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STANDISH 



family,* which retained possession until the time of 

 Edward IV, when the manor was purchased by Sir 

 Thomas Stanley,' and descended with Lathom * for 

 more than a century. In 1600 William Earl of 

 Derby sold it to Edward Rigby of Burgh in Duxbury,* 

 in whose family it remained for some time.* In 

 1755 it was in the possession of a family named 

 Livesey,^ and was in 1820 sold to John Hodson of 



Ellerbecic in Duxbury,' and has in the same way 

 as that estate descended to the trustees of the late 

 Lord Cardwell, who are said to be lords of the manor 

 of Coppull.® 



A younger branch of the Coppull family ended in 

 co-heiresses" — Isabel, who married William Nightin- 

 gale,'** and Cecily, who married John de Charnock of 

 the Bank in Charnock." 



At the Dissolution the lands appear to 

 have been held by Hugh Hay dock by a 

 rent of p. — 'late the inheritance of — 

 Perbronte * is added — and James Glller, 

 who paid 6ii. ; Duchy of Lane. Rentals 

 and Surv. bdle. 4, no. 6, d & ^. 



' A number of brief abstracts of the 

 deeds are in Kuerden MSS. iii, C 33. 



Thomas de CophuU has already been 

 mentioned as living in 121 3, and Richard 

 his son as a benefactor of Burscough. 

 John de Coppull occurs from 1242 to 

 1254 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 149, 193. 



In 1275 Agnes widow of John de 

 Coppull claimed dower against John son of 

 John de Coppull, holding a messuage and 

 12 acres, and against others j De Banco 

 R. 20, m. 18. In 1276 John son of 

 John de Coppull claimed a tenement in 

 Coppull against William de Worthington ; 

 Assize R. 405, m. i. Later, in 1282, 

 John son of Richard de Coppull claimed 

 land in Coppull against John son of John 

 de Coppull \ De Banco R. 47, m, 126 d. 



At the same time John son of Richard 

 de Coppull was called to warrant in dis- 

 putes concerning land in Coppull ; ibid. 

 45, m. igd. ; 47, m. 25. Henry de 

 Coppull was called to warrant in another 

 case ; ibid. John son of Richard de 

 Coppull granted half the marsh in Coppull 

 and Worthington to Adam son of Ralph 

 and Amery his wife ; Kuerden MSS. iii, 

 C 33. Roger de Bolton and Joan his wife 

 daughter of John de Coppull in the time 

 of Edward I granted land in Coppull to 

 Henry de Burgh at the rent of a barbed 

 arrow and 6d. ; B.M. Add. Chart. 8491, 

 &c. 



John de Coppull occurs in 1293 ; Inq. 

 and Extents, i, 281. In 1322 he made a 

 settlement of the manor of Coppu'l, with 

 remainders to his grandson John (son of 

 Richard), who had married Alice, and to 

 his own sons John and Thomas and to 

 Robert son of Emma Risserasse ; Final 

 Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 47. 



John the grandson died before July 

 1354, and one daughter, Clemency, having 

 died without issue, and the other, Margery 

 wife of Adam de Tyldesley, being adjudged 

 illegitimate, the manor was claimed by 

 John son of John de Coppull against 

 Adam son of Henry de Tyldesley and 

 Hugh de Worthington ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 3, m. v d. j 4, m. 10. The 

 plaintiff in this case was called * the 

 elder.* He was defendant in later suits, 

 e.g. in 1358 one by his brother Thomas 

 (Assize R. 438, m. 14) and In 1360 by 

 Nicholas le Norreys, at the same time as 

 Hugh le Norreys (as son and heir of 

 Maud daughter of John de Coppull) 

 brought one against Henry son of John 

 de Coppull ; Duchy of Lane, Assize R. 

 7, m. 5, 6. 



In 1362 Hugh son of William dc 

 Worthington claimed the custody of a 

 moiety of the manor of Coppull by reason 

 of the minority of John son of John son 

 of John de Coppull; De Banco R. 411, 

 m. j6. Four years later John son of 

 John de Coppull was contracted to marry 



Emma daughter of John son of Robert 

 de Heskin ; Kuerden MSS. iii, C 33. 

 John and Emma his wife are mentioned 

 as late as 1 398 ; ibid. 



The other moiety of the manor pro- 

 bably remained with Worthington. 



John de Coppull made a feoffment of 

 the manor in 1382-3, and this was re- 

 granted to him or his successor of the 

 same name in 1398 ; Kuerden, loc. cit. 

 About the same time (20 Hen. IV, pro- 

 bably for 2") William son of John de 

 Coppull was engaged to marry Alice 

 daughter of William de Bredklrk (?) ; ibid. 

 A feoffment of the manor was made in 

 1412-13 by William de Coppull with 

 lands in Coppull, Worthington, Ecclcston, 

 Heskin, Wrightington, Chorley and 

 Pleasington ; and In 1429-30 the estate 

 was regranted to him and his issue with 

 remainders to Richard, Edmund, Robert, 

 John, Henry, James and Thomas Cop- 

 pull, all bastards, and to Maud Coppull ; 

 ibid. A new feoffment was made in 

 1432-3 ; ibid. 



