A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



One of them was the heir of Blainscough, Thomas 

 Worth ington, who married a niece of Cardinal 

 Allen. He found it advisable to take refuge abroad, 

 and died an exile at Louvain in 1619.' His son 

 and heir William, also a convicted recusant,* ad- 

 hered to the king's cause in the Civil War, and 

 lost his estate for the time, it being sequestered.' 

 A pedigree was recorded in 1 664,* but the 

 family fell into an obscurity easily accounted for 

 by this outline of their story,* Blainscough was 



sold to Richard Holt of Wlgan in 1732/ a"^ >° 

 1836 was the property of George Case of Liver- 

 pool.' 



The Torbocks at one time claimed a lordship in 

 CoppuU,^ and among others connected with the 

 township were the families of Nc\ill,* Prescot,*" 

 Ugnall," Wetshnw," Perburn '* and Haydock.'* 

 Birkacre was in the 13th century granted to William 

 de Worthington.'* In more recent times it belonged 

 to the Chadwicks." Lands in Coppull were also 



* His children were bom in Louvain ; 

 8CC ped. in Foley, op. cit. ii, 132. One 

 of his sons became a priest and two 

 daughters nuns. See Chronicle of St. 

 Monica' Sf Lowvairty i, I 54 ; at the end of 

 the volume is a pedigree of the family, 

 and a portrait of Thomas's wife Mary 

 Allen is also given. There are some 

 further particulars of the family in vol. ii 

 of the Chronicle. In 1597 two-thirds of 

 his lands were taken into the queen's 

 hands for his recusancy and * contempt in 

 going out of the land into the parts be- 

 yond the seas* ; Abstract. He received a 

 pardon on the accession of James I. 



He died in 1619 holding certain 

 messuages, ScCj in Coppull of Edward 

 Rigby by the rent of zs. 9*/. and a pair of 

 white gloves, and others ol Thomas 

 Worthington by is. rent ; also J rood ol 

 land there of the king by the 200th part 

 of a knight's fee ■ with other lands. 

 William his son was seventeen years old. 

 Mary his wife, and \ ount:cr children, 

 Richard, Anne, and Mjt), were living. 

 Dorothy, hit mother, W3s living at 

 Coppull j Lanci. Iri(f. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Ljni.H. and Chca.), ii, 172-4. 



' WiJiam Worthmgton obtained a 

 general pardon on the accession of 

 Charles I ; Abstract. He was a con- 

 victed recusant in 1628 ; A//if. (Rec. Soc. 

 LjncB. and Ches.), i, 167. 



^ Cal. C..m. fjT Comp. in, 2363-5. 

 William Wurthington in 1652 asserted 

 that he was 'not liable to sequestration 

 save for rccusanc)*,' but he was required 

 to pro\e * thjt he was not in arms when 

 taken prisoner at Omnkirk, and that he 

 was under power of the enemy when he 

 maintained a man in Wigan garrison for 

 him.' He seems to hjvc died before 

 June 16^^. 



* Diipli e, I'iiit. 341. Thomas the 

 son ol Wiiliam was then aged twenty- 

 eight, and had a son William, who died 

 without i=3ue, and was succeeded by his 

 brother Richard. 



^ The list of * popish recusants ' 

 drawn up in 1-06 by the rector of 

 Standish contains this entry under Cop- 

 pull : ' Mr. \\'orthington, his wltc, his 

 son, and three children. His son in 

 prison and estate much indebted ' ; Tram, 

 Hut. Soc. (new ser.), xix-xx, 24 i. See 

 also Payne, Rec. Engl. Cath. 140. 



Thomas Worthington (i6-i-i7;4), a 

 son of the Thomas of 1664, Prior of the 

 Dominican house of Bomhem, is noticed 

 in Did. yjr. B.'og. 



** Richard Worthington (son and heir 

 of Thomas) seems to have mortgaged the 

 hall to Robert Holt in 1-17-22 ; Pic- 

 cope MSS. (Chct. L.b.), iii, 210, from 

 2nd 5th R. of Geo. I at Preston. The 

 sale was completed in 1732 by Thomas 

 Worthington son and heir of Richard j 

 ibid, iii, 2^.6, from a roll of Geo. II. 



According to the pedigree In the 

 Louvain Chromde (cited above), R. chard 

 Worthingtua was oulhwcd as a Jjcobitc, 



and his son Thomas , having sold the estate 

 in 1732, died at Hooton in 1742. 



' Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 516. 



^ Ellen de Torbock in 1302, as repre- 

 sentative of Jordan de Sankey of Whittle, 

 who had purchased 3 acres in Worthing- 

 ton, claimed common of pasture against 

 William son of Thomas de Worthington, 

 John de Coppull and Henry de Ugnall ; 

 Assize R- 418, m. 4 d. In 1308-9 John 

 de Chisnall, a poor man, claimed a piece 

 of land against Ellen de Torbock, Richard 

 her son and others ; Ellen, in defence, 

 stated that she claimed nothing but lord- 

 ship ; Assize R. 423, m, 1. 



William Cartes and Emma his wife in 

 1352 claimed the wardship of the heir of 

 John de Chisnall, with lands in Whittle, 

 Worthington and Coppull, against Hugh 

 and Henry sons of Adam de Tyldesley ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 5. See 

 also Final Cone, ii, 139. 



