A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



In 1626 the landowners contributing to the subsidy 

 were Roger Hindley, the heirs of Roger Bradshaw, 

 Thomas Gidlow, and Ralph Houghton. The two 

 last-named, as convicted recusants, paid double." 



The hearth tax roll of 1 666 shows that 1 3 5 hearths 

 were charged. The most considerable houses were 

 those of Richard Green, nine hearths ; Peter Orrell 

 and James Dukinfield, eight each ; Major Rigby and 

 Thomas Molyneux, seven each ; and Edward Gleast, 

 six.'' 



John Roscow of AspuU compounded for his estate 

 under the Commonwealth.'^ Besides Thomas and 

 Richard Gerard of Highfield, the following ' papists ' 

 registered estates here in 1 7 1 7 : — James and Roger 

 Leigh, Thomas Cooke, and Robert Taylor." 



The land tax returns of 1797 show the landowners 



to have been Robert Holt Leigh, Sir Richard Clayton, 

 and others." 



In connexion with the Established Church 

 St. Elizabeth's was built in 1882 by Mr. Roger 

 Leigh. The patronage is vested in trustees.'^ There 

 is also a licensed chapel known as Hir.dley Hall 

 chapel. 



There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and 

 Independent Methodist churches. 



The adherents of the ancient faith were formerly 

 indebted to the lords of the manor for the mission 

 established at Highfield; the Jesuits were serving it in 

 1 70 1." In 1858 the permanent church of Our Lady 

 of the Immaculate Conception was erected " ; and 

 mo-e recently services have been commenced at New 

 Springs. 



WINWICK 



NEWTON GOLBORNE 



HAYDOCK LOWTON 



WINWICK WITH HULME KENYON 



ASHTON CULCHETH 



HOUGHTON, MIDDLETON, 



AND ARBURY 

 SOUTHWORTH WITH 



CROFT 



The ancient parish of Winwicklies between Sankey 

 Brook on the south-west and Glazebrook and a tribu- 

 tary on the north and east, the distance between these 

 brooks being 4J or 5 miles. The extreme length of 

 the parish is nearly 10 miles, and its area 26,502 

 acres. 



The highest ground is on the extreme north-west 

 border, about 350 ft. ; most of the surface is above the 

 1 00 ft. level, but slopes down on three sides to the 

 boundaries, 25 ft. being reached in Hulme in the 

 south. The geological formation consists of the Coal 

 Measures in the northern and western parts of the 

 parish, and of the Bunter series of the New Red 

 Sandstone in the remainder. Except Culcheth, which 

 belonged to the fee of Warrington, the whole was 



included in the barony of Makerfield, the head of 

 which was Newton. 



The townships were arranged in four quarters for 

 contributions to the county lay, to which the parish 

 paid one-eighth of the hundred levy, each quarter 

 paying equally : — (l) Winwick with Hulme, half; 

 Newton, half; (2) Lowton and Kenyon, half; Hay- 

 dock andGolborne, half; (3) Ashton ; (4) Culcheth, 

 two-thirds ; Southworth and Croft, a third. To the 

 ancient 'fifteenth,' out of a levy of Xi°^ 9^- ^^- °''^ 

 the hundred, the parish contributed ^^8 y. (>\d., as 

 follows : — Newton, ^\ 10/.; Haydock, I o/. <^\d. ; 

 Ashton, j^2 14/. t^\d. ; Golborne, 8/. ; Lowton, 

 15/. 'id. ; Culcheth, ^^i 8/. \o\d. ; Southworth and 

 Croft, 9^. zd. ; Middleton with Arbury, 6/. %d. 



holders in 1 600 ; Mhc, (Rec. Soc. Lanes. 

 and Ches.), i, 249, 251. 



Robert Pennington contributed to the 

 subs'dy in 1622 ; ibid. 162. Pennington 

 Hall is still marked on the map. 



