LEYLAND HUNDRED 



CROSTON 



30 acres in Leyland, 30J. rent in Kellamergh, and 

 the moiety of the manors of Eccleston, Heskin and 

 Leyland were ?ettled on Adam de Walton of Hoole 

 and his issue, with remainders to Adam de Walton 

 of Mitton, William de Walton and Margery de 

 Walton,^ The two Adams died without issue, so 

 that the inheritance came to William, after some 

 disputes with the heirs of Adam de Walton of Hoole. - 

 William had a daughter and heir Maud,^ who 

 married William de Bracebridge, and they, in 1347, 

 granted the manor of Ulnes Walton and the moieties 

 of Eccleston, Heskin and Leyland to Henry Earl of 



Lancaster, receiving in exchange Berleye (Barley) in 

 Yorkshire.^ 



Margery sister of Adam, who married Thurstan 

 de Northlegh, appears to have held lands in the 

 township,^ for her heirs, the RadcliiFes and Bartons 

 of Smithills^ and the Leghs of Lyme,^ long held 

 lands here. 



The manor, however, descended with the earldom 

 and duchy of Lancaster,^ until in 1551 the Crown 

 sold it to Anthony Browne,^ who in turn sold it in 

 moieties, in 1558-9, to William Farington ^^ and to 

 Sir Thomas Gerard. ' ^ The former moiety has 



heirs, and did not descend like Ulnes 

 Walton. 



The heirs of Warine dc Walton held 

 the manor in 1302; Lanes, Inq, and 

 Extents, i, 315 (and p. xxii). 



* Final Cone, i, 194. It Is difficult 

 to make out the relationships. The 

 Adam de Walton of Hoole may be the 

 same as the Adam the clerk of 1294 

 and the Adam of Mitton his nephew, 

 son of John de Walton, It appears that 

 in about 1310 Adam de Walton, parson 

 of Mitton, held two plough-lands in 

 Ulnes Walton, where ten plough-lands 

 made a knight's fee ; Lansdowne MS, 

 559, fol. 23. 



From a charter by Adam son of 

 Warine de Walton it appears that he had 

 out of charity brought up William de 

 Walton, literate, from infancy, and that 

 Margery de Walton was daughter of 

 John de Walton ; Raines MSS. (Chet. 

 Lib.), xxxviii, p. 284. 



2 In 1330 William de Walton held 

 two-thirds of the manor, the other third 

 being held by Emma, then wife of John 

 de Croft i De Banco R. 284, m. 93 5 

 287, m. 571. It appears that Emma 

 was widow of Adam de Walton and wife 

 of John de Croft as early as 1320; ibid. 

 235, m. 13 1 d. She was living in 



1347- 



In 131 1 Robert del Clough and Joan 

 his wife claimed two-thirds of certain 

 messuages, &c., in Eccleston and Ulnes 

 Walton against Margery daughter of 

 John de Walton, and it appeared that 

 Joan, Margaret and Margery were the 

 sisters and heirs of Adam son of John 

 dc Walton; ibid. 184, m. 53 d.; 187, 

 m. 136 d. Margery had married Thurstan 

 de Northlegh before 131 5, when the suit 

 was continued; ibid. 212, m. 322 d. 

 From a continuation of the suit it is 

 shown that John de Walton was brother 

 and heir of an Adam de Walton ; ibid. 

 222, no. 2nd, Afterwards (1320) 

 Thurstan de Northlegh and his wife 

 appear to have purchased the rights of 

 Joan and her husband ; Final Cone, ii, 

 33) 43 ; ^^ Banco R. 233, no. 146. 

 Thurstan de Northlegh was in 1322 said 

 to hold two plough-lands in Ulnes Walton 

 for the fifth part of a knight's fee ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle, 1, 

 no. 3. 



William de Walton seems to have 

 acquired possession without dispute, but 

 in 1 33 1 Sir Thurstan de Northlegh and 

 Margery his wife claimed the manor of 

 Ulnes Walton against William de 

 Walton, Sir William de Bradshagh, 

 Mabel his wife, Robert son of Adam de 

 Wettenhall and Maud his wife ; Assize 

 R. 1404, m. 27, 26 d. Again in 1343 

 William de Walton complained that 

 Richard de Radcliffe had expelled him 

 from his manor of Ulnes Walton in 



1336; ibid. 430, m. 12, 18 d.; Cal. Pat. 

 1334-8, p. 5u ; 1343-5) P- 434- 



^ From a bond in 1338 it appears 

 that William had two daughters, Maud 

 and Agnes, then married respectively to 

 Robert de Wettenhall and John Blount ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Great Coacher, i, fol. 

 87^, no. I, Earlier still, in 1332, the 

 Bishop of Lichfield had granted a certi- 

 ficate as to Maud's legitimacy ; she was 

 the daughter of William by his wife 

 Margery dc Clayton ; ibid. fol. 96^. The 

 matter was, however, still in dispute in 

 1344; ibid. fol. 92, no. 2. After the 

 death of Robert de Wettenhall Maud 

 married William de Bracebridge, and the 

 matter received a final decision in her 

 favour ; ibid. fol. 96^. 



