A HISTORY OF LAxVCASHIRE 



former de=;.ended with Dtxbury, and occurs as the 

 * manor ' as late as I 7 S In a settlement of Sir Fiank 

 Standish's lands' ; the Charnock moiety seems to have 

 been acquired by the Standish femily.' 



The two-thirds of the township held in 12S8 had 

 descended to William Gogard from his father Hugh, 

 who was described as * lord of Heath Charnock.' ' 

 The township itself was frequently called Charnock 

 Gogard down to the 17th century. By partitions 

 and by sale this manor quickly came to nothing, with 

 the exception of that portion known as the HILL, 

 long held by the Asshaw family and commonly de- 



scribed as a manor. It ap^-cirs that Hugh Gogard j 

 eldest son Robert left two daughters, Cecily and 

 Ellen ; the latter died without issue, and the former 

 married Adam son of Adam de Asshaw, giving this 

 family a holding in the township.^ The Go^^ard 

 estate as a whole, however, went to Hugh's younger 

 son U illiam as heir male,^ and William's son 

 Richard made a grant to Henry de Asshaw.* There 

 is but little known about this family/ Ro^er 

 Asshaw died in i 540 holding the m.inor of Hill of the 

 heirs of William de Ferrers by a rent of iid. and of 

 the heirs of Hugh Gogard by a rent of \d.j also other 



fee); iii, 397 (Alexander Standish holding 

 the manor of the king by services un- 

 known). 



It may be noticed that the Staniishes 

 of Duxbury had an interest in Heath 

 Charnock, from an early time, for William 

 son of Hugh de Standish appears as 

 plaintiff in 1333 ; De Banco R. 294, m. 

 156. The claim was prosecuted later, as 

 appears by a foregoing note. 



' See Pal. of lane. Feet of F. bdlcs. 

 244, m. 50 (1700) ; 306, m. -7 (1730) ; 

 Pal. of Lane Plea R. 608, m. 7 (1768). 



' In a fine in 1657 the moiety of the 

 manor, with lands, &c^ in Heath 

 Charnock, ICnowlcy and Chorley, the 

 deforciants were Richard Standish, 

 Elizabeth his wile, Robert Charnock and 

 Mary his wife, while the plaintiffs were 

 Ed^\ard May and Gilbert Standish, pro- 

 bably trustees for the first named ; 

 Pal. of Lane Feet of F. bdlc. 160, m. 



' The name is spelt Gogard, Ondard 

 and even Gerard or Gerald. Randle 

 Gogard gave to Cockersand Abbey, for 

 the health of the souls of his mother and 

 his wife Edith, the land between Fulford 

 and the path over Rascahay Brook, as 

 marked out by the canons* crosses ; 

 Cockeriand Cbartul. (Chet. Soc), ii, 

 510. 



Robert Gogard occurs in 1203 ; Curia 

 Regis R. 32. 



Hugh Gnjard was in 1246 one of the 

 tenants of William de Ferrers Earl of 

 Derby, who called upon him to acquit 

 them of the services demanded by the 

 guardians of the lands of the Earl of 

 Lincoln (as lord of Pcnwortham) ; Assize 

 R. 4:4, m. 14 d. In the same year he 

 icted in a settlement of 2 oxgangs of land 

 in Dutton ; FikjI Cone, (Rec Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 9-. In 1269-70 he owed 

 Master Simon de Preston 18 marks; 

 Close, 91, m, 8 d. Maud widow of 

 Ralph Gogard, John Gogard and Richard 

 son of Ralph Gogard in 12-7 claimed 

 common of pasture in Charnock against 

 Hugh Gogard and others ; Assize R. 

 i2;;,m. II. Hugh replied that he was 

 chief lord of Charnock, and had improved 

 part of the waste ; ibid. 12^S, m. 32, 32 d. 

 About the same time Roger son of John 

 the Porter claimed the sixth part of 

 2^ oxgangs of land in Heath Charnock 

 against Hugh Gogard ; De Banco R. 21, 

 m. Sv 



Eva widow of Hugh Gogard in 1282 

 claimed dower in Heath Charnock against 

 William son of Hugh, Augustus Pier- 

 point, Adam de Street, Richard son of 

 Adam de Charnock, William de Sydale, 

 Adam de Asshaw and others ; De Banco 

 R. 44, m. 32 d. 



Another member of the Gogard femilv 

 was John son of Ailsi Gogard, who 

 occurs a number of times in the records. 

 To Henry de Lea he gave all his land in 



Methehop in Heath Charnock, viz. the 

 part he had retained when he enfeoffed his 

 sister Gena of the rest; Add. MS. 32106, 

 no. 634. William son of John Ailsison 

 was plaintiff in 1294 against Jordan son 

 of Margaret de Charnock Gogard, and 

 two years later against Adam de Hull and 

 Richard son of William son of Hugh 

 Gogard, respecting lands in the township ; 

 De Banco R. 106, m. 193 ; 114, m. 86. 

 He was also plaintiff in 1301 ; Assize 

 R. 1321, m. 13 ; 418, m. ii. He may 

 be the William son of John de Heath 

 Charnock a minor in 1292 (Assize R. 

 408, m. 16, 13 d.), but Ralph son of John 

 Ailsison in 1308-9 claimed land from 

 William son of John de Heath Charnock ; 

 it appeared that William had enfeoffed 

 Ralph while under age, and afterwards had 

 granted the land to Thomas Banastre ; 

 Assize R. 42*;, m. 3. 



