A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



required a. moiety of Cla\ ton, which descended to his 

 eldest son James' some tenement in Euxton going 

 to a younger son, William, who was probably an 

 infant at his father's death. ^ The family adhered to 

 the Roman Catholic religion,^ and at the outbreak of 

 the Civil War Hugh Andcrton/ son of William, 

 zealously espoused the king*s side, was appointed 

 commissary-general by the Earl of Derby and had 

 the rank of major ; he took part in the fighting 

 alike in Lancashire and in Ireland and surrendered at 

 Dublin.* His estates and those of his mother Isabel 



were sequestered by the Parliament, and his were 

 ordered for sale in i^'S3-^' ^^^ was living, sixt}'-four 

 jears old, in 1664, when a pedigree was recorded.' 

 He died about 1670,** and was succeeded b}' his son 

 William, who was accused of participation in Jacobite 

 plots after the Revolution and imprisoned." At his 

 death in 1704"* William was succeeded by a son 

 Hugh, whose estates were forfeited temporarily for 

 high treason by some participation in the Jacobite 

 rising of 171 5.'* Hugh's son William'^ succeeded 

 in 1 72 1, and at his death in 174+'^ was fol- 



^ The first-named Jamca Andcrton 

 * "f Euxton ' was a man of substance in 

 152^ ; Lay Subs. R. 130, no. 93. He 

 died in 1552 holding a scattered estate in 

 Brctherton, &c., Euxton not being named. 

 His son and heir Hugh was thirty-six 

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

 ix, no. 14. Hugh was In 1 541 the 

 husband of Grace Butler (aged twenty- 

 seven), one of the daughters and co-heirs 

 of John Butler of Rawcllffe ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R, 172, m. 1 1. He took part 

 in the Scottish expedition of M4+ ; 

 L. and P. Hen. Fill, xlx (i), S32 (O* 

 The inquisition after the death of Hugh 

 Anderton (1566) does not mention \\\% 

 holding in Euxton, but James Anderton 

 of Clayton had the tithe barns of Euxton 

 In 1630; Duchy i<i Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, 

 no. 31 ; xxvii, no. 56. Sec further in 

 the account of Chi^tun. 



A dispute about the tithe barn in 1594 

 C5t.iblishes the pedigree. James Andcrton 

 mClayton claimed by lease (dated l 538) to 

 his grandfather James, and Hugh his son 

 (plaintirt 's father) j Hugh, by his will of 

 1565, directed that Alice his wife should 

 nccupv the tithes for twenty years and 

 then his youngest son William should 

 ha\ e them, with reversion to plaintiff ; 

 Uucliy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. clxli, A 9. 



^ See the pediprcc In Dugdale's P'iuf. 

 (Cher. See), 6; A.H. MS. 321 10, fol. \-\h. 

 William Andcrton of Euxton occurs in 

 1600 (Clo^c, 42 Ellz. pt. XV [no. 1^359]), 

 but he was known also as *of Pendle 

 Hnll,' in right of his wife Isabel daughter 

 and heir of William Hancock, whom he 

 married about 1599; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rcc. Soc. Lanes, and Chcs.), I, 122, 80. 

 He dicii in 1618 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Scr. 

 2), ccclxvii, 4. Isabel his widow lived at 

 Euxton. His heir was his son Hugh, 

 aged eighteen. 



''' In 1586 Alice Anderton, late of 

 Euxton, widow, \\ .t5 sued for non-payment 

 of j^26o, her lines for recusancy j Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 259, m. 12. She Is also 

 named as a recusant In 1591 and 1592 5 

 Raines MSS. xxiii, 49 j Cecil M^S. (Hist. 

 MSS. Com.), iv, 232. 



Isabel Anderton, widow, and Hugh 

 Andcrton appear in the recusant roll of 

 1628, with several others of Euxton ; 

 .l//'i. (Rcc. Soc. Lnnc;. and Ches.), i, 1 S i. 

