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DDHU Hulton family of Hulton Park
DDHU
Hulton of Hulton, c1190-1998
Estate and family papers of the Hulton family of Hulton Park
1. Deeds and evidence of title
1.1 Ashton in Makerfield
1.2 Barton on Irwell
1.3 Bedford
1.4 Bermuda and Trinidad
1.5 Billinge
1.6 Bolton
1.7 Bolton church
1.8 Bolton and Leigh Railway
1.9 Butterworth
1.10 Chorley
1.11 Culceth
1.12 Deane church
1.13 Deane Moor enclosure
1.14 Denton
1.15 Egerton
1.16 Farnworth
1.17 Farnworth and Kearsley enclosure
1.18 Halliwell
1.19 Harpurhey
1.20 Heaton
1.21 Hindley
1.22 Hulton
1.23 Hundersfield
1.24 Ince in Makerfield
1.25 Ireland
1.26 Kearsley
1.27 London
1.28 Longworth
1.29 Manchester
1.30 Manchester church
1.31 Mawdesley
1.32 Oldham
1.33 Pendleton
1.34 Pendleton and Salford road
1.35 Rochdale Canal and Ashton Canal
1.36 Rumworth
1.37 Salford
1.38 Spotland
1.39 Treales, Roseacre and Wharles
1.40 Tyldesley with Shakerley
1.41 Westhoughton
1.42 Westhoughton common
1.43 Wigan
1.44 Winwick Rectory
1.45 Properties in several townships
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1.46 Unidentified location
1.47 Deed registers
1.48 Acts of Parliament
1.49 Bonds
1.50 Fines and recoveries
1.51 Inquisitions
1.52 Legal matters and awards
1.53 Settlements
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2. Estate management
2.1 Accounts and other financial records
2.2 Rentals, surveys and valuations
2.3 Colliery records
2.4 Insurance policies
2.5 Inventories and property valuations
2.6 Trust papers
2.7 Estate letter books
2.8 Estate correspondence and other papers
2.9 Plans
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3. Family papers
3.1 Heraldry and genealogy
3.2 Appointments
3.3 Wills and probate papers
3.4 Correspondence
3.5 Newscuttings
3.6 Photographs and illustrations
3.7 Other personal papers
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4. Other records
4.1 Ecclesiastical
4.2 Education
4.3 Crime and justice
4.4 Labour disputes and civil unrest
4.5 Leisure activities
4.6 Military
4.7 Politics
4.8 Paupers
4.9 Trade and commerce
4.10 Miscellaneous publications
4.11 Notices
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The Hulton archive was purchased for Lancashire Archives in December 2014 with
funding from the Arts Council England V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Friends of the
National Libraries, The Pilgrim Trust, The Peel Group, The Duchy of Lancaster
Benevolent Fund, the Friends of Lancashire Archives and many local organisations
and individuals.
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Of the earlier records particular mention should be made of the letters patent issued
by Henry VIII establishing the parish of Deane (DDHU/10/1) as well as the beautifully
illuminated mandate believed to be the only surviving medieval document from
Cartmel Priory (DDHU/53/3). William Jessop is a key correspondent within the
collection, and a number of his papers survive here thanks to the marriage of his
only child Anne into the Hulton family. Jessop served as clerk to Oliver Cromwell's
Council of State, and his correspondence references political events as well as the
effects of plague and the Great Fire of London (DDHU/47).
Probably the most influential, and notorious, member of the Hulton family is William
Hulton (1787-1864). As Chair of the Lancashire and Cheshire Magistrates he
ordered the local yeomanry to disperse the crowds at a reform meeting in St Peter's
Fields, Manchester, leading to a number of deaths in an event which came to be
known as the Peterloo Massacre. There is important correspondence within the
collection which gives a sense of the official response to events at the time, with a
printed note from Lord Sidmouth expressing the gratitude of the Prince Regent for
Hulton's actions (DDHU/53/76). William Hulton would also be instrumental in the
development of the coal mining interests on his estate, playing a central role in the
development of the Bolton and Leigh Railway, the first to operate in Lancashire. Our
collection includes estimates, correspondence and reports of George Stephenson
(DDHU/6), considered by many to be the father of the English railway system.
The collection also contains family papers, the most interesting of which are likely to
be those which record the Second World War experiences of Geoffrey Hulton.
Manuscripts and correspondence recount his time in the Royal Marines, during
which he survived both the sinking of the HMS Repulse and three years as a
Japanese prisoner of war on the Burma Railway (DDHU/Acc9301/1, 3).
Much of the material in the Hulton archive was originally listed in the 1940s, with
deeds and other papers relating to specific townships or places listed alphabetically
at the start, followed by an alpabetical listing by document type. Additional deposits
received in the 1990s and 2000s were simply box listed at the end of the catalogue.
Funding received in 2015 offered us the opportunity to spend 6 months working on
the collection. Every item has been examined and described in more detail, and the
entire collection has been rearranged. The first series now contains an alphabetical
listing of deeds and other record types which provide evidence of title, largely
adapted from the original catalogue. The second series contains records relating to
estate management, while the third series contains family and personal papers. The
final series contains miscellaneous papers which did not easily fit into the previous
groups of records.
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The first recorded Hulton to live in Lancashire was Blethyn de Hulton, who emigrated
from North Wales in the second half of the twelfth century after Owen Gwynedd had
successfully expelled Norman and English settlers from the region. Blethyn's son,
Jorweth, was granted by charter the town of Penelton by King John in 1199. The
family quickly expanded its influence locally, and in 1304 Richard de Hulton held
parts of Hulton, Ordsall, Flixton and Heaton. The same Richard also built the first
Hulton Hall, establishing the family seat on the Hulton Park estate, which consisted
of 325 acres of parkland located approximately five kilometres south-west of Bolton.
However, Richard's grandson, also Richard de Hulton, squandered much of his
family's estate and died in poverty without an heir.
The Hultons spent much of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries regaining and
expanding the property they held, often through marriage. For instance, in 1485,
Adam Hulton and Alice Hulton, daughter of John Hulton of Farnworth, were arranged
to be married while still in their infancy. In 1521, Henry VIII had to arbitrate in the
resultant dispute between the two branches of the Hulton family, ruling that lands in
Westhaughton, Harpurhey, Denton, Openshaw and Gorton should be assigned to
Adam and Alice's male heirs. From this point onwards the Hultons of Hulton Park
became much more prominent than their namesakes from Farnworth.
In 1452, Deane Chapel, close to Hulton Park, was completed. Henry VIII granted a
charter establishing the parish of Deane in November 1541, meaning the Chapel
was now a Church (DDHU 10/1). Here, the Hultons practised their faith and many
family members are buried in its Hulton Chapel. The Hultons were devout Catholics,
and initially resisted the forces of the Reformation, as did much of Lancashire.
Despite this, they generally remained faithfully allied to sovereign power; William
Hulton, for example, in 1585 joined the association of Lancashire magistrates
committed to defending Elizabeth I in the Anglo-Spanish War. William's successor
and grandson, Adam Hulton, was a convert to Protestantism, and developed
numerous connections with Puritan families in the area. There is little doubt that the
Hulton family were involved in the Civil War of 1642-51, as Adam summoned his
tenants to Parliament's cause. It is also possible that Adam played an active role in
the conflict himself. A January 1643 letter addressed to George Rigby of Peel, Clerk
of the Peace for Lancashire, informs us that Rigby's brother-in-law, 'Captaine Hilton',
was kept prisoner in Chester Castle after acting as a captain in the Parliamentary
army (DDKE/HMC/191). 'Captaine Hilton' could refer to either Adam or his brother,
Edward.
The accession of Adam's son, William, coincided with the onset of the era, stretching
from the late seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries, in which the Hulton's wealth
and influence was at its height. William briefly represented Clitheroe in the
Convention Parliament of 1660 which invited Charles II to return to the throne, and
would be the only member of the family to ever sit in the House of Commons. He
also was responsible for the construction of the second incarnation of Hulton Hall
(DDHU ACC 9301/22). The family maintained its local influence throughout the
eighteenth century, even if distinguished individuals or noteworthy events were
lacking.
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The Hultons accrued much of their wealth by means of the coal which lay beneath
their estate. The coal was mined from at least as early as the 1550s, but its true
economic worth only became clear when the process of industrialisation which
transformed so much of Lancashire began to take hold in the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries. William Hulton, who inherited the family estate in 1800,
was responsible for many of the major developments which allowed for the full
exploitation of the coal mines in Hulton park. He was one of the principal supporters
of the Bolton and Leigh Railway scheme, which would allow Hulton coal to be easily
transported to the markets of Bolton, Manchester and Liverpool. The railway pioneer,
George Stephenson, stayed at Hulton Hall for a period of three months during the
process of estimation and construction which he oversaw. The line was eventually
opened for traffic on 1st August 1828, with as many as 40,000 people in attendance
to witness what the Bolton Chronicle described as an 'interesting and novel
spectacle' (DDHU ACC 9301/106). The Bolton and Leigh Railway predated the
Manchester and Liverpool Railway by 2 years, making it the first railway line to
operate in Lancashire. In 1858, William Hulton founded the Hulton Colliery Company
in partnership with Harwood Walcot Banner. This partnership was dissolved ten
years later and from 1868 onwards the company traded under the Hulton name only.
The Hultons gave up direct control over the management of the coal mines in 1886
after the Hulton Colliery Company Ltd. was founded. In December 1910 a defective
safety lamp caused an explosion in the 'Pretoria Pits' which claimed the lives of 344
men and boys. The incident was the worst coal mining disaster to occur in
Lancashire, and the third worst to occur in Britain. By 1947, the Hulton coal empire
could claim to be the largest in Lancashire, but it was gradually diminished in the
second half of the twentieth century due to a nationwide fall in demand for coal.
In addition to their economic wealth, the Hultons also occupied various positions of
political influence during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. From 1767-1775,
Henry Hulton, a member of the extended family who previously resided in
Hampshire, fulfilled the role of First Commissioner of Customs in American Colonies
in Boston. This meant he was responsible for ensuring unpopular taxes levied on the
American population were collected. Many locals hated the system they denounced
as 'taxation without representation', and Hulton himself was reviled and subject to
physical attack on numerous occasions. Having inadvertently playing his part in the
onset of the American Revolution, Hulton retired to England in 1776 (DDHU ACC
9301/35).
The other Hulton whose actions were to have major political significance was the
aforementioned William Hulton, who was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in
1811. It was in this capacity that he was forced into action after a cotton mill in
Westhoughton was torched by Luddites in 1812. Hulton ordered that four of the
suspects, one of them reported to be just twelve years old, be executed. This
decision and others in years to come cemented Hulton's reputation as a magistrate
who would deal with working-class crime and social unrest severely. The most clear
example of this, and perhaps the incident for which the Hultons are most
remembered today are the events of 16th August 1819. 60,000 pro-democracy
reformers had gathered in St Peter's Field, central Manchester, to listen to the
famous radical orator, Henry Hunt. In 1819 Hulton had been appointed chairman of
the Lancashire and Cheshire magistrates, a body set up to deal with the growing
problem of civil unrest. He was therefore in attendance at the meeting to ensure
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order was maintained. Observing from a nearby house, Hulton issued an arrest
warrant for Hunt and some of his associates, but was advised that military
assistance would be required to allow for this. Hulton therefore called on local
yeomanry, who having completed the arrests, were then ordered by Hulton to
disperse the meeting. In a scene of blind panic, the yeomanry began to attack the
crowd indiscriminately. It is estimated that 18 were killed and 600 to 700 injured as a
result, and the event became popularly known as the 'Peterloo Massacre'. Home
Secretary Lord Sidmouth conveyed King George III's 'great satisfaction' at Hulton's
'prompt, decisive and efficient measures' (DDHU 53/76), but among the working
classes, to whom he was henceforth known as 'old Peterloo', his reputation was
forever sullied (DDHU 53/76). For this reason, in 1820 he felt obliged to turn down a
safe Tory seat in Parliament (DDHU 53/61), while as late as 1841 Hulton and his
family were attacked in Bolton during an election campaign (DDHU 53/81). This
demonstrates the importance of the Peterloo Massacre in influencing public opinion:
the martyrdom that resulted undoubtedly aided the efforts of those in favour of
democratic reform.
The late nineteenth and twentieth century history of the Hulton family can be
characterised by gradual decline. Sir William Rothwell Hulton was the last Hulton
patriarch to live in Hulton Hall, opting to move into a cottage on the estate towards
the end of the First World War. Hulton Hall had long been in a state of disrepair
before its eventual demolition in 1958 at the behest of Sir Geoffrey Hulton. Geoffrey
served as an Officer in the Royal Navy Marines on board HMS Repulse during the
Second World War. He was held as a Japanese prisoner of war for some three and
a half years, during which he 'lived in the depths of squalor'. (DDHU ACC 9301/3)
Geoffrey's death without heir in 1993 signalled the end of the over eight hundred
years old Hulton dynasty.
Secondary Resources
Books
Baines, Edward, The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, ed. by
James Croston, 5 vols (Manchester and London: John Heywood, 1890), iii, 124-63.
Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great
Britain and Ireland, ed. by His Sons, 2 vols (London: Harrison, 1894), ii, 1012-3.
Bush, Michael, The Casualties of Peterloo (Lancaster: Carnegie Publishing, 2005)
Challinor, Raymond, The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners (Newcastle-upon-Tyne:
Frank Graham, 1972)
Croston, James, County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire (Manchester and
London: John Heywood, 1887), pp. 267-94.
Farrer, William and Brownbill, J., The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, 8
vols (London: Dawsons, 1966), v, 25-30.
Hogg, Anthony, The Hulton Diaries 1832-1928: A Gradely Lancashire Chronicle
(Chester: Solo Mio Books, 1989)
Nadin, Jack, Lancashire Mining Disasters: 1835-1910 (Barnsley: Wharncliffe Books,
2006), pp. 146-61.
Read, Donald, Peterloo: The 'Massacre' and its Background (Manchester:
Manchester University Press, 1958)
Reid, Robert, The Peterloo Massacre (London: William Heinemann, 1989)
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Townley, C.H.A., Appleton, C.A., Smith F.D., and Peden J.A., The Industrial
Railways of Bolton, Bury and the Manchester Coalfield: Part One, Bolton and Bury
(Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing, 1994), pp. 89-98.
Walmsley, Robert, Peterloo: The Case Reopened (Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 1969)
Websites
Culley, Jeremy, 'Hulton Hall Cottage gets blue plaque to commemorate 800-year
dynasty', Bolton News, 3 February 2014,
<http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10982185.Hulton_Hall_Cottage_gets_blue_p
laque_to_commemorate_800_year_dynasty/?ref=rss> [accessed 4 March 2015]
Dibbits, Kat, 'Pretoria pit disaster memories revealed', Bolton News, 19 December
2008,
<http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/3988703.Pretoria_pit_disaster_memories_re
vealed/> [accessed 4 March 2015]
'Deane Parish', <http://www.deanechurch.co.uk/index.php> [accessed 4 March
2015]
'Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd.', Durham Mining Museum, 30 September 2014,
<http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/h1005.htm> [accessed 4 March 2015]
'Hulton Park', English Heritage, 14 January 2002,
<http://list.englishheritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1001581> [accessed 4
March 2015]
'Pretoria Pit Disaster 21 December 1910',
<http://www.pretoria.org.uk/Pretoria_Pit_Disaster/Home.html> [accessed 4 March
2015]
'The Peterloo Massacre', <http://peterloomassacre.org/history.html> [accessed 4
March 2015]
'The rise and fall of a thousand years of Hultons', BBC, 11 May 2010,
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8675
000/8675551.stm> [accessed 4 March 2015]
'Thriving company employed 2,500 in four collieries', Bolton News, 20 December
2010,
<http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/pretoria/8748130.Thriving_company_employ
ed_2_500_in_four_collieries/> [accessed 4 March 2015]
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1 Deeds and evidence of title
Records which provide evidence of the acquisition and ownership of land by the Hulton
family
Certain cataloguing conventions were used when listing deeds; the title field records only
the type of deed, additional detail is given in the description; the date field records the
calendar date as calculated, while feast days and regnal dates are recorded in the
description field; old style dates (1 Jan-24 Mar prior to 1752) are given according to the
modern calendar; Latin forenames have been anglicised, while surnames are recorded
as they appear in the original documents; place names are recorded using the spelling
given in the original document, with the modern spelling given in square brackets the
first time it appears in a catalogue entry; the language is only recorded for documents
not written in English, unless the use of English is considered to be particularly early,
typically pre-1500
c1190-1958
See also DX 529-609, 1817-1823 and 1846 for additional deeds which may relate to
the Hulton family and estate
1.1 Ashton in Makerfield
Deeds relating to land in Ashton in Makerfield
1736
DDHU/1/1 - Lease
William Hasleden of Ashton in Mackerfield [Ashton in Makerfield], yeoman, (eldest son
and heir of William Hasleden of Ashton deceased) and Mary, his widow, to Henry Smith
of Preston, gent; lease for a year of messuage and 21 acres in Ashton in Mackerfield
with 12 cowgates in the Townfield and annual Chief Rent of 2 shillings from lands in
Ashton belonging to person unspecified (not executed); probably intended to form part
of a lease and release
1 (parchment with two small applied seals featuring a lion rampant)
Sep 1736
1.2 Barton on Irwell
Deeds relating to land in Barton on Irwell
1292
DDHU/2/1 - Quitclaim
William de Anderton and Ameria his wife to Robert de Hulton; quitclaim of a messuage,
38ac land, and 18ac of wood, in Barton; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard de Hulton,
Adam le Venour, Adam de Prestewyche, Adam de Levere, Richard de Radeclyve,
Richard son of Roger de Workedelegh, Adam de Dyddisbury and others; given at
Lancaster, the Tuesday after the feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul 20 Edward 1;
endorsed no 22 Latin
1 (parchment (seal tags missing))
[1 Jul 1292]
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Ellen daughter of Robert de Hulton to Robert de Hulton; quitclaim of a messuage, 38ac
land, and 18ac of wood, in Barton; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard de Hulton,
Richard de Radeclyve, Adam de Prestewyche, Adam de Levere, John de Hulton, parson
of Radeclive, Adam le Venour, Richard son of Roger de Workedelegh, Adam de
Dyddesbury and others; given at Lancaster, the Wednesday after the feast of Saint Peter
and Saint Paul 20 Edward 1; endorsed no 180 Latin
1 (parchment with single seal tag)
[2 Jul 1292]
William de Anderton and Ameria his wife to Robert de Hulton; quitclaim of a messuage,
38ac land, and 18ac of wood, in Barton; witnesses: Richard de Hulton, Richard de
Radeclive, Adam de Prestewyche, Adam de Levere, Adam le Venour, Richard son of
Roger de Workedelegh, Adam de Dyddesbury and others; given at Lancaster the Friday
after the feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul 20 Edward 1 Latin
1 (parchment with 2 seal tags)
[4 Jul 1292]
Henry Whythoud and Ameria his wife, to Robert de Hulton; quitclaim of a messuage,
38ac land, and 18ac of wood, in Barton; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard de Hulton,
Adam le Venour, Adam de Prestewych, Adam de Levere, Richard de Radeclyve,
Richard son of Roger de Workedelegh, Adam de Dyddesbury and others; given at
Lancaster, the Sunday after the feast of St Swithin, 20 Edward 1; endorsed no 44 Latin
[20 Jul 1292]
1.3 Bedford
Agreement and letters relating to Bedford
1406-1690
DDHU/3/1 - Agreement
Hugh de Pemberton and Robert de Hulton: for partition of the moss in Bedford and 18d
free-rent there; Hugh, in right of Margaret his wife, to have 6d rent from Henry de Knolles,
and 3d from Thomas de Byrome for a moiety of the land late belonging to Roger de
Warton; Robert, in right of Alice his wife, to have 6d rent from Henry de Knolles, and 3d
from Ralph de Sherdley for the other moiety of the land; the moss to lie in common
between Hugh de Pemberton and Robert de Hulton saving to Robert de Hulton pasture
in Graungehey; witnesses: Sir Thomas Gerard, Sir William of Athirton, Sir Nicholas of
Athirton; given at Lancaster on Wednesday in the third week of Lent, 7 Henry IV Latin
1 (indented parchment with seal)
[17 Mar 1406]
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DDHU/3/2 - Copy letters
Copy warrant for the imprisonment of John Mullineux, Moses Bradley, Dennis Borne,
Terone Conner the elder, Terone Conner the younger, and Dudley Dougheyda, for ''idle
and disorderly behaviour - striking and beating the Constable of Bedford''; also copy of
letter to ''Deare Daughter'' condoling on loss of her ''poore little child''
1 (paper)
5 Jan [16]90
1.4 Bermuda and Trinidad
Deeds relating to land in Bermuda and Trinidad
1637-1643
DDHU/53/21 - Bargain and sale
Richard Spitty of Graies Inn, Middlesex, gent to William Jesop of High Holborne,
Middlesex, gent; for a consideration of £33 6s 8d; ''one full part and share of lands and
ground within the Somer or Barmodas Ilands [Bermuda] scituate lyeing and being within
the tribe of the right honorable the Earle of Devonshire commonly called the Lord
Cavendish his tribe conteining by estimacion twenty and five acres be it more or lesse
one side thereof abutting upon the share now or late of John Fletcher and Company and
the other side of the lands now or late of William Nicholls''
1 (parchment indenture with single seal tag)
16 May 1637
DDHU/53/22 - Grant
Robert, Earl of Warwicke, ''Proprietor of the Province of Montgomery,'' to...Hall of the
Somer Islands, otherwise called Bermuda, gent who ''hath signified his desire to setle a
Plantation in the Island of Trinidado''; grant of 300 acres of land in Trinidado [Trinidad];
paying yearly for the first year 1lb of ''Tobacco of the growth of that Island'' and thereafter
50s; 10 English men to be ''planted and settled''
1 (parchment with pendant heraldic seal of the Earl of Warwick on a tag)
1 Feb 1643
1.5 Billinge
Deeds relating to land in Billinge
1460
DDHU/4/1 - Gift
William de Heton, esq to Roger de Hilton de Park, esq, William de Ratclyffe, Thurstan
de Tyldesley, Gilbert de Urmeston, Thomas de Tildesley de Pele, Thomas Moleneux,
Henry de Bu[r]om, John de Hilton, esqs, Charles Hert and Hugh Hendeley; gift of
tenements in Byllinge [Billinge] alias Bullynges called the Holghewod, the Townfeldes, a
messuage and lands called John Roby Place, and messuages held by farm by John
Smyth, Richard Smethurst, Thomas Barker and Henry de Slineshed, all held for life by
James de Heton; after the death of James de Heton to be held for life of Agnes, daughter
of Roger de Hilton and her heirs by Richard son of William de Heton; 10 Nov 39 Henry
VI Latin
1 (indented parchment with seal on tag)
10 Nov [1460]
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DDHU/4/2 - Gift
William de Heton, esq to Roger de Hilton de Park, esq, William de Ratclyff, Thurstann
de Tyldesley, Gilbert de Urmeston, Thomas de Tyldesley de Pele, Thomas Moleneux,
Henry de Byrom, John de Hilton, esqs, Charles Hert and Hugh Hendeley: gift of property
in the town of Bullynge (Billinge) alias Byllynge; 39 Henry VI Latin
1 (indented parchment with seal on tag)
10 Nov [1460]
1.6 Bolton
Deed relating to land in Bolton
1923
DDHU/ACC9318/98 - Conveyance
Sir William Rothwell Hulton Baronet to the Bolton Corporation; duplicate conveyance of
a plot of land containing 1388 square yards situate at Wigan Road Bolton; including a
schedule of previous deeds; endorsed A4
1 (parchment with applied seals)
19 Sep 1923
1.7 Bolton church
Correspondence concerning the Vicar of Bolton church
1793
DDHU/5/1 - Letter
A letter with three enclosures from Major Martin Gilpin of Bolton to William Hulton;
endorsed with copy of William Hulton's reply concerning the illness of his brother,
Jeremiah Gilpin, vicar of Bolton and the possibility of John Atkinson officiating for him
provided it does not clash with his role as master of Bolton School; enclosed are letter
from John Atkinson; a copy of the State of Mr Gilpin's case by Edward Bolling, surgeon
and copy of Major Gilpin's letter to Mr Atkinson asking him to act as curate
4 (papers)
30 Aug-8 Sep 1793
1.8 Bolton and Leigh Railway
The Bolton and Leigh Railway was the first public railway line to open in Lancashire.
William Hulton was a key supporter of the line as it offered a way to transport coal from
his collieries near Hulton Park to Bolton, Manchester and Liverpool. The line was
surveyed by George Stephenson and the first engine, the Lancashire Witch, was built
by Robert Stephenson and Co. The line opened in 1828, and the following year the
Kenyon and Leigh junction railway was incorporated, linking the Bolton and Leigh line to
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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Records include correspondence, estimates, reports and other papers relating to the
development of the Bolton and Leigh Railway.
1824-1880
The parliamentary plans related to the Bolton and Leigh Railway can be found under
the references PDR/131 (plan) and E.A/18 (reference book)
'The History of the Bolton and Leigh Railway based on the Hulton papers (1824-1828)'
was published by Lois Basnett in the Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire
Antiquarian Society volume LXII 1950-51
DDHU/6/1/1 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from R Boardman concerning the suspicion of the planned new
line by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company: ''The Liverpool people wish us
to abandon our Road this session - we must do no such thing - They suspect the Leeds
and Liverpool Company are the parties and that we only serve as a Cloak for them.''
1 (paper)
2 Nov 1824
DDHU/6/1/2 - Letter
Letter to the Committee of the Bolton Railway from George Stephenson concerning the
proposed route of the railway line: ''I am very confident that the line I have laid out is the
best that can be got''
1 (paper)
14 Nov 1824
DDHU/6/1/3 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from William Garnett expressing his opinion that Mr Hardcastle
may have been ''hurried along in his zeal for the Rail Road by the Effect of Wine'' and
offering his assistance
1 (paper)
17 Nov 1824
DDHU/6/1/4 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from Lister Ellis discussing proposed extension work to be
carried out by the Liverpool and Manchester railway, giving the opportunity to carry Mr
Hulton's coals to Manchester and Liverpool, and warning about those with canal
interests who were ''calling on their friends to unite their most strenuous efforts in
opposition to all such objects as inimical to their interests.''
1 (paper)
20 Nov 1824
DDHU/6/1/5 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from George Piggot concerning a decision about the best line
for the railway, proposed to be through Haulgh into Little Bolton, ''where there is the
greatest consumption of Coal.''
1 (paper)
20 Nov 1824
12
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DDHU/6/1/6 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from Lord Lilford concerning the impact of the railroad on his
own interests
1 (paper)
23 Nov 1824
DDHU/6/1/7 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from J Gorst regarding specific clauses within the proposed
Railway Act relating to the use of the land around the railroad
1 (paper)
17 Jan 1825
DDHU/6/1/8 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from R Boardman suggesting a clause limiting the amount of
land which could be purchased by the Company for wharfage, and confirming that he
has written to Mr Stephenson for his estimate
1 (paper)
19 Jan 1825
DDHU/6/1/9 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from J Gorst proposing an exception which will not allow the
railway to build on Lord Lilford's land without his permission; ''Surrounded as Lord Lilford
is by Mines of superior quality to his own, it would be a Death Blow to his interest''
1 (paper)
28 Jan 1825
DDHU/6/1/10 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from Lord Lilford confirming that he can only support the railroad
bill if the clause suggested by Mr Gorst to protect his own interests is included
1 (paper)
16 Feb 1825
Letter to Peter Ainsworth at Smithills Hall from J S Brandreth giving suggested rates for
the carriage of goods on the railroad; ''Pray have you any clause in your bill to limit your
profits to ten per cent, as we have in ours?''
1 (paper)
20 Feb 1825
Letter to William Hulton from R Boardman at the House of Commons giving a report on
the passage of the bill; ''The Leeds and Liverpool Canal have at length moved, but they
only...object to our going over the Canal. This is what we expected.''
1 (paper)
21 Feb 1825
13
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Letter to William Hulton from R Boardman at the House of Commons asking Hulton to
obtain a letter from Lord Lilford giving his consent to the bill
1 (paper)
22 Feb 1825
Letter to William Hulton from Lord Lilford; ''If yourself as well as the P[arliamentary]
committee of the Bill prefer it as now drawn by Gorst, I cannot certainly object''
1 (paper)
22 Feb 1825
Letter to William Hulton from R Boardman at the House of Commons concerning his
attempts to reach an agreement with the local Canal interests; ''It is very difficult for me
to satisfy them that we have no Intention to go over their Canal...We must submit to the
power of going into the Canal''; Boardman is increaingly confident about the passage of
the bill: ''I think the course is now clear for us and not one moment must be lost. We are
the first Railway Bill in the House''
1 (paper)
24 Feb 1825
Letter to William Hulton from J Gorst giving answers to queries concerning the supply of
water for fire engines; the number of locomotives to be used on the line; the ability of the
landowner to pass across the Railway without permission; instructions on the use of
private and public wharfs
1 (paper)
25 Feb 1825
Letter to William Hulton from James Hardcastle concerning the formation of the
committee for the railroad, and warning against the inclusion of Mr Boardman due to ''his
gross misconduct in public matters''
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1825]
DDHU/6/2 - Notes and draft letters
Notes made by William Hulton including a memorandum of his awareness of the
importance of a public link between the Bolton and Bury Canal and the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal (1); draft clauses for the proposed bill (3, 6-7, 9); rates for the
transportation of various goods (4); a note to George Stephenson concerning the amount
of goods which can be carried on the line (8); a draft letter to Lord Lilford concerning the
possible impact of the proposed railroad (10)
15 (paper)
n.d. [c1824-1825]
14
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DDHU/6/3 - Printed pamphlet
''A letter on the subject of the projected Rail Road between Liverpool & Manchester
pointing out the necessity for its adoption and the manifest advantages it offers to the
public, with an exposure of the exorbitant and unjust charges of the water carriers '' by
Joseph Sandars; 4th edition
1 (sewn booklet)
nd [c1825]
DDHU/6/4 - Statement
Statement of the Landowners concerning their position relating to the clause about public
wharfs in the railway bill
1 (paper)
9 Mar 1825
DDHU/6/5 - Plan
''Plan of Railways to connect Bolton and Bury with Liverpool'' showing three proposed
routes
2 (ink on paper)
n.d. [c1824]
DDHU/6/6 - Estimates
''Abstract Estimate of the probable expence of the railroad'' and ''Summary Estimate of
the Annual Expence''
1 (paper)
n.d. [1825]
DDHU/6/7 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton with copy of draft agreement of subscribers
1 (paper)
1 Oct 1824
DDHU/6/8 - List of Committee
Giving the names of members of the Bolton and Leigh Railway Committee
(paper)
n.d. [c1824]
DDHU/6/9 - Letter
Letter to William Hulton from Thomas Kearsley giving estimate of the weight of coal likely
to be carried upon a branch railway to Tyldesley
1 (paper)
12 Jan 1825
DDHU/6/10 - Estimate
Description of goods to be carried between Bolton and Liverpool giving tonnage, charge
per ton per mile and mileage on different railways
1 (paper, repaired)
nd [c1825]
15
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DDHU/6/11 - Report
''Report on the utility of a Bar Iron Railway from Edinburg to Dalkeith and to Fisherrow
Harbour, and of a Survey for it'' by John Grieve and James McLaren
7 (fastened sheets of paper)
1824
''Estimate of the probable expence of the Rail road from Bolton to Leigh'' signed by
George Stephenson; specifying the various costs including excavations and the creation
of embankments and the physical materials needed for the building of the rails
1 (paper, repaired)
26 Jan 1825
DDHU/6/13 - Copy estimate
Handwritten copy of George Stephenson's estimate for the Bolton and Leigh Railway,
made by Maria Hulton
1 (paper)
n.d. [early 19th cent]
''Estimate of wrought iron rails, pedestals etc...to be laid before the Committee of the
Bolton and Leigh Railway''
1 (paper)
16 Jun 1825
16
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DDHU/6/15 - Letter
Letter from John Moss at Otterspool, concerning the line of railway to Liverpool, and
objections thereto
1 (paper)
10 Sep 1825
''The probable amount of expense of keeping and maintaining the railroad from Bolton
to Leigh annually''
1 (papoer)
20 Jul 1826
Statement of the amount expended upon the railway also including a copy of the original
estimate, an estimate of the probable expense of completion and statement of projected
revenue as at 20 Jul 1826
1 (paper)
24 Jul 1826
DDHU/6/18 - Report
Letter from George Stephenson to the Directors of the Bolton to Leigh Railway reporting
on the progress of the line
4 (paper)
10 Jan 1827
DDHU/6/19 - Report
Letter from George Stephenson at Liverpool to the Directors of the Bolton and Leigh
Railway giving progress report on the line and enclosing estimate for completion of the
railway
2 (paper, repaired)
28 Feb 1827
DDHU/6/20 - Draft notice
Draft notice to subscribers of arrangements for the opening of the Bolton and Leigh
Railway
1 (paper)
n.d. [1828]
DDHU/6/21 - Notice
''Instructions for the opening of the Bolton and Leigh Railway''
1 (paper, repaired)
1 Aug 1828
DDHU/ACC9301/106 - Transcript
Typed transcript of the 'Account of the opening of the Bolton and Leigh Railway on 1st
August, 1828 - from the Bolton Chronicle'
2 (paper)
n.d. [20th cent]
17
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DDHU/ACC8410/100 - Accounts
Estimates, bills and accounts relating to the Bolton and Leigh Railroad; including coal
and rock hauled from Mr Hulton's land; damages and trespass caused by the railroad
company; land purchased for the railroad and the construction of stations
1 (bundle of papers)
1825-1831
DDHU/ACC8410/180 - Papers
Blue Book, 'Third Report on Railways', 1840; also correspondence and notes relating to
the Bolton and Leigh Railway Act and notes relating to Chequerbent Siding
7 (paper)
1825-1878
Bolton and Leigh Railway; correspondence and other papers mainly relating to
landowner's rights to build branch lines adjoining the Bolton and Leigh Railway; also an
extract from the Book of Reference to the Plan of the alterations in the intended line of
the Railway from Manchester to Bolton and Bury, including plans and giving land owners
and occupiers; prices of coal and tonnage carried
1838-1842
DDHU/ACC8410/178 - Correspondence
Bolton and Leigh Railway including the need for gates and a potential accident; also the
bill for moveable rails and a crossing at Pendlebury Fold
1842-1845
DDHU/ACC9318/83 - Agreement
Between William Ford Hulton of Hulton Park (1878) and William Wilbraham Blethyn
Hulton (1880) and the London and North Western Railway Company; for the widening
and deviation of the Bolton and Kenyon Railway
1 (paper)
25 Jun 1878-30 Jun 1880
Mainly relating to the Bolton and Kenyon deviation and widening carried out by the
London and North Western Railway Company; including a plan of a proposed sewer
diversion at Daub Hill; with references to sidings and level crossings at Chequerbent and
a plan of land purchased there; Crowshaw Lane Bridge; also including memorandum of
an agreement regarding the purchase of land in Deane; valuation of lands in the
townships of Westhoughton and Over Hulton required under Notices to Treat;
agreement for encroachment of signalman's cabin at Daubhill level crossing; clause for
the protection of William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton extracted from the L & N W Railway
Clause II
1 (bundle of envelopes with papers and waxed linen)
c1880s
18
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1.9 Butterworth
Deeds and correspondence relating to land in Butterworth
1280-1698
DDHU/7/1 - Gift
Roger de le Schore to Adam de Belefeld; all the land in Cleg in Butterworth called the
Quanoandetrerede had from Mathew of Cleg; witnesses: John of the Scholefeld, Henry
of Belefeld, Henry of Butterworth, Adam of Hulton, Adam of Cleg, [damaged] of the
same; given at Cleg 9 Edward I Latin
1 (parchment with seal tag, repaired)
3 Dec [1280]
DDHU/7/2 - Feoffment
Margery, daughter of Richard de Beronn to Adam de Belefeld; feoffment of all her
property and wood in Cleg in Butterworth; witnesses: John de le Scholefeld, Adam de
Cleg, Nicholas de Belefeld, Henry his brother, Roger de Cleg, Richard de Cleg; given at
Cleg 9 Edward 1; endorsed on paper no 2 Latin
1 (parchment with seal tag)
7 Aug [1281]
DDHU/7/3 - Gift
Thomas son of Ralph de Cleg to Adam de Belefeld: all his land in Cleg in Butterworth;
warranty clause; witnesses John de Scholefeld, Henry de Belefeld, Adam de Hulton,
Adam de Cleg, John de Cleg; given at Cleg, Vigil of St John the Baptist, 10 Edward I.
Latin
1 (parchment with seal on tag)
[23 Jun 1282]
Geoffrey son of Richard, son of Dande de Hockeden, to Adam his brother; quitclaim of
property in Butterworth; warranty clause; witnesses: Adam de Belefeld, Henry of the
same, Adam de Cleg, Adam de Turnaghe, William Stot; given at Butterworthe
[Butterworth], on the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary 3 Edward III;
endorsed on paper no 15 Latin
[2 Feb 1329]
DDHU/7/5 - Deed of entail
Lord Roger, vicar of Rachedal [Rochdale], to Agnes de Tetelawe, former wife of Adam
de Belefeld; all the properties in Boterworth [Butterworth] held by Adam son of Geoffrey
de Cleg for life; to hold for life, then to Ralph son of Adam de Belfeld, then to Cristian his
sister, then to Agnes her sister then to Ellen her sister, then to Richard de Belefeld, then
to Robert de Buckelay; witnesses: John de Buckelay, Nicholas de Baumford, senior,
Richard de Boterworth, Richard de Milnehous, Alexandre de Boterworth; given at Cleg,
the Monday after the feast of the Conversion St Paul, 48 Edward III, endorsed on paper
no 28 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with seal tag, repaired)
[22 Jan 1375]
19
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Margery daughter of Geoffrey de Klegge to Nicholas de Bamford; feoffment of all her
properties in Klegg [Clegg] in Boterworth [Butterworth], which Cecily her mother held as
dower by feoffment of Adam, son of Nicholas of Merland; witnesses: Henry de Haworth,
Alexander de Boterworth, John de Dernlegh, Henry de le Holdeyn, Geoffrey de Newbolt;
given at Boterworth, Sunday after the feast of St Chad 7 Richard II; endorsed on paper
no 30 Latin
1 (parchment with tag; tied with hair)
[9 Mar 1384]
Magot (sic) de Clegh to John de Fitheler, vicar of Rachedall [Rochdale]; feoffment of all
her properties in Clegh [Clegg] in Boterworth [Butterworth]; warranty clause; given at the
Church of Rachedall, Sunday after St James the Apostle, 15 Richard II, endorsed on
paper no 33 Latin
1 (parchment with seal tag)
[30 Jul 1391]
Thomas son of John de Clegge to Robert de Doconfeld and John Diconson de
Doconfeld; feoffment of all his properties in Clegge [Clegg] in Boterworth [Butterworth];
warranty clause; witnesses: John de Boterworth, John de Scholefeld, Allexander de
Boterworth; given at Rachedale [Rochdale], Monday after St Katherine Virgin, 4 Henry
IV Latin
1 (parchment with heraldic seal on tag)
[27 Nov 1402]
DDHU/7/9 - Letter of Attorney
Sir John de Assheton to Nicholas de Assheton; to receive seizin of properties in
Boterworth [Butterworth]; given the Wednesday after Epiphany, 8 Henry IV; endorsed
on paper no 35 Latin
[12 Jan 1407]
DDHU/7/10 - Exchange
Adam Belfelde, gent and Richard Mylne the elder; Adam Belfelde to have a garden at
the north end of the house of Bernard Lyghthollure; Richard Mylne to have a certain
headland in the Mylnerowefild between the Cokes Buttes & the Kyrke Stye, all in
Butterworth; witnesses: John Colyng, Elis Mylne, Rauff Belfelde; 10 Henry VIII
1 (parchment indenture with seal tag)
14 Apr 1519
20
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DDHU/7/11 - Letter of Attorney
Hamnet Hyde of Northburie [Norbury], Chester esq and Roger Nowell, gent, deceased,
late son and heir of Roger Nowell of Reade, esq appointing Roger Kenyon, John Beeres,
Richard Southen, and Robert Haukshawe, gents; to levy fine from Edmund Haworth of
Haworth, esq, Elizabeth his wife and Robert his son and heir of a messuage in
Butterworth; witnesses: Adam Hulton, William Edge, James Jackson, George
Winterbotham
1 (paper with heraldic seal on tag)
29 Jul 1624
DDHU/7/12 - Letter
Letter from Jeremy Hargreaves, Rachdall [Rochdale], regarding publication of the
depositions between Clayton and others and Ingham and others about the commons in
Butterworth; when the case is to be heard the defendants should have 10 days notice
by subpoena; he has written to old Mr Entwistle at London about the case
1 (paper)
17 Jun [16]90
DDHU/7/13 - Letter
Letter to Mr Hiltonn from John Stott regarding the danger of fire caused by a man named
John Butterworth from Clegg ''that is a bad liver as it is reported given to steling''
1 (paper)
6 Oct [16]94
DDHU/7/14 - Exemplification of a court verdict of a common recovery
Jessopp Hilton, gent and James Marsh, versus Henry Hilton, esq; for 2 messuage, 3
barns, 2 orchards, 3 gardens, 25ac land, 12ac meadow, 20ac pasture, 20ac moor and
20ac heathand furze in Butterworth; vouchee: George Buckley Latin
1 (parchment)
26 Mar 1698
1.10 Chorley
Deed relating to land in Chorley
1703
DDHU/8/1 - Assignment of lease
Ralphe Scott formerly of Chorley now of Wigan, dyer, to Daniel Leigh of Westhoghton
[Westhoughton], maltster; assignment of the lease of a dwellinghouse containing two
bays, two bays of outhousing and a close at the back of the house, which is located on
the north west side of the church, lately purchased from James Marsden of Tockholes,
yeoman; previously leased 1 May 1676 by Katherine Chorley, widow, deceased, late
wife of William Chorley of Chorley, esq to Ralphe Scott for lives of himself, Grace his
wife and Cuthbert Scott, son of John Scott of Pemberton, linnen-webster at annual rent
of five shillings; witnesses: Henry Bowling, William Prichard, Tho[mas] Tootell
1 (parchment indenture with an applied heraldic seal)
30 Jul 1703
21
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1.11 Culceth
Deeds relating to land in Culceth
1420-1893
Sir John the Buron, Thomas de Sotheworth esq, William Bothe, canon of Sothewell,
Hugh Bromiburgh, chaplain, Richard de Mydelton, chaplain, Germane (sic) de Newham,
Henry del Frere, Henry del Peek, and John de Thurlewynde to John del Bothe de Barton,
senior; all properties in Culcheth; remainder to Roger son of John del Bothe, then to
Thomas de Culcheth, then to Thurstan de Culcheth, then to Nicholas de Culcheth, then
to Henry de Culcheth; witnesses: Edmund de Trafford, Robert de Longley, Geoffrey le
Mascy and others; given at Culcheth 20 July 8 Henry V; endorsed on paper no 44 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with seven seals on tags)
20 Jul 1420
DDHU/ACC9318/79 - Abstract of Title
Abstract of deeds and writings relating to the title to premises in Culceth the inheritance
of Mr Abraham Peters 1830; also correspondence relating to later transactions 18901911
6 (paper)
1830-1893
1.12 Deane church
Of particular note are the letters patent issued by Henry VIII creating the parish of Deane
in 1541; also included are correspondence and other papers, mainly relating to the use
of burial places within Hulton Chapel and the appointment of Vicars for the parish
1541-1829
Parish records for Deane St Mary are held by Manchester Archives
DDHU/10/1 - Letters Patent
Henry VIII creating the parish of Deane; illuminated in gold with a portrait of the monarch
and a tudor rose; includes unidentified notarial signs; 33 Henry VIII
1 (illuminated parchment with a great seal on green braided threads)
21 Nov [1541]
22
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DDHU/10/2 - Order
Order of George, Bishop of Chester; reinforcing the lawfulness of a levy of £26 ''for
Songhing & making dry the Church and Ch[urch]yard'' against the parishioners of Deane
1 (paper, repaired)
10 Aug 1668
DDHU/10/3 - Application
Request from Robert Reeve of Westhaughton [Westhoughton], yeoman, to William
Hilton of Hilton esq to inter the body of James his son in Mr Hilton's chapel in Deane
Church
1 (paper)
7 Apr 1676
Ralf Astley of Over Hilton, ironmonger to William Hilton of Hilton, esq; quitclaim of burial
rights in William Hilton's Chapel at Deane Church
1 (paper)
24 Oct 1681
DDHU/10/5 - Declaration
Declaration by John Astley of Atherton, ironmonger, that he has the leave of his master
William Hilton, esq to bury his father Ralph in the lower end of the chapel of William
Hilton in Deane Church and that he hereby releases any future claim of a burial place
for himself or one of his relations 15 Mar 1686; endorsed ''January 7th 1729 Old Betty
Green got me to goe to Mr Hulton to get leave for her son William to be buryed behinde
the Great Church doore, Peter Aspinall''
1 (paper)
1685-1729
DDHU/10/6 - Letter
Letter addressed to Henry Hulton Esq at Hulton Hall from members of the parish who
do not wish to worship at Deane while Mr Howarth is at the church; ''You seem very
much against Presbiterians, and yet nothing encreaseth them more. People say that it
is a hard matter that Dean Parish must keep you a chaplin, and too one that dishonoreth
your Brother at Mancester''; endorsed ''a let[ter] found in the highway 1709 concerning
Mr Howard''
1 (paper)
n.d. [1709]
DDHU/10/7 - Draft letter
Letter from Henry Hulton concerning the resignation of Mr Hatton the Vicar of Dean and
his replacement by the curate Mr Boardman on payment of 30 guineas to Mr Hatton's
son
1 (paper)
15 Sep 1712
23
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DDHU/10/8 - Letter
Letter to Henry Hulton from J Worsley concerning the retirement of Mr Hatton as vicar
of Dean and his possible replacement by Mr Boardman
1 (paper)
1712
DDHU/10/9 - Copy terrier
Account of the property owned by Deane Church, including a list of the names of the
churchwardens, vicar and parish clerk; endorsed as a true copy by William Hulton
1 (paper)
4 Jul 1728
DDHU/10/10 - Memorandum
Concerning the charity of John Farnworth of Little Hulton who made arrangements in his
will for an annual payment to be made to the vicar of Deane Church; recording attempts
to trace the descendants of Farnworth, with some genealogical information and burial
dates recorded; account written by James Rothwell Vicar of Deane and endorsed by
William Hulton as a true copy
1 (paper)
13 Feb 1747
DDHU/10/11 - Account
Account of the cost of fixing the seats in William Hulton's Chapel at Deane Church
1 (paper)
7 Dec 1764
DDHU/10/12 - Petition
Petition from the Churchwardens of the parish of Deane to William Hulton asking his
permission ''to allow the Parish liberty to pass through his door on the south side the
church''
1 (paper)
6 Nov 1766
DDHU/10/13 - List
Record of the dues payable to the Vicar, Clerk and Sexton of Deane Church for the
undertaking of various duties
3 (paper)
28 Jul 1766 and n.d.
DDHU/10/14 - Correspondence
29 letters to William Hulton, esq (1787-1864) concerning the resignation of Thomas
Brocklebank and the appointment of Edward Girdlestone as Vicar of Deane, from
correspondents including the Bishop of London, Bishop of Chester, Sir Robert Peel,
Revd Thomas Brocklebank, Earl of Bradford, and Lord Lyndhurst
46 (paper)
18 May-13 Nov 1829
24
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DDHU/10/15 - Draft letters
7 draft letters of William Hulton (1787-1864) concerning the resignation of Thomas
Brocklebank and the appointment of Edward Girdlestone as Vicar of Deane
14 (paper)
n.d. [1829]
1.13 Deane Moor enclosure
Correspondence regarding the enclosure of Deane Moor
1792-1795
10 letters to William Hulton from Henry Blundell of Ince and James Taylor of Leigh
concerning the enclosure of Deane or Rumworth Moor; ''Tho'e I am not at my time of
life, anxious of increasing my property, yet as the inclosing of Dean Moor, w[oul]d
certainly be of great advantage to all the Landowners, as well as the public, I shall be
very ready and willing to join in any reasonable steps towards it'' (5); discussing the
terms of the proposed enclosure (6); ''I entertain no doubts we shall find and agree upon
the Boundaries without difficulty'' (9); concerning arrangements being made to walk and
map the boundaries of the moor, including a draft notice of the intended meeting, ''I have
order'd some of the oldest people, who know the boundaries to be there, and also a
man, to take the particulars for a map'' (10)
11 (paper)
17 Aug 1792-13 Oct 1795
1.14 Denton
Deeds and other papers relating to land in Denton
1274-1789
DDHU/12/1 - Gift
William de Mamecestre son of William de Grigeley to Roger de Denton; all his property
in Denton at Douveschaghe being one bovate and 12ac with all messuages, buildings
and appurtenances as well under as above the earth and with all liberties and
approvements to an 8th part of Denton; warranty clause; witnesses: John de Hyde,
Richard de Redich, Adam de Rossedale, Alexander del Birches, Ellis of del Bothum,
John de Kenian, Geoffrey de Moston and others; endorsed no 66 Latin
n.d. [pre-1300]
25
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DDHU/12/2 - Gift
Adam son of Robert de Brinitton to Roger son of Cicely de Denton; a piece of land in the
town of Denton with the messuage held by Henry the Shepherd, the bounds beginning
where Thorisbroc and Tome meet and ascending the west margin of Thorisbroc at the
head of Mabiliflat and so following between Mabiliflat and the Harperflat, and so following
below the land of Roger del Clife as far as the house of Robert son of John, and so
following by the west part of the drain before the door of Henry de Halton, and so
following to the head of the Croft of the said Henry, thus to the Hokinriding, and thus
following by the north part of the Hokinriding and by the head of the Farrehalis, and so
following the wall of the aforesaid place to the head of the Merecloy, and so descending
the aforesaid stream of Merecloy as far as the great watercourse called Tome, and thus
descending the Tome as far as the place where Thorisbroc and Tome meet; paying a
rose flower yearly; witnesses: Thomas de Aston, Richard de Moston, Henry his brother,
Geoffrey de Mottrum, William de Mottrum, clerk; endorsed no 192 and on paper no 6
Latin
n.d. [pre-1300]
Richard son and heir of Robert le Lovird to Roger de Denton; quitclaim of all lands which
belonged to William son of Walter my uncle and Robert le Lovird my father in Denton in
the town of Withinton [Withington]; witnesses: Lord John de Byron, Lord Henry de
Trafford, Richard de Hulton, Thomas de Aston, Robert del Heerode; given at Aston,
Sunday in Quindene Easter, 2 Edward 1 Latin
[15 Apr 1274]
Alexander de Heton to Roger de Denton; a part of his land in Denton, all the land
belonging to a bovate, that is an 8th part between Thorisbroc and the Merebroc between
Halchton and Denton, in exchange for all the land belonging to two bovates in
Gotisbuchts and to a bovate in Bedecroft; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard de
Redich, Roger de Barlowe, Jordan de Redich, John de Hyde, Ellis del Bothum, Richard
Valentyn, clerk; given at Denton, Sunday after the Translation of St Thomas the Martyr,
3 Edward II Latin
[13 Jul 1309]
Alexander son of Roger de Denton to Adam de Hulton and Avicia his wife; feoffment of
all properties, with the reversion of Margery his mother, in the hamlet of Denton in the
town of Wythinton [Withington]; warranty clause; witnesses: Sir Nicholas de Longeforde,
Sir Roger de Pilkyngton, Richard de Hulton, Hugh de Tildeslegh, John de Hulton, Adam
de Tettelowe, Robert del Bothes, Nicholas de Wyrkesworthe, clerk; given at Denton,
Friday after the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 11 Edward II Latin
1 (parchment with partial seal on tag)
[3 Feb 1318]
26
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Alexander de Denton and Cecily his wife to Adam de Hulton and Avicia his wife; all their
properties in the hamlet of Denton in the town of Wythinton [Withington]; warranty clause;
witnesses: Sir Nicholas de Longeforde, Sir Roger de Pilkinton, Richard de Hulton, Hugh
de Tildeslegh, John de Hulton, Adam de Tettelowe, Robert del Bothes, Nicholas de
Wyrkesworth and others; given at Denton, Friday after the feast of the Purification of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, 11 Edward II Latin
1 (parchment with two seal tags)
[3 Feb 1318]
Robert le Tailliour de Tatton and Alice his wife to Adam de Hulton; all lands in the hamlet
of Denton in Withinton [Withington] which belonged to William de Gryngelegh brother of
Alice; witnesses: John de Tongh, Adam de Levre, John de Entewisel, John son of Henry
de Hulton, Henry de Bradeshagh, John de Hyde de Denton, Richard de Farneworth,
clerk and others; given at Weryngton [Warrington] in the church of the Austin Friars, 10
Edward III; endorsed on paper no 20 Latin
1 (parchment with two seals on tags)
11 May [1336]
Richard son of Alexander de Denton to Roger son of Roger de Hilton; all lands in Denton
under Douvesagh which Roger has by descent after the death of Roger his father;
warranty clause; given at Lancastre [Lancaster] Thursday after Annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, 47 Edward III; endorsed on paper no 27 Latin
[31 Mar 1373]
DDHU/12/9 - Arbitration
Robert de Hyde de Norbury and Roger de Hulton; as Robert considers that Roger holds
properties of him in Denton by the rent of 6 arrows and knight's service, they agree to
accept the arbitration of John de Asshton, Roger de Pilkyngton, Ellis de Entwesull,
Richard de Holand, Richard de Heton, William de Holand, William de Hulton, Robert de
Workeslegh, Richard de Redych, Richard de Hyde, Robert de Bolton, Richard de Tetlaw,
Rauf (sic) de Radclyf, John de Radclyf de Ordesall, Jannis (sic) de Radclyf, John de
Strangways, Roger de Longlegh, John de Barlaw, William de Hulm next Barton, Thomas
son of Rauf de Hyde, Adam de Lever, Alexander de Butterworth, Robert de Buklegh and
Thomas de Chetham; given at Lancaster, Wednesday after the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, 5 Richard II French
1 (parchment indenture with seal on tag)
[14 Aug 1381]
27
DDHU
Roger de Hulton senior to Richard de Hulton and William le Jue, chaplains; property in
the town of Wythynton [Withington] lying in the hamlet of Denton; to hold of the heirs of
Brynytton and paying to them a rose yearly, and paying to Sir Nicholas of Longeford,
lord of the fee for ''sake & warde'' 8½d yearly; warranty clause; witnesses: Adam de
Lever, Robert de Workeslegh, John de Astyley, Richard de Rydysh, William de Hulton
and others; given at Hulton, Tuesday after St Matthew, 6 Richard II; endorsed 4 Latin
[23 Sep 1382]
DDHU/12/11 - Surrender
Katherine who was the wife of Roger Hulton to Adam his son and heir; surrender of her
interest in two messuages in Denton in the tenure of John Robynson and John
Cristorson; witnesses: Robert Urmeston, gent, George Wodde and John Barker,
chaplains; 16 Henry VII; endorsed on paper no 54 Latin
1 Sep 1500
DDHU/12/12 - Feofment
George Atherton, esq, Master John Bothe, clerk, William Wineston, clerk, John Holcroft
junior and John Starkye, gents, feoffees of Parnelle Shakerley, to Katherine former wife
of Roger Hulton, esq; properties in Denton had from Adam Hulton esq; 16 Henry VII
Latin
1 (parchment indenture with three seals on tags)
29 Sep [1500]
DDHU/12/13 - Marriage settlement
Adam Hulton de Hulton esq to Riginalde Leghe de Adlyngton, gent, Hamon Boydell,
gent, Edward Mottershed, yeoman and Thomas Moldesworth, chaplain; messuages in
Denton in the tenure of James Cristerson at 27s 8d rent, Nicholas Beley at 7s 4d, John
Robynson at 44s 8d, John Hardey at 23s 6d, Nicholas Robynson at 18s 1d, Nicholas
Harreson at 18s 1d, Nicholas Stoppford and Thomas Stoppford at 43s 8d, Oliver Smyth
at 17s 2d; to the use of Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Leghe on her marriage with
William son and heir of Adam Hulton; Attornies: Ralph Grene, chaplain and Richard
Lyghtfote, yeoman; 8 Henry VIII Latin
4 Oct 1516
DDHU/12/14 - Letter
Letter to Adam Hulton esq at the Parke Hall from R Hollande and Robert Hyde; asking
his consent to the inclosure by Raffe Colier of 3 acres of Denton More, the rent being
''imployed for mayntenance of the chapell there'' and the consent of the intercommoners
having been obtained
1 (paper, repaired)
21 Jan 1572
28
DDHU
DDHU/12/15 - Lease
Adam Hulton of Hulton, son and heir of William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Robert Aspinall
of Gorton, husbandman; lease for 40 years of a close of 2ac lately improved from Denton
Moare [Moor] and parcel of the messuage of Hughe Lowe of Denton, husbandman at 3s
rent; witnesses: Robert Halghe, George Wharmby
1 (parchment indenture with partial seal on tag)
11 Mar [1588]
DDHU/12/16 - Lease
Adam Hulton of Manchester, gent, son and heir of William Hulton of Hulton esq and
Alyce, wife of Adam, to William Stopporte the elder of Denton, husbandman; lease of a
messuage in Denton in the tenure of Nicholas father of William Stopporte for a
consideration of £20 and an annual rent of 30s 10d; for the lives of William Stopporte,
Jane his wife and Raphe his brother; witnesses: Rychard Shallcros, Hughe Hall,
Nicholas Saxon, Charles Leigh the younger, Charles Leigh the elder
20 Sep [1595]
DDHU/12/17 - Lease
Adam Hulton of Manchester, gent, and Alice his wife, to James Lowe of Denton,
husbandman; lease of a messuage and new inclosures from Denton More, in Denton;
for the lives of Raphe Lowe and Rycharde Lowe sons of James Lowe and Thomas Hide
alias Lowe, bastard of Thomas Lowe deceased; for a consideration of £40 and annual
rent of 33s 6d; witnesses: Robert Hyde, Robert Hulme, Adam Meller, Thomas Birche
12 Nov [1597]
DDHU/12/18 - Lease
Roger Nowell of Read, gent and Katherin his wife to James Stoppord of Denton,
blacksmith; lease for 8s 4d rent of property in Denton with a close of approximately 1ac
late in the tenure of Alexander Stoppord, deceased and a close of approximately 2ac
late in the tenure of Robert Asheton; for the lives of James Stoppord, Anne his wife and
James his son; witnesses: Adam Hulton, Robert Hyde, Thomas Simkin
1 (parchment indenture with seal on tag bearing the letter H)
19 Oct [1619]
DDHU/12/19 - Lease
Savile Radclyffe of Todmerden, esq, Katherine his wife and Adam Hulton of the Parke,
esq to Thomas Lees of Denton yeoman; for a surrender and a consideration of £52;
lease of a messuage in Denton in the tenure of John father of Thomas Lees and
permission to ''dige take and gett Marle clods and clay...to rid and gett up Brambles
bryers bushes thornes gorse underwoods and shrubbs...and to gett out downe and take
sufficient howseboote hedgeboote splowboote trowse woods and tinsell''; for the lives of
Thomas Lees, John Lees and Thomas Lees, sons of George brother of Thomas;
witnesses: Joshua Radcliffe, Charles Radcliffe, Robert Walker; endorsed with
agreement for Katherin Radcliffe to get coals on the property
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with single seal tag)
5 Jul 1630
29
DDHU
DDHU/12/20 - Lease
Savile Radcliffe of Todmorden, Katherine his wife and Adam Hulton of Hulton and Grace
his wife to Thomas Barnes of Denton, husbandman; lease of a cottage in Denton with
liberty to dig and take 'marle and claye' for a consideration of £3; for the lives of Thomas
Barnes, Paule Barnes the son of William Barnes of Manchester, salter and Raphe Lowe
son of Robert Lowe of Haughton, husbandman; at 5s 10d rent; witnesses: Thomas
Leese, Thomas Cooke, George Winterbothom
1 (parchment indenture with three heraldic seals on tags (one missing))
14 Jan [1634]
DDHU/12/21 - Lease
his wife to Raphe Lowe of Dayneshutt Lane in Denton, husbandman; lease of a barn,
farm, and tenement in Denton and permission ''to gett and take Marle and claye...and
gett upp all mannner of brambles bryers bushes gorsse and shrubbs''; for a consideration
of £26 13s 4d and annual rent of 23s 4d; for the lives of Raphe Lowe, and Isaacke Lowe
and Jacob Lowe his sons; witnesses: William Stogerd, Edmand Dawson, Thomas
Cooke, George Winterbothom
14 Jan [1634]
DDHU/12/22 - Lease
his wife to Nicholas Stopport of Denton, husbandman; lease of a messuage in Denton
in the tenure of Nicholas Stopport and William his father as well as permission ''to gett
and take Marle and claye...and gett upp all mannner of brambles bryers bushes gorsse
and shrubbs''; for a consideration of £40 and annual rent of 30s 10d; for the lives of
Nicholas Stopport, and William and Martha his children; witnesses: Thomas Leese, Evan
Dawson, Thomas Cooke, George Winterbotham
1 (parchment indenture, seal tags missing)
14 Jan [1634]
DDHU/12/23 - Lease
his wife to Richard Lowe of Denton, husbandman; lease of a messuage in Denton as
well as permission ''to gett and take Marle and claye...and gett upp all mannner of
brambles bryers bushes gorsse and shrubbs''; for a consideration of £50 and 33s 6d
rent; for the lives of James Lowe, Raphe Lowe and Theophilus Lowe, sons of Richard
Lowe
14 Jan [1634]
DDHU/12/23A - Letter
From Sir Robert Dukinfield and Henry Bradshawe of Marpull ''from our Monthly Meeting
at Stockport'' to Henry Hulton esq, Hulton; desiring leave for the making of a wing wall
of stone to secure the abutment of Beete Bridge
1 (paper)
6 May 1707
30
DDHU
From James Lees of Denton to Henry Hulton, esq, to obtain a lease of a tenement at
Beetbank in Denton, on which his late father had ''laid out severall considerable sumes
of money in building new barne, stable and shipon''; supported by ''his friends and
Neighbours'' and including their mark or signature: John Lees, John Cheetham, John
Tollow, John Lees, William Browmeloy, John Bromeloy, James Sonnister, Edward
Taylour, Nicholas Sonnister senior, Nicholas Sonnister junior, Joseph Taylor, Joseph
Lowe, William Oakes, Jno Dickenson, Gorg (sic) Lees, Roger Taylor, Samuel Wilde,
Samuel Cheetham, John [Hyde], John Lees, John [Smalhouse], John Beswick, Ralpth
(sic) Smith, John Smith, Gorg Walker, Thomas Holland, John Lees at Lane hed, Robert
Cooke, Robert Lees, James Stockport, William Birtonshaw, John Lowe
1 (paper)
1709
DDHU/12/25 - Boundary
Boundary of the adjoining land between the Manor of Bredbury, county of Chester
belonging to Richard Ardenne esq and the Manor of Denton belonging to Henry Hulton
esq; located between a field near the Harden Mill called the Beets to a point where Mr
Hulton's land begins to adjoin the River Tame and giving a detailed physical description
of the chosen boundaries; including the signatures of the tenants who have walked the
boundary: Joseph Potts, Joseph Lowe, John Haughton, John Bosnell, Thomas Lees,
Samuel Cook, Robert Walker, John Hyde, Joseph Beneson, Ralph Turner, Robert
Cheetam, James Lowe, John Bredbury, Thomas Bridge
1 (paper)
23 Jan 1718
From the inhabitants of Denton to Mr Hulton to accept John Lees, husbandman as a
tenant; featuring a character testimony and the signatures or marks of Jno Jackson,
curate, William Stopford, clerk, Matthew Arderne, Jonathan Taylor, William Booth,
William Bromeley, Mabel Knipe, John Lees, Thomas Lees, Samuel Booth, Adwerd Booth
1 (paper)
7 Sep 1719
DDHU/12/27 - Valuation
A record of the trees which have fallen on Mr Hulton's land in Denton, including
information on the type of tree, to whom the wood has been supplied, how it will be used
and in some cases a monetary valuation
1 (paper)
30-31 Jul 1724
From Henry Hyde for permission to ''set up a horse gin'' in Denton; he promises ''to make
noe use of it on Sundays or other holy days''
1 (paper)
20 Oct 1735
31
DDHU
DDHU/12/29 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Henry Hide of Houghton, miner; lease for seven years
of ''the Coal Mines and Veins of Coal and Cannell'' in Denton with specified easements;
paying monthly 1s 4d for every 26 double baskets of coal and keeping specified
conditions; witnesses: Henry Moreton, Gabriel Tong
1 (parchment indenture with one applied heraldic seal)
8 Mar 1739
From George Clarke, Stockport, for leave to ''make a way through your fields to the Road
leading to Beet Bridge'' as he is ''going to sink a pit near Harding Mill at the Bottom of
Houghton''
1 (paper)
4 Mar 1741
DDHU/12/31 - Letter
Joshua Strengfellow to Mr Taylor, Attorney at Leigh; concerning troubles over the sale
of timber in Denton
1 (paper)
18 Feb 1786
DDHU/12/32 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton Park, esq to John Fletcher of Ashton under Line [Ashton Under
Lyne], gent; copy lease for 50 years of coal mines in Denton; paying yearly £40 rent and
a sixth of coal raised, and keeping specified conditions
1 (fastened sheets of paper)
1788
DDHU/12/33 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to John Fletcher of Ashton-under-Line [Ashton Under
Lyne], collier; copy lease for 44 years at £67 and for an additional 10 years at £80 rent;
property in Denton called Torkingtons and Hardys Farms containing approximately 54ac
and 1r of land and keeping specified conditions; witnesses: Thomas Leigh, Matthew
Fletcher
3 (paper)
28 Mar 1789
DDHU/12/34 - Copy deeds
English translation of DDHU/12/1, DDHU/12/6 and DDHU/12/8 as well as additional
deeds not found within this collection; William of Tingwisell to Alexander, son of Roger
of Denton, and his heirs - gift of all William's lands and tenements in Denton, and if
Alexander should die without heirs to Richard his brother and his heirs - witnesses: John
of Byrom, and Richard his brother, knights, Roger of Pylkington, Richard of Hulton, John
of Hyde - given at Denton, Sunday after the Feast of St Lucy the Virgin [19 Dec] 1311;
Robert of Brininton to Lord William of Gringole and his heirs - quitclaim of 1 messuage
with 1 bovate of land, once of Robert of Lourd in Denton - witnesses: Thomas of Aston,
William of the Bigge, Richard de Mepele, Mathewe of Rediche, Roger of Denton n.d.
