A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



and neighbouring owners, as appears from the in- 

 quisitions and other records, 

 having estates therein. 14 The 

 Hoghtons of Hoghton in 

 Leyland held lands here from 

 the time of Edward 1 14a ; 

 the estate was once called a 

 manor. 14b Cockersand Abbey 

 had a little land. 15 In the 

 1 7th century one residence 

 was called the Hall, and its 

 owners, named Wadsworth, 

 recorded a pedigree in i664. 16 



WADSWORTH of 

 Haighton. Gules three 

 Jleurs de Us argent. 



In consequence of their taking the Jacobite side in 

 1715 the estate was forfeited. 17 It was afterwards 

 held by Edward Pedder, Blacklidge of Wheelton and 

 Anderton of Euxton. 18 Another noteworthy family 

 was that of Gerard 19 ; their estate was sold to 

 James Francis Anderton, and is now held by his son 

 Mr. Wilfrid Francis Anderton of Haighton House. 20 



George Charnley, Richard Whittingham and Law- 

 rence Wilkinson, described as of Haighton, in 1631 

 compounded for refusing knighthood by payments ot 

 10 each. 21 



Two or three estates were sequestered by the Com- 

 monwealth authorities for delinquency or recusancy, 22 



Cloughfield and so south to the starting- 

 point ; Duchy of Lane. Anct. D. L 1061. 

 The same piece of land apparently (in 

 Falsnape Wray) had been given (temp. 

 Henry III) by Richard de Haighton to 

 Richard son of Roger de Broughton ; 

 ibid. L 1074. 



Nicholas son of William Singleton had 

 land here in 1471 ; Kuerden fol. MS. 

 fol. 396. John son of William Singleton 

 in 1488-9 had land in Haighton, in- 

 cluding Stubbings, formerly belonging to 

 Henry Haighton ; Towneley MS. DD, 

 no. 1289. John Singleton of Shingle 

 Hall in 1571 granted Thomas Hoghton 

 of Lea an annuity out of a messuage, &c., 

 in Haighton by Fulwood ; Add. MS. 

 32106, no. 804. Jane daughter of John 

 Singleton was in 1587 wife of Christopher 

 Harris, and had land in Haighton and 

 West Stubbings ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 49, m. 267. 



John Singleton of Shingle Hall was in 

 1530 said to hold his messuage, &c., in 

 Haighton in socage of Sir Richard 

 Hoghton by a rent of lid. and a pair of 

 gloves, and a similar return was made 

 after the death of his son William in 

 1541 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 

 32 ; viii, no. 9. Later, however, the 

 tenure was said to be of the queen by 

 knight's service ; ibid, xiii, no. 16 ; xiv, 

 no. 67. 



14 Robert Hesketh in 1490 held lands in 

 Haighton of Nicholas Harrington by the 

 rent of a grain of pepper ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 72 ; v, no. 16. 

 Sir Thomas Ashton had part of the 

 Harrington land in Haighton in 1514; 

 ibid, iv, no. 80. Thomas Bradley in 

 1556 purchased lands in Haighton and 

 Hothersall from Sir Thomas Hesketh 

 nd Alice his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 1 6, m. 12. John Bradley 

 held in 1597, but the tenure is not 

 stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, 

 no. 28. The tenement descended to 

 Osbaldeston ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soe, 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 179. 



Lawrence Starkie had lands in 

 Haighton as well as in Broughton, and 

 they descended in the same way ; Duchf 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 21. 



Thomas Dixon in 1597 purchased a 

 messuage, &c., in Haighton and Whit? 

 tingham from James Anderton of 

 Lostock, who seems to have purchased in 

 1591 from Gabriel Pennington ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 81 ; 53, 

 in. 136. Christopher Dixon died in 1605 

 holding his lands (in the townships 

 named) of the king by the hundredth and 

 the thousandth parts of a knight's fee ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 40. 



Sir Richard Hoghton in 1606 sold to 

 George Lorimer a messuage, &c., in 

 Haightuu; Add. MS. 32106, no. 770. 



George died in 1638, holding it of ' the 

 lord of Haighton ' in socage, and leaving 

 a son John, aged thirty-seven ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 57. 



Thomas Preston had lands in 

 Haighton and Warton in 1591 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 53, m. 178. 

 George Preston died in 1602 holding 

 lands in Haighton and Whittingham of 

 the king by the two-hundredth part of a 

 knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), 

 i, 103. 



John Robinson purchased lands from 

 Bolton and from Singleton in 1596-7 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 46 ; 

 59, m. 97. Edward Robinson died in 

 1608 holding lands of the king by the 

 three-hundredth part of a knight's fee ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 114. 

 John Robinson of Whittle died in 1628 

 holding land, tenure unstated ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 20. 



