BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



MITTON (PART OF) 



Jordan de Mitton, 32 and was in 1292 called to warrant 

 lands. 33 In 1304 Ralph gave his manor of Aighton, 

 Bailey and Chaigley to Margery widow of Robert de 

 Hephale and received it from her for life. 34 Margaret 

 afterwards married Adam Banastre, who in 1311 was 

 recorded as holding of the Earl of Lincoln a plough- 

 land in Aighton by the service of the eighth part of a 

 knight's fee and a rent of o,</. 35 In 13 13-14 the 

 lords of the place were Adam Banastre, Margaret then 

 his wife, and Denise widow of Ralph de Mitton. 36 



John son of Richard son of Henry de Clitheroe in 

 1323-4 claimed common of turbary in Aighton 

 against Margaret widow of Adam Banastre, 37 and 

 similar claims were put forward by others against her 

 in conjunction with (her son) John son of Robert 

 de Hephale, Denise widow of Ralph de Mitton and 

 Bernard son of Thomas de Gressingham. 38 After 

 Margaret's death her manors were divided among her 

 daughters —Alice wife of Robert de Shireburne, 

 Agnes wife (1) of Henry de Lea and (2) of Robert 

 de Horncliff, but apparently childless, Joan wife of 

 Thomas (or Robert) de Arderne, who left a son 

 Thomas, and Katherine wife of John de Harrington. 39 

 The heirs of Margaret Banastre held Aighton in 

 1 346-5 5. 40 



Robert de Shireburne appears to have acquired as 

 owner or tenant the shares of his sisters-in-law, so 

 becoming lord of the whole manor. 41 There are, 

 however, occasional traces of the other lordships, for 

 a fourth part of the manor of Aighton was included 

 in the Horncliff estate in 1331. 42 In July 1352, 

 when John son of Hugh de Hacking claimed two 

 messuages, &c, in Aighton against William de 

 Yarrowdale, the defendant called the representatives 

 of Margaret Banastre to warrant him — viz. Alice 

 widow of Robert de Shireburne, John de Harring- 

 ton the elder and his wife Katherine and Thomas 

 de Arderne (son of Joan). 43 Of these John de 

 Harrington of Farleton, in right of Katherine his 

 wife, in 1359 had a rent °f 6° s - fr° m tenements in 

 Aighton held for life by John de Bailey, 44 and the 



Harrington interest in the manor continued to be 

 recognized in the inquisitions of the family and their 

 successors the Mounteagles until 1576, when Sir 

 Richard Shireburne compounded with Lord Mount- 

 eagle for the 60/. free rent which had till then been 

 paid. 45 In 1409 Thomas de Chamber son and heir 

 of Elizabeth daughter and heir of Joan daughter and 

 heir of Sir Thomas de Arderne released to John de 

 Bailey and Robert de Towneley all his title in the 

 fourth part of the manor of Aighton with lands, &c, 

 formerly belonging to Sir Thomas. 46 



The Shireburne family had had the manor of 

 Hambleton in Amounderness 

 from the early part of the 

 13th century. 47 Robert son 

 of John de Shireburne occurs 

 in 1292, 48 and later became 

 seneschal of Clitheroe, being 

 so described in the attestations 

 of charters, 49 &c. In 1 3 1 3 

 he was pardoned for his share 

 in the execution or murder of 

 Piers Gaveston, having been 

 an adherent of the Earl of 

 Lancaster, 50 and about 1326 

 he was made a knight. 61 He 



received from Margaret widow of Adam Banastre in 

 1329 her manor of Aighton, 62 and four years later, 

 in conjunction with Alice his wife, granted a fourth 

 part of the manor of Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley 

 to their son Robert. 63 Sir Robert and Alice his wife 

 were living in 133 8, 54 but Alice was a widow in 

 1342 56 ; she in 1353 granted to Sir John Tempest 

 and Katherine his wife the crops growing on certain 

 of her lands. 56 



Sir Robert appears to have been succeeded by his 

 son Sir John de Shireburne, 57 who fought at Crecy and 

 Calais 58 ; but another son, William, had half the 

 manor of Aighton in 1349, 69 an d ln 1 3 5 1 John 

 Boteler and others were charged with abducting 

 Ismania wife of William de Shireburne. 00 Sir John 



Shireburne. Argent 

 a lion rampant vert. 



