SALFORD HUNDRED 



Hall was in 1787 in the possession of John Milne 

 and brothers. 8 * The Chaddertons of Lees in Oldham 

 held High Crompton of the king as duke by knight's 

 service and the rent of 3/. zd? The Chethams of 

 Nuthurst also had an estate in Crompton of similar 



PRESTWICH WITH 

 OLDHAM 



tenure, the rent being 3/. 10 The Langleys of Agecroft 

 also had an estate, including Birchhaw or BIRSH4W, 

 in Crompton and Oldham, 11 of which the tenure is 

 variously stated, though it is identified with the un- 

 named estate of Henry de Scholefield lla in 1212. 



to John Chetham, of Nuthurst, all his part 

 of Deal water in Crompton, with lease to 

 make a dam, for I zd. rent ; John was 

 making a water-mill ; Clowes D. Ed- 

 mund Traffbrd, who died at the end of 

 1563, held messuages, &c., in Whitfield in 

 socage, as of the queen's manor of Salford, 

 by a rent of 31. 4*?. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xi, n. In the following year John 

 Chetham purchased four messuages, &c., 

 in Whitfield from Edmund Traffbrd and 

 Elizabeth his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle, 26, m. 87. This seems to mark the 

 end of the Traffbrd tenure in Crompton. 



Edward Milnes of Whitfield was a free- 

 holder in 1600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 250. 



83 Land Tax Returns. 



9 In 1301 and 1302 there was a dispute 

 between Richard de Traffbrd, rector of 

 Cheadle, and Geoffrey de Chadderton (and 

 others), respecting lands in Crompton ; 

 Assize R. 1321, m. 9 ; 418, m. 12 d. 



Crompton seems to have been given to 

 younger branches of the Chadderton family, 

 and other lands were acquired by them. In 

 1307 Roger de Pilkington granted all his 

 lands in Crompton to Adam son of Geoffrey 

 de Chadderton, together with the homage 

 of Adam son of John de Birshaw and his 

 service of zs. a year, reserving the homage 

 of John de Furness and a piece of land 

 bounded partly by the Wrobrooks and the 

 Wallsyke. This grant was by way of ex- 

 change for lands in Cheetham held by Adam, 

 who is called also Adam de Crompton. 

 The mill is mentioned ; Clowes D. no. 

 96, 97. Alice, the widow of Alexander de 

 Pilkington, confirmed the grant made by 

 her son Roger, of lands in Crompton by 

 the Beal ; ibid. Cecily widow of Adam 

 de Chadderton, in 1324 released her lands 

 on the west side of the Beal, and Richard 

 de Oldham granted them to John her son ; 

 ibid. The moiety of Beal Moor was then 

 held by Roger de Chadderton at 31. zd. 

 rent ; see preceding note. 



The receiver for the forfeited Holland 

 estates about the same time rendered ac- 

 count of 26:. 8i/. as the issues of two-thirds 

 of a messuage and plough-land, the lands of 

 Roger, son and heir of John de Chadderton, 

 who was in ward ; L.T.R. Enr. Accts. 

 Misc. no. 14, m. 76 d. 



In 1346 John de Chetham held i ox- 

 gang and Agnes, Joan, Alice, and Cecily, 

 the daughters and heirs of Roger de Chad- 

 derton, held the twentieth part of a knight's 

 fee in Crompton and Beal Moor, paying 

 together a rent of 6s. 8d. ; Add. MS. 

 32103, fol. 146. 



The descent is again uncertain, but the 

 two families do not appear to have re- 

 mained on friendly terms. One Thomas 

 de Chadderton granted lands in High 

 Crompton to his son Alexander, with re- 

 mainder to a younger son Thomas. The 

 elder son died without issue, and the 

 younger had to fly for felony, being con- 

 cerned in the death of Thomas de Chetham; 

 he died in July 1391, and his son and heir 

 Thomas was then about sixteen years of 

 age. The lands were held of the Duke of 

 Lancaster by knight's service and a rent of 

 3*. id. ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 

 54. The custody of the lands escheated 

 was granted by the duke to John de Rad- 

 cliffe of Foxdenton in 1392, and then to 



Richard de Chadderton, in whose hands 

 they remained till 1414, at a total rent of 

 301. ; ibid. See also Dep. Keeper's Rep. 

 J\j App. 527, 532. 



Probably the lands were restored to the 

 heir ; for Oliver, son of Thomas de Chad- 

 derton, was in possession in 1428 ; Clowes 

 D. no. 105. In 1445 J orin Chetham and 

 Roger son of Oliver Chadderton were 

 holding the twentieth part of a knight's 

 fee in Crompton and Beal Moor, paying 51. 

 rent ; John was charged with zs. 6d., but 

 pleaded that he was in ward, and Roger, 

 charged with the other half, said that he 

 held as feoffee ; Duchy of Lane. Knights' 

 Fees, 2/20. The feoffees of Thomas son 

 of Roger Chadderton were in possession in 

 1463 ; Clowes D. 



