A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



ment succeeded to Scarisbrick. The latter was born 

 in 1849 and married in 1S74 Adolphine Gabrielle 

 Marie de Faret, daughter of the Marquis de Foumes ; 

 a son, Marie Andre Leon Alvar, was born in 

 1S75.' 



Hy4RLET0N ' was held of the lords of Scarisbrick 

 by a family whose surname was derived from it ; the 

 tenure was homage and fealty and the yearly serv'ice 

 of 4f.' The first mention of the place after Domesday 

 book is a charter of about the year 1190 by which 

 Robert, son of Ulf de Hurleton, gave to the abbey of 

 Cockersand 2 acres of his land in Harleton.'' He 

 afterwards granted to Burscough Priory land near 

 Ayscough in Harleton, in pure alms, for the souls 

 of King John, his own father and mother, and 

 others.' 



Before 1233 Robert had been succeeded by his son 

 Roger.' Roger was a benefactor to Burscough, 

 granting land in the tovrafield 

 of Harleton,' also the lands on 

 the east of Nather dale, ' from 

 Simon's bam to the Graynet 

 hake,' and elsewhere in Harle- 

 ton." Several of his charters 

 are preserved at Scarisbrick, 

 including one to his brother 

 Richard.' In 1 246 he was 

 summoned to warrant to the 



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H U HLETON O r 



Harleton. Argenty 

 four ermine spots in cross 

 iabie* 



abbot of Cockersand 48 acres, 

 which the latter held of him by 

 the charter of Robert his father ; 

 Walter de Scarisbrick was claim- 

 ing certain land in Naithalargh as inherited from 

 his father Gilbert.*" Roger was himself a benefactor 



to Cockersand." He took pnrt in 1261 in the 

 agreement as to boundaries made with the prior of 

 Burscough, and in 1303 Robert, his son and successor, 

 joined in a further agreement. ' 



For several generations the lords of Harleton bore 

 the name of Robert, so that it U impossible to dis- 

 tinguish them clearly.'^ In 1365 there occurred a 

 dispute as to the wardship of Robert, son and heir of 

 Robert de Hurieton, ten years of age ; Henry de 

 Scarisbrick claimed as the immediate lord of HaHeton, 

 while Sir William de Atherton claimed as representing 

 the Lathoms ; the former established his right.'* In 

 1369 Robert de Hurleton and Margaret his wife 

 were claiming lands in Harleton from Roger de 

 Shaw and Margery his wife and their son John.'^ 



William de Hurleton, possibly a younger brother 

 of the last-mentioned Robert, was holding the manor 

 in 1 38 1 and granted it to Gilbert de Gorsuch in 

 marriage with Maud, apparently a daughter and co- 

 heiress of Gilbert.'® From 141 8 there are for some 

 time no certain evidences by which the descent of the 

 manor can be traced.*^ Nicholas de Hurleton occurs 

 as early as 1433,'® and as he seems to have inherited 

 the Gorsuch estate in Longton, he must have been a 

 descendant.** 



Humphrey Hurleton, son and heir of Robert son 

 of Nicholas, succeeded his father before 1524. He 

 was soon afterwards engaged in a dispute as to the 

 Little Branderth, near Harieton Brook, this being 

 claimed by Thomas Scarisbrick ; the matter was settled 

 by the arbitration of the prior of Burscough and 

 others in 1529."* In 1537 he was one of the farmers 

 of the parsonage of Ormskirk.^' He had a son Thomas 

 who married Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Birken- 



' Burke's Landed Gentry^ 9th edit., ii, 

 1315. 



^ Hirletun, Dom. Bk. ; Hurlton and 

 Hurleton, xiii cent, and usually ; Hyr- 

 dilton, 1278; Hurdelton, 1359. 



^ Before 1230 they appear to have held 

 directly of the lords of Lathom. 



* JCuerden MSS. ii, C. m. 32 d. ; 

 Roger and Adam, sons of Ulf, are among 

 the witnesses. See also Cockersand Cbartul. 

 ii, 638, 639, 752, where other charters of 

 Robert's are printed. The first grants 

 the whole of * Naithalarwc ' (also spelt 

 Nazelarwe and Naithalargh), one of the 

 boundaries * following the sylcc as far as 

 Hurleof Aykescough ' ; the second con- 

 cerns land on T%'.incgreave j the fourth 

 mentions Blaklachc by Whitcstop, Broad- 

 head brook, and the Waingatc on the 

 west side of the moor. 



* Burscough Reg. fol. jb. 



