LEYLAND HUNDRED 



BRINDLE 



heir, the present Lord Chesham, was a minor. A 



court leet and court baron used to be held in May.^ 

 The place does not seem 



to have had a resident lord 



since the end of the 13 th 



century. Among the minor 



families which appear in the 



records are those of Chorley,^ 

 Brereworth,^ Gerard of Rad- 

 burn,^ whose estate descended 

 to the Walmesleys of Show- 

 ley,^ Warburton/ Wort! ing- 

 ton of Biainscough/ Clayton,^ 

 Hoghton,^ Hesketh,^^ Swan- 

 seyiiandHulton.i2 The Sub- 

 sidy Roll of 1 3 3 2 shows Robert 

 the Physician among the contributors in Brindle.^^ 



Cavendish, Lord 

 Chesham. Sable three 

 stags* heads cabossed 

 argent. 



In 1628 several recusants compounded for the 

 sequestered two-thirds of their estates.^'* Thomas 

 Woodcock had his estate confiscated by the Com- 

 monwealth authorities and ordered for sale in 1652.^^ 

 Several other 'delinquents' and recusants occur in 

 the records of that time.^*^ To the hearth tax of 

 1666 as many as 112 hearths contributed, but no 

 house had so many as six hearths. '*" Several * Papists ' 

 registered estates in 1717.^^ 



Dcnham Hall is noticed by Kuerden as having 

 been built by Sir Henry Slater.^^ James Heatley 

 of Samlesbury purchased an estate in the parish 

 and his son William (i 764-1 840) built Brindle 

 Lodge, which he bequeathed to his niece, Mrs. 

 Catherine Eastwood. In consequence of disputes 

 over the inheritance it was sold to Mr. Whitehead 

 ofPreston.20 



third lord, d. 1507 -s. John Compton, 

 fourth lord, b. 1S9+. See G.E.C. op. cit. 



ii, 82, 220. 



' Baincs op. cit. (cd. 1836), iii, 497. 



^ John son of Robert de Langton in 

 1362 granted to William de Chorley, 

 Margery his wife and Ralph their son all 

 his land in the town and manor of 

 Brindle ; Harl. MS. 21 12, fol. 119. 



^ A Margery de Berdwrth was a 

 tenant in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 8 d. 

 At the same time Almarica daughter of 

 Henry de Brcreworth unsuccessfully 

 claimed a messuage and land against 

 Thomas son of Adam de Hoghton ; it 

 appeared that John son of Henry son of 

 Roger de Brereworth had granted the 

 same to Adam de Hoghton ; ibid. m. 59. 

 Adam and Uriel Brereworth occur in 1447; 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 10, m. 3^. In 

 1556 James Brereworth made d settle- 

 ment or sale of his capital messuage in 

 Brindle, the plaintiffs being William 

 Gerard of Brindle and Ewan Haydock ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 17, m. 162. 



Evan Fish in 1571 purchased land, &c., 

 from Francis Haydock and Alice his 

 wife ; ibid. bdle. 33, m. 33. 



■* Oliver Gerard of Brindle, Oliver his 

 son and William Gerard of Radburn, all 

 described as yeomen, were defendants in 

 I 5 54 i Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 196, m. 7 d. 

 Sir Thomas Gerard in 1561 demised to 

 Oliver Gerard a messuage and lands 

 called Denham in Brindle, and Oliver, 

 son of the lessee, was in occupation in 

 1594 j Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. clxiv, 

 G8. 



William Gerard of Radburn, drover, 

 died in 1G22 holding lands in Brindle of 

 the Earl of Devonshire and others in 

 Walton-le-Dale and Whittle-le-Woods. 

 His heir was his daughter Ellen wife of 

 Richard Walmesley, then twenty-six 

 years of age, and mother of Gerard 

 Walmesley and other children ; Lanes. Inj. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iji, 

 311-13. A younger son Thomas suc- 

 ceeded. 



^ For pedigree see Burke's Commoners, 

 iii, 229 J Abram's Blackburn, 458. 



Thomas Walmesley, grandfather of the 

 above-named Richard, held lands in 

 Brindle, Whittle-le-Woods and Clayton, 

 purchased from Robert Swansey in 1572, 

 and left them to a younger son Edward ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 34, m. 36 ; 

 47, m. 48 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xiv, no. 72. 



** Geoffrey de Warburton was defen- 

 dant in a plea of land in 133 1 ; Assize 

 R. 1404, m. 17. Sir Geoffrey de War- 



burton the elder, Robert de Warburton 

 and others were defendants in 1360, the 

 plaintiffs being William Gerard and Joan 

 his wife ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7, m.4. 



' In 1338 William Gerard and his 

 wife granted lands in Brindle to William 

 de Worthington, Isabel his wife and 

 Thomas their son ; Blainscough Abstract 

 (in possession of W. Farrer). Thomas 

 the son of William in 1359 purchased or 

 further secured 40 acres of pasture from 

 the Gerards ; Final Cone, ii, 161. 

