BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



MITTON (PART OF) 



a surname. 235 The Reads v/cre long connected with 

 this part of the township. 236 



CH4IGLEr\vas originally included in the manor 

 of Aighton, the lords of the latter holding it. 237 

 Thus in 1347 Roger son of John de Mitton claimed 

 five messuages, &c., in Chaigley against Sir John de 

 Harrington, Katherine his wife, Sir Thomas deArderne, 

 Agnes widow of Sir Robert de Horncliff, Robert 

 son of Robert de Shireburne, Robert de Morley and 

 Hugh de Bradford. It appeared that Margaret 

 Banastre was formerly in possession and that her four 

 daughters had succeeded, viz. Katherine, Alice, Agnes 

 and Joan ; also that one Thomas Talbot had held a 

 moiety of the property in dispute, but had died. 

 The estate included rents of two pairs of white gloves 

 and two barbed arrows. 238 



The principal family was that of Holden, 239 and 

 their estate was regarded as a manor. Amabel widow 

 of Jordan de Mitton granted lands in Aighton to her 

 daughter Cecily, the rent being a pair of white 

 gloves and the bounds extending to Longridge on 

 the west. 240 John son of Jordan de Mitton con- 

 firmed to the said Cecily his sister the lands of his 

 mother's gift, they being described as in Chaigley in 

 Aighton. 241 Cecily married Henry de Holden, 242 

 but the descent cannot be clearly traced. The above 

 Roger de Mitton in 1347 claimed various messuages 

 and lands in Aighton against Henry de Blackburn, 

 Mary his wife, Ralph de Holden and John his son. 243 

 In 1 365 the feoffees granted certain lands to Ralph de 

 Holden and Maud his daughter, with remainder to 

 John his son, 244 while John soon afterwards released 

 to his father and sister lands in Bailey near the 

 Daniscoles. 245 



Elizabeth daughter of John de Holden and heir of 

 her brother, another John, occurs in 1379 anc ^ as 



widow in 1393; she afterwards married a Richard de 

 Holden, by whom she had sons John, Henry and 

 Geoffrey and three daughters, settlements being made 

 in 1405 and I4zo. 246 Richard Holden of Witton 

 in 1445 released to John Holden all right to lands 

 in Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley formerly owned by 

 Ralph de Holden and Maud his daughter. 247 John 

 Holden the elder 248 occurs in various deeds from 

 1468 to 1491 ; in the latter year he set apart lands 

 for the use of Elizabeth daughter of Lawrence 

 Asshaw, who was to marry Thomas son and heir of 

 John Holden the younger. 249 



Thomas's heir in 1514 was his brother John, 

 rector of St. Mary's, Cricklade, who granted lands to 

 his brother and heir Ralph husband of Elizabeth 

 daughter of Richard Hancock. 250 Ralph in 1522-3 

 made a settlement on his son John's marriage with 

 Alice daughter of Thomas Grimshaw, 251 and Ralph 

 and his son John occur again as late as 1557, when 

 they granted an annuity of 2O/. to Henry and 

 William, other sons of Ralph. 252 John Holden 

 succeeded soon afterwards, selling land in Aighton 

 and Bailey to Sir Richard Shireburne in I56o 253 and 

 in the next year arranging for the marriage of his son 

 Richard. 254 



Richard Holden, Jane his then wife and Richard 

 his son and heir in 1596 agreed to the levying 

 of a fine of certain lands in Aighton, Bailey and 

 Chaigley 255 ; Richard Holden was a freeholder in 

 l6oo. 256 John Holden of Chaigley, son and heir of 

 Richard and Isabel his wife, in 1623 sold Clough 

 House alias Grubbe Hall in Grindleton to Richard 

 Shireburne of Stonyhurst. 257 John died in 1637 

 holding a capital messuage in Chaigley and other 

 lands, &c., of the heirs of Amabel de Mitton in 

 socage by the rent of a pair of white gloves. Mary 



Aighton against William son of William 

 atte Hall, and he called Ralph de Morton 

 to warrant him ; Assize R. 1265, m. 4 d. 

 She afterwards married Robert de Spend- 

 low of Morton, and they were engaged in 

 various suits in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, 

 m. 21 d., 32 d. From one it appears 

 that her brother was Jordan de Aighton ; 

 ibid. m. 67. 



236 Ralph son of Nicholas de Aighton 

 was plaintiff in 1253 ; Cur. Reg. R. 148, 

 m. 44. Maud the widow and Thomas 

 the ion of Ellis de Aighton claimed dower 

 and land in Aighton in 1274 against Ralph 

 de Mitton; Assize R. 1341, m. 6 d., 5. 

