A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



left two sons Robert and Richard ; the former was in 

 1349 married to Emma daughter of Sir William de 

 Plumpton, 61 but must have died shortly afterwards, for 

 in I 3 5 1 , on being betrothed to Alice, sister of Emma, 

 Richard was described as son of Sir John de Shire- 

 burne and heir-apparent of Alice widow of Sir Robert 

 de Shireburne. 62 Sir Richard de Shireburne in 1361 

 granted to Richard de Bailey and others the moiety 

 of the manor of Aighton lately belonging to his 

 uncle William. 63 He died in or before 1370, when 

 his widow Alice claimed the custody of his son 

 Richard. 64 Of this son nothing further is known, and 

 his sisters Joan and Margaret succeeded, the latter 

 becoming sole heiress. Margaret was by I 377 married 

 to Richard son of John de Bailey, 65 and her son 

 adopted Shireburne as his surname. 



John de Bailey, ancestor of the later Shireburne or 

 Sherburne family, was seated at STONrHURST. 

 This was the name of some land in Aighton granted 

 before 1209 by Hugh son of Jordan de Mitton to 

 Ellis son of Alexander de Winkley, 66 who obtained a 

 confirmation from Hugh's son Robert. 67 The new 

 owner probably took Stonyhurst for a surname, several 

 of the family attesting local charters. About 1290 

 Henry de Wath and Margaret his wife granted to 

 Walter son of Jordan de Bailey the land called the 

 Stonyhurst which they had acquired from Thomas 

 Loucoks of Stonyhurst s8 ; a fine of 1292 appears to 

 be in confirmation of it. 69 John son of Walter de 

 Bailey made in 1323 an exchange of lands in Aighton 

 with William de Winkley, 70 and acquired other lands 

 there in 1330 and later. 71 He in 1349 obtained a 

 moiety of the manor from William de Shireburne, 

 and this was settled upon him and his male issue in 

 1361." John son of Walter de Bailey was still 

 living in 1370 and 1 37 1, 73 being probably the John 



de Bailey the elder who attested a deed in the latter 

 year. 74 He is said to have died in 1372/ 5 



John son of John de Bailey appears in 1 364 as 

 making a feoffment of lands in Dutton received from 

 John son of Walter de Bailey 7t ; he acquired lands in 

 Aighton in 1367 77 and 1376, 78 while in 1372 he 

 obtained licence for an oratory at Stonyhurst. 79 At his 

 death in 1391 John de Bailey held the Shireburne 

 manor of Aighton, either as trustee for his grandson 

 Richard or by purchase. One fourth part was said to 

 be held of the Duke of Lancaster in chief, another 

 fourth by knight's service, another of Sir Nicholas de 

 Harrington by a rent of 60/. and the other of the 

 heirs of Sir Thomas de Arderne by 63/. 4^. a year. 80,1 



Sir Nicholas de Harrington was the guardian of 

 Richard de Bailey and Agnes his wife. 62 Mabel the 

 widow of John in 1403 demised her dower lands in 

 Aighton to Richard son and heir of Richard son and 

 heir of John de Bailey. 83 In 14 14 the same Richard 

 held a fourth part of the manor of Sir Thomas de 

 Arderne, ' rendering 4 marks a year to John de 

 Bailey, which yearly rent, together with the rever- 

 sion of the said fourth part, &c, the aforesaid John 

 lately had of the gift and grant of William Mountford 

 and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Joan 

 daughter and heir of the said Sir Thomas.' M Richard 

 was knight of the shire in 1420, 86 and died in 1441 

 holding the manor of Aighton of the king as Earl of 

 Lincoln in socage ; with manors and lands elsewhere, 

 as in Hambleton, Poulton, Freckleton, Longton, 

 Chorley and Bolton-le-Moors. 86 By his will he pro- 

 vided for the inclosing of St. Nicholas' chapel in 

 Mitton Church, 87 to which Agnes his widow, who 

 died in 1445, was aLo a benefactor. 88 



His son Richard, as appears from his monumental 

 inscription, 89 had died a few days before him, so that 



" Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 260. 



62 Ibid, iii, A 3, no. 68. 



63 Ibid. no. 72 ; the seal shows six 

 fusils in fesse charged with escallops. 



64 De Banco R. 440, m. 20 ; the defen- 

 dant was Robert son of William de 

 Clifton. Alice afterwards married Sir 

 John Boteler, and in 1373 released her 

 right to dower in lands in Aighton for- 

 merly belonging to William son of Sir 

 Robert de Shireburne ; Kuerden MSS. 

 i i, A 3, no. 70. 



