A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Birch (cont!) 



Sir Thos., iii, 174, 346 ; Sir Thos. 



B., iii, 157, 346 ; Will., iv, 195, 



305 n-6n ; fam., iv, 305 

 Birchall, Edw., iii, 5 1 ; Geoff., iv, 



86 ; Geo., iii, 51 ; Jno., iii, 244 ; 



Rob., iv, 131 n; Will., iv, 67 , 



97 



Birchall Houses, iv, 290 n 

 Birchamhead, v, 225 n 

 Birchbotham, iii, 50 n 

 Birchecar, Maud de, iii, 266 n 

 Birchen Bower, v, 121 n 

 Birches (Astley), iii, 445 

 Birches (Bradshaw), v, 270 

 Birches, Light, (Ashton under Lyne), 



iv > 345 



Birches, Ad. de or del, iii, 218 , 

 300 w, 413 n ; iv, 371 ; v, 272 ; 

 Alex, de, iv, 305 , 372 n; Cecily 

 del, iv, 329 n; Christiana del, iii, 

 i69; Dulcia de, iii, 413^5 

 Edm., iv, 305 n ; Ellen de or del, 

 iv, 305 , 372 n ; Hen. de or del, 

 iii, 447 -8; iv, 305 , 329 ; 

 Hugh del, iv, 329 n ; Joan de, iv, 

 305 , 362 n ; Jno. del, iii, 170 n ; 

 Marg. de, iv, 305 n ; Margery de 

 or del, iii, I745 iv > 344 J 

 Matth. de or del, iv, 298*2, 329 n; 

 Ralph, iv, 305 n ; Rich, de or del, 

 iii, 97 ; iv, 210 w, 329*2, 344 ; 

 Rob. de or del, iii, i69; iv, 

 210 n, 305 , 365 , 372 , 374 n ; 

 Susan de, iv, 305 n ; Thos., iv, 

 305 ; Will, (de or del), iv, 

 304 n 5; v, 176 n; fam., iv, 



329 



Birchhaw, see Birshaw 

 Birchhey (Tottington), v, 143, 147 

 Birchinbrook, v, 217 n 

 Birchinley, v, 217, 221 

 Birchinshaw, Hen., iv, 98 n 

 Birchinshaw Hey, v, 274 n 

 Birchley, iii, 382 n ; iv, 83 ; v, 10, 



1 1 n, 21 n ; Brook, iv, 84 n ; man., 



iv, 85 ; v, 1 1 

 Birchwood, v, 279 

 Birchwood, Hen. de, v, 279 n ; Rog., 



de, v, 279 n 

 Bircle, see Birtle 

 Bird, Jas., iv, 243 n ; Jno., iv, 97, 



165 ; Marg., iv, 243 n ; Rog., iv, 



207 #, 243 n ; Thos., iv, 260 n ; 



Will., iv, 84 n 



Bird Greatacre (Salford), iv, 207 n 

 Birghou, Ad. de, v, 213 ; Thos. 



de, v, 213 n 

 Biri, see Bury 

 Birkdale, iii, 197 , 226, 235 -8 ; 



Brook, iii, 196 , 238 n ; chs., iii, 



238 ; Cop, iii, 196 n, 238 n ; 



man., iii, 51, 82, 194, 196, 237; 



Nonconf., iii, 238 ; Rom. Cath., 



iii, 238 ; sch., iii, 238 

 Birkdale Hawes, see Meandale 

 Birkdale, Rich, de, iii, 48 n 

 Birkdene, iii, 50 n 

 Birkenhead, iv, 9, 35, 38 ; coll., 



iv, 54 ; docks, iv, 41-2 ; ferry, iv, 



9 ; man., iv, 15 

 Birkenhead Priory, iii, 24, 27 , 



209, 212/2, 322; iv, 9, 80 ; v, 



182, 186 ; priors of, iii, 14 w, 104, 



268 n ; iv, 9, 15 ; Rob., prior of, 



v, 1 86 

 Birkenhead, Ad., iii, 270 ; Eliz., iii, 



270 ; iv, 82 n ; Ralph, iii, 146 ; 



see also Birkhead, Byrkenhed 

 Birkenshaw, see Birtenshaw 



Birkenshaw, Ad. de, v, 278 ; Alan 



de, v, 278 n ; Hen. de, v, 279 n ; 



