A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



1 y a rnt of 2;. 9*/., suit to the wapentake court, aid 

 half a pound of cummin, valu- I-J^/"., while A^am ie 

 Duxbury held the other by a rent of 2;. ^d} 



Of the Adllnc^ton family there are but scanty records 

 till the 1 6th century.' Hugh 

 Adlington died 28 Sept.mbcr 

 1525 holding messuages, occ, 

 in Adlington, Duxbury, Lhor- 

 ley, Coppull, ^^'orthington and 

 Thornton. The estate in Ad- 

 lington and Duxbur}', which 

 is not called a manor, uas 

 held of Lord Mounteagle by 

 fealty and a rent of 3/. 9^. 

 Hugh's son Robert having 

 died before his father, the 

 heir was Hugh son of Robert, 

 then ten years old.' Hugh 

 Adlington the herald * spake 



not witbai ' at the viritation of 1533 \ he died in 

 1556 holding the same estate and leaving as heir his 



Adlington. Sable a 

 cheveron hetzvetn three 

 antelopes' heads argent 

 attired or. 



'•ox\ John, .ipcd eighteen ye irs.* Pedigrees were 

 recorded in i ;6-, 161 3 and 1664," yj that the 

 descent of the estate is clear for this period. Hugh 

 AJhngton died at Adlington in 1640 holding the 

 -manor' of Lord Morley and Mounteagle by the 

 old rent of 3/. 9*2'., but no other lands are named in 

 the inquisition. His son and heir Hugh was forty 

 )e:irs of age.' Hugh's eldest son John died before 

 him — being killed, it was stated, while a^^sting the 

 king's forces at the siege of Chester in 1644"— so 

 that he was succeeded by a younger son, Peter ; but, 

 he having no surviving issue, the manor de-cendcd to 

 John's daughter Eleanor, who married Samuel Robin- 

 son of Chester, a settlement of the estate being made 

 in 1664.® 



It was before 1 700 purchased by a merchant, 

 Thomas Clayton, who also acquired Worthington, and 

 died in 1722, aged ninety-one. The estate descended 

 to his grandson Richard Clayton, chief justice of the 

 Common Pleas in Ireland. After his death in 1770 

 it went to his nephew, Sir Richard, created a baronet 



* Lanes. Inq.and Exten'iy i, 2'')9, 270. 



' From the change of rent pn)'able 

 according to the i6th-ccntun- inquisitioQB 

 it .-ippvnrs that the A^ilington t.Tmily then 

 had more than t)ie moiety held in 12SS, 

 but land in Duxbur)' was includea in the 

 later tenement. 



Some notes of the fnmily charters are 

 preserved in Kuerdcn MSS. iii, A 2, and 

 iv, A 2. See also an account of the family 

 in Pal, Ncite-'Q'.'., I, 4-7. 



In 1246 Rogtr, John and Randte de 

 Adlington called upon William de Ferrers 

 (as successor of NIarsey) to acquit them 

 of the services demanded by the guardians 

 of the Earl of Lincoln's lands (in right of 

 the fee of Penwortham) ; Assize R. 40+, 

 m. 14 d. Richard de Adlington was a 

 |iiriir in 12^4 ; Lanes. Inq. and Exrenrsj 

 I, 195. 



Alice widow of Richard de Adlington 

 resigned to Hugh her eldest son part of 

 her land in Adlington, to be held of 

 William de Ferrers ; Kuerden MSS. iii, 

 A 2, no. 27. She also granted to William 

 son of William dc Worthington and his 

 wife Mabel her daughter lands in Edcrott, 

 ChoUaycroft and GoJithcroft, with the 

 service of Robert Ic Noreys ; ibid. no. 



Hugh de Adlington, as stated in the 

 text, was tenant of a moiety in 1288. In 

 1 2')2 he was non-suicc'i in a claim against 

 Robert le Noreys r-, -p^cting a tenement 

 in Adlinet'-^n, while \S'!lliam de Worthing- 

 ton and Mabel his wire were non-suited 

 in a claim against Huch de Adlington ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 4''., 5-. In the same 

 year Hugh conceded a moiety of the waste 

 in Adlington to William de Worthington 

 and Mabel ; Kuerden, loc. cit. no. 25. 



There was another Hugh then living, 

 son of John de Adlington. He granted 

 to William his son land between Blackden 

 and the lands of Hugh de Adlington with 

 the homage. Sec, of Hugh the brother of 

 William and -':' William de Blackbum- 

 shire and Isabel his wife. This land was 

 held of Henry de Duxbury ; ibid- no. 22. 

 Ellen widow of Hugh de Adlington in 

 1 ;20-i gave half the manor of Adlington 

 to William her eldest son ^ ibid. no. 4. 



Robert le Noreys the younger in 1319 

 called Thomas ?on of Hugh de Adlington 

 to warranthim ; De Banco R. 230, m. 70 d. 

 Thomas de Adlington made an exchange 

 of lands in 1345 ; Kuerden, loc cit. no. 6. 

 Thomas and John dc Adlington contri- 



buted to the subsidy in 1332 ; Exch. Lay 

 Subs. (Rcc. Soc Lines, and Ches.), 53. 

