AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



GARSTANG 



had Royalist representatives in the Civil War 

 time. 4Sa The Hollands of Denton 49 had an estate 

 at Matshead which was in 1564 sold to Barton, 50 

 who were succeeded by Whitehead. 51 Butler of 



Rawcliffe, 52 Singleton of Chingle Hall 53 and others 

 of the neighbouring landowners had possessions in 

 Claughton. 54 Among the smaller local holders appear 

 Parkinson, 85 Wilkinson 5G and others. 57 



483 Richard Whittingham compounded 

 with the Parliamentary authorities in 

 1649 for his estate in Claughton. A 

 son Thomas had been killed at New- 

 bury in 1643 fighting for the king ; but 

 his widow Anne afterwards married John 

 Molanus, a sergeant-major for the Parlia- 

 ment ; Cal. Com. for Comp. iii, 2055. 



49 John de Bellew and Joan his wife 

 in 1318 claimed dower in two messuages 

 and half a plough-land against Thurstan 

 son of Margaret de Worsley ; De Banco 

 R. 225, m. 170 d. 



In 1325 William de Multon and Joan 

 his wife (as widow of William de Holland) 

 claimed the same against Thurstan son 

 of William de Holland ; ibid. 258, m. 384; 

 261, m. 2 d. 



In 1403 it wai found that Richard de 

 Holland of Denton held a place called 

 Mateshed in Claughton of the king by a 

 rent of I \d. to him and 4*. to William de 

 Balderston; Towneley MS. DD,no. 1461. 



50 Hugh and Edward Barton (his son) 

 purchased two messuages, &c., from 

 Edward Holland in 1564 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 26, m. 222. Edward 

 Barton died in 1595 holding the messuage 

 of Lord La Warre in socage, and leaving 

 a son Hugh, one year old ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 23, 88. The 

 tenure seems incorrectly stated. John 

 Barton died in 1633 holding what appears 

 to be the same property, but the tenure 

 is not recorded. Hugh his son and heir 

 was fifteen years of age, and there were 

 other children, Richard, Elizabeth and 

 Jane ; ibid, xxvii, no. 7. Margery his 

 widow afterwards married Cuthbert Tyl- 

 desley of Stirzacre and in 1652 claimed 

 the two-thirds of a tenement sequestered 

 for the recusancy of Elizabeth Barton, 

 spinster ; Royalist Comp. Papers, i, 1 50. 



51 They had Matshead ; see the ac- 

 count of the family and pedigree in 

 Fishwick, op. cit. 253 ; also Upper Raw- 

 cliffe in St. Michael's. Mr. Whitehead 

 of Garstang town raised a company for the 

 Parliament in 1643 5 Lanes. War (Chet. 

 Soc.), 42. He was a member of the 

 Presbyterian Classis in 1646. 



M James Boteler in 1 504 held mes- 

 suages, <fec., in Goosnargh and Claughton 

 of the king by knight's service ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 109. The 

 Claughton land appears to have descended 

 to Standish of Duxbury, but the tenure 

 was not recorded in 1599 ; ibid, xvii, 

 no. 54. 



53 John Singleton held of the king as 

 duke in 1530 by the ninety-secondth part 

 of a knight's fee, but his successor* by the 

 fortieth part ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 vi, no. 32; viii, no. 9; xiii, no. 16 



. 



Gabriel Hesketh purchased messuages, 

 &c., in 1541 from John Singleton, and 

 sold to William Kirkby in 1563 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12, m. 60 ; 25, 

 m. 200. 



54 In 1491 William Skillicorne sold to 

 Thomas Earl of Derby the lands in 

 Claughton which had formerly belonged 

 to William Bradkirk, and before that to 

 John Warburton ; Knowsley D. 2/13. 



Henry Kighley of Inskip (1554) and 

 his son held messuages and lands of the 

 queen as of her duchy by knight's service ; 



Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 49 ; xi, 

 no. 10. 



John Kighley of White Lea in Goos- 

 nargh in 1616 held in Claughton of the 

 Hospitallers (dissolved) by 6d. rent ; 

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

 Ches.), ii, 31. 



George Kirkby of Upper Rawcliffe 

 (1558) and his brother William held of 

 Thomas Brockholes by a rent of ^d. ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 8 ; 

 xvii, no. 1 6. Gilbert Latus of Goosnargh 

 (1568) held the fourth part of four mes- 

 suages, &c., by the same service ; ibid, 

 xii, no. ii. 



Robert Shireburne of Catterall held the 

 Conigree in Claughton of the queen as 

 duke by knight's service in 1572; ibid, 

 xiii, no. 10. 



Ewan Browne of Ribbleton in 1545 

 held a messuage in Claughton as part ot 

 his Ribbleton estate, but in 1568 and 

 later the tenure was described as of 

 Thomas Stirzacre by services unknown ; 

 ibid, vii, no. 24 ; xi, no. 4 ; xiv, no. 42. 



John Starkie, Anne his wife, Henry 

 Starkie and Isabel his wife held their 

 messuages, &c., in 1558; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 19, m. 38. Afterwards 

 (1577) Henry and Isabel were said to 

 hold the third part of the manor of 

 Claughton ; ibid. bdle. 39, m. 120. Henry 

 Starkie (of Aughton near Ormskirk) was 

 at his death said to hold messuages, &c., 

 of the queen as of her duchy by the 

 fortieth part of a knight's fee ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 70. 



