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STANDISH 



Thomas, was Implicated in the Babington plot, and 

 executed for high treason in 1586, being allowed to 

 hang till he was dead.^ 



Robert Charnock obtained a general pardon on 

 the accession of James I, but it is not known that he 

 was a recusant.* He married five times, and by his 

 last marriage had a son and heir Thomas, who 

 married Bridget daughter and heir of John 

 Molyneux of Barton-on-Irwell. A pedigree was 

 recorded in 161 3,' when Robert, his son Thomas 

 and grandson Robert, aged nine, were all living. 

 Robert Charnock died in 1616 holding the manor as 

 before, and leaving his son Thomas to succeed him.* 



Thomas Charnock died in 1 648 ; his son Robert, 

 who had taken part in the second defence of Lathom 



Trans, Hist. 



House in 1645, had had his estates sequestered by 

 the Parliament, and was obliged to compound.® He 

 left a daughter and heir Margaret, who was living in 

 1732, having survived both her husbands — Richard, 

 younger son of Sir Peter Brooke of Mere, in 

 Cheshire,** and John Gillibrand of Chorley. The 

 moiety of the manor of Charnock Richard descended 

 with the issue of her first marriage, and the late 

 T. Townley- Parker of Cuerden was the representative 

 of the family.^ 



Other members of the Charnock family had lands 

 in the township,^ and among the early owners occur 

 the names of Garston,^ Fairhurst,^** Wallhill," Way- 

 ward," Molyneux," Hesketh,'^ Chorley/^ Orrell,'^ 

 Dicconson '^ and Anderton.*® 



year he had sold a messuage and land to 

 Roger and Thomas Waring ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle, 46, m, 109. 



1 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i, 

 472. There Is a graphic accoimt of his 

 execution in Hist.. MSS. Com. Rep, xiv, 

 App. iv, 617, When he came to the 

 ladder he began the Ave Maria and 

 asked all Catholics to pray for him, and 

 again said the Paternoster and Ave Maria. 

 He confessed he had concealed the treason 

 when he knew of it, and begged the 

 queen's pardon. He paid little attention 

 to the well-meant offices of the Protestant 

 minister, and saying * O Jesu, esto mihi 

 Jesus,' ' was thrown off the ladder . . . 

 and so died fearfully and obstinately in 

 his religion. He had been a good soldier 

 and a tall fellow. , . He was a proper 

 man in his apparel, somewhat tall and 

 very strong, his visage somewhat wan and 

 pale,' 2 GiUow, loc. cit 



^ Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc), 8; 

 from the dates given it appears to have 

 been properly compiled from the family 

 charters. Edward the eldest son of Robert 

 (by his first wife), who was living in 1567, 

 was dead in 1613. For the Molyneux 

 marriage see the accounts of Barton and 

 Bradford in Manchester. 



A settlement of the manor of Charnock 

 Richard, &c., was made in 1609 by 

 Thomas Charnock and Bridget his wife ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. y6, no. 22. 



* Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 37-9. The settlement 

 made in 1585 is recited, 



Thomas Charnock sat in the Parlia- 

 ment of 1624 as a member for Newton- 

 in-Makerfield ; Pink and Beaven, ParU 

 Repre. of Lanes. 278. In 1632 a new 

 settlement of his estates was made ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 121, no. 46. 



^ Royalist Comp, Papers, ii, 25. Captain 

 Robert Charnock surrendered with the 

 Lathom garrison on 5 Dec. 1645, took 

 the National Covenant and Negative 

 oath, and petitioned to compound in April 

 1647, his father being then alive, and 

 Robert having the mansion house of 

 Astley in Chorley, a water-mill, &c. 

 His father had in 1644 made charges on 

 his estate in favour of his daughters, 

 and died at Whitsuntide, 1648, his wife 

 Bridget surviving him. The fine was 

 fixed at ;^26o in 1649. 



Roger Charnock of Astley, probably 

 the younger brother of Robert, had also 

 been in arms against the Parliament and 

 in 1646 prayed to compound ; ibid, ii, 29. 



^ The moiety of the manor of Char- 

 nock Richard was held by Richard Brooke 

 and Margaret his wife in 1672 ; Pal, of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 188, m. 34. 

 Henry Brooke of Astley, who died in 

 171 8, has a monument in Ormskirk 



Soc. 



ser.), 



Church ; 

 xxii, 65. 



^ The descent is thus given : Richard 

 Brooke -s. Thomas -s. Richard, s.p, 

 -bro. Peter, who married Susannah 

 Crookall -s. Peter, d.s.p. 1787 -sister 

 Susannah, who married T, Townley 

 Parker. The family has occurred at 

 Bradford, near Manchester. Margaret 

 Brooke, widow, and Peter Brooke, esq., 

 were vouchees in a recovery of the moiety 

 of the manor in 1716 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 502, m. 4. See N. and Q. 

 (Ser. 7), vi, 43. 



^ Hastus de Charnock granted to 

 William son of Robert de Charnock land 

 called Samsoncroft in Charnock at a rent 

 of ^d. ; Thomas and Richard de Charnock 

 were among the witnesses ; Kuerden 

 MSS. iii, C 4, no. 19. 



