A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



The Hospitallers had a close in Quick Hill held 

 by Richard Bold about 15+0 at a rent of izJ} 



The Haydock family had early an interest in 

 Bold, and in particular in CR^XSHJIf.' The 

 Bolds acquired this estate also, and in the sixteenth 

 century it is found as the dower of Margaret Bold 

 and the portion of younger sons, Francis and 

 Richard.' 



BORROW is mentioned in 1330, when a messuage 

 in Bold in a place called the Barrow was given to 

 Henry son of Alan de Barrow and Margery his wife ; 

 with remainder to Alan's brother Ellis.* Almost a cen- 

 tury later Cecily de CoUay, or Cowley, daughter and 

 one of the heirs of Ellis de Barrow, granted all her share 

 of the inheritance to Randle son of Richard son of 

 Henry de Bold, and to his son Richard.' This 

 property also was acquired by the senior branch of 

 the family, and in 1537 formed part of the dower 

 assigned to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Gerard,' 

 on her marriage with Richard Bold. 



In the survey of 1 2 I 2 it is mentioned that ' Gilbert 

 held anciently four oxgang$ of land for 3/. 6J., and 

 now Richard his son holds them ' of Adam de Bold.' 

 This estate has not been identified, but may be HOL- 

 BROOK, which was held of the chief lords by a rent 

 of 3/. 6J., as appears from a grant in 1 329 by William 

 son of Henry de Holbrook of Bold to Henry his son, 

 on the latter's marriage with Agnes daughter of Roger 

 de Ritherope.' Very little is known of the family ; 

 but their estate passed to the Corans, or Currens, of 

 Bold,' and in 1535 Holbrook House was given by the 

 father to Richard son of Ralph Coran, on his marriage 

 with Margaret daughter of Richard Lancaster of Rain- 

 hill.'" Twelve years later this Richard Coran appears 

 to have sold his lands to Richard Bold." 



BRINSOPE is another estate ot which a few par- 

 ticulars have survived." 



Various families and place name's occur in the deeds 

 and pleadings, but no consecutive account of them can 

 be given." 



another tenement were leased by Richard 

 Bold to Johi} Marsh, blacksmith, in 1632. 

 In 1651 it was found to have been 

 sequestered for the recusancy of William 

 Marsh, recently dead ; but it was restored 

 next year to Gilbert Croft of Burton- 

 wood and his wife, in the latter's right, they 

 being * good Protestants ' ; Royalist Comp. 

 P. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iv, 119. 



1 Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 84.. 



^ Crouenschae, t. ;270j Croncischagh, 

 f. 1 100 ; Crauneshagh, 1318 ; Cranshawe 

 and Craunshaw, 1553. 



It was acquired by the Haydocks from 

 Matthew dc Bold in free marriage with 

 Alice his daughter ; Legh D. (quoted by 

 W. Beamont). By an early charter 

 Gilbert de Haydock, with the assent of 

 Alice his wife, gave to Alan son of Ralph 

 de Pcnketh a part of his land in Cran- 

 shaw Halgh, with all its appurtenances in 

 thevillofBoldiDods. MSS. loc. cit. n. 168. 

 By another charter Gilbert granted to 

 Richard son of Richard de Crosby half 

 his land in Cranshaw in Bold, which 

 Robert de Mara formerly held, for a rent 

 of 31. ^J. J Bold D. (Warr.), G. 4+. 

 This was about 1300 given up to Robert 

 de Bold J ibid. F. 187. In this deed the 

 * priest stile ' is mentioned. 



The interest of the Haydock family is 

 testified by fines of 1286 and 1332 and 

 an inquisition of 1388 ; here the tenure 

 is described as * in socage, rendering a 

 barbed arrow' ; Final Cone, i, 164 ; ii, 8z } 

 Ljr;s. Inj. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 32 ; also 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 6, m. 3 J. 



The place being a boundary of the 

 township the resident family took the 

 name of Edge, and in 1364 Jordan de 

 Edge and Ibota his wife granted to Roger 

 son of Adam Gemet of Bold a part of his 

 land in Cranshaw, one head abutting upon 

 the chapel of Famworth and the other 

 upon land of Richard son of Henry de 

 Bold ; Dods. loc cit. n. 148. 



' Dame Margaret Bold of Cranshaw, 

 widow of Sir Richard, in 1553 surrendered 

 her * manor ' of Cranshaw to her son 

 Richard ; and the latter by his will made 

 in the same year, gave among other things 

 half the household stuff in his manor- 

 houses of Bold and Cranshaw to his son 

 Richard ; Dods. MSS. loc. cit. n. 145, 147. 

 Francis Bold, brother of the testator, is 

 afterwards described as ' of Cranshaw.' 



* Dods. MSS. loc cit. n. 32, 29. 

 William de Barrow was a witness to con- 

 temporary deeds ; ibid. n. 30, &c. 



' Ibid. n. 88. Alice CoUay and 



William her son are mentioned in n. 116, 

 of 141 1. 



^ Ibid. n. 136; it is called 'a tene- 

 ment or capital messuage called Barrow 

 Hall.' For a description of the old house 

 see Trans. Hist. Soc. (New Ser.), xii, 185. 



7 [no. and Extents, 1 8. 



