AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



ST. MICHAEL- 

 ON-WYRE 



Alan de Singleton." These subdivisions were in- 

 creased by later grants, and in 1322 the holders 

 were Ralph de Freckleton, 4 oxgangs of land ; Adam 

 son of William Banastre, 3 oxgangs ; Thomas de 

 Bradkirk, \ oxgang ; Orm Travers, 5 oxgangs; 

 and William son of Ellen \ oxgang, rendering the 

 service due where eight plough-lands make one 

 knight's fee." 



The Freckleton demesne descended like the chief 

 manor r to Huddleston and the Earls of Derby, whose 

 estate was augmented by a share of the Singleton 

 portion. 8 In 1603 the manor of Elswick was sold 

 with other estates to a number of purchasers and 

 probably subdivided. 9 The demesne lands were 

 afterwards the property of the Leckonbys of Great 



Ecclcston, whose estates were dispersed in 1762, this 

 portion being purchased by Edward Rishton ; from 

 him it descended by marriage to Alderman King of 

 Manchester (1891). 10 



Another part of the Freckleton share seems to 

 have been held in the 15 th century by Dicconson, 

 who sold to Clifton." A Molyneux family had some 

 lordship, 1 " Swarbrick, 18 Ballard" and Turner 16 all 

 holding of William Molyneux in the time of James I. 

 Other lands were held of the Crown u and of Butler 

 of Rawcliffe. 17 



The Whittingham moiety of the manor became 

 subdivided. 18 Bradkirk 19 — to whom in part succeeded 

 Goosnargh so — and Travers 81 seem to have been the 

 chief participants in 1322, but others who took the 



s Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 152. 



6 Ibid, ii, 135-6; some of the tene- 

 ments are calculated. In the accounts 

 of the Penwortham fee in 1 341-2 the 

 following tenants of Elswick are named : 

 Adam Banastre, J oxgang of land ; 

 Thomas de Bradkirk, the same ; William 

 ion of Ellen; Mini. Accts. bdle. 1091, 

 do. 6. 



' Ralph de Freckleton held the demesne 

 of Elswick in 1 171 ; Kuerden MSS. iii, 



8 The Singleton part of the manor 

 descended like Little Singleton to 

 Banastre, Balderston and their heirs. 



William Banastre was in 1323 found 

 to have had the reversion of a messuage 

 and 3 oxgangs of land held of Adam 

 de Freckleton by paying zz^d. towards a 

 scutage of 401. — i.e. by three sixty-fourth 

 parts of a knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. and 

 Extents, ii, 159. Sir Thomas Banastre 

 had lands in Elswick in 1379 ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 14. 



Elswick was in the time of Henry VIII 

 enumerated among the Balderston lands 

 in the inquisitions of Edmund Dudley, 

 Radclifre of Winmarleigh, the Earl of 

 Derby and Sir Alexander Osbaldeston. 



The Coppull of Coppull family had 

 land in Elswick, and this was probably 

 part of the estate sold to the Stanleys ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 20, m. 14. 



Lord Derby's rental in 1522 shows 

 ion. 3 d. rents of the tenants at will, and 

 a few other payments. 



9 Pal. of Lane Feet of F. bdle. 65, 

 no. 69 ; Thomas Lord Ellesmere, Alice 

 his wife and others were deforciants. 



10 See the account of Great Ecclcston, 

 and Fishwick, St. Michael's (Chet. Soc), 

 189. 



11 In 1489 John Dicconson and Cecily 

 his wife held land in Elswick of Richard 

 Huddleston (of Freckleton) ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Chan. Misc. bdle. 1, file 10. In 

 the same year they sold to James Clifton ; 

 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc Lanes, and Ches.), 

 iii, 142. 



Cuthbert Clifton died in 1512 holding 

 in Elswick of Thomas Earl of Derby ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 12. 

 The later inquisitions of the Cliftons of 

 Westby give a similar record. 



12 A William Molyneux of West- 

 houghton occurs in 1600 ; Misc. (Rec 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 248. 



13 William Swarbrick of Roseacre died 

 in 1619 holding land and a corn-mill in 

 Elswick of William Molyneux in socage 

 by lod. rent ; also another piece of land 

 of the king as of his honor of Clitheroe. 

 John, his son and heir, was twenty years 

 of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 138. 



It is stated that early in 1 643 the Earl of 

 Derby ' stayed at Elswick whilst his com- 

 pany plundered Mr. William Swarbrick's 

 books' ; War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc), 28. 

 The victim was not a mere student, 

 but shortly afterwards raised soldiers for 

 the Parliament, having the rank of 

 captain, and took part in the campaign ; 

 ibid. 42, 49, 50. He was the son of 

 John Swarbrick of Roseacre, and his sister 

 Ellen married Cuthbert Harrison, the 

 founder of Nonconformity after the Res- 

 toration ; Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. 

 i, 81. 



