A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



received from William de Tatham, rector of Halton, 

 the ' manor ' of Claughton purchased from Adam son 

 of Richard de Claughton, also a number of other 

 tenements including Langscale, now Landskill, in 

 Catterall. This grant was charged with the main- 

 tenance of a chaplain in Claughton or at Garstang 

 Church, a stipend of 66s. %J. being payable. 18 



Roger de Brockholes appears to have been killed in 

 December 1 34 1 , 19 His widow Ellen died in December 

 1357 holding a messuage and land in Byrewath of 

 the king by knight's service and by rendering \d. 

 yearly for castle ward ; also a messuage, 80 acres of 

 land and 10 acres of meadow in Claughton, Bils- 

 borrow and Catterall of the heir of William de 



Tatham in socage, and other land in Tatham of the 

 said heir. Her heir was Roger son of Roger de 

 Brockholes, aged fifteen. 10 The younger Roger, 

 whose age might appear understated" for in July 

 1 342 he was contracted to marry Ellen daughter of 

 Sir Adam de Clitheroe" occurs in various ways 

 down to I390.* 3 In 1377-8 he released to Nicholas 

 de Brockholes all claim in the manor of Brock- 

 holes." 



The descent of the manor or moiety is clearly 

 attested K down to Roger Brockholes, who died in 

 1496 holding the manor of Heaton, near Lancaster, 

 with lands in Tatham, Claughton, Bilsborrow and 

 Catterall, those in Claughton being held of the king 



John de Brockholes and Margaret his 

 wife were defendants in 1325 ; De Banco 

 R. 258, m. 467. Margaret widow of 

 John in 1333 called Nichola widow of 

 Roger de Brockholes to warrant ; ibid. 

 294, m. 291 d. She and her son Roger 

 were defendants in respect of a tenement 

 in Garstang in 1336; ibid. 305, m. 



339- 



18 Add. MS. 32105, fol. 94; Lang- 

 scale had been obtained from William 

 de Southworth. A red rose was to be 

 given to William and his heirs on 

 St. John Baptist's Day. The chaplain 

 was to say mass daily for the souls of 

 William de Tatham and his kin, Eustace 

 de Cottesbech and all the faithful de- 

 parted. Should Roger die without heir 

 the remainders were to John and Edmund 

 brothers of Roger. It would appear from 

 the grant that the Brockholes family 

 were not the legal heirs of William de 

 Tatham, and as land in Tatham was 

 afterwards held by them it seems clear 

 also that William was the owner of the 

 estate and not merely a trustee. 



The deeds show that William de 

 Tatham had been acquiring lands in 

 Claughton for many years. The follow- 

 ing made grants to him :" Adam son of 

 Adam son of Bimme de Claughton (i<A 

 rent), John son of Thomas de Stanford 

 (land in Grassyard in Towncroft), Robert 

 son of Roger de Claughton, Robert le 

 Ward (homage of John son of John de 

 Bilsborrow), Godith daughter of John 

 son of Walter de Myerscough (in Dere- 

 ridding), Richard son of Walter de 

 Claughton and others (in Priestridding), 

 Richard son of Roger de Bilsborrow (rent 

 of 14^. due from the Wederidding in 

 Douaneshaigh Moss) and Adam son of 

 Henry de Rowall (land in Catterall) ; 

 Brockholes D. John de Brockholes 

 attested several of the charters, which 

 are undated. In 1311 Adam son of 

 Richard de Claughton gave William de 

 Tatham a messuage and land in Launeld 

 in Claughton; in 1325 John son of 

 William de Whittingham and Margery 

 his wife gave him a water-mill and a 

 fulling-mill, being Margery's dower ; and 

 Richard son of Patrick de Claughton gave 

 rents and the sixth part of a mill, formerly 

 belonging to Roger de Bilsborrow ; ibid. 

 In 1333 Adam son of Richard de Claugh- 

 ton and Maud his wife confirmed their 

 grant; Final Cone, ii, 91. There are 

 other charters in Towneley C 8, 13 

 (B 148, 242). 



In 1324 Thomas de Stanford released 

 to William de Tatham his right in the 

 eighth part of the lordship of Claughton ; 

 Brockholes D. 



In 1325 Roger son of Robert son of 

 Ralph de Claughton gave a messuage, &c., 



to his father with reversion to John 

 de Brockholes; C 8, 13, B 133. 



William de Coucy in 1339 complained 

 that Roger de Brockholes, William hi 

 brother and four Stirzacres had broken 

 his close, &c. ; De Banco R. 320, m. 449. 

 William son of John de Brockholes was 

 in 1343 sent to gaol for wounding, &c. ; 

 Assize R. 430, m. 20. 



19 Ibid. m. 1 2 d. ; William son of John 

 de Bilsborrow and Adam his brother were 

 implicated. In 1341 Roger de Brock- 

 holes had made a feoffment (perhaps in 

 view of his marriage) of his manor of 

 Claughton, with lands in Catterall, Bils- 

 borrow, Haighton, Tatham and Garstang ; 

 Brockholes D. The widows Nichola and 

 Margaret were living. In the same year 

 Roger complained of assault ; Coram Rege 

 R. 319, m. 125. 



20 Inq. p.m. 12 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), 

 no. 12. The chaplain received 66j. 8</. 

 from the estate as stipend. 



