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STANDISH 



century date and are very probably part of the old 

 south wing of the house round which or on whose 

 foundations the chapel may have been partially built. 

 There is a spout head on the south side dated 1743. 

 Originally the chapel was entered by a door at the 

 west end of the north wall, approached from the 

 house by a covered way along the outside of the 

 16th-century wing, but this is now built up, the only 

 entrance being by the door on the north side of the 

 sanctuary. 



The later three-story block is without any external 

 architectural features except in the doorway, which 

 has a pedimented head and good detail. The 

 window openings, however, are well proportioned 

 and the windows retain their original barred sashes, 

 and a plain parapet and hipped roofs give a certain 

 dignity to the front, which is, however, destitute 

 even of stone quoins to the angles. A spout head 

 bears the date 1748 and the initials of Ralph 

 and Mary Standish, and the interior contains two 

 interesting 17th-century carved oak mantelpieces 

 brought here from Borwick Hall. One is in the old 

 drawing room, now the morning room, immediately 

 to the right of the entrance and is an elaborate piece 

 of work with two panels separated by carved figures 

 supporting a cornice and strapwork frieze. The 

 first panel contains the royal arms,' with garter 

 and motto and lion and unicorn supporters. The 

 other shield has the arms of Bindloss of Borwick 

 impaling Eltofts, with the inscription ' byndlos 1603 

 ELTOFTs.' The morning room is panelled all round 

 with square-firamed diamond-shaped 17th-century 

 panelling, now painted white, and has a good 

 18th-century plaster ceiling. The mantel in the 

 study is of somewhat similar type, with the royal 



arms in the first panel, but without the Scotch and 

 Irish quarters, inclosed by the garter and sur- 

 mounted by the crown, with motto and lion and 

 grifKn supporters. The other panel has the arms of 

 Bindloss of Borwick impaling Dalton. The fireplace 

 below is of 1 8th-century date and bears the arms of 

 Standish impaling Howard." The wide 18th-century 

 staircase is built side by side with the earlier one, 

 divided only by a wall, and has a substantial fretwork 

 balustrade. 



A spout head on the low west wing has the date 

 1822 and the initials of Charles Standish. 



The moat encircling the hall is said to have been 

 filled up in 1780, at which date much of the original 

 building was removed.' 



The descent of LJNGTREE cannot be traced 

 in full detail. The Siward de Langtree who had 

 a moiety of the manor of Standish in 1206* may 

 have been the same as the Siward de Standish of 

 1 1 77-8.' He was a benefactor of Cockersand 

 Abbey,* and his son Richard, who succeeded in or 

 before 12 19,' was also a benefactor.' In 1246 a 

 Henry de Standish appears to have been in posses- 

 sion,' and his son, Henry de Langtree, about 1270 

 acknowledged that he held by hereditary right three 

 tenements in Worthington, Langtree and Shevington 

 of the Abbot and convent of Cockersand, paying izd. 

 rent for each and ^ mark at death.'" In 1288 he 

 held Langtree of William de Ferrers by homage and 

 a service of 5/. Sd. yearly." 



The next of the family found in possession " is 

 Thomas de Langtree, in the time of Edward II,'' 

 from whom the descent can be traced, with but one 

 break, to Richard Langtree, who died in July 1527 

 holding the manor of Langtree, with messuages and 



* Quarterly ( i) and (4) — i and 4 France, 

 2 and 3 England, (2) Scotland, (3) Ireland, 

 which is the shield of the Stuart sovereigns. 



^ Ralph Standish married Lady Philippa 

 Howard daughter of the sixth Duke of 

 Norfolk; she died 173 1. 



* Baines, Lanes, (ed. Harland), ii, 160. 



* Final Cone, i, 24, quoted above. 



' Lanct. Tipe R. 38. Siward de Lang- 

 tree's name occurs in a charter made 

 about 1 190; ibid. 378. 



* Cockersand Char ml. ii, 513 ; he 

 gave land called Wallcroft in his vill of 

 Langtree, bounded on the east by Perburn, 

 on the south by Worthington and a road 

 to the west, by 1 valley and stream on 

 the other sides. From this it seems that 

 the brook bounding Standish on the north 

 was the Perburn. 



' See the account of the disputes as to 

 the advowson. 



