A HIS'lORY OF LANCASHIRE 



HnSergham, with the reversion of the dower of 

 Margaret \\idow of John de Habergham." Richard 

 de Habergham, whose parent- 

 age is not recorded, received 

 possession about 1366." The 

 estate or manor descended " 

 to Lawrence Habergham, who 

 died in 1 6 1 5 holding the 

 ' Hall of Habergham,' with 

 lands and coal mine there, 

 part of the adjacent Bradley 

 in Hapton and land in Foul- 

 ridge ; his heir was his son 

 John, aged sixteen." John 

 Habergham in 163 I paid ^^ 10 

 as composition for declining 

 knighthood," and in 1638 



gave lands to feoffees on marrying Anne daughter of 

 George Pollard of Mill Hill in Hapton " ; but 



Habergham, Argent 

 three crosses hermetty 

 sable. 



though he lived through the Civil War nothing is 

 recorded of him, and his descendants sold the estate 

 piecemeal, George Halsted becoming the owner of 

 the hall in 16S9 on the foreclosure of a mort- 

 gage." After a time the hall, which was rebuilt 

 in 1754, came by bequest into the possession of 

 the Halsteads or Halsteds of Rowley in Wurs- 

 thorne. It was sold in the middle of last century to 

 Mr. Holt of Goodshaw Fold, who left it to William 

 Preston of Mearley. He took the name of Holt, 

 and was succeeded by his son Mr. Thomas Preston 

 Holt." 



A Halstead family occurs in Habergham much 

 earlier. Hugh Halstead was a freeholder in 1600" 

 and George Halstead compounded in 163 1 for 

 refusing knighthood.*' The Birtwisle " and Holden " 

 families long continued to hold land in Habergham ; 

 Palace House was formerly the residence of John 

 Greenwood, one of the Holden heirs.'" The Sagers' 



'8 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, H 124. A« 

 Margaret widow of John appears to have 

 been living in 1429 (ibid. H 133), it is 

 probable there were two Johns in succes- 

 sion, as in TowneIey*8 pedigree ; Whit- 

 alcer, IVhalley^ ii, 180. 



The date (1364) may be wrong, for on 

 the same day in 1353 Ellis son of John 

 de Habergham, chaplain, had granted all 

 his lands in Habergham to the same three 

 feoffees; Add. MS. 32104, no. 1179. 

 In 13^4 Joan daughter of Richard del 

 Hghs and Isabel daughter of William de 

 Habergham g.ive their lands in Haberg- 

 ham to Ellis de Habergham, chaplain ; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, H 125. Ellis was 

 living in 1369; ibid. H 12-. 



19 Ibid. H 128; two of the feoffees 

 are the same. A further release was 

 made in I3;'0 ; ibid. H 129. Here 

 again two of the trustees are the same, 

 but the donor is said to be Ellis de 

 Habergham, rector of Warrington ; this 

 rector is in other places called Ellis de 

 Birtwisle, yet in 1397 Richard de 

 HnbtTjh.ini, as executor, was called to 

 render account of certain lands of Ellis 

 de Habergham, rector of Warrington, as 

 from I Aug. I 371 ; Memo. R. (L.T.R.) 

 163, m. xiii. A third release was made 

 in I \^ \ of lands in Hapton of the 

 gift of Ellis son of John de Habergham, 

 chaplain, and Gilbert del Legh ; ibid. 

 H 13.. 



Richard dc Habergham in the same 

 yenr gave land in Bradley to feoftccs and 

 had various lands in Habergham regranted 

 to him and to Cecily his ^^ife ; ibid. H 

 130, I J I hii. 



^^ Richard Habergham is mentioned in 

 1406-7 ; I'mdl Cone. (Rcc. Soc. Lancs. 

 and Chcs.), iii, 68. He was dead in 

 141 1, when Cecily his widow and Robert 

 their son gave lands to feolTees j ibid. 

 Hi^2. In 1435 Robert Habergham 

 jave land in Bradley in Hapton to 

 trustees, who in 1441 transferred the 

 same to John Habergham, who married 

 E.izabeth daughter of Geoffrey Fcilden 

 (Feldhend) ; ibid. H 134-5. In the same 

 year (1441) Robert Habergham and Joan 

 his wife made a settlement, the remainder 

 being to the above-named John son of 

 Robert • ibid. H 136-7. From another 

 deed it appears that Robert Habergham 

 had some pfi-pert;. in Grimston in York- 

 shire ; Add. MS. 321C4, no. 1183. In 

 147 1 Jo'in Habergham granted to feoffees 

 all his manors, lands, &C., and they were 

 regranted to him with remainder to his 



son and heir William ; ibid. 32104, no. 

 1175, 1174. 



There is no evidence for some time, 

 but in 1509 Hugh Habergham arranged 

 the marriage of his son William with 

 Joan daughter of Agnes the widow of 

 Thomas Parker j 8, 13, H 142-3. In 

 15 II he made a grant to feoffees (in- 

 cluding his brother Robert), and his will 

 of that year names his wife Margaret ; 

 ibid. H 138-9. 



