A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



in 1614 was held by Richard Haughton and 

 Margaret his wife.* 9 Later it likewise was called 

 the ' manor of Great Carleton,' 89a and was sold 

 to Edward Moore of Bank Hall, 30 and probably 

 sold by his heir to the Shireburnes, for their ' manor ' 

 was the only one known in later times. 31 In 1572 

 Sir Richard Shireburne had purchased the fourth 

 part of an estate no * manor ' is named in Great 

 Carleton, &c., from Lancelot Bold and Grace his 

 wife. 32 The whole descended to Edward Joseph 

 Weld of Lulworth, who about 1866 sold his interest 

 to a number of small proprietors. 33 



NORCROSS in Great Carleton was at an early 

 time held by a Norcross family, 34 but by 1281 had 

 come into the hands of John de Shireburne and Eva 

 his wife, being probably her inheritance. 34 It 

 descended with the other Shireburne estates, 36 but 

 no doubt became merged in the manor of Great 

 Carleton. The manor courts were held at Norcross. 37 



LITTLE C4RLETON was held by Henry de 

 Whittington, who was a son of William son of Swain, 

 about I23<D. 38 He was succeeded by a son Henry 

 surnamed de Carleton. 39 The descent cannot be 

 traced clearly. In 1347 among the tenants of 

 William de Coucy's lordship of Wyresdale was 

 Henry de Carleton holding a plough-land and a half 

 in that town by knight's service. 40 Thomas Carleton, 41 

 who died in 1499, held similarly of the king, Margaret 

 Countess of Richmond and John Rigmaiden as of 

 their manor of Wyresdale. 42 His son George Carleton, 

 then twenty-two years of age, died in 1513 holding 

 of the king and Thomas Rigmaideri, and leaving as 

 heir a son William, aged eleven. 43 William's son 

 Lawrence, who died in 1558, was the last of the 

 male line. He held a capital messuage in Little 

 Carleton called the Hall of Carleton, and various 

 messuages, &c., in both parts of the township, of the 

 duchy by knight's service. His heir was a sister 



29 Evan Haughton purchased from 

 Thomas Chaddock and Joan his wife 

 their fourth part of the manor in 1566 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 99. 

 Evan Haughton of Pennington died in 

 1608 holding a moiety of eight mes- 

 suages, &c., in Carleton of the king by 

 %d. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 125. His son and 

 heir was the Richard named in the text, 

 who with his wife enfeoffed Edward, 

 James and William Stanley of the manor 

 of Great Carleton, with lands there and 

 in Warton, Lancaster, &c. ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 85, no. 16. 



29a Richard Haughton died in 1630 

 holding the manor of Great Carleton, 

 with various lands, of the heirs of George 

 Carleton by fealty only. The heir was 

 a son Evan, aged forty. By an indenture 

 of 1614 the remainders were to Dorothy 

 and Francis Haughton ; Towneley MS. 

 C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 523. 



30 He purchased it from Mrs. Dorothy 

 Shelvock, ' daughter to that Mr. Haugh- 

 ton which lived in Wavertree Lane ' ; 

 Irvine, Liverpool in time of Chas. //, 

 68-9. Among the Moore D. at Liver- 

 pool are leases of houses, &c., at Great 

 Carleton by Richard Haughton of 

 Wavertree and Margaret his wife ; no. 

 765-6. Alexander Rigby of Burgh 

 seems to have been tenant in 1649, leasing 

 Carleton Hall and the demesne lands to 

 Everill widow of Edmund Fleetwood ; 

 ibid. no. 767. 



Sir Cleave Moore and Margaret Moore 

 spinster held the moiety of the manor of 

 Great Carleton in 1691 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 226, m. 22. 



From the Shireburne abstract book it 

 appears that Sir N. Shireburne purchased 

 in 17012 some at least of Sir Cleave 

 Moore's estate ; the ' manor ' is not named. 



31 Baines, Land. (ed. 1836), iv, 439- 

 40. The manor of Carleton or Great 

 Carleton was regularly entered among 

 the family estates in the 1 8th century ; 

 e.g. Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 452, m. 7 

 (1690, Carleton); 544, m. 13 (1737, 

 Great Carleton); 625, m. 10 d./i6. 



88 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 34, 

 m. 56. 



38 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 519. 



34 From the Cockersand charters 

 already quoted it appears that Thomas 

 de Norcross was a son of Walter de 

 Carleton, son of Swain, and that Nor- 

 cross was rated as half a plough-land. 



85 In the year named Christiana widow 



of Thomas de Norcross claimed dower in 

 a messuage and 2^ oxgzngs of land in 

 Norcross against John and Eva ; De 

 Banco R. 43, m. 3. A later note shows 

 the origin of another part of the Shire- 

 ..urne estate in Great Carleton (1348). 



