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and Thomas by his son Ralph in or before I 3 1 7, in 

 which year William de Tours and Emma his wife 

 called upon him to warrant to them certain land 

 in Warton claimed by John de Astenthwaite and 

 Margaret his wife as dower, Margaret being widow 

 of Thomas de Beetham. 21 In 1 346 it was recorded 

 that Queen Isabella, in right of the fee of Pen- 

 wortham, held three plough-lands and a third for 

 the third part of a knight's fee in Warton which 

 Sir Ralph de Beetham and Thomas son of Gilbert de 

 Singleton held of her in moieties, rendering 3/. \d. 

 yearly for castle ward. 23 In 1 361 Robert de Beetham 

 and his tenants held the third part of a fee of the 

 Duke of Lancaster. 23 



Thomas Beetham of Beetham held a moiety of the 

 manor in 143 1 by the sixth part of a knight's fee, 

 Nicholas Singleton of Broughton holding similarly 

 the other moiety 24 ; while in 1445-6 Thomas 

 Beetham and Thomas Singleton held three and 

 one-third plough-lands for the third part of a fee, 

 paying relief equally. 25 Thomas Beetham was suc- 



ceeded by his son Sir Edmund, who conveyed his 

 manor of Cowburn, which extended into Bryning, 

 Kellamergh and Ravenshaw, with his other manors, 

 &c, to trustees, with remainders to his brothers 

 Roger, William and Richard, and then to his cousin 

 John. He died in 1472 and his brother William 

 succeeded, 26 but Richard was in possession in 1483. 27 



From this time the Beetham Manor disappears 

 from the records and its lands were said to be held of 

 the Crown in right of the duchy, though Gervase 

 Middleton still retained some land in 1548. 28 The 

 Singletons sold their moiety of the manor to James 

 Gerard in 1 598, 20 and John Gerard of Haighton had 

 an estate there in 1 6 3 5 30 ; but the manor with much of 

 the land seems to have been acquired by the Sharpies 

 family, 31 and was in 1652 sold to James Ashton. 32 It 

 is not mentioned again. 



The land was from an early time divided among a 

 number of freeholders, 33 as appears from the inquisi- 

 tion of 1249 above cited. Warton 34 and Collan 36 

 occur among the early surnames ; and the inquisitions 



Sir Thomas de Beetham was in 13 11 

 found to hold lands, &c, in Warton, 

 Bretherton and Newsham by the service 

 of a knight's fee, paying \%d. for sake 

 fee and doing suit to the court ; De Lacy 

 Inq. (Chet. Soc), 22. 



" De Banco R. 221, m. 219 d. ; 226, 

 m. 145 ; 230, m. 105 d. Margaret's 

 claim was for dower in eighteen messuages 

 and 12 oxgangs of land in Warton. The 

 defendants produced a charter of Thomas 

 de Beetham's granting all his tenement 

 in Kellamergh, also ij oxgangs and 

 § oxgang in Warton, to William de 

 Tours and Emma for Emma's life. 



There is some error in the extent of 

 1324, which reads thus : 'Ralph son and 

 heir of Robert de Conyers holds of Alice 

 de Lacy the manor of Warton of the fee 

 of Penwortham by the service of y. $d. 

 yearly for ward of Lancaster Castle, the 

 third part of a knight's fee and suit to 

 the county and wapentake ' ; Dods. MSS. 

 exxxi, foL 39A. 'Thomas de Beetham' 

 has perhaps been omitted after son and 

 heir ; thus the double tenancy of the 

 manor would be recognized for the first 

 time. 



22 Survey of 1346 (Chet Soc), 44. 

 The Singletons may have acquired the 

 Conyers part of the manor by marriage. 

 Thomas de Singleton in 1 3 3 1 complained 

 that Ralph de Beetham had seized his 

 cattle at Stainacregrene, a place outside 

 Ralph's fee. Ralph replied that William 

 de Conyers had formerly held ten mes- 

 suages and 12 oxgangs of land of his 

 grandfather Robert de Beetham by the 

 service of the fourth part of a knight's 

 fee and a rent of 2s., and that William's 

 heirs were his daughters Agnes and Joan; 

 De Banco R. 287, m. 448 d. 



In the aid of 1 346-5 5 Richard Banastre 

 is joined with Beetham and Singleton as 

 tenant of Warton ; Feud. Aids, iii, 87. 

 By a charter some years earlier Agnes 

 widow of Richard Banastre gave to 

 Richard her son land at Warton, with 

 Ribble Water ; Kuerden MSS. iv, W 5. 



23 Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 122. 

 The yearly value was 33s. 4^. 



Sir John de Beetham and Christiana 

 his wife occur in 1403-4 and Sir John 

 in 1420 ; Final Cone, iii, 67, 86. In 

 1401 Margery de Prees held 2 oxgangs 

 in Warton of Sir John de Beetham by 

 knight's service and a rent of izd. ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 76. The 



same was held of the heir of Sir Edward 

 Beetham in 1479 ; ibid, ii, 106. 



