A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Alt Grange became the seat of a younger branch of 

 the Molyneux family, who also had a house in West 

 Derby, known as the New Hall, and eventually 

 succeeded to the manor of Huyton ; they are now 



SKL. Perfess potent 



azure, three wolves' headt 

 erased counterchanged. 



represented by Mr. Edward Richard Thomas Moly- 

 neux-Seel. The first of them was John, a younger 

 son of Sir Richard Molyneux, the purchaser ; l he 

 was succeeded by his son Richard* and his grand- 



son John. The latter's estates were sequestered by 

 the Parliament for his recusancy and delinquency, 

 and though he died early in 1649* his widow was 

 still petitioning in 1655.* The eldest son Richard 1 

 married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Harrington oi 

 Huyton Hey, and was in turn succeeded by his son ' 

 and grandson, each named Richard ; the last-named : 

 succeeded to Huyton in right of his grandmother 

 Elizabeth, on the death of her nephew Charles 

 Harrington in 1720.* This Richard, buried at 

 Sefton early in 1735,' had a son Richard, who dice 

 a fortnight after his father, 10 and a daughter Frances, 

 whose marriage with Thomas Seel carried th 

 estates to this family. 11 The connexion with All 

 Grange seems to have ceased before her brother'.' 

 death." 



Of the other free tenants the most notable wen 

 the Blanchards. 1 * Part of the property of the Moor- 

 houses seems to have been sold to Henry Blundell o 

 Little Crosby. 14 In 1 444 there was a contest betweer 

 John Coldokes and Ellen his wife and Richard John 

 son of Little Crosby concerning land in Ince, whicl 

 has points of interest." 



if,/. of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 104; 

 and Visit, of 1664. (Chet. Soc.), 203 

 Molyneux of New Hall. 



'' Mentioned Royalist Comp. P. iv, 147. 

 In a deed of 1632 he is described as of 

 Alt Grange, brother and heir of John 

 Molyneux, deceased. 



Ibid. 145-8. He had in 1634 a 

 lease of Alt Grange from Lord Molyneux, 

 at a rent of 4 71. id. He and his wife, 

 with many others, appear in the Recusant 

 Roll of 1641 in Ince Blundell; Tram. 

 Hist. Soc. (New Ser.), xiv, 237. The 



succeeded him, was buried at Sefton, 

 29 Jan. 1712-13 ; see N. Blundell, Diary, 

 1 10. 



7 He registered his leasehold estate 

 in Ince as a 'Papist' in 1717; Engl. 

 Cat/i. Non-jurors, 1 54. He had an elder 

 brother John living in 1719, who in a 

 deed of this date mentioned him and his 

 sisters Mary and Elizabeth, also Mrs. 

 Elizabeth Molyneux, widow; Piccope 

 MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 192, from Roll 7 

 of Geo. I at Preston. 



In 1722 John Molyneux, of Alt Grange 



he was found dead on the sands, 28 April, 

 1704, and was buried in the Harkirk 

 ground at Little Crosby; N. Blundell, 

 Diary, p. 2, ; Crosby Rec. (Chet. Soc.), 

 pp. xxi, 81. 



Thomas Molyneux or Wilkinson, S.J., 

 is supposed to have been of this family ; 

 perhaps a brother of Edward. He was a 

 victim of the Gates persecution, dying in 

 Morpeth gaol, of poison given by the 

 physician as it is believed, though it was 

 given out that he committed suicide ; 

 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Car*, v, 69 ; 

 Foley, Rec. S.?. v, 657. 



Richard Molyneux was buried at Sefton 

 7 May, 1686. 



An elder son John, born in 1660 and 

 baptized by Mr. Parr, a secular priest, 

 after studying at St. Omer's, entered the 

 English College at Rome in 1679; <he 

 was always a Catholic and suffered for 

 his faith ' ; he went by his mother's name 

 of Harrington ; Foley, Rec. S.J. vi, 429. 

 He was buried at Sefton 28 Jan. 1692-3, 

 as 'John Molyneux of West Derby, 

 gentleman.' His brother Richard, who 



relating to this family see Trans. Hist. Soc. 

 (New Ser.), xi, 99, 100. 



11 See the account of Huyton. 



12 Richard Lord Molyneux leased Alt 



in 1726; Richard Molyneux of Alt 

 Grange is mentioned ; also his uncle 

 Edward and his deceased brother John, 

 and Margaret his wife; Piccope MSS. 

 iii, 244 (from a roll of Geo. II at 

 Preston.) 



is Richard Blundell between 1249 and 

 1266 granted to William, son of Swain 

 Blanchard, two fields in his vill of Ince, 

 at a rent of I2</.; Blundell of Crosby D. 

 K. 247. 



Gilbert Blanchard occurs in the list of 



note. Cn in \ 304' Richfrdrson" of WUUam 

 Blanchard, complained that Robert, son 

 of Gilbert Blanchard, William, son of 

 William Blanchard, and Richard Blundell 

 had disseised him of his messuage and 

 land in Ince ; but he failed, as Robert 

 showed that he entered on one portion, 

 as heir, after the death of William his 



grandfather, and William, son of Willian 

 Blanchard, by his father's gift ; Assize R 

 419, m. nd. 



Richard Blanchard paid to the subsidy 

 in 1332; Exch. Lay Subs. 8. Robert, 

 son of Richard Blanchard, was one of th. 

 free tenants of 1344; Gibson, Lydiat 

 Hall, 97. Adam Blanchard was a jure 

 in 1375; De Bane. R. 460, m. 323. 

 Robert and Adam Blanchard contribute- 

 to the poll-tax of 1381 ; Lay Subs. Lanes 

 130/24. 



Huan Blanchard, son and heir of John. 

 Ince Blundell in 1518 . 

 ley MS. CC. (Chet. Lib.), . 807. 

 Joseph Blanchard, of Lady Green, 

 713, and Richard Blanchar 

 holder in 1834; N. Blunder, 

 Gibson, op. cit. 139. 

 named Orshaw and Dey als . 

 during the fourteenth and fifteenth 

 ; Croxteth D. O. ii, 18, 22-2^ 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of I . 

 dle. 3, m. 9. 

 dam, son of Robert d< 

 med certain land fron 

 John de Ashhurst ; De Bane. R. 45* , 

 457, m. md. But fou 

 he defendant had given t > 

 l all the lands, &c., he ha i 

 by the grant of Richard, son of Williai i 

 del Moorhouses ; and in 1406-7 Isabe 

 as widow of John de Ashhurst, released a '. 

 her right in her husband's land t, 



Nicholas Blundell of Crosby ; Jtuerde . 

 fol. MS. 38, n. 436, 432. 



"The plaintiffs adduced a chart, r 

 granted by William de Molyneux (1250 

 80) to Henry, son of William d I 

 Moorhouses, of land called Ruholme i i 

 Ince, which William de Sileby former 

 held of the gift of Richard Blundell, ar 1 

 which descended to the grantor after tl _ 

 death of Richard his brother, who h; .1 

 had the same by the gift of Sir Willia. i 

 le Boteler. Henry, also known as Hen. / 

 son of Bimme, had issue Thomas ar 1 

 Simon ; the former had a son Roger ar 1 

 grandson Alan, whose daughter and he r 

 was Ellen, wife of John Coldokes. 



On the other side was adduced a cha - 

 ter by Henry, dated 1302, granting h < 

 son Simon a moiety of his lands he .i 

 according to 'the ancient charters' f 

 William, son of John Blundell ; for th s 

 gift his sons Simon and Thomas were :o 