Lawrence Habergham in 1551 made a 

 settlement of Habergham Hall to the use 

 of his son Richard, with remainder to 

 another son John ; ibid. H 144. The 

 deed indicates that Lawrence was the son 

 of William son of Hugh, for it mentions 

 his mother Joan, then the wife of James 

 CatteralL It also names an uncle Robert 

 Habergham, and the same descent ia 

 proved by an cntn- in the Court Roll ; 

 Farrer, Chtheroe Ct. R. i, 338. Lawrence 

 had about 1543 married Grace Hesketh, 

 the lawful daughter of Sir John Towneley 

 and widow of Sir Robert Hesketh, who 

 died a few months after marriage, on 

 28 May 1543 (ibid. H 312), and later he 

 married Margaret Ingham, illegitimate 

 daughter (as was supposed) of the same 

 Sir John Towneley by Janet Ingham ; 

 inquiry was made by the Archbishop of 

 ^"ork in i ^ ^ 2, and it was decided that the 

 marriage was lawful, the paternity in the 

 second case being doubtful ; ibid. H 156. 

 A settlement of the manor of Habergham 

 was made by Lawrence Habergham in 

 15515 Pal. of Lane, Feet of F. bdle. 14, 

 m. 166. 



Richard the son of Lawrence was in 

 1566 contracted to marry Margaret 

 daughter of Nicholas Hancock of Higham ; 

 C 8, 13, H 140. In 1570 he declared 

 the uses of a settlement he had made, 

 thus — To Lawrence my eldest son, Alex- 

 ander my brother, John son of Lawrence 

 Habergham by Margaret his wife (before 

 marriage), John uncle of the said Law- 

 rence (deceased) and Robert the brother 

 of John ; ibid. H 141, 145. Lawrence 

 Habergham, the father of Richard, was 

 dead in 1 568, and administration was 

 granted to his widow Margaret, the estate 

 being much indebted ; Add. MS. 32104, 

 no. 1232. Margaret Habergham, widow, 

 was buried at Burnley 15 Mar. 1604-5. 



^1 Lancs. L.f.p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Chcs.), ii, 20, 102. Lawrence Haberg- 

 ham was the son of Richard mentioned 

 in the preceding note The hall and 

 lands were held of the king in socage 



by 2(/, (or 2J,) rent. John Habergham, 

 the heir, was already married to Anne 

 daughter of Nicholas Bancroft ; Chester 

 Mar, Lie* (Rec. Soc, Lancs. and Ches.), 

 i, 180. Margaret daughter of Lawrence 

 was in 1610 contracted to marry Michael 

 son of John Green of Dean Grange, 

 Guisley ; Add. MS. 32 104, no. 1239. 

 Lawrence's will is printed mlVills (Chct. 

 Soc. new aer.), ii, 182. 



" Misc. (Rcc. Soc. Lancs. and Chcs.), 

 i, 217. 



»C8, 13, H442. This deed con- 

 tains a short account of Habergham 

 Hall. There were closes called Rye Hill, 

 Jarvis Field, Snapc, &c. A coal mine 

 was excepted. 



".Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 180-1. The 

 descent is given thus : John Habergham, 

 d. 1660 -s. John -8. John, b. 1650. The 

 last-named dissipated the estate. * In the 

 year 1759 John son of Clay Habergham 

 [brother of the John born 1650] made an 

 ineffectual effort to recover the estate by 

 filing a bill in Chancery against the late 

 owner, but soon found three insuperable 

 bars in his way, viz. poverty, a prior 

 conveyance and the Statute of Limita- 

 tions' ; ibid. 2* Ibid, ii, 182, 112. 



"* Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 234. A Hugh Halstead was in 1549 

 plaintiff in suits respecting Ashenflat and 

 Smithy Bank ; Ducatus Lane. (Rcc. 

 Com.), i, 238. In 1582 Hugh Halstead 

 the elder made a feoffment of a mes- 

 suage, &c,, in Habergham Eaves ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 44, m. 169, 

 Hugh Halstead of Habergham Eaves was 

 buried at Burnley 4 Oct. 1587; Reg. 

 Hugh Halstead of Cowdcn Brook had a 

 son Richard in 1608 ; Clithcroe Ct. R. 



" Misc, (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 

 i, 217. 



^^ In 1335 inquiry was ordered whether 

 Gilbert son of Reyner had held a mes- 

 suage and land in Burnley of Gilbert 

 father of Adam de Birtwisle by rendering 

 a pair of gauntlets ; De Banco R. 301, 

 m. 267 d. As shown above Birtwisle 

 seems to have been used sometimes for 

 Habergham. 



^ William de Mawdcslcy and Emma 

 his wife in 1355 claimed dower in Haberg- 

 ham, *c., against Robert son of Adam dc 

 Holden, Emma having been the wife of 

 John son of Adam de Holden ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Assize R. 4, m. 5, i6d. 



In 1518 Gilbert Holden of Haslingdm 

 had land in Habergham ; C 8, 1 3, H 227. 



^ See the account of Haslingdcn. 



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