A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



died in 1 206, 19 and his heirs held the 1 2 oxgangs of 

 land in 1212 by the service above stated. 80 The heirs 

 were three daughters Iseult, who married Richard 

 son of Swain (de Catterall) *' ; Beatrice wife of Hugh 

 de Mitton 2 * ; and Avice, who married (l) Oliver son 

 of Nigel de Longford 13 and (2) Michael de Aslacton.** 

 In 1 242 accordingly the manor was held by their 

 heirs,* 5 Richard de Catterall,* 6 Hugh de Mitton * 7 and 



Henry de Longford.* 8 Two oxgangs of land, i.e. a 

 sixth part of the manor, were acquired by William de 

 Clifton, who died in I258,* 9 or by his predecessors ; 

 this in time led to a nominal readjustment, the repre- 

 sentatives of the three co-heirs being said to hold five- 

 sixths of the manor. There were other changes. The 

 Mitton third was surrendered to the Earl of Lancaster 

 and then granted to the Hoghtons of Hoghton, so 



19 In that year Hughde Mitton, Oliver 

 son of Nigel and Richard son of Swain 

 gave 20 marks and a palfrey to have 

 1 2 oxgangs of land in Goosnargh which 

 had been held by Robert son of Bernard, 

 they having married his daughters and 

 heirs ; Farrer, op. cit. 203, 209 ; Towneley 

 MS. HH, no. 520. 



20 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 48 ; see also 

 139, for 1226. In 1297 the vill paid 

 1 8 j. 8< to the Earl of Lancaster ; ibid. 

 289. 



81 Richard de Tarnacre gave to Cocker- 

 sand Abbey a third part of Beesley in 

 Goosnargh, which he had had from the 

 Lady Iseult, wife of Richard son of Swain ; 

 Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 243. 

 Richard son of Richard son of Swain de 

 Catterall granted an acre of land ; ibid. 

 242. 



22 Beatrice daughter of Robert son of 

 Bernard made various grants to Cocker- 

 sand, some as 'widow,' and one as Beatrice 

 de Mitton. The place-names include 

 Robert shurst, Hurst and Carr, Fulsnape, 

 Small Brook, Longley, the syke which was 

 the boundary between Goosnargh and 

 Barton, where the road descends into 

 Goosnargh Brook. In one grant land 

 given by Avice her sister is mentioned ; 

 ibid. 234-8, 243. 



As Beatrice de Mitton daughter of 

 Robert son of Bernard she in her widow- 

 hood gave Wil'iam the Clerk son of 

 Robert the rector of Garstang the moiety 

 of certain land in Threlfall. The bounds 

 began at Pepper Syke, following it to the 

 old hedge, under the land of Avice daughter 

 of Robert son of Bernard ; then going 

 across to the old ditch, and along this to 

 the entry into the great wood ; by the 

 wood to Mill Brook, and following this 

 brook to the great carr under Huenat- 

 hurst ; thence along the carr, the 

 boundaries o^ Adam son of Paulinus and 

 the aforesaid Avice, to the starting-point ; 

 Add. MS. 32104, no. 958. 



23 See the account of this family under 

 Withington, near Manchester. 



14 Michael de Aslacton (Ellaston) and 

 Avice his wife gave lands to Cockersand 

 Abbey ; the land which Iseult daughter 

 of Robert son of Bernard gave William 

 son of Richard de Kirkham is named. 

 Avice granted the same as widow ; Cocker- 

 sand Chartul. i, 240-1, where two other 

 gifts are recorded. 



15 I Macs. Inq. and Extents, i, 154. They 

 were the tenants in Catterall. Goosnargh 

 is not named in 1 242. 



26 Richard de Catterall in 1 244 held 

 3 oxgangs of land in Goosnargh by 

 knight's service ; he paid 41. "J\d. ; ibid. 



159, 212. 



Adam de Catterall granted certain 

 land (received in exchange from Richard 

 de Hoghton) to Alexander de Goosnargh 

 and Maud his wife, with remainders to 

 Thomas and to Margery de Bradkirk ; 

 Add. MS. 32104, no. 497. The same 

 Adam gave land on the north side of 

 Longley to Grimbald son of Diota and 

 Maud his wife ; a rent of i zd. was to be 



paid, and izd. for pannage ; Towneley 

 MS. DD, no. 756. 



Robert de Grotton and Agnes his wife 

 (widow of John de Catterall) in 1318-19 

 claimed dower against Paulin and Alan 

 de Catterall, on the ground that John son 

 and heir of Ralph de Catterall had dowered 

 Agnes with certain lands in Goosnargh 

 at the church of Towneley (or Burnley) 

 in 1 287 ; De Banco R. 223, m. 150; 229, 

 m. 2 ; 248, m. 229. John son of John 

 de Catterall made further claims in 1325 

 against Joan the widow and Robert the 

 son (under age) of Paulin de Catterall ; 

 ibid. 258, m. 137. 



Ralph son of Richard de Catterall granted 

 Oakenhead in the vill of Threlfall to Adam 

 de Hoghton, his mill there being excepted, 

 at the rent of a pair of white gloves ; 

 Add. MS. 32106, no. 517. He gave his 

 daughter Christiana 8 acres purchased from 

 Hugh de Middleton ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 

 looA. The same Ralph gave Adam his 

 son all his lands and demesne in Goosnargh 

 and Threlfall, together with the homage of 

 John de Barton, Master Richard de 

 Hoghton, Walter de Goosnargh, Thomas 

 de Kirk, and others, in 1294; ibid. fol. 

