SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



producing one noteworthy man, William Chadderton, 

 warden of Manchester and Bishop of Chester in 1 579, 

 afterwards translated to Lincoln.'*^ In 1623 Edmund 

 Chadderton sold his estate to John Holcroft of Lyme- 

 hurst/° and he, a few years later, sold Little Nuthurst 

 Hall to Nathan and Samuel Jenkinson.*^ The new 

 owners were followed by the Sandfords,^* who sold their 

 estate to the Chethams, so that Nuthurst was in time 

 united in one ownership.^' 



An estate called Sidgreaves in Nuthurst formerly 

 existed.^* It belonged to the Chethams of Nuthurst."* 



The manor of MOSTON has already been men- 

 tioned as held of the lord of Nuthurst by a rent of 3/. 

 The tenants took the local surname,"^ and about 1400 

 they were succeeded by the RadclifFes of RadclifFe,^^ 

 who continued to hold the manor until 1547, when 

 John Reddish, who had purchased from Henry, Earl 

 of Sussex,^^ sold Moston Hall to Robert and Thomas 



^^ See the account of Manchester Church. 



8** Clowes D. In a later deed (1625-6) 

 Edmund Chadderton is described as of 

 Wentbridge In Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire. 

 See also Manch. Cl Leet Rec. ill, 76 ; and 

 Local Glean. Lanes, and Cbes, ii, 149. 



s^ Clowes D. dated 1626-7 i Edmund 

 Chadderton confirmed the sale in 1629. 

 The purchasers were sons of a Robert 

 Jenkinson alias Wilson of Failsworth. In 

 16 3 1 Nathan and Samuel Jenkinson of 

 Moston, * gentlemen,' I and Thomas Chet- 

 ham of Nuthurst, gent., refused knight- 

 hood, paying j^io composition j Misc, 

 (Rec. Soc, Lanes, and Ches.), i, 215-16. 



In 1630 Samuel Jenkinson and Eliza- 

 beth his wife released their right in Nut- 

 hurst to Nathan Jenkinson ; Clowes D. 

 There are also extant a feoffment made 

 by Robert Jenkinson of Nuthurst in 1650, 

 and his will of 1654 ; ibid. From the 

 brief account ofthe family given by Booker 

 (op. cit. 156-158) it appears that Nathan 

 Jenkinson, who died in 1 637, left his estate 

 in Nuthurst and Failsworth to his wife 

 Alice until his son Robert should come 

 of age. The inventory showed goods and 

 chattels worth j^5 5 7 ; the house had a room 

 called * the Bishop's chamber.' 



^2 See Booker, op. cit. 159-63. A pedi- 

 gree was recorded in 1664 ; Dugdale, 

 Visit. 253. From various deeds it appears 

 that William the son of Robert Jenkinson 

 sold Nuthurst Hall in 1662-3 ^^ Samuel 

 Sandford and that the latter was in posses- 

 sion in 1664 when a fine was made; 

 Clowes D. The will of Samuel Sandford 

 of Little Nuthurst, made in 1683 and 

 proved in 1684, mentions Ellen his wife, 

 Samuel his son, and Mary his wife, and 

 other sons — Theophilus, Robert, and 

 Daniel ; ibid. Samuel the son' sold Nut- 

 hurst in 1694; Booker, op. cit. 161. 

 Daniel Sandford, of London, silkman, sold 

 or concurred in the sale to George Chet- 

 ham of Smedley ; Clowes D. 



^ Edward Chetham of Nuthurst was 

 sole owner in 1698 ; Chet. Gen. 6z. 



-84 It has been mentioned (in 1468) in 

 a preceding note. 



s^a Axon, C/iet. Gen. 28. There are 

 references to it in the Clowes deeds. 

 In 1670 Jonathan Chadwick gave it to 

 James Scholes, and nine years later James 

 Scholes the younger, of Oldham, gave 

 it to Thomas Stevenson ; in 1684 Robert 

 Stevenson of Tetlow gave it to Alexander 

 Davie. It was granted in 1693-4 by 

 John Chetham of Nuthurst and John his 

 son to Mary Davie and others, 



35 Richard de Moston attested the 

 Manchester charter of 1301 ; Mamecestre, 

 ii, 216. There is a complaint of his re- 

 garding Nuthurst in Ahbrev, Rot. Orig, 

 (Rec. Com.), i, 124. In 13 10 he put in 

 his claim in a settlement of the manors of 

 Manchester and Ashton ; Final Cone. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 5, 



In 1315 John La Warre granted to 

 Richard de Moston a part of the waste, 

 the bounds beginning at the paling of 

 Blackley, following the stream called 



Doddithokes Clough as far down as Moss 

 Brook, then up to the bounds of Moston 

 as far as the paling up to the head of the 

 stream ; together with the Brodeshalgh 

 and 3 acres of waste between it and the 

 hedge of William the Harpur (Harpurhey) ; 

 Manch. Corp. D, Henry de Moston occurs 

 in Ashton in 1332 j Exck. Lay Subs. 32. 