86 Robert Shireburne died in 1492 

 holding lands in Carleton and Norcross 

 of George Carleton in socage ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 92. His son 

 Sir Richard in 1513 was said to hold 

 in Carleton of the heirs of George 

 Carleton and in Norcross of the Abbot 

 of Dieulacres ; ibid, iv, no. 46. This 

 statement is repeated later. In 1594 

 Norcross was called a manor, but the 

 tenure was not recorded ; ibid, xvi, no. 3. 



A ' manor of Carleton ' was said to be 

 held by Sir Richard Shireburne of Stony- 

 hurst in 1579 (Feet of F.) and 1594 and 

 by his son Richard in 1628. The 

 tenure was unknown. 



37 Fishwick, op. cit. 19 ; he states 

 that ' the manorial rights were sold with 

 Norcross Farm.' 



35 See the notes on the Lytham and 

 Cockersand holding above ; as Walter 

 was the brother and heir of William, 

 Henry must have been illegitimate. 

 Henry de Whittington occurs in 12226 ; 

 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 131, 134- He 

 was rector of Whittington hence his 

 surname and is called a clerk ; Lytham 

 D. at Durham, 4 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. 

 no. 2. 



89 Henry de Carleton probably there 

 were two of the name in succession 

 occurs from 1258 to 1297 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 and Extents, i, 21 1, 297, &c. Henry de 

 Carleton the elder and Amabil his wife 

 in 1283 leased to Henry le Boteler of 

 Rawcliffe for seven years an oxgang of 

 land with house formerly tenanted by 

 Roger the Carpenter, another oxgang 

 (without a house) occupied by Richard 

 de Kendal, a third (with house) formerly 

 held by Robert the man of Gervase, 

 and other lands, with easements appur- 

 tenant in Little Carleton ; Dods. MSS. 

 cxlii, fol. 82*7. Walter de Carleton was 

 a witness. 



40 Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), 

 no. 63. 



Henry de Carleton at that time held 

 land in Great Carleton also, and in 1348 

 he and his wife Margery complained of 

 disseisin there by Alice widow of Sir 

 Robert de Shireburne, Agnes widow of 

 Robert de Washington, William de Edres- 

 ford, Adam Anyon and John Beaver. As 



230 



to one moiety Alice replied, saying she 

 held by gift of the Abbot of Cockersand 

 and of John de Shireburne ; as to the 

 other moiety Agnes said she entered as 

 heir of her father Randle le Gentyl. The 

 jurors said that Henry and Margery were 

 lords of a moiety of the vill, and had 

 been disseised by the defendants, except 

 as to the portion held of the Abbot of 

 Cockersand ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 8ia ; 

 Assize R. 1444, m. 7. It appears that 

 Alice and Agnes were sisters. 



The name of Henry de Carleton occurs 

 1387 to 1408 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc.), i, 25, 91. One John Carleton and 

 Alice his wife made a settlement of lands 

 in Lancashire, &c., in 1408 ; Shireburne 

 Abstract Bk. He is probably the John 

 son of Henry Carleton of another deed ; 

 ibid. In 1420 the king ordered all pro- 

 ceedings to be suspended against the sure- 

 ties of Henry de Carleton the elder, 

 Henry the younger, Thomas de Carleton, 

 and William de Carleton of Norcross, 

 bastard, who were absent in the king's 

 service in the parts of Aquitaine ; Def>. 

 Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 18. It appears 

 that Henry de Carleton had been out- 

 lawed for debt ; ibid. 



One Thomas son of Nicholas of Little 

 Carleton occurs in 1352 ; Raines MSS. 

 (Chet. Lib.), xxxviii, 103. 



41 Thomas Carleton of Little Carleton 

 in 1476 granted to feoffees a tene- 

 ment in Little Carleton, another in 

 Hayholme in Great Carleton, and a 

 meadow called Cardales in Norcross ; 

 Add. MS. 32106, no. 791. In 1492 an 

 agreement was made that George son and 

 heir-apparent of Thomas Carleton should 

 marry Elizabeth daughter of Robert Clif- 

 ton deceased ; ibid. no. 800. 



A deed of about the same time (1491 ?) 

 represents John Carleton as holding the 

 manor of Little Carleton and providing 

 for the wardship and marriage of his son 

 and heir George ; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), 

 C2 97 8. 



44 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 

 49. 



48 Ibid, iv, no. 71. Joan widow of 

 Thomas Carleton was still living, as was 

 Elizabeth wife of George. 



Deeds of William Carleton, includiag 

 a settlement in 1548 on his son Law- 

 rence's marriage with Margaret daughter 

 of George Singleton of Staining, with 

 remainder to Margery sister of Lawrence, 

 are recited in Fishwick's Poulton, 17.;, 

 from the Shireburne D. 



