A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



descended to the Harringtons,^ and was acquired by 

 Sir Edward Stanley Lord Alounteagle/ and the 

 manor of Shevington was mortgaged or sold in I574 

 to Alexander Rigby.^ 



A branch of the Hulton family were possessed of 

 the whole or most of the land in the 1 3 th 

 century/ Crook was part of their estate.* It 

 appears to have been alienated in parcels, for several 

 different families are found to have held i or 2 



oxgangs, and what remained to the Hultons descended 

 to one Thurstan Standi^h in the 15th century.* 

 This was about 1562 acquired by Edward Standish 

 of Standish," whose ancestors as early as 1396 arc 

 found to have held of Sir Nicholas de Harrington a 

 fourth part of the manor.® 



An eighth part of the manor was early in the 

 14th century held by a family surnamed Witte 

 and descended to the Faircloughs, who long remained 



^ Shevington seems to have been re- 

 garded as the Harringtons' part of the 

 lordship, their name being usually con- 

 nected with it ; but as late as 1559 Sir 

 Richard Hoghton was stated to hold a 

 third of the fourth part of a knight's fee in 

 Shevington, Charnock Richard and Welch 

 Whittle of the queen as of her duchy of 

 Lancaster ; Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. xi, 

 no, 2. In the later Hoghton inquisitions 

 the tenure is not stated. 



* In 1508 there was a dispute between 

 Richard Beaumont and Elizabeth his wife 

 on one side and Sir Edward Stanley, lately 

 husband of Anne, on the other — Elizabeth 

 and Anne being daughters and heirs of Sir 

 Thomas Harrington — as to the inherit- 

 ance, which included lands in Shevin^'ion, 

 Aintrcc and Melling in South Lan>.n-.h,rc j 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 106, m. 4 d. There 

 was probably a division, as Melling and 

 Aintrcc went to Elizabeth's heirs, while 

 Shevington became the Mounteaglct*. 



Thomas Stanley Lord Mounteagle died 

 in 1560 holding the manor of Shevington 

 of the queen by knight's scrwcc ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. i. His son 

 William was the vendor. He appears to 

 have mortgaged it as early as 1553 and 

 again in 1565 j Pal. of Lane Feet of F. 

 bdlcs. I 5, m. 120 ; z^, m. 198. 



^ Ibid. bdlc. 36, m. S7. Lord Mount- 

 cigle's free tenants about the same time 

 were Edward Standish, Roger Bimson, 

 Nicholas Walter, Robert Rigby, Nicholas 

 GiUibrand, John Bold, James Bradahaw 

 and Alexander Woodward ; Kuerden, loc. 

 sup. cit. 



The descent of the Rigby manor or 

 estate in Shevington is uncertain. A 

 Bcttlcmcni of lands in Shevington and 

 Wigan was in 1592 made by Edward 

 Rigby and Dorothy his wife ; PaL of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdlc. 54, m. 59. Three 

 ye.nrs later Richard Prescot purchased a 

 messuage and land in the township from 

 Robert Rigb;. , John his son and Ellen 

 wife of John \ ibid. bdlc. 57, m, 109. 



Edward Rigby died in 1635 holding a 

 messuage and land in Shevington of Lord 

 Morlcy and Mounteagle as of the honour 

 of Hornby ; his son and heir John was 

 twenty-seven years old ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. zxvii, no. 28. From this it 

 would seem that the Mounteagle manor 

 had not been sold. 



John Rigby of Shevington, * a well- 

 afFected Protestant,' occurs in 165 i ; Cal. 

 Com. for Cj'Tp. iv, 2757. 



* Jordan de Hulton in 1253 claimed 8 

 oxgangs in Shevington and 30 acres in 

 Wrightington against Robert son of Robert 

 de Hulton ; Curia Regis R. 149, m. 19 d. 

 The descent of Jordan de Hulton's 

 estates seems to be indicated in a plea 

 respecting his land in Wrightington in 

 1292, His sisters were Agnes wife of 

 Richard de Pierpoint, Almarica wife of 

 Henry Whithouc^ Ellen de Hulton, Eva 

 de Sutherworth. Almarica wife of William 

 de Anderton was a niece and Adam de 

 Pennington was a nephew. Other kins- 

 men were Peter son of Peter de Bumhull 



and Ralph son of Jordan de Standish ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 37 d. 



Robert de Hulton in 1277 complained 

 that Hugh son of Gilbert de Haydoek and 

 others had cut down his trees in Sheving- 

 ton Wood and carried them away ; De 

 Banco R. 21, m. 23 d. 



Ellen widow of Henry de Hulton in 

 1289 claimed dower in messuages and 

 land in Shevington against Richard de 

 Hulton ; ibid. 79, m. 95. 



* Richard (or Roger) dc Hulton of 

 Shevington in 1325 granted to Thomas 

 his son and heir certain lands in Sheving- 

 ton ; Standish D. (Mrs. Tempest's ab- 

 stracts), no. 35. In the same year he 

 gave his son Henry land called the 

 Crook in Shevington at a quit-rent of 

 iJ. ; Add. MS, 32104, no. 507. Henry 

 de Hulton in 1349 gave to Maud de 

 Ince and Hugh son of Richard de Ince 

 a rent of 10 marks charged on his 

 lands io the Crook by Rylcy clough 

 and Douglas; ibid, no 1165. From 

 another deed (no. 1167) it appears that 

 Henry married Maud. Agnes the daughter 

 of Henry in 1365 released to trustees 

 her right in the Crook, while in 1386 

 Henry de Hulton demised land and a 

 grange to Hugh de Ince for a term of six 

 years } ibid. no. 506, 1 166. 



