AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



PRESTON 



land there in drengage, rendering 21. yearly.* This 

 appears to have been the whole service due from the 

 township, though the land is only a fourth part of the 

 old assessment, for in 1297 the vill of Haighton was 

 found to pay zi. yearly to the Earl of Lancaster. 7 In 

 1 324 a portion was held by John de Bolton, who paid 

 is., and the rest by Adam son of William Banastre, 

 who also paid I/. 8 In 1346 the whole was held by 

 Thomas Banastre, as half a plough-land, by the rent of 



z/. 



It descended like Balderston, being held by 

 Richard Balderston in 1445-6 for the twentieth part 

 of a knight's fee, the land being half a plough-land. 10 

 Haighton does not seem to have been usually regarded 

 as a separate manor, and in a document of the 1 6th 

 century is described as ' in Broughton '. u 



A family which took a surname from it can be 



traced for some time ls ; but the land seems to have 

 been very much divided, 13 the Elstons, 13 ' Singletons, 131 ' 



' Lanct. l*ij. and Exttnii (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanct. and Chci.), i, 51. Richard de 

 Haighton held the tame land by the tame 

 tervice in 1226 ; ibid, i, 140. He wat 

 living in 1248, but Walter ton of Richard 

 de Haighton appear! in 1251 and 1261 ; 

 ibid, i, 176, 183, 228. Robert ton of 

 William ton of Walter de Haighton wat 

 plaintiff in 1334 againtt Paulin ton of 

 William ton of Walter and Gilbert ton of 

 Walter de Haighton, also againtt William 

 ton of Amry de Haightoa : Assize 

 R. 1417, m. yd. 



7 Land. Inj. and Extents, i, 289. The 

 Banattre estate may have been derived 

 in part from Robert ton of Walter de 

 Haighton, who gave all hit wood in 

 Haighton (within certain bounds) to 

 Thomat Banastre of Brethcrton ; Kucr- 

 den MSS. iv, H 5. 



Dodt. MSS. czxxi, fol. 39 ; John de 

 Bolton held a messtiage and 40 acres, and 

 Adam Banastre the whole remainder of 

 the hamlet of Haighton. 



In 1326 it wat found that William ton 

 of Ellen de Haighton had held I acre 

 (worth 6d. year) in the vill of Haighton 

 of Adam ton and heir of William Banattre, 

 a minor, by id. rent ; a messuage and 

 9 acres of Richard de Haighton by fJ. 

 rent; 12 acret of John de Haighton by 

 id. rent ; and 8 acret of Walter de 

 Haighton by ],i. rent, the annual value 

 of these 29 acret wat tJ. each. The 

 heir wat William's ton Richard, aged 

 twenty-four ; Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 51. 



John de Bolton it ttated to have 

 received landt in Haighton, with acquit- 

 tance of multure in the mill, from John 

 de Coppull, the remainder being to Robert 

 ton of John de Ballon and hit heirs by 

 Joan daughter of Thomat le Waleyt ; 

 the grant wat made in 1318. After- 

 wardt Robert told to Roger de Elston, 

 living in 1363, and he died without issue 

 by Joan ; Memo. R. (L.T.R.) 128, m. xxi. 

 Margaret (then wife of William de 

 Childert) widow of Robert ton of John 

 de Bolton claimed dower in 1366; De 

 Banco R. 42;, m. 134. The surname 

 Bolton long continued in the townthip. 



Surv. of 1346 (Chet Soc.), 50. Sir 

 Thomat Banastre held in 1379; Lanci. 

 Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 1 5. 



'" Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,bdle. 2, 

 no. 20. In I4;6 Richard Baldenton held 

 the manor of Haighton by Gootnargh of 

 the king at of hit duchy in socagc by a 

 rent of 21. ; itt clear value wat 4 marks 

 a year ; Law. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc ), ii, 

 63. Th it one of the rare inttancet in 

 which it it called a manor. 



Portions of the BaMertton ettate are 

 named later in the poiietsions of Edmund 

 Dudley (1507), Thomat Radcliffe of 

 Winmarleigh (1521), Thomat Earl of 

 Derby (1523) and Sir Alexander Osbal- 

 detton ( I 544) ; Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. 

 iv, no. 1 3 ; v, no. 3, &c. ; v, no. 68 ; 

 viii, no. i. No particulari of tenure are 

 given for Haighton. 



11 The wardens of Broughton Chapel 



in I 539 demited to William Singleton of 

 Chingle Hall a messuage in Haighton in 

 Broughton at a rent of 101. lod. ; 

 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1575. Thit 

 may only mean ' in the cliapelry of 

 Broughton.* 



u One branch has been named in pre- 

 ceding notes. 



John de Haighton occurs in 1244; 

 Lanci. Inj. and Exrcnti, i, 159, 160. 

 Alice daughter of Adam de Blackburn 

 in 1276-8 complained that John de 

 Haighton, Ellen hit wife and Katherine, 

 Maud and Joan hit daughters had dis- 

 seised her of her free tenement in the 

 place, and recovered ; De Banco R. 1 7, 

 m. 27; Astize R. 1238, m. 32; 1239, 

 m. 37. In 1292 {Catherine daughter of 

 John de Haighton withdrew her claim 

 againtt John de Haighton ; Attize 

 R. 408, m. 69 d. Much of the land of 

 this family appears to have been acquired 

 by Hoghton of Hoghtan, at below. 



