AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



Abbot of Shrewsbury restored to William son of the 

 daughter of Aschetil, as to the right heir, one plough- 

 land in Bispham which the said Aschetil had held in 

 the time of Henry I at a rent of 4J. 17 As this deed 

 has been preserved among the Shireburne muniments, 

 the 5 oxgangs of land purchased by Walter de Shire- 

 burne from Roger son of Roger Noel and Maud his 

 wife in 1 3 10 la were probably part of the plough- 

 land. The free rent of 2s. 6d. subsequently paid 

 agrees with this supposition." 



Bispham gave a surname to residents. In the time 

 of Henry III Richard de Bispham granted 2 oxgangs 

 of land held of the Abbot of Shrewsbury to a nephew 

 Adam, son of his brother Thomas, at a rent of zd. 

 in addition to the \zd. which was payable to the 

 abbot.™ In 1411-12 it was found that a former 

 Abbot of Dieulacres had purchased a messuage and 

 10 acres in Bispham from Amery de Bispham without 

 obtaining the royal licence." 



Norbreck " also provided a surname for residents, 83 

 but nothing definite is known of them. The Abbot 

 of Shrewsbury and William de Bispham had some 

 disputes in 1 194 respecting the succession to 6 oxgangs 

 of land in Norbreck." In 1241 Richard de Dutton 

 acquired 3 oxgangs of land in ' Norhicbiec ' — supposed 

 to be Norbreck — from Richard de Freckleton. 83 To 

 the Abbot of Dieulacres were granted several parcels 

 of land, 86 and he was in 1362 found to have acquired 

 a messuage and 2 oxgangs of land in Norbreck from 

 John de Leckhampton. 87 John Allen in 1490 claimed 

 land, rent, &c, in Norbreck from Henry Pleasington, 88 



BISPHAM 



and later the Aliens were found to hold land there 

 of the Fleetwoods of Rossall. 89 The same is true of 

 other owners in that part of the township, 30 but in 

 consequence of the alienations made by William 

 Fleetwood of Layton lands in Great Bispham were 

 usually said to be held of the king as of his duchy of 

 Lancaster. 31 



In 1323 a complaint was made by William Boteler 

 of the invasion of his turbary at Bispham by a number 

 of the neighbouring landowners and tenants. These 

 disputed the boundaries, stating that there were large 

 moors and turbaries in the vills of Thornton, Carleton, 

 Norbreck and Little Bispham, in which the plaintiff 

 had no right, and when his men would have dug 

 turves there Robert de Shireburne and the others 

 prevented them. 38 



Angotsmoss, where the monks of Dieulacres had 

 and gave rights, 33 is identified with the present 

 JNGERSHOLME in Norbreck. 34 



In addition to Dieulacres, the priory of Lan- 

 caster had land in alms in Norbreck 36 and Great 

 Bispham. 36 



LAYTON WITH WARBRECK 



Latun, Dom. Bk. ; Laton, 1236; Layton, xvi 

 cent. Warthebreke, 1279. 



This township includes Blackpool with its suburb 

 of South Shore ; it has an area of 2,359 acres > but 

 was in 1894 extended so as to include the hamlet of 

 Great Marton, 1 the area of the new township of 



17 Shireburne D. at Leagram Hall. 



18 Final Cone, ii, 9. In 1 3 1 2 Joan 

 widow of Thomas de Singleton claimed 

 the performance of an agreement as to 

 2J oxgangs of land in Little Bispham 

 against Roger Noel and Maud his wife, 

 Maud being niece of Adam de Newton ; 

 De Banco R. 193, m. 87. See the note 

 on Angotsmoss below. 



19 Richard Shireburne of Stonyhurst 

 died in 15 13 holding lands in Little 

 Bispham of the Abbot of Dieulacres by 

 25. 6d. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 iv, no. 4.6. Thomas Shireburne held 

 similarly in 1536 (ibid, viii, no. 33), but 

 later the tenure was not recorded. For 

 a 45. rent see note 30 below. 



80 Lytham D. at Durham, 4 a, 2 ae, 4ae, 

 Ebor. no. 11. An Adam de Bispham 

 gave all his land in Bispham and Norbreck 

 to Shrewsbury Abbey ; Chartul. (copy) 

 in possession of W. Farrer, 70. 



21 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 97. 

 Amery occurs in 135+ ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 3, m. 1. 



83 Theobald son of Walter had 3 oxgangs 

 of land in Norbreck and about 1 1 90 

 released them to the Abbot of Shrews- 

 bury; Chartul. 144. 



