LEYLAND HUNDRED 



STANDISH 



St.indish, is said to have had a brother Hugh, who 

 must have died about 1280/ and the Hugh de 

 Standish of Duxbury seems to have been the son of 

 Robert de Haydock, rector of Standish in the last 

 decade of the i 3th century.' In 1 300 Hugh acquired 

 a share of the manor of Heapey,^ and various other 

 manors and lands increased the family's estates from 

 time to time. Hugh de Standish * was succeeded by 

 a son William,* whose brother Richard followed ^ ; 

 and Hugh, the son of Richard, was in possession of 

 the manor in the time of Edward III and Richard II.' 

 He is, perhaps, the Hugh de Standish whose will of 

 1 42 1 is preserved by Kuerden, his son Christopher 

 being a supervisor.® In 1396 a feoffment was made to 



Christopher son of Hugh de Standish and Margaret 

 his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Fleming.® 



Christopher seems to have been succeeded by a son 

 James, living in 1437,^° whose son or grandson was 

 probably the Sir Christopher Standish " who died in 

 September 1495, leaving a son and heir Thomas, only 

 fifteen years of age. The Duxbury estate is not men- 

 tioned in the inquisition after his death. ^' Thomas 

 Standish died in 15 17 holding the manors of Dux- 

 bury, Bradley and Heapey, and various lands. The 

 manor of Duxbury was held of the fee of Pen- 

 wortham in socage. James, the son and heir, was 

 sixteen years of age." James Standish recorded a 

 pedigree in 1533, his son Thomas being named,'* 



by Richard de Standish, Henry son of 

 Adam de Duxbury and Simon de Lang- 

 tree. The jurors found that one Henry 

 de Duxburj'had held the manor and two- 

 thirds of the mill. After his death Adam 

 as son and heir entered and gave dower 

 to Agnes widow of his father. Later he 

 gave the remainder to his daughter Agnes 

 while under age, together with the rever- 

 sion of the elder Agnes's dower, but the 

 younger Agnes was never in seisin. This 

 Adam enfeoffed the defendant Henry son 

 of Adam of the same on his marriage with 

 Agatha daughter of Richard de Standish, 

 and Agnes the widow, living in 1354, 

 exchanged her third part for tenements in 

 Heapey given by William brother of 

 Richard de Standish. As William died 

 without issue, his brother Richard en- 

 tered on that third part as heir ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. i. 



In 1350 it appears that Agnes daughter 

 of Adam son of Henry de Duxbury had 

 released her manor of Duxbury to Richard 

 de Standish j Kuerden MSS. v, foL 145^. 

 Henry son of Adam de Duxbury in 

 1357 recovered two-thirds of the manor 

 against Clemency widow of Richard de 

 Standish, Hugh son of Richard son of 

 Hugh de Standish, and Simon de Lang- 

 tree ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 6, m. 8 d. 

 In spite of these pleas it would appear 

 that the Standishes were lords of the 

 manor, for in 1346 Roger de Lewed and 

 Margery his wife, in the latter's right, 

 demanded against Richard son of Hugh 

 de Standish three messuages, a plough-land 

 and two parts of a mill in Duxbury ; De 

 Banco R. 348, m. 404 ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. i, m. 3. In another suit 

 Richard de Standish was called to warrant 

 the tenant in possession ; ibid, 2, m. 3 d. 

 In 1359 Henry son of Adam de Dux- 

 bury sold to Nicholas le Norreys the 

 reversion of a messuage and land held by 

 Ellen widow of Robert del Burgh for her 

 life; Final Cone, ii, 161. Robert son of 

 Nicholas le Norreys in 1384 sold the 

 reversion to Hugh de Standish the elder ; 

 ibid, iii, 19. This was probably the 

 close of a long transaction, for in 138 1-4 

 Robert son of Nicholas le Norreys gave 

 and released to Hugh de Standish two- 

 thirds ofthe manor of Duxbury ; Kuerden 

 MSS. V, fol. 145. 



The mill above mentioned still exists 

 and is working. 



1 See the account of Standish. 

 ^ Among Kuerden's abstracts are 

 several referring to Hugh son of Robert 

 de Haydock, rector of Standish, and the 

 identity of Hugh de Haydock and Hugh 

 de Standish appears to be established by 

 grants from Robert son of William de 

 Worthington to Hugh de Haydock in 

 1299, by Hugh de Haydock to William 



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son of William de Worthington and 

 Mabel his wife in the same year, and 

 by William son of William de Wor- 

 thington to Hugh de Standish of *what 

 he held of him ' in 1304 ; Kuerden MSS. 

 ii, fol. 145^. 



Alice daughter of Richard de Molyneux 

 of Sefton was in 1 306 contracted in 

 marriage to Hugh de Standish, she being 

 under age ; Croxteth D. Genl. i, 5, The 

 lands assigned to her were in 1334 re- 

 leased by her son Richard de Standish ; 

 ibid. X, i, 6. William son of Hugh de 

 Standish was a plaintiff regarding the 

 same in 1332 ; De Banco R. 291, m. 185. 

