A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



turn, about 1390, was followed by his son Henry. 1 

 This last left two daughters his coheirs ; one of 

 them, Ellen, married John de Parr, heir to the 

 Halsall moiety of the manor, and afterwards Richard 

 de Holt ; the other, Lucy, married Henry de Byrom, 

 whose descendants, as already narrated, ultimately 

 acquired the greater part of the manor by purchase. 2 



Something has already been said of Robert de Parr, 

 son of Henry, who claimed this moiety as his right,* 

 whose descendants, however, are found to have held 



but a quarter of it. His son Henry 4 and grandson 

 Robert * have also been mentioned. The last-named 

 had a son Nicholas, who married Agnes daughter of 

 Robert, son of Alan de Parr, of the Halsall family ; 6 

 Nicholas died in or before 1415, but his son Robert 

 lived on until about 1482,' and was succeeded by a 

 son John, who also must have been a very aged man 

 when he died in 1512 or 15 13.* The generations 

 now follow rapidly ; Robert the son of John was living 

 in 1520,' but he and his son Robert were both dead 



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