SALFORD HUNDRED 



BOLTON-LE-MOORS 



afterwards came into the hands of the Radcliffes of 

 Smithills, and their successors, the Bartons, 3 and was 

 sold in 1723 by Lord Fauconberg. 4 



The Hospitallers had land in Quarlton from an 

 early date ; and this was occupied by the Smithills 

 family. 5 



Mrs. Julia Wright of Mottram Hall near Maccles- 

 field is now said to hold the manor. She inherited it 

 from her father the Rev. Henry Wright, on his death 

 resuming her maiden name. She married the late 

 Capt. J. F. D'A. Street. 6 



Ellis de Quarlton contributed to the subsidy in 

 I332. 7 A Warburton family appears in the i6th and 

 1 7th centuries. 8 



LONGWORTH 



Longeworthe, 1254 ; Lunggewrthe, 1278 ; Longe- 

 worth, 1 290. 



Longworth occupies the south-western slope of 

 Turton Moor and the tongue of lower land to the 

 south-east, between the Longworth and Delph Brooks. 

 In the latter part of the township the hall is situated, 

 but there is no village nor any considerable hamlet 



within the boundary. The area is 1,654 acres - The 

 population was in 1901 numbered with that of 

 Western Turton. 



A road from Egerton in Turton passes along near 

 the south-western border. The ancient road from 

 Blackburn to Bolton through Tockholes crossed the 

 township. 



The land is chiefly pasture. There is a quarry on 

 the hill, but a cotton mill near the southern corner 

 has lately been demolished by the Bolton Corporation 

 in connexion with their water supply. 



For local government the township was in 1898 

 joined to Turton, ceasing to have a separate existence. 1 



No house in the township had more than two 

 hearths in 1666, except Thomas Lacy's, which had 

 seven. The total was 2i. la 



LONGWORTH was held of the lords 

 MANOR of Manchester as 2 oxgangs * of land by a 

 family or families which assumed the local 

 surname, and continued there down to the middle of 

 the 1 7th century. Apart from grants made by Mat- 

 thew son of Siward de Longworth to the abbey of 

 Cockersand about the beginning of the I 3th century 3 

 there is little to be recorded of the family, 4 though 



prosecute it , Assize R. 1321, m. 9 ; R. 

 418, m. 12 d. 



In 1304 Richard de Radcliffe of Rad- 

 cliffe had a grant of free warren in Quarl- 

 ton ; Charter R. 97 (32 Edw. I), m. 2, 

 no. 17. 



The manor of Quarlton is named in 

 1 309 among the Radcliffe estates ; Final 

 Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 5. 



In 1340 Richard de Radcliffe claimed a 

 messuage, &c., in ' Edgeworth next Tur- 

 ton ' against William son of William de 

 Radcliffe, and recovered by default ; De 

 Banco R. 321, m. 305 ; R. 323, m. 198. 



A pleading of 1358 gives some particu- 

 lars, from which it appears that the Traf- 

 fords had an interest in Quarlton, which 

 it probably the ' third part of the manor 

 of Edgeworth' in dispute. William son 

 and heir of Robert de Radcliffe demanded 

 that third part against Richard son of 

 William de Radcliffe, it having been 

 given by Sir Richard de Trafford to 

 Robert de Radcliffe in free marriage with 

 Anabil his daughter in the time of Edward 

 I ; from them it descended to Richard as 

 son and heir, then to Robert as son and 

 heir, and then to the plaintiff. The jury 

 decided in favour of the plaintiff ; Assize 

 R. 438, m. 7 d. The plaintiff seems to 

 be the head of the Smithills family, and 

 the defendant the head of the parent Rad- 

 cliffe stock. 



8 The preceding note gives the clue to 

 the descent. 



Lands in Quarlton (or in Edgeworth) 

 are regularly mentioned in the Radcliffe 

 and Barton inquisitions, but are usually 

 said to be held of the Hospitallers. In 

 that after the death (1417) of Margery 

 widow of Sir Ralph de Radcliffe, however, 

 her dower in ' three parts of the manor of 

 Edgeworth,' was stated to be held of the 

 king as of his Duchy of Lancaster by 

 knight's service and a rent of 2s. 6d. ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 127. Also 

 in that of John Barton in 1517, the Edge- 

 worth lands are stated to be held of the 

 king ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, 

 no. 82. 



^Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), i", fol. 

 220, from Roll 8 of Geo. I at Preston. 



5 Ralph de Radcliffe in 1406 was found 

 to have held three messuages in Edge- 



worth of the Hospitallers by a rent of 

 i6i/. ; the clear annual value was 1001. ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1504. 



