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ECCLES 



1641.'*' They acquired the adjacent manor of 

 Urmston."" The hall was purchased by William 

 Allen, banker, of Manchester, who became bankrupt 

 in 1788, when Davyhulmewas sold to Henry Norris, 

 a Manchester merchant, who died in 18 19. His 

 daughter Mary conveyed it in marriage in 1 809 to 

 Robert Josias Jackson Harris, of Uley, Gloucester- 

 shire, who adopted the surname of Norreys, and died 

 in 1 844 ; their son Robert Henry Norreys resided 

 in the hall till his death in 1887. The hall was 



afterwards demolished and the grounds are used as 

 golf links.'"' The house was entirely of brick, the 

 only signs of antiquity being some old beams, perhaps 

 belonging to a former house. In front of the house 

 was a sundial made at Manchester in 1809. Other 

 families formerly connected with Davyhulme were the 

 Byroms of Salford "" and the Bents."" 



BROMTHURST became the seat of a branch of 

 the Barton family,"" and of another surnamed Mey, 

 who also were known as ' de Bromyhurst.' "" In 



In 1317—18 Robert son of Thomas de 

 Hulme had released to Sir John La Warrc 

 his claim on the soil and common of 

 pasture of all the waste in Barton j Dods. 

 MSS. cxlix, fol. 156^. As late as July 

 and Michaelmas 1354 Margery widow of 

 Robert son of Thomas de Hulme, then 

 wife of Henry de Bolton, was defendant 

 in a plea concerning land which Gilbert 

 de Barton had granted to Robert de Hulme 

 and his heirs, and which John de Barton 

 sought to recover ; Duchy of Lane, Assize 

 R. 3, m. 2, 3. 



The Thomas son of Thomas de Hulme 

 already mentioned made an exchange of 

 land in Davyhulme, and on the Holt, and 

 on the Hill, in 1313 ; De Trafford D. 

 no. 254. * Magote ' widow of Thomas son 

 of Thomas de Hulme occurs in 1324 5 

 C. of Wards, Deeds, and Evidences, 

 box 153, no. 5. 



Margaret widow of Thomas de Hulme 

 the younger in 1347 received from the 

 trustee lands in Flixton, the remainders 

 being to John son of Thomas, and then 

 to Thomas's brother ; De Trafford D. 

 no. 113. Margaret widow of Thomas de 

 Hulme, and John and Adam his sons, 

 were defendants in a Barton case in 1354; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. 1. 



John son of Thomas de Hulme was a 

 defendant in 1356 and later; Duchy of 

 Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 10 d. ; 7, m. 3 d. ; 

 8 m. 5, 12. In 1361 he claimed land in 

 Barton as kinsman of Robert de Hulme ; 

 Assize R. 441, m. 3. Two years later he 

 made a feoffment of all his lands in Bar- 

 ton, with common of turbary in Urmston, 

 and the reversion of the dower of his 

 mother Margaret ; De TraflFord D. no. 

 226. 



In 1356, while still a minor, William 

 son of another John de Hulme com- 

 plained that Thomas del Booth, to whom 

 his custody had been granted by Sir Roger 

 La Warre, had made waste in his estate, 

 consisting of fifteen messuages, 100 

 acres of land, &c., in Barton ; messuages 

 and granges had been pulled down, and 

 twelve apple trees, worth 6s. id. each, had 

 been cut down and sold ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 5, m. 28. William de Hulme in 

 1383 granted an annuity of 401. to John 

 de Cholmondeley and Agnes his wife, 

 charged upon his lands in Hulme within 

 the vill of Barton ; De Trafford D. no. 2 5 5. 

 William de Hulme — probably there were 

 two persons — attested deeds in 1389 and 

 1430 ; ibid. no. 285, 257. In Jan. 

 1477-8, John, son and heir of Alice 

 widow of William Hulme, made a feoff- 

 ment of his lands in Hukne, Manchester, 

 and elsewhere in the county, Alice re- 

 leasing her right in the same. Hugh 

 Hulme, chaplain, son of John Hulme, 

 was one of the trustees ; C. of Wards, 

 Deeds, and Evidences, box 153, no. 9. 



A writ for an inquisition after the 

 death of James Hulme of Davyhulme 

 was issued on 5 Apr. 1434 j Dep. Keeper's 

 Rep. xxxiii, App. 34. A deed of 1435 



mentions James Hulme (deceased), and 

 his son William, whose wife was named 

 Alice ; Mascy of Tatton D. in War- 

 rington Museum. The marriage In- 

 dentures of James Hulme of Davyhulme 

 and Clemence daughter of William Rad- 

 cliffe of Ordsall are dated 1477 ; Mr. 

 Earwaker's notes. 



In 1490 James Hulme, one of the 

 charterers of Sir John Booth, did homage 

 at Warrington ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 

 165. James Hulme, perhaps the same, 

 made a feoffment of seventeen messuages, 

 twelve burgages, 500 acres of land, &c. 

 in Davyhulme, Manchester, &c., in 

 1528 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. II, 

 m. 145. In 1559 a James Hulme had 

 recently died, and James was his son and 

 heir, and of full age ; Manch. C. Leet 

 i?ef. i, 47. In or before 1566 he sold lands 

 in Manchester to John Hunt ; ibid, i, 

 97. James Hulme was a partner in the 

 waste called Lostock Moor in 1574; 

 Vucatus Lane, ili, 14. 



