A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



first earl of Derby,' of whom the Irelands continued 

 to hold the manors of Hale and Halewood by the 

 tender of two roses on Midsummer Day. 



A junior branch of the Holand family was esta- 

 blished in Hale.' 



The appearance of the Ireland family has already 

 been narrated. Adam Austin, having established his 

 claim to a portion of the lordship, in 1285 married 

 Avina, daughter of Robert de Holand, his superior 

 lord. The grant to Avina on her marriage ' may be 

 regarded as a settlement of the disputes between her 

 father and her husband. 



The Norris interest in Hale began with Alan, 

 father of the Alan and John le Norreys who settled 

 at Speke. In an undated charter, Alan le Norreys 

 granted to Simon his son the Ditton half of the mill 

 of Hale — that upon the pool between Hale and 

 Ditton — which he had received from Henry de 

 Walton, formerly the king's servant, with fishing and 

 other rights.' 



This will explain the position in 1292, when the 

 tenants of Hale were summoned to prove their title to 

 their holdings. Robert de Holand had 160 acres and 

 his brother Richard 60 ; Adam de Ireland and Avina ' 

 his wife had 200 acres ; Alan le Norreys had but 20.* 



From this time the Irelands' position was secure.' 

 Adam Austin de Ireland, in spite of his many law- 



suits, lived until 132+,' and his wife Avina .iKo. In 

 I 292 he was non-suited in divers claims against Robert 

 de Holand, Robert Erneys of Speke, and his wife 

 Joan, and Roger de Culcheth.' In 1323 he was 

 returned by the sheriff as one 

 of those holding lands of the 

 annual value of ^l 5 and more;'" 

 and about the same time a 

 claim was made against him 

 and his wife Avina and their 

 sons Robert and Adam, by 

 Randle, son of Henry Malin- 

 son, respecting his free tene- 

 ment in Hale, but it was un- 

 successful." Another claim was 

 at the same time made against 

 Adam and Avina, and Adam, 

 their son, by Robert Grelley." 

 A charter exists of Adam de Ireland, lord of Hale, to 

 Richard, son of Henry Malinson, another defendant in 

 the former suit, granting him a messuage and lands 

 upon the waste of Hale, near the Old Barn yard, and 

 a fishery in the Mersey called ' the Heegh Yord,' 

 for a rent of 5<2'." 



During Adam's lifetime John de Ireland, who 

 succeeded to Hale,'* had become possessed of lands in 

 the place." In 1331 he appears as son and heir of 



Ireland of Hale. 

 GuUsf six jleuri de lis 

 three, nvo and one argent. 



1 Pat. 4 Hen. VH. 



^ Richard de Holand, said to be son of 

 the elder Robert de Holand, had land in 

 Hale, and granted to Adam son of Warin 

 de Speke 12 acres in ' Houuerechaderoc,' 

 from Rams Brook as far as the sike be- 

 tween the two Kaderokes ; paying to 

 the lords of Hale the farm contained in 

 Richard de Meath's charter to Walter de 

 Arderne, then rector of Frodsham, i.e. 

 21. of silver at Michaelmas and a pig at 

 Martinmas should they have pigs there ; 

 Norris D. (B.M.), 117. 



Richard de Holand attested local charters 

 <lown to nearly the end of Edward II's 

 reign j sometimes ' Robert his son * is 

 added. John de Holand occurs from 1316 

 until 134.9; and William de Holland, of 

 Halewood or Hale, from this year until 

 the end of the reign. William de Holland 

 was a free tenant in 1350 ; he had lands 

 from William son of Roger le Mayorson in 

 1365 ; Final Conc.y ii, 170. 



William occurs as a complainant in 

 1358, Hugh de Adlington and others 

 having broken into his house at Hale ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 6, m. 4, 5 d. 

 In 1339 Henry de Holland and Agnes his 

 wife held land in the Wro in the Over- 

 field (as dower), and its reversion to the 

 Jleirs of Henry de Ditton was arranged ; 

 Norris D. (B.M.), 184. 



* It gave half of all the land of Hale- 

 wood with the father's share of the old 

 mill between Ditton and the demesne of 

 Alan le Norreys, and of the new mill be- 

 tween Tarbock Park and Halewood ; 

 Hale Charter R. 



This was confirmed and extended by 

 Robert son of the above Robert de 

 Holand, who in 1305 granted to Adam 

 de Ireland and Avina his wife 60 acres in 

 Hale, with the £7 annual rent which his 

 grandfather Thurstan had by the gift of 

 Nicholas de la Hose ; his share in the 

 water-mill, four oaks a year from the 

 wood, and other easements were added, 

 the service being the nominal one of a 

 rose annually ; Hale Charter R. It will 

 be noticed that the grant of N. de la 



Hose is here said to have been made to 

 Thurstan. 



