A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



for this default.' In 1224 his neighbour Edward 

 de Brocltholes demanded half the vill of Samles- 

 bury from him, but after Roger's death accepted 

 10 marb from Roger's successor in 1227 to resign 

 his cla;m.' 



This successor was William de Samlesburv, Roger's 

 eldest son,' who increased his estates by marrying 

 Avina daughter and heir of William de Notton, 

 lord of Breightmet in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors,' 

 by whom he had issue Marger}-, Cecily and Elizabeth. 

 He died about 1256, his widow obtaining the manor 

 of Breightmet in satisfaction of her dower. l" His 

 eldest daughter Margery married first in or before 

 1257 Richard son and heir-apparent of William de 

 Clifton,'' who died shortly after his marriage, and 

 secondly Robert de Hampton of AUonby, co. Cumb., 

 and died without issue before July 1267'^; Cecily 

 the second daughter married before 13 April 1259 

 John Deuyas ; and Elizabeth married after that date 

 Robert de Holand son and heir of Thurstan de 

 Holand. Robert de Hampton died in 1277," but 

 not until 1292 or 1296 was a partition of his third 

 part of the manor made between Dcuyas and Holand.'^ 

 In M I I, at the death of the Earl of Lincoln, Dame 

 Cecily Deuya~ and Dame Klizabeth de Holand held 

 a plough-land here in thegnage by the yearly service 

 of 12;." 



The Hril.ind " moiety of the manor pa -cd like 

 the other et.ites of the family to the Lovels, and 

 V'. .Is forfeited by Francis Viscount Lovel upon his 

 ittaindcr in 1+85. On 25 February 14S9 it \\.is 



gr.intcd with many other forfeited estates in the county 

 to Thomas Earl of Derby." In July 1600 William 

 Earl of Derby passed half the manor by tine to 



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trustees,^^ by whom it was conveyed to Thomas 

 Walmsley, kt./^ Justice of the Common Pleas, and 

 from him descended with the other estates of that 

 family, as described in the account of Dunkenhalgh,^ 

 until in 1852 it was left to the father of the present 

 owner, Mr. Oswald Henry Petre, 



The D'ewias or Deuyas family became possessed of 

 lands in Yorkshire, mostly within the Lacy fee, by the 

 marriage of Nicholas Deuyas, kt., to Alice daughter 

 of Jordan Foliot.*^ John Deuyas, the issue of this 

 marriage, incrc.i->cd the family estate by his marriage 

 to Cecily de Samlesbury. He was one of the knights 

 of the shire returned for the county to the Parlia- 

 ments of 1295 and 1298, having received knighthood 



" Rot. Cur. Reg. (Rec. Com.), i, 10, 

 I 14- Margiret essoined herself de malo 

 r-ensrr.Ji by Brun de Samelesbury. * Mar- 

 gery ' de Samlesbury held two plough- 

 tjDds JD Formby in 1253 of Quemlda 

 r lict of Roger Gcmet ; Lanes. Inq. and 

 h.\:t ■;.'■, J, 191. 



' The pleadings in the King's Court 

 point to a near reUtmnship between the 

 two families. Orm had been seised in 

 fee in the time of Henry II of a plough- 

 land in Samlesbury, iron whom the right 

 descended to Edward as son of Orm, and 

 so to Edward de Brockhotes as son of 

 Edward. The dispute was i-ttleH before 

 the justices at Lnncaster ; Citrii Reg. R. 

 87, m. 4.d. ; 8g, m. 10 d. ; Ftnal Cone. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.], i, ^3. A'lam 

 de Brockholcs renewed this claim in \l~7\ 

 De Banco R. 21, m, ^gd. 



■^ William de Sjm'esbury came to an 

 agreement in 1 246 with his brothers 

 Robert, Adam and James (another brother 

 Roger being then recently dead) touching 

 their claim to lands in Samlesbury. The 

 pleadings show that GospatrJc had 1+ ox- 

 gangs of land here — perhaps he had en- 

 dowed the chapel with the other 2 ox- 

 gangs — of which he gave 2 oigangs to 

 each of his younger soas, Richard, Ughtred 

 ani Alan. Roger his son inherited the 

 remainder, and after his death his three 

 younger sons claimed each an oxgang and 

 a-half and one-fifth of an oxgang; Lanes. 

 Assise R, (Rec Soc xlvii), i". Ulti- 

 mately they resigned their right in 4^ ox- 

 gangs and 12 acres of land to their elder 

 brother in consideration of 10 marks ; 

 F/Tj/ Cone. ', 99. The oxgang here repre- 

 sented 20 Lancashire acres. 



