A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



by the tenants ; two mills were in operation a 

 windmill and a horse-mill. 1 During the thirteenth 

 century the descent of the manor followed that of the 

 wapentake and land between 



Kibble and Mersey, but in _^__^__^__ H 

 1316 Thomas, earl of Lancaster, 

 gave the manor, with 300 acres 

 of wood, to Robert de Holand, 1 

 and about four years later con- 

 firmed the grant with large 

 additions, viz., the manor of 

 West Derby, ' nigh Liverpool,' 

 with its demesnes of the Hay of 

 Croxteth, the manors of Tor- H 

 risholme and Nether Kellet, HOLLAND. Azure, semte 

 the keepership of the forest in de Us, a lion rampant 

 the earl's lands and forests, and pedant argent. 

 the bailiwick of the serjeanty of 



Lonsdale, Furness, and Cartmel, land in the Hope 

 nigh Manchester, with the bailiwick of the serjeanty 

 of Salfordshire, and manors and lands in many other 

 counties. 3 In 1322 the manor fell into the king's 

 hands upon the earl's attainder, but upon the restora- 

 tion of the honour to his brother Henry of Lancaster 

 passed again into the earl's demesne and descended in 

 his line. It was completely surveyed in 1323, when it 



was found that Thomas de Hale and thirteen other 

 free tenants held 250 acres of land and i\ burgages ; 

 Hugh the reeve held two oxgangs by serjeanty ; sixty- 

 nine men held thirty-one burgages and twenty 

 oxgangs of land; and 433 others held 1,816 acres 

 and many houses, the total return being about 74.* 

 In 1348 the issues of the manor amounted to 125.' 

 The office of bailiff of the manor appears to have 

 been united with that of bailiff of the vill (not 

 borough) of Liverpool. 6 In the sixteenth century 

 the Molyneuxes of Sefton were stewards of the 

 manor. 7 



Some grants of annuities from the issues of the 

 manor are on record. 8 



The Act of 1609 relating to the creation and con- 

 firmation of copyhold lands in Lancashire had special 

 application to West Derby. 9 



From 1327 downwards the manor was held by 

 the house of Lancaster and by the kings as dukes of 

 Lancaster; but in 1628 Charles I sold it to certain 

 citizens of London, together with all lands and tene- 

 ments within the same, and in Everton and Waver- 

 tree. 10 An amended grant was made in November, 

 1638 ;" and in the following year the manor was 

 transferred to James, Lord Stanley and Strange, after- 

 wards seventh earl of Derby. 12 It remained with his 



