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before 1284." He died before the end of 1309/^ 

 leaving numerous issue besides Nicholas his successor," 

 who appears to have held aloof from the rebellion of 

 Thomas of Lancaster. Nicholas Deuyas was summoned 

 in 1324 to attend the Great Council at Westminster." 

 Early in 1326 he settled his estates here and in Rise- 

 holme, CO. Lincoln, upon his daughter and heir Alice 

 and her issue by Gilbert son and heir of Gilbert de 

 Southworth, to whom he had then recently given her 

 in marriage." About All Saints' Day 1335 he leased 

 the manor-house, 1 69 acres of land, 1 1 acres of 

 meadow with the mills to his son-in-law for a term 

 of eight years for £11 ^s. yearly," and died before 

 I 5 May following, when dower was assigned to Joan 

 his widow in half the manor, including the chief 

 messuage which William Deuyas had lately held, and 

 in Mellor." 



Some account of the early members of the South- 

 worth family has been given in the history of the 

 township from which they took name." Gilbert de 

 Southworth the elder acquired a number of small 

 estates in Middleton and the hamlet of Houghton in 

 the time of Edward I and Edward II, and Gilbert 

 his son added to these in the next reign.'" The elder 

 Gilbert was sheriff from July 1323 to 12 March 

 1326" and died shortly after, his son making arrange- 

 ments with Cecily his mother in 1329 for the pay- 

 ment of his father's debts and provision for his brothers 

 and sisters." He was living in 1346, but was shortly 

 after succeeded by his second but eldest surviving 

 son Thomas, who was described as ' chivaler ' in 1 362.'' 

 John son of Sir Thomas married in or before 1386 

 Margaret daughter of Richard de Hoghton, kt.,'* and 

 shortly after succeeded to his father's estates. In 1398 



he was retained as ' esquire ' to serve the Duke of 

 Lancaster for life at a fee of ^^ 10 per annum and 

 went to France in the duke's retinue.^' 



John Southworth, ' chivaler,' was one of the 2,000 

 Englishmen who fell victims to dysentery at the siege 

 of Harfleur in the autumn of 141 5. Thomas his son, 

 who succeeded at the age of twenty-three,™ married 

 Joan daughter of John Booth of B.irton in 1409, and 

 m 1420 had licence for his oratories in the manor- 

 houses of Southworth and Samlesbury." He died in 

 1432, leaving issue Richard 

 his son and heir, aged twelve 

 years, who had been married 

 in 1429 to Elizabeth daughter 

 of Richard Molyneux, kt.'' 

 He was returned in 1444-5 

 with William Lord Lovel as 

 holding Samlesburyin socage." 

 In 1462 he made a settlement 

 of his estates and died in 

 1472, when it was found that 

 Christopher was his son and 

 heir, aged thirty years.*" 



Christopher Southworth 

 conveyed his estates to trustees 

 in 1474, was knighted in 

 Scotland 24 July 1482, and 

 died in 1487. By Isabel his 



wife daughter of Thomas Dutton of Dutton, kt., and 

 co-heir of her brother John Dutton, he had issue 

 John, aged nine at his father s death." John South- 

 worth was knighted 18 February 1504, when Prince 

 Henry was created Prince of Wales, and the same 

 year gave ^^20 not to take the Order of the Bath." 



Southworth of 

 Samlesbury. Quarterly : 



1 and ^ argent a che'ieron 

 betiveen ^ three croislets 

 sablcyiox Southworth ; 



2 and 3, iable a cheveron 

 betiveen three crosslets 

 argent, for Samlksbury. 



» Pari. Writ!, i, 587 ; Cal. Close, 

 1279-88, p. 286. He was sometimes 

 described as Sir John Deuyas of Balne, 

 having lands there from William son of 

 Sir Thomas de Pollington. He also had 

 an important estate in Hellaby, held of 

 John le Boteler of Stainton, co. York ; 

 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1765-8, 1774-8. 



^ On 29 Dec. 1309 Nicholas Deuyas 

 demised his manor of * F0I7 in Balne ' 

 (Folly or Foliot Hall) to his mother for 

 tier life ; ibid.no. 1770. Thomas South- 

 worth held ' Felyhalfeld ' in Feuwick of 

 Hugh Hastings, kt., in 1488 ; Cal. Inj. 

 Hen. VII, i, 158. 



^* Roger, Towneley MS. HH, no. 1 77 1 ; 

 Richard of Owston, co. York, ibid. no. 

 1723, 1729 ; Adam of Beeston, ibid. no. 

 1738; William, ibid. no. 1724, 1739; 

 Cecily, ibid, no, 1728 ; and Margery, 

 ibid. no. 1751, 1757. Thomas son of 

 Nicholas Deuyas had a rent-charge in 

 Samlesbury in 1366 from his mother 

 Matilda and her then husband John de 

 Perpont ; ibid. 1803. 



