A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



and neighbouring owners, as appears from the in- 

 quisitions and other records, 

 having estates therein. 14 The 

 Hoghtons of * Hoghton in 

 Leyland held lands here from 

 the time of Edward 1 14a ; 



the estate was once called a 



manor. 14b Cockersand Abbey 



had a little land. 15 In the 



17 th century one residence 



was called the Hall, and its 



owners, named Wadsworth, 



recorded a pedigree in 1 664. 16 



Wadsworth of 



Haighton. Gules three 

 Jleurs de lis argent. 



Cloughfield and so south to the starting- 

 point ; Duchy of Lane. Anct. D. L 1061. 

 The same piece of land apparently (in 

 Falsnape Wray) had been given (temp. 

 Henry III) by Richard de Haighton to 

 Richard son of Roger de Broughton ; 

 ibid. L 1074. 



Nicholas son of William Singleton had 

 land here in 1471 ; Kuerden fol. MS. 

 fol. 396. John son ofWilliam Singleton 

 in 1488-9 had land in Haighton, in- 

 cluding Stubbings, formerly belonging to 

 Henry Haighton ; Towneley MS. DD, 

 no. 1289. John Singleton of Shingle 

 Hall in 1571 granted Thomas Hoghton 

 of Lea an annuity out of a messuage, &c, 

 in Haighton by Fulwood ; Add. MS. 

 32106, no. 804. Jane daughter of John 

 Singleton was in 1587 wife of Christopher 

 Harris, and had land in Haighton and 

 West Stubbings ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 49, m. 267. 



John Singleton of Shingle Hall was in 

 1530 said to hold his messuage, Sec, in 

 Haighton in socage of Sir Richard 

 Hoghton by a rent of lid. and a pair of 

 gloves, and a similar return was made 

 after the death of his son William in 

 1 541 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 

 32 ; viii, no. 9. Later, however, the 

 tenure was said to be of the queen by 

 knight's service ; ibid, xiii, no. 16 ; xiv, 

 no. 67. 



14 Robert Hesketh in 1490 held lands in 

 Haighton of Nicholas Harrington by the 

 rent of a grain of pepper ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 72 ; v, no. 16. 

 Sir Thomas Ashton had part of the 

 Harrington land in Haighton in 15 14; 

 ibid, iv, no. 80. Thomas Bradley in 

 1556 purchased lands in Haighton and 

 Hothersall from Sir Thomas Hesketh 

 and Alice his wife ; PaL of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 16, m. 12. John Bradley 

 held in 1597, but the tenure is not 

 stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, 

 no. 28. The tenement descended to 

 Osbaldeston ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec Soe, 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 179. 



Lawrence Starkie had lands in 

 Haighton as well as in Broughton, and 

 they descended in the same way ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 21. 



Thomas Dixon in 1597 purchased a 

 messuage, Sec, in Haighton and Whirr 

 tingham from James Anderton of 

 Lostock, who seems to have purchased in 

 1 5 91 from Gabriel Pennington; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 81 ; 53, 

 m. 136. Christopher Dixon died in 1605 

 holding his lands (in the townships 

 named) of the king by the hundredth and 

 the thousandth parts of a knight's fee ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soe. Lanes, and 



Ches.), i, 4°- .«■*,.,. 



Sir Richard Hoghton in 1606 sold to 

 George Lorimer a messuage, &c., in 

 Haighton; Add. MS. 32106, no. 770. 



In consequence of their taking the Jacobite side in 

 17 1 5 the estate was forfeited. 17 It was afterwards 

 held by Edward Pedder, Blacklidge of Wheclton and 

 Anderton of Euxton. 18 Another noteworthy family 

 was that of Gerard 19 ; their estate was sold to 

 James Francis Anderton, and is now held by his son 

 Mr. Wilfrid Francis Anderton of Haighton House.* 



George Charnley, Richard Whittingham and Law- 

 rence Wilkinson, described as of Haighton, in 1631 

 compounded for refusing knighthood by payments ot 

 £10 each. 21 



Two or three estates were sequestered by the Com- 

 monwealth authorities for delinquency or recusancy, n 



their lands in Haighton to Mailer 

 Richard de Hoghton, excepting a rood 

 held of the heirs of Richard le Botclcr ; 

 ibid. no. 656. In 1315 Richard ion of 

 Richard de Hoghton granted land to 

 Paulin de Elston and Christiana hit wife 

 at a rent of 1 31. $d. yearly ; ibid. no. 

 714. 



Sir Richard Hoghton was in 1422 

 found to hold a messuage and land in 

 Haighton of the king as Duke of 

 Lancaster in socage ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Chet. Soe), i, 146. Anilla daughter 

 and heir of Robert Singleton (formerly 

 of Chipping) in her widowhood gave her 

 hereditary lands in Haighton to Henry 

 and Ralph sons of Sir Richard Hoghton ; 

 Add. MS. uiofi, no. 663. John son of 

 William Blundell and cousin and heir of 

 Roger Blundell in 149 1-2 granted to 

 William Hoghton the lands in Haighton 

 which had formerly belonged to Alexander 

 Blundell; Dods. MSS. cxlii, foL 55*. 

