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A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the Bradshaghs, 17 and was sold in 1546 to Matthew Clifton, 18 and then apparently to the Ashhursts, who before … were the vendors. About a year afterwards Matthew Clifton had a dispute with John Orrell and others regarding a coalmine in Dalton; Ducatus, i, 222. William Clifton was hanged at Lancaster 28 Aug. 1562 for …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… de Singleton (father of Thomas) and then wife of Thomas de Clifton, and Agnes widow of Adam de Hoghlon were in 1292 sued …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ibid, xiv, no. 5, 87. Another portion descended through Clifton and Molyneux to Anne wife of Henry Halsall who made … m. 76. Ellel is named in the inquisitions as part of the Clifton estates; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 34; xiv, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… been held in the 15th century by Dicconson, who sold to Clifton. 11 A Molyneux family had some lordship, 12 … bdle. 1, file 10. In the same year they told to James Clifton; Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), iii, 142. Cuthbert Clifton died in 1512 holding in Elswick of Thomas Earl of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Hen. VII. This may indicate the origin of the Holland of Clifton holding in Farington and district. William Holland … Slade in 1613, whose heir was a cousin Thomas Holland of Clifton; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, … of Clayton, Henry Banastre of the Bank, William Holland of Clifton, Richard Gardner of Leyland, Robert Farington of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… lady of Timmor, and Sir William Vernon of Harlaston, in Clifton Campville, acknowledged each other's fishing rights …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with Joan, apparently a daughter of William Holland of Clifton, made a settlement of the estate in Flixton granted …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… centre, having Forton Hall and Goose Green to the west, Clifton Hill and Killcrash to the east. The township is … have been maintained regularly to the present time. 35 At Clifton Hill is the Roman Catholic chapel of St. Barbara and … esq., Richard Newsam, John Corles, John Fox and James Clifton. The four last-named were trustees for the tenants, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… often but not prominently. In the 16th and 17 th centuries Clifton of Westby, 26 Hesketh of Poulton, 27 Cowburn, 28 … and Ellen his wife a messuage (bought of Sir William de Clifton) and 3 oxgangs of land in Freckleton; Kuerden MSS. … died in 1626 holding of the king and of Cuthbert Clifton, the heir being his nephew Ralph (son of Richard …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a sixth part of the manor, were acquired by William de Clifton, who died in 1258, 29 or by his predecessors; this in … and then granted to the Hoghtons of Hoghton 30 and the Clifton part was divided between Clifton and Boteler of Rawcliffe. 31 Thus in 1346 five-sixths …