SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



<juired by the Mosleys." It descended in the same 

 manner as Hulme until about 1750,'° when it was 

 sold to William Egerton,'" who is represented by Earl 

 Egerton of Tatton, the present lord. 



The Mosleys also acquired the estate in Heaton of 

 Jane widow of Sir Robert Lovell, whose father, Geof- 

 frey Lovell of Merton, had made purchases from Sir 

 Edmund TrafFord."' 



The Grelleys made grants of land in Heaton to the 

 Byrons and others ; " and the Worsleys of Booths," 

 the Hulmes of Reddish," and others are found to have 

 had estates in it,^* but no clear account can be given 

 of them. The old landowners were non-resident.'* 

 In 1789 the principal owner was William Egerton, 

 who paid about a third of the land tax ; the remain- 



der was paid in small sums." The list of land- 

 owners in 1844 shows that Wilbraham Egerton of 

 Tatton owned more than half the soil.'' 



An order concerning the bounds of the manor was 

 made about 1596.'' 



The first place of worship in the township was 

 St. Thomas's Church, built in 1765 for the Estab- 

 lished religion ; '° it has twice been enlarged. It 

 gives the distinguishing name to Heaton Chapel. 

 The Dean and Canons of Manchester present to the 

 rectory. The more recent churches, the incumbents 

 being styled rectors, are Christ Church, Heaton 

 Norris, 1 846," with a mission church, St. Luke's ; 

 St. John the Baptist's, Heaton Mersey, 1850,'' partly 

 rebuilt in 1891 ; St. Mary's, Heaton Reddish, 



the grant by Sir James Strangeways al- 

 ready recorded, does not seem to have 

 been satisfactory. In 1568 Robert Roos 

 of Ingmanthorpe claimed the manor and 

 lands as next of kin and heir — ^viz. son of 

 Mary, sister of Thomas, father of Sir 

 James Strangeways - — against Leonard 

 Dacre. The defendant pleaded the grant 

 by Sir James, who, he stated, had de- 

 livered all his evidences into the hands of 

 William, Lord Dacre ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Pleadings, Eliz. Ixxvii, R 2. 



Robert Roos's plea must have been 

 successful, for in 1570 he sold the manor, 

 &c., to Gilbert Gerard, attorney-general ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 32, m. 

 16. 



^ Sir Thomas Gerard sold or mort- 

 gaged the manor in 1598 to George Cop- 

 pin ; ibid. bdle. 60, m. 72 ; the latter, in 

 1601, in conjunction with Anne his wife, 

 resold to Sir Thomas (ibid, bdle, 63, no. 

 294), who in the following year trans- 

 ferred it to Sir Arthur Savage ; ibid. bdle. 

 64, no. 145, This was probably another 

 mortgage, for in 1614 the deforciants in 

 a iine were Sir Thomas Lord Gerard of 

 ■Gerard's Bromley, Sir Arthur Savage and 

 Joan his wife ; ibid. bdle. 85, m, 1. 



The manor had already been sold to Sir 

 Nicholas Mosley, who says in his will 

 {1612) : *I do hereby give , , , unto my 

 eldest son Rowland Mosley and to the heirs 

 male of his body, &c., the manor or lord- 

 ship of Heaton Norris . . . which I lately 

 purchased of the Lord Gerard that now 

 is' ; Booker, Didsbury, 135. The manor 

 is not named in Sir Nicholas* inquisition, 

 but his son Rowland died in possession of 

 it in 1617 ; it was said to be held of the 

 king as of his duchy of Lancaster by the 

 twentieth part of a knight's fee ; Lanes, 

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

 66, 69. 



" Pal of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 151, 

 m. 152 ; 204, m. df). There was a re- 

 covery of the manors of Hulme and Heaton 

 Norris in 1746, Sir John Bland being a 

 vouchee ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 562, 

 m. 3. / 



'"' Mosley Fam. Mem. 29. Wilbraham 

 -Egerton was vouchee in a recovery of the 

 manor in 1806 ; Pal. of Lane. Aug. As- 

 sizes, 46 Geo. Ill, R. 8. 



^ See Dueatus Lane, iii, 306, 465, 508, 

 for suits in which the family were engaged ; 

 also Booker's Didsbury (Chet. Soc), 6. 

 The estate, described as twelve messuages, 

 100 acres of land, &c., in Heaton Norris, 

 Streethouse Lane, and High Street was 

 purchased by Sir Nicholas Mosley, who 

 died in 1612 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 4, 66. 



^^ See the list of free tenants already 

 fiven. 



The Byrons' holding has been men- 

 tioned above. In 1277 and 1278 William 

 de Heaton (probably Norreys), Robert de 

 Shoresworth and Cecily his wife com- 

 plained of a ditch made by John de Byron 

 in Heaton; Assize R. 1235, m. 13; 

 1238, m. 34d ; 1239, m. 40. Again in 

 1292 Mabel daughter of Gilbert de Barton 

 complained that she had been disseised of 

 Ave messuages and 60 acres of land in 

 Heaton by Stockport, by John de Byron 

 and Robert de Shoresworth. John said 

 that he had nothing, and Robert said that 

 he and Cecily his wife held a third part 

 of the tenement as Cecily's dower, and 

 that Thomas son of Robert Grelley held 

 the other two-thirds. The plaintiff's 

 claim against Thomas Grelley was barred 

 because he was a minor in ward to the 

 king, whom she might sue if she would ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 8 d. 39 d. Mabel de 

 Barton's claim was again put forward in 

 1302 ; De Banco R. 143, m. 115 ; 147, 

 m. 93 d. 



