A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



William de Kirkdale, was in 12 + 1 returned as hold- 

 ing the third part of a knight's fee in Kirkdale, of 

 the earl of Lincoln, then lord of Penwortham.' 



William's son, Robert de Kirkdale, was in possession 

 before 1288,' and in 1320 

 agreed to sell the manor to 

 Robert de Ireland ; ' the trans- 

 fer was completed in the fol- 

 lowing year,* and the purchaser 

 was returned as tenant in 

 1323.' Adam de Ireland of 

 Hale, father of Robert, held 

 lands here and was in 1322 

 stated to hold the three plough- 

 lands.* 



Robert de Kirkdale retained 

 a small estate, which passed to 

 his son Henry before 1332-' 

 Henry de Kirkdale died without issue before 1353, 

 when he was succeeded by his sister's children.' 



The new lord, Robert de Ireland, answered in 





Ireland of Hale. 

 GuUi, six Jleurs de Us, 

 thru, two and me argent. 



1355 for the third part of a knight's fee held of 

 the duke of Lancaster." In 1361 John de Ireland, 

 probably his son, was in possession,'" and in 1378 

 another Robert de Ireland contributed to the aid 

 granted to John, duke of Lancaster, in respect of this 

 manor." Robert married Lora, afterwards the wife of 

 John de Legh of Macclesfield. He died in 1 38 1," leav- 

 ing a son and heir Robert, who was perhaps a minor. 

 The younger Robert in 1399 released to John, son of 

 Robert de Legh, the messuages and lands in Hale and 

 Kirkdale then held by John and Lora his wife." In 

 1404 he was outlawed, at the suit of John de Legh, 

 for non-payment of a debt of I 2 marks.'* Four years 

 later he released to William de la Moore of Liverpool 

 his right in various tenements in Kirkdale and Liver- 

 pool," and by another deed granted to the same 

 William the manor of Kirkdale and eight acres in 

 Liverpool.'* Peter and Robert de Legh, sons of John 

 and Lora, also disposed of their lands here to the 

 Moores," who thus became undisputed lords of the 

 manor and holders of a considerable estate. 



who in I 241 made an agreement as to two 

 oxgangs in Kirlcdale, which Emma re- 

 leased to her elder sister ; Final C^nc. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chcs.), i, 84. 



Robert, son of Emma, daughter of 

 Quenilda de Kirkdale, in 1292 quit- 

 claimed to Robert son of Master William 

 de KJrkdale his right in the quarter of 

 two oigangs, and in the quarter of the 

 demesne of the manor ; Moore D. n. 5 I 5. 



1 Inq. and Extats, 149. 



In a charter made between 1273 and 

 1284, 'William, son of William formerly 

 parson of Walton,' granted to his son 

 Robert the manor of Kirkdale, viz. three 

 plough-lands with the demesne, homages, 

 wardships, and reliefs which the grantor 

 had by the gift of Ellen, his mother, to 

 hold by rendering a pair of white gloves at 

 Easter and id. yearly to Robert de Sankey 

 and his heirs for lands in the manor pur- 

 chased from Henry, brother and heir of 

 Robert de Sankey ; charter in possession 

 of Mr. J. Hargreaves, of Rock Ferry, 

 n. 271. This transfer of the manor may 

 have been made in view of the father's 

 appointment to Sefton rectory. 



Robert, son of Roger de Sankey, brought 

 a plea of assize of morr d' ancestor in 1270 

 against Edith, daughter of William, rector 

 of Walton, touching five oxgangs and an 

 acre in K-irkdale, of which Henry, brother 

 of the said Roger, died seised. Edith 

 called Roger de Sankey to warrant her ; 

 Cur. Reg. R. 20c, m. -, i d. 



In 1288 Roger, son of Robert de 

 Sankey, sued Master William de Kirk- 

 dale, rector of Sefton, and Robert, his son, 

 for the third part of four oxgangs ; and 

 again in 1290 he claimed two oxgangs, 

 which Robert, son of Master William, 

 then held. Robert de Kirkdale, in reply, 

 stated that Henry, son of Roger de Sankey, 

 long before his death, had enfeoffed Master 

 William of the tenements ; whereupon 

 the plaintiff was non-suited. Assize R. 

 1277, m. 31 ; R. 408, m. 20 d. 



^ See the preceding note. A feodary 

 of Thomas earl of Lancaster made be- 

 tween 1 31 1 and 1 3 18, records only that 

 the heir of William de Walton held Kirk- 

 dale J Duchy of Lane. Knights* fees, i/i i, 

 fol. 27. 



3 On 6 May, 1320, a bond for ^^40 

 was entrusted to Henry de Lee, rector of 

 Halsall, as security for the due perform- 

 ance of an agreement made between 

 Robert de Kirkdale and Robert de Ireland 



for the sale of the manor to the latter, 

 who, for consideration of 10 marks, 

 was to enfeoff Robert de Kirkdale of the 

 manor for life ; charter in possession of 

 Mr. Hargreaves. 



