A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



by a xm William,* and a grandson Adam," de- 

 scribed a* 'lord of Whitongham.'* This was 

 probably the Adam Whittingham who accompanied 

 Henry V to France and died at the siege of 

 Hat-Hear in 1415** The next in possession was 

 a William Whittingham, probably son or brother 

 o;' Adam**; he died in 1437 holding the manor 

 of Whittingham of Sir Richard Hoghton by 

 knight's service and a payment of 7^. yearly ; also 

 bolJing sjn SM 1^1 1 and land in Ashley of the same 

 Sir Richard by knight's service and 1<L John his 

 son and heir was fire years of age." 



John Whittingham * was about 1500 succeeded by 

 his son Thomas,* 1 who married Joan daughter of 

 John Singleton of Withgill,** and had a son Roger,** 

 who came to a violent end about 1521, Thomas 

 died in 1530** V^tPifg various messuages and land in 

 Whittingham of the king as of his duchy by the 

 thirtieth part of a knight's fee and a rent of 7^. ; 

 his son Roger had left a son Richard, who was the 

 heir, being then ten years old, 4 * Richard died 

 in or before 1552 holding similarly and leaving a son 

 Thomas, ten yean old. 4 Thomas in or before 1 566 



married Bridget sister and co-heir of Richard Browne 

 of RibMeton. 47 A pedigree was recorded In the 

 Mowing year.* 



lake his neighbours, Thomas Whittiagham was 

 hostile to the change of religion made by Elizabeth, 

 but on being summoned before 

 the Bishop of Chester about 

 577, as a person suspected, 

 he affirmed that he went to 

 church and was conformable." 

 The conformity may have 

 been external merely, for two 

 of his grandsons became Jesuits, 

 one of them being a piitomtr 

 in Newgate for some years. 1 * 

 Thomas was Irving in 1590,** 

 but before 1600 had been 

 succeeded by his son Richard, 19 

 who died in 1611 holding 

 bnds in Whittingham, Ashley 



and Comberhalgh of the king by the twentieth part 

 of a knight's fee. His son Thomas, twenty-fire years 

 old,* 1 followed and held possession M aU through the 



Whfttiagham. Ardent 

 * fnte a*mre t aver mil * 

 Dam rtmfamt pla. 



time Atom made a (rant of land m 

 Ashley dough and Eva dough to his 

 brother Roger ; DD, no. 1781. 



Adam de WbJttingham m 1351 gave 

 land to Vale Royal Abbey for a tinW 

 bara ; ibid. no. 1862. 



* ! 1364 Adam MM of Win am de 

 Wh:ttingham gave certain land* in Ashley 

 to his soa William, with remainder* to 

 John aad Thomas, other sons of the 

 grantor, and dien to Robert SOB of Roger 

 de Whittingham ; ibid. no. 1836. 



Adam Hisjst have died MOB afterwards, 

 far in 1369 William de Whittingham and 

 Maud his wife made a settlement of the 

 manor of Whittingham, the iTnuiaif 

 m default Wsng to John Mi Thorn**, 

 fcnpdhui of William, to Robert de 

 Whittingham and to Cecily and Aline 

 daughter* of William; ibuL BO, 1828-7. 

 Maud was a widow in 13(4-5 ; no. 

 1812, 1874-5. 



la 1377-1 John de Whittingham, 

 probably the brother of William, recefred 

 certain land from the trustee ; Add. MS. 

 32107, no. 1050. 



M Mandwi<k>w of Winiamde Whitting- 

 ham, Adam hi MB and William MB of 

 Thaws* de Singleton in 1313 agreed to 

 ell to Richard de Hoghton the ir.uiisMf 

 and marriage of John MB and heir of 

 Robert de Singleton ; Add. MS. 32106, 

 BO. 330, 



Adam de Wh:tt:ngham attested charter* 

 in 1390-1 ; DD, no. (77, iSSo. In 

 1394-$ Maod the widow of William de 

 Whittingham aad William de Singleton 

 the elder made a feorTmettt of die manor 

 of Whittingham, and then M and and 

 Adam it Whittingham contracted that 

 Adam should marry Alice sister of 

 Edmund Skillicorne; no. 1130, 1872. 

 In 1398-9 Adam de Whittingham and 

 Alice hi* wife received the manor of 

 Whittingham from the trustees; no. 

 i $29. 



" Adam de Whittingham, lord of the 

 same, granted to Thomas Browne, Robert 

 de Bispham aad John Browning turbary 

 and pasture in respect of a tenement 

 formerly William de Cottam's ; DD, no. 

 1863. From another deed (no. iSn) it 

 appears that Thomas Browne, chaplain, 

 vas son of Maod Ward, daughter aad 

 heir of William Cottam. 



Exchequer K. R. Aeets. bdle. 46, 

 mo. 17. 



