A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



It thus appears that from 



was divided into a half and two quarters ; and this is 

 perhaps the origin of the modern 

 division into Litherland, Orrell, 

 and Ford. 



One of the two quarters at 

 least was probably held by a 

 ' Demand,' a doom-man or 

 judge, so called from the here- 

 ditary service discharged in the 

 wapentake court as the repre- 

 sentative of the lord of Sefton. 

 There were two families bear- 

 ing the surname Demand, one 

 of which was certainly connected 



very closely with Orrell. The quarter of the manor 

 held by the latter family cannot be traced with clear- 

 ness, but appears to have been held by one Siward 

 about izoo 1 and to have descended to the Demand 

 family, 1 being sold in 1335 by Richard the Demand 



rly time Litherland to Peter, a younger 



af Richard de Molyneux of 



LKA OF FRINCH LIA. 



Sable, three bars argent. 



Sefton. 3 With the latter's daughter it went to John 

 Dandyson of Ditton, 4 and was purchased from 

 Richard and Peter de Ditton by Sir Richard Molyneux 

 and his son in the latter part 

 of Henry VI's reign. 5 



The other quarter came into 

 possession of the Lea or Lee 

 family, 6 and descended with 

 other of their lands to the 

 Ashtons of Croston, 7 until 

 alienated in 1596 by Thomas 

 Ashton, who sold his fourth 

 part of the manor, with all his 

 lands in Litherland, Orrell, 

 and Ford, to Sir Richard 

 Molyneux. 8 There was another 

 family named Lee in the town- 

 ship whose property also came to Molyneux. 9 



Richard de Molyneux had before I z 1 z gii 



ASHTON OF CROSTON. 

 rgent, a chevron be- 

 veen three chaplets gules. 



