AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



pedigree in 1664,'" another acquired lands in 

 Ireland, and Sir Robert Preston was in 1478 created 

 Viscount Gormanston, 1 " a peerage still in existence, 



PRESTON 



though the title was not recognized from the Revolu- 

 tion until 1 8oo." 4 Among other more ancient families 

 may be named by way of example those of Banastrc 



Hugh ion of Wimark de Pretton and 

 Margery hit wife claimed imall ploU of 

 land againit William on of Roger Fitz 

 Award de Pretton and Robert ion of 

 Adam ion of Ralph the Barker of I'res- 

 tun ; ibid. m. 7. Albred another ion of 

 Adam ion of Ralph wai defendant ; ibid, 

 m. 43. Hugh ion of Hugh de Pretton 

 defended hit title againit William ion of 

 Pain de Preiton ; ibid. m. 44 d. William 

 ion of Hugh de Preiton had demited a 

 meituage and landt to Roger ton of 

 Adam de Preiton in coniideration of 

 maintenance, but on this failing he 

 claimed damage! againit Alice the widow 

 of Roger and others, and wai allowed 711. ; 

 ibid. m. 99. 



The lame Alice wai defendant to a 

 claim for money owing put forward by 

 Faulin de Preiton, and Amota widow of 

 Richard ton of Richard ion of Mai be de 

 Preiton ; ibid. m. 103. Adam and 

 William ioni of Paulin de Preiton had a 

 diipute about a charter ; ibid. m. 37 d. 



Alice daughter of William ion of Ralph 

 de Preiton claimed a tenement againit 

 Alice daughter of Alexander de Pretton ; 

 ibid. m. 24. Another Alice daughter of 

 Kctel de Pretton and wife of Simon ton 

 of Amabil de Ribbleton claimed land ; 

 ibid. 



Roger ion of Richard le Pestur of 

 Preiton (aliai Richard de Pretton) 

 claimed parcelt of land againit Robert 

 the Tailor, Richard ion of Uctred de 

 Preiton and Avice hit wife, Richard de 

 Aldware and Robert ton of Roger de 

 Pretton ; ibid. m. 41. In another claim 

 the tame plaintiff thowed the following 

 pedigree : Award de Preiton -i. Roger 

 -. Richard -t. Roger (plaintiff). Award 

 had given a mcituagc to Henry de Pen- 

 wortham and Chriitiana hii wife and 

 they had died without illue ; ibid. m. 

 65 d. 



Adam ion of Agnei de Preiton, Amery 

 hit wife, Robert ton of Beatrice and Alice 

 hit wife claimed a itrip of land (looft. 

 by I ft.) againit William ton of Roger de 

 Preiton ; ibid. m. 52 d. Ellen widow of 

 Adam ton of Philip de Pretton claimed 

 againit Roger ton of Adam Runel of 

 Preiton and Maud hit wife, but wai 

 non-iuited; ibid. m. 54 d. Maud daughter 

 of Fulk de Pretton wai a plaintiff ; ibid, 

 m. old. Cecily daughter of Hugh 

 Atelliion claimed a tenement againit 

 Geoffrey ion of Roger de Preiton ; ibid. 

 m. 58. 



In 1301 Robert ion of Adam ion of 

 Philip de Preiton wai tiled for dower by 

 Amery widow of William Aldeware ; De 

 Banco R. 136, m. 46. William ion of 

 Roger Mirreion had a diipute in 130; 

 with Henry ion of Robert Attowniend 

 of Preiton ; Aiiize R. 410, m. 8. 



