A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Chorley against Willi.im de Ferrers and Thomas 

 Banastre.' 



The Hospitallers had various other lands in the 

 township.- The rental of 1 540 ' shows that they 

 had a number of tenants/ including Robert Kingley, 

 who probably held the place called Kingley ; his rent 

 was I zd. a year.' 



KyOlf'LEr, formerly Knolehale, was in 12SS 

 held of William de Ferrers by a rent of 3/. 4 /. by 

 Nicholas le Boteler.^ It descended like Rawcliffe 

 until the latter part of the l6th century.' In 1582 

 James Anderton of Clayton complained that the Earl 

 of Derby and Sir Richard Shireburne had entered 

 into two messuages and certain land and waste 

 ground ca!led Knowley afias Knolel, of 400 acres 

 extent, belonging to him. They replied that they 

 were lords of the manor of Chorley, which contained 

 the waste land in dispute, and that plaintiff held of 

 them by rent and service.'' This place also gave 

 rise to a local surname.' 



Hartwoodhey was part of the Arderne land?."' 



HEj4LEy hit in some rcspcct> a distinct hi-:ory," 

 for in 1285 the king granted to Randle de Dacre 

 free warren in his demesne lands of Hcaley,'- and 

 the park there w.is after^vards held by the Hollands 

 and their successors. Sir Robert de Holland held it 

 in 1^22." His successor, Sir Robert, who died in 

 1373, held the wood called Hcaley in Chorley of the 

 Duke of Lanc.i tcr by a rent if 4 marks.'* -^'aJd 

 Lath Lovcl, his daughter and heir, in I 4 10 released 

 to Rich.ird Cro5<c, her receiver in Lancash re and 

 Cheshire, all actions except the right belonging to 

 her in the par^ called Healcy." 



John son of Sir John (Lord) Lovcl by Maud h's 

 wife in 1401 confirmed to Robert Burgh the grant 

 of Healey which had been made by his parents.' 



latter to Thurstan Anderton, Richard Cro«c r.nd 

 Thomas Trigg,'" and in 141 2 John Lord Lovcl 

 released his right in Heaky to Anderton and Trigg, 

 his son John Lovel, clerk, concurring.''' From later 

 pleadings it appears that the purchasers were in part 

 at least acting for Matthew Kenyon, one of his 

 daughters marrying Oliver Anderton." 



The CROSSE HALL estate was founded by the 

 Richard Crosse just named, and ultimately included 

 a large part of Healey. The 

 rise of the family has been 

 noticed in the account of 

 Wigan ; this Chorley estate 

 has remained with their des- 

 cendants to the present time, 

 though the house was long 

 ago abandoned as a residence 

 in favour of Shaw Hill in 

 Whittle. Richard Crosse pur- 

 chased a moiety from Thomas 

 Trigg in 1418-20,-" and 

 soon afterwards he obtained 

 from William U'oodward his 

 south part of Eaveshey in 

 Chorley and all his water of 



Bagin Brook -' ; Thomas son of Sir John Stanley 

 confirmed the transfer, which included the right to 

 make a mill.-- John Crosse the son and heir of 

 Richard -■' obtained a further confirmation,^'' and 

 his son, another Richaro,-' in I 5 I 3 gave to feoffees 

 his capital messuage called Eaves Hall or Crosse 

 Hall, &c.-'« 



Ro[:er Crosse died in 1522 holding messuages, &c., 

 in Chorley of the lords of Leylandshire by a rent of 

 26/. id. and others of the Hospitallers by a rent of 

 \J. ; these rents arc a moiety of the 4 marks paid 



Crossr of Crosse 

 H-iIl. Quarterly gu/et 

 and or in the Jiru and 

 fourth quarten a croti 

 potent argents 



The grantee quickly transferred to Charnock and the by Sir Robert de Holland for Healey and that due 



' A'llc R. 1238, m. 54<'- 



' Lands of the prior were restored to 

 him in 1412, having been in the Icing's 

 hanHs for a ^c^; and a day through the 

 outlawry of Thomas ion of Adam the 

 Parker j Defi. Keef>eri Ref>, xxxvii, App. 

 1-5. ' Kucrden MSS. V, fol. 83*. 



* Some names have been given. 

 Others were James Parker, ici. ; Richard 

 Wal.lcy (? W.i.lley) for Culmcrley, 6rf. ; 

 Lord ^^lM;ntea^.e i^t Hengcr Haw, zd. \ 

 the Eirl of Derby, !</. 



