A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



This family probably descended from one of the 

 numerous tenants recorded in Stanah in I 346." The 

 principal of them, John de Staynolf, who took his 

 name from the place, has no further record," but his 

 etate may have been that held later by Banastre of 

 Bank. 33 The estate of Lawrence of Ribbleton," 

 Travers of Nateby 35 and Norcross 36 can be traced 

 for some time, and the later landowners occurring in 

 the inquisitions may have inherited or purchased 



31 Survey of 1346, p. 56 ; they were 

 John de Staynolf 4 oxgangs of land, 

 paying \s. 6d. ; Roger de Northcross and 

 Thomas son of Robert de Staynolf, each 

 an oxgang, paying y^d. ; William Law- 

 rence, Thomas Travers and John Boteler, 

 each the fourth part of an oxgang and 

 paying i6<£, i6J. and nil (?) ; Adam the 

 Knight, 5 acres, 4^. ; Richard Doggeson, 

 5 acres, 6d. There was one plough-land 

 in all, rendering 51. drengage rent. The 

 rents, as here stated, amount to more 

 than the old 51, and 41., yet there has 

 probably been some omission. 



Another version, preserved by Dods- 

 worth (lxxxvii, foL 66i), records John 

 Boteler as holding a third part of the 

 manor by a rent of 2od. From the rents 

 it may be conjectured that Lawrence, 

 Travers and Boteler held the Thornton 

 part of this moiety of Stanah (under 

 Banastre), and that Norcross and the 

 others (with Boteler in part) held the 

 drengage moiety. 



w John de Steynhole died about 1264-5 

 holding a plough-land in Stanah of the 

 king by drengage and 51. rent ; half was 

 in demesne and half in service. His sen 

 Roger was of full age ; Lanes. Inq. and 

 Extents ', i, 234. 



Roger de Staynolf gave a messuage and 

 land in Thornton to William de Marton, 

 who married his daughter Margery. Their 

 son Richard had a daughter and heir 

 Margery, who in 1346 claimed them 

 against Thomas del Mere ; De Banco 

 R. 349, m. 243 ; 354, m. 381 d. 



Margaret mother cf Richard de Staynolf 

 of Preston and wife of William Hudson 

 in 1396 held in her own right certain 

 lands in Little Staynoll (? Stanah;, Holmes 

 and Thornton ; Richard was an outlaw in 

 1408 ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), 

 i, 89 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvii, App. 



In 1 500 Robert Staynoll made a settle- 

 ment of '. ands in Thornton, Stanah and 

 Holmes with remainder to William his 

 son and heir ; Breckholes of Claughton D. 



53 Han- Banastre purchased in 15 15 

 from Gilbert Chamock and Emma his 

 wife, it being Emma's property ; Pal of 

 Lane Feet of F. bile. II, m. 231. 

 Richard Banastre in or before 1548 held 

 messuages, ire, in Thornton ; Duchy of 

 Line. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 33. His son 

 William held in 1555 of the Earl of 

 Derby by zs. rent ; ibid, x, no. 3-. The 

 estate descended to Henry Banastre in 

 1641 ; ibid- xxix, no. 15. In 161" the 

 rent was given as &£ only ; Lszcs. I'.q. 

 ps*. v Rec. Soc Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 7-. 



M £":-_:.' C:-..: ii, 141 (1354); Lama. 

 I:;. !-.-.. (Chet. Soc), i, -: (139S). No 

 particulars are given. Robert Lawrence 

 in 1 5 1:4 held his lands of the heirs of 

 William Singleton ; Duchy of Lane Inq. 

 p.m. v, no. 57. Henry Browne held land 

 i 0. Thornton in ibci ; ibid, xviil, no. 13. 



Here as elsewhere Lawrence and 

 Travers were no doubt tie heirs oi the 

 H.irdock familv, who about noit-ijo: 

 hid messuage; and land in Tb.on.ton and 



other of the shares. These include Finch of 

 Worthington," Albin," Brickell" and Hodgson* 

 Some others are recorded." 



BURN was among the possessions of Roger de 

 Heaton's heir in 1212."- 5 Roger had had it taken 

 from him by Theobald Walter, but recovered it in 

 1 199-1200, after John became king." It de- 

 scended in the Heaton family" till the 15th cen- 

 tury, when it passed on partition to Westby of 



Great Carleton ; Assize R. 408, m. 61 d.; 

 De Banco R. 149, m. 109 ; 156, m. 75 d. 

 35 William Travers in 1524 held his 

 lands in Tnmoll (Trunnah) of William 

 Kirkby by the service of a red rose ; 

 Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. v, no. 62. 

 The same tenure is recorded in later 

 inquisitions. Trunnah was regarded as 

 part of Holmes. In 1635 this estate 

 was held by Thomas Hull, who left a son 

 and heir John, aged sixteen ; Towneley 

 MS. C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 509. Another 

 of the family, Richard Hull of the Tum- 

 yate, in 1638 held his land of the king, 

 and left as heir a son Thomas, aged 

 thirteen ; ibid. 497. This Richard was 

 no doubt the son of Thomas Hull, who 

 died in 1614 holding messuages, Sec, 

 in Thornton of the king as duke in 

 socage and in Stanah by the hundredth 

 part of a knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec Soc), ii, 8. 



