A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



\\crc let out to tenants at will, but there wctc also a 

 considerable number of free tenants.' 



After the Di-olution the Crown in 1^46 granted 

 the manor to Laurence Rawstorne for jf 560.-' The 

 purchaser, described a? of Old Windsor, ua? of the 

 family of Rawstorne of Tottington. There are no 

 inquisitions />osf mortem of his branch of the family, 

 but a pedigree was recorded in 1664.^ 



The Rawstornes had several disputes with their 

 neighbours as to Hutton. In 1559 Lawrence Raw- 

 storne complained that the servants of John Fleet- 

 wood of Penwortham had deprived him of his turbary 

 in Wymott Moss by destroying the ditch ; the moss 

 thus became flooded, and the watercourse to Hutton 

 Mill was likewise spoiled.^ Lawrence made a settle- 

 ment of the manor in 1568, the remainder being to 

 his son Edward.'^ He afterwards removed to Stafford- 

 shire, having made an agreement with Fleetwood, 

 which was ratified in 1572 b\' his son and successor 

 Edward Rawstorne ; but in the following year com- 

 plaint \\as made that boundary stakes had been re- 

 moved, and that land belonging to the manor of 

 Farington was being claimed for Hutton.** Soon 



afterwards the Farington family on various picas 

 interfered in the manor.' 



Edward Rawstorne, son and succsor of the la^t- 

 named, was high sheriff in 

 1629, and several of his des- 

 cendants have served in the 

 same office. His son, of the 

 same name, took a leading 

 part in the second defence 

 of Lathom House, being 

 appointed to the command 

 by Prince Rupert. His 

 estates were sequestered by the 

 Parliament, but on his death 

 without issue were restored 

 to his brother Lawrence, 

 who had * faithful!}' served 

 Parliament/ ^"^ The manor 

 has since descended regular!}',^ 



without anv noteworthy incident, to the present lord, 

 Mr. Lawrence Rawstorne of Hutton and rcnwortham. 



Of the free tenants and landowners but little can 

 be eaid."^ The surname Hutton occurs,^* as also docs 



R^\\s^oR^E of Hut- 

 ton. Per feat a^ure 

 an.i guUi a cattle 'with 



three tozi-crs or. 



to be made and judgement given, In accord- 

 ance with which the canons in 121 5 

 agreed to pay to Evcshnm loj. a year for 

 the tithes of Hohum so long n! they 

 should hold it in demesne. Afterwards, 

 in 12;- .ind 12-;, they n;5recd to pny an 

 additional 41. a year. 



The bounds of Hohum, in which the 

 canons* grange or manor-house was situate, 

 were thus described (ibid, ii, ^94) : Begin- 

 ning on the western side of Merepool 

 (Markpool) along the sands north to 

 Miicklcpool, then eastward to Turnbuth- 

 syke, southward to the highw:i}- [\ia Iju)^ 

 to Cracfoot by Hall meadow and to M.ir- 

 shal's furlong and acros"; to Rocarr 

 (excluding 1 8 acres on the east side, 

 fMyiTig tithe t') Penwortham), so to 

 Mii!iJlc';\ k'- and then west to Hohumcarr 

 and buck in M.irkpo-1. 



' Cjckersartd Chj' fuL \\-^ 12^4-9. The 

 manor or grange was tenantel by Ralph 

 Rl.Kkbvim in i + ii, by Charles Farington 

 in 1 ^01, and by Richard Farington in 

 I :; ;7, at a rent of £\ 2. In 145 i Thomas 

 Wilcock had the water-mill with certain 

 land for a rent of 26. %J.\ his successors 

 In 1^01 and i 5 ; " held Bradford water- 

 mill and a windmill for 22/. rent. Fort\- 

 elght hens were paid by the tenants for 

 the Lees by the Rlbble, and twehc hens 

 for the Carr by Bradfordgrevey, The 

 rents of the tenants at will amounted to 

 £^z(> v'- 8</. in 1451, and had increased 

 by 22.;. only by i^^~; the free tenants 

 paid i8j. SJi/. 



As to the subJivislon of the land from 

 early times see a note, ibid. 11, 435. 



-Pat. ;7 Hen. \\U, pt. v. The 

 grant included other monastic lands in 

 Hutton Moss, Brookheld, Crouon, Cuer- 

 den, Clayton, Shevington, Bretherton, 

 Parbold, Wrightlngton and Harrock Hill. 



3 Du-dnle, r:s:t. (diet. Sod, zj^'b. 

 Tlie descent Is thus given : Lawrence -5. 

 Edward (d.c. 1622} -s. Edward -5. Edward 

 (d. 16;;, an error) — bro. LawTence (aged 

 45) -s. Peter (aged 2). 



"• Duchy of Lane, Plead. Eliz, xliii, 

 R2, 2.;. 



■' Pal. of L.'.nc. Feet of F. bdle. ■;o, 

 iM, 84. A further settlement was made 

 in i;~9 by Edward Rawstorne and .-Mice 

 his wife j ibid. bdle. 41, m, 106. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. ixxxvi, 



F 2, Other references to the numerous 

 disputes of the time may be seen in the 

 Dueafus Lj'u. (Rcc. Com.\ 



' William Farington, as bailiff of Pen- 

 wortham, complained in i^Si iliat 

 l!ilward Rawitornc was pniccting joliii 

 W'.iriri-', a tenant of Hutton, who had 

 been fmed at the lect court of Penwor- 

 tham for an assault on Francis Faringtr'n. 

