A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



He died before 1265, and was succeeded by his 

 grandson William son of John Blundell, a minor, as 

 to whose custody there was a dispute between Sir 

 William le Botcler and Robert de Ferrers, earl 

 of Derby.* John had a brother Robert, called 

 *Goch.'* 



William Blundell confirmed his ancestors* grants to 

 Stanlaw, and added something on his own account ;' 

 and at the same time came to an agreement with the 

 monks as to certain approvements within the common 

 pasture, where their rights had been restricted, and 

 allowed them convenient access to the carr adjoining 

 Thornton.* On the other hand he gave them serious 

 cause of complaint by erecting a windmill to which 

 he caused his tenants to take their com to be ground. 



to the loss of the abbey's mill ; the monks accordingly 

 summoned the tenants, and secured an acknowledge- 

 ment of suit to their mill for all corn to the sixteenth 

 measure. William Blundell made amends by grant- 

 ing the windmill to the monks, and allowing them to 

 enlarge and improve the site.* He died in or before 

 1293.* 



He was succeeded by his son William, who died 

 about the end of the reign of Edward II, his widow 

 Agnes appearing as plaintiff in 1331'; and a little later 

 she and her son William exchanged certain lands in 

 Ince.® It is difficult to decide if the younger William 

 here mentioned was the husband of Joan deHaydock.* 

 Probably he was ; if so, he was succeeded by his 

 brothers Henry and John.*^ In the latter's time the 



1 T. E. Gibson, Lydiate Hall, 93 5 

 Jordan dc Derby, on behalf of the carl, 

 afterwards resigned his right in the ward- 

 ship of the heirs of John Blundell of 

 Incc to William le Boteler ; Trans. Htit. 

 Soc. xxxiii, 266. As the earl's estates 

 were forfeited in 1266 through his parti- 

 cipation in the rebellion of Simon de 

 Montfort, a limit is a^orded for this claim 

 of wardship. 



^ Richard Blundell granted to his son 

 Robert one plough-land at a rent of ^s. ; 

 Croxteth D. O. ii, i. Robert Goch 

 quitclaimed to the monks of Stanl^w all 

 the land which his father Richard had 

 given them with his body ; fVhaliey 

 Coucher^ ii, 503. Jordan de Derby was a 

 witness to this charter. 



As Robert son of Richard Blundell he 

 quitclaimed to William Blundell, *my 

 lord and lord of Ince,* all his right in 

 lands near the Cow Holme ; Trans. Hist. 

 Soc. xxxiii, 266. Margaret widow of 

 Robert Blundell was a plaintiff in 1283; 

 De Banc. R. 51, m. 72. 



Margery daughter of Robert Goch 

 married John dc Mcoh, and was living a 

 widow in I 3 1 1 . John son of William dc 

 Meols and Margery his wife claimed lands 

 in Ince in 1292 from Henry Blundell and 

 Henry dc Grecnoll ; Assize R. 408, m. 

 60 d. For notices of deeds by John and 

 Margery, see LyJiare Hally 95. Iai3i8 

 Peter son of Richard de Molyneux of 

 Sefton purchased from her an oxgang and 

 land in Ince ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 31. 



William son and heir of John de 

 Ravcnsmeols granted to his brother 

 Hugh land in the Moorhouses in Ince, 

 'according to the charter which John my 

 father bought from Richard Blundell, 

 then lord of Ince' j and William son of 

 Hugh de Meols received the same lands 

 in 1 340 from William Blundell, lord of 

 Ince ; Blundell of Crosby D. K. 202, 

 K. 293. 



The Goch plough-land probably came 

 into the hands of the Ballard family. 



' Wballey Coucber^ ii, 505-4. Here 

 he describes himself as son of John 

 Blundell, and speaks of his grandfather 

 Richard Blundell, son of Sir William. 

 His own gift was a piece of meadow in 

 Ince Marsh, around which Roger de 

 Upton, formerly granger of the abbey, 

 had made a ditch ; it was confirmed by 

 the superior lord, William le Boteler ; 

 ibid. 505. Confirmations were in 1283 

 secured from the king, who was at 

 Aberconway in Snowdon, and from his 

 brother Edmund, earl of Lancaster ; ibid. 

 506, 507. 



* Ibid, ii, 50-. The monks had begun 

 an action, but friends intervening an 

 agreement was made, William Blundell 



giving four marks and the above piece of 

 meadow. 



* Ibid, ii, 509—11. William retained 

 the liberty of grinding his own corn either 

 at the windmill or the water-mill ; the 

 monks gave him 10 marks of silver. 



Another of his charters, to William 

 son of Wmyr of the Moorhouses, is in 

 Blundell of Crosby D. K.. 253. Two 

 others, to Matthew de Molyneux and to 

 Richard Flock, are printed in Tram. Hist, 

 Soc. xxxiii, 267. 



From Margery widow of Gilbert dc 

 Greenoll he received a grant of four acres ; 

 ibid. 



