A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



free tenement In Bold.' He himself had a suit 

 against Henry earl of Lincoln a few years later.' In 

 1 297 and subsequently he made certain settlements 

 on his eldest son Richard,' who for a time at least 

 appears to have been in possession of the manor.* A 

 considerable number of Robert's charters have been 

 preserved, reaching down to 1325,' about which 

 time probably he died.* 



His son Richard, \vho succeeded, held possession 

 for about twenty years.' He married Margery 

 daughter of William de Mobberley of Mobberley,' 

 who survived him and as ' Lady of Bold ' managed 

 the affairs of her grandson. One of Richard's first 

 acts was to come to a settlement with William le 

 Boteler of Warrington. The earl of Lancaster, dis- 

 regarding the Ferrers grant of the manor to the lord 

 of Warrington, had claimed the old thegnage service 

 of 2 IS. \d. from the lord of Bold, who was thus 

 required to pay both to Boteler and to the earl. 

 Richard therefore called upon William le Boteler as 

 mesne lord to acquit him, and so obtained redress.' 

 Another matter settled was the claim of Ellen de 



Torbock, the latter resigning all her right to the 

 lands in dispute." A little later a boundary dispute 

 with John la Warre, as to land claimed by the latter 

 as part of Cuerdley, was settled in Richard's favour." 

 A number of his deeds have been preserved, showing 

 his management of the manor and lands." He 

 appears to have been successful in agreements with 

 his neighbours and in adding to his possessions. He 

 died in 1346 or 1347." 



His son William, who died before him, was married 

 about 1329 to Sibyl, daughter of Sir Richard de 

 Hoghton," and left a son and heir Richard, who was 

 still under age in 1352." Margery de Bold was still 

 living in November, 1364;" she was defendant, as 

 guardian, in several suits." Richard de Bold, who 

 was made a knight between 1368 and 1370, married 

 Ellen daughter of Richard de Molyneux of Sefton." 

 He died between 1387 and 1391." 



His son and successor John had been contracted in 

 marriage in 1378 to Emma daughter of David de 

 Ireland of Hale.'" He was knighted about 1 400 ; he and 

 Thomas Bold were engaged in April, 1403, for the 



'Assize R. 1238, m. 33 </. ; De Banc. 

 R. 27, m. 871/. There were a number 

 of other defendants, including Alice, widow 

 of William de Bold, and Simon de Bold 

 and Richard his son. 



'Assize R. 1265, m. 21 ; 408, m. $9. 

 He had other suits on hand ; e.g. against 

 Peter son of Peter de Burghult and others, 

 in which the jury decided that the dis- 

 puted lands were in Rainhill, not in 

 Bold ; and against his immediate lord, 

 William le Boteler j Assize R. 4.08, m. 1 8, 

 25*/. He successfully resisted a claim by 

 Henry son of Adam de Ditton to a 

 messuage and half-oxgang of land in Bold ; 

 Assize R. 40S, m. 12. 



* In 1297 the father gave his son 

 various lands and a rent of 5;. %d. in 

 Bold ; the remainders were to Richa.'d's 

 brothers Peter and Matthew ; Final Cone, 

 (Rec. See. Lanes, and Ches.}, i, 183. 

 Four years later Richard received the 

 manor of Bold ; ibid, i, 196 ; Dods. 

 MSS. loc. cit. n. 2. 



^ In 1 307 it was Richard son of Robert 

 de Bold who was defendant in a suit 

 brought by Ellen widow of Henry de 

 Lathom of Tarbock concerning her lands 

 in Bold \ De Banc. R. 164, m. 54. Henry 

 de Lathom himself had in 1284 quit- 

 claimed to Robert de Bold all his right in 

 the land formerly held by Henry de Tor- 

 bock in Bold ; Dods. MSS. loc. cit. n. 12. 



' As Robert lord of Bold he gave lands 

 in La Quick to his son Peter in 1293, 

 with remainders to his younger sons 

 Matthew and Nicholas ; Dods. MSS. loc 

 cit. n. I; while as late as 1323 Robert lord 

 of Bold and Agnes his wife made a grant 

 of lands to Nicholas their son ; ibid. 

 «. 26. An indenture of May, 1325, 

 recites a deed by which Sir Henry de 

 Trafford was bound to Robert de Bold to 

 pay certain sums to Sir Richard de Hogh- 

 ton ; Richard the son and heir of Robert 

 is mentioned, but it is not clear that the 

 father was still living ; ibid. n. 108. 

 Others of his charters relate to lands he 

 acquired from others ; ibid. n. 5, 18. 



« In Dods. MSS. cmi, fol. 33 (a 

 feodary compiled about 1324) Robert is 

 named as tenant of William le Boteler. 

 At Easter, 1327, the widow received 

 dower from the waste improved by her 

 son ; the wording of the deed seems to 

 imply that she had been a widow for 

 some time ; Dods. MSS. loc cit. n. 93. 



' Henry de Scarisbrick and Richard de 



Bold were executors of the will of Gilbert 

 de Haydock in 1322 ; Scarisbrick D, 

 {Trans. Hiif. Soc.f New Ser. xii), n. 54. 



^ Sir Peter Leycester in Ormerod's 

 CJi£i. (ed. Helsby), i, 416. 