R There does not seem to be any 

 f tisVai i on this point, except the un- 

 trustworthy pedigree of 1567. 



* DD, ao. 1474 ; Off. Kfcfer'i Kef. 

 xxxiii, App. 37, FJtrabrth widow of 

 Wilfiaat Whittingham soon afterwards 

 If jars' her laads in Whittingham, Goos- 

 nargh aad Comberhalgh to Sir Richard 

 flagWtin for sixteen years; Add. MS. 

 32106, ao. 875, John Whittingham ia 

 1467 gave to trustees lands 



his mother ; DD, ao. 18(7, 



Ifring ia 1476, being thea widow of 



Peter Raddifte ; Kuerden foL MS. 357. 



In 1456-7 John soa aad heir of 

 William Whittingham married Elizabeth 

 liajhli i of John Boteler of Kirkland ; 

 DD, no. (790, 1824, 1858. In 1483 

 he released to feoffees lands ia Ashley 

 croft; ibid, no. 1821. 



41 In deeds of 1498-1500 Thomas is 

 called soa aad lnii iifaajust of John 

 Whittingham ; ibid. no. 1785, 1796. 



* Laads in Whittingham were in 

 1477 settled for fife on Joan on her 

 marriage with Thomas ; ibid, no. 1867, 

 1789. 



* Roger first married Agnes Brock- 

 holes, but they were divorced ia 1513 ; 

 ibid. no. 1868. His next wife was named 

 Isabel; she made complaints against 

 several ia 1521 tor complicity in the 

 death of her husband ; PaL of Lane. 

 Plea R. 131, m. ijd.; Fishwick, Goot- 

 ffigif 186. She afterwards married James 

 Lambert and in 1544 made complaint as 

 to her dower ; DD, no. 1801. 



** In i $23-4 he made a feoBment of 

 all his lands ; DD, no. 1912. This was 

 probably on account of his son's death. 



44 Duchy of Lane. Ino, p.m. vi, no. 

 19. Some of the deed* above quoted are 

 recited. It appear* that Agnes Brock- 

 holes was daughter of Ellen die widow of 

 Roger Brockboles. 



Christopher Standish bought from die 

 king die marriage of Richard Whitting- 

 ham, next of km aad heir of Thomas 

 Whittingham deceased, and sold it to 

 William Singleton, who in 1531-2 made 

 a grant of certain lands ia Ashley; 

 Kuerden foL MS. 383. 



Richard Whittingham ia 1550 made a 



210 



settlement of his manor of WhittiogatM% 

 &c, aad made provisioa for his (yooager) 

 soa Richard; DD, no. 1833, 1859. 

 About die same time he complained of 

 various trespasses on die waste of die 

 manor ; Dmeatmt Lame, i, 247, 261, 273. 



** Duchy of Lane. Inq. p-m, ix, BO. 15. 

 Ia 1553 die king granted OK diird part 



wiA OK wardship aad marriage of 

 Thomas the heir, to William Waring ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks, xxni, 81 d. 



* DD, ao. 1843. A settlement of die 



of Whittiagham aad various laads 

 by Thomas aad Bridget ia 

 1585 ; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 47, 

 m. 42. 



yint. of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 50. 

 Gibson, Ljdiau Hall, 215, quoting 



S. P. Dom. Eliz, exviii, 49, 



wrn at Whit- 



tiagham, entered d* English College at 

 Rome ia 1606, aged (eveateea. He had 

 made his first studies at Goosaar^h, 

 Chipping and Whalley, aad dten weat t* 

 Douay. [1605 'a poor Engii-hman' ; 

 D*rwr,286.] His parents aad relatives on 

 taA side* were of die upper dass of society, 

 and he had two brrxher*. 'Hediedmost 

 piously in die college, (I July 1611, 

 having been first admitted to die Society'; 

 Foley, Jkr. 5./. vi, 238. 



His younger brodier William was ad- 

 mitted to die same college in 1607, and 

 brfamr 'dear to all for hi* remarkable 

 virtue* aad candour of sooL* He had 

 made his early studies at Pocklington and 

 Whalley and then went to Dooay. [1606 

 ' a poor Englishman ' ; Dior in, 286.] 

 He entered die Society of Jesus in 1611 

 aad was sent on die London missioB 

 in 1620, taking die alias of Rediate. 

 He was killed in die accident at Black- 

 friars, 26 Oct. 1623 ; Foley, op. cit. i, 



5 ; * 247- 



Af/*i (Cadi. Rec.Soc.), rv, 177. 



Aftv. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Che*.), 

 5,232. 



w Lwx. 7y. /jn. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Che*.), i, 195. 



** Thotnas Whittingham and Margaret 

 hi* wife in 16334. made settlement of 

 die manor, with lands, dovecote, Ac., ia 

 Wh:ttingham and A%hley ; PaL of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 122, no. 42. 



