A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



ment succeeded to Scarisbrick. The latter was born 

 in 1849 and married in 1874 Adolphine Gabrielle 

 Marie de Faret, daughter of the Marquis de Fournes ; 

 a son, Marie Andre Leon Alvar, was born in 

 1875.' 



H4RLETON* was held of the lords of Scarisbrick 

 by a family whose surname was derived from it ; the 

 tenure was homage and fealty and the yearly service 

 of 4/. 8 The first mention of the place after Domesday 

 book is a charter of about the year 1190 by which 

 Robert, son of Ulf de Hurleton, gave to the abbey of 

 Cockersand 2 acres of his land in Harleton. 4 He 

 afterwards granted to Burscough Priory land near 

 Ayscough in Harleton, in pure alms, for the souls 

 of King John, his own father and mother, and 

 others. 5 



Before 1233 Robert had been succeeded by his son 

 Roger. 6 Roger was a benefactor to Burscough, 

 granting land in the townfield 

 of Harleton,' also the lands on 

 the east of Nather dale, 'from 

 Simon's barn to the Graynet 

 hake,' and elsewhere in Harle- 

 ton. 8 Several of his charters 

 are preserved at Scarisbrick, 

 including one to his brother 

 Richard. 9 In 1 246 he was 

 summoned to warrant to the 

 abbot of Cockersand 48 acres, 

 which the latter held of him by 

 the charter of Robert his father ; 

 Walter de Scarisbrick was claim- 

 ing certain land in Naithalargh as inherited from 

 his father Gilbert. 10 Roger was himself a benefactor 



to Cockersand." He took part in 1261 in the 

 agreement as to boundaries made with the prior of 

 Burscough, and in 1303 Robert, his son and successor, 

 joined in a further agreement." 



For several generations the lords of Harleton bore 

 the name of Robert, so that it is impossible to dis- 

 tinguish them clearly. 1 * In 1365 there occurred a 

 dispute as to the wardship of Robert, son and heir of 

 Robert de Hurleton, ten years of age ; Henry de 

 Scarisbrick claimed as the immediate lord of Harleton, 

 while Sir William de Atherton claimed as representing 

 the Lathoms ; the former established his right. 14 In 

 1369 Robert de Hurleton and Margaret his wife 

 were claiming lands in Harleton from Roger de 

 Shaw and Margery his wife and their son John. 15 



William de Hurleton, possibly a younger brother 

 of the last-mentioned Robert, was holding the manor 

 in 1381 and granted it to Gilbert de Gorsuch in 

 marriage with Maud, apparently a daughter and co- 

 heiress of Gilbert. 16 From 1418 there are for some 

 time no certain evidences by which the descent of the 

 manor can be traced." Nicholas de Hurleton occurs 

 as early as 1433, 18 and as he seems to have inherited 

 the Gorsuch estate in Longton, he must have been a 

 descendant. 19 



Humphrey Hurleton, son and heir of Robert son 

 of Nicholas, succeeded his father before 1524. He 

 was soon afterwards engaged in a dispute as to the 

 Little Branderth, near Harleton Brook, this being 

 claimed by Thomas Scarisbrick ; the matter was settled 

 by the arbitration of the prior of Burscough and 

 others in 1529.* In 1537 he was one of the farmers 

 of the parsonage of Ormskirk. 21 He had a son Thomas 

 who married Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Birken- 



