LEYLAND HUNDRED 



PENWORTHAM 



traced to marriage with Ellen, said to have been a 

 daughter of Robert BusseP ; It descended to Howick 

 and Farington of Little Farlngton,^ and becoming 

 divided among co-heirs sank out of vlew.^ The 

 Hesketh part was perhaps, like Ruftbrd, the inherit- 

 ance of Maud ; there is no distinct record of it, and 

 it seems to have become merged in the moiety of the 

 superior lordship, which also came to this family. 



The Fleming part may have descended with the same 

 family's moiety of the superior manor, and so would, 

 with it, be transferred to the Heskeths, or may be the 

 source of the Shireburne Manor. 



Other considerable estates were those of Boteler of 

 RawclifFe, which seems to have been dispersed In the 

 time of Elizabeth,^ and Shireburne of Stonyhurst, 

 this last being called a Mnanor.' ^ So doubtful, how- 



of John and Richard Fleetwood ns part of 

 the Penwortham estate ; Duchy of Lane, 

 Inq. p.m. xv, no. 34 ; xxv, no. 22. It is 

 called the 'fourth part of the manor' in 

 1676 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdlc. 19-, 

 m. 66. On the sale of the Fleetwood 

 estates it descended for a time like Faring- 

 ton, being held in 1749 by Charles Stanley 

 and Jane his wife, and in 1752 by John 

 Aspinall and Caroline his wife ; ibid. bdle. 

 343, m. •]■] ; 349, m. 98. Soon after- 

 wards, probably, it was purchased by the 

 Moss family. 



^ A number of deeds concerning this 

 part of the township are preserved in 

 Harl. MS. 2042, fol. ioi-6. There 

 seems no direct evidence as to which 

 Robert Bussel is meant. The rights of 

 the Robert Bussel of 1212 descended to 

 Holland in Euxton and to Farington in 

 Leyland. From a preceding note it will 

 have been seen that Robert Bussel was 

 tenant of Evesham for 6 oxgangs of land 

 in addition to those he held immediately 

 of the lord of Penwortham. He gave to 

 Evesham the oxgangof land which Uvieth 

 held in the time of Albert Bussel, and a 

 rent of \2.d, issuing from his fishery at 

 Penwortham ; Kuerden fol. MS. 57. 

 Geoffrey the son of Robert Bussel, with 

 his father's approval, made a number of 

 gifts to the abbey ; from the charters may 

 be learnt the names of many of the under- 

 tenants ; ibid. Among the field names, 

 &c., are Stanfurlong, Altesty, Wadenmye, 

 Tarumyalcer, Barneross field, Reedhead- 

 furlong, Mick-lesykecarr, the waingate in 

 Outgreenfurlong, Thordkesmoor, Tun- 

 stead, Aldearth, Turnmoor, Apaldsyke, 

 Waldemuskar, &c. 



Thomas son of Robert Bussel, Jordan 

 and Roger Bussel (13 11) and Adam son 

 of Jordan Bussel (i 347) and others of the 

 family occur in Longton ; Towneley MS. 

 DD, no. 1645, 1663, 1677. 



Robert de Hindley (Risiey) and Ellen 

 his wife in 1277 and 1292 unsuccessfully 

 claimed tenements in Longton against 

 William de la Mare and others ; Assize 

 R. 1235, m. 13 ; 408, m. 32. Henry 

 son of Hugh Picket in 1292 granted a 

 messuage and croft (formerly Geoffrey 

 Bussel's) to Robert son of Hugh de Hind- 

 ley J a rent of Yid. was due to the chief 

 lords ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 1660. The 

 brothers Peter and Gilbert de Risiey were 

 in possession in 1302, when they granted 

 Borughams in the How in Longton to 

 John the Cook ; HarL MS. 2042, fol. 



In the following year Peter and Gilbert 

 agreed with John GiUibrand and Ellen 

 his wife as to 3 oxgangs of land, &c., in 

 Longton ; Final Cone, i, 200, John de 

 Longton, Robert son of John de Longton, 

 John son of Henry and Amery de la 

 How were summoned to acknowledge by 

 what services they held their tenements 

 of John GiUibrand and Ellen his wife, 

 who had sold to Peter de Risiey ; De 

 Banco R. 141, m. 139; i43» i"- ^9- 

 Ellen widow of Robert de Risiey in 131 1 

 gave her fourth part of the vill to her son 

 Peter, and at the same time Geoffrey 



made a release to his brother ; Harl. MS, 

 2042, fol. 101 (2). Adam de Pluket 

 made a grant to Peter de Risiey and 

 Maud his wife in 132 i, and other grants 

 were made to him in 1326 and 132S by 

 William son of William de Lea and by 

 Gilbert de Culcheth ; ibid. fol. loiA. 

 Thomas de Strangeways and Agnes his 

 wife in 1337 claimed messuages in Preston 

 against Peter (son of Robert) de Risiey 

 and Maud his wife, being the right of the 

 said Agnes and Maud ; De Banco R. 312, 

 m. 384 d. Peter de Risiey made a grant 

 to Adam his son and Margery his wife in 

 1340; Harl. MS. 2042, fol. I02i. Maud 

 widow of Peter is mentioned in 1342 and 

 1343 ; she seems to have had three sons, 

 Adam, William and Ralph, and to have 

 married Lawrence son of Thomas Tra- 

 vers ; ibid. fol. 102-3. 



