A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Alexander Hesketh, and Roger Bostock, lords of the 

 manor and parish of Aughton, concerning the election 

 of officers within the parish. 



The hall afterwards became the property of the 

 Stanleys of Hooton, owners of Moor Hall ; on the 

 sale of their estates in 1840 it was bought by 



Gaskell of Wigan ; in 1857 it was again sold, 



to Edgar Musgrove, and after his death to Thomas 

 Seddon. 1 



3. Bleddyn de Aughton was succeeded by his son 

 Madoc, who had three sons Einion (sometimes sur- 

 named Gam), Wido or Guy, and Madoc. Several 

 charters of the elder Madoc have been preserved. 8 

 Einion son of Madoc was twice married. By his 

 first wife he had two daughters, Margaret who mar- 

 ried Henry de Litherland, and Nesta (or Nigella) 

 who married Owen Seys ; * by his second wife he 

 had a son John * and a daughter Dionysia. 4 



About i 320 the next Henry de Litherland demised 

 to Margaret his mother for life all his lands in 

 Aughton, except his field of Stockbridge, with services, 

 escheats, reliefs, &c., and the half of the wastes and 

 waters. 6 Henry's wife was Joan, and probably his 

 son was the Henry de Litherland who in 1361 gave 

 a yearly rent of 20 from his lands in Aughton to 

 William de Stanley and Agnes his wife, the widow of 

 John de Lascelles. 7 Eight years later William de 



Stanley gave to Agnes de Beckington, 8 formerly wife 

 of Henry de Litherland, lands in Wallasey, while 

 Agnes gave to William lands she had in Storeton in 

 Wirral." Henry apparently the same was living in 

 1371, when a re-feoffment of his lands in Liscard was 

 made to him ;' and a little later a settlement of his 

 Cheshire lands was made upon John his son, with 

 remainders to his other children, Matthew and 

 Katherine." 



The Litherland family continued to hold lands in 

 Aughton down to the sixteenth century. In 1 548 

 William Bradshaw, of Uplitherland, released to Petei 

 Litherland his right in certain lands there; " but il 

 would appear from what has been stated above that 

 most, if not all, of the Litherland estate was, not lonj 

 afterwards, sold to the Irelands of Lydiate, 13 who ac- 

 quired portions of other estates also." 



The Ireland estate continued to descend witt 

 Lydiate, passing to the Andertons and Blundells ir 

 succession. At the exchange of lands in 1772 b) 

 Robert Blundell of Ince and his son Henry, the land 

 in Aughton, including Hollinhurst, were given to the: 

 earlofSefton." 



The second of the sons of Madoc son of Bleddyn 

 was Guy, who renounced England for Wales and wa; 

 killed in or before September, 1282, while accom- 

 panying some Welshmen fighting against Edward I. 



