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Joan, daughter of a later Ralph, carried the manor 

 to William Huddlcston about 1427," and he held 

 the manor in 1446." The Huddleston estate, not 

 described as a manor, was sold to the Earl of Derby 

 in 1496." 



Alan de Singleton's estate descended to Banastre 

 of Bretherton and so to the heirs of Balderston." 

 Their right in part was granted to the Earls of 



KIKKHAM 



Derby," who thus became the principal holders in 

 the 1 6th century. 



Richard le Boteler of Rawcliffc obtained a portion 

 of the vill in 1259 from Richard son of Richard de 

 Freckleton, 10 and this descended in his family till 

 1541, about which time part of the inheritance was 

 divided among the daughters of John Butler." The 

 shares were further subdivided by sales," but the 



Freckleton and Alice daughter of Adam 

 de Bradkirk ; it thowt that Ralph had 

 mills in Freckleton and land* in Aughton, 

 MaghuII, &c.; Kuerden, loc. cit. In the 

 following year Ralph made a feorfment of 

 the manor of Freckleton, &c. ; ibid. 



li In 1428 William Huddleiton and 

 Joan hit wife were in possession of the 

 manor ; Final Cone, iii, 94. The name 

 ii here ipelt Hodelaton. In 1431 William 

 Huddleston held a moiety of the manon 

 of Freckleton and Elfwick by the service 

 of half a knight's fee ; Feud. AiJs, 

 iii, 95. 



"William Huddleston and Joan hit 

 late wife held a knight'i fee in Freckleton, 

 Ac., the relief being 1001.; Duchy of 

 Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. zo. It 

 wat, perhaps, the husband who had died, 

 for the writ 'diem clausit extr.' after the 

 death of Joan was not issued till 1454 ; 

 Def. Ketptr'i Ref. xxxvii, App. 175. In 

 it the wat described as 'daughter and heir 

 of Ralj " de Freckleton.' 



" Towneley MS. C 8, 5 (Chet. Lib.), 

 Hen. VII, no. I. Thomas Earl of Derby 

 T. William Huddleston nine messuages 

 in Freckleton, &c. Land, ice., in the 

 township is named in the possessions of 

 Thomas the second earl in 1521, but the 

 tenure it not ttated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. v, no. 68. 



The rental of 1522 (at Lathom) thowt 

 that 1091. 9J</. was received from the 

 estate purchased from William Huddle- 

 ston, including 2J. 4//. for fisheries in the 

 Ribble andk4>. 4//. profits of the court held 

 during the year. In addition 191. <)J. 

 was received from the lands purchased 

 from John Coppull. The ettate descended 

 to Ferdinando the fifth earl ; Add. MS. 

 3 2 1 04, fol. 406. 



19 See the accounts of those townships. 

 Adam de Hothersall gave Thomas Ban- 

 astre and Joan hit wife half an oxgang of 

 land in Freckleton ; Kuerden MSS. ii, 

 fol. 257. Thomas Banastre granted a 

 capital messuage and the moiety of 2 ox- 

 gangs of land in Freckleton to Roger son 

 of Robert the Forester of Preston ; Dods. 

 MSS.Iiii,fol. 94. No tenure is recorded for 

 Sir Thomas Banastre's lands in Freckleton 

 in 1385 \ Laics. Inj. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 

 14. Nor again in the case of Richard 

 Balderston in 1457 ; ibid, ii, 63. 



From the inquisitions of the time of 

 Henry VIII it appears that the following 

 held lands in Freckleton of the Baldertton 

 inheritance, but no detailt are afforded : 

 Edmund Dudley, Thomat Radcliffe of 

 Winmarleigh (held of Otbaldetton) and 

 Sir Alexander Osbaldeiton. 



Other Singletont appear in the town- 

 ship, one of them having been named 

 above. Alice widow of Alan de Singleton 

 claimed an acre in 1246 against Ellis son 

 of Herbert, but Richard de Freckleton 

 warranted the land, being of his demesne, 

 whereupon the plaintiff remitted her right 

 for 4Cu/. ; Assize R. 404, m. 14. Adam 

 ton ol Alan de Singleton granted land in 

 Racarr to the tame Ellis ; Kuerden MSS. 

 iv, F 3. Ellis about 1160 granted various 



lands to Gilbert son of Alan de Meols ; 

 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 95. Later Maud 

 widow of Ellis made a grant to Gilbert de 

 Meols ; Kuerden MSS. loc. cit. 



Maud widow of Adam de Singleton in 

 1294 and later claimed dower againtt 

 Thomas Banattre of Bretherton and others 

 in respect of ij oxgangt of land, &c.; De 

 Banco R. 106, m. 8 ; 153, m. 410. 



Gilbert de Singleton of Broughton in 

 1326 held his landt in Freckleton of 

 Adam Banastre by the sixty-fourth part 

 of a knight'i fee, paying id. for castle 

 ward. There were a metsuage worth 

 12 J. a year and an oxgang of land con- 

 taining 12 acret, each worth I2</. ; Inq. 

 p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 67. Thomas son 

 of Gilbert de Singleton gave hit brother 

 John all hit land in Freckleton in 1332 ; 

 Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. 73. The tame 

 Thomat granted a lease of the fourth 

 part of an oxgang of land to James the 

 Tailor in 1348 ; Kuerden MSS. iii, 



F 3- 



" Pat. 4 Hen. VII ; in a grant of Sir 

 James Harrington's lands to the first 

 earl. Some land alto descended to 

 him by virtue of the purchase from 

 Coppull, mentioned in the account of 

 Newton. 