Another charter of the same date con- 

 firmed to Robert de Ireland the whole 

 manor, save 4 oxgangs of land which 

 Robert de Kirkdale had received by the 

 gift of Richard de Fazakerley in free 

 marriage with Alice his w ife ; ibid. n. 269. 

 ■• Final Cone, ii, 43. 



' Rentals and Surv. 379, m. 8 ; ' Robert 

 de Ireland holds the manor of Kirkdale 

 and pays yearly 6s.' The later extent of 

 1324 says more fully : 'Robert de Ireland 

 holds the manor of Kirkdale for three 

 plough-lands of Alice, daughter and heir of 

 the earl of Lincoln, as of the lordship 

 of Penwortham by the service of 31. yearly 

 for ward of Lancaster Castle at the Nativity 

 of St. John Baptist and 31. for sake fee ' ; 

 Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 35. 



' Duchy of Lane. Knights' fees, 1/3. 

 See also Assize R. 426, m. \, y d. 



By his charter Adam de Ireland granted 

 to Robert his son an oxgang of land in 

 Kirkdale which he had had from Cecily, 

 formerly wife of John de Wolfall, with all 

 the usual easements, including fishery * in 

 all salt waters and sweet* ; Moore D. 

 n. ;o8. 



Possibly Adam held the manor for a 

 time as trustee, for in 1322 he and his 

 eldest son John were defendants In a plea 

 of novel disseisin in which Robert, the 

 younger son, recovered lands in Kirkdale 

 and Hale described as 12 messuages, an 

 oxgang and 40 acres of land, an acre of 

 meadow, a mill, and two-thirds of the 

 manor of Kirkdale 5 County Placita, 

 Chancery Lane. n. 4. 



■ Add. MS. 32106, n. 452. Robert, 

 lord of Kirkdale, in 1309 granted to Alice, 

 his daughter, a messuage near the Crooked 

 field and the road from Walton to Kirk- 

 dale ; note of Mr. R. Gladstone, junr. In 

 1320 Robert, lord of Kirkdale, granted to 

 Henry his son a messuage and selion which 

 William the Fisher formerly held, and 

 lands in Parsonfold, Oselfield, and Black- 

 mould ; Moore D. n. 527. About the 

 same time Henry quitclaimed to Robert 

 de Ireland all his right in the lands which 

 his father was selling ; ibid. n. 5 30 a. 



The most important tenants of the 

 manor about 1330 were Henry, son and 

 heir of Robert de Kirkdale, William the 



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Tailor, Adam son of Hayne, Roger de 

 Sankey, Henry de Acres, and Hugh de 

 Wiswall ; see Moore D. and Exch, Lay 

 Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 24. 



In 1340 Alice, relict of Robert de Kirk- 

 dale, demised a windmill to Robert de 

 Ireland ; Moore D. «. 539. 



8 The claimants were Adam del Acres, 

 son of Juliana ; Matthew de Kirkdale and 

 his wife Cecily, daughter of Joan ; and 

 Simon the Carter and Averia his wife, 

 daughter of Ellen \ the said Juliana, Joan, 

 and Ellen being sisters of Henry de Kirk- 

 dale ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 4, m. 

 1% dr^ct Dep. Keeper' i Rep. xxxiiy A^^. 342. 



^ Feud. Aids, iii, 86. He is also men- 

 tioned in one of the Moore D. of 1355 



{«• 546). 



l** Inq. p. m. 35 Edw. Ill pt. i, n. 122. 



11 Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 75. In 1366 

 the lands of an Adam de Ireland are 

 mentioned in Kirkdale ; see Moore D. 

 H. 549. 



^^ Writ of Diem clausit extremum issued j 

 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App, 354. 



^^ Moore D. n. 560. Early in 1402 

 Thomas de la Moore, escheator and col- 

 lector of the aid granted that year, 

 answered for 6s. Sd. of the heirs of Robert 

 de Ireland for the manor of Kirkdale ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Knights* Fees, 1/20, fol. 8. 



1' He afterwards received the king's 

 pardon ; Add. MS. 32108, n. 1555 ; 

 Towneley MS. CC (Chet. Lib.), n. 430 ; 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 175. 



^5 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 9. 

 From a deed quoted in a later note it 

 seems possible that William was com- 

 pleting a bargain entered into by his 

 father Thomas. 



^^ Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 9. In 

 1400 Thomas Touchet, rector of Mal- 

 worth, released to Robert de Ireland the 

 son, lord of Yeldersley in Derbyshire, all 

 the lands, Sec, which he had had in Kirk- 

 dale by the feoffment of Robert de Ireland 

 the father 5 Moore D. n. 561. 



^7 In 1407 Peter, son of John de Legh, 

 released to his brother, Robert de Legh, 

 all his right to lands in Kirkdale which 

 had belonged to their father ; Moore D. 

 n. 563, 564. Shortly afterwards, Robert 

 de Legh leased them for two years to 

 Thomas del Moore, as the dower of Lora 

 in right of her first marriage to Robert de 

 Ireland ; and in the following year he sold 

 all his lands in Kirkdale to William de la 

 Moore, of Liverpool ; ibid, «. 565, 567, 



