana  his  wife  being 
concerned  ;  De  Banco  R.  161,  m.  145. 

9  William    son    of  Alan    de  Tarnacre 
about     1 220     released    to     Michael    de 
Athelaxton  and  Avice  his  wife  all  that  he 
and  his  predecessors  had  in  the  third  part 
of  a  plough-land  in  Halecath,  which  he 
had  claimed  in  the  court  of  Dame  Hele- 
wise    de    Stuteville  at  Garstang ;    Dods. 
MSS.  liii,  fol.  9  5  b.     Richard  son  of  John 
Perpont  perhaps  fifty  years  later  released 
to  Henry  le  Boteler  son  of  Sir  Richard 
all  right  in  lands  in  Catterall,  Rowall  and 
'Aleke'  ;  ibid.  fol.  91. 

10  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i,  134. 

11  Ibid.    159-60;    his  Catterall  lands 
were  worth  301.  \od.  a  year  in  demesne 
and    in   service.     He   also   held   land   in 
Goosnargh,  Threlfall,  Chipping,   Preston 
and    Wrightington.     He    was    living    in 
1242,  but   dead  in  1244,  when  the   king 
granted  the  wardship  and  marriage  of  his 
heir    to    William    de    Lancaster    for   40 
marks;  ibid.  154,  160. 

After  Ralph  had  come  of  age  two 
further  inquisitions  were  made  in  1257-8  ; 
by  one  it  was  found  that  Richard  had 


held  5^ — corrected  to  5^ — oxgangs  of 
land  and  one-third  part  in  Catterall  by 
knight's  service,  where  twenty-four 
plough-lands  made  a  fee  ;  also  land  in 
Howath  of  the  Hospitallers;  ibid.  210-12. 
The  service  due  was  the  thirty-sixth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee. 

In  1246  Alice  widow  of  Richard  de 
Catterall  was  in  the  king's  gift  and 
marriageable  ;  Assize  R.  404,  m.  22. 

12  Henry  son  of  William  de  Catterall  in 
1292   complained  of  loss  of  common  of 
pasture   caused  by  approvements  by  the 
three  chief  lords  of  the  vill,  Henry  son  of 
Richard  le  Boteler,  Hugh  son  of  Hugh  de 
Catterall   and   Ralph   son   of  Richard   de 
Catterall ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  61. 

13  John  de  Catterall  is   mentioned  in 
1302;    Lanes.   Inq.  and  Extents,  i,   318. 
In   1323   Robert  de  Grotton  and  Agnes 
his  wife,  she   being  widow  of  John   son 
and  heir  of  Ralph   de  Catterall,  claimed 
dower  in  three  plough-lands  m  Catterall, 
Goosnargh  and  Wrightington  ;  De  Banco 
R.  248,  m.  229.     Agnes  was  one  of  the 
co-heirs  of  Towneley  of  Towneley.     An 
earlier  dower  claim  had   been   made  (in 
1316)  against  Alan  de  Catterall  respecting 
the  manor  of  Catterall,  and  against  Adam 
de  Catterall  respecting  4  oxgangs  of  land 
there  ;   ibid.  216,  m.  I9<1. 

18a  V.CM.  Lanes,  vi,  458. 

14  In   1287   Ralph  granted  to  Alan  de 
Catterall  and  his  issue  a  messuage  and  the 
third  part  of  two  plough-lands  in  Catterall, 
with  remainders  to  Adam  and  Paulin  de 
Catterall ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  1 24-5  ;  Towneley 
MS.  DD,  no.  8. 

In  1305  he  granted  to  Alan  his  son  his 
lands  in  Wrightington  except  the  portion 
already  given  to  another  son  Adam  ; 
W.  Farrer's  D. 

John  de  Hudleston  granted  land  in 
Arnolby  in  Millom  to  Alan  son  of  Ralph 
de  Catterall  for  life;  Dods.  MSS.  xci, 
fol.  159. 

ls  Lanes,  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  140—2. 
Lora  the  widow  and  Richard  the  son 
of  Alan  de  Catterall  were  plaintiffs  in 
1334;  Coram  Rege  R.  297,  m.  3  d.  A 
fine  already  quoted  indicates  some  dispute 
as  to  the  inheritance,  for  in  1347  Richard 
son  and  heir  of  Alan  arranged  with  John 
de  Catterall,  '  cousin  and  heir '  of  the 
Ralph  of  1287  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  125. 

321 


Katherine  widow  of  John  son  of  Richard 
de  Catterall  the  elder  and  William  son 
of  John  occur  in  1421  ;  ibid,  iii,  87,  123. 

The  writ  of  diem  cl.  extr.  after  the 
death  of  Richard  de  Catterall  was  issued 
in  1381  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxii, 
App-  353- 

16  The    descent    is    thus    stated    in    a 
pleading    of    1511  :     Richard    -s.    Adam 
-s.  Richard  -s.  Richard  -s.  Ralph  (plain- 
tiff) ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  no,  m.  2,  3. 
A  charter  was  adduced  by  which  Richard 
de    Catterall    gave    a  messuage,   &c.,   in 
Catterall  to  Adam  his  son  and  his  issue. 

Adam  son  of  Richard  de  Catterall  in 
1392  granted  land  called  the  Slyched  to 
John  Boteler  of  Kirkland  and  Alice  his 
wife  ;  Dods.  MSS.  Ixii,  fol.  90. 

17  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  66. 
The    other    lands,    &c.,    were    in    Little 
Mitton,    Goosnargh,    Wrightington    and 
Inskip.       Isabel    mother  of    Adam    was 
living.     Her  name  seems  to  identify  the 
Richard  de  Catterall  who  sold  a  moiety 
of  the  manor  of  'Cundeshalgh  'in  1380 
to  Alan  de  Catterall  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  9,  42. 
This  manor  may  have  been  in  Goosnargh. 

18  Lanes.  Inq.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  67  ;  the 
wardship  and  marriage  were  granted    to 
Sir    Ralph    de    Ipre.     See    also    Pal.    of 
Lane.  Chan.  Misc.  bdle.  i,  file  12. 

19  Towneley     MS.     DD,     no.     1468. 
Nicholas   de  Singleton  was  then  guardian 
of  the  heir.     Thomas  de  Hesketh  stated 
that  Richard   was  born  in   Easter  week 
1382,  and   baptized  at  Garstang  Church 
by  Richard  de  Preston,  the  vicar,  Richard 
de    Winkley    and     Cecily    the    Webster 
being  his  godparents. 

80  Richard  Catterall  the  elder  made 
a  feoffment  of  his  manor  of  Catterall,  &c., 
in  1432  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  no.  501,  503 
(fol.  116).  He  names  his  son  William 
in  a  deed  of  1457  ;  ibid.  no.  511.  To 
Roger,  another  son,  he  gave  200  oaks  in 
Mitton  woods  in  1460;  ibid.  no.  515. 
In  1467  Ellen  widow  of  Richard  claimed 
dower  against  his  son  Richard  Catterall  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  7  Edw.  IV. 

Robert  (cousin  and  heir  of  Robert) 
Shuttleworth  released  lands  in  Little 
Mitton  to  Richard  Catterall  in  1468  ; 
Towneley  MS.  DD,  no.  30.  A  John 
Catterall  the  elder  of  Selby  had  lands  in 
Goosnargh  and  elsewhere  in  Lancashire 

41 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


his  seven  daughters  became  co-heirs.21      A  pedigree 
was  recorded  in  i$6j.22 

With  Dorothy,  one  of  the  daughters,  the  manor 
had  been  given  to  Robert  Shireburne,  who  died  in 
1572  holding  a  capital  messuage  called  the  Crow's 
Orchard,  &c.,  in  Catterall  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
duchy  by  the  fortieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  lands 
called  Conigree  in  Claughton,  and  others  in  Mitton. 
The  heir  was  his  son  Thomas,  aged  six.23  Thomas 
Shireburne  died  in  1636  holding  the  manors  of 
Catterall  and  Little  Mitton  by  knight's  service,  and 
leaving  a  son  Robert,  aged  forty-four.24  Under  the 
Commonwealth  Robert's  estate  was  sequestered  for 
recusancy  and  delinquency,25  and  finally  confiscated 
and  sold  in  l6$2.26 


The  Shireburnes,  being  apparently  much  in  debt 
already,  were  not  able  to  clear  their  estates,  and  about 
1665  these  were  finally  sold  to  Alexander  Holt, 
citizen  and  goldsmith  of  London.27  His  descendants 
in  1 704  sold  Catterall  to  Thomas  Winckley  of 
Preston  ;  from  him  it  descended  to  Lady  Shelley, 
whose  trustees  in  1876  sold  to  Joseph  Smith  of  Lan- 
caster (d.  iSSg).28  His  executors  sold  the  Catterall 
Hall  estate  about  1 906  to  Mr.  Yates.29 

It  does  not  appear  that  any  manor  is  now 
claimed,  and  it  is  difficult  to  trace  the  third  parts 
held  by  the  Mitton  and  Longford  families.  The 
former  third  seems  to  have  been  granted  to  a  junior 
Mitton  family,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Catterall,30 
and  to  have  passed  later  to  Croft,31  Winkley,32 


which  he  forfeited  by  attainder  in  or 
before  1471  ;  Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  1 1  Edw.  IV, 
no.  35.  He  may  have  descended  from 
the  Alan  of  1380,  who  had  land  in 
Goosnargh. 

There  is  a  difficulty  at  the  next  point. 
At  an  inquisition  in  1504  it  was  found 
that  Richard  Catterall  died  in  1487 
holding  the  manor  of  Catterall  of  the 
king  as  duke  by  knight's  service,  also 
Little  Mitton,  &c.,  and  that  his  heir 
was  his  son  Richard,  aged  thirty  at  his 
father's  death  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
ii,  no.  12.  But  already,  in  1478,  Ralph 
son  and  heir  of  Richard  Catterall  and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  had  made  a  settlement 
of  messuages,  lands,  &c.,  in  Catterall  and 
other  places  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  no.  513. 
The  same  or  another  Ralph  and  Emma 
his  wife  (widow  of  Robert  Boteler)  were 
in  1482  bound  to  William  Kirkby  of 
Rawcliffe  to  abide  an  arbitration  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  99  d.  Ralph  as  son  and 
heir  of  Richard  CatteraU  made  a  grant  of 
land  in  Little  Mitton  in  1481  ;  DD, 
no.  36.  In  1 501  he  exchanged  a  messuage, 
&c.,  on  the  west  side  of  Howath  with 
James  Boteler  ;  ibid.  no.  28. 

Ralph  Catterall  died  on  Christmas  Day, 
1515,  holding  his  part  of  Catterall  of  the 
king  as  duke  by  the  thirty-sixth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  and  a  rent  of  -$d.  He  had 
in  1508  made  a  feoffment  of  all  his 
manors  and  lands  for  the  fulfilment  of  his 
will,  assigning  part  to  Katherine  daughter 
of  John  Langley,  who  was  to  marry  his 
son  John.  The  actual  deed,  with  some 
others  of  the  family,  is  in  the  possession 
of  W.  Farrer.  John  CatteraU,  the  son, 
succeeded,  being  thirty-six  years  of  age  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv,  no.  62. 
He  died  less  than  two  years  after  his 
father  (1517),  and  by  his  will  made 
provision  for  his  five  sisters  ;  ibid,  iv, 
no.  4.  The  descent  is  given  as  Richard 
-s.  Ralph  -».  John.  John's  son  Ralph 
succeeded,  being  ten  years  old. 

Ralph  died  in  or  before  1526,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  brother  Thomas,  fifteen 
years  old.  He  was  stated  to  have  been 
born  at  Mitton  in  1510  and  baptized  at 
Whalley  ;  ibid,  vi,  no.  4.  The  inquisition 
in  the  Record  Office  (vi,  no.  77)  is  almost 
illegible,  but  a  brief  abstract  is  given  in 
Towneley'sMS.  'Lanes. Tenures'  (fol.  75) 
in  the  possession  of  W.  Farrer  ;  this  states 
that  the  manor  of  Catterall,  with  some 
other  lands,  was  held  of  the  king  as  duke 
by  the  sixth  (thirty-sixth)  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  and  ^d.  rent. 

A  settlement  of  the  manor  was  made 
by  Thomas  Catterall  in  1557  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  204,  m.  2. 

21  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiv,  no.  4  ; 
he  held  the  manor  or  capital  messuage 


of  Catterall,  called  the  hall  of  Catterall, 
ten  messuages  and  two  water-mills,  los. 
free  rent,  &c.,  in  the  township.  All  was 
held  of  the  queen  as  duke  by  the  old 
service,  the  thirty-sixth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee.  He  had  in  1561  granted  his  manors 
of  Catterall  and  Little  Mitton  to  Robert 
Shireburne  of  Gray's  Inn,  who  had 
married  his  daughter  Dorothy.  (This 
was  confirmed  in  1562—3  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  24,  m.  235  ;  25,  m.  59, 
94.)  Robert  Shireburne  died,  leaving 
a  son  Thomas,  and  Dorothy,  who  after- 
wards married  Richard  Braddyll,  was 
living  at  Catterall  in  1579,  aged  thirty. 
The  other  daughters  were  Anne  wife  of 
Thomas  Townley,  aged  forty  ;  Elizabeth 
wife  of  Thomas  Procter,  thirty-eight  ; 
Katherine  wife  of  Thomas  Strickland, 
thirty-five  ;  Dame  Margaret  Atherton, 
then  wife  of  William  Edwards,  thirty-four; 
Mary  wife  of  John  Grimshaw,  thirty-two  ; 
and  Jane,  aged  twenty-five. 

Further  particulars  are  given  in  the 
account  of  Goosnargh.  The  Procters 
seem  to  have  had  some  claim  on  the 
manor  of  Catterall  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  43,  m.  130. 

"  risit.  (Chet.  Soc.),  39. 

23  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no. 
10.     There  were  three  children  in  all — 
Thomas,  Robert  and  Jane.     Their,  uncle, 
Sir  Richard    Shireburne,    was   guardian  ; 
Catterall  D.  (W.  Farrer).    For  an  account 
of  this  branch  see  C.  D.  Sherborn,  Family 
of  Sherborn,   91-9.     His  widow  married 
for  her  third  husband  John  Whipp,  and 
died    in    1620    holding    the    manor    of 
Catterall,  &c.,  of  the  king  as  duke  by  the 
fortieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  228. 

Robert  Shireburne  granted  land  in 
Catterall  (held  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
duchy)  to  William  Parkinson,  whose  son 
Edward  died  in  1631  holding  lands  there 
and  in  Myerscough  and  Claughton,  his 
heirs  being  William  Butler  and  Anne 
Shireburne,  widow.  The  former  (aged 
sixteen)  was  son  of  Cecily  daughter  of 
Edward  Parkinson,  and  the  latter  (aged 
seventeen)  daughter  of  Isabel,  another 
daughter  of  Edward  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxviii,  no.  74  ;  xxvii,  no.  57. 

A  deed  relating  to  the  manors  is  en- 
rolled in  Common  Pleas,  Easter  1599, 
R.  9  (19). 

24  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxix,  no.  43. 
A  settlement  of  the   manors  had  been 

made  by  Thomas  Shireburne  and  Isabel 
his  wife  in  1629  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  112,  no.  23. 

25  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  25 14-1 5.    Sir 
Edward    Mosley  of   Hough   End    had    a 
mortgage   on   the    Catterall   part   of   the 
estate,  and  secured  this  on  the  sale. 

322 


36  Index  of  Royalists  (Index  Soc.),  44. 

27  For  disputes  see  Exch.  Dep.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  49,  50. 

*8  This  account  is  from  Fishwick, 
Garstang  (Chet.  Soc.),  239-42,  where  full 
details  are  given.  For  the  Holt  family 
see  Whitaker,  Whalley,  ii,  24,  and  for 
the  Winckleys  the  account  of  Brockholes 
in  Preston. 

The  following  references  maybe  added  : 
1686,  William  Daniellv.  Robert  Holt, 
manors  of  Little  Mitton  and  Catterall, 
lands,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
216,  m.  27  ;  1704,  purchase  by  Thomas 
Winckley;  Piccope  MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),' 
iii,  318,  326  ;  1710,  Thomas  Winckley 
v.  Alexander,  Edward  and  William  Holt, 
the  above  manors  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  264,  m.  83  ;  1745,  John  Winckley 
and  Nicholas  his  son  and  heir-apparent, 
vouchees  in  a  recovery  of  the  manor  of 
Catterall,  &c.  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
560,  m.  2. 

49  Information  of  Mr.  Richard  Smith. 

30  Hugh  de  Mitton  was  party  to  several 
suits  in  1292  concerning  obstruction,  &c. ; 
Assize  R.  408,  m.  57,  63  d.,  67,  73,  74. 
He  seems  to  be  called  also  Hugh  son  of 
Hugh  de  Mitton  and  Hugh  de  Catterall, 
as  above.  Roger  brother  and  heir  of  Hugh 
son  of  Robert  de  Wedacre  successfully 
claimed  common  of  turbary  in  5  acres  in 
Catterall  against  Hugh  son  of  Hugh  de 
Mitton,  alleging  that  his  brother  had  been 
disseised  by  Hugh  the  father  ;  ibid.  m.  50  d. 
Margery  widow  of  Ralph  de  Mitton 
claimed  dower  against  Hugh  son  of  Hugh 
de  Mitton  in  respect  of  three  messuages 
and  3  oxgangs  of  land  in  Catterall  ; 
against  Henry  le  Boteler  in  respect  of 
2od.  rent ;  and  against  William  de  Wed- 
acre in  respect  of  a  messuage  and  gd. 
rent ;  ibid.  m.  62. 

81  The  mode  in  which  this  family  ac- 
quired part  of  Catterall  is  unknown. 
They  appear  in  Claughton  also. 

In  1314-15  Gilbert  de  Southworth, 
clerk,  gave  Henry  son  of  Henry  de  Croft 
and  his  issue  by  Joan  daughter  of  the 
grantor  free  turbary  in  Upper  Rawcliffe 
Moss  for  the  manor  of  the  said  Henry  in 
Catterall;  Dods.  MSS.  xci,  fol.  159. 
Henry  de  Croft  the  elder  in  1325  demised 
all  his  arable  lands  in  Catterall  Field  to 
William  dc  Tatham  for  three  years  at  a 
rent  of  4  marks  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  no. 
408.  Edmund  de  Myerscough  in  1344 
complained  of  novel  disseisin  by  Henry 
son  of  Henry  de  Croft  of  Catterall ;  Assize 
R.  1435,  m.  37.  John  de  Croft  occurs 
in  1371  ;  De  Banco  R.  443,  m.  370  d. 

32  John  son  of  Roger  de  Croft  in  1 3  74 
released  to  Richard  de  Winkley  and 
Margaret  his  wife  his  manor  (house)  of 
Catterall,  the  third  part  of  Howath  water- 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


Rishton 33  and  Shireburne  in  succession.  By  Sir 
Richard  Shireburne  the  estate  was  given  to  his 
brother  Robert,  who,  as  shown  above,  had  the  Catte- 
rall  third  with  his  wife.34 

The  remaining  third,  including  ROWALL,  seems 
to  have  been  acquired  by  the  Hoghtons 35  and  the 
Botelers  of  Rawcliffe.36  It  came  in  1572  into  the 
hands  of  Sir  Gilbert  Gerard,37  and  was  later  sold  to 
George  Preston  of  Holker.38 

STIRZ4CRE,  partly  in  this  township  and  partly 


in  Barnacre,  was  at  one  time  owned  by  the  Botelers 
of  Rawcliffe,  becoming  an  appurtenance  of  Rowall.39 
It  gave  a  surname  to  a  family  frequently  occurring 
in  the  district.10  John  Leigh  in  1631  held  a  messuage, 
&c.,  in  Stirzacre  in  Catterall  of  the  heirs  of  Richard 
son  of  Geoffrey  de  Stirzacre  as  of  the  manor  of 
Catterall.41  In  the  same  year  Thomas  Richardson 
of  Stirzacre  compounded  for  his  refusal  of  knight- 
hood 42  ;  he  was  probably  the  Thomas  Richardson 
who  in  1654  desired  to  compound  for  the  two-thirds 


mill,  the  third  part  of  the  manor  of 
Catterall,  and  right  of  turbary  and  fishery 
in  Pilling  Moss  in  the  vill  of  Upper  Raw- 
cliffe ;  Dods.  MSS.  xci,  fol.  159.  Richard 
de  Winkley  and  Katherine  his  wife  were 
concerned  in  Howath  in  1383-4;  ibid, 
cxlii,  fol.  64.  Richard  de  Winkley  in 
1409  or  later  settled  his  third  part  of  the 
manor  on  Henry  son  of  John  de  Winkley, 
his  next  of  kin,  with  remainders  to 
Richard  and  Henry  sons  of  Adam  de 
Winkley  ;  ibid,  xci,  fol.  159^. 

33  Nicholas  Rishton  clerk  in   1443  ob- 
tained a  messuage  called  Winkley's  Place, 
a  third   part  of  the  manor  of  Catterall, 
and    various    messuages,    lands,    &c.,    in 
Catterall,    Howath    and    Garstang,    from 
Richard  Winkley  and  Margaret  his  wife  5 
Final  Cone,  iii,  109  ;    Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea 
R.  5,  m.  5. 

A  few  years  later,  1449,  Henry  Rishton 
and  Agnes  his  wife  granted  their  manor 
of  Catterall  to  Margaret  widow  of  Henry 
Rishton,  grandfather  of  the  former  Henry  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  xci,  fol.  160.  See  also 
Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  116.  Henry 
Rishton  (of  Clayton-le-Moors)  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife  were  living  in  1390  ;  Final 
Cone,  iii,  36. 

One  Henry  Rishton  (perhaps  the  Henry 
of  1449)  died  about  1490  holding  the 
manor  of  Catterall  of  the  king  in  chief  by 
knight's  service  ;  Towneley's  MS. '  Lanes. 
Tenures  '  (in  possession  of  W.  Farrer), 
fol.  8  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xl,  App.  541. 
Nicholas  Rishton  about  1520  held  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in  Catterall  by  knight's  ser- 
vice, and  his  son  Richard  Rishton  later 
held  messuages  and  lands  in  Little  Cat- 
terall of  the  king  by  the  fortieth  part  of 
a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
vi,  no.  36,  9.  Henry  Rishton  son  of 
Richard  held  similarly  (ibid,  ix,  no.  30). 

34  In  1557  the  Rishton  family's  Cat- 
terall estate  was  sold  by  Ralph  Rishton 
to  Sir  Richard  Shireburne,  who  in   1563 
gave   it  to  his  brother  Robert ;    Pal.   of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  1 7,  m.  24  ;    Dods. 
MSS.    xci,   fol.    160.      It    was   no  doubt 
this    estate    which   was   recorded   in   the 
Inq.  p.m.   of  Robert   Shireburne   already 
cited  (note  21). 

35  In   1255-6  Adam  de  Hoghton  was 
bound  to  warrant  Richard  le  Boteler  in 
the  third  part  of  the  manor  of  Catterall, 
but    Adam    retained    the    third    part    of 
Howath  and  its  mill ;  Dods.  MSS.  xci, 
fol.   i6oi.     In   1313-14  Richard  son  of 
Adam     de     Hoghton    granted    his    son 
Richard  the  homage  of  William  son  of 
Nicholas  le  Boteler  and  the  yearly  rent 
of  6i.   8</.    from  the   lands   held   of   the 
grantor  by  the  said  William  ;  ibid.    Alex- 
ander Hoghton  in    1498  had  a  rent  of 
61.  %d.  from  the  land  of  James  Boteler 
in    Catterall,    and    held    a    tenement    in 
Howath  and  Catterall  of  the  king  as  of 
his  duchy  by  services  unknown  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  66.      In   1501 
and    later    the    tenure  was   described    as 
socage  ;  ibid,  v,  no.  66  ;  xi,  no.  2. 


In  1554-5  Thomas  Catterall  and  Sir 
Richard  Hoghton  had  a  dispute  as  to 
Crakemer  and  Waterings  in  Catterall, 
also  as  to  the  mill  ;  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec. 
Com.),  ii,  153-4.  Robert  Shireburne  in 
1566  purchased  some  of  Thomas  Hogh- 
ton's  estate  in  the  township  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  28,  m.  54.  Richard 
Hoghton  and  Katherine  his  wife  had 
lands  in  Catterall  and  Nether  Wyresdale 
in  1598  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle. 
60,  m.  107. 

36  Robert  son  of  Bernard  confirmed  to 
William  de  Rowall  all  Rowall,  i.e. 
2  oxgangs  of  land  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol. 
90^.  Henry  de  Rowall  confirmed  to 
Richard  le  Boteler  his  father  Henry's 
capital  messuage,  with  land,  &c.,  and  the 
homage  of  Thomas  de  Rowall  and  the 
daughters  of  Alexander  de  Elswick ; 
ibid.  fol.  8  3 b.  Among  the  witnesses  were 
Hugh  de  Mitton,  Ralph  and  Peter  de 
Catterall.  Richard  son  of  Henry  de 
Rowall  released  to  Henry  le  Boteler  the 
rent  of  21.  due  from  a  tenement  in  Rowall 
in  Catterall  ;  ibid.  fol.  956. 

William  son  of  Alexander  de  Elswick 
granted  his  hereditary  estate  in  Rowall 
(descending  from  his  brother  Thomas)  to 
Thomas  son  of  Alan  de  Singleton  and 
Joan  his  wife  ;  ibid.  fol.  89^.  He  also 
granted  to  Henry  son  of  Sir  Richard  le 
Boteler  the  homage  and  service  of  Thomas 
his  brother  for  a  tenement  in  Rowall  ; 
ibid.  fol.  100. 

Ralph  son  of  Richard  de  Catterall 
granted  to  Peter  de  Catterall,  clerk,  all  the 
waste  in  Catterall  between  Thevethorn- 
lands  and  Blackbrook  and  another  piece 
of  waste  ;  ibid.  fol.  100,  loob.  Peter  de 
Catterall  gave  Richard  le  Boteler  certain 
land  and  received  from  him  all  his  land 
in  Thevethornlands ;  he  also  made  a 
grant  to  Nicholas  son  of  Richard  le 
Boteler;  ibid,  too,  loob,  89^.  Ralph 
son  of  Peter  the  Clerk  released  all  his 
right  in  the  vill  of  Catterall  to  Henry 
son  of  Sir  Richard  le  Boteler,  and  gave 
4^  acres  to  Nicholas  son  of  Richard  le 
Boteler;  ibid.  fol.  loob.  Maud  daughter 
of  William  de  Winwick  sold  to  Nicholas 
le  Boteler  the  rent  she  had  received  from 
Rowall  ;  ibid.  fol.  89. 

Richard  le  Boteler  confirmed  to  Henry 
his  son  all  his  land  in  Catterall,  as  well 
in  Rowall  as  in  Stirzacre,  with  water- 
mill,  Sec.  ;  ibid.  fol.  gib.  William  son 
of  Richard  le  Boteler  about  1280  con- 
ceded to  Henry  his  brother  all  the  land 
of  Catterall,  within  the  vill  and  without, 
that  is  to  say,  both  in  Rowall  and  in 
Stirzacre  ;  ibid.  fol.  loob. 

Thus  it  came  about  that  Henry  le 
Boteler  was  one  of  the  three  lords  of 
Catterall  in  1292,  as  above  stated.  Ralph 
son  of  Peter  the  clerk  of  Aukelaund  in 
that  year  claimed  a  tenement  in  Catterall 
against  Henry  le  Boteler,  but  was  non- 
suited ;  Assize  R.  408,  m.  21  d.,  42.  In 
1311  Roger  de  Wedacre,  as  heir  of  his 
brother  Hugh,  claimed  turbary  in  Catterall 

323 


against  Henry  son  of  Richard  le  Boteler  ; 
De  Banco  R.  184,  m.  3od.  The  estate 
appears  to  have  reverted  soon  afterwards 
to  the  main  line  of  Boteler  of  Rawcliffe, 
and  is  in  1331  named  among  their  lands, 
then  held  by  Sir  Henry  de  Croft  and 
Isabel  his  wife  ;  De  Banco  R.  287,  m. 
307  d. 

In  1443  lands  in  Catterall,  Rowall  and 
Stirzacre  were  held  by  Nicholas  Boteler 
of  Rawcliffe ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  108-9. 
James  Boteler  in  1501  acquired  from 
Ralph  Catterall  all  his  lands  in  Rowall  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  92.  He  died  in 
I  504  holding  certain  lands  in  Catterall  of 
Ralph  Catterall  in  socage,  and  other  lands 
there  of  the  king  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  iii,  no.  109. 

Sir  Thomas  Boteler  of  Warrington  was 
said  to  hold  land  in  Rowall  in  1522; 
ibid,  v,  no.  13. 

37  On  a  partition  of  the  Butler  inherit- 
ance   in    1572   the   manors  of  Catterall 
and    Rowall    were    assigned     to    Gilbert 
Gerard  and  Anne  his  wife  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  231,  m.  8.      Sir  Gilbert  at  his 
death    in    1594    held    the    manors,  with 
messuages,  water-mill,  &c.,  of  the  queen 
as    of    her    duchy    by    knight's    service  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  2. 

38  Dodsworth    states    that    Sir  Gilbert 
himself    sold     it;    vol.    xci,    fol.     i6ob. 
George    Preston    of   Holker    in   Cartmel 
died  in  1640  holding  Rowall  in  Catterall, 
which   with   Nateby  Hall   he  gave  to   a 
younger  son    George  ;    Chan.   Inq.   p.m. 
(ser.  2),  dc,  122. 

89  In  1281  Ralph  de  Catterall  allowed 
Henry  son  of  Sir  Richard  le  Boteler  to 
bring  water  from  the  Calder  across  Stirz- 
acre marsh  to  his  mill  at  Stirzacre,  Henry 
giving  land  in  Catterall  and  \d.  rent  by  way 
of  recompense  ;  Dods.  MSS.  liii,  fol.  89. 
Henry  le  Boteler  in  1310  demised  his 
water-mill  at  Stirzacre  to  William  son  of 
Christiana  de  Howath  for  six  years  ; 
ibid.  fol.  89/1.  Hugh  son  of  Hugh  de 
Catterall  granted  the  third  part  of  Stirzacre 
with  all  its  appurtenances  in  Catterall  to 
Nicholas  son  of  Sir  Richard  le  Boteler  ; 
ibid.  fol.  100.  To  the  same  Nicholas 
Maud  daughter  of  Walter  de  Winwick 
released  all  right  in  Stirzacre ;  ibid, 
fol.  89. 

40  Lawrence     Stirzacre     ('  Steresacre  ') 
and  Joan  his  wife  in  1420  made  a  feoff- 
ment  of  their  lands    in   Claughton    and 
Catterall  ;   Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.),  C  1320. 

From  a  plea  in  1446  it  appears  that 
William  Stirzacre  granted  a  messuage 
and  land  in  Catterall  to  his  daughter 
Alice.  She  married  Nicholas  Pleasington, 
and  their  son  William  recovered  the  box 
containing  the  evidences,  which  had  been 
detained  by  his  mother's  second  husband 
Alan  Clapham  of  Laithwaite  in  Garstang  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  9,  m.  zob.  For 
Laithwaite  see  the  account  of  Cockerham. 

41  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  747. 

42  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.   Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  222. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


of  his  estate  sequestered  for  recusancy.43  Thomas  Goose 
of  Stirzacre  House  registered  his  estate  as  a  '  Papist '  in 
1717  ;  his  son  Thomas  had  taken  part  in  the  Jacobite 
rising  of  1715,  and  was  executed  at  Garstang.44 

L4NDSKILL  was  part  of  the  estate  of  Brockholes 
of  Claughton.45  Other  landowners  occur  from  time 
to  time  in  the  pleadings  and  inquisitions,  but  little 
of  interest  is  known  about  them.  The  names  of 
Catterall,  Rowall,46  Wedacre,47  Brereworth 48  and 
Myerscough49  occur  in  the  I3th  and  1 4th  centuries, 
Brand,50  Pickering 51  and  others  later.82 

Cockersand  Abbey  had  some  land  in  Catterall  and 
Rowall.63 

A  few  recusants  and  Royalists  had  their  estates 
sequestered  under  the  Commonwealth,54  and  two 
'  Papists'  registered  estates  in  I7I7.55 

In  Calder  Vale  St.  John  the  Evangelist's  was  built 
in  1863  for  the  Church  of  England.56  The  vicars 
are  collated  by  the  Bishop  of  Manchester.  The 
Wesleyan  Methodists  have  a  small  chapel  in  the 
township  proper,  dating  from  i825,57  and  another, 
built  in  1900,  at  Calder  Vale. 


CLAUGHTON 

Clactune,  Dom.  Bk.  ;  Clacton,  1184;  Clagton, 
Clahton,  1253  ;  Claghton,  1284. 

Local  pronunciation,  Clyton. 

Lying  between  the  Calder  on  the  north  and  the 
Brock  on  the  south,  this  township,  sometimes  called 
Claughton-on-Brock,  has  an  area  of  3,78 5 £  acres.1 
The  population  numbered  561  in  1901.  At  the 
western  end  the  surface  is  somewhat  undulating  ;  the 
hall  with  its  park  lies  near  the  centre  ;  further  east 
the  ground  steadily  rises,  till  about  740  ft.  above  sea 
level  is  attained  at  the  border  of  Bleasdale.  There  is 
no  village  or  considerable  hamlet,  Matshead  on  the 
Brock  having  a  few  dwellings.  The  north  road  from 
Preston  passes  through  the  western  end  ;  from  it 
another  road  goes  east  until  near  the  Brock  ;  then 
turning  north-east  and  north,  according  to  the 
boundary,  passes  into  Bleasdale  at  the  northernmost 
point.  The  London  and  North-Western  Railway 
and  the  Lancaster  Canal  cross  the  west  end  of  the 
township. 


43  Cal.  Com.  for  Comf.  v,  3185. 

44  Estcourt    and     Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurors,  141. 

45  It  was  part  of  the  estate  given  by 
William  de  Tatham  to  Roger  son  of  John 
de    Brockholes    in    1338,    having    been 
acquired  from  William   de   Southworth  ; 
Add.    MS.    32105,    fol.    94.       John    de 
Brockholes    had    in    1324    acquired    all 
Henry  son  of  Henry  de   Croft's  land   in 
the   field    called   Thevethornlands    below 
the  forest  of  Myerscough  in   the  vill  of 
Catterall ;  Add.  MS.  32105,  SS  680. 

Roger  Brockholes  in  1496  held  three 
messuages,  40  acres  of  land,  &c.,  in 
Catterall  of  the  Prior  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii, 
no.  73.  Thomas  Brockholes  in  1567 
held  various  lands  there  of  the  queen  as 
of  her  duchy  by  the  service  of  half  a 
knight's  fee  ;  ibid,  xi,  no.  6. 

Landskill  as  a  '  chantry  farm  '  was  in 
dispute  in  1589  and  1595  ;  Ducatus 
Lane,  iii,  264,  474  ;  Exch.  Dep.  8  ;  Pat. 
31  Eliz.,  pt.  v.  In  1659  and  1690  it 
was  in  the  possession  of  the  Sheringtons 
o'f  Worsley;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F. 
bdle.  164,  m.  120  ;  225,  m.  65. 

46  Roger  son  of  Alan  de  Rowall  was  a 
plaintiff  in     1277  ;    De    Banco    R.    18, 
m.   54.     Henry   de   Rowall  about    1320 
granted  land  in  Ollershaw  to  William  de 
Tatham,  clerk;  Add.  MS.  32104,  no.429. 
William  de    Bartail  in  1332  complained 
that   Ralph  de   Rowall,    Maud   his    wife 
and    Roger  his   son    had   carried  off  his 
goods  at   Catterall ;  De    Banco   R.   292, 
m.  312  d. 

47  Hugh  Wedacre  in   1271-2  charged 
Benedict  Gernet  and  others  with  having 
burnt  his  grain  at  Catterall  ;  Curia  Regis 
R.  208,  m.  34.     Henry  de  Wedacre  was 
defendant   in    1280    (De    Banco    R.    36, 
m.  55  d.),  while  in  1292  he  and  Christiana 
his  wife  claimed  dower   against  William 
the    Clerk    of  Whittingham  ;   Assize  R. 
408,  m.  I  d.     At  the  same  time  Paulin 
and  William,  sons  of  Henry  de  Wedacre, 
and  John  son  of  Walter  de  Wedacre  occur 
in    Catterall   pleadings  ;    ibid.    m.    32  d. 

54- 

In  1330  Roger  de  Garstang  claimed 
a  messuage,  &c.,  against  Thomas  de 
Goosnargh,  who  held  by  demise  of 
Edmund  de  Wedacre  ;  De  Banco  R.  282, 
m.  277  d.  Alexander  Goosnargh  held 


land  in  Catterall  of  the  king  in  1524,  but 
the  tenure  is  not  separately  given  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  v,  no.  55. 

John  de  Pleasington  as  trustee  granted 
lands  in  Catterall  and  Claughton  to 
Edmund  de  Wedacre  in  1349  ;  Add.  MS. 
32104,  no.  911.  The  Pleasingtons  them- 
selves had  land  in  Catterall  and  Claughton  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  29.  The  family  occurs 
again  in  1483  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  57, 
m.  1 6  ;  63,  m.  14.  Isabel  daughter  of 
John  Pleasington  and  widow  of  Sir 
Richard  Sapcote  was  claimant  in  1489  ; 
ibid.  68,  m.  6  d.  ;  70,  m.  12. 

48  John  de    Brereworth   the  elder  and 
Margery  his  wife  claimed  messuages,  &c., 
in     Catterall     and     Goosnargh    in    1358 
against  Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton,  Roger  de 
Wedacre    and    others  ;    Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize    R.    6,    m.    3  d.       The   jury  was 
set  aside. 

49  In     1 304     Christiana    daughter    of 
Godith  and  William  son  of  Alan  claimed 
a    messuage,    &c.,    against   John    son   of 
William  de  Myerscough  ;  De  Banco  R. 
149,  m.  266. 

50  This  family  seems  to  have  succeeded 
Wedacre,    for    in    1515     Richard    Brand 
claimed  the  third  part  of  a  messuage  called 
Wedacre's  Place  by  inheritance  from  his 
mother  Margaret ;    Towneley  MS.  DD, 
no.   20.     He   made  a   settlement  of  his 
estate  in   1618  ;    Pal.   of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
123,   m.    4d.     William    Brand    died    in 
1619    holding    a   messuage,   &c.,  of   the 
king  as  duke  by  knight's  service  ;  James 
his   son  and  heir    was    nine    years    old  ; 
Lanes.    Inq.  p.m.   (Rec.   Soc.    Lanes   and 
Ches.),  ii,  132,  216  (correcting). 

61  Roger  Pickering  in  1438  demised  a 
moiety  of  the  Cowfield  in  Catterall  to 
John  Urswick,  Ellen  his  wife  and  Thomas 
their  son;  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.),  C  815. 
James  Pickering  in  1611  held  7  acres  of 
the  king  as  duke  by  the  two-hundredth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee,  and  left  as  heir  his 
son  John,  aged  fifteen  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m. 
(Rec.  Soc.),  i,  194. 

Anthony  Pickering  died  in  1613  holding 
his  tenement  of  Thomas  Lord  Gerard  by 
knight's  service  and  41.  rent,  doing  suit 
at  the  manor  court  of  Catterall.  His  son 
William  being  dead,  the  heir  was  a  grand- 
son Anthony,  who,  though  only  twelve 
years  of  age,  had  been  married  to  Cecily 
daughter  of  James  Barnes  ;  ibid,  i,  242-4. 

3H 


Anthony  Pickering  as  a  recusant  petitioned 
in  1654  to  contract  for  the  two-thirds  of 
his  estate  sequestered  for  recusancy ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  v,  3186. 

52  John  Urswick,  Helen  his  wife  and 
Thomas  their  son  had  land  in  Catterall 
in  1438  ;  Anct.  D.  (P.R.O.),  C  815. 

William  Bank  in  1497  obtained  lands 
in  Catterall,  &c.,  from 'Ralph  Hoghton; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  146. 

George  Hesketh  of  Poulton  (1571) 
held  of  Thomas  Catterall  in  socage  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xiii,  no.  15. 

Thomas  Allanson  died  in  1608  holding 
of  Thomas  Lord  Gerard  in  socage  by 
id.  rent.  His  son  and  heir  Ellis  was 
aged  fifty  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  135. 

Alexander  Rigby  of  Goosnargh  (1621) 
held  of  the  king  in  socage  ;  ibid,  iii,  457. 

Thomas  Bateson  died  in  1629  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the  heirs  of  Thomas 
Catterall  ;  Robert,  his  son  and  heir,  was 
twenty-eight  years  old  ;  Towneley  MS. 
C  8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  55. 

William  Barnes  died  in  1633,  leaving  a 
son  George,  aged  twenty-four  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxviii,  no.  21.  In  this 
and  some  other  cases  the  tenure  is  not 
recorded. 

Thomas  Adamson  in  1640  held  his 
messuage,  &c.,  of  Robert  Shireburne  in 
socage.  His  heir  was  his  son  John, 
aged  forty  ;  ibid,  xxx,  no.  60.  Edmund 
Adamson  occurs  in  1550;  Ducatus  Lane. 
i,  232,  252. 

58  Ralph  son  of  Hugh  de  Mitton  gave 
land  by  the  Calder,  together  with  a 
'scaling'  in  Havedargh,  and  Beatrice  his 
mother  confirmed  the  same  ;  Cockersand 
Chartul.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  273.  William  de 
Rowall  gave  land  there,  and  the  gift  of 
Nuncroft  by  Isolda  daughter  of  Robert 
son  of  Bernard  was  probably  in  the  same 
part  of  the  township  ;  ibid.  274-5. 

84  The  cases  of  Shireburne,  Richardson 
and  Pickering  have  been  referred  to. 

55  Elizabeth  Melling,  widow,  and  David 
Cross  ;  Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl,  Cath. 
Nonjurors,   142. 

56  A  district  was  assigned  to  it  in  1 864  ; 
Land.    Gaz.    4    Mar.        See    Hewitson, 
Our  Country  Churches,  532- 

87  Baines,  Lanes,  (ed.  1836),  iv,  472. 
1  3,788  acres,  including  39  of  inland 
water  ;   Census  Rep.  1901. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


The  soil  is  clay,  and  the  land  is  nearly  all  in 
pasture.  There  was  formerly  some  linen  manufac- 
ture,2 now  there  are  file-cutting  works. 

The  place  was  thus  described  about  forty  years 
ago  :  '  For  sweetness  of  position,  richness  of  isolation, 
and  wealth  of  umbrageous  beauty,  for  sunny  hillsides 
and  shady  dells  and  peaceful  glades,  for  smiling  farm- 
steads and  magnificent  woodland  scenery  and  rippling 
brooks,  and  all  that  makes  country  life  a  joy  and  a 
talisman,  commend  us  to  Claughton.  .  .  .  To  anyone 
anxious  for  a  day's  serene  pleasure,  for  a  sweet  and 
pure  and  unalloyed  rural  treat,  for  scenery  deliciously 
pastoral  and  air  delightfully  fresh,  we  could  not 
recommend  any  place  in  this  part  of  the  country  half 
so  excellent.' 3  Many  Preston  people  spend  their 
holidays  there.  Around  the  hall  there  is  a  park  of 
about  600  acres  in  extent. 

The  pedestal  of  an  ancient  cross  remains  at  Char- 
nock  House  4  ;  three  other  cross  sites  are  known.5 

Before  the  Conquest  CL4UGHTON 
MANOR  was  held  by  Earl  Tostig  as  part  of  his 
Preston  fee,  and  was  assessed  as  two  plough- 
lands.6  Afterwards  it  formed  part  of  the  barony  of 
Penwortham,7  and  for  a  time  seems  to  have  descended 
with  Warton  in  Kirkham  ;  thus  Roger  le  Boteler  was 


concerned  in  it  in  1 1 84-5  8  and  Richard  le  Boteler 
in  1 208. 9  The  immediate  tenants  appear  to  have 
been  numerous,  four — each  holding  a  fourth  part  — 
being  named  in  I2o8,luand  very  quickly  the  mesne 
lordship  of  the  Botelers II  and  their  successors  was 
forgotten,  and  the  lords  of  Claughton  were  said  to  hold 
of  the  Lacys  or  of  the  Earls  and  Dukes  of  Lancaster.1^ 

The  subdivision  of  the  manor  makes  it  difficult  to 
trace  the  descent.  One  moiety  was  held  by  the 
Singletons  and  their  successors — Banastre,  Balderston, 
&c.13  The  other  moiety  was  acquired  by  the 
Brockholes  family  in  the  time  of  Edward  II  and 
later  ;  ultimately  they  acquired  the  whole  manor, 
though  the  steps  are  not  clearly  made  out. 

It  has  already  been  stated  l4  that  Adam  de  Brock- 
holes  inherited  Byrewath  in  Bonds,  holding  it  till  his 
death  in  1290.  His  son  Roger,  under  age,  married 
Nichola  daughter  and  heir  of  Isolda  wife  of  John  de 
Rigmaiden.15  Roger  was  dead  in  1311,  but  he  left 
two  sons,  John  and  Adam,  and  a  division  of  the 
inheritance  seems  to  have  been  made,  John  receiving 
lands  in  Garstang,  while  Adam  had  the  manor  of 
Brockholes,  near  Preston,  from  which  their  surname 
was  derived.16  John  de  Brockholes  held  land  in 
Claughton,17  but  it  was  his  son  Roger  who  in  1338 


2  Lewis,  Topog.  Diet.    A  cotton  factory 
was    built    about    1791    on    the    Brock; 
Preston  Guard.  24  May  1884. 

3  Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  286. 

4  Lanes,  and  Ches.  Antiq.  Soc.  xx,  199. 

5  Shepherd       Hill,      Langtree's       and 
Catterall  House;  ibid.  199,  200. 

6  y.C.H.  Lanes,  i,  288*. 

7  Lanes,  Inq.    and   Extents    (Rcc.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  36. 

8  Farrer,  Lanes.  Pipe  R.  56,  60  ;  Roger 
desired  that  Richard  and  Robert,  sons  of 
Uctred,  should  have  their  tenure  of  two 
plough-lands  in  Claughton  denned  :  was  it 
in  fee  or  only  for  a  term  ?     The  tenants 
were  of  the  Singleton  family. 

9  Final  Cone.    (Rec.    Soc.    Lanes,    and 
Chei.),  i,  33.     Gilbert  Fitz  Reinfred  and 
Hawise  his  wife  (she  was  daughter  and 
heir  of  William  de  Lancaster  II)  obtained 
from  Richard  le  Boteler  an  acknowledge- 
ment that  the  plough-land  he  himself  held 
was  the  fee  and  right  of  Hawise,  and  that 
the  other  plough-land,  held  (?  lately)  by 
Richard  son    of   Uctred    and    Robert    de 
Stanford,  was  also  her  right. 

10  Ibid.     Hawise    was    to    receive  the 
services  due  from  these  tenants,  who  were 
Adam  de  Claughton,  Michael  de  Claugh- 
ton, Walter  de  Winwick  and  Richard  de 
Stanford.      Here  nine  plough-lands  were 
reckoned  to  a  knight's  fee. 

11  As  in  the  case  of  Warton  this  passed 
to  the  lords  of  Woodplumpton.    Quenilda 
Gernet  in  1252  held  two  plough-lands  in 
Claughton   of  Edmund  de  Lacy  Earl  of 
Lincoln,  but    received    nothing    from    it 
except  wardship  and  relief ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  i,   190.     Ralph    de    Beetham  in 
1254    held    the    two    plough-lands,    but 
received  nothing  because  others  had  been 
enfeoffed  freely  by  the  fee  of  a  hauberk  ; 
ibid,    i,    202.      Nicholas   de   Eaton   held 
Quenilda's    right    in   1311-12  ;    ibid,    ii, 
21. 

18  In  1297  Claughton  rendered  zs.  zd. 
to  the  Earl  of  Lancaster,  probably  for 
castle  guard  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  i, 
290.  In  1324  the  lord  (or  lords)  of 
Claughton  held  the  manor  of  Alice  de 
Lacy  (as  of  the  fee  of  Penwortham)  by 
the  sixteenth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and 


rendering  2s.  zd.  a   year  for  castle  guard  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxxxi,  fol.  396. 

In  1346  Queen  Isabella  paid  the  zs.  zd. 
rent  for  two  plough-lands  in  Claughton  ; 
Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  44.  The 
tenants'  names  were  thus  recorded  in 
1355  :  Thomas  Banastre,  Robert  de 
Haldleghs,  Henry  de  Kuerden,  Richard  de 
Towneley  and  John  de  Stamford  or 
Stanford,  having  the  I28th  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  which  William  de  Whitting- 
ham  formerly  held  ;  Feud.  Aids,  iii,  88. 
This  return  appears  to  be  erroneous,  but 
William  de  Whittingham  had  in  1323 
held  land  in  the  township  of  Adam 
Banastre  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  i  54. 

In  1431  Richard  Balderston  and  John 
Brockholes  of  Heaton  held  the  manor  of 
Claughton  by  the  fifth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  ;  Feud.  Aids,  iii,  95.  In  1445-6 
Richard  Balderston  was  named  as  sole 
tenant ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights'  Fees, 
bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

13  The  preceding  note  affords  proof  of 
this.  William  Banastre  was  in  1324 
found  to  have  died  seised  of  a  moiety  of 
the  vill  of  Claughton  held  of  the  Earl  of 
Lancaster  (as  of  the  inheritance  of  Alice 
de  Lacy)  by  the  eighth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  zd.  yearly.  In  the  other  moiety 
he  held  lands  of  the  Hospitallers  and 
Cockersand  Abbey ;  Lanes.  Inq.  and 
Extents,  ii,  160.  The  Banastre  lands  in 
Claughton  are  again  mentioned  in  1379  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  i,  14,  1 6. 
In  1456  Richard  Balderston  was  found 
to  have  held  the  manor  of  the  king  as  of 
his  duchy  by  i6d.  rent ;  ibid,  ii,  63. 

The  same  estate  is  mentioned  in  the 
following  century  in  the  inquisitions  after 
the  death  of  Edmund  Dudley,  the  Earl 
of  Derby,  Radcliffe  of  Winmarleigh,  Sir 
Gilbert  Gerard  and  Sir  Alexander 
Osbaldeston. 

The  manor  of  Claughton  was  held  by 
the  Earl  of  Derby  in  1 600  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  62,  no.  113.  It 
was  sold  in  1602,  with  other  estates,  by 
the  representatives  of  Ferdinando  the 
fifth  earl  ;  ibid.  bdle.  64,  no.  44.  For 
names  of  tenants,  &c.,  see  Add.  MS. 
32108,  no.  677-8. 


14  In    the    account    of   Barnacre    with 
Bonds.     It    does  not  appear  that  Adam 
had  any  land  in  Claughton. 

15  Isolda  occurs  frequently  in  the  story 
of  the  Rigmaidens  of  Wedacre,  but  her 
parentage  is  not  given,  nor  is    it  stated 
how    Nichola    was   her    heir.      Various 
details    as    to    Roger    and    Nichola    will 
be  found  in  the  account  of  Brockholes. 

Roger  de  Brockholes  acquired  a  mes- 
suage and  land  in  Claughton  from  Godith 
de  Myerscough  ;  Brockholes  of  Claughton 
D.  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Fitzherbert- 
Brockholes.  Roger  son  of  Adam  de 
Brockholes  and  Nichola  his  wife  in  1292 
claimed  a  tenement  in  Wlgarheved  and 
Garstang  against  John  de  Rigmaiden  and 
Richard  de  Pleasington  ;  Assize  R.  408, 
m.  46  d.  Nine  years  later  (Michaelmas, 
1301)  it  was  stated  that  Roger,  Nichola 
his  wife  and  John  their  son  were  all 
under  age;  ibid.  419,  m.  13.  Nichola 
widow  of  Roger  was  living  in  1 344 ; 
ibid.  1435,  m.  37  d. 

16  See  the  account  of  Brockholes.     In 
1316  Nichola  widow  of  Roger  de  Brock- 
holes  granted  land  in   Garstang  to  John 
de  Brockholes  her  son  and  Margaret  his 
wife  with   remainder   to  John's  brother 
Adam;  Towneley   MS.    C  8,   13    (Chet. 
Lib.),  8171. 

17  John  son.  of  John  de  Rigmaiden  con- 
ceded to  John  de  Brockholes  the  homages 
of  certain  tenants,    among    these    being 
William    de    Tatham  ;     Brockholes    D. 
William  son    of   Gilbert    de    Rigmaiden 
gave  him  lands  at  Turnhurst  in  Garstang 
for  life  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  B  173. 

In  1323  William  de  Tatham,  then 
rector  of  Halton,  granted  various  lands 
in  Claughton  to  John  de  Brockholes ; 
Brockholes  D.  From  Final  Cone.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  50  it  appears 
that  William  in  1324  received  them  from 
John  for  life  at  the  rent  of  a  rose,  and 
that  Ralph  de  Stirzacre  put  in  a  claim. 
In  1327  John  de  Brockholes  quitclaimed 
to  Richard  son  of  Walter  de  Claughton 
all  right  in  the  Priestridding  in  Claughton 
which  Richard  had  had  from  William  de 
Tatham  in  exchange  for  land  in  Dikoun- 
ridding  ;  Brockholes  D. 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


received  from  William  de  Tatham,  rector  of  Halton, 
the  '  manor  '  of  Claughton  purchased  from  Adam  son 
of  Richard  de  Claughton,  also  a  number  of  other 
tenements  including  Langscale,  now  Landskill,  in 
Catterall.  This  grant  was  charged  with  the  main- 
tenance of  a  chaplain  in  Claughton  or  at  Garstang 
Church,  a  stipend  of  66s.  %d.  being  payable.18 

Roger  de  Brockholes  appears  to  have  been  killed  in 
December  I  34 1 ,19  His  widow  Ellen  died  in  December 
1357  holding  a  messuage  and  land  in  Byrewath  of 
the  king  by  knight's  service  and  by  rendering  £</. 
yearly  for  castle  ward  ;  also  a  messuage,  80  acres  of 
land  and  10  acres  of  meadow  in  Claughton,  Bils- 
borrow  and  Catterall  of  the  heir  of  William  de 


Tatham  in  socage,  and  other  land  in  Tatham  of  the 
said  heir.  Her  heir  was  Roger  son  of  Roger  de 
Brockholes,  aged  fifteen.20  The  younger  Roger, 
whose  age  might  appear  understated81 — for  in  July 
1 342  he  was  contracted  to  marry  Ellen  daughter  of 
Sir  Adam  de  Clitheroe M — occurs  in  various  ways 
down  to  I39O.*3  In  1377—8  he  released  to  Nicholas 
de  Brockholes  all  claim  in  the  manor  of  Brock- 
holes." 

The  descent  of  the  manor  or  moiety  is  clearly 
attested14  down  to  Roger  Brockholes,  who  died  in 
1496  holding  the  manor  of  Heaton,  near  Lancaster, 
with  lands  in  Tatham,  Claughton,  Bilsborrow  and 
Catterall,  those  in  Claughton  being  held  of  the  king 


John  de  Brockholes  and  Margaret  his 
wife  were  defendants  in  1325  ;  De  Banco 
R.  258,  m.  467.  Margaret  widow  of 
John  in  1333  called  Nichola  widow  of 
Roger  de  Brockholes  to  warrant  ;  ibid. 
294,  m.  291  d.  She  and  her  son  Roger 
were  defendants  in  respect  of  a  tenement 
in  Garstang  in  1336;  ibid.  305,  m. 

339- 

18  Add.  MS.  32105,  fol.  94;  Lang- 
scale  had  been  obtained  from  William 
de  Southworth.  A  red  rose  was  to  be 
given  to  William  and  his  heirs  on 
St.  John  Baptist's  Day.  The  chaplain 
was  to  say  mass  daily  for  the  souls  of 
William  de  Tatham  and  his  kin,  Eustace 
de  Cottesbech  and  all  the  faithful  de- 
parted. Should  Roger  die  without  heir 
the  remainders  were  to  John  and  Edmund 
brothers  of  Roger.  It  would  appear  from 
the  grant  that  the  Brockholes  family 
were  not  the  legal  heirs  of  William  de 
Tatham,  and  as  land  in  Tatham  was 
afterwards  held  by  them  it  seems  clear 
also  that  William  was  the  owner  of  the 
estate  and  not  merely  a  trustee. 

The  deeds  show  that  William  de 
Tatham  had  been  acquiring  lands  in 
Claughton  for  many  years.  The  follow- 
ing made  grants  to  him  :"  Adam  son  of 
Adam  son  of  Bimme  de  Claughton  (id. 
rent),  John  son  of  Thomas  de  Stanford 
(land  in  Grassyard  in  Towncroft),  Robert 
son  of  Roger  de  Claughton,  Robert  le 
Ward  (homage  of  John  son  of  John  de 
Bilsborrow),  Godith  daughter  of  John 
son  of  Walter  de  Myerscough  (in  Dere- 
ridding),  Richard  son  of  Walter  de 
Claughton  and  others  (in  Priestridding), 
Richard  son  of  Roger  de  Bilsborrow  (rent 
of  I4</.  due  from  the  Wederidding  in 
Douaneshaigh  Moss)  and  Adam  son  of 
Henry  de  Rowall  (land  in  Catterall)  ; 
Brockholes  D.  John  de  Brockholes 
attested  several  of  the  charters,  which 
are  undated.  In  1311  Adam  son  of 
Richard  de  Claughton  gave  William  de 
Tatham  a  messuage  and  land  in  Laufield 
in  Claughton;  in  1325  John  son  of 
William  de  Whittingham  and  Margery 
his  wife  gave  him  a  water-mill  and  a 
fulling-mill,  being  Margery's  dower  ;  and 
Richard  son  of  Patrick  de  Claughton  gave 
rents  and  the  sixth  part  of  a  mill,  formerly 
belonging  to  Roger  de  Bilsborrow  ;  ibid. 
Tn  1333  Adam  son  of  Richard  de  Claugh- 
ton and  Maud  his  wife  confirmed  their 
grant  ;  Final  Cone,  ii,  91.  There  are 
other  charters  in  Towneley  C  8,  13 
(B  148,  242). 

In  1324  Thomas  de  Stanford  released 
to  William  de  Tatham  his  right  in  the 
eighth  part  of  the  lordship  of  Claughton  ; 
Brockholes  D. 

In  1325  Roger  son  of  Robert  son  of 
Ralph  de  Claughton  gave  a  messuage,  &c., 


to  his  father  with  reversion  to  John 
de  Brockholes;  C  8,  13,  B  133. 

William  de  Coucy  in  1339  complained 
that  Roger  de  Brockholes,  William  his 
brother  and  four  Stirzacres  had  broken 
his  close,  &c.  ;  De  Banco  R.  320,  m.  449. 
William  son  of  John  de  Brockholes  was 
in  1343  sent  to  gaol  for  wounding,  &c.  ; 
Assize  R.  430,  m.  20. 

19  Ibid.  m.  12  d.  ;  William  son  of  John 
de  Bilsborrow  and  Adam  his  brother  were 
implicated.  In  1341  Roger  de  Brock- 
holes  had  made  a  feoffment  (perhaps  in 
view  of  his  marriage)  of  his  manor  of 
Claughton,  with  lands  in  Catterall,  Bils- 
borrow, Haighton,  Tatham  and  Garstang  ; 
Brockholes  D.  The  widows  Nichola  and 
Margaret  were  living.  In  the  same  year 
Roger  complained  of  assault ;  Coram  Rege 
R.  319,  m. 125. 

80  Inq.  p.m.  12  Edw.  Ill  (ist  nos.), 
no.  12.  The  chaplain  received  661.  8</. 
from  the  estate  as  stipend. 

21  In  1341  (i.e.  before  the  father's 
death)  Thomas  de  Holden  and  Margery 
his  wife  (widow  of  Robert  de  Claughton) 
claimed  dower  in  Claughton  against  Roger 
son  of  John  de  Brockholes,  John  de 
Pleasington  and  John  the  Souter,  and  in 
the  following  year  John  de  Pleasington 
called  William  brother  and  heir  of  Roger 
de  Brockholes  to  warrant  him  ;  De  Banco 
R.  327,  m.  35  ;  333,  m.  213. 

This  shows  that  Roger  had  been  a 
posthumous  son,  and  at  his  proof  of  age 
(1363)  it  was  stated  that  he  was  born  at 
Salesbury  10  August  1342  ;  Dep.  Keeper's 
Rep.  iii,  App.  208. 

William  son  of  Ralph  de  Stirzacre,  as 
nephew  of  William  de  Tatham,  who  had 
died  seised,  claimed  three  messuages,  &c., 
in  Claughton  and  Bilsborrow  in  1 346 
against  Richard  de  Towneley  and  Ellen 
his  wife.  The  defendants  called  Roger 
son  of  Roger  de  Brockholes  to  warrant 
them,  but  he  was  under  age  ;  Assize  R. 

1435,  m-  31- 

23  Final  Cone,  ii,  114;  the  remainders 
were  to  William  son  of  John  de  Brock- 
holes,  John  and  Edmund  his  brothers,  &c. 
These  brothers  put  in  their  claim,  as  did 
Eufemia  their  sister. 

Salesbury,  where  Roger  was  born,  was 
a  manor  of  the  Clitheroe  family,  Sir 
Adam  having  died  before  1342. 

23  In  1356  Roger  son  of  Roger  de 
Brockholes  acquired  lands  in  Aighton, 
and  in  1363  he  made  a  feoffment  of  lands 
in  Tatham  ;  Brockholes  D.  In  the  latter 
year  he  appeared  as  plaintiff;  De  Banco 
R.  416,  m.  383d.  In  1369,  1373  and 
1375  he  acquired  certain  lands  and  rents 
in  Claughton,  the  names  including  White 
Carr,  Alcocks  Field,  Myerscough  Field  and 
Dawfield  ;  Brockholes  D.  The  grantors 
were  Henry  de  Kuerden  and  Isolda  his 

326 


wife,  Joan  daughter  and  heir  of  Henry 
de  Fetherby  (widow),  John  de  Stanford 
and  Robert  de  Pleasington,  Richard  son 
of  William  de  Stirzacre.  In  1390  Roger 
obtained  land  in  Catterall  from  Robert 
Haneson  de  Stirzacre;  ibid.  In  1388 
Roger  acquired  land  in  Claughton  from 
John  the  Glover  and  Margery  his  wife  ; 
Final  Cone,  iii,  30. 

24  Towneley  MS.  HH,  no.  1889. 

In  1420  Agnes  daughter  of  Roger 
Brockholes  deceased  acknowledged  the 
receipt  of  ,£10  from  her  mother  Ellen  ; 
Add.  MS.  32105,  SS  689. 

25  Roger's  son  John  de  Brockholes  in 
or   before    1387    married     Katherine    de 
Heaton,  and    so   obtained   the  manor   of 
Heaton  in  Lonsdale,  which  he  granted  to 
feoffees  in  1407  ;  Brockholes  D.     From 
that  time  Heaton  seems  to  have  been  the 
chief  residence   of  the   family  for  about 
200  years.     In   1409  John  son  of  Roger 
de  Brockholes  received  lands  in  Claughton 
and  Brockholes  from  John  de  Whitting- 
ham of  Claughton  ;  ibid.     In  1431   (see 
note    12)    he    was    recognized    as    joint 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Claughton  —  the  first 
official    record    of  his   status.      In    1437 
several  family  arrangements  were   made 
by  him  :  an  annuity  of  5  marks   to  his 
son   William  ;  lands  for   life   to  his  son 
Thomas   by  a  second   wife   named  Joan 
(Brockholes  D.)  ;  Alcockfield  to  his  son 
Robert,  and  to  Isabel  his  daughter  ;  C  8, 
13,  B   145,  &c.;  Add.   MS.   32105,  fol. 


In  the  collection  of  deeds  last  referred 
to  is  a  sworn  testimony  (1428)  as  to  the 
inheritance  of  Sir  Geoffrey  Brockholes, 
whose  daughter  married  at  Colchester  ; 
ibid.  fol.  173^.  Sir  Geoffrey  is  not  known 
to  have  had  any  connexion  with  the 
Claughton  family. 

In  1438  and  1439  lands  were  settled 
on  Thomas  (son  of  Roger  son  of  John) 
Brockholes  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  in 
Claughton,  Catterall,  Garstang  and 
Tatham  ;  Brockholes  D.  John  Brock- 
holes  had  died  somewhat  earlier  ;  the 
date  of  the  writ  of  diem  cl.  extr.  is  given 
as  30  May  1437  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xxxiii,  App.  37.  In  1441  Roger  his  son 
received  the  manor  of  Heaton  from  the 
trustees  ;  ibid. 

Thomas  Brockholes  (son  of  Roger)  in 

1465  granted  to  Sir    James  Harrington 
the   wardship   and    marriage    of  his    son 
Roger,   and    in     the    following    year    Sir 
James  gave  Roger  to  be  married  to  Ellen 
daughter    of   William    Chorley  ;    at    the 
same  time  Thomas  Brockholes  gave  her 
Byrewath  in  Garstang  for  life  ;  Towneley 
MSS.    C  8,    13,  B  206,   &c.      Margaret 
widow  of  the  former  Roger  was  living  in 
1465,   but  seems  to  have  been  dead  in 

1466  ;  Brockholet  D.      Thomas  Brock- 


AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


as  of  his  honour  of  Lincoln.*'  John  Brockholes,  the 
son  and  heir,  was  fourteen  years  of  age.  His  eldest 
son  Cuthbert  died  before 
him,*7  and  he  was  succeeded 
by  another  son  Thomas,  who 
died  in  1567  holding  the 
manors  of  Claughton  and 
Heaton,  various  lands,  &c., 
the  estate  in  Claughton  and 
Bilsborrow  being  said  to  be 
held  of  the  queen  as  of  her 
duchy  by  the  hundred  and 
twenty-eighth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee.  Thomas  Brock- 
holes,  the  son  and  heir,  was 
six  years  old.*8  He  made  a 
settlement  of  the  manor  of 

Claughton  in  I597,29  and  recorded  a  pedigree  in 
1613,  when  his  son  John  was  twenty-seven  years 
old.3"  Thomas  died  in  1618"  and  his  son  John 
in  164.3,"  when  John's  son  Thomas,  thirty  years  of 


BROCKHOLES  of 
Claughton.  Argent  a 
che-veron  between  three 
brocks  sable. 


age,  succeeded.       He  married  Mary   daughter    and 
heir  of  John  Holden  of  Chaigley. 

The  family  remained  Roman  Catholic  at  the 
Reformation,  appearing  on  the  recusant  rolls  from 
the  time  of  Elizabeth.33  They  took  the  king's  side 
in  the  Civil  War,  and  the  estates  were  sequestered 3i 
and  then  declared  forfeit  by  the  Parliament.35  As  in 
other  cases,  the  estate  was  recovered  for  the  owner, 
and  in  1665  Thomas  Brockholes  registered  a  pedigree 
as  '  of  Claughton.'36  He  was  succeeded  in  1668  by 
his  son  John,  who  in  1717  registered  his  estate  as  a 
'  Papist.' 3r  Two  of  his  sons  joined  the  Jacobite 
rising  in  1715,  but  appear  to  have  escaped  prosecu- 
tion ;  the  elder  of  them,  John,  died  before  his 
father,  so  that  the  younger,  William,  succeeded.38  He 
died  without  issue,  and,  his  three  brothers  having 
been  priests,39  the  manors  and  lands  went  to  his 
nephew  Thomas  Hesketh  of  Mains  in  Singleton,40 
who  took  the  name  of  Brockholes.  On  his  death  in 
1 766  they  passed  to  his  brother  Joseph,41  and  then  to 
a  third  brother  James  ;  but  as  all  died  without  issue 


holes  and  Roger  his  son  in  1474  granted 
Galgate  House,  Walgrefe  Close  and 
Herldonsoe  upon  White  Carr  in  Claugh- 
ton to  Ellen  Dore  for  life  ;  ibid.  Thomas 
was  dead  in  1476,  when  his  widow 
Elizabeth  made  an  agreement  as  to  her 
dower  with  Roger  the  son  and  heir  ; 
ibid. 

76  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  73. 
Provision  made  for  Ellen  his  wife  and  his 
five  daughters  is  recorded,  and  a  fuller 
statement  of  various  settlements  is  con- 
tained in  a  later  inquisition  (ibid.  no.  77). 
Roger  Brockholes  (of  1441)  married 
Margaret  ;  his  son  and  heir  Thomas  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  Roger,  who  married 
Ellen  Chorley,  as  above,  and  she  survived 
him. 

The  wardship  and  marriage  of  John 
Brockholes  were  in  1500  granted  to 
William  Smith  ;  Dej>.  Keeper's  Rep. 
xxxix,  App.  551. 

n  In  1527  Cuthbert  son  and  heir  of 
John  Brockholes  was  contracted  to  marry 
Margaret  daughter  of  Thomas  Rigmaiden  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  B  216.  Twelve 
years  later  further  arrangements  were 
made  as  to  the  succession,  Cuthbert  and 
his  wife  being  still  alive  ;  the  remainders 
were  to  Thomas,  younger  son  of  John, 
Edward  second  son  of  Thurstan  Tyldesley, 
and  to  Mary  daughter  of  John  Brockholes  ; 
ibid.  B  161,  217-18.  Cuthbert  must 
have  died  soon  afterwards,  for  in  1541 
Thomas  son  and  heir  of  John  was  engaged 
to  marry  Dorothy  daughter  of  John 
Rigmaiden,  or  Mabel  her  sister  if  she 
should  die  ;  ibid.  B  223. 

The  will  of  John  Brockholes  is  dated 
1546;  ibid.  6224.  He  died  shortly 
after,  and  livery  was  granted  to  Thomas 
in  1557;  Add.  MS.  32105,  fol.  217; 
Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxix,  App.  551.  A 
settlement  was  then  made  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  201,  m.  i. 

18  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  6  ; 
Margaret  widow  of  Cuthbert  was  living 
at  Hulme.  The  will  of  Thomas  Brock- 
holes  is  recited  ;  Claughton  was  to  be 
held  for  a  term  of  years  for  the  benefit  of 
his  daughter  Elizabeth,  only  four  years 
old,  and  then  to  his  son  Thomas.  In 
default  of  issue  the  remainders  were  to 
the  said  daughter  Elizabeth  and  heirs,  to 
his  sister  Mary,  another  sister  Katherine 
Kydde,  to  Robert  Parker — all  for  life  ; 
and  then  to  the  next  of  kin  of  the  name 


of  Brockholes.  The  sister  Mary  had  in 
1541  married  William  Singleton  of 
Brockholes  ;  Brockholes  D.  The  daughter 
Elizabeth  was  in  1580  contracted  to 
marry  John  son  and  heir  of  Edward 
Braddyll  ;  ibid. 

Livery  was  granted  to  Thomas  Brock- 
holes  in  1582  ;  Dep.  Keeper's  Rep.  xxxix, 
App.  551. 

2U  Brockholes  D. 

so  Visit,  of  1613  (Chet.  Soc.),  31  ;  the 
family  is  described  as  '  of  Heaton.' 

31  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  148-9.  The  manor  of 
Claughton  was  stated  to  be  held  of  the 
king  as  duke  by  the  twenty-eighth  part  of 
a  knight's  fee  ;  various  lands  in  Bilsborrow, 
&c.,  by  the  moiety  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  and 
others  in  Garstang  by  the  like  service. 
The  heir  was  the  son  John,  aged  thirty- 
one. 

"Pedigree  of  1665;  C  8,  13,  B 
230. 

33  Gillow,  Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.  Cath.  i, 
306.  The  two-thirds  of  Thomas  Brock- 
holes'  estate  sequestered  for  recusancy 
were  in  1608  granted  out  by  the  Crown  ; 
Pat.  6  Jas.  I,  pt.  xxi. 

S4  The  papers  in  the  case  of  the  head 
of  the  family  seem  to  have  been  lost, 
but  the  sequestration  is  evident  from  the 
record  of  his  relatives  ;  Royalist  Comp. 
Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  243-50.  John  Brockholes,  who  died 
in  1643,  left  a  widow  Dorothy  (who 
married  Captain  John  Reines)  and  an 
infant  son  Augustine,  to  whom  he 
assigned  an  annuity  of  £10,  which  was 
stopped  before  1651.  Another  son,  John 
Brockholes  of  Torrisholme,  adhered  to 
the  forces  raised  against  the  Parliament 
and  in  1649  applied  for  leave  to  com- 
pound. A  cousin,  Thomas  Brockholes  of 
Heaton,  and  his  mother  had  their  lands 
sequestered  for  recusancy  and  delinquency. 
This  Thomas  '  admitted  at  the  beginning 
of  the  wars  he  had  acted  against  the 
state,  but  soon  seeing  his  error  he 
subsequently  did  all  he  could  in  the 
parliamentary  interest ' ;  he  had  for  two 
years  been  imprisoned  for,  debt  in  the 
Marshalsea. 

The  will  of  Thomas  Brockholes  of 
Heaton  (1638)  is  in  C  8, 13,  B  228. 

35  The  manors  of  Claughton  and 
Heaton  were  sold  in  1653  ;  Royalist  Comp. 
Papers,  i,  249.  Three  of  the  name  of 


Thomas  Brockholes  were  in  the  act  of 
sale  of  1652 — one  of  Chaigley  and  the 
others  of  Heaton — but  none  is  described 
as  '  esquire '  ;  Index  of  Royalists  (Index 
Soc.),  42,  51. 

36  Dugdale,     Visit.    (Chet.    Soc.),    58. 
His  son  John  was  then  twenty  years  old. 
Two   other  sons  were    priests  ;    Gillow, 
Bibl.  Diet,  of  Engl.   Cath.   i,   308.     The 
continuation  of  the  pedigree  may  be  seen 
in  Fishwick's  Gars  tang  (Chet.  Soc.),  242  ; 
Burke,  Commoners,  iii,   384-6.      In   1699 
a  settlement  of  the  manors  of  Claughton 
and  Heaton  was  made  by  John  Brockholes 
and  John  his  son  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of 
F.  bdle.  243,  m.  16. 

37  Estcourt    and    Payne,    Engl.    Cath. 
Nonjurors,    141  ;    the   annual  value    was 
£522  19*.  \d. 

88  Gillow,  op.  cit.  i,  307.     The  will  of 
John     Brockholes    of   Claughton,     dated 
1 7 1 8,  in  which  year  he  died,  is  in  Piccope 
MSS.  (Chet.  Lib.),  iii,  200. 

89  Of  these  Roger  was  the   priest   at 
Claughton   and  died   in    1743  ;    Thomas 
died   in   1758,  and  Charles,  a    Jesuit  at 
Wigan,    in    1759,  being  the  last  of  the 
male    line  ;    ibid.  ;  Foley,  Rec.  S.  /.  vi, 
454  ;    vii,    87.     In    a   recovery    of  the 
manors  in  1739  the  vouchee  was  Cathe- 
rine Brockholes,  spinster  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  551,  m.  3.     She  was  a  daughter 
of  John  Brockholes  by  his  second  mar- 
riage    and     in     1739    married     Charles 
tenth  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

40  The   licence    for   the    marriage    of 
William  Hesketh  and  Mary  Brockholes 
was  dated    1710;    Brockholes   D.     Her 
sister  Anne    married    Robert  Davies  of 
Gwysaney   and  in  1737  Mrs.  Davies,  as 
a  widow,  claimed    the  whole    estate   as 
next  Protestant  of  kin  ;  ibid.     It  appears 
that   Thomas    Brockholes   had    made    a 
conveyance  to  Thomas  Clayton  and  she 
probably   thought   the   whole    would    be 
sold.      Her    husband's  family  intervened 
to  prevent  the  claim  proceeding  ;  though 
Protestants  they  objected  to  profit  by  the 
penal    laws.     Her    descendants    are    the 
representatives  in  blood  of  the  old  Brock- 
holes  family.      See  Burke,  Landed  Gentry 
under  Davies-Cooke  of  Owston. 

41  Joseph  married  Constant  a  daughter 
of  Basil  Fitzherbert  and  died    in    1782. 
He  made  a  feoffment  of  ths    manors  of 
Claughton  and  Heaton  in  1767  ;   Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  377,  m.  297. 


A   HISTORY   OF   LANCASHIRE 


they  went  in  1783,  by  Joseph's  disposition,  to 
William  Fitzherbert  of  Swinnerton,"  who  also  assumed 
the  name  of  Brockholes,  and  dying  in  1817  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas  Fitzherbert-Brockholes. 
He  died  unmarried  in  1873  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  nephew  James,  who  in  1875  was  followed  by  a 
second  cousin  William  Joseph,  son  of  Francis  Fitz- 
herbert of  Swinnerton,  who  took  the  surname  Brock- 
holes,  and  is  the  present  lord  of  the  manor,43  residing 
at  the  hall.  No  courts  are  held,  nor  are  there  any 
records  of  them. 

CLAUGHTON  HALL  4$a  stands  on  rising  ground 
facing  west  and  commanding  an  extensive  view  over 


the  Fylde.  It  is  a  plain  modern  stone  mansion, 
three  stories  in  height,  erected  in  1816-17  but 
incorporating  part  of  an  older  house  probably  of 
17th-century  date.  The  entrance  is  on  the  north 
side,  by  a  pillared  porch,  and  on  the  west  front  the 
distinctive  features  are  two  large  bow  windows,  one 
at  each  end,  going  up  the  full  height  of  the  build- 
ing. 

Among  the  ancient  families  who  appear  to  have 
held  fractions  of  the  manor  were  those  of  Claughton,44 
Myerscough,45  Fegherby  or  Fetherby,46  represented 
by  Haldleghs  and  Kuerden  in  1355,  Stamford  or 
Stanford47  and  Whittingham.48  The  last-mentioned 


48  He  was  brother  of  the  above-named 
Constantia.  His  elder  brother  Basil 
(d.  1797)  was  father  of  Francis  (d.  1857) 
father  of  the  present  lord  of  Claughton. 

48  Burke,  Landed  Gentry. 

«a  There  are  three  illustrations  in 
Twycross,  Lanes.  Mansions,  ii,  41.  The 
building  was  barely  finished  in  1817  when 
Mr.  Wm.  Fitzherbert  Brockholes  died. 
It  comprises  the  whole  of  the  house 
except  the  offices  and  servants'  rooms, 
which  belong  to  the  older  building. 

44  The  fine  of  1208  (cited  above)  shows 
Adam  and    Michael  de  Claughton    each 
holding  a  fourth  part.     Each  of  them  was 
a    benefactor    to     Cockersand     Abbey  ; 
Chartul.  (Chet.   Soc.),  254,  &c.      So  also 
were  William  son  of  Michael  and  Richard 
de  Claughton  ;  ibid.      From  William  de 
Tatham's  charter  of  1338  it  appears  that 
his  part  of  the  manor  had  been  purchased 
from  Adam  son  of  Richard  de  Claughton. 
Adam  son  of  Adam  lord   of  Claughton 
occurs  in   1329    in    one    of  the    Brock- 
holes  D. 

Walter  de  Winwick  was  another  of 
the  lords  in  1208.  Later  there  was  a 
Walter  de  Claughton  whose  descendants 
are  named  in  the  Brockholes  D.  Thus 
in  1327  John  de  Brockholes  made  an 
exchange  of  land  with  Richard  son  of 
Walter  de  Claughton  and  in  1338  John 
son  of  Richard  son  of  Walter  de  Claugh- 
ton granted  all  his  lands  to  Robert  his 
son.  John  de  Pleasington  granted  to 
William  son  of  Richard  son  of  Walter  de 
Claughton  all  lands  formerly  belonging 
to  John  son  of  Richard  son  of  Walter  ; 
ibid.  The  date  of  this  must  be  later 
than  the  others,  for  in  1356  the  said 
William  was  claiming  land  against  John 
de  Pleasington  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize 
R.  5,  m.  25. 

45  In  1252-3   the  sheriff  was  ordered 
to  deliver  to  Walter  de  Myerscough  an 
oxgang  of  land  in  Claughton  which  had 
belonged  to  William  de  Myerscough,  an 
outlaw  ;  Close  R.  67,  m.  3. 

Roger  de  Wedacre  in  1284  complained 
that  Maud  de  Claughton,  William  de 
Myerscough  and  Isolde  his  wife  had 
disseised  him  of  land  in  Claughton,  and 
recovered  it ;  Assize  R.  1268,  m.  12. 

John  and  Robert  de  Myerscough  con- 
tributed to  the  subsidy  of  1332  ;  Exch. 
Lay  Subs.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
58-9. 

Randle  del  Wood  (Bosco)  was  one  of 
the  early  owners  and  granted  a  rent- 
charge  of  2*.,  &c.,  to  his  son  William  ; 
Brockholes  D.  John  son  of  William  de 
Myerscough  gave  a  fraction  of  the  waste 
in  Claughton  to  Richard  son  of  Walter 
son  of  Randle  del  Wood  ;  ibid.  John  son 
of  John  de  Myerscough  in  1 344  made  a 
grant  to  John  son  of  Thomas  son  of 
Richard  de  Claughton ;  ibid.  Other 


deeds  of  the  family  are  preserved  in  the 
same  collection  ;  Horseriddington  and 
Timberhurst  are  among  the  Claughton 
place-names.  Other  deeds  are  in  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlii,  fol.  52*,  58  (Brustare  Croft), 
68. 

46  The  name  is  also  spelt  Fotherby  and 
varies  to  Feyreby  and  Ferriby. 

In  1302  Henry  son  of  William  de 
Fetherby  called  Ellis  de  Fetherby  to 
warrant  to  him  the  third  part  of  a 
messuage,  &c.,  in  Claughton  claimed  in 
dower  by  Christiana  wife  of  Nicholas  de 
Garstang  ;  De  Banco  R.  142,  m.  in. 
Christiana  was  widow  of  Gilbert  de 
Clifton  and  had  exchanged  for  land  at 
Ferriby  in  Yorkshire  5  ibid.  143,  m.  107. 
Nichola  widow  of  Ellis  de  Fetherby  in 
1308  claimed  dower  in  two  messuages, 
&c.,  against  Henry  de  Fetherby  and 
Isolda  his  wife ;  ibid.  173,  m.  193  d. 
Isolda  daughter  of  John  de  Myerscough 
in  1313-14  recovered  land  in  Claughton 
against  Isolda  wife  of  Henry  son  and 
heir  of  William  de  Fetherby  and  others  ; 
Assize  R.  424,  m.  7. 

Henry  was  living  in  1331  (De  Banco 
R.  283,  m.  372  d.  ;  287,  m.  224  d.),  but 
in  1336  his  widow  Margery,  then  wife  of 
John  son  of  Adam  de  Hindley,  claimed 
dower  in  Claughton  against  Robert  son  of 
John  de  Blackburn  (of  Showley)  and  Joan 
daughter  (and  co-heir)  of  Henry  de  Feth- 
erby, and  against  Geoffrey  son  of  John 
son  of  Geoffrey  de  Walton  and  Isolda 
the  other  daughter  ;  ibid.  308,  m.  360  ; 
310,  m.  27.  By  1346  Margery  had 
married  a  third  husband,  Richard  son  of 
Robert  de  Parr,  and  made  a  new  claim 
for  dower  against  the  same  parties  ;  ibid. 
349,  m.  208  d. 

Robert  de  Haldleghs,  Joan  his  wife, 
Henry  de  Kuerden  and  Isolda  his  wife 
(in  the  wives'  right)  claimed  a  messuage, 
&c.,  in  1355,  against  John  son  of  Robert 
the  Wright  and  Robert  de  Middleton  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  4,  m.  28  d.  ; 
7,  m.  2.  In  1360  Robert  de  Haldleghes 
and  Joan  his  wife,  Henry  de  Kuerden 
and  Isolda  his  wife,  sought  land  in 
Claughton,  as  the  right  of  the  wives,  who 
were  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  Henry 
de  Fetherby ;  ibid.  7,  m.  2.  Joan  (as 
above)  in  1369—73  granted  her  lands  to 
Roger  de  Brockholes  ;  Brockholes  D. 

47  It  has  been  shown  that  Richard  de 
Stanford  had  a  part  of  the  manor  in  1 208 
and  John  de  Stanford  in  1355. 

Richard  (son  of  Robert)  de  Stanford 
and  John  de  Stanford  were  benefactors  of 
Cockersand  Abbey  ;  Chartul.  i,  256-8, 
253. 

Maud  widow  of  Thomas  de  Stanford 
was  a  plaintiff  in  1312  in  respect  of  her 
dower  in  Claughton  ;  De  Banco  R.  193, 
m.  40  ;  195,  m.  156. 

Thomas  de  Stanford  occurs  in  1324; 


Brockholes  D.  Nicholas  de  Eaton  in 
1323  granted  to  William  de  Tatham, 
clerk,  the  wardship  of  John  son  and  heir 
of  Thomas  de  Stanford  ;  Add.  MS.  32104, 
no.  1131. 

John  de  Stanford  paid  to  the  subsidy  in 
1332;  Exch.  Lay  Subs.  59.  In  1337 
William  son  of  Adam  son  of  Thomas  de 
Calder  sought  a  messuage  in  Claughton 
held  by  John  de  Pleasington  and  John 
son  of  Thomas  de  Stanford  ;  De  Banco 
R.  310,  m.  158.  Ralph  another  son  of 
Thomas  claimed  land  in  the  same  year  ; 
Assize  R.  1424,  m.  n  d.  Robert  de 
Stanford  was  called  to  warrant  in  1352  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Assize  R.  i,  m.  4d.  ;  2, 
m.  3. 

In  1444  Lawrence  Stanford  and  Agnes 
widow  of  Henry  Stanford  settled  a  mes- 
suage, &c.,  in  Claughton  through  Henry 
Garstang  as  trustee  ;  Final  Cone,  iii,  1 1 1. 
In  1465  Henry  Albyn  as  grandson  of 
Henry  Stanford  complained  that  Joan 
widow  of  Richard  Balderston  was  detaining 
a  box  of  charters  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R. 
28,  m.  20.  In  1469  he  claimed  land 
against  Richard  Barton,  alleging  that 
Lawrence  Stanford  had  died  without 
issue  ;  ibid.  35,  m.  7  d. 

48  See  below  under  Hecham  for  some 
early  notices. 

In  1324-5  William  son  of  William  de 
Whittingham  and  heir  of  Alice  wife  of 
the  elder  William  paid  gd.  as  relief. 
Part  of  his  lands  were  held  of  William 
Banastre,  a  minor,  but  he  held  i  oxgang 
of  land  of  the  king  by  the  hundred  and 
twenty-eighth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  20 
acres  made  an  oxgang  ;  Memo.  R.  (L.T.R.) 
88,  m.  74. 

According  to  the  return  of  1355 
William's  estate  became  divided  among 
co-heirs.  Richard  de  Towneley  and 
Ellen  his  wife  were  associated  with  John 
de  Whittingham  of  Claughton  in  defence 
in  1344;  Assize  R.  1435,  m.  37  d. 
Alice  widow  of  John  de  Myerscough  in 
1 3  54  claimed  a  rent  of  51.  from  Claugh- 
ton— obtaining  4*.  8J<£ — against  Richard 
and  Ellen  de  Towneley  ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Assize  R.  3,  m.  id. 

The  Whittingham  family  was  repre- 
sented in  the  township  long  after  this 
time.  Richard  son  of  John  de  Whitting- 
ham made  a  feoffment  of  land  there  in 
1377;  Add.  MS.  32106,  no.  426.  In 
the  preceding  year  dower  had  been  claimed 
against  him  by  Isabel  widow  of  Nicholas 
son  of  John  de  Whittingham  ;  De  Banco 
R.  463,  m.  142  d.  John  Whittingham 
gave  messuages  in  Claughton  and  Bils- 
borrow  in  1488  to  his  son  Robert  ;  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  Lent  3  Hen.  VII. 
Margaret  Whittingham,  widow,  in  1505 
claimed  dower  against  John  Whittingham; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  99,  m.  2  d.  ;  Final 
Cone,  iii,  156. 


328 


CLAUGHTON   HALL 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


had  Royalist  representatives  in  the  Civil  War 
time.4Sa  The  Hollands  of  Denton49  had  an  estate 
at  Matshead  which  was  in  1564  sold  to  Barton,50 
who  were  succeeded  by  Whitehead.51  Butler  of 


Rawcliffe,52  Singleton  of  Chingle  Hall 53  and  others 
of  the  neighbouring  landowners  had  possessions  in 
Claughton.54  Among  the  smaller  local  holders  appear 
Parkinson,85  Wilkinson  5G  and  others.57 


483  Richard  Whittingham  compounded 
with  the  Parliamentary  authorities  in 
1649  for  his  estate  in  Claughton.  A 
son  Thomas  had  been  killed  at  New- 
bury  in  1643  fighting  for  the  king  ;  but 
his  widow  Anne  afterwards  married  John 
Molanus,  a  sergeant-major  for  the  Parlia- 
ment ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iii,  2055. 

49  John  de   Bellew  and  Joan  his  wife 
in  1318  claimed  dower  in  two  messuages 
and  half  a  plough-land  against  Thurstan 
son  of  Margaret  de  Worsley  ;  De  Banco 
R.  225,  m.  170  d. 

In  1325  William  de  Multon  and  Joan 
his  wife  (as  widow  of  William  de  Holland) 
claimed  the  same  against  Thurstan  son 
of  William  de  Holland  ;  ibid.  258,  m.  384; 
261,  m.  2  d. 

In  1403  it  wai  found  that  Richard  de 
Holland  of  Denton  held  a  place  called 
Mateshed  in  Claughton  of  the  king  by  a 
rent  of  I  \d.  to  him  and  4*.  to  William  de 
Balderston;  Towneley  MS.  DD,no.  1461. 

50  Hugh  and  Edward   Barton  (his  son) 
purchased     two    messuages,     &c.,     from 
Edward  Holland  in  1564  ;   Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  26,  m.   222.      Edward 
Barton  died  in  1595  holding  the  messuage 
of  Lord  La  Warre  in  socage,  and  leaving 
a  son   Hugh,   one  year  old  ;    Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  23,  88.     The 
tenure    seems    incorrectly    stated.     John 
Barton  died  in  1633  holding  what  appears 
to  be  the  same  property,  but  the  tenure 
is  not  recorded.     Hugh  his  son  and  heir 
was  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  there  were 
other    children,   Richard,    Elizabeth    and 
Jane  ;    ibid,  xxvii,  no.   7.      Margery  his 
widow  afterwards  married  Cuthbert  Tyl- 
desley  of  Stirzacre  and  in   1652  claimed 
the  two-thirds  of  a  tenement  sequestered 
for   the  recusancy   of   Elizabeth   Barton, 
spinster  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers,  i,  1  50. 

51  They  had   Matshead  ;    see    the   ac- 
count   of   the    family    and     pedigree    in 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  253  ;  also  Upper  Raw- 
cliffe in  St.  Michael's.     Mr.  Whitehead 
of  Garstang  town  raised  a  company  for  the 
Parliament  in  1643  5  Lanes.  War  (Chet. 
Soc.),  42.     He    was  a   member    of  the 
Presbyterian  Classis  in  1646. 

M  James  Boteler  in  1  504  held  mes- 
suages, <fec.,  in  Goosnargh  and  Claughton 
of  the  king  by  knight's  service  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iii,  no.  109.  The 
Claughton  land  appears  to  have  descended 
to  Standish  of  Duxbury,  but  the  tenure 
was  not  recorded  in  1599  ;  ibid,  xvii, 
no.  54. 

53  John  Singleton  held  of  the  king  as 
duke  in  1530  by  the  ninety-secondth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee,  but  his  successor*  by  the 
fortieth  part  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
vi,  no.  32;  viii,  no.  9;  xiii,  no.  16 


. 

Gabriel  Hesketh  purchased  messuages, 
&c.,  in  1541  from  John  Singleton,  and 
sold  to  William  Kirkby  in  1563  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  12,  m.  60  ;  25, 
m.  200. 

54  In  1491  William  Skillicorne  sold  to 
Thomas  Earl  of  Derby  the  lands  in 
Claughton  which  had  formerly  belonged 
to  William  Bradkirk,  and  before  that  to 
John  Warburton  ;  Knowsley  D.  2/13. 

Henry  Kighley  of  Inskip  (1554)  and 
his  son  held  messuages  and  lands  of  the 
queen  as  of  her  duchy  by  knight's  service  ; 


Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  x,  no.  49  ;  xi, 
no.  10. 

John  Kighley  of  White  Lea  in  Goos- 
nargh in  1616  held  in  Claughton  of  the 
Hospitallers  (dissolved)  by  6d.  rent  ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  ii,  31. 

George  Kirkby  of  Upper  Rawcliffe 
(1558)  and  his  brother  William  held  of 
Thomas  Brockholes  by  a  rent  of  ^d. ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  8  ; 
xvii,  no.  1 6.  Gilbert  Latus  of  Goosnargh 
(1568)  held  the  fourth  part  of  four  mes- 
suages, &c.,  by  the  same  service  ;  ibid, 
xii,  no.  ii. 

Robert  Shireburne  of  Catterall  held  the 
Conigree  in  Claughton  of  the  queen  as 
duke  by  knight's  service  in  1572;  ibid, 
xiii,  no.  10. 

Ewan  Browne  of  Ribbleton  in  1545 
held  a  messuage  in  Claughton  as  part  ot 
his  Ribbleton  estate,  but  in  1568  and 
later  the  tenure  was  described  as  of 
Thomas  Stirzacre  by  services  unknown  ; 
ibid,  vii,  no.  24  ;  xi,  no.  4  ;  xiv,  no.  42. 

John  Starkie,  Anne  his  wife,  Henry 
Starkie  and  Isabel  his  wife  held  their 
messuages,  &c.,  in  1558;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  19,  m.  38.  Afterwards 
(1577)  Henry  and  Isabel  were  said  to 
hold  the  third  part  of  the  manor  of 
Claughton  ;  ibid.  bdle.  39,  m.  120.  Henry 
Starkie  (of  Aughton  near  Ormskirk)  was 
at  his  death  said  to  hold  messuages,  &c., 
of  the  queen  as  of  her  duchy  by  the 
fortieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvii,  no.  70. 

Robert  Walmesley  of  Coldcoats  in  1612 
held  three  messuages,  &c.,  of  the  king  as 
duke  by  the  two-hundredth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.), 
i,  219-23. 

William  Hesketh  of  Mains  in  1622 
held  in  Claughton  of  the  Earl  of  Derby 
in  socage  ;  ibid,  iii,  364. 

The  tenure  of  the  land  of  William  and 
Thomas  Richardson  of  Myerscough  is 
not  recorded. 

55  Edward  and  Lawrence  Parkinson  in 
1584  obtained  messuages,  &c.,  in  Claugh- 
ton and  Catterall  from  Thomas  Richard- 
son and  Thomas  his  son  and  heir  ;  Pal.  of 
Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  46,  m.  94. 

Richard  Parkinson  (son  of  John  son  of 
Richard  son  of  John)  died  in  1621  without 
issue,  holding  Enfield  House,  the  Oatfall, 
&c.,  of  John  Brockholes  by  id.  rent ; 
Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  ii,  250-2. 
His  heir  was  his  half-brother  George,  aged 
fifteen.  Edward  Parkinson  in  1631  held 
lands  in  Catterall  and  Claughton  which 
had  belonged  to  the  Hospitallers  and  then 
to  Shireburne;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13 
(Chet.  Lib.),  993.  In  1653  John  Parkin- 
son, recusant,  desired  to  compound  for  the 
sequestered  two-thirds  of  his  estate  ;  Cal. 
Com.  for  Comp.  iv,  3175. 

56  Robert  and  Lawrence  Wilkinson  in 
1592   made  a  settlement  of  seven  mes- 
suages, &c.,  in  Claughton  ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  54,  m.  149.     Lawrence 
(son  of  Thomas)  Wilkinson  in  1637  held 
two-thirds  of  a  messuage,  with  the  rever- 
sion of  the  other  third  after  the  death  of 
Janet    his    father's    widow,    of    Richard 
Shireburne   as  of  his  manor  of  Howath, 
parcel   of  the  possessions  of  the  late  dis- 
solved priory  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  in 

329 


England.  His  son  and  heir  Thomas  was 
six  years  old,  and  his  widow  Ellen  was 
living  at  Thornley  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxx,  no.  79.  Janet  Wilkinson, 
widow,  as  a  recusant  in  1654  desired  to 
contract  for  the  two-thirds  of  her  estate 
sequestered  ;  Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  v,  3193. 

57  John  Arthwright  died  in  1625  hold- 
ing land  late  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  John  ; 
William  his  son  and  heir  was  fifty  years 
of  age  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13,  p.  8. 

George  Bradshaw  died  in  1638  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  of  Lord  la  Warre  in 
socage.  His  son  John  was  twenty-two 
years  old  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxx, 
no.  87. 

Lawrence  Cottam  in  1607  held  his 
messuage,  &c.,  of  Edward  Osbaldeston, 
and  left  as  heir  his  son  Richard,  aged 
twenty-one  ;  Lanes,  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  99.  Richard's  lands 
were  sequestered  (as  to  two-thirds)  for  his 
recusancy  under  the  Commonwealth  and 
in  1654  he  applied  for  leave  to  contract. 
He  died  soon  afterwards  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  a  son  Lawrence,  but  Thomas 
Beesley  of  Goosnargh  claimed  part ; 
Royalist  Comp.  Papers  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  8 1.  The  Cottams  were 
of  Bannister  Hey  in  Claughton. 

James  Eckersall  died  in  1608  holding 
partly  of  the  king  as  of  the  dissolved 
Hospital  of  St.  John  (by  i\d.  rent)  and 
partly  in  chief  by  knight's  service.  His 
heir  was  a  brother  Thomas,  aged  thirty- 
six  ;  Lana.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.),  i,  136. 

John  Heritage  held  a  messuage,  &c., 
of  Richard  Shireburne  as  of  the  Hospital- 
lers ;  he  died  in  1629,  leaving  a  son 
Hugh,  aged  thirty  ;  Towneley  MS.  C  8, 
J3>  P-  5*7'  Jonn  Heritage  purchased  at 
the  sale  of  the  Derby  estate  in  Claughton 
in  1602.  His  son  Hugh  died  about 
1643,  leaving  a  widow  Margery;  she 
being  a  recusant  had  two- thirds  of  her 
tenement  sequestered  under  the  Common- 
wealth in  1646.  John  Heritage,  their 
son,  having  attained  his  majority  in  1652, 
and  '  being  a  Protestant,  his  father  having 
been  a  Protestant,  and  he  (petitioner) 
having  been  so  brought  up  from  a  child, 
being  also  well  affected  to  the  Parliamen- 
tary Government,'  desired  the  discharge 
of  the  sequestration.  He  was  church- 
warden of  Garstang  in  1653—4,  Royalist 
Comp.  Papers,  iii,  181-4. 

Thomas  Hodgson  died  in  1627  hold- 
ing of  the  heirs  of  John  Stanford ; 
Edward,  his  son  and  heir,  was  fifteen 
years  old;  Towneley  MS.  C  8,  13, 
p.  499. 

John  Leigh  died  in  1631  holding  of 
John  Brockholes  as  of  his  manor  of 
Claughton  ;  Thomas,  his  son  and  heir, 
was  forty  years  old  ;  ibid.  747. 

Christopher  Walmesley  held  lands  in 
1623  of  Thomas  Richardson  in  socage  by 
\6d.  rent,  and  had  a  son  and  heir  William, 
aged  eighteen  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec. 
Soc.),  iii,  402.  William  Walmesley  died 
in  1638  holding  two  messuages,  &c.,  of 
the  king  as  of  the  dissolved  priory  of 
St.  John  ;  the  heir,  his  son  Thomas,  was 
of  full  age  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xxx,  no.  61.  Thomas  Walmesley,  recu- 
sant, in  1653  petitioned  to  contract  for 
the  sequestrated  two-thirds  of  his  estate  ; 
Cal.  Com.  for  Camp,  v,  3178. 

42 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


HECHAM™  or  Heigham,  called  a  manor,  and 
Dowanshargh  59  were  estates  that  gave  surnames  to  the 
owners. 

The  Knights  Hospitallers60  and  the  canons  of 
Cockersand 61  held  lands  in  Claughton. 

Several  of  the  inhabitants,  in  addition  to  Brock- 
holes,  had  their  estates  sequestered  for  political  or 
religious  reasons  under  the  Commonwealth.62  A  list 
of  proprietors  in  1689  has  been  printed.63  A  number 
of  '  Papists '  registered  estates  in  171 7." 

The  commons  were  inclosed  in  I73O.65 

The  chapel  implied  in  the  grant  of  William  de 
Tatham  in  1338  stood  on  Chapel  Croft,  and  was 
still  existing  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth.66  It  may  have 
been  closed  when  the  chantry  in  Garstang  Church 
was  founded.  The  principal  family  and  many  of  the 
people  remaining  attached  to  Roman  Catholicism  at 
the  Reformation,  it  is  probable  that  mass  was  said  in 
the  township  even  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth  and 
onwards.  There  was  a  large  number  of  convicted 
recusants  in  Claughton  in  the  time  of  Charles  II.67 
From  about  the  Restoration  the  succession  of  priests 
is  on  record  ;  the  list  begins  with  Thomas  Walmesley 
and  includes  Roger  Brockholes,  1707-43  ;  John 
Barrow,  1766-1811  m  ;  Robert  Gradwell  (afterwards 
bishop),  i8n-i769;  and  the  late  Mgr.  Robert 
Gradwell,  1860-1906.™  A  priest's  house,  its  upper 
room  being  used  as  a  chapel,  was  built  about  1682," 
and  the  present  church  of  St.  Thomas  the  Apostle 
was  built  in  1 794  ;  it  has  since  been  enlarged  and 
richly  adorned  internally."  A  mediaeval  chalice 


brought  from  Mains  Hall  is  preserved  and  in  use 
here.  The  vestment  chest  and  a  small  oak  tabernacle 
that  belonged  to  the  Ven.  Thomas  Whitaker,  who 
had  ministered  in  the  district  and  was  executed  at 
Lancaster  in  1646,  are  also  preserved. 

BILSBORROW 

Billesburgh,  1212  ;  Billesburg,  1226  ;  Billesburch, 
1266  ;  Billisburgh,  1297.  The  spelling  Bilsborough 
is  still  in  use. 

This  pleasantly  wooded  township  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Brock  occupies  land  which  rises  gradually 
from  west  to  east,  from  about  70  ft.  above  sea  level 
to  about  250  ft.  The  area  is  852^  acres,1  and  in 
1901  the  population  was  181. 

The  main  road  from  Preston  to  the  North  goes 
along  the  western  boundary.  From  it  a  road  through 
Bilsborrow  goes  east  into  Goosnargh,  with  a  branch 
crossing  the  township  north-westward,  and  passing 
into  Claughton  by  Higher  Brock  new  bridge.  The 
London  and  North-Western  Railway's  main  line 
runs  across  the  western  end,  and  has  a  station  named 
Brock*  on  the  boundary  of  this  township  and 
Claughton. 

The  soil  is  clay  and  gravel ;  wheat,  oats  and  potatoes 

are  grown.    There  is  a  large  paper-mill  at  Matshead. 

This  place  does  not  occur  by  name  in 

MANOR     Domesday  Book,    having    at    that    time 

probably     been    part    of    Barton.3       In 

12 1 2    BILSBORROW,   or   part,  was   held   of  the 


58  William  de  Claughton  granted  land 
in  Claughton,  the  Hecham  road  forming 
part  of  the  boundary  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix, 
fol.  686.  William  de  Havile,  vicegerent 
of  the  order  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  in 
England,  granted  land  in  Hecham  and 
Henry-field  to  William  son  of  Geoffrey 
de  Whittingham  ;  ibid.  fol.  69.  William 
son  of  Geoffrey  de  Whittingham  received 
the  manor  of  Heigham  in  1279  from 
John  de  Tatham;  Final  Cone,  i,  156. 
Ralph  de  Hecham  in  1287  granted  land 
in  Hecham  to  William  de  Whittingham, 
clerk,  and  Ellen  his  wife  ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  686.  Adam  de  Whittingham 
afterwards  released  all  his  right  there  to 
John  de  Tatham  ;  ibid.  fol.  696. 

Candelay  son  of  Madoc  granted  land 
in  Hecham  to  William  his  son,  and 
William  about  1228  granted  it  to  Walter 
son  of  Richard  the  rector  of  Tatham, 
while  Alice  de  Hecham,  widow,  gave 
Walter  de  Tatham  land  in  Henryfield  ; 
ibid.  fol.  70.  The  above-named  Ralph 
(son  of  Roger)  de  Hecham  gave  lands  in 
Dowanshargh  (?)  to  John  son  of  Walter 
de  Tatham  in  1274  ;  ibid.  fol.  696.  Sir 
Randle  de  Dacre,  sheriff,  and  other 
prominent  men  attested  this  charter. 

Ralph  son  of  Roger  de  Hecham  demised 
land  in  Hecham  to  Joan  (?)  daughter  of 
Hugh  de  Mitton,  and  she  in  her  widow- 
hood transferred  to  Roger  de  Wedacre 
and  Maud  his  wife  ;  Add.  MS.  32104, 
no.  1309,  933.  Ralph  de  Hecham  also 
granted  Roger  de  Wedacre  land  the 
bounds  of  which  touched  Fardenshaw 
Brook,  Anedarewelache,  Wanesnape  and 
the  Brock  ;  ibid.  no.  932. 

John  de  Hegham  contributed  to  the 
subsidy  in  1332  ;  Exch.  Lay  Subs.  59. 

William  de  Southworth  in  1322-3 
granted  the  manor  of  Hecham  in  Claugh- 
ton to  his  daughter  Elizabeth  ;  she  married 
John  de  Bardsey,  who  in  1355  farmed 


the  manor  to  Robert  de  Haldlegh  ;  Dods. 
MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  706-716. 

Jane  Beesley  of  Goosnargh  (widow  of 
Henry)  in  1585  held  the  moiety  of  a 
messuage  called  Rigmaiden  House,  alias 
the  Fell  House,  but  the  tenure  is  not 
stated  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi, 
no.  24.  The  charters  copied  by  Dods- 
worth,  and  quoted  above,  in  16^2  be- 
longed to  Richard  Chrichley  or  Critchlow 
of  Rigmaiden  House  in  Claughton.  In 
the  Civil  War  he  took  the  king's  side, 
and  his  estate  was  sequestered  ;  he  com- 
pounded in  1649  by  a  fine  of  £7  los. ; 
Cal.  Com.  for  Comp.  iii,  1951  ;  v,  3290. 

There  is  a  farm  called  Heigham. 

59  This  name  seems  to  have  disappeared. 
Avice  daughter  of  Richard   son  of  Adam 
de  Claughton  granted  to  the  Hospitallers 
land  which  Peter  de   Dowanshargh  held 
by  her  father's  gift;    Add.  MS.   32104, 
no.    1307.       The    Dowanshargh    family 
appear    to   have    granted    their    land  to 
William  de  Tatham  ;  ibid.  no.  401,  &c. 

60  Some    grants    to    the    order    have 
been   mentioned   already,  but  it  appears 
that  they  were  already  in  possession  of 
land   in   the    township   in   1208,   in  the 
half  plough-land  of  Adam  de  Claughton  ; 
Final  Cone,  i,  33.     The  Prior  of  St.  John 
in  1334  claimed   4  acres  against  Richard 
de     Myerscough ;     De     Banco    R.    298, 
m.  273. 

The  lands  in  Claughton  were  regarded 
as  part  of  the  manor  of  Howath,  and  so 
passed  to  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no.  4. 
Many  tenants'  names  can  be  gathered 
from  preceding  notes. 

61  Cockersand      Chartul.      i,      253-62. 
Several   of    the    benefactors    have    been 
named  already.     Others  were  Walter  de 
Winwick,   Grimbald  son   of  William  de 
Slyne,  Robert  son  of  Paulin  de  Bilsborrow 
and  Adam  son  of  Roger  de  Eccleston.    A 

330 


number  of  place-names  occur  in  the 
charters,  including  Akenehead,  Rede- 
lache,  Wlveley  Brook,  Huntersti,  Nun- 
house  Stead,  and  Whitewell  Brook  ; 
'  scaling  '  is  used  as  a  common  noun. 

62  See     notes     on     Barton,    Cottam, 
Critchlow,  Heritage,  Parkinson,  Walmes- 
ley and  Wilkinson. 

63  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  28-30. 

64  William  Arthwright,  James  Barnes, 
Hugh   and    Thomas    Barton,    Lawrence 
Caton,      Lawrence      Cottam,      Margaret 
Cottam    (her    son     Hugh     under    age), 
John    Green,    Thomas    Sweetlove    and 
Robert     Wilson ;    Estcourt    and    Payne, 
Engl.  Cath.  Nonjurors,  97,  &c. 

65  Act  3  Geo.  II,  cap.  3,  private. 

66  In    1590    inquiry   was   made   as   to 
Thomas   Brockholes'   title   to  Langscales 
in  Catterall ;  it  was  supposed  to   be  held 
for    '  superstitious    uses,'    in    connexion 
with  the   chapel ;    Exch.  Dep.  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  6,  7.     This  no  doubt 
refers  to  William  de  Tatham's  chaplain. 

67  Misc.  (Cath.  Rec.  Soc.),  v,   176-9. 
Notes  are  given  on  the  families  of  Barton, 
Baines,  Cottam  and  Whittingham. 

68  Gillow,    Bibl.  Diet,   of  Engl.    Cath. 
i,  145. 

69  Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

70  See  the  account  of  Preston. 

71  In    1748  Thomas    Brockholes  gave 
Claughton  House  (later  Butt  Hill)  to  the 
secular  clergy  priest  who  should  assist  the 
Catholics  of  Claughton  ;  Brockholes  D. 

73  There  is  a  full  account  in  the 
Liverpool  Cath.  Annual  for  1885  ; 
Hewitson,  Our  Country  Churches,  286-96  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  121-2. 

1  8  5 1  acres,  including  8  of  inland  water ; 
Census  Rep.  1901. 

a  For  the  old  station  there  see  Hewit- 
son, Northward^  32. 

3  Cockersand  Chartul  (Chet.  Soc.),  i, 
334- 


AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


king  in  chief  by  a  rent  of  6d.,  being  assessed 
as  2  oxgangs  of  land.  Alan  son  of  Richard 
(de  Singleton)  and  John  de  Bilsborrow  were  the 
tenants.4  Afterwards  the  grant  seems  to  have  been 
enlarged  and  the  service  changed  and  augmented,  for 
in  1226  Alan  de  Singleton  held  2  oxgangs  of  land 
there  in  drengage  by  a  rent  of  2/.,6  while  a  century 
later,  in  1346,  his  heir  Thomas  Banastre  held  half 
a  plough-land  in  Bilsborrow  by  the  twentieth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  and  zs.  a  year,  payable  at  the 
four  terms.6  Several  free  tenements  existed  in  the 
1 3th  century.7  The  manor  descended,  like  other 
Singleton  manors/3  to  the  heirs  of  Balderston,  and 
on  the  division  in  1564  was  assigned  to  Gilbert 
Gerard.8  Afterwards  the  manor  was  held  with 
Barton  by  the  Shuttleworth  family.8 


The  Bartons  of  Barton,  predecessors  of  the  Shuttle- 
worths,  had  long  held  lands  in  Bilsborrow.10 

In  1324  it  was  stated  that  the  Banastres  held  the 
hamlet  half  in  demesne  and  half  in  service.11  The 
latter  half  seems  to  have  been  held  for  several  cen- 
turies by  a  family  named  Cottam.  Thus  Richard  de 
Cottam  held  an  oxgang  of  land  in  I227,1*  and  a 
later  Richard  in  1548  held  a  third  part  of  the  manor 
by  the  fortieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  6d.  rent — 
i.e.  a  moiety  of  the  military  service  and  a  fourth  part 
of  the  rent.13  The  principal  estate  passed  to  the 
Parkinsons,  but  the  Cottam  family  are  found  in 
the  township  down  to  the  beginning  of  the  igth 
century.14 

There  are  numerous  references  to  families  using 
the  local  surname,  but  they  are  disconnected." 


*  Lanes.  Inq,  and  Extents  (Rec.  Soc. 
Lanes,  and  dies.),  i,  48. 

5  Ibid.  140.    In  1244  Alan  died  seised 
of   2    oxgangs    of    land     in     Bilsborrow, 
held  in   chief  of  the  king  by  zs.  rent  ; 
ibid.  1 60. 

The  Earl  of  Lancaster  in  1297  had 
2J.  a  year  from  this  vill  ;  ibid.  289. 

In  1 3  24  Adam  son  and  heir  of  William 
Banastre  held  the  manor  of  Bilsborrow 
by  the  service  of  zs.  yearly ;  Dods.  MSS. 
cxxxi,  fol.  3  9  A. 

6  Survey  of  1346  (Chet.  Soc.),  50. 

7  Alan  de  Singleton  about  1220  granted 
all  his  land  in  Bilsborrow  to  his  brother 
Richard    for   a   rent   of  two    iron    spurs, 
reserving    timber    from    the    wood    for 
building   hi*   house,    &c.  ;     Dods.    MSS. 
cxlix,  fol.  52. 

Adam  son  of  John  de  Goberthwaite 
granted  Richard  de  Singleton  an  acre  of 
land  ;  ibid.  fol.  51^.  Alice  widow  of 
Richard  de  Singleton  gave  Thomas  son 
of  Gilbert  de  Hetom  a  release  of  her 
right  in  the  lands  held  by  Thomas  ;  ibid. 
Avice  daughter  of  Richard  de  Singleton 
in  her  widowhood  gave  her  son  Henry 
all  her  land  ;  ibid.  fol.  52.  This  grant 
was  attested  by  William  de  Singleton  and 
Alan  his  son. 

Alan  de  Singleton  about  1280  granted 
to  his  son  Thomas  all  his  land  in  Bils- 
borrow with  its  appurtenances ;  also  a 
fourth  part  of  the  wood.  Heybote  and 
mast  for  pigs  were  reserved  for  the  grantor 
and  his  men  of  Singleton.  The  services 
of  the  following  free  tenants  were  ex- 
cepted  :  Geoffrey  de  Cottam,  Eustace 
de  Bilsborrow,  Michael  de  Greenhalgh, 
William  son  of  Roger  son  of  Maud, 
Richard  son  of  William  Pelle.  The 
service  from  land  held  by  Sir  Richard  le 
Boteler  of  John  de  Bilsborrow  was  also 
excepted  ;  ibid.  fol.  $zb. 

7a  Land  here  was  among  Joan  Banastre's 
possessions  in  1303  ;  Final  Cone.  (Rec. 
Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  201.  Thomas 
Banastre  acquired  2  acres  from  Henry 
son  of  Avice  de  Singleton  and  a  release 
from  Walter  son  of  Jordan  de  Goosnargh  ; 
Dods.  MSS.  cxlix,  fol.  46,  48. 

Richard  Balderston  in  1445-6  held 
half  a  plough-land  for  the  twentieth  part 
of  a  knight's  fee  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Knights' 
Fees,  bdle.  2,  no.  20. 

In  the  16th-century  inquisitions  Bils- 
borrow is  named  among  the  Balderston 
lands  in  those  of  Edmund  Dudley,  Rad- 
cliffe  of  Winmarleigh,  the  Earl  of  Derby 
and  Sir  Alexander  Osbaldeston. 

8  Pal.  of  Lane.   Plea  R.   216,  m.  10. 
Gerard  obtained  an  increase  of  his  pos- 
sessions in  the  township  on  the  partition 
of  the   Butler  of  Rawcliffe  inheritance  in 


1571  ;  ibid.  231,  m.  8.  Gilbert  Gerard 
and  Anne  his  wife  made  a  settlement  of 
the  manor  in  1574  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet 
of  F.  bdle.  36,  m.  269. 

James  Anderton  of  Lostock  acquired 
the  manors  of  Clitheroe  and  Bilsborrow 
from  Sir  Thomas  Gerard  in  1602  ;  ibid, 
bdle.  64,  no.  70. 

9  Both  manors   were  held   by  Richard 
Shuttleworth  in  1709,  by  Richard  Shuttle- 
worth  and  James  his  son  and  heir-apparent 
in  1742,  and   by  Robert  Shuttleworth  in 
1773  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Plea  R.  490,  m.  6  ; 
557,  m.  7  ;  618,  m.  6. 

10  John    de    Barton   in    1299    claimed 
moieties  of  small  parcels  of  wood  in  Bils- 
borrow   against    a    number    of   persons  ; 
De  Banco  R.  130,  m.  213  d.     John  was 
called  to    warrant    in   1304;    ibid.    152, 
m.  22  d.     In  1370  there  was  a  suit  as  to 
the    manors    of   Barton    and    Bilsborrow 
between  Katherine  daughter  of  William 
de  Barton  and  Richard  de  Catterall  ;  ibid. 
438,  m.  253.     Gilbert  Barton  of  Barton 
in  1476  released  to  Katherine  Urswick  a 
messuage,  &c.,    in  Bilsborrow ;    Pal.    of 
Lane.  Plea  R.  45,  m.  14. 

In  the  first  inquisition  after  the  death 
of  Gilbert  Barton  (1516)  his  estate  in 
Bilsborrow  was  said  to  be  held  of  Edmund 
Parkinson  in  socage  by  id.  rent,  but  in 
the  later  inquisition  the  tenure  was  un- 
known ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  iv, 
no.  8 1  ;  v,  no.  33.  Thomas  Barton  in 
1554  was  said  to  have  held  three  mes- 
suages, &c.,  of  Henry  Cottam  in  socage, 
as  also  was  Richard  Barton  in  1572  ;  ibid. 
x,  no.  50  ;  xiii,  no.  8. 

John  Barton  of  Claughton  in  1623 
held  a  little  land  in  Bilsborrow,  tenure 
not  recorded  ;  ibid,  xxvii,  no.  7. 

11  Lanes.  Inq.  and  Extents,  ii,  160. 

1J  Geoffrey  de  Glazebrook  and  Edith 
his  wife  in  1227  released  to  Richard  d« 
Cottam  an  oxgang  of  land  in  Bilsborrow  ; 
Final  Cone.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  47.  He  is  believed  to  be  the  Richard 
son  of  Robert  who  granted  land  to  Cocker- 
sand  Abbey  (Chartul.  [Chet.  Soc.]  i,  269), 
Robert  being  son  of  Uctred  and  brother 
of  Richard  de  Singleton,  also  benefactors 
of  the  abbey  ;  ibid.  264,  268.  John 
de  Cottam  was  plaintiff  in  1304  and 
William  de  Cottam  defendant  in  the 
following  year;  De  Banco  R.  152, 
m.  22  d.;  155,  m.  144.  William  de 
Cottam  was  again  defendant  in  1311  ; 
ibid.  184,  m.  23  d.  He  contributed  to 
the  subsidy  of  1332  ;  Exch.  Lay  Subs. 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  60. 

Sir  Adam  de  Hoghton  (as  guardian  of 
Thomas  the  heir  of  Sir  Adam  Banastre) 
gave  Adam  de  Singleton  the  wardship  of 
John  son  and  heir  of  John  de  Cottam 

331 


of  Bilsborrow,  the  tenure  being  of  Banastre 
by  knight's  service  ;  Dods.  MSS.  cxlix, 
fol.  1 1 8. 

The  Cottams  then  fall  into  obscurity, 
but  from  a  pleading  of  1570  it  appears 
that  in  the  time  of  Henry  IV  Richard 
son  of  William  Cottam  married  Margaret 
daughter  of  John  de  Fleetwood  and  then 
had  land  in  Bilsborrow  settled  on  him. 
The  descent  continues  :  s.  Oliver  -e. 
Richard  -s.  John  —  s.  Richard  —sons 
Richard  (who  had  a  son  John),  Nicholas 
and  Henry.  Henry's  daughter  Elizabeth 
married  Christopher  Parkinson,  and  these 
were  plaintiffs  in  1570,  Joan  Topping, 
widow,  being  defendant ;  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Plea  R.  228,  m.  10  d.  The  duchy  rent 
was  claimed  by  the  king's  bailiff  in  1522  ; 
Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  i,  212. 

13  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  ix,  no.  24. 
He  had  married  Margaret  Clerk  of  Preston, 
and  left  a  son  John,  two  years  old.   Dubber- 
field,  Holecroft  and  Wheatfield  are  named  ; 
also  a  water-mill. 

Christopher  and  Henry  Poulton  in  1552 
obtained  land  from  Nicholas  Cottam  :  Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  14,  m.  75.  A 
settlement  of  twenty  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Bilsborrow,  Scotforth  and  Lancaster  was 
in  1585  made  by  Christopher  Parkinson 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  daughter  and  beir 
of  Henry  Cottam  ;  ibid.  bdle.  47,  m.  127. 

Thomas  Parkinson  (son  and  heir  of 
Edmund)  was  defendant  in  1564  ;  Ducatus 
Lane,  ii,  299.  He  had  lands,  &c.,  in 
1587  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  49, 
m.  260.  William  Parkinson  of  Goosnargh 
in  1592  held  Holme  and  Scotsholding  in 
Bilsborrow  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m. 
xvii,  no.  2i.  The  tenure  is  not  given. 
He  purchased  from  Richard  Walton  (Pal. 
of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  40,  m.  188), 
whose  father  William  had  had  a  rent  of 
35.  from  Bilsborrow ;  Duchy  of  Lane. 
Inq.  p.m.  xi,  no.  27.  Edward  Parkinson 
in  1617  held  a  chief  messuage  of  the  king 
as  duke  by  knight's  service  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii, 
215. 

14  William  Cottam  and  Oliver  his  son 
registered    their    estates  as  '  Papists '   in 
1717  ;    Estcourt  and  Payne,  Engl.  Cath. 
Nonjurors,  136. 

There  is  a  short  continuation  of  the 
Cottam  pedigree  in  Fishwick's  Garstang 
(Chet.  Soc.),  256. 

15  John    de    Bilsborrow    in    1212    has 
been  named.     He  was  probably  the  John 
son  of  Matthew  who  gave  land  to  Cocker- 
sand  Abbey  (Chartul.  i,  262),  for  Paulin 
de  Garstang,  a  contemporary,  in  granting 
land  in  Stiholmes  mentions  land  formerly 
belonging  to   Matthew  de   Bilsborrow  as 
adjacent  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  fol.  231. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Several  of  the  neighbouring  landowners,  great  and 
small,  had  estates  in  Bilsborrow,16  but  there  are  few 
inquisitions  relating  solely  to  this  place.17 

Cockersand  Abbey,18  Lytham  Priory 19  and  the 
Knights  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  M  held  lands  in  the 
township.  The  estate  of  the  last-named  was  con- 
sidered a  manor,  and  was  held  by  the  Balderstons  by 
I  zd.  rent." 

Joseph  Wadsworth's  Bilsborrow  estate  was  forfeited 
for  taking  part  in  the  Jacobite  invasion  of  1 7 1 5."  He 
was  one  of  the  three  hanged  at  Garstang  ;  another  was 
Thomas  Cartmell  of  Bilsborrow.  Thomas  Walmesley, 
innkeeper,  was  acquitted." 

The  Wesleyan  Methodist  chapel  was  built  in 
1815." 

A  free  school  was  founded  by  John  Cross  in  1718." 

PILLING 

Pylin,  1194. 

This  large  township,  containing  6,060  acres,1  is 
level  and  lies  very  low,  the  highest  ground  within  it 
scarcely  exceeding  25  ft.  above  sea  level.  A  large 
part  is  moss-land,  much  of  which  has  been  reclaimed. 
A  small  detached  portion  lies  within  Preesall  to  the 
west,  and  another  within  Cockerham  to  the  north.* 
The  principal  village  lies  in  the  northern  end,  near 
the  place  where  the  central  brook  runs  into  More- 


cambe  Bay,  the  boundary  on  that  side  ;  in  the 
southern  half  is  a  hamlet  called  Eagland  Hill,  where 
3  3  ft.  above  sea  level  is  reached  ;  on  the  border  of 
Upper  RawclifFe  lies  Eskham.  The  population  in 
1901  numbered  1,407. 

From  the  village  roads  branch  out  in  several  direc- 
tions— to  Cockerham,  Garstang,  St.  Michael's,  Knott 
End  and  the  shore  of  the  bay.  A  single-line  railway 
from  Garstang,  opened  in  1870,  has  its  terminus 
near  the  village,  from  which  the  connexion  with 
Knott  End  (for  Fleetwood)  was  completed  and  opened 
in  1908. 

About  half  the  land  is  arable,  and  turf  is  taken 
from  the  moss  for  fuel. 

Damage  was  done  in  1719  by  the  sea  breaking  in.3 
An  outbreak  of  part  of  the  moss  near  Eskham  took 
place  in  i745.Sa  A  road  across  the  moss  called 
Kate's  Pad  or  the  Danes'  Pad  was  made  of  oak 
planks  resting  on  sleepers.4  The  local  proverb  said, 
'  God's  grace  and  Pilling  moss  are  endless.' 

In  1765  a  quadruple  birth  was  recorded  at  Pilling. 
The  children  lived  for  three  weeks.5 

The  village  was  formerly  isolated  from  the  rest  of 
the  parish  by  the  moss-lands.  The  road  to  Preesall 
and  Stalmine  was  formed  in  1780  and  that  to 
Garstang  was  made  passable  in  i8o8.6  There  is  a 
parish  council  for  administering  the  affairs  of  the 
township. 


In  1266-7  Avice  widow  of  William 
»on  of  Hamnet  de  Bilsborrow  claimed 
dower  against  Paulin  de  Wedacre  and  his 
brother  Roger  (or  Richard)  and  against 
Alice  widow  of  Thomas  de  Grimsargh 
and  Gilbert  her  son  ;  Curia  Regis  R.  179, 
m.  4d.  ;  180,  m.  3  d.  A  later  William 
de  Bilsborrow  granted  .Thomas  son  of 
Alan  de  Singleton  the  homage  of  William 
ton  of  Roger  de  Bilsborrow  and  the  rent 
of  izd.  due  from  his  6  acres  of  land  in 
the  vill  ;  Add.  MS.  32104,  no.  939. 
Isabel  daughter  of  Richard  de  Bilsborrow, 
with  her  sisters  Edusa  and  Avice,  claimed 
a  messuage,  &c.,  against  Thomas  son  of 
Alan  de  Singleton  in  1289  ;  De  Banco 
R.  79,  m.  66  d. 

Matthew  de  Bilsborrow  was  plaintiff 
in  1302  and  later  against  Richard  de 
Morley  (who  called  Joan  widow  of  John 
de  Fulburne  to  warrant),  William  and 
Robert  sons  of  Grimbald  and  others  ; 
ibid.  143,  m.  131  d.;  145,  m.  7  d.  ; 
152,  m.  22  d.  ;  153,  m.  29  ;  155,  m.  144. 
The  pedigree  was  thus  given  :  Matthew 
-8.  John  -s.  Tancard  -s.  Matthew, 
plaintiff;  ibid.  158,  m.  51  d. 

Hugh  de  Bilsborrow  and  Richard  de 
Morley  were  residents  in  1332;  Exch. 
Lay  Subs.  61.  Hugh  son  of  William  son 
of  Eustace  de  Bilsborrow  had  claimed 
common  of  pasture  in  1308-9  ;  Assize 
R.  423,  m.  2  d.  4.  The  above  Matthew 
was  plaintiff  and  Hugh  and  others  de- 
fendants in  pleas  of  1311-14;  De  Banco  R. 
184,  m.  23d.;  189,  m.  i88d.  ;  205, 
m.  241  d. 

Adam  de  Bilsborrow  was  a  benefactor 
of  Cockersand  Abbey  and  Lytham  Priory 
and  Matthew  son  of  Adam  of  the  former 
house,  as  were  John  son  of  Richard  and 
William  son  of  Roger  de  Bilsborrow. 

16  Some  have  been  referred  to  already. 

William  Vavasour  and  Isabel  his  wife 
in  1490—1  claimed  messuages,  &c.,  in 
Claughton,  Bilsborrow  and  other  places  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs  Proton.  6  Hen.  VII. 

Hugh  Shireburne  of  Stonyhurst  in 
1528  held  two  messuages,  &c.,  of  the 


heir  of  Richard  Balderston  in  socage  by 
a  pair  of  white  gloves  yearly  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  vi,  no.  65. 

George  Kirkby  of  Upper  Rawcliffe 
held  land  in  1560  of  Thomas  Hoghton 
by  a  rent  of  2s.  q.d.  ;  Towneley  MS. 
'  Lanes.  Tenures  '  (in  possession  of  W. 
Farrer),  fol.  101.  Sir  Richard  Hoghton's 
tenure  in  1630  was  not  recorded  ;  Duchy 
of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  13. 

Gilbert  Latus  of  Goosnargh  (1568) 
held  the  fourth  part  of  messuages,  &c., 
in  Bilsborrow  of  Edward  Osbaldeston  in 
socage  by  a  rent  of  \^d.  ;  ibid,  xii,  no. 
II. 

James  Harrison  of  Woodplumpton 
(1612)  held  land  of  Thomas  Lord  Gerard 
as  of  his  manor  of  Bilsborrow  by  \\d. 
rent  ;  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  ii,  6. 

17  Henry  Kighley  died  in  1629  holding 
a  messuage,  &c.,  of  the  heir  of  John 
Osbaldeston.  Hugh,  his  son  and  heir, 
was  twenty-four  years  old  ;  Towneley  MS. 
C8,  13  (Chet.  Lib.),  723. 

Bilsborrow  is  named  in  the  Hesketh 
inquisitions,  but  the  tenure  of  the  lands 
there  was  unknown.  Richard  Sollam  in 
1555  purchased  messuages,  &c.,  from  Sir 
Thomas  Hesketh  and  Alice  his  wife  ; 
Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  1 6,  m.  164. 
Henry  Sollam  in  1635  held  six  messuages, 
&c.,  of  Dutton  Lord  Gerard  ;  George,  his 
son  and  heir,  was  of  full  age  ;  Towneley 
MS.  C8,  13,  p.  1074. 

Thurstan  Tyldesley  died  in  1634  hold- 
ing four  messuages  and  the  moiety  of  a 
water-mill.  Edward,  his  son  and  heir, 
was  forty-four  years  old  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  29.  Richard 
Tyldesley  son  of  Thurstan  died  in  the 
same  year  holding  six  messuages,  &c.,  of 
John  (sic)  Gerard  as  of  his  manor  of 
Bilsborrow.  He  left  two  daughters,  Jane 
and  Mary,  aged  ten  and  six  in  1638  ; 
Towneley  MS.  C8,*i3,  p.  1186. 

James  Walker  also  died  in  1634  hold- 
ing a  messuage  of  Dutton  Lord  Gerard 
in  tocage  by  8j.  6d.  rent.  His  heir  was 

332 


his  son  Henry,  aged   fourteen  ;  Duchy  of 
Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvii,  no.  22. 

18  Several  of  the  gifts  have  already  been 
referred  to.      Richard  son  of  Richard  and 
William  son  of  Alan  de   Singleton,  also 
William    de     Slene,    were     other    bene- 
factors.    The  place-names  include  Black- 
lache,  Dernerakes,   Fernyhurst,  Foxhole- 
hurst,    Kirkfurlong,   Morilegh,    Stanrays 
and    Wernigshurst ;    Cockersand    Chartul. 
i,  262-9. 

19  Adam    de    Bilsborrow    before    1244 
granted  4  acres  of  land  from  his  wood, 
with  easements  in  the  vill  of  Bilsborrow  ; 
Lytham  D.  at  Durham,   2  a,   2  ae,  4  ae, 
Ebor.  no.  44—6.     The  Prior  of  Durham 
was    defendant    in    1302    in    respect    of 
4    acres,    Matthew  de   Bilsborrow    being 
plaintiff;  De  Banco  R.  143,  m.  9.     John 
de  Normanby,  Prior  of  Lytham,  in  1369 
leased  the  Bilsborrow  land  to  John  White- 
shank  for  fifteen  years  at   a  rent  of  51.  ; 
Lytham  D.  no.  47. 

20  Plac.  de  Quo  Warr.  (Rec.  Com.),  375. 
11  Lanes.  Inq.  p.m.  (Chet.  Soc.),  ii,  63. 

22  Lanes,    and    Ches.    Rec.    (Rec.    Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  175. 

23  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  72. 

24  Ibid.  124. 

15  End.  Char.  Hep.  for  Garstang. 

1  6,175    acres,    including    9    of  inland 
water  ;    Census    Rep.    1901.      There  are 
also  1,801  acres  of  foreshore. 

2  The  former  of  these  detached  portions 
was  added  to   Preesall  under  the  Divided 
Parishes    Act    of    1882,    the    latter    to 
Cockersand  Abbey  in  1887  by  Loc.  Govt. 
Bd.  Order  20099. 

3  A  brief  was  issued  for  a  collection  for 
those  injured  ;  Arch.  ^Eliana,  xvii,  81. 

3a  Letter  from  Legh  Richmond,  vicar 
of  Garstang,  in  Fishwick's  Garstang 
(Chet.  Soc.),  40. 

4  Rev.    R.    Bannister    in    Journ.    Brit. 
Arch.  Assoc.  vi,  338—40.     He  states  that 
'  does '  were  found  wild  on  the  moss  till 
a  late  period. 

*  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  275. 
6  Ibid.  109. 


AMOUNDERNESS  HUNDRED 


PILLING  is  not  named  in  Domesday 
MdNOR  Book,  being  then,  it  is  supposed,  a  member 
of  Garstang.  It  was  not  granted  to  the 
Lancaster  family,  but  retained  by  the  Crown  with 
the  hundred,  so  that  it  was  Theobald  Walter  who 
about  1194  granted  it  as  'the  hey  of  Pilling'  to  the 
canons  of  Cockersand.7  This  grant  was  confirmed 
or  renewed  by  King  John  in  I2OI,8  and  again  by 
Henry  III  in  1227.'  The  canons  were  called  upon 
to  prove  their  title  in  izgz,10  and  continued  to  hold 
Pilling  down  to  the  Dissolution.11  In  1543  the 
Crown  sold  the  grange  to  John  Kechyn  or  Kitchen 
of  Hatfield,12  who  also  acquired  parts  of  the  Whalley 
Abbey  estates. 

Kitchen  settled  Pilling  or  some  part  of  it  upon 
his  son  John  and  Grace  his  wife,  but  the  younger 
John  dying,  the  widow,  in  conjunction  with  her 
second  husband  William  Hameldon,  granted  the 
estate  to  John  Kitchen  the  father  in  1548."  Settle- 
ments were  made  in  1557"  and  I  5  6 1 ,16  by  the  former 
of  which  a  daughter  Anne  wife  of  Robert  Dalton  had 
Pilling.  She  died  without  issue  in  1593,  having 
survived  her  husband,  and  the  heir  was  her  brother 
Barnaby  Kitchen,  aged  fifty-eight.16  He  died  ten 
years  later,  leaving  three  daughters  as  co-heirs  :  Alice 
wife  of  Hugh  Hesketh  of  North  Meols,  Anne  wife 


GARSTANG 

of  Thomas  Ashton  of  Croston  and  Elizabeth  wife 
of  Nathaniel  Banastre  of  Altham.17  A  partition  was 
made  in  1649,  and  the  manor  for  over  a  century 
descended  in  thirds. 

The  Banastre  share  was  in  1678  bought  by  Edmund 
Hornby  of  Poulton,  and  his  descendant,  the  Rev. 
Geoffrey  Hornby,  is  stated  to  have  purchased  a  further 
share  ;  this  part  has  descended  to  Mr.  Edmund 
Geoffrey  Stanley  Hornby  of  Dalton,  near  Carnforth.18 
The  Heskeths183  about  1770  seem  to  have  sold  their 
third  to  the  other  lords,  so  that  the  manor  was  held 
in  moieties,  the  Rev.  Geoffrey  Hornby  presenting 
to  the  curacy.19  The  Ashton  part  descended  like 
Croston  to  the  Traffords,I9a  and  it  was  afterwards 
sold.  In  1825  the  lords  of  the  manor  were  Edmund 
Hornby,  John  Gardner  and  William  Elletson,  and  in 
1850  Edmund  Hornby,  the  owner  of  the  hall,  John 
Gardner  and  Daniel  Elletson.20  The  last-named 
died  in  1856,  but  had  about  1840  sold  his  share  to 
John  Gardner  of  Sion  Hill,  Garstang,  his  brother-in- 
law,  whose  son  the  Rev.  John  Gardner,  LL.D.,  rector 
of  Skelton  1857—86,  succeeded.  He  bequeathed  it 
to  his  cousins,  the  Misses  Margaret  Jane  and  Emily 
Elletson,  daughters  of  Daniel.21  The  advowson  of 
the  chapel  goes  with  the  lordship.  No  courts  are 
held.  Nothing  remains  of  the  old  hall.fla 


7  Cockersand  Chartul.   (Chet.   Soc.),  ii, 
375  ;  a  facsimile  of  the  charter  serves  as 
frontispiece.     The    grant   was  made  for 
the  souls  of  Henry  II,  Richard  I,  John 
Count  of  Mortain,  Ranulf  de    Glanvill 
his  beloved,  Hubert  Archbishop  of  Can- 
terbury his  brother,  Harvey  Walter  and 
Maud,  his   father   and    mother,  &c.     It 
was    to    be   held    in    free   alms,    quit  of 
'  deerward  '  of  the  forester  and  all  secular 
exactions. 

8  Ibid,  i,  44.     Theobald  Walter's  grant 
seems  to  have  been  ignored. 

9  Ibid.  45.    The  bounds  of  the  demesne 
of   Pilling   Hey   are    given    ibid.    47-9. 
An  agreement  was  made  with  the  monks 
of   Leicester  as  to  the  land  and   tithes 
between  Wrampool  and  Pilling,  the  land 
being  divided  equally  ;  ibid,  ii,  379.     For 
a  further  agreement  see  ibid.  390. 

10  Plot,    de   Quo   Warr.   (Rec.    Com.), 
379.     A  later  summons  de  quo  ivarranto 
was  issued  in  1498  ;  Pal.  of  Lane.  Writs 
Proton.  13  Hen.  VII. 

11  There    are   rentals    1451-1537    in 
Cockersand  Chartul,  iii. 

18  Pat.  35  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  iii.  A 
further  grant  was  made  to  Edward 
Wymark  in  1588  ;  Pat.  30  Eliz.  pt. 
vii. 

13  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  13, 
m.  162.  From  pleadings  of  1590—1 
(printed  by  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  245)  it 
seems  that  the  younger  John  had  a 
posthumous  child  which  did  not  survive 
long,  and  that  he  had  bequeathed  his 
estate  in  Pilling  to  a  cousin,  William 
Copwood  of  Tottcridge,  whose  heirs  were 
the  claimants.  Grace  was  then  the  wife 
of  John  Barker,  clerk. 

"  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  17, 
m.  6  ;  the  estate  is  described  as  the 
manors  of  Cockersand  and  Pilling,  100 
messuages,  water-mill,  two  dovecotes, 
3,000  acres  of  moss,  &c.,  with  a  free 
fishery  in  the  water  of  Lune. 

15  Ibid.  bdle.  23,  m.  167  ;  three  mes- 
suages, dovecote,  water-mill,  lands,  &c., 
in  Pilling.  John  Kitchen  is  said  to  have 
died  about  that  time.  In  1579  his 
daughter,  described  as  Anne  Dalton  of 


Penwortham,  widow,  complained  that 
her  father's  widow,  Jane  Kitchen  of 
Forton  (previously  wife  of  Roger  Dalton), 
had  possession  of  part  of  her  estate  in 
Pilling.  Jane  answered  that  it  had  been 
settled  upon  her  younger  son  Roger 
Dalton  ;  Fishwick,  op.  cit.  244,  giving 
the  pleadings. 

A  survey  of  the  manor  was  desired  in 
1583  ;  Exch.  Dep.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and 
Ches.),  3. 

16  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xvi,  no.  43. 
Robert  Dalton  was  the  son  and  heir  of 
William  Dalton. 

17  Lanes.   Inq.  p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,  24.     The  manors,  &c.,  in 
Pilling,  Garstang   and    Cockerham  were 
together  held  of  the  king  in  chief  by  the 
twentieth    part    of    a    knight's    fee    and 
£3  171.  rent.     Settlements  made  between 
1599  and  1602  are  recited  in  the  inquisi- 
tion.    Pilling  was  divided  into  three  parts 
and    Ulkrigge    Meadow    into    two    (for 
Banastre  and  Hesketh).     Of  the  co-heirs 
Alice  Hesketh  was  aged  fifty,  Anne  Ashton 
twenty-two     and      Elizabeth      Banastre 
seventeen. 

18  Fishwick,    op.    cit.    246.       In    a 
recovery  of  the   manors   of  Dalton    and 
Pilling    in     1810    the     Rev.     Geoffrey 
Hornby  and  his  wife  and  Edmund  Hornby 
were    vouchees  ;     Pal.    of    Lane.     Lent 
Assizes,  50  Geo.  Ill,  R.  6. 

The  descent  is  thus  given  in  Burke's 
Landed  Gentry :  Edmund  Hornby  -s. 
Geoffrey  -s.  Edmund  -s.  (Rev.)  Geoffrey, 
d.  1812  -s.  Edmund,  d.  1857  -s.  Edmund 
George,  d.  1865  — s.  Edmund  Geoffrey 
Stanley,  b.  1839. 

I8a  Hugh  Hesketh  died  in  1625  hold- 
ing in  right  of  Alice  his  wife  a  third  part 
of  messuages,  water  corn-mill,  &c.,  in 
Pilling  and  Ellel  and  a  moiety  of  Ulkrigge 
Meadow  in  Pilling  ;  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq. 
p.m.  xxv,  no.  16.  See  North  Meols.  The 
following  fines  refer  to  the  Hesketh  third  : 
1600,  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  62, 
no.  247 — Hugh  Hesketh  and  Alice  his 
wife;  1611,  bdle.  79,  no.  71 — same  ;  1664, 
bdle.  173,  m.  71 — Thomas  Selby  and 
Anne  his  wife;  1668,  bdle.  181,  m. 

333 


143  —  same  and  Robert  Hesketh  ; 
1670,  bdle.  184,  m.  15 — Robert  Hes- 
keth and  Ursula  his  wife  ;  1710,  bdle. 
264,  m.  72 — Roger  Hesketh  and  Mary 
his  wife. 

19  In  1794  the  lords  were  the  Rev. 
Geoffrey  Hornby  and  John  Traffbrd  ; 
Preston  Guard.  Local  Sketches,  no.  1129. 
The  Hesketh  demesne  lands  were  divided, 
one  moiety  being  held  by  the  late  Richard 
Cardwell  Gardner  of  Fluke  Hall,  Pilling, 
and  the  other  by  G.  T.  R.  Preston  of 
Ellel  Grange  ;  information  of  the  Rev. 
James  Cardwell  Gardner. 

19a  Anne  Ashton  died  in  1618  and  her 
husband  Richard  in  1621,  leaving  a  son 
Thomas,  aged  seventeen.  Her  third  part 
was  held  by  knight's  service  ;  Lanes.  Inq. 
p.m.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  ii,  291. 

Thomas  Ashton  died  in  1632  holding 
the  third  part  of  the  manors  of  Pilling 
and  Ellel,  with  messuages,  lands,  &c., 
including  sixty  salthouses,  of  the  king  by 
the  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ; 
Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxix,  no.  6. 
See  the  account  of  Croston  for  the  suc- 
cession. The  following  refer  to  the 
Ashton  third  :  1692-3,  Pal.  of  Lane. 
Feet  of  F.  bdle.  230,  m.  38 — John  Traffbrd 
of  Croston,  Katherine  his  wife  and  Anne 
Traffbrd,  widow  ;  1771,  Pal.  of  Lane. 
PleaR.  613,01.  10  (recovery) — Humphrey 
and  John  Traffbrd  ;  1797,  Aug.  Assizes, 
R.  II  (moiety  of  manor) — John  and 
Humphrey  Traffbrd. 

30  Raines  in  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  413. 

21  Information  of  Miss  Elletson, 
Ambleside. 

21a  '  In  making  excavations  near  the 
present  hall  (which  is  used  as  a  farm- 
house) many  beautifully  carved  stones 
have  from  time  to  time  been  exhumed 
.  .  .  and  about  ten  years  ago  (from 
1879)  in  the  centre  of  the  barn  was 
discovered  an  oval  hole  or  pit,  some 
i  8  ft.  deep  and  from  6  ft.  to  9  ft.  wide, 
covered  with  rafters  having  over  them 
about  3  ft.  of  sand.'  Above  the  door  of 
one  of  the  barns  was  a  stone  dated  1675  ; 
Fishwick,  op.  cit.  246. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


The  marsh  and  sea  frontages  have  lately  been  sold 
by  the  duchy  to  the  Rev.  James  Card  well  Gardner 
of  Fluke  Hall." 

Ulkrigge  or  Ulrick  Meadow  was  in  part  acquired 
by  Robert  Hawes,23  and  William  Hawes,  who  died 
at  Bromley  in  Middlesex  1625,  held  80  acres  there. 
He  left  two  daughters  as  co-heirs.*4 

Robert  Bindloss  acquired  messuages  in  Pilling  and 
the  neighbourhood  in  1587.** 

The  three  coparceners  of  the  manor  all  suffered 
as  '  delinquents '  in  the  Commonwealth  period.16 

The  owner  of  Eskholme  Houses  in  1734  com- 
plained that  his  right  of  way  through  Nateby  to 
Garstang  and  Preston  had  been  denied.*7 

The  small  detached  portion  of  the  township  ad- 
joining Cockersand  has  resulted  from  an  agreement 
in  1340  between  the  canons  there  and  the  monks  of 
Leicester.  It  is  in  the  hundred  of  Amounderness 
but  in  the  parish  of  Cockerham.*8 

The  canons  of  Cockersand  probably 
CHURCH  established  the  chapel  of  ST.  JOHN 
THE  BAPTIST  near  their  grange  when 
they  were  placed  in  possession.29  Agnes  Shepherd 
had  in  1493  the  bishop's  licence  to  live  a  solitary  in  a 
cell  at  Pilling  chapel.10  After  the  dissolution  of  the 
abbey  it  seems  that  £2  a  year  was  allowed  for  the 
maintenance  of  a  curate,31  but  as  this  was  obviously 
insufficient  it  is  probable  that  the  chapel  was  used 
only  irregularly  during  the  latter  half  of  the  i6th 
century.38  In  1621  some  sixty  of  the  inhabitants 
petitioned  the  king  about  the  neglect  of  service,  com- 
plaining that  though  they  had  to  pay  tithes  there 
was  no  curate  provided.  The  £2  granted  out  of  the 
duchy  revenues  was  to  be  renewed  ;  Sir  Robert 
Bindloss,  the  lay  rector,  promised  £10  a  year  from 
the  tithes,  the  inhabitants  were  ordered  to  provide 
another  £8,  and  the  farmer  of  the  demesne  £6  13*.  4^." 


How  far  this  award  became  operative  is  uncertain, 
but  Mr.  Lumley  was  curate  in  1639"  and  remained 
there  till  in  the  Commonwealth  time  he  was '  silenced 
for  several  misdemeanors.' Si  In  1650  the  chapel  was 
vacant,  and  there  was  no  proper  maintenance.36 
Early  in  1652  it  was  ordered  that  £50  a  year  be 
paid  to  the  curate  out  of  '  delinquents'  '  estates.37 

The  list  of  curates  shows  that  the  chapel  was  served 
regularly  from  about  that  time.  The  certain  income 
in  1717  was  £11  13*.  4</.M  It  was  then  found 
necessary  to  build  a  larger  chapel,  and  the  present 
site  was  chosen,  about  a  mile  west  of  the  old  one,  for 
the  greater  convenience  of  the  inhabitants.39  This 
was  built  in  1717  and  consecrated  in  1721  ;  it 
is  a  small  rectangular  structure  with  a  bellcot  over 
the  west  gable.  Additional  endowments  were  obtained 
from  Queen  Anne's  Bounty  and  other  sources.40  A 
census  of  religions  was  made  by  the  wardens  in 
1755.  They  reported  'about  100  families,  most 
in  communion  of  the  Church  of  England,  two 
Protestant  Dissenting  families,  six  or  eight  single 
persons  who  are  Papists.' 41  A  new  church  was  built 
in  1887,  and  consists  of  chancel,  clearstoried  nave 
with  north  and  south  aisles,  south  porch,  and  western 
tower  and  spire.  It  is  in  the  Gothic  style  and  the 
spire  forms  a  prominent  landmark.  The  lords  of  the 
manor  present  alternately.  The  net  value  is  given 
as  .£250." 

The  following  is  a  list  of  curates  and  vicars  : — 

1676  Oswald  Croskell 4S 

oc.  1686  Richard  Hardy 44 

1687  Gabriel  Dawson  4S 

oc.  1701  Thomas  Hunter 

1715  John  Anyon 46 

1731  John  Coulton47 

1758  George  Holden  48 


M  Other  owners  of  land,  &c.,  have  put 
forward  claims  to  easements  in  the 
Marsh. 

28  Ducatus  Lane.  (Rec.  Com.),  iii,  286, 
338>  355-  The  suits  related  to  the  part 
of  the  estate  held  by  Jane  Kitchen  the 
widow,  as  mentioned  in  a  former  note. 

24  Duchy  of  Lane.  Inq.  p.m.  xxvi,  no. 
32  ;  the  heirs  were  Anne  Hawes,  aged 
twenty-one,  and  Susan,  aged  eighteen. 

35  Pal.  of  Lane.  Feet  of  F.  bdle.  49, 
m.  21  ;  the  deforciants  were  Richard 
Bold,  John  Fleming  and  Roger  Dalton. 

26  Richard  Ashton's  rents  in  Cockerham 
and  Pilling  in  1652  amounted  to 
,£25  121.  zd.  ;  Royalist  Comp.  Papers 
(Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.),  i,  97. 
Richard  Banastre  of  Altham  ;  ibid,  i,  126. 
Thomas  Hesketh  of  North  Meols  ;  CaL 
Com.  for  Comp.  iii,  2051;  iv,  2934. 

87  Cal.  Exch.  of  Pleas,  P  94. 

28  Cockersand  Chartul.  ii,  385. 

39  The  petition  presented  to  the  Bishop 
of  Chester  in  1716  records  an  'ancient 
tradition '  that  the  old  chapel  was  built 
in  or  about  1209,  when  there  were  but 
seven  families  in  the  township  ;  Ch.  P. 
at  Chester  Dioc.  Reg. 

30  Cockersand  Rental   (Chet.   Soc.   Ivii), 
30. 

31  This    appears  from   the   petition    of 
1621. 

33  The  chapel  is  not  mentioned  at  all 
in  the  list  of  1610  in  Hist.  MSS.  Com. 
Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,  8. 

33  Fish  wick,  op.  cit.  105-8.  It  is 
probable  that  the  payments  by  the 


inhabitants  and  the  farmer  could  not  be 
levied.  Bishop  Gastrell  does  not  mention 
them.  The  registers  go  back  to  1621  5 
ibid.  113. 

84  Misc.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes,  and  Ches.), 
i,  124. 

35  Commontv.    Ch.    Surv.     (Rec.     Soc. 
Lanes,  and  Ches.),  150. 

36  Ibid. 

37  Plund.  Mins.  Accts.  (Rec.  Soc.  Lanes, 
and  Ches.),  i,    no,  247.     James   Threl- 
fall,   '  a  godly  and  orthodox  divine,'   was 
then  minister  ;  the  maintenance  did  not 
exceed  20  nobles  a  year  (£6   131.  4</.), 
and  there  were  120  families. 

38  Gastrell,  Notitia  Cestr.  (Chet.  Soc.), 
ii,  413  ;  the  Crown  gave  £1  13*.  4^.  and 
the  impropriator  £10. 

39  The  petition  has  been  cited   above. 
It  states  as  a  reason  for  changing  the  site 
that     '  such    of   the    inhabitants    as    live 
westward   of  the  present  chapel    [were] 
forced  to  go  above  two  miles  on  lands  not 
well  to   be   ridden  upon,   being  soft  and 
mossy.'      It  was  added  that  'there  is  not 
one    Dissenter    in    the    chapelry.'       The 
agreement  made  is  printed  by  Fishwick, 
op.  cit.  109-11. 

40  Ibid.  112,  where  a  brief  description 
is  given,  with  a  notice  of  the  monuments. 

41  Visit.  Ret. 

42  Manch.  Dioc.  Dir. 

43  Visit.    List    of    1677     at    Chester. 
Short  notices  of  the  curates  will  be  found 
in  Fishwick,  op.   cit.   113-20;    some  of 
the  following  details   are  derived   there- 
from. 

334 


44  Rector    of     North     Meols     1689- 
1708.     One   of  these    names    graduated 
from    Pembroke    Coll.,    Camb.  ;     M.A. 
1674. 

45  Of  St.  John's  Coll.,  Camb.,  but  did 
not  graduate ;    Mayor,    Admissions  to  St. 
John's,  ii,  93.     He  was  licensed  to  Pilling 
28  Jan.  1686-7;  Visit.  List  of  1691.   He 
was  'conformable'  in  1689  ;  Hist.  MSS. 
Com.  Rep.  xiv,  App.  iv,   230.     He  died 
in  1692. 

46  The  records  in  the  church  papers  at 
Chester  Dioc.  Reg.  begin  with  this  curate. 
He    was    nominated    on    the    death    of 
Thomas  Hunter  by  Roger  Hesketh  and 
Edward   Hornby,  two  of  the  lords  of  the 
manor,   '  the  third  lord  being  a  reputed 
Papist.'     Anyon  was  afterwards  curate  of 
Ribby  and  Lund  in  Kirkham. 

In  1731  he  was  still  at  Pilling  and 
presented  for  incontinence  ;  Visit.  Ret. 
at  Chester. 

47  Nominated  by  Roger  Hesketh  and 
Geoffrey  Hornby  on  the  resignation    of 
J.    Anyon.      He    resided    at    Pilling    in 
1743,  but  also  ministered  at  Shireshead 
every    other    Sunday    afternoon ;    Visit. 
Ret.  at  Chester. 

48  Nominated  by  Roger   Hesketh  and 
Edmund  Hornby  on  the  death  of  J. Coulton. 
Holden    was    under-master  at  Bentham 
School.    He  became  curate  at  Tatham  Fell 
1767  and  compiled  Holden's  Tide  Tables, 
still  published   at  Liverpool.     He  had  a 
son   George,  whose  son  George  Holden 
was  curate   of  Maghull  in  Halsall  1811- 
65  ;  Fishwick. 


AMOUNDERNESS   HUNDRED 


GARSTANG 


1767  Cuthbert  Harrison,  B.A.49  (Trin.  Coll., 
Camb.) 

1774     John  Hunter50 

1781      William  Bateson51 

1797     Thomas  Godfrey" 

1802      James  Potter53 

1825      James  Dawson  Banister54 

1876  John  Wilson  Waithman,  M.A.  (St.  John's 
Coll.,  Oxf.) 

1893  Richard  Titley  Gardner,  M.A.  (Em- 
manuel Coll.,  Camb.) 


1897     Thomas    Pearson,    M.A.    (Christ's  Coll., 
Camb.) 

There  is  a  mission  chapel  (St.  Mark's)  at  Eagland 
Hill,  built  in  1869. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  have  a  chapel,  built  in 
1813. 

The  Roman  Catholic  church  of  St.  William  was 
opened  in  1891. 

A  free  school  was  founded  and  endowed  by  Robert 
Carter  in  I7io.55 


49  Nominated  by  Roger  Hesketh  and 
Geoffrey  Hornby,  two  of  the  lords  of  the 
manor,  the  third  (Humphrey  Traftord) 
being  'a  reputed  Papist."  Mr.  Harrison 
was  of  the  Singleton  family. 

60  Curate  of  Broughton  ;  nominated 
by  Geoffrey  Hornby  of  Preston,  sole 
patron,  on  the  resignation  of  C.  Harrison. 


51  Son  of  Anthony  Bateson  of  Wray  in 
Melling  ;  nominated  by  Geoffrey  Hornby, 
rector  of  Winwick,  on  the  death  of 
J.  Hunter. 

42  Nominated  by  G.  Hornby  on  the 
death  of  W.  Bateson.  He  was  '  minister  ' 
in  1793. 


58  Nominated    by    G.  Hornby  on  the 
death  of  T.  Godfrey. 

54  Nominated    by    Edmund     Hornby, 
John    Gardner    and    William    Elletson, 
lords    of   the    manor,    on    the    death    of 
J.  Potter.     He  resigned  in  1876. 

55  End,  Char,  Ref,  for  Garstang. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  VI  AND  VII 

NOTE. — The  following  less  obvious  abbreviations  are  used  : — adv.,  advowson  ;  b.,  brother  ;  cast.,  castle  ; 
chant.,  chantry  ;  chap.,  chapel  ;  coll.,  college  ;  ct.,  court ;  ctss.,  countess  ;  d.,  daughter  ;  dchss.,  duchess  ;  dk., 
duke  ;  D.  and  C.,  Dean  and  Chapter  ;  f.,  father ;  hund.,  hundred  ;  ind.,  industries  ;  man.,  manor  ;  mchnss., 
marchioness  ;  m.,  mother  ;  mon.,  monastery ;  par.,  parish  ;  pop.,  population  ;  sch.,  school ;  sis.,  sister  ;  sts., 
streets  ;  vsct.,  viscountess  ;  w.,  wife  ;  wap.,  wapentake. 


Abbey  (Withnell),  vi,  49 
Abbot  House  (Mellor),  vi,  262 
Abbott   (Abbot),    John,   vi,    192  n, 
283  ;  Rich.,  vi,  263  ;  R.,  vii,  96  n  ; 
Rev.    Phil.,    vi,    440 ;    Phil.,    vi, 
535,    558;    Thos.,   vi,    162,   263, 
298  n,  299  ;   fam.,  vi,  246  n,  262  n 
Abbott's  Delf  (Mellor),  vi,  260 
Abingdon,  abbot  of,  vi,  218  n 
Abingdon,    Caroline,    ctss.    of,    vi, 

509  ;  earls  of,  vi,  411,  460,  509 
Abney,  Sir  Thos.,  vii,  138  n 
Abney  -  Hastings,     Chas.     F.,    see 

Donington,  Ld. 
Abraham,  Will.,  vi,  88 
Abram,  Joan  de,  vii,  120  n  ;  Matth. 
de,    vii,    120  n ;    Maud    de,    vii, 
120  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  284  n  ;  Will.  A., 
vi,  245 

Abreneburne  (Studlehurst),  vi,  324  n 
Acclamby  (Aglaby),  Agnes,  vii, 
258 ;  Joan,  vii,  257 ;  John,  vii, 
259  n ;  Mabel,  vii,  257,  258  ; 
Nich.,  vii,  257  ;  Thos.,  vii,  257, 
258 

Accrington  (Old  and  New),  vi,  349, 
356  n,  411,  423-7,  434,  486  ;  adv., 
vi,  426  ;  chap.,  vi,  426 ;  chant., 
vi,  426  ;  char.,  vi,  416  ;  ch.,  vi, 
426 ;  hosp.,  vi,  424 ;  ind.,  vi, 
423  ;  labourers'  wages,  vi,  424  n  ; 
man.,  vi,  232,  233  n,  361  n,  411  «, 
424,  425  n,  428,  489;  mkts.  and 
fairs,  vi,  426 ;  mill,  vi,  424  ; 
mines,  vi,  423,  425 ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  427  ;  pks.,  vi,  426  ;  quarries, 
vi,  423,  523  n  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi, 
427 ;  sch.,  vi,  426,  427  ;  town-hall, 
vi,  426 
Accrington,  forest  of,  vi,  232,  424, 

425 

Accrondley,  see  Acornley 

Ackers,  Rich.,  vii,  320  » 

Ackhurst    Clough,    vii,   13  n 

Acornhurst  (Leagram),  vi,  379 «, 
380  n 

Acornley  (Foulridge),  vi,  544,  546 

Acornley,  Ad.  de,  vi,  546 ;  Hen., 
vi,  547  I  John,  vi,  546 

Acranley,  see  Acornley 

Acre  (Haslingden),  vi,  427 

Acre  Mill  (Bacup),  vi,  439  n,  441  n 

Acres,  Ad.  del,  vi,  131  n 

Acrinton,  see  Accrington 

Acroid,  see  Ecroyd 

Acton,  see  Aighton 

Adam,  vi,  366  n,  401  n,  443,  446, 
480  n,  481*1,  485*1;  vii,  94  n, 
98  n,  100  «,  171  n,  279  «,  282  n, 
318  n ;  abbot  of  Evesham,  vi, 
65  n ;  abbot  of  Kirkstall,  vi, 
480 «;  the  calfherd,  vii,  316  n; 
chaplain,  vi,  402  n  ;  vii,  59  n  ; 
the  chapman,  vi,  474  n,  475  n  ; 
the  clerk,  vi,  109  n ;  curate 


Adam  (cont.) 

of  Low  Chapel,  vi,  299  ;  dean  of 
Kirkham,  vii,  145  n,  146 ;  the 
ferryman,  vi,  58  n  ;  the  gold- 
smith, vi,  56  n  ;  the  harper,  vi, 
365  n ;  janitor  of  Clitheroe,  vi, 
365  n  ;  the  miller,  vi,  397  n  ; 
prior,  vii,  59  n  ;  rector  of  Black- 
burn, vi,  239 ;  the  reeve,  vi,  428  n  • 
the  serjeant,  vi,  96  n  ;  the  smith, 
vi,  ii  n,  364  n  ;  the  studherd, 
vii,  131  n ;  the  tailor,  vi,  246  n, 
470  n  ;  the  wright,  vi,  209  n 

Adams,  Mary,  vi,  187 ;  Rob.,  vii, 
259  n  ;  Theophilus,  vii,  259  n 

Adamson,  Ad.  vii,  158  n ;  Edm., 
vii,  324  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  135  n ;  Jane, 
vii,  206  n  ;  Rev.  John,  vi,  546  n  ; 
John,  vi,  416,  496 ;  vii,  200 «, 
2O5  n>  324  n  .'  Rob.,  vii,  121  n, 
135  «;  Sanford  J.  C.,  vi,  495  n, 
496  ;  Thos.,  vii,  206  n,  324  n 

Adcockson,  see  Atkokson 

Addelynton,  see  Adlington 

Addison,  Anne  A.,  vi,  325  ;  Rev. 
Jas.  S.,  vi,  440 ;  John,  vi,  325  ; 
Pet.,  vii,  123;  Thos.,  vii,  90 «, 
102  n  ;  Thos.  B.,  vii,  102  n,  153  n  ; 
fam.,  vii,  102 

Addlington,  Adelventon,  see  Adling- 
ton 

Adkinson,  see  Atkinson 

Adlington  (Adlincton),  vi,  58  n, 
182,  187  n,  217-20;  ch.,  vi,  220  ; 
man.,  vi,  217  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  220 

Adlington,  Agnes,  vii,  158  n  ;  Alice 
de,  vi,  218  n ;  Cecily  de,  vi, 

218  n;  Chris.,  vi,  218  n,  219  n; 
Eleanor,  vi,  218  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  218  n  ; 
vii,  233  «;  Ellen  de,  vi,  218  n  ; 
Gilb.,  vi,  218  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  143  n, 
182  n,    215  n,    217,    218,    218  n, 

219  n,    220  n,    224  n  ;    vii,    233, 
233  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  219  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,  143  «,  185  »,  213,  218,  218  n, 
219  n ;     Kath.,    vi,    218  n;    vii, 
233  n  ;    Marg.,    vi,    218  n;    Pet., 
vi,  217  n,  218,  451  n  ;  Randle  de, 
vi,  218  n  ;   Rich,  de,  vi,  218  n  ; 
Rob.,     vi,     215 «,     218,     218  n, 
219  n  ;   vii,  233  n  ;   Rog.  de,  vi, 
218  n  ;  Sibyl,  vii,  233  ;  Thos.  de, 
vi,    143  n,   218  n  ;   Walt,   de,   vi, 
217;   Will,   de,  vi,   218  n 

Adlington  Hall  (Standish),  vi,  183, 

219 

Adlinton,  see  Adlington 
Admarsh   (Preston),  vii,   141  ;   ch., 

vii,  142 

Admergill  (Yorks),  vi,  527  n 
Admergill  Water,  riv.,  vi,  541 
Adreancroft  (Hap ton),  vi,  5107* 
Agamund,  monk,  vii,  68  n 
Agemundrenesse,  see  Amoui'derness 
Aghton,  see  Aighton 

337 


Aglaby,  see  Acclamby 
Agmundernes,  see  Amounderness 
Agnes,  d.  of  Hen.,  vii,  227  n 
Agnesson,  Ad.,  vii,  101  n  ;  Amery, 

vii,  101  n 

Agotehole,  see  Haggate 
Ahmuty,  Maria  E.,  vi,  168  n 
Aighton       (Aighton,     Bailey     and 
Chaigley) ,  vi,  230,  375  n;  vii,  1-14, 
27  n,  33  «,  43",  50  n,  54,   57  », 
59  »,     65  n,     69  n,     189,     igjn, 
326  n  ;  char.,  vii,  19  n  ;  man.,  vi, 
381  n  ;   vii,   2,   288  n  ;   mill,   vii, 
13,  13  n,  16  n  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii, 
7 ;  well,  vii,  2 

Aighton  (Acton,  Aghton),  Ad.  de, 
vii,  200  n,  201  n,  286  n  ;  Alan  de, 
vii,  15  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vii,  57  «  ; 
Ellis  de,  vii,  15  n  ;  Eva  de,  vii, 
13  n  ;  John  de,  vii,  15  n  ;  Jordan 
de,  vii,  15  »;  Maud  de,  vii,  15  n  ; 
Nich.  de,  vii,  15  n  ;  Ralph  de,  vii, 
13  n,  15  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  18,  200  n, 
201  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  15  n  ;  fam., 
vi,  559  n  ;  see  also  Haighton 
Aighton  Ing  (Clitheroe),  see  Orchard 

Ing 
Ailsi  (Eilsi),  vi,  258,  314,  317,  320, 

324,  336;  vii,   191,  232,  320 
Ailsi,  Rich.,  vi,  21 4  n 
Ailsison,    Alice,    vi,    214  n;    John, 
vi,    214  n ;    Ralph,    vi,    214 «  ; 
Will.,  vi,  214  n 

Ainscough  (Ainscoe),  Hugh,  vi, 
176  n  ;  John,  vi,  237  n  ;  Mary, 
vi,  215  n  ;  Radley,  vi,  215  «  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  215  ;  see  also  Ayscough 
Ainsdale  (Preston),  vii,  130  w 
Ainsworth  (Aynesworth),  Agnes, 
vi,  267  ;  Cath.,  vi,  287  ;  Chris., 
vi,  285  n ;  Claudia,  vi,  267  ; 
Dorothy,  vi,  267 ;  Edm.,  vi, 
287  ;  Edw.,  vi,  267  ;  Elias  (Ellis), 
vi,  267  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  12  «  ;  Geo.,  vi, 
405  «,  407 «,  408  ;  vii,  295  n. 
298 ;  Hen.,  vi,  266,  267 ;  vii, 
298  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  28  n,  408  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  269  n,  280  n  ;  Jane,  vi, 
267  n  ;  Jenet,  vi,  293  ;  Joan,  vi, 
276-7  ;  John  (de),  vi,  12  n,  267, 
268,  331,  406  «,  408;  Laur.,  vi, 
28 «,  267,  281  n,  288  n,  293, 
408  n  ;  Lettice,  vi,  317  ;  Marg., 
vi,  267  ;  Nich.,  vi,  267  n,  277  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  267  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  12  n, 
269  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  u6«,  267; 
Thos.,  vi,  267,  268,  269,  283  n, 
317  ;  T.  S.,  vi,  260 
Aintree,  vi,  419  n 
Aiston,  Rob.  J.  B.,  vii,  275  «  ;  Rob. 

J.  F.,  vii,  275 
Aitken,  — ,  vii,  104  n 
Akame  (Barton),  vii,  127  » 
Akenehead,  vii,  330  n 
Akeringtone,  see  Accrington 

43 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Akerlandeleye,  see  Acornley 
Akeroyd,  Akeroyde,  see  Ecroyd 
Akovere,  see  Okeover 
Akryngton,  see  Accrington 
Alan,    vi,    154  n,   552  n ;   vii,   264, 
283  n,     324  n ;     the    baker,     vi, 
365  n ;     the     clerk,     vi,     335  n, 
405  n  ;   the  forester,  vii,   192  n  ; 
the  miller,  vii,  134  n;  monk,  vii, 
215  n;  seneschal,  vi,  291  n  ;  the 
turner,  vi,  400  n 

Alan's  Dyke  (Preston),  vii,  131  n 
Alansfield  (Wrightington),  vi,  174  n 
Alanson,  see  Allanson 
Albemarle,   Eliz.  Monk,  dchss.  of, 
vi,  233  ;  Chris.  Monk,  dk.  of,  vi, 

233  ;  Geo.  Monk,  dk.  of,  vi,  233, 
361,361  n,  489, 525 ;  fam.,  vi,  362 

Albert,  vii,  166  ?fc 

Albert  Edward  Dock  (Preston),  vi, 
56 n;  vii,  129  n 

Albin  (Albyn),  Ad.,  vii,  97  n  ; 
Chris.,  vii,  234  n,  245  ;  Hen.,  vii, 
328  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  63  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 

234  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  62  n,  63  n,gjn; 
— ,  vii,  244  n 

Albus,  Albi,  see  Blount  and  White 
Alcancotes,  see  Alkincotes 
Alcockfield  (Alcocks  Field)  (Claugh- 

ton),  vii,  326  n 
Aldburne,  Ralph  de,  vii,  24 
Alddall  (Duxbury),  vi,  211  n 
Aldearth  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 
Aldefield  (Kirkham),  vii,  166  n 
Aldeleme,  John  de,  vi,  132  ;  Kath. 

de,  vi,  132 
Aldelin,  vi,  291  n 
Alden,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Alden,    reeve    of    Tottington,    vi, 

438  n 

Alderbarrow  (Trawden),  vi,  548 
Alderhurst  (Trawden),  vi,  548 
Alderson,  Mary,  vii,  155  n  ;  Thos., 

vii,  155  n 
Alderthlegh    (Walton-le-Dale) ,    vi, 

290 

Aldeschalecloht  (Cuerdale),  vi,  301  « 

Aldeware    (Aldware),    Amery,    vii, 

99  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  99  n  ;  Will., 

vii,  99  n 

Aldfield    (Charnock    Richard),    vi, 

205  n,  207  n 

Aldfield  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Aldfield  (Cuerden),  vi,  26  n 
Aldfield  (Garstang),  vii,  314  n 
Aldford  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Aldred  Sowerby,  see  Sowerby,  Little 
Aldware,  see  Aldeware 
Aldwath    ford    (Poulton-le-Fylde) , 

vii,  226 
Aldwayn,   Ad.,   vii,    152  n ;    Nich., 

vii,  152  n 
Aldwin,  vii,  92  n 
Aleke,  vii,  321  n 
Alexander  IV,  pope,  vi,  240 
Alexander  VI,  pope,  vi,  122  n 
Alexander,  474  n,  475  n  ;  the  chap- 
lain,   vi,    375  n  ;  vii,    59  n  ;   the 
clerk,  vi,  366  w;  vii,  178  n,  179  n, 
209  n ;    rector    of    Poulton,    vii, 
226  n 

Aleyn,  see  Allen 
Alghton,  see  Haighton 
Alice,  vii,   273  ;   d.  of  Amery  the 
clerk,  vi,  92  n,  95  n  ;  d.  of  Ivette, 
vii,  98  n  ;  d.  of  Kettel,  vi,  168  n- 
gn;  d.  of  Rob.,  vi,  26  n,  g6n; 
d.  of  Will.,    vii,    132  n ;    sis.    of 
Joan  (of  Longton),  vi,  72  n  ;  sis. 
of  Joan  Redissh,  vi,  267  »  ;  w.  of 
Albred,  vii,  92  n  ;  w.  of  Amery, 
vii,   55  n;   w.  of   Orm,   vii,  179; 
w.  of  Rich,  the  miller,  vi,  95  n  ; 
w  of  Rob.,  vi,  21  n,  193  n 
Aliff.  John,  vi,  189 


Alimun,  vii,  54  n 

Alison,  Hen.,  vi,  206  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  206 

Alkenkotes,  see  Alkincotes 

Alker,  John,  vi,  237  n 

Alkincotes   (house)  (Colne),  vi,  526, 

533  » 
Alkincotes  (vill)    (Colne),    vi,  523, 

524,  525,  534  » 

Alkincotes,  Ad.  de,  vi,  525,  526  «, 
538  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  526  n  ;  John 
de,  vi,  526*1;  Pet.  de,  vi,  525, 
526  «,  538  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  525, 
526  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  525 

Allan,  see  Allen 

Allanson  (Alanson),  Ellen,  vi,  in  n; 
Ellis,  vii,  324  n ;  Geo.,  vi,  217, 
217  w,  219  n  ;  John,  vi,  5537*; 
Marg.,  vi,  in  n  ;  Reg.,  vi,  217  n, 
219  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  217  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  129 ;  vii,  324  n ;  Will.,  vi, 
in  n,  155 

Allanson's  charity,  vi,  148 

Allen  (Allan,  Alen,  Aleyn),  Rev. 
Ebenezer  B.,  vi,  435  ;  Edw.,  vi, 
489,  525  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  236,  239  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  481  n ;  Gabriel,  vii, 
237  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  174  n,  175  w, 
190  »,  223  n,  227  n,  236,  239  n, 
241  n,  247  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  556  «  ; 
vii,  236  n  ;  John,  vii,  234  n,  236, 
247;  John  T.,  vi,  371;  Marg., 
vii,  236  ;  Mary,  vi,  228  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  556  «  ;  Rog.,  vi,  481  n  ;  Sibyl, 
vi,  556  n ;  Rev.  S.  J.,  vi,  238, 
255  n,  259  n,  446  ;  Thos.,  vii,  12  n, 
247  n ;  Cardinal  Will.,  vi,  40, 
228;  vii,  135,  155,  185  n,  219, 
236  ;  — ,  vii,  181  n 

Alleys,    The    (Clitheroe),    vi,    364, 

365  » 

Alley  tithing  (Whittingham),  vii, 
207  n 

Alleytroyds  (Church),  vi,  399,  402  n, 
403  n 

Allicock's  Riddings  (Mawdesley), 
vi,  97  n 

Almarica,  see  Amery 

Almery,  see  Amery 

Almond,  Fran.,  vii,  289  n  ;  Margery, 
vii,  231  ;  Rich.,  vi,  337  ;  Rob., 
vi,  199  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  231 

Almond's  Croft  (Broughton),  vii,  90 

Almscroft  (Clitheroe),  vi,  377  n 

Almundernes,  see  Amounderness 

Alot,  vii,  209  n 

Alpham  (Barton),  vii,  127  n 

Alreneburne  (Studlehurst),  vi,  324  w 

Alrene-snape  (Studlehurst) ,  vi, 
324  n 

Alsergate  (Staynall),  vii,  252  n 

Alsop,  Chris.,  vii,  42 

Alston  (Alston  with  Hothersall),  vi, 
230;  vii,  36,  37,  51,  52,  61-67, 
68,  90;  man.,  vi,  38  n,  41  n,  303; 
vii,  6 1  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  67 

Alston  (Alstun),  Ad.  de,  vii,  63  n  ; 
Alice  de,  vii,  63  n ;  Amery  de, 
vii,  63  n  ;  Grimbald  de,  vii,  63  n  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  17  n ;  Hitchcock  de, 
vii,  63  n  ;  Joan  de,  vii,  63  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  7,  399;  vii,  30  n, 
62  n,  63  n  ;  John  J.  de,  vii,  62  n  ; 
Kath.  de,  vii,  63  n  ;  Mabot  de, 
vii,  62  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  63  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  270,  271  ;  vii,  31, 
32,  35  «,  63  n;  Capt.  Rob-  -v  ii, 
31  n  ;  Rob.  (de,  of)..™',  30  n,  32, 

62  n  ;  Rog.  de.  T~l,  270,  271  ;  vii, 

63  n ;  Tho^-.,  vi,  521  ;  Walt,  de, 
vii,  63  r  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  30  n,  63  w  ; 
Will.  J .  de,    vii,    62  n ;    see  also 
Austen 

Alstonfield  (Alston),  vii,  63  n 
Alston  Hall,  vi,  39  «  ;  vii,  62  n 
Alstonholme  (Alston),  vii,  63  n 


Alstun,  see  Alston 

Alt,   Ellis  de,   vi,   24  n ;    John  de, 

vi,  24  n 

Alta  Ripa,  fam.,  see  Hautrey 
Altcar  (Euxton),  vi,  18  n 
Altencote,  see  Alkincotes 
Al testy  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 
Altham,  vi,  349,  356  n,  411-16,  426, 
538;  adv.,  vi,  413,  415;  chap., 
vi,  357  n,  412,  414  ;  char.,  vi,  416  ; 
ch.,   vi,   413  ;     cross,   vi,   414  n  ; 
ind.,    vi,    411  ;    man.,    vi,    411  ; 
mines,  vi,  411  ;  quarries,  vi,  411 
Altham,  Ad.  de,  vi,  412  n,  511  n  ; 
Alan  de,  vi,  411  «,  412  n,  417; 
Alex,    de,    vi,    400  n ;    Alice   de, 
vi,  499  n  ;   Ellen  de,  vi,  412  n  ; 
Emma  de,  vi,  512  n ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,  412  n,  413  n,  414  n  ;  Hugh  de, 
vi,  411  «,  412,  413  »,  417,  424; 
Jas.,  vi,  512  n ;  Jesse,  vi,  471  n  ; 
Joan  de,  vi,  412  ;   John  de,  vi, 
231,  397  n,  400  n,  412,  488,  497  n, 
499  n,  511  n  ;  Kath.  de,  vi,  497  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  412  »;  Maud  de, 
vi,   506  n  ;    Rich,   de,   vi,   409  n, 
411  n,  412,  414  w,  417;  Rob.  de, 
vi,  512  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  400,  511  ; 
Sim.   de,   vi,   412,   326  n,   414  n, 
506  n,  511  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  402  n, 
403  n,  411  n,  417,  511  ;  Will,  de, 
vi,  326  n,  331  n,  411  n,  412,  413, 
414  n,  417,  424,  511  n 
Altune  (Studlehurst),  vi,  324  n 
Alum  Crag  (Pleasington),  vi,  266 
Alum     House     Brook,    see    Arley, 

brook 

Alum  mines,  vi,  37,  266 
Alum  Scar  (Pleasington),  vi,  266 
Amabel,  d.  of  John,  vi,  66  n ;  d.  of 
Rog.,  vi,  266 ;    w.  of  Thos.,  vii, 
48  w 

Ambler,  Lawr.,  vi,  534 
Ambrose,  Alex.,  vii,  198  n,  288  n 
Alice,  vii,  287  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  288  n 
Ellen,  vii,  35  n,  288  n  ;  Ewan 
vii,  288  n ;  Geo.,  vii,  288  n 
Godith,  vi,  34  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  288  n 
Rev.  Isaac,  vii,  265  n  ;  Isaac,  vii 
86,  104  n,  298,  299  ;  Isabel,  vii 
288  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  288  n  ;  John 
vi,  91  n  ;  Leonard,  vii,  288  n 
Marg.,  vii,  198  n,  238  n,  288  n 
Maud,  vi,  332  ;  Nich.,  vi,  61  n 
vii,  200  n,  288  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  86  n 

287  n,  288  n  ;   Rob.,  vii,  319  n 
Rog.,     vii,     288  n ;     Thos.,     vii, 

288  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  34  n,  61  n,  332  ; 
vii,    35  n,    152  n,    183  n,    200  n, 
238  n,  287  n,  288  n,  308  n 

Ambrose  Acre   (Wrightington),  vi, 

173  » 
Ambrose     Hall     (Woodplumpton) , 

vii,  285,  288 

Ambrye  Meadows  (Leyland),  vi,  6  n 
Ambwell  (Foulridge),  vi,  545 
Amelcote(s),   Ingelram  de,   vi,   24  ; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  24  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  291  n 
Amery  (Almarica,  Americus,  Amu- 

ria),  vii,  54  n,  55  n,  57 n;  the  c'*>rk, 

vi,    92  n,  95  n  ;  d.    of   I^ich.,  vi, 

97  n  ;  vii,  150  «• ;  d.  of  Walt,  the 

judge,  v',-  i  17  n ;  rector  of  Preston, 

v",  34  n  ;  w.  of  Ad.,  vi,  225  »  ;  w. 

of  Rog.,  vii,  47  n 
Amery  (Almery),  Geoff.,  vi,  204  w 
Amethalgh  (Anyetehalgh),Avicede, 

vii,  65  n  ;  Christiana  de,  vii,  65  n  ; 

Rich,   de,  vii,  59  n,  65  n  ;   Rob. 

de,  vii,  52  n 

Ametehalit  (Ribchester),  vii,  46  n 
Amherst,   Eliz.,   vii,   245  n ;   John, 

vii,  245  « 

Amice,  d.  of  Rich.,  vii,  285  n 
Amoria,  Fran.  Petre,  bp.  of,  vi,  259 


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INDEX 


Amotson,  Ellen,  vii,  131  n  ;  Thos. 

J.,  vii,  131  n  ;  see  also  Annotson 
Amounderness,  forest  of,  vii,  68  n, 

116  n,  137  n,  138 
Amounderness,     hund.,     vii,      68  ; 

bailiwick,  vii,  69,  201  n;  deanery, 

vi,   234  ;   vii,   70,    128  n  ;   Idshp., 

vii,  69,  176  ;  serjeanty,  vii,  69  n, 

n8n 
Amounderness,   Ad.,   dean  of,   vii, 

70;   Rich.   Parker,   dean  of,  vii, 

25  n  ;  William  de  Slaidburn,  dean 

of,  vii,  147  n 
Amricson,  Hen.,  vii,   125  n  ;  Will., 

vii,  125  « 

Amunderness,  see  Amounderness 
Amuria,  see  Amery 
Anabaptists,  vi,  298,  535  n  ;  vii,  43, 

51  n 
Anabila,  w.  of   Rich,  the  Serjeant, 

vi,  229  n 
Anderson,  Cath.,  vi,  167  n  ;  John , 

vi,  167  n 
Anderton,  vi,  58  n,  76,  182,  187  «, 

220-2  ;  char.,  vi,  191  ;  halls,  vi, 

220  n ;  man.,  vi,  75,  220;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vi,  222 

Anderton,  Ad.  (de),  vi,  12  n,  220  ; 
Agnes,  vi,  22  n,  64  n  ;  Alethea, 
vi,  366  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  12  n, 
•  20  n,  221  n  ;  vii,  49  n  ;  Almarica 
de,  vi,  200  n,  220  n  ;  Anne,  vi, 
12  n,  31  n,  219  n  ;  vii,  177  n  ; 
Avice  de,  vi,  220 ;  vii,  54  n ; 
Bern.,  vii,  42  n  ;  Cath.,  vi,  20  «  ; 
Sir  Chas.,  vii,  296;  Chris.,  vi, 
3in,  50  n,  217*1,  219  n,  221, 
366,  366 »,  367,  428  n;  vii, 
83  «,  170  n,  239  «,  296,  297  ; 
Dorothy,  vi,  30  n,  31  «,  106  n  ; 
vii,  169  »,  170  n,  281  n  ;  Edm., 
vi,  12  n  ;  Eh'z.,  vi,  12  n,  20  n, 
429  n,  517;  Ellen  (de),  vi,  12  n, 
140  «,  142,  221,  428  n  ;  Frances, 
vi,  21  ;  Fran.,  vi,  20  n,  21  »,  221, 
222,  366  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  20  «,  33  n  ; 
vii,  169  n,  275  ;  Hen.,  vi,  306  n  ; 
Hen.  I.,  vi,  21  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  18, 

19,  20,  30,  31  n,  33  »,  106,  142, 
174  n,  207  «,  208  n,  428  n,  513  n, 
517  ;  vii,  169  n,  181  n,  275,  297, 
298  n  ;  Isabel  (de),  vi,  3  n,  12  n, 

20,  227  n,  513  »,  517;  Jas.,  vi, 
3  n,  12 «,  19,  20,  22 «,  29,  30, 
31!  32  «,  33  «,  34  «»  35  »>  5°  «, 
57  n,  64  n,  65  n,  106  «,  107  w, 
108  n,  now,  140,  142,  152  w, 
i66«,  213,  219  w,  221  «,  227  n, 
229  «,  285  «,  365  n,  426,  428  «, 
429  «  ;  vii,  98  n,  123  »,  126  w, 
169  n,  170  n,  177  n,  181  n,  193  «, 
275 «,  281  n,  293  M,  297,  298, 
314  w,  320  w,  331 »;  Jas.  F., 
vii,  126 ;  Jane,  vi,  31  n ;  John, 
vi,  12  n,  221  w,  416,  518 ;  vii, 
49  « ;  Jos.  H.,  vi,  371  ;  Lambert 
de,  vii,  54  n  ;  Magdalen,  vi,  219  «, 

221  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  12  n,  20  n, 
19  n,  174 »;  vii,  177%;  Mary, 
vi,  20  n,  536  ;  vii,  314  n  ;  Matth., 
vi,  31  n  ;  Maud,  vi,  226  «  ;  Capt. 
Nich.,  vii,  293  n  ;  Nich;,  vi,  31  n  ; 
Oliver,  vi,  12  n,  19,  140,  142, 
182  n,  221,  428  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  142  n, 
218  n,  221  ;  vii,  297  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
12  «,  48  ;  Rev.  Rob.,  vi,  20  »  ; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  12  n,  220  w,  221  n, 

222  «  ;  Rog.,  vi,  219  n,  221  ;  vii, 
131  ;  Sibyl  de,  vi,  220  w,  221  n  ; 
Steph.,  vi,  416  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi, 
12  w,  19  n,  20  w,  31  n,  220,  221  n, 
295  », 331 « ;  vii,  298  n  ;  Thomas- 
ine,  vii,  131  ;  Thurstan,  vi,  31  n, 
118  n,  140,  142  n,  191,  221,  226  w, 
428  n  ;  vii,  83  n  ;  Wilfrid  F.,  vii, 


Anderton  (cont.) 

