A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



hivc been granted to one of the IJnnastrcs of 

 Bretherton, for in later times it was part of the Bank 

 estate. In 129-^ the right of John son of Adam 

 Banastre to 8 oxgangs of land in Tarleton was n^^urei 

 by line.^ Henry Banastre of Bank, who died in 

 1 526, held his messuages and land in Tarleton of the 

 heir of Roger Montbegon by a rent of S>. yearly,- 

 and a like service is that recorded in later inquisitions. 

 The * manor of Tarleton' is named in 1555.^ Lord 

 Lilford is the present owner.'* 



The other moiety or plough-land was granted by 

 Roger de Montbegon to Roger de Douay, who 

 transferred it to Gilbert de Notion/ and Gilbert gave 

 to Cockersand Abbey one plough-land of his land 

 in Tarleton, viz. a moiety of the whole vill, with all 

 its appurtenances in pure alms, but the ser\'ice due to 



HOLMES ff'OOD HJLL^^ stanJ. Jnse to the 

 former northern shore of Martin Mere in the south- 

 west corner of the township. It is now a Tirm-housc 

 and retains little or nothing of the original struc- 

 ture. The house proper is a tower-like whitewashed 

 brick building of three stories, measuring externally 

 25 ft. by 23 i't., with a gabled roof behind brick 

 battlements, and having a large projecting chimney on 

 the south side. There is a later addition with a 

 lean-to roof on the west. In the east ^vall is a stone 

 with the Hesketh sheaf and the initials and date T. H. 

 (for Thomas Hesketh), l 56S, but this probably was 

 placed here in a comparatively late rebuilding. The 

 date of the present building is difficult to determine, 

 for, though modern, It may incorporate some parts 

 of an older erection. The walls are 2 ft. thick, but 



John Malherbe was to be rendered, namely, that of the house possesses no architectural features, the 



the fourteenth part of a knight's fee.^ This portion 



seems in later times to have taken a name from Holme?, 



another part ofTarleton held by the Cockersand canons 



by grant of the Cluniac jriury of Tlctfurd in N\ rfolk.' 



It was aftcrAarJs aojuircJ by the Hcskcths of 



Rufford,^ and continued to descend uith this cuate.^ 



This moiciy of the manor of Tarleton uas sold by 



Sir T. Hesl.cth to Lord Lilf.Td about iss6, by 



u hose heir the whole manor is n<r.\ held. Courts 



are held \c.'irlv 



10 



windows all being new and of wood. On the north 

 side, at a distance of about 15 ft., is a brick barn, 

 with a stone and brick extension at its west end, and 

 in its east wall a four-light mullioned window with 

 hood mould, apparently in its original position, and 

 in the gable above is a stone with the Hesketh 

 double-headed eagle and initials and date as before. 

 This end wall of the barn at least apparently belongs 

 ti) some portion of the old house. The present 

 buildings, however, whatever they represent, are but 



J-.hn dc la M.ir-, lord of Cm^tn ', 

 released a'.l his rijht i" the plough-Ian J 

 piven to CotkciTxcd Abb' ■■ , rcscrvln::, 

 howc\c', ihc service due for the Icur- 

 (centh part <.i a knight' v fee ; Cocken^nJ 

 Ckjrruf. (Chet. Soc), n, 460. 



* /".Tj/ Cone. (Rec. Sc. Lanes, and 

 Chcs.^, I, 1 S4.. E-irlier tlian this RicharJ 

 Bin.i9tre had given an acre lyirg rn 

 \^''i;t»haw (now WiUhers) to the canons 

 of Cockersand, extending one way to the 

 A^hnd Askelon) and the other to Bar- 

 nlldsgate j C:^-tcrijnJ ChjrtuL ii, 4'>4. 



In 1 1 >2 Gilbert de Incc and Alice his 

 wife complained that 1 homas son and 

 heir of Adam Banastre of Bank held a 

 moictv of the manor of Tarleton of Alice 

 by knichls' lerv cr, and hal, while under 

 ace, refuse i a suitable marriage; Uuchy 

 ft Lane. AsMze R. 1, m. ■\. Some years 

 later Gilbert appears as Thomas's bailiff 

 in Tarleton ; ibid. 7, m. 5. Thom.Ts 

 H.mn ere in 1^61 charged J'>an widow of 

 John Banastre \%iih wa^tc ot his houses 

 &c., in Tarleton ; ibid. S, m. 5 f. 



In an extent of 1445-6 Eleanor 

 widow of Richard Banastre was said to 

 hold the fourth part of a knight's fee in 

 Tarleton, the relief being 2 > - ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdlc. i, no. 20. 



* Duchy of Lane Intj. p.m. vi, no. 54. 

 ' IbiJ. X, no. ;-, after the death of 



William Banastre. The supcriT lord at 

 that time was Sir Thomas Stanley, lord 

 Mo'.intcagle. Land^ &c., in Sollom were 

 named in conjunction with Tarleton. 



Sec also Ldrcs. Ikj. p.m. (Rec Soc. 

 Lanes, and Che^.', ii, 77, when Thomas 

 Ashton of Croston was superior lord ; 

 and ibij. iii, wz. 