34 In 1360-2 William son of Roger 

 (son of William) de Norcross claimed a 

 messuage and 5 acres of land in Thornton 

 against John the Knight of Holmes and 

 Ellen his wife ; Duchy of Lane Assize R 8, 

 m. 1 2 d. ; De Banco R 408, m. nod. 



David (son of William) Norcross died 

 in 1593 holding a messuage, &c, in 

 Stanah of the queen as of her castle and 

 honour of Lancaster by the two-hundredth 

 part of a knight's fee and id. rent. His 

 widow Agnes afterwards married John 

 Nelson. His heir was a daughter Mary, 

 aged six months ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xvi, no. 9. 



57 Robert Finch in 1610 held mes- 

 suages, Ac, in Thornton and Holmes, 

 Stanah, Trunnah, 4c, of the king in 

 socage; Lanculr.q. p.tr..(Rec. Soc), i, 156. 

 Richard Finch, his cousin and heir, died 

 in 1629 holding messuages, &e, in 

 Holmes in Thornton of the king as of 

 his man-r of P internet, also a salt marsh 

 of the king as ouke ; Towneley MS. 

 C 8, 1 :, pp. +25-6. His heirs were the 

 sons of an elder brother, Christopher 

 Finch of Mawdesley. 



ls Christopher Albin died in 1638 hold- 

 ing a messuage, saltcore, dec, in Thornton 

 et the king by a rent of 281. \tL ; his 

 son and heir Robert was fourteen years 

 of age ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 1. 



39 Rchard Brickell died in 1621 hold- 

 ing a messuage in Holmes of the king ; 

 Richard, his son and heir, was twenty- 

 eisht rears of age (perhaps in 1630 when 

 the inquiry was made) ; ibia. p. 55. 



10 Robert Hodgson died in 16 13 holding 

 a messuage and 14 acres of the king in 

 socage ; his son and heir John was 

 fou-teen years old ; Lanes. Istq. p.**. 

 (Rec Soc), i, 258. John Hodgson 

 died leaving an only child, Ellen, in 1652 

 the wife of Robert Hoole (or Hull) of 

 Carleton. and was succeeded by a brother, 

 Richard Hodgson of P::I Foot, and he, 

 being a recusant, had two-thirds of his 

 estate sequestered. A younger brother, 

 William, had 'lived in Ireland till the 

 bloo-dv insurrection began ani then was 

 enforced to fly into England for the 



safety of the lives of himself, his wife and 

 children, leaving their livelihood sod all 

 their fortunes behind them save only some 

 principal goods,' which he kept 'twelve 

 miles beyond Preston,' till the Psr!i». 

 ment's forces took Lancaster and other 

 places there, and then ' our party ' took 

 away those goods, not knowing that 

 William was in the Parliament's service In 

 London and had 'found 1 man to go 

 forth with the Earl of Essex.' He had 

 also sent his own son ' to sea in the 

 Adventure frigate against the Dutch, and 

 he continued there till peace was made 

 and since came home very sick' and 

 chargeable William, having had no 

 compensation for these losses, desired a 

 lease of his brother Richard's sequestered 

 estate ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec Soc 

 Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 233-6. 



Thomas Hodgson in 1629 held land 

 in Thornton of the king ; his heir was 

 his son Richard, aged eleven ; Towneley 

 MS. C 8, 13, p. 509. 



41 Beatrice de Marton and Margery 

 her sister claimed a messuage and half 

 an oxgang of land in Thornton against 

 Richard son of Jordan de la Mere ; 

 De Banco R. 257, m. 252. 



The estate of Thomas Fleetwood of 

 Rossall in 1576 extended into Stanah, 

 Trunnah, Holmes and Ritherham ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2. 



George Duddell in IC89 had land in 

 Holmes in Thornton ; ibid, xv, no. 43. 

 Thomas Ecclcston in 1592 held four 

 messuages, &c, in Thornton ; ibid, xvi, 

 no. 38. The tenures arc not stated. 



John Allen's estate in 1593 wasiaid to 

 be held of the Earl of Derby in socage ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc), i, 1 97-9. 



George Crane (of Skippool) died in 1636 

 holding a messuage, &c, of the king as 

 duke His heirs were four daughters — 

 Margaret, aged fourteen, Anne, Janet and 

 Agnes ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3, p. 24 ; 



Elizabeth Woodhouse, widow, died in 

 1637 holding a messuage, &c, of the 

 king in soca/e ; the next of kin and 

 heir was Peter Woodhouse, aged fifteen ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 68. 

 Peter son of Peter Woodhouse of Thorn- 

 ton was baptized at Poulton 17 Apr. 

 1622 ; Reg. 



OJ Lanes. Inq. and Exttnn, i, 48. 

 ** Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 1 1 5. Sabina, 

 widow of Roger, sought dower there in 

 1203-4; ibid. 181. 



"Roger de Heaton in 1262 held 

 8 oxgangs of land of the king in chief by 

 a rent of IOI. j Lanes. Inq. and Extents, 1, 

 231. About 1284 there was a dispute 

 as to the succession; As-ize R ll ?~> 



m. 3 id- .j 



In 1324 Adam Banastre was said to 

 hold Burn bv a rent of icm. (Doda. MSS. 

 rrrxi, foL +o>), but it was perhaps as 

 trustee ; for in 1 346 William de Heaton 

 held in Thornton in the place which was 

 called Burn one plough-land in socage, 

 rendering icu. a year, also relief, and suit 

 to county and wapentake ; C^tJ of 

 1:4.6, p. 56. 



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