126;  Will,  (de),  vi,  12  n,  20,  21, 
22,    31  n,     142  n,    182  n,    200  n, 

2l8  W,      219  «,      22O,      221,      222  «, 

493,  494  M,  513  w,  517;  vii,  131  ; 

Maj.  Will.  A.,  vi,  21  ;  Will.  I.,  vi, 

19,  21,  23  ;  Maj.  Will.  M.  I.,  vi, 

21  n  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  367,  528  ;  — ,  vi, 

249  ;  vii,  75,  292,  293  ;  fam.,  vi, 

372  ;  vii,  126 

Andreness,  see  Amounderness 
Andreton,  see  Anderton 
Andrews,  Abigail,  vi,  150  n;  John, 

vi,  150  n;  Randal,  vii,  87,  124; 

— ,  vii,  87  n 

Angelholme  (Poulton),  vii,  225 
Angersholme   (Norbreck),  vii,   246, 

247 
Anglesea,    Henrietta   M.,    ctss.    of, 

vii,    281  n ;    John,    earl    of,    vii, 

281  n 
Anglezarke,    Alice    de,    vi,    212  n ; 

John  de,  vi,  212  w,  213%;  Rob. 

de,  vi,  48  n,  21 3  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi, 

213  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  213  » 
Angotsmoss,  see  Angersholme 
Angram  Green  (Worston),  vi,  373 
Angrum  (Church),  vi,  401  n 
Anion,  see  Anyon 
Anne,  Eliz.,  vii,  309  n ;  Geo.,  vii, 

309  n ;  Mary,  vii,  309  n ;  Michael, 

vii,  309 

Annel  Cross,  see  Hannel  Cross 
Annot  Cross  (Whalley),  vi,  470 
Annotson,  Amery,  vi,  143  n;  Hugh, 

vi,   143  n  ;   Will.,  vi,   143  n  ;   see 

also  Amotson 
Ansdell  (Lytham),  vii,  213 
Anstehalgh  (Ribchester),  vii,  29  « 
Antishaw  (Leyland),  vi,  7  n 
Antley  (Accrington),  vi,  233  n,  423, 

424  n 
Antley,    Higher    (Accrington),    vi, 

425 
Antley,  Macock  de,  vi,  424  ;  Matth. 

de,  vi,  424  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  424  n  ; 

Will,  de,  vi,  424 
Antley  Gate  (Trawden),  vi,  548 
Anyetehalgh,  see  Amethalgh 
Anyon  (Anion),  Ad.  de,  vii,  230  n  ; 

John,     vii,     250*1,     255,     334; 

Margery,  vii,  231  n ;  Thos.,  vii, 

231  n 

Apaldsyke  (Longton),  vi,  70  n,  71  n 
Appleton,  Anne,  vi,  378  n ;  Marg., 

vi,    378 «;    Nowell,    vi,    378  n ; 

Will.,  vi,  378  n  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  378  n 
Appley  Bridge  (Wrightington),  vi, 

169  ;  ch.,  vi,  178 
Appley  Wood   (Wrightington),   vi, 

171  n 

Aqua  Blanca,  Peter  de,  vii,  264 
Arbalaster,  Ad.  le,  vi,  203  n ;  Alice 

le,   vi,   203  n  ;   Eva,   vii,    189  n  ; 

Geoff,    (the),    vii,    189  w,    190  n, 

256 ;  John,  vii,  190  n,  257 
Arbury  (Winwick),  vi,  67  n 
Archer,  Jas.,  vii,  78  n  ;  Laur.,  vii, 

238  n 
Arches,  Beatrice  de,  vi,  507  n  ;  John 

de,    vi,    507  n ;    Maud    (Matilda) 

de,    vi,    320,   507  n,  509  n  ;  Pet. 

de,     vi,     3i7«,     320  n,     507 «; 

Reyner  de,  vi,  396,  507,  511  n; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  291  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

320,  396,  507,  509  M,  511 
Arderne,  Agnes,  vi,  276-7  ;  Alice  de, 

vi,    276  n  ;    Eleanor,    vi,    276-7  ; 

Eliz.,    vii,    253 « ;    Joan   de,    vi, 

131,    132,    276,    397 ;    vii,    3,    4  ; 

John  de,  vi,  2  n,  26  n,  213,  276, 

277  ;   vii,    147  ;    Kath.,   vi,   277  ; 

Marg.,    vi,    276-7 ;    Nathan,    vii, 

253  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  26  n,  140  n, 

276,  397  ;  vii,  3  ;    Sir  Thos.  de, 

339 


Arderne  (cont.) 

vi,  101  n,  136  n,  140  «,  276,  287, 

398  ;  vii,  3,  4,  15  ;  Thos.  de,  vi, 

131,  132,  276,  397  ;  vii,  3,  15  n 
Argarmeols,  vii,  285 
Argaythel,  Ad.  de,  vi,  n6« 
Argham,  see  Arrom 
Arghole  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 
Argholestan  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 
Arkestanheved  (Barnacre),  vii,  316  n 
Arkholme,  fam.,  see  Arrom 
Arkwright,    John,    vii,    121  n;    Sir 

Rich.,  vii,  80 ;  Rob.,  vii,  121  n  ; 

Will.,  vii,   77,   121  n ;  fam.,  vii, 

98  n 

Arley  (Blackrod),  vi,  193  w 
Arley  (Mellor),  vi,  262 
Arley,  brook,  vi,  260,  263,  266,  303 
Armetriding  (Armetridding)  (Chaig- 

ley),  vii,  18 
Armetriding    (Armetridding) 

(Church),  vi,  400  n 
Armetriding    (Euxton),    vi,    21  «; 

mill,  vi,  1 8 

Armetriding,  le  (Mellor),  vi,  263 
Armetriding,  Nether  (Leyland),  vi, 

37  » 

Armetriding,  Ad.  del,  vi,  21  n ; 
Agnes  de,  vi,  21  n ;  Hugh,  vi, 
22  n ;  Rev.  Jas.,  vi,  22  n,  23 ; 
Jas.,  vi,  22  n  ;  Joana  J.,  vi,  23  n ; 
John  (de,  del),  vi,  8  n,  21  n,  22  n, 
23n>  5l>  2O7  n  J  v"»  245  I  Marg. 
(Margaretta) ,  vi,  9  n,  23  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  22  n  ;  Sarah  M.,  vi,  23  n  ; 
Steph.  de,  vi,  18  « ;  Thos.,  vi,  8, 
9  n,  22  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  21  n 

Armitstead  (Armistead,  Armisteed, 
Armitsdale,  Hermitstead) ,  Lawr. 
del,  vi,  92  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,  25  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  404  ;  Will.,  vii,  25,  218 
312 

Arncliffe,  vi,  507  n,  508  n 

Arnolby  (Millom),  vii,  321  n 

Arnulf,  vii,  84 

Arom,  fam.,  see  Arrom 

Arom  House  (Preston),  vii,  100  n 

Arpifield  (Simonstone),  vi,  499  n 

Arram,  fam.,  see  Arrom 

Arran,  earl  of,  vi,  180  n 

Arrom  (Argham,  Arkholme,  Arom 
Arram,  Erghum),  Anne,  vii 
100  «  ;  Hen.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Isabel 
vii,  99  n ;  Ralph  de,  vii,  85 
Will,  de,  vii,  74,  99  n,  loon 

Arrowsmith,  Edm.,  vi,  i8gn;  F. 
vi,  430  ;  Ralph,  vi,  182  w,  216  n 
217 ;  Rich.,  vii,  128  n  ;  Rev.  — 
vii,  164  n 

Arthur,  vii,  132  n 

Arthwright,  John,  vii,  329  n  ;  Will., 
vii,  329  n,  330  n 

Artwin,  Ad.,  vii,  153 

Arundel,  Rich.  Fitz-Alan,  earl  of, 
vi,  265  n 

Arundell  of  Wardour,  Jas.  E. 
Arundell,  Ld.,  vii,  12 

Ascam,  John  de,  vii,  71  « 

Aschetil,  vii,  247 ;  Will.,  grandson 
of,  vii,  247 

Ascitiis,  Humbert  de,  vii,  41 

Ascroft,  Hen.,  vii,  98  n 

Asellison,  Cecily,  vii,  99  n  ;  Hugh, 
vii,  99  n 

Ash  (Ashes,  Asshe,  de  Fraxino), 
Alex,  del,  vii,  57  n ;  Cecily  de, 
vii,  17  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  17,  57  n,  58, 
60  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  57  »  ;  Ellen  del, 
vii,  57  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  17,  50  n,  57  n  ; 
Hen.  del,  vii,  15 »,  17;  Hugh 
(del),  vii,  17,  Son,  57  n;  John 
de  (del),  vii,  17,  17 «,  57 n  '• 
Margery  de,  vii,  17  n  ;  Rich.  (de. 
del),  vi,  257;  vii,  17  n,  57  n ; 
Rob.  (del),  vii,  15  n,  17,  18,  57  n, 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Ash  (cont.) 

58;  Thos.   (del),  vii,  17  n,  57 «; 
Will,  del,  vii,  57  n,  100  n 
Ashbrennerhurst  (Leyland),  vi,  38  n 
Ashburner,  Rob.,  vi,  36  ;  Sarah,  vi, 

36 
Ashburnham,    John    Ashburnham , 

earl  of,  vi,  104  n 
Ashburnham  library,  vi,  382  » 
Ashenclogh    (Lower    Darwen),    vi, 

276 
Ashenflat  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

456  » 

Ashes,  man.  (Kirkham),  vii,  195 
Ashes,  fam.,  see  Ash 
Asheton,  see  Ash  ton  and  Assheton 
Ashheys  (Preston),  vii,  134  n 
Ash  House  (Ribchester),  vii,  58  n 
Ashhurst,   Hen.,   vi,    177  n ;    Will., 

vi,  102,  173  n,  177  n,  202  w 
Ashlar  House  (Higham),  vi,  513 
Ashley  (Goosnargh),  vii,  163  n 
Ashley    (Whittingham),    vii,    29  n, 

207,  208  n,  209  n,  210,  212 
Ashley,  Avice  de,  vii,  212  n  ;  Chris- 
tiana  de,   vii,    n^  n;    Gilb.    de, 
vii,  212  n  ;  John  de,  vii,  212  n  ; 
Margery   de,    vii,    114  n,    212  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  114  n,  212  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vii,  212  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  114  n, 
212  n 
Ashley  Clough  (Whittingham),  vii, 

207  n,  210  n 

Ashton  (Ashton-upon-Ribble),  vi, 
39  n;  vii,  69,  72,  73  n,  76,  79, 
80,  83  n,  gin,  101,  106  n,  n6n, 
129,  132,  133 ,n,  135,  273,  301, 
309  ;  char.,  vii,  91  ;  ch.,  vii,  136  ; 
dock,  vii,  80  ;  ind.,  vii,  129  ;  man., 
vi,  41  n ;  vii,  106  n,  129,  303  n, 
309  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  137  ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  77  n,  137 
Ashton  (Ayston),  Ad.  de,  vii,  133  n  ; 
Agnes,  vi,  94  n ;  Alice,  vi,  93 , 
93  n>  94  n>  227  **  I  vii,  100  n, 
134  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  93  n,  94  ;  vii, 
333,  333 » ;  Arth.  de,  vii,  132, 
134,  134  n  ;  Avice  de,  vii,  133  n  ; 
Bridget,  vi,  94 ;  Cecily  de,  vi, 
224  n  ;  Dorothy,  vi,  94  n  ;  Eccles, 
vi,  282  ;  Edith  de,  vii,  134  »; 
Edm.,  vi,  322  n,  410,  494  n, 
510  n,  511  n,  559  n;  Eliz.,  vi., 
176**,  505  n,  506  n  ;  Ellen  de, 
vi,  93  n ;  Eva  de,  vii,  132  n  ; 
Gilb.  de,  vii,  130  n,  133  n,  134  n  ; 
Hamlet  (Hamnet),  vi,  505  n, 
506  n ;  Hamo  de,  vi,  224  n  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  75  ;  Hilary,  vi,  94  n  ; 
Hugh,  vi,  94 ;  Isabel  de,  vii, 
*33 n  '>  Jas.,  vi,  94  n,  410  n, 
411  n,  510  n;  vii,  173;  Jas.  N., 
vi,  176  n  ;  Jane,  vi,  35  n,  97  n  ; 
John  de,  vi,  48  n,  94,  176  n, 
227  n,  510  n  ;  vii,  92  n,  100  n, 
133  n,  182  n,  258  n  ;  Kath.  de, 
vi,  170  n;  Lettice,  vi,  510  n  ; 
Luke,  vi,  127  ;  Mabel  de,  vii, 
133  n ;  Mabot  de,  vii,  132  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  94  n,  212  n  ;  Mary,  vi, 
282  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  132  n  ;  Orm 
de,  vi,  169,  171  ;  Phil.,  vii,  276  n  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  93  n,  222  n  ;  vii, 
132  n ;  Ratcliff,  vi,  290,  295  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  35  n,  72,  94,  95,  97  n, 
98  n,  99  n,  non,  112,  212;  vii, 
132,  132  n,  133  »,  134  »,  333  », 
334  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  132  n  ;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  169  n,  176  n,  224  n  ;  vii, 
132  n,  133  n,  134  n  ;  Susan  de, 
vii,  132  n  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vii,  115  n, 
116  «,  126  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  70  n, 
71  n,  72,  72  «,  73  n,  82,  82  n,  88  nt 
93,  94,  95  n,  96,  97  n,  99,  lion, 
Ii6«,  130,  132,  282;  vii,  333, 


Ashton  (cont.) 

333  n  ;  Sir  Will,  (de),  vi,  72  n,  93, 
94  n,  log  n,  no  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  92  n, 
94  n,  170  n,  212  n,  224  n  ;  vii, 
ioo«,  130  n,  132  n,  134  n  ;  — , 
vi,  366,  510,  512  ;  fam.,  vi,  84, 
130,  170  n  ;  vii,  102,  102  n  ;  see 
also  Assheton 
Ashton  Bank  (Preston),  vii,  129  ; 

chap.,  vii,  87  n 
Ashton  Hall,  vi,  421 
Ashton-under-Lyne,  man.,  vi,  40 
Ash -tree  planting,  vi,  now 
Ash  worth,    Rev.    Caleb,    vi,    438  ; 
Hen.,  vi.  507  ;  John,  vi,  436  n  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,   440 ;   Miles,  vi,   441  ; 
Nich.,   vi,    438 ;    Rob.,   vi,    438  ; 
Will.,  vi,  438 

Aske  Marsden,  see  Marsden 
Askew,  Askue,  see  Ayscough 
Aslacton,  Avice  de,  vii,  192  ;  Hen., 

vii,  193  n  ;  Mich,  de,  vii,  192 
Asland,  riv.,  see  Douglas 
Asley,  John,  vi,  130 
Asmall,  Asmoll,  see  Aspinall 
Aspden,  brook,  vi,  401  n 
Aspden,   man.    (Oswald twistle),  vi, 

407 
Aspden,    the    hard    (Altham),    vi, 

413  n 

Aspden,  Ad,  de,  vi,  402  n,  405  n, 
407,  508  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  407  «, 
411  n  ;  Awyn,  vi,  402  n  ;  Edm., 
vi,  407  n,  515;  Ellen,  vi,  407  n  ; 
Geoff.,  vi,  402  n ;  Isabel,  vi, 
407  n;  Jas.,  vi,  325,  407  n ; 
John  de,  vi,  346,  402  n,  407  n, 
451  n,  452,  475  «,  515  ;  Lawr., 
vi,  515;  Marg.,  vi,  336;  Ralph, 
vi,  411  n ;  Rich.,  vi,  278  n, 
447  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  325,  336 ;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  346  n,  402  n,  407  n,  429  n, 
515;  Thos.,  vi,  411  n,  468  n ; 
Will.,  vi,  343  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  515  ; 
fam.,  vi,  262,  263  n,  283  n 
Aspelcarr  (Ribchester),  vii,  64  n 
Aspenhaugh,  Miles,  vi,  560  n 
Aspenhurst  (Kirkham),  vii,  191, 

199  n 

Aspen  valley  viaduct,  vi,  345 
Aspinall  (Asmall,  Asmoll,  Aspin- 
wall),  Ad.  de,  vii,  269  n ;  Agnes, 
vi,  377  n,  394  n  ;  Alex.,  vi,  278  n, 
395  ;  Caroline,  vi,  59  n,  71  n, 
74  n  ;  Cath.,  vi,  246  n,  377  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  192  n ;  vii,  154  n ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  246  n  ;  vii,  269  n  ;  Geo., 
vi,  229  n ;  Grace,  vi,  246  n ; 
Hugh,  vi,  198  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  198  n, 
277  n>  377  «,  395  n,  396;  Jane, 
vi,  246  n  ;  John,  vi,  55,  59,  62  n, 
71  n,  74  n,  389,  395,  396 ;  Lawr., 
vi,  278  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  191  n,  198  n, 
377  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  377  n  ;  Miles,  vi, 
246  n,  377  n ;  Col.  Ralph  J.,  vi, 
389,  395  I  Thos.,  vi,  246  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  395  J  v",  J54  n  '•  Mrs.  Wal- 
shaw,  vi,  272 ;  Serjeant,  vi,  61  ; 
— ,  vi,  425  ;  fam.,  vi,  366  n 
Aspley  Greaves  (Penwortham),  vi, 

56  n 

Asshaw  (Asshawe,  Asshehou),  Ad. 
de,  vi,  143  n,  214,  214  n,  215  n, 
216  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  141  n,  215  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  215  ;  Ant.,  vi,  215  n  ; 
vii,  114  n ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  214, 

214  «,  216  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  15  ;  Hen. 
de,  vi,  214,  215  n,  216  n;  Hugh 
de,  vi,  136  n,  143  n,  214  n  ;  Jane, 
vi,  267  n ;  vii,  in»;  Joan,  vi, 

215  n  ;  vii,  114  n;  John  de,  vi, 
214  n,  215  n;  Jordan  de,  vi, 
214  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  215  n,  219  n  ; 
vii,  15  ;  Leonard,  vi,  215,  215  n, 
267  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  218  n  ;  Margery 

340 


Asshaw  (cont.) 

de,  vi,  136  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  214  n  ; 
Rob.  de.,  vi,  7,  n,  214  n,  215  »; 
Rog.,  vi,  141  n,  143  n,  182  n,  214, 
215*1,  217*1,  218  n,  219  n  ;  vii, 
HIM,  114*1;  Thos.,  vi,  215, 
215  w,  217;  vii,  113  w;  Will,  de, 
vi,  215  n 

Asshe,  see  Ash 

Asshehou,  see  Asshaw 

Asshelegh,  see  Ashley 

Assheton,  par.,  see  Ashton 

Assheton  (Asheton),  Agnes,  vi, 
337 ;  Anne,  vi,  383  ;  Dorothy, 
Lady,  vi,  557  ;  Sir  Edm.,  vi,  344, 
355 »,  382,  388  n,  555 «;  vii, 
74  ;  Eliz.,  Lady,  vi,  558  ;  Eliz., 
vi,  302  n ;  Frances,  vi,  554  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  513  «  ;  Jane,  vi,  382  n, 
459  »,  554  »  '>  Jerome,  vii,  23  ; 
Joan,  vi,  554  n  ;  vii,  307  n  ;  Sir 
John,  vi,  383  ;  John,  vi,  555  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  407  n,  554 ;  Mary 
(Marie),  vi,  306,  383  n ;  vii,  23  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  189  n,  359  n,  374  «, 

554  ;  Radcliffe,  vi,  236,  295,  302, 
303,    555 1    Sir    Ralph,    vi,    256, 
307 «,   382,   383,   384,   386,  387, 
388,    554,    555,    556,    557,    558  ; 
vii,  6  n ;   Ralph,  vi,  295  n,  297, 
302,  358»,  3^o,  368  n,  382,  452, 
459  n,  506  n,  514,  554,  555,  557  '• 
vii,  307  n  ;  Ralph  C.,  vi,  294,  302, 

555  ;  Sir  Rich.,  vi,  306  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
302,    302  n,    359  n,    382,    383  n, 
407  n,    513  n,    554,    555,    556*1, 
560  n  ;  Sarah,  vi,  297  ;  Sir  Thos., 
vi,  337  '•  Will.,  vi,  294,  297,  302, 
5M>  555  »,  556  J  Col.,  vi,  421 ;  vii, 
76  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  298  n,  557  ;  — ,  vi, 
298  n,    340  n,    387,    395,    560  n  ; 
fam.,   vi,   295,   356  n ;     see    also 
Ashton 

Astbury,  Chas.  J.,  vi,  74 
Astenthwaite,    John   de,   vii,    173 

Marg.  de,  vii,  173 
Aster  ley  (Whalley),  vi,  387,  387  n 
Astewaldis  (Preston),  vii,  131  n 
Astley,    man.    (Astley),     vii,     306, 

306  n 

Astley,  man.  (Chorley),  vi,  136 
Astley,  Ad.,  vii,  297*1;  Rev.  Geo., 
vi,  265,  288,  313  ;  Geo.,  vi,  265, 
282*1,  285*1,  287;  vii,  2ii  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  139 ;  Jas.,  vi,  269  n, 
337  >  Jane,  vi,  287  ;  Jennet,  vi, 
287;  Mary,  vi,  287;  vii,  211  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  260,  287  n  ;  Thos.  de, 
vi,  7,  265  n,  278  n,  287,  288  ;  vii, 
82,  116;  Will.,  vi,  265,  282*1, 
287  ;  fam.,  vi,  263  n,  277 
Astley  Hall  (Chorley),  vi,  129,  130, 

136 

Aston,  Thos.  de,  vi,  7 

Athelaxton,  see  Ellaston 

Atherton,  Beatrice  de,  vi,  221  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  128  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  221  n  ; 
Hugh  de,  vi,  201  n ;  Isabel,  vi, 
312,  315-16  ;  John,  vi,  294,  394, 
396 ;  Marg.,  vii,  183  n,  193  n, 
322  n  ;  Maud,  vi,  99  n  ;  Nich., 
vii,  183  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  74  ;  Thos., 
vii,  25,  183  n ;  Sir  Will.,  vi,  312, 
315-16,  362  n  ;  — ,  vi,  394 

Atherton's  Well  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 

Athoyl,  Ad.,  vi,  134  n ;  Maud,  vi, 
134  n 

Atkinson  (Adkinson),  Alice,  vii, 
227  n ;  Anne,  vi,  226  n ;  vii, 
132  «  ;  Ant.,  vi,  21  n  ;  Chas. 
E.  D.  H.,  vii,  187;  Chris.,  vii, 
227*1;  Geo.,  vii,  132*1;  Rev.  I.,  vi, 
297  n  ;  John,  vi,  237  «,  283  n  ; 
vii,  43,  310 ;  John  R.,  vii,  85  n 
Thos.,  vii  227  » 


INDEX 


Atkokson  (Adcockson),  Cecily,  vii, 
48  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Hen.  R., 
vii,  48  n  ;  John,  vii,  48  n  ;  Rich., 
vii,  48  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Will., 
vii,  48  n 

Atough  (Ribchester),  vii,  43  n 

Atough  (Aythalgh,  Ay  tough),  Hen., 
vi,  273,  280  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  35  n  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  35  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  413  n  ; 
— ,  vi,  413  n 

Attilgre,  John  de,  vi,  159 

Attownend,  see  Townsend 

Auchterlony,  Sir  Jas.,  vii,  187 

Auckley  (Yorks),  vii,  17  n 

Audley  (Blackburn),  vi,  240 

Audley  Hall,  vi,  240,  245 

Aufray,  vi,  555 

Auger,  vii,  132 

Aughton,  vii,  169  n,  231 

Aughton  (Awton),  Anne,  vi,  219  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  61  n  ;  Hugh,  vii,  180  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  219  n,  366 «;  John,  vi, 
213,  219 «,  366 n;  Marg.,  vi,  219 n, 
555  n  ;  Sir  Rich.,  vi,  151  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  122  n,  555  n  ;  vii,  13  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  60,  61  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  219  n, 
366  n  ;  fam.,  vi.,  151  ;  see  also 
Haighton  and  Hoghton 

Augmonderness,  see  Amounderness 

Aula,  Ad.  de,  vii,  29  n ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  29  n  ;  see  also  Hall 

Aulton,  see  Haighton 

Aumonderness,  Aumunderneys, 
Aundernesse,  see  Amounderness 

Austen  (Austin),  Rich.,  vi,  163  n  ; 
vii,  31  ;  see  also  Alston 

Austin  and  Paley,  vi,  532  n  ;  vii,  122 

Auti,  vi,  25,  26  n 

Autrey,  see  Hautrey 

Avenams  (Newton),  vii,  166  n 

Avenel,  Emma,  vii,  172  n  ;  Gervase, 
vii,  172  n 

Avenham  (Preston),  vii,  79  n,  87  n, 
101  n,  185 

Avenham  (Singleton),  see  Enam 

Avenhamends  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 

Avenham  Park  (Preston),  vii,    91, 

"5 

Avergate  (Ribchester),  vii,  43  n 
Avice,  d.  of  Bern.,  vii,  196  n  ;  d.  of 
Rich.,  vii,  229  n,  285   «;    d.  of 
Rob.,  vii,  192 ;  w.  of  Ad.,  vi,  365  n 
Avignon,  Will,  de,  vii,  264 
Award,  Ad.,  vii,  57  n,  58  n  ;  Alice, 

vii,  58  n ;  Rich.,  57  n,  58  n 
Awton,  see  Aughton,  Haighton  and 

Hoghton 

Ayanson,  Ralph,  vi,  407  n 
Aykescogh,    Aykescough,     Aykys- 

kowe,  see  Ayscough 
Ayneslack  (Colne),  vi,  523,  528  n 
Ayneslack  Head  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 
Aynesworth,  see  Ainsworth 
Ayothalgh  (Ribchester),  vii,  64  n 
Ayrdale,  Ad.  de,  vi,  538  n ;   Rob. 
de,  vii,  197  n,  198  n  ;  Walt,  de, 
vii,  197  n,  198  n 
Ayre,  Ad.,  vi,  525  ;  Rich.,  vi,  525  ; 

W.,  vi,  471  n 
Ayrie,  Rich.,  vii,  121  n 
Ayscough      (Akescough,       Askew, 
Askue,  Aykescogh,   Aykescough, 
Aykyskowe,  Ayscow),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
1 6  n  ;    Alice    de,    vi,    16  n,  65  n, 
lion;  Christiana  de,  vi,   now; 
Hugh,  vi,  100  n  ;   Jas.,  vi,  61  «  ; 
Joan  de,  vi,  16  n  ;  John  (de),  vi, 
i6n,  65  n  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  now; 
Ralph,  vi,  491,  529  ;  Rich,  de,  vi, 
1 6  «  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  65  n  ;  Rog.  de, 
vi,    now;    Thos.,   vi,    16  n,   65, 
65  n  ;   Will,  de,  vi,    16  n,   65  w  ; 
see  also  Ainscough 
Ayster  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  n 
Ayston,  see  Ashton 


Aytay,  John,  vi,  425  n 
Aythalgh,  Aytough,  see  Atough 


Babel,  Hen.,  vi,  326  n 

Bache,    Sim.,    vi,    87  n ;    Will.    C., 

vii,  67 

Backclough  (Cliviger),  vi,  482 
Backhouse,  Rev.  Thos.  H.,  vi,  334 
Backman,  Rob.,  vii,   131  n  ;  Will., 

vii,  131  w 
Back-o'-th'-Bowley  (Gt.  Harwood), 

vi,  344 

Bacon,  Hen.,  vi,  273  ;  — ,  vii,  117  w 
Bacop,  see  Bacup 
Bacsolf,  see  Bashall 
Bacup,    vi,     437-9,    479  ;     ch.,    vi, 

441  ;    mkts.    and   fairs,   vi,    437, 

439 ;    Nonconf.,   vi,    441  ;    Rom. 

Cath.,  vi,  441 
Bacup  Booth,  vi,  438 
Badby,  Edw.,  vii,  158,  184,  259  » 
Baddebridgegate      (Preston),      vii, 

130  w 
Badger,   Nich.,  vii,    170%;   Thos., 

vii,  ijon 
Badsberry  (Myerscough) ,  vii,   138, 

139  w 
Badsworth  (Yorks.),  vii,  269  ;  ch., 

vi,  314  n 

Bagganley  (Chorley),  vi,  130 
Bagganley  Hall  (Chorley),  vi,  142 
Baggerburgh      (Myerscough),     vii, 

139  n 

Bagin,  brook,  vi,  140 
Bagot,  Alex.,  vi,  299  n  ;  vii,  255  «  ; 

Nich.,  vii,  3  n 
Bailey  (Bailegh),  vi,  230  ;  vii,  i,  2, 

J6,  54,  56  n,    59  n  ;    chant.,  16, 

17  n  ;  char.,  vii,  19,  20  n  ;  ch.,  vii, 

19  ;  man.  house,  vi,  254  ;  mill,  vii, 

16  « 
Bailey    (Baley,    Bayley),    Ad.    de, 

vii,  15  n,  16  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vii,  4  ; 

Alice   (de),   vi,   390,   391  n;   vii, 

1 6  n  ',  Amery  de,  vii,  16  ;  Amice 
de,  vii,  4  »  ;  Avice  de,  vii,  16  n  ; 
Cecily  de,  vii,  16  n ;  Rev.  John, 
vi,    435 ;    John    (de),    vi,    244, 
377  n;   vii,   3,   4,    13,    16,    16  n, 

17  w,  27  n,  55  n,  248  ;  Jordan  de, 
vii,  4,  16  n  ;  Lawr.  (de),  vi,  390, 
391  n ;  Mabel  de,  vii,  4 ;  Marg. 
de,  vii,  4 ;  Miles,  vi,  367  ;  Otes 
(Eudo)  de,  vii,  16  n  ;  Ralph  (de), 
vi,  217  «;  vii,  4  w,  16  n  ;  Randle 
de,  vii,   15  n ;   Rich,   de,  vii,   4, 
4  n,  16  n,  17  n  ;   Rob.  de,  vii,  4  n, 
16  n,  57  n;  Walt,  de,  vii,  4,  13, 
16  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  202  n  ;  fam.,  vi, 
39  n  ;  see  also  Baillie 

Bailey  Hall,  vii,  17,  17  n,  51,  59  w 

Bailisti  (Dutton),  vii,  56  n 

Baillie,  R.,  vii,  194  ;  see  also  Bailey 

Bainbridge,  Dr.,  vi,  118 

Baine  (Bayne),  Anne,  vii,  141  n  ; 
Arth.,  vii,  253  n ;  Edm.,  vii, 
289  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  253  n  ;  Janett, 
vii,  131  n ;  John,  vii,  131  n  ; 
Marg.,  vii,  253  n 

Baines,  Edw.,  vi,  290 ;  Jas.,  vii, 
225^  John,  vii,  291  n,  304  n  ; 
Ralph,  vii,  267  n ;  Will.,  vii, 
292  n,  304  n ;  — ,  vii,  222  n, 

305  n 

Bairstowe,  John,  vii,  30  n 
Baker,  Will,  the,  vii,  254  n 
Balbanridding  (Ribchester),  vii,  57*1 
Balden  Hall  (Clitheroe),  vi,  233  n, 

365  n 

Balderston  (Balderstone) ,  vi,  235, 
313-17  ;  vii,  107  n,  1^9  n  ;  adv., 
vi,  318;  char.,  .vi,  319;  ch.,  vi, 
318 ;  man.,  vi,  314 ;  mill,  vi, 
313  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  319 

341 


Balderston  (Baldeston,  Baldreston), 
Agnes  de,  vi,  ign,  314,  314  w, 
315  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  301  n,  315  ; 
vii,  98  n  ;  Annice  de,  vi,  315  n; 
Constance  de,  vi,  315  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
3*5,  3i6,  321  ;  Ellen,  vi,  315 ; 
vii,  307  n ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  314 ; 
Isabel,  vi,  312,  315,  315  w,  316; 
Joan  (de),  vi,  314  n,  315,  315  w, 
316,  335  w;  vii,  185  w,  328  n  ; 
John  de,  vi,  314,  315,  320 ; 
vii,  98  n,  269  ;  Kath.  de,  vi, 
315,  508  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  316;  vii, 
ng  n ;  Sir  Rich,  de,  vi,  19  n, 
315,  321  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  105  n, 
233 »,  3°*  «>  3J2,  314,  314  n, 
315,  315  n,  316,  317,  318,  320, 
508  n  ;  vii,  32  n,  69  n,  118  n, 
ngn,  125,  169  n,  178,  185  n, 
232,  233  n,  272,  307  «,  325  n, 
328  n,  331  n,  332  n  ;  Roesia  de, 
vi,  315  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  314  n  ;  Sim. 
de,  vi,  314,  377  w,  559  n;  vii, 
264  ;  Thos.,  vi,  315  n  ;  Will,  (de), 
vi,  104  w,  262  n,  314,  315,  316, 
317  n,  318,  320,  335  n  ;  vii,  116  w, 
ngn,  265,  269  w,  280  w,  329  «; 
— ,  vii,  69  ;  fam.,  vi,  231  n  ;  vii, 
207  n,  283  n 

Balderston  Moss,  vii,  116  n 
Baldeston,  Baldreston,  see  Balder- 
ston 

Baldwin,  the  kirkman,  vii,  100  n 
Baldwin,  Ad.,  vi,  15  n ;  Agnes,  vi, 
15  w;  Anne,  vi,  174;  Chris.,  vi, 520, 
542  n  ;  Rev.  Gardner,  vi,  8  ;  Rev. 
Hen.,  vi,  174;  Hen.,  vi,  520, 546 »; 
Rev.  John,  vi,  174 ;  John,  vi,  520 ; 
vii,  226  n  ;  Nich.,  vii,  226  n  ; 
Rev.  Nich.  R.,  vi,  8,  440 ;  Rev. 
Octavius  de  L.,  vi,  6,  8,  52  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  542,  544  n ;  Rev. 
Rigbye,  vi,  174  ;  Col.  Rob.,  vi, 
6  ;  Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  6,  8,  16,  52, 
283,  313  ;  Thos.,  vi,  128,  237  n, 
358,  359  ;  Rev.  Thos.  R.,  vi,  8  ; 
Will.,  vi,  8  n,  246,  520 ;  vii, 
226  n 

Baldwin  Hall,  see  Balden  Hall 
Baldworth,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Baley,  see  Bailey 
Balgerfield  (Sowerby),  vii,  282  n 
Balgreen  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  n 
Balholt,  Rob.,  vi,  542  n 
Ball,    Alice,    vi,    34  n  ;    vii,    57  n  ; 
Emma,  vi,  34  n  ;  Eve,  vi,  34  n  ; 
Geo.,  vii,  175  w;  Hen.,  vi,  34  w; 
Rich.,  vii,  57  n  ;  Sim.,  vii,  57  n ; 
Will.,  vi,  33  n,  34  n 
Ballam  (Higher  and  Lower)  (Kirk- 
ham),  vii,  163  w,  174,  175  w 
Ballard,  Anne,  vii,  283  n  ;  Dorothy, 
vii,    283  n ;    Ellen,    vii,    283  n  ; 
Janet,    vii,    283  n ;     John,    vii, 
283  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  283  n  ;  Will., 
vii,  71  n  ;  — ,  vii,  283 
Balliol,  Ada  de,  vii,  302  ;  John  de, 

vii,  302 

Balloclaw  (Whalley),  vi,  367 
Balschagh,     Balshagh,     fam.,     see 

Balshaw 

Balshagh  (Walton),  vi,  291  w 
Balshaw,  Gt.  (Withnell),  vi,  48  n 
Balshaw     (Balschagh,     Balshagh), 
Ad.  de,  vi,  291,  436  n  ;  Agnes  de, 
vi,   438  n  ;   Hen.   de,  vi,   259  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  28  «,  259  n,  424  n  ; 
Kath.,  vi,  28  n ;  Rich.,  vi,  8,  9  ; 
fam.,  vi,  296 

Balthroppe,  Rob.,  vi,  486  n 
Balyden  (Whalley),  vi,  438  w 
Bamber     (Bawmber).     Alice,     vii, 
249  n  ;    Anne,    vii,    245,    247  n  ; 
Edm.,     vii,     250  n ;     Edw.,     vi, 
199  w;  vii,  231;  Jas.,  vii,  231; 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Bamber  (cont.) 

John,  vii,  227  «,  231,  241  n,  245, 

247  n,  250  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,  247  n, 

248  «  ;   Nich.,   vi,   298  n  ;   Rich., 
vii,    231,    242  n,    247  n,    248  n, 
250  n  ;   Rob.,  vii,  241  n,  250  n  ; 
Rog.,     vii,     231  n ;     Thos.,     vii, 
216  n,  227  n,  228,  231  n,  249  «  ; 
Will.,    vii,     175  n,    231,     247  n, 
250  n  ;  — ,  vii,  242  n  ;  fam.,  vii, 
198 

Bamber    Bridge    ( Walton-le-Dale) , 

vi,  289,  290  ;  ch.,  vi,  300 
Bamford,  Alex,  de,  vi,  547  ;  Ellen 

de,  vi,  98  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  98  n  ; 

Jas.,  vi,  167  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  167  n  ; 

Nich.,  vi,  55  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  175  n  ; 

Will.,  vi,  118 
Bamford    House    (Mawdesley),    vi, 

98  n 

Banastre  (Banaster,  Bannester) , 
Sir  Ad.,  vi,  103  «,  104  n,  105  n, 
199  n,  276,  327  n ;  vii,  52  «, 
53  »,  201,  226,  331  n ;  Ad.,  vi, 
29  n,  48  n,  69  n,  103  n,  104  n, 

105  n,    106,    113  n,    116,    117  n, 
131,  143  »,  151  n,   164  n,   199  n, 
208,   213  n,   214  n,   360;    vii,    3, 
13  n,  i6n,  70,  73,  118,  125,  130, 
132  n,  160  «,  168  «,  169  n,  185  n, 

207  n,  212  n,  232,  234  w,  247  n, 
283,  284  «,  287  n,  325  «,  331 «  ; 
Agnes,   vi,    104  n,    106  n,    151  w, 

527  ;  vii,  15,  69  «,  173  n  ;  Alesia 
de,  vi,  291  ;  Alice,  vi,  24,  173  n, 

174  n,    175  n,    291  n,    293,    470, 
539  ;  vii,  15  ;  Almarica  (Amiria), 
vi,     H3«,     175 «;     Amee,    vi, 
413  «;  Anne,  vi,  106,  165  n,  167, 
252  n,    412  n,    543  n  ;    Ant.,    vi, 
167  n;  A  vice,  vi,  105  n  ;  Chas., 
vi>    543  •'    Chris.,    vi,    23,   24  n, 
25,  106,  io6n,   398  n,  472,  543, 
553  n,  556  ;  Clemency,  vii,  130  ; 
Constance,   vi,    104  n,   315;    vii, 
n8«;  Dorothy,  vi,   106  n ;  vii, 
286  n  ;    Edw.,   vi,    104  n,    105  n, 
315;    vii,    n8w;    Eleanor,    vi, 
n6w;  Eliz.,  vi,  i6w,  25,  106  n, 
112  n,    412  »,    413,    429  n,    470, 
555  » ;  vii,  270,  333  ;  Ellen,  vi, 
12  n,  105  n,  106  »,  543  ;  Ellis,  vi, 

175  n;  Emma,  vi,  105  n  ;  Fran., 
vi,  12  n,  i6n;  Geoff.,  vi,  105  n, 
107  w,    175  «,    178 «,    241,    243, 
291,  291  n,  293  ;   Geo.,  vi,  293, 

294,  298  n  ;  vii,  100  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi, 
J55»  X75  w>  i8o»,  413  n  ;  Grace, 
vi,  398  n  ;  vii,  100  w  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
24,    32  n,    61  n,    65  «,    69  n,    82, 

99  n,     104  n,     105,     105  n,     106, 

106  w,  107,  108  w,  113,  116, 
117  «,  n8w,  146,  170  w,  174  w, 
175  «,  206  »,  229  w,  291,  291  n, 
320,  413,  528  n,  538  «,  539,  543  ; 
vii,  94  n,  100  n,  234  w,  270, 
286  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  105  n,  106  n, 
107,  142  ;  Isabel,  vi,  64  «,  105  n, 
io6»,  293,  412 «,  413,  528  w, 
543  ;  vii,  100  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  488, 
490,  492  n,  519,  524,  539  n,  543  ; 
Jane,  vi,  293  ;  Janet  (Jenet),  vi, 
142,  293 ;  Joan  de,  vi,  104  n, 
n6«,  141  n,  142,  412,  527  n, 

528  n,  543,  555  n  ;  vii,  15,  52  n, 
76  w,  97  n,  118,  169  n,  185  n, 

208  n,  212  n,  272,  284,  287  w, 
331  n  ;  John,  vi,  n  n,  96,  96  «, 
100,  104  w,  105  n,  113 «,  116, 
151  n,  174  «,  175  »,  i8on,  293, 

295,  412,  470,  504  «,  521  w,  527, 
528  n,  538  w,  539,  543,  555  n  ; 
vii,  41  w,  52  «,  70,  u8«,  185  n, 
269 «  ;  Kath.,  vi,  302,  315  n, 
320 ;  vii,  15 ;  Lawr.,  vi,  250, 


Banastre  (cont.) 

293,  294,  412  ;  vii,  100  n,  286  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  26  n,  105  w,  106  «,  131, 

131  n,  143  M,  190  w,  201  n,  213  w, 
214  »,  276,  306  n  ;  vii,  3,  13  w, 
15,  16  M,  121  n ;  Margery,  vi, 
96  n,  106  n,  164  w,  206  n,  412  «, 
504  w ;  Mary,  vi,  413;  Maud 
(Matilda)  de,  vi,  293  ;  vii,  285  n  ; 
Nath.,  vi,  413,  422 ;  vii,  333 ; 
Nich.,  vi,  104  w,  105  n,  411  w, 
412,  4I3,  4I9«,  429  n,  494  n  ; 
vii,  52  w,  70,  88,  89  n,  185  n, 
269  w,  287  «  ;  Pernell,  vi,  104  n  ; 
vii,  119  n,  287  n  ;  Philippa,  vi, 

104  «  ;  Ralph,  vi,  II  n,  12  n,  16  w, 
32 «,  167  n,  293 ;  Rich.,  vi, 
23  n,  29  w,  48  n,  64  w,  69  n,  103, 

105  w,  106,  106  n,  107,  107  w, 
108  «,  112  n,  113  «,  n6w,  n8w, 
174  w,  175  w,  177,  179 «,  180, 
180  w,  205  n,  252  w,  293,  295, 
336,  412,  413,  499  w,  528  w, 
538  n,  542,  543,  547  ;  vii,  100  », 
160  n,  173  n,  215  w,  234  n,  315  «, 
334  n  ;  Sir  Rob.,  vi,  120  n,  296  ; 
vii,  135,  286,  287  n ;  Rob.,  vi, 
23  n,  24  n,  29  w,  57  »,  105  n, 
173  »,  174  w,  175  »,  179  «,  199, 
204,  249,  260,  270,  276,  279,  290, 
291,  293,  294,  295,  297  w,  519, 
521,  524,  539,  54°  n>  542,  543> 
544  n  ;  vii,  120  n,  130  w;  Rog., 
vi,  17  n,  32  n,  175  n,  178  n,  180  n, 
262,  458  «,  477  n,  499  «  ;  Sibyl, 
vi,  113 »;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  65  w, 
103,  104-5,  105  n,  315  ;  vii,  69  n, 
118  w,  169  «,  189  n,  208  w,  233  n, 
254  «,  283  w  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi, 
64  n,  72  w,  93  «,  103  n,  104  w, 
105  »,  113  n,  n6n,  HJ  n,  127  w, 
140,  150  n,  151  »,  174  n,  175  n, 
213,  214  w,  290,  293,  302,  306  «, 
315,  320,  321,  412 ;  vii,  52  n, 
53  n,  85  n,  97  «,  98  w,  100  n, 
118,  125,  137 «,  169  n,  185*1, 
208  n,  232,  254  n,  268  «,  269  w, 
272,  283  w,  287  w,  325  n,  331, 
331  w ;  Thurstan,  vi,  105  w,  106  n ; 
108  «,  193,  291  n,  295,  296,  470, 
521  n  ;  Warine,  vi,  97  n,  101  n, 
295  n  ;  Wilfrid,  vi,  398  n,  499  w  ; 
vii,  254 ;  Sir  Will.,  vi,  104  n, 
199  w,  218  n  ;  vii,  52%,  u8w, 

132  n ;  Will.,  vi,  29  n,  94  n, 
103  w,  104  w,  105  w,  106,  113  n, 
n6n,  117 «,  118,  1657?,  175  n, 
204,  213  n,  214  n,  291,  293, 
306  w,  398  n,  412  w,  493,  527  ; 
vii,  70,  76  n,  100  n,  118,  121  «, 
125,  169  n,  181  «,  185  w,  207  n, 
232,  233  «,  234  n,  247  w,  283, 
284  «,  315  «,  319,  328  w,  331  w; 
— ,  vi,  524  n  ;  vii,  52,  69  ;  fam., 
vi,  73,  23in,  411,  494 »,  535, 
538,  54°,  544  n  '•  vii,  102,  199  n  ; 
see  also  Banister 

Banastre  Holme  (Whalley),  vi, 

438  n 
Banastre  House  (Penwortham),  vi, 

60  n,  61  n 
Banckes,  see  Banks 
Bancroft  (Padiham),  vi,  493 
Bancroft,  Anne,  vi,  456  n ;  Jas., 

vi,  447,  549 «;  Nich.,  vi,  447, 

456  n,  468  n  ;  — ,  vi,  549 
Bangor  Sabell    (I.   of  Man),   bar., 

vii,  6 
Banister     (Bannester,     Bannister) , 

Alex.,  vi,  540  ;  Alice,  vi,  543  n  ; 

Ann,    vi,    3«;    Chas.,    vi,    517; 

Dorothy,   vii.   271  n  ;    Edm.   D., 

vii,  204,  205  ;  'KHz.,  vi,  543  n  ; 

Evan,  vii,  115  n;  Fran.,  vi,  543  n  ; 

Geo.,  vi,  177*1;  Hel^.,  vi, 


Banister  (cont.) 

293,  517,  546  n  ;  vii,  88  n,  89  «  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  182  n  ;  Jas.  D.,  vii,  335  ; 
John,  vi,  130,  447  n  ;  Nich.,  vi, 
419  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  271  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  113,  114  «,  175  w,  545  n  ;  see 
also  Banastre 

Banister  Hall  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi, 
293,  294,  421  n 

Banister  Heald  (Rudley),  vi,  490 

Bank,  the  (Bretherton),  vi,  105 

Bank,  the  (Broughton),  vii,  112  n 

Bank,  fam.,  see  Banks 

Bankend  farm  (Whalley),  vi,  387  n 

Bankfield     (Singleton),     vii,     183, 
187  n 

Bank  Hall   (Bretherton),   vi,    103, 
1 06 

Bank  Hall   (Broughton),   vii,    120, 
121  n 

Bank   Hall    (Bank   Head),    (Burn- 
ley), vi,  444 

Bank  Hey  (Blackpool),  vii,  250  n 

Bank   Hey    (Little   Harwood),    vi, 

251 
Bank    Hey    (Lower    Darwen),    see 

Bank  o'  th'  Hey 

Bank  Hey  (Wrightington),  vi,  177  w 
Bankheys  (Ribchester),  vii,  43  » 
Bank  House  (Burnley),  vi,  445 
Bankhouses  (Altham),  vi,  413  « 
Bankhouses    (Warton),    vii,    152  n, 

172,  173  n,  216  n 
Bank  o'  th'  Hey  (Lower  Darwen), 

vi,  275,  284 

Banks,  the  (Barnacre),  vii,  315 
Banks,  the  (Briercliffe) ,  vi,  471  n 
Banks  (Banckes,  Bank,  Bankes), 
Ad.  del,  vii,  157 «,  166  n, 
173  n;  Anne,  vii,  29  n  ;  Hen.  del, 
vi,  34  n,  35  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  498  n  ; 
John  (del,  de),  vi,  34  w,  35  w,  174  w, 
206  n,  498  n,  530 ;  Rich,  de,  vi, 
35  n  ;  Rob.  del,  vii,  173  n  ;  Thos., 
vii,  1 88  ;  Will,  (de,  del),  vi,  35  n, 
371  ;  vii,  29  n,  157  n,  166  n, 

324  » 

Bankside  (Bacup),  vi,  441 
Banktop  (Burnley),  see  Bank  Hall 
Bannastre,      see      Banastre       and 

Banister 
Bannerhurst      (Myerscough),      vii, 

139  w 
Bannester,  Bannister,  see  Banastre 

and  Banister 
Banyon,  Alex.,  vii,  181  n 
Baptists,   vi,    147,   248,   275,    334, 
344,    350,    372,    4°4,    4°9,    4"i 
423,  427,  435,  436,  44°,  441.  453, 
468,    473,    478,    496,    535,    541  ; 
vii,  53,  103  »>  i°4,  !9o,  218,  251, 
279,  282,  311 
Barber,  Geo.,  vi,  119 
Barber's  Moor,  see  Barbies 
Barbing,  vii,  59  n 
Barbies  Moor,  vi,  108,  in,  165  n 
Barclay,  Rob.  C.  C.,  vii,  142 
Barcroft  (Cliviger),  vi,  479,  482 
Barcroft     (Berecroft),     Alice,     vi, 
468  n,   482  n  ;   Amb.,   vi,   525  n, 
530  n,  545  n,    547  ;    Capt.   Amb. 
W.,  vi,  545  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  482  n, 
483 ;     Eliz.,     vi,     246  n,     467  n, 
468  n,  483,  484,  545  n  ;  Gilb.  de, 
vi,  480  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  467  n,  482  n, 
545  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  482  n  ;  Jennet, 
vi,    447 ;    Joan    de,    vi,    482  n ; 
John     (de),     vi,     468  n,     475  n, 
482  n,    545  n,    547  n  ;    Lucy,    vi, 
482  n  ;  Martha,  vi,  530  n,  545  n, 
547  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  472  n  ;  Matth. 
de,  vi,  481  n,  482  n  ;   Rich,  de, 
vi,  480  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  246  n,  468  w, 
482,  490  ;  Ruth,  vi,  483  ;  Sarah, 
vi,   483,   490 ;     Susan,   vi,   483  ; 


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INDEX 


Barcroft  (cont.) 

Thos.,  vi,  340,  447  n,  452,  472  n, 
483,  486,  489  n,  490,  517,  530  n, 
545  n,  547,  548  ;  Will.,  vi,  246  n, 
447  n,  468  n,  474  «,  475  n,  477  n, 
482,  484,  486,  490,  517,  530  n, 

545  « 

Barcroft  Hall  (Cliviger),  vi,  483 
Barden  (Burnley),  vi,  441 
Bardsea,  man.,  vi,  31  n 
Bardsea  Hall,  vi,  31  n 
Bardsey,  Dorothy,  vi,  30  n ;  Eliz. 

de,    vii,    330 «;    John    de,    vii, 

297  n,  330  n 

Bardsley,  Herb.  J.,  vii,  128 
Barelegh,  see  Barley 
Bareston,  Paul,  vi,  518  n 
Baret,  see  Barrett 
Bargargate  (Chatburn),  vi,  372  n 
Barker  (Higher  and  Lower),  mans. 

(Goosnargh),  vii,  163  n,  198 
Barker,  Ad.  the,  vii,  99  n ;  Albred 

the,  vii,  99  n  ;  Barth.,  vii,  58  n  ; 

Eliz.,    vii,   273 ;    Geo.,   vi,    557  ; 

Grace,  vii,  333  n  ;  John,  vi,  237  n  ; 

vu>   333  n  '•   Ralph   (the),  vi,   74, 

99  n ;    Rich.,    vi,    283  n  ;    Rob. 

(the),  vi,  114;  vii,  99  n  ;  Sam., 

vii,    273 ;    Thos.,    vi,    128,    416, 

445  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  19  ;  — ,  vi,  74 
Barkerfield      (Wrightington),      vi, 

174  n 

Barkers  lands  (Tockholes),  vi,  283 
Barkhouse  Hill  (Preston),  vii,  94  n 
Barley,  vi,  349,  518-9 
Barley  (Yorks),  see  Berleye 
Barley  Booth  (Barley),  vi,  518,  519 
Barley  Green  (Barley),  vi,  518 
Barlow,  Rev.  John,  vi,  343,  344  ; 

John,  vi,  404  n,  535  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

535  n 

Barmskin  (Heskin),  vi,  166 
Barnacre    (Barnacre  with  Bonds), 

vii,  291,  292,  293,  301,  304,  305, 

311  »,  315-8,  319  n;    char.,  vii, 

300;  man.,  vii,  315;    Nonconf., 

vii,  320 
Barnard,     Dan.,     vi,     525,     530 ; 

Josiah,  vi,  274  n  ;  see  also  Bay- 
nard and  Bernard 
Barnard  House    (Goosnargh),    vii, 

198 

Barncross  field  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 
Barndehurt     (Whittingham) ,     vii, 

209  n 

Barneley,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Barnes,  Cecily,  vii,  324  n  ;  Dorothy, 

vi,  220  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  324  n  ;  Hen., 

vii,    26  n ;    Rev.    Jas.,    vi,    313  ; 

Jas.,  vi,  334  ;  vii,  324  «,  330  n  ; 

John,  vii,  200  n  ;  Jos.,  vi,  423  ; 

Thos.,  vii,  200  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  220  n  ; 

vii,  200,  201,  324  n ;  Rev.  Will. 

L-,  vi,  313 
Barnett,  Hen.,  vii,  255  ;  Joshua,  vi, 

274,  283 

Barnland  (Read),  vi,  506  n 
Barnoldswick  (Hurstwood),  vi,  476 
Barnside     (Barnsett)     (Foulridge), 

vi,  232  n,  250,  356  »,  534  n,  544, 

546 

Barnside,  Rich,  de,  vi,  547 
Barnside    Knarr   end    (Colne),    vi, 

525  » 

Barnton,  man.,  vi,  500  n 
Baron    (Barron),   Anne,  vi,  403  n  ; 

Chris.,  vi,   406 ;   Dav.,   vi,    167 ; 

Edm.,  vi,  272  ;  Ellen,  vi,  406  n  ; 

Geo.,  vi,  406,  408  ;  Hen.,  vi,  273, 

277  n,  406,  406  n ;  Hugh,  vi,  406  «, 

408  ;  Jas.,  vi,  272,  403  n  ;  John, 

vi,  272,  278  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  406  n  ; 

Ralph,  vi,  271  ;  Rich.,  vi,  272  ; 

Rob.,     vi,     272,     273  n,     406  n  ; 

Thos.    le,    vi,    272,    400  n,    408 ; 


Baron  (cont.) 

Will,    (le),    vi,    272,    403  n,    406, 

408  ;  fam.,  vi,  283  n 
Baron's  Ouldlande  (Over  Darwen), 

vi,  272 
Barouford,  Barouweford,  see  Bar- 

rowford 
Barrett   (Baret),   Edm.,  vi,   211  n, 

224  n  ;    John,    vii,    138  n;  Rog., 

vi,  211  «,  224  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  100  » ; 

vii,  138  n 
Barron,  see  Baron 
Barrow  (Wiswell),  vi,  396  ;  ind.,  vi, 

396  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  399 
Barrow,    Andr.,  vii,   13 ;    Jas.,  vii, 

175  ;  John,  vii,  144,  330  ;  Letitia, 

vii,  207  «;  Thos.,  vii,  276 ;  Will., 

vii,  176 

Barrowclough  (Whalley),  vi,  382  n 
Barrowford,    par.,    see   Barrowford 

Booth 
Barrowford,  Nether  and  Over,  vi, 

233  »,  542,  543 
Barrowford    (Barouweford),    John 

de,  vi,  249 

Barrowford  beck,  vi,  541 
Barrowford    Booth,    vi,    349,    517, 

522,     527,     537  n,     540,     540 », 

541-4 ;    ch.,   vi,    544 ;    cross,   vi, 

542 ;    ind.,    vi,    542 ;    man.,    vi, 

542 ;    Nonconf.,   vi,    544 ;    Rom. 

Cath.,    vi,    544 ;    '  White    Bear 

Inn,'  vi,  542 
Barry,  Sir  Chas.,  vi,  464 
Bartail    (Bartaill,  Battle),  Anabil, 

vi,    97  n ;    Thos.    de,    vii,    277  ; 

Will.,   de,   vi,   97  n ;   vii,    227  n, 

277,  324  n 
Bartle  (St.  Michael -on- Wyre),  vii, 

285,  288  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  285 
Bartle,  fam.,  see  Bartail 
Bartle  Moor,  vii,  285 
Bartlett,  Eliz.,  vii,  35n  ;  John,  vi, 

88  ;  Will.,  vii,  35  n 
Barton,  vii,  72,  73  n,  76,  79,  83  «, 

112  n,   123,  127-8,    161  n,   163  n, 

191,    193 «,    198,     199 »,     30°; 

char.,    vii,    90 ;    ch.,    vii,    128  ; 

crosses   vii,  127  ;  man.,  vii,  127  ; 

mill,  vii,   127,   128  n ;  Old  Hall, 

vii,  127  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  77  n 
Barton,  brook,  vii,  127 
Barton  (Berton),  Ad.  de,  vii,  198  n  ; 

Agnes,  vii,  198  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii, 

127  n,   192  «,    198  n  ;   Andr.,  vi, 
109  n,  150  n,  151  n,  163  «,  246  n, 
252,  405  ;  vii,  128  n  ;  Anne,  vii, 

128  «,    198  n  ;   Ant.,   vii,    127*1; 
Barbara,  vii,  257  n  ;  Chris.,  vii, 
127 «,     128  n ;     Clemency,     vii, 
127  n  ;    Constance,    vii,    127  n  ; 
Denise  de,  vii,  127  ;  Dionisia  de, 
vi,  271,  301;  Edm.,  vii,  200  n  ; 
Edw.    (de),    vii,    200  n,    329  n  ; 
Eliz.,   vii,    128  n,    135  n,   329  «  ; 
Ellen,    vii,    314 « ;    Etheldreda, 
vii,  127  n  ;  Fleetwood,  vii,  128  ; 
Gilb.    de,    vii,    127,    128,    128  n, 
198  n,      314  n,      317 »,      33in; 
Grimbald  de,  vii,    127  n ;   Hen., 
vi,  153  n  ;  vii,  183  «,  257  n,  300  ; 
Hugh    (de),    vii,     127  n,    135 «, 
3iin,  329  «,  330  n;  Isabel,  vii, 
127  n;   Jas.,  vi,   17,  55,  59,  61, 
65,  67,  74  n,  151  n,  174  n  ;  Jas. 
G.,  vi,  153  n  ',  Jane,   vii,  329  «  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  uon,  246*1,  271, 
301  ;  vii,  30  «,  127,  128  n,  163  n, 
192  n,  198  «,  329  «,  331  «  ;  Kath. 
(de),  vi,  180  n  ;  vii,  127  n,  331  «  ; 
Lawr.,  vii,  127  n,  128  n  ;  Marg., 
vi,  463  ;  vii,  127  n,  128  n,  198  n  ; 
Margery,   vi,    252  n,    406  «  ;    vii, 
329  n  ;  Maud,  vii,   128  n  ;  Miles, 
vi,    153,    153  n ;    Orm    de,    vii, 

343 


Barton  (cont.) 

193 « ;       Handle      (Ralph),      vi, 

252  n,    406  «,    408;     Rich,    (de), 

vi,  463  J   vii,   127  w,   128,   193  n, 

198  n,  317  n,  328  »,  329  n,  331  «  ; 

Rob.,    vi,    in  n,    150  «,    252  n, 

405  n,    406  w,    407  n,    408,    463  ; 

vii,  195  n  ;  Robinson  S.,  vii,  204 ; 

Rog.,    vi,    153,    496  ;    Sam.,    vi, 

153  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  150  n,  406  n  ; 

Thos.,  vi,  246  n,  271,  407,  408  n  ; 

vii,   85,    108  n,    127,    128,    198  n, 

33°  »,  33i  n  ;  Walt,  de,  vii,  127  n, 

192  n  ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  313,  334, 

344  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  518  ;  vii,  127  n, 

331  n  ;  — ,  vi,  119  »;  vii,  193  n  ; 

fam.,  vi,  95,  109,  163;  vii,  138, 

194  n 

Barton  Cross  (Barton),  vii,  127  n 
Barton    Hall    (Barton),     vii,     77, 

128  n 
Barton  Hey  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n, 

30  n 
Barton  Lodge  (Barton),    vii,   127, 

128 

Bartonwood,  John,  vi,  496  n 
Bartun,  see  Barton 
Bashall  (Yorks),  vi,  345,  346,  367  w 
Bashall     (Bacsolf),     Ad.     de,     vi, 

365  n  ;  Eustachia  de,  vi,  365  «  ; 

Hamo  de,   vi,   365  n ;   Rob.   de, 

vi,  365  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  310 
Baskerfield,  Eliz.,  vi,  391  n;  John, 

vi,  391  n 
Baskervill,     John     de,     vii,     159, 

159  n  ;    Lawr.,    vii,    222  n,    296  ; 

Marg.,  vii,  159  n ;  Will,  de,  vii, 

159  n 
Baskit,  Hawise,  vii,  57  n  ;  Margery, 

vii,  57  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  57  n 
Bastwell  (Blackburn),  vi,  246  n 
Bastwisle,  Eliz.,  vi,  497  «;  Geoff., 

vi,  497  n  ;  see  also  Battestwisle 
Bate,  Abra.,  vi,  48 
Bateman,  Lawr.,  vi,  74 
Bateson,  Ant.,  vii,  335  ;  Mary,  vii, 

93 «;    Rob.,    vii,    324  «;    Thos., 

vii,  324  »  ;  Will.,  vii,  335 
Bath  and  Wells,  bp.  of,  vi,  160  n 
Bathgreve  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Battersby,  John,  vi,  153  n  ;  Kath., 

vi,     393  n ;     Nich.,     vi,     393  «, 

539  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  436  n 
Battestwisle,    Ad.    de,    vi,    246  n  ; 

Agnes  de,  vi,  246  «;  Cecily  de, 

vi,    246  n ;    Eva   de,    vi,    246  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  246  n ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

246  n  ;  see  also  Bastwisle 
Battlefield    College    (Shrewsbury), 

vii,  263,  264,  265,  279  n,  289  n 
Batty  Hole  (Briercliffe),  vi,  470 
Bauden,  see  Bawdon 
Baudri,  Ad.  de,  vi,  366  n ;  Emma 

de,  vi,  366  n 

Baunebreck  (Warton),  vii,  171  n 
Bawdon  (Bauden),  Hen.,  vi,  136  n; 

— ,  vi,  524  n 
Bawmber,  see  Bamber 
Bawsedge  (Colne),  see  Boss  Head 
Baxenden  (Accrington) ,   vi,  233 «, 

423,  424  n,  425,  437 
Baxenden,  John,  vi,  425  n  ;  Ralph, 

vi,  425  n 
Baxter,  Hannah,  vi,  318  n  ;  John, 

vi,    496 ;     Nathaniel,    vii,    265 ; 

Rev.  Rog.,  vi,  290 
Baye,  vi,  301  n 
Bayley,  Bayleye,  see  Bailey 
Baylton,  Will.,  vii,  300,  318 
Baynard,    Anne,    vii,    80 ;    Edw., 

vii,  80 

Bayne,  see  Baine 
Bayton,  Thos.,  vii,  139  n 
Beacon  Fell,  vii,  191 
Beale,  Will.,  vii,  197  n 


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A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


Beardshaw  (Trawden),  vi,  548,  551 

Beardshaw,  Nether  and  Over 
(Trawden),  vi,  549 

Beard  wood,  man.,  vi,  232  n 

Beardworth  Green  (Blackburn),  vi, 
250 

Beasting,  brook,  vi,  300,  303 

Beatrice,  vii,  99 «  ;  d.  of  Rob., 
vii,  192  ;  Lady,  vii,  198  « 

Beatson,  John,  vi,  9  n 

Beauclerk,  Rev.  C.  S.,  vii,  7  n,  8  n, 
ii  n 

Beaufront,  Ad.,  vii,  189  n,  252  n  ; 
John,  vii,  189 «,  252  n,  253*1, 
254  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  252  n,  253  n, 
254  M  ;  see  also  Stalmine 

Beaumont,  Dr.  Chas.  R.,  vi,  389  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  200  «,  389  n  ;  John,  vi, 
389  «  ;  Rich.,  vi,  200  n,  389  n  ; 
Rich.  H.,  vi,  389  n  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  389  n  ;  vii,  238  n  ;  — ,  vi, 
392  ;  vii,  ion 

Beaumont  Cote,  vii,  314 

Beaver,  John,  vii,  230  n 

Beawse,  vi,  516  n 

Becanesfurlong  (Preston),  vii,  130  n 

Becansaw,  par.,  see  Becconsall 

Becconsall,  vi,  86,  111-14  n;  adv., 
vi,  114  ;  chap.,  vi,  89,  90  n,  113  ; 
char.,  vi,  114  ;  ch.,  vi,  113  ;  man., 
vi,  90  n,  112;  Nonconf.,  vi,  114 

Becconsall,  Becconshaw,  fam.,  see 
Beconsaw 

Becconsall  Hall,  vi,  113 

Beche,  Margery  de  la,  vi,  101  ; 
Nich.  de  la,  vi,  101  n 

Beck,  Rich.,  vi,  99  n,  287  n  ;  Rob., 
vii,  312  n;  Rog.,  vi,  379  n  ;  vii, 
287  n 

Beconsaw  (Becconsall,  Becconsaw, 
Beconshaw),  Ad.  (de),  vi,  6  n, 
112,  112  n,  113,  121  n  ;  Dorothy 
(de),  vi,  ii  n,  30,  31  n,  63,  112, 
112  n,  113  n;  Edw.  (de),  vi,  82, 
112,  112  n,  151  n ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
112  n,  113;  Emma,  vi,  112  n; 
Geo.,  vi,  112,  112  n,  113  n,  114; 
Hen.  (de),  vi,  n  n,  30,  112, 

112  n,   113  n  ;  vii,  268  n  ;   Joan, 
vi,     ii  n,    30,     112  ;     vii,     198  ; 
John  de,  vi,  112  n,  113  n,  121  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  H2n;  vii,  89;  Maud 
de,  vii,  166  n  ;  Nich.,  vii,  158  n, 
254  n ;    Rich.,    vi,    112,    113*1; 
Rob.   (de),  vi,  88,  112  n  ;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  112  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  112  n, 

113  n,   n6n,   121  »;   vii,   166  n, 
177  n,  254  n,  260  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  151 

Bective,  earls  of,  vii,  318,  319  ; 
Thomas,  vii,  318 

Bedford,  man.  (Leigh),  vii,  280  n  ; 
mill,  vii,  280  n 

Bedford,  Isabella,  ctss.  of,  vii, 
303  ;  Jaquetta,  ctss.  of,  vii, 
303  n  ;  dks.  of,  vii,  314  n  ;  John, 
vii,  183  n,  301%,  303;  Ingram, 
earl  of,  vii,  303 

Bedson,  Rev.  Alf.,  vi,  435 

Bee,  John,  vii,  292  n 

Beelsetenabbe,  see  Whalley  Nab 

Beesley,  man.  (Goosnargh),  vii,  191, 
198 

Beesley,  Ad.  de,  vii,  198  n  ;  Agnes 
de,  vii,  198  n ;  Amiria  de,  vii, 
249  n  ;  Benedict  de,  vii,  192  n  ; 
Cecily,  vii,  198  n  ;  Ellen  (de),  vif, 
196  n,  198  n  ;  Fran.,  vii,  30  n, 
*95>  278  n ;  Geo.,  vii,  191,  195, 
iQ5  ^,  198  n,  205  ;  Gilb.  de,  vii, 
198  n ;  Hen.,  vii,  198,  278  n, 
289  n,  330  n ;  Iseud  de,  vii, 
198  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  32,  216  n  ;  Jane, 
vii,  30  n,  198,  278  «,  330  n; 
Joan,  vii,  198  n ;  John,  vii, 
127  n ;  Nich.  de,  vii,  198  n ; 


Beesley  (cont.) 

Rich,  de,  vii,  198  n ;  Rob.,  vii, 
195  n,  198,  198  n  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vii,  126  n,  127  n,  198,  198  n, 
213  n,  329  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  194  n, 
198,  198 n,  289  n ;  fam.,  vii, 
120  n 

Beetham,  Agnes,  vii,  173  n  ;  Amice, 
de,  vii,  285  ;  Amiria  (Amuria) 
de,  vii,  160  n,  172  n  ;  Christiana 
de,  vii,  173  n ;  Sir  Edm.,  vii, 
173  ;  Sir  Edw.,  vii,  173  n ; 
Eleanor  de,  vii,  215  n  ;  Joan  de, 
vii,  172  ;  Sir  John  de,  vii,  173  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  172  n  ;  Sir  Ralph 
de,  vii,  159  n,  172,  173  ;  Ralph 
(de),  vi,  103  n  ;  vii,  159  n,  160  n, 
173,  200  n,  325  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii, 
173  ;  Sir  Rob.  de,  vii,  172  ;  Rob. 
de,  vii,  173,  173  n,  215  n  ;  Rog., 
vii,  173  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vii,  63  n, 
159  n,  160  n,  172,  172  n,  173, 
200  n,  249  n,  285  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 

i?3 

Beforton,  Sim.  de,  vii,  24  n 
Beilby,  Rev.  Jonathan,  vi,  334 
Bekanesho,    Bekaneshow,    Bekani- 

shou,  Bekanoshow,  par.,  see  Bec- 
consall 

Beland,  see  Bogland 
Belanspot    Ford    (Garstang),    vii, 

311  n 
Belasyse    (Bellasis),    Sir   Rowland, 

vi,     non,     272  n ;     Thos.,     see 

Fauconberg,  vsct. 
Belesetenabbe,  see  Whalley  Nab 
Belewe,  see  Bellew 
Belfield  (Rochdale),  vii,  56 
Belfield,  Chas.,  vi,  488  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 

483  n  ;    Thos.,   vi,    483  n  ;    fam., 

vii,  55 

Belingfield,  vii,  59  n 
Belknap,  Sir  Edw.,  vii,  42  n 
Bell,  Dav.,  vii,  142  ;  Rev.  Jas.,  vi, 

435  I   John,  vi,   286  n,  426  ;   vii, 

283  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  286  ;  Rich.,  vi, 

31  ;    Rob.,   vi,    286 ;   Thos.,   vii, 

256  ;  Will.,  vii,  283  n,  284  n 
Bellasis,  see  Belasyse 
Bellet,  John,  vi,  371 
Bellew  (Belewe),  Joan  de,  vi,  261  n  ; 

vii,   301  n,   329  n  ;   John  de,  vi, 

261  n  ;  vii,  301,  329  n  ;  Ladarina 

de,  vii,  301  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  302  n  ; 

Sibyl    de,    vii,    301  n ;   see    also 

Beloe 

Bellhouse,  Herb.  L.,  vi,  371 
Bellingham,  Allen,  vii.  264  n  ;  Mary, 

vii,  264  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  82  n 
Beloe,  Rev.  Hen.  J.  G.,  vi,  23  ;  see 

also  Bellew 
Belota,  vii,  98  n 
Belsetenab,  see  Whalley  Nab 
Belshaugh,  Edw.,  vii,  107  n 
Belthorn  (Lower  Darwen),  vi,  275 
Belthorn  (Oswald twistle),  vi,  405  ; 

ch.,  vi,  409  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  409 
Belyngton,  see  Billington 
Benalt,  Thos.,  vi,  39 
Bence,  Col.  Hen.  B.,  vii,  117 
Bend  Hill  (Briercliffe) ,  vi,  469 
Benebutts  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Benedict  XII.,  pope,  vi,  357  n 
Benedict,     vi,     544  n ;     vii,     297  ; 

the     carpenter,     vi,     76  n ;     the 

clerk,  vi,  151  n  ;  vii,  99  n 
Benedictines,  vi,   28,   32,   81  ;  vii, 

175,  205 

Benefield  (Northants),  vii,  41  n 
Benelonds  (Osbaldeston) ,  vi,  320*1 
Benet,  see  Benedict  and  Bennet 
Benetfield  (Kirkham),  vii,  199 
Benison,    Anne,    vii,    155  n,    235  ; 

Rev.   John,  vii,   155  n,  235  ;  see 

also  Benson 


Benn,  Thos.,  vii,  205 

Bennet  (Benet)  Christiana,  vi,  71  n  ; 

vii,   92  n  ;    John,   vi,    71  n  ;    vii, 

92  n  ;    Rev.    John   W.,   vi,   440  ; 

Phil.,  vi,  80;   Rob.,  vii,  216  w; 

Will.,  vi,  80 
Benson,  John,  vii,  157  n  ;  Susannah, 

vi,  550  ;  see  also  Benison 
Bent  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279*1 
Bentgate  (Haslingden),  vi,  427 
Bentham,  Rich.,  vi,  489 
Bentinck,  Lady  Olivia  Cavendish, 

vii,  318  ;  Lord  Henry  Cavendish, 

vii,  318 

Bentley  (Hapton),  vi,  511 
Bentley,  brook,  vi,  100,  552  n 
Bentley,    Horatio,    vi,    541  ;    Rev. 

Thos.,  vi,  343,  344 
Bentley  Wood  Green  (Hapton),  vi, 

5n  n 

Berdeshagh,  Berdeshaw,  see  Beard- 
shaw 
Berdeworth,   Berdwrth,   see  Brere- 

worth 

Berecroft  (Dutton),  vii,  57  n 
Berecroft,  fam.,  see  Barcroft 
Berefield  (Whittle),  vi,  33  n 
Bereschahe,  sike  de  (Mellor) ,  vi,  263 
Beresford,  Edw.,  vii,  287  n 
Berewinde,    Alice    de,    vi,    5 ion; 

Emot  de,  vi,  510  n 
Bergh,  see  Burgh 
Berifurlong  (Preston),  vii,  131  n 
Berington,  John,  vii,  188  n 
Berkeley,  John,  vii,  245 
Berleye  (Yorks),  vi,  109 
Bernaker,  see  Barnacre 
Bernard,  vii,  45  n,  52  n,  134  n,  191, 

192  n,  194  n,  196  n,  308  n,  318  n, 

323  n,  324  n 
Bernard,  John,  vii,  263  n ;  see  also 

Barnard  and  Baynard 
Bernardacre  (Ribchester) ,  vii,  58  n 
Bernard  Park  (Ribchester),  vii,  44  n 
Berneste,  Agnes,  vi,  470  ;  Rich,  de, 

vi,  470 
Bernevill,    Emery    de,    vi,    291  n ; 

Hawise  de,  vi,  291  n  ;  Mabel  de, 

vi,  291  n 

Bernsetkreg  (Foulridge),  vi,  547  n 
Berridding  Bank  (Ribchester),  vii, 

46  n 
Berry  (Berrey),  Ewan,  vi,  236  n  ; 

Jas.,  vii,  44  n  ;  Miles,  vii,  208  n  ; 

Pet.,    vi,    74 ;    Rich.,    vi,    128  ; 

Will.,  vi,  539 ;  see  also  Bury 
Bertherton,  see  Bretherton 
Berton,  see  Barton 
Bessowe  call  (Ribble),  vii,  70 
Beteleyfield  (Ribchester),  vii,  46  n 
Beuerley  (Cliviger),  vi,  481  n 
Beverley  (Yorks),  vi,  356 
Beverley,  Rob.  Cornthwaite,  bp.  of, 

vii,  8 1 

Bewhouse  (Parbold),  vi,  I74n,  180 
Bewley,    Thos.,    vii,    258  n,    259 ; 

Will.,  vii,  259  n 
Bezza  (Boseburn),   brook,   vi,   263, 

313 
Bezza,     wood,     (Samlesbury),     vi, 

313  » 
Bibby,  Ad.,  vii,  50,  53  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 

225  n  ;  John,  vi,  520  ;  Nich.,  vi, 

190  n,    igi  ;    Oliver,    vi,    199  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  520  n  ;  vii,  50  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  225  n  ;  vii,  50  n 
Bickerstaff    (Bickerstaffe,     Bicker- 

stath,  Bickersteth),  Ad.  de,  vii, 

182  n,   183*1;   Ellen,  vii,   187  n  ; 

Hen.  de,  vii,  70,  183,  183  n  ;  Joan 

de,    vii,    183  n ;    Maud    de,    vii, 

249  n  ;    Ralph    (de),    vi,    103  n  ; 

vii,    182  n,    183  n,    249  n  ;    Rich. 

de,  vii,    183  n  ;   Rob.,  vi,  48  n 

vii,  190  n,  225  n 


INDEX 


Biddulph,  Fran.,  vii,  309  n  ;  Rich., 
vii,  309  n 

Biggins  (Kirkby  Lonsdale),  vi, 
12  n 

Bikaker  (Studlehurst),  vi,  324  n 

Bildeswath,  John  de,  vii,  277  n 

Bileuurde,  see  Dilworth 

Billesburch,  Billesburgh,  see  Bils- 
borrow 

Billindon,  see  Billington 

Billingahoth  (Billington),  vi,  326 

Billingdon,  see  Billington 

Billinge,  Nich.,  vi,  i88« 

Billingehill  (Witton),  vi,  263,  340 

Billingford  (Norf.),  vi,  227  n 

Billington,  vi,  325,  387%,  411, 
412  n,  457,  555  n  ;  adv.,  vi,  333  ; 
char.,  vi,  334  ;  ch.,  vi,  332  ;  epi- 
leptic colony,  vi,  326,  336  ; 
hermitage,  vi,  327  n,  334  ; 
ind.,  vi,  326 ;  man.,  vi,  264,  326, 
421,  422  ;  mill,  vi,  328  ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  334  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  334 

Billington,   Ad.   de,   vi,   264,    285, 

326,  328  n,  332,  409  «  ;  Alice  de, 
vi,  264  n  ;  Ant.,  vii,  175  «,  287  n  ; 
Avice  de,   vi,   264,   326,   328  n  ; 
Edw.  de,  vi,  326 ;  Efward  de,  vi, 
266;    Elias   (Ellis),   de,   vi,   266, 
326  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  289  n  ;  Geoff,  de, 
vi,  328  «,  330  n,  331  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
326  ;   Joan  de,  vi,  264  n  ;   John, 
vii,  175  n,  287  »  ;  Mabel  de,  vi, 
332  ;  Ralph  (de),  vi,  326,  408  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  326,  330  n,  331  n, 
408  n  ;     Rob.,    vi,    326,    330  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  264,  326  ;  Thos.,  vii, 
287  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  326,  303 

Billington  Common,  vi,  328 

Billington  Moor,  vi,  325,  337 

Billinton,  see  Billington 

Bilsborough,     Billisburgh,     Bills- 
borough,  see  Bilsborrow 

Bilsborrow,  vii,  118,  119  n,  128*1, 
149,  269,  287  n,  288  n,  291, 
292 «,  293,  296  n,  318  n,  326, 

327,  330-2 ;     char.,     vii,    300  ; 
man.,  vii,  127  n,  330 ;  Nonconf., 
vii,  332  ;  sch.,  vii,  141,  332 

Bilsborrow  (Bilsborough,  Bills- 
borough),  Ad.  de,  vii,  326  n, 
332  n  ;  Edusa,  vii,  332  »  ;  Eustace 
de,  vii,  331  n,  332  n  ;  Hamnet  de, 
vii,  332  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vii,  332  n  ; 
Isabel,  vii,  332  n ;  Rev.  John, 
vii,  184 ;  John  de,  vii,  326  n, 
331.  33i  «,  332  «;  Matth.,  vii, 
33  *  M>  332  n ;  Paulin  de,  vii, 
330 « ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  326  n, 
332  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  326  «,  330  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  332  « ;  Tancard  de, 
vii,  332  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vii,  289  n, 
326  «,  332  n  ;  — ,  vi,  48 

Bilyngton,  see  Billington 

Bimme,  vi,  290 ;  vii,  30  n ;  the 
white,  vii,  30  n 

Bimme  croft  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 

Bimson  (Bimmeson),  Alex.,  vi, 
202  n  ;  vii,  58  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  202  n  ; 
Anne,  vii,  58  n ;  Beatrice,  vi, 
202  «  ;  Frances,  vi,  202  n  ;  Joan, 
vi,  202  n  ;  John,  vi,  202  n  ;  vii, 
29  n,  58  n  ;  Kath.,  vi,  202  n  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  182  n,  202,  202  n; 
Maud,  vi,  202  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  200  n, 
202,  202  n ;  Thos.,  vi,  181  n, 
202  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  177  n,  191  «, 
202  » 

Bindloss,  Cecilia,  vi,  196  n  ; 
Dorothy,  vii,  ii2n  Fran.,  vii, 
112,  ii2»;  Rebecca  vii,  296  n  ; 
Sir  Rob.,  vi,  196  n  vii,  112  n, 
260,  296,  334 

Birch  (Birches),  Dyke  del,  vi,  480  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  242  ;  Hen.,  vii,  119  H  ; 


Birch  (cont.) 

John    de,    vi,    485  n;    Rob.,    vi, 
358  ;  Thos.,  vii,  86  ;  — ,  vii,  123  n 

Birchall,  Rev.  Jos.,  vi,  404  ;  Josiah, 
vii,  218  ;  Thos.,  vi,  191  n  ;  vii, 
107  ;  Mrs.,  vii,  107 

Birchenlee  (Chipping),  vii,  28  n 

Birchenley  (Marsden),  vi,  536,  539 

Birches,  see  Birch 

Birchholme,  vii,  214  n 

Birewath,  see  Byrewath 

Birkacre  (Coppull),  vi,  224 

Birkacre  Mill  (Chorley),  vi,  142 

Birkby,  Will.,  vi,  515 

Birkenhead,  see  Birkhead 

Birkett  (Birket),  John,  vi,  81  n  ; 
Will.,  vi,  55  ;  vii,  205 

Birkhead  (Birkenhead,  Birkheved), 
Alice,  vii,  239  n,  307  n  ;  Eleanor, 
vi,  194  n;  Hen.,  vi,  194  n  ;  vii, 
239  n>  3°7  n  '•  John,  vi,  194  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  209  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  209  n 

Birkin,  Alice  de,  vi,  93  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,  93  n  ;  Mich,  de,  vi,  377  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  377  n 

Birks  (Lower  and  Higher)  (Chip- 
ping), vii,  35  n 

Birks,  Rich,  del,  vi,  481  n 

Birkshaw  Moor,  vi,  552 

Birley  (Birlay,  Birlegh),  Chas.,  vii, 
145,  287,  288,  290  ;  Chas.  A.,  vii, 
287  ;  Chas.  F.,  vii,  287  ;  Edm., 
vii,  74  ;  Edw.,  vii,  239,  239  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vii,  145  ;  Gertrude  E.,  vii, 
290;  Hen.,  vi,  311  n;  Hen.  L., 
vii,  151  n  ;  John,  vii,  309  n  ; 
John  L.,  vii,  156  n ;  Marg.  S., 
vii,  239 «;  Mary,  vi,  311  n ; 
Rich.,  vii,  167 ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
315  n  ;  Sim.  de,  vi,  314  ;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  315  n,  318;  Thos.  L., 
vii,  151  ;  Will.,  vi,  314  ;  vii,  188 ; 
see  also  Burghley 

Birstatbrinning,  Birstatbrunning, 
see  Bryning 

Birtwisle,  man.  (Hapton),  vi,  232, 
458,  459,  507,  509,  5io  n 

Birtwisle  (Birtwistle),  Ad.  (de), 
vi,  434  n,  456  n,  474  n,  47771, 
509  ;  Agnes,  vi,  410 ;  Alex.,  vi, 
434  n ;  Alice  de,  vi,  410  n ; 
Amiria  de,  vi,  5 1 1  « ;  Anne,  vi, 
410  n  ;  Catlow,  vi,  470  ;  Christian, 
vi,  410  n ;  Dorothy,  vi,  410, 
411;  Edw.,  vi,  410  n,  411  n; 
Ellis  de,  vi,  456  n  ;  Geo.,  vi,  411, 
434,  438  n,  468  n  ;  Gilb.  (de),  vi, 
438  «,  456  «,  474  n,  475  n,  509; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  455,  509  n,  511  n; 
Isabel  de,  vi,  510  n ;  Jas.,  vi, 
410;  Janet,  vi,  410  n;  Joan  de, 
vi,  509;  John  (de),  vi,  410,  411, 
434  n,  455,  499  n,  509,  510 «, 
511  «;  Leonard,  vi,  410  n  ;  Marg., 
vi,  410  n,  411,  434,  438  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  474  n ;  Miles, 
vi,  410  n  ;  Nich.  de,  vi,  477  n, 
509 «;  Oliver,  vi,  410,  411; 
Ralph,  vi,  509  n  ;  Reyner  de,  vi, 
509 ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  410,  434, 
508  «,  509,  510 «,  511  n;  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  410,  411,  434,  510 n; 
Thurstan,  vi,  435  ;  Will,  (de),  vi, 
410,  434  «,  508  n,  511  n 

Birtwisle  Field  (Hapton),  vi,  510  n 

Biscoe,  Edw.,  vi,  187  n 

Biscopham,  see  Bispham 

Bishopston,  Hen.  de,  vii,  264 

Bispam,  Bispeham,  see  Bispham 

Bispham  (Bispham  with  Norbreck), 
vii,  43  «,  68,  69  n,  71,  222,  222  n, 
242-7  ;  cross,  vii,  245  ;  ch.,  vii, 
244 ;  mans.,  vii,  236  n,  246, 
248  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  246 ;  sch., 
vii,  245  ;  sundial,  vii,  245 

345 


Bispham  (Mawdesley),  vi,  81,  86  n, 
91  n,  92,  100-2  ;  char.,  vi,  90, 

91  n ;    man.,    vi,    100 ;    sch.,    vi, 
89,  91  n,  102 

Bispham,  Great,  vii,  246,  248 

Bispham,  Little,  vii,  246 

Bispham  (Bispam),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
98  w,  101  n  ;  vii,  247  n  ;  Alice  de, 
vi,  92  «,  95  n,  261  n  ;  Amery  de, 
vi,  100,  101  n  ;  vii,  247  ;  Cecily 
de,  vi,  101  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  136  n  ; 
Hawise  de,  vii,  247  n  ;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  98  n,  101  n,  191  n,  295  ;  John, 
vii,  I36n,  249  n  ;  Matth.  de,  vi, 
101  n  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  101  n  ;  Nich. 
de,  vi,  261  n ;  Rich,  de,  vii, 
1 66  n,  247,  247  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 

92  n,  97  n,   101  n  ;   Rog.   de,   vi, 
98  n,  101  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  101  n, 
240  n,    241  n ;    Warine    de,    vi, 
92  n,    97  n,    101  n,    180  n  ;    Will, 
(de),  vi,  80,  101  n,  247  ;  vii,  166  n, 
204  «,  240  n,  241  n 

Bispham  Green,  vi,  100  n 
Bispham  Hall   (Hall  of  Bispham), 

vi,  1 02 

Bispham  Hawes,  vii,  246,  250  n 
Bisset,  Alice,  vii,  46  n,  47  «  ;  Will., 

vii,  46  n,  47  n 
Black,  Will.,  vii,  78  n 
Blackay  (Barrowford) ,  vi,  542,  544 
Blackay,  fam.,  see  Blakey 
Blackborne,  see  Blackburn 
Blackbrook  (Catterall),  vii,  323  « 
Blackbrook  (Chorley),  vi,  129 
Blackburn,  vi,  230,  233  n,  234,  235- 

49  ;  vii,  79  n,  1 18  n,  305  »  ;  adv., 
vi,  239  ;  chant.,  vi,  494  n  ;  char., 
vi,  243  ;  ch.,  vi,  238-9,  247,  420  ; 
man.,  vi,  245  ;  mkts.  and  fairs, 
vi,  237,  238,  247  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 
248  ;  pks.,  vi,  247  ;  Rom.  Cath., 
vi,  249  ;  schs.,  vi,  243,  247,  288 

Blackburn,  brook,  vi,  250 

Blackburn,  deanery,  vi,  234 

Blackburn,  hund.,  vi,  230 

Blackburn,  wap.,  vi,  231 

Blackburn  (Blackburne,  Blackburn- 
shire,  Blakeburn),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
26  n,  239,  240,  245,  246  n,  253  n, 
254  «,  258,  259,  261,  262,  266  n, 
276  n,  297,  326,  327  n,  388, 
394  «,  396,  397,  397  n,  418  n, 
475  n>  477  n>  55°  n  ',  vii,  4  «,  48  n, 

50  n,    54  «,    57  «,    59  n,    125  n, 
151  «,    193  n,   195  n  ;   Agnes  de, 
vi,    131,    245,    258  n,    259,    276, 
397  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  246  n  ;  Alesia 
de,  vi,  276  n ;  Alice  de,  vi,  14  n, 
131,   276,   277,   397,   556  n;   vii, 
4  «,  48  »,  125  n,  151  n  ;  Amabel 
de,  vi,  254  n,  258  n,  303  n  ;  vii, 

57  n  ;    Anne,    vi,    237  n,    239  n  ; 
Avice  de,  vi,  26  n,  212  n;  Bea- 
trice de,  vi,  245,  326,  327,  388, 

396  n,   397  ;    Bridg.,   vii,    195  n  ; 
Cecilia    de,    vi,    418  n ;    Edayne 
(Idonea)     de,    vi,    259,     266  n ; 
Edw.,    vii,    136  n,    272,    278  n  ; 
Ellen   (de),  vi,  291  n;  vii,   50  n, 
272  ;   Eliz.,   vi,   398  n  ;   vii,    142, 
195  n  ;    Emma    de,    vi,    245  n  ; 
Eve  de,  vii,  114  n,  125  n  ;  Gilb. 
de,   vi,   239  n,   345 ;   Grace,   vii, 
195  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  239,  240  n, 
245  n,    246  n,    258,    259,    260-1, 
262,  266,  276,  291  «,  293,  297, 
345,     392,     393  n,     394  n,     396, 

397  n,  400  n,  507  ;  vii,  15,  54  n, 

58  n,  114  «,  125  n,  151  n,  193  n, 
195  n  ;  Isabel  de,  vi,  218  n  ; 
Jas.,  vii,  195  n,  239  n  ;  Janet,  vii, 
121  n ;  Joan  (de),  vi,  131,  276, 
397,  398  n  ;  vii,  278  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,  26  n,  131,  212  «,  238  n,  245  n, 

44 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Blackburn  (cont.) 

258,  258  «,  259,  276,  291  n,  293, 
296,  327  n,  397,  398  M,  405  M, 
477  »•  556  n  ;  vii,  4  n,  44  n,  59  n, 
IOOM,  114  n,  125  M,  195  M,  272, 

278  n,  328  M  ;  Kath.,  vii,  289  n  ; 
Marg.  (de),  vi,  gin,  100  n,  131, 
276,   299,   397  ;   vii,   272,   272  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  26  n ;  Mary  de, 
vii,   15  ;  Pet.,  vii,   142  M,  289  n  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  68  n;  Rich,  (de),  vi, 

14  n,   26  M,    100  n,    143  n,   246*1, 
397  «.    398  M  ;    vii,    50  n,    57  M, 
121  M,    142,    142  n,    272,    278  n  ; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  259,  266  n,  397  n, 
552  M,   553  «>   555  n,   556  M  ;   vii, 
100  n,  144,  195  n,  313  «,  328  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  26  n,  240  ;  vii,  113  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  321;   vii,  44*1,  57  n, 
175  M,  272  ;  Will,   (de),  vi,   14  w, 
26  M,  218  M,  235  n,  237  w,  258  », 
261  n,    290,    296,    398  M,    556  n  ; 
vii,  50  M,  57  w,  239  w  ;  fam.,  vii, 
304 

Blackburn    and    East    Lanes.    In- 
firmary, vi,  247 

Blackburn  Grammar  School,  vi,  263 
Blackburn   Orphanage  (Wilpshire), 

vi,  326,  334 

Blackburnshire,    fam.,    see    Black- 
burn 

Black  Carr  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Black  Clough  Head  (Trawden),  vi, 

552 

Blackearth  (Ribbleton),  vii,  106  n 
Blackeburne,  see  Blackburn 
Blackedge,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Blackewode,  see  Blackwood 
Blackgate  Lane  End  (Tarleton),  vi, 

119  n 

Blackgreve  (Ribchester),  vii,  65  n 
Blackgroove  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Black  Hall  (Chipping),  vii,  27 
Blackball  (Blakehall),  man.  (Goos- 

nargh),  vii,  199 

Black  Hameldon,  see  Hameldon  Hill 
Black  Hate,  brook,  vi,  204  n 
Blackhorde  (Cuerden),  vi,  28  n 
Blackhouse  (Briercliffe) ,  vi,  469  M 
Blackhouse   Lane    (Briercliffe),   vi, 

469  M,  471  » 
Blackhurst,  Pet.,  vi,   17  M  ;  Thos., 

vi,  17  n 

Blacklache  (Garstang),  vii,  332  n 
Blacklache    (Little    Carleton),    vii, 

229  n 

Blacklache  (Preesall),  vii,  257  n 
Blacklache  (Studlehurst),  vi,  324  n 
Blacklache,     Little     (Woodplump- 

ton),  vii,  288  w 

Blacklache  (Blacklach,  Blacklidge) 
Abra.,  vi,  15  n  ;  Ad.  (de),  vi,  u  n 

15  n  ;   Aubrey,   vi,    15  n  ;   Chris, 
vi,    77  n ;    Edw.,    vi,    81  ;    Hen. 
vi,   36 ;    John  de,  vi,   15,   15  n 
Marg.,  vi,  16  n  ;  Margery,  vi,  15 
Nich.,  vi,  12  n,  15  n  ;  Ralph,  vi 
7,    1 60 ;   Rob.,  vi,   36  n  ;   Thos. 
vi,  5  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  15  n,  16  «,  36 
50 ;     fam.,    vii,    126 ;     see    also 
Blackledge 

Blacklache-hevid     (Eccleshill),    vi, 

279  « 

Blacklache  House,  see  Leyland  Hall 
Black  Lane  End  (Colne),  vi,  523 
Blackledge,   John,  vii,   195  ;   Will., 

vii,  195  ;  see  also  Blacklache 
Blackley,  man.,  233  n 
Blacklidge,  see  Blacklache 
Black  Moor  (Mawdesley),  vi,  96 
Black  Moss  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n 
Black  Moss  Water,  vi,  518,  519 
Blacko  (Barrowford),  vi,  527  n,  542, 

534 «,  544 
Blacko  Hill  (Barrowford),  vi,  542 


Blacko  Tower,  see  Malkin  Tower 
Blacko  Water,  vi,  519 
Blackpool,  vii,  79  w,  80,   174,   176, 
242,  243,  247,  248,  250;  agric., 
vii,   243  ;    Jews,   vii,   251  ;    mkt. 
and   fairs,   vii,   248,   251  ;    Non- 
conf.,  vii,  251  ;  old  cottages,  vii, 
242  n ;     sch.,     vii,     243  ;     Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  251 
Blackrod,  man.,  vi,  320 
Blackscarr  Croft,  see  Black  Carr 
Black's  Cross  (Barrowford),  vi,  542 
Blackshaw  (Penwortham),  vi,  57  n 
Blackshawbrook,  vi,  70  n 
Blacksnape  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  269, 

270 

Blackstubheys  (Colne),  vi,  52711 
Blackwater,  riv.,  vi,  235,  244,  249, 

263 

Blackwitthill,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Blackwood  (Whalley),  vi,  521 
Blackwood,  Little  (Whalley),  vi, 

52i 
Blackwood  Doles  (Barrowford),  vi, 

543 

Blacoe,  Geo.,  vi,  310  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
310  n;  Thos.,  vi,  237  «,  310  n; 
Will.,  vii,  178  n 

Blainscough  (Coppull),  vi,  224,  227 

Blainscough  (Bleynescowe),  Ad.  de, 

vi,  225  n,  227  n  ;  Aimery  de,  vi, 

227 « ;     Hen.     de,     vi,     227  n ; 

Isabel  de,   vi,   227  n ;    John   de, 

vi,   227  n  ;    Orm   de,   vi,   227  n  ; 

Rich,    de,   vi,    227  n ;   Thos.   de, 

vi,  227  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  188  n 

Blainscough    Hall    (Standish),    vi, 

182 

Blakay,  see  Blakey 
Blake,  John,  vi,  432  n 
Blakeayke  (Winkley),  vii,  13  n 
Blakebroc,  Blake  brook,  see  Black- 
brook  and  Showley  brook 
Blakeburn,  see  Blackburn 
Blakecroft  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 
Blakeden,    Joan,    vii,    17 ;    John, 

vii,  17 

Blakefield  (Warton),  vii,  171  n 
Blakefield  (Shevington),  vi,  202  n 
Blakeflatt  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335 
Blake  Hey  (Colne),  see  Blakey 
Blakelache,  see  Blacklache 
Blakemelnecroft  (Mellor),  vi,  262 
Blakemon     Syke      (Preston),     vii, 

130  n 

Blakepitte  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279% 
Blakewel-holm,  le  (Sunderland),  vi, 

3i8 

Blakey  (Colne),  vi,  526  n,  527 
Blakey  (Blackay,  Blakay),  Agnes, 
vi,     527  n ;     Alice,     vi,     527  n  ; 
Anne,     vi,     527  n ;     Bern.,     vi, 
527  n  ',   Chris.,  vi,   542  n  ;   Ellen, 
vi,    527  n;    Frances,    vi,    527  n  ; 
Geoff,  de,  vi,  525 M,  527 ;  Geo., 
vi,  301  ;  Hen.,  vi,  527  n  ;  Isabel, 
vi,  527  n  ;  Jenet,  vi,  527  n  ;  Joan, 
vi,  527  n  ;  John,  vi,  527  n,  544  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  527  n,  544  ;  Leonard, 
vi,   530 ;   Lettice  de,  vi,   527  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  527  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  527  ; 
Priscilla,    vi,    527  n ;    Rich.,    vi, 
527 «»   53°  I   Rob.,  vi,   301,   520, 
527  n,  53<>>  534  w.  546  n  '•   R°g-» 
vi,  527  n,  534  ;  Sim.,  vi,  517,  527, 
542,  544,  546  n;  Thos.,  vi,  372, 
527  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  121  n;  — ,  vi, 
524  n,  535  ;  fam.,  vi,  516  n 
Blakey  Hall  (Colne),  vi,  523,  527 
Blakey  Moor  (Blackburn),  vi,  246  w 
Blakhou  Hill,  see  Blacko  Hill 
Blaklache,  see  Blacklache 
Blamire,  Rev.  Will.  B.,  vi,  274 
Bland,  Jas.,  vii,  86  n 
Blashey  (Penwortham),  vi,  56  n 

346 


Blasshaw  (Penwortham),  vi,  58  M 
Blaston,  Geoff,  de,  vi,  357,  357  n 
Bleasby,  man.  (Lines),  vi,  35  n 
Bleasdale  (Preston),  vii,  68,  141-2  ; 

ch.,  vii,  142 

Bleasdale,  brook,  vii,  27  M 
Bleasdale,   Alex.,   vi,   237  n  ;    Jas., 

vii,  142  ;  fam.,  vi,  380  n 
Bleasdale  Fells,  vi,  379  ;  vii,  27  M, 

141,  320 

Bleasdale  Forest,  vi,  230 ;  vii,  141 
Bleasdale  Tower  (Preston),  vii,  142 
Blenesgill  ( Whittingham) ,  vii,  209  n 
Blesedale,  see  Bleasdale 
Blewett,   Ant.,   vi,   330 ;    Jane,  vi, 

330 

Blews,  W. ,  and  Sons,  vi,  404 
Bleynescowe,  see  Blainscough 
Blindhurst,    vi,    315  n ;    vii,    141, 

141  M,  142  n 

Blodhey  (Penwortham),  vi,  61  n 
Blome,  — ,  vii,  312  M 
Blood,  Sarah,  vi,  394  n 
Blore,  Geo.,  vi,  284 
Blount     (Albus,     Blound,     Blund), 
Agnes,     vi,     109  n ;     Bald,     le, 
vii,    223  n ;     Hen.     de     (le),    vi, 
291  M,  293  M  ;  John  (le),  vi,  66  n, 
109  n  ;  vii,  157  n  ;  Jordan  le,  vii 
52  n ;     Osbert     le,     vii,     52  n 
Ralph  de  (le),  vi,  291  «,  293  n 
Rob.   le,   vii,   30  n ;   Siegrith   le, 
vii,  52  n  ;  Sim.  le,  vii,  146  ;  Will, 
le,  vii,  no  n 

Blue  Coat  School  (Newton),  vii,  167 
Blue  Stone  (Mawdesley),  vi,  97 
Blund,  see  Blount 
Blundel,  brook,  vii,  117,  121,  124, 

207 

Blundell,  Agnes,  vii,  100  n ;  Alex, 
vii,     126  w;     Alice,    vii,     IOOM 
260  n  ;    Anne,    vi,    133  n  ;    Eliz. 
vii,     100  n ;     Ellen,    vii,     100  n 
Emma,  vi,  302  ;  Hen.,  vi,  222 
vii,  100  n,  260  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  199 
Joan,  vii,  100  n  ;  John,  vii,  100  n 
120  n,  125  M,  126  n,  182  n  ;  Nich. 
vi,  220  M,  302  ;  Pat.,  vii,  182  n 
Rich.,  vi,  302,  445  n  ;  vii,  98  n 
100  n,  120  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  20  »  ;  vii 
IOOM,    121  n  ;    Rog.,   vii,    120  w 
126  n  ;   Thos.,   vi,    199  n  ;    Will, 
vii,    IOOM,    120  n,    125  M,    126  M 
182,    182  M  ;  — ,  vii,   32  ;     fam. 
vi,  28  ;  vii,  102 
Blyndehurst,  see  Blindhurst 
Blyth     (Blythe),     Agnes     de,     vii, 
301  M  ;  Geoff.,  vii,  265  n  ;  Warine 
de,  vii,  301  M 

Boar's  Head  (Barton),  vii,  128  n 
Boar's  Head  (Standish),  vi,  192 
Boatfield  (Brockholes) ,  vii,  HIM 
Boathouse  Farm  (Ribchester),  vii, 

14,  50 
Boathousefield     (Ribchester),     vii, 

48  M 
Bobbin    and    clog-sole    works,    vi, 

326 

Bocher,  see  Bourchier 
Bodel,  Joan  de,  vi,  482  n  ;  Rob.  de, 

vi,  482  M 

Bodkin,  Will.,  vii,  13 
Boeland,  see  Bowland 
Boggart  House  Farm  (Newsham), 

vii,  206  M 
Bogland,     Cecily    de,     vi,     559  n ; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  559  n 
Bohun,    John   de,   vi,    7 ;    see   also 

Bowen 
Boilton     (Boylton)     estate     (Grim- 

sargh),  vii,  90 

Boilton  Spa  (Grimsargh),  vii,  108 
Boilton  Wood  (Grimsargh),  vii,  108 
Bold,  Alice  de,  vi,  48  M  ;  Geoff.,  vi, 

277  ;  Grace,  vi,  16  M,  33  w,  71  M  ; 


INDEX 


Bold  (cont.) 

vii,  230 ;  Hen.,  vi,  195 « ;  vii, 
83  »,  86 ;  John  (de),  vi,  48  n, 
202  n  ;  vii,  83  «,  85,  180  n,  181  n, 
298  n  ;  Kath.,  vi,  277  ;  Lancelot, 
vii,  230 ;  Maud,  vii,  5  ;  Rich., 
vii,  334  n  ;  Sibyl,  vi,  195  n,  254  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  254 ;  Miss,  vii, 
243  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  151 

Bold  Venture  Park  (Over  Darwen), 
vi,  274 

Bolingbrook  (Bolin,  Bolkin  Brook) 
(Ribchester),  vii,  48  n,  64  n 

Bolland,  see  Bowland 

Bollard,  Jas.,  vi,  519  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
519  ;  Rich.,  vi,  519 

Bolleron,  see  Bolron 

Bolon-wray  (Kirkland),  vii,  313  n, 

314,  3J5 

Bolothorncroft,  vi,  69  n 

Bolron  (Bolleron),  Rob.,  vii,  6 ; 
Will.,  vii,  I2O71,  265 

Bolter,  Chas.,  vi,  270 ;  Harold,  vi, 
270 

Bolton,  Ad.,  vi,  241,  255,  256,  257  ; 
Agnes  de,  vi,  253  n  ;  Anselm,  vi, 
81  n  ;  Cecily  (de),  vi,  256,  406  n  ; 
vii,  16  n ;  Edw.,  vi,  239,  242  n, 
243  n ;  Eliz.,  vi,  237  n,  256  ; 
Ellen  (de),  vi,  225  n,  335  « ;  vii, 
150  n ;  Emota  de,  vi,  256 ; 
Geoff,  de,  vi,  256 ;  Geo.,  vi,  251  ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  332  n,  335,  335  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  438;  vii,  32  «,  211  »; 
Jane,  vi,  257  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  225  n  ; 
vii,  125  n ;  John  (de),  vi,  81  n, 
200  n,  225  n,  250,  256  ;  vii,  16  n, 
32  n,  53  n,  125,  127  n,  150  n  ; 
Jos.,  vi,  96  n ;  Kath.  (de),  vi, 
256;  vii,  211  n ;  Lancelot,  vi, 
257;  vii,  65  n;  Marg.  (de),  vi, 
335  n  ;  vii,  99  n,  125  n  ;  Margery 
de,  vi,  208  n  ;  Matilda,  vi,  256  ; 
Matth.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Nich.  (de),  vi, 
208  n,  256,  257,  335  n  ;  vii,  211  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  253  n,  256,  335  n  ; 
vii,  31,  32,  108  n ;  Rob.  (de),  vi, 
235 »,  239,  244,  256,  258,  259, 
260,  262,  332,  335,  335  7i,  451  ; 
vii,  125  n ;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  208, 
225  n,  256,  406  n  ;  vii,  16  »,  53  n  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  32,  85  ;  Will,  (de),  vii, 
41,  136  n,  147  ;  — ,  vii,  58  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  246  n,  251,  252  n,  326  ; 
see  also  Boulton 

Bolton  Abbey  (Yorks),  vi,  58  n 

Bolton-by-Bowland  (Yorks),  vi,  361 

Bolton  Field  (Standish),  vi,  194  n 

Bolton  Green  (Charnock  Richard), 
vi,  204 

Bolton  Hall  (Salesbury),  vi,  257 

Bolton  Houses  (Treales),  vii,  178 

Bolton-le-Moors,  vi,  58  n  ;  vii,  79  n, 
270  7i 

Bolton-le-Sands,  vii,  112  n,  222  « 

Bombay,  Walt.  R.  Pym,  bp.  of,  vii, 
217 

Bond  (Buynde),  Augustine,  vi, 
222  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  225  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
222  ;  Rog.,  vi,  92  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  88 

Bonds  (Garstang),  vii,  291,  292  n, 
293.  3°4,  3°5,  315,  3i8  ;  Nonconf., 
vii,  320  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  320 

Bondyard  (Padiham),  vi,  493 

Bonel,  Quenilda,  vi,  73  n  ;  Rob.,  vi, 
73  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  69  « 

Boniface,  archbp.  of  Canterbury, 
vii,  264  n 

Bonk,  Chas.,  vi,  262  n ;  John,  vi, 
262  n 

Bonner,  Edm.,  vii,  42  n 

Bonney,  Will.,  vii,  225  n 

Boot,  Agnes  del,  vii,  157  n  ;  Rich, 
del,  vii,  157  n  ;  Rob.  del,  vii,  157  n 

Booth,  Agnes   (Annes),  vi,  377  «  ; 


Booth  (cont.) 

vii,  258,  258  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  122  ; 
vii,  258  n  ;  Anne,  vii,  258  n  ;  Bar- 
bara, vii,  258  n  ;  Chas.,  vii,  258  n, 
25971;  Douce,  vii,  258  n  ;  Edw., 
vi,  467  n  ;  Fran.,  vii,  258  n  ;  Sir 
Geo.,  vii,  76 ;  Joan,  vi,  305  ; 
Sir  John,  vi,  57  n,  513  n ;  vii, 
141  n  ;  John  (del),  vi,  305,  548; 
vii,  257  n,  258 ;  Jordan  del,  vi, 
548  ;  Juliana  del,  vi,  548  ;  Maud 
del,  vi,  548  ;  Oliver  del,  vi,  548  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  122,  127  n,  450  n  ;  Rog., 
vii,  258  n ;  Thos.,  vi,  377  n, 
404  n  ;  vii,  258,  260  n  ;  Rev.  Will., 
bp,,  vi,  145  7i ;  Will.,  vi,  467  n, 
495  n,  496  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n,  549  n 
Booth  House  (Come),  vi,  528  n 
Boothhurst  (Chipping),  vii,  30  n 
Boothman,  Rich.,  vi,  489  ;  — ,  vi, 

513  » 

Boothroyds  (Oswald twistle) ,  vi,  406 
Booths,  Higher,  vi,  349,  431,  433- 

5  ;   char.,  vi,  435  ;   ch.,  vi,   435  ; 

forest,    vi,    434 ;    ind.,    vi,    434  ; 

Nonconf.,  vi,  435 
Booths,  Lower,  vi,  349,  431,  435- 

6 ;    ch.,  vi,  436 ;    fair,  vi,  436  ; 

Nonconf.,  vi,  436;  Rom.  Cath., 

vi,  436 

Boo  tie,  vii,  285 
Bootle,  Edw.  \V.,  vi,  31  n  ;  Rich. 

W.,  vi,  102  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  102  n, 

173  ;    Thos.,    vi,    31  n  ;    Wilbra- 

ham,  vi,  32 

Borayns  (Greenhalgh  with  Thistle- 
ton),  vii,  1 80  n 

Bornes  Clough  (Cliviger),  vi,  480  n 
Borset,  Walt.,  vi,  496 
Borugrjams  in  the  How  (Longton), 

vi,  71  n 

Bosco,  see  Boys 
Bosden  (Bowland),  vii,  34  n 
Boseburn,  see  Bezza  brook 
Boseden,   Hen.   de,   vi,   261,   262 ; 

Will,  de,  vi,  261,  262 
Boss,  Thos.  B.,  vii,  204 
Boss  Head  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 
Bostock,   Anne,   vi,   468  n ;   Thos., 

vii,  87  n,  88  n 
Boston,  Will,  de,  vii,  13  « 
Boswell,   Alice,   vi,   498 ;   Eliz.,   vi, 

498  ;  John,  vi,  497  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 

497 

Boswell  Keys  (Haslingden),  vi,  43  in 

Botany  Bay  (Chorley),  vi,  129 

Botden,  see  Bottin 

Boteler,  Ad.,  vii,  171,  172  n  ; 
Agatha,  vii,  241  n  ;  Agnes  (le), 
vi,  154  n  ;  vii,  241  n,  249  n,  253  n, 
272  n,  274  n  ;  Alice  (le),  vi,  397  n  ; 
vii,  4  «,  179  n,  266  7i,  274,  277  n, 
280,  28271,  313,  321  n  ;  Aline, 
vii,  171  n ;  Amery  (Emery)  le, 
vi,  149-50;  vii,  62  n,  248,  25071; 
Anne,  vii,  274  n,  275  ;  Avice  le, 
vii,  i72n;  Beatrice,  vii,  27471; 
Cecily  (le),  vii,  241  n,  249  n,  254, 
280  n ;  Clemency  le,  vii,  254  ; 
Eda  le,  vii,  172  «;  Edm.  (le),  vii, 
176  n,  179  n,  241  n,  274  n,  282  n  ; 
Edw.,  vii,  314  n ;  Eleanor  (le), 
vii,  16,  176  n,  275 ;  Eliz.  (le),  vi, 
154  n ;  vii,  210  n,  24171,  274, 
274  n,  275,  313  n,  314  n ;  Ellen  le, 
vii,  240  n,  241  n,  314  n;  Emma 
le,  vii,  322  n ;  Eustace  le,  vii, 
172  n ;  Geoff,  (le),  vii,  18971, 
274  n ;  Godith  le,  vii,  172  n ; 
Grace,  vii,  275  ;  Hamon  (Hamlet) 
le,  vi,  37  ;  vii,  113  ;  Hen.  (le),  vi, 
262  ;  vii,  179  n,  193  n,  230  n, 
24071,  248  n,  27471,  275,  321  n, 
322  7i,  323  7i  ;  Isabel  (le),  vi,  458, 
509  n  ;  vii,  240  n,  248  n,  274, 

347 


Boteler  (cont.) 

275  ;  Ivetta  le,  vii,  171  n  ,  Jas. 
(le),  vi,  33 «,  71  n,  170  n;  vii, 
176  n,  178  n,  241  n,  25371,  274, 

281  7i,  322  n,  323  n,  329  n  ;  Joan 
de,  vi,  154  n,  302  ;  vii,  273,  274, 
274  n  ;  Sir  John,  vi,  93  w,  17071, 
397  n  ;  vii,  4,  4  n,  5  n,  169  n, 
193  w,  215  w,  274,  313  w;  John 
(le),  vi,  33  n,  154  n,  305*1;  vii, 
3,  152  n,  168  n,  176  n,  177  w, 
180  n,  183  n,  198,  210  n,  227  w, 
234  w,  241  w,  253  n,  264,  266, 
270,  272  n,  274,  275,  282  n,  313, 
314  n,  321  n  ;  Kath.,  vii,  274  n  ; 
Mabel  (le),  vii,  154,  171  n,  179  «, 
249  7i,  274  ;  Marg.  (le),  vii,  241  n, 
257,  258  n,  313  w;  Margery  (le), 
vi,   154  n ;   vii,   1767*,  274; 
Martin,  vii,  171  n  ;  Maud  le,  vi, 
103  n ;  Sir  Nich.  (le),  vi,  33  w, 
154  n ;  vii,  16,  163  n,  169  n, 
180  n,  193  n,  277  n,  281  n  ;  Nich. 
(le),  vi,  33,  34  n,  63  n,  103  n, 
105  n,  131  w,  140,  154  w,  170  n, 
458,  50971;  vii,  1 68  »,  169  n, 
179  n,  181  n,  i8gn,  193,  19371, 
227  n,  240  n,  241  n,  249  n,  253, 
253 »,  254  n,  269,  270,  272  n, 
273*1,  274,  275,  277  n,  280  n, 
30971,  31471,  32371;  Quenilda 
le,  vii,  171,  172  n  ;  Sir  Rich,  le, 
vi,  34  n,  120  71,  262  ;  vii,  169  n, 
18071,  22971,  268  n,  273,  279, 

282  n,  321  w,  331  7i ;  Rich,  (le),  vi, 
33  n,  37,  71  7i,  103,  106,  154  n  ; 

Vii,       52  71,      92  71,       126  «,       152  71, 

154,  I69,  17°  «,  i?1,  i?2  n, 
17971,  i8ow,  18971,  193,  193  n, 
227  n,  229  7i,  238  n,  240,  240  n, 
24171,  24771,  24971,  254,  25471, 
257,  25871,  27271,  273,  274  w, 
275,  277,  279  n,  280,  281  7i, 
282  7i,  303  7i,  313  n,  314  71,  323  7i, 
325  ;  Rob.  (le),  vii,  314  71,  322  n  ; 
Rog.  le,  vi,  105  n ;  vii,  171, 
172  n,  325  ;  Sibyl  (le),  vii,  246  n, 
24971;  Siegrith,  vii,  171;  Steph. 
(le),  vi,  105  n;  vii,  171,  17271; 
Sir  Theobald,  le,  vii,  241  71  ; 
Theobald  (le),  vii,  145,  154  71, 
15671,  176,  17871,  18071,  24071, 

241  «,  254,  274  7i ;  Sir  Thos.  (de), 
vii,    98  n,    107  7i,    249  n,    323  71  ; 
Thos.   (le),  vi,   103  71,  104  »;  vii, 
17071,   171,   19071,  28071,  31471; 
Walt,  le,  vii,  273  ;  Sir  Will,  (le), 
vi,   33  «,   62  71,   262  ;   vii,   241  n, 

242  n,   268  7i,   273,   280  «  ;   Will, 
(le),  vi,  37,  14071,  15071,  169  n; 
vii,     6371,     113,     154  7i,     17171, 
179  7t,  181  w,  193  w,  215  7i,  238  w, 
240,    24171,    24471,    24671,    247, 

247  71,    248,    249  71,    250  n,    253  71, 

25471,    273,    274,    28271,    313, 

314  n,  323  w  ;  fam.,  vi,  151 ;  see 

also  Butler 

Botham,  Ad.  de,  vi,  131  » 
Botiler,  see  Boteler  and  Butler 
Botreux,   Eliz.  de,  vii,  301  71 ;   Sir 

Will,  de,  vii,  301  n 
Bottin  (Worsthorne),  vi,  474 
Bottin  (Botden,  Bottedene,  Bottes- 

dene),  Ad.  de,  vi,  457  71,  474  71, 

475  n,  477  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  477  TI 
Bottin     Butts     (Worsthorne),     vi, 

47771 
Bottin    Clough    (Worsthorne),    vi, 

475  »,  477  » 

Bottoms,  the  (Howick),  vi,  66  n 
Boughton,  Ann,  vii,  82  ;  Mary,  vii, 

82 
Bouke,  Marg.,  vi,  277  » ;  Thos.,  vi, 

277  n 
Bouland,  see  Bowland 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Boulandwra,  see  Bolon-wray 
Boulogne,  Steph.,  ct.  of,  see  Stephen, 

king;  Will.,  ct.  of,  vii,  117 
Boulsworth,    hill,    vi,    230,   524 », 

548,  552 

Boulton,  Arth.  R.,  vi,  174  ;  Edw., 
vi,  261  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  291  n  ;  Hen., 
vi,  547  ;  Rob.,  vii,  291  n  ;  Rog., 
vi,    298  n ;    Thos.,   vi,    447 ;    vii, 
32  ;  see  also  Bolton 
Bounder  Stone  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Boundes,  the  (Nether  Wyresdale), 

vii,  303 

Bour,  see  Bower  and  Burgh 
Bourchier,  Ld.  John,  vi,  134 
Bourchier  (Bocher),  Agnes,  vii, 

227  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  227  n 
Boure,  see  Bower  and  Burgh 
Bourne  (Bourn,  Burn,  Burne),  Cor- 
nelius, vii,  253  n  ;   Sir  Jas.,  vii, 
259  ;   Jas.,  vii,  259 ;  Sir  Jas.  D., 
vii,  259  ;  Jane,  vii,  253  n  ;   John, 
vi,  80  ;  vii,  200,  253  n  ;   Pet.,  vii, 
259;  Thos.,  vii,  34  n,  36;  Will., 
vi,  358  ;  see  also  Byrne 
Bourne-May,  Harriet  A.,  vii,  259  ; 

Jas.  W.  S.,  vii,  259 
Bourne  Naze,  see  Burnt  Naze 
Bowden,  Charlotte,  vi,  267,  268  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  268  n ;   John,  vi,  267, 
268  ;  John  P.  B.,  vi,  268  » 
Bowen,    Will.,    vii,    53 ;    see    also 

Bohun 

Bower  (Bour,  Boure,  Bure),  Ad.  de 
la  (del),  vi,  60  n  ;  vii,  308  n  ;  Alice 
del,  vii,  308  n  ;  Cecily  de  la,  vi, 
60  n  ;  Hen.  del,  vi,  60  n  ;  Marg., 
vii,  310  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  191  n  ;  Rob. 
de  (la),  vi,  60  n,  66;  vii,  308; 
Sabina  de,  vi,  66  ;  Sam.,  vi,  265  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  60 n  ;  vii,  310 n;  see 
also  Burgh 
Bowers  House  (Nateby),  vii,  310, 

311,  312 
Bowgrave     (Barnacre),     vii,     315 ; 

cross,  vii,  3 1 i  n 

Bowkerfield  (Billington) ,  vi,  330  n 
Bowkerflat  (Bispham),  vi,  101  n 
Bowland  (Bowland  with  Leagram), 

vi,  233  n,  349,  379  ;  vii,  2,  102  n 
Bowland,  Little,  vi,  379,  380  ;  vii, 

27  » 
Bowland,    forest    (chase),    vi,    230, 

276,  349,  362,  379 
Bowland,  Ad.  de,  vii,  62  n  ;  Agnes, 
vii,  62  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  519 ;  Thos., 
vii,  297 

Bowley,  hill,  vi,  337 
Bowling  Green  Mill  (Over  Darwen), 

vi,  270 
Box,  Anne,  vii,   114  n;   John,  vii, 

114  n 

Boyce's  Brook  (Ribchester),  vii,  45 
Boylton,  see  Boil  ton 
Boys  (Bosco,  Boyes),  Alex,  de,  vii, 
49  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  406  n  ;  vii, 
49  n  ;  Anne,  vii,  49  n  ;  Edw.,  vii, 
49  n  ;  Ellis,  vii,  49  n  ;  Grace  (de), 
vi,  335-6,  4°8  »  ;  vii,  49  ;  Hen., 
vi,  336,  406  n,  408  n  ;  vii,  49  n, 
50;   John   (de),  vi,  335-6,  406  n, 
408  n  ;  vii,  44  n,  48,  49  n  ;   Jor- 
dan de,   vii,  49  n  ;    Margery  de, 
vi,    32  n;    Nich.    de,    vii,    49  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  32  «,   531  n ;  vii, 
48  n,  121  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  458  n  ; 
vii,  46  n,  48  n,  49  n,  205  n  ;  Will, 
(de),  vii,  48  n,  49  n  ;  see  also  Wood 
Boys  Bridge  (Ribchester),  vii,  51  n 
Boys  House  (Ribchester),  vii,  49  n, 

50 
Brabazon,  Sir  Edw.,  vi,  49  n ;  vii, 

278  n 

Brabin,  John,  vi,  380  ;  vii,  26 
Brabinfield  (Goosnargh),  vii,  199 


Braboner,   Will.,  vii,   288  n ;   fam., 

vii,  212 
Braboner 's   House     (Comberhalgh), 

vii,  212  n 
Bracebridge,    Maud    de,    vi,     109, 

163  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  109,  163  n 
Bracken  Hill  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Brackenlea  (Nether  Wyresdale) , 

vii,  304  n 

Brackinscal  (Singleton),  vii,  183 
Brackley,  Alice,  vi,  93  n 
Brad  bridge  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

457 

Bradcroft  (Goosnargh),  vii,  198, 
198  n 

Braddeth,  Rob.  de,  vi,  497  n 

Braddyll,  man.  (Billington),  vi, 
325,  329 

Braddyll  (Bradehull,  Bradhill,  Brad- 
hul),  Alice  de,  vi,  330,  330  n  ;  vii, 
57  n  ;  Amery  de,  vii,  57  n  ;  Anne, 
vi,  383  n  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  330  n  ; 
Dodding,  vi,  331,  383  n  ;  Dorothy, 
vi,  336,  383  »  ;  vii,  193  n,  322  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  251,  331  n,  336,  359  n, 
383,  387  n,  398  n,  498,  499  n, 
5°5  n,  5°°  n,  528  n,  560  n  ;  vii, 
327  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  383  n  ;  Geoff,  de, 
vi,  326  n,  330  n ;  Hen.  de,  vi, 
329,  33°,  335  :  Jenet,  vi,  383  n  ; 
Joan,  vi,  331  ;  John  (de),  vi, 
251,  317,  330,  331,  332,  335,  336, 
337  »•  367  n,  382,  383,  387, 
394  «,  398  n,  468  n,  498,  499  n, 
506,  547,  556  n;  vii,  57  n,  254, 
272,  327  n  ;  J.,  vi,  332  ;  Lettice, 
vi,  505  n;  Marg.,  vi,  322,  331, 
383,  383  »;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  331, 
497  »,  528  n  ;  vii,  57  n,  322  n  ; 
Rog.  (de),  vi,  329,  330  n  ;  Sarah, 
vi,  383  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  307,  322, 
330  n,  331,  354,  355*,  358  n, 
383  n,  387,  388,  452  ;  vii,  57  »  ; 
Walt,  de,  vi,  330,  335  ;  Will,  de, 
vi,  330,  335  n  ;  vii,  57  n  ;  Wilson, 
vi,  331,  425  ;  Wilson  G.,  vi,  383  ; 
— ,  vi,  340  n,  387,  395  ;  fam.,  vi, 

375  » 

Bradehurst,  see  Broadhurst 

Bradelee,  see  Bradley 

Bradeley  (Clay ton -le-Dale),  vi,  258  n 

Braderidding  (Read),  vi,  506  n 

Braderode  (Wheatley),  vii,  32  n 

Bradford  (Howick),  vi,  66  n  ;  mill, 
vi,  66  n,  67  n,  68  n 

Bradford,  Hugh  de,  vii,  15  ;  John, 
vi,  358  n ;  vii,  297  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
66  n 

Bradford  Brigstead  (Chatburn),  vi, 
372  n 

Bradfordeghes  (Bradford  Heghes, 
Bradfordheies),  (Clitheroe),  vi, 
365  n 

Bradhagh,  Bradhaleigh,  see  Broad - 
halgh 

Bradhul,  see  Braddyll 

Bradhurst,  see  Broadhurst 

Bradkirk  (Medlar),  vii,  153  ;  man., 
vii,  156,  176  n 

Bradkirk  (Bredkirk),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
201  n  ;  vii,  154,  154  n,  156,  167  n, 
169  n,  179  «,  180  n,  212  «,  216  n, 
227  n,  283  n,  284  n  ;  Agnes  de, 
vii,  316 ;  Alice  de,  vi,  225  n  ; 
vii,  156 «,  169 »,  216  n,  257; 
Amabil  (de),  vii,  156  n,  283  n, 
284  n ;  Capt.  Cuth.,  vi,  361  ; 
Edm.  de,  vii,  156  n,  216  n  ;  Eliz., 
vii,  161  n  ;  Ismania  de,  vii,  156, 
180  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  158  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,  201  n ;  vii,  151  n,  154,  156, 
160  n,  180  n,  212  n,  216  n,  227  n, 
233  n,  241  n,  257,  313  «,  316  ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  192  n ;  Mary, 
vii,  150  n;  Olive  de,  vii,  156  »; 


Bradkirk  (con/.) 

Rich.,  vii,  161  n ;  Rog.  de,  vii, 
154  n,  156  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  in  «, 
192  n,  283,  283  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
225  n  ;  vii,  156  n,  173  n,  227  n, 
313  n,  316,  329 

Bradley  (Chipping),  vii,  34,  64  n 
Bradley  (Eccleston),  vi,  162,  163  » 
Bradley  (Hapton),  vi,  456,  511 
Bradley  (Livesey),  vi,  288  n 
Bradley    (Marsden),    vi,    536,    537, 

54° 
Bradley    (Standish-with-Langtree) , 

vi,  198 

Bradley  (Tockholes),  vi,  283  n 
Bradley  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi,  295 
Bradley    (Wheatley    Carr    Booth), 

mill,  vi,  521 
Bradley,  brook  (beck),  vi,  192,  222, 

457  n>  511  n  '>  vii,  34  n 
Bradley,  Ad.  de,  vi,  51  in;  vii, 
58  n,  65  n  ;  Alex.,  vii,  34  n,  86  n  ; 
Alice  de,  vii,  58  n  ;  Amice  de,  vii, 
i6«  Anne  (de),  vi,  205;  vii, 
58*1  Avice  de,  vi,  511  n;  vii, 
58  n  Edm.,  vii,  58,  58  n  ;  Edw., 
vii,  18  n,  139  n,  160,  161  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
278  ;  vii,  18,  35  ;  Ellen,  vi,  322  ; 
vii,  35,  36  n,  160  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vi, 
511  n  ;  Emma  (de),  vi,  294  ;  vii, 

34  n  ;    Grace,    vii,    119  n  ;    Hen., 
vii,  35  «,  58  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  32,  36, 
152  n,   158  n,    159  n,   160,   161  «, 
174  n;  Jane,  vii,  35  ;  Joan,  vii, 

35  n;   John  (de),  vi,  24  «,  51  «, 
89  n,  278,  294,  322,  379  n,  538  n  ; 
vii,  19,  19  n,  28  n,  32,  35,  47  n, 
58  n,   65  «,    126  n,   158  n,    159  n, 
160,  161  n,  170  n,  200  n  ;  Marg. 
(de),     vii,     28  n,     33 «,     i6ow; 
Matth.  de,  vi,  538  n ;  Miles,  vii, 
35  n;  Pet.  de,  vi,  538  n ;  Rich, 
(de),  vi,  248  n,  507  «,  511  n  ;  vii, 
18,  19,  33  n,  34  n,  47  n,  64  «,  160  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  34  n,  35  n,  65  n  ;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  507  »,  511  n  ;  vii,  18,  32  n, 
34  n  ;  Sim.  de,  vii,  65  n  ;  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  205,  294,  397  n ;  vii,  18, 
33  »,  35,  59  «,  65  n,  66  n,  119  «, 
126  n,   i6on,  222  n;  Will,   (de), 
vii,    19,    50,    58 »,    65  n,    160  n  ; 
fam.,  vii,  57  n 

Bradleybone  (Alston),  vii,  63  n 
Bradleybroke   (Walton-le-Dale),  vi, 

290 

Bradley  Hall  (Eccleston),  vi,  163 
Bradley  Hall  (Standish-with-Lang- 
tree), vi,  192  n 

Bradley  Hall  (Thornley),  vii,  32,  35 
Bradley  House,  vii,  317  n 
Bradley  Syke  (Chipping),  vii,  34  n 
Bradridding,  see  Broadridding 
Bradshagh,  see  Bradshaw 
Bradshaw  (Cliviger),  vi,  483 
Bradshaw  (Stanworth),  vi,  48 
Bradshaw  (Bradshagh,  Bradshay), 
Ad.    de,    vi,    197  n,    198  n ;    vii, 
166  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  285,  286,  286  n  ; 
vii,  1 66  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  406  «  ;  vii, 
275  n;  Cecily  de,  vi,  178,  194  n, 
198  n  ;   Eleanor,  vi,  277 ;  Elias, 
vi,    277  ;    Eliz.,   vi,    209  n,    483  ; 
Ellen,     vi,     198  n ;     vii,     166  n ; 
Fran.  T.,  vi,  558  ;  Geo.,  vii,  329  n  ; 
Gilb.,  vi,  198  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  198  n  ; 
Hawise  de,  vi,  198  n  ;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  198  n,  205  n,  483  ;  vii,  109  n  ; 
Huard   de,   vii,    109  n ;   Huctred 
de,   vii,    109  n ;    Hugh,   vi,   277  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  40  n,  162  n,  200  n,  285, 
406  n  ;  vii,  85  »  ;  Jane,  vi,  40  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  197  n,  198  n,  277, 
340  ;    vii,    1 66  n,    292  n,    329  n  ; 
Kath.,  vi,   198  n,  218  n  ;  Lawr., 
vi,  128,  277  ;  Mabel  de,  vi,  109  n, 


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INDEX 


Bradshaw  (cont.) 

197  n,  221  n  ;  vii,  109  n  ;  Marg., 
vi,  198  «,  277  ;  vii,  166  n  ;  Mary 
de,  vi,  424  ;  Nath.,  vi,  55  ;  Nich., 
vi,   277 ;   vii,   85 ;   Pet.,   vi,    160, 
1 88  ;  Ralph  (de),  vi,  197  n,  198  n, 
199,  218  n  ;   Rich,   (de),  vi,   178, 

198  n,  290  ;  vii,  166  n  ;  Rob.  de, 
vi,   198  n  ;   vii,    109  n  ;   Rog.   de, 
vi,  40  n,  194  n  ;  vii,  280  n  ;  Thos. 
(de),   vi,    14  n,    178,    178  n,    277, 
490  ;  Sir  Will,  de,  vi,  109  n  ;  Will 
(de),  vi,  198  n,  228  n,  277,  424  ; 
vii,  166  n  ;  — ,  vi,  55,  127  ;  fam., 
vii,  260 

Bradshaw,  brook,  vi,  269 
Bradshaw    Hey    (Myerscough) ,  vii, 

139  n 

Bradshay,  see  Bradshaw 
Bradwell,  Sam.,  vi,  80  n 
Braggar's  tenement  (Ribbleton), 

vii,  117  n 

Braithwaite,  John,  vii,  142 
Bramley,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Bramley,  Geo.,  vi,  160  n 
Bramston,  bp.,  vii,  161 
Brand,    Jas.,    vii,     141  »,    324 « ; 

Marg.,    vii,    324  n ;    Rich.,    vii, 

324  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  324  n 
Brandlewood      (Penwortham) ,     vi, 

61  n 
Brandreth,  Jos.  P.,  vi,  187  n,  190 ; 

Will.  H.,  vi,  183  «,  190 
Brandstock  (Wheel ton),  vi,  50  n 
Brandwood  (Bacup),  vi,  439  n 
Brandwood  (Withnell),  vi,  49  n 
Brandwood,   Eliz.,   vi,   48  w ;    Jas., 

vi,  48  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  48  n,  413  n  ; 

fam.,  vi,  213 
Brantwood,  Mary,  vi,  150  »  ;  Rog., 

vi,  150  n 
Brasses,  vi,  85,  118,  122  «,  126,  152, 

158,    165  n,   186,  297,   354,   370, 

389  n,  415,  495,  533  ;  vii,  23,  82, 

203,  218  n,  221,  245,  295  n,  307  n 
Bray,    Nich.,    vii,    265 ;    fam.,   vii, 

133  n 

Braydel,  see  Braddyl. 
Bray  ton  (Yorks),  vi,  421 
Breakell-Moss,  Alf.  M.,  vi,  72 
Breame,  Rich.,  vi,  298 
Brechou,  see  Brethough 
Breck  (Poulton),  vii,  225 
Breck  of  Water  (Worsthorne),  vi, 

477  n 

Brecton,  see  Broughton 
Bredekirk,  see  Bradkirk 
Bredeland  (Fulwood),  vii,  138  n 
Bredenham  (Kirkland),  vii,  314  n 
Bredeoak,  see  Brideoak 
Bredkirk,  see  Bradkirk 
Breeke,  Will,  de,  vi,  72  n 
Breightmet,      man.       (Bolton  -  le  - 

Moors),  vi,  304 

Brekesgate  (Longton),  vi,  70  n 
Brendehurst  (Mellor),  vi,  263 
Brendeyerd  (Ribchester),  vii,  48  n 
Brennand,  riv.,  vi,  247 
Brennand,  Rob.,  vi,  371 
Brereclife,     Brereck'ff,     Brereclive, 

see  Briercliffe 

Brerecroft  (Alston),  vii,  63  n 
Brerecroft,     Dyke     de,     vi,     480 ; 

Mocock  de,  vi,  480 
Brerefurlong  (Alston),  vii,  63  n 
Brereley  (Brierley),  Ann,  vi,  452  ; 
John,  vii,  224  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  534  ; 
Rev.    Rog.,    vi,    452 ;    Rog.,    vi, 
404  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  452 
Breres  (Brerys),  Blanche,  vi,  141  n, 
142  ;  Bridget,  vii,  102  «  ;  Cecily, 
vi,  35  n  ;  vii,  102  «  ;  Edm.,  vii, 
112  n;    Eliz.,   vii,    102  n  ;    Geoff, 
de,    vi,    39  n ;    Hen.,    vi,    133  n, 
142  ;  Jane,  vi,  198  n  ;  John,  vi, 


Breres  (cont.) 

51  n,  147,  298  n,  496  ;  vii,  102  n  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  130,  219  n  ;  Mary,  vii 

102  n ;    Oliver,    vi,    35  n,    61  n 
97  n,  102  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  141  n,  142 
198  n,   220  n  ;   Thos.,   vi,   216  n 
vii,  102  n  ;  Thurstan,  vi,  8  ;  Will, 
vi,  158  ;  vii,  97  n 

Brereton,  see  Bretherton 
Brerewood,  Thos.,  vii,  42  n 
Brereworth  (Berdeworth,  Berd- 
wrth),  Ad.,  vi,  77  n ;  Alice  de, 
vi,  47  n  ;  Almarica  de,  vi,  77  «  ; 
Cecily  de,  vi,  47  n ;  Chas.,  vi, 
263  n  ;  Evan,  vi,  263  n  ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,  47  n,  77  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  32  n,  77  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  32  n,  77  n,  ijon, 
263  n ;  vii,  324  n ;  Kath.,  vi, 
32  n ;  Margery  de,  vi,  77  n, 
ijon;  vii,  324  n ;  Rog.  de,  vi, 
77  n,  249  n  ;  Uriel,  vi,  77  n  ; 
Will.,  vi,  32  n 
Brerys,  see  Breres 
Bretherton,  vi,  58  n,  68  n,  81, 
86  n,  102-8;  vii,  173  »;  chant., 
vi,  104  n ;  ch.,  vi,  108  ;  crosses, 
vi,  103  ;  man.,  vi,  103  ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  52,  108  ;  sch.,  vi,  89,  108 
Bretherton  (Brereton,  Brotherton), 
Ad.  de,  vi,  1 1  «,  70  n  ;  Agnes  de, 
vi,  107  n,  151  n ;  Alice  de,  vi, 
107  n,  227  n ;  Godith  de,  vi, 
95  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  70  «,  95  n, 
107  n,  227  n,  556  n  ;  Hugh,  vi, 
70  n,  73  n  ;  Rev.  Humph.  W., 
vi,  98,  161  ;  Ingott  de,  vi, 
107  n;  Isabel,  vi,  107%;  Joan 
de,  vi,  107  n ;  John  (de), 
vi,  95 «,  107  n,  151  »,  357  n, 
556  n;  vii,  123;  Marg.,  de,  vi, 
95 n,  556  n ;  Margery  de,  vi, 
107  n  ;  Norris,  vi,  21  ;  Rich,  (de), 
vi,  105 »,  553 «,  556;  Rog.  de, 
vi,  95  n }  Thos.  (de),  vi,  70  n, 
107  n,  374  n  ;  vii,  213  n  ;  Will, 
(de),  vi,  21,  95  n,  98,  107  n,  159, 
161  ;  vii,  123,  124,  223  ;  — ,  vi, 
372  n 

Brethough  (Freckle ton) ,  vii,  167  n 
Bretland,  Reg.,  vi,  223  n 
Bretliff,  see  Briercliffe 
Breton    (Briton),    Ad.,    vi,    69  n ; 
Agnes,    vii,     101  n ;    Joan,    vii, 
125  n  ;  John,  vi,  66  n  ;  vii,  100  n, 
101  n ;    Rog.,    vi,    66  n  ;    Sim,, 
vii,  125  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  132  n 
Brettargh,  Kath.,  vi,  189  n 
Brettestreet  (Clitheroe) ,  vi,  365  n 
Brewer  (Bruer),  Jane,  vii,  289  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  301  ;  Thos.,  vi,  447  n  ; 
— ,  vi,  411  ;  vii,  149;  fam.,  vii, 
107 

Brewhouse  (Brockholes),  vii,  in  n 
Brex  (Leyland),  vi,  12  n,  14,  63  n 
Brex  (Brexes),  Alice  de,  vi,  14  w  ; 
Nich.  de,  vi,  14  n ;  Rich,  de,  vi, 

103  n  ;    Thos.  de,  vi,  14  n;  Will, 
de,  vi,  103 

Briary  Furlong  (Cottam),  vii,  136  n 

Briches,  Rich.,  vi,  445 

Brickel  (Brickell),  Rich.,  vii,  234  n  ; 

Rob.,  vi,  153 

Brick  Hall  (Eccleston),  vi,  165 
Brick   manuf.,    vi,    278,    284,    345, 

490  ;  vii,  129 
Bridd     (Brid),     Gilb.,    vi,    475  n; 

Rich.,  vii,  274  n 
Bridecake    (Bredeoak),    Ralph,    vi, 

184,  189,  192  n 
Bridge,   Ad.    (del),   vi,   438,   468  n, 

480,    481  n  ;    Alice,    vi,    438  n  ; 

Chris.,  vi,  438  n  ;  Fran.,  vi,  438  ; 

Joan,   vi,    438  n ;    Sir   John,   vi, 

438  n  ;  John,  vi,  438  n  ;  Jordan, 

vi,  438,  438  n  ;  Otwell,  vi,  438  n  ; 

349 


Bridge  (cont.) 

Rich,  del  (at),   vi,   397  n,  476  n  \ 

Steph.  del,  vi,  481  n  ;  Thos.  W., 

vi,  225  n 

Bridgeholme  (Haslingden),  vi,  430  n 
Bridgeman,   Hen.,   vi,    153  ;    John, 

vi,  222  n  ;  Sir  Orlando,  vi,  222  ; 

— ,  bp.,  vi,  181,  222,  299,  516 
Bridges,  fam.,  see  Chandos 
Bridgett,  vii,  150  n 
Briercliffe         (Briercliffe-with-Ext- 

wistle),  vi,  349,  356  n,  441,  444, 

445  n,     448,     450,     451  n,     454, 

457  «,    459,    468-?1,   489 «,   492, 

538  «,  542,  552  ;  agric.,  vi,  443  ; 

ch.,  vi,  473  ;  mans.,  vi,  232,  233  n, 

469  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  473 
Briercliffe,  Almaric  de,  vi,  470  n  ; 

Almoria  de,  vi,  470  n ;   Anabel, 

vi,     469  n ;     Grace,     vi,     470  n  ; 

Ilbota,    de,    vi,    470 ;    Jas.,    vi, 

469  n  ;    John,   vi,   469  n,   470  n  ; 

Lawr.,  vi,  470,  470  «,  471,  473  ; 

Matth.  de,  vi,  470,  471  n  ;  Maud 

de,  vi,  469  n  ;  Mich,  de,  vi,  469, 

470 ;  Mocock  de,  vi,  469 ;   Pet. 

de,  vi,  469  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  470  n  ; 

Rob.    (de),   vi,   469,   470,   470  «, 

4?i,    473 :    Rog.    de,    vi,    469  ; 

Thos.,     vi,     470  n ;     Will.,     vi, 

469  n,    470  n  ;    Yacocks    de,    vi, 

469  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n 
Brierfield  (Marsden),  vi,  490,  537, 

540  n 

Brierley,  see  Brereley 
Brigeshaw  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  339  n 
Briggemouridding     (Winmarleigh) , 

vii,  306  n 

Brigges,  John,  vi,  371 
Briggs,  Rich.,  vi,  74  n 
Brighfield,  vi,  37  n 
Brigholme  (Marsden),  vi,  539  n 
Brightfold  (Wheel ton),  vi,  49  n 
Brimmicroft  (Hoghton),  vi,  36,  46 
Brindle,    vi,    i,    55,    58  n,    75-81, 

249  n  ;  vii,  79  n,  136  n  ;  adv.,  vi, 

?6,   79 ;   char.,   vi,   81 ;   ch.,   vi, 

78  ;   man.,   vi,    75  ;    man. -house, 

vi,  75  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  81  ;  Rom. 

Cath.,  vi,  36 ;  St.  Helen's  wells, 

vi,  75  ;  sch.,  vi,  81 
Brindle,  Rob.,  vi,  237  n,  273,  274  ; 

Thos.,   vi,   290 ;   Will.,  vi,    161  ; 

see  also  Burnhull 

Brindle  Lodge  (Brindle),  vi,  75,  77 
Brining,  see  Bryning 
Brinscall   (Withnell),   vi,   37  n,   47, 

48  n,  49  n  ;  ch.,  vi,  49 
Brinscall  Hall,  vi,  49 
Briscoe,   Humph.,   vii,   25 ;   Mich., 

vi,  241 

Bristed,  John  C.,  vi,  80 
Britholm  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 
Briton,  see  Breton 
Brixworth,    man.    (Northants),    vi, 

195  » 
Broad    Arrowhead    (Trawden),    vi, 

552  n 

Broad  Bank  (Briercliffe),  vi,  470 
Broad clough  (Bacup),  vi,  439  n 
Broadfield       ( Oswald  twistle),      vi, 

405,  407  n 

Broadfield  ( Wrightington) ,  vi,  174  n 
Broadhalgh    (Livesey),    vi,    285  n, 

288 
Broadhead  (Accrington),  vi,  233  n, 

424,  468,  492 

Broadhead  (Chipping),  vii,  27  n 
Broadhead    (Goosnargh),   vii,   191, 

193  n 

Broadhead  (Ramsgreave),  vi,  252  n 
Broadhurst  (Aighton),  vii,  13  », 

18 

Broadhurst      (Wrightington),      vi, 
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Broadhurst      (Bradehurst,     Brad- 
hurst),    Agnes   de,    vii,    4  n,  18  ; 
Hen.    de,    vi,    21  in;  John,    vi, 
217  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  217  n  ;  Thos.  de, 
vi,  366  n  ;  vii,  4  n,  18,  57  n 
Broadlache  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 
Broadmeadow  (Billington),  vi,  331 
Broadmeadow  (Salwick),  vii,  163  n 
Broadridding    (Button),    vii,    54  n, 

57  n 

Broadshabooth,  vi,  233  n 
Broad   Slack  (Foulridge),  vi,  545  n 
Brochole,  Brocholes,   Brochols,  see 

Brockhall  and  Brockholes 
Brochton,  see  Broughton 
Brock,  riv.,  vii,  68,  138,  141,  191, 

270  n 
Brock,    Lawr.,    vi,    281-2 ;    Will., 

vi,  281 

Brockhall  (Billington),  vi,  325,  330 
Brockhole    Bank    (Billington),    vi, 

33°  n 

Brockholehurst  (Huncoat),  vi,  409  n 

Brockholes  (Eccleshill),  vi,  429  n 

Brockholes  (Grimsargh),  vii,  37,  72, 

73  n,  76,  79,  80,  83  n,  88  n,  100  n, 

105,    1 06  n,    107  «,    108-13,    JI5> 

n6n,    I2o»;    bridge,    vii,    108, 

112;  char.,   vii,   90;    man.,    vii, 

no  ;  mill,  vii,  112  n 

Brockholes  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  271 

Brockholes,     Higher     and     Lower 

(Grimsargh),  vii,  108,  in,  112 
Brockholes,    New     and     Old,     see 

Brockholes,  Lower  and  Higher 
Brockholes,  Ad.  de,  vi,  246  n,  304  n  ; 
vii,  88 «,  98  n,  no,  in,  in  n, 
297  «,  318  n,  325;  Agnes  (de), 
vii,  107  n,  non,  in  n,  210  n, 
326  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii,  non;  Anne, 
vi,  483  ;  vii,  327  n  ;  Augustine 
de,  vii,  327 n ;  Award  de,  vi, 
246  «  ;  vii,  109,  no  n  ;  Cecily  de, 
vii,  iio«;  Chas.  de,  vii,  327  n; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  109  n,  318  n  ; 
Cuthbert,  vii,  327 ;  Edm.  de, 
vii,  in  «,  326  n  ;  Edw.  de,  vi, 
304;  vii,  log  n ;  Eliz.  (de),  vi, 
383  n  ;  vii,  326  n,  327  n  ;  Ellen 
(de),  vii,  98  n,  210  n,  326,  327  n  ; 
Ellis  de,  vii,  log  n  ;  Eufemia  de, 
vii,  326  n ;  Sir  Geoff,  de,  vii, 
326  n ;  Geoff,  de,  vii,  inn; 
Gilb.  de,  vi,  294  ;  Hen.  de,  vii, 
107 «,  inw;  Isabel  (de),  vi, 
317  ;  vii,  314  »,  326  n  ;  Jenet, 
vi,  383  n ',  Joan  de,  vii,  326 ; 
John  (de),  vi,  483;  vii,  109  n, 
no,  lion,  in  n,  125  n,  186  n, 

297",  314  «,  324  «,  325,  326  n, 
327,  327  n,  329  n  ;  Kath.  (Cath.) 
de,  vii,  326  n,  327  n  ;  Mabel  de, 
vii,  109  n ;  Marg.  de,  vii,  in, 
in  n,  325  n,  326  n,  327  n  ;  Mary 
(de),  vii,  15,  i86n,  327,  327  n ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  98  n,  107  n ; 
Nichola  de,  vii,  no,  in  n,  316  n, 

325,  326  n ;   Nich.  de,  vii,    in, 
in  n,  113  n,  326;  Orm  de,  vii, 
109  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  107  n,  109  n, 
no  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  in  n,  326  n  ; 
Rog.    (de),   vi,    135  n ;    vii,    109, 
no,    in,    in  n,    2ion,    308  n, 
316  n,  318  n,  319  n,  324  n,   325, 

326,  327  n,    328  n,    330 ;    Thos., 
vi,   135  n,   199  n,  383  n  ;  vii,   16, 
113  n,  185  n,  298  n,  303  n,  324  n, 

327,  327  n,  329  n,  330  n  ;  Uctred 
de,  vii,  1 10  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  294  ; 
vii,    98  n,    logn,    non,    inn, 
326  n,  327  ;  Will.  F.,  vii,  319  n  ; 
fam.,    vii,    299 ;    see   also    Fitz- 
he  rbert-Brockholes 

Brockholes    Bridge    (Samlesbury), 
vi,  303 


Brockhole  Syke  (Wymondhouses), 
vi,  394  n 

Brock-Hollinshead,  Lawr.,  vi,  281-2  ; 
Will.,  vi,  281 

Brocklehead  (Eccleshill),  vi,  •zjgn 

Brocklehurst  (Accrington),  vi,  424, 
472  n 

Brocton,  Broctun,  see  Broughton 

Brodbelt,  Rob.,  vii,  218,  245 

Brodfeld  (Walton),  vi,  296 

Broghton,  Brogton,  see   Broughton 

Brok,  see  Brooke 

Brokehole,  see  Brockhall 

Brokehurst  (Extwistle),  vi,  471  n 

Brome,  riv.,  see  Brun 

Bromefield  Bank  (Preston),  vii, 
100  n 

Bromeley  (Sharpies),  vi,  272  n 

Bromley,  Geo.,  vi,  404  n 

Brone,  man.,  see  Burn 

Bronley,  see  Burnley 

Brook,  see  Brooke 

Brookden,  Eliz.,  vi,  546  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
546  n 

Brooke  (Brok,  Brook,  Bruch), 
Geoff,  del,  vi,  315  n ;  Hen.,  vi, 
207  n ;  Hugh  del,  vi,  315  n  ; 
John,  vi,  318 ;  Lawr.  del,  vi, 
57  n ;  Marg.,  vi,  207,  207  n, 
392  n  ;  Nich.  del,  vi,  392  n  ;  Sir 
Pet.,  vi,  139,  148  n,  207 ;  Pet., 
vi,  22,  25,  139,  143,  146,  207  «, 
208;  Rich.,  vi,  20  n,  138,  182, 
207»  325  ;  Susannah,  vi,  25,  207  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  207  n,  495  ;  Will.,  vi, 
20  n  ;  see  also  Brookes 

Brooker,  John  W.,  vii,  43 

Brookes  (Brooks),  Rev.  John,  vi, 
299  ;  John,  vi,  434  ;  S.,  vi,  355  n  ; 
Sir  Thos.,  vi,  434  ;  Thos.,  vi,  354  ; 
Will.,  vi,  355  n  ;  see  also  Brooke 

Brookfield,  vi,  68  n;  vii,  130  n 

Brookhouse  (Blackburn),  vi,  240 

Brooks  (Bleasdale),  vii,  142,  142  n 

Brooks,  fam.,  see  Brookes 

Brooksbank,  Chas.,  vi,  423  n  ;  John, 
vi,  423  I  —  >  vi,  423 

Broomfield,  the  (Cuerden),  vi,  28  n 

Broomhurst,  Hen.  de,  vi,  48  n 

Broomicroft  (Hoghton),  see  Brim- 
microft 

Broomicroft,  Alice  del,  vi,  46  n ; 
Hugh  del,  vi,  46  n 

Brotherton,  see  Bretherton 

Broucton,  see  Broughton 

Broughton  (Craven),  vi,  544  n 

Broughton  (Preston),  vii,  72,  73  «, 
76,  79,  83  n,  100  n,  112  n,  117-24, 
128  n,  129,  137  n,  209  n,  211  n, 
285  n  ;  adv.,  vii,  123  ;  chap.,  vii, 
73»  83  n,  87  ;  char.,  vii,  90,  267  n  ; 
ch.,  vii,  77,  90,  117,  121  ;  crosses, 
vii,  117,  123  ;  hermitage,  vii, 
123  n  ;  mans.,  vii,  117,  185  ;  mills, 
vii,  n8n,  ngn;  Rom.  Cath., 
vii,  124 ;  sch.,  vii,  90,  124  ;  wells, 
vii,  117 

Broughton  (Brocton),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
66  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  66  n  ;  Ellen 
de,  vii,  ii8w;  Grace,  vi,  246  n  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  123  ;  John,  vi,  246  n, 
280  n,  517  n ;  Rich,  (de),  vii, 
126  n,  517  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  189  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  126  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 
118  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  457  n 

Broughton  Charitable  Society,  vii, 
124 

Broughton  House  (Broughton),  vii, 
117,  121 

Broughton  Tower  (Broughton),  vii, 
118-20 

Broun,  see  Browne 

Brouncker,  Edw.,  vi,  160 

Brounegge,  see  Brownedge 

Brown,  see  Browne 

350 


Brownall,  Rob.,  vii,  204  n 

Brownbill,  Jas.,  vii,  13  ;  Rob.,  vii, 
231  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  231  n 

Brownbirks  (Brownbirches) ,  Ellis 
de,  vi,  480,  511  n 

Browne  (Broun,  Brown,  Brun),  Ad., 
vi,  303  n,  320  n,  368  n  ;  Agnes, 
vii,  30  n  ;  Alex.,  vi,  48  n  ;  vii, 
167  n  ;  Alice,  vii,  30  n,  106  n  ; 
Anne,  vii,  106  n ;  Sir  Ant.,  vi, 
n,  30,  63  n,  inn,  138  n  ;  Ant., 
vi,  61  n,  88,  90  n,  log,  112  n, 
n6n;  vii,  138,  160  ;  Avice,  vii, 
52  n  ;  Award,  vi,  469  ;  Bridget, 
vii,  62  n,  1 06  n,  210;  Christina, 
vii,  248  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  289  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vii,  106  n,  150  n,  170  n, 
174  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  106  n  ;  Evan, 
vi,  329;  vii,  30  n,  106,  in  n, 
113  n,  136  n,  152  n,  167  n,  213  n  ; 
Ewan,  vii,  99  «,  329  n  ;  Geoff., 
vi,  303  n  ;  Rev.  Geo.,  vi,  344  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  48  n  ;  vii,  30  n,  gg  n, 
136  n,  152  n,  167  n,  238  n,  557  ; 
Geo.  H.,  vii,  161  ;  Geo.  R.,  vii, 
148  ;  Geo.  T.,  vi,  222  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
48  n  ;  vii,  126  n,  167  n,  234  n  ; 
Isabel,  vii,  173  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  48  n, 
225  n  ;  vii,  30  n,  gg  n,  106  n, 
I2on,  166  n,  167  n,  174;  Rev. 
Jas.  B.,  vi,  274 ;  Jane,  vi,  329  ; 
vii,  106  n ;  Janet,  vii,  170  n; 
Joan,  vi,  n,  30,  63  n,  log  n, 
112  n,  113  n,  383*1;  vii,  30  n, 
160  n,  197  n  ;  John,  vi,  199  n, 
368  n,  383  n  ;  vii,  30  n,  136  n, 
167,  167  «,  170  n,  173  n,  197  n, 
224,  241  n,  246,  248 ;  Rev. 
Jonas,  vi,  440,  518  n  ;  Jos.,  vii, 
13;  Kath.,  vii,  106  n,  inn; 
Laura,  vii,  106  n ;  Marg.,  vi, 
383  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  48  n  ;  Mich.,  vi, 
469  ;  Osward,  vi,  469,  475  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  299  n,  329  ;  vii,  30  n, 
106,  106  n,  107  n,  149  n,  167  n, 
170 «,  174  n,  210,  223;  Gen. 
Rob.,  see  Browne-Clayton  ;  Rob., 
vi,  153,  170  n,  320  n,  342  ;  Thos., 
vi,  7^,  377  n  ;  vii,  30  n,  210  n; 
Will.,  vi,  48  n,  207  n,  299  n  ; 
vii,  52  «,  106  n,  136  n,  165  n, 
167  n,  170  n,  174  n  ;  — ,  vii,  218 

Browne-Clayton,  Rich.  C.,  vi,  219  ; 
Gen.  Rob.,  vi,  219 

Brownedge  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi, 
289,  300 

Brown  Edge  (Brounegge),  dyke 
(Walton-le-Dale),  vi,  290 

Brown  Hill  (Colne),  vi,  526  n 

Brown  Hill  (Little  Harwood),  vi, 
249 

Browning,  John,  vii,  167  n  ;  Marg., 
vii,  167  n;  Will.,  vii,  166  n 

Brownlow,  earl,  vi,  368 

Brownlow,  Alice  de,  vi,  4io«; 
Jane,  vi,  425  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  425  n  ; 
Thos.  de,  vi,  410  n 

Brown  Lowe  (Over  Darwen),  vi, 
269 

Brown  Moss  (Kirkham),  vii,  158  n 

Brown  Moss  Side   (Kirkham),   vii, 

!74 
Brownside  Bridge  (Worsthorne) ,  vi, 

476 
Brownsword   (Brownswood),  Will., 

vi,  153,  181  n  ;  vii,  86  n 
Brow  Spring  (Chipping),  vii,  26  n 
Bruce,  see  Brus 
Bruch,  see  Brooke 
Bruchet  Gate  (Salesbury),  vi,  253  n 
Brudenell,     Eliz.,     see    Buccleuch, 

dchss  of  ;  Geo.,  see  Montagu,  dk- 

of 

Bruer,  see  Brewer 
Brumhull,  see  Brindle 


INDEX 


Brumleye,  see  Burnley 

Brun,  riv.,  vi,  441,  448,  468,  474, 

477  n,  478,  484 
Brunahill     Cross     (Garstang),     vii, 

315  » 

Brunden  (Haighton),  vii,  125  n, 
208  n,  209  n 

Brundeparloc  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n 

Brundhill,  Brundle,  see  Brindle 

Brune,  man.,  see  Burn 

Brunehill,  see  Brindle 

Brungerley  Bridge  (Clitheroe),  vi, 
360,  361 

Brungerley  Hipping-stones  (Clithe- 
roe), vi,  361 

Brunhill,  see  Brindle 

Brunigg,  see  Bryning 

Brunley,  see  Burnley 

Brunne,  man. ,  see  Burn 

Brunshaw  (Burnley),  vi,  441,  446, 
448,  457  ;  agric.,  vi,  443 

Brunswick  (Blackpool),  vii,  250  n 

Brus,  Agnes  de,  vii,  300,  301  ; 
Helewise  de,  vii,  301  ;  Ladarena 
de,  vii,  301  ;  Lucy  de,  vii,  301  ; 
Marg.  de,  vii,  301  ;  Pet.  de,  vii, 
300  n,  301 

Brustwick,  Rob.  de,  vii,  41 

Brydestones  (Over  Darwen),  vi, 
272,  279  n,  280  n 

Bryndill,  Bryndle,  see  Brindle 

Bryning  (Bryning  -  with  -  Kella  - 
mergh),  vii,  143,  143  n,  144, 
144 «,  146  n,  150,  157,  159-61, 
172  n,  173  n,  285,  286  n  ;  man., 
vii,  159 

Bryning  carr  (Lytham),  vii,  214  n 

Buccleuch,  Eliz.,  dchss.  of,  vi, 
233  ;  dks.  of,  vi,  280,  361,  362  ; 
Hen.  Scott,  vi,  233;  Walt.  F. 
M.  D.  Scott,  vi,  234 

Buck,  Alice,  vi,  151  n ;  Chas.,  vii, 
145,  148,  165,  204,  266,  291  ; 
Chris.,  vi,  151  n ;  Hen.  R.,  vii, 
148  n ;  N.,  vii,  78 ;  Rich.,  vi, 
151  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  151  n,  372  n  ; 
S.,  vii,  78  ;  fam.,  vii,  231  n 

Buckclough  (Cliviger),  vi,  479, 
481  n 

Buckden,  Ad.  de,  vi,  320,  507  n, 
509  n  ;  Matilda  (Maud)  de,  vi, 
320,  507  n,  509  n 

Buckler,  Chas.  E.,  vii,  10  n 

Buckley  (Ribchester),  vii,  45,  49  n, 
50 

Buckley,  fam.,  see  Bulkeley 

Buckley  Hall  (Ribchester),  vii,  49 

Buckow,  brook,  vi,  217,  222,  224 

Buck's  Cross  (Holleth),  vii,  305 

Buckshaw  (Euxton),  vi,  18,  21 

Buckshaw,  Higher  and  Lower  (Eux- 
ton), vi,  20  n,  21  n 

Buckshaw  Hall  (Euxton),  vi,  21 

Budworth,  Cecily  de,  vi,  67  »; 
Rich.,  vi,  67  n ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
66  n,  67  n 

Bukmonger,' Ad.,  vii,  92  n 

Bulcock,  Chris.,  vi,  516,  519  ;  Hen., 
vi,  520 ;  Jenet,  vi,  519 ;  John, 
vi,  519  ;  Rich.,  vi,  519 ;  Rob., 
vi,  517,  519,  556  ;  Sim.,  vi,  530  ; 
— ,  vi,  524  n 

Bulhalgh  (Bullaugh,  Bullay,  Bull- 
haugh,  Bullough),  Jas.,  vi,  217  n  ; 
Joan,  vi,  217  n,  411  n  ;  John,  vi, 
411  «;  Rich.,  vi,  147,  217  n; 
Rob.,  vi,  217  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  365  n  ; 
see  also  Buller 

Bulkeley,  Eliz.  H.  Warren-Bulkeley, 
vsctss,  vi,  244,  255  ;  vii,  194  n, 
286  n,  287  n  ;  Thos.  J.  Warren- 
Bulkeley,  vsct.,  vi,  255,  319  n  ; 
vii,  194  n,  286  n,  287  n 

Bulkeley  (Buckley),  Ad.  de,  vii, 
280  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  280  n  ;  Thos., 


Bulkeley  (cont.) 

vi,  7,  79  ;  Will.,  vi,  160  n  ;  Capt., 
vi,  229  n  ;  Rev.  — ,  vi,  147 

Bulkes,  ford,  vii,  226 

Bullaugh,  Bullay,  see  Bulhalgh  and 
Buller 

Buller,  Geo.,  vii,  136  w,  187  n  ; 
Jas.,  vii,  187  n  ;  John,  vi,  199  n  ; 
Will.,  vii,  136  n ;  see  also  Bul- 
halgh 

Bullhaugh,  see  Bulhalgh 

Bull  Hole  (Goldshaw  Booth),  vi, 
516 

Bullock,  Hugh,  vii,  218  ;  Rev.  Rich., 
vi,  333  n 

Bullock  Ees  (Hapton),  vi,  511 

Bullough,  see  Bulhalgh 

Bullridding  (Charnock  Richard),  vi, 
208  n 

Bulsnape  (Goosnargh),  vii,  191, 
193  n;  man.,  vii,  194 

Bulsnape  Hall  (Goosnargh),  vii,  194 

Bulsware,  Little,  see  Boulsworth 

Bumstead,  Jas.  H.,  vii,  190 

Bunk,  hill,  vi,  230 

Bunker's  Hill,  vi,  284,  523 

Buntable,  Rich,  le,  vii,  159  w 

Burcher  ridding  (Chorley),  vi,  141  n 

Burdett,  Edw.,  vii,  59  n 

Bure,  see  Bower  and  Burgh 

Burfet,  Burfoot,  see  Borset 

Burgess  (Burgeys),  John,  vi,  72  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  243,  451 

Burgh  (Duxbury),  vi,  183,  208,  212 

Burgh  (Bergh,  Boure,  Bure),  Ad. 
del,  vi,  48  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  64  n  ; 
vii,  182  ;  Avice  de,  vii,  227  n ; 
Cecily  del,  vi,  48  n  ;  Dorcas,  vii, 
182  ;  Ellen  (del),  vi,  209  n,  212  ; 
Hen.  (de,  del),  vi,  131  w,  142, 
212  «,  223  n,  224  n,  225  n  ;  Joan 
de,  vi,  212  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  212  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  212  ;  Ralph  del,  vi, 
224  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  64  n;  vii, 
182,  183,  183 «,  185  n,  187, 
227  «,  278  «;  Rob.  (de,  del),  vi, 
136  «,  140,  142,  209  n,  212,  212  n, 
227  n  ;  Sarah,  vii,  182  ;  Thos.  del, 
vi,  48  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  131  n, 
2ogn,  212  n,  225  n;  vii,  182, 
275  n ;  see  also  Bower  and 
Burrow 

Burghley,  Ld.,  vi,  306 ;  vii,  236 ; 
Will.  Ld.,  vi,  382 

Burghley  (Burlegh,  Burley),  Alan 
de,  vi,  193  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  193  n  ; 
Goditha  de,  vi,  193  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,  193  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  188  n  ; 
vii,  50  n,  51  n ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  193  n; 
Will,  de,  vi,  188,  193  n;  vii,  50 n ; 
see  also  Birley 

Burgill,  Eliz.,  vi,  31 7  n 

Burgoyne,  John,  vii,  17  n 

Burials  and  burial  mounds,  vi,  396, 
442,  469 

Burlegh,  Burley,  see  Burghley 

Burlington,  earl  of,  vii,  281  ;  Geo. 
A.  H.  Cavendish,  earl  of,  vi,  76  n 

Burn  (Thornton),  vii,  154  n,  155, 
155  n  ;  man.,  vii,  232,  234  ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  237 

Burn,  Burne,  fam.,  see  Bourne 

Burn  Hall  (Thornton),  vii,  155  n, 
232, 235 w 

Burnhull,  par.,  see  Brindle 

Burnhull,  Agnes  de,  vi,  76  ;  Alan  de, 
vi,  76,  221  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  76  ; 
Avice  de,  vi,  220  n  ;  Beatrice  de, 
vii,  100  n  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  76  ;  Kath. 
de,  vi,  76  ;  Lambert  de,  vi,  220  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  76  n  ;  Margery  de,  vi, 
24  n,  76  n  ;  Nich.  de,  vii,  98  n, 
100  n  ;  Sir  Pet.  de,  vi,  76  ;  Pet. 
de,  vi,  76,  79  n,  200 «,  220 «, 
291  ;  vii,  62  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  76  n  ; 

351 


Burnhull  (cont.) 

Rob.  de,  vi,  76  n,  loon;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  76,  79,  190  n,  220  n, 
303  n  ;  vii,  62  ;  Walt,  de,  vi , 
24  «  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  24  n,  76  «; 
see  also  Brindle 

Burnley,  vi,  349,  356  n,  434,  44I-54» 
457  »i  459,  4Sl  »>  487,  489,  54° 
vii,  56  n  ;   adv.,  vi,  450  ;   agric., 
vi,  443  ;  chant.,  vi,  451  ;   char., 

vi,  453  '>  ch->  vi,  448>  5°4 n  '• 
crosses,  vi,  349,  441,  442,  442  n, 
443,  450, 451  n;  ind.,  vi,  442;  man., 
vi,  232,  233  n,  443 ;  mkts.  and 
fairs,  vi,  442,  443,  447,  523  n ; 
mill,  vi,  447  n,  488,  489  w,  491, 
540 ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  452  ;  parks, 
vi,  448;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  453; 
Rom.  rem.,  vi,  442  ;  sch.,  vi, 
453  ;  suffragan  bp.  of,  vi,  451  ; 
wards,  vi,  448  n 

Burnley,  Ad.  de,  vi,  446,  477  n  ; 
Alice  de,  vi,  446 ;  Ellen  de,  vi, 
446  ;  John  de,  vi,  446  ;  Mabel  de, 
vi,  477  n  ;  Matilda  de,  vi,  446  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  451  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
444  n 

Burnley  Lane,  vi,  453 

Burnley  Ridge,  vi,  441 

Burnley  Wood  (Habergham  Eaves) , 
vi,  454,  459,  468,  534  n 

Burnslack  (Chipping),  vi,  379  n; 
vii,  27  n 

Burnt  Naze  (Thornton),  vii,  232  ; 
ch.,  vii,  237 

Burnul,  see  Brindle 

Burnulgate  (Walton-le-Dale) ,  vi, 
290 

Burrance  meadow  (Colne),  vi,  528  n 

Burrow  (Burrowes),  Rev.  Edw.,  vi, 
440 ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  80  ;  — ,  vi, 
65  n  ;  see  also  Burgh 

Burscough,  vi,  71  n  ;  char.,  vi,  90  n 

Burscough,  Alice  de,  vi,  101  n  ; 
Edm.,  vi,  28  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  295  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  3  n  ;  John  (de),  vi,  28  n, 
35  n,  92  n,  97  n,  101  n,  151  n, 
237  n ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  151  n ; 
Pet.,  vi,  10  n,  28  n,  295,  300  ; 
Reg.,  vi,  295  n ;  Reynold,  vi,  10  n  ; 
Rog.,  vi,  28  n,  295 ;  Thos.,  vi, 
28  n,  295 

Burscough  Place  (Leyland),  vi,  12  n 

Burscough  Priory,  vi,  69,  73,  73  n, 
96,  97,  104  n,  105 «,  108,  180, 
190,  202,  222  n,  224,  228  n  ;  Nich., 
prior  of,  vii,  99  n 

Burstad  Brining,  see  Bryning 

Burton  (Kendal),  vii,  177  n 

Burton,  brook,  vi,  49  « 

Burton,  Eliz.,  vii,  211  n  ;  John  de, 
vii,  137  n  ;  Oliver,  vi,  55  ;  Rich., 
vi,  525  n,  527  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  85  ; 
Rog.  (de),  vi,  169, 171  ;  vii,  211  n  ; 
Sim.  de,  vii,  183  n  ;  Wilfrid,  vi, 
518 ;  Will,  de,  vi,  171  n ;  vii, 
183  n 

Burwain's  (Briercliff e) ,  vi,  469,  470 

Burwains  (Foulridge),  vi,  545 

Burwell,  Geo.,  vii,  26 

Burwens  (Colne),  vi,  525  n,  528 

Bury,  Ad.  de,  vi,  48,  284,  285,  287  ; 
vii,  31  n,  34  n,  73  n,  94  n,  97  «, 
n6«;  Alice  de,  vii,  127  «; 
Andr.,  vi,  48  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  249, 
275  w,  285;  vii,  168  n ;  Rev. 
Herb.,  vi,  440 ;  Isabel  de,  vi, 
285  ;  Jas.,  vi,  394 ;  Rich,  de,  vii, 
3  w,  62  n,  n6»,  127  n,  318  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  n6n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi, 
285;  Will,  (de),  vi,  275  n,  284, 
285;  vii,  62  n,  318  n;  fam.,  vi, 
246  n  ;  see  also  Berry 

Bushbury,  Rich.,  vi,  250 ;  Rose, 
vi,  250 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Bushell  (Bushel,  Busshel),  Clement, 
vi,  398  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  102  n,  206  ; 
Seth,  vi,  18,  20  n,  22  n,  non, 
398  n  ;  vii,  82,  86,  90  n,  102  «, 
191  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  18  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 
18*2,  20  n  ;  vii,  190  n,  191,  203, 
204,  205,  206  ;  see  also  Bussel 

Busli,  Rog.  de,  vi,  232,  291 

Bussel  (Busshel),  Ad.,  vi,  15  «,  21  n, 
71  «,  72  «  ;  Alb.,  vi,  6  «,  14,  37, 
58  n,  59,  60  «,  61  «,  70  *2,  120  *i  ; 
vii,  113  ;  Alice,  vi,  7  »,  12  «,  15  *2, 
131  ;  Avice,  vi,  n  n,  62  ;  Bene- 
dict, vi,  7*2;  Cecily,  vi,  21  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  71,  ji  n  ;  Emma,  vi, 
21  n;  Geoff.,  vi,  37,  53  n,  58*2, 
60  »,  70  «,  71  w,  72  *2,  73  «  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  15  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  12,  70  *2, 
72 *i,  301  ;  vii,  171  ;  John,  vi, 
15  n,  21  n  ;  Jordan,  vi,  70  n,  71  n  ; 
Karnwath,  vi,  253 ;  Lettice,  vi,  6n, 
60  n  ;  Mabel,  vi,  717* ;  Margery, 
vi,  15  n,  70  n,  72  n;  Maud,  vi, 
18  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  18  «,  21  n,  170  n  ; 
Quenilda,  vii,  171  ;  Ralph,  vi, 
253;  Rich.,  vi,  6,  11*2,  15  n, 
18  »,  29,  37,  58  n,  62,  70  »,  71  n, 
120,  193  ;  vii,  171  n,  282  ;  Rob., 
vi,  n,  15  n,  18,  21  n,  53  *2,  58  n, 
62,  69,  70  n,  71,  73  n ;  Rog.,  vi, 
70*2,  71*1;  Thos.,  vi,  7,  14  n, 
15  n,  18  n,  21  n,  58  n,  70  n, 
71  n  ;  Warine,  vi,  6,  37,  54,  57, 
62,  70  «,  204,  208,  213,  217; 
vii,  2,  92  n,  113,  171*2,  177, 
178  *2  ;  Will.,  vi,  ii  n,  12  «,  15  *2, 
18  n,  21  n,  33  n,  131  ;  vii,  170  n  ; 
fam.,  vii,  27,  240  n ;  see  a/so 
Bushell 

Butcher,  John,  vii,  241  n  ;  Mary, 
vii,  120  n ;  Rob.,  vii,  241  n  ; 
Steph.,  vii,  120  n ;  Thos.,  vii, 
190,  241  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  241  n  ; 
— ,  vii,  242  n 

Butler,  Agnes,  vii,  255  n,  275  n  ; 
Alex.,  vii,  239  n,  314,  315  ;  Alice, 
vii,  275  n,  314  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  151  n  ; 
vii,  193  n,  267,  270,  275  n,  299, 
314  n  ;  Cath.,  vii,  275  n  ;  Cecily, 
vii,  322  n  ;  Charlotte,  vi,  267  ; 
Chris.,  vii,  255 ;  Cuth.,  vii, 
275  n ;  Dorothy,  vii,  239  n, 
275  n,  314;  Edm.,  vii,  274*1; 
Edw.,  vii,  140,  275  n  ;  Eleanor, 
vii,  229  n ;  Eliz.,  vi,  30,  33  n, 
151  n  ;  vii,  239  n,  270,  279  n, 
314,  315 ;  Ellen,  vi,  30,  420 ; 
vii,  257  ;  Geo.,  vii,  227  «,  257  «  ; 
Grace,  vi,  20  n,  33  n  ;  vii,  169  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  35  n,  151  «,  154  n, 
17071,  173  n  ;  vii,  i8o«,  181  n, 
182  n,  183  n,  190  n,  193  n,  200  n, 
241  n,  253  n,  254  n,  257,  261,  270, 
275.  275  n>  2?6,  277,  278  n ; 
Hercules  S.,  vii,  87  ;  Isabel,  vi, 
30,  154;  vii,  314%;  Janet,  vii, 
170 n;  Jas.,  vi,  140 n,  151*1, 
154  n  ;  vii,  275  n,  314  ;  John,  vi, 
20  n,  33  n,  154,  176*2,  177  n, 
368  n,  420;  vii,  169,  169*1,  180, 
180  n,  181  n,  229  n,  275  n,  282  n, 
292 «,  299,  314 ;  John  F.,  vi, 
267,  269  ;  Marg.,  vii,  227,  257  n, 
314;  Margery,  vi,  306;  Mary 
(Maria),  vi,  85,  267,  268,  275*2, 
314*2;  Nich.,  vi,  30,  154  n,  171, 
292  n  ;  vii,  169  n,  189,  253  «, 
254  n,  257  n,  275  n,  277  n  ;  Phil., 
vii,  276  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  154  n,  267  ; 
vii,  164*2,  169*2,  170*1,  227*2, 
241  n,  250*1,  253*2,  254*1,  255, 
257  n,  275,  275  n ;  Rob.,  vii, 
275*2;  Sarah,  vii,  314*2;  Sir 
Thos.,  vii,  241  n,  248,  306  ;  Thos., 
vii,  227*1,  255,  257*2,  275  n, 


Butler  (cont.) 

314 ;    Will.,   vi,    151  n ;    vii,    77, 
139*2,    140,    141,    180*2,    183*2, 
189*2,    227,    231*2,    253*2,    257, 
258  n,    259,    259  n,    270,    276  *2, 
278,  283  n,  322  n  ;  — ,  vii,   149, 
283,   296  n ;   fam.,   vi,   268  ;   vii, 
168  n,  172  n,  179,  261,  263,  272  ; 
see  also  Boteler 
Butler,  fee  of,  vii,  176 
Butler-Bowden,     John,     vi,     268  ; 

John  E.,  vi,  268 
Butler -Cole,  Thos.,  vii,  309  n 
Butter   Cross,   The    (Preston),    vii, 

91  n 

Butterfield,  Thos.,  vi,  541  n 
Butterley  (Mearley),  vi,  376  n 
Butterworth,  Alex.,  vi,  488  n  ;  Jas., 
vi,  55  ;  vii,  204  ;  John,  vi,  432, 
434  ;   Rob.,  vii,  291  ;   Susannah, 
vii,  82 

Butt  Hill  (Garstang),  vii,  330  n 
Buynde,  see  Bond 
Byerden  Clough  (Reedley),  vi,  490 
Byerden  Gate  (Reedley),  vi,  490 
Byerworth  ;  see  Byrewath 
Bymbrig  (Walton-le-Dale) ,  vi,  290 
Bynns,  Rob.,  vi,  418  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  418 
Byrchinlache  (Blackburn),  vi,  276 
Byrewath    (Barnacre),    vii,    109  n, 

no,  315,  318,  319*2,  326*2 
Byrewath  (Birewath),  Alice  de,  vii, 
100  n  ;  John  de,  vii,  272  n  ;  Rob. 
de,    vii,    318*2;    Rog.    (de),   vii, 
79  n,  100  n,  101  n,  272  n,  281  «; 
Walt,  de,  vii,  319  n 
Byrne,   Anna  D.,   vii,   286  n  ;     Sir 
Dan.,  vii,  286  n  ;  John,  vii,  286  n  ; 
Pet.,  vii,  286  *2 ;  see  also  Bourne 
Byrom,  Hen.  de,  vi,  174*2;  Ibota 

de,  vi,  174  n 

Byron,  John  Byron,  Ld.,  vi,  293  n 
Byron,  Emma  de,  vi,  204  n  ;  Geoff, 
de,  vi,  204  n  ;  Sir  John,  vi,  241  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  64  n  ;  Rich,  de, 
vii,  64  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  459  n 
Byroun,  vi,  497  n 

Byspam,   Byspaym,   Byspham,   see 
Bispham 


Cabber     Clough     (Haighton),     vii, 

126  n 

Caboun,  Ad.,  vi,  538  n 
Cabus  (Caboos),  vii,  291,  293,  300, 

304,  304  n,  305,  311  n,  315 
Cadeshou   (Clayton-le-Dale) ,   vi, 

258  n 
Cadley  (Preston),  vii,  119*2,  137, 

137  n  ;  man.,  vii,  126  *j,  138 
Cadley  Moor,  vii,  77 
Cadley  Shaw  (Preston),  vii,  137  n 
Cadman,  Will,,  vii,  78  n 
Cadshaw  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  269 
Cagildegrene    (Hapton),    see    Padi- 

ham  Green 

Caldecotes,  see  Coldcoats 
Calder,  mill,  vii,  302  n 
Calder,  riv.,  vi,  325,  338,  441,  446, 

454,  461,  464,  478,  479;  vii,  141, 

141  « 
Calder,  Ad.  de,  vii,  328  «  ;  Thos.  de, 

vii,  328  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  328  n 
Calderbank,  Leonard,  vi,  192 
Calder  Field  (Catterall),  vii,  300 
Calder  Head  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Calder  Vale  (Catterall),  vii,  320  n  ; 

ch.,  vii,  324 

Caleyard  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Calf,  brook,  vi,  67  n 
Calf  Croft  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335  » 
Calfhey  (Come),  vi,  527  n 
Calf  hey  (Pleasington),  vi,  268 
Calico,  brook,  vi,  199 


Calico-printing,   vi,   284,   399,   423, 

513 

Call,  fam.,  vi,  116  « 
Callis,    Eliz.,    vi,    525  ;    vii,    34  n  ; 

Rob.,  vii,  34  n 

Calmerley,  Rich,  de,  vi,  140  n 
Calna,  see  Colne 
Calveknoll,  see  Colneknoll 
Calvert,  Geo.,  vii,  128  n  ;  John,  vi, 

318  ;  vii,  317  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  289  ; 

Rob.,   vi,   260 ;   Thos.,   vi,   260  ; 

vii,   287  ;   Thos.   J.,  vii,   81  ;  — , 

vi,  252  n 

Camel,  Rich.,  vi,  369  n 
Camera,  see  Chamber 
Campion,  Edm.,  vi,  387 
Candelay,  vii,  330  n 
Cane,  Rev.  Basil,  vi,  344 
Canfall  (Ribchester),  vii,  58*2 
Cant  Clough,  brook  (Worsthorne) , 

vi,  474 
Cant  Clough,  reservoir  (Worsthorne) , 

vi,  447  «,  474 

Cantelow  (Cantley),  vii,  226  n 
Cantelowe,  Will.,  vi,  255 
Canterbury,    archbps.   of,   vi,    356, 

357.    359,    450,    451,    534,    557! 
vii,    60*2,    552  n ;     Cranmer,    vi, 
298 ;     vii,    275  n ;    Grindal,    vi, 
432  n ;  Juxon,  vi,  240,  357,  404  n, 
432*2,   450*2;   Sancroft,  vi,  240, 
318;   vii,  36;    Tillotson,  archbp. 
of,  vi,  492,  536 ;  Walter,  vii,  333  n 
Cantsfield,  vii,  269,  270  n 
Capelhedheus  (Croston),  vi,  92  n 
Capella,  John  de,  vii,  87  « 
Capes,  Will.,  vii,  292  n 
Cardales  (Carle ton),  vii,  230  n 
Cardales  (Howick),  vi,  66  n 
Garden,  Anna,  vi,  257 
Cardenas,  John  de,  vii,  280  » 
Cardigan,  Geo.   Brudenell,  earl  of, 

see  Montagu,  dk.  of 
Cardmaker,  Will.,  vii,  136  n 
Card  well,  Cuth.,  vii,  200  n  ;  Edw., 
vi,  211,  245  ;  John,  vi,  211  ;  Rich., 
vi,  2ii  ;  vii,  121  n,  216  n  ;  Rob., 
vii,  141  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  31  »2,  128  «, 
196  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  128,  128  n 
Cardwell  of  Ellerbeck,  Edw.  Card- 
well,  vsct.,  vi,  211,  224,  225 
Carlentun,  see  Carleton 
Carles,  Emma  (de),  vi,  179  «,  228  »  ; 
John,    vi,    204  n ;    Sir   Will.,   vi, 
179  n,  204  ;  Will.,  vi,  228  n 
Carleton,  vi,  58  n  ;  vii,  155  «,  219, 
222  «,  226  n,  228-31,  282  n,  285  ; 
mans.,  vii,  228 
Carleton,  Gt.,  man.,  vii,  228,  229- 

30,  302  n 
Carleton,  Hall  of  (Little  Carleton), 

vii,  230 
Carleton,  Little,  man.,  vii,  225,  228, 

229  n,  230-31,  238  n,  246  n 
Carleton,  Ad.  de,  vii,  274  n  ;  Alan 

de,    vii,    192  »2 ;    Alice    (de),    vii, 
277  n,    230  n ;    Amabil    de,    vii, 

230  n ;     Eliz.     (de),     vii,     193*2, 
230*2;     Geo.,     vi,     218  n;     vii, 
230 ;     Godith     de,     vii,     283 »  ; 
Hen.  de,  vii,  223  n,  228  n,  229  n, 

230,  233  n,  247  n,  283  n  ;   Joan, 
vii,     230  n  ;     John,    vii,     230  n  ; 
Lawr.,    vii,    230,    231*2;    Marg. 
(de),  vii,  228  n,  229  n,  230  n,  233  ; 
Margery   (de),   vii,   229*2,   230*2, 

231,  233  ;   Maud   de,   vii,   229  n, 
256  n  ;  Mich,  de,  vii,  228  n,  229  n, 
233  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  228  n  ;   Rob. 
de,  vii,  228  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  229  n  ; 
Swain  de,  vii,  228  n,  229,  250  n  ; 
Thos.  (de),  vii,  228  n,  230,  256  n  ; 
Walt,  de,  vii,  193  n,  228  n,  229, 
230  n,    240  n,    250  n,    277,    279, 
281  n,   282  n  ;   Sir  Will,   de,   vii, 


INDEX 


Carleton  (cont.) 

