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and the Clifton part was divided between Clifton 

 and Boteler of Rawcliffe." Thus in 134.6 five-sixths 

 were held equally by Richard de Catterall, Sir Adam 

 de Hoghton and Nicholas de Longford, and the other 

 sixth equally by William de Clifton and Richard le 

 Boteler." A century later the tenants were Richard 



Catterall, Richard Hoghton and Nicholas Longford ; 

 Richard Clifton and Nicholas Boteler. 83 



Early in the 16th century the Catterall portion 

 became further divided, 3 * and one fraction continued 

 to be claimed by the family of Townley of Barnside 

 for some time. 36 The Hoghtons, perhaps holding the 



A release of all interest in Wrighting- 

 ton, GooBnargh, Threlfall and Howath 

 made by Henry de Aslacton to Adam de 

 Hoghton while Sir Robert de I.athom was 

 sheriff would complete the transfer of the 

 Mitton third to the Hoghtons. That they 

 held the Longford part also seems clear 

 from a fine of 1306 by which Richard son 

 of Adam de Hoghton made a settlement 

 of two-thirds of the manor of Goosnargh 

 and Various lands there ; Final Cone, i, 207. 

 But from a charter in Add. MS. 32106 

 (no. 705) it may be inferred that the 

 two-thirds refers to the part in possession, 

 Agnes widow of Adam the father (brother) 

 of Richard having the other third, as 

 below. 



Henry son of Adam de Blackburn was 

 non-suited in 1292 on claiming a tene- 

 ment in Goosnargh against Adam de 

 Hoghton ; Assize R. 408, m. 58. In 

 1302 John son of Alexander de Hyde 

 made a successful claim to 30.J. rent 

 withheld by Master Richard, son and heir 

 of Adam de Hoghton j the defence was a 

 technical one — that Agnes de Hoghton 

 and Ralph de Catterall held the third part, 

 but were not named ; Assize R. 418, m. 

 13 d. From other pleadings it appears 

 that Agnes was the widow of Master 

 Richard's brother Adam ; Assize R. 419, 

 m. 13 ; 420, m. 10 d. 



31 William son of Walter de Clifton 

 about 1230 granted to William son of 

 Waiter de Carleton, in marriage with his 

 sister Elizabeth, 1 oxgang of land in 

 Goosnargh and all his estate in Whittle ; 

 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 90, no. 73. This 

 moiety of the Clifton part of Goosnargh 

 seems to have descended to the Botelers, 

 who made other acquisitions. About 

 1263 Ranulf de Goosnargh gave Richard 

 le Boteler 15 acres in Threlfall; ibid, 

 fol. 89, no. 64. Peter de Catterall also 

 gave land there ; Kuerden MSS. iv, G 9. 



Richard le Boteler gave land in Goos- 

 nargh and Threlfall to his son Henry ; 

 ibid. Henry sor. of Sir Richard le Boteler 

 gave Orm son of Richard de Barton part 

 of his land between Longley and the 

 Mickle Brook of Ratonraw ; Dods. MSS. 

 Iiii, fol. 89, no. 66. He also gave 

 part of his land in Threlfall to Roger 

 son of Godith de Hupronchelm ; ibid, 

 no. 69. William son of Alexander de 

 Goosnargh granted to William son of 

 Nicholas le Boteler in 1 3 1 6 an oxgang of 

 land in Goosnargh which he had had from 

 Henry, who had it from Richard le Boteler ; 

 ibid. no. 74. Richard son of Thomas 

 de Threlfall made a similar release about 

 the same time ; Kuerden MSS. iv, G 9. 



To Nicholas son and heir of William 

 le Boteler Agnes widow of John de 

 Myerscough released land in Threlfall in 

 Claughton'm 1321— 2 ; ibid. Sir Nicholas 

 Boteler in 1 3 3 7 gave William de Hoghton, 

 clerk, land by Falbothgrene ; ibid. 



32 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc), 56-8. 

 The plough-land and a half in Goosnargh 

 were stated to make the third part and the 

 eighth part of a knight's fee. The old 

 rent of 12s. and 6j. %d. for a sor goshawk 

 was paid. It is stated that Adam de 

 Hoghton held his third part by the 

 charter of E(dmund) lately earl. 



That the Longford third was occupied 

 by Adam de Hoghton may be inferred 

 from the sheriff's compotus of 1 348, when 

 those who paid the 12J. rent were Sir 

 Adam de Hoghton, Nicholas Boteler, 

 William de Clifton and Ralph de Catterall ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiii, 11 1. 

 Later inquisitions attribute third parts of 

 a knight's fee to Barton and Leyland. 



In 1348 Walter Wenne and Margaret 

 his wife claimed a messuage, &c, against 

 Richard de Catterall, Alan his son and 

 William de Singleton ; Assize R. 1444, 

 m. 22. Alan son of Richard de Catterall 

 sought a messuage, &c, against Richard 

 son of Margaret de Catterall in 1356; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 4d. 



Richard son of William Gest in 1367 

 claimed three messuages, 40 acres of land, 

 &c, in Goosnargh against John son of 

 John de Catterall, alleging a grant from 

 Ralph de Catterall (temp. Edw. II) to 

 Paulin de Catterall and Alice his wife. 

 Their daughter Margaret was plaintiff's 

 mother; De Banco R. 427, m. 319 d. 



