A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Quenilda's husband becoming a monk of the 

 former, 6 and the descents can be traced for some 

 time, 7 but the manor of Warton appears to have 

 been alienated about 1220-40 to some of the Wood- 

 plumpton family, 8 and thus in 1 242 it was recorded 

 that Thomas de Beetham held the third part of a 

 knight's fee in Warton of the Earl of Lincoln's fee 

 (of Penwortham). 9 



The Beetham estate, known as the manor of 

 COWBURN or Cowburgh, 10 descended regularly in 

 the family till the time of Edward IV. An estate 

 first acquired by Adam de Yealand about 1230" 

 and held after him by Conyers and Singleton of 

 Broughton 12 came in time to be regarded as a moiety 

 of the manor of Warton. Thomas de Beetham on 

 acquiring Warton gave a general confirmation to the 



monks of Lytham of the lands they held. 13 He died 

 in 1248 or 1249, and it was found that he held 

 three plough-lands of the Earl of Lincoln by the 

 third part of a knight's fee, receiving only 4*. \d. a 

 year and certain white gloves, others having been 

 enfeoffed freely. 14 Sir Ralph his son and heir died 

 about five years afterwards ; his daughter Joan was 

 only seven years old 15 and appears to have died a 

 little later, for at inquisitions made in 1255" and 

 1257 it was found that Ralph's brother Robert was 

 his heir. 17 



Sir Robert de Beetham confirmed the Lytham 

 charters, and agreed with the monks as to the bounds 

 of Bryning and Warton on the Lytham side 18 ; he 

 also gave land in the Bankhouses to Stanlaw Abbey. 19 

 He was succeeded by his son Thomas before 1 3O2, 20 



To Roger her son Quenilda lady of 

 Warton gave 2 oxgangs of her land ; ibid. 

 no. 7. Roger with the consent of Eda 

 his wife gave to Lytham land near 

 Stubbegate and Blakefield ; ibid. no. 38. 

 Roger son of Roger on of Quenilda gave 

 the priory a selion called Dreng, lying 

 between lands of Sir Robert de Conyers 

 and of Roger son of 1 1 award, and stretch- 

 ing from the ditch of Howbeck to the 

 butts of Rucditch ; ibid. no. 39. 



Siegrith de Warton daughter of Roger 

 le Boteler of Warton, with the good will 

 of her husband Roger son of Eward, gave 

 land on Redlinch and in Warton field 

 upon Stupelgate to St. Cuthbert of Lytham ; 

 ibid. no. 45, 53. Roger and Siegrith 

 gave a ' land ' to Cockersand also ; Chartul. 

 i, 197. 



6 This is stated in the Lytham charter 

 already quoted ; no. 46. 



7 Richard le Boteler son of Quenilda de 

 Warton gave to Lytham, with the consent 

 of his heirs, the homage of Adam son of 

 Efward, his free man ; Lytham Charters, 

 no. 27. The seal shows the ' Butler ' as 

 described above. He also gave an oxgang 

 of land in alms, &c. ; ibid. no. 55, 52. 

 He was a benefactor to Cockersand also, 

 giving among other parcels land between 

 Markpool and Warton Pool, 2 acres on 

 the field of Stubbegate next the ditch 

 between Warton and Kellamergh, nearer 

 Flitholm ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 192-4. 



Eustace the son of Richard le Boteler 

 of Warton confirmed a gift which his 

 father had made to Lytham, viz. 3 acres 

 in 'Cuburch' next the land of Roger 

 de Freckleton ; Lytham Charters, no. 50. 

 Stephen and Adam le Boteler were wit- 

 nesses. The seal is like his father's. 



Adam son of Richard le Boteler of 

 Warton, and therefore brother of Eustace, 

 appears to have succeeded. He granted 

 to Richard son of his uncle Roger half 

 an oxgang of land in Warton in return 

 for 3 marks of silver given him in his 

 great need, which land had formerly 

 belonged to the grantor's uncle Robert. . 

 Easements were allowed except on the 

 lands formerly given in alms and in 

 2 acres which another uncle (Stephen) 

 had for peace made between them. The 

 service to be done to the lord was the 

 proportion of knight's service pertaining 

 to half an oxgang where nine plough-lands 

 made a knight's fee; ibid. no. 31. By 

 another charter Adam released to the 

 monks of Lytham the land he held of 

 them upon the Bank in Warton, they 

 having given him 171. in his great 

 need ; ibid. 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 3. It 

 was possibly his daughters who put for- 

 ward a claim to the manor in 12912, 



but apart from this there is no record of 

 the permanence of this branch of the 

 family. The Butlers of Rawcliffe in the 

 1 6th century held lands in Warton, but 

 the tenure is not stated ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. iii, no. 109, &c. 



In 1301 Adam de Claughton released 

 to Thomas de Beetham all right in lands 

 and rents formerly held by Richard le 

 Boteler of Warton, his great-grandfather 

 (proa'V'.is) ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 144^. 



