AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED PRESTON 



Leyland. 1 " Molyneui of Cueidalc," 1 Pelle, 1 * 4 Wall, 1 * descending by an heires. to French, Werden," 7 and 



PauroN of Preston. 

 Or on a ckief gulei three 

 ereuena of the field. 



Baiatt. Ermine on 

 t cannn axure a falcon 

 volant or. 



KutaDlN. Per bend 

 tinitter or and azure a 

 griffin tegrtant counter- 

 changed. 



WIMCILIY. Ptr fait 

 argent and gulei an eag/i 

 dstplayed counterchanged. 



Walton, with lands also in Fishwick and Ashton, 1 " Wich '" ; of these the Walls recorded pedigrees in 



le Marshal ; Lanei. Ina. p.m. (Chet. Soc.)i 

 i, 56 ; Dtf. Keeper't Rep. xl, App. 527. 

 Roger wa< living in 1372 ; Kuerden MSS. 

 ii, lol. 224. 



Jamel Marshall was a burgess in 

 1459; Pritron Guild R. II. In 148; he 

 held landt in Preiton in conjunction with 

 Grace hit wife ; the tenure it not stated ; 

 Lanes. Ina. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 119-20. 



From a fine of 1526 it appears that 

 George Henryson married Grace daughter 

 of Lawrence Manh.ill ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 1 1, m. 168. 



1B Roger de Leyland and Maud his 

 wife in 1 307 claimed an acre against 

 Richard son of Adam Russel ; De Banco 

 R. 162, m. 198. John ton of Thomas 

 de Leyland wat plaintiff in 1344 againtt 

 John de Leyland of Preston and others ; 

 Assize R. 1435, m. 4? d. Margaret 

 widow of John de Leyland and Cecily his 

 daughter and heir, who had married 

 Henry ton of John de Cnppull, appear in 

 1358 ; Attize R. 438, m. 13 d. Another 

 John Leyland and Cecily hit wife occur 

 in 1 (87 and 1422 ; Final Cone, iii, 30, 81. 



'*' Ibid, ii, 13;, 148. Thit ettate 

 seems to have been afterwards held by 

 Lord Mountragle ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. v, no. 64. In 1560, however, his 

 Preston lands were held at part of the 

 lordthip of Hornby ; ibid, xi, no. I. 



111 William Pelle ton of Adam in 1 303 

 claimed a messuage and i J acret against 

 Ismania Pelle, who had entry by Richard 

 Pelle, to whom Adam had demised when 

 (so it wat alleged) he wat of untound 

 mind ; De Banco R. 148, m. 43 ; Attize 

 R. 420, m. 5. 



m A Thomas Wall occurt in the guild 

 of 141;; Proton Guild R. 7. The 

 family did not attain any prominence till 

 the first half of the i6th century, when 

 two brothers Lawrence and Evan Wall 

 acquired estates; Add. MS. 32109, fol. 

 119. Fines of 1556 and later refer to 

 their potsessiont ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdlr. 17, m. 126 ; 25, m. 183, &c. At 

 the guild of 1562 Thomas Wall wat 

 mayor, Evan his brother wat a seneschal 

 and Lawrence clerk of the guild, while 

 Anthony son of William (apparently 

 deceased) and heir of Evan Wall wat 

 enrolled ; Prnnn Guild R. 20. See a 

 subsequent note. 



"* In 1 3 1 9-20 Roger son of Henry ton 

 of Watce de Cuerdalc granted half a bur- 

 gage to John ton of Geoffrey de Walton ; 

 Towneley MS. OO, no. 1096. William 

 dc Walton and Alice hit wife made a 

 settlement in 1386 ; Final Cone, iii, 27. 



John de Walton, a mercer, wat living 

 in the time of Richard II, and acquired 



messuages, Ice., in Preston and Ashton ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 226. He made a 

 feoffment of hit lands in the townshipt 

 just named and in Fishwick in 1407 ; 

 Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 167*. He occurs 

 again in the time of Henry V and hit 

 widow Agnes in 1419 ; Kuerden MS. ii, 

 fol. 224. Henry Walton of Marsden in 

 1437-8 released hit right in the family 

 estates to Richard ton of John Walton of 

 Preiton ; ibid. A little later, in 1444-;, 

 the feoffret gave landt to John Breton and 

 Agnes hit wife apparently the widow 

 above - named with remainders to 

 Richard Walton of Preiton, Sec. ; ibid, 

 fol. 226. 



