A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Conishead Priory had some land in the township. 1 * 9 

 John Singleton of Chingle Hall died in 1530 holding 

 of Richard Hoghton by a rent of 6s. 8</. 130 William 

 Wilson in 1619 held lands of Sir Richard Hoghton 

 by a rent of 5*. ; they had been purchased from 

 Thomas Shireburne and had no doubt formed part 

 of the Catterall estate." 1 Joshua Gallard in 1638 held 

 his lands of the king by the two-hundredth part of a 

 knight's fee. 1 " William Barnes's messuage and lands 

 were held of James Lord Strange as of his manor of 

 Goosnargh by 5/. \d. rent. 133 In other cases the 

 tenure is stated either vaguely" 4 or not at all. 114 



Under the Commonwealth rule the estates of a 

 number of Royalists and recusants were sequestered 

 and in some cases sold outright. 136 In 1717 nine 

 estates of ' Papists ' were registered." 7 



NEWSHAM., as already stated, was after the 

 Conquest a member of the barony of Penwortham, 

 and the mesne tenant was the lord of Woodplump- 

 ton, 138 with which manor it continued to descend till 

 the 1 7th century or later." 9 There seem to have 

 been several subdivisions of the land, and the prin- 



cipal holders took the surname of Newsham. Little 



is known of them. 140 Adam de Newsham in 1361 



purchased six messuages, land, 



&c., in Newsham from Roger 



de Farington and Amery his 



wife. 141 John Newsham, living 



in 1467, died in 1515, but 



the tenure of his estate was 



not known ; his heir was his 



grandson John, then aged 



fourteen. 141 A pedigree was 



recorded in I567. 143 In 1585 



George Newsham held the 



Newsham Hall estate of John 



Warren by ijs. rent. 144 Robert 



Newsham was a freeholder in 



i6oo. 145 Soon afterwards the 



family disappeared from view, and Newsham Hall 



was before 1660 acquired by the Wilsons of Tunley 



in Wrightington ; by them it was sold to John Bourne 



of Stal mine Hall in 1782 and has since descended 



with his estates. 146 William Singleton of Bank Hall 



NEWSHAM of New- 

 sham. Azure on afesse 

 argent three crosdeti 

 rules. 



1W Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 94. 



130 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 

 32. This continued to descend with 

 Chingle Hall. 



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

 and Ches.), ii, 223. John Wilson, the 

 on and heir, was fifty years of age. 



132 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 

 17. The heir was his son Edward, aged 

 nine. 



i3 William Barnes was son and heir of 

 John Barnes, who died in 1617 holding 

 messuages and land in Goosnargh ; Add. 

 MS. 32108, no. 44312. William died in 

 1640 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, 

 no. 30. John Barnes, his son and heir, 

 was fifteen years of age. 



134 Lambert Stodagh in 1511 held of 

 'the lords of Goosnargh' in socage ; 

 ibid, iv, no. i. Ralph Clitheroe in 1556 

 held of Thomas Whittingham ; ibid, x, 

 no. 26. George Kirkby of Upper Raw- 

 cliffe (1561) held of Thomas Hoghton by 

 2s. 6d. rent ; ibid, xi, no. 8. William 

 Walton of Preston in 1559 held of 

 Thomas Hoghton by fealty and suit of 

 court, but the Goosnarjh lands had been 

 given (for life) to Isabel widow of Thomas 

 Walton, elder brother of William ; ibid, 

 xi, no. 27. 



William Pleasington of Dimples in 

 1621 held of the king in socage ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 240. This estate 

 appears to have been in the family as 

 early as 1387, appearing again about 

 1490 ; Final Cone, iii, 29 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 63, m. 14. 



I3i These include Sir Richard Shireburne 

 of Stonyhurst, 1594; Sir John South- 

 worth, 1595 > Thomas Osbaldeston (as 

 heir of John Bradley), 1611 ; Alexander 

 Standish of Duxbury, 1622 (perhaps 

 Catterall, perhaps purchased from Bridget 

 Stanley ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 271) ; 

 Sir John Radclitfe of Ordsall, 1627 ; and 

 John Crosse of Liverpool, 1640. 



'* Some have been mentioned al- 

 ready. 



Thomas Barnes's lands were sequestered 

 for delinquency only, and were placed in 

 the act for sale. He was dead in 1654 ; 

 Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 41 ; Cat. 

 Com. for Camp, iv, 3120. The same was 

 the case of Henry Butler ; Index, 42 ; 

 Cal. v, 3216. 



