SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



people, whose descendants retain it to the present 

 time. Edward Siddall, who died in 1588, held the 

 capital messuage called Milkwall Slade, with 24 acres 

 in Rusholme and Withington and 20 acres in 

 Gorton, also a burgage in Manchester and a third 

 part of the manor of Kersal in Broughton. The 

 Rusholme part of Slade was held of Nicholas Long- 

 ford by a rent of 2s. 6d. and the Gorton part of John 

 Lacy then lord of Manchester. 17 



Slade Hall is a timber house on a low stone base 

 built at the end of the i6th century, and still pre- 

 serving its ancient front. It is of two stories, the 

 upper one projecting on a plaster cove, and has two 

 gables on the principal elevation facing east. The 

 front has been extended northward by an addition, 

 built about 1681, the end of which faces the road, 

 and is now painted to imitate half-timber work. The 

 north end of the house was formerly continued east- 

 ward as a projecting wing, but the buildings, which 

 were of brick, and two stories in height, have been 

 pulled down in recent times. The present front of 



pally of straight diagonal pieces between the con- 

 structional timbers, but has quatrefoil panels in the 

 smaller gable. 



On a beam over the porch is cut, or stamped, the 

 date 1585 and the initials E. S. for Edward Siddall the 

 builder of the house. Underneath are the initials 

 G. S. (George Siddall, his son). The date 1585 is 

 also on another beam in the front. The two dates 

 and the initials E. S. are inclosed in ornamental bor- 

 ders. The west and south sides have been faced in 

 brick, and a block added at the north-west, which is 

 a rather good specimen of the dignified brick archi- 

 tecture of the early part of the igth century. The 

 roofs are covered with modern blue slates, and the 

 chimneys are of brick. 



The dining-room, on the right of the entrance, 

 retains its old oak ceiling crossed by massive beams, 

 and the upper room over the drawing-room in the 

 south wing has an elaborate plaster frieze on its north 

 and south walls. In this room the original timber 

 construction of the house can be seen all round. 





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SLADE HALL : EAST FRONT 



the i yth-century addition was rebuilt after the demo- 

 lition of these buildings in a style harmonizing with 

 the original timber elevation. The length of the 

 principal front is now about 70 ft., but the original 

 building consists only of the middle portion under 

 the two gables and the wing to the south. These 

 stand on three different planes, the main gable being 

 1 8 ft. in front of the southern end of the house, and 

 the porch and staircase bay occupying the angle be- 

 tween them. The timber front is composed princi- 



though faced with brick on two sides. The frieze on 

 the south wall has three shields, the centre one bear- 

 ing the royal arms of Queen Elizabeth encircled by a 

 garter and supported by a lion and a dragon. Above 

 are the queen's initials E. R. On the right is a shield 

 of eleven quarters of Stanley with supporters, encircled 

 by a garter and with the initials E. D., and on the left 

 is another quartered shield with coronet and supporters, 

 having above it the initials E. S. Between are two 

 female figures, said to represent Queens Mary and 



&c. in Withington was made by Ralph 

 Slade ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 27, 

 m. 24. In 1580 Edward Siddall purchased 

 a messuage, &c. from Thomas Slade, and 

 four years later again from Ralph Slade, 



Joan his wife, and Thomas his son, this 

 eing the final conveyance ; ibid, bdles. 

 42, m. 6 ; 46, m. 78 ; Booker, op. cit. 128. 

 Edward Siddall had, in 1568, purchased 

 half an acre in Rusholme and Withington 

 from Ralph Aldcroft and William Hardy ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 30, m. 44. 



The will of Richard Siddall, lessee of 

 Slade and father of Edward, is printed by 

 Booker, op. cit. 124-7. 



87 Inq. p.m. (Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xiv, 32) printed by Booker, op. cit. 128-31. 

 George Siddall, the son and heir, was 

 twenty-five years of age. For the pedi- 

 gree of the family see ibid. 136. 



George, the son of George, who fol- 

 lowed in 1616, sold Kersal and lands in 

 Gorton ; ibid. 133. He was summoned 

 to the Heralds' Visitation in 1664 ; Dug- 



37 



dale, Visit. (Chet Soc.), iv. In 1665 a 

 settlement was made by George Siddall 

 of the capital messuage called Milkwall 

 Slade alias Slade, with other lands, &c. in 

 Withington, Gorton and Grindlow, on 

 the marriage of his son Thomas's eldest 

 son John with Margaret daughter of Wil- 

 liam Robothom. Exception was made of 

 the jointure of Katherine, wife of George 

 Siddall, as set forth in an indenture ot 

 31 July 16175 Manch. Free Lib. D. 

 no. 101. 



