A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



the manor became vested In a certain Ingelram de 

 Amelcotes,' but some twenty years later had paf>ed 

 to Adam de Charnock of Charnock Richard,' 

 descending to his younger son John/ who in turn 

 was succeeded by his son of the same name.* 

 This family retained possession* until 1521, when 

 Richard Charno.k of Cuerden and Leyland sold 

 his manor to Thomas Langton, lord of Newton,*^ 



and thus the inferior manor became merged in 

 the superior one. Cuerden Manor was in 1604 

 sold by Sir Thomas Langton to John Sweeting/ and 

 is soon afterwards found in possession of Henry 

 Banastre of Bank in Bretherton/ whose daughter 

 Alice, wife of Sir Thomas Haggcrston, held it in 

 1641.^ It seems to have reverted to the Banastre 

 family, or was repurchased by them/" for it descended 



of a knight's (cc \ HarL MS. 208,, fol. 

 4.21, &c. Again, in an extent of 1+4^-6, 

 Henry de Langton is stated to have held 

 the fourth part of a knight's fee in Cuerden; 

 Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 

 20. As the whole Sefton fee was held by 

 the service of half a knight, it appears 

 that a moiety had been phccd upon this 

 single manor, 



Cuerden appears frequently to have been 

 regarded as in Walton-le-Dale, no doubt 

 through its dependence upon the lords 

 thereof. 



James de Lostock of Walton-le-Dale 

 complained in 1347 that Sir Robert de 

 Langton, John son of Robert de Langton 

 the elder, and others hid with force and 

 arms disseised him of a mill in Cuerden, 

 and a verdict was given against John de 

 Langton j Assize R. 1+35, m. 9 d. 



' In an undated charter Ingelram 

 de Amclcotcs is styled lord of Cuerden. 

 He gave to John son of Ellis dc Kucrdcn 

 bnd on the cast side of Ferncroft ; also 

 land on Huntersty to John ion of 

 Geoffrey son of William dc Walton ; Add. 

 MS. 32109, fol. 23. 



Alice widow of Robert Banastre in 



1 291 claimed dower in the manor of 

 Cuerden against Ingram de Amclcotcs j 

 De Banco R. 91, m, 157, iS7d. 



In the next year Simon son of Roger 

 de Kucrden claimed common of pasture 

 in certain land against Ingelram de 

 K-iicrden, brother and heir of Robert the 

 Serjeant ; but it was shown that Robert 

 Banastre, * chief lord of Cuerden,' had 

 approved the land out of his own waste, 

 and, alter holding it for four years, had 

 granted it to Robert the Serjeant ; Assize 

 R. 408, m. 33 d. Ingelram de Kuerdcn, 

 no doubt the same as Amclcotcs, was 

 defendant in another case ; ibid, m, 24 d. 



Roger son of Roger de Kuerdcn in 



1292 claimed common of pasture against 

 Geoffrey the Brewster, who answered 

 that he and Robert de Amclcotc had 

 purchased the land from Robert Banastre, 

 lord of the vill and of the waste, and that 

 he then held it jointly with Ingelram the 

 brother of Robert dc Amclcotc. Roger 

 s.iid that a partition had been made. 

 The verdict was fur Geoffrey j ibid. m. 

 10 d. 



By another charter Ingelram de 

 * Huntcoat,' lord of Cuerden, confirmed 

 to John de Foldringis (Faldworthings) the 

 half of Vendkarhey in Cuerden, the 

 boundary as defined in one part being the 

 Lostock. A rent of zs. 6J. was to be 

 paid. John son of Ellis de Kuerden was 

 a witness \ W. Farrer's notes. 



-' In 13 16-17 Adam de Charnock 

 charged on John son of Geoffrey a rent of 

 2J. due to the lord of Walton-le-Dale for a 

 pieccofthewaste which Adam had granted 

 to John; Kuerden fol. MS. 71. Two years 

 later Adam granted a rood of the waste to 

 Robert son of Roger Woodcock ; ibid. 

 Later still {1322-3) he gave to John son 

 of Geoffrey a part of the waste within 

 bounds beginning at the Lostock, with 

 remainders to Adam, Henry and William, 

 I jua of John j ibid. A Robert dc Char- 



nock, of whom nothing further is known, 

 made a grant In almost the same terms tJ 

 John son of Geoffrey ; ibid. 



The latest grant by Adam de Charnock, 

 made to Alexander de Cliff in 132;;, re- 

 cords many names of places and tenants. 

 For example. Long Castlegnte, Short 

 Castlegate, Towncrofts, the Hancdings of 

 the Shortbottom, Longbottom, Balgrcen 

 and Kilgreen ; Roger son of Roger son of 

 Alice (formerly), William de Whithalgh, 

 John de Bradley, Richard son of Robert 

 Woodcock, Ellis son of John de Alt, John 

 de Faldworthings, William de Molyiicux 

 and Richard de Hoole j ibid. 



^ For a settlement of the manor of 

 Charnock Rich.nrd by Adam, see Final 

 Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chcs.), ii, i^y. 



John son of Adam de Charnock Richnrd 

 granted land in Cuerden lying by the high- 

 way leading from Clayton to Preston 5 

 Kuerdcn fol, MS. 72. In 1334 John son 

 of Adam de Charnock (lord of Cuerden) 

 licensed Richard son of Robert Woodcock 

 to make a new hearth upon the Smith- 

 ridding ; ibid. 71. The same John in 1338 

 demised to William de Whithalgh two 

 adjacent parcels in Cuerden called the 

 Whitfield and Walgatc ; ibid. 72. 



