A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



of BickerstafFe. In 1 590 he joined his brothers 



Lawrence and George in the alienation of the estate 



to Edward Walmsley, gent./' younger son of Thomas 



Walmsley of Showley, esq., 



who died in 1604 seised of 



' Darwyn Hall,' otherwise 



Banister Hall, which he held 



of Thomas Langton, kt., in 



socage, leaving Thomas his 



son aged nine and a-half 



Bf^ 



m 



years. 



Thomas married 



V^ 



Walmsley. GuUs on 

 a chief ermine t^wo hurts. 



Frances daughter of Edward 

 Stanley of Moor HaU, by 

 whom he had an only daughter 

 Anne, the wife of RadclifFe 

 Hoghton. She died in 1641 

 seised of this estate, her uncle 



Edward Walmsley being her heir." In 1649 he 

 obtained the discharge of the estate from seque^tra- 

 tion, he having been in ' the first war ' ; his fine was 

 ^^114. In 1655 he petitioned for the discharge of 

 other lands in Walton sequestere 1 for the recusancy 

 of Frances wife of his brother Thomas Walmsley, 

 she being then recently dead.^" He held the hall 

 and demesne in 1662 under a free rent of i%d. to 

 the lord of the honor of ditheroe,'' and died in 

 1673, when his nephew William W'inckley of 

 Billington succeeded to the estate as eldest surviving 

 son and heir of Thomas Winckley by his wife Rosa- 

 mond eldest daughter of Edward Walmsley the 

 elder. He m.irried Isabel daughter of Robert and 

 sister and co-heir of WilHam Elston of Brockholes. 

 Upon his death in 1703 he wa^ succeeded by his 

 eldest surviving son Edward,^- who sold the estate 

 in 1739 to John Atherton 

 of Preston, who devised it by 

 will in 1768 to his son John. 



The estate was purchased 

 about iSoo by William 

 Assheton of Downham and 

 Cuerdale, whose great-grand- 

 son Mr. Ralph Cockayne 

 Assheton of Downham is the 

 present owner. 



The south front of the old 

 hall has been rebuilt in brick, 

 but the original exterior 

 remains on the north side. 



LITTLE M'ALTOy. This estate was probably 



Assheton of Down- 

 ham. Argent n mullet 

 pierced sable. 



created by a feoffmjnt of one of the early lord- of 

 Walton. William de WaltoM,''' living in 1253, was 

 father of Geoffrey, whose son John had a grant from 

 William son of Gilbert de Brockhol^ of lands in 

 Walton, which the latter held by the feoffment of 

 Robert Banastre for 5/. 6<i. rent."^ In 1327 William 

 son of Geoffrey de Walton was pardoned for the 

 de.ith of Richard Torbock. John de Walton contri- 

 buted to the subsidy levied in 1332,''' and died about 

 1348, leaving issue William his heir and Henry, 

 clerk to Earl Henry of Lancaster and Archdeacon of 

 Richmond from 1349 to 1359. William de Walton 

 recovered possession of a third 

 part of the manor of Huyton 

 in I 358, was living in 1376, 

 when he vested his lands in 

 Walton and Cuerden in 

 trustees, and left issue Henry 

 — who contributed to the 

 poll tax of 1379, had licence 

 in 1383 for his oratory at 

 Walton,'' and died without 

 issue — and John, who nego- 

 tiated a marriage for his son 

 William in 1396-7 to Emma 

 daughter of Thomas Bradley 

 of Chippingdale." William 

 the son was still a minor in 1401, and died without 

 issue, his brother Henry continuing the succession. 

