WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



WIGAN 



acquired by the Earls of Derby, 15 and remained with 

 this family till the sale of Lady Ashburnham's 

 estates. 16 



The fourth part retained by 

 the Waleys family descended 

 like Uplitherland to the Brad- 

 shaghs, 17 and was sold in 1546 

 to Matthew Clifton, 18 and 

 then apparently to the Ash- 

 hursts, who before that seem 

 to have been the tenants under 

 Waleys and Bradshagh. 



The remaining quarter, that 

 of the Torbocks, descended for 

 some time with the principal 

 manor of Tarbock ; but this 

 portion of Dalton became, like 



Turton, the share of the Orrell family. 19 The estate 

 was often called the manor of Walton Lees. A family 

 named Lascelles, of long continuance in this township 



ORRELL. Argent three 

 torteaux between two 

 bendlett gulet t a chief 

 sable. 



and Upholland, appear to have been the immediate 

 holders. 80 



In 1598 William Orrell of Turton was called lord 

 of ' three-fourths ' of the manor, holding his here- 

 ditary share and that of the Holland family ; and 

 William Ashhurst lord of ' one-fourth,' i.e. probably 

 the Waleys share.* 1 The Burscough quarter does not 

 seem to be accounted for. Shortly afterwards, as 

 stated above, the Ashhursts acquired the Orrells' lands 

 and rights, and became sole lords of the manor. In 

 1751 they sold it to Sir Thomas Bootle, and it has 

 since descended with Lathom, the Earl of Lathom 

 being lord of the manor. 



In the absence of records it is not possible to give a 

 satisfactory account of the Ashhurst family. 12 The 

 earliest known is Simon de Ashhurst, who about the 

 end of the reign of Henry III granted to his son Robert 

 all his land in Dalton, and to his son John all his land 

 in Ashhurst. 23 Robert son of Simon next occurs ; 24 

 and in 1300 Richard son of Robert de Ashhurst made 



15 A grant of Burscough lands, includ- 

 ing Dalton, was made to the Earl of Derby 

 in 1603 ; Pat. I Jas. I, pt. v, 21 July. 



William Rigby of Lathom, who died 

 just before this date, held land in Dalton 

 of the Earl of Derby, as parcel of the pos- 

 sessions of the dissolved monastery of 

 Burscough ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, zo ; see also i, 30, 

 and ii, 185. 



Part of the Burscough lands was later 

 granted to Robert Hesketh ; Pat. 12 Jas. I, 

 pt. 5 . 



16 Lands in Dalton were included in a 

 fine concerning the Derby manors, &c., in 

 1708, John Earl of Anglesey and Hen- 

 rietta Maria his wife, being deforciants ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 260, m. 53. 

 They were sold under a decree of 14 July 

 1719 to Thomas Franke ; Cal. Exch. of 

 Pleas, D. 3 ; see the account of Lathom. 



1 7 John le Waleys acquired land in 

 Dalton in 1283 ; Final Cone, i, 161. 

 Richard le Waleys in 1322 held a fourth 

 part of the manor of Dalton ; ibid, ii, 46. 

 This was in possession of Eleanor wife 

 of Thomas de Formby in 1372 ; ibid, ii, 

 183. 



18 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12, m. 

 173 ; William and Edward Bradshagh 

 were the vendors. About a year after- 

 wards Matthew Clifton had a dispute with 

 John Orrell and others regarding a coal- 

 mine in Dalton ; Ducatus, i, 222. William 

 Clifton was hanged at Lancaster 28 

 Aug. 1562 for participation in the mur- 

 der of William Huyton of Blackrod ; 

 he had lands in Dalton held of William, 

 Lord La Warr, by knight's service and 

 the rent of \zd. ; also lands in Mawdes- 

 ley and Ormskirk ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xi, no. 40. 



19 For the descent see the account of 

 Tarbock. See also Final. Cone, ii, 183, 

 Maud widow of Richard de Torbock 

 granted her annuity from Walton Lees to 

 Gilbert de Haydock in 1340; Raines 

 MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxxviii, 45 ; also 247, 

 &c., for other arrangements, in one of 

 which John the son of Maud is named ; 

 he is not otherwise known. In the en- 

 dorsement of one deed Maud is called 

 ' de Standish.' Walton Lees and Turton 

 were early secured by the Orrells, accord- 

 ing to the award of the arbitrators in 

 1425 ; Croxteth D. Z. i, 21. Ralph 

 Orrell, who died in or before 1535, held 

 messuages and lands in Dalton of the Earl 

 of Derby by a rent of I4</. and of 



Lord La Warr by a rent of 120". ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. I ; those said 

 to be held of the Earl of Derby were per- 

 haps in Upholland or Orrell. 



