WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



The manor descended in the same way 

 M4NOR as the barony of which it was the prin- 

 cipal member, although the Botelers' chief 

 residence had long been at 

 Bewsey in Burtonwood.' It 

 was purchased by Thomas Ire- 

 land, afterwards a knight, in 

 1597. In 1628, however, his 

 son Thomas Ireland of Bewsey 

 and Margaret his wife, together 

 with George and Robert Ireland, 

 joined in selling the manors of 

 Warrington, Orford, and Arp- 

 ley, with various lands and rents, 



to William Booth, eldest son of Gules, six fleun-de-lh. 

 Sir George Booth, baronet, of 3, 2, and \, argent. 

 Dunham Massey in Cheshire.* 



William's son George, a Presbyterian, fought for 

 the Parliament in the Civil War, and took part in 

 one of the successful attacks on Warrington in 1643 ; 

 he was, like many of his party, 

 dissatisfied with the Protector 

 and his son and in 1659 en- 

 deavoured to raise the country 

 in favour of Charles II. His 

 attempt was defeated, and he 

 was committed to the Tower, 

 but when the Restoration took 

 place the king raised him to the 

 peerage as Lord Delamere." 



He died in 1684, and was 

 succeeded by his son Henry, 

 who adhering to his father's 

 politics fell under the suspicion 



of James II at the time of the Monmouth insur- 

 rection and was charged with high treason. He 

 was acquitted, but took part with other Whigs in 

 the Revolution and was rewarded by an advance in 

 the peerage, being created earl of Warrington in 



BOOTH OF DUNHAM. 

 Argent, three boars' beads 

 erect and erased sable. 



GREY or STAMP. 

 Barry of six argent 



WARRINGTON 



1690. He died three years later and was suc- 

 ceeded by his son George, who, dying in 1768, left 

 an only daughter Mary as 

 heiress, the earldom 4 becoming 

 extinct. 



This daughter married Henry 

 Grey, fourth earl of Stamford, 

 and in the year after her 

 father's death joined with her 

 husband in the sale of the 

 manor of Warrington to John 

 Blackburne of Orford. 5 The 

 lordship descended in the same 

 manner as Orford and Hale 

 until 1851, when it was pur- 

 chased by the corporation. 6 



William le Boteler, who died in 

 BOROUGH 1233, created a borough in Warring- 

 ton. His charter does not seem to 

 have been preserved, but the burgage had an acre of 



land with it and was liable to a rent of I zd. Wil- 

 liam's son and heir Emery 



died in 1235, leaving a son 



William, a minor, as heir. 



William de Ferrers, earl of 



Derby, who was the guardian, 



created some new burgages, 



but about forty years afterwards 



William le Boteler appears to 



have become alarmed at the 



growing claims of ' the Com- 

 monalty of Warrington,' and 



set himself to resist them. 7 In 



1292 he granted a number of 



privileges to his ' free tenants ' 



in the town, 8 but at the same time succeeded in 



destroying the borough court which had grown up. 



Eight years later the free tenants and burgesses finally 



renounced all claim to have such a court (curia 



