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granted it to Adam at a rent of I id. with other lands 

 in Scarisbrick, a yearly pound of cummin to be paid. 1 

 Adam was succeeded by Walter de Gorsuch, probably 

 his son, as is indicated by a grant to Nicholas son of 

 Simon de Renacres. 9 



In May, 1 292, an agreement was sealed for the 

 marriage of Robert son of Walter de Gorsuch with 

 Agnes granddaughter of William Brid of Donnington ; 

 Robert, though a minor, had been enfeoffed of lands 

 by the prior of Burscough, his father binding the 

 feoffees to find food and raiment for Robert and Agnes, 

 any surplus to be kept for them and delivered with 

 the lands on their coming of age. 3 Robert seems 

 to have died without issue, 4 and his brother John 

 succeeded, marrying in 1 299 Cecily daughter of 

 Richard de Culcheth. 5 John de Gorsuch granted 

 (about 1320) to Gilbert his son lands in the 

 townfields of Scarisbrick on the north of land near 

 the cross, held of William son of Richard de Scaris- 

 brick. 6 



The family acquired lands in North Meols, Lathom, 

 and Huyton, about this time. Gilbert de Gorsuch suc- 

 ceeded about i 347 ; ' he is described as ' son of Adam 

 son of Walter.' Gilbert had no son, and settled estates 



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in Longton upon his younger daughter Maud, wife of 

 William de Hurleton ; the latter also had no son, and 

 Gorsuch and other lands went to Richard de Sutton, 

 who had married the elder daughter Joan. 8 In 1 390 

 Gilbert de Gorsuch had made a settlement or testa- 

 ment providing for the succession to a portion of hit 

 lands ; ' and other deeds preserved by Kuerden show 

 that the main portion was settled on Richard de 

 Sutton and Joan his wife, with the remainder to 

 William de Hurleton and Maud his wife.'" 



For more than a century the Suttons " remained 

 in possession, and then the estate returned to the 

 Gorsuch family, for in 1515 a marriage was arranged 

 between Margaret daughter of Roger Sutton (son 

 of John, the son of Gilbert) and Thomas son and 

 heir of William Gorsuch." Gilbert Sutton died on 

 20 April, 1518, and the inquisition taken after hi* 

 death shows a considerable estate, the heir being 

 his infant great-granddaughter, already espoused to> 

 Thomas Gorsuch." Thomas Gorsuch was succeeded 

 about 1560" by his son James, who in 1577 

 secured from Edward Scarisbrick a right of way 

 from Gorsuch to Carr Cross in Snape, to Snape 

 Green, thence to Wood moss, near Long Wyke, to> 



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