AMOyNDERNESS HUNDRED 



occurs." George Waring died in 1557 holding two 

 messuages in Over Whittingham of Thomas Whit- 

 tingham by a rent of 5*. 3</., and owning land in 

 Nether Whittingham also." The family can be 

 traced down to the 1 8th century; the site of their 

 house, Got Field, is part of the Asylum estate." 

 Thomas Salisbury died in 1630 holding Lower House 

 in Whittingham of Thomas Singleton M ; Christopher 

 his brother and successor died in 1641." A number 

 of other owners occur i'i the inquisitions." 



Cockersand Abbe;,." the Knights Hospitallers," 

 and the Franciscans " of Preston had land in the 

 township. 



LYTHAM 



Only one or two sequestrations appear in the 

 Commonwealth period," but some ' Papists ' registered 

 estates in 1717." 



The Presbyterians had a licensed meeting-place in 

 1689," but it has disappeared. 



The Wesleyan Methodists began services in a dis- 

 used cotton factory, but in 1831-2 a chapel was 

 built, which continues in use." 



There was a large number of convicted recusants 

 in Whittingham about 1670,** and Roman Catholics 

 formerly had a chapel at Duxcndean at the west 

 end of the township, but it was taken down in 

 1840." 



LYTHAM 



Lidun, Dam. Bk. ; Lithun, Litlium, c. 1190; 

 Lethum, I 347. 



The township occupies a level tract of land at the 

 mouth of the Ribblc ; Lytham proper is at the 

 eastern end, and is bounded on the south by the 

 Kibble ; while St. Anne's, formerly called Heyhouses, 

 occupies the north-west portion and looks out over 

 the Irish Sea to the west. The area between the 



two extremes is known as Ansdell ; the new residential 

 district called Fairhaven is here, 1 while Heyhouses 

 is more inland. Formerly a large part of the total 

 area of 5,309^ acres' was occupied by sandy wastes 

 on the sea side and mosses inland, but there was 

 arable land to the north-east of the village. The 

 township by the county lay of 1624 had to pay 

 2 61. 2J. to each 100 levied on the hundred. 1 



de Preiton, but the defendant showed a 

 release from William himselt ; Aiiize R. 

 1404, m. 19. 



Henry Pretton of Preiton died in 

 1 $49 holding land of Richard Whitting- 

 ham by 1 2</. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. ix, no. 19 ; x, no. 10. Margaret 

 widow of Henry Wilkinson was occupier 

 of Preiton House in 1563-6; Ducana 

 Lane, ii, 173, 333. George Preiton in 

 1602 held of the king by the two- 

 hundredth part of a knight's fee ; Lanct. 

 Intj. f.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 103-4. The 

 same estate was in 1608 held by Leonard 

 Chorley, who wai tucceeded by a ion 

 William ; ibid, ii, 9. 



To these may be added Thomai 

 Bretherton, who died in 1443 holding 

 among other landi a mruuage and 30 

 acres in Whittingham of Sir Richard 

 Hoghton by 101. net, and 6 acres of 

 Thomai Singleton the elder by 21. rent ; 

 Townelcy MS. DD, no. 1490. John 

 Catterall of Eavel Green and Selby, 

 attainted of high treason in 1461, had 

 bnds, &c., in Whittingham which were 

 bestowed on Sir John Pilkington ; Chan. 

 In*], p.m. ii Edw. IV, no. 33; 19 

 Edw. IV, no. 77. 



* Henry Waring of Whittingham wai 

 a debtor in 1448 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 to, m. 8. 



Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 1 8. 

 John his son and heir wai twenty-fire 

 years of age. He died in 1592 holding a 

 capital mesiuage called the Moor House, 

 Ac., and his son George, aged eleven, was 

 h ir ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxnvi, 



JI- 



A William Waring appeari in 1579- 

 i ; I'aU of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 41, 

 in. 151, 196; 44, m. 139. Hit son 

 John died in 1 594 holding messuages, Ac., 

 of the Kari of Derby by the hundredth part 

 of a knight's fee and 4</. rent ; Duchy of 

 l.anc. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 10. The heir, 

 hit brother Richard, then seventeen yean 

 old, died in 1598 holding the same estate, 

 with the addition of 7 acres approved 

 from the waste and held of the queen hy 

 the hundredth part of a knight's fie ; ibid. 



zvii, no. 12. The 1 < ir wai his son 

 William, three years old. 