* In the year named an agreement was 

 made relating to the boundaries of Scaris- 

 brick and Harleton ; by it Walter de 

 Scarisbrick granted to Roger and his heirs 

 the twelve oxgangs of land in Harleton 

 (to be held as described above), while 

 Roger surrendered his claim to Gorsuch 

 and other lands, including the common 

 on the west towards North Meols ; 

 K-uerden MSS. v, 115, n. 181. Harle- 

 ton and Scarisbrick together were three 

 plough-lands, and the ser^'ice was 8j.; thus 

 Roger had half, rendering half the service. 



'' Burscough Reg. fol. 19. The Town 

 green, Waingate, Fold syke, Kiln stead, 

 and bam are mentioned. 



s Ibid. fol. 19^, i8i, 19. The last 

 concerns land ' at the head of Ayke- 

 scough' ; the bounds began at the syke on 

 the west, followed the ditch north to the 

 boundary of Aspinwall,' saving a certain 



exit where the road leads from Litherland 

 to Harleton 5' then by Aspinwall ditch 

 to the corner by the south, and by another 

 ditch to the commencement. 



^ Scarisbrick D. n. 6. This mentions 

 Lamford, rights of way to Broad head and 

 Moorcroft, and safeguards the watercourse 

 to Roger's mill. Another (n. 31) con- 

 cerns land on the north of Withinsnape, 

 the bounds commencing * at a certain 

 litgate' ; Withinsnape itself was granted 

 by n. 4. Others mention Holditches 

 gTcvc, Blakelands heads, Wet renes, the 

 Long Sharp, and Quassum ; n. 5, 8-11. 

 His seal is appended to several ; it bears 

 four palm (?) leaves arranged crosswise 

 surrounded by the legend -{- a* rog* 

 DE hurel'. 



^^ Assize R. 404, m. 9, 10. Walter's 

 claim was dismissed. 



^^ Cockersand Cbartul. ii, 640. He gave 

 an acre and the south side of Greenland 

 and Heselcngreaves, a high acre, to wit, 

 * Whiteland and Blackland,' and an acre 

 in the garden adjoining the road from 

 Hallford to the village ; also the messuage 

 of Lewin and half a selion. 



^^ See the account of Martin. 



^ The Scarisbrick deeds include several 

 relating to them. In 1332 William, 

 John, and Nicholas, sons of Robert de 

 Hurleton, resigned to their father a rent 

 of 3i. ^d. issuing from the manor (n. 61). 

 Ten years later Robert son of Robert 

 de Hurleton made various grants on the 

 occasion of his own son Robert's marriage 

 with Eleanor, daughter of Gilbert de 

 Scarisbrick ; by the first he gave his 

 son a rent-charge of j^2o upon his 

 manors and lands ; and by another he 

 gave his part of the wood of Aykescough 

 and lands tenanted by Richard Bonyard 



270 



and others ; while the son agreed that 

 the rent-charge should not be used pro- 

 vided his father made no alienation of 

 the estates («. 71, 70, 70*). Alice 

 widow of Matthew de Hurleton was a 

 plaintiff" in 1317. De Banc. R. 219, 

 m. 151. 



^^ Co. Plac. Chan. Lanes, n, 2t ; Lanes. 

 and Ches. Rec, (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 367 ; De Banc. R. 418, m. 3 it/, 

 and 419, m.6jd. Harleton (i2oxgangs) 

 was still held by knight's service, paying 

 loi. to the scutage of 40J. and a rent of 

 4J. to the lord of Scarisbrick. 



1* De Banc. R. 434, m. 76. 



^* This appears from Scarisbrick D. ». 

 121 and 126. William's name occurs 

 in 1397, 1398, 1416, and 1418 ; ibid. 

 nn. 131, 137, 150; Lanes. In'^. p.m. 

 (Chet. Soc), i, 135. 



^7 In 1427 Elizabeth widow of Gilbert 

 de Hurleton remitted all actions, &c., 

 against Henry de Scarisbrick and others ; 

 Scarisbrick D. ». 154. 



^ He and James, Thomas, and John 

 de Hurleton, with others in this year 

 gave a recognizance of a debt of ;^30o 

 to Henry de Scarisbrick and others j 

 ibid. n. 156. 



" Kuerden MSS. vi, 83, n. 308. 

 He is said to have married Eleanor 

 Chisnall of Chisnall. In 1463 articles 

 of agreement were signed between him 

 and Henry Scarisbrick for the marriage 

 of his son and heir Robert to Henry'* 

 daughter Agnes j Scarisbrick D. nn. 168, 

 169. Nicholas Hurleton was a juror 

 at Ormskirk in 1473 > Lanes. Inq, p.m. 

 (Chet. Soc), ii, 102. 



2« Scarisbrick D. nn. 186, 184. 



^^ Ducby Pleadings (Rec. Soc. Lanes, anrt 

 Ches.), ii, 125. 



