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KIRKHAM 



an only daughter Elizabeth, the heir male being his 

 brother William. 22 A division ensued, Clifton going 

 to the daughter and Westby to the brother, 23 and 

 thus the Cliftons became known as 'of Westby.' 

 Elizabeth by her second husband Sir William Moly- 

 neux 2,1 had a daughter and heir Anne, 26 whose 

 grandson Cuthbert Halsall had a daughter and co-heir 

 Anne. She married Thomas Clifton of Westby, and 

 the whole estate became reunited. 26 



It will thus be convenient to give in this place the 

 descent of the manor of Westby. William Clifton 

 died in 1 537, 27 and was succeeded by his son Thomas, 

 who died in 1 551, leaving a son and heir Cuthbert, 



twelve years ot age. 28 Cuthbert was a recusant in 

 1577, his income being stated at 100 marks a year. 29 

 He died in 1580, leaving a son Thomas, eighteen 

 years of age, 30 who at his death only five years later 

 was followed by his son Cuthbert, three years old. 31 

 This son, the purchaser of Lytham, was made a 

 knight at Lathom in 1617, 32 and died in 1634 

 holding the manors of Westby, Lytham and Little 

 Marton. 33 Thomas, his son and heir, was twenty- 

 nine years of age, and, as above stated, had recovered 

 the manor of Clifton and the other moiety of the 

 ancient family estate by his marriage with Anne 

 Halsall. Pedigrees of the family were recorded at 



ploughing or is., two days' harrowing or 

 8</., leading four ' foder ' of turves or 6d. t 

 two Hens or }</., and a goose or id. In 

 Salwick-with-Moorhouse the New Hall 

 with three closes and two doles and a half 

 in the Broadmeadow was worth £z is. a 

 year, and the Old Hall with half a dole 

 in the Broadmeadow £2 10s. The 

 Westgrims Moss is named. 



A full description of the boundary of 

 the lordship of Clifton and Salwick is 

 added. It went through the middle of 

 the moor between Clifton and Lea, 

 'straight betwixt the hepping stones in 

 Sidgreaves Lane and the nook of the new 

 intake.' The Harestones, Wagging 

 Birch, Raholme and Graystone seem to 

 have been on the north-west border of 

 Salwick. 



It is noted that the friars of Preston 

 paid is. to the lord of Westby for certain 

 lands at the Maudlands and a pound of 

 pepper (or is.), and that the lord of 

 Barton paid Si. for that lordship. 



23 Two inquisitions were made. That 

 in 1512 (Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, 

 no. 12) gives the pedigree as already 

 recorded and recites several deeds. By 

 one of them (without date) the feoffees of 

 Sir William de Clifton gave to William 

 de Clifton the son the manors of Clifton 

 and Westby, with messuages, windmill, 

 lands, rents in various places and homages 

 of Sir Nicholas Boteler for a tenement in 

 Whittle, of John de Barton for Barton, 

 and of Richard de Shireburne for Inskip. 

 By another Sir William de Clifton gave 

 to his son Nicholas messuages and lands 

 in Goosnargh and English Lea (including 

 one in Sidgreaves). Cuthbert Clifton gave 

 certain lands to trustees to pay Lawrence 

 Henreson to celebrate in Kirkham Church 

 for him and his wife, &c, for ten years, 

 when the lands were to go to his brother 

 William. All his messuages, &c, in 

 Kirkham, Newton, Scales, Great and 

 Little Plumpton, Warton, Wrea, Elswick, 

 Greeuhalgh, Esprick, Ashley and Barker 

 in Goosnargh were to go to his said 

 brother, together with certain lands in 

 Salwick, Clifton and Westby. The 

 manors of Clifton and Westby and the 

 lands there were stated to be held of the 

 king as of his duchy by the yearly rent of 

 4.01. Salwick is called a ' manor ' at the 

 beginning but not afterwards. 



The second inquisition, in 15 14 (ibid, 

 iv, no. 4.8), quotes the fine of 1306, and 

 recites that Richard son of Thomas Clifton 

 was seised of certain messuages, &c, in 

 Clifton, Westby, Salwick and other places 

 which descended to Cuthbert as his heir 

 (viz. son of Robert, son of James, son of 

 the said Richard), and should descend to 

 his daughter Elizabeth, who was nine years 

 old at her father's death. 



Elizabeth Clifton became the king's 

 ward, but William Clifton had possession 



of some or all of the estates, and in 15 16 

 Richard Hesketh, the king's attorney for 

 the county palatine, appeared before the 

 barons of the Exchequer for instructions ; 

 ibid, iii, no. 3. 



28 In May 1515 it was agreed between 

 Richard Hesketh and Elizabeth his wife, 

 daughter and heir of Cuthbert Clifton, on 

 the first part, and William Clifton brother 

 of Cuthbert, on the other, that the manor 

 of Westby, demesne lands, &c, property 

 in Much and Little Plumpton, Wrea, 

 Elswick, Poolhouses in Warton, Green- 

 halgh, &c, and the chantry at Kirkham 

 lately made by Sir Richard Davy, vicar 

 thereof, were to be taken for half the 

 inheritance. The other half consisted of 

 the manor of Clifton, with various lands, 

 the tithe barn there, fishery in the Ribble, 

 lands, &c., in Salwick and other places, 

 chief rents and services of the free chapel 

 and lands of St. Mary Magdalen nigh 

 Preston, the chief rent of Barton, the 

 chantry of Lund Chapel, and other lands. 