2 (paper)
n.d. [16th cent]
32
DDHU
1.15 Egerton
Deeds relating to land at Egerton
1911-1924
DDHU/ACC9318/99 - Conveyances
Sir William Hulton Baronet to Messrs Robert Hornby and Thomas Lord (1911) and to the
Lancashire Congregational Union (Incorporated); duplicate conveyances of land at
Egerton near Bolton; endorsed C1
2 (parchment)
17 Jul 1911-18 Mar 1924
1.16 Farnworth
Deeds relating to land at Farnworth; also correspondence relating to the appointment of
the local school master and vicar
c1320-1830
DDHU/13/1 - Gift
Richard, son of David de Hulton, senior, to William de le Prestescroft; part of his land in
the territory of Farneworth [Farnworth] called the Routhehey, beginning at the leach of
the Menechae where the Hey is, descending the leach as far as the great parapet of the
Mulnechae following the parapet as far as where the hedge ascends and so to the
Therdrowe by the hedge as far as the dike raised at Lamford, and so following the dike
and next to the Marsche, as far as the corner, and so following the Therdrowe as far as
the Menechaediche, following the diche as far as the aforesaid leach of Menchae; with
common pasture in Farnewrth; paying 1d yearly; together with Richard of Bedford's part
of the Utlane next to the Hey which remains the king's highway; witnesses: Richard de
Radeclive, Adam de Preswich, Ellis de Lever, Roger de Boulton, Ellis de Tong, Robert
de Longworth, Henry de Lever, Roger the clerk Latin
1 (parchment with single pendant seal on tag)
n.d. [c1320]
DDHU/13/2 - Gift
John, son of Henry de Hulton to John, son of Adam de Farneworth; part of the waste
land in the hamlet of Farneworth lying between the land of the said John which Richard
of the Bonke ... Walkedenebrokes quitclaiming the homage and rent of 2 arrows which
John should pay for Walkedenehey;.witnesses: Richard de Hulton, Richard de
Workedeley, Roger de Barlowe, John de Tongh, Richard the clerk; given at Farneworth
[Farnworth] the last day of May 16 Edward II Latin
[31 May 1323]
33
DDHU
Robert, son of Richard Hobbeson de Boulton, chaplain, to John de Lever; all lands from
John de Lever in the hamlet of Farneworth [Farnworth] in the town of Barton; to John de
Lever for life, then to John his son, then to William son of Alice de Hulton, then to Henry
son of Adam de Lever, then to Adam de Lever son of John de Lever, then to Margeret
sister of Adam, then to Roger son of Roger de Hulton; warranty clause; witnesses: Ralph
de Entwesill, Richard de Heton, Adam de Lever, Richard de Redeforth, Richard the clerk
and others; given at Farneworth, Tuesday before St Peter ad Vincula, 43 Edward III Latin
1 (parchment indenture with single seal tag wrapped in hemp)
[31 Jul 1369]
By Roger Hulton that Cristofere Hulton shall freely hold the lands which were late in the
possession of John Hulton of Farneworth [Farnworth] except the rent of a mark and 6d;
in consideration of ''divers kyndenes that the said Cristofere haith done ... and daily is
and wille endeivoir hym to doo if hit be in his poiur''; 4 Henry VII
6 Feb [1489]
DDHU/13/5 - Writ
Henry VIII to the tenants of Farnworth commanding them to pay their rents to Thomas
Hulton and his wife Elizabeth, who are guardians of Richard Hulton ''by reason he is
founde a fole natural'', the tenants having refused to do so
1 (parchment indenture wth single seal tag and small section of seal)
30 Nov 1509
DDHU/13/6 - Lease
Thomas Hulton of Farnworthe, esq, Raphe Aynesworthe of Farneworthe, gent and
Margaret his wife, to Richard Alredd of Farnworthe, blacksmith; lease of a cottage in
Farnworthe [Farnworth] late in the tenure of James Crompton of Kersley, taylior [tailor],
deceased; also the garden at the east end, the parcel of land called the backsyde at the
north end and a parcel of ground called the Pingott on the south side of Darlye Lane and
adjoining to a smythie late in the tenure of Evan Diggle; for the lives of Raphe Alredd,
Thomas Alredd and Margaret Alredd, children of Richard Alredd; for a consideration of
£8 and yearly rent of 12d; witnesses: Thomas Morte, Robert Sedon, Robart Boulton,
George Seddone; endorsed to indicate that the property was formally transferred on 25
Sep; 19 James I
1 (parchment indenture with 3 pendant seals on tags)
19 Sep [1621]
DDHU/13/7 - Lease
Thomas Hulton of Farnworth, esq to Thomas Bafron of Kersley, chapman; lease of a
messuage on Dixon Greene in Farneworth [Farnworth] with a croft and garden adjoining
the demesne land, late in the tenure of William Horrocks; for the lives of Thomas Bafron,
Thomasin his wife and Thomas his son; in consideration of £5 and payment of 2s annual
rent; witnesses: Ellis Aynsworth, Radius Holden, George Eckersley; 22 James I
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal on tag)
1 May [1624]
34
DDHU
DDHU/13/8 - Lease
Thomas Hulton of Farneworth, esq and William Hulton his son to Raphe Crompton the
younger of Farnworth, chapman; lease of a messuage in Farneworth [Farnworth] in the
tenure of Raphe Crompton father of Raphe Crompton the younger, late in the tenure of
Ewan Diggle, deceased, except a smithie adjoining the property; lease for 21 years after
the death of Raphe Crompton the father, Joaine his wife and Raphe Crompton the son;
in consideration of 5 marks and paying an annual rent of 5s; witnesses: Samuel
Harthwaite Richard Crompton, Richard Holding; 21 Charles I
1 (parchment indenture (seal tags missing))
22 May [1645]
DDHU/13/9 - Lease
William Hulton of Farneworth, esq to Richard Alred of Farneworth, blackesmythe
[blacksmith]; lease of a ''smithy or howse for Smythes to worke in'' on Halshe-mooresyde in Farneworth; also ''one little Backesyde Commonly used for settinge of Troughes
and hangeinge of Grindlestones''; for the lives of Gyles Alred, James Alred and
Nathanyell Alred, sons of Richard Alred; in consideration of £1 15s and paying an annual
rent of 2s; witnesses: Jon Hulton, Arther Sherpls, James Barlowe
1 (parchment indenture)
6 Oct 1646
Richard Bradshaw of Pennington, esq to John Roscow of Farneworth, yeoman; bargain
and sale of a messuage in Farneworth [Farnworth]; for a consideration of £120, paying
yearly rent of 10s; witnesses: Byron Bradshaw, Roger Eckersley, Thomas Roscow, Jo.
Rishton
26 Mar 1668
DDHU/13/11 - Lease
Richard Bradshaw of Pinington esq to Richard Yate of Farneworth, collier; lease of a
cottage with croft and garden in Farneworth [Farnworth] with common of pasture and
turbary on Halchey More and Walkden More; for the lives of Richard Yate, John Yate or
Jane Yate his children; for a consideration of £8 and paying an annual rent of 3s 4d;
witnesses: Robert Hesketh, Thomas Roscow; cancelled
1 (parchment indenture with pendant heraldic seal on tag)
5 Nov 1670
DDHU/13/12 - Lease
The Worshippful Richard Bradshaw of Pinnington, esq to Edmund Rishton of Farnworth,
taylor, for and on behalf of James Alred son of Gyles Alred late of Farnworth, blacksmith,
deceased; lease of a cottage with garden and 2 little crofts in Farnworth late in tenure of
Gyles Alred; for the lives of James Alred, and John Rishton and Edmund Rishton, sons
of Edmund Rishton; for annual rent of 2s 6d; witnesses: Christopher Darwell, Thomas
Boydell, James Boydell; endorsed with a note summarising the terms, indicating that
before 1718 Edmund the father was buried at Deane and stating that ''I think this was
surrendard in 1679. H.H.''
1 (parchment indenture with pendant seal on tag)
20 Mar 1677
35
DDHU
DDHU/13/13 - Lease
The Worshippful Richard Bradshaw of Pinnington, esq to Edmund Rishton of Farnworth,
taylor, for and on behalf of James Alred son of Gyles Alred late of Farnworth, blacksmith,
deceased; lease of a cottage with garden and 2 little crofts in Farnworth late in tenure of
Gyles Alred; for the lives of James Alred, and John Rishton and Edmund Rishton, sons
of Edmund Rishton; for annual rent of 2s 6d; witnesses: Christopher Darwell, Thomas
Boydell, James Boydell; endorsed ''I think the lease was surrendered in 1679'';
counterpart of DDHU/13/12
20 Mar 1677
DDHU/13/14 - Lease
The Worshippful William Hilton of Hilton, esq to John Roscow, James Dixon, Peter
Smith and John Rishton of Farneworth, yeomen; lease of a cottage with garden and 2
little crofts in Farneworth [Farnworth] late in tenure of Gyles Allred; for the lives of Esther
Allred (wife of James Allred of Farneworth, blacksmith), Alice Garthright their daughter
and William Garthright, natural son of Alice; for the surrender of a former lease and an
annual rent of 2s 6d; witnesses: Nicholas Alred, Raphe Astley, James Allred, Henry
Garthright, Peter Harpar; endorsed ''1711 Esther Alred is dead. Alice Gartwright is dead
before 1719...Diall-post house 1725 in pos[session] of Jack Rishton...1732 J
Lomax...John Rishton told him this house was out of lease''; 30 Charles II
20 Nov [1678]
DDHU/13/15 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton esq to John Flitcroft of Farneworth, bricklayer; lease of a bay of
inhouseing and two bays of outhouseing and a little close 8 roods by 6 roods in
Farneworth [Farnworth]; for the lives of John Flitcroft senior, John Flitcroft junior and
Seth Flitcroft of Farneworth, bricklayer; on payment of annual rent of 8d; witnesses:
James Sharples, Nicholas Alred; endorsed ''1731 Augt 6 or 7th...last life dyed''; 31
Charles II
10 Feb [1679]
DDHU/13/16 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton esq to John Flitcroft of Farneworth, bricklayer; lease of a bay of
inhouseing and two bays of outhouseing and a little close 8 roods by 6 roods in
Farneworth [Farnworth]; for the lives of John Flitcroft senior, John Flitcroft junior and
Seth Flitcroft of Farneworth, bricklayer; on payment of annual rent of 8d; witnesses:
James Sharples, Nicholas Alred; endorsed ''to John Flitcroft 1678 Expired 1731''; 31
Charles II; counterpart of DDHU 13/15
10 Feb [1679]
36
DDHU
DDHU/13/17 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton esq to James Sharples of Farneworth, Fustian wever [weaver];
lease of one bay of building and a close called a garden stead lying to a house which
was called Henrys Grundy, in Farneworth [Farnworth]; for the lives of the said John
Sharples, John Sharples and Henry Sharples his sons; for an annual rent of 10d;
witnesses: John Sharples, Nicholas Alred
20 Feb [1679]
Agreement made by William Hilton, the churchwardens and overseers of the poor and
the principal inhabitants of Deane as well as the major landowners in Farnworth that
Edmund Ryshton ''may Erect an House for his and his family to Inhabit and Dwell in upon
Halshaw-More on or neare a Place there Comonly called Digle Greene''
1 (paper with one applied heraldic seal)
21 Feb-18 Jul 1679
DDHU/13/19 - Lease
William of Hilton, esq to James Penington of Hilton, mason and Ann Tong his sister;
lease of a close in Farneworth [Farnworth], 10 roods by 4 roods; for the lives of Raph
Tong, fustian wever [weaver], James Tong, husbandman and Ann Tong, spinster,
children of Thomas and Ann Tong; to the sole use of Ann Tong; for an annual rent of 4d;
witnesses: Nicholas Alred, Mathew Chadwicke; endorsed ''1731 May 27 Ra[lph] the last
life died''; 31 Charles II
1 (parchment indenture with one pendant seal on a tag (one seal missing))
6 Sep [1679]
DDHU/13/20 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton, esq to Edmund Rishton of Farneworth, taylor; lease of a
messuage in Farneworth [Farnworth]; for the lives of William Rishton, John Rishton and
Edmund Rishton junior, sons of Edmund Rishton; in consideration of the surrender of
former leases and payment of annual rent of 5s; witnesses: Nicholas Alred, Mathew
Chadwick; endorsed ''June 19th 1732. John Rishton tould to John Lomax that the last
life in the lease is used to write to the said John Rishton, but it is about 14 years since
he rec[eive]d a letter''
19 Feb 1680
DDHU/13/21 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton, esq to Edmund Rishton of Farneworth, taylor; lease of a cottage
of 3 bays in Farneworth [Farnworth], with common of pasture and turbary; for the lives
of Christopher Rishton, Isabell Rishton and Katharine Rishton his children; on payment
of an annual rent of 1s; witnesses: Nicholas Alred, Mathew Chadwicke; 32 Charles II
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal showing a bird suspended on a seal
tag)
25 Feb 1680
37
DDHU
DDHU/13/22 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton, esq to James Grundy of Farnworth, fustian weavour [weaver];
lease of a cottage in Farnworth; for the lives of James Grundy, Anne Grundy his wife
and Anne Longworth daughter of Thomas Longworth all of Farnworth; on payment of an
annual rent of 1s; witnesses: Adam Lacy, Mathew Chadwick, James Pinington
8 Aug 1691
DDHU/13/23 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton esq to James Crompton of Kersley, husbandman; lease of a
cottage with croft and garden in Farnworth, with common of pasture and turbary; for the
lives of James Crompton, John Crompton and Henry Crompton his brothers both of
Farnworth; paying annual rent of 3s 4d and ''one day shearing or reaping of corne in
harvest with an able Reaper and one day drawing of turves yearely or the consideration
of six pence apeece for each day''; witnesses: Adam Pasquell, Adam Lacy, Abraham
Tomlinson; endorsed ''1729 Oct 22th Henry Crompton last life dyd and this expired''
1 Jan 1692
DDHU/13/24 - Abstract of title
''Henry Hulton Esqr: Abstract of the Tytle Deeds of Farnworth''
1 (paper)
1560-1678
DDHU/13/25 - Letter
From George Leigh esq; Mr Rosbotthom, Robert Lord and George Leigh's son are
denied the liberty to make brick upon Halshaw Moor while others in the neighbourhood
are allowed to do so; addressing rumours ''that there was a schoole in the
neighbourhood near Dixon Green... and the Trustees of the schoole had turned out the
old Master who had been there for some time... and they have taken in a dissenting
Teacher who refuseth to teach the Church Catechism''
1 (paper with an applied heraldic seal)
1732
DDHU/13/26 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton esq to James Aldred of Bolton in the Moors, schoolmaster;
lease of a cottage in Farnworth within the manour of Farnworth with a shippon and
garden, in the tenure of William Walker, together with common of pasture and turbary
except for the timber, trees, mines and minerals which are reserved to William Hulton;
for the lives of George Alred (aged 19) and Margaret Alred (aged 13) the children of
James Alred and Thomas Naylor (aged 15) the son of Thomas Naylor of Kersley; for a
consideration of £5 12s and annual rent of 1d; witnesses: Henry Moreton, R Haselden
1 (parchment indenture with applied seal featuring a lion rampant)
29 Jun 1739
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DDHU/13/27 - Acknowledgment
Thomas Smith and Robert Tonge have committed ''trespass on Halshaw Moor by cuting
up the land to make Brick'' and are to pay to the Trustees of William Hulton 2s; witness:
T Leigh
1 (paper)
27 Jun 1782
William and Co are to dig for coal at Halghemoore Coliery for William Hulton Esq and to
have the coal for their work
1 (paper)
7 Aug 1797
DDHU/13/29 - Letter
The Earl of Bradford to William Hulton esq concerning appointment of Mr Ashworth to
Farnworth Church
2 (file of papers including an applied seal)
3 Nov 1830
1.17 Farnworth and Kearsley enclosure
Papers relating to the enclosure of common lands in Farnworth and Kearsley
1796-1797
DDHU/14/1 - Act of Parliament
An Act for dividing, alloting, and inclosing, certain commons and waste lands ''called
Halshaw Moor, Kersley Moor, Dixon Green and Blackhurst Green'' within the Manors or
Lordships of Farnworth and Kersley [Kearsley], in the parish of Dean
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1796
DDHU/14/2 - Claim
''The Claim of William Hulton Esquire to his proportionable part of the Wastes within the
Manors of Farnworth and Kersley'' [Kearsley]; giving a description of each property, the
name of the occupier and a valuation; submitted by James Taylor, Agent to William
Hulton Esq
1 (paper)
2 Aug 1796
DDHU/14/3 - Rate
''A Rate upon the Landowners entitled to a proportionate share of the Common and
Waste Lands'' in Farnworth and Kersley [Kearsley]; intended to raise the funds to enact
the enclosure; giving the names of the owners, their usual poor rate and the amount to
be contributed
1 (paper)
15 Apr 1797
39
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DDHU/14/4 - Allotments
Description of the plots allotted to William Hulton Esq under the inclosure of Farnworth
and Kersley [Kearsley]
1 (paper)
n.d. [c.1797]
1.18 Halliwell
Deeds relating to land in Halliwell
1294-1361
DDHU/15/1 - Gift
Joan daughter of Austin de Croscliffe to Richard son of Richard son of David de Hulton;
gift of all the land in Haliwelle [Halliwell] held of the Abbot of Cokersond [Cockersand];
paying 6d yearly; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard, Lord de Radeclive, Carles de
Lever, John de Rylondes, Hugh de Halwelle, Richard son of Richard son of John de
Hulton, Henry de Hulton, Roger the clerk and others; given at Seyntmaryden in Rumwrth
[Rumworth] in morrow of St James Apostle, 22 [Edward I] Latin
1 (parchment with pendant seal on tag)
[26 Jul 1294]
DDHU/15/2 - Deed of Entail
John de Hulton de Halliwall to Richard his son and Margery daughter of Adam le Ward
de Sharples; 3 pieces of my land in Haliwall [Halliwell] called Farnegore, Netherhodfeld
and Broxsope; also a place which Adam the Ward holds for 10 years; remainder to Roger
brother of Richard; given at Haliwall, Tuesday in the feast of St Lawrence, 35 Edward III
Latin
[10 Aug 1361]
1.19 Harpurhey
Deeds relating to land in Harpurhey
1327-1642
DDHU/16/1 - Gift
John la Warre, Lord de Mamecestre to Adam son of Robert de Radeclive and Alice his
daughter, wife of John son of Henry de Hulton; 24ac of land and wood called the
Harpoureshere [Harpurhey] in Mamecestra [Manchester] lying next to the fence of his
park of Blakelegh; paying 26s 8d yearly; warranty clause; witnesses: Lord John de
Claidon, parson of Swyneshered, Robert de Suthewold, Richard de Hulton, John de
Hulton, John de Biron and others; given at Isefeld 1 Edward 3 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with heraldic seal on tag)
1 Apr [1327]
40
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DDHU/16/2 - Grant
John la Warre, Lord de Mamcestre to Adam son of Robert de Radecliff and Alice his
daughter, wife of John son of Henry de Hulton; 24ac of land and wood called the
Harporesheye [Harpurhey] in Mamcestra [Manchester] lying next to the fence of his park
of Blakelegh; the properties to be held with common of pasture and other usual
easements and saving to John la Warre the places approved; witnesses: Lord John de
Claidone, parson of Mamcestrie, John de Radeclife, John de Hultone, John de Salford,
Henry Boterynde and others; given at Wakerlegh 6 Edward 3 Latin
2 Aug [1332]
Adam Hulton of the parke, esq and Wyllyam Hulton his son and heir to Rycharde Caryll,
esq mercer of London and Rycharde Chysnall of Grayes Inne, Myddllsex [Middlesex],
gent; for a consideration of £116; bargain and sale of messuages in Harpershey
[Harpurhey] in the tenure of the late wife of Rycharde Barlowe, John Barlowe, Nycholas
Bowker, Wylliam Orgeden and George Benyon; including a clause that if the parties
were to meet at the font in the Cathedral of St Paul's, London between one and five in
the afternoon on 10 May 1561 and Adam Hulton and Wyllyam Hulton were to pay £116
to Rycharde Caryll and Rycharde Chysnall then Adam Hulton and William Hulton may
legally enter the premises previously described ''and the same to have agayn as in their
former estate''; cancelled
20 May [1560]
DDHU/16/4 - Lease
Adam Hulton of the Parke, esq and William Hulton, gent his son and heir to Henry Hiltonn
of Harperhey [Harpurhey], boocherr [butcher]; for a consideration of £6 and annual
payment of 19s rent; lease for 21 years of a mease or tenement in the tenure of Olyver
Hilton and Henry Hiltonn; witnesses: Nicolas Bowker, Robart Halliwell, Robart Miller
1 (parchment indenture with a single seal tag)
23 Apr [1562]
DDHU/16/5 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Thomas Siddall of Moston, yeoman; in consideration of
£10 and payment of a peppercorn rent; lease for 12 years of a close of 2ac in Harperhey
[Harpurhey], part of the tenement of John Hulton of Harperhey, butcher, the £10 to be
paid to John Hulton; witnesses: Richard Bouth, Raphe Bowker
11 Oct [1585]
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DDHU/16/6 - Lease
Katherin Nowell, widow of Roger Nowell late of the Reade, gent deceased to James
Hulton of Harperhey [Harpurhey] within the parish of Manchester, butcher; in
consideration of £3 and on payment of an annual rent of 8s; lease of a cottage, farm and
tenement in Harperhey in the tenure of James Hulton and Rychard Hulton his father with
''libertie to digge gett and take marle''; for the lives of James Hulton, Katherin his wife
and Katherin Hulton his daughter; witnesses: Adam Hulton, Robert Hyde, Raphe
Pickforke, William Edge
1 (parchment indenture with single seal on a tag)
15 Sep 1624
DDHU/16/7 - Lease
Savile Radcliffe of Todmerden [Todmorden], esq, Katherine his wife and Adam Hulton
of Hulton, esq to George Barlowe of Harperhey [Harpurhey], husbandman, Edward
Stanley of Brughton [Broughton], gent and James Chetam of Crumsall [Crumpsall], gent;
in consideration of a surrender and £50, and payment of 32s 2d rent; lease of a
messuage in Harpurhey late in the tenure of Richard Barlowe deceased, father of
George Barlowe with permission to ''dige take and gett Marle clodds and clay...to rid and
gett up Brambles bryers bushes thornes gorse underwoods and shrubbs...and to gett
out downe and take sufficient howseboote hedgeboote splowboote trowse woods and
tinsell''; for the lives of George Barlowe, John Barlowe and Raph Barlowe, his sons;
withnesses: John Dawson, Thomas Lese, John Marsland, George Winterbotham
1 (multi membrane parchment indenture with 3 seals on tags)
20 Feb 1634
DDHU/16/8 - Lease
Savile Radcliffe of Todmerden [Todmorden], esq, Katherine his wife and Adam Hulton
of the Parke within Hulton, esq to Robert Woofenden of Harperhey [Harpurhey], linnenweyver [linen weaver], Edward Stanley of Brughton [Broughton], gent and James
Chetam of Crumsall [Crumpsall], gent; in consideration of a surrender and £8 and an
annual rent of 22s; lease of a messuage in Harpurhey late in the tenure of Robert Locker,
deceased, with permission to ''dige take and gett Marle clodds and clay...to rid and gett
up Brambles bryers bushes thornes gorse underwoods and shrubbs...and to gett out
downe and take sufficient howseboote hedgeboote splowboote trowse woods and
tinsell''; for the lives of Robert Woofenden and John Woofenden, sons of Thomas
Woofenden of Norcrofte [Norcroft] in Cawthorne, Yorkshire, shoomaker [shoemaker]
and Nathaniell Lowndes son of John Lowndes of Salford, chapman; witnesses: John
Dawson, Thomas Lese, John Marsland, George Winterbotham
1 (parchment indenture with 3 seal tags)
20 Feb 1634
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DDHU/16/9 - Lease
Savile Radclyffe of Todmerden [Todmorden], esq, Katherine his wife and Adam Hulton
of the Parke within Hulton, esq to James Hulton of Harperhey [Harpurhey], butcher,
Edward Stanley of Brughton [Broughton], gent and James Chetam of Crumsall
[Crumpsall], gent; in consideration of a surrender and £3 6s 8d and annual rent of 8s;
lease of a property in Harpurhey late in the tenure of Richard Hulton, father of James
Hulton, deceased; for the lives of James Hulton, Isabell Hulton and Mary Hulton, his
daughters; withnesses: John Dawson, Thomas Lese, John Marsland, George
Winterbotham
1 (parchment indenture with 1 seal on a tag (2 missing))
20 Feb 1634
DDHU/16/10 - Lease
Savile Radclyffe of Todmerden [Todmorden], esq, Katherine his wife and Adam Hulton
of Hulton esq to Roger Neild of Manchester, yeoman; in consideration of a surrender
and annual rent of 34s 10d; lease of a messuage in Harperhey [Harpurhey] late in the
tenure of Thomas Winter deceased, then of Edward Sheppard together with permission
to ''dige take and gett Marle clodds and clay...to rid and gett up Brambles bryers bushes
thornes gorse underwoods and shrubbs...and to gett out downe and take sufficient
howseboote hedgeboote splowboote trowse woods and tinsell''; for the lives of Robert
Neild and Richard Neild, sons of Roger Neild and Elizabeth Smith daughter of Richard
Smith of Moston, yeoman; withnesses: Richard Smith, Robert Neald, William Albin;
endorsed on back to confirm that livery of seisin was taken by Henry Neild on 5 Sep
1642 and the property is now in the possession of Roger Neild
1 (parchment indenture with 2 seals on tags (1 missing))
11 Apr 1642
1.20 Heaton
Deeds relating to land in Heaton
1341-1721
Ellen former wife of Henry son of John del Shagh de Heton, to John son of Henry de
Hulton; quitclaim of properties in Heton [Heaton] under Horewich [Horwich]; witnesses:
Adam de Levre, John de Heton, Richard del Withenese, John de Redeford, Hugh son of
John and others; given at Mamcestre [Manchester], Sat after Invention of the Holy Cross,
15 Edward III Latin
1 (parchment with pendant seal fragment on tag)
[5 May 1341]
William Legh of Westhoughton, esq and Jeremy Pendlebury of Heaton, husbandman;
Jeremy Pendlebury to occupy a 50ac messuage in Heaton called Horrobins Tenement;
for 14 years at £33 rent, it being held by William Legh for a term of 3 lives at 30s rent;
witnesses: Frances Aspinall, Ra. Bancks; endorsed with a bond for £100 signed by John
Pendlebury, father of Jeremy Pendlebury, that he will perform all covenants included
within the document
1 (parchment indenture with 2 applied seals)
25 Dec 1721
43
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1.21 Hindley
Deeds relating to land in Hindley
1420
DDHU/18/1 - Letter of attorney
Sir John le Buron, Thomas de Sotheworth, esq, William Bothe, canon of Sothewell
[Southwell], Hugh Bromiburgh and Richard de Mydelton, chaplains, Germain de
Newham, Henry del Fere, Henry del Peek and John de Thurlewynde to Richard de
Newton; to deliver to Thomas de Culcheth and Alice daughter of Adam de Hulton a third
of all properties lately of Gilbert de Culcheth in Hyndeley [Hindley] 8 Henry V Latin
1 (parchment with 8 pendant seals on tags (1 missing))
18 Jul [1420]
Newham, Henry del Fere, Henry del Peek and John de Thurlewynde to Thomas de
Culcheth and Alice daughter of Adam de Hulton; a third of all properties lately of Gilbert
de Culcheth in Hyndeley [Hindley]; to Thomas de Culcheth and Alice then to heirs of
Thomas de Culcheth then to Thurstan de Culcheth, then to Nicholas de Culcheth, then
to Henry de Culcheth, then to John del Bothe de Barton, senior; witnesses: Edmund de
Trafford, Robert de Longley, Geoffrey le Mascy and others; given at Hyndeley 8 Henry
V; endorsed on paper no 41 Latin
18 Jul [1420]
Newham, Henry del Fere, Henry del Peek and John de Thurlewynde to Richard de
Newton; to deliver to Thomas de Culcheth other properties in the town of Hyndeley
[Hindley] 8 Henry V; endorsed on paper no 42 Latin
1 (parchment with 6 pendant seals on tags)
20 Jul [1420]
Newham, Henry del Fere, Henry del Peek and John de Thurlewynde to Thomas de
Culcheth; properties in Hyndeley [Hindley]; to Thomas de Culcheth then to heirs of
Thomas de Culcheth then to Thurstan de Culcheth, then to Nicholas de Culcheth, then
to Henry de Culcheth, then to John del Bothe de Barton, senior; witnesses: Edmund de
Trafford, Robert de Longley, Geoffrey le Mascy and others; given at Hyndeley [Hindley]
8 Henry V; endorsed on paper no 43 Latin
20 Jul [1420]
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1.22 Hulton
Deeds and other papers relating to land at Hulton
c1215-1937
Robert son of Yarwrtt son of Bleythin de Hulton to David de Hulton; quitclaim of all lands
in the town of Hulton given to him by his father; witnesses: Geoffrey de Burun, Henry de
Trafford, Roger de Pennelbre, Richard de Mostun, Robert de Radeclive, Robert de
Schoreswrth, Roger de Mawyntun, clerk Latin
n.d. [c 1215]
DDHU/19/2 - Gift
Edith de Bartona, with the assent of Gilbert de Nottun her lord and spouse to Richard de
Hulton; gift of two bovates of land in the town of Hultona [Hulton] which Hyarwrthus de
Hulton, father of R.H. held; paying 2s yearly; witnesses: William de Notton, Hugh de
Eland, Roger de Mildelton, Alexander de Pilkinton, Geoffrey de Buryn, William de
Radeclive, Adam de Prestwic, Adam de Hormestun, Robert de Pendelbury, Roger de
Wrkedeslee, Richard de Eland and others Latin
n.d. [c.1215]
DDHU/19/3 - Gift
Richard son of Ellis de Wrkedisleg to Richard de Hulton; gift of all the land between
Holehesiche and Wholewhicsswaghebroc, ascending by Holchesiche as far as the
division of Ferenwhrthe and by the division of Ferenwhrthe as far as
Wholewhicssuaghebroc and by Wholewhicssuaghebroc descending as far as the
division of Thildesleg and by the division of Thildesleg as far as the aforenamed
Holchesiche; paying 12d yearly; witnesses: Lord William de Vernone, Sheriff of
Loncastre [Lancaster], Robert de Burun, Roger de Midelton, William de Notton, Richard
de Burun, Adam de Buri, Jordan the clerk, Ralph the Clerk de Thideswhelle, Gilbert son
of W. de Notton, Richard de Traphord and others Latin
1 (parchment with pendant seal fragments on a braided tag)
n.d. [c.1215]
William son of Morredith de Hulton to Richard de Hulton; feoffment of all his lands in
Hulton; warranty clause; witnesses: Roger de Midilton, Henry de Trafford, Richard de
Moston, Adam de Levir, Henry de Hulton, Richard de Rediche, Richard Valentyn, clerk
and others; given at Mamecestam [Manchester], Sat before St. Matthew Latin
[19 Sep] 1304
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Richard de Workisleygh to Richard de Hulton; a place in Hulton beginning at the King's
highway which extends to Preston and so from that highway following the dike on the
Culnecroft as far as the land which belonged to William son of Moredit and so following
that dike as far as the land of Richard de Workisleygh and so by the hedge and dike as
far as the Cartelache, the true boundary between Salfordeschire [Salford] and
Derbischire [Derbyshire] and so ascending Kartelache as far as the Siche (sic) towards
the land of Richard de Hulton and ascending that Siche to the aforesaid king's highway;
in exchange for the messuage which belonged to William son of Moredith in Hulton and
his right of waste on the Coulone as far as Goderechecloch in length and to the bounds
of Farneworthe [Farnworth] in breadth, the land beginning at the Culnecroft &
descending to the land which belonged to Richard son of Gilemyn, and so to the dike
which extends to the Culnecroft; warranty clause; witnesses: William de Athirton, John
de Hulton, William de Radeclive, Robert de Andirton, Geoffrey de Salford, Roger de
Barlowe, Roger de Hulton, Richard Valentyn and others; given at Hulton Wed before the
feast of St John the Baptist 4 Edward II; endorsed no 18 and on paper no 8 Latin
[23 Jun] 1311
Richard, lord of Workesleygh to Richard de Hulton; quitclaim of all claim to the lands of
R.H. in Hulton; witnesses: John de Hulton, Roger de Middilton, Geoffrey de Chadirton,
Roger de Hulton, Robert de Andirton, Richard Valentyn and others; given at Hulton, Wed
before the feast of St John the Baptist 4 Edward II Latin
[23 Jun 1311]
Richard de Workyslegh to Richard de Hulton; quitclaim of all claims to the land under
the park of Richard de Hulton in Hulton and in the homage and 20d and 1lb of white wax
was rent paid for the lands which were of William son of Mereduke in Hulton; warranty
clause; witnesses: Henry de Atherton, John de Hulton, Geoffrey de Chaderton, Adam
de Hulton, John son of Henry de Hulton, Henry son of Henry de Hulton, Robert de
Grotton and others; given at Hulton, Wed after the feast of St John the Baptist 4 Edward
11 Latin
[30 Jun 1311]
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Henry son and heir of Richard de Workisleah to Richard de Hulton; quitclaim of all claim
to land within these bounds, beginning at the king's highway leading to Preston and so
following it to the dike on the Culnecroft and as far as the dike on the land of William son
of Mereduke, following that dike to the east as far as the Parkeyerde and so following
the Parkeyerde straight to the Kartelach and following the Kartelach to the Sik (sic)
towards the west and so ascending the Sik to the division between the lands of William
son of Mereduk and of Richard de Workeslegh in Hulton, following that division round to
the Parkeyerde; also to pay homage and 20d and 1lb of white wax rent for the lands
which were of William son of Mereduk in Hulton; warranty clause; witnesses: Henry de
Atherton, John de Hulton, Geoffrey de Chaderton, Adam de Hulton, John son of Henry
de Hulton, Henry son of Henry de Hulton, Robert de Grotton; given at Mamcestre
[Manchester], Sat after Epiphany 10 Edward II Latin
[9 Jan 1317]
William son of Robert de Radeclif to Adam de Hulton; quitclaim of lands in Hulton called
Ryngeay and the Hullehouses and a piece of land which Richard del Medowe held in
Rumworth; witnesses: Adam de Levre, John de Heton, John de Redeford, Hugh son of
John de Hulton, Richard the clerk and others; given at Boulton [Bolton], Mon after the
feast of St James the Apostle 12 Edward III; endorsed 151 Latin
[27 Jul 1338]
DDHU/19/10 - Lease
Roger Hilton senior to Thomas Culchith; lease of messuages in Hilton in the tenure of
John Turnor de Hilton, John Astley, Oliver Higson, Katherine de Astley, John Heth,
Edward Hilton and Richard Choll; for 20 years at 10 marks rent; 22 Henry VI Latin
4 Feb [1444]
Adam Hulton, esq to Robert Worsley, esq., Ralph Assheton junior, esq, Robert Langton,
Thomas Adburgham, Edmund Pendilbery, chaplain and Richard Longworth, chaplain;
feoffment of all my parcel and close in Hulton lying on the upper end of my orchard and
my closes called the Oldemarlet earth, the Parke with 2 tenements in the tenure of John
Manndew and John Yate, the Nernewhey, the Furnewhey and the tenement of Robert
Gregory; for the life of Alice wife of A.H. to her use; Attornies: Alexander Hulton and
Henry Tildesley; witnesses: Richard Heton, Roger Bradshagh, William Gerrard, Ralph
Assheton senior, Gilbert Pendilbery, esqs and others; given at Hulton 15 Henry VII Latin
18 Jun [1500]
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DDHU/19/12 - Lease
Adam Hulton, esq to Henry Pendylburye and Agnes his wife; lease of a messuage in
Hulton with common pasture and turbary; for their lives; for annual rent of 20s; witnesses:
James Smetheley, vicar of Bolton, Roger Pendylburye, gent, Sir Peres Crompton and
others; 23 Henry VII
28 Jan [1508]
Adam Hulton, esq, John Athurton de Athurton, Ralph Assheton senior, Ralph Assheton
his son and heir, Thurstan Parr de Kempnall and Robert Pendelbury de Snydyll to John
Hetton de Hetton and John Longh de Westhalghton; feoffment of a windmill in Over
Hulton, in the tenure of Robert Gregory; for the life of Alice wife of A.H. to her use;
Attornies: Robert Turnour, chaplain and Giles Chetham Latin
8 Apr 1521
Adam Hulton, esq to William Radcliff son and heir of Alexander Radcliff, John Atherton
son and heir of George Atherton, esq, Ralph Assheton de Lever, senior, Ralph Assheton
his son and heir, Thurstan Parr de Kampnall and Robert Pendilbery; feoffment of all his
property in Over Hulton in the tenure of Robert Gregory, Charles Gregory and Thomas
Hulton, and property in Westhalghton [Westhoughton] in the tenure of Robert Coldale;
to uses as in attached schedule (fragment only); Attorneys: Henry Tildesley and Richard
Grene; given at Hulton 20 Henry VIII Latin
1 (multi-membrance parchment indenture with single seal tag)
10 Apr [1529]
DDHU/19/15 - Acquittance
Robert Janyns of Norton, Chester yeoman to Adam Hulton of the Parke; certain
properties in Over Hulton which on 7 Jan 1563 A.H. had enfeoffed to trustees for the use
of R.J.; for a consideration of £40; witnesses: Robart Marbury, Thomas Barnes
6 Jan 1572
Thomas Broke de Norton, Chester, esq and Robert Janyns de Norton, yeoman to Adam
Hulton of Over hulton, esq; quitclaim of 5 closes in Over Hulton called Lee Newe More,
the further Newhey, Nerer Newhey, foure Acre and the too Acre containing
approximately 40ac; witnesses: Robart Marbury, Thomas Barnes Latin
6 Jan 1572
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DDHU/19/17 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Rauffe Edge of Overhulton, webster; lease of a
messuage in Over hulton; for the lives of Rauff Edge, Thomas Edge his son and Margery
wife of the said Thomas; for a consideration of £16 13s 4d and paying annual rent of
10s; witnesses: William Hultonn, Cuthbert Bolton, Thomas Turton, Roger Pendlebury;
37 Elizabeth I
2 Jan [1595]
DDHU/19/18 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Raphe Hurste of Overhulton, naylor; lease of a cottage
and smithie in Hulton in the tenure of George Hurst, father of R.H.; for the lives of R.H.
and Edward Hurst and John Hurst his brothers; for a consideration of £6 and paying
annual rent of 5s; witnesses: Cuthbert Hulton, William Hurste, James Wittall, Rowland
Hulton. 6 James I
1 (parchment indenture, seal tag missing)
10 Dec [1608]
DDHU/19/19 - Lease
Christofer Anderton of Lostocke, esq to William Hulton of Hulton, esq; lease for 21 years
of tithes of corn, hay, flax, hemp, wool, lamb, calf, pigs, and goose with mortuaries,
oblations, obventions of Over Hulton; paying an annual rent of £5 4s 5d; witnesses:
Cuthbert Hulton, Rowland Hulton, William Hurste, Thomas Sudell; 12 James I
26 Mar [1614]
DDHU/19/20 - Lease
Katherine Hulton of Norberie [Norbury], Chester, widow to John Hulton of Highlighe,
Chester, yeoman; lease of 3 closes in Overhulton called the Hilhowses late parcel of the
messuage of Roberte Coldall, deceased, containg approximately 6½ac formerly in the
tenure of Thomas Edge and Adam Pendlebury, and now in the tenure of Roger
Pendlebury; for the life of Katherine Hulton; paying annual rent of £5; witnesses: William
Corbie, John Tetlawe, Roger Pendlebury; 12 James I
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal on tag featuring a bird)
28 Apr [1614]
DDHU/19/21 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Adam Pendleburye son of John Pendleburye of Over
Hulton, husbandman; lease of a messuage in Overhulton; for the lives of Adam
Pendleburye, Jonye Pendleburye his wife and Rauphe Pendleburye his son; in
consideration of the surrender of a former lease and £40 and paying 20s annual rent;
witnesses: Cuthbert Hulton, Rowland Hulton, John Gregorye, Evan Brers, William
Crompton, Rauphe Edge, Henry Morris, Thomas Leighe and Arthur Worthington;
endorsed that the Attorneys William Crompton and Arthur Worthington delivered the
property to Adam Pendleburye on 6 Nov; 13 James I
1 (parchment indenture with a single seal tag wrapped in cotton wool)
30 Oct [1615]
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DDHU/19/22 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to William Crompton of Hulton, husbandman; lease of a
messuage in Hulton with common pasture, except for the part called the kilne crofte
adjoining a certain close calle the hardwicke; for the lives of William Crompton, Adam
Crompton his son, and James Crompton brother of William Crompton; for the surrender
of a former lease and £10 and paying annual rent of 26s 8d; witnesses: Richard Garnet,
William Tiledesle, John Edge, James Crompton, John Thrope, John Pendlebury, John
Gregory; endorsed to show that the attorney John Gregory delivered the property to
William Crompton on 10 Oct; 18 James I
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal on seal tag)
3 Oct [1620]
DDHU/19/23 - Assignment
Raffe Arthureson of Over Hulton, husbandman, to Robert Greene of Westhaughton
[Westhoughton], husbandman; for a consideration of £16; lease for 21 years of a 1ac
close called the Halff Acre Bancke, part of a messuage in Over Hulton late in the tenure
of Arthure Raffeson, deceased; previously leased by William Hulton, 20 Feb 1605 to R.
A. for the lives of R.A., Elizabeth his wife and Arthure his son; witnesses: Arthur
Isherwood, Ralph Holden. 21 James I
2 Jun [1623]
DDHU/19/24 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Robert Richardsonne of Rumworthe [Rumworth],
yeoman; lease of a cottage in Over hulton with common pasture and turbary, late in the
tenure of Oliver Edge; for the lives of Robert Richardsonne, George son of Oliver and
Elizabeth Edge, and George son of John Edge of Overhulton, webster; for a
consideration of £10 and the surrender of a previous lease made between William Hulton
and Oliver Edge; on payment of an annual rent of 3s 4d and also 2 days of shearing at
harvest and 1 day ''hookeing or filling of mucke''; witnesses: Henri Hulton, Albine Hulton,
Rowland Hulton; 22 James I
10 Jun [1624]
DDHU/19/25 - Lease
Adam Hulton of Hulton esq to James Astley of Over Hulton, nayler, natural son of Raphe
Astley late of Over hulton, nayler; lease of a cottage and a moiety of the Smithie in Over
Hulton late in the tenure of Raphe Hurste, and now of Edward Hurste; for the lives of
James Astley, Edward Hurste and his son John Hurste; previously leased by William
Hulton, esq deceased to Raphe Hurste of Over Hulton naylor, deceased for the lives of
R.H., John Hurste, now deceased and Edward Hurste of Arley in Blackrodde [Blackrod],
nayler, his brothers; for the surrender of the previous lease and a consideration of £6;
paying an annual rent of 5s; witnesses: Albin Hulton, Robartt Makantt, William Edge
9 Dec 1631
50
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Johan Pendleberrie late wife of Adam Pendleberrie and Raphe Pendleberrie her son of
Over Hulton, husbandman to Thomas Worthington of Westhaughton, chapman; lease of
a messuage in Over Hulton under the terms of the existing lease; for a consideration of
£100 and annual rent of 40s; property previously leased on 30 Oct 1615 by William
Hulton of Hulton, esq to Adam Pendleburye son of John Pendleburye of Over Hulton,
husbandman for the lives of Adam Pendleburye, Johan Pendleburye his wife and Raphe
Pendleburye his son; witnesses: George Crompton, Ro. Welshe, John Smith, John
Tonge; 12 Charles I
1 (parchment indenture with a pendant seal and an additional seal tag)
24 Jul [1636]
DDHU/19/27 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to John Thomasson of Overhulton [Over Hulton], yeoman;
in consideration of the surrender of a previous lease made by Adam Hulton 8 Apr 1639
and £6; lease of a messuage in Overhulton and the close called Foxhold late in the
tenure of William Hurst together with common pasture and turbary; for the lives of J.T.,
John Johnson his son and Adam Hulton son of William Hulton of Overhulton, deceased;
paying an annual rent of 12s 8d together with 4 days shearing at Harvest, 1 day filling of
muck, 1 day shearing or ''drawringe of the fleaime ditch''; witnesses: Hen. Nowell,
Bernard Pasquell, Richard Holdenn
22 Nov 1653
DDHU/19/28 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton [Hulton] esq to Roger Rigbye of Atherton, yeoman; in
consideration of the surrender of a previous lease by Adam Hulton to John Thomason
made 2 Aug 1651; lease of a messuage in Over hulton with common pasture and turbary
late in the tenure of Thomas Rycrofte of Overhulton husbandman, then to Alexander
Leigh, and then of John Thomason; for the lives of John Rigbye son of Roger Rigbie,
James Livesey son of James Livesey of Overhulton, clerk, and John Hurst son of John
Hurst of Westhaughton, husbandman; paying an annual rent of 10s together with 3 days
shearing in Harvest, 1 day filling with muck, 1 day with a man at the fleame ditch, three
hens and one capon; witnesses: John Thomason, Rephe Hulme, John Assley
11 Apr 1656
51
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DDHU/19/29 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton [Hulton] esq to Roger Rigbye of Atherton, yeoman; in
consideration of the surrender of a previous lease by Adam Hulton to John Thomason
made 2 Aug 1651; lease of a messuage in Over hulton with common pasture and turbary
late in the tenure of Thomas Rycrofte of Overhulton husbandman, then to Alexander
Leigh, and then of John Thomason; for the lives of John Rigbye son of Roger Rigbie,
James Livesey son of James Livesey of Overhulton, clerk, and John Hurst son of John
Hurst of Westhaughton, husbandman; paying an annual rent of 10s together with 3 days
shearing in Harvest, 1 day filling with muck, 1 day with a man at the fleame ditch, three
hens and one capon; witnesses: John Thomason, Rephe Hulme, John Assley, Relid(sic)
Hulme amd Richard Holdenn; endorsed Mr Marsh 1656 expired 1721; counterpart of
DDHU 19/28
11 Apr 1656
DDHU/19/30 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton [Hulton], esq to John Thomasson of Hilton, yeoman; for the
surrender of a former lease dated 20 Dec 1655 and ''good and faithful service''; lease of
a messuage in Overhulton [Over Hulton] late in the tenure of widdowe Gregorie; also 2
closes enclosed from the common or waste of Deane and late in the tenure of Humphry
Gore, approximately 2ac in size; for the lives of J.T., John Johnson his son, and John
Mort son of Henry Mort of Midlehulton, tanner; paying an annual rent of 40s; 7 days
shearing or reaping of corn at Harvest; 1 day leading of coals, 1 day leading of mucke,
1 day harrowing with a double harrow and a single harrow and half a day with a single
harrow, 4 hens, 2 capons, 1 day with a man at the fleame ditch; witnesses: Roger Rigbie,
John Astley, Richard Holdenn, Henry Nowell, Bernard Pasqall; endorsed: Another acre
of Dean Moor enclosed, 9 May 1656 2 costs and a garden late in the tenure of James
Netleton added, to lease, in consideration of £5 & ''the Inclosing and marling'' of 1½ ac.
of common on Deane More, 3s more rent 15 Apr 1657
25 Apr 1654
DDHU/19/31 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Adam Edge of Overhulton [Over Hulton], yeoman; for a
consideration of £100; lease of a messuage in Overhulton; for the lives of John Edge
son of A.E., Thomas Leigh son of Richard Leigh of Rumworth and Richard Edge son of
James Edge late of Edge Fould in Midlehulton, yeoman, deceased; paying annual rent
of 18s as well as 7 days shearing or reaping of corn at Harvest, 2 and a half days
harrowing, 1 day leading of coals, 1 day leading of muck, 4 hens, 2 capons, 1 man 1 day
at the fleame ditch or monetary consideration as described; witnesses: Tho Leaver, John
Thomason, Bernard Pasquall
1 Feb 1662
52
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DDHU/19/32 - Acquittance
Richard Leigh of Rumworth, husbandman to John Locker of Westhoughton and Robert
Locker of Haye, husbandman; lease of a messuage in Overhilton [Over Hulton], late in
the tenure of William father of Arthur Worthington; previously leased by William Hilton of
Hilton, esq 14 Mar 1655 to A.W. & R.L. at 26s 8d rent for the lives of A.W., William
Worthington his brother and Adam Hilton son of William Hilton of Overhilton,
husbandman; £80 consideration to be paid by John Worthington of Shackerley, naylor
and Anne Collier of Shackerley, widow (executors of A. W.); annual rent of £1 6s 8d as
well as the additional duties detailed in the recited lease; witnesses: Andrew Seddon,
Thomas Leigh senior, Thomas Leigh junior
1 (parchment indenture with a pendant seal on a tag)
29 Sep 1663
DDHU/19/33 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton to James Hurst, husbandman; 21 year lease of a cottage in Hilton
[Hulton]; paying annual rent of 1s; witnesses: Henry Hilton, Henry Inghame
1 (parchment indenture, incomplete, seal tag missing)
21 Feb 1681
Thomas Lee of Rumworth, innkeeper to James his son of Atherton, chapman; messuage
in Overhilton [Over Hulton] late in the tenure of Katherine Edge; T.L. owing J.L. £20 by
bond; for the life of John Morris of Midlehilton, husbandman; paying a peppercorn rent,
undertaking such duties as are expected for this tenement and ''keeping mantayning and
uphoulding the houseing hedges ditches gates and stiles in good...repaire''; witnesses:
Thomas Marsh, George Smith, John Crooke
1 (multi-membrane paper with pendant seal on a parchment tag)
26 Sep 1687
DDHU/19/35 - Warrant
By Jos. Brown & John Grundy, High Constables to the Constables of ''3 Hiltons'' to ''give
notis to all persons ... that stand charged to find Lighthorse in the Militia that the send
ther horses and well affected Ryders to Preston on Monday next. Each with 14 days pay
and powther and ball.''
1 (paper)
11 Jul 1690
DDHU/19/36 - Receipt
Mr Hulton's payment of £12 for the tithe of Over Hulton
1 (paper)
6 May 1717
DDHU/19/37 - Legal papers
Case for counsel concerning the common of Over Hulton
1 (paper)
n.d. [c.1724]
53
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DDHU/19/40 - Lease
Mary Hulton widow of William Hulton of Hulton, esq with the consent of Mrs Anne Hulton
and Mrs Beatrix Hulton his sisters to John Lomax of Rumworth, innkeeper; lease for 18
years of a house, stables, orchard, gardens and croft with 2 closes of about 4ac with
common pasture and turbary in Over Hilton [Over Hulton]; paying annual rent of £10;
copy
1 (paper)
12 Feb 1742
Trustees of the Bolton and St Helens Turnpike Road to William Wilbraham Blethyn
Hulton esq; for a consideration of £17 16s 8d; conveyance of the site of Over Hulton Toll
Bar House in Over Hulton
1 (parchment)
20 Nov 1879
DDHU/ACC9318/86 - Power of Distress
Henry Tootal Broadhurst to William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton esq; to secure a yearly
rent of £41 8s 1d on a parcel of land at Daubhill in Over Hulton
1 (parchment indenture with applied seals)
1 May 1885
DDHU/ACC9318/89 - Grant and Conveyances
William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton and others to the Trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater,
duplicate grant of a right of way over lands in Over Hulton; the Trustrees of the late Duke
of Bridgewater to Thomas Wilson and H Hulton esqs, conveyances of land in Middle
Hulton; endorsed A4
3 (parchment)
26 Jul 1887-4 Jun 1889
DDHU/ACC9318/96 - Agreements
Between William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton and the Hulton Colliery Company Limited in
agreement with John Booth; for a lease of land and premises at Over Hulton and the
creation of a railway line which may be used to carry the goods of John Booth; endorsed
AA1
3 (paper)
24 May 1904
DDHU/ACC9318/106 - Agreement
Between the Westhoughton Urban District Council and Sir William Rothwell Hulton,
Baronet; counterpart agreement providing for Hulton Park to be included in the Town
Planning Scheme as a private open space; including a detailed plan of the park
1 (paper)
27 May 1937
1.23 Hundersfield
Deeds relating to land at Hundersfield
1422-1588
54
DDHU
William son of Henry de Byrchynlegh to Henry del Holt, James Brown and Henry de
Merlond, chaplains; feoffment of properties in Hondresfeld [Hundersfield] which
belonged to H.B.; warranty clause; witnesses: William de Radclyf senior, Robert del Holt,
John del Kyrkeshagh and others; given at Hondresfeld 10 Henry V; endorsed on paper
no 45 Latin
1 (parchment with single pendant seal on tag, repaired)
12 May [1422]
Sir John Byron de Ryton and John Byron his younger son to Roger Tetlowe de
Langfelde, York, clothier; conveyance of an 8th part of properties in Hundersfelde
[Hundersfield] in the tenure of Edmund Kershawe de Ynchefelde, husbandman (except
the house and garden of E. K.) which Sir John Byron and John Byron his son bought
from John Savile esq of Doddington, Lincoln and contains a 3rd part of the messuage
called Ynchefelde; paying 5s 1 half pence and half a farthing yearly; Attornies: Robert
Chadwicke of Clegge and William Greave, clerk, Witn. Oliver Kirshawe John Kirshawe,
Edmund Kirshawe, George Roos, Rycharde Jacson, Roger Halghe, William Assheton,
John Holt, Gabriell Garsyde; 30 Elizabeth I Latin
23 May [1588]
Sir John Byron de Ryton and John Byron his younger son to Richard Gybson de
Langefelde, York, yeoman; conveyance of a barn in a place called the Height and a
moiety of properties in Hundersfelde [Hundersfield] in the tenure of Oliver Kirshawe of
Ynchefelde, husbandman (excepting the house and garden of O.K.) which Sir John
Byron and John Byron his son bought from John Savile esq of Doddington, Lincoln and
contains an 8th part of Ynchefelde; paying yearly 20s 2½d; attornies, Robert Chadwicke
of Clegge and William Greave, clerk; witnesses: Oliver Kirshawe John Kirshawe,
Edmund Kirshawe, George Roos, Rycharde Jacson, Roger Halghe, William Assheton,
John Holt, Gabriell Garsyde; 30 Elizabeth I Latin
23 May [1588]
1.24 Ince in Makerfield
Deeds relating to land in Ince in Makerfield
c1304-1408
DDHU/21/1 - Gift
Henry son of Thomas de Ines to Richard de Ines; gift of all his land and wood which
William le Broune held in the Begetryding in the town of Ines [Ince]; warranty clause;
witnesses: Gilbert de Sythewort, Adam de Pemberton, Henry of the same, John
Gylibrond, William son of Ivo, Thomas de Halhton, John de Cruce, William de Micilesen,
John the clerk and others; endorsed on paper no 14 Latin
1 (parchment with an oval pendant seal of Henric de Ines featuring a fleurs de lis)
n.d. [13th cent.]
55
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DDHU/21/2 - Grant
Henry de Ines to William son of William le Fayrbrother; gift of a piece of my land and
wood in the town of Ines [Ince] lying next to the land which William had from his father;
paying yearly 2d; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard de Ines, William de Mukelsen,
William le Broune, Ellis the carpenter, Henry de Chyldres, Richard son of Tylle de
Byrkeheved, Hugh the clerk and others; given at Ines Monday in the morrow of St Luke
Latin
1 (parchment with a single pendant seal on a tag)
[19 Oct] 1304
DDHU/21/3 - Grant
Richard de Ines senior to Roger Carpenter de Leghe; gift of 1½ roods of land and waste
in Ines [Ince] called the Holynehull; paying yearly 6d; warranty clause; witnesses: Gilbert
de Culcheth, Adam de Pemberton, William Gilibrond, Richard son of Henry de Ines,
William de Assheton, Adam de Bradeshagh, Richard the clerk and others; given at Ines
Saturday in St Margaret the Virgin; endorsed on paper no 16 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with partial pendant seal on tag)
[20 Jul] 1331
Agnes daughter of William le Fairbrother junior to Emma her mother; quitclaim of all
properties from William her father in Ines [Ince]; for the life of Emma; given at Ines, Friday
after Decollation of St John the Baptist 43 Edward III; endorsed no 244 Latin
[31 Aug 1369]
Henry son of Thomas le Faiyrbrothur to John le Faiyrbrothur de Ines, bastard; all my
properties in Ines [Ince] by inheritance after the death of Thomas my father; paying 2s
yearly; warranty clause; witnesses: Robert de Hyndeley, Adam his son, John de
Chylderes, Robert Wylkynson, John le Qwyte and others; given at Ines, Saturday after
Assumption of the Blesses Virgin Mary 10 Richard II; endorsed no 14 Latin
[18 Aug 1386]
Henry le Faiyrbrothur to John le Faiyrbrothur de Ines, bastard; quitclaim of all properties
in Ines [Ince] had from his father Thomas by inheritance; warranty clause; witnesses:
Robert de Hyndeley, Adam his son, John del Chylderes, Robert Wylkynson, John le
Qwyte and others; given at Ines Friday in All Saints 11 Richard II Latin
[1 Nov 1387]
56
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John le Faiyrbothur de Ines to Richard de Bykirstad, deacon; feoffment of all properties
in the town and territory of Ines [Ince] had by the gift and feoffment of Henry son of
Thomas le Fairbrother; warranty clause; witnesses: Robert de Hyndeley, Adam his son,
John del Chylderes, Robert Wylkynson, John le Qwyte and others; given at Ines, Friday
after St Martin 14 Richard II Latin
[18 Nov 1390]
Richard de Bykirstath, chaplain to Roger de Hulton, senior; feoffment of all properties in
Ines [Ince] had by the gift and feoffment of John le Fairbrothir; paying 2s yearly; warranty
clause: witnesses: Robert de Hyndeley, Adam de Hyndeley his son, William de
Bykirstath and others; given at Ines Friday after St Cedde 14 Richard II Latin
[3 Mar 1391]
Thomas le Kartewryght, Thalyor de Ines to Roger de Hulton; quitclaim of properties in
Ines [Ince] which belonged to Thomas le Fayrbrothur; warranty clause; witnesses:
Thomas Gerrard, knight, Thomas de Bradeshagh de Hagh, Richard de Pylkyngton and
others; given at Ines, Friday after Decollation of St John the Baptist 9 Henry IV Latin
[31 Aug 1408]
Thomas le Kartwryght, Taylor de Ines to Roger de Hulton; quitclaim of properties in Ines
[Ince] which belonged to Thomas le Fayrbrothur; warranty clause; witnesses: Thomas
Gerard, knight, Thomas Bradsthagh de Hagh, Richard de Pylkynton and others; given
at Ines, Friday after Decollation of St John the Baptist 9 Henry IV Latin
[31 Aug 1408]
1.25 Ireland
Letters patent relating to land in Ireland
1667
DDHU/22/1 - Letters patent
Charles II to William Jessop granting property in Ireland, part of Bryans Towne
measuring 306ac 3r 31p, Elunlogh Eman, part of Bryans Towne measuring 37ac 2r in
the barony of Moyashall, Westmeath, paying £6 19s 6d yearly; certified copy
1 (3 papers tied with string)
2 May 1667
1.26 Kearsley
Deeds relating to land in Kearsley
1326-1784
57
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DDHU/23/1 - Gift
John son of Henry de Hulton to John son of Richard de Redeford; his part of a piece of
land called Backbothum in Kerislegh [Kearsley] in the hamlet of Farneworth [Farnworth];
also his part of Fletbothum which John son of Emma held of him in Keryslegh; warranty
clause; witnesses: William de Levre, Ellis de Levre, Henry de Bradeshagh, John de
Farneworth, Richard de Farneworth, clerk and others; given at Farneworth, St Peter in
Cathedra, 19 Edward II; endorsed in ink 67 and on paper no 13 Latin
1 (parchment with a pendant heraldic seal on a tag)
[22 Feb 1326]
DDHU/23/2 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Dennis Cave of Kearsley, carrier; lease for 3 lives of a
cottage in Kearsley; incomplete and unexecuted
29 Jun 1739
DDHU/23/3 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Thomas Seddon of Kearsley, husbandman; lease of a
cottage and croft in Kearsley; for the lives of T.S. Thomas aged 39 son of John Seddon
of Kearsley and Sarah Hilton aged 9 daughter of Robert Hilton of Kearsley; for a
consideration of £4 4s and annual rent of 1d; not executed
29 Jun 1739
DDHU/23/4 - Award
By George Kenyon of Peel, esq in a disupte between William Hulton of Hulton Park, esq
and James Cave of Kearsley, yeoman; award of a cottage in Kearsley late in the tenure
of Judith Cave, widow, mother of J.C. then to Dennis Cave and now of J.C.; property is
freehold of W.H. witnesses: Anne Kenyon, Edward Kenyon
28 Sep 1769
DDHU/23/5 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton park, esq to Thomas Jackson of Kearsley, waver [weaver];
lease of a cottage in Kearsley called Salt Py measuring around 20p; for the lives of T.J.
and James and Judith his children; paying annual rent of £1 11s 6d; witnesses: Thomas
Leigh, agent, Henry Hulton
1 (parchment indenture with an applied heraldic seal)
1 May 1784
DDHU/23/6 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton park, esq to John Holker of Kearsley, farmer; cottage in
Kearsley called Jacksons Tenement measuring around 20p; for the lives of Jane aged
15 daughter of J.H., John aged 4 grandson of J.H. and Ralph Ekearsley aged 9 son of
Thomas Ekearsley of Kearsley, waver [weaver]; paying annualr rent of £2 12s 6d;
witnesses: Thomas Leigh, John [Sudon]
1 (parchment indenture with applied seals featuring female cameo portraits)
10 Mar 1786
58
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DDHU/23/7 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton Park, esq to Abraham Rosthern of Kearsley, waver [weaver];
lease of a cottage in Kearsley measuring around 20p; for the lives of A.R. and John and
Edward his sons; paying annual rent of £2 2s; witnesses: Thomas Leigh agent, Michael
Byrne
25 Mar 1784
1.27 London
Deeds relating to land in London
1660-1673
Elizabeth wife of Edward Dendy esq of Westminster, Middlesex and Thomas Beale of
Lambeth, Surrey, yeoman to William Hulton of Hulton, esq; assignment for £120 of an
''arbour towards the Thames side, the ground chamber, a washhouse, a garden, a house
of Office, a stable, and hayloft'' in the tenure of John Madden, in or near the Old Pallace
in Westminster ''between the Timber yard then in the occupation of Richard Vesey,
carpenter, on the East part, and the houses wherein Margarett Parry, George Symcoke,
and Katherine Knight then lived on the West side, and between the passage to the
Thames Commonly called the Parliament Stayers on the North side and the way leading
to the Timber yard on the South side'' leased by Robert Bayley of London, haberdasher,
2 Oct 1658 to John Madden of Westminster esq for 21 years at £20 rent; Assigned to
Edward Dendy 3 Oct 1658; Also -- a ''lowroome or Parlor adjoyneing to the stable of
Edward Dendy a little roome lying under a Hayloft of Edward Dendy and a longroome or
Chamber with a Chimney adjoyneing to the said Hay loft, a yard and a house of Office
lying backward behind the house of Katherine Knight'' leased by Katherine Knight of
Westminster, widow and Thomas Knight of the same, cook 20 Apr 1659 to Edward
Dendy for 17½ years at £5 rent and by him assigned 20 Mar 1660 to Thomas Beale
1 May 1660
Between John Tench, gent on the behalf of William Hilton of Hilton, esq and Henry West
of Westminster; William Hilton to lease to Henry West a messuage, coach house and
stables in the Old Pallace Yard, late in the tenure of Roberts deceased; for 6¾ years at
£30 rent
1 (paper)
17 Dec 1673
1.28 Longworth
Deeds relating to land in Longworth
1589-1907
1.28.1 Longworth Manor
Deeds relating to Longworth Manor
1622-1683
59
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DDHU/25/1 - Mortgage
Thomas Longworth of Longworth gent to John Crosse of Kinvere, Stafford, clarke; in
consideration of £240; an annuity of £24 from the manor of Longworth; witnesses: John
Norres, Christopher Norris, Thomas Tempest; 20 James I
20 Sep [1622]
DDHU/25/2 - Defeazance
Thomas Longworth of Longworth, gent to John Crosse of Kynvear, Stafford, clarke; to
ensure that the terms and covenants in the mortgage at DDHU/25/1 are met, with the
additional assurance of a bond of statute merchant of £400; witnesses: James
Pilkington, Robert Mawdesley, Robert Pennyngton; 23 James I
1 (parchment indenture with a single pendant seal on a tag)
25 Mar [1625]
John Crosse of Kynvere, Stafford, clarke to Robert Hartley of Stirkhouse, co. York.,
yeoman; assignment of an annuity of £24 from the manor of Longworth previously
granted from Thomas Longworth of Longworth gent to John Crosse; witnesses: Thomas
Longworth, John Lister, John Norres, Thomas Prockter, William Pynson
30 Sep 1630
DDHU/25/3A - Assignment
Robert Hartley of Stirkehouse, York, yeoman to Thomas Lacie of Winckley, esq.;
assignment of the annuity of £24 for a consideration of £240; witnesses: Ri. Monckes,
John Lister, Thomas Somerscales, Ric. Gyler, Edw. Oddyes
1 (parchment with single pendant seal on tag wrapped in parchment)
2 Jun 1631
60
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DDHU/25/4 - Deed to lead to uses of a fine
Thomas Longworth of Longworth, esq and Dorothy his wife on the first part and Thomas
Lacy of Horton, York, gent on the second part agree to convey to John Lister of
Arnouldes Bigging, York and Thomas Oddy of Remington, York, gents; the Lordship of
the manor of Longworth including the Hall of Longworth and the properties in Longworth,
Bolton in the Moores and Turton, to uses: the west end of the Hall of Longworth from the
door, i.e. the kitchen, larder, pantery, dairy-house, milkhouse, great chamber, maids
chamber, 3 chambers at the stairhead, chamber over the porch, and out-chamber where
the servants lodge; also the lower barn in the Rayle, the thatched barn in the Yearde
next the garden, and the great stable in the great barn; also closes called the Croft, next
the barne, the Great Meadow Okefeild, Okefeild Meadow, Rames Carr, Rames Carr
Wood, Crossehill, the Royle, the Millfield, and the Barnemeadow also messuages in the
tenure of Andrew Ward at 7s rent, Roger Haydock 10s rent, Thomas Croichlow 12s 8d
rent, Rauffe Cunliffe 2s, Alexander Lever 22s, John Cunliffe 16s, Richard Morris 7s, John
Heaton 10s, Elizabeth Knowles 14s, Elizabeth Knowles 5s 6d, James Leaver 16s 3d,
William Croichlow 10s; Rauffe Cunliffe 6s, also the moiety of messuages in Bolton in the
tenure of Arthur Seddon at £4 9s 4d rent, Thomas Breres 14s, to the use of Thomas
Longworth for life then to Thomas Lacy; the east end of the Hall of Longworth, i.e. the
hall, parlour, buttery, chamber over the parlour, the chamber at the stairhead, the inner
room, 2 bedchambers, long chamber with the chimney in the outkitchen, brewhouse,
and room in the turfhouse, and closes called the 3 Moorcloses, Leaver feild, Entwissells
Close, Leaversholme, ''Asheholme where the wood growth'', the Marledearth, Calfhey,
Marled close next the house, Newer Bent, New Marled, Rough Bent, Hunger Hill,
Wellmeadow, and Longworth Pasture stinted to 40 beastgates; also messuages in the
tenure of Lawrence Mayo at 17s 2d, Elizabeth Longworth 12s 3d, Edward Farnworth 17s
2d, Francis Croichlow 9s, Adam Walworke 4s 4d, Lawrence Phillipp 6s 8d, Augustine
Greenhough 2s, Henry Entwissell 6s, Margerie Haslome 8s, Rauffe Whitle 8s 6d,
Tymothy Bridge 7s 9d, Roger Haslome 8s, Alexander Mayo 12s, Alexander Mayo 2s,
Roger Haslome 11s 4d; also a moiety of the messuages aforesaid in Bolton in the
occupation of Arthur Seddon and Thomas Breres to the use of Dorothie Longworth for
life, then to Thomas Longworth for life, then to Thomas Lacy; for a consideration of £700;
Schedule of Deeds attached; witnesses: Tho. Standish, J. Bradshaw, Jonathan
Brettargh, Edward Farnworth; 6 Charles I
1 (multi-membrane parchment with two pendant seals on tags)
20 Dec [1630]
Thomas Lacy of Horton, York, John Lister of Arnouldes Bigging, York and Thomas Oddy
of Remington, York, gents on the one part and Thomas Longworth of Longworth, esq on
the other part; if £700 is paid by Thomas Longworth to Thomas Lacy within 5 years, the
conveyance of the manor of Longworth as agreed in DDHU 25/4 will be void; witnesses:
Tho. Standish, J. Bradshaw, Jonathan Brettargh, Edward Farnworth; 6 Charles I
20 Dec [1630]
61
DDHU
Dorothy Bridge, Lawrence Mayo, Richard Tailor, John Haslame, Jane Longworth
wodow, Elizabeth Yate widow, John Cunliffe, James Cunliffe, Richard Entwisle, Jane
Whitle widow, Thomas Hardman, Thomas Longworth, Alice Longworth widow, Thomas
Mayo, John Mayo, Margery Haslome, Roger Croichlow, Henry Marsden, Christopher
Horrockes, John Cunliffe, Oliver Seden, John Brieres, Henry Haworth, John Turner and
Dorothy Haslome to Thomas Lacy of Horton, York, esq; surrender of messuages in
Longworth and Bolton; witnesses: John Parr, William Horrockes, Richard Holden
1 (parchment indenture with 17 pendant seals and additional seal tags)
4 Jul 1652
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to William Hulton of Hulton, esq. Edward Hyde of
Norbury, Chester, esq. and Roger Kenion of Parkehead, gent; specified properties in
Longworth including Longworth Hall and manor; to the use of Thomas Lacy, Anne Lacy
his wife and the children of Thomas and Anne; the £600 consideration being marriage
portion of Anne wife of Thomas Lacy and sister of William Hulton; witnesses: John
Thomason, Tho. Aspden, Lawrance Blackey
16 Oct 1657
DDHU/25/8 - Grant
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Anne his eldest daughter; grant of an annuity of £40
from Longworth; witnesses: Tho. Lever, Geo. Haugh
1 (paper with a single applied heraldic seal)
18 May, 1676
DDHU/25/9 - Lease and release
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq and Roger his son and heir, to William Hilton of Hilton,
esq; for a consideration of £700; conveyance of Longworth Hall and properties in
Longworth and Turton; witnesses: Raphe Brown, Tho. Lever, Nicholas Alred, Risley
Browne
2 (parchment indentures each with two pendant seals on tags)
28-29 Aug 1677
DDHU/25/9A - Mortgage by conveyance
William Hilton of Hilton esq to Roger Lacy of Longworth, gent, son and heir of Thomas
Lacy; the manor of Longworth with the Hall; leased for 999 years at £35 rent; witnesses:
Raphe Browne, Tho.Lever, Nicholas Alred, Risley Browne
30 Aug 1677
62
DDHU
DDHU/25/10 - Declaration of uses of a fine
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq and Roger Lacy his son and heir on the first part; William
Hilton of Hilton esq on the second part and Thomas Lever of Lincolns Inn and Ralph
Browne of Brinsop, esqs on the third part; for a consideration of £700 paid by William
Hilton to Thomas or Roger Lacy; Thomas Lever or Ralph Browne to issue a writ of
common recovery for Longworth Hall and properties in Longworth and Turton;
witnesses: Nicholas Alred, Risley Browne
30 Aug 1677
William Hilton of Hilton esq and Roger Lacy of Longworth, gent; if Roger Lacy pays £700
to William Hilton before 25 Sep 1679 Longworth Manor and Hall will be reconveyed to
Roger Lacy; witnesses: Thomas Hartley, Risley Browne
1 (paper indenture with single wafer seal)
25 Sep 1678
plus £165 interest to William Hilton before 25 Sep 1679 Longworth Manor and Hall will
be reconveyed to Roger Lacy; witnesses: Nicholas Alred, James Marsh
29 Nov 1678
plus £165 interest to William Hilton before 25 Sep 1679 Longworth Manor and Hall will
be reconveyed to Roger Lacy; witnesses: Nicholas Alred, James Marsh; counterpart of
DDHU 25/12
1 (multi-membrance paper indenture with wafer seal)
29 Nov 1678
DDHU/25/14 - Grant
Roger Lacy of Longworth, gent to William Hilton of Hilton esq; for a consideration of £935
plus additional amounts described in DDHU/25/12 totalling £1800; Longworth Hall and
properties in Longworth and Turton; witnesses: Tho. Lever, Nicholas Alred, Tho. Hartley
1 Feb 1679
DDHU/25/14A - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton, esq to Thomas Halliwell of Tockholes, yeoman; for the building
of a wall 400 roods long and 6 feet high on Longworth Pasture and annual rent of £5;
lease of a moiety of Longworth Pasture; for the lives of Thomas Halliwell and Lawrence
and John his sons; attorney James Yates to make livery of seisin on bealf of William
Hilton; witnesses: Samuell Harrop, James Yates, Nicholas Alred. 31 Charles II
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal on a tag)
1 Nov [1679]
63
DDHU
By Thomas Haliwell of Tockholes, yeoman, promises to William Hilton of Hilton esq that
he will wall a parcel of ground in the North of Longworth Hall containing 12ac with a wall
above 2 yds high at 4s a rood
1 (paper)
25 Apr 1683
1.28.2 Longworth Pasture
Deeds relating to Longworth Pasture
1689-1845
John Halliwell of Longworth, yeoman and Ann Halliwell of Hollinhead in Tockholes,
widow to William Hilton of Hilton, esq; for a consideration of £260; surrender of a sheep
pastures called Longworth pasture together with the barn and walls newly built on the
land; previously leased to them by W. H. 1 Nov 1679; witnesses: Brudnell Copley, James
Chadwick, James Yates
1 (paper with two applied seals)
3 Jan 1689
Lawrence Ward of Sharples, husbandman to William Hilton of Hilton, esq; for a
consideration of £40; surrender of a moiety of a sheep pasture in Longworth enclosed
with a stone wall; witnesses: Roger Bromily, Adam Lacy, Roger Haslom
1 (paper with a single applied seal)
21 Nov 1693
DDHU/25/18 - Plan
''A prospect of Lawrence Haliwell farm under Henry Hulton Esq'' containing 28ac of
improved land at Longworth Pasture
1 (paper)
26 Sep 1732
Part of interrogatories concerning the bounds of Longworth Pasture
1 (paper)
n.d. [18th cent.]
