A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



He died before 1265, and was succeeded by his 

 grandson William son of John Blundell, a minor, as 

 to whose custody there was a dispute between Sir 

 William le Boteler and Robert de Ferrers, earl 

 of Derby. 1 John had a brother Robert, called 

 <Goch." 



William Blundell confirmed his ancestors' grants to 

 Stanlaw, and added something on his own account ; s 

 and at the same time came to an agreement with the 

 monks as to certain approvements within the common 

 pasture, where their rights had been restricted, and 

 allowed them convenient access to the carr adjoining 

 Thornton. 4 On the other hand he gave them serious 

 cause of complaint by erecting a windmill to which 

 he caused his tenants to take their corn to be ground, 



to the loss of the abbey's mill ; the monks accordingly 

 summoned the tenants, and secured an acknowledge- 

 ment of suit to their mill for all corn to the sixteenth 

 measure. William Blundell made amends by grant- 

 ing the windmill to the monks, and allowing them to 

 enlarge and improve the site. 5 He died in or before 

 1293.' 



He was succeeded by his son William, who died 

 about the end of the reign of Edward II, his widow 

 Agnes appearing as plaintiff in 1331'; and a little later 

 she and her son William exchanged certain lands in 

 Ince. 8 It is difficult to decide if the younger William 

 here mentioned was the husband of Joan de Haydock. 9 

 Probably he was ; if so, he was succeeded by his 

 brothers Henry and John. 10 In the latter's time the 