^ Adam dc Risiey in 1349 made a 

 settlement of his lands, the remainders 

 being to his children, John, Nicholas, 

 Thomas and Alice ; ibid. fol. 103. In 

 1353 Isabel widow of Sir John Fleming 

 complained that Robert son of William 

 son of Thomas de Longton and John de 

 Risiey had taken away Nicholas the son 

 and heir of Adam de Risiey, who was a 

 minor; Assize R. 435, m. 11, 23. 

 Nicholas was a plaintiff in 1369, alleging 

 that Ralph de Freckleton and Maud his 

 wife had caused waste of his houses in 

 Longton; De Banco R. 435, m. 371. 

 John and Nicholas occur as witnesses in 

 1365 ; Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 103^. The 

 estate descended to Alice, called 'cousin 

 and heir' of Peter de Risiey, who married 

 Henry de Howick, and their daughter 

 Joan married Thomas Farington, ancestor 

 of the Little Farington family. Sec also 

 Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xiv, 56, for a 

 settlement made in 1406. It appears 

 from tlie deeds quoted that both the 

 Howicks and Faringtons acquired various 

 other holdings in Longton. Thus Robert 

 Bussel of Longton made a grant In 1315 

 to John son of Richard de Howick, who 

 -had married his daughter Ellen ; ibid, 

 fol. loi. Nicholas Freckleton in 1440 

 made a sale to Thomas Farington ; ibid, 

 fol. 104^. The Howick family often 

 occurs in connexion with Longton. 



The inquisition after the death of 

 Thomas Farington (1508) shows that the 

 estate was composite. Part was held of 

 Evesham by a rent of 6(/., part of 

 Burscough by the same rent, and the 

 rest of Thomas Hesketh by a rent of 

 is. 6J. — tlie lords of the manor being 

 Thomas Hesketh and Thomas Ashton ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 41. 



In a settlement of tlie estate of Peter 

 Farington in 107 there is named the 

 fourth part of the manor of Longton ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 29, m. 116. 

 It is stated that he was recognized as one 

 of the lords of the manor in 1575 ; Harl. 

 MS. 2042, fol. 105^. 



3 The co-heirs were John Kuerden 

 and William Charnock of Leyland, each 

 claiming an eighth part of the manor ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 316, m. 17 ; Harl. 

 MS. 2042, fol. 106. No 'manor' is 



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asserted in the Charnock inquisitions, and 

 the messuages in Longton are grouped 

 with others said to be held of the lord of 

 Walton-le-Dale ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xvii, no. 5 ; xxviii, no. 18. As late 

 as 1687 this eighth part is named in a 

 fine between Grace Bold (who repre- 

 sented Robert Charnock), deforciant, and 

 William Shaw, plaintiff"; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 218, m, 31. 



^ Richard le Boteler in 1260 claimed 

 2 oxgangs of land in Longton against 

 Thomas de Perpunt and Margery his wife ; 

 but Margery, whose inheritance it was, 

 secured her right; Curia Regis R. 169, 

 m. 48 d. Mabel widow of Thomas 

 Bussel demised her dower in Breck to 

 Richard the son of Thomas in the same 

 year, and the latter gave land to Richard 

 le Boteler ; Dods. MSS. Uii, fol. 86, 92-3. 



In or before 1276 John and William 

 de Hoole, brothers, held 3 oxgangs of land 

 in Longton ; Micfiael the son of John, a 

 minor, entered on 2 oxgangs after his 

 father's death, the third being held by 

 Amery daughter of Adam de Howick ; 

 Assize R. 405, m. 4. This was the 

 whole or part of the Boteler estate, as was 

 found when Michael was outlawed for 

 felony about 1298 ; Lanes. Inq, and Ex~ 

 tentSy i, 305. Afterwards it was found 

 that Michael had died m the king's peace 

 at Dunbar, and that Joan wife of Alan 

 del Karr was his next heir ; ibid, i, 310. 

 Adam de Hesketh in 1307 demised land 

 in Longton to Alan del Karr and Joan 

 his wife ; B.M. Add. Chart. 26033. ^^^ 

 the Hoole family see Kuerden MSS. iii, 

 B 14 d. 



No manor seems to have been claimed 

 by the Botelers in Longton. After the 

 death of James Boteler in 1504 his lands 

 in Longton were stated to be held of the 

 king by services unknown ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 109. Nothing 

 more definite is to be found in later in- 

 quisitions. On the dispersal of the estate 

 the lands in Longton may have been pur- 

 chased by the Heskeths, as some Boteler 

 deeds are found among theirs. 



^ Land of Robert de Shireburne, who 

 was at that time seneschal of Clitheroe, 

 is mentioned in a deed of 1315 ; Harl. 

 MS. 2042, fol. loi. Robert de Shire- 

 burne and Alice his wife secured a mes- 

 suage and land in Longton against John 

 Benet of Lancaster and Christiana his 

 wife in 1329; Final Cone, ii, 74. For 

 some years (1324 onward) William 

 son of Amer)' atte More claimed land 

 against William and Adam (sons of 

 Henry) Pluket, with whom Robert de 

 Shireburne was joined ; Assize R. 425, 

 m. I d. ; 426, m. 4 ; 1417, m. 7 d. In 

 1339 William (son of John son of 

 William) de Longton and Alice his wife 

 claimed a messuage and lands in Longton 

 and Hutton against Sir John de Shire- 

 burne and Thomas son of Warine de la 

 More ; Margaret the wife of Sir John 

 had not been summoned, and the verdict 

 was against Thomas only ; Assize R. 

 1435, m. 36. The succession to the 

 dower of Margaret widow of Sir John de 



