A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



still living in 1 246." His descendant William died 

 about 1292," leaving a son Adam," who in 1 33 1 

 made a settlement of the manor, his son William, 

 who had married Eleanor, being the heir." 



In or before 1362 William died, leaving Eleanor 

 a widow,'' with six children. Thurstan, the heir, 

 was a minor, and his wardship was in 1367 claimed 

 by Robert de Legh and William son of Robert de 

 RadclifFe, in right of their wives." Thurstan died 

 soon afterwards and his five sisters were his heirs. 

 One of these died young ; the other four each had a 

 share, and it is easy to trace the descent of two : that 



of Emma, who married Robert de Hindlej of 

 Aspull ; "' and of Katherine, who married Alexander 

 de Worsley." The family of Molyneux of Rainhill 

 had Hawkley in Pemberton, and in 1578 acquired a 

 fourth part of the manor.'' As late as 1415, how- 

 ever, the lord of the manor was said to be Henry de 

 Pemberton.'" 



But few particulars can be given of the descent of 

 the various portions of the manor. HINDLET HALL 

 became the property of Meyrick Bankes of Winstanley, 

 and is held by his trustees." The Worsleys of 

 WORSLEr MESNES " were succeeded by the Downes 



between Stephen's assart and the charcoal- 

 man's assart, and hy the syke to the 

 Douglas. He also granted an assart 

 which Randle de Pemberton had held, 

 and another called White's cross. Henry 

 son of Lawrence released his share of 

 these lands to the canons. 



The abbot shortly afterwards (before 

 1235) gave them to William son of 

 Richard White of Wigan, who had 

 married Hawise, daughter of Adam de 

 Pemberton, at a yearly rent of izd, ; 

 ibid. 671. About 1268 John the Smith 

 held these lands by the same rent and a 

 payment of ^ a mark at the death of wife 

 or heir ; ibid. 668. For the inquisitions 

 after the death of Edmund the Smith of 

 Pemberton in 1408, see Lanes, Inq, p,m. 

 (Chet. Soc), i, 92. 



^1 Assize R. 404, m. 9. Adam de 

 Pemberton sued Peter de BurnhuU for 

 200 acres in Pemberton, of which Alan, 

 the plaintiff's father, was seised in the 

 time of Henry II, i.e. before July 11 89. 

 The decision was committed to the hazard 

 of a duel, and Adam's man Philip being 

 defeated, Peter de BurnhuU was allowed 

 to hold the land in peace. The sureties 

 for Phi.ip were Alan de Windle, William 

 and James de Pemberton, and John del 

 Marsh. See also Assize R. 454, m. 25. 



At the same time Adam de Pemberton 

 was summoned to answer Robert son of 

 Hugh, who complained that the lord of 

 Newton compelled him to do service to 

 the three-weeks court at Newton, which 

 Adam as mesne tenant should perform. 

 Robert's tenement was 1 7 acres, for which 

 he paid a rent of yd. ; Assize R. 404, 

 m. 12. 



Adam and William his son, together 

 with James de Pemberton, were charged 

 with having disseised William White, 

 John del Marsh, and Adam his brother of 

 their common of pasture in Pemberton ; 

 ibid. m. 2. Peter de BurnhuU also 

 claimed 6 acres in Ince from Adam de 

 Pemberton, William his son, and James 

 son of Henry; ibid- m. 12 d. The last 

 may be the James de Pemberton of the 

 preceding case ; then the father may be 

 the Henry son of Lawrence of 1212. 



2^ The exact relationship is uncertain. 

 A case in 1254, in which an Adam son 

 of William was defendant, alludes to 

 William de Pemberton as if he were then 

 dead; Cur. Reg. R. 154, m. 20. In 

 1292 William son of Roger de Ince 

 acquired a messuage and two oxgangs in 

 Pemberton from William son of Adam de 

 Pemberton and Mary his wife ; Final 

 Cone, i, 176. Two years later Mary, 

 widow of William, did not prosecute the 

 claim she made against Adam son of 

 William son of Adam de Pemberton ; 

 Assize R. 1299, m. 14 d. John son of 

 William de Pemberton was of full age in 

 1292 ; Assize R. 468, m. 27 d. 



^ Adam de Pemberton was both 



plaintiff and defendant in 1292 ; Assize 

 R. 408, m. 58 d. 43. Adam and Henry 

 de Pemberton were jurors in 1293 i Lanes. 

 Inq. and Extents, i, 276. Hugh de Pem- 

 berton, enfeoffed by Adam de Pemberton 

 (probably the grandfather), recovered 

 seisin of a messuage, mill, &c., against 

 Adam de Pemberton and Robert de Rode; 

 Assize R. 1306, m. 16. The fine of 1304 

 (Final Cone, i, 203) may refer to a later 

 agreement between the parties. 



** Ibid, ii, 79. 



William son of Hugh de Pemberton 

 is mentioned in 1343 ; Assize R. 430, 

 m. 26. 