 The Vcn. Robert Anderton, a Dnu.iy 

 priest (and perliaps Oxford, 1578), exe- 

 cuted in the Isle of Wight on 25 April 

 1586, is believed to hive been of the 

 Euxton familv. There arc accounts of 

 him in Pollen, .-/lVj of Engl. Alu'tyn, 67, 

 379 ; Gillow, Bihl. Diet. Engl. Cath. i, 41. 

 Thomas Andcrton, brother of Hugh 

 the Cavalier, became a Benedictine monk 

 at Paris in 1630. Late in life he was 

 sent on the English mission and died in 

 1671. He wrote a H'ufory of the Icono- 

 clasts ^ ibid. 42. Three of his brothers 

 were monks aU^^ and one a Franciscan ; 

 Wcldon, Clnon^J. Notes, 1 85 ; Thaddeu^i, 



Franciscans in Engl. 191. Sec also Trans. 

 Hist. Soc. (new sen), xiii, 130, &c. 



* He purchased Euxton Hall and lands 

 there in 1642 j Close, 3 Chas. I, pt. xix 

 (2699), no. 21. His father William had 

 obta-ncd a lease (or renewal) of the hall 

 from Sir R. Molyneux In 1617^ ibid. 



For another purchase in Euxton by Hugli 

 Anderton in 1628, sec Lanes, and Chcs. 

 ^•Infip J\'ofr', it, 84. Margaret Hmlpson, 

 the vendor,^\ias to pav certain sums to 

 her brothers-in-law, John and Robert 

 Ho'lg-ion, *at the south porch of the parish 

 church of Leyland.' 



•' Jio}j/i!t Comf}. Papers (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 60, 61. He had 

 acted at Lancaster and Warrington, and 

 as conimissiry he seized the goods of one 

 Henry Taylor at Preston, also moiu\', 

 I'cc, in the possession of Mr. Wcrden, 

 treasurer for the Parliament's force*. He 

 was examined at Preston In 1647 con- 

 cerning these mnttcrs. He stated that * he 

 was a recusant and believed he was con- 

 vict' ; he had been in Kilkenny, Wexford, 

 Wales and I-ondon, returning to his house 

 at Euxton on 30 September 1647. Then 

 he went to his mother's house at Pendle. 



It appeared that he was ccn\ictcd of 

 recusancy in 1 '140. 



The pr.ictlc.il confiscation of hts pro- 

 perty reduced him to p'i\crty and in i6f;i 

 he was in Lancaster gaol * upon an execu- 

 tion for about £yoo and upon another 

 action of ^^1,000 f()r goods plundered by 

 him.' He was rescued at the 'Scots 

 King's ' march through the town and took 

 part in the subsequent fighting, which 

 ended at Worcester j and the Parliamen- 

 tary officials declare : * We could have sent 

 you many other informations against him, 

 lie being one of the most notorious p-ipist 

 delinquents in this county' ; ibid. ()T,'-\. 



Charles, on his way from Scotland to 

 Worcester, had stayed for the night at 

 Hugh Andcrton's house at Euxton Burgh ; 

 'this An'lerton,' remarks the hostile 

 chronicler, 'is a bloody Papist, and one 

 that when Prince Rupert was at Bolton 

 boasted much of being in blood to the 

 elbows at that cruel massacre'; Cii-il 

 War Tracts (Chct. Soc), 288. To the 

 same effect is a letter from Charles Worslcy 

 in 1656; Thurloe's State Papers (1742), 

 Iv, ^34. A Hugh Anderton, gent., was a 

 ' suspected person ' living in Lincoln's 

 Inn Fields about 1655-7; ^^^- ^5. 

 34016. 