Culmerley (Culmarilegh) occurs as a 

 surname in 1292 when Richard son of 

 Ralph de Heath Charnock, in right of 

 Eudosia h:s wife, claimed a moiety of 

 messuages and lands in Chorley against 

 Richard de Calmerlev, Robert son of 

 Robert the Turner and Alice his wife, 

 on the ground that Eudosia was under 

 age when she demised them. The jury 

 found that she was of full age ; .Assize 

 R. 4.C?, m. 66. Alice de Culmerley of 

 Chorley in 15+2 made a claim against 

 Roger son of Hugh de Culmerley, Roger 

 soH of Adam de Chorley and others ; 

 ibid. t4.;5, m. 4^ d. 



* The Kingley or Kingsley family 

 was of old standing. In 1246 William 

 de Kingsley claimed a messuage and land 

 in Chorley against Richard de Charnock, 

 but did not s^ccce: ; ibid. 404, m. 3. 



Christiana widow of Richard de Kingley 

 in I 3 ii^ claimed land a^.i nst Robert son of 

 R^^er the Woodward, who alleged a grant 

 by the plaintiff ; Duchy of Lane Assize 

 R. 6, m. 6. From a pedigree given later 



(ibid. 8, m. 7) it appears that Roger 

 ■^VfHilward, father of defendant, had a 

 brother William, whose son Adam left 

 two sons, Will am and Ellis both child- 

 less. 



Part of the Charnock estate in 15^4 

 W1S called Ingeland and the tenant had 

 been a William Kingsley, whose wife was 

 named Isabel ; Add. MS. 3210", no. 

 2891. 



A settlement of Thomas Kingslcy's 

 lands in Chorley, Charnock, &c., was 

 made in 1557 ; Pal. 'f Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 17, m. 68. Wiaiam 'Kindesley' 

 and Katherine his wife sold messuages 

 and lands in the same townships to 

 Edward Robinson in 1597 j ibid. bdle. 58, 

 m. 50. 



* Lana. Inj. and Extenti^ i, 271, 



' James Butler of Rawcliffe died in 

 15C4 holding lands in Chorley of the 

 kmg as of his duchy, but the service was 

 not known ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 iii, no. 109. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. cxxvil, 

 A15. 



Lands in Knowley and Chorley were 

 included in a Standish-Chamock settle- 

 ment of 1657 ; Pal. of Lane Feet of F. 

 bdle. 163, m. 155. 



' Mjjd de Cnolal occurs in 1278 ; 

 Assize R. 1258, m. 54 ; 1239, m. 379. 

 Margery widow of Robert de Knolhale 

 in 1 31 3 claimed dower against William 

 son of Nicholas le Boteler and others ; 

 De Banco R. 201, m. 164. 



^ Robert de Ardeme, brother of Sir 



14.0 



Thomas, held it as tenant at will ; Writ 

 of 1402 in Add. MS. 32108, no. 1514, 

 referring to former pleadings. 



" * Following Blackbrook to the pales 

 of Hcaley park, following the pale unto 

 Healey cliff' occurs in the description of 

 the bounds of Kaskenmoor ; Farrer, 

 Lanci. Pipe R. 376. 



" Charter R. 78 (13 Edw. I), m. 29, 

 no. 106. The Parker family of Chorley 

 may have taken their name from this 

 park. 



'^ Lanct. Inq. and Extents, ii, 184. 



" Inq. p.m. 47 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), 

 no. 19. In 1346 he had four burgages 

 in Chorley ; Surv. (Chet. Soc), 42. 



'* Towneley MS. GO (Add. MS. 

 32107), no. 2200. 



" Crosse D. (Tram. Hitt, Soc), no. 91, 



" Ibid. no. 94, 96. 



■' Towneley MS. GG, no. 2198-9. 



" Duchy Plead. (Rec. Sor. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 97, 99. 



"Towneley MS.GG, no. 2250, 2256, 

 2801. 



" Ibid. no. 2323. Joan Kenjnn, 

 widow of John Liverpool, released her 

 right in a moiety of Healey, viz. the 

 south part, to Richard Crosse in 1432; 

 ibid. no. 2347. 



" Ibid. no. 2341. 



" Ibid. no. 2217, 2281. 



" Ellen widow of Oliver Anderton 

 gave her right in a moiety of Healey, its 

 water-mill, &c., to John Crosse in 1466 ; 

 ibid, no, 2217. 



" Ibid. no. 2343. » Ibid. no. 2j4», 



