AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



and some small tenements were registered by 

 'Papist*' in 1717." 



BARTON 



Bartun, Dom. Bk. ; Barton, 1212 and usually; 

 Berton, 1226. 



The surface is for the most part level or slightly 

 undulating, but rises a little more sharply in the 

 north-east corner, a height of about 230 ft. being 

 attained. Barton Brook, formed by Westfield Brook 

 aud Sparling Brook from cut and north-cast respec- 

 tively, runs diagonally across the area from north- 

 east to south-west, the Old Hall being to the north 

 of it and a water corn-mill upon it ; Barton Lodge 

 and Tunsteads lie to the south of it. The township 

 contains 2,707$ acre* and had a population of 315 

 in 1901.' The hamlet of Newsham in Goosnargh 

 was included in the township of Barton in 1894.' 



The principal road is that from Preston to Lan- 

 caster, running along the western boundary ; upon 

 it, near the centre, is the church. The London and 

 North-Western Company's main line to the north 

 crosses the north-west corner. 



The land is chiefly meadow and pasture ; the soil 

 is clayey. 



ft parish council administers the affairs of the 

 township. 



PRESTON 



There are remains of ancient crosses near the 

 eastern border. 1 



In 1066 the manor of B4RTON, 

 M4NOR assessed as four plough-lands, was a member 

 of the lordship of Preston held by Earl 

 Tostig. 4 It was no doubt larger than the present 

 township, which in 1212 is found assessed as only 

 two plough-lands, being then part of ten held of the 

 king in thegnage by Walter son of Osbert, ancestor 

 of the Cliltons of Westby, by the iervice of 2 

 annually.' 



The Cliftons and their heirs retained the mesne 

 lordship of Barton, 6 which in 1212 was held imme- 

 diately by the heirs of Gilbert dt Barton.' Of this 

 family very little is known * ; their rent was St., 

 being the proportion due for two plough-lands. A 

 mortgage or settlement of the manor of Barton, with 

 lands in Goosnargh, was made by John de Barton in 

 1323,' and another settlement by a later John de 

 Barton and Denise his wife in 1381.' 



Gilbert Barton was in 1 496 an outlaw for trespass," 

 and was succeeded by another Gilbert, who died in 

 1516, leaving a son and heir Thomas, only four years 

 old." The manor was held of Sir William Molyneuz 

 and Elizabeth his wife, in her right, by a rent of 8/. 

 She was the daughter and heir of Cuthbert Clifton. 



Thomas Barton died in 1554 holding the manor 

 by a like tenure, the mesne lord being Henry Halsall 



holding a messuage in Haighton, with 

 common of pasture for all cattle, of 

 Gilbert Hoghton, 'at of hit manor of 

 Haighton,' in locage. Hugh, hit ton and 

 heir, wat tcven years of age ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. ill, no. 62. Henry son 

 of Hugh Charnlcy in 1653 desired to be 

 admitted to compound tor the two-thirdi 

 of hit father's ettate sequestered 'for 

 recusancy only' in 1643 ; Hugh had died 

 about 1650 ; Royalist Camp. Paptrt (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Chet.), ii, 20-2. 



Thorrut Beetley of Haighton forfeited 

 hit lands for tome delinquency, but on 

 the petition of hit ton John in 1653 the 

 lenience teems to have been reverted ; 

 Indrx of Royalists (Indei Soc.), 41 ; 

 Royalist Camp. Papers, i, 171-2. 



John Hunt was found to hare been 

 convicted of recusancy and to have com- 

 pounded for hit ettate in 1634 j Cal. 

 Com. for Camp, i, 3144. 



n Evan (ton of John) Gerard of 

 Haighton and Brindle, Thomat Rogerton, 

 James Chester, Anne Sudall, Henry 

 Sudall, Roger Livcsey, John Bolton (or 

 Bilton), Lawrence Simpton and John 

 Slater ; Ettcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. 

 Nonjurors, 105, 137-8. 



1 The Cms us Rep. of 1901 givet an 

 trea of 3,055 acrct, including 13 of inland 

 Cater, and a population of 423 ; but in 

 ihete ngtiret Newsham in Gootnargh it 

 included. 



' Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 32199. 



' These are called Barton Crott and 

 Oak Bank Farm Crott ; Lanci. ami Chit. 

 Antiif. Soc. ii, 179, 180. In the former 

 cate a new crow bat been placed on the 

 old pedestal. 



4 y.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*. 



* Lanci. Iny. and Exunn (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Chct.), i, 46, 1 39. 



4 So in the inquett of 1324; Dodt. 

 MSS. cuii, i, fol. 396. 



