WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



named were the Bridges,' Tarletons,' Stananoughts,' 

 and Whitfields.* The ancient family of Stonebridgeley 

 appears to have died out,' but the place of this name 

 was known in 1639.^ Edward Fazaicerley of Mag- 

 hull, and Robert Turner of Fazakerley, were among 

 the church surveyors of 1650/ As 'papists' Percival 

 and Thomas Rice of Liverpool, and William Harrison 

 of Rainford, registered estates here in 1 7 1 7.' 



Samuel Hawarden Fazakerley, John Fazakerley, 

 John Atherton, and Richard Higginson were the chief 

 contributors to the land tax of 1785. 



A ichoolhouse was built in 1725 by Samuel Turner. 



Emmanuel church was in 1902 licensed for service 

 under the rector of Walton. 



BOOTLE 

 Boltelai, Dom. Bk. ; Botle, 121 2, 1237; Botull, 

 1306; BothuU, 1332 ; Bothell, 1348. 



WALTON 



This township has a frontage to the Mersey of 

 nearly a mile and a half in length and extends, 

 landward about two miles. The area is 1,207 

 acres.^ The land rises from the river eastward^ 

 until near Walton an elevation of 150 ft. is reached. 

 The population in 1901 was 58,556. There is- 

 scarcely a square yard of ground left that is not 

 covered with crowded streets, railways, timber-yards, 

 canal wharfs, and, last but not least, extensive docks 

 and quays. A forest of masts and funnels takes 

 the place of green trees, and solid stone walls re- 

 flect themselves in the River Mersey instead of 

 grassy slopes. Huge warehouses rise up on every 

 side. The hum of machinery mingles with the 

 cries of flocks of seagulls and the rush of passing and 

 repassing vessels of all descriptions. The North Wall 

 lighthouse and the battery are conspicuous objects 

 along the river wall. 



kerlcy to Henry son of William Bullock, 

 at a yearly rent of zd. ; with remainders 

 to Thomas and Richard, brothers of 

 Henry ; ibid. K, 2. 



John Bullock in 1394 made grants of 

 his lands in Walton and Fazakerley to his 

 son Richard, with remainders to his other 

 children, Thomas and Margaret ; ibid. 

 K, 4, 5. John Bullock, perhaps the same 

 person, enfeoffed William del Heath of 

 all his lands in Fazakerley within the vill 

 of Walton in 1420; these were sold in 

 1433 to Sir Richard Molyneux, John 

 Bullock releasing all his right in the same ; 

 ibid. K, 10-14. Previously Robert the 

 Hunt and Emmota his wife, daughter of 

 Richard Bullock, had sold to Sir Richard 

 the lands in the vills of Fazakerley and 

 Walton, which had descended to her from 

 her father ; ibid. K, 8 and 9, dated 1423 

 and 1433. Roger Norris and Alice his wife, 

 probably another daughter, in 1436 sold 

 lands formerly Richard Bullock's to the 

 same Sir Richard Molyneux ; ibid. K, 15. 



In 1446 Sir Richard assigned lands in 

 Great Sankey, Fazakerley, and Walton, to 

 trustees for the benefit of Katherine 

 Aughtoa ; ibid. K, 16-18. 



In the inquisition taken after the death 

 of Sir Richard Molyneux in 1623, the 

 manor of Walton and Fazakerley is named 

 among his possessions ; hancu Inq. p. m. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 389, 



^ The Bridge family occur early, but 

 no connected account can be given of 

 them ; they probably took their name 

 from the bridge over the Alt just at the 

 border of Fazakerley and West Derby. 



K-uerden has preserved a number of 

 their charters (vol. iii, W, 10, 11), and 

 among them the following : (i) William 

 son of Richard de Walton about 1300 

 gave to John del Bridge various lands, in 

 exchange for those lands which William 

 son of Henry de Walton had given to 

 John the chaplain, reserving a fee for the 

 chaplain of St. Paulinus. (9) In 1308 

 he gave to John del Bridge and Hawise 

 his wife some land newly approved, 

 (10) This John in 1325-6 granted certain 

 lands to his son John, including some he 

 had before assigned to his brother William. 

 (14) John the elder, son of John del 

 Bridge, in 1327 gave to John the younger, 

 his brother, lands in Fazakerley already 

 granted by their father to John and 

 William, brothers of the grantor. (20) 

 John del Bridge and Juliana his wife were 

 enfeoffed of certain lands in 1340, with 

 remainder to their son Adam ; see (24), 

 (25) Thomas son of William del Bridge 

 next appears, in 1385. The name occurs 

 down to 143 1, «. 27, 29, 31, but there 



may have been more than one person. 

 More than fifty years elapses, and then in 

 1485 Robert Bridge arranged for the suc- 

 cession of his lands to his son John and 

 his grandson Robert ; ff. 32, 33. Richard 

 and Roger, sons of Robert Bridge, occur 

 in 1536 ; n. 37, 38 ; their lands were in 

 Fazakerley and Lathom. Another of the 

 family living at that time was Henry 

 Bridge, who had married Joan, widow of 

 Richard Makin of Litherland, n. 36, 39. 