^ Edmund de Nevill claimed a 

 messuage and tw o plough-lands in 

 Worthington against Mabel de Haigh in 

 1318, when William de Bradshagh, 

 William de Worthington and Ellen de 

 Rockley put in claims ; Fina! Cone, ii, 

 28. In 1279 Margaret widow of Richard 

 son of John de * Worlington ' had claimed 

 a tenement against Henry de Rockley and 

 Ellen his wife ; De Banco R. 29, m. 23. 

 Joan daughter of Henry de Rockley in 

 1320 granted to Roger de Chisnall the 

 lower meadow and other lands in 

 Worthington ; Standish D. (Mrs. Tem- 

 pest's abstracts), no. 32. 



Robert le Nurreys and Maud his wife 

 in 1325 claimed a messuage and land in 

 Worthington ; De Banco R. 258, m. 

 271 d. 



'" Roger de Chisnall in 1341 granted 

 2 acres in Worthington and Coppull to 

 Robert de Present, one by Crowlache and 

 the other by the Cloughs ; Add. MS. 

 32107, no. 379. 



Robert and Isabel his wife had a son 

 Edmund, whose son James de Preacot in 

 144; claimed a messuage and lands in 

 Coppull against Hugh de Worthington 

 and others ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 8, m. 

 29^. A grant by Edmund de Prescot in 

 13-3 of a rent from his lands in Coppull, 

 Worthington and Eccleston in Prescot 

 is in Add. MS. 32107, no. 367, 



Richard Prescott, yeoman, died in 

 1631 holding messuages in Coppull, one 

 being called 'Haultes House,' held partly 

 of William Worthington of Worthington 

 by a rent of 41. and partly of Alexander 

 Rigby of Bur^h by a rent of 3J, 4^. The 

 co-heirs were Margaret wife of Richard 

 Crook, aged thirty ; Isabel Prescott, aged 

 twenty-seven ; Elizabeth and Dorothy, 

 daughters of Robert Wathew, aged nine 

 and seven respectively ; Duchy of Lane, 

 Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 73. The above-named 

 Richard Crook, who married Margaret 

 daLghter of Richard Prescott in 1630, died 

 in 1637 holding * Hoit House* and lands 

 in Coppull of Alexander Rigby ; it had 



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been purchased by Richard Prescott from 

 Edmund Holt of Shevington. William 

 Crook the son and heir was six yean 

 old ; Towncley MS. C 8, i 3 (Chct. Lib.), 

 p. 255. 



Some further notes of the family will 

 be found in the accounts of neighbouring 

 townships. Some members were bene- 

 factors to the parish church. 



" Thomas de Uggcnhale paid to the 

 subsidy in 1332 j Exch. Lay Subs. 49. 



Robert Ugnall was a plaintiff in 1446 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 9, m. ik 



A settlement of messuages, &c, in 

 Coppull, Chorley and Eccleston was made 

 by Robert Ugnall in 1520, the remainder 

 being to the male issue of Roger Ugnall ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdlc. 11, m. 

 209. The estate was claimed in 1536 

 by Roger Ugnall against Robert Lucas, 

 Cecily his wife, Lawrence Pilkington 

 and Alice his wife ; Agnes the widow of 

 Robert Ugnall was living; ibid, m. 37. 

 Geoffrey Pilkington and Elizabeth his 

 wife had a messuage and land in Coppull 

 in 1565 ; ibid. bdle. 27, m. 94. P'or a 

 suit respecting Old Ugnall in 15^8 sec 

 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 289. 



'* Richard Worthington of Wetshaw 

 made complaints about breaking into his 

 houses, waylaying him, &c., about 1443, 

 and several members of the Wetshaw 

 family were concerned in these and other 

 suits ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 5, m. 2 ; 6, 

 m. 2, i()b. 



'^ From what has been stated above it 

 seems that Perburn was the property ot 

 Burscough Priory. The resident family 

 seem to have taken a name from it and 

 occur from time to time. 



Hugh de Perburn of Coppull was in 

 1346 pardoned on going into the king's 

 service ; Cal. Pat. 1345-8, p. 122. 



In 1371 Margery widow of Robert son 

 of Robert son of Hugh de Perburn 

 claimed dower in Coppull and Standish 

 against Thomas son of Robert dc Per- 

 burn ; De Banco R. 443, m, i8zd. ; 

 450, m. 2ij d. 



'* The Haydocks became tenants ol 

 Perburn. A settlement of lands in Cop- 

 pull and Langtree was in 1589 made by 

 Roger Haydock, Margaret his wife and 

 William Haydock ; Pal. of Lane. Feet ol 

 F. bdle, 51, m, 222. John Haydock was 

 a freeholder in 1600; Mtse. {Kcc. Soc, 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 245. He died in 

 1622, leaving a son and heir Roger, seven 

 years old ; the tenure of his land in Cop- 

 pull was not known ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 314. 



^'•' Standish D. (Mrs. Tempest's ab- 

 stracts), no. z. Richard de Charnock 

 was the grantor ; his sister Ellen had 

 married William de Worthington. The 

 bounds were the stream of Culman- 

 clough, Wetlachc, Burysclough and the 

 stream of Yarrow. 



>« See Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. 

 i, 445 ; John Wilson, I'eriei and S'An^ 

 71. The will of John Chad wick ul 