' Part of the Yorkshire estate held by 

 the family of Deuyas was inherited from 

 Avina. John de Hautrive of Beeston 

 gave to Avina daughter of William de 



Notion half a plough-land in Beeston \ 

 Townelcy MS. HH, no. 2064. After- 

 wards he gave 6 oxgangi of land there to 

 Cecily daughter of William de Samles- 

 bury ; ibid. no. 1725. 



'° Excerpra e Rot. Fin. (Rec Cnm.), ii, 

 23"; Final Cone, i, Mi* ** \h\A. 130, 



" Robert de Hampton, in right of 

 Margery his mother, succeeded to one- 

 sixth part of the barony of Levington, 

 Skcltin and K. rkandreas ; C. Roberts, 

 Cal. Gn:. (Rolls Ser.), 1. 157. A grant of 

 free warren inSamle^rjry wasmade tohim, 

 John Deuyas, their wives and Elizabeth 

 de Samlesbury on 13 Apr. 1259; Chart. 

 R. no. 54, m. 4- Robert de Hampton 

 had a further grant of free warren in his 

 Cumberland estates, and in Formby, 

 Harwood in SalfordBhJre, and Samlesbury 

 on 21 June 1267; ibid, no. 61, m. 4. 



" Cal. In^. p.m. Edw. I, 137. 



'* Assize R. 405, m. 4d. Frequent 

 suits occurred between Deuyas and Holand 

 from 1277 to 1292, mainly owing to the 

 disinclination of the latter to make par- 

 tition ; Assize R. 1235, m. 13 ; 408, m. 

 4d., 33 d., 38 d. ; De Banco R. 92, m. 11. 

 Accord was made at Samlesbury in 12965 

 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1736. 



•* Lanes. ln>^. and Extents, ii, 12. The 

 last two marriages were arranged whilst 

 the Lacy estates were in ward of the 

 Crown. 



^^ Upon the forfeiture of Robert de 

 Holand's estates in 1322 his part of the 

 manor was let to farm to Nicholas Deuyas 

 from Michaelmas 1322 for a term of 

 three years at ^^32 per annum ; Duchy 

 of Lane Misc. 10-15. "^^^ ^a*^" was 

 afterwards increased to ^33 15J. The 

 greater part of the movable goods at 

 Samlesbury which had belonged to Moland 

 were carried away by the Scots during 

 the raid into Lancash re at Midsummer 



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1322. They had been left in charge of 

 William de H olden, who probably lost 

 his life in their defence, and consisted of 

 1 wains, 18 oxen, 55 'Aketones,' xoo 

 lances, 30 *■ Polhaches,' 4 old saddles for 

 rounceys, 4 reins for the same, 4 old 

 targes, i vestments from the chapel, a 

 chalice, missal, psalter, 7 brass pots, a 

 basin, ewer, pan, bed-cov<.rIet, 3 cloth 

 bed coverings and 2 sheets, the total 

 value bemg j^i8 61. \od, ; Inq. a.q.d. 17 

 Edw. II, no. 62; Cal, Close, 1323-7, 

 p. 207. 



1' Pat. 4 Hen. VH. The earl died 

 seised of the manor of Samlesbury in 

 1521, holding it in socage of the dufhy 

 of Lane by 4J. yearly service; it wi^ 

 said to be worth yearly £-^o ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. v, 68. 



18 PaL of Lane Feet of F. bdlc. 62, 

 m. 123. 



" Com. Pleas Rccov. R. Mich. 

 5 Jas. I, m. 28 ; East. 6 Jas. I, m. 4. 

 A court of Thomas Walmsicy, kt., and 

 Thomas Southworth, esq., for their manor 

 of Samlesbury was held 20 Sept. 1608 ; 

 Croston, Samlesbury, 10 1. 



** For a recovery of the manor, Petre 

 •V. Clifford and Bramston, see Com. Pleas 

 Recov. R- East 28 Geo. Ill, m. 71. 



*i He had lands in Fenwick with his 

 wife, and from Richard son of Jordan 

 Foliot 5 oxgangB of land in Rischolme, 

 CO. Line. ; Towneley MS. HH,no. 1734, 

 1759. He had also lands in Pukenhale, 

 near Walden Stubbs, co. York ; ibid. 

 1767. He was knighted before 13 Apr. 

 1259 J Chart. R. 54, m. 4. ICuerden 

 gives a drawing of his teal attached to a 

 Yorkshire charter, temp. Edw. I, viz. a 

 bend between six spear-heads (or feathers, 

 the charge is uncertain^ with legend — 

 Sio NicoLAi DtviAS ; MS. at ChcL ColL 

 fol. 113. 



