WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



WALTON 



the lordship of the manor of Walton, with the 

 homage and service of William de Walton, to Sir 

 Robert de Holand.' 



William de Walton in 1 3 1 2 made a settlement of 

 the manor of Walton, except seven oxgangs, with 

 remainder to his son Simon." Three years later he 

 was one of the supervisors of the assize of arms and 

 array in the county, and next year and in 13 19 was 

 returned to Parliament as one of the knights of the 

 shire.' He died I June, 1 32 1, holding fourteen 

 oxgangs and the serjeanty ; also the manor of 

 Walton by the free service of 60/. a year. His 

 mother Alice was still living and in possession of 

 her dower lands ; Simon, his son and heir, who was 

 nearly seventeen }ears of age, had been married six 

 years before.* 



Simon de Walton proved his age in 1326 and had 

 livery of his estates and office.' Between 1339 ^"'^ 

 1343 he enfeoffed Gilbert and William de Haydock 

 of lands worth j^20 a year, which Gilbert de Haydock 

 in 1357 recovered with damages against Simon de 

 Walton and Eleanor his wife." Already, however, 

 Robert son of William de Walton ' had in 1355 

 sued several persons for lands in Walton which he 

 claimed against Emma, wife of Richard de Halsall, 

 bastard ; she and her husband having, as he alleged, 

 no entry except by Simon de Walton, who had 



disseised Robert's father.* He afterwards succeeded 

 to the manor and bailiwick, and lived until the 

 beginning of 1400 ; John de Walton, his son and 

 heir, being then sixteen years of age.' 



The heir's claim was impugned by Robert de 

 Fazakerley and Ellen his wife, eldest daughter of 

 Robert de Walton, who alleged bastardy. In 

 August, 141 2, Robert with a hundred others came in 

 warlike array to the manor of Walton and dispossessed 

 John de Walton, his wife and children, taking away 

 all the goods and chattels there.'" Sir Thomas 

 Gerard and others were commissioned to expel the 

 evildoers and make inquiry," .-ind in 141 8 the sheriff 

 was directed to make proclamation that Sir John de 

 Stanley, Robert de Fazakerley .ind others, under 

 penalty of ^100, should, by authority of Parliament, 

 suffer John de Walton to occupy peacefully his manor 

 of Walton.'* The dispute was not settled until 

 1426—7, when a third part of the manor was awarded 

 to Robert de Fazakerley and Ellen his wife in lieu 

 of her marriage portion." Thomas de Walton suc- 

 ceeded his father John about 1 450-1, and his son, 

 Roger de Walton, was the last of the name to possess 

 the manor." 



Roger had issue two daughters — Elizabeth, who 

 married Richard Crosse of Liverpool, and Margaret, 

 who married William Chorley, of Chorley ; they 



^ See the inquest ofWilliam de Walton, 

 below ; and Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 35 ; 

 six oxgangs in Walton were excepted. 

 Maud, Lady Lovell, held it of the king in 

 14.23 by fealty only ; Lanes. Intj. p.m. 

 (Chet. See), ii, i. Here, as elsewhere, 

 the earls of Derby succeeded the Lovells, 

 and their superior lordship was still recog- 

 nised in 1650 5 Chorley Sur-v, (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 41. 



^ Final Cone, ii, 14.. 



' Palgrave, Par!. Writs, ii (3), 1576; 

 Pink and Beavan, Pari, Rep, of Lanes. 

 17, 19. 



* Writ of Diem el. extr. 7 June, 

 1 321 J Chanc. Inq. p.m. 15 Edw. II, 

 n, 31 5 Escheator's Accts, 3/25. The 

 manor of Walton was held of the king 

 in chief, by reason of the lands of Robert 

 de Holand being in the king's hands ; 

 worth nothing beyond reprises. There 

 were 88 acres of land in demesne, worth 

 ^4 5j. 4^/. ; 1 2 acres of demesne meadow, 

 worth lis. ; two-thirds of a several pas- 

 ture, worth i6d. ; a windmill and a 

 watermill, worth 40J. ; 4 messuages and 

 4^ oxgangs of land, worth 1 35. 6d. ; 

 5 acres of land demised to divers tenants 

 for terms of years, worth 5^, ; of free 

 rents of divers free tenants, 44-1. lojt/. ; 

 and the render of one barbed arrow and 

 two roses yearly. 



The widow is called Anilla in Cal, of 

 Close, 1318-23, p. 468. 



During the minority of the heir the 

 serjeanty of the wapentake, except dower, 

 was committed to William de Chisenhale, 

 who was to render yearly to the ex- 

 chequer ;^io, and should the dower cease, 

 20 marks. 



