A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



descended or to have been sold with Uplitherland, and 

 is thus held by Sir Tristram Tempest Tempest. 1 



2. The share of Madoc de Aughton, ancestor of 

 the Aughton family, is harder to trace. He granted 

 to Einion de Aughton the mill by the pool of Augh- 

 ton and the land of Haylandhurst in exchange for the 

 overflow of the mill waters.* Madoc his son gave to 

 William son of Jugge land adjoining Cokemonhurst. 3 

 Walter son of Madoc succeeded in or before the time 

 of Edward II. 4 Walter's heir was his son Thomas, 6 

 who in turn was succeeded by Nicholas de Aughton, 

 probably his son or grandson, whose name occurs 

 down to the middle of the reign of Henry IV. He 

 was followed by his son and heir Roger. 6 Roger was 

 succeeded by his son and heir John de Aughton, 

 whose name occurs as late as 1468. John probably 

 died without issue. The heir to this portion of the 

 manor and the lands held with it was Nicholas Augh- 



ton, son of Nicholas Aughton and Cecily his wife ; 

 and the latter Nicholas was son of Thomas de Augh- 

 ton, probably uncle or brother of the above-named 

 Roger. Nicholas Aughton the son married Emma, 

 and his son and heir John leaving two daughters, 

 Alice and Margery, the estate was divided between 

 them. Alice, though twice married one of her hus- 

 bands was named David Griffith ; died without issue 

 in 1520; and thus the whole came into the posses- 

 sion of John Starkie, grandson of Margery, who had 

 married a John Starkie, supposed to have been a 

 younger son of the Stretton family. 8 



The will of John Starkie, son of Margery, has 

 been preserved. It is dated in September, 1526, and 

 was proved a year later. 9 In 1545 John Starkie, his 

 son, conveyed to trustees his manor and estate in 

 Aughton. 10 He died before 1569, when his son and 

 heir Henry was in possession, and said to be 34 years 



