AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



PRESTON 



The other moiety was owned by a recusant family 



named Crook," whose representative sold to the late 



John William Richard Wilson of Preston in 1834." 



The old house was abandoned 



and the present Broughton 



House built as a residence. Mr. 



Wilson died in 1875 and was 



succeeded by his son the late 



Edward Wilson, and grandson 



Mr. Henry Francis Wilson, 



the present owner. 44 



The names of other land- 

 owners occur in inquisitions. 45 

 Several of the people suffered 

 sequestration under the Com- 

 monwealth 46 and some 

 ' Papists ' registered estates in 

 1717." 



The Knights Hospitallers 

 Broughton. 48 



LANGTON of Brough- 

 ton Tower. Argent 

 three cheverons gules and 

 a canton vair. 



had 



land 



The church of ST. JOHN BAPTIST 

 CHURCH stands at the south end of the village 

 on a slightly elevated site to the east of 

 the high road close to the Blundel Brook, which 

 forms the boundary of the churchyard on Che south 

 side. The site is an ancient one, but the oldest part 

 of the present church is the tower, which dates only 

 from the l6th century, the rest being modern. The 

 old building, which was pulled down about 1823, 

 appears to have been an early 16th-century rebuild- 

 ing of a 14th-century church, fragments of which 

 have been discovered, 49 and it is probable that at 

 least two churches stood on the site previous to 

 the reign of Henry VIII. A plan of the old 

 church as it existed at the beginning of the last 

 century 50 shows it to have consisted of a chancel with 

 a large chapel on the north side separated from it 

 by an arcade of two arches, and a smaller south chapel 

 open to the chancel by a single arch, nave of four 

 bays with north and south aisles, south porch and 



In 1654 Thomas Clayton of Chorley 

 desired to prove his title to a house, &c., 

 in Broughton settled by the late William 

 Singleton on claimant, with reversion to 

 William Daniel ; two-thirds were still 

 under sequestration for Singleton's re- 

 cusancy ; ibid, v, 3201. From the 

 later history this appears to be Bank 

 Hall. 



A report by Samuel Peploe, vicar of 

 Preston in 1716, stated that at that time 

 one moiety was held by the Crook 

 family, with a charge upon it, so it was 

 suspected, 'only in trust ... for Romish 

 priests ' ; ' the other part of Bank Hall 

 estate is Mr. Thomas (or his son John) 

 Clayton of Preston. This has been in 

 lease many years. Mr. Smith, a Romish 

 priest (whose true name is Edward 

 Kitchen), lives in that part of the house 

 at Bank Hall which belongs to this side 

 of the estate and has occupied and let 

 the ground from time to time .... 

 I am told that Mr. John Clayton has 

 entered on this tenement some days ago, 

 pretending that he has bought Smith out 

 of it,' &c. ; Haydoc k Paper j, 60, 61, quoting 

 P.R.O. Forftd. Estates, Pi 34. See also 

 Payne, Rec. of Engl. Cath. 155. 



The Claytons of Crook and Fulwood 

 had lands, &c., in Broughton, Fulwood- 

 shaw and Durton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xxviii, no. 79. 



42 Hugh Crook was living at Bank 

 Hall in 1632, paying his fines for 

 recusancy. George Crook, a missionary 

 priest, succeeded to this moiety, and 

 served the mission till his death about 

 1710 ; the estate then descended to his 

 nephew John Crook, the succession being 

 thus given : John -s. George s. John 

 -s. John -s. John, M.D. (d. 1869); 

 Haydock Papers, 60 2. 



George Crook of Broughton, who died 

 in 1653 or 1654, had two-thirds of his 

 tenement sequestered for recusancy. 

 His widow Anne and sons George and 

 John are named ; Royalist Comp. Papers 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 87. 

 Others of the family, John Crook of 

 Preston and William Crook of Durton, 

 also suffered for their religion ; ibid. 889. 



George Crook was of Bank Hall in 

 Broughton in 1724; in 1732 he married 

 Janet Blackburne of Westby, she being 

 daughter and co-heir of Richard Black- 

 burne of Upper Rawcliffe. Her son and 

 heir in 1771 is named as George Crook ; 



Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 286, 246, 

 390, from rolls at Preston. 

 48 Fishwick, Preston, 318. 



44 Information of the late Mr. Wilson. 

 Bank Hall is now a farm-house. The Wil- 

 sons in making alterations in the old hall 

 ' discovered a secret chamber adjoining 

 the room formerly used as a chapel, in 

 which were a tabernacle, chalice and 

 other church furniture. These they 

 handed over to Dr. Crook ' ; Haydoc^ 

 Papers, 62. 



