A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Their posaeisions were therefore sold about 1680 to 

 John Crisp,^ whose descendants retained them for a 

 century,^ the manors of Parbold and Wrightington 

 with various lands being sold to William Dicconson 

 of Wrightington about 1 791.3 They have since 

 descended with Wrightington. Manor House Farm 

 is now known as Damstead Wood Farm.^ 



The Hospitallers held a considerable estate in Par- 

 bold from an early time.^ The family which bore 

 the local name, of which little is known, may have 

 held part of the 'alms land,*^ and probably ulti- 

 mately sold their right to the Lathoms. Richard 

 Lathom about i 540 held two parcels, paying 6^.each.^ 

 The Banastres of Parbold also held part, and at the same 

 date Richard Banastre held the Bewhouse by a rent of 

 I id.^ The priory of Burscough also had an estate.^ 



Richard Lathom and Lawrence Finch contri- 

 buted to the subsidy of 1542-3 for their lands. "^ 

 A few other names occur in pleadings *^ and in- 

 quisitions.^^ Parbold House in 1582 seems to 

 have been owned by Richard Prescott.*^ A dispute 

 as to Lighthurst in Parbold occurred in the time of 

 Edward VIM 



In 1783 the late Sir John Tyrrell's heirs were the 

 chief landowners, others being John Nelson and 

 Mrs. Sale. In 1798 William Dicconson and John 

 Assheton Nelson were the principal contributors to 

 the tax.^* 



The ancient chapel of St. Mary, now 



CHURCH destroyed,i6 was known as DOUGLJS 



CHJPEL. It was probably built by 



the Hospitallers for the use of their tenants,^^ but in 



^ A settlement of the manors of Par- 

 bold, Wrightington and Alierton, with 

 various lands, was made in 1653 by 

 Richard Lathom and Katherine his wife ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 151, m. 

 104, Two years later, in a fine regard- 

 ing the manor of Parbold and lands there 

 and in Wrightington, the deforciants were 

 Richard Lathom, Katherine his wife, 

 (icon:;).- Hurd and Elizabeth his ^^ i:f, 

 while the plaintiff was John Crisp ; ibid, 

 bdlc. 15^, m. 141. This was prnSably 

 a mortgage, but it will be seen thit John 

 Crisp presented to the rectory of Ecclc- 

 Bton in I 672. 



Thomas Crisp of Parbold died in 1758, 

 aged sixty-eight ; he was Sheriff of Lan- 

 cashire in 1715-16 (P.R.O. Lis!, 74) 

 and member for llchcsier in 172-. Ac- 

 cording to the monument in Ecclcston 

 church he was * a polite scholar and a fine 

 gcntlc:ii.in.' 



' In I "62 William Law was plaintiff 

 in .1 fine regarding the manors of Parbold 

 and Wrightington and M.iry Crisp, widow, 

 Sir J'hn Tyrrell and Mnry his wife were 

 deforciants; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdlc. ;'iS, m. 36. In 1788 George Wood 

 and James Topping appear to have held 

 the same ; Pal, of Lane. Plea R, 647, 

 m. I 5. 



From G.E.C.'s Complete Baronetage (iv, 

 57) itappearjthat Sir John Tyrrell married 

 Mary daughter and heir of Thomas Crisp 

 of P.irbold by Mary his wife, and died 

 in 1766, leaving two daughters — Mary 

 who married the third Earl of Arran 

 (s.p.), and Elizabeth, unmarried. 



■* Tram* Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xi, z 1 1. 



* Ibid. XV, 199 J the same article con- 

 tains a number of interesting details of 

 houses, &c., in the neighbourhood. At the 

 farm-house mentioned are stone panels 



inscribed h l and 



1686. 



* The details have been given above 

 in the account of Wri^hlingti n. Prior's 

 Wood is the name of a ho ;sc near Douglas 

 Chapel. The Prior of St. John in 1319 

 claimed lands, &c., against Nicholas de 

 Ripon ; De Banco R. 231, m. 82. 



^ In 1202 Syrid daughter of Vivian 

 released to Henn- son of Bernard (de 

 Parbold) 4 oxgangs of land which was 

 claimed by inheritance ; FzijI Ccnc. i, 19. 

 The Parbold family must at that time 

 have held half the manor. 



Henrj* de Parbold granted lands to 

 Cockersand Abbey, parts of which ad- 

 joined the Hospitallers' lands. The local 

 names occurring- in the charters are — 

 Risen bridge, Waingate, Clough, Fcm- 

 clough, Douglas, Greenlache, Lighthurst 

 Clough, Haverhulc Carr ; CockenanJ 



Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 506-10. His 

 name as a witness occurs a little earlier ; 

 Ibid. ;i, 497. 



Mabel de Parbold in 1246 complained 

 of the death of Albin her husband (who 

 had held 8 acres of Robert de Lathom) 

 and Richard her son ; but it appeared 

 that they were robbers of cattle and had 

 been executed ; Assize R. 404, m. 17. 



