AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



Alan de Singleton.* These subdivisions were in- 

 creased by later grants, and in 1322 the holders 

 were Ralph de Freckleton, 4 oxgangs of land ; Adam 

 son of William Banastre, 3 ozgangs ; Thomas de 

 Bradkirk, } oxgang ; Onn Travers, 5 oxgangs ; 

 and William son of Ellen J ozgang, rendering the 

 service due where eight plough-lands make one 

 knight's fee.* 



The Freckleton demesne descended like the chief 

 manor ' to Huddleston and the Earls of Derby, whose 

 estate was augmented by a share of the Singleton 

 portion.* In 1603 the manor of Elswick was sold 

 with other estates to a number of purchasers and 

 probably subdivided.' The demesne lands were 

 afterwards the property of the Leckonbys of Great 



ST. MICHAEL- 

 ON-WYRE 



Ecclcston, whose estates were dispersed in 1762, thii 

 portion being purchased by Edward Rishton ; from 

 him it descended by marriage to Alderman King of 

 Manchester (1891).' 



Another part of the Freckleton share seems to 

 have been held in the 151(1 century by Dicconson, 

 who sold to Clifton." A Molyneux family had some 

 lordship," Swarbrick," Ballard " and Turner" all 

 holding of William Molyneux in the time of James I. 

 Other lands were held of the Crown " and of Butler 

 of Rawcliffe." 



The Whittingham moiety of the manor became 

 subdivided." Bradkirk" to whom in part succeeded 

 Goosnargh " and Travers " seem to have been the 

 chief participants in 1322, but others who took the 



Lanci. Inq. and Bxltntt, i, 152. 



* Ibid, ii, 13 5-6; some of the tene- 

 ment! are calculated. In the account! 

 of the Penwortham fee in 1341-2 the 

 following tenant! of Elswick are named : 

 Adam Banaitre, J oxgang of land ; 

 Thomai de Bradkirk, the tame ; William 

 ion of Ellen; Mini. Accts. bdle. 1091, 

 no. 6. 



* Ralph de Freckleton held the demesne 

 of Eliwick in 1371 ; Kuerden MSS. iii, 



' The Singleton part of the manor 

 descended like Little Singleton to 

 Banaitre, Balderston and their heiri. 



William Banastre wai in 1323 found 

 to have had the reveriion of a meisuage 

 and 3 oxgangi of land held of Adam 

 de Freckleton by paying 22^J. towards a 

 cutage of 4O. i.e. by three lixty-fourth 

 parti of a knight'i fee ; Lanci. Inq. and 

 Extents, ii, 159. Sir Thomai Banaitre 

 had landi in Eliwick in 1 379 ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 14. 



Eliwick wai in the time of Henry VIII 

 enumerated among the Balderston landi 

 in the inquiiitioni of Edmund Dudley, 

 RadclifTe of Winmarleigh, the Earl of 

 Derby and Sir Alexander Oibaldeston. 



The Coppull of Coppull family had . 

 land in Elswick, and thii wai probably 

 part of the eitate sold to the Stanley! ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 20, m. 14. 



Lord Derby's rental in I $22 shows 

 ton. 3</. rent! of the tenant! at will, and 

 a few other payment!. 



Pal. of Lane. Feet of P. bdle. 65, 

 no. 69 ; Thomas Lord Ellesmere, Alice 

 his wife and othen were deforcianti. 



10 See the account of Great Eccleiton, 

 and Fisbwick, St. MidutFt (Chet. Soc.), 

 189. 



11 In 1489 John Dicconson and Cecily 

 hit wife held land in Eliwick of Richard 

 Huddleston (of Freckleton) ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Chan. Miic. bdle. i, file 10. In 

 the same year they sold to Jamel Clifton ; 

 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanci. and Chei.), 

 iii, 142. 



Cuthbert Clifton died in 1512 holding 

 in Eliwick of Thomai Earl of Derby ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 12. 

 The later inquiiitioni of the Cliftoni of 

 Weitby give a similar record. 



" A William Molyneux of Weit- 

 houghton occura in 1600 | Miic. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanci. and Chei.), i, 248. 



11 William Swarbrick of Roieacre died 

 in 1619 holding land and a corn-mill in 

 Elswick of William Molyneux in locage 

 by to,/, rent ; alio another piece of land 

 of the king ai of hii honor of Clitheroe. 

 John, hii ion and heir, wai twenty yean 

 of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanca. and Chei.), ii, 1 38. 



It ii Mated that early in 1 643 the Earl of 

 Derby ' stayed at Eliwick whilst hii com- 

 pany plundered Mr. William Swarbrick'i 

 booki' ; War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 28. 

 The victim wai not a mere student, 

 but shortly afterward! railed toldieri for 

 the Parliament, having the rank of 

 captain, and took part in the campaign ; 

 ibid. 42, 49, 50. He wai the son of 

 John Swarbrick of Roieacre, and hii lister 

 Ellen married Cuthbert Harrison, the 

 founder of Nonconformity after the Rei- 

 toration ; Nightingale, Lanci. Nonconf. 

 1,8.. 