* Cal, of Close, 1323-27, p. 456. He 

 held the manor of Walton, except 6 ox- 

 gangs, by the yearly service of 60s. ; 

 Rentals and Surv. n. 379, m. 12. An 

 extent made in 1324 states that * Simon 

 son of William de Walton had six oxgangs 

 in Gildhouses in Walton, and four in 

 Great Crosby by the service of grand 

 serjeanty, to wit, by being master bailiff 

 in the wapentake of West Derby ' ; Dods. 

 MS. cxxxi, fol. 35^. 



There are charters by Simon de Walton 

 from 1326 to 1344 in Kuerden, ili, W 

 10, II, n. 8, 15, 17, 18, 23. In 1334 

 he granted to Alan, son of John le 

 Norreys, senior, land in the Breck ; and 

 ten years later he confirmed to the same 

 Alan land which he had acquired from 

 Robert del Edge, the latter holding it by 

 grant of Simon's father, William lord of 

 Walton, in 1314-15 ; Norris D. (B.M.) 

 n. 50-56. 



*• Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 4 ; 

 many others of Walton, Fazakerley, 

 West Derby, and Liverpool, were joined 

 as defendants ; the damages were fixed at 

 j^359 13J. 4(/. Eleanor was the daughter 

 of Matthew de Haydock ; see Raines 

 MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxxviii, 253. 



7 Robert's father was probably brother 

 of Simon de Walton. In 1351 William 

 son of William de Walton was one of a 

 number of defendants in a plea concerning 

 land in Walton ; Duchy of Lane. Assize 

 R. I, m. viij d. Four years later a 

 Nicholas son of William de Walton 

 appeared as claimant against Simon de 

 Walton, ibid. R. 4, m. 25. 



8 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 4, m. 17 ; 

 Dep, Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 335. 

 The jury called to try the plea was dis- 

 charged because the wife of William de 

 Liverpool (who was the sheriff's clerk 

 and had arraigned the panel) was a kins- 

 woman of Robert de Walton ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Assize R. 5, m. i6d. 



3 Towneley MS. DD (in the posses- 

 sion of W. Farrer), n, 1488. It was 

 found that he held the manor of Wal- 

 ton of the king in chief (the Holland 

 intermediate manor being ignored) ; three 

 oxgangs in Thingwall, four oxgangs in 

 Walton and Newsham ; also 20 acres in 

 Woolton of the prior of St. John by a 

 service of 6s. id. yearly ; he died 8 Mar. 

 1 3 99-1400. 



The writ to the chancellor to take the 

 oath of Emma, widow of Robert de 

 Walton, that she would not marry with- 

 out licence, and to deliver her her dower, 

 was dated 8 Jan. 1401-2 ; Add. MS. 

 32108, «. 1493. 



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John de Walton proved his age 

 and had livery by writ dated i6 Mar. 

 1403-4; ibid. n. 1497. His wardship 

 had been granted to Robert de Heath- 

 cote; Pal. of Lane. Warrants, i Hen. IV, 

 m. 3. 



^^ Early Chancery Proc. bdle. 6, n. 

 48 ; Ellen de Fazakerley claimed by 

 virtue of a settlement made about 1380 

 by her father before John's birth ; the 

 remainders were to Margery her sister, 

 Henry de Walton, and Margaret, bastard 

 daughter of Robert de Walton and after- 

 wards wife of Henry le Norreys. 



For earlier proceedings between the 

 parties in 1406 see Dep. Keeper's Rep. 

 xxxii, App. 5, 7. 



11 Towneley MS. CC. (Chet. Lib.), 

 n. y6. 



12 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 1 5. 

 In 1423 it was found that John de 

 Walton held the manor of Lady Lovell 

 by the service of 40J. yearly ; Lanes. Inq, 

 p, m, (Chet. Soc), ii, i. This service was 

 two-thirds of the full amount due from 

 Walton. 



^8 Chorley Sur-v. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 36. In 1429 John de Walton of 

 Walton, 'yeoman,' and his sons Thomas, 

 Nicholas, and James, with other yeomen 

 and knaves of Walton, were indicted 

 by Thomas Bridges, of Fazakerley, for 

 waylaying him at Fazakerley with in- 

 tent to kill him, and for wounding 

 him and his servants ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 2, m. 9 ; Kuerden MSS iii, 

 W II, rt. 31. 



^■* Chorley Surv. p. 37. A Thomas de 

 Walton alias Thomas Crosse, son and 

 heir of John de Walton of Eccleston, 

 granted to Sir Richard de Molyneux of 

 Sefton all his lands, &c., in Walton in 

 1434 ; Croxteth D. Bb. i, 13. 



Roger Walton of Walton, Elizabeth 

 widow of Thomas Walton, and Roger 

 Fazakerley, late of West Derby, were de- 

 fendants in a suit respecting damage to 

 the turbary at Aintree brought about 1460 

 by Sir Thomas Harrington ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 21, m. 11 d. 



