LEYLAND HUNDRED 



PENWORTHAM 



Longton,! derived from the adjacent township ; and 

 some of the neighbouring landowners had lands here.'-^ 

 John Strickland and John Longton contributed to 

 the subsidy of 1542-3 as for lands.^ In 1783 

 Lawrence Rawstorne ^vas practically sole land- 

 owner.'' 



In addition to their gifts to Coclversand Ellis de 

 Hutton and Sapientia his wife gave an acre to Bur- 

 scough Priory.* A rent of 3/. was received at the 

 time of the Dissolution.'' Ellis granted land to 

 Penwortham Priory." L}tham Priory also had lands 

 in the township.*^ 



About I 200 there was a chapel in Hutton at a 

 place called Ulvedene ; nothing is known of its later 

 history.' 



LONGTON 



Langeton, 1212 ; Longeton, 1278. 



This township, over 4 miles from east to west and 

 about 1 1 miles across, is bounded on the west by the 

 River Douglas, here flowing north to join the Ribble ; 

 the latter river is touched by the extreme north-west 

 boundary. Some of the land on the west is below 

 the 25-ft. level, but the surface rises eastward, till at 

 the boundary of Farington 90 ft. above sea level is 

 attained. The area is 3,65 9 J acres,'" and in 1901 

 there was a population of 1,707. 



The principal road through the township is that 

 from Preston to Ormskirk, passing south-west and 

 south through the centre, and entering Hoole at 

 Walmer Bridge. Another road comes from the east, 



entering at White Stake, and goes along not far from 

 the northern boundary to the low-lying ground by 

 the Douglas. On this has been formed the village of 

 Longton, agreeably with its name, for it straggles 

 along for over 2 J miles. On reaching the low land 

 the road turns south to Hall Green, and then east, 

 along the southern boundary, passing through Walmer 

 Bridge and eventually reaching Leyland. The West 

 Lancashire Railway (of which the last portion, from 

 Longton to Preston, was opened in 1882) of the 

 Lancashire and Yorkshire Company crosses the town- 

 ship and has stations named Longton Bridge (near 

 the village) and Hutton and Howick (in the north- 

 east). 



The soil is clay, sand and peat, with subsoil of 

 marl and clay. Wheat, oats and potatoes are grown ; 

 there is a considerable hay crop, and much land is in 

 pasturage. There are two breweries. 



Remains of a cross and stocks were seen in 1872.'^ 

 A find of Roman coins is recorded.'^ 



In 1666 there were eighty-nine hearths to be 

 taxed ; the largest house was that of Alice Sudell, 

 widow, with six.'^ 



The history of the manor or manors 

 MJXORS of LONGTON is obscure. It was a 

 member of the fee of Penwortham and 

 was granted out to a number of tenants and to the 

 Hospitallers, the abbey of Evesham and the priory of 

 Burscough. In 1 2 1 2 the only feoffments recorded 

 were those of 6 oxgangs of land to Evesham,'^ and of 

 others to Robert Bussel as part of his lordship in 



son of Hubert the Bastard for lands in 

 Bolothorncroft and Moorflat. For this 

 grant Alice released all title to a plough- 

 land in Hutton of her father Kettel's, 

 which she had claimed in King John's 

 court ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 87. The 

 deed, which may be dated 1201, bore a 

 seal showing an armed man on horse- 

 back, with the legend sigillvm : helie : 



FILII : ROGERI. 



Abel de Hutton gave to Cockersand 

 land in the CrookJands and elsewhere j 

 Emma his widow and Adam and Roger 

 his sons confirmed and extended his gifts ; 

 Cockersand ChartuL ii, +33—5, 447- In 

 1304-5 the abbot made a claim against 

 John son of Roger son of Roger (son of 

 Roger) son of Abel de Hutton ; Assize R. 

 419, m. 4 ; 420, m. 9. The third Roger 

 in this pedigree seems to be an error, for 

 in 1303 John son of Roger son of Roger 

 Abel claimed 4 acres in Hutton against 

 Robert son of William de Loxham ; De 

 Banco R. 145, m. 335. 



^ In 1477 Lewis Longton granted 

 4 acres in Rawcliff field in Hutton to 

 Hugh Woodcock; Towneley MS. DD, 

 no. 299. In 1498 he and his son John 

 granted land in Hutton to Thomas 

 Hesketh ; ibid. no. 329, 331. He also 

 held lands in Longton ; ibid. no. 1766. 