 He was an out-burgess at Preston gild in 1415, 

 brought a plea in 1448 against John Bradley of 

 Chipping, gent.,'" and had issue James who married, 

 before 1467, Joan younger daughter of Nicholas 

 Singleton, and was an out-burgess at Preston gild in 



Richard eldest son of James Walton married 

 Elizabeth daughter of James Moresby before 1490 

 and died in 15 19, when William his son and heir 

 paid relief at the court of Walton for his lands in 

 Walton and Cuerden. '^^ He died about 1552, 

 leaving by Joan his wife Thomas, his successor, who 

 survived his father only a few )'car^, and died about 

 December 1555, having had issue by Jane his wife 

 a son William, whose wardship was sold to Thomas 

 Langton, kt., in January 1556. William Walton 

 was an out-burgess at the Preston gilds in 1562, 

 and, with sons Thomas and William, in 1582 and 

 1602 ; he was assessed to the subsidy granted in i 599 

 in respect of his lands here/*^* and died soon after 



Walton. Argtnt a 

 cheueron g'llf^ bcriveen 

 three falconi heads erastJ 

 sable. 



^7 Guild R. ^i \ Harl. MS. 1549 ; PaL 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 52, m. izg. 

 The estate was described as consisting of 

 twenty messuages, 470 acres of land, 

 pasture, &c., and 40J. rent in Walton. 



^^ Lanes. Jn^. p.m. (Rcc. See. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 29. 



^^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xix, 13. 

 Thos. Walmsley of Banister Hall, gent., 

 died in 1637 and was burled at Low 

 church- His will is In Lanes. Pfllls (Chet. 

 Soc. old ser. liv), 193. 



^ CaL Com. for Comp, iii, 2037. 



" Hon. of Clitheroe Surv. MS. 



«3 Piccope MS. Pedigrees (Chet. Lib.), 

 ii, 287; also deeds, &c, ibid, iii, 218, 

 264, 400. Among the Forfeited Estates 

 Papers (W 36) is a decree of 1718 reject- 

 ing the claim of Thomas Winckley on 

 behalf of Thomas Winckley, a minor. 

 This claim set forth that Edward Winck- 

 ley had in 1700 released to Thomas 

 Winckley the son the capital messuage 



called Banister Hall, &c., Swanscy House 

 in Whittle and other lands. 



^ Among the Walton deeds in Harl. 

 MS. 2042, fol. 165, are a number relat- 

 ing to the manor of Grendon (co. Staff.). 

 About 1368 William de Walton of 

 Grendon granted his manor of Grendon 

 to John Curteys and others; ibid. 165. 

 He sealed with a lion rampant. 



" Curia Reg. R. 149, m. 1 1 ; Walton 

 D. K-uerden MSS. ColL of Arms, iii, W 

 49. Many deeds relating to this family 

 will be found in HarL MS. 2042, fol. 

 163A sqq. and Kuerden's MSS. iii, W 

 1-80. 



^ CaL Pat. 1327-30, p. 186; Exch. 

 Lay Subs. (Rec Soc Lanes, and Ches.), 78. 



^ Cat. Close, 1346—9, p. 521 ; Hogh- 

 ton D. ; Lich. Epis. Reg. Stretton, v, 

 fol. 36A. Letters dimissory were granted 

 in 1367 to Henry de Walton, literate, 

 to all orders ; ibid. i8i. 



67 Walton D. W 40 ; Kuerdcn foL 



294 



MS. (Chet. Lib.), fol. 55. In 1401 

 John son of William de Walton and 

 others were bound to Thomas Bradley of 

 Chippingdale in 40 marlcs to secure to 

 him the wardship of William son of John 

 son of William de Walton j HarU MS. 

 2042, foL i6$b. 



^ Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 11, m. 6d. ; 



35. m- 5d. 



«8a In 1460 the* heir of John of Walton 

 in le Daylc' gave puture to the shcrirt ; 

 MS. at Huntroyde. 



«» Walton D. W 80, W 84 in Kucrdcn 

 MSS. (Coll. of Arms], iii. 



Richard Walton passed his lands in 

 Walton and Cuerden to feoffees in 1492 ; 

 D. penes Mr. Vawdrcy, 



John younger son of Richard Walton 

 was of Kembill and Lacock (co. Wilts.) ; 

 Genealogist (new 9er.), xiii, 27. 



^o Walton D. W 86-97 ; Guild R. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 27, 42, $7; 

 Lay Subs. Lancs. bdle. 131, no. 274* 



