YEALAND REDMAYNE
Jalant, Dom. Bk.; Hielande, 1202; Hieland,
1207; Yeland, 1208; Yelaund, Yelaunde, 1276.
The configuration of this northern half of Yealand
may be described as quarterly. In the north-east
and south-west are low-lying level tracts called White
Moss and Storrs Moss respectively; in the pass between
them is Yealand Storrs. Hilderstone is on a slightly
higher piece of land to the east of White Moss. The
south-eastern part is occupied by the northern spur
of the ridge which begins at Warton Crag; near
the foot of its eastern slope is the village of Yealand
Redmayne. The north-western portion, the largest
in area, is also hilly; Gatebarrow New Park occupies
the extreme corner. The northern boundary is
formed by Leighton Beck, on which stands Brackenthwaite. The area of the township is 2,135½ acres, (fn. 1)
and in 1901 it had a population of 191.
The north road from Lancaster to Kendal passes
through the eastern part of the township. Through
the village another road goes north and north-west,
by Brackenthwaite, to Arnside; at Leyland Storrs it
is joined by a road from Silverdale. The London
and North-Western Railway Company's main line
passes through near the eastern boundary. The
Lancaster and Kendal Canal is near it.
A furnace and forge were established at the
beginning of the 18th century by the proprietors of
the Furness Iron Works, the ore being conveyed by
coasters. (fn. 2) An embankment was formed in 1840 for
the protection of the moss from the sea.
The hamlet of Yealand Storrs was famous for
plums. (fn. 3)
The township has a parish council.
The celebrity of the place is Richard Hubberthorn,
born in 1628. He served as an officer in the Parliament's army in the Civil War, but then became a
friend of George Fox and adopted his religious views.
He had a controversy with Dr. Sherlock, chaplain of
Borwick. He died in Newgate in 1662. (fn. 4)
Manor
The manor of YEALAND REDMAYNE was the result of a partition
of Yealand made probably by William
de Lancaster I in the time of Henry II. (fn. 5) The
moiety of Silverdale granted
to Cartmel Priory by Henry
de Redmayne was probably
included in it at first. To
Norman de Yealand the same
William granted Levens in
Westmorland, (fn. 6) and his son
Henry adopted the surname
Redman or Redmayne. (fn. 7) The
family is mainly connected
with Westmorland. Henry
gave land near Hilderstone
to Cockersand Abbey about
1200, (fn. 8) and was succeeded by
a son Matthew, (fn. 9) who in 1242
held part of Yealand of William de Lancaster III, (fn. 10)
and in 1246–8 acted as Sheriff of Lancashire. (fn. 11) On
the partition of the Lancaster inheritance about that
time Yealand Redmayne was assigned to Lindsay,
and so in the end reverted to the duchy. (fn. 12) Sir
Matthew was followed by his son Henry, (fn. 13) who in
1267 obtained a grant of free warren in his demesne
lands of Levens, Yealand and Trenterne. (fn. 14) He
had a son Matthew, (fn. 15) whose son Adam received
Yealand (fn. 16) and in 1327 obtained a grant of free
warren in his demesne of Yealand Redmayne. (fn. 17)
Redmayne. Gules three cushions ermine tasselled or.
Adam de Redmayne had a son John, who died
without issue, and daughters Elizabeth and Margaret,
between whom the manor was divided. (fn. 18) The former
married Roger de Croft of Durslet in Dalton, and
her share descended to the Lawrences of Yealand as
shown below; Margaret married John Boteler of
Marton in the Fylde, (fn. 19) and her daughter Ellen
carried this part of the manor to Nicholas de Croft
of Dalton on her marriage to him in 1388–9. (fn. 20)
On the partition of the Croft manors it was
included in the Middleton share. (fn. 21) From that
time there appear to have been two manors called
Yealand Redmayne.
Edmund brother of John Lawrence (fn. 22) died in
1510 (sic) holding the manor
of Yealand Redmayne of the
king as duke as of his manor
of Warton by the sixth part
of a knight's fee. Joan his
daughter and heir, then thirtytwo years of age, married
Thomas Lathom, and at her
death in 1509 was followed
by her son Thomas, who did
not long survive. (fn. 23) Thomas
Lathom, the husband, retained
possession till his death in
1515. Joan's next heir was
a niece Agnes wife of William Preston, as daughter
of her sister Elizabeth; but the heir male was a
cousin Lancelot Lawrence, son of Edmund's brother
Robert, and he was thirty years old in 1515. (fn. 24)
Lawrence. Argent a cross raguly gules.
Lancelot Lawrence died in 1 5 34 holding the manor
of Yealand Redmayne by the sixth part of a knight's
fee and various other messuages and lands in Warton,
Silverdale and other places. (fn. 25) His heir was a son
Thomas, aged thirteen, whose wardship was in 1538
given to Thomas Haydock. (fn. 26) The heir died in 1541,
and was succeeded by his brother Robert, also a
minor. (fn. 27) Robert died in 1555, (fn. 28) and was followed
by a daughter Anne, then ten years old. (fn. 29) She married
Walter Sydenham, (fn. 30) and in 1566 they sold the manor,
with messuages, windmill, dovecote, &c., and lands
in various townships, to George Middleton, (fn. 31) who
thus became lord of the whole manor, as well as of
Yealand Conyers and Leighton. Nevertheless the
Lawrence and Croft portions continued to be regarded
as separate manors, and were named Yealand Redmayne and Yealand Storrs. The Yealand Hall (fn. 32)
estate, perhaps representing the Storrs demesne, appears
to have been purchased from the Towneleys by Thomas
Rawlinson, who died in 1802. It was afterwards sold
to John Bond of Lancaster, whose representatives in
or about 1851 sold it to the late R. T. Gillow of
Leighton. (fn. 33)
There is little separate record of STORRS. (fn. 34) It was
in 1558 in the hands of Oliver Middleton, (fn. 35) and was
afterwards held by the Middletons of Leighton. (fn. 36)
As already related, Hilderstone was given to the
canons of Cockersand in the time of Henry II or
Richard I. (fn. 37) It was held of the abbey by the family
of Comyn, of whom was Robert Comyn living in 1451
and 1461. The relict of Robert Comyn held half of
Hilderstone Grange for 10s. rent in 1501 and Edmund
Comyn the other moiety for the same rent. In 1537
Thomas Comyn and Edmund Comyn held the two
moieties, one of which appears to have passed to the
noted Quaker family of Backhouse, of whom John
Backhouse of Yealand Redmayne died in 1690, and was
buried at Hilderstone. His
daughter Hannah married
John son of Edward Cumming
of Hilderstone. Her brother
Thomas had a son John Backhouse, described as of Hilderstone, who died in 1779,
having devised his estate there
to his cousin John Cumming,
whose daughter and heir
Hannah married her third
cousin George Backhouse and
brought to him the re-united
estate of Hilderstone. His grandson Edward Cumming Backhouse is the present owner. (fn. 38)
Middleton of Leighton. Argent a saltire engrailed sable, a mullet for difference.