A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



and his grandson Adam,* 4 and Adam's son and heir 

 Roger married Ellen daughter of John Hulton of Farn- 

 worth. 1 * Their son Roger x had a son and successor, 

 also Roger, who married Katherine, a daughter and 

 co-heir of Sir James Harrington of Wolfage," and had 

 a son Adam, who married Alice, the daughter and heir 

 of John Hulton of Farnworth.* 8 From this time, and 

 perhaps partly in consequence of the marriages named, 

 the Hultons of the Park became more prominent, and 

 soon outstripped their namesakes of Farnworth. 



Adam Hulton was in 1523 summoned to take part 

 in the Scottish expedition led by the Earl of Surrey. 39 

 Ten years later a short pedigree was recorded at the 

 herald's visitation. 40 He was succeeded by his son 

 William, who died in September 1555,*' leaving a son 

 and heir Adam, married in infancy to Clemency 

 daughter of Sir William Norris of Speke." Adam 

 Hulton died in September 1572," leaving a son and 

 heir William, then of full age, who died in 1624," 

 having survived his son Adam 4i and grandson Wil- 



Hulton restored to him his manor of 

 Hulton, and lands there and in West- 

 houghton, &c., with remainder to Adam 

 his son ; and in 1404 Richard son of 

 John de Hulton of Halliwell resigned to 

 Roger son of Roger de Hulton various 

 lands in Hulton, Westhoughton, and 

 Rumworth which had belonged to Roger's 

 father, Roger, and his grandfather Adam; 

 Hulton Fed. 10. 



William de Hilton, who, as a witness 

 of the French wars, was called upon to 

 give evidence in the Scrope-Grosvenor 

 trial, was perhaps son of this Roger ; 

 ibid. ; Scrope-Grosvenor R. 309. 



84 In Dec. 1417 the feoffees of Adam 

 de Hulton restored to him the manor of 

 Hulton, &c., with remainder to his son 

 Roger, and a further remainder to the 

 heirs male of Adam's father Roger ; 

 Hulton Fed. II. 



Adam's daughter Alice married Thomas 

 de Culcheth in or about 1420 ; ibid. 



84 Ellen daughter of John Hulton and 

 * lately wife ' of Roger Hulton of the Park, 

 had lands in Nether Darwen, Bolton, and 

 Rivington in 1459 (3 June 37 Hen. VI) ; 

 ibid. 12. 



In 1432 a settlement of boundaries was 

 made between the lands of Sir Geoffrey 

 Massey and those of Roger Hulton in 

 Hulton and James Hulton in Rum- 

 worth ; Def>. Keeper' t Rep, xxiii, App. 33. 



In 1437 Roger Hulton of the Park 

 agreed with Thomas Tyldesley for the 

 marriage of his daughter Alice with James 

 son and heir apparent of Thomas ; and in 

 J 459 ('7 Au S- 37 Hen. VI) Alice widow 

 of James Tyldesley granted certain lands 

 to Roger Hulton her father, Roger Hulton 

 her brother, and Thurstan Tyldesley ; 

 Hulton Fed. 11-12. The last deed is per- 

 haps dated 37 Hen. VI instead of 36 in 

 error; in which case Roger Hulton, senior, 

 died between 17 Aug. 1458 and 3 June 

 1459. 



86 From a deed quoted in the last note 

 it is clear that Roger Hulton had a son 

 Roger, perhaps the Roger Hulton who 

 in 1458-9 arranged for the marriage of 

 his daughter Agnes to Richard son of 

 William Heatou ; ibid. 14. Roger son 

 and heir apparent of Roger Hulton of the 

 Park was a trustee for Thomas Tyldes- 

 ley in 1465 ; Yates Evidences. 



7 Hulton Fed. 14. A dispensation for 

 the marriage of Roger Hulton and Kather- 

 ine Harrington, related in the fourth de- 

 gree, was granted by Paul II, and issued 

 by the Bishop of Lichfield in Aug. 1469 ; 

 Lich. Epis. Reg. xii, fol. 149 A. 



In 1500 Katherine, widow of Roger 

 Hulton, had her dower in Denton. 



In 1473 Roger Hulton held the manor 

 of Middlewood in Hulton of the lord of 

 Manchester by the twentieth part of a 

 Tcnight's fee and puture, a rent of qj. and 

 castleward jd. ; Mamccettre, 497. 



88 Hulton Fed. 15. The contract of 

 marriage, made 20 Oct. 1485, shows that 

 Roger, Adam's grandfather, was still liv- 



ing ; the father is described as Roger 

 Hulton the younger of Hulton Park, and 

 the mother Katherine is named. Adam 

 was to be ready to wed Alice within ten 

 years from the date of the contract; Roger 

 promised to make an estate of 10 marks 

 a year clear value in favour of Alice, and 

 John Hulton would pay 80 marks to the 

 parents of Adam. 



The parties being related in the fourth 

 degree through the marriage of Roger and 

 Ellen Hulton above recorded, a dis- 

 pensation was obtained from John de 

 Giglis, papal commissary in England, in 

 1489, a competent donation being made 

 to the crusade ; ibid. 16. 



89 Ibid. 1 6 ; Adam Hulton had engaged 

 to provide forty able men for the expedi- 

 tion. 



