A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



of Peel Hall, &c.," s Blundell, 1 " Burnhull," 7 Erghum or Arrom, 1 " Fishwick,'" H-icconsall, 1 " Marshall,'" 



ni Thomas son of Thomas Banastrc 

 claimed 3 acres in Preston in 1292 

 against Simon the Clerk and Margery his 

 wife, and it was found that one Richard 

 Banastre had disseised Thomas Banastre 

 the father ; Assize R. 408, m, 56. Richard 

 Banastre then was defendant in another 

 pica ; ibid. m. 101. Also later, in 1306; 

 De Banco R. 158, m. 1 1 5 d. For others 

 of the family, ibid. 152, m. 215 d. 

 Nicholas and Hugh sons of Paulin de 

 Preston claimed land by inheritance in 

 1305 against Richard Banastre of Pres- 

 ton, Henry de K.irk.stiie and others ; 

 Assize R. 4.20, m. 8. Henry son of 

 Richard Banastre of Preston is named in 

 131 3 ; Col. Pjt. I 313-17, p. 53. 



Ellen widow of William de Southworth 

 in 1 32 3—4 claimed 20 acres against 

 Henry Banastre of Preston ; De Banco R. 

 251, m. H7d. Amery widow of Roger 

 at Kjrksiile claimed dower against Henry 

 Banastre of Walton and others in 1334 ; 

 ibid. 300, m. 109 d. 



The Banaslres of Bretherton had land, 

 ■Sec, in Preston ; it descended like Bal- 

 derston, but the tenure is nowhere stated; 

 Lanes. In], p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 16, &c. 



In 1465 Richard Banastre of Preston 

 the younger received from the mayor, 

 &c., land on Siding Moor between the 

 new intake of John Breton and Brome- 

 rield Bank (that had been Henry Banas- 

 tre's) ; Kuerden MSS. iv, P 12. 



William Banastre and Grace his wife 

 were defendants in 1494-5 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 79, m. gd. Lawrence 

 Banastre of Walton died in 1558 holding 

 a capital mess ; 3 zc in Preston of the mayor 

 and burgesses in free burgage ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq, p.m. xi, no. 58. Richard 

 Banastre appears as vendor in 1548 and 

 later ; he and his wife Isabel in 1 570 and 

 1 5 -2 made settlements of messuages and 

 lands in Preston and Walton ; Pal. of 

 Lane Feet of F. bdle. 1 3, m. 1 24 ; 27, 

 m. 148 (water-mill); 32, m. 73; 34, 

 m. 161. 



Among several Banastres at the guilds 

 of 1562 and 1582 were Richard Banastre 

 of Peel Hall, with sons Thomas, Law- 

 rence and George ; Preston Guild R. 20,32. 

 See also the Maudlands deeds in Piccope 

 MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 330-4. Peel Hall 

 seems to have been near Deepdale Road 

 station. 



116 Collections of the deeds of this 

 family are in Harl. MS. 21 12, fol. 

 96^/137*; 2042, fol. 171. They show 

 that the estates in Preston and neighbour- 

 ing townships had been acquired from 

 various sources. 



William son of Adam the White gave 

 lands to Cockersand Abbey about 1240 ; 

 Cockersand Chartul. i, 2 1 6. * Whi te ' 

 may be Blundell. Richard Blundell and 

 Joan his wife had two burgages in Pres- 

 ton in 1367 ; Harl. MS. 21 12, fol. 

 loibji^zb. Two years later William son 

 of Richard Blundell had lands in Cuerden ; 

 ibid. iooi/i4ii. William del Ashes in 

 1373 complained that Richard Blundell 

 had been depasturing his land at Preston; 

 De Banco R. 451, m. 163. 



