BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



MITTON (PART OF) 



he was son of Edmund. 279 He occurs down to 

 1430, 280 and was succeeded by a son Robert, 281 who 

 in 1443 was summoned to answer Robert Shireburne 

 and Alice his wife, widow of Sir William Hoghton, 

 as to a bond dated 1432 for the marriage of Richard 

 his son and heir to Margaret Hoghton, daughter of 

 Alice. Richard had by inheritance lands in Cumber- 

 halgh and Preston, formerly John de Singleton's. 282 

 Richard son of Robert Clitheroe and Alice his wife 

 made a feoffment in 1459-60. 283 



Thomas Clitheroe was in possession in 1468 when 

 he presented to Bailey Chapel ; in 1474 he in con- 

 junction with Elizabeth his wife received from feoffees 

 the manor of Bailey. 284 He made a settlement of 

 his estates in 1504-5, 285 and was within two years 

 succeeded by his son Robert, who then granted Bailey 

 Hall to his mother Ellen. 286 Ralph son of Richard 

 Clitheroe was in possession by 1 544 287 ; he died in 

 August 1556 holding Crawshaw, Walshman's Croft in 

 Bailey, &c, of Sir Richard Shireburne by a rent of 

 5 s. id. ; also lands in Goosnargh and Whittingham. 

 His heirs were his father's three sisters or their repre- 

 sentatives, viz. Isabel wife of John Halstead, aged 

 seventy, aunt ; Joan daughter of John Blakeden, 

 thirty, cousin ; and George son of Mary Franks, 

 thirty, cousin. 288 Ralph had, however, just before 

 his death sold all his lands to Sir Richard Shire- 

 burne, 289 who appears to have made arrangements 

 with members of the family and others. 290 



This manor descended with Stonyhurst until 183 1, 

 when it was sold by Cardinal Weld to Joseph 



Fenton. 291 It has since descended with Dutton. 

 No courts are held. 



A family named Ash had for several centuries an 

 estate in Bailey and Aighton. 292 Ralph de Bailey 

 granted land in Bailey to Robert son of John de Ash, 

 to be held by 6d. rent, 293 and Ralph de Mitton 

 made another grant to Robert de Ash and Henry 

 his son at zs. rent. 294 These rents were still payable 

 in the 17th century, but there is not material avail- 

 able to show the descent completely. 296 Hugh Ash 

 died in 1554 se i se d of messuages and lands in Dutton, 

 Ribchester, Aighton and Bailey, those in the last- 

 named township being held of the king and queen as 

 of their manor of Clitheroe. George, the son and 

 heir, was only a year old. 298 Edward Ash of Clough 

 Bank died in 1609 holding lands in Aighton and 

 Bailey of Richard Shireburne by rents of zs. and 6d. 

 respectively ; his heir, his son Robert, was fifty-eight 

 years old. 297 



A younger branch of the Shireburnes was designated 

 'of Bailey.' Richard Shireburne of Bailey Hall — 

 probably lessee — was a younger son of the Hugh 

 Shireburne of Stonyhurst who died in 1528; he 

 died about 1580. 298 A descendant, also named 

 Richard, was outlawed for high treason in 171 5, 

 having tai en part in the Jacobite rising. 299 Sir Edward 

 Sherburne, the poet (161 8-1 702), is usually supposed 

 to have been of the Bailey line. 300 



An early place-name was Greengore in the northern 

 half of Bailey. 301 In I 3 14 Thomas del Greengore 

 confirmed to Adam his son certain land in Bailey, 



279 See note 281 below. 



280 He presented to Bailey chantry in 

 142 1. He gave leases of Bailey Hall in 

 14.07 and 1430 ; Gerard, op. cit. 49, 50 

 (from Leagram and Stonyhurst D.). In 

 1403 he entailed his lands in the 

 counties of Nottingham, York and 

 Lancaster ; Shireburne Abstract Bk. 

 The chief residence of the family appears 

 to have been at Auckley, to the east of 

 Doncaster, on the border of Notts. 



Robert de Hoghton in 1407 held 4 

 acres in Aighton of Nicholas Clitheroe of 

 Bailey by \d. rent ; Inq. a.q.d. file 438, 

 no. 26. Among the Hoghton deeds are 

 grants of land in Bailey and Aighton 

 from Richard son of John de Bailey to 

 Adam de Hoghton, &c. ; Dods. MSS. 

 cxlii, fol. 6ob t 55. 



281 Robert son and heir of Nicholas 

 Clitheroe and grandson of Edmund 

 occurs in 1444 ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, 

 p. 282. He married Margaret daughter 

 of John de Singleton ; Shireburne Ab- 

 stract Bk. 



282 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 5, m. 15. 

