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1610. Thomas his heir married Priscilla daughter 

 and heir of John Cottam of Tarnacre, and died 

 in l6ig, leaving William, who was an out-burgess at 

 the gild of 1622, with sons William, John and 

 James, and grandsons Thomas and Christopher, sons 

 of William the younger." William Walton died 

 shortly before 1626, when his heir was assessed to 

 the subsidy granted i Charles I for his lands here. 



William Walton was an out-burgess at Preston 

 gild in 1642, with brother John, son Thomas and 

 grandson John. He died a few years later. His 

 son Thomas suffered the sequestration of his estates 

 for recusancy, but obtained a lease of two-thirds from 

 the county commissioners in 1 6 5 3 .^' He paid hearth 

 tax in 1 666 upon five hearths. Mortgaging his estate 

 in 1682 to John Leigh of Preston, he failed to 

 redeem it and was obliged to alienate." Dr. 

 Kuerden, as quoted above, notes ' the ancient seat 

 of Walton of Little Walton, but now belonging to 

 Mr. Ratclifte Ashton, son of Mr. Ashton of Cuer- 

 dale.' " The estate has since descended in the line 

 of Assheton of Downham and Cuerdale, like Banister 

 Hall. 



The house at Little Walton, or Bamber Bridge, is 

 an ancient structure with central porch and gabled 

 wings, the walls showing traces of a timber frame- 

 work. On the entrance gate-post is the date 1675. 



There were numerous offshoots from this family, 

 including the Waltons of Marsden Hall, of Midge 

 Hall in Myerscough, of Preston, and of Little Hoole. 



The family of Haydock and their successors, the 

 Leghs, long held lands here. Thurstan Banastre 



MJ7 



Havdock. Argent a 

 cross sable, in dexter 

 chief ajleur de its of the 

 last. 



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Legh. Gules a crots 

 tngrailed argent* 



gave Bradley in Walton to Henry de Bispham son of 

 Warine de Walton, who regranted it to William son 

 of Adam de Praers. Robert Banastre gave land by 

 Bradley Brook to his clerk Philip of Chester, which 

 Avice de Raby daughter and heir of John the clerk 

 of Chester gave to William de Praers shortly before 



1298, when Praers gave the whole estate to Matthew 

 son of Gilbert de Haydock." The estate descended 

 like Haydock and Bradley in Burtonwood, and was 

 held by the Leghs in the 1 6th century of the Langtons 

 for 6s. 1,1. rent and -Jib. of cummin.™ A John 

 Legh was assessed to tax in 1666 upon three hearths, 

 and in 1662 the heirs of Legh paid a puture rent of 

 IS. to the honor of Clitheroe." 



A portion of the estate appears to have passed to 

 Richard le Serjeant of Walton, about 1 400, by his 

 marriage with Amabel daughter and heir of Hugh 

 de Haydock. The estate of Law House was in the 

 possession of the Serjeant family in 146 1.'" The 

 name is of frequent occurrence until the middle of 

 the 17th century. Before 1650 Richard Serjeant 

 of Middleforth died possessed of Hanshaw Hall 

 in Walton, which passed to his seven daughters and 

 co-heirs. In 1662 the heirs of Richard Serjeant paid 

 lifd. puture rent to the honor of Clitheroe for 

 ' Manehouse ' — that is, Mosney House." Leonard 

 Serjeant, descended from another branch of this 

 family, died in 1640, leaving several daughters his 

 co-heirs, of whom Katherine was the wife of Richard 

 Sharrock. William Sharrock, probably a kinsman of 

 Richard, suffered forfeiture for recusancy, but peti- 

 tioned in 1653 for a reversal, alleging that 'God by 

 His marvellous light has discovered to your petitioner 

 the deep and erroneous ways of the Popish religion 

 wherein he was bred.' He had taken the oath of 

 abjuration, and was a frequenter at church.™ 



LOSTOCK HJLL. An estate which took name 

 from the River Lostock was in the possession of a 

 family bearing the name temp. Edward IL It de- 

 scended to James de Lostock, living 1332 and 1350, 

 whose daughter Magote, or Margery, may have 

 brought it in marriage to a Banastre, for John 

 Banastre was described as of Lostock from 1402 to 

 1429, William and his sons John and Richard in 

 1459, John 1469 to 1479, and William in 

 1504.*' In 1548 Richard Banastre conveyed tene- 

 ments in Walton, Preston and Lea to Thomas Fleet- 

 wood, gent., and Barbara his wife. In 1 561 Mr. 

 Fleetwood passed the manor of Lostock in Walton 

 to feoffees, who reconveyed it in 15 74 to William 

 Fleetwood son of Thomas by his second wife Bridget 

 Spring. William Fleetwood sold the manor with a 

 free fishery in Lostock Watei to Roger Burscough, 

 who conveyed it in 1595 to Peter Burscough, gent.,*^ 

 and he in turn in 1 6 1 i passed it to Thomas 

 Burscough, who died in 1616 seised of Lostock 

 Hall, holden of Richard Hoghton, bart., by l6s. 

 rent, leaving issue an only daughter Elizabeth, aged 

 eighteen months.*^ In 1662 Andrew Dandie paid 



'1 yhit. (Chet. Soc. Ixixii), 100 ; In- 

 vent, at Chester ; Guild ij. 83. 



" Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 131, no. 317; 

 Guild R. 118; Cal. Com. for Comf. iv, 

 3131. In 1655 Thomas Anderton of 

 Horwich petitioned for the discharge of 

 part of the estate of which he was trustee 

 for Thomas Walton's brother Christopher, 

 then deceased, and sister Dorothy ; 

 ibid. 



'^ Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 250, no. 9 ; 

 Abram, Blackburn, 730. See also the 

 account of Lower Holker in Cartmel and 

 Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc), v, 153. 



" Kuerden MSS. The Osbaldeston 

 estate in Walton passed to Ralph Assheton 

 and his son Radcliffe with the manor 



of Cuerdale in 1614 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea 

 R. 3 1 2, m. 9 d. 



" Legh D. in Raines MSS. (Chet. 

 Lib.), xxxviii, 239. 



"» Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii, 104 

 XV, 38. Warine Banastre had enfeoffed 

 Alured Craitate of land by Bradley Brook 

 for the render of \ lb. of cummin, pro- 

 bably temp. John ; Legh D. Raines MSS. 

 xxxviii, 299. 



" Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 250, no. 9 ; 

 Clitheroe Surv. of 1662. 



™ Legh D. ; Hoghton D. 548. 



" Hoghton D. FF 542 ; Clitheroe 

 Surv. Hanshaw was held of the lord of 

 Walton by 31. rent. John de Hanneshagh 

 occurs in 1332 and Richard de Hannc- 



295 



shawe in 1350 ; Lanes. Subs. (Rec. Soc), 

 78 ; Rentals and Surv. R. 377, m. 4. 



™ Cal. Com. for Comf. iv, 3059. 



8> Hoghton and Walton D. ; Guild 

 R. 12 ; Pal. of Lane Plea R. 97, 

 m. 4 d. 



82 Pal. of Lane Feet of F. bdles. 13, 

 m. 124; 23, m. 65; 36, m. 181; 



39. m. 35 ; ';7. >"• 74- 



"^ Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 36. Reignold and Peter 

 Burscough bequeathed ^^40 to the poor 

 of Walton out of the corn tithes of 

 Walton, Whittle and Cuerden, part of 

 which was withheld by the Sequestration 

 Committee in 1653 ; Cal. Com. for 

 Comf. ii, 906-7. 