Janet Cottam (who died in 1652) had 

 two-thirds of her estate sequestered for 

 recusancy; Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3065. 

 Robert Cottam in 1558 purchased mes- 

 suages, &c., in Goosnargh from Nicholas 

 and William Ambrose, the remainders 

 being to James Cottam and John and 

 Thomas his brothers ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 1 8, m. 32. 



The land of George Glave was in 1 645 

 sequestered for recusancy ; he died in 

 Scotland in 1648, and his son John, 

 'never a recusant,' petitioned for restitu- 

 tion, and took the oath of abjuration 

 in 1652 ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 76. 



The lands of Peter Stanley of Aughton 

 were forfeited and sold ; Cal. Com. for 

 Comp. iv, 2937. 



William Topping's land was sequestered 

 for recusancy, as was that of Francis 

 Turner (dead in 1654); ibid. 3175; 

 v, 3225. A brief note on James 

 Moore of Goosnargh (will 1693) is in 

 Lanes, and Ches. Hist, and Gen. Notes, 

 iii, 57. 



1X7 Besides the estate of James Sidgreaves 

 already named were those of John Adamson, 

 Edmund and Edward Barton, Cuthbert 

 Cardwell, Michael Grayston, William 

 Moreton of Dovehold, Thomas Parker 

 and Jane Sturzaker ; Estcourt and Payne, 

 Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 95, 100, 103, 

 141-2. 



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

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 36. Quenilda, 

 widow of Roger Gernet, held 2 oxgangs 

 of land in Newsham of the Earl of 

 Lincoln in 1252 by knight's service; 

 ibid. 190. A similar estate and tenure 

 were recorded in 1240 after the death of 

 Thomas de Beetham, and in 1254, after 

 that of Ralph de Beetham; ibid. 171, 

 194, 202. 



U1 * Ellen widow of Robert de Stockport 

 in 1275 claimed dower in a messuage, 

 100 acres of land, &c., against Adam de 

 Acton (?Aighton); De Banco R. 10, 

 m. 71 d. Adam son of Richard de Acton 

 and Richard son of Adam were concerned 

 in several suits in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, 

 m. 1 2 d., j 7 d. Richard de Aghton claimed 

 common of pasture in Newsham against 

 Earl Edmund, but was non-suited ; ibid, 

 m. 10 d. An Adam son of Richard de 

 Aghton of Newsham made a claim 



20O 



against Adam Pigot of Newsham and 

 Hawise his wife, but did not prosecute it, 

 in 1332 ; Assize R. 1411, m. 12. 



Lands in Newsham and Hollowforth 

 are named in a fine of the manor of 

 Woodplumpton in 1662; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 169, m. 76. Newsham 

 does not appear to have been considered 

 a separate manor. 



140 Richard de Newsham in 1291 com- 

 plained that he had been disseised of his 

 common of pasture in 13 acres of moor 

 in Newsham by Richard de Stockport, 

 William son of Adam de Redeford, and 

 others ; but the jury decided that the land 

 was in Woodplumpton ; Assize R. 407, 

 m. I d. 



In the following year Adam de New- 

 sham and William his son were sureties 

 in one of the Acton cases above referred 

 to ; Assize R. 408, m. 17 d. 



Adam de Newsham occurs in 1332 ; 

 Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 70. In 1339 Richard son of Adam 

 de Newsham claimed lands against Richard 

 and Henry, sons of William de Newsham, 

 and against Godith del Erlesgate ; De 

 Banco R. 318, m. 27 d. ; 320, m. 218. 

 In the latter case he alleged that a mea- 

 suage and 17 acres in Newsham and 

 Woodplumpton had been given by Richard 

 de Newsham to Henry the Harper, 

 with remainder to plaintiff's father, 

 Adam son of (the said) Richard de News- 

 ham. The descent is established by a 

 further plea two years later ; ibid. R. 

 325, m. 56. 



141 Final Cone, ii, 167. 



142 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 

 75. It appears that John had two sons, 

 George and Uctred ; the former married 

 an Alice, and had the son John who in- 

 herited, and who was the ward of Henry 

 Preston of Preston. George was dead in 

 1514. 



113 Visit, of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 51. The 

 descent was thus given : William New- 

 sham -9. John s. George -s. John s. 

 George -s. Robert. 



144 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv,no. 88 ; 

 Robert, the son and heir of George, was 

 thirty-two years old. 



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

 i, 232. 



146 For details see Fiihwick, op. cit. 

 194-5. 



