AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



ST. MICHAEL- 

 ON-WYRE 



Warren from Banastre Maynard and Elizabeth his 

 wife. 31 The manor descended, with other Warren 

 estates, to Lord de Tabley, but was sold to the 

 Birleys of Milbanke, Kirkham, and became the pro- 

 perty of Charles Birley of Bartle Hall, who died in 

 1 89 1, leaving issue. The eldest son, Charles Addison 

 Birley, succeeded, and at his death in 1908 was 

 followed by his son Mr. Charles Fair Birley, the 

 present lord of the manor. Courts leet and baron 

 were held annually till recently. 33 The hall was 

 sold to Dr. Thomas Calvert, Warden of Manchester 

 1823-40. 33 



In 1542 there arose disputes as to the wastes, 3 " 1 

 and an agreement as to the division of parcels of the 



commons and waste lands within the manor was made 

 in 1573 between John Warren, lord of Wood- 

 plumpton, and the various charterers. The details are 

 preserved in Christopher Towneley's MS. numbered 

 OO ; the lord received 210 acres and the charterers 

 168. 36 



The Singleton family or families had lands in 

 the township, those of the senior branch descend- 

 ing in the usual way, 36 and those of the Chingle 

 Hall, 37 Brockholes 38 and Staining branches 39 ap- 

 pearing in their inquisitions. Others of the neigh- 

 bouring landowners also appear in the records, 40 

 with minor local families such as Beck, 41 Billing- 

 ton, 42 Duddell, 43 Gregson, 44 Harrison, 46 Mason, 46 



William Lord Maynard was plaintiff 

 and Nicholas Banastre deforciant ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 169, m. 76. 

 In another fine, 1665, Thomas Banastre 

 was plaintiff and Banastre Maynard 

 deforciant; ibid. bdle. 175, m. 41. 

 Banastre succeeded hit father as third 

 Lord Maynard, and died in 1718 ; 

 G.E.C. Complete Peerage, v, 277. 



31 Pal. of Lane Feet of F. bdle. 179, 

 m. 24* In a later fine (1710) Edward 

 Beresford was plaintiff and the following 

 were deforciants — Anne Warren, widow ; 

 Edward, Hugh and John Warren, esquires ; 

 Edward and Talbot Warren, gentlemen ; 

 ibid. bdle. 265, m. 53. Again in 1761 

 the deforciants were Sir George Warren 

 and Jane his wife ; ibid. bdle. 366, 

 m. 66. Thomas James Viscount Bulke- 

 ley and Harriet his wife were in posses- 

 sion in 1 So 2 ; Pal. of Lane. Lent Assizes, 

 42 Geo. Ill, R. 8. 



Sir George Warren (K.B. 1761) repre- 

 sented Lancaster in Parliament 1758—80 

 and 1786-96 ; Pink and Beaven, op. cit. 

 126-7. 



38 Fishwick, St. MichaeFs (Chet. Soc), 

 25. The court baron is mentioned in 

 1601 ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec Com.), iii, 436. 



33 Raines in Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc), 



"> 455- 

 84 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 69. 



35 A list of the charterers, with the 

 -acreage of their separate * inlands,' is ap- 

 pended. The queen had 26 acres. 



36 Robert de Stockport, lord of Plump- 

 ton, leased land in the manor to Thomas 

 Banastre in 1287; B.M. Add. Charter 

 20149. ^ n r3oo Joan widow of Thomas 

 Banastre claimed dower in a messuage 

 and land in Woodplumpton against 

 Gilbert de Grimsargh ; De Banco R. 133, 

 m. 127. Thomas Banastre had in 1296 

 demised to Gilbert (for life) various lands 

 held by gift of Richard de Stockport ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 256. 



In 1346-8 John Trussell and Peraell 

 his wife (widow of Adam Banastre) 

 claimed dower in ten messuages, &c, 

 against Edmund de Dacre and Ellen his 

 wife; De Banco R. 347, m. 165 ; 354, 

 m. 300. Robert de Singleton appeared 

 as plaintiff in 1369 against Robert son of 

 Edmund de Dacre and Godith his wife ; 

 Final Cone, ii, 177. 



Later lands, &c, in Woodplumpton 

 appear as portion of the Balderston 

 estates (ibid, iii, 165) in the possession 

 of Edmund Dudley, Radcliffe of Winmar- 

 leigh, Alexander Osbaldeston and the Earl 

 of Derby, as appears by the inquisitions 

 p.m. It should be noted, however, that 

 in 1521 the Woodplumpton land of 

 Thomas Radcliffe was not placed among 

 the Balderston inheritance, but was de- 

 clared to be held of Lawrence Warren by 



a rent of zs. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 v, no. 3. Similar statements are made 

 in later inquisitions, but in 1593 Plump- 

 ton was included with other Balderston 

 lands ; ibid, xvi, no. 2. 



37 They held a windmill, three mes- 

 suages, &c, of the Warrens in socage ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 32 ; 

 viii, no. 9 ; xiii, no. 16. 



Belonging to a minor family of the 

 district was John Singleton, whose will 

 of 1545 is printed in Richmond Wills 

 (Chet. Soc), 57. 



