A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



The other moiety was in 1210 claimed from RicharJ 

 by Sabina de Howick, and her right being acknovv- 

 ledgcJ she gave it to him, retaining 2 oxgangs of 

 land (i.e. a moiety) and 10 acres ; she and Richard 

 were each to hold of the abbot.^ She was living in 

 1256, when she sold 10 acres to Alan de Howick.- 



Adam son of Mary, who was a benefactor of 

 Cockersand Abbey ,^ had a son Simon, who appears as 

 plaintiff as late as 1284.'* Richard son of Simon 

 in 1292 claimed a tenement in Howick against the 

 Abbot of Evesham,^ while in 1 3 1 7 William son of 



Richard de Howick made a settlement of his moiety 

 of the manor.^ Richard son of William de Howick in 

 1 346 made a grant of land to his brother John7 



Sabina, as daughter of Roger do Howick, granted 

 a fourth part of Nutshaw to Roger son of Gamel for 

 a rent of iid.,^ and appears to have married one 

 Robert de Bower.^ Gamel was the founder of the 

 Nutshaw family,^*^ for long the principal residents, 

 whose estate was in 1503-6 sold to the Heskeths of 

 Rufford.*^ Thus in 1523 the 'manor or capital 

 messuage of Howick,* with various lands, was Iield by 



oxgangs of land held by Amabel daughter 

 of John, I oxgang held by Orm de Howick, 

 and I by Roger de Howick. 



* Final Cone. (Rec. Soc, Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 36. The oxgangs retained by 

 Sabina were one tenanted byAlbin son of 

 Sired and another by Richard son ofWaKne, 

 with the messuage of Roger Briton j the 

 10 acres lay between the marsh of Howick 

 and Smeleden, and Roger son of Gamcl 

 held nine of the acres by a rent of \%J. 

 Roger was present and acknowledged that 

 he owed such service. He was of the 

 Nutshaw family, as will be seen. 



^ Ibid, i, 120. 



^ He gave a piece of land in Hutton ; 

 C^ckersanJ Chariu!. (Chct. Soc), ii, 442. 



* In 1279 Simon de Howick claimed 

 an oxgang of land held by Adam de 

 Howick and 2 oxgangs held bv Adam 

 son of Roger dc Howick; De iJtnco R. 

 31, ni. 32 d. In 1284 he clamied 10 

 acres against Alice widow of Adam dc 

 Howick; Assize R. 1268, m. 12. 



As Simon son of Adam son ot Mjiy 

 he gave half an acre in Howick to William 

 son of Robert at 6./. rent, Henry de 

 Howick and AJam his son being among 

 the witnesses ; Townelcy MS. DD, no. 



-'Assize R. 4cS, ra. 20 d. Richard 

 claimed by inheritance, but was non- 

 suited. He acquired half an acre in the 

 Bottoms ; Towncley MS. DD, no. 286. 



■ Finjl Cone, ii, 2^. By this Simon son 

 of Richard de Howick granted the moiety 

 of the manor to William son of Richard 

 and Beatrice his wile, witli successive 

 remainders to their sons Richar.l, John 

 and William. The Abbot of Evesham 

 put in his claim. 



Richard son of Henr>' dc Howick in 

 1^38 granted half an acre to Richard son 

 of William de Howick ; DD, no. 297. 



*" Ibid. no. 285. In the following 

 year the father, William son of Richard 

 dc Howick, gave his son John land which 

 the said Richard had had of the feoffment 

 of Robert son of Hugh de Howick ; ibid, 

 no. 29v 



There were various families sumamed 

 Howick. Warine de Howick granted to 

 Richard Marshal and Alice his wile lands 

 In Horpultre and the Townfield ; in 

 1312-1:5 he gave to John son of Richard 

 de Howick 2 acres, comprising 4 ridges 

 in Harapcbore (? Harapeltre), 4 in Car- 

 dales and 6 more In the same. These 

 lands seem to have passed from Marshal 

 of Preston to John Breton of Preston, 

 living in 1420. See the deeds in Kuerden 

 MSS. ii, tol. 224 ; other deeds (Bradley 

 Vamily) are at fol. 226. Richard son of 

 Henrj' de Howick in 1350 gave his 

 daughter EUen a house and land upon 

 Hacapultree, between land of William de 

 Howick and William de Budworth. A 

 rent of jJ. was due to the Prior of Pen- 

 Mortham ; Ruerden fol. MS. p. 188. 



In 13S3 to 1406 Hear)- dc Hov.ick of 



Farington and Alice his wife held lands 

 in Farington, Howick and Longton ; 

 Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xiv, 54, 



56. 



Henry son of Ralph Howick and 

 Katherine his wife in 1448 entrusted to 

 Sir Richard Hoghton four deeds relating 

 to their estate ; Towneley MS, DD, 

 no. 310. The father was the Ralph Jen- 

 kinson or Ralph son of John Johnson of 

 earlier deeds ; no. loi, 278, 338. 

 " Ibid. no. 287. 



^ Robert de Bower (Camera) and Sabina 

 his wife gave land there to Robert son 

 of Hugh ; Adam son of Mary, Roger and 

 Henry de Nutshaw were among the wit- 

 nesses, ao that the deed belongs to the 

 first half of the 13th centuri' ; ibid. no. 

 ^ ^2. For the Bower family see the 

 account of Pcnwortham. 



