| 1 |
1466 acres, including 31 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901. |
| 2 |
Watkin, Rom. Lancs. 223–4, 234. |
| 3 |
Subs. R. 250, no. 9. |
| 4 |
See the account of Hoghton. |
| 5 |
Whalley Coucher (Chet. Soc.), iii, 830. |
| 6 |
For example in 1332; Exch. Lay
Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 47.
Again in 1628; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs.
and Ches.), i, 171. |
| 7 |
See the inquisitions of Sir Alexander
Hoghton, 1498, and later; Duchy of
Lanc. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66, &c. The
Hoghton part of Heapey does not seem
to have been considered an independent
manor. |
| 8 |
Richard de Ollerton granted Orm de
Heapey a booth in Gunolfsmoors, and
later Richard released to Ranulf de
Heapey the service of 5s. due for 4
oxgangs of land; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol.
145b. Cecily widow of Richard de
Ollerton in 1260 claimed dower in an
oxgang in Heapey against Ranulf; Curia
Regis R. 169, m. 12. Ranulf de Heapey
and Peter his son were witnesses to a
Withnell charter about the same time;
Whalley Coucher, iii, 860. Peter de
Heapey obtained various grants; Kuerden, loc. cit.; while to Richard his
grandson he gave part of his land in
Heapey, together with a third part of the
waste in Wheelton; ibid. Peter and
Robert de Heapey occur in 1291;
Whalley Coucher, iii, 867. |
| 9 |
Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and
Ches.), i, 190. The vendor was Robert
son of Robert de Heapey; he then held
two-thirds of the manor, the other third
being held in dower by Margery wife
of Richard de Haydock.
Robert de Heapey in 1337 claimed
the manor from Richard de Standish;
De Banc. R. 309, m. 266. |
| 10 |
See the account of Duxbury.
Sir Christopher Standish died in 1495
holding a moiety of the manor, with
eight messuages, 200 acres of land, &c.,
by the sixth part of a knight's fee;
Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 107.
In 1599 the manor and lands were
stated to be held by the twentieth part
of a knight's fee; ibid. xvii, no. 54. |
| 11 |
Land tax returns at Preston. |
| 12 |
See the Inq. p.m. above quoted;
also Duchy of Lanc. Misc. Books, cxxx,
fol. 21 b. The proportion of a knight's
fee was unknown in 1623; Lancs. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), iii, 399. |
| 13 |
Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.),
375. |
| 14 |
A settlement of the succession to
two messuages and 17 acres of land in
Heapey and Chorley was made by Thurstan and William Green in 1470; Final
Conc. iii, 135. Somewhat earlier a
Richard Green of Heapey had been
accused of coining; see the account of
Chorley. |
| 15 |
Richard son of Richard de Haydock
of Heapey occurs in 1347; Cal. Close,
1346–9, p. 49.
In 1555–6 Richard Haydock, as
executor of Richard Green, who had died
without heirs, claimed Green Hall in
Heapey against Lord Mounteagle, who
asserted that it had escheated to him;
Ducatus Lanc. (Rec. Com.), ii, 186.
Afterwards James Haydock as son of
Richard claimed land in Heapey against
William Haydock as cousin and heir of
Richard; ibid. ii, 243, 311.
Ewan and then Simon Haydock in
1530 and later complained of a trespass
at Shakerley in Heapey by James
Standish; ibid. ii, 41; i, 206; ii, 101.
In 1560 a settlement of land in Shakerley
and Heapey was made by Simon Haydock and Evan his son; Pal. of Lanc.
Feet of F. bdle. 22, m. 96.
Simon Haydock died in 1632 holding
a messuage and land in Heapey of
Thomas Standish as of his manor of
Heapey; his heir was his son, aged
eleven years in 1639; Towneley MS.
C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), p. 500.
It should be noticed that Shakerley
was also described as in Wheelton;
Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 6, m. 2 d. |
| 16 |
The tenure is not stated. The
land may have been that formerly held
by the Hospitallers. See Lancs. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), iii,
388–90; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m.
xxvii, no. 59. |
| 17 |
Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lancs. and Ches.), iii, 137. |
| 18 |
Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc.), 277. |
| 19 |
Henry Elberton (?) was curate in
1563, but does not occur in other visitation lists of the time. John Horrocks
is said to have been at Heapey in 1594;
note by J. P. Earwaker.
A marriage licence was granted to
Hugh Pincock and Margaret Whitehead
in 1576, available for Leyland or the
church of Heapey; Pennant's Acct.
Book, Chester. |
| 20 |
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
11. |
| 21 |
Plund. Mins. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lancs.
and Ches.), i, 58, 251. At that time
Wigan was 'a godly and orthodox
divine.' |
| 22 |
Commonw. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lancs. and Ches.), 103–4. John Bradley,
then the incumbent, was 'an orthodox,
godly, preaching minister,' who 'came
into that place by the general consent of
the whole chapelry.' |
| 23 |
A Mr. Booker was there 1654–6;
Plund. Mins. Accts. ii, 160. John Breres
became minister in 1657, only £30
being then allowed; ibid. ii, 203. |
| 24 |
Commonw. Ch. Surv. ut sup. |
| 25 |
Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 386.
Sir Richard Standish of Duxbury gave
£60, Henry Hoghton £50, R. Croston
£20, and others £19.
There was an endowment of £80 in
1687; ibid. note by Canon Raines. |
| 26 |
From the Diocesan Registry papers,
Chester. Benjamin Cooper seems to
have been the first permanent curate;
he stayed till his death. |
| 27 |
He was schoolmaster of Leyland
and wished to be ordained. There was
£6 yearly belonging to Heapey, at which
chapel the late schoolmaster had officiated
once in three weeks. |
| 28 |
The vicar of Leyland in giving him
a title to orders nominated him to
Heapey, being 'moved the rather to it at
this time because if I could [he writes]
I would put a bar to Sir Thomas Standish
collating thither, and to assert my own
right and title as vicar of Leyland to
it.' |
| 29 |
In a return made to the Bishop of
Chester in 1821 it was reported that
about 200 persons usually attended;
there were no free sittings. The books
and solitary surplice were in bad condition; otherwise the fabric, repaired by a
rate on the chapelry, was in good order.
Services were held on Sunday morning
and afternoon, but no sermon had been
usual; also on Wednesday and Thursday
in Passion Week and Good Friday. The
Sacrament was administered four times
a year. |
| 30 |
He published two sermons. He
resigned in 1871. |
| 31 |
Afterwards of Newcastle. |
| 32 |
Vicar of Leyland. |