* He was living in 1292 when he 

 appeared in support of the abbot of Stan- 

 law, from whom certain land in Ince was 

 claimed by Adam son of Robert de 

 Thornton, Adam asserting that his grand- 

 father, Robert son of Gilbert de Thorn- 

 ton, had been disseised by a former William 

 Blundell ; this claim was adjudged false ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 27^. William Blun- 

 dell was at the same time a plaintiff 

 regarding his fishery rights ; ibid. m. 43. 



In the following year 'his widow Ellen, 

 in conjunction with Richard dc Molyneux 

 of Sefton and another, covenanted to hold 

 Sir William le Boteler harmless for 

 damages or losses in regard to wardship, 

 &c.' ; Gibson, Lydiate Ha/If 95. 



7 William Blundell was witness to an 

 ag^reemcnt as to Eggergarth Mill in 1298 j 

 ibid. 44. 



In 1 315 William Blundell enfeoffed 

 Adam de Ruycroft, vicar of Huyton, of 

 the manor of Ince ; and this was regranted 

 to him with remainder to his son William 

 and his daughters Emma, Maud, and 

 Clemency J ibid. 95. His seal, showing 

 a squirrel munching, with the legend 

 s. WILLI. BLOvs'DEL, is appended to one of 

 his charters ; ibid. 



Agnes, late the wife of William Blun- 

 dell, in 1331 claimed dower in lands held 

 by John the Harper, Gilbert del Wolfall, 

 and Peter dc Molyneux ; her claim was 

 prosecuted in the next year against the 

 two former defendants, and as they did 

 not appear, she succeeded ; De Banc. R. 

 287, m. lyZ d. ; 292, m. 66 d. 



In the same year (133 i) William son 

 of William Blundell was defendant in a 

 case concerning lands in Incc ; Assize R. 

 1404, m. 27. 



8 Gibson, Lydiate Hall, 96 ; details arc 

 given. 



In the same year he allowed turbary on 

 any common moss of Ince to William, 

 son of Simon, son of Henry ; and in 

 1337 he granted to John de Derbyshire 

 the wardship and marriage of William 

 son of William Binimeson, with his lands 

 in Ince ; ibid. 



In 1337 also William Blundell of Ince, 



80 



Agnes late wife of William Blundell of 

 Ince, and others, who brought an assize 

 of novel disseisin against Robert de 

 Bebington and Beatrix his wife, did not 

 prosecute ; Assize R. 1424, m, 11. 



» William Blundell in 1344 enfeoffed 

 Henry de Solihull, chaplain, of his manor 

 of Ince, and was re-enfeoffcd the follow- 

 ing year, having married Joan, daughter 

 of Matthew de Haydock ; Gibson, Lydiate 

 Hall, 96. In 1343 a lease had been 

 granted to Henry, son of William Blun- 

 dell of Ince, with remainder to John, the 

 brother of Henry, and to Emma, Almcria, 

 and Joan, their sisters ; ibid. The pedi- 

 gree of 16 1 3, drawn up from the family 

 deeds, gives as father of the William who 

 married Joan, William whose wife was 

 Ellen ; this is probably a confusion with 

 the William and Ellen recorded above ; 

 yisit. of 1613 (Ches. Soc), 76. 



William Blundell and Joan his wife 

 were defendants in 1 3 5 1, 1352, and 1355; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. ij (bis) j 

 R. 2, m. iij ; R. 4, m. 116. William 

 Blundell of Ince was defendant also in 

 claims for money due made by Sir John 

 de Molyneux in 1357 and 1358 ; ibid. 

 R. 6, m. 6 ; Assize R. 438, m. 18. In 

 1350 a violent assault with intent to 

 murder was made upon him in Sefton j 

 Assize R. 443, m. 7. He was witness to 

 a charter made in 1361; Blundell of 

 Crosby D. K. 266. 



^^ John de Kenyon, chaplain, in 1366 

 granted to Joan widow of William Blun- 

 dell the manor of Ince, with houses, 

 gardens, orchards, the holt adjoining the 

 said manor, turbary, &c. ; with remainder 

 to Henry Blundell, brother and heir of 

 William, and ICathcrine his wife, daughter 

 of William son of Adam de Liverpool ; 

 Trans. Hist. Soc. xxxii, 194; sec also 

 Kuerden, iii, i, «. 312. William Blun- 

 dell and Henry his brother attested a 

 charter in 1351 granting land to William 

 de Liverpool, clerk ; Blundell of Crosby 

 D. K. 157. 



Henry Blundell held the manor for but 

 a few years, dying in or before 1370, 

 when an agreement was made between 

 John de Haydock and Henry de Chather- 

 ton, no doubt concerning the marriage of 

 Catherine, the widow, with John de 

 Chatherton, or Chaderton ; the deeds of 

 1315, 1344, and 1345, already mentioned, 

 touching the succession and marriage of 

 William Blundell, are recited in it ; 

 Croxteth D. O. ii, 17. 



He was succeeded by his brother John, 

 who early in 1374 made an enfeoffment 

 of Ince i Gibson, Lydiate Hall, 97. 

 In the same year his name occurs as wit- 

 ness to a charter ; Blundell of Crosby 

 D. K.. 292. The next year he settled 

 j^io a year on John son of Henry de 



