WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



Margaret daughter of Thomas and Joan, and her 

 heirs male ; to Isabel sister of Margaret ; to Cecily 

 sister of Isabel; and to Katherine sister of Cecily ; 

 then to Joan and her heirs for ever. 1 After Sir 

 Thomas's death his widow Joan, as wife of Roger de 

 Fazakerley, had a grant of one-third of the manor of 

 Huyton, pending the duke of Lancaster's claim to it.* 



Joan afterwards married Sir Nicholas de Harring- 

 ton of Farleton, and by fine in August, 1397, she 

 remitted to the above-named 

 Margaret de Lathom and her 

 heirs the moiety of the manor 

 of Huyton. 3 Margaret is said 

 to have married 4 Nicholas de 

 Harrington, a younger son of 

 Sir Nicholas by a former wife ; 

 from them descended the Har- 

 ringtons of Huyton Hey. In 

 1400 Sir Nicholas, the father, 

 made an agreement with Tho- 

 mas de Hornby and Margery 

 his wife concerning the mar- 

 riage of their daughter and 



heir Sibyl with his grandson John son of Nicholas ; 

 for this he would pay them 40 marks of silver, and 

 suitable settlements were to be made for John and 

 Sibyl. It appears that John was then under seven 

 years of age. 5 



John, succeeding his father, occurs in 1442- 3- 6 His 

 son and successor is said to have been Nicholas Har- 

 rington, 7 father of Hamlet (Hamo) Harrington, who 

 died 15 January, 1527-8. He was found to have 



HARRINGTON or HUY- 

 TON. Sahle, a fret argent 

 and a label or. 



HUYTON 



held the manor of Huyton, with lands, &c., in 

 Huyton and Knowsley, of Edward earl of Derby by 

 the fifth part of a knight's fee and a rent of I i\d. 

 He had also held the manor of Akefrith in Farle- 

 ton, and other lands. His heir was Percival Har- 

 rington, son of his brother John, then aged twenty- 

 eight years. 8 



The heir very quickly arranged for his marriage. 

 He espoused Anne the only daughter of Henry 

 Norris of Speke, lately deceased ; and assigned for 

 her benefit his manor of Akefrith in Farleton and the 

 Red Hazels in Huyton. 9 



Percival Harrington enjoyed his manors but a 

 short time, dying 24 January, 1534-5.' His son 

 and heir was John Harrington, aged only five years. 

 The boy's marriage was at once arranged by Sir William 

 Norris and others." John was succeeded by his son 

 Percival " and he by his son John, 13 who died during 

 the Commonwealth period, being buried at Huyton 

 in 1 6 5 3 . His eldest son Robert having died before him, 

 he was followed by his grandson John, born about 

 1627. John was twice married. By his second wife, 

 Dorothy Tarleton of Aigburth, he had a son and heir 

 Charles. Together they obtained in 1713 an Act of 

 Parliament " to enable them to settle their estates and 

 to dispose of some of them for the payment of their 

 debts. Charles, though twice married, died without 

 issue in 1720," and Huyton Hey went to the descen- 

 dants of his aunt Elizabeth, who had married Richard 

 Molyneux of New Hall, West Derby, and Alt Grange 

 in Ince Blundell. 16 



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