A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Edmund Entwisle of Entwisle, who died in 154.4, 

 had some land in Ancoats.'" 



GARRETT was formerly the seat of a branch of 

 the TrafFord family,"^ and was sold in 1595 to 

 Oswald Mosley, a younger brother of Sir Nicholas 

 and Anthony."* His son Samuel sold it, but it can 

 be traced in the records down to 1683/^** Soon 

 afterwards it was acquired by the Minshulls of Chorl- 

 ton, and again sold in 1775. A curious story is told 

 of the place."^ 



Garrett Hall stood on the north bank of the River 

 Medlock close to where it is joined by Shooter's 

 Brook, The house was a black and white timber 

 mansion on a stone base, said to have been similar in 

 style to Hulme Hall, and built on four sides of a 

 quadrangle. The principal front faced south towards 

 the Medlock, which here flowed in a series of curves 

 through a large meadow, and is described as 'ex- 

 tremely picturesque with numerous gables and tall 



chimneys.' The house, whose position was origin- 

 ally one of defence at the junction of two streams,, 

 was surrounded by a park through which Shooter's 

 Brook ran on the north side. It appears to have 

 fallen into decay and to have been let in tenements 

 before the end of the i8th century, but is said to 

 have been standing entire in 1824. One wing was 

 in existence forty years later, and a fragment of the 

 house which could till recently be seen at the back 

 of the north side of Granby Row was not demolished 

 till May 1910. Long before the hall disappeared it 

 was closed in by other buildings, and all traces of the 

 park and original surroundings had long been lost. 



CLJTDEN appears to represent the four oxgangs 

 of demesne land bestowed about 1 1 60 on Wulfric de 

 Manchester by Albert Grelley senior, at a rent of 

 5/.^^ In later times it was held by the same rent by 

 a family surnamed Clayden, perhaps descendants of 

 Wulfric.'" A portion was owned by the Hopwooda 



tion of an Adam Oldham living in 1505 ; 

 he was probably the heir of James Old- 

 ham, eldest brother of the bishop. Robert 

 and Hugh Oldham are frequently men- 

 tioned in the Ct. Leet. Rec, of 1552 and 

 later ; Robert died in 1578 or 1579, 

 leaving a son Adam, of full age (ibid. 

 i, 204), no doubt the Adam who heads 

 the recorded pedigree, in which his kin- 

 ship to the bishop is asserted. He died 

 22 June 1588, holding a messuage, &c., 

 in Manchester of the queen by the hun- 

 dredth part of a knight's fee ; he left a 

 son and heir Robert, aged four years, and 

 daughters named Elizabeth, Cecily, Ellen, 

 and Margaret ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xiv, 31, His will, proved in July 1588, 

 mentions his * brothers ' John and Francis 

 Wirrall, Robert and Hugh Oldham, cousins 

 Robert, Edmund, Roger, and Hugh Old- 

 ham, sister Elizabeth Oldham, and mothers- 

 in-law Isabel Oldham and Elizabeth 

 Wirrall (the former would be his step- 

 mother) ; see Ct. Leet Rec. ii, 222. 



^^' Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, 30 ; 

 the tenure is not stated. It was held 

 with lands in Chorlton and Ardwick. 



^^ Garrett appears always to have been 

 closely connected with Chorjton-upon- 

 Medlock, as will be seen in the account 

 of Robert . and John Grelley's estate in 

 the latter township. 



Sir Henry dc Trafford, after purchasing 

 the estate just named, appears to have 

 granted part at least to a younger son 

 Thomas ; the gift of Gatecote field in 

 1373 has been preserved; Ct, of Wards 

 and Liveries, box 146D/8 j the seal of the 

 grantor shows three bendlets. 



Thomas died in 14.10 holding lands in 

 Chorlton, probably including Garrett ; 

 and leaving a son and heir John, whose 

 wardship and marriage were granted to 

 Sir Ralph de Stavelcy, in the mistaken be- 

 lief that the lands were held of the king ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 96, 97. 

 Margery, the mother of the heir, was 

 living. 



John died in 1412 being only twelve 

 years of age, and his heir was his brother 

 Henry, Henry likewise dying young, 

 an other brother, Thomas, became the 

 heir. The estate was (in part at least) 

 six messuages, loo acres of land, &c., in 

 Chorlton; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), 

 ii, 16 ; see also Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, 

 App. 27, 34. Thomas proved his age in 

 1433 ; ^^ "W^^ bora in 1408 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. ii, 37. The descent Thomas -s, 

 Thomas -s, Henry (living 146 1) is given 



in Ct. of Wards and Liveries, box 

 13A/FD10. 



Ellen widow of John Trafford of An- 

 coats in 141 8 granted to Anne wife of 

 Sir John Ashton and to Ralph Ashton 

 all her lands in Lancashire ; Dods. MSS, 

 cxlii, fol, k6i, no. a, 



Henry, as son and heir of Thomas 

 Trafford, held the estate in 1473 i '* 

 included Eleynfield, Dogfield, and Gate- 

 cotefield, held by the ancient rents of 4$, 

 and zs. ; Mamecestre^ iii, 482 ; Manck. Ct, 

 Leet Ree. i, 109. 



