AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED PRESTON 



Leyland." 8 Molyneux of Cuerdale, 183 Pelle, 1 " Wall, 1 ' 6 descending by an heiress to French, Werden, w and 



PRESTON of Preston. 

 Or on a chief gules three 

 crescents of the field. 



B RE RES. Ermine on 

 a canton azure a falcon 

 volant or. 



KUERDEN. Per bend 

 sinister or and azure a 

 griffin iegreant counter- 

 changed. 



WINCKLEY. Per pale 

 argent and gules an eagle 

 displayed counter changed. 



Walton, with lands also in Fishwick and Ashton," 6 Wich " 8 ; of these the Walls recorded pedigrees in 



le Marshal ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), 

 i, 56 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 527. 

 Roger was living in 1372 ; Kuerden MSS. 

 ii, fol. 224. 



James Marshall was a burgess in 

 1459 ; Preston Guild R. n. In 1483 he 

 held lands in Preston in conjunction with 

 Grace his wife ; the tenure is not stated ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 119-20. 



From a fine of 1526 it appears that 

 George Henryson married Grace daughter 

 of Lawrence Marshall ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. ii, m. 168. 



122 Roger de Leyland and Maud his 

 wife in 1307 claimed an acre against 

 Richard son of Adam Russel ; De Banco 

 R. 162, m. 198. John son of Thomas 

 de Leyland was plaintiff in 1344 against 

 John de Leyland of Preston and others ; 

 Assize R. 1435, m. 43d, Margaret 

 widow of John de Leyland and Cecily his 

 daughter and heir, who had married 

 Henry son of John de Coppull, appear in 

 1358 ; Assize R. 438, m. 1 3d. Another 

 John Leyland and Cecily his wife occur 

 in 1387 and 1422 ; Final Cone, iii, 30, Si. 



123 Ibid, ii, 135, 148. This estate 

 seems to have been afterwards held by 

 Lord Mounteagle ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. v, no. 64. In 1560, however, his 

 Preston lands were held as part of the 

 lordship of Hornby ; ibid, xi, no. I. 



124 William Pelle son of Adam in 1303 

 claimed a messuage and I'J acres against 

 Ismania Pelle, who had entry by Richard 

 Pelle, to whom Adam had demised when 

 (so it was alleged) he was of unsound 

 mind ; De Banco R. 148, m. 43 ; Assize 

 R. 420, m. 5. 



125 A Thomas Wall occurs in the guild 

 of 1415 ; Preston Guild R. 7. The 

 family did not attain any prominence till 

 the first half of the i6th century, when 

 two brothers Lawrence and Evan Wall 

 acquired estates ; Add. MS. 32109, fol. 

 119. Fines of 1556 and later refer to 

 their possessions ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 17, m. 126 ; 25, m. 183, &c. At 

 the guild of 1562 Thomas Wall was 

 mayor, Evan his brother was a seneschal 

 and Lawrence clerk of the guild, while 

 Anthony son of William (apparently 

 deceased) and heir of Evan Wall was 

 enrolled ; Preston Guild R . 20. See a 

 subsequent note. 



126 In 1 3 1 9-20 Roger son of Henry son 

 of Waste de Cuerdale granted half a bur- 

 gage to John son of Geoffrey de Walton ; 

 Towneley MS. OO, no. 1096. William 

 de Walton and Alice his wife made a 

 settlement in 1386 ; Final Cone, iii, 27. 



John de Walton, a mercer, was living 

 in the time of Richard II, and acquired 



messuages, &c., in Preston and Ashton ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 226. He made a 

 feoffment of his lands in the townships 

 just named and in Fishwick in 1407 ; 

 Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 167^. He occurs 

 again in the time of Henry V and his 

 widow Agnes in 1419 ; Kuerden MS. ii, 

 fol. 224. Henry Walton of Marsden in 

 1437-8 released his right in the family 

 estates to Richard son of John Walton of 

 Preston ; ibid. A little later, in 1444-5, 

 the feoffees gave lands to John Breton and 

 Agnes his wife apparently the widow 

 above - named with remainders to 

 Richard Walton of Preston, &c. ; ibid, 

 fol. 226. 



