LEYLAND HUNDRED 



STANDISH 



is in 1320 named as the recent tenant.^ William 

 de Anderton was engaged In various disputes with 

 the Atherton family.^ He died in or before 1370, 

 when his widow Joan is mentioned.^ 



For the next few years the descent is unknown. 

 Thurstan de Anderton was lord in 1420* ; his son 

 Oliver and Ellen his wife were living in 1441.^ 

 From later pleadings^ it appears that Ellen was 

 daughter and co-heir of Matthew de Kenyon, that she 

 procured the murder of her husband in 1466 and 

 died soon afterwards, having tried to make a younger 

 son Christopher her heir. William, the eldest son, 

 probably died before his father, and his son Thurstan, 

 the tenant of Anderton in 1473/ lived till about 

 1516,^ being followed by his son Oliver, aged sixty- 

 nine in 1538.® Peter the son of Oliver died in 

 1559 holding the manor or capital messuage called 

 Anderton Hall, with various messuages, lands, a water- 

 mill and half another mill in Anderton and Healey, 

 the Anderton estate being held of Sir Thomas Gerard 

 in socage by the rent of a pound of cummin. William 

 Anderton, the son and heir of Peter, was only a year 

 old.'« 



William Anderton made a settlement or mortgage 



of his estate in 1593." He appears among the free- 

 holders in 1600 ^^ ; as a convicted recusant he suffered 

 the sequestration of two-thirds of his estates in 1593, 

 which still continued in force in 1607,** and he is 

 named again among the contributors to the subsidy in 

 1628.^* He died vvithout issue in August 1634 

 holding the manor of Anderton with messuages, lands, 

 water corn-mill, &c., in the same place, of William 

 Cavendish Earl of Devon by the rent of a pound of 

 cummin. His brother Peter, then seventy years of 

 age, was his heir and had a son William.*^ 



Peter Anderton died about April 1640," and his 

 son William had his estates confiscated by the Parlia- 

 ment and ordered in 1652 to be sold'' ; for what 

 particular treason or delinquency does not appear. 

 He was allowed to compound at a fine of ^924,'** 

 He was still living in 1664, when a pedigree was 

 recorded.^* In the same year he made a settlement of 

 the manor, the final remainder, in default, being to 

 Francis Anderton of Lostock,^" and four years later 

 the said Francis purchased the estate from Peter 

 Anderton and Roger his brother, the surviving sons 

 of Willlam.^^ From this time the manor descended 

 in the same way as Lostock — from Anderton to 



the township ; De Banco R. 183, m. 331, 

 At the beginning of 13 12 he sued Alice 

 widow of Adam de Anderton respecting 

 some lands J ibid. 190, m. 5od. ; 196, 

 m. 208 d. 



^ Alan de BurnhuU — i.e. the superior 

 lord — was then holding the tenement 

 which Thomas de Anderton and Robert 

 de Cundecliffe held in Anderton ; Mame- 

 cestre, loc. sup. cit. 



^ In 1 3 19 it was found that one Alan 

 le Norreys, possibly as trustee, had en- 

 feoffed Thomas de Anderton and Sibyl his 

 wife of the manor, which descended to 

 William the son of Thomas, a minor. 

 Thomas de Anderton had granted certain 

 lands to Henry de Atherton for life, and 

 others to Henry and his wife Beatrice 

 and their heirs, and these lands William 

 endeavoured to recover. Robert de 

 Anderton and Mabel de Bradshagh were 

 also defendants ; Assize R. 424, m. 8 d. 

 See also 425, m. i ; 426, m, 9. 



In 13 1 5 Simon de Holland had com- 

 plained that Henry de Atherton, Beatrice 

 his wife, Adam son of Hugh de Hindley, 

 Robert son of the said Adam, Gilbert de 

 Culcheth and Hugh de Culcheth had in 

 1310-11 come with swords, bows and 

 arrows, and taken his corn, barley, oats 

 and other goods. Simon alleged that he 

 held the custody of the manor during the 

 minority of the heir of Thomas de 

 Anderton by grant of Alan de BurnhuII, 

 of whom Thomas had held by homage, 

 fealty, and scutage, paying 5^. to a 

 Bcutage of 40J, ; De Banco R. 212, m. 

 322 d. 



William de Anderton contributed to 

 the subsidy in 1332; Exch. Lay Subs. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 43. 



^ At the beginning of 1370 she ob- 

 tained licence for her oratory at Ander- 

 ton ; Lich. Epis. Reg. v, fol, 22. In 

 the same year she was plaintiff against 

 William de Pilaworth j De Banco R. 440, 

 m. 304 d. 



* In 1420 Thurstan de Anderton, 

 Agnes his wife and Oliver his son made 

 an exchange of lands in Anderton with 

 Adam de Lever, Margaret his wife and 

 William his son ; Lever Chartul. (Add. 

