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 

 had burgages and lands in the town. In some cases 

 they were stated to hold them of the king, in others in the annals." 1 One of these families recorded a 



of the corporation ; but often no tenure was re- 

 corded. 109 



Of the local families uo several took a surname 

 from the town itself, and Prestons occur constantly 



108 Assize R. 408, m. 8. The plaintiff 

 was Walter eon of Jordan de Kirkham, 

 brother of Master William de Kirkham, 

 on of Richard. The abbot alleged 

 bastardy, but an agreement was come to, 

 and Walter releated all his claim in the 

 tenement. 



109 of the Crown, mostly in free 

 burgage : 



Isabel widow of John Talbot, 143 z ; 

 and John Talbot of Salesbury, 1449 ; 

 Lana. hj. 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 1 34. 



James Andcrton of Euxton, 1552, in 

 socage ; ibid, ix, no. 14. 



James Forshaw of Penwortham, 1 563 ; 

 ibid, xi, no. 41. 



Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton, 1 569 j 

 ibid, xiii, no. 3$. 



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 2J. ; Lana. 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 163 1, leaving 

 a son Henry, aged sixteen ; ibid, xxvii, 

 no. 63. 



Robert Hankinson (see Newton with 

 Scales), 1 604 ; Lanci. 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 $d. ; 

 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. 160 ; Haighton, bdle. 

 58, m. 173. 



The following persons were recorded 

 as freeholders in Preston in 1600 : Henry 

 Ascroft, Thoma 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 K.uerden'8 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 j 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 hi 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. 



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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'; Assize R. 1294, m. 8 d. ; 

 1299, m - '* The same Geoffrey and 

 Ellen sued William the Carpenter of 

 Preston and Eva 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 i 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 ol 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, I7d. 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. 32. 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 ton of Adam de- 

 fended his title to land in Preston against 

 Henry le Pestur and Christiana hi wife ; 

 ibid. m. 32. Robert son of Adam son of 

 Philip also defended his title against 

 Richard on 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 wa 

 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 cliimed 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 rendcied 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. 