7 Lanes. Intf. and Extents, i, 46. 



8 Walter de Barton occurt in 1244 and 

 Grimbald de Barton in 1253, both in 

 Amoundernctt ; ibid, i, I j8, 192. Walter 



de Barton and William hit ton attetted a 

 charter copied in Towneley MS. DD 

 (no. 1835). 



Ralph de Catterall in 1292 claimed 

 certain land in Barton againtt John de 

 Barton, but afterwards taid it wat in 

 Gootnargh; Attize R. 408, m. 34d. 

 John de Barton appears again in 1297 

 and 1 307 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents^ i, 289 ; 

 De Banco R. 163, m. 253. ' 



* Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Chet.), ii, 56. John Travert tne plaintiff 

 (? trustee) received two-thirds of the 

 manor, with tkc reversion /of the re- 

 mainder, then in the possession of Alice 

 wife of Richard de Bury at/ her dower. 

 In 1334 Iscult widow of William ton of 

 John de Barton (and afterwards wife of 

 Adam the Spinner) claimed dower in 

 Goosnargh against William son of Richard 

 de Bury and againtt Sir Richard de 

 Hoghton, the latter holding by demise of 

 John ton of John de Barton, to whom her 

 tecond hutband had granted the messuage, 

 &c., claimed j De Banco ,R. 297, m. 

 230 d.; 300, m. 143d. Alice widow of 

 John de Rarton made a claim in 1 342 

 againtt Adam de Waley and Iseult hit 

 wife ; ibid. 309, m. 289. 



John de Barton wat described at a 

 knight in charter! of 1335 and 1348 ; 

 MS. C8, 5 (Chet. Lib.), Edw. Ill, no. 17; 

 Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 387. 



Sir John de Barton and John hit son 

 were wilnettet in 1340 ; DD, no. 1879. 



Katherine daughter of William de 

 Barton in 1370 claimed the manors of 

 Barton and Biltborrow againtt Richar.i 

 de Catterall ; De Banco R. 438, m. 



10 Final Cone, iii, 10. The rem?inder 

 vat to Thomas ton of John and Uenisc. 



In 1443 lands of Thomas B-.rton of 

 Barton in Amoundernett were taken for 

 debt ; Pal. of Lane. Chan. Misc. 1/7, 

 no. 31. 



Christopher Barton, ton and heir of 

 Gilbert, wat in 1485 to -*ed Margaret 

 daughter of William Singleton and widow 



I2 7 



of Eltton ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 59. 

 Christopher Barton wat living in 1500; 

 ibid. t<>l. 63. 



11 Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanct. and 

 Chet.), i, to. 



He wat no doubt the Gilbert Barton 

 the elder who in 1493 made several 

 grants to his sons and daughters 

 Anthony, Lawrence, Richard, Hugh, 

 Gilbert, Etheldreda and Itabel ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 76, m. 4, 4 d., 5 d., 8. 

 Holmes, Kirks Place and Stokkolhcde in 

 Barton are named. 



Thit Gilbert died in or before 1508, 

 for William Ireland, who had married hit 

 widow Clemency, wat then claiming her 

 dower in certain messuages, &c. t in Barton, 

 held by Lawrence Barton ; ibid. 104, 

 m. 4. 



11 There are three inquisitions taken 

 in this order Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 v, no. 33, iii, no. 7 (both I 520), v, no. 6 

 (1521). (i) The first of them relatet 

 particularly to lands held by Gilbert't 

 wife Margaret, who survived her hutband 

 for over two years. It mentioni the above- 

 named Lawrence, Gilbert, Anthony, Hugh, 

 Constance, Etheldreda, and Isabel Barton 

 at ttill living in 1520; alto William, 

 Thomas and Christopher Barton, younger 

 to. t of Chrittopher Barton, and Gilbert 

 ton of the Gilbert of the inquisition. 

 Tl. >mas Barton the heir had been in 

 t'ie cuttody of Sir John Warren, and 

 .hen of hit ton Lawrence Warren. See 

 Ducatsa Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 24. (2) 

 The tecond document relatet to the 

 claim to wardthip made shortly after- 

 ward! by Sir William Molyneui and 

 Elizabeth hit wife, they alleging that 

 Barton wat held of them by knight's 

 service, viz. by the tenth part of a 

 knight't fee and the rent of 81. (3) The 

 third inquisition reaffirms the socage 

 tenure of the manor of Barton. It giret 

 field-names in the demesne, including 

 OTall, Tonstedet, Akame, Flethycroket 

 .ind Alpham, and a number of tenants' 

 name*. 



