SALFORD HUNDRED 



recorded in 1567, but some of the earlier steps are 

 omitted or wrongly given. 29 



William Hyde died 26 August 1587, holding the 

 manor, with messuages, windmill, and 

 lands in Urmston of the queen, as of 

 her Duchy of Lancaster, by the eighth 

 part of a knight's fee and a rent of 

 8/. 2</.; he also held a burgage in 

 Stockport and lands in Cheshire. John 

 his son and heir was ten years of age. 30 

 John Hyde was married in 1598-9, 

 his wife, Susan daughter of William 

 Ashton of Clegg, bringing him a por- 

 tion of j40O. 31 A pedigree was re- 

 corded in 1613, the eldest son George 

 being then six years of age. 31 A set- 

 tlement of the manor had been made 

 the year before. 33 A further settle- 

 ment was made in 1642, by John 

 Hyde, Susan his wife, George Hyde 

 and Margaret his wife. 34 John Hyde 

 died in 1644, his wife having died 

 the year before ; and George died two 

 years after his father. 35 



In 1642 Susan the daughter and 

 heir of George Hyde married Richard 

 Hulme of Davyhulme, 36 by whom she 

 had a son William, the heir of Urms- 

 ton. She afterwards married Richard 

 Starkie, 37 and in 1670 a settlement was 

 made by Richard Starkie and Susan his 

 wife, William Hulme, Thomas Lucas, 

 and Hannah his wife. 38 William 

 Hulme, high sheriff in 1701," died 

 in November 1708,* and his mother 

 followed him in February. 41 John, the 

 eldest surviving son of William Hulme, 

 succeeded, 41 and left a daughter Anne, 



FLIXTON 



who as ' heiress of Davyhulme and of the lordship and 

 manor of Urmston,' was married at Flixton 3 Sep- 

 tember 1735 to Thomas eldest son of the celebrated 



URMSTON HALL : EAST SIDE 



M Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 14. 



80 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, 49 ; 

 a third of the manor was devoted to the 

 use of the son John, another third to the 

 widow, Margaret, and the remaining third 

 to the daughters Bridget and Anne until 

 the son should come of age. His will is 

 printed in full in Piccope, Will* (Chet. 

 Soc.), ii, 189-91 ; he desired to be buried 

 in the chancel at Flixton. His harness, 

 with his bow and arrows, was to be kept 

 for the use of his son. Margaret, the 

 widow, was in 1593 concerned in a 

 suit respecting the Old Hall in Urmston 

 with a tenant of the RadclifFes ; Ducatus, 

 iii, 304. 



In 1589 Richard Gerard, rector of 

 Stockport, surrendered to the widow the 

 wardship of her son; Had. MS. 2112, 

 foL 162. 



81 Ibid. A settlement of the manor, 

 Ac., was made at the same time by the 

 widow, her son and his wife ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 61, no. 343. 



81 Viiit. (Chet. Soc.), 53 ; two deeds 

 are quoted in it. 



88 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 82, 

 no. 27. M Ibid. bdle. 141, no. i. 



84 These dates, and later ones for which 

 no other authority is quoted, are taken 

 from the Flixton registers. 



John Hyde in 1631 paid 10 on 

 refusing knighthood ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 215. In his will 

 of 12 Mar. 1643-4, he mentioned his 

 wife Margaret, his grandchild Sarah and 

 her husband Richard Hulme, also two 



grandchildren, sons of George Griffith of 

 Prescot. 



84 He was the son of William Hulme 

 of Davyhulme, buried at Eccles 20 Jan. 

 1640-1 ; he was himself baptized at 

 Eccles I Aug. 1624, and buried there 

 5 June 1 649 ; Hulme pedigree in Pic- 

 cope's MS. i, 327. The surname of 

 Margaret, George Hyde's wife, is un- 

 known. The Urmston halmote in 1642 

 was that of John Hyde, the next (in 

 1647) was that of Richard Hulme, the 

 next (in 1651) was that of Richard Star- 

 kie, the next (in 1673) was that of 

 William Hulme. 



8 ? Richard Starkie of Urmston was 

 summoned by the heralds at the Visitation 

 in 1664 ; Dugdale, fisit. (Chet. Soc.), v. 



In 1650 Richard Starkie's mother seems 

 to have been living at Warrington ; Crof- 

 ton, Stretford (Chet. Soc.), iii, 204. 



88 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 1 84, 

 m. 81. 



William Hulme, baptized at Flixton 

 5 April 1649, married Hannah daughter 

 of Samuel Blackleach at Macclesheld, 

 where her father was alderman, on 9 Dec. 

 1668 ; James, the eldest son, was born 

 30 Aug. 1669. Hannah Hulme the wife 

 was buried at Flixton 6 Oct. 1684. 



In 1673 William Hulme in a petition 

 to the Chancellor of the Duchy set forth 

 his descent and claim to the lordship of 

 Urmston, and lands, &c., in Urmston, 

 Hulme, and Newcroft, reciting the settle- 

 ments and stating that his mother had 

 surrendered her estate therein, and he had 



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taken peaceable possession ; but Peter 

 Holford of London, Elizabeth his wife, 

 Charles Moore of London, and Alice his 

 wife had obtained certain deeds and sought 

 to oust, alleging in particular that George 

 Hyde, his grandfather, was ' a mad and 

 distracted person ' at the time of the settle- 

 ment in 1642 ; Lanes. Chan. Bills, P.R.O., 

 vol. xxx. 



There was a recovery of the manor in 

 1705, William Hulme being a vouchee j 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 482, m. 2 d. 



He is several times mentioned in the 

 Kenyon MSS. (Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, 

 App. iv), and some of his letters are 

 printed. In 1694 he wrote to Roger 

 Kenyon respecting ' an impudent conven- 

 ticle ' held just by him ; he desired to 

 suppress it ; ibid. 290. 



39 P.R.O. List, 74. 



40 His will, dated 26 Mar. 1707, men- 

 tions John his son and heir, and his daugh- 

 ters Mary (wife of Thomas Shaw of Man- 

 chester), Hannah, Elizabeth, Frances, 

 Jane, and Susannah. 



41 She is described in the register as 

 ' mother of the late Captain Hulme.' 



48 John Hulme was baptized at Flixton 

 20 Feb. 1679-80, and was married there 

 on 1 9 April 1711 to Elizabeth Bate. She 

 was buried there on i June 1724. A 

 lease by John Hulme to John Dewhurst 

 in 1718 is recited in a deed in Manches- 

 ter Free Library, no. 113. 



There was a recovery of the manor, 

 &c.,in 1736, John Hulme being a vouchee; 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 542, m. 5. 