In 127; Maud daughter of Richaru 

 complained that various persons had 

 :ittacked and wounded her at Parbold, 

 and that Hugh son of Adam de Parbold 

 was wrongfully detaining her chattels ; 

 De Banco R- 3, m. 24 d. Robert son of 

 Robert son of Alan de Parbold in 1277 

 claimed a mc&' : t^r, Ac, against Warinc 

 de Bispham \ ibi 1. 21, m. 60. 



Henrj' son of Adam de Parbold was in 

 1292 snmmonc 1 by William son nf 

 Henry de LighthurU to acquit him of 

 the service demanicd by Richard de 

 Lathom out of a free tenement in Par- 

 bold ; Assize R. 40!*:, m. 42 d. At the 

 same time Robert son of Adam de Par- 

 bold complained that the Prior of St. 

 John had disseised him of common of 

 pasture in Parbold ; but the prior replied 

 that the land referred to was won^l, nr.t 

 pasture, and that William the Cliiplain 

 held the soil of the wood and pasture for 

 life ; ibid. m. 62 d. 



" Kucrdcn MSS. v, fol. %t,', 84. 

 ^ Ibid. Some account of the Banastre 

 family has been given under Wrighting- 

 ton. 



In 1447 William Coppull was bound 

 to give acquittances to Richard Bana = trc 

 and others for the sum of loj. yearly 

 from landi in Parbold in right of his 

 wife ; B.M. Add. Chart, no. 8496. 



For a dispute as to Parratt's ficMs and 

 Lighthurst see Ducatus Lane. (Rcc. Com.), 

 i, 168, 262. 



^ Henry de Parbold was the benefactor. 

 The bounds began at Dcadmansykc head 

 and easements of the vill and wood of 

 Parbold were included ; Burscough Reg. 

 fol. 54^. 



ThefoUowing were the tenants in 1536, 

 after the Suppression : Gilbert Banastre 

 for Fairhur = t, izJ. ; Edward Lathom for 

 lands of William Lathom, izd. ; Richard 

 Wilson, Richard Banastre (for his own 

 land^, heirs of Richard Parbold, William 

 Walies for Wallfield (in the occupation 

 of James German) ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Rentals and Surv. bdle. 4, no. 6a, 6b. 

 From the above it seems clear that Fair- 

 hurst was partly in Parbold and partly in 

 Wrightington, 



'" Subs. R. Lanes, bdlc. 130, no. 126. 



" Adam son of Emma de Tunley in 



1292 was non-suited in his claim against 



180 



Henry son of Adam Juet for a tenement 

 in Parbold j Assize R. 408, m, 36. 



Emma widow of Thomas Kitson in 

 1339 sought lands in Wrightington and 

 Parbold against Adam son of Thomas 

 Kitson and against John son of Roger 

 Banastre i De BancoiR. 318, m. 178 d. 



'^ Robert Simpson and Anne his wife 

 made a feoffment of a messuage and land 

 in Parbold in 1577, which they sold ten 

 years later to Richard Holland j Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 39, m. 151 ; 49, 

 m. 204. Holland died sliortly afterwards 

 holding lands in UphoUand, Parbold and 

 Ormskirk, leaving a son and heir James, 

 over sixty-clglit years old j Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 20, James 

 Holland died in 1605 holding land in 

 Parbold of the king as of his manor of 

 East Greenwich i Lanes. In^, p.m. (Rcc. 

 Soc. LnncB. and Chcs.), i, 31. His son 

 and heir Richard was eleven years of age. 



William Hawett, 1638, held land by 

 a similar tenure ; Towneley MS. C 8, i 3 

 (Chct. Lib.), p. 511. 



Arthur Finch of Wrightington and 

 Robert IIcHkcth of Rufford held parts of 

 the Hospitallers' lands ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc), ii, 179 ; lii, 357. Nicholas 

 Rigby of Harrock, 1629, held of Richard 

 Lathom J Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 1000. 



^^ Ducatus Lane, ill, 131. William 

 Orrell in 1583 purchased lands in Dalton, 

 ParboM, &c., from Richard Prcscott the 

 younger, Joan his wife, Thomas Lassell 

 and Edward his son ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 45, m. 156. 



'^ Duchy of Lane. Plead, Edw. VI, 

 xxxi, B 3. It contained 10 acres and was 

 granted by Richard Banastre of Wright- 

 ington to Katherine Barton, widow, for 

 life ; on her second marriage to Lawrence 

 Finch her son entered into possession, 

 whereupon Richard Banastre complained. 



*^ Land tax returns at Preston. 



'^ For an account of the old building 

 which stood near the Douglas, half a mile 

 south of Christ Church, see Mr. W. F. 

 Price's es«ay in Trans. Hist. Soe. (new 

 sen), xi, 207-34. Two views are given, 

 and from tJiese it is conjectured that 

 the building shown was built in 1420, 

 and that d large aisle was added on the 

 north side about forty years later. 



The pulpit (1648), desk and font were 

 removed to the new church. The bell, 

 recast In 1741 at WIgan, is now in 

 the schools. There arc two chalicei and 

 an almsdlsh given by Eleanor daughter 

 of N.clioias Rigby of Harrock in 1749, 

 and more modem plate. The registers 

 do not begin till 181 3. 



*^ John priest of Douglas occiiri about 

 1 240 J Dep. Keeper's Rep, xxx^i, App. 