The Hospitallers' rental of c. 1540 

 shows that Andrew Barton paid \ fid. for 

 the lordship of Quarlton ; Kuerden MSS. 

 v, fol. 84. In his inquisition, however, 

 the rent is given as zs. zd. ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 27. This is re- 

 peated later, e.g. Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 211. 



6 See pedigree in Earwaker"s East Ches. 

 ii, 353. In 1797 the lands of H. O. Wright 

 contributed over a third of the land tax. 



There is in Mrs. Wright's possession 

 an interesting estate plan, endorsed ' The 

 Plan of Quarnton belonging to the right 

 worshipful Sir Thomas Barton of Smith- 

 ills, knight. Taken by William Senior, 

 Professor of the Mathematics. Anno 

 Domini, 1620 ;' information of Sir Lees 

 Knowles, who has given a copy to the 

 British Museum. 



7 Excb. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 41. 



8 Thomas Warburton the elder and 

 Ellen his wife in 1558 made a settlement 

 of four messuages and lands in Edgeworth, 

 Quarlton, and Butterworth ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 19, m. 23. 



Thomas Warburton, who died 31 May 

 1634, at Stubbins, held two messuages, 

 &c., in Quarlton in Edgeworth of Sir 

 Thomas Barton, and other lands ; Fran- 

 cis, his son and heir, was fifty-seven years 

 of age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, 

 no. 93. Hannah, a daughter of Thomas 

 Warburton, is said to have married Robert 

 Knowles of Quarlton ; Baines, Lanes, (ed. 

 Croston), iii, 222. 



Richard Knowles of Quarlton occurs in 

 1583 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 252, m. 12. 



1 By the Bolton, Turton, &c., Extension 

 Act, 1898. 



la Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 250, no. 9. 



2 It was in 1322 in the upper bailiwick 

 of the barony, and contributed to the 

 maintenance of the foresters of Horwich ; 

 Mamecestre (Chet. Soc.), ii, 374, 377. 



8 The land was in Award Hill ridding, 

 the bounds beginning at an oak marked 

 with a cross which grew by the street in 

 the Rakes, going down to the great water, 

 then up as far as the clough, and up the 



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clough to the hill, and so back to the oak. 

 Quitclaims from Richard son of Roger de 

 Orsdeshaw (to William de Ashworth), and 

 from William son of Adam de Ashworth 

 accompanied the charter. For the latter 

 quitclaim the canons paid 2 marks ; 

 W. Farrer, Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. 

 Soc.), ii, 704. Hereward, Abbot of Cocker- 

 sand, afterwards granted this to Roger son 

 of Ughtred and his heirs at a rent of izd. 

 a year, and ^ mark as relief ; ibid, ii, 706. 



The same benefactor also gave an acre 

 formerly occupied by Geoffrey de Man- 

 chester, with various easements including 

 leave to cut hay outside Acargarth ; ibid, 

 ii, 705. 



The Cockersand rentals of 1451, 1461, 

 1501, and 1 537 show that Thomas Long- 

 worth was tenant of two parcels (each i zd. 

 rent) in those years ; ibid, iv, 1238, 1241. 

 In 1501 the heir of Sir James Harrington 

 held a tenement called Kirkland at 6d. 

 rent ; ibid. Isabel Dame Harrington was 

 in 1519 found to have held a messuage 

 and land in Longworth of the Abbot of 

 Cockersand in socage ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. v, no. 2. Some or all of the 

 abbey lands were by Queen Mary granted 

 to Manchester Collegiate Church or the 

 SavoyHospital ; Pat. 3 & 4 Phil, and Mary, 

 pt. xi ; 4 & 5 Phil, and Mary, pt. xv. 



4 Hugh de Longworth granted land in 

 the township to William de Worthington; 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, W, 27. 



In 1276 John son of Hugh de Long- 

 worth, Ellen his wife, &c., were accused of 

 depriving Robert de Wytefield and Lettice 

 his wife of 3 acres of moor, and the plain- 

 tiffs' claim was admitted ; Assize R. 405, 

 m. 4 d. 



John de Longworth in 1288 success- 

 fully asserted his right to 100 acres of 

 moor in Longworth which had been occu- 

 pied by Alexander de Cuerdale, Richard 

 de Orymeshaw and others, who asserted 

 that the land was in Darwen ; Assize R. 

 1277, m. 32<zd. 



Thomas de Longworth died 8 August 

 1444, holding six messuages, 24 acres of 

 land, 40 acres of meadow, &c., in Long- 

 worth, of Sir Nicholas Longford as of his 

 manor of Withington by knight's service 

 and a rent of cfad. ; he also held lands in 

 Thornton and Bolton-le-Moors. The 



