A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



zj<^. annual rent was also to be paid. 1 This was the 

 origin of the holding of the Maghull family. 



In i 292 Richard son of Robert de Maghull claimed 

 from Gilbert de Halsall 5 acres 

 of wood as his inheritance, 

 from his grandfather Richard 

 son of William, who had held 

 it in the time of Henry III. 

 Gilbert raised the technical plea 

 that his brother Henry ought 

 to have been joined with him 

 as defendant, since he held 

 i $ acres of the disputed land. 2 



In August, 1301, Richard 

 son of Robert de Maghull 



fave to his son Richard and 

 is wife Emmota, daughter of 

 Robert de Rydings of Sefton, or - 

 all his lands in Aintree and 

 in Melling ; he and his wife Alice giving warranty. 3 



Gilbert de Halsall, Richard son of Robert de Mag- 

 hull, Richard son of Simon de Maghull, and others 

 were in 1 304 defendants in a claim made by Thurstan 

 de Maghull in right of his wife Margery, formerly 





Robert de Maghull and Emma his wife, Thomas son 

 of Richard son of Simon de Maghull and Alice his 

 wife, Richard son of Simon de Maghull and Margery 



of land and 2^ acres his wife, and Robert and Henry sons of the first 

 defendant. 6 In another suit in 1334 it was stated 

 that Gilbert de Halsall was lord of one moiety ; 

 Thomas son of Richard son of Simon, and Richard 

 son of Richard son of Robert being lords of the other 

 moiety. 7 



It thus appears there were two families taking their 

 name from Maghull, one descending from Robert and 

 the other from Simon, and probably both from the 

 above-named William de Maghull. 8 This comes out 

 again in 1350 in a claim by Gilbert de Halsall in 

 which the defendants were the grandsons above- 

 named Richard and Thomas. 9 



Gilbert de Halsall in 1 346 prosecuted Thomas son 

 of Richard de Maghull for breaking his mill, to the 

 loss of loos, profit. 10 William son of Thomas de 

 Maghull was a grantor in 1361." Six years later 

 Thomas de Maghull complained that John the 

 Mercer and others had attacked him with bows and 

 arrows, and that he dare not go to church or visit 

 anyone in the town without protection ; but the 



the wife of Adam de Crosby, regarding common of jury acquitted the accused. There 



pasture in 100 acres of moor, wood, and pasture. 



Gilbert de Halsall and Richard de Maghull were 



lords of the vill ; and their defence was that the 



approvement made was lawful according to the statute 



of Merton. 4 



In 1336 Richard son of Richard de Maghull 

 granted his son Richard land in the township, with 

 remainders to Adam and to William, brothers of the 

 grantor. Three years later the same Richard made a 

 similar grant to his brothers William, Adam, and 

 Henry in succession. 5 Between these grants (in 

 I 338) Thomas son of Ellen de Maghull (with whom 

 his son Simon was joined) brought a claim by writ of 

 novel disseisin, against Richard son of Richard son of 



ere counter 



harges against Thomas, his son John and brother 

 William." Thomas was living in 1358. 



At this point there is a defect in the evidences." 

 Richard de Maghull occurs as one of the lords ot 

 the vill in 1395." The name of Thomas de Maghull 

 occurs in 1418 and 1423 and again in 1447." The 

 series of Maghull charters begins again in 1421 with 

 a grant by Hugh de Bretlands and Margery his wife 

 to Thomas de Maghull of Aintree, of all the mes- 

 suages and lands in Maghull, Melling, and Aintree 

 which had belonged to Emmota the widow of Henry 

 del Crosse. 16 



William Maghull is said to have been lord of this 

 portion of the manor about 1420, and to have granted 



