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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 1 763 

 the manor was offered for sale, 37 but seems to have 

 been retained in the family till the end of the cen- 

 tury. 3 * 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." The Hall was rebuilt in 

 1856 in a plain modern Gothic style on the site of 

 the old house 39> 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 



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into the wall of one of the outbuildings on which 

 are the arms of Hothersall, together with the initialt 

 T-H- and the date i695. Mb 



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 Js. thegnage 

 rent was always paid by the Hothersalls. In 1610 it 

 was purchased by John Dewhurst from Sir Richard 

 Hoghton and Kathcrine his wife, 41 and in 1621 

 William Dewhurst was found to have held messuages 

 and lands in Hothersall of the king in socage. 4 * 



An ancient estate in this part of the township was 

 . that of the Bradleys of Thornley, 44 descending to the 



iii, 204, from ind-jrd Roll of Geo. I at 

 I'reston. By it he left Hothcrull Hall to 

 Alexander Osbaldeston, as trustee for the 

 teitator'i daughter!. See alto ibid, iii, 

 380, from Roll 5 of Geo. III. 



" Pedigree in Piccope MSS. ii, 133 j 

 Gillow, op. cit. iv, 284. The deicent it 

 thut given : William Leckonby of Ecclet- 

 ton in the Fylde m. Anne Hotheriall 

 s. Richard m. Mary daughter and heir 

 of William Hawthornthwaite of Stony- 

 hunt and heir also of the Liveteyt of 

 Sutton -j.William -da. Mary m. (1799) 

 T. H. Hele-Phipps of Wiltshire. 



** In 1801 Thomai Ingilby wat plaintiff 

 and William Rigby deforciant in a fine 

 respecting the manor of Hothertall and 

 tenement! there ; Pal. of Lane. Lent 

 Atiizet 41 Geo. III. 



Robert Parker wat raiding at the 

 hall in 1 825 (Land. Dir.) and Martin 

 wat owner about 1836 ; Bainei, Luna. 

 (ed. i), iii, 387. 



19 The eitate, ' after pauing through 

 several hands, became the property of the 

 late Jonathan Openihaw etq. of Bury, to 

 whote nephew, Frederick Openshaw, etq. 

 J.P., it now [1890] belongs'; T. C. 

 Smith, op. cit. 227. Particular! are 

 given of a family picture of the Lcckon- 

 byi. The lame writer gives the legend 

 of the laying of the Hothersall Hall 

 devil; ibid. 73. For an account of the 

 Openihaw family tee T. C. Smith, 

 LonrnJ/;,, i 39. 



** The old home it detcribed at having 

 been in a 'dilapidated itate' when pulled 

 down ; T. C. Smith, LongriJge, 139. 



"> The itone is illustrated ibid. 132. 



48 The Hoghton family's estate hat 

 been referred to in preceding note*. 

 Adam ion and heir of Adam de Hoghton 

 warranted to Agnes, hit father's widow, 

 a messuage and land in Hothertall claimed 

 by John de Church and Alice hit wife. 

 Alice wat the titter and heir of William 

 and John de Hothersall, from whom 

 Adam de Hoghton the elder had had the 

 land ; Awize R. 408, m. 50. 



The estate wat described at a moiety 

 of the manor in 1 377 ; Final Cane, iii, 3. 

 Usually, however, no' manor 'it named 

 in the inquisitions, and the messuage), 

 landt, Sec., are stated to be held of the 

 king at duke by services unknown ; 

 Land. Inf. f.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 127; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66. In 

 I 590 the estate is again called a manor, 

 but the service wai unknown ; ibid, zv, 

 no. 39. 



11 Many of the Hoghton chirteri have 

 already been cited from Add. MS. 32106, 

 fol. 241 on ; 32107, no. 290, Sec. 



Swain ton of Robert granted Octe- 

 pranut son of Ughtred an eighth part of 

 the till of Hothersall, to be held in free 



thegnage by a rent of 7JJ. ; Add. MS. 

 32106, no. 19, fol. 243. Thit 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 

 easementi in the eighth part of the vill ; 

 ibid. no. 34. 



Richard de Amethalgh and Chriitiana 

 hii wife gave their daughter Avice the 

 landt they held of St. Saviour* i Hospital. 

