SALFORD HUNDRED 



The administration was committed to a serjeant or bailiff/ In 1436 

 the king gave Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton the ofRce of Steward of 

 the Wapentake of Salfordshire, to descend by hereditary right ; ^ by virtue 

 of which grant the Earl of Sefton is the present high steward. The 

 courts were formerly held at the Town Hall, Salford/ the ancient juris- 

 diction having been regulated and extended by an Act passed in 1846 ; ^ but 

 they are now held in Manchester. 



In 1237 a subsidy of a thirtieth of movable goods produced ;(^8i "js. 8j^. 

 for the hundred and ;(^493 9J. 2^. for the whole county.''° In 1332 the 

 levy of a fifteenth of movable goods yielded ^39 \s. for this hundred and 

 ^^287 13J. 8^. for the whole county. This became the basis of the 'fifteenth,' 

 amounting to ^^41 14J. 4^. for the hundred and JC329 16/. \d. for the 

 county, which was regularly levied until the imposition of the Land Tax 

 in 1693. Under the provisions for the levying of that tax at the rate of 4^. 

 in the pound on the profits of land and 6 per cent, on personal estate, the 

 valuation of this hundred amounted to X.55438 i2j. \od., that of the whole 

 county being ^^2 1,265 \bs. 8^." 



According to the certificate of a general muster made in 1574 this 

 hundred supplied of furnished men 60 archers and 294 billmen, and of 

 unfurnished men 72 archers and 309 billmen ; total 735, out of 4,870 

 provided by the whole county. 



' Ellis son of Robert [de Pendlebury] was master serjeant in 1199 ; Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 116 ; but \ 

 about 1222 Richard de Hulton held the wapentake at the will of the king ; Lanes. Inj. and Extents, i, 133. 

 Henry son of Wenne was chief bailiff in 1246, and Henry de Lea in 1257 ; Assize R. 404, m. 16 ; Lanes. 

 Inq. and Extents, \, 205. In 1355 Adam del Hegleghes, bailiff, and his under-bailiffs were indicted for having 

 ridden where they should have gone on foot ; Assize R. 436, m. I. 



' Croxteth D. W 2. The grant was renewed and confirmed in 1446, and in later times ; ibid. W 3, &c. 



' About 1857 the court leet for the hundred was held twice a year at Salford Town Hall, but has long 

 since ceased. 



° 9 & 10 Vict. cap. 126 ; the court was empowered to try actions up to ^^ 50. In 1868 a similar 

 Court of Record for the city of Manchester (founded in 1838) was amalgamated with the Salford Court, and 

 the sittings were transferred from Salford Town Hall to Manchester. The Earl of Sefton, as hereditary 

 steward, used to nominate the registrar, but now the City Council nominates him. The judge is appointed 

 by the Crown through the chancellor of the duchy, and he appoints the bailiff. 



'" Lanes. Lay Sub. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and dies, xxvii), 50. Manchester township paid /5 and Bury 

 parish £6. 



" Exch. K.R. Accts. of Land and Assessed Taxes, 1693. 



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