 The latter is probabJv the John son of 

 Hugh de Adlington to whom his father's 

 trustee in 1307 (?) gave certain lands in 

 A Uington , KutrJen, loc, cit. no. ^. At 

 the same time John dc Adlington gave to 

 Gilbert dc Stan<; h, rector of Standish, 

 the manor of Adlington and lands in 

 Duxbury and ClK^ley ; ibid, no i. The 

 date (1 Edw. II) is a difficulty, because 

 Gilbert did not become rector till 1357. 

 The hrst witness was Sir William 

 Banaster, kL 



Robert le Noreys, already mentioned, 

 in 1322 made a st.ttlemcnt of his estate 

 in Blackrod and Adlington ; Final Cone. 

 ii, 48. His son Hii:h in i 359 granted to 

 Richard son of Hujh de Duxbury lands 

 in Adlington received from Thomas son 

 of Thomas de Adlington ; Kuerden MSS. 

 iii, W 3 I, no. 1 1 74. 



In 1374 Sir Nicholas dc Harrington 

 complained that Robert dc Rishton had 

 abducted Thomas son and heir of Hugh 

 de Adlington, and he claimed wardship \ 

 De V. tn.M R. 4^<, m. 168 d., 424. 



Hiu'li de Adlinjton^ Cecily his wife, 

 Nicholas de Wurtliington and Joan his 

 wife had in 1443 a plea respecting land 

 with John son of Robert del Street ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Plea R, 5, m. 8, 



Robert Adlmgton was in 1450 the 

 husband of Elizabeth, one of the 

 daughters and heirs of William Thornton 

 of Thornton in the Fylde, and her share 

 of the manor descended in the Adlington 

 family till 1601 ; Final Cone, iii, 117. 



Hugh Adlington the elder in 1 469 

 granted to Robert his son and heir the 

 manor of Adlington with appurtenances 

 and lands there and in Duxbury, Coppull, 

 Worthington and Chorley j Kuerden 

 MSS. iii, A jl, no. 7. Robert at once 

 made a feoffment of the manor, and it 

 was regranted to him in 1476 with suc- 

 cessive remainders to his sons Hugh and 

 Christopher ; ibid. no. 8, 9. In the 

 following year the Abbot of Abingdon 

 gave leave to Robert Adlington, Elizabeth 

 his wife and others to choose a confessor 

 with plenary indulgence; ibid. no. 16. 

 This Elizabeth was a daughter of Henry 

 Rishton ; Dunkenhalgh D. (1475;. 



A marriage between Robert son of 

 Hugh son of Robert Adlington and Lora 

 daughter of Gilbert Langtree was agreed 

 upon in 1489-90 ; Kuerden, loc. cil 



218 



no. 21. In 1491; Robert Adlington the 

 elder demised to Hugh his son and heir the 

 manor of Adlington ; ibid. no. 10. Hugh 

 Adlington in 1512 granted to Robert, his 

 son and heir, and George Carleton the 

 manor of AUington, Sec. ; ibid. no. 12. 

 This may have been a settlement on the 

 occasion of Robert's marriage. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 71. 

 There are recited the provisions made by 

 Hugh the eider for hia grandson's wife 

 Margaret daughter of Roger Asshaw. 

 Besides Robeit there was a younger son 

 Gilbert. 



* f'inf. of 1533 (Chet. Soc), 192. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 



John Adlington made various settle- 

 ments of his manor of Adlington, with 

 its dovecote, water-mill, &c., and lands 

 in the township in i 560, 1572 and 1591 : 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 22, m. 42 ; 

 32, m. 76 i 41, m. 60 ; 53, m. 237, In 

 the last his wife Margaret and his son 

 and heir Hugh were joined with him. 

 Out of one of these settlements a dispute 

 arose in 1588, Roger Adlington brother 

 of John claiming as next In succession -, 

 Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. cxliv, A 22 ; 

 cxcvi, A I ; cxliv. An. 



Hugh Adlington (1556) had had an 

 elder son Robert, whose marriage with 

 Katherine daughter of Ralph Orrell of 

 Turton was agreed on in 1549. Hugh 

 died, and his widow married Ralph Brad- 

 shaw, and they in 1564 claimed various 

 lands against John the brother and heir 

 of Hugh ; ibid. Eliz, Iviii, B 25. 



fi Printed by the Chetham Society : 

 /^/i/V. 1567, p. 70 ; 1613, p. 119; 1664. 

 p. I. 



^ Dnchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix,no. 2. 

 In 1625 Hugh son and heir of Hugh 

 Adlington sold land called Jollycrofts to 

 Peter Anderton of Anderton ; Pal. Note- 

 book, V, 6. William Anderton (son of 

 Peter) sold the same in 1653 to George 

 Shaw of Anglezarke ; Piccope MSS. 

 (Chet. Lib.), iii, 400. 



^ Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 1 1-17. The father's 

 estate was seized by the Parliament for 

 the son's ' delinquency,' and after being 

 restored to the father was again * secured,' 

 he b^ing called upon to show his title. 



^ See the visitation pedigree j PaL of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 173, m. 74 ; CaL 

 Exch. of Pleas, A 33. 



