A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



without Issue' The manor descended to a younger 

 son Henry,* whose brother Ralph distinguished 

 himself and was made a knight.' Henry de 

 Standish died in 1 396 holding the manor of 

 Standish and the advo.vson of the church of the 

 lords of Leylandshire, also the fourth part of the 

 manor of Shevington. Ralph his son and heir was 

 then of full age.* By tiiat time the tenure of Stan- 

 dish and Langtree was said to be by the third part 

 of a knight's fee.* 



Ralph son and heir of Henry de Standish in 

 1398 procured a general pardon from the king.* 

 He seems aftenvardi to have been appointed escheator 

 i n Ireland and to have died there.' He was 



succeeded about 141 8 by his son Lawrence," who 

 revived the ancient family claim to the advowson of 

 Wigan, and received certain compensation.* He 

 died about 143+,'° his son being Sir Alexander, to 

 whom in 1423-4 an annuity of 20 marks had been 

 granted by the Crown for his services." He did 

 not long survive his father, dying in 1445 holding 

 the manor of Standish, the advowson of the church 

 and various lands in Standish and Shevington, also a 

 burgage in Ormskirk." Ralph, his son, of full age, 

 augmented the family inheritance by marriage with 

 Margery daughter and co-heir of Richard RadcljfFe 

 of Chadderton" ; in 1452-3 he obtained general 

 pardons from the Crown.'* 



J John 8on of William de Standish in 

 1332 gave his eighth part of the manor 

 of Shevington to his son William and 

 Margery his wife, a rent of 12 Ji/. being pay- 

 able ; Standish D. no. 20. A few weeks 

 later a settlement was made of the manor 

 and advowson of Standish, except four 

 messuages and 15 acres ; the remainders, 

 after John de Standii^h, were to William 

 his son and his heirs by Margaret d^'jz^hter 

 of Adam de Holcroft ; should Wiiliam 

 die without issue, the manor was to 

 descend to his brothers Henry, Edmund 

 and Ralph in succession ; ibid. no. 21 ; 

 Final Cone, ii, 89. Margaret widow of 

 William de Standish (father of John) 

 was holding a third in dower. 



One of these Margarets was probably 

 the wife of Adam de Tyldcslcy in i3 39» 

 when an agreement was made with John 

 de Standish as to claims in Standish and 

 Shevington ; Adam and Margaret under- 

 took, if required, to sell and release by 

 fine in the King's Bench all their right 

 *at the costs of the said John for their 

 going and returning, that is to say, zj. 

 each day for their reasoaablc journey ' ; 

 Standish D. {Local Glean.)^ no. 33. 



* John de Stanlish in 1343 granted 

 to his son Henry, who was to marry 

 Joan daughter of Henry de Worslcy, all 

 his lands, &c., in Shevington except those 

 inclosed within his park; ibid. no. 34. 

 Joan survived her husband ; ibid. no. 'bz. 



Henry de Standish was in possession in 

 1353, when his park of Shevington is 

 named ; ibid. no. 39, 40. Four years 

 later he made an agreement with Richard 

 de Langtree as to the wastes ; by the 

 arbitration of friends an equal valuation 

 was to be made of the wastes and the 

 inclosures which had from time to time 

 been made by themselves or their ances- 

 tors J ibid. no. 43. The wastes of Stan- 

 dish and Langtree (described as 'a hamlet 

 of Standish') were the subject of further 

 agreements in 1362, when the two lords 

 (Henr)' and Richard) gave lands to 

 Thomas dc Eccleston and Robert dc 

 Standish in exchange for their rights of 

 common of pasture In the wastes, then 

 extending to 300 acres. From these 

 deeds (ibid. no. 52, 5-;) it appears that 

 the wood stretched from the park of 

 Standish to the boundary of Wi^an, and 

 that the pasture lay in the north-west 

 quarter of the township, its bounds be- 

 ginning at the church and reaching to 

 the borders of Wrightington and Sheving- 

 ton. 



Henry de Standish in 1363 claimed 

 the custody of lands in Standish during 

 the minority of John son and heir of 

 Richard S talon against Chrisriana the 

 \\ idow of Richard and Ralph dc Standish ; 

 Dc Banco R. 415, m. 150 j 4*6, m. 90. 



In 1381 Henry de Standish granted to 

 Hugh de Standish land called Bolton 

 Field lying between the bounds of Wigan 

 and the Twelve Acre, and extending to 

 the road from Wigan to Standish [and] 

 as far as the Douglas, in exchange for a 

 moiety of 15 acres of the waste of Stan- 

 dish and Langtree next Byrlegh clough as 

 far as the ford by the Cinderheap, and a 

 moiety of a piece of the waste on 

 Ratonraw Green in the same vill ; Stan- 

 dish D. (Mrs. Tempest's abstract), no, 99. 

 The seal shows the ancient coat of the 

 family — a aaltirc within a border en- 

 grailed. 



In 1383 Henry de Standish released to 

 the rector of the church a field called 

 E!ichrlJ- Standish D. {Local Glean.)y 

 no. 70. 