William Earl of Derby and Edward 

 Stanley told a mettuage, &c., in Freckle- 

 ton to Cuthbert Sharpies in 1(97 (Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 360), 

 but the manor wat reputed to be held by 

 the earl years afterwards, as appears by 

 the inquisitions. It must have been 

 alienated before the Civil War, as it is not 

 named in the Royalist composition papers, 

 or later. 



10 Richard de Freckleton granted 2 

 oxgangs of land (which his father Richard 

 had given to the grantor's brothers, 

 Robert and William), and seems to have 

 added in 1259 2^ oxgangs recovered 

 from his brother John ; Dodt. MSS. liii, 

 fol. 90 ; cxlix, fol. 1 1 /A. 



The Botelers made a number of other 

 acquisitions. Thus Richard son of Michael 

 de Thornton gave Richard le Boteler 

 the service of Gilbert de Meols for 2 

 oxgangs of land, a pair of gloves being 

 the rent ; Kuerden MSS. iv, S 20*. To 

 the same Richard land was given by 

 Richard son of John son of Alice de 

 Warton, and Richard de Pemberton 

 granted Sir Richard le Boteler half an 

 oxgang of land j ibid. F 1 3. John son of 

 Robert de Hothersalt in 1 348 gave land 

 to Master Nicholas Boteler ; ibid. The 

 above-named Richard de Pemberton is 

 named in tome Lytham Priory charters 

 at a tenant in Freckleton. 



In 1 276 William de Meols, nephew 

 of Gilbert, claimed 2 oxgangt of land, 

 Ac., in Freckleton and Hutton against 

 Richard le Boteler and the Abbot of 

 Cockertand ; Aitize R. 40 c, m. 2. 



Adam de Meolt and William hit ton 

 attetted charters about 126; ; Lytham 

 D. at Durham, 3 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 20, 

 44. Lands formerly belonging to Margery 

 widow of Gilbert de Meols were acquired 



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by Sir Adam de Hoghton ; Dodt. MSS. 

 cxlii, fol. 58*, 50 ; Add. MS. 32106, 

 no. 688 ; Kuerden MSS. iii, W 30. They 

 are not named in the Hoghton inquisi- 

 tions. A moiety of Margery's lands 

 went to Richard le Boteler ; Dodt. MSS. 

 cxlix, foL 117. 



In 1364 a settlement of the manor of 

 Freckleton wat made by Richard son of 

 Sir Nicholas Boteler (Ralph de Freckleton 

 being a witness), the remainder being 

 to John le Boteler of Marlon ; ibid. 

 fol. 115. Sir John (son of Nicholas) 

 Boteler of Rawclirle somewhat later 

 recovered a moiety of the manor against 

 Nicholas de Croft and Ellen hit wife ; 

 ibid. fol. 116. John de Cottam in 1395 

 obtained a mill and an oxgang of land in 

 Freckleton againtt Nicholat and Ellen de 

 Croft ; Final Cane, iii, 46. 



The lands of Sir John Boteler in 1404 

 were laid to be held of Ralph de Freckle- 

 ton by knight'i service and 21. 6J. rent ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1460. Thote 

 of John Butler, who died in 1488, were 

 in 1 502 found to have been held of the 

 Earl of Derby by knight's service ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 4$. 



" In the year named Nicholas Butler 

 claimed as brother and heir male ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Plea R. 172, rn.il. A large 

 part of the estate was in 1572 divided 

 among representatives of the four daugh- 

 ters, and the manor of Freckleton became 

 part of the share of Thomas Standish of 

 Duxbury and James Anderton of Clayton } 

 ibid. 231, ni. 8. 



In I $99 the lands of Thomas Standish 

 in Freckleton were said to be held of the 

 queen as of her duchy by the hundredth 

 part of a knight't fee ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 54. As early at 1552 

 Jamei Anderton (father of the Hugh who 

 married Grace Butler) wat said to hold 

 of the heir of Michael de Freckleton 

 (cf. Michael de Thornton above) in socage 

 by J./. rent ; ibid, ix, no. 14. 



Some particulars of the Shireburne 

 estate may be added. This was of varied 

 origin. Adam son of Adam de Freckle- 

 ton gave land to Robert de Shireburne 

 in 1324-;; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 86. 

 In 1441 Richard Shireburne was stated 

 to have held in demesne two messuages, 

 40 acres of land, 20 acret of meadow 

 and 100 acret of patture in Freckleton, 

 of the king in tocage ; Lanes. Rec. Inq. 

 p.m. no. 30, 31. Later, however, the 

 tenure was recorded otherwise ; thus 

 Robert Shireburne (1492) held his land 

 in Frecklcton of John Butler in tocage ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 91. 

 A similar ttatement wat made in later 

 inquiiitioni. 



n Jamei Anderton and Dorothy hit 

 wife made sales in 1(73 (Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. ^c, m. 23, 98); Thomas 

 Standith and Margaret his wife in 1 580 ; 

 ibid. bdle. 42, m. I 34. 



In 1631 Richard Butler, who oa de- 

 clining knighthood wat fined 10, wat 

 described at ' of Freckleton ' ; Mite. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Chet,), i, X22. 



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