SALFORD HUNDRED 



ECCLES 



8/., thus discharging the service due from the whole.' 

 Hugh son of Robert was in possession in 1246,' and 

 seems to have left a family of daughters — Ellen, Alice, 

 and Margery being named in 1276-8.'° 



About this time the manor passed to the TrafFords, 

 apparently by Alice's marriage," and descended in 

 this family for half a century or more." In 1 346 

 William son of Thurstan de Holland and Roger son 

 of Richard de Tyldesley held one plough-land in Clif- 

 ton by a rent of 8/.'' Shortly afterwards William de 

 Holland had possession of the whole." He was suc- 

 ceeded by his son Otes," and by another Otes living 

 about 1440." This last had a son and heir William, 



who died in 1498, and his son Ralph being childless 

 Clifton passed to a cousin, William Holland son of 

 Thomas son of Otes." The new lord, or perhaps 

 another William, died in 1521 or 1522,'' leaving, 

 among others, sons named Thomas and John. The 

 elder's heir was his daughter Eleanor," who married 

 Ralph Slade, and retained the manor till her death in 

 1613.'° It then went to John Holland's grandson 

 Thomas," whose estates were sequestered by the Par- 

 liamentary authorities during the Civil War for his 

 own delinquency and that of his son William, who 

 had served with the king's forces at Lathom and 

 elsewhere/' 



^ Lanes. Incf. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and dies.), i, 69. The rent of 

 %s. continued to be paid for Clifton (ibid. 

 138, 301), but later the vill was assessed 

 as one plough-land. 



Of the Gernet holding nothing further 

 appears, but there may have been a con- 

 nexion by marriage with the Masseys 

 (ibid. 1 1 9), so that Henry son of Hamlet 

 joined as defendant in a Clifton suit of 

 1278 mentioned below, may represent 

 the Roger Gernet of 1212. 



' David son and heir of Richard de 

 Hulton recovered from him 4. acres in 

 Clifton ; Assize R. 404, m. 13. 



'"> Alice widow of Hugh de Clifton 

 claimed dower in 1277 against Henry de 

 TrafFord and Alice daughter of Hugh ; 

 she also made claims against Robert son 

 of Beatrice, and EUen and Margery 

 daughters of Hugh de Clifton ; De Banco 

 R. 2i,m. x8, 82 d. In the former case 

 Robert de Brumscales and Maud his wife 

 were called to warrant, and Margery and 

 Cecily, Maud's sisters, were also sum- 

 moned, 



Alice daughter of Hugh de Clifton was 

 prosecuting a suit in 1292 ; Assize R. 

 408, m. 32, 44. She granted to Alice 

 daughter of William the Clerk of Eccles 

 the house and grange, with adjoining 

 land, formerly held by Diota, Hugh's 

 mother, at the rent of a pair of white 

 gloves ; Ellesmere D. no. 223. Alice 

 daughter of William the Clerk was de- 

 fendant in a Clifton plea in 1274 ; De 

 Banco R. 5, m. 102. 



1' See the preceding note. Alice de 

 Eccles complained in 1278 that she had 

 been disseised of her common of pasture 

 in Clifton by Henry de Strafford (Trafford) 

 and Henry son of Hamlet. The former 

 Henry stated in reply that Clifton was of 

 his fee and demesne and that he approved 

 for himself what he liked, by the Pro- 

 vision of Merton. The jury found that 

 Alice had a several tenement, and that by 

 Henry's improvement she had lost free 

 entry and egress ; she therefore recovered 

 and damages of izd. were allowed ; Assize 

 R. 1238, m. 32; 1239, m. 37. 



Henry de Trafford in 1280 purchased 

 laud in Clifton from Hugh the Mey and 

 Alice his wife ; Final Cone, (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 157. 



i^Iu 1292 Richard son of Henry de 

 Trafford claimed lands in Crompton, 

 Edgeworth, Quarlton, and Clifton against 

 his brother Henry, and against Lora his 

 father's widow ; Assize R. 408, m. 5, 36. 

 The settlement effected did not touch 

 Clifton ; Final Cone, i, 170. It seems to 

 have been the younger Henry who was 

 the husband of Alice. 



In 1307 the manor of Clifton was by 

 Henry de Trafford settled upon his sons 

 in succession — Henry, Richard, Robert, 



Ralph, and Thomas ; ibid, i, 210. These 

 were probably younger sons. 



In 1324 Henry de Trafford held a 

 plough-land in Clifton by the yearly ser- 

 vice of 8s. ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 3 8. 

 This Henry died about ten years later. 



In 1338 the fine of the township for 

 the goods of Henry son of Henry de 

 Trafford, a fugitive, was 4orf, ; Coram 

 RegeR. 312, m. 50, 



1' Add. MS. 32103, fol. 146 ; they 

 obtained it by marrying respectively 

 Margery and Cecily, daughters and co- 

 heirs of Henry de Trafford, i.e. Henry 

 son of Henry. 