Pleading! of 1308-14 ihow ui Albric 

 and Avice children of Adam ion of Ralph 

 de Preiton contending with Ralph ion 

 of Henry ion of Ralph j Attize R. 423, 

 m. 5 d. ; 424, m. 5. Adam ion of Robert 

 de Preiton gave a releaie to John ion 

 of Robert ton of Adam de Preiton re- 

 pecting liz meuuagei and variout landi ; 

 Alberic the brother of John and Nicholai 

 on of William de Preiton are named ; 

 ibid. m. 2 d. Robert ion of William ion 

 of Roger de Preiton and William ton of 

 Nicholai de Preiton were defendanti in 

 other pleu j ibid. m. i d., 9. Chrittiana 



widow of William ion of Roger de Preiton 

 and Robert ion of Roger ion of Adam 

 de Preiton were concerned in tuitt of 

 1324-5 ; Assize R. 426, m. 9. 



Other reference! might be added, but 

 the above will ihow how generally the 

 turname wai uted. In the following 

 catei lomewhat fuller detail! than uiual 

 were alleged : In 1323-4 William de 

 Wigan claimed againit Albred ion of 

 Ralph de Preiton and Henry ion of 

 Robert Adcockion certain land which 

 had been given by Benedict the Clerk to 

 William ion of Adam de Preiton in free 

 marriage with Cecily hit daughter, and 

 which ihould detcend to plaintiff at ton 

 and heir of William ion and heir of 

 Cecily; De Banco R. 252, m. ii+H. 

 The Prior of Burtcough claimed againit 

 Robert ion of John de Preiton a tene- 

 ment granted by Nicholai the Prior 

 (temp. Henry III) to Robert ion of 

 Adam de Preiton by a rent of iS,/. ; 

 ibid. 340, m. 430 d. Richard ion of 

 Adam ion of Margery de Preiton claimed 

 an acre against Albred ton of Robert ton 

 of Adam de Preiton in 1 346 ; ibid. 

 345, m. 151.1. 



In 1352 Alice daughter of John (who 

 married Margaret) ton of Albred ion of 

 Adam ion of Ralph de Preiton claimed 

 two meuuagei, 24 acres, 4c., againit 

 Adam Skillington and Alice hit wife (in 

 her right), Geoffrey de Hacconiall and 

 John ion of John ton of Albred ion of 

 Adam ton of Ralph de Preiton (who wai 

 to inherit after the death of Alice 

 Skillington) ; Duchy of Lane. Aitize 

 R. 2, m. 3 d. (Pent.). Margery daughter 

 and heir of Adam ion of William Mirre- 

 ton claimed againit Thomas ion of 

 William Mirreton ; ibid. m. 1 d. (July). 

 John ton of Geoffrey ion of Robert ton 

 of Cecily de Pretton did not prosecute a 

 claim put forward in 1355 against Roger 

 ion of Adam ion of Margery de Preiton ; 

 ibid. 4, m. 5 d. 



John Preiton of Pretton had a pardon 

 in 1391 ; Cat. Pat, 1388-92, p. 369. 



George Preiton, drover, died in 1602 

 holding of the corporation in free burgage ; 

 Land. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 103 (will recited). 



Dugdale, Vint. (Chet. Soc.), 237 ; 

 there ii a tomewhat fuller one in Fish- 

 wick, op. cit. 222-3. Thi! ii perhapt 

 the family referred to by Kuerden about 

 1690 in hit notice of the former Moly- 

 neux Square to the north-east of the 

 market-place : ' Moit of which belong! 

 to that worthy penon and purchaser of 

 the Townend, the ancient estate formerly 

 belonging to the family of Prettont, but 

 now in possession of Mr. Rigby, Pater- 

 noster Row in London' ; Hardwick, 

 Prunn, 210. Townend stood near the 

 present St. Peter'i Church; ibid. an. 

 Henry ton of Robert Attownend hat been 

 already named in 1305. 



Henry Preiton, who died in 1549, 

 married Isabel Argham, widow, and had 

 for heir a ton apparently poithumoui. 

