A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Hoghton recorded a pedigree in 1664,' and his son 

 WiLiam, bom in 1659, married the daughter and 

 ultimate heir of Robert Dalton of Thurnham. Their 

 son John took the name and arms of Dalton about 

 I 7 1 o, and his descendants have retained possession 

 of Thurnham.' Park Hall, however, was sold by the 

 Daltons in the latter part of the i8th century' ; in 

 a recovery of 1 787 William Jeffreys was tenant of the 

 moiety of the manor of Charnock Ricliard, with 

 messuages and lands there and in Leyland.* Richard 

 Prescott German was owner in 1836,' Mrs. Alison in 

 1869* and Mr. Henry Alison, great-grandson of the 

 purchaser in 1789, is the present ovTner and reputed 

 lord of the manor. No courts are held, but a 

 number of chief rents are payable.' 



Of the other and possibly superior moiety of the 

 manor but little can be said. Richard de Charnock, 

 who appears in 1242,° had before 1284 been suc- 

 ceeded by Henry son of Thomas de Charnock,' and 

 in 1292 William de Lea and Henry de Charnock 

 were lords of the vill.'° In 1304 Adam son of 

 Henry de Charnock was espoused to Joan daughter 



of Richard de Molyneux of Little Crosby and Speke," 

 and lands in the latter township remained in the 

 family for some generations. Adam was succeeded 

 by his son Henry, living as late as 1370, who in 

 1366 granted his lands in Speke to his son William and 

 Margaret his wife." The succession for some time is 

 uncertain, but in 1427—8 Richard de Hoghton and 

 Henry de Charnock were lords of Charnock." The 

 next to appear is Robert Charnock, living in 1 49 1 and 

 1498,'* and soon afterwards succeeded by his son 

 William, whose son and heir was Henry." 



Henry Charnock died in 1534 holding the 

 moiety of the manor of Charnock Richard of the 

 Earl of Derby, Lord Mounteagle, and Richard 

 Shirebume in socage by a rent of 2/. iJ. ; also lands 

 in Chorley, Speke, Hindley and Much Woolton. 

 The heir was his grandson Thomas, son of Robert 

 Charnock, seventeen years of age." A pedigree was 

 recorded in 1567." Thomas Charnock died in 

 1 571 holding the moiety of the manor and other 

 lands, and leaving a son and heir Robert, thirty 

 years old." John Charnock, a younger son of 



' Dugdalc, yisit. (Chet. Soc), 155. 

 John married Elizabeth daughter and 

 heir of Edward Ditchlield of Ditton, with 

 whom he had a share of that manor ; lee 

 the account of Ditton. 



' Gillow, loc. tap. cit. 



* A settlement of the moiety of the 

 manor of Charnock Richard and other 

 lands was made in 1663 hy Dorothy 

 Ditch^eld of Ditton, widow, John 

 Hoghton and Elizabeth bis wife ; Pal. 

 of Lane Feet of F. bdle. 171, m. 99. 

 The Park Hall estate was included in a 

 settlement made by Robert Dalton in 

 1753 ; ibid. bdle. 351, m. 191, An in- 

 denture of the following year to which 

 Robert Dalton and Elizabeth his wife 

 were parties is enrolled in the Com. 

 Pleas D. Enr. East. 27 Geo. II, rot. 48, 

 93 d. ; it concerns Charnock Richard, 

 Welch Whittle, Euiton, Heskin and 

 Chorley. 



John Cooper, supposed to be one of 

 the sons of Alexander Kershaw of Heskin, 

 was ' of Park Hall * in 1786 ; Lana. anJ 

 Chei, Anti^j. Notes, ii, 135. He was, 

 perhaps, occupier only. 



* Pal. of Lane Plea R. 64;, m. 8. 

 The sale was completed in 1789. 



* Bainc", Lanes, (cd. 1836), m, 521. 

 ' Ibid. (ed. 1870), ii, 167. 



' Information of Mr. Alison. 



" Ld'tcs. Inq. ar.A Extents, i, 149. He 

 was living in 1252 ; ibid. 189. The 

 Charnock family has already been men- 

 tioned in the accounts of Astley in 

 Chorley, &c. 



Richard de Charnock granted land in 

 Charnock called Kaleyards to his brother 

 Thomas, ' saving the grantor's bees, mills 

 and honey,* at iJ. rent j Kuerden MSS. 

 iii, C 4, no. I. He also gave the land 

 called Fairhurst to William son of 

 William the Estem ; ibid. no. 2. 



^ Thomas son of Richard de Charnock 

 shared the manor with Sir Henry de Lea ; 

 ibid. no. 5. Thomas de Charnock attested 

 various charters which may be dated 

 about 12-0. 



Henrv son of Thomas de Charnock 

 granted to William son of Sir Henry de 

 Lea land called Crossnapholm ; ibid. no. 