Adam son of Robert de Charnock in 

 1 331 claimed land in Charnock Richard 

 against Robert de HorncIifFe, Agnes his 

 wife, Henry de Duxbury and William 

 Brown ; Assize R, 1404, m. 25 d. 



James Charnock died 20 May 1633 

 holding a messuage and land of Thomas 

 Charnock and William Hoghton as of their 

 manor of Charnock Richard ; Towneley 

 MS. C 8, 13 (Chet, Lib.), p. 247. 



® Henry de Gerstan gave his lands to 

 Sir Henry de Lea ; Kuerden MSS. iii, 

 C 4, no. 13, 15. Part of the land was 

 called Aldfield ; ibid, no. 10. William 

 de Lea gave to Henry de Gerstan for his 

 life 21 acres in Charnock with Ferni- 

 snape and Foxholes, Robfold and Bakon- 

 liscroft ; ibid.no. 31, Henry de Lea had 

 given him land in Roulane ; ibid, no, 14. 

 ^° The grant of Fairhurst has been 

 cited above. William le Estern gave it 

 to John his son ; ibid, no. 4. William 

 de Fairhurst was living about 1270 ; ibid, 

 no, 5. He gave all he had in Fairhurst 

 to Sir Henry de Lea 5 ibid. no. 25, John 

 de Fairhurst in 1283 demised to Sir 

 William (Henry) de Lea for twelve 

 years land in Charnock in the field called 

 Piladhalers and in the Holme in the same 

 field, upon the Yarrow ; ibid. no. 18. 



Sir Henry de Lea gave to Adam son 

 of William de Fairhurst land at the 

 Miclelhalgh in Charnock at a rent of 

 6d, ; ibid. no. 33. He also gave to 

 Robert de Fairhurst land formerly held 

 by Robert the Savage ; ibid. no. 21. 



^^ Adam de Fairhurst, with the con- 

 sent of Margery his wife, gave to Henry 

 de Lea all the land which he had with 

 his wife by the gift of Robert de Wall- 

 hill, and Robert de Wallhill confirmed 

 this; ibid.no. 3,6. It appears that Margery 

 was Robert's daughter ; ibid. no. 22. 



Margery widow of Adam de Fairhurst 

 made various claims for dower against 

 William de Lea in 1292 ; Assize R. 



207 



408, m. 16, 76, She failed in one plea 

 because the land was not in * Charnock ' 

 but in * Richard's Charnock'} ibid. m. 

 52 d. 



John son of Robert de Wallhill gave 

 his brother Henry land within bounds 

 beginning at Sir Henry de Lea's park by 

 Dalebut Brook ; the Twythells are 

 named 5 Kuerden MSS. iii, C 7. 



Thomas Wallhill and John his brother 

 occur as defendants in 1350; De Banco 

 R. 364, m. 89. 



^^ Thomas son of John Wayward gave 

 his brother John a fourth part of the 

 mill of Charnock and all his share of 

 the mill croft ; Kuerden MS. iii, C 7. 

 Richard Wayward in 1313-14 claimed a 

 messuage, the fourth part of a water- 

 mill, &c., in * Charnock ' against Thomas 

 Wayward, but the jury decided that there 

 was no town of Charnock without addi- 

 tion, because there were both East Char- 

 nock and Charnock Richard j Assize 

 R. 424, m. 2 d. Adam son of Thomas 

 Wayward was non-suited in 1324-5 ; 

 ibid. 426, m. 9. 



^^ The Molyneux family of Sefton held 

 land in the township, the tenure being 

 variously stated at different times — of the 

 heirs of John Armetriding (1548), and 

 lastly of Thomas Hoghton ; see Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 2 ; xlii, no. 35. 

 1* Ibid, V, no, 16 ; the tenure was un- 

 known. 



^^ Ibid, vi, no. 17; held of Richard 

 Hoghton in socage. 



^^ William son of Henry de Orrell of 

 Newton and Cecily his mother in 1330 

 granted to Adam son of Thomas dc 

 Orrell and Isabel daughter and heir of 

 John son of Adam de Charnock and 

 Margery daughter of Henry de Orrell 

 widow of John certain lands in Charnock 

 for the marriage of John brother of 

 Adam 5 Kuerden MSS. iii, C 7. Nicholas 

 Orrell in 1410 had lands in Charnock; 

 Towneley MS. RR, no, 1554. 



William Orrell appears to have sold 

 his lands to Thomas Dicconson and Hugh 

 Anderton in 1 545 to 1 556 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F, bdle. 12, m. 190 ; 13, m. 284 j 

 16, m. 98; Chorley Survey (Rec. Soe, 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 23-4. 



1^ John Dicconson of the Row in 

 Eccleston, who died in 1639, held a mes- 

 suage and land in Charnock Richard of 

 Thomas Charnock and William Hoghton 

 by the rent of a steel spur ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xxviii, no. 71. 



William Dicconson in 1604 held land 

 of the king, as of the late priory of St. 

 John of Jerusalem, by a rent of ^\d. ; 

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

 Ches.), i, 19. 



1^ Hugh Anderton of Clayton in 1566 

 held land of Thomas Hoghton and 



