SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



Pool ; 164 Tetlow, 165 Tipping, 166 and Willott. 167 In 

 some other cases the inquisitions have been pre- 



served. 168 The only freeholders returned in 1600 

 were John Marler, Richard Haughton, Lawrence 



age ; Ct. Leet. Rcc. ii, 232. It was he 

 who recorded the pedigree in 1613, having 

 then two sons Richard (aged six) and 

 William and a daughter Mary. He 

 took an active part in the town's affairs. 

 He died in 1645, when his son Richard 

 succeeded him ; by his will of 1641 he 

 desired to be buried ' within his chapel 

 at Manchester in the same place where 

 his father was buried ' ; ibid, iv, 4 ; 

 Wills (Chet. Soc. new ser.), ii, 216. 

 The will of his widow Elizabeth in 1659 

 (ibid, ii, 79) describes her grandson Wil- 

 liam as ' of Gray's Inn.' 



Richard Radcliffe was an active Par- 

 liamentarian, being described as captain 

 and major, and was chosen to represent 

 the borough in Parliament in 1656 ; Civil 

 War Tracts (Chet. Soc.), 46, 51, 333; 

 Pink and Beaven, Parl. Repre. of Lanes. 

 295 ; Ct. Leet Rec. iv, 159. He died in 

 1657, leaving a son William (named 

 above) then under age ; ibid, iv, 205. 

 This son died in 1670, being succeeded 

 in turn by his brothers John (died 1673) 

 and James. A deed of sale relating to a 

 shop in the Shambles or Fleshboards, 

 made by William RadclifFe in 1668, is 

 printed in Ct. Leet Rec. v, 13611. James 

 Radcliffe was summoned in 1675 to do 

 his suit and service on succeeding ; ibid, 

 vi, 8. He had a son William, probably 

 the William RadclifFe who was steward 

 of the lord's court from 1734 to 1743 ; 

 note by Mr. Earwaker ; Ct. Leet Rec. vii, 

 29, 123. 



164 John RadclifFe died in June 1586, 

 holding various burgages and lands in 

 Marketstead Lane and Deansgate, partly 

 of the queen, partly of John Lacy, and 

 partly of William RadclifFe. Alexander, 

 the son and heir, was twelve years of age ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, 44 ; Ct. 

 Leet Rec. ii, 4. Alexander RadclifFe did 

 homage in 1595, on coming of age ; ibid, 

 ii, 92. On 1 6 Aug. 1606 Mary daughter 

 of Alexander RadclifFe, Manchester, of 

 the Hill in Stretford [probably Coldhill 

 otherwise Colddale or Cowdale near Traf- 

 ford is meant, see Hitt. of Stretford (Chet. 

 Soc.), i, 121], was baptized at Manchester, 

 and another daughter, Ellen, was baptized 

 there on 4 Sept. 1608, but Alex- 

 ander died 24 Mar. 1607-8 (ibid, ii, 

 193). He left a son John, four years 

 old ; Ct. Leet Rec. ii, 233 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 133. 



John RadclifFe did fealty on coming of 

 age in 1625 ; Ct. Leet Rec. iii, 89. He 

 was described as ' of the Pool,' and was 

 buried at the collegiate church 28 June 

 1645, two sons and three daughters being 

 buried about the same time, having been 

 carried off by the plague ; his widow is 

 mentioned in 1654 ; Ct. Leet Rec. iv, 115. 

 In Mr. Earwaker's note is given an ac- 

 count of the descent of the property to 

 John Radcliffe's daughter Sarah, who mar- 

 ried John Alexander of Manchester, sil- 

 versmith, and had a son RadclifFe Alex- 

 ander, in whose will of 1701 mention is 

 made of his dwelling-place called the 

 Pool. See also ibid, v, 94 and vi, 166 

 (an order to cleanse the Pool, 1684). 



The Didsbury registers record these 

 burials : 2 Oct. 1666 ; Mary the wife of 

 Mr. Alexander Ratlef of Stretford ; 1 1 

 Aug. 1 703 ; Lidie, the wife of Alexander 

 Ratlef of Stretford ; Hist, of Stretford, i, 

 216. 



A large number of extracts from the 



Manchester registers relating to the Rad- 

 cliffes were printed in Misc. Gen. et Her. 

 Nov. and Dec. 1891. A view and ac- 

 count of Pool Fold may be seen in 

 Pal. Note Bk. iii, 265. 



166 Richard Tetlow in 1473 held a 

 burgage formerly John Crompton's ; Ma- 

 mecestrc, iii, 488. 



In 1558 Thomas son of Henry son of 

 Thomas Tetlow claimed a messuage 

 against Thomas Travis ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 203, m. 9. He also recovered 

 three messuages against Anne Tetlow, 

 widow 5 ibid. R. 204, m. 5 d, 6 d. 



John Tetlow in 1541 claimed a tene- 

 ment in right of his wife Agnes, daughter 

 and heir of Edmund Bardsley ; Duchy 

 Plead, ii, 162, 163. 



166 Richard Tipping is the first of the 

 family to appear in the Manchester re- 

 cords. In 1561 he had a house in Hang- 

 ing Ditch close to the church, formerly 

 occupied by Richard Brownsword ; Ct. 

 Leet Rec. i, 67, 92. He served various 

 offices, and prospered in his business as a 

 linen draper, purchasing houses and land ; 

 ibid, ii, 9 (where a deed of purchase of 

 1587 is printed). He died in Oct 1592, 

 his heirs being his grandson Richard 

 (son of John Tipping and a minor) and 

 his son Samuel ; ibid, ii, 68, where are 

 given abstracts of his will and inquisition. 

