WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



Anne daughter of James Bradshaw of Haigh, and by 

 her had a numerous offspring ; " two of his three sons 



CuLCHETH of Cul- 



cheth. Argent an eagle 

 sable preying on an infant 

 vuiaddled gules banded or. 



Trafford, Argent 

 I griffon segreant gules. 



became Jesuits, one being a priest, and four of his six 

 daughters were nuns." The descendants of the other 

 daughters, Anne and Catherine, ultimately inherited 

 the manor. He died in 1683," and was succeeded 

 by his grandson Thomas, whose father had died a 

 year or two previously.'" 



Thomas Culcheth, the last of the male line, died 

 childless in 1 747,*° and in accordance with his dispo- 

 sitions the manor passed to his cousin Thomas Stanley 



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of Eccleston in the Fylde, son of Richard Stanley by his 

 wife Anne Culcheth." Thomas Stanley enjoyed the 

 estate only two years ; *» his son Richard was declared 

 a lunatic, and on the death of the daughter Meliora, 

 wife of William Dicconson," the manor went in 1 794 

 to John Trafford of Trafford, grandson of John Traf- 

 ford of Croston, who had married Catherine Cul- 

 cheth.'" The new possessor died in 181 5, and about 

 ten years later the manor 

 and lands were sold, Peter 

 Withington being the pur- 

 chaser ; from him the estate 

 has descended to his grandson, 

 the present owner, Mr. Tho- 

 mas Ellames Withington." 



II.— To Elizabeth, the se- 

 cond daughter of Gilbert de 

 Culcheth, was assigned PEAS- 

 FURLONG." By her hus- 

 band, Adam de Peasfurlong, 

 she had two daughters, Mar- 

 gery " and Beatrice," the for- 

 mer of whom carried this quarter of Culcheth to her 

 husband, William son of Richard de Radcliffe of 

 Radcliffe." It descended regularly in this family until 



Radcliffe of Rad- 

 cliffe. Argent a bend 

 engrailed sable. 



*'^\rs 1677 a settlement was made of 

 the manors and lands by Thomas Cul- 

 cheth and Anne his wife ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 198, m. 65. 



^* From a pedigree in Foley, op. cit. vi, 

 690, said to be taken from one com- 

 piled in 1692. Thomas Culcheth alias 

 Parker mostly resided at Li^ge, where he 

 died in 1730, aged 76 ; he served the 

 London mission for a short time. James 

 Culcheth died at Li&ge during his period 

 of study, in 1692, aged 27 ; ibid, vii, 

 i8g. 



** He was buried in linen at Winwick 

 20 Dec. 1683. 



*' John, the son of Thomas Culcheth, 

 was buried at Winwick, 4 Feb. 1681-2. 



*^ He was buried at Winwick 8 Oct. 

 1747 ; his wife Anne had been buried 

 16 July previously. 



Thomas Culcheth was vouchee in a 

 recovery of the manor in 1710 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 492, m. 4. 



As a 'papist ' he in 171 7 registered his 

 entailed estate, with remainder to sons by 

 Anne his wife, charged with annuities to 

 his mother Maiy and his brother John, 

 who also registered their estates. It in- 

 cluded the capital messuage called Cul- 

 cheth Hall, with 170 acres of land ; the 

 tithes of Culcheth, out of which ^lo was 

 payable to the rector of Winwick, &c. ; 

 there was a mortgage of ^f 1,000 ; Engl. 

 Cath. Nonjurors, 115-16 ; Lanes, and 

 Cbes, Hist, and Gen. Notes, i, 274. In 

 the latter place are printed some other 

 deeds of the period. The brother John 

 is said to have been a lawyer of Gray's 

 Inn. 



*' Ibid, i, 276. The disposition of the 

 estates is recited in the Cal. of the Exch. 

 of Pleas, C, 301 ; Culcheth Hall went in 

 the manner described in the teit ; Hind- 

 ley Hall, otherwise Strangeways Hall, 

 with the fourth part of the manor, was 

 granted to John Trafford of Croston. 



^ He was buried at Winwick 21 July 

 1749. His brother Henry, a Jesuit priest, 

 was buried there four years later. 



^' William Dicconson and Meliora his 

 wife were vouchees in a recovery of the 

 manor in 1783 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 *37j m. 7, 10. 



'" See the accounts of Stretford and 

 Croston. 



^^ Burke, Landed Gentry. 



