CHAP. 6.] OLD HALLS, &c. 135 



May 10 1644, married, Jan. 9, 1688, Catherine Lancaster, of the 

 family seated at Eainhill Hall, but she was, perhaps, a second wife 

 He (Hed in Jan, 1719. His oldest son, John, was taken prisoner at 

 Preston, Nov. 13, 1715, after the defeat of the CheyaUer de St. 

 George, but affected his escape, and, being outlawed, liyed m retire- 

 ment with his sister, Mrs. Leckonby, at Great Eccleston, where he 

 died unmarried, between 1740 and 1750. Besides a younger son, 

 George, who died in his youth, there were five daughters-Anne 

 Isabel, Margery, Sarah, and Grace. Of these, Anne was the wife of 

 William Leckonby, of Leckonby House, Great Eccleston, Esq and 

 Maro-ery married Edward Winstanley, of Pemberton, gent^ These 

 two eyentuaUy became co-heiresses to the estates, the Manor of 

 HothersaU faUing to the share of Mrs. Leckonby. Towards the close 

 of the century the estate was sold, and has since passed through 

 several hands, being now the property of the Openshaws, who have 

 modernized, if not rebuilt, the hall.'"-^ 



John HothersaU, gentlemen, or " Younge Mr. Hothersall as he 

 is called in the " Tyldesley Diary," was the younger son of Thomas 

 HothersaU, Esq., of HothersaU HaU. He joined the rebels and m 

 1715 was taken prisoner at Preston. He was neyer married, and m 

 1736 was Uyiug with his sister, Mrs. Leckonby, of Great Eccleston, 

 whose son eyentuaUy succeeded to the HothersaU estates. 



The Leckonbys became extinct by the marriage of the last daughter 

 of this ancient family with T. H. H. Phipps Esq., Wilts. 



The last of this old Catholic family was the mother of Miss E. M. 

 Phipps who resides at Leckonby Cottage, Great Eccleston. _ 



The foUowing references to John HothersaU are interesting :— 



-June 10 1714. Gave Jon. MaUey and Jo. Parkinson Is. pro 



subsistance. ' Dined in the cockpit with Mr. Clifton and others. Spent 



n wine 6d., pro dinner Is. Gave ye fiddler 6d. ; onn tickes spent in 



the pitt, belwixt battles, 6d. ; I won near 30s. Gave the ffeeder Is. 



."BibUographical Dictionary," GU- J^:r^t4"TaTdf -thJ'ow^t^Tf f/e 



low, vol. III. . , . ^ „„ (.v,o p<itn,te bein" the AUertons, from whom 



^kr. GiUow in has ^'^tf.. g^^tj^^'^,! ftpassed to the Fodders and Culcheths, 



KluUTfofdbyth\tecko?C^ an^ finaUy to the Openshaw. 



the Martins." 



