A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



appears always to have descended with the Ashton 

 share. 



Henry de Trafford was in possession in 1324 in 

 right of his wife. 17 She afterwards married John 

 Venables, of Ashton-on-Mersey, by whom she had the 

 daughter and heir Aline mentioned above. From 

 1343 onward Ralph de Hyde and Aline his wife were 

 engaged in suits respecting her inheritance. 18 Ralph 

 and Aline were living in 1360, when they and their 

 son William successfully defended their title to half the 

 mill. 19 By 1 370 Thomas son of Ralph appears to have 

 succeeded his father,* and he is no doubt the same 

 Thomas de Hyde who died in 1433, leaving as heir his 

 son George's child Thomas, then fourteen years of age. 21 



The younger Thomas died in 1444, holding the 

 manor of Urmston of Sir Edmund Trafford by 

 knight's service ; the clear value was loo/. George 

 the son and heir was about three months old." 

 Margaret the widow had certain messuages and lands 



assigned to her as dower in I445.* 3 George died in 

 or before 1500, in which year his widow Isabel 

 claimed dower, Thomas Hyde being then in posses- 

 sion.* 4 In 1517 John the son and heir of Thomas 

 was contracted to marry Elizabeth daughter of Sir 

 John Booth of Barton.* 5 Thomas died early in 1 5 34, 

 holding the manor of Urmston of Edmund Trafford 

 by knight's service and a rent of 8s. He had made 

 provision for his wife and younger sons, and the heir 

 was his grandson William, son of the above-named 

 John, then about fourteen years of age.* 8 



William Hyde in 1548 arranged for the marriage 

 of his son and heir William with Margaret daughter of 

 John Arderne ; she was to have a jointure out of the 

 Urmston lands of 4 clear value. 17 He died in 1 5 74, 

 holding the manor of Edmund Trafford by the eighth 

 part of a knight's fee and 8/. rent ; the clear annual 

 value was 5. The heir was his said son William, 

 then twenty-nine years of age.* 8 A pedigree was 



wards proffered a charter of Isabel's, but 

 she denied it to be hers ; De Banco R. 

 218, m. 30. 



Adam de Urmston in 1300 granted to 

 his son Richard and Cecily his wife, 

 daughter of Thomas de Hulme, 3 oxgangs 

 of land in Urmston, &c.; De Trafford D. 

 no. 294. Richard and Cecily in 1305 

 accordingly claimed three messuages, 

 3 oxgangs, 12 acres of land, i acre of 

 heath, and the moiety of the mills in 

 Urmston, against Adam de Urmston, 

 Gilbert de Ashton, Robert, Thomas, 

 Richard, and William his sons, Hawise, 

 Margery, Lettice, and Margery his daugh- 

 ters, and Roger Plat. One writ was 

 abstracted, and William son of the rector 

 of Lee sent to gaol. Gilbert pleaded a 

 quitclaim of the same year, but Richard 

 was then a minor ; Assize R. 420, m. 7, 

 5 d. ; 423, m. 3 i 



The Serjeant family occurs several 

 times in the pleadings, &c. William the 

 Serjeant in 1346 called John de Radcliffe, 

 rector of Bury, to warrant him in the 

 possession of his estate in Urmston ; De 

 Banco R. 345, m. 113 d. Joan daughter 

 of William, in 1352 released to Thomas 

 del Booth her right in her father's lands, 

 Ac. ; P.R.O. Anct. D., A, 8175. Later, 

 however, she seems to have recovered all 

 or part of them ; Duchy of Lane. Assize 

 R. 3, m. 2. 



V Duchy of Lane. Rentals and Surv. 

 379, m. 13 ; he paid for ward 8*. and 

 sake fee zt. In the copy in Dods. MSS. 

 cxx-xi, foL 37/', the sake fee is given as 

 zt. 6J., making ioj. 6</. in all. 



In the same year Robert de Hulme 

 claimed land in Urmston against Henry 

 san of John de Trafford, Hawise his wife, 

 and John de Trafford the elder 5 Assize 

 R. 425> m - 5 d - 



John de Trafford contributed to the 

 subsidy of 1332; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 41. 



Thomas son of Adam de Hulme, in 

 virtue of a grant made to his grandfather 

 Thomas in 1302 by Adam de Urmston, 

 successfully claimed leave to get turves on 

 the moor of Urmston in 1334; Adam 

 de Hulme was brother and heir of Robert, 

 eldest son of Thomas the grandfather. 

 The defendants were Henry son of John 

 Trafford of Newcroft and Isabel 



idow of Adam de Urmston, the latter 

 ght of her dower ; Coram Rege R. 

 297, m. 125. 



