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The manor of WHITTLE, a member 

 MANORS of the fee of Penvvortham, was included 

 in the grant of eight plough-lands made 

 by Richard Bussel to Richard Fitton.' It was after- 

 wards held in moieties, one of which, liice Gunolfs- 

 moors, was acquired by the lord of Hoghton. The 

 other moiety became in some way unknown the 

 possession of the Cliftons of Clifton and Westby," and 

 of them was held by the Botelers of Ra\\clifle from 

 about 12,0 to 1550.' In 137S the 'lords of 

 Whittle-le- Woods ' contributed 5/. to an aid as for 

 the fourth part of a knight's fee*; and in 1445-6 

 Sir Richard Hoghton and Nicholas Boteler held the 

 fourth part of a knight's fee, contributing equall}' to 

 the relief when due/ The mesne lordship of the 



Clifton family was then, as usually, ignored ; in 

 inquisitions /iw/ mortem lands were stated to be held of 

 Hoghton and Boteler. 



The Hoghton moiety long descended with Hogh- 

 ton," but appears to have been sold about 16 10.' 

 The Boteler moiety was divided between co-heirs in 

 1572,' one-fourth part of the manor becoming the 

 share of Standish of Duxbury,* and may still be vested 

 in the trustees of this family,'" the other fourth going 

 to Anderton of Clayton " and being sold with 

 another fourth part, making a moict}', in 1666 

 to William Crook.'' This portion has been sold 

 again, and the lordship of the manor is now indeter- 

 minate. 



A family took its surname from the place, but little 



* Farrer, Laua. Pipe R, 374. 



^ Gilbert dc Clifton was a defendant in 

 1290; Assize R. 1288, m. 13. Robert 

 son of Mons. William de Clifton in 1322 

 demised to Randolf two parts of the park 

 of Whittle-le-\Voods until the full age of 

 Nicholas son of William le Boteler ; 

 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 93*. 



Cuthbert Clifton died in 1512 seised of 

 the homage and service of Sir Nicholas 

 Boteler for certain lands held in Whittle- 

 in-the-Woods ; Duchy of Lane. Intj. p.m. 

 iii, no. 3 J iv, no. 12. Sir William 

 Molyneux, who married Elizabeth, the 

 daughter and heir, was seised of the same 

 in 1548 ; ibid, ix, no. 6. 



^ Richard le Boteler released to Thomas 

 de Whittle his claim made against him in 

 1259-60, so that Thomas might hold his 

 land in Whittle of Richard and his heirs ; 

 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 86*. On the other 

 hand Mabel daughter of Thomas gave to 

 Sir Richard le Boteler all her land in 

 Whittle {ibid. fol. 87), and William son 

 of Thomas de Whittle granted to Sir 

 Richard lands within certain bounds j 

 Kuerden MSS. iii, W 22. He also 

 released to Nicholas son and heir of 

 Sir William Boteler all the rent he had 

 been accustomed to receive from Sir 

 William for the mill of Whittle and 

 various lands there ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 



Richard le Boteler in 1259—60 also 

 released his claim against William Ball 

 and Richard de Hesketh and their wives ; 

 ibid. fol. 95. To the same Richard 

 Adam Topping conceded all his right to 

 common of pasture in Richard's park in 

 Whittle ; ibid, fol, 87. This park is also 

 named in a grant by William Bussel of 

 Euxton to Sir Richard, viz. of 4 acres of 

 land with their appurtenances of the 

 waste of Werden lying between Sir 

 Richard's park of Whittle and the Kirk- 

 gate from Whittle to Leyland ; ibid. fol. 

 95, In a charter of 1347 Sir Nicholas le 

 Boteler demised to Joan widow of Adam 

 de Charnock for her life the lands which 

 Robert de Heskin, formerly her husband, 

 had held In the park of Whittle, except a 

 messuage, &c., then held by Margery 

 widow of Adam de Heskin for life ; ibid, 

 fol. 950. 



See also Assize R. 1238, m. 31 d. ; 

 Final Cone. (Rec. See. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 iii, 108, 136. 



* Harl. MS. 2085, fol. 421, &c. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees, 2/20. 

 In 1 43 1 Sir Richard Hoghton was said to 

 hold the moiety of the manor of the 

 king by the fourth part of a knight's 

 f-e and 6J, rent; Harl. MS. 2085, fol. 

 447 i. 



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^ Sec Final Cone, i, 1925 ill, 146. 

 It does not appear how the Hoghtons 

 acquired this estate, unless It hud pre- 

 viously become united with Gunolfs- 

 moors. A * WhithiU in Wheelton,' per- 

 haps this Whittle, is named in the account 

 of Wheelton. 



Sir Richard de Hoghton in 1388 gave 

 to Thomas son of Richard Hanson de 

 Whittle the moiety of certain land newly 

 approved on the south side of the Bere- 

 field in Whittle, at a rent of gJ. ; Add. 

