SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



After this the lordship appears to have been granted 

 to the RadclifFes of RadclifFe at a quit-rent of los. a 

 year,'' and they held it down to 1548, when it was 

 sold by the Earl of Sussex to John Reddish." It de- 

 scended in the Reddish and Coke families '' until 

 1789, when Thomas William Coke," afterwards Earl 

 of Leicester, sold the greater part to Lord Grey de 

 Wilton, who added it to his Heaton estate." It has 

 descended to the present Earl 

 ■\ of Wilton, who owns about 

 . two-thirds of the land. 



The remaining portion was 

 sold in 1 794 to William Mars- 

 den, a Liverpool merchant. 

 After his death this part was 

 again sold in 1 8 19 to several 

 purchasers.'^ 



For a long period a branch 

 of the Chetham family held 

 lands in the township," their 

 residence, at least in later 

 times, being known as Crump- 

 sail Hall," famous as the 



birthplace of Humphrey Chetham, one of the most 

 notable benefactors of Manchester, as founder of the 

 hospital and library bearing his name, and in other 

 ways. Humphrey, the fifth son of Henry Chetham 

 of Crumpsall,'* was born in 1580,'° and in 1598 

 was bound apprentice to Samuel Tipping of Man- 



Chetham. Argent 

 a griffon segreant gules 

 •within a bordure sable 

 bessanty. 



Chester, linen draper." Afterwards he became part- 

 ner with his brother George, who had established a 

 business in London as a ' grocer ' or ' mercer.' " 

 In 1 61 9 Humphrey is found managing the Man- 

 chester branch of the business, the joint stock being 

 valued at ^^ 10,000.'' Shortly afterwards Clayton 

 was purchased, and Humphrey resided there.'* He 

 was the principal legatee of his brother George, 

 who died in 1627,'" and continued to add to his 

 lands and wealth, Turton being acquired in l6z8.'° 

 He compounded in 1631 on refusing knighthood," 

 and wished to avoid being appointed sheriff in 1634;'' 

 he acted, however, and it became his duty to collect 

 the ship-money.'' During the Civil War period he 

 was appointed treasurer for the county ; his wealth 

 and business capacity pointed him out for the office, 

 the choice further indicating that he was an adherent 

 of the Parliament.'" He showed himself a pious and 

 liberal man ; for many years he educated a number 

 of poor boys, and founded his hospital to continue the 

 same charitable work." He died at Clayton Hall on 

 20 September 1653," in possession of a large landed 

 estate and other property." He bequeathed £-j,ooo 

 for the endowment of the hospital, and X500 for the 

 purchase of the college building, if it could be pur- 

 chased, as in the end it was ; he left ^^ 1,000 for 

 founding a library, and ;^ioo for the building ; also 

 j^20o for ' godly English books ' for the parish 

 churches of Manchester and Bolton, and the chapels 



lowed the Irk on the side of Crumpsall as 

 far as the boundary of Cheetham, and 

 thence along the boundaries of Cheetham, 

 Broughton, and Prestwich to the starting 

 point. The lands were held of the king 

 as of his duchy of Lancaster, and were 

 worth 66j. %d, a year. After the death 

 of Lord La Warre, Crumpsall was to 

 remain to Thomas de Langley, clerk, and 

 Henry de Langley his brother ; Deeds in 

 possession of Manch. Corp. 



^ It was perhaps purchased from the 

 Langleys. James RadclifFe held Crump- 

 sall at the rent named in 1473 ; Mame- 

 cestre, iii, 483. 



Lands and rent in Crumpsall are named 

 among the other RadclifFe possessions in 

 1500 and 1517 ; Final Cone, (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 149 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 148. In the inqui- 

 sitions the lands in Moston, Crumpsall, 

 and Manchester are all placed together, 

 and said to be held of the lord of Man- 

 chester by a rent of loj., viz. that due for 

 Crumpsall alone ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iii, 98 ; iv, 7. 



12 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 13, 

 m. 194. 



^3 The purchaser, John Reddish, in 

 1553 granted a messuage to his brother 

 Thomas for life, with reversion to John 

 and his heirs ; the rest of Crumpsall de- 

 scended to a grandson, John Reddish, who 

 died in 1569 holding it (together with 

 lands, &c., in Manchester) of the execu- 

 tors of Lord La Warre in socage by suit 

 of court and a rent of loj, ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, 32. 