247  M,  268  n,  277,  279  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  192  «,  193  n,  228  n,  229, 
233  n,  240  n,  274  n,  277  »,  279, 
281  n,  282  n 

Carleton  House  Farm,  vii,  225 

Carlinghurst  (Button),  vii,  56  n, 
59" 

Carlisle,  John,  vii,  25 

Carnegie,  Andr.,  vi,  274,  432,  530 

Carnforth,  man.,  vii,  194,  303  n 

Carpenter,  Rog.  the,  vii,  230  «; 
Will.,  the,  vi,  201  n  ;  vii,  98  n  ; 
Gen.,  vi,  290 ;  vii.  77 

Carr,  New  and  Old  (Dutton),  vii, 
57  n 

Carr  (Hutton),  vi,  68  n 

Carr,  brook,  vi,  149 

Carr  (Karr),  Alan  (del),  vi,  70*1, 
71  n  ;  vii,  197  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi, 
201  n  ;  Anabel  del,  vi,  212  «  ; 
Anne,  vi,  210  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  528  ; 
Emery,  vi,  527  «  ;  Joan  del,  vi, 
70  «,  71  n  ;  Priscilla,  vi,  527  «; 
Ralph,  vi,  210  n ;  Steph.  del, 
vii,  170  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  394  ;  Walt, 
(de,  del),  vi,  201  n,  546  «  ;  vii, 
170  n  ;  Will.  S.,  vi,  210;  — ,  vii, 

215 
Carr      Close,      New      (Barrowford 

Booth),  mill,  vi,  543  n 
Carrfurlong  (Poulton),  vii,  226  » 
Carr  Hall  (Barrowford  Booth),  vi, 

521,  542,  543,  547 ;  null,  vi,  543 
Carr  Hall  (Pendle),  vi,  250 
Carr  Hall  (Wilpshire),  vi,  336 
Carr  Hey,  brook,  vii,  27  n 
Carr  Heys  (Come),  see  Carry  Heys 
Carr  Holme  (Cabus),  vii,  305 
Carrholme  (Come),  vi,  525  n 
Carr  House  (Bretherton) ,  vi,   102, 

153 
Carr   House    Green   Common    (In- 

skip),  vii,  279 
Carrier,  Miles,  vi,  557 
Carrington,   John,   vi,   381  ;    Rob., 

vii,  297 

Carr  Marsh  (Preese),  vii,  177  n 
Carr  meadow  (Carleton)  vii,  231  n 
Carrs,    the    (Singleton),    vii,    183, 

192  « 

Carry  Bridge  (Colne),  vi,  530 
Carry  Heys  (Colne),  vi,  233  n,  523, 

525,  528  n,  529,  530  M,  549 
Cartelache  (Tockholes),  vi,  281  n 
Carter,  Geo.,  vi,  lion;  vii,  144  «, 

260 n;    Hen.,    vi,    431 «;    Jas., 

vii,  121  n,  181  n  ;  John,  vii,  190  n; 

Pet.,  vii,  89  n ;  Rob.,  vii,  181  «, 

255  n,    260 «,     335  ;    Thos.,    vi, 

431  n  ;  vii,  190  n,  260  n 
Carter  Place  (Haslingden),  vi,  431 
Cartford  Bridge  (Gt.  Eccleston),  vii, 

181,  273,  276 
Cartmel    (Cartmell),    Ad.    de,    vii, 

52 »;    Eliz.,    vii,    135  n;    Thos., 

vii,  293  n,  332 
Cartridge  Hill,  vi,  230,  280 
Cartwright,  Alice,  vi,  217  n  ;  Eliz., 

vi,  285  M-286  «  ;  Will.,  vi,  217  n, 

285  n-286  n 
Carus,  John,  vii,  173  n  ;  Kath.,  vii, 

173  n  ;  Mary,  vii,  314  n  ;   Rich., 

vii,    173  n ;    Thos.,    vii,    314  n; 

Will.,  vi,  403  ;  — ,  vi,  411  ;  vii, 

280  n 

Carver,  Jas.,  vi,  28  n 
Caryll,    Bridg.,    vii,    182  »;     John, 

vii,  182  « 

Case,  Geo.,  vi,  215,  228 
Cassinghurst,   Ellis   de,   vi,   507 «  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  507  n 
Casson,  Rev.  Geo.,  vi,  435 
Castelhow  (Garstang),  vii,  319  n 
Castell  (Whalley),  vi,  382  n 

7 


Castell,  Will,  del,  vii,  160  n 
Castercliff  (Castell  Clif)   (Marsden), 

vi,  536 
Casterton,    Gilb.    de,    vii,    318  n  ; 

Hen.  de,  vii,  318  n 
Castilne  Clough  (Whittle),  vi,  34  n 
Castle  Clough,  brook,  vi,  507 
Castle  dykes  (Clitheroe),  vi,  363  n 
Castlegate  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  n,  28  n 
Castlegate  (Whalley),  vi,  371 
Castle  Hill  (Clitheroe),  vi,  363  n 
Castle  Hill  (Croston),  vi,  95  n 
Castle    Hill    (Habergham    Eaves), 

vi,  454 

Castle  Hill  (Towneley),  vi,  459  n 
Castle  Place  (Croston),  vi,  95  « 
Castlepool    Hey    (Mawdesley),    vi, 

95  « 
Castle    Townfields    (Marsden),    vi, 

538 

Castleyard  (Croston),  vi,  95  n 
Castor  Gill,  riv.,  vi,  519 
Catch  House  (Goosnargh),  vii,  199  n 
Caterall,  Caterhall,  see  Catterall 
Catforth  (Woodplumpton),vii,  150^, 
285,  287  n  ;  man.,  vii,  288  ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  285  ;   sch.,  vii,  288  n, 
291 

Catforth,  Gilb.  de,  vii,  288  n 
Cathirton  (Catherton),  Alan  de,  vii, 
98  n,    3 1 3  n  ;    Margery    de,    vi, 
555  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  555  «  ;  vii, 
313  n  ;  — ,  vii,  308  » 
Cathole  Clough  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Catholic  Apostolic  Church,  vi,  427 
Catlow   (Marsden),  vi,   524 «,  536, 
538 ;   hosp.,   vi,   540 ;    man.,   vi, 
538  ;  Rom.  coins,  vi,  523  n 
Catlow    (Oswald twistle),    vi,    407  ; 

mill,  vi,  407 

Catlow,  brook,  vi,  468,  536 
Catlow  (Cattlow),  Ad.  de,  vi,  402  «, 
538  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  402  «,  407  n  ; 
Alice  de,  vi,  407  n  ;  Beatrice  de, 
vi,  402  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  243  n  ;  Edm., 
vi,  402  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  402  n,  407  n  ; 
Ellen  de,  vi,  402  n ;  Hen.  de,  vi, 
402  »,  406  n,  407  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,  402  «,  538  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  402  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  402  n,  407  n  ; 
Nich.  de,  vi,  402  n  ;  Pet.  de,  vi, 
402  n  ;  Ralph  de,  vi,  402  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  402  n,  538  n ;  Rob.  de, 
vi,  402  n,  407  «,  538,  538  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  402  n,  407  n ;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  402  «,  406  n,  407  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  402  n  ;  — ,  vi,  528  ;  fam., 
vi,  401 

Catlow  Green  (Marsden),  vi,  53911 
Catlow    Hall    (Oswaldtwistle),    vi, 

407 
Catlow  Rake  Foot   (Marsden),   vi, 

536  n 

Catlow  Row  (Marsden),  vi,  537 
Caton,  vii,  269  n 

Caton,  Chris.,  vii,  299  ;  Eliz.,  vii, 
299  ;  Jane  de,  vii,  196  n  ;  Joan 
de,  vii,  177  n,  279  n  ;  John,  vii, 
24,  299  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  24,  330  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  109  n ;  Will,  (de), 
vi,  159  n  ;  vii,  109  n,  177  n,  196  n, 
279  n,  297 

Catrehal,  Catrehala,  see  Catterall 
Catshawsyke  (Wheel ton),  vi,  49  n 
Catterall     (Garstang),     vii,     173  n, 
253  n,    274  n,    291,    293,    296 «, 
302  n,  314  w,  315,  319  n,  320-4, 
326  ;   char.,  vii,   300 ;   man.,  vii, 
291,  320,  322 
Catterall,    Higher    (Garstang),    vii, 

320  w 

Catterall  (Shevington),  vi,  202  n 
Catterall  (Catthul),  Ad.  de,  vi,  67  n, 
170  «,  388,  389  n ;  vii,  136  w, 
192  n,  193  n,  194  n,  281  n,  321  ; 

353 


Catterall  (cont.) 

Agnes  (de),  vi,  346  n,  457  n  ;  vii, 

192  n,  321  n  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  170  n, 
346,  388  n,  389  ;  vii,  53  n,  192  n, 

193  n,  196  n,  197,  316  n,  321; 
Alex.,  vi,  201  n,  202  ;  Alice,  vi, 
419  n  ;  vii,  193  n,  321  n;  Anne, 
vi,  170  n,  547  n  ;  vii,  193  n,  322  n ; 
Beatrice  de,  vii,  321  ;  Bernard  de, 
vii,  191  n,  318;  Christiana  de, 
vii,  192  n ;  Dorothy  (de),  vi, 
389  n  ;  vii,  193  n,  322  ;  Eliz., 
vi,  170  n,  354,  512  n  ;  vii,  136  «, 
193  n,  194,  322,  322  n ;  Ellen 
(de),  vii,  64  «,  321  n;  Emma; 
vii,  322  n ;  Evan,  vi,  237  n  , 
Hen.  (de),  vi,  296,  402  n ;  vii, 
74,  136  »,  321  «;  Hugh  de,  vii, 

321  n,  322  n,  323  n  ;  Isabel  (de), 
vi,  346  ;  vii,  53  n,  321  n;  Iseult 
(Isoult),  de,  vi,  170  w;  vii,  192  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  237  n,  456  n,  512  «,  546, 
547  ;  Jane,  vii,  193  n,  322  n  ; 
Joan  (de),  vi,  456  n,  546  n  ;  vii, 

192  «,  194  n  ;  John  (de),  vi,  77  n, 
389  n,  457,  457  n,  458  n,  508  n  ; 
vii,  6^  n,  192  n,  193  n,  194  n,  196, 
197,  19? «,  198  »,  213  n,  321, 

322  n ;  Kath.  (Cath.)  (de),  vi, 
200 «,  328,  393  n  ;  vii,  193  n, 

321  n,  322  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  201  n, 
338  n  ;  vii,  194  n;  Loretta  (Lora) 
de,  vi,  388,  389  ;  vii,  321  ;  Marg. 
(de),  vi,  391  n,  546 ;  vii,  193  n, 
300,  322  n  ;  Marian,  vii,  193  n  ; 
Mary,  vi,  170*1,  419;  Paulin  de, 
vii,  192  «,  193  «,  321  n  ;  Pet.  (de), 
vi,  201  n,  202  ;  vii,  193  n,  323  n  ; 
Ralph  (de),  vi,  47  n,  169  n,  170  n, 
223  «,  328,  354,  389  n,  393  n  ; 
vii,  28,  127  n,  192  n,  193  n,  194  n, 
J95,  !Q8  n,  199,  268  n,  297 «, 
313  n,  321,  322  n,  323  n  ;  Rich, 
(de),  vi,  169  n,  174  n,  200  n, 

388  «,  389  n  ;  vii,  14,  30  n,  53  n, 
64  w,  127  n,  182  n,  192,  192  n, 

i93>  193 «,  194  »,  3i4w,  3*6  «, 
320,  321,  322  »,  323  n,  331  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  3  n,  237  n,  260,  402  «, 
419  n  ;  vii,  191  n,  192  n  ;  Rog. 
(de),  vi,  200  n,  201  n  ;  vii,  321  n  ; 
Swain  de,  vi,  169  n;  vii,  192  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  170  n,  175  n,  237  n, 

389  n,  391  n,  419  ;  vii,  136  n, 

193  »,   J94,    J94  n,   J99  «,   201  n, 
227  n,  321,  323  w,  324  n  ;  Vane, 
vi,   298  n ;  Will,    de,   vii,    141  n, 

194  n,  321  n  ;  — ,  vi,  199,  353  n 
Catterall     Field     (Garstang),     vii, 

322  n 

Catterall  Hall  (Garstang),  vi,  354  n 

vii,  322 

Catterick,  Thos.,  vii,  71  n 
Catteridding  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  « 
Catthull,  see  Catterall 
Cattlow,  fam.,  see  Catlow 
Caune,  see  Colne 
Causeway     Farm     (Hoghton),     vi, 

36  n 

Causeway  (Cawsey)  Meadow  (Pres- 
ton), vii,  79  n,  101  n 
Cave-Browne-Cave,  Fitzherbert  A., 

vi,  496  ;  vii,  67 
Cavendish,    Lady   Eliz.,    vi,    233  ; 

Ld.    Geo.,    vi,    76  n ;    Ld.    Will., 

vi,  76  n  ;  vii,  281  n 
Cavendish,   Anne,   vii,   280 ;   Chas. 

C.  W.,  see  Chesham,   Ld.  ;   Geo. 

A.   H.,   see  Burlington,   earl  of  ; 

Will.,  vi,  76,  80 ;  vii,  280,  281  «  ; 

fam.,  vii,  277 

Cavendish  Bentinck,  see  Bentinck 
Caw  beck,  brook,  vi,  18  n 
Cawsey     Meadow,     see     Causeway 

Meadow 

45 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Cawson,  Geo.,  vii,  305  n ;  John, 
vii,  305  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  305  n 

Cawthorne,  — ,  vii,  305  n 

Caw  veil,  fam.,  see  Cowell 

Cayballes,  see  Cabus 

Cecil,  Sir  Rob.,  vii,  73 

Cecily,  vii,  97  n ;  d.  of  Benedict 
vii,  99  n  ;  d.  of  John,  vi,  61  « 
the  recluse,  vii,  44  ;  w.  of  Adam 
vi,  209  n ;  \v.  of  Jordan,  vi 
365  »  ;  w.  of  Richard,  vi,  555  n 
w.  of  William,  vii,  115  w 

Celer,  John  de,  vii,  268  n ;  Jordan 
del,  vii,  257  n ;  Maud  de,  vii, 
268  n  ;  see  also  Seller 

Celhod,  John,  vi,  127  n 

Cernok,  see  Charnock 

Certeden,  Rich,  de,  vi,  60  n 

Chacoumbe,  John  de,  vii,  311  n 

Chadderton  (Chaderton),  Geoff,  de, 
vi,  264,  265  n,  328  n  ;  Margery 
de,  vi,  264 ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  264  ; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  328  n  ;  Will,  bp.,  vi, 
4,  185  n,  227,  359  n,  496  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  264,  265  n 

Chaddeslegh,  see  Chaigley 

Chaddock,  Dan.,  vi,  296  ;  Jqan,  vii, 

229  n,  230  n  ;   Thos.,  vii,  229  n, 

230  n 

Chaderton,  see  Chadderton 

Chadesden,  Rich,  de,  vi,  357 

Chadlington,  man.  (Oxon),  vi,  321 

Chadswell  (Chaigley),  vii,  i 

Chadwick,  Sir  Andr.,  vi,  431  ;  Anne, 
vi,  229  n  ;  Chas.,  vi,  189  n  ;  Edw., 
vi,  213;  Eleanor  M.,  vi,  213  »; 
Ellen,  vi,  229  n  ;  Ellis,  vi,  431  n, 
438  «  ;  E.,  vi,  143 ;  Jas.,  vi,  229  n ; 
John,  vi,  189,  228  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
438  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  229  n,  430  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  431  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  213  «, 
229  «;  Mrs.,  vi,  411;  fam.,  vii, 
113  w 

Chaflar,  see  Shaffer 

Chaigley  (Chageley,  Chaigeley),  vi, 
23°>  497 n  i  vii,  i,  2>  J5>  2O> 
197  n  ;  chant.,  vii,  19  ;  char.,  vii, 
19  ;  man.,  vii,  15  ;  Nonconf.,  vii, 
19  ;  well,  vii,  2 

Chaillon,  Will.,  vi,  369  n 

Chair-making,  vii,  27 

Challoner  (Chaloner),  Eliz.,  vii, 
273  ;  John,  vi,  543;  Thos.,  vii,  273 

Chamber  (Marsden),  see  Chamber- 
in-Pendle 

Chamber  (Camera,  Chambre),  Aline 
del,  vii,  212 «;  Cecily  de,  vi, 
60  n ;  Eliz.  de,  vii,  3  ;  Helen  de, 
vii,  252  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  3  ;  Will, 
de,  vii,  252  n  ;  — ,  vi,  395  n 

Chamber  Bridge,  see  Quakers' 
Bridge 

Chamber  Hill,  vi,  537,  540 

Chamber-in-Pendle,  vi,  490,  492, 
521  n,  539,  540  ;  vii,  306  n 

Chamberlain  (Chamberlaine),  Ellen, 
vi,  198  w,  229  n  ;  Geo.,  vi,  119; 
Rich.,  vi,  478  ;  Thos.  F.,  vi,  128 

Chambre,  see  Chamber 

Champion  (Chatburn),  see  Chatburn 
Score 

Chandos,  Anne,  Lady,  vii,  185  »; 
Grey  Bridges,  Ld.,  vii,  185  n 

Chantries,  vi,  74,  89,  104  w,  114, 
118,  122  n,  127,  161,  181,  183  w, 
186,  i88n,  190,  243,  314 », 
316  n,  342,  343,  352,  354,  359, 
448,  451,  453  n,  494;  vii,  16,  17, 
J9>  25  n>  2(>,  88,  89,  147  n,  148  n, 
149,  261,  262,  266,  275  n,  295,  299 

Chapel  Croft  (Claughton),  vii,  330 

Chapelfield  Wood,  vii,  316  n 

Chapel  Flat  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  319 

Chapel  Flat  (Twiston),  vi,  559  H 
Chapel  Hill  (Hutton),  vi,  69  n 


Chapel  Hillock  (Coppull),  vi,  224 
Chapel  House  (Chaigley),  vii,  i,  19 
Chapel  House  farm  (Aighton),  vii,  14 
Chapel  Lea  (Towneley),  vi,  459  n 
Chapelridding  (Northale),  vi,  312  n 
Chapels  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  270 
Chapels,  anc.,  vi,  73,  369,  373,  380, 
403,  426,  432,  489,  494,  495,  517, 
532-3,  535,  543,  544  n>  552,  558, 
560 ;  vii,  73,  81  n,  83  n,  87,  87  n, 
115  w,    124  w,    219,    276  n,    282, 
284,  289,  299,  312 
Chapman,  Hen.,  vi,  397  n ;  vii,  92  n; 
John  the,  vii,  281  n ;  Maud,  vii, 
281  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  474  »  ;  Will.,  vii, 
92  « 

Chapon  Toft  (Standish),  vi,  190  » 
Charles  I,  vi,  57  ;  vii,  138  n 
Charles  II,  vi,   18,  20  n,  64,   290 ; 

vii,  76,  139 
Charles    Edward,    prince,    vii,    78, 

293 

Charleton  (Chorlton),  Guy  de,  vi, 
373  n  '>  John,  vi,  367  n ;  Thos.  de, 
vi,  373  n  ;  see  also  Carleton 

Charneles,  John  de,  vii,  85 

Charnley,  Alex.,  vii,  282  n ;  Alice, 
vii,  50  »,  115%;  Amery,  vii, 
128 »;  Anne,  vii,  115  w;  Chris., 
vi,  60;  Eliz.,  vii,  120  n ;  Geo., 
vii,  124,  126 ;  Hen.,  vii,  120  n, 
126  »,  127  n,  288  n  ;  Hugh,  vii, 
124,  127  n  ;  John,  vi,  56  n,  192  n  ; 
vii,  3  n,  go,  128  n,  190  n,  282  n  ; 
Lawr.,  vii,  126  n ;  Margery  de, 
vi,  6 1  n  ;  Paul,  vii,  113  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  311;  vii,  126 «;  Rob.  (de), 
vi,  61  n  ;  vii,  282  n  ;  Rog.,  vii, 
216  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  282  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  119;  vii,  50  «,  123,  128  n 

Charnley  Eaves,  vii,  279  «,  288  « 

Charnock,  ham. (Charnock  Richard), 
vi,  204 

Charnock,  Heath,  tnshp.,  see  Heath 
Charnock 

Charnock  (Heath  Charnock,  Char- 
nock Gogard),  Ad.  de,  vi,  24, 
29  n>  33  n>  J36  n,  206,  207  n, 
214  n  ;  Agnes  (de),  vi,  206  n,  277  ; 
vii,  136  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  6,  15  n,  64  n  ; 
vii,  165  n  ;  Bridg.,  vi,  138,  207  ; 
Cecily,  vi,  24  «,  63  n,  64  n,  206  n, 
225,  277  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  226  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  165  n,  207  n,  277  ; 
Ellen  (de),  vi,  21  n,  228  n ; 
Emma,  vii,  234  n  ;  Eudosia,  vi, 
140  n  ',  Gilb.,  vi,  206  n,  234  n  ; 
Hastus  de,  vi,  207  n;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  34  n,  82,  101  »,  136,  199  n, 
205,  206  ;  vii,  136  n  ;  Hester,  vii, 
ii4n;  Hugh  de,  vi,  206  n ;  Isa- 
bel de,  vi,  207  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  192  n, 

206  «,  207  n  ',  Joan  (de),  vi,  33  n, 
63  »,     165  «,    206  ;    vii,     138  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  3  «,  8  »,  15  n,  24, 
24  n,  29  »,  30  n,  61  n,  65,  73  n, 
in  n,  206,  206  w,  207  n,  208  n, 
214  n,  225,  277  n  ;  vii,  136  n,  138, 
!65  n,    308  n ;     Jordan    de,    vi, 

205  n,    214  n ;    Juliana    de,    vi, 
214  n  ;    Kath.,    vi,    30  n  ;    Marg. 
(de),    vi,    138,    206,    206 »,    207, 
214  «,  277  n  ;  Margery,  vi,  206  n, 

207  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  214  n  ;  Percival 
de,  vi,  206  n  ;  Ralph  de,  vi,  140  «, 

206  n,  213  w,  214  n  ;  Randle  de, 
vi,  206  »;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  21  «,  22  n, 
24,  27  n,  58  «,  64  n,  136  n,  140  n, 
182,  204,  205  n,  206,  207  n,  213  n, 
214  n,  224  n,  288  n  ;   Rob.    (de), 
vi,  6,  15  «,  16,   24  «,  61  »,  63  n, 
71  n,  136,  138,  183  n,  192  n,  206, 
206  n,     207,     207  w,     208,     213, 
214  n,  216  n,  217  «,  346  n,  401  n, 
511  «;  vii,   114  n;  Rog.  (de),  vi, 

354 


Charnock  (cont.) 

3  n,  6,  15,  24  «,  in  n,  207  n ;  vii, 
123  ;  Susan,  vi,  15  n  ;  Capt.  Thos., 
vi,  16  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  15,  24  n, 
63  n,  64  »,  inn,  136,  138,  142, 
205  n,  206,  207,  207  n,  208  n, 
216  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  15,  15  «,  24  n, 

3°  **,  57  n>  DI  n>  71  n>  72>  in  »*> 
199  «,   206,   206  w,   207  n,   214  n, 
277  n,    321  n  ;   vii,    136  «  ;    Rev. 
— ,  vi,  88  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  69  n  ;  se 
also  Gogard 

Charnock  Gogard  (Gogarth),  tnshp., 
see  Heath  Charnock 

Charnock   Green    (Charnock   Rich- 
ard), vi,  182,  204 

Charnock    Hall,    see    Leyland    Old 
Hall 

Charnock  Heath,  tnshp.,  see  Heath 
Charnock 

Charnock  House   (Claughton),  vii, 

325 

Charnock  Moss  (Penwortham),  vi, 

61  « 
Charnock  Richard,  vi,  187  «,  204-8 ; 

char.,  vi,  9  n,  192  ;  ch.,  vi,  208  ; 

man.,  vi,  204  ;  vii,  130  n  ;  mkts. 

and  fairs,  vi,  205 
Chastel,  brook,  see  Chester 
Chatburn,    vi,    349,    356 »,    372-3, 

521  «,  552,  554,  556  n  ;  vii,  307  ; 

adv.,  vi,  373  ;  char.,  vi,  372  ;  ch., 

vi,    361,    373;    man-,    vi,    232, 

233  n>  36i  n,  372,  489  ;   mill,  vi, 

372  n,   373  ;   Nonconf.,  vi,   373  ; 
place-names,  vi,  372  n  ;  quarries, 
vi,  372  ;  Rom.  coins,  vi,  372 

Chatburn,  — ,  vi,  372  n 

Chatburn    Hollins    (Chatburn),    vi, 

373  n 

Chatburn  Score  (Chatburn),  vi,  373 
Chatburn    Wood    (Chatburn),    vi, 

373  n 

Chat  butts  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Chatteburn,  see  Chatburn 
Chattox,  Old,  see  Whittle,  Anne 
Chaygeslegh,  see  Chaigley 
Cheetham  (Manchester),  vii,  120  n 
Cheetham,  fam.,  see  Chetham 
Cheker  (Bispham),  vi,  101  n 
Cheldesey,  Phil,  de,  vi,  58  n 
Chepin,  see  Chipping 
Cherestanc,  see  Garstang 
Cherle,  Cherlegh,  Cherley,  see  Chorley 
Chernocke,  Chernok,  Chernoke,  see 

Charnock 

Cherry  Tree  (Livesey),  vi,  263,  284 

Chesham,  Lds.,  vi,  76  »  ;  vii,  277  n  ; 

Chas.  C.  W.  Cavendish,  vi,  76  ; 

vii,  281 

Cheshire,  John,  vi,  65  ;  Rich.,  vi, 

65  n  ;  see  also  Chester 
Chester,  brook,  vii,  36  n,  45  n,  46  n 
Chester,  bps.  of,  vi,  74  n,  429  «,  518  ; 
vii,  64,  74,  188,  190  n,  210,  299, 
334 «;  Bridgeman,  vi,  181,  222, 
299,  516;  Chadderton,  vi,  4,  185  n, 
227,  359  «,  496  n  ;  Gastrell,  vi, 
in,  128,  318,  426,  453 n,  486, 
541  »,  558  n  ;  vii,  40,  44  «,  60  n, 
Ob,  149 n,  158*1,  165,  165  n,  205, 
205  n,  218,  292,  312,  334  n;  Pep- 
loe,  vii,  86  n  ;  Stratford,  vii,  42  n , 
86  n  ;  Walton,  vi,  86  ;  dean  of, 
vi,  189 
Chester,  Ranulf  (Randle),  earl  of, 

vi,  65  »,  193  »,  260  ;  vii,  256  n 
Chester,  Jas.,  vii,  127  n ;  Pet.  de, 
vi,  328  w,  350  «,  355  «,  356,  382, 
387 «,  390,  407  n,  413,  414", 
505  n,  506  n,  509  n,  556  n  ;  Sir 
Rob.  de,  vi,  373,  388  n  ;  Rob.  de, 

vi,  552,  553  »  ;  Sim-  de>  vi»  241  '. 
Will,  de,  vi,  201  n ;  see  also 
Cheshire 


Chesterfield,  Phil.  Stanhope,  earl  of, 

vi,  293  n 

Chester  gate  (Ribchester),  vii,  49  « 

Chetham     (Cheetham),     Edw.,    vi, 

272  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  216  n  ;  Humph., 

vi,  424  ;  Mary,  vi,  415  ;  Rob.,  vi, 

216  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  425  « 

Chetwynd,  Barbara,  vi,  59  n  ;  Walt., 

vi,  8  n,  59  n 

Chevassut,  Rev.  Fred.  G.,  vi,  334 
Chevilli,    Almiria    de,    vii,    180  n  ; 

Thos.  de,  vii,  180  n 
Chew,   man.    (Billington),   vi,   325, 

326,  327 

Chew  (Chewe,  Cho,  Chow),  Avice 
del,  vi,  326  ;  Rev.  Chas.  A.,  vi, 
334 ;  Hen.  del,  vi,  326 ;  Hugh 
del,  vi,  326  ;  John  (del),  vi,  326  n, 
387  n,  388  «,  506  n  ;  vii,  138  n  ; 
Rich,  del,  vi,  326  n,  327  ;  Thos. 
del,  vi,  326  n  ;  W.  R.,  vi,  496  ; 
fam.,  vi,  332 

Chewe  (Goosnargh),  vii,  195  n 
Chew  Mill  (Billington),  vi,  326 
Chew  Yard  (Billington),  vi,  328 
Cheydeslega,  see  Chaigley 
Chicheham,  see  Kirkham 
Chichester,    Ralph  Bridecake,    bp. 

of,  vi,  189,  192  n 
Chierche,  Chiereche,  see  Church 
Childe,  Ad.  de,  vi,  408  n  ;  Rob.  de, 

vi,  408  n 
Childers,    Marg.     de,     vii,     125  n ; 

Will,  de,  vii,  125  n 
Childwall,  vi,  426 
Chilers,  Thos.,  vi,  494  n 
Chilsey  Green  (Aighton),  vii,  i 
Chimelli,  Will,  de,  vii,  263  n 
Chingle    Hall    (Whittingham),    vii, 

102  «,  207,  211  ;  mill,  vii,  211 
Chingle  Hall,  New  (Haighton),  vii, 

124 

Chinmyre  (Pendleton),  vi,  394  n 
Chipin,  Chipinden,  see  Chipping 
Chippenley,  Rog.  de,  vii,  46  n 
Chippindale  (Chippingdale),  Ad.  de, 
vii,    29  n  ;    John    de,    vii,  29  n  ; 
Siegrith  de,  vii,  29  n  ;  Thos.  de, 
vii,  29  «  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  29  «  ;  see 
also  Chipping 

Chipping,  vi,  230,  233  n,  234 ;  vii, 
i,  20-32,  43,  59  n,  71,  84  n,  119  n, 
128  n,  199  n,  321  n  ;  adv.,  vii,  23  ; 
chant.,  vii,  25  «,  26 ;  char.,  vii, 
26  ;  ch.,  vi,  380 ;  vii,  20 ;  fairs, 
vii,  27  ;  ind.,  vii,  27  ;  man.,  vi, 
40 »,  232;  vii,  20,  27-31;  mill, 
vii,  27  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  32 
Chipping,  brook,  vi,  233  n,  379  n  ; 

vii,  27  n 

Chipping,  Alex,  de,  vii,  29  n  ;  Alice 
de,  vii,  29  n ;  Benedict  de,  vii, 
30  n  ;  Cecily,  vii,  35  n  ;  Christiana 
de,  vii,  28  n ;  Emma  de,  vii, 

29  n  ;  Geoff,  de,  vii,  30  n,  281  n  ; 
John   de,   vii,    27  n,   28 «,    29  n, 

30  n,  34  n  ;  Margery  de,  vii,  27, 

29  n,   30  n  ;   Rich,   de,  vii,   27  n, 
28  n,  29  «,  30  n,  281  n  ;  Rob.  de, 
vii,   28  n,  29  «,   30  n  ;    Rog.  de, 
vii,    29 «,    30 «,    35  n  ;    Siegrith 
(Siota)   de,   vii,   27  n ;  Thos.   de, 
vii,  28  n,  34  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  29  n, 

30  n  ;   see  also  Chippindale 
Chippingdale,   vi,   233 «,   379 ;   vii, 

20,  28  n,  32,  38  n,  54  n,  69  « 
Chippingdale,  fam.,  see  Chippindale 
Chipping  Lawn  (Leagram),  vi,  379  n 
Chirche  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  339  n 
Chirche  (Whalley),  see  Church 
Chirche  Holt,  see  Churchholt 
Chisnall  (Coppull),  vi,  224,  226 
Chisnall,  Alice  de,  vi,  226  ;  Anne, 

vi,  226  n,  227  n  ;  Cicely,  vi,  277  n  ; 

Sir  Edw.,  vi,  226,  227  «;  Edw., 


INDEX 

Chisnall  (cont.) 

vi,  186,  202  n,  224,  226,  227  n  ; 
Eliz.  (de),  vi,  73  n,  226  n  ;  Joan 
de,  vi,  226  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  no  n, 
164  n,  170  n,  171  n,  177  n,  182  », 
185,  223  n,  226,  228,  229  ; 
Juliana  de,  vi,  226  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
202  n,  226  ;  Maud  (de),  vi,  164  «, 
177  n,  186,  226  n ;  Nich.  de,  vi, 
226  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  277  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  217  n,  226  n  ;  vii,  98  w,  170  «, 
182  n ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  186,  226, 
226  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  226,  228  n  ; 
Thos.  (de),  vi,  226,  229 ;  Will, 
(de),  vi,  226  n,  227  n  ;  Capt.,  vii, 

75 
Chisnall's   Buildings   (London),   vi, 

226  n 

Cho,  see  Chew 

Chokedrode  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Cholmley,  Eliz.,  vii,  309  n ;  Thos., 

vii,  309  n 

Chor,  brook,  vi,  129 
Chorlegh,  see  Chorley 
Chorlesykehurst,  vi,  547 
Chorley,  vi,  i,  81,  86  n,  91  «,  92, 
129-49  ;  vii,  79  n,  80  n  ;  adv.,  vi, 
146  ;  chap.,  vi,  89  n  ;   char.,  vi, 
148 ;  vii,  20  n ;  ch.,  vi,  6,  144  ; 
ind.,    vi,    130 ;    man.,    vi,    130  ; 
mkts.    and    fairs,    vi,    130,    143, 
144 ;   mills,  vi,    130,   142 ;  Non- 
conf.,  vi,    147 ;    Rom.  Cath.,  vi, 
148  ;  sch.,  vi,  148 

Chorley,  Ad.  de,  vi,  134  n,  140  n  ; 
Agnes  (de),  vi,  134  n,  277  ;  Alex., 
vi,  430  n ;  Alice  de,  vi,  34  n, 
134  n  ;  Bridg.,  vi,  135  n  ;  Cath., 
vi,  135  n  ;  Chas.,  vi,  135  ;  Cecily, 
vi,  134  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  89  n,  300  ; 
Ellen  (de),  vi,  134  «,  135  n,  326  n, 
327  «  ;  Ellis  (de),  vi,  134,  134  n, 
142  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  134  n ;  vii, 
80  ;  Herb,  de,  vi,  134  n  ;  Hugh 
de,  vi,  134  n ;  Isabel  de,  vi, 
J35  **  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  134-5  ;  John 
(de),  vi,  134,  135  n,  277;  Jos., 
vii,  89  »,  300  ;  Josiah,  vi,  135  n  ; 
vii,  80 ;  Leonard,  vii,  85,  213  n  ; 
Marg.  (de),  vi,  135,  135  n,  198  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  77  n,  134  ;  Mary, 
vi,  430  n  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  134  n  ; 
Pet.,  vi,  238  n ;  Ralph  de,  vi, 
77  n,  134,  296  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi, 
130,  134,  134  n,  135,  142;  vii, 
59  n,  78 ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  134  n, 
135  n  ;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  134  n,  140  «, 
146,  147  ;  vii,  85  ;  Sim.  de,  vi, 
134  n  ;  Steph.  de,  vi,  134 «  ; 
Thos.  de,  vi,  79,  134  n  ;  Will,  (de), 
vi,  34  n,  50  n,  77  n,  82,  109  n, 
134,  135,  141,  142,  143,  146, 
166  n,  296  n,  430  n  ;  vii,  85,  205, 
213  n>  326  n  >  Mrs.,  vi,  130 ; 
fani.,  vii,  102 

Chorley  Hall  (Chorley),  vi,  133,  134 
Chorley  Moor,  vi,  129 
Chorley  Survey,  vi,  135 
Chorley-with-Bispham,  vi,  100  n 
Chorlton,  see  Carlton  and  Charleton 
Chornet,  man.  (Rossall),  vii,  246 
Chow,  fam.,  see  Chew 
Chrichley  (Chrichlowe) ,  Rev.  Jas., 

vi,  55,  333 

Chris tadelphians,  vi,  248 
Christ  Church  (Oxf.),  vii,  145,  151, 

152  n 
Christiana,  vi,  485  n,  538  «  ;   d.  of 

Godith,   vii,  324  n  ;    d.  of  Nich., 

vii,  114  n 
Christian   Brethren,    vi,    248 ;    vii, 

218 

Christians  (Wrightington),  vi,  174  n 
Christ's  Croft  (Preston),  vii,  134 
Church  (Goosnargh),  vii,  191 

355 


Church  (Whalley),  vi,  233  n,  234, 
349,  356  n,  376  n,  399-4°4,  421, 
428,  504  n  ;  adv.,  vi,  404  ;  char., 
vi,  344,  404  ;  ch.,  vi,  403  ;  ind., 
vi,  399  ;  man.,  vi,  232,  399  ; 
mill,  vi,  400  n,  402  n  ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  404  ;  St.  Oswald's  Well,  vi, 
400  n,  403  n 

Church,  Ad.  de,  vi,  400,  401  n, 
402  n,  419  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  400  n  ; 
Alex,  de,  vi,  406  ;  Alice  de,  vi, 

400  n,  402  n  ;    vii,  65  n  ;    Christ- 
iana de,   vi,  401  n,  402  n  ;  Ellen 
de,  vi,  401  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vi,  406  ; 
Hen.     de,     vi,     400  n,     402  n ; 
Humph,  de,  vi,  402  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,   401  n  ;   vii,   65  n  ;   Marg.   de, 
vi,  503  n  ;  Margery  de,  vi,  506  »  ; 
Maud   de,   vi,   400  n  ;    Nich.    de, 
vi,    402  n ;    Pet.    de,    vi,    400  n, 

401  n,    402  n,    408  n  ;    Rich,    de, 
vi,  402  n,  503  n,  506  n  ;  Rob.  de, 
vi,    400  n,    401  n ;    Rog.    de,    vi, 

402  «  ;  Sim.  de,  vi,  401  n,  402  n  ; 
Uctred  de,  vi,   399,   400,   401  n, 
402  n,  417  «  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  401  n, 
402  n 

Church  Clough  (Come),  vi,  530  n 
Churchfield  (Church),  vi,  403  n 
Church      Hill       (Blackburn),       see 

Churchholt 

Church  Hill  (Padiham),  vi,  493 
Churchholt  (Blackburn),  vi,  250 
Church    House     (Broughton),     vii, 

120  n 

Church  of  Christ,  sect,  vi,  147 
Church       Town      (Bispham),      vii, 

246  n 
Churchtown    (Garstang),    vii,    293, 

3",  313,  314 

Chyry,  Ad.,  vii,  53  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  53  n 
Cilnegreve  (Cuerden),  vi,  28  n 
Civil  War,  vi,  290 ;  vii,  75,  76,  220, 

292,  319 
Clacton,  Clactune,  Claghton,  Clag- 

ton,  Clahton,  see  Claughton 
Claifurlang  (Salesbury),  vi,  253 
Claiton,  see  Clayton 
Claitteburn  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Clakerkelde  (Preston),  vii,  I34» 
Clancutt,  brook,  vi,  204 
Clapham,  Alan,  vii,   323  n  ;   Alice, 

vii,  323  n 
Clare,  John  de,  vii,  209 » ;   Maud 

de,  vii,  209  n 

Claremont  (Blackpool),  vii,  250  n 
Claremont    Park    (Blackpool),    vii, 

243 

Clarence,  Lionel,  dk.  of,  vi,  101  n 
Clark  (Clarke),  Alex.,  vi,  80;  Geo., 
vi,  55  ;  Rev.  Hen.,  vii,  314  n  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  227  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  90  n  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  216  n,  227  n  ;  Sarah, 
vii,  314  n ;  Rev.  T.,  vii,  221, 
224  ;  Thos.,  vi,  322  n,  367  n,  521  ; 
Capt.,  vii,  314  ;  see  also  Clerk 
Clark's  field  (Euxton),  vi,  21  n 
Clarkson  (Clerkson),  Ann,  vi,  547  n  ; 
Edm.,  vii,  259  n,  266  n  ;  Elisha, 
vi,  416,  496  ;  Rev.  Geo.,  vi,  36  ; 
Geo.,  vii,  62  n,  113  n  ;  Hen.,  vii, 
80  n  ;  John,  vi,  447  ;  vii,  50  n, 
284  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  80;  Leonard, 
vii,  261  n  ;  Mich.,  vii,  50  n  ;  Per- 
petua,  vii,  289  n ;  Rich.,  vii, 
289  n  ;  Rev.  Thos.,  vii,  23,  25  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  126  n ;  Will.,  vii, 
50  n 

Claughton,  vi,  58  n  ;  vii,  in,  113  «, 
171  n,  194  n,  266  n,  269,  273, 
288  n,  291,  292,  293,  296,  296  «, 
297  »,  299,  313  n,  318  n,  324-30  ; 
chap.,  vii,  330  ;  char.,  vii,  300  ; 
man.,  vii,  291,  325;  Rom.  Cath., 
vi,  330 


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A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Claughton,  Ad.  de,  vii,  172  n,  325  n' 
326,  328 «,  330  n ;  Agnes  de, 
vii,  48  n  ;  Avice  de,  vii,  330  n  ; 
Bimme  de,  vii,  326  n  ;  Cecily  de, 
vii,  98  n  ;  Dawkin  de,  vii,  48  n  ; 
John,  vi,  198  n  ;  Jordan  de,  vii, 
98  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  198  n  ;  Margery 
de,  vii,  326 » ;  Maud  de,  vii, 
326  n,  328  n  ;  Mich,  de,  vii,  325  n, 
328  n  ;  Patrick  de,  vii,  326  n  ; 
Ralph  de,  vii,  326  n;  Rich,  de,  vii, 
130  n,  325  n,  326,  328  n,  330  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  107  «,  326  n,  328  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  326  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii, 
328  «  ;  Walt,  de,  vii,  325  n,  326  n, 
328  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  328  n,  330  « 

Claughton  Hall  (Claughton),  vii, 
328 

Claughton  House  (Claughton),  vii, 

33°  » 

Claughton-on-Brock,  see  Claughton 

Claverell  Hey  (Clitheroe),  vi,  366  n 

Claverhole  (Marsden),  vi,  540 

Claxton,  Lawr.,  vii,  80 

Clay,  Alf.  B.,  vi,  291  ;  Rev.  John, 
vi,  299 

Claybutts  (Shevington) ,  vi,  202  n 

Clay  Croft  (Wigan  Woodhouses), 
vi,  191  n 

Claycroft  Yate  (Clayton-le-Moors) , 
vi,  418  n 

Clayton,  brook,  vi,  289 

Clayton,  Abigail,  vi,  64  n,  150  M, 
250  ;  vii,  218  n  ;  Ad.  (de),  vi,  4  n, 
12  n,  24  n,  29,  30,  30  n,  34  n, 
390,  402  n  ;  vii,  55  n  ;  Agnes  de, 
vi,  347  n ;  Aldred  de,  vi,  258  ; 
Alice  (de),  vi,  29  «,  30  n,  34  n, 
250,  402  n,  418  n  ;  vii,  55  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  285-86  ;  Avice  de,  vi, 
69  n ;  Beatrice  de,  vi,  258  ; 
Benj.,  vi,  50  n;  Cecily  de,  vi, 
418  ;  Dorothy,  vi,  35  ;  Edw.,  vi, 

250,  262  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  30  «,  543  ; 
Ellen    (de),    vi,    12 »,    30,    35  n, 
250  n ;  vii,  55  n  ;  Fran.,  vi,  344  ; 
Geoff,    (de),   vi,   250,   320,    324  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  19  n,  250,  269  n  ;  Gerald 
de,  vi,  i,  29,  59  ;  Giles,  vi,  250, 
416 ;     Grolamby     de,     vi,     7  n  ; 
Hamlet  de,  vii,  55  n  ;  Hawise  de, 
vi,    29 « ;    Henrietta,    vi,    219  ; 
Hen.    (de),   vi,   245  n,   249,   258, 
259,  282,   347  n,   390,   398,  400, 
409  n,  410,  411  n,  412,  413,  414  n, 
417,  418,  475  n,  490,  499  n,  552  n  ; 
vii,     16,    43,    48  n,    54  n,    55  n, 
57  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  260  ;  Isabel  (de), 
vi,  30,  63  n,  457,  474  n,  477  n  ; 
vii,   16,  55  n ;   Jas.   (de),  vi,  30, 
499  n  ;  Jane,  vi,  35  n,  250  ;  Janet, 
vi,    35  n ;    Joan    (de),    vi,    21  n, 
77  n ;   Rev.   John,  vi,  29  ;   John 
(de),  vi,  3  n,  10,  10  n,  14  n,  21  n, 

29,  30,  32  n,  34  n,  35,  37  n,  49, 
50  n,  58  «,  62  n,  63  n,  69  n,  77  n, 
non,   113  M,   219  n,  246  »,  250, 

251,  260,   393  n,   409,   410,   418, 
473  »,  543,  545  «,  547  :  vii,  55  «, 
121  n,  138  «,  218  n;  Jordan  de, 
vi,  258  n  ;  Leonard,  vi,  237,  241, 
263,   490 ;    Marg.    (de),   vi,    250, 
250  n,  335  n,  411,  418,  543,  547; 
Margery    (de),    vi,    34  n,    logn, 
282  ;   vii,   55  n  ;   Mary,   vi,    141  ; 
Matilda  de,  vi,   418  ;   Maud,   vi, 
30  n  ;  Miles,  vi,  510  n  ;  Nich.,  vi, 
250  ;  Pet.,  vi,  1 6  n  ;  Phil,  de,  vi, 
34  nj  457,  474  «,  477  »;  vii,   16, 
55  n,  57  n;  Ralph  (de),  vi,  27  n, 

30,  30 n,  35,  249,  250,  258,  259, 
298  n,  475  n,  553  n  ;  vii,  54  n,  55, 
57  n ;    Sir    Rich.,    vi,    218,    219, 
219  n,  220,  223,  279  ;  Rev.  Rich., 
vi,  35  ;  Rich,   (de),  vi,  23,  29  n, 


Clayton  (cont.) 

34  n,  35,  190,  218,  219  M,  279, 
489  ;  Sir  Rob.,  vi,  219  n  ;  Rev. 
Rob.,  bp.,  vii,  138  ;  Rob.  (de), 
vi,  i,  7  n,  14  «,  26  n,  29,  30  n, 
32  n,  34  n,  35,  219  »,  250  ;  vii, 
!6,  55  n  ;  Rose,  vi,  250,  250  n  ; 
R.,  vi,  419 ;  Sarah  de,  vii,  55  n  ; 
Susan,  vi,  250,  251  ;  Swain  de, 
vi,  324  ;  Col.  Thos.,  vi,  543,  547  ; 
Thos.  (de),  vi,  16  n,  26  n,  28  n, 
30  n,  32  M,  35,  50  n,  62  n,  64  n, 
141,  150  n,  183,  186,  218,  219  n, 
223,  223  n,  249,  250,  251,  285- 
86,  299,  322  n,  327  n,  347  n,  411, 
417;  vii,  55  n,  n6n,  121  n, 
138  n,  218  n  ;  Warine  de,  vi,  29, 
30  n,  79  n,  262  ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi, 
283;  Will,  (de),  vi,  16 »,  27  n, 
30  n,  34  n,  35  n,  36,  48,  250, 
253  n,  258,  262  n,  282,  298  n, 
335  n;  vii,  42,  120  n,  138  n, 
228,  249  ;  Rev.  — ,  vi,  274  ;  — , 
vi,  446  n,  471  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  187  n, 
198,  263  n,  528 

Clayton  Brook  (Clayton-le-Woods) , 
vi,  29 

Clayton  Grange  (Clayton -le-Dale) , 
vi,  258 

Clayton  Green  (Clayton-le-Woods), 
vi,  10,  29  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  32 

Clayton  Hall  (Clayton-le-Moors), 
vi,  417,  419 

Clayton  Hall  (Clayton-le-Woods), 
vi,  31 

Clayton  Hey  (Clayton-le-Dale),  vi, 
257,  260 

Clayton  in  Laylondshire,  see  Clay- 
ton-le-Woods 

Clayton-le-Dale,  vi,  235,  257-59, 
393  n  ;  man.,  vi,  232,  234,  258 

Clayton  -  le  -  Dale  -  cum  -  Showley, 
vi,  257 

Clayton-le-Moors,  vi,  234,  349, 
356  n,  411,  412,  412  n,  417-23, 
426  ;  vii,  133  n,  136  n  ;  char.,  vi, 
416  ;  ch.,  vi,  423  ;  coal-mines,  vi, 
417,  419  ;  ind.,  vi,  417  ;  man.,  vi, 
417,  420  n  ;  mill,  vi,  418;  Non- 
conf.,  vi,  423  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  423 

Clayton-le-Woods,  vi,  3,  6  n,  29,  37, 
58  n  ;  char.,  vi,  10  ;  cross,  vi,  29  ; 
man.,  vi,  29,  39,  64  n  ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  32  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  32 

Clayton  Mill  (Salesbury),  vi,  253  n 

Cleanfield  (Tarnacre),  vii,  271  n 

Clederowe,  see  Clitheroe 

Clegg,  Rich.,  vii,  145,  148,  149  n  ; 
Mrs.,  vii,  149  n  ;  Rev.  — ,  vii, 
165 

Clement,  Vincent,  vi,  543 

Clerk  (Clerke),  John,  vi,  445,  445  n, 
496  ;  Marg.,  vii,  331  n,  445  ;  Rob. 
(the),  vii,  223,  226  n,  231  n;  — , 
vi,  549  n  ;  see  also  Clark 

Clerk  Hill  (Whalley),  vi,  303  n,  381, 

387 

Clerkson,  see  Clarkson 

Clett,  Rob.  de,  vi,  72  n 

Cleveland,  Rich.,  vii,  71  « 

Cleveley,  vii,  68,  291,  300  n,  304, 
304  n,  305  ;  mill,  vii,  270  n,  302  n 

Cleveleys  (Thornton),  vii,  232  ;  ch., 
vii,  236,  237 

Cleyton,  see  Clayton 

Clibard,  vi,  338  n 

Cliderhou,  see  Clitheroe 

Cliff  (Cliffe),  Alex,  de,  vi,  24 «, 
28  n ;  Alice  del,  vi,  303  ;  John 
(de),  vi,  28  n,  103,  290  n  ;  Kath., 
vi,  28  n  ;  Rich,  (de,  del),  vi,  28  «, 
89,  107  n,  290  w,  303  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
28  n;  Will,  (del),  vi,  24  n,  27*1, 
28  n,  189 

Cliffe  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  338 

356 


Clifford,   Lady  Mary  L.,   vii,   7  n 
Ld.,  vii,  7  n  ;  Thos.,  Ld.,  vi,  316  n 

Clifford,  Joan,  vi,  162  n  ;  Matilda, 
vi,  316  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  162  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  535  ;  — ,  vi,  536 

Clifton  (Clifton-with-Salwick),  vii, 
143,  144  n,  146  n,  149  n,  161-5; 
ch.,  vii,  165  ;  man.,  vii,  161,  164  n, 
281  n 

Clifton  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 
445  n,  454 

Clifton,  Alice  de,  vii,  162  n  ;  Aline 
de,  vii,  162  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  99  n  ; 
vii,  164 »,  198,  215 «;  Bridg., 
Lady,  vii,  164  n ;  Chas.  F.,  set 
Donington,  Ld.  ;  Christiana  de, 
vii,  328  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  95  «,  99  n ; 
Sir  Cuth.,  vii,  144,  174  n ;  Col. 
Cuth.,  vii,  164  ;  Cuth.,  vi,  33  n  ; 
vii,  127,  135  n,  145  n,  152  n, 
157  n,  158  n,  162,  163,  163  n, 
164  n,  170  n,  174  n,  175  n,  180  n, 
181  n,  215,  223  n,  241,  242*1, 
254  n,  260  n,  275  n,  281  n,  283  n  ; 
Dorothy,  vii,  164  n  ;  Capt.  Edw., 
vi,  172  ;  Egelina  de,  vii,  175  n  ; 
Eleanor,  vii,  164  n ;  Eliz.  (de), 
vi,  172;  vii,  163,  163  n,  193  n, 
230  n,  275  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  163  n  ; 
Geo.,  vii,  164  «  ;  Gerv.,  vii,  144, 
149,  164  n ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  33  n, 
76  n,  79  n,  220  n,  301,  332  «  ; 
vii,  207 «,  328  «  ;  Harriet,  vi, 
172;  Hen.  (de),  vii,  151  n,  161, 

162  n,  174  n,  175  n,  192  «,  242  n  ; 
Isabel    (de),    vii,    162  n,    163  n, 
I75n>     192  «,     198;     Jas.,     vii, 
149  n,  162  n,  163  n,  164  n,  283  n; 
Jane,   vii,    163  n,    164  n,    166  n  ; 
Joan,  vii,  198,  198  n,  269  ;  John 
(de),  vi,  89  n  ;  vii,  142  n,  162  n , 

163  n,  164  n,   165  n,  175  «,  255  ; 
John  T.,  vii,  164,  215,  218  ;  Kath. 
de,     vii,     52  n,     ii8«,     162  n  ; 
Lawr.,  vii,  164  n;  Marg.  (de),  vi, 
99  **,  3°3-3°4  «  ;  vii,  162  w,  164  n, 
271  ;   Margery  de,   vi,   304  ;   vii, 
162  n,   175  n  ;   Mary,  vii,   164  n  ; 
Matth.,  vi,  95  n,  99  n  ;  Maud  (de), 
vi,  99  n,  non  ;  Sir  Nich.  de,  vii, 
162  ;  Nich.  de,  vii,  163  n  ;  Osbert 
de,  vi,  303  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  304  ; 
vii,    162  n,   163  n,   193,   198  ;   Sir 
Rob.  de,  vii,  162  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi, 
33  n;     vii,     4  n,     non,     162  n, 
163%,   166  n,   175,   175  n,  230  n, 
270  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  98  n  ;  vii,  110  n  ; 
Sir  Thos.,   vii,    145,    164,   218  n, 
219;  Thos.   (de),  vi,  98  n,  ggn, 

274,  4°4»  4*5,  534  n '•  vii,  52  », 
n8»,    142  «,    145,    148  «,   149  M, 

151  »,    162,     162 «,    163,    163  n, 
164,   164  n,   165  «,   170  »,   174  n, 
I75,   *75  w,    X8o  «,   187  «,   207  n, 
216,   217,   218,   219,   241,   242  n, 
249  ;  Sir  T.,  vii,   175  n  ;  T.,  vii, 
289  n  ;    Walt,    de,    vi,    303;    vii, 
175  M,    193  n  ;    Sir  Will,   de,   vii, 

162,  163  n,  175  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi, 
33  n,   99  n,   304;   vii,   4  n,   41  «, 
94  »,  now,   135  n,   149  n,  151  n, 

152  n,   158  «,   161,   161  n,   162  «, 

163,  164  n,   168  M,   173  n,   175  n, 
181  «,  192,  193,  193  n,  198,  198  n, 
215  n,     235  n,     242,     269,     271, 
281  n;  — ,  vi,  495  «;  vii,  104  M, 
214,  283;  fam.,  vii,   127,   141  n, 
143,  146  »,  152  n 

Clifton  House  (Goosnargh),  see 
Latus  House 

Clifton  Marsh  (Clifton-with-Sal- 
wick), vii,  162  «,  165 

Cliftun,  see  Clifton 

Clippende  esche-cloh  (Sunderland ) , 
vi,  317 


INDEX 


Clipston,  Rob.  de,  vi,  87  n  ;  Walt, 
de,  vi,  87 

Clitherall,  Alice,  vii,  165  n ;  Eliz., 
vii,  150  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  265  ;  see 
also  Clitheroe 

Clitheroe  (Clithero),  vi,  233  n,  349, 
356  «,  360-72,  390  n,  391,  470  n, 
492,  494  n,  499,  540,  553  n,  558  ; 
vii,  i,  23,  307 ;  adv.,  vi,  370  ; 
chant.,  vi,  369,  372  n  ;  char.,  vi, 
372  ;  ch.,  vi,  361,  369  ;  cross,  vi, 
368  n ;  ind.,  vi,  361  ;  man.,  vi, 

364,  497  »;  vii,  55  n,  197,  197  «, 
283  n,  331  n  ;  mkts.  and  fairs,  vi, 
364  n,  368,  369,  375  n  ;  mill,  vi, 

364  n,  367,  488,  489  n  ;  mines,  vi, 
362  ;    Nonconf.,    vi,    371,    372  ; 
place-names,  vi,  393  n  ;    pretors, 
vii,  94  n ;  Rom.   Cath.,   vi,   372  ; 

E*"sch.,  vi,  372 

Clitheroe,  brook,  vi,  365  n 

Clitheroe,  hon.,  vi,  230,  232,  233, 
361,  362,  405,  409,  476,  477  n, 
489,  497,  503,  545,  552;  vii,  2, 
27,  36,  45,  52,  54,  6l 

Clitheroe,  Sir  Ad.   (de),  vi,   327  n, 

331  «,  335,  365  «,  375«,*393«; 
vii,  16,  16  n,  61,  326  ;  Ad.  de,  vi, 

233  «,  254,  258,  259,  293  »,  330  n, 
335  n,  336,  365  n,  393 «,  407, 
5°3  n,  5°8  n  ;  vii,  4  n,  33  «,  47  «, 
55  n>  57 n '•  Agnes,  vi,  254  n, 
366  n  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  365  n,  366  n  ; 
Alex,  (the  Clerk  of),  vi,  366  n  ; 
Alex,  (de),  vi,  365  n,  366 «  ; 
Alice  (de),  vi,  366  n ;  vii,  17, 
48  n  ;  Alicia,  Lady  de,  vii,  61  ; 
Amabel  de,  vi,  254  n ;  Amice 
de,  vi,  366  n ;  Annota  de,  vi, 
366  n  ;  Avice  (Lucy),  vi,  365  n  ; 
Buband  de,  vi,  366  n ;  Cecily 
(de),  vi,  253,  254,  258,  259  n, 

365  n,    393  n  ;    vii,    55  n,    57  n  ; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  4  n  ;  Edm.  de, 
vii,  1 6,  17  ;  Eleanor  de,  vii,  16  ; 
Eliz.,   vi,   366  n  ;   vii,    17  ;    Ellen 
(de),  vii,   17,  326;   Ellis  de,  vi, 

365  n  ;  Emma,  vi,  365  n,  366  n  ; 
Eustachia  de,  vi,   365  n  ;   Geoff, 
de,  vi,  365  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  365  n, 

366  n,  503  ;  vii,  3,   14  «,   16,   19, 
48  n ;    Sir   Hugh   de,    vi,    330  n, 

365,  368  n;    Hugh  de,   vi,   253, 
254,    254  n,    258,    293  n,    335  n, 
336,  366  n,  393  n  ;  vii,  16,   16  n, 
33  »,  47  n,  57  n;  Isabel  (de),  vi, 
254,  365  «,  390,  471  »  ;  vii,  16  n, 
J7>   57 n  '>   John   (de),  vi,   365 «, 
366  n,  371  n,  377  n,  390;  vii,  3, 
14  n,  16  n  ;  Jordan  de,  vi,  365  n, 

366  n  ;   Karnwath  de,  vi,  365  «, 

367  n,    393  «  ;    Lambert    of,    vi, 

365  n ;     Lucy     de,     vi,     365  n  ; 
Marg.     (de),     vii,     17  n,     208  n  ; 
Nich.    (de),  vii,   16,  19  n,  208  n  ; 
Paulin,   vi,    366  n ;    Pet.    de,   vi, 
366 «  ;    Quenilda   de,   vi,    365  n, 
393  n  ;  Ralph  (de),  vi,  358,  365  «, 

366  n,     371  n,     393  n ;     vii,     17, 
200  «,  213  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  254, 
254  n,   365  «,   366  n,   367  n  ;   vii, 
3,  14  «,  17,  57  «,  165,  211  n  ;  Sir 
Rob.    de,   vi,    365  n  ;   vii,    57 »  ; 
Rob.     (de),     vi,      254,      258-9  , 
259«,    33i  n,   335,   335^   365  n, 
366  n,  375  n,  393,  393  n,  471  n  ; 
vii,  14 «',   16,  17,   17 «,  19,  55  n, 
57  n,  208  n  ;   Sir  Rog.,  vii,    16  ; 
Rog.    de,    vi,    254,    254  n,    258, 
258  n,    293  n,    335,    336,    365  n, 
366  n  ;   vii,   4  n,   57  n  ;   Sibyl  de, 
vi,  254,  258,  259  «,  365  n,  393  ; 
Siegrith  de,  vi,  365  n  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  254  «,   365  n,  366  n  ;  vii,   17, 
1 8  ;  Walt,  de,  vi,  365  n  ;  Will,  de, 


Clitheroe  (cont.) 

vi,  365  n,  366  «,  390,  393  n,  503 
see  also  Clitherall 

Clitheroe  Castle,  vi,  230,  231,  360, 
362,  367  n,  439  n,  482,  487,  489, 
554  n  ;  chap.,  vi,  369,  552  » 

Clitheroe  Estate  Co.,  vi,  362 

Clitheroe  Moor,  vi,  349 

Cliviger,  vi,  233  n,  349,  356  n,  441, 
442,  450,  451  n,  453  n,  457,  459, 
478-87,  553  »  :  vii,  55  n  ;  agnc., 
vi,  443  ;  ch.,  vi,  486  ;  coal  mines, 
vi,  479,  486 ;  coins,  vi,  479  ; 
grange,  vi,  424 ;  man.,  vi,  232, 

424,  458,    479  ;    mill,    vi,    479  ; 
quarries,  vi,  479  ;  Rom.  rem.,  vi, 

479 

Cliviger,  Ad.  de,  vi,  480  n,  485  «  ; 
Agnes  de,  vi,  485  n  ;  Cecily  de, 
vi,   485  n  ;    Gilb.   de,   vi,   480  n  ; 
Herb,  de,  vi;  485  n  ;  John  de,  vi, 
485  n ;    Matth.    de,    vi,    485  «  ; 
Maud  de,  vi,  485  n  ;  Reg.  de,  vi, 
480  «  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  480  n,  485  n 
Cliviger  Moor,  vi,  233  n 
Clogher,  Rob.  Clayton,  bp.  of,  vii, 

138 

Closbroke  (Walton-le-Dale) ,  vi,  290 
Close  Brow  (Rishton),  vi,  345 
Cloth  Hall  (Colne),  vi,  523,  533 
Cloudsley,  John,  vi,  146 
Clough,  the  (Withnell),  vi,  48  n 
Clough,  Ad.  de  (del),  vi,  47  «,  336, 
366  n,  503,  508  n  ;  Alice  de  (del), 
vi,  47  n,  503  n  ;  Fran.,  vii,   13  ; 
Joan  del,  vi,  109  n,  376  n,  397  «, 
504;  John  del,  vi,  366  n,  376  n, 
397 n,    5°3,    5°4  n>    5°6  ;    Kath. 
del,    vi,    376  n,    503 ;    Pet.,    vi, 
377  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  377  n,  447  n  ; 
Rob.  del,  vi,  109  n,  503  n  ;  Thos. 
del,  vi,  374  n 

Clough  Bank  (Ribchester),  vii,  57  n 
Clough  Fold  (Newchurch),  vi,  437, 

439  «,  44°,  441 
Cloughhead,  beck,  vi,  540  n 
Clough  House  (Grindleton)  vii,  15 
Clough    Houses    (Haslingden),    vi, 

43i 

Cloughson  (Worsthorne) ,  vi,  477  n 
Cloughton's  messuage  (Walton),  vi, 

296 
Clow    Bridge    (Dunnockshaw),    vi, 

5<>7,  5H 

Clyvacher,  Clyvechir,  see  Cliviger 
Cnavnecastel,  see  Knavecastle 
Cnolal,  see  Knolhale 
Coal  mines,  vi,  233  «,  270,  272  «, 

278,  284,  338,  345,  417,  419,  423, 

425,  434,   442,   442  n,   454,   468, 
474,  479,  486,  487,  490,  492,  523, 
524,  528  n,  537,  547  n,  548 

Coalpit  Green  (Trawden),  vi,  552  n 
Coalpit  Moor,  see  Whinney  Edge 
Coates  (Cotes),    Rev.  John  F.,  vi, 

334  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  556  n 
Cobden,  Rich.,  vi,  513 
Cob  Oak  (Salesbury),  vi,  256 
Cock  and  Hen,  field  (Elswick),  vii, 

284  n 

Cockayne,  Sir  Will.,  vi,  293  n 
Cock  Bridge  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  338 
Cockcroft  (Ribchester),  vii,  49  n 
Cockden  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471  « 
Cockden,    Higher    (Briercliffe),    vi, 

471  « 

Cockden  Lane  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469 
Cocker,  riv.,  vii,  69  n 
Cocker,  Anne,  vi,  237  n 
Cocker  Brook   (Oswaldtwistle),  vi, 

405  ;  ch.,  vi,  409 
Cockerham,  vii,  68,  69  n,  71,  291, 

3°o,  332,  333  » 

Cockerham,  Rog.  de,  vii,  320  « 
Cockersand,  Rog.  de,  vii,  297 

357 


Cockersand  Abbey,  vi,  25,  28,  29  n, 
48,  67,  68  n,  69  n,  96,  103,  103  n, 
104  «,  105  n,  108,  116,  151,  154, 
164,  170  n,  171,  176,  180  n,  188  M, 
197,  202,  203  n,  21471,  222;  vii, 
16,  19,  52  «,  97,  too  n,  118  «,  126, 
129  n,  130  «,  132,  132  n,  134,  136, 
I53>  !57  M,  161  w,  166,  167  n,  168, 
169,  172  n,  174,  175,  177  n,  179  n, 
180,  i8o«,  181,  181  n,  183,  184, 
187,  190,  192  w,  198  n,  199,  207  w, 
209  n,  213,  222  w,  227,  228,  242, 

250,  252  n,    254,    256  n,    257  «, 
259,   271,   272,  273,   277  «,   279, 
281,  284,  296,  297,  299,  300,  305  n , 
306  n,  311,  313  n,  318,  324,  328  n, 
330  n,     332,     332  n,     333,     334  ; 
abbots  of,  Hereward,  vii,  180  n, 
260 ;     Rob.,   vii,   97 ;    Rog.,   vii, 
297  »  ;  Thos.,  vii,  297  n 

Cockersley,  Rich,  de,  vi,  405  n 
Cockeyside  (Rishton),  vi,  347 
Cockham  (Haslingden) ,  vi,  430  n 
Cockhill  Clough  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Cockin,  Thos.,  vii,  165 
Cockleach  (Thornley),  vii,  32 
Cockpit  Field  (Preston) ,  vii,  79  n 
Cocks,  Thos.,  see  Awton 
Cocksfield  (Mawdesley) ,  vi,  99  « 
Cockshaw  (Downham),  vi,  556  n 
Gockshaw    Dyke    (Downham),    vi, 

556  n 

Cockshott  (Simonstone) ,  vi,  499  n 
Cockshott    (Cockshutt),    Alice,    vi, 

250  ;  Amee,  vi,  413  n  ;  Edm.,  vi, 

251,  342,  499;  Edw.,  vi,  493  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  250 ;  Hen.,  vi,  494  n  ; 
John,  vi,  503;  Rog.,  vi,  342, 
493;  Thos.,  vi,  342,  413  n;  vii, 
291 

Codec  (Dutton),  vii,  58  n 

Coer,  see  Coore 

Cofhill  (Coufhull),  Ad.  de,  vii,  57  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  249 ;  Rob.  de,  vii, 

57  n 
Coghull,  Joan  de,  vi,  321  ;  Rog.  de, 

vi,  321 
Coins,  vi,  115,  182,  235,  259,  301  ; 

vii,    179 ;    Portuguese,    vi,    465  ; 

Rom.,  vi,  10,  32,  50,  69,  108,  278, 

289,   372,   442,   479,  523,   523  » 

vii,  219  n 
Cokayne-Frith,     Rev.     Colin,     vi, 

22  n ;    Col.    Reg.,    vi,   22;    Maj., 

vi,  22  n 

Cokewell  butts  (Clitheroe),  vi,  368  n 
Colborne  (Culban),  Chris.,  vii,  167  n; 

Hen.,    vii,     149  n,    205,    206  n  ; 

John,  vii,  158  n 
Colcoth,  — ,  vi,  1 06 
Coldcoats,  vi,  349,  388,  391,  421  n, 

457,  458 
Coldcoats,    Hugh    de,    vi,    391  n  ; 

Joan  de,  vi,  391  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi, 

391,  391  w  I  Will,  de,  vi,  391  n 
Cold  Coniston  (Yorks),  vi,  551  n 
Coldewelding  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Cold    Hill     (Welch    Whittle),     vi, 

204  n 
Coldweather  House  (Marsden),  vi, 

540,  546  n 
Coldwedridding      (Clitheroe),      vi. 

365  « 
Coldwell     (Briercliffe),     vi,     468  n, 

524  «,  536  n 
Cole,  Dorothy,  vii,  314  ;  Jane,  vii, 

239  n  ;   Thos.,   vii,   239  n  ;   Thos. 

B.,  vii,  314  ;  Will.,  vii,  76,  86 
Cole  Clough   (Burnley),   vi,   448  n, 

457 

Colecross  (Preesall),  vii,  256  « 
Coleford  (Preston),  vii,  137  n 
Coler,  Eliz.,  vi,  16  n ;  John,  vi,  16  n  ; 

Margery,  vi,  26  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  26  «, 

28  n 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Colevill    (Colville),    Avice    de,    vi, 
296 ;    John   de,   vi,   296 ;    Marg., 
vi,  296  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  291,  296 
Colicroft  (Ribchester),  vii,  55  n 
Collan,  Ad.,  vii,   173  n  ;  Alice,  vii, 
171  n,  173  n  ;  Juliana,  vii,  173  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  336;  Rog.,  vii,  171  w, 

173  » 

College  farms  (Hothersall),  vii,  66  n 
Colley,  Reg.,  vii,  13 
Colley's  Garden  (Preston),  vii,  79  « 
Collinge,  Misses,  vi,  471  n 
Collinhouse  (Hapton),  vi,  511 
Collins,  Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  452  ;  Thos. 

F.,  vi,  404 

Collinson,  Agnes,  vi,  411  n  ;  Alice, 

vi,  402  n,  411  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  402  n  ; 

Hen.,  vi,  402  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  400  «, 

402*1;    John,    vi,    nott,    402  «, 

411  n  ;   Rich.,  vi,    uo«,   411  »; 

Rob.,  vi,  260 ;  Sam.  E.,  vii,  124  ; 

Thos.,    vi,    402  n,    425  n  ;    Will., 

vi,  400  n,  402  n  ;  — ,  vii,  78  n 

Collond  Banks  (Alston),  vii,  63 

Colmore,  Rich.,  vii,  190  n  ;  Will,  de, 

vii,  1 88,  189  n 

Colne,    vi,    349,    356  n,    469,    492, 
522-36,  537,  538,  539  «,  540,  546, 
547,   547 «,   550,   552  ;   adv.,   vi, 
534  ;      '  Angel  '     inn,     vi,     536  ; 
chaps.,    vi,    532-3,    535,    544  n ; 
char.,  vi,  536  ;  ch.,  vi,  530,  543, 
544 «,     547  n ;    Cloth    Hall,    vi, 
523  ;  coal-mines,  vi,  523  n,  524, 
547  n  ;  cross,  vi,  524,  534,  535  n  ; 
earthworks,   vi,   523  n  ;   ind.,  vi, 
523  ;  man.,  vi,  232,  233  n,  361  «, 
489,  524,  551  ;  mkts.  and  fairs, 
vi,    523;    mills,    vi,     524,    540; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  535 ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi, 
536  ;    Rom.   rem.,   vi,  523  ;   sch., 
vi,  523,  536  ;  sundial,  vi,  533 
Colne  Co-operative  Society,  vi,  525 
Colne  Hall  (Colne),  vi,  523,  525 
Colneknoll,  Rich,  de,  vi,  480 
Colne  Viver  (Colne),  vi,  527  « 
Colne  Water,  vi,  522,  536,  541,  548, 

549 
Colous,    Janet,    vii,    306  n ;    Will., 

vii,  306  w 
Colsnapehead      (Worsthorne) ,      vi, 

477  n 

Coltepark  (Button),  vii,  57  n 
Colthey  (Myerscough) ,  vii,  139  n 
Colthurst  (Clitheroe),  vi,  367  « 
Colthurst,  Abra.,  vi,  419  ;  Ad.  de, 
vi,     39°  I     Agnes    de,    vi,     390  ; 
Anne,  vi,  419  ;  Edm.,  vi,  366  «, 
367  n,     395 ;     Edw.,     vi,     367  ; 
Eleanor,  vi,  367  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vi, 
390;   Giles,  vi,   395,   396;   Hen., 
vi,    367  n,    395,    396 ;    Jane,    vi, 
395  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  390  ;  Rich., 
vi,  395  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  367  « 
Coltman,  Alice,  vi,  34  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

34  » 

Colton,  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  299 
Colville,  see  Colevill 
Combe  Hill,  vi,  548 
Combe   Hill    Cross    (Trawden),    vi, 

548 

Comberhalgh  (Whittingham) ,  vii, 
194  n,  207,  208  n,  209  n,  210,  212 

Comberhalgh  (Cumberhalgh) ,  Ag- 
nes de,  vii,  197  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii, 
212 « ;  Amery  de,  vii,  209  n, 
212  «  ;  Eva  de,  vii,  212  n  ;  Hen. 
de,  vii,  209  n,  21211;  Rich,  de, 
vii,  209  n,  212  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii, 
197  n,  212  n ;  Thos.  de,  vii, 
209  n,  212  n 

Comey,  Geo.,  vi,  88 

Comforth  Hall,  man.  (Whitting- 
ham), vii,  208 

Compley  (Poulton),  vii,  225 


Compsy  (Compsty),  Ad.  de,  vii, 
107  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii,  107  n  ;  Hen., 
vii,  106  n  ;  John,  vii,  106  n  ;  Will., 
vii,  1 06  « 

Compton  (Ribby),  vii,  158 

Compton,  Sarah  M.,  vi,  23  «  ;  Thos., 
vi,  23  n 

Comylache  (Leyland),  vi,  15  n 

Coney,  Sir  Will.,  vi,  226  n 

Congregationalists,  vi,  17,  74,  108, 
"4,  147,  !54>  220,  248,  252,  275, 
278,  283,  289,  299,  334,  348,  371, 
372  «,  396  «,  399,  4°9,  427,  441, 
453,  468,  496,  535,  541,  544  ;  vii, 
19,  32,  51,  53,  103,  113,  138,  171, 
181,  190,  205,  218,  237,  251,  284, 
304,  311,  312 

Corners,  see  Conyers 

Conigree  (Claughton),  vii,  322,  329  n 

Coningsby,  Sir  Rich.,  vii,  199  n, 
216  n 

Conisburgh,  John  de,  vii,  71  «,  147 

Conishead  Priory  (Ulverston),  vi, 
383  ;  vii,  200 

Connell,  Geo.,  vi,  237  » 

Consett,  Mary,  vi,  286 ;  Ralph,  vi, 
286 

Constablee,  Constablegh,  see  Con- 
stable Lee 

Constable  Lee  (Lower  Booths),  vi, 
233  n,  435-36 

Conway,  Ellen  de,  vii,  62  n ;  Sir 
Hen.  de,  vii,  27  n,  62  n 

Conyers  (Corners),  Agnes  de,  vii, 
173  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii,  171  »,  172  «  ; 
Joan,  vii,  173  n;  Ralph  de,  vii, 
173  n  ;  Sir  Rob.  de,  vii,  172  n  \ 
Rob.  de,  vi,  314  n ;  vii,  171  «, 

172  n,  173  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  172  n, 

173  n 

Conylache  (Leyland),  vi,  n  »,  109  n 
Coo  Hill  (Coohyll)  (Ditton),  vi,  265 
Cook  (Cooke),  Eliza,  vi,  118;  John 
(the),  vi,  95  n,  497  n  ;  vii,  263  n  ; 
Margery,  vi,  497  n  ;  Rich,   (the) , 
vi,    552  n,    555 ;    Rog.    the,    vi, 
497  n  ;  Capt.,  vi,  361  ;  Mrs.,  vi, 
471  n  ;  — ,  vii,  243  n 
Cookall,  Will.,  vii,  150  n 
Cooke's  House  (Mawdesley),  vi,  94  n 
Cook  Green  Farm  (Forton),  vii,  300 
Cookson,  Rich.,  vii,  205  n,  206 
Cooling,  see  Cowling 
Coomber,  Mary,  vii,  264  n  ;  Thos., 

vii,  264  n 

Coombes,  Will.,  vi,  181 
Coope,  see  Cowpe 

Cooper,  Anne,  vi,  149  n  ;  Benj.,  vi, 
51  n,  52,   114,  229;  Eleanor,  vi, 
28  n  ;    Eliz.,    vi,    148  n,    191  «  ; 
Hugh,  vi,   129,   130,   148,   149  M, 
191  n,  198  «  ;  vii,  194  ;  John,  vi, 
167,  206  «,  297  n,  307  ;  vii,  181  ; 
Oliver,  vi,  147  ;  Rich.,  vi,  149  n, 
166  n,  260  ;  Rob.,  vi,  28  n,  149  n  ; 
Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  319 ;  Thos.,  vi, 
149  n  ;  vii,  246  n  ;  see  also  Cowper 
Cooper's  Lane  (Heskin),  vi,  166 
Coore  (Coer,  Couer,  Coure,  Cover, 
Covere),  Ad.  de,  vii,  196,  196  n  ; 
Alice  de,   vii,    198  n ;   Christiana 
de,  vii,  196  ;  Geoff,  de,  vii,  196, 
196  n,  197  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vii,  196  n  ; 
Grimbald    de,    vii,    196,    198  n  ; 
Hilda  de,  vii,  196  n  ;  Jane  de,  vii, 
196  n  ;  John  de,  vii,  31  n,  196  «  ; 
Maud   de,   vii,   31  n ;   Rich.,   vii, 
31  n,  196  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  196  «,  198 
Cooton,  see  Cottam  and  Cotton 
Cophull,  Cophulle,  see  Coppull 
Copp    (Gt.    Eccleston),    vii,    276 
chap.,  vii,  266  ;  sch.,  vii,  266  n 
Copp,  hill,  vii,  276 
Coppedhurst  (Chipping),  vii,  30  n 
Coppedhurst,  John  de,  vi,  262 

358 


Coppedlaw  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 

Coppel,  see  Coppull 

Coppetlauche  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  « 

Copphull,  see  Coppull 

Coppinger,  Hen.,  vi,  200  n 

Coppull,  vi,  58  n,  182,  187  n,  224-9  ; 
char.,  vi,  191  ;  ch.,  vi,  229  ; 
man.,  vi,  224  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  229 

Coppull  (Cophull,  Cophulle,  Coppel, 
Copphull,  Crophull),  Agnes  de,  vi, 
225  n,  226  n ;  Alice  (de),  vi, 
225  »  ;  vii,  1 66  n  ;  Amice  de,  vi, 
225  n  ;  Cecily  (de),  vi,  15  n,  225  ; 
vii,  101  n ;  Clemency  de,  vi, 
225  n ;  Emma  de,  vi,  164*1, 
225  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  225  n  ;  Hen.  (de) , 
vi,  15 «,  225  «  ;  vii,  101  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  225  ;  Jas.,  vi,  225  n  ; 
Joan  de,  vi,  225  » ;  John  (de) , 
vi,  15  n,  62  n,  142,  164  n,  212  n, 

224  M,  225  n,  226  n,  228  n,  267  n , 
285  n  ;   vii,    101  n,    125  n,    i66«, 
169  n,  173  n,  284  «  ;  Margery  de, 
vi,  225  n  ;  Maud  (de),  vi,  225  n  ; 
Rich,   (de),  vi,  62  n,  224,  225  n, 
285  n  ;    Rob.,    vi,    225  n  ;    Thos. 
(de),    vi,    224  n,    225 »,    227  n  ; 
Will,  (de),  vi,  142,  i6o»,  i8on, 

225  n  ;  vii,  166  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  283  n 
Coppull  Hall  (Standish),  vi,  183 
Coppy  Clough  (Church),  vi,  399 
Copthull,  see  Coppull 
Copthurst  (Padiham),  vi,  493 
Copwood,  Will.,  vii,  333  n 
Corbridge,  John,  vi,  372  n 
Corcola  (Stalmine),  vii,  252 
Corcolcar  (Kirkham),  vii,  160  n 
Cordell,  Thos.,  vi,  i6o« 

Core    (Chipping),    vii,    26;    man., 

vii,  31 

Corfield,  Rev.  Ashley  T.,  vi,  283 
Corles,  fam.,  see  Corless 
Corles  Mill,  vii,  270  n 
Corless    (Corles),    John,    vii,    300  ; 

Tim.,  vi,  74,  74  n  ;  vii,  291 
Cornall,    Rich.,    vii,    273  ;    see   also 

Cornoe 

Cornay,  Ad.  de,  vii,  153  n  ;  Row- 
land, vii,  179  n;  Warine  de,  vii, 

271 

Corner  Row  (Kirkham),  see  Cornoe 
Cornfield  (Ightenhill  Park),  vi,  487, 

489 

Cornfield  Close  (Medlar),  vii,  153 
Cornholm  (Larbreck),  vii,  182  n 
Cornholme  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Cornhull,  Will,  de,  vi,  413  n 
Cornhurst  (Accrington) ,  vi,  425  n 
Cornleyyeth  (Ribchester),  vii,  48  n] 
Cornoe      (Greenhalgh) ,      vii,      179, 

i8ow;  man.,  vii,  181  ;  sch.,  vii, 

181 
Cornoe,  Ad.  de,  vii,  17911;  Hen., 

vii,  181  n ;  Rob.,  vii,  181  n  ; 

Rowland,    vii,     181  n  ;    see    also 

Cornall 

Cornthwaite,  Rob.,  vii,  81 
Cornwall,  John,  earl  of,  vii,  302  n  ; 

Rich.,  earl  of,  vii,  146  w 
Corrit,  John,  vii,  245 
Cort,  Edw.,  vi,  404 
Cortes    (Cortays),    Agnes    de,    vi, 

398*1;    Emot,   vi,   398 «;    Rob., 

vi,  398  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  398  n  ;  vii, 

204 

Corwyn,  Will.,  vii,  245  n 
Coseney  (Cosney),  Dorothy,  vii,  89  ; 

John,  vii,  113  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  138  n 
Cosson,    John,    vii,    113  n;    Thos., 

vii,  113  M 

Coteflatt  (Hackinsall),  vii,  256  n 
Cotes,  see  Coates 
Gotham,  see  Cottam 
Cotom,    Coton,    see    Cottam     and 

Cotton 


INDEX 


Cottam,  vii,  72,  76,  79,  80,  91,  129, 
132  «,  133  n  ;  fisheries,  vii,  136  ; 
ind.,  vii,  129 ;  man.,  vii,  134  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  104  n 

Cottam  (Cotom),  Ad.,  vi,  353,  354, 
355,  383  n,  388  ;  Alice,  vi,  354  ; 
vii,  152  n  ;  Amice,  vii,  152  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  262  n,  405  n  ;  A  vice  de, 
vii,  136  n  ;  Denise  de,  vii,  288  n  ; 
Dorothy,  vii,  53  n ;  Edith  de, 
vii,  134  n  ;  Edm.  (de),  vii,  53  w, 
136  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  405  n  ;  vii,  47  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vii,  331  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  53  n  ; 
Ellis,  vii,  37,  47  n,  53  n ;  Geoff, 
(de),  vii,  134  n,  136  n,  331  n  ; 
Geo.,  vii,  125  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vii, 
125  n,  136  n,  152  n,  213  n,  331  n  ; 
Hugh,  vii,  330  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  152  n, 
200  n  ;  Janet,  vii,  200  n  ;  Joan, 
vii,  152  n ;  John  (de),  vi,  295  ; 
vii,  53,  125  n,  134  n,  136  n,  147, 
152  w,  169  n,  200  n,  265  n,  272  n, 
288  n,  331  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  49  n, 
53  n,  265  «,  329  n,  330*1;  Marg. 
(de),  vii,  136  n,  152  n,  331  n  ; 
Margery  (de),  vi,  405  n ;  vii, 
136  n  ;  Maud,  vii,  210  n  ;  Nich., 
vii,  331  n ;  Oliver,  vii,  292  «, 
331  n  ;  Pet.,  vii,  152  n  ;  Pris- 
cilla,  vi,  295  ;  vii,  272  n  ;  Rich, 
(de),  vi,  343;  vii,  53  n,  134*1, 
136*1,  297  n,  329  w,  331,  331  n; 
Rob.  (de),  vii,  53  «,  66  *t,  134  w, 
152  »,  200  n,  331  n  ;  Rog.,  vii, 
152  n;  Thos.,  vii,  36,  53,  152  w, 
165  «,  200  n  ;  Uctred,  vii,  53  n  ; 
Will,  (de),  vi,  262  n  ;  vii,  53  n, 
64  n,  66  n,  76  »,  125  w,  152  n, 
210  »,  331  n;  fam.,  vi,  444;  see 
also  Cotton 

Cottam   Hall   (Preston),   vii,    76  n, 

135  »,  291 

Cottam  Moss  (Preston),  vii,  134  n 

Cottesbach,  Eustace  de,  vii,  84, 
162  n,  321  n,  326  n 

Cottingham,  Hugh  de,  vi,  87  n 

Cotton  (Coton,  Cooton),  Eliz.,  vi, 
92  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,  30  n  ;  Nich.,  vii, 
30  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  92  n  ;  Will.,  vii, 
89  »  ;  see  also  Cottam 

Cotton  manufacture,  vi,  260,  263, 
270,  276,  278,  284,  289,  326,  338, 
345,  350,  361,  372,  399,  405,  406, 
409,  417,  423,  427,  434,  436,  437, 
442,  409,  474,  492,  503,  507,  512, 
513,  515,  519,  523,  537,  542,  544, 
548  ;  vii,  27,  36,  51,  78,  91,  150, 
I53,  167,  320 

Cottun,  Cotum,  Cotun,  see  Cottam 

Couburgh,  see  Cowburn 

Coucy,  Ingram  (Enguerrand,  Ingel- 
ram)  de,  vii,  302,  303,  303  n  ; 
Isabella  de,  vii,  303  ;  Philippa  de, 
vii,  303  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  181  n,  230, 
277,  277  n,  301  n,  302,  303,  306, 
308,  309,  313,  318  n,  326  n;  see 
also  Gynes 

Coufhull,  see  Cofhill 

Couhillands  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335 

Coulborne,  see  Cowburn 

Coulthard,  T.,  vii,  90  n 

Coulthurst,  Abra.,  vi,  447  n  ;  Alice, 
vii,  56  n 

Coulton,  John,  vii,  334  ;  Rev.  Will., 

vi,  343,  344 

Countes  Hey  (Chipping) ,  vii,  29  n 
Counton  (Ribby),  see  Compton 
Coupe,  see  Cowpe 
Couper,  see  Cowper  and  Cooper 
Coupland,  Joan  de,  vii,  303  ;  John 

de,  vii,  303,  316  n 
Cour  bridge,  vi,  122  n 
Coure,  see  Coore 
Court      House      (Martholme),     vi, 

340  » 


Coventry,  Hen.,  vii,  88  n  ;  Rich., 
vii,  41 

Cover,  Covere,  see  Coore 

Covihill  (Chipping) ,  vii,  29  n 

Cowanthwaite  mill  (Whittingham), 
vii,  209  n 

Cowban  (Cowborne),  Geo.,  vii, 
160  n  ;  John,  vi,  32  n  ;  — ,  vii, 
242  n  ;  see  also  Cowburn 

Cowburn  (Cowburgh),  man.  (War- 
ton),  vii,  159  w,  172,  214  w 

Cowburn  (Coulborne,  Cowborne) , 
Cecily,  vi,  265  ;  Chris.,  vii,  170  «; 
Ellen,  vii,  170*?;  Geo.,  vi,  265, 
285  w,  288  n  ;  vii,  175  n  ;  Hen., 
vi,  265  ;  vii,  170  n ;  Janet,  vii, 
170*1;  Joan,  vii,  170  n ;  John, 
vi,  265  ;  vii,  170  n  ;  Judith,  vii, 
170  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  170*1,  171  n, 
250  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  265  ;  Will.,  vii, 
170  n  ;  see  also  Cowban 

Cowden  Brook,  see  Cole  Clough 

Cowdray  (Cowdrey),  John,  vi,  74  n  ; 
Marg.  de,  vii,  180  n,  283  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  180  n  ;  Rob.  de, 
vi,  113  n  ;  vii,  180  n,  283  n  ;  Will. 
de,  vii,  180  n,  283  n 

Cowehey  (Clayton  -  le  -  Moors) ,  vi , 
418  n 

Cowell  (Rishton),  see  Cowhill 

Cowell  (Cawvell),  Anne,  vii,  213  n  ; 
Geo.,  vii,  62  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  119  n  ; 
John,  vii,  59  n,  62  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 
85  ;  Thos.,  vii,  119  n,  213  n  ;  Will, 
vi,  517;  vii,  124*1;  see  also 
Cowhill 

Cowfield  (Catterall),  vii,  324  n 

Cowgill,  Jas.,  vi,  571,  558 

Cowhey  Wood  (Whittingham),  vii, 
213*1 

Cow  Hill  (Haighton),  vii,  124 

Cowhill  (Rishton),  vi,  346  «,  347  ; 
vii,  42  n 

Cowhill  (Koul),  Ad.  de,  vi,  347  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  345,  347  n  ;  Rob.  de, 
vi,  400  n  ;  1  hos.  de,  vi,  402  n  ; 
Uctred  de,  vi,  400  n  ;  Warine  de, 
vi>  400  n ;  Will,  de,  vi,  400  *», 
402  n  ;  see  also  Cowell 

Cowhill  Moss  (Rishton),  vi,  345 

Cowhope,  man.,  vi,  233  w 

Cowhope,  fam.  ;  see  Cowpe 

Cowhouses  (Accrington),  vi,  233  n, 
424  n,  425 

Cowling  (Chorley),  vi,  129 

Cowling  (Cooling),  Jas.,  vi,  143  n  ; 
Thurstan,  vi,  143  n ;  Will.,  vi, 
143  n 

Cow  Moss  (Coppull),  vi,  229  n 

Cowopp,  see  Cowpe 

Cowpe  (Lower  Booths),  vi,  436 

Cowpe  (Coope,  Coupe,  Cowhope, 
Cowopp),  Geo.,  vi,  301  ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,  480,  481  n ;  Jas.,  vi,  237  n, 
280  «  ;  Rich.,  vi,  301  ;  Thos.,  vii, 
77 ;  Will.,  vi,  303,  431  n ;  vii, 
138  n 

Cowper,  Alice,  vi,  260  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
415  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  260  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
260  n,  371  *t ;  Jas.;  vi,  273,  274  ; 
vii,  158  n  ;  John,  vi,  3  n  ;  Jos., 
vii,  124  ;  Maud,  vii,  253  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  17 »;  Will.,  vi,  17  n,  57*1; 
vii,  253  n  ;  see  also  Cooper 

Cowthorpe  man.  (Yorks),  vi,  421  n 

Crabby  Nook  (Penwortham),  vi, 
56  n  ;  vii,  90  n 

Crabtree,  Alice  M.,  vi,  441  ;  Hen., 
vi,  381  ;  Miles,  vi,  519  ;  Will.,  vi, 
149 

Cracfoot  (Penwortham),  vi,  68  n 

Cragg,  the  (Foulridge),  vi,  546  n 

Cragg,  Eleanor  M.,  vi,  213  n,  229  n  ; 
Matth.,  vi,  167  n,  213  «,  229  n  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  26  n 

359 


Craggs,  the  (Pendle),  vi,  233*?,  515 
Craitate,  Alured,  vi,  295  n 
Crakemer  (Catterall),  vii,  323  n 
Cramer-Roberts,  Rev.  Fran.  A.  R., 

vi,  242 

Cranage,  Thos.,  vi,  80  ;  vii,  204 
Cranberry  Moss,  vi,  269 
Crane,  Agnes,  vii,  234  n  ;  Anne,  vii 
234  n  ;   Edw.,   vi,    165  ;   vii,   80 
Ellen,  vi,  175  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  234  n 
Hen.,  vi,  496  n  ;  Janet,  vii,  234  n 
John,    vi,    165*1,    166  n,    175*1 
Marg.,     vii,     234  n ;     Mary,     vi 
165  n  ;   Rich.,  vii,   250  n  ;   Rob. 
vii,  250  *»;  see  also  Craven 
Cranmer,  Thos.,  archbp.,  vi,  298  ; 

vii,  275  n 

Cranshaw,  fam.,  see  Cronkshaw 
Crapot  (Balderston),  vi,  314 
Crappencrop  (Kirkland),  vii,  313 
Crauthornland  (Lea),  vii,  130*1 
Craven  (Yorks),  vi,  491 
Craven,  Ad.  de,  vi,  374  n  ;  Agnes, 
vi,  359  n  >  Hen.,  vi,  359  n,  496  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  448;  Rich.,  vi,  237*1, 
337,  381  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  237  n,  337, 
398  n  ;  see  also  Crane 
Craven  Fold  (Dinckley),  vi,  337 
Crawshaw  (Adlington),  vi,  217 
Crawshaw  (Aighton),  vii,  i,  14,  14  n 
Crawshaw,  Jas.,  vi,  438  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

438,  438  *t 

Crawshaw  Booth,  vi,  233  n,  433-4 
Crawshaw  Hall  (Crawshaw  Booth), 

vi,  434 

Crawshaw  Head,  vi,  438  n 

Crawshaw  Walshman's  Croft  (Bai- 
ley), vii,  17 

Crawshey  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 

Creek,  Quenilda  at,  vii,  183  «;  Rog. 
at,  vii,  183  w 

Creichlow,  see  Critchlow 

Cresswell  Syke  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n 

Creswallsyke  (Penwortham),  vi, 
62  n 

Cribden  Moor,  vi,  230 

Crichelowe,  Crichlaw,  Crichley, 
Crichlow,  see  Critchlow 

Crigleston,  John  de,  vi,  545,  546 

Crinsil,  brook,  vii,  46  n 

Cripple  Oak  (Chipping),  vii,  34  n 

Crisp  (Crispe),  Eliz.,  vi,  180  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  159  n ;  John,  vi,  161; 
178,  180  ;  Mary,  vi,  180  *; ;  Thos., 
vi,  158,  180  n 

Critchlow  (Creichlow,  Crichelowe, 
Crichlaw,  Crichley,  Crichlow, 
Critchley),  Anne,  vii,  289 «; 
Grace,  vii,  136  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  50  ; 
John,  vi,  32,  272  n ;  Lawr.,  vi, 
298  n  ;  Oliver,  vi,  23  »  ;  Ralph, 
vi,  3  n,  23  n,  288  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
23  n  ;  vii,  330  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  283, 
Will.,  vi,  23  »,  208,  283  n ;  vii, 
98  n,  136  n,  213  n 

Crocke,  the  (Simonstone) ,  vi,  499*1 

Crocland  (Hothersall),  vii,  63  n 

Croft,  Gt.  (Rufford),  vi,  120 

Croft,  Chas.,  vi,  118 ;  Ellen  de,  vii, 
169  *i ;  Emma  de,  vi,  n  n,  109  n, 
150  »,  159  n  ;  Gabriel,  vii,  270  w  ; 
Sir  Hen.  de,  vii,  274  «,  328  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vii,  268  n,  278  n,  322  «, 
324  n ;  Isabel  (Isolda)  (de),  vii, 
270  «,  274  n,  316  n,  323  n  ;  Joan 
de,  vii,  268  n,  322  n ;  John  de, 
vi,  ii  n,  109*1,  150 «,  159*1; 
vii,  241*1,  316  n,  322  n;  Nich. 
(de),  vii,  169*1,  241  «;  Rog.  de, 
vii,  322  n ;  Will,  de,  vi,  174**, 
177  n  ;  vii,  316  n 

Croft  at  the  Town  (Cuerden),  vi, 
27  n 

Croftland  (Upper  Rawcliffe),  vii 
268  n 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Crofton  Anne  A.,  vi,  325  ;  Lt.-Gen. 

J.  F.,  vi,  325 
Crofts  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Crogrefleld  (Eccleston),  vi,  164  n 
Croke,  see  Crook 
Crokeshagh,  Will.,  vi,  438  » 
Croking  (Penwortham) ,  vi,  60  n 
Cromanhalgh  (Hothersall),  vii,  65  n 
Crombleholme      (Crombilholme, 
Cromleholme,        Crumbleholme) , 
Chris.,  vii,  35  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  264  n, 
265  «,  266  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  57  n  ;  Ellis, 
vii,    44;    Joan,    vii,    35 «;    Rev. 
Rich.,   vii,   264  n,   275 «;   Rich., 
vi,  265,  398  n,  538  ;  vii,  17  «,  18, 
i8«;   Rob.,   vii,   42,   51  «,   56 «, 
59,  97  n,  190,  265,  266  «;  Thos., 
vii,   35  n ;    Rev.   Will.,   vi,   283  ; 
Will.,   vii,    59  n,   266 ;    fam.,   vi, 
380  n 
Crombleholme  Fold  (Threlfall),  vii, 

196  n 

Crornbock  (Comberhalgh) ,  vii,  208  n 

Crombock,     Clement,     vi,     398  n  ; 

Eleanor,    vi,    387  n ;     Eliz.,    vi, 

398 »;     John,     vi,     387,     397 «, 

398  «,  399  n,  491,  515  n,  549  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  387,  387  n,  398,  492  ; 

Thomasine,  vi,  398  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 

355  n,  387  n,  398  «,  519  ;  — ,  vi, 

549  ;  fam.,  vi,  395  n 

Crombrook  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

457,  457  n 

Cromford,  man.,  vii,  80 
Cromleholme,  see  Crombleholme 
Crompton,  Abra.,  vi,  135,  143,  148 
John,  vi,   135  n,  148;  vii,  50  n 
Mabot   de,   vi,   267 ;    Rich.,   vii 
50  n  ;  Sam.,  vi,  148,  270,  286  n 
Sarah,  vi,  148  «;  — ,  vi,  426  ;  vii 
65  n 
Cromwell,    Oliver,    vi,    129 »,    139, 

290  ;  vii,  2,  76,  144  n 
Cronekiscar  (Blackburn),  vi,  246  n 
Cronerberihall  (Eccleston),  vii,  63  n 
Cronershalgh  (Hothersall),  vii,  65  « 
Cronkshaw  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

454,  468  « 

Cronkshaw,  brook,  vii,  52  « 
Cronkshaw,  John,  vi,  512  n,  513  n  ; 
Lawr.,    vi,    513  n ;    Leonard,    vi, 
512  ;  Ralph,  vi,  542  n  ;  Rich.,  vii, 
158  n  ;    Rob.,   vi,   513  n  ;   Thos., 
vi,  512  n,  513  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  223 
Cronshaw,  Rev.  Chris.,  vi,  119 
Crook,  the  (Button),  vii,  54  n 
Crook  (Standish),  vi,  199 
Crook  (Thornton),  vii,  235  n 
Crook  (Whittle),  vi,  32  n,  34,  35 
Crook,  the  (Wrightington) ,  vi,  174  n 
Crook  (Croke,  Crooke),  Ad.  del.,  vi, 

32  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  29  n,  34  n  ; 
Alice  de  (del),  vi,  34  n  ;  Anne,  vi, 
34  n  ;  vii,   121  n;  Ant.,  vi,   34  ; 
Cecily,  vi,  34  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  32  n  ; 
Clemency  de,  vi,  34  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 

33  n  ;  Ellen  (de),  vi,  34  n,  167  n  ; 
Emma  del,  vi,  34  n  ;   Geo.,  vii, 
82  n,   121  «,    124  n,    144,    152  n  ; 
Gilb.,  vi,  34  n  ;  Godith,  vi,  34  n  ; 
Greg.,    vii,     175  n ;    Helen,    vi, 
392  n  ;  Hugh  (de,  del),  vi,  34  «  ; 
vii,  75,  121  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  36,  150  «  ; 
vii,   159  n  ;  Janet,  vi,  34  n  ;  vii, 
121  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  34  n  ;  John  (de), 
vi,  34  «,  77  n,  167  n,  513  n  ;  vii, 
121  «,    124  n  ;    Kath.,   vi,    34  n  ; 
Mabel  de,   vi,   29  n ;   Marg.,   vi, 
228  n,    250 ;     Mary,     vi,     34 «  ; 
Matth.,    vi,    517 «;    Rich,    (de), 
vi,   34  n,   65,    77  n,   ggn,    151  «, 
228  n,    513  n,    521  ;    vii,     157  n, 
212  n  \    Rob.,    vi,    512  n  ;    Rog. 
(del),  vi,   10  n,  30  n,  34  «,  521  ; 
Sam.,  vi,  6,  10,  17,  33  n,  36,  90  », 


Crook  (con/.) 

143,  229  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  16,  34  n, 
gin,  100,  150  «,  250,  300,  521  ; 
vii,  90  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  29  n,  32  n, 
33.  34  n,  77  n,  121  n,  i6gn,  224, 
228  n,  229  ;  vii,  179  n  ;  — ,  vi, 
153  «,  183,  312  ;  vii,  120  n  ;  fam., 
vi,  64 
Crookacre  (Wiswell),  vi,  398  n, 

399  n 

Crookall,   Eliz.,  vii,   141  «  ;   Susan- 
nah, vi,  207  n 
Crooked  Riddings  (Ribbleton),  vii, 

106  n 

Crookedroyds  (Ribchester),  vii,  44  n 
Crookhalgh  (Worsthorne),  vi,  474  n 
Crook  Hall  (Durham),  vii,  124  n 
Crook  Hall  (Shevington),  vi,  202 
Crook  Hall  (Whittle-le-Woods),  vi, 

32,  35  n 

Crooklands  (Hutton),  vi,  67  n,  69  n 
Crooklands  (Marton),  vii,  240*1 
Crook  of  Beanhill   (Chatburn),  vi, 

372  n 

Crophill  (Crophull),  see  Coppull 
Cropper,  Rich.,  vii,  223 
Croskell,  Oswald,  vii,  334 
Cross,  fam.,  see  Crosse 
Cross  Bank  (Padiham),  vi,  493  n 
Crosse  (Cross),  Alice,  vi,  216  n, 
225  n  ;  Anna  M.,  vi,  141  ;  Anne, 
vi,  141  ;  Blanche,  vi,  141  M,  142  ; 
Dav.,  vii,  324  n  ;  Egerton,  vi,  273; 
Eliz.,  vi,  141  n  ;  Frances,  vi,  141  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  147  »  ;  Jas.,  vi,  133  n, 
141,  216,  229  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  141  n  ; 
Rev.  John,  vii,  113  ;  John  (de  la), 
vi,  18  n,  140,  141,  216,  225  n, 
237  n>  239  n>  263  n,  272,  272  n  ; 
vii,  102  n,  log  n,  141,  200,  332  ; 
Juliana,  vi,  141  ;  Marg.,  vi,  141  n, 
272  n  ;  Margery  de  la,  vi,  18  n  ; 
Mary,  vii,  89,  90,  105 «,  141  ; 
Nich.  (del),  vi,  546  n  ;  vii,  128  n  ; 
Rich,  (del),  vi,  133  n,  140,  141, 
225  n,  272,  318  ;  vii,  123  n,  183  n  ; 
Rob.  de  la,  vi,  391  n  ;  Rog.,  vi, 
140,  141  n,  216  «,  219  n  ;  Sarah, 
vi,  36  ;  Thos.,  vi,  36,  141,  143, 
263  ;  vii,  265,  266  n  ;  Thos.  B.  J., 
vi,  141  ;  Thos.  R.,  vi,  141  ;  T.  B., 
vi,  133  ;  Will.,  vi,  141  «,  272  ; 
vii,  53,  62,  90,  109,  114  ;  Will.  A., 
vii,  109  n  ;  Col.,  vii,  108  ;  — ,  vii, 
305  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  135 
Crossed  Ake  (Osbaldeston),  vi, 

320  n 
Crosse  Hall  (Chorley),  vi,  129,  130, 

140 

Crosse  Hall  (Liverpool),  vi,  141 
Crossens  (Tarleton),  vi,  115 
Crosses,  anc.,  vi,  10,  18,  29,  32,  47, 
56,  57 «,  65,  69,  75,  81,  91,  96, 
103,  108,  115,  120,  127,  130,  166, 
169,  192,  244,  276,  278,  283  n, 
290,  301,  349,  355,  381,  396,  405, 
427,  434,  441,  442,  442  »,  443, 
450,  451  n,  455,  463,  469,  479, 
513,  524,  534,  535  n,  537,  542, 
545,  54^,  551,  552  ;  vii,  2,  36,  54, 
75,  76,  78  n,  82,  91  n,  105,  108, 
117,  123,  124,  127,  150,  167,  174, 
191,  213  n,  214  M,  215  n,  296, 
300,  305,  311,  313 
Cross  Field  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

455 

Cross-flat  (Freckleton),  vii,  168  n 
Crossford  (Gt.  Eccleston),  vii,  277  n 
Cross  Ground  (Goosnargh),  vii,  197  n 
Crosshill  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  » 
Cross  Hill  (Scorton),  vii,  300  ;  sch., 

vii,  305 

Cross  Hill  (Treales),  vii,  178 
Crosshill      butts      (Clitheroe),     vi, 

368  n 


Cross  House  (Gt.  Eccleston),  vii 
270,  276,  279 

Cross  How  (Lytham),  vii,  215  n 

Crossley,  Rev.  Dan.,  vi,  441  ;  Dav., 
vi,  248  ;  Ellen,  vi,  408  n  ;  John, 
vi,  408  n,  491  ;  Pet.,  vi,  436 

Cross  Mill  (Upper  Rawcliffe),  vii, 
270  n 

Cross  Moor,  vii,  279,  280  «,  281  n 

Crossnapholm  (Charnock  Richard), 
vi,  206  n 

Cross  Slack  (Lytham),  vii,  213  « 

Crostanesnape  (Whittingham),  vii, 
209  n 

Croston,  vi,  i,  58  n,  68  n,  81-111, 
452  ;  adv.,  vi,  86 ;  char.,  vi,  90  ; 
ch.,  vi,  82  ;  man.,  vi,  91  ;  mkts. 
and  fairs,  vi,  95  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 
96  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  96  ;  sch.,  vi, 
89 

Croston,  Ad.  de,  vi,  166  n  ;  Alice 
de,  vi,  95  n  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  95  n  ; 
Dowe  de,  vi,  95 « ;  Edm.,  vi, 
95  «  ;  Edw.,  vi,  95  n,  96  n  ;  Eliz. 
de,  vi,  95  n,  96 «;  Gerv.  de, 
vi,  92 » ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  90  n, 
93  n,  95,  95  n,  g6,  96  n,  146,  147, 
166  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  95  n,  96  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  90  n;  Joan  (de),  vi, 
95  «,  96  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  95  n, 

216  n,  432  n  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  92  n, 
95  n  ;  Nich.  de,  vi,  87  ;  Pet.  de, 
vi,  96  n  ;    Reyner   de,    vi,    92  n ; 
Rich.,  vi,  95  »,  96  «,  128,  166  n, 

217  ;    Rob.    de,    vi,    95  n,  96  n  ; 
Rog.,    vi,    93  n  ;    R.,    vi,    51  n ; 
Sibyl,    vi,    95 « ;    Thos.    de,    vi, 

95  n  ;  Walt,  (de),  vi,  93  «,  95  «, 

96  n  ;    Will,    (de),  vi,  95,  95  n, 
96,  96  n,  1 66  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  116  n 

Croston  Hall  (Croston),  vi,  95 
Croueshah  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  271 
Crouke  Spit  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  319 
Crowdhurst  (Eccleston),  vi,  192  n 
Croweshagh,  see  Crawshaw  Booth 
Crow  Hall  (Goosnargh),  vii,  205 
Crowhaw  (Wheelton),  vi,  49  n 
Crow  Hill,  vi,  548,  551,  552 
Crowhill  Well  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Crowle,  John  C.,  vi,  323  n 
Crownest  (Longton),  vi,  70  » 
Crown  Point  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  454 
Crowpark     Wood     (Whalley),    vi, 

382  n 

Crowpool  (Warton),  vii,  171  » 
Crow's  Orchard  (Catterall),  vii,  322 
Crowther,  Joshua,  vi,  541  n 
Crow  Trees  (Barrowford),  vi,  542 
Crow  Trees   (Cuerden),  see  Wood- 
cock Hall 

Crowwood  (Burnley),  vi,  441 
Croxenshangend,  vi,  233  n 
Croxston,  Croxton,  see  Croston 
Croysdale,  Thos.,  vi,  513 ,n 
Croysitland  (Leyland),  vi,  34  n 
Crumbleholme,  see  Crombleholme 
Crumboc-halgh     (Clayton-le-Dale), 

vi,  258  n 

Cuburch,  Cuburne,  set  Cowburn 
Cuckoo,  Alice,  vi,  29  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 

29  n 
Cuckstool   Pit   Meadow    (Preston), 

vii,  79  n 
Cudworth,  Eliz.,  vi,  419  ;  Ellen  de, 

vi,  429  n  ;  John,  vi,  419  ;  Rich. 

de,  vi,  429  n 
Cuerdale,  vi,  235,  300-3;  coins,  vi, 

301 ;  man.,  vi,  301,  555  n  ;  mills, 

vi,  301  n,  302  « 
Cuerdale       (Cuerdall,       Keuerdale, 

Kiuerdale,    Kuerdale),    Ad.    de, 

vi,  301  ;   Agnes    de,   vii,  249  n ; 

Alex,   de,    vi,    271,    301,    314 «, 

315,   552 « ;    Alice  de,  vi,    270, 


360 


INDEX 


Cuerdale  (cont.) 

301,  302*1,  314  n,  315;  vii, 
249  n ;  Avice  de,  vi,  301  n ; 
Dionisia  de,  vi,  301  ;  Diota  de, 
vi,  303  n ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  301  ; 
Geoff,  de,  vi,  61  n,  270,  281  n, 
301  n,  314  n,  553  n  ;  vii,  106  n, 
249  n  ;  Gospatric,  vi,  301  ;  Hen. 
de,  vi,  301  n  ;  vii,  101  n  ;  Joan 
de,  vi,  301,  301  n,  302  n  ;  vii, 
106  n ;  John  (de),  vi,  61  n, 
270  n,  301,  302  M,  314  n,  384; 
Margery  de,  vii,  249  n  ;  Mary  de, 
vi,  301,  315  n ;  Pet.,  vi,  301  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  301,  303  ;  vii,  98  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  301,  301  n  ;  Rog.  de, 
vii,  101  n ;  Siegrith,  vi,  301  ; 
Warine  de,  vi,  301,  303  ;  Wasce 
de,  vii,  101  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  280,  296 

Cuerdale  Hall  (Cuerdale),  vi,  302 

Cuerdale  Hey  (Cuerdale),  vi,  300 

Cuerdale  lands  (Penwortham),  vi, 
61  n 

Cuerdall,  ste  Cuerdale 

Cuerden,  vi,  3, 6  n,  23-9,  58  n,  68  n; 
char.,  vi,  10 ;  man.,  vi,  23,  472  ; 
sch.,  vi,  29 

Cuerden,  fam.,  see  Kuerden 

Cuerden  Green,  see  Lostock  Hall 

Cuerden  Hall  (Cuerden),  vi,  23, 
25,  290 

Cuerden  Nook  (Cuerden),  vi,  23 

Culban,  see  Colbome 

Culcheth,  vii,  307  n 

Culcheth,  Agnes  de,  vi,  67  n  ;  Anne, 
vii,  278  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  71  n,  221  n  ; 
Hugh  de,  vi,  221  n ;  Iseult  de, 
vi,  67  n  ;  Kath.,  vi,  94  ;  Rich,  de, 
vi,  67  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  94,  278, 
•279  ;  fam.,  vi,  310 

Culmariclough  (Chorley),  vi,  129 

Culme,  Ben.,  vi,  86  n 

Culmerley,  Alice  de,  vi,  140  n  ; 
Hugh  de,  vi,  140  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi, 
140  n 

Culmylache,  see  Cumaleach 

Culnstyde,  see  Kilnstead 

Culwen,  Joan  de,  vii,  316  ;  Rob.  de, 
vii,  316  ;  see  also  Cur  wen 

Cumaleach  (Culmylache),  Ad.  de, 
vi,  15  «;  Hen.,  vii,  115  n;  Will, 
de,  vi,  15  n 

Cumbelow  (Staynall),  vii,  252  n 

Cumberhal,  Cumberhalgh,  see  Com- 
berhalgh 

Cumberland,    Hen.,    earl    of,    vii, 

3<>3  » 

Cumeragh,  see  Comberhalgh 
Cuncliffe,     Cundeclif,     Cundecliffe, 

Cundeclive,  Cundeclyve,  see  Cun- 

liffe 

Cundeshalgh,  man.,  vii,  321  n 
Cunliffe  (Anderton),  vi,  220  n 
Cunliffe  (Billington),  vi,  222,  325, 

33i 

Cunliffe  (Rishton),  vi,  331,  347  ; 
quarries,  vi,  345 

Cunliffe  (Cundecliffe,  Cunteclyve), 
Ad.  de,  vi,  222  n,  267*1,  331, 
331  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  222  n,  331, 
336,  418  n,  423  n  ;  Allan,  vi,  331  ; 
Anne,  vi,  332,  423  n  ;  Avice  de, 
vi,  220  n  ;  vii,  54  n  ;  Cath.,  vi, 
416 ;  Chris.,  vi,  422,  423  n  ; 
Edayne  (Idonea)  de,  vi,  259, 
266  n;  Eliz.,  vi,  337,  423,  549, 
552;  Ellen  (de),  vi,  222*1,  331, 
336  ;  Ellis,  vi,  425  n  ;  Foster,  vi, 
549  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  336,  337  ;  Grace, 
vi,  422  n,  549  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi, 
277  «,  33i  «,  337,  425  J  vii,  57  n  ; 
Hen.  O.,  vi,  549  ;  Isabel,  vi,  337  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  277  n  ;  Jennet,  vi,  419  ; 
Joan,  vi,  66 «  ;  John  (de),  vi, 
33i  «,  336,  4*5,  4l8«,  423, 


Cunliffe  (cont.) 

423  n,  425,  520,  549  ;  Marg.  (de), 
vi,  222,  331,  402  n,  429  ;  Margery 
de,  vi,  222  n,  331,  331  n  ;  Mary, 
vi,  415,  423  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  516, 
549,  551  I  Rich,  (de),  vi,  222  n, 
237  «,  331,  332,  345,  4°2  n,  426  ; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  220  n,  221  n,  222  n, 
259,  266  n,  267  n,  326  n,  331, 

337,  34°,  347  »>  4l8  «,  4*9,  422, 

423,  429,  549  «  ;  vii,  54  n  ;  Rog. 

(de),  vi,  222,  331,  336,  344  ; 

Thos.  de,  vi,  418  n,  423  n  ;  Will. 

(de),  vi,  267*1,  418  n  ;  Mrs.,  vi, 

53o;  — ,  vi,  326,  407,  425,  549, 

550 
Cunliffe    House     (Accrington),    vi, 

250  »,  425  n 
Cunningham,     Rob.     (Noble),     vii, 

190  n 

Cunscough  (Button),  vii,  59  n 
Cunstabellegh,  see  Constable  Lee 
Cunteclyve,  see  Cunliffe 
Cunuyld  Wall  (Dutton),  vii,  57  n 
Curling,  Edw.,  vi,  558 
Cursed  Mere  (Ly-tham),  vii,  214  n, 

216  n 
Curtasfaldwrigis    (Freckleton),    vii, 

i68n 
Curtes  (Curteys),  Alice,  vi,  374  n  ; 

John,  vi,  294  n  ;  vii,  212  n,  226  n  ; 

Marg.,     vii,     212  n ;     Rich.,     vi, 

374  » 
Curwen,    Geo.,    vii,    196  n;    Gilb., 

vii,     196  n ;    Hen.,    vii,    276  n  ; 

Jas.,  vii,  271  n  ;  Janet,  vii,  196  n  ; 

Nich.,    vii,    196  n ;    Pat.    de,    vi, 

290  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  196  n,  249*1; 

Walt.,  vii,   196  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 

306  n  ;  see  also  Culwen 
Curzon,  Assheton  Curzon,  vsct.,  vi, 

332,  383  n,  404  «,  558  n 
Curzon,  G.  A.  W.,  vi,  416  «,  558  n  ; 

Mary,  Lady,  vi,  383  n  ;  Sir  Nath., 

vi,    370,    383 «,    404,    415,    518, 

557,    558  n  ;    Nich.,    vi,    416 «  ; 

Penn   A.,   vi,  356  n,  383,  383  n, 

387  ;  fam.,  vi,  366 
Curzon-Howe,    Rich.    W.    P.,    see 

Howe,  earl 

Cuthbert,  St.,  legend,  vii,  217 
Cutler,  John,  vii,  51  ;  Thos.,  vii,  63 
Cyprus,  vi,  475  n 


Dacre,  Lds.,  vi,  164*1;  vii,  n6n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  162*1;  vii,  115  n; 
Thos.,  vi,  162,  163  ;  vii,  115  n 

Dacre,  Edm.  de,  vii,  162  n,  287  «  ; 
Eleanor,  vii,  115*1;  Ellen  de, 
vii,  287  n  ;  Godith  de,  vii,  287  n  ; 
Sir  Hugh  de,  vi,  162  n  ;  Humph., 
vi,  162  «  ;  Joan  (de),  vi,  162  n, 
164  «;  Marg.  de,  vi,  159  n  ;  Sir 
Randle  (de),  vii,  115*1,  330  n  ; 
Randle  (Ranulf)  de,  vi,  21  n,  140, 
159  n,  162  «,  165  n,  166 ;  vii, 
115  w,  215  n ;  Rob.  de,  vii, 
287  n  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  162  n  ;  vii, 
115  «;  Sir  Will,  de,  vi,  21  «  ;  vii, 
115  *»;  Will,  de,  vi,  162  n,  163  «, 
164  n  ;  vii,  115  n  ;  — ,  vii,  116 

Dale,  Thos.,  vi,  312  « 

Dalebridge  Head  (Newton),  vii, 
166  n 

Dalebut,  brook,  vi,  207  n 

Dalrymple,  Diana,  vi,  163  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  163  n 

Dalston,  Frances,  vi,  292  n  ;  John, 
vi,  292  n 

Dalton,  vi,  90  n,  233  n  ;  vii,  177  n 

Dalton,  man.  (Yorks),  vi,  478  n 

Dalton,  Alice  de,  vi,  101  ;  Anne, 
vi,  94  n,  102  n  ;  vii,  259  «,  260  n, 

361 


Dalton  (cont.) 

333  ;  Eliz.  (de),  vi,  92,  95  n,  101 
206  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  101  n  ;  Isabel 
de,  vi,  101  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  92  n  ; 
Jane,  vi,  102  n  ;  vii,  333  n  ;  Joan, 
vi,  92  n,  94  n,  95  n,  96  n,  102  n  ; 
Sir  John  (de),  vi,  101  ;  vii,  269  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  206;  vii,  257*1; 
Kath.  de,  vi,  101  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
92  n  ;  Margery  de,  vi,  101  ;  Mary 
de,  vi,  101  «  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  88, 
95  n,  101,  102  »  ;  Sir  Rob.  de,  vi, 
98  n,  101  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  92*1, 
94  »,  95  n,  97  *»,  101,  102,  206, 
208  ;  vii,  257  n,  259,  260  «,  333  ; 
Rog.  (de),  vi,  82,  92  n,  102,  132  ; 
vii,  255 n,  259,  259*1,  260  n, 
333  «,  334  » :  Thos.,  vi,  96  n,  384  ; 
vii,  259  n,  292  »  ;  Will,  (de),  vi, 
92  n,  95  n,  96  *i,  102  ;  vii,  333  n  ; 
— ,  vi,  322  n  ;  vii,  9  n  ;  fam.,  vi, 
84,  100,  205  ;  vii,  73  n 

Dam,  John  del,  vi,  110*1 

Damascus,  Hugh,  archbp.  of,  vi,  127 

Damstead  Wood  Farm  (Parbold), 
vi,  1 80 

Dancer  House  (Burnley),  see  Danes 
House 

Danderidding  (Hoghton),  vi,  37  n 

Dandy  (Dande),  vi,  469*1,  538  n 

Dandy,  Andr.,  vi,  29,  295,  296, 
300;  Geo.,  vi,  94  n,  now,  118  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  107  n,  n6n,  n8n 
Jane,  vi,  96  n  ;  Jenet,  vi,  107  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  n8n;  Will.,  vi,  90*1, 
n6«,  117,  296,  307  n;  — ,  vi, 
298  n 

Dandy  land  (Croston),  vi,  gin 

Dandyson,  Hen.,  vi,  471  n 

Danes  House    (Burnley),    vi,    441, 

445 

Danes  Pad,  vii,  129,  161,  176,  332 
Daniel  (Daniell,  Danyers),  Cle- 
mency, vii,  182  n ;  Edw.,  vii 
121  n  ;  Fran.,  vii,  13  ;  John,  vii, 
121  »,  124,  182  n,  183  «  ;  Nich., 
vii,  85  ;  Rob.,  vii,  36  ;  Thos.,  vii, 
121  n,  182  «,  183  n,  213  *t ;  Will., 
vi,  389*1;  vii,  90,  121  n,  182  «, 
322*1;  Col.,  vi,  361  n ;  Mrs., 
vii,  90 
Daniel's  Cross  (Broughton),  vii, 

117  n 

Daniscoles  (Aighton),  vii,  3  n 
Daniscoles  (Daniscales),  John,  vii, 
3  n ;    Osbert    de,    vii,    2  «,    13  ; 
Ralph  de,  vi,  387  n ;   Rich,  de, 
vii,  13 

Dannett,  Thos.,  vii,  215  n,  2i8n 
Danson,  Jas.,  vii,  255  ;  Thos.,  vii, 

255  » 
Danvers,   Eleanor,   vi,   421  ;    Eliz., 

vi,  421  ;  Sir  John,  vi,  421 
Danyers,  see  Daniel 
Darbyshire,  Abigail,  vi,  250  ;   Jas. 

D.,  vi,  199  n  ;  John,  vi,  250  ;  see 

also  Derbyshire 
Darcy,  Sir  Arthur,  vi,  317,  375  n  ; 

vii,     29  n,     58  n;     Aymer,     vii, 

303  *t ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  86 
Dardeslow,   Ralph  de,   vii,   288  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vii,  288  « 
Darell,  Cecily,  vi,  265  n  ;  Marma- 

duke,  vi,  265  n 
Darlington,  Frances,  vi,  192 
Darney,  Will.,  vi,  440 
Darwen,  Lower,  vi,  235,  269,  275-8  ; 

ch.,  vi,  278  ;  hid.,  vi,  276  ;  man., 

vi,    276,    397  n,    421  ;    mill,    vi 

277  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  278  ;  Rom. 

Cath.,  vi,  278  ;  sch.,  vi,  278 
Darwen,    Over,    vi,    235,    269-75  ; 

char.,  vi,  275  ;  ch.,  vi,  274  ;  coal 

mines,  vi,  270,  272  «;  ind.,  vi, 

270 ;  man.,  vi,  270 ;  mkts.  and 

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Darwen  (cont.) 

fairs,   vi,   274 ;    mill,   vi,   272  n ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  275  ;  pks.,  vi,  274  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  275 
Darwen,  riv.,  vi,  36,  41,  235,  244, 

263,  266,  275,  278,  289 
Darwen  (Derwent,  Derwin,  Der- 
wynd),  Ad.  de,  vi,  270,  272  ; 
Alan  de,  vi,  272  ;  Alex,  de,  vi, 
270 ;  Alice  de,  vi,  270 ;  Allen  de, 
vi,  270;  Benedict  de,  vi,  417  n; 
Cecily  de,  vi,  50  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  344, 
404  ;  Evan,  vi,  237  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
237  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  50  n,  417  n  ; 
Juliana  de,  vi,  270 ;  Rich,  de, 
vi,  270,  272  ;  vii,  50 ;  Thos.,  vi, 
344  ;  Siward  de,  vi,  270 
Darwen  Bank  (Higher  Walton),  vi, 

289 
Darwen  Hall  (Walton -le-Dale) ,  see 

Banister  Hall 
Darwen  Head  (Over  Darwen),  vi, 

272  » 

Darwen  Moor,  vi,  235,  269 
Darwen  Moor,  Lower,  vi,  276 
Darwen  Paper  Mill  Co.,  vi,  270 
Dashwood,   Rich.,  vi,   86  n  ;   Mrs., 

vi,  86 

Daubeny,  see  Dawbeny 
Dauncey,  Edw.,  vi,  554,  558 
Dautrey,  see  Hautrey 
Davenport,    Agnes    de,    vi,    292  ; 
Bathsheba,  vi,  441  ;   Sir  John  de, 
vii,  286  n;   John  (de),  vi,  292; 
vii,  159  »,  286  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  36  ; 
Will.,  vi,  281 

David,  vi,  417,  424  n  ;  vii,  158  » 
Davies  (Davie),  Anne,  vii,  327  n  ; 
Rev.  Edw.  J.  M.,  vi,  299  ;  Rich., 
vii,  238  ;  Rob.,  vii,  327  »  ;  Thos., 
vii,  167  ;  see  also  Davy 
Da  vii  Meadows  (Preston),  vii,  90  n 
Davy,    Jas.,   vii,    157  n;    Margery, 
vii,  1 66  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  147,  149  «, 
151  n,  163  n  \  Thos.,  vii,  166  n  ; 
see  also  Davies 
Davy  Field,  brook,  vi,  278 
Dawbeny     (Daubeny),     Eliz.,     vii, 
301  n  ;  Jas.  R.  B.  C.,  vi,  219,  223  ; 
Kath.,  vii,  301  n ;  Sir  Ralph,  vii, 
301  n 

Dawes,  Rev.  John,  vi,  435 
Dawfield  (Ashton),  vii,  133  n 
Dawfield  (Claughton),  vii,  326  n 
Dawmogh,  Hugh,  vi,  211  n  ;  Rich., 

vi,  211  n  ;  see  also  Dormer 
Dawridding  (Heath  Charnock),  vi, 

215  n 

Dawson,   Gabriel,  vii,   334 ;   Hen., 
vii,  90  ;  John,  vii,  89  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
367  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  375  ;  Will.,  vi, 
28  n,  392  «,  535  ;  — ,  vi,  374  n 
Daye,  John,  vi,  301 
Daykergate  (Preston),  vii,  102  n 
Deadwenclough     (Newchurch  -  in  - 
Rossendale),  vi,  233  n,  437,  438, 
439  n,  441 

Dean  (Higham),  vi,  512 
Dean,  Lower  (Higham),  vi,  512 
Dean,  brook,  vi,  337  ;  vii,  i 
Dean  (Dene),  Ad.  de  (del),  vi,  332  n, 
438  n  ;  Agnes  (de),  vi,  332,  332  n, 
555  «  ;  Alex,  de  la  (del),  vi,  332, 
438  n ;  Elias  (Ellis)  de,  vi,  332, 
506*1;  Geoff.,  vi,  455  n;  Hen., 
vi,  332,  332  n,  455  n  ;  Joan,  vi, 
332  n,  555  n  ;  John  (de),  vi,  332, 
506  n,  555  n,  559  «;  Maud,  vi, 
332 ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  332,  343  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  332,  455  n,  468  n  ;  Rog., 
vi,  332  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  506  n  ;  Will, 
(de),  vi,  332,  332  «,  506  n,  555  ; 
fam.,  vi,  326 

Deangate  (Cliviger),  vi,  480  n 
Dean  Head  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  338 


Dean  Hill  (Billington),  vi,  332 
Deansgate  (Myerscough) ,  vii,  140*1 
Dear-bought    (Charnock    Richard) , 

vi,  205  n 

Dearden,  see  Duerden 
Debaud,  John,  vii,  273 
Decoy,  Rev.  — ,  vi,  333  n 
Ded   Banks   (Clayton-le-Dale),   vii, 

20  n 

Dedecarr  ( Wrightington) ,  vi,  173  n 
Dedequenclogh,  see  Deadwenclough 
Dedesike  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Dedsyke    (Habergham   Eaves),   vi, 

457 

Dedwincliffe,  see  Deadwenclough 
Deepclough  (Hoghton),  vi,  37  n 
Deepdale  (Fulwood),  vii,  137  n 
Deepdale,  Ad.  de,  vii,  79  n ;  Maud 

de,  vii,  79  n 
Deeplache    Croft    (Briercliffe) ,    vi, 

473  « 

Deeplieginger,  vi,  233  n 
Deerplay       (Newchurch-in-Rossen- 

dale),  vi,  437 

Deerplay  Moor  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Deerstone  Moor,  vi,  524  n 
Deerstones  (Colne),  vi,  524  n,  536, 

552 

Delalond,  Felix,  vi,  181  n 
Delves,  vi,  536  n 

Demdike,  Old,  see  Southerns,  Eliz. 
Denby,    Marg.,    vii,    136  n;    Will., 

vii,  136  « 

Dene,  brook,  vi,  290  n 
Dene,  vi,  1 8  n 
Dene,  fam.,  see  Dean 
Denebutts    (Heath   Charnock),    vi, 

215  n 

Denecrage  (Gt.  Haiwood),  vi,  338  n 
Denefeld    (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  339, 

34° 

Denham  Hall  (Brindle),  vi,  77 

Denise,  w.  of  Ad.,  vi,  65 

Denison,  Jos.  G.,  vi,  404 

Dent,  Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  334 

Denwall,  Amery  de,  vi,  66  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  66  n 

Derby,  Agnes,  ctss.  of,  vi,  150  n  ; 
Alice,  ctss.  of,  vi,  lion,  150 n  ; 
vii,  34  n,  185,  242  n  ;  Charlotte, 
ctss.  of,  vi,  13  ;  vii,  281  n  ;  Doro- 
thy H.,  ctss.  of,  vii,  319  n  ;  Eliz., 
ctss.  of,  vii,  307  ;  Marg.,  ctss.  of, 
vii,  303  n  ;  earls  of,  vi,  2«,  59  n , 
75  n,  104,  107  n,  n6n,  122  w, 
140,  140  n,  161,  195  n,  204 «, 
206,  219  n,  243,  292,  298,  306, 
312,  349,  368  n,  394,  445,  525, 
549  n  ;  vii,  18,  23,  26  n,  28  n,  29, 
29  n,  32,  34,  35,  36,  62,  63,  63  «, 
66,  70,  74,  75,  76,  78  «,  91,  97  n, 

100  n,  102,  107  n,  113  n,  118,  119, 
120 «,    131,    139,    140  w,    144  n, 
152*2,  154, 156,  158**,  159  n,  i6o», 
164  »,   166,   167  «,   169  n,   170  w, 
173  n,  175  n,  176,  178,  180,  180  n, 
181  n,   183  w,   185,   i8gn,   igon, 
197,    207  n,    208,    211  «,    212  n, 
213  n,  215  n,  233  w,  234  n,  241, 
242,  250  n,  253  n,  271,  272,  273, 
274,  275  n,  277,  281,  282,  282  «, 
283,    284 «,    287*1,    303,    311 «, 
319,  325,  33i  »  ;  Chas.,  vii,  176, 
319  n  ;  Edm.,  vii,  325  n  ;  Edw., 
vi,   102,   no,   in  n,   174,  225 «, 
227,  229  n,  271,  272  n,  316  ;  vii, 
70  n,  80,  118  n,  120  n,  281  n,  307  ; 
Ferdinando,   vi,    123 ;   vii,   34  n, 
70  w,    160 »,    169  n,    185;    Hen., 
vii,  6,  119  n,  126  n,  166  n,  278  n  ; 
Jas.,   vi,    108  n,   381  ;   vii,   62  n, 
70  «,  319  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  93  »,  101, 

101  n,   104  n,   non,   179,  225  n, 
304,    316,    316  n,    321;    vii,    33, 
52  n,    62  n,    jon,    u8»,    125  n, 


Derby  (cont.) 

169*1,  175  n,  176  n,  185  n,  199, 
207  n,  281  n,  283  n,  329  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  no,  130,  131,  132,  150,  159, 
174  n,  193,  214  n,  225,  304  ;  vii, 
27  »,  34,  169  n,  194  n,  281  n  ;  see 
also  Ferrers 

Derby,  Joan  de,  vi,  229  n  ;  John 
de,  vii,  311  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  229  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  181  « 

Derbyshire,  Nancy,  vi,  244 ;  Rachael, 
vi,  79  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  97  n  ;  see 
also  Darbyshire 

Derden,  see  Duerden 

Dereslowe  (Winmarleigh),  vii,  306  n 

Derham,  Ellen,  vii,  170*1 

Derneclough  (Longton) ,  vi,  70  n 

Dernelegh-brook,  vi,  266  n 

Dernerakes  (Bilsborrow),  vii,  332  « 

Derwaltshaw,  John  de,  vi,  223  n  ; 
Matth.  de,  vi,  223  n 

Derwent,  see  Darwen 

Derwent  o'  the  Mores,  see  Darwen, 
Over 

Derwentwater,  Jas.,  earl  of,  vi,  290 

Derwin,  Derwynd,  see  Darwen 

Despenser  (Despencer,  Dispencer, 
Dispenser),  Ad.  le,  vi,  37*2; 
Rich.,  the,  vii,  284*1;  Thos.  le, 
vi,  26  n,  37  w,  38*1;  see  also 
Spencer 

Dethfield  (Wrightington),  vi,  173  w 

Dethick,  Sir  Gilb.,  vi,  421  n 

Deuhihurst,  see  Dewhurst 

Deuyas  (Deuias,  Dewias,  D'Ewyas), 
Ad.,  vi,  305  n  ;  Alex.,  vi,  311  «  ; 
Alice,  vi,  261  n,  304,  305  ;  Cecily, 
vi,  304,  305  n,  312  n  ;  Isolda,  vii, 
inn;  Joan,  vi,  305;  Sir  John, 
vi,  262,  304  ;  John,  vi,  261,  263  n, 
3iin,  312  w;  vii,  73;  Margery, 
vi,  305  n  ;  vii,  162  n;  Matilda, 
vi,  305  n ;  Sir  Nich.,  vi,  304  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  261  n,  262  n,  263  n,  271, 
304  n,  305  ;  vii,  62  n,  73,  100  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  305  n  ;  vii,  in  w,  162  n  ; 
Rog.,  vi,  305  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  305  n  ; 
vii,  100  n ;  Will.,  vi,  305,  305  n, 
311  n  ;  vii,  73 

Device  (Devys),  Alison,  vi,  515 ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  515,  520  ;  Jas.,  vi,  515  ; 
Jenet  (Jennet),  vi,  516*1,  520*1; 
John,  vi,  515  «  ;  Will.,  vi,  516  » 

Devis,  Arth.,  vii,  80 

Devonshire,  ctss.  of,  vi,  80  ;  dks.  of, 
vi,  76  «,  80 ;  Will.  Cavendish,  vi, 
76 « ;  earls  of,  vi,  76 «,  80  ; 
Chas.,  vii,  139  n ;  Will.  Caven- 
dish, vi,  221 

Devys,  see  Device 

Dewhurst  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335 

Dewhurst  (Deuhihurst,  Dewehirst, 
Dewyhurst),  Ad.  de,  vi,  335 ; 
Anne,  vii,  49  n,  65  n ;  Avina 
de,  vi,  320 ;  Eliz.,  vii,  44, 
49  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  261  ;  Geoff.,  vii, 
51  n  ;  Giles,  vi,  346  n,  401  n  ; 
Grace,  vi,  335,  408 « ;  vii,  49  ; 
Hen.  (de  le),  vi,  335  ;  Jas.,  vii, 
18,  39  ;  John,  vi,  260  n,  335,  336, 
408  n,  419  n  ;  vii,  32  n,  44  «, 
48  n,  49,  65  ;  Mary,  vii,  18 ; 
Nich.,  vii,  62  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  81  «, 
229,  260  ;  vii,  50  ;  Rev.  Rob.,  vi, 
440 ;  Rob.  (de  le),  vi,  335,  432  ; 
vii,  1 8,  44  n  ;  Rog.  (de  le,  del),  vi, 
260 «,  320,  335  ;  Thos.,  vi,  48, 
320 ;  vii,  49  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  181, 
261,  335,  336  ;  vii,  49  n,  50,  65  ; 
— ,  vii,  58  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  246  n  ; 
vii,  63 

Dewias,  see  Deuyas 

Dewsbury,  Alice  de,  vii,  134  n ; 
John  de,  vii,  134  n 

D'Ewyas,  see  Deuyas 


362 


INDEX 


Dewyhurst,  see  Dewhurst 
Deyne  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  « 
Diana,  the  Anker  maiden,  vii,  44  n 
Dicconson  (Diccenson,  DicKonson, 
Diconson),  Agnes,  vi,  172  n ; 
Alice,  vi,  165  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  172  ; 
Cecily,  vii,  283  n  ;  Chas.,  vi,  172  ; 
Edm.,  vi,  165  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  155, 
165,  171,  172,  186,  201  n,  20^n, 
224  ;  vii,  158  n  ;  Elisota,  vi,  26  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  26  n,  163  n,  172; 
Frances,  vi,  516  ;  Geo.,  vi,  298  n  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  34  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  57  n, 
162 «,  163  n,  165,  169,  172, 
17271,  205  n,  322  n;  Jane,  vi, 
165  n,  172  n ;  John,  vi,  22  n, 
26  n,  27  n,  155,  165,  190  n,  207  n, 
515,  516  ;  vii,  283  n  ;  Juliana,  vi, 
172  n  ;  Kath.,  vi,  165  n  ;  Lawr., 
vi,  528  n  ;  Margery,  vii,  158  n  ; 
Martha,  vi,  172*1;  Mary,  vi, 
158,  172,  172  n,  201  n,  204  n  ; 
Meliora,  vi,  158  ;  Rich.,  vi,  163  n  ; 
vii,  213  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  129,  373  n  ; 
Rob.  J.  G.,  vi,  172  ;  Rog.,  vi, 
172  ;  Thos.,  vi,  22  n,  26  n,  165, 
172,  207  n  ;  vii,  170  »,  256  ;  Will., 
vi,  22  n,  26  n,  95  n,  ggn,  in  n, 
158,  165,  166,  172,  178,  180,  202, 
204,  207  n  ;  Will.  C.,  vi,  172  ;  — , 
bp.,  vi,  259  n  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n  ; 
vii,  283  ;  fam.,  vi,  164  ;  see  also 
Dickinson 

Dickenson's  tenement  (Tockholes), 
vi,  283 

Dickinson  (Dickonson),  Anne,  vi, 
216  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  494  ;  Jonathan, 
vi,  528  ;  Rich.,  vi,  216  n  ;  see  also 
Dicconson 

Dickridding  (Church),  vi,  402  n 

Dickson  (Duxon),  Fran.  J.,  vii, 
43,  245  ;  Grace,  vi,  77  n ;  John, 
vii,  165  n  ;  Martin,  vi,  371  ;  Rich., 
vii,  259  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  475  n  ;  vii, 
148  ;  see  also  Dixon 

Dicon,  John,  vi,  476  n 

Diconson,  see  Dicconson  and  Dick- 
inson 

Didsbury,  vii,  286  » 

Dieulacres  Abbey  (Staffs.),  vii,  170, 
170  n,  235,  236,  279,  281  n 

Dikounridding  (Claugtiton),  vii, 
325  » 

Diksnape  Syke  (Chipping),  vii, 
29  n 

Dilworth  (Dileworth,  Dillesworth, 
Dilleworth),  vii,  36,  37,  38  n,  50  n, 
51-4,  56,  59«,  61,  63  «,  118,  n8«, 
119 n,  126 n,  194 n,  198 n;  ch., vii, 
53  ;  fairs,  vii,  51  ;  ind.,  vii,  51  ; 
man.,  vi,  41  n  ;  vii,  52,  62  n ;  Non- 
conf.,  vii,  53  ;  quarries,  vii,  51 

Dilworth,  Ad.  de,  vii,  53  n  ;  Agnes, 
vi.  556 » ;  Earth.,  vii,  32  n  ; 
Hugh  de,  vii,  46  n,  53  «;  Jas., 
vii,  18  n  ;  Janet,  vi,  556  n  ;  John, 
vii,  121  n;  Juliana,  vii,  53  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  53  n  ;  Osbert 
de,  vii,  52  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  46  n, 
53  »,  121  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  52  n  ; 
Rog.,  vi,  556  n ;  Steph.,  vii,  36  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  556  n ;  vii,  34  n ; 
Uctred  de,  vii,  53  n ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  53  n  ;  — ,  vii,  124  n 

Dilworth  Hall  (Dilworth),  vii,  53  n 

Dilworthsed,  brook,  vii,  52  n 

Dimpenley  Clough  (Roughlee 
Booth),  vi,  519 

Dimples  (Barnacre),  vii,  312,  315, 
319,  320 n 

Dimples  Field  (Barnacre),  vii,  300 

Dimples  House  (Barnacre),  vii, 
319  n 

Dinckley,  vi,  235,  334,  335,  336-7, 
387 «,  398 «,  421;  vii,  ii4«; 


Dinckley  (cont.) 

man.,  vi,  232,  336  ;  mill,  vi,  336  ; 
Rom.  rem.,  vi,  336 
Dinckley,  brook,  vi,  252,  325 
Dinckley  (Dinkedley,  Dinkley,  Dun- 
kekanlega,  Dynkedley),  Ad.  de, 
vi,  211  n,  224  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii, 
29  «  ;  Bern,  de,  vi,  326  n,  328  ; 
Christiana  de,  vi,  336  ;  Elias  de, 
vi,  33° ;  Gilb.  de,  vii,  29  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vii,  29  n,  35  «  ;  Joan  de, 
vi,  211  n,  224  n;  John  de,  vi, 
328,  330  n,  336 ;  vii,  29 « ; 
Matilda,  vi,  336  ;  Maud  de,  vii, 
29  n ',  Nich.,  vi,  216;  Rich,  de, 
vi,  328  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  330  n  ;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  211  n;  vii,  29  n  ;  Uctred 
de,  vii,  29  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  358 

Dinckley  Hall  (Dinckley),  vi,  337 

Dinelay,  Ad.  de,  vi,  365  n,  366  w, 
481  «,  553  n;  Agnes,  vi,  553*1, 
554  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  553  n  ;  Anne, 
vi,  378  «,  395  «,  554  n  ;  Cecily  de, 
vi,  366  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  553  n  ;  Eliz. 
de,  vi,  553  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  554  n  ; 
Hen.  (de),  vi,  395  n,  480  n,  481  n, 
553,  554,  555;  Isabel  de,  vi, 
481  n,  508  «,  553  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,  366  «,  367  «,  37in,  374  », 
377  n,  481  «,  508  n,  519,  552  n, 
553,  555  n,  559  »  ;  Marg.  de,  vi, 
366  n,  553  «,  559  n  ;  Matth.  de, 
vi,  480  «,  481  n  ;  Oliver  de,  vi, 
481  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  366  »,  481  n, 
553  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  378  n,  395  », 
480,  481  n,  554,  556  ;  — ,  vi,  556 

Dineley  (Cliviger),  vi,  479,  480  »; 
man.,  vi,  481 

Dineley,  brook  (Cliviger),  vi,  481  n 

Dinkedelay,  Dinkedelegh,  Dinked- 
ley, Dinkley,  see  Dinckley 

Diota,  vii,  192  n 

Diring,  Rog.,  vii,  147 

Dirley,  Ad.  de,  vi,  211  n;  Hugh 
de,  vi,  211  n 

Dirpley  Moor,  see  Deerplay 

Disherson,  Agnes  le,  vi,  34  n  ;  John 
le,  vi,  34  n  ;  Will,  le,  vi,  34  n 

Dison,  see  Dyson 

Dispencer,  Dispenser,  see  Despenser 
and  Spencer 

Dissheford,  Ad.  de,  vii,  257  n ; 
Alice  de,  vii,  257  n 

Disteshaw,  Ad.  de,  vii,  lion; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  no  n 

Ditchfield,  Dorothy,  vi,  206  n ; 
Edw.,  vi,  57,  206  «,  489  n  ;  vii, 
138  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  206  n  ;  Marg., 
vi,  135  n  ',  Rob.,  vii,  298 

Ditton,  see  Dutton 

Dixon  (Duxon),  Chris.,  vii,  126  «; 
Damaris,  vii,  90 ;  Grace,  vi,  77  n ; 
Jas.,  vii,  174  «;  John,  vi,  526, 
533  n ;  Rich.,  vii,  66,  66  «,  174  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  531  n ;  Thos.,  vii, 
126  n;  Will.,  vii,  124,  174;  see 
also  Dickson 

Dobberydyng  (Sunderland),  vi,  318 

Dobbes  Hope   (Gt.   Harwood),  vi, 

339 
Dob  Brow  (Charnock  Richard),  vi, 

204 

Dobcroft  (Preston),  vii,  84  n 
Dob  Cross  (Croston),  vi,  91 
Dobhey  (Parbold),  vi,  173  n,  174  n 
Dobhole  Bridge  (Darwen),  vi,  275 
Dobin,  vii,  116  n 
Dob  Meadows  (Over  Darwen),  vi, 

270 
Dobson,  Agnes,  vi,  217  n  ;  Geo.,  vi, 

358,   359;   Hugh,  vi,    118,   380; 

Isabel,  vii,  66  n ;  Jas.,  vi,  342  ; 

John,  vi,  217  n ;   Jonathan,  vii, 

266 ;    Rich.,    vii,    247  n ;    Rev. 

Rob.,   vi,   344 ;   Rob.,   vii,   66 », 

363 


Djbson  (cont.) 

174  n  ;    Thos.,   vii,    32  n,    260  n 

Will.,  vii,  81,  174,  247  n 
Dockesbyry,  see  Duxbury 
Dodd,  Chas.,  vi,  18 
Doddeson,  see  Dodgson 
Dodding,  Sarah,  vi,  383  ;  Col.,  vii, 

292 

Doddingfell,  fam.,  vi,  85  n 
Doddington,  John,  vii,  97  n  ;  Will., 

vii,  263  n 
Dodgecroft      (Whittingham) ,      vii, 

213  n 
Dodgson     (Doddeson,     Doggeson), 

Grace,  vi,  391  n ;  Rev.  Jas.,  vi, 

283  ;  John,  vi,  366  n,  391  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  391  n ;  vii,  234  n  ; 

Rog.,  vi,  391  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  no  « 
Dodhill  (Dutton),  vii,  57  «,  58  n 
Dodhill,  brook,  vii,  54  «,  57  n 
Dodhill,  Dodhull,  fam.,  see  Duddell 
Dods  Hall  (Ribchester),  vii,  44  n 
Dodsworth  (Holcroft),  vi,  120,  122  n 
Dodsworth,  Rog.,  vi,  120 
Doggeson,  see  Dodgson 
Dog  Meadow  (Haslingden),  vi,  428  « 
Dokysbiri,  see  Duxbury 
Dole  House  Estate  (Gt.  Harwood), 

vi,  344 

Dolphin  Hill,  vi,  32 
Dolphinholme  (Nether  Wyresdale), 

vii,  300,  304  ;  weir,  vii,  270  n 
Don,  riv.,  vi,  441,  468,  472 
Donington,  Chas.  F.,  Ld.,  vii,  164  « 
Donote,  vi,  393  n 
Donum,  see  Downham 
Dore,  Ellen,  vii,  327  n 
Dormer,    Dorothy,    vi,    63  n ;    Sir 

John,  vi,  31  n,  64  n ;  Sir  Rob., 

vi,  31  n,  64  »;  see  also  Dawmogh 
Dorset,  Thos.  Grey,  marquess  of, 

vi,  132 

Dorsett,  John,  vii,  138  n 
Douaneshaigh    Moss     (Claughton), 

vii,  326  n 

Douansargh,  see  Dowanshargh 
Douay,  Rog.  de,  vi,  116 
Douay  Seminary,  vii,  236 
Douenay,  Agnes,  vi,  366  n  ;  John, 

vi,  366  n 
Doughty,  Cecily,  vii,   34  n  ;   Eliz., 

vi,  525  ;  Hen.,  vi,  525  ;  vii,  34, 

35  «  ;    John,    vi,    525  ;    vii,    34  ; 

Mary,  vii,  34  ;  Mich.,  vii,  34,  35  n  ; 

Susan,  vii,  34  ;  Will.,  vii,  34 
Doughty  pasture  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Douglas,  riv.,  vi,  69,  81,  91,  100, 

102,  in,  115,  149 
Douglas,   Alex.,   marquess   of,   vii, 

304  n 

Douglas,  John,  vi,  158,  161,  332  n 
Douglas  Chapel  (Parbold),  vi,  91  n, 

1 80 

Dounanesbreck  (Newton),  vii,  166  n 
Doune,  Cecily  de,  vi,  390  n  ;  Rob. 

de,  vi,  390  n 

Dounom,  Dounum,  see  Downham 
Doustisykes  (Cliviger),  vi,  485  n 
Dove  Stones  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Dowanshargh  (Claughton),  vii,  296, 

330,  33°  » 

Dowanshargh,  Pet.  de,  vii,  330  n 

Dow  bridge,  vii,  166 

Downeclough-with-Mete,  vi,  233  n 

Downham,  vi,  233 «,  349,  356  n, 
368  n,  375  »,  552-8,  559  » J  adv., 
vi,  557  ;  chap.,  vi,  558  ;  char.,  vi, 
558  ;  ch.,  vi,  556  ;  cross,  vi,  552  ; 
man.,  vi,  232,  382,  552,  560  n  ; 
mill,  vi,  552  n,  553,  554  n  ;  Nut- 
shaw  Farm,  vi,  558  ;  Old  Hall, 
vi,  555  ;  sundial,  vi,  557 

Downham  (Dunham),  Christiana 
de,  vi,  556  n ;  Hawise  de,  vi, 
393  n;  Hen.de,  vi,  393  «,  552, 


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Downham  (cont.) 

553  n,  555,  556  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vi, 

552  n  ;    Sir   John   de,   vi,   327  n  ; 
John  de,  vi,  555  ;  Marg.  de,  vi, 

553  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  556  n 
Downham    Green    (Downham),    vi, 

373,  552,  553,  554 
Downham     Hall     (Downham),     vi, 

555 

Downing,  Edm.,  vi,  90  n 

Downs,  Edw.,  vii,  144  n 

Dowshay  dough  (Colne),  vi,  536 

Dowson,  Eliz.,  vi,  237  n 

Dransfield,  Marg.  de,  vii,  3  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vii,  3  n 

Dreng  (Warton),  vii,  172  n 

Drewitt,  Hen.,  vi,  239  n 

Driver,  Jas.,  vi,  549 ;  John,  vi, 
528,  549;  Thos.,  vi,  528,  530, 
549  n  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n 

Drogo,  rector  of  Ribchester,  vii,  40 

Dronsfield,  Marg.  de,  vi,  397  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  397  n 

Druell,  Hen.,  vi,  521 

Drummond,  Lady,  vii,  218,  249 

Drummond,  Jas.,  vii,  78  n 

Drury,  Amery,  vii,  107  n ;  Rich., 
vii,  107  n,  208  n,  212  n  ;  Rob., 
vii,  107  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  107  n,  208  n 

Dukesbiri,  see  Duxbury 

Dubberfield  (Bilsborrow),  vii, 
331  n 

Dublin,  Hen.  de  Lourdes,  archbp. 
of,  vii,  146  » 

Dubworth,  Chris.,  vi,  414  n 

Duce,  Edelina,  vi,  159  n 

Duckett  (Ducket),  Alice,  vii,  211  n  ; 
Anne,  vii,  63  n  ;  Fran.,  vii,  35  ; 
Jane,  vii,  35  ;  John,  vii,  63  n  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  58 

Ducksbury,  see  Duxbury 

Duckworth,  vi,  405,  406  «,  408-9, 
429,  430  ;  ch.,  vi,  409 

Duckworth,  Ad.,  vi,  425  n ;  Alice, 
vi,  425  n  ;  Anne,  vii,  63  n  ;  Cecily 
de,  vi,  408  n ;  Chris.,  vi,  403  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  237  n ;  Elk's  de,  vi, 
408  n  ;  Geo.,  vi,  272  ;  Hawise  de, 
vi,  408 ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  408  n  ; 
Janet,  vi,  380 ;  John,  vi,  403, 
425  n,  430,  432  ;  vii,  63  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  408  ;  Mary  de, 
vi,  408  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  405  n, 
408  n,  438  n;  vii,  213%;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  408  n  ;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  408, 
408  n,  425  n ;  Sam.,  vi,  272  ; 
Thurstan,  vi,  557  ;  Rev.  Will.  A., 
vi,  272  ;  Will.,  vi,  272,  278,  408  ; 
Mrs.,  vi,  243,  430 

Duckworth  Hall  (Oswaldtwistle), 
vi,  430  n 

Ducworth,  see  Duckworth 

Duddell  (Dodhill,  Dodhull,  Dudell, 
Dudhill),  Alice  de,  vii,  ii4«; 
Anne,  vii,  183 «;  Geo.,  vii, 
183  n,  234  n,  287  «  ;  Grace,  vii, 
63  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  183  n;  John  (de), 
vii,  27  n,  29  n,  57  n,  58  n,  287  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vii,  57  «,  287  n  ;  Thos. 
(de),  vii,  57  n,  59  n,  63  «,  161  n  ; 
Will,  (de),  vii,  27  n,  57  «,  63  n, 
114 «,  165,  183  n,  287  n;  — , 
Capt.,  vii,  287  n  ;  — ,  vii,  8  n  ; 
fam.,  vii,  49  n,  181  n 

Dudhill  (Dutton),  see  Dodhill 

Dudhill,  fam.,  see  Duddell 

Dudley,  Edm.,  vi,  104  n,  163,  164  n, 
316  ;  vii,  52  n,  95  n,  107  n,  115  n, 
n8«,  125  n,  169  n,  185  n,  iggn, 
233  n,  283  n,  287  «,  325  n,  331  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  163  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  163  n  ; 
Sir  John,  vi,  163  n ;  John,  vi, 
I63,  251;  vii,  115  n ;  Rob.,  see 
Leicester,  Rob.,  earl  of ;  — ,  vii, 
189  n 


Duell  (Dule),  Agnes,  vi,  556  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  556  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  128  ; 
see  also  Dylle 

Duerden  (Dearden,  Derden,  Dur- 
den),  Geo.,  vi,  43471;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  406  n,  438,  438  n  ;  John  (de), 
vi,  280,  406  n  ;  Margery  de,  vi, 
406  n ;  Nich.,  vi,  431,  434  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  406 «,  431;  Rob. 
(de),  vi,  406  n,  431  n,  438  « 

Dufneld,  man.  (Yorks),  vii,  155  n 

Dugdale  (Dugden,  Dukedale),  Ad., 
vi,  416  ;  Chris.,  vi,  373,  373  n  ; 
Edm.,  vi,  367  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  325  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  367  n  ;  Giles,  vi,  366  n, 
367  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  367  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
367  n  ;  vii,  297  ;  Janet,  vi,  367  n  ; 
John,  vi,  325,  363  n,  367,  367  n, 
478  n,  495  n  ;  vii,  291  ;  Jos.,  vi, 
323,  325 ;  Nich.,  vi,  367  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  367  n,  381,  382  «  ; 
vii,  212  n ;  Rog.,  vii,  297  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  387  ;  Sir  Will.,  vi,  367  ; 
Will.,  vi,  367 ;  — ,  vi,  372  n, 

374  « 

Duke's  Cross  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Dule,  see  Duell 
Duleshope,  vii,  69  n 
'  Dule  upo'  Dun  '  inn   (Clitheroe), 

vi,  361 
Duleys,  Gerard  de,  vi,  193  n,  200  n  ; 

Hugh  de,  vi,  193  n,  200  n 
Dunandespool  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  271  n 
Duncan,  vi,  360 
Dun    Cow    Rib    Farm    (Whitting- 

ham),  vii,  206  n,  207 
Dunderdale,  John,  vi,  533  »  ;  Rev. 

— ,  vi,  344 

Dunepool  (Fulwood),  vii,  137  n 
Dungecarre,  see  Dunscar 
Dunham,  see  Downham 
Dunkaneshalghe,       Dunkanshalgh, 

see  Dunkenhalgh 
Dunkedeley,      Dunkekanlega,      see 

Dinckley 
Dunkenhalgh      (Clayton-le-Moors), 

vi,    249  n,    345,    401,    417,    421  ; 

man.,  vi,  419-22 
Dunkenhalgh  (Dunkanshalgh),  Ad. 

de,  vi,  401  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  400  n, 

401  n,  402  n,  419 ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

419 

Dunkenhalgh      Hall      (Clayton-le- 
Moors),  vi,  422 
Dunkythele,  see  Dinckley 
Dunn  (Dunne),  Edm.  N.,  vi,  153  ; 

Jos.,  vii,  105  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  153  ; 

Will.,  vi,  249  n  ;  Rev.  — ,  vii,  96 
Dunn  and  Hansom,  vii,  10  n 
Dunning,  vi,  303  « 
Dunnockschae,      Dunnockschaghe, 

see  Dunnockshaw 
Dunnockshaw,  vi,  230  n,  349,  493, 

507,  514 
Dunnockshaw  Close  (Dunnockshaw), 

vi,  514 

Dunnokschaw,  see  Dunnockshaw 
Dunnyshope  (Accrington),  vi,  405  n, 

423 

Dunscar  (Rishton),  vi,  338  n 
Dunsop,  riv.,  vi,  247 
Dunston  (Lines),  vi,  459 
Dunton,  see  Dutton 
Dunum,  see  Downham 
Durham,  Cuth.  Tunstall,  bp.  of,  vi, 

160  n  ;  Jas.  Pilkington,  bp.  of,  vi, 

242 
Durham   Priory,   vii,    214;    priors, 

vii,    172  n,    175  n,    215  n,    216  n, 

332  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  229  n 
Durham's  Croft  (Poulton),  vii,  225 
Durning,  Rich.,  vi,  91  n,  102 
Durning  House  (Croston),  vi,  94  n 
Durton  (Broughton),  vii,  117,  119, 

120  n,  121  n 

364 


Durton  Green  Crosses  (Broughton), 
vii,  1 1 7  n 

Durton  Lane  Cross  (Broughton), 
vii,  117  n 

Dustesahe  (Dustescahe)  (Preston) , 
vii,  97  n,  116  n 

Dutton,  vii,  17,  19,  36,  37,  43,  48, 
50  »,  54-61;  char.,  vii,  20  n  ; 
mans.,  vi,  232  ;  vii,  54 

Dutton,  prior  of,  vii,  40  n 

Dutton,  brook,  vii,  54 

Dutton,  Ad.  de,  vii,  57  n,  64  n  ; 
Agnes  de,  vii,  48  «,  55  n  ;  Alice 
de,  vi,  34  n  ;  vii,  54  n,  57  n  ; 
Avice  de,  vi,  34  «  ;  Benedict  de, 
vii,  54  n  ;  Christiana  de,  vi,  34  n  ; 
Edusa  de,  vii,  64  n  ;  Eleanor,  vii, 
303  ;  Emma  de,  vi,  34  n ;  vii, 
54  n ;  Geoff,  de,  vi,  338 ;  vii, 
57  n  ;  Godith  de,  vii,  57  n  ;  Hen. 
de,  vii,  48  n,  58  n,  63  n  ;  Hugh  de, 
vii,  207  n ;  Isabel  de,  vi,  34  n, 
305  ;  vii,  53  n  ;  John,  vi,  34  n, 
305  ;  Jordan  de,  vi,  34  n ;  vii, 

53  n>  54  n>  57  n  >   Rich,  de,  vii, 
50  n,  54  «,  57  n,  58  n,  247  ;  Rob. 
de,  vii,  54  n,  55  n,  58  n,  207  ;  Sir 
Thos.,   vi,   305  ;   Thos.    (de),  vii, 

54  n,     239  n ;     Thomasine,     vii, 
239  n  ;  Uctred  de,  vii,  54  n  ;  Will, 
(de),  vii,  50  n,  54*,  55  n,  56  n, 
57  n,  58  n,  63  n,  100  n,  130  n 

Dutton  Hall  (Dutton),  vii,  56 
Dutton  Hedges  (Dutton),  vii,  55  n 
Dutton  Holme  (Dutton),  vii,  54  n 
Dutton  Huntingdon  (Dutton),  vii, 

55  n 

Dutton  Lee  (Dutton),  vii,  58  n 
Dutton  Place  (Church),  vi,  401 
Duuenshaw  (Barnacre),  vii,  318  n 
Duval,  Steph.  P.,  vi,  518,  535 
Duxbury,  vi,  58,  182,  187  n,  208-13  ; 

vii,  157  n  ;  char.,  vi,  192  ;  man., 

vi,  208  ;  mill,  vi,  142 
Duxbury  (Ducksbury),  Ad.  de,  vi, 

131  n,  142  n,  208,  209  n,  211  «, 

212  «,  218  ;  Agatha  de,  vi,  209  n  ; 

Agnes  de,  vi,  208  n,  209  n  ; 

Cecily  de,  vi,  212  n ;  Eliz.  de,  vi, 

211  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  208  «  ;  Hen. 
(de),  vi,  142  n,  207  «,  208,  209  n, 

212  w,  218  n,  271;  Hugh  (de), 
vi,  208  n,  211  n,  212  n,  218  n, 
229  n,  277  ;  Jas.,  vi,  416  ;  John 
de,  vi,  211  w;  Lawr.,  vi,  265, 
342,  407  n,  513  n,  515  »,  560  n  ; 
Mabel  de,  vi,  21211 ;  Magnei  de, 
vi,  208  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  277  ;  Nich., 
vi,  265,  343,  407  n,  423,  494  n, 
515  n,  517,  560%;  Rich,  de,  vi, 
211  n,  218  n,  229  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
208  n,  211  n  ;  Robin,  vi,  414  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  208  n ;  Siward  de , 
vi,  208,  212  n,  217;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  211  n,  219  n,  229  n,  288  n  ; 
Ughtred  (Uctred)  de,  vi,  142 «, 
211  n,  2ign,  288  n ;  Ulf  de,  vi, 
208  n;  Will,  (de),  vi,  55,  211  », 
212 «,  452  ;  vii,  204  ;  — ,  vi, 
431  »  ;  fam.,  vi,  184  n 

Duxbury  Hall  (Duxbury),  vi,  208, 

210,  211  n 

Duxendean  (Whittingham) ,  vii,  207 
Duxen  Dean  Cross  (Broughton),  vii, 

117  n 

Duxon,  see  Dickson  and  Dixon 
Duxon  Hill  (Brindle),  vi,  75  n 
Dwerryhouse  (Wrightington),  vi, 

174  n 
Dwerryhouse,    Ad.    de,    vi,    ij6n; 

Agnes,  vi,  176  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  176  n  ; 

Jane,  vi,  176  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  176  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  176  w 
Dyeing  and  Colour  Works,  vi,  276, 

289,  399 


INDEX 


Dykes   (Newchurch-in-Rossendale) , 

vi,  438 
Dylle,    Thos.,    vi,    127  n ;    see   also 

Duell 

Dynkedley,  Dynkley,  see  Dinckley 
Dyrpool  (Cabus),  vii,  305  n 
Dyson,  Harriet  A.,  vii,  259  ;  John, 

vi,  526,  533 


Eafward  (Efward,  Eward),  vi,  74  «  ; 

vii,  171,  172  «,  173  n,  177 
Eagland  Hill  (Pilling),  vii,  332 
Earlsgate,  Will,  de,  vii,  n8» 
Earl's   Meadow   (Penwortham),  vi, 

58  n 
Earnsdale  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  269, 

270,  274,  280 

Earnsdale,  brook,  vi,  275,  280 
Earnshaw  Bridge  (Leyland),  vi,  10 
Earpe,  Will.,  vi,  249  n 
Easden  Clough  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Eases  (Brockholes),  vii,  in  n 
Easington,  vi,  393  n 
Eastcliff  (Preston),  vii,  83  n 
Eastfield  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Eastgate  (Burnley),  vi,  453 
Eastgreaves  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Eastham  (Estham),  Arth.,  vi,  296, 

298  n  ;   Edm.,  vi,  237  n  ;   Fran., 

vi,  296  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  298  n  ;  Marg. 

de,    vi,    296 ;    Rich.,    vi,    296  ; 

Thos.  de,  vi,  296 
Eastley  Field  (Cottam),  vii,  136  n 
East   Moors    (Habergham    Eaves), 

vi,  457 

Easton  Neston  (Northants),  vi,  123 
Eastwood  (Hothersall),  vii,  64  n 
Eastwood,  Cath.,  vi,  77  ;  John,  vi, 

477  n  ]  —,  vi,  78  n 
Eaton,  see  Eton 
Eaves   (St.   Michael-on-Wyre),   vii, 

285 
Eaves  (Eves),  Ad.  del,  vii,  212  «; 

Alice  del,  vii,  212  n;   Eliz.,  vii, 

136  n  ;  Joan  del,  vi,  412  n  ;  John 

del,  vi,  412  n,  463  ;  Oswald,  vii, 

136  «  ;  Rob.  del,  vi,  397  n,  412  n  ; 

vii,   116;   Steph.   del,  vi,   131  », 

134  n ;     Thos.     (del),     vi,     10  n, 

397  n  ;    Will.,    vi,    512  ;   see  also 

Eyves 

Eaves  Barn  (Hapton),  vi,  507 
Eaves  Green  (Goosnargh),  vii,  191, 

198 
Eaves    Hall    (Chorley),    see    Crosse 

Hall 

Eaveshey  (Chorley),  vi,  133  n,  140 
Eccles,  Agnes,  vii,  35  n  ;  Benj.,  vii, 

63  ;    Edw.,    vii,    36  n  ;    Frances, 

vii,  35  n ;   Jos.,  vi,  288-9 ;   J.,  vii, 

202  n  ;    Marg.,   vii,    272  ;    Rich., 

vii,  31  «,  34  n;  Seth.,  vii,  44  n  ; 

Thos.,  vi,  276  ;  vii,  36,  44  n,  63  n, 

272,  282  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  270  ;  Miss, 

vii,  206  n 
Eccleshill,  vi,  39,  235,  269,  278-80, 

419,   429  ;   coal  mines,   vi,   419  ; 

ind.,    vi,    278 ;    man.,    vi,    279 ; 

mill,  vi,  279  ;  Rom.  rem.,  vi,  278 
Eccleshill,  Lower,  vi,  279  n 
Eccleshill,   Hen.   de,   vi,   279 ;   vii, 

109  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  279,  279  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  279,  279  n  ;  Rog.  de, 

vi,  270 
Eccleshill     Fold     (Eccleshill),     vi, 

279  n 

Ecclesia  of  the  Messiah,  vi,  248 
Eccleston,  vi,   i,  2,   58 «,   155-66 ; 

adv.,  vi,  158  ;  chant.,  vii,  170  n  ; 

char.,  vi,  90  n,  161  ;  ch.,  vi,  155  ; 

ind.,  vi,  162  ;  man.,  vi,  n  n,  162  ; 

•vii,  115  n,  138,  235  n;  Nonconf., 

vi   166 


Eccleston,  Gt.,  vii,  181,  183  n, 
229  n,  260,  261  »,  264 »,  266, 
269,  269  n,  276-9,  281,  284  n, 
302  n,  319  »  ;  ch.,  vii,  279  ;  fairs, 
vii,  276 ;  man.,  vii,  182,  276, 
280,  288 ;  mill,  vii,  278 ;  Non- 
conf., vii,  279  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii, 
279 

Eccleston,  Little  (Little  Eccleston- 
with-Larbreck),  vii,  143,  143 «, 
144,  144  n,  150,  150  n,  181-3, 
266,  269  n,  276,  280  n,  288  n, 
302  n  ;  man.,  vii,  182 

Eccleston,  Mickle,  Much,  see  Eccle- 
ston, Gt. 

Eccleston  (Eggleston),  Ad.  (de),  vi, 
i64«-i65«;  vii,  182  «,  183  n, 
276-7,  278,  279  n,  330  n  ;  Alan 
de,  vi,  291  n  ;  vii,  272  n,  278  n  ; 
Anabil  de,  vii,  278  n  ;  Anne,  vii, 
278  «  ;  Beatrice  de,  vii,  183  n  ; 
Cecily  de,  vi,  201  n ;  Edw.,  vii, 
35  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vii,  183  n  ;  Emma 
de,  vii,  277  n ;  Geoff,  de,  vii, 
272  n ;  Hen.,  vi,  i77»;  Hugh, 
vi,  165  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  165  n  ;  vii, 
J97 n  '>  John  (de),  vi,  163  n, 
165  n  ;  vii,  180  «,  278  n  ;  Kath., 
vii,  211  ;  Ralph  (de),  vii,  144, 
182,  183  n,  187  «,  276  ;  Rich,  de, 
vii,  272  n,  277  n,  279  n,  280, 
280  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  163  n,  165  n  ; 
vii,  183  «,  277  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii, 
109  «,  277  n,  280  «,  330  n  ; 
Steph.  de,  vi,  164  n  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  165  n,  172,  177,  194  n;  vii, 
I2O»,  153,  174  w,  182  n,  183  «, 
187  n,  197  »,  211,  234  w,  272  n, 
277,  278  n  ;  Uctred  de,  vii,  277  ; 
Will,  (de),  vi,  ioo«,  164  n-6;j  n, 
166 ;  vii,  19,  153,  187,  197  n, 
272  n,  276  n,  277,  278  n,  288  n  ; 
Winifred,  vii,  190  n ;  fam.,  vii, 
283  n,  284 

Eccleston  Green  (Eccleston),  vi, 
162,  1 66 

Eccleston  Hall  (Gt.  Eccleston),  vii, 
278 

Eccliston,  see  Eccleston 

Echelyston,  Echilston,  see  Elston 

Echemeswyk,  Eckeleswyk,  see  Els- 
wick 

Eckersall,  Jas.,  vii,  329  n ;  Thos., 
vii,  329  n 

Ecleston,  see  Eccleston 

Ecroyd  (Acroid,  Akeroyd,  Ake- 
royde),  Edw.,  vi,  540 ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
470  ;  John,  vi,  470,  471  ;  Rich., 
vi,  470,  471  ;  Sam.,  vi,  496 ; 
Will.,  vi,  470  ;  W.  F.,  vi,  540 

Eda,  w.  of  Rob.,  vii,  160  n 

Edcroft  (Adlington),  vi,  218  w 

Eddy,  Steph.  R.,  vi,  80 

Edeleswic,  see  Elswick 

Edelston,  Joan  de,  vi,  376  n  ;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  376  n 

Eden,  Jas.,  vi,  259 

Edeston  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 

Edgar,  Hannah,  vi,  148 

Edge,  the  (Sefton),  vi,  301,  321  n 

Edge,  Bridg.,  vi,  154  n,  194 «  ; 
Ellen,  vii,  194  n ;  Geo.,  vii, 
194  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  154  n  ;  Jos.,  vi, 
154  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  194  n  ;  Sarah, 
vii,  194  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  154  ;  vii, 
194  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  246  n 

Edgend  (Marsden),  vi,  540,  540  n 

Edgeside  (Newchurch),  vi,  440 

Edgeworth,  Ad.  de,  vi,  405  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  405  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  405  n 

Edielies,  Ad.  de,  vii,  16  ;  Christiana, 
vii,  1 6 

Ediholes  (Little  Harwood),  vi, 
251 

Ediholes,  fam.,  see  Hediholes 


Edisford      (Clitheroe),     vi,     366  n, 
chant.,  vi,  371  ;  leper  hosp.,  vi, 

371  A 

Edisford   (Edisforth),   Eve  de,  vii, 

34  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vii,  4  n  ;   Rich. 

de,  vi,  371  n  ;  vii,  4  n  ;  Will,  de, 

vii,  4  w,  34  n 

Edisford  Bridge  (Whalley),  vi,  360 
Edisforth,  fam.,  see  Edisford 
Edith,  vii,  130  n 
Edmundson    (Edmondson),    Benj., 

vi,    147,    159 ;    Chris.,   vii,   298 ; 

Ellen,     vi,     543  n ;     Ewan,     vi, 

1 66  n  ',   Hiet,  vii,  298  n  ;   Rich., 

vi,  155  ;  Will.,  vii,  89 
Edolf  Acre  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi,  290 
Edresford,  Will,  de,  vii,  230  n 
Edricholme  (Lytham),  vii,  216  n] 
Edsforth,  John,  vii,  141  n 
Edusa,  w.  of  Rob.,  vii,  134  n 
Edward,  the    Confessor,  vi,  i,  57, 

291 

Edward  I.,  vii,  92  «,  249 
Edward  II,  vi,  235  ;  vii,  177  n,  487 
Edward  IV,  vi,  61  n 
Edward,  rector  of  Standish,  vi,  187 
Edwards,  Marg.,  vii,  193  n,  322  n  ; 

Rob.,  vi,  388  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  322  n 
Edwin,  Ad.,  vii,  130  n  ;  Will.,  vii, 

130  w 

Edyef holes,  fam.,  see  Hediholes 
Eegh    Marsh     (Penwortham),     vi, 

58  » 

Ees,  the  (Bretherton),  vi,  102 
Efward,  see  Eafward 
Egerton,  Agnes,  vi,  76  ;  Dav.  (de), 

vi,   76»  79 ;   Jas.,  vi,   159,   161  ; 

Pet.,  vi,  215  » 
Egerton  Moss,  vi,  280 
Egginsike  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335  n 
Eggleston,  see  Eccleston 
Eghardhull  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  « 
Eghes    (Eghs),    Amabel    del,    vi, 

510  n  ;  Joan  del,  vi,  456  n  ;  John 

del,    vi,    510  n ;    Rich,    del,    vi, 

456  n  ;  Will,  del,  vi,  510  n 
Eglestun,  see  Eccleston 
Eidsforth  (Barnacre),  vii,  315,  318 
Eilsi,  see  Ailsi 
Eissilache  (Mellor),  vi,  263 
Elberton,  Hen.,  vi,  51  n 
Eldred,  John,  vii,  263  n 
Elesburne  (Pleasington),  vi,  266  n 
Elewynekar   (Little  Harwood),  vi, 

249  n 

Elfward,  vi,  538  n 
Elim  (Burnley),  vi,  453 
Elisburn(e),  riv.,  vi,  262  «,  268 
Elizabeth,  queen,  vii,  133  w,  136  n, 

138  n 

Elizabeth,  d.  of  Leuot,  vi,  485  n 
Elker  (Billington) ,  vi,  328 
Elland  (Ellend),  Alex,  de,  vii,  16  «  ; 

Hen.  de,  vi,  342,  417,  479,  481  ; 

Hugh  de,  vi,  479  ;   Rich,  de,  vi, 

424,  479,  481  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  16  n 
Ellaston,  A  vice  de,  vi,  170^;  vii, 

321  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  170  n  ;  Mich. 

de,  vi,  170  n  ',  vii,  321 
Ellel,  vii,  282  n,  300  «,  301,  319  «, 

333  n 
Ellel    (Ellill),    Ad.    de,    vii,    62 «; 

Alice,  vii,  49  n  ;  Ellis,  vii,  62  n  ; 

Grimbald  de,  vii,  282  n  ;  John  de, 

vi,  396  ;  vii,  62  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vii, 

62  n,    282  n  ;    Rob.,   vii,    62  n  ; 

Walt,  de,    vii,    282  n ;    see   also 

Sowerby 

Ellen,  vii,  283  ;  recluse,  vi,  360  n 
Ellend,  see  Elland 
Eller,  Ad.  de,  vii,  53  n 
Elleray,  Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  333,  334, 

344 

Ellerbeck  (Duxbury),  vi,  208,  211 
Ellerbeck,  brook,  vi,  208,  217 


365 


Ellercarr  meadow  (Little  Carleton), 
>•  vii,  229  n 

Ellerker,  John  de,  vi,  159 
Elleslegh,  Ellesley,  see  Ellisley 
ElJesmere,  Alice,  Lady,  vii,   185  n, 
208  n,    283  n ;    Thos.,    Ld.,    vii, 
34  n,  185  n,  208  n,  283  n 
Elleston,  see  Elston 
Elleswyk,  see  Elswick 
Elletson  (Elotson),  Cath.,  vii,  257  ; 
Dan.,  vii,   259,   333 ;   Eliz.,  vii, 
258  ;   Emily,  vii,  333  ;  Hen.  C., 
vii,  257  ;  John,  vi,  97  n  ;  vii,  257  ; 
Marg.  J.,  vii,  333  ;  Rog.,  vi,  97  n  ; 
Will.,  vii,  258  »,  333,  335  n 
Ellill,  see  Ellel 
Ellingthorp,  Rich.,  vi,  268 
Ellis,  vi,  469  n,  477  n;  vii,  169  »; 
the  harper,  vi,  485  n  ;  thegn,  vi, 
364  n 

Ellis,  Jas.,  vi,  518 « ;  Steph.,  vi, 
453  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  518  n  ;  Rev. 
— ,  vi,  518 

Ellisley  (Elleslegh,  Ellesley),  Alice 
de,  vi,  60  n,  303  ;  John  de,  vi,  60, 
303  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  109  « 
Ellisley  lands  (Penwortham),  vi,  60 
Ellison,    Hen.,    vii,    278  n ;    Stan- 
hope, vi,  114  ;  Thos.,  vi,  114,  147, 
153  ;  Will.,  vi,  153,  272  n 
Ellison  House,  vii,  278  n 
Ellis's  houses  (Stonyhurst) ,  vii,  4  n 
Ellott,  Isabel,  vi,  527  n  ;   John,  vi, 

527  n  ;  —,  vi,  524  n 
Elmetridding  (Chipping),  vii,  62  n 
Elmfield  (Church),  vi,  399 
Elminrode  (Eccleston),  vi,  164  n 
Elmridge  (Chipping),  vii,  26,  31 
Elnor  (Farington),  vi,  62  n 
Elondes  (Brockholes),  vii,  non 
Elotson,  see  Elletson 
Elremurcarr  (Bretherton),  vi,  103  n 
Elresbaree  (Salesbury),  vi,  252 
Ellington,    Edw.,    vi,    163  n ;    vii, 

115  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  163  n 
Elston,  vi,  37  ;  vii,  72,  73  »,  76,  79, 
83  n,  106,  108,  113-15,  127  n, 
205,  212  n  ;  char.,  vii,  90,  106  n  ; 
man.,  vii,  in  «,  113  ;  mills,  vii, 
114  n;  Nonconf.,  vii,  115;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  115  ;  Rom.  rd.,  vii,  108 
Elston  (Ellston,  Ethelston),  Agnes 
(de),  vii,  in  n,  114 n;  Alex., 
vi,  429  n  ;  vii,  114  »;  Alice  de, 
vii,  ii4»z;  Amabel,  vii,  48  n  ; 
Anabella  (Anabel),  de,  vi,  320 ; 
vii,  125  n  ;  Anne,  vii,  in  n,  112  ; 
Arth.  de,  vii,  n^n;  Benj.,  vi, 
430  n  ',  Cath.  (Kath).,  vii,  106  n, 
107  «,  inn;  Cecily  de,  vii, 
114  n;  Christiana  de,  vii,  114  n, 
126  n  ;  Eliz.  (de),  vi,  30  n,  429, 
430  ;  vii,  47  n,  114  n  ;  Ellen  (de), 
vii,  in  n,  126  n  ;  Emma  de,  vii, 
Ii4«;  Godith  de,  vii,  125  n ; 
Isabel,  vi,  294 ;  Jas.  de,  vii,  114  « ; 
Jane,  vii,  248  n  ;  John  (de),  vii, 
47  n,  io6n,  107  n,  in  n,  113  n, 
114,  H4»,  125  n ;  Marg.,  vii, 
in,  in  n,  125  n,  127  n  ;  Mar- 
gery de,  vii,  H4«;  Maud  de, 
vii,  114  n ',  Nich.,  vii,  125  n  ; 
Paulin  (de),  vii,  107  n,  114  n, 
125  n,  126  n  ;  Ralph  (de),  vii, 
in  n,  114  «,  115  n,  125  n  ;  Reg., 
vii,  125  n  ',  Rich,  (de),  vi,  30  n, 
237 ;  vii,  107 «,  in  n,  114 n;  Rob. 
(de),  vi,  294,  405  «,  429;  vii, 
109  n,  in,  in  n,  112,  114  n, 
125  n,  126  n  ;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  305  n, 
320,  339  n  ;  vii,  48  n,  49  n,  62  n, 
105,  106,  107  n,  in,  in  n,  113  n, 
114  n,  125  n,  136  n,  137  n  ;  Thos. 
(de),  vii,  125  n,  245  n  ;  Warine 
de,  vii,  114  n,  126  n;  Will,  (de), 


Elston  (con/.) 

vi,  294,  305  n ;  vii,  88  n,  106, 
106  «,  107  n,  109  n,  in  n,  113, 
ii4n,  125  «,  245,  248  n;  fam., 
vii,  1 66  n 

Elston  Hall  (Elston),  vii,  115 

Elswick  (Mellor),  mineral  spring, 
vi,  260 

Elswick  (St.  Michael-on-Wyre),  vi, 
37,  58  n  ;  vii,  156  n,  163  n,  166  n, 
i67tw,  i68w,  178  n,  180  n,  181, 

207  «,  260,  261  n,  264  n,  269  n, 
278,  279  n,  280  n,  281  n,   282-4, 
309 ;    chap.,    vii,    284 ;    ch.,    vii, 
284 ;   man.,   vii,   282 ;   mill,   vii, 

283  n,  284,  284  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vii, 
284 

Elswick,  Ad.  de,  vii,  208  n,  212  n, 
254  n,  279  n,  283  n,  284,  284  n  ; 
Alan  de,  vii,  179  n  ;  Alex,  de,  vii, 

208  n,  212  n,  284  n,  323  n  ;  Edm., 
vii,  198  n,  212  n ;  Eva  de,  vii, 
254 « ;  Hen.  (de),  vii,  198  n, 

284  n ;  Hugh  de,  vii,  279  n, 
284  n  ;  John  (de),  vi,  263  ;  vii, 
41,  43  n,  62  n,  199  n,  212  n, 
283  n,  284  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,  212  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  283  n,  284  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vii,  284  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  284  ; 
Steph.  de,  vii,  284  n ;  Thos.  de, 
vii,  179  n,  212  nt  323  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  179  n,  208  n,  212  n,  284, 

323  » 

Elswick  Grange  (Elswick),  vii,  282 

Eltonhead,  Alice,  vi,  34  n  ;  John, 
vi,  34  n 

Elvetham,  Hen.  de,  vi,  338  ;  Hugh 
de,  vi,  338 

Elvive  Furlong  (Freckleton),  vii, 
170  n 

Ely,  Jas.  Stanley,  bp.  of,  vi,  160  n, 
418  » 

Emery,  Mary,  vi,  n  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
n  n 

Emma,  vi,  367  n ;  d.  of  William, 
vii,  27  n 

Emmesone,  Dobbe  (Dowe),  vi,  339, 
339  n 

Emmott  (Come),  vi,  356  n,  455  n, 
525,  528  ;  Rom.  coins,  vi,  523  n 

Emmott  (Emott),  Chris.,  vi,  529  ; 
Edm.,  vi,  529  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  529  n  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  549 ;  Hen.  (de),  vi, 
528*1,  529 n,  548,  551;  Humph., 
vi,  529  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  447  «,  529  n  ; 
John,  vi,  529,  530,  536,  545  n; 
Marg.,  vi,  530 ;  Margery,  vi, 
545  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  529  n  ;  Rich.  W., 
vi,  529 ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  528,  549, 
549  n,  552  ;  Thos.,  vi,  529,  529  n, 
530 ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  528 «,  529, 
530,  533,  55i  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n, 
549  n 

Emmott  Bridge  (Trawden),  vi,  551 

Emmott  Floodgate  (Trawden),  vi, 

551 

Emmott  Hall  (Colne),  vi,  523,  529 
Emmott  Moor,  vi,  522,  529,  549 
Emott,  see  Emmott 
Emsworth     (Yorks),     chant.,     vi, 

314  n 

Enam  (Singleton),  vii,  183 
Enfield  (Clayton-le-Moors),  see  Hen- 
field 
Enfield    House     (Claughton),     vii, 

329  n 

England,  T.  T.,  vi,  527 
English,  Will,  the,  vii,  303  n 
Engleshelje],     Englisle,     see    Lea, 

English 

English  Lea,  see  Lea,  English 

Entwisle  (Entwistle),  Ad.  de,  vii, 

54  n,  56  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  272  »  ;  Sir 

Bertin,    vi,     non;    Edm.,    vi, 

429  n ;  Edw.,  vii,  56  ;  Ellis  de, 


Entwisle  (cont.) 

vii,  134  n  ;  Jane,  vii,  56,  58  ;  John 

de,  vii,  56  n,  134  n  ;  Rich,  de, 

vii,  54  n,  56  n ;  Townley,  vii,  56  n  ; 

— ,  vi,  439  n 

Erdington  (Birmingham),  vi,  49 
Ereley  (Mellor),  see  Arley 
Ereley,  Rich,  de,  vi,  262  n 
Erghum,  fam.,  see  Arrom 
Erlesgate,  Godith  del,  vii,  200  n  ; 

Will,  de,  vii,  123 
Erley,  vii,  46  n 

Erlnefield  (Huncoat),  vi,  411  n 
Ernesdene,  brook,  vi,  281  n   g 
Erneshalgh  (Farington),  vi,  62  n 
Ernistone  (Foulridge),  vi,  547  n 
Ernshaw,  Abra.,  vi,  301 
Erskine,  Capt.,  vii,  77  wj  1 
Eschayt,  see  Hesketh 
Escolme,  Geo.,  vi,  557 
Esholt  nunnery  (Yorks.),  vi,  533  n 
Eskehagh,  see  Hesketh 
Eskham  (Pilling),  vii,  332 
Eskholme  Houses  (Pilling),  vii,  334 
Eskland  (Garstang),  vii,  306  n 
Espes,  the  (Farington),  vi,  62  n 
Esprick,   vii,    150*1,    163 »,    I76«, 

179,    180  n,    181  n,    266,    274  n, 

279,  308 
Esprick,  Ad.  de,  vii,  179^;  John 

de,    vii,    1 79   n ;    Will,  de,    vii, 

179  n 

Essex,  Will.,  earl  of,  vii,  303  n 
Est  Chernoke,  see  Heath  Charnock 
Estebrec,  see  Esprick 
Estern,   John  le,  vi,  207  n ;  Will. 

