A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



The Hospitallen had land in Charnock Richard 

 from an early time.' 



The wives of Robert Charnock and of Edward 

 \\'orthington were landowners in 1542-3* and 

 the wife of Robert Charnock and John Waring in 

 1564.' Jane Foster, widow, William Crichlow 

 and Elizabeth Parker, as recusants, asked to be 

 allowed to compound for their estates in 1653-4.' 

 Several 'Papists' registered their estates in 1 71 7.' 

 Robert Dalton (double assessed), Peter Brooke 

 and Thomas Lawe were the chief contributors to 

 the land tax of 1783 ; in 1798 the names were — 

 Mr. Dalton (sic), Mr. Parker's heirs and Mr. 

 Low's heirs. * 



In connexion veith the Church of England Christ 

 Church was erected in i860'; the patronage is 

 vested in five trustees. 



DUXBURY 



Dukesbiri, 1227 ; Dokysbiri, Dockesbyry, I292. 



This township has an area of 1,012 acres.' It is 

 crossed by the River Yarrow, flowing to the south- 

 west ; turning sharply to the north-west the river 

 then forms part of the township boundary. The 

 portion within the bend of the river contains the 

 district of Burgh. The southern boundary of the 

 main portion of the township is the Ellerbeck, flowing 

 west to the ^'arrow and dividing Duxbury from 

 Adlington and Coppull. From the Yarrow the surfacf. 

 rises somewhat steeply, attaining a height of 325 ft. 

 There is no village or hamlet in the township, about 

 a third of the area being occupied by the parks of 

 Duxbury Hall and Ellerbeck. The population in 

 1901 was 282. 



The road from Wigan to Chorlcy goes north, 

 passing along the eastern side of Duxbury Park and 

 joining the road from Bolton to Chorley, which crosses 

 the north-eastern end of the township. A mineral 



railway line, serving the collieries, runs eastward to 

 'oin the Preston and Bolton line. 



There were fifty-five hearths to contribute to the 

 tax in 1666, the only large houses being the Hall, 

 with nineteen hearths, and the Burgh with nine.' 



The manor oi DUX BURT ^vas a mem- 

 MANOR ber of the fee of Penwortham and the 

 whole or a part of it was included in the 

 five plough-lands granted by Warine Busscll to Randle 

 son of Roger de Marsey about i 150,'° and in 1288 

 was held in thirds by Adam de Duxburj', Roger de 

 Bolton and Ellis de Tonge, each paying William de 

 Ferrers a rent of \\tl}^ In 1227 Roger de Bolton, 

 acting in concert with Ellis de Tonge, had granted to 

 Siward de Duxbury one plough-land there at a yearly 

 rent of 6s. \d., out of which Roger agreed to pay 

 'i!.\d. due to the chief lords." Siward was probably 

 lord of the other third of the manor, so that he 

 thereby acquired the whole. 



Adam de Duxbury in 1246 joined in the demand 

 of the lords of Standish, Duxbury and Adlington 

 that William de Ferrers, who had inherited the 

 Marsey estates, should acquit them of the services 

 claimed by the guardians of the Earl of Lincoln's 

 lands." Perhaps it was another Ad.im, who, as above 

 stated, was in possession in 128S, and who was 

 succeeded by a son Henry." Henry son of Henry 

 de Duxbury was lord of the place about 1300," but 

 seems to have parted with his rights to Hugh de 

 Standish, of the household of Robert de Holand, one 

 of the Earl of Lancaster's principal officials. Henry 

 de Duxbury had taken part in Adam Banastre's rising 

 in I 3 I 5 and suffered imprisonment in consequence, 

 becoming indebted to Standish under stress of these 

 circumstances." 



In this way — though the story is not clear — the 

 manor appears to have been acquired by the Standish 

 family," whose descendants continued to hold it until 

 about twenty years ago. Jordan, lord of the adjacent 



Thomas Chamock by a rent of j*/, ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 31. 



Hugh Anderton had in 1556-7 com- 

 plained that Thomas Charnock and others 

 had trespassed on the BuUridding and 

 other lands of Sir Richard Hoghton ; 

 Ducatui Lane, ii, 122, 14.3. 