*^ The agreement for partition assigned 

 to Adam de Peasfurlong all the waste be- 

 tween the Southwood and Westwood, and 

 between Peasfurlong and Croft, which 

 could be ploughed and sown ; the remain- 

 der of the waste to be held in common, a 

 right of way being allowed to Robert and 

 the other brothers and their men. Adam 

 was also to hold all the land and wood 

 which he had inclosed between his house 

 and Southwood, with part of Halghus 

 carr ; and his grant to Robert son of 

 William de Sankey was ratified ; Dods. 

 MSS. cxlii, fol. 113. 



From the suits already cited it appears 

 that Isabel or Elizabeth died between 

 1278 and 1284; Assize R. 1238, m. 

 34 d. ; 1265, m. 22. 



Another family had taken a name from 

 the place, for .John son of Thomas de 

 Peasfurlong in 1278 released to his lord, 

 Richard son .of Hugh de Hindley, all the 

 land in Culcheth which he claimed to 

 hold by right of inheritance; Dods. MSS. 

 xxxix, fol. 123^. 



^3 Adam de Hindley and Margery his 

 daughter were defendants in 1284 and 

 1285. In the latter year Agnes widow 

 of John de Haydock claimed common of 

 pasture in 25 acres of moor in Culcheth. 

 Adam replied that it was the inheritance 

 of Elizabeth, formerly his wife, and that 

 they, with Robert de Risley and Ellen his 

 wife and Thomas de Hindley and Joan 

 his wife, were chief lords of the said town ; 

 Assize R. 1268, m. 11. 



Adam son of Hugh de Hindley was 

 defendant in several Culcheth cases in 

 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 32, &c. 



He appears also in the Culcheth Deeds 

 as witness and as releasing his right in 

 the water of Glazebrook to Richard de 

 Hindley ; no. 9. In 1280 he had a grant 

 from his brother Richard of land at Wig- 

 shaw head next the land of William de 

 Sankey, up to an oak tree marked with a 

 cross ; no. 24. In this he is called Adam 

 de Peasfurlong, a surname he appears 

 to have relinquished after his wife's 

 death. 



In 1302, as Adam son of Hugh de 

 Hindley, he released to Gilbert son of 

 Richard de Culcheth all his right to mes- 

 suages, mill, and lands in Hindley, all 

 which Gilbert had by the gift of his grand- 

 father, Hugh de Hindley ; no. 31. 



^■^ Adam de Hindley had a daughter 

 Beatrice, identified with the Beatrice wife 

 of Richard de Molyneux of Crosby whose 

 descendants had a share of the manor of 

 Hindley ; see no. 31, 32. It is not clear 

 why she had no share of the manor of 

 Culcheth; but in 1314 John de Lancas- 

 ter and Margery his wife, daughter of 

 Richard and Beatrix de Molyneux, had 

 the fourth part of the manor settled 

 upon them ; Final Cone, ii, 18, 19. The 

 Lancasters of Rainhill do not again ap- 

 pear in Culcheth. As Adam de Hindley 

 had sons, who inherited lands in Hindley 

 and AspuU, there must have been some 

 special settlement for the daughter Bea- 

 trice. See account of AspuU. 



*^ They were married in or before 

 1303, when they claimed certain lands in 

 Culcheth from Adam de Hindley ; De 

 Banco R. 148, m. 71. In the following 

 year Gilbert de Culcheth, Hugh de Hind- 

 ley and Beatrice his wife granted to Wil- 

 liam de RadclifFe and Margery his wife a 

 messuage at Wigshaw in Culcheth ; Dods. 

 MSS. xxxix, fol. 123^. A settlement of 

 their part of the manor was made in 

 1 31 1; Final Cone, ii, 10. Gilbert de 

 Culcheth and Thomas de Holcroft and 

 Joan his wife put in their claim. 



Thirteen years later, in 1324, William 

 de RadclifFe and Margery his wife and 

 Richard their son put in a similar claim 

 on a settlement by the Risley family ; 

 ibid. 59. About the same time William 

 de Radcliffe and Margery his wife and 

 Robert de Risley were lords of Culcheth ; 

 Assize R. 426, m. 7 d. Margery was 

 living, a widow, in 1333 ; Harl. MS. 



2II2, fol. l^zbjinb. 



In 1349 Margery daughter of Gilbert 

 de Culcheth, a widow, released to Richard 

 de Radcliffe all her claim to lands which 

 he had by the gift of her father ; Dods. 

 MSS. xxxix, foL 123^. She may be the 

 same as the Margaret daughter of Gilbert 

 of 1324 ; Culcheth D. no. 44, 



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