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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Richard Newby took a tenement at 19 d. rent each term, 3 s. for services, and 4 s. 2 d. for ingress; for an oxgang of land he rendered 14 d. and for his part of Brackenbank he paid 4 s. a year and four hens. William Newby, apparently his son, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Walter de Hoole and Beatrice his wife, a rent of 2 s. being payable. 5 This seems to be the land which Adam de … 27 and Waleys. 28 Powys, Lord Lilford. Or a lion's jamb erased in bend between two crosslets fitchy gules. … in the builder, and a seventh part of the rent of 53 6 s. 8 d. due to the Crown from the rectory of Croston was to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… branch of the same railway. The duke of Bridgewater's, now the Manchester Ship Canal Co.'s, canal traverses the township for a short distance on the … manor of Warrington, and was held by the yearly rent of 11 s., thus retaining some semblance of the earlier drengage …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Manchester section of the Cheshire Lines Committee's railway, with a station at Padgate. Poulton village stands … the Warrington Union. The great tithes belong to Leycester's Hospital, Warwick. 4 MANORS POULTON was given by Count … St. Peter of Shrewsbury. 5 It had formed part of the count's demesne between Ribble and Mersey. 6 The gift was duly …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… northward to Chorley. The London and North Western Company's main line to Carlisle runs north through the township, near the eastern boundary; it has stations called Boar's Head and Standish, the latter nearly a mile from the village. From Boar's Head a branch line crosses the Douglas to join the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… who are devoted to foreign missions. It is called St. Mary's. John de Lancaster, about 1300, granted the canons of … great necessity for both.' 26 In 1717 the income was 5 8 s., partly from interest on benefactions and partly by an … place in 1828, and the present church is called St. Paul's. Further endowments have been secured from time to time, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… it descended like Wrightington. 9 Torbock. Or, an eagle's leg erased at the thigh gules, on a chief indented azure … who granted to Henry de Torbock and Ellen his wife, Robert's sister; Ellen granddaughter of Henry was the holder in … held Welch Whittle of William de Ferrers by a rent of 7 s. 8 d.; Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… be held by the service of the fourteenth part of a knight's fee. 2 This was only part of the land, for part continued … Adam de Wennington held the fourteenth part of a knight's fee of Hubert de Burgh of Hornby. 7 The records are scanty … in 1305 8; Gilbert de Wennington held it in 1319 by knight's service and a rent of 3 s. 7 d., 9 and his son William had …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Upton to the north-west, and Denton to the east. Simm's Cross and Lugdale have recently become hamlets or suburbs … to Hale and Garston. The London and North Western Company's railway from Liverpool to Manchester passes through the … To the west there is a junction with the same company's main line from London to Liverpool, which here crosses the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Wigan to Chorley. The London and North Western Company's line from Wigan to Preston passes through the western … to the hearth tax. The largest house, Mr. Worthington's, had four hearths. 2 Manor In 1212 it was found that … of the lord of Manchester by the service of half a knight's fee, Thomas de Worthington being the immediate tenant. 3 …