Godith de Eltton and Roger ton of 

 William de Elston agreed with Joan 

 widow of John de Haighton for a lease 

 of their landt to her; Add. MS. 32106, 

 no. 783. 



John de Haighton gave hit daughters 

 Joan, Katherine, Maud and Margery hit 

 house of Brunden, landt held by Roger 

 and Paulin, tons of William de Elston, 

 and homaget and services in the vill of 

 Ha : ghton, at rent of \id. ; Knerden 

 MSS. iii, H 2. John ton of John de 

 Haighton granted Robert de Whittingham 

 certain landt, the boundt at one point 

 following Brunden to the east ; the rent 

 wat i pair of glovet or id. ; ibid. In 

 1293-4 Kathciine and Joan, daughter! 

 of John de Haighton, made claimt 

 againtt John ton of Robert de Singleton 

 and Alice his wife, and against Matter 

 Richard de Hoghton, in respect of tene- 

 ments in Haighton ; De Banco R. 101, 

 m. 100 d. ; 104, m. 81 d. 



In 1332 Richard de Haighton granted 

 some of his land upon Highfield ; Kuerden 

 fol. MS. fol. 175. Richard made a grant 

 in 1 3S& ; ibid. fol. 189. In 1377 Maud 

 and Margaret, daughter! of Richard de 

 Haighton and Euphemia hit wife, had 

 hereditary landt delivered to them ; ibid. 

 foL 256. 



Robert Greenacre and others, probably 

 trustees, in 1416 gave a tenement in 

 Haighton to Thomas Haighton and hit 

 heirs ; ibid. fol. 87. Ughtred Hothersall 

 in 1441-2 became bound to William ton 

 and heir of Thomat Haighton for the 

 fulfilment of contracti ; ibid. fol. 189. 

 William Haighton wat defendant in 

 1442 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 4, m. i. 

 William occurt again in 1459 and 1464 ; 

 Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 88, 63. 



15 A fine respecting 'Haighton' in 

 1311 may refer to tome other place of 

 the name ; Final Cine. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Chet.), ii, 8. In 1317-18 John de 

 Brockholet claimed land in Haighton 

 againtt Richard ton of Richard de Fish- 

 wick and Cecily hit wife ; DC Banco 



R. 221, m. 210 4. Eve widow of Henry 

 de Blackburn in 1336 claimed a mes- 

 suage there againtt John de Blackburn ; 

 ibid. 306, m. 128. Land in Haighton 

 wat among the Clitheroe estates in 1 342 ; 

 Final Cone, ii, 114. In 1347 Simon 

 Breton and Joan hit wife claimed an 

 acre of land againtt William del Hall and 

 Robert ton of Robert del Moor ; the latt 

 named seems to have been the owner ; 

 Assize R. 143;, m. 16. Isolds widow of 

 William del Hall had landt in 1372; 

 Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 87. John de 

 Cottam of Haighton made a feofTment 

 of hit landt in 1389; ibid. fol. 88. A 

 John ton of William de Cottam wat 

 defendant to a claim by Adam ton of 

 Richard de Holmet in 1337; De Banco 

 R. 311, m. I56d. Henry Cottam of 

 Haighton died in 1592 holding a capital 

 messuage, &c., of Richard Hoghton by 

 6./. rent. George hit ton and heir wat 

 teventeen yeart old ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 49. 



1:lj In 1329 Roger and Paulin tont of 

 William de Elston claimed a tenement 

 in Haighton against Henry de Herryt 

 and Cecily hit wife ; Assize R. 427, m. 

 3 d. (Henry de Ilericy had land in 

 Wheatcroft from John de Haighton in 

 1287 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 649.) 

 John ton of William ton of Robert de 

 Elston in 134; claimed 40 acres of land 

 against Robert and Adam sons of Ellis de 

 Knoll ; De Banco R. 341, m. 226. 



Roger de Elston already named and 

 Anabel his wife had landt in Haighton, 

 and part of two mills, which were in 

 1 348 settled on Roger ton of John de 

 Eltton, Ralph and Thomat hit brothers, 

 and the heirs of Roger de Elston of 

 Killanshagh ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 291. 

 Robert de Bolton wat a witness. 

 William son of Roger de Eltton in 1350 

 gave hit brother Roger land called the 

 Mott and rentt from the tenements of 

 William ton of Paulin de Eltton, Roger 

 ton of Ellis de Knoll and Henry ton of 

 William Amricton in Haighton ; ibid. 

 f>l. in. 



The feoffees in 1414 granted Margaret 

 widow of John Eltton various landt in 

 Haighton, with remainders to Thomas 

 Eltton and Nicholas hit brother ; HarL 

 MS. ii 12, fol. 100/141. In 1429-30 

 Roger Eltton gave landt, formerly 

 Reginald Eliton't, to trustees for Ellen 

 daughter of Thomat Haighton ; Add. 

 MS. 32107, no. 1991-2. Some of the 

 Elston landt probably went to the 

 Blundellt of Preston, for in 1452-3 John 

 Blundell and Agnes widow of Hugh 

 Longton granted land in Haighton to 

 William son of John Blundell ; HarL 

 MS. 21 1 2, fol. 100/141. 



ub Nicholas son of Gilbert de Singleton 

 in 1384 had landt in Haighton within 

 these bounds i Beginning at Falsnape 

 Cloughhead on the west, following tie 

 Moil Dyke eatt to Christopher de Whit- 

 tingham'! land, then north to Brunden, 

 following thit westward to Faltnape 