The family were related to Bishop 

 Oldham, as may be inferred from the 

 direction in the foundation deeds of his 

 grammar school that the souls of Henry 

 Trafford and Thomasine his wife, George 

 Trafford of the Garrett and Margaret his 

 wife, were to be prayed for after the 

 founder and his relatives. 



George Trafford of the Garrett (living 

 1525, dead in 1542) married in or before 

 1509 Margaret daughter of Ralph Hulme, 

 and had a son Ralph, who died about the 

 end of 1555, leaving five sisters as co- 

 heirs : (i) Jane, represented (probably by 

 purchase) by Gilbert Gerard, afterwards 

 Master of the Rolls ; (2) Isabel wife of 

 Thomas Lcgh of High Legh ; (3) Alice, 

 unmarried ; (4) Anne wife of Richard 

 Shallcross, then of Hugh Travis, and later 

 of John Marler ; (5) Thomasine wife of 

 Randle Clayton ; see Mancb. Ct. Leet. 

 Rec. i, 22, 25, 44, and Mr. Earwaker's 

 notes ; Duchy Plead. (Rec, Soc. Lanes. 

 and Ches.), ii, 155 ; iii, 195 ; also Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 19, m. 106, for 

 the division. Several of the charters are 

 among the Anct. D. (P.R.O,) A. 13472, 

 A. 13478, &c. 



A settlement of the Garrett, among 

 other estates, on his heirs male was made 

 by Gilbert Gerard in 1565; Duchy of 

 Lane, Inq. p.m. xvi, 2. 



129 Ct. Leet Rec. ii, 83, 103 ; Anct. D. 

 (P.R.O.) A, 12529; the vendor was Sir 

 Thomas son and heir of Sir Gilbert 

 Gerard. The purchaser is usually de- 

 scribed as eldest son of Edward Mosley of 

 Hough End, but in Nicholas Mosley's 

 will he is called *my youngest brother.* 

 Possibly the Oswald who was 'son and 

 heir' in 1571 was not the purchaser of 

 the Garrett in 1595 ; ibid, i, 138. Os- 

 wald Mosley died in 1622. 



180 In 1627 Samuel Mosley was or- 

 dered to attend the court and do his suit 

 and service for the Garrett estate, which 

 by his father's will had been given to a 



240 



Digitized by Microsoft® 



younger brother Francis (who had died* 

 in 1625) ; ibid, iii, 129, where an ab- 

 stract of the will is printed. For this 

 branch of the family see Mosley, Fam^ 

 Mem. 4 ; Axon, Mosley Mem. 24, 25. 



By 1 63 1 the lands had been sold to 

 Ralph Hough j Ct. Leet Rec. iii, 179. 

 In 1657 it was found that Ralph Hough,, 

 merchant, was heir to his father Ralph 

 Hough, deceased, for Garrett Hall and 

 demesne lands thereto appertaining ; ibid.. 

 iv, 185. Daniel Hough of London, mer- 

 chant, was the heir of his father Ralph in 

 1683 ; ibid, vi, 168. The hall at this, 

 time was perhaps tenanted as an inn ; 

 ibid, vi, iz;. 



Walter Nugent had lands in the Gar- 

 rett, and by his will of 16 14 directed 

 them to be sold for the payment of his 

 debts ; ibid, ii, 291 ; iii, 94. 



"1 Household fiords (1851), iii, 249, in 

 Manch. Guardian N. and Q. no. 510. 



1" There are views of Garrett Hall in 

 Philips' Vieivs of Old Halls of Lanes, anct 

 Ches. 1893 ; James, Views, 1825 ; Lanes. 

 Illus. 1 83 1. There is also a drawing in 

 the Binns collection, Liverpool, probably 

 the original of Philips, and a sketch by 

 T. Dodd, 1850, in Owens College, Man- 

 chester. See paper by C. W. Sutton, in 

 Philips, Vieivs, 1893. 



"» Lanes. Inj. and Extentt, i, 56. 



"* Richard de Clayden in 1 3 20 paid a 

 rent of 5^. a year for Clayden ; Mame- 

 cestre, ii, 278. It is called a 'manor' in 

 1473, when another Richard Clayden held 

 it in socage by the same rent : ibid, iii- 

 482. 



Robert Clayden was defendant in 1541 

 in a suit respecting Clayden 5 Ducatus 

 Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 168. 



Robert Clayden of Clayden Hall died 

 in 1558 or 1559, and was succeeded by 

 his son Richard ; Manch. Ct. Leet Rec. i,, 

 43> 53- The next in possession was 

 Robert Clayden, who died 8 Mar. 1578-9,. 

 holding a messuage in Manchester, mes- 

 suages and land in Clayden by the rent of 

 51., and also in Tongton and Middlewood 

 in Ashton ; having no son his estate de- 

 scended to his four infant daughters, 

 Bridget, Alice, Cecily, and Margaret, the 

 eldest of whom was four years of age j 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 84, 12. 

 Bridget died in Sept. 1588 and her mother 

 (Alice daughter of Ralph Costerdcn) was 

 living at Tongton in 1591 ; the heirs 

 were Bridget's sisters — Alice wife of 

 Richard Houghton, aged eleven in 1588 ; 

 Cecily wife of Lawrence Langley, ten j 



