A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



mesne lordship of the manor, but that in course of 

 time this mesne lordship was, as in many similar 

 cases, forgotten, and the immediate tenants were con- 

 sidered to hold directly of the honour of Lancaster, 

 paying their rent at Salford manor-house. Another 

 explanation is that one moiety became absorbed in 

 the lordship of Manchester, the other moiety being 

 that afterwards known as the manor of Hulme, held 

 of Salford. 



Whatever may be the solution of this difficulty, 8 

 the actual possessors adopted the surname of Hulme 9 

 and were succeeded early in the I4th century by the 

 Rossendales, 10 and these by a branch of the Prestwich 

 family, who also held lands in Oldham, perhaps a 

 portion of the Hulme inheritance. 11 Of the Prest- 

 wich family little is known u until the i6th century, 

 when Ralph son of Ellis Prestwich entailed the lands. 

 Edmund, his son and heir, being without issue, gave 

 them ' by deed and fine ' to his cousin Edmund son 

 of Edmund Prestwich deceased. 13 The elder Ed- 



mund died on 27 November 1577, holding the 

 manor of Hulme and extensive lands in Manchester 

 and Oldham ; Hulme was held of the queen as of 

 her manor of Salford in soc- 

 age by the ancient rent of 5/., 

 and its clear annual value was 

 JIO. M His successor, the 

 younger Edmund Prestwich, 

 died in 1598 holding the 

 manor as before, and leaving 

 as heir his son Edmund, then 

 twenty-one years of age. 1 * 

 The last-named Edmund died 

 at Hulme in February 16289, 

 holding the family estates, 

 and leaving a son and heir 

 Thomas, aged twenty-eight. 1 * 

 Thomas Prestwich, who was 



educated at Oxford, 17 compounded for the two-thirds 

 of his estate liable to sequestration for recusancy in 



PRKSTWICH of Hulme. 

 Gules a mermaid proper 

 crined or holding a glass 

 and comb of the last. 



The whole of Hulme may have been 

 held half of Salford and half of Man- 

 chester ; but the Prestwich inquisitions 

 do not support this, though it is clear 

 that if there were such moieties this 

 family held both in the ijth century. 



9 Geoffrey de Hulme appears to have 

 been the possessor about 1300 ; Lanes. 

 Inq. and Extents, i, 301. 



10 In 1310 Adam de Rossendale and 

 Margery his wife settled the manor of 

 Hulme near Manchester, with remainders 

 to their children in succession Geoffrey, 

 John, Robert, and Cecily ; Final Cone. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 3. 



Geoffrey de Hulme about 1324 held a 

 plough-land in Hulme by the service of 

 6s. a year ; John LaWarre held a plough- 

 land in Hulme by the service of 5*. a 

 year ; Dods MSS. cxxxi, fol. 38, 386. 



11 Cecily de Hulme in 1346 paid to 

 Salford the rent of 51. due for half a 

 plough-land in Hulme ; Add. MS. 32103, 

 fol. 1466. 



Alice widow of John son of Geoffrey 

 de Hulme in the same year demanded 

 dower against Cecily widow of John de 

 Prestwich in two-thirds of nine mes- 

 suages, 100 acres of land, &c., in Old- 

 ham and in two-thirds of the manor of 

 Hulme by Manchester ; also against 

 Margaret widow of John son of Adam 

 de Rossendale in the remaining third of 

 the estate in Oldham and Hulme. The 

 defence, which the jury accepted, was that 

 John de Hulme had never been seised in 

 fee, so that no dower was due to Alice ; 

 De Banco R. 346, m. z86 d. It seems 

 clear from this case and the fine of 1310 

 that John de Rossendale succeeded to 

 Hulme, and dying without issue his sister 

 Cecily became the heir. Geoffrey de 

 Hulme (in possession in 1324) was ap- 

 parently the eldest son of Adam de Ros- 

 sendale. 



From another suit, four years later, it 

 appears that John's widow Margaret after- 

 wards married a Richard de Vernon, for 

 Ralph de Prestwich presumably the son 

 and heir of Cecily proceeded against 

 Richard de Vernon and Margaret his wife 

 for waste in the latter's dower lands ; De 

 Banco R. 364, m. 89. 



18 A writ of Diem clausit extr. for a 

 Nicholas de Prestwich was issued in 

 1377; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 350 ; 

 see also Mamecestre, ii, 267. It is not 

 stated that he was of Hulme. 



In 1440 Ralph Prestwich made a feoff- 

 ment of the manor of Hulme and of 

 various messuages and lands in Man- 

 chester, Crompton, and Oldham ; Final 

 Cone, iii, 105 ; see also Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 3, m. 146 ; 5, m. 3, 8. Ralph 

 held half a plough-land in Hulme near 

 Manchester in 1445-6 of the king as 

 duke, in socage, rendering 5*. yearly ; 

 the relief due was 5*. ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Knights' Fees, 2/20. 