William Rose of Ingol in 1377-8 

 granted Richard Blundell of Preston land 

 in Ingol in Ashton formerly belonging to 

 Robert son of John de Blackburn, and 

 Richard occurs again the following year ; 

 Harl. MS. 21 12, fol. 99^/140^ 101A/142A 

 In 1387-8 Richard Blundell and John 

 his *on appear; ibid. fol. 9S/139. John 



married Agnes daughter of John de 

 Middleton about that time; Harl. MS. 

 2042, fol. 171. Agnea was a widow in 

 1420; HarL MS. 2112, fol. 98/139. 

 Richard son of John Blundell made a 

 feoffment in 1435-6; ibid. In i454 _ S 

 various lands in Preston, Broughton, 

 Ingol, Brockholes and Lancaster were 

 granted by the feoffees to John Blundell 

 (son of Richard son of John) and to 

 Agnes widow of John Blundell the grand- 

 father ; ibid. fol. loobji^ib. In the 

 following year John Blundell and Alice 

 his wife made a settlement ; ibid. An 

 assignment of dower was made to Alice 

 widow of John Blundell in 1493-4; ibid. 

 The succession is not quite clear. John 

 seems to have been succeeded by brothers 

 William and Richard; ibid. In 15 11 

 Alice wife of John Blundell was bound 

 to stand an award in matters disputed 

 between her and Richard the brother of 

 John Blundell; ibid. fol. 98/139. John 

 Hogson and Elizabeth his wife (daughter 

 and heir of Richard Blundell) in 1524 

 gave lands in Preston, Broughton, Haigh- 

 ton, &c, to Agnes Blundell sister of 

 Elizabeth ; ibid. fol. xoibji^zb. The 

 heir male seems to have been Richard 

 son of Robert Blundell, described as 

 cousin and heir of William Blundell, who 

 in 1534 gave lands in Preston to Ellen 

 Blundell, widow ; ibid. fol. 99/140. This 

 Richard seems to have had a son John, 

 living in 1546 ; ibid. fol. 100/141. Richard 

 had also a brother Henry, to whom he 

 became bound in 1543; ibid. fol. 99^/140/;. 

 Richard and Henry his brother were both 

 burgesses of Prc.-ton Guild in 1542, and 

 the latter seems to have been ancestor of 

 the later Blundells ; Fishwick, Preston, 

 356. From a fine of 1558 it appears that 

 Joan daughter of Richard Blundell, de- 

 ceased, had married Henry Nicholson ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, m. 73. 

 The estate was in Preston, Broughton, 

 Ingol, Brockholes and Lancaster. Henry 

 Blundell was in possession in 1560 ; ibid, 

 bdle. 22, m. 93. 



Robert Blundell of Ince died in 161 5 

 holding a messuage in Preston of the 

 king in socage ; Lanes. Inf. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 28. 



117 Sir Thurstan de Holland, perhaps 

 about 1270, granted a burgage in Preston 

 to Nicholas de Burnhull ; Dods. MS. liii, 

 fol. 88 b. Roger son of Adam and Henry 

 son of Mirre, then bailiffs, attested, and 

 the appended seal is curious as showing 

 three bulls' heads with a chief vair, and 

 the legend -{- s : thvrstani : de : holand. 

 Robert de Burnhull and Beatrice his wife 

 purchased a messuage in 1352; Final 

 Cone, ii, 1 34. 



118 The name appears at the end of the 

 14th century among the mayors and clergy 

 of the parish church. William de Ergham 

 (Arkholme) was guild mayor in 1397, and 

 the name, degenerating to Arrom, appears 

 down to the 17th century. It has been 

 shown above that Arom House was sold to 

 the Preston family ; it is said to have been 

 acquired later by the Pattens, who on the 

 site erected their great mansion, afterwards 

 the town residence of the Earls of Derby; 

 Fishwick, op. cit. 75. 



