Chap. 6. 



OLD HALLS, &o. 1^7 



last wyU and testament aU his said capitaU mease, lands, tenements, and 

 herditaments, or any of them, at his wyU, liberte, and pleasure, and allso that 

 every person or persons havinge any capitall mease, lands, tenements of estate ot 

 inheritance, holden in knyght servis. shall and may have full power and auctorite 

 by his last wyll and testament to wyll.-I the said John Tomnlay, bemg seased of 

 inheritance of certain lands in Dutton in socage, or in the nature of socage tenure, 



do give unto Kathe my mfe of my lands, closes called the nerer Hand-feild, 



the further Handfield, the Wyddow genes, the Cow feild, the okm ridding, the 

 Great and Little banks, Hemerlees and the Ponshones, and 2 closes of the Ragdens 

 for 21 years, and then to come to my right heirs.-Also I wyU that a jd be geven 

 to every person being present at the tyme of my buryall that wyllingly wyll take 

 hit -To every person dwelUnge with me at the day of my death one yeres wages- 

 ToJanemydoughterten pounds. To Sir James Liungard, Vicar of Ribchester 

 xiiis iiiid To Sir Jamys More xs. To Sir Rychard Mersden xs. The rest of rny 



goods to Katharine my wife, whom I make my executrix My singuler good Mr. 



Jlr. John Talbot of Saylburye Esquier Supervisor, and I allso give for his paynes 

 takings xL. 



Inventory 1572, ij payre of clammers, one foit eche, with togwthes, xxd. iij 

 goubeyrons with one brouling iron xvjd. xiij. stannis and barels V]s vujd uj 

 Skelis,ii Collockis, ij pickeins, ijs. vij Knoppis and twiuels, one knedesshein 

 xxiiiis For a hare, vijs. iiijd. V. sylver sponis, xvjs. Sum, Lxujb. vs. vijd. 

 He owes to Kdward Ratcliffe vli. John Shirburne gentybnan owes him vli. 

 xiijs iijd. ' 



Henry Townley, the brother of John, as we have said, succeeded to 

 the estates. He had five sons by his wife Lucy, daughter of Edmund 

 Sherburne, Esq., of Sherborne House, Mitton. "In the 22nd Ehz. 

 (1579) Eobert Seede, in right of Eobert LyneUs, had a suit with 

 Henry' Townley, Thomas Cooke, and others, concerning a messauge 

 and land and right of way in Eibchester, Fawuey, and Langridge 

 Moor."" Henry Townley died at an old age in 1609. 



Eichard Townley, the eldest son of Henry, was the next represen- 

 tative of the Dutton Townleys. He had five sons and three daughters. 

 His widow, on his death, married Mr. Henry Hayhurst, of Eibchester. 

 Eichard Townley died 11th Sept., 1618. 



-, ^ c. • *„ "-R.V.}. Wffls"— R. Sherborne, Esq., in socage by fealty 



iSurtees Society Rich. WiUb f^a °ent of one red rose per ann. He 



1853. . . , , , prpston also held premises in Hothersall of John 



7le''pr\6irSSJrdTot1ilty':^rd°e; Hothersai. gent.-Kecord Society- 



clared to have held lands m Dutton, of 