Richard Ailsi seems to have been 

 another son of John ; Assize R. 1425-, 

 m. 3d-; 143!;, m. ^9 d. In 1 ^45, as 

 brother and heir of William son < f John, 

 he claimed a messuage and the third part 

 of the mill against the Harringtons ; De 

 Banco R. 344, m. 390 d. 



Agnes daughter of Hugh Gogard made 

 a grant of her lands ; Towncley MS. 

 GG, no. 1823. In 1303 she claimed 

 various third parts of messuages, &c., 

 against Richard de Asshaw, Jordan son of 

 Adam de Asshaw and others ; De Banco 

 R. 14;, m. 58. 



* The earliest form of the surname to 

 occur is Ashoke (12-8), Ascough (1 284), 

 AsBchowc and A?selioghc (1292). 



Henry de Asshaw was one of the de- 

 fendants in the suits above mentioned by 

 Maud widow of Ralph Gogard ; Assize R. 

 123S, m. 5 2d. Adam son of Henry de 

 Asshaw m 1284 was charged with de- 

 priving Adam del Street of common of 

 pasture in Charnock Gogard, but replied 

 that Hugh Gogard, formerly chief lord, 

 had inclosed the land; Assize R. 12''»5, 

 m. 22 d. The same Adam was living in 

 1301 ; Assize R. 1 321, m. 9. 



In 1 292 Adam son of Adam de 

 Asshaw and Cecily his wife, daughter and 

 heir of Robert son and heir of Hugh 

 Gogard, were plaintiffs in several suits. 

 Az^:iin8t William son of Hugh Gogard and 

 Marr-jry his wife they claimed a messuage 

 and land and two parts of the mill, 

 William replying that he held the lands 

 by grant of his father and that the mill 

 was held by Thomas Banastre and John 

 Gogard ; Assize R. 408, m. 25 d. From 

 other claims against the same William, 

 Thomas Banastre, Richard son of John 

 Gogard and others it appears that Eve 

 widow of Hugh Gogard was still living ; 

 ibid. m. 35 d., 71 d. Another claim was 

 for land once held by Cecily's uncle Ralph, 

 who had died before his father Hugh ; the 

 tenant, Ralph son of Juliana de Heath 

 Charnock, gave ha!f a mark for licence to 



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agree ; ibid. m. 11 d. See the fine allow- 

 ing Ralph's right in Final Cone, i, 176. 



John de Heath Charnock was non- 

 suited in his plea against Adam d« Asshaw 

 for obstructing a way ; Assize R. 40S, 

 m. 5 id. Also in another claim for 

 common of pasture against Thomas 

 Banastre and Adam de Asshaw ; ibid, 

 m. 44 d. 



* William was the tenant in 1288, as 

 above stated. His right is also shown 

 by the suits referred to in the preceding 

 note. At the same time Roger Gogard, 

 a minor, claimed a messuage and plough- 

 land in Heath Charnock against W illiani 

 Gogard, as heirtojohn t'.ogard, hisgrand- 

 l.ither. The jury reported that John had 

 fled the county for fear of arrest on 

 account of highway robberies and other 

 felonies, and that he had at length been 

 taken and h.inged at Nottin'^^ham, his 

 lands being forfeit ; Assize R. 408, m. 

 37- 



Ralph son of William Gogard in 1328 

 and later years was engaged in a num- 

 ber of suits respecting his Inheritance. 

 Against John son of John de Harrington 

 and Katherine his wife he claimed 12 

 acres of land, 6 acres of meadow, i 8 acres 

 of wool, &€., and smaller parcels against 

 Richard son of David Pierpoint, William 

 son of Robert del Street, William son of 

 Hugh de Standish and Alice widow of 

 William Ailsison. In defence the Har- 

 ringtons called Adam son of William 

 Ban.Tstre to warrant them ; Pierpoint 

 said his father's widow Denise held 2 

 acres ; Street called Adam son of Richard 

 del Street to warrant him ; Standish said 

 he did not hold ; and Alice held for life 

 of the inheritance of Margaret daughter 

 of Thomas Banastre, See De Banco 

 R. 276, m. 42; 281, m. 142 d,; 284, 

 m. 330 d. 



A century later it was stated that 

 Ralph had a daughter Alice who died 

 without issue ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 3, 

 m. 22, 



Richard son of William Gogard was 

 joined with his father in 1301 as defen- 

 dant to a claim made by Anabil daughter 

 of William de la Ley, a minor, respecting 

 a tenement in Heath Charnock ; Assize 

 R. 1321, m. 8. 



^ This gift is cited in a plea of 1441. 

 Richard son of William son of Hugh 

 Gogard gave 2 acres of land and 6 acres of 

 »wood (then in dispute) to Henry de 

 Asshaw and his heirs. Henry had issue 

 John, who had issue Hugh, who had issue 

 Robert, who had issue Roger, living 

 in 1441 ; Pal. of Lane Plea R. 3, m. 

 25A. 



Three generations appear in pre- 

 ceding notes : Henry -b. Adam -s. Adam. 

 The younger Adam was dead in 1330 

 when his widow Cecily was a plaintiff in 

 one suit and Richard son of Adam de 

 Asshaw defendant in another ; De Banco 



