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thegnage rent due from Roger to the king. 10 William 

 the son and heir of Roger afterwards confirmed the 

 title of William de Grimsargh, 

 the rent being unchanged. 11 

 The Earl of Lancaster re- 

 ceived $s. from Grimsargh in 

 1297." 



About this time the Hogh- 

 tons of Hoghton appear to 

 have acquired lands in the 

 township, 13 and eventually 

 purchased the lordship from 

 the Grimsargh family. 14 In 

 1 324 the mesne lord, William 

 de Heaton, was said to hold 

 it by the old rent of 3J., 15 

 but in 1 34.6 the immediate tenant only was re- 

 cognized, viz. Adam de Hoghton. 16 The manor 

 descended in this family without noteworthy in- 

 cident 17 until 1772, when it was sold by Sir Henry 

 Hoghton and Frances his wife to William Shawe 

 the younger, 18 from whom it seems to have passed to 

 the Cross family, seated at Red Scar in this town- 



Hoghton of Hogh- 

 ton. Sable three bars 

 argent. 



ship. 19 Mr. William Cross is the present lord of 

 the manor, 20 but lives in Surrey, Red Scar being let. 



RED SCJR 30a stands in a commanding situation 

 facing south-east above a bend of the River Ribble 

 on its north bank about three miles north-east of 

 Preston, and is a picturesque two story gabled building 

 of timber and plaster, partly dating probably from 

 Elizabethan times, but so much restored and added 

 to that few of its original architectural features remain. 

 It was enlarged and altered in 1798 and again in 

 1840 when the library was added. The exterior 

 timber and plaster work is almost wholly imitative 

 and modern, but a thatched one-story wing at the 

 north-east end, now used as a dining-room, preserves 

 to some extent an interesting ancient feature. The 

 interior contains some oak furniture and carvings 

 formerly in the old church at Grimsargh. 



BROCKHOLES, as already stated, was a member 

 of the fee of Manchester. It was granted to the 

 Lathom family, 21 and of them held by a tenant 

 assuming the local surname. The first of them known 

 by name was one Award de Brockholes, 22 whose son 

 Roger appears in pleadings of 1 246 and otherwise. 23 



10 Ibid. 231 ; thus Roger had nothing 

 from Grimsargh except relief and ward- 

 ship. Roger's heir was his son William. 



11 Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 113. 



Vi Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 289. 

 The tenant is not named. 



13 In 1292 Adam de Hoghton held a 

 messuage and 12 acres in Grimsargh, as 

 heir of his father, who had purchased 

 from Richard son of John de FHtchcrofthaw. 

 The plaintiff, Richard son of Robert son of 

 John de Goosnargh, said that these Johns 

 were the same person, but he was non- 

 suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 22. 



At the same time William son of 

 Robert de Elston claimed the sixth part 

 of a water-mill in Grimsargh against 

 Richard de Hoghton and Alexander de 

 Hyde. The plaintiff, who recovered, 

 stated that his father had purchased the 

 mill from Thomas de Grimshagh 

 (? Grimsargh), but Agnes widow of 

 Thomas had a third part in dower, which 

 she had granted to plaintiff till he had 

 received the cost of repairing the mill ; 

 ibid. m. 3 d. Again, Roger de Eccleston 

 (? Elston) complained that Thomas de 

 Grimsargh and Richard de Hoghton had 

 obstructed his right of way ; ibid. m. 

 32 d. 



14 The time of purchase does not 

 appear, but in 1301 Richard de Hoghton 

 seems to have had a fair estate in 

 Grimsargh ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 1, 192. Richard son 

 of Sir Adam de Hoghton granted 9 acres 

 in Grimsargh to Henry de Eccleshill ; 

 Dods. MSS. lxx, fol. 1 6o£. 



In 1325-6 William son of Roger de 

 Caton granted William de Heaton and 

 Anilla his wife the service of Sir Richard 

 de Hoghton for lands in Grimsargh ; 

 quoted in Memo. R. (L.T.R.) 128, m. xv 

 (37 Edw. III). 



An agreement as to arbitration on 

 various matters in dispute was made in 

 1334 between William de Grimsargh and 

 Sir Richard de Hoghton, two neighbours 

 and a man of the law being chosen by 

 each to view and decide ; Add. MS 

 32106, no. 318. 



The transfer of the manor docs not 

 seem to have been complete until 1362, 

 when William de Grimsargh granted to 

 Sir Adam de Hoghton all his messuages, 



land?, rents, services, &c, in the vill of 

 Grimsargh ; ibid. no. 520. 



