A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



rounding gentry. 47 The freeholders of 1600 were: 

 John Radcliffe of Ordsall, Adam Pilkington, Edward 

 Bibby, (Ralph) Byrom, Thomas Byrom, and Adam 

 Massey of Oldfield Lane. 58 The following contributed 

 for their lands to the subsidy of 1622 : Sir John 

 Radcliffe, Dame Anne RadclifFe, Humphrey Booth, 

 Adam Pilkington, Adam Byrom, Thomas Hartley in 

 right of Margaret his wife, and John Duncalf. 5 ' 



The Protestation of 1641 was agreed to by 341 

 persons. 60 



The Crown was accustomed to lease out the profits 

 of the market, mills, &c. 61 



ORDS4LL, which may then have included Pendle- 

 ton, appears in the Pipe Roll of 1177 as contributing 

 2 marks to the aid. 61 The manor of Ordsall was in 

 1251 granted by William de Ferrers to David de 

 Hulton, together with a moiety of Flixton, 63 in ex- 

 change for Pendleton. 64 It descended for some eighty 

 years in the Hulton family, 64 and on the partition of 

 his lands made by Richard de Hulton about 1330 

 Ordsall was given to one of the Radcliffes, probably 

 as near of kin. 66 



About 1354 Jh n de Radcliffe obtained possession 

 after long disputing. 67 He had many lawsuits, 68 but 



s " Besides those already cited the inqui- 

 sitions name John Strangeways of Strange- 

 ways, Robert RadclifFe of Radcliffe, Ralph 

 Assheton of Great Lever, and Sir Edmund 

 Traffbrd ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Snc.), i, 

 132 ; ii, 75, 288 ; iii, 327. Thomas son 

 of Geoffrey de Strangeways in 1335 made 

 an unsuccessful claim for land in Salford 

 against Richard de Hulton and Maud his 

 wife ; De Banco R. 303, m. 83 d. ; 304, 

 m. 367 d. 



In 1338 Cecily daughter of Roger the 

 Barker (' Tannator ') granted two burgages 

 in Salford to Geoffrey son of Sir Henry de 

 Trafford, and immediately afterwards 

 Roger the Barker gave his lands to the 

 same Geoffrey ; De Trafford D. no. 99- 

 100. 



58 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 246-9. 



89 Ibid, i, 148. It appears that John 

 Duncalf was of Oldfield Lane ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 284. 



60 Pal. Note Bk. iv, 100. 



61 In 1703-4 the mill, with power to 

 grind corn, grain, and malt, was leased, 

 along with part of the waste, to Edward 

 Byrom, and the lease was renewed in 

 *733 5 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. 27, 

 fol. 54 d. 



The tolls of the markets and fairs were 

 leased to John Bennett in 1699 an ^ to Jhn 

 Walmesley in 1739 ; ibid. 27, fol. 181 d. 



18 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe .36. A half- 

 year's increment of 41. from Ordsall ap- 

 pears in the roll of 1200-1 ; ibid. 131 ; 

 and the full increment of Ss. in the fol- 

 lowing years ; ibid. 148, 163. It contri- 

 buted 291. %d. to the tallage in 1205-6 ; 

 ibid. 202. 



In 1226 the assized rent of Ordsall was 

 321. ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 137. 



68 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 

 347. The two were to be held by the 

 service of 2 marks of silver and the sixth 

 part of a knight's fee. Out of the rent 

 2os. was charged on Flixton and 61. 8</. 

 with the knight's service on Ordsall. 

 The Hultons had some earlier connexion 

 with the manor, for in 1240 Robert de 

 Hulton was summoned to answer for 

 assarting common land pertaining to the 

 manors of Salford, Ordsall, and Broughton ; 

 he replied that he held by a grant from 

 his brother Richard de Hulton, and called 

 Richard's son (also named Richard), to 

 warrant him, but this son being under 

 age the trial was deferred ; Cur. Reg. R. 

 107, m. 9 d. 



* 4 See the account of Pendleton. 



65 In 1292 Richard son of David (de 

 Hulton) was non-suited in claims against 

 Edmund the king's brother, and against 

 Adam de Prestwich, for tenements in 

 Ordsall ; Assize R. 408, m. 3, 36. 



Richard de Hulton for the sixth part of 

 a fee in Ordsall and Flixton contributed 

 6s. SJ. to the aid of 1302; Lanes. Inq. 

 and Extents, i, 314. 



Richard de Hulton granted an annuity 

 of 261. %d. out of Ordsall to Richard de 

 Reddish, and his widow Margery and son 

 Richard were in 1 3 1 314 accused of with- 

 holding it. The money was paid into 

 court, and it was stated that Richard de 

 Reddish had refused to give an acquit- 

 tance ; Assize R. 424, m. 6 d. In 1322 

 Richard de Hulton complained that Adam 

 de Radcliffe had entered his manors at 

 Ordsall, &c., illegally; Cal. Pat. 1321-4, 

 p. 162. 



Richard de Hulton was tenant in 1324 

 by the old services ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, 

 fol. 38. 



Robert son of Richard del Birches was 

 a plaintiff in 1337 and 1338 against 

 Richard son of Richard de Hulton, Maud 

 his wife, and others respecting the Hulton 

 inheritance in Ordsall, Flixton, Hulton, 

 Lostock, Rum worth, and H alii well; Assize 

 R. 1424, m. 8 d. 9; 1425, m. id. 5. 

 Robert son of Roger de Radcliffe was 

 plaintiff regarding Ordsall in 1 338; Richard 

 de Hulton, Maud his wife, and others 

 defending ; ibid. m. I. 