21 In 1341 (i.e. before the father's 

 death) Thomas de Holden and Margery 

 his wife (widow of Robert de Claughton) 

 claimed dower in Claughton against Roger 

 son of John de Brockholes, John de 

 Pleasington and John the Souter, and in 

 the following year John de Pleasington 

 called William brother and heir of Roger 

 de Brockholes to warrant him ; De Banco 

 R. 327, m. 35 ; 333, m. 213. 



This shows that Roger had been a 

 posthumous son, and at his proof of age 

 (1363) it was stated that he was born at 

 Salesbury 10 August 1342 ; Def. Keeper's 

 Kef. iii, App. 208. 



William son of Ralph de Stirzacre, as 

 nephew of William de Tatham, who had 

 died seised, claimed three messuages, &c., 

 in Claughton and Bilsborrow in 1 346 

 against Richard de Towneley and Ellen 

 his wife. The defendants called Roger 

 son of Roger de BrocJcholes to warrant 

 them, but he was under age ; Assize R. 



143 5> m - 3 1 - 



22 Final Cone, ii, 114; the remainders 

 were to William son of John de Brock- 

 holes, John and Edmund his brothers, &c. 

 These brothers put in their claim, as did 

 Eufemia their sister. 



Salesbury, where Roger was born, was 

 a manor of the Clitheroe family, Sir 

 Adam having died before 1342. 



23 In 1356 Roger son of Roger de 

 Brockholes acquired lands in Aighton, 

 and in 1363 he made a feofTment of lands 

 in Tatham ; Brockholes D. In the latter 

 year he appeared as plaintiff ; De Banco 

 R. 416, m. 383d. In 1369, 1373 and 

 1375 he acquired certain lands and rents 

 in Claughton, the names including White 

 Carr, Alcocks Field, Myerscough Field and 

 Dawfield ; Brockholes D. The grantors 

 were Henry de Kuerden and Isulda his 



wife, Joan daughter and heir of Henry 

 de Fetherby (widow), John de Stanford 

 and Robert de Pleasington, Richard son 

 of William de Stirzacre. In 1390 Roger 

 obtained land in Catterall from Robert 

 Haneson de Stirzacre; ibid. In 1388 

 Roger acquired land in Claughton from 

 John the Glover and Margery his wife ; 

 Final Cone, iii, 30. 



M Towneley MS. HH, no. 1889. 



In 1420 Agnes daughter of Roger 

 Brockholes deceased acknowledged the 

 receipt of ^lo from her mother Ellen ; 

 Add. MS. 32105, SS 689. 



25 Roger's son John de Brockholes in 

 or before 1387 married Katherine de 

 Heaton, and so obtained the manor of 

 Heaton in Lonsdale, which he granted to 

 feoffees in 1407 ; Brockholes D. From 

 that time Heaton seems to have been the 

 chief residence of the family for about 

 200 years. In 1409 John son of Roger 

 de Brockholes received lands in Claughton 

 and Brockholes from John de Whitting- 

 ham of Claughton; ibid. In 1431 (see 

 note 1 2) he was recognized as joint 

 lord of the manor of Claughton the first 

 official record of his status. In 1437 

 several family arrangements were made 

 by him : an annuity of 5 marks to his 

 son William ; lands for life to his son 

 Thomas by a second wife named Joan 

 (Brockholes D.) ; Alcockfield to his son 

 Robert, and to Isabel his daughter ; C 8, 

 13, B 145, &c.; Add. MS. 32105, fol. 

 170*. 



In the collection of deeds last referred 

 to is a sworn testimony (1428) as to the 

 inheritance of Sir Geoffrey Brockholes, 

 whose daughter married at Colchester ; 

 ibid. fol. 173*. Sir Geoffrey is not known 

 to have had any connexion with the 

 Claughton family. 



In 1438 and 1439 lands were settled 

 on Thomas (son of Roger son of John) 

 Brockholes and Elizabeth his wife in 

 Claughton, Catterall, Garstang and 

 Tatham ; Brockholes D. John Brock- 

 holes had died somewhat earlier ; the 

 date of the writ of diem cl. extr. is given 

 as 30 May 1437 ; Def. Keeper's Rep. 

 xxxiii, App. 37. In 1441 Roger his son 

 received the manor of Heaton from the 

 trustees ; ibid. 



Thomas Brockholes (son of Roger) in 



1465 granted to Sir James Harrington 

 the wardship and marriage of his son 

 Roger, and in the following year Sir 

 James gave Roger to be married to Elleu 

 daughter of William Chorley ; at the 

 same time Thomas Brockholes gave her 

 Byrewath in Garstang for life ; Towneley 

 MSS. C 8, 13, 8206, &c. Margaret 

 widow of the former Roger was living in 

 1465, but seems to have been dead in 



1466 ; Brockholes D. Thomas Brock- 



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