» Blundell of Crosby D. K. 56. William 

 son of Henry de Holbrook released to 

 Robert de Bold in 1297 two portions of 

 his land in Bold ; Bold D. (Warr.), 

 F. 220. In 1335 Henry son of Henry de 

 Holbrook secured land in Bold by fine 

 from William del Heye and Emma his 

 wife. The latter was Henry's sister, and 

 had herself received the lands on her mar- 

 riage from the senior brother William. 

 Henry before his death requested Alan his 

 nephew, the son of William, to take 

 charge of his boys and convey the land to 

 them, retaining it for himself if they all 

 died, and Alan thereupon took full posses- 

 sion ; F:nal Cone, ii, 99 ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 2, m. yij d. ; 6, m. l d. 



In 1387 Richard de Bold granted John 

 de Holbrook and Margery his mother a 

 parcel of land called Jacacre ; Dods. MSS. 

 loc. cit. n. 56. This deed mentions the 

 road leading from Prescot to Warrington. 



' This name occurs in the charters and 

 subsidy rolls. Archbishop Bancroft is said 

 to have been born at Coran Hall in Bold. 



The earliest of the family to occur 

 seems to be William son of Randle de 

 Kenian (P Keruan), who quit-claimed to 

 his lord, Robert son of William de Bold, 

 all his right in Cumbewalwood in Bold ; 

 Bold D. (Warr.), F. 258. Richard son of 

 William de Coran in 1295 similarly re- 

 signed all his right in Camwall Wood ; 

 Dods. MSS. loc. cit. n. 20. Richard had 

 a son and heir Henry ; De Banc. R. 258, 

 n. 127. Henry del Coran occurs from 

 about 1300 until 1391 ; no doubt there 

 were several of the name. In the latter 

 year an exchange of lands was made with 

 him by Sir John de Bold ; Dods. loc. cit. 

 "• 57- 



In 1417 a settlement of the Coran 

 estates in Bold was made by Henry Coran 

 and Joan his wife, the remainder being to 

 Henry's son Richard ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec 

 Com.), ii, 168. Another settlement was 

 made in 1446 on the marriage of Richard's 

 son Henry with Elizabeth daughter of 

 Robert Sale ; ibid. 169 ; one of the series 

 is among the Bold D. (Warr.), F. 244. 

 Richard Coran and Ellen his wife made 

 a further arrangement in 1467, the re- 

 mainder being to Henry son of Richard ; 



408 



Ducatus Lane. loc. cit. Gilbert Coran in 

 1 515-6 granted a messuage and lands (in- 

 cluding Prior's Croft) to his son Ralph 

 on his marriage with Ellen daughter of 

 Thomas Trafford ; ibid. 



"> Dods. loc. cit. n. 166-7. Cross Hey 

 and Breck Hey are named in 1 544 j ibid. 



1' Ibid. B. 142. Richard Coran or Cur- 

 ran died sometime before March, 1556-7, 

 when inquisition was made as to his hold- 

 ing. He was seised of ' the hall of Curran ' 

 and lands attached ; also of another mes- 

 suage, with lands, in the occupation of 

 Thomas Curran, &c. ; Bold D. (Warr.), 

 F. 92. The date of death is not stated, 

 nor the tenure. 



^"^ Six acres in Brunsop were granted by 

 Henry son of Albert de la Quike to Henry 

 son of Award de Upton ; the land adjoined 

 the ' vill ' of la Quike ; the rent was to 

 be lid., the right to send forty pigs into 

 the grantor's wood of Bold being included ; 

 Bold D. (Warr.), F. 149. In 1372 Elias 

 de Brinsope granted Henry de Rixton 

 the lands which had belonged to John 

 de Brinsope, and the reversion of those in 

 the hands of Cecily widow of Robert de 

 Brinsope lying in Bold in the place called 

 Brunsop; Bold D. (Warr.), F. 275. These 

 lands were afterwards in the possession 

 of the Blundells of Little Crosby, and in 

 1 540 Henry Blundell leased part of his in- 

 heritance here to George Wyke of Bold j 

 ibid. F. 185, 298. For another deed see 

 Kuerden, iii, B. 13, n. 335. 



''In 1 391 Roger son of Adam Gernet 

 sold his lands to Sir John de Bold ; ' Ger- 

 net field' is mentioned in 1425 in a quit- 

 claim by William Bruen and Richard hit 

 son to Randle son of Richard Bold ; Dods. 

 loc. cit. n. 59, 91. See Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle, 14, m. 279 ; 31, m. 82. 



Richard son of Roger de Molyneux early 

 in the fourteenth century gave to Henry 

 son of William de Bold all hit lands in 

 Bold, reserving mastfalL This land was 

 transferred by Henry to Peter son of 

 Robert de Bold, and in 1325 Beatrice 

 widow of Richard de Molyneux released 

 all her right in the same ; in her claim it 

 was described as a messuage, 2 oxganp of 

 land, &c. ; De Banc. R. 24S, m. 265 d, ; 

 Dods. MSS. loc. cit. ff. 15, 28. 



Tumlegh was an estate in Bold with 

 * homages of divers free tenants,* which 

 formed part of lands settled on Richard 

 de Bold and Ellen de Molyneux his wife 

 sometime before 1364; ibid. n. 99, 42, 



47. 159- 



Matthew, son of the Matthew who was 