George Chadderton of Lees in Oldham 

 had in 1515 four messuages, &c., in Cromp- 

 ton, held of the king (as duke) by the 

 thirty-second part of a knight's fee and a 

 rent of 31. zd. yearly, which he settled on 

 hit wife Katherine. On her death in I 543 

 the tenement went to their grandson 

 Thomas, then of full age ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. vii, 31. A similar return was 

 made after the death of this Thomas Chad- 

 derton in 1572 ; ibid, xiii, no. 7. George 

 the son and heir died in 1606, and the 

 tenement in Crompton was then found to 

 be held by the twentieth part of a knight's 

 fee and 31. Sd. rent ; the clear annual 

 value was 5 ; Land. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 64. The estate was 

 sold by Thomas Chadderton to John 

 Plumpton of Warrington ; Exch. Dep. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 59. In the 

 time of Charles I a decree between Chad- 

 derton and Walker had been made touch- 

 ing lands in Crompton, Whitfield, and Old- 

 ham ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 248. 



10 From the last note it will be seen that 

 the Chethams at first held jointly with the 

 Chaddertons. The increase of rent may 

 have been due to the grant of Beal Moor. 



In 1334 John de Chetham held half of 

 Beal Moor and an oxgang in Crompton, 

 which had belonged to William de Weston ; 

 Lanes. Inq. and Extents^ ii, 104-5. Jhn 

 de Chetham in 1342 granted to his son 

 Adam, with remainders to other sons, all 

 his lands on the east side of the Beal, 

 together with the fourth part of the mill of 

 Crompton, &c., at the same time granting 

 to his son Robert, with like remainders, 

 all his lands on the west side of Beal, the 

 fourth part of the mill, lands in Royton and 

 Ashworth, and a burgage in Manchester ; 

 regrants followed ; Clowes D. no. 98-101. 

 As already stated John de Chetham was 

 tenant when the extent of 1346 was made. 



Later Chetham deeds mention the lands 

 in Crompton in feoffrnents for different 

 purposes. Thomas de Chetham, who died 

 (or was killed) in September 1383, held a 

 messuage in High Crompton of the Duke 

 of Lancaster by knight's service and a rent 

 of 31. ; its clear value was 231. ; Towne- 

 ley MS. DD, no. 1463. In 1428 an ex- 

 change of lands in High Crompton was made 

 between John Chetham and Oliver Chad- 

 derton ; the bounds mention Crosshillgate, 

 Bolastree rand, the ' great within ' growing 

 in John's garden, Hallhillgate, Bealmoor- 

 hey, Kenyon croft, lands of Sir Edmund 

 Traffbrd, Robert Langley, Thomas Wild, 



and Robert Taylor, the two Gosnorhills, 

 Hathershaw Moor, Crawlache, Small- 

 brook, Ringyard ; also in Mosshey ; Clowes 

 D. no. 105-7. Lands including Gosard 

 hills, Small brook meadow, and the Mill 

 croft, were in 1472 leased to Thomas 

 Chetham by Katherine the widow, and 

 Thomas, the son and heir of Roger Chad- 

 derton ; ibid.no. 127. In the same col- 

 lection arc rentals of the Chetham estates, 

 including Crompton, beginning in 1520. 



The tenure by knight's service and a rent 

 of 31. is again recorded in the inquisitions 

 made after the death of Thomas Chetham 

 and John Chetham, in 1504 and 1515 ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, 62 ; iv, no. 6. 

 In 1614 the estate consisted of twelve 

 messuages, half a water-mill, 1 20 acres of 

 land, &c., held by the fourth part of a 

 knight's fee and the ancient rent of 31. ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 16-18. 



The will of Ralph Chetham of Cromp- 

 ton, dated 1537, is printed in Cbet. Gen. 

 (Chet. Soc.), 16. 



11 In 1324 Adam de Tetlow held an ox- 

 gang in Birshaw which Richard de Bir- 

 shaw had formerly held ; the service was 

 lod. a year ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, 

 ii, 104-5. In 1346 Robert de Tet- 

 low held Birshaw in socage at a rent of 

 lod. ; Add. MS. 32103, fol. 146. 



From the Tetlows it descended to the 

 Langleys. Roger de Langley, who died in 

 1393, held by inheritance a parcel of land 

 4 in Oldham ' called Birshaw, the rent 

 being lod. as before ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Chet. Soc.), i, 51. In 1445 Margaret 

 wife of Roger Langley held it at lod. rent ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Knights' fees, bdle. 2, 

 no. 20. 



In the inquisition after the death of 

 Thomas Langley six messuages and tene- 

 ments in Crompton and Oldham were 

 stated to be held of the king (as duke) in 

 socage, by the rent of id. for all services ; 

 Agecroft D. 80. The 16th-century in- 

 quisitions join together messuages &c., 

 in Crompton, Oldham, Middleton, and 

 Broughton or Crompton and Oldham 

 alone as held in socage by a rent of 

 zs. I id. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, 7 ; 

 xi, 1 6. 



On the division of Sir Robert Langley's 

 estates, the Crompton and Oldham lands 

 fell to his daughter Dorothy, wife of 

 James Ashton, of Chadderton ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 24, m. 3 ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, 22 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 

 225. Sir Watts Horton had a small estate 

 in Crompton in 1787. 



A dispute about Towe carr and Birshaw 

 meadow in Crompton occurred in 1564 ; 

 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 284. 



lla The surname long continued in the 

 township. Thus in 1426 the escheator 

 was ordered to give Hugh, next of kin and 

 heir of Henry Scholefield i.e. son of 

 John brother of Henry livery of four 

 messuages, 80 acres of land, &c., in Cromp- 

 ton, and two messuages, &c., in Oldham, 

 which had been taken into the king's 

 hands in consequence of the felony of 

 Thomas de Chadderton, who had formerly 

 owned them ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, 

 App. 27 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), 

 i, 56. 