(the,  le),  vi,  206  n,  207  n 
Esthalle,  Rich,  de,  vi,  259  n 
Estham,  see  Eastham 
Estholme  (Lytham),  vii,  2147* 
Estholme  Carr  (Lytham),  vii,  216 
Eston,  Estone,  Estun,  see  Ashton 
Etheleston,   Etheliston,  Ethelston, 

see  Elston 
Etheliswyck,    Etheneswyk,    Etles- 

whic,  see  Elswick 
Eton  (Eaton),  Cecily  de,  vii,  286  n  ; 

Isabel  de,  vii,  286  n ;   Joan  de, 

vii,  286  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  286  n  ; 

Rob.   de,  vii,   286  n ;   Nich.   de, 

vii,  286  n,  325  n,  328  n 
Euerby,  Cecily  de,  vi,  365  n 
Eustace,  vi,  503  n 
Euxton,  vi,  3,   6  n,    18-23,    58  «  ; 

vii,  79  n,  205  ;  chap.,  vi,  8,  9  n, 

22  ;  char.,  vi,  9,  91  n  ;  ch.,  vi,  22  ; 
cross,  vi,  18  ;  man.,  vi,  18  ;  mkt. 
and   fair,   vi,   19 ;   Nonconf.,   vi, 

23  ;  sch.,  vi,  23  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi, 

23 

Euxton,  Avice  de,  vi,  18  n ;  John 

de,   vi,    19  n,   224  n ;   Marg.   de, 

vi,  19  n  ;  Margery  de,  vi,  18  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  18  n,  19  n  ;  Rob.  de, 

vi,   21  n  ;    Steph.    de,   vi,    18  n  ; 

Thos.,  vi,  17  n,  ig  n;  Will,  (de), 

vi,  17  n,  21  n  ;  vii,  93  n  ;  see  also 

Exton 
Euxton    Burgh    (Euxton),    vi,    18, 

20  n 
Euxton  Hall  (Euxton),  vi,  17,  18, 

20  n,  21,  23 
Eva  (Eve),  w.  of  Ad.,  vii,  160  n  ; 

w.   of  Will,   the  carpenter,   vii, 

98  n 
Evangelical  Protestant  Church,  vi, 

248 

Evans,  Thos.,  vi,  181 
Everage  Clough  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Every,  Edw.,  vi,  543 
Every-Clayton,  Edw.,  vi,  476,  543  ; 

Eliz.,   vi,    476,    543;    Capt.,   vl, 

528  n,  543 

Every-Halsted,  Chas.  E.,  vi,  476 
Eves,  le  (Studlehurst),  vi,  324  n 


366 


INDEX 


Eves  ( Whittingham) ,  vii,  209  n, 
210  n,  212  n 

Eves,  brook  (Evesbroke),  vi,  290  ; 
vii,  29  n,  93  n 

Eves,  fam.,  see  Eaves  and  Eyves 

Evesham  Abbey,  vi,  6,  n,  n  n,  14, 
18,  52,  53  »,  54>  55  »,  58,  62,  65, 
67,  69,  70,  71  «,  72  n,  73  w,  171  n, 
215  «,  291  « 

Evis-brook,  see  Eves,  brook 

Evyn  pool  (Ribble),  vi,  58  n 

Eward,  see  Eafward 

Ewese,  see  Eves 

Ewewood  Holme  (Trawden),  vi,  551 

Ewood  (Blackburn),  vi,  276,  277  n, 
287-8,  497  n  ;  ch.,  vi,  288 

Ewood  (Haslingden),  vi,  428 

Ewood  (Ewode,  Hewode),  Ad.  de, 
vi,  287;  Avice  de,  vi,  511  n; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  511  n;  John  de 
(del),  vi,  246  n,  287  n,  428  n, 
511  M,  548  ;  Marg.,  vi,  287  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  287 ;  Will,  de  (del),  vi, 
246  n,  287  »,  428  n  ;  — ,  vi,  413  » 

Ewyas,  see  Deuyas 

Exeter,  Fred.  Keppel,  bp.  of,  vii, 
311  «;  John  Veysey,  bp.  of,  vii, 
42  n ;  John  Wolton,  bp.  of,  vi, 

395 

Exeter,  duke  of,  vi,  271 
Exeter,  Will,  de,  vi,  87,  146 
Exgangedoles  (Ribchester),  vii,  48  n 
Exton,  John,  vii,  24  ;  Rev.  Thos., 

vi,  274,  319  ;  see  also  Euxton 
Extwistle   (Extwesil,   Extwesl),   vi, 

349,  356  n,  443,  447  n,  450,  454, 

459,    468-73  i    man.,     vi,    471  ; 

mill.,  vi,  459  n,  472  ;  Rom.  camp, 

vi,  469 
Extwistle,    Alex,    de,    vi,    473  n ; 

Avice  de,  vi,  473  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi, 

473  n ;    Mabel    de,    vi,    473  n  ; 

Matth.  de,  vi,  473  n ;  Nich.  de, 

vi,  473  n  ;   Rich,  de,  vi,  473  n  ; 

Sabina  de,  vi,  473  n ;  Will,  de, 

vi,  473  n 
Extwistle  Hall  (Extwistle),  vi,  138, 

469,  472 

Eyerley  (Ribchester),  vii,  43  n 
Eyes,  the  (Brockholes) ,  vii,  112  n 
Eyes,  the  (Witton),  vi,  265 
Eyre,   Rob.  the,  vii,   52  n ;   Will., 

vii,  13 

Eyves  (Fishwick),  vii,  ii6n 
Eyves,  Grace,  vi,  27  n  ;  Jane,  vii, 

115  n;    Ralph,  vii,    117;    Rich., 

vi,  27  n  ;  vii,  117  ;  Rob.  del,  vii, 

116;  Thos.,  vii,  117;    fam.,  vii, 

137  n  ',  see  also  Eaves 
Eyves  Hall  (Goosnargh),  vii,  197 
Eyvill,    Margery    de,    vii,    277 « ; 

Thos.  de,  vii,  277  n 


Faceby-Stubbyng,  le  (Sunderland) , 

vi,  318 

Faethewra  (Marton),  vii,  24071 
Fairbank    (Fairebank),    Gilb.,    vi, 

451  ;    John,   vi,   547 ;   Will.,   vi, 

534  » 

Fairclough,  Ad.  de,  vi,  211  »;  Alex., 
vi,  188,  191  ;  Almarica  del  (de), 
vi,  201  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  201  n  ;  Eliz. 
de,  vi,  211  n;  Ellen,  vi,  229*1; 
Grace,  vi,  173  n,  201  n  ;  vii,  32  ; 
Hen.  (de),  vi,  201  n ;  John  del 
(de),  vi,  201  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  191  n, 
201  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  105  n,  201  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  201  n ;  Ralph 
(de),  vi,  105 «,  173  n,  191  n, 
201  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  66  n  ;  Rob.  del 
(de),  vi,  201  n,  229  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
191  «  ;  Will.,  vi,  9  n  ;  fam.,  vi, 
200 


Fairford   (Fairstead),   Jas.  de,  vii, 

84 
Fairhaven     (Lytham),     vii,     213  ; 

Nonconf.,  vii,  218 
Fairhurst  (Charnock  Richard),  vi, 

206  n 

Fairhurst    (Goosnargh),    vii,     191, 

197  n,  199 
Fairhurst  ( Wrightington) ,  vi,  169, 

175,  180  « 
Fairhurst,  Ad.  del  (del,  vi,  166  n, 

201  n,  207  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  207  n  ; 

Margery    de,    vi,    201  n,    207  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  207  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

207  n 

Fairhurst  Hall  (Wrightington),  vi, 

174  n,  181  n 

Fairland  (Croston),  vi,  92  n 
Fairoak  (Bowland),  vi,  380 
Fairs,  see  Markets  and  Fairs 
Fairsnape  (Bleasdale),  vii,  141  n, 

142  n,  164  n 
Fairsnape,  Lower  (Bleasdale),   vii, 

141 

Fairsnape  Fell,  vii,  20,  26,  68,  141 
Fairstead,  see  Fairford 
Faisacre,  Alan  de,  vii,  284  «;  Cecily 

de,  vii,  284  n 

Falbothgrene  (Goosnargh),  vii,  193  n 
Falconer,    Harvey    the,    vii,    306 ; 

Warine  the,  vii,  129  n 
Faldworthings  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  n 
Faldworthings  (Norbreck),  vii,  247  n 
Faldworthings  (Thurstan),  vi,  234  n 
Faldworthings  (Fald  worthing),  John 
de,  vi,  ii  »,  15  «,  24  n  ;  Rog.  de, 
vi,  24  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  27  «  ;  Will, 
(de),  vi,  15  n,  24  n,  27  n 
Falegh  (Faleghs),  John,  vi,  394  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vii,  199  n 
Falklough,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Fall,  the  (Ribchester),  vii,  48  n 
Fallingstone  (Mabwood),  vi,  338  n 
Fallonwelhalgh     (Ribchester),     vii, 

46  n 

Fallowfield,  John,  vii,  82  n 
Fallrode  (Cliviger),  vi,  485  n 
Falsnape  (Bleasdale),  see  Fairsnape 
Falsnape    Cloughfield    (Haighton), 

vii,  125  n-6  n 
Falsnape    Cloughhead    (Haighton) , 

vii,  125  « 
Falsnape    Wray    (Haighton),    vii, 

126  n 

Falwalshalgh  (Ribchester),  vii,  47  n 
Faniscliffe,  see  Feniscliffe 
Fanshawe    (Fanshaw),    John,    vii, 
142*1,     184 »;    Sim.,    vii,    184; 
Thos.  E.,  vii,  184  n  ;  Will.,  vii, 
184 

Fanyscowles,  see  Feniscowles 
Faringdon,  see  Farington 
Farington,  vi,  52,  58,  61-5 ;  ch., 
vi,  65 ;  man.,  vi,  59,  62,  68 ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  65  ;  sch.,  vi,  62 
Farington,  Little,  vi,  64 
Farington  (Faringdon,  Farrington), 
Ad.  de,  vi,  62  n  ;  Agnes  (de),  vi, 
64*1,  now;  Alb.  de,  vi,  62  n  ; 
Alice  (de),  vi,  52  »,  62  «,  63  n, 
64  «,  67  n  ;  vii,  307  «,  320  n  ; 
Ameria  (Amery)  de,  vi,  62  n  ; 
vii,  200 ;  Anne,  vi,  12  n,  53,  63, 
64  n  ;  Bradshaw,  vi,  14  n  ;  Cecily, 
vi,  24  n,  64  n,  206  n  ;  vii,  307  », 
320  n ;  Chas.,  vi,  64  w,  68  n, 
73  n,  106  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  28  n  ; 
Dorothy,  vi,  12  n,  63  ;  Edm.,  vi, 
14  «  ;  Edw.,  vi,  299  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
6,  63  «,  64  n  ;  vii,  136  n,  314  «  ; 
Fran.,  vi,  67  n,  68  «,  322  ;  Geoff., 
vi,  64  «  ;  Geo.,  vi,  14,  no  «  ;  vii, 
135 «,  i6on;  Sir  Hen.,  vi,  9, 
ii  »,  12,  57  n,  63,  65,  68  n,  no  n, 
113  «,  164  n,  292  n  ;  Hen.  (de), 


Farington  (cont.) 

vi,  2n,  13,  14*1,  52  w,  57*1-58  *z, 

62  n,    64  n,    67  n,    109  n,    no«, 
n8w,   164  n,   206  n,   412  n  ;   vii, 
74,  135  n,  183  n,  320*1;  Hen.  N. 
vi,  14  ;  Hugh,  vi,  73  n  ;  vii,  106, 
107,   107*1,   117*1;  Humph.,  vi, 
7  ;  Isabel,  vi,  3  n,  30,  63  n,  293  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  14,  73  n  ;  vii,  205  ;  Jas.  N. 
vi,    14  ;    Jane,   vii,    106  n  ;   Joan 
(de),  vi,   n,  30,  61  n,  63,  71*1, 
no  *i,  113  n,  305  n  ;  Sir  John  de, 
vi,  64*?;  John  (de),  vi,  n  n,  18, 
21  n,  61  n,  62,  63  «,  64  n,  73  n, 
no«;  vii,  75,  90,  106  «,  226  n, 
320  n  ;    Lawr.,   vi,    17  n  ;   Marg., 
vi,  30  n,  64  n  ;  vii,  106  ;  Mary,  vi, 
9  «,  322  ;  Mary  H.;  vi,  14  ;  Nich. 
(de),   vi,    14  «,    62  n,   64  n  ;    vii, 
226  n,    320  n  ;    Pet.    (Piers),    vi, 
12  n,    24  n,  52  n,  57  «,  63  n,  64, 
65,  72,   71  n,  73  n,  293  ;   Ralph, 
vi,  7,  64  »;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  15  n, 
35  n,  62  n,  63  «,  66  n,  68  n,  73  n, 
74 ;     vii,     106  n,     107  n ;     Col. 
Rich.  A.,  vi,  14  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi, 
n  n,  12  n,  42  n,  62  n,  63,  65*1, 
74,  87,   non,   146;  vii,  226  n  ; 
Rog.    (de),   vi,    3 »,    62 «,    64 «, 
now,    131  n ;   vii,   200;   R.,   vi, 
85  n  ;  Sarah,  vii,  136  n  ;  Susan, 
vi,  13  n,  58  n;  Susan  M.,  vi,  14  ; 
Thos.    (de),  vi,   3 »,   12  n,   13  n, 
14  «,  17  »,  28  n,  32  n,  52  n,  63, 

63  n,  64  n,  67  n,  71  »,  73  n,  no  n, 
282*1,  307  n,  314  n,  320  n;  Val., 
vii,  135  n  ;  Warine  de,  vi,  62  n, 
66  n;    Sir  Will.,   vi,    n  n,    12  n, 
14;   Rev.  Will.,  vi,  13  n ;  Will, 
(de),  vi,  3  «,  4,  4  n,  9,  n,  n  n, 
12,  13,  14,  15  n,  17  n,  30,  30  n, 
31  n,  35  «,  51,  57  n,  58  n,  60  n, 
61,  62,  63,  64  «,  65  n,  68  n,  69  », 
72  «,  73  n,  85,  87  n,  107  n,  109, 
109  n,   non,   in,  in  n,   113  n, 
131  n,   160  n,  164  n,   166  n,  298, 
305  n,    319  ;     vii,    98  n,     160  n, 
211  «  ;  Will.  E.,  vi,  14  ;  Will.  J., 
vi,  14  ;  — ,  vi,  500  n  ;  fam.,  vi, 
18,  28,  52,  71  n,  296 

Farington  Hall  (Farington),  vi,  52 

Farington  Hall  (Ribbleton),  vii, 
105;  char.,  vii,  io6n 

Farington  Moss,  vi,  62 

Farington  Park  (Ribbleton),  vii, 
105 

Farmer,  John,  vii,  41 

Farnworth,  Avice  de,  vi,  226  n ; 
Edw.,  vi,  21  »,  2io»;  Hen.  de, 
vi,  226  «  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  226  n  ; 
John,  vi,  1 8  ;  vii,  120  »;  Ralph, 
vii,  120  n 

Farrand  (Farron),  Rev.  Rog.,  vii, 
123,  291  ;  Will.,  vi,  395 

Fairer,  Bridg.,  vi,  367 ;  Fran.,  vi, 
424  n ;  Hen.,  vi,  539,  551  ;  Will., 
vi,  424,  470  ;  vii,  288  n  ;  — ,  vi, 
524  «;  see  also  Ferrers 

Farrington,  see  Farington 

Farron,  see  Farrand 

Farthingbutt  (Cuerden),  vi,  27  n 

Farthing  Hill  (Preston),  vii,  102  » 

Farthings,  the  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 

Fastenfields  (Fastandfield),  (Rib- 
chester), vii,  49  *»,  51  n 

Fauconberg,  Ld.,  vi,  164  «,  252  n 
405 ;  Thos.  Belasyse,  vsct.,  vi 
246 

Fauconberg,   Agnes   de,   vii,    301 
Hen.,   vi,    150 «;    John  de,   vii 
301  ;    Sir    Walt,    de,    vii,    301 
Walt,  de,  vii,  301,  302,  320  n 
Will,  de,  vii,  301 ;  fam.,  vii,  316  n 

Fauerbeck  (Preesall),  vii,  256  n 

Fauvell,  Will.,  vi,  548 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Fawcett,  Thos.,  vii,  309  n  ;  Mrs., 
vi,  413  ;  — ,  vi,  205  n 

Fayles  (Goosnargh),  vii,  199  « 

Fayrehurst  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi, 
339  n 

Fazakerley,  Hen.,  vi,  133  ;  Hen.  H., 
G.,  vi,  133;  H.  H.,  vii,  156  n  \ 
Matilda  H.,  vi,  133  ;  vii,  156  n  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  no  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  219  n 

Fazakerley- Westby,  Jocelyn  T.,  vi, 
133  ;  vii,  156,  156  n;  Matilda  H., 
vi,  133  ;  vii,  156  n 

Featherston  (Federstun,  Fether- 
stan),  Alice  de,  vi,  556  n  ;  Gilb. 
(de),  vi,  350  n,  556  n  ;  Rob.  de, 
vi,  556  n  ;  Sarah  de,  vi,  556  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  291  n,  350  n,  556 

Fegherby,  see  Fetherby 

Feilden  (Felden,  Feldhend,  Fielden), 
Alice,  vi,  216  n;  Cecil  W.  M.,  vi, 
286  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  456  n  ;  Geoff.,  vi, 
456  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  236  n,  246,  265, 
286,  288  n,  342  ;  Jas.,  vi,  408  ; 
Capt.  Jas.  H.  G.,  vi,  240  n,  265, 
283  n,  286, 307 ;  John,  vi,  246, 534, 
535  n ;  Jos.,  vi,  246,  247,  265,  317  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  407  ;  Nich.,  vi,  394  n  ; 
Oliver,  vi,  216  n ;  Pet.  (Piers), 
vi,  407  ;  Rev.  Ran  del  H.,  vi,  299  ; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  127  n,  237  n,  342, 
555  n  ;  Sir  Will.,  vi,  286,  288  ; 
fam.,  vi,  347  «,  395  » 

Felgate,  Thos.,  vii,  66;  Will.,  vii, 

43  « 

Felicklough,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Fell,  John,  vii,  288  » 
Fell  House,  see  Rigmaiden  House 
Fellows,   Bridg.,  vi,  154  ;   Rice,  vi, 

154  ;  Rice  G.,  vi,  154  ;  Sam.,  vi, 

J54 

Felongley,  Hen.,  vi,  367  n 
Felton,  Jas.,  vi,  208  n ;   John,  vi, 

208  n 

Felyhalfeld  (Fenwick),  vi,  305  n 
Fenays,  see  Fiennes 
Fence,  vi,  513,  521,  522-3 
Fence  Gate  (Fence),  vi,  522 
Fence  Gate  (Salesbury),  vi,  256 
Feniscliffe  (Livesey),  vi,  282,  288 
Feniscowles  (Feniscoales)  (Pleasing- 
ton),  vi,  269,  288  ;  ch.,  vi,  288 
Feniscowles,  Ad.  de,  vi,  288 
Feniscowles  Hall  (Pleasington),  vi, 

266 
Fennifold  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

455  « 

Fenniscoles,  see  Feniscowles 
Fennycotes,    John   de,    vi,    469  n ; 

Maud  de,  vi,  469  «  ;  Randle  de, 

vi,  469  « 
Fennyfold,     Ad.     de,     vi,     510%; 

Amabel  de,  vi,  510  n ;  Nich.  de, 

vi,  510  n 
Fennyfolds    (Hapton),    vi,    510  n, 

512  n 
Fennyschull,       Fennyshales,       see 

Feniscowles 

Fens  in  Penhill,  see  Fence 
Fenton,  Jas.,  vii,  55,  255  ;  Jos.,  vii, 

48,   55  ;   Nich.,  vi,   438  n  ;   Rob. 

K.,  vii,  55  ;  Will.,  vii,  142 
Fenwick,  Eliz.,  vi,  525  «  ;  Will.,  vi, 

525  « 

Fenys,  see  Fiennes 
Feredale  (Newton),  vii,  166  n 
Feris,  Rich,  de,  vii,  209  n 
Fermanholes,  man.  (Whittingham), 

vii,  208 

Fermer,  see  Farmer 
Fernbreck  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  « 
Ferncroft  (Cuerden),  vi,  27  « 
Fernhagh  (Accrington) ,  vi,  425 
Fernhurst  (Lower  Darwen),  vi,  278 
Fernihurst,  Rich,  de,  vi,  335 
Fernleys,  the  (Trawden),  vi,  552  n 


Ferns,  the  (Poulton),  vii,  226  « 

Fernside  (Come),  vi,  528  n,  534  » 

Fernyhalgh,  vii,  117,  n8«,  119, 
120  n,  141  ;  chap.,  vii.  124  n  ; 
oratory,  vii,  124 

Fernyhalgh  Cross  (Broughton),  vii, 
117  n 

Fernyhurst  (Bilsborrow) ,  vii,  332  « 

Fernyside,  Pet.  del,  vi,  548  ;  Randle 
de,  vi,  548 

Ferrers,  earls,  vi,  108,  149,  162  ; 
vii,  132  «,  240,  264  n ;  see  also 
Derby,  earls  of ;  Will.  Ferrers, 
Ld.,  vi,  217 

Ferrers  (Ferrer),  Agnes  le,  vi,  171  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vii,  241  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi, 
131,  132  ;  Hugh  le,  vi,  171  n  ; 
Joan,  vi,  132  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  131, 
204  «  ;  Rog.  le,  vi,  171  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  96  n  ;  Sir  Will,  (de),  vi,  101, 
131,  194  n,  206  n,  241  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  I,  2,  2  n,  29  n,  99,  100, 
101  «,  103  n,  105  n,  131,  132, 
140,  143,  150  n,  197,  199  n,  203  n, 
205,  208,  213,  217,  218  n,  260; 
see  also  Farrer,  and  Derby, 
earls  of 

Ferriby  (Yorks),  vii,  328  n 

Ferriby,  fam.,  see  Fetherby 

Ferryman,  Ad.  the,  vii,  50  n 

Ferryman  Ley  (Penwortham),  vi, 
58  n 

Fetherby  (Fegherby,  Ferriby,  Fey- 
reby,  Fotherby),  Ellis  de,  vii, 
328  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vii,  326  n,  328  n  ; 
Isolda  de,  vii,  328  «;  Joan  de, 
vii,  313  «,  326  «,  328  n  ;  John  de, 
vii,  321  n;  Margery  de,  vii,  328 n ; 
Nichola  de,  vii,  328  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  328  « 

Fetherstan,  see  Featherston 

Fevre,  Ad.  le,  vii,  209  n 

Feyreby,  see  Fetherby 

Feysandforth,  see  Heysandforth 

Feyser,  Chris.,  vi,  369  n 

Fidler,  Will.,  vii,  136  n 

Field,  John,  vii.  190  ;  see  also  Fyld 

Fielden,  see  Feilden 

Fielding,  Anne,  vii,  239  n  ;  Gabriel, 
vii,  239  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  138,  320  n  ; 
Hen.  B.,  vii,  138,  320  »  ;  John, 
vii,  239  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  515 

Fieldingfordwray  (Greenhalgh) ,  vii, 
180  n 

Fieldplumpton,  see  Plumpton,  Gt. 
and  Little 

Fiennes  (Fenays,  Fenys),  Celia,  vii, 
77,  293  .'  Joan>  vi,  162  ;  Sir  Rich., 
vi,  162  ;  Thos.,  vi,  163  n ;  Will, 
del,  vi,  525  n ;  see  also  Dacre, 
Lds. 

Filbard,  vii,  94  n 

Fildingford  (Garstang),  vii,  313  n 

Filly  Close  (Filicloos,  Filieclose), 
vi,  349,  445,  488  n,  489,  490, 
491 

Finch,  Arth.,  vi,  177  n,  180 «  ; 
Chris.,  vii,  234  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  96  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  96  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  82  «, 
100.  192  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  100  n  ;  John, 
vi,  28  n,  155,  177  n,  199  n  ;  Kath., 
vi,  177  n,  180  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  177  n, 
1 80  ;  Marg.,  vi,  96  n,  177  n  ;  Mar- 
gery, vi,  28  n  ;  Mary,  vii,  135  «  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  234  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  177  n, 
224  n  ;  vii,  190  n,  234  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  100  n  ;  vii,  135  n  ;  Rev.  T.  R., 
vi,  57  ;  Will.,  vi,  96  n,  177  n 

Finesdenbrook,  vi,  38  n 

Finnay,  fam.,  vi,  471 

Finnescliffe    Bridge,    (Witton),    vi, 

235 

Finney  (Croston),  vi,  92  n,  96 
Finney  House  (Croston) ,  vi,  96  n 
Finsley  (Marsden),  vi,  537 


Finsley  Meadow,  see  Saunder's 
Bank 

Firth,  Thos.,  vii,  179 

Fischwic  (Fiscuic),  see  Fishwick 

Fish  (Fisshe,  Fyshe,  Fysshe),  Anne, 
vi,  278  ;  Evan,  vi,  77  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
77  n,  277  n  ;  Mich.,  vi,  273  ; 
Miles,  vi,  277  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  272  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  273  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  272  n, 
273,  274,  280  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  278  n 

Fishburne,  Thos.,  vi,  87 

Fisher,  Ellen,  vi,  9  n ;  Hen.,  vi, 
100  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  242,  259  n,  298, 
312  ;  John,  vi,  52,  176  n  ;  vii, 
148,  245,  259  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  176  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  100  «,  176  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 
176  n  ;  — ,  vii,  242  n 

Fisherfield  (Wrightington),  vi,  174  n 

Fishergate  (Preston),  vii,  76,  77  n, 
89  n,  97  n,  99  n,  101  n 

Fishergate  well  (Preston),  vii,  96  n 

Fisher  Tree  bridge  (Rufford),  vi, 
122  n 

Fishwick,  vi,  162  ;  vii,  72,  73  «,  76, 
79,  83  n,  89,  gin,  101,  114  M, 
115-17,  194  n  ;  chap.,  vii,  115  «; 

•  cross,  vii,  91  n  ;  man.,  vii,  102  n, 
115;  mill,  vii,  115  n,  n6«; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  115 

Fishwick,  brook,  vii,  116  n 

Fishwick,  Ad.  (de),  vii,  116  «,  194  n, 
201  n,  212  n  ;  Alan  de,  vii,  116  n  ; 
Amabel  de,  vii,  116  n  ;  Auger  de, 
vii,  116  n  ;  Cecily  de,  vii,  125  «  ; 
Chas.,  vii,  194  n;  Christiana  de, 
vii,  100  n  ;  Edm.,  vii,  205  n  ; 
Ellen,  vii,  212  »;  Gilb.  de,  vii, 
100  n  ;  Greg.,  vii,  116  n  ;  Hen.  de, 
vii,  105  ;  Hugh  de,  vii,  too  n  ; 
Rev.  Jas.,  vii,  194  n ;  Jas.,  vi, 
406  n,  496  ;  vii,  194,  212  n  ;  Jane, 
vii,  212  n ;  John  (de),  vi,  47  ; 
vii,  100  n,  116  n,  194  n,  212  n, 
223 ;  Margery  de,  vi,  154 « ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  105,  n6«;  Nich. 
de,  vii,  100  n ;  Rich,  (de),  vii, 
113  M,  n6w,  125%,  212  n  ;  Rob. 
(de),  vii,  n6«,  194  n  ;  Rog.  de, 
vii,  loon,  n6w;  Sim.  de,  vii, 
n6w;  Thos.,  vii,  too  «,  194*1; 
Will,  (de),  vi,  154  n  ;  vii,  loow, 
116  n,  212  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  133  n, 
288  n 

Fishwick  Banks  (Ribbleton),  vii, 
106  n 

Fishwick  Cross  (Preston),  vii,  91  n 

Fishwickgate  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 

Fishwick  Hall  (Fishwick),  vii,  115, 
116 

Fiskwic,  Fissewyk,  Fisshewyke,  Fis- 
wick,  Fiswike,  see  Fishwick 

Fisshe,  see  Fish 

Fitel,   Rich.,  vi,   474  n ;   Rob.,  vi, 

474  n 

Fitel  Green  (Worsthorne),  vi,  474  n 
Fitton    (Fiton),   Amiria,   vi,    34*1; 

Anabil     (Amabel),     vi,      120-1  ; 

Edm.,   vi,   29  n,   37,   47  n,    339  ; 

Sir  Edw.,   vii,   286  n ;    Eliz.,   vi, 

120  n,  375  n,  403  n  ;  Emma,  vi, 

34  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  338  ;  vii,  97  n  ; 

John,  vi,  29 «,  37  n,  50,   120  n, 

338,  339,  4*7;  Marg.,  vi,  120  », 
264  ;  vii,  130  »,  339  ;  Mary,  vii, 
286  n ;    Maud,     vi,     120-1  ;     Sir 
Rich.,  vi,  120  «,  339  ;  Rich,  (de), 
vi,  29,  33,  37,  39  n,  48  n,  108  n, 
120,  130  n,  196%,  264,  282,  338, 

339,  341,    347  «,    375  n,    403  «, 
418  n,    475  n  ;    Will.,    vi,    34  n, 
120  n,  339 

FitzAward,  Rog.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Will., 

vii,  99  n 
Fitzherbert,  Basil,  vii,  327  «,  328  n  ; 

Constantia,    vii,     327  n,    328  n 


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INDEX 


Fitzherbert  (cont.) 
Fran.,  vii,  328,  328  n  ;  Jas.,  vii, 
328  ;  Will.,  vii,  328  ;  Will.  J.,  vii, 
328 

Fitzherbert-Brockholes,  Thos.,  vii, 
328  ;  Will.,  vii,  139  n,  328,  328  n  ; 
W.  J.,  vii,  186,  328  ;  — ,  vii,  15  n, 
i8n 

Fitz  John,  Eustace,  vi,  538 

Fitz  Nigel,  Will.,  vii,  238 

Fitz  Reinfred,  Gilb.,  vi,  203;  vii, 
173  n,  268  n,  296,  300,  308  n, 
325  «;  Ha  wise  (Helewise),  vii, 
296  n,  308  n,  325  n  ;  Rog.  vii, 
153, 3oo 

Fitz  Walter,  Rob.,  Ld.,  vi,  405  n 

Fizle,  Pet.  le,  vi,  87  n 

Flaithel  (Flathe  Hill),  (Shevington), 
vi,  202  n 

Flass  (Colne),  vi,  523,  530 

Flat  Mills  (Walton -le-Dale),  vi,  289 

Flaxerode  (Wheatley),  vii,  32  n 

Flax  Moss  (Haslingden),  vi,  427 

Flecher  Oatley  (Whittingham),  vii, 
207  « 

Fleet  (Fleets)  (Church),  vi,  402  n 

Fleetwood,  vii,  79  n,  231,  232,  237  ; 
chs.,  vii,  ^37 ;  lighthouses,  vii, 
237  «  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  237  ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  237  ;  sch.,  vii,  236 

Fleetwood,  Agnes,  vii,  in  »  ;  Anne, 
vi,  53,  106;  Arth.,  vi,  59; 
Barbara,  vi,  59  n,  295  ;  Barton, 
vii,  195  n ;  Betty,  vi,  19  n ; 
Bridg.,  vi,  164  n,  295  ;  vii,  224  ; 
Chas.,  vi,  298  n ;  Edm.,  vi, 
167  n  ;  vii,  222  n,  230,  235,  236, 
236  n,  241,  247  n,  248,  249  n, 
250 «,  258  ;  Edw.,  vi,  56,  56  «, 
59,  62  n ;  vii,  148,  224,  235,  236, 

248  n,  249,  259  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  106  n  ; 
vii,    314 ;    Everill,    vii,    230  n ; 
Fran.,    vii,   236;    Henrietta  M., 
vi,  106 ;  Hen.,  vi,  59,  65,  322  n  ; 
vii,    162 «,    I79n;    Honora,    vi, 
59  n ;    H.,  vi,    74  n ;    Jas.,   vi, 
59  n ;   Jane,   vi,    164  n,  165  n  ; 
vii,    239    n,    248  n ;    Joan,    vii, 
270 ;  John  (de),  vi,  6,  53,  54  «, 
55  n,    58,    59,     60,    61   n,    62, 
65  n,   68,    70,   71  »,   73  n,    74  «, 
167  »;    vii,    97  «,    in  «,    136  n, 
158  n,   i6on,  222  n,  224,  235  n, 
331  «;    Marg.,    vii,    236,    248  n, 

249  »,    331  n  '•    Margery,    vi,    54, 
59  ;  Marianna,  vi,  274  ;  Mary,  vii, 
154  «  ;  Sir  Paul,  vii,  235,  241  », 

248  «  ;  Paul,  vii,  250  n,  258,  259  ; 
Sir  Pet.  H.,  vii,  236,  237,  241, 
248,   249  ;   Ralph,   vi,   73  «  ;   Sir 
Rich.,  vi,  24  n,  167  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
r5  n,  54,  55,  59,  71  «,  72,  73  «, 
167  n,    292  «,    293  ;    vii,    154  n, 
222  «,  224,  235,  236,  244,  245  n, 

249  «,  255  «,  259  n,  260  n  ;    Sir 
Rob.,  vi,   72  ;   Rob.,  vi,   167  n  ; 
vii,  154  n,  235  n  ;  Sam.,  vi,  19  », 
now,  164  n  ;  Sarah,  vii,  249  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  25  «,  27,  59  n,  106  n, 
161  n,   164,   i66«,   167*1,   177  n, 
198-9,    224  n,    292 «,    293,    295, 
397  »  '.    vii,    97  «,    151  n,    190  n, 
222,  222  n,    224  w,    227,    227  n, 
234  »,    235,    235  «,    236  n,    240, 
241,     242  n,     246,     248,     250  n, 
254  «,  270,  284  n  ;  Sir  Will.,  vi, 
155,   167,  250;  vii,   135,  24in  ; 
Will.,  vi,  58  n,  155,  164  n,  165  n, 
167  n,    295  ;    vii,    222  n,    224  n, 
227  n,  241,  247,  247  n,  248,  249, 
284  n  ;    Mrs.,    vi,    237  ;    — ,    vii, 
154  n,   219 ;    fam.,   vi,    52,    240, 
283,  310  ;  vii,  279 

Fleetwood  Hall  (Samlesbury),  vi, 
310 


Fleetwood-Hesketh,  C.  H.,  vii,  222, 

244 
Fleming,  Anne,  vi,  92  n  ;  Chas.,  vii, 

303  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  92,  101-2,  122  n  ; 
Gilb.,  vi,  92  n  ;  Isabel,  Lady,  vi, 
71  n ;  Isabel  (de  la),  vi,  92,  132  ; 
Joan,  vi,  92  n  ;  Sir  John  (le),  vi, 
71  «,  92,  95  n,  97  n,  98  »,  105  n, 
131,    132  ;    John    (le),    vi,    70  n, 
I2i  n  ;    vii,    334  n  ;    Marg.,    vi, 
209 ;   Reyner  (le),   vi,   70,  92  «, 
355  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  92  n  ;  Sir  Thos., 
vi,   70 »,  95  n,  209;   Thos.   (le), 
vi,  92  n,  97  n,   132,  432,  458  n  ; 
Will,    (le),    vi,    70  n,    72  n,    92, 
92  n,    93  n,    95  n,    102,    122  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  130 

Fletcher,  Geo.  C.,  vi,  518 ;  Hen., 
vii,  216  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  108 ;  Jane, 
vi,  1 08  ;  John,  vi,  163  n,  467  n  ; 
John,  R.,  vi,  163  ;  Jos.,  vi,  248  ; 
Mary,  vi,  163  n,  467  n ;  Matth.  F., 
vi,  119;  Rev.  M.,  vi,  119;  Rob. 
C.,  vi,  119,  147;  Rev.  Will.,  vi, 
283  ;  Will.,  vi,  208  n  ;  vii,  178  » 

Flethycrokes  (Barton),  vii,  127  n 

Flimingswell  Syke  (Preesall),  vii, 
257  n 

Flitchcrofthaw,  John  de,  vii,  109  n; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  109  n 

Floites  Syke  (Trawden),  vi,  552 

Flood,  John,  vi,  311  n 

Flore,  Rog.,  vi,  488,  490,  515,  521 

Florigg,  see  Foulridge 

Floyd,  Mrs.,  vi,  no  n 

Foal's  charity  (Chorley),  vi,  148 

Fogg,  Rob.,  vi,  153,  160  « 

Foldringis,  see  Faldworthings 

Folds  (Ulnes  Walton),  vi,  108 

Folds,  man.,  vi,  405  n 

Folds,  fam.,  see  Foulds 

Folds  House  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469, 
47°,  52i 

Foldys,  fam.,  see  Foulds 

Foldys  Cross  (Towneley  Hall),  vi, 

443,  463 
Folerigg,    Folerigge,    Folering,    see 

Foulridge 

Foles,  the  (Cottam),  vii,  136  n 
Foliot,  Alice,  vi,  304 ;  Jordan,  vi, 

304  ;  Rich.,  vi,  304  n 

Folly  (Foliot)  Hall  (Balne),  vi,  305  n 
Folrigg,  see  Foulridge 
Fonts,  vi,  54,  78,  85,  127,  130,  152, 
159,  186,  297,  312,  333,  342,  354, 

399,  403,  415,  449,  495,  533,  557  ; 

vii,  61,   123,   145,   14871,  244  n, 

290 
Foole  (Fowle),  Janet,  vi,  237  n  ; 

John,  vi,  395  n  ;  Lionel,  vi,  342  ; 

Rob.,  vi,  237  »  ;  Thos.,  vi,  288  n  ; 

—,  vi,  395  n 
Foot,  — ,  vi,  411 
Ford,  the  (Wheelton),  vi,  50 
Ford,  Alex.,  vi,  198  n  ;  A.  R.,  vii, 

142  n 

Fordoland  (Worsthorne),  vi,  477  n 
Forest,  Ameria  de,  vi,  291  n  ;  Gilb. 

of  the,  vi,  291  n  ;  John,  vi,  395  n  ; 

Will.,  vi,  395  n  ;  — ,  vi,  56  n 
Formby,  vii,  3,  159  n,  229  n,  285  ; 

man.,  vii,  286  n 
Formby,  Alice  (de),  vii,  35  n,  194  n  ; 

Hugh  de,  vii,  229  n  ;  Joan,  vii, 

35  n  ;  John,  vii,  30  n,  35  n  ;  Will. 

de,  vii,  194  n 
Forrors,  John,  vi,  355  n 
Forshaw,  Alice,  vi,  60  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 

60  n  ;    vii,    98  n,    10771,    117*1; 
Jane,  vi,  16  n  ;   Joan,  vi,  60  n  ; 
John,  vi,  60  «,  107  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
1 6  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  60  n  ;  Thurstan, 
vi,  60  »  ;  Will.,  vi,  52  n,  58  n,  60, 

61  n,    65,    66  n,    107  «,    108  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  116  n  ;  vii,  98  « 


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Forshaw  field  (Withnell),  vi,  48  « 

Forster,  Joan  de,  vi,  506  n  ;  John, 
vi,  383  n,  506  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  77  ; 
see  also  Foster 

Fort,  John,  vi,  353,  505  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
355  «,  505  I  fam.,  vi,  415,  513 

Forton  (Cockerham),  vii,  59  «,  68, 
130  n,  300,  305 

Forton,  Hen.  de,  vii,  268  n ;  Rog. 
de,  vii,  268  n 

Fort,  Taylor  &  Co.,  vi,  423 

Foster,  Geo.,  vi,  387  n,  513  ;  Hen., 
vii,  285,  291  ;  Jane,  vi,  208  ;  John, 
vi,  251  «  ;  Rob.,  vi,  208  n  ;  Seth, 
vi,  199  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  86  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  421,  489 ;  Will.,  vi,  35  n ;  see 
also  Forster 

Foster  Field  (Read),  vi,  506  n 

Fotherby,  see  Fetherby 

Foul  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n 

Foulds  (Folds,  Foldes,  Foldys), 
Chris.,  vi,  445  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  445  n  ; 
Geoff.,  vi,  549,  551  n  ;  Hen.  del, 
vi,  470;  Jas.,  vi,  114,  447  n, 
470,  471,  529,  537 «,  539,  549, 
55i,  552 ;  Jas.  P.,  vi,  551  n  ; 
Rev.  John,  vi,  274,  318;  John, 
vi,  445  »,  450 »,  451  n,  468  n, 
473  n,  477  n,  529  n  ;  Lawr.  del, 
vi,  470;  Mary,  vi,  530  n,  539, 
551  n,  552  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  529  n  ; 
Obadiah,  vi,  445  n ;  Piers,  vi, 
549;  Rich.,  vi,  445 »,  447  n, 
453  «>  477  «>  49o;  Rob.,  vi, 
445  «>  549  »  ',  R°g->  vi,  552  ; 
Sarah,  vi,  527  »  ;  Thos.,  vi,  488  ; 
Will.,  vi,  445  n,  447,  473  «,  475  «, 
477  »  ;  — >  vi,  524  n 

Foulridge,  vi,  349,  356  n,  456,  476, 
522,  524,  526  n,  530  n,  534  n, 
544-8,  551  ;  ch.,  vi,  548  ;  cross, 
vi,  545  ;  ind.,  vi,  544  ;  man.,  vi, 
543,  545 ;  mill,  vi,  545,  546  '• 
Nonconf.,  vi,  548 ;  quarries,  vi, 

544 

Foulridge,  brook,  vi,  525  n 
Foulridge,  Ad.  de,  vi,  546  » 
Foulridge      Dandy      Shop     (Foul- 
ridge), vi,  548 
Foulridge     Hall     (Foulridge),     vi, 

545  »,  546 

Fountains  Abbey  (Yorks),  vi,  355  n 
Fourlands  (Sowerby),  vii,  282  n 
Four   Lane    Ends    (Carleton),    vii, 

228 

Fowle,  see  Foole 
Fowl  Leach  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Fowlrakes  (Simonstone),  vi,  499  n 
Fox    (Foxe)    Cornelius,   vii,   253 «, 

275  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  229  n  ;  Geo.,  vi, 

519 ;  vii,  104  n  ;  Jane,  vii,  253  n  ; 

Jos.    H.,     vi,    496 ;    Rob.,     vii, 

304  «  ;  Thos.,  vii,  229  n,  304  n  ; 

Will.,  vi,  325 

Foxclough  (Trawden),  vi,  536,  552 
Foxcroft,  Maria,  vi,  85  ;  Rich.,  vi, 

85,  153 
Foxe,  s^e  Fox 
Fox   Hall,  house   (Blackpool),  vii, 

242 

Foxhall,  ward  (Blackpool) ,  vii,  250  « 
Foxhill        Bank        (Foxholebank) , 

(Oswald twistle),  vi,  402  n,  405  ; 

ch.,  vi,  409 ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  409 
Foxholebank,  Will,  de,  vi,  407  n 
Foxhole  Clough  (Salesbury),  vi,  253 
Foxholegreave  (Tulketh),  vii,  134  n 
Foxholehurst      (Bilsborrow),      vii, 

332  n 

Foxholes  (Rossall),  vii,  235  n 
Foxholes,  the  (Stonyhurst),  vii,  4  n 
Foxholes,  Will,  de,  vi,  406  n 
Foxhole  Slack  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 
Foxholt     Redes     (Chatburn),     vi, 
372  n 

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A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Foxhouses  (Nether  Wyresdale),  vii, 
304  n 

Foxlane  Ends  Cross  (Westby),  vii, 
174  n 

Foxley,  Joshua,  vi,  198  n  ;  Sam., 
vi,  198  n 

Foxton,  Cath.  D.,  vii,  246 

France,  John,  vii,  183,  267  «,  275, 
276 ;  Rob.,  vii,  134  n ;  Rob. 
J.  B.  A.  W.,  vii,  275  n  ;  Rob.  W., 
vii,  275  n ;  Thos.  R.  W.,  vii, 
275  n  ;  Thos.  W.,  vii,  275  n  ;  — , 
vii,  279  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  262,  263 

Franceys  (Francis),  Ad.,  vi,  301  «  ; 
vii,  48  n  ;  Amery,  vii,  48  n  ;  Hen., 
vii,  56  n  ;  John,  vii,  48  »,  166  n  ; 
Margery,  vii,  33  n,  166  n  ;  Rich., 
v">  33  n>  4**  n,  52  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 
48  n,  56  n,  136  n 

Franciscans,  see  Friars,  Grey 

Franckesleye,  see  Lea,  French 

Frane,  — ,  vi,  512  n 

Frankland,  Sir  Edw.,  vii,  313 

Franks,  Alice,  vi,  553  n ;  Geo., 
vii,  17  ;  Mary,  vii,  17 

Fraxino  de,  see  Ash 

Freckleton  (Frecheltun),  vi,  58  n  ; 
vii,  68  n,  n8n,  135,  143,  144, 
146 »,  149,  150,  160  n,  162  n, 

166,  166  n,   167-71,  173  n,  253  n, 
273,  274 ;  ch.,  vii,  170 ;  crosses, 
vii,  167  ;  ind.,  vii,  167  ;  man.,  vii, 

167,  274  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  171  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  171 

Freckleton,  Ad.  de,  vii,  166  n,  167  », 

168,  168  »,   169  n,   170  n,  207  n, 
283  n ;  Agnes  de,  vii,  168  n,  ijon; 
Alice     de,     vii,     168  n,     169  n ; 
Andr.,  vii,  150  n ;  Eliz.  de,  vii, 
170  n ;    Ellen    (de),    vii,    168  n, 
170  n  ;  Emma  (Emmota)  de,  vii, 
1 68  n  ;  Geoff,  de,  vii,  170  n  ;  Gilb. 
de,  vii,   1 60  n ;   Hawise  de,  vii, 

168  «  ;  Hen.,  vii,   170  n  ;  Isabel 
de,  vii,  173  n  ;  Jas.  de,  vii,  168  n, 
170 n;  Joan,  vii,  169;  John  de, 
vii,    65  »,    113  «,    168  n,    i6gn, 
170  n ;    Jordan    de,    vii,    167  n, 
ijon;   Margery  de,  vii,   170*1; 
Maud   de,   vi,   71  n ;   vii,    113^, 
131  n,   168  n  ;  Mich.,  vii,   168  n, 

169  n  ;  Nich.  (de),  vi,  71  n  ;  vii, 
i68w,    i7ow;    Osbert    de,    vii, 
170^;  Ralph  de,  vi,  71  n ;  vii, 
113  w,   168,   169  n,   170  n,   173  n, 
283  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  104  ;  vii,  167, 
167%,  168  n,   169,   169  n,   170  n, 
180  n,  208  n,  247,  282  n,  284  «  ; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  65  n,  166  n,  168  w, 
169  w,    170  w,    2ogn,    224,    245; 
Rog.    (de),   vi,    104;    vii,    i6on, 
166  n,  167  w,  168  n,  172  w,  207  n, 
245,  282  «,  284  w ;  Sara  de,  vii, 
1 68  n  ;  Swain  de,  vii,  167  n,  168  ; 
Waldeve  de,  vii,  168  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  131  n,  169  n,  173  n 

Freckleton  Marsh,  vii,  144  n,  150  n, 

160  » 

Free  Christians,  vi,  536 
Free  Church  of   England,   vi,   50, 

371,  4°9,  427 
Free  Gospel  Church,  vi,  552  ;  vii, 

104 

Frekelton,  Frekilton,  see  Freckleton 
French,    Anne,    vii,    101  n,    102  n, 

120  n  ;   Edw.,  vii,   101  «,   102  n, 

120  n  ;   Rev.   John  F.,  vi,  334  ; 

Matth.,  vi,  55  ;  vii,  102  n  ;  Thos., 

vi,  298,  299 

French  Lea,  see  Lea,  French 
Frenchwood    (Fishwick),    vii,    115, 

117 

Frendesforth  (Hothersall),  vii,  63  n 
Frenkyssele,    Frensshele,    see   Lea, 

French 


Frequelton,  see  Freckleton 
Frerehill,  see  Friar  Hill  (Henheads) 
Frereweind  (Preston),  vii,  79  » 
Fretlands  (Newton),  vii,  166  n 
Friargate  (Preston),  vii,  76 
Friargate  Bars  (Preston),  vii,  75  n 
Friar    Hill    (Henheads),    vi,    437, 

439  n 
Friarhills    (Friarhill)    (Accrington) , 

vi,  233  n,  425,  425  « 
Friars,  Grey,  vii,  73,  102  «,  213 
Friars'  Garden  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 
Friars  Minor,  see  Friars,  Grey 
Friary,  the  (Preston),  vii,  97,  102 
Fridaybank  (Clitheroe) ,  vi,  393  n 
Friends,  Society  of,  vi,   199,  229, 
248,  280,  350,  360,  372,  435,  440, 
453  *,   47°,   473,   523,   536,   54i, 
548,  552,  558,  560;  vii,  43,  67, 
104,   148  w,    171,    188,   237,   282, 
285,  299  n,  320 

Frinimdene  (Hoghton),  vi,  37  n 
Friston,  man.  (Y<jrks),  vi,  421 
Frith,  Eliza,  vi,  23  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  23  n  ; 
Margaretta,  vi,  23  n ;  Mary  A., 
vi,    23  n ;    Will.,    vi,    ion,    148, 
192  w,  541  n  ;  Will.  A.,  vi,  23  n 
Fulache  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  338 
Fulborne  (Fulburne),  Joan  de,  vii, 
284  n  ;  John  de,  vii,  284  n,  332  n 
Fulelacheshaw  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi, 

339  » 

Fulesyke  (Cottam),  vii,  132  n,  134 
Fulewde,  Fulewude,  see  Fulwood 
Fulford  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Fulford,  Isabel,  vi,  106  « 
Fulk,  vi,  366  n 

Fulledge  (Burnley),  vi,  441,  445 
Fuller,  Rich,  the,  vi,  485  n 
Fulshagh,  brook,  vi,  266  n 
Fulshagh,  Edm.  de,  vi,  194  n 
Fulshaw  (Barrowford),  vi,  542 
Fulshaw  moor,  vii,  134 
Fulsnape  (Goosnargh),  vii,  192  n 
Fulthorp  (Fulthorpe),  Sir  Rog.  de, 
vi,  254  ;  vii,  41  n  ;  Sibyl  de,  vi, 
254  ;  vii,  41  n 

Fulwood  (Fulwode),  vii,  68,  76,  77, 
79,  9i,  92,  93  n,  94  n,  96,  102  n, 
106  n,  107  n,  108,  n8«,  119  n, 
137-8,  205,  269  n  ;  ch.,  vii,  138  ; 
man.,  vii,  126  n,  137;  Nonconf., 
vii,  138 ;  sch.,  vii,  138 ;  work- 
house, vii,  97 
Fulwood,  Rich,  de,  vi,  95  n,  402  n  ; 

Rog.  de,  vi,  95  n,  402  n 
Fulwood  forest,  vii,  73,  137  n 
Fulwood  moor  (Preston),  vii,  97  n, 

137 

Fulwood  Row  (Fulwood),  vii,  137 
Fulwoodshaw  (Fulwood),  vii,  121  n 
Furbirkar  (Pleasington),  vi,  267  n 
Furfelt  (Hap ton),  vi,  511  n 
Furness,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Furness  (Furnes),  Eda  de,  vii,  153  « ; 
John  de,  vii,  204  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii, 

153  » 

Furness  Abbey,  vi,  30  n  ;  vii,  130  « 

Furtherhouse  (Button),  vii,  58  n 

Fyfe,  Cath.,  vii,  257 ;  Ellen,  vii, 
257  ;  John,  vii,  317,  318  n  ;  Will., 
vii,  257,  318,  319  n ;  Mrs.,  vii, 
318  n  ;  — ,  vii,  292  n 

Fyld,  Will.,  vii,  266 ;  see  also  Field 

Fylde,  the,  vii,  68 

Fyshe,  Fysshe,  see  Fish 

Fyswic,  see  Fishwick 


Gabbet,   Geo.,  vi,   337 ;   John,  vi, 

337  ;  Will.,  vi,  337 
Gadsbyites,  vi,  453 
Gadshaw  (Clayton -le-Dale),  vi,  260 
Gadweyne  (Padiham),  vi,  493 

370 


Gald  Rene  (Rossall),  vii,  235  n 
Gale,  Rob.,  vi,  80  ;  Sarah,  vi,  383  n 

Wilson,  vi,  331,  383  n 
Galgate    House    (Claughton),    vii, 

327  » 

Gallard,  Edw.,  vii,  200  n ;  Joshua 
vii,  30  n,  200 

Gallows  Hill  (Preston),  vii,  77 

Gaiter,  see  Walter 

Galwayth,  Thos.  de,  vii,  272  n 

Gamaliel,  vi,  239  n 

Gambleside  (Gameleshevid)  (Higher 
Booths),  vi,  433-4 

Gamel,    vi,    506  n,    524 »,    538  n 
vii,  98  n,  223,  306  n 

Camel's  bridge  (Ashton),  vii,  132  n 

Gamelsgate,  vi,  338,  417 

Gamelside,  vi,  233  n 

Gamersley  (Gammersley) ,  Ad.  de, 
vi,  217  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  217  n 

Gamridding  (Brockholes),  vii,  112  n 

Gannow  (Burnley),  vi,  448  n,  454 
487 

Gant,  Will.,  vii,  157  n 

Garbett,  Geo.,  vi,  426 

Garde,  Rob.  de  la,  vii,  13  n 

Gardiner,  Alex.,  .vi,  199  n 
Steph.,  vi  i6on 

Gardner,  Eliz.,  vii,  136  n  ;  Rev.  Jas. 
C.,  vii,  334  ;  Rev.  John,  vii,  333  ; 
John,  vii,  333,  335;  Rich.,  vi, 
64,  65  n ;  Rich.  C.,  vii,  305, 
333  «  ;  Rich.  T.,  vii,  335  ;  Thos. 
vi,  in  ;  Will.,  vii,  136  n 

Garecloughs  (Whalley),  vi,  387  n 

Gargape  (Penwortham),  vi,  58  n 

Gargrave  (Yorks),  vii,  155  n 

Gargrave,  Cecily  de,  vi,  398  n  ;  John 
de,  vi,  398  n 

Garlick,  Will.,  vii,  175 

Garner,  John,  vii,  142  n 

Garnett  (Garnet),  Capt.  Chas.  H., 
vii,  304 ;  Jas.,  vii,  142  ;  Rev. 
Rich.,  vi,  283  ;  Rog.,  vii,  297  ; 
Will.,  vii,  141  w,  142 ;  see  also 
Gernet 

Garstang,  vii,  68,  71,  138,  141,  263, 
264  n,  267,  270,  274  n,  288  n, 
291-335;  adv.,  vii,  296,  311  «; 
agric.,  vii,  315  ;  chap.,  vii,  299 ; 
bridge,  vii,  292,  293  n,  297  n, 
311  ;  chant.,  vii,  295,  299  ;  char., 
vii,  299;  ch.,  vii,  69,  293,  311, 
312,  314  w;  cross,  vii,  296,  311  ; 
man.,  vii,  291,  300,  301,  305  «, 
311,  317  n;  mkts.  and  fairs,  vii, 
302,  311,  312 ;  mill,  vii,  292, 
293  n,  302  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  312  ; 
plague,  vii,  292  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii, 
299,  312  ;  Rom.  rem.,  vii,  291  ; 
schs.,  vii,  300,  312,  315  ;  stocks, 
vii,  311  ;  sundial,  vii,  296 

Garstang  (Gerstan),  Alice,  vi,  282  ; 
Andr.,  vi,  35  n ;  Anne,  vi,  282  ; 
Ant.,  vii,  190  n  ;  Cecily,  vi,  35  n  ; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  328  n  ;  Edw., 
vi,  282  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  120  «,  190  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  35  n,  282 ;  Gilb.  de, 
vii,  308 ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  206 «, 
207 n;  vii,  328 n;  Jas.,  vi,  35  «, 
282,  285  «,  288  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  282  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  35  n,  62  n,  282, 
288  ;  Lewis,  vi,  35  «,  282  ;  Mar- 
gery, vi,  282 ;  Nich.  de,  vii, 
328  n  ;  Paulin  de,  vii,  331  n ; 
Ralph,  vi,  35  n,  55,  74,  282  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  62  » ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  318  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  62  «  ;  vii,  324  n  ; 
Sim.  de,  vii,  318 ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  35  n,  77  n,  103,  206  n,  282  n  ; 
Thurstan,  vi,  35  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi, 
35  n,  282,  291  n  ;  vii,  120  n  ; 
fam.,  vii,  36  n 

Garstang  Churchtown,  see  Church - 
town 


INDEX 


Garstangs  (Tockholes),  vi,  282 
Garston,  Geo.,  vi,  141  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 

141  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  296 
Gartside,  Fran.,  vi,  428  n,  429  ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  267  n ;  Hugh,  vi, 
425  n,  428  n,  431,  488,  491,  512  n, 
519,  520  ;  John,  vi,  394  n  ;  Lawr., 
vi,  394  n  i  Margery,  vi,  394  n  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  425  n,  520  ;  Percival, 
vi,  394  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  428  n  ;  — , 

vi,  394,  395  « 

Gaseflosland  (Gt.  Eccleston),  vii, 
277% 

Gasegill  (Yorks),  vi,  258 

Gaskell  (Gazegill),  Kath.  de,  vi, 
377  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  377  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  377  n,  378  n 

Gastrell,  bp.,  vi,  in,  128,  318,  426, 
453  «,  486,  541  «,  558  n  ;  vii,  40, 
44«,  6ow,  66,  149  n,  158  n,  165, 
205,  205  n,  218,  292,  312,  334  n 

Gatacre,  Rev.  Arth.,  vii,  147  ;  Thos., 
vii,  263  n 

Gateways,  vi,  43,  386 

Gatherpenny,  Margery,  vi,  69  n  ; 
Will.,  vi,  69  n 

Gathurst  (Shevington) ,  vi,  199 

Gaulkthorn  (Oswald twistle),  vi,  405 

Gaulter,  see  Walter 

Gaunt,  Hen.  de,  vii,  146 «,  147 ; 
Isabel,  vii,  278  n;  John  (of), 
vii,  144,  278  n  ;  John  of,  dk.  of 
Lancaster,  see  Lancaster,  dk.  of  ; 
Rog.,  vii,  278  n 

Gaveston,  Pet.  de,  vi,  259 

Gawthorpe,  man.  (Habergham 
Eaves),  vi,  454,  463,  489  ;  vii,  128 

Gawthorpe  Hall(HaberghamEaves) , 
vi,  464 

Gayerstang,  see  Garstang 

Gayescrooks  (Wrightington),  vi, 
174  n 

Gayle  Green,  see  Fennyfolds 

Gayrestan,  Gayrestang,  Gayrstang, 
see  Garstang 

Gaysgillcroft  (Clitheroe),  vi,  364  n 

Gazegill,  fam.,  see  Gaskell 

Gea,  see  Gey 

Gedleng,  Hen.,  vi,  356  n,  391  n,  457 ; 
see  also  Goulding 

Gee,  Edw.,  vi,  160,  161 

Geldherd,  Sim.  the,  vi,  548 

Gelgrumysharagh,  see  Kellamergh 

Gellibrand,  see  Gillibrand 

Gent,  Will.,  vi,  289 

Gentyl  (Gen til),  Agnes  le,  vii,  229  n, 
230  n  ;  Alice  le,  vii,  230  n  ;  Kath. 
le,  vii,  306  n  ;  Nich.  le,  vii,  306  ; 
Ralph,  vii,  253  n  ;  Randle  (le), 
vii,  229  n,  230  »,  247  n,  306  n  ; 
Thos.  le,  vii,  306,  306  n  ;  Will,  le, 
vii,  306  n,  313  n 

Geoffrey,  vii,  130*1,  132  n,  182  ;  the 
arbalaster,  vii,  188  ;  the  brewster, 
vi,  24  n ;  the  carpenter,  vii,  276  n ; 
the  chaplain,  vii,  123  n,  255  n  ; 
the  cook,  vii,  118;  dean  of 
Whalley,  see  Whalley,  Geoff., 
dean  of ;  the  parker,  vi,  424 ; 
rector,  vi,  87  ;  sheriff,  vii,  145 

Geoffreyfield  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 

Gerard  (Girard),  vi,  i,  95  n ;  vii, 
52  n 

Gerard,  Eleanor,  Lady,  vii,  303 ; 
Eliz.,  Lady,  vii,  304,  304  n,  307  n ; 
Jane,  Lady,  vii,  303  n  ;  Lds.,  "Vi, 
172,  421  ;  vii,  311  n;  Chas.,  vii, 
303  ;  Digby,  vii,  304 ;  Button, 
vii,  303,  307,  308  n,  332  n  ;  Gilb., 
vii,  303  ;  Thos.,  vii,  303,  324  n, 
332  n 

Gerard  (Gerrard),  Alice,  vi,  259 ; 
vii,  307  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  33  n,  141  «, 
259,  316,  319;  vii,  233 »,  275, 
307,  323  n,  331  n  ;  Sir  Chas.,  vi, 


Gerard  (cont.) 

154 ;  Chas.,  see  Macclesfield, 
earl  of  ;  Constance,  vi,  194  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  76  n,  now;  vii,  i6ow, 
304,  307,  315  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  77  n, 
259  n  ;  Evan,  vii,  126  «,  127  n  ; 
Frances,  vi,  195 ;  Geo.  E.,  vi, 
190  n  ;  Sir  Gilb.,  vi,  40,  104,  154, 
259,  3l6,  319,  365  «,  407  n,  492, 
539,  54°  n>  555  »  >  vii,  107  n, 
128  n,  178,  275,  303,  319  n,  323, 
325  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  33  n,  514  ;  vii, 

193  n,    199  n,    207  n,    233,    307, 
309  n,  331  ;  Humph.,  vi,  141  n  ; 
Isabella,  vi,  292  ;  Jas.,  vi,  77  n  ; 
vii,  173  ;  Janet,  vi,  77  n  ;  Joan, 
vi,   76,   77  n,   79  n  ;    Rev.    John, 
vii,  7  n,  8  n  ;  John,  vi,  48  n,  77  n, 

194  n,  237  n,  288  n,  315  n  ;   vii, 
126  n,    127  n,    147,    173,    332  n  ; 
Matilda,    vi,    315  n ;    Oliver,    vi, 
77  n ;    Penelope,    vi,     154 ;    Sir 
Pet.,  vi,  76,  76  «,  79  ;  Pet.,  vi, 
292  ;  Radcliffe,  vi,  154  ;  Rob.  J., 
vi,  172  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  61  «,  75  n, 
76,  77  n,  79,  80,  81  n,  109,  no  «, 

195  n,  221,  259,  316,  317  n,  365  ; 
vii,  113  n,  160  n,  307,  317,  331  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  79,  81,  281  ;  Will.,  vi, 
35  w,   76,   77  n,   79  n,   80,   227  n, 
259  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  68  n,  470  ;  vii, 
305 

Gerard -Dicconson,  — ,  vi,  174 
Gerelriding  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 
Geresteng,  see  Garstang 
German  (Germain,  Jarman),  Alice, 
vi,  98  n  ;  Amot,  vi,  98  n  ;  Hen. 
vi,  98  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  i8ow,  212  n 
Joan,  vi,  98  n  ;  John,  vi,  98  n 
Martha,   vii,    212  n;    Ralph,   vi 
98  n  ;    Rich.,    vi,    164  n,    177  n 
Rich.  P.,  vi,  206  ;  Rob.,  vi,  98  n 
177*1;    Thos.,    vi,    98  n,    164  n 
Will.,  vi,  98  n 

Germon,  Rev.  Nich.  M.,  vi,  518 

Germonshalgh  (Wheelton),  vi,  49  n 

Gernet     (Gernett),     Benedict,     vi, 

108  n,   159  n,   162  n,   163  n  ;   vii, 

63 »,    115  n,    ii6«,    153,    iSott, 

324  n  ;   Cecily,   vii,    115  n,    153; 
John,   vii,    180  n ;   Quenilda,   vi, 
IO3  n>   3°4  n  I   vii,   159  n,    i6o«, 
180  n,  200  n,  228  n,  229  n,  285  n, 

325  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  103  n,  158  n,  162, 
304  n;    vii,    63  n,    115  n,    159  «, 
160  n,  i8on,  200  n,  228,  285  n  ; 
Vivian,  vii,  63  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  314  n  ; 
vii,  115  n  ;  see  also  Garnett 

Gerrard,  see  Gerard 
Gerstan,  see  Garstang 
Gervase,  vii,  230  n 
Gest,  see  Guest 

Gey  (Gea,  Jay),  Dorothy,  vi,  358  n  ; 
Martha,  vi,  358  n ;  Steph.,  vi, 

354,  358 

Gezzerts  (Carle ton),  vii,  231  n 
Gibbefield  (Goosnargh),  vii,  198  n 
Gibbonsfield  (Shevington),  vi,  200  n 
Gibfield  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi,  454 
Gibhills  (Come),  vi,  534  n 
Gibland     del    Hall    (Hapton),    vi, 

509  n 

Gibson,  Abra.,  vi,  167  n ;  Chas., 
vii,  195  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  167  n  ;  Ellen, 
vi,  402  n  ;  John,  vi,  219  n  ;  vii, 
195  n,  218 ;  M.,  bp.,  vi,  81  n, 
300  n  ;  vii,  157  n,  176  n;  Reg., 
vi,  219  n  ;  Reynold,  vi,  213  ;  Rob., 
vi,  402  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  402  n 
Gidlow,  Joan,  vi,  198  n  ;  John,  vi, 
198  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  198  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  198  « 

Gilbert,  vi,  475  «,  480  ;  vii,  232  n  ; 
the  chaplain,  vii,  289  n ;  the  clerk, 
vii,  297  n  ;  the  harper,  vii,  3  n  ; 

37* 


Gilbert  (cont.) 

the  miller,  vi,  335  n ;  rector  of 
Standish,  vi,  223  n  ;  the  tailor, 
vii,  1 1 4  n 

Gilbody,  Rob.,  vi,  432 
Gilderscroft  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Gildhomefield  (Lea),  vii,  130^ 
Gildhouse  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 
Gildouscroft  (Kirkland),  vii,  313  n 
Giles,  Pet.,  vi,  159 
Gill,  John,  vii,  2  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  468  n 
Gillar    (Giller),    Alice,    vi,    198  n 
Jas.,  vi,  225  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  198  n 
Gilleberdechay  Clough  (Colne),  vi, 

525  n 
Gillemichael      (Gillomichael),      vii, 

131  n,  177  n,  178  n 
Giller,  see  Gillar 

Gillibrand  (Gellibrand,  Jollybrand), 
Agnes,  vi,  213  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  133  ; 
Anne,  vi,  133  n,  219  n  ;  Edw.,  vi, 
239 ;  Eliz.,  vi,  133  n,  219  n;  Ellen, 
vi,  71  n  ;  Fran.  W.,  vi,  36  n ;  Hen. 
H.,  vi,  133  ;  Hugh,  vii,  158  n  ; 
Humph.,  vi,  133 ;  Isabel,  vii, 
158  n;  Jane,  vi,  133;  John,  vi, 
71  «,  130,  132,  133,  207,  219  »; 
Jonathan,  vi,  162  n  ;  Kath.,  vi, 
202  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  207  ;  Nich.,  vi, 
200  n ;  Rich.,  vi,  n8«,  133, 
202  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  118  n  ;  Rog.,  vi, 
48  n  ;  Rowland,  vi,  213  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  132,  133,  136  n,  142,  143, 
219  «,  220;  Will.,  vi,  133,  148; 
fam.,  vi,  252 
Gillibrand  Hall  (Chorley),  vi,  129  ; 

vii,  156  n 

Gillomichael,  see  Gillemichael 
Gillow,    Geo.,    vii,    150  n,    183  n ; 
John,   vii,    174;    Jos.,   vii,    136; 
Rich.,    vii,     184  n ;    Thos.,    vii, 
184  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  150  n,  183  n 
Gill  ridding  (Read),  vi,  503  n 
Gilpin,  Rev.  Jeremiah,  vi,  274 
Gipps,  Thos.,  vii,  74  n 
Girard  (Larbreck),  vii,  182  n 
Girard,  personal  name,  see  Gerard 
Girlington,  Eliz.,  vi,  48  ;  Rich.,  vi, 

47,  48 

Glanville  (Glanvill),  Randle 
(Ranulf)  de,  vii,  240  n,  333  n 

Glass,  anc.,  vi,  5,  54,  78,  85,  139, 
145,  158,  186,  312,  333,  342,  351, 
370,  403,  495  ;  vii,  39,  81  n 

Glassbrook  (Glasbrook,  Glaze- 
brook),  Edith  de,  vii,  331  n ; 
Geoff,  de,  vii,  331  n  ;  ].,  vi,  91, 
518  n 

Glave,  Anne,  vii,  121  n;  Marg., 
vii,  121  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  121  n 

Cleave,  Thos.,  vi,  181 

Glebe  Farm  (Osbaldeston) ,  vi,  313 

Glendon,  John  de,  vi,  291  n 

Glenfield,  vi,  233  n 

Gliderhou,  see  Clitheroe 

Gloucester,  earl  of,  vi,  302 

Glover,  John  the,  vii,  326  n  ;  Mar- 
gery the,  vii,  326  « 

Glynne,  Sir  Steph.,  vi,  352  ;  Will., 
vi,  87  ;  — ,  vii,  22  n 

Goberthwaite  (Cabus),  vii,  182, 
183  «,  304,  305,  314 

Goberthwaite,  John  de,  vii,  331  » 

Goberthwaite  Bridge  (Cabus),  vii, 
270  n 

Goberthwaite  Pool  (Cabus),  vii, 
305  n 

Goddisbrook  (Ribchester) ,  vii,  son 

Godeshagh,  see  Goodshaw  Booth 

Godfrey,  sheriff,  vii,  151  n;  246  n 

Godfrey,  Thos.,  vii,  335 

Godith,  vii,  54  n,  324  n  ;  d.  of  Will., 
vii,  252  n;  w.  of  Ulf.,  vi,  68  n 

Godithcroft  (Adlington),  vi,  21 8  n 

Godith  meadow  (Nutshaw),  vi,  66  n 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Godrich,  vi,  498  « 

Godrich  Clough   (Ribchester) ,   vii, 

45" 

Godrichley  (Ribchester),  vii,  45  n 
Godson,   Edwin   A.   M.,   vii,   205 ; 

Rich.,  vii,  187  n 
Godwin,  vii,  45  n 

Godwinridding  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Gogard,  Agnes,  vi,  214  n  ;  Ailsi,  vi, 
21 4  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  214**;  Cecily, 
vi,  214  ;  Edith,  vi,  214  n  ;  Ellen, 
vi,  214;  Eva  (Eve),  vi,  214*1; 
Gena,  vi,  214  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  213, 
214  ;  vii,  54  n  ;  John,  vi,  214  n  ; 
Kath.,  vi,  213  n;  Margery,  vi, 
214*1;  Maud,  vi,  214*1;  Ralph, 
vi,  214*1,  215*1,  216  n;  Randle, 
vi,  214  n;  Rich.,  vi,  214,  214  n; 
Rob.,  vi,  214,  214  n ;  Rog.,  vi, 

214  n;  Will.,  vi,  208  *t,  213,  214, 

215  *»;  see  also  Charnock 
Gogardeschernok,  see  Heath  Char- 
nock 

Goggin,  see  Hogg-Goggin 
Goit,  the  (Withnell),  vi,  47 
Golborne,    vii,    113,   280 n;    man., 

vi,  291  n 

Golborne     (Golbourn,     Goldburn), 
Clinkard  of,  vi,  224  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,    95 »,    now;    Margery,    vi, 
no»;    Nichola    de,    vi,    93  n ; 
Nich.,  vi,  no  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  no  n  ; 
Warine  de,  vi,  93  n ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
93  n,  224  n  ;  — ,  vi,  252  n 
Goldcroft  (Dinckley),  vi,  337  n 
Goldea,  see  Goldshaw  Booth 
Goldeborne  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  324  n 
Goldene,  see  Goulding 
Golden   Hill    (Leyland),    vi,    17  n ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,   17;  sch.,  vi,  9  n, 

17 
Goldeshagh,  Goldiane,  see  Goldshaw 

Booth 
Goldicar,    Agnes    de,    vi,     164  n; 

Anabil  de,  vi,  164  «  ;  Rich,  de, 

vi,  164  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  164  n 
Golding,  see  Goulding 
Goldshaw,  Nether,  vi,  233  n,  515 
Goldshaw,  Over,  vi,  233  n,  515 
Goldshaw   Booth,    vi,    233  n,    349, 

513,  514-8,  522  ;  adv.,  vi,  517 ; 

char.,  vi,  518  ;  ch.,  vi,  517,  518  ; 

ind.,    vi,    515  ;    mills,    vi,    515  ; 

Nonconf.,   vi,    518 ;   pewter,    vi, 

517  ;  witchcraft,  vi,  515 
Gonnolsmore,  see  Gunolfsmoors 
Goodale,  Thos.,  vi,  505  «,  506 
Goodday     (Gooday),     Agnes,     vi, 

402  »  ;  Barth.,  vii,  18  ;  Joan,  vi, 

378  n  ;  John,  vi,  378  n  ;  vii,  18  ; 

Thos.,  vii,  18  ;  Will.,  vi,  402  n 
Goodham  Hill  (Burnley),  vi,  453 
Goodshaw,  Edw.,  vi,  395 ;  Joan 

del,   vi,    511  «;    John,   vi,    395; 

Rich.,  vii,  18,  58,  58  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 

58,   59 »;    Sim.   del,   vi,    51  in; 

Susan,  vi,  395 
Goodshaw  Booth  (Higher  Booths), 

vi,  433-4 

Goose,  John,  vii,  307,  308  n  ;  Mary, 
vii,  307  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  293  «,  324 
Goosebutts  (Clitheroe),  vi,  393  n 
Goose  Green  (Hoole),  vi,  149 
Gooselache  (Simonstone),  vi,  497  «, 

499  n 
Goose  Lane  House  (Chipping),  vii, 

26  n 

Goose  well  (Preston),  vii,  96  n 
Goosnargh  (Goosnargh-with-News- 
ham),  vii,  34  n,  38  n,  43,  62  n, 
77,  io6*»,  114 «,  n8n,  119  n, 
127,  128  n,  143,  144  w,  146  w, 
149,  157  n,  163  *t,  173  *»,  190-206, 
210  n,  211  n,  212  n,  226  n,  253  n, 
269,  270,  273,  274  n,  288  n,  319  n, 


Goosnargh  (cent.) 

321  n,  329  M  ;  char.,  vi,  20  n  ; 
vii,  205,  267,  267  n ;  ch.,  vii, 
87  «,  201  ;  crosses,  vii,  191,  213  n  ; 
mans.,  vi,  547  ;  vii,  27  »,  191  ; 
mkts.  and  fairs,  vii,  191 ;  Nonconf., 
vii,  201,  205  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii, 
205  ;  schs.,  vii,  205 
Goosnargh,  brook,  vii,  192  n 
Goosnargh,  Ad.  de,  vii,  198  n ; 
Alex,  (de),  vii,  190  n,  192  n, 
J93 »,  198,  207  n,  212  n,  253, 
254  n,  283  «,  287  n,  324  n  ;  Alice 
(de),  vii,  178*1,  199  M,  212  «, 
253  «,  283  n  ;  Avice  de,  vi,  170  n  ; 
Beatrice  de,  vii,  321  ;  Bern,  de, 
vi,  169,  197  n,  321  ;  Chris- 
tiana de,  vii,  192  n;  Godith  de, 
vii,  283  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vii,  192  n, 
197 »,  212  n ;  Hugh  de,  vii, 
198  n,  208  n,  212  M,  283  n  ;  Isold, 
vii,  197  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  253  n ; 
John  (de),  vii,  109 «,  154  n, 
197  «,  198  n,  253  n  ;  Jordan  de, 
vii,  331  n ;  Marg.,  vii,  253 ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  192  n,  197  n  ; 
Maud  (de),  vii,  192  n,  253,  283  »  ; 
Randle  (Ranulf)  de,  vii,  178*1, 
192  n,  193  *z,  197  n,  198  n,  207  n, 
208  n,  209  n,  212  n,  283  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vii,  109  n,  197  n,  198  n,  209  n, 
212  n,  283  «  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  169, 
170  «  ;  vii,  109  «,  197  n,  198  n, 
253  n,  283  *t,  321  ;  Thos.  (de),  vii, 
192  «,  197  n,  198  n,  199  n,  208  n, 
212  n,  253,  257  «,  283*1,  324  n  ; 
Walt,  (de),  vii,  181  n,  192 «, 
197*1,  198*1,  253  n,  284,  331*1; 
Will,  (de),  vii,  193  n,  197  n,  253  n 

Goosnargh  Hospital  (Goosnargh), 
vii,  115,  205  ;  trustees,  vii,  211 

Gordon,  Chas.  O.,  vii,  203,  204 ; 
Pedro,  vii,  13 

Gordon-Lennox,  Lady,  vi,  471  n; 
Lady  Emily  F.,  vi,  460 ;  Ld. 
A.  F.,  vi,  460 

Goredale,  Old  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  271  n 

Goring,  Barbara,  vi,  59  n 

Gormanston,  Chris.,  vsct.,  vii,  99  n  ; 
Rob.,  vsct.,  vii,  99 

Gornall,  Will.,  vii,  202  n 

Gorse  Hall  (Whittle-le- Woods),  vi, 
32 

Gorst,  John,  vi,  67 ;  Rachel,  vii, 
178  ;  Thos.,  vii,  178 

Gorsuch,  Jas.,  vi,  non,  204*1; 
Thos.,  vi,  no  n,  204  n 

Gorton,  John,  vi,  77  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi, 
271 

Gosanarche,  Gosanesarwe,  Gosan- 
nesareghe,  see  Goosnargh 

Goschecarr  (Warton),  vii,  171  n 

Gosenargh,  Gosenarwe,  Gosenhar, 
see  Goosnargh 

Gosling  (Goslin),  Anne,  vi,  16  n ; 
Thos.  M.,  vi,  518  ;  Will.,  vi,  16  n 

Gosnargh,  see  Goosnargh 

Gosnell,  Jane,  vi,  19  n ;  John,  vi, 
19  n,  no  n,  164  *i 

Gospatrick,  vi,  303,  304  n,  312, 
355  n,  509 

Goss,  Agnes,  vii,  255  n 

Got  Field  ( Whittingham) .  vii,  213 

Gouldebrough,  Ad.  de,  vii,  64  n 

Goulding  (Goldene,  Golding),  Ad., 
vi,  50  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  225  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
457  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  49  n  ;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  49  n  ;  see  also  Gedleng 

Gowe,  Rob.,  vii,  24 

Gower,  ctss.,  vii,  218  » 

Goysboytbutts  house  (Chatburn), 
vi,  373 

Gradell  (Graddell),  Alice,  vi,  in  n  ; 
Chris.,  vi,  in,  in  n  ;  vii,  265; 
Eliz.,  vi,  in,  HIM;  Rich.,  vi, 

372 


Gradell  (cont.) 

iii*j;   Thos.,   vi,    iu«;   Will., 

vi,  81  n,  108,  now,  in,  111  *>, 

i 66  n,  300 
Gradwell,  Chiis.,  vii,  239  n  ;  Eliz., 

vii,  121  n  ;  John,  vii,  161  ;  Rob., 

bp.,  vii,  81,  161,  165  n,  330 
Gradwell's  house  (Inskip),  vii,  282  n 
Grandison,  Otes,  vii,  145  n 
Graneforth  Hole  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Grange,  Ralph,  vi,  55  n  ;  Rob.  de, 

vi,  480  *i ;   Steph.   del,  vi,  480 ; 

Will,  del,  vi,  480  n 
Grange  House  (Singleton),  vii,  187 
Granger  Yard  (Elswick),  vii,  284  n 
Grant,  Dorothy,  vii,  282  n 
Grassyard  (Claughton),  vii,  326  n 
Gravelines,  Eliz.  Tyldesley,  abbess 

of,  vii,  139  n 
Gray,  Rev.  John,  vi,  128  ;  John  de, 

bp.  of  Norwich,  vi,  320,  326;  see 

also  Grey 
Grayson,  Geo.,  vii,  144  ;  Hen.,  vii, 

75 

Graystock  (Greystock),  Adam  de, 
vi,  170  n  ;  vii,  318  n  ;  Amice  de, 
vi,   170*1;   Edm.   de,  vi,   170*1; 
vii,    318  n  ;    Joan   de,   vi,    38  n  ; 
Rich,    de,   vi,    38*1,    170*1;    vii, 
318  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  170  n  ;  Thos., 
vii,    293  n ;    Will,    de,    vi,    38  n, 
170*1 ;  vii,  318  n 
Grayston,  Mich.,  vii,  200  n 
Graystone  (Salwick),  vii,  163  n 
Grayve,  Rob.  the,  vii,  306  n 
Grayveson,  Ellen,  vi,  61  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  61  n 

Greasewood  (Chorley),  vi,  141  n 
Great  Hill  (Withnell),  vi,  47,  49 
Great  Hold  (Hothersall),  vii,  63  n 
Greave  (Bacup),  vi,  437,  439  n 
Greaves  (Ashton),  vii,  129,  132 
Greaves,    Cecily    del,    vii,    133 « ; 
Hen.  del,  vii,   133  n  ;   John  del, 
vii,  132  n  ;  Rich,  del,  vii,  132  n, 

133  » 

Green,  the  (Hapton),  see  Padiham 
Green 

Green  (Greene,  Grene),  Ad.  (del,  de 
la),vi,  510*1,511*1;  Agnes  del,  vi, 
511  n ;  vii,  310*1;  Alice  de  la, 
vi.  375  n  '•  Anne,  vii,  304  n  ;  Geo., 
vi,  529  ;  vii,  17  «,  289  n  ;  Harriet 
S.,  vi,  529  ;  Hen.  (del,  de  la),  vi, 
47 «,  508*1,  511;  Jane  (Yana) 
del,  vi,  485  n  ;  Joan  del,  vi,  511  n  ; 
John  (deli,  vi,  147,  417**,  418*1, 
451,  456  n,  510  n ;  vii,  82  n, 
330  »  ;  Kath.  del,  vi,  47  n,  511  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  456  n  ;  Mich.,  vi,  456  «  ; 
Miles,  vi,  182*3;  Nich.  del,  vi, 
511  n;  Rich.,  vi,  51  n,  129, 
143  *»,;  vii,  310  ;  Rog.  (de  la),  vi, 
511 ;  vii,  304  n,  312  ;  Thos.  (de,del, 
de  la),  vi,  485  n,  511  ;  vii,  297, 
311  *»;  Thurstan,  vi,  51  n  ;  Walt. 
H.,  vi,  416 ;  Will,  (del,  de  la),  vi, 
49  »,  51  »,  375  «,  530  ;  — ,  vii, 
58  n 

Greenacres  (Greenacre,  Grenacres), 
Ad.  de,  vi,  559  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vi, 
376,  559  n  ;  Alex.,  vi,  374  n  ; 
Rev.  Arth.,  vii,  147  ;  Fran.,  vi, 
374  «  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  559  n  ;  Hen. 
de,  vi,  374  n,  559  n  ;  Jane  de,  vi, 
374  n ;  Joan  de,  vi,  376,  504, 
559  M  ;  John  de,  vi,  366  *i,  374, 
376  «,  377,  559  n  ;  Lawr.  de,  vi, 
374 »,  559 » :  Marg.  (de),  vi, 
374  n,  559  n  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  366  n  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  526,  554  ;  Sir  Rich,  de, 
vi,  315,  37<5,  504  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi, 
367*1,  374,  376,  379,  519,  559; 
vii,  98  n,  102  n  ;  Sir  Rob.  de,  vi, 
559  w;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  374  n, 


INDEX 


Greenacres  (cont.) 

559  n  ',  vii,  125  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi, 
559  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  559  n 

Greenalls,  Thos.,  vii,  121  n 

Greenbank,  Lawr.,  vii,  241  n  ;  Will., 
vii,  241  n 

Greenboothstead      (Hapton),      vi, 

5IO  W 

Green  Bridge  (Padiham),  vi,  493 
Green-Emmott,  Walt.  E.  J.,  vi,  529 
Greenfield  (Colne),  vi,  446,  446  n, 
522;  coal-mines,  vi,  528  «;  man., 
vi,  527  ;  Rom.  coins,  vi,  523  n 
Greenfield  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

454  * 

Greenfield  (Pleasington) ,  vi,  268 
Greenfield     (Green vile,    Grenevile) , 

Gilb.,  vi,  398  n  ;  Martha,  vi,  264  ; 

Rob.   de,   vii,   209  n ;   Thos.,   vi, 

264,  398  «  ;  Will.,  vi,  317,  397  «, 

398  » 

Greenfields  (Chorley),  vi,  143,  143  n 
Greengate,  the  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 
Greengate  (Colne),  vi,  5257* 
Greengore  (Bailey),  vii,  15  M,  17 
Greengore,  Little  (Bailey),  vii,  15  n 
Greengore,    Mickle     (Bailey),    vii, 

15  n 

Greengore,  Ad.  (de,  del),  vii,  17,  18  ; 
John  de,  vii,  18 ;  Maud  de,  vii, 

1 6  n  ;  Thos.   (de,  del),  vii,   16  «, 
17,  18 

Greenhalgh,  man.  (Bonds),  vii,  318, 

319,  319  n 
Greenhalgh  (Greenhalgh-with-This- 

tleton),  vii,  143, 143  n,  144,  144  «, 

146  n,    150,    150  n,    153,    156  n, 
163  n,    166  n,    176,    176  »,    177, 
179-81,    182  n  ;   vii,   273  ;  man., 
vii,  179 

Greenhalgh  (Greenhall,  Greenhow, 
Grenawe),  Agnes,  vii,  154  n ; 
Alice,  vii,  182  n ;  Edm.,  vi, 
555  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  320 ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
555  n ;  Geo.,  vii,  154%,  i8ow; 
Jas.,  vii,  154  n,  i8on,  278, 
320  «  ;  Jane,  vii,  50  n  ;  John,  vi, 
191  n,  412  n  ;  vii,  182  n  ;  Mich. 
de,  vii,  331  n ;  Ralph  de,  vii, 
180  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  50 «,  180  n, 
212  n,  224;  Rob.  de,  vii,  179  n, 
i8on;  Thos.  (de),  vii,  50  w,  154, 
1 80  n,  212  n  ;  Walt,  de,  vii,  180  n; 
Will,  (de),  vii,  138,  154  n,  179  n, 
i8o«,  278 n,  320 n,  556 n;  — ,  vii, 
65  n ;  see  also  Greenough 

Greenhalgh    Castle     (Bonds),     vii, 

179  n,  279  «,  292,  315,  318  n,  319 
Greenhalgh  in  the  Fylde,  vii,  179  n 
Greenhalgh  in  the  Holme,  vii,  17972 
Greenhalgh  Sykes,  vii,  180  n 
Green  Hall  (Heapey),  vi,  51  n 
Greenhall,  fam.,  see  Greenhalgh 
Green    Haworth    (Accrington) ,    vi, 

425  n 
Greenhead  (New  Laund  Booth),  vi, 

490 

Greenhey  (Billington),  vi,  331 
Greenhey  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  n 
Greenhills  (Greenhill,  Greenhull, 
Greenhulls,  Greenhylles,  Grenill), 
Ad.  de,  vii,  29 »,  55 »,  196  n, 
197  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vii,  55  n  ;  Alice 
(de),  vii,  30  n,  195  n,  196  w,  197  n  ; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  30 »,  196, 
196  n  ;  Isabel,  vii,  35  n  ;  John  de, 
vii,  27  n,  29  n,  30  n,  55  n,  196  «, 
197 » ;  Marg.  (de),  vii,  35  n, 

1 80  n  ;    Margery    de,    vii,    55  n  ; 
Miles,   vi,    332 « ;   Phil,   de,   vii, 

147  ;    Rich,   de,   vii,   27  n,   29  n, 

195  n,  196  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  259  n  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  35  n ;  Will,  de,  vii, 
27 «,  55  »,  l8°  n,  195  n,  196, 

196  n,  197  « 


Greenhow    (Downham),    vi,    553  n, 

556  n 

Greenhow,  fam.,  see  Greenhalgh 
Greenhull,    Greenhulls,    see    Green- 
hills 
Greenhurst      (Comberhalgh) ,      vii, 

212  n 

Greenhurst  (Dilworth),  vii,  52  n 
Greenhurst,  Sim.  de,  vii,  13 
Greenlache  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Greenlache      (Clitheroe),     vi,     360, 

367  n 

Greenlache  (Dilworth),  vii,  52  n 
Greenlache  (Hapton),  vi,  511  n 
Greenlache  (Pendleton),  vi,  395  n 
Greenlands  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Greenlow,  — ,  vii,  75 
Green  Nook  (Goosnargh),  vii,  206  n 
Greenough,  Ellen,  vi,  1 19  n ;  see  also 

Greenhalgh 

Greenolf,  see  Greenhalgh 
Greens  (Bacup),  vi,  439  n 
Greenskar  pot  (Layton  Hawes),  vii, 

249  n 

Greenslade  (Accrington),  vi,  425  n 
Green    Tockholes    (Tockholes),   vi, 

282 

Greenvile,  see  Greenfield 
Greenway,  the  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 
Greenway,  Rev.  Chas.,  vi,  274  ;  Jas., 

vi,  270 
Greenwood,   Eliz.,   vi,   430 ;   Hen., 

vi,  430  ;   John,  vi,  402  n,  403  n, 

407  n,  430,  456  ;  vii,  51  n,  265, 
296  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  402  «,  407  n  ; 
Maria    (Mary),   vi,    430 ;    Ralph, 
vi,  430  ;  Rich.,  vi,  403  n  ;  Susan, 
vi,    407  ;   Thos.,   vi,    403  n,   407, 

408  ;    Violet   M.,   vi,    430 ;    Rev. 
Will.,  vi,  344  ;  Will.  H.,  vi,  430  ; 
— ,  vi,  407  ;  fam.,  vi,  522 

Greet  Hill,  vi,  280 

Greetwood,      Adam,      vi,      482  n ; 

Matth.,  vi,  482  n 
Gregge,  John,  vii,  291 
Gregory  IX,  pope,  vii,  296  n 
Gregory,    Chas.,    vi,    428,    430  n ; 

Elia,  vi,  252  n  ;    Geo.,    vi,  440  ; 

Geo.   F.,   vi,   252  n,   261  ;    John, 

vi,  428,  440  n  ;  Mary  J.,  vi,  261  ; 

Pet.,   vi,   55  ;   Rich.,  vi,   440  n  ; 

Rob.,   vi,   428,   431  ;   Thos.,   vii, 

121  «,  287  n  ;  Thos.  H.,  vi,  359 
Gregory  croft  (Burnley),  vi,  445  n 
Gregson,    Geo.,    vi,    237  n ;    Hen., 

vii,  115,  136  n,  213  n;  Jas.,  vii, 

!98  n  ;   John,  vii,   108  n,   287  n  ; 

Josias,  vii,  74  ;  Rich.,  vii,  136  n  ; 

Rob.,   vii,    136  n,    213  n,    287  n  ; 

Thos.,  vii,  44  n,  63,  63  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  237  n 
Grelley,  Al.  (de),  vi,  169,  232,  291  ; 

Emma,    vi,    169 ;    Rob.,    vi,    75, 

76  n,  169  n,  220,  222  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

76  n,  169  «,  171 
Gremesargh,       Gremeshargh,       see 

Grimsargh 

Grenacres,  see  Greenacres 
Grenawe,  see  Greenhalgh 
Grendillisfield  (Shevington),  vi, 

201  n 

Grendon,  man.  (Staff.),  vi,  294  n 
Grendon,  Alesia  de,  vi,  291  ;  Allota 

(Allote,  Elysote),  de,  vi,  291  n  ; 

John  de,  vi,  291  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 

291  ;  Scolastica  de,  vi,  291  n 
Grene,  fam.,  see  Green 
Grenehol,     Greneholf,     see    Green- 
halgh 

Grene  Holme  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  319 
Grenele,  see  Greenhalgh 
Grenevile,  see  Greenfield 
Grenhole,  see  Greenhalgh 
Grenill,  see  Greenhills 
Grenole,  Grenolf,  see  Greenhalgh 

373 


Grenoll  (Nether  Wyresdale),  vii,  303 
Gressingham,  Bern,  de,  vii,  3 ;  Thos. 

de,  vii,  3 

Grestein,  see  Garstang 
Gresthwaite,    John    de,    vi,    241  ; 

Lawr.,  vi,  241  n 
Greswall  (Marsden),  vi,  539  n 
Greswell,  Joana  J.,  vi,  23  n ;  Rev. 

Rich.,  vi,  23  n 
Gre thill  (Preston),  vii,  79  n 
Gretton,  see  Grotton 
Grett  Wholle,  ste  Hoole,  Much 
Grey,  Sir  Edw.,  vi,  132  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 

132  ;  Hen.,  see  Suffolk,  dk.  of ; 

Thos.,    see    Dorset,    mqss.    of 

Walt,  de,  vii,  146 ;  see  also  Gray 
Grey  Bank  (Brockholes) ,  vii,  HIM 
Greymesargh,  see  Grimsargh 
Greystock,  fam.,  see  Graystock 
Greystocks  (Preston),  vii,  104*1 
Greystone  (Salwick),  vii,  163  n 
Greystone,   Higher   (Bowland),   vi, 

380  n 

Greystone  Hill,  vi,  269 
Greystoneley    (Bowland),    vi,    379, 

380 

Griffin  (Witton),  vi,  263 
Griffin,  vi,  470  n 
Griffin,  Joan,  vii,  175  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 

175  n 

Griffin's  Head   (Witton),  vi,  263-4 
Griffiths  (Griffith),  Alice,  vi,  101  ; 

John,  vii,  43  ;  R.  M.,  vii,  153  n  ; 

Will.,  vi,  101 
Grigour,  Alice  le,  vii,  281  n ;  Will. 

le,  vii,  281  n 
Grimbald,  vii,  332  n ;  the  mercer, 

vii,  137  n  ;  the  tailor,  vii,  79  « 
Grimbaldston  (Grimbaldeston, 

Grimbalson,  Grimboldston),Emir, 

vi,  199  n  ;  Hugh,  vii,  218  ;  John, 

vii,  82  «,  1 66  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  149, 

150  n 
Grimehills  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  270, 

275 

Grimehills  Moor,  vi,  269 
Grimehouse  (Burnley),  vi,  444  n 
Grimesarge,  see  Grimsargh 
Grimeschae,  Grimeschaw,  see  Grim 

shaw 

Grimesherg,  ste  Grimsargh 
Grimes  Moss,  vii,  165 
Grimesputtes  (Lower  Darwen),  vi, 

276 

Grimsargh  (Grimisharg,  Grim- 
sarche),  vii,  72,  73  n,  76,  79,  80, 
83  »,  gin,  108-13,  114  «;  char., 
vii,  90;  ch.,  vii,  88  n,  113; 
cross,  vii,  108  ;  man.,  vi,  41  n  ; 
vii,  1 08,  109  n  ;  mill,  vii,  109  n  ; 
Nonconf.,  vii,  113 ;  Rom.  rd., 
vii,  108 

Grimsargh,  Alice  de,  vii,  332  n ; 
Gilb.  de,  vii,  108,  109  n,  287  n, 
332  n ;  John  de,  vii,  107 «, 
109  n ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  109 «, 
332  n ;  Will,  de,  vii,  108,  109, 
109  n 

Grimshagh,  see  Grimshaw 
Grimsharg,  see  Grimsargh 
Grimshaw  (Cliviger),  vi,  479,  482 
Grimshaw  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279,  418 
Grimshaw,  brook,  vi,  278  n 
Grimshaw   (Grimshagh,  Grimshay, 
Grymeshaw),  Ad.  de,  vi,  271,  273, 
279  »,  418,  480  ;  vii,  79  n  ;  Agnes 
de,  vii,  109 n;  Alan  de,  vi,279  n  ; 
Alice,  vi,  407,  418  ;  vii,  15  ;  Anne, 
vi,  419  ;  Cath.,  vi,  547  n  ;  Cecily 
de,    vi,    280,    418  ;     vii,     79 « ; 
Dorothy,     vi,     267 ;     Eliz.,     vi, 
392  n,  407,   419,  491  ;  Ellen,  vi, 
419,  491 ;  Felicia,  vi,  391 ;  Geoff., 
vi,  391  n  ;  Geo.,  vi,    491  ;    Hen. 
(de),  vi,  241  n,  270,  271  n,  273 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Grimshaw  (cont.) 

279  n,  414  n,  418  ;  Isabel,  vi, 
330,  418  ;  Jane,  vii,  63  n  ;  Janet 
(Jennet),  vi,  419,  491  ;  Joan,  vi, 
406  n,  418  ;  John,  vi,  170  n,  173  n, 
279  n,  406  n,  407,  419,  447  n  ;  vii, 
5  n,  go  n,  98  n,  322  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
391  n,  406  n  ;  vii,  322  n  ;  Marian, 
vii,  193  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  170  n,  173  n, 
419 ;  Mary  A.,  vi,  419 ;  Nich., 
vi,  273,  279  n,  280,  410  n,  411, 
411  n,  419,  425  n,  491  n  ;  vii,  18, 
74  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  271,  273,  279, 
279  n,  392  n,  419,  423,  480,  49i, 
513  n,  560  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  273, 
279  n,  418,  475  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  407  ; 
Susanna,  vi,  419  ;  Thos.,  vi,  267, 
273>  279  n>  33°,  4Ioi  4*8,  438  n, 
475.  494  n  '•  vii,  I5>  63,  109  w  ; 
Walt,  de,  vi,  279  n;  Rev.  Will., 
vi,  751  Will,  (de),  vi,  366 «, 
513  n  ;  — ,  vi,  398  n,  406  w,  513  «, 
535  n,  543  ;  fam.,  vi,  446,  516  n 

Grimshaw  Green  (Bispham),  vi,  100 

Grimshay,  see  Grimshaw 

Grindal,  archbp.,  vi,  432  n 

Grindlestone  Edge  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 

Grindlestone   Hurst   (Marsden),   vi, 

536,  538 

Grindletonians,  vi,  452 
Gristhwaite,  John  de,  vi,  328  n 
Grizedale,  brook,  vii,  300 
Grizedale     Cross     (Barnacre),    vii, 

315  n 

Grizedale  Fell,  vii,  141,  141  n,  300 
Groby,  fam.,  vi,  i 
Grosart,  Alex.  B.,  vi,  245  ;  Dr.  — , 

vi,  248 

Grosvenor,  Rose,  vi,  250  n 
Grotton    (Gretton),   Agnes   de,    vi, 

457  ;  vii,  192  n,  321  n  ;  Rob.  de, 

vi,  457  ;  vii,  192  n,  321  n 
Grove,  Giles,  vi,  392  n 
Grubbe  Hall  (Grindleton),  vii,  15 
Grundy,     John,     vi,     241  »,     496 ; 

Rog.,  vi,  241  n 
Grymesargh,     Grymesharth,     Gry- 

mesharuth.  see  Grimsargh 
Grymeshaw,  see  Grimshaw 
Grymsar,  see  Grimsargh 
Gualter,  see  Walter 
Gubalt,  vi,  291  w 
Gubberford      (Cabus),      vii,      304 ; 

bridge,  vii,  304 
Gubberthwaite,    Gubisthwaite,    see 

Goberthwaite 

Gucschagh,  Ad.  de,  vi,  499  n 
Gude  Marton  (Westby),  vii,  175  « 
Gudlaw,  Thos.,  vii,  190  n 
Guest  (Gest),  Janet,  vi,  17  n,  143  «  ; 

Rich.,  vii,  193  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  244  ; 

Thos.    H.,   vii,    224;    Will.,    vii, 

193  n 
Guide    (Lower   Darwen),   vi,    276 ; 

Rom.  rem.,  vi,  278  ;  sch.,  vi,  278 
Guide  and  Fishmoor  reservoirs,  vi, 

276 

Guild  Keys  (Rufford),  vi,  120 
Guilds,  vii,  73,  74,  95  n 
Guldfield  (Padiham),  vi,  493  n 
Gumples  (Cliviger),  vi,  486  n 
Gunanesarg,  see  Goosnargh 
Gundeclyf,  see  Cunliffe 
Gunilda,  see  Quenilda 
Gunnildisford  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  455  » 
Gunolfsmoors,  vi,  3,  33,  37,  38,  39, 

47,  49,  50,  58  » 
Gurnall,    Rob.,    vii,    279  n ;    Will., 

vii,  279  n 

Gusanarghe,  see  Goosnargh 
Guthesyke  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Gwent,  Thos.,  vi,  7« 
Gwillym-Atherton,    Henrietta    M., 

vi,  106  n  ;  Rob.  V.  A.,  vi,  106  n 


Gybertshey  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 
Gynes,  Bald,  de,  vii,  302  ;  Chris- 
tiana (de),  vii,  301  n,  302,  308, 
3°9  w,  316  n;  Ingram  (Ingelram, 
Ingeram)  de,  vii,  281  «,  301  n, 
302,  308,  309  n,  316  n  ;  Isabel  de, 
vii,  302  «  ;  Mary  de,  vii,  302  «  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  302  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 
302  ;  see  also  Coucy 


Habercham,  see  Habergham  Eaves 
Habergham    (Hambrigh),    Ad.    de, 

vi,  455  ;  Alex.,  vi,  456  n  ;  Anne, 

vi,  456  n  ;  Earner  de,  vi,  455  n  ; 

Cecily,  vi,  456  n  ;  Clay,  vi,  456  n  ; 

Constance     (or    Christiana),     vi, 

455  n  ;   Ellen  de,   vi,   455  ;   Ellis 
de,  vi,  451  n,  455,  456  n  ;  Geoff, 
de,    vi,    455,    511  n  ;    Grace,    vi, 

456  «  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  455,  481  n  ; 
Hugh,  vi,  447,  456  n  ;  Isabel,  vi, 
456 «  ;    Joan,    vi,    456  n  ;    John 
(de),    vi,    447,    455,    456,    468  n, 
481  «,    508  n  ;    Lawr.,    vi,    447, 
447  n,    456,    489  n,    511,    529  n, 
546  n  ;  Mabel  de,  vi,  455  ;  Mar'do 
de,  vi,  475  n  ;  Marg.  (de),  vi,  456, 
456  n ;     Matth.     (de),     vi,     455, 
481  n  ;   Pet.   de,   vi,   455  ;    Rich, 
(de),  vi,  456,  456  n,  475  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  456  «  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  455, 
456  n 

Habergham  Eaves,  vi,  349,  428, 
429  n,  441,  447,  450,  451  n,  454- 
68,  487  ;  agric.,  vi,  443  ;  chs.,  vi, 
468  ;  mans.,  vi,  232,  455  ;  Non- 
conf.,  vi,  468 
Habergham  Farm  (Habergham 

Eaves),  vi,  455  n 
Habergham       Hall       (Habergham 

Eaves),  vi,  454 
Habindon,  John  de,  vi,  241 
Habringgeham,  Habringham  Evez 

(Eves),  see  Habergham  Eaves 
Hacapultree  (Howick) ,  vi,  66  n 
Hacconsall,  Haccumcho,  see  Hackin- 
sall 

Hacing,  le,  see  Hacking 
Hackensall,  Hackenstall,  see  Hack- 

insall 

Hackforth,  M.,  vi,  85  n 
Hackinbothe,  ditch  del,  vi,  263 
Hacking  (Aighton),  vi,  328,  418  n, 

419  n  ;  vii,  i 

Hacking,  Over  (Aighton),  vii,  117  n 
Hacking  (Hakkyng),  Agnes  del,  vi, 
328 ;  Alice  del,  vi,  336 ;  Bern, 
(de,  del),  vi,  328,  330  n,  335,  336  ; 
vii,  28  n  ;  Cecily  del,  vi,  336  ; 
Christiana  del,  vi,  328  ;  Hen.  del, 
vi,  328  ;  Hugh  (de,  del),  vi,  328  ; 
vii,  3,  1 8  ;  Joan  del,  vi,  418  ; 
John  del,  vi,  328,  336,  418  ;  vii, 
3  ;  Jordan  del,  vi,  318  ;  Will,  del, 
vi,  328,  336  ;  fam.,  vi,  326 
Hacking  boat  ferry  (Stonyhurst), 

vii,  20 

Hacking  Hall  (Billington),  vi,  329 
Hackinsall,     vii,      198  n,     256-60 ; 

man.,  vii,  189,  258  n 
Hackinsall  (Hacconsall),  Alan  de, 
vii,  256  n,  257  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii, 
257 ;  Amabil  de,  vii,  180  n, 
257  n ;  Amery  de,  vii,  177  n, 
257  n  ;  Christiana  de,  vii,  257  n  ; 
Ellen  de,  vii,  177  n,  257  n  ;  Eva 
de,  vii,  257,  260 ;  Geoff,  (de),  vii, 
99  «,  loott,  n6«,  133  n,  180  n, 
189  n,  190  n,  255,  256,  257,  257  n, 
260  ;  Gilb.  de,  vii,  254  n  ;  Hen. 
de,  vii,  177  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vii,  256  ; 
Ismania,  vii,  256  n,  257 ;  Sir 
John  de,  vii,  i8o«;  John  de, 
vii,  100  n,  i  Sow,  i8gn,  256*1, 

374 


Hackinsall  (cont.) 

257  ;  Marg.  de,  vii,  256  n,  257  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  100  n  ;  Mary  de, 
vii,  189  n;  Pet.  de,  vii,  25411, 
256;  Rich,  de,  vii,  189  n,  257; 
Rob.  (de),  vii,  100  n,  256  ;  Rog. 
de,  vii,  100  n,  189  n,  256  n  ;  Thos. 
de,  vii,  133  «,  189  n  ;  Will,  (de), 
vi,  432  n  ;  vii,  100  n,  256  n,  257 
Hackinsall  Hall  (Hackinsall),  vii, 

259 

Hackyng,  le,  see  Hacking 
Hacton,  see  Aighton 
Hacumesho,  Hacunesho,  see  Hack- 
insall 

Haddle  Moss  (Thornton),  vii,  232  n 
Hadocke,  fam.,  see  Haydock 
Had  wen,  Rev.  John,  vi,  283 
Hagemund,  vii,  68  n,  232 
Haggate  (Briercliffe) ,  vi,  469,  538  n 
Haggate     House     (Briercliffe),     vi, 

471  n 

Haggerston,  Alice,  vi,  24 ;  Anne, 
vii,  164  n  ;  Sir  Carnaby,  vii, 
164  «;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  24;  Thos., 
vi,  28 

Hagges  (Ribchester) ,  vii,  49  n 
Haggsfield  (Burnley),  vi,  445  n 
Haghebothe     (Barley),     see     Hay 

Booth 

Haghton,  see  Haighton 
Hagrimai  (Cabus),  vii,  305* 
Hagwood    Cross     (Kirkland),     vii, 

313  » 

Hahnemann  Homoeopathic  Hospital 
(Liverpool),  vi,  130 

Haigh,  man.  (Osbaldeston) ,  vi,  320 

Haigh,  Dan.  H.,  vi,  49  ;  Mabel  de, 
vi,  228  n 

Haighton,  vi,  21  n  ;  vii,  72,  73  n, 
79,  83  n,  100  n,  102  n,  107  n, 
114  n,  115  n,  119  n,  121  «,  123, 
124-7,  J38«,  209  n,  211  n,  270; 
cross,  vii,  124  ;  man.,  vii,  124  ; 
mill,  vii,  114%,  125  n ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  77  n 

Haighton  (Awton,  Haghton,  Haigh- 
ton), Alice  de,  vii,  18,  284  n ;  Amry 
de,  vii,  125  n ;  Ellen  (de),  vii, 
in  n,  125  n,  284%;  Euphemia  de, 
vii,  125  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vii,  125  n  ; 
Gillemichael  de,  vii,  124  ;  Hen., 
vii,  126  n  ',  Joan  de,  vii,  125  M, 
126  n  ;  John  (de),  vii,  18,  107  n, 
125  n,  126  n ;  Kath.  de,  vii, 
125  n ;  Marg.  de,  vii,  125  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  125  «,  126  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  125  n,  126  n ; 
Paulin  de,  vii,  125  n  ;  Rich,  (de), 
vii,  18,  125  w,  126  n  ;  Rob.  (de), 
vii,  54  n,  125  n  ;  Rog.,  vii,  18  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  HIM,  125  n ;  Walt, 
de,  vii,  125  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  107  n, 
125  n,  284  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  98  n  ;  see 
also  Hoghton 

Haighton  Hall  (Haighton),  vii,  124 

Haighton  House  (Haighton),  vii, 
124 

Hainslack,  see  Ayneslack 

Haislackes    (Clayton-le-Moors),    vi, 

417 

Hakesherdes-Levese  (Studlehurst) , 
vi,  324  n 

Haking,  see  Hacking 

Hakinishal,  see  Hackinsall 

Hakkyng,  see  Hacking 

Hakonesho,  see  Hackinsall 

Halctun,  see  Haighton 

Haldeley  (Haldelagh,  Haldelegh, 
Haldeleghs,  Haldeslegh,  Hald- 
legh,  Haldleghs),  Ad.  de,  vi,  264, 
264  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  264  n  ;  Joan 
de,  vii,  328 n;  John  de,  vii,  281  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  15  n ;  vii,  139 «, 
281  n,  325  n,  328  n,  330 


INDEX 


Hale,    Alice    de,    vi,    97  n,    163  n, 
164  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  88  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 

182  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  120  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  97  n,  163  n,  16411 ;  Thos. 
de,  vii,  1 20  n 

Halecath     (Barnacre),    vii,     318  n, 

320,  321 

Halecroft  (Kirkland),  vii,  313  n 
Halfacredale  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  n 
Half-hey  in  the  Wall  (Little  Eccles- 

ton),  vii,  183  n 

Halgh,  the  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279 
Halgh  (Haleghs),  Alex.,  vii,  50  n 
Eliz.  de,  vi,  400  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  50  n 
John,  vii,  48  n  ;  Nich.,  vii,  50  n 
Rob.,  vii,  48  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  400  n 
Halghdich  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Halgh     House     (Ribchester),     vii, 

50  n 

Halghton,  see  Haighton 
Halhill  (Marsden),  vi,  539  n 
Halicton,  see  Haighton 
Hall,  The  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Hall  (Goldshaw  Booth),  vi,  515 
Hall  (Oswaldtwistle) ,  vi,  406 
Hall  (Halle),  Adam  del,  vii,  268  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  210  n  ;  Ant.,  vi,  210  n  ; 
Chris.,  vi,  404  ;  vii,  255  ;  Edw.  M., 
vi,  128  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  93  ;  Frank,  vi, 
210,    210  n  ;    Geo.,    vii,    242  n  ; 
Gilb.  del,  vi,  509  n  ;  Hen.  (atte, 
del),  vii,  3,   17  n,   157  n;  Isolda 
del,  vii,  125  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  170  n; 
Janet,  vii,  170  n  ;  John  del,  vii, 
27  n,  29  n  ;   Joppe  of  the   (del), 
vii,  27  «  ;  Lawr.  del,  vii,  29  n  ; 
Marg.  (atte,  del),  vi,  210  n  ;  vii, 
13  n,    29  n  ;    Oliver,    vi,    495  ; 
Rich,  del,  vii,  268  n,  277  n  ;  Rob. 
(atte,   del),  vii,  3  n,   13  n,   17  n, 
27  n,  29  n,  277  n  ;  Rog.,  vii,  29  n  ; 
Thos.     (del),    vii,     136 «,    170  n, 

183  n  ;  Thurstan,  vi,  93,  122  n  ; 
Tim.,   vii,   224 ;    Walt,   del,   vii, 
136  n;  Will,  (atte,  del),  vii,  15  n, 
29  n,  59  n,  125  «,  311  n;  see  also 
Aula 

Hall  of  the  Wood  (Chorley),  vi,  135, 

141 

Hall  of  the  Wood  (Tonge),  vi,  501  n 
Hall  o'  th'  Hill  (Heath  Charnock), 

vi,  215 

Hallam,  R.  T.  R.  W.,  vi,  413  ;  Will., 
vi,  413,  4J5  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  413  ;  — , 
vi,  413 
Hall    Carr    (Newchurch-in-Rossen- 

dale),  vi,  438  n 

Hall  Cross  (Freckleton) ,  vii,  167  n 
Halleheved,  see  Hollowhead 
Halleturner  (Longton),  vi,  70  « 
Hallhead  (Little  Harwood),  vi,  249 
Hallhead  (Wilpshire),    see  Hollow- 
head 

Hall  Heys  (Towneley),  vi,  459  n 
Hall  Hill  (Colne),  vi,  527  n 
Hallholme  Bank  (Colne),  vi,  526  n 
Hallhursts,     the     (Kirkland),     vii, 

313  n 

Halliday,  Jas.,  vi,  515  n  ;  Jane,  vi, 
547  n;     John,    vi,    393  n,    394, 
475  n,    476  M,    491,    514,    515  n, 
547  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  477  n 
Halliwell,  Denis,  vi,  178  ;  Rev.  Hen., 
vi,  443;  John,  vi,  169  n,  176  n, 
177 »;    Lawr.,    vi,    161,    176  «, 
432  n  ;   Nich.,   vi,    174  n,    176  n  ; 
Oliver,     vi,     169  n ;     Rob.,     vi, 
176  n  ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  443  ;  Will., 
vi,  176  n,  177  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  283  n 
Halliwell  Fold  (Tockholes),  vi,  283  n 
Halliwell  House  (Chorley),  vi,  136 
Hallown,  see  Hullown 
Hallstead    (Hall    Stude)    (Marton), 

vii,  240  n 
Hallstead,  fam.,  see  Halstead 


Hallstead  s  (Nether  Wyresdale),  vii, 
302  n 

Hallsteads  (Worsthorne),  vi,  476  n 

Hallstudes,  fam.,  see  Halstead 

Hallstudgreen  (Bretherton),  vi, 
104  n 

Halsall,  Anne,  vii,  128,  163,  163  n  ; 
Bridg.,  vii,  163  n  ;  Sir  Cuth.,  vii, 
128,  163  n  ;  Cuth.,  vii,  163  ;  Eliz., 
vi,  256,  335  n ;  Hen.,  vii,  127, 
163  n,  167,  229  n  ;  Isabel,  vii, 
229  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  171  n,  204,  223  n, 
256,  335  n  ',  Jane,  vi,  321  ;  John, 
vi,  204  n ;  Kath.,  vi,  17171; 
Maud,  vi,  322  ;  Otes  de,  vi,  149  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  163  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  553  n  ; 
Sir  Thos.,  vi,  321,  322  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
171  n,  204  n 

Halshaw,  Hen.,  vi,  160  n 

Halsnead,  John  de,  vi,  7 

Halstead,  High  (Briercliffe),  vi, 
471  n,  474 

Halstead  (Hallstead,  Hallstudes, 
Halsteads,  Halsted),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
429  n,  476  n  ;  Agnes  (de),  vi, 
377  w,  429  n,  476  n;  Alice,  vi, 

475  n  ;  Amelia,  vi,  476  ;  Amery, 
vi,     476  n ;     Anne,     vi,     476  n ; 
Banastre    (Banister),    vi,    445  n, 
476 ;     Rev.     Chas.,    vi,    476  n ; 
Chas.,  vi,  413,  476  n  ;  Dorothy, 
vi,  267  ;  Edw.,  vii,  17  n  ;  Eliza, 
vi,  476  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  470  n,  476,  477, 
540  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  471  n  ;  Ellen  E., 
vi,  476  ;  Ellis  de,  vi,  474  n,  476  n  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  447,  447  «,  456,  489,  493, 
494  n  ;  Rev.  Hen.,  vi,  453  ;  Hen., 
vi,  445  n,  476  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  447, 
447  w,  456,  459  n,  468  n,  513  »; 
Isabel,    vi,    387 «,    413,    471  n, 

476  n ;  vii,  17;  Jane  H.  A.,  vi, 
476  n  ;    Janet,   vi,    387  n  ;    Joan 
(de),  vi,  395  n,  476  ;  John  (de), 
vi,  267,  377  n,  447  n,  453  »,  454, 
470  n,  471,  475  n,  476,  478,  481  n, 
539,  54°.  54° «;  vii,   17,   17  n; 
Lawr.,  vi,  476,  478  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
445  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  476  ;  Nich.,  vi, 

476,  494 «  ;    Oliver,    vi,    444  n, 

474  «,  476,  478  ;  Pet.,  vi,  475  n, 
476  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  456  n,  471, 

475  «,  476  n,  490  ;  Rob.,  vi,  454, 

477,  478  n;  Rog.  de,  vi,  474  w, 

475  n,    476  n  ;  Will.    (Gulielmus) 
(de),  vi,   387  n,  395,  397  n,  425, 
445  »,  452,  470,  473,  474  n,  476, 

476  n,  477  n,  478,  545  n 
Halsworth,  Thos.,  vi,  217 
Halton  Ad.  de,  vii,  30  n  ;  Jas.,  vii, 

30  n  John,  vii,  30  n  ;  Marg.,  vii, 
30  «  Miles,  vii,  30  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  30  n 

Halvedland  (Cuerden),  vi,  26  « 
Halworth,  Rob.,  vi,  118  n 
Halyfield  (Wiswell),  vi,  397  n 
Ham  (Cliviger),  vi,  486  n 
Hambledon  Hill,  see  Hameldon 
Hambleton,   vii,    143,    144,    146  n, 
149,    150,    166  n,    173  n,    188-90, 
248  n,   253  n,   257  n  ;   char.,  vii, 
20  n ;  ch.,  vii,  190 ;  man.,  vii,  3, 

1 88  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  190 
Hambleton,  Agnes  de,  vii,  189  n  ; 

Alex,  de,  vii,  189  n ;  Alice  de, 
vii,  189  «,  190  n,  254  n,  257  n  ; 
Cecily  de,  vii,  133  n  ;  Gilb.  de, 
vii,  254  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vii,  190  n, 
254  n,  257  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vii,  170  n, 
254  n  ;  John  de,  vii,  189  n,  190  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  189  n  ;  Nich.  de, 
vii,  170  n  ;  Sim.  de,  vii,  189  «, 
190  n,  257  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  133  n, 

189  n,  256  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  252  «, 
254  n,  257  n  ;  see  also  Hameldon 

Hambleton  hookins,  vii.  188 

375 


Hambrigh,  see  Habergham 

Hamby,  Eliz.,  vi,  153  n 

Hameldon  (Hamelton),  Grace,  vii, 
333  ;  Will.,  vii,  333  ;  Rev.  Thos., 
vi,  416 

Hameldon  Hill  (Black  and  Great 
Hameldon),  vi,  230,  409,  423,  473, 
5°7 

Hamelin,  vii,  306  n 

Hamelin's  land  ( Winkle y),  vii,  13  n 

Hamelton,  Hameltune,  see  Ham- 
bleton  and  Hameldon 

Hamerton  (Hammerton),  Alice  (de) 
vi,  222  «,  331  ;  vii,  5  ;  Anne,  vi, 
227  n  ;  Chisenhall,  vi,  227  «  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  227  n,  229  «  ;  John,  vi, 
227  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  5  n  ;  Maud, 
vii,  5  n  ;  Orm  de,  vi,  371  n  ;  Phil 
G.,  vi,  477  ;  Steph.  de,  vi,  222  n, 
226-7,  331  ;  vii,  2  ;  — ,  vi,  547  ; 
fam.,  vi,  446 

Hamilton,  dchsses.  of,  vi,  322  n 
Eliz.,  vii,  304  ;  dks.  of,  vii,  70  n 
76,  97,  129,  290,  310,  318  ;  Alex., 
vii,  304  n  ',  Arch.,  vii,  304  n  ; 
Douglas,  vii,  304  n ;  Jas.,  vii, 
304 ;  Jas.  G.,  vii,  304  n ;  fam., 
vii,  305 

Hammerton,  see  Hamerton 

Hammond  (Hamond),  Ellen,  vi, 
134  n  ;  Giles,  vi,  392  n,  540  ;  Dr. 
Hen.,  vi,  387 ;  John,  vi,  387, 
546  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  546  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  134  n,  530 

Hamon,  vii,  113 

Hamond,  see  Hammond 

Hampton,  Margery  de,  vi,  304 ; 
vii,  162  n ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  304 ;  vii, 
162  n 

Hamston  Cliff,  vi,  521  « 

Hanacres  (Cuerden),  vi,  28  n 

Hanclogh  (Clayton -le-Moors),  vi, 
418  n 

Hancock,  Alison,  vi,  500  n ;  Eliz., 
vi,  489  n ;  vii,  15 ;  Ellen,  vi, 
5*3  n>  S36  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  425  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  20  «,  513  «,  556  n  ; 
Leonard,  vi,  513  n ;  Marg.,  vi, 
456  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  394  «,  444  n, 
456  n,  493,  494 «,  5*3  «>  5*7, 
554  n,  556  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  513  n  ; 
vii,  15  ;  Will.,  vi,  20  n,  489,  494  n, 
513  »,  556  »  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  513  n 

Handbridge  (Habergham  Eaves), 
spring,  vi,  455 

Handlo,  Marg.,  vi,  321  ;  Sir  Rich., 
vi,  321 

Hanedings  of  the  Shortbottom 
(Cuerden),  vi,  24  n 

Hanhey  (Wrightington),  vi,  174  n 

Hankinson,  Alice,  vii,  165  n  ;  Edm., 
vii,  166,  167  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  144  n  ; 
Ellen,  vii,  170  n  ;  John,  vii,  170  n, 
231  n,  239  n  ;  Jos.,  vii,  166  n  ; 
Marg.,  vii,  166 « ;  Mary,  vii, 
150  n;  Rob.,  vii,  98  n,  166  «, 
167  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  136  «,  170  n, 
245  n 

Hannel  Cross  (Downham),  vi,  552 

Hanneshagh,  Hanneshaw,  see  Han- 
shaw 

Hansfield,  see  Henfield 

Hanshaw  (Hanneshagh,  Hanne- 
shaw, Hanshagh),  John  de,  vi, 
291  n,  295  «  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  295  n 

Hanshaw  Hall  (Walton),  vi,  295 

Hanson  (Haunson),  Alice,  vi,  529 ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  552  ;  Isabel,  vi,  546  n ; 
John,  vi,  529  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  33  n, 
34  n ;  Thos.,  vi,  171  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 
529,  531  n,  542,  549 ;  — ,  vi, 
513  n,  524  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  499  n 

Hansoncliffe,  see  Chamber-in-Pendle 

Hanson's  tenement  (Briercliffe),  vi, 
469 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Happay,  Ad.  de,  vi,  510  n  ;  Rog. 

de,  vi,  510  n 

Hapton,  vii,  307,  349,  356  n,  357, 
396,     410  n,     447  n,     492,     493, 
507-12  ;    ch.,   vi,   512  ;   ind.,   vi, 
507 ;    man.,    vi,    232,    458,    459, 
507  ;     mills,    vi,    507  n,    508  n  ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,   512  ;   quarries,  vi, 
507  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  512 
Hapton  Castle  (Hapton),  vi,  508 
Hapton  Clough  (Hapton),  vi,  510  n 
Hapton  Tower  (Hapton),  vi,  508 
Haracks,  see  Horrocks 
Harapebore  (Howick),  vi,  66  n 
Har bottle  (Harebotell),  Agnes,  vii, 
233  «  ;  Jane,  vi,  382  n  ;  Will.,  vii, 

233  » 

Harcourt,    Will,    (de),    vii,    176  n, 

177  n 
Hardhill     (Clitheroe),     vi,     365 «, 

366  n 

Hardhorn  (Hardhorn-with-Newton) , 
vii,  184,  219,  222  n,  238-9;  char., 
vii,  225  ;  mkt.,  vii,  238  ;  Nonconf., 
vii,  239 

Harding,  Mrs.  C.  P.,  vi,  380 
Hardman,  Edw.,  vii,   174  n  ;   Jas., 
vii,    165  n ;    John,    vii,     102  n  ; 
Marg.,  vii,  102  n 
Hardwick    (Herdwick),   Chas.,   vii, 

81  ;  Thos.,  vii,  265 
Hardy,  Rich.,  vii,  334 
Hare  (Hayr),  Ad.  le,  vi,  526  ;  Agnes 
le,  vi,  526  ;  Hen.,  vi,  548  ;  John, 
vi,  303  n ;  Rich,   (le),  vi,  366  n, 
526 

Harebotell,  see  Harbottle 
Harecarr  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 
Harecarr    furlong    (Stalmine),    vii, 

252  n 

Hareshaw  (Downham),  vi,  556  n 
Haresnape,  Jas.,  vi,  102,  123  n 
Haresnapes  (Croston),  vi,  96  n 
Haresrays  field  (Salesbury),  vi,  253 
Harestane  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 
Hare  stones  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 
Harestones  (Salwick),  vii,  163  n 
Harewas  (Button),  vii,  57  n 
Harewell,  Alice,  vi,  401,  420  n 
Harewode,  Harewude,  see  Harwood 
Harger,  Bern.,  vi,  452  ;  Hen.,  vi, 

489  ;  Nich.,  vi,  445 
Hargher       Clough        (Habergham 

Eaves),  vi,  448  n,  454 
Hargrave,  Anne,  vi,  167  n  ;  Jas.  A., 
vi,  168  n  ;  John,  vi,  167  n  ;  L., 
vi,  in  ;  Lewis  C.,  vi,  167  ; 
Maria  E.,  vi,  167  «-i68  n  ;  Rev. 
— ,  vii,  66  n  ;  see  also  Hargreaves 
Hargreave  (Padiham),  vi,  494 
Hargreave  Hey  (Padiham),  vi,  493 
Hargreaves,  Ad.  de,  vi,  469  n,  480  ; 
Agnes,  vi,  425,  519  n,  545  n  ; 
Charlotte  A.,  vi,  445,  484  ;  Chris., 
vi,  371,  425,  438;  Edw.,  vi, 
499  n ;  Eleanor  M.,  vi,  445  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  229,  432,  434,  438,  452, 
518 ;  vii,  196  n ;  Hen.,  vi,  263, 
434  n,  499  n,  516  n  ;  Hugh,  vi, 
494  n,  495,  496  n  ;  Rev.  Jas.,  vi, 
438 ;  Jas.,  vi,  238,  241,  242  n, 
350,  405,  427,  435,  490,  493, 
494  n,  515  n,  519,  522,  529,  530, 
535,  544,  55i  I  Jane,  vi,  434  «  ; 
Jenet,  vi,  516 ;  Rev.  John,  vi, 

445,  454;  J°hn,  vi,  2I7,  425, 
431,  434  n,  437,  438,  444,  453, 
458  n,  480,  484,  515,  516,  517  n, 
521,  526,  530,  530  n,  538  «,  540, 
542  «,  543,  545  «,  547,  547  », 
549,  551  ^ ;  Lawr.,  vi,  468  n, 
499  n,  519  n,  540,  542  ;  Lettice, 
vi,  467  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  454  ;  Nancy, 
vi,  244  ;  Nich.,  vi,  468  n,  513  n  ; 
Rev.  Rich.,  vi,  344;  Rich.,  vi, 


Hargreaves  (cont.) 

343,  434,  526,  54°,  541  n>  545  «, 
547,  547 n  >  Rob.,  vi,  468  n, 
524  n,  526  n,  529,  530,  530  n, 

545  «,  546  n,  551;  Rob.  H.,  vi, 
547;  Will,   (de),  vi,  458  n,  539, 
540,  542  n  ;  — ,  vi,  280  n,  431  n, 
499,  513  «,  524  n,  543  ;  see  also 
Hargrave 

Hargreaves  Fold  (Higher  Booths), 

vi,  434  n 
Hargreaves     House     (Barrowf  ord) , 

vi,  542 

Harison,  see  Harrison 
Harlesyke  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469 
Harley    Head     (Newchurch),      vi, 

438 

Harlow  (Foulridge),  vi,  547  n 
Harper,  Ad.  (the),  vi,  506  n,  546  n  ; 

vii,  152  n ;  Agnes,  vi,  545  n, 

546  n  ;    Alice    (the),    vi,    506  n  ; 
Austin  the,  vi,  198  n  ;  Ellis  the, 
vi,  485  n,  506  n  ;  Geoff,  the,  vi, 
546  ;  Geo.,  vii,  50  n  ;  Gilb.  the, 
vii,   3  n  ;   Hen.   the,  vii,  200  n  ; 
John  (the,  le),  vi,  79,  417,  506  n, 
545  n,   546  n  ;   vii,   50  n,    158  n  ; 
Luke  the,  vi,  506  ;  Margery,  vi, 
545  n  ;    Maud    (the),    vi,    506  «  ; 
vii,  152  n  ;  Rich,  (the),  vi,  546  n  ; 
vii,  152  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  8  ;  Syreda, 
vi,  546  n  ;  Will,  the,  vi,  506  n 

Harpers,  Lower  (Old  Laund  Booth), 
vi,  521 

Harrelegh  (Aighton),  vii,  15  n 

Harries,  Evan,  vii,  43 ;  see  also 
Harris  and  Heriz 

Harrington,  Alice,  vi,  195  ;  Anne, 
vi,  200  n  ',  Eliz.,  vi,  200  n,  418  ; 
Isabel,  Lady,  vii,  227  n  ;  Isabel, 
vi,  104  n,  316;  vii,  99  n,  114  «; 
Sir  Jas.,  vi,  104  n,  132,  195, 
213  M,  215  n,  227  n,  315,  337; 
vii,  107  n,  114,  115  n,  n6«, 
169  n,  199  n,  326  »;  Jas.,  vi,  61, 
316,  321;  vii,  99  n ;  Jane,  vi, 
316  ;  Joan,  vi,  315,  316  n  ;  Sir 
John  (de),  vi,  136  n,  199  n,  213  n, 
316  n;  vii,  15,  306;  John  (de), 
vi,  2  n,  131,  132,  213,  418  ;  vii, 
3,  15  n  ;  Kath.  (de),  vi,  131,  132, 
136  n,  214  n;  vii,  3,  15,  269  n  ; 
Marg.  (de),  vi,  194  n,  200  n, 
2I3n>  33*  ^  ;  vii,  114;  Matilda, 
vi,  316  n ;  Sir  Nich.  (de),  vi, 
135  n,  200,  202  n,  213  n,  215  n, 
217  ;  vii,  4  ;  Nich.  (de),  vi,  199  n  ; 
vii,  126  n  ;  Sir  Rich.,  vi,  316  n, 
337 ;  Sir  Rob.,  vi,  316,  379  n  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  185  n;  Sir  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  91  «,  200  n,  255  n  ;  vii,  114  ; 
Thos.  (de),  vi,  194  n,  199  n, 
213  n,  217,  491;  vii,  227  n  ;  Sir 
Will,  (de),  vi,  132  n,  194  n,  200  n, 
201  »,  213  n,  254,  331  n  ;  Will, 
(de),  vi,  194  n,  225  n,  263  n  ;  — , 
vii,  207  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  98  n 

Harrington  House  (Mellor),  vi, 
263  n 

Harris,  Chris.,  vi,  379,  380 ;  vii, 
24  n,  126  n,  135  n,  211  ;  Dorothy, 
vi,  380  n  ;  Edm.  R.,  vii,  70  n,  80, 
91  ;  Jane,  vii,  126  n,  211  ;  Mar- 
gery, vii,  135  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  380  n  ; 
Rev.  Rob.,  vii,  80  ;  Rob.,  vi,  153, 
378  n  ;  vii,  103  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  442  ; 
vii,  216  n;  see  also  Harries  and 
Heriz 

Harris  Institute  (Preston),  vii,  80  n, 
89  n,  96 

Harris  Library  (Preston),  vii,  80,  96 

Harris  Orphanage  (Fulwood),  vii, 
80  n,  89 

Harrison  (Harison),  Ad.,  vii,  4  «  ; 
Alice,  vii,  124  «  ;  Allan,  vi,  322, 

376 


Harrison  (cont.) 

376  ;  Andr.,  vii,  287  n  ;  Ann,  vii, 
221  ;  Ant.,  vii,  304  n  ;  Cuth.,  vii, 
148 «,  165,  187,  187  n,  283 », 
284  «,  335  ;  Edw.,  vii,  26  «,  121  », 
196  n  ;  Elias,  vi,  541  ;  Eliz.,  vii, 
114  n;  Ellen,  vi,  100  n,  282; 
vii,  283  n,  287  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  32  ; 
vii,  4  n ;  Henrietta,  vi,  444  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  82;  vii,  132  n,  216  n, 
287  n,  332  n  ;  Jane,  vii,  58  n  ; 
John,  vi,  74,  370,  376,  394, 
531  n  ;  vii,  82  n,  132  n,  136, 
136  n,  216  n,  287  «,  291;  John 
D.,  vii,  128  ;  Jos.,  vi,  307  ;  vii, 
165  ;  Marg.,  vii,  304  n  ;  Mary, 
vi,  438 ;  Mary  S.,  vi,  323  n ; 
Rich.,  vii,  58  n,  136,  182,  198  n, 
204,  221,  224,  253  n  ;  Rev.  Sey- 
mour F.,  vi,  299  ;  Strethill,  vi, 
494  ;  Thos.,  vi,  100  n,  118,  461  n  ; 
vii,  U4n,  287  n;  Thos.  D.,  vi, 

282  ;  Thos.  M.,  vii,  67  ;  Will.,  vi, 
237  n;  vii,  150  n,  266  «,  304  n  ; 
Col.,  vii,  76  n  ;  — ,  vii,  255  n 

Harrock    (Wrightington),    vi,    169, 

173 

Harrock  Hall  (Wrightington),  vi, 
174  n 

Harrock  Hill,  vi,  68  «,  169 

Harrop,  — ,  vi,  372  n 

Harrows  Bank  (Ribchester),  vii, 
58  » 

Harryse  Aker  (Clitheroe),  vi,  366  n 

Harston  Lee  (Harstonlegh)  (Little 
Harwood),  vi,  251 

Hart,  Rev.  Dudley,  vi,  334 

Hart  Hill  (Trawden),  vi,  552 

Hartholf,  vii,  271  n 

Hartley,  Alice,  vi,  367  n,  528 «, 
536 ;  Bern.,  vi,  542,  549,  552  ; 
Chris.,  vi,  515  «,  539  n,  542  «, 
544,  548  n,  549  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  473  n, 
546  n,  549,  551  ;  Ellen,  vi,  528  n  ; 
Ellis,  vi,  549  n  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  549  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  517  n,  533,  540,  551  n  ; 
Grace,  vi,  549  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  546  «, 
549  n  ;  Hester,  vi,  367  n  ;  Hugh, 
vi,  549  ;  Isabel,  vi,  513  n,  546  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  471  «,  519,  528  n,  542  n, 
543,  546»,  547,  549!  John,  vi, 
468  n,  513",  517,  520,  528,  530, 
535,  539 «,  54i  «,  543,  549  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  538  n,  542  n,  543,  544  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  367  n,  537  n  ;  Nich., 
vi,  542  n,  549  n,  551  ;  Pet.,  vi, 
549,  549  »  ;  Piers,  vi,  549  ;  Rich., 
vi,  452,  539,  549  »;  Rev.  Rob., 
vi,  452;  Rob.,  vi,  518  «,  528/1, 
539  n,  547,  548,  549;  Rob.  H., 
vi,  367  n;  Rog.,  vi,  519,  547, 

548  n,    549 ;    Thos.,    vi,    548  n, 
549 ;   Wilkinson,   vi,   543 ;    Rev. 
Will.,  vi,   319  ;  Will.,  vi,   367  n, 
468  n,  519  n,   540,   546  n,   549  n, 
551  ;  Will.  H.,  vi,  515,  522  ;  Sir 
W.   P.,   vi,   530;   — ,   vi,   524 «, 

549  n  ;  vii,  149 

Hartwood  Green  (Chorley),  vi,  129 
Hartwoodhey  (Chorley),  vi,  140 
Harvey   (Hervey),   vii,   92  n,   273  ; 

the  falconer,  vii,  306 
Harvey    (Hervey),    John,    vi,    187, 

283  ;  Rob.,  vi,  204 
Harwod  (Cuerdale),  vi,  302  n 
Harwood,  brook,  vi,  249 
Harwood,  man.,  vi,  303 
Harwood,   Great,   vi,   235,   337-44, 

376  n,  383  n,  417,  418,  419,  420, 
426,  504  «  ;  adv.,  vi,  343  ;  char., 
vi,  344  ;  ch.,  vi,  342  ;  man.,  vi, 
338  ;  mkts.  and  fair,  vi,  338,  339  ; 
mill,  vi,  338,  339 »,  340,  418  ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  344  ;  Rom.  Cath., 
vi,  344 


INDEX 


Harwood,  Little,  vi,  235,  249-51  ; 
ch.,  vi,  251  ;  man.,  vi,  249 ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  251 

Harwood,  Edm.,  vi,  277  n  ;  Edw. 
vi,  276,  277  ;  Eleanor,  vi,  27  » 
Eliz.,  vi,  278 «,  391  n,  497  n 
John,  vi,  27  n,  260,  285  n,  391  n 
Joan,  vi,  497  n  ;  Mich.,  vi,  497  n 
Rich.,  vi,  27  «,  277  n  ;  Rob.,  vi 
282,  288  ;  Rog.,  vi.  278  n  ;  Thos. 
vi,  497  n ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  260 

338  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  342  n 
Harwood    Fold     (Clayton-le-Dale), 

vi,  257,  260 
Harwood  Hall,  see  Little  Harwood 

Hall 

Harwood  Ridge,  vi,  337 
Harwoods   Holme    (Gt.  Harwood), 

vi,  338 

Haselene  Holth  (Salesbury),  vi,  253 
Haselhurst   Greve    (Eccleshill),    vi, 

279  n 
Haselhurstridding    (Chipping),    vii, 

29  n 

Haselingden,  see  Haslingden 
Hasilineshaw     (Gt.   Harwood),    vi, 

339  n 

Hasington,  Margery,  vi,  429  ;  Thos., 

vi,  429 

Haslam,  — ,  vii,  97  n 
Haslewood,    Rev.    Boulby  T.,   vii, 

40,   43  ;   Rev.   Will.  M.,  vi,   283, 

344 

Haslingden,    vi,    233  n,    234,    349, 
356  n,   427-32,   497  n  ;   adv.,   vi 
432  ;  chap.,  vi,  432  ;  ch.,  vi,  432 
crosses,  vi,  427 ;  ind.,  vi,  427 
man.,  vi,  232,  233  n,  361  n,  428 
mkts.  and  fairs,  vi,  431,  523  n 
mill,  vi,  428,  428  n,  431  ;  pk.,  vi, 
431  ;  quarries,  vi,  427 
Haslingden,  Rob.  de,  vi,  428  ;  Rog., 

vi,  88  ;  Wion  de,  vi,  428  n 
Haslingden  Grane  (Haslingden),  vi, 

427 

Haslingden  Hills,  vi,  423 
Haslinghead,  Rog.,  vii,  28  n 
Hasteley,  Lora,  vi,  216  n;   Rich., 

vi,  216  n 

Hasthorp,  Rob.  de,  vii,  301  n 
Hastings,    Sir    Hugh,    vi,    305  n  ; 

Maud  de,  vii,  285  n 
Hatch,  Jas.,  vii,  138  »  ;  John,  vii, 

138 

Hatchacre  (Standish),  vi,  193  n 
Hatgill,  Ad.,  vi,  556  n  ;  John,  vi, 

556  n 

Hatherald,  Hatherholt,  see  Haver- 
holt 

Hathornthwaite  (Hathornethwaite, 
Hawthornthwaite,        Hay  thorn - 
thwaite),  Ellen,  vii,  272  ;  John, 
vii,  272  ;  Mary,  vii,  65  n,  279  n  ; 
Will.,     vii,     65  n,     272,     279  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  380  n 
Hatton,  Edw.,  vi,  191  n 
Haudley  Hall  (Blackburn),  vi,  245 
Hauekechae,  Hauekesshae,  Hauke- 

schaw,  see  Hawkshaw 
Haugh  Head  (Reedley),  vi,  490 
Haugh  Hill  (Brindle),  vi,  75  « 
Haugh  Row  (Reedley),  vi,  490 
Haughton,  see  Hoghton 
Haukeshae  ruding  (Mellor),  vi,  263 
Haukeshagh,  see  Hawkeshaw 
Haulgh  (Reedley),  vi,  490 
Haultes  House  (Coppull),  vi,  228  n 
Haunson,  see  Hanson 
Hauschagh,  see  Hawkeshaw 
Hautrey  (Alta  Ripa,  Autrey,  Dau- 
trey,  Hautrive),  Sir  Godf.  de,  vi, 
511  n  ;  Godf.  de,  vi,  507  n  ;  John 
de,  vi,  304  n,  488  n,  507  n,  511  ; 
vii,    277  n  ;    Marg.    de,   vi,  508  ; 
Maud  de,  vi,  507  n,  511;  Rob., 


Hautrey  (cont.) 

vi,  508  n  ;  Sir  Thos.  de,  vi,  262  ; 

Thos.  de,  vi,  507,  508,  511 
Havedargh  (Catterall),  vii,  324  n 
Haverhill,  Will,  de,  vii,  84 
Haverholt  (Colne),  vi,  526  n,  527  « 
Havile,  Will,  de,  vii,  330  n 
Haw,  see  How 
Haward,  vii,  172  n 
Haward,  Alice,  vi,  122  n  ;  Chas.,  vi, 

122  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  122  n  ;  Rob.,  vi, 

122  n  ;  see  also  Award,  Hayward 

and  Heywood 
Hawarden,  Ad.,  vi,  195  ;  Bryan,  vi, 

133  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,   195  ;   John,  vi, 

133 

Hawath,  see  Howath 

Haw  Booth,  see  Hay  Booth 

Hawe,  vi,  59 

Hawes,  the  (Lay  ton),  see  Lay  ton 
Hawes 

Hawes,  Anne,  vii,  334  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 
334  ;  Susan,  vii,  333  n  ;  Will., 
vii,  334 

Hawett  (Hawet),  Mary,  vi,  ijj  n  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  162  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  177  «; 
Will.,  vi,  177  «,  i8o» 

Hawise  (Helewise),  vi,  377  n  ;  vii, 
46  «,  168  n,  318  «;  w.  of  Josce, 
vii,  41  n  ;  w.  of  Rob.,  vii,  191  n  ; 
w.  of  Thos.,  vii,  27  n 

Hawkecha,  see  Hawkshaw 

Hawkesbury,  Rich.,  vi,  19  «,  55  « 

Hawkesey  (Accrington) ,  vi,  425  n 

Hawkeshaw  (Haukeshagh,  Haus- 
chagh, Hawkeshey),  Hen.  de,  vi, 
262  ;  Rich.,  vi,  259  »  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
259  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  216  n 

Hawkesworth  (Hawksworth),  Will., 
vi,  526  n  ;  vii,  52  « 

Hawkins,  Hen.  B.,  vii,  218 

Hawks,  brook  (Wrightington),  vi, 
175  « 

Hawkshaw  (Mellor),  vi,  262,  263 

Hawkshaw,  brook,  vi,  263 

Hawkshead  (Habergham  Eaves), 
vi,  455  n 

Hawkshead,  fam.,  vi,  158 

Hawksnest  Clough  (Habergham 
Eaves),  vi,  457 

Hawksworth,  see  Hawkesworth 

Haworth,  man.,  vi,  406 ;  vii,  29, 
29  n 

Haworth,  Ad.  de,  vi,  407,  438  n  ; 
Alex.,  vi,  438  ;  Alice,  vi,  553  n  ; 
Chas.,  vi,  436,  438  «  ;  Denis,  vi, 
434  n,  436  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  277  n, 
553  n  ;  vii,  124  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  288, 
436  n  ;  Rev.  Geo.,  vi,  435  ;  Geo., 
vi,  388,  424  n,  434,  436  n  ;  Giles, 
vi,  277  n,  278  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  416, 
424  n,  434,  496  ;  Hugh,  vi,  434  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  99  n,  434  n,  438  n  ;  Jane, 
vi,  133 ;  Rev.  John,  vi,  435 ; 
John,  vi,  259  n,  260,  260  n, 
407  n,  436  n,  447,  468  n  ;  Jona- 
than, vi,  277  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  237, 
277  »,  278  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  407  n  ; 
Ottiwell,  vi,  436  ;  Pet.,  vi,  277, 
277  »,  278  n,  438  n  ;  Ralph,  vi, 
277  n>  434  ;  Reynold,  vi,  434  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  277  n,  387,  425  n ; 
Theoph.,  vi,  150  n ;  Thos.,  vi, 
73  n,  133,  167,  251,  371  ;  Mrs., 
vi,  4I3>  538  ;  fam.,  vi,  284  n 

Haworthules  (Wiswell),  vi,  397  n 

Hawtrey,  see  Hautrey 

Hay,  fam.,  see  Hey 

Haybonk  (Pleasington) ,  vi,  266 

Hay  Booth  (Barley),  vi,  233  n,  518, 
519 

Haydock  (Hadocke),  Agnes  de,  vi, 
67  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  77  n,  282  ; 
vii,  107  n,  133,  134  n,  240  n  ; 
Aline  de,  vii,  107  n,  133,  134  ft, 

377 


Haydock  (cont.) 

309  n  ;  Aloysia,  vii,  135  n  ;  Ama- 
bel de,  vi,  295  ;  Anne,  vi,  444  n, 
475  n  ;  Bradley,  vii,  40  n  ;  Bridg., 
vii,  135  n ;  Cath.  (Kath.),  vi, 
191  n,  198  n  ;  vii,  135  n  ;  Cuth., 
vii,  135  «  ;  Dorothy,  vii,  135  n  ; 
Edm.  (de),  vi,  159  »  ;  vii,  133  n, 
134  «,  135  n  ;  Eleanor,  vi,  444  n  ; 
vii,  134  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  135  n  ;  Ellen, 
vi,  513 »,  556  »;  vii,  135  n, 
306  «  ;  Evan  (Ewan),  vi,  51  n, 

77  *>  444.  444 «.  447.  475  »  ', 
vii,  135,  135  n  ;  Fran.,  vi,  77  n  ; 
Geo.,  vii,  75 «,  135,  135  n  ; 
Geo.  L.,  vii,  136  ;  GUb.  (de),  vi, 
200 «,  201  n,  234,  290,  295, 
444 «,  475  n,  488;  vii,  135, 
J35  n>  I3^n,  306  n  ;  Giles,  vi, 
444  n  ;  Helen  de,  vii,  240  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  131  n,  159,  291  »  ; 
vii,  41  n,  84 »,  107  n,  no«, 

!33«,  134.  134  «,  J35,  136  w; 
228  n,  240  n,  297  n,  309  n  ;  Hugh 
(de),  vi,  188 «,  198  M,  200 «, 
209  n,  223  n,  225  n,  291  «,  295  ; 
vii,  133  n  ;  Isabel,  vii,  135  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  51  «,  143  «  ;  vii,  136  n  ; 
Joan  (de),  vi,  444 »,  475 ;  vii, 
107  n,  133  n,  248  n;  John  (de), 
vi,  67  n,  167 «,  198  n,  224  n, 

228  n,  442  n,  444  n,  516  ;  vii, 
107  n,  133,  134  n,  135  n,  248  «, 
291  ;  Marg.,  vi,  228  n  ;  vii,  134  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  51  n,  159 «; 
Mary,  vi,  444  n  ;  vii,  135  n  ; 
Matth.  de,  vi,  290,  291  n,  295  ; 
Maud  de,  vi,  188  n,  193  n  ;  Nich., 
vi,  50  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  51  n,  143, 
143  n,  217  «,  282  ;  vii,  134  n,  135, 
135  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  188,  206  «, 
209,  220  n,  223  n ;  vii,  I3on, 
133  «,  135 «;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  51, 
143  n,  198  «,  224,  228  n  ;  Sim., 
vi,  51  n,  419  »,  444,  447,  447  n, 

47°,  471,  474,  475,  476,  477  n, 
478  n,  493,  513  w,  556  n  ;  vii,  5  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  50 ;  vii,  136 ;  Vane, 
vi,  209  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  50  n,  51  n, 
88,  100  n,  189,  198  n,  228  n,  381  ; 
vii,  135,  135 «,  155  n,  287  w; 
— ,  vi,  192  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  263  «, 
470  ;  vii,  234  n,  291 
Haye,  see  Hey 

Hayholm  (Bispham),  vii,  242  n 
Hayholme  (Little  Carle  ton),  vii, 

229  M 

Hayhurst  (Dutton),  vii,  55  n,  57  n, 
59  n 

Hayhurst,  Alice  de,  vii,  58  n  ;  Avice 
(Amice)  de,  vii,  16  n,  58  n  ;  Cecily 
de,  vii,  17  n  ;  Emota  de,  vii,  57  n  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  18,  58  n ;  Jenet,  vii, 
58  n  ;  John,  vi,  332  ;  vii,  16  «, 
JtS,  58,  58  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  58  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  57  n,  58  n  ;  Mary, 
vii,  135  n  ;  Oliver,  vii,  58  n  ;  Otes 
de,  vii,  58  n  \  Percival,  vii,  58  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  58 « ;  Rob.,  vi, 
354  ;  vii,  57  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  17  n, 
58  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  58  «  ;  Will, 
de,  vii,  58  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  49  n 

Hayke,  John,  vi'  54  « 

Haylegh  Shaw  wood  (Whittingham) 
vii,  209  n 

Hayleys  (Hayleighs),  Alice  de,  vi, 
402  n  ;  Nich.  de,  vi,  508  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  402  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  402  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  425  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  425  n 

Hayneslache  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 

Hayr,  see  Hare 

Hayrewasbank  (Dutton),  vii,  55  n 

Hayridding  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

455  « 
Haysia  (Hapton),  vi,  511  n 

48 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Haythornthwaite,      see      Hathorn- 

thwaite 

Hayton,  Jonathan,  vii,  245 
Hayward,  Thos.,  vii,  298  ;  see  also 

Haward  and  Heywood 
Hazelhead   (Bleasdale),   vii,    141  n, 

142,  142  n 

Hazelhurst  Fells,  vii,  141 
Hazle  Moor,  vi,  252 
Head,  Ad.  del,  vi,  225  n  ;  John  del, 

vi,  225  n 
Headfort,   Lady,   vii,   307  ;   Emily, 

mchnss.  of,  vii,  307  n ;   mqsses. 

of,  vii,  307  «,  318 

Headless  cross  (Anderton),  vi,  220 
Head  o'  th'  Town  (Altham),  vi,  411 
Heald  (Worsthorne),  vi,  474  n 
Heald,  Anne,  vi,   17  n ;   Will.,   vi, 

299 

Heald  Moor  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Heald's  charity  (Chorley),  vi,  148 
Healey  (Chorley),  vi,  2  n,  19,  129, 

140,  467 
Healey   (Heley),   Ad.   de,   vi,   253  ; 

Cecily,   vii,   49  n ;   Dowe   de,   vi, 

467 « ;    Gilb.   de,   vi,   252,   253  ; 

Hen.  de,  vi,  480,  485 » ;  Hugh 

de,  vi,  253  ;  Jas.,  vi,  519  ;  John 

de,  vi,  253  ;  Margery  de,  vi,  253  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  485  «  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

253  n  ;  vii,  49  n 
Healey  Cliff  (Heath  Charnock),  vi, 

216  n 

Healey  Nab,  vi,  129 
Heap.  Agnes,  vi,  438  n  ;  Ellen,  vi, 

431  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  430  n  ;  John,  vi, 

438,  438  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  439  ;  Rob., 

vi,  436  ;  — ,  vi,  431  »,  471  n 
Heapa  (Kirkham),  vii,  149 
Heap  Barn  (Bacup),  vi,  440 
Heapey,  vi,  3,  37  n,  50-2,  58  »  ; 

chap.,  vi,  8,  51  ;  ch.,  vi,  51  ; 

man.,  vi,  39,  50 
Heapey,  Orm  (Ramilf)  de,  vi,  50 ; 

Pet.  de,  vi,  51  »;   Rich,  de,  vi, 

51  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  51  n 
Heardbert,  vi,  349 
Heath,  Rob.,  vi,  371 ;  see  also  Heth 
Heath   Charnock,   vi,    58 «,    104  n, 

182,    187    n,   213-17;     char.,  vi, 

191  n,  192;   man.,  vi,  213 
Heath  Charnock,  fam.,  see  Charnock 

and  Gogard 
Heatley,  Hugh,  vi,  237  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 

77,  78  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  36  ;  Will.,  vi, 

77,  78  n  ;  vii,  139  n 
Heaton  (in  Lonsdale),  man.,  vi,  37, 

39,  326,  327  :  vii,  155  n 
Heaton    (Heton,    Hetton,    Hoton), 

Alice  de,  vi,   175  n  ;  vii,   154  «; 

Anilla  de,  vii,  109  n,  154,  316  n  ; 

Anne,      vii,      211  n ;      Augustin 

(Augustine)    de,    vii,    108,    153, 

156  n,  i8iw;  Christiana  de,  vii, 

154  n  ;    Denise    de,    vii,    154  n  ; 

Edm.    de,    vii,    156 ;    Hen.,    vi, 

406  n  ;  vii,  82  n  ;  Isold,  vi,  360  ; 

Joan,  vi,  217  n ;  John  de,  vi, 

175  n,  223  ;  Kath.  de,  vi,  227  n; 

vii,  326  «  ;  Rob.,  vi,  217  n  ;  Rog. 

de,  vii,  108,  109,  152  n,  153,  154, 

156  n,  181  n,  2J4,  235  n  ;  Sabina 

de,  vii,  154  n,  234  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

220;  vii,  297;  Will,  (de),  vi, 

220,  227  n,  250  n,  438  ;  vii,  108  n, 

log,  log  n,  154,  234  n,  316  « 
Heavanson,  Thos.,  vi,  298 
Hebden  Bridge  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Heber,  Jane,  vi,  560  n ;  John,  vii, 

42  ;  Reg.,  vii,  42  «,  314  »  ;  Thos., 

vi,  560  n 

Heblethwaite,  John,  vi%  245 
Hebrew  Hall  (Burnley),  vi,  445  n 
Hecham,    man.     (Claughton),     vii, 

330 


Hecham   (Hegham),   Alice   de,   vii, 

330  n  ;     John     de,     vii,     330  n ; 

Ralph  de,  vii,   330  n  ;   Rog.   de, 

vii,  330  n  ;  see  also  Higham 
Hechernok,  see  Heath  Charnock 
Hecknest  (Burnley),  vi,  447  n 
Hedersford,  Amery  de,  vi,  555  n  ; 

Will,  de,  vi,  555  « 
Hediholes    (Ediholes,    Edyef holes), 

Ad.  de,  vi,  249,  251  ;  Avice  de, 

vi,  251 

Hedley,  Rev.  Matth.,  vi,  334 
Hege,  the  (Pleasington),  vi,  267  n 
Heggedemorncliff  (Leyland),  vi,  58  n 
Heggengrene  (Marsden),  vi,  539 
Hegham,  see  Hecham  and  Higham 
Heghchernok,  see  Heath  Charnock 
Hehefield  (Alston),  vii,  63  n 
Heigham,   fam.,   see   Hecham   and 

Higham 
Heigham     Farm    (Claughton),    vii, 

330  » 

Heights  (Goldshaw  Booth),  vi,  515 

Heights  (Withnell),  vi,  47 

Heir,  Ad.  le,  vi,  474  n 

Heir's  House  (Colne),  vi,  523,  525, 
526 

Helde,  Thurstan,  vi.  9 

Hele-Phipps,  Mary,  vii,  65  n  ;  T.  H., 
vii,  65  n 

Helewise,  see  Hawise 

Hcley  (Salesbury),  vi,  252 

Heley,  fam.,  see  Healey 

Helforth  Gate  (Yate)  (New  Laund), 
vi,  492 

Helforth  Holme  (New  Laund),  vi, 
492  « 

Helhurst  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n 

Helly  Platt  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 

Helme,  man.  (Chipping),  vii,  31 

Helme  (Read),  vi,  506  n 

Helme  (Helmes),  Ad.,  vii,  108  n  ; 
Alice,  vi,  399  n ;  vii,  31  n  ;  Edw., 
vii,  26,  29  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  196  «, 
197  « ;  Germain,  vii,  36  n  ;  Grace, 
vii,  29  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  123,  197  n  ; 
Isabel  (de),  vii,  28  «,  31  n;  Jas., 
vii,  30  n,  31;  Joan,  vii,  31  n  ; 
John,  vii,  204 ;  Lawr.  de,  vii, 
31  n;  Leo.,  vii,  31,  139  n,  197  n, 
213  n,  231  n  ;  Nich.,  vii,  147  ; 
Ralph  de,  vii,  31  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 

196  n,     197,     197  n ;     Rog.,    vii, 

197  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vii,  28  n,  30  n, 
31  n,   136  n,   196  n,    197  n,   201  ; 
Will,  de,  vii,  30  n,  31,  34  n,  136  n, 
196  n  ;  see  also  Holmes 

Helmer  (Goosnargh),  vii,  199  n 
Helmeridge,  see  Elmridge 
Helmes,  see  Helme  and  Holmes 
Hemingburgh,  John  de,  vi,  488 
Henderson,  John,  vi,  534,  535  ;  J., 

vi,  535 

Hendon  (Marsden),  vi,  536 
Hendwr  (Hendouyr)  (Wales),  vi, 

262 

Heneage,  Thos.,  vii,  114  n 
Henestebreck  (Rossall),  vii,  235  n 
Henfield  (Clayton-le-Moors),  vi,  411, 

417 
Henfield    (Colne),    vi,    470,    525  n, 

528  n 

Henfield  moor,  vi,  413 
Henger  Haw  (Chorley),  vi,  140  n 
Henheads    (Henhades),    vi,    230  n, 

233  n,  349,  431,  437,  439  n 
Henn,  Rev.  Hen.,  vi,  452 
Henneheedes,  see  Henheads 
Hennethorn,  Hennethyrn,  see  Hen- 
thorn 

Henrison  (Henreson,  Henryson) 
Cecily,  vi,  69 n;  Geo.,  vii,  101  n 
Grace,  vii,  101  »  ;  Hen.,  vi,  69  n 
John,  vi,  49  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  163  n 
Ralph,  vi,  69  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  49  « 

378 


Henrison  (cont.) 

Rob.,  vi,  69  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  69  n, 

298  n  ;  vii,  288  n,  306  n 
Henry  I,  vii,  54,  246 
Henry  II,  vii,  129,  333  n 
Henry  III,  vi,  471  ;  vii,  188,  249, 

333 

Henry  IV.,  vii,  263 

.Henry  VI,  vi,  no  n,  361 

Henry  VIII,  vii,  157 

Henry,  vi,  400  n,  474  n,  475  n,  538  n, 
548;  vii,  45,  105  n,  iogn;  abbot, 
vi,  480  n  ;  bailiff,  vi,  367  n  ;  b. 
of  Rog.  dean  of  Whalley,  vi, 
356 «;  (H.),  the  chaplain,  vi, 
400 «,  402  n,  403  n  ;  vii,  263, 
264;  the  clerk,  vi,  297,  411  n, 
412,  443,  451  n ;  vii,  305 ;  the 
cookson,  vi,  26  n ;  the  harper, 
vii,  200  n  ;  the  miller,  vi,  134  n  ; 
parson,  vi,  79  »,  239,  240,  253  n, 
258  «,  398  n  ;  vii,  282  n,  297  ; 
prior  of  Norton,  vii,  238 «;  the 
sumpter,  vii,  227  n  ;  the  turner, 
vi,  208  n 

Henry,  Chas.,  vii,  13 

Henryfield  (Claughton),  vii,  330  n 

Henryson,  see  Henrison 

Henthorn,  vi,  349,  356  n,  388  ; 
man.,  vi,  232,  390 

Henthorn,  Ad.  de,  vi,  390  ;  Agnes 
de,  vi,  390 ;  Alice  de,  vi,  390  ; 
Cecily  de,  vi,  390*1;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  389  n,  390 ;  John  (de),  vi, 
389  «,  390  ;  Jordan  de,  vi,  390  ; 
Kath.  de,  vi,  390  n  ;  Margery  de, 
vi,  390  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  390  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  377  n 

Henthorn  Ees  (Little  Mitton),  vi, 
391  n 

Hepay,  see  Heapey 

Hepewell  (Alston),  vii,  65  n 

Hepgreave  (Preston),  vii,  79  n,  101  n 

Hephale  (Hepwall,  Hepwell),  Hen. 
de,  vi,  134 ;  John  de,  vii,  3  ; 
Marg.  (Margery)  de,  vi,  131,  276, 
397  n  ;  vii,  3  ;  Rich,  de,  vii, 
3«;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  112  n,  117, 
131,  150  n,  245  n,  276,  397  n  ; 
vii,  2,  3,  4  n 

Herberlaw  (Hapton),  vi,  510  « 

Herbert,  vii,  134**,  i6gn;  the 
clerk,  vii,  84  n,  i^on 

Herbertson,  Cecily,  vi,  134  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  134  n 

Herd  House,  see  Hird  House 

Herdwick,  see  Hardwick 

Hereford,  John  Booth,  archd.  of, 
vii,  258 

Hereford  ridding  (Herfordriding) 
(Penwortham) ,  vi,  58  n 

Hereward,  abbot  of  Cockersand, 
vii,  1 80  n,  260 

Hericy,  Hen.  de,  vii,  125  n 

Heritage,  Hugh,  vii,  329  n  ;  John, 
vii,  329  n  ;  Margery,  vii,  329  n 

Heriz  (Herries,  Herriss,  Herrys), 
Ad.  de,  vi,  555  n ;  Agnes,  vi, 
377  n  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  559  n  ;  vii, 
125  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  189  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
377  n  ;  Geoff.,  vii,  278  n  ;  Hen. 
(de,  le),  vi,  364*1,  552  n,  555  n  ; 
vii,  125  n  ;  Isabel  de,  vi,  364  n  ; 
John  (de,  le),  vi,  364*1,  559  n  ; 
Kath.,  vi,  377  n ;  Mabel,  vii, 
278  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  377  n  ;  Margery 
de,  vii,  278  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  278  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  377  n  ;  Sim.  (de,  le),  vi, 
364  n,  558  n  ;  Will,  (de,  le),  vi, 
343,  364  «,  374  n,  377  ;  fam.,  vi, 
373,  375  ;  see  also  Harries  and 
Harris 

Herldonsoe  (Claughton),  vii,  327  n 

Hermitage,  the  (Grimsargh),  vii, 
113  ft 


INDEX 


Hermitage,  the  (Mellor),  vi,  263 
Hermit's  Ridding,  see  Armetriding 
Hermitstead,  see  Armitstead 
Hernby,  see  Hornby 
Herneshead     (Winmarleigh),    vii, 

306  n 

Herreson,  Will.,  vi,  n  n 
Herries,  Herriss,  Herrys,  see  Heriz 
Herunterode  (Cligvier),  vi,  485  n 
Hervey,  see  Harvey 
Hes,  Rich,     del,    vii,    58  n ;    Rob., 

del,  vii,  58  n 

Hesceteley  (Winkley),  vii,  13  n 
Heschath,  see  Hesketh 
Heselingedon,  set,  Haslingden 
Hesemor  (Salesbury),  vi,  253  n 
Hesemore      (Clayton-le-Dale),      vi, 

258  n 

Hesemore  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335  n 
Hesillache  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  339  n 
Heskath,      Heskayth,     fam.,      see 

Hesketh 

Hesketh  (Hesketh  -  with  -  Beccon- 
sall),  vi,  i,  81,  111-14;  v">  I7I» 
181  «  ;  man.,  vi,  112 
Hesketh  (Eskehagh,  Heskath,  Hes- 
kayth, Heskeyth),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
71  n,  113  n,  121,  347  n  ;  Alice 
(de),  vi,  28  n,  70  n,  98  n,  121,  122, 
127  tt,  340,  398  ;  vii,  5  n,  66  «, 
126  n,  180  n,  181  n,  190  tt,  260  n, 

332  n,  333,  333  n  ;  Amiria  de,  vi, 
34  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  40  n  ;  vii,  159  n, 
190  n,  196 «,  198 ;  Barth.,  vi, 
67  M,  73  n,  82,  92  n,  107  n,  127, 
174  n,  201  n,  285  «  ;  vii,  113**, 
160  n,  185,  195  n,  196  n,  198, 
227  n,  272  n  ;  Barth.  G.,  vii, 
115  n;  Blanche,  vi,  173*1;  Bold 
F.,  vii,  221,  224,  242  n  ;  Chas., 
vi,  117  n ;  vii,  224,  245;  Con- 
stantia,  vii,  327  n ;  Cuth.,  vi, 
126  ;  vii,  195  «,  196  «,  205  ;  C., 
vii,  224 ;  Dulcia,  vi,  122  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  343  ;  Edw.  T.,  vii,  221  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  93  n,  95  n,  122  n  ;  vii, 
163  n,  307  n  ;  Fleetwood,  vii, 
221,  243  n  ;  Frances,  vii,  224  ; 
Fran.,  vii,  221  ;  Gabriel,  vi,  73  n, 
77  »»,  107  n,  122  «,  285  n  ;  vii, 
14*1,  30  n,  113 *t,  170  n,  185, 
195  n,  196*1,  205,  227  n,  32971; 
Geoff.,  vi,  122  n,  126,  241  n ; 
Geo.,  vi,  60  n,  65  »,  67  n,  73  n, 
93  n,  122  «,  123  n,  365  n  ;  vii, 
98  tt,  113  «,  152  n,  158*1,  161  tt, 
167  n,  170  n,  173*1,  185,  227*1, 
287  n,  324  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  112  n, 

121  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  122  n,  126, 
456  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  113  n,  121  n, 
126,  153  n ;  Holcroft,  vi,  120; 
Hugh  (de),  vi,  67  tt,  93  «,  121  n, 

122  n,  123  n,  126, 127  n,  504% ;  vii, 
180  n,  181  «,  190  n,  260  n,  333, 

333  «  ;  Jas-,  vi,  I28  ;  vii,  327  ; 
Jane,  vi,  123  n,  347  ;  Jennet,  vi, 
128 ;  Sir  John  (de),  vi,  95  n, 
98  M,  121,  339,  347  «  ;  John  (de), 
vi,  108,  113*1,  126,  233  n,  339, 
340  n ;  Jos.,  vii,  327,  328  ;  Juli- 
ana, vii,  195  «  ;  Kath.  (de),  vi, 
121,  123  n  ;  Lucy,  vi,  340  ;  Marg. 
(de),  vi,  73  n,  121,  122  n,  126  ; 
vii,  187,  236,  249  n  ;  Margery,  vi, 
122  tt,  126 ;  Mary,  vi,  108,  123, 
125  ;  vii,  186  n,  327  n,  333  n  ; 
Maud  (Matilda),  de,  vi,  70,  71, 
95  «,  120,  121,  121  »e,  122  n, 
339;  Nich.  (de),  vi,  112  n,  121, 
126, 133  n,  340  ;  Sir  Pet.,  vii,  221  ; 
Pet.,  vii,  224  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  33  n, 
34  n,  66  n,  67  n,  112*1,  113  n, 
122  n,  123  n,  126,  127  n,  201  «; 
vii,  83*1,  163  n,  190*1,  208  n, 
273  ;  Sir  Rob.,  vi,  17  n,  22  n, 


Hesketh  (cont.) 

63  n,  95  n,  108  n,  in  n,  n6n, 

117,  122,  123  n,  126,  202  n, 
229  n,  456  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  60  «, 

70  n,  72,  72  n,  73  n,  82,  93  n, 
95  n,  96,  99  n,  ii2  n,  113 tt, 

114,  Il6*t,  I2O,  121,  121  n,  122, 

122  n,  123,  123  «,  126,  127  n, 
17 3  n,  i8o«,  340,  347,  365, 
367  n ;  vii,  83  n,  126*1,  159*1, 
167  «,  185  M,  190  n,  208  n,  213  M, 

3°7  w,  333  w  '•  R°g-,  vii,  J96  w, 
205,  236,  249  tt,  273,  333 «, 
334  M,  335  M  J  Sibyl  de,  vi,  121  n  ', 
Sophia,  vi,  127 ;  Steph.  de,  vi, 
112  tt  ;  Susan,  vi,  126  ;  Sir  Thos., 
vi,  22  »,  28  M,  40  tt,  67  tt,  72, 
73  tt,  89  «,  92,  93  tt,  96  »,  97  «, 
104,  106  «,  in  «,  112,  113,  117  n, 

118,  121,  122,  125,  126,  127,  I28tt, 

151  n,  166 «,  201  «,  202,  340, 
341,  398  ;  vii,  5  tt,  66  n,  126  «, 
196  «,  332  «  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  16  tt, 
17  «,  22  w,  61  «,  65  «,  67,  70  «, 

71  «,    72  M,    73,    74  tt,    77  tt,    84, 
89  tt,   92,   93  «,   95  n,  96,    104  tt, 
lion,   112  M,   117 «,   ii8»z,   121, 
122,  123,  123*1,  126,  127  w,  128, 
132,     142,    166  tt,    173  tt,    176  «, 
201  «,    236 «,     300,     337,     339, 
343,  365  n,  398,  408  tt,  420  ;  vii, 

65  w,  74,  83«,  M4,  154  ».  173  », 
181  tt,  185,  185  tt,  186,  187, 

190  w,   196  w,   237  tt,   321  «,   327, 
334  tt  ;   Sir  Thos.   G.   F.,  vi,   72, 
97,    114,    123,    123  tt  ;    Sir  Thos. 
H.,  vi,  123  tt  ;  Sir  T.,  vi,  116  n  ; 
Sir  T.  D.,  vi,  72,  90,  93,  97,  114, 

123  tt,     126,     340;     Ursula,    vii, 
333**;   Sir  Will,    (de),   vi,   95  n, 
97  n,  98  tt,  116  tt,  121,  127  ;  Will, 
(de),    vi,    17  tt,    70,    90  M,    92 «, 

112  tt,     H3  M,      I2O-I,       126,     290, 

339,  347,  4i8,  495:  vii,  170 «, 
173  tt,  185,  185  tt,  186  M,  327  «, 
329  «  ;  Mrs.,  vii,  224  ;  fam.,  vi, 
48,  69  tt,  178,  338  ;  vii,  102,  107, 
133  n 

Hesketh  Bank  (Hesketh),  vi,  in, 
112 

Hesketh  End,  man.  (Chipping), 
vii,  30 

Heskeyt,  Heskeyth,  see  Hesketh 

Heskin,  vi,  155,  166-9;  char.,  vi, 
90 «,  161  ;  man.,  vi,  166  ;  vii, 
235  tt  ;  sch.,  vi,  169 

Heskin,  Ad.  de,  vi,  7  tt,  33  tt,  166  «  ; 
Cecily  de,  vi,  166  «  ;  Emma  de, 
vi,  225  w  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  33  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  7  n,  23,  170  n, 
225  «  ;  Margery  de,  vi,  33  «  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  166  ;  Reynold  de,  vi, 
166  »  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  166  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  33  «,  166,  166  «,  170 «, 
177  «,  203  «,  225  M  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
166 ;  Thurstan,  vi,  166,  172  n, 

191  «  ;  Warine  de,  vi,  177  « 
Heskin  Green,  vi,  166 

Heskin  Hall  (Heskin),  vi,  166,  167 
Hesmenough,  John,  vi,  260 
Hesmondhalgh          (Hesmonhalgh), 

Ellis,  vi,  259  M  ;  John,  vi,  260  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  260  « 
Hesmundehalgh      (Dilworth),     vii, 

53  » 

Hesselindene,  see  Haslingden 
Hest  Chernoke,  see  Heath  Charnock 
Hestholm,  Joan,  vii,  288  n  ;  John , 

vii,  288  M 
Hesting    (Habergham    Eaves),    vi, 

455  « 
Heth,  Agnes,  vii,  233  n  ;  Will.,  vii, 

233  «  ;  see  also  Heath 
Hethchernock,  Hethevchernoc,  see. 

Heath  Charnock 

379 


Hetom,  Gilb.  de,  vii,  331  n  ;  Thos., 
vii,  331  « 

Heton,  Hetton,  see  Heaton 

Heulefield  (Bispham),  vi,  101  n 

Hevesclough  (Whittingham) ,  vii, 
209  tt 

Hewn  Ashlar  (Old  Laund  Booth), 
vi,  522 

Hewode,  see  Ewood 

Hewson,  Edm.,  see  Dicconson, 
Edm. 

Hexham,  Will,  de,  vi,  159 

Hey,  vi,  544 

Hey  (Hay,  Haye),  Alice  del,  vi, 
335  n ;  Gilb.,  vi,  273  ;  Hen.,  vii, 
299  ;  Hugh  del,  vi,  200  n  ;  Isabel 
del,  vi,  200  tt ;  Jas,  vi,  99  n  ; 
Jer.,  vi,  557  ;  John  (de,  de  la, 
del),  vi,  291  «,  328  «,  494,  510  n  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  272  tt,  416 ;  Rich,  (de, 
de  la),  vi,  436,  438  tt,  494  n, 
510  n  ;  vii,  273  n  ;  Rob.  (del), 
vi,  335  «  ;  vii,  220  ;  — ,  vi,  252  n 

Hey  acres  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  339  « 

Heye,  le  (Mellor),  vi,  263 

Heyfield  (Threlfall),  vii,  192  » 

Heyham,  vii,  296 

Heyhead  (Marsden),  vi,  541  n 

Heyhouses  (Lytham),  vii,  213, 
214  ;  sch.,  vii,  219 

Heyhouses  (Whalley),  vi,  230  tt, 
349,  361,  489  tt,  493,  513-14; 
ch.,  vi,  514  ;  cross,  vi,  513  ;  man., 
vi,  514  ;  '  Wellsprings '  inn,  vi, 

513 

Heyhurst,  see  Hayhurst 
Heyland,  Alice  de,  vi,  58  tt  ;  Will. 

de,  vi,  58  « 

Heyley  (Whittingham),  vii,  207  « 
Heyroyd  (Colne),  vi,  523,  528 
Keys,  Nether  (Colne),  vi,  528 
Heys,  Isabel,  vi,  150  n ;  Thos.,  vi, 

150  M 
Heysandforth    (Burnley),    vi,    443, 

47° 

Heyslacks  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Heywood,  John,  vi,  419  ;  Mary  A., 
vi,   419  ;   Rebecca,  vi,   419 ;   see 
also  Haward  and  Hayward 
Heyworth,  Lawr.,  vi,  438  ;  see  also 

Haworth 

Hie  Bibi,  well  (Standish),  vi,  192 
Hiche,  vi,  488  n 
Hichetleys  (Button),  vii,  58  n 
Hichhaugh  (Button),  vii,  55  n 
Hichough  (Ribchester),  vii,  43  n 
Hichson(Hicheson),  John,  vi,  475  n ; 

Rich.,  vi,  475  «,  477  n,  489 
Hickeling  (Hikeling),  Rob.,  vi,  10  «, 

29  « 

Hicks,  Sir  Baptist,  vii,  34  n  ;  Bap- 
tist, vii,  34 

Higen,  see  Hitchin  and  Hitchon 
Higgcn     Clough    (Wheatley     Carr 

Booth),  vi,  520 
Higgenson,  see  Higginson 
Higgin,    Hen.,    vi,    538 «,    539 «  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  539  «  ;  Jas.,  vi,  519  «  ; 
John,  vi,  468  »,  521,  539  *»,  540  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  539  n 
Higginbothan,  Will.,  vi,  261 
Higginson    (Higgenson),    Eliz.,   vii, 
245  «  ;  Janet,  vii,  183  n  ;  Rich., 
vii,    244 ;    Rob.,    vi,    77 « ;    vii, 
183  «  ;   Rog.,  vii,   136  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  518 

Higgison,  John,  vii,  50  n 
High,  Thos.,  vi,  237  n 
Highacre  (Button),  vii,  55  « 
Higham,  vi,  349,  488,  512-13,  522  ; 
vii,  279 ;  ch.,  vi,  513  ;  ind.,  vi, 
512  ;   man.,   vi,    512  ;    Nonconf., 
vi,  513  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  513 
Higham,  Lower,  Higham,   Nether, 
see  Higham  Close 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Higham,  Over,  vi,  513  n 

Higham,    Rich.,  vi,   325 ;    see  also 

Hecham 
Higham  Booth  (Goldshaw  Booth), 

vi,  233  n,  512,  515 
Higham  Close  (Higham),  vi,  488*1, 

512,  513  n 

Higher  Arbour  (Thornley),  vii,  32 
Highercroft  House  (Lower  Darwen) , 

vi,  277 
Higher  Cross   (Higher  Booths),  vi, 

434 

Higher  Firs  (Altham),  vi,  411 
Higherford  (Barrowford),  vi,  541 
Higher  House  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471 
Higher  House   cross   (Freckleton), 

vii,  167  n 
Higher   Ridihalgh   (Briercliffe),   vi, 

469 

Highfalong  (Carleton),  vii,  231  » 
Highfield  (Croston),  vi,  91 
Highfield  (Dilworth),  vii,  52  n 
Highfield  (Duxbury),  vi,  211  n 
Highfield  (Haighton),  vii,  125  n 
Highfield  (Sowerby),  vii,  281  n 
Highfield,  John,  vii,  101  n 
Highgate  (Warton),  vii,  171  n 
High  Riley,  vi,  233  n 
Highson,  John,  vi,  475  n 
Hightenhull,  see  Ightenhill 
High  Ulley,  vi,  233  n 
High  Way  (Dilworth),  vii,  52  » 
Hikeling,  see  Hickeling 
Hiles,  Nich.  de,  vii,  198  «;  Rich,  de, 

vii,  198  « 

Hill,  the  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471  n 
Hill,  the,  man.  (Goosnargh),  vii,  195 
Hill,  the,  man.  (Heath  Charnock), 

vi,  214 

Hill,  the,  (Tockholes),  vi,  282 
Hill,  Sir  Edw.,  vii,  197  n  ;  Grace, 
vii,  197  n  ;  John,  vii,  i8n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  496;  vii,  265,  265  n ;  Will., 
vii,  47  *» 

Hillam,  man.  (Yorks),  vi,  421 
Hillcroft  (Bretherton),  vi,  103  n 
Hill  End  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471 
Hillfield  (Croston),  vi,  95  n 
Hill  House  (Chaigley),  vii,  18 
Hill  House    (Woodplumpton),   vii, 

14  n 

Hilliley  (Ribchester),  vii,  45  n 
Hilliley,    Agnes,   vii,    48  n ;    Cecily 
de,  vii,  48  n  ;  John  de,  vii,  46  «, 
48  n  ;   Rob.  de,  vii,  48  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vii,  48  » 

Hillock  Vale  (Huncoat),  vi,  409 
Hilton,  Evan,  vi,  17  «;  Hugh,  vi, 
26  «  ;  Isabel  de,  vii,  301  n  ;  Jas., 
vi,  5°5,  5°7  ;  John,  vi,  17  n,  36 
50,  77  n;  Marg.   (de),  vi,  26  n 
vii,  301  n ;  Maud  de,  vii,  301  n 
Rich.,  vi,  270 ;  Sir  Rob.  de,  vii, 
301  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  28  n;  Will.,  vi, 
77  n  ;  see  also  Hulton 
Hilton's  Brow  (Brindle),  vi,  77  n 
Hinde,   Nath.,  vii,  224  ;   Sam.,  vi, 

189*  ;  Sir  Will.,  vi,  558 
Hindeburne  water,  see  Hyndburn 
Hindhill      (Clayton -le-Moors),      vi, 

417  n 
Hindle,  Agnes,  vi,  499  n  ;  Alex.,  vi, 

407  ;  Chris.,  vi,  277  n  ;  vii,  39  ; 
Hugh,  vi,  494  n  ;   John,  vi,  403, 
499  n  ',    John  F.,   vi,   261  ;  Maj . 
John  W.,  vi,  277  n ;  Lawr.,  vi, 

408  n ;  Mary  J.,  vi,  261  ;  Mary 
J.  R.,  vi,  252  ;  Mich.,  vi,  403 
Molly,  vi,  454  ;  Ottwell,  vi,  407 
Thos.,  vi,   403 ;   Will.,  vi,  403 
Will.  F.,  vi,  261  ;  — ,  vi,  413  n 
see  also  Hindley 

Hindley,  man.  (Walton),  vi,  291  n 
Hindley,  Ad.   (de),  vi,  221  n,  262, 
328  n  ;  Chris.,  vii,  42  ;  Ellen  de, 


Hindley  (cont.) 

vi,  71  n ;  Hen.,  vi,  489  n  ;  Hugh 
de,  vi,  71  n,  221  «;  John  de,  vii, 
328  n  ;  Margery  de,  vii,  328  n  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  416  n ;  Rich,  de,  vi, 
291  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  71  n,  221  «, 
291  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  347  ;  see  also 
Hindle 

Hinks,  — ,  vii,  51 
Hinton,  Honora,  vi,  59  n 
Hippings  (Oswaldtwistle),  vi,  409 
Hippings  Cross  (Oswaldtwistle),  vi, 

405 

Hird    (Hirde),    Marg.,    vii,    29  n  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  29  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  518  ; 
— ,  vi,  372  n 
Hird    House    (Briercliffe),   vi,  469, 

469  n 
Hirdmonscroft    (Osbaldeston),    vi, 

320  n 

Hirstewod,   Hirstwode,   see  Hurst- 
wood 

Hitchcock,  John,  vi,  375  n 
Hitchin  (Higen,  Kitchen),  John,  vi, 
540  »,  534  ;  Rev.   Rich.,  vi,  440, 
451  «;  Rich.,  vi,  450  «  ;  see  also 
Hitchon 

Hitchmough,  Rich.,  vii,  n6» 
Hitchon  (Higen),   Geo.,  vi,  471  n  ; 
John,  vi,  477  «;  see  also  Hitchen 
Hitm',  Will.,  vi,  367 
Hoarheads  (Trawden),  vi,  552  n 
Hoarstones  (Goldshaw  Booth),  vi, 

515,  5i6 

Hobbedoghtre,  Ellen,  vi,  302  n 
Hobbes,  Will.,  vi,  292,  293 
Hobkin,  vi,  480 
Hobson,  Thos.,  vi,  538  n 
Hob  stones  (Colne),  vi,  523,  526 
Hocking  Hall  (Billington),  vi,  325 
Hocton,  see  Hoghton 
Hocwik,  see  Howick 
Hoddeake,  Ad.  de,  vi,  264  n  ;  Joan 

de,  vi,  264  n 
Hodder,   riv.,   vi,    230,    231,    247  ; 

vii,  i,  32  ;  bridge,  vii,  i 
Hodderford    ridding    (Stonyhurst) , 

vii,  4» 

Hodder  House  (Stonyhurst),  vii,  12 
Hodder  Place  (Stonyhurst),  vii,  7  n 
Hoddesden,  see  Hoddlesden 
Hoddlesden,   vi,    233  n,    270,    273, 
278,  424  ;  ch.,  vi,  275  ;  ind.,  vi, 
270 

Hoddlesden,  brook,  vi,  235,  278 
Hoddlesden,  forest,  vi,  232 
Hoddlesden  Heys   (Over  Darwen), 

vi,  280  n 

Hoddlesden  Moss,  vi,  235,  269 
Hodds  Moss,  vi,  380  n 
Hodereshale,  see  Hothersall 
Hodgehouse  (Billington),  vi,  332 
Hodges,  John,  vi,  107  n 
Hodgkinson     (Hodgekinson,    Hod- 
kinson,    Hogkinson),    Anne,    vii, 
103  »  ;  Chas.,  vii,  102  «  ;  Edw., 
vii,  141  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  98  n,  102  n  ; 
Jas.,  vii,  74,  98  n  ;  Jane,  vii,  312  ; 
John,    vi,     107  n  ;     vii,     136 «  ; 
Luke,    vii,    102  n ;    Mabel,    vii, 
190  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,  304  n  ;  Mary, 
vi,  161  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  98  n,  304  n  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  89  n,  151  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 
113  ;  vii,  74  n,  76  n,  98  n,  227  n 
Hodgson  (Hogeson,  Hogson),  Ad., 
vii,     1 60  n ;    Agnes,    vii,    48 »  ; 
Anne,  vii,  132  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  114  n  ; 
Edw.,     vii,     329  n ;     Eliz.,     vii, 
100  *»  ;    Ellen,    vii,    234  «  ;    Far- 
rand,   vi,   51  ;   Hen.,   vi,   413  n  ; 
vii,  248  n  ;  Hugh,  vii,  124  ;  Inett, 
vi,   22  n ;    Jas.,   vi,    153  »,   279  ; 
Jane,  vii,  248  «  ;  John,  vi,  20  » , 
369  »;    vii,  "loow,    225,    234  n, 
248  n,    284  n;    Marg.,    vi,    20  n, 

380 


Hodgson  (cont.) 

