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a right of turbary to Robert Molyneux in 1422." 

 He occurs as witness to a charter in October, 1403. 

 Ellen the daughter of Thomas de Maghull, late of 

 Aintree, was in January, 1425-6, contracted in 

 marriage to Gilbert de Maghull, Thomas de Maghull 

 of Maghull, apparently the father of the latter, being 

 joined with him in the contract.' Thurstan de 

 Maghull of Aintree made a general feoffment of his 

 lands in 1441 ; and he is mentioned again two years 

 later.* 



From the witnesses to a deed of 1442 it appears 

 that there were in Maghull at least two families 

 bearing the local name, and possibly a third ; for 

 Thomas de Maghull of the Clent, Thomas de Mag- 

 hull of the Carr, and Richard de Maghull attest it.' 



The succession is again uncertain ; but in March, 

 1462-3 John Maghull, chaplain, granted to his 

 brother Nicholas all tenements in Maghull ; the 

 latter was son and heir of Thomas of the Carr. 5 

 Matthew was the son and heir of Nicholas, and in 

 the next year he (an infant) received Mollington 

 Yard from his father's feoffees ; it had formerly been 

 held by Richard Maghull of the Clent. 6 He lived 

 to a great age, and in 1508 enfeoffed Hugh Aughton 

 of North Meols and others of his lands. 7 His 

 grandson William (eldest son of Thomas Maghull of 

 Aintree) was contracted in marriage with the daughter 

 of one Stananought, but died before marriage. 5 



Matthew's son Thomas, who had in 1514 sold 

 lands to Sir William Molyneux, 3 was ' riotous and 

 unthrifty and evil disposed, and liked to sell all the 

 inheritance if it should descend to him ' ; after 

 William's death therefore he settled the succession 

 on Thomas's second son Robert. 10 It had in 1507-8 

 been settled on Thomas, who married Isabel, daughter 

 of William Formby." The new arrangement was 



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secured by a recovery at Lancaster ; " and in 1535 

 the feoffees transferred to Robert Maghull and Alice 

 his wife certain lands in Maghull, Melling, and 

 Aintree. 13 



Robert Maghull died 1 1 August, 1543, leaving a 

 son and heir Richard, who being a minor, became 

 the king's ward, until in 1558 livery was granted 

 to him." The inquisition >b states that Robert held 

 the manor of the king as of the duchy of Lancaster 

 by knight's service and the yearly rent of 2 \d. ; the 

 clear value was 4. 



This family seems to have gone with the times in 

 religion, the name being absent from the list of 

 recusants in the parish. Richard Maghull purchased 

 some property in Liverpool in 1560, and soon after- 

 wards sold land in Aughton to Thomas Bootle ot 

 Melling. 16 He joined in the partition of Maghull 

 made in 1568," and afterwards became Sir Richard 

 Molyneux's bailiff for the manor of West Derby, 

 appointing a deputy in I587- 18 His eldest son 

 Richard died early, and the succession fell to the 

 second son Andrew. 19 Richard died on 27 July, 

 1606, holding the fourth part of the manor of 

 Maghull, with a capital messuage there called the 

 Carr House. 80 His son Andrew having died before 

 him leaving a son Richard, this last was heir to his 

 grandfather and 10^ years of age. 21 



This Richard married Alice daughter of William 

 Clayton of Leyland, and had with her certain lands 

 in Leyland. 32 He recorded a pedigree at the visitation 

 of 1664-5. of nis sons > Richard, William, and John 

 died without issue, and Robert, who succeeded him, 

 is called a citizen of London in 1664, and said to be 

 thirty-nine years of age. 83 Robert Maghull died in 

 1674 ; his son William, who married Cecily, daughter 

 of Thomas Bootle of Melling, 24 died in 1709, and 