24 Feud. Aids, iii, 95. Thomas was 

 the son and heir of Sir John ; Final Cone. 

 iii, 85. He was in possession by 1429 ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 23. 



25 Duchy of Lane Knights' Fees, bdle. 

 2, no. 20. A Roger Beetham occurs in 

 1450 ; Final Cone, iii, 1 17. 



26 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 102; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. IV, no. 87. 

 It appears that Roger left a daughter 

 Agnes, who married Robert Middleton. 



37 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. exxx. 



28 Messuages, &c, in Warton, Kella- 

 mergh, Bryning and Wrea were held of 

 the king by fealty and a rent of zs. ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 11. 

 George Middleton sold his estate in Cow- 

 burn and Warton to William Skillicorne 

 in 1567 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 29, 

 m. 74. A settlement of it was made by 

 William Skillicorne and Nicholas his son 

 and heir in 1590 ; ibid. bdle. 52, m. 34. 

 The tenure of William's estate in Warton 

 in 1600 was not known. 



Richard Skillicorne in 1534 held land 

 in Warton of the king by id. rent ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 25. 



William Clifton of Kidsnape died in 

 1 5 17 holding lands in Warton of the 

 Earl of Derby by fealty only ; Duchy of 

 Lane Inq. p.m. v, no. 21. This may be 

 an indication that the earl succeeded to 

 the Beetham estate here for a short time. 

 It appears, however that an estate in 

 Warton, Freckleton, &c, was sold by 

 John Coppull to Sir Thomas Stanley in 

 the time of Henry VI ; Kuerden MSS. 

 iii, C33. 



29 Pal. of Lane Feet of F. bdle. 60, 

 m. 55. The deforciants were Thomas 

 Singleton, Cecily his wife and Edward his 

 son and heir. The estate included mes- 

 suages, windmill, lands and moiety of the 

 manor and a moiety of the view of 

 frankpledge. 



30 Duchy of Lane. Inq, p.m. xxvii, no. 

 20. He held four messuages of the king 

 by the two-hundredth part of a knight's 

 fee and a free fishery in the Ribble. The 

 change of lordship appears in other ways. 

 Thus in 1571 George Hesketh of Poulton 

 held lands, &c, in Warton of Edward 

 Singleton of Broughton, while his son 

 William Hesketh in 1622 held of John 

 Gerard ; ibid, xiii, no. 15 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 366. 



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31 At the time of selling the manor the 

 Singletons also sold two messuages, &c, 

 to William Threlfall and Jenet his wife ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 60, m. 51. 

 They also gave to trustees or mortgagees 

 another part of their estate — probably the 

 remainder — and one of the trustees was 

 John Sharpies ; ibid. m. 96. 



In a fine of 1 6 1 7 respecting the manors 

 of Freckleton and Warton, with messuages, 

 lands, windmill, &c., there and in Newton- 

 with-Scales, Stalmine, Preesall, Hamble- 

 ton, Catterall, Goosnargh and Wood- 

 plumpton, and a free fishery in the Ribble, 

 the deforciants were John Sharpies the 

 elder, Arthur Sharpies, Alice hiB wife 

 and Cuthbert Sharpies ; ibid. bdle. 90, 

 no. 48. 



32 Ibid. bdle. 150, m. 25; the defor- 

 ciants were John Sharpies, Dorothy his 

 wife, John Browne and Isabel his wife. 



33 This appears from previous notes. 

 In 1219 Gilbert son of Reinfred gave 2 

 oxgangs in Warton (formerly belonging to 

 Robert de Treales) to William son of 

 Robert in part exchange 5 Final Cone, i, 42. 



William de Bradkirk in 1366 purchased 

 a messuage and la nd in Warton from 

 Ralph son of William de Freckleton and 

 Isabel his wife 5 ibid, ii, 170. 



John son of Richard Carus and 

 Katherine his wife had land in 1 398 5 

 ibid, iii, 55. 



Thomas Hesketh purchased 14 acres, 

 &c, in Warton in 1 5 1 4 from John 

 March and Beatrice his wife ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 11, m. 237. The 

 tenure was unknown ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. v, no. 16. 



84 From the Lytham Charters (quoted 

 above) it would appear that some of the 

 Wartons were descendants of the younger 

 sons of Quenilda, while others came from 

 four sons of Efward or Eward — Henry, 

 Robert, Adam and Roger. 



35 Among the Lytham Charters at 

 Durham are several relating to Roger 

 Collan and Alice his wife, ranging from 

 about 1230 to 1280 ; they had a son 

 Adam ; 1 a, 2 ae, 4ae, Ebor. no. 14-19. 



In 1278 Alice widow of Roger Collan 

 claimed lands against Adam son of Robert 

 del Bank, Thomas son of Roger and 

 several others ; De Banco R. 27, m. 



. 35 d. 



Juliana Collan granted Richard son of 

 John le Spenser a messuage, &c, in the 

 Bankhouses ; Kuerden MSS. iv, W 15. 



