A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



same way as Stonyhurst 35 until 1831, when it was estates in Ribchester, including Hoghton, 38 Single- 



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sold to Joseph Fenton of Rochdale, and it has since 

 descended with Button. 36 



A manor of Ribchester is named among the 

 Osbaldeston estates in i6z$. 37 



A number of the neighbouring landowners had 



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 1 3th century. 43 John Boys died in 

 July 1551 holding three messuages and various lands 



86 In 1593 the manor was settled on 

 Richard Shireburne (ion 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. Si. 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 

 are extant from 1821 only. 



Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 107, 

 m. 36. Sir Edward Osbaldeston, John 

 his son 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 Boathouscfield 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 I5</. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, 

 00.64. His son William held itin 1573 

 of Robert Lynalx by a rent of i6J. ; 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. 16. 



"> Thomas Southworth of Samlesbury 

 in 1432 held a messuage of John Lynalx ; 

 Lanes. Intf. f.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 

 Clitheroe 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. 18, 31 d. 



Disputes afterwards arose between the 

 Blackburn and Clitheroe families j Assize 

 R. 1299, m. i6d. ; De Banco R. 152, m. 

 89. S also Final Cone, ii, 64 ; Lanct. 

 Ing. 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. 16 1. John Talbot had 

 made several purchases ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdles. 37, m. 64 ; 39, m. 72 ; 40, 

 m. 1 06. 



n 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 

 son 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 dc Ribchester 

 sought four messuages, 26 acres of land, 

 &c., against his elder brother Henry (a 

 minor), William de Livesey and William 

 son of Robert de Osbaldeston, alleging a 

 grant from his father, and succeeded ; 

 Assize R. 424, m. 2 d. 



Roger son of William de Ribchester 

 gave land in Turnley to his son Richard ; 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, R. 9. Richard son of 

 Roger Willison in 1331 claimed land (by 

 grant of one Simon) against John son of 

 Richard Franceys and Amery his wife 

 (tenants in right of Amery, who was 

 sister and heir of Simon), and against 

 Adam son of Richard Franceys ; Assize 

 R. 1404, m. 26. 



Simon son of Richard son of Ellis de 

 Ribchester made a grant to Henry Moton ; 

 Add. MS. 32107, no. 368. Diana widow 

 of Adam son of Simon released her dower 

 in certain land to William son of Richard 

 de Ribchester, who had purchased the 

 land from her daughters Margery and 

 Maud ; Kuerden fol. MS. 357. The seal 

 bore the inscription s' IORDA . . CLERICI. 

 John son of Richard son of Simon occurs 

 in 1340, when he gave lands to Roger de 

 Elston and Amabel his wife for life ; 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, R. 9. Roger son of 

 Roger de Elston was plaintiff in 1346, 

 Robert son of Robert Moton being de- 

 fendant ; Assize R. 1444, m. 7. The Elston 

 family occur later ; Kuerden, loc. cit. 



Uctred son of Warine de Ribchester 

 gave land in Shippenley to Adam son of 

 Ellis de Ribchester ; ibid. Richard son 

 of Adam de Hurst in 1313 gave a moiety 

 of his land between Bolingbrook and 

 Shippenley Clough to William son of 

 Uctred de Ribchester; Add. MS. 32106, 

 no. 869. The grantee afterwards (1314) 

 gave his capital messuage (lying in Rib- 

 chester between John de Preston's land 

 and the Brendeyerd) to Henry son of 

 Beatrice de Kuerden ; ibid. no. 456, 

 fol. 323. William son of Uctred was 

 living in 1342 ; ibid. no. 260. 



Thomas son of Orm in 1285 sought 

 a messuage and an oxgang of land against 

 Robert son of Ellis de Ribchester ; De 

 Banco R. 60, m. 83 d. The same Thomas 

 gave to Roger de Turnley a toft near 

 Shippenley Clough in 1316; Add. MS. 

 32106, no. 428, fol. 318. 



Cecily daughter and heir of Richard 



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on of William Atkokson in 1341 gave 

 to Henry dc 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 outlane from 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 j 

 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 j ibid. 

 357. Percival Ribchester and Robert his 

 brother occur in 1443-4 ; ibid. 87. In 

 1447 Perciral gave land in the place called 

 Shorten to Robert Halgh ; Add. MS. 

 32106, no. 269. It may be added that 

 Robert Halgh gave his lands to John 

 Talbot of Salesbury as trustee, and that 

 the latter's son John in 1 474 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 1542 gave his son 

 Richard the reversion of a house tenanted 

 by Robert Ribchester the elder, brother 

 of grantor ; ibid. 3 | >7' From an indenture 

 of 1 5 88 it appears that Robert Ribchester's 

 lands, after two transfers, were acquired 

 by John Dewhurst ; 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 dc 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 Avicc 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 dc 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 Ribchester 

 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 