Depositions of Ralph Lever of Chorley, yeoman, aged 64, Richard Barker of Tockholes,
yeoman, aged 83, John Pilling of Eccleshill, husbandman, Hugh Lever, yeoman, aged
66 and Roger Bromley of Pastures in Sharples, yeoman, aged 60 concerning Longworth
Pasture
1 (paper)
n.d. [18th cent.]
64
DDHU
Request by 22 tenants of Longworth to the Lord or Steward to make an order concerning
the caping of sheep; signed by Henry Bury, john Bury, John Taylor, Robert Simm,
William Fish, james Entwisle, Robert Crook, Solomon Hornby, Robord Marsden, James
Mayoh, John mayoh, Sara Whittal, William Marsden, Alice Holden, John Whital Senior,
John Whittal Junior, Margret and Elling Wood, Robert Mayoh, Samuel Bury, John Whittel
Brodels and Benjamin Nelson
1 (paper)
25 Aug 1845
1.28.3 Leases
Leases relating to land in Longworth
1589-1724
DDHU/25/22 - Lease
Christofer Longworthe of Longworthe, gent and Alice his wife to Roberte Haslome of
Longworthe, husbandman and Jenet his wife; for a consideration of £20 and annual rent
of 4s; lease of a messuage in Longworth in the tenure of Robert Haslome and his father
Peter; for the lives of Roberte and his wife Alice; 31 Elizabeth I
4 Nov [1589]
DDHU/25/23 - Lease
Thomas Lacie of Longworth, esq to Henry Marsden of Longworth, husbandman; for the
surrender of an indenture of lease and £13 6s 8d; lease of a messuage in Longworth in
''Croichley Fould''; for the lives of Francis Croichley, Henry Marsden and Jeremy
Marsden his son; paying annual rent of 9s and also one day shearing, one day rearing
of turffe, one day winrowing of turffe and the leading of four loads of turffe from
Longworth Mere to Longworth Hall; endorsed with a memorandum that livery of seisin
has taken place; witnesses: Richard Dewhurst, Alexander Haslam, Tho. Aspden
1 (parchment with a pendant heraldic seal on a tag)
21 May 1659
DDHU/25/24 - Licence
Thomas Lacy gives permission to Christopher Browne and Christian his wife to sub-let
a messuage in Longworth; witnesses: Thomas Meyo, William Meyo, Christopher Meyo,
Lawrence Piccop, Thomas Aspden.
1 (parchment)
30 Jul 1659
65
DDHU
DDHU/25/25 - Lease
Thomas lacie of Longworth, esq to Christopher Browne of Longworth, husbandman, and
Christian his wife;for a consideration of £30; lease of a messuage in Longworth of
approximately 7ac in the tenure of Lawrence Piccopp; for the lives of Christopher
Browne, Christian his wife and John son of John Longworth nephew of Christopher
Browne; paying annual rent of 7s and also one day drawing of turves, one day rearing,
one day winrowinge, one day filling of Worthine, one day shearing and one hen at
Christmas; endorsed with a memorandum that livery of seisin has taken place;
witnesses: Thomas Meyo, William Meyo, Christopher Meyo, Lawrence Piccop, Thomas
Aspden
1 (parchment indenture, damaged, seal tags missing)
30 Jul 1659
DDHU/25/26 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to John Longworth of Longworth, husbandman; for the
surrender of a lease and several sums of money; lease of a messuage in Longworth; for
the lives of John Longworth, Debora his wife and Robert his brother; paying annual rent
of 14s plus additional sums in payment for certain services which he ought to have done;
witnesses: Thomas Meyo, Christopher Horrocks, Thomas Aspden; 16 Charles II
20 Jan [1665]
DDHU/25/27 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Thomas Aspden of Longworth, husbandman; for the
surrender of a lease and 40s; lease of a garden in Longworth called Leare Wiffe Garden;
also a parcel of ground called the Holmes Bottome next to the walle, together with half
the lane betwixt John Haslam Yate and the Brox Yate; for the lives of Robert son of
Thomas Aspden, James son of James Cunliffe of Longworth and John son of Lawrence
Halliwell of Hilltopp; paying annual rent of 2s; witnesses: Richard Entewistle, Oswell
Tompson, Henry Pope. 16 Charles II
20 Jul [1664]
DDHU/25/28 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Thomas Meyo of Longworth, husbandman; for certain
sums of money; lease of a messuage and 2ac moor lately enclosed from Longworth
common; for the lives of Thomas Meyo and John his son; paying annual rent of 14s plus
additional sums in payment for certain services which he ought to have done; witnesses:
Lawrence Halliell, William Palden, Thomas Aspden; 17 Charles II
30 Jan 1665
66
DDHU
DDHU/25/29 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Thomas Hardman of Longworth, husbandman; for
the surrender of a lease and £12; lease of a messuage in Longworth of around 5½ac;
for the lives of Thomas Hardman, Mary his daughter and Jane daughter of Rauf Booth;
paying annual rent of 5s 6d and additional sums for the services which he ought to
provide; witnesses: Thomas Meyo, Richard Barlow, Thomas Aspden; 18 Charles II
8 Feb [1666]
DDHU/25/30 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Lawrence Mayo of Longworth, husbandman; for the
surrender of an indenture and £24; lease of a messuage in Longworth with ¼ of common
pastures called Longworth Pasture and Cow Hey, and a half of a mean field called the
Marchcroft Feild; for the lives of Lawrence Mayo and Lawrence and Thomas his sons;
paying annual rent of 17s 2d and additional sums for the services which he ought to
provide; land previously leased 10 May 1630 by Thomas Longworth of Longworth esq
deceased to Lawrence Mayo for lives of Lawrence and Thomas his brother; witnesses:
Thomas Isherwood, Thomas Bromiley, Thomas Aspden; 18 Charles II
28 Feb [1666]
DDHU/25/31 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to John Longworth of Longworth, husbandman; for the
surrender of a lease and £55; lease of a messuage in Longworth late in the tenure of
Elizabeth Longworth widow deceased; for the lives of John Longworth, Elizabeth wife of
Roger Ward of Holdron and Raphe son of John Croichley of Overdarwen, yeoman;
paying annual rent of 12s 3d and and additional sums for the services which he ought to
provide; witnesses: Tho. Isherwood, John Critchley, John Warch, Daniell Livesaye;
Thomas Aspden; 18 Charles II
6 Mar [1666]
DDHU/25/32 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Daniell Livesay of Overdarwin, yeoman; for a
surrender and £8; lease of a messuage of 40ac in Longworth late in the tenure of
Allexander Leaver and sometime in the tenure of Timothy Bridge; for the lives of Daniell
Livesey, John his son and William eldest son of Andrewe Berry of Overdarwin; paying
annual rent of 22s; witnesses: Henry Livesay, Richard Barlowe, Richard Holdenn
26 Apr 1666
67
DDHU
DDHU/25/33 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Thomas Whittle of Bolton, taylor; for a consideration
of £4; closes in Longworth called Further Lymed and Nearer Lymed, lately in the tenure
of Thurston Whittle including permission to get stones from Longworth Mere for the
building of any house on the premises; for the lives of Thomas Whitle, Margret his wife
and Hugh son of Thurstan Whitle; paying annual rent of 2s; witnesses: John Haslam,
Thurston Whittle, Richard Barlowe, Thomas Aspden
1 (parchment indenture with partial pendant seal on a tag)
28 Apr 1666
DDHU/25/34 - Lease for 3 lives at 17/2 rent
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Richard Taylor of Longworth, husbandman; for the
surrender of a lease and £42 10s; lease of a messuage in Longworth, with a fourth part
of Longworth Pastures and Cow Hey and a half of a mean field called March Croft Feild
(sic); for the lives of Richard Taylor, Thomas Taylor his brother and Henry son of Daniell
Livesay of Longworth; paying annual rent of 17s 2d and additional sums for the services
which he ought to provide; witnesses: Daniell Livesay, Richarde Entwistle, Thomas
Aspden; 20 Charles II
23 Oct [1668]
DDHU/25/35 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Richard Haslam of Longworth, husbandman; for
surrenders and condition concerning maintenance of Peter and John sons of John
Haslam, brother of the lessee; lease of a messuage in Longworth and 5 beastgates in
the Cow Hey; for the lives of Richard Haslam and Roger and Richard his sons; paying
annual rent of 8s and additional sums for the services which he ought to provide;
witnesses: Thomas Bromiley, Daniell Livesay, Thomas Aspden; endorsed ''Richard
Haslom of Pasture houses''; 21 Charles II
28 Apr [1669]
DDHU/25/36 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to John Turner of Longworth, husbandman; for a
consideration of £9; lease of a messuage in Longworth; for the lives of John Turner,
Thurston Turner his brother, and Hugh son of Thurston Whitle of Longworth,
husbandman; paying annual rent of 6s 8d and and additional sums for the services which
he ought to provide; witnesses: Thurston Turner, Marie Parkinson, Thomas Aspden; 21
Charles II
28 Apr [1669]
68
DDHU
DDHU/25/37 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Thomas Meyo of Longworth, husbandman; for
surrender of a previous lease and a certain sum; lease of a messuage in Longworth with
6 acres lately enclosed from Longworth More; for the lives of Thomas Mayo and Thomas
and Alexander his sons; paying annual rent of 11s 4d and additional sums for the
services which he ought to provide; witnesses: James Cunliffe, Thomas Aspden, Richard
Haslam; 21 Charles II
14 Jun [1669]
DDHU/25/38 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Lawrence Halliwell of Hiltope, yeoman; for a
consideration of £26; lease of closes in Longworth called Nane Croft, Banke and Higher
Feild, also the fire house and barn now in the tenure of Christopher Horrocks; for the
lives of Richard and William sons of Lawrence Halliwell and James Shorrocke of
Longworth, fustian webster; paying annual rent of 5s 6d and additional sums for the
services which he ought to provide; witnesses: Daniell Livesay, John Braddell, Thomas
18 Apr [1670]
DDHU/25/39 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Richard Entwistle of Longworth husbandman; for a
consideration of £8; lease of a messuage in Longworth called Cunliffe Closses or
Moregrounde measuring around 6ac; for the lives of John, Marie and Christian, children
of Richard Entwistle; paying annual rent of 6s; witnesses: Richard Taylor, Thomas
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal)
26 Apr [1670]
DDHU/25/40 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Thurston Whittle of Longworth, husbandman; for the
surrender of a lease and the competent sum of money; lease of a messuage in
Longworth measuring 6½ac, also Walworks Tenement (except 2 closes in the tenure of
Thomas brother of Thurstan); for the lives of Thurstan Whitle and Raphe and Hugh his
sons; paying annual rent of 10s 10d and additional sums for the services which he ought
to provide; witnesses: John Haslam, Thomas Beckess; 22 Charles II
11 May [1670]
DDHU/25/41 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to John Cundliffe of Lower Darwen, husbandman; for
the surrender of a lease and certain conditions; lease of a messuage in Longworth (5ac)
in the tenure of James father of John Cundliffe; for the lives of John Cundliffe, Mary his
wife and Mary his sister, wife of Nicholas Witton; paying annual rent of 6s and additional
sums for the services which he ought to provide; witnesses: Daniell Livesay, Andrew
Ward, Thomas Aspden; 23 Charles II
2 Feb [1671]
69
DDHU
DDHU/25/42 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to John Cunliffe of Longworth, husbandman; for the
surrendering of previous indentures and £6 13s; lease of a messuage in Longworth late
in the tenure of James Cunliffe; for the lives of John Cunliffe, James his son and Marie
his wife; previously leased 3 Mar 1656 to William Berrie of Overdarwane, husbandman
and assigned 25 Aug 1669 to John Cunliffe and James his father; witnesses: Daniell
Livesay, John Meyo, Thomas Aspden; 23 Charles II
24 Apr [1671]
DDHU/25/43 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Andrew Ward of Holdron, husbandman; for the
surrender of a lease and £10; lease of a messuage in Longworth; for the lives of Andrew
Ward, Marie daughter of Thomas Ward of Turton, taylor and Lawrence brother of Andrew
Ward; paying annual rent of 2s and additional sums for the services which he ought to
provide; witnesses: Daniel Livesay, John Cunliffe, John Braddell, Thomas Aspden; 23
Charles II
1 (parchment indenture with pendant seal wrapped in paper on a tag)
22 Jun [1671]
DDHU/25/44 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Nicholas Wilton of Longworth, husbandman; for a
consideration of £10; lease of a messuage in Longworth (except a close called the Lower
Banke adjoining to the Coppie, being part of the demesne); for the lives of Nicholas
Witton, Nicholas his son and Henry son of Daniell Livesay of Longworth; paying annual
rent of 16s and additional sums for the services which he ought to provide; witnesses:
Daniell Livesay, James Bussop, James Fieldin, Thomas Aspden; 24 Charles II
1 (parchment indenture with pendant seal wrapped in paper on a tag)
1 Feb [1672]
DDHU/25/45 - Mortgage by conveyance
John Cunliffe of Longworth, husbandman to Andrew Ward of Sharples, husbandman;
for a consideration of £14 15s; assignment of lease of the Peck Meadow, part of a
messuage in Longworth previously leased to John Cunliffe; for the lives of John Cunliffe,
James his son and Mary his wife; paying annual rent of 3s 4d; containing a proviso of
redemption; witnesses: Ralph Grimshaw, Lawrence Merlay, Thomas Bromiley, Jennit
Bromiley, Alice Bromiley
15 May 1673
70
DDHU
DDHU/25/46 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to John Dewhurst of Longworth, miller; for the surrender
of a lease and £8; lease of a messuage in Longworth called the Milnehowse late in the
tenure of James Feilden, deceased, also a bay of building and closes called the Hulme,
the Brow above the Holme and the Litle Feild at the further end of the Browe with the
lanes and waste grounds adjoining late in the tenure of Chistofer Horrockes deceased,
also the water corne milne called Longworth milne with the kilne belonging to it with
specified rights; for the lives of John Dewhurst, Anne his wife and Lawrence his brother;
paying annual rent of 13s as well as one day getting turves, one day filling worthinge,
one day reaping corn, four hens at Christmas and capon at Easter; witnesses: Roger
Walkden, Henry Marsden, Richard Dewerst.
1 (parchment indenture with pendant seal)
9 Jun 1675
DDHU/25/47 - Lease
Thomas Lacy of Longworth, esq to Richard Longworth of Turton, husbandman; for the
surrender of a former lease and a competent sum of money; lease of a messuage in
Longworth late in the tenure of Thomas Longworth deceased father of Richard
measuring around 10ac; for the lives of Richard Longworth, Margaret his wife and John
Kay son of John Kay of Entwisle, yeoman; paying annual rent of 10s and additional sums
for the services which he ought to provide; witnesses: John Longworth, William Kershaw
15 Jun 1676
Thomas Halliwell of Tockholes, yeoman, to John Halliwell of Sharples, yeoman; for a
consideration of £100; assignment of the lease of a messuage in Longworth; previously
leased by Thomas Lacy of Winckley esq to Daniell Livesay of Longworth, yeoman and
assigned 2 Feb 1692 by John Lievesay, husbandman to Thomas Halliwell; witnesses:
John Longworth, John Clarke, Roger Raslom, John Landsdale, Richard Valentine
1 (parchment indenture with a single pendant seal)
9 Apr 1687
Nicholas Witton of St Olave, Southwark, Surrey, labourer to Christofer Brandwood of
Westleigh, gent; for a consideration of £20; assignment of the lease of two messuages
in Longworth; for the lives of Nicholas Witton and Henry Livesay; leased under the terms
of the previous indenture referenced DDHU/25/44; witnesses: Nicholas Waddesworth,
Nicklies Witton, Wm. Harrison
6 Aug 1698
71
DDHU
DDHU/25/50 - Mortgage by conveyance
James Cunliff of Longworth, yeoman to William Yate and Daniel Longworth, yeomen
and John Hallewell, milner, all of Longworth; lease for seven years of a messuage in
Longworth of around 20ac and the field called the Rough Closes for outlett for their cattle;
paying annual rent of £9 plus specified conditions; including a proviso of redemption;
witnesses: Henry Crosby, James Brandwood
1 (paper with 4 applied seals)
1 May 1724
1.28.4 Longworth Estate
Deeds relating to Longworth Estate
1762-1907
DDHU/ACC9318/72 - Assignment
Sir Raphe Assheton Baronet and William Hulton esq to William Horton esq; assignment
of mortgage of lands in Longworth for a term of 500 years for security against the
payment of £4000 and interest
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with applied seals)
19 Jun 1762
DDHU/ACC9318/110 - Assignment of Mortgage
Sir Raphe Asheton Baronet and William Hulton esq to William Horton esq; assignment
of mortgage of lands in Longworth for a term of 500 years for security of £4000 and
interest; also a deed to declare the uses and trusts of the assignment of mortgage
3 (parchment)
19 Jun-12 Jul 1762
DDHU/ACC9318/111 - Assignment of Mortgage
Sir William Horton Baronet, William Hulton esq and George Lloyd esq to Nicholas
Fazakerley esq; assignment of mortgage of lands in Longworth for securing £4000 and
interest; also the counterpart copy
2 (multi-membrane parchment indentures)
1 Jan 1765
Sir William Rothwell Hulton Baronet and others to the Bolton Corporation; duplicate
conveyance of freehold hereditaments known as the Longworth Estate for waterworks
purposes; including a detailed plan
1 (parchment with multiple applied seals)
2 Oct 1907
1.29 Manchester
Deeds relating to land in Manchester
1280-1764
72
DDHU
DDHU/26/1 - Gift
Richard son of Hugh de Milnegate to Adam de Hulton; gift of a ½ ac land lying on the
Milnegatecroftes, between the land of Richard son of Jordan and Emmotesoutleone;
warranty clause; witnesses: -- de Hulton, Adam de Radeclive, Roger de Hulton, Hugh
the Tanner, Thomas Marescall, William de Revyd, clerk, and others; given at
Mamecestre [Manchester], Monday after Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8
Edward I; [there is some suggestion that this document should perhaps be dated 8
Edward II, but we are unsure what evidence this is based on]; endorsed 143 Latin
[1 Apr 1280]
Alexander de Denton to Adam de Hulton and Avice his wife; feoffment of all his lands in
the town of Mamcestre [Manchester]; warranty clause; witnesses: Adam de Radeclone,
John de Hulton; Roger del Malnogace, Henry Boterynde, Roger son of Hugh, Adam son
of Richard, Roger his brother and others; given at Mamcestre Thursday in Easter Week
Latin
[30 Mar] 1307
Robert de Opynchak to Roger de Hultone; a burgage in the town of Mamcestre
[Manchester] next to Emmotshoutlone and half a burgage lying between that of
Alexander the Dyer and that by Ermelyn daughter of Richard son of Randle; warranty
clause; witnesses: Richard del Mulnegate, Roger his son, John Marescall, Thomas his
brother, Robert Mauler, Matthew Sponer, Robert son of Hugh, Nicholas the Clerk and
others; given at Mamcestre in Vigil Circumsision 4 Edward II; endorsed on paper no 7
Latin
1 (parchment with single pendant seal)
[31 Dec 1310]
Robert son of Thomas de Boudonn to Adam son of Robert de Radeclive; all his property
in Ancotes [Ancoats] in the territory of Mamecestre [Manchester] had from his father; to
Adam for life then to Alice daughter of Avice daughter of Hugh de Birchewode, then to
Adam son of Richard de Hulton; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard de Hulton, John
de Hulton, Roger de Hulton, Henry Boterinde, Hugh le Barker, William de Revyd, clerk
and others; given at Mamecestre, Saturday after Octave Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary 9 Edward II; endorsed on paper no 11 Latin
[23 Aug 1315]
73
DDHU
Henry son of William de Salforde to Adam son of Robert de Radeclif; a piece of land in
the Milnegatecroftes in the town of Mamecestre [Manchester], between the toft [home]
of Sirild widow of Geoffrey son of Kocke and the ditch of Adam, also two gardens
adjoining which Roger son of Richard [kin] of Roger and Richard of Bradeleye held; to
Adam for life then to Alice daughter of Avice daughter of Hugh de Birchewode, then to
Adam son of Richard de Hulton; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard de Hulton, John
de Hulton, Henry Boterynde, Roger son of Hugh, Adam son of Richard, Richard de
Farneworth, clerk and others; given at Mamecestre in morrow of Epiphany, 13 Edward
II Latin
[7 Jan 1320]
DDHU/26/5A - Feoffment
Henry son of Hugh de Castilton in Rachedale to Henry Marche; feoffment of a burgage
in the Mulnegate in Mamcestre [Manchester], between that of Hugh de Mulnegate and
that of William de Bourghton; warranty clause; witnesses: Geoffrey de Strangwas,
Robert son of Simon, Robert son of Hugh, John Bibby, reeve of the town, Richard de
Pusshe, Nicholas the clerk and others; given at Mamcestre; Saturday before St Cedde
Bishop, 15 Edward II; endorsed 104 Latin
[27 Feb 1322]
John son of Adam de Chaderton to Adam de Hulton and Avice his wife; feoffment of an
acre of land in Coldherse in the town of Mamcestre [Manchester]; warranty clause;
witnesses: Adam de Radeclyve, Thomas de Chaderton, Henry Boterynde, reeve of the
said town, Jurdan de Barton, Robert del Hyrne and others; given at Mamcestre, Friday
in the Octave of St John the Baptist 2 Edward III Latin
[1 Jul 1328]
John son of Hugh the tanner de Mamcestre to Adam de Hulton and Avice his wife;
feoffment of a messuage and curtilage which Robert Blysse held in the Mulnegate of
Mamcestre [Manchester]; warranty clause; witnesses: John de Hulton, Adam de
Radeclyve, Henry Boterynde, reeve of the town, Roger de Mulnegate, Adam son of
Richard, Roger his brother, Robert del Hyrne, Nicholas de Wyrkeswrthe, clerk and
others; given at Mamcestre Tuesday after Decollation of St John the Baptist 2 Edward
III; endorsed 124 Latin
[30 Aug 1328]
74
DDHU
Issabell de Strangwas widow of Geoffrey de Strangwas to Adam de Hulton and Avice
his wife; quitclaim of her right in Dobbekroft in Mamcestre [Manchester]; witnesses: John
de Hulton, Adam de Hoppewode, Hugh de Gosedon, Hugh de Tettelowe, Henry
Boterynde and others; given at Mamcestre, Saturday after St Martin 2 Edward III;
endorsed 139 Latin
[12 Nov 1328]
Thomas son of Geoffrey de Strangwas to Adam de Hulton and Avice his wife; feoffment
of his part of Dobbekroft as included within hedges and ditches in Mamcestre
[Manchester]; warranty clause; witnesses: John de Hulton, Adam de Hoppewode, Hugh
de Gosedon, Hugh de Tettleowe, Henry Boterynde, Roger son of Hugh and others; given
at Mamcestre, Friday after St Martin 2 Edward III; endorsed 40 Latin
[18 Nov 1328]
Agnes daughter of Robert Blisse to Adam de Hulton; feoffment of a piece of land which
Robert Blisse held in the Mulnegate in Mamcestre [Manchester] lying between
Scherewyndeshalle on the one part and a place of Geoffrey son of Hugh the Tanner on
the other part; warranty clause; witnesses: John de Hulton, Adam de Radecliff, Henry
Boterynde, Robert son of Hugh, Adam son of Richard, Roger his brother, Robert de
Chorlton, reeve of the town, Nicholas the clerk and others; given at Mamcestre, Saturday
after St James 3 Edward III; endorsed 32 Latin
[29 Jul 1329]
Agnes daughter of Robert Blisse de Mamcestre to Adam de Hulton; quitclaim of a piece
of land which Robert Blisse held in the Mulnegate in Mamcestre [Manchester] lying
between Scherewyndeshalle on the one part and a place of Geoffrey son of Hugh the
tanner on the other part; warranty clause; witnesses: John de Hulton, Adam de
Radeclyfe, Henry Boterynde, Adam son of Richard, Roger his brother, Robert son of
Hugh, Robert de Chorlton, reeve of the town, Nicholas the clerk and others; given at
Mamcestre Saturday before St Lawrence the Martyr 3 Edward III; endorsed 95 Latin
[5 Aug 1329]
Henry Marche to Adam de Hulton and Avice his wife; feoffment of a burgage in the
M[illnegate] in Mamcestre [Manchester] between that of Robert son of Hugh on the one
part and that of Adam Gore on the other part; warranty clause; witnesses: John de
Hulton, Roger de Mulnegate, Henry Boterynde, Adam son of Richard, Roger his brother,
Thomas Cordy, reeve of the town, Nicholas de Wyrkeswrthe clerk and others; given at
Mamcestre Tuesday after St Thomas the Martyr 4 Ed III; endorsed 42 Latin
1 (parchment, seal tag missing)
[1 Jan 1331]
75
DDHU
Margeret daughter of John de Hulton to William her brother; quitclaim of her right in a
burgage in Mamcestre [Manchester] between that of Adam de Chorlton on the one part
and that of Roger de Radeclyff on the other part; witnesses: Adam de Radeclyff, John
de Hulton, Roger de Mulnegate, Henry Boterynde, Adam son of Richard, Roger his
brother and others; given at Mamcestre Friday before Purification of the Blessed Virgin
Mary 6 Edward III Latin
[31 Jan 1332]
DDHU/26/14 - Lease
John la Warre, lord of Mamcestre to Adam Gore and Ellen his wife; lease of a piece of
land 34 feet wide and 60 16 [76?] feet long lying next to the Goswall, as enclosed by
ditch and hedge; paying 12d annual rent; witnesses: Lord John de Claydone, parson of
Mamcestre, William de St. Mauro, Henry Boterind, Thomas Mareschal, John son of
Henry de Hultone and others; given at Mamcestre, Thursday in Saints Fabian and
Sebastian 7 Edward III; endorsed on paper no 18 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with pendant herladic seal on a tag)
[21 Jan 1334]
Goditha widow of Thomas Gyn de Boudene to John son of Henry de Hultone; quitclaim
of the lands in the town of Mamcestre [Manchester] called Godereswyk which were her
dower after the death of her husband; witnesses: Adam de Hultone, Adam of Levre,
John de Hetone, Richard del Wychevese, John de Redeford and others; given at
Mamcestre Tuesday after Translation St Thomas Apostle 8 Edward III; endorsed 18
Latin
[12 Jul 1334]
DDHU/26/16 - Lease
John la Warre to William de Hulton; lease for nine years of a messuage with meadow
and pasture in Mamcestre, called the Mulewardescroft; paying annual rent of 4s;
warranty clause; witnesses: Lord John de Claydon, parson of Mamecestre, John de
Radeclif, Thomas de Wyke, John de Hulton, John de Saleford and others; given at
Wakerle Tuesday in St Mary Magdalene 11 Edward III; endorsed 19 Latin
[23 Jul 1337]
76
DDHU
DDHU/26/17 - Confirmation
Of John la Warre, lord of Mamecestre that a piece of land called Osecroft and 23ac in
the heath of Mamecestre [Manchester] that were properties which John de Hulton and
Alice his wife held for the life of Alice, with remainder to Henry son of John and Alice,
paying 27s rent and after the death of Henry to Adam his brother; also that a piece of
land called Mulewardescroft in Mamecestre which William de Hulton holds for 9 years
and a piece of land there called the Cho in which Thomas Cordy, Robert of Gutterle and
John Bybby each hold 2ac, Robert Graybon 2½ac, and Thomas the Theecere and
Thomas the Mareschal each 4ac, for 20 years, with remainder to John de Hulton for life
at 20s 6d rent, with remainder to Adam his son and then to Henry brother of Adam;
thereafter to revert to grantor; warranty clause; witnesses: Lord John de Claidon, parson
of Mamecestre, William de St Maur, Thomas Danno, parson of Casterton, Thomas de
Wyke, John de Burton and others; given at Wakerle, Wednesday before St Peter ad
Vincula 12 Edward III, endorsed 18, 129, on paper no 21 Latin
[29 Jul 1338]
Adam de Hulton to Richard son of Avice daughter of Adam Enge; a burgage which
Richard held in the Mulnegate in Mamcestre [Manchester]; paying 2s yearly; witnesses:
Thomas de Strangwas, John his brother, Roger de Mulnegate, Henry Boterynde, Roger
son of Hugh, reeve of the town, Geoffrey del Birches and others; given at Mamcestre St
Valentine Martyr 15 Edward III; endorsed 106 Latin
[14 Feb 1341]
Roger Hylton esq to Oliver Hall; two parcels of my land in Mamcestre [Manchester] called
Coldeerse late in the tenure of Thurstan Radclyff and Thomas Marler, lying at the north
end of the town; paying a rent charge of 8s 8d; witnesses: Sir John Trafford, John Byron,
Alexander Radclyff, William Radclyff esq, Richard Tettelowe, Edmund Hunt, Geoffrey
Sondeforth and others; 6 Edward IV Latin
5 Oct [1466]
DDHU/26/20 - Feoffment and letter of attorney
Certified copy of DDHU 26/19: Roger Hylton esq to Oliver Hall; two parcels of my land
in Mamcestre [Manchester] called Coldeerse late in the tenure of Thurstan Radclyff and
Thomas Marler, lying at the north end of the town; paying a rent charge of 8s 8d;
witnesses: Sir John Trafford, John Byron, Alexander Radclyff, William Radclyff esq,
Richard Tettelowe, Edmund Hunt, Geoffrey Sondeforth and others; 6 Edward IV; Also a
letter of attorney in which Roger Hylton appoints John Chaderton and Thomas Pedley
as his attorneys to take possession of the property; copies made in the presence of
George Birche, Roberte Hardye, John Byrche, and Robert Lighe Latin
1 (parchment)
1581
77
DDHU
DDHU/26/21 - Declaration of uses
Adam Hulton son and heir of William of Hulton, esq and Alice his wife on the first part,
William Hulton aforesaid on the second part and Elyne Bagule of Manchester, widow,
mother of Alice on the third part; a messuage in Deanesgate [Deansgate] in Manchester
in the tenure of John Postles; to be conveyed to Thomas Houghton of Houghton esq,
John Atherton of Atherton esq, Richarde Asheton of Leiver gent and John Halghe of
Halghe gent; to the use of Adam and Alice and the heirs of Alice until [2 Feb 1589]; if
Elyne Bagule pays to William Hulton £100 at Hulton Hall the feoffees shall hold to her
use, if she fails then to the use of William Hulton; witnesses: Thomas Morte, James
Baguley, Ralffe Bowker, Roberte Leighe; 29 Elizabeth I
1 (parchment indenture with two seal tags)
4 Feb 1587
DDHU/26/22 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton esq to Ellen Shuttleworth of Manchester, widow; lease for eleven
years of a messuage and garden in the Deansgate in Manchester, late in the tenure of
William Page, gent deceased; paying annual rent of £6; witnesses: Abigall Drinkwater,
Rebeckah Ascroft, Robert Gartside
1 (paper indenture with applied seal featuring a stag)
25 Jun 1692
DDHU/26/22A - Release
Joseph Yates of Manchester esq to William Hilton of Manchester lynnen dyer; for a
consideration of £1 10s and annual rent of 19s 3d; conveyance by release of a plot of
land, parcel of Alport Meadow in Manchester, bounded on the east by the upper part of
Alport yet unsold, on the west by another parcel purchased by William Hilton, on the
North by a projected street called Yates Street, and on the south by a close belonging
to Lady Bland, and in the tenure of Doctor Clayton, the plot measuring 18½ yards on the
east, 20 yards on the west, 12 yards on the north and 12 yards on the south; witnesses:
John Brooksbank, Thomas Barron, Ralph Arderne; endorsed agreement that the
building to be erected ''shall be at least Eight yard in height to the square'' and fronting
Yates Street
1 (parchment indenture with a single applied seal)
3 Nov 1722
DDHU/26/23 - Lease
John Richardson, dyer and Matthew Green, reed-maker, both of Manchester (executors
of John Hulme, peruke-maker of Manchester) to John Barrett of Trafford, yeoman; for a
consideration of £11; lease for 99 years of a house, shop, parlour, cellar, and use of
brew-house in the Deansgate in Manchester; paying abnnual rent of £8; witnesses:
William Dixon, John Bartholomew
2 (paper with 3 wafer seals)
14 Feb 1764
1.30 Manchester church
Information on the history of Manchester church; also documents relating to pews within
the church belonging to William Hulton
1668-1775
78
DDHU
DDHU/27/1 - List
The names of all the wardens of ''Our Ladys Colledge of Manchester'' with biographical
notes; also including information on the foundation of the College by Thomas Laware,
first priest and parson of Manchester
1 (sewn pamphlet with marbled cover)
n.d. [late 17th cent.]
Humfrey Marler of Manchester, linendraper, to ''keep a Seate or Pue next adjoyning to
the Reading Place in Manchester Church'' for the use of William Hulton of Hulton, esq;
witnesses: Roger Rigbie, Joshua Greenhaugh, Edmund Watson
27 May 1668
DDHU/27/3 - Acknowledgement
Andrew Bury sits in the seat of Mr Hulton in Manchester Church by permission
1 (paper)
25 Jan 1671
John, Bishop of Chester, to William Hulton of Hulton, esq; a seat in Manchester Church
''adjoyning to the Readers Seate on the North-side of it''
10 Aug 1671
Samuel Clowes of Broughton, esq has for several years past used a seat in Manchester
Church ''situated betwixt the North and Middle Isles, adjoining the Quire'' by the
indulgence of William Hulton, esq
1 (paper)
30 Oct 1775
1.31 Mawdesley
Deed relating to land in Mawdesley
1499
DDHU/28/1 - [Feoffment]
Richard Dalton to Amery Asshton; messuages in Mawdisley [Mawdesley] called the
Clapebanke and the 4 acres, now in the tenure of Richard Amondernes; also his part of
properties in the tenure of Richard Waterwarde and Robert Waterwarde; warranty
clause; witnesses: James Dalton, James Thomlynson, Henry Ashton; given at
Mawdisley 14 Henry VII Latin
20 Apr 1499
1.32 Oldham
Deeds relating to land in Oldham
c1205-1696
79
DDHU
DDHU/29/1 - Gift
Peter de Haldhulm to Richard de Hulton; gift of all the land in Habrthamhul by these
bounds, from Haldhulmbroc, ascending by the brook to the division between the land of
Peter and of Hawhard de Haldhulm and going around by the next brook descending to
the said Haldhulmbroc, with a moiety of the water of Haldhulmbroc beginning at the
bounds of Peter, towards Sawolhure, descending to the bounds of Haward de Haldhulm,
and with the site of a mill on the said Haldhulmbroc; paying yearly 6d; witnesses: Lord
W de Vernon, Sheriff, Robert de Burun, G de Burun, Jordan the clerk of Sanky, Master
R clerk of Tideswell, Lord R de Middleton, Robert de Hulton, Richard de Traphord and
others; endorsed 2 Latin
n.d. [c1205]
John Wagstaffe the younger of Glossop, Derby, gent on the first part, John Hollingworth
of Tintwisle, Chester, gent of the second part and Robert Hyde of Hyde Bank, Chester,
gent, and William Wagstaffe of Woodseats, Derby, yeoman on the third part; conveyance
to Robert Hyde and William Wagstaffe of a messuage in Glodwicke within Oldham and
closes called the Old Garden, New Garden, Backeside or Orchard, and a share in the
Meane Fould, also the Lower Meadow, Great and Little Blackearth, Rough Meadow,
Acre, Greenefeild, Marle feild, Marled Earth and Calfe Croft of around 18ac purchased
from John Neild of Glodwicke, yeoman and tenant; on the marriage of John Wagstaffe
and Elizabeth daughter of John Hollingworth and held to their use and the use of their
heirs; witnesses: John Kearnely, Will Wood, Robert Nawton, John Johnson, John Leigh
2 (parchment indentures, one with a seal tag the other with a pendant seal)
4-5 Nov 1680
DDHU/29/3 - Release
Sir Raphe Assheton of Middleton, Baronet on the first part, Charles Duckinfeild, heir of
Sir Robert Duckenfeild of Duckenfeild, Chester, Baronet and Ralphe Hartley of
Strangewayes, gent on the second part and Mary Hyde daughter of Robert Hyde of
Denton, esq on the third part; conveyance to Charles Duckinfeild and Ralphe Hartley of
Werneth Hall, Werneth Millne, Werneth Demesne, formerly the estate of Mr. Cudworth;
also messuages called Coldhurst in Oldham late in the tenure of John Kay; also
messuages in Oldham late in the tenure of Edmund Taylor; also messuages in Oldham
in the tenure of James Heywood, John Chadwick, James Thorp, John Wyld, John
Ogden, Anne Hilton, John Whittaker, James Brierly, Samuel Gartside, Richard
Whittaker, Thomas Newton, Sarah Hopwood, John Jackson, John Dalton, William
Leese, John Bardesly, Lawrence Jackson, Edmund Smith, John Matly, James Jackson,
John Sandiford, Edward Scholes, John Whitehead, John Whittaker, millner, Jeremiah
Woolstencroft, Raphe Jackson, John Lathome, Isaac Wylde, James Greaves, Thomas
Beswick, Peter Cocker, Thomas Hollinworth, John Sandiford, John Cheetham, James
Andrew of Hollinwood, James Whittaker, James Potter, Anne Taylor, Abraham Taylor,
Edmund Crompton, Isaac Bardesly, John Widdall, John Greaves, James Andrew of
Fogg-lane, John Needham, James Whittaker, and Robert Browne; on the marriage of
Sir Raphe Assheton and Mary Hyde and to their use and the use of their heirs; witnesses:
Ed. Chetham, Robt. Benison, Edm. Radcliffe
1 (parchment indenture with an heraldic seal on a tag)
29 Jul 1696
80
DDHU
1.33 Pendleton
Deeds relating to land in Pendleton
1805
DDHU/30/1 - Copy deeds
King John to Jorveth de Hulton; the town of Penelton [Pendleton] in exchange for Burton
[Barton] and the wood of Kereshil [Kearsal] which had been granted while Earl of
Moreton 10 Oct 1 John I [1199]; Edward I to Richard de Hulton; grant of free warren in
Hulton and Ordishall [Ordsall] 28 Jul 1 Edward I [1273]; certified copies of documents in
the Tower of London made by William Radcliffe Rouxe Croix Latin/English
1 (paper)
May 1805
1.34 Pendleton and Salford road
Correspondence relating to turnpike tolls on the Pendleton and Salford Road
1793
DDHU/31/1 - Letter
Lord Grey de Wilton to ''Hulton'' stating that the ''Bill respecting the alteration of the
Turnpike gates'' is to come to the House of Lords
1 (paper)
29 Apr 1793
DDHU/31/2 - Letter
James Taylor, 16 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, to William Hulton concerning his
objections to the Bill; ''It is decided by the Post Master that unless this Act passes, the
Mail Coach ceases to go any longer further than Manchester.''
1 (paper)
30 Apr 1793
DDHU/31/3 - Letter
James Taylor, Leigh, to William Hulton; concerning the oppression of the townships of
Worsley, Tyldesley, Atherton, Westleigh, Ince, Hindley, Abram, Ashton, Golborne, and
Westhoughton, by evasion of the Turnpike Tolls
1 (paper)
17 Sep 1793
1.35 Rochdale Canal and Ashton Canal
Minutes and correspondence relating to the development of the Rochdale and Ashton
Canals
1793-1798
DDHU/32/1 - Minutes
Meeting of the Committee of the proposed Canal, with proposals concerning the mills on
the River Irk belonging to the Trustees of Manchester Grammar School
1 (paper)
18 Nov 1793
81
DDHU
DDHU/32/2 - Letter
Thomas Drake, D.D., Chairman of the Rochdale Canal Committee, enclosing the
proposals outlined in DDHU/32/1 and requesting a meeting of the Trustees
1 (paper)
17 Dec 1793
DDHU/32/3 - Letter
Jno. Fletcher, Ashton under Lyne, to James Taylor; concerning the alteration of the canal
to serve Mr Hulton's Denton coal mines
1 (paper)
3 Apr. 1798
DDHU/32/4 - Letter
James Taylor, London, to John Gorst, and by him forwarded to William Hulton; relating
progress of the Ashton Canal Bill
1 (paper)
19 May 1798
1.36 Rumworth
Deeds relating to land in Rumworth
1583-1913
DDHU/40/1 - Lease
Alen Hulton of Farnworthe, esq to Olyver Pendleburye of Romworthe, sextin; for a
consideration of certain sums of money; lease of a croft with 2 bays of housing called
the Newe House and another croft adjoining in Romworthe [Rumworth]; for the lives of
Olyver Pendlebury, Rychard Richardson son of Richard Robertson, and Ellen daughter
of James Foorthe; paying annual rent of 2s; witnesses: Adam Sharples, Richarde
Scolcroft, Arthure Crompton, James Ford, James Crompton; 25 Elizabeth I
1 (parchment indenture with single wrapped pendant seal)
12 Jan [1583]
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to James Anderton of Lostocke, esq; for a certain sum;
quitclaim of messuages in Romworth alias Rumworth in the tenure of James Anderton,
except a close called the Meggfield in the tenure of George Edge of Hulton; witnesses:
Christofer Anderton, Raphe Crompton, Tho. Ryley, Tho. Sudell; 11 James I
22 Jul [1613]
DDHU/40/3 - Lease
Thomas Hulton of Farnworth, esq to Abraham Partington of Rumworth, webster; for a
consideration of £5; lease of a cottage in Rumworth; for the lives of Abraham Partington
and John and Jonathan his sons; paying annual rent of 16d; witnesses: James
Worthington, Adam Whittell, Roger Leaver, Richarde Edge, James Smith, Richard
Smith; 19 James I
24 Oct [1621]
82
DDHU
DDHU/40/4 - Lease
Thomas Hulton of Farnworth, esq to Raphe Seddon of Rumworth, taylor; for a
consideration of 40s; lease of a cottage, garden, and croft in Rumworth; for the lives of
Raphe Seddon, Margret his daughter and Artharton Heaton son of Raphe Heaton of
Atherton; paying annual rent of 3s 4d; witnesses: Oliver Pendlebury, James Pendleburie
the younger, Rowland Hulton; 19 James I
1 (parchment indenture with seal fragment on a single seal tag)
10 Dec [1621]
DDHU/40/5 - Lease
Thomas Hulton of Farneworth, esq to John Cowdall of Rumworthe, husbandman; for the
surrender of a previous lease and £4 5s; lease of a cottage in Rumworthe [Rumworth]
late in the tenure of James Holme deceased; for the lives of John Cowdall, Issabell his
wife and Roberte Hart eldest son of Roberte Hart of Westleighe, husbandman; paying
annual rent of 16d; witnesses: Richard Tildesly, John Forthe, Langley Rigbie, John
Carter; 19 James I
1 (parchment indenture )
31 Jan [1622]
DDHU/40/6 - Lease
Thomas Hulton of Farneworth, esq to Raphe Hulme of Rumworth, husbandman; for a
consideration of 30s; lease of a messuage, croft, and garden in Rumworth late in the
tenure of Edward father of Raphe Hulme; for the lives of Raphe Hulme, Edward his
brother and Henry Pendlebeurie son of Roger Pendlebeurie of Overhulton, chapman;
paying annual rent of 2s; witnesses: James Worthington, Richard Edge, Lawrance
Worthington, Richard Edge, Lawrance Worthington; 2 Charles I; cancelled
18 Apr [1626]
DDHU/40/7 - Lease
William Hulton of Farnworth, esq to John Partington of Rumworth, webster; for a
consideration of £3 6s 4d; lease for 21 years of a cottage in Rumworth; paying annual
rent of 16d; witnesses: John Morres, Joshua Partington; 21 Charles I
1 (parchment indenture with wrapped pendant seal on a tag)
25 Feb [1646]
83
DDHU
DDHU/40/8 - Assignment of trust
Alexander Horrocks of Turton, clerk, Peter Walmesley of Rogersted in Heaton, gent,
Thomas Leighe of Rumworth, yeoman and Henry Mullineux of Westhaughton, yeoman
to Robert Browne of Westhaughton, esq, Thomas Willowby of Horwich, Roger
Walmesley of Heaton. John Johnson of Halliwell, gent, James Grundy of Rumworth,
George Seddon of Farnworth, Robert Bolton of Kersley, yeoman, Thomas Mort of Peel,
gent, James Edge and John Thomasson of Middle Hulton, yeomen, William Rycroft and
James Kersley of Westhaughton, gents; assignment of trust in a messuage in Rumworth
late in the tenure of James Crompton, deceased; previously leased by Christopher
Anderton of Lostock, esq 20 Dec 1636 to Adam Hulton of Hulton, esq in trust for Ralph
Heaton of Heton, gent for the lives of Philadelphia Heaton, Atherton Heaton her son and
Ellen, daughter of Richard Turner of Haigh, yeoman, now wife of Atherton Heaton;
assigned 26 May 1678; trust is for John Tildsley, Vicar of Dean to receive the profits;
copy
3 (paper)
13 Aug 1649
DDHU/40/9 - Lease
Judith Hulton of Farnworth, widow to Robert Key of Bolton in the Mores, husbandman;
for the surrender of a previous lease and £3; lease of a cottage in Rumworth late in the
tenure of Roger and Robert Grundy; for the lives of Robert Key and Robert and John his
sons; paying annual rent of 2s; witnesses: Thomas Parkinson, Ellen Whittle, Richard
Holdenn
1 (parchment indenture with single wrapped pendant seal on a tag)
18 Jul 1657
DDHU/40/10 - Lease
Francis Anderton of Lostock, esq to William Hulton of Hulton, esq, John Harper of
Halliwell the elder, clerk, John Tildsley of Rumworth the elder, clerk, Roger Walmesley
of Heaton the elder, Adam Robinson of Rumworth the elder and John Johnson of
Halliwell the elder, gents, on behalf of the inhabitants of the parish of Deane; for a
consideration of £160; lease of a messuage in Deane in the tenure of John Tildsley, with
closes called the Barne Field, Marle Earth, Lowe Greaves, Great Eyes, Little Eyes,
Ashen Marld Earh, Bent, Har Clark Field, Lower Clark Field, Higher Banke, Lower
Hillock, Lower Bank, Kill Meadow, Clerke Clugh, Munkes, measuring 20ac; for the lives
of John Harper of Halliwell son of John Harper the elder, Atherton Heaton of Heaton,
gent and Roberte Sharples younger son of Roberte Sharples alias Ward of Halliwell,
yeoman; paying annual rent of 2s 6d; witnesses: James Anderton, Thomas Marsh,
William Bramsley, Richard Wood, Tho. Greene
3 Feb 1658
DDHU/40/11 - Lease
Richard Bradshaw of Penington, esq to John Condell of Westhaughton, carpenter; for
the surrender of an indenture of lease and £4; lease of a cottage in Rumworth; for the
lives of John, Johaney and Jane, children of John Condell; paying annual rent of 3s 2d;
witnesses: Robart Hart, Thomas Unsworth, Richard Leigh; 17 Charles II
1 (parchment indenture with wrapped pendant seal on a tag)
10 Jun [1665]
84
DDHU
DDHU/40/12 - Lease
Richard Bradshaw of Penington, esq to William Sixsmith of Rumworth, webster; for the
surrender of an indenture of lease and £10; lease of a dwelling-house in Rumworth late
in the tenure of Robert Key of Boulton; for the lives of William Sixsmith, Margret his wife
and John his son; paying annual rent of 2s; witnesses: John Unsworth, James Whittell
of Browndley, Wm Sixsmith senior, John Batersbie
1 Jan 1667
DDHU/40/13 - Lease
Richard Bradshaw of Pennyngton, esq to John Marsh of Rumworth, webster; for the
surrender of a previous lease and £5; lease of a cottage, garden and parcel of ground
in Rumworth; for the lives of William, Gyles and Thomas, sons of John Marsh; paying
annual rent of 1s 4d; witnesses: James Heys, John Smyth, Richard Leigh
14 Oct 1670
DDHU/40/14 - Lease
Richard Bradshaw of Pennington esq to Elizabeth Partington of Lostocke, widow of John
Partington; for a consideration of £5; lease of a cottage and croft in Rumworth late in the
possession of John Partington; for the lives of Elizabeth Partington and Abraham and
Jane her children; paying annual rent of 1s 4d; witnesses: James Heys, Richard
Southeren, Richard Leigh
1 (parchment indenture with pendant heraldic seal on a tag)
3 Dec 1670
DDHU/40/15 - Lease
Richard Bradshaw of Pennington, esq to Richard Southeren of Rumworth, lynine
webster; for the surrender of a lease and 20s; lease of a cottage, croft and garden in
Rumworth; for the lives of Richard, William and John, sons of Richard Southeren; paying
annual rent of 3s 4d; witnesses: Mary Pillinge, James Heys, Richard Leigh
7 Dec 1670
Richard Brooke of Heath Charnocke, husbandman to Robert Brooke of Rumworth,
fustian weaver, his brother; for a consideration of £8; quitclaim of a cottage in Rumworth
near the parish church of Deane, late in the tenure of Thomas Pendlebury; witnesses:
Henery Moris, Thomas Lightbowne, Jon. Johnson
1 (paper with an applied an a wafer seal)
1 May 1678
85
DDHU
DDHU/40/17 - Order
Manchester Quarter Sessions; that it will be lawful for John Berrington of Rumworth
blacksmith to build a cottage on the waste of Rumworth for the habitation of his family
25 Jul 1678; appended is a note of consent by William Hulton for John Berrington to
build a cottage adjoining his Smithy on Rumworth More near Dean Church 8 Aug 1678
Latin/English
1678
DDHU/40/18 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton esq to Robert Brookes of Rumworth, fustian wever; for the
surrender of previous leases and £20; lease of a messuage in Rumworth called Vicars
or Brookes Tenement; for the lives of Robert Bullock of Little Hilton and John Stones of
Sharples, husbandman; paying annual rent of 24s; witnesses: Nicholas Alred, Mattew
Chadwick; bond for the performance of covenants is attached Latin/English
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with a pendant seal and an applied seal)
22 Nov 1679
DDHU/40/19 - Release
Sir Charles Anderton of Lostocke, Baronet in the first part; Thomas Lever and James
Lightbown, esqs in the second part and Sir Raphe Assheton of Middleton, Baronet and
James Holt of Castleton, esq in the third part; release of a messuage in Deane in the
tenure of John Tildsley, with closes called the Barne Field, Marle Earth, Lowe Greaves,
Great Eyes, Little Eyes, Ashen Marld Earth, Bent, Har Clark Field, Lower Clark Field,
Higher Banke, Lower Hillock, Lower Bank, Kill Meadow, Clerke Clugh, Munkes
measuring 20ac; Thomas Lever and James Lightbown to be tenants until a common
recovery transfers the property to Sir Raphe Assheton and James Holt; witnesses: Wm.
Yates, Charles Both, George Chetham
1 (parchment indenture with seal fragment on a single tag)
31 May 1678
The inhabitants of the parish of Deane desire the parish house to be demised to their
present vicar Richard Halton for 21 years; including signatures of the inhabitants; copy
1 (paper)
14 Mar 1684
DDHU/40/21 - Lease
Sir Charles Anderton of Lostocke, Baronet to John Johnson of Westhaughton, gent; for
the surrender of an indenture of lease; lease of a messuage in Rumworth called the
Pullech or Punleach, in the tenure of Alice Forth, widow; for the lives of John, Thomas
and Hesther, children of John Johnson; paying annual rent of 24s; witnesses: Wm.
Yates, John Wareinge, Thomas Briggs, John Hoghton, Denis Grundy, Richard Tongue
10 Mar 1685
86
DDHU
DDHU/40/22 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton esq to William Seddon of Rumworth, husbandman; lease of a
cottage, garden, croft, and inclosure in Rumworth in the tenure of Elizabeth mother of
William Seddon; for the lives of William Seddon, John Seddon the son of Edward Seddon
of Rumworth and Robert Lee son of John Lee of Lostocke; paying annual rent of 4s;
witnesses: William Seddon, Robert Howorth, Adam Lacy
3 Mar 1692
John Johnson of Westhaughton, gent, to Nathanael Blinkhorne of Broughton, chapman;
reciting previous deeds; for a consideration of £60; bargain and sale of a messuage in
Rumworth called the Puleath or Punleath; including a proviso of redemption; witnesses:
Hamlet Lowe, Richard Valentine, parish clerk, Joseph Redmayn; endorsed that the £60
was repaid with interest on 2 Apr 1711
1 (parchment indenture with single applied seal)
29 Mar 1710
John Johnson of Rumworth, gent to Thomas Legh of Salford, maltster; reciting previous
deeds; for a consideration of £34; assignment of a messuage in Rumworth called the
Pullech or Punleach late in the tenure of Alice Forth, widow; including a proviso of
redemption; witnesses: Debroah Tonge, Ellin Tonge
1 (paper indenture with applied seal)
21 Jan 1717
John Johnson of Rumworth, gent to William Worthington of Bolton in le Moores, gent;
reciting previous deeds; for a consideration of £104; bargain and sale of a messuage in
Rumworth called the Pullech or Punleach, late in the tenure of Alice Forth, widow;
including a proviso of redemption; witnesses: Charles Moreton, Roger Walmsley
1 May 1719
DDHU/40/26 - Assignment of mortgage
William Worthington of Bolton in le Moores, gent in the first part; John Johnson of
Rumworth gent in the second part to William Legh of Westhaughton, gent in the third
part; reciting previous deeds; for a consideration of £109 owed to William Worthington;
assignment of the mortgage on a messuage in Rumworth called the Pullech or Punleach,
late in the tenure of Alice Forth, widow; witnesses: Charles Moreton, Henry Moreton
20 Apr 1720
DDHU/40/27 - Abstract
Grant of a Coal Mine situate in Rumworth for 1000 years from Henry Blundell, esq to
William Hulton, esq
1 (sewn papers)
2 Feb 1787
87
DDHU
DDHU/ACC8410/93 - Inclosure Bill
Inclosing lands in the township of Rumworth, and parish of Deane
1 (fastened papers)
1818
DDHU/ACC9318/80 - Deed
William Hulton of Hulton Park esq to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough
of Bolton; for a consideration of £150; the right of puddling or stopping up of drains
opening onto the site of a reservoir at Rumworth
1 (parchment indenture with two applied seals including that of the Borough of Bolton)
24 Oct 1850
Sir William R Hulton Baronet and others to Mr Joseph Higson; duplicate conveyance of
certain mines and minerals under lands in Rumworth; with a label endorsed '5c Sundry
Leases'
1 (parchment)
1 Jun 1913
1.37 Salford
Deeds relating to Ordsall manor and other properties in Salford
1650-1710
1.37.1 Ordsall
Deeds relating to the manor of Ordsall and Ordsall Hall
1658-1662
DDHU/33/1 - Articles of Agreement
John Radcliffe of Attleborough, Norfolk, esq and Edward Chetham of Chetham, gent;
John Radcliffe in consideration of £5 and of £3595 to be paid by Edward Chetham that
he and Sarah his wife, Dame Jane his mother, Francis Bickley of Hackney, Middlesex,
esq and Francis his younger son, will convey to Edward Chetham the manor of Ordsall,
Ordsall Hall and messuages belonging, Ordsall water corn mill, all in Ordsall, Salford,
Pendleton and Pendlebury; witnesses: Humphrey Radclyffe, Will. Salisbury, James
Holland, Hen. Crompton.