William le Norreys, who surrendered 

 the manor to his lord, had a son and heir 

 Robert (see Denton), no doubt the Robert 

 who held an oxgang of land in 1320, and 

 appears in the Subsidy Roll of 1332 ; 

 Exeh. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 40. 



The Norrises of Speke in the i6th 

 century acquired an interest in the town- 

 ship, including a free fishery ; Roger 

 Downes appears to have sold to Edward 

 Norris in 15 51, and William Norris sold 

 to Henry Partington in 1596 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 151 ; 21, 

 m. 114 ; J3, m. 48 ; 59, m. 122. 



^ The holding can be traced back to 

 that of Ellis de Lever in 1320, and Adam 

 de Lever in 1282, above recorded. Agnes 

 widow of Robert de Worsley claimed dower 

 in Heaton as well as in Worsley in 1350, 

 so that the estate must have been in the 

 hands of the Worsleys before that time ; 

 De Banco R. 363, m. 78 d. Robert de 

 Worsley of the Booths died in 1403 hold- 

 ing lands called the Rakes in Heaton 

 Norris, worth 401. yearly, of Thomas La 

 Warre, by a service unknown. There 

 were forty saplings, worth 25. each, on 

 the Rakes ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. i, 

 243. In the ease of Robert Worsley, who 

 died in 1497, he was said to hold of the 

 king as Duke of Lancaster ; ibid, iii, 50 ; 

 but Robert Worsley of Booths died in 

 1533 holding lands in Heaton Norris of 

 Lord La Warre in socage, by a rent of 91/. 

 yearly ; ibid, vii, 5. 



There was a recovery of three mes- 

 suages, lands, Sec, by Sir Robert Worsley 

 in 1558 ; the descent from Arthur Wors- 

 ley is set out i Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 203, 

 m. 7. The Worsley estate was alienated 



in the second half of the i6th century. 

 Parts were sold to William Nicholson by 

 Sir Robert Worsley in 1549, and by Ro- 

 bert Worsley in 1554 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 13, m. 114; 15, m. 107. 

 Ralph Nicholson had lands in Heaton in 

 1587 ; ibid. bdle. 49. m. 61. 



^ John del Holt claimed two messuagei 

 and lands in Heaton against Margaret 

 widow of Robert de Hulme in 1364; 

 there was a remainder to Geoffrey son of 

 Cecily de Birches ; De Banco R. 418, m. 

 342 ; 422, m. 286. Later he continued 

 his claim against William son of Robert 

 de Hulme ; ibid. R. 425, m, 504 d. The 

 Holts occur among the free tenants of 

 1320. The above John is perhaps the 

 John son of Hugh del Holt of Stockport, 

 who in 1364 complained that Roger son 

 of Roger de Barlow had seized his goods 

 at Heaton Norris ; Coram Reg. R. East. 

 38 Edw. Ill, m. 59. 



Robert Hulme of Reddish died in 1600 

 ieised of four messuages, 20 acres of land, 

 &c., in Heaton, held of Sir Thomas Ger- 

 ard in socage by a rent of 2.od. ; William 

 Hulme held the same in 1637 of Edward 

 Mosley by the same rent ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 10 ; xxix, no. 70. 

 Two of the older free tenants* estates 

 seem to have been acquired by this family. 

 The Hulme Trustees are the present 

 owners. 



25 The Reddishea of Reddish held lands 

 in Heaton Norris, but they are not par- 

 ticularly described in the inquisitions. 

 Otes Reddish, who died in 1521, held of 

 Sir James Strangeways in socage ; John 

 Reddish, who died in 1558, held of 

 Leonard Dacres in socage by a rent of 

 %d. for all services ; and his son John in 

 1569 held of Gilbert Gerard in the same 

 manner ; ibid, v, 48 ; xi, 60 ; xiii, 32. 



A messuage, &c., formerly belonging to 

 George Newton of Stockport, was the 

 subject of a suit in 1664 and later ; 

 Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 38, &c. 



26 None is named in the Subsidy Rolls 

 of 1541 and 1622; Misc, (Rec. Soc, 

 Lanes, and Ches.], i, 140, 152. 



27 Returns at Preston. 



28 Booker, Didsbury, 182. 



29 Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Ree, Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 274. 



80 Booker, Didsbury, 189-91 ; a list of 

 incumbents is given. A district was 

 assigned to it in 1839 ; Lond. Gaz. 29 

 Mar. 1839 ; 16 June 1854. 



81 Booker, op. cit. 192. A district was 

 first assigned for it in 1838 ; Lond. Gaz, 

 16 June 1854. 



82 Booker, op. cit. 193. For the dis- 

 trict assigned to it see Lond. Gaz. 27 Feb. 



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