^Cockersand Chartul. ii, 515. The 

 bounds of one grant were defined by 

 Aspensnape, Tathelache and Perburn, 

 and of another by the Harestan between 

 Langtree and Worthington, the great 

 brook up to Beleford, up by a certain 

 shady place {•waseellum) between Little- 

 croft and Wetbutts, by ditches and crosses 

 to the cross in Greenlache, and so to the 

 starting-point. 



3 Henry was one of the plaintilTs in 

 the plea of 1246 respecting homage, 

 quoted above ; Assize R. 404, m. 14 d. 

 He may have married the heiress of 

 Richard de Langtree, 



1" Cockersand Chartul. ii, 517. 

 In 1276 William son of William de 

 Preston and Eleanor his wife claimed a 

 tenement in Standish against Henry de 



Langtree, but were unsuccessful ; Assize 

 R. 405, m. I d. 



Henry de Langtree in the time of 

 Jordan de Standish made a grant of land 

 lying near the boundaries of Wigan ; 

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

 no. 7. 



^^ Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 269. 

 ^2 William son of Henry de Langtree 

 gave A release of land granted by his 

 father ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 145A. 



^ From Thomas de Langtree living in 

 the time of Edward II the pedigree is 

 given thus in a pleading of 1429 : — 

 Thomas — s. Thomas — 3. Richard — 5, 

 Gilbert — s. Richard, the plaintiff ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Plea R. 2, m. 31. The dispute 

 arose from a grant by the first-named 

 Thomas to John son of Ralph de Brad- 

 shagh in 1311 of 3 acres of land and 

 waste lying together in the vill of Standish 

 and Langtree at a rent of iz\d. Adam 

 son of Ralph de Bradshagh was in 

 13 13-14 plaintiff against Thomas de 

 Langtree in a plea of mort d'ancestor ; 

 Assize R. 424, m. 4 d. 



The agreement as to the wastes in 

 1336 and 1357 to which Thomas and 

 Richard de Langtree were parties has 

 been mentioned above. Richard son of 

 Thomas de Langtree in 1341 paid izd. 

 to the lord of Penwortham as relief on 

 succeeding ; Mins. Accts. bdle. 109 1, no. 6. 

 In the same year he allowed Dame Mabel 

 de Bradshagh for her life his attachment 

 of the water of Douglas at a rent of 2s. 

 (Bradshaw D.) ; and in 1348 gave John 

 de Standish licence to make a mill on 

 the Douglas between the mills of Wor- 

 thington and Haigh, in return for 2J 



197 



acres of land ; Standish D. {Local Glean,) 

 no. 35. 



In 1370 Margery widow of Richard de 

 Langtree claimed a third part of the 

 manor of Langtree against Thomas son 

 of Richard ; De Banco R, 44.0, m. 33. 



Gilbert son of Richard de Langtree In 

 1377-8 granted to Robert son of Edmund 

 de Standish right of turbary at HodspuU 

 in the vill of Standish in exchange for 

 Robert's claim to the waste in Langtree j 

 Standish D. [Local Glean,), no. 63. In 

 the preceding year Gilbert de Langtree 

 and his wife Alice, daughter of Robert de 

 Winstanley, are mentioned, Gilbert being 

 bound to pay ^^40 in case he moved for 

 a divorce ; Add. MS. 32105, no. 339. 



In 1383-4 Gilbert made a settlement 

 of his manor of Langtree ; Standish D. 

 [Local Glean,), no. 357. Gilbert was still 

 living in 140 1 ; Dep. Keeper^ s Rep. xxxiii, 

 App. 2. 



Richard son of Gilbert de Langtree was 

 married by dispensation to Elizabeth 

 daughter of Ralph de Standish, and land 

 called Standish Wood was settled upon 

 them, with remainders to Richard's 

 brothers, Ralph, Gilbert, Robert and 

 Henry ; Standish D. [Local Glean.), no. 

 363. In another deed (no. 124) Richard 

 is described as grandson of Richard de 

 Langtree. 



The next known possessor is Lawrence 

 Langtree, with whom the recorded pedi- 

 gree begins. He was witness to a deed 

 in 1458 } Standish D. (Mrs. Tempest), 

 no. 146. He had disputes with the 

 Standish family, and Gilbert his son was 

 a party to them in 1484-5 ; ibid. [Local 

 Glean.), no. 172, Gilbert Langtree ten 



