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tenement for which common rights were claimed was 

 in his late wife's portion, and Thomas, their son, 

 should have been joined as defendant." Thomas 

 probably died soon after, for he is not mentioned 

 again, later suits involving either Richard or Gilbert, 

 sons of Richard and Margery." Gilbert seems to 

 have been the elder, and in 1291, that is, no doubt, 

 as soon as he came of age, he brought a suit against 

 his father respecting houses and land in Culcheth, 

 which had been exchanged by his mother Margery 

 with her mother Cecily." In the following year he 

 had entered into possession of his share of the dower 

 of his grandmother Cecily, who was then dead." 

 Richard his father was still living in 1292, he and his 



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son Richard being involved in several suits with the 

 other parceners, as also with tenants and others." The 

 father, however, died in or before 1298," and Gilbert 

 seems to have been lord of Culcheth until about 1 342." 

 He was succeeded by his son Gilbert,'* who, by his 

 first wife, had a son and heir Gilbert, married in 1345 

 to Joan daughter of Adam de Kenyon,^" their son 

 Gilbert being born about a year afterwards.*' There 

 were thus fourGilberts in succession, lor Js of Culcheth.*' 

 The last of them, who died between 1393 and 

 1402, had several children. His eldest son Thurstan 

 dying about 1430 without male issue,** a younger 

 son, Thomas, succeeded," and had four sons, Gilbert,** 

 Nicholas, Oliver, and George. Gilbert's two sons. 



1' Assize R. 405, m. 2. The defen- 

 dants were Richard de Culcheth, Thomas 

 de Holcroft, and Joan his wife, Robert de 

 Hindley and Ellen his wife, Adam de 

 Hindley and Isabel his wife, also Roger 

 del Twiss, this last being a tenant of 

 Richard's. In the following year Richard 

 and his son Richard, together with Adam 

 and Elizabeth, Thomas and Joan, were 

 summoned to answer Hugh de Hulme, 

 who charged them with taking his goods ; 

 De Banco R. 21, m. 53 d. 



In 1278 John de Haydock continued 

 his suit against Richard del Twiss, Adam 

 and Thomas and their wives being joined, 

 also Roger del Twiss and Henry son of 

 Robert de Paris ; but Richard, * chief lord 

 of Culcheth,' was not named ; Assize R. 

 1238, m. 34 d. ; 1239, m. 39 d.; also 

 1268, m. II. 



^ Richard son of Richard has been 

 mentioned in the preceding note. Gilbert 

 occurs in a plea by Cecily de Layton in 

 1284; Assize R. 1265, m. 22 ; he must 

 at this time have been regarded as the 

 heir. 



" Assize R. 1294, m. 8. 



15 Ibid. 408, m. JO d. Gilbert de 

 Culcheth and Robert de Risley and Ellen 

 his wife and others were at the same 

 time plaintiffs against the Abbot of Cocker- 

 sand, regarding a tenement in Hutton in 

 Leyland, probably Dame Cecily's ; ibid, 

 m. 58 d. 



1' Ibid. m. 27, 57, Sec. ; Richard the 

 son ; m. 32. In Aug. 1294 William 

 le Boteler, lord of Warrington, agreed 

 with Richard de Culcheth not to distrain 

 the demesne of Culcheth for services 

 during the life of Richard, the latter 

 being allowed to distrain his men for 

 them as if he were their immediate lord ; 

 Culcheth D. no. 27. In 1300 William 

 le Boteler agreed that in future Gilbert 

 de Culcheth should find only one bedell 

 for the court of Warrington ; Hale D. 



17 In this year Gilbert son of Richard 

 de Culcheth granted to Hugh de Hindley 

 all his manor of Culcheth for life, with 

 remainder as to one half to his wife 

 Beatrice for life should she survive him ; 

 Culcheth D. no, 28. This was regranted 

 in 1307 ; ibid, no, 33. See also no. 29, 



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" The name of Gilbert de Culcheth 

 occurs constantly in the charters of the 

 time. In 1330 he 'put in his claim' in 

 a settlement of the Risley portion of the 

 manor ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and' Ches.), ii, 74. 



The most probable date for his death 

 is that named in the teit. In 1338 

 Gilbert de Culcheth granted to Gilbert 

 his son his mills in Hindley and all his 

 part in the water of Glazebrook and 

 Ballisdene in Hindley ; Culcheth D. no. 



48. In later deeds Gilbert 'the elder' 

 is named ; no. 49, 50 ; and in 1341 

 Gilbert de Culcheth and Gilbert his son 

 were the first witnesses to a local deed ; 

 no. 51. Two years later Gilbert de 

 Culcheth, no longer called 'elder,' and 

 therefore probably the ' son ' of the fore- 

 going deeds, agreed with Sir Geoffrey de 

 Warburton as to the marriage of his 

 son and heir Gilbert ; the latter was 

 to marry by Sir Geoffrey's advice ; ibid. 

 no. 52. 



1^ Mentioned in the preceding note. 

 His first wife is said to have been the 

 daughter of Sir Geoffrey de Warburton ; 

 his second was Cecily daughter of Rich- 

 ard de Bradshagh ; she afterwards married 

 Hugh de Worseley or Wirley ; no. 53, 

 57, 63, &c. See also Assize R. 438, 

 m. 3 d. ; 441, m. 5 ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 7, m. 2 d. 