 Hit principal houtc wai held of the 

 Hoipitallen by a rent of io</., but he 

 held other landt of the heir of Nicholai 

 Skillicorn (by 184*. rent), William Stanley 

 (i4</.) and the borough of the rill of 

 Preiton (4<i.) ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 iz, no. 19; x, no. 10. Henry the ion, 

 whole will it recited, died in 1599 hld* 



99 



ing his father' i lands, with the addition 

 of Arom'i houae and landi lately acquired 

 of William Arom, deceased, held of the 

 mayor and burgesses. William, hii ton 

 and heir, wai tevcnteen years old ; ibid, 

 xviii, no. 45. William died in 1640 

 holding the tame ettate and leaving at 

 heir a ion Henry, aged thirty-five ; ibid. 

 xxix, no. 8. The pedigree itatei that 

 Henry died about 1654, leaving a ion 

 William, aged eighteen in 1664. Henry 

 wai a Royalist, and hii eitate wai 

 lequettcred by the Parliament ; Cat. Com. 

 for Comf. iv, 2822. The armt of Preiton 

 of Pretton have the chief gulei in 

 Dugdale'a visitation, but iti tincture ii 

 able in the viiitation of 1613. 



113 An earlier barony of Preiton it 

 aid to have been conferred upon the 

 family, 1360-90. See G.E.C. Comf ten 

 Ptcrage, iv, 55. The armi of Preiton 

 Viscount Gormanston are Or on a chief 

 able three creicentt of the field. 



111 An outline of the family deedt, at 

 extant about 1480, ii printed in Hiir. 

 MSS. Com. Rcf. iv, 574, &c. It it not 

 possible to compile a clear detcent there- 

 from. The Pretton deedi mottly range 

 from about 1290 to 1350, and refer, it 

 appears, to two familiei chiefly, one de- 

 rived from an Award de Preiton -i. 

 Roger (the Tailor) -I. Robert (the Tailor) 

 -. Henry -bro. Roger ; and the other 

 from an Adam de Preiton -. William 

 -i. Robert. Thus Roger on of Robert 

 the Tailor of Pretton made a grant of 

 land to William de Preiton, burgeu 

 of Drogheda. Thit family are often 

 erroneously deicribed at 'lords of Prei- 

 ton ' ; they were merely burgesses, at 

 appeari from their charter! and the Guild 

 Rolls. In 1397 Christopher ion of 

 Robert de Preiton perhaps there were 

 two of the name wai admitted at a 

 burgess, and Chriitopher and Robert hit 

 ion in 1415 ; Prttlon Guild R. z, 5, 7. 



The following local names occur in the 

 deed! : Fithwickgate, Fiihergate, Aven- 

 hamendt, Broadlache, Broughton Bridge 

 (1312), Gerelriding, Ingolriding, Quint- 

 acre, Pepperfield, Newfield under Fulwood, 

 Platfordale, Moorplat, the Friari' Garden, 

 Swaghwell Syke near the Magdalene'i 

 Hospital. 



In 1458 Thomai Nelson acquired landi 

 in Longton and Preiton from Robert 

 Preiton of Drogheda, and four yeari later 

 Matthew Bolton and Margaret hii wife 

 purchased all or part from Thomai Nelson 

 and Agnes hit wife ; Final Cone, iii, ill, 

 131. 



Isabel widow of Jamei Harrington of 

 Wollage in 1518 held landi of the heir 

 of William de Preiton in burgage ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. ^. 



Ewan Browne of Ribbleton in 1544 

 held two burgaget in Preiton of Lord 

 Gormantton by a rent of I2</, and George 

 Browne likewise in 1567; but James 

 Browne in 1586 held of the mayor, tec., 

 in tocage and by luit of court ; ibid, vii, 

 no. 24 ; xi, no. 4 ; xiv, no. 42. 



Thomai Skinner in 1577 purchased 

 Chriitopher Lord Gormantton'i eitate in 

 Preiton and district ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 39, m. 97. Later deedi re- 

 garding Skinner't eitate were enrolled 

 in the Common Pleat, Trin. 1599, rot. 

 15 ; Mich. 1599, rot. 27; Trin. 1600, 

 rot. 9. 



