114 THE OWNERS OF SHALLCROSS. 



We append an abstract of the Colonel's Will, dated April 6th, 

 1672, proved December 6th, 1673 : — 



To be buried in Taxall Churchyard where my ancestors have been buried. 

 To Edward Downes of Shrigley, Gent, and Elizabeth his wife, my 

 daughter, ;^5o ; and to every child ;^io. To Thomas Higginbotham, of 

 Buglawton, co. Chester, gent., my son in law, and to my daughter 

 Frances, his wife, £40, and to every child XX nobles. Residue of lands, 

 leases, goods, chattels, &c., unto my son and heir-apparent, Richard 

 Shallcross, the sole executor. 



He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, 



Richard Shallcross (xvl), of shaiicross, or shaw- 



crosse of Shawcrosse,* baptized at Taxal February ist, 163^. 

 He was admitted to Gray's Inn November 12th, 1650, as his 

 father's son and heir. Here he probably met Roger Rowley " de 

 hospicio Grayensi," whose daughter he married. He would 

 appear to have been concerned at an early period in his gallant 

 father's affairs, as may be noticed in the letter, 1652 {supra), and 

 if he be identical with the following : — f 



No. 27. The petition of Richard Shalcross, for discharge from the 

 extraordinary tax,+ set on lands mentioned in deeds recited in the petition, 

 referred to the Major-General and Commissioners for co. Derby, to settle 

 the matter at their next full meeting. Approved 8 Jan. 



He was Surveyor of the North Duchy of Lancaster and Bailiff 

 of the High Peak. Either he or his father, or perhaps his 

 son, issued a copper token, still extant, § in connection with 

 his coal mines. Sir John Evans describes it as especially 

 interesting (see illustration). 



Richard's generosity is engraven in brass in the school 

 at Buxton : " A gift by Richard Shallcross, of Shallcross Hall, 

 of ;^5 towards the establishment of the Grammar School, 1674." 

 He was made a justice for the county July 17th, 1675. He 

 appears to have purchased the land of the Heathcotes|| in 



*Add. MSS. 6668, f. 39. 



+ Cal. of State Papers, 1656-7, Jan. i. 



X The decimation tax, against which Humph. Shallcross petitioned for 

 discharge, 1656 (see under John, X.). An arbitrary measure, carried 

 out by Major-Gen. Henry Bradshaw, brother of the President (they were 

 connections of Col. Shallcross). 



§ Glover, vol. i., 274; Heliquary, vol. vi., p. 150; Boyne's Tokens, 

 p. 46. 



il The Heatlicotes of Taxal, 1666-1775 (Earwaker, ii, 543). 



