A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



, probably one plough-land, 26 gave a 

 surname to the lords of it, 17 but the family cannot be 

 traced, and the lordship probably became merged 

 in Stalmine. Sir Adam de Shevington and Emma 

 his wife in 1344. claimed messuages, lands and mills 

 in Great Marton and ' Staynolf,' but the defendants 

 John son of Richard le Boteler, Clemency his 

 wife, Cecily wife of Richard le Boteler and others 

 protested that there was no such vill as 'Staynolf' 

 absolutely ; either Great Staynolf or Little Staynolf 

 must be named, and the jury agreeing, the plaintiffs 

 were defeated for the time. 18 



In addition to the families named those of Hamble- 

 ton, 19 Shireburne 30 and Singleton " had lands in this 

 township from an early time. Some later owners 



appear in the records. The estate of the Butlers of 

 Warrington S1 seems to have passed with Layton to 

 the Fleetwoods of Rossall. 88 Theobald le Boteler held 

 an oxgang of land in Staynall in 1 249." John Braddyll 

 in 1561 purchased messuages and fishery in Great 

 Staynall and Stalmine from Wilfrid Banastre, 35 and at 

 his death in 1578 was found to have held them of 

 the queen in socage by 6d. rent, 36 but later the 

 tenure was recorded as of Shireburne of Stonyhurst." 

 There were some other owners. 38 



Little can be said of the monastic estates. That of 

 Furness, Stalmine Grange, 39 came in part at least to 

 a family named Smith, who held it for some time. 40 

 That of Cockersand 41 seems to have been dispersed in 

 parcels, while that of Lancaster Priory may have been 



26 The old distinctions of Great and 

 Little Staynall have disappeared. 



In 1324 'Staynolf was used of Stanah 

 in Thornton and 'Little Staynolf of 

 Staynall. But see p. 234, note 3 I, above. 



37 Siward son of Huck and Eva his wife 

 (daughter of Robert de Stalmine), the 

 latter described as the Lady Eva, granted 

 lands in Staynall to Cockersand Abbey ; 

 ChartuL i, 114, 118. Their sons Henry 

 and Richard were also benefactors ; ibid. 

 These took their surname from Staynall, 

 as did Henry son of Robert de Stalmine, 

 who seems to have had several children. 

 Robert and Roger, sons of Henry de 

 Staynall, were benefactors of Cockersand ; 

 ibid. 119-21 ; Kuerden MSS. iv, S 20. 

 Richard son of Richard son of Henry de 

 Staynall, who had a brother Peter, gave a 

 messuage and land to Lancaster Priory ; 

 Lane. Ch. ii, 355, 359. The said Peter 

 gave land to Cockersand ; ChartuL i, 121. 



Adam son of Eva de Elswick in 1288 

 claimed half an oxgang in Staynall by 

 Stalmine against Richard son of Adam de 

 Staynall and Maud his daughter ; De 

 Banco R. 75, m. 61 d. 



18 Assize R. 1435, m. 44. 



28 Gilbert de Hambleton was a bene- 

 factor of Lancaster Priory, giving a toft 

 in Staynall which Gilbert son of Peter de 

 Hackinsall had held ; Lane. Ch. ii, 361. 

 Alice widow of William de Hambleton 

 was plaintiff in 1285 and 1292 in respect 

 of lands in Stalmine ; De Banco R. 59, 

 m. 2 ; Assize R. 408, m. 97. 



William the Baker sou of Hugh de 

 Hambleton gave an oxgang of land in 

 Stalmine to Furness Abbey ; Dep. Keeper's 

 Rep. xxxvi, App. 163. William son of 

 William son of Henry de Hambleton 

 gave half an oxgang of land (held of Adam 

 lord of Stalmine) to William son of 

 William the Clerk of Hambleton ; ibid. 

 164, 



The Hackinsall family just named 

 probably held lands in the township, for 

 their successor James Pickering in 1479 

 held messuages and a windmill in Stay- 

 nall, partly of the king in socage and 

 partly of Richard Staynall by i\d. rent ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 107-8. 

 See also the later inquisitions of Booth 

 and Butler of Hackinsall. 



Robert son of Gregory de Winmarlcigh 

 and Avice his wife were benefactors of 

 Cockersand, giving land in Stalmine in 

 1262 ; ChartuL i, 1 10 ; Final Cone, i, 135. 



One Robert de Wath had land in the 

 same part of the township, and gave to 

 his daughter Clarice, who married John 

 de Thornton, and was a widow in 1 292 ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 69 d. Their son 

 Richard de Thornton appears ten yeart 

 later ; Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.), 246. 



John son of Lawrence de Thornton held 

 a messuage and land in 1354; Dep. 

 Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 332. 



A Peacock family occurs in 1350 ; De 

 Banco R. 362, m. 60. 



John Shaffer and Emma his wife (in 

 her right) held land in Hackinsall and 

 Stalmine in 1395 ; Final. Cone, iii, 45. 