45 Lawrence Starkie, who has occurred 

 in the account of Chipping, held lands in 

 Preston, Broughton and Haighton, and 

 on his death in 1532 was succeeded by 

 his daughters, Margaret wife of William 

 Banastre and Etheldreda wife of Humphrey 

 Newton ; the former died in 1 542, leav- 

 ing a son Wilfrid, under age ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 21. The Newtons 

 appear to have sold their estate in 

 Broughton, Sharoe and Urton at various 

 times ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdles. 12, 

 m. 123; 20, m. 44 ; 24, m. 40. See 

 also Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 353. 



Peter Mason of Lathom in 1612 held 

 land in Broughton of the king by the 

 hundredth part of a knight's fee ; Lanes. 

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

 214-15. Robert Blundell of Ince in 1615 

 held land by the two-hundredth part of a 

 knight's fee ; ibid, ii, 28. Richard 

 Ayrie in 1616 held by a like service; 

 ibid. 43. George Rogerson of Preston 

 in 1620 held lands in Sharoe and Ingol- 

 head of Roger Langton as of his manor 

 of Broughton ; ibid. 189. Thomas 

 Gregory of Woodplumpton in 1622 held 

 of the king by knight's service ; ibid, iii, 



403- 



The following had lands in Durton or 

 Urton, but the tenure is not recorded : 

 Richard Dilworth, 1627 (John, son and 

 heir) ; John Robinson of Whittle, 1628 ; 

 and Thomas Slater, 1633 (William, son 

 and heir) ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xxviii, no. 1 1 ; xxvi, no. 20 ; xxvii, no. 

 47. William Slater was dead in 1654, 

 and two-thirds of his lands being under 

 sequestration for his recusancy, the 

 guardian of his son and heir Thomas 

 petitioned for leave to prove title ; Cal. 

 Com. for Comp. v, 3200. 



Thomas Shireburne of Heysham held 

 his land in Broughton of Sir Gilbert 

 Hoghton ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. 

 Lib.), 1083. 



46 In addition to cases already given are 

 the following : 



Robert Adamson's lands were seques- 

 tered for recusancy and delinquency. He 

 held under a lease for three lives from 

 Thomas Singleton of Broughton Tower, 

 and the lives having expired in 1651 

 William Langton claimed possession, as 

 on and heir of Roger Langton, who 

 had purchased from Singleton ; Royalist 

 Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 10. 



Edward Daniel of Durton, recusant, in 

 1653 petitioned to be allowed to contract 

 for his sequestered estate ; Cal. Com. for 

 Comp. iv, 3175. 



James Hollinhead and George Wilkin- 

 son, sequestered recusants, made similar 

 petitions ; ibid, v, 3186, 3179. 



Thomas Glave's estate had been 

 sequestered for a like reason, and in 1651 

 Margaret and Anne Glave, widows, with 

 another widow and three fatherless children, 

 all ' conformable,' in their poverty desired 

 restoration ; ibid, iv, 2910. 



John Taylor's estate was also under 

 sequestration for recusancy. He was 

 dead, and the leaseholders under his son 

 Christopher desired to show their title. 

 The claim was allowed, but 'the debts 

 due to delinquents and two-thirds of those 

 due to recusants ' were to be paid to the 

 use of the State ; ibid, v, 3 207. 



47 Their names were John Arkwright, 

 Robert Arkwright, William Arkwright, 

 William Blakey, Richard Boys of Sharoe, 

 Richard Cardwell, James Carterof Durton, 

 John and Thomas Daniell of the same, 

 Edward Daniell of Catterall, Elizabeth 

 Gradwell of Fernyhalgh, widow, Thomas 

 Greenalls, Edward Harrison, Richard 

 Parkinson and Ellen Walmesley, widow ; 

 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 

 95-6, 104, 105, 136 8. 



For the Daniel family, already men- 

 tioned several times, see Gillow, Bibl. 

 Diet, of Engl. Cath. ii, ii. 



48 The prior claimed 4 acres, &c., in 

 1333 against Richard de Myerscough ; 

 De Banco R. 293, m. 322. 



49 Some early 14th-century fragments 

 found when the present chancel was erected 

 are now in the churchyard on the west side 

 of the tower. This probably indicates a 

 rebuilding of or alteration to the original 

 12th-century church. 



50 The plan is on the faculty to re- 

 build. See next page. 



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