1 (parchment indenture with a single pendant seal on a tag)
23 Aug 1658
William Jessop of High Holborne, Middlesex, esq and William Hulton of Hulton, esq to
Francis Bickley the elder of Hackney, Middlesex, esq; lease for 500 years at peppercorn
rent of the manor of Ordsall with its associated capital messuage, demesne lands and
rights in Ordsall, Pendleton, Eccles, Senzeworth and Salford which were conveyed by
John Ratcliffe, esq to Francis Bickley and then to William Jessop and William Hulton; for
securing £1000 and including a proviso of redemption; witnesses: Ja Winstanley, Tho
Grenehalgh, Edm Ashton, John Downes, Tho Ashpoole, Rich Pitts
1 (parchment indenture with a pendant heraldic seal)
18 May 1659
88
DDHU
The Hon Dame Jane Radcliffe of Ordsall, widow, John Radcliffe of Attleborrow, Norfolk,
esq, William Jessop of High Holborne, Middlesex, esq and William Hulton of Hulton, esq
to Francis Bickley the elder of Hackney, Middlesex, esq; quitclaim of Ordsall Hall, and
messuages known by the name of the Longshott, the Hartshead, the Peascroft, the
Three acres, the Foure acres, the Windmill feild, the upper parke, the lower parke, the
seaven acres, the hoults bancke and one watermill belonging to the Hall; and also two
parcels of land called the great bents and the little bents and one parcel of meadow or
pasture called the Asles in the tenure of William Radley, gent; one close called the
Marled Earth late in the occupation of George Barker; and all those several tenements
in the tenures of George Barker and Robert Jepson and all rents due; to provide extra
security on a previous mortgage and including a proviso of redemption; witnesses:
Robert Wolrych, Raphe Forde, James Wightman
1 (parchment indenture with 2 pendant seals and 2 additional seal tags)
14 Dec 1659
John Ratcliffe of Attleborrow, Norfolk, esq son and heir of Sir Alexander Radcliffe late of
Ordsall knight of the Bath deceased to William Jessop of High Holborne, Middlesex, esq
and William Hulton of Hulton, esq; quitclaim of the manor of Ordsall, Ordsall Hall,
demesne lands and all related messuages in the towns of Ordsall, Pendleton, Eccles,
Seizeworth and Salford; reciting previous deeds; on receipt of a debt of £1190 under
previous mortgages; witnesses: Robert Wolrych, Humphrey Radclyffe, John Croft,
James Wightman
1 (multi-membrane parchment with a single seal tag)
19 Dec 1659
John Ratclyffe covenants that if before 1 Jan 1662 he shall borrow any more money from
William Jessop the manor of Ordsall shall be security for it; witnesses: Jo Attwood, W
Hulton, John Croft, Tho Ashpool, Radcliffe Scofeld, Rich Pitts
13 Feb 1661
DDHU/33/6 - Acknowledgment
Receipt by John Radcliffe of a further £470 from William Jessop, with Ordsall Manor and
lands acting as security; witnesses: W Hulton, Will Salisbury, Radcliffe Scofeld,
Christopher Astley
31 Jul 1661
89
DDHU
DDHU/33/7 - Release
William Jessop of High Holborne, Middlesex, esq, John Radcliffe of Attleborow, Norfolk,
esq and Dame Jane Radcliffe, widow to John Byrch of Whitborne, Hereford, esq; release
of the manor of Ordsall, Ordsall Hall, demesne lands and all related messuages in the
towns of Ordsall, Pendleton, Eccles, Seizeworth and Salford; for a consideration of
£2500 to William Jessop and £1300 to John Radcliffe and Dame Jane Radcliffe;
witnesses: Robert Raworth, William Radclife, Richard Spoare, Edward Jackson
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with pendant heraldic seal)
26 Jun 1662
1.37.2 Salford
Deeds relating to land in Salford
1650-1710
DDHU/33/8 - Bond
James Kelsall of Salford, gent to James Johnson of Haughton, haberdasher; for £20; for
performing the terms of the lease of a messuage in Salford late in the tenure of George
Lynney, deceased; let by James Johnson to James Kelsall for a year at 20s rent;
witnesses: Joseph Gilliman, William Soracould Latin/English
1 (paper with a single wafer seal)
27 Jul 1650
DDHU/33/9 - Assignment of Lease
Samuell Widdowes of Salford, taylor, and Elizabeth his wife to James Johnson of
Salford, haberdasher; for a consideration of £6 10s; assignment of the lease of a
messuage in Salford late in the tenure of John Ashton; witnesses: Robert Booth, John
Hurst, Robt Assheton
6 Jun 1664
DDHU/33/10 - Final Concord
James Johnson, plaintiff and Stephen Radley, esq and Anne his wife, deforceants; for
£66 13s 4d; 2ac land, 1ac meadow, 2ac pasture in Salford; 32 Charles II Latin
24 Mar 1680
DDHU/33/11 - Bond
William Legh of Salford, esq to James Dawson of Salford, chapman; for £660; for
conveyance to James Dawson by William Legh and John Waite of Manchester, gent of
properties in Salford lately belonging to James Johnson of Salford, haberdasher of hatts,
and in the tenure of William Legh, Robert Johnson, John Turner, Samuell Smith, Thomas
Bradley, Peter Hulme, James Heys, Francis Emerson, John Manchester, Ralph Barlow
and Robert Bradshaw; witnesses: Tho Legh, Wm White Latin/English
1 (paper)
18 Mar 1710
1.38 Spotland
Deeds relating to land in Spotland
1354-1602
90
DDHU
Adam de Hoppewode to Geoffrey le Hayward; feoffment of all his land in Furtestidene,
that is a 16th part of the town of Spotlonden [Spotland]; warranty clause; witnesses:
Robert le Hayward, Adam del Hul, John de Chaddewicke, Henry of the same, Thomas
de .. ; given at ... in St Peter in Cathedra, 28 Edward III; endorsed 100 bk III [some
information obscured by damage] Latin
[22 Feb 1354]
Robert de Radclyff de Meluer to Cristofore de Belfeld and Elen his wife; land in Spotland
had from Ralph father of Cristofore; witnesses: Adam de Buckeley, James de Belfeld,
Robert de [Chadwick]; given Sunday ater Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary; 6 Henry
V; endorsed no 39 Latin
[5 Feb 1419]
DDHU/34/3 - Bond
Marie Haslame of Hexte in Spotland, widow, and John Haslame of Spotland,
husbandman, to Robert Haworthe of Haworthe, gentleman; for £20; Marie Haslame,
John Haslame and Robert Haworthe stand bound to Thomas Holme of Rachdalle,
labourer, that he shall quietly occupy a close called the Marled Yearthe in Phalinge in
Spotland for 2 years without rent and to be paid £9; bond is intended to free Robert
Haworthe from indemnities; witnesses: James [Gedshoms?]; Ed Ogden, Thomas
Holme, Robert Haworth, Thomas Buckley Latin/English
20 Dec 1602
DDHU/34/4 - Lease
Edward Ashton, clerk, parson of Midleton and Elizabethe his wife, a daughter and heir
of Raulfe Belfield, late of Clegge, gentleman, deceased to Thomas Hardman of
Marcrofte Yeate, yeoman; lease for 21 years at yearly rent of 5s 8d and 1 hen at
Christmas; property inherited by Elizabethe called Henganshawe or Henganshawes in
Shelfeelde, in the holding of Thomas Hardman and Arthure Marcrofte; provided that
Thomas Hardman shall not let the premises to anyone except Arthure, reputed son of
Richard Marcrofte, late of Shelfeelde, deceased, and Margrette, late daughter of
Thomas Hardman, deceased, and Marye, Jane and Alice, daughters of Richard and
Magrette; witnesses: Thomas Raye, Thomas Steed; 34 Elizabeth I; endorsed 228
12 Apr [1592]
1.39 Treales, Roseacre and Wharles
Deeds relating to Treales, Roseacre and Wharles
1572
91
DDHU
Cuthbert Clyfton of Westbye, esq to William Hullton of Hullton Parke esq; assignment of
the goods and chattels of Henry Kyckley of Inskippe, deceased, except a lease of the
tithes of Rasaker [Roseacre] and Wharles; Cuthbert Clifton being executor of Henry
Kyckley; witnesses: Rychard Dyconson, George Syngleton, Phillip Ansleye; 15 Elizabeth
I
1 (parchment with single pendant seal on a tag)
12 Dec [1572]
DDHU/35/2 - Assignment of Lease
Cuthbert Clyfton of Westbye, esq to William Hullton of Hullton Parke esq; assignment of
lease of the tithes of Rosaker and Wharles; under the terms of a lease made between
Cuthbert Clyfton and Henry Kyckleye esq deceased; witnesses: John Parpointe,
Thomas Barnes, Wyllyam Holland; 15 Elizabeth I
12 Dec 1572
1.40 Tyldesley with Shakerley
Deeds relating to land in Tyldesley with Shakerley
1342-1690
Adam, son of Hugh de Tildeslegh to Roger and Robert, sons of Adam de Hulton;
feoffment of the manor of Tildeslegh [Tyldesley]; warranty clause; witnesses: Gilbert de
Ines, Adam de Hulton, Richard de Bradeschagh de Penninton, William de Wareton,
Richard de Hulton del Wicheves, Dom Thomas, vicar of Bolton; given at Tildeslegh,
Friday after Epiphany; endorsed 68 and on paper no 23 Latin
1 (parchment with single pendant seal wrapped in hemp and string)
[11 Jan] 1342
DDHU/36/2 - Gift
Roger de Hulton and Robert de Hulton to Henry, son of Adam de Tildeslegh and Joan
his wife; 14ac of land and waste in the park of Tildeslegh, lying in the place called
Gromeshurst; paying 14s yearly; after the decease of Roger and Robert Hulton then to
be paid to Adam and Lawe their brothers; remainder to Hugh, son of Henry de
Tildeslegh, then to Adam, brother of Hugh, then to Hugh brother of Henry; witnesses:
Henry de Shakerislegh, Henry de Tildeslegh del Hurst, William de Warton, Hugh de
Astelegh, Henry del Morleghs; given at Tildeslegh, Sunday in Holy Trinity Latin
[27 May] 1347
92
DDHU
DDHU/36/3 - Gift
Roger, son of Adam de Hulton and Robert his brother to Adam son of Henry de
Tildesleghhurst; gift of 20ac of wasteland in the park of Tildeslegh [Tyldesley], lying
between the lands of Henry de Tildesleghhurste and of Henry, son of Adam de
Tildeslegh; paying 20s yearly; warranty clause; witnesses: Henry de Schakereslegh,
Henry de Tildesleghhurste, Henry de Morlegh, Gilbert de Swynelegh, Robert de
Wiltushalgh; given at Hulton, Tuesday after Holy Trinity, 21 Edward III Latin
[29 May 1347]
Roger, son of Adam de Hulton to Hugh, son of Thurstan de Tildesley; quitclaim of a
place called the Neuhall and 20ac of land in the park of Tildesley [Tyldesley], lately
belonging to Thomas de Tildesley, brother of Hugh; warranty clause; given at Tildesley,
Friday before the feast of St Gregory the Pope, 9 Henry V Latin
[6 Mar 1422]
DDHU/36/5 - Lease
Roger of Hulton to Jankyn of Par of Workesley; lease for three years of a pasture in
Tildisley [Tyldesley] called Tildisley Parke, lately let to Aleson, wife of Hugh of Tildisley;
paying rent of a rose; given the Wednesday in the feast of St Michael, 7 Henry VI English
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal bearing the letter H on a tag)
[29 Sep 1428]
DDHU/36/6 - Lease
Roger of Hulton to Jankyn of Par of Workesley; lease for three years of a pasture in
Tildisley [Tyldesley] called Tildisley Parke, lately let to Aleson, wife of Hugh of Tildisley;
paying rent of a rose; given the Wednesday in the feast of St Michael, 7 Henry VI;
counterpart of DDHU 36/5 English
[29 Sep 1428]
DDHU/36/7 - Letter
From Geffery Shakerley asking that a child shall be removed from Shakerley, which child
Thomas Mather the late Overseer of the Poor put to nurse without licence of the town
1 (paper)
17 Oct 1690
DDHU/36/8 - Writ
To William Gascoign, Chancellor of the Palatinate, stating that John, son of John de
Tildesley appeared before Thomas Pynchebek, justice, in a case against Roger de
Hulton and Roger his son, and Adam, brother of Roger son of Roger, William son of
Adam de Hilton, Adam de Bradshagh, Henry de Ballesden, Roger de Grenehalgh,
concerning the ownership of a tenement in Tildeslegh; the case was then transferred to
Westminster on 3 Jul; 12 Henry IV Latin
1 (parchment)
8 Jul [1411]
93
DDHU
1.41 Westhoughton
Deeds relating to land in Westhoughton; also including papers relating to payment of the
town debts
c1200-1937
DDHU/37/1 - Gift
Albert Grelle to Ellis, son of Robert son of Lesnoth; gift of the land of Snythill; paying 12d
for all services except tallage; witnesses: Robert de Biron, Jordan dean of Mamcestre,
Henry de Whalley, Vivian Basset, William Nore[s], Robert son of Robert de Bur, Thomas
son of Robert son of Leisyng, Robert de Prestewich, Robert de Gl..., Robert son of
Randle, Henry Hawtein, Nicholas del ..., Richard Norensi, Robert priest of Ma[mces]tre,
Jordan priest of the same town, Ralph the chamberlain, William the clerk who has written
this charter with other pleas in the Lord's court Latin
1 (parchment, seal tags missing)
n.d. [c1200]
DDHU/37/2 - Gift
Roger, son of Ellis de Haltun to John, [relative of] Maurice de Hyltun; gift of a fourth part
of the land between Willamhilpittes and Bradebroch, by these bounds: from the way,
descending the Bradebroch and thus following the Green Lache, from the Green Lache
following to Croketbroch, and so descending Croketbroch as far as the bounds of Cholle
and so following the bounds of Cholle as far as Willamhispittes and from Willamhispittes
ascending as far as Weteschaefeheld and the Feheld, following the pittes as far as the
way, and so following the Way to the aforesaid Bradebroch; with common of Haltun and
with pannage of swine in the wood of Haltun; paying yearly a pair of gloves; warranty
clause; witnesses: Gilbert, lord of Bartun, Adam de Radeclive, Robert de Hiltun, Adam
de Westeley, Henry de Tildesleye, Alexander de Asteleye, Richard de Pinington, Peter
de Burnil, Richard de Perpunt, Waldeve at that time chaplain of Vale St Mary and others
Latin
n.d. [c1220]
John de Suinhul, son of Jordan de Birchow to John, son of Robert de Hilgton; quitclaim
of a moiety of the land of Suinhul; witnesses: David de Hulton, Master R de Wigan, Adam
de Levre, Thomas de Perpont, Richard de Hulton, Morredyt of the same, Adam de
Hindelegh, Adam the clerk and others; endorsed: Snythell 187 Latin
1 (parchment with single wrapped pendant seal)
n.d. [c1220]
John called Nicthegale and Alice his wife to William, son of John de Snithul; a part of the
land called the Wethechaye in the town of Westealton [Westhoughton]; witnesses:
Richard son of John de Hulton, Ellis de Hetun, John de Bradechaye, John de Ruylondis,
Thomas son of Roger de Hultun and others; endorsed 102 and on paper no 4 Latin
n.d. [c1250]
94
DDHU
DDHU/37/5 - Gift
John of the Leghe of Westehalghton to Richard de Hulton; part of his land in
Westehalghton [Westhoughton] by these bounds: beginning at the black pit to the south
of his dike and so ascending by the pits towards the north as far as the hedge between
his field and the moor of Bastardeston, and so following the hedge direct to the hedge
of the said Richard; warranty clause; witnesses: Roger de Middelton junior, Richard de
Rediche, Thomas de Hulme, Adam de Radecliff, Henry de Hulton, William de Revyd,
clerk and others; endorsed 60 Latin
n.d. [c1260]
The religious men of the Abbey and Convent of Cokersond and Richard son of Richard
de Hulton; the Abbey quitclaims to Richard 3ac land in Halghton [Westhoughton] of
which one lay next to the land of Richard which Adam son of Evot held, one next to the
land of Richard which Roger de Middilare held and the third next to the land of Richard
which Robert son of Jordan held; the Abbey also quitclaims 25ac waste and pasture in
the same town lying on the west side of the park of Richard, i.e. in length between the
king's highway next to Bastardisston and the hedge of Richard son of John of the
Leyghe, and in breadth between the park of Richard and the pits; which waste may be
enclosed and improved by Richard who is to pay to the Abbey 40s and 6s 8d rent; the
Abbey is to allow Richard in the presence of the forester of the Abbey, to take 2 oaks
from the wood of Halghton excepting the wood of Brunsope and also dead wood to burn
and build ; Richard and his tenants may keep 40 swine in the wood of Halghton, except
in Brunsope during the time of mast; the Abbey to have the wood called Brunsope which
they may enclose and improve; Richard quitclaims a right to the pannage of more than
40 swine; the Abbey may enclose and improve the wastes, both wood and plain in
Halghton saving sufficient pasture and estover for the tenants of Richard; witnesses:
William, lord of Bradischawe, Robert de Schireborne, Hugh de Stanediche, John de
Hulton, Richard del Wichevese; Robert del Bothe, John son of Hugh de Hulton, Richard
Valentyn, clerk and others; given at Halghton; 5 Edward II; endorsed no 230 and on
paper no 9 Latin
16 Jun [1312]
Richard son of Richard de Hulton to God and the Blessed Mary of the blessed place of
Cokersond and the religious men, the Abbot and Convent; quitclaim of the wastes and
pastures within the bounds of the town of Halghton [Westhoughton], saving common of
pasture and reasonable estover to Richard and his tenants in accordance with
DDHU/37/6; also the wood called Bruneshep; witnesses: William, lord of Bradeschawe,
Robert de Schireburne, Hugh de [Stan]ediche, John de Hulton, Richard del Wichenese,
Robert del Bothe, John son of Hugh de Hilton, Richard Valentin, clerk and others; given
at Halghton, Sunday in morrow of St John Baptist 5 Edward II; endorsed 122 Latin
[25 Jun 1312]
95
DDHU
Richard son of John del Bradeleghe to Richard de Hulton; a piece of land in
Westhalghton [Westhoughton] of 3 roods of land and 23 roodfalls at the north of his field
in the said town below the Putts in exchange for 3 roods and 23 roodfalls at the
Conwarecroftes below the Putts; also a place which Richard de Hulton had from John
del Bradeleghe in the same town; warranty clause; witnesses: Richard de Ruylondes,
John son of Hugh de Hulton, Hugh del Bradeleghe, John le Jew, John son of Hugh son
of Ellis, Roger de Ruylondes, Hugh the clerk and others; given at Westhalghton Friday
before St Margaret Virgin, 6 Edward II; endorsed 133 and on paper no 10 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal on tag featuring a bird)
[14 Jul 1312]
Robert son of Roger de Pennylbury to Richard son of Richard de Hulton; quitclaim of all
lands held by Richard in Halghton [Westhoughton]; also in all the waste which Richard
has below the enclosure in Halghton next to his park of Hulton; witnesses: John de
Hulton, Robert de Ashton, Thomas de Happewode, Roger de Hulton, Robert de Bothe,
William de Revyd, clerk and others; given at Halghton Sunday before St Margaret Virgin
6 Edward II Latin
[16 Jul 1312]
DDHU/37/10 - Gift
Robert son of Roger de Pennylbury to Richard son of Richard de Hulton; gift of a rood
of waste in Halghton [Westhoughton] below the park next to the King's Highway;
warranty clause; witnesses: Robert de Asheton, Thomas de Hoppewode, Roger de
Hulton, Robert del Bothe, Richard Valentyn and others; given at Halghton, Sunday after
translation of St Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 6 Edward II Latin
[9 Jul 1312]
DDHU/37/11 - Gift
Roger, Abbot of Cokersand to Richard de Hulton; a piece of waste in Halghton
[Westhoughton], from the corner of the park, following the highway to opposite
Bastardesttan and going thence directly south as far as the holly tree marked next to the
hedge below the close of Henry son of Hulle, from that holly tree lineally to the south as
far as the Quyntayn upon the moor, and from that Quyntayn upon the moor lineally as
far as the Cartelache on the boundary of Atherton, and following the Cartelache to the
east as far as the Solinebroke; saving a way from the waste and land of the Abbot 30
feet wide; paying 8s yearly; witnesses: Sir Richard, lord de Berun, Sir Nicholas de
Longeford, Sir Henry de Trafford, Sir Roger de Pylkynton, Gilbert de Singilton, Robert
de Shyrburn, John de Hulton, John son of Henry de Hulton and others; given at
Halghton, Tuesday after Octave of St Hillary, 13 Edward II; endorsed 123 Latin
[22 Jan 1320]
96
DDHU
Richard son of Richard de Hulton to the religious men of the Abbey of Cokersand;
quitclaim of his right to all lands, tenements, woods, moors, pasture, and turbary in
Halghton, with common of pasture, estover and pannage, outside the bounds, from the
corner of the park, following the highway to opposite Bastardesttan and going thence
directly south as far as the holly tree marked next to the hedge below the close of Henry
son of Hulle, from that holly tree lineally to the south as far as the Quyntayn upon the
moor, and from that quyntayn upon the moor lineally as far as the Cartelache on the
boundary of Atherton, and following the Cartelache to the east as far as the Solinebroke;
witnesses: Henry lord of Malton the Sheriff of Lancastre, Gilbert de Singilton, Robert de
Shirburn, John de Lancastre, William de Slene, John le Jew and others; given at
Halghton, Thursday after Octave St Hillary, 13 Edward II; endorsed 124 Latin
[24 Jan 1320]
DDHU/37/12A - Deed of entail
John de Workeslegh, chaplain to Adam de Hulton; all the properties had from Adam in
Westhalghton [Westhoughton] which Robert de Wyral holds for years; after the death of
Adam to Roger his son, then to Robert brother of Roger, then to Hugh their brother, then
to Adam their brother; warranty clause; witnesses: Adam of Levre, Richard de Hulton
del Wichevese, John de Redeford, William del Ruylondes, Robert de Penelbury junior
and others; given at Hulton 12 Edward III; endorsed 121 and on paper no 22 Latin
3 Nov [1338]
John son of Henry de Hulton to William his son; all his properties in the hamlet of Snythill
in the town of Westhalghton [Westhoughton]; remainder to Adam son of William;
warranty clause; witnesses: Roger de Boulton, John de Heton, John de Redeford, Hugh
son of John, Robert de Penulbury and others; given at Snythill Wednesday after St
Bartholomew, 23 Edward III; endorsed 225 Latin
[26 Aug 1349]
Adam Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq and William Hulton of Farneworthe, esq with the
mediation of John, Archbishop of Armecane, John Taylor, clerk, Doctor of both lawes,
Sir Lewys Pollard and Sir Richard Broke, Kings Justices; that Harry Tyldesley, Roger
Horrockes, Charles Daneporte, and Adam Seddon shall recover against Adam Hulton
and Alice his wife, Snythill in Westhalghton [Westhoughton] and lands in Harperoushay
[Harpurhey], Denton, Opensha [Openshaw], Gorton, Berton Lever and Bolton; 4 marks
yearly out of the lands in Harperoushay, Denton, Opensha, and Gorton to be paid in the
parish church of Dene [Deane] at the altar of Our Lady at the south side of the church;
the lands in Berton, Lever and Bolton to William Hulton, also the lands in Harpoureshey,
Denton, Opensha, and Gorton; witnesses: John Tayler, Lewis Pollard, Richard Brooke,
John Armachan; 13 Henry VIII
1 (parchment indenture with single wrapped pendant seal)
11 Jul [1521]
97
DDHU
DDHU/37/15 - Writ of Precipe
Harry Tyldesley, Roger Horrockes, Charles Daneporte, and Adam Seddon shall recover
against Adam Hulton and Alice his wife, Snythill in Westhalghton [Westhoughton] and
lands in Harperhey [Harpurhey], Denton, Opynsha [Openshaw] and Gorton; as
DDHU/37/14 Latin
1 (parchment)
20 Jul [1521]
DDHU/37/16 - Gift
Henry Tyldesley, Roger Horrockes, Charles Daneport and Adam Seddon, to Adam
Hulton and Alice his wife, daughter and heir of John Hulton of Fernworthe, esq; Snythill
in Westhalghton [Westhoughton] and lands in Harperhey [Harpurshey], Denton,
Opynsha [Openshaw] and Gorton; as DDHU/37/14; Attornies John Legh and Robert
Pendilbery of Westhalghton, gents; 13 Henry VIII Latin
1 (parchment indenture with four seal tags)
21 Aug [1521]
DDHU/37/17 - Lease
Adam Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq and William his son and heir to Henry Godbere of
Haughton, taylor; lease for 17 years of a close of land (3 ac) called the close by Myles
Hultons Howse in Westhaughton, part of a mease late in the tenure of Thomas Wyttell,
deceased; paying annual rent of a red rose; witnesses: Mylles Hulton, Thomas Lye,
Roger Grene; 4 Elizabeth I
7 Mar [1562]
Jamys Browne of Brynsopp, esq to Edward Standishe of Standishe, esq and William
Chelson of London, mercer; after marriage of Roberte son of Jamys Browne and Anne
daughter of John Langtree of Langtree, esq and £40 paid to John Langtree; Jamys
Browne agrees to convey to Richarde Wrightington, Alexander Forde, William Rycrofte,
and Adam Houghton the manor of Westhaughton; in trust for Jamys Browne then
Roberte Browne then James son of Robert Browne, then to each of the sons of Jamys
Browne the father; witnesses: Thomas Dysley, Robert Whorwode; 4 Elizabeth I
1 (parchment indenture with two seal tags)
26 Oct [1562]
Robert Browne of Brinsoppe in Westhoughton, esq and James his son and heir to James
Bankes of Pemberton, gent; for a consideration of 200 marks; a messuage in
Westhoughton containing approximately 50ac land and at the ancient rent of 40s in the
tenure of Edmunde Laythwayte; including a proviso of redemption; witnesses: Raufe
Worseley, Rychard Mellynge, Ad Bankes, Peter Parre, William Macande; 36 Elizabeth I
30 Mar [1594]
98
DDHU
DDHU/37/20 - Lease
James Browne of Westhaughton, esq to Edward Hulme of Westhaughton, husbandman;
for a consideration of £3; messuage in Westhaughton [Westhoughton] late in the tenure
of Adam Hulme, deceased; for the lives of Edward Hulme, Richard son of Richard
Robinson of Westhaughton and James son of Roger Pendleburye of Westhaughton;
paying annual rent of 12d and also one day filling of mucke and one day shearing at
harvest; provided that it will be lawful for James Browne or his heirs to dig coal from the
land; witnesses: James Browne, junior, Lambert Feilden, Symon Smith; 22 James I
22 May [1624]
DDHU/37/21 - Lease
James Browne of Westhaughton, esq, James his second son and Lambert Feilden of
Pinington, yeoman to Robert Karsley of Gisbrough in Cleeveland, York, yeoman; for a
consideration of £10; lease of a messuage in Westhaughton [Westhoughton] late in the
tenure of Oliver father of Robert Karsley and now of Richard Richardsone alias
Robinsone and John Howlden of Westhaughton, husbandman; for the lives of Richard
son of Richard Richardsone alias Robinsone, Robert son of James Pendleburye of
Westhaughton and Richard son of Roger Karsley of Westhaughton, deceased and a
further 21 years; paying annual rent of two capons and a half pence yearly and during
the term of 21 years 8s 6d; provided that it will be legal for James Browne, his son James
and Lambert Fielden to dig for coal and improve the common and waste grounds in
Westhaughton; witnesses: Cuth Platt, Elis Makand, Adam Southworth, Anth. Greene;
endorsed: Cowdalls Tenement; 8 Charles I
1 (parchment indenture with single pendant seal and two additional seal tags)
11 Aug [1632]
Robert Kearsley of Gisbrough, York, yeoman to Raph Worthington of Snydle, esq; for a
consideration of £50; assignment of the lease [DDHU/37/21] of a messuage in
Westhaughton late in the tenure of Oliver father of Robert Kearsley and now of Richard
Robinson; after the death of Robert Kearsley for a term of 21 years; witnesses: James
Pendlebury, Anne Robinson, Adam Robinson, John Hilton, Sa. Andrews; 23 Charles I
21 Sep [1647]
Adam Hilton of Hilton, esq and Roger Rigby of Atherton, yeoman; lease of six closes
called Nerer Nue Hey with Titmuse Croft adjoining, Further Nue Hey, the Forackers,
Lower Nue More, Hier Nue More and Ould Mistrus Fild for 3 years at £41 rent; witnesses:
Ellis Makant, Robert Makant, John Thomasson
1 (paper indenture)
2 Oct 1650
99
DDHU
DDHU/37/24 - Abstract
Summary of deeds concerning the conveyance of the manor of Westhaughton between
23 May [1545] and 2 Aug 1653; endorsed ''concerning the Purchasses made by Mr
Manwaring Mr Worthington etc of estates in Westhaughton''
2 (paper)
n.d. [c1653]
DDHU/37/25 - List
Properties in Westhaughton that Mr Worthington purchased from doctor Manwaring
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1653]
DDHU/37/26 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton, esq to James Morres of Midlehulton, husbandman; for a
consideration of £6; lease of a messuage in Westhaughton [Westhoughton]; for the lives
of John and James sons of James Morres and Richard son of Nicholas Balfron of
Westhaughton; paying annual rent of 1s 4d; witnesses: Tho. Lacy, Hen. Nowell, John
Thomason
8 Aug 1653
DDHU/37/27 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton esq to Roger Rigbie of Atherton, yeoman; for a consideration of
£12; lease of a cottage in Westhaughton [Westhoughton] late in the tenure of James
Rigbie; for the lives of William son of John Hurst of Westhaughton, husbandman and
Henry and John sons of Gyles Makand, both of Westhaughton, husbandmen; paying
annual rent of 3s 4d; Witn. John Thomason, Raphe Hulme, Richard Holden, John
Assley; endorsed: quitclaim by John Hilton 22 Apr 1656
11 Apr 1656
John Johnson, gent, plaintiff and William Worthington, gent, Mary his wife, and Richard
Worthington deforceants; a messuage, 4ac land, 2ac meadow and 4ac pasture with
common of pasture in Westhaughton [Westhoughton]; for £66 13s 4d; 33 Charles II Latin
16 Mar [1681]
DDHU/37/29 - Letter
Kath Molyneux, Dezye Hill, to William Hilton of Hilton, esq concerning the exchange of
a cottage with Mr Worthington
1 (paper)
5 Jan 1686
100
DDHU
DDHU/37/30 - Lease
William Hilton of Hilton, esq to William Worthington of Snydhill, esq; lease for 21 years
of four closes called the Two Hills, Hill Meadow and Blake Acre in West Houghton
[Westhoughton]; paying annual rent of £3; if William Worthington dies before the end of
the set term of 21 years then the property is to pass to his son Ralph Worthington for the
remainer of the term; witnesses: Charles Hilton, Jon.Johnson
9 Jul 1687
W Hilton concerning the various tenants and lease agreements relating to Cowdells
Tenement
1 (paper)
19 Sep 1687
John Legh of Westhaughton, gent to his father William Legh of Westhaughton, gent; for
an annuity of £10; quitclaim of the capital messuage and watercorn mill and demesne in
Westhaughton and messuage in the tenure of Robert Brown, William Grundy, Robert
Leigh, John Roscol, John Brown, William Leigh, Roger Hilton, Richard Edge, William
Rothwell, Grace Taylor, Widow Cowburn, James Sothern, James Woodworth, Jane
Roscoe, Widow Walters and John John Leigh (sic) in Westhaughton; of William Swift in
Hindley; of John Andlesark in Duxbury; and of William Kindsley in Chorley; witnesses: T
Nayler, J Nayler
1 (parchment indenture with 2 applied heraldic seals)
16 Jul 1698
DDHU/37/33 - Statements
Informations of William Legh, gent, aged 75, Edward Seddon, husbandman, 48 and
David Woodward, 70 all of Westhaughton, and Arthur Worthington of Over Hulton,
naylor, 65 concerning a watering pool and well at Snydle in Westhoughton
3 (paper)
6 Nov 1712
DDHU/ACC9318/71 - Deeds
Deeds of conveyance by lease and release of two closes of land called the Witch Heys
in Westhoughton; from Alexander Radcliffe of Westleigh esq to Roger Pendlebury of
Westhoughton husbandman and from John Whalley to Gerard Pendlebury; also papers
relating to the settlement of the estate of Gerard Pendlebury after his death, including
extracted copies of his will
9 (bundle of parchment and paper)
10-11 Apr 1713
101
DDHU
James Molineux of Westhaughton, naylor, and Roger son of John Hilton of
Westhaughton, milner deceased on the first part; Richard France of Westhaughton,
husbandman on the second part and John Aspinall and Adam Hindley, yeomen,
Overseers of the Poor of Westhaughton on the third part; for a consideration of £7 15s;
assignment of lease for 1000 years of a smithy built by consent of Henry Hilton, esq on
the waste in Westhaughton [Westhoughton] called the Chequerbent; held in trust by
John Aspinall and Adam Hindley to the use of Richard France; for the payment of a debt
to William Legh, esq; witnesses; Humphrey Booth, Tho. Legh
1 (paper indenture with 3 applied seals)
4 Mar 1719
Informations of David Woodward of Westhaughton, fustian-weaver, aged 79 and Adam
Hilton of Over Hilton, husbandman, 80 concerning a close held by John Tonge at
Chequerbent being a bowling-green
1 (paper)
1722
William Legh, Tho. Molyneux, Sam. Crooke, Robert Chaddock and Edmund Assheton,
Justices of the Peace to Thomas, Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor for a brief for the
rebuilding of Westhoughton Chapel at a cost of £1,455 13s; ''by reason of its antiquity is
become very ruinous and in decay and entirely unfitt for publick divine worshipp...that by
reason of the rotteness of the foundation and other parts thereof there are so many
Cracks and Breaches in the Walls and Timber that they cannot any longer be supported'';
issued at Preston Quarter Sessions; endorsed: Lodged 9 Feb [1723], rejected 22 Apr
1724, Sir Harry Hoghton and Capt Legh present Latin/English
1 (paper, repaired, with 5 applied heraldic seals)
12 Jul [1722]
By the churchwardens, overseer and other inhabitants of Westhaughton that Will
Howard is a fit person to farm the Highgate
1 (paper)
15 Nov 1725
DDHU/ACC9318/77 - Lease
William Hulton of Hulton esq to Samuel Kay of Westhaughton chapman; lease of a
cottage at Westhaughton [Westhoughton] in the tenure of Jeffrey Dawson and Alice
France containing around one rood of land, as well as a piece of waste at the bottom of
Leigh Common called the Well Close or Rough Spun containing one acre and two roods;
for the lives of Robert Monkes aged 20, son of John Monks of Westhaughton, James
Kay aged 18, son of Edmund Kay, deceased, the brother of Samuel Kay, and James
Kay aged 1, son of Edmund kay of Westhaughton, fustian weaver, nephew of Samuel
Kay; paying annual rent of £2 5s
21 May 1740
102
DDHU
DDHU/37/38 - Lease
Samuel Clowes the younger of Manchester, gent to Edward Clowes of Hulton Hall, esq;
lease for 21 years of the tithes of properties in Westhoughton, being a messuage in the
tenure of William Irlam, farmer, 14ac; Thomas Battersby, farmer, 26ac; James
Chadwick, weaver, 11ac; William Southorne the younger, weaver, 9ac; James Turner,
weaver, 7ac; Mary Sharples, widow, 7ac; Mary Hulme, widow, 6ac; William Southorne
the elder, weaver, 5ac; Roger Rigby, husbandman, 5ac; Margaret Rigby, widow, 4½ac;
Edward Seddon, naylor, 3ac; James Kersley, 2½ac; John Knowles, naylor, 2¼ac;
Samuel Kay, weaver, 2ac; all the freehold of William Hulton of Hulton, esq a minor;
paying annual rent of £6 14s; on trust for William Hulton; witnesses: John Hilton, R.
Haselden
1 (paper indenture with single applied seal)
1 Aug 1751
DDHU/37/39 - Minutes
Meetings of the inhabitants of Westhaughton held at the house of Charles Mawdesley,
the Red Lyon, concerning the township debts of £1866 8s 3d
1 (paper)
30 Jun-20 Jul 1795
DDHU/37/40 - Rate book
At 3s 4d in the pound rent for the purpose of paying off the Westhoughton township
debts; giving the names of proprietors and occupiers alongside the assessed payment
due
1 (sewn paper pamphlet)
20 Jul 1795
DDHU/37/41 - Rate book
An assessment of 20s in the pound for the paying of the Westhoughton town debt; giving
the names of proprietors and occupiers alongside the assessed payment due
1 (sewn paper pamphlet)
20 Jul 1795
Deed bundle relating to Hilton's Farm, Lee Hall and Aspinall's estates, all situated at Lee
Common in Westhoughton, as well as the freehold mines and minerals lying under the
lands; documents gathered as part of the Chancery case of Green v Kellet; main parties
mentioned are Robert Nuttall, William Hulton Esq, William Wilson, William Wilbraham
Blethyn Hulton, William Green and William Kellett; documents include a schedule of
deeds, conveyances, sales particulars including plans, abstracts of title, agreement and
receipts of payment to the court; endorsed on wrapper B9
1 (bundle of parchment and paper)
1809-1885
103
DDHU
Deed bundle relating to the White Horse Estate in Westhoughton; main parties named
are Thomas Heelis, John Heelis, Thomas Monks, George Chadwick, John Marsden,
James Caldwell, William Hulton, William Ford Hulton, Thomas William Tatton, William
Chadwick, James Platt, James Heelis, William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton, H F Paget, J
Burt Marshall; documents include a schedule of deeds, mortgages, probate of the will of
John Marsden of Westhoughton, demises, assignments and conveyances; endorsed B3
1 (bundle of paper and parchment)
1811-1934
Deeds relating to property in Westhoughton, specifically the Common Field and the
Witch Heys Estate; parties named include Richard Crompton, Margaret Leach, John
Eckersley, John Smith, Messrs John and Nicholas Pendlebury, William Hulton Esq, John
Woodhouse, Richard Smethells, Messrs Ralph and Robert Leach, Frederick Copley
Hulton Esq, James Ryley, W.W.B. Hulton and Le Gendre N Starkie Esq; documents
include a release, lease, conveyances, mortgage and transfer of mortgage
8 (parchments)
1815-1891
DDHU/37/42 - Notes
''Extracts from records belonging the School of Westhoughton'' regarding donations
made to the Master of the school
1 (paper)
28 Dec 1818
DDHU/37/43 - Letter
From the Bishop of Chester concerning Mr Bateson, curate of Westhoughton; ''Where
can we find the man who will live in the house and pay its taxes, and take charge of
those 5000 people for £60 per annum''
2 (paper)
10 Dec [c1824]
DDHU/ACC9318/78 - Lease and release
Giles Higson of Middle Hulton farmer and James Higson of Atherton farmer, devisees in
trust of James Higson deceased of the first part; the said Giles Higson, eldest son of
James Higson of the second part; the said Giles Higson, Gerard Higson of
Westhoughton shopkeeper, the said James Higson the son, John Higson of Atherton
weaver, Peter Higson of Atherton shopkeeper, Robert Eckersley of Middle Hulton
yeoman and Betty Eckersley his wife of the third part; Henry Hopper late of Over Hulton
but now of Westleigh farmer of the fourth part; William Hulton of Hulton Park esq of the
fifth part; for a consideration of £180; conveyance by lease and release to William Hulton
of a parcel of land known as Brow Meadow or Braw Meadow in Westhoughton fronting
the turnpike road from Bolton to Wigan, containing 1 rood 33 perches and 16 yards of
land; including a schedule of deeds relating to the land
2 (parchment indentures with applied seals)
2 Jul 1829
104
DDHU
Bundle of deeds relating to Lee Common Cottage, 142 Park Rd, Westhoughton; main
parties named are Charles Chapman, William Ford Hulton esq, Thomas Eckersley,
W.W.B. Hulton esq, William Topping, Richard Platt and Mr Jesse Newton; documents
include conveyances, an assignment and a statutory declaration; endorsed on envelope
B2, but some documents also endorsed B5 and 6
8 (paper and parchment)
1872-1937
DDHU/ACC9318/81 - Schedule of deeds
Relating to the title of Frederick Copley Hulton as a Trustee for Mr and Mrs William Ford
Hulton to an estate called Witch Heys situate in Westhoughton
1 (paper)
5 Feb 1875
DDHU/ACC9318/82 - Legal papers
Relating to the conveyance by Robert Leech to William Ford Hulton esq of cottages and
land at Chequerbent, Westhoughton, called the Palace and Old Kings; documents
include a conveyance, abstract of title, statutory declarations, particulars of sale,
pedigree of Joseph Leech and parish and civil certificates relating to his family
8 (parchment and paper)
1875
DDHU/ACC9318/90 - Assurance
William Wilbraham Hulton and William Rothwell Hulton esqs and their mortgagees and
others to the Westhoughton Local Board; conveyance of a plot of land situate within
Westhoughton for a recreation ground
1 (parchment with multiple applied seals)
17 Oct 1889
Sir William Rothwell Hulton Baronet to the Urban District Council of Westhoughton;
duplicate conveyance in fee of ''Chequerbent Green'' to be used as a public garden;
including a plan; endorsed B8
1 (parchment indenture with applied seals)
6 May 1908
Sir William Rothwell Hulton Baronet to the Manchester Diocesan Association of Church
Schools; duplicate conveyance of land and premises situate at Chequerbent for
charitable purposes in connection with the Church of England; including a plan of the
school to be erected on the site; endorsed B8
1 (parchment)
31 Dec 1914-20 Jul 1915
105
DDHU
Sir William Rothwell Hulton Baronet to the Urban District Council of Westhoughton;
counterpart conveyance of a plot of land containing 320 square yards with the messuage
No 905 Manchester Road and smithy erected thereon situate at Westhoughton;
endorsed A7
1 (parchment)
11 Apr 1924
1.42 Westhoughton common
Deeds and other papers relating to the enclosure of Westhoughton common
c1545-1824
Dismissal of the commission in a dispute between James Browne, esq on behalf of Hugh
Coldale and Robarte his father against Adam Hulton concerning a marl-pit on the waste
of Westehalghton [Westhoughton]; draft
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1545]
DDHU/38/2 - Exemplification
Decree in the Duchy Court; the matter between James Browne of Westhaughton, gent,
complainant and Adam Hulton of the Parke, esq defendant concerning the possession
and usage of ''one greate waste grounde commonlie called Westhaughton
[Westhoughton] Common'' shall be dismissed owing to lack of conclusive evidence; 2
Elizabeth I Latin/English
1 (parchment with pendant seal of the Duchy of Lancaster)
28 May [1560]
DDHU/38/2A - Opinion
Thomas Tyldesley concerning lands passed from Roger Halton to John the son of
Meurike of Hilton; ''althoughe Mr Hulton have comon graunted him in the rest of
Westhaughton, yet maie the lord inclose the waste, leavinge Mr Hulton sufficient comon,
or otherwais satisfying him for his parte''
1 (paper)
2 May 1603
DDHU/38/3 - Survey
The Comons of Westhaughton [Westhoughton]; giving measurements and ownership of
the various commons
1 (paper)
1630
Charterors of Westhaughton that ''Edmund Manwairinge, Doctor of Lawe, and
Chancellor of Chester, owner and Lord for the tyme being'' shall enclose the commons
or heath ground there; copy
1 (paper)
13 Apr 1642
106
DDHU
William Worthington of Snidle, esq to William Hulton of Hulton, esq; for a consideration
of 20s; quitclaim of a cottage and incroachment made by Raph Hulme, alehousekeeper,
on the common of Westhaughton; witnesses: Pet. Worthington, John Johnson
Latin/English
1 (paper with a wafer seal)
14 Jan 1670
Between Richard, Viscount Colchester, Dame Penelope his wife, Thomas Bretherton,
esq., Alexander Radcliffe, Peter Worthington, Nathaniel Molineux, gents, Richard
Thomason, John Leigh, and Robert Reeve, yeomen on the first part and William Hilton,
William Worthington, esqs, Ralph Worthington his son and heir, John Worthington his
second son and William Leigh, gents on the second part; for enclosure of Westhoghton
[Westhoughton] Comons; witnesses: J Hartley, Roger Kenyon, Rich. Lodge, Edward
Whalley; copy
2 (paper)
24 Oct 1685
DDHU/38/7 - Letter
From Ben. Ayloffe sending notes of various decrees concerning Westhaughton
[Westhoughton] Common
1 (paper)
26 Sep 1685
Between William Hilton esq and William Worthington esq for the sharing of their
allotment of Westhaughton [Westhoughton] Common; Mr Hilton to be allowed to get
''cole from Snydle gate westward'' Latin/English
1 (paper, repaired)
19 Nov 1685
DDHU/38/9 - Survey
Commons and encroachments of Westhoughton, taken by John Thornton, Robert Edge
and George Smith; giving land measurements
1 (paper)
Jan-Feb 1686
DDHU/38/10 - Conveyance
William Hilton of Hilton esq and William Worthington of Snydle esq; pursuant to articles
of agreement recorded in DDHU/38/8 for the sharing of their portions of Westhaughton
[Westhoughton] commons; undated draft
1 (paper)
[1686]
107
DDHU
William Hilton of Hilton esq and William Worthington of Snydle esq; pursuant to articles
of agreement recorded in DDHU/38/8 for the sharing of their portions of Westhaughton
[Westhoughton] commons; witnesses: Charles Hilton, Jon. Johnson, James Chadwick,
Brundnell Copley
9 Jul 1687
Lord Colchester, etc to the Lord Chancellor concerning the claims of William Hilton to
Westhaughton [Westhoughton] Comon; copy
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1690]
DDHU/38/13 - Answer
Answer of William Hilton to the petition referenced DDHU/38/12 concerning his claim to
Haughton [Westhoughton] Comons
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1690]
DDHU/38/14 - Claim
William Legh esq claims his share of Westhaughton [Westhoughton] Common; 12
George I
1 (paper)
18 Apr [1726]
DDHU/38/15 - Note
Gorst and Birchall have examined the deeds and papers relating to West Haughton
[Westhoughton] Commons and believe that William Hilton esq, the party to the inclosure
in 1726, ''took his several allotments in satisfaction of all his Rights''
1 (paper)
27 Aug 1824
1.43 Wigan
Deeds relating to land in Wigan
1384-1482
William Wynstansle de Wygan, son and heir of William Wynstansle de Wygan to John
Bulfot of the same; feoffment of a messuage with curtilage in Wygan [Wigan] next to a
messuage of Richard Marschal, with all his properties in the town and field of Wygan;
warranty clause; witnesses: Oliver Belleyeter de Ladyngton, William Bayly de Stratton,
Hugh Aschtone de Burcefor, Hugh de Cros mayor of Wygan, Adam de Berkhede,
Thurstan de Berkhede, John de Croft of the same and others; given at Buchenhulle
[Bucknall] Oxford, Tuesday after St Matthew, 8 Richard II; endorsed on paper no 31
Latin
[27 Sep 1384]
108
DDHU
William de Wynstanlegh son and heir of Wiliam de Wynstanlegh de Wygan to John
Bulfote de Wygan; quitclaim of all his properties in the town and field of Wygan [Wigan];
warranty clause; witnesses: Thomas de Dokesbury, mayor, Adam de Birkhed, Hugh del
Crosse, Thomas Cloddok senior, John de Croft and others; given at Wygan, Friday after
St Ambrose Bishop, 14 Richard II; endorsed on paper no 32 Latin
1 (parchment with single pendant heraldic seal)
[7 Apr 1391]
William Jewe and William Brokesmowthe chaplains to William de Hulton; feoffment of
properties in Ins [Ince] and Wygan [Wigan] had by feoffment of Roger de Hulton; to
William Hulton for life, then to Adam de Hulton, then to Roger son of Adam; witnesses:
Sir William de Athirton, John Gerard, John de Hulton and others; given at Wygan; 5
Henry V; endorsed 88 and on paper no 38 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with pendant seal and additional tag)
1 Dec [1417]
Roger Hulton the elder of the Parke to Roger Gerard son of William Gerard of Ines; lease
for 14 years of ''divers parcels of landis and tenements lieng in the paresh of Wigan to
the yerell value of 21s...that is, the hall, in the Milnegate in Wigan to the yereli value of
8s, also a parcell of land in the holdyng of Jamys Mecalfe to the yereli value of 9s, also
a parcell of londe the holdyng of Ric. Gardyn to the yereli value of 2s, also a parcell of
londe in the holdyng of Ric. Penyngton to the yereli value of 4s; paying annual rent of
12d; containing a proviso of redemption that the indenture will be void if Roger Gerard
should pay to Roger Hulton £8; 22 Edward IV English
8 Mar [1482]
1.44 Winwick Rectory
Legal papers relating to the lease of Winwick Rectory
[17th cent]
Account of proceedings arising out of the lease of the Rectory of Winwick made for 99
years on 20 Oct [1563]
1 (paper)
n.d. [17th cent]
1.45 Properties in several townships
Deeds relating to properties in more than one township
c1300-1958
109
DDHU
Henry de Hulton to John his son; his capital messuage in the hamlet of Farneworth
[Farnworth] in the town of Barton, with all his lands there; also a rent of 8d and the
reversion of the tenement there which Adam le Harsknave and Avice his wife hold as
dower of Avice; also a rent of 4d and the reversion of the tenement there which John de
Kerisleghe holds; also his lands in the hamlet of Snithil in the town of Halghton with a
rent of 4d and the reversion of the tenement there which Award de Brockholys and
Margery his wife hold as dower of Margery; also all his lands in Rumworth, with a rent of
6d and the reversion of the tenement there which the aforesaid Award and Margery hold
for her life; warranty clause; witnesses: William de Levre, Jordan del Wode, Sunon de
Bradeschagh, Adam son of Robert de Radeclif, Richard son of Ellis de Entewisel,
Richard the clerk and others; endorsed 31 and on paper no 5 Latin
1 (parchment with wrapped pendant seal on a tag)
n.d. [c1300]
Richard de Hulton to John de Hulton his brother; feoffment of the manor of Hulton, with
the reversion of the dower of Margery their mother there; also all his properties in
Westhalghton [Westhoughton]; warranty clause; witnesses: William de Radeclive,
Richard de Workedlegh, Adam de Radeclive, Adam de Hulton, Adam de Levere,
Nicholas de Wirkesworth, clerk and others; given at Hulton Monday in St Matthew the
Apostle 19 Edward II; endorsed 13 and 186 Latin
[23 Sep 1325]
Richard son and heir of Richard de Hulton to Adam de Hulton his uncle and Hugh his
son; the reversion of all properties which Margery widow of Richard de Hulton my
[cousin] held as dower in Hulton and Rumworth and which has descended to him by the
death of Margery; to hold for the lives of Adam and Hugh; rendering yearly a rose;
warranty clause; witnesses: Hugh de Tildislegh, Adam de Radecliff senior, John de
Hulton, Adam de Levre, John de Heton, John son of Henry de Hulton, Henry de
Shackerislegh, Richard de Farneworth, clerk and others; given at Hulton St Mark's day;
endorsed 52 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with pendant heraldic seal)
[25 Apr] 1331
Richard de Hulton, lord of Ordissale to Adam de Hulton his uncle; feoffment of all his
land in Westhalghton [Westhoughton], the manor and lands of Hulton and part of his
land in Romewrthe [Rumworth], that which Richard del Medoue held for years; warranty
clause; witnesses: Richard de Wrkeslegh, Hugh de Tyldeslegh, Henry de Wrkuslegh,
Henry de Schackruslegh, Henry de Tyldeslegh del Hurste and others; given at Hulton
Sunday after Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7 Edward III; endorsed 44 Latin
1 (parchment with pendant heraldic seal on a tag)
[7 Feb 1333]
110
DDHU
DDHU/41/5 - [Lease]
Richard de Hulton to Adam de Leige; his lands in the park of Hulton and Halghton as
enclosed on the day of the making of this lease by hedges and palisades, except the
houses of the manor and the way which Richard and his ancestors have used to carry
all necessaries between Ordeshale and the aforesaid park and the houses built therein;
for the life of Adam; paying yearly for 3 years 100s a year, and thereafter 10 marks;
warranty clause; witnesses: John de Heton, John son of Henry de Hulton, Roger de
Boulton, John de Redeford, Robert de Penhulburie and others; given at Hulton Monday
after St Martin; endorsed 126 Latin
1 (parchment with pendant heraldic seal)
[15 Nov] 1333
Adam son of John de Levre to Adam de Hulton; quitclaim of the park of Hulton and
Westhalghton as enclosed in hedges and palisades; witnesses: Hugh de Tildisley, John
son of Henry de Hulton, Henry de Tildisley del Hurst, John de Heton, Richard the clerk
and others; given at Hulton in St Cedde Bishop 8 Edward III Latin
[2 Mar 1334]
William son of Robert of ... to Adam de Hulton; the park of Hulton and Westhalghton as
enclosed with the manor and mills and buildings therein; for the life of Adam then to
Roger his son and his heirs by Alyne daughter of Adam de Levre and their heirs, then to
Robert brother of Roger, then to Hugh his brother; warranty clause; witnesses: Adam de
Levre, John de Heton, John de Hulton, John de Tongh, John de Redeford and others;
given at Hulton, 9 Edward III; endorsed on paper no 19 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with pendant heraldic seal on a tag)
15 Apr [1335]
DDHU/41/8 - Lease for life
William son of Robert of [Redford] to Adam de Hulton; the park of Hulton and
Westhalghton [Westhoughton] and all his properties in Rumworth, Denton and
Mamchestre [Manchester]; for the life of Adam then to Roger his son and his heirs by
Alyne daughter of Adam de Levre and their heirs, then to Robert brother of Roger, then
to Hugh his brother; warranty clause; witnesses: Adam de Levre, John de Heton, John
de Hulton, John de Tongh, John de Redford and others; given at Hulton, 9 Edward III;
endorsed 51 Latin
15 Apr [1335]
111
DDHU
DDHU/41/8A - Feoffment
Adam de Hulton to Dom John de Workeslegh, chaplain; feoffment of all his lands outside
the park of Hulton called the Hullehouses and Ryngey; with lands which Richard del
Medowe held in Rumworth; also the properties which Robert de Wyral held in
Westhalgton [Westhoughton]; warranty clause; witnesses: Henry de Workeslegh,
Richard de Hulton del Wycheves, John de Redeford, William del Ruylondes, Robert de
Penulbury and others; given at the Hullehouses, Friday before All Saints, 12 Edward III
Latin
[30 Oct 1338]
John de Workeslegh, chaplain to Adam de Hulton; all the properties of Adam in Hulton
and Rumworth called the Hullehouses and Ryngey and the tenements which Richard
del Medowe holds; to Adam for life, then to Hugh son of the aforesaid Adam de Hulton,
then to Roger brother of Hugh and heir of Roger and Aline daughter of Adam de Levre,
then to Robert brother of Roger, then to Adam brother of Robert; witnesses: Henry de
Workeslegh, Adam de Levre, John de Redeford, William del Ruylondes, Robert de
Penulbury junior and others; given at Hulton; 12 Edward III; endorsed 11 Latin
3 Nov [1338]
DDHU/41/10 - Gift
Roger son of Roger de Hulton to Robert de Maunton, Robert de Boulton, chaplains and
Richard de Farneworth, clerk; gift of all his goods in all the properties which Robert,
Robert and Richard granted by the tenor of his charter in Hulton, Westhalghton
[Westhoughton] and Romeworth [Rumworth]; given at the manor of Hulton, Thursday
before Symon and Jude, 43 Edward III Latin
[25 Oct 1369]
Roger de Hulton to William le Jew and Robert de Brethurton, chaplains; all properties in
Hulton, Halghton [Westhoughton] and Romworth [Rumworth]; warranty clause;
witnesses: Robert de Workeslegh, Richard de Heton, Robert de Hyndelegh, Jone de
Bradeschagh, Adam de Levyr and others; given at Hulton, Wednesday after Corpus
Christi, 6 Richard II; endorsed on paper no 29 Latin
[27 May 1383]
112
DDHU
William le Jewe and John de Holond, chaplains to Henry de Farneworth de Worthington;
properties had from him in Hulton and Farneworth [Farnworth] in the hamlet of Barton in
Salfordeshyre, with a piece of land called Dicsonfeld which Joan wife of Henry has for
life; to Henry for life, then to Richard his son, then to Joan and Avice daughters of Henry;
witnesses: Gilbert de Longetre, Robert de Chernok, John Wen, Richard de Doaisbury,
John de Redford, William le Tasker, Robert de Burnedene and others; given at Hulton,
Thursday before St Luke, 17 Richard II; endorsed on paper no 34 Latin
[16 Oct 1393]
Richard de Huylton and William le Jewe, chaplains to Roger de Huylton; the manor of
Huylton [Hulton] and all properties there and in Halghton [Westhoughton], Rummeworth
[Rumworth], Denton and Mamcestre [Manchester]; to Roger for life, then to Adam his
son; warranty clause; witnesses: Sir John de Assheton, Matthew de Sotheworth, James
de Radclif, Robert del Holt, James del Holt and others; given at Huylton, Thursday in 4th
week of Lent, 20 Richard II; endorsed 45 Latin
[5 Apr 1397]
Richard son of John de Hilton de Haliwall to Roger son of Roger de Hilton; quitclaim of
all properties which belonged to Adam his [cousin] and Roger his father in Hilton [Hulton],
Halghton [Westhoughton] and Rommeworth [Rumworth]; witnesses: James de Radclyf,
Robert del Holt, Adam de Lever, Ellis de Entwisull, James del Holt and others; given at
Bolton, Thursday after Ascension, 5 Henry IV Latin
[15 May 1404]
John de Bolton and John de Legh, chaplains to Adam de Hulton; the manor of Hulton
and all properties there and in Halghton [Westhoughton], Rumworth, Denton and
Mamcestre [Manchester] to Adam for life then to Roger his son, then to Roger de Hulton,
father of the aforesaid Adam; witnesses: Sir William de Athirton, John Gerard, John de
Hulton and others; given at Hulton, 5 Henry V; endorsed 75 Latin
1 (parchment indenture with 2 seal fragments on tags)
4 Dec [1417]
Thurstan de Culcheth, Thomas de Culcheth, Nicholas de Culcheth and Henry de
Culcheth to Sir John le Buron, Thomas de Sotheworth esq, William Bothe canon of
Sothewell, Hugh Bromburgh chaplain, Germain de Newham, Richard de Midelton
chaplain, Henry del Fere, Henry del Peek and John de Thurlewynde; quitclaim of
properties in Culcheth [Culceth] and Hyndeley [Hindley] which belonged to Gilbert de
Culcheth; warranty clause; given at Culcheth, 8 Henry V Latin
1 (parchment with single pendant seal and additional tags with fragments)
14 Jul [1420]
113
DDHU
DDHU/41/17 - Declarations
Regarding the meres between Romeworth [Rumworth] and Hylton [Hilton]; made by
Wylliam of Aynesworth, William the Mort, Richard the Forster, John the Turnor and
Attekyn Robinson at the Dene kyrk, Thursday before Pentecost, 10 Henry VI in the
presence of John Gerard of Innes, William his son, William of Heton, Hugh of Tyldesley,
Roger of Bolton, Henry of Innes, Anyon of Entwyshull, Richard of Balhalgh, Thomas of
Chaydeok, Roger of Aynesworth, Thomas de Pyllesworth, priest and Robert Hayeward,
priest English
1 (parchment)
[5 Jun 1432]
DDHU/41/18 - Gift
James del Legh to Ellis Dodeson, chaplain; gift of all his properties in Hyndeley [Hindley]
and Westhaghton [Westhoughton] held by Ellis del Legh and Amayn Hert; warranty
clause; witnesses: Sir Geoffrey Massy, William de Haryngton, Robert de Workeslegh
and others; given at Westhalghton, 27 Henry VI; endorsed on paper no 50 Latin
12 Jan [1449]
DDHU/41/19 - Gift
Alice widow of James Tyldesley to Roger Hulton del Parke, her father, Roger her brother
and Thurstan Tyldesley; gift of properties in Workesley [Worsley] and Asteley [Astley];
witnesses: Sir Geoffrey Massy, William Hulton, William Heton, Oliver Par, Richard Par
and others; 32 Henry VI; endorsed 154 Latin
17 Aug [1454]
Alice widow of James Tylesley to Charles Hert and Geoffrey Penhulbury; to deliver seizin
of properties in Workesley [Worsley] and Asteley [Astley] to Roger Hulton del Parke, her
father, Roger her brother and Thurstan Tyldesley; 32 Henry VI Latin
17 Aug [1454]
Ellen daughter of Joan widow of Roger Hulton of the Parke to John Hulton her brother
and John Molineux; to receive from John Bradshagh senior seizin of properties in
Netherderwynde [Nether Darwen]; also properties which Arthur Bradley, Ellis Bothe,
Randle Hawrobyn and Philip Buccley held for years in Bolton, Rovyngton [Rivington] and
in Sadyleworthfryth [Saddleworth], York; also a parcel of land in the tenure of Thomas
Talyor in Kershagh, worth 3s 1d yearly; 37 Henry VI; endorsed 25 Latin
3 Jun [1459]
Adam Hulton esq son and heir of Roger Hulton esq to William Turnor of Wigan, potter;
properties in Wigan and Ines [Ince] conveyed on 4 Aug; 19 Henry VII
10 Aug [1504]
114
DDHU
DDHU/41/23 - Lease
John, Abbot of Whalley to Adam Hilton, esq; lease for 19 years of the tithe corn of Hilton
[Hulton] and Halghton [Westhoughton]; paying £6 4s 5d rent; 24 Henry VII
28 Aug [1508]
DDHU/41/24 - Gift
Adam Hulton senior of Hulton Parke, esq to Alexander Standisshe son and heir of Ralph
Standisshe, Thomas Gerrarde of Ince, Roger Asshae, Percival Haryngton, esqs,
Thomas Norres, gent and William Bulkeley son of Roland Bulkeley; a messuage in
Wigan in the tenure of Thomas Gerrard, esq at 22s 2d rent; a messuage in Westhalghton
[Westhoughton] in the tenure of Thomas Whetell at 43s 4d; a messuage in Westhalghton
in the tenure of Charles Whetell at 19s; a messuage in Hulton in the tenure of David
Carlyll at 24s; a messuage in Hulton in the tenure of Henry Macande at 13s 4d; an annual
rent of 5s 2d from a messuage in Hulton in the tenure of John Choll; a messuage in
Hulton in the tenure of the widow of John Mondew at 6s; a Naylying Smethe in Hulton in
the tenure of Robert Hurst at 8s; a messuage in Hulton in the tenure of Arthur Smethe
at 12s; a messuage in Denton in the tenure of Robert Smythe 23s 8d; a messuage in
Mainchestre [Manchester] in the tenure of Oliver Hall at 8s 8d and a messuage in
Mainchestre in the tenure of Oliver Berdysley at 13s 8d; in the use of Clemence daughter
of William Norres of Speke, esq or other daughter whom Adam son and heir of William
son of Adam Hulton shall marry; warranty clause; 21 Henry VIII Latin
29 Jan [1530]
Robert Legh de Westhalghton, gent to John his son for diverse sums of money paid in
his necessity; properties in Westhalghton [Westhoughton] and Hyndeley [Hindley];
witnesses: Adam Hulton, Roger Urmstun, Wylliam Lee, Rechart Garnet, Edmunde
Newton, Roger Bradshay, Lawrens Bradshay, Thomas Mort; 31 Henry VIII; endorsed on
paper no 62 Latin
9 May [1539]
Adam Hulton of the Parke esq to Thurstan Tildesley of Worldeley; for a consideration of
£400; bargain and sale of properties in the towns and fields of Denton, Openshawe
[Openshaw] and Gortonn [Gorton] in the tenure of the widow of Myles Hulton, Hughe
Bordmann, William Robarson, William Bridgehowse, Nicholas Beley, the widow of
Richarde Robertson, Jamys Lawe, Rauff Cartewryght and Richarde Robartson;
witnesses: Rychard Massy, Edward Tyldysley, Thomas Reddyche, Charles Hope,
Thomas Bickersull, Robert Mellor, Hughe Traves, John Glover and others; 2 Elizabeth I
1 (parchment indenture with pendant seal fragment on tag)
4 Apr [1560]
115
DDHU
DDHU/41/27 - Deed of Entail
Adam Hulton of the Parke, esq to Sir William Norres of Speke, Edward his son and heir
and Roger Gernett of Hulton Parke, yeoman; the manor of Hulton Parke and tenements
in Hulton, Haghton [Westhoughton], Snythill, Rumworthe [Rumworth], Denton,
Manchester, Heyton [Huyton], Wigan, Ince, Harpurs Hey [Harpurshey] and
Gotherswicke; to the use of Adam Hulton for 60 years, remainder to William his son and
then to his male heirs; witnesses: William Norres, Edwarde Norres, William Pendylton,
John Sutton, Thomas Molyneux; 7 Elizabeth I Latin/English
1 (multi-membrance parchment indenture with 3 pendant seals on tags)
19 Sep [1565]
William Assheton de Rachedalle, gent, Anne his wife and Elizabeth Belfelde her sister,
daughters and co-heirs of Ralph Belfelde of Clegg, gent to Edmonde Hopwoode esq and
Peter Heywoode of Heywoode, gents; feoffment of the manors of Clegge [Clegg] and
Dutton, with properties there and in Shawfelde [Shawfield], Spotlande [Spotland],
Butterworthe [Butterworth], Milnrowe [Milnrow], Ribchester and Hundersfelde
[Hundersfield]; witnesses: Edmund Assheton, Rycharde Shuttleworthe, Robert Holte,
Robert Radclyff, Nycholas Grymschawe, John Wodroffe, Arthur Bentley, James
Buckley, John Hollynworth; 18 Elizabeth I Latin
1 (parchment indenture with 2 pendant seals and an additional tag)
27 Apr [1576]
DDHU/41/29 - Gift
William Hulton de Hulton, esq to Thomas Houghton de Houghton esq, John Atherton de
Atherton esq, Richard Assheton de Leiver gent and John Halghe de Halghe gent; gift of
his manor and messuages in Hulton, Haughton [Westhoughton], Wygan [Wigan],
Heaton, Rumworthe [Rumworth], Farneworthe [Farnworth], Manchester, Denton and
Harpershey [Harpurhey]; witnesses: Thomas Morte, Wylliam Payrke, Robert Leighe,
Raphe Bowker, James Burscough, James Syme, Robert Cowldall; enrolled: 3 May 1587
before Alexander Rigbye and Christofer Anderton, Justices and Ralph Lathom, Clerk of
the Peace; also endorsed with a list of attornments who each gave a piece of silver; 29
Elizabeth I Latin
6 Feb [1587]
DDHU/41/30 - Covenants to Levy a Fine
Adam Hulton of Hulton esq to John Atherton of Atherton and Raphe Worthington of
Lincolns Inne, Middlesex, esqs; to issue a fine of common recovery against the manor
of Hulton and properties there and in Rumworth, Westhaughton [Westhoughton],
Denton, Harperhey [Harpurhey], Manchester, Wigan, Ince, Lostocke [Lostock] and
Farneworth [Farnworth]; witnesses: Henri Hulton, James Worthington, Law.
Worthington, William Edge, James Browne junior, Thomas Smith; 5 Charles I
1 (parchment indenture with 2 wrapped pendant seals on tags)
20 Feb [1630]
116
DDHU
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Theophilus Howorth of Howorth, esq and Henry Nowell
of Reade, gent; for a consideration of 5s; lease for 6 months with the intention of allowing
a conveyance by lease and release of messuages in Ribchester, Dutton, Aighton, Bailey
and Chadgeley [Chaigley] in the tenure of Miles Dewhurst, Richard Duccat and John
Carter called the Uppermostdale, Woodhey, Milnehill, Orcharde, Wheatfield,
Stablecrofte, Withinleach, Furtherbancke Hey, Preist Meadow, Oreley Muttonfeild;
witnesses: Bernard Pasquell, John Curtis, William Thomas, Ralph Fossard
1 (parchment indenture with a pendant heraldic seal and an additional tag)
22 Jul 1659
Lawrence Shawe of Cockerham, clerk and Robert Shawe of High Bullhaulgh, gent, his
brother on the first part; Peter Adlington of Wiggan, gent and Nathan Leech of
Manchester, yeoman on the second part and Richard Fleetwood of Rossall, esq and
Robert Allanson of Adlington, gent on the third part; to bring Lawrence Shawe into an
estate of fee simple; release of a close in Salford in the tenure of Richard Chaworth and
a chief rent of 29s from a messuage in Russhulme alias Rysholme [Rusholme] in the
tenure of John Shelmerdine; to the use of Peter Adlington and Nathan Leech until a
common recovery can be enacted by Richard Fleetwood and Robert Allanson to the use
of Lawrence Shawe; witnesses: John Shelmerdine, John Glover, Humphrey Marler
2 Mar 1666
Richard Bradshawe of Penington, esq to William Hulton of Hulton, esq; for a
consideration of £460; bargain and sale of the seignoury and Royalty of Farneworth
[Farnworth], Rumworth, Great Lever, Midleton [Middleton], Kersley [Kearsley] and
Walkden, along with specified properties in Farneworth and Rumworthe as well as profits
of the court leets and view of frankpledge; witnesses: Roger Kenyon, Peter Marsh,
Nicholas Alred, Peter Hampson, William Smith
3 Apr 1678
William Hilton of Hilton esq to Richard Brooke of Astley esq and Nathaniel Hilton of
London, merchant; for a consideration of 5s; lease for a year with the intention of allowing
a conveyance by lease and release of the manors of Overhulton [Over Hulton],
Westhaughton [Westhoughton], Farnworth, Rumworth and Kearsley; witnesses: Tho
Lever, Edward Copley, Richard Hulme, George Haugh
16 Mar 1682
117
DDHU
DDHU/41/35 - Lease
Robert Hyde of Denton, esq to John Wagstaffe of Glossop, Derby, gent and Robert
Wagstaffe his brother, clerke; for a consideration of 5s; lease for 99 years of Denton Hall
and properties there and in Whittington, Crompton, Weston-hill and Ouldham [Oldham];
also in Hyde banke, Romeley and Brimington in the County of Chester; witnesses:
Thomas Booth, Thomas Wagstaffe, John Kolobhem; 3 William and Mary
20 Oct [1691]
Robert Hyde of Denton, esq and William Hyde his younger brother on the first part;
Charles Duckinfeild son and heir of Sir Robert Duckenfeild of Duckenfeild, Chester,
Baronet and Ralph Hartly of Strangewayes, gent on the second part and Sir Raphe
Assheton of Middleton, Baronet and Mary Hyde daughter and heir of Robert Hyde on
the third part; conveyance by lease and release of Denton Hall and properties there and
in Whittington, Crompton, Weston-hill and Oldham; also in Hydebank, Romeley and
Brimington, in the county of Chester; on the marriage of Sir Raphe Assheton and Mary
Hyde; witnesses: Edward Chetham, Robert Benison, Edmund Radcliffe, Edward Kinsey,
John Saxton
2 (parchment indentures with applied seals on tags)
27-28 Jul 1696
DDHU/41/37 - Covenant to Levy a Fine
Esther Johnson of Westhoughton, widow of John Johnson, gent and daughter of John
Stirrup of Kenion, gent, deceased to Robert Roscoe of Bolton in le Moores, gent and
Thomas Thomasson of Edgeworth, yeoman; to issue a fine of common recovery against
a messuage in Newton in Makerfeild [Makerfield] called Parpoyntes House, purchased
by John Stirrup from Richard Parpoynt and in the tenure of Robert Edden, Matthewe
Parpoynt and Richard Parpoynt; also a messuage in Little Lever purchased by John
Stirrup from Richard Hyde, esq, John Tildesley, clerk, John Angier, clerk, Richard
Heywood, yeoman and Oliver Heywood, clerk, in the tenure of James Mason; also a
messuage in Bedford purchased by Peter Flitcroft, father-in-law of John Stirrup in the
tenure of John Harrison; also one rood of land in Lawton the inheritance of John Stirrup
now in the possession of Thomas Parr; witnesses: Edward Richardson, Charles Moreton
1 (parchment indenture with single applied heraldic seal)
16 Mar 1698
Esther Johnson of Westhoughton, widow to John Johnson of Westhoughton, gent, her
son and heir; for a consideration of £500; conveyance of a messuage in Newton in
Makerfeild [Makerfield] called Parpoyntes House, purchased by John Stirrup from
Richard Parpoynt and in the tenure of Robert Edden, Matthewe Parpoynt and Richard
Parpoynt; also a messuage in Little Lever purchased by John Stirrup from Richard Hyde,
esq, John Tildesley, clerk, John Angier, clerk, Richard Heywood, yeoman and Oliver
Heywood, clerk, in the tenure of James Mason; also a messuage in Bedford purchased
by Peter Flitcroft, father-in-law of John Stirrup in the tenure of the widow of John
Harrison; witnesses: Thomas Briggs, Richard Robinson, Tho. Bancks
2 (parchment indentures with single pendant seals on tags)
9-10 Aug 1699
118
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9318/109 - Lease and release
William Hulton of Hulton esq nephew and heir of Henry Hulton esq deceased of the first
part; Robert Guillim of Atherton esq and John Parker of Brightmet esq of the second
part; Frances Legh of Wigan widow and Roger Rycroft of Westhoughton yeoman of the
third part; conveyance by lease and release of the Hulton Estate; to the use of William
Hulton and his heirs
3 (paper)
18-19 Jun 1740
Deeds relating to the mortgage of land at Clegg Hall, Denton, Harpurshey, Longworth
and Westhoughton; main parties named are William Hulton, Christopher Roe, Lawrence
Rawstorne, Sir Lloyd Kenyon, James Kearsley, Josiah Kearsley and Edward Kearsley;
documents include rentals, a bond, mortgages and assignments of mortgage
1772-1778
DDHU/ACC9318/76 - Enclosure Acts
An Act to impower William Hulton esq to charge his settled Estates in the County of
Lancaster...for the purposes therein mentioned, and also to grant Leases of certain Parts
of the said Estates 1772; An Act for...inclosing certain commons and waste lands within
the Manors or Lordships of Farnworth and Kersley, in the parish of Dean 1796; An Act
for Inclosing Lands in the Township of Rumworth and Parish of Dean 1815; labelled 'A8
Enclosure Acts'
6 (paper)
1772-1815
Deeds relating to the common recovery of the manors or lordships of Over Hulton,
Farnworth, Rumworth, Kersley and Longworth as well as property in Over Hulton,
Longworth, Westhoughton, Turton, Butterworth, Harpurhey, Rumworth, Farnworth and
Kearsley; parties named are James Kearsley demandant, James Taylor tenant and
William Hulton vouchee; documents include a lease for a year, deed to make tenant to
the precipe and declare the uses of a recovery and a recovery
3 (parchment)
24-30 Aug 1783
Deeds relating to the settlement of the estate of William Hulton esq deceased; including
a lease and release from the trustees and surviving executors to William Hulton Esq the
son which contains a schedule of debts of the testator; lease and marriage settlement
arranged between William Hulton esq, Lord Grey de Wilton and George Leiscester esq
prior to the marriage of William Hulton esq and Miss Jane Brooke; general release from
William Hulton esq to Henry Hulton, George Heron and Jane Tyrell Boyce of their
responsibilities as his guardians, including a detailed schedule of the debts and legacies
of William Hulton, including legacies due to his family members and servants
5 (parchment)
17 Aug 1785-21 Dec 1808
119
DDHU
Deeds relating to the common recovery of the manors or lordships of Over Hulton,
Farnworth, Rumworth, Kersley [Kearsley] and Longworth as well as property in Over
Hulton, Longworth, Westhoughton, Denton, Harpurhey, Rumworth, Farnworth and
Kersley; parties named are Henry Hulton and William Cross demandants, Edward Gorst
and John Gorst tenants and William Hulton vouchee; documents include a lease for a
year, deed to make a tenant to the precipe for suffering a common recovery and the
recovery which includes the seal of the County Palatine of Lancaster and a printed
illuminated border featuring a portrait of George III
3 (parchment)
1808-1809
A series of mortgage documents on the Hulton estate to secure specified sums of
money, alongside related leases, bonds and letters of attorney; some documents include
detailed schedules of the property mortgaged giving names of tenants and the terms of
their lease; main parties named are the Revd George Heron, John Shaw, William Hulton,
General Broughton, Thomas Langford Brooke, Edward Kearsley, Mary Wilbraham
Bootle, Revd Richard Rainshaw Rothwell, Richard Woodward and John Holford
15 (multi-membrane parchments and paper)
5 Apr 1809-26 Aug 1835
DDHU/53/52 - Sales Particulars
Manor of Farnworth and properties there and in Great Lever, Darcy Lever, Haulgh and
Bolton together with the highly productive beds of coal under a great part of the said
Estate; giving field names, tenants' names and detailed descriptions of each property,
including details of the terms of each tenancy; printed
5 (papers originally bound as a sewn pamphlet)
11 Mar 1812
Papers relating to the mortgage of the Hulton Estate; main parties named include William
Hulton esq, John Shaw, George Henry Pinchard esq; the Clerical, Medical and General
Life Assurance Society, Robert Lloyd Reid esq, Herbert Lloyd Reid, James Reid and
Benjamin Newbatt esq; documents include a schedule of the estate showing tenants,
property details, acreage and rental amount; notices; wills of John Shaw esq and James
Reid; An Act for better enabling the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society
to sue and be sued; rentals of the Hulton estates 1852 and 1865; demise and
appointment of receiver for further securing the sum of £30,000 and interest; declaration
of identity of estates; pedigree of William Hulton esq 1853; coveyance for better securing
a mortgage debt; declaration proving Herbert Lloyd to be the heir at law of the late Dr
James Reid; resolution and order; receipts; valuation; includes a label endorsed 'Bundle
No 3'
1815-1897
120
DDHU
Deeds relating to local railways; main parties mentioned are Mr Peters, William Hulton
Esq, the London and North Western Railway Company, William Ford Hulton Esq,
W.W.B. Hulton Esq, Thomas Wilson, Fred C Hulton Esq, the Borough of Bolton;
documents refer to land adjoining the Manchester and Liverpool railway, a coal depot
and premises in Great Moor St, Bolton, land in the parish of Dean under the Bolton and
Kenyon widenings 1878 and deviation 1880 and Bolton Tramways; also included are
plans of the Bolton and Kenyon Deviation and a plan showing Hulton Causeway, Deane
Church and portions of the Bolton and St Helens Highway, mentioned in the Bolton
Tramways and Improvement Act 1897; most of the deeds are endorsed with A4, A6 or
A7
1 (bundle of parchment and waxed linen)
1830-1897
DDHU/ACC8410/90 - Sales Particulars
Manor of Shakerley cum Tyledsley and various farms, lands, coal mines, chief rents and
tithes in Shakerley cum Tyldesley, Tyldesley cum Shakerley and Little Hulton; to be sold
by auction; including a plan and property descriptions which give current occupier and
acreage
1 (paper)
1 Jun 1836
DDHU/ACC9318/104 - Abstract of Title
Abstract of the Title of William Hulton esq to the manors of Over Hulton and Longworth
and to diverse capital and other messuages within the same manors and also in
Westhoughton
2 (paper)
21 Oct 1852
Probate of the will of William Hulton esq 23 Jul 1864; probate of the will of Mrs Maria
Hulton 19 Jul 1866; settlement of Miss Sarah Matilda Rothwell's fortune on her marriage
with William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton 23 Apr 1867; mortgage by demise to Thomas
Birchall and J.B.C. Hulton of coal mines in Over Hulton and Westhoughton 28 Sep 1868;
probate of the will of William Ford Hulton 12 Jul 1879; release and indemnity in the matter
of the trusts of the will of William Ford Hulton esq 13 Dec 1889; probate of the will of Sir
William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton 15 Jun 1907; counsel's opinion on settlement and will
of W.W.B. Hulton 7 Aug 1905; Sir W.W.B. Hulton's settlement trusts; Richard R Rothwell
esq and Henry Thomas Crofton esq and others, appointment of new trustees 5 Nov
1907; release to J.H.F. Hulton esq 16 Jun 1908; Banco de Vizcaya, Bilbao papers
regarding the accounts and land held by Sir William Rothwell Hulton in Spain; Hulton
Settled Estates general waiver by trustees of notice of intended sales, leases, etc 26 Jun
1958
1 (bundle of papers and parchment)
1864-1958
121
DDHU
DDHU/ACC8410/129 - Agreements
Memoranda of agreements for lease of plots of land; Peter Smith in Over Hulton; Ann
Yates in Rumworth; Robert Lee in West Houghton; William Greenhalgh in West
Houghton; Maria Hampson in Over Houghton; Martha Bentley in Turton; Isaac Kirkham,
John Higson, John Ingham, Thomas Sumner, Hugh James McMullin, Peter Seddon,
William Crompton, Henry Glover, Jacob Boardman, George Holme, James Tickle and
James Partington in Daubhill; Henry Greenhalgh in West Houghton; Joseph Gregory in
West Houghton; including some plans and correspondence
c1874-1885
DDHU/ACC9318/116 - Property agreements
Bundle labelled 'Hulton Colliery and L & N.W. Agreements A.6'; William Wilbraham
Blethyn Hulton and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company Agreement 18 Apr
1883; plans showing the boundary fence at Hunger Hill in Rumworth between the estates
of W.W.B. Hulton and Sir C.H. Tempest 1884; W.W.B. Hulton Esq and others and the
London and North Western Railway Company Agreement as to siding at Chequerbent
17 Aug 1885; Bolton and Kenyon Deviation 1880, W.W.B. Hulton Esq and others to the
London and North Western Railway Company copy conveyance of land in the parish of
Deane 21 Apr 1885; Sir William R Hulton Baronet and the Urban District Council of
Westhoughton duplicate grant of easement for sewers at Snydale, Bolton Rd,
Westhoughton 6 Feb 1928; Sir William R Hulton Baronet to East Lancashire Brick and
Tile Company Ltd counterpart lease of land and buildings near Pretoria Pit Over Hulton
for the purpose of a brick works 27 Jun 1935; Sir William Rothwell Hulton and Roger
Braddyll Hulton draft disentailing deed limited to a small portion of the Hulton Settled
Estates 30 Nov 1936; Sir William Rothwell Hulton and Mr Roger Braddyll Hulton to the
London Midland and Scottish Railway Company draft conveyance of land at
Westhoughton 11 Dec 1936; Sir William Rothwell Hulton to Messrs Thomas W Ward Ltd
lease of the brickworks at Pendlebury Fold, Over Hulton for 42 years 30 Jul 1938; Messrs
Thomas W Ward Ltd to Captain Geoffrey Alan Hulton surrender of a lease of brickworks
at Pendlebury Fold Over Hulton 24 Mar 1952
1883-1952
DDHU/ACC9318/85 - Grant
William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton esq to Edmund Ashworth esq; for a consideration of
£250; permission to divert the waters of Delph Brook in Longworth and Turton; including
a detailed plan
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with multiple applied seals)
26 Feb 1885
Papers relating to settled estates at Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Turton, Rumworth,
Bolton, Kersley and Farnworth; including abstracts of title, schedules of deeds, copy
conveyances and settlements; endorsed C5A
1889-1944
122
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9318/91 - Grant
William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton esq and others to the Mayor, Aldermen and citizens
of the city of Manchester; grant of easement supplemental to grant dated 25 Jul 1887;
relating to land in Over Hulton and Westhoughton to be utilised by the Thirlmere
Aqueduct; endorsed A4
1 (parchment)
25 Mar 1892
DDHU/ACC9318/105 - Abstracts of Title
W.W.B. Hulton and William Hulton esq to manors and settled estates in Over Hulton,
Westhoughton and Longworth; abstract of releases and discharges of several
incumbrances, mortgages and charges and marriage settlements affecting the estates;
abstract of the will and codicil of John Shaw esq; with a label endorsed 'Bundle 4, 10
abstracts received from Robinson 29 Jun 1901'
10 (paper)
19th cent.