' It is mentioned in 1292 j Viae, de 

 Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375. The 

 ten.ints about 1540 were : Thomas Char- 

 nock paying a rent of 61^., William Orrell 

 I %d. and 61/., Sir Richard Hoghton 1 zd., 

 Richard Warin \\d.^ Lawrence Wavward 

 e^d. ; Kuerden MSS. .-, fol. 83A. Edward 

 Standish of Standish in 1610 held land 

 which had belonged to the Hospitallers ; 

 hand. Inj. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 190. 



' Subs. R. Lanes, bdlc. 130, no. 126. 



' Ibid, bdle, 131, no. 210. 



'Col. Com. for Comp. iv, 3 ITS) 



', 3186,3194- 



^ Engl. Cath. Nor.-Jw:'-!, 99, 128, 

 129. Their names were ; Richard Parker, 

 Robert Foster, John Chamock, yeoman, 

 William Fletcher, nailer, John Felton, 

 husbandman, and James Felton, linen- 

 weaver. ^ Land tax returns at Preston. 



' A district was assigned in 1861 ; 

 LonJ. Gas. 5 Feb. 



* 1,01 1, including 20 of inland water ; 

 Census Rep. 1 90 1. 



* Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 250, no. 9. 



*" Ljrcs. In^. and Extenrs (Rec Soc, 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 29. 



** Ibid. 270. Bolton and Tonge were 

 part of the Marsey fee. The lord of 

 Penwortham had an ancient rent of y. 

 from Adlington and Duxbur)' ; De Lacy 

 Inf. (Chet. Soc), 22 ; Ci,mpo!i (Chet. 

 Soc), 10, 97. 



'* Final Cone. (Rec Soc Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 52. Siward de Duxbury was 

 living in 1202; ibid, i, 18. He and 

 Hugh his brother made a grant of Burgh, 

 as will be seen below. 



Siward flon**»f Magnei de Duxbury 

 granted 2 oxgangs of land in Duxbury to 

 Robert son of Ulf de Duxbury to be held 

 by a rent of lod. ; Standish of Standish 

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

 Jordan (de Standish) granted land in 

 Standish to Roger son of Henry son of Ulf 

 de Duxbury ; Kuerden foL MS. no. 6y. 



" Assize R. 40+, m. 14 d. 



" Kuerden .MSS. v, foL 127. 



^^ Margaret daughter of Hugh de Mor- 

 leys in 1 301 claimed a tenement in the 

 vill agamst Henry son of Henry de 

 Duxbury and Henry the Turner ; Roger 

 de Ridings of Duxbury in 1304 made a 

 claim for common of pasture against 

 Henry the lord of Duxbury and William 

 Spilot ; Assize R. 1321, m. 11; 418, 

 m. 1 2 d. ; 41 9, m. 3. 



Henry son of Henry de Duxbury, 

 lord of the same, granted to Ralph son of 

 William Gogard land in Duxbury for the 

 rent of a barbed arrow ; Kuerden MSS. ii, 

 foL 245, no. 1004. 



208 



" Henry de Duxbury, imprisoned at 

 Lancaster but allowed to go about the 

 town, granted to Hugh de Standish a rent 

 of 5 marks to be taken from his tenements 

 in Duxbury and Chorley, Hugh under- 

 taking to aid in his delivery ; Assize R. 

 425, m. 6. After the fall of Thomas 

 Earl of Lancaster the rent was refused, 

 the defendants in the above case being 

 Henry de Duxbury, Agnes his wife, Adam 

 son of Henry, Ellen his wife, John son of 

 Richard de Worthington and Henry son 

 of John de Vescy. 



William son of Hugh de Standish in 

 I 33 I claimed the rent against Adam son 

 of Henry de Duxbury and Adam Trigge 

 and Agnes his wife ; De Banco R. 286, 

 m. 272, 



It is noteworthy that Hugh de Standish 

 in 1 31 5 summoned Nicholas de Bolton 

 and Margery his wife to warrant him in 

 the possession of lands in Duxbury ; De 

 Banco R. 21 1, m. 171 d. 



" A number of short notes of Standish 

 of Duxbury deeds are preserved in Kuer- 

 den's MSS. ii, foL 144, ice. ; v, fol. 145 ; 

 vi, foL 96. They do not show dearly 

 how the manor came to the family, 

 except that one of them states that Adam 

 son of Henry de Duxbury in 1335 gave 

 Richard son of Hugh de Standish hit 

 manor of Duxbury ; vi, foL 94A, no. 41. 



At Michaelmas 1354 Agnes daughter 

 of Agnes de Djibury alleged that her 

 mancr of Duxbury was taken from her 



