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PRESTON 



wife." The Farington estate is said to have been 

 sold to the Heskeths of Rufford about the end of the 

 I yth century.* 4 



John Shireburne, already named, married one of 

 the daughters and seems to have acquired the shares 

 of two others. 26 His grandson of the same name 

 recorded a pedigree in 1613," and being a recusant 

 and Royalist his estates were sequestered under the 

 rule of the Parliament. 88 His son Henry seems to 

 have removed to Lincolnshire. 19 The Shireburne 

 estate is said to have been sold to Richard King in 

 1656 ; his descendants sold to Thomas Birchall, 

 whose son, also Thomas, built the present Ribbleton 

 Hall not far from the old house. 30 The estate is 



reported to be owned at present by Mr. R. R. 

 Rothwell of Sharpies, by bequest of the late Mrs. 

 Birchall. 



The freeholders recorded in 1600 were Hugh 

 Farington, John Shireburne and Richard Whalley. 11 

 The ' manor ' appears no more in the records. 



The Elston family, at one time described as hold- 

 ing the vill, 32 continued to be considerable landowners 

 there, 33 and in 1454 their estate was described as a 

 manor. 34 



A Ribbleton family appears at times, 35 and the 

 Haydocks once held a large part 36 ; names of other 

 landowners are recorded. 37 In the 1 8th century a 

 family named Brewer had Ribbleton Lodge, the 



24 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, S 125. Of 

 the other daughters, Anne married 

 Richard Shireburne of Bailey ; Alice 

 (dead in 1559), Hugh Jones ; Katherine, 

 John Shireburne ; Ellen, Richard Shire- 

 burne the younger 5 and Bridget, Thomas 

 Whittingham. 



In 1559 a settlement of a sixth part of 

 the manor of Ribbleton, with dovecote, 

 windmill, &c., was made by John Shire- 

 burne and Katherine his wife, the re- 

 mainder in default of issue being to her 

 gon (by her first husband) Richard Elston ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 21, m. 3. 



Hugh Shireburne in 1594 sold mes- 

 suages and lands in Ribbleton and Haigh- 

 ton to George Talbot ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 56, m. 48. This was another 

 part of the Browne estate, George Talbot 

 being the son of Anne Shireburne by a 

 first husband ; C. D. Sherborn, Sherborn 

 Fam. 71. 2i Hewitson, Preston, 388. 



96 John Shireburne in 1566 purchased 

 two messuages, &c., in Ribbleton and 

 Preston from Thomas Whittingham and 

 Bridget his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 28, m. 63. Next year he bought 

 a messuage and land from William Wood- 

 ward and Elizabeth his wife ; ibid. bdle. 

 29, m. 99. In 1579 he purchased two 

 messuages, &c., in Ribbleton and Fulwood 

 from Thomas Jones and Jane his wife 

 (presumably the heirs of Hugh and Alice 

 Jones), and followed this in 1585 by 

 purchasing further lands from them and 

 the sixth part of the manor of Ribbleton ; 

 ibid. bdle. 41, m. 99 ; 47, m. 38. 



The estate of Richard Shireburne and 

 Anne his wife (another co-heir) occurs 

 in 1572 ; ibid. bdle. 34, m. 23. 



* Vint. (Chet. Soc.), 109. The descent 

 is given thus : John (s. of Thomas) 

 married Katherine Browne s. Thomas 

 -s. John (1613) -s. Henry (aged twelve). 



K Cal. Com. for Comp. v, 3233 ; John 

 Shireburne died in 1655, and a claim to 

 land in Ribbleton put in by Thomas 

 Parker of Browsholme was allowed. 



89 C. D. Sherborn, Sherborn Fam. 8790. 



80 Hewitson, loc. cit. 



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



' 233- 



Richard Whalley in 1574 purchased a 

 messuage, &c., from John and Katherine 

 Shireburne ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 36, m. 155. Similar estates were 

 sold to Edward Belshaugh, John Ridley 

 and Richard Tomlinson ; ibid. m. 178, 

 184, 259. 



M In 1 346 as above. Various Elston 

 families occur in Brockholes, Ribbleton 

 and the neighbouring townships. Thus 

 John de Haighton gave 3 acres in Haigh- 

 ton to Roger son of William de Elston 

 and Paulin his brother ; Kuerden MSS. 

 iii, H 2. Adam son of Roger del Scale* 



gave to the same brothers land in the 

 Scales in Ribbleton; Add. MS. 32107, 

 no. 2959. Roger de Elston granted 

 Paulin de Elston land in Haighton and 

 i acre in Ribbleton Scales ; Kuerden, loc. 

 cit. John son of William de Haighton 

 in 1327 gave land in Haighton to William 

 son of Paulin de Elston ; ibid. Richard 

 son of Henry de Brockholes gave land in 

 Ribbleton Scales, descending from his 

 mother Maud, to Roger de Elston ; 

 Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 50 B. 



Richard son of William Drury gave 

 Roger de Elston a release of his claim to 

 lands in Ribbleton, attested by William 

 and Paulin de Elston, Henry and Simon 

 de Ribbleton ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 2961. 