83 They occur among the witnesses to 

 local charters ; Dieulacres Chartul. (William 

 Salt Soc), 347, &c. Robert son of 

 Thomas de Norbreck released to Shrews- 

 bury Abbey all claim in 2 oxgangs of land 

 in Norbreck formerly held by his grand- 

 father Ellis ; Chartul. 147. 



u Coram Rege R. 2, m. 13. 



85 Final Cone, i, 79. 



86 Richard le Boteler about 1260 

 granted the monks certain lands which he 

 had purchased from William son of 

 Alexander de Norbreck in Houkberch, 

 the Holme and Faldworthings at id. 

 rent ; Dieulacres Chartul. 347. 



87 Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill fist nos.), 



no. 1 20. The surname Leckhampton is of 

 early occurrence in the Fylde district ; 

 e.g. Dieulacres Chartul. 348—9. 



28 Final Cone, iii, 142 ; Thomas Allen 

 was called to warrant. 



29 George Allen in 1580 held his land, 

 &c, in Norbreck of Edmund Fleetwood 

 (Rossall) in socage, but that in Great 

 Bispham of William Fleetwood (Layton) ; 

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

 Similarly in 1593 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 197—9. 



30 George Newsham of Newsham in 

 1585 held six messuages, &c, in Bispham 

 and Norbreck of Edmund Fleetwood in 

 socage by a rent of 41. ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 88. 



In 1608 Thomas Tompson held part 

 of a messuage, &c, in Norbreck of 

 Edmund Fleetwood as of his manor of 

 Norbreck by ltd. rent. Robert his son 

 and heir was six years old ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc), i, 134. 



31 William Bamber died in 1605 hold- 

 ing a messuage and land of the king by 

 the thousandth part of a knight's fee. 

 His heirs were two daughters, Anne (aged 

 twenty-one) and Margaret (eighteen) ; 

 ibid, i, 136. Richard Bamber in 1639 

 held his messuage, &c, by the two- 

 hundredth part of a knight's fee ; John 

 his son and heir was thirty-five years of 

 age ; Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 85. 



William Dobson died in 1623 holding 

 a messuage and land in Great Bispham by 

 the two-hundredth part of a knight's fee, 

 also in Warbreck by a like service ; he 

 had common rights in Layton Hawes and 

 Marton Moss. His heir was a son 

 Richard, aged forty ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc), iii, 435. 



John Singleton died in 1623 holding a 

 messuage and land by knight's service ; 

 his son and heir John was forty-eight 

 years of age; Towneley MS. C8, 13 



247 



(Chet. Lib.), 1071. This family was of 

 the Knowl in Great Bispham ; Fiahwick, 

 Bispham (Chet. Soc), 115. 



John Salthouse, 1629, held similarly; 

 William his son and heir was thirty years 

 old; C8, 13, p. 1073. 



The tenure is not stated in the case of 

 Richard Tinckler of Bispham, who died 

 in 1627, leaving as heir a son Christopher, 

 aged forty ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xxvi, no. 15. 



32 Coram Rege R. 254, m. 42. The 

 lords of the vills named were Adam son of 

 William Banastre, Lawrence de Thornton, 

 Randle Gentil, the Abbot of Dieulacres, 

 Robert de Shireburne and Henry de 

 Carleton. 



33 In 1252 William de Newton, son of 

 Richard de Bispham and Hawise widow 

 of Richard, allowed the monks free pas- 

 sage for their sheep which came to be 

 washed in Little Bispham Mere ; Dieu- 

 lacres Chartul. 349, 351. A number of 

 tenants — Sir William de Carleton and 

 others — gave up all opposition to the 

 claims of the monks in the common moss 

 of Angotsmoss and Little Bispham mere, 

 and William le Boteler afterwards gave 

 a similar release ; ibid. 350-1. 



34 Fishwick, Bispham, 127. 



35 Adam son of Robert de Norbreck 

 granted all the land in the vill of Norbreck 

 formerly held of him by Amery de Leck- 

 hampton ; Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc), ii, 435. 



8S William le Boteler granted an 

 oxgang of land formerly held by Adam 

 son of James ; ibid. 436. 



1 Loc Govt. Bd. Order 3 181 3. 



By a further Order (36320) made in 

 1896 the township or civil parish of 

 Blackpool was extended to include the 

 foreshore, 1,334 acres. The detached 

 portion of Bispham known as Bispham 

 Hawes was added to Layton township 

 in 1883 ; Loc Govt. Bd. Order 14712. 