Jno. de, v, 279 n ; Rich, de, v, 



278 n 



Birkes, Ad. de, iii, 249 

 Birkett, Dan., iii, 419 ; Jane M., v, 



76 ; Thos., iii, 449 ; Will.,iv, 279 

 Birkhead, Ad. de, iv, 72 , 75 n ; v, 



287 n ; Eliz., iv, 75 n ; Euphemia 



de, iv, 75 n ; Hen. (de), iv, 75 n ; 



v, 287 n; Hugh (de), iv, 75 n ; 



v, 287 n; Janet, iii, 174/2; Joan 



(de), iv, 75 n ; v, 287 n ; Jno. (de), 



iii, 174 n, 356 n ; iv, 75 n ; Kath., 



iii, 401 ; Matth. de, iv, 75 n ; 



Maud, iv, 75 n ; Ralph de, iv, 75 n; 



Rich., iii, 401 n ; iv, 75 n ; Rob. 



(de), iii, 243 n ; iv, 75 ; Thurstan 



de, iv, 75 n ; Will, (de), iv, 75 n ; 



v, 287 n ; fam., iv, 75 

 Birkil, Birkhill, see Birtle 

 Birkinshaw Place, iii, 251 n 

 Birklands, iii, 262 

 Birkrod, v, 177 

 Birks, iv, 339 

 Birks, Ameria del, v, 296 n ; Rob. 



del, v, 296 n 



Birley, Hugh, iv, 191 ; Will., iv, 302 

 Birley Brook, iv, 68 n 

 Birmingham, Univ. of, iv, 54 

 Biroun, see Birun and Byron 

 Birrell, Augustine, iii, 19 n; Rev. 



Chas. M., iii, 19 

 Birshaw, v, 94, 108-9 

 Birshaw, Ad. de, v, 109/2 ; Rich, de, 



v, 109 n 

 Birtenshaw, v, 273, 278 ; Nonconf., 



v, 281 

 Birtle, v, 136, 141 , 174, 177; 



ch., v, 176; mans., v, 174; 



Nonconf., v, 1 76 

 Birtle - with - Bamford, v, 129 , 



136/2-7/2, 139, 141/2,151, 160/2- 



i , 174, 176-7 

 Birtle, Birkhill, Ad. de, v, 174/2, 



177 ; Rich, de, v, 177 ; Rog. de, 



v, 1 74 ; Thos. de, v, 1 74 n 

 Birtwisle, Ellis de, iii, 311 

 Birun, Ad., v, 220 n ; Award, v, 



220 n ; see also Buron and Byron 

 Biscarr, iii, 269 n 

 Bishop, Thos., iii, 52 

 Bishop Auckland, coll., v, 239 n 

 Bishop Eton, iii, 112 

 Bispeslowe (Pendleton), iv, 393 n 

 Bispham, iii, 164 n ; iv, TOO n ; Hall, 



iv, 83, 85 ; man., iii, 162 n, 165 n 

 Bispham, Great, v, 24 n 

 Bispham, Ids. of, iii, 151 ; iv, 98 

 Bispham, Cecily de, iii, 254 n ; 



Edm., iv, 58, 86 ; Ellen de, iii, 



257 ; Frances, iv, 8$n-6n; 



Hen., iii, 346 n ; iv, 67, 85 n ; 



Jno. de, iii, 254 n ; Lawr., iv, 



1 14 n ; Marg., iv, 85 n ; Matth. de, 



iv, 101 n; Ralph de, iii, 384 n; Rob. 



de, iii, 254 n ; Rog. de, iii, 257 n; 



Sam., iv, 85 n ; Thos., iii, 384 n ; 



iv, 85 n-6 ; Will., iv, 85 n-6, go n ; 



v, 290 n ; fam., iv, 85, 90, 93 

 Bisset, Chas., iv, 97 

 Bituminous turf, iii, 192 

 Black, Mary L., iv, 131 n ; Will. F., 



iv, 165 



Blackacre, iii, 379 

 Blackborne, Lawr., iii, 106 

 Blackbrook (Haydock), iv, 137, 140 

 Blackbrook (Parr), iii, 377, 381 ; 



House, iii, 382 ; Nonconf., iii, 382 ; 