1.46 Unidentified location
Deeds for which the property location is unclear
c1190
DDHU/53/1 - Grant
Randolph/Randle son of Walter, to all his men and friends, clergy and laity, both future
and present, greeting; know all men both future and present that I have granted and by
this my present charter have confirmed to Anselm son of Michael de Furnais and Agnes
my niece the gift which Patrick son of Edgar and Alice his mother gave and granted to
them and as by their charter is witnessed, saving the services belonging thereto;
witnesses: William son of William, Robert son of the Earl, Adam son of Gilbert, Adam de
Hunentun, John del Pleieiz, Adam son of Edgar, Walter his brother, Alice daughter of
Benedict, Henry son of Robert, Robert de Berier, Alan his brother, Nicholas le Surais
and Robert de Tirewit, who inspected this charter and many others; [There is some
suggestion that the grant may be concerned with the advowson of Drigg in Cumberland]
Latin
1 (vellum with pendent seal depicting a bird (possibly a goose or a swan) on silk
threads)
nd [c1190]
1.47 Deed registers
Registers and other documents which record the deeds held by the Hulton family
1806-1947
DDHU/53/84 - Calendar of deeds
Inscribed 'Book I' on the cover and 'Henry Hulton Preston' on the inside page; listing
deed nos 1-120, giving a brief overview of the parties, property and date of each deed;
it appears that the numbers given correspond in part with those which have been
endorsed on some of the deeds within the collection, which are noted in catalogue
entries
1 (sewn pamphlet bound in marbled paper)
28 Dec 1806
123
DDHU
DDHU/53/85 - Calendar of deeds
Inscribed 'Book II' on the cover; listing deed nos 121-168, giving a brief overview of the
parties, property and date of each deed; it appears that the numbers given correspond
in part with those which have been endorsed on some of the deeds within the collection,
which are noted in catalogue entries
1 (sewn pamphlet bound in marbled paper)
n.d. [c1806]
DDHU/ACC9318/59 - Register of deeds
Recording basic details of deeds created 1713-1949; arranged according to their original
box and bundle numbers, presumably as filed in the estate office; generally record the
date and parties to each deed, but give little information about the property; some deeds
have been crossed out with indications that they have been destroyed; includes an
alphabetical name index
1 (leather bound volume)
n.d. [20th cent.]
DDHU/ACC9318/70 - Register
Deed Room register of deed withdrawals; giving a brief description of deed, box and
parcel numbers, date when taken out, by whom taken, to whom sent, date when returned
and by whom returned
1 (bound volume with boards)
1893-1939
DDHU/53/86 - Notes
Shorthand notes about Hulton deeds
4 (paper)
n.d. [Nov 1947]
1.48 Acts of Parliament
Acts of Parliament and other parliamentary papers mainly relating to the use of land
within the Hulton estate
1772-1880
''To impower William Hulton Esq. to charge his settled Estates...with £1200 and
£3000...and also to grant leases of certain parts of the said Estates''; printed
1 (volume bound in marbled paper)
1772
124
DDHU
DDHU/ACC8410/143 - Acts of Parliament
Bound copies of local Acts of Parliament relating to the development of the railway;
including An Act for making and maintaining a railway or tramroad from or near the
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal to or near the Leeds and Liverpool Canal; An Act
for amending and enlarging the powers and provisions of an Act relating to the Bolton
and Leigh Railway; An Act for making a railway from the Bolton and Leigh Railway to
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway; An Act for making and maintaining a railway or
tramroad from the town of Liverpool to the town of Manchester; An Act to enable to
Company of Proprietors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to alter the line of the
said railway; An Act for amending and enlarging the powers and provisions of the several
Acts relating to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
1 (bound volume with boards and a marbled cover)
1825-1831
A Bill for making and maintaining a railway or tramroad from or near the Manchester,
Bolton and Bury Canal, in the parish of Bolton Le Moors, to or near the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal, in the parish of Leigh; An Act for consolidating the Bolton and Leigh,
the Kenyon and Leigh Junction, the Liverpool and Manchester, and the Grand Junction
Railway Companies
3 (sewn bundles of paper)
1825-1845
For amending and enlarging the Powers and Provisions of an Act relating to the Bolton
and Leigh Railway; Bolton and Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh Junction, Liverpool and
Manchester, and Grand Junction Railway Companies' Amalgamation; including
handwritten notes on some of the clauses within the Acts
9 (paper)
1828-1845
DDHU/ACC8410/219 - Act of Parliament
'A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation
and Railway, and to make a branch railway (with collateral branches) to Bolton'; including
a 'plan and section of the proposed Manchester Bolton and Bury Branch Railway (with
collateral branches) to Bolton'; (scale 1 inch:80 chains or a mile)
1 (paper)
1835
Parliamentary papers - Blue Book on the proceedings of the Railway Department 1842;
Bolton Waterworks Act 1843; Report on proposed cast-iron railway from Glasgow to
Berwick nd [c1810]; Act to consolidate London and Birmingham Grand Junction Railway
and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Co, 1846; Act for consolidation of Bolton and
Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh Junction, Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junction
Railways, 1845; also synopsis of First Bolton Railway Act and Notice of Auction of
Estates and coal mines at West Houghton 29 Mar 1837
1837-1846
125
DDHU
A Bill for more effectually Maintaining, Enlarging and Supporting a Reservoir, called
''Belmont Reservoir'' in the Parish of Bolton-Le-Moors 1843; A Bill for establishing
Markets in and otherwise improving the Borough of Bolton 1850; A Bill for the
Improvement of the Borough of Bolton 1854; The Award of Commons and Waste Lands
in Farnworth and Kersley 1862; A Bill to enable to Borough of Bolton to construct
additional Reservoirs and Works; to obtain a supply of Water from the Turton and
Entwistle Reservoir and to provide a public Park and Town Hall 1864; Legal opinion as
to the rights of Lord of the Manor at Farnworth 1868; Map of lands in the township of
Rumworth referred to by the Commissioners Award Plan by Jno Albinson 1816 Copied
1874; with an attached label endorsed '8'
9 (paper and waxed linen)
1843-1874
A Bill for enabling the Grand Junction Railway Company to make certain Branch Lines
of Railway 1846; The London and North Western Railway (New Works and Additional
Powers) Act 1869; Bolton Improvement Bill to extend the Borough of Bolton and to make
new streets and street improvements to extend the limits of gas and water supply and to
make further provision for the improvement and government of the Borough 1877;
London and North Western Railway (Railways and Widenings) Bill 1878; Manchester
Corporation Water Bills for enabling the City of Manchester to obtain a supply of water
from the Lake Thirlmere, petition against of William Ford Hulton Esq and clauses for the
protection of Wiilliam Ford Hulton Esq 1878; Bolton and Kenyon Deviation No 2 W.W.B.
Hulton Esq to the London and North Western Railway Company Requisitions and
Observations on the Title of Freeholds situate in the parish of Deane 1880
13 (paper)
1846-1880
1.49 Bonds
Bonds which in some instances may relate to the deeds listed previously; including
bonds to ensure abidance to an award; indemnity against previous agreements;
payment; performance of covenants and statute merchants
1419-1755
DDHU/44/1 - Bond
Adam de Hulton, Roger elder son of Robert del Holt, William de Heton, Adam de Lever
and William de Lever to John del Bothe; conditions for paying a Statute Merchant of 80
marks; 7 Henry V Latin
4 Nov [1419]
DDHU/44/2 - Bond
Thomas de Culcheth to Adam de Hulton; conditions for paying a Statute Merchant of
£60; 7 Henry V; endorsed on paper no 40 Latin
4 Nov [1419]
126
DDHU
DDHU/44/3 - Bond
Henry de Kyghley, Henry Blundell and William de Irland to Roger de Hulton; for £100;
Henry Hugh de Longton, Thomas de Longton and Robert de Rygby to abide by the
award of Edmund de Trafford in their dispute with Roger de Hulton, Laurence del
Rylondes, John del Rylondes, William del Rylondes, Richard del Rylondes, John de
Gorton and Laurence de Gorton; Monday before the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary 3 Henry VI; endorsed 162 Latin/French
[13 Aug 1425]
DDHU/44/4 - Bond
William de Lever and Roger de Lever to Richard de Prestal; for £100; to abide by the
award of Henry de Lever, John de Bradshagh and James of Aynesworth; Sunday after
Easter, 4 Henry VI; endorsed on paper no 47 Latin
[7 Apr 1426]
DDHU/44/5 - Bond
Hugh de Tyldeslegh de Tyldeslegh, Henry de Byrum, Thomas de Tyldeslegh de Hulton,
Roger de Bolton de Little Bolton and Thomas de Chaydok to James de Hulton de
Farneworth; conditions for paying a Statute Merchant of 100 marks; Friday of the second
week of Lent 4 Henry VI French
[1 Mar 1426]
DDHU/44/6 - Bond
Roger of Hylton, Robyn of the Holt, William of Heyton, Hugh of Hyndelegh and Robyn of
Penulbury to Sir John of Stanley, knight and Sir Richard of Stanley, Archedecon of
Chestre [Chester]; conditions for paying a Statute Merchant of £40; given at Wygan
[Wigan], Saturday after Circumcision 6 Hen VI English
1 (parchment indenture with pendant seal and 2 tags)
[3 Jan 1428]
DDHU/44/7 - Bond
Thomas Culcheth, gentleman, John Gawyn, yeoman and Adam Aspuls, husbandman to
Roger Hulton; for 35s; given Monday after the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary 13
Henry VI; endorsed on paper no 48 Latin
[8 Feb 1435]
DDHU/44/8 - Bond
William Hulton de Fernworth, esq to Adam Hulton de Hulton Parke; for £200; for
performance of covenants relating to an indenture; 13 Henry VIII Latin/English
11 Jul [1521]
127
DDHU
DDHU/44/9 - Bond
William Norres de Speke, esq, Ralph Standysshe de Standisshe, esq and Percival
Haryngton de Hyton Hey to Adam Hulton senior de Hulton Parke esq and William his
son and heir for £200; for performance of covenants concerning a marriage between
Adam son and heir of William Hulton and Clemence daughter of William Norres; 21
Henry VIII Latin/English
20 Jan [1530]
DDHU/44/10 - Bond
Richard Leigh de Heigh Leigh, Chester esq, William Bouthe of Dunham, Chester, esq
and John Dornvile de Lyme, Chester esq to William Assheton de Grais Inne, Middlesex
gent for £400; for performance of covenants relating to a pair of indentures; witnesses:
Edmund Assheton, Edmunde Hopwoode, Robert Holt, Robert Entwyssyll, Roger
Chadwicke de Chadwicke, Humfray Barlowe; 12 Elizabeth I Latin/English
26 Sep [1570]
DDHU/44/11 - Bond
Robert Worsleye de Bothes esq to William Hulton, esq; for 500 marks; Robert Worsleye
to bear half the costs arising from indentures between William Hulton and Cuthbert
Glyson of Westbye dated 15 Nov 1572 concerning the will of Henrye Kighleye, esq;
witnesses: Wylliam Urmeston, Thomas Barnes, Edward Bradshaughe, Robert Gerrarde;
15 Elizabeth I Latin/English
24 Jun [1573]
DDHU/44/12 - Bond
John Bradshaye de Bradshaye esq to Geoffrey Shakerleye de Howlme, Chester esq; for
£100; John Bradshaye to cause John his son and heir to seal an obligation to Geoffrey
Shakerleye when he has completed the age of 21 years; witnesses: Robert Worsley,
William Hulton, George Halgh; 15 Elizabeth I Latin/English
9 Nov [1573]
DDHU/44/13 - Bond
Geoffrey Shakerlaye de Howlme, Chester, Robert Worsleye de Boothes, Richard
Massye de Saile, Chester and George Pilkinton, esq to John Bradshaye de Bradshaye,
esq, John Bradshaye his son and heir and George Hawghe and Alexander Warde de
parochia Bolton, gents; for £200; for performance of covenants relating to a pair of
indentures; witnesses: William Hulton, Roger Pendlebury, Roger Houlme, Thomas
Heghton; 15 Elizabeth I Latin/English
1 (parchment)
9 Nov [1573]
128
DDHU
DDHU/44/14 - Bond
William Hullton de le Parke, esq and Hamlett Hollcrofte de Wolden gent to James Lorde
de Haugh husbandman; for £14; Hamlett Hollcrofte to pay to James Lorde £7 on the
feast day of Michael the Archangel [29 Sep 1574] in the parish church of Bolton;
witnesses: Richard Carter, Roger Broadhurste Latin/English
18 Aug 1574
DDHU/44/15 - Bond
John Passe de Laughhocke gent to William Hulton de le Parke esq; conditions for paying
a statute merchant of £50; made at Preston before William Hogekynson, mayor and
Lawrence Wall, clerk of recognizances; 16 Elizabeth I; endorsed 63 Latin
5 Oct [1574]
DDHU/44/16 - Bond
Edward Mydleton de Hebletwhayte, York esq, Francis Tunstall de Aweclyff esq to
William Hulton de le Parke esq; for £300; Edward Mydleton to abide by award of Richard
Braddill of Catterall, gent, in his dispute with William Hulton; witnesses: Edward Braddyll,
George Baynbridge, Mattew Georges, Edward Braddyll junior, Thomas Turton; 17
1 (parchment with 2 pendant seals showing a bird and a monkey)
1 Mar [1575]
DDHU/44/17 - Bond
William Hulton de Hulton Parke esq to Edward Norrys de Speke esq and Robert
Charnocke de Asteley esq; conditions for paying a statute merchant of £10,000; 22
Elizabeth I; cancelled Latin
1 (parchment with heraldic seal and additional partial seal on tags)
17 Feb [1580]
DDHU/44/18 - Bond
Thomas Houghton of Lea to William Hylton of the Parke; for £1,000; to indemnify William
Hylton against a bond for performance of covenants made 1 Feb 1582 between (I)
William Hylton, Thomas Houghton and Thomas Whyttingham and (II) Bryan Jackson of
Lewthehall in Woodplumpton, yeoman; witnesses: Thomas Whyttingham, George
Houghton, Richard Houghton, Wyllyam Hulton, George Walton, James Burscoughe; 28
1 (parchment)
26 Sep [1586]
DDHU/44/19 - Bond
John Estwood of Bronley, clothier to Walter Hickman of London, gent; for £54; for the
payment of £27 on 4 Sep 1587 in the Royal Exchange in London Latin/English
1 (parchment with pendant seal and additional seal tag)
8 Jul [1587]
129
DDHU
DDHU/44/20 - Bond
Robert Hesketh of Rufforthe, esq to William Hultone of Parke esq; for £250; Robert
Hesketh to indemnify William Hultone against a bond for the repayment of £200 made 8
May, 1589 by Robert Hesketh, William Hultone and Roberte Pilkington, for her Majesties
use in respect of debt of Blanche wife of Robert Hesketh; witnesses: Rychard Hothersall,
Raph Holt, Richarde Houghton, Cuthbert Hesketh; 31 Elizabeth I Latin/English
1 (parchment with pendant seal and additional seal tag)
11 May [1589]
DDHU/44/21 - Bond
William Norres of Speke, gent to William Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq; for £400; to
indemnify William Hulton against obligation dated 28 Jul 1589 whereby William Hulton
is bound to Thomas Houghton of the Lea, John Singleton of Stayninge, esqs, William
Clifton of Balam and Richarde Houghton of Houghton, gent for payment of £100 to
Cuthbert Clifton, her majesty's ward; witnesses: Richarde Boultone, William Hulton,
George Hultonn Latin/English
1 (parchment with pendant seal and additional tag)
10 Nov [1590]
DDHU/44/22 - Bond
William Norres of Speke, gent to William Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq; for £400; to
indemnify William Hulton against obligation dated 20 Jul 1590 whereby William Hulton
is bound to William Clifton of Balam and Richarde Houghton of Houghton, the elder,
gents, for payment of £100 to Cuthbert Clifton, her majesty's ward; witnesses: Richarde
Boultone, William Hulton, George Hultonn Latin/English
10 Nov 1590
DDHU/44/23 - Bond
Ralph Haughton of Kirkleyes, Richard Molyneux of Hauckley and Robert Arrowsmythe
of Pemberton, gents, to Thomas Turton alias Cutler and William Hurste of Overhulton,
yeoman; for £400; to perform covenants of a Letter of Attorney dated 28 Mar 1592;
witnesses: Edwarde Standysshe, Thomas Lathom, Robert Pennington, Roger Starkie,
Henry Willson, Peter Marshe younger, Nicholas Pennyngton; 34 Elizabeth I
Latin/English
28 Apr [1592]
DDHU/44/24 - Bond
John Haworth of Lancaster, gent to Robart Haworth of Haworth, gent; for £600; for
performance of covenants in an indenture of the same date; witnesses: Thomas
Addysone, Peter Hayward, Edward Roscoe, Williame Butterworth, Christofer Banbrigge,
George Cowper, Peter Hey Latin/English
18 Nov 1596
130
DDHU
DDHU/44/25 - Bond
Katherin Hulton of Norburie, Chester, widow, Hamlett Hyde of the same, esq and Robert
Hyde of Sithington, Chester, esq to James the King; for £40; for payment of £20 in part
of £80 for the custody, ward, and marriage of Adam, son and heir of William Hulton, gent
deceased; witnesses: Henri Bradshawe, Robert Hyde, William Davenport, Thomas
Beeley; 11 James I Latin/English
26 Nov [1613]
DDHU/44/26 - Bond
Robert Parker of Clifford, York, yeoman to Robert Bindlose of Barwick, esq; for £1,800;
for performance of covenants in an indenture of the same date between Robert Parker
and Alice his wife and Robert Brindlose; witnesses: Thomas Bower, Thomas Wharmby,
Richard Flecher; 15 James I Latin/English
1 (parchment)
20 Jul [1617]
DDHU/44/27 - Bond
Thomas Longworth de Longworth, gent to John Crosse de Kynvear, Stafford, clerk;
statute merchant; for £400; made at Wigan before James Pilkington, mayor, and Robert
Pennyngton, gent, clerk of recognizances Latin
1 (parchment with pendant seal of the Borough of Wigan and an additional seal tag)
25 Mar 1625
DDHU/44/28 - Bond
Elizabeth Howorth of Clegg, widow and Adam Hulton of Hulton, esq, Joseph Chadwicke
of Clegge, clothyer, and John Chadwicke of Clegg, yeoman to Nicholas Calverte of
Westbradford, York, yeoman; for £400; to pay to Nicholas Calverte £208 on 19 Sep 1636
at the house of Christofer Anderton, esq called the Hall of Lostocke if Mary Anderton,
daughter of Christopher Anderton is living, if she be dead, then to pay £192; witnesses:
Edmond Hollande, Thomas Whitehead, George Woods, Roger Heton, Elizabeth
Heweing, Thomas Hulton, Joseph Chadwicke, John Chadwicke Latin/English
1 (paper)
18 Mar 1636
DDHU/44/29 - Bond
Robert Browne of Brinsopp, esq to John Thomasson of Overhulton, yeoman; for £20; for
performance of covenants in an indenture of the same date; witnesses: Thomas Leaver,
Joshua Browne, Thomas Leaver junior, Nathan Leaver Latin/English
1 (paper)
20 Aug 1662
DDHU/44/30 - Bond
Dennis Morley of Pontefract, York, habberdasher to James Johnson of Salford,
haberdasher; for £15; to pay to James Johnson £7 10s on 8 May 1670 at the house of
Anthony Rawden of Pontefract; witnesses: Lee Hartley, Mathias Hawton, William
Scholey Latin/English
1 (paper with applied seals)
23 Oct 1668
131
DDHU
DDHU/44/31 - Bond
Matthew Travers of Beeston, Chester, gent to Robert Hyde of Denton, esq; for £400; for
performance of covenants in an indenture of the same date between Matthew Traavers
on the one part and John Crew of Utkinton, Chester, esq, Robert Hyde esq of
Hydebancke, Chester, gent, son and heir of Robert Hyde of Denton, John Travers of
Chester, ironmonger, and William Hyde of Denton, gent another son of Robert Hyde;
witnesses: John Prichard, John Ridsley, Edward Newbold Latin/English
1 (parchment with pendant seal and additional tag)
29 Dec 1668
DDHU/44/32 - Bond
William Emerson of Stamford Brigge, Lincoln, haberdasher, to James Johnson of
Salford, haberdasher; for £120; for payment of a £60 debt on 2 Feb 1671; witnesses:
John Bradley, John Peake
1 (paper with an applied seal)
12 May 1670
DDHU/44/33 - Bond
William Emerson of Glamfordbridge, Lincoln, feltmaker and Anne his sister, spinster to
James Johnson of Manchester, haberdasher; for £20; for payment of £10 on 25 Jul 1671;
witnesses: John Marr, John Tarleton, Robert Birch Latin/English
18 Apr 1671
DDHU/44/34 - Bond
Roger Lacy of Longworth, gent to William Hilton of Hilton, esq for £1,200; for
performance of covenants in an indenture of the same date; witnesses: James Marsh,
Nicholas Alred Latin/English
29 Nov 1678
DDHU/44/35 - Bond
John Thropp of Dublin, merchant and Thomas Hartley of Rumworth, grocer, to William
Hilton of Hilton, esq; for £40; to pay to William Hilton £20 before 20 Jul 1681; witnesses:
Mathew Chadwicke, Henry Inghame; 22 Charles II Latin/English
21 Jul [1680]
DDHU/44/36 - Bond
William Dickanson alias Ashton of Lomax, John Henshall of Smethurst and Barnard
Shawe of Manchester, all yeomen to James Johnson of Salford, haberdasher; for £20;
to pay to James Johnson £10 by 20 Dec 1684; witnesses: James Street, John Bennet,
Richard Radley Latin/English
1 (paper with wafer seals)
18 Jun 1684
132
DDHU
DDHU/44/37 - Bond
William Fairbrother of Over Hilton, husbandman to William Hilton of Hilton, esq; for £40;
William Fairbrother not to ride any of the horses of William Hilton without permission;
witnesses: Adam Lacy, Robert Howorth, Abraham Tomlinson Latin/English
4 Oct 1692
DDHU/44/38 - Bond
William Legh of Westhaughton, gent to Robert Pendlebury of Westhaughton, yeoman;
for £24; for performance of covenants in an indenture of the same date; witnesses: T
Nayler, Thomas Glover, E Nayler Latin/English
27 Jul 1698
DDHU/44/39 - Bond
Humphrey Lee of Salford, chapman to William Lee of Salford, esq; for £20; to pay to
William Lee 1s weekly so long as he remains unmarried; witnesses: A Hulton, Jo
Sumner, A Blanch Latin/English
29 Jan 1708
DDHU/44/40 - Bond
Edward Moody of Westhoughton, gent to John Johnson of Westhoughton, gent; for
£100; for performance of covenants within articles of agreement of the same date;
witnesses: Mary Rothwell, James Leigh Latin/English
4 Jan 1711
DDHU/44/41 - Bond
John Johnson of Westhoughton, gent to William Legh of Westhoughton, gent; for £140;
for performance of covenants of a deed of mortgage of the same date; witnesses:
Richard Brown, William Boardman, Edward Moody Latin/English
29 Mar 1711
DDHU/44/42 - Bond
John Johnson of Westhoughton, gent to William Legh of Westhoughton, gent; for £70;
for payment to William Legh of £35 on 14 Jan 1713; witnesses: Ellizabeth Allred,
Jeremiah Gybson Latin/English
14 Jul 1712
DDHU/44/43 - Bond
John Burgess of the parish of St Margarets, Westminster, esq to William Legh of the
parish of Deane, esq; for £100; Capt John Burgess indemnifies Capt William Legh
against claims of Capt John Cilliford concerning the charges of 13 men raised in England
by John Burgess for John Clifford; witnesses: J Gibson, W Horsington Latin/English
Apr 1714
133
DDHU
DDHU/44/44 - Bond
James Aspinall of Westhaughton, yeoman to Elizabeth Hulme of Westhaughton,
spinster; for £200; for performance of covenants in an indenture of the same date
between the aforesaid James Aspinall and James Aspinall late of Rumworth but now of
Westhaughton, yeoman on the one part and Elizabeth Hulme on the other part;
witnesses: Tho Legh, John Waite Latin/English
1 Nov 1718
DDHU/44/45 - Bond
William Legh of Westhaughton, esq to Elizabeth Rothwell of Bury, spinster; for £700; for
payment of £350 on 22 Mar 1723; witnesses James Hartley, Henry Clough; endorsed:
The £350 is to pay off the debts of Mr Humphrey Booth of Salford Latin/English
23 Mar 1722
DDHU/44/46 - Bond
Robert Booth of Salford, esq to William Legh of Westhoughton, esq for £1600; to
indemnify William Legh against bonds as DDHU 44/45 (now to Elizabeth Booth of Wigan
widow sister in law of Robert Booth), to James Bayley of Manchester, merchant for
repayment of £250, to Thomas Bankes of London for repayment of £200, and for £160
borrowed from George Kenyon of Salford, esq. witnesses: Ra. Bankes, Lawrence Higgin
Latin/English
1 (paper with applied heraldic seal)
2 Aug 1728
DDHU/44/47 - Bond
Bartholomew Haselden of Westhoughton, dealer in cotton, to Edward Clowes of Hilton,
gent, for £200; for payment to Edward Clowes of £100 on 9 Sep 1755; witnesses: Mary
Lightbown, John Simpkin
1 (paper with applied seal)
9 Apr 1755
1.50 Fines and recoveries
Documents relating to the fictitious legal processes of final concord (fine) and common
recovery, used to enable the sale of entailed land; properties described in these
documents are located in several townships
1521-1738
DDHU/49/1 - Common Recovery
Henry Tillesley, Roger Horrokkes, Charles Davenport and Adam Seddon by Ambrose
Middleton their attorney against Adam Hulton esq and Alice his wife by Henry Aynsworth
their attorney; 14 messuages, 300ac land, 40ac meadow, 200ac of pasture, 20ac of
wood and 300ac of heath and furze in Snythill in Westhaughton [Westhoughton],
Harparshay [Harpurhey], Denton, Openshay [Openshaw] and Gorton in Manchester;
Vouchees: Ralph Tildesley and George Walker; Monday after Assumption 13 Henry VIII
Latin
1 (parchment)
[19 Aug 1521]
134
DDHU
DDHU/49/2 - Writ
Praecipe and Recovery: Thurstan Tyldesley esq, Hugh Tyldesley, Ralph Longworth and
Roger Garnett against John Hulton, clerk, Alan Hulton, gent and James Hulton; 20
messuage, 6 tofts, 400ac of land, 300ac of meadow, 300ac of pasture, 100ac of wood,
300ac of heath and furze and 100ac of turbary in Sneythell, Westhawghton
[Westhoughton], Harpars Hey [Harpurhey], Denton, Openshawe [Openshaw],
Gotherwicke and Gorton; Vouchee: William Foster Latin
1 (2 parchments stitched together)
1 Apr 1560
Ralph Hartley and Richard Chorleton, plaintiffs and Alexander, son and heir of Alexander
Barlawe, esq and Elizabeth his wife, deforciant; for £400; a moiety of the manors of
Clegg and Dutton and 30 messuages, 30 cottages, 20 tofts, 1 watermill, 1 dovehouse,
60 gardens, 60 orchards, 300ac of land, 300ac of meadow, 300ac of pasture, 20ac of
wood, 500ac of heath and furze, 300ac of moor, 300ac of turbary, 100ac of marsh and
20s rent in Clegg, Dutton, Shawfeld, Spotland, Butterworth, Mylnerowe [Milnrow],
Ribchester and Hunnersfeld [Hundersfield]; Monday in the fourth week of Lent 14
Elizabeth I Latin
[17 Mar 1572]
Robert Charnocke esq and William Charnocke gent, plaintiffs against William Hulton
esq, deforciant; for £400; the manor of Over Hulton, 100 messuages, 40 cottages, 1
windmill, 1 water mill, 20 tofts, 40 gardens, 40 orchards, 1000ac of land, 500ac of
meadow, 700ac of pasture, 200ac of wood, 1000ac of heath and furze, 300ac of turbary,
400ac of moor and £3 5s rent from coal mines in Overhulton, Westhawgton
[Westhaughton] Harparshay [Harpurshey], Denton, Manchester, Wigan and Heaton; 24
Elizabeth I Latin
27 Aug [1582]
Thomas Standishe esq, John Crosse esq, Peter Shawe clerk, Thomas Shawe and
James Platt against Leonard Asshawe junior, gent; 30 messuages, 4 tofts, 30 gardens,
400ac land, 200ac meadow, 300ac pasture, 40ac wood, 100ac heath, 200ac moor,
100ac moss and 18d rent in Bedforde [Bedford], Parre [Parr], Wydnes [Widnes],
Crawneton [Cronton], Flixton, Tildesley [Tyldesley], Hulton, Over Hulton, Nether Hulton,
Barton on Irwell, Irelham [Irlam], Turton, Edgeworth, Ryvington [Rivington], Penington,
Astley, and Adlington; Vouchee: Edward Asshawe, by William Stanynoght his attorney,
and John Smalley; Monday after the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 33 Elizabeth
I Latin
1 (parchment)
[16 Aug 1591]
135
DDHU
DDHU/49/6 - Exemplification of Fine
Edmund Hopwood, esq and Robert Hoult, gent, plaintiffs and Theophilus Asheton, gent,
Alexander Butterworth, gent, Grace his wife, Edmund Haworth, and Elizabeth his wife,
deforciants; 26 messuages, 8 cottages, 40 gardens, 1 mill, 300ac land, 200ac meadow,
300ac pasture, 40ac wood, 200ac moor, and 7s rent in Butterworth, Spotland,
Hundersfield, Ribchester, Dutton, Bayley and Aighton; levied 31 Jul 3 James I [1605];
16 James I Latin
1 (parchment with pendant seal of the County Palatine of Lancaster)
21 Aug [1618]
John Atherton of Atherton, esq and Ralph Worthington, gent, plaintiffs and Adam Hulton
esq deforceant; for £1200; the manor of Hulton and 51 messuages, 8 cottages, 2
watermills, 50 gardens, 450ac land, 50ac meadows, 40ac pasture, 100ac wood, 40ac
moor and moss and £5 10s rent in Hulton, Rumworth, Westhaughton [Westhoughton],
Denton, Harperhey [Harpurhey], Manchester, Wigan, Ince, Lostocke [Lostock] and
Farneworth [Farnworth]; Monday in the fifth week of Lent 5 Charles I Latin
[23 Mar 1629]
William Walker, William Moore and John Hyde alias Haryson, gents, plaintiffs and
William Hyde, esq, Robert his son and heir and Alice his wife, deforceants; for £666 13s
4d; 16 messuages, 12 tofts, 1 dovecote, 12 gardens, 120ac land, 50ac meadow, 120ac
pasture, 20ac wood, 100ac heath, 200ac moor, and 50s rent in Withington, Goosnarghe
[Goosnargh], Crompton and Ouldham [Oldham]; 6 Charles I Latin
9 Aug [1630]
Robert Duckenfeild esq and Robert Ashton gent by Thomas Turner their attorney against
William Walker, William Moore and John Hyde alias Harrison, gents; 16 messuages, 12
tofts, 1 dovecote, 12 gardens, 120ac land, 50ac meadow, 120ac pasture, 20ac wood,
100ac heath, 200ac moor, and 50s rent in Withington, Goosnarghe [Goosnargh] and
Ouldham [Oldham]; Vouchees: William Hyde esq, Robert his son and heir and Alice his
wife, by Richard Bannester their attorney and Richard Smyth; 6 Charles I Latin
1 (parchment)
9 Aug [1630]
John Lister and Thomas Oddy, gents, plaintiffs and Thomas Longworth, esq and Dorothy
his wife, deforceants; for £960; the manor of Longworth, and 30 messuages, 30 gardens,
1 watermill, 600ac land, 20ac meadow, 300ac pasture, 4ac wood, 300ac heath and
furze, 100ac moor and common of pasture in Longworth, Bolton in the Mores and Turton;
Monday in the fourth week of Lent 7 Charles I Latin
[28 Mar 1631]
136
DDHU
William Hulton esq and Henry Nowell, gent against Thomas Lascy, esq; the manor of
Longworth, and 30 messuages, 30 gardens, 1 watermill, 600ac land, 20ac meadow,
300ac pasture, 4ac wood, 300ac heath and furze, 100ac moor and moss in Longworth,
Bolton in the Mores and Turton; Vouchee: Richard Finmore
1 (parchment)
6 Aug 1652
George Townsend and Henry Gerard, gents, plaintiffs and William Hulton, esq
deforceant; for £800; the manor of Hulton alias Over Hulton and 70 messuages, 30
cottages, 2 watermills, 100 gardens, 400ac land, 300ac meadow, 800ac pasture, 40ac
wood, 300ac moor and moss in Hulton alias Over Hulton, Deane, Rimworth [Rumworth],
Westhaughton [Westhoughton], Denton, Harpershey [Harpurshey], Manchester, Clegg,
Butterworth, Dutton, Ribchester, Aighton, Bayley [Bailey] and Chadgley [Chaigley].
27 Mar 1656
William Jessoppe, esq and Anthony Knightbridge, gent against George Townsend and
Henry Gerard, gents; the manor of Hulton alias Over Hulton and 100 messuages, 2
watermills, 100 gardens, 400ac land, 300ac meadow, 800ac pasture, 40ac wood, 300ac
moor and moss in Hulton alias Over Hulton, Deane, Rumworth, Westhaughton
[Westhoughton], Denton, Harpershey [Harpurhey], Manchester, Clegg, Butterworth,
Dutton, Ribchester, Aighton, Bailig [Bailey] and Chaigley; Vouchees: William Hulton esq,
Henry Wright
1 (parchment)
27 Mar 1656
William Walker and James Gartside junior, gents, plaintiffs and Henry Haworth esq
deforceant; for £350; 30 messuages, 30 barns, 1 filling mill, 1 watermill, 6 orchards, 30
gardens, 100ac land, 50ac meadow, 80ac pasture, 40ac moor, 40ac heath and furze,
and 4s rent in Haworth and Clegg; 27 Charles II Latin
19 Mar [1675]
Edward Holme and John Butterworth against William Walker and James Gartside, gents;
30 messuages, 30 barns, 1 filling mill, 1 watermill, 6 orchards, 30 gardens, 100ac land,
50ac meadow, 80ac pasture, 40ac moor, 40ac heath and furze, and 4s rent in Haworth
and Clegg; vouchees, Henry Haworth esq, Francis Read; 27 Charles II Latin
1 (parchment)
19 Mar [1675]
137
DDHU
John Johnson, plaintiff, and John Thomason and Anne his wife, deforceants; for £133
6s 8d; 4 messuages, 4 barns, 3 orchards, 4 gardens, 24ac land, 5ac meadow, 24ac
pasture and common of pasture in Westhaughton [Westhoughton], Blackrod, and
Halliwell; 24 Charles II Latin
22 Mar [1672]
Thomas Tatton and Edward Davenport, gents, plaintiffs and Robert Hyde esq,
deforceant; for £840; 16 messuages, 12 tofts, 1 dovecote, 12 gardens, 120ac land, 50ac
meadow, 120ac pasture, 20ac wood, 100ac heath, 200ac moor, and 50s rent, in
Withington, Denton, Crompton, Westonhill and Ouldham [Oldham]; 4 William and Mary
Latin
18 Mar [1692]
Robert Roscoe and Thomas Thomasson, plaintiffs, and Esther Johnson, widow,
deforceant; for £266 13s 4d; 4 messuages, 3 barns, 14ac land, 4ac meadow, 10ac
pasture, and common of turbary and pasture in Bedford, Little Lever, Newton-inMakerfeild and Lawton Latin
26 Mar 1698
Thomas Sutton, gent, plaintiff and William Hulton, esq, deforceant; for £5000; the
manors of Hulton and Over Hulton, Longworth, Farnworth, Rumworth and Kearsley as
well as 200 messuages, 3 watercorn mills, 160 barns, 200 gardens, 1000ac land, 500ac
meadow, 1400ac pasture, 40ac wood, 600ac moor and moss ground, 500ac heath and
furze and £10 rent in Over Hulton, Longworth, Farnworth, Rumworth, Kearsley,
Westhoughton, Harpurshey [Harpurhey], Denton, Manchester, Clegg, Butterworth and
Turton; 12 George II
17 Aug [1738]
1.51 Inquisitions
Inquisitions post mortem recording the property owned by various members of the Hulton
family at the time of their deaths
1556-1807
138
DDHU
DDHU/51/1 - Inquisition
John Hulton of Farneworth [Farnworth]; taken at Lancaster by William Smyth, esq,
escheator, on the oaths of Sir John Warren, Robert Holt esq, John Holcroft esq, Edward
Molineux, Oliver Culcheth, Robert Worsley junior, Edward Buttisworth, Robert Ballard,
William Johnson de Berwyche, George Becconnond esq, Peter Worthyngton esq and
Ralph Assheton esq; he held the manor of Farneworth and 7 messuages, 200ac of land,
50ac of meadow, 100ac of pasture and 20ac of wood in Farneworth [Farnworth]; also
20 messuages, 1000ac of land, 50ac of meadow, 500ac of pasture, 500ac of heath and
furze and 20ac of wood in Romworth [Rumworth]; also 2 messuages, 100ac of land,
60ac of meadow, 40ac of pasture and 300ac of heath and furze called the Hopeheye in
Neytherhalton [Hulton]; also 4 messuages, 40ac of land, 20ac of meadow, 40ac of
pasture in Kerseley [Kearsley]; also 20ac of land, 6ac of meadow and 40ac of pasture
in Westhalghton [Westhoughton]; also 10 messuages, 200ac land, 40ac meadow, 200ac
pasture in Denton in the parish of Manchester; also 6 messuages, 200ac land, 40ac
meadow, 100ac pasture and 30ac wood called Harperhey [Harpurhey] in Manchester;
also 3 messuages, 40ac pasture, 30ac meadow and 100ac pasture and turbary in
Irwilham [Irlam]; also 3 burgages, 10ac land in the town of Manchester; also 1 messuage,
60ac land, 4ac meadow, 20ac wood, 100ac pasture and turbary in Breghtinte; also 4ac
land in Great Lever; also 1 messuage, 40ac land, 200ac meadow, 40ac pasture and
turbary in Lostock; held of Sir Thomas West, Lord de la Warre, as of his manor of
Manchester; value £40 yearly; he died 29 Nov 1491; given at Lancaster Friday after St
Bartholomew 24 Henry VII [25 Aug 1508]; Incomplete; Certified copy by William
Radclyffe, Rouge Croix Latin
1 (paper)
14 Apr 1807
William Hulton, esq; taken at Bolton on the Moors, 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, before Ralph
Worsley, esq escheator, on the oaths of Ralph Assheton and William Heaton, esqs and
Thurstan Tyldesley, Lambert Heaton, Alexander Warde, Roger Walmesley, Richard
Valentyne, Adam Rosthorne, Richard Ramesbothom, John Lee, George Warde,
Christofer Holte, John Bridge, Adam Bamfforde, John Nutter, Robert Hyndley and
Thomas Chadocke, gents; he held the manor of Overhulton [Over Hulton] and 50
messuages, 10 cottages, 1000ac land, 200ac meadow, 40ac pasture, 60ac wood, 200ac
heath, moor, marsh and turbary and 2s rent in Overhulton, Haughton [Westhoughton],
Manchester and Denton; also a rent of 13s 4d from land which belonged to John del
Shaugh and Roger del Bonkes in Heton under Horwyche [Horwich]; also a rent of 22s
2d from properties the inheritance of Miles Gerrarde esq in Wygan [Wigan] and Ince;
also a rent of 4 marks from properties the inheritance of William Hulton of Farneworth,
esq in Harpershey [Harpurshey], Denton, Openshagh [Openshaw] and Chorleton
[Chorlton] in Manchester; he died 20 Sep 1555; leaving his heir Adam, his son, aged 36
Latin
1 (parchment indenture with wrapped seal on tag)
14 Mar [1556]
139
DDHU
Adam Hulton, esq; taken at Lancaster, 15 Elizabeth I, before Alexander Rigbye deputy
for Thomas Gardener, escheator, on oaths of Edward Tyldesley and Alan Hulton, esqs,
Geoffrey Holcrofte, William Nelson of Croston, Robert Swansey, George Lathome, John
Southeworth, Peter Catterall, Roger Pendilbury, Richard Maghull, Thomas Ince, Gilbert
Scotte, Thomas Walshe, Nicholas Tyldeysley, George Duddell and William Hill, gents;
he held the manor of Overhulton [Over Hulton] and 60 messuages, 12 cottages, 6 tofts,
1 dovecot, a windmill, a watermill, 2000ac land, 300ac meadow, 500ac pasture, 100ac
wood, 100ac heath, 60ac moor, 300ac turbary and 10s rent in Overhulton, Haughton
[Westhoughton], Heyton [Huyton], Rumworthe [Rumworth], Manchester, Denton and
Harpurs Heye [Harpurshey]; he died 26 Sep 1572; leaving his heir his son William aged
32 Latin
13 Mar [1573]
Alan Hulton of Farneworth, esq; taken at Bolton on the Moors, [35] Elizabeth I, before
Thomas Mort, deputy for Thomas Hesketh, esq, escheator, on oaths of Roger
Pendleburie, Richard Leighe, Richard Leaver, Roger Walmiley, Ralph Greene, Andrew
Leaver, John Aynsworth, Lawrence Bradshawe, Richard Woode, William Brooke,
William Walmisley, Lambwell Openshawe, John Greenehalghe, Richard Scolcrofte and
Thomas Nealey, gents; he held the manors of Farneworthe [Farnworth] and Rumworthe
[Rumworth] and 20 messuages, 20 cottages, 1 watermill, 300ac land, 100ac meadow,
200ac pasture and 200ac heath and furze in Farneworth, Rumworth, Lostocke [Lostock],
Kersley [Kearsley], Manchester, Bolton and Great Leaver [Lever]; also 2 cottages, 10ac
land, 10ac wood, heath, furze and turbary in Farneworthe called Dicson Feildes; also
16s 3d rent in Flixton and Rivington; his heir is his son John Hulton aged 40; damaged;
endorsed: ''There is no referrence to the original of this Inq. P.M. in the Kalenders of the
Office of the Dutchy of Lancaster. W. Radclyffe, Rouge Croix'' Latin
28 Sep [1593]
William Hulton of Manchester, gent Latin
1 (parchment indenture with 4 seal tags and seal fragments)
4 Oct 1613
Printed by Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society. Vol. 3. p.265.
DDHU/53/19 - Writ of Diem Clausit Extremum
From Charles I to the Escheator of the County of Lancaster to hold an Inquisition Postmortem of William Hulton, esq; 1 Charles I Latin
1 (parchment)
16 Jan [1626]
1.52 Legal matters and awards
Various papers which relate to legal disputes involving the Hulton estate and family
members
1389-1945
140
DDHU
DDHU/52/1A - Quitclaim
Hugh de Ines, Thomas son of Thurstan de Tildeslegh, William Wildeblod, Simon
Wildeblod, Richard de Pemberton, Alexander de Tyldeslegh, Robert de Tyldeslegh his
brother, Laurence Gylibrond, James de Barlawe, Robert de Barlawe, Adam Dodeson,
Seth de Tildeslegh, Robert son of Robert de Tildeslegh, Robert le Burdemon, William
son of John de Hylton, Thurstan de Bolton, Nicholas de Ines and Gilbert de Haywod to
Roger de Hylton, Roger his son, John de Gorton, John de Asshton de Derbishire,
Thomas his son, William Adamson de Hylton, Henry de Ballesden, Anneys widow of
John del Hylt de Aspull; all actions of pleas of mayhem and manslaughter; given Monday
before Christmas [13] Richard II French
[20 Dec 1389]
DDHU/52/1 - Award
John de Assheton, William de Athirton, esqs and James de Strangways; in a dispute
between John de Hulton de Farnworth, John le Valentyne and Richard le Valentyne on
the first part and Adam de Hulton and Roger his son on the second part; concerning
properties in Tildesley called Haukesherd; Adam and Roger have no claim to the
property; they are to pay to John de Hulton 10 marks of silver and a pipe of red wine;
also to restore to Richard le Valentyne a horse and three cows which they had taken
from Haukesherd; given at Lancaster 5 Henry V Latin
3 Apr 1417
DDHU/52/2 - Bond
Hugh son of Thurstan de Tyldeslegh esq to Adam de Hulton esq; for 40 marks; to abide
by award of Thomas de Byrum and Henry his son concerning an annual rent of 20s from
properties in Tyldesleghpark Latin/French
1 (parchment with single pendant seal and additional tag)
26 Mar 1417
DDHU/53/4 - Mandate
William Neuhagh, Canon of Lichfield, Vicar-General of William, Bishop of Coventry and
Lichfield to Gilbert de Hylton and John de Dinke, Deans of Werynton and Leylond; that
John de Dokesbury and Katerine his wife are to appear against Adam de Hylton Latin
1 (parchment with partial pendant seal and 2 tags)
6 May 1421
DDHU/52/3 - Award
Roger Hulton the younger, Gilbert Urmeston, Thurstan Percyvall, Vicar of Leghth, Gilbert
Hulton, John Hulton and Richard Par in a dispute between Roger Hulton the elder,
guardian of Alice and Margerie daughter of Mathew Hulton, deceased and the said Alice
and Margerie on the one part and Oliver Sale on the other part; Oliver Sale to pay to
Roger Hulton 50 marks to the use of Alice and Margerie Hulton who on becoming 21 are
to quitclaim to Oliver Sale the properties which were the heritage of Alice his mother
English
21 Jun 1466
141
DDHU
DDHU/52/4 - Memorandum
A decree in Chancery between Adam Hulton and Alice his wife on the first part and
Cristofer Hulton on the second part; a moiety of a burgage and 3ac land in Bolton; 11½ac
land in Midilton [Middleton]; a messuage in Lever and 8ac land in Berton which John son
of William Hulton formerly of Farnworth purchased himself and his heirs from Geoffrey
Shakerley in fee simple; and a messuage in Farneworth purchased by John Hulton father
of Alice; 14 Henry VII Latin
1 (parchment)
10 Jul [1499]
DDHU/52/5 - Exemplification
A Decree in Chancery; relating to the case of Hulton v Hulton: Plaintiffs: Adam Hulton
and Alice, his wife, daughter and heir of John Hulton; Defendant: Christofer Hulton; 12
Henry VIII; Latin
1 (parchment with damaged Great Seal of Henry VIII)
20 Nov [1520]
Related court documents can be found at The National Archives under the references
C 1/205/75 and C 1/205/80
DDHU/52/6 - Award
Sir Richard Assheton, Andrew Barton and Roger Asshawe, esqs in a dispute between
Adam Hulton esq and Adam Pendulburies on the first part and Agnes Heyton of Snydle,
widow on the other part; Agnes to hold 2 closes called the Hills and a meadow between
her tenement and that of Edward Chetham, also her garden, paying yearly to Adam
Pendulburies 4s; also Agnes to have one bay at the end of the house on the tenement
and liberty to build another, also one bay of the barn, adjoining ''the wynd mylne of
Snydle,'' and a bay of the ''shepn named a Kowhowse'' which bays are to be ''par-closed''
at the joint costs of Agnes and Adam; Agnes to remove from that part of the firehouse
which the dwells in and to take all her household stuff with her into the said bay; Agnes
to have moss-room in Snydle Mosse to get 40 loads of turf in the place where Ronert
her husband got it; Adam Hulton to pay her 10s yearly; Adam Pendulburies to give her
yearly 2 mettes of apples and sufficient timber to build the new bay; 31 Henry VIII
29 Apr [1539]
DDHU/52/7 - Award
By Sir Thomas Stanely, Lord Mountegle and Sir William Staneley his son and heir in
dispute between Elisabeth widow of William Hulton of the Parke and Adam his son and
heir; Elisabeth Hulton to have messuages in Denton for her life, to take the rents of such
tenements in Hulton in the tenure of Edward Chetam, Thomas Worthyngton, Olyver
Crompton, Adam Penulbere the elder, Thomas Mallowe, Thomas Hulton, Robert
Hawlewall, Roger Turner, Roger Macan, John Choll, with a half of the hens and capons
belonging thereto; Adam Hulton yearly to cause 16 quarters of ''cowles'' to ''be layde
upon the banke of the same cowle pytt'' to the use of Elisabeth Hulton who may
command the tenants to lead 4 quarters of coals yearly to her house if within 10 miles of
Hulton Parke; Adam Hulton to pay yearly to Elisabeth Hulton 40s; 3 and 4 Philip and
Mary
13 Aug [1556]
142
DDHU
DDHU/52/8 - Inquisition of Parliament
Adam Pendilbury of Over Hulton, mylner, on 1 Nov [1557] at Over Hulton broke into the
house of Adam Hulton, esq Latin
1 (parchment)
n.d. [c1557]
DDHU/52/9 - Answer
The Answer of Adam Hulton to the Bill of Complaint of Alan Hulton; concerning 6
messuages, 80ac land, 40ac meadow and 20ac wood in Snythell in Westhalghton
[Westhoughton] in the tenure of Henry Tyllesley, Roger Howcks, Charles Davenporte
and Addame Seddone, which were conveyed to Adam Hulton and Alice his wife,
grandparents of Adam Hulton on 21 Aug 1521
1 (parchment)
n.d. [16th cent]
DDHU/52/10 - Decree
Court of Wards and Liveries for Adam Hulton esq, late his Majesty's ward, against Savile
Ratcliffe esq, Katherine his wife, the mother of Adam Hulton, Elizabeth widow of Edmond
Haworth, Robert his son, Hamnett Hide esq and Thurstan Parr, a creditor of Rogert
Nowell esq deceased, who was second husband of Katherine Ratcliffe; regarding
various properties in Lancashire; 8 Charles I
1 (stitched sheets of parchment)
3 Mar [1633]
DDHU/53/29 - Legal case
''The state of the Case of William Jessop in relation to the office of Ballasting of ships in
the River of Thames''
1 (paper)
n.d. [c.1670]
DDHU/53/30 - Legal claim
''The first and legall Clayme that Oliver Williams makes to the Ballasting of Shipps in the
River of Thames'' and that Mr Jessop has no legal right
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1670]
DDHU/52/11 - Answer
''The Answere of Henry Hulton, esq one of he defendants to the Bill of Complaint of
Henry Mather, Complainant''; concerning the Irish Estate at Bryanstown
1 (tied sheets of paper)
[1701]
DDHU/52/12 - Answer
The further answer of Henry Hulton to the Bill of Complaint of Henry Mather; concerning
the Irish Estate at Bryanstown
1 (parchment)
n.d. [c1701]
143
DDHU
DDHU/52/13 - Opinion
N Fazakerley concerning the will of William Hulton esq
1 (paper)
18 Jul 1738
DDHU/52/14 - Opinion
N Fazakerley concerning the will of William Hulton, esq
1 (paper with partial applied seal)
15 Sep 1738
DDHU/52/15 - Bill of Complaint
Anne and Beatrix, daughters of Jessop Hulton, against Mary and William Hulton;
concerning the estate of Henry Hulton, deceased
n.d. [c1747]
DDHU/52/16 - Legal brief
Anne and Beatrix, daughters of Jessop Hulton, against Mary and William Hulton;
concerning the estate of Henry Hulton, deceased
n.d. [c1747]
DDHU/52/17 - Bill of Complaint
William Leigh of Westhoughton, esq against Sir Roger Bradshaigh of Haigh, Baronet;
concerning the debt of Sir Roger Bradshaigh
7 (paper)
n.d. [18th cent]
DDHU/52/18 - Case
Outlining the financial position of the free Grammar School in Manchester and seeking
an opinion on the allowance made to Exhibitioners from the school at the Universities;
with the opinion of J. Mansfield, Temple
30 Dec 1791
DDHU/ACC9301/103 - Conviction
Copy conviction of John Lane for trespass on the Hulton estate
1 (paper)
n.d. [1834]
Case for opinion in Wm Hulton v Trustees of Bolton and St Helens Turnpike Road;
regarding the Bolton and Leigh Railway crossing a public road; including a coloured plan
1 (fastened papers)
8 Feb 1836
144
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DDHU/ACC8410/181 - Petition
Petition of William Ford Hulton against the Manchester Corporation Water Bill to obtain
a supply of water from Lake Thirlmere; presented in the House of Commons by counsel
1 (paper)
1878
Sir Roger Braddyll Hulton Baronet and John Booth and Sons (Bolton) Ltd case for the
opinion of counsel and correspondence; relating to the use of a railway siding at Hulton
by tenants
21 (paper)
1945
1.53 Settlements
Various agreements and settlements relating to the Hulton estate; mainly relating to
marriages and provisions made for the care of relatives
1417-1899
John de Hulton de Farneworth and Elys de Entewysull and John his son; Anyon, son
and heir of John de Entewysull to marry Elizabeth daughter of John de Hulton; Elys de
Entewysull to enfeoff 2 chaplains with property to the value of 6 marks, being a
messuage called Oldene in Entewysull [Entwistle] in the town of Eggeworth [Edgworth];
also a messuage which Henry de Crompton had in Turton; also 2 burgages in Bolton
held by John Colynson and Roger Coventre; given at Bolton Friday after St Agnes Virgin,
4 Henry V; endorsed on paper no 37 French
[22 Jan 1417]
Roger of Hulton Parke and Thomas of Tildesley; James son and heir of Thomas of
Tildesley to marry Alice daughter of Roger of Hulton; Roger of Hulton to pay to Thomas
of Tildesley 80 marks; Thomas of Tildesley to assure to James and Alice lands to the
value of 6 marks; Thomas of Tildesley swears to this on a book in the presence of Sir
Geffrey the Massy, William of Tildesley and others; 15 Henry VI English
14 Jul [1437]
John Hulton of Farneworth, esq and Roger Hulton the younger of Hulton Parke; Adam,
son and heir of Roger Hulton to marry Alice daughter of John Hulton within 10 years;
Roger to assure lands of the value of 10 marks within 3 months of the death of Roger
his father; John Hulton to pay to Roger Hulton 140 marks and to Katerine wife of Roger
Hulton 10 marks; witnesses: Thomas Tyldesley of Wordley esq, Thomas Howrden of
Wolston gent, Henry Gernett, Sir James Smethley priest, John Bradshaw of Bolton,
Thomas Tyldesley of the Pele, Robert Bolton of Lityll Bolton gents; 1 Henry VII English
20 Oct [1485]
145
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Adam Hulton of Hulton Parke, the elder, esq and William his son and heir on the first
part and William Norres of Speke, esq on the other part; Adam, son and heir of William
Hulton to marry Clemence daughter of William Norres; Adam the elder to assure lands
to the value of £10; 21 Henry VIII
20 Jan [1530]
DDHU/55/27 - Marriage Settlement
Adam Hulton of Hulton Parke, the elder, esq and William his son and heir on the first
part and William Norres of Speke, esq on the other part; Adam, son and heir of William
Hulton to marry Clemence daughter of William Norres; Adam the elder to assure lands
value £10; 21 Henry VIII; endorsed 133
20 Jan [1530]
DDHU/55/5 - Gift
Adam Hulton of the Parke, esq on the first part and Sir William Norres of Speke, Edward
his son and heir and Roger Gernett of Hulton Parke, yeoman on the other part; properties
in Harpurs Hey [Harpurhey] and Gotherswicke; in trust for his ''naturall and loving
daughter Margarett Hulton beyng vere tender and younge and yet unpreferred'' for 31
years after the death of Adam Hulton; remainder to William Hulton son and heir of Adam
Hulton; witnesses: P Norres, William Norres, Edward Norres, Thomas Molyneux, William
Pendylton, John Sutton; 7 Elizabeth I Latin/English
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with 3 pendant seals on tags)
16 Sep [1565]
Clemens Hulton, widow on the first part and William Hultonne and Ralphe Assheton,
esqs and Bartholomewe Heskethe, gent on the other part; William Hultonne to have
personal belongings of Adam Hulton, esq deceased, he paying the debts; William
Hultonne to pay yearly to Clemens Hulton £22 and 12 lades of coals; William Hultonne
not to claim any part of Harpers Hey [Harpurhey]; William Hultonne to pay to Raaphe
Assheton and Bartholomewe Heskethe £10 yearly for 4 years to the use of Margaret
Hultonn his sister; draft
1 (paper)
14 Oct 1572
146
DDHU
DDHU/55/7 - Settlement
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Ellyn Baguley of Manchester widow; on the marriage of
Adam son of William Hulton and Alice daughter of Ellyn Baguley; William Hulton to
appoint as feoffees Thomas Houghton of Houghton, John Atherton of Atherton,
Rycharde Ashton of Lever, esqs and John Halghe of Halghe, gent; to hold specified
properties in Hulton, Houghton [Westhoughton], Wygan [Wigan], Heaton, Rumworth,
Farneworth [Farnworth], Manchester, Denton and Harpers Hey [Harpurhey]; to the use
of William Hulton for life, then to Margaret his wife for life, then to Adam Hulton then to
William his brother, then to Cuthbert his brother, then to Henry his brother, then to
Rowland his brother; witnesses: Thomas Morte, Rychard Assheton, Wylliam Paycoke,
Raphe Bouker, James Burscough, James Brone, Robert Cowldall; 29 Elizabeth I
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with a single seal tag)
1 Feb [1587]
DDHU/55/8 - Grant
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Cuthbert his son; an annuity of £5 from the death of
William Hulton; containing a proviso of redemption on the payment of 6d; 32 Elizabeth I
22 Jan [1590]
William Hulton the younger, son and heir of Adam Hulton, deceased to Sir Richard
Hawghton of Hawghton, Sir Uryan Leghe of Adlington in the county of Chester, Robert
Dalton of Thurnham and John Ardern of Hawarden in the county of Chester, esqs; on
the marriage of William Hulton and Katherine, daughter of Robert Hyde of Northbury in
the county of Chester, esq; specified properties in Manchester, Denton, Harperhey,
Farnworth, Heaton and Wigan; to the use of William Hulton for life, then to his wife, then
to their heirs; witnesses: Alex Barlowe, Roger Downes, John Hyde, George Warde,
Lawr. Ward, Rob. Hyde; 8 James I
1 Nov 1610
DDHU/55/10 - Grant
James I to Katherine Hulton of Norbury in the county of Chester, widow; for £80; custody,
ward and marriage of Adam her son, aged 6; including a schedule and valuation of
properties in Deanesgate [Deansgate], Harper hey [Harpurhey], Denton, Farnworth,
Hulton, Heaton and Wigan, a third of their value due to the sovereign during the minority
of Adam Hulton; 11 James I
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with partial seal of the Court of Ward and
Livery)
26 Nov [1613]
147
DDHU
Hamnet Hyde of Norbury in the county of Chester, esq, Roger son and heir of Roger
Nowell of Reade, esq and Katherin his wife on the first part and Edmund Haworth of
Haworth, esq and Elizabeth his wife; on the marriage of Adam Hulton, son of William
Hulton late of Norbury, gent, deceased and Katherin Nowell and Grace daughter of
Edmund Haworth; Adam Hulton and Grace to have maintenance of £40 a year; if William
Hulton should die before Adam Hulton reaches 21 then he is to be the ward of Edmund
Haworth and Elizabeth his wife; Roger Nowell, at equal cost with Edmund Haworth, to
secure a lease of Hulton Hall to the use of Adam Hulton; witnesses: Adam Hulton, Harry
Duxbury, William Edge; 21 James I
24 Aug [1623]
George Rigbye of the Peele in Hulton, gent, Joseph Rigbye of Aspull, gent and
Alexander Rigbye of Midleton in Amoundernes, esq on the first part; John Foster of
Lancaster and Gyles Heyshame of Euxton, yeomen on the second part and Adam Hulton
of Hulton, esq and Hugh Rigbye of the Burghe, esq on the third part; on the marriage of
George Rigbye and Beatrix, sister of Adam Hulton; specified properties in Hulton,
Worsley and Turton to John Foster and Gyles Heyshame; to be conveyed to Adam
Hulton by use of a common recovery; witnesses: Edmund Werdenn, Robert Bamber,
Hughe Hindley, Scowcroft Towneley, Richard Whithead, Mar. Banester, Ja. Gerard
1 (parchment indenture with 4 pendant seals (some heraldic) and additional tags)
2 Aug 1630
William Jessop of St Andrewes Holborne in the county of Middlesex, esq and Mary Cox
of Porters in Shenley, widow, Alban Cox of Beamonds in St Peters near St Albons and
Steven Eure of Pimsburne in Hatfeild, gent, all in the county of Hertford; on the marriage
of William Jessop and Mary Cox; William Jessop to convey to Mary Cox land found 70
miles from London of a value of £150; also providing £1000 in trust for the use of Mary
and any children after the death of William Jessop
1 (parchment with 2 pendant seals and an additional tag)
30 Jan 1656
Mary Cox of Porters in Shenley in the county of Hertford, widow on the first part; William
Jessop of St Andrewes Holborne in the county of Middlesex, esq on the second part and
Alban Cox of Beamonds in St Peters near St Albons and Steven Eure of Pimsburne in
Hatfeild, gent, both in the county of Hertford on the third part; on the marriage of William
Jessop and Mary Cox; William Jessop to provide £150 a year to Mary Cox, as well as
£1000 as agreed in DDHU/55/13 and £1000 for each of her children after his death; also
specified properties in Hertford to the use of Mary Cox and William Jessop for life then
to Henry Trobell of Westminster esq and Charles Phillips of Grayes Inne, Middlesex for
ten years; witnesses: Jo. Hamtor, Cha. Philips, William Heroett
1 (parchment indenture with pendant seal and 2 additional tags)
30 Jan 1656
148
DDHU
DDHU/55/15 - Declaration of uses of a Fine
Robert Hide of Denton, esq on the first part and Robert Duckenfeild of Duckenfeild,
county of Chester, John Arderne of Hawarden, county of Chester, esqs, John Jackson
of Bubnell, county of Derby and Corneluis Jackson of the same, gents on the other part;
on the marriage of Robert son and heir of Robert Hide and Mary daughter of John
Jackson and payment of a consideration of £800 and for settling competent indentures
for Alice, the new wife of Robert Hide; Robert Hide to issue common recoveries on
properties in Denton, Crompton, Wheston Hill, and Ouldham [Oldham] in Lancashire as
well as Brimington, Romeley and Hide Banks in the county of Chester; properties in
Denton to the use of Alice Hide, all other properties to the use of Robert Hide and his
wife Mary; witnesses: Ed Pegge junior, William Bell, William Meeke, Samuell Jackson,
Hen. Jackson, John Gordon, George Smith
1 (multi-membrane parchment with single seal tag)
30 Sep 1656
DDHU/55/16 - Settlement
William Hilton of Hilton, esq to Richard Brooke of Astley, esq and Nathaniel Hilton of
London, merchant; the manors of Over Hilton alias Over Hulton, Westhaughton
[Westhoughton], Farnworth, Rumworth,and Kearsley; to the use of William Hilton for life,
then to Anne his wife, then as by then will of William Hulton; including a proviso of
redemption to be enacted at the request of Anne Hilton on the payment of 1s; witnesses:
Tho Lever, Edw Copley, Rich Hulme, Geo Haugh
18 Mar 1682
Nathan Leech of Manchester, gent, James Johnson of Salford, haberdasher and John
Waite of Manchester, gent on the first part; Richard Radley of Manchester, gent on the
second part and Stephen Radley of Oldfeild Lane in Salford, esq on the third part; if
Richard Radley pays to Stephen Radley £130 and Nathan Leech £140 within 6 months
of the death of Mabell, wife of Sir Peter Brooke, they will free properties of Richard
Radley in the county of Lincoln; witnesses: John Renshaw, Nathan Leech junior
1 (parchment indenture with 2 wrapped pendant seals on tags)
28 Mar 1685
DDHU/55/18 - Marriage settlement
William Leigh the younger of West Haughton, gent on the first part; Thomas Greenefeild
of Witton and John Waite of Manchester, gents on the second part and Anne Johnson
of Salford, spinster on the third part: on the marriage of William Leigh and Anne Johnson,
Leigh to have £400 and a specified estate in Daresbury, county of Chester; witnesses:
Martha Greenfeild, Tho Whalley, John Waite junior
1 Jun 1702
149
DDHU
DDHU/55/19 - Appointment
Captain William Legh of the Hon Col James Tyrrel's Regiment in Ireland appointing John
Gough senior of St James, Westminster, gent, to collect monies from named members
of the regiment
1 (paper with an applied seal and a Dutch watermark)
8 Feb 1711
Eleanor Hulton of Thornhill, York, widow of Henry Hulton esq and William Hulton of
Hulton esq, her nephew and heir of Henry Hulton; on receipt of £4400; quitclaim of a
dower due from Henry Hulton including any right to manors or lands in Lancashire and
Westneath, Ireland; reciting previous deeds; witnesses: Jno. Greaves Junior, Henry
Moreton
1 (multi-membrane parchment indenture with applied heraldic seal)
27 Feb 1739
Anne Hulton of Preston, spinster, eldest sister of William Hulton of Hulton, esq, deceased
to Mary Hulton widow of William Hulton, Thomas Willis, Thomas Percivall and Daniel
Sutton; on the receipt of £200; quitclaim of legacies owed to Ann under the will of William
Hulton; witnesses: Alexander Radcliffe, Richard Broome
1 (parchment with applied heraldic seal)
2 Sep 1741
Beatrix Hulton of Preston, spinster, younger sister of William Hulton of Hulton, esq,
deceased to Mary wife of Edward Clowes of Chaddock, gentleman, widow of William
Hulton; on the receipt of £200; quitclaim of legacies owed to Beatrix under the will of
William Hulton; witnesses: Thomas Starkie, Richard Broome
12 Oct 1747
DDHU/55/23 - Schedule
''A Schedule of the Estates in Overhulton, Longworth and Westhoughton comprized in a
Term of 500 years limited by the Settlement of the 18th and 19th August 1785 and now
vested in the Rev George Heron In trust to raise Mrs Brownes' Portion of £10,000''; giving
tenants names, names of estates, quantity of land and reserved rents
1 (tied bundle of papers)
DDHU/55/24 - Declaration of uses of a Fine
William Hulton of Hulton, esq and Thomas Sutton of Damhouse in Tyldesley, gent; to
levy a common recovery of the manors of Over Hulton, Longworth, Farnworth, Rumworth
and Kearsley and properties in those places as well as Westhoughton, Harpurshey
[Harpurhey], Denton, Manchester, Clegg, Butterworth and Turton; to the use of William
Hulton; witnesses: George Trafford, Henry Moreton
1 (parchment indenture with 2 applied heraldic seals)
8 Sep 1738
150
DDHU
William Hulton of Hulton, esq to Eleanor Hulton of Thornhill, York, widow, his aunt; for
£4000; bargain and sale for 500 years of the manor of Longworth and specified
properties in the town; including a proviso of redemption
1 (parchment indenture with applied seal)
27 Feb 1739
DDHU/55/26 - Lease and Release
William Hulton of Hulton esq, nephew and heir of Henry Hulton of Hulton esq, deceased
on the first part; Robert Guillim of Atherton and John Parker of Brightmet, esqs on the
second part and Francis Legh of Wigan, widow and Roger Rycroft of Westhoughton,
yeoman; conveyance by lease and release of the manors and lordships of Over Hulton,
Rumworth, Farnworth and Kearsley; Hulton Hall; Clegg Hall and associated lands in
Butterworth; properties in Over Hulton, Rumworth, Farnworth, Kearsley, Denton,
Harpurshey, Longworth in the parish of Bolton in the Moors and Westhoughton in the
parish of Dean; in trust for William, son of William Hulton
2 (parchment indentures with applied heraldic seals)
18-19 Jun 1740
DDHU/ACC9318/67 - Marriage settlement
Settlement pursuant to Articles made and executed prior to the marriage of William
Hulton esq with Miss Maria Ford; also including a lease for a year agreed between
William Hulton and Henry Care and an attested copy of these deeds; with an attached
note endorsed 'bundle no 2'
3 (paper and multi-membrane parchment)
7-8 Jun 1809
Settlement of Miss Hulton's portion of £10,000 upon her marriage with the Revd John
Browne authorizing the investment of £3000 part thereof in the purchase of a leasehold
estate for lives and settlement made by Mr Browne upon that marriage of his share of
the residue arising under the will of Mrs Elizabeth Legh; including an attested copy of
the same
2 May 1810
DDHU/ACC9318/73 - Settlement and probate
Settlement of the sum of £10,000 to the separate use of Mrs Hulton in lieu of the like
sum bequeathed to her for her separate use by her late father Randale Ford esq; Copy
probate of the will of Mrs Hulton
26 Jan 1837-19 Jul 1866
151
DDHU
Settlement by William Hulton esq of the Hulton Park and other estates on the marriage
of his eldest son William Ford Hulton esq with Miss Georgiana Lister Kaye; including a
lease for a year from William Hulton esq to E.R.G. Braddyll and Thomas William Tatton
esq; also abstracts and copies of the settlement and of the will of the late William Hulton
esq
5 (multi-membrane parchments and papers)
11 Oct 1839-1867
DDHU/ACC9318/122 - Appointment
W.W.B. Hulton Esq and Arthur H Hulton Esq; Appointment to Mr A.H. Hulton of a sum
of £2000 part of a sum raisable under a settlement dated 23rd April 1867 for the portions
of the younger children of Mr W.W.B. Hulton
1 (parchment)
22 Apr 1899
2 Estate management
Records of the management of the property and wealth owned by the Hulton family
1515-1988
2.1 Accounts and other financial records
Financial records relating to the Hulton estate; including information on expenses
incurred by the Hulton household, as well as in relation to estate management and coal
mining
1515-1988
2.1.1 Account books
2.1.2 Audited accounts
2.1.3 Other accounts
2.1.4 Other financial records
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2.1.1 Account books
Account books within the collection appear to have been used for a number of different
purposes, meaning that each volume can contain a mix of personal and household
accounts as well as information on the management of the wider estate and business
interests such as coal mining.