 Hugh Chaffar had messuage* and land in 

 Staynall in 1432 ; Brockholes of Claugh- 

 ton D. 



30 Robert de Shireburne gave land in 

 Stalmine to Cockersand Abbey ; ChartuL 

 i, 1 06. 



John Travers in 1318 released to 

 Robert de Shireburne his claim to tene- 

 ments which his brother Lawrence had 

 granted to Walter de Shireburne ; Dods. 

 MSS. liii, fol. 84*. 



In 1321 William de Hornby and his 

 wife Alice (widow of Thomas Travers) 

 claimed dower in Stalmine against Robert 

 de Shireburne ; De Banco R. 238, m. 

 86 d. 



Thomas son of Lawrence Travers in 

 1348 claimed two messuages and 20 

 acres there against William son of Sir 

 Robert de Shireburne ; De Banco R. 

 354, m. 326. Agnes widow of Richard 

 Shireburne was tenant in 1446 ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 53. 



Richard Shireburne in 1513 held his 

 lands in Stalmine of Alexander Goosnargh 

 in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, 

 no. 46. A similar statement is made in 

 later inquisitions, but the property seems 

 to have been sold before 1600. 



81 Maud widow of Robert de Singleton 

 gave land in Stalmine to Cockersand ; 

 ChartuL i, in. Thomas Banastre was 

 defendant there in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, 

 m. 97. Sir Thomas Banastre also held 

 there in 1385 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc.), i, 15. 



This was probably the estate afterwards 

 shared by the Radcliffes of Winmarleigh 

 and other heirs of Balderston. The 

 tenure is not separately stated. 



3 * Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 13 ; 

 lands, &c., in Stalmine and Staynall, of 

 tenure unknown. 



83 Ibid, xii, no. 2. The lands held by 

 Thomas Fleetwood in 1576 are herein 

 regarded as part of the Great Layton 

 estate, formerly that of Butler of War- 

 rington. 



34 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 172-3. It 

 became merged in the estate of the Butlers 

 of Rawcliffe, having been granted by 

 Theobald Walter to his kinsman Richard 

 le Boteler in the time of Henry III ; 

 Kuerden MSS. iv, R. 5. In 1324 

 William son and heir of John Beaufront 

 released to Nicholas son and heir of 

 William Boteler the rent of 8s. 6d, which 



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was due from an oxgang of land in Stal- 

 mine ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 83. 



35 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 23, 

 m. 15 ; 26, m. 160. The estate was 

 perhaps the messuage, &c., in Stalmine 

 purchased by Sir Thomas Lawrence in 

 1503 from Thomas Standen and Ellen 

 his wife ; Final Cone, iii, 153. 



86 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 85. 



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

 and Ches.), ii, 109. 



38 Nicholas Beconsaw in 1407 granted 

 a windmill in Staynall to James Pickering ; 

 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 102. The family 

 probably had other land there, for Cuth- 

 bert Clifton in 1562 purchased a messuage 

 and fishery at Staynall from William 

 Beconsaw ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 24, m. 47. At his death in 1580 

 Cuthbert held messuages and land in 

 Stalmine and Staynall of Henry Butler 

 by id. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xiv, no. 76. 



George Kirkby of Upper Rawcliffe 

 about 1560 held lands in Stalmine of 

 Richard Butler by $d. rent ; ibid, xi, 

 no. 8. 



Richard Thompson purchased a mes- 

 suage, &c., in Staynall from the Heskeths 

 in 1569 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 31, m. 98 ; 34, m. 117. Nicholas 

 Thompson of Larbreck in 1609 held a 

 messuage there of Henry Butler by zd. 

 rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 202. 



89 The Abbot of Furness in 1535-6 

 complained of trespass on his turbary at 

 Stalmine Grange by Nicholas Butler ; 

 Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 74. At the Dissolution the 

 abbey received ,8 6s. <)d. from Stalmine 

 Grange and Staynall, including ,4 41. for 

 20 quarters of salt ; West, Furness (ed. 

 1813), 139. 



40 John Smith died at Stalmine Grange 

 in 1598 holding messuages in Staynall, 

 Preesall and Hackinsall. His heir was 

 his grandson John Smith (son of Richard 

 son of John), aged seventeen ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 47. John Smith 

 of Stalmine was a freeholder in 1600 ; 

 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 232. 

 See also Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 96 ; ii, 277. 



In the time of Elizabeth the tenants of 

 the Grange had various disputes with the 

 lords of the manor and others ; Ducatus 

 Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, iii. 



Parts of Stalmine Grange were granted 

 by the Crown to Edward Howard and 

 others in 1604-5 '> P at - 2 J as< I ?* '' 

 A saltcote and lands in Hackinsall were 

 included. 



41 The rentals 145110 1537 are printed 

 in ChartuL iii, 1268-9. 