14 John Ballard held a messuage and 

 land by 10./. rent, and at his death in 

 1619 was succeeded by his son Thomas, 

 aged forty ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc), 

 ii, 141. 



Thomas Ballard died in 1635 holding 

 a messuage, &c, in Elswick of Richard 

 Molyneux and land in Tarnacre of the 

 king as of the manor of East Greenwich. 

 He left four daughters as co-heirs — 

 Janet, Ellen, Anne and Dorothy — their 

 ages ranging from seventeen to eight 

 years ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. 

 Lib.), 60. 



15 Edward Turner of Goosnargh in 

 1 604 held 1 2 acres and left a son Chris- 

 topher, aged fifty in 1620 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc), ii, 191. 



William Turner died in 1632 holding 

 a messuage, &c, in Elswick of the king 

 as of his manor of Clitheroe. Thomas, 

 his son and heir, was fifty years of age ; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 1190. 



16 William Butler of Hackinsall in 

 1586 held land in Elswick of the queen 

 as of her duchy in socage ; Duchy of 

 Lane Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 47. See also 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc), i, 241. 



John (son of William) Bell died in 

 1625 holding land and a mill in Elswick 

 of the king ; his heir was William his 

 son, aged twenty-five ; Towneley MS. 

 C8, 13, p. 66. 



Thomas Noblett died in 1636 holding 

 a messuage, &c,, of the king as of his 

 duchy in socage. Edmund, his son and 

 heir, was twenty years of age ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m .xxx, no. 67. 



In some cases, as those of Ecclcston 

 and Stanley of Great Eccleston, the 

 tenure has not been recorded. 



17 John Wilkinson of Little Eccleston 

 so held in 1628 ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, 

 pp. 1311-12. 



18 John de Whittingham gave to his 

 friend Thomas Banastre of Bretherton a 

 rent of is. from an oxgang of land in 

 Elswick in 1301 ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, 

 fol. 46*. 



19 Adam de Bradkirk (before 1226) 

 gave to Richard son of Alan in marriage 



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with Amabil his daughter 3 oxgangs of 

 land in Elswick, which had been given by 

 Warine de Whittingham ; Whalley Couch, 

 (Chet. Soc), ii, 459. Amabil granted 

 one of the oxgangs to John de Elswick, 

 another to Adam son of Lewe, and the 

 third to Robert son of Hugh ; ibid. She 

 was afterwards known as Amabil de 

 Sowerby ; ibid. 462, 



30 Adam son of Adam de Bradkirk 

 gave land to Randle de Goosnargh son of 

 Robert, viz. one of the oxgangs which 

 Warine de Whittingham had given Adam 

 his father and which Adam son of Lewe 

 had released. A rent of 2s. was to be 

 paid to cover the rent payable to Warine 

 dc Whittingham. This charter was en- 

 rolled because the wax fell off when in 

 the hands of the justices in eyre ; Assize 

 R. 408, m. 44. 



Alice widow of Randle de Goosnargh 

 in 1292 claimed dower in half an oxgang 

 of land in Elswick against Adam son of 

 Henry son of Ulf and Agnes his wife ; 

 ibid. m. 24. In 13 16 Maud widow of 

 Alexander de Goosnargh claimed dower 

 in 1 oxgang of land against Henry de 

 Carleton and Godith his wife ; De Banco 

 R. 216, m. 194. 



About the same time Hugh son of 

 Randle de Goosnargh released to Thomas 

 de Bradkirk his claim in 2 oxgangs of 

 land with a messuage in Elswick formerly 

 his brother Alexander's, of which I ox- 

 gang was formerly held by Adam son of 

 Roger, while the other was then held 

 by Henry de Carleton and Godith his 

 wife for life 5 Kuerden fol. MS. 154. 

 Hugh also gave his sons Richard and 

 Thomas a chief messuage in Withington 

 (Weeton) and the reversion of the lands 

 held in Elswick by Maud widow of Alex- 

 ander de Goosnargh and Godith daughter 

 of Randle ; ibid. The said Godith, as 

 widow, gave the 2 oxgangs of land to 

 Thomas son of Adam de Bradkirk in 

 1 3 20-1 and her whole right in 3 

 oxgangs ; ibid. 



21 Paulin de Preston, who had sons 

 William and Adam, held an oxgang of 

 land in Elswick in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, 

 m. 24, 76. Earlier than this he had 

 granted an oxgang of land there to his 

 son William ; it had been purchased 

 from Adam son of Richard de Elswick ; 

 Add. MS. 32108, no. 70. In 1295 

 Thomas Travers obtained a messuage 

 and the third part of an oxgang from 

 Hugh son of Paul de Preston and Alice 

 nis wife ; Final Cone, i, 178. 



Aliee widow of Thomas Travers 

 claimed dower in 13 17 in Elswick and 

 Thistleton against Robert eon of William 

 Cowdray and Margaret his wife ; De 

 Banco R. 219, m. 131 d. 



