A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



RawcIifT^ ' and Hoghton,- while the latter moiety seems 

 to have reverted to the superior lords, and was later 



in the hands of Kirkby of Kirkby * and Lathom of 

 Lathom,^ each being said to hold a fourth part of 



consent of his wife Isoult, about 1220 

 granted to the canons of Cockersand hi^ 

 land within bounds fixed by Linley Br<. ok, 

 the great Clough to Riscnbridge, a line 

 across to \'iviahac, and south to the start ; 

 Cockersand ChartuL (Chet. See), ii, 502. 



Ralph de Catterall claimed the lixth 

 part of a teaement of John de Chisnall's 

 in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 74 \ see also 

 m. 30. He granted his son Alan in 

 I 305 all his lands, demesne, services, &c., 

 in Wrightington ; Carr Hall MS. 



Adam de Catterall, who died in 1397, 

 held a fourth or third part of the manor 

 of Sir John La Warr by knights' service ; 

 Land. Inq, p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 66. 

 Later inquisitions describe the Catterall 

 estate as held in socage of Lord la 

 Warr ; Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. iv, 

 no, 62, 4, In that of Thomas Catterall 

 in 1579 it is described as the fifth part of 

 the manor, twelve messuages, &C., and 

 loi. free rent ; ibid, xiv, no. 4. 



It in part at least dcsccn ied to the 

 Townleys of Barnsidc, heirs of Thomas 

 Cattcrall's eldest daughter Anne. ' Law- 

 rence TmMi'.ey died in 1623 holding a 

 sixth part of the manor of Wrightington, 

 with messu.igcs and land there, of Edward 

 Mosley as of his manor of Manchester in 

 socage, and a similar return was made 

 after the death of his son Richard in 

 1630 ; Land. Ir::^. p.m. (Rcc. Snc, Lanes, 

 and Ches.), iii, 410 ; Duchy of Lane 

 Inq, p.m. xxv, no. 19. 



Another part, however, was held by 

 John Grimshaw and Mary his wife, 

 another daughter ofThomas Catterall, and 

 was in 1580 sold to William Stopford ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 42, m. 1 50. 



Thomas Pr >cter and Elizabeth his 

 wife (another daughter) also made a s:ilc 

 or settlement of the * manor' in 15S1 ; 

 ibid. bdle. 4 ;, m, 130, 



* The origin of the Butler interest is 

 not clear, but as it was sometimes called 

 a sixth part of the manor it was probably 

 the share of a daughter of Robert de 

 Goosnargh. 



Richard le Botelcr in 1262 purchased 

 from Alan de Wolvemoor and Alice his 

 wife land and wood in Wrightington, 

 giving II marks of silver, and promising 

 a rose as rent ; Final Cone, i, 136. To 

 the same Richard, Henry son of Wenne 

 released all his title in lands granted him 

 by Richard dc Catterall in Wrightington j 

 Add. MS. 32104, no. 1^21. William le 

 Botelcr, as stated above, was one of the 

 lords in 12S2. Nicholas le Boteler was 

 defendant in a claim made by John de 

 Chisnall in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 4 1 . 

 Nicholas son of William le Boteler in 

 1337 granted to Lucy de Lathom, lady of 

 Parbold, all his share of the Me.-'.e wood in 

 Wrighti-gton, between Hawksbrook and 

 Linley Clough, at a rent of zs. ; Add. 

 MS. 32104, no. I ^ 18. 



Sir John Botelcr died in 1404 holding 

 lands in Wrightington of John La Warr, 

 lord of Manchester, by the rent of a ro^e ; 

 Towneley MS. DO, no. 1460. Lands in 

 Wrightington were included in a Boteler 

 settlement of 1443 ; Final Cone, iii, 108. 

 James Boteler died in 1504 holding three 

 messuages, 20 acres of land, &c., of Lord 

 la Warre by services unknown ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 109. In a 

 subsequent inquisition the tenure is called 

 socage J ibid, vii, no. 4. The estate is 

 not described as a manor, but in 1^6- 



Henr^' Butler, a grandson and the eventual 

 heir, sold the manor of Wrightington 

 with the appurtenances and lands there 

 to William Stopford ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 29, m. 43. It seems to be 

 the sixth part of the manor afterwards 

 held by the Heskeths of Ruffbrd. 



* Avice daughter and co-heir of Robert 

 de Goosnargh married Oliver de Long- 

 ford and secondly Michael de Ellaston 

 (Athelackston) and Nigel de Longford 

 and Michael de Ellaston both granted 

 lands in Wrightington to Cockersand 

 Abbey ; Cockersand ChartuL li, 504, 503, 

 Henry de Ellaston gave all his right in 

 his mother's lands in Wrightington, 

 Goosnargh, &c., to Adam de Hoghton ; 

 Dods. MSS. cxlil, fol. 23^. Thus Adam 

 appears as one of the lords of Wrighting- 

 ton in 1282. He was defendant in pleas 

 of 1284-5 i Assize R. 1268, m. 13 ; 

 1271, m. II d. 



Thomas de Hoghton in 13 13-14 claimed 

 the sixth part of the manor of Wrighting- 

 ton formerly held by Adam ; it appeared 

 that Adam had granted it to Geoffrey de 

 Hoghton, who had died without issue ; 

 Assize R. 424, m. 7 d- The verdict was 

 for the defendants Master Richard de 

 Hoghton (son and heir of Adam) and his 

 son Richard, who were in possession. 

 Three years later Richard son of Sir 

 Adam de Hoghton gave to Edmund de 

 Greystock and Richard his brother and 

 their issue all his manor of Wrightington 

 with its appurtenances to be held by the 

 senice of a rose annually ; Towneley 

 MS. 00, no. 1297. From another deed 

 (ibid. no. 1296) it appears that Edmund 

 was son of William son of Adam de 

 Greystock \ he gave his lands to Richard, 

 his brother. A further release was in 

 1316 given to Richard de Greystock by 

 Thomas de Hoghton; Add. MS. 32106, 

 no. 710. 