John Taylor in 1586 acquired a 

 messuage from Roger Taylor and Ellen 

 his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 48, m. 257. Christopher Taylor died in 

 1634 holding a messuage, &c., of 'the 

 lord of Haighton,' and leaving as heir his 

 son John, over forty years of age ; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 

 1190. 



Anthony Wall and Margaret his wife 

 had a messuage, &c., in 1596 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 59, m. 181. 

 Anthony died at Preston in 1601 holding 

 three messuages and three-eighths of a 

 windmill in Whittingham and Haighton, 

 also messuages, &c., in Preston. His son 

 and heir William was eight years old ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 6. 

 William Wall died in 1626 at Whitting- 

 ham holding the same estate and leaving 

 as heir his son William, aged eight ; ibid, 

 xxvi, no. 50. 



In the following cases the tenure is 

 not stated : Sir Richard Shireburne, 

 Henry Brown, Thomas Beesley and 

 Thomas Clarkson ; ibid, xvi, no. 3 ; 

 xviii, no. 23 ; xxviii, no. 62 ; xxx, no. 

 Si. 



Ma The estate has been mentioned in 

 previous notes. John son of John 

 de Haighton in the time of Edward I 

 made a number of grants and quitclaims 

 to Master Richard de Hoghton ; Add. 

 MS. 32106, no. 35, 653, 662, &c. 

 Joan daughter of John de Haighton and 

 Maud her sister released to Master 

 Richard their right in the lands he had 

 acquired from their father ; ibid. no. 624. 

 Joan widow of John released her dower 

 right ; ibid. no. 650. Joan, Maud and 

 Margery daughters of John de Haighton 

 afterwards released their claim to 

 Richard son of Richard de Hoghton ; 

 ibid. no. 654. Robert son of Warine de 

 Elston and Ellen his wife, daughter of 

 Roger Mustard (about 1280), granted all 



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their lands in Haighton to Master 

 Richard de Hoghton, excepting a rood 

 held of the heirs of Richard le Boteler ; 

 ibid. no. 656. In 1315 Richard son of 

 Richard de Hoghton granted land to 

 Paulin de Elston and Christiana his wife 

 at a rent of 1 31. 4^. yearly ; ibid. no. 

 714. 



Sir Richard Hoghton was in 1422 

 found to hold a messuage and land in 

 Haighton of the king as Duke of 

 Lancaster in socage ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Chet. Soc.), i, 146. Anilla daughter 

 and heir of Robert Singleton (formerly 

 of Chipping) in her widowhood gave her 

 hereditary lands in Haighton to Henry 

 and Ralph sons of Sir Richard Hoghton ; 

 Add. MS. 32106, no. 663. John son of 

 William Blundell and cousin and heir of 

 Roger Blundell in 1491-2 granted to 

 William Hoghton the lands in Haighton 

 which had formerly belonged to Alexander 

 Blundell ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, foL 556. 

 Lands in Haighton are mentioned in 

 later Hoghton inquisitions, &c., but the 

 tenure is not stated. In 1566 Thomas 

 Hoghton purchased lands, &c., in 

 Haighton and Dilworth from John 

 Osbaldeston and Jane his wife ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 186. 

 Richard Hoghton in 1577 purchased a 

 messuage, &c., from Henry Earl of 

 Derby ; ibid. bdle. 39, m. 93. 



14 b See note 22 below. 



15 Adam son of Uctred gave all hit 

 land* in Haighton bounded by Moorsyke, 

 Thorny Clough, Savock and Cabber Clough 

 and across the moor to the starting- 

 point ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 228. 



16 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 322. 

 The Wadsworths had also the ' manors ' 

 of Fulwood and Cadley ; Exch. Dep. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 90. 



17 Gillow and Hewitson, Tyldesley 

 Diary, 62 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 171. See alo 

 Cal. Exch. Pleas, W 2. 



18 Fishwick, Preston, 359. 



19 John Gerard died in 1635 holding 

 lands in Warton, Livesey, Whitton, 

 Withnell and Haighton. His messuage 

 in the last-named township was called 

 Rogerson House. The heir was his son 

 Evan, aged forty ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xxvii, no. 20. An Evan Gerard 

 ' of Brindle,' skinner, was a burgess at 

 the Guild of 1622 ; Preston Guild R. 89, 93. 



20 Fishwick, op. cit. 357, where a pedi- 

 gree is given. 



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



1, 222. 



M Richard Charnley died in 1623 hold- 

 ing messuages and lands in Haighton of 

 the heirs of Balderston by the rent of a 

 rose ; his heir was his nephew George 

 (son of Lawrence) Charnley, aged twenty- 

 four ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), iii, 

 367. Henry Charnley died in 1637 