 For some further notes on the family sec 

 Booker, op. cit. 142, 143, 



In 1325 William de Moston gave to 

 Emmota his sister, daughter of Richard 

 de Moston, land in the township ; and in 

 1343 another brother, Richard, granted 

 her the manor of Moston ; while three 

 years later the same Emmota granted the 

 manor to John son of Hugh de Moston 

 and Margaret daughter of Richard de 

 Tyldesley, with remainders to Hugh and 

 Robert son of Henry de Tyldesley, and 

 William son of Robert Mascy of Sale ; 

 Clowes D. In the same year (1346) 

 Lucy widow of William de Moston 

 claimed dower in the manor against John 

 son of Hugh de Moston and Margaret his 

 wife J De Banco R. 347, m. 296 d. 



Light is thrown on these grants by 

 suits of a few years later. Emma daughter 

 of Richard de Moston, in Lent, 1352, 

 claimed the manor (except two messuages, 

 one plough-land, and 4 acres of pasture) 

 against William son of Robert de RadcHffe, 

 Robert (son of Roger) de Bolton and 

 Margaret his wife, Alice daughter of 

 Robert dc Radcliffe, and James son of 

 Henry de Tyldesley. Robert and Margaret 

 answered as tenants, and stated that 

 Richard, the plaintiff's brother, had 

 enfeoffed her in trust that she would re- 

 feoff him with remainders to Adam de 

 Abney and his issue and to John son of 

 Hugh de Moston. Emma at length did 

 enfeoff the last-named, reserving a rent 

 of 5 marks for her life ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 1, m. vi d. It appears later 

 that Margaret was the widow of John de 

 Moston. In 1354 and 1355 Hugh de 

 Toft and Alice his wife, in right of the 

 latter, claimed against Robert de Bolton 

 and Margaret his wife twelve messuages, 

 200 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 

 80 acres of pasture, and 40 acres of wood 

 in Moston by Ashton. The plaintiffs 

 alleged that Emma de Moston had 

 disseised Robert-^ de Moston, father of 

 Alice and brother and heir of Richard de 

 Moston. It appears that Robert had sons 

 William and Robert ; ibid. R. 3, m. vi ; 

 R. 4, m. 23 d. There is a further state- 

 ment of the matter In Assize R. 440, 

 m. I d. 



In 1404 Robert son of Hugh de Toft 

 recovered the manor of Moston against 

 Hugh de Moston and Alice his wife ; 

 the jury found that one Richard de 

 Moston had left issue William, Richard, 

 Robert, Hugh, and Emma ; that William 

 dying without issue, his widow (Lucy de 

 Morley) had a third of the manor from 

 Richard, who gave the other two-thirds 

 to his sister Emma, and the whole after- 

 wards descended to John de Moston and 



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Margaret his wife ; that Alice daughter 

 of Robert de Moston, wife of Hugh de 

 Toft and afterwards of John de Holford, 

 laid claim ; that Hugh de Moston after- 

 wards entered ; and that Robert son and 

 heir of Hugh de Toft entered and was 

 seised thereof ; De/>. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 



540- 



3^ In 1353 Emma daughter of Richard 

 de Moston granted to John de Radcliffe 

 her life interest in the lands of William 

 de Moston ; Clowes D. 



In 1352 and 1353 John de Radcliffe 

 the elder secured from Hugh de Toft and 

 Alice his wife the reversion of a messuage, 

 40 acres of land, &c., in Ashton ; after the 

 death of Emma de Moston one William 

 de Moston, who held lands for Emma's 

 life, was present and did fealty to John 

 de Radcliffe in court ; Final Cone, ii, 



134- 



The whole manor had come into the 

 possession of Radcliffe trustees in 1424 ; 

 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 542. A 

 settlement of the manor was made in 

 1425-6 ; Sir John Radcliffe was to hold 

 it for life, the remainder being to James 

 son of Richard Radcliffe ; Clowes D, 



Richard de Moston in 1345 had made 

 a settlement of all his lands in Moston 

 with remainder to Adam son of Agnes 

 Allimar, and to John son of Hugh de 

 Moston; Harl. MS. 2II2, fol. 155. 

 Comparing this with the statement in the 

 preceding note it is clear that Adam was 

 Adam de Abney. In 1475 Nicholas Hyde 

 of Denton, into whose possession the 

 estate (or the claim) seems to have passed, 

 granted to Richard son and heir of William 

 Barlow his ' manor of Moston,' with re- 

 version to Nicholas ; ibid. fol. 154. 



Richard Barlow in 1483 complained 

 that being in possession of the manor, 

 John Radcliffe of Radcliffe and Richard 

 his son, with many others, had put him 

 out by force ; Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. 

 xix, 122. 



The * manor of Moston ' is named in 

 later Radcliffe inquisitions, but the tenure 

 is not separately stated ; see Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 121 ; Duchy of 

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



The Chetham rentals mentioned above 

 continually record the payment of the 

 Moston rent by Lord Fitzwalter and the 

 Earl of Sussex. In 1522 a special record 

 was made as follows : * Rent service in 

 Moston per annum, My Lord Fitzwalter, 

 \%d. ; which was paid at Prestwich kirk 

 to my father-in-law John Hopwood be- 

 fore Richard Ashton of Middleton, 

 esquire, the parson of Prestwich, and 

 many others, by the hands of John 

 Radcliffe, then being bally in Moston, the 

 7 day of July anno predteto * ; Clowes D. 

 no. 143. 



The Radcliffes of Ordsall also had land 

 in Moston, as John de Radcliffe in 1394 

 gave his lands there to Henry de Strange- 

 ways ; Clowes D. 



87 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 13, m. 

 194. 



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