'" Roger dc Howick, no doubt the 

 father of Sabina, granted an oxgang of 

 land in Howick to Gamcl de Nutshaw at 

 a rent of 2j. ; Gerald de Clayton was a 

 witness; ibid. no. 283. The above-cited 

 gift of Sabina to Roger son of Gamcl 

 follows. The same Roger also obtained 

 from Richard son of Warine (holding i 

 oxgang of land ini2io — see above) all his 

 land in Howick, to be held by a rent of 

 20./. ; ibiJ. no. 31^3. 



Richard son of Warine de Farington 

 (perhaps the same as *dc Howick ') gave 

 to the abbey of Evesham all his lands In 

 Howick in return for 201. given him in 

 his dire need ; his tenants included Jolin 

 Blund, Henry son of Alan, Roger son of 

 Gamcl and Robert dc Bradturd ; Kuerden 

 fol. MS. (Chet. Lib.}, p. 132. 



Richard son of Warine gave land called 

 Bradford, &c., to Robert son of Henry, 

 who made a grant to his mother Emma ; 

 Kuerdcn MSS. ill, H 12, 13. Roger son 

 of Gamel dc Nutshaw released to the 

 canons of Cockersand all his right in the 

 fourth part of the mill of Bradford and 

 Wimodc within the bounds of Hutton, 

 and Roger son of Roger did likewise ; 

 Cockeriand Chartul. ii, 441. The mill 

 was probably on the brook dividing 

 Howick from Hutton. 



The next to appear is John de Nutshaw, 

 who attested several charters ; Towneley 

 MS. DD, no, 1647, &c. Thomas de Nut- 

 shaw in 1320 agreed with the Prior of 

 Penwortham as to a road through Nut- 

 shawhead which he had obstructed by in- 

 closure ; Penzvortkam Priory, 20, He paid 

 to the subsidy in 1332 ; Ex^h. Lay Subs. 

 43. In the same year Robert the Cookson 

 and Maud his wife claimed 10 acres in 

 Howick against Thomas son of John 

 de Nutshaw ; De Banco R. 2co, m. 



356. 



Joan daughter of Master Robert de 

 Liierpjvl, clerk, released all her claims 

 against John de Nutshaw in 15 + 1 ; 

 Towncley MS. DD, no. 345. Godlth 

 meadow in Nutshaw, in the hamlet of 

 Howick, was in the following j-ear 



66 



granted to John son of Thomas de 

 Nutshaw and Agnes his wife and Jor- 

 dan ridding in iH7i i^i^* "°- 339i 

 273. In 1373 Robert de Horsford 

 and Cecily his wife granted to John dc 

 Nutshaw tenements in the vills and fields 

 of Hutton and Bradford ; ibid. no. 275. 

 Cecily was perhaps the heiress of one ol 

 the Howick families, for in the same 

 year she and her husband released to 

 William de Denwall of Longton and 

 Amery his wife (and the latter's heirs) 

 the third part of a messuage and lands in 

 Hnwick J Final Cone, ii, 185. The re- 

 mainder was in 1374 claimed by the 

 Denwalls against John de Nutshaw, 

 Thomas son of Robert de Midgehalgh, and 

 Agnes widow of Adam dc Broughton j 

 Dc Banco R. 453, m. 394 d. John seems 

 to have had a brother Roger, for in 1348 

 John de Howick claimed fulfilment of a 

 covenant as to a messuage and ^ acres in 

 Howick .ngainst Roger son of Thomas 

 dc Nutshaw; De Banco R. 355, m. 

 190. 



John and Agnes had two sons — Ralph 

 and Thomas — as appears by a grant of 

 lands made to them in 1354 by Richard 

 son of Thomas the Carpenter ; Towneley 

 MS. DD, no. 288. Ralph appears again in 

 deeds of 1396 and 1420; ibid. no. 279, 

 344. In 1357 Thomas son of John 

 de Nutshaw received a messuage in 

 Howick from his father's feoffee ; ibid, 

 no. 270. Cecily widow of Robert de 

 Horsford released to him lands in 

 Hutton in 1413 ; ibid. no. 358. He 

 appears again in 1420 ; ibid. no. 309. 

 He seems to have left three children 

 — Thomas, James and Margaret — for 

 in 1434 Thomas Nutshaw made a 

 feoffinent of lands in Howick, Hutton 

 and Longton, and in 1437 James son of 

 Thomas Nutshaw received certain lands 

 for life, with remainders to his brother 

 Thomas and his sister Margaret ; ibid, 

 no. 342, 290. 



Ralph son of Thomas Nutshaw occurs 

 '" '437i when lands in Longton and 

 Hutton were given to him ; ibid. no. 1755. 

 He was probably son of the younger 

 Thomas, for Joan CunlifTc, widow o( 

 Ralph Nutjhaw, was living in 1511, and 

 their son John is also named ; ibid, 

 no- 32°, 333- 



A grant of Nutshaw Hall in Howick 

 was in 1500 made to Charles Sherdley, 

 Margery his wife and their issue ; ibid, 

 no. 3 50. 



" It was Richard the son and heir of 

 Ralph Nutshaw who sold the estate ; 

 Final C',r,c. iii, 159, ,6,. There are 

 many deeds relating to the transaction in 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 294, 303, 305, 

 &c. The lands were acquired by Richard 

 Hesketh and others, perhaps acting for 

 Thomas. 



In 1 505 Richard Nuuhaw sold land 

 called the Bottoms to William Forshaw 

 of Penwortham ; ibid. no. 2--. 



