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north-west wing is panelled with oak said to have been 

 brought here from Carr House, and in one of the 

 upper rooms is a good 17th-century fireplace with a 

 peacock boldly carved on the chimney-piece above. 



Families named Tarleton ' and Bretherton ' also 

 occur, but no particulars can be given of their 

 tenure. A few of the other landowners' names can 

 be obtained from the inquisitions and pleadings.' In 

 •S42-3 'lie following as landowners contributed to 

 the subsidy : Richard Banastre, the wife of Henry 

 Banastre, the wife of Hugh Banastre and Henry 

 Smith.* Henry Banastre and Henry Smith occur 



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similarly in 1564.' In 1600 the freeholders 

 recorded were Henry Banastre of Bank and — ClifF,^ 

 while in 1628 the only landowner contributing to 

 the subsidy was Henry Banastre of Bank, a minor.' 

 During the Commonwealth the estates of George 

 Robinson and Henry Snart were confiscated and sold 

 for some 'delinquency." In 1783 the principal 

 contributors to the land tax were Peter Legh and 

 Henry Porter, together paying over a fifth of the 

 tax for the township." 



The Hospitallers had a considerable estate in 

 Bretherton,'" and lands were also held by Lytham 



Old Schoolhouse, Bretherton 



owner ; Bcamont, ff^arringtotj ana 

 Beluseyy 162. 



The Leghs of Lyme bad held land in 

 Bretherton from a much earlier time, for 

 Peter Legh died in 1540 holding land 

 there of the heir of Balderston and of 

 Banastre of Bank ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. viii, no. 10. 



' Agnes widow of William dc Tarle- 

 ton in 1246 sued Richard Banastre for 

 dower in certain land ; Assize R. 404, 

 m. 2. 



Henry Tarleton of Bretherton, Thomas 

 his brother, and many others of the name 

 were in 1477 appealed of the death of 

 John Hodgkinson ; Pal. of Lane. Plea 

 R. 46, m. 5 d. In 1480 William Tarle- 

 ton and Henry his son and heir made a 

 feoffment of a messuage and lands in 

 Bretherton ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 

 276. 



2 William de Thorp in 1292 com- 

 plained that William son of Ingott de 

 Bretherton and Geoffrey son of Richard 

 Banastre had disseised him of common 

 of pasture ; Assize R. 408, m. 5 1 d. 

 Agnes daughter of John dc Bretherton 

 was a defendant in 1295 ; De Banco R. 

 II 8, m. 43 d. 



The following occur in Towneley's 

 MS. 00 ! 1339 — Adam son of Richard 

 son of Roger Morisson (no. 1560) ; • 

 1361 — Thomas de Bretherton and Joan 

 his wife (no. 1568); 1373 — William 

 Mareounson (no. 1575); 1387 — Adam 

 son of William (no. 1585); 1409— 

 settlement by William Tomlinson (no. 

 1590-1); 1425-30 — Richard son of 



William Tomlinson (no. 1602-3) i 

 1440 — Thomas and Margaret widow of 

 Christopher (no. 1609). 



A certain Henry de Bretherton and 

 Margery his wife about 1410 had lands 

 in Wigan, Ashton in Makerfield, Wright- 

 ington, Croston and Euxton, which de- 

 scended to their daughter Alice wife of 

 John Standish and to Alice's son Chris- 

 topher, and a new feoffment was made 

 in 1440 after Alice's death j Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 4, m. 21. 



Isabel Bretherton, widow, in 1533 

 sought lands held by James Anderton ; 

 Ducatui hanc, ii, 47. 



^ James Scarisbrick died in 1502 hold- 

 ing an acre in Bretherton of the king as 

 duke by the hundredth part of a knight's 

 fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. to. 



Gabriel Hesketh of Aughton died in 

 1573 holding lands in Bretherton partly 

 of the Earl of Derby by a rent of 95. 2(/. 

 and partly of Henry Banastre of Bank 

 by \d. rent ; ibid, xii, no, 32. Bartho- 

 lomew the son of Gabriel appears to have 

 sold most of it soon afterwards to Richard 

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

 48, m. 24, 292. Richard Taylor of 

 Preston died in 1596 holding messuages, 

 &c., of the Earl of Derby and Henry 

 Banastre, and leaving a son Henry, aged 

 sixteen ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, 

 no. 25. A later Richard Taylor died in 

 163 1 holding the same estate by a 

 similar tenure, and leaving a son Henry, 

 sixteen years old ; ibid, xxvii, no. 63. 



James Forshaw died in 1563 holding a 

 messuage of the queen as of the late 



107 



priory of ft. John of Jerusalem by a rent 

 of 4^/., and leaving a son William of full 

 age ; ibid, xi, no. 41. John and William 

 Forshaw in 159; sold their estate in 

 Bretherton, Penwortham and Preston to 

 William Farington of Worden, who died 

 in 1610 holding the land, &c., in 

 Bretherton of the Earl of Derby in 

 socage ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 184. 



^ Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 180, no. 106. 



^ Ibid. bdle. 131, no. 210. 



^ Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 244. Richard Cliff paid ^^lo in 163 1 

 on refusing knighthood ; ibid, i, 214. 



' Ibid, i, 166. 



^ Index of Royalists (Index Soc), 41. 

 For Henry Snart see Cal, Com. for 

 Comp. iv, 2767 ; v, 3218 ; and Royalist 

 Comp. Tapers (Rec, Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 116. He died about 1645; 

 his daughter Jenet married Henry 

 Dandy. 



John Hodges in 1649 compounded for 

 his sequestrated estate, held of the Earl 

 of Derby and Henry Banastre of Bank \ 

 ibid, iii, 230. George Norris was another 

 who had to compound for his small 

 estate, sequestered for * adhering to the 

 king in the beginning of the wars ' ; ibid, 

 iv, 223. 



' Land tax returns at Preston, 



^^ It is named in 1292 ; Flac. de Quo 

 Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375. Two grants 

 to the order have been cited above. 

 About 1540 the tenants and rents were : 

 Edward Earl of Derby, for Somner's 

 Croft, 1 2(/., and another, 2s. id. ; 



