A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Frcckleton, 7 who was a benefactor of Cockersand 

 Abbey 8 and Lytham Priory, 9 held in demesne 2^ 

 plough-lands in Freckleton, while another plough- 

 land was held by Alan de Singleton and Swain de 

 Freckleton, and the remaining half plough-land by 

 Gilbert de Meols, Roger de Nutshaw and William 

 de Pool. 10 Amid so many subdivisions the succession 



is not clear. 11 In 1297 Adam de Freckleton was the 

 principal holder, 13 succeeded before 1324 by Ralph 

 de Freckleton, 13 who was living in 1 346. In that 

 year Queen Isabella had a knight's fee in Freckleton, 

 &c., of the inheritance of Alice Countess of Lincoln, 

 and by Ralph de Freckleton her tenant rendered 

 lew. for castle ward yearly. 14 Afterwards an heiress, 



had a son Richard (perhaps the Richard 

 of the fine of 1199); ibid. 199. Roger 

 attested several of Quenilda de Warton's 

 grants to Lytham Priory ; D. at Durham. 

 To another charter, perhaps somewhat 

 later, the witnesses included Roger and 

 Richard de Freckleton and Robert son of 

 the lady of Freckleton ; ibid. la, zae, 

 4ae, Ebor. no. 45. 



A third Richard (son of Waldeve) had 

 lands in Freckleton about 1200-20; 

 Cockersand Chartul. i, 200. 



7 In 1212 Richard son of Roger dc 

 Freckleton held one plough-land in Thorp 

 in Bretherton ; Land. Inq. and Extents 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 34. 

 Richard lord of Freckleton attested a 

 number of the Lytham Priory charters ; 

 in one (c. 1234) a Richard d Freckleton 

 attested before Richard son of Roger de 

 Freckleton ; D. at Durham, la, zae, 4ae, 

 Ebor. no. 42. In a later one Richard is 

 entitled Sir ; ibid. no. 34. 



At an inquisition made about 1253 '* 

 was recorded that Richard de Freckleton 

 held a knight's fee, but his ancestors had 

 enfeoffed many persons of portions of it, 

 so that his own residue was not worth 

 15 a year; Inq. p.m. Hen. Ill, 'de 

 annis incertis," no. 33. By a fine of 1227 

 Richard son of Roger obtained a release 

 to himself of 5 oxgangs of land in 

 Freckleton to which Maud daughter of 

 Robert had some claim ; Final Cone, i, 

 50. Richard was living in 1258 ; Lanes. 

 Inq, and Extents, i, 212. 



8 As Richard son of Roger de Freckleton 

 he gave the canons various lands, includ- 

 ing Lyolfscroft and 4 selions at the Moor 

 next the Hospitallers' lands ; Cockersand 

 Chartul. i, 197-8. 



9 As Richard son of Roger, lord of 

 Freckleton, with the assent of Alice his 

 wife and of his heirs, he (about 1230) 

 gave his land between the lands of Richard 

 son of Robert del Moor and William son 

 of Hawise and confirmed the gift of Swain 

 son of Osbert ; Lytham D. at Durham, 

 3 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 8. This deed has 

 a seal with the legend -f- s* RICI DNI DE 

 FREKT.L'. Other grants by him in the 

 same collection name lands on Scortefald- 

 wryages, Ulvesbothe Furlong, the Out- 

 lane Wra in Freckleton Field, the House- 

 steads, Curtasfaldwrigis, Tustehorn Fur- 

 long, the field called Strick, and an acre 

 on Longrodes in Freckleton Field, extend- 

 ing from the road called Phusthor to the 

 moor. In two of the charters (no. 11,30) 

 he describes himself as ' brother ' of the 

 house of St. Cuthbert of Lytham, though 

 he does not seem to have been a monk 

 there; in another (no. 13) his mother 

 Sara is named. 



Richard's widow was Hawise daughter 

 of Hugh de Mitton, who released her 

 dower right in certain land to the monks ; 

 ibid. no. zi. Robert son of Hawise de 

 Freckleton and brother of Richard de 

 Freckleton was no doubt her son ; ibid. 

 no. 22, 23. In another charter Hawise 

 is described as formerly lady of the vill ; 

 no. 36. 



10 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 152. The 

 Swain named is probably the Swain son 



of Osbert already mentioned. From 

 charters already referred to it appears that 

 he was a benefactor of Cockersand and 

 Lytham. Two of his charters are pre- 

 served at Durham (no. 31, 33), one of 

 them bearing his seal. Swain son of 

 Osbert recovered a parcel of land in 

 Freckleton in 1246 against Richard de 

 Freckleton, Adam de Singleton and Adam 

 his son ; Assize R. 404, m. 8 d. 



Gilbert de Meols and Adam his brother 

 attested a number of the Lytham Priory 

 charters. This share seems to have 

 been acquired by the Butlers of Rawcliffe. 



William de Pool is probably the William 

 on of Roger del Rise who, in conjunction 

 with his wife Margery, released to the 

 monks the land near Warton Pool in the 

 field of Freckleton which he and his father 

 had held of them by fee farm of 2J. ; the 

 monks had given him 5 marks in his 

 great need ; Lytham D. no. 28, 29. 



For Nutshaw (Nottesagh) see the 

 account of Penwortham parish. 



11 Richard lord of Freckleton and 

 Richard his son attested a local charter 

 c. 1246 ; Lytham D. no. 36. 



Richard son of Roger, lord of Frcckle- 

 ton,granted4oxgangsof land in Freckleton 

 and i in Elswick to Richard his son and 

 heir, who was to marry Margaret daughter 

 of Robert de Molyneux ; Kuerden MSS. 

 iv, F 1 3. Sir Adam de Molyneux was a 

 witness. 