2» Culcheth D. no. 53; a grant by Gil- 

 bert the father to his son Gilbert and Joan 

 of the manor of Hindley, with remainders 

 to the father's children by Cecily, John 

 and William, and then to William son of 

 Gilbert de Urmston. Immediately after- 

 wards the son released the manor to his 

 father, 'on condition that he maintained 

 himself and his wife Joan with reasonable 

 food and clothes' ; no. 54. Eight years 

 later (1353) a similar surrender of the 

 manor of Hindley was made by the son, 

 and Gilbert the father agreed to find his 

 son in a house, horse, attendant, &c., fit- 

 ting his rank ; no. 57. 



Gilbert de Culcheth the elder and 

 Cecily his wife made grants in 1356 ; 

 no. 59-61 ; but early in the following year 

 Gilbert son and heir of Gilbert de Cul- 

 cheth granted an inspeximus of a charter 

 made to his father and Cecily his wife in 

 135 1 ; no. 62. 



^ "The date appears from his acknow- 

 ledgement in the parish church of Man- 

 chester in Feb. 1365-6, when he was 

 ' nineteen years of age and upwards,' of his 

 marriage with Katherine the daughter of 

 Thomas del Booth ; ibid. no. 67. Gilbert 

 de Culcheth, son of Gilbert who married 

 Joan, son of Gilbert whose widow was 

 Cecily, was plaintiff in 1362 and 1364; 

 De BancoR. 4ii,m. 2i7d. ; 418, m. 227. 

 Gilbert the father, husband of Joan, must 

 have died therefore before 1362 ; he had 

 arranged his son's marriage in 1358; 

 Culcheth D. no. 64, 65. 



Other charters in the collection concern 

 the younger Gilbert. One of these is 

 curious ; by it Sir William de Legh, 

 Katherine, ' late wife ' of Gilbert de Cul- 

 cheth, John de Worsley, and William de 

 Hulme, delivered to John de Holcroft 113 

 charters relating to the inheritance of the 

 said Gilbert, and he agreed to deliver them 

 to Gilbert, ' if alive,' or to his heir if dead; 



no. 79, This was in 1374. It appears 

 from later deeds that Gilbert was not dead j 

 in 1393 he established his title to a 

 water-mill and land in Hindley ; no. 82. 

 Katherine was a widow in 1402, in which 

 year she assigned her dower lands in Cul- 

 cheth and Hindley to trustees, and was 

 still living in 143 1 ; no. 83, 87-90, 95 ; 

 see Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 337 j 

 xxxiii, App. 9 ; Final Cone, ii, 6"/. 



22 This appears clearly from a release ia 

 1373 by the trustee to Gilbert de Cul- 

 cheth of all the lands in Culcheth which 

 he had by the gift of Gilbert de Culcheth, 

 great-grandfather of the said Gilbert; Cul- 

 cheth D. no. 73. This ancestor cannot be 

 the original Gilbert de Culcheth who was 

 killed in 1246, and must therefore refer to 

 the Gilbert son of Richard who died prob- 

 ably about 1340. 



^ Thurstan's name occurs in 1373, 

 when his father Gilbert settled lands upon 

 him and his issue, probably on the occa- 

 sion of his betrothal j no. j6j yy. Nine 

 years later the marriage seems to have 

 taken place, Thurstan's wife being Eliza- 

 beth daughter of John de Holcroft ; no, 

 80, 8i ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 2, 

 m. 35 ; see also m. 34. 



Thurstan was in possession of the 

 manor in 1400 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc), i, 159. He had three brothers, 

 Thomas, Nicholas, and Henr)', on whom 

 lands were settled in 1420 ; Culcheth D, 

 no. 91-4. 



^ Thomas appears to have come into 

 possession of the manors by 1430, when 

 the arbitrators decided that Katherine his 

 mother was entitled to dower out of Cul- 

 cheth Carrs ; no. 95. 



Thomas Culcheth, as son and heir of 

 Gilbert and Katherine, was claimant of 

 lands in Culcheth in 1443 and later years, 

 the defendants being John Eccleston and 

 Agnes his wife and Oliver Anderton 

 and Ellen his wife. The defendants 

 were warranted by Thurstan Anderton, 

 who called John son and heir of Richard 

 del Crosse, who called William son and 

 heir of Henry Perpoint 5 Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 5, m, 13^5 6, m. 15^; 11, 

 m. 9. 



In 1444 Thomas Culcheth and Alice 

 his wife were in possession of the manor 

 house of Hindley ; Culcheth D. no. 98. 

 They leased to their son George this 

 manor in 1458 at a rent of ^4 131. ^d., 

 allowing sufficient timber to repair the 

 house and the mill ; no. 1 1 1. 



^ Hugh Culcheth, chaplain, in 1444 

 granted lands in Hindley to Gilbert son 

 of Thomas Culcheth and Agnes his wife ; 

 no. 99. In 1456 Gilbert confirmed his 

 father's grant of a moiety of Culcheth 

 Carrs to Oliver Anderton and Ellen his 

 wife ; no. 109. 



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