John son of John de Catterall made a 

 feoffment of hislands in 1366 ; Towneley 

 MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.) ; C 124. His 

 estate was by his cousin William son of 

 Richard the Parker given to John son 

 and heir of Richard de Towneley in 

 1380-1 ; ibid. P 43. 



Adam de Catterall in 1392-3 gave a 

 part of his land called the Oakenhead 

 for life to Thomas del Oakenhead ; Add. 

 MS. 32104, fol. 115. He died in 1397 

 holding a third part of the manor of the 

 king in socage ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc), i, 66. Richard Catterall in 1440— 1 

 made a feoffment of Fisherplace and 

 Crosshouse ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 75 5. 



Sir Adam de Hoghton in 1376 com- 

 plained of the depasturing of his grass at 

 Broadhead; De Banco R. 463, m. 21. 

 In 1422 Sir Richard Hoghton held 

 five messuages, &c, in Goosnargh and 

 Threlfall of the heirs of Nicholas de Hyde 

 in socage by a rent of 15s. ; his manor of 

 Goosnargh had been given to his son Sir 

 William Hoghton and Alice his wife ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), 1, 146. 

 The charter making the grant of the 

 third part of the manor to William and 

 Alice (1388-9) is in Kuerden MSS. vi, 

 fol. 85. 



83 From an extent of 1445-6 ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20. 

 The proportions were unchanged, Cat- 

 terall, Hoghton and Longford holding 

 five-sixths, Clifton and Boteler the other 

 sixth. 



Ralph Catterall in 15 15 was stated to 

 hold his land in Goosnargh of the king by 

 the third part of the fifth part of a knight's 

 fee, but his son John in 15 17 was said 

 to hold in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p m. iv, no. 62, 4. There are numerous 

 references to the Catterall holding in 

 Threlfall, Lickhurst, Broadhead, White 

 Lea, &c, in the Ducatus Lane. (Rec Com.). 



The Hoghtons also were stated to 

 hold by knight's service, the proportion 

 of a fee being differently stated ; in 1498 

 it was called the third of five-sixths of a 

 knight's fee, in 1524 the third of the 

 fifth, and in 1559 the third of a fourth 



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part ; Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. iii, 

 no. 66 ; v, no. 61 ; xi, no. 2. 



The Longford part does not occur at 

 all in the inquisitions, by that name. 



The Clifton of Clifton estate in 

 Goosnargh was not treated separately, 

 the tenure being called socage ; e.g. 

 ibid, iv, no. 12. 



Sir John Boteler of Rawcliffe died in 

 1404 holding his land in Goosnargh of 

 Richard Catterall by services unknown ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1460, A later 

 John was in 1488 said to hold of Ralph 

 Catterall by id. rent, but later still the 

 tenure was stated as by knight's service ; 

 ibid, iii, no. 45, 109, &c. The main 

 portion of the estate was sold to Gilbert 

 Gerard in 1572 by Henry Butler, Anne 

 his wife, Thomas Standish and James 

 Anderton ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 34, m. 69. The purchaser had also part 

 of the Balderston estate through Radcliffe 

 of Winmarleigh, but after his death the 

 tenure was not recorded ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 2, and see Latus family 

 below. 



84 Thomas Catterall of Little Mitton 

 made a feoffment of Bulsnape, with court 

 baron of Goosnargh, in 1570; Towneley 

 MS. DD, no. 758. Thomas, who died 

 in 1579, left seven daughters co-heirs : 

 Anne Town ley, Elizabeth Procter, 

 Katherine (wife of Thomas) Strickland — 

 these three appear to have divided the 

 Goosnargh part of the estate — Margaret 

 Atherton (and Edwards), Marian Grim- 

 shaw, Dorothy Shireburne (and Braddyll), 

 and Jane (unmarried) ; Fishwick, 

 Goosnargh) 150. The Stricklands sold 

 their share to Kighley, Hoghton, 

 Wilson, Kirk, and Barton ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 49, m. 31 ; 53, 

 m. 190; 58, m. 100, &c See Bulsnape 

 and White Lea below. Thomas Shireburne 

 seems to have released his rights to James 

 Pickering in 1599 (Common Pleas Recov. 

 R. Easter 41 Eliz. m. 9), yet Dorothy 

 Whipp (daughter of Thomas Catterall and 

 formerly wife of Richard Shireburne) in 

 1620 held a messuage of the king by 

 the three-hundredth part of a knight's 

 fee 5 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec Soc), ii, 229. 

 Thomas Shireburne of Heysham in 1635 

 held an acre of Gilbert Hoghton ; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 1083. 



3a Goosnargh is named in a settlement 

 by Henry Townley and Anne his wife in 

 1590 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 52, 

 m. 136. 



Lawrence Townley of Barnside died 

 in 1623 holding a third of a third of the 

 manor of Goosnargh and a third part of 

 various messuages, water-mill, &c, includ- 

 ing Lickhurst and Broadhurst, all of Sir 

 Richard Shireburne as of the late priory of 

 St. John of Jerusalem in socage by 

 zs. d\d. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec Soc 

 Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 411. A similar 

 return was made in 1630 after the death 

 of Richard Townley ; Duchy of Lane 

 Inq. p.m. xxv, no. 19. The third part 

 of a third part of the manor occurs later, 

 in 1673, in a feoffment of the estates of 

 Richard Townley and Anne Townley, 

 widow ; Pal. of Lane Feet of F. bdle. 

 Tgr, m. 67. 



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