Hugh de Pemberton, rector of Brindle, 

 was about this time engaged in a number 

 of disputes and settlements in Pemberton; 

 possibly he was the younger son of Adam 

 mentioned in 1331. In 1356 Thomas 

 de Pemberton and many others, including 

 Henry de Pemberton the elder, Henry 

 his son, Edmund and Lawrence de Pem- 

 berton, and several 'nailers,' were con- 

 victed of having disseised Rector Hugh of 

 two messuages and lands in Pemberton ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R, 5, m. 5. Roger 

 de Winstanley was defendant in another 

 case; ibid. m. 5 d. In 1365 and 1366 

 Emma, widow of Roger de Winstanley, 

 who afterwards married John de Ince, 

 brought a suit against the same Hugh ; 

 De Banco R. 421, m. 504 d. ; 425, m. 

 253 d. See also Final Cone, ii, 153. 



^ In 1362 Eleanor, widow of Adam 

 [William] de Pemberton, and other 

 executors of the will of William son of 

 Adam de Pemberton, gave half a mark 

 for a writ respecting a false judgement ; 

 Fine R. 163, m. 7. 



^ De Banco R. 427, m. 236 ; 463, m. 

 389, from which it appears that four of 

 the daughters had by 1376 married as 

 follows : Agnes to Alexander de Lynalx, 

 Katherine to Alexander de Worsley ; 

 Alice to Roger son of Richard de Ather- 

 ton, and Emma to Robert de Hindley. 

 The other daughter was named Juan. 



^ See above, and Visit, of 1613 (Chet. 

 Soc.), 117. In 1 53 1 it was found that 

 Hugh Hindley of Aspull had held six 

 messuages, 60 acres of land, &c., and a 

 water-mUl in Pemberton, of 'Thomas 

 Langton in socage, by the rent of loj. per 

 annum, i.e. a moiety of the ancient thegn- 

 age rent of the whole manor ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 22. He had two 

 of the shares, as will be seen below, 



^ The relationship of Alexander to the 

 main Worsley stock is unknown. An 

 Alexander son of Richard son of Henry 

 de Worsley occurs in 1334, but can 

 scarcely have been the husband of 

 Katherine ; Coram Rege R. 297, m. 120. 



In October, 1431,3 writ of redisseisin 

 was issued in favour of Robert de Sankey, 

 Hugh de Hindley, and Alice de Parr, 

 against WiUiam de Worsley and Alice, 

 widow of Jordan de Worsley, regarding 



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lands and tenements in Pemberton and 

 Hindley ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 

 32. Hugh Worsley of Pemberton is 

 mentioned in 1470 ; Towneley MS. GG, 

 no. 2671. For a curious claim made after 

 his death see Duchy Flead, (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 109, 



The Worsley portion of the manor was 

 in 161 1 said to be held of Richard Fleet- 

 wood, baron of Newton, by a rent of 5J. 

 the service for a quarter of the manor ; 

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

 Ches.), i, 172. 



23 From the preceding note it will be 

 seen that a quarter of the manor is un- 

 accounted for. Nothing further is known 

 of WiUiam de Pemberton's daughter 

 Agnes, wife of Alexander de Lynalx. 

 Alice, who married Roger de Atherton, 

 may have been ancestor of the Athertons 

 of later times. 



It appears from the last note that 

 Robert de Sankey and Alice de Parr were 

 lords of the manor in 1431, in addition 

 to the Worsleys and Hindleys. One of 

 the latter married a Parr heiress, appar- 

 ently the Alice de Parr just named, so 

 securing the estate they had later in Parr 

 and a second quarter of the manor of 

 Pemberton. The Sankey quarter seems 

 to have descended to Thomas Sankey and 

 Thomas his son and heir apparent, who 

 in 1578 sold it to Thomas Molyneux of 

 Hawkley, in whose family it afterwards 

 descended ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 40, m. 171. 



'" Lanes, Inq. p.m, (Chet. Soc), i, 103. 

 Henry, son of Henry de Pemberton, who 

 had brothers William and Peter, occurs in 

 1430 ; Towneley MS. GG, no. 2675 ; and 

 Henry de Pemberton in 1447 5 Lanes. Inq, 

 p.m. ii, 54. 



81 A moiety of the manor of Pember- 

 ton, i.e. the Hindley portion, was in the 

 possession of Robert Bankes of Winstanley 

 in August 1 72 1, and appears to have 

 descended with Winstanley ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 515, m. 4; 571, m. 6 d. j 

 628, m. 7. 



'2 The family attained some promi- 

 nence in the i6th century. The Wors- 

 leys of the Isle of Wight were the most 

 conspicuous offshoot ; Sir James Worsley, 

 their founder, in 1526 complained of the 

 destruction of fences in the Crossfield ; 

 Dueatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 140. Sir 

 James's will is in P.C.C. Ralph Wors- 

 ley obtained a grant of Birkenhead 

 Priory. OttweU Worsley was concerned 

 in various suits in 1525 ; ibid, i, 130, 

 133. A pedigree was recorded in 161 3 ; 

 Visit. (Chet. Soc), 72. 



James Worsley purchased land in Pem- 

 berton from Sir Robert Worsley o 

 Booths and Robert, the latter's ton and 

 heir apparent, and Elizabeth his wife, in 

 1562 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 24, m, 61, 



James Worsley in 1570 had a dispute 



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