 MSS. 32109, fol. 50. The other moiety 

 was about the same time given to Thomas 

 by Sir Robert de Urswick and Ellen his 

 wife ; it was described as * upon Leyth- 

 landhurst, between the Berefield and the 

 boundary of Worden ' ^ ibid. fol. 57. 



Sir Alexander Hoghton in 1498 held 

 the moiety of a fourth part of a knight's 

 fee of the king as of his duchy ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66, 

 Later Inquisitions record the tenure 

 similarly. 



' It does not occur in fines, &c., con- 

 cerning the Hoghton estates, and was 

 probably acquired by Standish of Dux- 

 bury and Anderton of Clayton ; cf. Lanes. 

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

 23, 214; iii, 313. 



8 John Boteler of RawclIfFe died in 1488 

 holding twenty messuages, lands, &c., in 

 Whittle-le-Woods and Goosnargh of the 

 king by knights' service, viz. by the 

 moiety of a knight's fee j Duchy of 

 Lane, Inq. p.m. iii, no, 43. His son 

 James in 1503 complained that this find- 

 ing was erroneous, asserting that the 

 premises In Whittle were held of Robert 

 Whittle by fealty and a rent of iid. ; 

 ibid, iii, no. 45. James Butler himself 

 died the next year, and the jury did not 

 know of whom his lands In Whittle were 

 held ; Ibid, iii, no. 109. Later the 

 tenure was called knights' service \ ibid. 

 X, no. 4. 



John Butler, who died in 1534, left 

 four daughters, of whom Elizabeth married 

 James Standish of Duxbury, and Grace 

 married Hugh Anderton of Euxton ; 

 Anne, daughter and heir of a third, married 

 Gilbert Gerard, who became Master of 

 the Rolls. On the partition in 1572 

 Thomas Standish and James Anderton 

 received the moiety of the manor of 

 Whittle, while Gilbert Gerard and his 

 wife had Hoole ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 231, m. 8, 



® By virtue of the above-named parti- 

 tion Thomas Standish died In 1599 hold- 

 ing the manor with messuages, lands, &c. 

 in Whittle-le-Woods of the queen as of 

 her duchy by the twentieth part of a 

 knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane, Inq. p.m. 



xvii, no, 54, Alexander hia son, who 

 died in 1622, also held the manor, &c., by 

 knights' service j Lanes, litq, p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 399. 



In fines, Sec, regarding this family's 

 estates the manor of Whittle is included, 

 and as the Hoghton manor disappears 

 about the same time it (or a moiety) may 

 have been purchased by Alexander 

 Standish. See Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 104, no. 10 ; 306, m. 77, &c. 



'"In 161 1 a partition of the manor 

 was desired by Alexander Standish and 

 James Anderton \ Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 305, m. 20 d. The partition was 

 decreed the following year ; ibid. 307, 

 m. 20. 



" James Anderton of Worden in Ley- 

 land, who died in 1523, held lands in 

 Whittle of Sir Richard Hoghton and John 

 Butler J Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, 

 no. 51. 



James Anderton of Euxton in 1552 

 held lands in Whittle of Sir Richard 

 Hoghton in socage by 6d, rent ; ibid, ix, 

 no. 14. It was his son Hugh who 

 married one of the co-heirs of John 

 Butler, as above stated, and ultimately 

 the fourth part of Whittle descended with 

 Clayton to his son James, j-ames Ander- 

 ton died in 1630 holding a fourth part of 

 the manor of Whittle of the king by the 

 hundredth part of a knight's fee, and 

 another fourth part, also by knights' 

 service ; ibid, xxvii, no. 56 ; W. and L. 

 Inq. p.m. Ixxxvi, 191. The former fourth 

 part was inherited from liis mother and 

 named in the settlement of 1602 ; the 

 latter fourth was probably purchased 

 from Hoghton. This manor is named 

 in settlements of the Anderton of 

 Clayton estates ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 64 (1602), m. 233 ; 177, 

 m. 88. This last, of 1666, indicates the 

 time of sale, for in that year James 

 Anderton of Clayton gave the manor of 

 Whittle to Grace Bold, reserving a few 

 parcels and the right to take millstones 

 tor Clayton mill out of the quarries, 

 'roaches,' or 'delphs' in Whittle at the 

 rate of 131. ^d. a millstone ; Close, 18 

 Chas. II, pt. xvl, no. 20 (4209), 

 m. 27; no. 18, m. 28-9; no. 21, 

 m. 26 (a reference due to Mr, H, I, 

 Anderton), 



" A statement by Kuerden quoted in 

 Baines, Lanes, (cd. 1870), ii, 141. The 

 manor of Whittle-le-Woods and other 

 lands were in 1768 held by Samuel 

 Crook and Elizabeth his wife ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 230, m, 31, 



In 1 769 Sir Frank Standish and Samuel 

 Crook were lords of the manor ; tnj. 

 Char. Rep. (Leyland), 22. 



