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Rishton 33 and Shireburne in succession. By Sir 

 Richard Shireburne the estate was given to his 

 brother Robert, who, as shown above, had the Catte- 

 rall third with his wife. 34 



The remaining third, including ROWALL, seems 

 to have been acquired by the Hoghtons 35 and the 

 Botelers of Rawclifte. 30 It came in 1572 into the 

 hands of Sir Gilbert Gerard, 37 and was later sold to 

 George Preston of Holker. 38 



STIRZACRE, partly in this township and partly 



GARSTANG 



in Barnacre, was at one time owned by the Botelers 

 of Rawcliffe, becoming an appurtenance of Rowall. 39 

 It gave a surname to a family frequently occurring 

 in the district. 111 John Leigh in 163 1 held a messuage, 

 &c, in Stirzacre in Catterall of the heirs of Richard 

 son of Geoffrey de Stirzacre as of the manor of 

 Catterall. 41 In the same year Thomas Richardson 

 of Stirzacre compounded for his refusal of knight- 

 hood 4a ; he was probably the Thomas Richardson 

 who in 1654 desired to compound for the two-thirds 



mill, the third part of the manor of 

 Catterall, and right of turbary and fishery 

 in Pilling Moss in the vill of Upper Raw- 

 cliffe ; Dods. MSS. xci, fol. 1 5 9. Richard 

 de Winkley and Katherine his wife were 

 concerned in Howath in 1383-4; ibid, 

 cxlii, fol. 64. Richard de Winkley in 

 14.09 or later settled his third part of the 

 manor on Henry son of John de Winkley, 

 hia next of kin, with remainders to 

 Richard and Henry sons of Adam de 

 Winkley ; ibid, xci, fol. 159*. 



33 Nicholas Rishton clerk in 1443 ob- 

 tained a messuage called Winkley's Place, 

 a third part of the manor of Catterall, 

 and various messuages, lands, &c, in 

 Catterall, Howath and Garstang, from 

 Richard Winkley and Margaret his wife ; 

 Final Cone, iii, 109 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea 

 R. 5, m. 5. 



A few years later, 1449, Henry Rishton 

 and Agnes his wife granted their manor 

 of Catterall to Margaret widow of Henry 

 Rishton, grandfather of the former Henry ; 

 Dods. MSS. xci, fol. 160. See also 

 Towneley MS. HH, no. 116. Henry 

 Rishton (of Clayton-le-Moors) and Mar- 

 garet his wife were living in 1390 ; Final 

 Cone, iii, 36. 



One Henry Rishton (perhaps the Henry 

 of 1449) died about 1490 holding the 

 manor of Catterall of the king in chief by 

 knight's service ; Towneley's MS. * Lanes. 

 Tenures ' (in possession of W. Farrer), 

 fol. 8 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 541. 

 Nicholas Rishton about 1520 held mes- 

 suages, &c, in Catterall by knight's ser- 

 vice, and his son Richard Rishton later 

 held messuages and lands in Little Cat- 

 terall of the king by the fortieth part of 

 a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. 

 vi, no. 36, 9. Henry Rishton son of 

 Richard held similarly (ibid, ix, no. 30). 



34 In 1557 the Rishton family's Cat- 

 terall estate was sold by Ralph Rishton 

 to Sir Richard Shireburne, who in 1563 

 gave it to his brother Robert ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 17, m. 24 ; Dods. 

 MSS. xci, fol. 160. It was no doubt 

 this estate which was recorded in the 

 Inq. p.m. of Robert Shireburne already 

 cited (note 21). 



35 In 1255-6 Adam de Hoghton was 

 bound to warrant Richard le Boteler in 

 the third part of the manor of Catterall, 

 but Adam retained the third part of 

 Howath and its mill ; Dods. MSS. xci, 

 fol. i6oi. In 1313-14 Richard son of 

 Adam de Hoghton granted his son 

 Richard the homage of William son of 

 Nicholas le Boteler and the yearly rent 

 of 6j. id. from the lands held of the 

 grantor by the said William ; ibid. Alex- 

 ander Hoghton in 1498 had a rent of 

 61. %d. from the land of James Boteler 

 in Catterall, and held a tenement in 

 Howath and Catterall of the king as of 

 his duchy by services unknown ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66. In 1501 

 and later the tenure was described as 

 socage ; ibid, v, no. 66 ; xi, no. 2. 



In 1554-5 Thomas Catterall and Sir 

 Richard Hoghton had a dispute as to 

 Crakemer and Waterings in Catterall, 

 also as to the mill ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. 

 Com.), ii, 153-4. Robert Shireburne in 

 1566 purchased some of Thomas Hogh- 

 ton's estate in the township ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 54. Richard 

 Hoghton and Katherine his wife had 

 lands in Catterall and Nether Wyresdale 

 in 1598 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 60, m. 107. 



36 Robert son of Bernard confirmed to 

 William de Rowall all Rowall, i.e. 

 2 oxgangs of land ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 

 90^. Henry de Rowall confirmed to 

 Richard le Boteler his father Henry's 

 capital messuage, with land, Sec, and the 

 homage of Thomas de Rowall and the 

 daughters of Alexander de Elswick ; 

 ibid. fol. 83 A. Among the witnesses were 

 Hugh de Mitton, Ralph and Peter de 

 Catterall. Richard son of Henry de 

 Rowall released to Henry le Boteler the 

 rent of 2r. due from a tenement in Rowall 

 in Catterall ; ibid. fol. 956. 



