SALFORD HUNDRED 



BURY 



of the Holt family, 9 who were succeeded by the 

 Nuttalls ; 10 after whom came the Grundys and the 

 Wrigleys, now owners. 



B4MFORD, also on the north bank of the stream, 11 

 gave its name to the family which owned it from the 

 1 3th to the I gth century. Adam de Bury granted 

 all his lands in Bamford to Alexander de Bamford at 

 a rent of 40^." There is but little record of the 

 family. 13 Henry son of Thomas de Bamford was 



outlawed for debt in 1389, and it was found that he 

 had one messuage at Bamford, held of Sir Roger de 

 Pilkington in socage by the rent of 3*. 6d. y and 

 another in Spotland, held of John de Wolstenholme 

 by a rent of i\d Samuel Bamford, who died on 

 10 June 1629, held the manor of Bamford, with 

 messuages in Bamford and Bury, of the Earl of Derby 

 by a rent of 3/. 4^., and also the manor of Wolsten- 

 holme. The heir was his nephew William Bamford 



9 Some deeds of the family may be seen 

 in Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxxi, fol. 

 280, &c. 



In 1445-6 John Holt of the Bridge, 

 who also had Stake Hill m Thornham, 

 agreed with John Clegg of the Mill-house 

 concerning the marriage of his son Henry 

 with Margery daughter of John Clegg. 

 The deed mentions lands formerly held by 

 Henry Holt and Margery his wife in Bury 

 and Middleton ; ibid. 1 8 1. 



Roger Holt of Bury, son of Henry Holt 

 of Bridge, occurs in 1490 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Writs Proton, file 5 Hen. VII. 



Roger Holt died 5 Sept. 1594, holding 

 the capital messuage called Bridge Hall, a 

 water-mill adjoining, and messuages, &c., 

 in Heap, of the Earl of Derby in socage, 

 by a rent of 2s. a year. He also had lands at 

 Stake Hill in Middleton, Feilden in Hund- 

 dersfield, and Whittaker in Clegg. His 

 son Richard having died before him, the 

 heir was Richard's son Roger, eleven years 

 of age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 

 6. The will of Richard Holt is given in 

 Raines, op. cit. 281 ; it appears that 

 his mother's name was Anne, and he had 

 brothers, Roger, Henry, Edward, and 

 Francis. Roger Holt of Bridge Hall was 

 buried 5 Feb. 1616-17 ; Bury Reg. 



Peter Holt, the next to succeed, was, 

 according to the pedigree, a son of Roger. 

 He took sides with the Parliament and is 

 described as captain, being no doubt the 

 Captain Holt of Bury who helped to de- 

 fend Bolton against Lord Derby ; Civil 

 War Tracts (Chet. Soc.), 81. In 1643 

 he married Elizabeth, widow of Henry 

 Kelly of Manchester, his mother Mary 

 and son and heir Roger being named. 

 From the Bury Registers it appears that 

 Elizabeth, 'an ancient professor,' was 

 buried 21 Nov. 1646. At this time Peter 

 was a member of the Bury Classis. He 

 married again in 1649, Jane Gregory 

 being his wife, and died 10 Aug. 1651 ; 

 Bury Reg. She afterwards married Robert 

 Gregge of Chester, and had a son Edward 

 Gregge of Hapsford ; Raines, op. cit. 282, 

 283, where Peter's will is given. A son, 

 Peter Holt, M.A., ' a youth of the best 

 hope,' died in 1 644 ; Bury Reg. 



Roger, the heir, married Jane Green- 

 halgh of Chamber in 1644-5 5 'bid. He 

 recorded a pedigree in 1664-5, when 

 forty-four years of age ; Dugdale, Visit. 

 (Chet. Soc.), 149. He died 29 May 

 1682 ; Bury Reg. Bridge Hall appears 

 to have gone to his brother John, who in 

 1697 sold it to a cousin Nathaniel Gas- 

 kell of Manchester and Clifton ; Raines, 

 op. cit. 282-5. In 1736 Hugh Lord 

 Sempill and Sarah his wife and the other 

 heirs sold Bridge Hall to Robert Nuttall ; 

 ibid. 289. 



A dispute concerning Bridge Hall and 

 the corn mill in 1595 is recorded in Du- 

 catus Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 412. The 

 defendant, Thomas Shaw, was guardian of 

 Roger Holt, and appeared as plaintiff in 

 1601 respecting the mill; ibid, iii, 427. 

 On the other hand the lessee of the Earl 

 of Derby's mill at Bury complained that 



various inhabitants of Heap and Whittle 

 were withdrawing suit ; ibid, iii, 373, 

 400. 



10 Several deeds relating to Bridge Hall 

 after it came into the possession of the 

 Nuttalls are given in Raines MSS. xxxi, 

 290-313. Robert Nuttall had in 1718 

 sons Thomas and John ; Thomas married 

 Richmal daughter of Richard Kay of 

 Newhouse in 1727. Thomas Nuttall 

 appears in 1744, and a later Robert Nut- 

 tail's will was made in 1776, when his 

 son and heir John was a minor. John 

 came of age in 1790, and married Eliza- 

 beth Haworth. He mortgaged (or sold) 

 Bridge Hall in 1807, and made his will in 

 1813. Robert Nuttall of Bridge Hall in 

 1819 married Susan Anne daughter of 

 Randal Andrews, vicar of Ormskirk, and 

 Richmal his wife. He was afterwards of 

 Kempsey, Worcestershire, and on his 

 death in 1857 left a daughter and heir 

 Susan Eliza, who married Albert Hudson 

 Royds of Falinge, near Rochdale. 



