A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



the possessor. 1 About the end of the century it was 

 owned by John Hurst ' and occupied by the Har- 

 ringtons of Huyton, Charles Harrington dying here 

 in 1720 ; s later it descended to a family named 

 Cobham, and in 1785 belonged to the heirs of John 

 Williamson. 4 It was purchased about 1850 by 

 Bartholomew Bretherton from the trustees of the 

 marriage settlement of General Isaac Gascoyne ; and 

 is now owned by Mr. F. A. Stapleton-Bretherton of 

 Rainhill.' 



From GLEST one or more families took a surname, 

 but though some deeds have been preserved by 

 Towneley it is not possible to compile a continuous 

 history from them and such other notices of the place 



Adam de Glest in 1276 brought a suit against 

 Robert de Eccleston, which was terminated by the 

 plaintiffs death. 6 The succession was probably : 

 Richard Robert William, who was the principal 

 member of the family about 1370-80, appearing in 

 the Eccleston rent roll of 1373, as a charterer paying 

 a rent of 1 8^.' From this the succession seems to be : 

 Richard Henry William to Thomas, about the 

 beginning of the sixteenth century. 8 A James 

 Glest appears in the Eccleston rent roll of this time. 

 Humphrey and Ellis Glest follow. 9 This last was 

 succeeded by his son James ; after which there 

 seem to have been others of the name down to the 

 early part of the eighteenth century. 10 



Other local surnames occur, as Stonyhurst " and 



About 1410 a settlement of his lands 

 ade by Richard de Glest, apparently 

 in of William son of Robert ; for 

 i his eldest son was Thomas, who 

 married Agnes, daughter of Richard, son 

 de Parr, the estate appears to have 

 ed to a younger son Henry, to 

 the feoffees of William son of 

 Robert gave up his lands in 1424 ; GG. 

 . 2081, 2114, 2089, 2090. 



1525 Thomas Glest claimed from 

 phrey Glest ten acres in Eccleston, 

 which Henry son of Walter dc Ridgate 

 Robert son of Richard de 

 marriage with his daughter 

 following was the pedigree 

 lleged Richard de Glest s. Robert, who 

 ied Agnes s. William s. Richard 

 Henry s. William s. Thomas 

 (plaintiff) ; Pal. of Lane. Plea. R. 141, 

 gd. 



Humphrey Glest of Glest in 1528 

 ried Agnes, daughter of Ellis Gorsuch 

 Lnowsley, and it was probably their 

 Ellis Glest who died in I 592, leaving 

 land heir Jamesaged 40 years in 1601; 

 igh in a deed of 1578 his son and 

 was named John ; Duchy of Lane. 

 p. m. xviii, n. 19, 38 ; GG. n. 2095, 

 I, &c. James Glest married a daugh- 

 and coheir of James Cropper of Rain- 

 ford ; Dueatut Lane. (Rec. Com), iii, 



In 1607 and later disputes occurred be- 

 tween Edward Eccleston and James Glest 

 ices due to the lord of Eccles- 

 ; the latter seems to have justified his 

 claim ; Pal. of Lane. Plea. R. 299, m. 

 d. ; 304, m. 17. 



" Amery de Eccleston brought suits 

 dower against William and Roger de 

 Stonyhurst in 1292; William's brother 

 try is also mentioned ; Assize R. 408, 

 55</. 53, loid. Twelve years later 

 lard Fox complained that John son of 

 iry de Stonyhurst and Agnes his 

 :r, Roger the clerk of Glest and Roger 

 de Glest had disseised him of his free 

 Eccleston ; but his suit 

 failed as he had not included Thomas, the 

 of the last named Roger, who 

 held jointly with his father under a char- 

 John, son of Henry de Wolfall ; 

 .419, m. 6d. 



m de Stonyhurst was defendant 

 laims made about the same time by 

 Robert de Eccleston, who failed and was 

 tlawed ; De Bane. R. 153, m. 104 ; and 

 61, m. 365 d. Henry son of William 

 :onyhurst occurs in 1345 and later 

 ; De Bane. R. 344, m. 4O</. ; 457, m. 



The principal property seems to have 

 bout 1344 into the hands of 

 Henry de Ditton, perhaps by purchase 

 Cecily de Bury; Final Cone, ii, 



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