In 1343 Agnes widow of Thomas de 

 Hulton and Richard her son complained 

 that Roger de Hulton and Henry his son 

 had wrongfully arrested her ploughs at 

 Shevington ; Assize R. 4^0, m. 3 d. 



6 Staniish D. {Lical GUan.\ li, 

 no. 1-3, which should be dated Hen. VI j 

 see also PaL of Lane. Plea R. 5, m. 14^. 

 Robert de Hulton had granted to his son 

 Richard certain lands in Shevington 

 which were claimed by Thurstan dc 

 Standish by descent as follows : Richard 

 -s. Roger -s. Henry -s. Robert -dr. 

 Margery -». and h. Thurstan de Standish. 

 Roger de dtterall, Kathcrine his wife, 

 Hugh del Hey and Isab<l his wife were 

 in possession of a portion of the tene- 

 ment ; Roger called Richard Catterall to 

 warrant him. 



Seisin of lands in Shevington, formerly 

 belonging to Henry son of Roger de 

 Hulton, was in 1383 given to Adam de 

 Meadowcroft and Margery daughter of 

 Robert de Hulton ; Standish D. (Mrs. 

 Tempest's abstract), no. 105. 



Thurstan was perhaps the ancestor of 

 Thurstan Standish of Gathurst who 

 occurs in deeds of 1463 to 1488 and 1502; 

 Standish D. {Local GIean.)y no. 354-6, 

 189. Lawrence Standish in 1539 became 

 bound to Thomas Standish to abide an 

 arbitration concerning the land and estate 

 of Thurstan Standish late of Gatehouse 

 (Gathurst) ; ibid. no. 296. 



Elizabeth Standish, widow, and Law- 

 rence Standish in 1550 made a settlement 

 ofeight messuages an: lands in Shevington ; 

 PaL of Lane Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 337. 



From the names Thurstan and Law- 

 rence it may be conjectured that this 

 family was connected with the Standishes 

 of Burgh J risit, 1613 (CheL Soc.), 123. 



200 



'In 1562 Roger son and heir of 

 Thomas Standish of Shevington agreed to 

 convey to Edward Standish of Standish 

 all the estates of his parents Thomas and 

 Elizabeth ; Standish D. {Local Glean.), 

 no. 315. Roger is called *of Parkbrook' 

 in Kuerden foL MS. 366, R 22. 



For disputes between Roger, 'late of 

 Parkbrook,* and Edward Standish as to 

 lands called the Great Urchinsnape and 

 Gibbonsfield, see Duchy of Lane. Plead. 

 £liz. liii, S 2. It appears that Roger had 

 first mortgaged and tlien sold his lands, 



® Lams. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 64. 

 The estate is not described in the same 

 way in the later inquisitions. Thus 

 Alexander Standish, who died in 1445, is 

 said to have held three messuages, 44 acres 

 of land, &c., in Shevington of Margaret 

 widow of Sir William Harrington by ser- 

 vices unknown ; Towneley MS. DD, 

 no. 1479. Similarly in the case of Ralph 

 Standish, 1538 and later. 



About 1260 Hugh son of Gerard de 

 Duleya (? Doughs) granted land in She- 

 vington to Ralph dc Standish ; Standish 

 D. {Local Glean.)j no. 362. William son 

 of Jordan de Standish in 1318 made a 

 settlement of the eighth part of the manor, 

 and the same part was in 1332 granted by 

 John son of William de Standish to his 

 son William on his marriage ; ibid. no. 8, 

 20. Four ye;:r8 latL-r John de Standish 

 gave land In Urchinelough to Henry Cop- 

 pinger in exchange for a parcel in Rylcy 

 clough, and Richard Sayselson gave other 

 land in Ryley clough, beginning at the 

 Lumm and bounded in part by the Pales, 

 to the same John ; ibid. no. 29, 32. The 

 Standishes had a park in Shevington 

 (implied by the Pales), for in 13 54 Agnes 

 daughter of Richard Sayselson held part 

 of 3 acres extending to the park of Henry 

 de Standish ; ibid. no. 40. 



Richard 'Sayselson' may have been 

 heir of the Cecily de Shevington who had 

 about 1260 grants of land from Alice de 

 Parbold and Henry her son, and from 

 Henry son of Richard de Shevington (the 

 same Henry) ; Kuerden MSS. li, fol. 267^. 

 For another Cecily see note 7 below. 



The eighth part of the manor, with 

 lands in Shevington, was granted to Law- 

 rence de Standish In 1398—9 on his mar- 

 riage with Lora de Pilklngton j Standish 

 D. (Mrs. Tempest's abstract), no. 115 j 

 see also Final Cone, lii, 81. 



Oliver Standish, who was a son of 

 Alexander, in 1479 purchased Rylcy in 

 Shevington, and in 1508 granted lands 

 there to his son Henry ; Standish D. 

 {Local Glean.), no. 164, 198. 



Edward Standish of Standish, who died 

 in 1610, held lands In Shevington by 

 several titles. Part was held of the king 

 as of the late priory of St. John of Jeru- 

 salem by a rent of -^d., and a messua?-', 

 &c., called Paradise of the same by fealty 

 only ; other lands were held of Edward 

 Wrightington by i6</. rent, and a met- 

 suagc, &c., called Parkbrook of Richard 

 Shirebume and Edward Rigby (who were 

 then the lords of Leylandshire) j Lanct, 



