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It is difficult to distinguish the townships of Haighton, Aighton and Hoghton
in mediaeval deeds, but the first is commonly Halghton and the second Aghton. |
| 2 |
1,077 acres, inchidmg 2 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901. |
| 3 |
Lancs, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 178. |
| 4 |
V.C.H. Lancs, i, 288a. As will be
seen from the text Haighton was in later
times regarded as 2 oxgangs of land or
else half a plough-land. |
| 5 |
Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 130; '12d. of
the increment of Aulton' for the halfyear. |
| 6 |
Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lancs, and Ches.), i, 51. Richard de
Haighton held the same land by the same
service in 1226; ibid, i, 140. He was
living in 124.8, but Walter son of Richard
de Haighton appears in 1251 and 1261;
ibid, i, 176, 183, 228. Robert son of
William son of Walter de Haighton was
plaintiff in 1334 against Paulin son of
William son of Walter and Gilbert son of
Walter de Haighton, also against William
son of Amry de Haighton: Assize
R. 1417, m. 7d. |
| 7 |
Lancs. Inq. and Extents, i, 289. The
Banastre estate may have been derived
in part from Robert son of Walter de
Haighton, who gave all his wood in
Haighton (within certain bounds) to
Thomas Banastre of Bretherton; Kuerden MSS. iv, H 5. |
| 8 |
Dods. MSS. exxxi, fol. 39; John de
Bolton held a messuage and 40 acres, and
Adam Banastre the whole remainder of
the hamlet of Haighton.
In 1326 it was found that William son
of Ellen de Haighton had held 1 acre
(worth 6d. a year) in the vill of Haighton
of Adam son and heir of William Banastre,
a minor, by 1d. rent; a messuage and
9 acres of Richard de Haighton by 3d.
rent; 12 acres of John de Haighton by
2d. rent; and 8 acres of Walter de
Haighton by 3d. rent, the annual value
of these 29 acres was 8d. each. The
heir was William's son Richard, aged
twenty-four; Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 51.
John de Bolton is stated to have
received lands in Haighton, with acquittance of multure in the mill, from John
de Coppull, the remainder being to Robert
son of John de Bolton and his heirs by
Joan daughter of Thomas le Waleys;
the grant was made in 1318. Afterwards Robert sold to Roger de Elston,
living in 1363, and he died without issue
by Joan; Memo. R. (L.T.R.) 128, m. xxi.
Margaret (then wife of William de
Childers) widow of Robert son of John
de Bolton claimed dower in 1366; De
Banco R. 425, m. 234. The surname
Bolton long continued in the township. |
| 9 |
Surv. of 1346 {Chet. Soc), 50. Sir
Thomas Banastre held in 1379; Lancs.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 15. |
| 10 |
Duchy of Lanc. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2,
no. 20. In 1456 Richard Balderston held
the manor of Haighton by Goosnargh of
the king as of his duchy in socage by a
rent of 2s.; its clear value was 4 marks
a year; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soo), ii,
63. This is one of the rare instances in
which it is called a manor.
Portions of the Balderston estate are
named later in the possessions of Edmund
Dudley (1507), Thomas Raddiffe of
Winmarlcigh (1521), Thomas Earl of
Derby (1523) and Sir Alexander Osbaldeston (1544); Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m.
iv, no. 13; v, no. 3, &c.; v, no. 68;
viii, no. 1. No particulars of tenure are
given for Haighton. |
| 11 |
The wardens of Broughton Chapel
in 1539 demised to William Singleton of
Chingle Hall a messuage in Haighton in
Broughton at a rent of 10s. 10d.;
Towneley MS. HH, no. 1575. This
may only mean ' in the chapelry of
Broughton.' |
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One branch has been named in preceding notes.
John de Haighton occurs in 1244;
Lancs. Inq. and Extents, i, 159, 160.
Alice daughter of Adam de Blackburn
in 1276–8 complained that John de
Haighton, Ellen his wife and Katherine,
Maud and Joan his daughters had disseised her of her free tenement in the
place, and recovered; De Banco R. 17,
m. 27; Assize R. 1238, m. 32; 1239,
m. 37. In 1292 Katherine daughter of
John de Haighton withdrew her claim
against John de Haighton; Assize
R. 408, m. 69 d. Much of the land of
this family appears to have been acquired
by Hoghton of Hoghton, as below.
Godith de Elston and Roger son of
William de Elston agreed with Joan
widow of John de Haighton for a lease
of their lands to her; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 783.