248*1;  Mary,  vi,  249  n ;  Rich., 
vii,  234  n,  248  n,  284  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  3  n,  20  n,  22  «,  447  n  ;  vii, 
234  n,  248  n  ;  Rog.,  vii,  160  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  22  n,  46  »;  vii,  i6on, 
284  «,  329  n;  Will.,  vi,  148;  vii, 
175%,  234 «,  248*1;  see  also 
Hodson 

Hodgson's  Farm  (Chorley),  vi,  148  n 

Hodkinson,  see  Hodgkinson 

Hodlesden,  see  Hoddlesden 

Hodleston,  see  Huddleston 

Hodson,  Jas.,  vi,  224  ;  Jas.  A.,  vi, 

211  ;  John,  vi,  211,  225;  Rich., 
vi,  9  ;   Will.,  vi,   109 «  ;   see  also 
Hodgson 

Hogeson,  see  Hodgson  and  Hodson 

Hogg-Goggin,  Jas.  F.,  vi,  128 

Hogh,  see  Hough 

Hoghton,  vi,  3,  6  «,  36-47,  58  n  ; 
vii,  27  ;  chant.,  vii,  49  n ;  ch.,  vi, 
46  ;  man.,  vi,  37 ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 

46»  47 

Hoghton(Awton,Haughton,  Hough- 
ton),  Sir  Ad.  (de),  vi,  29  n,  38,  47, 
93  n,  104  n,  151  n,  ijon,  174  «, 
254,  266 «,  284 ;  vii,  27,  29  n, 
30 «,  46  n,  50  n,  53  «,  63  », 
66  n,  109  n,  114  n,  131  n,  133  n, 
168  n,  169  n,  193,  196  n,  207  », 

212  «,  281  n,  318  n,  324  n,  331  n  ; 
Ad.  de,  vi,  37,  38,  46  n,  49  n, 
76  n,  77  n,  i6gn,  17071,  174*1, 
199  n,  205  »,  254,  259,  269  ;  vii, 
17  «,  27  n,  52,  62,  63  n,  64  «, 
65  n,  66  n,  98  n,  109,  114 «, 
130  n,  132  n,  134  n,  162  »,  192  n, 
193  «,  196  n,  207,  207  »,  212  n, 
318  n,  321  n,  323  n  ;  Agnes  (de), 

vi,  37  »>  38  «,  77  n,  393  «,  394  n> 
396,  560  n  ;  vii,  27  n,  30  n,  52  n, 
65  n,  98  n,  112  n,  193  n,  275  n  ; 
Sir  Alex.,  vi,  22 «,  33  n,  282, 
306  n;  vii,  33  «,  88  n,  112  n, 
196  n,  198  n  ;  Alex,  (le),  vi,  39, 
40,  142,  205,  282,  293,  394  n, 
396  ;  vii,  27  »,  43  «,  62  n,  88  n, 
98  n,  131  n,  137  n,  204,  208  n  ; 
Alice  (de),  vi,  38  n,  39  n,  109*1, 
263  «,  269,  394  n  ;  vii,  17,  193  n  ; 
Amery  de,  vii,  63  n ;  Anne,  vi, 
39 m,  40  «,  205,  282,  294,  547  n  ; 
vii,  19,  131,  134  n,  213  n  ;  Arth., 
vi,  40  «,  87  n,  204  n  ;  Avice  de, 
vii,  133  »  ;  Bridg.,  vii,  213  n  ; 
Brun  de,  vi,  37  n ;  Cecil  de,  vi, 
41  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  38  n ;  Sir 
Chas.  (de),  vi,  41,  43,  44,  46, 
290,  297 ;  vii,  86 ;  Chris.,  vii, 
47  n ;  Cordelia,  vi,  297;  Maj., 
Gen.  Dan.,  vi,  41,  297  ;  Diana  de- 
vi,  38  n  ;  Dorothy,  vi,  40  n  ;  vii, 
230  n ;  Edw.,  vi,  40  n,  58  n; 
Eliz.,  vi,  39  n,  40  n,  206  n,  210, 
393  n  ;  vii,  62  n,  88  n  ;  Ellen  (de), 
vi,  39,  39  n,  96  n,  528  n  ;  vii,  19, 
62  «,  88,  229  n  ;  Evan,  vii,  174  «, 
229,  229  n,  230  »,  282  n  ;  Franc, 
de,  vii,  53,  62  »,  109,  230  n  ;  Geoff. 
de,  vi,  38,  47  n,  170  n;  Geo.,  vi, 
40  «,  494  n,  527,  528  «,  534  n, 
535 n,  539 n  '•  Sir  Gilb.,  vi,  40, 
236,  250,  293  n,  296,  297,  310, 
463  n  ;  vii,  121  n,  134  n,  136  n, 
139  n,  208  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  40  n, 
282  ;  vii,  127  n,  193  n  ;  Grace, 
vi,  527  n  ;  Sir  Hen.  (de),  vi,  39, 
41,  43,  46,  229  n,  254,  268,  290, 
297,  299,  380  n,  393,  407,  490; 
vii,  27  n,  35  n,  48  n,  52,  57  «, 
62  n,  66  n,  82,  83  n,  87,  104,  109, 
116,  123,  131  n,  209  n  ;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  37  »,  38,  39  n,  49,  51  n,  58  «, 
254  n-5  n,  263  n,  282,  298  n,  310, 


INDEX 


Hoghton  (cont.) 

312,  393  »,  394,  547  «  ;  vii,  27  n, 
35  n,  44  n,  88,  126*1,  131  n, 
208  w  ;  Sir  Hen.  B.,  vi,  41,  297  ; 
vii,  82  ;  Sir  Hen.  P.,  vi,  25  n,  41, 
297  ;  vii,  81,  82  n,  87,  109  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  329,  429  n  ;  vii,  135  n  ; 
Sir  Jas.  (de),  vi,  41,  43,  270, 
293  ;  Jas.  de,  vi,  38  n  ;  Jane,  vi, 
40  n,  123  «,  293,  340,  347,  374  n  ; 
Joan  (de),  vi,  38 «,  39  n,  254, 
393,  407,  527  n,  528  n,  539  n, 
555  n  ;  vii,  229  n ;  John  (de), 
vi,  38  n,  48 »,  204,  205,  206, 
269,  329,  366*1,  374 «,  377  n, 
379,  393,  394  »,  396,  493,  494  n, 
527  «,  560  n  ;  vii,  18,  192  n  ; 
Kath  (Cath.),  vi,  40 «,  205  n, 
329  n,  377  n,  393  n,  394  n;  vii, 
27 «,  65,  323  n ;  Lawr.,  vii, 
213*1;  Leonard,  vi,  40%;  vii, 
213  »;  Marg.  (de),  vi,  39  n,  40  n, 
202  «,  205  «,  305,  306  »,  393  n, 
394  n  ;  vii,  17,  88  M,  230,  239  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vii,  27  n ;  Mary, 
Lady,  vi,  297  ;  Mary,  vi,  44,  205  n, 
310,  394,  421  ;  vii,  82  ;  Maud,  vi, 
394  n  ;  Miles,  vi,  393  n  ;  Nich.,  vi, 
416,  426  ;  Sir  Phil.,  vi,  290  ;  Phil., 
vi,  41  ;  Radcliffe,  vi,  48,  294  : 
Ralph,  vii,  88  n,  126  n,  324*1; 
Sir  Rich,  (de),  vi,  29,  30  n, 
33,  39,  4°,  4i,  46  n,  47  n,  48, 
49,  123  n,  126,  166  n,  170  «,  205, 
206  n,  208 «,  210,  259  n,  269, 
282  n,  285,  285  «,  293,  293  n, 

295,    3oo,    3°5,   310,   327 »,   347, 

379  n  ;  vii,   27  n,  35  n,  43,   44  n, 
53  «,    57  »,    63,    63  »,    65,    65  «, 
73  n,    74,    82,    83,    86,    88,    94 «, 
95  M,   98  «,    109  n,    113  «,    114  w, 
116,    126 «,    127  n,    130,    131  «, 
134  «,  135*1,  136  «,  158  M,  167*1, 
187  M,    194,    195  n,    196  n,    197, 
198  M,   199  «,  200,  201  n,  207  «, 
208  n,    210,    213 «,    275  w,    278, 
281  M,   323  n,   332  w  ;   Rich,    (de, 
le),  vi,  9  »,  22  «,  34  «,  37  »,  38, 
40 »,    46,    47  n,    48  n,    50,    93  «, 
142,   i66«,   170  w,   192  n,   199  n, 
205,    206,    206  n,    207 «,    236  n, 
254,  255,  255  n,    256,   268,  269, 
279,  282,  293,  306  n,  313,  379  «, 

380  n,  393,  555  «;  vii,  19,  27  », 
28  n,  30  n,  31,  62  «,  64  n,  86  *z, 
88  «,   90  «,    109*1,    112  n,   114  », 

125  n,   130*1,   133*1,   192  w,   193, 
193  n,    194  w,    198,    199,    207  n, 
208  «,   209*1,   210*1,   230,   239  «, 
259  n,  298  w,  308  n,  318  n,  323  n  ; 
Sir  Rob.,  vi,  200  n  ;   Rob.   (de), 
vi,    38  n,    379  »,    394  «,    54^  «  ; 
vii,    17  »,    74;    Rog.,    vi,    393 «, 
396  ;  Rowland,  vi,  40  »;  Sarah, 
vi,   293  n  ;   Sibyl  de,  vi,   38,   50, 
254 ;    vii,    130 ;    Siward    de,    vi, 
38  n ;     Steynull    de,     vi,     37  n ; 
Susannah  (Susanna),  vi,  25,  149  ; 
vii,  82,  131  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  7, 
32,  38,  39  «,  4°,  41,  43,  44,  49  n, 
77  n,    170*1,    205  *»,    207  n,    268, 
285,  377  n,  379  n,  394,  396,  421  ; 
vii,    28  n,    30  «,    44  n,    52,    62  n, 
83  n,     87  n,     90,     113*1,     ii6*», 

126  n,   131,   131  w,   133  w,   134*1, 
137  n,  194  «,  198  n,  200  n,  206  n, 
239  «,    323  «,    332  »  ;    Sir    Will, 
(de),  vi,  39  ;  vii,  17,  193  n  ;  Will, 
(dc),    vi,    22  n,    39,    96 «,    109 », 
182  «,    202  *»,    205,    205 «,    206, 
207  *»,  306  n,  393  M,   394  n,  493-4, 
546  n  ;  vii,  27  *»,  35  w,  48  n,  62  n, 
75.  113,  120,  126  *»,  135  n,  193  n, 
265,  267  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  396  ;  — ,  vi, 
379  ;  vii,  148  »  ;  fam.,  vi,  3,  252, 


Hoghton  (cont.) 

283,    283  w  ;    vii,    55  n  ;    see    also 

Haighton 

Hoghton  Bottoms  (Hoghton),  vi,  36 
Hoghtonfield  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 
Hoghton     lees     (Hoghton     riding), 

(Wrightington),  vi,  175  n 
Hoghton  tenement  (Chipping),  vii, 

27 
Hoghton     Tower     (Hoghton),     vi, 

36-7,  40-7,  500,  503 
Hoghwyk,  see  Howick 
Hogkinson,  see  Hodgkinson 
Hogson,  see  Hodgson  and  Hodson 
Hohum  (Hutton),  vi,  68  n 
Hokefield  (Hothersall),  vii,  63  » 
Hokenhevedd,  see  Oakenhead  Wood 
Holand,  see  Holland 
Holcar    (Ulnes    Walton),    vi,    108, 

233  n 

Holcar,  fam.,  sec  Holker 
Holcath,  see  Halecath 
Holcliff  Field  (Downham),  vi,  556  n 
Holcroft  (Myerscough),  vii,  140  n 
Holcroft,  Ad.  de,  vi,  194  n  ;  Alice, 

vi,     122 » ;     Anne,     vii,     307  n  ; 

El"  :'f,  vii,   212  n  ;   Sir  John,   vi, 
/    122  n,  278  ;  vii,  307  n  ;  Marg.  de, 

vi,  194  n  ;  Milicent,  vi,  278  ;  R., 

vii,   212  n  ;    Sir  Thos.,   vi,    328  ; 

vii,   215  ;   Thos.,   vi,    122  n,   328, 

331  n  ;    vii,    97  n,    170 «,    174*1, 

215  n,    216  w,    231  n  ;    fam.,    vii, 

218 
Hold-back  (Charnock  Richard),  vi, 

205  w 

Holden  (Extwistle),  vi,  472  n 
Holden  (Haslingden),  vi,  427,  428  ; 

man.,  vi,  497  n 
Holden,    Broad    (Haslingden),    vi, 

427,  430,  498  n 

Holden,    Goodshaw     (Haslingden), 

vi,  43i 

Holden  (Houlden),  Abra.,  vi,  425  ; 
Ad.  (de),  vi,  248,  273,  408,  409  n, 

428,  429,  430,  455,  456  n,  5ii«, 
524  n,  538  ;  vii,  15  n  ;  Agnes,  vi, 
391  n,  429  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  408,  429, 
43°,  497  n,  553  n  ',  Andr.,  vi,  274, 
280*1,  430**,  431  ;  Cecily  de,  vii, 
15  ;  Chas.,  vi,  429  n  ;  Chris,  (de), 
vi,  429,  430  ;  Douce,  vi,  429  n  ; 
Eliz.    (de),   vi,   30  n,   391  «,   429, 
430,    436  n ;   vii,    15 ;    Ellen   de, 
vi,  429  n  ;   Emma  de,  vi,  429  n, 
456  n ;     Evan,    vi,     246  n,    268, 
391  n  ;  Frances,  vi,  430  n  ;  Fran., 
vi,  265  ;  Geoff,  de,  vii,  15  ;  Geo., 
vi,  272**,  273,  280*1;  vii,  14  w, 
334  ;  Gilb.  (de),  vi,  279  n,  404  w, 
405*1,     409,     429,     430,     431*1, 
432  n  ;    Grace,   vi,    429  ;    Hawise 
de,  vi,  429  n  ;  Dr.  Hen.,  vii,  14  n  ; 
Rev.  Hen.,  vii,  2  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi, 
265,  428  n,  429  ;  vii,  13,  15,  15  n  ; 
Isabel    (de),    vi,    429 n,    497  n ; 
vii,    15;    Jas.,   vi,   366**,   391**; 
Jane,   vii,    15 ;    Joan,   vi,   429  n, 
497  «  ;  John  (de),  vi,  274,  280  n, 
408  n,  429,  430  n,  432  n,   456  n, 
497 » ;    vii,     14,     15,     18,    327  ; 
Kath.  de.  vi,  430  n,  497  n  ;  vii, 
15  n  ;    Lawr.,    vi,    425  ;    Lettice, 
vi,    429 ;    Marg.    (de),    vi,    429, 
430  n  ;    vii,    13,    15  n ;    Margery 
(de),  vi,    159 «,   429,   497  n  ;   vii, 

326  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  430*1;  vii,   15, 

327  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  15  ;  Nich. 
(de),  vi,  159  «,  406  n,  429,  430  n, 
497,  498  n,  499  n,  524",  538; 
Oliver,  vi,  428  «  ;  Ralph  (Randle), 
(de),  vi,  30*1,  43,  271,  408,  425, 
428  «,  429,  429  n,  430,  431,  497  ; 
vii,  15,  15  n,  1 8  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi, 
265,  283,  429;  vii,  14,  15,  15*1, 

381 


Holden  (cont.) 

18,  18  *j,  19  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  279  n 
280,  280  n,  380,  406  «,  408,  419  n 

428,  429,  430,  431,  437,  455,  497 
498  n,   499  n,   511  n,   553  n  ;   vii 
15  n  ;  Sibyl,  vi,  366  n,  391,  429  n 
Thos.  (de),  vi,  246  n,  265,  267  n 
280  n,    328  n,    366  n,    391,    408 

429,  430,   430  n,   431,   432,   497 
498  n  ;  vii,  15,  15  n,  213  n,  326  n 
Will,  (de),  vi,  274,  280  n,  285  n 
304  n  ;    vii,    15,    15  n  ;    Col.,    vi 
471  w,    491  ;    Mrs.,    — ,    vii,    14 
— ,  vii,  188;  fam.,  vi,  288,  446 

Holden  Fold  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  275, 

279  » 

Holden  Hall  (Haslingden),  vi,  430 
Holdsworth,    Gilb.,   vi,    483  n ;    see 

also  Hollsworth 

Holdsyke  (Worsthorne),  vi,  477  n 
Hole,  par.,  see  Hoole 
Hole,  the  (Barrowford),  vi,  541 
Hole  brook  (Tarnacrc),  vii,  271  n 
Hole  Clough  (Cliviger),  vi,  480*1 
Holecloughbanks       (Cliviger),      vi, 

480  n 

Holecroft  (Bilsborrow),  vii,  331  M 
Hole  House  (Cliviger),  vi,  479,  482 
Holerodes,    Rob.    del,    vi,    485  n ; 

Steph.  del,  vi,  485  » 
Holes,  see  Hoole 

Holesyke  Head  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Holewet  Lane  (Billington),  vi,  328  n 
Holgate,  Ellen  E.,  vi,  476  ;   John, 
vi,  545  »,  547  ;  Rich.,  vi,  475  *»  ; 
Will.,  vi,  519 

Holker  (Whalley),  vi,  382  « 
Holker  (Holcar),  Alice,  vi,  407  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  506  n  ;  vii,  163  n  ; 
Joan,  vi,  483  n  ;  John,  vi,  483  n, 
486,  506,  507  ;  vii,  163  *»;  Kath., 
vi,  506  ;  Marg.,  vi,  506  n  ;  Nich., 
vi,  506  ;  Pet.,  vi,  506  n  ;  Ralph 
(Randle),  vi,  506*?,  507;  Rich., 
vi,  506  ;  Will.,  vi,  506 
Holland  (Holand),  Ad.  de,  vi,  18, 
21  M,  108  n  ;  vii,  201  n  ;  Alan  de, 
vi,  271  ;  vii,  105  ;  Alex,  le  F.  de, 
vi,  201  «  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  408,  429  ; 
Amery  (de),  vi,  97 »,  101  n ; 
Cocily  de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Edw.  (de), 
vii,  329  n  ;  Eleanor,  vii,  31  n  ; 
Eliz.  de,  vi,  304  ;  F.  J.,  vii,  82  n  ; 
Grimbald  de,  vi,  19  n  ;  Hen.  de, 
vii,  105  ;  Jas.,  vi,  180  *i ;  Joan 
de,  vi,  19,  267  n  ;  vii,  329  n  ; 
John  de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi, 
131,  276,  397 ;  vii,  2  ;  Margery 
de,  vi,  19 «,  26  n  ;  vii,  162  n, 
175*1,  215*1;  Maria,  vii,  89  n  ; 
Mary,  vii,  190  «  ;  Matth.  de,  vi, 
1 8  n,  97  n,  101  «,  400  n  ;  Maud 
(Matilda)  de,  vi,  39 «,  101  n, 
262  ;  Sir  Rich,  de,  vii,  3  n  ;  Rich, 
(de),  vi,  18  n,  i8o«;  vii,  175*1, 
329  «  ;  Sir  Rob.  (de),  vi,  19,  92  n, 
101  n,  140,  201  «,  271,  327,  397, 
428  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  12  n,  18,  19, 
39*1,  97*1,  ioi  n,  108  *»,  131, 
178*1,  201  n,  208,  224*1,  261*1, 
262  n,  271,  276,  304  ;  vii,  62  w, 
162  n,  201,  215*1,  300 »;  Sim. 
de,  vi,  221  *»,  331,  331  n  ;  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  17  n,  271,  504*1;  Sir 
Thurstan  de,  vii,  100  n  ;  Thur- 
stan  de,  vi,  201  n,  304,  428  n  ; 
vii,  84,  96  n,  329  n  ;  Sir  Will,  de, 
vi,  267  n ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  n  n, 
17  n,  18,  19,  64  n,  65  n,  108  n, 
201  n,  254  n,  261  *»,  281,  327, 
327*1,  429;  vii,  130*1,  139", 
329  n  ;  Mrs.,  vii,  105 
Holleth,  vii,  291,  293,  300,  304, 
305  ;  crosses,  vii,  305  ;  man.,  vii, 
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Hollin  (Newchurch),  vi,  440 

Hollinbooths,  vi,  232  n 

Hollin   cross    (Habergham   Eaves), 

vi,  455 

Hollinghead,  fam.,  see  Hollinshead 
Hollin  Greave  (Briercliffe),  vi,  454, 

467,  469,  471  n 

Hollingreave  (Colne),  vi,  534  n 
Hollingreave  (Pleasington),  vi,  268 
Hollingworth    (Hollin  worth),    John 

vii,  291  ;  J.  G.,  vi,  229 
Hollin  Hall  (Trawden),  vi,  548 
Hollinhead,  fam.,  see  Hollinshead 
Hollins  (Accrington),  vi,  423,  425  «, 

446 

Hollins  (Penwortham),  vi,  61  n 
Hollins,  Hugh,  vi,  219  «;  Jas.,  vi, 

219  n  ;  John,  vi,  58  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 


Hollinshead   (Tockholes),   vi,   281  ; 

well,  vi,  282 

Hollinshead    (Hollinghead,    Hollin- 

head), Allanson,  vi,  51  ;  Jas.,  vii, 

121  n  ;  John,  vi,   143,   148,  281, 

283  ;  Will.,  vii,  136  n 

Hollinshead    Hall    (Tockholes),    vi, 

281,  281  n,  282 

Hollinworth,  see  Hollingworth 
Hollowforth  (Goosnargh),  vii,  159  n, 
200  n  ;  man.,  vii,  201  ;  mill,  vii, 
201 

Hollowhead  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335 
Hollsworth,   Thos.,   vi,    192  n  ;    see 

also  Holdsworth 
Holm  (Hackinsall),  vii,  256  n 
Holme  (Bilsborrow)  ,  vii,  331  n 
Holme  (Brockholes),  vii,  in  n 
Holme,  Le  (Clayton-le-Dale),  vi,  258 
Holme  (Cliviger),  vi,  359  n,  457  n, 
479  ;  chap.,  vi,  486  ;  man.,  vi,  482 
Holme,  Old   (Ightenhill  Park),  vi, 

487 

Holme,  the  (Norbreck),  vii,  247  n 
Holme,  the  (Penwortham),  vi,  56 
Holmecarr  (Lytham),  vii,  215  n 
Holmecroft,  vi,  233  n 
Holme  Cultram,  abbot  of,  vi,  290  n 
Holmeley  (Hoghton),  vi,  39  n 
Holmes  (Barton),  vii,  127  n 
Holmes,  the  (Greenhalgh),  vii,  180  n 
Holmes  (Tarleton),  vi,  109  n,  115 
Holmes,  North  (Tarleton),  vi,  116  n 
Holmes,  the  (Thornton),  vii,  232 
Holmes,  man.  (Yorks),  vii,  155  » 
Holmes  (Helmes,  Holme),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
116  n,  125  n;  Chris.,  vi,  88  ;  Eliz., 
vii,  270;  Giles,  vi,  273  ;  Hen.,  vii, 
181  n,  270  ;  Jas.,  vii,  136  n  ;  Rev. 
John,  vi,  239  n,  264  ;   John,  vi, 
242,  432,  432  n,  496  ;  Martha,  vi, 
264  ;  Randle,  vii,  93  n  ;  Rich,  de, 
vi,    n6«;   vii,    125  n  ;    Rich,   le 
B.  de,  vi,  n6w;  Rob.  (de,  del), 
vi,    480,    482  n  ;    Rog.    de,    vi, 
482  n  ;     Rev.     Thos.,     vi,     283  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  255  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  1  16  n  ; 
see  also  Helme 
Holmesnape    (Walton  -le-Dale),    vi, 

290 

Holmes  Wood  (Rufford),  vi,  119 
Holmes  Wood  Hall  (Tarleton),  vi, 

116 

Holough,  Holouth,  see  Holleth 
Holrenhead  (Briercliffe),  vi,  473  n 
Holrenhead,  Ad.  de,  vi,  470  ;  Agnes 
de,  vi,  473  «  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  473  n, 
476  n  ',  Hugh  (de,  del),  vi,  470, 
473  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  473  n  ;  Rob. 
dc,  vi,  473  «,  477  «  ;  Thos.   (de, 
del),  vi,  470,  473  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

473  » 
Holroyds  (Holrodes)    (Cliviger),  vi, 

481  »,  553  n 

Holt  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469 
Holt,  hill  (Brierclifie),  vi,  471  « 


Holt  (Rishton),  vi,  345,  346  ;  chap., 
vi,  347 

Holt,  Ad.  del,  vi,  499  n  ;  Agnes  de, 
vi,  401  n,  402  n  ;  Alex.,  vi,  187, 
389,  392  ;  vii,  322  ;  Alice  de,  vi, 

505  n  ;  vii,   182  n  ;   Dorothy,   vi, 
390  n  ;   Edm.,  vi,   228  n  ;   Edw., 
vi,    187,    202,    229,    389 « ;    vii, 
322  n  ;    Eliz.,    vi,    389  n  ;    Fran., 
vi,    438  n  ;    vii,    60  n  ;    Geo.,    vi, 
434,    439  :    Hen.    de,   vi,    505  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  187,  489  ;  Jane,  vi,  192  n  ; 
John   (del),  vi,  434 «,  438,  503, 
5°5,   5°6  n  ;   Kath.   de,   vi,   505  ; 
Lawr.,    vi,    436 ;    Marg.    de,    vi, 

506  n  ;     Maud     del,    vi,     499  n  ; 
Oliver,  vi,  434  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  228  ; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  205  »,  219  n,  228  n, 
382  n,  389  n,  392,  401  n,  402  »  ; 
vii,   187  n,  322  n  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi, 
390  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  505  n  ;  vii, 
9 n,    58,    59,    60  n,    182  n,    238; 
Thos.  P.,  vi,  456  ;  Will,  (de),  vi, 
389  n,    438,    438  n,    505  n  ;    vii, 
322  n  ;  Will.  P.,  vi,  456  ;  — ,  vi, 
199  n,   456;  vii,  59  »;  fam.,  vi, 
420  ;  vii,  51  n  -^ . 

Holt  House  (Colne),  vi,  526,  540  n 
Holt  House  (Coppull),  vi,  228  n 
Holuith,  see  Holleth 
Holynhed,  see  Hollinshead 
Holynsnape    (Walton-le-Dale),    vi, 

290 

Homelsco  (Kirkland),  vii,  314  n 
Homrode  (Cliviger),  vi,  485  n 
Honford,    Hen.    de,    vi,    260,    261, 
262  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  260  ;  Will,  de, 
vi,  261 

Honganridding  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Honkotes,  see  Huncoat 
Honne,  John,  vi,  475  n 
Honnolands  (Simonstone),  vi,  499  n 
Hood  House,  see  Hudhouse 
Hoole  (Little  Hoole,  Much  Hoole), 
vi,  i,  81,  86  n,  88  n,  149-54  ;  vii, 
3  n,    179  n,   273;   adv.,   vi,    152; 
char.,  vi,  153  ;  ch.,  vi,  151  ;  mans., 
vi,  33  n,  108,  149,  154  ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  153,  154  ;  sch.,  vi,  153 
Hoole,  Agnes  de,  vi,  154  n  ;  Amery 
de,  vi,  72  n,  153  ;  Anne,  vi,  237  «  ; 
Augustine  de,  vi,   154  ;   Beatrice 
de,    vi,    150 ;    Eliz.,    vii,    284  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  150  n  ;  John  de,  vi, 
26  n,    71  n,    101  «,    151  n,    154  ; 
vii,  189  n  ;  Lettice  de,  vi,  150  n  ; 
Mary  de,   vii,    189  n ;   Maud   de, 
vi,    101  n ;    Mich,    de,    vi,    71  n, 
72  n  ;  Ralph  de,  vi,  150  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  24 «,   151  n,   154,   170 «; 
Rob.   de,   vi,   26  n,    154  n  ;   Sim. 
de,  vi,  72  n  ;  Walt,  de,  vi,  103, 
108  n,   150,   154  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
71  n,  151  n,  170  n  ;  see  also  Hull 
Hoolster,  hill,  vi,  303 
Hooton,  see  Hutton 
Hope,    Chas.    S.,  vii,  245 ;   Vitalis 

de,  vii,  2  n 

Hopersfield  (Goosnargh),  vii,  199  n 

Hoppay,   Agnes,  vi,   475  n,  476  n  ; 

Alice,  vi,  475  «  ;  Joan,  vi,  475  n  ; 

John,  vi,  477  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  475  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  474  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  474  n, 

475  « 

Hopwood,  Alice  de,  vi,  264  «,  326  n, 
328  «  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  416  ;  Ellen  de, 
vi,  429  n ;  John,  vi,  426 ;  vii, 
17  n  ;  John  T.,  vi,  239  «  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  264  n,  326  n,  328  « 

Horcockgreves  (Hutton),  vi,  68  H 

Hordeshal,  Hordischale,  see  Hother- 
sall 

Hordorn,  see  Hardhorn 

Horelaw,  hill,  vi,  454 

Horelowe  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  339  n 


Hore-stone  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335 
Hore  stones  (Colne),  vi,  527  n 
Horgref  Hey,  see  Hargreave  Hey 
Hornby,  fee,  see  Montbegon 
Hornby  (Hernby),  Alice  (de),  vii, 
158  n,  254  n  ;  Dorothy,  vii,  221 ; 
Edm.,  vii,  259,  333,  335  ;  Edm.  G., 
vii,  333  n  ;  Edm.  G.  S.,  vii,  333  ; 
Edw.',  vii,  334  n ;  Rev.  Geoff., 
vii,  221,  333  ;  Geoff.,  vii,  259, 
335,  344 » :  Geo.,  vi,  199  n ; 
Rev.  Hugh,  vii,  263,  264  ;  Hugh, 
vii,  158  n,  166  n,  178  n,  185,  187, 
266  ;  Hugh  H.,  vii,  158  n  ;  Hugh 
P.,  vii,  264  ;  Jas.,  vii,  156  ;  Jas. 
J-,  vi,  55,  74  ;  Jane,  vii,  158  n  ; 
John  (de),  vii,  167  n,  187,  265  n, 
316  n;  Jos.,  vri,  156,  158,  158  n, 
167,  184,  264  n,  266  ;  Marg.  (de), 
vii,  158,  15871,  166  n,  265  n,  268, 
316;  Marg.  A.,  vii,  158  n ; 
Marg.  S.,  vii,  239  n ;  Margery 
de,  vii,  277  n ;  Mary  A.,  vii, 
158  n  ;  Rev.  Phipps  J.,  vii,  266; 
Rich.,  vii,  158 ;  Rev.  Rob.,  vi, 
299  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  158  «,  265  n, 
268,  277  n,  316 ;  Thos.  de,  vii, 
147  ;  Rev.  Will.,  vii,  266,  267  n  ; 
Will,  (de),  vii,  41,  53  n,  217, 
^254  «,  265,  277  n,  281  n,  306  n  ; 
Sir  Will.  H.,  vii,  239,  247  n  ; 
Will.  H.,  vii,  239  ;  fam.,  vi,  246  n 
Horncastle,  Martha,  vi,  161 
Horncliff,  Agnes  de,  vi,  131,  207  «, 
276»  397  :  vii,  3,  15  ;  Sir  Rob.  de, 
vii,  15  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  131,  207  n, 
276,  397  ;  vii,  3,  15  « 
Hornet,  Kath.,  vi,  174  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 

174  n 

Horpultre  (Howick),  vi,  66  n 
Horridge,  Jas.,  vi,  272  n 
Horrobin,  Rich.,  vi,  387 
Horrockfields  (Winkley),  vii,  14 
Horrockford  (Winkley),  vii,  13  n 
Horrocks  (Winkley),  vii,  13  n 
Horrocks,  Jer.,  vi,  102,  103  n,  149, 
152,  153  n ;  Rev.  John,  vi,  533  ; 
John,  vi,   51  «,  57,  518  n,  535  ; 
vii,  78  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  57  ;  Sam.,  vii, 
74,  105  n  ;  see  also  Horrox 
Horrocksford    (Clitheroe),    vi,    360, 

366 
Horrox,    Jas.    H.,    vi,    518 ;    Rev. 

Will.,  vi,  440  ;  see  also  Horrocks 
Horsecarr  (Bispham),  vi,  101  n 
Horsegate  (Dutton),  vii,  54  n 
Horsehey    (Little    Pendleton),    vi, 

393  n 

Horseheys  (Chorley),  vi,  135 
Horseman's  Hill   (Little  Carleton), 

vii,  228  » 
Horseriddington    (Claughton),    vii, 

328  » 
Horsewell     (Clayton-le-Moors),    vi, 

417  » 

Horsfal  (Balderston),  vi,  313 
Horsfall,   Edw.,  vii,   270  n,   319  n  ; 

Ellen,  vii,  270  «,  319  n 
Horsford,  Cecily  de,  vi,  66  n  ;  Rob. 

de,  vi,  66  « 

Horskar,  fam.,  see  Hoskar 
Horstan  (Whittle),  vi,  34  « 
Horteshole  (Clitheroe),  vi,  366  n 
Horwich,    Cecily    de,    vii,     136  n  ; 

Edm.  de,  vii,  136  » 
Hoskar  (Horskar),  Jas.,  vii,  165  n  : 

Rob.,  vii,  165  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  144 
Hoskyns,  Rev.  Edwyn,  vi,  452 
Hospitallers,  vi,  n,  12,  19,  22,  27, 
28,  32,  36,  51,  69,  72  n,  73,  95  «, 
96,     103  n,     104  n,     105  n,     107, 
iron,   in,   112,    131,    136,    140, 
I54»    J73»    X75»    J76,   I^o,    i8o«, 
181  »,    198,   202,   204,   216,  251, 
408,  525  ;  vii,  13,  16,  27,  29,  29  n, 


INDEX 


Hospitallers  (cont.) 

34,  35,  50  n,  51,  53,  53*1,  54,  58, 
59  w,  61  »,  81  n,  97,  98  n,  99  «, 
108,  113,  121,  132,  132  n,  134, 

J36>  I53,  l67,  l67  n>  I7°,  I7OM, 
174,  179  »,  180  n,  181,  191,  193  n, 
194,  194  »,  196  w,  199  w,  209  n, 
212,  213,  271,  271  n,  272,  281, 
284,  285,  318,  329  n,  330  w,  332  ; 
Rob.  de  Manneby,  prior  of,  vii, 
!3,  *53  n  ',  Thos.  Weston,  prior 
of,  vi,  112 

Hotham,  Sir  John  de,  vii,  301  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  301  n 

Hothersall,  vi,  230,  380  «  ;  vii,  36, 
37,  38  n,  43  n,  52,  55  n,  56,  59  n, 
61-67,  68,  126  n;  ch.,  vii,  66; 
man.,  vii,  63,  279 »;  Nonconf., 
vii,  67  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  67 

Hothersall  (Hothersill,  Huddersall) , 
Ad.  de,  vii,  29  n,  63  n,  64,  64  n, 
66  n,  169  «;  Agnes  de,  vii,  63  n  ; 
Alan  de,  vii,  63  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii, 
65  n  ;  Amery  de,  vii,  63  n  ;  Anne, 
vii,  63  n,  64,  64  n,  65,  259  n  ; 
Avice  de,  vii,  65  «  ;  Bern,  de,  vii, 
64  n  ;  Bridg.,  vii,  135  n  ;  Edusa 
de,  vii,  64  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  64  n  ; 
Emma  de,  vii,  63  n ;  Geo.,  vii, 
64,  64  n  ;  Gerard  de,  vii,  63  n  ; 
Gilb.,  vii,  64  n  ;  Godith  de,  vii, 

63  n  ;  Grace,  vii,  64  n  ;  Hugh  de, 
vii,   63  n,    65  n ;    Isabel   de,    vii, 

64  n,  65  «;   Joan  de,  vii,  64  n  ; 
John    (de),    vii,    63  n,    64,    64  n, 

65  «,   66  n,   169  M,   209  *  ;   Kath. 
(de),   vii,   64  n,    115**;   Margery 
de,  vii,  27  n,  65,  65  n  ;  Maud  de, 
vii,    64  n  ;    Nich.    de,    vii,    66  n  ; 
Rich,    (de),   vii,   63 »,   64,    64  n, 
65  n,  209  «,  259  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
87  n  ;  vii,  63,  63  n,  64,  64  »,  65  «, 
115,    169  n ;   Rog.   de,  vii,  63*1, 
64  n,  65  n  ;  Steph.  de,  vii,  63  n, 

64  n,  65  »;  Swain  de,  vii,  54  n, 
63,  63  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  236  n  ; 
vii,  27  n,  29  n,  36,  63,  64,  64  n, 

65  »,    66  «  ;    Ughtred,    vii,    34  n, 
64  «,  66  n,  125  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi, 
402  n  ;  vii,  63  n,  64  n,  65  n 

Hothersall    Hall    (Hothersall),    vii, 

61,  65 
Hothwaite,    Hen.    de,    vii,    177x1 

Will,  de,  vii,  177  n 
Hoton,  see  Heaton  and  Hutton 
Hough  (Button),  vii,  57  n 
Hough  (Goosnargh),  vii,  205 
Hough  (Hogh),  Alice  de,  vi,  50  n 

Ellen  de,  vi,  50  n ;  John,  vi,  90  n 

Rich.,  vi,  50  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  92  n 

Will.,  vii,  190 

Hough  ton,  fam.,  see  Hogh  ton 
Houghton  House  Farm   (Preston), 

vii,  90  n 

Houghwellfall  (Button),  vii,  58  w 
Houkberch  (Norbreck),  vii,  247  n 
Houlden,  see  Holden 
Hourrode  (Cliviger),  vi,  485  « 
Housesteads       (Freckleton),       vii, 

168  n,  170  n 
Hovenefurlong     (Bretherton),      vi, 

104  n 

How  (Longton),  vi,  72  n 

How  (Haw,  Howe),  Ad.  del,  vi, 
72  n  ;  Agnes  del,  vi,  72  H  ;  Alice 
del,  vi,  72  n  ;  Amery  (del,  de  la), 
vi,  71  n,  72  n  ;  Hen.  (del,  de  la), 
vi,  71  n,  72  n ;  Isabel  del,  vi, 

105  n  ;    Janet,  vii,    181  n  ;    John 
(del,  de  la)  vi,  71  «,  72  n  ;    vii, 
181  n  ;    Rich.,    vii,    181  n  ;    Will, 
del,  vi,  105  n  ;  vii,  181  n 

Howard,  Chas.  B.,  vii,  190  ;  Edw., 
vii,  254  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  196  n  ;  Sir 
Fran.,  vi,  196  n  ;  Rev.  John,  vi, 


Howard  (cont.) 

435  >   John,  vii,   78  n  ;   Philippa, 

vi,  197  w 
Howath  (Barnacre),  vi,    38  n  ;   vii, 

193  «,  3r5>  3J9,  319  «,  321,  329  «, 

330  n 
Howath,  Alan  de,  vii,  227  «  ;  Cecily 

de,  vii,  227  »;  Christiana  de,  vii, 

227  «,    316  n,    323  n  ;    Gilb.    de, 

vii,  227  n,  297  n  ;   Joan  de,  vii, 

227  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  227  «  ;  Will. 

de,  vii,  328  n  ;  see  also  Howorth 
Howath  Bridge  (Howath),  vii,  313  n 
Howbeck,  see  Oubeck 
Howe,  earls,   vi,   366,   368,   387 », 

404 «,    415  ;    Rich.,    vi,    383  n  ; 

R.  W.  P.,  vi,  371,  404  n,  558  n 
Howell,    Helen    M.    M.,    vi,    419 ; 

Will.,  vi,  267  n  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  341 
Howick,  vi,  52,58,  65-7;   char.,  vi, 

56  ;  cross,  vi,  65  ;  man.,  vi,  59,  65 
Howick,    Sir    Ad.    de,    vii,    281  n  ; 

Ad.  de,  vi,  66  n,  70  n,  71  n,  73  «  ; 
Alan  de,  vi,  66 ;  Alice  de,  vi, 
63  n,  66  n,  71  n,  73  n  ;  Amery  de, 
vi,  71  n  ;  Avice  de,  vii,  133  n  ; 
Beatrice  de,  vi,  66  «  ;  Cecily  de, 
vii,  227  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  66 », 
71  «,  73  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  14  n, 

57  n,  61  n,  63  n,  66  n,  71  n,  73  n  ; 
Hugh  de,  vi,  66  n  ;  Joan  de,  vi, 
63  n,  64  n,  71  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  66, 
66  «,    71  n  ;    vii,    288  n  ;    Kath., 
vi,  66  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  61  n,  63  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  79  n  ;  Orm  de,  vi, 
66  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  66  n  ;  Rich,  de, 
vi,  62  n,  65,  66,  71  *»,  72  n  ;  Rob. 
de,    vi,    66  n ;    Rog.    de,    vi,    66, 

66  n  ;  Sabina  de,  vi,  66  ;  Sim.  de, 
vi,  66  ;  vii,  288  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi, 
73  n  ;    vii,    79  n  ;    Walt,    de,    vi, 
70  n  ;  Warine  de,  vi,  66  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  66,  73  n 

Howick  Hall  (House)  (Howick),  vi, 

67  ;  vii,  77  n 

Howorth,  Rev.  Hen.,  vi,  435  ;  John, 

vi,  521  ;  Thos.,  vi,  167  ;  see  also 

Howath 

Howson,  fam.,  vi,  380  n 
Hoylacks  (Trawden),  see  Heyslacks 
Hoyle  (Trawden),  vi,  548 
Hoyle,    Hen.,    vi,    251  ;    John,    vi, 

251  ;  Will.,  vi,  437 
Hoyton,  see  Hoghton 
Hubbersty,  Rich.,  vi,  325  ;  Rob., 

vi,  310,  325  ;  — ,  vii,  305  n 
Hubert,  vi,  69  n 
Huck,  vi,   314  n;   vii,    117,    166  n, 

232,  254 n 

Hucnhull,  see  Ightenhill  Park 
Huctrede's  Greave  (Salesbury),  vi, 

253 

Huddefeld  (Walton-le-Bale),  vi,  290 
Huddersall,  see  Hothersall 
Huddeson,  see  Hudson 
Hudd  Lee  (Aighton),  vii,  I 
Huddleston  (Hodleston,  Huddleton, 
Hudleston),  Sir  Ad.  de,  vi,  326, 
326  n,  327,  327  «,  328,  339  ;  vii, 
73 ;  Ad.  de,  vi,  258,  384 ;  vii, 
55  «,  57  »  ;  Alice,  vi,  327  n  ; 
Andr.,  vi,  64  n  ;  Ant.,  vi,  63  ; 
Borothy,  vi,  n  «,  13  «,  30,  31  n, 
63,  64  n,  H3n;  Sir  Edm.,  vi, 
31  n,  63,  64  «,  88  n  ;  Edm.,  vi, 
ii  «,  113  «;  Ellen,  vi,  134  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  n  n,  31  »,  63  n,  64  n, 
86  n,  134  »;  Isabella  de,  vi,  327  ; 
Joan  (de),  vi,  327 ;  vii,  169 ; 
Rev.  John,  vi,  64  ;  John  de,  vi, 
258,  327;  vii,  321  n;  Jos.,  vi, 
64 ;  Kath.  de,  vi,  259  n  ;  Miles, 
vi,  327  ;  Sir  Rich,  de,  vi,  327  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  64*1,  254,  258, 
327 ;  vii,  283  n ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 


Huddleston  (cont.) 

258  ;   Sibyl  de,   vi,   254,   258  n  ; 

Will.,  vi,  81  n  ;  vii,  169  ;  Col.,  vi, 

290  ;  — ,  vii,  283  ;  fam.,  vii,  54  n 
Huddreshal,  see  Hothersall 
Hudefield  (Whalley),  vi,  379  n 
Hudereshale,   Huderishale,   Huder- 

sale,  see  Hothersall 
Hudhouse  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

454,  467 
Hudlesden     (Newchurch-in-Rossen- 

dale),  vi,  438  n 
Hudleston,  see  Huddleston 
Hudley  (Haslingden),  vi,  431 
Hudrake  (Haslingden),  vi,  427 
Hudson     (Huddeson),     Alex.,    vii, 

117;     Chris.,    vii,     i8n,     181*1, 

288  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  134  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 

134  n  ;    John,    vii,    267,    318  n  ; 
Marg.,    vii,    234  n  ;     Mary,    vii, 

135  n  ;   Rich.,  vii,  288  »;   Rob., 
vii,  135  n,  267  n  ;  Walt.,  vii,  26  ; 
Will,  (de),  vii,  181  n,  234  n 

Huenathurst  (Goosnargh),  vii,  192  n 
Hufnen  Hall  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  454 

Hugh,  vi,  314  ;  vii,  283  n  ;  abbot  of 
Kirkstall,    vi,    480  n  ;     abbot   of 
St.      Werburgh's,      vi,      120  n ; 
archbp.   of   Bamascus,  vi,    127 ; 
cantor    of     York,     vii,     217  n  ; 
chaplain,   vi,   366  n,   369  «  ;   vii, 
276  n  ;  the  clerk,  vii,  58  n  ;  the 
northman,    vii,    308 ;    rector    of 
Standish,  vi,  188 
Hughes,  Rev.  Chas.,  vi,  283 
Hughlocpighel  (Billington),  vi,  328 
Hughson,  — ,  vii,  149 
Hugyn,  vi,  374  n 
Hugyn,  John,  vi,  521 
Huitt,  John,  vi,  530 
Hulcockson,  Ad.,  vi,  225  n  ;  Alice 
vi,  97  n,  225  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  97  n 
Hen.,  vi,  97  n  ;  John,  vi,  225  n 
Margery,  vi,  216*1;  Rob.  H.,  vi, 
216  n 

Hulcroft  (Standen),  vi,  356  n,  395 
Hulcrofts  (Simonstone),  vi,  499  n 
Hulkar  (Tockholes),  vi,  281 
Hull,  Ad.  de,  vi,  214  n  ;  vii,  56  n  ; 
Alice,  vii,  231  n  ;  Chris.,  vii,  204  ; 
Rev.   C.,   vii,   202  n ;   Edw.,   vii, 
187  n ;    Eliz.,    vii,     187  w,    267; 
Ellen,     vii,     234  n ;     Geo.,     vii, 
223  n,    229 « ;    Rev.    John,    vi, 
299  ;  John,  vii,  220,  224,  231  n, 
234  «,  245  ;  Matth.,  vii,  242  n  ; 
Rich.,    vi,    151  n,    187  n,    231  n, 
234  n  ;   Rob.,  vii,  234  n,  242  n  ; 
Thos.,     vii,     234  n ;     Will.,     vii, 
187  «,  231  n  ;  Will.  W.,  vi,  245  ; 
see  also  Hoole 
Hulliley,  see  Hilliley 
Hullown,  the  (Colne),  vi,  524 
Hullown  beck,  vi,  529 
Hulseholes  (Church),  vi,  402  « 
Hulton,  Little,  vii,  157  n 
Hulton,  Ad.    de,    vi,    253 ;    Agnes 
de,    vi,    200  n,    245 ;    Alice    de, 
vi,     201  n  ;     Almarica     de,     vi, 
200  «  ;  Anne,  vi,  500  n  ;  Beatrice 
de,    vi,    245 ;    Chris.,    vii,    114  ; 
Bav.  de,  vi,  245  ;  Baykin  de,  vi, 
262  ;  Bionisia  de,  vi,  253,  256  ; 
Edw.,    vi,    77  n ;    Ellen    de,    vi, 
200  n  ;  Eva  de,  vi,  200  n  ;  Hen. 
(de),   vi,   200 «,   272 ;    John,   vi, 
50  n,     241,     245  n ;     vii,     241  «, 
248 «,     284  n ;     Jordan    de,    vi, 
200  n  ;  Kath.,  vi,  77  «  ;  Lucy,  vi, 
163  n  ;    Marg.,    vii,    114,    280 «; 
Margery  de,  vi,  200  n  ;  Maud  de, 
vi,  200  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  77  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  200  *»,  240  «,  245,  246  M, 
488  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  73  »,  200  «, 


383 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Hulton  (COM/.) 

201  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  200  n  ;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  200  n,  253,  254  ;  Will,  (de), 
vi,  163  n,  245,  253,  500  n  ;  vii, 
131,  242,  280  n ;  Will.  A.,  vi, 

57  ;  see  also  Hilton 
Humblescough  (Kirkland),  vii,  313 
Humbur  (Westby),  vii,  175  n 
Hummer,  Rob.,  vii,  113  n 
Humphrey,  monk,  vii,  240  n 
Humphrey's    Spa    (Kirkham),    vii, 

151 

Huncoat,  vi,  266,  349,  356  n,  409-11, 
426,  510  n,  511  «;  ch.,  vi,  411; 
ind.,  vi,  409  ;  man.,  vi,  232,  409, 
424  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  411 

Huncoat  (Huncoats,  Huncotes, 
Huntcoat),  Alice  de,  vi,  511*; 
Ingelram  de,  vi,  24  n;  John  de, 
vi,  410,  418  «,  511,  511  »;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  511  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  418  n 

Huncoat  Hall  (Huncoat),  vi,  410-11 

Hundersfield,  vi,  428 

Hundred  End  (Hesketh),  vi,  112  ; 
vii,  80 

Hunecotes,  see  Huncoat 

Hungrehul  (Pleasington),  vi,  266 

Hunnecotes,  Hunnicoat,  see  Hun- 
coat 

Hunt  (Hunte),  Agnes,  vii,  100  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  153  n  ;  vii,  78  n  ;  John 
le,  vi,  474  »,  476  n  ;  vii,  100  n, 
127  n  ;  Rich,  le,  vi,  474  n  ;  Thos., 
vii,  224  n  ;  Thurstan,  vii,  75 

Huntcoat,  Huntcote,  Huntcotes, 
see  Huncoat 

Hunteleye  (Untley),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
262  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  262  n 

Hunter,  Jas.,  vii,  23 ;  John,  vii, 
124,  312,  335;  Rob.,  vii,  298; 
Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  318;  Thos.,  vii, 
298,  334 

Hunterholme  (Higham),  vi,  487, 
512,  513 n 

Hunter  Law  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 

Huntersti  (Claughton),  vii,  330  » 

Huntersty  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  n,  27  n 

Huntingdon  (Dutton),  vii,  54,  57  n, 
59  n 

Huntingdon,  brook,  vii,  54  » 

Huntingdon,  ctss.  of,  vii,  103,  104  n 

Huntingdon,  Ad.  de,  vi,  262 «; 
Beatrix  de,  vii,  58  n ;  Hugh  de, 
vii,  59  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  59  n  ;  John 
de,  vii,  55  »,  59  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii, 

58  n;   Rog.  de,  vii,  58 »;  Will, 
de,  vi,  262,  262  n 

Huntington,  Will.  B.,  vi,  275 
Huntlow,  Will,  de,  vi,  87,  146 
Huntroyde   (Huntrode,    Huntroid) 
(Simonstone),    vi,  497,  499-503  ; 
pk.,  vi,  500  «  ;  sundial,  vi,  503 
Huntroyde,  brook,  vi,  497 
Huntroyde     House     (Simonstone), 

vi,  501-3 
Hupronchelm,      Godith     de,     vii, 

193  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  193  » 
Kurd  (Hurdes,  Hurdus),  Eliz.,  vi, 
i8on;    Geo.,    vi,     i8n,     179  n, 
521;   Pet.,  vi,   99 n;   Thos.,  vi, 
99  «,  486  ;  Will.,  vi,  371  n 
Hurel,  Alex.,  vi,  120  n,  339,  339  »  ; 

Marg.,  vi,  120  n,  339,  339  n 
Hurleston  (Hurleton),  Alice  de,  vi, 
58 «;  Eliz.,  vi,   73  n ;   Gilb.  de, 
vi,    73 » ;    Humph.,    vi,    73  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vi,   73  n ;   Rich,    (de), 
vi,  58  »,  73  «  :  Thos.,  vi,  73  n 
Hurrocford,  see  Horrocksford 
Hurst  (Aighton),  vii,  17  n 
Hurst  (Dilworth),  vii,  52  n 
Hurst  (Goosnargh),  vii,  192  « 
Hurst,  Ad.  de  (del),  vii,  48  «,  65  n  ; 
Agnes  de,  vii,  65  n ;   Edw.,  vii, 
156  »  ;  John,  vi,  520  n  ;  vii,  34  « ; 


Hurst  (cont.) 

Marg.,  vii,  156  «  ;  Rich,  (de,  del), 

vii,   46  n,   48  n,   65  «,   75  ;   Rog. 

de,  vii,  45  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  49  n 
Hurst  Green  (Aighton),  vi,  96 ;  vii, 

i,  19,  20 

Hurstrange,  Award,  vi,  253  n 
Hurstwood,  vi,  349,  450,  458  n,  459, 

473-8  ;  man.,  vi,  477 
Hurstwood,  brook,  vi,  474 
Hurstwood,     Ad.     de,     vi,     469 «, 

474  «,  475  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  477  n  ; 
John   de,    vi,    475  n ;    Will.,    vi, 

475  «>  478 

Hurstwood  Hall   (Hurstwood),   vi, 

478 

Husband,  Rich.,  vii,  59  n 
Hussey,  John,  vii,  265  n  ;  Will.  L., 

vii,  148 
Hutchenhey       (Goosnargh),       vii, 

199  n 
Hutchinson,  John,  vi,  541  ;  — ,  vi, 

370  « 

Huttemon,  vi,  290 
Hutton,   vi,   52,   53  n,   55  n,   66 «, 

67-9 ;    vii,   108 ;    chap.,    vi,    69 ; 

char.,  vi,  56 ;   fishery,  vi,  72  n  ; 

man.,  vi,  67  ;  mill,  vi,  66  ;  sch., 

vi,  56,  67 
Hutton,  Abel  de,  vi,  69  n  ;  Ad.  de, 

vi,  69  n,  98  n  ;  Antigonia  de,  vi, 

67  n  ;  Cecily  (de),  vi,  67  «  ;  vii, 

153  ;  Chas.  W.  N.,  vi,  190 ;  Ellis 
de,  vi,   53  «,   67,   68  n,   69;  vii, 
J53  n,  I79»*>  I8o,  i8ow,  181  n  ; 
Emma  de,  vi,  69  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi, 
98  n  ;    Iseult   de,    vi,    67  n  ;    Sir 
John  de,  vi,  98  n  ;  John  de,  vi, 
67  n,     154  n ;    Margery    de,    vi, 
67  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  64  n  ;  Maud  de, 
vii,     134  n ;     Ravenkil    de,     vi, 

154  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  67  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  53  «,  67  n,  72  n  ;  vii,  153  n, 
179  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  68  «,  69  «; 
vii,  153,  179,  1 80,  181  ;  Sapientia 
de,  vi,  67  n,  69 ;  Thos.  de,  vii, 
134  n  ;  Will,   (de),  vi,  98  n  ;  vii, 
246  n 

Hutton  Grange  (Hutton),  vi,  68  n 
Hutton  Moss  (Hutton),  vi,  68  n 
Huuerbeleisick  (Dutton),  vii,  54  n 
Huyton,  man.,  vi,  294 
Huyton,  Emma  de,  vii,  34  n  ;  Hugh, 

vi,   160 ;  Matth.  de,  vii,   113  n  ; 

Maud  de,  vii,   113 » ;  Nich.,  vi, 

73  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  99  n  ;  vii,  34  n 
Hwaelleage,  Hweallaege,  see  Whal- 

ley 

Hwldismont  (Freckleton),  vii,  170  n 
Hwytingham,  see  Whittingham 
Hyanson,  Ralph,  vi,  407  n 
Hychum  (Staynall),  vii,  252  n 
Hyde,  Alex,  de,  vii,  109  n,  193  n  ; 

Cecily  de,  vii,  33  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vii, 

212  n;  John  de,  vii,  193  n  ;  Nich. 

de,  vii,  193  «  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  33  n  ; 

Rog.,  vii,  non;  Thos.,  vi,  372, 

533  ;  vii,  110  n ;  Will.,  vii,  197  »  ; 

— ,  vii,  281  n 
Hyde  Park  (Fulwood),  vii,   137  n, 

138 

Hyefurlong  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  340 
Hyett,  Jas.,  vi,  85,  86  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 

86  n 

Hyles,  the  (Brockholes),  vii,  no« 
Hyndburn,  brook,  vi,  338,  344,  347, 

399,  401  «,  417 
Hyndburnshaw  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi, 

339  n 

Hyndebranceis  (Read),  vi,  506  » 
Hyndman,  Miss,  vii,  103  n 
Hyngilka  (Winmarleigh),  vii,  306  n 
Hypper,  vi,  475  n 
Hysokecroft        (Ribbleton),        vii, 

no  n 


Ichtenhill,  see  Ightenhill  Park 
Ickornshaw     (Icornshaw)    (Yorks;. 

vi,  524  n,  525 

Icornhurst  (Accrington),  vi,  425 
Idesforth  (Ribchester),  vii,  50 
Iggesyke  (Longton),  vi,  73  n 
Ightenhill     Park     (Ightenhill),     vi, 
230  n,   349,   441,   443,   448,   45°, 
454,  463,  487-9,  491,  524  «,  537, 
543  n  ;  vii,  306  n  ;  chap.,  vi,  489  ; 
coal  mines,  vi,  547  n ;  vii,  487  ; 
man.,  vi,  232,  233  n,  361  n,  468, 
469,  470,  487,  493,  513  n,  516; 
man.  house,  vi,  488,  489  ;  mills, 
vi,  489  ;  pk.,  vi,  488,  489,  512  n  ; 
quarry,  vii,  487 
Ignaging  (dance),  vii,  220 
Ikin,  Thos.  B.,  vi,  141 
Ilkeston,  Kath.  de,  vi,  281  n  ;  Nich. 

de,  vi,  281  n 

Illingworth,  Rich.,  vi,  554  n 
Image  House  (Chorley),  vi,  129 
Imps,    the    (Impes)    (Church),    vi, 

400  n,  402  n 

Imps,  Little  (Whalley),  vi,  381 
Ince,    Alice    de,    vi,    95  n,    n6n; 
Chris.,  vi,  21  ;  Frances  S.,  vi,  21  ; 
Gilb.  de,  vi,  95*1,  n6«;  Hugh 
de,   vi,   200  n,   201  n ;   Mary  de, 
vi,   194  n  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  200  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  200  n  ;  Thos.,  vii, 
114  rt 
Independents,    vi,    147,    248,    288, 

319,   344,   35°,  436,   453  *,   473! 
vii,  103 

Ineskyp,  see  Inskip 
Ing  (Barrowford),  vi,  542 
Ing  (Trawden),  vi,  552  n 
Ingeland  (Chorley),  vi,  140  n 
Ingesyke  (Longton),  vi,  70  « 
Ingham,    Alice,    vi,    468  n ;    Edw., 
vi,  436  n  ;  Janet,  vi,  456  n  ;  John, 
vi,  325,  445  «,  447,  451  n,  468  n, 
489  ;  Marg.,  vi,  456  n  ;  Reg.,  vi, 
436  ;  Reynold,  vi,  436  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
251,     445  n,     468  n ;     Rob.,     vi, 

445  «,    447,    447  »,    45*  «,    453, 
468  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  229  ;  Will,,  vi, 
404  «,  445  n  ;  vii,  42,  204  ;  fam.,    t 
vi,  499  n 

Inghamites,  vi,  521,  535,  552 

Ingilby  (Ingle by),  John,  vi,  446  ; 
Kath.,  vi,  446  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  446  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  65  n 

Inglefield,  vi,  233  n 

Ingleridding  (Preston),  vii,  79  n 

Inglesle,  fam.,  see  Lea 

Inglewhite  (Goosnargh).,  vii,  191  ; 
man.,  vii,  199 

Inglewhite  Green  (Goosnargh),  vii, 
191,  206  n 

Inglisle,  man.,  see  Lea,  English 

Inglisle,  fam.,  see  Lea 

Ingol,  vii,  72,  79,  80,  100  n,  119  n, 
129,  133  n,  134,  135,  309  ;  char., 
vii,  91  ;  Holy  well,  vii,  129 ; 
man.,  vii,  134 

Ingol  (Ingoll),  Alan  de,  vii,  130  n; 
Aldred  de,  vii,  134  n ;  Avice  de, 
vii,  134  »  ;  Gamel  de,  vii,  134  ; 
Gilb.  de,  vii,  134  »;  John  de,  vi, 
227  n  ;  vii,  292  ;  Margery  de,  vii, 
130 »;  Walt,  de,  vii,  134;  Will, 
de,  vii,  134 

Ingolhead  (Broughton),  vii,  117, 
120,  121  n 

Ingolhead,  Cecily  de,  vii,  120 »; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  136 «;  Edm. 
de,  vii,  1 20  n ;  Helen  de,  vii, 
120  n  ;  Joan  de,  vii,  120  n  ;  Rich., 
vii,  120  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  120  n, 
136  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  136  n 

Ingolhead  Hall  (Broughton),  vii, 
120  n 

Ingolriding  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 


INDEX 


Ingool,  see  Ingol 

Ingram,  Anne,  vi,  493  ;   Ellen,  vi, 

493 

Ingram  stub  (Whithalgh),  vi,  288  n 
Ingrave  Farm  (Eccleston),  vi,  164  n 
Ings  (Colne),  vi,  453 
Ings  beck,  vi,  372,  552,  558 
Ings  End  (Twiston),  vi,  558 
Inscip,  Insckyp,  see  Inskip 
Inscriptions,  vi,  495  n,  531  «,  533  ; 
vii,  82  n,  112,  295  ;  i6th  cent.,  vi, 
I85,    353,    354  :    i?th   cent.,   vii, 

221,   221  n 

Inskip  (Inskip  with  Sowerby),  vii, 

129,  163  n,  229  n,  260,  261  n, 

264  n,  274  »,  277,  279-82,  321  n  ; 

chap.,  vii,  282  ;  char.,  vii,  267  ; 

ch.,  vii,  282  ;  man.,  vi,  76  n  ; 

vii,  277  n,  279  ;  mill,  vii,  281  n  ; 

Nonconf.,  vii,  282  ;  Rom.  Cath., 

vii,  282 
Inskip,    Ad.    de,    vii,    268  n,    271, 

281  n  ;    Agnes    de,    vii,     271  n  ; 

Alan    de,    vii,    281  n ;    Alice    de, 

vii,  190  n  ;  John,  vii,  86  n  ;  Rich. 

de,     vii,     190  n,     268  n,     271  «, 

281  n ;     Rob.     de,     vii,     190  n  ; 

Thos.  de,  vii,  271,  281  n  ;  Will. 

de,  vii,  271  n  ;  — ,  vi,  299 
Inskip  Hall  (Inskip),  vii,  280  n 
Inskyp,  see  Inskip 
Intack,  the  (Clayton),  vi,  10  n 
Intakes   (Alston    and    Hothersall), 

vii,  64  n 

Ion,  Will.,  vi,  114,  128 
Iperbolt,  see  Parbold 
Ipre,  Sir  Ralph  de,  vii,  321  n 
Ireland,   Rob.,  dk.  of,  see  Oxford, 

Rob.,  earl  of 
Ireland,  Ad.  de,  vi,  265 ;  Clemency, 

vii,     127  n ;     Ellen,     vi,     106  n  ; 

Geo.,    vii,    164  n ;    Sir    John    de, 

vi,     i8iw;     John    de,    vi,    265, 

556  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,   164  n  ;   Rich. 

de,  vi,   109  n  ;  vii,  271  n  ;  Thos. 

de,  vi,  121  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  263  ; 

vii,  127  «,  271  n 
Iron    manufacture,    vi,    278,    289, 

338,  442  ;  vii,  27,  92 
Ironstone  mines,  vi,  423,  425  ;  vii, 

141 

Irvingites,  vi,  248  ;  vii,  104 
Irwell    (Newchurch-in-Rossendale), 

vi,  439  n 

Isabella,  princess,  vii,  303 
Isabella,     queen,     vi,     57  n,     58  n, 

233,  264  n,  265,  273,  302  n,  327, 

361  n ;  vii,  16,  41,  47,  55  «,  168, 

i?3,  325 n 
Iseult  (Isolda),  d.  of  Rob.,  vii,  192, 

324  n  ;  w.,  of  Rob.,  vii,  32  n 
Isherwood  (Cliviger),  vi,  483 
Isherwood,  Anne,  vii,   14 «;  Ant., 

vii,  14  n  ;  John,  vi,  285  ;  Marg., 

vi,    285  ;    Rob.,    vi,    387 ;    Will., 

vi,  468  n 
Isolda,  see  Iseult 
Ivette,  vii,  98  n 

Ivornsligh  (Foulridge),  vi,  547  n 
Ivye  pool,  see  Evyn 


Jack  Green  (Brindle),  vi,  75 

Jackhey  (Cliviger),  vi,  481  n 

Jack  Place  (Oswaldtwistle),  vi,  407 

Jackson,   Earth.,    vii,   282  n,    299  ; 

Brian,  vii,  282  n  ;  Chas.,  vii,  58  n  ; 

Christabel,  vi,  402  n  ;  Chris.,  vi, 

407  «,  411,  432  «,  475  n,  478,  490, 

533  ;  vii,  190  ;  Ellen,  vii,  213  n; 

E.  H.,  vi,  370 ;  Geoff.,  vi,  27  n  ; 

Geo.,    vi,    432  ;    Gilb.,    vi,    28  ; 

Gilb.    T.,    vi,    27  n  ;    Hen.,    vi, 

447  n  ;   Hen.   W.,  vi,   229  ;   Jas., 


Jackson  (cont.) 

vi,  402  n  ;  Jane,  vi,  261  «  ;  Janet, 
vi,  27  n,  411;  Joan,  vi,  27  n  ; 
John,  vi,  27  «,  237  n,  261  n,  296, 
298  n,  411,  468  w,  490;  vii, 
258  n  ;  Jonathan,  vii,  319  n,  320  ; 
Lettice,  vi,  407  n,  439 ;  Mary, 
vi,  490;  Matth.,  vi,  411;  Pet., 
vi,  520  ;  vii,  291  ;  Rich.,  vi,  3  n, 
27  n,  28,  28  n,  478  ;  vii,  103  n, 
320 ;  Rob.,  vi,  478 ;  Thos.,  vi, 
27  n,  447  ;  vii,  81  ;  Thos.  M.,  vi, 
541  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n ;  fam.,  vi, 
26  «;  see  also  Jacson 

Jackson  Hey  (Ribbleton),  vii,  108 

Jackson's  Ridge  (Trawden),  vi,  548 

Jacobite  rising,  vii,  77,  293 

Jacques,  John,  vi,  55  ;  Kinton,  vi, 
80 

Jacson,  Chas.  R.,  vii,  128 ;  Geo., 
vii,  128  ;  see  also  Jackson 

James  I,  vi,  36,  40,  45  ;  vii,  75,  139, 
165  n 

James,  the  tailor,  vii,  169  n 

James,  Edw.  G.,  vi,  147 

Jameson,  Rev.  — ,  vi,  312  n 

Jankin,  vi,  299  n 

Jarman,  see  German 

Jarvis  Field  (Habergham  Eaves), 
vi,  456  n 

Jauden  House  (Ribchester),  vii, 
50  n 

Jay,  see  Gey 

Jebb,  Ant.,  vi,  109  n 

Jeffrey  Hill  (Thornley),  vii,  34 

Jeffreys,  Will.,  vi,  206 

Jellicoe,  Eliz.  J.,  vi,  387  n  ;  S.,  vi, 
387  n 

Jenkin,  John,  vi,  555  n 

Jenkinson  (Jenkynson),  Anne,  vii, 
78  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  78  n  ;  Ellen,  vii, 
306  n  ;  Grace,  vii,  78  n  ;  Jas.,  vii, 
44  n  ;  John,  vii,  78  n,  299-300  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  66  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  44  n, 
269  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  306  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  273  n,  277  n  ;  vii,  44  n 

Jenny,  Hen.,  vii,  255,  265 

Jeppe  Knave  Grave  (Wiswell),  vi, 
396 

Jepson,  Eliz.,  vii,  139  n,  141  n ; 
Thos.,  vii,  139  n 

Jervois,  Sampson  T.  H.,  vi,  558 

Jews,  vi,  249  ;  vii,  36,  251 

Joan,  queen  of  Scotland,  vii,  41  n 

Joan,  w.  of  Gilb.,  vii,  114  n ;  w.  of 
John,  vii,  168  n  ;  w.  of  Rich.,  vi, 
34  n ;  w.  of  Will.,  vi,  72  n 

Johanruyding  (Walton),  vi,  298  n 

John,  king,  vi,  29  n,  48,  158  n,  282, 
338  ;  vii,  63,  69,  83  n,  108,  129, 
132,  145  n,  153,  159,  187,  187*1, 
189  n,  214  n,  229  n,  239  n,  240, 
256,  260,  285,  333 

John,  vi,  475  n,  480,  548  ;  vii, 
116  n,  168  n,  272  n  ;  b.  of  Geoff., 
dean  of  Whalley,  vi,  356  n ;  the 
chapman,  vii,  281  n  ;  the  clerk, 
vi,  295,  365  n,  367  n,  451  n  ;  vii, 
89  n  ;  constable  of  Chester,  vi, 
291  n  ;  the  cook,  vi,  71  n  ;  the 
curate,  vi,  299  ;  the  ferryman, 
vi,  61  n,  117  ;  the  folder,  vi, 
444  n  ;  the  hermit,  vi,  299  ;  the 
judge,  vi,  150  M,  151  n;  the 
miller,  vi,  70  n  ;  the  milner,  vi, 
ii  «;  the  porter,  vi,  214  n  ;  priest 
of  Blackburn,  vi,  239  n  ;  priest 
of  Douglas,  vi,  180  n  ;  priest  of 
Poulton,  vii,  223  ;  priest  of 
Whalley,  vi,  357  n  ;  the  salwaller 
(sauner),  vii,  160  n,  216  n  ;  the 
spenser,  vii,  131  n  ;  the  tailor,  vi, 
97  « ;  vii,  292  n ;  the  ward,  vi,  39  n 

Johnson,  Alex.,  vii,  264  w,  265  ; 
Allen,  vii,  264  n ;  Anne,  vii, " 

385 


Johnson  (cont.) 

264  n ;   Rev.   Arth.   F.,  vi,   344; 

Eliz.,  vii,  264  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  371  ; 

vii,   74,   i79n;   Janet,   vi,   35  n, 

John,  vi,  19  M,  22,  66  «,  74,  181, 

189,   191  ;   Jos.,  vii,   13  ;  Jula.lia, 

vii,  264  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  205  n  ;  vii, 

53  n,  136  «  ;  Marg.,  vi,  516,  537  ; 

Mary,  vii,  264  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  66  n  ; 

Rich.,     vi,     229 «,     373  n ;     vii, 

264  n  ;    Rob.,    vi,    160  n  ;    Thos., 

vi,  191,  204  n  ;  vii,  18,  35  n,  42  ; 

Tryphosa,  vi,  19  n,  no  n,  164  n  ; 

Will.,   vi,   35  n,   358  ;   vii,    136  n, 

263  n,  264  ;   W.,   vii,   265  ;   Rev. 

— ,    vi,    333 n  ',    fam.,    vii,    102, 

102  n,  133  n 

Johnstone,  Jas.  A.  M.,  vi,  496 
Joiner  stones  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Jollice,  Rob.,  vii,  250  n  ;  Thos.,  vii. 

216  n,  250  n 

Jollicrofts  (Adlington),  vi,  218  n 
Jollie  (Jolly),  Edw.,  vii,  225  ;  Maj. 

Jas.,   vi,    i6w;    Jas.,   vi,   416*1; 

John,   vii,   267  ;   Thos.,   vi,   381, 

382  n,  394,  396,  416,  423,  496,  505 
Jollybrand,  see  Gillibrand 
Jolly  Mill  (Standish),  vi,  183 
Jones,  Alice,  vii,  107  n  ;  Hugh,  vii, 

107  «  ;    Jane,    vii,    58  n,    107  n  : 

John,  vi,  153  n  ;  John  B.,  vii,  25  ; 

Mary,  vii,  149  n  ;  Sam.,  vi,  153  ; 

Thos.,  vii,  58  n,  107  n 
Jonesson,    John,   vii,    62  n ;   Will., 

vii,  62  n 
Jordan,   vi,    548 ;    vii,    158  n ;    the 

carpenter,   vi,   506  n  ;   the   clerk, 

vii,  57  n 

Jordan  houstead  (Church),  vi,  401  n 
Jordansworth    (Heath    Charnock), 

vi,  215  n 

Jordanwell  Syke  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 
Josce,  clerk,  vii,  41  n,  46  n 
Josiana,  d.  of  Rob.  dean  of  Whal 

ley,  vi,  355  n 
Joule,  W.,  vii,  56 
Joy,  John,  vii,  187 
Judfield  (Colne),  vi,  527  n 
Judison,  Ad.,  vi,  272  ;  John,  vi,  272 
Juet,    Ad.,    vi,     i8o«;    Hen.,    vi, 

180  n 

Jugeler  Ridding  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 
Juger  sylvere,  vii,  34  w 
Jumbles  (Mitton),  vii,  14 
Jump,    Hugh,   vi,    in  ;    John,   vi, 

113  ;  Rob.,  vi,  in  ;  Will.,  vi,  113 
Juste,    Ad.,    vi,    474  n  ;    Rob.,    vi, 

474  n 
Juxon,     Rob.,     vi,     123  n ;     Will., 

archbp.   of  Canterbury,   vi,   240, 

357,  404  «,  432  n,  450  n 


Kagildegrene,  see  Padiham  Green 
Kagildesyke  (Hapton),  vi,  511  n 
Kailscrooks     (Wrightington),     vi, 

174% 
Kaleyards  (Charnock  Richard),  vi, 

206  n 

Kar,  the  (Salesbury),  vi,  253 
Karkesti  (Ribchester),  vii,  57  n 
Karleton,  Karlton,  see  Carleton 
Karr,  see  Carr 

Katelaw  Syke  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Katerhalle,  see  Catterall 
Kate's  Pad,  see  Dane's  Pad 
Kaun,  see  Colne 
Kay,  John,  vi,  88  n  ;  Rev.  Rog.,  vi, 

426;    Rev.   Thos.,    vi,    451;    — , 

vi,  310,  425  n 
Kays,  Hen.,  vi,  87 
Kay-Shuttleworth,  Janet,  vi,  464  ; 

Sir    J.     P.,     vi,    464,    495  ;     Sir 

Ughtred  J.,  vi,  280,  464  ;  see  also 

Shuttleworth 

49 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Kearsley,   Jas.,   vii,    156 «;   Marg., 

vii,  156  « 

Keating,  Rev.  J.,  vii,  7  n 
Kechyn,  fam.,  see  Kitchen 
Keck,  Ant.  J.,  vi,  106  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 

106  n  ;    Geo.    A.    L.,    vi,    106  n  ; 

Hen.  L.  P.,  vi,  106  «  ;  — ,  vi,  151 
Keckwich,  Ad.  de,  vi,  190  n 
Keelin,  vi,  428 

Keighley,  man.  (Yorks),  vii,  280  n 
Keighley  Green  (Burnley),  vi,  448  n, 

453 
Kekilpenny  (Kigelpeni),  Alice,  vii, 

79  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  253  ;  Ralph,  vii, 

79  n 

Kelbrick  (Barnacre),  vii,  315 
Keldwellbreck  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 
Kelegrymesarch,     Kelfgrimeshereg, 

Kelgremargh,          Kelgrimesarth, 

Kelgrimisarde,  see  Kellamergh 
Kelgrimoles  ( Kelgrimoll)  j  (Layton ) , 

vii,    215  n,    216  n,    249 »  ;    anc. 

cemetery,  vii,  214  n 
Kelke  (Haslingden),  vi,  430 
Kelkemath,  Godith  de,  vii,  160  n  ; 

Will,  de,  vii,  160  n 
Kellamergh,  vi,  58  n  ;  vii,  143,  144, 

150,    157,    159-61,    i66w,    172  n, 

173  n,  201  n,  285  ;  man.,  vii,  159 
Kellamergh  (Kellermargh),  Ad.  de, 

vii,     160  n ;     Beatrice     de,     vii, 

1 60  n  ;    Clarice    de,    vii,    160  n  ; 

Eda  de,  vii,  160  n ;  Gilb.  de,  vii, 

160  n ;     Hen.     de,     vii,     160  n ; 

John  de,  vii,  160  n  ;  Jordan  de, 

vii,  160  «,  161  n ;  Marg.  de,  vii, 

1 60  n  ;     Rich,     de,     vii,     160  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vii,  160  »  ;  Rog.  de,  vii, 

160  n ;     Sim.     de,     vii,     160  n ; 

Siward  de,  vii,  160  n ;  Will,  de, 

vii,  1 60  n 
Kellet,  Over  (Bolton-le-Sands),  vii, 

270  » 
Kellet    (Kellett),    Marg.,    vi,    5  n ; 

Mary,  vii,  117  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  117  ; 

Rob.,     vii,     289  n ;     Thos.,     vii, 

108  n 

Kellet  House  (Walton),  vi,  296 
Kelley,  Edw.,  vi,  299 
Kellor  House  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  454 

Kelsimshargt,  see  Kellamergh 
Keltontree,  vii,  270  n 
Kemisdoles  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Kemp  (Kempe),  Lawr.,  vii,  148  n, 

204 
Kemple     End      (Longridge     Fell), 

vii,  2  n 

Kenandesaker  (Kirkland),  vii,  313  n 
Kendal  (Westmld.),  vii,  182,  269  n, 

270,  270  n,  300,  301 
Kendal  heys  (Ribchester),  vii,  49  n 
Kendall  (Kendal),  Chas.  E.,  vi,  80  ; 

John,     vi,     373  n ;     vii,     138  n  ; 

Mabel  de,   vi,   225  « ;   Maud   de, 

vii,  208  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  369  n  ; 

vii,   108  n,  230  n  ;   Rob.   de,   vii, 

51  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  225  «  ;  Thos. 

(de),  vii,  107  n,  208  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 

558  I  — ,  vi,  372  n 
Kenhegh  (Trawden),  vi,  552  n 
Kenlis,  Ld.,  see  Bective,  earl  of 
Kennedy,  Berry,  vii,  78  n 
Kennett,  Cuth.,  vi,  450 
Kenningfield  (Ribchester),  vii,  58  n 
Kenolmarsh  (Kenwolmersh),  Will., 

vii,  223  n  ;  W.,  vi,  87 
Kenwrick,  vi,  498  n 
Kenyon,  Ad.   de,  vi,  291  n ;  Alan 

de,  vi,   406 ;   Alice  de,   vi,   406  ; 

Chris.,   vi,   425 ;   Edw.,   vi,   425  ; 

Ellen  de,  vi,  221,  330;  Geo.,  vi, 

425  n  ;    Janet,   vi,   425  n  ;    Joan, 

vi,'  140 n;   Rev.   John,  vi,  452; 

John,  vi,  425  « ;  Jordan  de,  vi, 


Kenyon  (cont.) 

330;   Marg.,   vi,   425 »;   Matth., 

vi,    140,    142,    221  ;    Ralph,    vi, 

425  n;     Rog.,     vi,     387,     407 «, 

425  n,     426,     523  n ;     vii,     36 ; 

Thos.,   vi,   425 ;    Will.,   vi,    425  ; 

vii,  124  »  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  425 
Keppel,     Bert.    W.    A.,    vii,     311  ; 

Col.    Edw.    G.    W.,    vii,    311  »; 

Dr.  Fred.,  vii,  311  «;  Fred.,  vii, 

311  n  ;    Fred.    W.,    vii,    311  n  ; 

Louisa,    vii,    311  n  ;    Rev.    Will. 

A.  W.,  vii,  311  w ;  Col.  Will.  H.  A., 

vii,  311  n 
Kerby,   Jas.  T.,  vii,  204,  205  ;  see 

also  Kirkby 

Keriall  Lane  (Marsden),  vi,  525  n 
Kershaw  (Kirshaw),  Abel,  vi,  167  n  ; 

Agnes,  vi,  438  n ;  Alex.,  vi,   85, 

97,   100,   in,   167,  206  n ;  Alex. 

N.,  vi,  17;  Alice,  vi,  438  n  ;  Chris., 

vi,  438  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,   167,  167  «  ; 

Edm.  N.,  vi,  in,  158,  167,  178; 

Eliz.,  vi,   167  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,   438  ; 

Jas.,   vi,    167,   273,   280  n,    440 ; 

Rev.  J.  C.,  vi,  297,  299  ;   John, 

vi,  438,  439,  441  ;  Mary,  vi,  167  n ; 

Sibyl,  vi,  167  n 
Keteue's     Hurst     (Salesbury),     vi, 

253  « 

Ketelsworth  (Marton),  vii,  240  n 
Ketlis  croft  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Kettel,  vi,  69  n 
Kettlesholmewathwra     (Marton), 

vii,  241  n 

Keuerdale,  see  Cuerdale 
Keurden  (Chorley),  see  Cuerden 
Keurden,  fam.,  see  Kuerden 
Key,  Thos.,  vi,  299  ;  Will.,  vi,  23 
Keyhouse  (Croston),  vi,  95  n 
Kibbil,  Ad.,  vi,   374  n ;   Hugh,  vi, 

374  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  374  n  ;  Rich., 

vi,  374  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  374  n 
Kiddrow    (Habjrgham   Eaves),   vi, 

454 

Kidplagh  (Worsthorne),  vi,  477  n 

Kidroe,  see  Kiddrow 

Kidsnape  (Goosnargh),  vii,  73,  191  ; 
man.,  vii,  198 

Kidsnape,  Jordan  de,  vii,  198  n 

Kigelpeni,  see  Kekilpenny 

Kighley,  Alice  de,  vi,  553  n  ;  Anne, 
vii,  280 ;  Cecily,  vii,  280  n  ; 
Chris.,  vii,  280  n  ;  Clemency  de, 
vii,  278  n,  280  ;  Constance,  vii, 
280  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  22  n,  28  »;  vii, 
109  «,  139  n,  198  n,  280  n  ;  Ellen 
de,  vii,  62  n,  277  n,  280  ;  Emma 
de,  vi,  366  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  288  n  ; 
Sir  Gilb.  de,  vii,  62  n,  278  n, 
280  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  509  n  ;  vii, 
269  «,  277  n,  280  ;  Sir  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  28  n,  372  n  ;  vii,  274  n,  277  n, 
278  n,  280,  281  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi, 
122  n  ;  vii,  198  n,  277  n,  279-80, 
329  n,  332  n  ;  Hugh  (de),  vii, 
139  n,  195,  280 ;  Isabel,  vii, 
280  n ;  Jas.,  vii,  195,  195  n, 
280  n  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  477  n,  509  ; 
vii,  280  n  ;  Sir  John,  vii,  280  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  134,  509  n ;  vii, 
I95,  213  n,  280,  329  n ;  Kath. 
(de),  vii,  280,  280  n  ;  Marg.  de, 
vii,  269  n,  280  n ;  Mary,  vii, 
280  n  ;  Nich.  de,  vi,  477  n,  509  ; 
vii,  280  n  ;  Ralph,  vii,  280  n  ;  Sir 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  509  n ;  vii,  261, 
277,  280  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  134  ;  vii, 
274  n ;  Rob.  (de),  vii,  195  n, 
280  n  ;  Roland,  vi,  122  n  ;  Thos. 
de,  vii,  280  «  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  366  n, 
509  n  ;  — ,  vii,  193  n  ;  fam.,  vii, 
183  «,  282 

Kildare,  John  Clayton,  dean  of, 
vii,  138  n 


Kil green  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  n 
Kilgrimol,     Kilgrimoles,     see     Kel- 
grimoles 

Kilgrimosse  (Lytham),  vii,  216  n 
Killheys  (Longton),  vi,  56  n 
Killinsough  (Killanshagh,  Killawne- 

shauge),  vii,  137,  137  n,  138  n 
Kilmorey    (Kilnemurrie),    Ld.,   vii, 

318  n;   Rich.,  vsct.,  vii,  272  n  ; 

Rob.,     vsct.,     vii,     272  n,     303  ; 

Eleanor,  vsctss.,  vii,  272  n,  303 
Kilnbutts  (Church),  vi,  402  « 
Kilncarr  (Wheelton),  vi,  37  n,  49  n 
Kiln  croft  (Burnley),  vi,  445  n 
Kilncroftfield  (Tarnacre),  vii,  271  n 
Kilnehalgh     (Whittingham),     vii, 

209  n 

Kilnemurrie,  see  Kilmorey 
Kilne  Well  Syke  (Wymondhouses), 

vi,  394  n 

Kilnstead  (Tarnacre),  vii,  271  n 
Kilnyard  (Kirkham),  vii,  151  n 
Kilworth,  Rich.,  vii,  34  n 
Kindesley,  Kath.,  vi,  140  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  140  w 

Kinersyke  (Garstang),  vii,  311  n 
King,  Jas.,  vi,  361,  371,  558;  John 

vi,  362  n,  374  n  ;  vii,  25  ;  Rich. 

vii,  107  ;  Sam.,  vii,  63  n  ;  Thos. 

vi,  558  ;  Walker,  bp.  of  Rochester 

vi,    361  ;    Will.,    vi,    374  n ;    — 

alderman,  vii,  283 
Kingley  (Chorley),  vi,  140 
Kingley,  fam.,  see  Kingsley 
Kingsley  (Chorley),  vi,  129 
Kingsley  (Kingley),  Christiana,  vi, 

140 «;    Isabel,   vi,    140  n;    Rich. 

de,    vi,    140 «;    Rob.,    vi,    140; 

Thos.,  vi,  140 «;  Will,   (de),  vi, 

140  n 

Kingston,  Rich.,  vi,  87 
Kinsacre  (Kirkland),  vii,  314  w 
Kippax  (Yorks),  vii,  41  w 
Kippax,  John,  vi,  404  n,  432,  440  n, 

538  «,  540,  549;  Rev.  Rich.,  vi, 

452  ;    Rich.,  vi,  451,  468  n,  496, 

540 ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  344  ;  Will., 

vi,  343 

Kirby,  see  Kirkby 

Kirden  (Chorley),  see  Cuerden 

Kirk,  Ad.  del,  vi,  26  n  ;  Avice  del, 
vi,  26  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  191  ;  John 
del,  vi,  79  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  192  n  ; 
— ,  vii,  193  n 

Kirkam,  see  Kirkham 

Kirkandreas,  bar.  of,  vi,  304  n 

Kirkby,  man.,  vii,  285 

Kirkby,  South  (Yorks),  vi,  513  n 

Kirkby  (Kirby),  Ad.  de,  vi,  170  n  ; 
Agnes  de,  vi,  170 «;  Alex,  de, 
vi,  170  w,  171  n ;  Alice  de,  vi, 

170  n  ;  Clemence,  vii,  270  ;  Edw., 
vii,  271  n,  299  ;  Eleanor  de,  vii, 
309;  Eliz.,  vii,  270;  Ellen  (de), 
vii,  268,  269,  270  n ;  Geo.,  vi, 
67  n  ;  vii,  30  n,  174  w,  181  n, 
200  n,  254  n,  265,  270,  329  n, 
332  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  170  n  ;  Hen., 
vi,  174;  vii,  263  n ;  Isabel,  vii, 
270  ;  Joan,  vii,  269  n,  270  ;  John 
(de),  vi,  169  «,  170  n,  171  n  ;  vii, 
147,  226  n,  268,  269  n,  270,  274  n, 
280  n,  309;  Kath.  de,  vi,  I7ow; 
Marg.  (de),  vii,  274 «,  277  n ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  154  n  ;  vii,  240  n, 
274  ;  Pet.  de,  vii,  268  ;  Sir  Rich., 
vi,  154  n,  170  n  ;  vii,  269  n,  274  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  169  n,  17071;  vii, 
175  n,  268,  277  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi, 
171,  174  n;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  170  n, 

171  n,  175  n,  176  «,  177  n,  179; 
vii,  268,  269,  277  n ;  Roland 
(Rowland),  vi,  171  w,  229*1; 
Thos.,  vi,  173  n  ;  vii,  175  n,  261  n, 
270,  271  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  61  n} 


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INDEX 


Kirkby  (cont.) 

118  n,  170  n,  171  n  ;  vii,  30  n,  70, 
181  n,    234 «,    240  n,    266,    270, 
271  «,  322  n,  329  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  73  ; 
see  also  Kerby 
Kirkby   Lonsdale    (Westmld.),  ch., 

vii,  253  n 

Kirkclough  (Colne),  vi,  524  « 
Kirkclough    Head    (Trawden),    vi, 

552  n 

Kirkcroft  (Tarnacre),  vii,  271 
Kirkdale  (W.  Derby),  vi,  58  n 
Kirkeham,  Kirkeheim,  see  Kirkham 
Kirkelund,  see  Kirkland 
Kirkflat  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  271  n 
Kirkfurlong  (Bilborrow),  vii,  332  n 
Kirkgate     (Clitheroe),     vi,     365  n, 

368% 

Kirkgate  (Preesall),  vii,  256  n 
Kirkhall,  Thos.,  vi,  78 
Kirkham,  vii,  68,  71,  90  n,  91,  137, 
143,  150-53,  217,  253 «,  274, 
288  n  ;  adv.,  vi,  274,  415,  534  ; 
vii,  145  ;  chant.,  vii,  163  n  ;  char., 
vii,  149  ;  ch.,  vi,  55  n  ;  vii,  144  ; 
ind.,  vii,  150 ;  man.,  vii,  151  ; 
mkt.  cross,  vii,  150  ;  mkts.  and 
fairs,  vii,  151  ;  mill,  vii,  152, 
152  «;  Nonconf.,  vii,  152  ;  sch., 
vii,  1 20,  150  n 

Kirkham,  Ad.  de,  vii,  71  n,  145  n  ; 
Agnes,  vii,  183  n  ;  Amabil  de, 
vii,  1 80  n  ;  Anne,  vii,  183  n; 
Dav.  de,  vii,  116  »;  Hen.,  vii, 
183  «;  Jordan  de,  vii,  98  «, 
146  n,  192  n;  Marg.,  vii,  183  «; 
Maud  de,  vii,  n6»;  Ralph  de, 
vii,  152  n,  i8o«;  Rich,  de,  vi, 
92  n,  98  n  ;  vii,  192  n  ;  Rob.  de, 
vi,  299  ;  vii,  151  n,  183  n  ;  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  128;  vii,  n6n,  144, 
1 80  n,  291  ;  Walt,  de,  vii,  98  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vii,  97  n,  98  n,  146  «, 
151  n,  179  n,  180  n,  192  n 
Kirkham  Priory  (Yorks),  vii,  303  n 
Kirkhouse,  man.  (Goosnargh),  vii, 

196 

Kirkhouse  (Wyresdale),  vii,  314  n 
Kirkland,     vii,     291,     293,     297  n, 
313-15 ;    cross,    vii,    313 ;    man., 
vii,  313  ;  mill,  vii,  314  ;  sch.,  vii, 

315 

Kirkland,  Alice  de,  vii,  313  ;  Joan 
de,  vii,  313  n ;  John  de,  vii, 
313  n ;  Kath.  de,  vii,  313  n  ; 
Lawr.  de,  vii,  313  n  ;  Marg.  de, 
vii,  313;  Nich.  de,  vii,  313  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  313 «;  Will,  de, 
vii,  313 

Kirkland  Hall  (Kirkland),  vii,  314 

Kirkley  Water,  vi,  552  n 

Kirkman,  Bald,  the,  vii,  100  n  ; 
H.,  vi,  114  n  ;  Rob.  the,  vii,  46  n  ; 
Rog.  the,  vii,  100  n 

Kirks  Place  (Barton),  vii,  127  n 

Kirkstall  Abbey  (Yorks),  vi,  266, 
400*1,  409,  410 «,  411,  412  n, 
424,  426,  451,  471,  479,  480  ; 
Ad.,  abbot  of,  vi,  457 

Kirkstile,  the  (Preston),  vii,  79  n 

Kirkstile,  Amery  de,  vii,  100  n  ; 
Emma  del,  vii,  79  n  ;  Hen.  del 
(de),  vii,  79  n,  100  n ;  Rog.  de, 
vii,  100  n 

Kirshaw,  see  Kershaw 

Kitchen  (Kechyn,  Kitchin),  Alice, 
vi,  60  n,  61  n ;  vii,  333;  Anne, 
vii,  138 »,  333  ;  Barnaby,  vi, 
60  n,  61  «,  413  ;  vii,  180  »,  260  n, 
333 ;  Edw.,  vii,  121  n ;  Eliz., 
vi,  413 ;  vii,  333  ;  Grace,  vii, 
333  :  Jane,  vii,  333  «,  334  n  ; 
John,  vii,  297,  333  ;  Rog.,  vii, 
291  ;  Thos.,  vii,  128  n ;  Will., 
vii,  289  n 


Kitson,  Ad.,  vi,  180  n  ;  Emma,  vi, 

i8on;  Thos.,  vi,  i8on 
Kiuerdale,  see  Cuerdale 
Knaresborough,  Alice  de,  vii,  107  «  ; 

Gilb.  de,  vii,  107  n 
Knavecastle(Cnavnecastel,  Knauen- 
castel),  Hen.,  vi,  485  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,    485  n  ;    Rob.    de,    vi,    474  n, 
477  n,  485  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  485  n 
Knight,  Ad.  the,  vii,  234  n  ;  Ellen 
the,    vii,    234  n ;    John    the,    vii, 
234  n  ;    Jos.,   vi,   37  ;   Mary,   vii, 
117  n  ;  Rennie,  vi,  527  ;  Will.,  vi, 
6  n,  237  n,  311  n  ;    vii,  265  n 
Knightbridge,  Ant.,  vi,  86  n 
Knightcote      (Knyttecote),     Chris- 
tiana de,  vii,  321  n  ;  John  de,  vii, 
321  n 
Knights  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem, 

see  Hospitallers 
Knolehale,    Knolel    (Chorley),    see 

Knowley 

Knolhale       (Cnolal,       Knolehale), 
Mabel  de,  vi,  62  n  ;  Margery  de, 
vi,   140  n ;  Maud  de,  vi,   140*1; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  140  n 
Knoll,  fam.,  see  Knowles 
Knoll heys  (Preston),  vii,  102 n,  njn 
Knolls,  see  Knowles 
Knott  (Chipping),  vii,  28  n 
Knott,  Geo.,  vii,  253  n  ;   Jas.,  vii, 
123  n  ;    Joan,   vii,   253  n;   Sam., 
vii,  208  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  187  n 
Knott  End  (Preesall),  vii,  237,  332 
Knousedene,  see  Knuzden 
Knoute,  Hen.,  vi,  209  »,  212  n 
Knoutescroft  (Balderston),  vi,  314 
Knowl,  the  (Bispham),  vii,  247  n 
Knowle  Hey,  see  Knoll  heys 
Knowles   (Knoll,    Knolls,  Knowle), 
Ad.   (de,  del),  vi,  II  «,  16  «,  27  n, 
336;    vii,    28,    31 «,    33,    113  n, 
123  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii,  28  n,  113  n  ; 
Ann,    vii,    263  n ;    Beatrice    de, 
vi,  507  n  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  336  ;  vii, 
28  n  ;  Chris.,  vii,  28  n  ;  Edm.,  vi, 
i6«;  vii,  28  «;  Eliz.,  vi,  16  n  ; 
Ellis   de,   vi,    507 »;    vii,    113  n, 
125  n  ;     Emma    de,     vii,     28  n  ; 
Geo.  de,  vii,  33  n  ;  Gerard  de,  vii, 
33  ;  Hawise  de,  vi,  507  n  ;  Isabel, 
vii,  28 ;  Jas.,  vi,  273,  274 ;  Joan 
de,   vi,    504  n  ;   vii,    33  n  ;    John 
(de),    vi,    393  n ;    vii,    28,    28  n, 
30  n,  31  n,  32  n,  33,  33  «,  34  «, 
79  »  ;  Jos.,  vii,  197  n  ;  Kath.  de, 
vii,   28  n  ;   Lauys  de,   vi,   58  n; 
Lawr.  de,  vii,  28  n  ;  Lewis  de,  vii, 
28  n  ;   Marg.    (de),   vii,   28  n,   33, 
53  «,  212  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  79  n  ; 
Miles  de,  vii,  33  ;  Oliver,  vi,  16  n  ; 
Reg.    (Reynor),    de,    vi,    507  n  ; 
vii,    33  n;    Rich,    (de),   vi,   58  n, 
336,  504  n  ;  vii,  16,  27  n,  28,  28  «, 
30  n,   31  »,    33,   53  n ;   Rob.   de, 
vii,  125  n  ;  Rog.   (de),  vi,  105  «, 
393  n  ;    vii,    28  n,    125  »  ;    Sally, 
vii,    197  n  ;    Steph.,    vii,    33  n  ; 
Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  318  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,   298  n,   504  n  ;   vii,    16,   27  n, 
28  n,  31  n,  33,  53  n,  196  n,  206  n, 
212  «,  255,  263  «,  267  ;  Thos.  R., 
vii,  116  ;  Towneley  R.,  vii,  197  «, 
203  ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  334 ;  Will, 
(de,    del),    vi,    n  n,    16 »,    27  n, 
181  ;  vii,  28  n,  33  n,  118  n 
Knowles  House  (Walton),  vi,  296 
Knowley  (Chorley),  vi,  129,  140 
Knowl  Green  (Ribchester),  vii,  45 
Knowsley     House,      see      Knowles 

House 
Knuzden   (Oswaldtwistle) ,  vi,  276, 

346,  405,  407  ;  ch.,  vi,  409 
Knuzden,  brook,  vi,  235,  345 
Knyttecote,  see  Knightcote 

387 


Konywe,  Le  (Mellor),  vi,  262 

Koul,  see  Cowhill 

Kuerdale,  see  Cuerdale 

Kuerden  (Chorley),  see  Cuerden 

Kuerden  (Cuerden),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
26  n  ;  vii,  66  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vii, 
66  n  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  26  n  ;  Alice  de, 
vi,  23  «,  26  n  ;  vii,  52  n  ;  Avice 
de,  vi,  4  n,  26  «;  Beatrix 
(Beatrice)  de,  vii,  46  n,  48  n, 
53  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  26  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 

26  n,    61  n,    64  n ;    Ellis    de,    vi, 
24  n,   27  n  ;    Eva   de,   vii,   48  n  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  26  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  26  n  ; 
Hen.   de,   vi,   4  w,   24  n,  25,  26  ; 
vii,  48  n,  52  «,  53  n,  115  «,  325  «, 
326  «,    328  n  ;    Hugh,    vi,    26  n  ; 
Ingelram    de,    vi,    24  n ;     Isolda 
de,  vii,  326  n,  328  n  ;  Janet,  vi, 

27  n  ;   John  (de),  vi,  24  «,  26  n, 
27,    27  «,    28  n,    64  w,    71  «,    72, 
73  n  ;    vii,    46  «,    308  n  ;    Marg. 
(de),  vi,  26  n  ;  Pet.  de,  vi,  26  n  ; 
Ralph  de,  vi,  26  n ;  Rich,   (de), 
vi,  9  n,  24  n,  26,  26  n,  27  n,  46  «, 
66  n  ;    Rob.   de,   vi,   24  »,   26  n  ; 
vii,  115  «;  Rog.  de,  vi,  23  n,  24  «, 
26  ;  vii,  66  n  ;  Sim.  de,  vi,  23  », 
24  n,  26  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  24  n,  26, 
26  n,  28  «,  61  «  ;  Uctred  de,  vi, 
26  «;  Will,   (de),  vi,  26  n,  28  n  ; 
fam.,  vii,  102 

Kuhelagh,  Alex,  de,  vi,  475  n 
Kulnland  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Kydde,  Kath.,  vii,  327  n 
Kynaston,  John,  vi,  128 
Kyr  Iceland,      Kyrkelond,      Kyrke- 

lund,  see  Kirkland 
Kytridding  (Mitton),  vii,  16 


Labege,  Marg.,  vi,  547  n 

Lache,  Alice,  vi,  402  n  ;  Edm.,  vii, 
147  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  287  n  ;  Jas.,  vii, 
288  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  407  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  402  n ;  vii,  287 «,  288  n  ; 
Will.,  vii,  241 

Lache  Marsh  (Clitheroe),  vi,  368  n 

Lacking,  — ,  vi,  453  n 

Lacon,  Magdalen,  vi,  221  n;  Thos., 
vi,  221  n 

Lacy,  Alice  (de),  vi,  15  n,  93,  108  n, 
232  n,  320,  327,  379  n,  394  n  ;  vii, 
46  n,  52  n,  59  n,  i68n,  173*1, 
325  n ',  Edm.  (de),  vi,  15  n,  49, 
58  n,  240,  253,  284,  314,  331,  338, 
345,  362,  372,  377  n,  379,  390  «, 
405, 420,  443,  469,  487,  493,  499  n, 
509  n,  524,  537,  538,  546,  558  ; 
vii,  32  «,  40  n,  41  n,  45  n,  54, 
257  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  553  n  ;  Gilb.  de, 
vi,  342,  417  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  57  n, 
61  n,  67  «,  70,  108  n,  239,  245  n, 
249,  253 «,  260,  264,  270,  276, 
279,  291,  297,  314,  326,  338,  340, 
356,  361  n,  367,  369,  373,  383-4, 
394,  396,  400,  402  n,  405  n,  407, 
409,  411,  417,  424,  428,  436  «, 

443-4,  444 n,  446,  469,  471  «, 
474,  480,  482  n,  487,  493,  499, 

503,  508,  509,  524,  525,  537, 
538  n,  545,  553  «  :  vii,  30  n,  33  n, 
52  n,  59  «,  1 66  n,  172  n  ;  see  also 
Lincoln,  earl  of ;  Ilbert  de,  vi, 
232,  320,  375,  395,  555,  558  n  ; 
vii,  2  ;  Isabel  de,  vii,  257  n  ; 
Joan  de,  vi,  509  n ;  John  (de) , 
vi,  67  n,  93,  240,  297,  320, 
335  «,  356,  372,  373,  377,  387", 
392,  393,  4I2«,  444,  455,  469, 
471  «,  487,  499,  506,  509,  525, 
539,  546,  552,  558  n;  vii,  23  n, 
24  n,  27  «,  45,  45  n,  in  n,  238  ; 
see  also  Lincoln,  earl  of ;  Pet. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Lacy  (cont.) 

de,  vi,  356  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  239, 
320,  338,  340,  364,  375,  396  n, 
418  n,  424,  469,  471,  479,  507  n, 
509,  538>  558  ;  vii,  2,  27,  40 «, 
45,  52  n,  54 ;  Sir  Rog.  de,  vi, 
36  n ;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  n,  18,  57, 
70  n,  303  n,  355  n,  366  n,  368  n, 
371  »,  391,  455,  457,  48°,  546, 
547  ;  vii,  14  n,  29  n,  45  n,  52  n  ; 
Sarah,  vii,  14 ;  Thos.  (de),  vi, 
509  n  ;  vii,  14  ;  fam.,  vii,  8,  171 

Ladmere  (Trawden),  vi,  551 

Ladpool  (Bretherton) ,  vi,  103  n 

Ladyhalgh  (Anderton),  vi,  220  n, 
222,  331 

Lady  Huntingdon's  Connexion,  vi, 
284 

Lady's  Well  (Fernyhalgh),  vii,  124 

Lady  Well  (Preston),  vii,  96  n 

Laghez  Oxgang  (Chatburn),  vi, 
373  n 

Laghmon,  Ad.,  vi,  296  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
291  n,  293  n,  296 ;  Ralph,  vi, 
296 ;  Rich.,  vi,  296 ;  Rob.,  vi, 
296  ;  see  also  Lemon 

Lailand,  see  Leyland 

Lairbrec,  see  Larbreck 

Lairclade  (Hutton),  vi,  67  n 

Laith  (Trawden),  vi,  552  n 

Lamare,  see  Mare 

Lambert,  physician,  vi,  365  n 

Lambert,  Isabel,  vii,  210  n  ;  Jas., 
vii,  210  n  ;  John,  vi,  559  n  ;  — , 
vi,  421 

Lamewelridding  (Ribchester),  vii, 
63  n 

Lampet,  Eliz.,  vi,  194  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
194  n 

Lamypot  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 

Lancashire,  Phil.,  vi,  80 

Lancashire  Dike  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 

Lancashire  Levite,  see  Taylor, 
Zachariah 

Lancaster,  vii,  68,  71,  74,  74  n, 
79  n,  i oo  n,  114  n,  288  n,  300; 
priory,  see  below  ;  prison  char., 
vi,  90  n 

Lancaster,  hon.  of,  vi,  338 ;  vii, 
83,  184,  188,  263,  270,  316  n 

Lancaster,  Alice,  ctss.  of,  vi,  232  n  ; 
vii,  52  n;  Blanche,  dchss.  of,  vi, 
163  n  ;  vii,  92  «;  dks.  of,  vi,  i, 
57,  284,  305,  345,  346,  361, 
366 «,  374 «,  394,  409 «,  458, 
508  n,  555;  vii,  4,  40,  41,  45, 
55  n,  62  «,  83  n,  134  n,  171,  173  n, 
177  »,  184,  187*1,  286,  303  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  2  n,  57  n,  252,  360, 
458  n,  538,  553;  vii,  24  «,  74, 
85,  92  n,  187;  John,  vi,  n  n, 
8gn,  92  n,  logn,  121  n,  163  n, 
277  n,  285,  369  n,  471  n,  514, 
553,  555  ;  vii,  85,  233  n,  269  n, 
274  n,  303  n  ;  earls  of,  vi,  57,  58, 
104  n,  357  n,  360,  361,  364  n, 
369  n,  405  n,  410  n,  424,  428  ; 
vu',  33,  43,  55  «,  62  n,  92,  109, 
115  n,  118  n,  125,  130  n,  132  n, 
134,  137  n,  139,  159  n,  i68n, 
171,  184,  185  n,  i8gn,  216, 
240  n,  248,  285,  301,  302,  303  n, 
325  n,  331  «;  Edm.,  vii,  92  n, 
113  »,  130  n,  132  n,  134,  145  n, 
162  »,  192  n,  200  n,  216  n,  257  n, 
302  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  n,  58  n,  109, 
109  n,  127,  163,  229,  264,  361  n, 
552  n ;  vii,  83  n,  84,  106,  160, 
316  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  19,  58  n,  232, 
276,  291,  375  n,  400 «,  487; 
vii,  13,  52  n,  83,  84,  192  n, 
263  n,  314,  314  «,  327 

Lancaster,  Ad.  de,  vii,  132  n  ; 
Agnes  de,  vii,  229,  300 ;  Alan 
de,  vii,  98  n  ;  Alice  de,  vii,  132  n, 


Lancaster  (cont.) 

301  ;  Edm.  de,  vi,  291  «  ;  Ellen, 
vi,  167  n;  Gilb.  de,  vii,  240  n  ; 
Helewise  (Hawise)  de,  vii,  267  n, 
300,  301,  325  n ;  Sir  Hen.  de, 
vii,  132  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vii,  129  n, 
130  n,  131  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  21  n, 
167  n  ;  vii,  190  n,  206  n,  297  ; 
J.,  vi,  518  «  ;  Mabel  de,  vii,  130  n  ; 
Marg.  de,  vi,  169  n  ;  vii,  130  n  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  167  n,  217  n  ;  Rich,  (de), 
vi,  17  n,  21  n,  167  n,  169  n,  177  n, 
229  n  ;  Sarot  de,  vii,  301  ;  Rob., 
vi,  167  n,  297;  Thos.  (de),  vi, 
21  n  ;  vii,  98  n  ;  Warine  de,  vii, 
129,  130  n,  131  n,  132  n  ;  Sir 
Will,  de,  vii,  228  n,  229 ;  Will, 
(de),  vi,  86  n,  87,  159,  203;  vii, 
118  n,  130  n,  131  n,  153  n,  181  n, 
182,  183  n,  205,  257  n,  267  n, 
268,  277,  296 «,  297  n,  300, 
301  n,  302,  306,  308,  311,  313, 
316  n,  320,  321,  321  «,  325  n  ; 
fam.,  vii,  276 

Lancaster  canal,  vi,  32  ;  vii,  79 
Lancaster  field  (Preston),  vi,  56  n 
Lancaster  Priory,  vi,  86,  86  n,  158  ; 
vii,   83,    145,    157  n,    189  n,    190, 
199  n,    222,    222  n,    226,    227  n, 
244,     250,     252  n,     254,     256  n, 
'  257  n 

Lancelyn,    John,    vii,    227,    257  n  ; 
Marg.,  vii,  227,  257  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 
217  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  219 
Lancelyn 's     meadow     (Adlington), 

vi,  219  n 
Landskill  (Catterall),  vii,  320,  321, 

324,  326,  330  n 

Lane  Bottom  (Briercliffe) ,  vi,  469 
Lane  Bridge  (Burnley),  vi,  452 
Lane  Ends  (Hapton),  vi,  507 
Lane  House  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471 
Laneshaw  (Laneshaw  Water),  riv., 

vi,  522,  525  n,  529,  548,  551 
Laneshaw  Bridge  (Colne),  vi,  523, 

530 ;  sch.,  vi,  535,  536 
Lane    Side    (Accrington),    vi,    423, 

507 

Lang,  Mary,  vi,  6  ;  Rob.,  vi,  6  ;  see 
also  Long 

Langale,  see  Langho 

Langdale,  Dorothy,  vi,  313  ;  Sir 
Marm.,  vi,  290  ;  vii,  76 

Langeley,  see  Langley 

Langelyn  (Church),  vi,  400  n 

Langeratheriding  (Clayton  -  le  - 
Moors),  vi,  418  « 

Langeton,  tnshp.,  see  Longton 

Langetre,  see  Langtree 

Langfield  (Little  Carleton),  vii, 
229  n 

Langfield,  Jas.,  vi,  557 

Langgale,  see  Langho 

Langhirst-ker  (Sunderland),  vi,  317 

Langho,  vi,  235,  326  «,  332  n,  336  ; 
ch.,  vi,  332  ;  epileptic  colony,  vi, 
326,  336 

Langho  Green,  vi,  332 

Lang  House  (Yate  Bank),  vi,  244 

Langley  (Langeley),  Agnes  de,  vi 
377  n  ;  Alex,  de,  vi,  291  ;  Alice 
vi,  17  «  ;  Jas.,  vi,  8  ;  John,  vi 
102  n,  173  n,  291  n,  510  n  ;  vii 
322  n  ;  Kath.,  vii,  322  n  ;  Ralph 
vi,  500  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  377  n 
Will.,  vi,  17  n,  28  n,  303  ;  — 
cardinal,  vi,  494  ;  see  also  Longley 

Langroyd  (Colne),  vi,  523,  528 

Langroyd  House  (Colne),  vi,  528 

Langscale(s),  see  Landskill 

Langshaie,  see  Laneshaw 

Langton,  Agnes  de,  vi,  292,  321  n, 
429  ;  Alesia  de,  vi,  291  ;  Alex., 
vi,  217  n;  Alice  (de),  vi,  292; 
Anne  (Ann),  vi,  24  n,  292,  321  n  ; 

388 


Langton  (COM/.) 

Cornelius,  vii,  151  ;  Edw.,  vi, 
292  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  30,  292,  306, 
412  n  ;  vii,  120  n,  161  n  ;  Gilb., 
vi,  429  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  24  n,  292, 
302,  321  ;  Isabel  (Isabella),  vi, 
292,  302,  321  ;  vii,  177  n  ;  Jas., 
vi,  ?.g2  n  ;  Jane,  vii,  76  n,  120  ; 
Joan  (de),  vi,  292,  316  ;  vii,  5  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  24  n,  77  n,  134, 

291,  296  n,  298  ;  vii,  120  n,  161  n  ; 
Leonard,  vi,  292  ;  Marg.  (de),  vi, 
64  n,  292,  292  n  ;  Mary,  vii,  120  n  ; 
Pet.,  vi,  28  n  ;  Sir  Ralph  (de),  vi, 

292,  316  ;  Ralph  de,  vi,  291,  292, 
299,  412  n  ;  vii,  177  n  ;  Sir  Rich., 
vi,  292  ;  Rich.,  vi,  271,  292,  296, 
321  n  ;  vii,  120  n ;  Sir  Rob.  de, 
vi,  24  n,  291,  292  n,  296  n,  298  ; 
Rob.    (de),   vi,   28  n,    77  n,    134, 
198  n,    236  n,    291,    303,    306  n  ; 
vii,    24  ;    Rog.,    vii,    102  n,    119, 
120  n,  121  n,  123  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi, 
24,    57  n,   292,   294,   296,   403  n, 
555  n,  559  n,  560  n  ;  Thos.   (de), 
vi,    24,    61  n,    64  n,    160,    302  n, 
306;  vii,   I2o«,   131;  Walt,  de, 
bp.    of    Lichfield,    vi,    87,    384  ; 
vii,  264  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  160  n  ;  vii, 
119-20,    121  n,    123  n  ;    Zachary, 
vii,  151  ;  — ,  vii,   116;  fam.,  yi, 
23,  98  n  ;  see  also  Longton 

Langtree,  vi,  58  n,  192-9  ;  man.,  vi, 
197 

Langtree,  Alice  de,  vi,  197  n  ;  Anne, 
vi,  177  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  198  n,  229  n  ; 
Eliz.  de,  vi,  197  n  ;  Gilb.  (de),  vi, 
185  n,  194  n,  197  n,  198,  218  n, 
229  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  197,  198  n  ; 
Hugh,  vi,  77  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  182  n  ; 
John,  vi,  198,  199 ;  Lawr.,  vi, 
190  n,  197  n  ;  Lora,  vi,  218  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  197  n  ;  Ralph  de, 
vi,  197  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  96  n, 
171  n,  182  n,  186,  187  n,  194  n, 
*97>  J99  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  197  n  ; 
Sim.  de,  vi,  209  n ;  Siward  de, 
vi,  193,  197;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  in, 
177  n,  182  n,  igon,  193  n,  197, 
198,  198 «,  224 ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
197  n 

Langtree  Hall  (Langtree),  vi,  192  n 

Langtree's  cross  (Claughton),  vii, 
325  n 

Lappage,  Edw.,  vi,  518 

Larbreck,  vii,  146*2,  181-3  :  chaly- 
beate spring,  vii,  181  ;  man.,  vii, 
182 

Larbreck,  Ad.  de,  vii,  182  n,  226  n  ; 
Alan  de,  vii,  183  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii, 
182  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  182  n,  183  n  ; 
Sibyl  de,  vii,  226  n ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  182  n 

Laregrem,  see  Leagram 

Larkhill  (Billington) ,  vi,  330  n 

Lark  Hill  (Preston),  vii,  79  n,  105  n 

Larrimer,  see  Lorimer 

Lashford,  Humph.,  vii,  265  n 

Lassells  (Lassell),  Edw.,  vi,  i8o«  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  177  n ;  Thos.,  vi, 
180  n 

Lassland  (Birtwisle) ,  vi,  509  n 

Latewise,  see  Latus 

Latham,  Capt.  Will.,  vii,  214  n  ; 
see  also  Lathom 

Lathbutt  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  271  n 

Lathegrim,  see  Leagram 

Lathes,  Isabel  del,  vi,  374  n;  Rich, 
del,  vi,  374  n 

Lathmers  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 

Lathom,  char.,  vi,  90  n 

Lathom,  earls  of,  vii,  62  n,  176  n, 
281  n  ;  Ld.,  vii,  34  n 

Lathom  (Lathum),  Alex,  de,  vi, 
178;  Alice  de,  vi,  178;  Cecily 


INDEX 


Lathom  (cont.) 

de,  vi,  178 ;  Chris.,  vi,  179  w  ; 
Edw.  (de),  vi,  171  n,  174  n,  175  n, 
179,  i8o«;  vii,  241  n  ;  Eleanor 
(de),  vi,  170  n,  179*1;  Eliz.,  vi, 
179  n,  191  n,  192  n  ;  Ellen  (de), 
vi,  178  n  ;  vii,  241  n  ;  Geo.,  vi, 
179  n ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  171  n, 
178*2,  189  n ;  Isabel  (de),  vi, 
101  n,  179  w;  John  (de),  vi, 
176  n,  178*3,  179  n  ;  vii,  223  n  ; 
Kath.  (de),  vi,  178,  180  n  ;  Lucy 
de,  vi,  170  n,  178;  Marg.  de,  vi, 
204  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  186  ;  Paul,  vi, 
186,  189;  Pet.,  vi,  90,  179  n, 
191  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  160,  161  n, 
174  n,  175  n,  177,  178,  179, 
179  n,  180,  i8o«,  181  n ;  vii, 
109  n,  274  n  ;  Sir  Rob.  de,  vi, 
262  ;  vii,  52  n,  no,  193  n,  273  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  120  n,  169  w,  171, 

174  n,    178,    179,    179  w,    203%; 
vii,  62  n,  109  *z ;  Sir  Thos.   (de), 
vi,   170*1,    171  n,    178-9,  204  w; 
vii,  241  w  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  101  n, 
121  n,   159,   162  w,   170  n,   171  w, 
175*1,     176  n,    179;     vii,     62  «, 

175  »  ;  Will.,  vi,  155,  159  n,  161, 
173  n,  179,  179  w,   i8o*z,    181  n, 
191  n ;     vii,      175  n ;     see     also 
Latham 

Latimer,  Geo.,  Ld.,  vi,  421 

Latimer,  Eliz.,  vi,  421 

Laton,  see  Lay  ton 

Latter  Day  Saints,  see  Mormons 

Latun,  see  Lay  ton 

Latus  (Latewise),  Dorothy,  vii, 
308  n  ;  Gilb.,  vii,  174  »,  181  n, 
199  w.  329  n>  332  n  '>  Matth.,  vii, 
199  w,  205  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  270, 
289  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  199  w,  205  n, 
269  n,  270,  288  n,  308  n 

Latus  House,  man.  (Goosnargh), 
vii,  199 

Laud,  Will.,  archbp.,  vi,  382, 
534  n  ;  vii,  88 

Lauediley  Clough  (Ribchester) ,  vii, 

45  « 

Laufield  (Claughton),  vii,  326  n 
Laumwale,  Ad.,  vii,  229  n 
Laund  Booth,  New,  vi,  233  n,  349, 

425,  489,  490,  491-2,  540  n  ;  mill., 

vi,  490 
Laund  Booth,  Old,  vi,  230*1,  349, 

512,  515,  521-2,  542  ;  ch.,  vi,  522 
Laund,    Higher    Old    (Old    Laund 

Booth),  vi,  522 
Launde,    Agnes   de    la,    vii,    98  n  ; 

Will,  de  la,  vii,  98  n 
Laundy,  Ellen  de,  vi,  497  n 
Lauorchul  (Billington),  vi,  330  n 
Lauton,  see  Lawton 
Laval,  Hugh  de,  vi,  356,  450,  534 
Law     (Lawe,    Lawes),     Ellen,    vi, 

500  n  ;  Rev.  Fran.,  vi,  313  ;  Jas., 

vii,   239  »;   John   (del),   vi,   299, 

438  n  ;    Mary,    vii,    239  n  ;    Rev. 

Pat.  C.,  vi,  313  ;  Rich.,  vii,  227  n  ; 

Sarah,   vi,   431  ;   Thos.,   vi,   208, 

371  ;  Will.,  vi,   180 »  ;   fam.,  vi, 

246  n  ;  vii,  102 
La  Warr   (Warre),   Lds.,   vi,    179  ; 

vii,  in  w,  329  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  76  w, 

170  «;  vii,  112  n 
La  Warr,  Sir  John,  vi,  170  n  ;  John, 

vi,    170  n,   171  n ;   Thos.   le   (la), 

vi,  277  n  ;  vii,  62  n 
Lawcroft  (Bailey),  vii,  18 
Lawde,  Joan,  vi,  227  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 

227  n 

Lawe  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  338  n 
L-iwe,  the  (Howath),  vii,  318  « 
Lawe,  fam.,  see  Law 
Laweman,  see  Laghmon  and  Lemon 
Lawes,  see  Law 


Lawesteghele     (Winmarleigh) ,     vii, 

306  n 
Lawfield,  John  (de),  vi,  97  n  ;  vii, 

255  w 

Law  House  (Colne),  vi,  528  n 
Law  House  (Walton),  vi,  295 
Lawnd,  the  (Leagram),  vi,  380 
Lawnd,  Lower  (Leagram),  vi,  380  n 
Lawnd,  Over  (Leagram),  vi,  380  n 
Lawrence,  St.,  relics  of,  vi,  88  n,  145 
Lawrence,  Agnes,  vii,   106,   177  n  ; 
Alice,  vi,  270  n,  301  ;  vii,  106  «, 
133  w,    162  «,    258  n  ;    Edm.,   vi, 
301;    vii,    106  n,    119  n,    260  n, 
312  n  ;    Eliz.,   vii,    189  «,   274  n  ; 
Isabel,  vii,   106  n ;  Sir  Jas.,  vii, 
229  n  ;    Joan,  vii,    119  n;    John, 
vi,  301  ;  vii,  106  «,  189  *t,  257  «, 
258  «,    260,    281  n,    299,    317  n  ; 
Marg.,  vii,  106,  198  n,  299,  317  ; 
Sir   Rob.,   vi,    121  n ;   Rob.,   vii, 
106,   133  n,   162  n,  229  n,  234  n, 

250  n,  274  n,  282  n,  317  ;  Sibyl, 
vi,  121  n  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vii,  254  n  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  198  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  270  n, 
301  ;    vii,    24,    69  n,    106,    133 «, 

234  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  107  n 
Lawrence's    cross    (Stalmine),     vii, 

252  n 
Lawrenson,    John,   vi,   219  n ;    vii, 

205  «  ;  Lancelot,  vi,  5  »  ;  Nich., 

vii,     71  «,     265  n,     289  n,     291  ; 

Thos.,  vii,  299  n  ;  — ,  vii,  150  n 
Lawson,  Edw.,  vi,  371  ;  Eliz.,  vii, 

264  «  ;  Joan,  vii,  278  n  ;  John,  vi, 

368  ;  vii,  142  n,  278  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 

142 
Lawton    (Lauton),    Herb,    de,    vi, 

131  ;  Mabel  de,  vi,  131  ;  Rich,  de, 

vi,  291  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  496 
Layfield,    Chas.,   vi,    86 «,    88,    89, 

90 ;    John,   vi,   86  n ;    Rob.,   vii, 

292  n  ;  W.,  vi,  88 
Layland,  see  Leyland 
Layton,    vii,    106  n,    215  «,    222  n, 

235  n,  240  n,  246,  247-51  ;  chant., 
vii,  251  ;  ch.,  vii,  251  ;  Jews,  vii, 

251  ;  man.,  vii,  236  «,  248  ;  mkt. 
and  fair,  vii,  249,  251  ;  Nonconf., 
vii,  251  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  251 

Layton,  Gt.,  vii,  106  n,  222  n,  248, 

284  n 
Layton,    Little,   vii,    106 «,    241  «, 

248 

Layton    (Laton),   Ant.,   vii,    197 «, 
211  n  ;  Cecily  de,  vii,  229  n,  238  «; 
John,  vi,   12711;   Rich.,  vi,  160, 
161  ;  Thos.,  vi,  160  n  ;    Will,  de, 
vii,  308  ;  see  also  Leighton 
Layton  Hall  (Layton),  vii,  249 
Layton  Hawes  (Layton),  vii,  216  n, 

248,  249 

Lea,  vii,  72,  73  n,  76,  79,  80, 
83  n,  129-37,  l63  n>  *94  n  '•  chap., 
vii,  87  n  ;  char.,  vii,  91  ;  man.,  vi, 
38,  41  n;  vii,  n6n,  129;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  77  n  ;  sch.,  vii,  137 
Lea,  English,  man.  (Lea),  vii,  129, 

163  « 

Lea,  French,  man.  (Lea),  vii,  106  n, 
129,  135;  St.  Catherine's  well, 
vii,  129 

Lea,  Great,  see  Lea,  English 
Lea,  Little,  see  Lea,  French 
Lea  (Inglesle,  Inglisle,  Lee,  Ley, 
Leye),  Ad.  de,  vii,  132  n,  134  n  ; 
Agnes  de,  vi,  131, 205  «,  276,  397  ; 
vii,  3,  130  n  ;  Alan  de,  vii,  130  n, 
131  n  ;  Alex.,  vii,  131  n  ;  Alice 
(de),  vi,  92  n,  93,  93  n,  95  n  ;  vii, 
131  «;  Amice,  vii,  130  n  ;  Anabil 
(Amabel),  vi,  120-1  ;  Avice  de, 
vii,  134  n  ;  Bald,  de,  vii,  130,  131, 
131  «,  132  «;  Clemency  de,  vii, 
130;  Edm.  de,  vi,  120;  Eliz.,  vi, 

389 


Lea  (cont.) 

106,  143  n  ;  Emma  de,  vii,  130  n, 
131  n  ;  Geoff.,  vii,  132  ;  Sir  Hen. 
de,  vi,  29,  30,  37,  38,  120  n,  131, 
205  «,  206  n,  207  n,  397  ;  vii, 

129  n,    130,    130  w,   313  «;    Hen. 
de  (del,  de  la),  vi,  47  n,  49,  50  n, 
70  n,     204,     205,     207  n,     214*1, 
223  n,  227  n  ;  vii,  3,  109  n,  129, 
130,   130  n,   131  n,   132  n,   133*1, 
134  n,   161  *»,    162  n  ;   Isolda  de, 
vi,  70  n,  93,  97  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  131  n  ; 
Janett,    vii,     131  n  ;    Joan,    vii, 
88  n ;    Sir    John    de,    vii,    130; 
John   de   (del,   de    la),   vi,   50  n, 
204  «  ;     vii,    43  n,    88  n,     130  n, 
131  n,  132  n,  134  n,  161  n,  285  ; 
Lawr.  de,  vi,  121  n,  538  n  ;  Maud 
de,    vi,    n  n,    70  n,    93,    131  n ; 
Nath.,   vi,   257  ;    Nich.    (de),   vi, 
262,  538  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vii,  130  n, 
131  n,  132  n,  134  ;  Rob.  de,  vii, 

130  n,  131*1,  132  n,  i6o*z;  Rog. 
(de),  vi,  114;  vii,  130*1,  131*1; 
Sibyl  de,  vi,  38  ;  vii,  130;  Thos. 
de    (del),   vi,    190  n ;   vii,    130*1, 

131  n  ;     Uctred     (Ughtred)     de, 
vii,    130**,    131*1;    Warine    de, 
vi,  49  «;  Sir  Will,  (de),  vi,  70*1, 
72  n,    92  n,    93  n,    95  n,    121  n, 
131  ;  vii,  130*1 ;  Will,  de  (de  la), 
vi,    ii  n,    50*1,    70  n,    71  n,    93, 
97  n,     132,     205  w,     206,     206  n, 
207*1;    vii,    129*1,     130,    130*1, 
131  n,  132  *t,  133  n,  162  n  ;  — ,  vi, 
298  n  ;  see  also  Legh  and  Leigh 

Leadbetter,  Hannah,  vi,  119 
Leagram  (Leagram  with  Bowland) , 
vi,  233*1,  349,  379-Si,  393 «; 
vii,  27  n  ;  char.,  vi,  380 ;  vii,  7, 
20  »,  26  n  ;  man.,  vi,  379  ;  mill, 
vi,  379  ;  pk.,  vi,  379  ;  Rom.  Cath., 
vi,  380 

Leagram  Carr  (Leagram),  vi,  380  « 
Leagram  Hall  (Leagram),  vi,  380  ; 

vii,  5  n,  6  n,  32 
Leagrim,  see  Leagram 
Lea  Hall   (Lea),  vi,   292  ;   vii,   76, 

131 

Leahead  (Lea) ,  vii,  1 30  n 

Leahead,  Ad.  de,  vii,  130 w;  Hen. 
de,  vii,  130  w 

Lea  Marsh  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 

Learoyd,  Rich.,  vii,  42,  60  n 

Leatherbarrow,  Eliz.,  vi,  113*1; 
Will.,  vi,  113  « 

Lea  Town  (Lea),  vii,  129 

Leaver,  Abra.,  vi,  471  n  ;  see  also 
Lever 

Lebbelay  (Lebley)  (Balderston),  vi, 
314,  317,  318 

Leckhampton,  Amery  de,  vii,  247  n  ; 
John  de,  vii,  247 

Leckonby,  Anne,  vii,  64,  65  n, 
279  n  ;  John,  vii,  183  n,  278  n, 
279  n  ;  Mary,  vii,  65  n,  278  n, 
279  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  96  n  ;  vii,  65, 
278,  279  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  64,  65  n, 
278  n,  279  n  ;  — ,  vii,  272  ;  fam., 
vii,  283,  284 

Lee  (Marsden),  see  Leigh 

Lee,  fam.,  see  Lea,  Legh,  Leigh 

Leeds  and  Liverpool  canal,  vi,  32, 

36,  115 

Lee  Green  (Burnley),  vi,  447  n 
Lee    House     (Thornley),    vii,    32  ; 

Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  36 
Leeming,  Chris.,  vii,  199  n  ;  Thos., 

vi,  88 

Lees,  the  (Hutton),  vi,  68  n 
Leferirley  (Lea),  vii,  130*1 
Lefwin,  see  Leofwin 
Legeard,  John,  vii,  85 
Legh  (Lee,  Leghs,  Ley,  Leye),  Ad. 

de,  vi,   49  n,  477  n,  480 ;   Alesia 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Legh  (cont.) 

de,  vi,  291  ;  Alice  de  (de  la),  vi, 
458,    458  n,    477  n,    481,    508*1, 

509  n,    511  w,    540  »;    Amabel 
de,   vi,    339  ;    Anabil   de   la,   vi, 
214  M  ;     Anne,    vi,    141,    212  n  ; 
Ant.  K.,  vi,  iigw;  Blanche,  vi, 
30  n  ;  Cecily  de  (de  la),  vi,  457, 

474  n,  508  n  ;  Clemence,  vi,  540  n; 
Edm.  de,  vi,  339  ;  Edw.  de,  vi, 
482  n  ;    Eliz.,    vi,    106  n  ;    Fleet- 
wood,  vi,  106  «  ;  Fran.,  vi,  540  n  ; 
Gilb.  (de  la,  de,  del),  vi,  229,  315, 
327  n,    397,    451  n,    456  n,    457, 
458,     458  n,     470  n,     471,     472, 

475  «,    476  n,    477  n,    480,    481, 
485  n,  489,  507,  508,  509,  510  «, 
511,  511  n,  519,  540  n;  vii,  55  n  ; 
Henrietta    M.,    vi,    106,    119  n  ; 
Isabel    (del),    vi,    143  n,    212 «, 

510  n,  540  n  ;  vii,  286  ;  Joan  de 
la,    vi,    no«;     John    de    (del, 
de  la),  vi,  no«,  143,  212  n,  295, 
315,    397  n,    410  n,    457,    472  n, 
474  n,  475  «,   47^  «,   477  «,   480, 
481  n,    485  n,    508,    510,    510  n, 

539  n>   54° M I    Kath.   de   la,   vi, 
315  ;  Lawr.  (de,  de  la),  vi,  397  n, 
457  »,  458  n,  472  »,  475  n,  477  w, 
481  «,  510  n,  539  «,  540,  540  n, 
543  ;   Marg.,  vi,  481  n  ;  Margery, 
vi,  406  n  ;  Matth.  de,  vi,  477  «  ; 
Maud  de,  vi,  163  n ;  Mich,   (de, 
de    la),    vi,    455  n,    474  n,    480, 
48071;  M.,  vi,  n8w;  Nich.,  vi, 
510  n,  540,  540  n  ;  Sir  Pet.,  vi, 
30  «,  95  n,   non,  in  n,  150  n, 
231  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  106  n,  107,  107  «, 
109  n,   n8«,   119  n,   150  «,   151, 
163  n ;    Phil,    de,    vi,    291  ;    Sir 
Piers,    vi,    292  n,    362  «,    363  n  ; 
Rich,  (de,  de  la),  vi,  106  n,  141, 
151  n,  296,  481  n,  508  ;  Rob.,  vi, 
141  »,  143  »,  163  n,  212  «,  476  n, 

540  «,  543  ;  vii,  286  ;   Rog.,  vii, 
218;  Thos.  (de,  de  la),  vi,  i8», 
106  n,  181  »,  451  n,  510  n,  540  n  ; 
Will  de  la,  vi,   2i4«;  Mrs.,  vi, 
ii8«,    119;  — ,  vi,   ngn,   510, 
524  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  50  «;  vii,  102, 
241  ;  se£  also  Lea  and  Leigh 

Leghcroft,  John  de,  vi,  469  n 
Leghland  (Extwistle),  vi,  472  n 
Leghshagh,  brook,  vi,  339 
Lehalercarr  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  « 
Leicester,  Rob.,  earl  of,  vi,  380 
Leicester,    Alice   de,   vi,    203  ;    vii 
105  n;  Christiana  de,  vii,  321  n 
Geo.    F.,    see   Tabley,    Ld.    de, 
John  de,  vii,  321  « ;  John  F.,  see 
Tabley,    Ld.    de ;    Pet.    B.,    vii 
286  n ;   Rog.   de,  vi,  68  «,  203 
vii,  92  n,  105  ;  see  also  Leycester 
Leicester   Abbey,    vii,    305,    308  n, 

313  n,  315,  333 n 
Leigh  (Marsden),  vi,  536,  539  w 
Leigh,  the  (Ribchester) ,  vii,  64  n 
Leigh,  Rev.  A.,  vii,  104  n ;  Dr. 
Chas.,  vii,  182,  188 ;  Chas.,  vi, 
97  ;  vii,  187  ;  Claudia,  vi,  267  ; 
Dorothy,  vii,  182  ;  Ellen,  vi, 
35  «;  Gilb.  de  la,  vi,  391  ;  Holt., 
vi,  216  n;  John,  vi,  35  n,  181, 
295  ;  vii,  323,  329  n  ;  Margery, 
vi,  59  ;  Mary,  vi,  172  n  ;  Pet.,  vi, 
483;  Rich.,  vi,  i  io«;  vii,  255  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  391,  468  n;  Rog.,  vi, 
391  n  ;  Ruth,  vi,  483  ;  Theo- 
philus,  vii,  187  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vii, 
185  n,  208 « ;  Rev.  Thos.,  vi, 
440  ;  Thos.,  vi,  59,  152,  153  ;  vii, 
329  n  ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  267  ;  Will., 
vi,  172  n,  1 86,  189  ;  vii,  187  ; 
— ,  vi,  217  ;  fam.,  vi,  84  ;  see  also 
Lea  and  Legh 


Leighhouses  (Ulnes  Walton),  vi, 
no  n 

Leighton,  Geo.,  vii,  245  ;  Jas.,  vii, 
245  ;  see  also  Lay  ton 

Leirbreck,  see  Larbreck 

Leising,  vi,  187  »;  vii,  54  n 

Lekas,  John,  vi,  46  n 

Lemon  (Lemmon),  Edm.,  vi,  296, 
298  n  ;  vii,  98  n,  102  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
296  ;  Jas.,  vi,  296  ;  John,  vi,  296  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  296  ;  Rich.,  vi,  24  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  26  n,  296 ;  Will.,  vi, 
296  ;  vii,  102  n  ;  — ,  vii,  97  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  28  ;  see  also  Laghmon 

Lemon  House  (Walton),  vi,  296 

Lench,  Over,  vi,  438  n 

Lench,  Will,  de,  vi,  240,  241 

Lenches  (Marsden),  vi,  436,  536 

Lennox,  Gordon,  fam.,  see  Gordon- 
Lennox 

Lennox's    Farm    (Dutton),   vii,    i, 

54 

Lenot,  see  Levenot 
Lenox,  fam.,  see  Lynalx 
Lentworth    (Over   Wyresdale),    vi, 

250,  381  n  ;  vii,  150  n 
Leofwin     (Lefwin,     Leofwine),     vi, 

264,  266,  291  n,  303,   398,  411, 

413,  414  n,  417,  424,  538  « 
Leonard,  Chas.  W.,  vii,  188 
Leonard's  Field  (Burnley) ,  vi,  445  n 
Lester  and  Pack,  bell-makers,  vi, 

297 
Letharum,  Rob.,  vi,  485  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  485  n 
Letherland   le   Hurst  (Whittle),  vi, 

34  n 

Letherwyte,  tax,  vii,  487  n 

Lethnis,  see  Lichtness 

Lethum,  see  Lytham 

Levenot  (Lenot),  vi,  485  n ;  vii, 
130  n,  132  n 

Levens,  Rog.,  vii,  88  n 

Lever,  Ad.  de,  vi,  222,  276,  331  ; 
vii,  209  n,  281  n ;  Giles,  vii, 
233  n  I  Joan  de,  vi,  276;  Kath., 
vii,  233  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  222  n, 
331  ;  Nich.,  vi,  285  n  ;  Ralph,  vi, 
146  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  49  n  ;  Rob.,  vi, 
216  n  ;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  49  n,  222  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  276 

Levesay,  see  Livesey 

Leveson,  Ellen,  vi,  250  n 

Levington,  bar.,  vi,  304  n 

Lewe,  vii,  283  n 

Lewebroc  (Eccleshill) ,  vi,  279  n 

Lewed,  Margery  de  (the),  vi,  209  n, 
212  n;  Rog.  de  (the),  vi,  209  «, 
212  n 

Leweshaw,  brook,  vi,  339  n 

Lewis,  Rev.  Evan,  vi,  427  n 

Lewth  (Woodplumpton) ,  vii,  285 

Ley  (Cliviger),  vi,  481  n,  553  » 

Ley,  fam.,  see  Lea,  Legh,  Leigh 

Leyburn  (Leyburne),  Anne,  vi, 
292,  391  »*  ;  vii,  309  n  ;  Geo.,  vii, 
309,  310 ;  Isabel,  vii,  257  ; 
Isolda  de,  vii,  316  n ;  Jas.,  vii, 
310  ;  John,  vi,  391  n  ;  vii,  257, 
293  n>  3°9>  3ID  ;  Nich.,  vii,  310  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  316  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
292  ;  bp.,  vii,  77  n,  312  n 

Leycester,  Dorothy,  vi,  35  ;  Geo., 
vi,  35  ;  Hugh,  vi,  383  n  ;  see  also 
Leicester 

Leye,  see  Lea,  Legh,  Leigh 

Leyland,  vi,  1-17,  58  n,  452  ;  vii, 
72,  133  n,  160  n,  193  n  ;  adv.,  vi, 
6>  58  n,  59  ;  chant.,  vi,  9  ;  char., 
vi,  9  ;  ch.,  vi,  4,  26  n  ;  cross,  vi, 
10 ;  fairs,  vi,  10 ;  ind.,  vi,  10 ; 
mans.,  vi,  i,  10,  62,  64  n  ;  Non- 
conf.,  vi,  17 ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi, 
17  ;  sch.,  vi,  9 

Leyland,  hund.,  vi,  I 

39° 


Leyland  (Layland),  Ad.  de,  vi,  n  n, 
15  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  15  n  ;  Alice  de, 
vi,  n  n,  15  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  271  n  ; 
vii,  31  «,  139  M,  196  w,  208  n  ; 
Avice  de,  vi,  1 5  n  ;  Avina  de,  vi, 
15  n ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  15  ;  vii, 
101  n ;  Chris.,  vi,  non;  Eliz., 
vii,  219 ;  Emma  de,  vi,  15 « ; 
Geoff,  de,  vi,  n«;  John  (de), 
vi,  15,  262  n;  vii,  101  w,  275  «; 
Kath.  de,  vii,  57  n ;  Mabel  de, 
vi,  15  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  15  n  ;  vii, 
101  «  ;  Margery  de,  vi,  16  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  101  n  ;  Osbert  de, 
vi,  62  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  153  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  ii  w,  15  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
I5.  !5  n,  16  n  ;  vii,  57  w,  260  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  101  n  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  n  n,  15,  57  n,  262  «,  271  n  ; 
vii,  31  w,  101  n,  119  n,  139  n, 
204  n,  208 n;  Sir  Will.,  vi,  271  n; 
vii,  18  n,  igon,  196  w,  208  n  ; 
Will,  (de),  vi,  244,  434*1,  435, 
490,  491,  512  w,  515,  519,  520, 
521,  542,  549  n  ;  vii,  31  n,  134  n, 
260  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  35,  98  w,  161 

Leyland  Hall  (Leyland),  vi,  6,  15,  17 

Leyland  Moss,  vi,  10 

Leyland  Old  Hall  (Leyland),  vi,  16 

Leyrebrec,  see  Larbreck 

Leys,  the  (Elswick),  vii,  282,  284 

Leysinglands  (Read),  vi,  503 

Leythlandhurst,  see  Letherland  le 
Hurst 

Lichfield,  bps.  of,  vi,  6,  I3«,  86  «, 
87  n,  240,  298,  312,  346,  356  n, 
357.  357  »,  369  »,  498  n  ;  Geoff. 
Blythe,  vii,  265  n ;  Walt,  de 
Langton,  vi,  87,  384  ;  vii,  264  ; 
Will.  Booth,  vi,  145  n;  Will,  de 
Cornhull,  vi,  413  n 

Lichtness,  Hen.  de,  vi,  480  n  ; 
Jordan  de,  vi,  480  ;  Mich,  de,  vi, 
475  n,  480  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  480  n  ; 
Sabina,  vi,  480  n 

Lickfold,  Dorothy,  vii,  190  n  ;  John, 
vii,  190  n 

Lickhurst  (Goosnargh),  vii,  191, 
193  n 

Lickhurst,  Higher  (Goosnargh),  vii, 
196 

Lickow  (Hackinsall) ,  vii,  257  n 

Licol  (Hackinsall),  vii,  257  » 

Lidgett  (Colne),  vi,  523 

Lidulf,  see  Liulph 

Lidum,  see  Lytham 

Light  Ash  (Myerscough) ,  vii,  138 

Lightfoot  Green  (Broughton),  vii, 
117 

Light  Hazels  (Read),  vi,  506  n 

Lighthurst  (Chorley),  vi,  129 

Lighthurst  (Parbold),  vi,  180,  i8ow 

Lighthurst,  Hen.  de,  vi,  i8o«; 
Will,  de,  vi,  180  n 

Lightshaw,  man.,  vii,  280  n 

Lightworkhouses  (Broughton),  vii, 
119  n 

Lilburne,  Col.,  vi,  75  n 

Lilford,  Ld.,  vi,  104,  106,  116,  150, 

151 

Limbrick,  vi,  213 

Limefield  (Brierfield) ,  vi,  537 

Limestone  Scarr  (Thursden),  vi,  471 

Linacre,  vii,  285 

Linacre,  Rich,  de,  vi,  225  n 

Linalx,  see  Lynalx 

Linbottiscroft  (Mellor),  vi,  262  n 

Lincoln,  hon.  of,  vii,  327 

Lincoln,  ctsses.  of,  vi,  377  n,  388, 
391  w,  396,  412,  457,  471,  507, 
545,  552,  558  ;  vii,  2,  55  n  ;  Alice, 
vi,  320,  327  ;  vii,  168  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
284,  326,  327  ;  earls  of,  vi,  18, 
70  w,  103,  108,  208,  214  n,  217  n, 
218 «,  231,  258,  270,  271,  273, 


INDEX 


Lincoln  (cont.) 

285,  291,  301,  332  n,  335,  345, 
347  n,  36471,  369  w,  375,  394  n, 
409  w,  410,  418,  507,  538  w,  545, 
552  n,  558,  559  ;  vii,  2,  5  n,  27  n, 
33,  33  n,  52  n,  167  n,  168  n,  172, 
177  n,  178  n,  200  n,  307  n  ;  Edm. 
de  Lacy,  vii,  325  n ;  Hen.,  vi, 
60  n,  70  «,  131,  264,  314,  327, 
332  n,  345,  430,  444  n,  455  n,  509, 
555,  SS^  n  ;  vii,  30  n,  166  n  ; 
John,  vi,  193  n,  444  ;  vii,  45  n 

Lincoln,  John  de,  vii,  41 

Lindley    (Lindelay),    John    de,    vi, 

241,  327 
Lindley   Close    (Wrightington),   vi, 

174  n 

Lindsay,  bar.,  vii,  302 

Lindsay,  Ada  de,  vii,  301  n,  302  ; 
Alice  de,  vii,  301  ;  Christiana  de, 
vii,  302,  305,  316  n ;  Gilb.  de, 
vii,  302,  309  n,  316  n  ;  Walt,  de, 
vii,  300 »,  302 ;  Will,  de,  vii, 
300  n,  301,  302,  316  n,  318  n 

Linedred  (Marsden),  vi,  537,  540 

Linen  manufacture,  vi,  338  n  ;  vii, 
150 

Lingard  (Lingart),  Ad.  de,  vii,  48  n  ; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  183  »,  320  n  ; 
Edm.,  vii,  320  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vii, 
320  n ;  Isolda  de,  vii,  320 «  ; 
Rev.  Jas.,  vii,  42,  56  n ;  John 
(de),  vii,  183  »,  316  n,  320  n  ; 
Mabel  de,  vii,  183  «  ;  Petronilla 
de,  vii,  183  n  ;  Quenilda  de,  vii, 
183  «;  Rich,  de,  vii,  320  »  ;  Rob. 
de,  vii,  320  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  138  n  ; 
Walt,  de,  vii,  320  n 

Lingart  (Garstang),  vii,  315,  318, 
320 

Linlands  (Eccleston),  vi,  164  n 

Linley,  John,  vi,  58  n  ;  Walt.,  vi, 
58*1 

Linley  dough   (Wrightington),   vi, 

175  n 

Linney   (Lyney),   Randle,   vi,   241, 

242  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  191  « 
Linton,  Will,  de,  vi,  262 
Lionel,  dk.  of  Clarence,  vi,  101  n 
Liscoe  (Out  Rawcliffe),  vii,  273 
L'Isle,  Gerard  de,  vi,  101  n  ;  Mar- 
gery de,  vi,  101 

Lister,  Anne,  vi,   560  n  ;  Ant.,  vi, 
559  n,  560  n  ;  Bridg.,  vi,  539  n  ; 
Chris.,  vi,  30,  250  n,  285,  378  n, 
470,    510  n,    523  n,    528,    539  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  393  »,  470  ;  vii,  102  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  30,  250  »,  285,  378  «  ; 
Jane,  vi,  560  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  554  n  ; 
John,  vi,  259,  500  n  ;   Kath.,  vi, 
500  n  ;   Lawr.,   vi,   523  n,   537  «, 
539,  549  »,  559  «  ;  Rob.,  vii,  218  ; 
Rosamond,    vi,    306 ;    Thos.,    vi, 
367  n,    396,    463  n,    465  «,    493, 
510  n,  526  n,  527  n,  554  n,  559, 
560;    Sir   Will.,    vi,    383;    Will, 
(the),    vi,    30,    306,    393  n,    470, 
523  «,    528,    539  «,    559  n  ;    vii, 
98  n,  102  n  ;  — ,  vi,  368  n,  524  n 
Lithcarr  (Marton),  vii,  174  n,  242  n 
Litherland,  Rob.  de,  vi,  62  n 
Lithum,  Lithun,  see  Lytham 
Litlton,  Will,  de,  vi,  34  n 
Litterbrittergate  (Cliviger),  vi,  480  n 
Littlebury,  Martin  de,  vi,  240  n 
Littledale,  Osborn,  vii,  142 
Little     Furlong     (Ribbleton),     vii, 

106  n 
Little   Harwood   Hall   (Little   Har- 

wood),  vi,  251 

Littlehead  (Duxbury),  vi,  211  n 
Little  Horseman's  Hill,  vii,  228  n 
Little  Law,  mere,  vi,  272  n 
Little  Mearley  Hall,  vi,  378 
Little  Mitton,  fam.,  see  Mitton 


Little  Mitton  Hall  (Little  Mitton), 
vi,  389 

Little  Moss  (Longton),  vi,  73  n 

Little  Poulton  Hall  (Poulton),  vii, 
227  n 

Littlerode  (Simonstone) ,  vi,  499  n 

Littlewood  (Ulnes  Walton),  vi,  13  w, 
21  n,  108  ;  man.,  vi,  no 

Littlewoodhey  (Brockholes) ,  vii, 
120  n 

Liulph  (Lidulf),  vi,  65  ;  rector  of 
Croston,  vi,  87 

Liverpool,  vii,  286  n ;  capture 
(1644),  vi,  135  ;  man.,  vii,  129  ; 
reservoirs,  vi,  280 

Liverpool,  Geo.  H.  Brown,  Rom. 
Cath.  bp.  of,  vii,  161 

Liverpool,  Joan  (de),  vi,  66  n,  140  n; 
John,  vi,  140  n ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
66  n 

Livesey,  vi,  235,  284-9,  375  n,  408  ; 
vii,  126  n ;  char.,  vi,  284  ;  ind., 
vi,  284  ;  man.,  vi,  232, 284  ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vi,  289 

Livesey,  Ad.  (de),  vi,  267,  284  n, 
285  n,  287  n,  288  ;  vii,  3  n  ;  Alex., 
vi,  285  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  267,  269, 
285,  286,  286  n,  401  n  ;  vii,  3»; 
Anne,  vi,  225  n,  285,  286,  401  ; 
Avice  de,  vii,  3  n ;  Cecily  (de), 
vi,  265,  285 ;  Christiana,  vi, 
285  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  285  «  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
48  n,  285  n,  286  ;  vii,  229,  229  n  ; 
Geoff,  de,  vi,  281  n;  Geo.,  vi,  285, 
285  n,  288  n  ;  vii,  229  n ;  Giles, 
vi,  282  n,  285,  287,  401  ;  Hawise 
(Helewise)  de,  vi,  288  n ;  vii,  33  n ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  285,  287 «,  288 ; 
Hugh,  vi,  285  n ;  Isabel,  vii, 
2ii  «;  Jas.,  vi,  50  n,  268,  269, 
278,  282 «,  285,  286,  286  n, 
288  «,  401  »;  vii,  i8n;  Jennet, 
vi,  285 ;  John  (de),  vi,  269, 
269 »,  282  n,  285,  286  n,  288, 
288  «,  500  »  ;  John  P.,  vi,  225  n  ; 
Jos.,  vi,  290 ;  vii,  92  n  ;  Lawr., 
vi,  285 n;  vii,  229,  229 w,  272  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  421,  500  n  ;  vii,  272  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  287  n  ;  Mary,  vi, 
285,  286,  286  «,  287  ;  Oliver,  vi, 
285  n  ;  Percival,  vi,  285  n  ;  Porter, 
vi,  286;  Ralph  (Randle),  vi, 
48  «,  285,  286,  286  n,  288,  318  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  46  «,  225  n,  285, 
287,  288,  288  n;  vii,  211 «; 
Rob.,  vi,  225  n,  285  n,  288  ;  Rob. 
B.,  vi,  325 ;  Rog.,  vi,  285  n ; 
vii,  127  n  ;  Sarah,  vi,  244  ;  Thos., 
vi,  225  «,  241  n,  265,  267  n,  269, 
285  n,  288  n,  329,  421  ;  Will,  (de), 
vi,  281,  284-5,  286,  288,  298, 
300,  420  ;  vii,  3  n,  33  «,  48  «; 
— ,  vi,  229  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  347  ; 
vii,  65  n 

Livesey-Bell,  Rob.,  vi,  286 

Livesey  Fold  (Over  Darwen),  vi, 
270 

Livesey  Hall  (Livesey),  vi,  286 

Liveshay,  Livyesay,  see  Livesey 

Lochard,  Will.,  vi,  87 

Lockfield  (Whittingham),  vii,  213  n 

Lockhart,  Capt.,  vii,  77  w 

Lodge,  the  (Bowland),  vi,  380  n 

Lodge,  the  (Myerscough) ,  vii,  138 

Lodge  (Reedley),  vi,  490 

Lodge,  riv.,  vi,  492 

Lodge,  Edm.,  vi,  104  n 

Lodyat  gate  (Kirkland),  vii,  313  « 

Lofthouse  (Lofthousum),  Walt,  de, 
vii,  46  n,  59  n 

Loghteburgh,  see  Lothburgh 

Lohonis,  vii,  229  n 

Lomas,  Geo.,  vi,  80  ;  vii,  291  « 

Lomax,  Helen,  vi,  341,  419  ;  Jas., 
vi,  340,  341,  344,  419,  423  :  John, 

391 


Lomax  (con/.) 

vi,   419  ;   Mary,  vi,   341,   419  n  ; 

Ralph,     vi,     54  n,     277,     277 «  ; 

Rebecca,  vi,  419  ;  Rich.,  vi,  419  ; 

Rich.  G.,  vi,  340,  341,  419,  423  n  ; 

R.,    vii,    291  ;    Thos.,    vi,    419  ; 

Will.,  vi,  419  n  ;  — ,  vii,  123  ;  fam., 

vi,  4J5 
Lomclough,  Matth.  de,  vi,   481  n  ; 

Poke  de,  vi,  480 
Lomeshay  (Marsden),  vi,  537,  543  ; 

mills,  vi,  540  « 
Lomeshay,   Higher    (Marsden),   vi, 

521 
Lomeshay,    Lower    (Marsden),   vi, 

521,  540 

Londe,  Walt,  de,  vii,  318  n 
London,    Hen.    Wingham,    bp.    of, 

vii,  146  n 

London,  Nich.  de,  vi,  n  n 
Long,    Geo.,   vi,    399  n ;   vii,    220  ; 

Hen.,  vii,  19  ;  see  also  Lang 
Longbottom  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  n 
Long  Castlegate  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  « 
Long  Causeway  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Longerygge,  see  Longridge 
Longesnape    cloht    (Cuerdale),    vi, 

301  n 

Longetre,  see  Langtree 
Longfield  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Longfield  (Lea),  vii,  132  n 
Longflat  (Winkle y),  vii,  13  n 
Longflatt  (Mawdesley),  vi,  99  n 
Longford  (Goosnargh),  vii,  198 
Longford,    A  vice    de,    vi,     170%; 

vii,    192  ;    Dorothy,    vi,    390  n ; 

Hen.  de,  vii,  182  n,  192,  321  n  ; 

Nich.  de,  vii,  193  ;  Nigel  de,  vi, 

170  n  ;   vii,    192  ;    Oliver   de,   vi, 

170  n  ;  vii,  192  ;  Rich.,  vi,  416 
Long  Leadenham  (Lincoln),  vii,  41  n 
Longlegh,  Longleigh,  see  Longley 
Longley     (Goosnargh),     vii,      191, 

192  «,  193  « 
Longley      (Longlegh,      Longleigh), 

Alex,    de,    vi,    303  ;     Edm.,    vi, 

298  n ;  John  de,  vi,  303  ;  Rog.  de, 

vi,  276*1;   Thos.,  vi,  315 n;  Will. 

de,  vi,  303  «  ;  see  also  Langley 
Longley     Hall      (Goosnargh),      see 

Latus  House 

Long  Marsh  (Poulton),  vii,  225 
Longmoor  (Garstang),  vii,  304 
Longridding,  Rob.  del,  vi,  131  n 
Longridge,   vii,    i,    15,   36,   37,   43, 

54,  61,  66  n,  79  n,  207  ;  ch.,  vii,  66 
Longridge    Fell,    vi,    230 ;    vii,    I, 

low,  20,  32,  45,  51,  54,  56 
Longrodes  (Freckleton) ,  vii,  168  n 
Longshaw,  brook,  vii,  52  n 
Longton,  vi,   n,   18,   52,  58,   58  n, 

69-74  ;  chap.,  vi,  55-6  ;  char.,  vi, 

56;   ch.,   vi,   73;   man.,   vi,   59, 

62  n,  69  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  52,  74  ; 

Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  74  ;  sch.,  vi,  56, 

74 

Longton,  New,  vi,  74 

Longton,  Abel  de,  vi,  70  n,  72  «; 
Ad.  de,  vi,  72  n ;  Agnes,  vii, 
125  «  ;  Alice,  vi,  71  n  ;  Beatrice 
de,  vi,  72  n  ;  Edith  de,  vi,  62  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  69  n ;  Geoff,  de,  vi, 
62  »,  72  n;  Hugh,  vii,  125  n  ; 
Isoude  de,  vi,  151  n;  John  (de), 
vi,  69,  71  w,  72  n,  73  »;  Lewis, 
vi,  69  n,  70  n,  73  n  ;  Margery  de, 
vi,  70  n  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  151  n  ; 
Mich,  de,  vi,  70  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
53  «,  70  n,  71  n,  72  «;  Rog.  de, 
vi,  72  n  ;  Sibyl  de,  vi,  53  «,  70  n  ; 
Swain  de,  vi,  70  n;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  69  n,  71  «,  72  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
70  n,  71  n,  72  n,  151  n;  see  also 
Langton 

Longtonhey  (Cuerden),  vi,  27  n 


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


Longworth,  vi,  272 

Longworth,  Ellen,  vii,  267  ;  Fleet- 
wood,  vii,  182  ;  Isabella,  vii, 
272  ;  Jas.,  vi,  19  ;  John,  vi,  23  ; 
Ralph,  vii,  264  n,  267,  271  n, 
272  n,  320  n ;  Rich.,  vii,  182, 
272  «  ;  Solomon,  vi,  323,  387  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  272  n  ;  — ,  vi,  4  n 

Lonsdale  (Lonsdall),  Eliz.,  vi,  415  ; 
John,  vi,  269  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  499  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  269  «,  499,  499  n  ;  — , 
vi,  394,  499 

Lord  (Lort),  Alex.,  vi,  438  ;  Jas., 
vi,  437,  438,  439 ;  Joan,  vi, 
438  n  ;  John,  vi,  427,  438  n,  439  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  438,  439 

Lord's  Hall  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  272 

Lord's  Ing  (Come),  vi,  536 

Lorimer  (Larrimer),  Geo.,  vii,  126  n, 
218;  Jane,  vii,  287  n  ;  Joan,  vii, 
31  n  ;  John,  vii,  126  »,  287  »  ; 
Will.,  vii,  31  n 

Lort,  see  Lord 

Lostock  (Cuerden),  vi,  27 

Lostock,  riv.,  vi,  10,  23,  29,  32, 
47,  61,  75,  91,  108,  now,  289 

Lostock,  Jas.  de,  vi,  24 «,  291 , 
291  n,  295  ;  Magote  (Margery) 
de,  vi,  295 

Lostock  Brow  (Ulnes  Walton) , 
cross,  vi,  1 08  n 

Lostock  Hall  (Wai ton -le -Dale),  vi, 
27,  289,  295  ;  vii,  235  n 

Lostockhey  (Cuerden),  vi,  26  n 

Lothburgh  (Loghte  burgh) ,  Rich, 
de,  vi,  131  n,  134  n,  136  n 

Lothresdene,  Godf.  de,  vi,  548 

Loucoks,  Thos.,  vii,  4 

Loud,  riv.,  vi,  230,  379  ;  vii,  20,  26, 
29  «,  32,  34  n,  191 

Loud  (Lowd,  Lowde),  Edm.,  vi, 
363  n  ;  vii,  18  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  13  n  ; 
Isabel,  vii,  18  ;  Jas.,  vii,  18,  32  n, 
152>  I55n'>  Joan,  vii,  18  ;  John, 
vii,  18  ;  Marg.,  vii,  15  n  ;  Rich., 
vii,  15  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  511  n  ;  Thos., 
vii,  18  ;  Will.,  vii,  15  n,  18 

Loud  Bridge  (Thornley),  vii,  32  n 

Loudoun,  earl,  vii,  164  n 

Loudscales  (Goosnargh),  vii,  191, 
196  n,  206  «,  267 

Louerd,  Ad.  le,  vi,  335 

Louersale,  Will,  de,  vii,  297 

Louis  Philippe,  king  of  France,  vi, 
210  n 

Lourdes,  Hen.  de,  archbp.  of 
Dublin,  vii,  146  n 

Louvre  (Paris),  Standish  collection, 
vi,  210  n 

Love  Clough   (Higher  Booths),  vi, 

433-4 

Lovel,  Maud,  Lady,  vi,  140  ;  Lds., 

vi,    178  w,   310;    John,   vi,    140; 

Will.,  vi,  305  ;  Fran.,  vsct.,  vi,  304 

Lovel    (Lovell),    Geo.,    vi,    423  n  ; 

John,  vi,  140 

Loveley  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335  n 
Loveley  Hall  (Salesbury),  vi,  256 
Low   Chapel    (Walton -le-Dale),    vi, 

292,  297 

Lowde,  see  Loud 

Lowe  (Low),  Anne,  vi,  35  n  ;  Chris., 
vi,  499  n  ;  Cuth.,  vi,  399  ;  Ellen, 
vi,  399  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  467  n  ;  Jas., 
vi,  467  n ;  John,  vi,  88  n,  153, 
213  n,  399  n,  467  »  ;  Margery 
del,  vi,  ii  7  n  ;  Mocock  de,  vi, 
480;  Rich,  del,  vi,  117  w;  Rob., 
vi,  35  n>  396  n,  399  n  ;  vii,  17  »; 
Thos.,  vi,  213  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  467  n, 
499  n  ;  Dr.  — ,  vi,  36  ;  — ,  vi,  208, 
499  ;  see  also  Lowes 
Lower  Abbot  House  (Mellor) ,  vi,  263 
Lower  Alston  Farm  (Ribchester), 
vii,  45 


Lower  Chorley  Hall  (Chorley),  vi, 

!34 
Lower  Cockden  (Briercliffe),  vi, 

469 
Lower  Cross  (Higher  Booths),  vi, 

434 

Lower  End  (Leagram),  vi,  380  n 
Lowerford  (Barrowford),  vi,  541 
Lowergate  (Clitheroe),  vi,  361 
Lower  Gate  (Twiston),  vi,  558 
Lower  Green  (Hapton),  vi,  512  n 
Lower  Hall  (Penwortham),  vi,  60  n, 

61 

Lower  Hall  (Read),  vi,  505,  506  n 
Lower   House    ( Whittingham) ,   vii, 

213 
Lower  Houses  (Habergham  Eaves), 

see  Thornhill  Holme 
Lower     Oxgang     (Pendleton),     vi, 

393  « 

Lower    Thornhill    (Pendleton),   vi, 

394  w 

Lowes,  John,  vi,  19  n,  23  ;  Nancy, 
vi,  19  n,  lion,  164  n  ;  see  also 
Lowe 

Lowick  Hall  (Salwick),  vii,  165  n 
Low  Moor  (Clitheroe),  vi,  371 
Loxham  (Loxam,  Loxum),  Ad.  de, 
vi,     72  n  ;    Alice    de,    vi,     72  n, 
154  «;  Geoff,  (de),  vi,  70  «,  72  n  ; 
Isabel,    vi,    72 «;    Joan    de,    vi, 

72  »,   73  n  ;    John  de,  vi,   72  n  ; 
Margery,  vi,  72  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  55, 

73  n ;    vii,    291  ;    Rob.    (de),    vi, 

69  n,   Tin;   vii,   224,   255,   259  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  72  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi, 
67,    72  n,    73  n  ;   Warine   de,   vi, 
72  n ;    Will,    (de),    vi,    55,    69  n, 

70  »,  72  n,  73  n,  74,   154  n  ;  W., 

vi,  74 
Loynd,   John,   vi,   516  n ;   Mrs.   vi, 

516  n 

Lubley,  Eliz.,  vii,  136  » 
Lucas,  Lady,  vi,  421 
Lucas,  Anne,  vii,  49  n  ;  Cecily,  vi, 

228  n  ;  Sir  Chas.,  vi,  523  ;  John, 

vii,  199  «  ;  Rob.,  vi,  228  n  ;  Will., 

vii,  196  n 
Lucas    Green    (Whittle-le-Woods) , 

vi,  32  n 

Luck  Field  (Brockholes) ,  vii,  90 
Lucy,  Ada  de,  vii,  267  «  ;  Amabil 

de,  vii,  267  n  ;  Edm.  B.,  vi,  210  n  ; 

Geoff,  de,  vi,  303  n  ;  Marg.  L.  M., 

vi,  210  «  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  267  n 
Ludecholis,  see  Loudscales 
Lufclough,    Lugheclogh,    see    Love 

Clough 

Luffeley  Hall,  see  Loveley  Hall 
Lumb  (Newchurch),  vi,  437,  440 
Lumland  (Newton),  vii,  166  n 
Lumley,  Sir  John,  vii,  301  ;  Lucy 

de,    vii,    301  n ;    Marm.    de,    vii, 

301  n ;  Sir  Rob.  de,  vii,  301  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vii,  301  n  ;  Thos.,  vii, 

301  n  ;  — ,  curate  of  Pilling,  vii, 

334 

Lummelade  (Clayton -le-Dale),  vi, 
258  n 

Lum  Mills  (Ribchester),  vii,  51 

Lumpton,  Jas.,  vi,  113 

Lund,  vii,  137  n,  149,  161,  162  ; 
chap.,  vii,  163  n,  165 

Lund  (Lunt),  Ant.,  vii,  141,  206  n, 
207  n  ;  John,  vi,  100  n  ;  Maud 
del,  vi,  101  n ;  Rich,  del,  vi, 
101  n  ;  vii,  26  «  ;  Thos.,  vi,  80, 
260;  Will.,  vi,  79;  vii,  175  w; 
— ,  vii,  164  n 

Lungridding  (Church),  vi,  402  n 

Lungvilers,  Eudo  de,  vi,  509 ; 
John  de,  vi,  509 

Lunt,  see  Lund 

Lushington,  Hen.,  vii,  184 

Lusignan,  Geoff,  de,  vii,  84  n 

392 


Lussell,  Ad.,  vii,  n6w;  Chris.,  vi 
324  ;  Edw.,  vi,  325  ;  vii,  98  n 
Grace,  vi,  325  ;  Hen.,  vi,  325 
John,  vi,  324,  325  ;  vii,  79  n 
n6w;  Kath.,  vii,  79  n ;  Maud 
vii,  79  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  192  »;  Thos. 
vi,  324  ;  vii,  79  n 

Lutener,  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  313,  319 

Lutwidge,  Chas.  R.  F.,  vi,  163  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  163  n  ;  Jane,  vi,  163  n 

Lyce  (Church),  vi,  402  n 

Lydda,  Rob.  Gradwell,  bp.  of,  vii, 
161,  165  n,  330 

Lydiate  (Lydiate  Leys)  (Eccleston), 
vi,  165  n,  167  n 

Lydton,  Will,  de,  vi,  34  n 

Lymetrough  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  340 

Lymwelridding  (Alston),  vii,  63  n 

Lynalx  (Lenox,  Linalx),  Alex.,  vii 
47  «  ;  Cecily,  vii,  47  n  ;  Eliz. 
vii,  39  n,  47  n  ;  Isabel,  vii,  47  n 
John,  vii,  47,  48  n,  58  «  ;  Kath 
(de),  vii,  43  n,  47  ;  Rich,  (de),  vii 

47  n,  48 >  n  ;   Rob.,  vii,   43  n,  47 

48  n,    49,    50,    50  n,    56  n,    64  n 
Thos.,  vii,  i,  18,  39  n,  47  n,  48  n 
Thurstan,   vii,   47  n ;   Will,    (de) 
vii,  43  n,  47  ;  — ,  vii,  i  n 

Lynerode     (Little     Marsden),     vi, 

459  n 

Lyney,  see  Linney 
Lynstanhurst  (Hoghton),  vi,  38  n 
Lynstanhurst,   Alan   de,   vi,    37  n 

Alice  de,  vi,  37  n 
Lynstede,  Anne,  vii,  197  «;  John, 

vii,  197  n 

Lyolfscroft  (Freckleton),  vii,  168  n 
Lysewy,  Rog.  de,  vi,  369  n 
Lytham,  vii,  68,  71,  79  n,  129, 
137  n,  149  n,  151,  165,  174, 
213-8,  285  ;  adv.,  vii,  217  ;  char., 
vii,  219;  ch.,  vii,  214  w,  215  n, 
216;  cross,  vii,  214  «,  215  n  ; 
dock,  vii,  80  ;  grange,  vii,  215  n  ; 
man.,  vii,  163,  164  n,  174  «,  214, 
242;  mill.,  vii,  214,  216  n  ; 
Nonconf.,  vii,  218 ;  pk.,  vii, 

215  ;    pewter    vessels,    vii,    217  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  219  ;   sch.,  vii, 
219 ;    sundial,    vii,    217 ;    wards, 
vii,  214 

Lytham,  John,  vii,  223 
Lytham  Hall,  vii,  145,  215,  219 
Lytham  Priory,  vi,  69,  103,  103  n, 
104  w,    107;    vii,    92  n,   97,    132, 
146  w,    156  w,    160,    168,    170  w, 
171  n,     172,     174,     175  w,     215. 

216  n,     217,     231  »,     242,     271, 
281  «,  285,  332,  332  n  ;  John  de 
Normanby,  prior  of,  vii,  332  n 

Lythe  Carr,  see  Lithcarr 
Lythegreyns,  see  Leagram 
Lytton,  Will,  de,  see  Fitton 
Lyvesay,  see  Livesey 


Mabbeson,  Hugh,  vii,  100  n  ;  Rich.. 

vii,  100  n 
Mabbott,  Gilb.,  vii,  319  «  ;  Martha, 

vii,  319  n 

Mabholm  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n 
Macclesfield,  Chas.,  earl  of,  vii,  304 
MacDiarmid,  Mrs.,  vi,  413 
Macdonald,  Donald,  vii,  78  n 
Macdonnell,    Jas.,    vii,    4 ;    Myles, 

vii,  14  w 
McGrath,   Rev,  Hen.  W.,  vi,   299, 

313 

McKean,  John,  vi,  154 
Macrorie,  Will.  K.,  bp.,  vi,  426 
Macy,  — ,  vii,  264 
Maden,  John,  vi,  440 
Madman  Hole  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Madoc,  vii,  330  n 


INDEX 


Magdalene's  Hospital  (Preston),  vii, 

99  n 
Maggeldesmedow-cliffe   (Clayton-le- 

Dale),  vi,  258  n 
Maggcson,  see  Magson 
Maghull,  vii,  169  « 
Magnus,  vii,  108,  179,  273 
Magson  (Maggeson),  Hen.,  vii,  92  n  ; 

Maud,     vi,     154  n ;     Rob.,     vii, 

92  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  154  n 
Maiden  Cross  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Maiden's   House    (Ribblcton),     vii, 

106  n 
Mains  (Mains  Hall)  (Singleton),  vii, 

183,  185,  1 86 
Mainwaring,  Eliz.,  vi,  376,  394  n  ; 

Sir  H.,  vii,  32  ;  John,  vii,  286  n  ; 

Marg.,  vii,  286  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  376, 

394  n  ;  see  also  Manwaring 
Maire,  Hen.,  vii,  309  n 
Makinson,  Pet.,  vi,  31  «,  299 
Makon,  Jas.,  vi,  104  « 
Malalis,  fam.,  see  Malsys 
Malbisse,  Rich.,  vi,  471 
Malham    (Mallum),    Alice    de,    vi, 

553  n ;     John     (de),     vi,     536  n, 

553  » 

Malherbe,  John,  vi,  91,  92,  115, 
1 1 6,  130  ;  Mabel,  vi,  92  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  92  n 

Malkin  Fields  (Goldshaw  Booth), 
vi,  515  n 

Malkin  Tower  (Barrowford) ,  vi, 
516,  520,  542 

Malkin  Yard  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 

Malla,  Edw.  Dicconson,  bp.  of,  vi, 
1 86 

Malley,  Fran.,  vii,  141  n 

Mallory,  Thos.,  vi,  161 

Mallum,  see  Malham 

Malpas,  Hen.,  vi,  87  n 

Malsys,  Ad.  de,  vi,  556  n  ;  Alice  de, 
vi,  556  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  556  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  556  n 

Malt-kiln  estate  (Chipping),  vii,  26  n 

Malveysgate  (Maluaysegate,  Mal- 
uesgate)  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n, 
366  n,  368  n 

Manchester,  diocese,  vi,  2 

Manchester,  Edw.,  vi,  358 

Mancknowles,  Manconhelis,  see 
Manknowles 

Manehouse,  see  Mosney  House 

Manknowles,  (Mancknowles,  Man- 
conhelis, Manknolls),  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  538  n,  539;  Jas.,  vi,  519; 
John  (de),  vi,  519,  538  n,  539, 
546  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  536  n,  539, 
545  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  519  ;  — ,  vi, 
524  n 

Manlcy,  Isaac  G.,  vi,  31  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  16  n 

Manneby,  Rob.  de,  vii,  13 

Mansel,  John,  vii,  219 ;  see  also 
Maunsell 

Mansergh,  Edw.,  vii,  253  n 

Manwaring,  Rev.  Edw.,  vii,  165  ; 
see  also  Mainwaring 

Mapleton,  John,  vi,  160,  161 

Marays,  see  Marsh 

Marbury,  Thos.,  vi,  106  n 

March,  Beatrice,  vii,  173  n  ;  John, 
vii,  114,  173  n  ;  see  also  Marsh 

Marchden,  see  Marsden 

Marcroft,  — ,  vi,  426 

Mare,    Hen.,    vi,    69  n ;    Isabel    de 
la,  vi,  92  ;  John  de  la,  vi,  86  n, 
92,     96  n,     97  n,     101  n,     n6n, 
154  «;    Mabel   de    la,    vi,    92  n ; 
Marg.,  vi,  69  n  ;  Margery  de  la 
vi,   70  n ;   Maud   de   la,   vi,   93 
Sir  Will,  de  la,   vi,  120  n,    262 
Will,  de  la,  vi,  70,  71  n,  92,  95, 
96  n,  130 

Mare  bonne  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n 


Mareounsou,  Will.,  vi,  107  n 
Margaret,    d.  of  Rich.,  vii,   159  n, 

214,  286  n ;  w.  of  Chris.,  vi,  107  n  ; 

w.  of  Hen.,  vi,  391  n  ;  w.  of  Rich. 

the  smith,  vi,  92  n 
Margaret    Acre    (Brockholes) ,    vii, 

in  n 
Margaret-riding     (Clayton-le-Dale) , 

vi,  258  n 
Margery,     vi,     391  n,     538  n ;     vii, 

160  n  ;   d.   of  Agnes,   vi,    201  »  ; 

d.  of  Hen.,  vi,  103  n  ;  w.  of  Ad., 

vi,  397  n  ',  w.  of  Alan,  vi,  154  «  ; 

w.   of  Alex.,   vii,    132  n  ;    w.    of 

Rich.,  vii,  285  n  ;  w.  of  Rob.,  vi, 

15  n;  w.   of  Sim.   the   clerk,  vii, 

100  n 
Marhalgh,     Alan    de,     vii,     133  n  ; 

Isabel  de,  vii,  133  n 
Mariona,  w.  of  Hen.,  vi,  201  « 
Maritzburg,  Will.  Macrorie,  bp.  of, 

vi,  426 

Markedholme,  see  Martholme 
Marketgate    (Clitheroe),   vi,    367  n, 

577  n 

Marketholme,  see  Martholme 
Markets  and  Fairs,  vi,  91,  120,  121, 
143,  M4.  237,  238,  247,  274,  291, 
338,   339,   361,   364  n,   368,   426, 
431,    436,    437,    439,    44J,    442, 
443,  447,  492,  523  :  vii,  27,  45, 
5i,  72,  77,  9i,  92  »,  93,  95,  90, 
97  n,    151,    176,    184,    191,    251, 
276,  302,  311,  312,  314  w 
Marketstreet  (Clitheroe),  vi,  368  n 
Markham,  Cath.,  vii,  275  n  ;  Edw., 

vii,  275  n 

Markland  (Marklan),  Alice  de,  vii, 
i66n;  Bertie,  vii,  167;  Rich, 
de,  vii,  1 66  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
201  n 

Markpool,  vi,  68  «  ;  vii,  172  n 
Marland  (Burnley),  vi,  452 
Marler,  Hen.  the,  vii,  120  w 
Marling,  Lady,  vii,  212 
Marmyon,  John,  vii,  24  « 
Marreys,  see  Marsh 
Marsall  (Marsden),  vi,  540  n 
Marsden    (Great   and     Little),     vi, 
233  «,    307,    349,    356 »,    361  n, 
470  H,     489  n,     492,     522,     524, 
524  n,     527,     528,     529  n,     530, 
536-41,   543  n,   547,   551  n,   552  ; 
bridges,    vi,    537  ;    ch.,   vi,    541  ; 
coal-mines,    vi,    537 ;    convents, 
vi,    541  ;    cross,   vi,   537  ;   earth- 
work,   vi,    536 ;    ind.,    vi,    537  ; 
mans.,  vi,  232,  233  n,  537  ;  mill, 
vi,    539 n ;    Nonconf.,    vi,    541  ; 
quarries,   vi,    537 ;    Rom.    Cath., 

vi,  541 

Marsden  (Merclesden,  Merkesden), 
Alice  (de),  vi,  407,  538  n  ;  Avice 
de,  vi,  544  ;  Chris.,  vi,  265,  277  «, 
302  n,  539 ;  Edw.,  vi,  468  n, 
527,  53°,  540  n;  Ellen  (de),  vi, 

526  n,  540  n  ;  vii,  92  n  ;  Gilb.  de, 
vi,  469%,  526  n,  538  n,  539  n, 
544  n  ;  vii,  24,  24  n  ;  Grace,  vi, 

527  «  ;  Hen.,  vi,  142,  277,  277  n, 
282,  539  ;  vii,  65  n,  170  n  ;  Hugh, 
vi,  48  n,  367  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  283  n, 
290,  367  n,  391  n,  526  n,  527  n  ; 
Jane,  vi,  527  ;  Janet,  vii,  65  «  ; 
Jer.,  vi,  274  »,  360  n  ;  John  (de), 
vi,  301,  494,  538  w,  539,  539", 
544  ;  vii,  24  n,  25,  25  n  ;  Lawr., 
vi,  527  «  ;  Marg.,  vi,  28  n,  48  n, 

526  n,  527  n  ;  Miles,  vi,  28  n, 
265  ;  Nich.  (de),  vi,  277,  526  n, 

527  n  ;  Osbert  de,  vi,  537  ;  Pet. 
(de),  vi,  407,  471  n,  537,  538  n  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  272  n ;  Rich,  (de), 
vi,  233 «,  277  n,  327  n,  379, 
452,  471  n,  485  n,  519,  525  n, 

393 


Marsden  (cont.) 

