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STANDISH 



among the more prominent residents^; it was in to the Wrightingtons in 1348.* Other surnames 



1506 sold to the Heskeths.^ The Nevills of Hornby occurring in early deeds are those of Holland,*^ 



also held an eighth part.* One family assumed the Perpoint/ Shuttleworth,® Catterall ® and Worthing- 



local name,* but appear to have sold their estate ton.*® 



Inq, p,m, (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 190. The * manor of Shevington,* not 

 claimed in this inquisition, is constantly 

 referred to in the Standish settlements, e.g. 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 75, no. 11. 

 ^ John del Fairclough, Almarica his 

 wife, Robert his son and Margery daughter 

 of Henry Witte in 1328 agreed with 

 Henry as to the eighth part of the manor, 

 which was in default to remain to the 

 right heirs of Almarica ; Final Cone. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 72. Sir Robert 

 de Nevill of Hornby released land to 

 Robert son of John de Fairclough ; 

 Kuerden fol. MS. 366, R 21. Edmund 

 Witte of Shcvington and Emma his wife 

 made a grant of land in 1353 ; Standish 

 D. {Local Glean.), no. 39. 



At Easter 1356 Margery widow of 

 Robert de Fairclough and daughter of 

 Henry Witte claimed an eighth part of the 

 manor (except 100 acres of land), but the 

 jury held that Robert had alienated the 

 estate to Hugh de Pemberton, rector of 

 Brindle ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 29. 

 In 1362 Henry de Fairclough ex- 

 changed land in Foxholes for Robert de 

 Standish's land near Gathurst hey ; Stan- 

 dish D. {Local Glean.), no. 54. 



Ralph de Fairclough in 1420 sold to 

 Sir William de Harrington a rent of 6d., 

 in Shevington, together with the homage 

 and service of Thomas de Traffbrd and 

 Margery his wife ; Final Cone, ili, 78. 



Ralph Fairclough, Margaret his wife 

 and Edward his son occur in 1448 ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Plea R. 11, m. zb, 



2 Final Cone, iii, 1 60 ; Thomas, 

 Richard and Bartholomew Hesketh were 

 plaintiffs and Ralph Fairclough and Grace 

 his wife deforciants of messuages and lands 

 in Shevington, Wrightington and Welch 

 Whittle. Ralph had a son Lawrence ; 

 Pah of Lane. Plea R. loi. A later plea 

 shows a pedigree thus : Henry Fairclough 

 -s. Ralph -s. Lawrence -s. Ralph ; ibid. 

 104, m. 3 d. 



Sir Thomas Hesketh died in 1588 

 holding messuages and lands in Sheving- 

 ton of the heirs of the lord of Hornby by 

 fealty only ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 Kv, no, 56. 



The manor of Shevington and lands 

 there were in 1620 said to be held of the 

 king by the fiftieth part of a knight's fee; 

 Lanes, Inq, p.m, (Rec. Soe. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), iii, 356. 



The manor of Shevington occurs as late 

 as 1798 in a settlement of the estates of 

 Sir T. D. Hesketh ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. Lent Assizes, 38 Geo. Ill, no. 7. 



3 The Nevill estate may have descended 

 from Hulton or Atherton as in other 

 cases. Hugh de Atherton had land and 

 wood in Shevington in 1305 ; De Banco 

 R. 154, m. 46 d.- An eighth part of the 

 manor was in 1347 settled by Sir Robert 

 de Nevill of Hornby, Joan his wife, John 

 his son and Isabel wife of John ; Final 

 Cone, ii, 125. This no doubt de-.r-nded 

 to the Harringtons and Mounter^' s and 

 became merged in that already recorded. 



The manor of Shevington a^ ^ 3a rs in a 

 list of those held or claimed by the 

 Harringtons of FLrleton in 1572; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 34, m. j^, 80. 



^ Walter de Carr, Alice hip wife, Adam 

 de Fairhurst, Margery his wife and others 

 in 1283 claimed land in Shevington 



against Adam son of Thomas de Sheving- 

 ton and William son of Simon of the 

 same ; De Banco R. 48, m. 8. 



Richard son of Richard son of William 

 de Shevington was in 1292 non-suited in 

 a claim against Richard de Perpoint and 

 Agnes his wife ; Assize R. 408, m. 21 d. 

 Richard son of Aviee de Shevington in 

 1305 made claims against vsrrious persons; 

 De Banco R. 154, m. 46 d. 



By an undated charter Thomas son of 

 Nicholas de Shevington gave lands in the 

 place to Thomas son of Henry de She- 

 vington ; Standish D. (Mrs. Tempest's 

 abstracts), no. 6. 



^ Hugh son of Richard de Shevington 

 in 1348 gave to Geoffrey de Wrighting- 

 ton for twelve years a rent of I2J. out of 

 messuages, &c., in Shevington, also a rent 

 of 405. for the life of Hugh son of 

 William the Carpenter, and the reversion 

 of all the grantor's lands in the township 

 with demesnes, homages, &c., held by 

 the said Hugh son of William ; Kuerden 

 MSS. ii, fol. 267^. At the same time 

 Richard de Perpoint and Agnes his wife 

 gave land in Stonyhurst in Shevington to 

 Richard son of Richard de Shevington ; 

 ibid. The father Richard may have been 

 the Richard Sayselson of a preceding note. 



Geoffrey de Wrightington had licence 

 to agree with Hugh de Shevington re- 

 garding a tenement in the township ; De 

 Banco R. 356, m. 209 d. 



