WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



followed ; probably he was a younger son of John. 1 

 Then another John son of Robert de Ditton was the 

 holder for about thirty years, dying in October, I 350.' 

 His son Robert, as late as 1346, married Cecily 

 daughter of Alan de Eltonhead, who afterwards 

 married Henry Walsh, 3 and left two daughters as co- 

 heirs, Alice and Emma. 4 The former married Henry 

 son of Ralph de Tyldesley ; 5 what became of the 

 latter is not ascertained ; perhaps she married the 

 Matthew de Tyldesley who witnessed many deeds of 

 the time. 6 



Henry and Alice had a son Ralph who inherited 

 their half of this moiety, and was succeeded by a son 

 Henry. 7 The latter in turn was followed by Hugh 

 Tyldesley, 8 from whom the descent is obscure until 

 the time of Henry VIII, when Richard Tyldesley 

 was in possession. 9 Various disputes followed his 

 death, 10 and though a Tyldesley was reckoned among 

 the freeholders of Ditton in 1600," the name dis- 

 applars, and the inheritance was probably sold. In 

 1 7SP Tyldesley Hall changed hands again, the 



PRESCOT 



vendors being the daughters and heirs of John 

 Hurst of Scholes, near Prescot. It was soon after- 

 wards held by Henry Pippard, and has descended 

 with the Blundell of Crosby estate." 



In 1823 Ditton House was owned by John 

 Watkins, who claimed the lordship of the manor, but 

 this was not acknowledged. 13 



II. From the account of 1323 it may be gathered 

 that the descendant of Henry son of Ralph held a 

 twelfth of the manor, and the Fish or Fisher family 

 another twelfth, indicating that a third part of this 

 moiety, had been divided between coheiresses. 14 

 Another third i.e. a sixth of the whole manor 

 was held by the heir of the Henry de Ditton of 

 1 2 1 2 ; 15 while the other third was held in two un- 

 equal parts a ninth and an eighteenth by families 

 surnamed Ditton and Smith. 18 



Henry de Ditton son of Ralph was living about 

 1250. He had a grant of land from Richard son of 

 Philip de Ditton, 17 and himself granted land in 

 Thelisacre to Richard son of Robert. 18 He had two 