Of the Grimsargh family little is 

 known. A William de Grimsargh 

 appears between 1242 and 1262, followed 

 by a John de Grimsargh in 1293 ; Lanes. 

 Inq. and Extents, i, 151, 231, 280. 

 Gilbert son of Thomas de Grimsargh in 

 1292 claimed common of pasture against 

 John de Grimsargh and William de 

 Brockholes, bat was non-suited ; Assize 

 R. 418, m. 58. To charters of 1284 John 

 de Grimsargh and Gilbert his brother 

 were witnesses ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 

 74, 50 (B 5). John de Grimsargh 

 attested a deed In 1312-13 ; ibid. fol. 74. 

 William de Grimsargh contributed to the 

 subsidy in 1332; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 58. 



15 Dods. MSS. exxxi, fol. 39. 



l* Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc), 59. 

 This shows that the deed of 1362 above 

 cited was only the completion of a sale 

 that had taken place long before. 



17 The manor of Grimsargh, as held 

 by the service of 35., occurs among 

 Hoghton properties in inquisitions, fines, 

 &c, but the family do not seem to have 

 resided there. See Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc), i, 145 (1422) ; Duchy of Lane 

 Knights' Fees, bdle. 2^0.20(1446); Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 89, no. 141 

 (1616), &c. 



Grimsargh was held by Elizabeth 

 Kighley at her death in 1524 by $s. rent, 

 the reversion being to Sir Richard 

 Hoghton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, 

 no. 61. 



18 i al. of Lane Feet of F. bdle. 387, 

 m. 114. 



19 It is stated that the manor was sold 

 by Sir Henry Philip Hoghton (d. 1835) 

 to William Cross of Red Scar (Fishwick, 

 Preston, 93), in which case the apparent 

 sale to Shawe must have been a mortgage 

 only. 



20 For pedigree see Burke, Landed 

 Gentry. This gives John Cross, d. 1799 

 -3. William (of Red Scar), d. 1827- s. 

 William Assheton, d. 18*3 -s. William, 

 b. 1850. 



20a There is an illustration in Twycross, 

 Lanes. Mansions, ii, 48. 



21 In 1212 Richard son of Robert (de 

 Lathom) held half a plough-land in 



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Brockholes, part of the Grelley fee, by 

 the thirteenth part of a knight's fee ; 

 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 54. 



The dependence upon Manchester, 

 though merely nominal, continued to be 

 recorded down to the 17th century. 

 In 1 322 Robert de Lathom held the 

 thirteenth part of a fee in Brockholes by 

 John de Brockholes ; Mamecestre (Chet. 

 Soc), ii, 379. For sake fee %d. was 

 paid, also gd. for castle ward, and puture 

 of the Serjeants was due ; ibid, ii, 288. 

 In 1473 the wife of Nicholas Singleton 

 held the lordship of Brockholes by the 

 Ribble by the same tenure ; ibid, iii, 

 480. 



22 Award de Brockholes attested a 

 charter by Henry de Lea ; Add. MS. 

 32106, no. 69. 



In the account of Samlesbury has been 

 mentioned an Edward son of Edward son 

 of Orm de Brockholes ; the first Edward 

 (living 1227) may be identical with the 

 Award of the text. 



One Ellis de Brockholes appears in 

 Yorkshire in 1284; Cal. Close, 1279-88, 

 p. 271. There may have been other 

 places of the name; Gen. (new ser.),xi, 196. 



23 In 1246 Roger de Brockholes re- 

 covered common of pasture in 4 acres in 

 Brockholes against Maud de Ribbleton, 

 Robert and William her sons and Richard 

 de Ellesley ; Assize R. 404, m. 4. The 

 first of these defendants was perhaps the 

 Maud daughter of Henry who unsuccess- 

 fully claimed 20 acres at the same time 

 against Roger de Brockholes, Richard de 

 Lathom and others ; ibid. m. 13. Roger 

 and his wife Christiana acquired land in 

 Byrewath in Garstang ; Add. MS. 32106, 

 no. 1 105. 



In Dec 1253 an agreement was made 

 between Roger de Brockholes and Huard 

 de Bradshaw as to certain quarrels respect- 

 ing land in Bradshaw given in free 

 marriage with Huard's sister Mabel ; 

 Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 65/107. Itappears 

 that Mabel had married Roger, for 

 William son of Roger de Brockholes 

 released his claim (derived from Mabel 

 his mother) to 4 acres in Bradshaw to 

 Robert son of Henry son of Huctred de 

 Bradshaw ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 50 B. 



Roger had also a son Richard, who 

 gave William his brother land in Brock- 