John de Haighton gave his daughters
Joan, Katherine, Maud and Margery his
house of Brunden, lands held by Roger
and Paulin, sons of William de Elston,
and homages and services in the vill of
Haighton, at a rent of 12d.; Kuerden
MSS. iii, H 2. John son of John de
Haighton granted Robert de Whittingham
certain lands, the bounds at one point
following Brunden to the east; the rent
was a pair of gloves or 1d.; ibid. In
1293–4 Katherine and Joan, daughters
of John de Haighton, made claims
against John son of Robert de Singleton
and Alice his wife, and against Master
Richard de Hoghton, in respect of tenements in Haighton; De Banco R. 101,
m. 100 d.; 104, m. 81 d.
In 1332 Richard de Haighton granted
some of his land upon Highfield; Kuerden
fol. MS. foL 175. Richard made a grant
in 1358; ibid. fol. 189. In 1377 Maud
and Margaret, daughters of Richard de
Haighton and Euphemia his wife, had
hereditary lands delivered to them; ibid.
fol. 256.
Robert Greenacre and others, probably
trustees, in 1416 gave a tenement in
Haighton to Thomas Haighton and his
heirs; ibid. fol. 87. Ughtred Hothersall
in 1441–2 became bound to William son
and heir of Thomas Haighten for the
fulfilment of contracts; ibid. fol. 189.
William Haighton was defendant in
1442; Pal. of Lanc Plea R. 4, m. 1.
William occurs again in 1459 and 1464;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 88, 63. |
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A fine respecting 'Haighton' in
1311 may refer to some other place of
the name; Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs,
and Ches.), ii, 8. In 1317–18 John de
Brockholes claimed land in Haighton
against Richard son of Richard de Fishwick and Cecily his wife; De Banco
R. 221, m. 219 d. Eve widow of Henry
de Blackburn in 1336 claimed a messuage there against John de Blackburn;
ibid. 306, m. 128. Land in Haighton
was among the Clitheroe estates in 1342;
Final Conc, ii, 114. In 1347 Simon
Breton and Joan his wife claimed an
acre of land against William del Hall and
Robert son of Robert del Moor; the last
named seems to have been the owner;
Assize R. 1435, m. 16. Isolda widow of
William del Hall had lands in 1372;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 87. John de
Cottam of Haighton made a feoffment
of his lands in 13895 ibid. fol. 88. A
John son of William de Cottam was
defendant to a claim by Adam son of
Richard de Holmes in 1337; De Banco
R. 311, m. 156d. Henry Cottam of
Haighton died in 1592 holding a capital
messuage, &c., of Richard Hoghton by
6d. rent. George his eon and heir was
seventeen years old; Duchy of Lanc.
Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 49. |
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a In 1329 Roger and Paulin sons of
William de Elston claimed a tenement
in Haighton against Henry de Herrys
and Cecily his wife; Assize R. 427, m.
3 d. (Henry de Hericy had land in
Wheatcroft from John de Haighton in
1287; Add. MS. 32106, no. 649.)
John son of William son of Robert de
Elston in 1345 claimed 40 acres of land
against Robert and Adam sons of Ellis de
Knoll; De Banco R. 341, m. 226.
Roger de Elston already named and
Anabel his wife had lands in Haighton,
and part of two mills, which were in
1348 settled on Roger son of John de
Elston, Ralph and Thomas his brothers,
and the heirs of Roger de Elston of
Killanshagh; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 291.
Robert de Bolton was a witness.
William son of Roger de Elston in 1350
gave his brother Roger land called the
Moss and rents from the tenements of
William son of Paulin de Elston, Roger
son of Ellis de Knoll and Henry son of
William Amricson in Haighton; ibid.
fol. 111.
The feoffees in 1414 granted Margaret
widow of John Elston various lands in
Haighton, with remainders to Thomas
Elston and Nicholas his brother; Harl.
MS. 2112, fol. 100/141. In 1429–30
Roger Elston gave lands, formerly
Reginald Elston's, to trustees for Ellen
daughter of Thomas Haighton; Add.
MS. 32107, no. 2991–2. Some of the
Elston lands probably went to the
Blundells of Preston, for in 1452–3 John
Blundell and Agnes widow of Hugh
Longton granted land in Haighton to
William son of John Blundell; Harl.
MS. 2112, fol. 100/141. |
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b Nicholas son of Gilbert de Singleton
in 1384 had lands in Haighton within
these bounds: Beginning at Falsnape
Cloughhead on the west, following the
Moss Dyke east to Christopher de Whittingham's land, then north to Brunden,
following this westward to Falsnape
Cloughfield and so south to the startingpoint; Duchy of Lanc. Anct. D. L 1061.