William Arram and Anne his wife had 

 a messuage, &c, in Preston in 1583 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 45, m, 28. 



lla Gilbert de Fishwick held a messuage 

 and i£ acres claimed by Roger son of 

 Baldwin the Kirkman in 1292; Assize 



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R. 408, m. 39 d. Maud widow of Hugh 

 de Preston in 1323-4 claimed dower 

 against John the Marshal and Hugh de 

 Fishwick ; De Banco R. 248, m. 1 20 d. 

 Hugh son of Richard Mabbeson of Fish- 

 wick was defendant in 1333 ; ibid. 294, 

 m. 1 86 d. William son of Roger de Fish- 

 wick of Preston was defendant in 1346-7; 

 ibid. 347, m. 1 58 d. ; 352, m. 338 d. 

 There was a dispute in 1360 concerning 

 seven messuages, &c. t between William 

 son of William son of Richard de Ribbleton 

 and others plaintiffs, and John de Fishwick 

 and Christiana his wife defendants ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Assize R. 8, m. II, 



In 1420 Thomas son of Nicholas Fish- 

 wick acquired a messuage from John 

 Tyrell ; Final Cone, iii, 78. 



120 Geoffrey de Hacconsall and Margery 

 his wife were among the defendants to a 

 claim for dower brought in 1339 by Mar- 

 gery widow of Henry son of Robert de 

 Preston ; De Banco R. 279, m. i92d. 

 Geoffrey in 1340 obtained land in Wood- 

 holme from Albred son of Adam son of 

 Ralph de Preston ; Duchy of Lane. Assize 

 R. 2, m. iii d. William the son and Mar- 

 gery the widow of Geoffrey were defen- 

 dants in 1356, when Simon de Preston 

 claimed certain land ; ibid. 5, m. 26, 

 This Simon was son of John son of 

 Robert son uf Adam de Preston, and 

 brother and heir of Robert son and 

 heir of John ; Assize R. 435, m. 9. A 

 claim made by Thomas son of Nicholas 

 Deuias son of Agnes daughter of William 

 the Smith shows that this William and 

 Alice bis wife had made a grant to William 

 son of Geoffrey de Hacconsall. Nicholas 

 Deuias had died at Calais, leaving Thomas 

 his son under age in 1353 ; ibid. m. 22. 

 William the Smith was living in 1338; 

 Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 396. 



John the grandson of Geoffrey was out- 

 lawed and hanged for felony at Berwick, 

 and in 1406 his heir was found to be his 

 brother Roger. A pedigree is given, but 

 the tenure of the burgages, &c, is not 

 recorded ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet Soc), i, 

 81-3. In 141 1 a charter was enrolled by 

 which Robert Hacconsall gave William 

 Dutton a house in Fishergate and a rood 

 of land annexed to the same and 3 acrei 

 in the moor near the highway to Ribble- 

 ton ; Dcp. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 10. 



121 Richard the Marshal of Preston 

 complained in 1292 that William son of 

 Paulin de Preston had detained his wile 

 Milla in prison for a week ; Assize R. 

 408, m. 20. William the Marshal was • 

 defendant in 1302; De Banco R. 144, 

 m. 319. Alan the Marshal occurs in 

 1329; ibid. 279, m. I92d. John the 

 Marshal in 1330 received a messuage 

 from William son of Adam de Tyrel of 

 Preston ; Kuerden MSS. ii, foL 224. 

 Alexander the Marshal in 1347 obtained 

 a messuage, &c, from William son of 

 John de Ashton and Alice his wife; 

 Final Cone, ii, 124. In 1352 Cecily 

 widow of Alexander son of William the 

 Marshal acquired the fourth part of 

 certain messuages owned by Roger Starkie 

 and Maud his wife ; ibid. 134- 



John the Marshal and Alice his wife in 

 1376 obtained 2 acres from John Hunt 

 and Agnes his wife; ibid. 191* I* w 

 possible that Alice was the widow of 

 Roger de Birewath, about whose landi 

 inquiry was made in 1394-5, when it 

 was found that Roger had died without 

 heir and that hii widow had married John 