1700-1977
DDHU/42/9 - Account book
Records of the value of the coal which has been mined, as well as expenses involved in
running the pit, including some wage payments, equipment and repairs; marked 'book
6'
1 (small volume with metal clasp bound in green vellum)
1700-1728
152
DDHU
Personal accounts of Henry Hulton Esq (1665-1737); largely arranged chronologically
though some entries appear out of sequence; including household purchases such as
meat from the butchers, ale and cakes, horses, candles, taxes and payments made to
suppliers or employees who are usually named; labelled the '5th book'; back pages
include a name index referring both to pages within this volume and to other volumes in
the series
1 (volume bound with boards in vellum)
1702-1706
Account of debts due to Edward Moody from John Johnson; includes a record of the
payment of wages and taxes and of repairs undertaken
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1706-1719
Account book of [Henry] Hulton (1665-1737); individual pages are mainly arranged
chronologically but the volume as a whole does not seem to have any logical order, with
many years appearing multiple times throughout the volume; information recorded
includes rentals for Over Hulton and Westhaughton [Westhoughton], Longworth, Grays
Inne, Lostock, Rumworth, Farnworth and Worsley, Harpurshey [Harpurhey] and Denton;
a regular record of the coal which has been mined; expenses recorded include the
purchase of food, mainly meat, fruit and vegetables and payment of employees who are
usually named alongside a summary of the work they have undertaken
1 (volume bound with boards in vellum; damaged pages have led to the loss of some
information from the volume)
1711-1737
DDHU/ACC8410/75 - Account book
Endorsed on front cover 'Sough'; accounts of 'driving the sough at Hungrell'; appears to
mainly record daily wages paid to employees; frequent references to 'cole', candles and
gunpowder suggests that this has some link to colliery work [a Sough is an underground
channel for draining water out of a mine]
1740-1747
Account book of Mrs Mary Hulton, widow of William Hulton (1717-1741) and her son
William Hulton (1739-1773); including rentals for the townships of Over Hulton,
Butterworth, Longworth, Harpur Hey [Harpurhey], Denton, Rumworth, Farnworth and
Kersley [Kearsley]; accounts largely record the payment of wages and expenses to
employees, who are named alongside a brief summary of the work they have undertaken
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1741-1747
153
DDHU
Account book of Mrs Mary Hulton, widow of William Hulton (1717-1741), her son William
Hulton (1739-1773) and her grandson William Hulton (1762-1800); entries for the years
1741-1747 are separated into housekeeping, mainly relating to the purchase of food;
wages paid to servants, labourers and workmen, which usually includes their name and
some indication of the work they have undertaken; stewards expenses and damage
caused by felling timber; cash paid in discharge of lays, taxes, chief rents and interest;
repairs and improvements; private accounts of Mrs Hulton; joint account of Mary Hulton
and her son William Hulton; rentals for Over Hulton, Butterworth, Longworth, Denton,
Rumworth, Farnworth and Kersley; entries for the years 1773-1783 record accounts held
by William Hulton esq and Mrs Hulton in account with James Kearsley and mainly seem
to record the payment of wages; entries in Jan 1774 record the payment of doctors,
nurses and an apothecary who have attended to treat Adam Hulton, as well as the supply
of a lead coffin [Adam Hulton was the brother of William Hulton (1762-1800) and died
on 15 Dec 1773]
1 (large volume in boards with vellum binding, metal clasps and blind tooling on the
cover)
1741-1747, 1773-1783
Arranged chronologically and recording cash received for individual rent payments
(1748-1761); cash payments including personal expenses while travelling, payment of
taxes and payment of wages to employees and suppliers, most of whom are named
alongside a brief description of the work they have undertaken (1748-1760); cash
received on 'promiscuous accounts' which mainly seem to relate to payments received
for the supply of 'cole' [coal] and tithe payments (1748-1760); the owner of this account
book is unclear
1 (volume with boards bound in reverse calf)
1748-1763
Account book labelled 'W[illia]m Hulton Esq Accounts' which may have belonged to
William Hulton (1739-1773) and his son William Hulton (1762-1800); arranged
chronologically; entries for the years 1761-1765 appear to be colliery accounts which
record the cash earned on each 'pitt load' as well as expenses including the payment of
wages to named employees; these accounts appear to relate to Halshey [Halshaw] Moor
Deep Pit; entries for the years 1769-1772 are labelled 'the house account' and record
general expenses, mainly the purchase of food including meat, fish, fruit and vegetables,
such as 'esparugrass' [asparagus]; includes an account of the pews in Westhaughton
[Westhoughton] Chapel belonging to William Hulton 1774; entries for 1773-1783 are
divided into 'cash' and 'contra' and mainly record wage payments to named employees
and the payment of taxes; back pages include a record of stock in hand at the Cannell
Pitts in Mar 1749
1749, 1761-1765, 1769-1783
154
DDHU
Ledger which is arranged by customer and appears to record the purchase of coal;
customer details given are name and place of residence, and it appears that the volume
was indexed though only letters U-Y have survived; left hand page records the quantity
of coal supplied, from whom it was purchased (usually initials only) and the cost, while
the right hand page records the payment of these bills
6 (sewn papers removed from their binding)
1752-1768
Double entry account book; owner is unclear but some pages are annotated to indicate
that the account has been settled by William Hulton (1762-1800); mainly recording
payments made to suppliers or employees, who are usually named; a large number of
entries seem to relate to the purchase of meat for the dogs kept on the estate
1 (volume bound with boards in vellum)
1782-1791
Endorsed on front cover 'Hulton Colliery Book from 1811'; arranged by date and
recording receipts and disbursements; including a number of names though it is often
unclear for what they are being paid, except in those cases where their occupation has
been given; other expenses describe the costs of running the coal pit, such as repairing
walls and roads, removing dirt, laying a shunt and driving wagon loads of coal
1 (volume bound in vellum)
1811-1814
Account book of William Hulton esq (1787-1864); mainly giving year end totals for main
expenses and income, including colliery receipts at Hulton and Halshaw Moor, farms,
cottage rents, stables and brewing; it seems that there may have been work undertaken
at Hulton Hall during the 1820s as there are numerous entries for bricks and tiles,
gardens and pleasure grounds and 'building at Hulton'
1 May 1819-31 Mar 1829
Including detailed daily expenses for 26 Jan 1826-31 Mar 1829 covering items such as
coal deliveries and payment of wages to named labourers, with an indication of to which
account the bill should be added (house, garden, game etc.); also including summary
annual accounts for the years 1820-1829 which in part duplicate those recorded in
DDHU/42/12
1820-1829
155
DDHU
Including rental of the estates of William Hulton (1787-1864) naming tenants in Hulton,
Longworth, Westhoughton, Rumworth and Manchester; Records of Richard Woodward
in account with William Hulton esq
10 (sewn pamphlet with marbled cover and 9 loose items)
May 1821-24 Jun 1822
Account book recording the account of William Hulton Esq (1787-1864) with J Whitehead
for sundries; other papers mainly relate to colliers unions, and include a union card, rules
of the Associated Coal Miners' Union Society and various items of correspondence,
usually making a case for the rights of colliers; ''they have to labour and that till their
grace is almost melted their throat dried up and their strenth exhosted but not only is
their calling laborious but dangerous when their lives are in danger every moment''
10 (hard bound volume with marbled cover and loose papers)
1830s
Garden expenses; arranged chronologically and giving name and amount paid; it is
unclear if the payments are for work carried out or goods supplied; at the end of 1830
there is a summary of amounts spent on labour, gardener, painting, glass, seeds, coals,
rents and extras; back pages give total garden expenses for the years 1826-1830
1 (bound volume)
2 Jan 1830-19 Nov 1831
Including a range of colliery related accounts for the year 1832 such as 'Removal of Old
3/4 Engine' and 'Sinking No 10 Yard Mine Pit in Fletchers Field'; from 1833 the book
records rental payments from named tenants in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Turton and
Longworth; expenses recorded mainly relate to payments for carting and wages paid to
named labourers
1 (volume with boards bound in vellum)
1832-1836
Cash account, arranged chronologically; appears to include a mixture of colliery and
estate expenses; receipts include rental payments and purchases of coal; payments
include wages and carting
1836-1846
DDHU/ACC8410/77a - Account book
Estate accounts; mainly recording rental payments, repairs to properties and some wage
payments to employees; also records transfers between accounts including William
Hulton, collieries, home farm and sundries
Sep 1841-Apr 1859
156
DDHU
estate expenses; receipts include rental payments; payments include wages and repairs
1846-1850
estate expenses; receipts include rental payments and colliery payments; expenses
include wages and repairs
1850-1855
Statement of cattle bought and sold from the Home Farm; giving the dates that each cow
was bought and sold, from whom bought and to whom sold, amounts paid and sold for,
amount paid for keep and for how long kept and additional remarks
Dec 1852-Oct 1860
Cash account, arranged chronologically; appears to include colliery and estate
expenses; receipts include rental payments and colliery payments; expenses include
wages and repairs
1 (volume bound with boards)
1856-1866
Halshaw Moor Colliery; arranged chronologically; mainly recording individual purchases
from the colliery of coal, burgil and slack
Jul 1859-Feb 1864
DDHU/ACC8410/79 - Ledger
Arranged by account and including an index; mainly recording individual coal purchases;
back pages include colliery rents, pony, rates and taxes, salaries, sundries, wear and
tear and cottage rents
1859-c1864
Tenant repairs book; arranged by property; giving property name and tenant, a list of
repairs undertaken and the cost of doing so; items are listed under categories including
general repairs, spouts and windows, gates, painting, drains and fencing
1864-1873
157
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Inscribed in front cover 'General repairs and sundries includes wages'; arranged by
employee giving their name, address, an outline of the work carried out and amounts
paid; a separate volume holds a name index for these entries; later pages include
accounts for Hulton Hall, arranged chronologically, which mainly record wages and
repair work, and a record of woods and plantations thinned
1870-1885
Estate journal; arranged chronologically; appears to record both cash and colliery
accounts; split into debits and credits on left and right hand pages; giving a very brief
description and running totals after each month; includes additional numbers which may
relate to the estate ledgers
1 Jul 1872-31 Dec 1875
'Cost of some Longworth Walls'; giving the name of the builder, the location of the
required wall and an account of the costs involved; back pages also include similar
accounts for drainage at Longworth
4 (leather bound volume with loose papers)
1881-1885
'Hulton Colliery, costs of getting coals'; giving date, mine, rate, tonnage, yardage,
underground day wages and contractors, surface haulage and total for 1884-1885; loose
page records a comparative return of cost and get of coals at Hulton Colliery 1883
2 (bound volume with a single loose page)
1883-1885
DDHU/ACC8410/28 - Ledger
Indexed and arranged by account; minor accounts record only basic monetary debits
and payments; more detail is given for accounts relating to the Hulton Colliery Co,
individual estates and property, cottage rents, banks, improvement account, home farm,
woods and roads, gardens, game, W.W.B. Hulton's (1844-1907) personal account,
charities and subscriptions and property tax
1885-c1892
Record of the costs of getting coals at Hulton Colliery; giving date, mine, rate, tonnage,
yardage, underground day wages and contractors, surface haulage and total
1 (bound volume)
1886
158
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Estate journal; arranged chronologically; appears to mainly relate to estate
management; giving a very brief description and running totals after each month;
includes additional numbers which may relate to the estate ledgers; mainly recording
rent payments by named tenants
31 Oct 1892-31 Dec 1893
Cash account, arranged chronologically; appears to relate mainly to estate expenses;
receipts include rents and bills paid by cheque; payments include wages and railway
carriage; an additional column of numbers is given which may refer to pages within the
estate ledgers
1893-1894
Receipts and expenditure analysis; arranged chronologically; giving brief details or
names and amounts; money is then recorded under different accounts including a
personal account (W.W.B.H.), annuities, mansion account, ground rents, interest and
insurance, rates and taxes, salaries and solicitors, woods and roads, gardens, game,
charities and subscriptions, home farm, farms, residences and cottages and sundries
1 (bound volume with boards and marbled cover)
1893-1895
Receipts analysis; arranged chronologically; giving date, name, brief description;
amounts are recorded according to their type including home farm, estate rents, chief
rents, woods and roads, gardens, sundries and bank
1 Jan 1894-31 Dec 1898
amounts are recorded according to their type including home farm, cottage rents, estate
rents, chief rents, woods and roads, gardens, sundries and bank
7 Jan 1899-31 Dec 1903
4 Jan 1904-28 Jul 1908
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1 Aug 1908-29 Mar 1913
rents, chief rents, woods, rebates, sundries and bank
1 Apr 1913-31 May 1917
rents, chief rents, woods, sundries and bank
1 Jun 1917-31 Dec 1927
7 Jan 1928-31 May 1932
1 Jun 1932-28 May 1937
rents, chief rents, woods, Bolton depot, sundries and bank
1 Jun 1937-31 Dec 1942
rents, chief rents, woods, Bolton depot shale heaps, sundries and bank
1 Jan 1943-31 Dec 1948
160
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amounts are recorded according to their type including cottage rents, estate rents,
ground rents, woods, Bolton depot shale heaps, sundries and bank
1 Jan 1949-31 Dec 1953
rents, chief rents, woods, Bolton depot shale heaps, sundries and bank
19 Jan 1954-15 May 1959
15 May 1959-28 Jun 1963
1962-1967
8 Jan 1968-Apr 1974
1974-1977
161
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Expenditure analysis; arranged chronologically; giving date and brief details; amounts
are arranged by expense type, including a personal account, annuities, mansion
account, ground rents, interest and insurance, rates and taxes, salaries and solicitors,
woods and roads, gardens, game, home farm, charities and subscriptions, farms,
residences and cottages and sundries
1 Jan 1895-31 Dec 1920
account, ground rents, interest and insurance, rates, taxes and water, salaries and
solicitors, woods, gardens, horse account, charities and subscriptions, farms,
residences, cottages and sundries
1 Jan 1921-28 Dec 1931
1 Jan 1932-27 Aug 1943
1 Sep 1943-31 Dec 1954
Expenditure analysis; arranged chronologically; giving date and brief details; accounts
1 Jan 1955-31 Dec 1965
2.1.2 Audited accounts
A series of audited accounts for the Hulton estate
1893-1988
162
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Audited estate accounts; annual; usually also including summaries of rental income and
a detailed letter from the auditors explaining discrepancies, which can include
information about individual tenants
10 (paper)
1893-1902
10 (paper)
1903-1912
10 (paper)
1913-1922
10 (paper)
1923-1932
Audited estate accounts; annual/half-yearly; usually also including summaries of rental
income and a detailed letter from the auditors explaining discrepancies, which can
include information about individual tenants
13 (paper)
1933-1944
Audited estate accounts; half-yearly; usually also including summaries of rental income
and a detailed letter from the auditors explaining discrepancies, which can include
10 (paper)
1945-1949
Audited estate accounts; half yearly; usually also including summaries of rental income
10 (paper)
1950-1954
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10 (paper)
1955-1959
Audited estate accounts; annual/half-yearly; usually also including summaries of rental
income and a detailed letter from the auditors explaining discrepancies, which can
include information about individual tenants
10 (paper)
1960-Jun 1967
9 (paper)
Dec 1967-Apr 1976
10 (paper)
1978-1988
2.1.3 Other accounts
Various accounts which may relate to estate management, collieries or personal
accounts
1706-1915
DDHU/42/24 - Accounts
Account of monies received by Madam Leigh during her widowhood paid for her during
that time by Mr Ashton 1706-1709; an account of the money William Leigh esq received
from his father in law William Ashton on account of his wife Madam Legh's annuity since
their marriage 25 Dec 1709; account of money paid out by William Legh esq on behalf
of his son in law Henry Booth 1720-1723
5 (paper)
1706-1723
Accounts of William Hulton (1717-1741), deceased including arrears of rent owing to
him; his ready money; debts owing to him; his funeral expenses; debts owing by him and
his uncle Henry Hulton esq and since paid by Widow Hulton
3 (paper)
1741
164
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Cash received for timber since the decease of William Hulton Esq; records timber sold
by Lambert Fletcher out of Hulton Woods in 1739; an account of timber sold by R
Hasleden commencing May 6th 1740
1 (sewn pamphlet)
[1741]
DDHU/ACC9301/105 - Account
Incumbrances and Debts; endorsed as 'an account of Mr Hulton's debts on securities'
1 (paper)
1809
Bolton Water Company; 'valuation of the outlay in Longworth'; including an account of
the value of the work undertaken at the Large Lodge in Bank near Bellmount and a
record of accounts between the Water Company, Alice Halleweel and the Giles Marsh
Estate Paster Houses
4 (papers)
c1831
'Colliery accounts'; mainly recording the consumption of hay, oats, beans and straw by
the work horses at Bolton and 'Home'
1837-1839
'Labour pay'; fortnightly record of wages paid to named employees working in areas
including the gardens, stables, estate and woods
1837-1840
including the gardens, stables, farm, estate and woods
1837-1840
including the gardens, stables, estate and woods
8 (papers)
1840
Home and farm accounts settled by William Hulton (1787-1864); mainly recording the
purchase of livestock and meat
1837-1841
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'Home Pay'; fortnightly accounts of estate and domestic purchases and payments, with
relevant bills attached; also some records of taxation payments
Jul-Sep 1863
1865
Jun-Dec 1866
1867
Jun-Nov 1867
Jan-Jun 1868
Jul-Dec 1868
relevant bills attached and also some records of taxation payments 1869; bundle also
includes some receipts for rental payments Apr 1857 and Nov 1859
1857-1869
166
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Mainly consisting of estate bills, carter's bills, property and income tax records and 'home
pay'
1871-1872
1872
1876
Monthly records of estate receipts and payments; also some bills mainly relating to the
building of new cottages on the estate
1869-1874
Bundle of financial papers including a record of the costs of carrying out drainage and
other improvements on the estate; haymaking accounts; Back Gate Farm balace sheet;
records of William Ford Hulton in account with Hulton Colliery for the purchase of coal
1873-1877
Hulton Park ley accounts 1874-1878 giving name, residence, number of cows and
amount due; also hay making account giving names and recording levels of hay
production 18 Jun-2 Aug 1875
6 (paper)
1874-1878
Home Farm; balance sheets, receipt and expenditure analysis
2 (bundles of paper)
1893-1915
2.1.4 Other financial records
Additional financial records including a subsidy roll for the Wapentake of Derby; an
account book of Longworth overseers of the poor; quietus; bills and receipts
1515-1870s
167
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DDHU/53/16 - Subsidy Roll
For the Wapentake of Derbishire [Derbyshire], taken by Adam Hulton; giving amounts
collected at each township Latin
1 (parchment roll)
1558-1559
DDHU/42/26 - Quietus
Adam Hulton, Robert Longton, Gilbert Culcheth William Chorley, Thomas Rygmayden,
John Bradley, Giles Curwen, and Robert Brygges, collectors of a Tenth and a Fifteenth
in Lancashire for the defence of the realm amounting to £312 2s 4d; 6 Henry VIII Latin
1 (parchment)
5 Feb [1515]
Adam Hulton, collector of a Tenth and a Fifteenth in the Wapentake of Derbyshire, for
£103 17s 7d; 3 Elizabeth I Latin
1 (parchment)
13 Feb [1561]
Frances Legh, widow, Mary, Dorothy and Rachel Legh, and Richard Assheton, clerk,
executors of William Legh, esq, Sheriff of Lancashire; including allowances for the fee
of the Auditor of the County, for provisions for the Justices of the King at the Assizes
held in the County, and for separate and extraordinary expences in the time by warrant
of Sir Robert Walpole Latin
1 (parchment)
16 Feb 1733
£33 yearly by Sir Robert Vyner, Baronet, to William Hilton of Hilton, esq in consideration
of a debt of £550; to be paid out of the Revenues of the Excise by virtue of Letters Patent
dated 30 Apr 1677
1 Mar 1678
DDHU/42/29 - Receipts
Mainly receipts for interest on personal loans, rent and tithe payments, but also including
a payment of £210 from William Hulton to Edward Copley of Batley, York, the marriage
portion of Beatrice his wife, sister of William Hulton (2) and a gift of £10 from Richard
Rothwell to Horwich Chapel for the maintenance of a curate there 1723 (32)
34 (paper)
1587-1740
DDHU/42/30 - Receipt
Roger Downes esq from Robert Haworthe of Haworthe esq; £10 for his composition in
respect of his non-attendance at the coronation for knighthood
1 (paper)
10 Mar 1631
168
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Mainly comprising of receipts for cloth, haberdashery and tailoring, such as items
provided by William Hurst, including ''red cloath for little Harrys briches'' (5); also
including receipts for manual work undertaken by Joshua Greenall (4, 9, 16); ''glaizier's
Bill for worke done at Hilton Hall'' by John Morrison (10); annual itemised bill for goods
purchased by Henry Hulton at the Wigan shop of John Baldwin 1709-1710, which include
a large cambrick cravat, 1/4 lute string and 1/2 yard silk ferret (22); a solicitation from
W.L. to Lord Derby for the shrievalty (24); Mrs Leigh's bill for ale etc at the funeral of
Captain William Bradshaugh 16 Mar 1724 (28); bill from Gray's Inn for a chambers at
Walbourn Court late Mr Hulton's (32); bohea and green tea and coffee 1745 (33); bill
from William Emes, landscape gardener ''to finishing the pleasure garden'' in 1765 (34);
payments from William Hulton esq to Mrs Hulton including board wages and schooling
at Westminster, servants and keeping horses 1775-1782 (35-38)
38 (paper)
1646-1782
Papers and accounts concerning the bringing to England of the corpse of William Hulton
(1739-1773) including bills from undertakers and for embalming
8 (paper)
1772-1773
DDHU/ACC8410/133 - Bills and receipts
Recording payents of rent, property and income tax as well as payments to suppliers
and to workmen for repairs carried out
1841-1847
DDHU/ACC8410/29 - Receipts
A series of receipts which have been pasted into a volume; mainly relating to personal
accounts including payments of taxes and rates and for carriage
1863-1865
For purchases of lime, manure, coal, timber, stone flags, seeds and nails
1865
Money paid to Colonel Thomas Birchall and his trustees under the terms of a marriage
settlement; money to be paid in trust to Edward Grey Hulton on his marriage; Clerical
and Medical Assurance and Scottish Widows Insurance payments
1870s
169
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DDHU/42/16 - Solicitors bill
E and J Gorst's charges sent to William Hulton ''Relating to your Marriage Articles and
the Settlement made pursuant thereto''
1 (paper)
Jun 1808-Jul 1809
E and J Gorst's charges sent to Willian Hulton entitled ''Bill of Disbursements''; relating
a range of expenses including stamping agreements, printing notices to trespassers,
postage and payments to newspaper editors for placing property advertisements
1 (paper)
nd [early 19th cent]
E and J Gorst's charges sent to Willian Hulton including costs relating to ''Discharge to
Guardians''; ''Recovery to bar the Intail of your settled Estates''; ''Discharges of
Incumbrances so far as the same respected your Estates in Rumworth Farnworth and
Kearsley and also in Denton and Harpurhey''; ''Sale of Estates in Harpurhey''; ''Mortgage
to Mr Brakell'' and ''General Business''
3 (paper)
Sep 1808-Aug 1809
E and J Gorst's charges sent to Willian Hulton including costs relating to ''Legh Hall
Purchase''; ''Mr Ford's Annuity''; ''Manor of Pestfurlong''; ''Roads in Rumworth and
Westhoughton''; ''Ejectment against William Pasquell by Pone''; ''Beech House Farm'';
''Drawing your Will''; ''Sale to Mr Thomas Andrew''; ''Mrs Boyce's Claim''; ''Mr Robert
Andrew'' and ''Principal Disbursements''
1 (sewn pamphlet)
May 1809-Aug 1810
E and J Gorst's charges sent to Willian Hulton mainly relating to the arrangement of
sales of property and mines in Farnworth, Kearsley, Rumworth and Denton as well as
general expenses
1 (sewn pamphlet)
Feb 1815-Jan 1817
DDHU/53/49 - Order
A record of the level of wages to be paid to estate workers; wage levels were regulated
at the Quarter Sessions, and would be set each year at Easter; a variety of occupations
are represented, including servants, husbandry labourers, hay-makers, mowers,
shearers, masons, carpenters, joiners, brickmakers and colliers; it is interesting to note
the variation in wages, both in terms of which occupations could earn an annual salary
and which were to be paid a daily rate or as in the case of the colliers in terms of the
amount of coal mined, and the standard differences in wage payments between men
and women
1 (paper)
n.d. [18th cent]
170
DDHU
Longworth overseers accounts recording payments made to the poor of Longworth, all
of whom are named; in some cases only a payment amount is given, but in others there
is some indication of what the money will be spent on, which may be clothing, food or in
a number of cases costs towards the burial of a child; front pages include a list of the
overseers of the poor 1765-1836 and overseers of the highway 1767-1796
1 (volume with boards)
1765-1839
2.2 Rentals, surveys and valuations
Records which mainly document the tenancy and occupation of land on the Hulton estate
1690-1976
2.2.1. Rentals
2.2.2 Surveys and valuations
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p183
2.2.1 Rentals
Rentals typically record as a minimum the names of tenants in a particular township and
the amount of rent due to be paid; rentals have been arranged alphabetically by township
followed by general rentals which cover the whole of the Hulton estate, chief rents and
finally cottage rentals
1690-1976
DDHU/54/1 - Rental
Denton; giving names of tenants and amount of rents due; authorising James Lomax to
collect rents on the behalf of W Hilton
1 (paper)
30 Jun 1692
DDHU/54/2 - Rental
Harpershey [Harpurhey]; giving names of tenants and amount of rents due; authorising
James Lomax to collect rents on the behalf of W Hilton
1 (paper)
7 Jun 1690
DDHU/54/3 - Rental
Harpers Hey [Harpurhey]; giving names of tenants and amount of rents due; authorising
James Lomax to collect rents on the behalf of W Hilton
1 (paper)
16 May 1692
DDHU/54/4 - Rental
Over Hulton; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received and arrears
4 (paper)
Nov 1826-Apr 1827
171
DDHU
DDHU/54/5 - Rental
Over Hulton; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received and arrears
4 (paper)
Nov 1827-Apr 1828
DDHU/54/6 - Rental
Hulton; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received and arrears
5 (paper)
Nov 1828-Apr 1829
DDHU/54/7 - Rental
Hulton; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received and arrears
4 (paper)
Nov 1829-Apr 1830
DDHU/54/8 - Rental
Over Hulton; giving tenant's names, name of farm, rent due, rent received, arrears and
observations
2 (paper)
24 Jun 1830
DDHU/54/9 - Ledger
[Over Hulton]; includes an alphabetical name index; arranged by account; divided into
debit and credit columns which record the rents due, payment of rent by cash or bill and
reductions in rent which appear to be due to work carried out on the estate, such as
carting and work in relation to railway and plantation damage
1 (volume bound in boards, broken spine)
23 Nov 1831-25 Apr 1834
DDHU/54/11 - Rental
Longworth; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received and arrears
2 (paper)
Nov 1827-Apr 1828
DDHU/54/12 - Rental
Longworth; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received, arrears and remarks; also
receipts for bills to be paid by William Hulton during this period including carting work
undertaken by James Entwistle, lime purchased from John Peel, taxes and rates paid to
the Overseers of Longworth and alcohol purchased from Lawrence Bently
8 (paper)
Nov 1828-Apr 1829
DDHU/54/13 - Rental
Longworth; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received, arrears and remarks
2 (paper)
Nov 1829-Apr 1830
172
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DDHU/54/14 - Rental
Longworth; giving tenant's names, name of farm, rent due, rent received, valuation and
remarks
1 (paper)
24 Jun 1830
DDHU/54/15 - Rental
Rumworth; giving names of tenants and amount of rents due; authorising James Lomax
to collect rents on the behalf of W Hilton
1 (paper)
16 Jul 1690
DDHU/54/16 - Rental
Westhoughton; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received and arrears
2 (paper)
Nov 1827-Apr 1828
DDHU/54/17 - Rental
Westhoughton; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received, arrears and remarks
2 (paper)
Nov 1828-Apr 1829
DDHU/54/18 - Rental
Westhoughton; giving tenant's names, rent due, rent received, arrears and remarks
2 (paper)
Nov 1829-Apr 1830
DDHU/54/19 - Rental
Westhoughton; giving tenant's names, name of farm, rent due, rent received, valuation
and remarks
1 (paper)
24 Jun 1830
DDHU/54/20 - Rental
Including Denton, Longworth, Hilton [Hulton], Westhoughton, Cleg, Harpers Hey
[Harpurhey], Rumworth and Farnworth; giving name of tenant and amount of rent due to
be paid and occasionally recording reductions for work undertaken on the estate
11 (papers folded to form a pamphlet, pins removed)
1694-1704
173
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DDHU/54/21 - Rental
Rentals for Harperhey [Harpurhey], Rumworth, Kersly [Kearsley], Farnworth, Gray's
Inne, Hilton [Hulton], Westhaughton [Westhoughton], Denton, Longworth, Cleg and
Manchester covering the years 1700-1712, giving the names of tenants in each town
and the amounts paid; also including copies of surveys of Clegg, the oaks and ashes in
Harpur Hey, Cheetham's Tenement in West Houghton and Hulton taken between 1694
and 1721; lease agreements 1721-1734 which particularly note work to be undertaken,
the existence of enclosures and taxes to be paid
1 (volume bound in leather with a large metal clasp)
1700-1734
DDHU/54/22 - Rental
The lands and estate of William Hulton esq including property in Over Hulton,
Butterworth, Longworth, Harpers Hey [Harpurhey], Denton, Rumworth, Farnworth and
Kersley; giving tenant's name, brief details of the premises, yearly rent, rent days,
receipts and arrears
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1744
DDHU/54/23 - Rental
Butterworth, Longworth and Harpers Hey [Harpurhey]; giving tenant's name, brief details
of the premises, yearly rent and rent days
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1746
DDHU/54/24 - Rental
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1747
DDHU/54/25 - Rental
Butterworth, Longworth, Harpers Hey [Harpurhey], Denton, Rumworth and Farnworth;
giving tenant's name, brief details of the premises, yearly rent, rent days, receipts and
arrears
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1754
DDHU/54/26 - Rental
1 (sewn volume bound in marbled paper)
1759-1761
174
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DDHU/54/27 - Rental
1762-1764
DDHU/54/28 - Rental
The estates of William Hulton esq, a minor, including property in Over Hulton,
Westhoughton, Longworth, Rumworth, Denton, Farnworth, Kearsley and Butterworth;
giving tenant's name, brief details of the premises, yearly rent, rent days, receipts,
arrears and tythes; also giving details of some of the pews in Westhaughton Chapel
1 (sewn volume bound in leather)
1773-1775
DDHU/54/29 - Rental
Properties in Over Hulton, Westhaughton [Westhoughton], Longworth, Butterworth,
Denton, Harper Hey [Harpurhey], Rumworth, Farnworth and Kearsley; giving tenant's
name, brief details of the premises, yearly rent, rent days, receipts and arrears
1776-1778
DDHU/54/30 - Rental
Denton, Harper Hey [Harpurhey], Rumworth, Farnworth and Kearsley; giving tenant's
1779-1781
DDHU/54/31 - Rental
Denton, Harperhay [Harpurhey], Rumworth, Farnworth and Kearsley; giving tenant's
1 (volume with boards bound in leather)
1786-1795
DDHU/54/32 - Rental
Properties in Hulton, Westhoughton, Harperhay [Harpurhey], Denton, Manchester,
Longworth, Rumworth, Farnworth and Kearsley; giving name of tenant, amount due,
payments made and tithe
1797
175
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DDHU/ACC8410/31 - Rental
Recording rental payments on properties in Hulton, Westhoughton, Harpurhey, Denton,
Longworth, Rumworth, Farnworth, Kearsley and Manchester; gives tenant's name,
yearly rent, half year payments, tythe and arrears
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1801
yearly rent, half year payments, tithes and arrears
1 (pamphlet volume bound in leather)
1802
yearly rent, half year payments, tithes and arrears
1 (pamphlet volume bound in leather)
1803
Recording rental payments on properties in Denton, Farnworth, Hulton, Harpurhey,
Kearsley, Longworth, Rumworth, Westhoughton and Manchester; giving tenant's name,
amounts due, when received, arrears and remarks
Aug 1804-Aug 1805
DDHU/54/33 - Rental
Properties in Denton, Farnworth, Hulton, Harpurhey, Kearsley, Longworth, Rumworth,
Westhoughton and Manchester; giving tenants names and details of rental payments,
arrears and dates due as well as tithes
1805-1806
DDHU/54/34 - Rental
Westhoughton and Manchester; giving tenant's names and details of rental payments,
arrears and dates due as well as tithes
1 (sewn volume)
1807-1808
176
DDHU
DDHU/54/35 - Rental
Properties in Hulton, Harpurhey, Denton, Westhoughton, Longworth, Farnworth,
Kersley, Rumworth and Manchester; giving the names of tenants and details of amounts
paid and in arrears; also including accounts of Richard Woodward in account with the
Guardians of William Hulton Esq which cover rents, colliery receipts and payments,
charges, Irish rents, repairs, taxes, profits and payments relating to land, wood and bark
purchased and sold, house accounts including labourer's wages, maintenance and
game; William Hulton Esq in account with Messrs Boltons Claytons and Wilson
1807-1808
Recording rental payments on properties in Denton, Farnworth, Hulton, Harpurhey,
Kearsley, Longworth, Rumworth, Westhoughton and Manchester; giving tenant's name,
amounts due, when received, arrears and remarks
Aug 1808-Aug 1809
DDHU/54/36 - Rental
Westhoughton and Manchester; giving tenant's names and details of rental payments,
arrears and dates due
1809-1810
DDHU/54/37 - Rental
Rental of the estates of William Hulton Esq; listing properties in Hulton, Harpurhey,
Denton, Longworth, Westhoughton, Farnworth, Kearsley, Rumworth and Manchester;
giving the names of tenants, property tax and rent and details of arrears; also including
financial records of Richard Woodward in account with William Hulton Esq, which cover
rents, colliery receipts and payments, repairs, profits and payments relating to lands,
taxes, wood, house accounts, pleasure horses, game, modernizing, garden expences,
labourers wages, expences at Dean Church, ice house expences and carriage
1 (sewn volume)
1809-1810
DDHU/54/38 - Rental
Rental of the estates of William Hulton Esq; listing properties in Hulton, Harpurhey,
Denton, Longworth, Westhoughton, Farnworth, Kearsley, Rumworth and Manchester;
giving the names of tenants, property tax and rent and details of arrears; also including
financial records of Richard Woodward in account with William Hulton Esq, which cover
rents, colliery receipts and payments, repairs, profits and payments relating to lands,
taxes, wood, house accounts, dog kennels, pleasure horses, game, building done at the
house and garden expences
1810-1811
177
DDHU
Rental of the estates of William Hulton esq; recording rental payments for properties in
Hulton, Denton, Westhoughton, Longworth, Rumworth, Farnworth, Kersley and
Manchester; giving name of tenant and details of arrears, property tax and rental
payments; also including financial records of Richard Woodward in account with William
Hulton esq (1811-1839) which cover rents, colliery receipts and payments, wood and
bark sold, repairs, taxes, garden expences, house accounts, building work at the house,
planting and modernizing, pleasure and post horses, game, draining, stone, servants,
charity, furniture, casual receipts and payments and a personal cash account
1815
DDHU/54/39 - Rental
Properties in Hulton, Longworth, Westhoughton, Rumworth and Manchester; giving
name of tenant and details of rental payments and arrears; also including accounts of
Richard Woodward in account with William Hulton Esq, mainly recording taxes and
interest payments, but including some payments to individual labourers for specified
work
1824-1825
DDHU/54/40 - Rentals
Properties in Longworth, Hulton and Westhoughton; giving tenant's name and details of
rental payments and arrears
7 (paper)
1826
Properties in Hulton, Longworth and Westhoughton; giving tenant's name and details of
rental payments and arrears
1826-1828
Estate of William Hulton Esq; properties in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Longworth and
Turton Township; giving tenant's name, name of farms, measurement and details of rent
payments and arrears
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1830
Recording estate and chief rental payments on properties in Over Hulton,
Westhoughton, Longworth, Turton, Rumworth and Manchester; giving tenant's name,
amounts due and arrears; including both a working and a final copy
2 (volumes)
1831-1834
178
DDHU
Recording estate and chief rental payments on properties in Over Hulton,
Westhoughton, Longworth, Rumworth, Manchester, Farnworth and Turton; giving
tenant's name, name of farm, size of farm, amounts due, when received, arrears and
observations
1835-1838
DDHU/ACC8410/97 - Rentals
Recording rent payments in Over Hulton, Farnworth, Westhoughton, Rumworth,
Manchester, Longworth and Turton; giving tenant's name and details of rental payments
and arrears
13 (paper)
Nov 1841-May 1850
Recording rent payments in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Rumworth, Longworth and
Turton; giving tenant's name and amount paid
10 (paper)
Nov 1850-Apr 1861
Recording rent payments in Over Hulton, Farnworth, Westhoughton, White Horse
Property, Rumworth, Longworth and Turton; giving tenant's name and amount paid
11 (paper)
Nov 1861-Apr 1872
Recording rental payments for properties in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Rumworth,
Culcheth [Culceth], Farnworth, Longworth, Turton and the Hulton Colliery Co; giving
name, brief details of the property rented, rents due and arrears
Apr 1893-Nov 1922
Recording rental payments for properties in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Rumworth and
Turton; giving name, brief details of the property rented, rents due and arrears
Apr 1923-Nov 1938
Recording rental payments for properties in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Rumworth and
Turton; giving name, brief details of the property rented, rents due and arrears
Apr 1939-Nov 1954
179
DDHU
Recording rental payments for properties in Over Hulton, Westhoughton and Rumworth;
giving name, brief details of the property rented, rents due and arrears
Apr 1955-Nov 1970
Recording rental payments for properties in Over Hulton and Westhoughton; giving
name, brief details of the property rented, rents due and arrears
1 (file)
Apr 1971-Nov 1976
DDHU/ACC8410/176 - Notebook
'History book of Chief Rents Turton Egerton'; recording the descent of chief rents on
specified plots of land alongside the amount of rent to be paid; front pages include a
name index of the original lessees
1 (volume)
Recording chief rents for Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Longworth, Turton, Farnworth,
coal rents and Hulton Colliery Co surface rents; giving name, arrears, rent, property tax
allowed and amounts paid
Nov 1893-Nov 1911
Recording chief rents for Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Turton and Hulton Colliery Co
surface rents; giving name, arrears, rent, property tax allowed and amounts paid
May 1912-May 1927
Nov 1927-Nov 1936
Recording chief rents for Over Hulton, Westhoughton and Turton; giving name, arrears,
rent, property tax allowed and amounts paid
May 1937-Nov 1944
Recording chief rents for Over Hulton, Westhoughton and Turton; giving name, arrears,
rent, property tax allowed and amounts paid
May 1945-Nov 1952
180
DDHU
Recording chief rents for Over Hulton and Westhoughton; giving name, arrears, rent,
property tax allowed and amounts paid
May 1953-Nov 1960
May 1961-May 1967
The type of rental payment is not recorded but comparison with earlier volumes suggests
that this volume contains chief rents for Over Hulton and Westhoughton; giving name,
arrears, rent, property tax allowed and amounts paid
1 (papers in a file)
May 1967-Nov 1974
Cottage rentals; relating to Over Hulton and Westhoughton; giving tenant's name,
residence, rents and arrears
Jan 1893-Oct 1900
Cottage rentals; giving name of cottage, name of tenant and details of arrears and
weekly rental payments
5 (leather bound volumes with boards)
1910-1914, 1928-1929
1915-1919, 1929
1920-1924, 1930
1925-1929
181
DDHU
1930-1933
1934-1938
1939-1943
1944-1948
1949-1958
Cottage rental summaries; appear to relate mainly to Over Hulton and Westhoughton;
giving name of tenant, address of property, arrears and rental payments
1901-1917
Cottage rental summary; giving name of tenant, address and totals paid each quarter
1918-1937
1 (volume bound in marbled paper)
1938-1940
182
DDHU
1941-1944
1945-1948
1949-1953
1954-1957
Mainly recording total rents collected by Mr Jones, steward; only a small number of other
tenants are named; it is unclear where the rental relates to
1 (pamphlet volume bound in marbled paper)
1791-1804
2.2.2 Surveys and valuations
Documents which typically record the acreage of specified plots of land or townships, in
some cases also including information on value, land use and occupancy
1727-1908
Hulton Survey and valuation giving tenants names, field names, statute and Cheshire
measurements and valuation by William Broom; some entries also include additional
remarks, either in terms of work on the property which may have impacted on its value
or personal comments on the individual and William Hulton's opinion of them as tenants;
also a partial survey of Harpurhey giving details of tenants, the field names associated
with their property and statute and Lancashire acreage; also includes an account of corn
and tythe in Over Hulton 1767, giving field name, acreage and value; final pages include
some colliery accounts which typically seem to relate to the management of the coal pits
by James Stowcroft 1761-1766
1760s
183
DDHU
DDHU/ACC8410/187 - Valuation
Township not given, appears to relate to properties around Hulton; arranged by property;
giving number in old plan, description of property, acreage using Cheshire measure,
value per acre, total value and observations
n.d. [c1830]
DDHU/54/10 - Survey
Longworth; a survey and valuation of the tenement formerly held by Christopher
Isherwood taken by Mr James Roscow and Adam Aspell; giving field names alongside
their acreage and value
1 (paper)
16 Jan 1727
DDHU/ACC8410/138 - Survey and Valuation
Longworth in the parish of Bolton; a survey of properties owned by [William] Hulton Esq
(1787-1864) in 1809; giving property or field name, occupier, acreage and value;
valuation made by James Brandwood and James Haslam; also including a further
valuation taken in 1825 and a record of rate payments in 1831
1 (volume with a sewn pamphlet binding)
1809-1831
DDHU/ACC8410/92 - Survey
Longworth Estate; giving acreages of farms and fields under Cheshire and Statute
measurements
1 (fastened papers)
DDHU/53/58 - Valuation
''Particulars of Estates situate in Harwood'' giving field names, occupancy or other
property description, valuation and acreage; statement of costs of obtaining Amendment
Act of 1814; statements of Accounts of the Steward of Hulmes Estates; endorsed with a
note indicating that Jeffrey Hulme married Cecelia, daughter of William Hulton of
Farnworth
1 (file of 5 papers)
1814-1817
Longworth; arranged by property; giving number in old plan, description of property,
acreage using Cheshire measure, value per acre, total value and observations
n.d. [19th cent]
Westhoughton; arranged by property; giving number in old plan, description of property,
acreage using Cheshire measure, value per acre, total value and observations
n.d. [19th cent]
184
DDHU
Lands, houses, cottage dwellings, chief rents, mining royalties etc in the townships of
Bolton, Darwen, Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Longworth, Turton and Farnworth, the
estate of the late Sir W.W.B. Hulton, Baronet; valued by Jos. Jackson and Sons
3 (paper)
30 May 1907-7 Jan 1908
2.3 Colliery records
Much of the wealth accumulated by the Hulton family came from the coal found under
their estate, but this wasn't fully exploited until the industrialisation of the 19th century.
Records within this series are related to the Hulton Colliery Company, coal mining in the
Hulton area or as a more general subject. It should be noted that the Hulton collieries
appear to have been managed as part of the general estate, and so information on them
can also be found within the account books, copy letter books and plans listed in other
series.
1831-1968
See also NCHU for records of the Hulton Colliery Company and CR18 for the inquest
into the Pretoria Pit disaster
Including an account of boring at Horrocks Farm, Westhoughton by Peter Taylor 1824,
in Lostock by Thomas Hunt 1826 and in the Mile Bank Brook in Hulton Park 1837; also
including calculations of the amount and value of cannel dug at various coal pits, such
as Halshaw Moor, Stirrups Pit and Trencher Bone
1 (leather bound volume with boards)
1824-1836
Hints for works at Halshaw Moor; Sales Particulars for the Mansion of Darley Hall plus
160 acres of land in Farnworth and Kersley [Kearsley] to be sold by auction; list of colliers
at the School Pit Nov 1870; specifications and tenders for erecting a new engine at
Hulton Colliery; copy inquest after the death of Andrew Sixsmith at Hulton Colliery in
1864, also colliery rules and correspondence regarding the state of ventiliation at Park
Pit; Bolton and Leigh Railway Co account with John Bracewell for work carried out; plan
of land at Bolton Moor taken for the Bolton and Leigh Railway; plans, estimates and
correspondence regarding alterations to the engines at Halshaw Moor; colliery reports
on the use of oil and ropwood, boilers and sickness of horses and ponies
1827-1870
185
DDHU
Colliery papers; depositions regarding colliers who have joined a union; printed poster
regarding a dispute between Mr Knowles and his colliers; request for employment while
the colliers are turned out; letter suggesting that colliery owners in the area agree not to
employ men who have turned out from other mines; prices given by Mr Knowles for
getting coal; colliery accounts; statement regarding the amount of coal at Hulton; account
of boring for William Hulton Esq; printed adverts for Hulton coals; calculated expense of
carrying coals on the railway; analysis of coal samples; list of prices paid for getting coals
at Hulton Collieries; calculations of the price of coals; letter from the parents of George
Brimlow, a collier now in the New Bailey prison for committing an assault on the
constable of Over Hulton; correspondence
1828-1832
Colliery papers; mainly relating to a dispute between Mr Hulton and Mr Grundy over
Halshaw Moor Colliery, located on the border between Farnworth and Kearsley; records
include plans showing the land in question and identifying where coal has been found;
legal cases, disputes and agreements regarding trespass, damage and an exchange of
land; also including a plan of a proposed new engine for Hulton Colliery
c1830
DDHU/53/72 - Notice
From William Hulton to the Hulton Colliers who have ''Turned Out''; regarding a dispute
over membership of the Colliers' Union; ''I may in self-defence assert, that I have amply
rewarded you for your labour; that I have never been so happy as in relieving yourselves
and your families, under the pressure of sickness and distress; that I have, to the utmost
of my power, extended the blessings of education to your children''; printed
1 (paper, repaired)
21 Mar 1831
DDHU/53/73 - Notice
From William Hulton to the Hulton Colliers who have ''Come In''; regarding a dispute over
membership of the Colliers' Union; renouncing apparent falsehoods printed by the
Union; ''We have all suffered so severely from the Society...that, to my former
declaration, that 'I never turned a Collier off because he was a member of the Society,'
I now add, that I will never again engage one who is.''; printed; also including a typed
transcript of the Hulton Colliers' reply printed in the Bolton Chronicle 2 Apr 1831
2 (paper, repaired)
4 Apr 1831
DDHU/ACC8410/134 - Notices
Copies of notices served on persons building upon land in Farnworth under which coal
has been gotten; indemnifying the Hulton family against any possible damages caused
to those buildings; including a separate list of a majority of the notices issued
1834-1888
186
DDHU
DDHU/ACC8410/199 - Report
Blue Book: Children's Employment Commission First Report of the Commissioners on
Mines; printed in London by William Clowes and Sons; report includes information on
the employment of women and children in coal and other mines; information gathered
includes age of employment, the type of work undertaken, hiring, state of the place of
work, hours, holidays, treatment, accidents, wages and effects on physical condition; the
report includes direct quotations from individuals working within the industry; [the report
led to the Mines Act of 1842, which prohibited all females, and males under the age of
10, from working underground in coal mines]
1 (volume with a sewn pamphlet binding)
1842
Miscellaneous papers mainly consisting of tenders and contracts for work to be carried
out on the Hulton Estate and at the collieries; other colliery records including amounts of
coal gotten, a valuation of strait work, calculations of allowances for waggoning and a
report on proposed new winning of Arley Mine; also contains a sketch plan showing the
place where stone fell from a roof and killed Nathan Smith near a pit on 3 Oct 1883
[mid-late 19th cent]
Colliery papers; including a report on the proposed endless rope system; statement
showing all men and boys (exclusive of colliers) employed at each pit and their wages
1866, 1872; banksmen and engineers wages 12 Jan 1872; other general information
about wage levels; information about coal prices
1850s-1870s
Relating to the valuation of Mr Hulton's coal depot at Bolton and the appointment of
Messrs Hardcastle Cross and Co, bankers
6 (paper)
1852-1865
DDHU/ACC9318/119 - Company records
Bundle wrapped in a label endorsed 'Banner's Partnership C4a'; relating to the formation
of the Hulton Colliery Company by the partnership of William Ford Hulton and Harmood
Walcot Banner of Liverpool; documents include a deed of co-partnership, copy
mortgage, lease, correspondence and a copy of the London Gazette including notice of
the expiry of the partnership
1859-1869
'Hartley Colliery Relief Fund'; list of donations [The Hartley Colliery disaster was an
accident in Northumberland which took place on 16 Jan 1862; 204 men were killed]
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1862
187
DDHU
Papers mainly relating to the supply of equipment for Hulton Colliery; including
specifications and plans of new engines; adverts and testimonials for suppliers and
correspondence; also including a list giving 'names of persons holding lamps' and a
report on the use of oil
1 (bundle of papers and tracing paper)
c1865-1870
Hulton Colliery; loads of coal gotten at School Pit; arbitration and awards relating to the
payment of colliers according to the weight of coal dug
1874
Annual measurements of Arley, Yard, Trencherbone, Half-Yard and Three quarters
mines [Hulton Colliery] 1880-1881; valuation of strait work 1880-1884; measurement
and estimate of coal gotten 1878-1885
1 (bound volume)
1878-1885
Relating to collieries in Farnworth; heads of proposed agreement for lease of mines at
Stonehill Colliery; statement of the quantity of coal gotten by Messrs Roscoe and Lord
at Stone Hill Colliery; additional correspondence between Fullager and Hulton, solicitors,
Roscoe and Lord, the Bridgewater Trustees, William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton and
Charles Robson concerning the working condition and lease of the colliery
2 (envelopes of papers)
1887-1891
DDHU/ACC9318/113 - Photographs
A colliery including a steam train with wagons labelled 'Hulton Colliery' and pit employees
on a colliery site; employees are both male and female 'pit brow lassies' and appear to
range in age from early teens to early twenties
2 (photographic prints mounted in card)
n.d. [late 19th cent]
188
DDHU
DDHU/acc8644/23 - Return
Return showing the probable quantities of coal, wrought and unwrought, in the portion
of the Lancashire coal field situated in the township of Over Hulton in the parish of
Deane; produced by the Royal Coal Commission; giving the name of each seam and
various measurements of the amount of coal to be found
1 (bundle of paper and tracing paper)
n.d. [c1900]
DDHU/ACC9318/93 - Receipt
Receipt for the payment by William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton to George Hunt of £2 in
full settlement of all damage to date and of all damage which may occur in future to
buildings erected on land demised to George Hunt on 10 Jun 1835 by reason of the
working of coal under the demised land; endorsed B1
1 (paper)
14 Sep 1905
DDHU/ACC9318/114 - Memorandum
Country Landowners' Association; Open-Cast Coal Mining - A Memorandum showing
the sequence of events and rules to be followed
21 (paper)
n.d. [1940s]
Notices, correspondence and reports relating to the liquidation of the Hulton Colliery
Company Ltd following the nationalisation of the coal industry
1 (tied bundle of papers)
1944-1955
DDHU/ACC9301/36 - Notes
'Pretoria Mining Disaster. Probable Cause' by John W Case, a former employee at the
pit; he argues that the explosion is likely to have been caused by a sparking motor pulley
4 (typewritten pages)
n.d. [1968]
2.4 Insurance policies
Insurance papers relating to property owned by the Hulton estate
1890-1955
DDHU/ACC8410/88 - Insurance policies
Life, fire and building policies relating to Over Hulton, Westhoughton and Longworth
Estates and Chequerbent School
1890-1943
189
DDHU
DDHU/ACC8410/193 - Insurance papers
Schedule of property to be insured, including Hulton Hall and other estate property in
Over Hulton and Westhoughton; list of insurances giving details of the policy and amount
for which the specified properties have been insured
1953-1955
2.5 Inventories and property valuations
Valuations relating specifically to personal items within Hulton Hall and other residences
owned by the Hulton family; also including lists of pictures and notes on other items of
value owned by the family
1857-1969
Household furniture, pictures, silver plate, plated articles, glass, china, linen, books,
wines, jewellery, carriages, harness, farm stock, implements, garden tools etc belonging
to Sir William Rothwell Hulton, Baronet of Hulton Park, Over Hulton; detailed inventory
of properties on the Hulton Park estate including Hulton Hall and Home Farm; valued by
Lomax, Sons and Mills on the death of Sir W.W.B. Hulton 1st Baronet
1 (volume bound in leather)
May 1907
DDHU/53/87 - Catalogue
''Interesting period furniture, china, glass pictures and effects...to be sold by auction''
from Hulton Park, Over Hulton; including the order of sale and an itemised inventory of
the lots to be offered for sale from each room of the house; also a duplicate copy
annotated to show the sales prices attained
2 (stapled volumes)
17-20 Nov 1947
Furniture, carpets, rugs, curtains, silver, electro plate, books, decorative and service
china, glass, pictures, linen, jewellery and wearing apparel, household equipment and
outdoor effects; the property of Sir Geoffrey Alan Hulton, Baronet at the residence,
Shurdington House, Over Hulton; including a detailed inventory of the property; valued
by Thomas Crompton and Son
23 Nov 1956-9 Feb 1960
Furniture and contents (excluding jewellery only); the property of Sir Geofftrey Alan
Hulton, Baronet, at the residence, the Cottage, Hulton Park; including an abbreviated
inventory; valued by Thomas Crompton and Son
1 (file of papers; removed from highly acidic plastic sleeves)
Jun 1969
190
DDHU
Inventory of paintings at [Hulton Hall]; notes and correspondence on a painting in their
possession which had been attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci
3 (paper)
2 Sep 1857, [19th cent]
DDHU/ACC9301/27 - Picture List
'Old Picture List: Revised and Rewritten by W.W.R. Hulton'; giving a brief description of
the paintings presumably to be found in Hulton Hall, their location and in some instances
the painter; for family portraits additional genealogical information is also given
1 (disbound volume)
Dec 1904
'Hulton Park. List of Pictures. Rewritten for alterations and additions. W.R. Hulton'; giving
a brief description of the paintings to be found in Hulton Hall, their location and in some
instances the painter; for family portraits additional genealogical information is also
given; also including 19th and 20th century correspondence mainly relating to a copy
painting originally believed to have been by Leonardo da Vinci but also with Alfred Gatley
concerning the sculpting of a bust of Mrs Hulton
1 (volume bound in leather with additional loose papers)
1916
'Revised and rewritten from the book of W.W.B. Hulton by R.B. Hulton'; giving a brief
description of the paintings presumably to be found in Hulton Hall, their location and in
some instances the painter and some information on how they were obtained; for family
portraits additional genealogical information is also given
1916
'List of pictures at Caynham, Lansdown Road, Cheltenham in 1949. Roger Hulton';
giving a brief description, their location and in some instances the painter; for family
portraits additional genealogical information is also given
1949
'Curiosities at Hulton Park' including a bust of Henry VIII in Cannel Coal; papal bulls,
seal of the restoration of Charles II; also a letter regarding papal indulgences owned by
the family
1 (paper)
n.d., 20 Nov 1884
191
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9301/57 - Inventory
Handwritten inventory of goods in the boudoir [at Hulton Hall?]; including additional note
from 1918 regarding the removal of some items and a further checklist compiled in 1954
1 (stapled paper volume)
n.d. [late 19th cent]-1954
DDHU/ACC9301/55 - Cards
Small cards, perhaps produced for an exhibition, describing various objects presumably
once owned by the Hulton family; items described include watches and pieces of
jewellery, perfume bottles, seals and militaria
24 (card)
n.d. [20th cent]
Colour photographs showing jewellery likely to have belonged to the Hulton family
9 (photographic prints)
n.d. [c1998]
2.6 Trust papers
Records of various trusts set up for the benefit of Roger Bradyll Hulton (1891-1956) and
Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993)
1921-1956
DDHU/ACC9301/46 - Trust papers
Papers relating to a trust set up between William Rothwell Hulton and the National Trust
Company Limited to provide funds for his son Roger Bradyll Hulton; including
correspondence, agreements, memoranda of securities sold and purchased and an
annotated map of the township of York and city of Toronto
1921-1948
Papers relating to trusts set up by Sir William Hulton with the National Trust Company
Limited in Canada to make provision for Roger Braddyl Hulton; including a draft
settlement dated 19 Nov 1923; receipts for the years 1944-1955 and correspondence
giving a schedule of deeds and making arrangements following the death of Roger
Hulton
1923-1956
Draft declaration of trust for the benefit of Roger Braddyll Hulton and Geoffrey Alan
Hulton No 2201 11 May 1931; income and capital account quarterly accounts showing
investments made 1932-1956; correspondence
1931-1956
192
DDHU
Draft settlement for the benefit of Roger Braddyll Hulton No 2081 16 Dec 1931; Sir
William Hulton's Settlement Trust No 2081 income and capital account quarterly
accounts showing investments made 1932-1956
1931-1956
2.7 Estate letter books
Copy letter books which mainly appear to relate to estate and colliery business;
individual descriptions give the main correspondents as well as information on whether
or not the volume has been indexed.
Additional correspondence related to estate matters may be located within the personal
correspondence filed under family papers
1836-1961
DDHU/ACC8410/77 - Copy letter book
James Whitehead, William Westwell and James Oliver [likely to be colliery employees];
mainly related to colliery business; indexed
10 Mar 1836-29 Dec 1857
James Oliver, Hulton Colliery
1 (tracing paper bound in leather)
11 Oct 1850-18 Apr 1854
James Oliver, Hulton Colliery; indexed
1 (tracing paper bound in boards)
22 Apr 1854-8 May 1860
James Oliver, Hulton Colliery; William Ford Hulton (1811-1879); indexed
8 Jan 1859-8 Nov 1860
William Ford Hulton (1811-1879); indexed
29 Apr 1859-21 Nov 1862, 8 Apr-3 Aug 1870
13 Nov 1860-2 Jun 1864
193
DDHU
3 Jun 1864-18 Dec 1868
William Ford Hulton (1811-1879) up to 1879; Sir William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton
(1844-1907) from 1879-1884; indexed
3 May 1864-7 Jan 1884
William Ford Hulton (1811-1879); Hulton Colliery and Hulton Park; indexed
31 Dec 1868-31 Dec 1870
William Ford Hulton (1811-1879)
5 Jan 1871-29 Apr 1872
1 (traciung paper bound in boards)
1 May 1872-27 May 1873
William Ford Hulton (1811-1879) up to 1879; Sir William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton
(1844-1907) from 1879-1886; other correspondents include Robert Smith, James Oliver
and Charles Robson, all likely to be estate employees; indexed
9 Mar 1874-17 Jun 1886
William Ford Hulton's (1811-1879) letters to James Gregory
1 (fastened bundle of papers)
4 Sep-18 Nov 1874
20 Feb-15 Jun 1875
2 Jul-30 Sep 1875
194
DDHU
1 Oct-28 Dec 1875
3 Jan-2 Apr 1876
William Ford Hulton's (1811-1879) letters to James Gregory; also including the
'Manchester Guardian War Map of Turkey in Europe with latest divisions and railways
1876'
3 Apr-2 Jul 1876
3 Jul-29 Sep 1876
2 Oct-31 Dec 1876
1 Jan-29 Mar 1877
1 Apr-15 May 1877
16 May 29 Jun 1877
2 Jul-23 Sep 1877
195
DDHU
25 Sep-29 Dec 1877
Sir William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907); indexed
11 Jan 1884-22 Dec 1888
Charles Robson, likely to be an estate employee; indexed
25 Mar 1885-25 May 1894
Sir William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943); indexed
29 Sep 1886-28 Jan 1901
Sir William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907); indexed
9 Jan 1889-20 Jan 1902
Sir William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943)
27 Jan 1901-28 Sep 1903
Sir William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907) up to 1907; then both Sir William
Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943) and Sir Roger Bradyll Hulton (1891-1956); indexed
22 Jun 1902-29 Sep 1942
1 Oct 1903-12 Feb 1908
Sir William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907) up to 1904; J.H. Fair, likely to be an
estate employee, 1904-1905; Sir William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943) 1905-1908;
indexed
29 May 1904-19 May 1908
196
DDHU
13 Feb 1908-30 Nov 1916
Sir William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943) up to 1918; Sir Roger Bradyll Hulton (18911956) 1918-1922; indexed
1 Dec 1916-2 Feb 1922
Sir Roger Bradyll Hulton (1891-1956); indexed
17 Feb 1922-12 Feb 1926
19 Feb 1926-14 May 1929
14 May 1929-29 Jul 1932
30 Jul 1932-1 Feb 1935
8 Feb 1935-5 May 1937
30 Apr 1937-25 Nov 1942
9 Dec 1942-Feb 1949
197
DDHU
1 (bundle of tracing paper removed from a file)
13 Apr 1949-31 May 1950
2 Jun 1950-4 Sep 1951
7 Sep 1951-28 Nov 1952
2 Dec 1952-14 May 1954
31 May 1954-23 May 1956
20 Apr 1956-23 Nov 1957
Sir Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993)
23 Apr 1957-24 Mar 1961
2.8 Estate correspondence and other papers
Many of the boxes within the collection contained bundles of papers related to estate
management. These could include a range of material such as correspondence, plans
and other papers and it was unclear on examination whether they constituted original
bundles. For this reason papers have typically been listed as found, meaning that
individual items may contain papers on a range of different subjects. The bundles have
then been arranged in chronological order.