 The estate, a. messuage known as Wor- 

 thington House and 40 acres, is mentioned 

 several times In the abstract referred to. 

 In the i6th century it was stated to be 

 held of Gerard and Cavendish, but in 

 1620 of Edward Mosley as of his manor 

 of Manchester j Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. vl, no. 52 ; xii, no. 18 ; xv, no. 27 ; 

 Lanes. In'^. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), il, 173. 



^ John Clayton of Brindle and Joan 

 his wife had land in Euxton in 1418 ; 

 Final Cone, iii, 77. The family are 

 mentioned later ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 7, m. 3^ ; 10, m. 22. 



^ Agnes widow of Adam de Hoghton 

 in 1290 claimed dower in a messuage and 

 three plough-lands in Brindle ; De Banco 

 R. 86, m. ii7d, Thomas Hoghton, who 

 died in 1589, had a messuage in Brindle, 

 but the tenure is not stated j Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 39. 



1" Thomas Hcsketh of Rufford In 1523 

 held 30 acres of pasture in Brindle of Sir 

 Thomas Gerard ; ibid, v, no. 16. 



Sir John Southworth in 1561 pur- 

 chased a messuage, &c., from Gabriel 

 Hesketh ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 23, m. 25. 



^^ The lands of William Swansey and 

 Ellen his wife in Clayton, Brindle and 

 Whittle are mentioned in 1407 j Pal. of 

 Lane. Misc. 1/9, m. 20. 



Hugh Swansey (see Dueatus Lane, ii, 

 95) died in 1566 holding land in Brindle 

 of Sir Thomas Gerard by a rent of 41., 

 and other lands in Chorley, &c. Robert 

 his son and heir was thirty-eight years of 

 age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xl, no. 

 29. A sale by Robert Swansey in 1572 

 has been mentioned in a preceding note. 

 He and his wife Anne in 1574 made a 

 settlement of messuage, dovecote, lands, 

 &c., in Brindle ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 36, m. 243. 



Edward Swansey was a freeholder in 

 1600, and contributed to the subsidy in 

 1628 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 



ij 245) I?!* 



1^ Ralph Hulton of Brindle and 



77 



ICatherlne his wife had land in Bolton In 

 145 1 ; Final Cone. Hi, ii8. Edward 

 Hulton contributed to the subsidy of 

 1525 } Subs. R. 130, no. 86. The surname 

 occurs later (e.g. Pal. of Lane. Writs of 

 Assize, bdle. 19, 32 Hen. VIII), anJ 

 Hilton's Brow 1$ on the eastern side of 

 the township. 



^■* Excli. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 52. 



'* These were John Crook, for ^^2 ic^. 

 a year ; Grace Duxon, £z j and Janet 

 Gerard, ^4. 



'■' Index of Royalists (Index Soc), 44 ; 

 Cal. Com. for Comp. Iv, 3095. The 

 offence is not stated. 



^^ John Catterall had adhered to the 

 king's forces \ he had a messuage, land 

 and mill in Brindle ; Royalist Comp. Papers 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 1 6. 

 Richard Crook petitioned for the restora- 

 tion of the estate of his deceased brother 

 William, a recusant, on compounding ; 

 ibid, ii, 88. James Fish had had two- 

 thirds of his estate sequestered for recu- 

 sancy ; ibid, ii, 321. Thomas Garstang 

 was in the same case j ibid, iii, 5. George 

 Purefoy of Belgrave, Leicestershire, peti- 

 tioned for the messuage, called Slackhall, 

 sequestered from John Gerard deceased 

 for recusancy ; ibid. Iii, 22. John Hilton 

 of Leyland had two-thirds of his estate in 

 Leyland and Brindle sequestered for his 

 recusancy, and desired to compound ; 

 ibid. Iii, 229. A William Sharrock of 

 Brindle Is mentioned also ; two-thirds of 

 his estate had been sequestered for recu- 

 sancy as far back as 1627 ; Cal, Com. 

 for Comp. V, 3196. 



^^ Subs.R. 250, no. 9 ; the rector's house 

 had five hearths and Sir Henry Slater's 

 four. 



^^ Francis Smith of Queniborough, 

 Leicestershire, in right of his wife 

 Catherine ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl. 

 Cath, Non-jurors, 97. ALo the follow- 

 ing : John Gorton, George Topping, 

 Christopher (son of Robert) Blacklidge, 

 Robert Higginson, Oliver Gerard, William 

 Hilton, William Turner, Mary Turner 

 his sister, Hugh Langtree, John Clayton, 

 William Proctor, James Gerard, John 

 Crooke and Evan Fish ; ibid. 100, loi. 



1^ Quoted in Baines' Lanes, ut sup. It 

 is said to have been called Swansey House 

 previously. There is a date 1666 on it. 

 Sir Henry Slater was buried at Brindle 

 14 Nov, 1675, and Dame Rachel 5 Mar. 

 1697-8. For pedigree see Dugdale, 

 Visit. (Chet. Soc), 256. 



^ The story is told in detail in Gillow's 

 Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Catholics, iii, 253. 