 ^ Final Cone, i, 191. 

 ^ Some of the steps in the descent are 

 proved from the pleadings cited in a fore- 

 going note. 



In 1321 Hugh de Standish acquired 

 the moiety of a messuage and land in 

 Duxbury from Adam the Wright of Wigan 

 and Cecily his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 42. 



^ In 1326 Margaret widow of Hugh de 

 Standish claimed dower in lands in 

 Duxbury and Standish held by William 

 son of Hugh de Standish ; De Banco R. 

 264, m. 49 d. Hugh therefore had been 

 married more than once. 



William de Standish and William de 

 Burgh in 1333 granted land in Duxbury 

 to Henry Knoute ; Standish D. {Loeal 

 Glean, ii), no. 23. 



^ Richard son of Hugh de Standish in 

 1335 made a grant of lands received from 

 William his brother ; Standish D. {Local 

 Glean,), no. 25. 



In 1350 Richard de Standish appears 

 to have made a settlement of his manors 

 of Heapey and Duxbury, with lands in 

 Worthington, Heath Charnock and 

 Hindley ; Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 145^, 

 no. 55. . 



' Hugh is first mentioned in grants of 

 land in Standish and Langtree made him 

 by his father Richard in 1343 and 1346 ; 

 ibid. no. 83, 84. He appears to have 

 been in possession by 1356 ; see several 

 abstracts in Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 145. 

 He is described as 'the elder ' in 1384. 



In 1378 Hugh de Standish received 

 licence for his oratories at Duxbury and 

 Bradley; Lich. Epis. Reg. v, fol. 31 A. 



In 1416 Hugh de Standish the elder 

 was exempted from service on juries, &c.; 

 Kuerden, loc. cit. At the same time a 

 Hugh de Standish, perhaps * the younger,' 

 was serving with the armies in France ; 

 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xliv, App. 558. 



s Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 145, no. 98. 

 In 1412 Sir Alan Pennington released 

 to Elizabeth wife of Hugh Standish for 

 her life certain lands in Pennington, 

 &c. ; and in 1432 Sir John Pennington, 

 next of kin and heir of Elizabeth (viz. 

 son of her son Alan), held the manor of 



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North Givendale in Yorkshire j Dods. 

 MSS. cxxxvi, fol. 95^, 123^. 

 9 Ibid. fol. 95. 



^° Christopher Standish and his sons 

 Ralph and Rowland attested Chorley 

 deeds in 1418 ; Add. MS. 32105, no. 557, 

 568, 548. 



Rowland Standish, according to the 

 16 1 3 pedigree, served in the French wars, 

 was made a knight, and slain about 1435, 

 in the company of the Earl of Arundel. 

 He was a brother of James Standish of 

 Duxbury (1442), and gave a relic of St. 

 Lawrence to Chorley Church. 



James Standish of Duxbury occurs in 

 1441 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 3, m. 12b. 



James Standish, perhaps the same, at- 

 tested a grant in 1458 ; Standish D, 

 [Local Glean.), no. 145. He also occurs 

 in 1462 ; Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 



^^ James Standish of Duxbury in 1468 

 gave certain lands in Standish, Worthing- 

 ton and Langtree to trustees, who re- 

 granted them to James's son Christopher 

 and Elizabeth daughter of William Brad- 

 shagh of Haigh ; Kuerden MSS. vi, fol. 

 97, no. g8, 99. For marriage dispensa- 

 tion see Lich. Epis. Reg. xii, fol. 148^, 

 Christopher son and heir of James 

 Standish occurs in 1471 ; Kuerden, loc. 

 cit. no. 1 01. 



In 1473 Margaret widow of James 

 Standish of Duxbury, esq., and wife of 

 Richard Birkhead, claimed that Bradley 

 in Standish should be settled on Hugh 

 Standish, her son and heir by her former 

 husband ; Pal. of Lane. Chan. Rec. 

 Answers, i. 



There appear to have been twc 

 Jameses, for Alice widow of James 

 Standish of Duxbury in 1483-4 made a 

 grant to Sir Christopher, her son ; deed on 

 visit, pedigree, 161 3. Alice was still 

 living in 15 18. Sir Christopher was made 

 a knight in the Scottish expedition of 

 1482 ; Metcalfe's Book of Knights, 7. 



'^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 

 107. 



Thomas son and heir of Sir Christopher 

 Standish was in 1497-8 engaged to marry 

 Katherine daughter of Sir Alexander 

 Standish ; Standish D. [Local Glean,), no. 

 181, 184. 



In 1 506 Thomas Standish made a 

 settlement of his manors of Duxbury and 

 Heapey and various lands ; Final Cone. 

 iii, 162. 



1^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v^, no. 11 ; 

 in the inquisition are recited provisions 

 made for Thomas's mother Alice, wife 

 Katherine, daughter Alice and son James, 

 on marriage with a daughter of Vane 

 Haydock. 



1* Fisit. of 1533 (Chet. Soc), 52. In 

 1 53 1 Lawrence son and heir of James 

 Standish of Duxbury was espoused to 



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