Ellis Prestwich in 1473 held the manor 

 of Hulme of the lord of Manchester 

 by knight's service and $s. rent ; also 

 burgages in Manchester by a rent of 29^.; 

 Mamecestre, iii, 482-7. An Edmund 

 Prestwich, holding land in Manchester, 

 occurs in the same rental; ibid. 485. 

 Ellis Prestwich made a feoffment of lands 

 in Crumpsall in 1478 ; De Traffbrd 

 D. no. 89. He received a general 

 pardon in 1487, so that he may have 

 been a Yorkist ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, 

 App. 541. The writ of Diem elausit extr. 

 after his death was issued 9 June 1501 ; 

 Towneley MS. CC (Chet. Lib.), no. 

 707. 



Nicholas and Ralph Prestwich in 1506 

 made a feoffment of the manor of Hulme, 

 with a mill, messuages, and lands in Man- 

 chester, Salford, Hulme, and other places ; 

 Final Cone, iii, 162. Ralph son of Ellis 

 Prestwich is named in a writ of 1526; 

 Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. The arms 

 only were recorded at the herald's visita- 

 tion in 1533. 



18 Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 41 ; it 

 appears that Edmund the beneficiary was 

 son of Edmund son of Richard Prestwich, 

 a younger brother of Ralph. A pedigree 

 was recorded in the Visit, of 1567 (Chet. 

 Soc.), 6, by Edmund son of Ralph. 



The fine referred to is that of 1566, 

 by which Edmund Prestwich settled the 

 manor of Hulme, with its appurtenances 

 and messuages, water-mill, dovecote, land, 

 pasture, &c., in Hulme, Withenshaw, 

 Manchester, Salford, Crumpsall, Oldham, 

 and Crompton ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 28, m. 190. The uses are stated 

 in his inquisition. 



14 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, 4. 

 The indenture defining the uses of the 

 fine of 1566 is recited in full, as well as 

 Edmund's will. Fearing lest his ' ancient 

 inheritance at his decease might be scat- 

 tered and dispersed, to the utter decay of 

 hospitality at his said house of Hulme,' 



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he settled his property upon Edmund 

 Prestwich the younger, son of Edmund 

 Prestwich deceased, and his heirs male r 

 with remainder to Ralph Prestwich and 

 his heirs male. By his will his wife 

 Isabel was to hold Hulme, residing there 

 and maintaining due hospitality, holding 

 also the manor of Northall alias Brace- 

 bridge and lands at Canwick in Lincoln- 

 shire, paying 6 131. 4</. a year to Ed- 

 mund Prestwich the younger and 4 to 

 Ralph Prestwich. His messuage of 

 Withenshaw in Hulme he gave to his 

 servant Gilbert Wilkinson for life. Barey- 

 shaw in Oldham and Broadbent in Shol- 

 ver are also named in the will, by which 

 40 was given to the building or repair 

 of Crossferry Bridge. The lands in 

 Withenshaw (though described as in 

 Hulme) were held of Nicholas Longford 

 in socage by a rent of 3*. $.d. ; the mes- 

 suages and lands in Manchester were held 

 of Lord La Warre by a rent of 121., and 

 those in Salford of the queen by a rent 

 of izs. 4 1/. The next of kin and heirs 

 were James Ashton, son and heir of 

 Anne sister of Edmund Prestwich ; Alex- 

 ander Reddish, son and heir of John late 

 son and heir of Alice, another sister ; 

 Anne Ashton, daughter and one of the 

 heirs of Cecily, another sister ; and 

 Isabel wife of John Gridlow, daughter 

 and heir of Eleanor, the remaining sister. 



14 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, 27. 

 By his will Edmund the father left to his 

 son and heir his ' chain of gold and all 

 the glass in every window in the hall, 

 parlour, and chambers belonging to Hulme 

 Hall, and also all the wainscot and ceil- 

 ing standing in every place of the said 

 hall, chambers, and parlours,' on condition 

 that leases made to the younger sons 

 should be allowed. The younger sons were 

 Ralph, Ellis, John, and Thomas ; Pic- 

 cope, Wills (Chet. Soc.), iii, 103-5. 



A settlement of the manor of Hulme, 

 &c., was made by Edmund Prestwich in 

 1625 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 107, 

 no. 3. 



16 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, 74. 

 An abstract of his will is printed in 

 Manch. Ct. Leet Rec. iii, 152. There is 

 a notice of John Prestwich, B.D., a 

 younger ion of Edmund's, in Pal. Note 

 Bk. ii, 1 8 1, 225. He left his books to 

 Manchester. 



V Foster, Alumni Oxon.'\ M.A. 1629. 

 He was also of Gray's Inn. 



