WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



in 1527,' and the latter's son and heir John died in 

 May, 1530.' The heir was a daughter Grace, about 

 eighteen months old at her father's death ; she was 

 made the king's ward, but the estate was claimed by 

 her uncle Bryan as heir male.' The result does not 

 appear, but Grace afterwards married Henry Eccleston, 

 a younger son of the local family.* Although this 

 branch of the Parrs appears to have been entitled to a 

 fourth part of their moiety, no claim to a manor was 

 made in the sixteenth century. The estate was known 

 as Broad Oak. 



Other Parr families occur. Richard de Parr of the 

 Shaw is named in 1375 ;' Adam son of John de Parr 

 in 1 301 ;' John de Parr in 1321,' and a later Adam 

 in 1347.* 



The Hospitallers held land' now called Leafog or 

 LAFFOG^" which they granted to a member of one 



PRESCOT 



of the Parr families. Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal and 

 William his son holding it in the sixteenth century." 

 On the latter's death in 1570 it was granted by 

 Queen Elizabeth to John Dudley," from whom 

 Thomas Norris of Orford acquired it, and by his 

 daughter it passed to Thomas Tyldesley." A resident 

 family took surname from this place." 



The Hindleys of AspuU were concerned in various 

 suits as to lands in Parr in the fifteenth and six- 

 teenth centuries." 



The Orrells of BLACKBROOK are said to be 

 derived from those of Pemberton, Humphrey Orrell 

 removing to this place about the end of the seven- 

 teenth century.'" Humphrey Orrell of Parr, yeoman 

 and tanner, registered a freehold estate there and at 

 Windle in 1717." He was succeeded by his son and 

 grandson, both named James ; the latter's son, Charles, 



' Robert Parr in i;23 leased to Richard 

 Halsall of Parr, tailor, a close called the 

 Middle Riding ; the father was probably 

 dead at this time ; ibid. n. fd8. From the 

 inquisition after the death of Robert's son 

 John it appears that in April, 1527, John 

 Parr granted, as dower, certain lands to 

 his mother Grace, who was still living in 

 1531. 



* Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, n. 3. 

 From this it appears that Robert Parr, the 

 grandfather, in 1513 made a settlement 

 00 the marriage of this John and Kathe- 

 rine his wife ; the latter was living in 

 1531. The premises in Parr were held of 

 the carl of Derby by knight's service, but 

 by what part or what rent was unknown j 

 the clear value was ^j. The premises in 

 Lathom were held in the same manner, 

 and were worth 265. %d, a year. 



* Duchy Pleadings (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 196. 



^ This appears by a fine of 15525 Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 145. 

 The remainders were to Thomas son of 

 Henry and Grace, and then to Thomas, 

 Henry's brother. The latter, the head of 

 the Eccleston family, had in 1549 received 

 a number of Parr deeds from the court ; 

 Ct. of Wards and Liveries, box 13 a, 

 fl. rD47. 



From a schedule of deeds in the Piccope 

 MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xiv, 97, it appears that 

 the estates of this branch of the Eccleston 

 family in Broadoak (Parr), Lathom, and 

 Sutton descended to a Henry Eccleston, 

 whose son Edward in 1671 married 

 Thomasine Tickle. They had two daugh- 

 ters —Margery, who married Thomas 

 Lyon, and Esther, whose son Edward 

 Barton was living in 1721. 



' See a preceding note. He may be the 

 Richard son of Richard de Parr of the 

 Shaw of 1390; Townley'a MS. GG, 

 n. 2436, 2878 (feoffments of his lands in 

 Parr and Widnes). Alice widow of Richard 

 de Parr of the Shaw, and his daughter 

 Margaret, widow of William de Ireland, 

 were parties to deeds made in 141 1 ; ibid. 

 1. 2702, 2463. By a deed of the next 

 year Ellen daughter of Richard de Pem- 

 berton quitclaimed to Alice all her right 

 in a messuage called the Hollinhead in 

 Parr; ibid. n. Z'iyS. 



' He was defendant to a claim made by 

 Robert son of Henry de Parr j Assize R. 

 1321, m. 10 d. 



? Kuerden MSS, vi, foL 86, «. 212; 

 Richard son of Patrick the Smith and 

 Agnes his wife granted to John de Parr 

 an acre in Sutton in 1 320-1. He was 

 perhaps the John son of Henry de Parr 

 of 1328 J De Banc. R. 274, m. $<)d. 



' Adam de Parr in 1 342 brought a claim 

 for novel disseisin against Richard son of 

 Henry de Parr, Alan son of Richard de 

 Parr, lords of the manor, and Alice widow 

 of Robert de Parr ; Assize R. 143 5, m. 47. 

 Shortly afterwards Alice seems to have 

 married the claimant, though she must 

 have been an elderly woman ; De Banc. R. 

 348, m. 235 d. From this case it appears 

 that Adam's title was derived from Henry 

 de Parr. 



* The land was granted before 11 93 

 by William son of Dolfin ; Birch Chapel 

 (Chet. Soc), 189 ; Ormerod, Chei. (ed. 

 Helsby), i, 675. It is mentioned in the 

 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375. 



^•^ Laghoke, 1291 ; Lathok, 1292; 

 Laghok, 1347. 