* The case was several times respited, 

 but at last William le Boteler appeared, 

 and could not deny Richard de Bold's 

 statement ; De Banc. R. 292, m. 314^. 



to De Banc. R. 282, m. yj d. a long 

 report citing the charters. In a charter 

 of March, 1330, Ellen, as widow of 

 Henry de Lathom, quitclaimed to Richard 

 son of Robert de Bold all her claim to 

 the 24 acres for which she had sued him 

 in the King's Bench, and also all the 

 right she had in the remainder of the 

 manor of Bold ; Dods. MSS. loc. cit. 

 n. 31. 



" Ibid. n. 149. The date is June, 



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'^ Some of them relate to acquisitions 

 of small plots made in his father's lifetime; 

 Dods. MSS. loc. cit. 17. 14, &c. No. 24 is 

 dated 1324, and its wording — ' Ricardo 

 filio Roberti domini de Bolde ' — shows 

 that the father was still living. He was 

 accused of a breach of the forest laws in 

 1334 by enclosing 20 acres in Bold; 

 Duchy of Lane. Forest Proc. 1-17, m. 3. 



" In 1 3+6 he was tenant under William 

 le Boteler ; Extrnt of 1 346 (Chet. Soc), 

 36. In Nov. 1347, Roger bishop of 

 Lichfield granted an indulgence of forty 

 days to all who being truly penitent and 

 contrite, and having confessed, should 

 with pious intention recite the Lord's 

 Prayer and Hail, Mary, for the souls of 

 Richard Bold and William his son, whose 

 bodies rested in the church at Prescot, 

 and for the souls of all the faithful 

 departed ; Dods. MSS. loc. cit. «. loi. 



" Ibid. n. 109. The date of the mar- 

 riage contract is April, 1329. All 

 Richard's lands in Weston and Clifton 

 (near Runcorn) were to be settled on 

 William and Sibyl ; and he was to enter 

 into a bond not to alienate the manor of 

 Bold. The Cheshire lands referred to 

 are mentioned in later deeds as part of 

 the family inheritance. Sibyl afterwards 

 married Sir Robert de Clitheroe (ibid. 

 "• '59)> by whom she had a daughter 

 Sibyl who had land in Bold ; Lanci. Inj. 

 p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 104, 156. 



1^ Duchy of Lane Assize R. 2, m. vij. 



" Dods. MSS. loc cit. n. 35 ; con- 

 finned by her grandson Richard on 15 



404 



April, next year. Richard's armorial seal 

 shows two chevrons ; on a quarter a cross 

 flory. 



^7 De Banc. R. 353, m. 379^/. ; Assize 

 R. 144.4, "1- 7 i claims by Roger dc 

 Molyneux of Rainhill (see Dods. MSS. 

 loc. cit. «. 94), and by Henry dc Bold. 

 Also Duchy of Lane. Assize R, i, m. iiij ; 

 2, m. vij, by Nicholas son of John Ic 

 Norreys. 



The parentage of Henry de Bold does 

 not appear, but probably he was a brother 

 of Richard, Margery's husband j for it is 

 recorded that Robert de Bold and Henry 

 his brother were imprisoned by William 

 de Holand until they agreed to pay him 

 23 marks ; Richard de Bold had a brother 

 Robert; Coram Rege R. 254, m. 61, 

 Lands in Bold were granted to him and 

 his sons Richard and William as early as 

 1346, and he was still living In 1375; 

 Dods. MSS. loc. cit. n. 84, 72. Richard son 

 of Henry de Bold is mentioned 1350-80 ; 

 ibid. n. 148, 75 J Cal, Pat. I 348-50, p. 580. 

 His wife's name was Margaret, and he 

 had a son Randle and a grandson Richard, 

 both living In 1429 ; Ibid. n. 91, 88. 



^ They had been married some time 

 before 1364, In which year a settlement 

 was made on William, described as their 

 son and heir, with remainder to his 

 brother Robert ; Ibid. n. 99. A con- 

 siderable number of deeds relating to a 

 settlement In 1370 have been preserved ; 

 Ibid. n. 42, Sec. By one (n. 159), dated 

 25 Jan. 1369-70, Sir Richard de Bold 

 enfeoffed Sir Thomas de Dutton of lands 

 in Bold and In Cheshire partly In exchange. 



^^ Licence for Richard's oratories at 

 Bold and Clivlger was granted by the 

 bishop of Lichfield In Nov. 1387 ; Lich. 

 Reg. vl, foL IZ3A. The latest of his 

 deeds Is dated In the same month ; Dods. 

 MSS. cxlli, fol. 200, n. 56. In the 

 following summer certain lands In Bold 

 were settled on his son William, with 

 remainders to Henry and Robert, brotheri 

 of William, but It Is not clear that the 

 father was alive; ibid. n. 51. John de 

 Bold was in possession In Aprl^ 1391 ; 

 ibid. n. 57. 



20 Ibid. n. 50. John is here described at 

 son, not son and heir. Nothing further 

 Is known of the William, Henry, and 

 Robert of the last note, but Thomas, a 

 brother, and Sibyl, a sister (n. 171), are 

 mentioned. Thomas de Bold quitclaimed 

 to his brother John, lord of Bold, all his 