 Richard and Elizabeth were allowed six 

 months in which to make choice of one 

 of the moieties ; Kuerden MSS. iv, C 21. 



" Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 155, m. 8 d. 



25 Sir William Molyneux of Sefton died 

 in 1 548 holding the manor of Clifton, &c, 

 in right of his wife Elizabeth, who was 

 mother of Thomas Molyneux the heir. 

 Elizabeth died nine months before her 

 husband, viz. on 5 June 1 547, and Thomas 

 was of full age. The manor and other 

 lands were held of the king as of his 

 duchy by a rent of 20s. ^d. a year ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 6. 



It appears from the pedigrees that there 

 were several children of the marriage, but 

 that Anne, a daughter, was eventually the 

 heir and married Henry Halsall of Halsall, 

 by whom she had a son Richard ; Visit, of 

 1567 (Chet. Soc), 94, 104. Settlements 

 of the manor appear to have been made 

 by Henry Halsall and Anne his wife in 

 1557 and 1 571 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 17, m. 55 ; 33, m. 76. Richard was 

 succeeded by his illegitimate son Sir Cuth- 

 bert Halsall, who had two daughters, Anne 

 and Bridget ; see V.C.H. Lanes, iii, 195 ; 

 Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc), 59. The 

 manor of Clifton, held by the rent of 

 201. 4-d., is named in the possessions of 

 Henry Halsall in 1574 ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 34. 



Sir Cuthbert Halsall as lord of the 

 manors claimed services in 1600 ; Ducatui 

 Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 420. 



26 An agreement as to the manors of 

 Clifton and Westby was made in 1612 

 between Sir Cuthbert Halsall and Cuthbert 

 Clifton ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 307, m. 9 d. 

 The manors were granted to the Earl of 

 Derby and other trustees ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 80, no. 24, 25. 



37 His will is printed in Wills (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 70-3. He desired 



163 



to be buried in Kirkham Church, where 

 his ancestors were buried. Thomas, his 

 son and heir, was under age ; William, 

 the younger son, was to be kept to the 

 school until twenty-one ; the daughter 

 Ellen is named. Isabel his wife was to 

 have the manor-place of Westby and the 

 demesne thereto belonging. ' A certain 

 pasture called the Peel ' is mentioned. 



Isabel married John Holcar and in 1538 

 was claiming dower ; Pal. of Lane. Plea 

 R. 1 64, m. 3 d. 



28 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 18; 

 x, no. 47 j xii, no. 12. Thomas died 

 seised of the manor of Westby, messuages, 

 windmill, &c, in Westby, Great and Little 

 Plumpton, &c. The manor of Westby and 

 its appurtenances were held of the king as 

 of his duchy in socage by a rent of ioj. 

 This was only a fourth part of the old 

 service of 40^.5 Clifton rendered 205. \d. 

 There is nothing to show how the re- 

 mainder was paid, but the chief rent of 

 Barton (81.) may account for most of it. 



The accounts of Thomas Clifton's 

 executors are printed in Piccope, Wills 

 (Chet. Soc), iii, 73-80, He left 20J. to 

 the grammar school. To the vicar of 

 Kirkham 10s. was paid as a mortuary, 

 and £4. os. ^.d. was paid at the church the 

 day of his burial. 



29 Gibson, Lydiate Hal/, 215, quoting 

 S. P. Dom. Eliz. cxviii, 451. The William 

 Clifton, gent., of this and later lists was 

 no doubt his uncle, the younger son named 

 in the will of 1537 above quoted. 



80 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 76. 

 The tenure of Westby is given as before. 

 A messuage called Ballam there had been 

 assigned to Cuthbert's brother William. 



81 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 2 1 . 

 This recites the will of Thomas Clifton, 

 dated 3 Feb. 1584-5, in which are given 

 particulars of a settlement of his estates. 

 His wife was Jane daughter of Sir John 

 Southworth ; he had three brothers — Wil- 

 liam, John and Cuthbert ; his uncle, 

 William Clifton of Ballam, was living. 



Thomas Clifton as a recusant was in 

 1584 required to provide a light horse- 

 man, armed, for the queen's service in 

 Ireland ; Hist. MSS, Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 



593- 



Licence of entry to Cuthbert son and 

 heir of Thomas Clifton was given in 

 1605-6 ; Kuerden MSS. iv, C 21. 



32 Metcalfe, Bk. of Knights, 171. Sir 

 Cuthbert Clifton obtained a general pardon 

 on the accession of Charles I 5 Kuerden, 

 loc. cit. 



83 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, 

 no. 43. The tenure of Westby is recorded 

 as before. 'The Peel' was said to be 

 held of the king as of his duchy by knight's 

 service. A settlement made in 161 1 is 

 recited, the remainder being to Thomas 

 the son and heir and heirs male. There 

 was a younger son Cuthbert. Jane Stanley, 