 The will of his widow Isabel, sister of 

 Thomas Brownsword, dated 1598, is 

 printed by Piccope, Wills (Chet. Soc.), ii, 

 149. 



Richard Tipping entered Brasenose 

 College, Oxford, in 1 6 1 o (Foster, A lumni), 

 but does not seem to have taken a de- 

 gree ; he was later described as ' clerk.' 

 He came of age in 1613, and did fealty 5 

 Ct. Leet Rec. ii, 279. He died early, but 

 his uncles Samuel and George took a 

 prominent part in Manchester affairs. 

 The former died without issue, and 

 George Tipping (the son of Richard) was 

 on coming of age in 1640 found to be 

 his heir, and heir also of Margaret Nu- 

 gent ; ibid, iii, 323, 324. They had 

 houses and shops in the Shambles, and 

 George died in possession in 1685, when 

 his son Samuel was found to be his heir ; 

 ibid, vi, 234. He and his descendants 

 long continued to live in Manchester and 

 the district, and acquired the manor of 

 Little Bolton. See the pedigree of Gart- 

 side Tipping in Burke, Landed Gentry. 



Another George, son of the first-named 

 Richard Tipping, died in 1629, holding 

 various messuages, &c. in Manchester 

 in the Further Smithy Field, Hanging 

 Ditch, Millgate, Nearer Tuefield (near 

 Newton Lane) and in the Old Bailey, 

 London ; Samuel, his son and heir, was 

 twenty-four years of age ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xxv, 34. Samuel Tip- 

 ping died in 1641, leaving as heirs his 

 sister Elizabeth (wife of Richard) Haworth 

 and Peter Leigh, son of Peter Leigh of 

 High Legh by Mary, another sister ; ibid. 

 xxix, 10. See also Ct. Leet Rec. iii, 168. 



"7 The Willotts belonged to Fenny 

 Stratford, and appear about 1560 at Man- 

 chester. Thomas Willott the younger 

 died in 1577; in Manchester he held 

 burgages, messuages, &c., of the queen in 

 socage by a rent of 1 8</., and other mes- 

 suages in the Old Bailey, London. He 

 married Ellen daughter of Sir Edmund 

 TrafFord (who for her second husband had 

 Thomas Cogan, master of the grammar 



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school), and left a son Edmund, ten years 

 of age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, 

 22, 78 ; Mane A. Ct. Leet Rec. i, 190. Ed- 

 mund Willott died in July 1590, leaving 

 as heirs his sisters Isabel and Mary, the 

 former being twenty-seven years of age 

 and the latter eighteen 5 Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xv, 5. Mary, eventually sole 

 heir, married George Tipping, mentioned 

 in the preceding note, and so her estate 

 descended to the Leighs of High Legh. 



168 George Travis died in 1584, hold- 

 ing land in Marketstead Lane ; he left a 

 widow Margaret and a son George, who 

 was of full age ; Manch. Corp. D. ; 

 Ct. Leet Rec. i, 248. There was a third 

 George Travis holding property in right 

 of his wife Anne ; ibid, i, 183, 187. 



Lawrence Robinson died 8 May 1587, 

 holding a messuage in Manchester and 

 another in Newton of the warden and 

 fellows of the collegiate church ; also 

 messuages near Salford Bridge and else- 

 where in Salford of the queen ; Robert, 

 his son and heir, was twelve years of 

 age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, 9. 

 See also Manch. Ct. Leet Rec. ii, 1 5. 



Richard Smethurst, who had lands in 

 Bury and Middleton, had also a messuage 

 in Manchester held of the queen ; he 

 died in 1597, leaving a son Richard 

 twenty-six years of age ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xvii, 74. The same or another 

 Richard Smethurst purchased lands in 

 1564; Ct. Leet Rec. i, 85. Richard 

 Smethurst, perhaps the son, was in 1599 

 ordered to make a sufficient pavement so 

 that the water might have due course 

 past the Booths ; ibid, ii, 153. He died 

 in 1620, holding a burgage by the south 

 door of the Tollbooth, and his son Hugh 

 succeeded him ; ibid, iii, 30 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc.), iii, 296 (where he is 

 called ' late of Tyldesley '). 



Henry Allen died in 1598 holding mes- 

 suages in Manchester of Nicholas Mosley 

 by the hundredth part of a knight's fee 

 and a rent of izd. ; George, his son and 

 heir, was twelve years old ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, 67. Henry Allen 

 was the heir (by bequest) of Edward 

 Janney, who died in 1553; and had an 

 elder brother Edward Allen, of age in 

 i $68, who died in 1580, and to whom 

 he was heir ; Ct. Leet Rec. i, 7, 121, 215. 

 The will of Edward Janney is printed in 

 Piccope, Wills, i, 157. George Allen 

 came of age in 1608, and in 1615 sold 

 a house to Henry Johnson ; Ct. Leef Rec. 

 ii, 238, 305. 



Ralph Proudlove died in 1588 holding 

 various burgages, &c., in Manchester ; 

 his widow Margaret died in 1600 ; after 

 which the estate was divided, half going 

 to the next of kin, George Proudlove, i 

 and half to the issue of his sister Ellen 

 Goodyear (who had died in 1591), Robert 

 her son succeeding ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc.), iii, 465. 



George Birch of Deptford held two 

 burgages, &c., in Manchester of Sir N. 

 Mosley, by a rent of 6s. ; he died in 

 1602, and his heir was his sister Eliza- 

 beth, wife of Christopher Brown ; ibid, 

 iii, 463. 



James Ashton of Manchester died in 

 1605, holding a messuage and land in 

 socage by a rent of i zd. ; Joyce Ashton 

 was his sister and heir ; ibid, iii, 466. 



Thomas Edge of Whittle died at Man- 

 chester in 1607, holding a burgage of the 