 ;4. Hcaryde Charnock had a dispute with 

 W'l liam de Shorueneton (? Thometon) 

 rccnriing 8 acres of wood in Charnock in 

 12^4 and 1291 ; the death of Hugh 



brother of Henry is mentioned ; Assize 

 R. 1268, m. 12 ; 407, m. i. 



Adam son of Adam de Ridley and 

 Alice his wife in 1289 claimed dower in 

 Charnock against William son of Henry 

 de Lea, Henry son of the lord of 

 Charnock, Henry son of Thomas de 

 Gerstan and others ; De Banco R. So, 

 m. 121. As Henry son of Thomas de 

 Charnock he in 1292 acknowledged a 

 debt of 43J. 4^. due to Robert de Haydock, 

 rector of Standish, in respect of a demise 

 made in 1290 of the tithe com of 

 Charnock ; Assize R. 408, m. 98 d., 1 3 d. 

 He also undertook to pay p. a )car to 

 the rector until he should have built a 

 grange in Charnock Richard; ibid. m. 101. 



'" Ibid. m. 13 d. They had obstructed 

 a road by which the rector had been 

 accustomed to carry his com, hay, Ac, 

 to his house, and had to pay 6tJ, damages. 



** Norris D. (B.M.), no. 944. Afiam 

 son of Henry de Charnock occurs as early 

 as 1295 5 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 178. 



In 1324 Adam de Charnock made a 

 settlement of his moiety of the manor of 

 Charnock Richard and lands in Chorley ; 

 the remainders were to his sons Henry, 

 John and Richard in succession ; ibid. 

 ii, ??. 



" Norris D. fR.M.), no. 573. 



In Dec. 1369 the Bishop of Lichfield 

 granted Henry de Charnock a licence for 

 his oratory for two years ; Lich. Epis, 

 Reg. T, fol. 24. 



In 1370 Sir William de Ferrers 

 claimed land in Charnock against Agnes 

 widow of Henry de Charnock and Henry 

 son of Adam de Charnock ; De Banco 

 R. 440, m. 56. Agnes widow of Henry 

 de Chamock was a plaintiff in 1376, a 

 John del Bank being charged with waste 

 of her houses ; ibid. 463, m. 6. 



^2 In 1427-8 in consequence of a dis- 

 pute as to the boundaries between Char- 

 nock Richard and Welch Whittle Richard 

 de Hoghton and Henry de Chamock 

 agreed with Robert de Wrightington as 

 to a perambulation ; Def>. Keeper s Rep, 

 zzxiii, App. 30. 



Randle de Chamock of Chamock, 

 Robert his son described as * of Chorley,* 

 and James de Chamock, also of Chorley, 

 were concerned in a plea of 1442 : Pal. 

 of Lane Plea R. 4, m. 15. Two years 



2C6 



later Percival, Henry, Thomas son of 

 Ralph (' of Astley *), and others of the 

 name occur ; ibid. 6, m. J. 



In 1446 Sir Richard de Hoghton com- 

 plained that Henry Chamock and others 

 of the place had broken his close at 

 Charnock Richard ; ibid. 9, m. 1 ;. 



Margaret widow of Randle Chamock 

 in 1481 claimed dower against Robert 

 Charnock ; Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton, 

 file 2 1 A, Edw. IV. 



" In Mar. 1498 Robert Chamock 

 made a feoffment of parts of his lands in 

 Chamock, Chorley, &c., for the benefit of 

 his wife Margery ; Add. MS. 32105, no. 

 758 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 85, m. 4. 



" Margery named in the last note 

 afterwards married Henry Banastre, and 

 in May 1 501 William Charnock and 

 Henry his eon and heir became bound to 

 the said Henry Banastre to abide an 

 arbitration ; Add. MS. 32105, no. 743. 

 William was the son and heir of Robert ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton, i Aug. 16 

 Hen. VIL 



" Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii, no. 

 28. In it is recited a settlement made by 

 Robert Charnock grandfather of Henry, 

 in 1491, by which land in Speke called 

 the Millfield was given to Gilbert son of 

 Robert with reversion to Thomas Char- 

 nock ; other lands were to the use of 

 Robert himself and his wife Margery, with 

 remainder to his right heirs. William his 

 son and heir succeeded and was followed 

 by Henry, who settled certain messuages 

 in Speke, Charnock Richard and Chorley 

 upon Cecily daughter of Henry Farington 

 for life. From the pedigree it appears 

 that Cecily married Robert Chamock, son 

 of Henry ; see also yisit. of 1533 (Chet. 

 Soc,), 114. For suits by her in 1537 

 and 1 540 see Ducaius Lane. (Rec. Com.), 

 i, 156 ; ii, 62. 



" risu. of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 65. 



In 1568 twenty messuages and lands 

 in Chamock were in the possession of 

 Robert Charnock, son and heir-apparent 

 of Thomas, and he made a feoffment of 

 them ; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 30, 

 m. 28. 



'* Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. riii, no. 5. 



Robert Chamock made a settlement of 

 his manor of Chamock Richard and other 

 estates in 1585; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 47, m. 20. In the preceding 