11 Bamford appears to have been di- 

 vided, one half being merged in Heap, and 

 the other forming part of the township 

 of Birtle-with-Bamford in the parish of 

 Middleton. There were, it is probable, 

 two Bamford families, but it is difficult to 

 separate them. 



12 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xi, fol. 

 1 14. The rent was payable on St. Os- 

 wald's Day. The seal shows a fesse en- 

 grailed. 



In 1282 Richard son of Hugh de 

 Gooden (Gulden) obtained a messuage, an 

 oxgang of land, and the eighth part of a 

 mill in Bamford, against Adam son of 

 Hugh de Gooden and Eve his wife, the 

 estate to be held of the heirs of Eve ; 

 Final Cane. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 157. In this case also the rent of izd. 

 was payable at the feast of St. Oswald. 



18 The following notes may be of use. 



From early Ashworth deeds it appears 

 that Robert de Ashworth was a son of 

 Alexander de Bamford ; among the wit- 

 nesses to deeds are Henry de Bamford, 

 William de Bamford, Thomas de Bamford, 

 and Adam his brother (Raines MSS. [Chet. 

 Lib.], xi, fol. 253) ; also Thomas de Bam- 

 ford, Alexander, Henry, and Andrew his 

 sons (ibid. 258). Henry de Bamford was 

 a witness in 1287 ; ibid. 259. 



In 1311 Richard son of Thomas de 

 Bamford was concerned in a Spotland 

 suit ; De Banco R. 1 89, m. 9 d. In 1 3 3 2 

 Richard de Bamford contributed to the 

 subsidy in Spotland ; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 33. 



Thomas son of Adam de Bamford in 

 1321 slew Robert de Middleton and Alex- 

 ander de Wardle at Rochdale ; Coram 

 Rege R. 254, m. 48. 



Hugh son of Hugh de Atherton in 

 1330 claimed a messuage and lands against 

 Ellis de Bamford ; De Banco R. 283, m. 

 181 d. 



In 1339 Hugh de Atherton claimed 

 lands in Bamford against Adam son of 

 Adam de Bamford, against Nicholas son 

 of Ellis de Bamford, and against Henry 



137 



de Bamford ; in each case 1 5 acres was in 

 dispute ; De Banco R. 320, m. 498 d. 



Avice daughter of Thomas daughter of 

 Richard de Bamford was nonsuited in 

 1353 in a claim for lands in Spotland ; 

 De Banco R. 435, m. 17, 28. 



In 1371 Thomas son of Thomas de 

 Bamford was concerned in a Spotland suit; 

 ibid. R. 441, m. 57. 



A little later Nicholas de Bamford and 

 his son Nicholas occur ; ibid. R. 452, 

 m. 185 d, &c. 



Maud widow of Adam de Bamford 

 complained in 1360 that she had been 

 unlawfully detained in Tottington ; As- 

 size R. 451, m. 3. 



14 Lanes. Rec. Inq. p.m. no. 3. The 

 plaintiffs in the suit were Robert son of 

 Geoffrey del Holt and James del Holt, 

 executors of the will of John del Holt the 

 elder. Henry de Scholefield had occupied 

 the estate for two years preceding the 

 inquisition in 1393. 



Thus the outlawed Henry may be iden- 

 tified with a Henry de Bamford who 

 with Ellen his wife claimed lands in 

 Mawdesley and Croston in 1398 against 

 Henry de Scholefield. The remainders 

 were to Richard son of Henry and Ellen, 

 and his heirs by Rose daughter of Thomas 

 de Ainsworth ; then to Thomas and John, 

 brothers of Richard ; to John son of 

 Henry de Scholefield ; to Henry son of 

 John de Scholefield ; to Thomas de Maw- 

 desley, and to Thomas his son ; lastly to 

 the heirs of Ellen wife of Henry de Bam- 

 ford. Margery then wife of Richard de 

 Warburton had part of the lands as dower; 

 Final Cone, iii, 54. Nicholas and Henry 

 de Bamford attested a Holt charter in 

 1398 ; Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xi, fol. 

 262. Hugh son of Nicholas de Bamford 

 was a defendant in 1402 ; Add. MS. 

 32108, no. 1629. 



Thomas Bamford and Adam his son 

 were summoned for debt in 1524 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Writs Prot. Lent, 1 5 Hen. VIII. 



A pedigree was recorded in 1613 be- 

 ginning with an Adam Bamford, probably 

 the father of the Thomas last mentioned ; 

 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 34. 



William Bamford and Joan his wife 

 made a settlement of the manor of Bam- 

 ford and various messuages and lands in 

 Bamford, Mawdesley, Wolstenholme, and 

 Bury in 1584 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 46, m. 1 23. William Bamford was 

 a freeholder in 1600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 247. One of the 

 name was buried 10 Nov. 1607, and his> 

 widow Janet I Feb. 1616-17 ; Bury Reg. 

 The will of William Bamford, dated 1 604, 

 is given in Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), vi, 

 fol. 258 ; his wife Joan and son and heir 

 William are named ; he left 1 31. 4< to 

 the repair of Bury Church. William son 

 of William Bamford recorded a pedigree in 

 1613, as above quoted, his son William 

 being then seventeen years of age. Wil- 

 liam Bamford of Bamford was buried 26 

 July 1624 (Bury Reg.), but Samuel Bam- 

 ford contributed to the subsidy of 1622 ; 

 Misc. (ut sup.), i, 1 6 1. 



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