Robert Gorton purchased a messuage 

 &c. in 1 5 8 1 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 43, m. 129. He died 10 Dec. 1624, 

 holding a messuage and lands in AspuU of 

 Edward Mosley, lord of Manchester, by 

 the twentieth part of the eighth part of a 

 knight's fee ; James, his son and heir, was 

 aged forty and more ; Duchy of Lane. Intj. 

 p.m. xxvi, no, 48. James died soon after- 

 wards ; ibid, xxvi, no. 11. 



Roger Rycroft seems to have purchased 

 part of the Lathom holding ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 250. He died 15 

 Dec. 1612 holding of Miles Gerard, as of 

 the manor of AspuU ; his eldest son 

 William having died before him he was 

 succeeded by his grandson, Roger Rycroft 

 the younger, son of William j Lanes. Itiq, 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.}, iii, 

 314. 



Thomas Shaw and Alice his wife, and 

 John Ainscough and Ellen his wife, were 

 deforciants of a messuage and lands in 

 AspuU in 1392 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 54, m. 67. Miles Ainscough of 

 AspuU was a juror in 1619 ; Lanes, Inq. 

 /i.m, (Rec. Soc, Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 127. 



John son of Henry del Ford of AspuU 

 recovered land here from Robert son of 

 Richard de Ince and a number of others, 

 including John de Buckshagh, in 1356; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 29. 

 Emma de Buckshagh, who had been 

 'waived' for felony and died in 1401, 

 held as widow of William Buckshagh some 

 land here of Robert de Hulton and 

 Katherine his wife, in right of the latter. 

 Ellen daughter of William de Buckshagh 

 was the heir, and twenty-two years of age 

 in 1404 i Lanes. Inj. (Chet. Soc), i, 79, 

 go. 



The Suttons and Gorsuches of Scaris- 

 brick also held land here, as appears by 

 their inquisitions. Edward Gorsuch had 

 a dispute as to lands called AsmoU and 

 Brandearth in AspuU in 1639; Exch. 

 Dtp. 26. 



Hugh Swansey of Chorley was in 1567 

 found to have held lands in AspuU of 

 William Gerard of Ince by a rent of \d. ; 

 Robert was his son and heir ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq, p.m. xi, no. 29. Robert 

 Swansey and Anne his wife, and Edward 

 their son and heir apparent, were deforci- 

 ants of lands in AspuU four years later ; 

 John Ainscough was one of the plaintiffs j 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle, 33, m. 

 146, 



Peter Catterall of Shevington (1583) 



122 



had held part of the Hospitallers* lands by 

 a rent of \%d. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xiv, no. 70. 



A yeoman family named Pemberton 

 held land under the Hindleys. They became 

 Quakers, suffering accordingly, and emi- 

 grated to Pennsylvania in 1682, being 

 among the earliest settlers ; Friends' Misc. 

 (Phlla,), vii ; Life of yohn Pemberton. 



" Lay Subs, R. bdle. 131, no, 312, 

 Lanes. 



'^ Ibid. bdle. 250, no. 9, Lanes. 



^ Cal, of Com. for Compounding, ii, 

 I151. 



'< Engl. Catb. Nonjurors, 153, 



'° R. H. Leigh possessed HIndley Hall, 

 Bank House, Leyland's and Morris's ; the 

 devisees of James Hodson had Halllwell 

 and Leylands, the same and — Doncaster 

 had Kirklees ; Sir R. Clayton had Gidlow 

 Hall, and Sir John Smith Bradshaw 

 Hall. 



8« Bridgeman, Wigan Ch. (Chet. Soe.), 

 784 ; Lond. Gaz. 24 Apr, 1883. 



'^ Foley, Rec. Soc. Jesus, v, 320 ; Fr. 

 Richard Moore was in charge, with an 

 allowance of ^5, Soon after him Fr. 

 John Bennet was there until his death in 

 1751 ; ibid. V, 323; vii, 50. At this 

 time ' Mr. Fazakerley ' is named as the 

 owner or tenant of Highfield. 



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