A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Thurstan and his son Sir Robert, and lapsed to the 

 Crown by the forfeiture of Henry, Duke of Exeter, 

 in 1 46 1." 



It is unlikely that the Hugh de Haydock of 1 2 1 2 

 was the Hugh acting on inquestsof 1242 and 1265 ; '* 

 more probably the latter was a son. Hugh de Hay- 

 dock had a son Gilbert, who married Alice daughter 

 of Matthew de Bold, and received lands in Bold with 

 her.^* Their son and heir was named Matthew, and 

 in 1286 ten messuages, eight oxgangs and 4 acres of 

 land in Haydock and Bold were settled on Matthew 

 by his father," and the moiety of the manor of 



Haydock was granted in 1292." Some other acts 

 of Gilbert's are known ; *® he seems to have died 

 about 1300.^^ 



Matthew de Haydock lived till about 1322 ;" 

 a number of his charters are extant,*® showing that 

 he acquired fresh properties ; one of these, in Walton 

 le Dale, he gave to his son Hugh.^** His son Gilbert 

 succeeded. He had a grant of free warren in Hay- 

 dock and Bradley in 1344 ; also leave to make a park 

 in Haydock." By his wife Emma^ there was a 

 numerous offspring, but elder sons, named Matthew 

 and Gilbert, seem to have died young,** and the 



*^ Maud, widow of Robert de Holland, 

 died seised of the manor of Haydock, 

 held of Robert de Langton in socage by a 

 service of 6s. %J, and suit to Newton ; 

 Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill (ist nos.], no. 58. 

 See also Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 3. 



In September, 1458, Henry Duke of 

 Exeter, and Anne his wife (sister of 

 Edw. IV), leased their manors of Hay- 

 dock, Newton, Breightmet, Harwood, and 

 Over Darwen to John Dutton and Hugh 

 Dawne for thirty-nine years at the rent 

 of ^19 6s. Sd.j of which ^15 was allowed 

 to John and Hugh ; Raines, loc. cit. 65. 



In 1465 Edw. IV granted to his sister 

 Anne and her heirs by her husband 

 Henry late Duke of Exeter the manors 

 of Newton and Haydock ^ and three (?) 

 years later, the duchess having died and 

 the remainder to Anne daughter of the 

 said duchess having failed through her 

 death childless, Edw. IV granted these 

 manors to his consort Elizabeth, the 

 queen ; Add. MS. 32107, fol. 171, refer- 

 ring to Pat. 5 Edw, IV, pt. ii, m. 3, and 

 8 Edw. IV, pt. iii, m. 3. There is some 

 error in the latter reference, as Anne, 

 Duchess of Exeter, did not die until 

 1476 ; G.E.C. Complete Peerage, iii, 298. 



At an inquiry made in 1506 at the 

 instance of Peter Legh it was found that 

 half the manor was his, as heir of the 

 Haydock family, and the other half was 

 the Crown's, by the forfeiture of Henry, 

 Duke of Exeter, and the failure of issue ; 

 Raines, loc. cit. 499-503 5 Duchy of 

 Lane. Misc. Bks. xxi, 7, 7a, The Hol- 

 land mesne lordship over the whole of 

 Haydock was ignored, and in 1541 Peter 

 Legh was stated to have held his half of 

 the manor by a rent of 6s. Sd. directly of 

 the lord of Newton ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. viii, no. 10. 



^2 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 74, 146, 232. 

 The Hugh of 1212 had married a daughter 

 of Adam de Lawton ; ibid. 73. 



Hugh de Haydock granted to William 

 de Coldcotes, in free marriage with Amice 

 his daughter, land in Haydock which 

 Henry Roebuck formerly held in Father- 

 croft ; Raines, loc. cit. 221. The grantee 

 afterwards restored it to Gilbert son of 

 Hugh, for * looj. given in his great need*; 

 ibid. 



^^ Ibid. 277 ; Cronshaw, Timberhead, 

 and Blacklache are named among the 

 bounds. Hugh and Robert, rectors of 

 Standish and Winwick, were among the 

 witnesses. 



Gilbert de Haydock, with the consent 

 of Alice his wife, made a grant of land in 

 Bold to Alan de Penketh ; Dods. MSS. 

 cxlii, fol. 217/', no. 168. 



" Final Cone. (Rec. Soc, Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 164. 



1* Ibid, i, 174. Richard de Ince and 

 Alice his wife put in their claim. This 

 seems to be the latest notice of the Ince 

 family's claim on the manor. 



Matthew was probably not the eldest 



son, for in 1260 Gilbert de Southworth 

 granted all his lands in Warrington to 

 Hugh son of Gilbert de Haydock in 

 marriage with his daughter Agnes ; Raines, 

 loc. cit. 75. 



^s In 1299 he gave Matthew his son 

 lands in Haydock and Bold, the natives 

 with their sequel, &c. ; Raines, loc. cit. 

 235. At another time he gave his son 

 four oxgangs of land — three once held by 

 Ralph, Orme, and Moses, and one called 

 ' Walftheuronys oxegeng,' with Dicherys 

 croft, and other lands ; the son to perform 

 the services due to the chief lord of the 

 fee, 'my lord Robert de Holland,' and 

 his heirs, and suit of a judge of the court 

 of Newton for the mediety of the manor 

 of Haydock ; ibid. 223 ; also 229. Prob- 

 ably in connexion with one of these 

 grants Gilbert wrote in 1285 to 'his 

 beloved and faithful man ' William son 

 of Richard le Roter of Cayley, telling 

 him that he had granted his service to his 

 son Matthew, to whom in future the 

 accustomed homage and service must be 

 rendered j ibid. 227. 