3 * Assize R. 1268, m. 12. 



33 Ibid. 4.08, m. 3 zd. 



34 Kuerden, loc. cit. Robert de Shire- 

 burne was a witness to Margery's charter. 



35 De Lacy Inq. (Chet. Soc), 1 7. At 

 the same time John de Daniscolea held 

 zo acres in Daniscoles, paying 6s. rent ; 

 ibid. 18. 



36 Assize R. 424, m. 7 d. Adam Banas- 

 tre alone was defendant in 13 12 to a 

 claim for a messuage and land put for- 

 ward by Henry son of Robert Atte Hall 

 of Aighton ; De Banco R. 195, m. 150 d. 



37 Assize R. 425, m. I. 



38 Ibid. m. 4d. The plaintiffs were 

 Roger son of Richard Nowell and Ellen 

 his wife and Richard son of Gilbert the 

 Harper. In the following year, as Mar- 

 garet widow of Robert de Hephale, she 

 was again defendant ; Assize R. 426, 

 m. 1 d. Richard de Hephale was plain- 

 tiff in 1332 ; De Banco R. 288, m. 334. 



In 1334 Sir Richard de Holland 

 claimed a messuage, mill, two plough- 

 lands, &c, in Aighton against William 

 de Livesey, Alice his wife, Adam the son 

 of William, Avice hia wife and Richard 

 de Bury. The defence was that there 

 was only one plough-land, and that Sir 

 Richard had been convicted of felony ; 

 Coram Rege R. 297, m. 128. This case 

 incidentally exhibits the custody of the 

 Assize Rolls at that time. 



39 See the account of Chorley. 



40 Feud. Aids, iii, 88. They appear 

 to have been John de Harrington, Thomas 

 de Arderne and John de Bailey. 



41 As in the Inq. p.m. of John de Bailey 

 cited later. 



4 - Final Cone, ii, 80. 



43 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 2, m. v d. 



44 Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt. i, 

 no. 99. 



45 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 38, 

 m. 59 ; and the Shireburne Abstract Bk. 

 at Leagram Hall. This book gives notes 

 of two payments in the time of Henry V 

 and later. 



46 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 10. 



47 See the account of that township, 

 Carleton, &c. John de Shireburne occurs 

 in 1262 {Final Cone, i, 136) ; John and 

 Eva his wife in 1281 ; De Banco R. 43, 

 m. 3. 



48 Assize R. 408, m. 59 d. 



49 E.g. Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 37A. 

 60 Palgrave, Pari. Writs. 



sl At the beginning of that year he 

 was excused knighthood till Whitsuntide ; 

 ibid. 



52 Kuerden MSS. iii, A3, no. 64. 



63 Ibid. no. 67. Robert son of Robert 

 de Shireburne had in 1331 'put in his 

 claim ' in a settlement of the manors ; 

 Final Cone, ii, 8r. He was probably the 

 Robert who was knight of the shire in 



1335 ; Pink and Beaven, Pari. Repre. of 

 Lanes. 25. He seems to have died about 

 that time without issue, and in 1336 John 

 de Shireburne appears j ibid. 



* 4 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 260. 



" Ibid. 



s6 Ibid, iii, A3, no. 69. 



6 ' Sir Robert gave lands in Much Hoole 

 and Formby to his son John in 1338, and 

 in 1345 Sir John de Shireburne made a 

 grant of lands in Hoole ; Kuerden MSS. 

 ii, fol. 260. 



In 1343 Sir John de Shireburne and 

 John de Charnley were charged with 

 killing a servant of Nicholas Bagot at the 

 Cartford on Ribble Sand, but were found 

 not guilty ; Assize R. 430, m. 31 d. (32). 



43 Crecy and Calais (Will. Salt Soc. 

 xviii), 35, 100, &c. 



Sir John had a wife Margaret, who 

 afterwards married William de Dransfield 

 and was living in 1391 ; Final Cone, iii, 

 38. 



59 Kuerden MSS. iii, A3, no. 66 ; the 

 seal bears a lion rampant. Robert de 

 Shireburne and William his brother are 

 mentioned in 1323 ; Coram Rege R. 254, 

 m. 42. 



60 Assize R. 434, m. 2. Ismania may 

 have been a widow then, as she was in 

 1354, when claiming dower in Hamble- 

 ton ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3, 

 m. iij. 



