Alt, Asps, Alston" lands, Bardsley,'* Beckington 

 Field," Heyrod,'« Hurst," Knolls," Light Birches," 

 Lees,*" Mossley," Palden," Rasbotham," Rougheyes,** 

 Rhodesfield,'" Shepley,«= Sherwind," Sunderland," 



SALFORD HUNDRED ashton-under-lyne 



Taunton or Tongton/^ Three Houses/® Waterhouses," 

 Woodhouses," and Wiliiamfield." 



The Hospitallers " and the priory of Lenton " had 

 lands in the township. 



a note in the account of Mostoa town- 

 ship, as held by the Hydes of Denton. 

 Edmund Ashton (of Chadderton) was 

 farmer of the Mostons* Audenshaw lands 

 in 1480, George Moston {iviag him an 

 acquittance for ^4 91. 10^., one year's 

 rent ; Raines D. (Chet. Lib.), bdle. 3, no. 

 45. In 15x4 Margery widow of Thomas 

 Lidyard and sister and heir of George 

 Moston, granted to her son Edward 

 Lidyard lands in Audenshaw and War- 

 wickshire ; D. Enr. Com. Fleas, Mich. 

 35 Hen.Vin. 



7^ The Rental shows that in 1422 

 Alston lands (or Ashton lands) were 

 divided among Peter Trafford {is, 8</.), 

 the heirs of Adam Mossley (10^.), and 

 the heirs of Richard Dene (u.), at vary- 

 ing rents. 



74 Richard son of John Bardsley ren- 

 dered a rose yearly for Bardsley, and 

 paid 9^. for Old Alt, zs. for Asps, and 

 5</. for part of Hurst ; Rental of 1422. 

 For a case concerning the Bardsley family 

 see Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 82 (1496), 

 m. I. 



7* Richard Hunt in 1422 paid 41. for 

 his portion ; Rental. An account of this 

 family will be found under the township 

 of Manchester ; they appear to have be- 

 longed to Audenshaw originally. See 

 also Final Cone, ii, 148, 158, for acquisi- 

 tions in Ashton made in 1355 and 1358. 

 Richard Hunt in 1559 purchased mes- 

 suages, &c., in Ashton (probably in Auden- 

 shaw) from Sir Robert Worsley ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 21, m. 49 ; 22, 

 m. 5 ; see also Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), 

 i, 136. It will be seen below that the 

 Hunts held land of the Hospitallers. 



7* It was held in 1422 by John de 

 Heyrod at a total rent of ys. zd. ; Rental. 

 Agnes daughter of William son of Richard 

 de Heyrod (Heighroide) was in 1359 

 claimant of lands in Heyrod ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Assize R. 7, m. 3 d. A John de 

 Heyrod was plaintiff in 1372 against 

 John son of Cecily de Hulton ; De Banco 

 R. 445, m. 28. 



77 The principal tenants in 1422 were 

 Nicholas de Hurst, paying 31., and Thomas 

 de Staley, paying is. 6d. ; Rental. Nicho- 

 las Hurst and Lucy his wife had a mes- 

 suage in Ashton and Hurst in 1578 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 40, m. 42. 

 See further in Local Glean. Lanes, and Cbes. 

 ii, 280. 



78 In 1 302 Margery wife of Roger de 

 Barlow and Alice her sister, daughters of 

 Richard de Knolls, were heirs to mes- 

 suages and lands in Ashton. Agnes 

 (apparently the widow of Richard), then 

 wife of Richard de Limepithurst, and 

 Joan widow of Adam de Knolls, had 

 dower. Gilbert son of Adam son of 

 Thomas de Alt was called to warrant ; 

 De Banco R. 141, m. 75 d. 53 d, 



Adam Wilson paid iz^d. in 1422, 

 and the heirs of Robert Lees zs. 6d. ; 

 Rental. 



79 Adam Tetlow paid izd. rent in 

 1422 ; Rental. This family is further 

 noticed under Oldham. Lawrence Tet- 

 low made a settlement of six messuages, 

 &c., in Ashton in 1551 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 178. He died in 

 1582 holding three messuages. Sec, in 

 Ashton of the queen in locage by a rent 



of ^d, yearly ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xiv, 56. John Tetlow, who died in 1598, 

 held messuages, &c.,in Ashton of Richard 

 Hoghton and George Booth in socage at 

 4^. rent ; ibid, xvii, n. 15. 



80 Thomas Lees and Adam Lees were 

 free tenants in 1422, the former paying 

 6d. rent and the latter 10^. ; Rental, 

 About 1555 a messuage and lands in Lees 

 were in dispute between Robert Lees the 

 elder and Robert Lees the younger ; 

 Ducatus Lane, i, 300 ; also ibid, iii, 

 363. 



81 Henry son of William de Mossley 

 (Moslegh) in 1309 claimed land in Ash- 

 ton ; De Banco R. 174, m. 197 d. 

 Richard de Mossley (Moselegh) in 13 19 

 gave to William son of William de Moss- 

 ley, Emma his wife, and their issue male, 

 two messuages, 100 acres of land, &c., in 

 Ashton ; Ftnal Cone, ii, 30. 



82 Paldenwood seems to have been im- 

 proved and divided among several tenants 

 before 1422 ; Rental. 



83 Robert Rasbotham paid ^d, a year in 

 1422 ; Rental. 



8^ Peter Worsley paid zs. a year in 

 1422 ; Rental. 



^^ John Knolls paid 3^. ^d. in 1422 ; 

 he also paid a like rent for Reedy Lee ; 

 Rental. 



