BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



MITTON (PART OF) 



The following is a list of the rectors, who have 

 lince 184.1 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); 1 817, Charles Plowden ; 1819, Joseph 

 Tristram; 1827, Richard N orris ; 1832, Richard 

 Parker; 1836, James Brownbill ; 1839, Francis 

 Daniel; 1 84 1 , Andrew Barrow ; 1845, R. Norris (2) ; 

 1846, Henry Walmesley ; 1847, Richard Sumner ; 

 1848, Francis Clough ; 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. 1 * 4 



WINKLE}' was part of the Hospitallers' estate in 

 Aighton and Bailey, which was treated as part of their 

 manor of Stidd." 5 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 21. a year and the third part of their 

 chattels at death. 198 These estates appear to have 

 been consolidated later, a rent of \s. being paid. 



The descent can be traced only with uncertainty. 

 In 1 246 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, Osbcrt 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 

 1 292. 203 Richard son of Robert dc Winkley and 

 Amery widow of William de Winkley were concerned 

 in other pleas of the same year ** ; but Robert was 

 dead in 1 294, 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. 104 



Adam de Winkley was in 1318 pardoned for his 

 adhesion to Thomas Earl of Lancaster. 206 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.* 08 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. 807 

 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, 809 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. 213 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.- 15 

 John died in or before I443, 216 and in 1447 Thomas 



l>4 Taken from Stonyhurtt Chronology. 



" Plac. at Qua Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375. 

 A lilt of the tenant! in 1609 hai been 

 preserved by Kuerden (MSS. ii, foL I 326). 

 It includei in Aighton Thomai Winkley 

 paying 41., Edward Loude 6J. ; in 

 Chaigley, Richard Aughton I zd. ; in 

 varioui placet, Richard Shireburnr, pay- 

 ing 1 u. 6</. in all, of which turn (til. wai 

 for a moiety of Bailey Hall. 



fTinUy Family (1863), by William 

 Winkley, jun., quoting 'title deedi of 

 Mr. Weld, 1861.' Ellii ton of Alexander 

 de Winkley, probably Adam'* brother, hai 

 been mentioned in the text (at Stony- 

 hurst) ai living before 1209; Adam de 

 Winkley and John hit ion are named in the 

 charter to Ellii. Robert de Mitton early 

 in the I 3th century gave landi to John 

 and to Adam tons of Adam de Winkley, 

 viz. to the former all the land of Haracki 

 (Horrocki) at a rent of i 2</., the rent 

 paid in later timei for Woodfields ; and 

 to the latter land adjoining, Bradhurtt 

 and ita brook occurring in each charter, 

 and Ackhurit clough being named ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 672, 654. 

 Geoffrey Dean of Whalley and Robert hit 

 on atteited the former charter ; Ralph 

 rector of Mitton and Jordan hi* ion the 

 latter. 



Eva daughter of Ralph de Aighton 

 releaied to Richard ion of Adam de 

 Winkley all her claim in half an oxgang 

 of land which Ellii ion of Alexander had 

 formerly held; ibid. no. 6ei. Among 

 the witnesses were Jordan ion of Rilph 

 the rector and N it holai hii brother. Thia 



release was probably the cloie of a long- 

 itanding diipute, for as early ai 1231 Eva 

 daughter of Ralph de Aighton made claimi 

 againit Adam de Winkley and otheri ; 

 Cat. Pat. 1225-32, pp. 446, 522. 



'" DD, no. 656. The boundi began 

 at the head of Radwell ford, followed the 

 thread of Ribble a* far ai the middle of 

 Longflat, and by varioui linei to the 

 itaiting-point. Land called Thuwei and 

 Morton brook are named. 



Robert de Manneby wai prior in 125 1 

 and 1262 ; Dugdale, Man. Axgl. vi, 799. 



lw DD, no. 655. The boundi began 

 at Horrockford and went down the 

 Hodder and Ribble to Longflat, acrou the 

 meadow to Blakeayke and the lower head 

 of Heiceteley, then by the carr and 

 Simonscroft to Hamelin'i land and Raven 

 ridding ai far ai the Stony way ; by thii 

 to the Hodder. 



"* Asiize R. 404, m. 5 d. John de 

 Winkley (perhapi the ion of Adam) gave 

 landi to hit ion Robert, the mill on the 

 Hodder being mentioned ; DD, no. 671. 



"" Anize R. 404, m. 5 d. Other 

 Winkleyi are named ibid. m. 2, 1 1, 1 1 d., 

 14. The name hai many ipellingi 

 Winkedelega, Wynkydele, &c. Winckley 

 wai the uiual form of the surname in 

 the 1 7th century. 



101 Auize R. 1238, m. 35 i alio De 

 Banco R. 31, m. 93. 



I0 * Auite R. 408, m. 32, 94. 



** Ibid. m. 6, 32 d. Richard ion of 

 Adam de Winkley ii also named ; ibid, 

 m. 77 d. 



*" Assize R. 1299, m. 14 ; Adam had 



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been in the service of Robert de la Garde 

 at Warwick. William'i widow wai named 

 Amery. She was plaintiff in 1 304 (De 

 Banco R. 149, m. 63 d.), and againit the 

 widow and daughter of Henry de Winkley 

 in 1311; ibid. 189, m. yd. In 1321 

 Margaret widow of another William de 

 Winkley and of Robert Atte Hall claimed 

 a messuage, &c., againit Margaret widow 

 of Adam Banaitre ; ibid. 240, m. 20. 



M4 Cal. Pat. 1317-21, p. 230. 



" DD, no. 649, 663. Though Adam 

 wa heir of John de Winkley, another 

 on John tucceeded to Pleaiington (see 

 the account of that manor), and in I 344 

 there wai some disputing between the 

 brother!; Auize R. 143$, m. 34. 



107 DD, no. 644. Adam ion of John 

 de Winkley wai defendant in a Great 

 Mearley claim in 1331 ; Aisixe R. 1404, 

 m. 1 8. 



X" Exck. Lay Subi. (Rec. Soc. Linci. 

 and Chei.), 79. 



* DD, no. 648. In the lame year 

 John de Winkley wai defendant in * 

 Great Mcarley claim ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Anize R. I, m. iij ; 2, m. vj. 



'10 De Banco R. jSi.m. 1 10 d. ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Aiiite R. 3, m. ij. William de 

 Boston, vicar of Mitton, wai called to 

 warrant. '" DD, no. 658. 



'" Cf. De Banco. R. 444, m. 9 d.; 450, 

 m. 214. 



*> DD, no. 670, fl< Ibid. no. 662. 



' Ibid.no. 660-1. 



" Ibid. no. 673 5 hii widow Joan 

 agreed with her ton at to dower, Margery, 

 widow of Adam, being still alive. 