* Norris D. (B. M.), 130 ; made about 

 1270. The grant of Henry de Walton is 

 No. 234 in the same collection. Thomas 

 le Waleys gave to Alan, son of Alan le 

 Norreys, and Margery his wife, various 

 lands and tenements and the third part of 

 a mill in Hale and Ditton, with pannage, 

 &c. At the beginning of i 309 Thomas, 

 rector of Aston, granted all his land in 

 Hale, as well in the wood as in the vill, 

 and in Ditton to the same Alan and Mar- 

 gery, and six years later Patrick their son 

 made over his lands in Hale, with the ter- 

 ritory near the bridge, and his share of the 

 aforesaid water-mill, to his uncle John le 

 Norreys of Speke ; Norris D. (B.M.), 131, 

 134, 135. One of Adam Austin's early 

 suits was against Alan le Norreys and 

 others, demanding the customs and ser- 

 vices due from their free tenements in 

 Hale; De Banc. R. 31, m. 31 </.; 32, m.41. 



* Her name is printed Anne and Amicia. 



* Plac. de quo IVarr., 370, 378, 379, 

 227-8. There were numerous smaller 

 holdings, including Thomas the Forester 

 16 (or 18), Thurstan son of Henry 17, 

 Jordan the Tailor 14, William son of 

 Richard de Tranmore 12, Richard del 

 Bank 12, Adam del Bank 6, Robert de 

 Thomihead 8, and Simon son of Award 8. 



" There were several persons In Lanes, 

 in the thirteenth century who used 

 Ireland as a surname. A Roger de 

 Hibernia was a witness to the charter of 

 Richard de Meath, already quoted. He 

 had a son Robert. See notes above, also 

 Wballey Coucber, ii, 556—7, 567 ; Ormc- 

 rod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 731. In 1258 

 Margery, Maud, and Mabel, daughters of 

 Robert de Hibernia, paid a mark for an 

 assize of mort d'ancestor, and the sheriff 

 of Lanes, was commanded accord- 

 ingly ; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), 

 ii, 287; Orig. 42 Hen. Ill, m. 10, 11. 

 This Robert appears to have had a son 

 Ralph ; and a Ralph de Hibernia is a wit- 

 ness to several of the local charters ; Orig. 

 43 Hen. Ill, m. 3 ; Moore Charters, 



144 



501, &c. He had a son William and 

 several daughters. In 1 302 Ralph de 

 Ireland held Hartshorn in Derbyshire 

 (jointly with Robert de Farnham) as half 

 a knight's fee, and in 1346 William de 

 Ireland held Hartshorn, formerly of the 

 fee of Robert de Ferrers ; while eighty 

 years later (1428) Roger Wolley held it 

 in place of William de Ireland. Feud, 

 Aids, 251, 260, 265. Avice (or Avena) 

 Ireland of Hartshorn (f. 1380) married (i) 

 Godfrey Foliambe, and (2) Sir Rd. Green ; 

 Top. et Gen. i, 336. For John de Hibernia 

 of Staveley see ibid, iv, 2. 



** As grandson and heir of Richard de 

 Meath through Edusa lie appeared as 

 plaintiff in 1321-2; De Banc. R. 240, 

 m. 237. For pedigree see roll 219, 

 m. 248 d. 



' Assize R. 408, m. 46 a, 57, ^i d. 



" Pari. Writs, ii (i), 639. 



" Assize R. 425, m. 6 ; 426, m. yd. 



" Ibid 426, m. I. 



" Norris D. (Rydal Hall), F. 8. 



" Robert de Ireland, who had the manor 

 of Kirkdale, early in 1322 granted to his 

 father and mother, Adam and Avina, all 

 the lands he had of their gift in Hale and 

 in Kirkdale in order that they might 

 create a sure rent of 5 marks a year for a 

 chaplain celebrating in a perpetual chantry 

 at Hale. He gave and exchanged at the 

 same time other lands to his brother John ; 

 Moore Charters, 514. He was described 

 as 'lord of Hale' in 1334, acting perhaps 

 as trustee of his brother John ; Norris D. 

 (B. M.), 520. The 'manors' of Yeldcrs- 

 Icy, Hale, Ditton, and Kirkdale descended 

 to Robert, son of Robert de Ireland, who 

 was a minor in 1381-2 ; perhaps Hale, 

 like Ditton and Yeldersley, is to be 

 understood of a portion of the manor • 

 Hale D. 



" Richard Spoch in 13 16 transferred to 

 him a messuage and half an oxgang of 

 land ; John, son of Roger de Crosbyhouses, 

 leased him other lands for twenty years 

 from I 320 ; and he had more from Robert, 

 son of John de WallchuL and others ■ 

 Hale D. 