 In 131617 Henry de Ribbleton and 

 Agnes widow of Richard de Brockholes 

 released to Roger de Elston their rights 

 in Ribbleton ; ibid. no. 2965, 2967. 

 The date of the former deed may be 

 fixed approximately by a claim for dower 

 in 1269 by Amery widow of William 

 Drury v. Robert son of Richard Drury ; 

 Cur. Regi R. 195, m. 35 d. 



William son of Roger de Elston ob- 

 tained from William de Methop (son of 

 Robert the Harper) in 1333 a release of 

 a rent of 2s. yd. from Ribbleton, and in 

 the same and later years he obtained 

 further grants and releases from Adam 

 son of Henry de Ribbleton (1333), 

 Gilbert de Knaresborough and Alice his 

 daughter (1336), Adam de Compsy, Alice 

 his wife, and Robert de Claughton of 

 Ribbleton (1342) ; Add. MS. 32107, 

 no. 2968, 2970, 2971-2. 



88 John de Elston the younger in 1369 

 made a grant to William the Tailor ; 

 ibid. no. 2975. In 1379-80 he obtained 

 a quitclaim from Robert le Sagher of 

 Ribbleton ; ibid. no. 2977. 



84 Kuerden MSS. vi, fol. 80 ; John 

 Elston gave his manor of Ribbleton to 

 feoffees. In 1461 William Elston gave 

 lands in the same place, &c., to feoffees ; 

 ibid. foL 74. John Elston of Ribbleton 

 obtained an exemption from jury service 

 in 1504-5 ; Dep. Keeper's Ref>. xl, App. 



544- 



85 Ralph son of William de Ribbleton 

 released to Henry son of Robert de 

 Ribbleton his right in all land in the 

 Musifield in Ribbleton ; Add. MS. 32106, 

 no. 666. Henry, the grantee, gave all 

 his land in the same field to John de 

 Grimsargh and his heirs for the rent of 

 an arrow ; ibid. no. 678. 



Robert de Ribbleton granted land in 

 Ribbleton and Brockholes in 1325-6 to 

 Henry de Ribbleton and Agnes his wife ; 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, B 14. Thomas 

 Kendal, cousin and heir of William 

 Ribbleton, had in 1407 lands in Preston 

 and Ribbleton ; ibid, ii, fol. 224. 



107 



Tunnock daughter of Robert son of 

 Vivian de Ribbleton Scales and Adam her 

 son gr2nted all her land to the west of a 

 certain hedge to Master William de 

 Preston, clerk ; Towneley MS. OO, 

 no. 1095, 1164. In 1303 Robert de 

 Ribbleton Scales gave land there, received 

 by the gift of his brother Roger, to Roger 

 his younger son ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 

 224. 



Robert de Ribble 1 on son of Adam de 

 Ribblescales in 1313-14 granted his son 

 Robert the moiety of a messuage in 

 Preston ; ibid, iii, P 7. 



86 From the fine of 1224 above cited 

 it appears that Maud de Ribbleton had 

 3 oxgangs of land. The other 5 oxgangs 

 seem to have been held about 1280 by 

 the Haydock family, for in 1285 Joan 

 widow of John son of Henry de Haydock 

 claimed dower in messuages and lands in 

 Ribbleton, &c., afterwards described as 

 eleven messuages and 5 oxgangs of land ; 

 De Banco R. 59, m. 3 ; 64, m. 122. 

 The defendant was Henry de Haydock, 

 whose widow Alice in 1290 claimed 

 against the said Joan and her daughters 

 Alice and Aline ; ibid. 86, m. 174. It 

 seems most probable that the Travers 

 and Lawrence inheritance descended from 

 these daughters. 



87 Forfeited lands of the Yorkist, Sir 

 James Harrington, probably inherited with 

 Balderston, were granted to the Earl of 

 Derby in 1489, but the tenure is not 

 stated in 1521 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. v, no. 68. Thomas Radcliffe of 

 Winmarleigh, also through Balderston, 

 held lands in Ribbleton in 1521, but 

 the tenure is not separately stated ; they 

 descended to Sir Gilbert Gerard ; ibid. 

 v, no. 3 ; xvi, no. 2. Edmund Dudley 

 had another part of the Balderston 

 inheritance ; ibid, iv, no. 13. Sir 

 Alexander Osbaldeston had another part ; 

 ibid, viii, no. I. 



Sir Thomas Boteler of Bewsey in 1 522 

 held lands in Ribbleton in socage ; ibid. 

 v, no. 1 3. 



John de Elston in 1370 granted 2 acres 

 in Ribbleton to John de Walton ; Add. 

 MS. 32107, no. 2976. In i559William 

 Walton of Preston died holding a mes- 

 suage, &c., in Ribbleton of Richard 

 Browne in socage by id. rent, and his 

 son Richard Walton apparently held the 

 same in 1593; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xi, no. 27 5 xvi, no. 42. But 

 Richard Walton seems to have mort- 

 gaged or sold it to Richard Farington in 

 1579 and to Hugh Farington in 1589, 

 so that it probably became incorporated 

 with the Farington estate ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdles. 41, m. 35 ; 51, m. 67. 



A purchase by John Ridley has been 

 recorded. He died in 1599 holding a 