8S Thomas de Shepley contributed to 

 the subsidy of 1332 ; Excb. Lay Subs. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 32. John 

 del Heyrod and Maud his wife in 1335 

 claimed land in Shepley against Thomas 

 de Shepley and others ; De Banco R. 303, 

 m. 83, Peter Shepley paid 31. jd. in all 

 for his tenement in 1422 ; Rental. 



87 Peter TrafFord in 1422 paid 6d. for 

 this ; Rental. 



88 At present the name is often spelt 

 Cinderland. In 1422 it was held by 

 Richard Byron, paying 6d.j and the heirs 

 of Thomas de Hatfield, paying 2j.;J2fM/i2/. 

 Stephen de Bredbury gave to Robert de 

 Byron all his land in Sunderland, a pair 

 of white gloves to be rendered at St. 

 Martin, and zs, to the chief lords ; Byron 

 Chartul. no. 19/7. 



In 1473 a William Heaton paid 12s. to 

 the lord of Manchester for the manor of 

 Sunderland ; Mamecestre, iii, 479. This 

 may be a different place. 



^3 This estate was long held by the 

 Claydens of Clayden in Manchester. 

 Richard son of William del Ridges in 

 13 15 claimed four messuages, two ox- 

 gangs of land, Scc.y in Ashton against 

 Richard son of Richard de Clayden ; De 

 Banco R. 231, m. 92 d. In 1422 Thomas 

 Clayden was tenant, paying 3^, 6d. rent 

 in all ; Rental. 



In some pleadings in 151 1 it was 

 stated that Sir Thomas Ashton had only 

 recently caused a leet to be kept in the 

 manor, and on Richard son of Richard 

 Clayden of Taunton refusing to appear, 

 had fined him and distrained on default, 

 Richard stated that he did not live within 

 the manor of Ashton, he and his ances- 

 tors having done suit to the king's leet 

 wapentake and sherifFs tourn at Salford. 

 It appeared, however, that his lands in 

 Taunton were held of Sir Thomas Ashton 

 by a rent of y. 4^. ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Plead. Hen. VIII, iii, C i. Robert 

 Clayden died in 1579 holding six mes- 



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suages, ScCy in Tongton and Middlewood 

 in Ashton of Thomas Hoghton in socage 

 by IS. 6d, rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xiv, 84, 12. Bridget, one of his 

 daughters, held them at her death in 

 1588, leaving three sisters as heiri ; ibid. 

 XV, 28. 



Taunton was afterwards held by a 

 family named Chadwiek, who recorded a 

 pedigree in 1664 ; Dugdale, yisit. 74. 



80 Thomas Staveley (or Staley) held 

 this in 1422, at a rent of 15. ; he also 

 held Bestal at id. ; Rental, Some charters 

 relating to this have been given in a pre- 

 vious note. 



*i Henry de Waterhouses contributed 

 to the subsidy of 1332 ; Excb. Lay Subs, 

 3 2. John Moss of Waterhouses oc- 

 curs in 16x6 ; Manch. Free Lib. D. 

 no. jy. 



03 Richard Byron held in 1422 at a 

 rent of is. ; Rental, Some of the grants 

 to the Byrons have been recited above. 



Richard de Byron died in 1397, hold- 

 ing ten messuages, 60 acres of land, and 

 20 acres of meadow in the Woodhouses 

 of the Duke of Lancaster ^ Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Chet. Soc), i, 65. Sir John Byron died 

 in 1489, holding what appears to be the 

 same estate, but the tenure was said to 

 be of Sir Thomas Ashton in socage by a 

 rent of izd. (agreeing with the Rental) or 

 of 4^. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, 48, 

 70.' 



Woodhouses was by the Byrons sold in 

 1614 to Edward Clough, and about ten 

 years later was sold to Samuel Jenkinson 

 alias Wilson ; Maneh. Free Lib. D. nos. 

 75-84. For the Jenkinsons see the 

 account of Moston. 



0' This was in 1422 held by William 

 Luzley (Lusley) at is, rent ; Rental. 

 Richard Hunt seems to have had another 

 part at ^d. rent ; ibid. 



8^ Their land in Ashton is named in 

 1292 5 Plac. de quo Warr, (Rec. Com.), 



375- 



According to the 1^4.0 Rental of their 

 lands the widow of Richard Hunt paid 

 I zd. for Limehurst, and the heirs of Sir 

 Thomas Ashton zd, for Foulash ; Kuer- 

 denMSS. v, fol. 84. 



Richard Hunt died in 1587 holding a 

 capital messuage and lands in Middle- 

 brook of the queen as of the late priory of 

 St. John in socage by a rent of izd, ; also 

 a messuage in Audenshaw of George 

 Kenyon in socage by a rent of 6s. %d. ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, 41. 

 The latter part of the estate would no 

 doubt be part of the Kersal lands. See 

 also Ducatus Lane, i, 266. 



The other part of the Hospitallers' lands 

 was acquired by the Hulmes of Manches- 

 ter and Reddish. William Hulme, father 

 of the benefactor, died in 1637 holding a 

 messuage and land in Ashton of William, 

 Earl of Derby, as of the late priory of St. 

 John, in socage by a rent of zd, ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, 70. 



^^ Alban de Alt about 1200 gave to the 

 cell of St. Leonard in Kersal a moiety of 

 Paldenlegh in pure alms ; Lanes, Pipe R, 

 330. After the Suppression this rendered 

 a free rent of 145. 4^., which was shared by 

 the grantees of Kersal ; see Lanes. Inq, 

 p,m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 3, 

 234- 



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