Again In 1441-23 feoffment was made 

 by William Coppull and Isabel his wife ; 

 ibid. William was perhaps the son and 

 heir of the preceding William, for he is 

 called 'William CoppuUson,' and in 

 1453-4 brothers Richard and Gilbert arc 

 named ; ibid. A further settlement was 

 made in 1458-9 by the agency of William 

 Harrington of Westleigh ; the remainders 

 were to William son of William and 

 Isabel, to Richard son of William the 

 elder, for the life of Gilbert son of William 

 the younger, to John son of William the 

 elder, and lastly to the right heirs of 

 William son of William ; ibid. 



^ William son of William Coppull sold 

 all his father's lands in Coppull, Duxbury 

 and Chorley to Sir Thomas Stanley In 

 1 46 1, and releases were made by Isabel 

 widow of William Coppull and by William 

 Harrington; ibid. As late as 1553, how- 

 ever, a release was made by one William 

 Coppull to Edward Earl of Derby ; Ibid. 



^ Thomas second Earl of Derby In 

 1508 granted the manor of Coppull to 

 Sir Edward Stanley, afterwards Lord 

 Mounteagle, for life. The manor was in 

 1 521 stated (erroneously) to be held of 

 the king as of his duchy by the service of 

 a knight's fee ; It was worth ^^30 a year ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 68. A 

 similar statement as to the tenure was 

 recorded in the inquisition after the death 

 of Ferdlnando fifth earl in 1595 ; Add. 

 MS. 32104, fol. 425^. 



James Browne, lessee of the earl, 

 occurs in 1590; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. 

 Com.), HI, 213, 412, &c. 



■* Notes of the deeds are in Kuerden, 

 ut sup, 



Edward Rigby purchased messuages and 

 lands in Coppull in 1594 from John 

 Crosse, Alice his wife and Richard his 

 son ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 56, 

 m. 163. 



Edward Rigby of Burgh and Layton in 

 1627 held the manor of Coppull, but the 

 tenure was unknown ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq, p.m. xxvl, no. 5. 



225 



* The manor is named In Rigby 

 settlements in 1655 and 1681 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 157, m. 93 ; 206, 

 m. 32. 



^ In a fine respecting the manor of 

 Coppull and twenty messuages, two dove- 

 houses, land, meadow, &c., In Coppull, 

 Shevington and OrrcU the plaintiffs were 

 Richard and Thomas Livescy and the 

 deforciants Robert Livesey, Anne his 

 wife, Jane and Margaret Pearson j Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F, bdle. 355, m. 101. 



John Pearson Livesey was vouchee In 

 a recovery of * the manor or reputed 

 manor' of Coppull in 1803; Pal. of 

 Lane. Aug. Assizes, 43 Geo. Ill, roll 8. 

 Thomas William Bridge and his wife 

 were deforciants in a fine of 1808 ; Ibid. 

 Lent Assizes, 48 Geo. III. 



' Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), Iii, 516 ; 

 Raines in Notitia Cestr. ii, 395. 



® See the account of Duxbury. 



^ Thomas son of John de Coppull is 

 named in the fine of 1322 already cited. 

 He left a son John and the two daughters 

 named In the text. John made a grant of 

 lands in 1360 j Kuerden MSS. ill, C 33. 

 In 1365 Ellen widow of John de Bolton 

 recovered lands and rent in Coppull 

 against John son of Thomas de Coppul'i 

 Amice the widow of Thomas, Henry son 

 of William Blbby and John de Ugnall j De 

 Banco R. 419, m. 155 ; 423, m. 319 d. 



John had died without Issue before 

 1374, when his sisters Isabel and Cecily 

 were in possession ; De Banco R. 454, 

 m, 130. 



'" The name was formerly spelt Nighte- 

 gale, and the family occurs frequently In 

 the district. Roger de Kendal and Mabel 

 his wife in 1319 claimed dower In a toft 

 in Worthington against John Nightin- 

 gale ; ibid. 231, m. 6. Henry son of 

 John Nightingale was one of the defen- 

 dants in a claim by Adam son of Adam 

 del Head In 13 13-14; Assize R. 424, 

 m. 6 d. In 1326 John son of Adam del 

 Head, a minor, was plaintiff respecting 

 lands In Worthington against John 

 Nightingale ; De Banco R. 264, m. 265. 



In the Worthington of Blainscough 

 abstract are several deeds referring to a 

 branch of the Nightingale family. Thus 

 Adam son of Adam de Blainscough gave 

 land to Richard de Llnacre, who trans- 

 ferred It to Henry de Nightingale, and 

 Henry made a settlement of his lands 

 with final remainder to Henry Nightin- 

 gale the elder, Henry son of John 

 Nightingale had a grant of lands in 13 16 

 and John Nightingale in 1347. 



" The Charnocks had previously held 

 land in Coppull, for in 1351 Thomas 

 de Coppull purchased two messuages 

 and 20 acres in Worthington and Coppull 

 from John son of Adam Hulcockson 

 de Charnock and Alice his wife ; Final 

 Cone, ii, 131. 



In 1374 Henry son of William dc 

 Burgh claimed a tenement in Coppull 

 against John son of John de Charnock 

 and Cecily his wife ; De Banco R. 453, 

 m. 151 d. ; 456, m. 326. John and Cecily 

 made a settlement of their estate in 1391; 



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