Hugh son of William the Wright, 

 together with Edith his wife, was in 1354 

 defendant to a charge of waste in She- 

 vington ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. 

 6 ; 4, m. 7 d. See also Dep. Keeper's Rep. 

 xl, App. 543 ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soe.), ii, 133. ^ 



From preceding notes it will have been 

 seen that the Wrightingtons were included 

 among the lords of the fourth part of a 

 fee comprising Shevington. A settlement 

 of the * manor ' was made in 1 574 by John 

 Wrightington ; Pah of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 36, m. 3. This estate is probably the 

 * manor of Shevington' held in 1723 by 

 EdwardDicconsonand Mary his wife ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 291, m. 126. 



* In 1292 Cecily widow of Alexander 

 le Fitz Gene de Holland claimed dower in 

 a messuage against Alice widow of Robert 

 de Hulton ; Assize R. 408, m. 41. 



Thurstan de Holland was defendant in 

 1356 in a plea already cited ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 4d, 29. 



William de Markland of Wigan held 

 messuages and land in Shevington of 

 Margaret Banastre by a rent oi I'^d. \ he 

 granted them to John de Holland and 

 William de Chester. The latter gave 

 half to Robert de Holland ; Inq. a.q.d. 17 

 Edw. II, no, 137. 



John de Holland of Hale in 1334 suc- 

 cessfully claimed an eighth part of the 

 manor of Shevington and lands there and 

 in Wigan against Sir Robert de Holland, 

 Gilbert de Haycock and others ; but 

 Alice de Tunstall in turn made a claim 

 against John and others respecting a free 

 tenement in the same places, and Johnde 

 Holland was committed to the Marshal- 

 sea ; Coram Rege R. 297, m. 93, 69 d, 



William de Holland of Hale in 1366 

 leased to Henry son of John son of Henry 

 the Wright of Shevington, Marlona his wife 

 and John and Hugh their sons lands calle'3 



201 



GrendlUisfield (formerly held by William 

 Witte), Omthull, and Ridges ; Standish 

 D. (Mrs. Tempest's abstract), no. 88. 



John son and heir of Adam de Bred- 

 kirk released to Lawrence de Standish his 

 right to a moiety of the lands, &c., for- 

 merly belonging to William Holland in 

 Shevington ; the enrolment Is dated 141 6 ; 

 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxili, App. 22. 



^ Richard and Agnes de Pierpoint have 

 been named above in a plea of 1292, and 

 Richard was a defendanf in 1305 ; De 

 Banco R. 1 54, m. 46 d. A note of one of 

 his charters Is in Kuerden fol, MS. 366, 

 R I. A number of the Pierpoint charters 

 are in Kuerden MSS. Iv, R zb. Richard 

 in 1308-9 gave his son Robert land in 

 Shevington ; Robert, who was a clerk, 

 had several sons by Cecily de Eceleston — 

 John, Robert, Richard, Thomas and 

 Roger — on whom lands in Shevington 

 were settled in 1322-3. Joan daughter 

 of John le Perpoint of Shevington in 

 1371 gave lands in the township to 

 Robert son of Edmund de Standish ; 

 Standish D. {Local Glean.), no. 56. 

 Nicholas Perpoint and Alice his wife occur 

 in 1448 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 1 1, rn. zb. 



^ Emma daughter of Robert de Shut- 

 tleworth released to her brother Richard 

 her right in Shevington ; Standish D. 

 {Local Glean.), no. 5. Richard de Shuttle- 

 worth was a defendant in 1305 ; De 

 Banco R. 154, m. 46 d. Adam son of 

 Richard de Shuttleworth in 1321 gave 

 Woodhey to William Witte ; Standish D. 

 (Mrs. Tempest's abstract), no. 33. Adam 

 de Shuttleworth in 1342 made a grant 

 to Margery daughter of Agnes, &c. ; ibid, 

 no. 58. In 1347 Adam de Shuttleworth 

 appears to have made a disposition of his 

 estate. His son Robert, who had married 

 Ellen, and younger sons John, Richard 

 and Roger are named ; Kuerden fol. MS. 

 366, R 26, 27. Margaret daughter of 

 Adam de Shuttleworth in 1 3 50 granted her 

 lands to Robert son of Edmund de Stan- 

 dish ; Standish D. {Local Glean.), no. 3 6, 3 7. 



^ The surname, as will be seen from 

 other notes, occurs from time to time. 

 In 1540 Alexander Catterall made a 

 settlement of an estate of eight messuages, 

 120 acres of land, &c., in Shevington, 

 Wigan, Ince and AspuU, with remainders 

 to Peter Catterall of Buckesbury and 

 to Lawrence Catterall of Shevington 5 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12, m. 43. 



Peter Catterall died in 1583 holding 

 the same estate, and leaving a son and 

 heir Roger, thirty-three years of age ; the 

 lands in Shevington were held of Edward 

 Standish of Standish by a rent of izd, ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 70. 



Some land may have been sold, for in 

 1622 Henry Whittle, clerk, held lands in 

 Shevington lately the property of Peter 

 Catterall ; Lanes, Inq, p.m, (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 305. Peter Cat- 

 terall, however, contributed to the subsidy 

 of 1628 and in 1631 paid ^10 on refusing 

 knighthood ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 168, 214. He or another Peter 

 was a member of the Presbyterian classls 

 in 1646 ; Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1868), i, 227. 

 A pedigree was recorded in 1664; Dug- 

 dale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 71. 



^^ Robert de Worthington, Emma his 

 wife and Hugh de Ince were concerned 

 in a deed relating to the Ridges in 



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