John de Charnock in i 347 claimed land 

 in Cuerden against Adam de Clayton, 

 Adam son of Peter de RJsley and others. 

 The defence was that the land was in 

 Clayton, but the jury decided in favour of 

 the plaintiff; Assize R. I43^, m. igd. 

 At the same time John complained that 

 William de Whithalgh and others had 

 been digging in his several turbary within 

 Cuerden; De Banc. R. 351, m. 340. 

 John dc Charnock in 1348 allowed Roger 

 son of John dc Faldworthings to remove 

 a hearth (asfrum) formerly built on the 

 north side of Faldworlliings to the south 

 side of the same ; Had. MS. 2042, fol. 

 103 (where his seal is drawn). In July 

 13^1 he was unsuccessful in a demand for 

 a rent of 151. made against Sir Robert de 

 Langton, John his son, and others ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Assize R. 1, m. 3. William son 

 of Walter dc Burnhull and Margery his 

 wife did not prosecute their claim against 

 him ; ibid. m. i d. 



* John de Charnock the elder may have 

 died in or before 1351;, in which year John 

 son of John son of Adam de Charnock 

 claimed a messuage and land in Cuerden 

 against Robert son of Henry de Kuerden, 

 Richard son of Henry son of Richard de 

 Kuerden, and Thomas son of Eills de 

 Kuerden. It appeared that John the 

 father had obtained the land from Henry 

 son of Richard at a rent of 461. 8^/., and 

 had granted it to his son John ; the rent 

 falling into arrear, a seizure had followed. 

 See Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m, 23 d. 



John son of John de Charnock In 1 367 

 released to William de Faldworth'ngs his 

 right in the service of William de Walton 

 and others ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 535, 

 fol. 338. About the same time also he 

 released to Richard Lemon all actions ; 

 Kuerdcn fol. MS. 71. He demised two 

 pieces of land in a field called Huntersty 

 to Robert son of Thomas de Kuerden in 



^4 



i;7i ; ibid. John son of John de Char- 

 nock in the following year released his 

 riglit in a certain rent to William Wood- 

 cock ; ibid. 



^ In 1408 Robert de Charnock and 

 Roger his son demised 8 acres in Cuerden 

 to William del Cliff at a rent of 91. ; ibid. 



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« Kuerden fol. MS. 76 ; Harl. MS. 

 2042, fol. 10^. The manor, services 

 and all lands were transferred, except 9 

 acres then held by Richard Charnock and 

 his tenants. In exchange he received 

 22 acres in Walton-le-Dale and Cuerden. 

 Hence the Charnocks of Leyland still 

 continued to hold some land in this town- 

 ship. 



In the inquisition after the death 

 of Richard Langton, 1511, lands in 

 Cuerden are named as parcel of the barony 

 of Newton, and in that after the death 

 of Sir Thomas Langton in 1569 the 

 tenure of the manor of Cuerden is not 

 given J Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 

 4^ ; xiii, no. 41. Sir Thomas had re- 

 cently purchased a messuage in Cuerden 

 from the Earl of Derby ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 29, m. 92. 



William Charnock, as son and heir of 

 Richard, claimed common of pasture in 

 Walton and Cuerden ; Ducatus Lane. 

 (Rec. Com.), ii, 106. In l 554 he secured 

 three barns, &c., in Walton-le-Dale and 

 Cuerden from Sir Thomas Langton and 

 Anne his wife \ Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 15, m. 144. For a brother, John 

 Charnock of Farington, see Piccope, iVilU 

 ii, 208. William had a son Thomas, wlio 

 married Cecily, one of the daughters and 

 co-heirs of Peter Farington of Little Faring- 

 ton {f'isif. of 1^67, Chet. Soc. 76), and 

 was succeeded by his son William, who 

 died in 1598 holding lands, &c., in 

 Cuerden held of Thomas Langton, but 

 the tenure is not separately given ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 5. 



' Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 66, 

 no. 2?. 



^ The manor of Cuerden was included 

 with other Banastre estates in 1608-9; 

 Pat. 6 Jas. i, pt. xxi. On the other hand 

 in one or two later inquisitions land in 

 Cuerden is stated to have been held of 

 the Fleetwoods, successors of the Langtons, 

 e.g. in 1639 Richard Sherdley is stated to 

 have held of Sir Richard Fleetwood as of 

 his manor of Cuerden ; Towneley MS. 

 C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 1091. 



^ Thomas Haggerston and Alice his 

 wife held Cuerden Hall in right of Alice, 

 also 5 acres appurtenant in Walton-le- 

 Dale ; and demised them in 1637 to 

 Christopher Banastre, for 99 years, should 

 Thomas and Alice live so long ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, no. 1 5. The 

 tenure is not recorded. 



'" William Blundell of Little Crosby in 

 1673 stated : 'There was a fair estate 

 called Cuerden which was held by my 

 wife's father, Sir Thomas Haggerston, 

 only for the term of his life, the remainder 

 to his infant son in tail. This was sold 

 by Sir Thomas to Mr. Banastre of the 

 Bank in the year 1637, and security 