 John son of Alan de Aighton summoned 

 Ralph de Mitton to warrant a charter in 

 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 32 d. 



236 In 1292 John de Read of Aighton 

 claimed common of pasture against Henry 

 son of Robert del Ash, but it was shown 

 that Margery widow of Ralph de Mitton 

 held part in dower, and plaintiff was non- 

 suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 35 d. 



Robert Read died in 1610 holding 

 lands in Aighton and Bailey of Richard 

 Shireburne by a rent of 41. ; Lanes. Inq, 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 176. 

 His son and heir Richard, then aged 

 twelve, died in 1638, leaving a son Robert, 

 sixteen years old, to inherit ; Towneley 

 MS. C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 1000. 



237 Ralph de Mitton in 1246 had 

 20 acres in Chaigley, claimed by Jordan 

 ton of Ralph ; Assize R. 404, m. 5 d. 

 After 1290 Ralph son of John de Mitton 

 confirmed to Thomas le Sureys (Southron) 

 various lands in Chaigley for life ; Dods. 



MSS. xci, fol. 161. Henry de Holden 

 was a witness. 



Robert de Shireburne, Robert de Horn- 

 cliff, John de Harrington the younger 

 and Thomas de Arderne were plaintiffs 

 against various persons in 1331, a house 

 in Chaigley having been broken into ; 

 De Banco R. 286, m. 159. 



138 Assize R. 1435, m. 18. 



139 A collection of Holden deeds is 

 preserved in Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet. 

 Lib.), 562-78. Some of the family deeds 

 are in the possession of Mr. Fitzherbert- 

 Brockholes of Claughton. 



140 Ibid. 875. The land of William 

 Loud ' is named. 



841 Ibid. ; Robert and Adam de Holden 

 were witnesses. Amabel was living in 

 1284 and 1291 ; Assize R. 1268, m. 12. 



242 De Banco R. 91, m. 34 d. ; 92, m. 

 67. * Ibid. R. 351, m. 23d. 



*C8, 13, p. 573- 



2 Ibid. 563. 



246 Ibid. 563-6. Geoffrey, bastard son 

 of the younger John, is named. The 

 1420 deed names ' Loud's lands,' Green- 

 gore in Bailey and Harrelegh in Aighton. 

 Some Loud family deeds may be seen 

 ibid. 798 and Add. MS. 32106, no. 1190. 



Elizabeth's husband may have been the 

 Richard son of Richard de Holden who 

 made a feoffment of his lands in 1383 ; 

 C 8, 13, p. 562. Adam son of Randle 

 de Bailey in 1412 gave to trustees lands 

 which he had had of the feoffment of 

 John son of John son of Randle (Ralph) 

 de Holden ; ibid. 144. 



w Ibid. 566. John Holden of Aigh- 



15 



ton occurs in 1443 and 1465 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 5, m. 6b ; 27, m. 22. 



848 In 1468 Robert Shireburne the 

 younger of Stonyhurst regranted to John 

 Holden the elder lands in Aighton, &c.; 

 C 8, 13, p. 567. Four years later John 

 son of Richard Holden and Margaret his 

 wife (daughter of Richard Loud) granted 

 Mickle Greengore to John Holden the 

 elder ; ibid. John Holden the elder in 

 1488 confirmed Little Greengore in . 

 Bailey to Robert, Henry, Richard, Wil- 

 liam, Thomas and Katherine, children of 

 Richard Holden lately deceased; ibid. 568. 



849 Ibid. 569. ^Ibid. 570. 

 Ibid. a* 8 Ibid. 575. 



258 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 22, 

 m. in. 



254 C 8, 13, p. 571 ; Richard was to 

 marry Anne daughter of Roger Nowell 

 of Read. John Holden, Margaret his 

 then wife and Richard his son occur in 

 1584 ; ibid. 575. Thomas was a younger 

 son ; ibid. 576. 



255 Ibid. 578 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 59, m. 233. Jane afterwards mar- 

 ried John Shireburne of Bailey ; C 8, 13, 

 p. 577. Richard the father made a lease 

 of land in Stonyhurst Park to younger 

 sons Thomas and John, but they resigned 

 to their brother Richard in 1598 ; ibid. 



574- 



856 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 236. Richard had three sons John 

 the heir, named in the text, Henry the 

 theologian and Richard of Crawshaw ; 

 W. A. Abram in Preston Guardian, Oct. 

 1874. 2S7 C8, 13, p. 577. 