526,  527,  537,  538,  539,  542, 
544,  546  n  ;  vii,  34  n,  290  ;  Rob. 
(de),  vi,  371,  396,  443,  52571,  526, 
527^,  537,  538  n,  544  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  181  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  269  n, 
278,  283  n,  526  n,  538  n,  539, 
546  «  ;  vii,  24  n,  191,  196,  292; 
— ,  vi,  524  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  380  n 

Marsden  Edge  (Burnley),  vi,  447 

Marsden  Hall  (Marsden),  vi,  536, 
538 

Marsden  Height,  vi,  536,  537,  541  n 

Marsden's  tenement  (Chipping),  vii, 
26  « 

Marsey,  Randle  (Ranulf)  de,  vi, 
199,  204,  208,  213,  217,  260  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  204,  208,  213,  260  ; 
fam.,  vi,  193  n,  276,  279 

Marsh,  the  (Clifton-with-Salwick) , 
vii,  161 

Marsh,  the  (Hutton),  vi,  67  n 

Marsh  (Marays,  Marreys),  Alice  del, 
vii,  227  n  ;  Anne,  vii,  229  n  ; 
Denis  del,  vii,  175  «  ;  Ellen  del, 
vii,  249  w  ;  Evan,  vi,  in  ;  Geo., 
vii,  5  n ;  Hen.,  vii,  229  n ; 
Humph.,  vi,  now,  in;  John 
(de,  del),  vi,  in;  vii,  154  n ; 
Nich.  del,  vii,  154,  175  n,  227  n, 
249  n  ;  Rob.  de  (del,  de  la),  vii, 
inn,  226  n,  227  n  ;  Rev.  — ,  vi, 
181  n  ;  see  also  March 

Marshal   (Marshall),   Alan  the,   vii, 

100  n  ',    Alex,    the,    vii,     100  n  ; 
Alice,  vi,  66  n  ;  vii,  100  n  ;  Cecily, 
vii,  100  n  ;  Christiana,  vii,  92  n  ; 
Eliz.,   vi,   492  n  ;   Fred.,   vi,   57  ; 
Grace,  vi,  398  ;  vii,  101  n  ;  Guy, 
vi,  495  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  492  n  ;  vii, 
284  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  398  ;  vii,  101  n  ; 
John  (the),  vi,  395  n,  495  n  ;  vii, 
79  n,    92  n,    100  n  ;    Lawr.,    vii, 

101  n  ;  Maud,  vii,  252  n  ;  Milla, 
vii,  100  n  ;  Rich,  (the),  vi,  66  w, 
398  n,   492  n,   494  n,   495  n  ;   vii, 
89  n,  92  n,  100  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  493, 
496  n;   Will,    (the),  vi,   57,   377, 
398  n  ;  vii,  73  n,  74,  100  n,  252  « 

Marshey,  the  (Simonstone) ,  vi, 
498  n,  500  n 

Marshford,  Rob.,  vii,  24 

Marsh  House  (Elston),  vii,  115 

Martel,  Marg.,  vi,  390  ;  Rog.,  vi,  390 

Marten,  see  Martin 

Martholme  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi, 
122  n,  338,  339 »,  340,  341-2; 
mill,  vi,  340,  418 

Martin  (Marten),  Alice,  vii,  211  n; 
Cecily,  vi,  64  n  ;  Rev.  Edw.,  vi, 
74  n ;  Edw.,  vi,  55 ;  Jas.,  vi, 
64  n  ;  vii,  86,  87  ;  John,  vi,  237  n, 
416  ;  Lancelot,  vii,  211  «;  Matth., 
vi,  32;  Rich.,  vi,  167  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  239  «  ;  — ,  vii,  65  n 

Martindalc,  Ad.,  vi,  ij6n;  Pet., 
vi,  151 

Martin  mere,  see  Marton  mere 

Martin  of  St.  Felix,  see  Woodcock, 
Ven.  John 

Marton,  vii,  213  n,  214,  215  n,  219, 
222  n,  225,  229  n,  235  n,  239-42, 
242  »,  249  n  ;  chap.,  vii,  224, 
242  ;  char.,  vii,  225  ;  ch.,  vii,  242  ; 
mans.,  vii,  163,  164  n,  236  n,  240 ; 
mkt.,  vii,  240 ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  242  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  242  ;  sch.,  vii  ,225 

Marton,  Gt.,  vii,  165,  239,  240,  247 

Marton,  Little,  vii,  165,  176  n,  177, 
239,  240*1;  man.,  vii,  163,  164  n, 

241  ;  sch.,  vii,  242 

Marton,    Ad.    de,    vii,    240,    241  w, 

242  n ;     Alice     de,     vii,     240 »  ; 
Beatrice   de,   vii,    234  n ;    Chris., 
vi,  494  w;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  546  n  ; 

5° 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Marton  (cont ) 

vii,  241  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vii,  240  n  ; 
John,  vii,  123  ;  Marg.  de,  vii, 
240  n  ;  Margery  de,  vii,  234  n, 

240  n,  241  n  ;  Matth.  de,  vii,  240  ; 
Mich,   de,   vii,    240  n ;   Paul  de, 
vii,  241  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  234  n, 
240,  241  n,  242  n  ;  Steph.  de,  vii, 

241  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  56  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,    234  n,    240,    241  n,    242  n  ; 
Col.,  vii,  128 

Marton  Green  farm  (Marton),  vii, 
225 

Marton  (Martin)  mere,  vi,  106,  115, 
116  n  ;  vii,  176  n,  238  n,  239,  240  ; 
fishery  dispute,  vi,  106  n,  117  n 

Marton  Moss  (Blackpool),  vii,  251 

Mary,  queen,  vii,  59  n,  153,  248  n 

Maryden,  John,  vii,  24 

Masca,  see  Myerscough 

Mascroft,  Will.,  vi,  182  n 

Mascy,  see  Massey 

Mason  (Mayson,  Mazon),  Alice,  vii, 
287  n  ;  Anne,  vii,  154  n  ;  Cuth., 
vii,  154  n ;  Eliz.,  vii,  287  n  ; 
Greg.,  vii,  154  n  ;  Hen.,  vii, 
134  n  ;  Hen.  W.,  vii,  148  ;  Hugh, 
vii,  154  n ;  Jas.,  vi,  17*1,  146, 
296  ;  Jane,  vii,  287  n  ;  Marg.  le, 
vi,  390  ;  vii,  30  n,  154  n,  159  n  ; 
Pet.,  vi,  i66n  ;  vii,  121  n,  154  n, 
170  n;  Ralph,  vii,  154  n;  Rich., 
vi,  102  n  ;  vii,  154  n,  159  n  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  30  n,  287  n  ;  Rog.  le, 
vi,  390  ;  Will.,  vi,  148,  192  ;  vii, 
58  n 

(Mascy,    Massy,    Massye) , 


Massey 
Alice, 


vi,     292  n 


Edw.,  vi,  1 60  ;  Ehz.,  vii,  307  n  ; 


Ellen, 
292  n 


vii,     249 « 


Hamon,    vi, 


vu,    249  n 

Jas.,   vi,   65  ;   vii,   227  n, 

231,    231  n,    239  n,    249,    307  n  ; 

John,    vii,    119  n,    227*1,    231  n, 

241  n,  249  n  ;  Ralph,  vii,  201  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  292  n 
Master,  Anne,  vi,  89  ;  Edw.,  vi,  119, 

128  ;   Eliz.,  vi,   89,  90  n,   406  n  ; 

Gilb.  C.,  vi,  147  ;  G.  S.,  vi,  89  ; 

Jas.   S.,  vi,    147  ;    John  W.,-  vi, 

147  ;  Legh,  vi,  86  n,  89  ;  Marg.,  vi, 

85  n,  86  n,  89  n  ;  Oswald,  vi,  89  ; 

Penelope,  vi,  85  ;  Rob.,  vi,  86  n, 

89,  119  n,  128,  406  n  ;  Rev.  Rob. 

M.,  vi,   85,    89,   119,  452,  482  n  ; 

Rev.  Streynsham,  vi,  85,  86  n,  89, 

90  n,  93,  114,  119  ;—,  vi,  452 
Master-Whitaker,  Rev.  A.,  vi,  86, 

482  n  ;  Mary  C.,  vi,  482  n 
Mather,  Joan,  vi,  217  n\  Reg.,  vi, 

221  n 
Matshead  (Mateshead)  (Claughton), 

vii,   324,   329  n ;   paper-mill,   vii, 

330 
Matthew,   vi,   480 

vii,  264,  296  n 
Matthew,  Tobias    (Toby),   archbp. 

of  York,  vii,  14 
Matthews,  Rev.  Jas.,  vi,  452  ;  Jas., 

vi,  358,  516,  558  ;  — ,  vii,  188  n 
Matthewson    (Mawson),     Ad.,     vi, 

504  n  ;   Rich.,  vi,  493  ;   Rog.,  vi, 

504  n 
Maud,    vii,     180  n, 

Godwin,  vii,  45  n 

105  n,    109  n  ;   d.   of   Ivette,   vii, 

98  n  ;  d.  of  Rich.,  vii,  285  ;  w.  of 

Alex.,  vii,  209  n  ;  w.  of  Ellis,  vii, 

169  n  ;  w.  of  Grimbald,  vii,  192  n ; 

w.  of  Rob.,  vi,  66  n;  w.  of  Will. 

the  fisher,  vi,  166  n  ;  w.  of  Will. 

the  marshal,  vii,  252  n 
Maude,  Fred.,  vii,  67 
Maudlands     (Preston),     vii,     74  n, 

79  n,  163  n 
Maudsley,  see  Mawdesley 


the   physician, 


33in;    d.    of 
d.  of  Hen.,  vii, 


Maudson    (Mauldeson),    John,    vii, 

3i  «,  33 

Mauleverer,  Kath.,  vii,  280  n  ;  Sir 
Pet.,  vii,  280  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  254  ; 
Sibyl,  vi,  254 

Maulke,  vi,  548 

Maunsell  (Mauncel),  Edm.,  vii,  62  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  377  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  296  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  296  ;  see  also  Mansel 

Maurice,  vii,  31,  31  n  ;  abbot  of 
Evesham,  vi,  65  ;  abbot  of  Kirk- 
stall,  vi,  480  n 

Maw,  Mrs.,  vi,  413 

Mawdesley,  vi,  81,  86  n,  91  »,  96- 
100  ;  char.,  vi,  90,  91  n  ;  man.,  vi, 
97;  Nonconf.,  vi,  100 ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vi,  100  ;  sch.,  vi,  89,  100 

Mawdesley  (Maudsley),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
97  n,  98  n  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  97  n  ; 
Alex,  vi,  97  w,  166,  168  ;  Alice  de, 
vi,  97  n  ;  Benet  de,  vi,  93  n  ; 
Chris.,  vii,  32  ;  Dorothy,  vii, 
226  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  97  n,  285  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  285  n  ;  Emma  (de),  vi, 
429  n,  456  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  97  n, 
272  n,  367  n  ;  vii,  31,  32  ;  Hugh 
de,  vi,  97  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  100  n  ; 
Joan  de,  vi,  97  n  ;  John  de,  vi, 
97  n,  98  «  ;  Kath.,  vi,  398  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  100  n ;  Ottwell,  vi, 
97  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  204  ;  Ralph  de, 
vi,  97  n ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  97  n, 
174  n  ;  Rich.  H.  de,  vi,  97  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  97  n,  98,  100 ;  vii, 
226  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  97  n  ;  Rev. 
Thos.,  vi,  97 ;  Thos.  (de),  vi, 
88,  94  n,  97  »,  166  n,  167  n  ; 
vii,  24  n,  25,  204  n  ;  Thurstan, 
vi,  72  «,  97  n,  167,  239,  273, 
398  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  97  n,  98,  100, 
177  n,  429  n,  456  «  ;  Will.  H.  de, 
vi,  97  n  ;  — ,  vi,  74  n  ;  fam.,  vi, 
17,  158,  246  n 

Mawdesley  Hall,  vi,  97,  98 

Mawson,  see  Matthewson 

May,  Edw.,  vi,  214  n  ;  Jas.  W.  S., 
vii,  259  ;  set  also  Mey 

Maycrarth  (Shevington) ,  vi,  202  n 

Mayfield,  John,  vii,  222  n,  239  ; 
Mary,  vii,  239  n  ;  — ,  vii,  164  n 

Mayhew,  Perceval  S.,  vi,  210  ;  Walt, 
vi,  210  n 

Maynard,  Dorothy,  Lady,  vii, 
286  n ;  Eliz.,  Lady,  vii,  287  ; 
Banastre,  Ld.,  vii,  286  n,  287  ; 
Will.,  Ld.,  vii,  286  n,  287  n 

Maynes,  the  (Euxton),  vi,  19  n 

Maynes,  the  (Walton),  vi,  296 

Mayridding  (Ribchester),  vii,  47  » 

Mayson,  Mazon,  see  Mason 

Meadowcroft  (Church),  vi,  402  n 

Meadowcroft,  Ad.  de,  vi,  200  n ; 
Nich.  de,  vi,  406  n ;  Rich.,  vi, 
23  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  482  n 

Meadowgate  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  268 

Meadowlache  (Simonstone),  vi, 
499  « 

Meadowtop  (Accrington),  vi,  423 

Meanwood  (Wrightington),  vi,  175  n 

Mearley,  vi,  349,  375-79,  555  n, 
55.8,  559,  559  n  ',  mans.,  vi,  375  ; 
mill-,  vi,  375  n,  377  n,  378  n 

Mearley,  Gt.,  vi,  356  n,  375,  376  n, 
379  n,  504,  555  n 

Mearley,  Little,  vi,  356  n,  375,  377 

Mearley,  Ad.  de,  vi,  375  ;  Agnes 
de,  vi,  365  n,  375  ;  Eve  de,  vi, 
375  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  377,  559  n  ; 
Lawr.  de,  vi,  559  n ;  Ralph  de, 
vi,  375  n,  559  n  ;  Steph.  de,  vi, 
365  n,  375  ;  see  also  Morley 

Mearley  Bank  (Mearley),  vi,  378  n 

Mearley  Hall,  vi,  376 

Mears,  T.,  vi,  354,  450,  517,  533  ; 
vii,  23,  82,  295 

394 


Mears    &    Co.,    vi,    186,    239,    354, 

370;  vii,  40,  145,  217 
Mears    &    Stainbank,    vi,    54,    342, 

495  ;  vii,  123,  203,  217 
Meath,  Rich,  de,  vii,  229  n 
Meatham,  Rev.  Edw.,  vi,  435  n 
Medcalfe,  see  Metcalfe 
Medgeall,  fam.,  see  Midgehalgh 
Medholme  (Lytham),  vii,  216  n 
Medlar  (Medlar-with-Wesham) ,  vii, 

108,  143,  143  M,  144,  144  «,  150, 

153-7,  i?6  »,  1.79,    182  w,    187  », 

196  n  ;  man.,  vii,  153 
Medlar,   Eda  de,  vii,   153  n  ;   John 

de,  vii,   157  n  ;  Margery  de,  vii, 

157  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  153  n  ;  Sim. 

de,    vii,    157  n ;     Will,    de,    vii, 

157  n 

Medulache  (Read),  vi,  503  n 
Meger,  Ad.  le,  vi,  507  n  ;  Thos.  le, 

vi,  507  n 

Mekes  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Mekmyr    (Nether   Wyresdale),    vii, 

302  n 

Meldrum,  Sir  John,  vii,  144  n 
Meleire,  see  Mellor 
Meles,  see  Meols 
Melling,  vi,  419  w 
Melling,  Eiiz.,  vii,  324  n  ;  Jas.,  vii, 

117  ;  Mary,  vii,  136  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 

143  » 

Mellor,  vi,  235,  260-3,  278,  319, 
555  n  ;  vii,  49  n,  50  n  ;  char.,  vi, 
244  ;  ch.,  vi,  263  ;  man,  vi,  260, 
378  M  ;  mill.,  vi,  262  n  ;  Rom. 
rem.,  vi,  260 

Mellor,  brook,  vi,  260,  263,313 
Mellor    (Meleire,    Meluer,    Meluir) , 
Emmota  de,  vii,  30  n  ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,  262  ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  262  ;  John 
de,  vi,  262,  263  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi, 
262  ;    Rob.   de,   vi,    262,    263  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  262  n  ;  Will,  do,  vi, 
262,  345 
Mellor     Brook     (Samlesbury),     vi, 

260,  303 

Mellor  Moor,  vi,  251,  260 
Meluer,  Meluir,  see  Mellor 
Menegate  (Cliviger),  vi,  485  n 
Meneriding  (Whittle),  vi,  36  n 
Menerode  (Cliviger),  vi,  485  n 
Meols,  North,  vi,  58  n,  59 
Meols  (Meles),  Ad.  de,  vi,  7  n  ;  vii, 

168  n,  169 n,  i8ow,  315  n;  Ad.  W. 
de,  vi,  7 ;  Alan  de,  vii,  169  n ;  Alice 
de,  vii,  227  n ;  Gilb.  de,  vii,  168, 

169  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  62  n  ;  John 
del,  vi,  ii  n,  62  n,  256  ;  Margery 
de,    vii,    1 68  n,    169  n  ;    Matilda 
del,  vi,   256  ;   Will,   de   (del),  vi, 
7,  ii «,  62 ;  vii,  169  n,  227  n 

Mercer,   Alex.,  vi,  342  ;   Alice,  vii, 
161  n  ;   Chris.,   vi.   499  n  ;   Edw., 
vi,  342  ;  vii,  161  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  161  «  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  340  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  499  n  ; 
John,   vi,    161,   338;   vii,    159  n, 
161,  320  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  161  n  ;  vii, 
304  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  499  ;  Rob.,  vii, 
174  n;    Rob.    C.,    vi,    344,    416; 
Thos.,  vi,  95  n,  99  n,  161,  367  n, 
432  n  ;  vii,  304  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  n  n, 
342  ;  vii,  161  n  ;  — ,  vi,  340 
Merchat,  tax,  vii,  487  n 
Merclesden,  see  Marsden 
Merclie  (Lea),  vii,  I3O« 
Merclisden,  see  Marsden 
Mere,  the  (Salesbury),  vi,  253 
Mere,  Anne,  vi,   476  n ;   John,  vi, 
476  »  ;  Jordan  de  la,  vii,  234  n  ; 
Rich,  de  la,  vii,  234  n  ;  Thos.  del, 
vii,  234  n 

Mere  Brow  (Tarleton),  vi,  115 
Merecliff  (Hothersall),  vii,  65  n 
Mere    Clough    (Cliviger),    vi,    479 ; 
vii,  27  «,  141  n 


INDEX 


Mereclough,   Mocock  del,  vi,   480  ; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  481  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

481  n 
Mereclough   Eilsy    (Salesbury),    vi, 

253* 

Meregatelache,  see  Mergelache 
Meregrene  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  *i 
Mere   Hole   Well   (Accrington),   vi, 

423 
Merelache     (Clayton -le-Moors),    vi, 

417*1,  418 

Merelich  (Lea),  vii,  130*1 
Merepool,  see  Markpool 
Mereslack  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Mereton,  Meretun,  see  Marton 
Mergelache      Clough      (Clayton-le- 

Moors),  vi,  417  «,  418 
Merivale  Abbey  (Warws.),  vi,  150  ; 
Rob.  de  Oke thorp,  abbot  of,  vi, 
150  n  ;  Will.,  abbot  of,  vi,  150 
Merkelstene,  Merkesden,  see  Mars- 
den 
Merlay,      Merlee,       Merleye,      see 

Mearley 

Merrick,  John,  vii,  18  n 
Merrick's  Hall  (Bailey),  vii,  19 
Merryloft,  Geo.,  vi,  56  n 
Merseland  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Mershey,  see  Marshey 
Merstalknoll    (Walton-le-Dale),    vi, 

290 

Merstholme  (Lea),  vii,  130  *i 
Mersyke  (Chipping),  vii,  29  *i 
Merton,  par.,  see  Marton 
Merton,  Walt,  de,  vii,  84 
Merton  College  (Oxf.),  vii,  84  n 
Metcalfe     (Medcalfe),     Chris.,     vii, 
282  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  274  »i,  416  ;  vii, 

3i  « 

Methodists,  vi,  17,  32,  49,  65,  74, 
81,  96,  108,  114,  119,  147,  154, 
171,  178,  199,  203,  229,  248, 
257,  275,  275  n,  278,  289,  300, 
344,  348,  371,  372,  373,  387, 
409,  423,  427,  435,  436,  440-1, 
452,  453,  468,  473,  496,  519, 
535,  54i,  544,  552  ;  vii,  103,  179  », 
237,  251,  276,  291 

Methop,  see  Mythop 

Meuland,  Rog.  de,  vi,  240  *i 

Mey,  Maud,  vi,  538  n ;  Rob.,  vi, 
538 ;  Will.,  vi,  538 ;  see  also 
May 

Meynell-Ingram,  Mrs.,  vii,  237 

Meynil,  Hugh  de,  vi,  92  n 

Michael,  vi,  457 ;  the  clerk,  vii, 
252  n  ;  the  reeve,  vii,  256  n  ; 
the  stock-keeper,  vi,  424 

Michael  Kirk  (Upper  Rawcliffe), 
vii,  267 

Micheles-cherche,  see  St.  Michael- 
on-Wyre 

Michell,  Cath.  C.,  vi,  167 ;  Jas.  C., 
vi,  167 ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  167, 
1 68  n  ;  see  also  Mitchell 

Mickle     brook      (Goosnargh),     vii, 

193" 

Micklefal  (Balderston),  vi,  313 
Micklehey  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Micklehey  (Rishton),  vi,  346 
Micklehurst    (Habergham    Eaves) , 

vi,  454 

Micklesykecarr  (Longton),  vi,  71  * 
Miclelhalgh  (Charnock),  vi,  207  * 
Middelarghe,        Middelerwe,        ste 

Medlar 
Middelrotheclyue,      see     Rawcliffe, 

Middle 

Middesholme  (Dutton),  vii,  57  n 
Middilhargh,  see  Medlar 
Middleforth    Green     (Middleforth) , 

(Penwortham),    vi,    57  n,    58  *i, 

61  n  ;  char.,  vi,  56  *»  ;  ch.,  vi,  61  ; 

Nonconf.,  vi,  61 
Middleforth  moor,  vi,  61  n 


Middlehill  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

457 

Middlehurst,  Jas.,  vii,  82  n 
Middlemore,   Margery  de,   vi,   480, 

482  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  480,  482  n 
Middle     Raw  cliff..-,    see     Rawcliffe, 

Middle 
Middleton    (Goosnargh),    vii,    191  ; 

man.,  vii,  196 
Middleton,     Ad.     de,     vii,     235  n  ; 

Agnes    (de),    vii,     100  n,     173  n. 

235  n  ;  Alan  de,  vii,  235  n  ;  Alice 

de,    vii,    177  n  ;    Geo.,    vii,    159, 

159  n,  201  n  ;  Gervase,  vii,  159  *i, 

J73,    I73f|J    Hen.   de,   vi,    366; 

Hugh  de,  vii,  192  ft,  196  n  ;  Jas., 

vi,  556  n  ;  John  (de),  vi,  556  *  ; 

vii,   loo  n  ;   Pat.  de,  vii,   196  n  ; 

Rich,   de,  vii,   196 «  ;   Rob.,  vii, 

74,    75  »>    I73«,    177*,    196*1, 
328  n  ;  Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  313  ;  Thos., 
vii,  159  n.  201  n 
Middleton    Hall    (Goosnargh),    vii, 

197 

Middle  wood  (Chatburn),  vi,  373  *i 

Middleyard  (Ightenhill  Park),  vi, 
48811 

Midehope,  see  Mythop 

Mideste  Routheclif,  see  Rawcliffe, 
Middle 

Midgehalgh  (Medgeall,  Midgeall, 
Midgehall,  Migehalgh,  Migel- 
halgh,  Miggehalgh,  Mighall), 
Ah'ce,  vii,  199  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  128  n, 
199,  205,  205  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  128  *», 
199  *  ;  Geo.,  vi,  67  n,  73  *»  ;  vii, 
128  n,  199,  205  n  ;  Marg.,  vii, 
199  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  66  «,  72  n, 
73  n  ;  vii,  128  *,  195  n,  199, 
199  «,  288  «  ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  66  »  ; 
Will.,  vii,  199  n  ;  Rev.  — ,  vi, 

333" 
Midge     Hall     (Leyland),     vi,     10 ; 

Nonconf.,  vi,  17 
Midgehall,  fam.,  see  Midgehalgh 
Midgeley  (Midgley,  Mygeley),  Rob., 

vi,  259  n,  549 ;  Thos.,  vi,  531  n 
Midghalgh   (Myerscough),  vii,   138, 

139  *,  M1 

Midgrum  Holme  (Trawden),  vi,  552 
Midhope,  fam.,  vii,  174*1 
Migehalgh,  Migelhalgh,  Miggehalgh, 

fam.,  see  Midgehalgh 
Miggylund  (Lytham),  \ii,  215  n 
Mighall,  fam.,  see  Midgehalgh 
Mikel,  brook  (Clayton-le-Dale),  vi, 

258*1 

Mikelbroc  (Dinckley),  vi,  336 
Mikelfal  (Sunderland),  vi,  320 
Mikelridding  (Myke bidding),  John 

del,  vi,  336  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  337 
Mikerode  (Simonstone),  vi,  499  n 
Milanesmur  (Carleton),  vii,  229*1 
Mill,  brook,  vi,  192,  556*1;  vii,  192  n 
Millard,  Ernest  T.,  vii,  291 
Millbridge,  vi,  477  n 
Mill  Carr  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Mille,  vii,  130  n 
Mill  End  (Newchurch),  vi,  441 
Miller,  Gilb.  the,  vi,  335  n  ;    John, 
vii,    179 »,    296,    310 ;    Jos.,   vii, 
136  n  ;  Rob.  the,  vii,  268  ;  Thos., 
vi,  167  n  ;  vii,  97  n,  138  *i,  178  », 
185 ;    Thos.    H.,    vii,    178,    185, 
1 88,  239*1;   Will,  the,  vii,  268; 
see  also  Milner 
Miller,  Burys  &  Co.,  vi,  513 
Miller  park  (Preston),  vii,  91 
Miller's  Barn  (Waterfoot),  vi,  440 
Millfield  (Lea),  vii,  130*1 
Millfield  (Speke),  vi,  206  *» 
Mill  Furlong  (Lea),  vii,  132  n 
Mill  Hill  (Kirkham),  vii,  150 
Mill  Hill  (Livesey),  vi,  263,  284 
Mill  Hill  (Whithalgh),  vi,  289 

395 


Millholme  (Ulnes  Walton),  vi,  91  n 
Millington,   Anne,   vi,   93  n,   94  n  ; 

N.,  vi,  94  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  93  n 
Millom    (Millum),    Avice    de,    vii, 

92  n,  229  n,  285  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii, 

215  *  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  92  *i,  229  it 
285* 

Mills,  vi,  18,  66  n,  67  n,  68,  68  n, 
loo  n,  142,  183,  253  n,  262  n, 
264  n,  269,  270,  272  *,  277, 
277  n,  279,  301  »,  302  n,  313,  326, 
328,  336,  338,  339  »«,  340,  345*1, 
364*1,  367,  372,  372*1,  375  n, 
377",  378  n,  379,  384,  393,1, 
397  »,  400  n,  401  n,  402  n,  406  «, 
407,  418,  424,  428,  428  n,  431, 
439  «,  441  «,  443,  447  »,  459  *, 
472»  477  »»,  479,  488,  489,  489  «, 
490,  491,  493,  497  »,  498,  499, 
507*1,  508 «,  510 »,  515,  521, 

524,  539  «,  54°,  540  »,  543,  543  *, 
545,  546,  551,  552  «,  553,  554  «, 
559  n;  vu,  13,  13*1,  14  n,  16*, 
27  «,  50,  79  »,  92  n,  94  n,  100  *, 
102  n,  106,  107*1,  109  n,  112*1, 
114  n,  115  n,  n6n,  n8»,  119  n, 
125 »,  127,  128  n,  136,  152, 
152  n,  201,  209*1,  211,  214, 
216 «,  268,  270  n,  273  n,  278, 
280  n,  281  *,  283  n,  284,  284  n, 
292,  293  n,  302  *i,  303,  314 

Mills,  Arth.  E.,  vi,  496 

Millson,  — ,  vi,  178 

Millstones,  Old  (Ashton),  vii,  77  n 

Millum,  see  Millom 

Millward  (Mihvard),  Anselm,  vii, 
205  n  ;  — ,  vi,  365  n 

Milne,  brook,  vi,  338 

Milne,  John  del,  vii,  136  n 

Milneclough,  vii,  59  n 

Milne  croft  (Heath  Charnock),  vi, 

216  « 

Milnedey  (Simonstone),  vi,  499  n 

Milne  pool  (Layton),  vii,  223  n 

Milner  (Eccleston),  vi,  165  n 

Milner,  Isaac  W.,  vi,  52  ;  Rev.  John, 
vii,  23  ;  John,  vii,  25,  26 ;  Kath., 
vi,  74  n;  see  also  Miller 

Milneriding,  le  (Balderston),  vi,  313 

Mihiholme  (Button),  vii,  55 

Milnshaw  (Accrington),  vi,  423, 
425* 

Milnshaw  Park  (Accrington),  vi,  426 

Mil  ward,  see  Millward 

Mincepitt  well  (Preston),  vii,  96  n 

Mmshull,  fam.,  vi,  84  n 

Minspit  Weind  (Preston),  vii,  89  n 

Miresco,  Mirescowe,  see  Myers- 
cough 

Mirre,  vii,  96  n,  100  n 

Mirrell  (Chatburn),  \-i,  372  n 

Mirreson,  Ad.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Christiana, 
vii,  98  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  98  n  ;  Mar- 
gery, vii,  99  n  ;  Rog.,  vii,  99  n  ; 
Will.,  vii,  99  n 

Mirscho,  see  Myerscough 

Mischief  night,  vii,  27  n 

Mitchcock,  John,  vi,  371 

Mitchell  (Mitchel),  Eliz.,  vi,  528  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  528  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  542  n  ; 
John,  vi,  521,  530;  vii,  14*; 
Nich.,  vi,  528 «,  530 ;  Pet.,  vi, 
528  n  ;  Sarah,  vii,  14  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 
440;  Rev.  W.,  vi,  164*1;  — ,  vi, 
524  n  ;  see  also  Michell 

Mitchellfield  Nook  (Newchurch) , 
vi,  439  * 

Mitholme  (Hap ton),  vi,  510  n 

Mithop,  see  Mythop 

Mitton,  Gt.  (Yorks),  vi,  375  n  ;  vii, 
2,  8n 

Mitton,  Little,  vi,  230,  234,  349, 
356  n,  357,  388-91;  vii,  321, 
321*1,  322;  char.,  vii,  20*1; 
man.,  vi,  388,  395 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Mitton  (Little  Mitton),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
379  »,  388  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  389  ; 
vii,   33 « ;   Amabel  de,   vii,    15  ; 
Anabil  de,  vii,  2  ;  Beatrice  de,  vii, 
192,  324  n  ;  Bern,  de,  vii,   92  n  ; 
Cecily  de,  vii,   15,  33  n  ;  Denise 
de,  vii,  3  ;  Geo.,  vii,  298  ;  Hawise 
de,  vii,   168  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  388  *», 
520,  542  n,  545  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vi, 
47  n  ;  vii,  2,  4,  33  n,  168  n,  182  «, 
192,     272,     321,     322  n,     323 «, 
324  n,  330  «,  369  «  ;  Joan  de,  vii, 
330  n ;    John    (de),    vi,    391  n  ; 
vii,  2  n,  15,  15  n,  33  ;  Jordan  de, 
vi,  375 »» ;  vii,  2  »,  3,  4,  15,  33  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  389  ;  vii,  2,  15  «, 
192  n,  322  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  272  ; 
Nich.   de,   vii,    16  n ;   Sir  Ralph 
de,  vi,  388  n  ;  vii,  192  n  ;  Ralph 
de,  vi,  284  ;  vii,  2,   3,   13,   15  n, 
17>    33  M>     *92  w,    322  n,    324  n, 
375  «  ;    Rich.,    vi,    388  «  ;    Rob. 
(de),  vi,  388  n,  404  ;  vii,  2,  4,  13, 
13  n,  192  n  ;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  520  ; 
vii,  15,  33  «  ;  Steph.  de,  vi,  388  n  ; 
Will,    (de),    vi,    394  n,    520 ;    vii, 
16  n  ;  — ,  vi,  395  n 
Mocatta,  Will.  A.,  vii,  245 
Mocockson,  Rich.,  vi,  477  n 
Modwoodhouse  (Cliviger),  vi,  481  n 
Mohun,  Ld.,  vii,  304 
Moketlands  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Molanus,  Anne,  vii,   329 «  ;   John, 

vii,  329  « 

Moldesfield  (Wrightington),  vi,  1 73  n 
Molding,  Edw.,  vi,  312  n 
Molebrek,  see  Mowbreck 
Mollington  Banastre,  man.  (Chester), 

vi,  38  n  ;  vii,  130 

Molyneux,  Lds.,  vi,  ign,  22,  HI, 
129,  164  n  ;  vii,  75  n,  116,  144  «  ; 
Caryll,  vi,  no  n  ;  Rich.,  vii, 
164  n  ;  vsct.,  vi,  290 
Molyneux  (Mulyneus),  Sir  Ad.  de, 
vii,  168  n ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  19  ; 
Alice  de,  vi,  209  n  ;  Anabil,  vi, 
164  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  19  «,  195  n  ; 
vii,  163,  274  n,  308  n  ;  Bridg., 
vi,  138,  195  «,  207;  vii,  182  n  ; 
Cecily  de,  vii,  249  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  7  ; 
Eleanor,  vi,  60  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  33  «, 
163  n,  305  ;  vii,  127,  163,  229  n, 
274  ;  Ellen,  vi,  212  ;  Emma  de, 
vi,  198  n,  302  ;  Fleetwood,  vii, 
128  ;  Frances,  vii,  215  n  ;  Jane, 
vi,  163  n  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  19,  206, 

301,  302;   vii,   94  n,    106  n  ;   Sir 
John,  vi,  163  n  ;   John,  vi,   113, 
123 «,     207,     212 «,     317,     340 ; 
Juliana,  vi,  421  ;  Kath.  (de),  vi, 

302,  320 ;    Leticia  (Lettice)   de, 
vi,  302  ;  vii,  316  ;  Lucy,  vi,  113, 
163  n  ;  Marg.  (de),  vi,  317;  vii, 
1 68  n  ;  Mary,  vii,  164  n  ;  Ralph, 
vi,  212  ;  Sir  Rich.,  vi,  36  n,  65  n, 
no,    HI  n,    163  n,    164,    165  n, 
1 66,  217  n,  305,  421  ;  vii,  98  «, 
n6«,    128,    201,    215  M,    278  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  25,  26,  60 »,  163, 
198*1,  206,  209  n,  262,  302;  vii, 
115,     128,     182*1,     183 «,     184, 
201  n,  283  n,  316  ;  Capt.  Rigby, 
vi,  163  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  25,  164  «  ; 
vii,   Ib8«;   Sir  Thos.,  vi,   17*1; 
vii,    274  ;    Thos.    (de),    vi,    61  n, 
109*1,    164,    212  «,    249,    262  n, 
282,  301,  302,   305  n,  320,  321  ; 
vii,    94 «,     96 «,     106  n,     137  n, 
163  «,  249  «,  292  «  ;  Sir  Will,  (de), 
vi,    19,   22  «,   33  n,   57  n,    163  n, 
195  n ;     vii,     127,     163,     201  n, 
213  n,  229  n  ;  Will,   (de),  vi,   19, 
24  «,  26  «,  no  «  ;  vii,  182,  182  n, 
283  ;    — ,     vii,    241  ;     fam.,    vi, 
16-17,  23,  51  ;  vii,  101 


Mon,  John  le,  vi,  470  n  ;  Rich,  le, 

vi,  470  n  ;  Rob.  le,  vi,  470  n 
Monachis,  Ad.  de,  vi,  471  n,  473  n 
Monasteriis,  Jas.  de,  vii,  264 
Monk,  fam.,  see  Albemarle 
Monk  Bretton  Priory   (Yorks),  vi, 

487 

Monkdyke  (Downham),  vi,  556*1 
Monke-flattes  (Sunderland),  vi,  318 
Monkeshall,  Hen.  de,  vi,  471  n 
Monkeshulles  (Hoghton),  see  Monks- 
hill 

Monkfal  (Balderston),  vi,  313,  314 
Monkgate  (Clitheroe),  vi,  366  n 
Monk  Hall  vi,  469,  471  n,  472 
Monkholme  (Monk  Keys)  (Reedley), 

vi,  490 
Monkroyd    (Foulridge),    vi,    525*1, 

544,  547,  551 

Monkroyd,  Emma  del,  vi,  548  ; 
Will.,  vi,  547  n 

Monks  Hall,  see  Monk  Hall 

Monkshill  (Hoghton),  vi,  37  w, 
48  n,  49  n 

Montagu,  Eliz.  Montagu,  dchss.  of, 
vi,  233  ;  dks.  of,  vi,  380,  490  n  ; 
Geo.  Brudenell,  vi,  233  ;  John 
Montagu,  vi,  233  ;  Ralph  Mon- 
tagu, vi,  233  ;  Ld.,  vi,  362  ;  Hen. 
J.  D.  S.  Montagu,  Ld.,  vi,  233, 

234 

Montagu,  Mary,  vi,  233 
Montbegon  (Montbegan),  Sir  Rog. 

de,  vi,  91,  92  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  91, 

92,  96  «,  116,  130 
Montbegon,  fee,  vi,  gin,  115  ;  vii, 

101  n 

Monteagle,  see  Mounteagle 
Montford  (New  Laund  Booth),  vi, 

490,  492 
Monumental  effigies,    vi,  186,  354, 

370 

Moody,  John,  vi,  160  ;  Jordan,  vii, 
16  n,  17 «;  Ralph,  vii,  17*1; 
Rich.,  vi,  183,  184,  1 86,  189  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  198  n 

Moon's  Mill,  see  Walton,  Higher 
Moor  (Clifton),  vii,  162  n 
Moor,    Ad.    de   la    (del),    vi,    18 «, 
34  n ;    vii,    n6«,   227*1;    Anne, 
vii,  1 50  n  ;  Ellen  del,  vii,  79  «  ; 
Hen.  del,  vii,  79  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  43  n, 
79  «;  John,  vii,  41,  79  n  ;  Rich, 
del,    vii,    170*1;    Rob.    del,    vii, 
125  «,  i68*»;  Walt,  del  (de  la), 
vii,  226  «,  227  n  ;  Will,  del,  vii, 
226  n  ;   fam.,   vi,   69  n  ;   see  also 
Moore  and  More 
Moorbreck,  see  Mowbreck 
Moor  Butts  (Worston),  vi,  374 
Moore,  Anne,  vi,  279  ;  Sir  Cleave, 
vii,  230  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  141  *»,  226  n  ; 
vii,  230  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  395  n  ;  Harold 
B.,    vi,    558 ;    Hen.,    vi,    546  n ; 
Hugh,    vi,    494  n,    513*1,    517; 
vii,     241  n ;     Jas.,     vii,     200  n  ; 
John,  vi,  73,  i66w,  279,  395  n, 
419,  491,  492,  494  «,  513  «,  515  I 
Sir  Jonas,  vi,  513  ;  Letitia,  vii, 
207  «  ;  Marg.,  vii,  230  n  ;  Nich., 
vi,  513  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  22,  494  n  ; 
vii,    165  ;   Thos.,   vi,   3  n,   22  n  ; 
Will.,   vi,    166 «,   279,    358 ;    vii, 
98*1,   241**;  — ,   vi,   513*2;   vii, 
281  n  ;  see  also  Moor  and  More 
Moorfield  (Chorley),  vi,  136 
Moor  Field  (Preston) ,  vii,  79  n 
Moorfields  (Burnley),  vi,  445  n 
Moorfields  (Elston),  vii,  114 
Moorflat  (Hutton),  vi,  69  n 
Moor  Furlong  (Ribbleton),  vii,  106  n 
Moorgate  (Preston),  vii,  76 
Moorgate  (Whithalgh),  vi,  288 
Moorgate  Fold  (Livesey),  vi,  284  n 
Moor  Hall  (Preston),  vii,  102  n 

396 


Moor    Hall    (Woodplumpton),    vii, 

288 

Moorhey  (Clayton),  vi,  ion 
Moorheys  (Anderton),  vi,  222  n 
Moorhiles  (New  Laund  Booth),  vi, 

490,  491 
Moor    House    (Whittingham),    vii, 

207,  213  n 

Moorhouses,  man.  (Clifton),  vii,  162 
Moor  Isles,  see  Moorhiles 
Moor  Park  (Preston),  vii,  77,  91 
Moorplat  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 
Moor  quarter  (Hoghton),  vi,  37 
Moors,  the  (Leyland),  vi,  3 
Moorside  (Woodplumpton),  vii,  285 
Moorsyke  (Haighton),  vii,  126  n 
Morae,  Paul,  vi,  ion 
Morbreck,  see  Mowbreck 
Morca,  Ad.  de,  vii,  53  «  ;  Ellen  de, 

vii,  53  « 

Mordaunt,  Agnes  (Annes),  vii,  258, 
258  n,  259  ;  Anne,  vii,  257  n, 
258  n,  259  ;  Will.,  vii,  257  n, 
258,  259 

More,    Ad.    del,    vi,    34  n ;    Amery 
atte,  vi,  71  n  ;  Ellen  del,  vi,  34  n  ; 
John,  vi,  73  n  ;  Steph.,  vi,  371  ; 
Sir  Thos.,  vii,  19,  95  n  ;  Thos.  de 
la,  vi,   71  «;   Warine  de  la,  vi, 
71  n  ;   Will,    atte,   vi,    71  n  ;    see 
also  Moor  and  Moore 
Moreacres,  the  (Hoghton),  vi,  39  n 
Moreau,  Jas.,  vii,  HIM;  Paul,  vii, 

in  «,  112  n 
Morehouses     (Over     Danven),     vi, 

270  n 

Mores,  see  Morris 
Moresby,   Eliz.,   vi,   294 ;   Jas.,   vi, 

294 

Moreton  (Whalley),  vi,  381,  387, 
505  ;  vii,  14 

Moreton,  brook,  vii,  13  n 

Moreton  (Morton,  Morteyn),  Alma- 
rica  (Amiria)  de,  vi,  387  «  ;  vii, 
14  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  88  n  ;  Gamel  de, 
vii,  14  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  387  n  ;  Grace, 
vii,  205  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vii,  160  «, 

171  n,  172  n,  229  *»,  285  n  ;  John, 
vi,  387  n  ;  Jordan  de,  vi,  387  n  ; 
Kath.,  vi,  387  n  ;   Marg.  de,  vii, 

172  «,  229  n,   285  n  ;   Ralph  de, 
vii,  15  *t ;  Siward  de,  vi,  387  n  ; 
vii,    14  n ;    Sybil   de,   vii,    14 «; 
Will.,  vii,  200  n 

Moreton  Hall  (Whalley),  vi,  387 
Moreton  House  (Whalley),  vi,  387  n ; 

vii,  I 
Morgan,  archd.  of  Richmond,  vii, 

217  n 

Morilegh  (Bilsborrow),  vii,  332  n 
Morley,  Ld.,  see  Morley  and  Mount- 
eagle,  Ld. 

Morley  (Morleys),  Agnes,  vi,  377  n  ; 
Ambrose,  vi,  330 ;  Chas.,  vi, 
330 ;  Eliz.  (de),  vi,  330,  366  n, 

376,  377  n  ;    Ellen  de,  vi,   330  ; 
Fran.,   vii,   128 ;   Hen.,   vi,   330  ; 
Hugh  de,  vi,  208  n  ;   Isabel,  vi, 
330  ;   Jane,  vi,  330  ;   Jennet,  vi, 
330  n  ;  John  (de),  vi,  330,  330*1, 

377.  378  n,  391  n,  393  n  ;  Marg. 
(de),    vi,    208  n,    330  n,    377  «; 
Nich.,   vi,    330 ;    Rich,    (de),    vi, 
330,    366 *t,    376,    377 «,    391  vi, 
393  n  ;    vii,     332  n  ;    Rob.    (de), 
vi,   329,   330,    377 «,   378w:   vii, 
15;   Rog.,  vi,  330;  Sim.  de,  vi, 
330  ;  Thos.,  vi,  377  n  ;  Ughtred, 
vi,    33°>    33° n  ;    Will,    (de),    vi, 
33°>  377  *  ;  sgt  also  Mearley 

Morley   and    Mounteagle,    Ld.,    vi, 

100,  200  n,  218,  241  n 
Morleye,  seeJMorley  and  Mearley 
Morley  Hey  (Mearley),  vi,  378  n 
Morleys,  see  Morley  and  Mearley 


INDEX 


Mormons,  vi,  74  n,  249  ;  vii,  104 
Morrell   Heights    (Higher    Booths), 

vi,  435 
Morris     (Mores,    Morres,    Morrice), 

Arth.  J.,  vi,  404;  Fran.,  vii,  263  ; 

Rev.  Hen.,  vi,  452  ;  John,  vi,  5  n, 

241,  259  n,  260 
Morisson,  Ad.,  vi,  107  n  ;    Rich,  vi, 

107  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  107  n 
Mort,  Ad.,  vi,  306*1;  vii,  75,  78  n, 

102  n  ;  Ann,  vi,  306  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii, 

102  n  ;    Janet,   vii,    102  n  ;   Seth, 

vii,  102  n 
Mortain,    John,    ct.    of,    see    John, 

king  of  England  ;  Steph.,  ct.  of, 

vii,  246 

Morteyn,  Morton,  see  Moreton 
Morvill     (Morvell),     Ada    de,     vii, 

267  «  ;   Helewise  de,   vii,   267  n  ; 

Hugh  de,   vii,   267  n ;   Will.,   vi, 

496 
Moseley    (Habergham    Eaves),    vi, 

454,  467 

Mosley    (Moseley),    Sir    Edw.,    vii, 

322  n ;    Edw.,    vi,    777*,    170*1, 

173  n,    176  n  ;   vii,    inn;    Rich. 

de,  vi,  369  n 

Mosney  House  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi, 

295 

Moss,   John,  vi,   72,  73  ;   vii,  60  n, 
312  ;  Rob.,  vi,  72,  73,  341  n  ;  vii, 
224  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  72 
Moss  Dyke  (Haighton),  vii,  125  n 
Moss  House  (Colne),  vi,  528 
Moss  House  (Foulridge),  vi,  546  n 
Mosshouses  (Hoole),  vi,  149 
Mossiley  Carr  (Button),  vii,  57  n 
Mossop,  Isaac,  vii,  291 
Moss  Side  (Leyland),  vi,  17 
Moss  Side  (Little  Marton),  vii,  242 
Mosvale  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi,  290 
Moton   (Motoun,  Muttun,  Mutun), 
Ad.    de,    vii,    46  n,    47*1,    48  w, 
53  n  ;    Agnes,    vii,    35  «,    47  «  ; 
Alice,  vii,  35  n  ;  Amabel,  vii,  45  ; 
Cecily,    vii,    46  n,    55  n,    57  «; 
Denise,  vii,  46  n  ;  Edusa  (Edith) , 
vii,   46  ;   Ellis,   vii,   46  n  ;   Hen . , 
vii,    46,    48  n,    53  n,    57  n,    201  ; 
Isabel,    vii,    46,    47 ;    John,    vii, 
212  n  ;  Kath.,  vii,  47  ;  Nich.,  vii, 
55  n>     57  n;     Rich.,     vii,     46  n, 
47  n  ;   Rob.,  vii,  35  n,  41  n,  46, 
47,  48  n,  53  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  47  n  ; 
Walt.,  vii,  40  «,  45,  45  n  ;  Will, 
(de),   vi,   451  n  ;   vii,   27  n,   43  n, 
45,  47,  49  n,  50  «,  52,  52  «,  53  «, 
57  »,  63  n 
Moudeslegh,  Moudesley,   see  Maw- 

desley 
Moulden,  Hen.,  vi,  46  n  ;  John,  vi, 

237  «  ;  Will.,  vi,  237  n 
Moulden   Water    bridge   (Livesey), 

vi,  284 

Mounsill,  see  Monkshill 
Mount,  the  (Fleetwood),  vii,  237  n 
Mounteagle(Monteagle) ,  Lds.,  vi,  2  w, 
51  n,  61,  91  n,  100,  140  «,  143  «, 
195,  204  n,  206,  213,  217  n,  218  ; 
vii,  3,   101  n  ;  Edw.  Stanley,  vi, 
94,    132,    200,    225  n,    250,    292, 
379  n  ;  Thos.,  Stanley,  vi,  108  n, 
n6«,  200  n,  250;  Will.  Stanley, 
vi,  2  n,  213 
Mountford,     Eliz.,     vii,     4  ;     Will., 

vii,  4 

Mourholme,  man.,  vii,  303  n 
Mowbank  (Broughton),  vii,  ngn 
Mowbreck,  man.  (Medlar  with  Wes- 
ham),  vii,  135,  149,  153,    154-6, 
1767*,   270,   271  n,  281  n  ;    Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  157 
Mowbreck,  Ad.  de,  vii,  153  n  ;  Rich. 

de,  vii,  153  n 
Mowbreck  Hall,  vii,  144  n 


Much  Harwood,  see  Harwood,  Gt. 
Much  Hoole,  see  Hoole,  Much 
Muchland,  man.  (Furness),  vi,  30  « 
Mukedelandes  syke   (Clitheroe),  vi, 

366  n 

Mulebrec,  see  Mowbreck 
Mulhum,  Avice  de,  vii,  159  n  ;  Will. 

de,  vii,  159  n 

Mulnesgate  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Multon,  Ada  de,  vii,  267  n  ;  Alan 
de,  vii,  301  ;  Amabil  de,  vii, 
267  n  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  261  n  ;  vii, 
329  n ;  Lambert  de,  vii,  267, 
270  ;  Sarot  de,  vii,  301  ;  Thos.  de, 
vii,  267  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  261  n, 

329  n 

Mulyneus,  see  Molyneux 
Muncaster,  Rog.,  vii,  77,  293 
Mundegum,    Ad.    de,    vi,     117  n  ; 

John  de,  vi,  117  n 
Mundegumeland  (Greenhalgh),  vii, 

180  n 
Munson,    Ant.,    vii,    35  n ;    Fran., 

vii,  35  n 

Murgatroyd,  Grace,  vi,  503 
Murton,  fam.,  vi,  395  n 
Musbury  (Bury),  vi,  232  n,  233  «, 

431,  438 n 

Muschamp,  Thos.,  vi,  526  « 
Musden  (Bury),  vi,  233  «,  438  n 
Musgrave,  Sir  Chris.,  vi,  54 
Musifield  (Ribbleton),  vii,  107  n 
Muslin  manufacture,  vi,  220 
Mussendale,  see  Musden 
Mustard,   Ellen,   vii,    126  n  ;   Rog., 

vii,  126  n 
Mustihalgh    (Briercliffe),    vi,    469 

47° 

Mustihalgh  (Burnley),  vi,  444  n 
Mu thorn  (Altham),  vi,  41 3  n 
Mutun,  Mutton,  see  Moton 
Myerpool  (Inskip),  vii,  282  n 
Myerscough,  vi,  313  ;  vii,  68,  73  n, 
75,     79,     137 »,     I38-41,     265*1, 
269  n,    281  n ;    forest,    vii,    138, 
324  n  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  141 
Myerscough,  Agnes,  de,  vii,  193  n  ; 
Alice  de,   vii,   328  n ;   Edm.   de, 
vii,  322  n  ;  Godith  de,  vii,  325  n, 
326  n  ;    Isolde    de,     vii,    328  n  ; 
John  de,  vii,  193  n,  324  n,  326  n, 
328  n ;     Rich,     de,     vii,     121  n, 

330  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  151  n,  328  n  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  306  n  ;  Walt,  de,  vii, 
*39  n>    326  n,    328  «  ;    Will,    de, 
vii,  324  n,  328  n  ;  — ,  vii,  305  n 

Myerscough  Field  (Claughton),  vii, 

326  n 

Myerscough  Hall,  vii,  138 
Myerscough  House,  vii,  138 
Myerscough  Lodge,  vii,  140 
Mygeley,  see  Midgeley 
Mygelhalgh,  see  Midghalgh 
Mykelleghe    (Woodplumpton),    vii, 

238  n 

Mykelridding,  see  Mikelridding 
Myr,  Will,  de,  vii,  114  n 
Myres,  T.  H.,  vii,  82  « 
Mythop  (Weeton  with  Preese),  vii, 

156  n,  176,  178 
Mythop     (Methop),     Ad.     de,     vii, 

1 78*1;    Nich.     (de),    vii,     178*1, 

284*1;     Rich,     de,     vii,     178  n  ; 

Rob.     (de),     vii,     178*1,     284  n  ; 

Thos.   de,   vii,    178 «;    Will,    de, 

vii,  107  n 
Mythorp,  see  Mythop 


Nab,  the  (Billington) ,  vi,  328 
Nabbenoke     (Gt.     Harwood),     vi, 

338  n 

Nabbs,  Will.,  vi,  518 
Naden,     Edm.,     vii,     66  n ;     Rev. 

Thos.,  vii,  66 

397 


Nairne,  Maj.,  vii,  77  n 

Nanehey  Wood  (Habergham  Eaves) , 

vi,  468  n 
Nateby,  vii,  291,  293,  297  n,  308-11, 

334;   man.,  vii,   308;   Nonconf., 

vii,     311  ;    oratory,    vii,     309*2  ; 

Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  310 
Nateby,  Gt.  and  Little,  vii,  308 
Nateby,    Benedict   de,    vii,    308  *t  ; 

Isabel  de,  vii,   308*1;    John   de, 

vii,  308  n  ;   Ralph  de,  vi,   70  n  ; 

vii,  308  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  70  n  ;  vii, 

308 
Nateby    Hall    (Nateby),    vii,    310, 

3" 

Naylor,  Thos.,  vii,  29,  34  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  96  « 

Naze,  the  (Freckleton) ,  vii,  167 
Needham,  Mary,  vii,  309  n 
Neeld     (Neild),     Sam.,     vii,     137  ; 

Will.,  vii,  201  n 

Neherflat  (Salesbury),  vi,  253  n 
Neild,  see  Neeld 
Neilson,  Neilston,  see  Nelson 
Nelfelt  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi,  290 
Nelson,  vi,  350,  469,  520,  537, 
540-41  ;  ch.,  vi,  541  ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  541  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  541 
Nelson  (Neilson,  Neilston,  Nelston) , 
Agnes,  vii,  99  n,  234  n  ;  Anne,  vi, 
165  «;  Edw.,  vi,  100  «  ;  Ellen, 
vii,  205;  Fran.,  vi,  99  n ;  Geo., 
vi,  96  «,  99  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  99,  100  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  99*1;  Hugh,  vi,  99  n, 
165  «,  166,  172  n  ;  Jane,  vi,  165  n, 
172  n  ;  John,  vi,  178,  180  ;  vii, 
234  n ;  John  A.,  vi,  180  n  ; 
vii,  267%;  Marg.,  vi,  99  n, 
175  n-6  n  ;  vii,  59  n  ;  Mary,  vi, 
165  n  ;  vii,  234*1;  Mary  J.,  vii, 
14  n  ;  Maud,  vi,  99  n  ;  Maxie,  vi, 
175 n,  176*1;  Maximilian,  vi, 
100  n,  175*2,  176*1;  Mich.,  vi, 
82  n,  99  n;  Rich.,  vi,  99,  99  n , 
100  »,  102  n,  173  n,  175  n,  176  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  98  n,  99  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
95  n,  98  n,  99  n,  169*1,  175*1; 
vii,  99  n  ;  Warine,  vi,  98  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  95  n,  99  n 

Netherderwend,        Netherderwent, 
Nether  Derwyn,  Netherderwynd , 
see  Darwen,  Lower 
Nether-eastfield  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 
Netherfield  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  271  n 
Netherhalgh  (Dutton),  vii,  54*1 
Netherhey    (Clayton-le-Moors),    vi, 

418  n 

Netherley  (Colne),  vi,  527  n 
Netherton,  vi,  339,  381 
Netherwood  (Briercliffe),  vi,  472 
Nether    Wood    (Myerscough),    vii, 

139  n 

Nettleton,  Margery  de,  vii,  288  n 
Neuhuse,  Neusum,  see  Newsham 
Neuton,  Neutune,  see  Newton 
Never,  Jas.,  vi,  191  n 
Nevill  ( Worsthorne) ,  vi,  475  n 
Nevill,  Alex,  de,  vi,  475  ;  Alice,  vi, 
431,  498;  Anne,  vi,  92  n ;  Bar- 
bara,   vi,    498  n  ;    Edm.    de,    vi, 
228  n  ;    vii,    73  ;    Eliz.,    vi,    498  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  431  n,  498,  499  n  ;  Isabel 
de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  201  n  ; 
Sir  John,  vi,  498  ;  John  (de),  vi, 

92  n,  201  n,  431,  498  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
131  «  ;    Sir    Rob.    de,    vi,    91  n, 

93  n,  201  n  ;   Rob.   (de),  vi,   127, 

43i,  498 
Newark    College    (Leic.),    vii,    83, 

85  n,  87,  101  n 

Newbigging,  see  Singleton  Grange 
Newbo  Abbey  (Lines.),  vi,  471 
Newbridge  (Barrowford),  vi,  542 
Newburgh,  vi,  90  n 
Newcastle,  Hen.,  dk.  of,  vi,  233 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Newchurch  in  Pendle,  vi,  514,  515, 

517,  518,  519;  ch.,  vi,  369 
Newchurch-in-Rossendale,  vi,  349, 
437-41  ;  char.,  vi,  441  ;  ch.,  vi, 
369,  439  ;  fairs,  vi,  437  ;  forest, 
vi,  438  ;  ind.,  vi,  437  ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  440 

New  Close  (Eccleston),  vi,  166  n 
New    College    (Leic.),    see    Newark 

College  (Leic.) 

Newearth  (Wrightington),  vi,  173  « 
New  Fall  (Leagram),  vi,  380  n 
Newfield  (Longton),  vi,  72  n 
Newfield  (Preston),  vii,  74  «,  99  n 
Newfield  (Ramsgreave),  vi,  252  » 
Newfield     (Wiswell),    vi,      397     n, 

399  » 

Newfield  Barn,  vi,  552 
Newfield  Head  (Trawdcn),  vi,  551 
New  Hall  (Barnacre),  vii,  317  « 
New  Hall  (Clayton-le-Dale),  vi,  258 
New  Hall  (Heskin),  vi,  166 
New  Hall  (Mawdesley) ,  vi,  99  n 
New  Hall  (Sal wick),  vii,  163  n 
Newhallhey  (Bury),  vi,  233  n,  438  n 
Newhay  (Ribbleton),  vii,  106  n 
Newhey  (Blainscough),  vi,  227  n 
Newhey    (Hoddlesden),    vi,   233  n, 

273,  438  n 

New  House  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471  n 
Newhouse  (Heskin),  vi,  167  n 
New  House  (Thornley),  vii,  36 
New    Jerusalem   Church,   see    Swe- 

denborgians 

Newland  (Accrington),  vi,  233  n 
Newland  (Yorks),  vii,  59 
Newlands,  see  Laund  Booth,  New 
Newman,     Edm.,    vi,     167  ;     Rev. 

Rich.,  vi,  435  ;  Rich.,  vi,  359 
Newsam,  see  Newsham 
New  Sett  End  (Eccleshill),  vi,  278 
Newsham,  vii,  79,  120  «,  127,  143, 
144  n,  146*1,  190,  191,  200,  211  n, 
272  n,  288  n 

Newsham  (Newsam,  Newsom),  Ad. 
de,  vii,  200,  200  «,  201  n  ;  Alice 
(de),  vii,  200  n,  288  n  ;  Chas.,  vii, 
174  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  35  n  ;  Geo.,  vii, 
50  n,  158  n,  167  n,  200,  200  n, 
201,  247  «,  282  n,  287  n  ;  Hen. 
(de),  vii,  50  n,  158  n,  200  n  ;  Joan 
de,  vii,  288  n  ;  John  (de),  vi, 
488  n  ;  vii,  138*1,  158*1,  200  n, 
282  n,  287*1,  288**;  Rich,  (de), 
vii,  80,  82  «,  200*1,  211,  288  n  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  35  n,  158  n,  200,  200  n, 
288  n  ;  R.,  vii,  203  ;  Thos.,  vii, 
50*1 ;  Uctred,  vii,  200  n  ;  Will.,  vii, 
200 n;  — ,  vi,  75 n ;  fam.,vii,  98*1 
Newsham  Hall  (Newsham),  vii,  200 
Newsom,  see  Newsham 
Newton  (Hardhorn  with  Newton), 

vi,  393  n  '>  vu,  238 
Newton,  bar.,  vi,  292,  293,  412  n 
Newton,  Ad.  de,  vii,  151  *»,  166  *t, 
247  n  ;  Alan  de,  vii,  151  n  ;  Alice 
de,  vii,  1 66  n,  181  n  ;  Almorica 
de,  vii,  166  n ;  Etheldreda,  vii, 
30  n,  102  n,  121  n  ;  Goditha  de, 
vi,  193  n  ;  Gunilda  de,  vii,  166  n  ; 
Humph.,  vii,  30  *t,  98  *»,  102  n, 
121  n  ;  John  de,  vii,  157  n,  166  n, 
181  n ;  Jordan  de,  vi,  116*1; 
vii,  166  n,  167*1;  Leysing  de, 
vii,  166  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  132  n, 
166  »,  171  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  193  n  ; 
vii,  157  n,  167  «,  168  «,  171  *i  ; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  358  ;  vii,  132  n,  147, 
160  n,  166  *» ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  167  n  ; 
Siegrith  de,  vii,  i66«;  Thos., 
vii,  33 »;  Wilfrid,  vii,  121  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  n6n;  vii,  i66n, 
247  n 

Newton-by-Freckleton,  see  Newton- 
with-Scales 


Newton-with-Scales,  vi,  21  n,  58  n  ; 
vii,  143,  143  n,  144,  144*1,  146  n, 
149,  149  n,  155,  156  n,  157  «,  163, 
165-7,  168  n,    173  n,    177,  177*1, 
185  n  ;  High  Gate   inn,  vii,  166  ; 
man.,  vii,  166  ;  sch.,  vii,  167 
Nicholas,  vi,  475  n,  477  n  ;  vii,  48  n, 
94  n,     158  *»,     170*1;     the     car- 
penter, vi,  95  n  ;   the  clerk,  vii, 
114  n ;    of    the    cross,    vi,    272  ; 
prior   of    Burscough,    vii,    99  n  ; 
the  vicar,  vi,  87,  497  n 
Nicholas  Manor  (Tyldesley),  vii,  280 
Nicholson,  Alice,  vii,  288*1;  Geo., 
vii,  267,  288  ;  Hen.,  vii,   100  n  ; 
Joan,  vii,  100  n  ;  John,  vi,  204  n 
Nick  of  Dungnow,  vi,  417 
Nickson,  Amery,  vii,  158  n  ;  John, 
vii,    157  n,    158  n,    161  n  ;   Nich., 
vii,  225;  Will.,  vii,  148*2,  158*2, 
161  n  ;  see  also  Nixon 
Nightingale  (Nighgall,  Nightegale), 
Hen.     (de),     vi,     219  n,     225  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  225  ;  John,  vi,  225  n  ; 
Jonathan,  vii,   284  «  ;  Mary,  vi, 
344 ;    Miles,    vi,    217  ;    Will.,    vi, 
225  ;  Mrs.,  vii,  150  n 
Nixon,  Joan,  vii,  n6«;  Thos.,  vii, 

116  «  ;  see  also  Nickson 
Noble,    Rev.    Rich.,    vi,    354,    359, 

404 

Noblett,   Edm.,   vii,   283  n  ;   Rich., 

vii,      174;      Rob.,     vii,      174*1; 

Thos.,  vii,  283  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  174  n 

Nock,  Anne,  vii,  56  n  ;   John,  vii, 

56  « 

Nocton  (Lines.),  vi,  459 
Noel,  see  Nowell 
Noggarth    End    (Barrowford),    vi, 

542 
Nogworth    Cross     (Extwistle),     vi, 

469 

Nook  (Leyland),  vi,  17  n 
Nook  (Mawdesley),  vi,  96 
Norasius,  vii,  92  n 
Norbreck     (Norbrec),     vii,     229*2, 

246-7 

Norbreck,  Ad.  de,  vii,  247  n  ;  Alex . 
de,  vii,  247  n  ;  Ellis,  vii,  247  n  ; 
John  de,  vii,  253  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii, 
247  n  ;     Thos.     de,     vii,     247  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vii,  247  n,  253  n 
Norbury,  see  Northbury 
Norcross  (Alston  with  Hothersall), 

vii,  61 
Norcross  (Carleton),  vii,  228,  230, 

240  n,  248  n 

Norcross  (Lytham),  vii,  216  « 
Norcross,  Agnes,  vii,  234  n  ;  Chris- 
tiana de,  vii,  230*1;  Chris.,  vii, 
62  n  ;  Dav.,  vii,  234  n  ;  Hen.,  vii, 
42  ;  Jas.,  vii,  44  n,  63  «;  John, 
vi,  229  n  ;   Rog.  de,  vii,  234  »  ; 
Thos.  de,  vii,  228  n,  230  n  ;  Rev. 
Will.,   vi,   435  n;   Will,   (de),   vi, 
535  ;  vii,  44  n,  234  n 
Norden,  brook,  vi,  338,  344,  347 
Norfolk,  Cath.,  dchss.  of,  vii,  327  n  ; 
Mary,  dchss.  of,  vi,  72  n,  132  «  ; 
vii,  6,  7,   19,  48  n  ;  dks.  of,  vii, 
59  n  ;    Chas.,   vii,   327  n  ;   Thos., 
vi,  132  n,  290  ;  vii,  6,  7  n,  48  n 
Norham,    Edm.,   vi,   404  n ;   Rob., 

vi,  342 
Norhampton,    Fromund     de,     vii, 

62  n  ;  Hawise,  vii,  62  n 
Norhicbiec,  see  Norbreck 
Normanby,  John  de,  vii,  332  n 
Normanville,    Rob.    de,    vi,    358  ; 

Rog.  de,  vi,  488 

Norreys,  vsct.,  see  Abingdon,  earl 
of;  Caroline  L.,  vsctss.,  vi,  460, 
509 

Norris  (Norreys),  Alan  le,  vi,  221  n  ; 
vii,  182  n,  229  n  ;  Alex.,  vi,  500  *»  ; 

398 


Norris  (cont.) 

Alice,  vi,  64  n,  500 ;  Cecily  le, 
vi,  321  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  223  n  ;  Geo.,  vi, 
go  n,  107  n,  117  n  ;  Gilb.  le,  vi, 
72  «  ;  Hen.  (le),  vi,  64  n  ;  vii, 
182  n ;  Hugh  (le),  vi,  151  w, 
218  n,  225  n  ;  Sir  John  le,  vi, 
321  ;  John  le,  vii,  182  «;  John 
T.,  vi,  430  n  ;  Maud  le,  vi,  225  n, 
228  n  ;  Nich.  (le),  vi,  60  n,  117  «, 
205  n,  209  n,  225  n,  296,  321  n  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  13  ;  Rob.  le,  vi,  209  n, 
218  n,  228  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  90,  90  «, 
91  n,  93,  223  n  ;  Walt.,  vi,  72  n  ; 
Sir  Will.,  vi,  59 ;  Will.  H.,  vi, 

74 
North,    Dorothy,    vii,    187**;    Sir 

John,  vii,  187  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,  317  n 
Northale  (Blackburn),  vi,  312  n 
Northampton,  Will.,  mqss.  of,  vii, 

304  n 

North  Bank  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471  n 
Northbreck  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  271  n 
Northbrook  (Northbroc)  (Walton- 

on-the-Hill),  vi,  301,  302  n 
Northbury    (Norbury),    Greg,    de, 

vi,   383  ;   Rog.   de,   bp.   of  Lich- 

field,  vi,  357  n 
Northcote,  Jas.,  vi,  352 
Northcrofts  (Hackinsall),  vii,  256  n 
Northcross,  see  Norcross 
Northdene,  brook,  see  Norden 
North   Deyne    (Gt.    Harwood),    vi, 

340 

Northey,  Hen.,  vi,  405  n 
Northfurlong  (Tarnacre),  vii,  271  n 
North  Hall  ( Worthington) ,  vi,  224 
Northhows  (Lytham),  vii,  215  n 
Northlegh,    Margery   de,    vi,    15  n, 

109,    150  n,    151  n,    163  n  ;    vii, 

159  n;   Thurstan   (de),   vi,    14  n, 

109,    150 «,    151  «,    163  «  ;    vii, 

139  n,  159  n,  160  n 
Northman  Hill  (Marsden),  vi,  538 
North  Town  (Padiham),  vi,  492,  513 
Northumberland,  John  Dudley,  dk. 

of,  vi,  163 

Northwood  (Padiham),  vi,  494 
Norton,  John,  vi,  312,  354  ;  Rich. 

de,  vi,  488 

Norton  Abbey  (Ches.),  vii,  282  n 
Norwich,  John  de  Gray,  bp.  of,  vi, 

320,  326 

Nostell  Priory  (Yorks),  vi,  314  n 
Noter,  see  Nutter 
Notton,   Avina  de,   vi,   304 ;   Gilb. 

de,   vi,    116,    338;    Rog.   de,   vi, 

558  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  304 
Nowell  (Noel),  Ad.  (de),  vi,  339, 

375,  377  »,  393  «,  4°3  »,  559  n  ; 
vii,  non;  Agnes,  vi,  377  n, 
392  n ;  vii,  no  n ;  Alex.,  vi, 
341  «,  378  n,  504,  505,  506, 
506 «  ;  vii,  14  ;  Alice,  vi,  376, 
387 »,  494  n,  504  n;  vii,  14; 
Anne,  vi,  366  n,  378  n,  391  n  ; 
vii,  15  n;  Arth.,  vi,  504*2; 
Cecily,  vi,  403  n ;  Chas.,  vi, 
378 » ;  Charlotte,  vi,  341  n  ; 
Chris.,  vi,  278  n,  377  n,  378,  379  ; 
Dulcia,  vi,  122  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  120  n, 
261  n,  339,  366  n,  375  «,  377  n, 
378,  378  «,  391  «,  403  n,  504  »  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  378  n  ;  vii,  3  n  ;  Flor- 
ence, vi,  500  «  ;  Grace,  vi,  366  «, 
391  n,  504  ;  Hen.,  vi,  377,  378  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  504  n  ;  vii,  14  ;  Jas., 
vi,  368  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  375  «,  378  n  ; 
Rev.  John,  vi,  435  n  ;  John,  vi, 
122  «,  261  n,  337  n,  339,  340,  343, 
376  n,  377  n,  378  n,  391,  392  «, 
403  n,  412  n,  491,  504,  506 «, 
515  n  ;  vii,  194  n  ;  Juliana,  vi, 
378  n  ;  Kath.,  vi,  376  n,  387  n, 
503,  5°4  n  '.  Lawr.,  vi,  339,  340, 


INDEX 


No  well  (cont.} 

343,  376,  378  «,  503,  504  I  Lettice, 
vi,  391,  5°5  n  >  Marg.,  vi,  366  n, 
504  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  378  n  ;  vii, 
194  M  ;  Maud,  vii,  247;  Nich., 
vi,  340,  504  ;  Ottwell,  vi,  504  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  375,  376  n,  377,  403  n, 
504  «,  505  n  ;  vii,  3  ;  Rob.,  vi, 
375  n,  377  n,  504  n  ;  vii,  now; 
Rog.,  vi,  120  n,  122  n,  234,  339, 
34°,  353,  366  n,  375,  376,  377  n, 
378  n,  387  «,  39in,  398,  400  n, 
402  «,  403  n,  425,  498,  499, 
500  »,  504,  505,  506,  507,  514, 
520  «  ;  vii,  3  n,  15  n,  19,  247  ; 
Sim.,  vi,  393  n,  546  n  ;  Steph., 
vi,  403  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  340,  377  n, 
504,  505  n ;  Will.,  vi,  366  n, 
375  n,  377,  378  n,  403  n  ;  Capt. 
— ,  vi,  378  n  ;  — ,  dean,  vi,  459  n  ; 
— ,  vi,  374  n,  377  n,  378  «,  514  n, 
5i8w 

Noyna,  hill  (Foulridge),  vi,  544, 
546  n 

Noynoe  (Foulridge),  vi,  546  n 

Nugworth  Bank   (Barrowford),   vi, 
542  n 

Nunhouse   Stead    (Claughton),   vii, 

33«  » 

Nunny,  Will,  de,  vi,  369  n 

Nusum,  see  Newsham 

Nutbrook  strinds  (Ribchester),  vii, 

46  n 

Nutgreave  (Longton),  vi,  72  n 
Nuton,  see  Newton 
Nutshaw  (Birtwisle),  vi,  458,  509  n 
Nutshaw  (Downham),  vi,  556  n 
Nutshaw  (Hapton),  vi,  454,  507 
Nutshaw  (Howick),  vi,  66,  67  n 
Nutshaw  (Nutshagh),  Agnes  de,  vi, 
66  n  ;  Gamel  de,  vi,  66  ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,    66  n  ;    vii,    180  n  ;    Jas.,    vi, 
66  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  66  «  ;  Marg., 
vi,  66  n  ;   Maud  de,  vii,    180  n  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  66  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  66  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  66;  vii,  168,  179  n, 
180  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  66  n 
Nutshaw  Farm  (Downham),  vi,  558 
Nutshaw  Hall  (Howick),  vi,  66  n 
Nutshawhead  (Howick),  vi,  66  n 
Nuttall,    Agnes,   vi,    438  n ;    Alice, 
vi,  438*1;  Ant.,  vi,  438;  Chas., 
vi,  438  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  438,  438  n, 
439,  518  n  ;  John,  vi,  434,  435  n, 
438,    438  n,    439 ;    Rev.    Joshua, 
vi,   435  n ;   Rob.,   vi,   251,   425  ; 
Susan,  vi,  251  ;  — ,  vi,  425  n 
Nutter    (Notcr),    Alice,    vi,    399  n, 
520 ;  Ant.,  vi,  515  n,  522  ;  Chris., 
vi,   491  n,   492  ;    Edm.,   vi,   515, 
522  ;  Eleanor,  vi,  492  ;  Ellen,  vi, 
490  n  ;  Ellis,  vi,  490,  491,  492; 
Hen.,  vi,   447,   490,   490 »,   491, 
492,  515  ;  John,  vi,  399  n,  490, 
491,  492,  515,  516,  517,  521,  522  ; 
Lawr.,    vi,    520 ;    Marculph,    vi, 
515  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  491  ;  Miles,  vi, 
520;    Rich.,  vi,   515,   516,   520; 
Rob.,    vi,    490,    491,    492,    515  ; 
Sibyl,  vi,  490  n  ;  Steph.,  vi,  515  ; 
Will.,  vi,  516  n,  519,  520,  547  n  ; 
Mrs.,  vi,  515  n  ;  — ,  vi,  518 
Nutto,  see  Nuttall 


Oak   Bank   Farm    Cross    (Barton), 

vii,  127  n 

Oakenbottom,  John  del,  vi,  402  « 
Oakenclough   (Bleasdale),  vii,   141, 

142 
Oakenclough    Head    mere      (Over 

Darwen),  vi,  272  « 
Oakeneaves    (Habcrgham    Eaves), 

vi,  454,  467 


Oakenhead  (Goosnargh),  vii,  192  n 
Oakenhead  (Mellor),  vi,  262  n 
Oakenhead,  Thos.  del,  vii,  193  n 
Oakenhead  wood  (Lower  Booths), 

vi,  435,  436 

Oakenholt  syke  (Rishton),  vi,  347 
Oakenshaw  (Clayton-le-Moors),  vi, 

33s  n,  417,  423 
Oakenshaw,  Hen.,  vi,  gn,  10  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  347  n ;  Thos.  de, 

vi,  347  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  5  n 
Oakenshaw  Printing  Co.,  vi,  505 
Oak    Hill,    park    (Accrington),    vi, 

426 

Oakworth,  vi,  551 
Oatfall,  the  (Claughton),  vii,  329  n 
O'Brien,  Phil.,  vi,  114  «;  Rich.,  vi, 

114 

Occleshaw,  John,  vi,  88 
Oddie  (Oddy),  Jas.,  vi,  556  n  ;  John, 

vi,  365  «,  37°  ,'  Sibyl,  vi,  556  n 
Ogden  (Milnrow),  vi,  438  n 
Ogden,  brook,  vi,  514,  519 
Ogden,  Rev.  Geo.,  vii,  42,  43,  61  n 
Ogden  Clough  (Barley),  vi,  518 
Ogilby,  — ,  vii,  311 
Ogilvy,  Ld.,  vi,  290 
Ogle,  Joan  de,  vi,  131  n  ;  Rob.  de, 

vi,  131  « 

Oglethorpe,  — ,  vii,  78 
O'Hagan,  Alice  M.,  Lady,  vi,  446, 

460,  484  n  ;  Lds.  vi,  460 
Okenheved,  see  Oakenhead 
Okenwood,  vi,  233  n 
Okeover    (Akovere),    Dorothy,    vi, 

63;  Hugh  de,  vii,  3i6» 
Okethorp,  Rob.  de,  vi,  150** 
Old  Bruches  (Lea),  vii,  132  n 
Old  Dyke,  earthwork  (Heald  Moor) , 

vi,  479 

Oldebacon,  Ad.,  vi,  326 
Oldelande,  Oldelaunde,  see  Laund 

Booth,  Old 

Oldemon       Ridding       (Clayton-le- 
Moors),  vi,  418 
Oldfield  (Clitheroe),  vi,  368  n 
Oldfield  (Croston),  vi,  95  n 
Oldfield  (Hothersall),  vii,  63  n 
Oldfield  (Ingol),  vii,  134 
Oldfield  (Mearley),  vi,  377  n 
Oldfield  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 
Oldfieldhalgh  (Hothersall),  vii,  63  n 
Oldfield  Heys  (Croston),  vi,  96  n 
Old  Hall  (Burnley),  vi,  441 
Old  Hall  (Salwick),  vii,  163  n 
Old  Hall  Postern  (Burnley),  vi,  443 
Oldham,  Rev.  John,  vi,  549  ;  Lawr., 

vi,  406  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  406  »,  408 
Oldham's     Cross     (Oswaldtwistle) , 

vi,  406 

Oldhey  (Simonstone),  vi,  499  n 
Oldhouse  (Brockholes) ,  vii,  HIM 
Old  House  (Myerscough),  vii,  141 
Oldland  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  n 
Oldlands  (Read),  vi,  503  n 
Old     Laund     Hall     (Old     Laund 

Booth),  vi,  521,  522 
Oldmill  holme  (Church),  vi,  400  n 
Old  Orchard  (Dutton),  vii,  54  « 
Old  Park  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

459  n 

Old  Park  Lodge  (Leagram),  vi,  380 
Old  Park  Wood  (Osbaldeston),  vi, 

319 
Oldsnopp     Clough,     see     Cockhill 

Clough 

Oldtwincroft  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Oliver,  Anne,  vii,  90  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 

266  ;  R.  D.,  vi,  43 
Oliverson,  R.,  vii,  202  n 
Ollerhead,  Ollernhead,  see  Holren- 

head 

Ollershaw  (Catterall),  vii,  324  » 
Ollerton  (Withnell),  vi,  37  n,  38  n, 

47,  48,  50  ;  cross,  vi,  47 

399 


Ollerton,  Cecily  de,  vi,  48  «,  51  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  37  n,  38,  47  «,  48  M, 

49  «,  50  ;  — ,  vi,  37 
Ollertrodes     (Church),     see     Allcy- 

troyds 

Ollodweele  (Padiham),  vi,  511  n 
Olotson,  John,  vi,  95  n,  96  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  95  n,  g6  n  ;  see  also  Elletson 
Omthull  (Shevington),  vi,  201  n 
O'Neil,  fam.,  vi,  in  n 
Ooze     Castle     Wood     (Yate     and 

Pickup  Bank),  vi,  280 
Opehey  (Chatburn),  vi,  373  n 
Openshaw,    Fred.,    vii,    65  ;    Jas., 

vii,  50  n  ;  Jonathan,  vii,  40,  50  n, 

65 

Oram,  Will.,  vi,  237  n 
Orborowlache  (Hapton),  vi,  510  n 
Orchard  Ing  (Clitheroe),  vi,  366  n 
Orlage  (Livesey),  vi,  285 
Orley  (Ribchester),  vii,  43  n 
Orra  (Orme),  vi,  239  n,  304  n,  353  n, 

364,  388  ;   vii,  48  n 
Orm,  Rich,  de,  vi,  469  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 

469 

Ormerod  (Cliviger),  vi,  479,  484 
Ormerod  (Ormeroid),  Ad.  (de),  vi, 
480,  484  n  ;  Agnes,  vi,  410,  477  n  ; 
Charlotte  A.,  vi,  484  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
445  «,  484;  Geo.,  vi,  410,  431, 
434,  436  n,  445  n,  477  «,  490  ; 
Gilb.  de,  vi,  477  n,  484  n  ;  John, 
vi,  274,  411,  425  w,  434,  441, 

475 «,  477  n>  484,  486,  5M  i 
Lawr.,  vi,  484  ;  Matth.  de,  vi, 
484  n  ;  Oliver,  vi,  431,  434,  514  n  ; 
Pet.,  vi,  358,  434  «,  438,  483, 
484,  486  ;  Rich.,  vi,  434  ;  Susan, 
vi,  483  ;  Tille  (de),  vi,  480, 
484  n  ;  see  also  Ormrod 

Ormerod  House  (Cliviger),  vi,  484 

Ormeroid,  see  Ormerod  and  Ormrod 

Ormeston,  John,  vi,  468  n 

Ormonde,  Eleanor,  ctss.  of,  vii, 
176  n,  179  «,  241  «  ;  earls  of,  vii, 
241  n,  273  ;  Jas.,  vii,  176  n,  178  « 

Ormrod,  Jas.,  vii,  304  n  ;  Jas.,  C., 
vii,  304  ;  Capt.  Pet.,  vii,  304, 
305 ;  Pet.,  vii,  304,  305 ;  Mrs., 
vii,  305  ;  see  also  Ormerod 

Ormsclough  (Button),  vii,  56  » 

Ormskirk,  vi,  90  n 

Orrell,  Ad.  de,  vi,  95 «,  207  n ; 
Anne,  vi,  64  «,  65  n  ;  Cecily  do, 
vi,  207  n ;  Eliz.,  vi,  30 ;  vii, 
275  n  ;  Fran.,  vi,  64  n  ;  Hen.  dc, 
vi,  207  n ;  John,  vi,  30 ;  vii, 
275  n  ;  Kath.,  vi,  218  n  ;  Mar- 
gery de,  vi,  207 « ;  Nich.,  vi, 

207  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  218  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  64  n,  65  n ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  207  n  ; 
Will,   (de),  vi,  30,   180 «,  207  «, 

208  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  HIM 

Orrett,  Thos.,  vi,  229  n  ;  Will.  G., 
vi,  187  n,  190 

Orsegate  (Poulton),  vii,  226  n 

Orton,  Rev.  — ,  vi,  181  n 

Ortt,  Rev.  Rich.,  vi,  435 

Osbaldeston,  vi,  319-25,  396  ;  deer 
park,  vi,  324  ;  man.,  vi,  232,  314, 
320 ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  325 

Osbaldeston,  Ad.  de,  vi,  314,  320, 
324  ;  Agnes,  vi,  321  ;  Sir  Alex., 
vi,  104  n,  272,  317,  321  ;  vii,  59  n, 
83  «,  85,  107  n,  125  n,  169  n, 
185  n,  280  »,  283  n,  325  »,  331  n  ; 
Alex,  (de),  vi,  217  «,  237  n,  250, 
272,  302,  316  «,  317,  318,  318  n, 
320,  321,  322,  322  n,  325  ;  vii, 
2°,  35,  65  n,  yon,  n8n,  155  n, 
207  n,  218  n,  233  n,  287  n  ;  Alice 
(de),  vi,  260  n,  301  n,  320,  321  ; 
Amabel  de,  vii,  33  n  ;  Anabella 
de,  vi,  320  ;  Anne,  vi,  322  ;  Anne 
S.,  vi,  322  ;  Benedict  de,  vi,  320  ; 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Osbaldeston  (cent.) 

Cecily  de,  vi,  321  ;  Sir  Chas.,  vi, 
319 ;  Dorothy,  vi,  296  n ;  Sir 
Edw.,  vi,  238*1,  282,  317,  319, 
322;  vii,  48  n,  179;  Edw.,  vi, 
235  n>  272,  281  n,  282,  302,  302  M, 
317,  3*9,  322,  324,  325  :  vii,  35  «, 
329  n,  332  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  17  n, 
198  n,  246  n,  315,  316,  317 «, 
321;  vii,  280  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  321, 
322,  324 ;  vii,  35 ;  Fran.,  vi, 
322  n ;  Geoff,  (de),  vi,  249,  271, 
272,  302,  320,  321,  322  ;  Geo., 
vi,  322  M  ;  Grace,  vi,  321  ;  Ham- 
let, vi,  317  n  ;  Hannah,  vi,  318  n  ; 
Hen.  (de),  vi,  321  n  ;  vii,  55  n  ; 
Hugh  (dc),  vi,  314,  320,  324  ; 
vii,  52  n,  332  n  ;  Isabel  (de),  vi, 
302,  317,  321;  vii,  55  n;  Jane, 
vi,  321  ;  vii,  281  n  ;  Joan  (de), 
vi,  320,  321  ;  vii,  126  n ;  Sir 
John,  vi,  321  ;  John  (de),  vi,  9, 
104  n,  249,  250,  271,  272,  280, 
282,  302  n,  303,  315,  316,  317, 
3l8»  319,  320,  321,  322,  324,  325, 
325  n  ;  vii,  35,  41  n,  43  n,  48  «, 
50,  50  n,  120  n,  126  n,  281  n, 
332  «  ;  Kath.  (Cath.)  de,  vi,  302, 
317  n,  318  n,  320;  vii,  155  «; 
Lawr.,  vi,  325  ;  Lettice,  vi, 
317;  Marg.  de,  vi,  317,  321, 
322,  325  n;  Mary,  vi,  317  n, 
322  ;  vii,  18 ;  Maud,  vi,  322, 
324 ;  Mich.,  vi,  322  ;  Pet.,  vi, 
325  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  298  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  237  n,  260  M,  302  n,  316,  317, 
321  ;  Rob.,  vi,  246  «,  299,  325, 
358  ;  vii,  48  n  ;  Rosamond,  vi, 
317  n,  325;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  17  n, 
198 «,  236  M,  250,  302,  314-15, 
320,321,  321  n,  322,  322  «,  324*1, 
327  n  ;  vii,  32  n,  33,  33  n,  35  n, 
50  «,  200  n  ;  Thurstan,  vi,  321  »; 
Will,  (de),  vi,  296  M,  301  »,  318  «, 
320,  321,  321  n,  325  ;  vii,  48  n, 
50  n  ;  — ,  vii,  281  n  ;  fam.,  vi, 
263  »;  vii,  66 

Osbaldeston    Green    (Osbaldeston), 
vi,  319 

Osbaldeston  Hall  (Osbaldeston),  vi, 
296  n,  319,  323 

Osebaldreston,  see  Osbaldeston 

Osbern  (Dil worth),  vii,  53  n 

Osbert,  vii,  127,  161,  161  »,  168  n, 
170  n,  175  n 

Osboston     ferry    (Ribchester),    vii, 
49  n 

Oswald  twistle     (Oswaldtuisil) ,     vi, 

234,  349,  356  M,  387  »»  4<M-9,  429, 

521  n  ;   vii,  49  M  ;    char.,  vi,  404  ; 

ch.,  vi,  409  ;  cross,  vi,  405  ;  ind., 

vi,  405  ;  man.,  vi,  232,  405  ;  mill, 

vi,    406  n  ;     Nonconf.,    vi,   409  ; 

quarries,    vi,    405  ;    Rom.   Cath., 

vi,  409 
Oswaldtwistle,  Hen.  de,  vi,  401  n, 

402  n,  405  n  ;  Phil,  de,  vi,  405  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,   406  ;   Rog.  de,  vi, 

401  n,    402  w,    405  n,    406,    407  ; 

Sim.    de,    vi,    402  n  ;    Will.,    vi, 

405  n 
Oswaldtwistle  Moor,  vi,  235,  405  n, 

407  M 

Otemaste  (Greenhalgh) ,  vii,  180  n 
Othedis  (Farington),  vi,  62  n 
Othegrenehulles,    John,    vii,    30  n ; 

Rich.,  vii,  30  n 
Ouand  (Poulton),  vii,  226  n 
Oubeck  (Warton),  vii,  171  n 
Oudlawe,  Will.,  vii,  231 
Ounespool  (Kirkland),  vii,  313  n 
Outgreenfurlong  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 
Outlane  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Outlane     Wra     (Freckleton),     vii, 

i68n 


Out    Rawcliffe,    Outroutheclif,    see 

Rawcliffe,  Out 
Ovall  (Barton),  vii,  127  M 
Over  Darwcn,  Overdarwyn,   Over- 
derewente,  Overderwend(t),Ovcr- 
derwyn,  see  Darwen,  Over 
Ovcr-eastfield  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 
Over  End  (Leagram),  vi,  380  n 
Over  Green   (Hapton),   see  Fenny- 
fold 

Ovcrhalgh  (Button),  vii,  54  n 
Over  Hall  (Samlcsbury),  vi,  306,  307 
Overhead,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Overheads  (Henheads),  vi,  437 
Overholme  (Chaigley),  vii,  16 
Overholme  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

455  » 
Overland  of  the  Marsh   (Poulton), 

vii,  226  n 

Overlee  (Bispham),  vi,  101  n 
Over  Moor  (Foulridge),  vi,  546  « 
Over  Northfield   ( Worsthorne) ,   vi, 

477  n 
Overthemarketgate    (Barton),     vii, 

130  « 
Over    Thornhill     (Pendleton),     vi, 

393  n 
Overton,    the    (Gt.    Harwood),    vi, 

339  n 

Overton,  Rob.,  vii,  297 
Overtown(e)  (Broughton),  see  Dur- 

ton 

Overtown  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Overtown  (Whalley),  vi,  387  n 
Over     Wood      (Myerscough),      vii, 

139  n 

Owen,  vii,  130  n 
Owen,    Hen.,    vi,    549  ;    John,    vi, 

150  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  150  n 
Owen-Smith,  Hen.  P.,  vi,  181 
Oxcliffe    (Oxcleve,    Oxclyf),    Alice 

de,   vii,    253  n ;    John    (de),    vii, 

223,    252  n,    253  n  ;    Nich.    (de), 

vii,  189  n,  252,  253  n  ;  Will,  de, 

vii,  252,  253 
Oxedene  clough   (Clayton-le-Dale), 

vi,  258  n 

Oxcndale  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  325 
Oxendale    Hall    (Osbaldeston),    vi, 

325 
Oxenholme,     the     (Stalmine),    vii, 

252  n 
Oxford,  Philippa  dc  Vere,  ctss.  of, 

vii,  303  ;  Rob.  de  Vere,  earl  of, 

vi»  293  n  I  vii,  3°3 
Oxgang  (Staynall),  vii,  252  n 
Oxhey  (Heskin),  vi,  166 
Oxhey  (Mearley),  vi,  376  n 
Oxhey  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  n 
Oxhey  (Ribbleton),  vii,  106  n 
Oxhey  wood  (Whalley),  vi,  382  n 


Pack  &  Chapman,  bell  makers,  vi, 

297 

Packet,  Thos.,  vii,  85 
Pacock,  Pacok,  see  Peacock 
Paddescrook  (Leyland),  vi,  14*1 
Pade,  Rog.,  vii,  94  n 
Padiham,  vi,  349,  356  n,  357,  452, 
454,     459  n,     463,     464,     48971, 
492-96,  500  n,  501  n,  507  n  ;  adv., 
vi,  495  ;  chant.,  vi,  494  ;  chap., 
vi,  495  ;  char.,  vi,  496  ;  ch.,  vi, 
494  ;  coal-mines,  vi,  492  ;  cotton 
manuf.,   vi,   492  ;   fairs,   vi,   492, 
523  n  ;  man.,  vi,  232,  233  n,  493  ; 
mill,  vi,  447  n,  493  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 
496  ;  quarries,   vi,   492  ;  sch.,  vi, 
496 

Padiham,  Gilb.  de,  vi,  493 
Padiham  Field  (Padiham),  vi,  493 
Padiham  Green  (Hapton),  vi,  507, 
5" 

4OO 


Padiham  Hey  (Padiham),  vi,  493 

Padiham  Moor,  vi,  514 

Padingham,  see  Padiham 

Page,  Amabil,  vii,  260  n  ;  Geo.,  vi, 
251  ;  Hen.,  vi,  251  ;  John,  vi, 
204  n,  249,  251  ;  Rich.,  vi,  251  ; 
vii,  260  n ;  Rob.,  vi,  497  »• 
Will.,  vi,  282 

Page  Croft  (Elswick),  vii,  284  n 

Pagefield  (Euxton),  vi,  19  n 

Painter,  Will.,  vi,  166  n 

Pakoc,  Pakok,  see  Peacock 

Palace  House  (Habergham  Eaves), 
vi,  456 

Pale,  the  (Whalley),  vi,  379  n 

Paler,  John,  vii,  86,  87 

Paley  (Payley),  Isabel,  vi,  471  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  471  n,  527  n,  530,  545  » 

Palmer  (Paumere),  Joan,  vi,  97  n  ; 
John,  vi,  238  ;  Matth.,  vii,  41  ; 
Will,  (le),  vi,  97  n  ;  vii,  134  n 

Panket,  Chas.,  vi,  380  n 

Panshaiebrook  (Foulridge),  vi,  545  n 

Pan  Stones  (Dutton),  vii,  54 

Paper  manufacture,  vi,  270,  276, 
284,  303,  345,  361,  442  ;  vii,  141, 
330 

Paradise  (Croston),  vi,  95  n 

Paradise  (Shevington),  vi,  200  n 

Parbold,  vi,  68  n,  155,  178-81  ; 
char.,  vi,  90  n,  gi  n,  161  ;  ch.,  vi, 
180  ;  man.,  vi,  178  ;  Rom.  Cath., 
vi,  181 

Parbold,  Ad.  de,  vi,  i8on;  Alan 
de,  vi,  i8o«;  Albin  de,  vi, 
i8ow;  Alice  de,  vi,  200  n  ; 
Bern,  de,  vi,  180  n ;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  i8o«,  181,  200  n  ;  Hugh  de, 
vi,  i8on;  Mabel  de,  vi,  i8o»; 
Maud  de,  vi,  i8ow;  Rich,  (dc), 
vi,  1 80  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  180  n 

Parbold  Hall  (Parbold),  vi,  181  n 

Parbold  House  (Parbold),  vi,  180 

Paris,  Ad.  de,  vii,  158  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
365  n 

Parish,  Rob.,  vi,  358 

Parisourge  (Clitheroe),  vi,  367 

Park,  brook,  vi,  252,  257 

Park,  fam.,  see  Parke 

Parkbrook  (Shevington),  vi,  200  n, 
202  n 

Parke  (Park,  Parkes),  Herb.  T.,  vi, 
48  ;  H.  T.,  vi,  144  ;  John,  vi,  17, 
48;  vii,  178;  Lawr.,  vi,  237  n  ; 
Mary,  vi,  48  n ;  Phil.,  vii,  199  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  48  n  ;  Will.  B.,  vi,  48  ; 
Will.  P.,  vii,  198  ;  fam.,  vi,  47  ; 
vii,  98  n 

Parkenrode  (Habergham  Eaves) , 
vi,  467 

Parker,  Ad.  the,  vi,  140  n  ;  Agnes, 
vi,  380  n,  456  n,  538  n  ;  Alex., 
vi,  526,  530,  546,  546  M;  vii, 
158  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  256  n,  553  «  ; 
Anne,  vi,  25,  142  n,  366  «,  446, 
446  n  ;  Ant.,  vi,  452  ;  vii,  156  n  ; 
Rev.  Arth.  T.,  vi,  25  n,  450, 
451,  452  ;  Banastre,  vi,  25,  28  ; 
Bern.,  vi,  492,  494,  525,  530; 
Brian,  vi,  367,  368  n ;  Cath. 
(Kath.),  vi,  142;  vii,  156  n; 
Chris.,  vi,  546,  549  n  ;  vii,  155  M, 
156,  158  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  407,  472  n, 
473,  539,  549:  Edm.  J.,  vi, 
538  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  380  n,  407  n, 
472  n,  526  n,  533  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  25, 
106  n,  208,  256,  366  n,  380  n, 
401  «,  407  n  ;  vii,  89  n,  300,  315  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  543  ;  Ellis,  vi,  525  n, 
549  ;  Geoff,  (the),  vi,  525  n,  548  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  127  n,  142  ;  Gilb.,  vi, 
407 ;  Giles,  vi,  366  n,  368  n, 
518  n  ;  vii,  229  n  ;  Harriet  S.,  vi, 
25,  472;  Hen.,  vi,  513  n,  521, 
525  n,  526,  527  n,  530,  544,  546  ; 


INDEX 


Parker  (cont.) 

vii,  212  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  142,  256, 
513  n,  521  ;  Isabel,  vi,  553  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  140  n,  142  ;  vii,  32  n  ; 
Jane,  vi,  256  n  ;  vii,  155  n  ;  Joan, 
vi,  456  n,  511  n,  543  M,  546; 
John  (the),  vi,  142,  256,  260, 
335  n,  380  n,  397  n,  445,  46872, 
472,  473,  488,  5"«,  512  n,  525, 
539,  542,  546,  548,  549,  553  ; 
vii,  25  n,  141  n,  156  n,  158  n  ; 
John  F.  H.,  vii,  142  ;  Col.  John 
W.  R.,  vi,  526 ;  Lawr.,  vi, 
472  n,  526,  530,  538  n,  546, 
549  ;  vii,  306  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
525  n,  546;  vii,  156  n,  158  n  ; 
Margery,  vii,  158  n  ;  Martha,  vii, 
212  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  285,  286  n, 
472  n  ;  Matth.,  archbp.,  vii,  42  n  ; 
Maud,  vii,  253  ;  Miles,  vi,  472  n, 
543  ;  Nich.,  vi,  366  n,  367,  451  n, 
472  n  ;  Oliver,  vi,  142  n,  407  ; 
Phil,  the,  vi,  546 ;  Ralph,  vi, 

525  n  ;  vii,  204  ;  Reynold,  vii, 
25  n  ;  Rich,  (the),  vi,  179  n, 
208  n,  256,  335  n,  366  n,  472  n, 
512  n,  525  n  ;  vii,  13,  25,  25  n, 
71  n,  180  n,  181  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  25, 
106  n,  380  n,  459  n,  472,  473  n, 

526  ;  vii,  65  M,  74,  253,  327  n  ; 
Capt.  Rob.  T.,  vi,  25  n  ;  Rob.  T., 
vi,  25,  135,  300,  446,  450,  452, 
528  ;  vii,  74  ;  Rog.,  vi,  142  n  ; 
R.,  vii,  290  ;  Susannah,  vi,  25  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  140 »,  142  n,  285, 
286  n,  367  n,  380  n,  456  n,  472  n, 
526,  546 ;  vii,  107  n,  200  n ; 
Thos.  T.,  vi,  25,  32  n,  36,  472  ; 
Thurstan,  vi,  407  ;  Wilkinson,  vi, 
472  ;  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  283  ;  Will., 
vi,  380  n,  470  n,  549,  553  n  ;  vii, 
28  n,  29  n,  156  n,  158  n,  212  n  ; 
Col.,  vi,  546  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n,  549  n 

Parkes,  see  Parke 
Park  Falls  (Fulwood),  vii,  108 
Park  Farm  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  340 
Park  Green  (Leagram),  vi,  380  n 
Park  Hall  (Charnock  Richard),  vi, 

205 

Parkhead  (Whalley),  vi,  387,  505 
Park    Hill    (Barrowford),    vi,    542, 

543  ;  mills,  vi,  543 
Park  House  (Wyresdale),  vii,  304  n 
Parkhulley  (Barrowford),  vi,  544 
Parkin,  Geo.,  vii,  66  n 
Parkinson,  Alice,  vii,  199  n  ;  Anne, 
vii,  23  ;  Cecily,  vii,  140  n,  322  »  ; 
Chris.,  vii,  32  n,  142,  181  n,  204, 
331  n  ;  Cuth.  A.,  vii,  141  ; 
Dorothy,  vi,  380  n  ;  Edm.,  vii, 
199  n,  331  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  399  ; 
vii,  108  n,  140  n,  175  »,  199  n, 
322  n,  329  n,  331  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
380  n  ;  vii,  331  n  ;  Ellen,  vii, 
128  n,  19977;  Geo.,  vii,  141  M, 
329  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  142  n  ;  Isabel, 
vii,  140  n,  322  n ;  Janet,  vii, 
181  n,  199  n  ;  John,  vi,  380  n  ; 
vii,  141  «,  206,  329  n ;  Lawr., 
vii,  201,  206,  329  n  ;  Marg.,  vii, 
199  77  ;  Marie,  vii,  23  ;  Ralph, 
vii,  31  n,  141  n,  204  n  ;  Rich., 
vii,  31,  32,  121  n,  142  n,  199  n, 
282  n,  329  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  23,  66, 

141  n,    142  ;    Rog.,    vii,     199  n  ; 
R.,    vii,    86 ;    Thos.,    vii,    31  n, 

142  n,    151,    199  n,    292  n,    299, 
312,     331  n;     Will.,    vii,     194*7., 
199  n,    292  n,    322  n,    331  n  ;   — , 
canon,  vii,  66  n,   142  n  ;  — ,  vii, 
305  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  195  n 

Parlick  Fell   (Brow),   vi,   230 ;   vii, 

20,  26,  29  n,  141 
Parr,  Agnes,  vi,   553  n ;   Edw.,   vi, 

21  n,  162  ;  Ellen,  vi,  50  n  ;  Hen., 


Parr  (cont.) 

vi,   553  n  '•   Jonn,   vi,   5°  ni   5°°  > 
vii,  149,  284  77. ;  John  O.,  vii,  87  ; 
Marg.,    vi,    500  n ;    Margery    de, 
vii,    328  n  ;    Rich,    (de),   vi,    160, 
161  ;    vii,    328  n  ;    Rob.    de,    vii, 
328  n  ;    Sir  Thos.,   vii,    303  ;    Sir 
Will.,    vii,    301  77,    303  n  ;    Will., 
vii,  227  n,  257  «  ;  — ,  vi,  500 
Parratt's  fields  (Par bold),  vi,  i8ow 
Parr  Hall  (Eccleston),  vi,  162 
Parrock,     Higham     (Higham),     vi, 

513  n 

Parrock,  Old  (Higham),  vi,  513  n 
Parrock-hey  (Preesall),  vii,  258  « 
Parrock  stone  (Colne),  vi,  524  « 
Parrott,  Sir  John,  vii,  26 
Parrox  Hall  (Preesall),  vii,  258 
Parsonage  Field  (Church),  vi,  399 
Parsons    (Parson),     Rev.    Geo.   L., 

vii,  148  ;  Will.,  vii,  224 
Parsonweind  (Preston),  vii,  79  n 
Partington,  — ,  vi,  283 
Parva    Harewode,     see    Harwood, 

Little 
Paslew     (Pasley),    Alice,    vi,    398, 

399  w,    521;    vii,     13377.;    Eliz., 

vi,    398-9  ;    Fran.,  vi,  398,  399  ; 

John,  abbot,  vi,  298,   354,  384, 

385,   415,   495  ;   John,  vi,   394  n, 

398,    52177.;    Rob.,    vii,    133  n ; 

Thos.,  vi,  398 
Passavent,  John,  vi,  154  n 
Paston,  Clem.,  vi,  460  n  ;  Mary,  vi, 

460  n 
Pastorini,    see    Rama,    Chas.    Wal- 

mesley,  bp.  of 

Pasture  Head  (Foulridge),  vi,  544 
Pateson,  see  Pattisson 
Patrick,  vii,  183  n 
Patrington,  Alex,  de,  vi,  475 
Patten,    Eliz.,    vii,    34  ;    Hen.,    vii, 

298  ;    Mary,    vii,    34  ;    Rob.,    vi, 

135  n  ;  vii,  77  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  29, 

34,    208  n,    307 ;    Thos.   W.,   vii, 

307  «  ;  Will.,  vii,  29,  34  n,  102  n  ; 

— ,    vi,    525  ;    vii,    164  77. ;    fam., 

vii,  76,  too  n  ;  see  also  Patton  and 

Wilson-Patten 

Patten  Arms  (Cabus),  vii,  305 
Patten  Field  (Preston),  vii,  103  n 
Patten  Hall,  see  Thornley  Hall 
Patten  House  (Preston),  vii,  77  n 
Pattisson  (Pateson,  Pattison),  Alice, 

vii,   231  n  ;   Hannah,   vi,    394  n  ; 

Rich.,  vii,  158  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  144, 

231  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  144  n 
Patton,    Mrs.,    vi,    413  ;    see    also 

Patten 
Paulet     (Poulet),    Chas.    W.,     vi, 

2IO77-;   Susan  A.   G.,  vi,  210  n ; 

Will.,  vii,  297  n 
Paulin    (Paulinus),   vi,   400  n ;   vii, 

94  n,  192  77. 

Paulinsson,  see  Pawesson 
Paumere,  see  Palmer 
Pawesson   (Paulinsson),    Agnes,  vi, 

36677.;    Eliz.,    vi,    36677.;    Rob., 

vi,  366  n 

Payley,  see  Paley 
Payne,  Geo.,  vi,  248 
Paythorn  (Yorks),  vii,  no;  man., 

vi,  421  w 
Paythorne,  Christiana  de,  vi,  317  ; 

Ughtred  de,  vi,  317 
Peacock,  brook,  vii,  27  n 
Peacock,  hill,  vi,  548,  552 
Peacock    (Pacock,    Pacok,    Pakoc, 

Pakok),  Ad.,  vii,   189  n  ;    Agnes, 

vii,  183  n,  278  n  ;  John,  vii,  278  n  ; 

Rich.,  vii,  297  ;  Rob.,  vii,  183  n, 

278  n  ;  Rog.,  vii,  297  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

342  ;    Will.,    vi,    288  ;    fam.,    vii, 

25477. 
Peacock  Hey  (Chipping),  vii,  3077, 

401 


Pearce  (Peers),  Pet.,  vi,  143  n  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  25 

Pearl  fishing,  vii,  188 

Pearson  (Pereson,  Person,  Pierson), 
Rev.  Alf.,  vi,  452  ;  Jane,  vi, 
225  n,  229  n  ;  John,  vi,  50,  161  ; 
vii,  158  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  225  «,  361  ; 
Oliver,  vi,  50  ;  Rob.,  vi,  445  n  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  141  77.,  335 

Peche  (Chat burn),  vi,  372  w 

Pecop,  see  Pickup 

Pedder,  Col.  Chas.  D.,  vii,  102  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  65  ;  vii,  102  n,  126, 
182  n,  211  ;  Isabella,  vii,  295  ; 
Jas.,  vii,  102  n,  106  n,  296  n, 
298,  312  ;  John,  vii,  295,  296  n, 
298 ;  John  W.,  vii,  296,  298  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  102  n,  296,  298  ;  Thos., 
vii,  102  n,  296  n,  298  ;  Will.,  vi, 
296  ;  Wilson,  vii,  296  n,  298  ; 
fam.,  vii,  91  n 

Pedder  House  (Walton),  vi,  296 

Pedley,  Edw.,  vi,  358 

Pedwardine,  Isabel  de,  vii,  301  n  ; 
Sir  Walt,  de,  vii,  301  n 

Peel,  the  (Duxbury),  vi,  210 

Peel,  the  (Hutton),  vii,  235  n 

Peel  (Marton),  vii,  163  n,  175  M, 
239,  242 

Peel  (Peele,  Piele),  Eliz.,  vi,  454  ; 
John,  vi,  251,  4067?,  44771, 
494  n  ;  Jonathan,  vi,  399  n  ;  Rev. 
Nich.,  vi,  344  ;  Nich.,  vi,  55  ;  Sir 
Rob.,  vi,  399  n,  406;  vii,  91, 
406 ;  Wrill.,  vi,  406 ;  fam.,  vi, 
284  n 

Peel  Fold  (Oswald twistle),  vi,  251, 
406 

Peel  Hall  (Preston),  vii,  100  n 

Peers,  see  Pearce 

Pegge,  Sam.,  vi,  80,  81 

Pekeshey  (Wrightington),  vi,  170)1 

Pelie  (Worsthorne),  vi,  475  n 

Pelle  (Pelie,  Polie),  Ad.,  vii,  101  n  ; 
Ismania,  vii,  101  n  ;  Rich.,  vii, 
101  n,  331  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  475  ; 
Will.,  vii,  101  «,  331  n 

Pemberton,  vii,  280  77. 

Pemberton,  Ad.  de,  vi,  76  n,  336, 
397,  556 » ;  Alice  de,  vi,  336, 
397,  556  n;  Hugh  de,  vi,  79, 
201  «,  336 ;  Jas.,  vi,  177  ;  Rich, 
(de),  vii,  113  M,  169  77.  ;  Sir  Thos., 
vii,  61  «  ;  Will.,  vii,  113  n 

Pembroke,  Mary  de  St.  Pol,  ctss. 
of,  vii,  302  n,  303  n 

Pembroke,  Eliz.,  vi,  154  n  ;  John, 
vi,  154  « 

Pendle,  hill,  vi,  230,  373,  375,  552, 
557,  558 

Pendlebury,  Anne,  vii,  231  w  ;  Hen., 
vi,  1 88  ;  Rog.,  vii,  231  n 

Pendle  Cross  (Heyhouses),  vi,  513 

Pendle  Forest  (Pendle),  vi,  232, 
233 «,  349,  361,  367,  488,  489, 
490,  491,  5",  514,  516,  527,  541, 
543,  544,  546 ;  chap.,  vi,  517  ; 
witchcraft,  vi,  515,  537 

Pendle  Hall  (Higham),  vi,  20  n, 
512,  513 

Pendleton  (Great  Pendleton),  vi, 
349,  356  n,  357,  372  «,  391  n, 
392-6,  513,  553,  554  n  ;  ch.,  vi, 
396 ;  ind.,  vi,  392  ;  man.,  vi, 
233  n,  361  n,  376  n,  392,  489  ; 
mill,  vi,  393  n ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 
396 

Pendleton,  Little,  vi,  232,  356  w, 
366  77. ;  man.,  vi,  253,  254,  393  ; 
mill,  vi,  393  n 

Pendleton,  Agnes  de,  vi,  393  n  ; 
Cecily  de,  vi,  393  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vi, 
393;?;  Hawisede,  vi,  39377.;  Hugh 
de,  vi,  393  n  ;  Isold  de,  vi,  393  n  ; 
Quenilda  de,  vi,  365  n,  393  n  ; 

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A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Pendleton  (cont.) 

Reg.  de,  vi,  365  «,  393  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  393  n  ;  Sabasdus  de,  vi, 
393  n  ;  Siward  de,  vi,  393  n  ; 
Thos.  de,  vi,  393  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

393  «,  455  M 
Pendleton     Hall     (Pendleton),     vi, 

349,  393,  394  n 

Pendleton  waste,  vi,  391  »,  514 
Pendleton  wood,  vi,  375  n,  395 
Pendle  Water,  riv.,  vi,  446,  464, 

489,  490,  536,  542,  543 
Pendrecham,  see  Penwortham 
Penelache    (Whittle-le-Woods),    vi, 

34  n 

Penelton,  see  Pendleton 

Penereth,  Emma  de,  vii,  177*1; 
Will,  de,  vii,  177  n 

Peneverdant,  see  Penwortham 

Penhille,  Rob.  de,  vi,  519 

Penhulton,  Penilton,  Peniltune,  see 
Pendleton 

Penketh,  — ,  vii,  7  » 

Penley,  vi,  530  n 

Pennant,  Piers,  vi,  524  n ;  Thos., 
vi,  237,  395  «  ;  vii,  37 

Pennington  (Pinnington) ,  Ad.  de, 
vi,  200  n  ;  Sir  Alan,  vi,  209  n  ; 
Alan  de,  "  vi,  509  n  ;  Cath. 
(Kath),  vii,  89,  317  n  ;  Gabriel, 
vii,  126  n  ;  Sir  John,  vi,  209  n  ; 
vii,  317  «  ;  Jos.,  vi,  65  n  ;  Mar- 
gery, vi,  26 «;  Thos.,  vi,  509  n  ; 
Sir  Will.,  vi,  65  ;  Will.,  vi,  65  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  64 

Penny,  Rev.  Jas.,  vii,  82  n  ;  Jas., 
vii,  25,  87  ;  John,  vii,  142,  205 

Penny  stone  (Bispham),  vii,  246  n 

Pennyworth  (Accrington),  vi,  425  » 

Pens  wick,  Thos.,  vii,  279  n 

Penuertham,  see  Penwortham 

Penwortham,  vi,  i,  29  n,  52-61; 
vii,  90,  91  n,  144  n,  149  n,  288  n  ; 
adv.,  vi,  54  ;  char.,  vi,  56 ;  ch., 
vi,  53,  67  ;  cross,  vi,  56,  57  n  ; 
ferry,  vii,  76 ;  fishery,  vi,  57  n, 
58 «  ;  grange,  vi,  59  ;  ind.,  vi, 
52  ;  man.,  vi,  13  n,  57  ;  vii,  175  n, 
209  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  52  ;  sch.,  vi, 
56,  67,  74 

Penwortham,  bar.  (fee),  vi,  2,  10, 
18,  29,  33,  37,  57;  vii,  70,  108, 
166,  167,  171,  172,  173,  173  n, 
176,  177,  178,  191,  200,  207,  282, 

325 

Penwortham,  Ad.  de,  vi,  60  n  ; 
Agnes  de,  vi,  60  n  ;  Alex,  de,  vii, 
52  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  60  «  ;  Bussel 
of,  vii,  240  n  ;  Christiana  de,  vii, 
99  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  60  n  ;  Hen. 
de,  vii,  99  «  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  60  n  ; 
Kath.  de,  vi,  60  n ;  Mabot  de, 
vii,  63  n,  132  n ;  Marg.  de,  vi, 
60  n  ;  Nich.  de,  vi,  60  n  ;  Phil, 
de,  vi,  60 ;  Ralph  de,  vii,  223  ; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  52  n  ;  Walt,  de,  vi, 
60  n  ;  vii,  63  n,  132  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  63  n,  132  n 

Penwortham  Castle,  vi,  i,  53  n, 
56,  57 

Penwortham  Hall,  vi,  57 

Penwortham  Moss,  vi,  61  ;  vii, 
102  n,  117 

Penwortham  Priory,  vi,  6,  53,  54, 
58  n,  59,  69,  70,  73  n  ;  vii,  145 

Peploe,  Rev.  Sam.,  vii,  86,  87,  113, 
121  n,  123,  205  n 

Pepperfield  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 

Pepper  Hill  (Clifton),  vii,  161 

Pepper  Syke  (Goosnargh),  vii,  192  n 

Perbald,  Perbalt,  Perbold,  see  Par- 
bold 

Perburn  (Coppull),  vi,  222  «,  224, 
228  n 

Perburn,  brook,  vi,  183, 197  n,  224  n 


Perburn,  Ad.  de,  vi,  219  n  ;  Agnes 

de,  vi,  174  «;  Hugh  de,  vi,  228  n  ; 

Margery  de,  vi,  228  n  ;  Rich,  de, 

vi,    174  n  ;    Rob.   de,   vi,   228  n  ; 

Thos.  de,  vi,  228  n 
Percy,  Will.,  vi,  374  n 
Perebold,  see  Parbold 
Peres,  see  Preese 
Pereson,  see  Pearson 
Perient,  Sir  John,  vii,  211  n 
Perlebarn,  John,  vi,  198  n 
Perod  (Marsden),  vi,  538  n 
Perpoint,     Perpont,     Perpunt,     see 

Pierpoint 
Perrin   (Perryn),   Fred.   E.   P.,   vii, 

43 ;    Rev.    F.    E.,    vii,    40 ;    Sir 

Rich.,  vi,  187  n,  190  ;  Rich.,  vi, 

190 

Perry,  Rev.  Steph.,  vii,  12 
Person,  see  Pearson 
Pesecroft  (Accrington),  vi,  424 
Pestur,    Christiana    le,    vii,    98 «  ; 

Hen.  le,  vii,  98  n  ;  Rich,  le,  vii, 

99  n  ;  Rog.  le,  vii,  99  » 
Peter,     the     chaplain,     vi,     369  K, 

546  n  ;  the  physician,  vii,  24 
Peterborough,  John  Towers,  bp.  of, 

vii,  54  n 
Petit  Middleargh  (Hackinsall) ,  vii, 

257  n 
Petre,  Lady  Cath.,  vi,  422  ;    Lds., 

vi,  278,  332,  347,  423,  425  ;  vii, 

58 ;   John,   vi,   259  n  ;    Rob.,   vi, 

422  ;  Rob.  E.,  vi,  422  n  ;  Rob.  J., 

vi,  422  n 
Petre,  Edw.,  vi,  422  n  ;  vii,  111-12  ; 

E.  H.,  vii,  112  »  ;  Fran.,  vi,  259  ; 

Geo.,    vi,    404 ;    vii,    14 ;    Geo. 

E.  A.  H.,  vi,  328,  329,  336,  346, 

347,  422  ;  Sir  Geo.  G.,  vi,  422  ; 

Geo.  W.,  vi,  422  ;  G.  E.,  vi,  401  ; 

Hen.,   vi,    422  n ;    Hen.   W.,   vi, 

422  n  ;  Oswald  H.,  vi,  278,  304  ; 

bp.,  vii,  61 

Petrington  (Worsthorne),  vi,  475  « 
Peule  (Upper  Rawcliffe),  vii,  268  n 
Peverel,  hon.  of,  vii,  240 
Pewter  vessels,  vi,  415,  517  ;  vii, 

217 

Peycroft  (Mawdesley),  vi,  97  n 
Peyke,  Geo.,  vi,  518  n 
Peytevin,  Isabel,  vi,  366  n  ;  Maud, 

vi,  366  n,  395  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  366  n 
Phenixcoales,  see  Feniscowles 
Philip,    vii,    98  n ;    of   Chester,    vi, 

295  ;  the  priest,  vi,  287 ;  rector 

of  Croston,  vi,  87 
Philipson,  Carus,  vi,  557 
Philiptoft  (Garstang),  vii,  296 
Phillips,  Fran.,  vii,  263  ;  Rev.  John 

B.,  vi,  440 

Philpott,  Hen.,  vii,  260  n 
Phipps,    Mary,    vii,    278 «;    Thos. 

H.  H.,  vii,  278  n  ;  — ,  vii,  272 
Phisick,  see  Fishwick 
Phusthor  (Freckleton),  vii,  168  n 
Physick,  see  Fishwick 
Piccop,  Piccope,  see  Pickup 
Pickard,    Alice,    vii,    136  n ;    Will., 

vii,  136  n 

Picke,  John,  vii,  255 
Pickerell,  John,  vii,  263  n 
Pickering,  Ant.,  vii,  287  n,  324  n 

Cecily,    vii,    324  n  ;    Isabel,    vii 

257  ;  Jas.,  vii,  193  n,  253  n,  254  n 

257,  258  n,  324  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  257 

John,  vii,  324  n  ;  Mabel,  vii,  257 

Marg.,  vii,  257  ;  Rich.,  vii,  20  ; 

Rob.,  vi,  88,  89,  158,  161  ;  Rog., 

vii,  324  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  280  n  ;  Sir 

Will.,  vi,  356  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  324  n 
Pickering  Place  (Cliviger),  vi,  481  n 
Pickoppe,  see  Pickup 
Pickup  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi,  454, 

467 

402 


Pickup  (Pecop,  Piccop,  Piccope, 
Pickoppe,  Picop),  Cath.,  vi,  381  ; 
Edm.,  vi,  438  n;  Jas.,  vi,  283, 
436  n,  438  «  ;  John,  vi,  342,  436  ; 
Mich.,  vi,  446  ;  Rob.,  vi,  467  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  381,  436 ;  Will.,  vi, 
451  n,  467  n 

Pickup  Bank,  vi,  230  «,  280 
Pickup  Bank  Height,  vi,  280 
Piele,  see  Peel 

Pierpoint  (Perpoint,  Perpont,  Per- 
punt), Agnes  de,  vi,  200  «,  201  n  ; 
Alice,   vi,   201  «  ;    Augustus,   vi, 
214  n  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Dav., 
vi,    214  n;    Denise,    vi,    21477; 
Joan  le,  vi,  201  n  ;  John  de,  vi, 
201  n,   305  n  ;   vii,    321  n  ;   Mar- 
gery de,  vi,  71  n  ;  Matilda  de,  vi, 
305  n  ;    Nich.,    vi,    201  n  ;    Rich, 
(de),    vi,    200  n,    201  «,    214 «, 
217??;   vii,   321  n  ;   Rob.   de,  vi, 
201  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  71  n,  201  n,  203  «,  204  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  291  « 
Pierson,  see  Pearson 
Piggot,  see  Pigot 
Pighel  (Whithalgh),  vi,  288 
Pighill  (Wrightington),  vi,  174  n 
Pighle  (Cuerden),  vi,  28  n 
Pighle,  the  (Stonyhurst),  vii,  4  ;i 
Pighole  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469 
Pighole  (Come),  vi,  524  n 
Pightle  (Sunderland),  vi,  318 
Pigot    (Piggot),    Ad.,    vii,    200  n  ; 
Edw.,     vii,     67  ;     Hawise,     vii, 
200  n  ;   Hen.,  vi,   80 ;   John,  vi, 
217  ;  fam.,  vii,  102,  102  n 
Piked  Edge  (Come),  vi,  522 
Pikedlow  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

457 

Pike  Law  (Barley),  vi,  519 

Piladhalers  (Charnock),  vi,  207  n 

Pilatefurlong  (Westby),  vii,  i75» 

Pilgrim,  Thos.,  vi,  189 

Pilkington    (Pilkinton,    Pylkinton), 

Alex,  de,  vi,  474  n  ;  vii,   181  n  ; 

Alice,  vi,   85,  228  n,  474  n  ;   Sir 

Chas.,  vi,  316  «,  458  ;  Edm.,  vi, 

555  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  316  ;  vii,  198  n  ; 

Eliz.,  vi,  228  n  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  228  n  ; 

Hen.   de,   vi,    474  n ;    Hugh,   vi, 

317  n  ;  Isabel  (de),  vi,  101  «,  458  ; 

Jas.,  vi,  85,  86  n,  88,  166  n,  242  ; 

Joan,  vi,  316  ;  Sir  John,  (de)  vi, 

316  ;  vii,  213  n  ;   John,  vi,   142, 

220,  488  ;  vii,  185  «,  198  ;  Kath., 

vi,  216  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  228  n  ;  Lora 

de,  vi,   194  n,  200  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 

89  w  ;    Rich.,    vi,    215  »,    216  n  ; 

Rob.,     vi,     186,     191  n,     215  n, 

216  n  ;   Sir  Rog.   de,  vi,    194  n  ; 

Rog.   de,   vii,   181  »  ;   Will,   (de), 

vi,  85,  86  n,  88  «,  89,  474  n  ;  vii, 

1 88  ;  fam.,  vi,  246  n 

Pilkington    Hall    (Wakefield),     vi, 

316  n 

Pillhouses  (Lytham),  vii,  216  n 
Pilling,  vii,  256,  291,  292,  293,  299, 
332-5 ;  adv.,  vii,  333 ;  chap., 
vii,  299,  334  ;  ch.,  vii,  334  ;  man., 
vi,  413;  vii,  274  n,  333;  Nonconf., 
vii,  335  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  335  ; 
sch.,  vii,  335 

Pilling  (Pylling),   John,   vi,   272  n, 
438,  438  n,  439  ;  Rog.,  vi,  434  ; 
Will.,  vi,  551  n 
Pilling  Hey  (Pilling),  vii,  333 
Pilling  Lane  (Preesall),  vii,  256 
Pilling  Moss,  vii,  304,  308  n,  313  n 
Pillock,  Ad.,  vi,  264  n 
Pilotholes,  John  de,  vi,  205  n 
Pilsworth,  Will,  de,  vi,  221  n 
Pimlico  (Clitheroe),  vi,  360 
Pincock,  Hugh,  vi,  51  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
10  n  ;  Thurstan,  vi,  9  n 


INDEX 


Pincock  mill  (Euxton),  vi,  18 

Pindar  (Finder),  Chas.,  vi,  416  ; 
Will,  the,  vii,  257  « 

Pinkpool  (Hutton),  vi,  68  n 

Pinnington,  see  Pennington 

Piper,  Jas.,  vi,  n8n 

Piper  Yard  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 

Pippin  Street  (Brindle),  vi,  75 

Pirleston  (Norf.),  vi,  227  n 

Place,  Isaac,  vi,  432 ;  Thos.,  vii, 
218  ;  Will.,  vi,  191 

Plague,  vi,  236  ;  vii,  73,  75,  285,  292 

Plantagenet,  Arth.,  vi,  163  »,  164  n ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  163  n 

Platfordale  (Platford  Dales)  (Pres- 
ton), vii,  79  H,  97  n,  99  n 

Platt,  Rev.  — ,  vii,  220  n 

Playters,  Eliz.,  vi,  227  « 

Pleasington,  vi,  235,  266-9,  408 ; 
alum  mine,  vi,  235 ;  char.,  vi, 
244 ;  man.,  vi,  266 ;  mill,  vi, 
269  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  269 

Pleasington  (Plesington),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
266,  409  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  162  n  ; 
Alice  (de),  vi,  266,  267  n,  410  n  ; 
vii,  28  n,  179  w,  i8o«,  323*1; 
Amabel  de,  vi,  266,  266  «,  282  ; 
Beatrice  de,  vi,  266  «  ;  Diana  de, 
vi,  266,  266  n,  267  «  ;  Diota  de, 
vi,  170  n  ;  Ellen  (de),  vi,  290  n ; 
vii,  154 «,  306 n;  Ellis  (Elias) 
de,  vi,  266,  267  n,  269,  281, 
282,  326,  409  n,  410 ;  Geofi.  de, 
vii,  179  n,  180  n ;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  6l  »,  266,  267  n,  269,  282  ; 
vii,  247,  306  n ;  Isabel  (de),  vii, 
306  *i,  324  n  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  267  *  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  61  n,  267  n,  281, 
282  ;  vii,  28  n,  297  n,  306  n,  308, 
319  n,  320,  324  n,  326  n,  328  n; 
Mabel  de,  vi,  267  n,  281  ;  Nich., 
vii,  323  n ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  266 ; 
vii,  28  n,  212  n,  319  *t,  325  n  ; 
Sir  Rob.  de,  vi,  61  *i,  266 ;  vii, 
152  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  61  *i,  162  *, 
266,  267  n,  281,  282,  327  «;  vii, 
27  n,  28  n,  279  «,  297  n,  306,  308, 
309,  316  *,  319  n,  320  n,  326  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  266,  267,  282  ; 
Sibyl  de,  vii,  212  n ;  Will.,  vii, 
200  n,  212  n,  278  n,  279,  319  », 
323  »  ;  fam.,  vii,  227  *t 

Pleasington  Hall  (Pleasington),  vi, 
268 

Pleasington  Moor,  vi,  266 

Plesington,  Plesinton,  Plessington, 
Plesyngton,  see  Pleasington 

Pleyndamours,  Alice,  vii,  16  n ; 
Rich.,  vii,  16  n 

Plowden,  Chas.,  vii,  13 

Pluket  (Ploket),  Ad.,  vi,  57  n,  71  *, 
72  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  73  *  ;  Hen.,  vi, 

71  it,  72  n;  Hugh,  vi,  60  n,  71  n, 

72  n  ;  WilL,  vi,  60  «,  71  *»,  72  n 
Plumb,  Cecily,  vii,  52  »  ;  Maud,  vii, 

52  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  52  » 
Plnmpton,  Gt.  and  Little  (Westby 

with Plumptons), vii,  n8n,  i6in, 

162  n,  163  «,  174, 175,  177, 282  n ; 

man.,  vii,  175,  286  n 
Plumpton,  Alice  de,  vii,  4 ;  Emma 

de,  vii,  4 ;  Joan  de,  vii,  175  n  ; 

John,    vii,    17011,    175  n ;   Thos. 

de,    vii,    170*;    Walt,    de,    vii, 

175  «  ;  Sir  WilL  de,  vii,  4  ;  Will. 

de,  vii,  175  n 

Plumton,  Plunton,  see  Plumpton 
Plymouth  Brethren,  vii,  171,  237, 

251 
Pocklington,    **ugh    de,    vi,    299  ; 

Rob.  de,  vii,  «,!,  52  » 
Poitou,   Rich.,   ct-   of,   vii,    146 *t ; 

Rog.,  ct.  of,  vi,  63,  86,  162,  232  ; 

vii,  2,  27,  45,  72,  82,  83,  92,  145, 

157,  184,  222,  226,  256,  285 


Pole,  Chas.,  vi,  31  n ;  John,  vii, 
113  n  ;  Margery  (del),  vii,  in  n, 
H3n;  Will,  (del),  vii,  in  n, 
113  n 

Polie,  see  Pelle 

Pollard,  Anne,  vi,  456  ;  Edm.,  vi, 
142  ;  Geo.,  vi,  456,  512  n  ;  Hen., 
vi,  547  '•  J35-,  vi,  489 ;  John, 
vi,  512  n,  545  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  342  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  434  n,  447,  468  n, 
557  ;  Thos.,  vi,  546  n  ;  Tim.,  vii, 
218;  WilL,  vi,  142,  468*1,  471, 
512*1  ;  — ,  vi,  90  » 
Pollington,  Sir  Thos.  de,  vi,  305 »  ; 

Will,  de,  vi,  305  » 
Polton,  see  Poulton 
Ponings,  Mich.,  vi,  101  n 
Pontchardon,  Beatrice  de,  vi,  326, 
388,  396 ;  John  de,  vi,  326,  388, 
396 ;  Loretta  de,  vii,  321  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  326,  327,  388,  396,  397  n ; 
vii,  321 

Pontefract  Priory  (Yorks),  vi,  355  «, 
356,    417,    534,    538,    546,    547: 
Geoff.,  prior  of,  vi,  355  n  ;  Steph., 
prior  of,  vi,  546  * ;  WilL,  prior 
of,  vi,  546  n,  547  n 
Ponthalgh  (Church),  vi,  345,  346, 
347  *,  399;  man.,  vi,  400,  401, 
401  n  ;  mill.,  vi,  401  n 
Pool,  the  (Layton),  vii,  242,  248 
Poole   (Pool),  Ad.  de,  vii,   170  n  ; 
Alan  de,  vii,   170*1;   Geoff,  de, 
vii,   17011;   Hen.  de,  vi,   112  n  ; 
Jas.,  vii,  275  * ;  Maud  (de,  del), 
vi,  103  n  ;  vii,  170  «  ;  Sim.  de,  vi, 
103  ;  WilL  de,  vii,  168,  256 
Pool  field  (Freckle ton),  vii,  170  n 
Pool  Foot  (Singleton),  vii,  183,  232 
Poolhouse  (Marton),  vii,  242  * 
Poolhouses  (Warton),  vii,  163  » 
Poope  oxgang  (Padiham),  vi,  494  n 
Poor  Fields  (Gt.  Marsden),  vi,  536  n 
Pope,  Janet,  vii,  213  it ;  Rich.,  vii, 

213  n 

Popeley,  Eliz.,  vi,  555  n ;  Isabel, 
vi,  528  n,  543  ;  John,  vi,  528  n, 
543  ;  Marg.,  vi,  553  «  ;  Will.,  vi, 

553  * 

Porritt,  W.  J.,  vii,  218  n 
Porta,  fam.,  see  Yates 
Porte,  John,  vii,  317  « 
Porter,    Hen.,   vi,    107 ;    Jas.,    vii, 

150  n  i  John,  vii,  158  H  ;  Jos.,  vi, 

442  ;  Marg.,  vii,  136  »  ;  Martha, 

vi,  '53  *  I  Rich.,  vi,  153  *t,  177  ; 

Rob.,  vii,   158*1;  Will.   B.,  vii, 

267  n 
Porter's  Harlow  (Little  Eccleston), 

vii,  1 50  n 
Portfield  (Whalley),  vi,  381,  382  n, 

383 

Portsmouth    (Cliviger),    see    Corn- 
holme 
Portsmouth,  John  Vertue,  bp.  of, 

vii,  12 
Postlethwaite,    John,    vii,    175  n ; 

— ,  vi,  416 

Poterton,  Ad.  de,  vi,  546  *» 
Pothou    (Potthow),    John    de,    vi, 

481  n,  545,  546  n  ;  Rosamund  de, 

vi,  545,  546  *  ;  Win.  de,  vi,  545 
Potter,  Jas.,  vii,  335  ;  John,  vi,  242 
Potterford  (Potterforth)  (Whalley), 

vi,  382  «,  412  n 
Potter    Ridding     (Billington),    vi, 

326  n 

Pottery,  Rom.,  vi,  289,  442  n 
Potthow,  see  Pothon 
Pouel,  Paulinus  de,  vi,  345  n 
Poulet,  see  Paufct 
Poulton,    Little,    vii,    225,    226  n, 

227  * 
Poulton,  Ad.  de,  vii,  223  n,  226  n  ; 

Agnes    (de),    vii,    226 n,    227  n ; 

4°3 


Poulton  (cant.) 

Alice  de,  vii,  226  n,  227  n  ;  Avice 
de,  vii,  226  n  ;  Beatrice  de,  vii, 
226  n  ;  Chris.,  vii,  331  n  ;  Hen. 
(de),  vii,  226 «,  331**;  Jas.  de, 
vii,  226  «,  227  n  ;  John  de,  vii, 
226  n,  227  «,  228  «,  260  n  ;  Nich. 
de,  vii,  227  n ;  Rich,  de,  vii, 
226  n,  227  n ;  Rob.  (de),  vii,  223  n, 

226  n,  227  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  226  «, 

227  n  ;     Thos.     de,    vii,     226  n  ; 
Waldeve  (Waltheof)  de,  vi,  154  «  ; 
vii,  227*1,  228*1;  Walt,  de,  vii, 

227  *  ;   Will,  de,  vi,   154  n  ;  vii, 

233  » 

Poulton-le-Fylde  (Poulton),  vii,  68, 
69,  71,  137  n,  156  n,  219-28  ; 
adv.,  vii,  222,  248  n  ;  char.,  vii, 
225  ;  ch.,  vii,  83  n,  220 ;  cross, 
vii,  225 ;  mkts.  and  fairs,  vii, 
225,  238  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  228  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  228 ;  Rom. 
rem.,  vii,  219  n  ;  sch.,  vii,  225  ; 
taxes,  vii,  219 

Powell,  Hen.,  vii,  245  ;  Thos.,  vi,  7 

Powys,  Hen.  L.,  vi,  106  n 

Praers,  Ad.  de,  vi,  295  ;  Margery 
de,  vi,  345  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  347  ; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  345  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  295 

Pratesclogh  (Studlehurst),  vi,  324  n 

Prees,  man.,  see  Preese 

Prees,  Alice  de,  vii,  177  n  ;  Amery 
de,  vii,  177  n ;  Austin  de,  vii, 
177  n  i  Edm.  de,  vii,  177  n  ; 
John  de,  vii,  177  *»;  Margery  de, 
vii,  166 »,  173*1,  177,  177  it; 
Nich.  de,  vii,  177*1;  Rob.  (de), 
vii,  166  n,  177  n,  178  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vi,  72  H  ;  vii,  166  n,  167  *•,  177  *i 

Preesall  (Preesall-with-Hackinsall) , 
vii,  68,  173  *i,  252,  256-60,  332  ; 
Nonconf.,  vii,  260 

Preesall  (Preseeve),  Aline  de,  vii, 
256  n ;  Anabil  de,  vii,  157  n, 
256  H  ;  John,  vii,  265  ;  Maud  de, 
vii,  257  n,  260  *» ;  Sabina  de,  vii, 
256  n,  260  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  157  »», 
256  n 

Preesall  Park  (Preesall),  vii,  260  » 

Preese  (Preez,  Pres)  (Weeton-with- 
Preese),  vi,  58  n  ;  vii,  166,  176-8 

Prehistoric  remains,  vi,  349,  442  ; 
vii,  2 

Presbyterians,  vi,  148,  178,  248, 
251,  275,  280,  283,  298,  299,  387  ; 
v",  43.  67,  104,  115,  179,  201,  213 

Prescott  (Prescot),  Alex.,  vi,  186-7  ; 
Edm.  de,  vi,  228  *i ;  Edw., 
vi,  202  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  132  ;  Isabel 
de,  vi,  224  *t,  228  n  ;  Jas.  de,  vi, 

228  H  ;  Joan,  vi,  180  »  ;  John,  vi, 
199*1;  Marg.,  vi,  228 n;  Rich., 
vi,  180,  200 n,  228*1;  Rob.  (de), 
vi,    199*1,    211  n,    224*1,   228*1; 
Thos.,   vi,    167 ;   WilL,   vi,    187  ; 
fam.,  vi,  182 

Prese,  see  Preese 

Preseeve,  Presehou,  Presho,  Pres- 
hou,  Presoude,  Presoure,  Pres- 
sore,  Pressouede,  Presthowe,  see 
Preesall 

Prestoft  (Westby-with-Plumptons), 
vii,  175  *t 

Preston,  vi,  52,  56,  393",  418, 
492  ;  vii,  36,  45,  61,  68,  68  n,  69, 
71,  72-105,  106,  113  »i,  114  *i,  115, 
n6n,  118*1,  121*1,  205,  2ii*t, 
3O9  *,  321  n  ;  adv.,  vi,  41  n  ;  vii, 
82  ;  banks,  vii,  91  »  ;  bridges,  vii, 
75  n,  78,  91,  99  n ;  chants.,  vii,  87, 
88,  89  ;  chap.,  vii,  81  n ;  char., 
vii,  77  n,  89,  300 ;  charters,  vii, 
93  n  ;  ch.,  vii,  81,  85  n,  103, 
inn;  civil  war,  vii,  75-6  ;  court, 
vii,  74 ;  cross,  vii,  78  *»,  gin  ; 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Preston  (cont.) 

custumal,  vii,  93  ;  dock,  vi,  56  n  ; 
vii,  129  n  ;  friars,  vii,  73,  163  n  ; 
guilds,  vii,  73,  74,  95  n ;  ind., 
v"»  73.  78,  91,  92  ;  inns,  vii,  89  n, 
102  w  ;  James  I  at,  vii,  75  ;  leper 
hosp.,  vii,  73,  97 ;  libraries,  vii,  80, 
96  n ;  man.,  vii,  92 ;  mkts.  and  fairs, 

vii»  72»  77.  91,  92  «,  93,  95,  9^, 

96  n,  97  «  ;  mills,  vii,  79  «,  92  w, 
94  «,   100  w,   101  n,   102  M  ;  moot 
hall,  vii,  94,  94  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 
41  n  ;  vii,  103  ;  pks.,  vii,  91,  96, 

97  n,    115;    parl.    rep.,    vii,    72, 
78  K  ;  place-names,  vii,  79  n,  97  », 

99  n  ;  pretors,  vii,  94 ;  races,  vii, 

97  ti ;  Ribble  fishery,  vii,  93 ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  104  ;  schs.,  vi,  48  n  ; 
vii,    88,   89,    89  n,   91,   96;   seal, 
vii,    94  n  ;    stallingers,    vii,    73  ; 
volunteers,   vii,    78 ;    wards,   vii, 
95-6 ;     wells,     vii,     91  «,     96 «  ; 
workhouse,  vii,  97 

Preston,  fee  (Idship.),  vii,  27,  127, 
167,  171,  175,  179,  191,  276,  320, 
325 

Preston,  Ad.  de  (of),  vi,  293,  302  «, 
471  ;  vii,  50  n,  79  n,  98  n,  99  n, 

100  «,  134  n,  212  n,  283  n  ;  Agnes 
de,  vii,  99  n  ;  Albred  de,  vii,  99  «, 
100  n  ;  Albric  de,  vii,  99  n  ;  Alex. 
de,  vii,  92  «,  99  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi, 
117  n,  293  ;  vii,  62  n,  98  n,  99  n, 
283  n  ;     Amery    de,     vii,     99  n  ; 
Amota  de,  vii,  99  n  ;  Anne,  vi, 
378  n,  412  «  ;  Anot  de,  vii,  98  «  ; 
Avice  de,  vii,  98  n,  99  n,   134*1, 
1 60  n  ;     Award     de,     vii,     99  n  ; 
Bald,  de,  vii,  94*1,  98  n,   n6«, 
134  n  ;  Beatrice,  vii,  154;  Cecily 
de,  vii,  99  n  ;  Christiana  de,  vii, 
99  n  ;  Sir  Chris.,  vii,  79  n  ;  Chris, 
(de),  vi,  9«;  vii,  99  «;  Eleanor 
de,  vi,  197  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  211  n  ; 
Ellen  de,  vii,  98  n,  99  n,  160  n  ; 
Eva  de,  vii,  98  n  ;  Fulk  de,  vii, 

99  n  ;  Geoff,  (de,  of),  vi,  302  n  ; 
vii,  98  n,  99  n  ;   Geo.,  vii,  99  n, 
126  n,    213  n,    309,    323,    323  n  ; 
Hen.    (de),    vi,    14  n ;    vii,    50  n, 

98  «,   99  M,    100  «,    n6n,    133  n, 
200  n,  213  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vii,  79  n, 

98  n,    99  «,    100  n,    283  ;    Isabel, 
vii,  99  n,  101  w  ;  Joan,  vii,  259  n  ; 
John   (de),  vii,   48  n,  50  n,  99  «, 

100  n,  101  n,  in  «,  212  «,  320  «  ; 
Jordan  de,  vii,  62  «  ;   Ketel  de, 
vii,  99  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  74;  vii,  154  ; 
Mabel,  vii,  258,  259  n  ;  Malbe  de, 
vii, 99 n;  Marg.de,  vii,  99 «,  309 n, 
310  n  ;    Margery    de,    vii,    50  n, 

99  n,  100  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  79  n, 
98  n,   99  n,    100  n,    133  n  ;   Nich. 
of,    vi,    302  n  ;    vii,    92  n,    94  n, 
98  K,    99  n,    100  »,    101  «  ;    Pain 
de,  vii,  99  n  ;  Paul  (Paulin)  (de), 
vii,     98  n,     99  n,     100 «,     101  n, 
133  M,  283  n  ;  Phil,  de,  vii,  79  n, 
98  ??,  99  n  ;   Ralph  de,  vii,  99  n, 

100  M,     n6n;    Reg.,    vii,    258; 
Rich,  (de),  vii,  98  n,  99  n,  101  n, 
105  n,    211  n,    297,    321  n  ;    Sir 
Rob.,  vii,  99  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  14  «  ; 
vii,  50  n,  79  n,  84  «,  98  «,  99  «, 
ioo«,  105  «,  ii6«,  212  n  ;  Rog. 
de,    vi,    293,    471  n ;    vii,    79  n, 
98  «,    99  n,    134  «,    160  w  ;    Sim. 
de,  vi,  214  n  ;  vii,   53  n,   100  «  ; 
Steph.   de,   vii,   98  n  ;   Suard  de, 
vii,  98  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,   378  n  ;  vii, 
126  n,    133  M,   211,   259;    Uctred 
de,  vii,  99  n  ;  Walt,  (de),  vii,  79  M, 
309  M,  310  n  ;  Wilfrid,  vii,  259  n  ; 
Will,  (de),  vi,  60  n,  197  n,  378  w, 
456,  471  «;  vii,  19,  62  n,  74,  79  M, 


Preston  (cont.) 

98  n,  99  n,  100  «,  101  n,  107  «, 
134  n,  223,  283  «  ;  Wimark  de, 
vii,  99  «  ;  — ,  vii,  98  n  ;  fam.,  vii, 

73  » 

Prestone,  see  Preston 
Preston-Holt,  Thos.,  vi,  378 
Preston  Marsh,  vii,  77  n,  go  n,  97  n, 

131 

Preston  Moor,  vii,  92  «,  93  n 
Prestune,  see  Preston 
Pretors,  vi,  367  ;   vii,  94 
Price,    Fran.,    vi,    242  ;    John,    vi, 

181 

Prichard,  Chas.  C.,  vi,  359 
Priding  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi,  290 
Priest     Chamber     (Padiham),     vi, 

494  n 

Priestfield  (Colne),  vi,  524  «,  527  n 
Priestfield  (Euxton),  vi,  20  n 
Priestfield  (Wrightington),  vi,  174  n 
Priestlache,  Ad.  de,  vi,  34  n 
Priestland  (Wiswell),  vi,  397  n 
Priestley,  Rob.,  vi,  436  n 
Priestmeadow  (Ribchester),  vii,  43  « 
Priestpot  (Tarnacre),  vii,  271  n 
Priestridding  (Claughton),  vii,  325  n, 

326  n 

Priest's  House,  see  Merrick's  Hall 
Prilleston  (Norf.),  vi,  227  n 
Primet  Bridge  (Colne),  vi,  523,  530, 

536 

Primett,  Thos.,  vii,  149,  218  n 
Primitive  Episcopalians,  vii,  104  M 
Primitive  Methodists,  see  Methodists 
Primote  Bridge,  see  Primet  Bridge 
Primrose  (Livesey),  vi,  284  n 
Primrose,   Cecily,   vi,   95  n ;    Will., 

vi,  95  n 
Primrose    Syke    (Higher    Booths), 

vi,  434  n 
Prior,  Alice,  vi,   154  n  ;   Rich.,  vi, 

154  « 

Prior  Park  College  (Bath),  vi,  290 
Prior's  Wood  (Parbold),  vi,  180  n 
Priory,  the  (Pleasington),  vi,  269  n 
Proctor    (Procter),    Ad.    (the),    vi, 
547,   548;   Eliz.,   vi,    170 «;   vii, 
193  «,  194,  194  »,  322  n  ;  Grace, 
vi,    504,    547  ;    Joan,    vi,    547  ; 
Josiah,   vi,   504  n ;   Percival,   vi, 
547 ;    Rich.,   vi,   547  ;    Rob.,   vi, 
23  ;   Thos.,   vi,    170  n,    504 ;   vii, 
194,   194  n,   198  n,  322  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  77  n  ;  Will.  G.,  vi,  128 
Proden  (Pruden),  Edm.,  vii,  212  n  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  212  n  ;  John,  vii,  212  n  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  212  n 
Prospect  Hill  (Higher  Walton),  vi, 

289 
Proud     Bridge     (Freckleton) ,     vii, 

144  «,  166  n 
Pruden,  see  Proden 
Puddington  Hall  (Chesh.),  vii,  320 
Pudsey  (Pudsay),  Isabel,  vii,  270  ; 
John    (de),    vi,    265  ;    vii,    270  ; 
Sir  Ralph,  vi,   394  n  ;   Rowland, 
vi,  394  ;  — ,  vi,  374  n,  394 
Pughull,  le  (Sunderland),  vi,  318 
Pukenhale  (Yorks),  vi,  304  n 
Pulford,  Will.,  vi,  290 
Pulforth  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 
Pulpits,   vi,    152,    1 86,   296,   296  n, 

448,  449,  533,   557  '•  vii»  6l»  8l, 

171,  216,  295 

Pulton,  Pultune,  see  Poulton 
Purbrick,  Edw.,  vii,  13 
Purefoy,  Geo.,  vi,  77  n  ;  Knightley, 

vi,  59  n 

Purmanhill  (Marsden),  vi,  538  n 
Pye,    Christiana,    vii,    4  n  ;    John, 

vii,  299  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  4  n  ;  fam., 

vii,  49  n 

Pylin,  Pylling,  see  Pilling 
Pylkinton,  see  Pilkington 

404 


Pym,  Rev.  Walt.  R.,  bp.,  vii,  217, 

217  n 

Pyncombe,  Mrs.,  vi,  343 
Pynde,  Rich.,  vii,  59  n 


Quaker    Fold    (Yate    and    Pickup 

Bank),  vi,  280 

Quakers,  see  Friends,  Soc.  of 
Quakers'  bridge  (Reedley),  vi,  490, 

537 

Quarlous,  see  Wharles 
Quarries,  vi,  345,361,372,  427,  441, 

487,  492,  537,  544,  548  ;  vii>  51 
Quartley,  Harriett  J.,  vii,  44  n,  219  ; 

Jas.,  vii,  43 

Quatholme,  see  Wheatholme 
Quclton,  see  Wheelton 
Quenilda     (Gunilda),     vi,     499 «  ; 

vii,    159  «,    i6on,    166 «,    i8o«, 

249  n  ;  d.  of  Rich.,  vii,  285  n 
Querderay    (Querderey),    Ad.,    vi, 

365  n,  393  n  ;    Hugh,  vi,  393  n  ; 

Isold,  vi,  393  n  ;   John,  vi,  365  n, 

393  n  ;    Rob.,   vi,    368  «,   393  n  ; 

Will.,  vi,  393  n 

Quernmore,  vii,  120  n,  139  n,  317 
Queteley,  see  Wheatley 
Quilton,  see  Wheelton 
Quinacre  (Preston),  vii,  99  n 
Quinschalcishurede     (Weeton-with- 

Preese),  vii,  176  n 
Quipp,  John,  vi,  431 
Quitacres  (Clay  ton -le -Moors),  vi, 

4.17 

Quithalc,  Quithalwe,  see  Whithalgh 
Quittar  fall,  see  Whitecarr  fall 
Quytyngham,  see  Whittingham 
Qwalley,  see  Whalley 


Raa  ditch  (Ribby-with-Wrea),  vii, 

157  » 

Rabis  (Longton),  vi,  72% 

Raby,  Avice  de,  vi,  295  ;    Jas.,  vii, 

272  n  ;   Rich.,  vii,  265 
Racarr      (Ribby-with-Wrea),      vii, 

158  n 

Radburn  (Brindle),  vi,  75 

Radchapman,  Anota  de,  vi,  393  n  ; 
Avice,  vi,  393  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  393  n 

Radcliffe  (Radeclive),  Ad.  de,  vi, 
264,  265,  400  n,  401  n,  405  «,  406, 
408  ;  Agnes  (de),  vi,  376,  400  n, 
401  n,  402  n,  406  n,  559  n  ;  Sir 
Al*x.,  vi,  252,  282  n,  285  M  ; 
Alex.,  vi,  281,  282,  447,  447  n, 
510  n ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  121  «, 
364  n,  367,  406  ;  vii,  274  n,  307  n  ; 
Lady  Anne,  vi,  281  «,  472  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  63,  154,  215,  316, 
459  n  ;  vii,  275,  307  ;  Cecily  (de), 
vi,  63  n,  245,  265  n,  281,  307  n, 
401  n,  402  n  ;  Chas.,  vi,  367  n, 
376  n,  379,  407,  409,  555 « ; 
Christiana  de,  vi,  401  n,  402  ; 
Chris,  de,  vi,  514  ;  Edm.,  vi, 
163  n  ;  Edm.  S.,  vi,  452  ;  Edw., 
vi,  409  ;  vii,  53  n,  63  «,  307  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  369  n,  376,  394  n  ;  vii, 
210  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  195  n,  315,  316, 
406  n  ;  vii,  307  n  ;  Frances,  vi, 
510  n  ;  Geo.,  vi,  160,  364  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  376  n,  379,  405,  407  ; 
vii,  53  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  60  n  ;  vii, 
25  n>  3°6  n  ;  Isabel  (de),  vi,  105  11, 
154,  405  n  ;  vii,  275,  306  n  ; 
Rev.  Jas.,  vii,  195  -.  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
273,  538;  vii,  2r_,  ;  Joan  (de), 
vi,  254,  292,  3<-5  n,  327 «,  337, 
345;  vii,  306  *  ,307  n  ;  Sir  John, 
vi,  215,  220  n,  281;  vii,  113  n, 
200  n  ;  John  (de),  vi,  58  n,  182  n, 
254,  264,  281,  282  n,  327  M,  345, 


INDEX 


Radcliffe  (cont.) 

347,    376  n,    405,    405  n,    406  n, 

407,  412  n,  416,  420,  488,  516  ; 
vii,  307  n  ;    Joshua,  vi,  375,  376  ; 
Kath.  (de),  vi,  163  n,  246,  321  ; 
vii,  201  n,  274  n,  309  ;  Marg.  (de), 
vi,  3I9>  347,  406  w,  420,  553  «; 
vii,  307  w  ;   Margery  (de),  vi,  194, 
194  n,  264  ;    Mary,  vi,  285,  286, 
376  n  ;    Maud,   vi,  163  n,   528-9  ; 
Sir  Nich.,  vi,  538  ;    Orme  de,  vi, 

253  n  ;  Pet.  (de),  vi,  400  n,  401  n, 
402,  406  ;    vii,  210  n  ;    Sir  Ralph 
(de),     vi,     150  w,     163  n,     245  ; 
Ralph,    vi,   109  n,  150  n,    163  n  ; 
vii,   51.   53  w>   306  n  ;    Sir   Rich, 
(de),  vi,  364  n,  511  n,  515,  538, 
549  ;     vii,    306  n,    307  n  ;     Rich, 
(de),  vi,  102  n,  104  w,  109  n,  121  », 
158,  194,  254,  259,  264,  281,  316, 
328  n,    345,    364  n,    369,    376  n, 
394  n,  402  «,  405,  406,  407,  408, 
512  n,    514,    539,    553  n,    555  «, 
559  n  ;   vii,  139  n,  306,  307,  309  ; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  153  n,  154  n,  163  w, 
245,  265,  281,  321,  379  n,  405  n, 
406  n,  408  ;    vii,  306  ;    Rog.  (de), 
vi,  265,  281,  400  w,  401  n,  406; 
vii,  307  n  ;  Savill,  vi,  376  n,  394  ; 
Sibyl  de,  vi,  254  ;   Sir  Thos.  (de) , 
vi,  259,  364  n,  376  n,  514  ;    vii, 
274  n,  303,  306  n,  307  n  ;    Thos. 
(de),  vi,  104  n,  188,  194  n,  305  w, 
315,   316  n,   376  n,  394  n,  406  w, 
438  »,  490,  514,  529,  538,  555  n  ; 
vii,    70 «,    107  «,    118%,    125  w, 
169  w,   185  «,   199  w,   233  n,   275, 
281  n,    287  n,    306  «,    307  ;     Sir 
Will.,  vi,  195  n,  472  n  ;  Will,  (de), 
vi,    105  n,    154  w,    160  n,    163  «, 
237  n,  245,   259,   264,  285,  286, 
292,  316,  321,  376,  402  n,  405  n, 

408,  409  n,  459  «,  5M.  539,  553  «> 
559  «  ;     vii,    120  w,    207  n,    306, 
307  ;     Winhaue    de,    vi,    253  n  ; 
Capt.,  vii,    75  ;    — ,  vi,  396  ;  vii, 
281  w,  283  n,  287  n,  514  n,  524  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  95,  219,  370,  373,  425, 
470  ;   vii,  52  n,  114,  189  n,  193  n, 

254  n>  325  n>  331  w 

Radfield  Fold   (Over  Darwen),   vi, 

270 

Radholme  Laund  (Yorks),  vii,  156  n 
Radley,  Will.,  vi,  213,  215 
Radwell  ford  (Billington) ,  vi,  330  n  ; 

vii,  13  n 

Ragh,  Rob.,  vii,  47  n 
Raghanald,  vii,  285 
Raholme  (Clif ton-with-Salwick) ,  vii, 

163  n 

Raikes  Hall  (Blackpool),  vii,  243 
Rainford,    Agnes    de,    vii,    288  n  ; 

John    de,    vi,    7  n  ;     vii,    288  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vii,  288  n 
Rainshalgh  (Newsbam),  vii,  288  n 
Rakedanclough       (Rakedenescliff), 

(Button),  vii,  56  n 
Ralee,  see  Rolegh 
Ralph,  vi,  i,  65,  374  n,  509  ;    vii, 

198  n,    199  n  ;     the    pretor,     vi, 

367  n  ;  rector  of  Mitton,  vii,  13  n  ; 

the  reeve,  vi,  365  n  ;    vii,  94  n  ; 

the  smith,  vi,   n  n  ;    the  tailor, 

vii,  133  n 
Rama,  Chas.  Walmesley,  bp.  of,  vi, 

192 

Rammes-holm  (Sundcrland),  vi,  318 
Ramsbottom,  Ad.,  vi,  436  n  ;  Chris., 

vi,  436  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  436,  438  n  ; 

Hen.,  vi,  432  n,  440  n  ;    John,  vi, 

436  n  ;    Nich..  vi,  438  n  ;    Oliver, 

vi,  436  ;  Otwell,  vi,  438  n  ;  Thur- 

stan,  vi,  436  *".  438  n  ;    Will.  H., 

vii,  291 
Ramsclough  (Chipping),  vii,  34  n 


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Ramsden,  Will.,  vi,  472 
Ramsgreave,    vi,    235,    251,    360  ; 

Nonconf.,  vi,  252 
Ramsgreave,  forest,  vi,  232 
Ramsgreave  Heights,  vi,  260 
Ramsgreen  (Ramsgreave),  vi,  252  n 
Ranchil,  vii,  285  n 
Randle  (Ranulf),  vi,  332  ;  vii,  264  « 
Randolph,  Rob.,  vii,  114  n 
Ranfurthe,  Nich.,  vi,  361 
Rankin,  Rob.,  vi,  125 
Rann  (Oswaldtwistle),  vi,  405 
Ranulf,  see  Randle 
Rappock  Lane  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  468  n 

Rasaker,  see  Roseacre 
Ratcliffe    Hall    (Upper    Rawcliffe- 

with-Tarnacre),  vii,  271  n 
Ratonraw     (Goosnargh-with-News- 

ham),  vii,  193  n 
Ratonraw    Green     (Stan  dish),    vi, 

194  w 
Ratten  (Ratton)  Clough  (Trawden), 

vi,  548,  551 
Raun  (Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton) , 

vii,  179  n 
Rauthmell,  Rich.,  vii,  190  ;    fam., 

vi,  380  n 
Raven,    John    S.,    vii,    81  ;     Rev. 

Thos.,  vii,  81 
Ravenhacclough  (Alston-with- 

Hothersall),  vii,  66  n 
Raven  House  (Read),  vi,  506  n 
Ravenkel  (Fulwood),  vii,  137  n 
Ravenmeols,  see  Ravensmeols 
Ravenridding  (Winkle y),  vii,  13  n 
Ravensacre  (Eccleston),  vi,  165  n 
Raven's  Clough  (Old  Laund  Booth), 

vi,  522 

Ravensden  (Simonstone),  vi,  498 
Ravensden,  John  de,  vi,  499  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  499  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 

499  n 
Ravensdenfield    (Read),   vi,   497  n, 

5°3« 

Ravenshaw,  Agnes  de,  vii,  53  n  ; 
Alice  de,  vii,  30  n  ;  Christiana  de, 
vii,  53  w  ;  Ellen  de,  vii,  53  n  ; 
Isabel  de,  vii,  53  n  ;  John  de,  vii, 
53  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vii,  53  n  ; 
Steph.  de,  vii,  30  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  30  n,  209  n 

Ravenshawhalgh,  see  Rainshalgh 

Ravensholme  (Downham),  vi,  555, 
556  » 

Ravensholme,  Margery  de,  vi,  559  «; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  559  n ;  Thos.  de, 
vi,  555 

Ravensmeols  (Ravenmeols),  vii, 
130  n,  133  n,  229  n,  313  n 

Raw,  see  Rawe  and  Raws 

Rawcliffe,  Middle,  man.  (Out  Raw- 
cliffe),  vii,  273 

Rawcliffe,  Old  Upper  (Upper  Raw- 
cliffe), vii,  272  n 

Rawcliffe  (Out),  vii,  176  n,  177,  260, 
261  n,  264  «,  273-6,  331  n  ; 
chant.,  vii,  275  n  ;  ch.,  vii,  276  ; 
man.,  vii,  183 «,  273,  274  n ; 
mill,  vii,  273  «  ;  Nonconf.,  vii, 
276  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  276 

Rawcliffe,  Upper  (Upper  Rawcliffe- 
with-Tarnacre),  vii,  155  n,  260, 
261  n,  264  n,  267-73,  274  «,  278, 
279,  288  n,  302  n,  332  ;  ch.,  vii, 
273  ;  mans.,  vii,  267  ;  mill,  vii, 
268  ;  sch.,  vii,  273 

Rawcliffe  (Romeclive,  Roueclive), 
Alan  de,  vii,  271  »  ;  Augustus 
W.,  vi,  134  ;  Hen.,  vi,  133,  144, 
167  ;  John  de,  vii,  268  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vii,  268  n,  271  «  ;  Samson, 
vii,  i8n;  Sim.  de,  vii,  271*1; 
Thos.  de,  vii,  204  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 
268  n,  271  «  ;  — ,  vi,  512  n 

405 


Rawcliffe  Hall  (Out  Rawclilfe),  vii, 
276 

Rawcliffe  Hospital  (Chorley),  vi, 
144 

Rawcliffe  Moss,  vii,  267,  322  n 

Rawcliff  field  (Hutton),  vi,  69  n 

Rawdon,  Jas.  H.,  vii,  87 

Rawe  (Raw),  Edm.,  vii,  181  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  155,  166 ;  Nich.,  vi, 
205  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  164  ;  see  also 
Raws 

Rawflatting  (Clitheroe),  vi,  393  n 

Rawlinson,  John,  vi,  17  n  ;  Sir 
Rob.,  vi,  130  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  17  n  ; 
see  also  Rowlinson 

Rawmoors  (Preston),  vii,  79  n, 
102  n 

Raws,  Rev.  John,  vi,  452  ;  see  also 
Rawe 

Rawstorne  (Rostorne),  Agnes,  vii, 
120  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  68  n  ;  Rev. 
Atherton  G.,  vi,  89,  360  ;  Edm., 
vi,  438  ;  Edw.,  vi,  68,  69  n,  371, 
428  n,  436  »,  438  ;  vii,  255  «  ; 
Isabella,  vi,  68  n  ;  Jane,  vii,  120  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  55,  59 «,  62,  68,  69, 
74,  174  n,  202  «,  436  n  ;  vii,  120  ; 
Margery,  vii,  82  ;  Rev.  Rob.  A., 
vi,  54.  55,  74.  3*9 ;  Will.,  vi, 
68 «;  vii,  25,  135 «;  Will.  E., 
vi,  55  ;  — ,  archdeacon,  vii,  105  n; 
Capt.,  vii,  75  ;  — ,  vi,  430  ;  fam., 
vi,  432  ;  vii,  133  n 

Rawtenstall,  vi,  233  n,  350,  434, 
435,  436,  479  ;  ch.,  vi,  436  ;  fair, 
vi,  436 ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  436  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  436 

Raysakur,  see  Roseacre 

Read  (Reade),  vi,  349,  356  «,  357, 
381,  420 «,  493,  497 »,  5°3-7, 
513  ;  ch.,  vi,  507  ;  cotton  manuf., 
vi,  503  ;  man.,  vi,  232,  233  n, 
376,  498  n,  503  n  ;  Rom.  Cath., 
vi,  507  ;  Rom.  rd.,  vi,  503 

Read   (Reade),  Ad.  de,  vi,  504  n, 

506  «  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  497  n,  506  «  ; 
Alex,  de,  vi,  505  «,  506  «  ;  Alice 
de,  vi,  503  n,  505  n,  506  n,  507  H  ; 
Ellis  de,  vi,  503  n,  506  n,  507  n  ; 
Gamel  de,  vi,  503  ;  Hen.  de,  vi, 
503,  506  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  505  n  ; 
John  de  (of),  vi,  503,  503  «,  506  n, 

507  «  ;  vii,  15  n  ;  Jordan  de,  vi, 
503  «  ;    Matth.    de,    vi,    506  r.  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  497  n  ;  vii,  15  «, 
18 ;    Rob.    (de),    vi,    506*1;    vii, 
15  n,  18,  58  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  504  n, 
506  «  ;    Siegrith   de,    vi,    505  n  ; 
Sim.  de,   vi,   503  n,   506 «,   507  ; 
Thos.  de   (of),  vi,  374  n,   503  n, 
506  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  506  n,  507 

Read  Hall  (Read),  vi,  505 
Read  Moor,  vi,  505,  514 
Rebanks,  Thos.,  vi,  52 
Red  Bank  (Chorley),  vi,  129 
Redbrok,  see  Dean,  brook 
Redcarr  (Marton),  vii,  240  » 
Redcarrfurlong  (Warton),  vii,  171  « 
Redde-lumme  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  ;: 
Redding,  see  Riding 
Red  Earth  (Yate  Bank),  vi,  280 
Redeford,  see  Rediford 
Rede  Hallows,  see  Reedley  Hallows 
Redelache  (Claughton),  vii,  330  « 
Redelegh -hallows,  see  Reedley  Hal- 
lows 

Redeley,  see  Ridley 
Redeshaw  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 
Redevalys    (Redyvals),    Rich,    de, 

vi,  266 
Redferne,    Anne,    vi,    515 ;    Thos., 

vi,  515 

Redhalowes,  see  Reedley  Hallows 
Rediate,  Will.,  vii,  210  n 
Redicarr  (Cliviger),  vi,  482  n 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Rediford   (Redeford),   Ad.   de,   vii, 
200  n  ;  Joan  de,  vii,  288  n  ;  John 
de,    vii,    288  n ;    Rich,    de,    vii, 
288  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  288  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vii,  200  n,  288  n 
Redihalgh,  see  Ridihalgh 
Redish  (Redissh),  Joan,  vi,  267  n, 
268;    John,    vi,    268;    Will,    de, 
vi,  267  n,  268 

Redisnape  (Dutton),  vii,  54  n,  58  n 
Redlaihalghes,  see  Reedley  Hallows 
Redlam  (Witton),  vi,  265 
Red  Lee  (Tockholes),  vi,  283  n 
Redleghs  (Hoghton),  vi,  37  n 
Redlinch  (Warton),  vii,  172  n 
Redman,  Rich.,  vi,  298,  299 
Redmayne,    Matth.   de,  vi,  154  n  ; 

vii,  63  n  ;  Norman  de,  vii,  71  n 
Redmeris  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  272  n 
Red  Moss  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Red  Scar  (Grimsargh),  vii,  108,  109 
Redyvals,  see  Redevalys 
Reedheadfurlong  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 
Reedley,  vi,  430,  511 
Reedley  Hallows  (Reedley  Hallows, 
Filly    Close,    and    New    Laund 
Booth),    vi,    230  n,    233  n,    349, 
441,    448,    482  n,    489-92,    514, 
517,  536  ;  mill,  vi,  490 
Reedybutt  Dyke  (Wymondhouses) , 

vi,  394  n 

Reedyford  (Marsden),  vi,  536,  540 
Reedyford    House    (Marsden),    vi, 

540 
Reedy  furlong  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  455  « 

Reedysnape,  see  Redisnape 
Reeve,  Thos.,  vii,  44,  59  n  ;  — ,  vi, 

438  n 
Reformed    Episcopal    Church,    vi, 

220 
Reines,  Dorothy,  vii,  327  n  ;  Capt. 

John,  vii,  327  n 
Reinfred,  vii,  173  n,  296  n,  300 
Relph,  Isaac,  vii,  43 
Remingdon,  brook,  vi,  375  « 
Remington,  Jas.,  vii,  26  n 
Remisgrene  (Lea),  vii,  131  n 
Reseditch  (Hothersall),  vii,  63  n 
Restinglaw  (Carleton),  vii,  228  n 
Reued,  Reuet,  Reuid,  see  Read 
Revidge     Moor     (Blackburn),     vi, 

238  n,  244,  246  n,  266 
Revoe  (Marton),  vii,  239 
Reyner,  vi,  456  n 
Reynolds,  John,  vii,  201 
Rhodes    (Roades),    Jos.,   vii,    205 ; 

Rob.,  vii,  36  ;  see  also  Rodes 
Ribbecestre,  Ribbelcestre,  see  Rib- 

chester 

Ribbelton,  see  Ribbleton 
Kibble,  riv.,  vi,  39  n,  56  n,  in,  231, 
259,  289  ;  vii,  36,  45,  54,  57  n,  58  n, 
61,  62  «,  64  »,  65,  65  n,  68,  70, 
129,  132  n,  133  n,  134  n,  161, 
162  n,  163*1,  165,  166,  167,  171, 
173  n  ;  bridges,  vi,  58 »,  289, 
290,  299  ;  vii,  72,  75  n,  115  ;  ferry, 
vi,  61  » 

Ribblehill  (Clitheroe),  vi,  368  n 
Ribble  Navigation  Co.,  vi,  in 
Ribblescales,    fam.,    see    Ribbleton 

and  Scales 

Ribblesdale,  Thos.,  Ld.,  vi,  356  n 
Ribbleton,  vii,  72,  73 #,  76,  79, 
80,  83  n,  91  n,  105-8,  115,  117  n, 
133  n,  137,  308,  309  ;  chap.,  vii, 
87  n  ;  char.,  vii,  90  ;  ch.,  vii,  108  ; 
crosses,  vii,  105;  man.,  vii,  105; 
mill.,  vii,  106,  107  n;  Rom.  Cath., 
vii,  75,  77  «,  108 

Ribbleton,  Ad.  de,  vii,  107 « ; 
Agnes  de,  vii,  107  n ;  Alice  de, 
vii,  99  n  ;  Amabil  de,  vii,  99  n  ; 
Cecily  de,  vii,  98  n  ;  Helen  de, 


Ribbleton  (cont.) 

vii,  79  «  ;  Hen.  de,  vii,  105,  107  n, 
non;  Isolda  de,  vii,  HIM; 
Lawr.,  vi,  39 « ;  Maud  de,  vii, 
107  n,  109 « ;  Ralph  de,  vii, 
107  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  79  «,  100  n, 
in  «  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  98  n,  107  n, 
logn,  now,  i6o«;  Rog.  de, 
vii,  107  n,  HI  n  ;  Sim.  de,  vii, 
99  n,  107  «  ;  Tunnock  de,  vii, 
107  n  ;  Vivian  de,  vii,  107  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vii,  100  »,  107  n,  109  n, 
1 1 1  n  ;  see  also  Scales 

Ribbleton  Hall  (Ribbleton),  vii, 
105,  106,  107 

Ribbleton  Lodge  (Ribbleton),  vii, 
107 

Ribbleton  Moor,  vii,  76,  90,  105, 
108 

Ribbleton  Scales,  see  Scales  (Rib- 
bleton) 

Ribby  (Ribby -with-Wrea),  vii,  143, 
143  n,  144,  144  n,  146  n,  150, 
157-8,  171  «,  184,  197  ;  ch.,  vii, 
158;  mans.,  vii,  157;  sch.,  vii,  158 

Ribby  Moor,  vii,  157  n 

Ribchester,  vi,  230,  234,  380  n, 
393  «,  481  n  ;  vii,  19,  36-51,  68, 
69  n,  71,  112  n,  114  n,  120  n  ; 
adv.,  vii,  40  ;  bridge,  vii,  37,  54  ; 
chant.,  vii,  27  «,  39  n  ;  char.,  vii, 
20  «,  44  ;  ch.,  vii,  37  ;  cross,  vii, 
40  ;  fairs,  vii,  45  ;  man.,  vi,  232, 
233  n ;  vii,  45,  50  ;  Nonconf., 
vii,  51  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  51  ; 
Rom.  rem.,  vii,  36,  45  ;  sch.,  vii, 
44  ;  sundial,  vii,  40 

Ribchester,  Ad.  de,  vii,  48  n,  50  n, 

53  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vii,  64  n  ;  Alice 
de,  vii,  48  n  ;  Avice  de,  vii,  46  «, 

54  n  ;  Bern,  de,  vii,  50  n  ;  Cecily 
de,  vii,  48  n  ;  Diana,   vii,   48  n  ; 
Ellis    (de,    of),    vii,    40  n,    46  n, 
48  n,    50  n,    52  n,    54  n  ;    Geoff., 
vii,  63  n  ;  Hawise  de,  vii,  64  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vii,  48  n,  64  n  ;  Hugh  de, 
vii,  46  «  ;  Isabel,  vii,  48  n  ;  John 
(de),  vii,  48  n  ;  Kath.,  vii,  48  n  ; 
Margery    de,     vii,     48  n,     50  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  48  «  ;  Orm  de,  vii, 
46  n  ;  Percival,  vii,  48  n  ;  Ralph 
de,  vii,  49  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  46  n, 
48  n,  53  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  45,  47  n, 
48  n,     50  »,     52  n,     54  n,     57  n  ; 
Rog.   de,   vii,   46  n,   48  »,   54  n  ; 
Sim.    de,   vii,    46  n,    48  n,    64  n  ; 
Thos.  de,  vii,  46  n,  49  n  ;  Uctred 
de,  vii,  48  n  ;  Warine,  vii,  48  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vii,  46  n,  48  «,  57  n 

Ribchester  Eyes  (Ribchester),  vii, 

44" 

Ribelcastre,  see  Ribchester 
Ribilton,  Ribleton,  see  Ribbleton 
Ribston    preceptory   (Yorks.),    vii, 

59  n 
Rice,  Rob.  de,  vii,  271  n  ;  Thos.  de, 

vii,  271  n 
Richard   I,   king   of   England,   vii, 

333  » 

Richard,  king  of  the  Romans,  vii, 
146  n 

Richard,  vi,  424  n,  475  n,  503, 
505  n  ;  vii,  57  n,  63  n,  n6«, 
160  n,  172  n,  209  n  ;  the  alum- 
nus, vi,  400  n,  403  n  ;  the  car- 
penter, vi,  66 «,  176  n  :  the 
chaplain,  vi,  400  n  ;  the  clerk, 
vi,  552  n,  553  «;  vii,  132  »,  180  n; 
the  demand,  vi,  H7*t,  205  n  ; 
vii,  180  n,  226  ;  the  dispenser, 
vii,  284  n  ;  the  fuller,  vi,  485  n  ; 
the  greve,  vi,  21  n  ;  the  harper, 
vii,  167  n  ;  the  miller,  vi,  95  n  ; 
vii,  130  n  ;  the  parker,  vi,  457, 
469  n  ;  vii,  193  n  ;  the  physician, 


Richard  (cont.) 

vii,  92  n ;  (Little  Richard),  the 
priest,  vii,  317  n ;  the  receiver, 
vi,  365  n,  366  n,  371  n;  rector 
of  Eccleston,  vi,  159  ;  rector  of 
Kirkham,  vii,  145  «,  146,  179  n  ; 
rector  of  Poulton,  vii,  223  ; 
rector  of  Ribchester,  vii,  40  ; 
rector  of  Standish,  vi,  188  ;  rector 
of  Tatham,  vii,  330  n  ;  the  reeve, 
vi,  444  n  ;  the  serjeant,  vi,  229  n  ; 
the  smith,  vi,  15  n,  92  n  ;  vii, 
35  n  ;  the  tailor,  vi,  504  n 

Richardson,  Anne,  vii,  288  n  ;  Ant., 
vii,  141  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  139  n  ;  Sir 
Hen.,  vi,  35  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  35  n  ; 
Isabel,  vii,  288  n ;  Janet,  vii, 
!39  «  ;  John,  vii,  156  n,  288  n  ; 
Kath.,  vi,  35  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  53  n  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  174  «;  Rich.,  vii,  312  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  265 ;  R.,  vii,  221  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  75  n,  139 *»,  288  n, 
315  n,  323,  329  n  ;  Walmesley, 
vi,  283  ;  Will.,  vi,  35  n,  371  ; 
vii,  139  n,  224,  266  n,  288  n, 
329  n  ;  — ,  vi,  54  n 

Richlie  (Briercliffe) ,  vi,  469 

Richmond,  archds.  of,  vi,  76  n  ; 
vii,  41  n,  217*1,  292  n,  2g6n, 
309  n  ;  Hen.  Walton,  vi,  294  ; 
Honorius,  vii,  222  n  ;  Rog.,  vii, 
217  «;  Will,  de  Chimelli,  vii,  263  n 

Richmond,  Marg.,  ctss.  of,  vii,  230, 
303,  314  ;  Hen.,  dk.  of,  vii,  301  n  ; 
earls  of,  vii,  306  ;  Edm.,  vii,  303 

Richmond,  Hen.,  vii,  298 ;  Jas., 
vii,  32  n ;  John,  vii,  20 ;  Rev. 
Legh,  vii,  298  ;  Rev.  Rich.,  vii, 
298  ;  Sarah,  vii,  298  ;  Silvester , 
vii,  296,  298 

Richmond's  Farm  (Chipping),  vii, 
26  n 

Rickards,  Philip,  vi,  307  n 

Rickman,  — ,  vi,  370  n 

Riddell  (Ridell),  Steph.,  vii,  69  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  176  n  ;  vii,  62  n 

Ridding  (Bailey),  vii,  18  n 

Ridding  (Dinckley),  vi,  337 

Ridding  (Fish wick),  vii,  n6n 

Ridding,  Little  (Read),  vi,  503  n 

Ridding,  fam.,  see  Riding 

Riddings  (Oswald twistle),  vi,  407  n 

Riddings  (Ribbleton),  vii,  106  n 

Riddings,  fam.,  see  Riding 

Ridehalgh,  see  Ridihalgh 

Rideleys,  see  Ridley 

Ridell,  see  Riddell 

Ridgaling    (Roughlee    Booth),    vi, 

5i9 
Ridge     (Habergham     Eaves),     vi, 

468  n 

Ridge  End  (Burnley),  vi,  446  n,  470 
Ridges  (Shevington),  vi,  201  n 
Ridihalgh,    High    (Briercliffe),    vi, 

47° 

Ridihalgh  (Redihalgh,  Ridehalgh), 
Agnes  de,  vi,  470  n  ;  Chris.,  vi, 
470  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  470  n  ;  John,  vi, 
447,  470,  470  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  470  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  470  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  470  «  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  470  «,  471  n  ;  Rob.,  vi, 
470  ;  Steph.  de,  vi,  538  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  470  n  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n 

Ridihalgh  Hough  (Briercliffe),  vi, 
470  n 

Riding  (Redding,  Ridding,  Rid- 
dings, Ridings,  Ryding),  Ad.  del, 
vii,  116  n  ;  Agnes,  vi,  402  n  ;  Bea- 
trice del,  vii,  n6«;  Christiana 
del,  vii,  ii6«;  Eliz.,  vi,  407  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  407  ;  Godith  de,  vii, 
14  n  ;  John  (del),  vi,  291,  296, 
407  »,  408  ;  vii,  4  n  ;  Margery 
del,  vii,  17  n  ;  Ralph  de,  vi, 
387  n ;  Rich,  (de,  del,  of),  vi, 


406 


INDEX 


Riding  (cont.) 

296,  337,  393  »,  402  n  •  vii,  4  «  : 
Rob.,  vi,  407,  408  ;  Rog.  de  (del), 
vi,  208  n  ;  vii,  116  n  ;  Thos.  (del), 
vi,  205  n ;  vii,  17  n,  n6n; 
Will,  (del,  of),  vi,  296,  337  ;  vii, 
4  n  >  — ,  vi,  4°7 

Riding  House  (Walton),  vi,  296 

Ridlegh  (Heath  Charnock),  vi,  216  n 

Ridley  (Redeley,  Rideleys,  Ridleys), 

Ad.    de,    vi,    95  n,    206  n ;     vii, 

197  n      Alice  del   (de),  vi,   IIM, 

206  «     Cecily  de,  vi,  95  »  ;  Hugh 

del,  v,   ii  w;    John,  vii,   107*1, 

108  n        Rich.,     vi,     81  «  ;      vii, 

108  n      Will.,  vii,  75 

Ridscha-evese      (Studlehurst),      vi, 

324  n 
Rifford,  Geoff,  de,  vii,  257  n  ;  see 

also  Ruffojd 

Rigbi,  tnship.,  see  Ribby 
Rigby  (Shevington),  vi,  202  « 
Rigbye  (Rigby),  Ad.,  vi,  160,  161, 
163  ;  vii,  197  n,  213  n  ;  Agnes, 
vi,  174  n ;  Alan  de,  vi,  174*1; 
Sir  Alex.,  vi,  212  ;  Lt.-col. 
Alex.,  vii,  158  n,  197  ;  Alex., 
vi,  2  n,  60,  99  n,  132,  163  n,  170  n, 
174  n,  183,  200,  212,  219  n,  226  n, 
22811,  229  n  ;  vii,  75,  76,  140  n, 
158,  191,  197,  201,  203,  203  n, 
204  n,  213*1,  222  n,  224*1,  226, 
226  n,  227  »,  230,  249*1,  250*1, 
287  n,  324  n  ;  Alice,  vii,  197  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  158,  174  ;  Baron,  vii, 
222  H  ;  Chris.,  vi,  212  n  ; 
Dorothy,  vi,  200  n  ;  Edm.  de, 
vi,  171  n,  174  w,  178  n  ;  vii, 
168  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  2  n,  80,  132, 
142,  143,  174  n,  195,  200  n,  202  n, 
205,  212,  224,  225,  228  n,  229  n, 
261  n  ;  vii,  83  n,  159  n,  196  n, 
197,  249 ;  Eleanor,  vi,  158, 
1 80  «  ;  Ellen,  vi,  200  n  ;  Geo.,  vi, 
65  n  ;  vii,  197  n,  226  n  ;  Gilb., 
vi,  177  ;  Grace,  vii,  158  n,  197  n  ; 
Henrietta,  vii,  89  n  ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,  174 « ;  Hugh,  vi,  181  n, 
212  n  ;  vii,  133  ;  Ibota  de,  vi, 
174  n;  Jas.,  vi,  199  n,  404  n  ; 
Jane,  vi,  212  n  ;  vii,  249  n  ;  Joan 
(de),  vi,  171  n,  212  n  ;  vii,  168  n  ; 
Rev.  John,  vi,  174,  174  n,  199  w, 
200  '.i,  220  n  ;  vii,  197  n  ;  Maj. 
Jos.,  vii,  292  ;  Jos.,  vii,  197  n, 
226 «  ;  Kath.  (de),  vi,  99  nt 
174 «;  Lucy,  vi,  163  n  ;  vii, 
226  «  ;  Marg.,  vii,  158  n  ;  Mary, 
vi,  174  n,  377  n  ;  Maud  de,  vi, 
174*1;  Nich.  (de),  vi,  19  n,  106  n, 
155,  158,  i66«,  169,  170*1,  174, 
174*1,  175*1,  177,  i8on,  219  n  ; 
Pet.,  vi,  174  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  174  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  174**,  192  «; 
Capt.  Rigbye  B.,  vi,  174  ;  Rev. 
Rigbye  B.,  vi,  158,  174  ;  Rob. 
(de),  vi,  174  «,  200  n  ;  vii,  157  n  ; 
Rog.,  vi,  2 «,  132  ;  Sarah,  vii, 
197*1  Thos.  (de),  vi,  212  n, 
377*1  vii,  157  n,  197  «,  203, 


224  ; 


197  n 
174  n 


Townley,  vii,  156*1,  158*1, 


Will,  (de),  vi,  99  n,  160  n, 
vii,  65  n  ;    —  ,  vii,  99  n  ; 

fam.,  vi,  22,  98 
Rigby  land  (Wheelton),  vi,  50  n 
Rigby's,  tenement  (Chorley),  vi,  135 
Rigby  's  Orchard    (Mawdesley),  vi, 

99  n 

Riggebi,  see  Ribby 
Rigmaiden,    Agnes    de,    vii,    2I6  ; 

Alice  (de),  vi,  469*1  ;    vii,  314  „' 

317  n  ;     Anilla    de,    vii,    316  n  ; 

Anne    (de),    vii,    304  n,    317  n  ; 

Dorothy,  vii,  327  n  ;  Eleanor  (de) 

vii,    317  n  ;     Eliz.   de,   vii,    316  ; 


Rigmaiden  (cont.) 

