LEYLAND HUNDRED 



STANDISH 



in 1774..^ He died while consul at Nantes in 1828, 

 and was ultimately succeeded 

 by his daughter Henrietta wife 

 of General Robert Browne, 

 who assumed the surname of 

 Clayton.* Their only son, 

 Richard Clayton Browne- 

 Clayton, died at Bournemouth 

 in November 1886, and, his 

 only son having fallen in the 

 attack on the Redan at Sebasto- 

 pol, Adlington Hall went to 

 Mr. James Robert Browne 

 Clayton Dawbeny,^ now lord 

 of the manor. No manor 



Clayton of Adling- 

 ton, baronet. Argent a 

 cross engrailed sable be- 

 ttveen Jour torteaux. 



courts are held, but such courts were held a century ago.* 



Adlington Hall^ is a modern classic mansion of 

 brick and stone, standing on high ground, erected 

 about 1770 by Sir Richard Clayton, bart., on the site 

 of an ancient timber and plaster house. The front, 

 which faces south, has a projecting middle part with 

 rusticated base and pediment, and is two stories in 

 height with an attic. 



The Duxbury moiety of the manor appears to 

 h:ive been sold or otherwise alienated early in 

 the 14th century, becoming much subdivided.'' 

 Among the later holders,' some probably holding 

 fractions of this moiety, are found the families 

 of Asshaw^ and Radcliffe,^ Allanson,'*" Aughton '' 

 and Anderton,'* Crosse '^ and Breres,'* Lancelyn '* 

 and Worthington of Crawshaw.^^ Lands once 

 belonging to St. Nicholas* chantry in Standish 



^ There is a memoir of Sir Richard 

 Clayton, first baronet, in Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. \ he published essays and transla- 

 tions. 



- See Raines in Notitia Cestr, iii, 393, 

 and Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 515 j 

 Sir Robert, a younger brother of Sir 

 Richard, had a life interest in the manor. 

 Pedigrees of the family will be found in 

 the older Baronetages and in Burke's 

 Landed Gentry^ but they are erroneous, 

 and have been superseded by that of Mr. 

 R. Stewart-Brown in the Genealogist. 



Thomas Clayton, the younger brother 

 of Robert Clayton of Fulwood, was 

 described as ' citizen of London ' in the 

 pedigree recorded in 1664 and as 'mer- 

 chant of Liverpool ' in the Preston Guild 

 Roll of 1682. Thomas has a monument 

 in Standish Church. His son Richard, 

 who died in 1728, had a numerous family. 

 Sir Richard the judge, who also has a 

 monument in Standish Church, being the 

 third son, and John, the father of the 

 first baronet, being the fifth. 



^ Information of Mr. Dawbeny. 



* Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 515, 

 writes as if the courts had then ceased. 



* There is an illustration in Twycross* 

 Lanes. Alansionsj i, 55. 



^ Perhaps it should not be spoken of 

 as a moiety ; see a preceding note. 



A branch of the Duxbury family con- 

 tinued to hold lands in Adlington as in 

 Duxbury itself. Thus Ughtred Duxbury 

 in 1513— I4made a feoffment of his lands, 

 including some in Adlington ; Standish 

 D. {Loeal Glean, ii), no. 220. Thomas 

 Duxbury had the same in 1525 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 11, m. 177. These 

 were probably the lands in Adlington held 

 by Edward Standish of Standish in 1610 ; 

 the superior lord was Hugh Adlington, 

 and a rent of 6d. was payable ; Lanes, 

 Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 



"^ Various suits introduce holders of 

 land in the township. 



In 1292 Thomas Wen was non-suited 

 in a claim against William de Worthing- 

 ton and Mabel his wife ; Assize R. 408, 

 m, 58. John son of Thomas Wen in 

 1305 claimed 7 acres in Adlington against 

 Henry son of Thomas Wen, Henry 

 Nightegale and others, Henry in the 

 result being sent to gaol for denying 

 his own charter ; ibid. 420, m. 7. 

 Henry son of Robert de WalhuU also 

 succeeded in his claim against Henry 

 Wen ; ibid. Thomas Wen, on the other 

 hand, sought messuages and land in Ad- 

 lington in 1343 against Alice daughter of 

 Henry de WalhuU and others ; De Banco 

 R. 337, m. 93 d, John Wen in 1346 



demised for life to Adam de Perburn land 

 from the waste in *Foghmore' which he 

 held by grant of Thomas son of Henry 

 Wen ; Kuerden MSS. iii, A 2, no. 3, 5. 



The Norris and Street families have 

 been mentioned in preceding notes. 



s Roger Asshaw's messuages and land 

 in Adlington in 1540 were held of the 

 heir of William de Ferrers by a rent of 

 8J^. yearly ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 viii, no. 11. 



^ Ibid. XXV, no. 6. See further in the 

 account of Heath Charnock. 