1739-1969
198
DDHU
DDHU/53/47 - Bargain and Sale
William Hulton of Hulton esq to Thomas Crompton of the Parke within Prestwich, gent,
Samuel Statham of the same, yeoman, Joshua Horrockes of Whitefield within the parish
of Prestwich, yeoman and Lambert Fletcher of Tottington, farmer; for a consideration of
£10,000; bargain and sale of ''all the Oaks with the Bark thereof, and all the Asshes,
Elmes, Beeches, Poplar Trees, and Alder Trees, and likewise all the Timber Trees and
other Trees whatsoever now Standing, growing and being'' on the estates of William
Hulton in the county of Lancaster and in Bryanstown, Ireland; witnesses: Robert
Haselden, Henry Moreton
25 Apr 1739
DDHU/53/48 - Articles of Agreement
Lambert Fletcher of Tottington, farmer, Samuel Statham of Kersall, yeoman and Joshua
Horrockes of Whitefield within Pilkington, yeoman to William Hulton of Hulton esq;
quitclaim of their part of the contract for timber on the Hulton estates; also assigning to
William Hulton any dues owing for timber already sold; William Hulton to pay expences
for timber already cut down
1 (tied papers with 3 applied seals)
30 Apr 1740
DDHU/ACC9318/103 - Taxation
Miscellaneous bundle mainly relating to the calculation and payment of succession duty
on the Hulton Estate; also including a bond for payment of £4000 made between William
Hulton esq and Richard Fazakerley esq 1 Jan 1763; valuation of stock at Hulton
Collieries 18 May 1879; papers relating to the bringing of the corpse of Sir William Hulton
from San Remo, Italy to Britain
1765-1907
Longworth Mill; papers relating to an exchange of land between Mr Hulton and Mr
Wright; papers relating to the supply of water at Bolton and the level of power which can
be achieved from gauges at Longworth
c1792-1829
Mainly sent to William Hulton Esq (1787-1864); concerning estate business, including in
particular reference to railways, canals and collieries; including a plan of land [at
Liverpool] owned by the trustees of Mr Heywood; Bill of Fare to be served on the first
anniversary of the Manchester Union Club; Resolutions from a meeting of the Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge in Bolton
c1815-1829
199
DDHU
Mainly relating to the development of reservoirs at Longworth; including a plan of land
in Longworth belonging to William Hulton and let to Henry and Edmund Ashworth,
William Fairbairn and James Little showing the Delph Reservoir Mar 1829;
correspondence relating to land leased to Mr Wright in Longworth, and associated rights
in relation to the waterworks and the road from Sharples through Longworth; legal
observations on rights to local watercourses; notice to owners relating to the Bolton
Improvement waterworks undertaking, with a schedule giving owner, lessee and
occupier of each plot of land
1829-1864
DDHU/53/65 - Poster
Printed poster displaying sections 30, 31, 34 and 36 of the Game Bill, mainly relating to
trespass in the pursuit of game; printed by Gardner, Bolton
1 (paper)
n.d. [c.1830]
Longworth New Road; ''commencing at a point near the Globe Inn, opposite a certain
house occupied by the Minister of the Independent Chapel in the Township of Turton,
and ending at a stake opposite to a Farm House known by the name of Critchley Fold in
the Township of Longworth''; including specification; tenders to undertake the work;
coloured plan showing a section of the new road; plan of the masonry required across
Delph Brooke
c 1831
Correspondence, specification and estimates regarding the building of cottages at
Chequerbent
8 (papers)
1831-1832
Correspondence and bills regarding the efforts of the Bolton Waterworks Co to make a
weir at Longworth
6 (paper)
1832
'A Bill for more effectually repairing and improving the road from Bolton to Kearsley,
called the Moses Gate District of Road, and a branch thereout from Stone Clough to
Pilkington'; list of trustees to the Moses Gate Road; case of the public against the Moses
Gate Trust regarding the proposed doubling of tolls
1833
200
DDHU
Colliery papers; including calculation for taking coals to Bolton via the railway; accounts
for carrying coal and for other work taken; estimates for the creation of embankments to
branch railway lines
c1833
Hulton Colliery; estimates of the expenses of taking coals to Manchester by the Bolton
Canal; estimates and plan of a proposed new yard at Crown St, Liverpool; estimate of
alterations to be made at Whitegate Brow; agreement for sinking Yard Pit at Boardman's
Field; agreement regarding the laying of turn plates at the Bolton and Leigh Railway;
agreement with Mr John Hargeaves regarding the use of a crane at Chequerbent; rough
plan of a railway wagon made by R Stephenson and Co for the Earl of Carlisle; amount
of coal carried on the Hulton railway Oct 1835; expenses incurred in putting up the new
cannel and doe engines at Halshaw Moor
1833-1836
Estate management; relating to leases, highway maintenance and land required for the
Bolton and Kenyon Railway (with plans)
1834-1846
Lecturers' Close Depot, Bolton; mainly regarding the purchase of land to be used to build
a brick shelter for the man employed to secure the railroad and turnpike road
1837
Papers mainly relating to the management of estate property in Longworth and Turton;
including correspondence; lists of tenants with arrears and decisions regarding whether
they can stay or must be given notice to quit; papers regarding responsibility for the
maintenance of 'widow's bridge'; a list of damages to property in Longworth awaiting
repair; an account of draining and lining undertaken in Longworth, which includes tenant
and field names
c1839
Correspondence and agreements relating to encroachments on Hulton land as a result
of the Belmont Reservoir; also other tenancy matters including trespass and shooting
rights; plans of a waterfall and land in Longworth leased by William Hulton to Thomas
Wright and of watercourses and land between the townships of Longworth and Sharples
c1847-1885
201
DDHU
Wrapped in a label endorsed 'Surface measurements'; these pages appear to record the
size of plots of land which have been transferred between tenants; also including pages
of calculations and unidentified plans
[mid 19th cent]
Estate management; including mortgages on ''The Whims'' and ''The Ashes'' farms; the
purchase of timber fencing; the payment of interest on mortgaged land at Halshaw Moor;
receipts and bills, mainly issued in Southport; colliery correspondence regarding wages,
property valuations and some lists of carters and shopmen; correspondence with an
Inspector of Mines concerning an accident at Yard Mine involving William Hurst; account
of coal gotten in 1875; memoranda on the workings at Yard Mine
1868-1878
List of deeds in safe at Hall Jan 1893; Hulton Colliery Co Limited Copy Heads of
Agreement including plan of W.W.B. Hulton's estate in Hulton and Westhoughton; lease
from Mrs Alice Silcock and Mr James Ryley to William Ford Hulton of a plot of land in
Westhoughton for 7 years; Chequerbent Telegraph Agreement; Northern Assurance
Company Fire Policy for Home Farm; Plan of land leased to P Boardman in Over Hulton
including Daub Hill Depot; Sales Particulars for Hilton's Farm under the case of Green v
Kellett and of outlying portions of Tempest's Estates in Rumworth; Absolute Order of the
Inclosure Commissioners regarding Hulton's drainage and inclosing improvements;
'Plan showing existing surface trespass' by the Hulton Colliery Company on land owned
by W.W.B. Hulton 1886
1 (bundle of papers, parchment and plans on waxed linen)
c1870-1893
Hulton Colliery, including coal prices and collier wages 1871; numbers of colliery drawers
aged over and under 20 at Hulton mines 1876; valuation and receipts relating to the
development of the Chequerbent Pit; list of 'documents signed for on completion' 1886;
Sir William Hulton in account with Hulton Colliery Co regarding the completion of the
tenancy of 701 Manchester Rd 1933; letters from C Robson of Hulton Colliery Co
regarding the payment of rent and other bills 1891; 'Dispute as to thicknesses in the
Arley Mine' 1888; draft agreement between W.W.B. Hulton and the Hulton Colliery
Company 1886; Hulton Colliery Company dividend payments 1887-1892; also
particulars of mortgage securities between Wiliam Hulton Esq and Ralph Rothwell 18121826; dividend payments from the London and North Western Railway 1878; valuation
of tenements and land required for the Thirlmere Aqueduct; letter regarding money due
to William Ford Hulton after his wife's death under the terms of their marriage settlement
c1870-1933
202
DDHU
Letters sent from William Ford Hulton (1811-1879) at Southport to Mr George Dodds at
Hulton Park; mainly relating to estate and colliery business
1873-1874
Estate management; including notices to quit; notices to spread lime and bone manure;
schedule of deeds and list of leases; list of contents of large iron safe; list of cottage
tenants giving residence, weekly rent and arrears 1874
1873-1887
Correspondence regarding the tenancy of a post office and grocers; an obstruction on
the highway caused by the colliery works; agreements with Manchester Corporation
regarding the Thirlmere Aqueduct; valuation of lands or easements required for the
deposit of spoil; agreements with Westhoughton Local Board regarding water supply;
insurance policies relating to Shurdington House, Over Hulton and the Church of
England Mixed and Infants' Schools, Chequerbent, Westhoughton; Rules for the
management of Chetham Hospital, Manchester
1873-1952
Notes on cattle breeding; giving name, colour, age, number of calves, whether they are
giving milk, date of calving and details of the bull with whom they have been bred
1 (paper)
1875-1877
Correspondence mainly relating to estate business, trust payments and collieries;
haymaking account for 21 Jun-18 Aug 1877; home farm accounts for 1876-1877;
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Hulton Colliery Company 1886;
summary table of output and finances of the Hulton Colliery Company 1887-1892;
schedule of deeds relating to the Hulton Colliery Company; Agreement between the
Hulton Colliery Company and W.W.B. Hulton as to allotment of shares 1886
1876-1892
203
DDHU
Including a plan showing damage caused by the Thirlmere Aqueduct Pipeline; notices
to owners, lessees and occupiers of intended application to Parliament with regards to
the Manchester City Railway Bill and Manchester Corporation Waterworks, including
schedules in which the property owners and occupiers are named; printed notice
describing the Birkett Water Scheme; agreement relating to the Bolton and Leigh
Railway and use of land at Chequerbent; agreement with Mr Webster relating to the
laying of the pipework for the Thirlmere Aqueduct; Notice to Treat (Easement) issued to
W.W.B. Hulton as part of the Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act and Claim issued
in response
1877-1890
Letters sent to William Ford Hulton at Southport concerning a mortgage on Halshaw
Moor Colliery as well as other mortgage and interest payments
1878
Estate correspondence on subjects including building and repair work; character
testimonies; requests for tenancies
1878-1880s
Mainly relating to compensation arising from the development of the Thirlmere
Aqueduct, with correspondence and outline plan showing pipes which will run through
Hulton Park; also insurance policies mainly relating to employers' insurance and
workmen's compensation; correspondence relating to Lecturer's Close Coal Depot at
Great Bolton; correspondence regarding William Ford Hulton's wife's marriage
settlement
c1878-1948
Relating to specified estate properties; including lead work at the portico, Hulton Hall; a
dispute with Mr Wigglesworth concerning the tenancy of Park Farm; building and
plumbing repairs at Woodlands Cottage; the sale of Winn's Farm; the building of cottages
near Chequerbent Pit; a nuisance claim relating to manure at the Globe Inn
c1880s
204
DDHU
Miscellaneous estate correspondence relating to the provision of land for a public park
at Westhoughton; issue of a dairies and cowsheds certificate to William Wilbraham
Blethyn Hulton; the laying of timber in Hulton Park; the use of water pipes at Yellow
Lodge Farm; the representation of the Sharples and Longworth boundary by the
Ordnance Survey; changes to allocations of land and rents to farms in Longworth,
including plans
5 (envelopes of papers and tracing paper)
c1880s
London and North Western Railway; notices to owners, lessees and occupiers and
notices of abandonment regarding an authorised deviation of the Bolton and Kenyon
Railway; also plans showing the route and incline of the section from Hindley to
Pendleton
1880
Longworth Improvement Scheme; for the drainage and fencing of land on the Longworth
Estate, owned by William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton; papers include correspondence,
transfer deeds, copy order of the Inclosure Commissioners and drainage form
1880-1888
DDHU/ACC9301/15 - Visitors book
Recording visitors to Hulton Park and from 1959 the Cottage at Hulton Park; usually
gives only a signature and the dates of their visit
1 (volume with boards bound in leather)
1880-1993
'List of plans and papers in yellow tin box' and 'List of documents in the bundle to which
this list is attached'
3 (paper)
1882-1914
Appointment by Mr William Rothwell Hulton by way of jointure in favour of his intended
wife made on the intended marriage of Mr W.R. Hulton and Miss E.M. Braddyll 30 Jul
1890; Deed of covenant between Sir Roger Braddyll Hulton and Lady Ethel Marguerite
Hulton regarding the payment of a jointure and annuity 6 Aug 1943; correspondence
relating to the transfer of the estate to Geoffrey Hulton 1950-1954; draft tenancy
agreement for property on the Hulton estate to be let by Geoffrey Hulton; inventory of
Ashley Lodge, Cheltenham Oct 1954
1 (bundle of papers and parchment)
1890-1954
205
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9318/92 - Statutory declarations
Declarations by Philip Kay, Abel Kay, Hannah Cooper, Margaret Isherwood and Peter
Boardman relating to public rights of way on the Hulton estate; endorsed B8
7 (paper)
1896-1903
Notes compiled by William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943); beginning with an overview of
the financial history of the Hulton estate, including numerous relatives who were known
to be spendthrifts and left the family with large debts; then goes on to describe his own
financial management of the estate and attempts to bring the family finances under
control; from 1907 he provides regular updates on estate management, even continuing
after the management of the estate has passed to his son Roger; in May 1911 he
describes the explosion at the Plodder Mine in which 344 men were killed, now more
commonly known as the Pretoria Pit disaster, ''It is a long way the worst thing I have
seen. Some poor fellows blown to pieces and I knew and liked many of them''; he
frequently expresses his own political views when describing the impact of the war, the
General Strike, universal suffrage and the Great Depression; also refers to the sinking
of the HMS Repulse on which his grandson Geoffrey has been serving; final page gives
a summary of William Rothwell Hulton's estate and death duties
9 (paper)
15 Feb 1905-Nov 1944
DDHU/ACC9301/54 - Taxation
Papers relating to the payment of the mineral rights duty due on the Hulton estate
1909-1943
Sir Geoffrey Hulton Ltd: Memorandum and Articles of Association 1964; Register of
members and share ledger including copies of minutes 1964; Correspondence file 19641969 [Sir Geoffrey Hulton Ltd was incorporated on 14 Dec 1964 as a firm of land agents
and surveyors offering advice on the management of agricultural land but was dissolved
in 1968]
3 (bound volume and papers)
1932-1969
206
DDHU
2.9 Plans
Plans of land and buildings related to the Hulton estate; plans are arranged according to
their subject and then chronologically within each series, unless otherwise stated.
Certain cataloguing conventions were used when describing the plans; where a title is
given in the document it has been transcribed in single quotation marks; if the parish or
township is not given in the title but it can be identified then it has been given in square
brackets; the description should give some indication of the range of features recorded
on the map; the name of the surveyor or architect is recorded, where given; a scale is
given in brackets, where available; physical description records the material and media
on which the map has been recorded
c1790-1969
2.9.1 Lists of plans
2.9.2 Plans of Hulton Park
2.9.3 Plans of buildings
2.9.4 Plans of collieries
2.9.5 Plans of the Hulton estate
2.9.6 Plans of farms
2.9.7 Plans of railways
2.9.8 Plans of roads
2.9.9 Plans of school buildings
2.9.10 Plans of street improvements
2.9.11 Plans of towns
2.9.12 Miscellaneous bundles of plans
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2.9.1 Lists of plans
Documents which record the plans held by the Hulton family or in the estate office
1882-1930s
DDHU/ACC9318/124 - Catalogue
Containing a 'list of Colliery Plans left in Mr Hulton's Office June 30 1886'; 'Plans on top
of Iron Safe' and 'Estate Plans'; All plans listed are given a number and brief description
[this information was originally used to identify and list the plans found in accession 9350,
with 'colliery plans' prefixed with a C, 'plans on top of iron safe' prefixed with a D, 'estate
plans marked blue' prefixed with an E and plans not certainly identified prefixed with an
X]
6 (leather bound volume with loose papers)
1886-1930s
'List of plans and papers in yellow tin box' and 'List of documents in the bundle to which
this list is attached'
(paper)
1882-1914
2.9.2 Plans of Hulton Park
Plans of Hulton Hall and Hulton Park
[early 19th cent]-1934
207
DDHU
DDHU/ACC8410/249 - Plan
'Hulton Park'; coloured plan showing buildings, roads, plantations and surface water; (no
scale}; endorsed 'No 10 bundle'
1 (pen and watercolour on paper)
'Section of loose stable for colts or brood mares Wm Hulton Esq Hulton Park'; (scale
unclear)
1 (ink and watercolour on paper)
n.d. [early-mid 19th cent]
DDHU/acc9350/X42 - Plan
Layout plan of Hulton Park and surrounding area showing the location and depth of coal
pits as well as roads, railways and field boundaries; (scale 6 inches:1 mile)
1 (pen and ink on paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Hulton Hall water supply'; giving the line of water supply from a fire hydrant at Woodbine
Terrace to the kitchen yard at Hulton Hall; also shows roads, buildings and field
boundaries; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
DDHU/acc9350/E48 - Plan
Layout plan of Hulton Park showing drain mouths; also shows buildings, roads and field
boundaries; (no scale)
1854
DDHU/acc8644/44 - Plans
'The Cottage, Hulton Park'; roll of plans recording alterations made to the building;
including floor plans and elevations; various scales given
1869-1926
'New Carriage Drive and tile drains on front lawn at Hulton Park'; outline plan showing
buildings, roads, field boundaries and drainage; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1880
'W.W.B. Hulton Esq Proposed alterations to Gardener's House, Hulton Park'; plan as
proposed; outline plan of the ground floor and chamber; R.K. Freeman, Architect, Bolton
Le Moors and Derby; (no scale)
1 (pen and ink on waxed linen)
nd [c1880]
208
DDHU
'Hulton Hall sewers'; block plan showing buildings, roads and bodies of water, with
drainage added in red ink; (scale 1 inc:30 feet)
n.d. [c1880]
'Hulton park, 1881, new gas works'; sections of the gasholder tank; (scale 3/8 inch:1
foot)
1881
DDHU/acc9350/E131 - Plans
General layout plan of Hulton Park; showing buildings, roads and field boundaries; (scale
1 inch:208.33 feet); 'Plan No 1'; layout plan of Hulton Hall, stable yard and Home farm;
including surrounding roads and watercourses; (1 inch:30 feet); 'Hulton Park Plans of
the Hall'; floor plans for the ground and first floors; R Knill Freeman, Architect and
Surveyor, Bolton; Jun 1893
n.d., 1893
DDHU/acc8644/20 - Plan
'Bath room, Hulton Cottage'; rough sketch showing the arrangements for the supply of
hot and cold water; (no scale)
nd [early 1900s]
'Plan referred to' showing drainage around Hulton Park including the No 3 and 4 Bank
Pits; also showing buildings, roads and field boundaries; stamped Hulton Colliery Co Ltd
Surveyors Office; 'copied from old tracing 24/12/34'
1934
2.9.3 Plans of buildings
Plans of buildings on the Hulton estate or related to business carried out by the Hulton
family
c1830-1934
DDHU/ACC8410/115 - Plans
Estimates, specifications and plans of houses to be built for William Hulton at Longworth,
on the Vicarage Estate at Deane and on Weston St at Bolton
c1830
Front elevation of a small villa; (scale 2/8 of an inch:1 foot)
n.d. [c1840]
209
DDHU
Front and back elevations of a villa for Wm Hulton Esq; (scale 3/16 of an inch:1 foot);
Architect [D Billhouse], Manchester
2 (pen on linen backed paper)
12 Mar [18]40
'W[illia]m Hulton Esq Hulton Details for alterations of cottage'; elevations of barge board
to gable, porch and windows; (scale 1 inch:1 foot)
n.d. [mid 19th cent]
'Design for two cottages for W.F. Hulton Esq at Woodbine Terrace'; including floor plans,
front elevation and sections; (scale 1 inch: 4 feet and 1 inch:20 feet)
'Plan of Rose Cottage, the property of William Hulton Esq'; layout plans showing the
intended alterations to the property, located on the St Helens to Bolton Road; (scale
1cm:1 yard)
n.d. [19th cent]
DDHU/acc9350/E62 - Plans
Plans of Newbrook House, Newbrook Rd, Westhoughton; including elevations and
layout plans; various dates and scales; including notes giving the measurements of
rooms within the property
[c1860s]-1934
DDHU/ACC8410/247 - Specification
'Specification of labour and materials required in the erection of a new kitchen for the
house of Wm Ford Hulton, Hulton Park, in accordance with drawings prepared by
George Woodhouse, architect, Bolton'; endorsed 'No 4 bundle'
1 (paper)
Mar 1869
'W.F. Hulton Esq drawings for cottages'; Park View, Westhoughton; including floor plans,
elevations and sections; G. Woodhouse, Architect, Bolton; (scale 1 inch:8 feet)
Apr 1869
210
DDHU
'William Ford Hulton Esq drawings for cottages'; including floor plans, section and front
elevation; G. Woodhouse, Bolton, Architect; (scale 1/8 inch:1 foot)
13 Jun 1872
'Design for house and shop at Chequerbent for W. Ford Hulton Esq'; including floor
plans, sections, front elevation and block plan; located at junction of Manchester,
Preston and Wigan roads; (scale 1/4 inch:1 foot)
1 (paper)
1877
DDHU/acc9350/X19 - Plans
'Proposed new offices at 177 Crown Street, Liverpool, for Hulton Collieries'; layout plans
and elevation; Thomas Wainwright and Son, Architects and Surveyors, 21 Leigh St,
Liverpool; (scale 5 inches:20 feet)
Aug 1879
'Plan of proposed new house to be built at Pendlebury Fold, Over Hulton'; front elevation,
ground plan, chamber plan, outbuildings and section; (scale 1 inch: 6 feet)
Jul 1885
'Chamber plan of the The Woodlands, Over Hulton'; (scale 1 inch: 4 feet); 'Ground plan
of The Woodlands, Over Hulton'; (scale 1 inch: 4 feet); 'The Woodlands, Over Hulton';
ground floor plan; (scale 1 inch: 4 feet); 'The Woodlands, Over Hulton'; chamber plan;
(scale 1 inch: 4 feet); 'The Woodlands for Miles Burrows Esq. J.P.'; ground and first floor
plans; (scale 1 inch: 8 feet); block plan; (no scale); letter dated 24th July 1913 from Miles
Burrows to Sir William Hulton re plans
9 (pen and ink and watercolour on paper)
Oct 1886; Jul 1913; Jan 1928
'Rhodes House'; layout and elevation; (scale 1 inch: 4 feet)
1 (Paper)
Jul 1889
'Extensions to Hulton Steelworks, Bolton for Messrs John Booth and Sons. Alterations
to Yew Green Farm, Hulton Lane, Bolton'; includes layout plans and elevations; (scale
1 inch:4 feet)
2 (pen and ink on linen backed paper)
1897-1916
211
DDHU
'Plan of houses at Lee Common, Westhoughton'; floor plans only; (1 inch:4 feet)
1 (Paper)
n.d. [c1900]
'Plan of proposed cottages to be built by Sir William Hulton'; including floor plans and a
section; James Tonge, Architect and Surveyor, 21 Mawdsley St, Bolton; (no scale);
annotation on envelope indicates that the cottages are located at Lane Ends, 1-9
Fletcher St and 986, 988, 990 Manchester Rd
1906
'Proposed additions to house No 719 Manchester Road Chequerbent belonging to Sir
Wm Hulton'; including floor plans and elevation; John Dickinson, Westhoughton; (scale
1 inch:4 feet); also including a specification for the work to be undertaken
6 (pen and ink on tracing paper)
1906
2.9.4 Plans of collieries
Plans relating to Hulton collieries; arranged in general alphabetically by pit followed by
plans of various pits, sections of strata and pit machinery
[late 18th cent]-1935
DDHU/acc9350/C49 - Plan
'Plan of portion of Arley Mine workings'; rough sketch plan of workings including around
Park Pit; (no scale)
n.d. [c1881]
'Section of East Pony Level No 2 Arley Pit'; Section in black ink 14 Sep 1881; Section in
red ink 19 Aug 1882; also 'New Jigbrow in Arley Mine' 8 Mar 1881; (scale 1 inch:10
yards)
1 (roll of plans; pen and ink on waxed linen and linen backed paper)
1881-1882
'Section of Engine Brow No 2 Arley Pit'; (scale 1 inch:10 yards)
1 (Paper; tracing paper; waxed linen)
14 Apr 1883
DDHU/acc9350/C34 - Plans
Arley West Jig Brow section'; rough sketches showing the incline of the jigbrow; (scale
unclear)
n.d. [19th cent]
212
DDHU
'Enlarged plan of Arley Mine workings'; rough sketch plans; (no scale)
3 (Paper; waxed linen)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Section of Arley Mine Pony Road'; showing the change in incline between the pit eye
plates and the far end jig; (no scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
[Plan and section of Arley Mine workings]; relating to proposed alterations to the surface
line; (no scale)
2 (ink and watercolour on linen backed paper)
'Plan and section of Cannel Mine in the Park Pits. Hulton Colliery'; showing air currents,
fire plates and 'place where fireman was found'; (scale 2 inches:30 yards)
1 (pen on paper)
31 May 1864
Plan of the Cannel Mine workings; {Scale 1 inch:30 [yards])
1 (Paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan of the No 6 Cannel workings Hulton Colliery'; sections of the workings have been
coloured, but there is no key to indicate what this represents; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Cannel Mine, Stone Hill Colliery'; plan showing layout of mine workings as well as
surrounding roads, buildings and adjacent landowners; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
'Plan of the Daub Hill Mine Workings in the townships of Rumworth and Over Hulton';
showing roads and railway line, buildings, bodies of water, field boundaries and some
adjacent landowners; James Whitehead, Surveyor; (scale 1 inch:2 chains)
1 (pen and ink on linen and waxed linen)
1830
213
DDHU
'Daubhill Coal Section' showing drift depth; (no scale)
1 (Waxed linen)
Plan of Dornings Pit workings; also showing roads and buildings at the site; (scale 1
inch:40 yards)
'A Plan of William Hulton's collieries in the township of Farnworth'; showing Old Doe
Mine and a section; also gives depths from the surface to the under mines; (scale 3cm:1
inch); Additional plan which appears to be a draft copy and sketch plans of coal workings
[at Halshaw Moor]
4 (pen and ink on paper, tracing paper and linen backed paper)
n.d. [late 18th-early 19th cent]
Wrapped in a label which is endorsed 'Coal and surface tracings, Farnworth'; some plans
are titled and show land in Farnworth owned by William Hulton; another appears to relate
to the legal case of Boardman v Crompton and Haslam with regards to the Wagon Road
[at Westhoughton]; a number of the plans are untitled and their subject is unclear
(pen and ink drawings on tracing paper)
mid 19th cent
'Plan of Farnworth belonging to William Hulton Esq'; showing the Yard Mine workings at
Halshaw Moor; also showing some surrounding roads, buildings and watercourses;
(scale 1 inch:30 yards)
Mar 1853
'Old ¾ mine workings at Faunt's Pit'; (no scale)
1 (pen and ink on tracing paper and waxed linen)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan of Jig Brow in Faunt's Pit'; (scale 3 inches:20 yards)
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1880]
'Plan of the Half Yard Mine Workings in the township of Over Hulton'; also showing
surrounding roads, railway lines, buildings, field boundaries (scale 1 inch:2 chains)
n.d. [19th cent]
214
DDHU
'Hungerhill Half-Yard Mine Moses Price'; showing mine workings and buildings at
Hungerhill Farm; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1856
'Hungerhill Half Yard Mine M. Price'; showing mine workings and some adjacent
landowners; (scale 1 inch:20 yards)
2 (pen, ink and watercolour on paper)
1856
'Half Yard Mine narrow bay between School and Level Pits'; (no scale)
25 Nov 1872
'A section of the ground from the pumping engine at Halshaw Moor Colliery belonging
to Wm Hulton Esq of Hulton Park'; (scale 1/4 of an inch:1 foot vertically); also section of
an engine house; (no scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
Cross sections and section of a [railway waggonway] at Highgate Colliery; giving area
measurements in square and cubic yards; (no scale)
1 (pencil on paper)
'A sketch of the pit stone work machinery etc at Highgate Pit with Rail Road etc belonging
to Mr Hulton Esqr'; (no scale); 27 Jul 1838; 'Estimates of the comparative expense of
single and double drums for winding coal etc'; 10 Aug 1838
2 (pencil on paper)
27 Jul-10 Aug 1838
Workings in New Brook Mine by William Hulton'; sections of the mine working have been
coloured, though there is no reference key to indicate what this represents; (scale 1
inch:30 yards)
1 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Newbrook and Parkgate mines'; rough plans of workings including mines sunk at Park
Pit; (scale 1 inch:60 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
215
DDHU
'Plan of the hell-hole workings belonging to William Hulton Esq'; endorsed on outside
'No 1 Park Pit workings'; (scale approx 3cm:5 yards)
1855
'Sketch of No 1 Shunt Park Pit, Hulton Colliery'; showing the engine brow and shunts for
full and empty tubs where they intersect with Wigan Road; (scale 1 inch:5 feet)
1 (pen and ink on paper, linen and waxed linen)
n.d. [c1880]
'Plan of the Plodder Mine workings'; also showing roads, railway line, buildings, field
boundaries and bodies of water; (scale 4cm:100 yards)
1 (pen and ink on paper and waxed linen)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan of the Plodder workings, Farnworth belonging to William Hulton Esq'; (scale 1
inch:10 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan of the Plodder Mine Westhoughton Colliery belonging to Wm Hulton Esq'; showing
mine workings and machinery, buildings, roads, field boundaries and adjacent
landowners; coloured to show the ''faults and shrumps'' and the diallings from which the
measurements of coal gotten are made; (scale 1 inch:30 yards
1 (pen and ink drawing on waxed linen)
1840
Plan of Plodder Mine; coloured to show wagon roads, narrow and wide bays, coal and
water courses; (no scale)
1 (ink and watercolour on linen and paper)
n.d. [c1850]
'Plodder Mine Hulton Colliery'; layout plan of workings with some surrounding buildings
and roads; coloured to show where coal has been gotten between 1855 and 1866; (scale
1 inch:30 yards)
n.d. [c1867]
'Section shewing coal bed at School Pit'; (no scale)
1 (pen and ink on waxed linen, tracing paper and paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
216
DDHU
School Pits Engine'; rough sketch plan of School Pit underground engine house showing
the central line of the pulley and engine
1 (pencil on paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
[School Pit pumping engine]; (no scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan of School Pit engine brow'; (1 inch:15 yards)
1 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan of proposed exchange of land near School Pit'; coloured to show land to be
exchanged between Ormesher and the Colliery; also notes 'lodge near School Pit to be
enlarged for water room in the place of lodge near No 13 3/4 pit'; (scale 1 inch:50 feet)
n.d. [19th cent]
Plan of proposed tunnel in School Pit; (scale 3cm:10 yards)
1 (ink and watercolour on waxed linen)
n.d. [19th cent]
Plan of engine houses and boiler houses [at School Pit]; giving layout and elevations;
(no scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Syphon from Level Pit to School Pit'; (no scale)
2 (pen and ink on paper and waxed linen)
n.d. [19th cent]
[School Pit depth survey]; (no scale)
1 (pencil on paper and blueprint)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Levellings in School Pit'; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1 (Paper)
Mar 1870
217
DDHU
Plan of mine workings; endorsed 'this is Yard School Pit from Bradley's Tunnel'; (no
scale)
'Enlarged plan of shunt' at School Pit; (scale 1 inch:10 yards)
1 (Waxed linen)
'Plan of the Park Sough'; [a Sough is an underground channel for draining water out of
a mine]; located near the No 6 Cannel; (no scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Section from Platt's Pit to Firs Pit taken along a line of branch railway; shewing the
difference of level between the Cannel mouthing at the Firs Pit and the sough in the
park. Hulton Colliery'; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1863
Plan of the sough at Platt's Pit; [a Sough is an underground channel for draining water
out of a mine]; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1 (pencil on paper)
nd [19th cent]
'Section from Bradley's Pit, adjoining the Bolton and Leigh Railway, to the Sough Mouth';
(pencil on paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'James Crompton's map of ¾ Mine'; showing the location of individual pits as well as
turn pike roads; (scale 1 inch:40 yards)
218
DDHU
Plan of Rumworth Reservoir and land at Westhoughton; coloured to show coal in the
township of Rumworth leased by Henry Tempest Esq to Wm Hulton Esq; old colliery
workings in the 3/4 mine and coals gotten by Mr Hulton in the same mine; (scale 3cm:5
chains); also includes remarks and report by William Stott as to the reservoir at
Rumworth and the probable effects on W Hulton's collieries
Dec 1848
'Plan of the Three Quarter Mine Colliery Workings in the township of Rumworth and
parish of Dean belonging to Henry Tempest Esq and being worked by William Hulton
Esq'; coloured to show the dates and value of coal gotten from different sections; 2
copies; (no scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan of the Three Quarters MIne Workings in the townships of Over Hulton and West
Houghton'; Blue Bonnet Hall is also identified on the plan; (scale unclear)
1 (pencil on tracing paper mounted onto paper)
nd [mid-late 19th cent]
'Section of Three-Quarters Mine, at New Pit'; giving the line of the surface and the coal
seam and the depth in yards to coal; (no scale)
'New 3/4 mine workings No 3' at School Pit; rough sketch plan of mine workings; (no
scale)
1 (ink and watercolour on paper and tracing paper)
1886
'New Three Quarters Mine'; layout plan showing surrounding roads and buildings;
coloured to show coal gotten; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1 (pencil on paper)
24 Jun 1886
'Trencherbone Mine'; rough plan of mine workings and surrounding roads and buildings;
(no scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
219
DDHU
[Trencherbone Mine] 'plan of old diallings'; (no scale)
1 (pen and ink on waxed linen with papers)
n.d. [19th cent.]
[Section of Trencherbone Mine]; (no scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Halshaw Moor Yard and Trencherbone workings'; rough sketch plan of the mine
workings; (scale 1 inch:20 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan and section of pony roads Trencherbone Mine Hulton Colliery'; showing roads,
tunnel and fault near No 2 Park Pit; (Section scale 1 inch:15 yards; Plan scale 1 inch:30
yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
'2 small plans of Trencherbone Mine workings'; coloured to show the dates that coal has
been gotten in different areas of the mine; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
2 (pen and pencil on paper)
1865-1879
'Section of Brow in Trencherbone Mine'; (no scale)
1 (ink and watercolour on paper backed tracing paper)
25-26 Oct 1881
'Plan of Trencherbone Mine, Clifton Hall Colliery, explosion June 18th 1885'; section of
mine workings showing air currents, doors, crossings, stoppings and screens; also gives
a list of the victims of the explosion at Clifton Hall and Agecroft; Arthur Jessop, surveyor,
Messrs A. Knowles and Sons Ltd; (scale 1 inch:100 yards)
1885
Coal and surface tracings; Hulton Colliery, Yard Mine, Downbrow; (scale 50 yards: 1
inch)
1 (pencil on paper)
n.d. [c1800s]
220
DDHU
'Yard Mine Workings, Hulton Colliery Belonging to William Hulton Esq Deep Level'; (no
scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Plan of old section at Yard Mine School Pit'; rough sketch plans; (various scales)
1 (Paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Section of the Yard, ½ Yard and ¾ Mines from Whitegate Brow to the deep 3/4 pit';
Whitehead; (scale 1 inch:20 yards)
1 (pencil on paper)
19 Mar 1834
'Plan of the Yard Mine Westhoughton Colliery belonging to William Hulton Esq'; coloured
to show the ''faults and shrumps'' and the diallings where coal gotten measurements
have been taken; also showing buildings, roads, field boundaries and adjacent
landowners; (scale 1 inch:30 yards); additional pieces appear to be from a separate map
3 (bundle of pen and ink plans on waxed linen and tracing paper)
1840
'Plan of the Yard Mine in Westhoughton belonging to the Trustees of the late John
Radcliffe Esq and in working by Wm Hulton Esq'; showing the mine workings,
surrounding roads and buildings; coloured to show the lands belonging to the late John
Radcliffe, and the dates on which coal has been gotten; (scale 1 inch:20 yards);
endorsed No 28 [possibly should be C28]
1 (pencil and ink on paper)
1850
Plan of the Yard Mine workings; coloured to show 'coal gotten from commencement to
Aug 5th 1858'; also showing some surrounding roads and buildings and adjacent land
owners; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1858]
Plans of Yard Mine in Westhoughton, being worked by W. Hulton Esq, on land belonging
to Col. Wilbraham, L.G.N. Starkie Esq, John Ratcliffe Esq and John Brown Esq; plans
coloured to show the dates at which sections of coal have been dug; also showing
surrounding properties and adjacent land owners; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1858-1883
221
DDHU
'No 6 ½ Yard Mine'; plan of mine workings; coloured to show the boundary of Wm
Hulton's land, the ''faults and shrumps'' and where coal has been gotten from 1858-1863;
1 (pen and ink on waxed linen and paper)
n.d. [c1863]
'Plan and section of a portion of the workings in the Yard Mine No11 Pit Hulton Park
Colliery'; with illustrations of the differences in depth between the coal plates in the centre
of No 10 Road, the face of the coal and the top of Jigbrow; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1881
'Rough sketch - arrangement for blocking full tubs; on endless rope system; Yard Mine,
Hulton Park Colliery 28 Feb 1881'; plan by J. Tonge; (no scale); also including a 'sketch
of place where Jesse Newton, drawer, was killed 4 May 1880 (scale 1 inch:1 yard)
2 (pen and ink on waxed linen and paper)
1881
'Yard Mine'; fragments of a coloured plan showing mine workings; (scale 1 inch:40 yards)
DDHU/ACC8410/166 - Plans and sketches
Book of sketch plans; mainly relating to coal seams with plans of the workings at the
Cannel Pit, Isherwood Pit, Rothwell's Ground Deep Pit and Thomas Longworth's work;
correspondence and accounts relating to collieries, including quarterly reports on profits
and expenditure 1832-1835 and a notebook recording materials received at
Chequerbent Pit; ground plan [of Hulton Hall interior layout?]
[early 19th cent]
'Conversion of No 4 Yard Pit to Three Quarter Pit'; (scale approx 1 inch:10 yards); Also
untitled plan showing depths of half yard and three quarters pits; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
Plans of Cannel and Plodder mine workings; (scale 1 inch:10 yards)
2 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
222
DDHU
'Section of coal mines at Hulton Park'; drawn by George Gilrose; (scale 1 inch:50 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
Plans of encroachments by Messrs Cross and Atkin at the Plodder and Yard Mines,
(scale 1 inch:20 yards), 1837; 'Plan of an encroachment made in the Dow Mine at
Halshaw Moor Colliery'', (scale 1 inch:20 yards), 1843; plans surveyed by William Peace
and William Benson
3 (pen and ink on tracing paper and waxed linen)
1837-1843
Plan of the cannel mines, Hulton Colliery 1844; also sections of strata from the surface
to various mines within the colliery
9 (pen and ink colour plans on parchment stored in a leather bound file)
c1844-1864
Tracing from plan of Yard Mine, Hulton Colliery showing Thomas Higson's place and
indicating spot where he was killed by the falling of a stone from the roof 12 May 1869';
(1 inch:30 yards); Plan of portion of workings at the Arley Mine at the Hulton Colliery
1875' with enlarged portion where accident happened; (scale 1 inch:30 yards); 'Plan of
working place in which William Nicholson was killed by the falling of a stone 5 Feb 1862';
(scale 1 inch:10 feet); Plan of spot where 'Jesse Potter was killed by a stone 15 Mar
1860'; (scale 1 inch:10 yards); 'Enlarged plan of part of the Yard Mine workings shewing
where Ralph Halliwell was hurt by the falling of a stone from the roof on the 1 Jul 1868';
(scale 1 inch:20 yards); 'Rough sketch of Engine Brow where William Brown was hurt,
School Pit, Hulton Park Colliery 11 Feb 1881'; (scale 1 inch:10 feet); 'Plan of part of Yard
Mine workings shewing where John Hilton was killed by the falling of a stone 7 Jan 1863';
(scale 1 inch:30 yards); 'Plan shewing working place where Thomas Hampson was killed
by the falling of a stone 9 Dec 1864 Hulton Colliery Three Quarters Mine'; 'Sketch of
place where stone fell and killed Nathan Smith 3 Oct 1883'; (scale 1 inch:10 feet);
'Enlarged plan of working place where Thomas Smith was killed by the falling of a stone
25 Feb 1880'; (scale 1 inch:10 feet); 'Yard Mine Hulton Colliery Enlarged plan of place
where William Hurst was burned by explosion of firelamp 26 Jun 1868'; 'Part of
Trencherbone Mine Hulton Colliery shewing where Thomas Shaw was killed 3 Oct 1867';
1860-1883
'Tracing for valuation of colliery'; containing surface plans of the Arley Mine,
Trencherbone Mine, Half-Yard Mine, Doe Mine, Plodder Mine, Cannel Mine, Yard Mine
and Three Quarters Mine; (no scale)
8 (pen and watercolour on tracing paper)
1866
223
DDHU
'Plan and section showing position of lodges near Pendlebury Fold'; also showing
buildings, field boundaries, the colliery railway and the location of pits; James Tonge;
18 Nov 1870
'Dialling in lower roads School Pit' 4 Dec 1872; 'Levelling in Arley Mine between Nos 1
and 2 Pits' 4-5 Apr 1873 (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
1 (pencil on paper)
1872-1873
'No 13¾ downbrow' (scale 1 inch:20 yards); also small plan of a road which may be
scale 1 inch:10 yards
16 Nov 1878
Tracings of plans of various mines; including Three Quarters, Half Yard, Plodder and
Trencherbone Mines; (scale 6 inches:1 mile)
5 (pencil on paper)
c1882
Plans of coal gotten in the Arley, Cannel, Half Yard, Trencherbone, Yard and ¾ mines;
coloured to show where coal has been gotten; also showing some surrounding roads,
buildings and field boundaries; (scale 1 inch:30 yards); certified by Alfred Jackson based
on information given him by colliery officials 24 Jun 1886
6 (pen and ink drawing on paper)
1886
'Scaffold for No 1 and ¾ Pit'; including a plan and section; (scale 1 inch:1 foot)
1 (Paper)
'Hulton Colliery Abandoned Chequerbent Yard Mine'; including plan of mine workings
and sections of the 3/4 mine, seam and new yard; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
2 (ink on paper)
1911
224
DDHU
'Tracing of trespass by Messrs Scowcrofts in Plodder Mine'; (scale 1 inch:30 yards);
'Plan of trespass at Nos 3 and 4 Atherton Pits'; (scale 25 inch:1 mile); n.d. [c1934];
'Hulton Colliery Nos 1 and 2 Bank Pits Trespass Plan'; (scale 1 inch:30 yards); n.d.
[c1916]
4 (paper)
c1916-c1934
DDHU/acc9350/box 6 - Plans
'Plans and Sections of the Hulton Coal Mines'; including plans of Trencherbone Mine,
Cannel Mine, Plodder Mine, Yard Mine, Half-Yard Mine, Three-Quarters Mine, Arley
Mine, Mountain Arley Mine, Pasture Mine, Fireclay Mine and Gannister Mine; plans are
coloured to show old workings, more recent workings and coal gotten between particular
given dates from 1867-1919; also gives sections across the eastern, central and western
portions of the coal field; (scale 6 inches:1 mile)
n.d. [c1919]
'Atherton Estate Plan shewing encroachment of Hulton Colliery Co's [Tip] Hulton Aug
1930'; including a letter from J Alleyn Robinson at the Estate Office in Atherton
concerning damage to farm lands belonging to Lord Lilford; (scale 1 inch:44 feet)
1930-1935
'Section of the coal strata in the township of Over Hulton belonging to Wm Hulton Esq';
by James Whitehead; (no scale)
1836
DDHU/ACC8410/168 - Section
'Section of strata bored through in Hulton Park Brook'; coloured illustration of the various
strata giving a description of the material, thickness and depth of each layer; (no scale)
1 (pen and ink on waxed linen and linen backed paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Longworth borings'; section showing the layers of mineral and other substances found
in the land under Longworth; (no scale)
1 (pencil on paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Section at Park Pit'; showing the results of a bore hole at the east side of Park Pit and
at Park Pit No 2; (scale unclear)
1 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
225
DDHU
'Plan of a 6 Horse Engine'; (scale 1 inch:1 foot); n.d.; also a note giving an estimate of
the cost and time required to install the engine
[Furnace]; section and plan; (no scale)
[Drawings for flywheel of pump]; (scale 1/2 inch:1 foot)
2 (Waxed linen)
1824
Details for a 48 inch pumping engine and stonework at Haigh Colliery, 10 drawings,
1853-1854; Section of seams from Chequerbent to Park Gate Cannel Mine, (scale 1
inch:50yds); also correspondence and some sketch plans relating to coal and the railway
c1830-1850; with an attached label endorsed '6'
1830-1854
'Plan of a coal staith proposed to be erected at Daub Hill for William Hulton Esq'; (scale
1 inch:10 yards); J. Whitehead
1831
DDHU/ACC8410/171 - Sketch
Water wheel and pumping apparatus for William Hulton Esq at Hulton Park; Rothwell
and Co Union Foundry, Bolton
1 (pencil on paper backed with linen)
17 Jun 1837
Ground plan of pit buildings including boiler sheds, a pumping engine house and winding
engine houses; location unknown; (scale unclear)
n.d. [c1850]
'2 small plans of 13¾ Pit headgear'; rough sketch plans showing the winding engine and
lift cage likely used to transport miners and coal to and from the surface; (scale 1 inch:6
feet)
2 (pen and ink on paper and tracing paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
226
DDHU
2.9.5 Plans of the Hulton estate
Plans of specified plots of land within the Hulton estate; in many cases additional
information relating to boundaries, acreage and land cultivation may also be provided
c1790-c1950
'A plan of some land lately inclosed of Dean Moor the property of Wm Hulton of Hulton
Esq'; gives plot numbers and shows the borders of the piece of land, which include part
of Rumworth Moor, the road to Deane Church and the Turnpike Road to Bolton which
lies alongside the Duke of Bridgewater's land
1 (ink and watercolour on linen and paper)
n.d. [c1790]
'A plan of an estate in Turton belonging to the late John Nuttall'; giving lot numbers, brief
descriptions and acreages; map also shows main properties and adjacent landowners;
annotated to show land purchased by W. Hulton Esq; (scale 1 inch:2 chains)
Plans of part of Halshaw Moor for Mr Berry; some tenants/owners identified; (no scale);
'Rough sketch of Halshaw Moor 1817'
1816-1817
Plan showing the boundary between Over Hulton and Middle Hulton; 'traced from an
unfinished plan of the Ordnance Survey'; also gives field boundaries, main buildings and
collieries; (scale 6 inch:1 mile)
1846
DDHU/ACC8410/232 - Map
Ordnance Survey map of Westhoughton annotated to show the boundaries there and at
Halshaw Moor; map surveyed in 1844-1846, engraved 1848 (scale 6 inches:1 mile)
1 (printed map on paper backed with linen; ink and watercolour additions)
1848
DDHU/acc8644/1 - Maps
Ordnance Survey Lancashire sheet 94; 1849 edition; [Over Hulton and Westhoughton];
with later annotations showing boundary of estate and lines of proposed colliery railways;
(scale 6 inch:1 mile)
3 (engraved map on linen/paper with ink and watercolour additions)
1849
227
DDHU
Sketch plans of a piece of land at Turton behind the Globe Inn belonging to William
Hulton Esq; (scales 1 inch:6 feet and 1 inch:16 feet)
3 (ink on paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
DDHU/ACC8410/237 - Maps
'Plan of the manor or lordship of Longworth being the property of William Hulton Esq';
showing water courses, field boundaries, field names and acreages; (scale approx 5
inches:80 poles); Also an additional tracing of part of the area; (no scale)
2 (pen and watercolour on linen backed paper and tracing paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Messrs Marsden's Brick Ground, Daubhill, William Hulton Esqrs land'; layout plan giving
the area of the plot of ground in square yards; (scale 1cm:10 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
Sewers at Daubhill near Crawshaw Lane; land at Daubhill purchased by Messrs Tootal,
Broadhurst, Lee and Co; boundary fence between the townships of Over Hulton and
Middle Hulton; fragile plan showing Sunnyside Mill at Daubhill which appears to show a
plot of land for purchase
1 (paper envelope with waxed linen and tracing paper plans)
1870s
Surface plan and section for sewering at Over Hulton and Middle Hulton
2 (Paper, linen backed)
1874
'Plan of land in Over Hulton belonging to William Ford Hulton Esq'; showing land near
Chequerbent Station which is proposed to be taken by the London and North Western
Railway Company; also showing roads, buildings and field boundaries; with a reference
key giving field names and acreages; surveyed by Joshua Jackson; (scale 1 inch:1
chain)
1 (bundle of pen and ink plans on tracing paper and waxed linen)
Feb 1874
'Plan of lands in the townships of Over Hulton and Westhoughton belonging to William
Ford Hulton Esq'; including a survey which gives plot number, field name and acreage
under statute and Cheshire measurements; also showing the field, township and estate
boundaries, roads, buildings and adjacent landowners; (scale 1 inch:44 yards)
1875
228
DDHU
'Plan of an exchange of land (surface only) in Atherton and Westhoughton between the
Right Honorable Lord Lilford and W.W.B. Hulton Esq'; also giving measurements in
square yards of the relevant plots of land; Banks Fairclough and Stephen, Surveyors,
Leigh Lane; (scale 1 inch:44 feet)
1 (pen and watercolour on waxed linen)
Apr 1882
Showing two exchanges of land (surface only) in the township of Westhoughton between
William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton esq and the trustees of the late Colonel Wilbraham;
drawn by Banks Fairclough Stephen, surveyors, Leigh; endorsed 'Boundary plan of
fences near White Horse'; with a tied label endorsed 'No 10 boundaries'
1 (parchment)
Apr 1886
Showing boundary of lands in the township of Westhoughton owned by William
Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton and Thomas Marshall; lands located along Lee Hall Brook;
also correspondence relating to the boundary; envelope endorsed B10
9 (linen and paper)
Jul 1887
'William W.B. Hulton Esq Longworth Estate'; ''The blue line is the edge of the Reservoir
as shown on the Bolton Corporation plan of 1863. The blue dotted lines where the water
washed to previous to the boundary wall being built in 1887''; surveyed by John Jackson
and Sons; (scale 1 inch:1 chain)
1 (pen and ink plan on linen backed paper)
Jul 1888
Plan of boundary between Middle and Lower Hulton Townships; 1 chain to 1 inch
1 (Paper)
Oct 1888
Ordnance Survey map of Over Hulton annotated to show the boundaries of the estate;
map surveyed in 1888-1892, reprinted 1895; annotated with the date 1903; (scale 6
inches:1 mile)
1 (ink and watercolour additions to a printed paper map)
1895-1903
'Longworth Estate'; showing proposed sites for an Inebriates Asylum; also showing
roads, watercourses, field boundaries and buildings; (no scale); with notes on the state
of cultivation of the land provided by W.W.B. Hulton (1844-1907)
5 (pen on paper and linen)
229
DDHU
'Old plan of Daubhill'; showing land at the junction of St Helens Rd and Morris Green
Lane including the boundary fence, the old stone delph and the old single line; (no scale)
1 (ink and watercolour on paper, linen and waxed linen)
'Plan of Hulton Estate south of Wigan road'; showing ground conditions including lime,
drainage etc; with annotations made 1880s-c1900; (no scale)
Part of ordnance survey 6 inch to the mile sheet 94 covering Westhoughton and Over
Hulton; annotated to show the boundaries of the Hulton estate and possibly giving some
indication of the location of coal seams
1 (paper)
Thirlmere Aqueduct spoil tips on Hulton Estate: accounts and calculations; (no scale)
n.d. [c1910-1911]
'Thirlmere Aqueduct - plan of damage on Sir Wm Hulton's Estate caused by the laying
of the above 1911'; giving the contents in square yards of various tips on the estate; also
detailed tracings showing the route of the aqueduct through the estate, endorsed with
notes saying 'see letter book Aug 8 1910' and 'See March 24/11'; also accounts of
amounts paid to Sir William Hulton Baronet for damages caused by 'spoil trespass'
1911
DDHU/acc9350/X27 - Papers
Correspondence from J Alleyn Robinson, agent to Lord Lilford, Atherton Estate Office;
regarding 'Hulton Water'; plan shows roads, buildings and watercourses as well as the
boundary between Hulton and Atherton, with additional notes describing in detail how
water is being managed in the area
1936
Proposed layout of land, Park Rd, Westhoughton for Sir Roger Hulton'; showing roads,
buildings and field boundaries; John Forrester, Hulton Estate Office, Over Hulton; (scale
1:500)
1 (pen and ink on linen)
nd [c1950]
230
DDHU
2.9.6 Plans of farms
Plans of farms on the Hulton estate
[mid 19th cent]-1940
'Sketches for W. Hulton Esquire of Hulton'; plans, elevations and sections of chimneys,
pig pens and sheep pens [possibly at Chequerbent]; (scale 1 1/4 inch:10 feet)
'Plan of farm situated in Over Hulton occupied by William Hulton Esq'; located near the
junction of Boardman's Lane and the Chorley to Manchester Rd; layout plan only
showing roads, buildings and field boundaries; acreage of certain fields given; Edward
P Sewart; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
23 Jun 1864
'Plan of Snydale Gate Farm'; layout plan and an elevation of buildings on the property;
(scale 1 Inch:6 feet)
1883
'Ground plan of Hulme's Farm, Platt Lane, occupied by Thomas Winward, belonging to
W.W.B. Hulton Esq.'; layout of outbuildings; (scale 1 inch: 6 feet)
1 (paper)
Jul 1883
'Ground plan of Bailey Fold Farm Westhoughton occupied by Thomas Winward
belonging to W.W.B. Hulton Esq'; floor plans and elevations; (scale 1 inch:6 feet); Jul
1883; 'Plan of new piggeries and closet at Bailey Fold Farm Westhoughton'; floor plans
and elevation; (scale 1 inch:2 feet); Jun 1887
1883-1887
'Diversion of road and new buildings at Brodells Farm, Longworth erected 1885';
including ground plans and a section; (scales 1 inch:6 feet and 1 inch:10 yards)
Sep 1885
'Lower Pasture Barn Farm, Longworth'; layout of barns and manure and water drains;
(scale 1/8 inch:1 foot)
1894
231
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'Drains at Dearden's Farm 1895'; layout plan including additional buildings and
alterations dating from 1899; (no scale)
1895-1899
'Plan of Back Gate Farm, Over Hulton'; shows land, not buildings, bordered by
Boardmans Lane and railway lines; (scale approx. 1 inch: 30 yards)
nd [late 19th cent]
'Lee Hall Farm'; layout of farm, barn, shippons and stalls; (scale 1/4 inch: 1 foot)
'Proposed Dairy at Home Farm, Over Hulton, for the Hindsford and Atherton Cooperative Society Ltd, Tyldesley Road, Atherton'; including block plan, floor plan, section
and elevations; various scales given
1 (paper)
'William Edge Captain Lee's Farm Westhoughton'; outbuildings, including elevation;
(scale 1 inch:4 feet)
Oct 1902
'Hermon Bank'; layout of barn and outbuildings; (scale 1 inch: 4 feet); 'Sir W.R. Hulton,
Bart. Proposed alterations at Hermon Bank Farm'; layout and elevations of outbuildings;
(scale 3/8 inch: 1 foot)
2 (paper)
1902, 1940
'Higher Brook Farm, Westhoughton, proposed pig cotes'; including block plan, layout
plan, elevations and sections; Hulton Estate Office, Westhoughton; (no scale)
Dec 1929
'The Home Farm - Hulton Hall: Drainage Plan'; layout plan showing culverts around the
site; Law and Grimshaw, Atherton; (scale 1/16 inch:1 foot)
1 (pencil on paper)
Jun 1931
232
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'Sir W.R. Hulton, Bart. Proposed dairy at Garnet Fold Farm, Westhoughton'; ground plan,
section, elevations; (scale 1/2 inch: 1 foot); block plan; (scale 1 inch: 30 feet)
1936
'Sir W.R. Hulton, Bart. Proposed stable, Roscoe Farm, Westhoughton'; layout,
elevations and section; (scale 1 inch: 30 feet)
1937
2.9.7 Plans of railways
Plans of railway lines, related buildings and equipment in the historic County of
Lancashire
1824-[early 20th cent]
A plan and section of an intended railway or tram road from Liverpool to Manchester,
surveyed by George Stephenson, Engineer'; engraved by J & A Walker; showing the
line of the railroad and canals as well as parish and township boundaries; (scale 1 inch:
1 mile)
1 (pen and watercolour engraving on paper)
20 Nov 1824
'Plan of land in the townships of West Houghton and Over Hulton as taken by the Bolton
and Leigh Railway Company from the estate of William Hulton Esq'; showing the line of
the railway, township and field boundaries and adjacent land owners; (scale 5 inches:half
a mile)
n.d. [c1825]
DDHU/ACC8410/172 - Sketch
'Framing for supporting Railway for William Hulton Esq'; Rothwell Hick and Rothwell,
Bolton, 1828; also a letter from Soho Iron Works regarding a possible order of wagons
for use at Bolton Depot, 1850
1 May 1828-6 Nov 1850
'Plan and section of an intended railway from Wigan to Newton, laid down from surveys
made under the immediate direction of Charles Vignoles Esq Civil Engineer'; (scale
4cm:50 chains or 1000 yards); John Mather, Surveyor, Wigan; R. Martin's Lithog. 124
High Holborn
28 Nov 1829
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Plan showing a section of the branch railway from Pendlebury Fold to the Preston line
below Carlisle Fold; list of land owners and occupiers at Dean and Rumworth taken from
the reference book to the railway line to Pendlebury Fold; plans showing land damaged
at Halshaw Moor adjacent to the turnpike road from Worsley to Bolton
6 (papers)
1830
'Sketch of the building for repairing the locomotive engines and coal waggons for William
Hulton Esq, Hulton Park'; including a short specification and measurements
26 Feb 1832
Bolton and Leigh Railway; Plan and section of land belonging to William Hulton affected
by the railway; (scale 1 inch:8 chains) n.d. [1830s]; 'Plan and section of the proposed
main and collateral branch railways from the Bolton and Leigh Railway'; showing plot
numbers and some adjacent landowners; George Piggot, Land Surveyor, Bolton; (scales
given); 28 Nov 1835; also book of reference giving plot number, owner, lessee, occupier
and description Nov 1835; 'Section of branch to the Bolton and Leigh Railway' and
'Section of the present Tram road from the junction with the main line of railway to the
summit of the south level of the Lancaster Canal with the proposed alteration thereon';
(no scale); n.d. [mid 19th cent]; 'Bolton and Leigh Railway. Section of the inclined plane
from Lord Bradford's land to Daub Hill road'; J. Whitehead; (scale 1 inch:1 chain); 29
Dec 1829; 'Section of a proposed railway from Bolton to Preston surveyed under the
direction of J.U. Rastrick'; (scale 4 inch:1 mile); 1836
6 (ink and watercolour on paper and linen backed paper)
1830s
'Plan and section of a proposed railway from Bolton to Preston...surveyed under the
direction of J.U. Rastrick Esq Civil Engineer'; showing the route of the railway line,
enlarged plans of townships through which the line will pass and the inclination along
the route; (scales 1 inch:20 chains and 1cm:5 chains for enlarged sections)
1836
'Plan of a proposed railway from Bolton to Preston surveyed under the direction of J.U.
Rastrick Esq, civil engineer'; includes enlarged plans of Preston and Bolton; (scale 1
inch:20 chains; enlarged plans 1 inch:5 chains); 'Section of a proposed railway from
Bolton to Preston surveyed under the direction of J.R. Rastrick Esq, civil engineer';
showing crossings and inclination of the railway line; (scale 1 inch:20 chains)
2 (paper)
1836
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Plan of a wagon, presumably to be used hauling coal on the railway
1 (ink and watercolour on linen and waxed linen)
18 Mar 1836
'Plan of part of Bolton le Moors' showing the line of the intended branch railway and
William Hulton's land; (scale 1 inch:60 yards); L. Jackson; Feb 1838; Also a detailed plan
showing the branch line through Mr Hulton's land to Mr Hick's works; (scale approx. 1
inch:10 yards); n.d.
n.d., Feb 1838
'Sketch of proposed branch from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway into William
Hulton Esqr's Coal Depot'; including a plan, cross section and longitudinal section;
Benjamin Hick and Son; (scale 1 inch:8 feet)
Nov 1850
'Siding at Berry Lane'; Greater Manchester to Liverpool siding; (scale 1 inch:25 feet)
n.d. [19th cent]
Plan and section for proposed railway from Middleton, a deviation from the Bolton and
Kenyon Railway; shows the line favoured by ''The Company'' and by Mr Hulton; (no
scale)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Section of School Pit Railway with part of Park Railway'; also includes a layout plan
showing land and pits between the Liverpool to Bolton railway and the Preston to
Manchester turnpike road; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
n.d. [19th cent]
'Section showing School Pit railway'; mainly showing roads and buildings in the area;
(no scale)
1 (ink and watercolour on paper and waxed linen)
235
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[Railways at Pendlebury Fold 13¾ Pit]; rough sketch plan with numerous pencil
amendments; (scale 1 inch:30 yards)
2.9.8 Plans of roads
Plans of roads in the historic County of Lancashire
1825-1969
'Plan of proposed road from the Sharples and Houghton Turnpike near Belmont to join
the road leading from Longworth Hall to the Blackburn and Bolton Road near Egerton's';
showing roads, watercourses and field boundaries; ('Scale of eighty poles 8 yards each')
1 (ink and watercolour on paper and linen)
'Plan of a proposed Turnpike Road from Moses Gate to the New Road leading from
Bolton to Bury'; showing landowners adjacent to the road and the length of road in the
townships of Farnworth, Great Lever, Little Lever and Ainsworth; (no scale); n.d. [19th
cent]; 'Plan and section of the present and proposed diversion upon the West Houghton
Turnpike Road at Blackrod'; showing sections of the present road and of the proposed
alteration; William Seed; (no scale); 1825
n.d., 1825
'Plan of a proposed new road from the Globe Inn on the Blackburn and Bolton Old Road
into the Township of Longworth for William Hulton; James Whitehead, surveyor; (scale
1 inch:3 chains)
1830
Longworth New Road; plan and elevation of masonry work required for crossing Delph
Brooke; drawn by James Whitehead, surveyor
19 Jun 1830
'Design for a wood frame to be erected over the road at Whitegate Brow'; (scale 1 inch:6
feet); B. Hick
Aug 1830
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'A plan proposed for a road to lead from Bolton and Blackburn road (nearly opposite to
the Globe Inn) into the estate of William Hulton Esq near to Critchley Fold'; [Longworth];
also showing the section from the Globe Inn to Critchley Fold and to the Mill; ('Scale of
Yards' 9 1/2cm:100 yards); J. Hartley
n.d. [19th cent]
'Sketch of Bolton and Leigh road near Hulton Park gates in 1870'; showing the road,
buildings, fields and the colliery railway; (no scale)
1870
'Sketch of Bolton and Leigh Turnpike Road near Hulton Park Gates'; enlarged from plans
made by Mr Lang in 1775 and Mr Whitehead in 1830; Hulton Colliery Offices 1870; (scale
1 inch:30 yards)
2 (roll of plans in pen and ink on paper and waxed linen and blueprint)
1870
County Palatine of Lancaster [Lancashire] Main and Secondary Roads; map has been
coloured, perhaps to highlight the main highways and administrative boundaries within
the County; [Sir William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907) was Chairman of the
Lancashire County Council Highways and Bridges Committee from 1889-1907, and it
seems likely that he used this map in connection with that role]
1 (paper map backed with linen and bound in a leather volume)
n.d. [c1890]
See CC/MBM for minutes of the Highways and Bridges Committee
'Wade Lane Bridge'; plans showing land required from Major Wilbraham and W.W.B.
Hulton for the widening of an existing road and to reconstruct the bridge; W. Compton
Hall, County Bridgemaster; (scales 1 inch:30 feet for plan and 1 inch:10 feet for section)
1903
'Proposed line of fence at St Helens Rd, Over Hulton'; showing road as well as
surrounding buildings and bodies of water; approved by Westhoughton Urban District
Council Main Roads and Bridges Committee; (scale 1 inch:30 feet); including plan of an
exchange of land taken from W.W.B. Hulton to be used for the new road; endorsed on
outside of roll 'duplicate of book of plans on round table - widening and straightening of
Newbrook Rd'
Nov 1905
237
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Plans and sections of a proposed road at Woodlands, Over Hulton (Wellington Rd); also
plans relating to a 60ft bypass road and a proposed sewer at the site; (scales 1 inch:30
feet or 1:2500)
1927-1957
'Manchester-Preston Motorway M61/M62. Worsley Braided Interchange - Horwich Link
- M61/7. Herman Bank Borrow Pit'; plans showing extent of proposed workings and cross
sections
3 (roll of plans; pen and ink on linen backed paper and waxed linen)
1969
2.9.9 Plans of school buildings
Plans of school buildings at Hulton, Chequerbent and Deane
1820-1889
Plan and elevation of school room at Deane; J Palmer architect; (scale 1 inch:5 feet)
May 1820
'Ground plan of Chequerbent School'; layout of school rooms; (scale 1 inch: 2 feet)
1 (Paper)
Jun 1883
'Plan of Hulton School, Wigan Lane, Over Hulton'; layout of school house; (scale 1 inch:
4 feet)
Mar 1887
Unidentified building possibly Hulton School, Wigan Lane, Over Hulton (see
DDHU/ACC8644/28); layout and sketch of elevation of school room and cloak room;
(scale 1 inch: 4 feet)
[Mar 1887]
'Plan of new school and mission room, Chequerbent, Westhoughton erected by W.W.B.