Rom. Cath., iii, 382 



Black Brook, riv., iii, 377, 445; iv, 

 83, 309 ; see also Glazebrook 



Blackburn, iv, 16 ; v, 27; man., v, 

 13 ; vicarage, iv, 358 n 



Blackburn Hundred, iv, 17 in; v, 

 123, 143, 150 



Blackburn, Blakeburn, Ad. de, iii, 

 I26; iv, 359; v, 27; Agnes 

 de, iii, 203 ; v, 27 ; Beatrice 

 de, v, 27; Ellen de, iii, 123, 

 126 ; Hen. de, iii, H3; Jno. 

 de, iii, 123 #-4, 126 n, 129;*, 

 151, 203; iv, 109 ; v, 7, 197; 

 Sir Jno. de, iv, 365 n ; Kath. de, 

 iii, 203; Margery de, iii, U3; 

 Rob. de, iii, 122-4, 126 n t 203, 

 423; Thos. (de), iii, 124/2, 127; 

 Will, (de), iv, 86, 127 



Blackburne, Anna, iii, 307, 322 n ; 

 iv, 88 n ; Archd., v, 124 ; Edw., iii, 

 322 n ; Ellen, iii, 361 n ; Foster 

 G., v, 127; Ireland, iii, 147, 322 n; 

 Jno. (de), iii, 103, u6, 124, 147, 

 291 , 307, 319, 322 n ; iv, 67 n, 

 88 n - 9 n, 1 34, 1 63-4, 1 97 n, 360 ; 

 v, 74 n, 105, 1 1 8, 247 n ; Jno. I., 

 iii, 147 ; Jonathan, iii, 307, 

 322 n ; v, 247 n ; Kath., v, 118 ; 

 Marg., v, 248 n ; Mary, iii, 361 ; 

 Rich., iii, 322 , 361 ; iv, 88-9 w, 

 134 , 136; Col. Rob. I., iii, 147, 

 149 ; iv, 163 n ; Thos., iii, 9, 1 24 , 

 322 n; iv, 88-9, 134, 136, 197, 

 360 ; v, 74, 248 , 294 ; Will, (de), 

 iv, 88-9, 134 72-5 n ; fam., iii, 116, 

 147; iv, 134, 163 



Black Death, the, iii, 187, 273 ; iv, 

 7 n, 8 ; see also Plague 



Blackfield (Blackley), iv, 256 n 



Blackfield House (Kirkdale), iii, 35 n 



Blackfields (Abram), iv, 114 n 



Blackfields (Pennington), iii, 421, 

 429 



Black flet Leys (W. Derby), iii, 17 n 



Blackford Bridge, v, 88 



Black Friars (rel. order), iv, 304 n 



Blackball Ground (Bold), iii, 406 n 



Blackhurst, iii, 363 n 



Blacklache, iii, 249 n 



Blacklade, iv, 271 n 



Black Lane (Chadderton), v, 115 



Black Lane (Radcliffe), v, 56 ; ch., v, 

 67 ; Nonconf., v, 67 n 



Blackleach, Hannah, v, 53 n ; Sam., 

 v, 53 ; Will., iv, 63, 65 



Blackledge Hall (Lathom), iii, 



254 



Blackledge, Blakelache, Alice, iii, 

 254 n; Eliz., iii, 254; Evan, iii, 



254 ; Hen., iii, 254 n ; Huan, see 

 Sodor and Man, bp. of ; Jas., iii, 

 243, 246 , 254 ; Jno., iii, 254 j 

 Marg., iii, 254 ; Rich., iii, 254 n ; 

 Thos., iii, 254 



Blackleech, see Blackledge 



Blackley (Manchester), iv, 174, 

 176 n, 178 , 208 , 230 , 235 n- 

 6 , 24672, 255, 264, 268 , 270, 

 284 ; Amselford (Hoozleforth) 

 Gate, iv, 256 ; Boggart Hall, iv, 



255 n; chap., iv, 178, 257 ; char., 

 iv, 203-4 n ; ch., iv, 257 ; Fields, 

 iv, 255 ; Hall, iv, 255 ; man., iv, 

 255, 285 ; mills, iv, 255, 257 ; 

 Nonconf., iv, 258 ; oratory, iv, 

 257 ; Rom. Cath., iv, 251 , 259 ; 

 sch., iv, 201 n, 258 



Blackley (Prescot), iii, 361 ; Carr, 



iii, 361 

 Blackley (Wigan), iv, 84 n 