" The king in 13 $3 granted a pardon 

 to Ralph son of John de Standish for 

 breach of the peace, ordering no one to 

 reproach him for what had been done on 

 1 o April 1352; ibid. no. 3 8. 



By 1364 he had acquired lands in 

 Wigan, Standish, Langtree and Sheving- 

 ton, which had belonged to Edmund de 

 Fulshagh and others ; ibid. no. 40, 46, 

 50, 57- 



He appears afterwards to have served 

 the Black Prince, who granted him an 

 annuity of j^20 out of the manor of 

 Sutton near Macclesfield, which was con- 

 t n jcd to him (as Ralph de Standish, 

 esq.) by Richard II j Cal. Pat. 137--81, 

 p. 124. As Sir Ralph de Standish he 

 was made warden of Scarborough Castle 

 in 1381 ; ibid. 1381-5, pp. 32, 47, 



In Oct. 1382, as Sir Ralph de Standish, 

 he explained to his dearest brother Gilbert 

 dc Standish, the rector, the objects of ? 

 feoffment he had made. His lands in 

 Wigan, Standish, &c, were for the use of 

 his wile Eliz.i:cth for life, for his issue 

 by her, in default to Joan de Standish 

 and heirs, then to John de Standish son 

 of Mary de Incc. The deed was made in 

 London j Standish D, (Mrs. Tempest's 

 abstract), no. 102. Sir Ralph diel 6oon 

 afterwards, his aimuity being at once 

 granted to another; Cal. Pat. 1381-5, 

 p. 180. The feoffees in May 1383 granted 

 the lands to his widow Elizabetii with 

 remainders to their sons Nicholas and 

 Ralph and issue, and then to John and 

 Joan children of Mary de Ince j ibid. 

 no. 104. The widow soon afterwards 

 married Thomas Lampct ; Standish D. 

 {Local Glean.), no, 75, 76. The whole 

 or most of the estate was in 1407 pur- 

 chased by Ralph Standish of Standish ; 

 ibid. no. 93-102. 



* Lana, Inq, p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 64. 



^ In an aid levied in 1378 it is stated 

 that 61. %d. was due from Henry dc 

 Standish and Gilbert de Langtree for the 



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third part of a knight's fee in Standish 

 and Langtree ; HarL MS. 2085, fol. 423. 

 At the same time William de Harrington 

 was said to hold the third part of a fee 

 there (ibid.), and in 1446 Thomas de 

 Harrington held the same as feoffee ; 

 Duchy of Lane ICnights' Fees, bdle. 2, 

 no, 20. 



« Standish D. [Local Glean.), no. 82. 

 His mother Joan released to Ralph 100 

 acres in Standish and the Great Heys 

 near the hall ; ibid. no. 80. 



He had in 1359 been contracted to 

 marry Cecily daughter of Roger de Brad- 

 shagh, and she was still living in 141 1 - 1 2 ; 

 ibid. no. 47, 48, 82, 103. 



John *Standwich* is said by Froissart 

 {Chron. i, 650) to have killed Wat Tyler, 

 but Stow gives the name as Cavendish. 



7 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xli, App. 727, 760. 



^ The eighth part of the manor of 

 Shevington and lands. Sec, in Standish 

 were in 1398 settled by Ralph son of 

 Henry dc Standish and Cecily his wife 

 upon Lawrence son of Ralph and Lora 

 daughter of Sir Roger de Pilkington ; 

 Standish D. (Mrs. Tempest's abstract), 

 no. 115, Shortly afterwards Lawrence 

 and Lora are called husband and wife \ 

 ibid. {Local Glean.), no. 84. She was 

 living in 1422 ; ibid. no. 113. 



* Ibid. no. 120-3. 



*° In 1419 Lawrence arranged the 

 marriage of his sister Eleanor and John 

 son and heir-apparent of Henry Birkhead j 

 Standish D, (Mrs. Tempest's abstract), 

 no. no. A further agreement as to the 

 wastes of Standish and Langtree became 

 necessary in 1431, when Lawrence de 

 Standish and Richard de Langtree referred 

 the point in dispute to arbitrators ; ibid. 

 {Local GleanJ), no, 124. 



He arranged in 142 1 that his son 

 Alexander should marry Constance 

 daughter of John Gerard of Brynn ; ibid, 

 no. III. The marriage took place, and 

 Constance survived her husband, being 

 alive in 1468 ; ibid. no. 112, 129, 152. 



^^ Ibid. no. 116. 



" Towneley MS. DD, no. 1479. The 

 manor and advowson of Standish were 

 held of Sir William dc Ferrers of Groby, 

 Margaret widow of Sir William de Har- 

 rington and Robert dc Shirebumc, but 

 the services were unknovm. 



" See the account of Chadderton. 



" SUndish D. {Local Glean.), no. 137. 



Ralph Standish took part in a division 

 of Chadderton in 1454-5 ; his wife 

 Margery, the heiress, surviv&i him and 

 was living a widow in 1473 i 'b'«** °o« 

 '39* '53' She afterwards married Thomas 

 RadciifFc and died in 1476, when Alex- 

 ander, her son and heir, was twenty-four 

 years of age j Lancu /ny. p,m. (ChcL 

 Soc), ii, 126, 



