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His son John, 12 known as Arbalaster and de Hackinsall, 

 in 1 246 agreed with Eva, his father's widow, as to 

 dower. 13 At the same time he claimed wreck of the 

 sea at Hackinsall, but without good ground. 14 John 

 died in 1262 holding six plough-lands in Hackinsall 

 and Preesall as before, also three plough-lands in 

 Hambleton ; Geoffrey his son and heir was of full 

 age. 15 John the son of Geoffrey succeeded before 

 iz84, 16 and was himself followed about 1299" by a 

 brother Richard. 18 John the son of Richard de 

 Hackinsall 19 had a son William, who was in 1335 to 

 marry Alice daughter of John de Bradkirk. 20 William 

 had a daughter Ismania, 21 whose daughter Joan 

 married James Pickering, 22 and in 1402 James and 

 Joan had a dispute with the Abbot of Cockersand 

 respecting 900 acres of land in Preesall held by the 

 abbot, a dispute renewed in 1437 by the plaintiff's 

 son James Pickering. 23 



It was probably this James who died in 1479 in 

 possession of the manor, but leaving four daughters as 



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co-heirs Margaret wife of Richard Boteler, Isabel 

 wife of John Leyburne, Mabel wife of Thomas 

 Acclamby and Joan wife of Nicholas Acclamby. 

 Each of them had a fourth part of the manor, 24 but 

 the descent is by no means clear, as the subdivisions 

 are given differently at different times. 



The Boteler share may be that held by the Butlers 

 of Hackinsall. 25 William Butler died in 1586 holding 

 a fourth part of the manor of Hackinsall, with 

 messuages and lands in Hackinsall, Preesall, Poulton, 

 Thistleton, Staynall and Elswick. 26 The heir was 

 his grandson William, aged twenty-three, who died 

 in 1613 holding a moiety of the manor of the king 

 in socage, and leaving a son Henry to succeed him. 27 

 Henry's daughter Ellen carried the estate to William 

 Fyfe of Wedacre. 28 Their daughter Catherine became 

 heir, and marrying John Elletson, this part of the 

 manor has descended to Mr. Henry Chandos Elletson 

 of Parrox Hall. 29 He is said to hold a third part of 

 the manor. 



Chester was at Jerusalem (1219) ; Lane, 

 Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 352. 



In 1227 a confirmation of Preesall and 

 Hackinsall was granted to Geoffrey de 

 Riffbrd (Balistarius in margin) ; Cal. 

 Chart, R. 122657, p. 39. 



12 John son of Sir Geoffrey de Hackinsall 

 was also a benefactor of Cockersand, and 

 he and his wife Amabil desired to be 

 buried in the abbey ; Cckers*nd Chartul, 

 69-71. His charters included part of 

 Licol (Lickow) field, within Hackinsall, 

 and 2 half-oxgangs of land in Preesall ; 

 the carr, the deep moss and Sandiford in 

 Preesall are named. 



18 Final Cone, i, 96. Eva, as the 

 widow, was in the king's gift, but William 

 de Lancaster had her marriage ; Assize 

 R. 404, m. 22. That Geoffrey died 

 about 1246 seems to be implied in a 

 claim by William de Hambleton to prove 

 his liberty against Geoffrey de Hackinsall, 

 ending in his acknowledging that he was 

 John's villein ; ibid. m. 4. 



14 Ibid. m. 22 ; it appeared that Geoffrey 

 had had three casks of wine cast up by 

 the sea which the king had granted to 

 him in the name of wreck. 



16 Lanes, Inq. and Extents, i, 229 ; 

 H ckinsall and Preesall were worth 

 12 a year. The estates were in the 

 escheator's hands for six weeks, during 

 which time ^3 3*. was received by him ; 

 ibid. 231. The rent of two crossbows 

 due to the king was payable in 1297 to 

 the Earl of Lancaster ; ibid. 289. 



Geoffrey son and heir of John de 

 Hackinsall gave land in Preesall to Lan- 

 caster Priory, including the meadow in 

 the field called Flimingswell Syke ; also 

 2 acres in Petit Middleargh in his demesne 

 of Hackinsall ; Lane, Ch, ii, 353. The 

 same Geoffrey made a number of gifts to 

 Cockersand Abbey, confirming also his 

 father's; Chartul. i, 73-81. One clause 

 gave permission for the canons' cattle to 

 cross the sands in summer from Preesall 

 to Cocker. He also allowed a fishery 

 in the Wyre between that of Alan 

 de Hackinsall and one the canons had, 

 for their sustenance. Certain disputes 

 having arisen between him and the canons 

 as to dykes around their lands in Preesall 

 a friendly agreement was made in 1271, 

 by which he allowed them to make a dyke 

 from that at the Blacklache straight across 

 to their eastern dyke ; ibid. 83. 