 93^. The above-named Christiana, as 

 widow of Walter de Goosnargh, gave 

 lands to her son Thomas with remainder 

 to another son Henry 5 Kuerden MSS. iv, 

 G 9. She was plaintiff (as widow of 

 Walter) in 1324; De Banco R. 253, m. 

 i85d. 



Alan de Catterall in 1322 died holding 

 a messuage, land and rent of the king in 

 chief (by the forfeiture of Thomas Earl of 

 Lancaster), by a rent of 5.1. j Lanes. Inq. 

 and Extents, ii, 141. 



Richard de Catterall in 1337 demised 

 4 acres in Goosnargh newly approved to 

 Richard son of John del Yate of Bils- 

 borrow and John his son for their lives ; 

 Add. MS. 32104, fol. 1 1 6. 



17 Ralph de Mitton was summoned in 

 1246 to show why he would not take the 

 homage and relief of Bernard de Mitton 

 for 5 oxgangs of land in Goosnargh granted 

 Bernard by his mother Beatrice daughter 

 of Robert ; Ralph was her grandson and 

 heir, being son of Robert, elder brother of 

 Bernard. Ralph said he held nothing of 

 Beatrice's, but Bernard's land would revert 

 to him, should he die without issue ; 

 Assize R. 404, m. 2. Bernard son of 

 Beatrice had in 1241 purchased an oxgang 

 of land from Bernard son of Richard, he 

 giving 6 acres north of Foxhole Hurst at a 

 rent of \zd. ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 86. As Bernard son 

 of Hugh de Mitton he granted 6 acres to 

 Alan the Forester ; Kuerden MSS. iv, 

 G 9 . 



Ranulf de Goosnargh in 1246 de- 

 fended his title to 20 acres against Bernard 

 de Mitton ; Assize R. 404, m. 2. At the 

 same time Jordan de Kirkham recovered 

 30 acres against Bernard de Mitton, 

 Walter de Barton, Ranulf de Goosnargh, 

 Benedict de Beesley and Hugh de Middle- 

 ton ; ibid. m. 3 d. Jordan was son of 

 Richard the rector of Kirkham ; Cockersand 

 Chartul. i, 240. 



192 



Margery widow of Ralph de Mitton in 

 1291 claimed dower against Margery 

 widow of Ranulf son of Bernard de Goos- 

 nargh, Alice daughter of John de Barton, 

 and many others ; De Banco R. 90, m. 

 98 d. ; 91, m. 248 d. 



38 Nigel de Longford in 1248-51 paid 

 relief (131. 4-d.) on succeeding to 4 ox- 

 gangs of land in Goosnargh, being the 

 estate of Avice daughter of Robert and 

 grandmother of Nigel ; Lanes. Inq. and 

 Extents, i, 184. 



29 In 1258 William de Clifton was 

 found to have held 2 oxgangs of land in 

 Goosnargh of the heirs of Robert son of 

 Bernard by a rent of 31. i \d. ; Lanes. Inq. 

 and Extents, i, 213. This rent is a sixth 

 part of i8j. %d. ; the tenure may imply 

 that the grant had been made by Robert 

 son of Bernard himself. A later William 

 de Clifton, 1323, held certain lands of 

 Richard de Hoghton by id. yearly ; they 

 included a ' skalinga ' (shieling) with 80 

 acres from the waste ; ibid, ii, 159. 



In 1324-5 a messuage and 18 acres 

 in Goosnargh were part of lands in dispute 

 between Isabel widow of William de 

 Clifton and William son of William de 

 Clifton ; Assize R. 426, m. 8. 



30 About 1285 Sir Ralph de Mitton, 

 for 100 marks, resigned to Edmund Earl 

 of Lancaster his whole tenement in 

 Goosnargh and Threlfall, a rent of 21. 6d. 

 per annum being due to the Hospitallers 

 for the Threlfall portion ; Great Coucher, 

 i, fol. 73, no. 53-4. 



As will be seen (note 3 2), this part of the 

 manor was by the earl granted to Adam 

 de Hoghton, who had already begun to 

 acquire an estate there. Adam made a 

 grant of land in Goosnargh to Richard 

 son of Richard Lussell of Plumpton, at a 

 rent of iod., with 6d. for pannage ; 

 Bernard de Mitton was another lord ; 

 Towneley MS. OO, no. 1156. 



In 1276 Ralph de Mitton claimed a 

 messuage, two-thirds of a mill, and 4 ox- 

 gangs of land against Adam de Hoghton ; 

 De Banco R. 13, m. 22d. Two years 

 later Adam was claiming a messuage, 

 mill, oxgang of land, and 14.1. rent against 

 William son of Alan de CarJeton, 

 referring to an agreement made with 

 the eaid Alan ; ibid. 24, m. 75 ; 49, m. 

 52d. It seems likely that the former 

 suit refers to the acquisition of the Long- 

 ford share by Adam de Hoghton, for he 

 with his sons Adam, Richard and John 

 were alleged about that time to have 

 disseised Ralph de Mitton of a messuage, 

 mill water, &c., and the third part of 

 1,000 acres of moor and wood in which 

 they were wont to common ; Assize R. 

 1235, m. I id. About ten years later 

 Henry de Clifton claimed common of 

 pasture in land in Goosnargh against Adam 

 de Hoghton ; Assize R. 1265, m. 21. 

 Adam son of Sir Adam de Hoghton in 

 1291 released to Earl Edmund all his 

 right in a pasture called the Heyfield in 

 Threlfall, bounded by a dyke from the 

 limit of Blackburnshire as far as the water 

 of Brock ; Duchy of Lane. Great Coucher, 

 i, fol. 64, no. 23. 