 R,i\'.storne, whose lordship was denW- i, 

 asserted that the place where the .iffray 

 took pbce was not within the jurisdiction 

 of the leet ; Duchy <>f Lane. I'lt-.td. Eliz. 

 exxi, F 6. 



1 1 tJie following ycjr Francis F.iringtcn, 

 of tlie Middle Temple, as holding Hutton 

 Grange, claimed certain * averages ' or 

 works commonly called bound service 

 from the tenants of Hutton ; viz. half a 

 da\'s service with a plough, half a day's 

 labour in tune of Ict-din^, and one dnv's 

 labour with a carriage to convey from the 

 said messuage to tht grounds and fields 

 therc^it, and two days' labour in harvest 

 in reaping; tlie smaller tenants performed 

 half these tasks. Ibid. F ^ 



William Farington in 1599 claimed 

 the manor cf Hutton by grant of his 

 father Sir Henry Farlncton, and denied 

 the title of Edward Rawstr.rnc, who had, 

 he alleged, stoppe>l the tenants from enjoy- 

 ing common of pasture in Hutton Mar^h, 

 and had taken possession of the mosses 

 and doles of moss. The defence was an 

 assertion of the Rawstorne title to the 

 lordship of the manor; ibid, clxxxvlii, 

 F I ; cxcvii, F 9. Sec Lana. and Ches. Rec. 

 (Rec. Soc Lanes, and Ches.), 11, 258,279. 



Edward Rawstorne appears to have 

 made a settlement of the manor, &c., in 

 I 598 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 283, m. 5. 



■■ See the account of New Hall in 

 Tottington. Edward Rawstorne died In 

 1646 without male issue, and in the fol- 

 lowing year Lawrence Rawstorne made a 

 settlement ot the manor of Hutt'jn, with 

 messuage?, lands, windmill, water-mill, 

 &c., in Hutton and SpotJand, and a free 

 fishery in the Ribble ; Pal, of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 144, m. 26. 



Lawrence seems to have been a consis- 

 tent Whig. There are numerous letters 

 of his printed in the li.-.t. M>-^. Com. 

 Rep. xiv, App. iv ; one of them in 1688 

 complains of the burden of the poor to 



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the township of Hutton (p. 19^); he 

 desired th.it the other townships of tlic 

 parish should be made to help, ' (or the 

 greatest share lies indeed upon me.* 



'-' See Foster's I.if'iis. PcJi^/ cfs and 

 Burke's l.iiUile.l (<iutiY. The descent in 

 outline is as follow s ; Lawrence Raw- 

 storne, sheriff 1681, d. 1 700 -s, William, 

 -heiirt 1712 ■ s. Lilwaid, will I767 — 

 neph. Lawrence (s. of Lawrence), sheriff 

 17-'!, d. i8o;^ -s. Lawrence, sheriff 1814, 

 d. 1850 -8. Lawrence, born 1842. 



1 he following fines, &c., referring to 

 the manor of Hutton are recorded : In 

 1685 — Lnwrencc Rawstorne, deforciant ; 

 Pal. tit Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 214, m. 48. 

 1-20— rent of >^6o out of the manor by 

 William Rawstorne and Isabella his wile, 

 in favour ot Edward son and heir of 

 William ; ibid, bdle. 286, m. gi. 1738 — 

 William Rawstorne and Edward his son 

 and heir, vouchees in a recovery ; P.il. of 

 L.-inc. Plea R. 546, m. 7. 1769 — Richard 

 Wllbraham Bootle, Mary his wife and 

 Lawrence Rawstorne, deforciants ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F, bdlc. 382, m. 82. 

 180^ — Lawrence Rawstorne, vouchee ; 

 Pa*» of L;inc. Lent Assizes 44 Geo. Ill, 

 R. to. 



M.rny of the people of Longton seem 

 to have had lands in Hutton also. 



Richard Scathe ga\e 3 acres in Hor- 

 cockgrc\cB to Cockersand Abbey ; Cocker- 

 iand Chartul, ii, 429. A little later 

 Alexander Scathe gave a number of pieces 

 of land, Adam his son adding an acre, 

 &e. ; ibid, il, 42 ^ -8, 441;. Adam son of 

 Robert and grandson and heir of Adam 

 Scathe claimed a messuage and land in 

 Hutton in 1320; De Banco R. 236, m. 

 204; 240, m. 223 d.; Assize R. 425, 

 m, 3 d. 



" Eilis son of Roger granted to Alice 

 daughter of Kettel and her sons Richard 

 and Robert 2 oxgangs of land in Hutton 

 (viz. those which had belonged to Gcrar'l 

 and Ulf;, also Godith the wife of Ulf and 

 her chattels &c., doing the knight's 

 service appertaining to 2 oxgangs of land. 

 He added the sixth part of 3 oxgangs of 

 land which the canons of Cockersand 

 used to hold by farm ; also the sixth part 

 of the service of Roger de Leicester for 

 land between M:irkpool and Pinkpool 

 and 12 acres in Hohum, and of HcrTcy 