William son of Alexander de Elswick 

 granted his hereditary estate in Rowall 

 (descending from his brother Thomas) to 

 Thomas son of Alan de Singleton and 

 Joan his wife ; ibid. fol. 89A. He also 

 granted to Henry son of Sir Richard le 

 Boteler the homage and service of Thomas 

 his brother for a tenement in Rowall ; 

 ibid. fol. 100. 



Ralph son of Richard de Catterall 

 granted to Peter de Catterall, clerk, all the 

 waste in Catterall between Thevethom- 

 lands and Blackbrook and another piece 

 of waste; ibid. fol. 100, looi. Peter de 

 Catterall gave Richard le Boteler certain 

 land and received from him all his land 

 in Thevethornlands ; he also made a 

 grant to Nicholas son of Richard le 

 Boteler ; ibid. 100, 1006, 89*. Ralph 

 son of Peter the Clerk released all his 

 right in the vill of Catterall to Henry 

 son of Sir Richard le Boteler, and gave 

 4^ acres to Nicholas son of Richard le 

 Boteler ; ibid. fol. iooi. Maud daughter 

 of William de Winwick sold to Nicholas 

 le Boteler the rent she had received from 

 Rowall ; ibid. fol. 89. 



Richard le Boteler confirmed to Henry 

 his son all his land in Catterall, as well 

 in Rowall as in Stirzacre, with water- 

 mill, Sec; ibid. fol. <)ib. William son 

 of Richard le Boteler about 1280 con- 

 ceded to Henry his brother all the land 

 of Catterall, within the vill and without, 

 that is to say, both in Rowall and in 

 Stirzacre; ibid. fol. 100A. 



Thus it came about that Henry le 

 Boteler was one of the three lords of 

 Catterall in 1292, as above stated. Ralph 

 son of Peter the clerk of Aukelaund in 

 that year claimed a tenement in Catterall 

 against Henry le Boteler, but was non- 

 suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 21 d., 42. In 

 13H Roger de Wedacre, as heir of his 

 brother Hugh, claimed turbary in Catterall 



323 



against Henry son of Richard le Boteler ; 

 De Banco R. 184, m. 30 d. The estate 

 appears to have reverted soon afterwards 

 to the main line of Boteler of Rawclifte, 

 and is in I 33 I named among their lands, 

 then held by Sir Henry de Croft and 

 Isabel his wife ; De Banco R. 287, m. 

 307 d. 



In 1443 lands in Catterall, Rowall and 

 Stirzacre were held by Nicholas Boteler 

 of Rawcliffe ; Final Cone, iii, 108-9. 

 James Boteler in 1 501 acquired from 

 Ralph Catterall all his lands in Rowall ; 

 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 92. He died in 

 1 504 holding certain lands in Catterall of 

 Ralph Catterall in socage, and other lands 

 there of the king ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iii, no. 109. 



Sir Thomas Boteler of Warrington was 

 said to hold land in Rowall in 1522; 

 ibid, v, no. 13. 



37 On a partition of the Butler inherit- 

 ance in 1572 the manors of Catterall 

 and Rowall were assigned to Gilbert 

 Gerard and Anne his wife ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 23 r, m. 8. Sir Gilbert at his 

 death in 1594 held the manors, with 

 messuages, water-mill, &c, of the queen 

 as of her duchy by knight's service ; 

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



33 Dodsworth states that Sir Gilbert 

 himself sold it ; vol. xci, fol. 1 6oi. 

 George Preston of Holker in Cartmel 

 died in 1640 holding Rowall in Catterall, 

 which with Nateby Hall he gave to a 

 younger son George ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 (ser. 2), dc, 122. 



89 In 1 28 1 Ralph de Catterall allowed 

 Henry son of Sir Richard le Boteler to 

 bring water from the Calder across Stirz- 

 acre marsh to his mill at Stirzacre, Henry 

 giving land in Catterall and \d. rent by way 

 of recompense ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 89. 

 Henry le Boteler in 1 3 10 demised his 

 water-mill at Stirzacre to William son of 

 Christiana de Howath for six years ; 

 ibid. fol. 896. Hugh son of Hugh de 

 Catterall granted the third part of Stirzacre 

 with all its appurtenances in Catterall to 

 Nicholas son of Sir Richard le Boteler ; 

 ibid. fol. 100. To the same Nicholas 

 Maud daughter of Walter de Winwick 

 released all right in Stirzacre ; ibid. 



fol. 89. 



4° Lawrence Stirzacre (' Steresacre ') 

 and Joan his wife in 1420 made a feoff- 

 ment of their lands in Claughton and 

 Catterall ; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 1320. 



From a plea in 1446 it appears that 

 William Stirzacre granted a messuage 

 and land in Catterall to his daughter 

 Alice. She married Nicholas Pleasington, 

 and their son William recovered the box 

 containing the evidences, which had been 

 detained by his mother's second husband 

 Alan Clapham of Laithwaite in Garstang ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 9. m - 2oi - For 

 Laithwaite see the account of Cockerham. 



41 Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3, p. 747- 



4a Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 222. 