Various members of the family or 

 families occur in the pleadings about this 

 time; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 8, m. 13, 

 31^5 9, m. io, 16, 19^. A William 

 Walton, spicer, and Joan his wife were 

 living in 1465 ; Kuerden MSS. iv, P 120, 

 no. 41. 



John Highfield (temp. Edw. IV) made 

 claims against John the son and Isabel 

 the widow of Richard Preston and against 

 John the son and Joan the widow of 

 William Walton ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 23, m. 6. 



James son of Richard Walton was a 

 burgess in 1459 ; Preston Guild R. II. 

 In 1485-6 the feoffees gave to James son 

 of Richard Walton certain burgages, &c. ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 227. 



James the son of Richard occurs from 

 1462 onwards, but was dead in 1499, 

 when his widow Ellen and son James 

 are named ; Duchy of Lane. Anct. D. 

 (P.R.O.), L 1059 (the collection contains 

 other Walton family deeds). 



From pleadings of 1528-32 the latter 

 James appears to have had two sons 

 Richard and Thomas, the latter settling 

 at Bermondsey, while Richard was suc- 

 ceeded by his son James, called 'the 

 younger,' and his lands were in part the 

 rectory lands, held on lease from the Dean 

 and Chapter of the New College of 

 Leicester by a rent of 13*. 4^. ; Duchy 

 Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 

 5-8. 



The elder and the younger James 

 Walton were aldermen of the guild of 

 1542; Preston Guild R. 15. In 1544 

 James Walton the elder purchased two 

 messuages or burgages, &c., from John 

 Stodagh ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 12, m. 132. 



In 1558 Richard son and heir of James 

 Walton ' the younger ' according to the 

 Guild Roll gave lands in Preston and 

 Fishwick to George Walton his brother ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 227. Grace widow 



101 



of James Walton and Richard their son 

 and heir appear in 1564 ; ibid. 



Richard Walton died in 1569 holding 

 certain burgages and a horse-mill of the 

 queen in socage as of her manor of East 

 Greenwich ; other burgages and lands, &c., 

 in Preston, Fishwick and Ashton of the 

 queen by a rent of 7*. James, the son 

 and heir, was only four months old ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 26. 

 James Walton died in 1598 holding the 

 same estate, and leaving a son Richard 

 ten years old ; ibid, xvii, no. 66. Richard 

 Walton was an alderman of the guild of 

 1622, and his sons James and William 

 were then enrolled ; Preston Guild R. 

 65-6. 



James Walton died in 1635 holding 

 the estate described ; his son and heir 

 Richard was only two years old ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 34. Richard 

 died the same year, leaving an infant 

 sister Anne as heir ; ibid, xxviii, no. 63. 

 Anne afterwards married Edward French. 



Besides this main line there were other 

 branches of the family well known in 

 Preston. 



127 Fishwick, op. cit. 274-6. 



James Werden, mercer, died in 1607 

 holding burgages, &c., in Fishergate, Hep- 

 greave, Cawsey Meadow and Great 

 Avenham of the king in free burgage by 

 id. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 97. He left a son 

 and heir Edmund, aged twelve. His will 

 is recited in the inquisition. 



128 In 1325-6 William son of Paulin 

 de Preston claimed land against John son 

 of Roger del Wich and against John son 

 of Adam del Wich ; De Banco R. 260, 

 m. 50. John (perhaps the second of 

 these) in 1328 purchased a messuage in 

 Preston from Adam Agnesson and Amery 

 his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 70. Adam son 

 of Adam del Wich appears in 1335 and 

 1348; Towneley MS. OO, no. 1117; 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, P 7. A Roger son of 

 John de Wich was in 1339 pardoned for 

 the death of William son of Nicholas de 

 Preston. He had broken out of prison at 

 Lancaster and had abjured the realm ; 

 Cal. Pat. 133840, p. 337. John del 

 Wich was a bailiff of Preston in 1347, 

 and Roger del Wich was mayor in 1366 ; 

 OO, no. 1105, 1116. 



Alice widow of John del Wich re- 

 covered a messuage, mill, &c., in July 

 1351 against Roger son of Roger de 

 Birewath ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, 

 m. 4. At the same time Roger del Wich 

 and Ellen daughter of Adam del Wich 

 were defendants in a Mirreson suit ; ibid. 

 The messuage of Roger del Wich escheated 