In 1266-7 Geoffrey the Arbalaster son 

 of John released to Edmund his lord son 



of King Henry, Richard son of Lyol de 

 Singleton and William his brother, with 

 all their sequela and chattels ; Great 

 Coucher, i, fol. 62, no. 14. 



16 In that year there was a dispute as 

 to 40 acres in Hackinsall, of which 

 20 acres were held by John son of 

 Geoffrey de Hackinsall, 9 by Amery 

 widow of Geoffrey, 9 by the Abbot of 

 Cockersand and 2 by the Prior of Lan- 

 caster. It was alleged that one Adam 

 de Dissheford had held them, and the 

 claimant was his daughter Alice widow 

 of Simon son of Henry de Hambleton ; 

 Assize R. 1268, m. II d. 



17 Writ of diem cL extr. issued 25 

 June 1299 ; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (MS.), 

 ii, 27 Edw. I, m. 13. 



18 Assize R. 420, m. lod. Richard 

 de Hackinsall held the manor, together 

 with Preesall and Hambleton, in 1324, 

 by the service of two crossbows and 

 401. ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 40*. The 

 40.5. was for Hambleton. 



19 Maud de Preesall in 1331 claimed 

 a messuage and land in Preesall against 

 Richard de Hackinsall, John his son and 

 William the Pinder. It appeared that 

 Richard was dead and John was then 

 tenant. A verdict was recorded against 

 William; Assize R. 1404, m. i8d. 



10 A settlement was made by which the 

 manor of Hackinsall and 4 oxgangs of 

 land in Preesall were given to John son 

 of Richard de Hackinsall, with remainder 

 to William (son of John) and Alice and 

 their issue. There were a sheep walk, 

 &c., held by Jordan del Celer, 20 acres 

 held by William de Hackinsall and Ellen 

 his wife, 12 acres held by Master 

 Edmund de Lacy and Margaret daughter 

 of Richard de Hackinsall and Isabel 

 daughter of Master Edmund ; also an 

 oxgang of land held by Thomas dc 

 Goosnargh for life ; Final Cone, ii, 95. 

 A further agreement as to 5 oxgangs of 

 land in PreesalJ was made at the same 

 time, these being given to John de 

 Hackinsall and Christiana his wife, with 

 remainder to William their son and Alice 

 his wife, daughter of John de Bradkirk ; 

 ibid. 98. 



In 1346 John de Hackinsall held a 

 plough-land and a half, the Abbot of 

 Cockersand a plough-land and John 

 Lawrence half a plough-land by the 

 service of two crossbows (or 4.5.) yearly ; 

 Sur-v, of 1 346 (Chet. Soc.), 54. 



21 William son of John de Hackinsall 



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and Alice his wife in 1357 granted the 

 manor of Hackinsall, with exceptions, to 

 John son of Robert de Dalton for life ; 

 Final Cone, ii, 151. 



* a The descent is given in Def, Keeper's 

 Rep. xl, App. 534. The name of 

 Ismania's husband is not recorded. 



Ibid. 



14 Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 

 1078. The manor was held of the 

 king as of his duchy in socage by the 

 annual service of two crossbows or zs, 8<, 

 and was worth ,20 a year. The ages of 

 the daughters were forty, thirty-six, thirty- 

 four and thirty-three years respectively. 



85 The Richard husband of Margaret 

 was son of John Boteler of Rawcliffe, as 

 appears by an arbitration deed of 1478 

 among the Dalton of Thurnham 

 muniments. 



The paternity of William Butler, who 

 acquired part of Hackinsall, seems to 

 have been doubtful. He had three aliases 

 Ward, Parr and Taylor. Richard 

 Butler had two sons, George and Thomas, 

 and a daughter Margaret, who married 

 John Lancelyn ; William Butler alleged 

 in 1540 that he was the son of Thomas ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 168, m. 6 ; 171, 

 m. 14. 



William Butler of Preesall in 1535 

 granted the marriage of his son George 

 to Nicholas Butler of Rawcliffe ; Dods. 

 MSS. liii, fol. 84*. 



William Butler appears as plaintiff in 

 ,.549 respecting the fourth part of 

 Hackinsall Hall and lands, &c., Henry 

 Barton and Barbara his wife being 

 defendants. Butler held in common 

 with Sir Marmaduke Tunstall, William 

 Mordaunt, Anne his wife and Bewley. 

 Barbara claimed by grant of John Booth, 

 as recorded later ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Plead. Edw. VI, xxxi, B 8. 



16 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 

 47 ; the premises in Hackinsall were 

 said to be held of the queen as of her 

 duchy by the fourth part of a knight's 

 fee and the rest of the estate in socage. 



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

 and Ches.), i, 240-1 ; all was held of the 

 king in socage. Henry Butler was twenty- 

 two years old. Henry Butler in 1631 

 compounded for refusing knighthood ; 

 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 222. 



* 8 Dugdale, Vhit. 113. The marriage 

 took place in 1648. 



89 Foster, Lanes, Fed. ; abstract of titli 

 in possession of W. Farrer. William 



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