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and lands, &c, in Chatburn, Clitheroe, Hapton, 

 Great Marsden and Showley. His grandson Richard 

 son of Thomas was his heir and under age." 



Richard Radcliffe died in 1500, leaving a son and 

 heir Thomas, aged seventeen, 14 and this Thomas 

 died in 1 52 1, leaving as heir a son of the same name, 

 five years old. 16 The younger Thomas died in 1538, 

 when his son William was only four years old. 17 This 

 son died at Astley in 1 561, without issue, and his 

 half-sister Anne, wife of Gilbert Gerard, obtained 

 Winmarleigh. 13 As already shown, Gilbert purchased 

 the superior lordship of Wyresdale,' 9 but at his death 

 in 1593 he was said to hold the manor of Winmar- 

 leigh by the old tenure, viz. of the queen as of her 

 earldom of Richmond by knight's service and $d. 

 rent. His son and heir Sir Thomas Gerard was 

 aged twenty-nine. 80 Some estate in Winmarleigh 

 was at that time held by the Rigmaidens,* 1 whose 

 manors were afterwards purchased by Sir Thomas. 



The manor descended to Dutton third Lord 

 Gerard of Bromley, 88 and was granted to his daughter 

 Elizabeth, who married the Hon. William Spencer. 

 It descended to their great-granddaughter Elizabeth 

 wife of Edward eleventh Earl of Derby, and was sold 

 to Thomas Patten in I 744- 8S From him it descended 

 to John Wilson- Patten, 34 who after a long and 



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honourable career in the public service, having been 

 knight of the shire as early as 1830, was raised to the 

 peerage in 1874 and took his title from this manor. 

 Lord Winmarleigh died in 1892, and his son and 



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grandson having died before him the title became 

 extinct. He was sole landowner, and built Win- 

 marleigh House in 1871. 85 Lady Headfort, widow 

 of the son, is tenant for life of the manor. No courts 

 are held. 86 



John Goose was a freeholder in 1600. 87 A few 

 names of former landowners can be recovered from 



the will of Sir Thomas were in 144.2-3 

 summoned to answer Margaret widow of 

 Sir Richard concerning lands, &c, demised 

 to her in Astley and Clitheroe ; ibid, 

 file 11. 



14 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 

 103. The son Thomas, who married 

 Ellen daughter of Richard Balderston and 

 so obtained a considerable increase of the 

 family possessions, died before 1473 ; 

 ibid. 92. The heir's age was given as 

 fourteen in 1473 and as twelve in 1477. 



15 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 75 ; 

 the manor of Winmarleigh was said to 

 be held of the Earl of Lincoln by services 

 unknown. It had in 1495 been settled 

 upon Alice daughter of Sir Thomas 

 Gerard for life. Other grants are 

 recited, including one in favour of 

 Richard's brothers John and Roger. Alice 

 married Thomas Radcliffe and was living 

 in 1538 ; ibid, viii, no. 26. 



16 Ibid, v, no. 3. The will of Thomas 

 Radcliffe is recited making provision for 

 his wife Alice, his children Thomas and 

 Cecily, his sister Margaret and others. 

 The manor of Winmarleigh was stated 

 to be held of the king as Earl of Chester 

 in socage by c.d. rent. In 1524 Alice 

 widow of Thomas Radcliffe claimed dower 

 in the manor of Winmarleigh, &c. ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Plea R. 135, m, 4. 



17 Duchy ofLanc. Inq.p.m. viii.no. 26 ; 

 the manor of Winmarleigh was said to 

 be held of the king as of his duchy of 

 Lancaster by knight's service and e,d. 

 rent. 



18 Ibid, xi, no. 7 ; the jurors ignored 

 the half-blood^ an d found that William's 

 heirs were John Singleton, aged twelve, 

 and Joan Radcliffe, aged fourteen. Win- 

 marleigh was found to be held of the 

 queen as of the earldom of Richmond by 

 knight's service and 5^. rent. William 

 had shortly before his death made a settle- 

 ment of his manors, &c, in favour of his 

 sister Anne. 



William Radcliffe married Anne 

 daughter of Sir John Holcroft, by whom 

 he had a son and three daughters who 



died in infancy, and he was buried at 

 Culcheth, where a memorial brass records 

 the facts. 