*^ So in the Inq. p.m. o Sir Thomas 

 Parr already cited ; about 1540 William 

 Parr paid \zd. for a messuage called Lag- 

 hoke, according to the rental in Kuerden, 

 v, fol. 84. 



^3 Pat. 1 7 Eliz. pt. V ; to John Dudley and 

 others, a capital messuage, &c. called Lag- 

 hogge in the tenure of Richard Parr ; lately 

 the estate of William marquis of North- 

 ampton. In 1585 Thomas Norris secured ' 

 from Sir Gilbert Gerard, Master of the 

 Rolls, and Anne his wife, a messuage and 

 lands in Laffog, Windle, and Windleshaw ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 47, m. 23. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, «. 51. 

 There were numerous suits with neighbour- 

 ing landowners ; Ducatus Lane, iii, 275, 

 &c. Shortly afterwards, in 1600, Thurstan 

 eldest son of John Parr claimed possession 

 from Thomas Fox and others ; ibid, iii, 

 424. These were probably occupiers only. 

 In 1617-8 Sir Thomas Tyldesley and 

 Thomas Tyldesley his son and heir held a 

 manor in Parr ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 91, n. 38. 



" Wigan de Laghok had land here in 

 1246, claimed by Richard de Flixton as 

 his by descent ; the claim was not prose- 

 cuted ; Assize R. 404, m. 8. Roger de 

 Laghoke was plaintiff against the lords of 

 the manor in 1291 ; they had, he said, 

 prevented him taking estovers, viz. house- 

 bote and heybote, in 40 acres of wood, as 

 well as mast for his pigs ; they had also 

 raised a hedge across the direct way to the 

 wood of Laghok, so that now he had to 

 go nearly two leagues round, and the road 

 to the pasture was also closed by it. The 

 jurors ordered the hedge to be pulled down, 

 but agreed that Roger had sufficient mast 

 outside the 40 acres of wood recently en- 

 closed. Assize R. 1294, m. 8. Hugh de 

 Laghoke was non-suited in a claim against 

 Roger in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 54;/. 

 William son of Hugh de Laghok gave a 



release of claim in Piatt in Withington in 

 13:4; Birch Chapel (Chet. Soc), 192. 

 Henry de Laghok and Alice his wife were 

 with companions in 1 343 accused of having 

 in May the previous year invaded certain 

 lands at Parr, * with force and arms, to wit, 

 with swords, bows and arrows.' The com- 

 plainants were Robert son of Adam de 

 Parr, Alice widow of Roger de Laghok, 

 and John, Roger's son ; Assize R. 430, 

 m. 3, 3 d. In 1367 John son of Roger de 

 Laghoke was plaintiff in a suit against 

 Henry de Laghoke and Alice his wife ; 

 Assize R. 1435, m. 'igd. 



" In 1466 Robert Hindley was plaintiff 

 against John Parr, son of Robert ; Charles 

 Parr, Thomas Parr, Henry Parr 5 Robert 

 Parr, son of Nicholas ; William Parr ; 

 Robert Parr, son of John — all described 

 as * gentlemen ' — and others. It appears 

 that Alice Hindley, plaintiff's wife, had 

 been seized and detained, together with 

 some of his goods. Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 30, m. 9, 10. Robert de Parr, the father 

 of Nicholas, had married, no doubt as his 

 second wife, a certain Alice, who seems 

 to have been a Hindley ; at least, lands 

 were given by Gilbert de Hindley to 

 Robert and Alice and their issue. They 

 had three sons — Matthew and Gilbert, 

 who died childless, William, who had a 

 daughter Alice, the wife of Robert Hind- 

 ley, the plaintiff in this case ; also three 

 daughters — Sibyl, Maud, and Cecily ; 

 ibid. R. 40, m. 21. Eight years later 

 Robert Hindley and Alice his wife and 

 John Parr were plaintiffs against Thurstan 

 Parr; ibid. R. 41, m. 11. In 1475 the 

 first two appeared against Thurstan Parr 

 and Ralph his son ; Roger Parr, son of 

 Edward ; Alice Parr, and others, as to a 

 seizure of their goods ; ibid. R. 43, m. 3 ; 

 R. 44, m. 6. The following year Thurs- 

 tan Parr accused Hugh Hindley of Hind- 

 ley, Robert Hindley and Alice, and others, 

 of damaging his corn and grass ; ibid. R. 

 44, m. 6 d. Also R. 45, m. 5, and R. 

 47, m. 1 6. See further in the account 

 of AspuU ; also Ducatus Lane, i, 163, &c. 

 Hugh Hindley was in 1531 found to have 

 held two messuages and lands of the earl 

 of Derby, but the services were unknown ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, n. 22. 



1° An account of this recusant family is 

 given in GiUow's Bibliog. Diet, of Engl. 

 Cath, v, 2 1 9, where many particulars may 

 be seen ; ' family manuscripts' are referred 

 to as authorities. 



17 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non- 

 jurors, 127. The following small ' Papists' ' 

 estates were also registered ; John Piatt, 

 collier ; Roger Barton of Liverpool ; and 

 William Berry; ibid. 97, 120, 122. 