"In 1353 William de Holland prose- 

 cuted William Bridde for cutting down 

 his trees at Clifton; Assize R. 435, m. 

 II. In the following year Thurstan and 

 William de Holland were plaintiffs ; 

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



15 Thurstan de Holland, the father of 

 William, seems to have been the ancestor 

 of the Denton family. William de Holland 

 was son of Alice de Pusshe ; he and his 

 son Otes are mentioned in 1368 ; Final 

 Cone, ii, 165, 174. Otes son of William 

 de Holland occurs in 1397 ; Towneley's 

 MS. CC (Chet. Lib.), no. 854. 



^ Extent of 1445-6 ; Duchy of Lane, 

 Knights' fees, 2/20. He held one plough- 

 land in socage, rendering 81. yearly. 



Ralph son of Otes Holland of Clifton 

 was with others charged with trespassing 

 in the wood of Sir John Pilkington in 

 1444, and taking three hawks, worth 

 ^20 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 6, m. ;A, 



17 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 

 1 34—7 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxix, App. 

 539. The succession is stated also in Pal. 

 of Lane. Plea R. 119, m. 11. 



IS Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, 49. 

 He was seised of the manor of Clifton 

 with its appurtenances, and of lands in 

 Clifton, Manchester, Swinton, Leyland, 

 and Farington, and in 1517 made a 

 settlement, providing for the dower of 

 Alice his wife and for his younger chil- 

 dren, Thomas the heir was sixteen years 

 of age at the taking of the inquisition, 

 the date of which is uncertain — ' Satur- 

 day after Low Sunday, 14 Hen. VIII.' 



An agreement respecting the marriage 

 of their children was made in 15 17 

 between William Holland of Clifton and 

 Robert Langley of Agecroft 5 Agecroft D. 

 no. 97. 



At the Court of Clifton held in 1 5 14 

 the bounds were thus described : Begin- 

 ning at the Fennes stock at the end of 

 Redford hedge and at the end of Cheping 

 clough, and so following up Nordenbrook 

 unto anends the Tynde oak, and so up 

 the Fether snape as the water falls from 

 the head, and so in again unto the 

 [Qwab] head, and from thence unto the 

 Black dyke^ following this to the Butted 



405 



birch, and thence down to the syke and 

 sykeyard to Riddendenford, and down 

 Riddenden Brook to the Irwell, and along 

 the wator to the Parrok gate, and thence 

 to the true mere between Clifton and 

 Pendlebury, and so following up Norden 

 Brook to the Fennes stock, where it 

 began ; Ellesmere D. no. 224, 



In 1533 the herald found that Mr. 

 Holland of Clifton was ' not at home ; ' 

 Fisit. (Chet. Soc), 214. A pedigree was, 

 however, recorded in 1567 ; f^isit. (Chet. 

 Soc), 16. 



As to a dispute about the mill at 

 Prestwich in 1550 see Duchy Plead. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 72-4. It was 

 followed by an agreement for an exchange 

 of lands, made by Sir Robert Langley of 

 Agecroft and Thomas Holland ; among 

 other things the former was bound to 

 safeguard the Holland lands * which 

 might hereafter be hurted by the course 

 of the water of Irwell by means of the 

 erection of the weir therein made by the 

 said Sir Robert, that is to wit, from two 

 roods above the " Head of Holme " to the 

 lowest end of the lands which the said 

 Thomas now exchanges' ; Agecroft D. no. 

 iig. 



1' Settlements of the manor, &e. were 

 made by Thomas Holland in 1565 ; of a 

 messuage, &c., by Ralph Slade and Ellen 

 his wife in 1592 ; and of the manor by 

 Ralph Slade, Richard Holland, esq., 

 Edward and Otho Holland in 1590 ; Pal. 

 of Lane, Feet of F. bdle. 27, m. 122 ; 54, 

 m. 138 ; 52, m. 165. 



2° Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes. 

 and Ches.), i, 284, where the descent is 

 set forth. The manor and lands in Clif- 

 ton were held in socage by the rent of 

 8s, Ralph Slade and Eleanor Holland 

 were defendants in 1591 and 1592, at 

 which time William Holland (father of 

 Thomas) was living ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. 

 Com.), iii, 256, 273, 



^ Thomas Holland of Clifton con- 

 tributed to the subsidy of 1622 ; Misc. 

 (Rec, Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 1 54. He 

 was the only landowner named in the 

 township. A settlement was made by 

 him and Jane his wife in 1624 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 102, no. 40. 



^ Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 244-9. The 

 estate, except the hall and demesne, had, 

 about 1635, been mortgaged to Thomas, 

 George, and John Sorocold of Barton, 

 who had subsequently obtained half the 

 demesne also ; see Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 128, m. 19 ; 145, m. 22, The 

 Soroeolds therefore prayed for a discharge 

 of the sequestration, pending the payment 

 due to them. The mortgage was raised 

 on the proposed marriage of William 

 Holland, son and heir apparent of 

 Thomas, with a daughter of William 



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