 Robert Clitheroe in 1447-8 gave Bailey 

 Hall on lease to Richard Crombleholme ; 

 Shireburne Abstract Bk. 



183 Ibid. Richard was living in 1466 

 and Alice his widow 1473 ; ibid. 



284 Ibid. 



285 Ibid. The will of Thomas Clitheroe 

 (wrongly described as incumbent of 

 Mitton) is given in Baines' Lanes, (ed. 

 1870), ii, 101. 



286 Ibid. Robert presented to Bailey 

 Chapel in 15 17 and was living in 15 21. 



Robert Rushton of Walsall claimed 

 the manor called Bailey Hall in right of 

 his wife Ellen in 1 5 1 8 ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Plead. Hen. VIII, iii, R 1. From a 

 plea of 1 «3 1 it appears that Henry 

 Alston had demised the manor of Bailey 

 Hall to Edward Halstead for the life of 



Ellen Rishton, widow, who had a rent of 

 £6 16s. $d. from it; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 153, m. 15 d. 



287 Shireburne Abstract Bk. 



288 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 26. 

 A moiety of the manor of Bailey was 



in 1 549 granted to Robert Low by Ralph 

 Clitheroe, together with lands in Bailey 

 and Goosnargh ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 13, m. 102. 



289 Shireburne Abstract Bk. 



290 In 1557 Sir Richard purchased a 

 moiety of nine messuages, &c, in Aighton 

 and Bailey from Robert Clitheroe ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 17, m. 21. In 

 1574 he purchased nine messuages, &c, 

 from George Green ; ibid. bdle. 36, m. 

 280. In the following year he obtained 

 a considerable estate in Aighton, Bailey 

 and Whittingham from John Hopwood ; 

 ibid. bdle. 37, m. 57. A further purchase 

 was made in 1590 from John Halstead 

 in Aighton, Bailey, Winkley, Haighton 

 and Goosnargh; ibid. bdle. 52, m. 51. 

 Also a smaller one in 1593 from John 

 Burgoyne esquire in Aighton, Chaigley and 

 Bailey; ibid. bdle. 55, m. 153. The 

 'manor' of Bailey is not mentioned 

 subsequently, except as part of the 

 Shireburne estate. 



291 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 371. 



292 Deeds are in Add. MS. 32107, no. 

 874-930. 



298 Ibid. no. 930. Ralph de Bailey 

 also granted land in the vill of Bailey to 

 Robert son of John de Ash, who married 

 Cecily daughter of Roger de Heyhurst 

 (in Dutton) ; ibid. no. 883, 899. 



294 Ibid. no. 925. 



895 Adam son of Adam Walkandfot in 

 1292 claimed a tenement in Bailey and 

 Dutton against Richard son of Robert de 

 Ash; Assize R. 408, m. 42. In 1304 

 Robert de Clitheroe claimed account 

 against Richard de Ash, his bailiff, and 



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in 1327 against two of the name, the 

 elder and younger; De Banco R. 152, 

 m. 181 d. ; 268, m. 34. 



Richard de Ashes the elder was 

 defendant in a claim for land in Aighton 

 put forward by Ralph son of Jordan 

 Moody in 1 334 5 Coram Rege R. 297, 

 m. 16 d. In 1338 Richard de Ash gave 

 land in Bailey to his son Robert ; Add. 

 MS. 32107, no. 898. Robert is described 

 as 'of Dutton' in 1341 (ibid. no. 896) 

 and in 1346 he obtained land in Aighton 

 from William de Wormstall and Margaret 

 his wife ; ibid. no. 882. It appears 

 William and Margaret (in her right) held 

 an oxgang of land in Aighton which they 

 sold in 1335 to Henry son of Robert del 

 Hall ; Final Cone, ii, 98. 



John de Ash seems to have followed 

 about the time of Richard II. His son 

 Richard married Margery daughter of 

 Thomas del Ridding, and she in 1439, 

 as widow of John de Whalley, had held 

 lands of Richard de Shireburne by a 

 rent of zs. Thomas Ridding was her 

 brother and heir ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 

 874, 895, 886. For the Whalley family 

 see Final Cone, iii, 75. 



Thomas Ash in 1456 had a tenement 

 called Hurst in Aighton ; Add. MS. 

 32107, no. 894. 



296 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 35. 



397 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 165. 



298 His will of that date is printed by 

 C. D. Sherborn, op. cit. 71, and an 

 account ot the family follows. Some 

 other wills are printed in Wills (Chet. 

 Soc. new ser.), ii, 159, 179. 



29J See further in the account of 

 Dutton and Stidd. 



800 See Sherborn, op. cit. 84 ; Gerard, 

 Stonyhurst Coll. 82 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



801 See the account of the Holden 

 family. 



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