From William son of Richard de 

 Orrell he purchased in 1273 an acre in 

 Ladymarsh, in a field called the Halgh ; 

 ibid. 123. 



^^ In 1304 William son of Richard de 

 Haydock released to his * chief lord * 

 Matthew de Haydock all claim, on lands 

 which should have descended to him on. 

 the death of Hugh his brother 5 appar- 

 ently this was two oxgangs ; ibid. 237. 



^^ His son Gilbert appears to have 

 been in full possession in 1323 ; among 

 other acts he granted Richard de Ince a 

 rent of 1 31. ^d. from his lands In Hay- 

 dock, Bold, and Golborne ; ibid. 33. 



In 1329 are named the executors of the 

 will of Matthew de Haydock, viz. Gil- 

 bert de Haydock, Peter de Winwick, 

 chaplain, and Hugh de Hulme ; De Banco 

 R. 279, m. 300 d. 



^^ The earliest which has a date 

 (1284-5) is by Robert Banastre, lord of 

 Makerfield, to Matthew son of Gilbert de 

 Haydock, granting land in Newton called 

 Galpesch — Waterfall Clough and Kulne 

 Clough are named in the boundaries ; 

 also in Bentfurlong ; the rent was iij, ; 

 Raines, loc. cit. 123. 



In 1304 William son of Richard de 

 Haydock released to his chief lord, Mat- 

 thew son of Gilbert de Haydock, all his 

 claim in two oxgangs in Haydock, and all 

 he had by hereditary right after the death 

 of Hugh his brother ; ibid. 237. 



Eleanor, the daughter of Matthew de 

 Haydock, married Simon son of William 

 de Walton, and in 1340 had sons Henry 

 and Gilbert ; ibid. 253. Gilbert de Hay- 

 dock had grants of lands in Spellow and 

 Newsham from his brother-in-law j Ibid, 



20 Ibid. 245 i dated at Haydock, 6 Aug. 

 1321. 



21 Chart. R. 18 Edw. Ill, m, 5, no. 24 ; 

 Raines, loc. cit. 505. 



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^ Gilbert de Haydock and Emma h!s 

 wife had a grant in Burtonwood in 1332 ; 

 ibid. 531. 



Sir Gilbert de Haydock was knight of 

 the shire in 1320, 1321, and 1324; Pink 

 and Beaven, Pari. Repre. of Lanes. 19, 20. 

 He is not described as knight in later 

 deeds. In the return of 1324 the name of 

 Thomas de Lathom was substituted for his, 



!» In 1336 William le Boteler of War- 

 rington granted to Gilbert de Haydock 

 and Matthew his son land in Burton- 

 wood ; Raines, loc. cit. 293. It is pos- 

 sible that he was the Matthew de Hay- 

 dock who accompanied Lord Stafford to 

 Guienne in 1345 ; Rymer, Foedera (ed. 

 Cayley), iii, 36. In 1347 Sir Matthew 

 de Haydock was concerned in the abduc- 

 tion of Margery de la Beche ; Cal. Pat, 

 1 345-8, p. 3 1 o, Gilbert de Haydock was 

 also charged, but pardoned soon after- 

 wards on the king being assured that he 

 was * wholly guiltless;* ibid. 319,345, &c, 



Gilbert was described as * son and heir * 

 in 1325 in a grant by William son of 

 Richard de Orrell of land in Newton ; 

 Raines, loc. cit. 35. Possibly he died, as 

 he is not further mentioned as son and 

 heir ; but a Gilbert son of Gilbert de 

 Haydock was living in 1343, when he 

 had a grant in Newton from John son of 

 Richard le Perpoint ; ibid. 145. 



A settlement of the moiety of the 

 manor of Haydock and lands in Haydock, 

 Bold, Newton, and other townships was 

 made in 1332; the children of Gilbert 

 are thus named ! Matthew, John, Richard, 

 Peter, Leonard, Nicholas, Anabel, Eleanor, 

 and Katherine ; Final Cone, ii, 82 ; 

 Raines, loc. cit. 39. 



In another deed of the same year the 

 remainders to the children of Gilbert son 

 of Matthew de Haydock are thus given ! 

 Matthew, Peter, Richard, John, Anabel, 

 and Eleanor ; ibid. 236. The two 

 daughters are named as late as 1368; 

 ibid. 165. In the remainders in a pro- 

 vision for the younger children made in 

 1335 the order is John, Richard, Kath- 

 erine, Anabel, and Eleanor ; with final 

 remainder to Matthew ; ibid. 43. 



Gilbert de Haydock was living in 1354, 

 when he received a grant of lands in 

 Newton from Sir Robert de Langton ; 

 ibid. 157. 



At Christmas 1361, Gilbert le Norreys, 

 administrator of the goods of Gilbert c'e 

 Haydock, arranged for certain payments 

 to be made according to the will of the 

 deceased : £\ to Geoffrey de Worsley, 

 3 31. 4</. each to the churches of Win- 

 wick and Warrington, and £^ ys. f>d. to 

 certain chaplains singing divine service for 

 his soul J ibid. 53. 



A contemporary, Henry de Haydock, 

 was knight of the shire from 1328 to 

 1337; Pink and Beaven, op. cit. 22. 

 One of the name, brother of Gilbert de 

 Haydock, is named in 1347 ; Raines, loc. 

 cit. 421, 



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