 Lands in Haighton are mentioned in 

 later Hoghton inquisitions, Sec, but the 

 tenure is not stated. In 1 566 Thomas 

 Hoghton purchased lands, Sec, in 

 Haighton and Dilworth from John 

 Osbaldeston and Jane his wife ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 186. 

 Richard Hoghton in 1577 purchased a 

 messuage, Sec, from Henry Earl of 

 Derby ; ibid. bdle. 39, m. 93. 

 14 >> See note 22 below. 

 14 Adam son of Uctred gave all his 

 land* in Haighton bounded by Moorsyke, 

 Thorny Clough, Savock and Cabber Clough 

 and across the moor to the starting- 

 point ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 228. 



16 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soe.), 322. 

 The Wadsworths had also the 'manors' 

 of Fulwood and Cadley ; Exch. Dep. (Rec 

 Soe. Lanes, and Ches.), 90. 



17 Gillow and Hewitson, Tyldiilty 

 Diary, 62 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rtc. (Rec 

 Soe. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 171. See also 

 CaL Exch. Pleas, W 2. 



18 Fishwick, Preston, 359. 

 "John Gerard died in 1635 holding 



lands in Warton, Livesey, Whitton, 

 Withnell and Haighton. His messuage 

 in the last-named township was called 

 Rogerson House. The heir was his son 

 Evan, aged forty ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xxvii, no. 20. An Evan Gerard 

 'of Brindle,' skinner, was a burgess at 

 the Guild of 1622 ; PrtMn Guild R. 89. 91- 

 »o Fishwick, op. cir- 357, where 1 ped" 



George died in 1638, holding it of ' the 

 lord of Haighton ' in socage, and leaving 

 a son John, aged thirty-seven ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 57. 



Thomas Preston had lands in 

 Haighton and Warton in 1591 ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 53, m. 178. 

 George Preston died in 1602 holding 

 lands in Haighton and Whittingham of 

 the king by the two-hundredth part of a 

 knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soe), 

 i, 103. 



John Robinson purchased lands from 

 Bolton and from Singleton in 1596-7 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 46 ; 

 59, m. 97. Edward Robinson died in 

 1608 holding lands of the king by the 

 three-hundredth part of a knight's fee ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soe), i, 114. 

 John Robinson of Whittle died in 1628 

 holding land, tenure unstated ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 20. 



John Taylor in 1586 acquired a 

 messuage from Roger Taylor and Ellen 

 his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 48, m. 257. Christopher Taylor died in 

 1634 holding a messuage, Sec, of 'the 

 lord of Haighton,' and leaving as heir his 

 son John, over forty years of age ; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 

 1 1 90. 



Anthony Wall and Margaret his wife 

 had a messuage, Sec, in 1596; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 59, m. 181. 

 Anthony died at Preston in 1601 holding 

 three messuages and three-eighths of a 

 windmill in Whittingham and Haighton, 

 also messuages, Sec, in Preston. His son 

 and heir William was eight years old ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 6. 

 William Wall died in 1626 at Whitting- 

 ham holding the same estate and leaving 

 as heir his son William, aged eight ; ibid, 

 xxvi, no. 50. 



In the following cases the tenure is 

 not stated : Sir Richard Shireburne, 

 Henry Brown, Thomas Beesley and 

 Thomas Clarkson ; ibid, xvi, no. 3 ; 

 xviii, no. 23 ; xxviii, no. 62 ; xxx, no. 



14 » The estate has been mentioned in 

 previous notes. John son of John 

 de Haighton in the time of Edward I 

 made a number of grants and quitclaims 

 to Master Richard de Hoghton ; Add. 

 MS. 32106, no. 35, 653, 662, Sec. 

 Joan daughter of John de Haighton and 

 Maud her sister released to Master 

 Richard their right in the lands he had 

 acquired from their father ; ibid. no. 624. 

 Joan widow of John released her dower 

 right ; ibid. no. 650. Joan, Maud and 

 Margery daughters of John de Haighton 

 afterwards released their claim to 

 Richard son of Richard de Hoghton; 

 ibid. no. 654. Rob^ son of Warine de 

 Elston and Ellen his wife, daughter of 

 Roger Mustard (about 1280), granted all 



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gree is given. 



81 Misc. (Rec Soc f Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 222. 



» Richard Chamlty died in 1623 hold- 

 ing messuage* and (ands in Haighton of 

 the heirs of Balderiton by the rent of » 

 rose; his heir wa* his nephew Georp 

 (ion of Lawrence) Charnley, aged «w«|T; 

 four ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec Soe "i, 

 367. Henry Charnley died in i6J7 