46 The details of the transfer are not 

 clearly known. The Hulton estate in 

 Blackburn went to another Radcliffe, 

 whose descendants divided Flixton with 

 the Ordsall Radcliffes. 



In 1338 Robert son of Roger de Rad- 

 cliffe and William son of Robert de Rad- 

 cliffe claimed annuities from the manors 

 of Ordsall and Flixton against Robert del 

 Legh, Richard de Hulton the elder, Maud 

 his wife, Richard de Hulton the younger, 

 Margaret his wife, and others ; Assize R. 

 1425, m. i, 6 d. 



From a later statement (1399) it ap- 

 pears that Ordsall and Flixton were held 

 by Robert de Radcliffe, a bastard, until 

 his death on 14 Feb. 1344-5 ; he had no 

 issue, and John de Radcliffe of Ordsall 

 took possession ; Pal. of Lane. Chan. 

 Misc. 1/9, m. 117, 1 1 8. Robert de Rad- 

 cliffe was sheriff from 1337 to 1342, being 

 succeeded by Sir John Blount ; P.R.O. 

 List, 72. In the survey of 1346 it is 

 stated that Robert de Radcliffe had paid 

 6s. &d. for Ordsall, which had come into 

 the lord's hands for lack of an heir ; Add. 

 MS. 32103, fol. 146^. 



A claim for a rent of zos. and a robe 

 from Ordsall was in 1 344 made by John 

 son of William de Charnley against John 

 son of Richard de Radcliffe and Robert 

 son of Roger de Radcliffe ; the plaintiff 

 alleged a grant by Richard de Hulton ; 

 Assize R. 1435, m. 44. At the same 

 time Sir Nicholas de Langford made his 

 claim to the Hulton estates ; Robert de 

 Radcliffe, then bailiff of Salfordshire, re- 

 plied concerning three plough-lands in Sal- 

 ford, and twenty messuages and 200 acres 

 in Blackburn ; while John de Radcliffe 

 (bailiff of Blackburnshire) and Richard his 

 son, also defendants, said they had nothing 

 in the estates ; ibid. m. 40. It might 



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appear that Robert de Radcliffe was living 

 and bailiff of Salfordshire in 1347, John 

 de Radcliffe being his kinsman, but there 

 is perhaps some mistake in the roll ; ibid, 

 m. 33 d. (cf. heading of m. 32 d. 21 Edw. 

 Ill ; the membranes are much mixed up, 

 m. 34 being of 18 Edw. III). In the 

 Radcliffe pedigrees Robert the bastard is 

 called a son of Richard de Radcliffe of 

 the Tower. There must therefore have 

 been two Roberts. 



It was found by an inquisition taken 

 at Hulton in Aug. 1345 that Robert de 

 Radcliffe, lately sheriff, who owed the 

 king 149 145. 8$J. for debts and licence 

 to agree regarding the manor of Astley, 

 had at Ordsall on the day of his death ten 

 oxen (worth IDOJ.) which Thomas de 

 Strangeways took, two oxen (201.) which 

 William son of Robert de Radcliffe took, 

 and two horses (131. 4^.) which Richard 

 son of William de Radcliffe took ; L.T.R. 

 Memo. R. 117. 



A Robert de Radcliffe was knight of 

 the shire in 1334, and John de Radcliffe 

 in 1 340 ; Pink and Beaven, Parl. Repre. 

 of Lanes. 24, 28. 



7In July 1351 John de Radcliffe the 

 elder claimed the manor of Ordsall, viz. 

 a messuage, 120 acres of land, 12 acres of 

 meadow, and 12 acres of wood. The 

 defendants were John Blount of Hazel- 

 wood and Sodington, Robert de Legh the 

 elder, and Thomas de Strangeways the 

 elder. John Blount claimed by the char- 

 ter of Henry, Earl of Lancaster (father of 

 the duke), Ordsall having been forfeited 

 by Robert de Radcliffe ; it was held by 

 the service of a rose. The recognitors 

 found that a certain William de Hulton 

 had held Ordsall for his life, with rever- 

 sion to Richard de Hulton ; and William 

 granted his estate to John de Radcliffe 

 the claimant. Richard de Hulton then 

 released to John all his claim ; but Robert 

 de Radcliffe, Robert de Legh, and Thomas 

 de Strangeways ousted John de Radcliffe 

 and took possession on behalf of Robert. 

 No agreement was come to before Robert's 

 sudden death, after which John re-entered 

 until the earl's officers took possession. 

 John Blount had occupied for five years. 

 The case went on until 1354, when judge- 

 ment was given in favour of the claimant ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 2. 



A Sir John de Radcliffe who was at 

 the siege of Calais in 1346 with a retinue 

 of two knights, twelve esquires, and four- 

 teen archers (Muster Roll in Windsor 

 Castle Library) is usually identified with 

 this John de Radcliffe of Ordsall. 



68 In Dec. 1355 Robert de Legh and 

 Maud his wife (widow of Richard de Hul- 

 ton) claimed the manor of Ordsall against 

 John de Radcliffe the elder ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Assize R. 4, m. 6 d. The grant by 

 Richard de Hulton to John son of Richard 

 de RadclifFe was adduced, but it appeared 

 that Robert and Maud had in 1339 re- 



