A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



riage to Robert Molyneux of Melling,^' and it 

 descended with the other lands of this family " until 

 they were sold in the middle of the i8th century. 



- MJRKLAND was the property of the Hollands," 

 and in 1360 was granted to the Priory of UphoUand. 

 On the suppression it was acquired by John 

 Holcroft" 



Alexander Worsley, Thomas and John Molyneux, 

 Gilbert Scott, and Robert Higginsoe, contributed 

 to a subsidy of Mary's reign as landowners." The 

 freeholders in 1600*^ were: Ralph Worsley, — 

 Downes," Richard Molyneux of Hawkley, Robert 

 Arrowsmith, Thomas Laithwaite,*® Richard Pem- 

 berton,*^ Hugh Scott,*^ William Walthew,*^ Thomas 



granted the estate to Juliana daughter of 

 John GilUbrandj for life, with remainders 

 to her 8on8, Thurstan and Adam, and 

 then to the plaintiff Simon, apparently a 

 brother. Adam died before Thurstan 

 without issue ; Thurstan died at Oxford ; 

 and Simon, who was then in Scotland, 

 returned to Wigan to take possession, but 

 found Robert's men in the tenement. At 

 Pemberton, Adam de Pemberton, as lord, 

 had entered, and held until Simon ap- 

 peared to claim ; Simon had married a 

 daughter of his. The lands in Wigan 

 were held of Robert de Holland by the 

 service of a barbed arrow ; Assize R. 408, 

 m. 16 d. 



Nothing further is known of its history 

 for a century. Richard de Pemberton 

 died in possession of it in 14151 as also of 

 other lands called the Marsh, Sec, ; his 

 son Thomas being dead the heir was his 

 grandson Hugh ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Chet, 

 Soc), i, 103. In the same year William, 

 another son of Richard, as trustee granted 

 Tunstead to Alice, the widow of Richard, 

 for life, with remainders to Hugh son of 

 Thomas de Pemberton, and then to Hugh 

 and Thurstan, sons of Richard ; Towne- 

 ley MS. GG, no. 2626, 2655. 



Hugh de Pemberton by his wife Douce 

 had a son John, whose son George was 

 the last of the direct male line of the 

 family. For Hugh's marriage see ibid, 

 GG, no. 2596, 2597, dated 1435. He 

 died in or before 1466, when Douce was 

 a widuvv, and the son John in possession ; 

 ibid. GG, no, 2650, 2671, and Crosse D. 

 no, 146. 



89 Beatrice, Elizabeth, Ellen, and Alice 

 were the daughters and co-heirs of George 

 son of John Pemberton ; Towneley MS, 

 GG, no. 2362, 2890, 2405, dated 1512 

 and 1514 ; and Crosse D. no. 172. Bea- 

 trice Pemberton and others in 1 5 1 2 claimed 

 the wardship of Elizabeth Birkenhead ; 

 Ducatus Lane, (Rec. Com.), i, 127. 



The third of the daughters, Ellen, mar- 

 ried Robert Molyneux of Melling {Visit. 

 of 1567, p. 100), and in the inquisition 

 taken after the death of their son and 

 heir John Molyneux in 1582, the estate, 

 comprising Tunstead Hall and various 

 lands, is fully described ; among the 

 fields were Bridgeley and Mabcroft ; it was 

 held of the heirs of the lords of Pember- 

 ton, James Worsley and Robert Hindley, 

 in socage by rents of 41. %d. and yd. re- 

 spectively 5 Duchy of Lane. Inq, p.m. 

 xiv, no. 73, 



''O See Lanes. Inf. p.m, (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches. ), i, 43 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle, 94, no. 15. 



■*! In 1 241 Robert de Holland q-ilt- 

 claimed to Adam de Pemberton all his 

 title to twelve oxgangs in Pemberton in 

 return for the homage and service of 

 Thomas de Sifrethley ; Final Cone, i, 82, 

 In 1292 Robert de Holland and Robert 

 his son had an estate in Pemberton and 

 Orrell ; ibid, i, 173. 



In 1348 Maud, widow of Robert de 



Holland, had claimed dower in the 



'manor of Markland,' described as three 



plough-lands ; De Banco R. 355, m. 307. 



Inquiry was made at Prescot on 25 



Jan. 1346-7 as to whether or not it 

 would be to the king's hurt if a messuage, 

 a mill, 60 acres of land, 3 acres of mea- 

 dow, and 6 acres of wood in Pemberton, 

 and the reversion of other lands held 

 for a term by Adam de Orrell and Nicho- 

 las his son, should be granted to the prior 

 and convent of Upholland. The lands 

 were held of Ralph de Langton by fealty 

 and rendering a rose at midsummer, and 

 were of the annual value of 53J. 4^/. The 

 answer of the jury was in the negative ; 

 the king had already licensed a grant of 

 lands to the value of ^^20 a year ; and 

 after this land had been given Sir Robert 

 de Holland had the manor of Holland, 

 worth 100 marks a year, from which to 

 discharge his liabilities to the king and 

 others ; Inq. p.m. 41 Edw. Ill (2nd 

 nos.), no. 12. 



In 1535 the clear value was reckoned 

 at jf 8 loj. a year, and after the Dissolution 

 the various rents came to the same 

 amount ; Dugdale, Mon. iv, 412. 



*8 Pat. 37 Hen, VIII, pt. iv; included 

 in the general grant of the priory lands. 

 Markland was soon sold to Sir Robert 

 Worsley of Booths, Thomas Molyneux 

 purchasing part from Robert Worsley ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F, bdles. 31, ro. 

 "i> 147; 35>m. 41. 



"*» Mascy of Rixton D. 