40 Vmt. of 1533 (Chet. Soc.), 209; 

 three descents are recorded Adam, his 

 son William, and his grandson Adam, 

 with a record of the marriages and the 

 younger children. 



Adam Hulton, squire, contributed to 

 the subsidy of 1541 as for '30 in 

 lands '; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.}, 

 i, 141. 



41 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, 40 ; 

 Hulton Fed. 19. William Hulton died 

 seised of the manor of Over Hulton, with 

 messuages, lands, &c., in Over Hulton, 

 Westhoughton, Manchester, and Denton: 

 he had also possessed certain lands of the 

 inheritance of William Hulton of Farn- 

 worth lying in Harpurhey, Denton, Open- 

 shaw, and Chorlton. The manor of Over 

 Hulton and the lands in Westhoughton 

 and Manchester were held of the lord of 

 Manchester by a rent of q.d. Adam the 

 son and heir was thirty-six years of age. 



In 1556 after 'certain variances and 

 debates' between Elizabeth widow of 

 William Hulton and Adam Hulton the 

 son and heir, Lord Mounteagle and his 

 son were chosen to arbitrate concerning 

 the widow's dower ; among other things 

 they decided that ' sixteen quarters of coals 

 yearly [should] be laid upon the bank of 

 the same coalpit, at [Adam's] own proper 

 costs, to the use of the said Elizabeth for 

 her natural life ; and it [should] be law- 

 ful for the said Elizabeth to command her 

 said tenants to lead yearly four quarters of 

 coal to her house if she be resident within 

 ten miles of Hulton Park '; Hulton Fed. 1 8. 



48 The agreement for this marriage was 

 made early in 1530, messuages, &c., in 

 Wigan, Westhoughton, Hulton, and Den- 

 ton to the value of 10 being given to 

 trustees ; ibid. 17 ; Norris D. (B.M.). 



In 1561 Norroy King of Arms granted 

 a crest to Adam Hulton ; Hulton Fed. 21. 



In 1565 Adam Hulton and Sir William 

 Norris assigned lands in Harpurhey and 

 Gotherswick for the use of Adam's 

 daughter Margaret, she ' being very tender 

 and young,' with reversion to Adam son 

 of William son of Adam Hulton the 

 grantor, and to William brother of the 

 younger Adam ; Norris D. (B.M.). 



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43 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, 4 ; 

 Hulton Fed. 21. There was no change in 

 the lands recorded. 



44 Mane A. Ce. Leet Rec. iii, 122 ; the 

 date given in the Inq. p.m. of his grand- 

 son (7 Chas. I) is 2 Jan. 1628, which must 

 be erroneous. He is said to have been 

 eighty- four when he died, and had therefore 

 seen the important changes in religion and 

 dynasty which distinguished the times. 

 William Hulton of the Park and his wife 

 were in 1586 reported to be 'obstinate' 

 in their adherence to the ancient faith ; 

 Baines, Lanes, from Harl. MS. 360, fol. 



33-. 



Six years later one of the Government 

 informers stated that ' Mr. Hulton of the 

 Park hath this day a recusant to his school- 

 master whom he hath kept in house many 

 years ' ; Lydiate Hall, 259 (from S.P. Dom. 

 Eliz. ccxv). Margaret Hulton and Cuth- 

 bert her son, Mary Hulton and Elizabeth 

 her daughter were presented as recusants 

 in 1592 ; Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xiii, 

 60. William Hulton of Hulton, esq. 

 (' infirm') and Cuthbert Hulton were recu- 

 sants in 1619 ; Manch. Sest. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 82. 



In 1574 he was required to furnish a 

 light horse, a caliver, and a morion for the 

 county muster ; Gregson, Fragments, 30. 



A settlement of the manor of Over Hul- 

 ton and the family lands was made by him 

 in 1582 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 44, m. 22. 



William Hulton of Park was the only 

 freeholder in the township named in 1600 

 and 1622 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 246, 1 60. 



In his will, made in Aug. 1624, he con- 

 fessed ' to die a true Christian Catholic,' 

 and desired to be buried in his chapel in 

 Deane Church, near the burial-place of 

 Margaret his late wife. In fulfilment of 

 a covenant made i Apr. 1557 between 

 his father Adam and his mother-in-law 

 Elizabeth Kighley of Lightshaw, he di- 

 rected that certain of his goods should be 

 regarded as heirlooms ; they included two 

 standing beds in Pendlebury chamber, 

 valued at 5 ; Hulton Fed. 22. 



The writ of Diem clausit extr. after the 

 death of William Hulton is dated 1 6 June 

 1625 ; ibid. 25. 



45 Adam Hulton, of Brasenose College, 

 Oxford, matriculated in 1579, aged fifteen; 

 and his brother William two years later ; 

 Foster, Alumni Oxon. There is a reference 

 to him in Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 

 504. 



Adam died in Dec. 1 597, and was buried 

 in the collegiate church at Manchester ; 

 he had married Alice daughter of William 

 Baguley, of Manchester, clothier, and his 

 son and heir William, then ten years old, 

 came of age in or before 1612; Manch. 

 Ct. Leet Rec. ii, 275 ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xvii, 80. He had a messuage 

 in Deansgate, Manchester, in right of his 

 wife, whose mother Ellen Baguley was a 

 widow in 1587 ; Hulton Fed. i, 24. 



