A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



their estate is unknown, except in the case of Alexander 

 Goosnargh of Stalmine, who died in 1524 holding 

 lands in the township of Richard Hoghton in socage ; 

 the heir was a grandson Alexander Wering. 96 Eaves 

 or Eyves Hall has been mentioned among the 

 possessions of Alexander Rigby ; some particulars 

 have been preserved of Eaves Green. 97 



BR4DCROFT, which may stand for the obscure 

 third part of the manor once belonging to Longford, 

 was owned by the Bartons of the adjacent township of 

 Barton, 973 who long held KIDSNAPE of the Hoghton 

 family by a rent of 6/. 8^. 98 William Clifton," 

 described as 'of Kidsnape,' died in 1517 holding 

 lands in the tithing of Richard Hoghton and John 

 Boteler by services unknown. He left three daughters 

 and heirs Isabel, aged twenty-nine, wife of Ralph 

 Venables in 1528; Joan, twenty-six, who married 

 John Beconsaw ; and Anne, twenty, who married 

 Bartholomew Hesketh. 100 



BEESLET" m gave a surname to one or more local 

 families. That seated in Threlfall has been mentioned 

 above, and it is not possible to trace the others or 

 state their tenures exactly, though they are often 

 named in pleadings and other records. 102 Jane the 

 wife of Henry Beesley died in 1585, and Henry died 

 in 1591 holding half a messuage, &c., called Barnard 

 House or the Hey of Beesley, the tenure of which 

 was not recorded. The heir was a son William. 105 

 Thomas Beesley, who died in 1637, held ' Beesley 's 

 lands ' ; his son Robert, aged forty, was heir. 104 

 WHINNT CLOUGH 10 " was part of the Hoghton 

 estate in the time of Elizabeth ; later held by the 

 Bamber family of Poulton, and more recently by the 

 Parks of Preston. 106 It is now owned by Mr. William 

 P. Park of Ashton-on-Ribble. 106a 



In Longley tithing Higher and Lower BARKER 

 are noteworthy. About 1450 Barker in Goosnargh 

 was a portion of the estates of Richard Clifton of 



the above. In 1302 he had a uit with 

 William son of Robert de Thistleton ; 

 Assize R. 418, m. 6a. He was called to 

 warrant in 1312-14 in a suit between 

 Roger dc Wedacre and William son of 

 Grimbald de Coore and Alice his wife ; 

 De Banco R. 19;, m. 184 d. ; 207, m. 148 ; 

 212, m. 283 d. Johnson of Walter de 

 Goosnargh claimed land against Roger 

 de Wedacre in 1324 ; ibid. 251, m. 154. 



Hugh son of Ranulf de Goosnargh in 

 1314-15 gave his land in Whittingham 

 to his sons Richard and Thomas ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 12. 



Robert Goosnargh in 1481 gave his 

 land in the Snape and Westfield to the 

 brothers Edmund and Henry Elswick ; 

 Kuerden fol. MS. 153-4. 



96 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, 

 no. 55. In 1582 one William Waring 

 was party to a division of lands in 

 Whittingham and Goosnargh ; he took 

 those in the former township and John 

 Taylor those in the latter ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 44, m. 139. John 

 Taylor, Anne his wife, James his son 

 and Ellen his wife occur in 1593 ; ibid, 

 bdle. 55, m. 48. 



97 John Catterall of Selby, the elder, 

 attainted in 1461, had the manor of Eaves 

 Green, with messuages and land in 

 Goosnargh, Hackinsall, and Dilworth ; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. n Edw. IV, no. 35. 

 The tenures were not recorded. The 

 manor with the rest of the estate was in 

 1472 granted to John Pilkington (Cal. 

 Pat. 1467-77, pp. 307, 419), who died in 

 possession in 1478, leaving a son and heir 

 Edward, twelve years old ; Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. 19 Edw. IV, no. 77. In 1625 the 

 tenant was Richard Harrison ; Fish- 

 wick, op. cit. 68. 



In 1633 Alexander Rigby made in- 

 quiry as to the * manor ' of Eaves Green. 

 He believed it was the land he owned, 

 ' only a little common . . . before the 

 inclosure . . . and no manor.' There was, 

 however, another little common * near 

 the burgh ' called by the same name 5 

 Hist. MSS. Cam. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 52. 