In 1543 a formal agreement was made 

 between Lord La Warr and John Orrell 

 of Turton, setting forth that the latter 

 held his lands, &c. in Dalton of the lord 

 of Manchester by fealty and the yearly 

 rent of izd., and by doing suit at the 

 court of the manor of Manchester twice a 

 year ; Manchester Corp. D. ; Ducatus 

 Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 74. A grant 

 or confirmation of lands in Orrell and 

 Dalton was made to William Orrell in 

 1599 ; Pat. 41 Eliz. pt. 1 1. 



20 Walton Lee is mentioned in a grant 

 to Cock.ers.md ; Chart, ii, 629. Richard 

 son of Thurstan de Waltonlees in or 

 before 1270 released 2 acres in the vill of 

 Walton Lees to Henry de Torbock; Kuer- 

 den MSS. iii, T. 2, no. 17. 



In 1292 Denise, wife of Richard son 

 of Stephen de Dalton Lees claimed lands 

 in Upholland and Sivardslee against 

 Richard Lascelles and Amice (or Avice) 

 his wife ; William son of Warine son of 

 Matthew, a minor, was called to warrant ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 33. The defendants 

 are named in an earlier suit ; Assize R. 

 1238, m. 31 d. 



In 1322 Henry son of Richard 

 Lascelles quitclaimed to Ellen de Tor- 

 bock all his right in the Green in Dalton ; 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, T. 2, no. 14. 



In 1341 Gilbert de Haydock granted 

 lands in Dalton to Burscough Priory. 

 Part at least was held of Maud widow of 

 Sir Robert de Holland by a rent of J*/. ; 

 and part had been purchased from Warine 

 Lascelles; Inq. p.m. 15 Edw. Ill (2nd 

 nos.), no. 30 ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 175. 

 Three years later Henry Lascelles of 

 Walton Lees claimed certain lands in 

 Dalton against Adam del Ley of Welch 

 Whittle, John the Prior of Burscough, 

 Gilbert de Haydock, Maud de Standish, 

 and others ; afterwards the estate was 

 described as a fourth part of four mes- 

 suages, 2 oxgangs of land, &c., and the 

 resulting suits show the descent of the 

 Torbock quarter of the manor ; Assize R. 

 1435, m. 38 d.; De Banco R. 346, m. 

 '55 d - 5 34-8, m. 146, &c. Isolda widow 

 of Warine Lascelles claimed dower in 1348 

 from Thomas, Prior of Burscough, and 

 Henry de Molyneux of Halsnead, respect- 

 ing the grant to the priory ; Assize R. 

 I444,m. 6. 



99 



In 1501 John Lascelles held the 

 Cockersand lands in Upholland by a rent 

 of I2</. ; Cockersand Rental (Chet. Soc.), 7. 



In 1574 Thomas ' Lassell' and Eliza- 

 beth his wife had a water-mill and other 

 property in Upholland ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 25. Thomas 

 Lassell, who seems to have married a 

 second wife named Margaret, had a son 

 Edward, whose first wife was named 

 Grace, and second Ellen; there are various 

 fines concerning their estate in Dalton and 

 Upholland, and in 1586 they sold land in 

 Upholland to Anne Halsall ; ibid. bdle. 

 41, m. 1 36 ; 48, m. 103, &c. The name 

 occurs in later documents. 



21 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 362. 

 John Orrell was deforciant of the manors 

 of Turton and Dalton in 1607 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 72, m. 5. William 

 Orrell of Turton died in 1612 seised of 

 the manor of Dalton, which was held of 

 Sir N. Mosley as of his manor of Manches- 

 ter by a rent of izd. ; thus only the rent 

 of a quarter of the manor was paid ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 224. 



22 There are a few brief notes of the 

 family deeds in Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 95. 

 Pedigrees were recorded in 1613 and 

 1664; Visit. (Chet. Soc.), p. 97 and 

 p. 9 respectively ; abstracts of some deeds 

 are printed with the former. There is a 

 later one in Foster's Lanes. Pedigrees. 



The place-name occurs in a charter by 

 Richard le Waleys early in the I4th cen- 

 tury, mention being made of lands which 

 Hugh son of Osbert held in Ashhurst ; 

 Burscough Reg. fol. 35^. 



The following other members of the 

 family are named in the deeds in Harl. 

 MS. 21 1 2 ; Roger, in Scarisbrick ; Hugh, 

 with John and Adam his sons, in Shev- 

 ington ; Thomas, whose mother was 

 Hannah daughter of Robert Torbock, in 

 Lathom ; William in Winstanley ; Ralph 

 and Henry his son in Upholland ; all in 

 undated deeds. 



83 Harl. MS. 2112; Vint, of 1613; 

 grants from Simon to his sons Robert and 

 John. 



Simon de Ashhurst was defendant in a 

 plea concerning 20 acres in Dalton in 

 1292 ; the plaintiff, Robert son of William 

 de Senington (? Shevington) and grand- 

 son of Robert son of Osbert, was non- 

 suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 30. 



24 Harl. MS. 2112 ; Ashhurst is called 

 a vill. 