33 Robert Singleton in 1525 held land, 

 &c, in Woodplumpton of Lawrence 

 Warren in socage ; Duchy of Lane Inq. 

 p.m. vi, no. 4. In 1573 what was pro- 

 bably the same estate was described as 

 'in Newsham,' which was within the 

 lordship of Woodplumpton ; ibid, xii, 

 no. 34. In a later inquisition the tenure 

 was said to be of the queen by knight's 

 service ; ibid. no. 30. 



39 In 155 1 George Singleton was said 

 to hold in Woodplumpton of George 

 Newsham in socage ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. ix, no. 17. The tenure is not 

 stated in later inquisitions. 



40 The tenure of John Newsham of 

 Newsham in 15 1 5 was not known, and 

 in 1585 the whole estate in Newsham 

 and Woodplumpton was combined, as 

 held of John Warren in socage ; ibid, iv, 

 no. 75 ; xiv, no. 88. 



The lands of Alexander Goosnargh of 

 Stalmine were in 1524 said to be held of 

 the king by a rent ; ibid, v, no. 55. 



George Hesketh of Poulton in 1571 

 died holding land, &c, of John Warren 

 by a rent of 6s. id. ; ibid, xiii, no. 15. 

 It was held similarly in 1622 of Sir 

 Robert Banastre ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 363-6. 



Anthony Pickering of Catterall in 1 6 1 3 

 held land, &c, in Catforth and Wood- 

 plumpton of John Warren by 101. rent ; 

 ibid, i, 242-3. 



Alexander Rigby of Goosnargh in 1621 

 held of the heirs or assigns of John 

 Warren, marking the transition to 

 Banastre ; ibid, iii, 457-9. 



Thomas Gregory in 1622 held of Sir 

 Robert Banastre by a rent of zd. ; ibid, 

 iii, 403-4. 



William Haydock of Cottam held of 

 the same in 1624 ; Towneley MS. C 8, 

 13 (Chet. Lib.), 529. 



In some other cases no tenure has been 

 recorded. 



41 Richard Beck died in 1585 holding 

 a messuage, &c, of John Warren in 

 socage by a rent of 41. ; Roger Beck, the 

 son and heir, was nineteen years of age ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 46. 

 Roger Beck was in possession in 1590 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 52, m. 506. 



287 



The property seems to have been sold to 

 Duddell, as below. 



4a Anthony Billington by his will 

 °f 1 575 desired to be buried in the 

 'parish church' of Woodplumpton. He 

 names his sons John and Thomas ; Fish- 

 wick, op. cit. 193. A later Anthony 

 Billington died in 163 1 holding of Robert 

 Banastre. John his son and heir was 

 nineteen years old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xxvii, no. 17 ; xxx, no. 70. 



43 In the case of George Duddell (1589) 

 the tenure is not recorded, but his son 

 William in 161 3 was said to have held 

 in part of the king as of his duchy by the 

 fiftieth part of a knight's fee and in part 

 of John Warren by 6s. rent ; Lanes, Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc), ii, 13-15. The estate 

 included purchases from Roger Beck and 

 Thomas Harrison, and was bequeathed to 

 his nephew George (son of John) Duddell 

 of Clifton, and in default of male issue to 

 another nephew, William (son of Richard) 

 Duddell, &c. George Duddell, the next 

 heir, was seventeen years old. 



Thomas Harrison and Ellen his wife 

 sold to William Duddell in 1558 ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, m. 105. In 

 1563 they sold to William Ambrose; 

 ibid. bdle. 25, m. 119. The Duddella 

 took the Parliamentary side in the Civil 

 War. Captain Duddell, eldest son of 

 George, raised a company for service, and 

 was killed at the capture of Bolton in 

 1644; War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc), 42, 50. 



44 Robert Gregson died in 161 3 holding 

 a messuage, &c, of John Warren by 

 45. 4<£ rent, and 6 acres (from the waste) 

 of the king as of his duchy by the 

 hundredth part of a knight's fee. John 

 Gregson, the son and heir, was seven years 

 of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc), i, 



257- 



John Gregson was a * delinquent ' during 

 the Civil War time, having assisted the 

 forces raised against the Parliament. 

 In 1650 he compounded by a fine of 

 ,£51 ; Royalist Camp. Papers (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 128. 



45 The will of James (son of Thomas) 

 Harrison of Catford, 1587, shows that he 

 had land in Woodplumpton and Bils- 

 borrow. His sons were James and 

 Andrew; Fishwick, op. cit. 194. James 

 Harrison, who died in 1612, held his land 

 of John Warren by $s. rent ; his son and 

 heir John was aged seventeen ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc), ii, 6. 



46 Robert Mason, who died in 1599, 

 held of Sir Edward Warren by a rent of 

 35. \d. He left three daughters and co- 

 heirs, viz. Alice widow of Richard Am- 

 brose, and aged fifty in 1623 ; Elizabeth 

 wife of Robert Lache, forty-seven ; and 

 Jane wife of John Larrimer, forty-four 5 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec Soc), ii, 155. 