« Pari. fTriti, ii, 776. 



** Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 66. A few days later Gilbert 

 de Southworth the elder made a similar 

 settlement by royal licence of his manor 

 of Southworth in favour of Gilbert and 

 Alice and their issue ; ibid. 62 ; Cal. Pat. 

 1324-7, p. 190. Gilbert and Alice were 

 married before S July 1325, the date of 

 the writ commanding an inquest, which 

 preceded the royal licence for the above 

 settlement ; Inq. a.q.d. file 182, no, i 

 (19 Edw. II), 



^ Towneley MS, HH, no. 1775. In 

 1332 he had leased the same lands to 

 William son of Roger de Ethelston for 



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twenty years, the rent to be paid at Balne ; 

 ibid. no. 1758. ^^ Ibid. no. 174.1. 



^ y,C.H. Lana, iv, 168. 



^^ Southworth deeds, Towneley MS. 

 HH, no. 1500— 2157. 



^^ As an adherent of Earl Thomas he 

 obtained the royal pardon in 1318 ; CaL 

 Pat, 1 3 17— 21, p. 232. In 1323 he was 

 indicted by a jury of West Derby wapen- 

 take of having sent two men-at-arms to 

 the assistance of the carl, but was ac- 

 quitted ; Coram Rege R. 254, Rex 

 m. 17. 



32 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1662. 



^ Thomas succeeded his father before 

 the collection in 1355 (Lay Subs, Lanes, 

 bdle. 130, no. 17) of the aid granted in 

 1346 ; Feudal Aids, iii, 89. He is un- 

 noticed in the pedigrees of Southworth. 

 In 1362 he demised two-thirds of Foly- 

 hall in Balne to farm ; the other third 

 was then held by William de Farington 

 and Joan his wife ; Towneley MS. HH, 

 no. 1924. In 1372 he assigned lands 

 and privileges to William and Joan in 

 various places in respect of Joan's dower, 

 she being evidently the widow of Thomas's 

 elder brother, Gilbert} ibid. no. 1664. 

 In or about 1386 she married Thomas 

 RadclifFe of Winmarleigh ; ibid. no. 1705. 



A long-standing feud between Thomas 

 Southworth and Thomas Molyneux of 

 Cucrdale was settled by the mediation of 

 friends in 1376 ; ibid. no. 1666, He gave 

 bond in 1382 to the Duke of Lancaster 

 to be of good behaviour towards various 

 members of the RadclifFe, Standish, Urs- 

 wick, Banastre and Curwen families ; ibid. 

 no. 1 5 10. He was living in 1386, 



8^ Ibid. no. 1705. 



3S Dods. MSS. liii, 17. On 29 Apr. 



305 



14 1 5 he bound himself to supply two 

 men-at-arms, of whom he himself was one, 

 and six archers a pee ; Sloane MSS. 4600, 

 267^, 273. He was one of the ten 

 Lancashire knights and esquires who made 

 separate covenants with Robert Urswlck, 

 kt., then sheriff, to lead fifty archers in the 

 French campaign ; Hunter, Agincourt 

 TractSy 36. The same year he received 

 payment of ,^113 15^. for one year's 

 wages of fifty archers who had been 

 serving the king about his person. 

 Exch. K.R. Accts. bdle. 46, no, 35. 



^^ Monstrelet, Chroniques, i, 224 j 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chct. Soc), i, 117. 

 Sir John died 5 Oct, three weeks before 

 the battle of Agincourt. 



3^ Towneley MS. HH, no. 1706; 

 Lich. Epis. Reg. Heyworth, ix, 36. 



^^ Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Chct. Soc), ii, 45 ; 

 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1704. 



3^ Duchy of Lane Knights' Fees, bdle. 

 z, no. 20, p. II. 



In 1450, being charged by Ellen widow 

 of William Southworth of Southworth 

 with causing the death of her husband, he 

 paid her ^^20 by the award of Thomas 

 Stanley, kt, to compound with her for 

 himself and servants ; Towneley MS. 

 HH, no. 151 1. In 1455 he was way- 

 laid on Duxbury Moor, wounded and 

 robbed of ;^I7 in money by a number of 

 Duxbury people, and about the same 

 time some of his goods and money at 

 Culcheth were stolen j ibid. no. 2073. 

 ^0 Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. iii, i8. 

 ^^ Ibid.; also 41, 100; Towneley MS. 

 HH, no. 1679, 1523. 



*^ Shaw, Knights of Engl, ii, 34 j 

 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1580. In 1502 

 he gave the king £12.0 per annum for 



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