103 Robert son of James Hulme died 

 at Newhall in West Derby 18 Apr. 1600, 

 leaving a daughter and heir Anne, one 

 year old. His father being seised of the 

 manor of Hulme and all its members, 

 hall, windmill, &c., held of the queen 

 by the hundredth part of a knight's fee, 

 had in 1598 settled certain lands on 

 Robert on his marriage with Bridget 

 daughter of John Molyneux ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xvlil, 9. 



The will of James Hulme of Davy- 

 hulme, dated 10 Oct. 16 1 1 and proved in 

 1613, mentions Ellen his wife, William 

 and John his sons, Elizabeth his daughter, 

 Thomas Green of Croft and Ralph Board- 

 man of Swinton, his brothers-in-law. 



William Hulme of Hulme in Barton 

 died 20 Jan. 1640-1, holding the hall of 

 Hulme and various lands in Hulme and 

 Barton of Sir Cecil Trafford as of his 

 manor of Barton, by the sixtieth part of 

 a knight's fee and the yearly rent of 13^1/. 

 Richard, his son and heir, was seven- 

 teen years old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xxix, 90. 



In 1683 H. Hulme of Davyhulme 

 sent it request to be placed on the com- 

 mission of the peace ; Hist. MSS. Com. 

 Rep. xiv, App. iv, 170. Thomas Sorocold 

 of Barton, William Hulme of Davyhulme, 

 and Peter Egerton of Shaw were among 

 the gentlemen invited by Lord Derby in 

 1685 to meet him 'to consider of fit per- 

 sons for knights of the shire and burgesses 

 for the ensuing parliament' ; ibid. 178. 



'A stone on some cottages In Station 

 Road, Urmston . . . records the fact of 

 a William Hulme of Davyhulme being 

 there in 1738' ; R. Lawson, FZ/x/on, 139. 

 George Taylor of Davyhulme Hall was 

 admitted a burgess of Manchester in Oct. 

 1737 ; Manch. C. Leet Rec. vil, 66. 



10'' See further under Urmston. In 

 1735 Anne daughter and heir of John 

 Hulme of Davyhulme and Urmston 

 married at Flixton Thomas Willis of 



373 



Bletchley, They had several children ; 

 Flixtoa Reg. There are pedigrees of the 

 Hulme family in the Piccope MSS. i, 

 327, and the Barritt fol. MS. 142. 



1"^ Lawson, op. cit. 139-41. There is 

 a pedigree in Gregson, Fragments (ed. Har- 

 land), 200, 201. William Allen was the 

 father of Joseph, successively Bishop of 

 Bristol and of Ely ; see Manchester. 



^"^ In 1496 Richard son of Richard 

 Moss sold to Adam Holland of Man- 

 chester lands in Hulme purchased by his 

 father from Charles Wase and Ellen his 

 wife J and Adam Holland of Crumpsall 

 in 1554 sold to George Byrom of Sal- 

 ford, merchant, his messuage and land in 

 Hulme in Barton ; W. Farrer D, See 

 also Pal. of Lane. Feet of F, bdle. 16, 

 m. 161 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, 

 39 ; Manch. C. Leet Rec^ ii, 141. 



10' Edward Bent of Hulme died at the 

 end of 1578, his eldest son being John 

 Bent ; ibid, ii, 29. Another Edward 

 Bent died in Nov. 1639, holding a mes- 

 suage and lands in Davyhulme and Bar- 

 ton, including the Hakeshutts and Saltey 

 Mill, held of Edward Mosley by the two- 

 hundredth part of a knight's fee. He 

 had married Ellen Arderne in 1624, and 

 his son and heir, John, was fifteen years 

 of age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxviii, 

 57. John Bent, late of Hulme, gent., is 

 named in the will (1652) of John Parr, 

 who had bought land from him j note of 

 Mr. E. Axon. 



10*^ John de Bromyhurst, a son of Gil- 

 bert de Barton, In 1280 released to the 

 monks of Stanlaw all his claim to their 

 heys and closes within Barton and to 

 Westwood ; Whalley Couch, iii, 906, 907, 

 In 1 321 Gilbert de Bromyhurst granted 

 to a younger son John, on his marriage 

 with Cecily daughter of Robert del 

 Bridge of Bury, all his lands in Bromy- 

 hurst in Barton, with remainders to his 

 other children, Thomas, Robert, Thomas, 

 Adam, and Agnes ; Dods. MSS. ex ix, fol. 

 163^. Eight years later, John the son 

 released to Thomas del Booth all his right 

 in his father's lands ; and in 1382-3 

 Robert son of Thomas de Bromyhurst 

 gave a similar release to John sou of 

 Thomas del Booth ; ibid. fol. 164, 164^. 

 Gilbert de Bromyhurst and John his 

 brother were defendants in 1351 In a suit 

 respecting Barton lands brought by Wil- 

 liam de Stockton and Agnes his wife ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m, 2. 



109 There were cross suits In 1276 be- 

 tween John de Bromyhurst on one side 

 and Alexander de Bromyhurst (or ' the 

 Mey') and Agnes his wife on the other ; 

 it was stated that Bromyhurst was neither 

 vill nor borough but a hamlet of Barton 

 held as one oxgang of land ; Assize R. 

 405, m. I, 2. 



In 1278 Alexander son of Alexander 

 the Mey was acquitted of the charge of 

 disseisin brought by John de Bromyhurst 

 respecting common of pasture in 15 acres 

 in Barton ; ibid, 1238, m, 31 ; 405, 



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