18 The earliest statement (1343) recites 

 the possession of the manor of Urmston 



by Gilbert de Ashton, with remainder to 

 his daughter Hawise and her issue ; and 

 by Henry son of John de Trafford of 

 Newcroft, in right of Hawise, after Gil- 

 bert's death, and by Henry after the 

 death of Hawise. It alleges that Henry 

 and others in 1340 conspired with 

 Richard son of Adam son of Richard de 

 Urmston, so that the latter might sue 

 Henry for the manor ; he did so, and in 

 1342 recovered it by Henry's wilful 

 default. Henry and Richard defended, 

 hut the jury found that Adam alienated 

 the manor in exchange for other tene- 

 ments, so that his son Richard had never 

 any right in it, and upheld Aline's claim. 

 They assessed the damages as 4 instead 

 of the 2,000 claimed ; Assize R. 430, 

 m. lod. In the following year Ralph 

 and Aline were nonsuited in a claim for 

 ten messuages, 40 acres of land, &c., 

 against John de Trafford of Newcroft, 

 Joan his wife, and John, Richard, Robert, 

 and Adam his sons; ibid. 1435, 

 m. 42. 



A further statement of the case was 

 made in 1347, in the king's writ to the 

 justices ; herein Geoffrey de Urmston and 

 Roger de Chisnall are named as the 

 partners of Henry de Trafford in the 

 conspiracy ; De Banco R. 351, m. 435 d.; 

 352, m. 227 d. ; 356, m. 412 d. In 

 July 1351 Ralph and Aline proceeded 

 against Richard de Urmston, Geoffrey and 

 Adam his brothers and others, but the 

 writ was adjudged bad, having quettus for 

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

 At the same time Amice daughter of 

 Henry son of John de Trafford did not 

 prosecute her claim against Ralph and 

 Aline ; a mistake was found in her writ, 

 more tenants being named in it than 

 were shown on the endorsement ; ibid, 

 m. 4 d, 5. This dispute, however, had 

 not been confined to the courts ; for in 

 Aug. 1350, Richard de Urmston, Adam 

 his brothers and others, had with bows, 

 arrows, swords, and shields, taken some 

 of Ralph de Hyde's cattle a horse worth 

 40*., four oxen worth 501., and two cows 

 worth 131. 4</. and committed other 

 enormities, treading down his corn to 

 the value of 6 31. $d. ; whereupon, 

 being convicted, Richard was sent to 

 gaol; Assize R. 431, m. id. In 1351 

 Richard son of Geoffrey de Urmston re- 

 leased to Ralph de Hyde all his right to 

 the lands in dispute; Harl. MS. 2112, 

 fol. 159. The suits went on for some 

 years after this, with varying success. 



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19 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 8, m. 4. 



20 De Banco R. 440, m. 244 ; he was 

 plaintiff in a continuation of the old suits, 



21 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 40 ; 

 he is stated to have held no lands. 



Thomas de Hyde of Urmston and 

 Margaret his wife granted to feoffees their 

 manor of Urmston with the appurten- 

 ances ; the date is uncertain ; Harl. MS. 

 21 1 2, fol. 1 60. 



In 1419 Thomas de Hyde of Urmston 

 and Margaret his wife empowered John 

 de Bamford to give seisin of all their 

 lands, &c., in Stockport, Offerton, and 

 Marple to George their son and Alice 

 daughter of Robert de Stockport ; Bram- 

 hall D. 



Arrangements were made in 1429 for 

 the marriage of Thomas son of George 

 de Hyde with Margaret daughter of 

 Thomas de Leigh of Baguley. The 

 marriage portion was 40 marks, the 

 jointure 6 marks, and lands in Urmston 

 to the clear value of 6 marks were set 

 out for the purpose; Harl. MS. 2112, 

 fol. 1 60. 



22 Lanes. Inq. p.m. ii, 50. 



23 Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 160 ; the lands 

 assigned were those in Urmston tenanted 

 by Henry Johnson, Agnes Milner, Richard 

 Gefferson, Robert Gefferson, and Richard 

 Sherlock. 



24 Ibid. fol. 161 ; Sir John Booth wa 

 the arbitrator. 



George Hyde was at Chester outlawed 

 for debt in Sept. 1487, and his lands at 

 Offerton and Marple were seized ; Ches. 

 Inq. 3 Hen. VII, no. 2. 



25 Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 161, 177 ; the 

 contract was made between Thomas Hyde 

 and Ellen, widow of Sir John Booth ; 

 Elizabeth's portion was 85 marks, and a 

 jointure of 4 marks was provided for. 



26 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii, 37. 

 To Thomas his son he granted pastures 

 called Cobrysshes and Medylst Rayn- 

 shaghe for life ; to James, another son, 

 the Horsecroft, Newhey, and Formeste 

 Raynshaghe for life ; to Hamnet, another 

 son, lands in Cheshire. Margaret his 

 wife survived him. 



2 7 Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 161 d. In the 

 following year William the father married 

 Douce, 'cousin' of John Warburton; ibid. 



28 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, 31. By 

 his second wife he had a daughter Ellen, 

 who married Thomas Boydell of Pulford. 

 The latter, shortly after his father-in-law's 

 death, had disputes with the son; Ducatus, 

 , 3 2 33- 