The same piece of land apparently (in
Falsnape Wray) had been given (temp.
Henry III) by Richard de Haighton to
Richard son of Roger de Broughton;
ibid. L 1074.
Nicholas son of William Singleton had
land here in 1471; Kuerden fol. MS.
fol. 396. John son of William Singleton
in 1488–9 had land in Haighton, including Stubbings, formerly belonging to
Henry Haighton; Towneley MS. DD,
no. 1289. John Singleton of Shingle
Hall in 1571 granted Thomas Hoghton
of Lea an annuity out of a messuage, &c.,
in Haighton by Fulwood; Add. MS.
32106, no. 804. Jane daughter of John
Singleton was in 1587 wife of Christopher
Harris, and had land in Haighton and
West Stubbings; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F.
bdle. 49, m. 267.
John Singleton of Shingle Hall was in
1530 said to hold his messuage, &c., in
Haighton in socage of Sir Richard
Hoghton by a rent of 11d. and a pair of
gloves, and a similar return was made
after the death of his son William in
1541; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. vi, no.
32; viii, no. 9. Later, however, the
tenure was said to be of the queen by
knight's service; ibid. xiii, no. 16; xiv,
no. 67. |
| 14 |
Robert Hesketh in 1490 held lands in
Haighton of Nicholas Harrington by the
rent of a grain of pepper; Duchy of
Lanc. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 72; v, no. 16.
Sir Thomas Ashton had part of the
Harrington land in Haighton in 1514;
ibid, iv, no. 80. Thomas Bradley in
1556 purchased lands in Haighton and
Hothersall from Sir Thomas Hesketh
and Alice his wife; Pal. of Lanc. Feet
of F. bdle. 16, m. 12. John Bradley
held in 1597, but the tenure is not
stated; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xvii,
no. 28. The tenement descended to
Osbaldeston; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soe,
Lancs, and Ches.), i, 179.
Lawrence Starkie had lands in
Haighton as well as in Broughton, and
they descended in the same way; Duchy
of Lanc. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 21.
Thomas Dixon in 1597 purchased a
messuage, &c., in Haighton and Whittingham from James Anderton of
Lostock, who seems to have purchased in
1591 from Gabriel Pennington; Pal. of
Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 81; 53,
m. 136. Christopher Dixon died in 1605
holding his lands (in the townships
named) of the king by the hundredth and
the thousandth parts of a knight's fee;
Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and
Ches.), i, 40.
Sir Richard Hoghton in 1606 sold to
George Lorimer a messuage, &c., in
Haighton; Add. MS. 32106, no. 770.
George died in 1638, holding it of 'the
lord of Haighton' in socage, and leaving
a son John, aged thirty-seven; Duchy of
Lanc. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 57.
Thomas Preston had lands in
Haighton and Warton in 1591; Pal. of
Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 53, m. 178.
George Preston died in 1602 holding
lands in Haighton and Whittingham of
the king by the two-hundredth part of a
knight's fee; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.),
i, 103.
John Robinson purchased lands from
Bolton and from Singleton in 1596–7;
Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 46;
59, m. 97. Edward Robinson died in
1608 holding lands of the king by the
three-hundredth part of a knight's fee;
Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc), i, 114.
John Robinson of Whittle died in 1628
holding land, tenure unstated; Duchy of
Lanc. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 20.
John Taylor in 1586 acquired a
messuage from Roger Taylor and Ellen
his wife; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle.
48, m. 257. Christopher Taylor died in
1634 holding a messuage, &c., of 'the
lord of Haighton,' and leaving as heir his
son John, over forty years of age;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
1190.
Anthony Wall and Margaret his wife
had a messuage, &c., in 1596; Pal. of
Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 59, m. 181.
Anthony died at Preston in 1601 holding
three messuages and three-eighths of a
windmill in Whittingham and Haighton,
also messuages, &c., in Preston. His son
and heir William was eight years old;
Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 6.
William Wall died in 1626 at Whittingham holding the same estate and leaving
as heir his son William, aged eight; ibid,
xxvi, no. 50.
In the following cases the tenure is
not stated: Sir Richard Shireburne,
Henry Brown, Thomas Beesley and
Thomas Clarkson; ibid, xvi, no. 3;
xviii, no. 23; xxviii, no. 62; xxx, no.