65 Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. toi ; an in- 

 denture between Sir John Boteler and 

 John de Bailey. 



66 Stonyhurst Coll. D. ; the bounds, 

 which at several points were indicated by 

 oak trees, began at an alder trunk in the 

 Stonyway by the arable land in Stony- 

 hurst, went east to Thuvicarr, then north 

 to a strip of land round Ellis's houses, 

 and by it to Stony Brook, running west j 

 then south and east to the starting-point. 



67 Ibid. 



68 Robert de Hephale, seneschal of 

 Blackburnshire, was one of the wit- 

 nesses. 



Jordan de Bailey is named in 1257 ; 

 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 204. Jordan 

 son of Jordan de Bailey was plaintiff in 

 1292 5 Assize R. 408, m. 4. 



Amice widow of Jordan de Bailey, 

 William de Edisforth and Margaret his 

 wife were in I 3 12 defendants to a claim 

 by Thomas de Bradhurst in right of his 

 wife Agnes j De Banco R. 195, m. 153 d.j 

 199, m. 60. 



69 Final Cone, i, 176 ; a messuage, 8 

 acres of land, &c 



70 Towneley MS. DD, no. 644. 



71 Christiana widow of William Pye of 

 Clitheroe and daughter of Adam son of 

 Roger de Clitheroe in 1330 released to 

 him the Aighton lands of Richard son of 

 William de Edisforth ; deed cited in 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7, m. 5 d. In 

 1346 John de Bailey claimed messuages 

 and land in Aighton against Adam son of 

 Henry Harrison of Aighton, and appears 

 as plaintiff or defendant two years later ; 

 De Banco R. 348, m. 194; 354, m. 82 d.; 

 355, m. 124. 



'* Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 65-6. 

 In the same year, as stated in the text, 

 Sir Richard de Shireburne granted a 

 moiety of the manor to Richard son of 

 John son of Walter de Bailey, Jordan de 

 Bailey chaplain and Ralph son of Robert 

 de Bailey ; ibid. no. 72. 



73 Add. MS. 32107, no. 888, 872. 



74 DD, no. 658. 



75 Gerard, Stonyhurst Coll. 44. The 

 seal of John de Bailey, 1365, bore an 

 eagle displayed ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 

 (Chet. Lib.), 563. 



70 Kuerden MSS. ii, foL 260. 



' 7 Final Cone, ii, 173 ; from Adam son 

 of John de Blackburn and Alice his 

 wife. 



78 DD, no. 670 ; Adam de Winkley 

 granted a toft, &c, adjoining Stonyhurst 

 to John son of John de Bailey in exchange 

 for three plats of land and wood called 

 the Pighle, Hodderford ridding and the 

 Foxholes adjoining Winkley. The seal 

 bore an eagle displayed. 



79 Gerard, op. cit. 45. 



s °- 1 Lanes. Inf. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 44. 



The last-named rent is probably an error 

 for 531. -1 J., i.e. 4 marks. John de Bailey 

 in 1391 made provision for the singing of 

 300 masses for his soul and the souls of 

 his parents, &c, by one or more honest 

 chaplains within two years ; Add. MS. 

 32106, no. 19;. 



82 Final Cone, iii, 38. 



83 Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 59. 



M Ibid. no. 74. See note 46 above. 

 Bailey was probably trustee for Richard. 



84 Pink and Beaven, Pari. Rtprt. of 

 Lanes. 51. In 1423 he acquired from 

 Richard son of William del Riddings land 

 at Winkley which had in 1 3 3 1 been 

 granted by John del Riddings to his 

 brother William to be held of the chief 

 lords by a rent of yd. ; Add. MS. 32305, 

 no. 1026, 1136. The Shireburne seal 

 appended to a feoffment of the manor of 

 Wiswell in 1429 bears quarterly 1 and 4, 

 a lion rampant ; 2 and 3, an eagle dis- 

 played ; Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 76. 



Richard Shireburne and Agnes his wife 

 in 1421 obtained the pope's licence for a 

 portable altar ; Cal. Papal Letters, vii, 

 330. 



M Lanes. Rec. Inq. p.m. no. 30, 31 ; 

 the clear annual value of the manor of 

 Aighton was £20. 



87 Test. Ebor. (Surtees Soc), ii, 75. 

 This bequest reads : 'Also I will that a 

 closet be made honestly at the said altar 

 of St. Nicholas upon my cost.' He 

 bequeathed vestments, &c, for the priest 

 saying mass there and desired to be buried 

 in the chapel. ^ Ibid, ii, 105. 



89 Whitaker, tVhalley, ii, 493, refer- 

 ring to HarL. MS. 804, fol. 994. 