The Grcystocks became accordingly 

 lords of a portion of the manor. Edmund 

 hai a son Adam, a minor in i 347 j Assize 

 R. 143 ;;, m. 19. John de Brereworth 

 the elder, in right of his wife Margery, in 

 1358 claimed the sixth part of the 

 m.inor. Sec (except 30J acres), against 

 E Imund de Greystock and Amice his 

 wife ; and 30^ acres were held by Geoffrey 

 Je Wrightington, John son of Robert de 

 Heskin, William de Tunstall, Richard 

 son of Robert dc Wrightington, Henry 

 dc Tuntcy, Henry Banastre and John son 

 cf Adam the Tailor ; Assize R. 438, m. 

 9. In 1364 Robert dc Greystock son of 

 Diota de Pleasin^ton surrendered his life 

 interest in lands in Wrightington granted 

 by Edmund de Greystock to Sir Adam 

 de Hoghton ; Towneley MS. OO, no. 

 1287. Probably, therefore, Edmund had 

 died without issue, and this sixth part of 

 the manor had reverted to the Hoghtons. 



Messuages and lands in Wrightington 

 were among the estates of Sir Richard 

 Hoghton in 1468 ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. (CheL 

 Soc), ii, 81. They were also mentioned 

 amoni those ofThomas Hoghton in 1580, 

 but no tenure was recorded \ Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no, 26. Thomas 

 Hoghton had in fact sold his estate in 

 Wrightington in 1567 to Alexander and 

 Nicholas Rigby of Arley and Harrock 

 respectively, and the former released to 

 Nicholas all his interest in the sixth part 

 of the manor; Towneley MS. OO, no. 

 M3'» ni4> '33°- 



170 



' See further in the account oi the 

 Wrightington family. The fourth part of 

 the manor had come into the possession 

 of John dc Kirkby by 1 320, as appears by 

 a preceding note, and seems for a time to 

 have been granted to a younger branch of 

 the family. Thus Alexander dc Kirkby 

 in 133X gave lands in Wrightington in 

 Appley to William son of Richard de 

 Hoole ; Kuerden MSS. ii, foL 2i i. 



Richard de Catterall in 1344 claimed a 

 messuage, &c., againat Sir Thomas de 

 Lathom and Eleanor his wife, who had a 

 fourth part of the manor, William son of 

 Alexander de Kirkby and others ; Assize 

 R. 1435, m. 38. Nicholas le Boteler and 

 Edmund de Greystock arc named among 

 the lords of the manor. 



In 1356 John dc Kirkby granted hit 

 son Richrrd, among other lands, &c., the 

 manor ot Wrightington with the homage 

 of William son of Alexander de Kirkby ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 211. From pleas 

 of the same year by William dc Kirkby it 

 appears that he and Sir Thomas de Lathom 

 the elder. Sir Nicholas Ic Boteler, Richard 

 de Catterall and Edmund de Greystock 

 were lords of Wrightington, holding lord- 

 ship in common ; Duchy of Lane. Assize 

 R, 5, m. 26 d, (Easter), m. 20 (July). 

 About the same time William dc Kirkby 

 and Alice his wife made a settlement of the 

 fourth part of the manor, the remainders 

 being to their sons William, Adam, Roger, 

 Richard and John; Final Cone* ii, 150. 

 The younger William and his wife Kathc- 

 rinc are mentioned in Sept. 1351 ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 1, m. 3d. 

 William dc Ashton and Katherinc his wife 

 in 1361 claimed tenements in Wrighting- 

 ton against William de Kirkby, Alice hit 

 wife and William his son ; Assize R. 441, 

 m. 5. 



In i374Rogcrson ofWilliam de Kirkby 

 was in possession ; Kuerden, loc. cit. 

 Afterwards, in 1395—6, he resigned all hit 

 estate to Sir Richard de Kirkby, and this 

 was agreed to by his sister Agnes and * 

 brother Gilbert ; ibid, and fol. 221. Thus 

 the superior lord regained possession of 

 this fourth part, and it was included in a 

 settlement made by Sir Richard dc Kirkby 

 in 1407 ; ibid. fol. 211. 



Lands in Wrightington and Appley 

 Wood arc named in 1465 as having be- 

 longed to Richard Kirkby attainted in Par- 

 liament of high treason ; Dep. Keeper's 

 Rep. xxxvli, App. 1 79. See also CaL Pat, 

 1467-77, p. 40. 



Richard Kirkby of Kirkby Ireleth died 

 in 1547 seised of lands, &c., in Wrighting- 

 ton held of Lord La Warr In socage by a 

 rent of i%d. ; among the fields were Stcr- 

 clough Meadow and Pckeshey ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq, p.m. iii, no. i ; Ix, no. 40. 

 In the inquisition after the death of his 

 son John in 1551 the rent is stated as 

 21. ; ibid, ix, no. 20 ; sec also xi, no. 21. 

 John Kirkby had been distrained by 

 Thomas Lord La Warr for arrears of the 

 rent of 21. due from his fourth part of a 

 knight's fee in Wrightington, and denied 

 that he held by such a service ; Duchy o( 

 Lane. Plead. Edw. VI, xxxi, D 2. The 

 manor was still held by the Kirkbys in 

 16 10 (Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 78, 

 m. 17), but was sold to Thomas Lathom 

 of Parbold before 1623 ; Lanes. Inq.p.m, 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chet.), iii, 405, 



* There seems no sign that the Aihtoni 

 of Ashton-under-Lyne, the heirs of the 