 MS. 32103), no. 114- 



Thurstan de Anderton was present at 



the battle of Agincourt ; Nicolas, Agin- 

 courty 375. The name also occurs in 

 1387 and 1396-7 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc), i, 10, 64 i also in 1404, 1410 and 

 1424 ; Final Cone, in^ 67, 69, 123. These 

 may all refer to the same person ; and 

 Thurstan was also witness to a deed in 

 1432 ; Towneley MS, GG, no. 1945. 

 From a pleading of 1446 it appears that 

 Thurstan was dead in that year ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Plea R. 6, m. 15 d. 



* Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 5, m. 13 d. 

 They were married as early as 1432 j 

 Towneley MS. GG, no. 2214. Ellen 

 widow of Oliver occurs in 1466 ; Dep. 

 Keeper^sRep, xl, App. 543. 



^ Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc, Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 87-100 j Trans. Hist. Soc. (new 

 sen), vi, 1 8 1. Mr. Henry Ince Ander- 

 ton has given the editors assistance in 

 tracing the descent of the family. 



^ Matneeestre, iii, 478. Thurstan held 

 the manor of the lord of Manchester by 

 the ancient services. 



S Thurstan Anderton, 'esquire,' was 

 living in Jan. 15 15-16 ; Towneley 

 MS. GG, no. 2047. He is probably the 

 Thurstan Anderton, ' gent.,' who died on 

 the following 6 May ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. iv, no. 72. 



^ The date of the pleadings, of which 

 the text is a brief abstract. The dispute 

 was as to Ellen de Kenyon's inheritance 

 in Healey, 



With this Oliver the recorded pedigree 

 begins. Anderton was held of the manor 

 of Manchester by the fourth part of a 

 knight's fee, paying 95. 6d. for castle 

 ward, giving puture, and doing suit at 

 Easter and October at Manchester ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Sess. P. Lent 29 Hen. VIIL 



^^ Duchy of Lane. Inq, p.m. xi, no. 6y, 

 A settlement of the manor was made in 

 1554 by Peter Anderton ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 15, m. loi. Further 

 arrangements were made in 1556 and 

 1557 (Ibid, bdle 19, m. 16) in conjunc- 

 tion with James son and heir-apparent of 

 Peter. These are noticed in the inqui- 

 sition, which states that James died before 

 his father without a son. 



Peter Anderton's will (P.C.C. 36 

 Carew), dated 15 April 1559, was not 

 proved till 1576. He desired to be 



221 



buried ' at Blackrod Church, betwixt 

 Elizabeth his wife and the high altar,* 

 and left ,^5 to Edward Whittill to say 

 mass one year at Blackrod for his soul, 

 &c. ; he also bequeathed 20J. to the same 

 church, 6s. %d. to RIvington Church and 

 13^. ^d. to Horwich Chapel. 



" Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 55, 

 m. 212. The property concerned con- 

 sisted of twenty messuages, three mills, 

 &c. ; the plaintifFin the fine was Reginald 

 Mather. 



^^ Misc, (Rec. Soc, Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 244. 



^^ Exch. L.T.R. Rec. Roll 2, 35 & 

 36 Eliz. 5 Pat. 1721, 5 Jas. I, pt. i. 



^^ Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 168. In 1631 he paid ^10 on refusing 

 knighthood; ibid. 214. 



^^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, 

 no. 16. There is recited the marriage 

 settlement of the younger WUHam Ander- 

 ton and Magdalen daughter of Thomas 

 Lacon of LInley, Salop. 



^^ The Inventory at Chester is dated 

 I May 1640 ; information of Mr. Ander- 

 ton. 



1' Index of Royalists (Index Soc), 

 41. 



18 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 84-6. Some par- 

 ticulars of the estate are given. In 

 1653 mortgages of the estate were made 

 by William Anderton and William his 

 son and heir ; Anderton deeds (Mrs. 

 Tempest's abstract). In one of the deeds 

 a lane from Grimesford Bridge to Head- 

 less Cross is mentioned. A John Anderton 

 of Anderton is found on the Parliamentary 

 side ; Ci'uil War Tracts (Chet. Soc), 

 -252. 



^3 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc), p. 4. 

 About that time William and Roger 

 Anderton were convicted recusants ; Misc. 

 (Cath. Rec. Soc), ^, 92. 



^^ Anderton deeds (Mrs. Tempest's 

 abstracts). 



^' Ibid. Peter is described as ' of 

 London, dyer.' See also Pal. of Lane 

 Feet of F. bdles. 181, m. 78 ; 289, jn. 

 93. Roger Anderton brother of Peter 

 * riding from Ormskirk races fell dead 

 from his horse* in 1668; Trans, Hist. 

 Soc. xxxvi, 45-6. 