The heirs named by the jury were the 

 grandson and the daughter of his aunt 

 Cecily. 



There is a Radcliffe pedigree in the 

 Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc), 43—4. 



19 A settlement of the manor of Win- 

 marleigh was made by Gilbert Gerard and 

 Anne his wife in 1574; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 269. 



20 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 2. 

 A large collection of deeds (already 

 quoted) relating to disputes as to the 

 Radcliffe inheritance has been preserved 

 by Towneley in Add. MS. 3210;, fol. 

 237 onward. These show that Cecily 

 Radcliffe above mentioned was twice 

 married : (1) to Thomas Farington, by 

 whom she had a daughter Alice, wife of 

 (William) Singleton (of Staining), whose 

 son John left two daughters — Elizabeth 

 wife of James Massey (s.p.) and Alice 

 wife of Henry Birkenhead ; (2) to Edward 

 Radcliffe of Mearley, by whom she had 

 another daughter Joan, wife of Ralph 

 Assheton of Great Lever, whose son was 

 Sir Ralph Assheton, bart. 



Thomas Farington appears as plaintiff 

 in the time of Henry VIII ; Ducatus Lane. 



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81 Winmarleigh is named in the inquisi- 

 tions of Walter and John Rigmaiden, 

 1587— 8, but without separate details. 



22 See the account of Nether Wyres- 

 dale. 



23 Fishwick, Garstang (Chet. Soc), 

 44-5, where a lease of 1668 is quoted, 

 showing the services required. William 

 Spencer (third son of the second Lord 

 Spencer) and Elizabeth had a son William, 

 who left four children — John, Charles, 

 Alice and Elizabeth. Elizabeth married 

 Robert Hesketh of Rufford, and her 

 daughter and heir, the Elizabeth named 

 in the text, married in 1714 Sir Edward 

 Stanley, afterwards (1736-76) eleventh 

 Earl of Derby. Collins states that the 

 first William Spencer had no issue. 



307 



A deed of 1667 by the Hon. William 

 Spencer of Ashton and Elizabeth his wife, 

 sole daughter and heir of Dutton Lord 

 Gerard by Elizabeth his (second) wife, 

 recites a conveyance of the manor, with 

 remainder to the right heirs of Elizabeth 5 

 Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 60. The 

 following fines, Sec, relate to this manor : 

 1658 — William Spencer and Elizabeth hie 

 wife (the Gerard manors) ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 162, m. 161. 1667 — the 

 same (Winmarleigh only) ; ibid. bdle. 

 179, m. 9. 1669 — the same with Giles 

 Russell and Milcham his wife ; ibid, 

 bdle. 182, m. 4; 183, m. 4. 1710 — John 

 Spencer, vouchee ; Pal. of Lane. Plea 

 R. 491, m. 6 d. 171 3 — Charles Spencer j 

 ibid. 497, m. 5. 



24 Thomas Patten of Bank Hall, War- 

 rington, d. 1772 —8. Thomas Patten, 

 d. 1806 —3rd s. Thomas Wilson-Patten, 

 d. 1826 -2nd s. John Wilson-Patten, 

 born 1802 ; Burke, Commoners, iii, 

 83—4; Gregson, Portfolio (ed. Harland), 

 186-7. 



25 Diet. Nat. Biog. ; G.E.C. Complete 

 Peerage, viii, 189; Pink and Beaven, 

 Pari. Repre. of Lanes. 89-93. He sat for 

 Lancashire as a Tory 1 830-1, and for 

 North Lancashire 1832-74, in twelve 

 Parliaments 5 chancellor of the duchy 

 1867—8, constable of Lancaster Castle 

 1869. 



His son Eustace John Wilson-Patten 

 died in 1873, leaving a son John Alfred 

 (who died unmarried in 1889) and 

 daughters. His widow (Emily daughter 

 of Lord John Thynne) afterwards married 

 the third Marquess of Headfort, who died 

 in 1894. 



26 Information of Messrs. John White 

 & Co., Warrington. 



27 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 

 232. 



Sir Gilbert Gerard in 1591 purchased a 

 messuage, Sec, in Winmarleigh from John 

 Goose and Mary his wife ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 53, m. 83. For the 

 Goose family see Ducatus Lane, iii, 149, 



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