Richard son of Richard de Freckleton 

 in 1259-60 claimed half-acres against 

 Robert son of Richard dc Freckleton and 

 Adam de Singleton, so that he probably 

 succeeded his father about that time ; 

 Curia Regis R. 166, m. 17 d. A year or 

 two later the defendants' names are given 

 as Robert son of Richard and Adam de 

 Freckleton; ibid. 171, m. 76. At the 

 same time Richard de Freckleton claimed 

 the services due for their free tenements 

 from John son of Richard, Gilbert de 

 Meols and Margery his wife, Richard son 

 of John and Joan his wife ; ibid. Adam 

 son of Alan de Singleton acquired the 

 land pertaining to 2 oxgangs of land from 

 Michael de Thornton about 1240 ; Dods. 

 MSS. liii, fol. 93. 



John de Freckleton appears just after- 

 wards as attesting charters and as juror ; 

 Lanes. Inq. and Extent!, i, 231, 234 

 (.262-5). 



Ibid, i, 290, 298 ; he held the Earl 

 of Lincoln's knight's fee in Freckleton of 

 the Earl of Lancaster and paid loj. yearly 

 for castle ward. In 1302 also he held the 

 fee in Freckleton, Whittingham, Newton 

 and Elswick of the Earl of Lincoln ; ibid. 

 i, 316. Adam was still tenant in 1311, 

 paying 45. as sake-fee and doing suit to 

 Penwortham Court ; De Lacy Inq. (Chet. 

 Soc.), 22. 



Adam de Freckleton gave to Adam his 

 son and Ellen his wife a messuage (bought 

 of Sir William de Clifton) and 3 oxgangs 

 of land in Freckleton ; Kuerden MSS. 

 iii, F 3. Adam the son was outlawed in 

 1315 for the death of Henry de Bury in 

 the rising of Adam Banastre ; Lanes. Inq. 

 and Extents, ii, 159. He was living 

 twenty years later ; Coram Rege R. 299, 



168 



m. 20 Rex. In 1322-3 Adam son of 

 Adam de Freckleton released to his 

 brother Ralph all right in his lands in 

 Freckleton, except an oxgang which 

 Edmund de Rigby and Joan his wife held 

 for Joan's life ; Kuerden loc. cit. ; Dods. 

 MSS. cxlix, fol. 116. Ellen the widow 

 of Adam son of Adam de Freckleton in 

 1337 claimed 2 oxgangs of land and an 

 eighth part of another against James son 

 of Robert de Freckleton, and against 

 Nicholas son of Robert son of Michael de 

 Freckleton the fourth part of an oxgang ; 

 De Banco R. 311, m. 82, 82d. Again 

 in 13514 she claimed the same estate 

 against John son of Robert de Freckleton 

 and many others ; Duchy of Lane. Assize 

 R. i, m. 3d.; 2, m. 3d.; 3, m. 5. She 

 had in the former case made an appeal on 

 the ground of error ; Coram Rege R. 3 16, 

 m. i8d. ; 326, m. 20. 



13 From the last note it appears that 

 Ralph was a son of Adam the elder. In 

 1 324 the heir of Adam de Freckleton held 

 the knight's fee of Alice de Lacy, doing 

 suit to county and wapentake and paying 

 castle ward ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39*. 



The subdivisions of the fee are shown 

 in a list of those distrained to do homage 

 in 1322: Ralph de Freckleton himself held 

 three plough-lands and 4 oxgangs in the 

 four townships ; Nicholas le Boteler, one 

 plough-land and 3 oxgangs in Freckle- 

 ton ; Adam Banastre, one plough-land in 

 Freckleton and Elswick, &c. ; Lanes. Inq. 

 and Extents, ii, 135. In the ministers' 

 accounts of 13412 for Penwortham 

 appear payments from Nicholas Boteler 

 4. id., Robert de Shireburr* ^d. (for 

 2 oxgangs and 3 roods of land), Adam 

 Banastre ij./. (2 oxgangs), Edmund de 

 Rigby and Joan his wife I J</. ; Mins. 

 Accts. bdle. 1091, no. 6. 



In 1335 Ralph de Freckleton granted 

 Adam his son and Emma his wife land in 

 the Cross-flat, &c., in Freckleton j 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, F 3. 



14 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 44. 



In 1355 the tenants were separately 

 named: Ralph de Freckleton, Nicholas le 

 Boteler, Thomas Banastre, Richard de 

 Shireburne, Richard de Newton and Sir 

 Adamde Hoghton; Feud. Aids,m, 87. The 

 same persons held it in 1361 ; Inq. p.m. 

 35 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 122. 



Emmota widow of Adam son of Ralph 

 de Freckleton in 1374 released to Ralph 

 her son 40 acres she had received in free 

 marriage ; Kuerden MSS. ut sup. It 

 was probably this younger Ralph who 

 made a feoffment of lands in Freckleton 

 and Elswick in 1369 and had the manor 

 of Freckleton, demesne of Elswick, lands 

 in Kirkham, &c., regranted to him in 

 1371 ; ibid. In the same year he demised 

 his fishery at Freckleton to John Boteler 

 for sixteen years ; from a bond it appears 

 that his wife was named Agnes; Towneley 

 MS. C 8, 5, Edw. Ill, no. 8, 9. 



Ralph de Freckleton in 1374 com- 

 plained of depasturing by John Boteler of 

 Marton and others; De Banco R. 455, 

 m. 395. 



In 1382-3 an agreement was made for 

 the marriage of John son of Ralph de 