After the death of Alexander Reddish 

 it was stated that the lands in Crumpsall 

 and Manchester were held of the king by 

 the 200th part of a knight's fee ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 

 253. In 1606 Crumpsall was sold or 

 mortgaged to Anthony Mosley ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 70, no. 82. 



Sara widow of Clement Coke was one 



of the heirs of Alexander Reddish. Her 

 father-in-law. Sir Edmund Coke, was 

 seised of various farms, messuages, &c. in 

 Crumpsall and Heaton, ' called the manor 

 of Crumpsall,' with its members and ap- 

 purtenances, lately acquired of Sir Wilr 

 liam Sedley, deceased ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xxvi, 53. From this it would 

 seem that Crumpsall had been sold or 

 mortgaged, and then recovered by Sir 

 Edward Coke. It appears in later settle- 

 ments of the Reddish estates ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdles. 179, m. 92 ; 217, 

 m, 20. 



Among the Manchester Free Library 

 Deeds (no, 107) is the transfer of a lease 

 (granted by Sir Edward Coke in 1694) 

 from James Pendleton of Crumpsall to 

 John Wright as security. 



See further in the accounts of Reddish 

 and Prestwich. 



" In 1787 he paid ,^14 out of the total 

 land tax of ^^19. 



1* Booker, op. cit. 196. 



" Ibid. 196, 197. 



^' Thomas son of Hugh Chetham of 

 Crumpsall occurs in 1417 ; Final Cone. 

 iii, 85. 



A pedigree appears in the printed Fisit. 

 of 1613 (Chet. Soc), 87; and cf. Life, 

 106, and an account of the family is given 

 by Mr. E. Axon in his Chetham Gen. 

 (Chet. Soc. new ser.), 35-56, of which 

 use has been made. There are further 

 details in the Life of Humphrey Chetham 

 by the late Canon Raines and Mr. C. W. 

 Sutton (Chet. Soc. new sen), which has 

 been followed in the text ; it is cited as 

 the Life. 



^^ For views see Life, 4 ; Booker, 210; 

 also N. G. Philips, Old Halls, 103. 



1' Henry was the son of James Chetham 

 of Crumpsall, whose will is printed in 

 Chetham Gen. 38-41, and who had 

 lands in Kersal and Manchester as well 

 as in Crumpsall. James died in 1571 ; 

 Manch. Cl. Leet Sec. i, 142. 



263 



Henry Chetham died in 1603, holding 

 lands in Kersal, Ashton under Lyne, and 

 Manchester ; James his son and heir was 

 over thirty years of age ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 2 ; 

 Chetham Gen. 42 ; Ct. Leet Rec. ii, 1 94. 

 His will is printed in Piccope's fP^ills 

 (Chet. Soc), iii, 164-6. 



™ Life, 9. » Ibid. 10. 



'ii Ibid. 12. »8 Ibid. 14. 



« Ibid. 19. 



^ The will of George Chetham is 

 printed in the Life, 22-5. He desired 

 the sum of money he had yearly paid * to 

 the two preaching curates in Manchester 

 Church * to be continued for ever. 



'"Ibid. 31. 



27 Ibid. 73. The composition was 

 £z^ ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 223. 



» Life, 74 ; P.R.O. List, 73. 



"' A full account of the difficulties and 

 troubles resulting from this tax and its 

 collection is given in the Life, 77-89, 

 95-98. The sum to be raised was 

 ,^3,500, and Humphrey Chetham also 

 levied ^96 to cover possible expenses in 

 collection ; this levy appears to have been 

 illegal, and as the actual expenses were 

 only j^5o he was required to repay the 

 balance. He was again approved as 

 sheriff by the Parliament in 1648, but 

 contrived to excuse himself; ibid. 158, 

 159. 



As sheriff he considered it fitting that 

 he should use a coat of arms ; this also 

 led to trouble, Randle Holme of Chester 

 giving wrong advice ; ibid. 98-1 11. 



^'' Ibid. 137, 150, cfec. 



*^ Ibid. 191-202. 



" Ibid. 204 ; the funeral certificate 

 and charges are printed, pp. 204-7, "^^ 

 the latter at length in the Appendix, 

 278-301. 



'^ He appears to have made large profits 

 by lending money ; many particula are 

 given in the Life, 112-21. 



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