In 1559 there was a fine respecting 

 three messuages, &c., in Hutton and 

 Longton, with a fishery in the Ribble, 

 between Lewis and John Longton 5 Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 21, m. 149. 

 Lewis Longton and Thomas his son and 

 heir made a settlement in 1581 ; ibid, 

 odle. 43, m. 44. Lewis Longton of 

 Hutton was a freeholder in 1600 ; Misc. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 245. 

 Lewis died in 16 14 holding of Edward 

 Rawstorne as of his manor of Hutton by 

 a rent of lod. and suit of court. His 

 heir was his grandson Edward (son of 



Thomas), aged seventeen ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chcs.), ii, 34-6. 



- Robert son of Bernard, lord of Goos- 

 nargh, had an oxgang of land in Hutton, 

 which his daughters gave to Cockersand ; 

 ChartuL ii, 41 5. 



Roger son of Richard son of Uctred de 

 Singleton also granted them an oxgang ; 

 ibid, ii, 421. John Singleton died in 

 1530 holding land in Hutton of the 

 Abbot of Cockersand ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. vi, no. 32. 



Richard son of Adam Banastre gave 

 6 acres in the townfield and 7.\ acres in 

 the marsh to Cockersand ; Chartul. ii, 

 424. Richard Banastre gave a fourth 

 part of the mill to Warine de Walton, who 

 gave it to his daughter Avice on her 

 marriage to John de Clayton ; ibid, ii, 

 441. Henry Banastre of Bank in 1641 

 held lands, but the tenure is not recorded ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, no. 15. 



William Farington of Worden pur- 

 chased a messuage, &c., from Henry 

 Mare and Margaret his wife in 1589; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 51, m. 19;. 

 It was found in 161 1 that he held in 

 socage of Edward Rawstorne ; Lanes. Inj. 

 ^.iB. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Che5.),i, 1 8 1-4. 



The Heskeths of RufFord held land in 

 Hutton, but the tenure was not known ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 16, &c. 

 The same is the case with the estate 

 of the Charnocks and Sollom ; ibid, xvii, 

 no. 5 ; xxviii, no. 185 xxix, no. 73. 

 Henry Sherdley of Longton (1563) held 

 his messuage in Hutton of Lawrence 

 Rawstorne by a rent of 6d. ; ibid, xiii, 

 no. 27. 



Among the minor surnames in the 

 Cockersand Chartul. are those of Bonel, 

 Breton and Moor, occurring also in Long- 

 ton. Adam Breton of Hutton in 128S 

 claimed land in the township against 

 William son of Christiana j Assize R. 



69 



1277, m. 32(2 d. Williamson ofWiUiam 

 Gatherpenny gave his sister Margery in 

 134.9 a messuage and garden in Hutton ; 

 Kuerden fol. MS, p. 153. See also Dep>. 

 Keeper s Rep. xl, App. 532. 



^ Subs. R. 130 no. 126, Lanes. 



■* Land tax returns at Preston. He 

 paid ;^ii i+i. out of £,12. 5j. levied. 



^ Burscough Reg. fol. 53. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Rentals and Surv. 

 bdle. 4, no. 60, b ; Robert Tomlinson was 

 tenant at w^ill. In the time of Henry Vll 

 Robert son of Thomas Henrison had lands 

 which he settled on Cecily wife of his 

 brother Ralph for life, with remainder to 

 Ralph's son Henry j Kuerden MSS. iii, 

 H %b. 



In ijiji Lewis Wilding purchased a 

 messuage, &c., from John Tomlinson ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 187. 

 John Wilding died in 1640 holding a 

 messuage in Hutton of Edward Raw- 

 storne by a rent of 2^t/.; Thomas his son 

 and heir was twenty-three years old ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, no. 87. 



^ K-uerden fol. MS. pp. 17 1-2. The 

 Prior of Penwortham granted 6 J acres of 

 it to Robert son of Geoffrey ; ibid. p. 3 lo. 



*• Cockersand Chartul. ii, 433. 



° Ibid, ii, 411, 420. There is a Chapel 

 Hill in Hutton. 



10 3,383 acres, including an acre of 

 inland water ; Census Rep. 1901. There 

 are also 16 acres of tidal water and 199 

 of foreshore. 



" Hewitson, Our Country Churches 

 (1872), 273. He adds : * Within the 

 past eighty years females guilty of im- 

 proper conduct had to go to the church, 

 in white garments, and do penance for 

 their irregularities.' 



12 Watkin, Rom. Lanes. 236. 



13 Subs. R. 250, no. 9. 



1^ Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 32. 