* Ibid. fol. 90, no. 7-12 ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Anct. D. L 1222 ; Final Cone, 

 ii, 124, The sale included the whole of 

 William dc Walton's estate, including the 

 reversion of that part held in dower by 

 Emma wife of John de Croft. Margery 

 daughter of John de Walton and widow of 

 Thurstan dc Northlegh put in her claim. 



It appears that in 1344 William de 

 Walton had granted his manor of Ulnes 

 Walton, land in Leyland, rent in Kella- 

 mergh and the moieties of the manors of 

 Eccleston, Heskin and Leyland to Henry 

 Earl of Lancaster for Henry's life at a 

 rent of ^^50 a year, payable at Lichfield, 

 where William seems to have lived ; 

 Great Coucher, i, fol. 89, no. 4. 



* See the suits named in preceding 

 notes. In 13 31 Thurstan dc Northlegh 

 and Margery his wife, apart from the 

 two-thirds of the manor, claimed various 

 messuages, lands, mill and rent in Ulnes 

 Walton, Leyland, Eccleston and Croston 

 as part of Margery's inheritance ; Assize 

 R. 1404, m. 26 d., 28 d. They claimed 

 part by a charter of Adam de Walton of 

 Mitton, who had succeeded the Adam of 

 Hoole, 



^ In the inquisitions their lands are 

 said to be held of the king as of his duchy 

 by knights' service ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iii, no. 12 ; iv, no. 82; In 1612 

 the tenure was unknown ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 211. 



Ralph RadclifFe in 141 3 remitted to 

 the king all right, &c,, in the manor of 

 Ulnes Walton ; Close, i Henry V, 

 m. 34. 



^ Said to be held of the kmg as of the 

 dissolved priory of St. John of Jerusalem 

 in 1541 by a rent of 6d, ; Duchy of 

 Lane, Inq. p.m. viii, no. 10, From the 

 contemporary rental of the Hospitallers' 

 lands it seems that Peter Legh and 

 Andrew Barton jointly held a messuage, 

 &c., paying a rent of izd, ; Kuerden 

 MSS, V, fol. 83^. 



8 In 1355 Henry Duke of Lancaster 

 held the fifth part of a knight's fee in 

 Ulnes Walton, formerly held by Warine 



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de Walton ; Feud, .^ids, iii, 86. There are 

 several grants concerning it in the duchy 

 records. In 1358 the duke granted the 

 site of the manor with the demesne lands, 

 &c., to his physician. Master Richard de 

 Ireland, for life ; Dep. Keeper s Rep. xxxii, 

 App. 345. For other grants to Sumner, 

 Radcliffe and others sec ibid, xl, App, 530, 

 53^ 538, 539- 



The manor of Ulnes Walton, the 

 moiety of the manors of Eccleston and 

 Leyland, &c., were in 1366 demised by 

 John of Gaunt to William de Chorley at 

 a rent of ^^61. The oaks and trees of 

 the south wood (Southbois) arc men- 

 tioned. See Great Coucher, i, fol. 94, 

 no. 7 ; Duchy of Lane. Anct. D. L 2090. 

 Other leases were to Robert Standish for 

 life in 1372; William de Hoghton and 

 Alice his wife for twenty years in 1401 ; 

 and to Sir William Ashton for twenty 

 years in 1435 ; Duchy of Lane. Misc. 

 Bks. xill, 9 ; xvi, 34 d. ; xviii, 33. See 

 also Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. I, no. 51 

 {21 Hen. VI). 



In 148 1 the manors of Ulnes Walton, 

 &c., were granted to Thomas Molyneux 

 and his heirs with a provision for resump- 

 tion which appears to have come into 

 effect ; for though held by Thomas at his 

 death {Lanes. Inq. p.m. [Chet. Soc], ii, 

 117) they were in 1487 demised to Sir 

 Thomas Wolton and his son James for 

 twenty-four years, in 1502 to William 

 Wall, rector of Eccleston, for twenty 

 years, and in 1505 to Henry Farlngton 

 for a like period ; Duchy of Lane. Misc. 

 Bks. xlx, 20; xxi, A 54 d., A 57 d., 

 A59d. 



The last grant was in 15 14 renewed to 

 Henry Farlngton and William his son 

 and heir for their lives ; Ibid, xxii, 33. 



A large number of references to dis- 

 putes between members of the Farlngton 

 family respecting Ulnes Walton will be 

 found in the Ducaius Lane. (Rec, Com.), 

 passim. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks, xxiii, 

 70 d. The grant included the manors of 

 Ulnes Walton, Leyland and Kellamergh ; 

 turbary of Penwortham, lands caUed 

 Conylache In Leyland and others lately 

 belonging to Cockersand Abbey in Tarle- 

 ton, SoUom and Holmes. 



^^ In August 1558 Anthony Jcbb was 

 plaintiff and Anthony Browne, serjeant- 

 at-law, Joan his wife and William Hod- 

 son were deforciants in a fine respecting 

 the manors of Ulnes Walton and Kella- 

 mergh, sixty messuages, water-mill, &c. ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, m. 4. 

 Immediately afterwards the moiety of 

 these manors was sold to William 

 Farlngton ; Com. Pleas D. Enr. Mich. 

 5 & 6 Phil, and Mary and i Ellz. 



'' The sales are recited in pleadings 

 of 1601 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 289, 

 m. 19, 