Gilb.  (de),  vii,  317",  325  n  ; 
Isabel,  vii,  317  n  ;  Isolda  de,  vii, 
no,  301,  309  w,  315,  325;  Jas., 
vii,  317  «;  Joan  de,  vii,  303  n, 

316,  317  n  ;   John  (de),  vii,  no  n, 
230,    270,    272**,    274  n,    29711, 
299,  301,  302.  303,  303  «,  304  n, 
306  n,  307  n,  308  n,  309  n,  311  n, 
314,   3!5,   3i6,   317,   Sign,   321, 
325,  327  n  ;   Kath.  de,  vii,  317  n  ; 
Lettice  de,  vii,  316  ;    Mabel,  vii, 
327  n  ;    Marg.  (de),  vii,  299,  316, 

317,  327  n  ;   Margery,  vii,  177  *»; 
Marmaduke  de,   vii,   305  n,   306, 

316  ;  Mich.,  vii,  245  ;  Nichola  de, 
vii,  no,  325  ;    Nich.  de,  vii,  217, 
319  n  ;    Pet.  de,  vii,  316  ;    Rich, 
(de),     vii,     299 «,     316,     317  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  316*1;    Thos.  (de), 
vi,  469  n  ;    vii,  177  n,  229  n,  230, 
235  *»,  271,  272  n,  282  n,  302  n, 
303,  305,   306,   313  n,   316,   317, 
319  *i,  321,  327  n  ;  Walt,  (de),  vii, 
305  n,  307  n,  315,  317  ;   Will,  de, 
vi,  458  »  ;   vii,  177  n,  313  «,  316, 

317  «,  325  n 

Rigmaiden  House  (Claughton),  vii, 

330  n 

Rigodunum,  vi,  289 
Rigshaw  (Adlington),  vi,  219  n 
Rigson,  Laur.,  vii,  238  n 
Riley,  Isabella,  vi,  388  ;    Pet.,  vi, 

336 ;    Thos.,  vii,  245 ;    see  also 

Ryley 

Riley,  see  Ryley  (Accrington) 
Riley  Green  (Hoghton),  vi,  36 
Rilston,  Sibyl  de,  vii,  57  n  ;    Will. 

de,  vii,  57  n 

Rimington  (Downham),  vi,  555  n 
Rimington  (Yorks.),  vi,  258 
Rimington,   Amery   de,   vii,   63  n  ; 

Ellen  de,  vii,   156  n  ;    Hen.  de, 
•    vii,  63  n  ;    Margery  de,  vi,  388  ; 

Rich,  (de),  vi,  388  ;   vii,  156  n 
Ringing  Hill   cross   (Barnacre),  vi, 

3I5« 
Ringstones  Camp  (Worsthorne) ,  vi, 

442  n 
Ringstonhalgh    (Clay  ton -le -Moors), 

vi,  418 

Ringyard  (Padiham),  vi,  493  n 
Ringyard  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  » 
Ripon     (Yorks.),     vii,     72 ;     Jas. 

Webber,  dean  of,  vii,  148  ft 
Ripon,  Nich.  de,  vi,  180  » 
Rippon    Park     (Myerscough),    vii, 

139*1 

Rip  Row  (Brindle),  vi,  32,  75 
Rise,  Margery  del,  vii,  168  n  ;   Rich, 
de,  vii,  268  n  ;  Rog.  del,  vii,  168  n, 
170  n  ;   Will,  del,  vii,  ijon 
Risegreve  (Staynall),  vii,  252  n 
Riseholme  (Lines.),  vi,  304  « 
Risen    bridge  (Risenebridge)   (Par- 
bold),  vi,  178 in,  1 80  n 
Rishmelfield  (Brockholes) ,  vii,  112  n 
Rishton,  vi,  235,  344-8,  376*1,  421, 
426,  542  ;  char.,  vi,  344  ;  ch.,  vi, 
347  ;  ind.,  vi,  345  ;  man.,  vi,  345, 
400,  420,  422  ;    mill,  vi,  345  n  ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  348  ;    Rom.  Cath., 

vi,  348 

Rishton  (Rixton,  Ruxton,  Ruys- 
ton),  Ad.  de,  vi,  49  n,  345,  347  n, 
400  n,  401  n  ;  Agnes,  vi,  227  n, 
402  »,  420  ;  vii,  323  n  ;  Alice, 
vi,  401,  402  n,  407  w,  420  n, 
470  ;  Anne,  vi,  346,  401,  407  n, 
420  ;  Aymer,  vi,  425  n  ;  Cecily 
de,  vi,  400  n ;  Christabel,  vi, 
402  n  ;  Degre,  vi,  420  ;  Dorothy, 
vi,  401  n,  403  ;  Edith  de,  vi, 
345  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  407  n,  425,  489  ; 
•"Mw.,  vi,  22  n,  346,  404*1,  417, 

407 


Rishton  (cont.) 

426  ;  vii,  283  ;  Eleanor,  vi, 
346  n  ;  vii,  89  n,  275  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 
218  n,  346,  401  n,  402*1,  407*2, 
408  n,  458  ;  Ellen,  vi,  401  n,  407  n, 
420,  513  n;  Frances,  vi,  346  ;  Rev. 
Geoff.,  vi,  318  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  407  n, 
425  n  ;  Geo.,  vi,  426  ;  Gilb.  (de) , 

vi,  345,  347  «,  397  M,  4°°,  4°2  «, 
403  n,  407,  425*1,  437,  506  n, 
507  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  425  n  ;  Hen. 
(de),  vi,  49  «,  218  n,  227*1,  243, 

339  «,  345,  347,  347  M»  4°°,  4OI» 
402  «,  407  n,  410  w,  414*2,  418, 
420,  470;  vii,  79  n,  89*2,  275, 
323  n  ;  H.,  vi,  426  ;  Isabel,  vi, 
407  n,  418,  425  n,  458  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
346  ;  Jane,  vi,  407  n,  425  «  ; 
Joan  de,  vi,  420  ;  John,  vi,  8,  346, 

401  n,  408  n,  420,  425  n  ;  Kath., 
vi,  236  w,  346  ;  Mabel  de,  vi, 
345  n,  400  n,  401  n  ;  Marg.  (de), 
vi,  22  w,  335  *»,  347,  402  «,  407  «, 
410  n,  418,  4"2o;  vii,  79*1,  323  ; 
Mary,  vi,  407  n  ;  Nich.  (de),  vi, 

8«,  34°,  345,  347,  4°i  «,  4°7- 
408*1,  420,  425,  425*1,  507  n, 
518  n  ;  vii,  323*1;  Ralph  (de), 

vi,  346,  346«,  347,  4°°,  4O1, 

402  n,  403,  403  n,  407,  408,  420, 
422,    425  n,    494  «,    507  «  ;     vii, 
323*1;     Reg.,  vi,   420  n;    Rich, 
(de),  vi,  251,  345  n,  346,  346  n, 
347,  364*2,  400,  401,  402  «,  407, 
410,  414  n,  418,  419,  420,  507  n  ; 
vii,  275  w,  323  n  ;    Rob.  (de),  vi, 
218  n,  345,  346  n,  347,  362,  366  n, 
400,  402  n,  403  11,   407  «,  408  >i , 
425*1,   447  n,   488,   488  n  ;     Rog. 
(de),  vi,  346,  346  n,   347,  364  H, 
400,  401,  402  n,  405  «,  420,  424  n  ; 
Susan,  vi,  407  ;    Thos.,  vi,  335  », 
401  n  ;    Thurstan,  vi,  400  ;    Uc- 
tred  de,  vi,  347  ;    Will,  (de),  vi, 
62,  79,  243  «,  346,  346  «,  401,  407, 
408,  420,  425,  458  ;  vii,  89  n  ;  see 
also  Rush  ton. 

Rishton  Hall  (Rishton),  vi,  346 
Rishton  Height,  vi,  344 
Rishton  Moor,  vi,  345 
Rish ton's   Place    (Haslingden),    vi, 

430  n 
Rishton   Thorns    (Barrowford),    vi, 

542,  543,  547  n  ;  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Rishworth,  Ellen,  vi,  547  n  ;  John, 

vi,  530  ;  Thos.,  vi,  530,  547  n 
Risley,  Ad.  de,  vi,  24  n,  71  n  ;  Alice 

de,  vi,  71  n  ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  71  n  ; 

Geoff,   de,   vi,   70*?,   71  n  ;   Gilb. 

de,  vi,  70,  71  n  ;  John,  vi,  71  n  ; 

Margery  de,  vi,  71  n  ;  Maud  de, 

vi,   71  n  ;   vii,    n6«;   Nich.,   vi, 

71  «     Pet.  de,  vi,  24  n,  70,  71  n, 

73  n     vii,  ii6*t;  Ralph  de,  vi, 

71  n    Rob.  de,  vi,  71  n  ;  Thos.  de, 

vi,  71  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  71  n 
Risserasse,  Emma,  vi,  225  n  ;  Rob., 

vi,  225  n 
Risshequam     (Gt.     Harwood),     vi, 

338  n 

Rissheton,  see  Rishton 
Ritherham,  Ritherholme,  see  Cleve- 

leys 

Rivington,  vi,  474  n  ;  sch.,  vi,  igin 
Rivington,     Ad.     de,     vi,     49  n  ; 

Clemence,    vi,    222  n ;    Jas.,    vi, 

22  n  ;     John,     vi,     22  n,    222  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  49  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi, 

222  n,  474  n 
Rixton,  see  Rishton 
Ro,  the  (Penwortham) ,  vi,  58  n 
Roacher   Bridge    (Samlesbury),   vi, 

303,  310 
Roacher     Hall     (Samlesbury),     vi, 

310 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Roades,  see  Rhodes  and  Rodes 
Robard,  Robart,  fam.,  see  Roberts 
Roberd    ruding    (Pleasington),    vi. 

267  n 

Roberhagh  (Ribchester),  vii,  62  n 
Robert,  vi,  i,  400 «,  457,  480, 
497  n  ;  vii,  32  n,  45  n,  63,  65, 
74,  84,  92  n,  132,  134,  169  n, 
173  n,  180  n,  181  n,  199  »,  230  n, 
255  n,  280  n  ;  abbot  of  Cocker- 
sand,  vii,  97  ;  the  chaplain,  vii, 
231  n  ;  chaplain  of  Eccleston, 
vi,  176^;  the  chapman,  vi, 
474  n  ;  the  clerk,  vii,  297  n  ;  the 
clerk  of  Kirkham,  vii,  i8ow; 
the  clerk  of  Ulverston,  vii,  180  n  ; 
the  cook,  vii,  189  n  ;  the  cook- 
son,  vi,  66  n  ;  the  corviser,  vii, 
134  n  ;  dean  of  Whalley,  vi,  457  ; 
the  dispenser,  vi,  26  n  ;  the  ferry- 
man, vi,  61  n  ;  the  forester,  vi, 
162  n  ;  vii,  169  n  ;  the  graveson, 
vii,  133  n  ;  the  greve,  vi,  21  n  ; 
the  harper,  vii,  107  n ;  the 
hunter,  vi,  479  ;  the  mercer,  vii, 
136  n  ;  the  miller,  vii,  268  ;  the 
physician,  vi,  77  ;  the  porter, 
vi,  362  n  ;  the  potter,  vi,  96  n  ; 
rector  of  Chipping,  vii,  24  ; 
rector  of  Garstang,  vii,  182  », 

192  n,  297  ;  rector  of  Rochdale, 
vi,  79  n  ;  rector  of  Standish,  vi, 
357  n  ;    the    savage,    vi,    207  n  ; 
the    serjeant,     vi,     24  n,     136  n, 

193  n  ;  the  smith,  vi,  15  n,  364  n, 
443  ;    son    of    the    chaplain,    vi, 
96  n  ;  son  of  the  priest,  vi,  92  n  ; 
the  spicer,   vi,   15  n  ;  the  tailor, 
vi,  227  n  ;  vii,  99  n,  134  n 

Robert,  fam.,  see  Roberts 
Robert  Lathe  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Robert  Lye  (Twiston),  vi,  559  n 
Roberts  (Robard,  Robart,  Robert), 
Agnes,  vi,  476  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  440  ; 
John,    vi,    269 «,    477  »,    494  n, 
499,    499 n  '>    Lawr.,    vi,    536  n, 
546  n,  547  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  547  n  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  499  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  546  n, 
549  ;   Will.,   vi,   476  n,   490  ;   — , 
vi,  499 

Robert's-croft  (Chipping),  vii,  29  n  ; 
Robertshaw,  Alice,  vi,  438  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  438  n  ;  Will.  E.,  vi,  470  ;  — , 
vi,  471  n 

Robertshurst  (Goosnargh),  vii,  192  n 
Robfield  (Wrightington),  vi,  175  n 
Robin  Cross  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Robin    Hood    (Wrightington),    vi, 

169 
Robin   Hood's   cross    (Mawdesley), 

vi,  96 

Robinson,  Agnes,  vi,  521  ;  Alice 
vi,  21  n,  366  n,  521  ;  Anne,  vi 
546  n  ;  Bertram,  vi,  520  ;  Chris, 
vi,  468  n,  519,  527  n,  542  n 
Edm.,  vi,  408  n,  447  n,  468  n 
471  n,  473  n,  492,  515,  516,  517 
521  ;  Maj.  Edw.,  vi,  21  n,  129 
vii,  144  n ;  Edw.,  vi,  18,  21  n 
140  n,  167  «,  471  n  ;  vii,  126  n 
149  n,  213  n  ;  Eleanor,  vi,  218 
Eliz.,  vi,  366  n,  468  n  ;  vii,  152  n 
Ellis,  vi,  515 ;  Fran.,  vi,  530 
F.  D.,  vi,  362  ;  Geo.,  vi,  107 
Rev.  Gilmour,  vi,  283,  284 
Hen.,  vi,  251,  494  n  ;  Isabel,  vi 

467  n,  471  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  416,  515  n 
520  n,  536  n,  542  n,  543,  546  n 
vii,  142  ;  Jane,  vi,  21  n  ;  Joan 
vi,  412  n  ;  John,  vi,  18,  21  n 
28  n,  n8n,  408%,  412  «,  4677; 

468  n,  473  n,  492  n,  493,  494  11 
515,  5i7»  519,  520,  521,  522 
538  n,  544,  546  n;  vii,  121  n 
126  n,  213  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  539 


Robinson  (cont.) 

542  n,  543,  551  ;  Lucy,  vi,  21  n 
Miles,  vi,  520  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  520 
524  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  520  n  ;  Piers,  vi 
520  ;     Rainbrown,     vii,     152  n 
Rich.,   vi,   21  n,   515,   521,   527 
vii,  25  ;  Rich.  B.,  vii,  218  ;  Sam. 
vi,      218;      Sarah,      vi,      559  n 
Susanna  C.,  vi,   372  ;   Thos.,  vi 
21  n>    55»    269  »,    366  n,    468  n 
493,  494  »•  515,  5i6,  520,  521  « 
vii,    188,    265  ;    Will.,    vi,    519 
Mrs.,  vi,  519  ;  — ,  vi,  250  n 
Rocarr  (Hutton),  vi,  68  n 
Rochdale,  man.,  vi,  57  n 
Roche  (Roches),  Adomar  de  la,  vii, 

84  ;  Amery  des,  vii,  23  n,  84 
Rochester,  Walker  King,  bp.  of,  vi, 
361  ;  Walter  de  Merton,  bp.  of, 
vii,  84  n 

Rockcliffe  (Bacup),  vi,  437,  439  n 
Rockcliffe  Wood,  vi,  438  n 
Rockley,  Ellen  de,  vi,  228  n  ;  Hen, 

de,  vi,  228  n  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  228  n 
Roddlesden    (Hoghton),    vi,    37  n, 

38  n 
Roddlesworth  (Withnell),  vi,  3,  37, 

39,  47,  58  n 
Roddlesworth,    riv.,    vi,    269,    280, 

284 

Roddlesworth,  fam.,  vi,  47 
Rodeclif,  see  Rawcliffe 
Rodes  (Chatburn),  vi,  372  n 
Rodes  (Church),  vi,  400  n,  402  n 
Rodes,  the  (Simonstone),  vi,  497  n 
Rodes,  Ad.  del  (de),  vi,  376  n,  400  n, 
402  n  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  400  «,  402  n  ; 
Alex,   de,   vi,   402  n  ;   Alice,   vii, 

49  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  34  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii, 
35  n,    288  n  ;    Fran.,    vii,    44  n  : 
John,   vi,   260  n  ;     vii,   34  n,   35, 
35   n,   36,    5°,   51  n  '•  Marg.,  vii, 

50  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  402  n  ;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  376  n,  402  n  ;  Steph.  del, 
vi,  376  n,  402  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  32, 
34  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  402  n  ;  vii,  36  ; 
see  also  Rhodes 

Rodes  Mill  (Ribchester),  vii,  50 

Rodgett,  Miles,  vi,  300 

Roe,  see  Rowe 

Roecroft's  cross  (Ulnes  Walton),  vi, 
1 08  n 

Roger,  vi,  i,  511  ;  vii,  94  n,  130  n, 
132;?,  159,  173  n,  i8on,  214  n, 
217,  273  n,  283  n,  289,  331  n  ; 
abbot  of  Cockersand,  vii,  297  n  ; 
archd.  of  Richmond,  vii,  217 «; 
chaplain  of  Lytham,  vii,  171  n  ; 
the  clerk,  vii,  n6w,  117;  ct.  of 
Poitou,  vi,  86,  158  ;  vii,  52  ;  the 
pretor,  vii,  94  n  ;  the  priest,  vi, 
62  n  ;  vii,  216  n  ;  the  prior,  vii, 
229  n ;  rector  of  Blackburn, 
vi,  239,  240,  253  n,  266,  282, 
287,  405  n  ;  rector  of  Chipping, 
vii,  24  ;  rector  of  Poulton,  vii, 
223  ;  rector  of  Whalley,  vi,  556  n  ; 
the  reeve,  vii,  94  n  ;  the  tailor,  vii, 
99  n  ;  the  ward,  vi,  15  n 

Rogers,  John,  vi,  426 

Rogerson,  Geo.,  vii,  89  n,  98  n, 
121  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  113  «  ;  Thos.,  vii, 
127  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  66 

Rogerson  Dyke  (Worsthorne-with- 
Hurstwood),  vi,  477  n 

Rogerson  House  (Haighton),  vi, 
48  n  ;  vii,  126  n 

Rogerthorpe,  man.  (Yorks),  vi,  314 

Roghforth,  see  Rufford 

Rohall  (Catterall),  vii,  320 

Rokeby,  Amabel  de,  vi,  258  n 

Rolegh  (Penwortham),  vi,  60  n 

Romaine,  John,  vii,  296 

Roman  Catholics,  vi,  17,  23,  32,  36. 
49,  81,  96,  74,  100,  178,  199,  22.  ' 

408 


Roman  Catholics  (cont.) 

249,  269,  275,  278,  289,  298,  300, 

313,  319,  325,  334,  344,  348,  372, 
380,  399,  409,  423,  427,  436,  441, 
453,  468,  490,  507,  512,  513,  536, 
541.  544  ;  vii,  19,  32,  36,  51,  54, 
67,  74,  77,  I04,  105,  108,  115,  117, 
119,  120,  121  n,  124,  137,  139  n, 
153,  171,  175,  188,  205,  213,  219, 
237,  251,  276,  279,  282,  285,  291, 
299,  304, 305  n,  310,  312,  320,  335 

Roman  remains,  vi,  256,  260,  278, 
289,  336,  469,  474,  479,  523  :  vii, 
36,  37-  45,  291 

Roman  roads,  vi,  10,  257,  269,  276, 
278,  319,  325,  336,  349,  442  n  ; 
vii,  1 08 

Romecliue,  see  Rawcliffe 

Romisike  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335  n 

Roo,  Rich.,  see  Rowall 

Roodhams,  man.,  vi,  233  n 

Roos,  Roesia  de,  vi,  315  ;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  315 ;  see  also  Ros,  Ross, 
Rous,  Rus 

Ros,  Ailsi  de,  vii,  179  n  ;  Marg.  de, 
vii,  301  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  301  ; 
Walt,  de,  vii,  i79«;  see  also 
Ross,  Roos,  Rous,  Rus 

Roscaldcarrfield  (Gt.  Eccleston),  vii, 
277  n 

Roscoe  (Roscow),  Baxter,  vi,  216  n  ; 
Helena,  vi,  216  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  3  ;;, 

22 

Roscoe  Low  (Anderton),  vi,  220 

Roscow,  see  Roscoe 

Rose,  Eliz.,  vi,   ii3»;  Ralph,  vi, 

113  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  100  n 
Roseacre    (Treales,    Roseacre    and 

Wharles),  vii,  150,  154  n,  178-89 
Rose  Grove  (Burnley),  vi,  447 
Roseriis   (Rdseys),  Aubrey  de,  vii, 

84 

Roside,  brook,  vi,  249  n 
Roshale,  see  Rossall 
Roskald  (Longton),  vi,  72  n 
Rosnyt  (Nateby),  vii,  308  n 
Ross,  Harriet  S.,  vi,  529  ;  sec  also 

Ros,  Roos,  Rous,  Rus 
Rossall   (Thornton),  vii,  231,   235, 

246,    279  ;     grange,    vii,    235  n, 

236  n  ;  sch.,  vii,  219,  232;  sub- 
merged forest,  vii,  232 
Rossall,  Ad.  de,  vi,  n  n  ;  Alice  de, 

vi,  ii  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  231  n 
Rosselin,  vii,  45  n 
Rossendale,  forest,  vi,  232,  233*1, 

273,  280,  349,  355  «,  361  n,  428, 

479,  5H  I  chap.,  vi,  517 
Rossendale,  Alice  de,  vi,  538  ;  Jas. 

de,  vi,  538 ;   Joan  de,  vi,   538  ; 

John  de,  vi,  538 
Rostorne,  see  Rawstorne 
Rosworm,  — ,  vii,  75 
Rotheclif,  see  Rawcliffe 
Rothelan,  Cecily,  vi,  393  n  ;  Hugh, 

vi,  393  n  ;  Isold,  vi,  393  n 
Rothelesword,  Rothelisworth, 

Rothesword,  see  Roddlesworth 
Rotherham  Top,  vi,  32 
Rothwell,  mqsses.  de,  vii,  56  ;  Rich. 

R.,  vi,  150  n 
Rothwell,  Ellis,  vi,  438  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 

147;  Rev.  Jas.,  vi,  150  «;  Jas., 

vi,  152  ;  vii,  56,  120  ;  Mary,  vi, 

150  n;     Rev.     Nath.,     vi,     344; 

Nath.,  vi,  8  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  15°  "  I 

Rev.  Rich.,  vi,  150  *•  i  Rich.,  vi, 

147  ;  Rich.  R.-  -1,  *5o  ;  vii,  107  ; 

Will.,  vi    °»   274,   280  «,   431  «  ; 

— ,  vi    °7,  431  n 
R0t+-nstall,  see  Rawtenstall 
nouecliue,  see  Rawcliffe 
Rough,  Edm.,  vi,  516 
Roughfall,  Rich.,  vii,  57  n 
Roughford,  see  Rufford 


INDEX 


Roughlee,  Nether  and  Over  (Rough- 
lee  Booth),  vi,  233  n,  519,  520 

Roughlee  Booth,  vi,  349,  519-20  ; 
cotton  manuf.,  vi,  519  ;  Nonconf., 
vi,  520  ;  witchcraft,  vi,  520 

Roughlee  Hall  (Roughlee  Booth), 
vi,  520 

Roughlee  Water,  see  White  Hough 
Water 

Roughley  (Alston  with  Hothersall), 
vii,  63  n 

Roulegh  Clough  (Harwood),  vi,  339 

Round  Hill  (Trawden),  vi,  552 

Round  Meadow  (Forton),  vii,  299 

Rouneson,  Muriel,  vi,  18  »  ;  Will., 
vi,  1 8  n 

Rounstallhey,  see  Rawtenstall 

Rounthwaite,  F.,  vi,  495 

Rous,  Alice  le,  vi,  400  n  ;  Hugh  le, 
vii,  241  n  ;  Jordan  le,  vi,  375, 
514  n;  Ralph  (le,  de),  vi,  364, 
37.5,  377  »,  395,  514  «,  555,  55§  ; 
vii,  2  ;  Rich,  le,  vi,  400  n ;  vii, 
241  n;  see  also  Roos,  Ros,  Ross, 
Rus 

Rousillon  .(Russelon,  Russilun), 
Guy  de,  vii,  40,  84  n 

Routecliue,  Routheclif,  see  Raw- 
cliff  e 

Rowall  (Catterall),  vii,  248  n, 
302  n,  321  «,  323 

Rowall,  Ad.  de,  vii,  326  n ;  Alan 
de,  vii,  272  n,  324  n  ;  Alice,  vii, 
306  n  ;  Anne,  vii,  306  «  ;  Chris- 
tiana de,  vii,  306  n  ;  Chris.,  vii, 
306;  Edw.,  vii,  306  n ;  Ellen, 
vii,  306  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vii,  306  n, 
323  n,  324  n,  326  n  ;  Janet,  vii, 
306  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  306  n  ;  John, 
vii,  306  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  324  «  ; 
Sir  Otto  de,  vii,  273  n ;  Ralph 
de,  vii,  324  n ;  Rich,  (de),  vii, 
306  n,  323  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  272  «, 
324 » ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  323 » ; 
Thos.  H.  de,  vii,  306  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  323  n 

Rowbottom,  John,  vii,  78  n 

Rowe  (Roe),  Alice  del,  vi,  non; 
Hen.,  vi,  95  n,  166  «  ;  Hugh,  vi, 
493,  494 n;  John, vi,  16371,  i66n, 
493,  494  «;  Rev.  Rich.,  vi,  153  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  275,  276  ;  Will,  del,  vi, 
now;  fam.,  vii,  263;  see  also 
Wroe 

Rowe  Moor  (Eccleston),  vi,  165  « 

Rowington,  Matilda  de,  vi,  270  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  270  n 

Rowley,     man.     (Worsthorne) ,    vi, 

475  ;  coal  mine,  vi,  474 
Rowley  (Ruelay),  Ad.  de,  vi,  473  n, 

476  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  473  n,  476  «  ; 
Jos.,  vii,  255 

Rowley  Fold  (Samlesbury),  vi,  303 
Rowley  Hall  (Worsthorne),  vi,  476 
Rowlinson,  Alice,  vi,  9  n  ;  see  also 

Rawlinson 

Rowtonstall,  see  Rawtenstall 
Royle  (Burnley),  vi,  445,  452,  491 
Royle  Hall  (Burnley),  vi,  446 
Roys,  Will,  de  C.,  vi,  7 
Royston,  Anne,  vi,  415  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

415 

Rubie,  Rev.  Alf.  E.,  vi,  435 
Rucditch  (Warton),  vii,  172  n 
Ruchford,  see  Ru  fiord 
Rudd,  Ad.,  vi,  474  n,  476  n  ;  Alice, 

vi,  474  n  ;  John,  vi,  474  n  ;  Rich., 

vi,  474  n 

Ruddegate  (Ribchester) ,  vii,  46  n 
Ruddelache  (Lower  Darwen),  vi, 276 
Rudgelie,  see  Richlie 
Rudhall,   Abel,   vi,   239  ;   vii,   221, 

263  ;  Abra.,  vi,  54,  158  ;  vii,  203  ; 

A.,  vi,    186  ;   John,  vi,  85  ;  — , 

vii,  82 


Ruelay,  fam.,  see  Rowley 

Ruelay  Clough  (Clayton-le-Dale), 
vi,  258 

Rufford,  vi,  i,  81,  86  n,  119-28; 
adv.,  vi,  127  ;  chant.,  vii,  227  n  ; 
chap.,  vi,  89  ;  vii,  183  n  ;  char., 
vi,  90  n,  128  ;  ch.,  vi,  126  ;  man., 
vi,  120  ;  mkts.  and  fairs,  vi,  120, 
121  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  128  ;  sen.,  vi, 
127,  128,  128  n 

Rufford,  Ad.  de,  vii,  97  «  ;  Alice  d~, 
vii,  97  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  121  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  121  «;  Will,  de,  vi, 
92  n  ;  see  also  Rifford 

Rufford  Hall  (Rufford),  vi,  126 

Rufford  Old  Hall  (Rufford),  vi,  123 

Rufus,  Rich.,  vii,  97  n 

Ruggeby,  see  Ribby 

Rughelegh,  see  Roughlee  Booth 

Rughford,  see  Rufford 

Rughlegh,  see  Roughlee  Booth 

Ruhlieruydic  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 

Ruller,  John,  vi,  ngn 

Runcorn  Priory  (Chesh.),  vii,  238 

Runshaw  (Euxton),  vi,  18,  21 

Runshaw  Hall  (Euxton),  vi,  21 

Rupert,  prince,  vi,  236,  361  ;  vii, 
76,  152  »,  2ii  n,  317 

Rus,  Rich,  le,  vii,  264 ;  see  also 
Roos,  Ros,  Ross,  Rous 

Rushall,  see  Rossall 

Rushingbrook  Carr  (Brockhall),  vi, 
330  n 

Rushton  (Ruxton,  Ruyston),  Alice, 
vi,  285  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  18  ;  Ellen, 
vii,  17  n  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  447  n  ;  Jas., 
vi,  285  ;  Jas.  L.,  vii,  318  ;  Rev. 
John,  vi,  242,  248,  334,  517,  518  ; 
Rev.  John  A.,  vi,  319  ;  Nich.,  vi, 
250;  Rob.,  vii,  17  n;  Susan,  vi, 
250  ;  Thos.  H.,  vii,  318  ;  — ,  vi, 
252  n  ;  vii,  319  ;  see  also  Rishton 

Rushton  Thornes,  see  Rishton 
Thorns 

Rushworth,  Agnes,  vi,  528  n,  546  n  ; 
Alex.,  vi,  528  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  419  ; 
Joan,  vi,  546  ;  John,  vi,  528  n, 
529,  534  «,  546  ;  Rob.,  vi,  419 

Rushy  heys  (Preston),  vii,  102  n 

Ruskin,  John,  vi,  373  »  ;  Mary,  vi, 

517 

Russell  (Russel),  Ad.,  vii,  99  n, 
101  n  ;  Cecily,  vii,  288  «  ;  Giles, 
vii,  307  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  204  n  ;  vii, 
288  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  204  n  ;  Maud, 
vii,  99  n  ;  Milcham,  vii,  307  n  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  101  n,  175  w,  198  n, 
240  n,  288  «  ;  Rog.,  vii,  99  n  ; 
Will.,  vi,  1 8  n  ;  vii,  198  n,  242  ; 
fam.,  vii,  97  n 

Russelon,  Guy  de,  see  Rousillon 
Russilache  (Lea),  vii,  131  n 
Russilache   on    Kempcroft    (Hogh- 

ton),  vi,  37  n 

Russilun,  Guy  de,  see  Rousillon 
Russinol,  Pet.,  vii,  84 
Rustic  Bank  (New  Laund),  vi,  492 
Rutheditch  (Freckleton),  vii,  170  n 
Ruthesyke  (Greenhalgh),  vii,  180  n 
Rutter,   Alex.,  vi,   99  n  ;   Eliz.,   vi, 
100  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  114  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
in  ;  Joan,  vi,  gg  n,  167  n  ;  John, 
vi,  gg  n,  217  n  ;  Mich.,  vi,  96  n  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  167  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  99  n, 
100  n,    166  n,    196  n  ;    Rob.,    vi, 
167  n  ;   Thos.,   vi,    100  n  ;   Will., 
vi,  167  n 
Ruxton,  Ruyston,  see  Rishton  and 

Rushton 

Ryall  (Tockholes),  vi,  283  n 
Rybchestre,  see  Ribchester 
Rybelton,  see  Ribbleton 
Rycroft,    Ellen,    vi,    545  n  ;    Hen., 
vi,    55,    545  n  ;    Lydia,   vi,    224  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  545  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  536 

409 


Ryder,  Ralph,  vi,  369  n 
Ryding,  fam.,  see  Riding 
Ryecroft  (Bispham),  vi,  101  n 
Rye   Hill   (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

456  n 

Rye  Hill  (Haslingden),  vi,  427 
Rygeby,  see  Ribby 
Ryheads  (Goosnargh),  vii,  218  n 
Ryhil  ditch  (Tockholes),  vi,  281  n 
Ryland    (Rylands),    Thos.    de,    vi, 

467  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  443,  467,  469  n 
Ryland   Hall   (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  467 
Ryley,  High  (Accrington),  vi,  423, 

425 

Ryley,  Agnes,  vi,  9 » ;  Alex.,  vi, 
425  n  ;  Beatrice,  vi,  408  «  ;  Chas., 
vi,  447  «,  468  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  425  n  ; 
Denis,  vi,  425  ;  Edw.,  vi,  425  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  467  n,  512  n  ;  Ellen, 
vi,  559 n  i  Emota,  vi,  512  «; 
Geo.,  vi,  425  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  280  n, 
494  n,  512  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  512  «; 
Jas.,  vi,  147  ;  John,  vi,  88,  147  n, 
377  «,  425,  444  «,  5!2  n  ;  Marg., 
vi,  377  n  ',  Mary,  vi,  452  ;  Piers, 
vi,  425  n  ;  Randle,  vi,  467  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  408  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi, 

424,  425  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  367,  408  », 

425,  447,     452,     494 «,     5"  n, 
513 «,    554,    559  «;    vii,    162  n, 
165  ;   Vincent,   vi,   512  n  ;   Will., 
vi,  424,  425  ;  fam.,  vi,  411  n,  511  ; 
see  also  Riley 

Ryley  Carr  (Accrington),  vi,  424 
Ryley     Clough     (Shevington),     vi, 

200  n 

Ryley  Place  (Accrington),  vi,  425  n 
Rymer,  Thos.,  vii,  49  ;  T.  H.,  vii, 

49 
Rymor's     lees      (Rymor  s     riding) 

(Wrightington),  vi,  175  n 
Ryngherd,  le  (Mellor),  vi,  263  n 
Rysshton,  Ryston,  see  Rishton 


Sabden,  vi,  375  n,  392,  492  n,  493, 
503,   512,   513,   5M;   bridge,  vi, 

513  n ;     ch.,     vi,     514 ;     cotton 
manuf.,  vi,  513 

Sabden,  brook,  vi,  375  n,  392,  515 
Sabden  Hall  (Goldshaw  Booth),  vi, 

514  n 

Sabden  Hey  (Sabden),  vi,  233  n,  514 
Sabsal  (Huncoat),  vi,  410  n 
Saddle  Fell  (Chipping),  vii,  26 
Sadler,  Windham  W.,  vi,  399 
Sagar  (Sager,  Sagers,  Sagher) ,  Alice 

vi,  453  n ;  Anne,  vi,  539  « ;  Chas. 

vi,   248,   275;   Edw.,   vi,   498  n 

Ellen,  vi,  457  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  447  n 

John,    vi,    457  n,    468  n,    539  n 

Rev.  Oates,  vi,  453  ;  Rich.,  vi 

494  n,  528,  539,  539  «  ;  Rob.  (le) 

vi,  453  n,  499  ;  vii,  107  n  ;  Steph. 

vi,  539  n  ,'  Thos.,  vi,  490  ;  Will. 

vi,  471,  531  n,  539  ;  fam.,  vi,  456  ; 

see  also  Segar 
Sagar    Holme    (Newchurch-in-Ros- 

sendale),  vi,  437 
Sailebury,  see  Salesbury 
St.  Anne's-on-the-Sea,  vii,  213,  214  ; 

ch.,  vii,  218  n  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii, 

219 
St.  Anne's  Well   (Goosnargh),  vii, 

191,  199 
St.  Asaph,  Hen.  Standish,  bp.  of, 

vi,  i88n 
St.  Cuthbert's  College  (Ushaw),  vii, 

207  n,  237 
St.  Edmund's  College   (Ware),  vii, 

237 

St.  John  Baptist's  Hospital  (Ches.) 
vii,  229 ;  Rog.,  prior  of,  vii,  229  n 

52 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


St.  John  of  Jerusalem,  order  of,  see 

Hospitallers 

St.  John's  Weind  (Preston),  vii,  79  n 
St.  John's  Well  (Dutton),  vii,  54 
St.   Joseph's  Orphanage   (Preston), 

vii,  89  n,  105 
St.  Leonard's  Hospital  (York),  vii, 

58 
St.  Martin's  Abbey  (Sees),  vi,  86, 

158,  159  «  I  vii,  82,  83,  84  «,  145, 

184  «,  222,  226,  246  w,  256,  285 
St.      Mary      Magdalene's     College 

(Shrewsbury),  vii,  263 
St.     Mary     Magdalene's     Hospital 

(Preston),  vii,  134 
St.  Mary's  Croft  (Goosnargh),  vii, 

201  n 
St.  Mary's  Priory  (Lancaster),  see 

Lancaster  Priory 
St.  Michael-on-Wyre,  vii,  41  n,  68 

71,    138,    178,    184,    260-7,    270 

300  ;  adv.,  vii,  263  ;  chant.,  vii 

261,   262,   266 ;   char.,   vii,   266 

Nonconf.,  vii,  266  ;  Rom.  Cath. 

vii,  266  ;  sch.,  vii,  266 
St.  Michael's  Hall  (Tarnacre),  vii, 

267,  272 
St.   Nicholas'  Hospital   (Clitheroe), 

St.  Oswald  of  Nostell,  priory,  see 
Nostell  Priory 

St.  Paul,  fam.,  see  St.  Pol 

St.  Paulinus'  cross  (Longridge  Fell), 
vii,  2  n 

St.  Pol  (St.  Paul),  Isabel  de,  vii, 
302  n  ;  Mary  de,  vii,,  302  n,  303  n 

St.  Saviour's  Hospital  (Dutton),  vii, 
53  »,  59,  65  n 

St.  Stephen's  (Westminster),  Nich. 
Slake,  dean  of,  vi,  87  n 

St.  Stephen's  Cross  (Preston),  vii, 
91  n 

Saints'  Well  (Come),  see  Hullown, 
the 

St.  Werburgh's  Abbey  (Ches.),  vi, 
120  ;  Hugh,  abbot  of,  vi,  120  n 

Salcockson,  John,  vi,  nw;  Rob., 
vi,  ii  n 

Sale  (Sayle),  Cecily  de  la,  vii,  24  n, 
29  n  ;  Chris.,  vii,  308  «  ;  John, 
vii,  308  n  ;  Margery  de,  vii,  272  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  272  »  ;  Thos.  R., 
vi,  242  ;  Will,  de  la,  vii,  24  n, 
29  n  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  180  ;  vii,  149  n 

Salesbury,  vi,  235,  252-7,  393  n  ; 
vii,  59  n;  char.,  vi,  244;  ch.,vi, 
257 ;  man.,  vi,  232,  252  ;  vii, 
326  n  ;  Rom.  rem.,  vi,  256  ; 
sch.,  vi,  257 

Salesbury,  Ad.  de,  vi,  238  n,  240, 
253  «,  330  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  253, 
330  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  253,  330  n  ; 
Avice  de,  vi,  253  ;  Cecily  de,  vi, 
253  ;  Dionisia  (Diana),  de,  vi, 
253  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  238  n,  252, 
330 «  ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  253  ;  vii, 
33  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  253  n,  254  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  253  ;  Matilda  de, 
vi,  253;  Ralph  de,  vi,  253 ;  Ranulf 
de,  vi,  253;  Rich,  de,  vi,  253; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  32  n ;  Rog.,  vii,  50 «; 
Sibyl  de,  vi,  254  n  ;  Siward  de, 
vi,  253  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  32  n  ; 
Waldeve  de,  vi,  252,  253  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  253  n ;  Winhaue  de,  vi, 
253  n  ;  see  also  Salisbury 

Salesbury  Hall  (Salesbury),  vi,  255 

Sale  Wheel  (Salesbury),  vi,  255 

Salewic,  see  Salwick 

Salford,  vi,  500  n 

Salford,  hund.,  bailiff  of,  vi,  276, 
279 

Salford,  bps.  of,  vii,  51  n ;  John 
Bilsborrow,  vii,  184  ;  Will.  Tur- 
ner, vii,  44  n 


Salfordshire,  Cecily  de,  vi,  224  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  224  n 
Salghall,  Rog.  de,  vi,  222  n  ;  Thos. 

de,  vi,  222  n 

Salisbury  (Blackburn),  see  Salesbury 
Salisbury  (Elston),  vii,  115 
Salisbury,  Rich.,  earl  of,  vii,  41  «  ; 

Rob.,  earl  of,  vii,  263  n 
Salisbury,  Anne,  vii,  213  «  ;  Chris., 

vii,  213;  Eliz.,  vii,  213  n  ;  Jane, 

vii,    213  n  ;    Janet,    vii,    213  n  ; 

Rich.,  vii,  213  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  213  ; 

see  also  Salesbury  . 
Salley,  Hen.,  vi,  241  ;  Rob.,  vi,  241  ; 

Rog.,  vii,  94  n 
Sallom,  Anne,  vii,  196  n  ;  Dav.,  vi, 

260  n  ;   John,  vii,   196  n  ;  Thos., 

vi,  317 

Saltcotes  (Lytham),  vii,  214 
Saltemyre     (Little    Harwood),    vi, 

249  n 

Salterford  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Salterford,  Rob.  de,  vi,  482  n 
Salter  Syke  (Colne),  vi,  523 
Salthill,  man.   (Clitheroe),  vi,  364, 

365  »,  366  n 
Salthillhey    Park     (Clitheroe),     vi, 

365  » 
Salthill  moor  (Clitheroe),  vi,  361  n, 

364  « 

Salthill  wood  (Clitheroe),  vi,  367 
Saltholmpool  (Rossall),  vii,  235  n 
Salthouse,  John,  vii,  247  «  ;  Rich., 

vii,  216  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  247  n 
Saltisflat  (Chatburn),  vi,  373  n 
Salt-making,  vi,  113  ;  vii,  214,  232 
Saltonstall,  Will.,  vi,  468  n 
Salt  pit  (Mawdesley),  vi,  97 
Saltweller,  fam.,  vii,  174  n 
Salvage,  Rich.,  vi,  126 
Salvata,  ct.  of,  see  Savoy,  Thos., 

ct.  of 
Salvation  Army,  vi,  248,  275,  372, 

427,  447,  453  I  vii,  237,  251 
Salvin,  Ant.,  vi,  14  ;  Dorothy,  vi, 

223  «  ;  Will.,  vi,  223  n 
Salwick  (Clifton-with-Salwick),  vii, 

143,  146  n,    149  n,    157  n,  161-5; 

man.,  vii,  161 

Salwick    Waste     (Clifton-with-Sal- 
wick), vii,  165 
Samaria,  Jas.  Sharpies,  bp.  of,  vi, 

249  » 
Samlesbury,  vi,  235,  249  »,  303-13, 

422  n  ;   vii,   49  n,   62  ;    adv.,   vi, 

312  ;  char.,  vi,  313  ;  ch.,  vi,  311  ; 
deer  park,  vi,  311  ;  ind.,  vi,  303; 
man.,  vi,  303,  421  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 

313  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  313 
Samlesbury,    Ad.    de,    vi,    304  n ; 

Avina  de,  vi,  304,  320  ;  Bern,  de, 
vi,  320  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  304,  312  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  304  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  303  n  ; 
Jas.  de,  vi,  304  n  ;  John  de,  vi, 
279  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  303,  304  n  ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  279,  304 ;  vii, 
162  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  304  n  ;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  303  ;  vii,  62  ;  Sir  Will,  de, 
vi,  271  ;  vii,  162  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
270,  304,  312  n,  320 ;  vii,  62  ; 
fam.,  vi,  271 
Samlesbury  Bottoms  (Samlesbury), 

vi,  303 

Samlesbury    Lower    Hall    (Samles- 
bury), vi,  310 

Samlesbury  Old  Hall  (Samlesbury), 

vi,  3°7 

Sampson,  Will.,  vi,  280  n 
Samson,  vi,  397  n 
Samsoncroft     (Charnock   Richard), 

vi,  207  n 
Sancroft,     Will.,   archbp.,   vi,   240, 

318 ;  vii,  36 

Saricto  Romano,  Artaud  de,  vii,  146 
Sandeman,  S.,  vii,  14  n 

4IO 


Sanderson,  Jas.,  vii,  175  ;  John,  vii, 
242  ;  Nich.,  vii,  242  ;  Will.,  vii, 
63  n 

Sandesforth  (New  Laund),  vi,  492 
Sandford,  Rev.  — ,  vi,  343,  344 
Sandford    Syke,    vi,    524  n,    525  n, 

547  n 
Sandholme    (Barnacre),    vii,    318  ; 

mill,  vii,  302  n,  303 
Sandibutts  (Cottam),  vii,  136  n 
Sandiford  (Preesall),  vii,  257  n 
Sandiford  (Sunderland),  vi,  317 
Sandirland  field   (Hambleton),   vii, 

190  n 

Sands  (Padiham),  vi,  493 
Sandyclough  (Goosnargh),  vii,  198  « 
Sandyford  Syke,  Sandyforth  Syke, 

see  Sandford  Syke 
Sandygate  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

454 

Sandy  way  (Dilworth),  vii,  52  n 
Sankey,  Clara,  vi,  177  n  ;  Ellen  de, 

vi,  203  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  500  n  ;  Jordan 

de,   vi,   203  n,   22811;   Mary,   vi, 

177  n  ;   Rich.,   vi,   167  n,   177  «; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  203  «  ;  Rog.  (de),  vi, 

167  n,  177  «,  203  n 
Sansom,  vi,  70  n 
Sapcote,  Isabel,  vii,  324  n  ;  Rich., 

vii,  324  « 

Sapedene,  see  Sabden 
Sapenden  Haye,  see  Sabden  Hey 
Sarscow  (Eccleston),  vi,  162,  164 
Satterill,  see  Souter  Hill 
Sauener,  John,  vii,  160  n,  216  n 
Saul    (Saule),    Chris.,     vii,    308  n; 

John,  vii,  308  »  ;  Rev.  Thos.,  vii, 

205 

Saunders,  Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  440 
Saunder's  Bank  (Burnley),  vi,  447  n 
Savage,  Anne,  vi,  468  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 

292  ;    Sir   John,   vi,   292  ;    John, 

vi,  468  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  117  n 
Savick,  brook,  see  Savock,  brook 
Savigny  Abbey  (France),  vii,  133 
Savile,  Agnes  Savile,  Lady,  vi,  315 
Savile    (Savill,    Saville),   Anne,   vi, 

545  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  545,  546  ;  Hen.,  vi, 

545  ;  vii,  311  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  546  n  ; 
Sir  John,  vi,  497  n,  545  ;  John,  vi, 
315  n,  546  n ;  Rob.,  vi,  545, 

546  »  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  545,  546  n  ; 
Will.,  vi,  483  « 

Savock,  brook,  vi,  229  n  ;  vii,  74, 
93  n,  108,  124,  126  n,  129,  132  «, 
207 

Savock  Hey  (Comberhalgh),  vii, 
212  n 

Savoy,  Thos.,  ct.  of,  vii,  264  n 

Savoy  Hospital  (London),  vi,  161  n, 

191  n  ;  vii,  89  n,  170  «,  227  «,  296, 
298,  310,  311 

Sawden,  man.,  vi,  233  n 

Sawley,  John,  vi,  358 

Sawley  Abbey  (Yorks.)  ,vi,  252,  258, 
260,  314,  317,  320,  324 «,  349, 
375,  378,  553  «,  556  ;  vii,  29,  46, 
54  n,  58,  62  n,  97,  117  ;  abbots  of, 
vi,  358  «,  372  n 

Sawrey,  Will.,  vii,  86 

Saxifield  (Burnley),  vi,  441,  443, 
447,  490 

Saxifield  Dyke  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  457  « 

Saye,  Ld.,  vi,  161  n 
Sayle,  see  Sale 
Sayselson,  Agnes,  vi,  200  n  ;  Rich., 

vi.,  200  n,  201  n 
Scabgill  (Wyresdale),  vii,  304  n 
ScaHcliffe  (Accrington) ,  vi,  423 
Scalebank  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Scalecroft  (Hothersall) ,  vii,  63  n 
Scales      (Newton-with-Scales),     vi, 

48  n  ;  vii,  163  n,  165-7  >  man.,  vii, 

166 


INDEX 


Scales   (Ribbleton),   vii,   93  n,    105, 

107  n 

Scales,  Ad.  del,  vii,  107  n  ;  Gilb.  de, 
vii,  130  n  ;  Rog.  del,  vii,  107  n  ; 
Will,  del  (de),  vi,  60  »  ;  vii,  130  »; 
see  also  Ribbleton 
Scalingstud  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 
Scarbrough,  Mary,  vi,  472  n  ;  Nich., 

vi,  472  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  472  n 
Scargill,  Joan  de,  vi,  19  n  ;  Roesia 
(Rose)    de,    vi,    315  ;    vii,    269  ; 

Sir  Will.,  vi,  318  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
19  n,  314  n,  315,  458  n  ;  vii,  269 
Scarisbrick,  vi,  90  n 
Scarisbrick,  Chas.,  vi,  172  ;  Gilb.  de, 

vi,  121  n,  267  ;  vii,  13  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
107  n,  174  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,  183  n  ; 

Matilda  (Maud)  de,  vi,  267  ;  vii, 
13  ;  Thos.,  vi,  172 
Scarlett,    Charlotte     A.,    vi,    445  ; 

Gen.  Sir  Jas.  Y.,  vi,  445,  450 
Scathe,    Ad.,    vi,    68  n ;    Alex.,    vi, 

68  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  68  n  ;  Rob.,  vi, 

68  n 
Schamelesbyre,        Schampelesbyri, 

see  Samlesbury 
Schelf,  Hen.  de,  vi,  469  n  ;  Maud  de, 

vi.  469  n 

Schelflet,  see  Scholefield 
Schelylyngfeld  (Walton),  vi,  296 
Schepin,  see  Chipping 
Schernoc,  see  Charnock  Richard 
Scheuynton,  see  Shevington 
Schingleton,  see  Singleton 
Schipingflat    (Walton-le-Dale),    vi, 

290 

Schlacter,  see  Slater 
Schofield,     Rev.    Dan.,    vii,    256 ; 

see  also  Scholefield 
Scholebank  (Scolebank)  (Padiham), 

vi.  493,  494  n 
Scholefield    (Scholfield)   (Marsden), 

vi,  537 
Scholefield    (Scholfield),    Edm.,   vi, 

496 ;    John   del,    vi,    546 ;    Rev. 

Jonathan,  vi,  178,  181  n  ;  Pet.  de, 

vi,    546  ;    Rich.,    vi,    436  n  ;    see 

also  Schofield 

Schole  ridding  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Scholerodesyke  (Cliviger),  vi,  485  n 
Scholes,  Hen.  del,  vii,  57  n  ;  Maud 

del,    vii,    57  n ;    Rev.    Will.,    vi, 

313  ;  — ,  vi,  205  n  ;  see  also  Scoles 
Scholesworth,  see  Shuttleworth 
Scholfley,  Scholley,  see  Showley 
School  Lane   (Walton-le-Dale),   vi, 

289 

Schorte  Dene,  see  Shortdean 
Scireburne,  see  Shireburne 
Sclateclyff  (Accrington),  vi,  425  n 
Sclater,  see  Slater 
Sclaterhill,  vi,  233  n 
Scolebank,  see  Scholebank 
Scoles,  J.  J.,  vii,  19  ;  fam.,  vi,  280  ; 

see  also  Scholes 
Scopham,  Agnes  de,  vii,  28  n 
Scoring     Moss      (Bleasdale),      vii, 

142  n 
Scortefaldwrynges         (Freckleton) , 

vii,  168  n 
Scorton    (Nether    Wyresdale),    vii, 

300  ;  cross,  vii,  300  ;  Rom.  Cath., 

vii,  304  n  ;  sch.,  vii,  305 
Scorton  Mill  (Mawdesley),  vi,  100  n 
Scorton  Old  Hall  (Nether  Wyres- 
dale), vii,  304 
Scotforth,    vii,     301,     303  w,     308, 

331  « 

Scotsholding  (Bilsborrow),  vii,  331  n 
Scott,  Ld.  Hen.,  see  Montagu,  Ld. 
Scott,  John  H.,  vi,  467  ;  Will.,  vi, 

134  » 
Scott  Park  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

467 
Scoutlonglands  (Marton),  vii,  240  n 


Scrivain     (Scriptorius,1  Scrivener), 

Amphelicia  le,  vii,   129  n  ;  Rich. 

le,  vii,   129  n  ;   Rob.,  vii,  129  n  ; 

Will,  de,  vii,  129  n 
Scrop,   Sir  Geoff,   le,   vi,   327  ;   Sir 

Hen.  le,  vi,  327  n  ;  Thos.  le,  vi, 

327 
Scytholme     (Out     Rawclifife),     vii, 

274  n 

Seatnaze  (Rossendale),  vi,  439 
Seaton,  Sir  John,  vii,  75 
Seatonheys,  see  Seatnaze 
Seckington,  Rich.,  vii,  188  n 
Sedbergh,  Alice  de,  vii,  33  n 
Seddon,  John  P.,  vi,  296  ;  Will.,  vi, 

55 
Sedges  (Newchurch-in-Rossendale), 

vi,  438  n 
Sedgwick,   Eliz.,   vii,   195  n ;   Geo., 

vii,  195  n 

Sedill,  Thos.,  vii,  43  n 
Seed,   Ellen,   vii,   50  n  ;   Hen.,   vii, 

50  n      John,  vi,   269  ;   vii,   50  n, 

66  n     Kath.,  vi,  269  ;  Rob.,  vii, 

50  n     Rog.,  vii,  50  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

267,  269  ;  Will.,  vi,  269 
Seedall,  Rich.,  vi,  301 
Seedcroft  (Dutton),  vii,  55  n 
Seedhouse  (Samlesbury),  vi,  310 
Seed  mylne  (Pleasington),  vi,  269 
Seed  Park  (Samlesbury),  vi,  303 
Sees  Abbey,  see  St.  Martin's  Abbey, 

Sees 

Sefton  fee,  vi,  23 
Segar,  Helen  M.  M.,  vi,  419  ;  Mary, 

vi,  419  n  ;  Steph.,  vi,  442  ;  Will. 

F.,  vi,  419  n  ;  see  also  Sagar 
Seinture,  Ad.  le,  vii,  46  n  ;  Diota  le, 

vii,  46  n  ;  Rich,  le,  vii,  46  n 
Sekemons  (Studlehurst),  vi,  324  n 
Selby,  man.  (Yorks.),  vi,  421 
Selby,  Anne,  vii,  333  n  ;  Thos.,  vii, 

333  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  358 
Selebrook  (Goosnargh),  vii,  199  n 
Selkirk,  Thos.,  vi,  55 
Sellars,   Mary,   vi,   476  ;   Thos.,   vi, 

448 
Seller,  Chris.,  vi,  383  n  ;  Edw.,  vi, 

354  ;  John,  vi,  358,  383  «,  397  n  ; 

Marg.,  vi,  383  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  269 n, 

383  n,  518  ;  see  also  Celer 
Sellerdale,  Will,  de,  vii,  223 
Selynhurst  (Croston),  vi,  92  n 
Seneintacks  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469 
Senesty  (Bleasdale),  vii,  141  n 
Sep  Clough  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

454 

Sephton,  Hen.,  vi,  156  n 
Serjeant   (Serjant),   Amabel  le,   vi, 

295  ;  Hen.,  vi,  296 ;  Humph.,  vi 

17  n ;    John    (le),    vi,    7,    62  n 

Kath.,  vi,  295  ;  Leonard,  vi,  295  , 

Rich,   (le),  vi,  61  n,  295  ;  Rob., 

vi,  17  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  61  n 
Serjeant's  messuage    (Walton),   vi, 

296 
Serjeantson,  John,  vi,  555  n  ;  Rich., 

vi,  555  n 
Serlescalespool       (Rawcliffe),      vii, 

271  n 

Serlo,  vi,  480  n 
Settle  (Yorks.),  vii,  155  n 
Seveton,  Alice  de,  vi,  174  n  ;  Hen. 

de,  vi,  174  n 
Sewall,    Nich.,    vii,     13  ;    see    also 

Sewell 

Sewall  Syke  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 
Sewell,   F.  H.,  vi,   153  »  ;   see  also 

Sewall 

Sewinton,  see  Shevington 
Sexlondes ends  (Salesbury),  vi,253  H 
Seymour,  Lawr.,  vi,  no«;  Mary, 

vi,   163  n,    164  n  ;   Sir  Thos.,   vi, 

163  n,   164  n,   i66«;  vii,   115  n  ; 

Thos.,  vi,  163  « 

411 


Shackleton  (Shackleden,  Shakle- 
ton),  Geoff.,  vi,  530,  549  n  ;  Jas., 
vi,  530,  549,  552  ;  Rich.,  vi,  549  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  538  n 

Shaffer  (Chaftar,  Shaffar),  Emma, 
vii,  254  n  ;  Hugh,  vii,  254  n  ; 
John,  vii,  254  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  227  « 

Shaftoe,  Capt.,  vii,  77  n 

Shagh,  John  del,  vi,  282  ;  Mary, 
vi,  282  ;  Oliver  del,  vi,  282  ;  see 
also  Shawe 

Shakelden,  see  Shackleton 

Shakerley  (Heapey),  vi,  51  n 

Shakerley,  Isabel,  vi,  510  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  79  ;  Rob.,  vi,  373  n,  510  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  510  n  ;  — ,  vi,  510 

Shakeshaft,  Grace,  vii,  207  n 

Shakespear,  Rev.  Edw.,  vi,  8 

Shakleton,  see  Shackleton 

Shalcross,  see  Shawcross 

Shard  bridge  (Singleton),  vii,  184, 
188 

Shard  ferry  (Hambleton),  vii,  188  n 

Sharneyford  (Bacup),  vi,  437 

Sharoe  (Broughton),  vii,  117,  119, 
120  n,  121  n 

Sharoe  House  (Broughton),  vii, 
120  n 

Sharp  (Sharpe),  Eliz.,  vi,  273,  274  ; 
John,  vi,  521  ;  vii,  66  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
272  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  416  ;  vii,  141  n 

Sharpies,  man.  (Sharpies),  vi,  303 

Sharpies,  Ad.  (de,  del),  vii,  157  n, 
158,  160  n,  215  n ;  Alex.,  vi, 
219*1;  Alice,  vii,  170  n;  Anne, 
vi,  219  n;  vii,  159  n;  Arth.,  vii, 
170  n,  173  «;  Cuth.,  vii,  170  n, 
173  n,  185  n  ;  Dorothy,  vii,  173  n, 
190  n  ;  Edw.,  vii,  29  n  ;  Ellen, 
vii,  29  n ;  Geo.,  vii,  170*1; 
Gerard,  vi,  269  «  ;  Hen.  (de),  vii, 
158 «,  159 «,  160  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
249 «;  vii,  58  n,  147,  158 «, 
170  n;  John  (de),  vi,  103;  vii, 
147  «,  157  n,  i6o»,  170*1,  173  «. 

215  n  ;  Maud,  vii,  160  n  ;  Randle, 
vi,  237,  436  n  ;  Rich.,  vii.  190  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  237  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  269  n  ; 
vii,    1 60  n  ;   Will.,   vi,    100  ;   vii, 
158  n,  160  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  246  n,  252 

Sharpies  House  (Osbaldeston),  vi, 
237  n 

Sharrock  (Sherrock),  Alice,  vi, 
406  n  ;  Cecily,  vi,  257  ;  Isabel,  vi, 
406  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  406  «  ;  John,  vi, 
406  n  ;  Kath.,  vi,  295  ;  Lawr.,  vii, 
138  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  295;  Will.,  vi, 
77  n,  295,  406  n  ;  Will.  G.,  vii, 
8 1  ;  — ,  vi,  406  n  ;  see  also  Shor- 
rock 

Sharrock's  Farm  (Blackrod),  vi, 
192  n 

Shatterden,  see  Shetterton 

Shaw  (Alston),  vii,  go  n 

Shaw,  the  (Barnside),  vi,  547  « 

Shaw,  brook,  vi,  340,  507 

Shaw,  fam.,  see  Shawe 

Shawcliffe  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  338  n 

Shaw  Clough  (Newchurch-in-Ros- 
sendale), vi,  438  n 

Shawcross,  John,  vi,  283 

Shawe  (Shaw),  Ad.  del,  vi,  548 ; 
Alex.,  vii,  158  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  216  n  ; 
Cunliffe,  vii,  185  n ;  Edm.,  vi, 
438,  438  n  ;  vii,  204  ;  Eliz.,  vi, 

216  n,     543  n;     Geo.,     vi,     191, 
218  n  ;  vii,  224  ;   Hen.,  vi,   530, 
543  n,    546*1;    Isabel,   vii,    114; 
Jas.,  vi,   216  n,  318;   Janet,  vi, 
182  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  114  ;  John  (del), 
vi,  191,  216  n,  217,  237  n,  281  n, 
282;  vii,   114;   Jos.,  vii,   174  n  ; 
Kath.,  vi,  216  n,  217;  Leonard, 
vi,    216  n  ;    Marg.,    vii,    158  n  ; 
Mary,  vii,   158  »;  Pet.,  vi,  213, 


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


Shawe  (cant.} 

216  *t ;  Rich.,  vii,  288  ;  Rob.  (del), 
v;,  189  n,  216  n,  260,  260  n,  281  n, 
282,  317,  337  ;  vii,  158  n,  224  n  ; 
Sarah  (Sally),  vii,  197  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  216  n,  296,  525;  vii,  50; 
Will.,  vi,  71  n,  163  n,  216  n  ;  vii, 
53,  62,  83  n,  87,  102  M,  109,  116, 
138*1,  174  n,  184,  i88w,  195*1, 
197  n,  199,  203,  209  *i,  288  »j  ; 
Will.  C.,  vi,  31  *i  ;  vii,  184,  184  n, 
185  n;  — ,  vi,  524*1,  549;  vii, 
49*1;  fam.,  vi,  215;  vii,  102, 
102  n 
Shawfield,  Nether  and  Over,  mans., 

vi,  233  « 

Shaw  Fold  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Shaw  Green  (Euxton),  vi,  18 
Shaw  Hall  (Leyland),  vi,  13  «,  14 
Shaw  Hall  (Whittle),  vi,  140 
Shaw  Hill  (Whittle),  vi,  32,  36 
Shawhouses  (Whalley),  vi,  381 
Shaw  wood  (Whalley),  vi,  382  n 
Shay,  Ellen,  vi,  81  « 
Shayl,  Rich.,  vi,  538  n 
Shedden,  brook  (Hurstwood),  vi,  474 
Shedden  Clough  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Sheepflat  Carr  (Eccleston),  vi,  165  « 
Sheetacre,  the  (Cuerden),  vi,  26  n 
Sheffield,  Rob.,  vi,  496 
Sheldesley,  Phil,  de,  vi,  70  n 
Shelfield  (Gt.  Marsden),  vi,  536 
Shellard,  Edw.  H.,  vii,  82  n 
Shelley,    Frances,    Lady,    vii,    in, 

112  «,  322  ;  Sir  John,  vii,  112  n 
Shelton,  Alice,  vi,  64*1;    Mag,  vii, 

184,  285  ;  Rich.,  vi,  64  n 
Shelvock,  Dorothy,  vii,  230*1 
Shepcote        Clough        (Clayton-lc- 

Moors) ,  vi ,  4 1 8  n 

Shepherd  (Sheppard),  Agnes,  vii 
334  ;  John,  vii,  88 ;  Kath.,  vi 
217*1;  Marg.,  vi,  378*2;  Rich, 
vii,  80  ;  Rob.,  vii,  201  ;  Thos.,  vi 
436  n  ;  vii,  103  n  ;  Will.,  vii 
205  n 
Shepherd  hill  (Claughton),  vii, 

Sheppard,  see  Shepherd 

Sheppey,  Nich.  de,  vi,  159 

Sherburne,  Sir  Edw.,  vii,  17  ;  Rog., 
vii,  190  n  ;  see  also  Shireburne 

Sherdley,  Chas.,  vi,  66  n ;  Rev. 
Edw.,  vi,  343,  344  ;  Edw.,  vi, 
73  *t  Hen.,  vi,  65  n,  69  n,  73, 
73  n  Jas.,  vi,  65  n  ;  Joan,  vi, 
73  M  John,  vi,  73  n  ;  Margery,  vi, 
66  n  Pet.,  vi,  73  n  ;  Ralph,  vi, 
73  »  Rich.,  vi,  24  n,  65  n,  73  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  70  n,  73,  73  n 

Sherrington,  John,  vi,  237  n 

Sherrock,  fam.,  see  Sharrock  and 
Shorrock 

Sherrs,  brook,  vi,  314  n 

Shetterton  (Shatterden),  Bridg.,  vi, 
154 «  ;  vii,  194  n  ;  Dan.,  vi, 
154  n  ;  Sam.,  vii,  194  n 

Shevington  (Sheuynton),  vi,  58  n, 
68  n,  182,  187  n,  199-203  ;  char., 
vi,  191  n,  192  ;  ch.,  vi,  203  ;  man., 
vi,  199  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  203 

Shevington,  Sir  Ad.  de,  vii,  254  ; 
Ad.  de,  vi,  201  n,  202  n  ;  Avice  de, 
vi,  201  n  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  200  n  ; 
Emma  de,  vii,  254  ;  Hen.  de,  vi, 
200  »,  201  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  201  n, 
202  n  Nich.  de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Rich. 
de,  vi  200  «,  201  «,  202  n  ;  Sim. 
de,  vi  201  n  ;  Sprateling  de,  vi, 
202  n  Thos.  de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Will. 
de,  vi  201  n  ;  see  also  Shurving- 
ton 

Shevington  Moor  (Shevington),  vi, 
109 

Shevinley  (Standish),  vi,  193*1 


Shevinley,    Anabil   de,    vi,    193  n  ; 

Hen.  de,  vi,  193  n 
Shryford  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  340 
Shillito,  Rev.  Will.,  vii,  142,  204 
Shipenehurst-clcch      (Studlehurst) , 

vi,  324  n 
Shippenley    (Shipenley)     (Ribches- 

ter),  vii,  45  «,  48  n 
Shippenley,    Alice    de,    vii,    48 «; 
Avice  de,  vii,  48  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii, 
48  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  48  n 
Shipwaie,  Lawr.,  vi,  183  n 
Shircliff  (diviger),  vi,  480  n 
Shire,  Beatrice  del,  vi,  216  n  ;  R'ch. 

del,  vi,  216  n 

Shireburne  (Scireburne),  Agnes,  vi, 
72  n,  420  ;  vii,  4  n,  254  n  ;  Alex., 
vii,  28,  29  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  71  n, 
131,  276,  277,  366  n,  397  ;  vii,  3, 
4,  5,  17,  139*1,  227  n,  230  n, 
281  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  380  n  ;  vii,  5  n, 
6  n,  131,  140  n,  274  n,  275,  322  n  ; 
Dorothy,  vi,  389  n  ;  vii,  193  n, 
322  ;  Edm.,  vii,  56  n  ;  Edw.,  vii, 
28  n,  56  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  458  ;  vii,  7, 
59  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  30  n,  107  «  ; 
Emma  de,  vii,  4  ;  Eva  de,  vii,  3  n, 

229  n,  230  ;  Frances,  vii,  29  n  ; 
Grace,  vii,  28  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  6,  20, 
28*2,  32,  48*?,  107;  Hugh,  vi, 

72  n,  1^3  n,  198;  vii,  5,  7,  8,  9, 
17,  18,  28  n,  44  n,  47,  50  n,  55  n, 
107  n,  189  n,  281  n,  332  «  ;  Isabel, 
vi,  444  n,  446,  453  ;  vii,  5  «,  6,  28, 
33  n,  322  n  ;  Ismania  de,  vii,  3  ; 
Jane,  vi,  306,  329  ;  vii,  15  n  ; 
Joan  de,  vii,  4,  5  «,  306  n  ;  Sir 
John  de,  vi,  71  n  ;  vii,  3  ;  Rev. 
John,  vi,  8  ;  John  (de),  vi,  80, 
151  n  ;  vii,  4,  15  «,  18,  28  n,  29  n, 
44  *»,  56  n,  59  n,  66  «,  106,  107, 
in  n,  189,  189*1,  229*1,  230, 

230  n,  240  «  ;  Kath.,  vii,  6  n, 
107  *i,  in  »» ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  71  n, 
292;  vii,  3 «,  4;  Margery,  vii, 
49  n  ;  Mary,  vii,  6  ;  Maud,  vii,  18, 
288  n  ;  Sir  Nich.,  vi,  132  «,  149, 
334  K,  380,  398,  399,  442  n  ;  vii, 
7,  9,  10,  ii,  14,  18,  19,  20,  196, 
230  »»,  289  «  ;  Nich.,  vii,  6,  150  n  ; 
S,r  Rich,  (de),  vi,  2*1,  16  n,  72, 

73  n,  132,  135,  140,  142,  143, 
166  n,  195,  204  n,  213,  219  n,  277, 
306,  340  «,  359  n,  362  n,  364  n, 
378*1,  380,  397  n,  398,  398  n, 
507  «,  524  ;  vii,  i,  3,  4  «,  5,  7,  8, 
9,  ii,  14,  15,  17,  18,  28  n,  29*1, 
30  n,  35  n,  47,  49  n,  55,  59  n,  70, 
126*1,  131,  189,  190*1,  208  M, 
212  «,  230,  230  n,  274  n,  282  n, 
288*1,  319*1,  322*1,  323;  Rich, 
(de),  vi,  2  n,  16  n,  35  «,  72,  72  n, 
73  n,  99 «,  132,  I5in,  165*1, 
200  n,  202  n,  205,  206,  292,  292  «, 
337,  369,  379,  397,  398,  420,  444  «, 
446,  453,  499,  515,  519,  542,  549  ; 
vii,  4,  4  n,  5,  6,  ii,  13  n,  15,  15  «, 
16,  17,  18,  19,  19  n,  29,  35,  48  n, 
49,  49  n,  50,  56,  58  n,  59,  59**, 
60  n,  107*1,  113  n,  131,  132*1, 
163  n,  169  n,  189  «,  193  n,  194  n, 
199  n,  200  n,  208  n,  212  *j,  213  n, 
227  n,  229,  247  n,  254  n,  272  n, 
281*1,  318,  329*1;  Rich.  F.,  vii, 
6  ;  Sir  Rob.  (de),  vi,  151  »,  276, 
277>  327  »  ;  vii,  3,  4  n,  227  n, 
272  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  71  n,  72  n, 
80  n,  131, 132, 194  n,  285  K,  354  «, 
366*1,  389*1,  391,  397;  vii,  3,  4, 
5,  15,  15  n,  17,  18,  28,  29  n,  30  n, 
32,  49  n,  168  M,  169  n,  189,  189  w, 
190,  190  n,  230  w,  240  n,  241  n, 
247,  254  n,  278  «,  281  n,  292  n, 
306  «,  322,  323,  324  «,  329  n  ; 
Rog.,  vii,  5,  5  n,  28,  31,  33  n,  49, 

412 


Shireburne  (cont.) 

49  «,  204  M  ;  Thos.,  vi,  72  n,  166  n, 
329,  389  «  ;  vii,  5,  30  n,  35  n, 
98  n,  107*1,  113*1,  i2i*i,  193*1, 
200,  247  «,  322,  322  M  ;  Walt,  de, 
vii,  229  n,  247,  254  n  ;  Will,  de, 
vii,  3,  4,  4  n,  189,  189  n,  254  «  ; 
— ,  vii,  2  ;  fam.,  vi,  39  n,  100  n, 

374,   374",  377  «>  4°7  '•  vii>  27, 

63  n,  73  n,  108,  153,  174  n,  181  n, 

231  «,  284  ;  see  also  Sherburne 
Shireburne    almshouses    (Aighton), 

vii,  20 

Shirlacres,  Gilb.,  vi,  160 
Sholley,  Hen.  de,  vi,  262  n  ;  Will,  de, 

vi,  262  n 

Shore,  Will.,  vi,  488-9 
Shore    tenement    (Brier  cliffe),    vi, 

469  n 

Shorneton,  see  Shurvington 
Shorrock,  Old,  see  Shorrock  Green 
Shorrock  (Shorock,  Shorok),  Agnes 

(de),  vi,  22  «;  vii,  114  n;  Alice 

de,  vi,  262  n  ;  Eccles,  vi,  282  ; 

Geoff.,  vi,  262  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  262  ; 

Jas.,  vi,  252  ;  Rev.  John,  vi,  299, 

440 ;  John  (de),  vi,  262,  268  ; 

vii,  114  «;  Marg.,  vi,  262  n,  268  ; 

Mary,  vi,  282  ;  Ralph,  vi,  237  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  262  ;  Rog.  de,  vi, 

262  ;  Thos.,  vi,  22  ;  Thurstan,  vi, 

7  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  18,  262  ;  see  also 

Sharrock 

Shorrock  Green  (Mellor),  vi,  262 
Shorrock    Hey     (Pleasington),    vi, 

268,  288  n 
Short,    Gabriel,   vii,    136  n  ;    Hen., 

vii,  142 
Shortdean     (Hapton),     vi,     418*1, 

510  n 

Shorten,  brook,  vi,  411 
Shorten  (Ribchester),  vii,  48*1 
Shorueneton,  see  Shurvington 
Shower,  — ,  vi,  524  n 
Showley       (Clayton-le-Dalc),       vi, 

249  n,  259,  421  ;  vii,  51,  307 
Showley,  brook,  vi,  249,  251,  258  n, 

260,  263,  334 
Showley  Fold  (Clayton-le-Dale),  vi, 

257,  260 
Showley  Hall  (Clayton-le-Dale),  vi, 

259 

Shrewsbury,  Gilb.,  earl  of,  vii,  104  *» 

Shrewsbury  Abbey,  vii,  145,  151  «, 
217  ;  Rob.,  abbot  of,  vii,  223  n, 
246 

Shureneton,  Shurventon,  see  Shur- 
vington 

Shurvington  (Shorneton,  Shoruene- 
ton, Shureneton,  Shurventon), 
Rob.  de,  vi,  164  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 
163*1,  164*1,  206 «;  see  also 
Shevington 

Shuth,  Thos.,  vi,  153 

Shuttleworth  (Shuttellesworth) 
(Hapton),  vi,  507  ;  vii,  77  ;  man., 
vi,  5°9  ;  mill,  vi,  510  n  ;  sundial, 
vi,  511 

Shuttleworth,  Ughtred  J.  Kay- 
Shuttleworth,  Ld.,  vi,  280,  464 

Shuttleworth,  Ad.  de,  vi,  201  n  ; 
Agnes  de,  vi,  328,  336,  463  «;  vii, 
1 8  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  387*1,  504*1, 
510  «  ;  vii,  182,  272  n  ;  Anne,  vi, 

329,  387  »,  421,  465  «,  499 «; 

Rev.  Barton,  vi,  334  ;  Barton,  vi, 
16 ;  Bern,  de,  vi,  499*1,  521; 
Bridg.,  vii,  155  n ;  Chas.,  vi, 
J43  n>  329,  330  n,  499  n  ;  Dorothy 
vii,  135  n,  182  ;  Edm.,  vi,  16  ; 
Edw.,  vii,  182,  272  n  ;  Eleanor, 
vi,  378  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  328,  465  n, 
555  n,  559  n;  Ellen  (de),  vi, 
201  n,  465  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vi,  499  n  ; 
Emma  (Emot)  de,  vi,  201  n, 


INDEX 


Shuttleworth  (cont.) 

512  «  ;  Fleetwood,  vii,  128,  182, 
272  «  ;  Geo.,  vi,  387,  556  w  ;  vii, 
135  «  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  387  w  ;  Helen, 
vi,  463  «  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  328,  329, 
388  w,  393  tt,  410,  418,  463  tt, 
499  «,  509,  510,  511  M,  512  tt, 
526  «  ;  vii,  18  ;  Hugh,  vi,  378  «, 
447,  463  M,  465  «,  549  ;  Humph., 
vii,  87,  148  ;  Isabel  (de),  vi,  329, 
444  tt,  510  «  ;  Jas.,  vi,  549  ;  vii, 
128,  331  tt ;  Jane,  vi,  329  ;  vii, 
106  ;  Janet,  vi,  464,  495  n,  556  «  ; 
Joan  de,  vi,  418,  510 «;  John 
(de),  vi,  201  «,  328,  409,  410, 
412  «,  491,  494 «,  495,  499 «, 
507  M,  508  M,  510  «,  526  tt  ;  vii, 
135  tt  ;  Kath.  (Cath.),  vi,  329  «, 
393  M  ;  Rev.  Lawr.,  vi,  464  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  336,  447,  463,  465  », 
466,  493,  494  tt,  512  tt,  549,  555  «, 
559  «  ;  Magot,  vi,  328,  499  n  ; 
Marg.,  Lady,  vi,  466  tt  ;  Marg. 
(de),  vi,  201  «,  387,  463,  510  »  ; 
vii,  155  «,  272  tt  ;  Margery,  Lady, 
vi,  465  M  ;  Margery,  vi,  151  tt, 
252  «,  406  tt  ;  Col.  Nich.,  vi,  290  ; 
Nich.,  vi,  419,  463,  465  «,  555  w  ; 
Phil.,  vii,  151  ;  Ralph,  vi,  329  «, 
419  ;  Sir  Rich.,  vi,  280,  406  tt, 
464,  465  «,  466  tt,  489,  495  ;  vii, 
128  n,  280  M  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  151  «, 
201  «,  252  tt,  269  «,  329,  367  «, 
368  tt,  410  w,  444  tt,  447,  450  «, 
463,  489,  493  tt,  494  «,  495,  499, 

509  «,  510,  511  «,  513  w,  556  ;  vii, 
35  «,  128,  195  tt,  331  M  ;  Rob.  de, 
vi,  201  M,  243  tt,  328,  329,  388  «, 
421,     464,     494,     499  M,     siott, 
527 « ;     vii,     106,     128,     321  «, 
331  «  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Sibyl, 
vi,  328  ;  Susanna,  vi,  419  ;  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  151  «,  328,  444  n,  463  tt, 
465  tt,    493,    494  tt,    510 «;    vii, 
272  tt  ;  Ughtred  (de),  vi,  328,  463, 
465  «,    510 «;    Will.,    vi,    387  w, 

510  M  ;    vii,    155  «,    272  tt  ;    Col., 
vi,  236,  523  ;  — ,  vi,  392,  499  ; 
see  also  Kay-Shuttleworth 

Shuttleworth    Hall    (Hapton),    vi, 

501  M,  510 
Shuttleworth   Pasture   (Brierclifife), 

vi,  471  » 
Shuttlingfeld  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi, 

290 
Shuttlingfields  estate  (Brindle),  vi, 

81 

Sibbarin,  Rob.,  vi,  5  n 
Sicling   moor    (Preston),    vii,   97  n, 

100  M 

Side,  the  (Read),  vi,  503  n,  506  » 
Side  Beet  (Rishton),  vi,  249,  345, 

347 
Sideley    Clough    (Clayton-le-Dale), 

vi,  258 

Sidenhalgh,  Ellis  de,  vi,  506  n 
Sidgreave  (Marsden),  vi,  539  n 
Sidgreaves  (Lea),  vii,  129,  131,  163  « 
Sidgreaves,  Ad.  de,  vii,  132  «  ;  Alice 

de,  vii,   130 «;  Chris.,  vii,   199; 

Dav.  de,  vii,  130  «  ;  Dorothy,  vi, 

48  M  ;  Eda  de,  vii,  132  «;  Ellen 

de,    vii,    132 « ;    Emma   de,    vii, 

130 « ;     Hen.     de,     vii,     133  «; 

Jas.,   vi,   48  «  ;    vii,    199,    200  n, 

201,  206  tt  ;  John  de,  vii,  133  «  ; 

Ralph  de,  vii,   132  n ;   Rob.  de, 

vii,   132  «;   Rog.  de,  vii,   130 «; 

Thos.     de,     vii,     130  tt,     133  tt; 

Uctred  de,  vii,  132  w 
Siegrith,  vii,  52  n,  166  « 
Sigrop  clough  (Ribchester),  vii,  36  « 
Sikes,  see  Sykes 
Silcock,  Thos.,  vi,  369  n  ;  Will.,  vii, 

245  « 


Silk  weaving,  vi,  437 
Silverdale,  man.,  vii,  35  w 
Silvester,  Col.  — ,  vi,  149 
Simhole  (Huncoat),  vi,  411  tt 
Simon,   vi,    499  w,    503  ;   vii,   97 «, 
n6tt,     130  w;    abbot    of    Kirk- 
stall,  vi,  480  tt  ;  chaplain  of  Kirk- 
ham,   vii,   i46«;   the  clerk,  vii, 
100  tt,   252  tt  ;   the   geldherd,   vi, 

424,  548 

Simondiston,  Simondston,  see 
Simonstone 

Simonscroft  (Winkley),  vii,  13  n 

Simonstone,  vi,  349,  356  «,  357,  430, 
493,  494,  496-503,  506  tt,  507  «, 
509  tt  ;  man.,  vi,  233  n,  431,  497, 
505  ;  mill,  vi,  497  «,  498,  499  « 

Simonstone  (Simondston),  Ad.  de, 
vi,  497  w,  498  tt,  499  n  ;  Agnes  de, 
vi,  499  tt ;  Alan  de,  vi,  497  tt, 

498  w,  499  «  ;  Alex,  de,  vi,  497  «, 

499  tt  ;     Alice     de,     vi,     499  n ; 
Alyott  de,  vi,  497  «  ;  Cecily  de, 
vi,  497  «  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  500  ;  Ellis  de, 
vi,  497  w,  498  w,  499  «  ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,   511  tt;   Hugh  de,   vi,   497  tt, 

498  «  ;  Geoff,  de,  vi,  497  «,  499  «, 
503  tt  ;    Godrich    de,    vi,    499  n  ; 
John  de,  vi,  499,  499  tt,  500  n ; 
Kath.,  vi,  500 «  ;  Marg.  de,  vi, 
331,  499  «,  500  M  ;  Margery  de, 
vi,  499  M  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  499  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  497  «,  498  «,  499  «, 
500 «,   511  w;   Rob.  de,  vi,  331, 

497  tt,  498  tt,  499  tt,  500  tt,  503  tt  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  498  n,  499  n  ;  Sibyl 
de,  vi,  498  tt  ;  Sim.  de,  vi,  498  n, 

499  «  ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  410  «,  497  w, 

498  «,  499  «,  511,  511  tt  ;  Uctred 
de,    vi,    498 «;    Warine    de,    vi, 
498  »  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  499  tt 

Simonstone  Hall  (Simonstone),  vi, 
498,  500  « 

Simonstone  moor,  vi,  498  n 

Simpson  (Simson),  Anne,  vi,  180  «  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  50  ;  Hen.,  vii,  79  «  ; 
Janet,  vii,  183  «;  John,  vi,  10  «  ; 
vii,  136 «  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  127  n  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  183  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  180  n  ; 
Rev.  Sam.,  vi,  283  ;  Will.,  vii, 
79  tt  ;  Will.  W.,  vii,  2  w,  14 

Sinclair,  Emma  I.  H.,  vi,  210  n; 
Sir  J.  G.  T.,  vi,  210  tt 

Singleton,  vii,  69  «,  117,  143,  144, 
146  tt,  149,  157,  158,  166,  176, 
iSott,  181,  183-8;  chap.,  vii, 
188  ;  ch.,  vii,  187  ;  fair,  vii,  184  ; 
man.,  vii,  184  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii, 
188 

Singleton,  Gt.  (Much),  man.,  vii, 
181 

Singleton,  Little,  man.,  vi,  231  ; 
vii.  70  tt,  118,  119  M,  185 

Singleton  (Singilton),  Ad.  de,  vii, 
in  tt,  n8«,  119  M,  120  «,  136  M, 
168  M,  169  tt,  170  tt,  208  tt,  209  w, 
2ii,  331  w  ;  Agnes,  vi,  175  n  ; 
vii,  53  tt,  HI  tt,  112  n,  119  tt  ;  Sir 
Alan  de,  vii,  119  n  ;  Alan  (de),  vii, 
31  «,  46  tt,  52,  53  tt,  70,  118,  134  tt, 
166  tt,  168,  i68tt,  169,  185 «, 
196,  196  tt,  197  tt,  201,  207,  208  tt, 
209,  211,  233,  235  tt,  240  tt,  283, 
328  «,  331,  332  «  ;  Alice  (de), 
vii,  49  tt,  in  tt,  H2tt,  n8tt, 

125  tt,   134  «,   169  «,   197,   208  M, 
209,    2ii  «,    233,    238  «,    239  tt, 
307  «,   331  «  ;  Aline,  vii,   112  «; 
Andr.,    vii,    iigw;    Anilla,    vii, 

126  «  ;  Anne  (Ann),  vi,  292  ;  vii, 
23,    31  tt,     102  M,     HI  tt,     H2  M, 
119  tt,  120  M,  196  w,  201  «,  208  «, 
2ii  «,  239  ;  Avice  de,  vii,  331  n  ; 
Award,    vi,    175 «;    vii,    238 «; 
Beatrice,  vii,  274  w;     Brian,  vii, 


Singleton  (cont.} 

119  n,    137  tt  ;    Cecily    (de),    vii, 

136  «,    173  tt  ;    Chris.,    vii,    33  «, 
151  «  ;     Constance,     vii,     238  «  ; 
Cuth.,  vii,   ngn;   Dorothy,  vii, 
239  K  ;     Edw.,    vii,    119,    120  n, 
173  n,  174  n  ;  Eleanor,  vii,  211; 
Eliz.,  vi,  256,  393  n  ;  vii,  106  n, 
112  «,  119  n,  172  «,  174  «,  211  «, 
239  «,   307  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,   120  n  ; 
Geo.,  vii,  23,   119 «,   131,   190  tt, 
230  »,  238,  239,  287  n  ;  Gilb.  de, 
vii,    53  M,    ii8w,    iigw,     125  tt, 
169  n,   172  n,   173,   175  «,   185  «, 
208  «,  215  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  321  ;  vii, 

119  w;   Helen,   vii,   238 «;   Hen. 
(de),    vii,     112  «,     119 «,     120  n, 
208  M,  211  «,  213  tt,  288  w,  331  «  ; 
Hugh,  vii,  231  tt  ;  Isabel  (de),  vii, 
194  tt,    211  «,    215  tt  ;    Jas.,    vii, 
112  tt,   118,   119  tt,   120  tt;   Jane, 
vii,    119  tt,    126  tt,    211  «,    213  «, 
239  n  ;  Joan  (de),  vi,  104  «,  154  «, 
294;  vii,  118,  119,  185  «,  208  w, 
210,  2ii  w,  247  «,  272,  274,  274  «, 
284  tt,  323  «  ;  John  (de),  vi,  69  «, 
102,  217  tt,  256  ;  vii,  17,  17  tt,  33, 
48  «,    85  tt,    98  «,    1 06  «,    in  «, 
112  tt,   113  tt,   n6tt,   ii8«,   119, 

120  tt,    125  M,    126  tt,    131,    136  «, 

137  «,  169  tt,  174,  200,  208,  209, 

210,    211,    231  tt,    238,    239,    247  tt, 

287  tt,  288  tt,  307  tt,  329  tt  ;  Kath. 
(de),  vi,  393  «  ;  vii,  52  w,   n8«, 
162  tt,  2ii  tt;   Lawr.,  vii,   112  w, 
151  «,  238  «  ;  Lyol  de,  vii,  257  «  ; 
Mabel  de,  vii,  53  n,  179  «,  274  «  ; 
Marg.  (de),  vi,  316  ;  vii,  17  «,  33, 
53  «,  119  tt,  124  tt,  127  «,  172  tt, 

208  tt,  212  tt,  230  «,  238  K,  239  «, 

288  tt  ;  Mary,  vi,  377  «,  394  ;  vii, 
112  K,    190  «,   211  tt,   239,   239  tt, 
327  w  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  169  n,  254  n  ; 
Nich.   (de),   vi,   294;    vii,   109  tt, 
uiw,  ii2«,  ii8«,   iigtt,   I24«, 
125  tt,    126  M,   137  «,   172  «,    173, 
321  tt  ;       Ralph,       vii,       184  n  ; 
Randle   (Ranulf)    (de),    vii,  53  tt, 
179  M,  184  «,  208  tt,  212  tt,  274  «  ; 
Rich,   (de),   vi,   69  w,  393  «  ;  vii, 
23  »,    32,    49  «,    52,    52  n,   53  tt, 

112  tt,  IlStt,  119,  119  tt,  120  tt, 

134,  136  «,  137  tt,  174  tt,  184  «. 

196  tt,  211  tt,  213  W,  223,  226  tt, 

238  «,  257  tt,  274  w,  331,  332  «; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  72  tt,  242  tt,  316  ; 
vii,  47  tt,  48  tt,  53  «,  85,  98  n, 
112  n,  118,  u8tt,  119,  120  w, 
125  tt,  126  «,  128  tt,  177  «,  189  tt, 

190  tt,   208,   209  tt,   210  tt,   211, 

212  tt,  254  tt,  287  «,  331  tt  ;  Rog. 
(de),  vi,  69  «  ;  vii,  in  n,  112  w, 
134,  136  tt,  197  tt,  201,  201  tt, 
204 «,  235  tt ;  Thos.  (de),  vi, 
154  «,  393  «  ;  vii,  48  w,  53  «, 

HIM,  112  tt,  Il8,  119,  120  tt, 
121  tt,  131,  138,  169  tt,  172  tt,  173, 
173  tt,  174  tt,  185  tt,  194  tt,  208  tt, 

209  tt,   2IOtt,   211,   213,   213  tt, 
215  tt,  219,  228,  231  tt,  238,  239, 
247  tt,   26l  tt,   272,   274,   274  tt, 
284  tt,  288  tt,  321  tt,  323  tt,  331  tt, 

332  tt  ;  Thomasine,  vii,  131,  239  n  ; 
Uctred  de,  vi,  69 «;  vii,  134, 
J36  «,  331  «  I  Will,  (de),  vi,  262, 
292,  321;  vii,  46 «,  48 «,  52  «, 
70,  75,  112,  H2  tt,  117,  118, 
119  «,  120  «,  121  tt,  125  tt,  126  «, 
127  «,  136  «,  137  »,  158  «,  177  w, 

185  tt,  193  tt,  196  tt,  200,  208  tt, 
2IO«,  211,  212  n,  231  tt,  233  tt, 

234  tt,  238,  240  tt,  257  tt,  307  tt, 

327  tt,  331  tt,  332  n  ;  — ,  vii,  HI  ; 
fam.,  vi,  67  tt,  231  ;  vii,  69,  199  «, 
232,  281 tt 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Singleton  Orange  (Singleton),  vii, 
153  n,  183,  187,  278  n,  284  n 

Singleton  Pool  (Larbreck),  vii,  183 

Singleton  Thorp  (Poulton-le- 
Fylde),  vii,  220 

Singletun,  see  Singleton 

Sircliffe,  see  Shawcliffe 

Sired,  see  Syrith 

Sithsworth,  Rich.,  vi,  67  «  ;  Rob., 
vi,  67  n 

Siverthesargh  (Bretherton),  vi, 
103  n 

Siward  (Suard),  vi,  76  n,  258,  335, 
506  ;  vii,  97  n,  98  n,  190  n 

Six-acre  (Marsden),  vi,  539 

Six  Forster  Doles,   see  Blackwood 

Skarth  (Trawden),  vi,  551 

Skeffing'ton,  Mary,  vi,  297 

Skelton,  Rich.,  vii,  258  n 

Skepulford  (Gt.  Eccleston),  vii, 
277  « 

Skerrett,  John,  vi,  153  n 

Skerrow,  John,  vi,  491 

Skillicorne  (Skillicorn,  Skillikorne), 
Ad.  (de),  vi,  57  n ;  vii,  152  n, 
177  n  ;  Agnes,  vii,  177  n;  Alice 
(de),  vii,  177  n,  210 »;  Anne, 
vi,  12  n  ;  vii,  177  n,  229  n  ;  Edm. 
(de),  vii,  177,  2iow;  Edw.,  vii, 
152  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  178  «,  229  n  ; 
Ellen,  vii,  229  n ;  Isabel,  vii, 

177  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  177  n  ;  Joan,  vii, 
167  n,    i  Son,    229  n  ;    John,   vi, 
12 n;  vii,  98 «,  i66n,  175 n,  177 n, 

178  n,    238  n  ;    Marg.,    vi,    12  n  ; 
vii,   174  n,   177  n  ;   Margery,  vii, 

177  n  ;    Nich.,    vii,    99  n,    166  n, 
167  n,    173  n,    174  n,    177,    178, 

178  n  ;  Priscilla,  vii,  178  n  ;  Rich, 
(de),  vii,  173  n,  177  n,  229,  229  «, 
282  n  ;    Will.,   vii,    152  «,    157  «, 
166  n,  167  n,  173  «,  177  n,  178  n, 
180  n,  329  n  ;  fam.,  vii,  227 

Skillington,  Ad.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Alice, 

vii,  99  n 

Skinner,  Jordan  the,  vi,  556  n  ; 
Rich,  the,  vi,  488  ;  Rob.  the,  vii, 
46  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Will,  the, 
vi,  556  n 

Skippool  (Poulton),  vii,  226 ;  bridge, 
vii,  183,  226  »  ;  mill,  vii,  268  n  ; 
trade,  vii,  226  n 
Skippool,  riv.,  vii,  225 
Skipton,  Maud  de,  vi,  366  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  365  n,  366  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
365  «,  366  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  297 
Skipton  Clough  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 
Skull  House  (Appley),  vi,  169 
Slack  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471  n 
Slack  (Trawden),  vi,  548 
Slack    (Slake),    Agnes,    vi,    217  n 
Alice,  vi,  217  n  ;  Cecily,  vi,  217  n 
Ellen,  vi,  217  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  217  « 
John  (del),  vi,  217  n  ;  Marg.,  vi 
217  n;   Nich.,  vi,  87;   Rob.,  vi 
272  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  217  n 
Slackhall  (Brindle),  vi,  77  » 
Slade,  Eleanor,  vi,  17  n,  65  n 
Slaidburn  (Yorks),  vi,  233  n,  521  n 
Slaidburn,    Alice    de,    vii,    151  n ; 
John  de,  vii,  151  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 

Slake,  see  Slack 
Slate,  Rich.,  vii,  104  n 
Slatedelph  (Wheelton),  vi,  36 
Slater  (Schlacter,  Sclater),  Gilb.,  vii, 

113  n  ;   Sir  Hen.,   vi,   77,   77  n  ; 

Jas.,  vii,  44;   John,  vi,   425  n ; 

vii,  127  »  ;  Marg.,  vi,  558  ;  Rachel, 

vi,  77  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  358  n  ;  Thos., 

vii,  113  n,  121  n  ;  SirT.,  vi,  163  n; 

Will.,  vi,  369  ;  vii,  121  n  ;  — ,  vi, 

432 

Slater  meadow  (Burnley),  vi,  445  n 
Slatter,  Phil.  G.,  vii,  205 


Slene,  see  Slyne 

Sliderforth  (Hap ton),  vi,  511  n 
Slinger,  Chris.,  vii,  184% 
Slipper  hill  (Foulridge),  vi,  546  n 
Slitterforth  (Marsden),  vi,  536,  552 
Slyched  (Catterall),  vii,  321  n 
Slyne  (Slene),  Alice  de,  vii,  253  n  ; 
Eva  de,  vii,  98  n  ;  Grimbald  de, 
vii,  330  n  ;  Nigel  de,  vii,  253  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vii,  98  n,  330  n,  332  n 
Smalelei,  brook,  vi,  317 
Smaleshagh,  brook,  vi,  288  n 
Smalldene  (Whittingham),  vii,  209  n 
Smallegh,  see  Smalley 
Smalley  (Sunderland) ,  vi,  318 
Smalley  (Smallegh),  Agnes  de,  vi, 
318  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  318  ;  Alice  de, 
vi,   318;   Annabel  de,   vi,    318; 
Ant.,  vi,  35  n  ;  Avina  de,  vi,  318  ; 
Cecily  (de),  vi,  315  n,  318  ;  Edw., 
vi,     190 ;    Geo.,    vi,    34  n ;    vii, 
174  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  535  ;  Jas.,  vii, 
174 ;   John,   vi,  342  ;   Kath.,   vi, 
34  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  191  n  ;  Rob.,  vi, 
318  ;  Rog.,  vi,  237  n,  318  ;  Thos., 
vi,  318  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  315  n,  318 
Small  Hazels  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  454 
Smallshaw  (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

454,  468  n 

Smallshaw  beck  (Hapton),  vi,  511  n 
Smallwood,  Alice,  vi,  61  n ;  Thos., 

vi,  61  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  61  n 
Smarshalls    farmhold,     see    Lower 

Hall  (Read) 
Smeathbottom     (Ribchester),     vii, 

58  n 

Smeleden  (Howick),  vi,  66  n 
Smerdell  (Westby-with -Plump  tons), 

vii,  175  n 

Smere brook  (Elswick),  vii,  284  n 
Smerebutts     (Church),     vi,     400  n, 

402  n 

Smerepot  (Staynall),  vii,  252  n 
Smereshalgh      (Smerleshalgh),    Ad. 
de,  vi,  506  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vi,  506  «  ; 
John  de,  vi,  506  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi, 
506  n 

Smethefynee  (Worsthorne),  vi,  474  n 
Smethes,  see  Smithies 
Smethurst,  Rich.,  vi,  312  n 
Smewes,  Rich,  de,  vii,  113  n 
Smith  (Smyth),  Ad.  the,  vi,  480; 
Agnes,  vii,  100  n,  106  n  ;  Alethea, 
vi,  366  n  ;  Alex.,  vii,  250  n ; 
Alice,  vi,  337  n  ;  vii,  35  n,  100  n  ; 
Chas.  F.,  vii,  165  ;  Chris.,  vi,  303, 
354,  387  n,  520,  530;  Dav.,  vi, 
392  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  96 «,  303  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  64  n,  65  n;  Ellen,  vii, 
216  n  ;  Fran.,  vi,  77  «  ;  Geo.,  vi, 
86  n  ;  Harold,  vi,  528  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
107  ;  vii,  106  n,  250  n,  255  ; 
H.  P.  O.,  vi,  80  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  432, 
494  »,  547  ;  vii,  147,  148  n,  226  ; 
jane,  vi,  422  n  ;  Rev.  John,  vi, 
334,  344  ;  John  (de),  vi,  22,  51, 
89  n,  108  n,  12771,  i88n,  269  n, 
301,  387*1,  447  n,  471,  498  n, 
52O>  536  n,  542  n  ;  vii,  147  n, 
151  n,  156  n,  254  n,  259  n,  260; 
Jos.,  vii,  322  ;  Kath.  (Cath.),  vi, 
77 »,  2io«,  392  n ;  Lawr.,  vi, 
511  n,  549;  Marg.,  vi,  64  n ; 
Mary,  vii,  106  n ;  Mich.,  vi, 
541  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  520  ;  Rev.  Rich., 
vi,  541  n  ;  Rich,  (the),  vi,  92  n, 
147,  167  n,  298  n,  485  n  ;  vii, 
35*,  93  »,  144  n>  254  n;  Rev. 
Rob.,  vi,  334;  Rob.,  vi,  no  n, 
114  n,  u8n,  167  n,  174  n,  443, 
446  n,  511  n,  516  n;  vii,  151  n, 
156  n  ;  Sam.,  vi,  128,  450  n  ; 
Sharpee,  vi,  516  n  ;  Steph.,  vi, 
440,  451  n,  453  n,  471  ;  Steph.  T., 

414 


Smith  (cont.) 

vi,  471  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  192  n,  239, 
536  n;  vii,  142,  147,  165  n,  255, 

312  n  ;  Tim.,  vii,  66,  67  ;  Uctred 
the,   vii,   273  n ;   Will,    (the),   vi, 
39  n,   74,   94,    171  n,    199  n,   416, 
422  n,    482  n,    498  n  ;    vii,    35  n, 
100  n,  106  n,  128  n,  250  n,  284  n  ; 
Will.    S.,    vi,    471  ;    — ,    bp.,    vi, 

313  ;    Mrs.,    vii,    90  n ;    — ,    vi, 
513  n,  524  »  ;  vii,  121  n 

Smithicroft  (Mellor),  vi,  262 
Smithies      (Smethes),     Isabel,     vi, 

556  n  ;    John,   vi,    556  n  ;    Rich., 

vii,  24  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  556  n 
Smithridding,    the     (Cuerden),    vi, 

24  n 
Smith's  Height  (Over  Darwen),  vi, 

269 
Smithy  Bank  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  456  n 
Smithy  bottom      (Ribchester),     vii, 

58  n 

Smithy  Croft  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335  n 
Smolley,  Mary,  vi,  275 
Smult,  Rich.,  vi,  224  n 
Smyth,  see  Smith 
Snape  (Goosnargh),  vii,  198  n 
Snape     (Habergham     Eaves),     vi, 

456  n 

Snape,  Will.,  vii,  216  n 
Snart,    Hen.,   vi,    107 ;     Jenet,   vi, 

107  n 

Snead,  see  Sneyd 
Snell,  Rob.,  vii,  196  n 
Snelleshou     (Whalley),     see     Clerk 

Hill 
Snelleshou,  Ellis  de,  vi,  377,  387  n  ; 

Margery  de,  vi,  377 
Sneyd    (Snead),    Hugh,    vii,    223  ; 

Ralph,  vii,  223  n 
Snobbesnape,  see  Snubsnape 
Snodesworth,  John  de,  vi,  409  « 
Snodsworth    (Habergham    Eaves), 

vi,  391  n,  457,  458 
Snodworth     (Billington),    vi,    325, 

339  n 

Snubsnape  (Leyland),  vi,  14  n 
Snydale  (Westhoughton),  vi,  501  n 
Snydale  (Yorks),  vi,  479  n 
Sodor    and    Man.,    bps.    of,    Hugh 

Hesketh,   vi,   67  n ;    John   Salis- 
bury, vi,  432  n ;  Rich.  Parr,  vi, 

160,  161 

Sollom  (Tarleton),  vi,  109  n,  115 
Sollom    (Sollam),    Dav.,    vi,    99  n ; 

Geo.,  vii,  98  n,  332  n  ;  Hen.,  vii, 

332  n ;     Rich.,     vi,     28  n ;     vii, 

332  n;  Thos.,  vi,  51,  ggn;  vii, 

245 

Sollom  moss,  vi,  115 
Sollom  pool  bridge    (Croston),   vi, 

122  n 
Somerset,    dks.    of,    vi,    255,    258, 

336  ;  John  Beaufort,  vii,  303  n 
Somervill,  Thos.,  vi,  54  n 
Someryate    (Clayton -le-Moors),    vi, 

418  n 

Someter,  see  Sumner 
Somner's    Croft     (Bretherton),    vi, 

107  n 

Sompner,  see  Sumner 
Sonerseld  (Cuerden),  vi,  28  n 
Son  of  Adam,  Ad.,  vi,  470  n,  474  n  ; 

Albred,     vii,     94  n ;     Hen.,     vi, 

246  «  ;    John,   vi,    170  n,    451  n  ; 

Matth.,    vi,    481  n ;    vii,    318 n; 

Rob.,  vi,  176  n,  253,  366  n  ;  vii, 

98  n,     279  n ;     Rog.,     vii,     97  n, 

100  n  ;    Sim.,    vi,    480  n,    485  n  ; 

Will.,  vii,  253  n 
Son  of  Agnes,  Rog.,  vi,  72  n 
Son  of  Ailsi  (Eilsi,  Elsi),  Ad.,  vii, 

232,    279 in;    Alex.,    vi,    317 »; 

Bern.,  vii,  191,  320,  321  ;  Hugh, 


INDEX 


Son  of  Ailsi  (cont.) 

vi,    317 «,    324 ;    John,    vi,    314, 

317  n  ;    Rob.,    vi,    317  n,    320  ; 

Rog.,  vii,  279  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  320 
Son  of  Ailward,  Orm,  vi,  169 
Son    of    Alan,     Ad.,     vii,     134  n  ; 

Amabil,  w.  of  Rich.,  vii,  283  n  ; 

Hen.,  vi,  66  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  283  n  ; 

Thos.,  vii,  264  ;  Will.,  vi,  37,  50, 

552  n  ;  vii,  324  n 
Son  of  Albert,  Will.,  vii,  166  n 
Son  of  Aldelin,  Will.,  vi,  291  n 
Son  of  Alexander,  Rob.,  vi,  474  n, 

475  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  178  n 
Son  of  Alicock,  Rich.,  vi,  97  n 
Son  of  Alot,  Ad.,  vii,  209  n  ;  Milli- 

cent,  w.  of  Ad.,  vii,  209  n 
Son    of    Amery,    Rich.,    vii,    54  n, 

55  »,  57 « 

Son  of  Amice,  John,  vii,  272  n 
Son  of  Andrew,  Hugh,  vi,   131  «  ; 

Maud,  w.  of  Hugh,  vi,  131  n 
Son  of  Arthur,   Rich.,  vii,   132  »  ; 

Will.,  vii,  132  n 
Son  of  Auger,  Rob.,  vii,  132 
Son  of  Austin,  Rog.,  vi,  49  n 
Son  of  Auti,  Siward,  vi,  25,  26  n 
Son  of  Baldwin,  John,  vii,  226  n  ; 

Rob.,  vii,  226  »  ;  Rog.,  vii,  too  n 
Son  of  Baye,  Hen.,  vi,  301  n 
Son  of  Beatrice,  Alice,  w.  of  Rob., 

vii,  99  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  99  n 
Son  of  Belota,  Rog.,  vj,  98  n 
Son  of  Benedict,  Hen.,  vi,  204  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  544  n 
Son  of  Bernard,   Hen.,  vii,   45  n  ; 

Rob.,  vi,  69  n ;  vii,   134  n,   191, 

192  n,   194  «,   308  n,   318,   318  n, 

323  n,  324  n 
Son   of   Bimme,    Rob.,    vii,    30  n ; 

Rog.,  vi,  290  ;  vii,  30  n 
Son  of  Candelay,  Will.,  vii,  330  n 
Son  of  Cecily,  Amy,  w.  of  Rob.,  vii, 

97  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  97  n 
Son  of  Christiana,  Hen.,  vi,  538  n  ; 

Rob.,  vi,  485  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  69  n 
Son  of  Clibard,  John,  vi,  338  n 
Son  of  Cyprus,  Hen.,  vi,  475  n 
Son  of  Dandy  (Dande),   Rob.,  vi, 

469  n  ;  Steph.,  vi,  538  n 
Son    of    David,    Hugh,    vi,    417  ; 

Randle,  vi,  424  n 
Son  of  Dene,  Rob.,  vi,  18  n 
Son  of  Diota,  Grimbald,  vii,  192  n 
Son  of  Dobin,  Cecily,  w.  of  Rich., 

vii,  n6n;  Rich.,  vii,  116  n 
Son  of  Donote,  Cecily,  w.  of  Thos., 

vi»  393  n  '•  Thos.,  vi,  393  n 
Son  of  Duncan,  Will.,  vi,  360 
Son  of  Dunning,  Siward,  vi,  303  n 
Son  of  Eafward  (Efward,  Eward), 

Ad.,    vii,    172  n,    173  n ;    Gille- 

michael,    vii,     177 ;    Hen.,    vii, 

171  *»,    173  n  ;   Rob.,   vii,   173  n  ; 

Rog.,  vii,  1 72n,  173  n 
Son  of  Ecke,  John,  vi,  336 
Son    of    Edith,    Rich.,    vi,    326  n ; 

Uctred,    vii,     130 «;    Will.,    vi, 

36  n,  162  n 

Son  of  Edwin,  Will.,  vii,  229  n 
Son  of  Efward,  see  Son  of  Eafward 
Son  of  Eilsi,  see  Son  of  Ailsi 
Son  of  Elfward,  Torfin,  vi,  538  n 
Son  of  Ellen,  Will.,  vii,  283 
Son     of     Ellis,     Ad.,     vi,     477  n  ; 

Christiana,  w.  of  Hen.,  vi,  n  n  ; 

Hen.,  vi,  n  n  ;  John,  vi,  485  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  469  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  387  n 
Son  of  Elsi,  see  Son  of  Ailsi 
Son  of  Emma,  Walt.,  vi,  367  n 
Son  of  Eustace,  Rob.,  vi,  503  n 
Son  of  Eward,  see  Son  of  Eafward 
Son  of  Felicia,  John,  vi,  203  n 
Son  of  Finian,  Rob.,  vi,  26  n 
Son  of  Fulk,  Will.,  vi,  366  n 


Son  of  Gamel,  Ellis,  vi,  506  n  ; 
Gamel,  vii,  98  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  524  n, 
538  n  ;  Rog.,  see  Nutshaw,  Rog. 
Son  of  Geoffrey,  John,  vi,  24 «  ; 
Pet.,  vii,  130  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  297, 
299,  356  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  69  n,  70  n, 
356  n,  413;  vii,  13  n;  Will,, 
356  n 

Son  of  Gilbert,  Hen.,  vi,  67  n,  335, 
475 »  ;     John,    vi,    254  n,    480  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  3  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  335  n  ; 
Siward,  vi,  253  ;  Uctred,  vi,  26  n 
Son  of  Gillemichael  (Gillomichael), 
Ad.,  vii,  131  n  ;  Gospatrick,  vii, 
177  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  177  n 
Son  of  Godith,  Geoff.,  vii,  54  n 
Son  of  Godrich,  Rob.,  vi,  498  n 
Son  of  Gospatric  (Gospatrick),  Alan, 
vi,  303  n,  304  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  303  n, 
304  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  303  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
509  ;  Ughtred,  vi,  303  n,  304  n 
Son    of    Griffin,    Rich.,    vi,    444  n, 

470  n 
Son  of  Grimbald,  Rob.,  vii,  332  n  ; 

Will.,  vii,  332  n 
Son  of  Gubalt,  Rich.,  vi,  291  n 
Son  of  Hagemund,  Alan,  vii,  232 
Son  of  Hamelin,  Rog.,  vii,  306  n 
Son  of  Hamon,  Will.,  vii,  113 
Son  of  Hartholf,  Gamel,  vii,  271  n  ; 

Walt.,  vii,  271  n 
Son  of  Harvey,  Will.,  vii,  306  n 
Son  of  Haward,  Rog.,  vii,  172  n 
Son   of   Hawise    (Helewise),    Hen., 
vii,   46  n  ;   Will.,  vi,   377  n  ;   vii, 
i68n 

Son  of  Heardbert,  Alric,  vi,  349 

Son  of  Helewise,  see  Son  of  Hawise 

Son  of  Hen.,  Ad.,  vi,  131  n,  548  ; 

vii,  282  n,   283  n  ;   Agnes,  w.  of 

Ad.,  vii,  283  n  ;  Alex.,  vi,  49  n, 

402  n  ;    Ellis,    vi,    134  n  ;    Gilb., 

vi,  398  n ;   Hen.,  vi,  291  n  ;  vii, 

93  »  ;    Herb.,   vi,    131  n  ;    Hugh, 

vi,  131  »,  201  n  ;  John,  vi,  134  n, 

201  n,    369  n  ;    Rich.,    vi,    326  n, 

474  n,    475  n,    538  n  ;    Rob.,   vii, 

45 ;     Rog.,     vi,     202  n,     301  n, 

400  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  26  n,  367  n 

Son  of  Herbert,   Ellis,  vii,   169  n  ; 

Mich.,  vii,  134  n 
Son  of  Hiche,  Rich.,  vi,  488  n 
Son  of  Hobkin,  Hen.,  vi,  480 
Son  of  Hubert,   Hervey,   vi,  68  n, 

69  n 

Son  of  Huck,  Rob.,  vii,  166  n ; 
Siward,  vii,  252  n,  254  n ; 
Ughtred  (Uctred),  vi,  314  n  ;  vii, 
117,  232 

Son  of  Hugh,  Ailsi,  vi,  314,  317, 
320,  324  ;  Alan,  vi,  411  n  ;  Hen., 
vi,  411  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  193  n  ;  Rob., 
vii,  283*1;  Thos.,  vi,  411  n; 
Uctred,  vi,  417  ;  Will.,  vi,  188  n, 
374  n,  411 
Son  of  Hulle,  John,  vi,  193  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  70  n 

Son  of  Huttemon,  Rog.,  vi,  290 
Son  of  Hypper,  Hen.,  vi,  475  n 
Son  of  James,  Ad.,  vii,  247  n 
Son  of   John,   Ad.,   vi,   24  n,   548  ; 
Alex.,  vi,  224  n  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  480  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  24  n,  201  n ;  John,  vii, 
116  n  ;  Jordan,  vi,  224  n,  365  n  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  168  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  475  n, 
548  ;  vii,   160  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  49  n, 
.  214  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  24  n 
Son  of  Jordan,  Ad.,  vi,  548  ;  Geoff., 
vi»  375  n  I  Rob.,  vii,  158  n;  WilL, 
vi,  506  n 

Son  of  Keelin,  Will.,  vi,  428 
Son  of  Kenwrick,  Steph.,  vi,  498  n 
Son  of  Kutte,  Thos.,  vii,  27  n 
Son  of  Lefwin,  see  Son  of  Leofwin 
Son  of  Leising,  Ellis,  vii,  54  n 

415 


Son  of  Leofwin  (Lefwin),  Efward, 
vi,  291  n,  326  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  264, 
266,  291  n,  326,  411,  413,  414  n, 
417,  424,  538  n ;  Swain,  vi, 
303 
Son  of  Levenot,  Rog.,  vii,  130  n, 

132  n 

Son  of  Lewe,  Ad.,  vii,  283  n 
Son  of  Madoc,  Candelay,  vii,  330  n 
Son  of  Magnus,  Orm.,  vii,  108,  179, 

273 
Son   of  Margery,   Ad.,   vii,    160  n ; 

Hen.,    vi,    391  n ;    Marg.,    w.    of 

Hen.,  vi,  391  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  339  n  ; 

vii,  27  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  538  n 
Son  of  Mary,  Ad.,  vi,  65  ;  Denise, 

w.  of  Ad.,  vi,  65 
Son  of  Matthew,  John,  vi,  480 
Son  of  Maud  (Matilda),  Geoff.,  vii, 

1 80  n  ;  John,  vi,  326  n ;  Rog.,  vii, 

331  n  ;  Siward,  vi,  76  n 
Son  of  Maulke,  Ad.,  vi,  548 
Son  of  Maurice,  Will.,  vii,  31,  31  « 
Son  of  Michael,  Gilb.,  vi,  424,  457 

Swain,  vi,  70  n 
Son  of  Mille,  Rog.,  vii,  130  n 
Son  of  Mirre,  Hen.,  vii,  96  n,  100  n 
Son  of  Nicholas,   Rob.,   vi,   475  n, 

477  n  ;   Thos.,   vii,   230  n  ;   Will., 

vii,  48  n,  94  n,  158  n,  170  n 
Son  of  Norman,  Ralph,  vi,  443 
Son  of  Olot,  John,  vi,  95  n 
Son    of    Orm    (Orme),    Edw.,    vi, 

304  n ;    Marg.,    d.    of   Will.,    vi, 

388 ;    Rog.,    vi,    67 ;    vii,    108 ; 

Thos.,  vii,  48  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  388 
Son    of    Osbert,    Ad.,    vii,    170  n ; 

Swain,    vii,    168  n ;    Walt.,    vii, 

127,  161,  161  n,  175  n 
Son  of  Owen,  Rich.,  vii,  130  n 
Son  of  Patrick,  Ad.,  vii,  183  n 
Son  of  Paulin  (Paulinus),  Ad.,  vii, 

192  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  94  n 
Son  of  Peter,  Ad.,  vi,  546  n 

Son  of  Philip,  Ad.,  vi,  287 ;  vii, 
98  n 

Son  of  Quenilda,  Jordan,  vii,  160  n 

Son  of  Raghanald,  Ravenkil,  vii, 
285 

Son  of  Ralph,  Ad.,  vi,  225  n  ;  vii, 
198  n,  199  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  374  n  ; 
Jordan,  vii,  13  n,  15  n  ;  Nich., 
vii,  13  n  ;  Reyner,  vi,  509  ;  Rich., 
vi,  26  n,  253  ;  Rob.,  vi,  367  * 

Son  of  Ravenkil  (Ranchil),  Rog., 
vii,  285,  285  n 

Son  of  Reinfred,  see  Fitz  Reinfred 

Son  of  Reyner,  Gilb.,  vi,  456  n ; 
John,  vi,  509 

Son  of  Richard,  Ad.,  vii,  172  n, 
271  *  ;  Alex.,  vi,  503  ;  Benet,  vi, 
151  n  ;  Bern.,  vi,  328  n  ;  Hen., 
vi,  504  n,  505  n  ;  vii,  209  n  ; 
John,  vi,  26  n,  151  n  ;  Jordan, 
vii,  179  n  ;  Ralph,  vii,  180  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  444  n,  469  n  ;  Rob.,  vi, 
365  n,  366  »,  371  n,  475  n,  485  n  ; 
Rog.,  vi,  424  n  ;  vii,  27  n  ;  Thos., 
vii,  57  n  ;  Walt.,  vii,  63  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  457;  vii,  35  n,  n6«,  160  n, 

193  n,  271 n 

Son  of  Robert,  Ad.,  vi,  227  n,  480 ; 
vii,  94  n  ;  Albred  (Aubred),  vii, 
74,  92  n  ;  Alice,  w.  of  Albred,  vii, 
92  n  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  457,  497  n  ;  Hen. 
vii,  16  n  ;  John,  vi,  224  n  ;  vii, 
45  n  ;  Kandelan,  vi,  296  ;  Rich., 
vii,  32  n,  134,  189  n,  199  n ; 
Rob.,  vi,  131  n  ;  vii,  132,  180  n  ; 
Rog.,  vi,  96  n  ;  vii,  169  n  ;  Swain, 
viii  63.  65  *» ;  Thos.,  vi,  387  n  ; 
vii,  136  n ;  Will.,  vi,  480 ;  vii, 
173  n,  180  n,  181  n,  268 

Son  of  Roger,  Ad.,  vi,  240  «  ;  vii, 
171  n  216  n,  283  n  ;  Amice,  d. 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Son  of  Roger  (cont.) 

of  Rich.,  vii,  285  n  ;  Avice,  d.  of 

Rich.,  vii,  285  n  ;  Gilb.,  vii,  153, 

300  ;    Hen.,   vii,    130  n  ;    Jordan, 

vii,   273  f» ;   Marg.,   d.   of   Rich., 

vii,   285  n ;   Marg.,   w.   of   Rich., 

vii,  214  ;   Margery,  w.  of  Rich., 

vii,    285 «  ;    Maud,   d.    of   Rich., 

vii,  285  ;   Quenilda,  d.  of  Rich., 

vii,  285  n  ;  Randle,  vi,  203  ;  Rich., 

vi,    103,    151  w,   240  n;   vii,   159, 

i8o«,  214  «,  217,  228  n,  229  n, 

249  «,  285,  289,  306  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 

94 « ;     Rog.,     vi,     24  n,     240  n, 

273  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  173  n  ;  Uctred, 

vii,  132  n  ;  Victor,  vi,  49  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  240  n,  405  n  ;  vii,  98  n,  331  n 

Son  of  Rosselin,  Will.,  vii,  45  n 

Son  of  Samson,  Will.,  vi,  397  n 

Son  of  Siegrith,  Hugh,  vii,  52  n 

Son    of    Simon,    Ad.,    vii,    n6«; 

Alan,  vi,  499  «  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  335  ; 

John,  vi,  503  ;  Walt.,  vii,  130  n 

Son  of  Sired,  see  Son  of  Syrith 

Son   of   Siward    (Suard),    Ad.,    vii, 

97  n,  98  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  506  ;  John, 

vi,  62  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  190  n  ;  Sim., 

vi,    395  ;    Will.,    vi,    15 «,    72  n, 

253  « 

Son  of  Steinulf,  Reyner,  vi,  70  n 
Son  of  Stephen,  Rob.,  vii,  97  n 
Son  of  Suard,  see  Son  of  Siward 
Son   of   Swain    (Sweyn),    Ad.,    vii, 
285  n  ;  Alan,  vi,  37  ;   Geoff.,  vi, 
320  n  ;  Gospatric,  vi,  303,  304  n  ; 
Hen.,  vi,  103  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  166  n, 
192  ;    Thos.,    vii,    63  n  ;    Uctred, 
vii,  277  n,  279  n  ;  Walt.,  vii,  182, 
229,  276  ;  Will.,  vii,  69  n,  92  n, 
229,  230,  241  n,  305 
Son  of  Syrith  (Sired,  Syrid),  Albin, 

vi,  66  n  ;  Ellis,  vi,  37  n 
Son  of  Thomas,  Ad.,  vii,  48  «,  247  ; 
Ellis,  vi,  387  n  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  538  «  ; 
Hugh,  vi,  373,  374  n  ;  John,  vi, 
171  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  27  n  ;  Rob., 
vii,  170  n,  179  «  ;  Rog.,  vi,  511  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  387  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  14  n, 
72  n,  374  n 

Son  of  Thorfin,  Jordan,  vii,  296  n 
Son   of   Thurstan,    Ad.,    vii,    24  n, 

29  n 

Son  of  Uctred  (Ughtred),  Ad.,  vii, 
126  n  ;  Gamel,  vi,  538  n  ;  Hen., 
vii,  131  n;  Octepranus,  vii,  65  n  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  63%,  117,  134,  325  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  72  n  ;  vii,   117  n,   134, 
160  n,   325  n  ;   Thos.,  vi,  499  n  ; 
Will.,  vi,  16  »  ;  vii,  160  n,  279  n 
Son  of  Uld,  Alan,  vi,  314 
Son  of  Ulf  (Ulfy),  Ad.,  vii,  284  n  ; 
Agnes,    w.    of   Ad.,    vii,    284  n ; 
Hen.,  vii,  283  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  52  n 
Son  of  Ulfkil   (Ulfkelf),   Gilb.,   vi, 
252  ;    Waldeve,    vi,    252,    253  ; 
Will.,  vi,  105  n 
Son  of  Vivian,  Rich.,  vii,  54  n 
Son    of    Walter,    Ad.,    vi,    451  n, 
480  «,  485  n  ;  vii,  172  n  ;  Swain, 
vi,   70  n  ;   Theobald,   vii,   247  «  ; 
Will.,  vii,  161  n,  175  n 
Son  of  Waltheof,  Ad.,  vii,  132  n 
Son   of   Warine,    Alan,   vi,    499 «  ; 
Alex.,     vii,     132  n ;     Hen.,     vi, 
402  n  ;     Rich.,    vi,    66  n,    67  n  ; 
Will.,  vii,  180  n 
Son    of   Wen    (Wenne),    Hen.,    vi, 

151  «,  170  n 

Son  of  Will.,  Ad.,  vi,  105  n,  107  n  ; 
vii,  27  n,  131  n ;  Hen.,  vi,  503, 
506,  506  n  ;  vii,  92  n  ;  Hugh,  vi, 
201  n  ;  John,  vi,  53  n,  72  »,  355  n, 
377  n>  552  n  >  vii,  229  n  '•  Nich., 
vii,  13  ;  Ralph,  vi,  365  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  151  n  ;  vii,  179  n,  189  n  ; 


Son  of  Will,  (cont.) 

Rob.,   vi,   443  ;   vii,   48  n  ;   Rog., 

vi,  72  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  117  «,  405  «, 

475  »  I  vii,  27  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  72  n, 

428  ;  vii,  63  n 
Son  of  Wlflet,  Rog.,  vii,  217 
Soot  hill  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  269 
Soperson,  Marg.,  vii,  136  n  ;  Will., 

vii,  136  n 

Soppederahhe  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Sorbi,  see  Sowerby 
Sotby,  man.  (Lines),  vi,  35  n 
Sotehill,  Denise  de,  vii,  154  »;  John 

(de),  vi,  491  ;  vii,  154  n 
Sotheryn,  Sothron,  see  Surreys 
Sothul,  Sir  John  de,  vi,  262 
Sothworth,  see  Southworth 
Sough  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  270 
Sough  Lane  Ends  (Oswaldtwistle) , 

vi,  405 
Sough   tunnel    (Over   Darwen),   vi, 

270 

Sourby  (Foulridge),  vi,  547 
Soureby,  Souribough,  see  Sowerby 
Souter,  John  the,  vii,  326  n 
Souter  hill  (Trawden),  vi,  552  n 
Souters,  — ,  vii,  245  n 
South  brook  bridge    (Croston),   vi, 

122  n 
Southerns,  Eliz.  (Old  Demdike),  vi, 

515  ;  see  also  Surreys 
Southfield  (Marsden),  vi,  536,  538  n, 

539 
Southfield    House     (Marsden),    vi, 

539 
South  Hill  (Whittle-le-Woods),  vi, 

36 

Southron,  see  Surreys 
South  Shore  (Blackpool),  vii,  243, 

247 
South  Tunley    (Wrightington),   vi, 

167  n,  176 

Southward,  Joshua,  vii,  165,  204 
Southwell,  Edwyn  Hoskyns,  bp.  of, 

vi,  452 

Southwood,  Cecily,  vii,  152  n 
Southworth  (Sothworth,  Suther- 
worth),  Ad.  (de),  vi,  263  n  ;  vii, 
268  n  ;  Agnes,  vi,  321;  Alice 
(de),  vi,  261  n,  305  ;  vii,  268, 
2  84  n ;  Ann  (Anne) ,  vi ,  306,  3  83  » ; 
Cecily  de,  vi,  305 ;  Sir  Chris., 
vi,  39  n,  292,  305,  321;  Chris., 
vi,  263  «,  268,  306,  306  n,  458  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  307,  307  n  ;  Eliz.  (de), 
vi,  261,  305,  306,  378  n  ;  vii,  268, 
330  n  ;  Ellen  (de),  vi,  261,  305  n, 
306  n  ;  vii,  100  «,  268  ;  Eva  de, 
vi,  200  n ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  261  «, 
262,  271  «,  290,  305  ;  vii,  62  n, 
322  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  261  n  ;  Isabel, 
vi,  3°5,  444 » ;  Jane,  vi,  261, 
306  ;  vii,  106  n,  163  n  ;  Joan  (de), 
vi,  292,  305,  458 ;  vii,  268  n, 
306  n,  322  n  ;  Sir  John  (de),  vi, 
39  n,  77  »,  235,  262,  262  n,  263  n, 
267  »,  268,  271,  305,  306,  306  n, 
340  n,  405  w,  406  n  ;  vii,  112, 
163  «,  200  n,  212  «;  John  (de), 
vi,  261,  263  »,  268,  306,  307 «, 
310,  310  »,  311;  vii,  50  n,  62  n, 
284  w,  306  n;  Marg.  (de),  vi, 
39  n,  305,  306  n,  310  w,  315  n  ; 
vii,  268,  269  ;  Margery,  vi,  306  ; 
Mary,  vi,  306  ;  vii,  150  n  ;  Maud, 
vi,  444  ;  Nich.  de,  vii,  268 ; 
Rich.,  vi,  261,  268,  271  n,  305, 
310,  312  n  ;  vii,  284  n  ;  Rosa- 
mund, vi,  257,  306 ;  Sir  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  261  «,  271,  305,  306, 
3°7,  309,  310,  315,  315  n,  332  n  ; 
vii,  49  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi,  257, 
261,  263  n,  271,  304  n,  305,  306, 
310 «,  378 In,  383  n  ;  vii,  47  «, 
48  n,  62  n,  112  n,  152  n,  268, 

416 


Southworth  (cont.) 

269,  297  n  ;  Thurstan,  vii,  116  n, 
288  n  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  305  n  ; 
vii,  27  n,  100  »,  177*1,  223,  268, 
324  n,  326  n,  330  n 

Southworth  Green  Farm  (Mellor), 
vi,  244 

Sow  Clough  (Newchurch  in  Rossen- 
dale),  vi,  438  n 

Sowerbutts,  Chris.,  vii,  34  n  ;  Rich.. 
vii,  35  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  35  n,  58  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  237  n,  310  n  ;  vii,  50  n, 
58  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  35  » 

Sowerbutts  Green  (Samlesbury),  vi, 
310 

Sowerby,  Aldred  (Aldrith),  see 
Sowerby,  Little 

Sowerby,  Gt.  (Inskip  with  Sower- 
by), vii,  274  n,  279,  302  n ; 
char.,  vii,  267  ;  fishery,  vii, 
281  n  ;  man.,  vii,  281-2 

Sowerby,  Little  (Upper  Rawcliff 
with  Tarnacre),  vii,  260,  261  n, 
264  n,  270,  271  n,  272-3,  274 

Sowerby,  mere,  vii,  281  n 

Sowerby,  riv.,  vii,  270  n 

Sowerby,  Alan  de,  vii,  272  n  ; 
Amabil  de,  vii,  283  n  ;  Amice  de, 
vii,  272  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vii,  282  n  ; 
Hugh  de,  vii,  282  n  ;  John  de, 
vi,  73  n ',  vii,  281  n  ;  Margery  de, 
vii,  281  n  ;  Nich.  de,  vii,  281  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  73 » ;  vii,  282  n, 
284  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  281  «  ;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  73  n  ;  Walt,  de,  vii,  268  n 

Spa  Clough  (Habergham  Eaves), 
vi,  455 

Spakeman,  Nich.,  vi,  191 

Sparling,  brook,  vii,  127 

Sparling,  John,  vi,  161 

Sparrhawk  (Burnley),  vi,  450  n 

Sparrow,  — ,  vii,  7  w 

Sparth  (Clay ton -le -Moors),  vi,  417 

Sparth,  Nearer  (Old)  (Clayton-le- 
Moors),  vi,  423 

Sparth  House  (Further  Sparth), 
(Clayton-le-Moors),  vi,  422 

Spartling,  vi,  258,  355  « 

Spa  well  (Woodacre),  vii,  315 

Speke,  Eliz.,  vi,  236 «  ;  John,  vi, 
518  w 

Speke  Sykes  (Cliviger),  vi,  481  n 

Speks,  Rob.,  vi,  339  n 

Spence,  the  (Penwortham),  vi,  61  n 

Spence  moor,  vi,  514 

Spencer,  Ld.,  vii,  307  n 

Spencer  (Spenser),  Rev.  Abra.,  vi, 
426,  435 ;  Ad.  (le),  vi,  474 «, 
475  n;  Alice,  vii,  185  «,  307  «; 
Cecily  le,  vii,  154  n;  Chas.,  vii, 
307  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  468  n,  474  n, 
475  »,  478  «,  485  n,  504  n  ;  Eliz., 
vii,  307,  311  n ;  Geo.,  vi,  491; 
Grace,  vi,  478  n ;  Isabel,  vi, 
478  n  ;  Janet,  vi,  478  n  ;  John 
(le),  vi,  475 «,  478  n,  489,  547; 
vii,  166  n,  173  n,  307  »  ;  Jos.,  vi, 
531  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  478  n  ;  Margery, 
vi,  511  n;  Mary,  vi,  516;  vii, 
311  «;  Miles,  vii,  147  n;  Pet., 
vi,  511  n;  Rich,  (de,  le)  ,vi,  511  »; 
vii,  154  w,  173  n  ;  Rob.  (le),  vi, 
19  n,  478  n  ;  Rog.  le,  vi,  19  n, 

58  n;    Thos.,   vii,    185  n,    208  n  ; 
Will,     (le),    vi,    58  n ;    vii,    307, 
311  n,  312  ;  see  also  Despenser 

Spenclough      ( Whittingham) ,      vii, 

209  n 
Spendlow    (Spendloue,   Spendlove), 

Amery  (Almarica)   de,   vii,    i4»- 

15  «,  59  n  '•  Rich.,  vii,  132  n  ; 

Rob.  (de),  vi,  552  n  ;  vii,  15  », 

59  n,  131  w,  132  n;  Rog.,  vii, 
131  w,  132  n;  Walt.,  vi,  371  w, 
392  n,  397  n,  506  n 


INDEX 


Spenser,  see  Spencer 

Spenser's   House    (Hurstwood),    vi, 

478 

Spenythorn,  Will,  de,  vi,  330  n 
Sperlet  (Ingol),  vii,  134  M 
Spicer,  John,  vii,  255 
Spileman,  Hugh,  vi,   193  n  ;  Rich., 

vi,  193 

Spilot,  Will.,  vi,  208  n 
Spink,  John,  vi,  188 
Spinkholme     (Habergham     Eaves), 

vi,  455  » 
Spinster    House    (Goosnargh),    vii, 

198  n 

Spiritualists,  vii,  251 
Spitalfield  (Lea),  vii,  130  w,  132  n 
Spital  Moss  (Preston),  vii,  79  n,  92 
Spode,  Thos.,  vi,  55 
Sposage,  Ad.  le,  vii,  97  n  ;  Hugh  le, 

vii,  79  n,  97  n  ;  Rob.  le,  vii,  79  n  ; 

Rog.  le,  vii,  79  n 
Spout,  the  (Euxton),  vi,  20  n 
Spring,  Bridg.,  vi,  295 
Springfield  (Coppull),  vi,  224 
Springfield  Mills  (Heath  Charnock), 

vi,  213 

Springs,  mineral,  vi,  130,  260,  455 
Spring  Vale,  see  Sough 
Sprodpoolhey  (Ribchester),  vii,  47  n 
Sprodspool  (Ribchester),  vii,  49  n 
Spurn  Clough  (Reedley),  vi,  489 
Squire    (Squier),    John,    vii,    47  n  ; 

Rob.,  vi,  236  n,  237  n,  340  «,  519 
Stacksteads  (Bacup),  vi,  437,  441 
Stafford,  archd.  of,  vii,  177  n 
Stafford,    Anabil    de,    vi,    347  n ; 

John  de,  vi,  369  w  ;  Rich,  de,  vi, 

347  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  217  n 
Stainacregrene  (Warton),  vii,  173  n 
Stainall,  see  Stanah  and  Staynall 
Stainburgh,   Jordan  de,   vii,   54  n ; 

Will,  de,  vii,  54  n 
Stainer,  man.  (Yorks),  vi,  421 
Stainer  Hall  (Yorks),  vi,  421 
Stainford,  see  Stanford 
Staingate,  vi,  263 
Stainhol,  see  Stanah  and  Staynall 
Staining,      man.      (Hardhorn-with- 

Newton),   vii,    184,    231,   238-9 ; 

grange,  vi,  281,  287  ;  vii,  238 
Staining,     Alice     de,     vii,     i3ow; 

Christiana,  vii,  152  n  ;  Mich,  de, 

vii,    152  n ;    Rich.,    vii,    152  n; 

Rob.  de,  vii,  130  n 
Staining    ditch    (Little    Carleton), 

vii,  229  n 
Stainole,  Stainolf,  see  Stanah  and 

Staynall 
Stainscomb  (Goldshaw  Booth),  vi, 

5i6 

Stake  House  Fells  (Bleasdale),  vii, 
141 

Stakes  Hall  (Livesey),  vi,  284,  288 

Stalmine  (Stalmine-with-Staynall), 
vii,  68,  173  M,  i88n,  248  w, 
251-6,  258  n,  274,  275  n,  306  n, 
332  ;  adv.,  vii,  255  ;  char.,  vii, 
256 ;  ch.,  vii,  255  ;  Nonconf., 
vii,  256 

Stalmine,  Ad.  de,  vii,  252  ;  Adelissa 
de,  vii,  252  n  ;  Alan,  vii,  252  n  ; 
Alice  de,  vii,  252  n ;  Ellen  de, 
vii,  252  n  ;  Eva  de,  vii,  252  n, 
254  n  ;  Geoff.,  vii,  252  n  ;  Godith 
de,  vii,  252  n ;  Helen  de,  vii, 
250  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  252  n  ;  John  de, 
vii,  252  ;  Mabel  de,  vii,  252  n  ; 
Maud,  vii,  252  n  ;  Pet.  de,  vii, 
252  ;  Randle  de,  vii,  252  n  ;  Rob. 
de,  vii,  252  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  223, 
252,  255  ;  see  also  Beaufront 

Stalmine    Grange    (Stalmine),    vii, 

254 

Stalon,  John,  vi,  194  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
194  n 


Stamford,  see  Stanford 
Stammine,  fishery  of,  vi,  67  n 
Stanah  (Thornton),  vii,  231  n,  232, 

309 

Stanah,  fam.,  see  Staynall 
Stanall    (Westby-with-Plumptons), 

vii,  175  n 
Stananought,  Edw.,  vi,  151  ;  Hen., 

vi,  151,  181  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  151 
Stanbury  (Trawden),  vi,  551,  552 
Stanclif  (Billington),  vi,  328  n 
Standen  (Pendlcton),  vi,  230  n,  349, 
356  n,  364  n,  392,  394-5  :  grange, 
vi,  394  ;  man.,  vi,  394 
Standen,  Ad.  de,  vi,  503  n  ;  Alice, 
vi,    390,    391,    391  n  ;    Edm.,   vi, 
513  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  254  n  ;  Ellis  de, 
vi,   5°3  n  '•  Hen.   (de),  vi,   364  n, 
375,  390  n,  395  n,  488  n  ;  Hugh, 
vi,  368  n,   513  n  ;   John   (de),  vi, 
390,  391  n,  393  »,  395  n  ;  Marg. 
de,  vi,  390  n  ;   Rich.,  vi,  366  «  ; 
Thos.  (de),  vi,  364  n,  366,  395  n  ; 
vii,  254  n  ;  Vivian  de,  vi,  395  n  ; 
Walt,  de,  vi,  395  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

395  « 
Standen     Folds     (Pendleton),     vi, 

395  » 

Standen  Hall  (Pendleton),  vi,  395 

Standen  Hey  (Pendleton),  vi,  349, 
392,  395 

Standford,  see  Stanford 

Standish  (Standish- with-Langtree) , 
vi,  i,  58  n,  182-99  I  adv.,  vi,  187  ; 
char.,  vi,  191  ;  ch.,  vi,  2  n,  183  ; 
man.,  vi,  193  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  199  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  199  ;  sch.,  vi,  191 

Standish,  Agatha  de,  vi,  209  n ; 
Sir  Alex,  (de),  vi,  61  n,  188, 
190  n,  194,  195,  209  n  ;  Alex,  (de), 
vi,  33  »>  35  »,  143  «,  185,  187, 
187  n,  188,  190  w,  191  n,  193, 
J95,  I96,  *98  n,  199  n,  200  n, 
210,  212  n,  214  n,  216  n;  vii, 

200  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  93  n,  95  n, 
107  n,   193  n,   195,    198  n,   209  n, 
223  n,    226  n  ;    Anne,    vi,    195  n, 
212  n  ;  Arth.,  vii,  119  w;  Bridg., 
vi,    195  n ;   Cecilia   (Cecily)    (de), 
vi,     193 n,     194  n,     196,     460  n  ; 
Chas.,  vi,  187  n  ;  Chas.  H.  W.  L., 
vi,     196 ;     Chas.     S.,     vi,     196 ; 
Christiana,  vi,  194  n  ;  Sir  Chris., 
vi,  51  n,  209  ;  Chris.,  vi,   107  n, 
198  n,  209  ;  vii,  210  n  ;  Clemency 
de,  vi,  209  n,  224  n  ;  Constance 
de,    vi,    194  n ;    Edm.    (de),    vi, 
i88n,  193,   194  n,  201  n,  202  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  182  n,  185,  189,  192  n, 
!95>  I9°,  !98  n,  199,  200,  200  n, 

201  n,  202,  208 in,  211  n,  212  M, 
219  n,    224  n,    229  n,    264,    460, 
462  ;  Edw.  T.,  vi,  186  ;  Eleanor 
de,  vi,   193  «,   194  n  ;  Eliz.   (de), 
vi,  33  n,  112  n,  194  n,  195,  195  n, 
196  n,  197  n,  200  n,  209  n,  210  n, 
214  n,  264,  275  ;  Ellen,  vi,  195  n  ; 
Emma  I.  H.,  vi,  210  n  ;   Frances, 
vi,    195  ;    Sir    Frank,    vi,    33   n, 
36,    51,      146,     210,     213,    214, 
217;    Frank   H.,   vi,    140,    210; 
Fulco  (Fulk)  de,  vi,  93  n,  95  n  ; 
Gilb.    (de),   vi,    186,    188,    194  n, 
214  n,    218  n  ;       Hen.    (de),    vi, 
134  w,    188,    190  w,    193  w,    194, 
197,  200  n  ;  Hen.  N.  W.,  vi,  196  ; 
Hugh    de,    vi,    51,    142  n,     193, 
194  n,    202  n,    208,    209,    209  n, 
214  n,  223  n,  224  n  ;  Humph.,  vi, 
211  n  ;  Isolda  de,  vi,  93  n  ;  Jas., 
vi,   33  n,   51  n,   142,    182  n,    191, 
198  w,    202,    202  w,    209,    2 ion, 
211  w,    212,    212  n,    213,    216  n; 
vii,  275;  Jane,  vii,  119  n  ;  Joan 
(de),    vi,     145  n,     194  n,    212  n; 

417 


Standish  (cont.) 

John  (de),  vi,  93  »,  107  w,  188, 
J93,  193  n,  194  n,  197  n,  200  n, 
226  n  ;  Jordan  de,  vi,  193,  197  n, 
200 «,  208,  208  n,  209  ;  Kath. 
(Cath.)  (de),  vi,  146,  174  n,  log  n, 
210  n  ;  Lawr.  (de),  vi,  188,  189  n, 
194,  198  «,  199  «,  200  n,  201  n, 
209  n,  212  «;  Lora  (de),  vi, 
194  n,  200  w,  2i6n;  Mabel  de, 
vi,  193  n  ;  Marg.  (de),  vi,  189  n, 
194  n,  209,  209  n,  2ion,  212; 
vii,  169 n,  275  n ;  Marg.  L.  M., 
vi,  2ion;  Margery  (de),  vi,  194, 
200  n,  264  ;  Mary  (de),  vi,  146, 
194  w,  195  n  ;  Matth.,  vi,  182  n, 
2io«,  211  M  ;  Miles,  vi,  211; 
Nich.  de,  vi,  194  n  ;  Oliver,  vi, 
200  n  ;  Pet.,  vi,  293  ;  Philippa, 
Lady,  vi,  197  n ;  Sir  Ralph 
(de),  vi,  188  n,  194  ;  Ralph  (de), 
vi,  94,  112  w,  142,  174  n,  176  M, 
182,  186,  187)2,  188,  i88n,  189, 
190  n,  191  n,  193,  194,  194  w, 
!95,  !96,  197  w,  198 n,  200  n, 
202  n,  209  n,  210  M,  211  n,  212  M, 

216  n,    217  n,    264,    265,    460  n, 
462  ;  Ralph  T.,  vi,  196  ;  Sir  Rich., 
vi,   32,   51  n,    198  w,   210;    Rich, 
(de),  vi,   18  n,  51  n,   143  w,   189, 
193,    200  n,    208 n,    209,    209  n, 
210,  212  n,  213  n,  214  n,  21611, 

217  »,  223  n,  224  n,  391  w  ;  Rob. 
(de),  vi,  93  n,  109  n,  193  «,  194  n, 
197  n,  200  n,  201  n,  202  M  ;  Rog. 
(de),    vi,    160,    188,    200  n ;    Sir 
Rowland,  vi,  145  n,  209  n  ;  Sibyl, 
vi,    195  n  ;   Siward   de,   vi,    197  ; 
Susan  A.  G.,  vi,  210  «  ;  Sir  Thos., 
vi,  52  n,   146,  2ion;  Thos.,   vi, 

33  w,  35  n.  51  n,  *73  w>  182  n, 
189  w,  198  «,  200  n,  202  n,  209, 
210,  213,  216,  217  n,  224  n, 
293  n  ;  vii,  98  n,  169  n,  193  M, 
275  M  ;  Thos.  S.,  vi,  196  ;  Thur- 
stan  (de),  vi,  200,  212 n ;  Rev. 
Turner,  vi,  452  ;  Sir  T.,  vi,  452  ; 
Will,  (de),  vi,  142  n,  188^  193, 
193  n,  194  n,  196,  200  n,  208  n, 
209,  209  n,  210,  212  n,  214  n, 
223  n  ;  Will.  S.  C.,  vi,  210  ;  — , 
Lady,  vi,  192  n  ;  vii,  296  n  ;  fam., 
vii,  329  n 

Standish  Hall  (Standish),  vi,  196, 
462 

Standish  Wood  (Standish),  vi, 
197  n 

Standroyd  (Colne),  vi,  523,  528,  543 

Standroyd  Hall  (Colne),  vi,  528 

Stanedich,  Stanedis,  Stanedissh, 
see  Standish 

Staneyard  (Wilpshire),  vi,  335  n 

Stanfield,  see  Stansfield 

Stanford  (Stainford,  Stamford), 
Agnes  de,  vii,  328  n  ;  Alex,  de, 
vii,  223,  223  n,  226  n  ;  Edusa  d«, 
vii,  226  n  ;  Jas.,  vii?  20,  44  n,  51, 
59  «  ;  John  (de),  vi,  303  n  ;  vii, 
325  n,  326 w,  328 n,  329 n;  Lawr. 
de,  vii,  328  n ;  Maud  de,  vii, 
328  n ;  Ralph  de,  vii,  328  n ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  303  n  ;  vii,  325  «,  3  8  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  223  n,  226  n,  325  n, 
328  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii,  326  n,  328  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  303  n 

Stanfurlong    (Longton),    vi,    71  «, 

73  » 
Stanhill    (Oswald twistle),    vi,    405  ; 

ch.,  vi,  409 
Stanhill    Hey    (Oswald twistle),    vi, 

406  n 

Stanhol,  see  Staynall 
Stanhope,  Phil.,  vi,   293  n  ;  Sarah, 

vi,  293  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  86 
Staniggefethir  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 

53 


A  HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


Stanistreet,  Rich.,  vii,  213  n  ;  Rob., 
vii,  213  n 

Stank  Top  (Barley),  vi,  518 

Stanlaw  (Stanlenwre) ,  Ad.  de,  vi, 
506 n  ;  Ellis  (de),  vi,  506  n  ;  Thos. 
de,  vi,  506  n  ;  — ,  de,  vi,  506  n 

Stanlaw  Abbey  (Chesh.),  vi,  48,  49, 
240,  245,  262  n,  264  n,  266,  271, 
279,  285,  287,  297,  297  n,  312, 
326  n,  328,  335,  356,  369  w,  382, 
413,  414-16,  432,  505,  534  ;  vii, 
45,  48  n,  97  n,  156*1,  172,  238, 
240,  241  n,  284  n,  356  n,  383; 
Chas.,  abbot  of,  vi,  239  n ; 
Gregory  de  Northbury,  abbot  of, 
vi,  383 

Stanlenwre,  see  Stanlaw 

Stanley,  Lds.,  vi,  458,  490,  491, 
549  ;  vii,  280  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  132, 
159  «,  267,  488  ;  vii,  33  n,  35  n 

Stanley,  Alice,  vi,  293  ;  Anne  (Ann), 
vi,  200  n,  306,  401  n  ;  vii,  278  ; 
Bridg.,  vii,  200  n ;  Cath.,  vii, 
156  n  ;  Chas.,  vi,  62  «,  71  »; 
Dorothy,  vii,  275  n  ;  Sir  Edw.,  vi, 
142,  143,  195,  292,  322  n;  vii, 
5  ;  see  also  Derby,  earls  of,  and 
Mounteagle,  Lds.  ;  Edw.,  vi, 
no,  294  ;  vii,  169  «,  230  n,  288  n, 
292  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  34  ;  E.  G.,  vii, 
78  n  ;  Frances,  vi,  294  ;  Sir  Geo., 
vi,  123,  125,  202  ;  Geo.,  vi,  321  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  275  n,  278  n  ;  Sir  Jas., 
vi,  287;  Jas.,  vi,  160,  418  n; 
vii,  230*1;  Jane,  vi,  62  n,  71  n, 
287,  321  ;  vii,  163  n ;  Sir  John 
(de),  vi,  140,  254,  267,  302,  321, 
498 «,  504  ;  vii,  154  n,  176, 
179  n,  274  n  ;  John,  vi,  321  ;  vii, 
86  n;  Marg.,  vi,  316,  321,  418; 
Mary,  vi,  123,  310  ;  vii,  278  n  ; 
Pet.,  vi,  261  n  ;  vii,  200  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  262  n  ;  vii,  278  ;  Rob.,  vii, 
278 ;  Sir  Rowland,  vii,  164  n  ;  Sir 
Thos.,  vi,  159,  225,  255  n,  305  n, 
330  n  ;  vii,  34,  62  n,  173  n,  176  n, 
241  n  ;  see  also  Derby,  earls  of, 
and  Mounteagle,  Lds. ;  Thos.,  vi, 
140,  261  »,  322  n  ;  vii,  156  «,  166, 
i66«,  167  n,  183  n,  278;  Will., 
vi,  2  n,  213,  261  n,  316  ;  vii,  99  n, 
230  n;  Mrs.,  vii,  278  n  ;  fam.,  vi, 
263  «,  304  ;  vii,  29,  102  n,  178, 
283  n 

Stanley  Grange  (Samlesbury) ,  vi, 
312 

Stanley  House  (Mellor),  vi,  261 

Stanning,  John,  vi,  5  n 

Stanrays  (Bilsborrow),  vii,  332  n 

Stanroyd,  see  Standroyd 

Stansacre  (Stanzaker),  (Myers- 
cough),  vii,  139  n 

Stansfield  (Stanfield,  Stansfeld), 
Ellis  de,  vi,  511  n;  Emma  de, 
vi,  474  ;  Geoff.,  vi,  444  n,  474  n  ; 
Giles,  vi,  444,  474  ;  Helewise,  vi, 
444  ;  Jas.,  ti,  444  »,  474  «  ;  Joan, 
vi,  444,  444  n,  474  ;  John  de,  vi, 
474  n  ;  Mabel  de,  vi,  332  ;  Oliver 
de.  vi,  327  n,  332,  444,  446, 
47°  «,  474,  475  «,  477  «,  4§o  «, 
488,  519;  Rich,  de,  vi,  474  w, 
477  M,  51  in;  Will,  (de),  vi,  100  n, 
332,  474  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  449 

Stan  worth  (Withnell),  vi,  37  n, 
39  «,  47,  48,  282 

Stanworth,  Ad.  de,  vi,  48  n  ;  Hugh 
(de),  vi,  49  «,  282*1,  342;  Rog. 
de,  vi,  37  n,  48,  49,  282,  282  n ; 
Thos.  (de),  vi,  49  n,  282  n 

Stanworth  Edge  (Livesey),  vi,  284 

Stanystrete,  Rom.  rd.,  vi,  257 

Stanzaker,  see  Stansacre 

Stapleford,  Hugh  de,  vii,  u8n; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  118  n 


Staple  ton,  Hugh  de,  vii,  64  n  ; 
John  de,  vii,  64  n  ;  Miles  de,  vii, 
301  n  ;  Sibyl  de,  vii,  301  n 

Starkie,  Alice,  vi,  500,  555  n,  559  ; 
Anne,  vi,  500  n  ;  vii,  259  n,  329  n  ; 
A.  E.  Le  G.,  vi,  495,  514  ;  Bar- 
bara, vii,  258  n,  259  n  ;  Bridg., 
vii,  259  n  ;  Edm.,  vi,  493,  499  n, 

500,  501  n,   559  n  ;   Major  Edm. 
A.  Le  G.,  vi,  317  ;    Edm.  A.  Le 
G.,  vi,  128,  257,  335,  501,  510; 
Eliz.,  vi,  30  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  559  n  ; 
Etheldreda,  vii,  121  n  ;  Florence, 
vi,     500  n  ;     Geoff.,     vi,     500  n ; 
vii,  258  n,  259  n  ;  Grace,  vi,  503  ; 
Hen.,    vii,    329  n  ;    Hen.    A.,    vi, 
496 ;    Hugh,    vi,    500  n ;    Isabel, 
vii,  329  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  80,  498,  500, 
559;    vii,    86;    Jane,   vi,   500*1; 
John,  vi,  494  n,  498  n,  499,  500, 
500  n,    503,    513  n,    559 «;    vii, 
117,  123,  329  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  500  n  ; 
vii,     30  n,    98  n,     121  n,     126  n; 
Le  Gendre,  vi,  318,  379,  501,  503, 
512,    514;    vii,    136  n;    Col.    Le 
Gendre    N.,    vi,    495,    501  ;     Le 
Gendre   N.,   vi,   86  n,    127,    495  ; 
Le    Gendre    P.,    vi,    128  n,    494, 
496  »,  501  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,   121  n  ; 
Mary,    vi,    536  n ;    Rev.    Matth. 
Y.,   vi,   274  ;   Maud,   vii,    100  n  ; 
Nich.,    vi,    494  n,    498  n,    499  n, 

501,  503;   vii,   35  w,   117,   135  n, 
136  »,  138  n  ;  Piers,  vi,  20  n,  257, 
317,  376,  392,  495,  496  w,  499  w, 
500,    513  «  ;    Ralph    vi,    500  n  ; 
Randle,  vi,  500  n ;  Rich.,  vi,  30  n, 
500  n;  vii,  259  n  ;  Rog.,  vii,  100  n  ; 
Sarah,    vi,     559 «;    vii,     136*2; 
Rev.   Thos.,   vi,   560  ;   Thos.,   vi, 
17  n,     242,     245,     500  n,     501  M, 
555  «,    558,    5591    vii,    73,    117, 
195  n,  259  n  ;  T.,  vi,  283  n  ;  Will., 
vi,     241  «,     499  n,     500,     501  n, 
559  ;  Capt.,  vi,  37  ;  Col.,  vi,  513  «  ; 
Mrs.,  vi,  495,   500  ;  — ,  vi,   368, 
392,    394,    408,    513  ;     fam.,    vi, 

557 

Starling,  brook,  vii,  54 

Startivant  (Startevant,  Sturtivant), 
John,  vii,  32  ;  Rich.,  vii,  5  ; 
Rog.,  vii,  5,  32  ;  Thos.,  vii,  32  ; 
fam.,  vii,  30 

Startivant's  lands  (Whalley),  vi, 
379  n 

Stavenby,  Alex,  de,  bp.,  vi,  240  n 

Staynall  (Stalmine-with-Staynall) , 
vii,  106  «,  117  n,  133  «,  231*2, 
248*1,  251-6,  258  n,  273,  274; 
mill,  vii,  266 

Staynall  (Stainall,  Stamhol,  Stainole, 
Stainolf,  Stanah,  Stanhol,  Stay- 
nol,  Staynolf,  Steinhol,  Steinol, 
Steynhole),  Ad.  de,  vii,  254*1; 
Alan  de,  vii,  235  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vii, 
254  n ;  John  de,  vii,  232,  234, 
235  n,  240  n  ;  Margery,  vii,  234  ; 
Maud  de,  vii,  254  n  ;  Pet.  de,  vii, 
254  n;  Rich,  de,  vi,  i8i«;  vii, 
189  n,  234  n,  254  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii, 
234  n,  254  n ;  Rog.  (de),  vii, 

234  n,  235  n,    254  n  \    Thos.   de, 
vii,  189  n,  234  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  234  n, 

235  » 

Staynyng,  see  Staining 

Stede,  see  Stidd 

Steele,  John,  vi,  432 

Steeton,  see  Stiveton 

Steinhol,   Steinol,    see   Stanah  and 

Staynall 

Stephen,  King,  vii,  133  n 
Stephen,  vii,  97  n ;  prior,  vi,  411  n; 

546  n  ;  rector  of  Croston,  vi,  87 
Stephen  Hey  (Briercliffe),  vi,  471  n 
Stephens,  Hen.  J.,  vi,  541 

418 


Stephenson,  Geo.,  vi,  454  ;  Rog., 
vi,  400  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  165,  205  ; 
see  also  Stevenson 

Sterclough  Meadow  (Wiightington), 
vi,  170  n 

Steresacre,  see  Stirzacre 

Stevenson,  Alice,  vi,  493  n  ;  Edm., 
vi,  515 «,  5i6,  519,  521;  John, 
vi,  495  n,  515,  517  ;  J.  C.,  vii, 
271  ;  Nich.,  vi,  515  n,  516,  521  ; 
Sibyl,  vi,  515 « ;  Will,  (de),  vi, 
515  n  ;  — ,  vii,  271  ;  see  also 
Stephenson 

Stewart,  Eliz.,  vii,  309*?;  John, 
vii,  309  n  ;  see  also  Stuart 

Steyininges,  Steyninge,  see  Stain- 
ing 

Steynhole,  see  Stanah  and  Staynall 

Stidd  (Dutton),  vii,  35,  36,  43,  45, 
51,  54,  153,  318  ;  almshouses, 
vii,  59  ;  chap.,  vii,  60  ;  man.,  vii, 

13,  58,  59  « 

Stidd,  brook,  vii,  54 

Stidd,  Alex,  de  la,  vii,  59  n  ; 
Rich,  de  la,  vii,  59  n 

Stidd  Hall  (Stidd),  vii,  60  n 

Stiholmes  (Garstang),  vii,  331  w 

Stiholmes  (Styholmc),  Ad.  dc,  vii, 
52  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  303  ;  Rich,  de, 
vi,  303 

Stiperden  cross  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 

Stiperden  moor  (Stypdyne)  (Clivi- 
ger), vi,  478,  486  n 

Stiropeclough  (Dutton),  vii,  65  n 

Stirrop,  Rich.,  vii,  94  n 

Stirzacre  (Garstang),  vii,  315,  318, 
319*1,  321,  323  ;  cross,  vii,  315 

Stirzacre  (Stirzaker,  Sturzaker), 
Alice,  vii,  323  n  ;  Geoff,  de,  vii, 
323  ;  Greg.,  vii,  300  ;  Jane,  vii, 
200  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  323  n  ;  John, 
vii,  142  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  323  n  ; 
Ralph  de,  vi,  458  n  ;  vii,  325  n, 
326  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  323,  326  n  ; 
Rob.  H.  de,  vii,  326  n ;  Thos., 
vii,  329  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  104  n, 
458  n  ;  vii,  213  w,  323  n,  326  n 

Stiveton  (Steeton),  Ellis  de,  vii, 
153  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  153  n  ;  Reyner 
de,  vii,  153  n 

Stock,  see  Stocks 

Stockbridge    (Padiham),   vi,   365  *i, 

493 

Stockdale,  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  313  ; 
Will.,  vii,  25 

Stockenbridge  (Little  Carleton),  vii, 
229  n 

Stockenbridge  (Tarnacre),  vii,  267, 
272,  279  n 

Stockenbridge,  fam.,  vii,  195 

Stockenpool  (Hackensall),  vii, 
256  n 

Stocking  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 

Stockport,  Ellen  (de),  vii,  159  n, 
200  n,  279  n,  286  n  ;  Joan  de,  vii, 
286  n  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  159  n, 
249  n,  285  ;  Rich,  (de),  vii,  200  n, 
286  n  ;  Sir  Rob.  de,  vii,  288  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  159  n,  160  n,  200  n, 
228,  229,  229  n,  279  n,  285, 
286  n,  287  n 

Stocks  (Stock),  Hen.  del,  vi,  438  n, 
481  n  ;  Thos.  del,  vi,  474  n, 
485  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  558 

Stocks  Lane  End  (Catterall),  vii, 
293  n 

Stodagh,  John,  vii,  101  n  ;  Lam- 
bert, vii,  79  n,  138,  200  n  ;  Lawr., 
vii,  124,  138 

Stodelehurst,  Stodelhurst,  see 
Studlehurst 

Stodfoldpool  (Rossall),  vii,  235  n 

Stodilhirst,  see  Studlehurst 

Stodlecloch  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  324  n 

Stodley,  see  Studley 


INDEX 


Stodmerhalgh     (Ightenhill     Park), 

vi,  488  n 

Stodulhurst,  see  Studlehurst 
Stogesthol  (Bleasdale),  vii,  141  n 
Stokes,   Alice,   vi,    12  n  ;   Hen.,   vi, 

12  n 

Stokkolhede  (Barton),  vii,  127  n 
Stone,  brook,  see  Stony  brook 
Stone,  Marmaduke,  v.i,  13  ;  Thos., 

vi,  151  «  ;  see  also  Stones 
Stone  Benkes  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 
Stone  Bridge  (Colne),  vi,  535 
Stone  Edge   (Barrowford),  vi,  542, 

544 
Stonehouse      (Cliviger),      vi,      479, 

481  n 

Stone  House  (Walton),  vi,  296 
Stone    lands    (Gt.    Eccleston),   vii, 

267  n 

Stone  moor  (Hapton),  vi,  507 
Stone   quarries,  vi,   260,   326,   338, 

434,  437,  44i 

Stonerake  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  338  n 
Stones,   Andr.,   vi,    103,   150,   152  ; 

Geo.  B.,  vii,  312  ;  Hen.,  vi,  150  n  ; 

John,  vi,   103,   152,  432  ;   Kath., 

vi,  152  ;  Mary,  vi,  150  «  ;  Thos., 

vi,  103,  153  ;  Will.,  vi,  274,  283  ; 

see  also  Stone 
Stone-steghull     (Clayton-le-Moors) , 

vi,  418  n 
Stonhewer,  Jane,  vi,  354  ;  John,  vi, 

354 
Stonicausee    (Little   Harwood),    vi, 

249  n 

Stonilode,  sike  of  (Mellor),  vi,  263 
Stonor,  Chas.  J.,  vi,  222 
Stony  brook  (Stonyhurst),  vii,  2  n, 

4« 
Stony     Corthlong     (Wiswell),     vi, 

399  n 
Stony      Edge      (Barrowford),      see 

Stone  Edge 

Stonyford  (Goosnargh),  vii,  199 
Stony     furlong     (Ribchester),     vii, 

43  »,  54  » 

Stonygate  (Preston),  vii,  80 
Stonyholme    (Burnley),    vi,    447  n, 

453 

Stonyhurst  (Aighton),  vii,  i,  2,  4  ; 
char.,  vii,  6,  7  ;  deer  park,  vii,  2  ; 
ind.,  vii,  7 

Stonyhurst,  Gt.  and  Little  (Aigh- 
ton), vii,  i  n 

Stonyhurst,  John  de,  vii,  4 
Stonyhurst  College,  vi,  381  n  ;  vii, 

7-12  ;  observatory,  vii,  12 
Stony  Riding  (Eccleston),  vi,  192  n 
Stony  way  (Ribchester),  vii,  45  n 
Stonyway    (Stonyhurst),    vii,    4  n, 

13  n 

Stopford  (Stopforth),  Alice  de,  vi, 
173  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  173  n  ;  Blanche, 
vi,  102  n,  173  n;  David,  vi,  91  n  ; 
Dorothy,  vi,  102  «,  173  n  ;  Hen., 
vi,  102  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  17  n,  73  «, 
102  «,  now,  173  n,  296;  vii, 
136  n  ;  John,  vi,  91  n,  102  n, 
J73  n,  323  n  ;  vii,  98  n  ;  Marg., 
vi,  niw;  Rich,  de,  vi,  173  n, 
175  n,  179 «;  Rob.,  vi,  173  n, 
177;  Thos.,  vi,  173  n,  174  n, 
179  »;  Ursula,  vi,  102  n,  173  w; 
Will.,  vi,  17  n,  35  n,  95  n,  102, 
now,  158,  170  n,  173,  175  n, 

296  ;  — ,  vii,  213  n 

Stott,  Anne,  vi,   167  n  ;   Cath.,   vi, 

167  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  167  ;  Ralph,  vi, 

167  n 
Stourton,    Cath.    Stourton,     Lady, 

vi,   250  n,   422  ;   Chas.   Stourton, 

Ld.,  vi,  422 

Stourton,  Kath.,  vii,  6  n 
Stout  House  (Garstang),  vii,  29671, 

297  n 


Stowell,  Hugh,  vi,  147  n  ;  Thos.  A., 

vi,  147 

Straitbarrel  (Stray  t  barrel) ,  Hen., 
vi,  62  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  25  ;  Rob.,  vi, 
62  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  298  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 
62  n 

Straits  (Leyland),  vi,  10 
Strange,  le,  Ladies,  vi,  195  ; 
Charlotte,  vii,  27,  194  ;  Joan,  vi, 
132,  143  ;  Lds.,  vi,  132,  143,  540  ; 
vii,  31,  75,  154;  George,  vi, 
*7$n,  32i;  Jas.,  vii,  27,  170  n, 
181  n,  194,  200 

Strange,  John,  vi,  174^;  Lucy  le, 

vi,    178  n,    i79«;    Margery,    vi, 

174  «;  Thos.  le,  vi,  178  n,  ijgn 

Strangeways,   Agnes   de,   vi,   71  n  ; 

Thos.  de,  vi,  71  n 

Stratford,  Nich.,  bp.,  vii,  42  n,  86  n 
Straytbarrel,  see  Straitbarrel 
Street  (Heath  Charnock),  vi,  216 
Street,  Ad.  de  (del,  de  la),  vi,  214  n, 
216  n;  Alex.,  vi,  133  n,  182  n, 
216  n,  217;  Alice,  vi,  216  n; 
Anne,  vi,  216  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  216  n  ; 
Ellen  (de),  vi,  216  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
216  n  ;  Isabel,  vi,  216  n  ;  Jane, 
vi,  216  n;  John  (de,  del,  de  la), 
vi,  216  n,  218  n  ;  Marg.,  vi,  189  n, 
216  n;  Rich,  (del),  vi,  214  n, 
216  n;  Rob.  (de,  del,  de  la),  vi, 
214  «,  216  n,  218  «;  Thurstan 
(de),  vi,  216  n  ;  Will,  del,  vi, 
214  n,  216  n 

Streket  croft  (Whithalgh),  vi,  288 
Strengfellow,  Rev.  Edm.,  vi,  299 
Strick  (Freckle ton),  vii,  168  n 
Strickland,    Cecilia,   vi,    196  ;    Ger- 
vase,  vii,  194,  195  n  ;  Isabel,  vi, 
72  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  194*1;  John,  vi, 
69,  70  n,  73  n  ;  Kath.,  vii,  193  n, 
194,  194  n,  322  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  72  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  309  ;  Sir  Rog.,  vii,  308  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  196  ;  vii,  193  n,  194  n, 
*95  n>    322  n  ;    Walt.,    vii,    308, 
309  ;   Will.,   vi,    72,   72  n,   73  n  ; 
— ,  vi,  322  n 

Strideovermoor,    Hen.,    vi,    474  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  474  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  474  n 
Stridthorn  (Dilworth),  vii,  52  n 
Strindefield  (Haslingden),  vi,  430  n 
Strinds,  the  (Longton),  vi,  70  n 
Stringer,  Rev.  Will.,  vii,  147  n 
Strong,  Frances,  vi,  441 
Strutwide  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 
Stuart,     Jos.,    vii,     142  ;    see    also 

Stewart 

Stubbegate  (Freckle ton) ,  vii,  171  n 
Stubbiholm  (Warton),  vii,  170^ 
Stubbing  (Briercliffe),  vi,  473  n 
Stubbing  (Dutton),  vii,  55  n 
Stubbings  (Haighton),  vii,  126  n 
Stubbs  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Stubbs,  Dan.  H.,  vi,  55  ;  Edw.,  vi, 

3« 

Stub  Hall  (Withnell),  vi,  48  n 
Stubhead  (Clay  ton -le -Dale),  vi,  260 
Studderd,  see  Stuttard 
Studholme  (Marton),  vii,  240  n 
Studholme,  Rob.,  vii,  204 
Studle-clough      (Osbaldeston),      vi, 

320 

Studlehurst  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  324 
Studlehurst    (Stodelehurst,    Stodel- 

hurst,    Stodilhirst,   Stodulhurst), 

Ad.    de,    vi,  324  ;    Rich,   de,   vi, 

324  ;   Rob.  de,  vi,  324  ;   Rog.  de, 

vi,  324 

Studley,  man.  (Chipping),  vii,  35 
Studley    (Stodley),    John    de,    vii, 

35  n  ;  Petronilla  de,   vii,    183  n  ; 

Sim.  de,  vii,  183  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 

183  n 

Stump  (Chorley),  vi,  148 
Stump  Cross  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 

419 


Stunstead  (Trawden),  vi,  548 

Stupelgate  (Warton),  vii,  172  « 

Sturgeon,  Dav.,  vii,  35  n  ;  Jane, 
vii,  35  n 

Sturtivant,  see  Startivant 

Sturzaker,  see  Stirzacre 

Stuteville,  Helewise  de,  vii,  267  -n, 
296,  300,  321  n 

Stuttard  (Studderd),  Bern.,  vi,  491  ; 
Hen.  H.,  vi,  505  ;  John,  vi, 
535-6  ;  Rich.,  vi,  489 

Stutte,  Ad.,  vi,  393  n  ;  Avice,  vi, 
393  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  393  n 

Stydd,  see  Stidd 

Styholme,  see  Stiholmes 

Stypdyne  (Cliviger),  vi,  486  w 

Styth,  Edw.,  vii,  320  n  ;  Rob.,  vii, 
298  ;  Thos.,  vii,  179 

Suard,  see  Siward 

Suartebrec,  see  Swar brick 

Subsnape,  see  Snubsnape 

Sudall,  see  Sudell 

Sudbrook  ridding  (Mawdesley),  vi, 
99  n 

Sudell  (Sudall),  Alice,  vi,  69  ;  Anne, 
vii,  127  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  5  n,  426  ; 
Grace,  vii,  63 « ;  Hen.,  vi,  48, 
261,  263  ;  vii,  75,  127  n  ;  John, 
vi,  243  n  ;  vii,  138  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii, 
138  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  342  ;  Ralph, 
vi,  312  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  117  ;  Rog., 
vii,  63  n,  74,  89  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  246  ; 
— ,  vi,  262  ;  fam.,  vii,  102 

Suffolk,  Hen.  Grey,  dk.  of,  vi,  57  n 

Sugden,  Jas.,  vi,  51 

Sullam  (Sulam),  (Barnacre),  vii, 
301  n.  318 

Sullam  Side  (Barnacre),  vii,  315 

Summarbrook  Furlong  (Newton  - 
with-Scales),  vii,  i66« 

Summerford  (Chipping),  vii,  31  n 

Summers,  Marg.,  vi,  150  n;  Thos., 
vi,  150  n 

Sumner  (Sompner,  Sumpner),  Agnes 
le,  vi,  17  »;  Alice,  vii,  190  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  17  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  17  n, 
22  n  ;  Clemency,  vi,  17  n  ;  Edm., 
vi,  17  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  17  n  ;  Jas., 
vi,  17  n  ;  Jane,  vi,  17  n,  261  n  ; 
John  (le),  vi,  17  n,  22  n,  143  «  ; 
vii,  245  ;  Nich.,  vii,  190  n;  Rich., 
vii,  13  ;  Tim.,  vi,  261  «  ;  Will., 
vi,  10  n,  13,  17  n 

Sumner's  of  the  Fold  (Ulnes  Wal- 
ton), vi,  90  n 

Sunderland  (Balderston),  vi,  314, 
317,  501  n 

Sunderland,  brook,  vi,  317 

Sunderland,  Ad.  de,  vi,  314,  314  n, 
317,  324  ;  Christiana  de,  vi,  317  ; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  204  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 

314,  317 

Sunderlandesholm,  see  Sunderland 
Holme 

Sunderland  Hall  (Grange)  (Balder- 
ston), vi,  317,  321  ;  vii,  62  n 

Sunderland  Holme  (Balderston), 
vi,  3M,  317 

Sundials,  vi,  22,  46,  113  n,  185,  257, 
297,  355,  422,  446,  449,  503,  511, 
526,  533,  557  ;  vii,  23,  123,  145, 

217,  222,   245,  290,  296,   313 

Sunnyfield  (Haslingden),  vi,  428  n 

Sunnyfield  Hall  (Haslingden),  vi, 
429  n 

Sunnyhurst  Hey  (Over  Darwen), 
vi,  269,  274 

Surey  (Whalley),  vi,  381 

Sureys,  fam.,  see  Surreys 

Surgill  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 

Surreys  (Sotheryn,  Sothron,  South- 
ron, Sureys),  Agnes  le,  vii,  33  n  ; 
Alice  le,  vii,  30  n ;  Edusa,  vii, 
46  n  ;  Hugh  le,  vii,  30  n,  33,  34  n  ; 
John  le,  vii,  58  n  ;  Rich,  (le),  vii. 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Surreys  (cont.) 

27,    28  w,    30 «,    46  n  ;    Kog.    le, 
vii,   29  n  ;   Thos.    (le),   vii,    15  n, 

33,  34  n>  57  n,  W" 

Sussex,  earls  of,  vii,  74 ;  Hen. 
Radcliffe,  vi,  405  ;  Rob.  Rad- 
cliffe,  vi,  405  n 

Sussnape  (Leyland),  vi,  JIM 

Sutcliffe,  Gamaliel,  vi,  543  n  ;  John, 
vi,  542  w,  543  ;  Will.,  vi,  478 

Suterdale  (Marton),  vii,  240  n 

Suthale  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi,  290 

Sutherworth,  see  Southworth 

Sutliswrthe,  see  Shuttlesworth 

Sutton,  Avice  de,  vi,  now  ;  Cecily 
de,  vi,  285  ;  Geoff,  de,  vi,  281  ; 
Gilb.  (de),  vi,  61  M,  63  n,  no  n, 
117  n,  204  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  61  w, 
117  «;  John,  vii,  312  ;  Marg.  de, 
vi,  63  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  61  n,  117, 
177  n ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  110*2, 
177  *»,  220  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  no  «, 
171  n,  177  «,  204  n,  285  ;  Will, 
de,  vi,  no  n,  177  ny  204  n 

Sutton  House  (Adlington),  vi,  220  n 

Swaghwell  Syke  (Preston),  vii, 
97  n,  99  »i 

Swain  (Swein,  Sweyn),  vi,  65,  103  n, 
335  ',  vii,  63  n,  69  «,  92  «,  166  «, 
182,  192,  229,  230  n,  241  n,  276, 
277  w,  279  w,  285  n,  305,  320  ; 
chaplain,  vi,  7 

Swain  (Swayne),  Rob.,  vii,  260  n  ; 
— ,  vi,  524  n 

Swainson,  Ant.,  vii,  266 ;  Rev. 
Chris.,  vii,  264  n  ;  Chris.,  vii, 
203,  204  ;  John,  vi,  404  ;  vii,  266 

Swain's  Platt  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 

Swanley,  Rob.,  vi,  3  w 

Swansey,  Anne,  vi,  77  n  ;  Edw., 
vi,  50  n,  77  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  77  «, 
142  ;  Hugh,  vi,  32  n,  35  n,  50, 
77  n,  142;  vii,,  50*1;  John,  vi, 
142  ;  vii,  50  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  35  «, 
50  n,  77  n,  142;  Will.,  vi,  77  n, 
142 

Swansey  House  (Brindle),  vi,  77  n 

Swansey  House  (Whittle-le-Woods), 
vi,  32,  294  n 

Swarbrick  (Swarbreck)  (Weeton), 
vii,  15671,  176;  man.,  vii,  178 

Swarbrick  (Swarsbrick),  Ellen,  vii, 
2&3  n  '•  Jas.,  vii,  178  n,  188  n  ; 
John,  vii,  156,  205  n,  283 «, 
309  n  ',  Thos.,  vii,  178  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  100  n  ;  vii,  283  n 

Swartebreke,  see  Swarbrick 

Swartesalt  (Lytham),  vii,  214  n 

Swayne,  see  Swain 

Swayne 's  Platt,  see  Swain's  Platt 

Swedenborgians,  vi,  248,  409,  423, 
427,  453  ;  vii,  104,  251 

Sweeting,  John,  vi,  24,  292,  293 

Sweetlove,  Thos.,  vii,  330  n 

Sweetmilk,  Will.,  vi,  538  n 

Swein,  see  Swain 

Sweton  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  319 

Sweyn,  see  Swain 

Swift,  Thos.,  vii,  25 

Swill,  brook,  vii,  72  n,  87  11,  115 

Swillbrook  (Woodplumpton),  vii, 
285 

Swillington,  Hugh  de,  vi,  443  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  443  ;  Will  de,  vi,  443,  444 

Swinden  (Marsden),  vi,  447  n,  470, 
477  «,  53<>,  537  I  man.,  vi,  539, 

544" 
Swinden,   Ad.   de,  vi,   525  n,   539  ; 

Uctred  de,  vi,  525  « 
Swinden  Hall  (Marsden),  vi,  539 
Swinden  Water,  vi,  468,  469,  472, 

474 
Swinebridge     (Swinebrigg),    brook, 

vii,  214  M,  215  n 
Swinehill  (Haslingden),  vi,  428  n 


Swinehurst  (Shevington),  vi,   202  n 
-Swineland  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  271  n 
Swinesley  (Swyneflet),  Rich,  de,  vi, 

357 

Swinethwaite,  Will,  de,  vi,  424  M 
Swiney,  Gilb.    (de),  vi,  29  n,  32  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  32  n 
Swingilcar  (Lea),  vii,  132  n 
Swinglehurst   (Burnley),   see   Swin- 

less 

Swinglehurst  (Ribchester),  vii,  50 
Swinglehurst    (Swinhilhurst),    Ad., 

vi,  380  «  ;  John,  vi,  543  n  ;  Mary, 

vi,  380  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  380  n  ;  Rob., 

vi,  380  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  380  n,  397  n 
Swinless  (Burnley),  vi,  441 
Swinnell,  stream,  vi,  427 
Swinshaw,  vi,  514  n 
Swttellesar,  see  Shuttleworth 
Swyneflet,  see  Swinesley 
Syd,  brook,  vi,  166 
Sydale,  Will,  de,  vi,  214  n 
Sydales  (Clitheroe),  vi,  368  n 
Syfrewast,  Joan  de,  vii,  273 
Syke  hill  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 
Syke  meadow  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Sykes    (Sikes),    Edw.,    vii,    293  n  ; 

Eliz.,  vi,  424  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  424  n  ; 

Will.,  vi,  525  ;  — ,  vii,  305  n 
Symonstant,       Symonstone,       Sy- 

moundeston,  see  Simonstone 
Sym  Pasture  (Colne),  vi,  527  n 
Syon  Abbey  (Midd.),  vi,  86,  88, 

159  n  ;  vii,  83,  222,  226 
Syrith  (Sired,  Syrid),  vi,  37  n,  66  n, 

180  n 
Sythworth,  Gilb.,  vii,  215  n 


Tabley,  Lds.  de,  vi,  336;  vii,  194, 
287  ;  Geo.,  vi,  255,  258,  323  ;  vii, 
286  n  ;  John,  vi,  255  ;  vii,  286  » 
Tabley  Old  Hall,  vi,  321  n 
Taborner,  Ellen,  vii,  167  *z 
Tadrid  Ees  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 
Tagg,  the  (Cottam),  vii,  136 
Taggetstone    (Taghed    stone)    (Gt. 

Harwood),  vi,  338  n,  340 
Tailleur,  see  Taylor 
Taillourson,  Will.,  vi,  273  n,  277  n 
Tailor,  see  Taylor 
Talbot  (Blackpool),  vii,  250  n 
Talbot,  Agnes,  vi,  336  ;  Alice,  vi, 
285,  510  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  252  n,  277, 
292,  322,  346  «,  366  n,  420  ;  vii, 
5,     64*1,     107  n ;     Dorothy,     vi, 
48  n,  255,  336,  337,  383  n,  401  n  ; 
Sir  Edm.,  vi,  277,  508  ;  Edm.,  vi, 

277,  3i6,   345,   346,   346 «,   347, 
509,  511  ;  vii,  16  n,  41  ;  Edw.,  vi, 
336;    Eliz.,    vi,    278,    332,    346; 
vii,  35,  35  n,  47  n  ;  Ellen,  vi,  222  n, 
331,  336  ;  Geo.,  vi,  255,  258,  260, 

336,  378%,    395  n,    401  n;    vii, 
107  n  ;    Giles,    vi,    254  n,    393  n  ; 
see    also    Shrewsbury,    earl    of  ; 
Grace,  vii,  49  ;  Hen.,  vi,  277  n, 

278,  285*1;  Isabel,  vi,  254,  255, 

337,  365  n,  508  n,  510  n\  vii, 
39  «,  98  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  48  n  ;  Jane, 
vi,  256  n,  316;  Joan,  vi,  345; 
Sir  John,  vi,  236,  254,  255,  267, 
322,  337,  420;  vii,  48  n  ;  John, 
vi,  235*1,  236  w,  243  n,  252  w, 
254,  255,  256,  260,  278,  285,  332, 
335  »,  336,  337,  345,  361,  3&5  «, 
366  n,  367  n,  383  n,  393  «,  400  n, 
408,  488  n,  507  n,  509  ;  vii,  39  «, 
47  n,  49  «,  55  «,  57  n,  59  n,  64  n, 
98*1,  18571,  219;  Lettice,  vi. 
510  n  ;  Margery,  vi,  254  n,  317  n  ; 
Mary,  vi,  48  n,  285  n,  336,  366  n  ; 
Milicent,  vi,  278  ;  Nich.,  vi, 
336,  378  n,  395  n  ;  vii,  59  «  ; 

420 


Talbot  (cont.) 

