LEYLAND HUNDRED 



STANDISH 



Burgh about 1720 came into the possession of 

 the Craggs and Chadwicks ' and was in 1824 sold to 

 James Anderton.' John Thom of Birkacre in 

 CoppuU purchased Burgh Hall from Mr. Anderton, 

 and on his death in 1 89 1 was succeeded by his son 

 Colonel William J. Thom, the present owner. 



The landowners of Duxbury with Adlington who 

 contributed to the subsidy of 1564 were James 

 Standish, John Adlington, Lawrence Worthington, 

 John Aughton and Reynold Gibson.' Among the 

 local families occurring in the charters and other 

 records are those of Anglezarke,* Brandwood ' and 

 Lowe.° The chief landowners in 1788 were Sir 

 Frank Standish and Edward Chadwick.' 



HEATH CHARNOCK 



Charnock, 1271 ; Cernok, Heath Charnock, 

 Rest Chernnoke, Est Chernoke, 1278 ; Chernocke 

 Gogard, 1284; Hechernok, Heghcheruok, Hethev- 

 chernoc, Hethchernok, Gogardeschernok, 1292 ; 

 Hethchernock, 1292 and usual. 



This township is traversed by the River Yarrow, 

 and its eastern boundary is formed by one of the 

 Rivington reservoirs of the Liverpool Corporation, 

 part of the river valley having been utilized. North 

 of the Yarrow the ground rises continually to the 

 east and north, a height of 650 ft. being attained ; 

 while south of the river the surface also rises towards 

 the centre and south of the township to heights 

 of 475 ft. and 500 ft. above sea level. The area 

 is 1,598 acres,* and there was a population of 1,101 

 in 1 90 1.' 



The principal road is that from Bolton to Chorley, 

 crossing the south-west corner. From Adlington a 

 road runs through the township from Springfield 

 Mills, north to the hamlet of Limbrick in a bend of 



the Yarrow, and thence to Chorley, with a branch 

 turning east to Rivington. 



The hearth tax return for 1666 shows that sixty- 

 eight hearths were counted. The principal houses 

 were those of William Radley, ten hearths, and Peter 

 Shaw eight." 



There is a hospital for infectious diseases, for the 

 joint use of Chorley and other parishes in the neigh- 

 bourhood. 



The township is principally agricultural, but there 

 are brick works, stone quarries and a cotton mill. 



There is a parish council for administration. 



The whole of W£^r// CH J KNOCK 

 MANORS lay within the fee of Penwortham, and 

 was included in the five plough-lands 

 given by Warine Bussell to Randle son of Roger de 

 Marsey," and afterwards held by the Ferrers family, 

 and then by ' the lords of Leylandshire,' or Lord 

 Ferrers. Before 1288 two subordinate manors had 

 been created, a third part being then held of William 

 de Ferrers by Thomas Banastre by a rent of is. <)d., 

 and the remainder by William son of Hugh Gogard, 

 by a rent of 3/. ()d}' 



Of these manors the former was acquired by mar- 

 riage by John de Harrington of Farleton, who at his 

 death in 1359 was seised of certain lands and tene- 

 ments in Heath Charnock held of Sir Richard de 

 Shireburne and John de Arderne by a rent of zs. 

 yearly and by knight's service." With other Harring- 

 ton estates it was obtained by the first Lord Mount- 

 eagle," and descended in his family during the i6th 

 century, being sold in 1574 by William Lord Mount- 

 eagle to Thomas Walmesley the younger and Robert 

 charnock." Three years later Walmesley sold his 

 moiety to Thomas Standish of Duxbury,'* and in sub- 

 sequent inquisitions the ' manor of Heath Charnock ' 

 was considered to be held by Standish of Duxbury and 

 Charnock of Charnock Richard in moieties." The 



^ Burgh is said to have been sold by 

 the Rigbys in 1727. Thomas Chadwick, 

 of the Birkacre family, in 1 744 married 

 Eleanor Maria daughter and heiress of 

 Matthew Cragg (d. 1753) of Cammerton 

 and Burgh, and so acquired the estate ; 

 Wilson, Verses and Notes, yi, where is 

 also printed a curious paper about the 

 Rigby * kneeling place and burial place ' 

 in Standish Church. 



^ Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 520. 



* Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 131, no. 210. 



* John de Anglezarke (Anlas .-Kuerden) 

 gave an oxgang in Duxbury to Roger his 

 son ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 245*. Roger 

 de Anglezarke contributed to the subsidy 

 in 1332 ; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 53. In 1370 Robert 

 son of Roger de Anglezarke made a 

 feofFmentof lands in Duxbury ; Kuerden, 

 loc. cit. Robert Anglezarke of Duxbury 

 occurs in 1480 ; ibid. William son or 

 grandson and heir of Robert was in 

 1497-8 contracted to marry Agnes 

 daughter of Rowland Gillibrand ; ibid. 



* The Brandwood family occur in 

 Withnell also. 



* Thomas Lowe died in 1629 holding 

 an estate in Duxbury of Thomas Standish 

 as of his manor of Duxbury, and also in 

 Lower Darwen. John, his son and heir, 

 was twenty-two years of age ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. ixvii, no. 14. 



' Land tax returns at Preston. 

 ' 1,599, including 58 of inland water ; 

 Census Rep. 1 90 1. 



® Including Limbrick. 



^^ Subs. R- Lanes, bdle. 250, no. 9. 



*^ Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 29. 



^^ Ibid. 270. Thomas Banastre occurs 

 in pleas of 1292 and 1308-9 ; Assize 

 R. 408, m. 44 d. ; 423, m. 3. Margaret 

 daughter of Thomas Banastre in 1327 

 claimed a messuage, &c., against Richard 

 son of Ralph de Heath Charnock ; De 

 Banco R. 268, m. 34. Margaret widow 

 of Adam Banastre was defendant in 

 1329 ; Assize R. 427, m. 3 d. 



" Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 99 j 

 he held in right of his wife Katherine. 

 There was a water-mill paying 1 31. i\.d. 

 rent, and the free tenants and tenants at 

 will paid ,^7 4J. 



John son of John de Harrington in 

 1332 called Adam son of William 

 Banastre to warrant him ; De Banco R. 

 292, m. 253. In a claim made by 

 Richard de Standish of Duxbury in 1352 

 Sir John de Harrington (now ' the elder ') 

 and Katherine his wife answered that 

 they held the messuage and land in 

 dispute through Adam Banastre ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Assize R. 1, m. 3d. 



Sir Nicholas Harrington son of John 

 and Katherine and his parceners held the 

 third part of a knight's fee in Charnock 

 Gogard and Adlington in 1378 ; Harl. 

 MS. 2085, fol. 123. 



Lord Ferrers of Groby and Thomas de 

 Harrington held the same third part of 

 a fee in Charnock and Adlington in 



213 



1445—6, each paying an equal relief, viz. 

 i6j. 8t/. ; Duchy of Lane. Knights' 

 Fees, bdle. 20, no. 20. From this and 

 later inquisitions it appears that Lord 

 Ferrers, who wa8 one of the lords of 

 Leylandshire, held part of Heath Char- 

 nock separately. 



Heath Charnock was reckoned among 

 the members of Hornby in 1450-1, 

 when it was held by Margaret wife of 

 Sir William Harrington ; Dods. MSS. 

 cxxxi. 



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

 64 ; xi, no, 1, Heath Charnock, She- 

 vington, &c., were reckoned as parcels of 

 the castle and manor of Hornby forfeited 

 by Sir James Harrington for high treason 

 in i486. 



Heath Charnock occurs in a list of 

 the Harrington of Farleton manors in 

 1572 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 34, 

 m. j6, 80. 



1^ Ibid. bdle. 36, m. 131. The sale 

 included the manor of Heath Charnock, 

 three water-mills, three dovecotes, twenty 

 messuages, &c., 300 acres of land, with 

 meadow, pasture, wood, furze and heath, 

 moor and turbary. 



1^ Ibid. bdle. 39, m. 65. 



^^ For Standish settlements see ibid, 

 bdle. 104, no. 10 ; 155, m. 165 ; and for 

 Charnock, ibid. bdle. 76, no. 22 ; 121, 

 no. 46. See also Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 38 (Robert 

 Charnock holding half the manor of the 

 king by the twentieth part of a knight's 