Various members of the family or 

 familiei occur in the pleadingi about this 

 time; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 8, m. 13, 

 31*; 9, m. loft, 16, 19*. A William 

 Walton, tpicer, and Joan his wife were 

 living in 146; ; Kuerden MSS. ir, P 120, 

 no. 41. 



John Highneld (temp. Edw. IV) made 

 claims against John the son and Isabel 

 the widow of Richard Pretton and against 

 John the ton and Joan the widow of 

 William Walton ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 23, m. 6. 



Jamet ton of Richard Walton wat a 

 burgest in 1459 ; Pretton Guild R, II. 

 In 1485-6 the feoffees gave to Jamet ton 

 of Richard Walton certain burgages, &c. ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 227. 



James the ion of Richard occurt from 

 1462 onwards, but was dead in 1499, 

 when hit widow Ellen and ton Jamet 

 are named ; Duchy of Lane. Anct. D. 

 (P.R.O.), L 1059 (the collection contains 

 other Walton family deedt). 



From pleadingi of 1528-32 the latter 

 Jamet appear! to have had two tont 

 Richard and Thomas, the latter settling 

 at Bermondtey, while Richard wat suc- 

 ceeded by his ton Jamet, called 'the 

 younger,' and his lands were in part the 

 rectory lands, held on lease from the Dean 

 and Chapter of the New College of 

 Leicetter by a rent of 1 31. +d. \ Duchy 

 Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and dies.), ii, 

 5-8. 



The elder and the younger Jamet 

 Walton were aldermen of the guild of 

 1 542 ; Preiton Guild R. 15. In 1 544 

 Jamel Walton the elder purchased two 

 messuaget or burgaget, &c., from John 

 Stodagh ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 12, m. 132. 



In ice 8 Richard ion and heir of James 

 Walton ' the younger ' according to the 

 Guild Roll gave lands in Pretton and 

 Fishwick to George Walton his brother ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 227. Grace widow 



101 



of Jamet Walton and Richard their ion 

 and heir appear in 1 564 ; ibid. 



Richard Walton died in 1569 holding 

 certain burgaget and a hone-mill of the 

 queen in tocage at of her manor of East 

 Greenwich ; other burgages and lands, Ac, 

 in Preston, Fishwick and Athlon of the 

 queen by a rent of 71. Jamet, the ton 

 and heir, was only four months old ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 26. 

 Jamet Walton died in 1598 holding the 

 tame estate, and leaving a ton Richard 

 ten years old ; ibid, xvii, no. 66. Richard 

 Walton was an alderman of the guild of 

 1622, and his sons James and William 

 were then enrolled ; Preiton Guild R. 

 65-6. 



James Walton died in 163; holding 

 the ettate described ; hit son and heir 

 Richard wai only two yean old ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 34. Richard 

 died the lame year, leaving an infant 

 lister Anne ai heir ; ibid, xxviii, no. 63. 

 Anne afterwards married Edward French. 



Besides this main line there were other 

 branches of the family well known in 

 Preston. 



117 Fishwick, op. ciL 274-6. 



James Werden, mercer, died in 1607 

 holding burgages, ice., in Fishergate, Hep- 

 greave, Cawiey Meadow and Great 

 Avenham of the king in free burgage by 

 id. rent ; Lanes. Ina. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Chcs.), i, 97. He left a ion 

 and heir Edmund, aged twelve. Hit will 

 it recited in the inquisition. 



"" In 1325-6 William ton of Paulin 

 de Preiton claimed land against John ton 

 of Roger del Wich and against John ion 

 of Adam del Wich ; De Banco R. 260, 

 m. 50. John (perhaps the tecond of 

 these) in 1328 purchased a messuage in 

 Pretton from Adam Agneison and Amery 

 hit wife ; Final Cone, ii, 70. Adam ion 

 of Adam del Wich appean in 133; and 

 1348; Towneley MS. OO, no. 1117; 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, P 7. A Roger ton of 

 John de Wich wai in 1339 pardoned for 

 the death of William ton of Nicholat de 

 Pretton. He had broken out of prison at 

 Lancaster and had abjured the realm ; 

 Cat. Pat. 1338-40, p. 337. John del 

 Wich wai a bailiff of Pretton in 1347, 

 and Roger del Wich wai mayor in 1 366 | 

 OO, no. 1105, 1 1 16. 



Alice widow of John del Wich re- 

 covered a messuage, mill, &c., in July 

 1351 against Roger ion of Roger de 

 Birewath ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. I, 

 m. 4. At the same time Roger del Wich 

 and Ellen daughter of Adam del Wich 

 were defendant! in a Mirreton suit ; ibid. 

 The messuage of Roger del Wich escheated 