•• Royalr-l Comp. Papers, i, J4-67 ; 

 67-74 ; Index nj Royalists (Index Soc), 

 41. Isabel's sequestration was for recu- 

 sancy only ; she had been convicted in 

 1641. She died 14 May 1652. It 

 appeared (p. 72) that in 1642 Hugh 

 Anderton had granted his mother a 

 mcs'^uage in Euxton called the Spout, 

 with various lands — the Priestfield, Higher 

 and Lower Buckshaw, &c 5 and that she 

 in 161; I sold them to Seth Bushell, clerk. 

 Ihe lands acquired by Seth Bushell 



20 



were given by his grandson William to 

 found the Goosnargh Charity. See Fish- 

 wick, (looiiiarirfi, 120. 



' Hut. lit Slip. In the s.ime year 

 Hugh Andcrton sold Pendle Hall, &c., (n 

 rins Starkie, and purchased the tithes of 

 Euxton and land in Cl.ivion-lc-Woods 

 from his cousin J.imes Andcrt'ui of Clay- 

 ton j Close, 16 Chaa. II, pt. xi (4161), 

 no. 21, ni. 16; 15 Chas. II, pt. xiv 

 (413 s), no. +. 



^ Administration was that year gr.-intcd. 

 According to 'ro\N'nelcy he died in Wales 

 28 A\igust 1670; Add. MS. 321 10, fol. 14. 



'' In 1689 he, with many others ot 

 the Catholic gentry, w.'is seized and carried 

 ort' to prison at Manchester ; IliM. MSS. 

 C<>»i. Rep. xiv, App. iv, ^14. They were 

 afterwards released without any further 

 proceedings against them, 



'"Buried at Leyland, 22 May 1704; 

 Parish Reg. 



" Forfeited Estates Papers, H 26 ; act 

 of treason, 12 Nov. 1715; outlawed, 

 24 July 1716. Hugli Anderton could 

 not be found erirlyin 1716 ; D(/>. Keeper's 

 Rep. \', App, ii, I i;6. About the same 

 time his brother ^Flinmas celebrated mass 

 for ' fratre peregrinantc ' ; MS. pcjies 

 Burnley Lit. and Scient. Club. 



After the conviction Catherine the 

 wife of Hugh Anderton made petition in 

 1 71 8 nn behalf of herself and her children 

 — three sons and four daughters. The 

 marriage covenants dated 25-6 June 1707 

 were recited, showing the provision made 

 on Hugh's marri.agc with the petitioner, 

 then Catherine Trappes. Her claim was 

 at first allowed, it being shown that Hugh 

 Andcrton was tenant for life only, and 

 then dismissed, it being proved that at the 

 time of execution and also at the time of 

 petition she was a ' Papist' and therefore 

 (by the Act 11 & 12 Will. Ill, cap. 4) 

 unable to make a valid settlement ; Knr- 

 feited Estates Papers (Geo. I), 53 A. 

 Hugh's life interest was accordingly sold 

 on I July 1719 to William Brooke of 

 London, woollen draper, youngest son of 

 Richard Brooke of Astlcy ; Forfeited 

 Estates Bks. xcii, 29. Hugh Anderton 

 was buried at Leyland 24 May 1721. 



'-' The descent is continued from those 

 in Burke's CommoMen (i, 607) and Lanefei/ 

 Gentry, and Foster's Lantf. Petiigree^, sup- 

 plemented by Piccope MS. Pcds. (Chet. 

 Lib.), i, 4. William Andcrton also was 

 a Jacobite ; sec Raines MSS. (Clict. Lib.), 

 xhv, 187 i H. H. Barker, fValion-le-Uale 

 Mock Corp. 13. 



"Buried at Leyland 17 Oct, i;4n 

 administration granted i 746, 



A deed enrolled in I7<J2 stated that 

 Hugh Andcrton married Catherine 

 Trappes in or about 1707, and had sons, 

 William and Francis (both dead), and 

 daughters, Elizabeth (dead), Mary, and 

 Margaret (to be married to Robert Blun- 

 dell of Incc Blundell) ; Piccope MSS. 

 (Chct, Lib.), iii, 280, from R, 26 of 