Robert Walmesley of Coldcoats in 1612 

 held three messuages, &c., of the king as 

 duke by the two-hundredth part of a 

 knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), 

 i, 219-23. 



William Hesketh of Mains in 1622 

 held in Claughton of the Earl of Derby 

 in socage ; ibid, iii, 364. 



The tenure of the land of William and 

 Thomas Richardson of Myerscough is 

 not recorded. 



55 Edward and Lawrence Parkinson in 

 1584 obtained messuages, &c., in Claugh- 

 ton and Catterall from Thomas Richard- 

 son and Thomas his son and heir ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 46, m. 94. 



Richard Parkinson (son of John son of 

 Richard son of John) died in 1621 without 

 issue, holding Enfield House, the Oatfall, 

 &c., of John Brockholes by id. rent ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 250-2. 

 His heir was his half-brother George, aged 

 fifteen. Edward Parkinson in 1631 held 

 lands in Catterall and Claughton which 

 had belonged to the Hospitallers and then 

 to Shireburne; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 

 (Chet. Lib.), 993. In 1653 John Parkin- 

 son, recusant, desired to compound for the 

 sequestered two-thirds of his estate ; Cal. 

 Com. for Comp. iv, 3175. 



56 Robert and Lawrence Wilkinson in 

 1592 made a settlement of seven mes- 

 suages, &c., in Claughton ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 54, m. 149. Lawrence 

 (son of Thomas) Wilkinson in 1637 held 

 two-thirds of a messuage, with the rever- 

 sion of the other third after the death of 

 Janet his father's widow, of Richard 

 Shireburne as of his manor of Howath, 

 parcel of the possessions of the late dis- 

 solved priory of St. John of Jerusalem in 



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England. His son and heir Thomas was 

 six years old, and his widow Ellen was 

 living at Thornley ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xxx, no. 79. Janet Wilkinson, 

 widow, as a recusant in 1654 desired to 

 contract for the two-thirds of her estate 

 sequestered ; Cal. Com. for Comp. v, 3193. 



57 John Arthwright died in 1625 hold- 

 ing land late of the Hospital of St. John ; 

 William his son and heir was fifty years 

 of age ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 8. 



George Bradshaw died in 1638 holding 

 a messuage, &c., of Lord la Warre in 

 socage. His son John was twenty-two 

 years old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, 

 no. 87. 



Lawrence Cottam in 1607 held his 

 messuage, &c., of Edward Osbaldeston, 

 and left as heir his son Richard, aged 

 twenty-one ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 99. Richard's lands 

 were sequestered (as to two-thirds) for his 

 recusancy under the Commonwealth and 

 in 1654 he applied for leave to contract. 

 He died soon afterwards and was suc- 

 ceeded by a son Lawrence, but Thomas 

 Beesley of Goosnargh claimed part ; 

 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 8 1. The Cottams were 

 of Bannister Hey in Claughton. 



James Eckersall died in 1608 holding 

 partly of the king as of the dissolved 

 Hospital of St. John (by i\d. rent) and 

 partly in chief by knight's service. His 

 heir was a brother Thomas, aged thirty- 

 six ; Lana. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 136. 



John Heritage held a messuage, &c., 

 of Richard Shireburne as of the Hospital- 

 lers ; he died in 1629, leaving a son 

 Hugh, aged thirty ; Towneley MS. C 8, 

 J 3> P- 5*7' J onn Heritage purchased at 

 the sale of the Derby estate in Claughton 

 in 1602. His son Hugh died about 

 1643, leaving a widow Margery; she 

 being a recusant had two- thirds of her 

 tenement sequestered under the Common- 

 wealth in 1646. John Heritage, their 

 son, having attained his majority in 1652, 

 and ' being a Protestant, his father having 

 been a Protestant, and he (petitioner) 

 having been so brought up from a child, 

 being also well affected to the Parliamen- 

 tary Government,' desired the discharge 

 of the sequestration. He was church- 

 warden of Garstang in 16534, Royalist 

 Comp. Papers, iii, 181-4. 



Thomas Hodgson died in 1627 hold- 

 ing of the heirs of John Stanford ; 

 Edward, his son and heir, was fifteen 

 years old; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, 

 p. 499. 



John Leigh died in 1631 holding of 

 John Brockholes as of his manor of 

 Claughton ; Thomas, his son and heir, 

 was forty years old ; ibid. 747. 



Christopher Walmesley held lands in 

 1623 of Thomas Richardson in socage by 

 \6d. rent, and had a son and heir William, 

 aged eighteen ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc.), iii, 402. William Walmesley died 

 in 1638 holding two messuages, &c., of 

 the king as of the dissolved priory of 

 St. John ; the heir, his son Thomas, was 

 of full age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xxx, no. 61. Thomas Walmesley, recu- 

 sant, in 1653 petitioned to contract for 

 the sequestrated two-thirds of his estate ; 

 Cal. Com. for Camp, v, 3178. 



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