97 Gilbert Barton in 1516 held Kid- 

 snape of the heirs of Sir Alexander 

 Hoghton by 6j. %d, rent, otherwise 

 of Henry Kighley and Elizabeth his wife 

 (in her right). In addition Gilbert 

 held an oxgang of land there of Ralph 

 Catterall by a pound of cummin this 

 was perhaps the Sandyclough of another 

 inquisition ; other messuages, of tenure 

 not recorded, and lands, &c., yielding a 



rent of 41. gfaj. and a pair of gloves, held 

 of the king by the third part of the fifth 

 part of a knight's fee and i%d. rent ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 7 ; 

 v, no. 6. Bradcroft is mentioned in the 

 second inquisition, but the tenure is not 

 separately stated ; in 1572 Richard Barton 

 was said to have held it of the queen 

 by the third part of a knight's fee and 

 iSJ. rent ; ibid, xii, no. 9. At the same 

 time a place called Spinster House in 

 Goosnargh, which had been given to John 

 Barton, younger son of Richard, was 

 stated to be held of Thomas Hoghton by 

 3</. rent* 



Thomas Barton and Anne his wife in 

 1593 sold various messuages, &c., to James 

 Gregson j Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 55, m. 157. In 1603 Thomas Barton 

 of Barton (nephew of Thomas Barton of 

 Kidsnape) was stated to have held his 

 lands in Kidsnape of Sir Richard Hoghton 

 by 6j. 8^, rent and Thomas Procter by 

 \d. or a pair of gloves. He also held 

 some land, newly inclosed, of the king 

 by knight's service ; Lanes. Inj. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc.), i, 7-11. 



98 John son of Adam de Barton and 

 Alice his wife sold land in Goosnargh to 

 Richard son of Nicholas de Hiles in 1322 ; 

 Final Cone. ii, 47. In the following year 

 the family had two messuages, &c., in the 

 township ; ibid. 56. The same estate 

 appears again in 1381 ; ibid, iii, 10. 



In 1292 a Jordan de Kidsnape claimed 

 land in Goosnargh against Walter son of 

 Robert de Ayrdale, but was non-suited ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 46. 



99 It was no doubt an earlier William 

 Clifton to whom, in conjunction with 

 Joan his wife, Thomas Barton and Agnes 

 his wife in 1444 granted all his land in 

 Kidsnape, with 51. a year from Gibbe- 

 field, at a rent of 10 marks ; Add. MS. 

 32104, no. 706. 



In 1473 Ralph Whitehead granted 

 Kidsnape to Margaret and Joan, daughters 

 of Thomas Barton ; Kuerden MSS. iv, 

 G 9. See also the account of Upper 

 Rawcliffe. 



100 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 21. 

 In a previous inquisition (iv, no. n) 

 William Clifton's lands ' in Goosnargh ' 

 were said to be held of the king as of his 

 duchy by the sixth part of a knight's fee. 



A minor Clifton family occurs in the 

 i8th century ; Lanes, and Chet. Antiq. 

 Notes, ii, 35. 



101 John son of Adam de Barton in 

 1315-16 gave land in Beesley to Richard 



198 



son of Nicholas del Hiles ; Dods. MSS. 

 liii, fol. 93, and see note 98. 



104 To Cockersand Abbey in the first 

 part of the I3th century Adam son of 

 Ralph gave land of his demesne next to 

 land held by Richard de Bcesley of the 

 Lady Beatrice ; Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. 

 Soc.), i, 239. Adam de Goosnargh gave 

 lands to Thomas de Beesley, Thomas 

 Travers being then sheriff (1302-6); 

 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 78*. This deed 

 was in 1597 in the possession of George 

 Beesley of Goosnargh. 



Gilbert de Beesley and Adam his 

 brother attested a charter (undated) ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1891. William 

 son of Gilbert de Beesley was in 1305 

 defendant in two claims, one for dowel 

 put forward by Agnes widow of Gilbert, 

 and the other for certain land, by William 

 son of Richard Russel ofWoodplumpton ; 

 De Banco R. 153, m. 256 d. ; 156, 

 m. I72d. William son of Nicholas dc 

 Beesley claimed a messuage, 10 acres of 

 land, &c., against Ellen widow of William 

 dc Beesley in 1354; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 3, m. v. The defendant sum- 

 moned William son of William de 

 Beesley to warrant her, he being next of 

 kin and heir of Iseud de Beesley ; ibid. 

 4, m. 15. Shortly afterwards (1356) 

 in a cross-suit William son of Nicholas 

 claimed from Ellen the widow two mes- 

 suages given by Gilbert de Beesley to 

 Adam de Beesley and his issue with re- 

 mainder to Nicholas. Adam (living in 

 the time of Edward II) died without 

 issue, and thus Nicholas succeeded, and 

 his right descended to his son the 

 plaintiff. William son of William, who 

 warranted, said the remainder was to 

 William de Beesley his grandfather ; 

 ibid. 5, in. 19 d. 



In 1488 Alexander Ambrose and 

 Margaret his wife claimed lands in 

 Goosnargh and other places against 

 Thomas Lawrence, Margaret his wife, 

 Thomas Beesley and Joan his wife ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 3 Hen. VIII. 



Cecily widow of Robert Beesley was a 

 plaintiff in 1536; Ducatus Lane. (Rcc. 

 Com.), i, 155. 



103 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, 

 no. 24. 104 Ibid, xxviii, no. 62. 



105 In 1570 Thomas, base son of 

 Thomas Hoghton, laid claim to Whinny 

 Clough ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 392. 



106 For a full account see Fishwick, 

 op. cit. 179-81. 



I06a Information of Mr. Park. 