14 John Ballard held a meisuage and 

 land by io</. rent, and at hit death in 

 1619 wai succeeded by hii ion Thomai, 

 aged forty ; Lanci. Inj. f.m. (Rec. Soc.), 

 ii, 141. 



Thomai Ballard died in 1635 holding 

 a messuage, Ac., in Elswick of Richard 

 Molyneux and land in Tar-nacre of the 

 king ai of the manor of East Greenwich. 

 He left four daughter! ai co-heirs 

 Janet, Ellen, Anne and Dorothy their 

 agei ranging from icventeen to eight 

 yean ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet. 

 Lib.), 60. 



14 Edward Turner of Gooinargh in 

 1 604 held 1 2 acres and left a ion Chris- 

 topher, aged fifty in 1620 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 191. 



William Turner died in 1632 holding 

 a messuage, Ice., in Ehwick of the king 

 ai of hit manor of Clitheroe. Thomai, 

 hii ion and heir, wai fifty yean of age ; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 1190. 



" William Butler of Hackiniall in 

 1 586 held land in Eliwick of the queen 

 ai of her duchy in locage ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 47. See also 

 Lanci. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 241. 



John (ion of William) Bell died in 

 1625 holding land and a mill in Elswick 

 of the king ; hii heir wai William hit 

 on, aged twenty-five ; Towneley MS. 

 C8, 13, p. 66. 



Thomas Noblett died in 1636 holding 

 a mesiuage, &c., of the king at of hit 

 duchy in locage. Edmund, hii ion and 

 heir, wai twenty yeart of age ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m jcxi, no. 67. 



In lome cases, ai thole of Eccleiton 

 and Stanley of Great Eccleiton, the 

 tenure hai not been recorded. 



17 John Wilkinson of Little Eccleiton 

 10 held in 1628 ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, 

 pp. 1311-11. 



19 John de Whittingham gave to hit 

 friend Thomai Banaitre of Bretherton a 

 rent of 21. from an oxgang of land in 

 Eliwick in 1301 ; Dodi. MSS. cxliz, 

 fol. 46*. 



"Adam de Bradkirk (before 1226) 

 gave to Richard ion of Alan in marriage 



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with Amabil hii daughter 3 oxgangi of 

 land in Eliwick, which had been given by 

 Warine de Whittingham ; ffkalUj Couch. 

 (Chet. Soc.), ii, 4159. Amabil granted 

 one of the oxgangs to John de Eliwick, 

 another to Adam ion of I. ewe, and the 

 third to Robert ion of Hugh ; ibid. She 

 wai afterward* known ai Amabil de 

 Sowerby ; ibid. 462. 



M Adam ion of Adam de Bradkirk 

 gave land to Randle de Goosnargh ion of 

 Robert, viz. one of the oxgangi which 

 Warine de Whittingham had given AHam 

 his father and which Adam ion of Lewe 

 had released. A rent of 21. wai to be 

 paid to cover the rent parable to Warine 

 de Whittingham. Thii charter wai en- 

 rolled becauie the wax fell off when in 

 the handi of the juiticei in eyre ; Assize 

 R. 408, m. 44. 



Alice widow of Randle de Gooinargh 

 in 1292 claimed dower in half an oxgang 

 of land in Eliwick against Adam ion of 

 Henry ion of Ulf and Agnei hit wife ; 

 ibid. m. 24. In 1316 Maud widow of 

 Alexander de Gooinargh claimed dower 

 in I oxgang of land againit Henry de 

 Carleton and Godith his wife ; De Banco 

 R. 216, m. 194. 



About the lame time Hugh ion of 

 Randle de Gooinargh released to Thomai 

 de Bradkirk hit claim in 2 oxgangi of 

 land with a messuage in Eliwick formerly 

 his brother Alexander 1 !, of which 1 ox- 

 gang was formerly held by Adam ion of 

 Roger, while the other wai then held 

 by Henry de Carleton and Godith hii 

 wife for life ; Kuerden fol. MS. 1 54. 

 Hugh also gave hit ioni Richard and 

 Thomai a chief messuage in Withington 

 (Weetnn) and the reveriion of the landi 

 held m Elswick by Maud widow of Alex- 

 ander de Gooinargh and Godith daughter 

 of Randle ; ibid. The laid Godith, ai 

 widow, gave the 2 oxgangi of land to 

 Thomai ion of Adam de Bradkirk in 

 1320-1 and her whole right in 3 

 oxgangi ; ibid. 



" Patilin de Preston, who had mni 

 William and Adam, held an oxgang of 

 land in Eliwick in 1292 ; Auize R. 408, 

 m. 24, 76. Earlier than thii he had 

 granted an oxgang of land there to hii 

 on William ; it had been purchaied 

 from Adam ion of Richard de Eliwick ; 

 Add. MS. 32108, no. 70. In 129; 

 Thomai Travers obtained a mrsiuage 

 and the third part of an oxgang from 

 Hugh ion of Paul de Preiton and Alice 

 Mil wife i Final Com. i, 178. 



Aliee widow of Thomai Traveri 

 claimed dower in 1317 in Eliwick and 

 Thistleton againit Robert ion of William 

 Cowdray and Margaret hit wife ; De 

 Banco R. 119, m. 131 d. 