^^ Reginald Allanson, who died in 1 598 

 holding a messuage, &c., in Adlington, is 

 noticed in Heath Charnock. The resi- 

 dence, however, seems to have been in 

 Adlington, at a place called Rigshaw. 



George Allanson, who was the son and 

 heir of Reginald, in 1627 made a small 

 grant of land near Allanson House to Hugh 

 Adlington; K-uerden MSS. iii, A 2, no. 18. 



^^ Thomas Aughton in 1468 complained 

 of assault at Adlington by Hugh, Robert, 

 Christopher, James and Robert son of 

 Robert Adlington and others ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Writs Proton, file 8, Edw. IV. 

 Thomas Aughton was a defendant in 

 1530 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 148, m. 13 d. 



James Aughton alias Hollins died in 

 1597 holding a messuage. Sec, in Adling- 

 ton of John Adlington as of his manor of 

 Adlington by the moiety of a knight's fee 

 and a rent of -^d. Hugh his son and heir 

 was seventeen years of age ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 78. According 

 to a pedigree recorded in 1567 [Visit, p. 

 68), John Aughton of Adlington was de- 

 scended from a Thomas Aughton who had 

 married the heir of Charnock of Adlington. 

 James Aughton's name is not given. 



The name Hollins occurs at Adlington 

 in 1448 ; Pal. of Lane. PleaR. ii,m. 32^-. 

 James Hollins of Adlington, tailor, in 

 1530— I complained that whereas he and 

 his ancestors had been used to carry by a 

 certain way from his messuage to the 

 common pasture of the town, John 

 Lawrenson alias Gibson had obstructed it 

 by making a ditch there ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Assize R. 10. James Hollins made a 

 settlement in 1539 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea 

 R. 169, m. 13. John Gibson was accused 

 of trespass on Biggeshay Common in 

 1543 i Pal. of Lane. Writs of Assize, 

 bdle. 20. A Reginald Gibson sold or 

 mortgaged messuages, &c., in Adlington 

 to Alexander and Nicholas Rigbyin 1559 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 21, m. 93. 

 James Aughton or Hollins and Mar- 

 garet his wife demised part of their estate 

 in 1588 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 50, 

 m. 205. Hugh Hollins, the heir, was 

 plaintiff in 1601 ; Ducatus Lane, ill, 461. 



2ig 



^^ Roger Anderton in 1593 purchased 

 from James Aughton and Alexander 

 Sharpies alias Ward and Anne his wife 

 the * manor * of Adlington and various 

 lands i Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 55, 

 m, 197. From the pedigree above referred 

 to it appears that Anne was one of the 

 daughters and co-heirs of John Aughton, 

 The purchaser was no doubt the son 

 of Christopher Anderton of Lostock who 

 had himself made various purchases in 

 Adlington and Heath Charnock ; see 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 27. As Roger Anderton of 

 Birchley, near Wigan, the son held some 

 land in 1 640, but the tenure is not 

 stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m, 

 XXX, no. 7. Roger Anderton, a con- 

 victed recusant, paid to the subsidy in 

 1628 ; Mise. (Rec, Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 167. 



In 1654 Robert Holt purchased the 

 ' manor ' of Adlington with lands, &c., 

 in Adlington, Anderton and Blackrod, 

 from James Anderton (of Birchley), Anne 

 his wife, Roger Anderton, William Ander- 

 ton (of Anderton), Magdalen his wife, 

 William Anderton, Thomas Gillibrand, 

 Anne his wife, John Gillibrand and 

 Elizabeth his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 153, m. 195. 



^^ Roger Crosse in 1522 held mes- 

 suages and land in Adlington of the lords 

 of Leylandshire by a rent of %\d. 5 Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 18. 



^^ Lawrence Breres, the heir of Crosse, 

 held land in Adlington in 1584 of the 

 Earl of Derby and Sir Richard Shireburne 

 by the above rent of %^d. ; ibid, viv, 

 no. 8. See ibid, xvii, no. 34, and Lathes. 

 Inq. p.m, (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 233. The houses, &c., were sold to 

 Roger Fazakerley of Walton ; Cal. Com. 

 for Camp, iv, 2521. 



^^ The Lancelyns held lands, &c., in 

 Adlington, Charnock Gogard and Duxbury 

 of the heir of Lord de Ferrers ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 23 ; ix, no. i. 

 * Lancelyn's meadow ' was in the time 

 of Edward VI in the possession of Law- 

 rence Asshaw [Dueatus Lane, i, 262), so 

 that he may have purchased the Lancelyn 

 estate in the neighbourhood. 



^^ The descent of this family is 

 unknown. It is possible that they repre- 

 sented the William de Worthington and 

 Mabel his wife whose possessions about 

 1 300 have been named in preceding notes, 

 Thomas de Worthington and Nicholas 

 his brother occur in 1369 j Kuerden MSS. 

 iii, W 27. The former seems to have 

 been of Blainscough, the latter may have 

 been of Crawshaw. Nicholas de Worth- 

 ington and Joan his wife have occurred 