Pet.,  vi,  222  n,  254*1,  331,  336, 
393  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  256  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  222  n,  254  n,  256  n,  260,  331, 
336>  393 n  ',  vii,  41  ;  Rob.,  vii, 
47  n,  49 ;  Steph.,  vi,  336 ;  Sir 
Thos.,  vi,  277,  340  ;  vii,  5  ;  Thos., 
vi,  252,  254,  277,  278,  292,  316, 
336  n,  345,  346,  346 «,  367  n, 
412  n  ;  vii,  15,  35,  33  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  48,  254,  260,  400 «,  412  «, 
510  n  ;  vii,  41  ;  Will.  H.,  vi,  158  ; 
W.  H.,  vi,  164  n  ;  — ,  vi,  407,  510 

Taldeford,  Emma  de,  vi,  101  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vi,  101  n 

Tapps,  Geo.  J.,  vi,  8n 

Taregarred   Ake    (Studlehurst),   vi, 

324  » 

Tarleton,  vi,  I,  81,  86  n,  gi  n,  92, 
109  n,  115-19;  adv.,  vi,  118; 
chap.,  vi,  89;  char.,  vi,  119; 
ch.,  vi,  118  ;  man.,  vi,  115,  117  n  ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  53,  119  ;  St.  Helen's 
Well,  vi,  115  ;  Ram's  Head  inn, 
vi,  115  ;  sch.,  vi,  119 

Tarleton,  Agnes  de,  vi,  107  n  ;  Alice 
vi,  122  n  ;  Avice  de,  vi,  117  w; 
Gilb.  de,  vi,  117  w;  Hen.,  vi, 
107  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  44,  55  n,  88  n  ; 
Joan  de,  vi,  117  n  ;  John  de,  vi, 
ii6«,  117  n ;  Kath.,  vi,  90, 
233*1;  Marg.  de,  vi,  117  n;  vii, 
277  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  117  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  88,  107  «,  145  n  ;  Will,  (de), 
vi,  107  n,  ii6w,  117  w,  122  n, 
176  n,  447  ;  vii,  233  n,  277  n 

Tarleton  Moss,  vi,  115 

Tarnacre  (Upper  Rawcliffe  with 
Tarnacre),  vii,  260,  263  n,  267- 
73,  274  n,  279  n,  283  n,  304  ; 
char.,  vii,  267 

Tarnacre,  Alan  de,  vii,  271,  272, 
321  «;  Alice  de,  vii,  271  ;  Rich, 
de,  vii,  192  n,  271  n,  272,  273  ; 
Will,  de,  vii,  268,  271,  272,  321  n 

Tarnacre  Hall,  see  St.  Michael's 
Hall 

Tarnbreck  (Ribby  with  Wrea),  vii, 

157  w 

Tarnbreck  Cross  (Ribby  with  Wrea) , 
vii,  157  n 

Tarumyaker  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 

Tate,  Sir  Hen.,  vi,  130 

Tatham,  vii,  270  «,  326 

Tatham,  John  de,  vii,  330  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  535  ;  Walt,  de,  vii,  330  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  61  n,  327  n,  362, 
400  n  ;  vii,  69  n,  235  n,  322  «, 
324*1,  325  n,  326,  326  n,  328  M, 
330,  330  n 

Tattersall,  Alice  de,  vi,  477  n  ; 
Chris.,  vi,  438,  438  n  ;  Edm.,  vi, 
437,  439,  444  n,  467  n,  468  w, 
471  ;  Edw.,  vi,  440,  467  n,  468  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  467  n,  468  n  ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,  482  n ;  Isabel,  vi,  467  n,  468  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  447,  467*1;  Jenet,  vi, 
444  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  468  n,  471  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  438,  438 »,  439, 
444  w,  447  w,  467  w,  471,  482*1; 
Lawr.,  vi,  434,  468  n ;  Lettice, 
vi,  467*1;  Marg.,  vi,  471*1; 
Mich,  (de),  vi,  475  n,  477  n ; 
Nich.,  vi,  467  n ;  Pet.  de,  vi, 
451,  473,  482  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
446  «,  447,  467  n,  468  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  447,  467  n,  468  n,  482  n  ; 
Will.,  vi,  438  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  377  11, 
395  n,  470,  516  n 

Tattersall's  House  (Hurstwood),  vi, 
478 

Tatton,  Harriet  S.,  vi,  25,  472  ; 
Mary,  vi,  195  n  ;  Reg.  A.,  vi,  25, 
136,  446,  469,  472,  490  ;  T.  W., 
vi,  472  ;  Will.,  vi,  195  n 


INDEX 


Tauntaler,  Thos.,  vii,  157  n 

Taylid  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 

Taylor  (Tailleur,  Tailor),  Ad.  (the), 
vi,  170  n,  482  n  ;  Alan,  vii,  175  n  ; 
Alice  (le),  vi,  270  n  ;  vii,  279  n  ; 
Anne,  vii,  198  n  ;  Cecily,  vi,  64  n  ; 
Chris.,  vi,  3  n  ;  vii,  121  n,  126  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  217  n ;  vii,  126  n, 
198  n;  Geoff.,  vi,  438 «;  Gilb. 
the,  vii,  114  n;  Hamer,  vi,  280; 
Helen,  vi,  482  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  20  n, 
107  n,  255  n,  259  n  ;  vii,  98  «  ; 
Herb.,  vi,  541  ;  Hilda,  vii,  313  n  ; 
Hugh,  vi,  431  n ;  Jas.,  vi,  331, 
438  n  ;  vii,  198*1,  228,  271  n  ; 
Jas.  W.,  vi,  541  ;  John  (le,  the), 
vi,  64  n,  353,  355  n,  374,  383*1, 
387,  404  n,  416,  540,  545  n; 
vii,  89  n,  121  n,  126 «,  198  «, 
292  n,  297  «,  301  n,  313  n,  315  n  ; 
Jordan  le,  vi,  270  n  ;  Jos.,  vi, 
229 ;  Lawr.,  vi,  438  n  ;  Marg. 
(le),  vii,  313  n,  315  n  ;  Nich.,  vii, 
170  n;  Oliver,  vi,  229  n;  Ralph, 
vi,  199  n,  495;  Rich.,  vi,  73*1, 
107  n,  431  n,  482  n  ;  vii,  85  n, 
98  n,  260  n  ;  Rob.  (the),  vi,  64  «, 
65  «,  482  n  ;  vii,  19,  94  n,  99  «, 
212  «,  284  n,  313  ;  Rog.,  vii, 
126  n,  175  n,  212*1;  Sibyl,  vi, 
482*?.;  Thos.,  vi,  192*1,  198  n, 
I99n,  371;  vii,  170  n,  278  n  ; 
Thurstan,  vi,  9  ;  Will,  (le,  the), 
vi,  198  w,  229  n,  367  w,  481  «  ; 
vii,  94 «,  98  n,  107 «,  142  n, 
227  w,  257  »,  280  n,  313  «,  315  «  ; 
Zachariah  (Zachary),  vi,  89,  381, 
382  n  ;  — ,  vi,  158,  312,  524  n, 
557;  fam.,  vi,  73,  in  n  ;  vii, 
212 

Teanleas  (Teanley)  fires,  vii,  27, 
220 

Teinturer,  Rich,  the,  vii,  98  n 

Telmessus,  Will.  G.  Sharrock,  bp. 
of,  vii,  8 1 

Tempest,  Alice,  vi,  94  n,  418;  vii, 
288  n  ;  Rev.  Arth.,  vi,  344  ;  Sir 
Chas.  R.,  vii,  51  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  419  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  412  n  ;  vii,  280  n  ; 
Jane,  vi,  500 n;  Sir  John,  vi, 
255,  418  ;  vii,  3,  288  n  ;  John, 
vi,  372  »,  500  n;  Kath.,  vii,  3; 
Nich.,  vi,  412  n  ;  vii,  280  n  ;  Sir 
Rich.,  vi,  375  n  ;  Sir  Rob.,  vi, 
94  n ;  Sir  Steph.,  vi,  527  n  ; 
Steph.,  vi,  419  ;  vii,  51  n  ;  fam., 
vi,  374 

Tenmarks  land  (Leyland),  vi,  13  n, 
15  n 

Tentercroft  (Burnley),  vi,  445  n 

Tenterholme  (Colne),  vi,  527  n 

Terleways,  Little  (Claughton),  vi, 
266  n 

Terleways,  Mickle  (Claughton),  vi, 
266  n 

Thain,  Rob.  le,  vi,  480  n 

Thalwons  (Over  Darvven),  vi,  302  n 

Thamor,  vi,  233  n 

Tharilton,  see  Tarleton 

Thaueley,  see  Thieveley 

Thelwall,  Agnes  de,  vi,  510  «  ;  Hen. 
de,  vii,  28  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  499, 
499  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  510  n 

Thenney,  see  Finney 

Thetford  priory  (Norf.),  vi,  116, 
116  n 

Thevethornlands  (Catterall),  vii, 
323  n,  324  « 

Thewlis  (Thulis),  Yen.  John,  vi, 
189  n  ;  vii,  205 

Thewood,  Hugh  de,  vi,  428 

Thickthornes(Simonstone),vi,  499*7. 

Thieveley  (Cliviger),  vi,  479,  482, 
485  n 

Thieveley  Pike,  vi,  230,  479 


Thimelby,  Margery,  vii,  31  n  ;  Rob., 

vii,  31  n 

Thimsacre  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 
Thingeschawbroc  ( Walton-le-Dale) , 

vi,  290 

Thirebrook  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 
Thirkingham  (Thrikingham),  Lam- 
bert de,  vii,  41 
Thirlby,  Thos.,  vii,  42 
Thirlmere  aqueduct,  vi,  50 
Thirse  Clough  (Mearley),  vi,  377  n 
Thirswallhurst     (Worsthorne),     vi, 

477  « 
Thistelton,  Thistilton,  see  Thistlet 

ton 

Thistleridding  (Ewood),  vi,  506  n 
Thistleridding  (Mearley),  vi,  375  n 
Thistleridding  close  (Clitheroe),  vi, 

367  n 
Thistletack  (Thistletake),  tax,  vn, 

487  n,  488,  524 

Thi  stleton  (Greenhalgh  with  Thistle- 
ton),  vii,  146*1,  176*1,  179-81, 
199  n,  253  n,  269  n,  270  n,  273, 
274,  283  «  ;  man.,  vii,  180 
Thistleton,  brook,  vii,  181 
Thistleton  (Thuesilton)  Alice  (Dul- 
cia),  de,  vii,  181  n  ;  Andr.,  vii, 
141  n  ',  Hen.  de,  vi,  481  n ;  John, 
vii,  174  ;  Rob.  (de),  vii,  174, 
181  »,  198  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  181  n, 
198  n 

Thistle  yard  (Worsthorne),  vi,  474  n 
Thorn,  John,  vi,  213,  229  n  ;  Rob. 
W.,  vi,  229  M  ;   Col.  Will.  J.,  vi, 
213 

Thomas,  vi,  373,  374  n,  387  n, 
538*1;  vii,  48  n,  170 «,  179  w, 
311  *z  ;  archbp.  of  York,  vii, 
218  n  ;  b.  of  Geoff.,  vi,  356  n, 
393  «;  the  carpenter,  vi,  66  «; 
the  carter,  vi,  431  n  ;  chaplain  of 
Bailey,  vii,  19 ;  the  clerk,  vi, 
101  n,  262,  511  ;  the  king,  vi, 
14  n  ;  the  priest,  vi,  342  ;  the 
priestsknave,  vii,  131  n  ;  rector 
of  Slaidburn,  vii,  34  n ;  rector 
of  Wybunbury,  vi,  347  n ;  the 
smith,  vi,  364  «  ;  the  tailor,  vi, 
ii  n 
Thomas,  Edw.  H.,  vi,  371  ;  Humph., 

vii,  265  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  255 
Thomason,    Geo.,    vii,    86 ;     Rev. 
Will.,   vi,   283,   284,   319  ;   Will., 
vii,  183  n 

Thomeherth  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Thomlinson,  see  Tomlinson 
Thommekar  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Thompson  (Thomson,  Tompson, 
Tomson),  Amelia,  vii,  318 ;  Chris., 
vii,  266  n ;  Eliz.,  vii,  309  n  ; 
Fran.,  vii,  80  ;  Geo.,  vi,  265  n  ; 
Grace,  vii,  175  n ;  Helen,  vi, 
533 « ;  Hen.,  vi,  533  n  ;  vii, 
181  «,  183  «,  igon,  25911;  Jas., 
vi,  128  ;  John,  vi,  486  ;  vii,  181  n, 
183  n  ;  Rev.  Jos.,  vi,  334  ;  Marg., 
vi,  115;  Mary,  vi,  260;  Nich., 
vii,  183  w,  254  w,  280  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  355>  387  :  vii,  254  n,  309  «  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  247  n  ;  Rev.  Sam.  A., 
vii,  217  ;  Thos.,  vi,  128  ;  vii, 
150  n,  247  n  ;  Ven.  Will.,  vi, 
235  n ;  Will.,  vi,  191  n ;  vii, 
181  n,  280  n,  318;  — ,  (Chris. 
Southworth),  vi,  306  ;  fam.,  vii, 

133" 

Thoralby,  John,  vi,  159*1,  160 
Thordkesmoor  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 
Thorenteleg,  see  Thornley 
Thoresby,  — ,  vii,  97  n 
Thorinton,  see  Thornton 
Thorn  (Rochdale),  vi,  437 
Thornber,  Chris.,  vi,  387  n  ;  Giles, 

vii,  251  n  ;  Rev.  Will.,  vii,  251 

42I 


Thornburgh  (Thorn borrow),  Eliz., 
vii,  270  ;  Rev.  Mich.,  vii,  265  ; 
Ralph,  vi,  494,  496  ;  Thos.,  vii, 
270 

Thorncroft  (Burnley),  vi,  447  n 

Thorndean  Water,  vi,  478 

Thorndeley,  see  Thornley 

Thornecroft  (Mellor),  vi.  262  n 

Thornedelegh,  see  Thornley 

Thornhaugh,  Col.  vi,  129 

Thornhill,  Brian  de,  vi,  545 ;  Sir 
John  de,  vii,  273  ;  John  de,  vi, 
510,  545;  vii,  179  n,  i8on; 
Jordan  de,  vii,  180  n  ;  Quenilda 
de,  vii,  180*1;  Rich,  (de),  vi, 
546;  vii,  180*7,  273;  Thos.,  vi, 
546 

Thornhillenge  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  n 

Thornhill  Holme  (Habergham 
Eaves),  vi,  454 

Thornhole  (Hambleton),  vii,  190  n 

Thornhull,  see  Thornhill 

Thornley  (Thornley  with  Wheat- 
ley),  vii,  i,  20,  27  n,  28,  32-6, 
59  **,  63  n  ;  char.,  vii,  26  ;  man., 
vi,  232  ;  vii,  32  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii, 

36 
Thornley,   Ad.   de,   vi,   223  n ;   vii, 

32  n,   33  n,  34  n  ;  Avice  de,  vii, 

33  «  ;  Edw.,  vi,  302  n  ;  Jane,  vi, 
302  »  ;    John,   vii,    34  n  ;    Lawr., 
vi,  298  n  ;  Margery  de,  vii,  33  n  ; 
Ralph  de,  vii,  32  n,  33  n,  34  n  ; 
Rich,    (de),   vii,   32,   32  n,   58  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  302*7,  494;  Rog.  (de), 
vi,   223*1;   Thos.,   vi,   251,   301, 
302  »  ;  vii,  31,  32  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 
32  n 

Thornley  Hall  (Thornley),  vii,  34 
Thornley     Sykehead     (Habergham 

Eaves),  vi,  457 

Thornour,  Will,  de,  vii,  264  n 
Thornthwaite,  Hannah,  vi,  394*1; 

Sarah,    vi,    394    n  ;     Thos.,    vi, 

394  » 

Thornton,  vi,  475*1;  vii,  106  n, 
118,  119*1,  131*1,  182  n,  219, 
222  n,  231-7,  242  n,  309  ;  char., 
vii,  225  ;  ch.,  vii,  237  ;  ind.,  vii, 

232  ;  man.,  vii,  232  ;  Rom.  Cath., 
vii,  237  ;  sch.,  vii,  225,  232 

Thornton,  Ad.  de,  vi,  205  n  ;  Agnes, 
vii,  233  «  ;  Alice  (de),  vii,  207  «, 
233,  241  n,  309  n  ;  Amery  de,  vii, 

233  n,  240  «,  241  «  ;  Clarice  de, 
vii,    233  n,    252  n  ;    Dulcia,    vii, 
236*1;     Eliz.,     vi,     218  *»;     vii, 
233  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  113  ;  vii,  233  n, 
236  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  180  n  ;  Joan,  vi, 
220  n  ;  vii,  233  «,  241  n,  278  n  ; 
John     (de),     vi,     113 «,     164  n, 
531  n  ;    vii,    223  n,    229  n,    233, 
252  n,  254  n,  278  n,  309  n  ;  Kath., 
vii,   233  n ;    Laur.    de,   vii,    232, 
233,  247  n,  254  n  ;  Marg.  (de),  vi, 
90  n  ;  vii,  233  ;  Margery  de,  vii, 
233  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  166  n,  207  n, 
233  n  ;    Mich,     (de),    vii,    168  n, 
169  n,  196  n  ;  Olive  de,  vii,  273  n  ; 
Rich,    (de),   vi,    113,   513*1;   vii, 
169  «,   196  »,  233  n,  235,   241  n, 
254  n,  273  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  232, 
233  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  475  ;  Sam., 
vi,  242  ;  Sim.  de,  vi,  37  n  ;  vii, 
209*1,  240  n,  241*?;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  113  n,  189,  205  «;  Will,  (de), 
vi,  218*7,  220  n,  475;  vii,  166  n, 
233,  235  n,  278  n  ;  Will.  W.,  vii, 
312  ;  Maj.,  vii,  314 

Thornton  Hall  (Thornton),  vii,  232 
Thornton   in    Craven    (Yorks),    vi, 

383 

Thornton  in  the  Fylde,  vi,  90 
Thornton's    House    (Hesketh    with 

Becconsall),  vi,  113  n 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Thorny  Clough  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi>  457 
Thorny    Clough     (Haighton),     vii, 

126  n 
Thorn  yholme     (Roughlee     Booth), 

vi,  519 
Thorp   (Bretherton),   vi,    102,    104, 

104  n  ;  vii,  168  w 
Thorp  (Thorpe),  Ad.  de,  vi,  104  n  ; 

Alice  de,  vi,  105  n  ;  Cesar  de,  vi, 

104  n ;     Dav.     de,     vi,      104  n  ; 

Gamel     de,     vi,     104  n,     105  «, 

108  n  ;     Hugh     de,     vi,     105  n  ; 

Isabel  de,  vi,  105  w  ;  John  (de), 

vi,     103  n,     104  n,     105  n ;     vii, 

58  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  104  n  ;  Reg. 

de,  vi,  104  n  ;  Ralph  de,  vi,  105  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,   103,   104 «,   105  n, 

1 08  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  105  n  ;  Rog. 

de,  vi,  104  M  ;  Thos.,  vi,   190  n  ; 

Warine  de,  vi,  105  n  ;  Will,  dc, 

vi,  104  n,  105  «,  107  n 
Thorpe,  man.  (Yorks),  vi,  421  ;  vii, 

155  n 

Thorpe,  fam.,  see  Thorp 
Thorpe  Green  (Brindle),  vi,  75 
Threapleigh  (Chipping),  vi,  379  11  ; 

vii,  27  n 

Three  bridge  (Parbold),  vi,  178  n 
Three    Lanes    End    (Tarleton),  vi, 

119  n 
Three  Mile  Cross  (Grimsargh),  vii, 

1 08 
Threfeld    (Threfelt)    (Layton),    vii, 

248,  250  n 
Threlfall  (Threlefal.Threlefel)  (Goos- 

nargh),    vii,    191,    193  n,    199  n, 

321  n  ;  man.,  vii,  194 
Threlfall,  Ad.  de,  vii,  64  n,  66  n  ; 

Alice  de,  vii,   195  n ;  Cuth.,  vii, 

195  ;  Edm.,  vii,  66  n,  195,  195  n  ; 

Edw.,   vii,   188,   195  n  ;   Eleanor, 

vii,  195  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  51,  74  ;  vii, 

218,    2iSn,    334  n;    Jenet,    vii, 

I73    n  '•     John,    vi,    36,    191    n, 

192  n  ;     vii,     66  n,      188,      195; 

Juliana,   vii,    195  n ;   Marg.,   vii, 

165  n  :     Rich,     de,     vii,     193  n, 

195  n  ;  Silicia  de,  vii,  64  n  ;  Thos. 

(de),  vii,  144,  165,  193  n,  195  n, 

288  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  173  n,  188,  191, 

195  n 
Threnokedshaw  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi, 

339  « 

Threperth  (Freckleton),  vii,  170% 
Threplands  (Layton),  see  Threfeld 
Threpmeadow  (Broughton),  vii, 

n8n 

Thrikingham,  see  Thirkingham 
Thriseden        Head        (Habergham 

Eaves),  vi,  457  n 
Thrunny  Moor,  vi,  340 
Thuesilton,  see  Thistleton 
Thuftthorn    Furlong    (Freckleton), 

vii,  170  n 

Thulis,  see  Thewlis 
Thunley,  see  Towneley  and  Townley 
Th'urcroft,  see  Highercroft  House 
Thurnewaitacre   (Little  Eccleston), 

vii,  182  n 

Thursbroc,  see  Thurse  Broc 
Thursby,     Eleanor    M.,    vi,    445  ; 

John  H.,  vi,  445  ;  Sir  John  O.  S., 

vi,  444.  445,  454,  471  «.-  484  : 

Rev.  Will.,  vi,  445 
Thursden  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469 
Thursden  Head,  see  Thriseden 

Head 

Thurse  Broc,  vi,  317  w,  324  n 
Thurse-Clogh  (Billington),  vi.  328  n 
Thurstan,    vii,    29  n ;    archbp.    of 

York,   vii,  218 » ;   the  chaplain, 

vii,  24  n 
Thurstinton,  John  de,  vii,  277  n  ; 

Maud  de,  vii,  277  n 


Thuvicarr  (Stonyhurst),  vii,  4  n 
Thmves  (Winkley),  vii,  13  n 
Thwaites,  Dan.,  vi,  252,  269  ;  Elia, 

vi,    252  n ;    Elma   A.,    vi,    261  ; 

Rob.  D.,  vi,  261,  263 
Thweng   (Twenge),    Kath.   de,   vii, 

301  n  ;  Lucy  de,  vii,  301  ;  Marg., 
vii,   301  n  ;   Marm.   de,  vii,   301, 

302  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  301  ;  Thos.  de, 
vii,    301  ;    Will,    (de),    vii,    301, 
316  n,  320  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  84  «-5  n 

Thynne,  Ld.  John,  vii,  307  n 
Thynne,  Emily,  vii,  307  n 
Thyring  Moor,  see  Thrunny  Moor 
Tickle  Moss  (Pleasington),  vi,  269 
Tidiman,  Rog.,  vi,  160 
Tildesley,  see  Tyldesley 
Tile  manufacture,  vi,  284  ;  vii,  129 
Tillotson,  John,  archbp.  of  Canter- 
bury, vi,  492,  536 
Tilltes,  Miles,  vi,  530 
Tilly,  Albrey  de,  vi,  396 
Tillycarr  (Ribchester),  vii,  48  » 
Tilversheimholme  Ford  (Garstang), 

vii,  31  in 

Timberhurst  (Claughton),  vii,  328  n 
Tinckler,    Chris.,    vi,     102  n  ;    vii, 
247  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  102;  vii,  247  n 
Tindiclough  (Brockhall),  vi,  330  n 
Tingreave      (Eccleston),     vi,     162, 

163  n  ;  man.,  vi,  163,  164  n 
Tinkerfield  (Goosnargh),  vii,  199 
Tinkler,  brook,  vi,  280 

Tinkler  House  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 
Tipping,  Thos.,  vi,  492  ;  vii,  74 
Tipping  Hill   (Habergham   Eaves), 

vi,  454 

Tirlaweys,  see  Terleways 
Tite,  — ,  vii,  255  n 
Tithebarn  Croft  (Whittle-le- Woods), 

vi,  149 

Tittele,  Thos.,  vii,  175  n 
Tittrington,  Oliver,  vi,  128 
Tockholes,    vi,    235,    280-4,    42°  '• 

char.,  vi,  284  ;  ch.,  vi,  283  ;  man., 

vi,  281  ;  mill,  vi,  281  ;  Nonconf., 

vi,  283  ;  sch.,  vi,  284  ;    Will.,  vi, 

282 
Tockholes,  Ad.  de,  vi,  281  ;   Elias 

(Ekke)  de,  vi,  281  ;  Geoff,  de,  vi, 

281  ;  Joice  de,  vi,  281 
Tockwith,  man.  (Yorks),  vi,  421  n 
Todd,  Hen.,  vi,  89  n  ;  John,  vi,  89, 

127  n,    162  ;    Nich.,    vi,    108  n  ; 

Rich.,  vi,  127  n 
Todderstafife   (Hardhorn-with-New- 

ton),  vii,  164  n,  184,  239 
Todderstaffe  Hall  (Hardhorn-with- 

Newton),  vii,  238 
Todd  Hall  (Haslingden)  vi,  430 
Todehole  (Livesey),  vi,  265 
Todgrave  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 
Todmorden,  vi,  479  ;  vii,  148  n 
Tokolles,  see  Tockholes 
Tollerton,  John  de,  vi,  358 
Tom  Crosses  (Come),  vi,  524 
Tomelay,  Rich.,  vii,  59  w 
Tomlinson  (Thomlinson),  Alice,  vi, 

399  n  ;    Edm.,   vi,    127  n  ;    Eliz., 

vi,  398-9  ;  Geo.,  vi,  229  ;   John, 

vi,  69  n,  367  n,  399  ;  vii,  18,  66  n  ; 

Lawr.,  vii,  138  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  107  n, 

164  n  ;  vii,  18,  107  n  ;  Rev.  Rob., 
vi,    557,    558 ;    Rob.,    vii,    63  n, 
69  n,  190,  400  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  18, 
35  n,   282  ;   Thurstan,  vi,   367  n, 
399;    vii,    18;    Will.,   vi,    107  n, 
119 

Tompson,  Tomson,  see  Thompson 
Toneworth,  see  Townworth 
Tong  (Bacup),  vi,  437,  439  n 
Tonge,   man.    (Bolton),   vi,    500  n, 

501  n 
Tonge   (Tong),   Alex,   de,  vi,   269  ; 

Alice  de,  vi,  269  ;  Ellis  (Elias)  de, 

422 


Tonge  (cont.) 

vi,  208,  269  ;   John  de,  vi,  269, 
281;   Kath.,   vi,  269;   Rob.,   vi, 

74 

Tonghill  (Pleasington),  vi,  250 

Tong  Meadow  (Bacup),  vi,  441  n 

Tong  Mylne  (Pleasington),  vi,  269 

Tongue,  the  (Tongues)  (Preesall 
with  Hackinsall),  vii,  256  «, 
259  n 

Tonley,  see  Towneley  and  Townley 

Tonstedes  (Barton),  vii,  127  M 

Tonworth,  Elias  de,  vi,  332  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  332 

Tootell,  Bridg.,  vi,  142  n;  Cath., 
vi,  23  n  ;  Chris.,  vi,  130;  vii, 
124  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  142  n  ;  Eliz., 
vi,  142  n ;  Hugh,  vi,  18,  22  n, 
36  ;  John,  vi,  142  n  ;  Matth.,  vi, 
403  ;  Will.,  vi,  130,  142,  143  n 

Topcliffe,  John  de,  vi,  357,  358  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  330  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
384 

Topham,  Ellen,  vii,  289  n 

Top  of  Ramsgreave  (Ramsgreave), 
vi,  251 

Top  o'  the  Town  farm  (Marton), 
vii,  225 

Topping,  Ad.,  vi,  33  n  ;  Alice,  vi, 
34  n ;  Geo.,  vi,  77  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
1 80  n  ;  Joan,  vii,  331  n  ;  Rog., 
vii,  53  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  34  n  ;  vii, 
53  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  480  ;  vii,  200  n 

Topping  House  (Goosnargh),  vii, 
197 

Toppinghouse  land  (Whittle-le- 
Woods),  vi,  34  n 

Torbock,  Ellen  de,  vi,  177  n,  203  n, 
204  n,  223  n,  228  n  ;  Sir  Hen.  de, 
vi,  204  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  171,  171  n, 
203,  204  n,  258  n  ;  Sir  Rich,  de, 
vi,  204  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  179  n, 
228  n,  294 

Torentem,   see  Thornton 

Torfot,  Will.,  vii,  147 

Tormerehakir  (Longton),  vi,  72  w 

Torrenton,  see  Thornton 

Tossets  day,  vii,  255  n 

Tostig  (Tosti),  earl,  vii,  2,  36,  45, 
52,  69,  72,  105,  108,  115,  117, 
124,  127,  129,  151,  161,  166,  167, 
171,  175,  176,  178,  179,  182, 
184,  188,  191,  207,  214,  226,  228, 
232,  238,  240,  246,  248,  252,  256, 
263,  267,  273,  276,  279,  281, 
282,  285,  300,  320,  325 

Tottering,  brook,  vi,  260,  263 

Tottington,  vi,  57  n,  70,  429  n,  431, 
436 

Tottleworth  (Rishton),  vi,  340, 
345,  346  n,  347,  376  n,  401  n 

Tottleworth,  Ad.  de,  vi,  347  n, 
400  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  347  n  ; 
Alice,  vi,  347  n  ;  Anabil  de,  vi, 
347  ;  Ellota  de,  vi,  347  n  ;  Isabel 
de,  vi,  347  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  347  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  345,  347,  400  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  347  n 

Touchet,  Joan,  vi,  397  ;  Will.,  vi, 

397 
Touneley,    Tounlay,    Tounley,    see 

Towneley  and  Townley 
Towers   (Tour,   Tours),   Emma  de, 

vii,    173  ;    John,   bp.,   vii,   54  n ; 

Randle  de  la,  vii,  84  ;  Will,  de, 

vii,  173 

Town,  fam.,  see  Towne 
Town  Carr  (Wrightington),  vi,  174 
Towncroft  (Claughton),  vii,  326  n 
Towncrofts  (Cuerden),  vi,  24*1 
Towne  (Town),  Alice  del,  vii,  33  n, 

485  n  ;  Christiana  del,  vii,  33  n  ; 

John,  vi,  485,  485  «  ;  Rich.,  vi, 

447  ;  Rob.  de,vii,  33  n  ;  Rev.  Will., 

vii,  82  n  ;  Will,  del,  vii,  33  n 


INDEX 


Towneley,  man.  (Habergham 
Eaves),  vi,  391,  391  «,  446, 
451  «,  457-61 

Towneley  (Tonley,  Touneley,  Toun- 
lay,  Tounley,  Tunley),  Agnes  de, 
vi,  457,  474  n,  477  n ;  Alice,  vi, 
458  n;  Alice  M.,  vi,  460;  Anne,  vi, 
394ft,  543  «;  Bern.,  vi,  458  n,  46711, 

473,  475  «,  477,  494  «,  543  »  ', 
Caroline  L.,  vi,  460,  509  ;  Cecilia 
(de),  vi,  186,  187  n,  196,  457, 
460  n,  508  «  ;  Chas.,  vi,  407,  459, 
460,  461,  467  n,  473  n,  478,  483, 
504  n,  509,  512,  540  n  ;  Chas.  S., 
vi,  461  «  ;  Chris.,  vi,  27,  459  n, 
476  n,  491,  508,  525,  543,  544, 
547  n ;  Eliz.,  vi,  195  n,  458, 
459 n,  5°4  n .'  Ellen  (de),  vi, 
444  n,  458  n,  478,  528  n,  543  n  ; 
•vii,  326  n,  328  n  ;  Emily  F.,  vi, 
460  ;  Frances,  vi,  510  n  ;  Fran., 
vi,  460;  vii,  78;  Gilb.  (de),  vi, 
160,  458  ;  Grace,  vi,  122  n,  504  ; 
Helen,  vi,  539  n  ;  Hen.  (de),  vi, 
330  n,  339  n,  457,  458  n,  555  n  ; 
Isabel  (de),  vi,  255,  444  n,  457, 
458,  509  n,  555  n  ;  Isolda  de,  vi, 
457  » ;  Jane,  vi,  329,  459 «, 
508  ;  Jenet,  vi,  527  n  ;  Joan 
(Juliana)  de,  vi,  17  n,  458,  527  n  ; 
Jonet,  vi,  458 «;  Sir  John,  vi, 
329,  353,  393  n,  410  n,  444  n, 
456  n,  459,  463,  468,  472 «, 
475  n,  481,  488,  489,  491,  510  n, 
5ii«,  527,  528  n,  540 «;  John 
(de),  vi,  407,  410  n,  425  n,  429  n, 

458,  460,     467  n,     468*1,     471, 

472  «,  473,  474  «,  477,  47®, 
482  «,  486,  486  n,  489,  490,  491, 
493  «,  496  n,  504,  508  n,  509, 
510  M,  511  n,  524,  534,  540, 
543  n  ;  vii,  49  n,  55  n,  64  «  ;  Kath, 
vi,  478;  Lawr.,  vi,  444  n,  458, 
475  n,  491,  509  n,  521,  524,  527, 
539  n  ;  vii,  19  ;  Marg.,  vi,  393  n  ; 
Mary,  vi,  459,  460 n,  514  n  ; 
Nic  .  (de),  vi,  438 n,  457,  458, 
475  n,  481  n,  509  ;  Peregrine  E., 
vi,  362,  454,  460,  467  n  ;  Ralph 
S.,  vi,  461  «  ;  Sir  Rich.,  vi,  255, 
450  472  n,  477  n,  489  n,  510  n, 
539  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  121  «, 
380  n,  410  n,  429  w,  457,  458, 

459,  460,    461,    471,    472,    474, 
475  n,  481  n,  493  n,  504  n,  508, 
509,    511,    5iin,    512  n,    539  n, 
540;  vii,  47  n,  55  n,  64  n,  66  M, 
193  »,  325  «,  326  «,  328  M  ;  Rich. 
H.,  vi,  460  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  17  n, 
339  n,    468  ;    vii,    3  ;    Thos.,    vi, 

460  «,  528  «  ;  Walt,  de,  vi,  457  n  ; 
Will,    (de),   vi,    196,   457,   460  n, 

461  ;  — ,  vi,  508;  fam.,  vi,  178, 
411,  422,  470  ;  see  also  Townley 

Towneley  Art  Collection,  vi,  460 
Towneley  Hall  (Habergham  Eaves), 

vi,  450,  453,  454,  461-3 
Townend,  fam.,  see  Townsend 
Town  End  Field  (Preston),  vii,  79  n 
Townfield  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Town  Field  (Ribbleton),  vii,  106  n 
Townhouse  (Marsden),  vi,  536,  539 
Townhouse  beck,  vi,  540  n  • 
Town  Lane  (Whittle-le-Woods),  vi, 

32  n 

Townley  (Tonley,  Touneley,  Toun- 
lay,  Tounley,  Tunley),  Abra.,  vii, 
56,  56  n  ;  Ad.  de,  vi,  180  n  ;  Agnes, 
vi,  546  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  398,  399  n, 
547  n  ;  vii,  56  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  25, 
446*1,  528  n,  547  n  ;  vii,  44  n, 
56  n,  193  «,  322  n  ;  Barnard,  vi, 
43  ;  Bern.,  vi,  446  n  ;  Blanche,  vi, 
446  n  ;  Chas.,  vi,  449,  546  n  ; 
Rev.  Edm.,  vi,  446  n,  450,  453, 


Townley  (cont.) 

516;  Edm.,  vi,  88  n,  411,  445, 
446,  452,  469,  471,  524  M,  528, 
539 n,  549 >'  Ellen,  vi,  401  n, 
477 n,  547 n  >  Emma  'de,  vi, 
180  n  ;  Helen,  vi,  538  n  ;  Hen., 
vi,  170  w,  176  n,  419,  481  «, 
524,  544  «,  547  ;  vii,  44  n,  49  n, 
55  n>  S6,  56  n,  58,  193  n  ;  Isabel, 
vi,  444  M,  446  n,  447,  471,  521, 

543  n  ;  Jane,  vi,  547  n  ;  vii,  56  ; 
Janet,  vi,  544  ;  vii,  56  n  ;  Joan, 
vii,   56  n  ;   Sir   John,   vi,   447  n  ; 
John,    vi,    446  n,    447  n,    451  n, 
453,   547 «;   vii,   55;    Kath.,   vi, 
446 *»,    447,    547  «  :    vn,    56  n  ; 
Lawr.,    vi,    170  n,    447*1,    474  n, 
477*1,     481,     48in,     529,     533, 
535 «,     538  n,     540,     543,     544, 

544  n,  547  ;  vn,   193  n  ;   Lettice, 
vi,     510  n  ;     Lucy,     vi,     547  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  250,  445,  446,  481  n, 
543,     547,     547 »  :     vii,     56 «  ; 
Martha,    vi,    547  n  ;    Miles,    vi, 
469  w ;     Nich.,    vi,    401  n,    419, 

445,  446,  446 «,  447,  447  «, 
453,  469  n,  471,  483,  490,  510  n, 
521,  528,  529,  539  n  ;  Sir  Rich., 
vi,  447,  451  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  170  n, 
231,  250,  330*1,  398,  401  M, 

445,  447,  447 M,  449,  453,  4Sl, 
528,  547;  vii,  37,  49  n,  56,  56*1, 
58,  59  n,  193  n ;  Rob.,  vi,  446, 
481  n,  546  n,  547  n  ;  vii,  43  n, 
49  «,  55  n  '.  Sarah,  vi,  483,  490  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  25,  446  «,  451  n,  452, 
481  n,  490  n,  521,  524;  vii, 
322  n  ;  Thos.  T.  P.,  vi,  25  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  176  »  ;  Mrs.,  vi,  547  ; 
- — ,  vi,  512  n,  524*1;  vii,  196  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  380*1,  436,  532;  vii, 
194  n  ;  see  also  Towneley 

Townley-Parker,  Rob.,  vi,  446  ; 
Susannah,  vi,  207  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
25  ;  T.,  vi,  207 

Townsend  (Attownend,  Attown- 
send,  Townend),  Ann,  vi,  378  «  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  166  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  99  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  166  «  ; 
Mrs.,  vi,  379 

Townsteadfield  (Altham),  vi,  413  n 

Townwall     Bank     (Padiham),     vi, 

493 

Townworth  (Billington),  vi,  332 

Trafford,  Anne,  vi,  94  ;  vii.  333  n  ; 
Sir  Cecil,  vi,  94  ;  Sir  Edm.,  vi, 
122  «  ;  vii,  236  ;  Edm.,  vi,  94  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  178,  328  n  ;  Humph., 
vi,  94  ;  vii,  333  n,  335  n  ;  John, 
vi,  72,  73,  91,  94,  96,  96  n,  272, 
272  n  ;  vii,  50  n,  333  «  ;  John 
R.  de,  vi,  72,  93,  94  ;  Kath.,  vi, 
94  ;  vii,  333  n  ;  Lucy  de,  vi,  178  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  94,  272  n  ;  vii,  50  «; 
Sigismund  C.  de,  vi,  95,  97  ; 
Thos.  (de),  vi,  94,  201  n  ;  Sir 
Thos.  J.  de,  vi,  94 

Tranehole,  see  Trunnah 

Trappes,  Cath.,  vi,  20  n ;  Rev. 
Fran.,  vii,  36  ;  Thos.  B.,  vi,  341, 
419  n 

Trappes-Lomax,  Helen,  vi,  341, 
419  ;  R.,  vi,  419  n 

Trathorne,  the  (Elswick),  vii,  284  n 

Travers,  Alex.,  vii,  308  ;  Alice  (de), 
vii,  180  n,  233,  254 »,  283*1, 
308  ;  Aline,  vii,  133  n,  309  n  ; 
Cecily,  vii,  181  w,  189  n,  308*1; 
Edm.,  vii,  309  ;  Eleanor,  vii, 
309 ;  Grace,  vii,  106 «  ;  Joan, 
vii,  309  n ;  John  (de),  vi,  159, 
161  ;  vii,  106  n,  127  n,  133  n, 
139  «,  254  w,  308,  309;  Kath., 
vii,  309  ;  Laur.  (Lawr.),  vi,  71  n  ; 
vii,  10671,  n6n,  133  n,  137  n, 

423 


Travers  (cont.) 

233  «,  254  n,  308,  309  :  Marg., 
vii,  308  «,  309  ;  Orm.,  vii,  283  ; 
Rich.,  vii,  106  n,  133  n,  233  n, 
272  «,  309  ;  Rob.,  vii,  309  ;  Rog., 
vii,  133  n,  233,  309;  Thos.,  vi, 
71  n ;  vii,  106,  133 »,  137  n, 
181  n,  189  n,  198  n,  233,  234  n, 
254  n,  283  n,  284,  308,  309  ; 
Will,  (de),  vii,  106 «,  180  n, 
181  «,  233  «,  234  n,  309  ;  — ,  vii, 
283  ;  fam.,  vii,  98  «,  107  n 
Trawden,  vi,  23311,  349,  361  n, 
522,  525,  528,  528  n,  530  n,  536, 
538  n,  539  n,  546,  548'52  ;  chap., 
vi,  552  ;  ch.,  vi,  552  ;  coal  mines, 
vi,  523  n,  548,  551  ;  cotton 
manuf.,  vi,  548  ;  cross,  vi,  548, 
551  ;  mill,  vi,  551  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 
552 

Trawden,  brook,  vi,  548,  551,  552 
Trawden  Chase,  see  Trawden  Forest 
Trawden  Ditch  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 
Trawden  Forest,  vi,  232,  349,  434, 

524,  529,  547,  548,  55i,  552  n 
Trawden      Water,      see     Trawden, 

brook 

Trayley,  Thos.,  vii,  41 
Treales      (Treales,     Roseacre     and 

Wharles),    vii,    143,    143  n,    144, 

144*1,    146*1,    149,    150,    176  n, 

177,  178-9  ;  coins,  vii,  179  ;  ch., 

vii,    179  ;   man.,   vii,    178 ;   sch., 

vii,  150  n 
Treales,  Lewe  de,  vii,  179  ;  Rain- 

kell  de,  vii,  180  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii, 

173  n,  180  n 
Trefeld,  see  Threlfall 
Tremouille,    Charlotte    de    la,    vii, 

27  n 

Trenaker,  see  Tarnacre 
Trepcroft  (Worthington),  vi,  222  n 
Tresal,  Ellen  de,  vii,  301  n  ;  Rich. 

de,  vii,  301  n 
Treueles,  see  Treales 
Trewman,  see  Trueman 
Trigg     (Trigge),     Ad.,     vi,     208  n  ; 

Agnes,     vi,     208  n  ;     Rich.,     vi, 

136  n,  143  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  140 
Trigg  Hall  (Chorley),  vi,  135,  143 
Trimlands  (Poulton),  vii,  226  n 
Tristram,  Jos.,  vii,  13 
Trochdene,  see  Trawden 
Troghsykes  (Cliviger),  vi,  485  n 
Troudene,  see  Trawden 
Trout,  Janet,  vii,  196  n  ;  Will.,  vii, 

196  n 
Troutbeck,   Eliz.,   vi,   39  n  ;    John, 

vii,    88 «  ;    Sir    Will.,    vi,    39  n  ; 

Will.,  vii,  147  n 
Trower,  P.  B.,  vii,  117 
True,  John,  vi,  439 
Trueman     (Trewman),    Chris.,    vi, 

526,  530  ;  Rob.,  vi,  530 
Trunnah  (Trunna)  (Thornton),  vii, 

232,  234  «,  248  «,  308 
Trussell,    John,    vi,    104  n,    151*1; 

vii,    281  w,    287*1;    Pernell,    vi, 

104  n,  151  n  ;  vii,  287*1;  Petro- 

nilla,  vii,  281  n 

Tuacr'gate  (Padiham),  vi,  493  n 
Tulketh    (Ashton),    vii,    93  w,    129, 

132  n,  133,  308,  309 
Tulketh,    Margery   de,   vii,    160 «  ; 

Rich,  de,  vii,  160  n 
Tulketh    Bank     (Broughton),     vii, 

120  n 

Tunercrook  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 
Tunges  (Preesall),  vii,  259  n 
Tunley  (Wrightington),  vi,  169,  176 
Tunley,  brook,  vi,  176 
Tunley,    fam.,    see    Towneley    and 

Townley 
Tunley   Farm    (Wrightington),    vi, 

177 


A   HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Tunnison,  John,  vii,  272  n  ;  Rog., 
vii,  272  n 

Tunstall,  vi,  233  n 

Tunstall,  Ad.  de,  vi,  203  n  ;  Alice 
(de),  vi,  97  n,  201  n,  259  n  ; 
Cecily  de,  vi,  164  n  ;  Cuth.,  bp., 
vi,  160  n  ;  Fran.,  vii,  259  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  164  n  ;  vii,  212  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  178  ;  Joan  de,  vi,  164  n  ; 
vii,  212  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  164  n  ; 
Sir  Marmaduke,  vi,  292  »  ;  vii, 
257  n,  258  n,  259 ;  Nich.  de, 
vi,  171  « ;  Ralph  de,  vi,  87, 
97  n,  159,  164  n ;  Rog.  de,  vi, 
97  n,  164  n,  165  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi, 
97  n,  164  n,  165  n  ;  vii,  85  ;  Will 
de,  vi,  170  n  ;  vii,  212  n  ;  see  also 
Tunstill 

Tunstead,  vi,  27  n,  233  n 

Tunstead    (Bacup),    vi,    437,    438, 

439  n 

Tunstead,  the  (Elswick),  vii,  284  n 
Tunstead  (Longton),  vi,  71  « 
Tunstead    (Upper    Rawcliffe),    vii, 

271  n 

Tunstead,  Old  (Hapton),  vi,  509 
Tunsteads  (Barton),  vii,  127 
Tunstede,  see  Tunstead 
Tunstill,  Harry,  vi,  491,  492,  521, 

522,    540,    543  ;    Rob.,    vi,   492  ; 

Will.,  vi,  543  ;  see  also  Tunstall 
Tunworth  (Whalley),  vi,  382  n 
Tupholme    (Reedley   Hallows),    vi, 

491 

Turf  Moor  (Burnley),  vi,  443  » 
Turley    Moor    (Worthington) ,    vi, 

223  n 

Turmurfurlong  (Elswick),  vii,  284  n 
Turnbuthsyke  (Hutton),  vi,  68  n 
Turncroft  (Church),  vi,  402  n 
Turncroft  (Over  Darwen),  ch.,  vi, 

275 
Turne    Law    (Over    Darwen),    vi, 

272  n 

Turner,  Alice,  vi,  400  n  ;  Anne,  vi, 
100  n  ;  vii,  264  n  ;  Chris.,  vii, 
283  n  ;  Edm.,  vii,  204  n  ;  Edw., 
vii,  283  n,  296  n  ;  Fran.,  vii,  200  n; 
Geo.,  vii,  128  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  237  n, 
431  ;  John,  vi,  48  n,  533,  534  ; 
vii,  104  n,  284  n  ;  Jos.  K.,  vii, 
255  ;  J.  M.  W.,  vii,  9  n  ;  Marg., 
vi,  48  n,  237  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  77  n  ; 
Matth.,  vi,  100  n ;  Nich.,  vii, 
199  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  103  n  ;  Rob. 
(the),  vi,  100  »,  128,  140  n,  284  n, 
400  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  100  n  ;  vii,  224, 
283  n  ;  Will.,  bp.,  vii,  44  n  ;  Will., 
vi,  77  n  ;  vii,  35  n,  80,  283  n  ;  — , 
vi,  288,  531  n  ;  vii,  283 
Turnlache,  fam.,  see  Turnley 
Turnley  (Ribchester),  vii,  49  n 
Turnley  (Turnlache),  Ad.  de,  vii, 
65  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vii,  48  «,  64  n  ; 
Alice  de,  vii,  49  n ;  Cecily  (de), 
vii,  48  n,  51  n,  53  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vii, 
65  n  ;  Isabel  de,  vi,  223  n  ;  John 
de,  vii,  48  n,  49  n,  51  n,  53  n  ; 
Mabel  de,  vii,  65  n  ;  Margery  de, 
vii,  65  n ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  48  n, 
64  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vii,  48  n,  49  «; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  48  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vi, 
223  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  65  n  ;  — , 
vi,  423 

Turnmoor  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 
Turnoll,  see  Trunnah 
Turnover  Hall   (Upper  Rawcliffe), 

vii,  267,  272 

Turnureacres  (Longton),  vi,  73  n 
Turpin,  Margery,  vi,  512  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  512  n 

Turpin  Green  (Leyland),  vi,  10 
Turton,    Ad.    de,    vi,    27 1  n,    279  ; 

Nich.  de,  vi,  279  ;  Will.,  vi,  189 
Turnel,  see  Treales 


Turville-Petre,   Oswald  H.   P.,  vii, 

112 

Tustehorn  Furlong  (Freckle  ton), 
vii,  1 68  » 

Tuyseton,  see  Twiston 

Twenge,  see  Thweng 

Twesilton,  Twisleton,  tnshp.,  see 
Twiston 

Twisleton,  Ad.  de,  vi,  559  n  ;  Alice 
de,  vi,  559  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  559, 
559  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  559  ;  Pet.  de, 
vi,  559  n ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  559  n  ; 
Walt,  de,  vi,  559  n  ;  — ,  vi,  524  n 

Twiston,  vi,  232  n,  233  n,  349, 
356  n,  375  n,  528  n,  539  n,  552, 
555  n,  556,  558-60 ;  chap.,  vi, 
560 ;  man.,  vi,  232,  558  ;  mill., 
vi,  559  n 

Twiston  Moor,  vi,  558,  559 

Twynehoe,  Etheldreda,  vii,  258 ; 
Will.,  vii,  258 

Twyselton,  Twysilton,  tnshp.,  see 
Twiston 

Twythelis  (Charnock),  vi,  207  n 

Tyas,  Jas.,  vi,  496 

Tyddy-clogh  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 

Tyldesley,  vi,  500  n 

Tyldesley    (Tildesley),   Ad.   de,   vi, 

194  n,  225  n,  228  n  ;  Agatha,  vii, 
242  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  271  n,  306 ;  vii, 
I39n>  3I7n>  Cuth.,  vi,  367; 
vii,  329  n  ;  Edm.,  vii,  140  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  271  ;  vii,  31  n,  34  n, 
35  w,  119  n,  134  M,  139,  140, 
196  M,  208  M,  242  n,  271,  317  «, 
327  n,  332  n  ;  Eliz.,  abbess,  vii, 
139  n;  Eliz.,  vii,  139  n,  140  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  321  ;  Frances,  Lady,  vi, 
i6«;  Gabriel,  vii,  190  n  ;  Hen. 
de,  vi,  48  »,  225  «,  228  n  ;  Hugh 
de,  vi,  228  n ;  Isabel,  vi,  337  ; 
Jas.,  vii,  140 ;  Jane,  vii,  332  n  ; 
John,  vi,  337  ;  vii,  75  n  ;  Marg. 
de,  vi,  194 .n  ;  Margery  (de),  vi, 
225  n  ;  vii,  329  n  ;  Mary,  vi, 

195  n  ',  vii,  278  n,  332  n  ;  Rich., 
vii,  332  n  ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  241  n, 
306,  321  n,  432  n  ;  vii,  138,  140  n, 
141  n,  222  n,  264  n  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  21  n,  321,  322  n ;  vii,  139, 
r39w,  140,  i6o«,  197, 213  n,  242  n  ; 
Thurstan  (de),  vi,  21  n,  195  n  ; 
vii,  139  n,  160  n,  319  n,  327  n, 
332  n 

Tynde  Oak  Lea  (Towneley),  vi, 

459  n 
Tyndihevid,  Rich,  de  la,  vi,  253  n, 

256  n 

Tyndour,  Will.,  vii,  223 
Tynedgreve  (Eccleston),  vi,  163  n 
Tynuldefeld  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi,  339 
Tyrel,  see  Tyrrell 
Tyrer,  — ,  vi,  90  n 
Tyrrell  (Tyrel),  Ad.  de,  vii,  100  n  ; 

Sir  John,  vi,  180  ;  Mary,  vi,  180  n; 

Will,  de,  vii,  100  n  ;  — ,  Lady,  vi, 

178 


Uchtrede's  Greave  (Salesbury),  vi, 
252 

Uckemons  riddings  (Alston  with 
Hothersall),  vii,  64  n 

Uctred  (Ughtred),  vi,  314  «,  499  n, 
538  n  ;  vii,  63  «,  65  n,  126  n, 
131  n,  134,  160  n,  325  n  ;  clerk  of 
Whalley,  vi,  239  n  ;  rector  of 
Brindle,  vi,  79  ;  the  smith,  vii, 
273  n 

Uctredsgate  (Fulwood),  vii,  137  M 

Ugden,  man.,  vi,  233  n 

Uggenhale,  see  Ugnall 

Ughtred,  see  Uctred 

Ugnall  (Uggenhale),  Agnes  (de),  vi, 
135,  228  n  ;  Andr.,  vi,  229  ;  Hen. 

424 


Ugnall  (cont.) 

de,  vi,   135,   165  n,  228  n  ;   John 

de,   vi,   225  n  ;    Rob.,   vi,    182  n, 

228  n  ;  Rog.,  vi,  228  n  ;  Thos.  de, 

vi,  228  n 
Ulbas,  Ad.  de,  vi,  16  n,  27  n  ;  John 

de,  vi,  16  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  27  n 
Uld,  vi,  314 
Ulf  (Ulfy),  vi,  68  n  ;  vii,  52  n,  283  n, 

284  » 
Ulf,  Isolda,  vii,  315  «  ;  Rich.,  vii, 

315  n 

Ulfkil  (Ulkelf),  vi,  105  n,  252 
Ulfneswalton,  see  Ulnes  Walton 
Ulfy,  see  Ulf 
Ulkelf,  see  Ulfkil 
Ulkrigge     Meadow     (Pilling),     vii, 

333  n,  334 
Ulnes  Walton,   vi,   58  n,   81,   86  n, 

108-11  ;  vii,  160  n  ;  char.,  vi,  90, 

91  ;    crosses,  vi,    108  ;  man.,  vi> 

ii  n,  13  n,  61  n,  108  ;  Rom.  coins, 

vi,  108 

Ulnes  Walton,  fam.,  see  Walton 
Ulrick  Meadow,  see  Ulkrigge 
Ulues  Walton,  see  Ulnes  Walton 
Ulvedene  (Hulton),  chap.,  vi,  69 
Ulverston,  Austin  de,  vi,  67  ;  Wald- 

eve  de,  vi,  67 
Ulvesbooths,     Jordan,     vii,    58  n  ; 

Rich,  de,  vii,  58  n  ;  Thos.  de,  vii, 

58  n 
Ulvesbothe    Furlong    (Freckleton) , 

vii,  1 68  n 

Ulvesty  (Bleasdale),  vii,  141  « 
Ulveswalton,  see  Ulnes  Walton 
Underbank  (Bacup),  vi,  441 
Underbill,  — ,  vi,  463  n 
Unitarians,  vi,  248,  299,  427,  436, 

441,  452,  496,  536  ;  vii,  103,  104, 

251 

Untley,  see  Hunteleye 

Unton,  Ellen,  vi,  216  »;  Rob.,  vi, 
216  n 

Upholland  Priory,  vi,  101  n 

Uplitherland,  man.,  vii,  129 

Up  Ratcliffe,  Uproutheclyve,  see 
Rawcliffe,  Upper 

Upton,  see  Hapton 

Urchinsnape,  Gt.  (Shevington),  vi, 
200  n 

Urmston,  Agnes,  vi,  174  n  ;  Gilb., 
vi,  174  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  75 

Urswick,  vii,  154  n,  155  n 

Urswick,  Ad.  de,  vii,  268  n,  269  w  ; 
Ellen  (Helen)  (de),  vi,  33  n,  93  n, 
101  »,  154  n  ;  vii,  266  «,  269, 
324  n  ;  Isabel,  vii,  269  n  ;  Joan 
(de),  vii,  269 ;  John  (de),  vii, 
269  n,  324  »  ;  Kath.,  vii,  269  n, 
331  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  315  n  ;  vii, 

268,  269  ;  Sir  Rob.  (de),  vi,  33  n, 
305  n  ;  vii,   269,  270 ;   Rob.  de, 
vi,  101  n,  154  n,  315  n  ;  vii,  268, 

269,  278  n  ;  Sarah  de,  vii,  268  n  ; 
Thos.   (de),  vi,  93  n  ;  vii,   137  n, 
265  n,  266,  269,  270  n,  324  n 

Urton,  see  Durton 

Usherwood,  John,  vi,  268  n  ;  Rog., 

vi,  268  »  ;  Will.,  vi,  268  n 
Uttingesone,  Thos.,  vii,  131  n 
Uttingland  (Staynall),  vii,  252  n 
Uttley,  Rev.  John,  vi,  435 
Uvieth,  vi,  537  ;  vii,  217 


Val,  Hugh  de  la,  vi,  356,  450,  534 
Vale,  the  (Shevington),  vi,  199 
Valence,   Will,    of  Savoy,   bp.  of, 

vii,  264  n 

Valence,  Aymer,  vii,  146 
Valentine,  John,  vii,  309  n 
Vale    Royal    Abbey    (Chesh.),    vii, 

145,     151,     152  w,     201,     210  n; 


INDEX 


Vale  Royal  Abbey  (cont.) 

abbots    of,  vii,  145,  158,   158  n, 

162,  184  n 
Valoines,    Geoff,    de,    vii,    238  «; 

Phil,  de,  vii,  238  n 
Varley,  Pet.,  vi,  519  »  ;  Rich.,  vi, 

5I9,  531  n  •  Rob.,  vi,  519  ;  Thos., 

vi,  517  n,  518  «,  519;  Will.,  vi, 

519 

Vasey,  Eliz.,  vii,  300  ;  see  also  Vescy 
Vaudrey,  Rev.  Will.,  vi,  299 
Vaughan,  Geo.,  vi,  528  n 
Vavasour,  Isabel,  vii,  269  «,  332  n  ; 

Thos.,  vii,  103  «  ;  Sir  Walt.,  vii, 

67  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  269  n,  332  n 
Veale,  Ant.,  vii,  241  n  ;  Dorothy, 

vii,  249  n,  250  ;  Edw.,  vii,  249  n  ; 

Ellen,  vii,  249  n  ;  John,  vii,  249  n, 

250  ;  Sarah,  vii,  249  n  ;  fam.,  vii, 

231  n,  245 

Veer,  Rob.  de,  see  Oxford,  earl  of 
Veevers,  Ellen,  v,  457  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 

457  » 
Venables,  Hugh  de,  vi,  76  ;  Isabel, 

vii,    198 ;    John   de,   vii,    162  « ; 

Kath.    de,    vi,    76 ;    Ralph,    vii, 

198  ;  Rich.,  vii,  83  « 
Vendkarhey  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  « 
Venus,  transit  of,  vi,  149 
Vere,  Philippa  de,  see  Oxford,  ctss. 

of ;  Rob.  de,  see  Oxford,  earl  of 
Verious,  Ad.,  vii,  269  » 
Vernon,  Rich,  de,  vi,  301  ;  Will,  de, 

vii,  134  n 

Vertue,  Rev.  John,  bp.,  vii,  12 
Vescy,  Hen.  de,  vi,  208  n  ;  John  de, 

vi,  208  n  ;   Will,  de,  vi,  538  ;  see 

also  Vasey 

Veu  Viver  (Thornley  with  Wheat- 
ley),  vii,  34  n 
Veysey,   John,  bp.  of  Exeter,  vii, 

42  n 
Victoria  Hospital  (Blackpool),  vii, 

246 

Viepens  (Colne),  vi,  534  n 
Vilers,  Beatrice  de,  vi,  150  «  ;  Pain 

de,  vi,  112,  149  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  149, 

150 ;  Thos.  de,  vi,  149  ;  Warine 

de,  vi,  150  »,  151  ;  Will,  de,  vi, 

149 
Vipont  (Vipan),  Edw.,  vi,  470  ; 

Eliz.,  vi,  470  ;  John,  vi,  470,  473 
Vivary  (Vivers),  the  (Colne),  vi, 

522  n,  528 

Vivary  Bridge  (Colne),  vi,  522,  530 
Vivian,  vii,  54  « 
Vyners  close  (Mearley),  vi,  376  » 


Waberthwaite,  man.  (Cumbs.),  vii, 
269  n,  270  n 

Waddington  (Wadington,  Wadyng- 
ton),  Alex.,  vi,  216;  Alice,  vi, 
429  «  ;  Edm.,  vi,  425  ;  Edw.,  vi, 
332  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  394  n  ;  Ellen, 
vi,  355  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vi,  366  n  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  429  n ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  366  n ; 
Isabel  de,  vi,  366  n ;  Jane,  vi, 
216  n  ;  Rev.  J.  B.,  vi,  371  n  ; 
Lawr.,  vi,  216  »,  299  ;  Marg., 
vii,  inn;  Pet.  (Piers),  vi,  272  n, 
277  n,  410  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  288  n, 
410  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  354,  387,  388  «, 
558  ;  Rob.,  vi,  278  «,  366  n,  367, 
429  n,  431  n ;  vii,  18,  HIM; 
Sarah  de,  vi,  556  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
332  n,  366  n  ;  Walt,  de,  vi,  366  n, 
553  «,  556  n;  Will,  (de),  vi, 
272  «,  494  n,  552  n  ;  Will.  A., 
vi,  443  ;  fam.,  vi,  374  n 

Wade,  Ant.,  vi,  492  ;  John,  vi, 
468  n  ;  Susan,  vi,  154  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  154  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  486  n 

Wadebridge  (Lea),  vii,  129  « 


Wadebridgegate  (Lea),  vii,  129  n 
Wadebridgeholme  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Wadebridge     Meadow     (Lea),     vii, 

130  n 

Wadenmye  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 
Waderode  (Cliviger),  vi,  480  n 
Wadeson,  Thos.,  vi,  181 
Wadfurlong,     the     (Elswick),     vii, 

284  n 

Wadington,  see  Waddington 
Wadischegreves  (Leyland),  vi,  58  n 
Wadsworth,  Hugh,  vii,  138  «;  Jos., 

vii,  293  n,  332  ;  Rob.,  vii,  138  n  ; 

fam.,  vii,  126 

Wadyngton,  see  Waddington 
Wagging  Birch  (Salwick),  vii,  163  n 
Waingate  (Parbold),  vi,  180  n 
Wainhouse,  Rich.,  vi,  529 
Wainwright,    Cecily    de,    vi,    256  ; 

Chas.,  vi,  7  ;  Christiana,  vii,  30  n  ; 

Mary,  vi,  19  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  265  ; 

Will,    (de,   the),  vi,   19  n,   non, 

164  n,  256  ;  vii,  30  n 
Waithman,  John  W.,  vii,  335 
Wakefield  (Yorks.),  vi,  314  n,  316  n, 

453  « 

Wakefield,  Will,  de,  vii,  41 

Waker,  Ad.  de,  vi,  374 « ;  Douce 
de,  vi,  374  n 

Wakeresale,  see  Whackersall 

Wakering,  John,  vi,  87  n 

Walbanck,  Walbank,  see  Wallbank 

Waldemuskar  (Longton),  vi,  71  n 

Waldeve,  Eve,  vii,  170  n ;  Rich., 
vii,  1 70  n 

Walelega,  see  Whalley 

Waleton,  Waleton  in  le  Dale,  see 
Walton-le-Dale 

Waleys  (Waley),  Ad.  de,  vii,  127  n  ; 
Agnes  le,  vii,  249  n  ;  Alan  le,  vi, 
151  «  ;  Geoff,  le,  vii,  29  n  ;  Hen. 
le,  vi,  1 88,  190,  223  n  ;  Iseult  de, 
vii,  127  n  ;  Joan  le,  vii,  125  n  ; 
John  le,  vi,  188  n,  203  n,  223  n  ; 
Maurice  le,  vi,  151  n  ;  Rich,  le, 
vi,  150  n,  151,  190,  203  ;  vii, 
29  n ;  Rob.  le,  vi,  150  n,  151; 
Rog.  le,  vii,  249  n  ;  Sim.  le,  vi, 
188  n,  190  n  ;  Thos.  le,  vi,  190  n, 
193  n  ;  vii,  125  n  ;  see  also  Walsh 
and  Welsh 

Walgate,  see  Wallgate 

Walgrave,  John,  vi,  557 

Walgrefe  Close  (Claughton),  vii, 
327  n 

Walhill,  Walhull,  see  Wallhill 

Walkandfot  (Waltandefot,  Wittan- 
defot),  Ad.,  vii,  16  n,  17  n 

Walkden,  Geoff.,  vi,  217  «,  283; 
Pet.,  vi,  278  n  ;  vii,  32  ;  Thos., 
vi,  217  n,  229  ;  — ,  vi,  404  n  ;  vii, 

245 

Walker,  Cath.,  vi,  539  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
128  n  ;  vii,  332  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  332  n  ; 
John  de,  vi,  134  n,  534  n  ;  Matth. 
the,  vi,  528 n;  Mich,  the,  vi,  528 « ; 
Nich.,  vi,  528  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  528  «, 
545  n  ;  vii,  196  n  ;  Rog.  the,  vi, 
539  n  ;  Syrith  de,  vi,  134  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  161,  181  ;  Rev.  Thos. 
W.,  vi,  415  ;  Will.,  vi,  6,  80,  358  ; 
vii,  152  ;  Will.  M.,  vii,  104  n ; 
— ,  vi,  524  n 

Walkerfield  (Colne),  vi,  525  n,  527  « 
Walker  Fold  (Chaigley),  vii,  19 
Walkerholme  (Garstang),  vii,  314  n 
Walkerscroft  (Bispham),  vi,  101  n 
Walk  Mill  (Cliviger),  vi,  479 
Wall  (Walles,  Wallis),  Ann  (Anne), 
vii,  102  n,  2ii  n  ;  Ant.,  vii,  98  n, 
101  «,  102  n,  126  n,  211  ;  Edm., 
vii,  34  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  102  «  ;  Evan 
(Ewan),    vii,    101  n,    102  n,    123, 
318  n  ;    Jas.,   vii,    102  n  ;    Kath., 
vii,   135  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  56  «,  74, 

425 


Wall  (cont.} 

101  n,    102  n  ;    Marg.,   vii,    56  n, 

102  n,  126  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  74,  85, 
86,  87  n,  98  n,   101  n  ;  Will.,  vi, 
log  n,    160,    161,    164  n,    173  n, 
180  «,  299  ;  vii,  87  n,  101  n,  102  n, 
126  n,  2ii  n  ;  — ,  vii,  76 

Walland  (Worsthorne),  vi,  477  n 
Wallay,  see  Whalley 
Wallbank  (Church),  vi,  400  n,  402  n 
Wallbank    (Walbanck,    Walbank), 
Ad.    de,   vi,   241,    402  n,    403  «  ; 
Alice  de,  vi,  402  n  ;  Anabil  de,  vi, 
121  n  ;    Beatrice    de,    vi,    402  n  ; 
Ellen  de,  vi,  402  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi, 
402  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  121  n,  347  n  ; 
Rich,   de,   vi,    402  n ;   Thos.,   vi, 
38in;  vii,  26  «;  Will,  del  (de), 
vi,  400  «,  402  n 

Wall  Banks  (Ribbleton),  vii,  106  n 
Wallcroft  (Langtree),  vi,  197  n 
Wallcroft  (Wheelton),  vi,  49  « 
Wallebi,  see  Whalley 
Walleclough  (Clayton  le  Moors),  vi, 

418  n 

Wallega,  Wallei,  see  Whalley 
Waller,   Will.,   vi,    160  n ;   W.,   vi, 

432  ;  — ,  vii,  217 
Waller    tenement    (Chipping),    vii, 

26  n 

Walles  (Wallis),  Will.,  see  Wall 
Walleschaw  (Cuerden),  vi,  26  n 
Wallesheved  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Wallesike  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Walley,  Walleye,  see  Whalley 
Wallfield  (Parbold),  vi,  i8o« 
Wallfurlong  (Kellamergh).  vii,  160  w, 

171  « 

Wallgate  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  n,  26  n 
Wallgate  (Stagnall),  vii,  252  n 
Wallgreen  (Padiham),  vi,  493 
Wallhill    (Walhill,    Walhull,    Wall- 
hull),  Alice  de,  vi,  219  n  ;  Hen. 
de,  vi,  207  «,  2i9«;  John  (de), 
vi,  207  n  ;  Marg.  de,  vi,  207  «  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  223  «  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
207  w,  219  n;  vii,  297  n;  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  207  «,  223  n 
Wallshaw   Dean  Head    (Trawden), 

vi,  552 

Wallshawsykes  (Cuerden),  vi,  26*1 
Wallstreams       (Worsthorne),       vi, 

477  n,  485  n 

Wallsyke  (Billington) ,  vi,  330  n 
Wallwork,  Rev.  John,  vi,  452 
Walmer  Bridge  (Little    Hoole),  vi, 

69,  153,  154 

Walmsley  (Walmerlegh,  Walmers- 
ley,  Walmesley,  Walmesleye), 
Alex.,  vii,  49  n ;  Alice  de,  vii, 
49  n  ;  Anne,  Lady,  vi,  499  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  294,  329,  421  ;  Barth., 
vi,  334  «,  422  ;  Benj.,  vi,  404  ; 
Cath.,  vi,  422  ;  Chas.,  vi,  192, 
421  ;  Chris.,  vi,  285  n  ',  vii,  329  n  ; 
Edw.,  vi,  35  n,  77  n,  294,  421  n  ; 
vii,  50  ;  Eleanor,  vi,  421  ;  Eliz., 
vi,  311  n,  378,  378  n,  392  w, 
491  n  ;  vii,  28  n,  49  n,  102  n, 
174  n ;  Ellen,  vi,  35  n,  77  n, 
250  ;  vii,  121  n  ;  Frances,  vi,  294  ; 
Fran.,  vi,  422  ;  Geo.,  vi,  8,  404, 
425  n  ;  Gerard,  vi,  77  n  ;  Helen, 
vi,  392  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  421  n  ;  vii, 
13,  115,  115  n  ;  Herman,  vii,  13  ; 
Hugh,  vi,  237 « ;  Isabel,  vi, 
392  n ;  Jas.,  vi,  263 «,  274, 
280  n,  415,  425,  447  ;  vii,  27  n  ; 
Jane,  vi,  256  n  ;  John,  vi,  192, 
366  «,  421  n,  435  ;  vii,  53  «,  60  n, 
115  n  ;  Juliana  (Julian),  vi,  172  n, 
421,  422;  Leonard,  vii,  49  n  ; 
Marg.,  vi,  421  ;  vii,  49  n  ;  Mary, 
vi,  421  ;  Matth.,  vi,  311  n  ;  Nich., 
vi,  297  n,  421  n  ',  vii,  29  n,  49  n, 

54 


A  HISTORY  OF  LANCASHIRE 


Walmsley  (cont.) 

102  n  ;  Ralph,  vi,  282,  282  n, 
283 »,  425  n  i  Rev.  Rich.,  vi, 
435  n  ;  Rich.,  vi,  51,  172  n,  237, 
259,  260,  282,  310,  346,  378  n, 
403,  420  »,  421,  422,  423;  vii, 
41  «,  49 »,  51  n,  59  n,  60  n, 
115  n,  n6n;  Rob.,  vi,  256  n, 
378  n,  392,  395,  421  n;  vii,  49  n, 
50,  329 «;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  256  n, 
552  n  ;  vii,  49  n  ;  Rosamond,  vi, 
294 ;  Sir  Thos.,  vi,  243 «,  250, 
259,  278,  282,  304,  329,  332,  346, 
347  n>  392  n,  401  n,  421,  422, 
499  n  ;  vii,  49  n,  92  n,  108  n, 
114;  Thos.,  vi,  35  n,  77  »,  213, 
259,  282  w,  294,  306,  310,  311  n, 
347,  366  «,  367*1,  378  n,  389  n, 

39i  n,  392>  4O1  **,  4IQw>  411  w> 
420,  421,  422,  425  n,  491  n ; 
vii,  49  n,  58  n,  106  n,  114,  115  n, 
I74«,  293*1,  329  n,  330,  332; 
Thos.  G.,  vi,  259 ;  vii,  44  n  ; 
Sir  Will.,  vi,  328  ;  Will.,  vi,  237, 
282,  282  n,  283,  283 «,  311; 
vii,  63  n,  76  »,  329  »  ;  bp.,  vii, 
81  ;  judge,  vi,  287  «,  340,  444  n  ; 
— ,  vi,  513  n ;  vii,  51  ;  fam.,  vi, 
398 

Walmesley  Fold  (Lower  Darwen), 
vi,  421  n 

Walne,  see  Wawne 

Walpole,  Sir  Edw.,  vii,  312  ; 
Edw.,  vii,  311 

Walse  Wytill,  see  Welch  Whittle 

Walsh,  Edw.,  vi,  241,  322  n  ;  Eliz., 
vi,  322  n  ;  Hen.,  vii,  250  n  ;  John, 
vii,  216 »,  250  n  ;  Rich,  le,  vii, 
33  n  ;  Rob.,  le,  vii,  33  n;  Rog., 
vi,  272  «;  Will,  (le),  vi,  272  n  ; 
vii,  33  «  ;  fam.,  vi,  203  ;  see  also 
Waleys  and  Welsh 

Walsham,  Rob.,  vii,  82  ;  fam.,  vi, 

354 

Walshaw  (Briercliffe) ,  vi,  469,  552 

Walshaw  (Wolleshagh),  Ad.  de, 
vi,  469,  470  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  469  n  ; 
Ellis  de,  vi,  469  ;  John,  vi,  469  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  469  n 

Walshe  Quithill,  Walshe  Whyt- 
hille,  see  Welch  Whittle 

Walshman,  see  Welchman 

Walsingham,  Sir  Fran.,  vi,  368 

Walsley,  see  Wastley 

Walsoken  Hospital  (Norf.),  vi, 
378  » 

Walstreams,  see  Wallstreams 

Waltandefot,  see  Walkandfot 

Walter  (Gualter),  vi,  480  n;  vii, 
161  n,  172%,  175*1;  abbot  of 
Evesham,  vi,  65  n  ;  archbp.,  vii, 
333 n;  the  chaplain,  vi,  451  n, 
457,  480  n,  485  n  ;  vii,  59  n  ;  the 
demand,  vi,  117 

Walter  (Gaiter,  Gaulter,  Gualter), 
Alice,  vii,  179  ;  Geo.,  vii,  250  n  ; 
Hervey  (Harvey),  vii,  156  n, 
179,  240,  273,  333  n ;  Lawr., 
vii,  204  ;  Mary,  vi,  378  n  ; 
Maud,  vii,  333  n ;  Nich.,  vi, 
200  »  ;  Rob.,  vii,  250  «  ;  Theo- 
bald, vi,  303  ;  vii,  69,  83,  84, 
105 «,  117,  132  n,  145,  154, 
156  n,  i6in,  176,  178%,  179, 
179  n,  222,  233,  234,  235  n, 
238  n,  241  n,  254  n,  263,  273, 
333  ;  Thos.,  vii,  241  ;  Walt.,  vii, 
88  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  378  n  ;  vii,  266 

Waltercroft  (Cliviger),  vi,  481  » 

Walthall,  Pet.,  vi,  80 

Waltheof,  vii,  63  n,  132  n 

Walton,  Higher  (Walton-le-Dale), 
vi,  289 ;  ch.,  vi,  300 

Walton,  Little  (Walton-le-Dale), 
vi,  294 


Walton  (Ulnes  Walton,  Walton- 
in-le-Dale),  Sir  Ad.  de,  vi, 
14  n ;  Ad.  de,  vi,  n  n,  i6«, 

108,  109,     now,     150,     150  n, 
151  n,  163  n,  164  n,  166  n  ;    vii, 
179  n,    249  n  ;     Agnes    (de),    vi, 

109  n,   non,   164  n,  538  n  ;    vii, 
101  n,  no  n,  133  n,  272  n,  288  n  ; 
Alice  de,  vii,  101  n,  179  n,  249  n  ; 
Allota  de,  vi,  291  n  ;    Amb.,  vi, 
4r3>  536,  540,  545  n  ;   Ameria  de, 
vi,  291  n  ;  Anne,  vi,  539  n  ;    vii, 
101  n,      102  n,      120  w,      309  n  ; 
Avice     de,     vi,      69  n,      164  n ; 
Banastre,  vi,   413  ;    Brian,    bp., 
vi,  86  ;  Cecily  de,  vi,  n  n  ;  Chris, 
(de),     vi,     74,    90,     151  n,    295, 

538  n  ;    Dolphin   de,   vi,    non; 
Dorothy,    vi,    295  n ;     Eliz.,    vi, 

294,  545  n  ;    vii,    120  n,    309  n  ; 
Ellen,     vi,     545  n  ;      vii,     79  n, 
101  n  ;     Emma    de,    vi,    109  n, 
294  ;    Esther,  vi,  216  «;    Geoff, 
de,    vi,    n  n,    24 »,    291*1,    294, 
298  n,  526  n  ;    vii,  101  n,  328  n  ; 
Geo.,  vii,  74,  101  n  ;    Grace,  vii, 

101  n ;     Hen.    (Harry)    (de,    of), 
vi,  14  »,  26  «,  now,  149,  151  n, 
291  n,    294,    299  n,    369  n,    413, 
447 n,    468  n,    538,    538  n,    539, 
54°,   545 « ,'    vii,   84,   85,    101  «, 
now,  133  n,  229  n  ;    Isabel,  vii, 
200  «  ;    Jas.  (de),  vi,  23  «,  109  n, 
117  *z,   164  »,  216  *t,  274*1,  294, 

295,  438,  481  n,  525,  526  n,  538  n, 

539  n  ;  vii,  75,  79  n,  98  n,  101  «, 

102  n,    106  n,    120  n  ;    Jane,    vi, 
294  ;  Jankin  of,  vi,  299  n  ;  Joan 
(de),    vi,    109  n,    294,   543 ;    vii, 
101  n  ;  John  (Johan)    (de),  vi,  7, 
n  n,     12  n,     24  n,     26 »,     67  n, 

73  »,  74,  90  n,  92  «,  93  n,  log  n, 
151  n,    291,    291  »,    293  n,    294, 
294  n,    295,    298  n,    299  n,    358, 
538  n,     539  n,     542  ;    vii,    66  n, 
79  »,  101  n,  107  n,  133  n,  328  n  ; 
Kath.    de,    vi,     163  n ;     Mabel, 
vi,     non;    Magota,    vii,    85 «; 
Marg.  (de),  vi,  109  n,  135,  151  n, 
153  n  ;    Margery  (de),    vi,    109  ; 
vii,    57  n,    272  n,  288  n  ;    Mary, 
vi,  413  ;  Maud  de,  vi,  93  n,  109 ; 
vii,  57  n  ;  Priscilla,  vi,  295 ;  vii, 
272  n  ;    Rich,  (de),  vi,  538  ;    vii, 
30  n,    85,    101  n,    106  n,    107  n, 
116  «,  120  n,  133  n,  212  n,  272  n, 
288  n,    331  n;    Rich.  T.  W.,  vi, 
413,    415  n ;     Rev.     Rich.    W., 
vi,  413  ;    Rob.  de,  vi,  n  n,  14  n, 

110  n  ;  Rog.  (de),  vi,  135,  174  n  ; 
Steph.  de,  vi,  166  n  ;    Sir  Thos., 
vi,     109 »,     156  n,     164  n,     488, 
519  ;    Thos.  (de),  vi,  14  «,  28  n, 

74  n,    non,    164  n,   237*1,    294, 
295>     520 ;      vii,     101  n,     200  n, 
272  n,   309  n  ;    Ulf  de,  vi,   108  ; 
Walt,  de,  vi,  291  n  ;    Warine  de, 
vi,  69  n,  92  «,  108,  109  «,  150  n  , 
158  n,     162,     163  n,     295  ;      vii, 
1 60  «  ;    Rev.  Will.,  bp.,  vii,  7  n  ; 
Will,    (de),    vi,    9,    n  n,     24  n, 
26  n,    28  n,    67  n,    73,    73  n,    74, 

109,  iio»,    159 «,    163,    163*1, 
294,    295,    298  n,    299  n,    525  n  ; 
vii,  57  **>  66  n,  79  n,  85  «,  101  «, 
107  n,  116  n,  162  »,  200  n,  212  n, 
272  n,  331  n  ;   — ,  vi,  151  n,  274, 
395  n,   524  n,   545  »  ;    vii,   98  n  ; 
fam.,  vi,  18. 

Walton  Copp  (Walton-le-Dale),  vi, 

290. 
Walton  Hall   (Walton-le-Dale),  vi, 

43,  45,  290,  293. 
Walton  -  in  -  le  -  Dale,     fam.,     see 

Walton 


Walton-le-Dale,  vi,  24  n,  71  n,  235, 
289-300 ;  vii,  43  «,  72,  131  ; 
adv.,  vi,  297 ;  bridge,  vii,  76 ; 
char.,  vi,  300 ;  ch.,  vi,  296  ; 
crosses,  vi,  290 ;  man.,  vi,  23, 
41  n,  260,  291  ;  mkts.  and  fairs] 
vi,  291  ;  mill,  vi,  289,  291,  292  n  ; 
mock  corporation,  vi,  290 ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  41  n,  299  ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vi,  300 ;  Rom.  rem.,  vi, 
289  ;  sch.,  vi,  300  ;  '  Unicorn  ' 
inn,  vi,  290 

Walton  Moss,  vi,  289 

Walton  Spire  (Marsden),  vi,  537 

Walton  Summit,  vi,  289 

Walverden  (Briercliffe),  vi,  468  n, 
524  n  ;  mill,  vi,  524,  540 

Walverden  Water,  vi,  524  n,  536, 
54°  n 

Wamberge  (Wambergh),  Rich,  de, 
vi,  87,  159 ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  87  ; 
Thos.,  vii,  139  n 

Wang   (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  n 

Wanless  (Barrowford),  vi,  542,  544, 
548 

Wanless  Water,  vi,  522,  526  » 

Warbreck  (Lay ton  with  Warbreck), 
vii,  247-51 

Warbreck,  Rich.,  vii,  250  n  ;  Thos., 
vii,  250  n 

Warburton,  Alan  de,  vii,  313 « ; 
Edw.  de,  vi,  178  n,  179  n  ;  Sir 
Geoff,  de,  vi,  77  »,  179  »  ;  Geoff, 
de,  vi,  77  n  ;  vii,  28  n  ;  John 
(de),  vi,  178  n  ;  vii,  329  n  ;  Lucy 
de,  vi,  178  n,  ijgn;  Marg.  de, 
vii,  313  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  77  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vii,  313  n 

Warcockelowe  (Over  Darwen),  vi, 
272  n 

Warcock  Hill,  see  Peacock  Hill 

Warcock  Stone  (Colne),  vi,  524  n 

Ward,  Alex.,  vi,  219  n;  Alice,  vii, 
199  n  ;  Alina,  vii,  65  n  ;  Anne,  vi, 
219  n  ;  Geo.,  vi,  262  ;  Godith, 
vii,  172  n  ;  Grace,  vii,  44  n  ;  Rev. 
Hen.,  vii,  56  n ;  Hen.,  vi,  255, 
258,  323,  336,  518  ;  Jas.,  vi,  237  *», 
262  n  ;  Janet,  vii,  56  n  ;  Jennet, 
vii,  44  »  ;  John,  vi,  28  n,  35  n, 
121  «,  408  n  ;  vii,  37  »,  50,  172  n, 

179  «,    289  n  ;    Kath.,   vi,    28  n  ; 
Mabel,  vii,  64  n,  65  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
121  n  ;    Mary,    vi,    35  »;    Maud, 
vii,  210  w;   Rich.,  vi,   i6«;  vii, 
50  ;    Rob.    (le),    vii,    64 «,    65  n, 

245  n,  326  n  ;  Townley,  vii,  44  n  ; 
Will,  (the),  vi,  16  n,  263  n,  405  n  ; 
vii,  27  n,  97  n,  igg  n,  227  n,  257  n; 
Capt.    — ,    vi,     182  ;     fam.,    vi, 

246  n 

Warden,  see  Werden 

Ward  Esebrek,  John  le,  vi,  393  n  ; 

Will,  le,  vi,  393  « 
Ward  Green  (Ribchester),  vii,  50 
Wardle,  Nich.  de,  vi,  362  n 
Wardleys  (Poulton),  vii,  251 
Ward's  House  (Salwick),  vii,  165 
Warin,  Rich.,  vi,  208  n 
Warine,  vi,  402  n,  499  n  ;  vii,  132  n, 

180  n 

Waring  (Wareing,  Wering),  Alex., 
vii,  198,  253 ;  Ellen,  vi,  91  n ; 
Geo.,  vi,  167  n  ;  vii,  213  ;  Hen., 
vi,  57  «,  143  n  ;  vii,  207  n,  213  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  166,  166  n  ;  Jas.  T.,  vi, 
55  .'  Jer-,  vii,  206  n  ;  John,  vi, 
17  M,  68  n,  182  n,  208  ;  vii,  213  n  ; 
Marg.,  vii,  253  ;  Paul,  vi,  299  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  99  n,  167  n  ;  vii,  71  «, 
213  n,  253  n  ;  Rob.,  vi,  143  n  ; 
Rog.,  vi,  496  n  ;  vii,  212  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  35  n  :  vii,  44  w,  298  ;  Will.,  vii, 
176,  198  n,  206  n,  210  n,  213  «, 
288  n  ;  see  also  Wearing 


426 


INDEX 


Waringson,  Joan,  vi,  95  n  ;  Will., 

vi,  95  « 

Warlawes,  see  Wharles 
Warlesmoor  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 
Warleys,  see  Wardleys 
Warlowes,  see  Wharles 
Warmden  Clough  (Accrington),  vi, 

423 
Warner,  John,  vi,  152  ;  Marg.,  vi, 

152 

Warney,  John  W.,  vi,  549 
Waroxgang  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  271  n 
Warren,    Agnes    (de),     vii,    253  n, 
286  n  ;     Anne,    vi,     149  n  ;    vii, 
286  n,     287  n ;     Anna    D.,     vii, 

286  n ;    Dorothy,    vi,    255  ;    Sir 
Edw.,    vii,    201  n,    286,    287  n ; 
Edw.,    vi,    255,    272,    281,    283  ; 
vii,    287  n  ;    Eleanor,    vii,    286  ; 
Eliz.    H.,    vi,    255 ;    vii,    286  n ; 
Fran.,  vii,  286  ;  Sir  Geo.,  vi,  260, 
272,    322  n,    323 ;    vii,    58,    194, 

287  n;   Geo.,   vi,   255,  258,  281, 
323 ;  vii,  286  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  149  n, 
198  n  ;  vii,  287  n ;  Jane,  vii,  194  n, 
287  n  ;   Sir  John,  vii,  127  n,  286, 
288 n;  John  (de),  vi,  149 n,  272  ; 
vii,     194,     199,    200,    201,    286, 
286  «,  287,    288  n  ;    Sir    Lawr., 
vii,    286  n  ;    Lawr.,    vii,    127  n, 
286,  287*1;  Marg.  (de),  vi,   19  n, 
non,   164*1,   286  «  ;  Mary,  vii, 
286  n  ;  Nich.,  vii,  286  ;  Pet.,  vii, 
286  »» ;     Sam.,    vi,     19  tt,    no«, 
164  «  ;  Sibyl,  vii,  286  ;  Susanna, 
vii,  286  n  ;    Talbot,   vii,   287  n  ; 
fam.,  vii,  50  *i,  285 

Warriner,    Thos.,    vi,    371  n,    534  ; 

—,  vi,  535 

Warrington,  vii,  78,  136  n 
Warth,  the  (Colne),  vi,  527  n 
Warthebreke,  see  Warbreck 
Warthes  (Layton),  vii,  223  n 
Warton,  vi,  58  «  ;  vii,  118  »,  119  n, 
126  «,   135  n,   143  «,   144,   146  «, 
149,     150,     i6o«,     163  tt,     165, 
166  «,  171-4,  199  «,  211  «,  229  tt, 
274  n,  300;  ch.,  vii,  174;  man., 
vii,  171  ;  mkt.,  vii,  302 
Warton,  Ad.  de,  vii,  171  «  ;  Alice 
de,  vii,   169  «,   171  »  ;  Amy  de, 
vii,  241  «  ;  Avice  de,  vii,  171  tt  ; 
Eustace  de,  vi,  497  n  ;  Isabel  de, 
vi,  497  «  ;  John  (de),  vii,  169  «, 
171  w,    172  «,    241  «  ;    Quenilda 
de,  vii,  1 68  «,  172  n,  173  « ;  Rich, 
de,  vii,  169  «,  171  «,  172  «  ;  Rob. 
de,  vi,  497  n;  Rog.  de,  vii,  171  n, 

229  »» ;    Siegrith  de,   vii,    172  «; 
see  also  Wharton 

Warton  Bank  (Warton),  vii,  171 
Warton  Brow  (Warton),  vii,  171 
Warton  Lees,  vii,  158  tt 
Warton     Pool     (Freckleton),      vii, 

168  tt,  172  tt 
Washington,  Agnes  de,  vii,  229  «, 

230  tt,     282 « ;     Edm.     de,     vii, 
305  « ;  Marg.  de,  vii,  282  tt ;  Rob. 
de,  vii,  229  «,  230  «,  282  tt 

Wastley   (Walsley,  Wasley,  Wast- 
lei,  Wastleigh),  Ellen,  vii,  14  «  ; 
Joan,  vi,  129,  133  n  ;  Oliver,  vii, 
14  «  ;  Rich.,  vi,  14  «,  143  ;  Thos., 
vi,  129  tt,  133  «,  143 
Watchet,  Will.,  vii,  n6« 
Watelei,  see  Wheatley 
Water  (Newchurch),  vi,  437,  440 
Waterbarn  (Newchurch),  vi,  440 
Watercroft  (Chatburn),  vi,  373  tt 
Waterfoot    (Newchurch),    vi,    437, 

440-1 

Waterforth,  Hugh,  vi,  100 
Waterhouse,  Mich.,  vi,  319 
Waterhouse    Green    (Whittle),    vi, 
32,  36  tt 


Waterings  (Catterall),  vii,  323  « 
Waterloo  (Blackpool),  vii,  250  n 
Watershackles  cross  (Trawden),  vi, 

551 

Waterside  (Colne),  vi,  522 
Waterside  (Eccleshill),  vi,  278 
Waterside   (New  Laund  Booth),  vi, 

490,  492 
Waterside    Bridge    (Marsden),    vi, 

536 

Waterswolghe  (Clitheroe),  vi,  365  « 
Waterworth,  Andr.,  vi,  167 n;  Rich., 

vi,  100  «  ;  Thurstan,  vi,  167  tt 
Waterworth  dole,  vii,  44  n 
Watesden,  Christiana  de,  vi,  471  tt 
Watfoth  (Greenhalgh),  vii,  181  » 
Wath,  Alan  de,  vii,  271  «;  Clarice 

(de),  vii,  233  «,  254  «  ;  Hen.  de, 

vii,  4 ;  Marg.  de,  vii,  4  ;  Rich,  de, 

vii,  306  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vii,  233  tt, 

254  tt  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  271  n 
Wathew,  Dorothy,  vi,  228  n  ;  Eliz., 

vi,  228  «  ;    Rob.,  vi,  228  n 
Watling  Street,  vi,  224  ;    vii,  137 
Watmough,  Hugh,  vi,  451  tt,  486  w ; 

Jas.,  vi,  371  ;   Thos.,  vi,  491 
Watson,  Anne,  vii,  18  ;    Ant.,  vi, 

392,  394  «>  397  »,  398,  556  «; 
Dorothy,  vi,  392,  556 «  ;  Jas., 
vi,  272  »  ;  John,  vi,  330, 
485  ;  Rich.,  vii,  49  «  ;  Rog., 
vii,  79  »  ;  Thos.,  vi,  392,  394  «, 
397  «,  398 «,  556  tt;  — ,  vii, 
78  « 

Watts,  Rev.  — ,  vii,  188  n 

Wawne  (Walne,  Wawan,  Wawayn), 
Alice,  vii,  35  tt,  212  n  ;  Anne, 
vii,  29  «  ;  Edm.,  vii,  29  tt,  34  tt, 
212  tt  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  29  «  ;  Ellen, 
vii,  29  «,  212  tt  ;  John,  vii,  29  *t, 
35  tt,  212  tt  ;  Nich.,  vii,  29  tt, 
209  «,  212  tt  ;  Rich.,  vii,  212  n  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  35  n,  212  «  ;  Thos., 
vii,  29  «,  36,  212  »;  Will.,  vii, 
29  n,  36,  212  M 

Wayte,  Ad.  le,  vii,  226  tt,  227  «  ; 
John  le,  vii,  227  «;  Rob.  (le),  vi, 
131  tt  ;  vii,  291 

Wayward,  Ad.,  vi,  207  «  ;  John, 
vi,  207  «  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  208  «  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  207  «  ;  Thos.,  vi,  164  n, 
207  tt 

Wearden,  see  Werden 

Wearing,  Rev.  Geo.,  vi,  334 ;  Geo., 
vi,  ngw,  426;  see  also  Waring 

Wearingmoor  (Kirkland),  vii,  314  tt 

Webber,  Jas.,  vii,  148 

Webster,  Alice,  vi,  381  n ;  vii, 
26  «  ;  Cath.,  vi,  377  «  ;  Cecily 
the,  vii,  321 »;  Frances,  vi, 

493  «  ;    Fran.,  vi,  377  n  ;    Jas., 
vi,  381  tt  ;    vii,  26  n  ;    John,  vi, 
361,   370;    Margery,  vi,   395 »; 
Rich.,     vi,     269  tt,     395 «,     493, 

494  n,  496  ;    — ,  vi,  387  «,  505  n 
Webster's  Farm  (Marton),  vii,  225 
Wedacre,     man.     (Barnacre),     vii, 

292  tt,  303  »,  304,  315,  318 
Wedacre  (Chaigley),  vii,  i 
Wedacre  (Wedaker,  Westacre, 
Woodacre),  Ad.  de,  vii,  199, 
318  tt  ;  Ameria  de,  vi,  62  n  ; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  324  n  ;  Edm. 
de,  vii,  268,  297  tt,  324  «  ;  Gilb. 
de,  vii,  281  « ;  Godith  de,  vii, 
281 « ;  Hen.  de,  vii,  1 14  tt,  324  n ; 
Hugh  (de),  vii,  308 «,  318  tt, 
322  tt,  323  tt,  324  «  ;  John  de, 
vii,  324  tt  ;  Maud  de,  vii,  114  n, 
330  tt  ;  Paulin  (Pauhnus)  de,  vii, 
114  «,  281  tt,  308  tt,  324  tt,  332  «  ; 
Rich,  de,  vii,  199,  318  «,  332  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  272,  308  «,  318  «, 
322  «  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  28  «,  198  «, 
271  «,  272,  301  «,  308  tt,  318, 

427 


Wedacre  (cont.) 

322  n,  323  n,  324  «,  328  n,  330  n, 
332  w ;  Walt,  de,  vii,  324  n ;  Will. 
de,    vi,   62  n  ;   vii,  313  n,  318  «, 
322  tt,  324  *i  ;  — ,  vii,  308  n 
Wedacre 's     Place    (Barnacre),    vii, 

324  n 

Weddehouse,  Ellen  del,  vi,  481  « 
Wederidding  (Claughton),  vii,  326  n 
Weetehead  Clough   (Trawden),  vi, 

552 
Weetley    House     (Southwell),     vi, 

237  n 

Weeton   (Weeton-with-Preese),  vii, 
143,    143  n,    144,    144  n,    146  n, 
M9  n,    153,    174,    176-9,    283  n  ; 
burial   cairn,   vii,    176;   ch.,  vii, 
178;  man.,  vii,  176;    mkts.  and 
fairs,  vii,  176;  Nonconf.,  vii,  178 
Weir  (Newchurch),  vi,  437 
Welbury,  Theodore  M.,  vii,   148 
Welch,    fam.,    see    Walsh,    Welsh, 

Waleys 

Welchman       (Walshman,     Welch- 
mond),    Hugh,    vi,    237  n,    263, 
311;  vii,  112  w;  John,  vii,  112  n 
Welch  Whittle,  vi,  58  n,  182,  187  n, 
203-4  '•     vu»    Io2  n  '>     char.,    vi, 
90  n,  191  ;    man.,  vi,  171,  203 
Weld,  Edw.,  vii,  7  ;    Edw.  J.,  vii, 
230  ;   Eliz.,  vii,  7  ;   Geo.,  vi,  380, 
454  ;    vii,   7  n  ;    John,  vi,  380  ; 
vii,    13  ;     Jos.,   vii,    7  «,    189  n  ; 
Mary,  vii,  7  n  ;  Matilda,  vi,  380  ; 
Thos.,    cardinal,  vi,   381  n;   vii, 
7,    17,    189 « ;     Thos.,    vi,    2  n, 
72,  72  n,  73,  132,  143,  380,  398, 
399,  445  ;    vii,  7,  14,  18,  29,  55, 
58,  189  n;  Will.,  vii,  7 
Weld  Bank  (Chorley),  vi,  129,  148 
Well,  fam.,  see  Wells 
Wellbutts  (Cuerden),  vi,  27  n 
Wellcroft  (Hoghton),  vi,  37  n 
Wellgate  (Clitheroe),  vi,  368  n 
Welnebooth,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Wells,  vi,  57  n,  75,  192,  282,  524  ; 
vii,  2,  54,  91  n,  96  n,  97  n,  129, 

191,  199,  315 
Wells  (Well),  John,  vii,  255;  Will. 

del,  vii,  313  n 
Welsell  (Hapton),  vi,  509  n 
Welsett,  Geo.,  see  Wolset 
Welsh  (Welch),  Hen.,  vi,  130,  147  ; 

Rev.   John,  vi,  440 ;    John,  vi, 

273  ;   see  also  Walsh  and  Waleys 
Weltden,  Will.,  vii,  158,  184 
Wen,  Hen.,  vi,  219  n  ;    John,  vi, 

205  «,  219  n  ;    Thos.,  vi,  205  «, 

219  n 
Wende  (Wendbroc),  brook,  vi,  314*1, 

324  n 
Wenden  Ferrens,  man.  (Bucks.),  vii, 

304*1 

Wendeuall,  Will,  de,  vii,  69  n 
Wengham,  see  Wingham 
Wennington,  man.   (Lonsdale),  vi, 

377  » 

Wenshead   (Tockholes),  vi,   283  n 
Wensley     Fold     (Blackburn),     vi, 

249 

Wensnape  (Bleasdale),  vii,  141  n 
Werden  (Whittle-le-Woods),  vi, 

ii  n,  33  n 

Werden,  brook,  vi,  29  n 
Werden  (Warden,  Wearden,  Wor- 
den),  Arth.,  vi,  61  n  ;  Ashton,  vi, 
416  ;  vii,  134  n,  218,  245  ;  Edm., 
vii,  74,  75,  76  n,  101  n,  140  n ; 
Geo.,  vi,  61  n  ;  Hen.,  vi,  32  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  61  «  ;  vii,  101  n  ;  Sir 
John,  vi,  17  n;  John  (de),  vi, 
8  n,  17  «,  27  «,  61  «  ;  Lettice,  vi, 
61  n  ;  Marg.  (de),  vi,  17  «,  262  n  ; 
Pet.,  vi,  6 1  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  18  «  ; 
Rob.  (de),  vi,  17  M,  18  n,  32,  56  n, 


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Werden  (cont.} 

229  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  17  n,  57  n, 
61  n  ;  Stanley,  vii,  134  n  ;  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  17  n,  82  n,  262  n  ;  vii, 
138  » ;  Will.,  vi,  32  n,  60,  61  n  ; 
vii,  133  n 

Werdenheys  (Cuerden),  vi,  27  n 
Wering,  see  Waring  and  Wearing 
Werlows,  see  Wharles 
Wernigshurst      (Bilsborrow),      vii, 

332  n 

Werthinton,  see  Worthington 
Weselbutts  (Freckleton),  vii,  170  n 
Wesham       (Medlar-with-Wesham) 
vii,  143,  146  n,  149  n,  150,  151 
153-7,   166  n,   176  n,  177,   i8o» 
ch.,  vii,  156  ;  hid.,  vii,  153  ;  man. 
vii,  153  ;  mill,  vii,  154  ;  Nonconf. 
vii,  156  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  157 
Wesham,  Alex,  de,  vii,  154  n  ;  John 

de,  vii,  154  ;  Rog.  de,  vii,  154 
Wesham  Cross  (Wesham),  vii,  157 
Wesham      Hall      (Wesham),      vii, 

154  » 

Wesley,  Agnes,  vi,  220  n  ;  John,  vi, 
278,  299,  344,  453,  535  n;  vii, 
26,  103  n,  312  ;  Thos.,  vi,  220  n  ; 
—,  vi,  535 

Wesleyan  Reformers,  vi,  453 

Wesleyans,  vi,   17,  23,  36,  46,  49, 

50,  61,  74,  96,  100,  119,  128,  147, 

153,  166,  199,  200,  220,  229,  248, 

251,    263,    275,    278,    299,    300, 

313,  336,  344,  348,  371,  372,  396, 
409,  411,  423,  427,  435,  436, 
440,  441,  453,  468,  478,  496,  512, 
513,  5i8,  519,  520,  535,  541,  544, 
548,  552,  558;  vh,  32,  53,  103, 
137,  171,  178,  213,  218,  237,  242, 
251,  276,  279,  291,  304,  312,  332, 

335 

Wessum,  see  Wesham 

West,  Atherton,  vi,  280  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
468  n  ;  Rob.,  vii,  114  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  76  n,  170  n,  263  n  ;  vii,  112  n  ; 
Will.,  vii,  114  n 

Westacre,  see  Wedacre 

Westbi,  see  Westby 

Westbuttes  end  (Studlehurst),  vi, 
324  n 

Westby  (Westby-with-Plumptons), 
vii,  143,  143  «,  144,  144  «,  146  n, 
150,  157  n,  161  »,  165,  174-6, 
181  n,  215  n;  cross.,  vii,  174; 
man.,  vii,  162,  163,  164  n,  175 

Westby  (Yorks),  vii,  155  « 

Westby,  Ad.  de,  vii,  155  n  ;  Alice, 
vi,  133  ;  vii,  154 ;  Anne,  vii, 
J55  n,  235  ;  Beatrice,  vii,  154  ; 
Bridg.,  vii,  155  n ;  Cath.,  vi, 
317  n,  318  n  ;  vii,  155  «  ;  Eleanor, 
vii,  238  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  395  «  ;  vii, 

140  n,    155  n,    236  ;    Ellen,    vii, 
154  «,   155  «,   235  n;  Fran.,  vii, 

141  «,  155  ;  Geo.,  vii,  155,  156, 
156  n,   238  n,   271  ;    Jocelyn   T., 
see   Fazakerley-Westby ;      John, 
vi,  317  n;  vii,  51  w,   152  «,   155, 
156*1,     235,     236,     238  «,     271; 
Mabel,  vii,  154  ;  Marg.,  vii,  155  n, 
272  «;  Margery,  vi,  395  n  ;  Mary, 
vii,      155  n ;     Matilda     H.,     see 
Fazakerley-Westby ;     Nich.,    vi, 
395  »,    396  ;    Rich.,    vii,    238  n  ; 
Rob.,   vii,    155  n,   157  n  ;   Thos., 
vii,    25,    144,    154  n,    155,    156, 
235  n,  271,  272  ;  Will.,  vi,  416  ; 
vii,  153,  154,  155,  167  n,  iggn, 
228,    235  n,    258  n ;    Miss,    vii, 
278  ;  Mrs.,  vii,  149  ;  — ,  vi,  395  n 

Westby  Hall  (Westby),  vii,  149 
West    Close    (Ightenhill  Park),  vi, 

488  n 
West  Close  Booth  (Westecloos),  vi, 

349,  493,  512-13,  522 


Westeshum,  Westesom,  see  Wes- 
ham 

Westewode,  Agnes  de,  vi,  315  n  ; 
Phil,  de,  vi,  315  n 

Westfield  (Fishwick),  vii,  n6« 

Westfield  (Goosnargh),  vii,  198  n 

Westfield,  brook,  vii,  127 

Westfield,  John,  vii,  199  n 

Westgate   (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

454 
Westgrims  Moss  (Clifton),  vii,  162  «, 

163  w 

Westhalum,  Sim.  de,  vii,  41  » 
Westhead  (Croston),  vi,  95  n 
Westhead,  Thos.,  vi,  174  w 
Westhoughton,  vi,  500  n 
West  House  (Thornley),  vii,  36 
Westhusum,  see  Wesham 
Westleigh,  John  de,  vi,  49  »  ;  Rich. 

de,  vi,  49  n 

Westley  (Lea),  vii,  130  n 
Westmeadowend    (Gt.    Eccleston) , 

vii,  277  n 

Westmoss  (Lytham),  vii,  215  n 
Weston,    John,    vi,    7  ;    Sir    Thos., 

prior,  vi,  112 

Westpool  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  274  « 
Westrode  (Downham),  vi,  555  n 
Westsnape  (Ashley),  vii,  213  n 
Westsom,  see  Wesham 
Weteley,  brook,  vi,  253  « 
Wetenhale,  Ad.  de,  vi,  204  n 
Weterode  (Cliviger),  vi,  480  n 
Wetfield  (Bretherton),  vi,  103  n 
Wetherby,  Will,  de,  vi,  241,  276  n, 

33i  » 

Wetheton,  see  Weeton 
Weticroft  Syke  (Dinckley),  vi,  336 
Wetridding  (Chipping),  vii,  27  n 
Wetriding  (Cuerden),  vi,  26  n 
Wetshaw,  fam.,  vi,  228 
Wetteleye,  see  Wheatley 
Wettenhall,    Ad.    de,     vi,     109  n  ; 
Maud   de,    vi,    109  n ;    Rob.   de, 
vi,  109  n 

Whackersall  (Marsden),  vi,  536,  538 
Whackersall,  Mich,  de,  vi,  538  n 
Whaley,  fam.,  see  Whalley 
Whalley,    vi,     230,     234,     349-60, 
381-8,     494 «,     534,     554;     vii, 
222  n  ;  adv.,  vi,  355  ;  battle,  vi, 
235,  349  :  chant.,  vi,  359  ;  char., 
vi,  387 ;   ch.,  vi,  350-5,  361,  369, 

381,  389  »,  413,  414,  504  n,  506, 
5°9,  556  ** ;  crosses,  vi,  349,  355, 
381  ;  ind.,  vi,  350,  381  ;  man.,  vi, 

382,  383  n  ;  mkts.  and  fairs,  vi, 
368  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  350,  360,  381, 
387 ;    pk.,    vi,    382  n ;     prehist. 
rem.,  vi,  349  ;  sch.,  vi,  360,  388 

Whalley,  A.  G.  Rawstorne,  bp. 
of,  vi,  360 ;  Geoff.,  dean  of, 
vi,  253  n,  258  »,  284,  303  n,  326, 
355,  356  w,  387  »,  391,  393  », 
412  n,  413,  469  w,  506,  511  n; 
vii,  13  n  ;  Hen.,  dean  of,  vi,  270, 
355»  355 n  '•  Liulph  (Cutwolf), 
dean  of,  vi,  355  n  ;  Orm,  dean  of, 
vi,  239  n,  353  n  ;  Rob.,  dean  of, 
vi,  355,  39i  I  Rog.,  dean  of,  vi, 
355,  356,  356 »,  39i,  444  w, 
558  n ;  Spartling,  dean  of,  vi, 
355  »  :  Will.,  dean  of,  vi,  355 

Whalley  (Walley,  Whaley, 

Whauley),  Agnes  de,  vi,  366  «, 
398  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  47  n,  267  », 
268,  388  n  ;  Ameria  (Amery)  de, 
vi,  270  n  ;  vii,  177  «;  Anne,  vi, 
406  n ;  Avice  de,  vi,  326,  409  n  ; 
Eliza,  vi,  354 ;  Eliz.,  vi,  27  n, 
406  «  ;  Geoff,  de,  vi,  270,  326, 
409  n,  475  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  198  n  ; 
Rev.  G.  M.,  vi,  355  n  ;  Hen.  de, 
vi,  ii  n,  i8w,  21  n,  47  n,  270, 
281,  326,  356  n,  388  n  ;  vii, 


Whalley  (cont.} 

177  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vi,  366  n 
Jas.,  vi,  343,  354,  355,  383,  387, 
399,  4°5,  4°6  «,  556,  557  I  vii, 
158  n  ;  Jane,  vi,  250  ;  John  de, 
vii,  17  «,  47  n,  204,  357,  387  n, 
406  n,  511  n  ;  Kath.  de,  vi,  47  n, 
198  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  251  ;  Marg.  de, 
vi,  47  n  ;  Margery  de,  vii,  17  n  ; 
Oliver,  vi,  267  n ;  Renald  de, 
vi,  398  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  267  n, 
285,  356  n  ;  vii,  88,  107  ;  Rob. 
(de),  vi,  47  n,  271  n,  383  n, 
387  n,  398,  413  n,  414  w,  475  n, 
511  n;  Roesia  de,  vi,  389  n  ; 
Rog.  (de),  vi,  21  n,  47  n,  250, 
267  n,  268,  271,  388  n,  391  n ; 
Thos.,  vi,  191  n,  248  n,  342,  387, 
535  «  ;  vii,  32  n,  88  «  ;  Thurstan, 
vii,  152  ;  Will,  (de),  vi,  21  n, 
22  n,  251,  352  ;  vii,  47  «,  53  n, 
88  ;  — ,  vi,  408  ;  vii,  149  ; 
fam.,  vi,  246  n,  423 
Whalley  Abbey,  vi,  48,  49,  240,  241, 
245,  252,  264  w,  265,  298,  301, 
302 «,  303,  317  n,  325,  327  n, 
329,  330,  33i,  332,  339,  350, 
356,  357,  358,  363  «,  368  n,  375, 
381,  382,  383-6,  387 «,  391, 
394,  397,  4°3«,  43^ «,  438  n, 
446,  450,  494,  504  n,  505,  506  n, 
530,  554,  556,  56°;  vii,  8,  51, 
58,  83  n,  97,  174,  284  ;  abbots 
of,  vi,  121  n,  231,  349,  371  n, 
384,  389,  398,  412,  425,  443, 
451  »,  457  n,  458,  494  n,  496  «  ; 
vii,  42  «,  46,  55  n,  57  »,  i77»i 
184 ;  John  Paslew,  vi,  354, 
4T5,  495  >  Nich.  de  York,  vii, 
65 »  ;  Ralph,  vi,  250,  340, 
446  n ;  Rob.  de  Topcliffe,  vi, 
384 ;  ch.,  vi,  384  ;  mill,  vi, 
384  ;  prior  of,  vi,  354,  358  n 
Whalley  Field  (Little  Mitton),  vi, 

389 
Whalley    Nab,      vi,     325,     327  n, 

328  n,  339  n 

Whalley-Smythe-Gardiner,  Eliz.  J., 
vi,  387  n  ;  Sir  Jas.,  vi,  354,  387  ; 
Sir  Jas.  B.,  vi,  387  n  ;  Sir  John, 
vi,  406  n  ;  Sir  John  B.,  vi, 
387  n  ;  Rev.  John  M.,  vi,  387  n  ; 
Mabel  K.,  vi,  387  n ;  Rob., 
vi,  387  n;  Will.,  vi,  354 
Wharles  (Treales,  Roseacre  and 

Wharles),  vii,  150,  178 
Wharles,  Alan  de,  vii,  284  n  ;  Alex., 
vii,  136 «;  Alice  de,  vii,  281  «; 
Cecily  de,  vii,  284  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii, 
136  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  136  n  ;  Rog. 
de,  vii,  281  n 

Wharton,  tnshp.,  see  Warton 
Wharton,    Marg.,    vii,    53  ;     Thos., 

vii,   155  n;    see  also  Warton 
Wheatcroft  (Haighton),  vii,  125  « 
Wheate    (Wheat),    Eliz.,    vi,    152  ; 
Sir   Thos.,  vi,   153  «;    Will.,  vi, 
152. 

Wheatfield  (Bilsborrow),  vii,  331  H 
Wheat  Field  (Osbaldeston),  vi,  319 
Wheathead  (Barrowford),  vi,  542 
Wheathead  Height,  vi,  519 
Wheatholme  (Hackinsall),  vii,  260  « 
Wheatholme  Carr  (Hackinsall),  vii, 

260  « 

Wheatley  (Thornley  with  Wheat- 
ley),  vii,  20,  29  n,  32,  34  ;  char., 
vii,  26 

Wheatley,  man.,  vi,   232,   233  n 
Wheatley,  Higher  (Wheatley  Carr 

Booth),  vi,  520 
Wheatley,   Lower    (Wheatley   Carr 

Booth),  vii,  521 

Wheatley,  Upper  (Wheatley  Carr 
Booth),  vi,  521 


428 


INDEX 


Wheatley,  Ad.  de,  vii,  57  n  ;  Alice 
de,  vii,  57  n  ;  Jordan  de,  vii, 
34  n ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  57  n ; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  57  n 

Wheatley  Booth  (Barley  with 
Wheatley  Booth),  vi,  349,  518 

Wheatley  Carr  (Wheatley  Carr 
Booth),  vi,  520 

Wheatley  Carr  Booth,  vi,  230  n, 
349,  520-1,  537  n,  540  n  ;  mills, 
vi,  520,  521  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  521 

Wheatley  Laith  (Wheatley  Carr 
Booth),  vi,  520 

Wheatley  Lane  (Old  Laund  Booth), 
vi,  521 

Wheatley  Upper  Barn  (Wheatley 
Carr  Booth),  vii,  521 

Wheelcroft  (Wheelton),  vi,   49  n 

Wheelton,  vi,  3,  6  n,  37,  38  n,  47  n, 
49'5o>  58  n  ;  vii,  130  «;  Alex- 
ander House,  vi,  48  n  ;  char., 
vi,  10  ;  man.,  vi,  39,  41  n,  49  ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  50 

Wheelton,  Ad.  de,  vi,  49  «  ;  Aldrit 
de,  vi,  49  n  ;  Alex,  de,  vi,  49  n  ; 
50  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  49  n  ;  Amabel 
de,  vi,  49  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  49  n  ; 
Hen.  de,  vi,  49  n ;  Hugh  de, 
vi,  50  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  49  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  49  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
49  n  ;  Siegrith  de,  vi,  49  n 

Wheelton  Stocks  (Wheelton),  vi,  49 

Wheler,  Sir  Chas.,  vii,  112  n ; 
Dorothy,  vii,  H2» 

Whetelegh,  see  Wheatley 

Wheteleycarre,  Whetley,  see 
Wheatley  Carr  Booth 

Whinberry  Clough  (Goldshaw 
Booth),  vi,  516 

Whineroke,  riv.,  vi,  445  n 

Whinney  Edge  (Blackburn),  vi, 
244,  246  » 

Whinney  Heys  (Layton-with-War- 
breck),  vii,  248,  249 

Whinny  Clough,  man.  (Goosnargh), 
vii,  198 

Whipp,  Dorothy,  vi,  389  n  ;  vii, 
193  ».  322  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  558  n  ; 
John,  vii,  322  n 

Whitacre  (Chipping),  vii,  28  n,  29  n 

Whitacre  (Dilwortb),  vii,  53 

Whitacre  (Greenhalgh),  vii,  179^, 
180  »,  181  n 

Whitacre  (Ightenhill  Park),  vi, 
487  n,  489 

Whitacre  (Padiham),  see  Whitaker 

Whitacre  (Preston),  vii,  97  n 

Whitacre,  Nether  (Worsthorne) ,  vi, 
474  « 

Whitacre,  fam.,  see  Whitaker 

Whitacreley  (Whittingham),  vii, 
209  n 

Whitacresnape  (Hoghton),  vi,  37  n 

Whitaker  (Withnell),  vi,  48  n 

Whitaker  (Whitacre),  High  (Padi- 
ham), vi,  492,  493,  494 

Whitaker  (Whitacre),  Ad.  de,  vii, 
179  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  391,  467,  494  n  ; 
Anne,  vi,  482  n  ;  Bern.,  vi,  494, 
498  «  ;  Chris.,  vi,  391  n,  494  n, 
498  n,  499  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  391  n, 
453  n,  467  n,  482  n,  494,  498  n  ; 
Ellen,  vi,  443  ;  Felicia,  vi,  391  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  498  n,  499,  557  ;  Giles, 
vi,  410  n ;  Hen.,  vi,  391,  494, 
498  «  ;  Humph.,  vi,  498  n ;  Isabel, 
vi,  467  n,  494,  498  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 
153,  391,  438,  438  n,  439,  545  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  391,  405  n,  406, 
438>  438  n,  439,  447,  467  n,  477  «, 
493,  494,  494  «,  498,  498  n,  499, 
500 »,  515,  518,  552;  vii,  18, 
42  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  436 «,  494, 
498  «  ;  Lettice,  vi,  391  ;  Marg., 
vi,  391  n,  482  n,  492  «  ;  Margery, 


Whitaker  (cont.) 

vi,  498  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  467  n  ; 
Miles,  vi,  490  n,  494,  498,  499  n, 
503,  540  ;  Nich.,  vi,  391,  467  n, 
468  n,  482  n,  493  ;  Reg.,  vi, 
467  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  406,  445  n, 
459  n,  482  n,  486  n,  491,  494%, 
498  n,  499  n,  500  n,  515;  Rob. 
(de),  vi,  239  n,  447,  467  n,  468  n, 
482  n,  498  n,  499  n  ;  Rev.  Rob. 
N.,  vi,  334,  354,  355  n,  359; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  498  n,  499  n  ;  vii, 
28  n,  31  n ;  Sibyl,  vi,  391  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  391  n,  443,  443  n, 
459  n,  482,  486,  498  n,  499,  503  ; 
vii,  205,  330 ;  Thos.  D.,  vi, 
256,  257  n,  351,  354,  354  n' 

359,  479,  482,  486,  535,  541  «  '. 
Rev.  Thos.  H.,  vi,  482  n  ;  Rev. 
Thos.  T.,  vi,  426,  482  n,  535 ; 
Thos.  W.,  vi,  242  ;  Will,  (de),  vi, 

359  n,  467>  479,  482,  494  n 
179  n;  Rev.  — ,  vi,  333  n 
vi,  360  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  366  n 
also  Whittaker 

Whitbent  (Carleton),  vii,  229  n 

White  (Albi,  Whyte,  Wight),  Ad. 
the,  vii,  100  n,  279  n  ;  Agnes  the, 
vi,  104  n  ;  Ant.,  vii,  288  n  ;  Cath., 
vi,  478  ;  Chris.,  vii,  196  n,  292  n  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  535,  535  n  ;  Rev.  Hen., 
vi,  274  ;  Isabel,  vii,  279  n  ;  John 
(le,  the),  vi,  7,  8,  14  n,  145  n, 
242  ;  vii,  55  n,  85,  181  «,  279, 
279  »,  315;  Marg.,  vii,  288  n  ; 
Nich.,  vii,  278  n,  279,  288  n ; 
Pet.,  vii,  220,  224 ;  Rich.,  vi, 
358,  478;  vii,  25,  142,  298 «; 
Rob.,  vii,  131  n,  261  »,  315  ; 
Rog.  (the),  vii,  279  n,  282  n ; 
Sim.  the,  vi,  104  n ;  Thos.,  vi, 
486  n  ;  vii,  279  n  ;  Will,  (the), 
vi,  104  n,  280  n  ;  vii,  100  n,  279, 
297  n  ',  — ,  vi,  535  ;  fam.,  vii,  276 

White  Ash  (Oswald twistle),  vi,  405, 
407,  408 

White  Bear  (Adlington),  vi,  217 

Whitebirk  (Oswaldtwistle),  vi, 
346  »,  405 

Whitebirk  moss,  vi,  345 

White  Bull,  inn   (Ribchester),  vii, 

45 

White  Carr  (C'aughton),  vii,  326  », 

327  » 
Whitecarr    (Heath    Charnock),    vi, 

216  n 

Whitecarr  (Ribchester),  vii,  63  n 
Whitecarr   fall    (Quittarfall)    (Rib- 
chester), vii,  50  n,  56  n 
Whitechapel  (Goosnargh),  vii,  204 
Whitecroft  (Blainscough),  vi,  227  n 
Whitecross  (Hothersall),  vii,  63  n 
Whitefield  (Ingol),  vii,  134 
Whitefield  (Marsden),  vi,  540  » 
Whitefields  (Rufford),  vi,  120 
Whitehalgh,  see  White  Hough  and 

Whithalgh 
White  Hall  (Rawcliffe),  vii,  155*1, 

267,  271 
Whitehall  Park  (Over  Darwen),  vi, 

274 

Whitehead,  Ellen,  vii,  225  ;  Marg., 
vi,  51  n  ;  Ralph,  vii,  198  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  17  n,  161  ;  vii,  266,  271  n ; 
Rob.,  vi,  369  n  ;  vii,  190  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  114,  158,  161  ;  vii,  264  n, 
271  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  147  n  ;  vii,  190, 
204  ;  — ,  vi,  77  ;  vii,  292  n,  329  n 
White  Hill,  man.  (Goosnargh),  vii, 

195 
White  Hill  (Over  Darwen),  vi,  235, 

269 
White  Hough  (Barley),  vi,  518, 

519 
White  Hough  Water,  vi,  518,  519 

429 


Whitekar     (Great     Harwood),     vi, 

339  n 

White  Lea  (Goosnargh),  vii,  194 
White  Lee  (Higham),  vi,  513 
Whiteley  Carre,  see  Wheatley  Carr 

Booth 

Whiteley  Fall  (Dilworth),  vii,  52  n 
Whitendale,  riv.,  vi,  247 
Whiteridding  (Huncoat),  vi,  411  n 
Whiteshank,  John,  vii,  332  n 
Whiteside,  Alice,  vii,  131  n;  Edw., 
vii,  225  ;  Ethart,  vii,  242  n  ;  Geo., 
vii,  182  ;  Rich.,  vii,  131  n,  182  ; 
Rob.,  vii,  241  ;  Thos.,  vii,  131  n  ; 
Will.,  vii,  225,  24ij 
White  Stake  (Longton),  vi,  69 
Whitestanes,  Gilb.,  vi,  6  n 
White  Stoup  (Dutton),  vii,  34  n 
Whitesyke  (Come),  vi,  528  n 
Whiteton,  see  Weeton 
White  Walls  (Marsden),  vi,  536,  552 
Whitewell,  brook,  vii,  330  n 
Whitewell,  fam.,  see  Whitwell 
Whitewell  Bottom  (Newchurch),  vi, 

440 

Whitfield  (Cuerden),  vi,  24  n 
Whitfield,  Jas.,  vi,  147 
Whithalgh     (Barley),     see     White 

Hough 

Whithalgh  (Livesey),  vi,  285,  288  ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  288  ;  Rom.  Cath., 
vi,  289 

Whithalgh  (Whitehalgh),  Agnes  de, 
vi,  505  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  505  «  ; 
Amery  de,  vi,  505  n  ;  Hen.  (de), 
vi,  28  n,  288 ;  Isabel,  vi,  28  n, 
406  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  28  «,  285  n,  288, 
406  n,  408  n  ;  Janet  de,  vi,  28  n, 
288  ;  Joan,  vi,  288  ;  John  (de), 
vi,  288,  505  «  ;  Kath.,  vi,  28  «; 
Lawr.,  vi,  28  «,  288  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
28  «  ;  Margery,  vi,  28  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  28  «,  288,  406  «,  408  n  ;  Uriel 
de,  vi,  28  n,  288  ;  Will,  (de,  del), 
vi,  4  «,  24  n,  28  n,  288  ;  fam.,  vi, 
164,  263  n 
Whithalgh  House  (Whithalgh),  vi, 

288 
Whithern,  Thos.  Dalton,  bp.  of,  vi, 

384 

Whithill  (Wheelton),  vi,  49  n 
Whithoud,  Hen.,  vi,  200  « ;  Will., 

vi,  142 

Whitingham,  see  Whittingham 
Whitley,  Ellen  de,  vii,  131  «;  John 

de,  vii,  131  « 

Whitley  Beaumont  (Yorks.),  vi,  389 
Whitleycarr,     see    Wheatley    Carr 

Booth 

Whitleyford,  man.,  vi,  233  n 
Whitley-in -Haw booth  (Barley),  vi, 

519 

Whitlydale,  Ellis  de,  vii,  28  n 
Whitmore,  Dorothy,  vi,  94  «  ;  Geo., 

vii,  29,  35  n,  59,  113  «,  138 
Whitney,  Nich.,  vii,  236 
Whittaker  (Whittakers),  Harold  H., 
vi,  416  ;  Jas.,  vi,  437  ;  John  W., 
vi,   242  ;   Rob.    (Walt.),   vi,   88 ; 
see  also  Whitaker 
Whittam  farm  (Marton),  vii,  225 
Whitter  (Greenhalgh),  vii,  i8on 
Whittill,  Whittilles,  see  Whittle 
Whittingham,  vi,  21  «,  57  n,  58  n  ', 
vii,    90 «,    102  n,    112  n,    118  n, 
ngn,   120  n,   126  n,   143,   144  n, 
146  n,   156  »,   162  n,   166,   167  n, 
168  n,    174,    191,    194  n,    198  «, 
205,   207-13,   319  n;   mans.,   vii, 
207  ;    mill,    vii,    209  n,    212  n  ; 
Nonconf.,  vii,  213  ;  Rom.  Cath., 
vii,  213 
Whittingham,     Nether,     vii,     208, 

213 
Whittingham,  Over,  vii,  213 


A   HISTORY  OF   LANCASHIRE 


Whittingham  (Wittingham),  Ad. 
de,  vi,  164  n  ;  vii,  27  «,  201,  209, 
210,  278  «,  330  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vii, 
54  n,  210  n;  Alice  de,  vii,  27, 

209,  210  n,  328  n  ;  Aline  de,  vii, 

209  n,  210  ;  Amery  de,  vii,  209  n  ; 
Anne,  vii,  329  n  ;  Bimme  de,  vii, 
27  n>    3° n  '•    Bridg.,    vii,    107  M, 

210  ;  Cecily  de,  vii,  209  n,  210  n  ; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  209  ;  Chris,  de, 
vii,  125  n  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  210  n  ;  Ellen 
de,   vii,   268,    330  n ;    Geoff,   de, 
vi,  164  n  ;  vii,  31  n,  209,  226  », 
272  »,  278  n,  281  n,  330  n  ;  Gilb. 
de,  vii,  209  n  ;  Godf.,  vii,  211  n  ; 
Hawise    de,    vii,    209  n,    279  n, 
281  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,   164  n  ;  vii, 
204  n,   209  n,   211  n;   Isabel   de, 
vii,  27  n,  210  «,  328  n  ;  Joan,  vii, 
210 ;    John   de,   vii,    27 «,    30  n, 
54  «,  201,  208  «,  209,  210,  212  n, 
281  n,  283,  326  n,  328  «  ;  Marg., 
vii,  210  n,  328  n  ;  Margery  (de), 
vii,    209,    326  n ;    Maud   de,   vii, 
209  n,  210  «  ;  Nich.  de,  vii,  328  n  ; 
Paul,  vii,  210  n  ;  Rich,  (de),  vii, 
126,  208  n,  209,  210,  211,  213  n, 
279  n,  281  n,  320  n,  328  «,  329  n  ; 
Rob.    (de),   vii,   43,   62  w,    125 «, 
209  «,  210  «,  328  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vii, 
204  n,  209  n,  210  ;  Sim.  de,  vii, 
209  n  ;    Thos.    (de),    vii,    107  n, 
200  n,    203,    205,    208 «,    209  n, 

210,  211,     212  n,     213,     213  n, 
278 «,    329  n ;    Warine    de,    vi, 
164  n  ;  vii,  166  n,  207,  209,  281  «, 
282,  283  «,  284  «  ;  Will,  de,  vii, 
27  n,  28  n,  30  »,  60  «,  62  »,  204  n, 
208  w,     209,     210,     212  n,     268, 
272  «,  281  «,  325  »,  326  «,  328  w, 
330  »  ;  — ,  vii,  284  » 

Whittingham's     cross     (Barnacre), 

vii,  315  « 

Whittington,  Hen.  de,  vii,  228  n, 
229 »,  230,  231,  241  n,  321  ; 
Isoud  de,  vii,  229  n ;  Rob.  de, 
vii,  177  n 

Whittle  (Clifton),  vii,  163  n,  193  n 
Whittle,  Welch,  see  Welch  Whittle 
Whittle  (Whittill,  Whittilles),  Ad. 
de,  vi,  34 «;  Agnes  de,  vi, 
34  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  34  n  ;  Anne, 
vi,  515,  516 ;  Cecily  de,  vi, 
34  n ;  Chris.,  vi,  516 ;  Edw., 
vi,  221  «;  Ellen  de,  vi,  34 « ; 
Emma  de,  vi,  34  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi, 
34  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  21  »,  34  n, 
142  «,  171  n,  201  n  ;  Hugh  de, 
vi,  34  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  34  n, 
48,  50,  171  « ;  Jordan  de,  vi, 
173  n ;  Mabel  de,  vi,  33  n ; 
Margery  de,  vi,  34  n;  Nich.,  vi, 
142  n  ;  Oliver,  vi,  34  n  ;  Pet.  A., 
vii,  191  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  34 «, 
50  n  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  34  n,  173  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  34  n  ;  Thos.  (de),  vi, 
33  n,  34  n  ;  T.,  vi,  85  n  ;  Will,  de, 

vi,  33  n,  34  » 
Whittlefield    (Habergham    Eaves), 

vi,  454,  487 
Whittle  Green  (Welch  Whittle),  vi, 

203 
Whittle  Green  (Whittle -le -Woods), 

vi,  35  n 
Whittle-le-Woods,  vi,  3,  6  n,  32-6, 

37,  58  »;  vii,  273,  274  «  ;  char., 

vi,  10  ;  ch.,  vi,  36  ;  ind.,  vi,  32  ; 

man.,  vi,  33,  38,  39  !  Nonconf., 

vi,  36  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  36  ;  sch., 

vi,  36  ;  springs,  vi,  32 
Whittle  Water,  vi,  182 
Whitton,  vii,  126  » 
Whitwell  (Yorks.),  vi,  369,  370 
Whitwell  (Whitewell),  Rev.  Chris., 

vi,  334  I  Will-»  vii»  24 


Whitwham,  Bern.,  vi,  471  ;  Lawr., 
vi,  478 

Whitworth  (Button),  vii,  57  n 

Whitworth,  Jas.,  vi,  147  ;  Lettice, 
vi,  439  ;  Rich.,  vi,  438  n,  439  ; 
— ,  vi,  524  n 

Whorlaw,  vi,  454 

Whritynton,  see  Wrightington 

Whyman,  — ,  vi,  449 

Whyte,  see  White 

Whytenhull,  see  Withnell 

Whythill  in  the  Wode,  see  Whittle- 
le-Woods 

Wiatt  (Wyot),  Ad.,  vi,  374  ;  Guy 
de,  vi,  373  ;  Mary,  vi,  19  n  ;  Thos., 
vi,  19 »,  now,  164  n ;  see  also 
Wyatt 

Wich,  see  Wych 

Wicklesworth,  Avice  de,  vii,  65  n  ; 
John  de,  vii,  65  n 

Wicks,  Gilb.,  vii,  42  n 

Wicoller,  see  Wycoller 

Widdington,  Mrs.  J.  C.,  vi,  471  n 

Widdop  (Briercliffe),  vi,  552  ;  cross, 
vi,  469 

Widdrington,  Ld.,  vi,  460 

Widdrington,  Mary,  vii,  7  n  ;  Pere- 
grine, vii,  7  n 

Widetun,  see  Weeton 

Widow  Green  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469 

Wigan,  vii,  78,  79  n 

Wigan  (Wigans),  Ad.  de,  vi,  216  n  ; 
Beatrice  del,  vi,  216  «  ;  Cecily  de, 
vi,  216  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  216  n  ;  John, 
vi,  51,  216 ;  Marg.,  vi,  216  n  ; 
Rich,  (de),  vi,  216  n  ;  Thos.,  vi, 
now;  Will,  de,  vi,  216  n;  vii, 
79  n,  94  n,  99  n 

Wigan  Lane  House  (Standish  with 
Langtree),  vi,  192  n 

Wigans,  see  Wigan 

Wight,  see  White 

Wignall,  John,  vi,  116  n  ;  Thurstan, 
vi,  116  » 

Wikestubbing  (Gt.  Harwood),  vi, 
339 

Wilbraham,  Rich.,  vii,  224  n 

Wilcock  (Wilcocks),  John,  vi,  50, 
237  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  68  n  ;  vii,  32  n  ; 
Will.,  vi,  ii8w 

Wilcock  Acre  (Ingol),  vii,  134  n 

Wilcocks,  see  Wilcock 

Wilcockson,  Alice,  vii,  51  n  ;  Chris- 
tiana, vii,  260  n ;  Maud,  vii, 
260  n  ;  Will.,  vii,  260  n 

Wild,  Isabel,  vi,  34  n 

Wildbore,  Augustine,  vi,  64  n,  65  n  ; 
vii,  86,  298  ;  Eliz.,  vii,  273  ;  Jane, 
vi,  64  n  ;  Dr.,  vii,  273,  296  » 

Wilding,  John,  vi,  69 «,  73 «  ; 
Lewis,  vi,  69  n  ;  Rich.,  vii,  144  n  ; 
Thos.,  vi,  69  n,  ii8w;  fam.,  vi, 

73 

Wildman,  Maj.  John,  vii,  164  n 
Wile,  Will.,  vii,  43  w 
Wilfchristheland  (Read),  vi,  506  n 
Wilfrid,  St.,  vii,  72,  79  n,  82 
Wilkins,  Rich.,  vii,  144  n  ;  Thos.  R., 

vi,  70  n,  72,  154 

Wilkinson,  Chris.,  vi,  452  ;  vii,  29, 
55  n  ;  Edm.,  vii,  25  ;  Eleanor,  vi, 
27  »  ;  Ellen,  vi,  478  n  ;  vii,  29  w, 
36,  190  n,  329  n  ;  Gabriel,  vii, 
181  n  ;  Geo.,  vii,  75,  121  n  ;  Gilb., 
vii,  179  n  ;  Grace,  vii,  75,  103  »  ; 
Hen.,  vii,  213  n;  Jas.,  vii,  14; 
Rev.  Jas.  W.,  vi,  435  ;  Janet,  vii, 
329  n ;  John,  vi,  26  n,  27  n, 
447  n,  478  n  ;  vii,  36  «,  183  w, 
232  «,  283  n  ;  Lawr.,  vii,  126, 
329  n  ;  Marg.,  vii,  190  n,  213  n  ; 
Rich.,  vi,  473  ;  vii,  190  n  ;  Rob., 
vi,  517;  vii,  33  n,  34  n,  179  n, 
329  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  27  n  ;  vii,  190  n, 
238 »,  273,  329  n;  Thos.  J.,  vi, 

43° 


Wilkinson  (cont.) 

27  n;   Thos.   T.,   vi,   443;   Will., 
vii,  183  n  ;  — ,  vi,  512  n 

Willacy  (Willasey),  Rob.,  vii,  218  ; 
Tbos.,  vii,  289  n 

Willacy's  tenement  (Elston),  vii,  90 

Willasey,  see  Willacy 

Will  croft  (Whittingham),  vii,  209  n 

Willeriddings  (Dutton),  vii,  57  n 

William,  vi,  475  n,  503,  506,  552  n  ; 
vii,  48  n,  84,  94  n,  131  n,  179  n  ; 
the  baker,  vii,  254  n  ;  the  carpen- 
ter, vi,  205  n  ;  vii,  98  n  ;  the  chap- 
lain, vi,  i8ow,  181  «;  vii,  146  n  ; 
the  clerk,  vi,  253  ;  vii,  63  n, 
i8on,  192  n,  254  w,  324  n  ;  the 
cook,  vii,  189  n  ;  curate  of  Low 
Chapel,  vi,  299  ;  the  fisher,  vi, 
1 66  n  ;  the  greve,  vi,  21  n  ; 
the  harper,  vi,  60  n,  347  n, 
457  n  ;  the  marshal,  vi,  377  ; 
the  mercer,  vi,  14  n ;  the 
monk,  vii,  238  n ;  the  mustard- 
maker,  vi,  372 ;  the  palfrey- 
man,  vii,  i6ow;  the  parker, 
vi,  472  n  ;  the  parson,  vi,  177  w  ; 
the  porter,  vi,  365  n  ;  prior  of 
Pontefract,  vi,  546  n  ;  rector  of 
Garstang,  vii,  297,  308  n  ;  the 
reeve,  vii,  130  n ;  the  sauser, 
vii,  117  n  ;  of  Savoy,  rector,  vii, 
264  ;  the  tailor,  vii,  98  n,  107  n  ; 
the  villein,  vii,  115  n  ;  the  ward, 
vii,  27  n 

Williamcroft  (Lea),  vii,  130% 

Williams,  Bennett,  vii,  245  ;  Edw., 
vi,  431  «  ;  John,  vi,  23 

Williamson,  Hen.,  vii,  92  n  ;  Mary, 
vi,  34  n  ;  Nich.,  vi,  34  n  ;  vii, 
92  n 

Willis,  Anne,  vi,  215  n  ;    Dan.,  vi, 

215  n;     Rich.,   vi,   215;     Thos., 
vi,  215,  215  w,  217 

Willisill  (Hapton),  vi,  458 
Willisill,   Edw.,   vi,    538  n  ;     Hen., 
vi,  540;    Jas.,  vi,  468  n,  493  n, 
494  »  ;    John,  vi,  468  «  ;    Thos., 
vi,  54° 

Willison,  see  Wilson 
Willock,  Rev.  Borlase,  vi,  344 
Willoughby,      Esther,     Lady,     vi, 

216  n;    Lds.,  vi,    229  n  ;    Chas., 
vi,  2i6w;  Hugh,  vi,  216  n 

Willoughby,  Walt.,  vi,  459 
Willows  (Kirkham),  vii,  150 
Wills,  Gen.,  vi,  290  ;   vii,  77,  104  n 
Willworth  (Little  Harwood),  vi,  251 
Willy  Moor,  vi,  536,  548 
Willy  Moor  Clough  (Trawden),  vi, 

552 
Willy  Moor  Hill  Nook  (Trawden), 

vi,  552 

Wilmescroft   (Dutton),   vii,   54  n 
Wilmescrofte-walle    (Dinckley),  vi, 

336 

Wilpshire,  vi,  222,  235,  334-6, 
393  n,  421,  555  n  ;  vii,  29  w  ; 
man.,  vi,  232,  335  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 
336 

Wilpshire,  Ad.  de,  vi,  335  ;  Dav. 
de,  vi,  335,  335  n  ;  Gilb.  de 
vi,  335  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  335,  511  n 
Rich,  de,  vi,  335  ;  Rob.  de,  vi 
335,  511  n;  Sim.  de,  vi,  335 
Siward  de,  vi,  335  ;  Swain  de 

vi,  335 

Wilpshire  Moor,  vi,  334 
Wilpshireregge       (Wilpshire),      vi 

335  ** 

Wilshers  (Tarleton),  vi,  ii6w 
Wilson  (Willison),  Anne,  vi,  444 
Anne  S.,  vi,  322,  323  n  ;  Dan.,  vi 
286,  323  n  ;  Edw.,  vi,  176  n 
vii,  121  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  286,  54OW 
vii,  225 ;  Ellen,  vi,  540  n 


INDEX 


Wilson  (cont.) 

Geo.,  vi,  322,  323  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 
go  n,  541  n  ;  Hen.  F.,  vii,  121  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  539  n  ;  Jas.,  vi, 

539  n,  544  ;    Rev.  John,  vi,  283  ; 
John,    vi,    52,    177,    538  n,    54°, 
542  «,    544  ;     vii,    200  n  ;     John 
W.     R.,    vii,     121  ;    Lawr.,     vi, 

540  n ;       Martha,      vi,      530  n  ; 
Matth.,  vi,  530  n  ;    Rich.,  vi,  36, 
36  n,    176  n,    i8ow,    237?*;     vii, 
46  n,    48  n  ;     Rob.,    vii,    330  n  ; 
Rog.,  vi,  323  n,  535  ;    vii,  48  n  ; 
Rog.  C.,  vii,  87,  88  ;    Thos.,  vi, 
169  n,     176  n,     279,     371,     558  ; 
vii,     275  n ;      Will.,     vii,     200  ; 
W.  W.  C.,  vii,  87  ;   Mrs.,  vi,  288  ; 
— ,  vi,  524  n  ;    vii,  193  n  ;    fam., 
vi,  252  n  ;    vii,  262,  263 

Wilson-Patten,     Eliz.,     vii,     308  ; 

Ellinor,    vii,    308 ;     Emily,    vii, 

307  n  ;     Eustace   J.,   vii,    307%; 

John,  vii,   300,   307,    308,    310 ; 

John    A.,    vii,    307  n ;    see    also 

Patten 

Wilstrop,  man.  (Yorks.),  vi,  421  n 
Wilton,  Thos.,  vi,  283  ;    Walt,  de, 

vii,  240  n 
Wimark    (Wimarca),     d.    of    Ad., 

vii,  282  n  ;  w.  of  Ailsi,  vi,  317  n 
Wimark     (Wymark),     Edw.,     vii, 

333  » 
Wimarke-riding    (Clayton-le-Dale) , 

vi,  258  n 
Wimbish,      Frances,      vi,      459  n  • 

Mary,  vi,  459  n 
Wimerleg,  see  Winmarleigh 
Wimode,  Wimot,  see  Wymot 
Winchester,     bps.     of,     vii,     84  n, 
376  n  ;    Aymer  de   Valence,   vii, 
146  n ;       Steph.     Gardiner,      vi, 
1 60  n 

Winckley  (Aighton),  see  Winkley 
Winckley  (Winkedley,  Winkley), 
Ad.  de,  vi,  267,  314,  317  ;  vii, 
4  n,  13,  281  n,  323  n  ;  Agnes  de, 
vi,  267 ;  Alex,  de,  vii,  4,  13 ; 
Alice  de,  vi,  266,  267  ;  Amery  de, 
vii,  13,  1 6  ;  Anne,  vii,  14  «,  18, 
90  n;  Ant.,  vii,  14,  18  ;  Cecily 
(de),  vii,  13,  14  n ;  Edw.,  vi, 
294 ;  Eliz.,  vi,  328 ;  Ellis  (de), 
vii,  4,  13  n  ;  Frances,  vii,  112  n  ; 
Geoff.,  vii,  14 ;  Hen.  (de),  vii, 

13,  14  n,    323  n  ;     Isabel    (de), 
vi,  294,  365  n  ;   vii,  13,  14  ;  Jane, 
vii,  14  ;  Joan,  vii,  13  «,  14,  56  n  ; 
John  (de),  vi,  266,  266  n,  267  ; 
vii,  13,  102  n,  in  «,  112  n,  123  n, 

322  n,  323  n  ;    Jonathan,  vii,  36  ; 
Jordan  de,  vi,  365  n  ;    Kath.  de, 
vii,    323  n  ;     Marg.    (de),  vii,  13, 

13  n,    14,     322 « ;     Margery  de, 
vii,  13;    Martha,  vi,  172^;    vii, 

14  n  ;    Matilda  (Maud)    (de),  vi, 
267,  506  n  ;    vii,  13  ;    Nich.,  vii, 

14,  go  n,  322  «  ;    Rich,   (de),  vi, 
420,  506  n  ;  vii,  13,  321  n,  322  n, 

323  n  ;    Rob.  de,  vii,  13  ;    Rog., 
vi,    172  n  ;     vii,    14,    18,    56  n  ; 
Rosamond,  vi,    294  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  236  n,  294,  298  n,   318,   328, 
389  w;     vii,    13,    13  n,    14,    89  n, 
in,     112,     112  n ;      Will,     (de), 
vi,  237  n,  294  ;    vii,  4,  13,  13  n, 
14,  16 

Winckley's  Place  (Catterall),  vi,  420 

Winder,   Edm.,    vi,   256-7  ;    John, 

vi,    256 ;    vii,    164  n ;    Rob.,    vi, 

256  ;    Rev.  Thos.,  vi,  318  ;  Will., 

vi,  490 

Windhills  (Bowland),  vi,  380  n 
Windle  (Windhill,  Windhull,  Wyn- 
nel),  Ad.  de,  vi,  469  ;  Agnes  de, 
vii,  45  n  ;  Alan  de,  vii,  45,  45  n  ; 


Windle  (cont.} 

Alice  (de),  vi,  76,  471  n  ;  Amabel 
de,  vii,  45  ;  Avice  de,  vi,  476  n  ', 
Geoff.,  vi,  470  n,  476  n,  477  n  ; 
Geo.,  vi,  490  n ;  Hen.  de,  vi, 
469,  477  n  ;  John  (de),  vi,  470  n, 
471  n,  474  n,  475  n,  476  n,  477  n  ; 
Maud  de,  vi,  469  n ;  Rich,  de, 
vi,  469  n,  471  n ;  Rob.  de,  vi, 
471  n  ;  Rog.  de,  vi,  477  n  ;  Will, 
(de),  vi,  474  n,  475  w,  476  », 
477  n 

Windle  House  (Briercliffe),  vi,  469, 

470 
.  Windress,  Will.,  vii,  304  n  ;  — ,  vii, 

305  n 

Windsor,    Sir  Will,   de,   vii,   62  n  ; 

Will,  de,  vii,  62  n 
Windy  Bank  (Newchurch),  vi,  437 
Windybank,  Ad.  de,  vi,  291  w 
Winemenke,  John,  vi,  253  « 
Winewall     (Trawden),     vi,     233  n, 

463  n,  548,  549,  552  ;  bridge,  vi, 

551  ;  ind.,  vi,  548  ;  quarries,  vi, 

548 

Winewall  Water,  vi,  551 
Wingham     (Wengham),    Hen.    de, 

bp.,  vii,  146  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  84 
Wingives  Holme  (Clayton-le-Dale), 

vi,  258 

Winkedelega  (Aighton) ,  see  Winkley 
Winkedley,  fam.,  see  Winckley 
Winkley  (Aighton),  vii,  I,  13,  14 w; 

mill.,    vii,    14  n ;    prehist.   rem., 

vii,  2 

Winkley,  fam.,  see  Winckley 
Winkley  Hall  (Aighton),  vii,  14 
Winkley 's    Place     (Catterall),    vii, 

323  « 
Winmarleigh,  vii,  288  «,  291,  293, 

305-8,  309,  317%;  ch.,  vii,  308; 

ford,  vii,  308  n  ;  man.,  vii,  303  n, 

306  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vii,  310 
Winmarleigh,   John,  Ld.,  vii,   300, 

307,  308,  310 

Winmarleigh,  Alice  de,  vii,  306  n  ; 
Avice  de,  vii,  254  n,  306  n ; 
Christiana  de,  vii,  306  ;  Greg,  de, 
vii,  254  n,  306  n  ;  Hugh  de,  vii, 
306  ;  Joan  de,  vii,  306  ;  John  de, 
vii,  306  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vii,  306  n  ; 
Rob.  de,  vii,  254  n,  306,  306  «  ; 
Rog.  de,  vii,  306  ;  Thos.  de,  vii, 
306  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  306  n 

Winmarleigh  House  (Winmarleigh), 
vii,  307 

Winmerly,  see  Winmarleigh 

Winstanley,  Alice  de,  vi,  197  n ; 
Edw.,  vii,  65  ;  Fran.,  vii,  181  ; 
John,  vii,  181  ;  Margery,  vii,  65  ; 
Pet.,  vii,  181  ;  Rob.  de,  vi,  197  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  97  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  27  n  ', 
vii,  1 6  ;  Will.  A.,  vii,  16 

Winter,  Aug.  M.,  vi,  55  ;  Will.,  vii, 
79  n 

Winter  Hill  (Tockholes),  vi,  275, 
280,  284 

Winwick,  John  de,  vi,  87  «  ;  Maud 
(de),  vii,  166  n,  167 »,  207  n, 
233  n,  282  n,  323  «  ;  Rob.  de, 
vii,  232,  233  ;  Walt,  de,  vii, 
323  «,  325  n,  328  n,  330  n  ;  Will, 
de,  vii,  166  n,  167  n,  207  n, 
282  n,  323  n  ;  fam.,  vi,  93  n 

Wirksworth  (Derb.),  vii,  80 

Wise,  Thos.  le,  vii,  24 

Wiseman,  Rob.,  vi,  189  n 

Wiswall,  Wiswalle,  fam.,  see  Wis- 
well 

Wiswell  (Wisewell),  vi,  349,  356  n, 

357,  396-9,  417,  507,  513  I 
char.,  vii,  20  n  ;  cross,  vi,  396  ; 
grange,  vi,  398  ;  man.,  vi,  396  ; 
mill.,  v',  397  n  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 
399  ,'  quarry,  vi,  396 ;  Rom. 

431 


Wiswell  (cont.) 

Cath.,    vi,    399 ;    sch.,    vi,    399  ; 

tumulus,  vi,  396 
Wiswell    (Wiswall,    Wiswalle),    Ad. 

de,  vi,  279  n,  397  n,  398  n,  556  n  ; 

Anne,    vi,    99  n  ;    Cecily   de,    vi, 

398  n  ;  Ellis  de,  vi,  398  n  ;  Emot 

de,  vi,  398  n  ;  Gilb.  de,  vi,  398  «  ; 

Hen.  de,  vi,   397  n,  398,   398  n  ; 

John,  vi,  99  n  ;  Margery  de,  vi, 

398  n  ;  Rich,  de,  vi,  397  «,  398  n  ; 

Rob.  de,  vi,  397  n,  398  n,  556  n  ; 

Swain  de,  vi,  398 
Wiswell  Eaves   (Wiswell),   vi,   396, 

397  n,  399  » 
Wiswell    Hall    (Wiswell),    vi,    398, 

399 
Wiswell  Moorhouses   (Wiswell),  vi, 

396 

Wiswell  Shay  (Wiswell),  vi,  396 
Witchcraft,  vi,  361,  492,  515,  520, 

537,  542 
Witch's     Stone     (Woodplumpton), 

vii,  285 

Witekerbrook,  riv.,  vii,  52  n 
Witesstanes     Furlong     (Lea),     vii, 

132  n 
Withalgh,  see  Whithalgh  and  White 

Hough 

Withens  (Clitheroe),  vi,  368  n 
Withens  (Croston),  vi,  95  n 
Withenslack    (Habergham    Eaves), 

vi,  457 

Withinbutts  (Colne),  vi,  525  n 
Withinenge  (Pendleton),  vi,  393  n 
Withington,  see  Weeton 
Withinhead    (Welch    Whittle),    vi, 

203  n 
Withinlache     (Button),    vii,    43  n, 

54  « 
Withinlache,   Rich,   de,   vi,   499  n  ; 

Will,  de,  vi,  499  n 
Withinreap  (Thorley),  vii,  34  n 
Withnell,    vi,    3,    6 «,    36  n,    39 «, 

47-9  ;    vii,    126  «  ;    ch.,  vi,   49  ; 

man.,  vi,  41  n,  47  ;  Nonconf.,  vi, 

49  ;  Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  49 
Withnell,  Ad.  de,  vi,  38  n,  47  n,  48, 

48  «,  49  n  ;  Agnes  de,  vi,  47  «  ; 

Alan  de,  vi,  49  n  ;  Amery  de,  vi, 

47  n  ;    Hen.   de,   vi,    38  n,   47  n, 

48  n  ;   John  (de),  vi,  47  n,   149  ; 
Margery     de,     vi,     47  n,     49  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi.  47  n,  49  n  ;  Rog.  de, 
vi,    37  n  ;    Thos.    de,    vi,    49  n  ; 
Will,  de,  vi,  47  n,  48  n,  49  n 

Withnell  Fold  (Withnell),  vi,  47 
Withnell     House     (Withnell),     vi, 

48  n 

Withnell  Mill  (Withnell),  vi,  49 
Withroom  (Layton),  vii,  250  n 
Withull,  see  Welch  Whittle 
Witingheham,      Witingeheim,      see 

Whittingham 

Witley  House  (Trawden),  vi,  551 
Wittandefot,  see  Walkandfot 
Witte    (Wittie),    Edm.,   vi,   201  «  ; 

Emma,     vi,     201  n ;     Hen.,    vi, 

201  «  ;      Margery,      vi,      201  «  ; 

Ralph,  vi,  88  n  ;  Will.,  vi,  201  n  ; 

fam.,  vi,  200 

Wittingham,  see  Whittingham 
Witton,  vi,  235,  263-6  ;  vii,  34  »  ; 

ch.,  vi,  265  ;  man.,  vi,  264 
Witton,  John  de,  vi,  264  ;  vii,  187  ; 

Rich,  de,  vi,  264  ;   Rog.  de,  vi, 

409  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  285  n  ;  — ,  vii, 

123 

Witton  Hall  (Witton),  vi,  264 
Witton  Park  (Witton),  vi,  263 
Witton  Stocks  (Blackburn),  vi, 

263 

Wivers  (Clitheroe),  vi,  366 
Wlfiet,  vii,  217  n 
Wlgarheved,  vii,  325  n 


A  HISTORY   OF  LANCASHIRE 


Wlipschyre,    Wlipscire,    Wlipshire, 

see  Wilpshire 

Wlveley,  brook,  vii,  330  n 
Wodacre,  see  Wedacre 
Wode,  see  Wood 
Wodebridde,  Ad.,  vii,  166  n  ;  Alice, 

vii,  1 66  « 

Wodeplumpton,  see  Woodplumpton 
Woderofe,  see  Woodroffe 
Woderowe   (Wooderowe),  Ad.,  vii, 

n6n  ;  Alex.,  vii,  116  n  ;  Amabel, 

vii,  116  n 
Wolf,  vi,  475  « 
Wolf,  Will.,  vi,  357,  358 
Wolf  age  (Northants),  vi,  195 
Wolfenden    (Newchurch),    vi,    434, 

437-8,  439  » 
Wolfenden,  Ad.,  vii,  265 
Wolfenden  Booth  (Newchurch),  vi, 

233  »,  437  :  mill,  vi,  438  ;  sch., 

vi,  441 

Wolferichscales  (Clitheroe),  vi,  366  n 
Wolferstone,  see  Wolverton 
Wolfet,  see  Wolset 
Wolfgeat,  vi,  65 
Wolfhall  (Chipping),  vii,  26,  27 
Wolfhamdene,  see  Wolfenden 
Wolfhouse,  see  Wolfhall 
Wolflet,  see  Wolset 
Wolfshaw,  see  Wilshers 
Wolf  Stones  (Colne),  vi,  230,  524  n, 

55i 

Wolf  sty  Fell,  vi,  230 

Wolfsykes  (Oswaldtwistle),  vi,  405  n 

Wolfwin,  vi,  53  n 

Wolleshagh,  see  Walshaw 

Wollo,  John,  vi,  528 

Wolpitgreave,  Margery  de,  vi,  480 

Wolset  (Welsett,  Wolfet,  Wolflet, 
Wylsett),  Geo.,  vii,  25,  25  n,  42 

Wolstenholme,  Jas.,  vi,  129 

Wolton,  Jas.,  vi,  395  n;  John,  vi, 
395>  395  n  >  Ranald,  vi,  395  n 

Wolvemoor,  Alan  de,  vi,  170*1; 
Alice  de,  vi,  170  n 

Wolverden  (Marsden),  vi,  539  n 

Wolverton  (Wolferstone),  Chas., 
vii,  178  n  ;  Edm.,  vii,  178  n  ; 
John,  vii,  178  ;  Rob.,  vii,  178  n 

Wolvetscholes  (Clitheroe),  vi,  366  n 

Wombwell,  John,  vi,  92  n 

Wood  (Wode),  Ant.,  vi,  227  n ; 
Chas.,  vi,  468  n  ;  Elias,  vi,  331  ; 
Emma  del,  vi,  270  n ;  Geo,  vi, 
180  n  ;  Hen.  del,  vi,  15  n ; 
Isabel,  vii,  5  n  ;  Jas.,  vi,  458  n  ; 
John  (del),  vi,  52,  270  n  ;  Mar- 
gery del,  vii,  31  n  ;  Randle  del, 
vii,  328  n  ;  Rich,  (del),  vi,  227  n, 
343,  447  n  ;  vii,  328  n  ;  Rob.  del, 
vi,  15  n  ;  Walt,  del,  vii,  328  n  ; 
Sir  Will.,  vi,  493  n  ;  Rev.  Will., 
vi,  414  ;  Will,  (del),  vi,  416  ;  vii, 
31  n,  123  n,  328  n  ;  see  also  Boys 
and  Woods 

Woodacre,  see  Wedacre 

Woodcock,  Ad.,  vi,  27  n ;  Alex., 
vi,  298  n  ;  Alice,  vi,  27  n,  291  n  ; 
Dorothy,  vi,  27  n  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  22  ; 
Fran.,  vi,  27  n  ;  Gilb.,  vi,  26  n, 
291  n  ;  Hugh,  vi,  60  n,  69  n  ; 
Jas.,  vi,  237  n ;  vii,  120 « ; 
Ven.  John,  vi,  27  ;  John,  vi,  3  n, 
26  n,  27,  27  n,  28,  237  n,  282, 
288,  296,  298  n  ;  vii,  55  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  24  n,  26  n,  27  n  ;  vii,  120  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  24  n,  26  n,  27  »  ;  Rog., 
vi,  24  n,  26  n  ;  Seth,  vi,  5  «,  7, 
177  n  ;  Thos.,  vi,  23,  26  n,  27, 
28,  77  ;  Will.,  vi,  24  n,  26  n,  27, 
65,  282,  288  ;  fam.,  vi,  36 

Woodcock  Hall  (Cuerden),  vi,  27,  28 

Woodcock  Holme  (Pleasington),  vi, 
267* 

Woodcock's  charity,  vi,  148 


Wood    Crook    (Whittingham),    vi, 

313  ;  vii,  44  n,  go  n 
Wooderowe,  see  Woderowe 
Woodfields  (Aighton),  vii,  i,  13  n 
Woodfold  Hall  (Mellor),  vi,  261 
Woodfold   Park    (Mellor),    vi,    261, 

303 

Woodhey  (Shevington),  vi,  173  n, 
201  n 

Woodholme  (Preston),  vii,  79  n, 
97  n,  100  n 

Woodhouse,  Alice,  vii,  182,  272  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vii,  234  n  ;  John  (de),  vi, 
369  n  ;  vii,  182,  272  n  ;  Pet.,  vii, 
182,  234  n  ;  Sarah,  vii,  182  ; 
Walt,  de,  vii,  41  ;  Will.,  vii,  182 

Woodiraw  (Hap ton),  vi,  510  n 

Woodley  (Walton),  vi,  296 

Wood  Newton,  Barth.  de,  vi,  127  n 

Woodnook  (Accrington),  vi,  423 

Woodplumpton,  vii,  90 »,  117, 
i2o«,  129,  135,  150  n,  159  M, 
173  n,  174,  200,  253  n,  260,  261  n, 
264  n,  272  n,  282  n,  284-91,  325  n ; 
char.,  vii,  267 ;  ch.,  vii,  289 ; 
man.,  vii,  285  ;  mill,  vii,  287  n, 
288 n;  Nonconf.,  vii,  291 ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  291  ;  sundials,  vii,  290 

Woodplumpton,  brook,  vii,  285, 
289 

Woodplumpton,  Amuria,  vii,  172  n  ; 
Marg.,  vii,  172  n  ;  Quenilda,  vii, 
172  n  ;  Rich,  of,  vii,  97  n  ;  Rog. 
of,  vi,  103;  vii,  97  «,  172  » 

Woodroffe  (Woderofe,  Woodroff, 
Woodruff),  Chris.,  vi,  303  n  ; 
Isabel,  vi,  444  «  ;  Janet,  vi,  491 ; 
Jenet,  vi,  444  n  ;  Joan,  vi,  468  n  ; 
John,  vi,  151  n,  298  n,  303  «, 
407,  444  n,  447,  447  n,  459  n, 
468  «,  471,  473  »,  475  «,  477  «, 
491  ;  Rich.,  vi,  303  n,  444  n, 
445,  468  «,  519  ;  vii,  55  n  ; 
Rob.,  vi,  28  M,  303,  444  n,  445  n, 
468  n  ;  Thos.,  vii,  82  n 

Woods,  I.,  vii,  290  ;  John,  vii,  297  ; 
Rev.  — ,  vi,  128,  333;«  ;  see  also 
Boys  and  Wood 

Woodscales   (Thornley),   vii,   26  n 

Woodscholes,  John  del,  vii,  35  n  ; 
Rob.  del,  vii,  35  n 

Woodsfold  (Woodplumpton),  vii, 
285 

Woodslac   (Kirkland),  vii,  313  n 

Woodstow  House  (Chipping),  vii, 
26  n 

Woodward,    Ad.    the,    vi,    143  n 
Alex.,    vi,    200  n,    202,    202  n 
Amery    (the),   vi,    143  n,   227  n 
Eliz.,   vii,    107  n,   213  «;     Ellen 
vi,     179  n  ;      Ellis,     vi,     140  n 
Hen.  the,  vi,  227  n  ;    Hugh,  vi 
182  n,  202  n  ;     John,  vi,   202  n 
Nath.,       vii,        213  n  ;       Ralph 
vi,    202  n  ;     Randle,    vii,     223 
Rich.,  vi,    179  n  ;    Rob.  (le),  vi, 
7,   14  «,   15  n  ;    vii,  97  n  ;    Rog. 
(the),     vi,     140  n  ;      vii,     97  n  ; 
Will,  (the),  vi,  133  «,  140,  140  n, 
143  «,  227  n  ;    vii,  107  n 

Woollen  manuf.,  vi,  434,  436,  437, 
442  ;  vii,  7 

Woollin,  John,  vi,  242,  243 

Woorowe  (Clitheroe),  vi,  367  « 

Worcester,  Jas.  Fleetwood,  bp.  of, 
vi,  59  n 

Worden  (Leyland),  vi,   10,   12,  57, 

63 

Worden,  fam.,  see  Werden 
Worden  Hall   (Leyland),  vi,   12  n, 

14 

Worden  Old  Hall  (Leyland),  vi,  14 
Workedel,  see  Worsley 
Worlington,  see  Worthington 
Wormeleve  (Huncoat),  vi,  410  n 

432 


Wormley  Eaves  (Marsden),  vi,  539  n 
Wormstall,    Marg.    de,    vii,    17  n  ; 

Will,  de,  vii,  17  » 
Wormstall  Bottom   (Trawden),  vi, 

551 

Worple  hills,  vi,  252  n 
Worsaw  End  (Worston),  vi,  373 
Worsley  (Workedel),  Agnes,  vi, 
555  n  ;  Alice  (de),  vi,  559  ;  vii, 
227  n;  Anne,  vi,  94  n  ;  Cecily  de, 
vi,  112  n;  Eliz.,  vi,  555  n  ;  Ellen 
de,  vi,  112  n;  Hen.  (de),  vi,  194  n, 
376,  521,  559  n  ;  vii,  227*1; 
Isabel,  vi,  555  n  ;  Jas.,  vii,  25  n  ; 
Jenet,  vi,  96  n  ;  Joan  (de),  vi, 
194  n>  376>  528  n,  559  n  ;  vii, 
269  n  ;  John,  vi,  376,  555  n, 
559  n  ;  vii,  269  n  ;  Kath.,  vii, 
280  ;  Marg.  (de),  vi,  96  «  ;  vii, 
329*1;  Maud  (Matilda),  vi, 
315  n  ;  vii,  226  n  ;  Rich.,  vi, 
376,  463,  555  n,  559  n ;  vii, 

226  n  ;   Sir  Rob.,  vi,  39  n  ;   Rob., 
vi,  315  n,  376,  555  n,  559,  559  n  ; 
vii,     263  n,      265  «  ;      Seth,    vi, 
94  «  ;     Thos.,    vi,    96  n,    191  n  ; 
vii,     280 ;      Thurstan     de,     vii, 
329  n  ;  — ,  vi,  376  n 

Worsley-Taylor,  Hen.  W.,  vi,  331, 
387 

Worsthorne  (Worsthorne  with 
Hurstwood),  vi,  349,  356  M, 
418,  441,  442,  443,  447  n,  450, 
453  n,  454,  459,  4^9,  473-8; 
chs.,  vi,  478 ;  man.,  vi,  232, 
444,  474  ;  mill,  vi,  477  n ; 
Nonconf.,  vi,  478  ;  Rom.  rem., 

vi,  474 
Worsthorne,    Ad.     de,    vi,     397 «, 

474  n,  475  n  ;  Alex,  de,  vi,  474  n, 

475  «,    477  n  ;     Dolphin    de,    vi, 
475  n  ;   Gilb.  de,  vi,  397  n,  474  «, 
475  n  ;      Hen.     de,     vi,     397 «, 

474  n,     475  n  ;      John     de,     vi, 

475  n  ;      Matth.    de,    vi,    475  «, 
477  n  ;      Nich.     de,     vi,     475  n  ; 
Osbert  de,   vi,   475  n  ;    Pet.   de, 
vi,  475  «  ;   Reynold  de,  vi,  475  n  ; 
Rich,  de,  vi,  475  n,  485  n  ;    Rob. 
de,  vi,  474  n,  475  n,  477  n,  481  ; 
Siward   de,   vi,   481  ;     Thos.   de, 
vi,     475  n,     485  n  ;      Westmund 
de,  vi,  475  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  475  n 

Worsthorne  Hall  (Worsthorne),  vi, 
476 

Worsthorne  Wood  (Worsthorne) , 
vi,  477  n 

Worston,  vi,  232,  349,  356  n,  372  n, 
373-5,  3?6  n,  392 »,  552,  553, 
555  ;  ch.,  vi,  361,  375  ;  man., 
vi,  361  n,  373,  489  ;  man.  house, 
vi,  233  n,  374  ;  mill,  vi,  374 

Worston,  Ad.  de,  vi,  373,  373  n  ; 
Guy  de,  vi,  373  ;  Hugh  de,  vi, 

374  n,    375  n  '•     Ido    (Wido)    de, 
vi,  373  n  ',    Ralph  de,  vi.  374  n, 

375  n  ;    Will,  de,  vi,  375  n 
Worston  Common,  vi,  374  n,  379  n 
Worston  Greyne  (Worston),  vi,  374 
Worswick,  Eliz.,  vii,  239  n  ;    Rich., 

vii,  239  n  ;    Rob.,  vii,  239  n 
Worthington,  vi,  182,  187  «,  222-4  ; 

man.,  vi,  222  ;  mill,  vi,  183 
Worthington,  Agnes  (de),  vi,  198  M, 
220  n,  227  n  ;  Alan  de,  vi,  223  n  ; 
Alex.,  vi,  202  n  ;  Alice  de,  vi, 
223  «,  227  n  ;  vii,  44  n  ;  Anne, 
vi,  220  «,  228  «  ;  vii,  278  n  ; 
Earth.,  vii,  89  n ;  Chris.,  vi, 
136  «,  220  n  ;  vii,  233  n  ; 
Dionysia  de,  vi,  223  n  ;  Dorothy, 
vi,  220  n,  228  n,  410  ;  Edw.  (de), 
vi,  185,  208,  223  n,  224,  227, 

227  n;    vii,  144,  i8on;    Eleanor 
de,  vi,  227  n  ;    Eliz.,  vi,  202  n  ; 


INDEX 


Worthington  (cant.) 

Ellen  de,  vi,  223  n,  228  n ; 
Emma  de,  vi,  201  n  ;  Gilb.  de, 
vi,  227  n  ;  Hen.  de,  vi,  212  n, 
223  n,  227  n  ;  Hugh  (de),  vi, 
131  «,  223,  225  n,  228  n  ;  Isabel 
(de),  vi,  77  n,  227  n  ;  Jas.  (de), 
vi,  227  n  ;  vii,  233,  278  n  ; 
Jane,  vi,  223  n ;  Joan  de,  vi, 
134-5,  218  M,  219  n,  220  n,  227  n  ; 
vii,  233  n  ;  John  de,  vi,  208  n, 
223,  227  n,  283  «  ;  Kath.  de, 
vi,  227  «  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  213,  217  n, 
220  »,  227  n  ;  vii,  180  »  ;  Mabel 
de,  vi,  209  n,  218  n,  219  «,  223  n  ; 
Marg.  (de),  vi,  106  n,  202  n,  226, 

228  n  ;  vii,  236  ;  Matth.,  vi, 
114,  237  n ;  vii,  291;  Nich. 
(de),  vi,  182  n,  198  «,  202,  218  n, 
219*1,  223,  227*1;  Pet.  (de),  vi, 

176  n,  227,  227  n,  229,  285  n  ; 
Ralph  de,  vi,  227  n  ;  Rev.  Rich., 
vi,  344  ;  Rich,  (de),  vi,  72  n, 
106  n,  182  n,  208  «,  223  »,  224  «, 
226,  227,  227  n,  228 t»,  229, 

229  n,  285  »,  343  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi, 
3  n,  193  n,  201  w,  202  n,  209  », 
222,  223  n,  227  »,  241  n  ;  Thos. 
(de),  vi,  77  n,  136  n,  219  n, 
220  n,  222,  223,  223  n,  224,  227, 
227*1,  228,  229  n,  301,  410; 
vii,  174  n,  233 »,  236  ;   Will, 
(de),  vi,  77  n,  135,  182  n,  209  n, 
212  n,  218 «,  219  n,  222,  223, 
223  «,  225  n,  226  n,  227  «,  228, 
228  n,  311  n  ;  — ,  vi,  122  n,  416, 
426 

Worthington  Hall  (Worthington), 

vi,  183,  223 
Worthington  House  (Brindle),  vi, 

77  n 

Worton,  Tom,  vi,  322  n 
Wower,  John  le,  vii,  160  n  ;    Will. 

le,  vii,  1 60  n 

Wra,  the  (Blainscough),  vi,  227  n 
Wra,   Wraa,   fam.,   see   Wray  and 

Wrea 

Wrampool  (Pilling),  vii,  333  n 
Wray     (Weeton-with-Preese),     vii, 

177  n 

Wray,  Geo.,  vii,  151  n ;  see  also 
Wrea 

Wrdeston,   see  Worsthorne 

Wrea  (Ribby-with-Wreal,  vii,  149**, 
157-8,  160  n,  163  n,  171,  173  n, 
184  ;  man.,  vii,  157 

Wrea  (Wra,  Wraa),  Ad.  de  (del), 
vii,  157  n,  158;  Agnes  de,  vii, 
157  n  ;  Gerard  de,  vii,  157  «  ; 
Hen.  del,  vii,  98  n  ;  John  de, 
vii,  157  n;  Jordan  del,  vii,  157  n; 
Marg.  de,  vii,  157  n  ;  Margery  de, 
vii,  157  n  ;  Rich,  del,  vii,  98  n, 
157  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  157  n  ;  see 
also  Wray 

Wrea  Green,  see  Wrea 

Wrennall,  Hugh,  vi,  177  ;  Rich., 
vi,  177  n  ;  Rog.,  vii,  205 

Wrichtington,  Wrictinton,  see 
Wrightington 

Wridelesford,  John  de,  vi,  471  n  ; 
Samson  de,  vi,  471  n 

Wrigan,  Oliver,  vii,  138  n 

Wright,  Alice,  vi,  402  n  ;  Anne,  vi, 
31  n  ;  Benj.,  vii,  165,  205  ;  Rev. 
Chas.,  vii,  10  n  ;  Cecily,  vii,  29  n  ; 
Eliz.,  vi,  311  «  ;  Ellen,  vi,  35  n, 
402  n  ;  Ellis,  vi,  96  n  ;  Fran.,  vi, 
31  n  ;  Geo.,  vi,  317  n  ;  Hen. 
(the),  vi,  35  n,  201 «,  237  n, 
311  n  ;  vii,  29  n  ;  John  (the),  vi, 
31,  128  ;  vii,  291,  328  n  ;  Kath., 
vi,  14  n;  Mary,  vi,  311  n  ;  Rich., 
vi,  557 ;  Rob.  (the),  vii,  328 «, 
402  n ;  Rog.,  vi,  55  ;  Thos.,  vi, 


Wright  (cont.) 

95 n,  31?  n ;  Will.,  vi,  22  «, 
201  n  ;  vii,  26  n,  147  n 
Wrightington,  vi,  38  n,  68  n,  155, 
169-78  ;  vii,  53  n,  157  n,  193  n, 
274n>  321  »;  char.,  vi,  90  n, 
91  n,  161  ;  ch.,  vi,  169,  178  ;  man., 
vi,  169,  547  ;  Nonconf.,  vi,  178  ; 
Rom.  Cath.,  vi,  178 
Wrightington,  Ad.  de,  vi,  101  «, 
171  «;  Agnes  (de),  vi,  171  «, 
332  ;  Alex,  (de),  vi,  171  «,  172  n  ; 
vii,  222  »  ;  Alice  de,  vi,  171  n  ; 
Amb.  de,  vi,  171  n,  177  n ; 
Anne,  vi,  172  ;  Bern,  ^de,  vi, 
171  n  ;  Sir  Edw.,  vi,  *"  172  n, 
186 ;  Edw.,  vi,  177  n,  200  n, 
293  n ;  Ellen  de,  vi,  171  n ; 
Geoff,  de,  vi,  169 «,  170  n,  171, 
199  n,  201  n,  203,  204  n  ;  Hen. 
de,  vi,  101  n,  171  n ;  John,  vi, 
171,  172,  172  n,  175 «,  176%, 
201  «,  202  n,  204  n  ;  vii,  222  «, 
224 «  ;  Kath.  de,  vi,  171  n  \ 
Mabel  de,  vi,  171  n  ;  Marg.,  vi, 
171  n  ;  Mary,  vi,  172  n  ;  Rich, 
de,  vi,  170  n,  171  n,  174*1, 
222  n  ;  Rob.  (de),  vi,  170  n,  171, 
171  n,  174  n,  199  «,  204  »,  206  n  ; 
Rog.  de,  vi,  171  n  ;  Thos.  (de), 
vi,  155,  171,  171  n,  177,  177  n, 
204*1,  227  n  ;  vii,  119  n;  Will, 
de,  vi,  101  n,  171  n,  172  n  ;  vii, 
224 
Wrightington  Hall  (Wrightington), 

vi,  172,  181  n 
Wrigley,  Jos.  H.,  vi,  371 
Writhisthorn,  see  Worsthorne 
Written    Stone    Farm    (Dilworth), 

vii,  51 

Writtyngton,  see  Wrightington 
Wroe   (Wrooe),  Cecily,  vii,   158  «  ; 
Mary,  vi,  413  n  ;  Pet.,  vii,  158  n  ; 
Rev.   Rich.,  vi,  413  ;   Rich.,  vii, 
74  n,  298,  299  ;   Rev.  Thos.,  vi, 
413  n  ;  see  also  Rowe 
Wrstincton,  see  Wrightington 
Wrtheston,  Wrthiston,  see  Worston 
Wryghtington,    Wrythinton,   Wry- 
thtynton,  Wrytinton,  see  Wright- 
ington 

Wulnesbooth,  Rich,  de,  vii,  58  n 
Wursthorn,  see  Worsthorne 
Wurston,  Wurtheston,  see  Worston 
Wurthington,  see  Worthington 
Wyardburn   (Wyarde  Burn)   (Dut- 

ton),  vii,  57  n,  58  n 
Wyatt,    Lewis,    vi,    25 ;    see    also 

Wiatt 

Wych  (Wich),  Ad.  (de,  del),  vii, 
79  n,  101  n  ;  Alice  del,  vii,  101  n  ; 
Ellen  del,  vii,  101  n  ;  John  (de, 
del),  vi,  60  n  ;  vii,  92  n,  94  n, 
101  n ;  Marg.,  vi,  267 ;  Rog. 
(de,  del),  vi,  267  ;  vii,  92  n,  101  n 
Wycoller  (Trawden),  vi,  523,  548, 

549,  552 

Wycoller,  Nether  and  Over  (Traw- 
den), vi,  233  «,  549 
Wycoller,  brook,  vi,  548,  551 
Wycoller  Causeway,  vi,  544  n 
Wycoller  Hall  (Trawden),  vi,  549 
Wyke,  Edw.,  vi,  146  « 
Wylot,  Ad.,  vi,  7 
Wylpshire,  see  Wilpshire 
Wylsett,  see  Wolset 
Wyman,  Rob.,  vi,  189 
Wymark,  see  Wimark 
Wymcock,  Edw.,  vii,  259  n 
Wymerlay,  see  Winmarleigh 
Wymmen,  fam.,  vi,  471 
Wymondeslegh,    Ellen,  vi,  485  n  ; 

John  de,  vi,  485  n 
Wymondhouses      (Pendleton),      vi, 
392,  394,  396,  4l6  n 

433 


Wymondhouses        (Wymundhamj, 
John  de,  vi,  394  ;  Mary  de,  Joan, 
d.   of,   vi,   394  n;   Ralph  de,   vi, 
546  n  ;  Will,  de,  vi,  394 
Wymott  (Hutton),  vi,  66  n 
Wymott     (Wymoth),     brook,     vi, 

67  n,  108 

Wymott  Moss  (Hutton),  vi,  67  «,  68 

Wymundehus,        Wymundeshoues, 

Wymundham,     Wymundhouses, 

see  Wymondhouses 

Wynant,   Hen.,   vi,   215  n;   Ralph, 

vi,  215  n 
Wyndebonkfeld      (Walton-le-Dale) , 

vi,  290 

Wynermerisle,  see  Winmarleigh 
Wynhalgh  (Welch  Whittle),  vi,  204% 
Wynhart,   Alice,   vii,   58  n  ;   Thos., 

vii,  58  n 

Wynkydele,  see  Winkley 
Wynnel,  see  Windle 
Wynnemerley,  see  Winmarleigh 
Wynniva,  d.  of  Godwin,  vii,  45  n 
Wynomerislega,  see  Winmarleigh 
Wynwell,  see  Winewall 
Wyot,  see  Wiatt  and  Wyatt 
Wyre,  riv.,   vii,   68,   70,   129,    139, 
143,    181,   182  »,    183,    186,    188, 
190,  219,  220,  270,  273,  276,  300, 
311  ;  fishery,  vii,  274  n 
Wyresdale,  Nether,  vii,  182,  269  n, 
270,  272  n,  291,  292,  293,  300-5, 
313 ;    char.,    vii,    300 ;    ch.,    vii, 
304  ;  man.,  vii,  271,  292  n,  296, 
300,  305  n,  309,  317  ;  mills,  vii, 
302  «  ;  Nonconf.,  vii,  304  ;  Rom. 
Cath.,  vii,  304,  305  n  ;  sch.,  vii, 
305 
Wyresdale  Court  (Wyresdale),  vii, 

318  n 

Wyresdale    Park    (Nether    Wyres- 
dale), vii,  304 
Wyreside  (Nether  Wyresdale),  vii, 

304 

Wysewale,  see  Wiswell 
Wythenull,  see  Withnell 
Wytheton,  see  Weeton 
Wythineheved   (Gt.  Harwood),  vi, 

339 

Wythinton,  see  Weeton 
Wythyn-greve  (Eccleshill),  vi,  279  n 
Wythull,  see  Whittle-le-Woods 
Wytingham,  see  Whittingham 


Yallam  Bridge  (Trawden),  vi,  551 

Yarburgh,  see  Yerburgh 

Yarrow,  riv.,  vi,  18,  81,  91,  108, 
129,  162 

Yarrow  Bridge  Hotel  (Chorley),  vi, 
129 

Yarrowdale,  Will,  de,  vi,  131*1; 
vii,  3 

Yarsmoor  (Stalmine),  vii,  252  n 

Yate,  tnshp.,  see  Yate  Bank 

Yate  (Porta,  Yates),  Ad.  (atte,  del), 
vi,  485  n,  511*1;  Anabel  atte, 
vii,  63  »  ;  Anne,  vi,  141 ;  Dyke  del, 
vi,  480  ;  Eliz.,  vi,  261  ;  Geoff.,  vi, 
216  n;  Geo.,  vi,  273;  vii,  255; 
Giles,  vi,  273,  274  ;  Hen.  del,  vi, 
511*1;  Jas.,  vi,  273,  274,  280*1; 
Joan  del,  vi,  511*1;  John  (del), 
vi,  272  n,  274,  280  n,  480 ;  vii, 
192  n  ;  Lawr.,  vi,  277  n  ;  Lydia, 
vi,  i5on,  151  n;  Maghull 
(Maile),  vi,  261  ;  Rich,  (del),  vi, 
127  n,  280*1,  481*1,  511*1;  vii, 
192  n  ;  Rob.  (atte),  vi,  273,  274  ; 
vii,  63  n  ;  Sam.,  vi,  141  ;  Thos., 
vi,  150*1,  151*1,  284  n,  495; 
Tristram,  vi,  495  ;  Will,  (atte), 
vi,  158,  161,  261,  273,  274,  277  n, 
280  n  ;  vii,  63  n  ;  W.  C.,  vi,  161  , 

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Yate  (cow/.) 

— ,  vi,  235  «  ;  vii,  322  ;  fam.,  vi, 

246  n 
Yate  Bank  (Yate  and  Pickup  Bank), 

vi,  230  n,  235,  280 
Yatefield   (Habergham  Eaves),  vi, 

467 

Yates,  fam.,  see  Yate 
Yealand,  Ad.  de,  vii,   146  n,   172  ; 
Alice   de,   vii,    172  n ;    John   de, 
vii,  134  n  ;  Will,  de,  vii,  134  n 
Yellow  Hill  (Pleasington),  vi,  266 
Yelverton,  Sir  Hen.,  vii,  75 
Yeomans  (Briercliffe),  vi,  470 
Yerburgh  (Yarburgh,  Yerde burgh), 


Yerburgh  (cont.) 

Elma  A.,  vi,  261  ;  John  de,  vii, 

41,  85;  Rob.  A.,  vi,  261  ;  Mrs.. 

vi,  252 

Yngtonthintill  (Garstang),  vii,  316  n 
Yolrungegreve,  vii,  69 
Yombergh,  Thos.  de,  vii,  92  n 
Yordrawes,     Ad.     de,     vii,     52  n ; 

Margery  de,  vii,  52  n  ;  Thos.  de, 

vii,  52  n 
York,  vii,  69 
York,  archbps.  of,  vi,   555  n  ;  vii, 

83  «,    84  n,    128  n,    297,    303  n  ; 

Walt,   de   Grey,  vii,  146  ;   Thos., 

vii,  218  n  ',  Thurstan,  vii,  218  n  ; 


York  (cont.) 

Tobias  (Toby)  Matthew,  vii,  14  : 

Jas.  Harrington,  dean  of,  vi,  321 
York,  John,  vii,  85  ;  Nich.  de,  vii, 

65  n;  Thos.,    vi,    375;  Will,  de, 

vii,  146,  151  n 
Yorker,  — ,  vi,  543  n 
Young,  Arch.,  vi,  432  ;  Brigham,  vi, 

74  n  ;  Ellen,  vii,  88  n  ;  Hen.,  vi, 

52  ;  John,  vi,  80,  518  ;  vii,  88  n, 

224  ;  Maud,  vii,  88  n 
Yowcles,  riv.,  vii,  270  n 


Zechariah,  brook,  vi,  251 


434 


CORRIGENDA 

Vol.  VI,  page  19,  note  2,  line  10,  for  '  p.  361  '  read  '  p.  65.* 

„  „  29,  line  5,  for  '  Laylonschire  '  read  '  Leylondshire.' 

„  ,,  436,  4  lines  from  end,  for  '  south-east '  read  '  south-west.' 

„  ,,  440,  line  4,  for  '  internal  '  read  '  external.' 

„  ,,  44&,  line  i,  for  '  13  ft.'  read  '  18  ft.' 

,,  ,,  75b,  line  26,  for  '  Howarth'  read  '  Haworth.' 

„  ,,  76,  note  15,  for  '  Charles  William  Compton  '  read  '  Charles  Compton  William.' 

,,  ,,  900,  line  8,  for  '  souls  '  read  '  soul.' 

,,  ,,  1580,  line  9  from  end,  for  '  1827  '  read  '  1829.' 

,,  ,,  232,  line  22,  for  '  Birtwistle  '  read  '  Birtwisle.' 

,,  ,,  268,  note  24,  for  '  her  cousin  '  read  '  Mary  Butler's  cousin.' 

„  ,,  3156,  line  7,  for  '  then  '  read  '  afterwards.' 

,,  ,,  3i6a,  line  35,  for  '  Osbaldeston  '  read  '  Balderston.' 

,,  ,,  317^,  line  5  from  end,  for  '  Major  '  read  '  Captain.' 

,,  ,,  3260,  line  10,  delete  '  the  homes  of  the  Blackburn  Orphanage  ...  in  this  township.' 

„  33i«,  line  25,  for  '  the  present  owner  '  read  '  who  sold  it  to  the  Lancashire  Inebriates  Board.' 

,,  3386,  line  5,  for  '  All  Springs  '  read  '  Allsprings.' 

,,  ,,  3410,  line  4,  for  '  youngest  son  '  read  '  third  son." 

,,  3410,  line  6,  for  '  leaving  daughters  .  .  .  (Mrs.  David  Howell)  '  read  '  without  issue,  and  was 
succeeded  by  Helen  (Mrs.  Trappes-Lomax)  daughter  of  his  youngest  brother 
Thomas  and  Helen  Mary  Maxima  (Mrs.  David  Howell),  daughter  of  Mary 
(Mrs.  W.  F.  Segar)  daughter  of  the  same  Thomas  Lomax.' 

,,  3436,  line  47,  for  '  Herns  '  read  '  Herries.' 

,,  4196,  line  17  from  end,  for  '  Thomas  Grimshaw  '  read  '  Thomas  Lomax.' 

,,  „  4340,  line  24,  for  '  Crawshall  '  read  '  Crawshaw.' 

..  ,,  500,  note  38,  line  38,  for  '  great-grandmother  '  read  '  second  wife  of  great  grandfather. 

..  559,  note  18,  for  '  Alice  '  read  '  Anne.' 

Vol.  VII,  page  30,  note  40,  line  45,  for  '  Galland  '  read  '  Gallard.' 
„  ,,     136,  note  78,  line  12,  for  '  Valentine  '  read  '  Henry.' 

.,  ,,     1426,  line  25,  for  '  Shilleto  '  read  '  Shillito.' 


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