8 There was probably some connexion 

 between Quenilda de Warton and Richard 

 son of Roger the lord of Woodplumpton, 

 for one of his daughters was named 

 Quenilda. At all events, she gave to 

 another of his daughters, Margaret, 



1 oxgang of land in Warton together 

 with the service of Stephen le Boteler 

 for the 4 oxgangs he held of her. Mar- 

 garet was to perform the knight's service 

 pertaining to 5 oxgangs where nine 

 plough-lands made a knight's fee ; Final 

 Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chcs.), i, 28. 

 Richard le Boteler, the heir of Quenilda, 

 assented to this charter, and was in 1207 

 called upon by Margaret and her husband 

 Hugh de Morton to warrant the land to 

 them, and in the following year he did 

 so ; ibid. 



Margaret's estate probably passed to 

 her sister Amuria, who married Thomas 

 de Beetham, but how the lordship of the 

 rest was transferred is unknown. Per- 

 haps Adam son of Richard sold it in his 

 necessity. 



9 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 151. The Prior of 

 Durham in 1305-6 called upon Thomas 

 de Beetham to acquit him of the service 

 demanded by Henry de Lacy ; De Banco 

 R. 160, m. 101 ; 163, m. 261. 



10 The name occurs (1200-1300) in 

 various forms in the Lytham and Cocker- 

 sand charters Cuburch, Cuburne, Cou- 

 burgh and Richard de Warton described 

 it as an island ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 

 192. As a surname it appears as Cow- 

 burne and Colborne. 



11 Adam gave to Cockersand Abbey 



2 oxgangs of land, one purchased from 

 Stephen le Boteler and the other from 

 Roger son of the Lady; ibid, i, 190. 

 Another oxgang he obtained in 1227 

 from Adam son of Walter, apparently 

 claiming by inheritance ; Final Cone, i, 

 52. Alice his daughter and heir married 

 Robert de Conyers ; ibid, i, 107. 



13 Gilbert de Singleton in 1300 pur- 

 chased a toft and 40 acres in Warton 

 from Alice daughter of William de 

 Conyers ; ibid, i, 191. He died in or 

 before 1326 holding lands, &c., in War- 

 ton of Sir Robert de Conyers by fealty 



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and rendering a pair of white gloves 

 yearly, also by the service of the twenty- 

 fourth part of a knight's fee and paying 

 4JV. sake fee and ioj,/. for castle ward. 

 There were a capital messuage (worth 2s. 

 a year), 6 oxgangs of land each of 10 

 acres (worth 401.), and the fourth part of 

 a fishery (6s. 8</.) ; four free tenants paid 

 i6d. yearly; Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 

 67. Gilbert seems to have had a fourth 

 part of the manor, though doing only the 

 eighth part of the knight's service. 



Thomas de Singleton and Elizabeth his 

 wife in 14256 gave the manor of War- 

 ton, &c., to Nicholas his son and Mar-' 

 garet his wife ; Kuerden fol. MS. p. 381. 



In the 1 6th century the Singletons of 

 Broughton were stated to hold their 

 manor of Warton of the king as of his 

 duchy by knight's service ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 70 ; v, no. 45, &c. 



18 The charter is named in the old 

 catalogue of Lytham charters at Durham, 

 but is now missing. 



14 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 171. Ralph 

 died 8 Mar. 1253-4. 



15 Ibid, i, 195 ; the value is given as 

 2j. \d. Joan's marriage was worth 30. 



18 Ibid. 202. 



17 Ibid. 203. Robert was of full age. 



18 Durham catalogue as above. 



19 Wkalltj Couch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 

 453-4. The gift was made for the soul 

 of Robert's deceased wife Maud. 



20 Lanct. Inq. and Extents, i, 316; 

 Thomas de Beetham held the third part 

 of a knight's fee in Warton of the Earl 

 of Lincoln. 



In the same year John son of Richard 

 de Warton claimed a messuage, an oxgang 

 of land, &c., and a mill in Warton against 

 Thomas de Beetham and another oxgang 

 against Gervase Avenel and Emma his 

 wife ; De Banco R. 144, m. 333 d. 



Thomas was in possession as early as 

 1290, when Godith and Avice daughters 

 of Adam le Boteler claimed against him 

 2 oxgangs in Warton and two-thirds of 

 the manor of Cowburgh as their inherit- 

 ance. Their father was brother and heir 

 of Richard le Boteler, and the claim was 

 respited because Thomas de Beetham was 

 under age; Assize R. 1288, m. 13 d.; 

 407, m. i. The claim was renewed in 

 1292, when Thomas, still a minor, 

 alleged that his father Robert had died in 

 seisin ; ibid. 408, m. 4. This is the 

 last appearance of the Botelers. A Godith 

 wife of John Ward occurs in 1 300 ; De 

 Banco R. 132, m. I93d. 'The heir of 

 Beetham' in 1297 was liable for castle- 

 ward rents of 31. \:i. in Warton and 

 25. 6d. for Kellamergh and Bryning ; 

 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 290. 