^^ Mise. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 



>>*39-43- 



^^ Roger Downes had acquired land in 

 1597 from Thomas Worsley and Kather- 

 ine his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 58, m. 19, 



^^ See the account of Wigan. 



'^^ In 1 5 17 John Pemberton of Lone- 

 merehead, with his son Thomas and the 

 latter*8 wife Elizabeth, leased their chief 

 place to Robert Molyneux ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R, 121, m. 6 d. John Pemberton 

 and Alice his wife had an estate in the 

 township in 1519 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. II, m. 217. Robert Pember- 

 ton and Margaret his wife in 1546 ; ibid, 

 bdle. 12, no. 247, He may be the Robert 

 Higginson alias Pemberton of 1 549, who 

 had a dispute with Roger Molyneux as to 

 Wacarrs ; Ducatus Lane, (Rec. Com.), i, 

 241, Ralph Pemberton alias Higginson 

 appears in 1571 (ibid, iii, 25) and Rich- 

 ard Pemberton alias Higginson in 1579 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 41, m. 92, 



Richard Pemberton, yeoman, died 20 

 Sept. 1628 holding a messuage and lands 

 of Roger Downes and Richard Moly- 

 neux ; the heirs were his daughters, 

 Margaret wife of Henry Holme, and Mar- 

 gery wife of Ralph Rylands, aged thirty- 

 nine and thirty-four respectively ; Towne- 

 ley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 976. 



48 Roger Scott was a defendant in a 

 plea by John the Salter respecting a mes- 

 suage and lands in Pemberton in Lent 

 1351 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 

 Id. The Scotts held the lands of the 

 Abbey of Cockersand ; Chartul, iii, 1246, 

 1243 ; Ducatus Lane, (Rec. Com.), i, 266. 



Cuthbert Seott, Bishop of Chester 

 1556 to 1559, is said to have been a 

 member of the family, which adhered to 

 the ancient faith ; Gillow, BibL Diet, of 



82 



Engl. Catholics, v, 484. A Cuthbert Scott 

 and his wife appear in the Recusant Roll 

 of 1 64 1 ; Tram. Hist. Soc. (neweer.), xiv, 

 239. 



A large number of deeds relating to the 

 Scotts of Wigan and Pemberton have 

 been preserved by Kuerden (ii, fol. 259) 

 from ' Mr. Thomas Scott's charters.' In 

 1384-5 a settlement was made on the 

 marriage of Richard son of Roger Scott 

 with Alice daughter of Richard the Mar- 

 shal of Wigan (his land was in the 

 Woodhouses) ; no, 108 ; see no. 37, 36, 

 45. About 14H Richard son of Roger 

 Scott made a grant of land in Scholes in 

 Wigan between the walk mill and the 

 high road to his son Roger on marrying 

 Alice daughter of William Laithwaite ; 

 ibid. no. 71, 69. Roger Scott the younger 

 received the Marshal lands in Wigan 

 Woodhouses in 141 8 ; ibid, no, 48, 72. 

 These lands descended by 1467 to Hugh 

 Scott of Pemberton, a son of Roger Scott; 

 ibid. no. 38, 53, 61. Hugh's son Richard 

 was in 1467 married to Ellen daughter of 

 Richara Warburton j lands called High 

 Appletree Croft and Little Scholefield 

 were granted to them ; Joan, wife of 

 Hugh is mentioned ; ibid. no. 32, 80. 



Richard Scott had a son Hugh, whose 

 marriage with Agnes, sister of Thomas 

 Gerard of Ince, was arranged in 1508-9 ; 

 ibid. no. 14, 47. In 1529 Hugh Scott of 

 Pemberton, and Gilbert his son and heir, 

 demised to Gilbert Mason and Margery 

 his wife a burgage in Millgate, Wigan ; 

 ibid. no. 104. In 1552 Agnes, widow of 

 Hugh Scott, and Gilbert her son, leased a 

 tenement in Scholes to Charles Bank, 

 brother of William Bank ; ibid, no, 19, 

 Richard Scott of Lathom, household ser- 

 vant to the Earl of Derby, mentioned in 

 the story of George Marsh, occurs in 

 these deeds, no, 41, 68, 



Gilbert Scott died in or before 1576, 

 when a settlement was made by Hugh Scott, 

 his son, and Alice his wife, of various lands 

 in Wigan, Pemberton,and Urmston, with 

 remainders to Gilbert and Roger sons of 

 Hugh i ibid, no. 17. Gilbert married a 

 Margaret, and his son Ralph in or before 

 1592 married Elizabeth a sister of Gabriel 

 Hesketh ; ibid, no, 21, 9, 91, 



Gilbert Scott died 28 January 1620-1, 

 his son Ralph being then 27 years of age; 

 various family arrangements are set out 

 in the inquisition printed in the Rec, Soc, 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. ii, 237-9, Ralph Scott's 

 estate was confiscated by the Parliamen- 

 tary authorities, and ordered to be sold by 

 the Act of 1652 ; Index of Royalists, 41 ; 

 Cat. of Com. for Compounding, iv, 3105. 

 Cuthbert Scott, a recusant, petitioned in 

 1653 to contract for his estates ; ibid, iv, 

 3174- 



An old ballad about Gilbert Scott and 

 his wife appeared in the Gent. Mag. 1740; 

 Preston Guardian Loc. Notes, no. 1460. 



■" A Geoffrey Walthew was trustee in 

 1589 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 31, 

 m. 147. The William Walthew of the 

 text was perhaps his son (buried at Wigan, 

 November 1600) ; for Geoffrey, grandson 

 of Geoffrey Walthew, died in 1607, leav- 

 ing a son and heir Robert, three years 



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