Joan, Margery, and Cecily, daughters 

 of Henry Bridge, claimed certain lands in 

 Walton and Fazakerley in 1602 from 

 Anne, their father's widow. It appeared 

 that Robert Bridge had in the time of 

 Hen. VIII settled them on his son and 

 heir John, from whom they descended 

 thus : — s. Henry — s. Richard — s. Henry, 

 plaintiffs' father ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 290, m. 15. 



In 1354 Hawise, widow of John del 

 Bridge, claimed dower in lands held by 

 Maud, widow of Henry del Quick ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. iij. John 

 son of John del Bridge appears as plaintiff 

 five years later ; ibid. R. 7, m. 5. 



Edward Bridge, described as 'gentle- 

 man,' died 20 Dec. 1626, holding a mes- 

 suage and land of Robert Fazakerley ; his 

 son and heir Richard was 26 years of 

 age ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 

 p. 54. Anne Bridge, widow, appears on the 

 recusant roll of 1641 ; Trans. Hist. Soc. 

 (New Ser.), xiv, 237. Richard Bridge of 

 Fazakerley held 8 acres there in 1639 ; 

 Charley Surnj. 53. 



2 Henry de Tarleton held land here in 

 1413, when he made a grant to Richard 

 Bullock ; and in 1417 when he exchanged 

 an acre with the same Richard ; Croxteth 

 D. K, 6, 7. From a release of John Bul- 

 lock dated 143 1 Henry appears to have 

 acquired part of the holding of Richard 

 Bullock ; ibid. K, 27. 



Roger, son and heir of Henry Tarleton 

 of Fazakerley, in 1504-5 granted to his 

 mother Elizabeth all the lands in Faza- 

 kerley and Rainford he had by her grant 

 for her life, and then to Thomasine, 

 daughter of Robert Parr of Rainford, for 

 her life 5 Kuerden MSS. iii, W. 1 1, n. 34. 

 A later Henry Tarleton occurs in 1536 ; 

 ibid. m. 38. 



Richard Tarleton died about 1558, 

 seised of a capital messuage in Fazakerley, 

 &c.; the wardship of William, his son and 

 heir, was given to William Lathom ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiii, 216. 



William Tarleton in- 1593 purchased 

 lands in Walton and Fazakerley from 

 Ralph Mercer and Ellen his wife ; Pal, of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 55, m. 12. William 



31 



Tarleton, who died 6 March, 163 1-2, 

 held a messuage and lands in Walton and 

 Fazakerley of Robert Fazakerley ; also a 

 messuage and land in Hardshaw of 

 Richard Egerton ; Richard Tarleton, his 

 son and heir, was 41 years of age ; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 1 181. 



The Tarletons of Aigburth had lands 

 in Fazakerley ; Charley Sur'v. 53. 



^ Thomas Stananought, who died 

 16 March, 1634-5, held a messuage and 

 lands in Fazakerley of Robert Fazakerleyj 

 Henry, his son and heir, was aged 28 

 years ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 1075. 



Thomas Stananought, as a convicted re- 

 cusant, paid double to the subsidy in 1628 ; 

 Norris D. (B. M.). Henry Stananought of 

 Fazakerley petitioned for a third of his 

 lands which had been sequestered for re- 

 cusancy ; Cal. of Com, for Comp, iv, 2861, 



■* Ralph Whitfield and Katherine his 

 wife, with David their son and Ellen his 

 wife, joined in a sale of land in Faza- 

 kerley to William Bower in 1589 ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 51, m. 4. John 

 Whitfield of the Diglake occurs in 1639 ; 

 Charley Sur-u. loc. cit. William Whitfield 

 of Roby was the guardian of Nicholas Faza- 

 kerley in 1652 ; Royalist Comp. P. ii, 298. 



It appears from fines and inquisitions 

 that the Longworths, Roses of Walton, 

 and Molyneuxes of Melling, had lands 

 here ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 41, 

 m. 142 5 bdle. 50, m. 33 ; Lanes. Inq. p. m, 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches,), i, 43 5 these 

 last were perhaps the same as Ralph 

 Pooley's estate in 1 594 ; Duchy of Lane 

 Inq. p.m. xvi, n. 19. 



^ Thomas and William de Stone- 

 bridgeley occur among witnesses to local 

 deeds about 1300, and Henry in 1342, 

 Thomas de Stonebridgeley had a suit con- 

 cerning lands with Margaret, widow of 

 William of the same in 1356 ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 14^. 



fi * Stoneberley ' 20 acres of land *in 

 or near to Fazakerley* \ Charley Sur-v. 53, 

 ^ Common'wealth Church Suw. (Rec. Soc* 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 80. 



8 Engl. Cath. Non-jurors, 136, 150. 

 Percival Rice, described as * Doctor of 

 Physic ' or as * of the city of London, 

 apothecary,' with his brother Thomas, is- 

 described as holding Fazakerley Hall and 

 estate in fee, the value being ^^82 135.6^, 

 They had also a house at West Derby ; 

 ibid. 122. Their 'hair was afterwards 

 sold ; Piccope MSS. iii. 



9 The Census Report of 1901 gives 

 1,576 acres, including III of inland water. 

 The difference is due to dock extension. 

 There are also 392 acres of tidal water 

 and 8 of foreshore. 