82. |
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a The estate has been mentioned in
previous notes. John son of John
de Haighton in the time of Edward I
made a number of grants and quitclaims
to Master Richard de Hoghton; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 35, 653, 662, &c.
Joan daughter of John de Haighton and
Maud her sister released to Master
Richard their right in the lands he had
acquired from their father; ibid. no. 624.
Joan widow of John released her dower
right; ibtd.no. 650. Joan, Maud and
Margery daughters of John de Haighton
afterwards released their claim to
Richard son of Richard de Hoghton;
ibid. no. 654. Robert son of Warine de
Elston and Ellen his wife, daughter of
Roger Mustard (about 1280), granted all
their lands in Haighton to Master
Richard de Hoghton, excepting a rood
held of the heirs of Richard le Boteler;
ibid. no. 656. In 1315 Richard son of
Richard de Hoghton granted land to
Paulin de Elston and Christiana his wife
at a rent of 13s. 4d. yearly; ibid. no.
714.
Sir Richard Hoghton was in 1422
found to hold a messuage and land in
Haighton of the king as Duke of
Lancaster in socage; Lancs. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc), i, 146. Anilla daughter
and heir of Robert Singleton (formerly
of Chipping) in her widowhood gave her
hereditary lands in Haighton to Henry
and Ralph sons of Sir Richard Hoghton;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 663. John son of
William Blundell and cousin and heir of
Roger Blundell in 1491–2 granted to
William Hoghton the lands in Haighton
which had formerly belonged to Alexander
Blundell; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 55b.
Lands in Haighton are mentioned in
later Hoghton inquisitions, &c., but the
tenure is not stated. In 1566 Thomas
Hoghton purchased lands, &c., in
Haighton and Dilworth from John
Osbaldeston and Jane his wife; PaL of
Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 186.
Richard Hoghton in 1577 purchased a
messuage, &c., from Henry Earl of
Derby; ibid. bdle. 39, m. 93. |
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b See note 22 below. |
| 15 |
Adam son of Uctred gave all his
lands in Haighton bounded by Moorsyke,
Thorny Clough, Savock and Cabber Clough
and across the moor to the startingpoint; Cockersand Chartul. i, 228. |
| 16 |
Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc), 322.
The Wadsworths had also the 'manors'
of Fulwood and Cadley; Exch. Dep.(Rcc,
Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 90. |
| 17 |
Gillow and Hewitson, Tyldesley
Diary, 62; Lancs, and Ches. Rec. (Rec.
Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 171. See also
Cal. Exch. Pleas, W 2. |
| 18 |
Fishwick, Preston, 359. |
| 19 |
John Gerard died in 1635 holding
lands in Warton, Livesey, Whitton,
Withnell and Haighton. His messuage
in the last-named township was called
Rogerson House. The heir was his son
Evan, aged forty; Duchy of Lanc. Inq.
p.m. xxvii, no. 20. An Evan Gerard
'of Brindle,' skinner, was a burgess at
the Guild of 1622; Preston Guild R. 89,93. |
| 20 |
Fishwick, op. dt. 357, where a pedigree is given. |
| 21 |
Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.),
i, 222. |
| 22 |
Richard Charnley died in 1623 holding messuages and lands in Haighton of
the heirs of Balderston by the rent of a
rose; his heir was his nephew George
(son of Lawrence) Charnley, aged twentyfour; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc), iii,
367. Henry Charnlcy died in 1637
holding a messuage in Haighton, with
common of pasture for all cattle, of
Gilbert Hoghton, 'as of his manor of
Haighton,' in socage. Hugh, his son and
heir, was seven years of age; Duchy of
Lanc. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 62. Henry son
of Hugh Charnley in 1653 desired to be
admitted to compound for the two-thirds
of his father's estate sequestered 'for
recusancy only' in 1643; Hugh had died
about 1650; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec.
Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), ii, 20–2.
Thomas Beesley of Haighton forfeited
his lands for some delinquency, but on
the petition of his son John in 1653 the
sentence seems to have been reversed;
Index of Royalists (Index Soc), 41;
Royalist Comp. Papers, i, 171–2.
John Hunt was found to have been
convicted of recusancy and to have compounded for his estate in 1634; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 3144. |
| 23 |
Evan (son of John) Gerard of
Haighton and Brindle, Thomas Rogerson,
James Chester, Anne Sudall, Henry
Sudall, Roger Livesey, John Bolton (or
Bilton), Lawrence Simpson and John
Slater; Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 105, 137–8. |