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a mill at Hale. For that he substituted a claim 

 against John de Wolfall and Cecily his wife for the 

 moiety of two parts of the manor of Hale as his por- 

 tion of the inheritance of his uncle Henry de Hale, 

 lately deceased. To this they agreed, and Adam ac- 

 cordingly had seisin. 1 His next suit was against 

 Robert de Holand, Richard son of William de Walton, 

 and others, to recover the third part ot the manor, 

 except one messuage. Robert de Holand said he 

 claimed nothing except as guardian of Richard de 

 Walton, a minor. Richard denied Adam's right, and 

 the latter repeated his story, with the addition that 

 his aunt Cecily in her old age and infirmity had de- 

 sired it to be known that he was her heir, and had 

 allowed him temporary possession t for one day and 

 one night,' in token of the same. 2 



The claim was unsuccessful, and the Waltons re- 

 tained this part of the manor. In 1292 Richard de 

 Walton was summoned to show his right to a third 

 part of the manor of Hale, part of the ancient demesne 

 of the crown, but stated that he held in fact only about 

 a sixth of it. On adducing the grant to Richard de 

 Meath, he was met by the statement that the hey of 

 Hale with its hunting and other rights had been re- 

 served by King John ; 3 he could only reply that 

 Richard de Meath had occupied the hey as well as 

 the rest of the manor. In 1293 his portion of the 



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manor was taken into the king's hands by default, 4 

 but four years later was restored to his son William de 

 Walton. 4 The disputes between the various lords ot 

 the manor continued, 6 but in 1321 William de 

 Walton sold his rights to Adam de Ireland and 

 Robert his son. 7 



The lordship of Robert de Holand " descended like 

 his other manors. His son Robert, afterwards 

 Lord Holand, in 1304 procured a charter for a 

 market and fair for Hale and free warren there. 9 The 

 market was to be held every Tuesday, and the fair on 

 the eve, day, and morrow of St. Mary Magdalene. 

 Robert himself seems afterwards to have granted a 

 charter for a borough. 10 Hale seems to have been 

 assigned as part of the dower of his widow Maud, and 

 soon afterwards she was defendant in a suit by Alan 

 son of Henry le Norreys." She died seised of the manor 

 in 1349. I* was held of Henry earl of Lancaster by 

 fealty and suit to the wapentake of West Derby, and 

 was worth 9 a year clear." The second Lord Holand 

 died in 137.3, holding it of the duke of Lancaster by 

 homage and fealty only; it was then worth 60 2.1. 6J. 

 His daughter Maud, widow of Sir John Lord Lovel, 

 died in 1423 seised of the manor of Halewood, held 

 of the king in chief as of his duchy of Lancaster in 

 socage by fealty only ; it was worth 40 clear." It 

 was forfeited by the Lovels in 1487, and given to the 