87 Fishwick, op. cit. 189. 



88 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 

 1078. He also held Westsnape in Ashley 

 of Thomas Tyldesley of Withgill (as 

 assignee of Henry Singleton, deceased), 

 and his heirs were hit daughters Janet 

 wife of Richard Pope, Elizabeth wife of 

 Nathaniel Woodward, Anne wife of 

 Thomai Cowell and Jane wife of Richard 

 Singleton, their agei lying between thirty- 

 eight and twenty- four years. 



* 9 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, 

 no. 77. The heir was a ion Richard, 

 aged seven. 



90 The following held of the Whitting- 

 ham family : Evan Browne of Ribbleton, 

 154$, by |8./. rent; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. vii, no. 24. Ralph Clitheroe 

 of Bailey, 1556, by 6J. rent; ibid, x, 

 no. 26. Alexander Rigby, 1621 ; Lanci. 

 In(j. f.m. (Rec. Soc.), iii, 4(7. Thomas 

 Beesley of Goosnargh, 1637; Towneley 

 MS. C 8, 13, p. 72. 



These held of the Crown or the duchy : 

 Leonard Houghton (in right of his wife 

 Anne), 1583, by the hundredth part of a 

 knight's fee ; the heir was a daughter 

 Bridget, aged six ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xiv, no. 89. Edward Robinson, 1608, 

 by the three-hundredth part of a knight's 

 fee ; Lanes. IIKJ. f.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 1 14. 

 John Robinson of Whittle, 1628, by the 

 hundredth part ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, 

 p. 1013. Stnpford of Ulnes Walton, by 

 the two-hundredth part ; Lanes. Iitf.f.m. i, 

 169 ; ii, 73. Thomai Holden, 1617, by 

 knight's service ; ibid, ii, 57-8. Robert 

 Heskcth of Rufiord, 1620, lands in Nether 

 Whittingham in socage ; ibid, iii, 356. 



John Kighley of White Lea in Goos- 

 nargh, 1616, held of Sir Richard Hoghton ; 

 ibid, ii, 33. Henry Gregson, 1621, held 

 of the same ; he left a son and heir 

 Robert ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 465. 

 Adam Rigby, clerk, 1627, held of the same 

 a messuage, with Lockrield, Dodgecroft, 

 and Cowhey wood, by the two-hundredth 

 part of a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 30. William Critch- 



213 



Inwe, 1637, held of Richard Shireburae 

 as of the late priory of St. John of 

 Jerusalem ; his heir was his son William, 

 aged twelve ; C 8, 13, p. 252. 



In some cases the tenure was not 

 recorded : Sir William Molyneux, 1548 

 (part of the Clifton estate) ; Henry Cottam 

 of Haighton, 1592 ; Leonard Helme of 

 Goosnargh, 1601. 



" The charters have been cited above. 



* They had in 1292 lands in Whitting- 

 ham, Heyley (? Alley), and Combeihalgh ; 

 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375. 



** Lawrence Houghton of English Lea 

 gave to Philip warden of the Friars 

 Minor of Preiton a tenement in Whitting- 

 ham in 1 509-10; Harl. MS. 2112, ml. 

 1526. It wai probably a temporary gift. 



94 Richard Waring in 1649 desired to 

 compound, * being sequestered for delin- 

 quency in the beginning of the wars ' ; 

 Cal. Com. for Comf. iii, 1999. Two- 

 thirds of a small house and acre of land, 

 sequestered for the recusancy of Ellen 

 Jackson, the lessee, wai the subject of a 

 petition by Thomai Whittingham in 

 1651 ; ibid, iv, 2768. 



91 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Calk. Nn- 

 jiirari, 90, 91, 138-9. The namei were 

 Richard Duckworth, William Sturzaktr 

 (Moor House), Thomai Daniell, Robert 

 and Richard Stanistreet. 



" At Richard Dicconson'i house ; Hi::. 

 MSS. Cm. Kef. xiv, App. iv, 232. 



w Filhwick, op. cit. 197. 



Miu. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 184-6. 



* Filhwick, op. cit. 196. 'O\rr one 

 of the doori wai the following inscrip- 

 tion : 1611'"* 1.1. 1.1 There wai 



also a wooden cross, which was removed 

 to Hill chapel' in Goosnargh. 



1 Cross Slack was in the same neigh- 

 bourhood. 



'The Ctniut Rtf. of 1901 givei the 

 following icreagei for Lytham and St. 

 Anne's retpectively : Land, 2,453, J34'i 

 inland water, II, I; tidal water, 300, 

 401 ; foreshore, 775,4,633. St. Anne's 

 includes part of Marton. 



Gregion, Frapntnti (id. Harland), 2}. 