 The boundt began at a broken bank by 

 the Ribble, upon Hepewell, went north 

 by McreclirT to Stiropeclough, and so 

 down again to the Ribble ; ibid. no. 5, 

 Jo. Avice married John de Wicklet- 

 worth, and thil land wai granted to Adam 

 de Hoghton in or before 1275 ; ibid. no. 

 6, 48, S3- Alice daughter of Avice de 

 Hotheriall in 1274 gave Maud, her 

 mother's sister, her right in lands formerly 

 belonging to her uncle Henry ; ibid, 

 no. 13. 



Richard ton of Hugh de Hotheriall 

 granted Adam de Hoghton the homage 

 and tervice of Roger hit brother and 

 Adam del Hunt and Agnes hit wife, 

 Roger son of Hugh releasing all his right 

 in his mother Alice's dower ; ibid. no. 

 10, 3. 



The eitate of Robert the Ward wat 

 alto 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 Hothenall 

 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 Hotheriall} and Adam de Hoghton. 

 but wat non-suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 

 9d. It seems probable, from a tuit 

 already cited, that he had an eighth part 

 of the manor. Robert the Wird and 

 Mabel hit wile acquired other lands down 

 to 1322 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 7, 26, 42. 

 In 1344-; 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- 

 iall. 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 wat lord of a third part and the 

 latter had a moiety of the town ; Assize 

 R. 1435, m. 37 d., 36. It wai 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 Hothenall against Adam son 

 of William de Turnley, Margery hit wife 

 and others, including Robert ion of 

 Thomai de Hothersall, Sir Adam de 

 Hoghton and Mabel widow of Henry de 



Turnley. Adam de Hoghton laid he wai 

 lord of the manor, which wat held of 

 him by knight's service. Adam de Turn- 

 ley itated that Robert the Ward had had 

 the tenement settled on himself and his 

 heirs by Alina hit wife, with remainders 

 to Henry de Turnley, Adam de Turnley 

 and Sir Adam de Hoghton. The 

 claimant admitted this, but laid that 

 Henry de Turnley had released hit right 

 to Alina while the wai a widow, but the 

 verdict wai against him ; Assize R. 1444, 

 m. 8. Adam de Turnley then granted to 

 Sir Adam de Hoghton all his lands, tene- 

 ments, rents, etc., in the vill of Hother- 

 iall ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 8. 



Sir Adam de Hoghton in 137; made a 

 feoit'ment of hit tenement called the 

 Blackgreve in Hotheriall in the vill of 

 Alston ; ibid. no. II. 



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 ; ice the 

 account of Ribcheiter. 



Lanci. /if. f.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Chei.), ii, 284. 



William Dewhurtt 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 deforciants were William Dewhurtt, 

 Anne hit wife, Henry Mariden, Janet 

 his wife and William Dewhurst, the 

 plaintiff being Lancelot Bolton ; ibid, 

 bdle. 179, m. 142. 



44 Adam de Hunt in 1316 released to 

 Adam de Bradley his right in certain land 

 adjoining Sir Richard de Hoghton'i ; 

 Add. MS. 32106, no. 43 (loL 247). 

 Richard de Amethalgh gave Thomai de 

 Bradley two small plats in a field called 

 ' Cromanhalgh ' in 13185 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 ton 

 of Adam del Hurst ; Parlington D. He 

 also gave hii ion Thomai land which he 

 had had from hit brother Richard ; Add. 

 MS. 32106, no. 49. Thomai ton ot 

 Adam dc Bradley gave landt to hit 

 brothers Robert and John about the tame 

 time ; ibid. no. 37, 54. To hit broiheri 

 Simon and William he gave land in 

 Cronerihalgh' ; Kuerden fol. MS. ce. 

 John ton of Thomai de Bradley of Chip- 

 pingdale in 1409 received 10 marks from 

 Nicholas de York, Abbot of Whalley, in 

 part payment for ' divert transgressions ' j 

 ibid. 



Thomai Hesketh of Rufford in It2) 

 held 8 acret in Alston and Hothenall by 

 services unknown ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. v, no. 16. In 1556 Thomai 

 Bradley purchased lands in Aighton and 



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