^ See the account of Bank inBretherton. 



In 1597 Thomas Banastre of Bank 

 gave laii5 in Tarleton formerly belonging 

 to Wi.Uam son of Jolm de Tarleton to 

 his bastard son Tr.omas Banastre, with 

 sjccess.ve remainders to seven other 

 bastards; Tovncley MS. DD, no. 79. 

 Tills probably formed part of the estate 

 of Thomas Banastre of Wi^an sold to 

 T:;uni3s Hesketh in 15C3 j Find Cznc, 

 ii, 15+. 



* CcckenanJ Charr.J, ii, ^^<i. 



''' Ibi!. ii, 459. The grant was con- 

 hri;i': I by J"hn M i.iierbe, and I t; -r, as 

 above state J, by hia *uccessor ] ihn de la 

 Mirr. Roger dc Montbegon also con- 

 lirmccl it. 



Adam de Argayihel appears to have 

 been a free teniF.t in this [at f>f the 

 manor. He g^ivc land to William son 

 of Jordan de Ncv. t ^n, from whom it 

 passed to Adam de H'^lmes, whci«e fr>n 

 W. iiam gave it to the canons; while 

 Richard, another son of A iam dc Holmes, 

 surrendered to them a hall'-oxgang held of 

 them. Sec ibid, ii, 462-4. 



'' IMd. II, 466-70. The place is 

 called * Holme? by the mere of T.irleton.' 

 The priory of Thctiord had it by grant of 

 Ro^'er de M'uubrrnn. 



Adam sou of Adam dc Holmes and 

 others released their rigl.t'^ to the canon<^, 

 who in exchange for one such surrender 

 by Rich.ird le Botclcr son of Adam de 

 Holmes gave him an oxgang in Tarleton, 

 a mark being payable as relief on a 

 change of tenants ; ibid. 



In 1^40 an agreement respecting the 

 bounds between Rufford and the Holmes 

 was made by Sir William de Hesketh 

 and the abbot. The bounds were de- 

 clared to begin at the mere, proceed 

 east along a sjke to the moss, through a 

 certain lache (as long as it endures), and 

 across the middle of the moss to Monks' 

 lache, according to pits and other marks ; 

 T v.neley MS. DD, no. I39^ 



° The free tenants for some genera- 

 tions were named Banastre, Croston, 

 C^.!, For^hawand Wignall. Holmes wa5 

 held by a tenant at will, the rent rising 

 to 561. a year. See the list;, Cockersand 

 Chartul.uij 12 ^z-j. Johnsonof Thurstan 

 Wigmli of Tarleton in 1535 gave to 

 William son of Henry Dandy (perhaps 

 as trustee) all his lands in Tarleton, 

 SoUom, Charnock and CoppuU ; Towne- 

 ley MS. DD, no. ic;. 



In 1537 the abbot and convent 

 demised to Sir Robert Hesketh the mes- 

 suage, &c., called the Holme;, with a 

 fishery in Martin Mere, for sixty-one 



116 



years ;U 56(. rent; ibid. no. 411. Two 

 years later tliey granted a lease of all 

 their lands in Tarleton and SoUom to 

 the same Sir Robert for ninety- nine 

 years, at ^^4 1 o<. 8J^. a year, which 

 was * the usual rent thereof; ibid. 

 no. 412. 



The Cockersand lands in Tarleton and 

 Sollom, also the land called Holmes, 

 with the nppurtcnanccs, including :t 

 livhcry on Martin Mere, were granted in 

 1551 by the Crown to Anthony Browne ; 

 Pat. 5 Edw. VI, pt. vi. Three years 

 later the whole was sold to Sir Thomas 

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

 I 5, m. 119. 



Robert Hesketh, who died in i';4i, 

 owned two messuages, &c., in Tarleton, 

 held of the king * by reason of the sur- 

 render of the Abbot of Cockersand'; 

 Duchy of Lane. Jn'|. p.m. vii, no. 14. 



Sir Thomas Hesketh in 1566 claimed 

 a right of way through ground called 

 North Holmes (the inheritance of Henry 

 Banastre) in right of his messuage and 

 lands called the hall and demesnes of 

 Holnie=, his tenants having right to carry 

 and recarry with horse or otherwise ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. xlix, H 5 ; 

 Ixxvi, H 4. 



" In the inquisition after the death of 

 Robert Hesketh in 1620 the * manor of 

 Tarleton-with-Sollom/ with messuages, 

 lands and rents, is erroneously stated to 

 have been hell by him * of the Earl of 

 Derby as of the dissolved monastery of 

 St. John of Jerusalem ' in socage, A 

 son Robert, by his father's grant, was in 

 possession of this part of the estate. 

 See Lanci. 1\^. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Chcs.), iii, 351-8 ; Msic. (same 

 Soc), i, 167. 



The same manor occurs among the 

 estates of Robert Hesketh of Rufford in 

 1696; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdte. 

 237, m. 52. It also occurs among those 

 of Sir T. D. Hesketh in 1798. 



"^ Information of Mr. John B. Sclby, 

 Lord Lilford's agent. 



" So named from the adjacent Holme* 

 Wood in Rufford. 