Hulton Esq'; including ground plans, elevation and section; endorsed with a note '180
scholars'; (scale 1 inch:4 feet)
1888
238
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'Plan of proposed new classroom and alterations at Hulton School, Four Lane Ends,
Over Hulton'; including layout plan and elevations; (scale 1 inch:8 feet)
1889
2.9.10 Plans of street improvements
Plans showing detailed street layouts and proposed new streets; often giving additional
information about tenancy, rental value and acreage
1884-1958
'Plan of land in Over Hulton belonging to W.W.B. Hulton'; showing street layouts
alongside Morris Green Lane and Thomas St; with annotations to show land which has
been leased, occupier, rent due and size in square yards; James Anderton, Surveyor,
Bolton; (scale 2cm:10 yards); Apr 1884; 'Hulton Estate Streets off Ellesmere Rd Bolton';
showing proposed street layout and surrounding buildings; Law and Grimshaw, Bank
Chambers, Atherton; (scale 1 inch:40 feet); n.d. [late 19th cent]; Roll endorsed 'Morris
Green new layout and boundary plan'
1884
'Plan of land in the townships of Over Hulton and Rumworth belonging to W.W.B. Hulton
Esq'; showing properties located between Sunnyside Mills, the London and North
Western Railway and St Helens Road; later additions show the occupiers of individual
plots, their size in square yards and annual rent due; plan by James Atherton, Surveyor,
Bolton; (scale 1 inch:40 yards)
16 Apr 1885
'Plan of land in the township of Over Hulton belonging to W.W.B. Hulton Esq'; showing
proposed street between Hulton Lane and St Helens Rd, with details of the occupiers of
individual plots, the area of each plot in square yards and annual rent due; annotations
made to c1930s; James Atherton, Surveyor, Bolton; (no scale)
12 Feb 1889
Layouts of streets near Sunnyside Mills and St Helens Rd, Rumworth; James Atherton,
Surveyor, Bolton; (scale 1 inch:40 feet); 'Proposed passage and drainage of building plot
Hooton St and Nixon Rd'; Law and Grimshaw, Atherton; (scale 1 inch:30 feet); also
correspondence giving approval of the proposed schemes
14 (pen and ink drawings on tracing paper and waxed linen)
1891-1935
239
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'Streets and levels of same near Blue Bonnet Hall Over Hulton belonging to W.W.B.
Hulton Esq'; intended new streets near St Helens Rd and Hulton Lane; James Atherton,
Surveyor, Bolton; (scale 1 inch:40 feet)
1897-1898
Westhoughton Urban District Council; plans of suggested improvements to highways
originally surveyed 1897; later amendments record land ownership adjoining the roads,
area of each plot in square yards and annual rent due; including a number of loose
planning applications mainly submitted under the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act
1935
1 (board file containing loose papers with pen and ink drawings)
1897-1946
'Morris Green land old layout'; Plans of intended new streets off Ellesmere Rd, Over
Hulton; bundle includes layout plans and sections, with numerous amended versions;
(various scales)
c1898-1930
'Proposed streets at the boundary of Bridgewater Trustees and W.W.B. Hulton Esqr's
land' 1898; plans and sections of 'proposed roads off Ellesmere Road, Over Hulton'
1930; (scale 1 inch:40 feet); with papers giving approval for the proposed street layout
12 (pen and ink on tracing paper)
1898-1930
'Proposed line of fence and alternative scheme of sewerage at St Helens Road, Over
Hulton'; layout plans showing roads, buildings, property, land occupiers, contents in
square yards and annual rent; surveyed by G. Hayes, Westhoughton; (scale 1 inch:30
feet)
7 (paper and tracing paper)
1904
DDHU/acc9350/D3 - Plans
'Plan South East portion of Hulton Estate' showing 'Breeze Hill Road and South to
Newbrook'; proposed new street layouts, some surrounding buildings and occupiers;
also including sections showing the incline of the new roads; (scale 1 inch:30 feet)
1925
240
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'Manchester and Newbrook Roads, Rungerwall to Pasquil Row'; including 'Hulton
Estates North East Portion' and 'Proposed streets off Newland Drive'; layout of new
streets, showing roads and buildings, with sections showing the incline of the proposed
roads; (scale 1 inch:30 feet); also including correspondence relating to planning approval
for the proposed scheme
1 (pen and ink drawing on paper, originally mounted on a pine board)
1925-1939
'Newbrook Road - Pasquil Row to Thirlmere Aqueduct'; showing proposed road layout
off Newbrook Rd; also giving some occupiers and surrounding buildings; Law and
Grimshaw, Atherton; (scale 1 inch:30 feet); Jun 1926; 'Proposed layout of roads and
sewers at Over Hulton for Sir Geoffrey Hulton Baronet'; showing proposed roads off
Newlands Drive, Braddyll Road and Rutherford Drive; also including a section of the
proposed road; J Forrester, Estate Office, Over Hulton; (scale 1 inch:30 feet); May 1958
1926, 1958
Layout plan of Brocklehurst, Deane; appears to be a printing of an Ordnance Survey
map with ink alterations showing boundaries; (scale rule given but unclear - appears to
be 25 inch:1 mile); 1927; Street layout at 'Nixon Fold Estate' showing St Helens Rd and
Hulton Lane; (scale 1 inch:30 yards); n.d.
2 (printed plan with ink on linen and pencil on tracing paper)
n.d., 1927
DDHU/acc9350/D8 - Plan
'Hulton Estate New Brook Meadow'; proposed streets off New Brook Road near
Woodlands; showing roads, buildings and some occupiers; Law and Grimshaw,
Atherton; (scale 1 inch:30 feet)
Oct 1928
'Proposed streets near Woodlands Drive in Westhoughton for Sir W. Hulton Baronet';
layout plan and sections; Law and Grimshaw, Bank Chambers, Atherton; (scale 1
inch:30 feet)
2 (pen and ink on linen backed paper and waxed linen)
1929
'Hulton Estate easterly portion'; covers Breeze Hill Road to Thirlmere Road; showing
roads, buildings and some occupiers with the area of their plot in square yards and
annual rent due; annotations have been made up to the 1950s; Law and Grimshaw,
Atherton; (scale 1 inch:30 feet)
Mar 1929
241
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'Hulton Estate'; street plan showing Daniel Lane, St Helens Road and Horridge Fold
Avenue at Garnet Fold; also showing buildings and sewers; (scale 1 inch:30 feet)
n.d. [1930s]
'Hulton Estate Streets off St Helens Road'; showing the layout between Longfield Road
and Henry Herman Street; includes sections giving the incline of the new streets; also
including correspondence with Bolton County Borough concerning the purchase of a plot
of land at Hulton Lane and St Helens Rd; (various scales)
1930s
'Hulton Estate proposed streets off New Brook Rd, Westhoughton'; various plans and
sections of the development giving information including the new road layout,
surrounding buildings, information about the sale and rental of plots on the estate,
including occupier, plot size in square yards and annual rent and illustrations of the
proposed houses; various surveyors and scales given; also including correspondence
giving approval of the suggested scheme
c1932
'Hulton Estate'; plans of proposed streets at Nixon's Farm, between Hulton Lane and
Daubhill Street; showing roads, buildings and some occupiers; also sections showing
the incline of the proposed roads; (scale 1 inch:30 feet); including correspondence
relating to planning approval for the proposed layout
1933
'Westhoughton Urban District Council Hulton Park Estate proposed housing layout';
(scale 1:2500); n.d. [20th cent]; 'Sir W.R. Hulton Baronet application for consent to
access under the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935' relating to streets
between Manchester Rd and New Brook Rd; Law and Grimshaw, Atherton; (scale
1:2500); 1937; 'Sir W.R. Hulton Baronet application for Town Planning Permit under
General Interim Development Order 1933'; relating to streets as above; (scale 1:2500);
George Hayes, Engineer and Surveyor; Law and Grimshaw, Atherton; 1936-1937; 'Sir
W.R. Hulton Baronet proposed streets off New Brook Rd Westhoughton'; George Hayes,
Engineer and Surveyor; Law and Grimstead, Atherton; (scale 1 inch:30 feet); 1936; also
correspondence and notices relating to approval for the scheme
1936-1937
2.9.11 Plans of towns
1876
242
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'Plan of the Borough of Bolton and neighbourhood by John Bartholomew prepared for
and issued with the Post Office Bolton Directory'; printed; (scale 3 inches:4 furlongs)
1 (pen and ink on linen)
1876
2.9.12 Miscellaneous bundles of plans
The collection included a number of miscellaneous bundles of plans, and it was unclear
from initial examination whether they constituted original bundles. For this reason the
plans have been listed together as found, and bundles may contain elements of all of
the previous types of plan
[late 18th cent]-1927
A plan of land in the townships of West Houghton and Rumworth the property of William
Hulton Esq'; showing field boundaries, coal seams and pits and the site of an intended
pit at Plodder; buildings shown in elevation; (scale 1 inch:88 yards); n.d. [late 18th-early
19th cent]; 'A plan of William Hulton's collieries in Farnworth'; showing the cannel mine
workings and giving the depth from the surface to the under mines; (scale approx
3cm:100 yards); n.d. [mid 19th cent]; Sketch plan of new road to Longworth; showing
the incline of the road; (scale 1 inch:40 yards); n.d. [early 19th cent]; 'Plan and section
of a road leading from the Sharples and Hoghton Turnpike Road to an estate belonging
to William Hulton Esq in Longworth'; (scale 1 1/2 inches:10 yards); n.d. [early 19th cent];
'A sketch of a wear [weir] for William Hulton Esq'; giving a section, front view and ground
plan; (scale 1 inch:4 feet); 25 Oct 1824; 'Plan[s] of land in Over Hulton the property of
Wm Hulton Esq'; showing buildings, roads, surface water and field names; surveyed by
Jno Albinson; (scale 1 inch:2 chains); 1816; 'Plan of section of Belmont Reservoir';
(scales 1 inch:4 feet and 1 inch:20 feet); n.d. [19th cent]; Also a label endorsed 'No 3'
[late 18th-mid 19th cent]
Section of the level of the Sapling Mine, showing the faults in the level as proved'; (no
scale); 31 May 1836; 'Map or plan of the commons and waste lands within the Manor of
Kearsley, 1798; traced from copy deposited at Deane Church by J Jackson; (scale 1
inch:4 chains); Dec 1868; 'Map or plan of the commons and waste lands within the
manors of Farnworth and Kersley'; tracing which extends further than plan above; (scale
1 inch: 4 chains); 1798; 'Plan of buildings for a weighing machine for W Hulton Esq
Halshaw Moor'; Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell, Union Foundry, Bolton; (scale 1 inch:3
feet); 1 Nov 1832; Papers (2) relating to the School Pit, with estimates of amounts of
coal which could be obtained using different tunneling routes [c1851]; Section of faults
and tunnels at Cammel, Doe and Trencherbone; (scale 1 inch:20 yards); 'Plan of William
Hulton's demesne lands in the township of Over Hulton'; showing buildings, roads,
planting and field names; Jno Albinson; (scale 1cm:20 yards); 1808; Including a label
endorsed 'No 2'
8 (pen and ink on paper and tracing paper)
1798-1868
243
DDHU
'Plan of a pump engine' with 'specification for an engine for raising the water from the
bottom of the canal in excavating the lower lift in Ashton Mill'; [designed by/for George
Atkinson]; (no scale); n.d. [c1800]; Plan and section of the arch of a bridge to be built at
Slate Brook near Longworth Hall 17 Jul 1838; Also unidentified sketch plans which may
include a furnace [1828]
c.1800 - 1835
'Plan of the ground story Hulton House Wm Hulton Esq'; showing the layout and size of
rooms within the property; (scale unclear); Elevations showing a veranda on the farm
house at Wood End; (scale unclear); 'Roof for John Partington's Barn'; (scale 1 inch:4
feet)
Miscellaneous plans mainly colliery related including a section of the Bolton and St
Helens Turnpike Rd; the Cannel Mine; James Pendlebury's Meadow; Duke of
Bridgewater's New Brook Mine at Over Hulton; plan of Hulton showing the location of
the Hall and surrounding coal pits; location of constabulary in 1881 [coal] strike; probably
area of coal to be gotten between school pit and level pit west of main N.W. fault; [it is
possible that these plans have been removed from DDHU/ACC8410/166]
1 (pen and ink plans on paper sheets tied into a volume)
19th cent
Survey and section of an intended railway from the middle of the Turnpike Road at
Highgate to the edge of the coal heap in Shaw's Field belonging to Wm Hulton Esq;
(scale 1 inch:8 yards); 27 Nov 1838; 'A section of an intended line of railway from the
bridge near Daubhill into the Delph Field belonging to W Hulton Esq'; (scale 1 inch:8
yards); 15 Feb 1839; Plans (3) relating to a coal depot at Crown St, Liverpool; (no scale);
[c1835]; 'Plan of a waterfall in Longworth belonging to Wm Hulton Esq'; [apparently
relating to a dispute between William Hulton and Lawrence Wright]; (no scale); 1834;
Plan showing land to be taken by Wm Bennet and John Hides alongside the Chorley to
Bolton Road; Jno Albinson; (no scale); 17 Sep 1812; Papers (2) relating to an exchange
between Mr Hulton and Mr Grundy; plan entitled 'Doe coal'; (no scale); n.d. [19th cent];
'Plan of land and houses in Westhoughton the property of Wm Hulton Esq'; giving brief
description, acreage and adjacent landowners of the plots at Chequerbent; Jno
Albinson; (scale 1 inch:50 yards); 1815; 'Plan of the land occupied by John Smith at
Chew Moor belonging to Wm Hulton Esq; giving total acreage, adjacent street names
and details of the terms of the lease; (scale of yards); n.d [19th cent]
Including a label endorsed 'No 5'
11 (pen and ink on paper and linen)
1812-1839
244
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Bundle of plans mainly relating to collieries at Hulton; including Yard Mine, School Pit,
No 2 Park Trecherbone Mine; Three Quarters Mine, Daub Hill, 13 3/4 Pit, Newbrook
Mine, Half Yard Mine, Rumworth Mines, Cannel Mine; showing workings, machinery,
amount of coal gotten, surface tracings, 'plan shewing shunt where Ralph Higson was
killed'; boiler and seatings for 13 3/4 pit; wood framing for school pit pulley; No 2 Arley
Engine House; furnace for No 1 Arley Pit; also plan of a field at Pendlebury Fold called
the Faunts belonging to W. Hulton Esq; 'plan of stove for smoking bacon or hams in';
lime kiln; 'Specification for building a coal depot for the Bolton and Leigh Railway
Company' Feb 1828; 'Materials to alter the engine (atmospheric) at Halshaw Moor';
'Hulton Colliery Co's treat to work people Jan 13th 1866'; 'A plan of an intended reservoir
near Belmont' 1822; Westhoughton Local Board Warerworks 1876 specifications; 'The
manner proposed for making a new line of road from the Bolton and Blackburn road in
Turton across the valley to Critchley Fold and also to the mill'; railway line which crosses
the St Helens to Bolton Rd; Pendlebury Fold Railway Siding; surface tracing showing
Bolton and Leigh Railway
1 (bundle of plans on paper, waxed linen and tracing paper)
1820s -1890
'Plan of the proposed alterations and additions to the docks and basins in the port and
town of Liverpool'; showing land and buildings proposed to be purchased and the site
appropriated to public purposes, as well as the site of the old dock proposed to be filled
up; Jesse Hartley, surveyor, Liverpool; (no scale); 1825; 'Plan shewing the North Union
Railway and the proposed line of railway from Bolton to Preston. That the latter runs to
a great extent parallel to the former, that the Manchester traffic is sufficiently provided
for by other means than the Bolton and Preston Railway and that a small portion only of
the Lancaster Canal property is requisite for the purpose of the Bolton and Preston
Railway'; R. Cartwright; (scale 1 inch: 2 miles); n.d. [c1836]
1825, n.d. [c1836]
Valuation of a corn mill, warehouse and other buildings at Liverpool Docks owned by Mr
Horrocks; plans and detail of a wagon for removing coal; correspondence regarding the
''Manchester Engine''; correspondence regarding property valuations; plan and sections
of the proposed conduits and reservoirs for supplying with water the Borough of Preston
and part of the Township of Fishwick 1831; plan of the Low Lands from Altcar to near
Rufford including Martin Meer with a notice to the proprietors and others interested in
the land; prospectus of the intended continuation of the Warrington and Newton Railway
to join the proposed Liverpool Birmingham and London Railways, including a plan; plan
showing lands near Chorlton Green damaged in floods of 1828; plan of sundry plots of
land in Hindley belonging to the Revd W.G. Green to be sold
1826-1831
245
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Untitled plan showing a branch of the railway line at Weston St and Dawes St [Bolton];
(scale 1 inch:10 yards); n.d.; 'Section of the Branch Road from Bolton of the inclined
plane to Weston St'; (scale 1 inch:1 statute chain); 22 Feb 1828; 'Plan of the crossings
on the inclined plane'; (no scale); n.d.
3 (pen and ink on paper tied into a leather bound volume)
c1828
'Plan of Rumsworth Reservoir'; (scale 1 inch:50 yards); n.d. [19th cent]; 'A sketch of a
line of road proposed to extend from the Bolton and Blackburn turnpike road opposite
the Globe Inn towards Longworth Hall'; also including a longitudinal section; (1 Inch:40
yards); n.d. [c1830]; Plan of surface water between Park Pits and Red Delph; gives the
cost and content of each pool; (no scale); n.d. [19th cent]; 'No 1 Borough Ash Closet';
elevations and sections; (scale 1 inch:2 feet); n.d. [c1878]; Includes a label endorsed
'No 1'
c1830-c1878
Outline plans showing branch railways from the Bolton and Leigh Railway; also a plan
of Halshaw Moor Colliery showing the location of coal pits
c1835
'Bolton Improvements Plan and sections of the water-works undertakings, public park
and town hall and improvements' Nov 1863; 'Plan and sections of the proposed
extension of the Corporation water-works' Nov 1853; Section of strata at Atherton and
section of boring at Plantation Pit, c1859; Tracings of coal 'gotten in each mine' for
Plodder, Half Yard, Three Quarters, Doe, Trencherbone and Yard Mines; n.d. [19th
cent]; Untitled plan showing properties alongside a railway line at the Bolton Causeway
n.d. and additional tracing of the same plot identifying the site for a fever hospital; Also
correspondence to William Hulton from Fereday Smith at Manchester regarding coal
disputes, Jan-Feb 1840; particulars of sale of Pendleton Colliery 15 Dec 1857; Includes
a label endorsed 'No 11'
16 (pen and ink plans on paper and tracing paper)
1840-1863
Plans of cottages and farm buildings including 'Bromley's Barn'; shippons at the farms
of John Heaton Partington and Robert Walker and at Higher Hollins Farm; homes
intended to be altered at Chequerbent; cottages at Knowles Brow
n.d. [mid-late 19th cent]
246
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'Plan of the Hulton Arms public house, Four Lane Ends, Over Hulton'; layout plan; (no
scale); 'Plan of proposed 5 new closets and ashpits at Rosbottom Fold, Westhoughton';
layout plan; (scale 1 inch: 6 feet); 'Sketch of drains at Rosbottom Fold'; layout plan; (no
scale)
Mar 1892; Mar 1893; 1927
3 Family papers
Personal papers and correspondence of the Hulton family
1390-1998
3.1 Heraldry and genealogy
Pedigrees and other papers which give information about the genealogy of the Hulton
family; also official documents which record key life events such as marriages and
deaths; it should be noted that a small number of documents relate to people whose
relationship to the Hulton family is unclear
1390-1981
DDHU/53/2 - Certification
Richard, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield to Master James, Rector of Wigan, that he
has granted a dispensation to Roger de Hilton and Katerine who is his de facto wife, for
their irregular marriage; given at London Latin
1 (parchment with partial pendant seal and 2 tags)
6 Feb 1390
DDHU/53/6 - Dispensation
John de Giglis alias Lilys, Comissary in England of Pope Innocent VIII; for the marriage
of Adam Hulton and Alice Hulton, they being related in the fourth degree; in consideration
of a competent donation being made to the holy crusade; 5 Pope Innocent VIII Latin
1 (parchment with partial pendant seal on tag)
22 May [1489]
Thomas Twemlow, Archdeacon of Chester; confirmation of the marriage of Adam son of
Ralph Belfeld, and Margaret daughter of Edmund Scolefeld in Rachedale Church, he
being aged 13 and she 11; the matters were certified by John Fowler Notary Public,
William Bradford, Dean of the Christianity of Mamecestre, Bernard uncle of Adam Belfeld
and Gilbert Bucley, kinsman of Margaret Scolefeld; including an unidentified notarial
sign, possibly of John Fowler Latin
1 (parchment with a single oval pendant seal and an additional tag)
1 Aug [1496]
DDHU/53/9 - General Pardon
Henry VIII to Adam Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq; a general pardon of all treasons,
rebellions, murders and felonies committed before 23 Apr 1509; 1 Henry VIII Latin
1 (multi-membrane parchment with a partial great seal of Henry VIII)
8 Jul [1509]
247
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Henry [VIII] granting the custody of Richard Hulton, an idiot, to his wife Elizabeth and his
kinsman, Thomas Hulton; paying yearly £40; 24 Henry [VIII] Latin
1 (parchment with a pendant Duchy of Lancaster seal)
20 Jan [1533]
DDHU/53/13 - Marriage licence
Issued by Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, for the marriage of Adam Hulton and
Clemence Norres; endorsed on paper no 60 Latin
3 Nov 1534
DDHU/50/1 - Pedigree
''The peedegre of Hulton of Farneworth and Hulton of the Parke and how that by
marriage Hulton of the Parke is heyre generall''; mainly tracing the family line of the
Hultons of Farnworth, and including details of the land settlement linked to the marriage
of Adam Hulton of the Park and Alice Hulton of Farnworth
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1550]
DDHU/50/2 - Grant
Granting a crest to Adam Hulton to be added to the existing family coat of arms: ''a
crowne golde, thereowt yssuing a harteshead and necke cabowshed sylver horned
golde betweene twoo braunches of a hawthorne in propre...gewles dowbles sylver
buttons golde as more plainly appeareth by the picture [in the] margin''; the document
has an elaborately coloured border with a portrait of Lawrence Dalton, Norroy, King of
Arms, a Herald, whose territory covered the area north of the River Trent; he is depicted
wearing a tabard, which would have been made of velvet and carries a white staff
1 (parchment with 2 pendant seals on tags and a highly coloured illuminated border)
10 Dec [1561]
DDHU/50/3 - Painting
Copy of the painted border of DDHU/50/2 without the text
1 (paper)
[18th cent]
DDHU/53/17 - Marriage anullment
Sentence of nullity of marriage of Anne Belfelde and Richard Leigh, junior, both of the
parish of Rachedaill [Rochdale]; given at the Diocesan Court at York; including the
notarial sign of William Fothergill Latin
1 (parchment with pendant seal likely to be of the Archbishop of York on tag)
27 Oct 1570
See DDX 75/108-110 for additional settlements relating to this marriage and divorce
248
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DDHU/53/18 - Inventory
The goods and chattels of Thomas Houghton of Lea, esq taken by Roger Waringe of
Charnocke Richard, William Whalley of Ingall, Henry Mason of Lea, John Tomlinson and
John Hothersall of Alston, yeoman; listing goods held at Brinscolles, Houghton Tower,
Houghton tythe barne and Wheleton tythe barne including livestock and furniture; 34
14 Jan [1592]
''Pedegry of Hulton of Farnworth and Hulton of Hulton''; recording family members from
13th-17th cent. Latin
1 (parchment)
Hulton pedigree; recording family members from 15th-17th cent.; giving additional
information including marriages, children and dates of death for some relatives;
endorsed No 6
1 (paper)
n.d. [17th cent]
Copy of Hulton pedigree; fragment Latin
1 (paper)
n.d. [17th cent.]
DDHU/50/18 - Notes
Wrapper endorsed with ''Extract from my son Hiltons writ about his pedigree and
Ancestors Sep 73''; additional pages carry brief notes on land deeds with additional page
numbers; endorsed no 10
3 (paper)
n.d. [17th cent]
Pedigree of Hulton of Farnworth; showing the basic line of descent with marriages and
children; additional notes largely relate to land transactions; showing information on the
family for approximately 13th-17th centuries; endorsed no 3
1 (parchment)
n.d. [17th cent]
249
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DDHU/53/26 - Marriage certificate
William Jessop of the parish of Andrews Holborne, Middlesex, esq and Mrs Mary Cox of
Shenley, Hertford, widow were married before Justinian Pagitt, J.P. for the County of
Middlesex and Liberty of St Albans, Hertford on 18 Feb 1656 in the presence of Mrs Ann
Jessop ''dafter'' of W.J. and Margrett and Mary Cox, ''dafters'' of Mary Cox, Mr John
Hunter and Elizabeth his wife at Andrews Holborne; [the Marriage Act of 1653 stated
that only marriages conducted before a Justice of the Peace would be recognised by the
State]
1 (parchment with a single heradic seal on a tag)
13 Mar 1656
DDHU/53/83 - General Pardon
Charles II to William Jessop of Clarkenwell, esq; likely to have been granted under the
Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemnity and Oblivion of 1660; illuminated in black
and white showing an image of the monarch as well as symbols including a lion rampant
and a unicorn; 13 Charles II Latin
1 (parchment with fragments of a Great Seal on a braided tag)
1 May [1661]
Licence for the marriage of William Holland of Prestbury and Mary Pimlett of Newton,
widow; endorsed: married 21 Aug 1662 Latin
1 (paper including a wafer seal and a vase watermark)
12 Aug 1662
DDHU/50/4 - Insignia
''Insignia Willeilmi Hulton de Hulton in Com. Lanc. Armigeri entred in the Visittion by
Lancashire at Manchester 9 Sep 1664 by me Will[ia]m Dugdale, Norroy King of Armes'';
coloured, painted illustration of the Hulton insignia which includes a stag's head above
a shield bearing a red lion rampant
1 (parchment)
1664
DDHU/53/31 - Invitation
10 invitations ''to Accompany the Corps of William Jessop of Grayes-Inn, Esquire; from
Warwick-House in Holborn to St. Andrew's Church in Holborn''; featuring a border with
the phrase memento mori and images of skeletons and the grim reaper
1 (paper)
8 Mar 1675
250
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DDHU/ACC9301/104 - Invitation
Invitation ''to Accompany the Corps of William Jessop of Grayes-Inn, Esquire; from
Warwick-House in Holborn to St. Andrew's Church in Holborn''; featuring a border with
the phrase memento mori and images of skeletons and the grim reaper
1 (paper)
8 Mar 1675
DDHU/50/6 - Letter
Charles Hilton to William Hilton, his father; concerning his meeting with a herald painter
regarding the Hulton coat of arms; including a sketch of the design
1 (paper)
23 Dec [16]90
Copy of statement by Roger Hilton of Westhaughton, aged 64, who said that his
grandfather aged 80 said ''that the Lord of Hilton was a Captain at Flodden field'', Adam
Hilton fought a duel with Mr Daufort; Henry Hilton ''shot the gulf with Sir Francis Drake'';
Adam Hilton kept hawks and hounds and there was squirrel hunting at Christmas
1 (paper)
1699
DDHU/50/16 - Notes
Draft notes on the Hulton family pedigree giving brief names of spouses and children
and a description of the family arms; titled ''Visitation of Lancashire. Dr. Johnson of
Pomsfoot scripsit''; endorsed no 6
2 (paper)
n.d. [18th cent]
''Pedigree of Hyde of Northbury''; giving brief details of marriages and children in the
Hyde family for the 13th-17th centuries; endorsed no 11
1 (paper)
n.d. [18th cent]
251
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DDHU/50/8 - Letter
Extracts from ''Dr. Cuerdale's writeing'' concerning the pedigree and the family's
connection with Blackburn
1 (paper)
11 Aug 1709
DDHU/50/5 - Emblazoned arms
Coloured illustrations of the arms of Hulton of Hilton in Lancashire; George Hulton of
Donington in Lincolnshire; Hilton of Cales; Hilton of Northumberland; Lancelot Hilton of
Dyons, Durham; Hylton; Hilton and Sir William Hilton, Baron of Hilton
1 (parchment)
n.d. [c1720]
DDHU/50/15 - Notes
Genalogical notes on the Hulton family taken from information provided by Mrs Copley,
grandaughter of William Hulton (d.1613); giving details of marriages, children and deaths
for the 17th cent; endorsed no 7
1 (paper)
1718-1719
Robert Wood of Rosethorn in the county of Chester, husbandman and Judith Kilshaw
alias Culshaw of the same, spinster; to be married in the parish church of Presbury
9 Nov 1739
DDHU/ACC9301/84 - Bible
Baskerville's Holy Bible' published by Cambridge University Press [John Baskerville was
printer to the University, and this first edition of his bible has been described as ''his most
magnificent as well as most characteristic specimen''; the edition was limited to only
1250 copies; the volume is bound in red calf skin and the spine is embossed with a motif
featuring crowns, fleur de lis, stars and flowers]; front page is inscribed 'William Hulton
Esqr Hulton Park 1785'; the volume then records genealogical details including births,
baptisms, marriages, burials and occasionally causes of death for family members from
William Hulton (1762-1800) to Roger Bradyll Hulton (1891-1956), with the last entry
recording the death of William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton in 1907
252
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DDHU/ACC9301/84 (cont.)
Also enclosed within the volume are a number of loose items which include a transcript
of the memorial tablet at Deane Church; various birth, baptism, marriage and burial
certificates; letters of permission for individuals to be buried in the Hulton Chapel at
Deane; signed petition from the parishioners of Deane regarding money due for the poor
under the will of Mr John Guest; witnesses regarding a seat belonging to Hulton in
Manchester church; a detailed room by room inventory of [Hulton Hall] dating from
around 1741 including a list of the horses and other livestock owned by the family;
correspondence with the Herald's College in 1904 regarding the Hulton Coat of Arms;
letter from Henry Howord to Henry Hilton giving thanks for a recent stay at Hilton and
offering service to his cousin Jessop 11 May 1710; letter from William Jessop to Mr Hilton
asking to borrow £20 as he has now returned to England having lost everything he had
'by the Turks', having suffered injuries and having been shot ''which musquett shott at
present remaines in my body, and cannot be gott out'' 14 Sep 1683; an outline drawing
possibly showing the layout of Hulton memorial tablets in Deane Church; drawings
showing the 'hatchments' [coats of arms] of various members of the Hulton family;
correspondence and designs for a Hulton tomb to be built at Deane Church; partial
pedigree showing family members from Jessop Hulton (1667-c1726) to Roger Hulton
(1891-1956)
31 (volume bound in red leather with a gold tooled spine)
1763
DDHU/ACC9301/10 - Book
Book containing hand drawn and coloured images of family crests and coats of arms;
the owner of the book is unclear, though the name Charles Boardman appears on the
front page; includes an index; as well as the Hulton arms the volume contains a number
of the major Lancashire families, as well as others with ties to the family such as Jessop
1 (bound volume with boards and a metal clasp)
n.d. [18th cent.]
Hulton of Farnworth; endorsement indicates that this information was ''extracted from
Glovers Ped. of the North fol 23-24'' and the family members recorded largely date from
the 15th-17th centuries; date is taken from a watermark on the paper
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1803]
253
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DDHU/ACC9301/81 - Pedigrees
Hulton pedigree as recorded in the Herald's College; [this is the most comprehensive
pedigree of the Hulton family found within the collection]; the document is certified as a
true record by Henry Hulton (1765-1831) on 20 Mar 1809 and also signed by Edm.
Lodge and William Radcliffe Rouge Croix, a Herald who appears in other
correspondence from around this period, suggesting that this is the original date of the
pedigree; additional information has been added which extends the pedigree to 1880,
and this has been certified by William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907) at the
Herald's College on 29 Mar 1881; a further page adds additions extracted from the
records of the College of Arms on 25 Jun 1945; the pedigree also contains hand drawn
and coloured copies of deeds used as evidence of the descent of the Hulton family
[probably the deeds referenced in DDHU/50/10]; as well as the bound copy there is a
loose version of this pedigree and evidences which has become fragmented and
disordered; both copies contain annotations and alterations, which in some instances
differ between the versions.
The volume contains a number of loose items mainly relating to Hulton family history,
such as a copy engraving of Hulton Hall by Harwood and Rogers; a newscutting on 'The
Three Hulton Townships'; transcriptions of QSB documents from the Lancashire County
Record Office; a postcard of an embroidery at the Victoria and Albert Museum by Mary
Hulton, believed to have been a relative; other genealogical notes and partial pedigrees.
The loose version of the pedigree also contains a 'Pedigree of the family of de
Montmorency, de Mariso, Morres of Laterash and Knockagh Castles, Co Tipperary' and
typescript memories of the Montmorency family [genealogical references indicate that
these were likely written by Marjorie de Montmorency, who married Sir Roger Braddyll
Hulton (1891-1956)]
41 (leather bound volume and paper)
1809-1945
''Continuation of the Family Pedigree of William Hulton of Hulton Park . . . from the last
entry c.37 fo.''; detailed family tree including an illustration of the coat of arms which may
be related to the account from the College of Arms at DDHU/50/11; gives detailed
information about the family covering the years 1664-1802 including marriage and burial
dates
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1809]
DDHU/50/11 - Account
College of Arms, London to William Hulton esq, ''on Recording the continuation of his
family Pedigree''; including fees for record searches in various repositories; to the
registrar for recording the pedigree; to the painter for emblazoning them on record as
well as postage and other associated fees
1 (paper)
May 1809
254
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DDHU/50/10 - Letter
William Radcliffe, Rouge Croix to William Hulton; returning deeds copied by the College
of Arms for the Hulton Pedigree
12 Aug 1809
DDHU/ACC9301/11 - Album
Book belonging to Jane Tyrell Boyce, wife of William Hulton (1762-1800) who later
married Major Thomas William Boyce; containing hand drawn and coloured copies of
family crests and coats of arms mainly relating to family marriages
1 (volume with an embossed, patterned cover)
n.d. [c1837]
DDHU/ACC9301/82 - Genealogy
Hulton Muniments and Family Tree, 1838; inscribed to William Hulton of Hulton Park by
his kinsman William Adam Hulton, 12 April 1838; the volume contains transcriptions of
family documents, and a large number of family trees; index at the back of the volume;
there is also a large section of transcribed and translated entries from the Whalley
Coucher book, completed about 1890; the volume also contains loose pedigrees and a
greetings card with a photograph of an unidentified man
1838-[c1890]
DDHU/ACC8410/195 - Pedigree
William Hulton Esq (1787-1864); showing his wife, children and grandchildren; giving
dates of birth, baptism, marriage and burial
1 (paper)
'On Sir John Lister Kaye's marriage with Miss Bower 1869'
2 (paper)
n.d. [c1869]
Including correspondence on the Earl of Essex letters deposited by Roger Hulton at the
British Museum; 'The Earl of Essex as Strategist and Military Organizer (1596-7)'
reprinted from the English Historical Review July 1953; 'The Mercury of Peace, The Mars
of War: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex' reprinted from the Essex Review 1950-1952;
correspondence on the origins of the Hulton family; correspondence with the College of
Arms regarding updating the Hulton Pedigree and Coat of Arms; pedigree showing
descendants of the Rev Campbell Bassett Arthur Grey Hulton, Rector of Emberton,
Buckinghamshire; pedigree of various families connected with Warrington, Bewsey and
Halsnead, Lancashire
c1880s-1950s
255
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DDHU/ACC9301/86 - Blotters
2 hand-tooled blotters; one containing heavily illuminated presentation address by tenant
farmers of Hulton, Westhoughton and Longworth estates, and the employees of the
Hulton Collieries to William Rothwell Hulton on the occasion of his marriage; including
loose sheets featuring sketches of crosses and other celtic style designs
5 (leather bound volumes with hand tooled designs in gold)
n.d., 31 Jul 1890
Various letters and notes concerning Hulton family history, including a note on the
connection between the Hultons and Hulme; a note on Sir Thomas Tyldesley who served
under Charles I; genealogical notes and copy inscriptions from tablets in Deane church
5 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
Miscellaneous family history notes, including pages which appear to have been removed
from a typescript and an extract from the pedigree of the Parkers of Browsholme
5 (paper)
n.d. [19th-20th cent]
DDHU/ACC9301/31 - Manuscripts
Manuscript notes on 'The Manor of Hulton and its ancient possessors' by John Heaton
Partington; volume one written in 1902 and volume two written in 1906; presented to the
Hulton family in 1908; containing a small number of pedigrees as well as detailed
information on the development of Hulton manor and estate and of the various family
members who have inherited; much of the information appears to have been gathered
from research in original manuscript collections; a third smaller volume contains an
abstract from the history, mainly of information relating to Hulton family members
3 (bound volumes)
1902-c1947
DDHU/ACC9301/92 - Extracts
Abstracts and extracts from John Heaton Partington's 'History of the Manor of Hulton'
and 'History of the Manors of Farnworth, Kearsley and Rumworth'; compiled by William
Hulton, William Rothwell Hulton and Leslie Hulton; containing some additional notes on
more recent family history
3 (bound volume with boards and two additional small notebooks)
1910-1944
DDHU/ACC9301/83 - Extracts
'Extracts from Mr John Heaton Partington's History of the Manor of Hulton... with some
additions collected by myself W[illiam] R[othwell] H[ulton]'; endorsed 'A.H. Hulton from
W.R.H. 1912'
1912
256
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DDHU/ACC9301/14 - Miscellanea
'Miscellanea Hultoniana'; notes, transcriptions and newscuttings relating to the Hulton
family; including Duchy of Lancaster records, inquisitions and other documents held at
the Public Record Office; pedigrees; newscuttings on 'The Three Hulton Townships';
copy rental of the estates of William Hulton Esq 1826 giving tenant's names and details
of rental payments and arrears
1913
DDHU/ACC9301/93 - Publications
'A Memorandum in reply to a work, by J.H. Round, casting doubts upon the claim of the
Morres family to bear the name of De Montmorency' by H.G.F.E. De Montmorency; also
a letter referring to this publication and a family pedigree, and an additional note
4 (sewn pamphlets and paper)
1922-1938
DDHU/ACC9301/34 - Heraldry
Correspondence and notes on research carried out by William Billington and Hubert
Chesshyre, Chester Herald of Arms aiming to identify the quarterings of the Hulton Coat
of Arms; including a hand-drawn, coloured illustration, plans of the coat of arms
identifying the possible families and a pedigree taken from information in Debrett's which
clarifies the descent of the Hulton Estate
8 (paper)
1981
3.2 Appointments
Official appointments offered to or by members of the Hulton family
1510-1939
Henry [VIII] to Roger Hilton; annual rent of 10 marks from the profits of the County
Palatine of Lancaster; 2 Henry VIII Latin
1 (parchment with partial pendant seal of the Duchy of Lancaster)
23 Sep [1510]
Charles II to William Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq to enquire into matters concerning the
payment by Edward Croston and other copyholders of the Manor of Accrington of their
share of the expenses for an Act of Parliament for confirming the copyholders and
estates; given at Palace of Westminster 16 Charles II
7 Dec [1664]
Charles II to William Hilton, esq; granting power to take affidavits; including instructions
for the taking of affidavits; given at the Palace of Westminster 20 Charles II
1 (multi-membrane parchment with Duchy of Lancaster seal on tag)
22 May [1673]
257
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William III to William Legh, gent; Ensign in Captain Thomas Parson's Company of Col
James Stanley's Regiment of Foot
1 (parchment)
1 May 1696
Queen Anne to William Legh, gent; Ensign in Captain Alexander Horn's Company of
James the Earl of Derby's Regiment of Foot
1 (parchment with wafer seal)
7 Jul 1702
James, Duke of Ormonde to William Lee, esq; Captain of a Company where John
Culliford was late Captain in Sir Roger Bradshaigh's Regiment of Foot in Ireland
1 (parchment with wafer seal)
1 Jan 1707
George II to William Legh of Westhoughton, esq; The office of Sheriff of Lancashire, in
succession to James Chetham, esq; 4 George II Latin
1 (parchment with pendant great seal of George II, illuminated in black and white to
include an image of the King as well as a lion, snake, peacock and other birds)
15 Feb [1731] ]
William Hulton of Hulton Park, esq to Samuel Smethurst of Hulton Park, a menial
servant; gamekeeper for the manors of Over Hulton, Westhoughton, Rumworth,
Farnworth, Kersley, and Longworth; endorsed to certify that the appointment has been
registered with Humphrey Stephens, Clerk of the Peace of the County of Lancaster;
witness: Richard Eccles
1 (paper with two applied seals, one featuring a woman leaning on an anchor)
10 Aug 1785
See QDG/1/7 for the register entry relating to this appointment
DDHU/43/8 - Letter
Lord Grey de Wilton to William Hulton, esq; enclosing notification from Lord Hawkesbury
that William Hulton has been appointed Sheriff of Lancashire; also notes that ''Lady Grey
a few days ago put an end to the prospect I had of an increase to my Family, but she is
doing now as well as possible''
3 (papers with a single applied seal)
4 May 1789
George IV to William Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq; the Constableship of Lancaster Castle;
in succession to Sir Richard Clayton, Baronet, deceased
2 (parchment with pendant seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster, one
detached)
29 May 1828
258
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William IV to William Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq; the Constableship of Lancaster Castle;
including a black and white image of the monarch and an illuminated border which
appears to have been printed on to the document
1 (parchment with pendant seal of the County Palatine of Lancaster)
27 Oct 1830
Victoria to William Hulton of Hulton Parke, esq; the Constableship of Lancaster Castle;
including a black and white image of the monarch and an illuminated border which
appears to have been printed on to the document
1 (parchment with pendant seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster)
13 Nov 1837
Victoria to William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton of Hulton Park, esq; the Constableship of
Lancaster Castle, in succession to Lord Winmarleigh, deceased
1 (parchment with pendant seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster)
29 Jul 1892
DDHU/ACC9301/79 - Letters Patent
From Edward VII appointing William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907) a Baronet;
featuring a printed, monochrome illuminated border and a Great Seal attached with a
wool tag; also enclosed are bills from Whitehall and the Herald's College relating to the
costs of the baronetcy and letters from Lancashire County Council, the main Roads and
Bridges Committee and the Standing Joint Committee for Police and other purposes
offering condolences on the death of W.W.B. Hulton
7 (parchment with an attached great seal; paper; stored in a red, wooden presentation
box with gold detailing)
[1905]-1907
DDHU/ACC9301/49 - Certificate
Appointing Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993) as a Probationary Second Lieutenant in
the Royal Marines
1 (paper)
1 May 1939
3.3 Wills and probate papers
Wills, inventories and other probate papers relating to members of the Hulton family and
other individuals with links to the Hultons
1486-1897
259
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DDHU/56/1 - Will
John Hulton of Farneworthe, esq; to be buried in the parish church of Deyne; 20 marks
for the building of a chapel at the north side of the church of Deyne; 12 marks to the
chantry priest; to John Chaydocke, his godson, 1 cow; to Dom James Smetheley 40s;
to each house servant 6s 8d; his wife Johan to have the third part of his lands, worth 33
marks 2s 8d, in Rumworth, Heyton [Huyton], Lostocke, Snythill in Halghton and
Okynbothum in Breghtmeyt; £20 of his livelihood in Mamchestre, Denton, Gorton,
Okynshawe, and Yrlame, with the free rents of Thomas Hoppewode and Thomas
Valentyne, and also part in Farneworth, to go to the marriage of his daughters Elsabeth
and Alice; Elsabeth to have 20 marks and Alice 10 marks; his brothers and sisters ''nowe
beyng at the Hepehey or other placez'' to be guided by brother Cristofer; a mass-book
to ''the chapell that shalbe Byggen at the chirch of the Deyne''; brother Richard to have
£10 worth of lands for life; brothers Jamez and Robert to have 5 marks worth of lands
for life; brother John Chaidocke to have 6s 8d yearly during his father's life; ''there shall
be made and overley of marbull in the said Chapell that shalbe bygged, with the ymage
of me and my wifez with my 2 doghters graven of laton in the same marbull and that the
bonez of my fader and my moder with other of myn ancesterez be broght and leyde
there''; residue to brother Richard; Executors: uncle Thurstan Tyldesley and brother
Cristofer Hulton; household goods specified; Thomas Tyldesley of Wardeley, supervisor;
witnesses: Thomas Hawarden, Ranulphe Sanke, Thomas Tyldesley of Pele, John
Bradshawe, Sir Gilbert Lever the vicar of Bolton, Dame Issabel Radcliffe, and Richard
her son, Jane Barton, Sir Jamez Smetheley, Sir Jamez Holden; endorsed on paper no
52
5 Nov 1486
DDHU/56/2 - Will
William Hulton of Hulton, esq; to be buried in his chapel at Deane, near to his wife
Margaret; Executors: son-in-law Roberte Dalton of Thurnham and his sister's son-in-law
Nicholas Ashton of Downham; to daughter Katherin wife of Ashton Potter his lease of
the tithes of Over Hulton; to executors and his sister Margrett Ashton of Downham 1s
each; to sons-in-law and their wives 10s each; a list of heirlooms; to William his son a
bedstock in the kiching Chamber over the milkhouse; to son Cuthbert a bedstock in the
Kiching Chamber with a fetherbed, also £7 and odd money paid for him to Richard
Rylandes; to son Henry a pair of bedstockes in the Boylling house Chamber, with his
best doublet and best hosen, sadle and brydle; to son Rowland his best horse, mayre or
gelding; to daughter Katherin a bedstock in the chamber over the Little Parlour; to
daughters Martha and Margrett each a pair of bedstocks; to John Potter his daughter's
son 6 wethers; to Katherine, Margrett, Richard, Elizabeth, Anne, and Andrewe Potter,
children of his daughter Katherine, each 2 wethers; the rest of his wethers and sheep to
William son of his daughter Katherin Potter; to his cousin Sir Thomas Tildesley 10s; to
Alban Hulton his servant and cousin 40s; to servant Thomas Turton 40s; to servant
Robert Atherton 20s; to other servants 3s 4d each; residue equally between daughter
Katherin and children Henry, Rowland, Margrett and Martha equally; witnesses: Raufe
Urmston, Ellis Makent, John Hurst, Janet Holden, Robert Makent; copy; endorsed 125
1 (paper)
18 Aug 1624
260
DDHU
DDHU/56/3 - Will
Phillip Edwin of London, fishmonger; to son-in-law William Jessop of Holborne,
Middlesex esq £20; to daughter Margaret £10; to grandchild Ann Jessop £5; to son John
Edwin £30; to Ann wife of John Edwin £5: to grandchildren William and Margrett children
of John Ewin £5 each; all to be paid from an expected legacy of £100 from Marke
Quested of London, fishmonger, by his will of 27 Jan 1643; residue to Margret and
William Jessop who are executors; witnesses: William Garbert, Edward Marson; no
probate date given
14 Apr 1647
DDHU/56/4 - Will
Adam Hilton of Hilton, esq; to daughters Ann and Beatrice £200 between them, owed to
him by his father Saville Radcliffe, esq, also £1000 between them; to son William all real
estate and goods at Hilton; to father Radcliffe 10s for a ring; the same to mother
Radcliffe; to brother Henry Nowell and sister Judith Radcliffe alike 10s each; the same
to brother Theophilus Haworth; the same to daughters Anne and Beatrix; to cousins
Beatrix and Alice Rigby 5s; executor: father Saville Radcliffe, esq; witnesses: Robert
Parker, Edmund Rylie, William Atkin; will dated 16 Sep 1651; certified copy, no date
[19th cent]
1 (paper)
10 Jun 1652
DDHU/56/5 - Will
Elianor Arderne of Denton, widow; to be buried by eldest son Sir John Arderne at Denton
Chappell; to Sir John Arderne £50 and a silver bason to remain as heirloom with her
other goods at the Halls of Hawarden and Bredburey; to daughter-in-law Lady Margaret
Arderne 10 ''guny peeces'' etc; to her grandchild John eldest son of Sir John Arderne a
piece of plate, etc; to her grandchild Mrs Margret Arderne ''the Great Silver Kanne,'' etc;
to Anne second daughter of Sir John Arderne a ''doune bead'' etc; to Leetitia 3rd
daughter of Sir John Arderne a silver posset cup, etc; to Henry her 2nd son £1, etc: to
his wife Francis a sarcenett gown, etc: to their son John 10s for a bible; to their daughter
Elizabeth 10s etc: to her 3rd son Raphe the sealing gould ring with the letters R.A. on it;
to his wife Katharine various clothes; to their eldest son John various articles; to their
younger son Raphe a silver beaker; to their eldest daughter Mary £100 etc: to their
daughter Margret £50, etc; to James their son a drinking-cup; to her 4th son James a
diamond ring, etc; to her 5th son Phillipe a bed, etc; to his wife Marey various clothes; to
their daughter Dorathy a silver bowl, etc; to her sister Crewe a gold watch; to her nephew
Crew 3 guineas and to his wife 1 guinea; to her niece Elizabeth Crew a ring, etc; to her
cousin Hyde of Hyde Mill, widow a gold lock…
261
DDHU
DDHU/56/5 (cont.)
…to Mrs Goulborne a gold lock and £5; to Mr Angier the elder £4; to Mr Angier the
younger £2; to Mrs Angier the elder 10s; to Mrs Mary Angier 10s; to her brother Hyde
£2; to her cousin Roberte Hyde £1; to her cousin William Hyde £1; to her servant Dorathy
Torkinton various articles; various articles to Mrs Bereton, Elizabeth Mosley, widow,
Marey Hanley, Mrs Martha Lee, widow, Mrs Mather, widow, Mary Booth and Marke
Heape; to the poor of Alvenly £5; to the poor of Kellsall and Clotten £5; residue to Raphe
her 3rd son and Katherine his wife; Executors brother-in-law Roberte Hyde of Denton,
esq and cousin Roberte his son; witnesses: Obadiah Hulme, Raphe Wolfenden; codicil:
£6 to the poor of Denton and £5 to the poor of Bredbury; dated 10 Aug 1671 Latin/English
1 (multi-membrane parchment)
18 Nov 1671
DDHU/56/6 - Will
Sarah Langson of St Andrews Holborn, co Middlesix [Middlesex] spinster; ''To every one
of the children of Mrs Anne Hulton of Hulton in Lancashire being fiv in number a Ring
each of Tenn Shillings value. To Mr William Jessop my Master Five and Twenty Pounds
to buy him five Silver plates''; dated 9 Dec 1669 Latin/English
1 (multi-membrane parchment)
10 Apr 1672
DDHU/53/32 - Inventory
Goods of William Jessop of Grayes Inne, esq; describing the goods found in his
chambers at Grays Inne, at Warwicke House and in his servant's home in Holborn; listing
clothing, furniture, cooking utensils, books and jewellery including gold and diamond
rings
3 (paper)
n.d. [1675]
DDHU/53/45 - Letters of Administration
Appointing William Legh of West Haughton esq to administer the estate of William
Bradshaigh of Haigh, esq deceased Latin
1 (paper with a wafer seal of the Diocese of Chester)
24 Apr 1725
DDHU/56/7 - Will
Edward Clowes of Smedley, esq; leases in Richmond and Surrey, Child's Archal, Salop
and Lostock, Lancaster, together with £400, to the Rev John Chisnall of Westhoughton
and James Kearsley of Over Hulton, merchant in trust until the youngest child of William
Hulton of Over Hulton, esq shall attain 21 years, then to divide equally between the
children of William Hulton (except the eldest son) equally; to William Hulton 100 guineas
and the ring with his mother's picture on it; executors, father Samuel Clowes and Thomas
Cross, esq; copy sent to William Hulton by J.Ridgway, Manchester
1 (paper)
12 Nov 1775
262
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9318/66 - Wills
Probate copies of the wills of John Kay and his sister Sarah Hartley, both of Bury; proved
in the Diocese of Chester
2 (parchment)
17 Sep 1792-13 Mar 1797
DDHU/ACC9318/118 - Wills
Probate of the will of Ralph Rothwell Esq deceased 26 Nov 1877; extract from the will of
the late Miss Sarah Rothwell dated 6 Nov 1868, proved 3 Apr 1892, extract made 17
Apr 1897; with a label endorsed 'Other & Gresham & Mrs Pearce C.2.'
8 (papers)
1877-1897
3.4 Correspondence
These series of correspondence are largely retained from the original DDHU catalogue.
The letters had clearly been kept in a different way to the more official, indexed estate
letter books and so a decision was made that these constituted personal rather than
business correspondence. However it should be noted that the letters do contain
frequent reference to estate management as well as personal matters.
1523-1990
Additional manuscript material relating to William Jessop is held by the British Library,
including correspondence of Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex with Elizabeth I
3.4.1 Letters from Ireland
3.4.2 Letters to and from William Jessop
3.4.3 Letters from William Jessop to his daughter
3.4.4 Miscellaneous correspondence
3.4.5 World War 2
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p267
p271
p288
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3.4.1 Letters from Ireland
Letters mainly relating to the management of the estate of Bryanstown in Ireland; also
including a small amount of family correspondence
1657-1743
DDHU/45/1 - Letter
J Temple, Dublin to William Jessope Esq, ''Clerke of his Highnesse Counsell at
Whitehall''; the letting of William Jessop's lands
1 (paper)
5 May 1657
DDHU/45/2 - Letter
William Hilton, Dublin to his father William Hilton at Hilton Hall; ''my sufferings here in
Ireland have revenged you upon your undutifull sonne, a sonne whose name deserves
to be blotted out of the family''; [William Hilton the younger does not appear in Burke's
Peerage or in Foster's pedigree of the Hulton family, suggesting that he may indeed
have been written out of the family history]
1 (paper)
24 Jul 1690
263
DDHU
DDHU/45/3 - Letter
William Hilton, Dublin to Mr John Johnson at his house Upor Haughton Common near
Bolton; ''While the seas has ben shutt I could not write'' but now ''I intreate you will goe
to my father and after in my name you have begged pardon for my unspeakable follyes
and ungratefull disobedience, represent to him my present wants''
1 (paper)
24 Jul 1690
DDHU/45/4 - Letter
John Withington, Dublin, to William Hilton, esq at the Parke; announcing the death of
William Hilton's tenant Mr Widman, who leaves a widow and 5 or 6 children ''and as I am
tould very poore for hie hath sustained great loss by the wares''
16 Sep 1690
DDHU/45/5 - Letter
John Withington, Dublin to William Hilton, esq at the Parke; reports that William Hilton's
son has left Dublin for England and that while there ''hee never was a soulder in King
James Arme one while the say hee had a place in the mint And other while hee had a
place in the bakers store and other while hee was a soijgorner at the green dragon upon
the Comb''
1 (paper)
21 Aug 1690
DDHU/45/6 - Letter
Henry Mather, Clonard Bridge to William Hilton, esq; asking for the lease of Bryans
Towne for 99 years, and stating that he will ''Buld a good dwelling house with stable and
cow house plaice an orchyard of at the least one hundred choyse aple trees and plante
five hundred Ash trees''
1 (paper)
24 Feb 1692
DDHU/45/7 - Letter
John Withington, Dublin to William Hilton, esq at Hilton Parke; concerning Mr Mather's
improvements at Bryanstown; he ''will doe it the cheapest and best way if he cann''
26 Nov 1693
DDHU/45/8 - Letter
Edward Hilton, Dublin to his father; Henry Mather's proposals for leasing Bryanstown;
''Mather has now a stock on it of 1400 sheep besides Black Cattle, he is very rich and
much esteemed of by great Gentlemen''; Edward Hilton intends to learn French and ''to
take a great deal of pains in it as long I stay in Towne''
1 (paper)
31 May [16]94
264
DDHU
DDHU/45/9 - Letter
Edward Hilton, Dublin to Henry Hilton, his brother at Hilton; concerning the lands in
Ireland which could have been offered by Henry Hilton to Edward ''in case my whole
annuity had been stoped in every year, it would a been a great kindness to me''
1 (paper)
24 Aug [16]95
DDHU/45/10 - Letter
Edward Hilton, Dublin to Henry Hilton, his brother at Hilton; relating that ''Mather's
pretences of a lease are all shams...If youle be pleased to let me have your land my very
good friend...promisseth to assist me in all matters concerning it''; also giving an account
of his health since travelling to Ireland
1 (paper)
21 Sep [16]95
DDHU/45/11 - Letter
Edward Hilton, Dublin to Henry Hilton, his brother at Hilton; ''Mather writs back that it is
too late for he already had a verbal lease for 21 years and to prevent his removal he is
now in hand to returne the rent''; describes a concert at which ''most that playd were
noble man wee had so many ladies that wee had scarse roome to play''
8 Dec [16]95
DDHU/45/12 - Letter
Edward Hilton, Dublin, to Henry Hilton, his brother at Hilton; ''Mr Mather and his wife was
in Towne not long since with whom I had some discourse they...are resolved not to be
removed if they can prevent it either by right or rong''
20 Feb 1696
DDHU/45/13 - Letter
Edward Hilton, Dublin to Henry Hulton, his brother at Hulron; concerning renewal of
Mather's lease
22 May [16]97
DDHU/45/14 - Letter
Henry Mather, Dublin, to Henry Hilton, esq at ''hilton hale''; concerning his payment of
rent; ''it is Ready where and when your worship will be pleased to order it to be paid''
1 (paper)
29 May 1701
DDHU/45/15 - Letter
John Withington, Dublin to Henry Hilton, esq at Hilton Parke; relating to a legal suit with
Henry Mather over possession of the Bryanstown estate
3 Jun 1701
265
DDHU
DDHU/45/16 - Letter
Edmund Valentine, Dublin to Henry Hilton, esq at Hilton; reporting progress of the suit
with Mather; ''he Expresses a deal of real affection for you and is sorry you are so much
his Enimie''
12 Dec 1701
DDHU/45/17 - Letter
William Watson, Dublin to Capt William Leigh of Col Tyrells Regiment at Manchester;
concerning accounts for recruits sent to Kinsall
8 Apr 1710
DDHU/45/18 - Letter
John Fleming, Dublin, to Henry Hilton, esq at Hilton park; asking for a lease of
Brynestowne; ''I am sensible the season is to far advanced, to remove the present
tennants this year to come...yett am desirous to deal with you without any great loss of
time if you please''
17 Mar 1713
DDHU/45/19 - Letter
Peter Marsh, Moyally to Henry Hulton, esq at Hulton Hall; sending rent and stating that
land has been lost owing to a lack of boundary marks; ''indeed it's to be admired you did
not loose more, for Mather had no regard to the Marcs and bounds, but let it lye as open
as a Common''
1 (paper)
20 Mar 1713
DDHU/45/20 - Letter
Peter Marsh, Dublin to Henry Hulton, esq at Hulton Hall; sending rent and relating trouble
over roads; ''by defending your right I have procur'd enemys to myself...who I'm inform'd
have set all their Engines to work against me''
30 Jul 1717
DDHU/45/21 - Letter
Peter Marsh, Dublin to Henry Hulton, esq at Hulton Hall; ''I find that some Enemys of
mine have been endeavouring to undermine me, by offering you a greater rent than I
pay, which I think to be very hard after all the charge and trouble I have been at to defend
you in the possession of said Lands''
31 Jul 1718
266
DDHU
DDHU/45/22 - Letter
Peter Marsh, Dublin to Henry Hulton, esq at Hulton Hall; sending rent and relating
improvements; ''I had no designe but to secure your Land to you from being Incorached
on as it has been formerly, by doing which I had no end but to serve you''
1 (paper)
8 Aug 1724
DDHU/45/23 - Letter
Christopher Pettit, Dublin to Henry Hilton, esq; asking for lease of Bryanstowne
1 (paper)
15 Dec 1727
DDHU/45/24 - Letter
Francis McNamara, Cratloe to William Hulton, esq at Hulton Hall; concerning the
purchase of cattle from William Hulton arranged via R Haselden
1 (paper)
14 Jul 1741
DDHU/45/25 - Letter
Francis McNamara, Cratloe to Robert Haselden at Hulton Hall; expressing condolences
on the death of William Hulton; ''he was a Gentleman universally Esteem'd, and well
speaken of''; making arrangements for the purchase of ''the best and most beautifull
yearling Bull'' and the possible future purchase of 20 or 30 ''yearling Heffers''
1 (paper)
25 Aug 1741
DDHU/45/26 - Letter
Francis McNamara, Cratloe to Robert Haselden at Hulton Hall; sending a reminder
regarding the purchase of a Bull ''without any mixture of the Dutch for I hate that species
of the hornd kinde most of any, as their milch and hides are very thin and their Beefe the
coarsest I ever mett with''
1 (paper)
28 Feb 1742
DDHU/45/27 - Letter
Edmund Grace, Dublin to Richard Hasleden; has not previously contacted Mrs Hulton
as he did not know where to write ''as I concluded she probably might e're now have
chang'd her way of life''; concerning an outstanding account of William Hulton deceased
10 Sep 1743
3.4.2 Letters to and from William Jessop
Correspondence between William Jessop, family members and other individuals on a
range of subjects including both family and business matters
1640-1672
267
DDHU
DDHU/46/1 - Letter
From William Jessop at Whitehall to William Hilton, esq at Hilton Park; acknowledging
receipt of the surveys of his estate and deploring the tardiness of affairs between his
daughter and William Hilton; ''As to the Conclusion of the buisinis betwixt you...I have
demeaned my selfe with candour and cleareness, both while you were in towne and
since''
15 Apr 1656
DDHU/46/2 - Letter
From William Jessop to William Hilton at Hilton Park; on the health of Anne Hulton his
daughter; ''I hope and believe that she will more and more improve''
1 Nov 1656
DDHU/46/3 - Letter
[From William Jessop] at Whitehall to Mr Fowk; concerning his kinsman Thomas
Jessop's presentation ''by the parishioners of Christ Church to the Govrs of the Hospitall
to be Minister there'', Thomas Jessop having been Minister at Luton in Bedfordshire
1 (paper)
25 Mar 1657
DDHU/46/4 - Letter
From Edward Wilson at Stafford to William Jesope [Jessop] at his lodgings in Whitehall;
informing him of his election with Mr Noell to Parliament
1 (paper with single applied seal)
3 Jan 1659
DDHU/46/5 - Letter
From T Jessop at Winwick to [William Jessop]; glad that he has arrived safely and
intends to follow his directions regarding Mr Leaver
1 (paper with a partial applied heraldic seal)
3 Feb 1660
DDHU/46/6 - Letter
From John Radclyffe to William Jessopp [Jessop]; concerning his financial position;
''...your speedy assistance must prevent, in all probability mine owne and my families
ruine''
5 Oct 1660
DDHU/46/7 - Letter
From William Jessop at his house in Holborne to Thomas Rous at the Barbados, sent
per Capt Haytub; stating that there is about £35 to his credit from his ''old Adventure to
Virginia with Capt. Dewe''; ''I have beene under a long and sharp fitt of sickness for many
weekes, the effects whereof doth still remaine upon me both in the weakeness of my
body, and spirits''
1 (paper)
25 May 1663
268
DDHU
DDHU/46/8 - Letter
From William Jessop at his house in Holborne to Thomas Rous at the Barbados; draft
of DDHU/46/7
1 (paper)
25 May 1663
DDHU/46/9 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to William Hilton at Hilton Park; thanks for his
previous letter ''though it renders me somewhat unsatisfied concerning my daughters
Health''; refers to the death of William Hilton's grandmother and the provision of
mourning clothes
1 (paper with single applied heraldic seal)
28 Jan 1665
DDHU/46/10 - Letter
Letter from William Jessop at Gray's Inne to William Hulton at Hulton Park; refers to the
naming of William Hilton's daughter
1 (paper)
4 Feb 1665
DDHU/46/11 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to William Hilton at Hilton Park; ''I pray remember me to
my daughter and the little ones...I writt to Sarah to send them some Ribbons for their
birth dayes''
1 (paper)
6 Dec 1665
DDHU/46/12 - Letter
From William Jessop to [William] Hilton; concerning the ''adventure lands'' in Ireland;
appended is a conveyance of them to William Hilton
15 Oct 1666
DDHU/46/13 - Letter
From Thomas Jessop to William Jessop his brother, Secretary to the Earl of Warwicke;
''I have a large manifest taken of in free bounty to my selfe all my liffe...provided by my
deare father and mother for the space of 24 yeares and since that time near to 60 yeares
hath gods good providenc brought me and placed me in that famouse City of London''
1669
DDHU/46/14 - Letter
From Anne Hulton to her father William Jessop at his house near Warwicke House in
Holborn, London; concerning his illness; ''Mr Hulton tells me that the course which was
taken by the care of your noble frends was the best in the world''; receipt of gloves for
Lady Derby and cheese from Mrs Angiers
1 (paper with single spplied seal)
30 Apr 1669
269
DDHU
DDHU/46/15 - Letter
From Anne Hilton to her father William Jessop; concerning his health; Mr Anderton has
been very ill and had water from the nearby Spaw; Mr Lacy is removing from Longworth
''to a house called Hackin, a place which he and severall others have affirmed to be
haunted with aperitions for a long time''
14 May 1669
DDHU/46/16 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to William Hylton, esq; comments on his daughter's
health; political news; ''All yesterday the fleets were ingaged. But whats done I have but
little accts...onely tis said The Royall James was blowne up and the men lost. Other
ships I heare of as lost on both sides''
29 May 1672
DDHU/46/17 - Letter
From William Jessop to his grandson William Hylton at Fetsteadbury in Felsteadbury;
making arrangements for his travel home from school; with shorthand notes
5 Jul 1672
DDHU/46/18 - Letter
From J Radcliffe to William Jessop; requesting a loan of £100 to his son
1 (paper)
30 Nov [mid 1600s]
DDHU/46/19 - Letter
From William Hulton to his grandfather William Jessop; apologies for not writing more
frequently; ''...you would be pleased to impute it to my frequent busieness not to any
neglect''
1 (paper)
n.d. [c.1670s]
DDHU/46/20 - Letter
To William Jessop from his wife Mary Jessop; thanks for his help in her illness; ''i should
bee very glad to see you but i feare you are so full of bisnes that you cannot have time''
1 (paper)
DDHU/46/21 - Letter
From John Pym at Leez to William Jessop; requiring copies of a document for himself,
Sir John Clotworthy and Mr Storry
9 Sep 1640
270
DDHU
DDHU/46/22 - Letter
From John Hudson at Stafford to William Jeasopp [Jessop]; notifying his election to
Parliament ''notwithstanding the opposition of Deputy Sherrifs and bayliffs, of
Anabaptists and quakers, of Caviliers and Papists ...''
3 Jan 1659
3.4.3 Letters from William Jessop to his daughter
These letters mainly relate to family matters, including numerous references to the health
of William Jessop, his daughter Anne and her children, as well as discussion of the
treatments used to manage their ailments, including bleeding, purging and various
powders. Jessop appears to have played a large role in the raising of his grandchildren,
as they are evidently often staying with him in London and he writes extensively of
making arrangements for the education of his grandson William. He also provides many
goods for the family, including sweetmeats, cheese, fruit, clothing and fabric such as
calico.
The letters are generally sent from Jessop's home in Holborn or from places associated
with his work, including Gray's Inn, Leez (the home of the Earl of Warwick) and the office
of the Duchy of Lancaster. Occasionally Jessop makes some reference to political
activities, and these letters have been described in more detail, alongside those which
refer to other notable events of the period including the effects of the plague and the
various fires which swept through London. A small number of the letters include
passages in short hand.
1664-1675
DDHU/47/1 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton
28 Mar 1664
DDHU/47/2 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; refers to his second marriage
25 Sep 1664
DDHU/47/3 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton
12 Oct 1664
DDHU/47/4 - Letter
3 Dec 1664
271
DDHU
DDHU/47/5 - Letter
From William Jessop at Holborn to his daughter Anne Hulton
1 (paper)
14 Jan 1665
DDHU/47/6 - Letter
From William Jessop at Holborn to his daughter Anne Hulton; with appended note from
her daughter Peg
4 Mar 1665
DDHU/47/7 - Letter
11 Mar 1665
DDHU/47/8 - Letter
From William Jessop at Holborn to his daughter Anne Hulton; refers to the plague; ''this
day 3 fell downe dead in the streete''
20 May 1665
DDHU/47/9 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; references to the
plague; ''great things are spoken of the numbers dead heare''
1 (paper, repaired, with applied heraldic seal)
17 Jun 1665
DDHU/47/10 - Letter
From William Jessop at Holborn to his daughter Anne Hulton; plague references
27 Jun 1665
DDHU/47/11 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; plague references; ''The Inne
in Essex wher I lay the last night of my Journey was the next weeke shutt up as my
Lo[rd] of Warwick tells me, on occasion of a Lond[on] Hackney Coachmans dying there,
the same night he came in''
27 Sep 1665
DDHU/47/12 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; tells of his daughter English's
son's death of plague; endorsed is part of Anne Hulton's reply
23 Oct 1665
272
DDHU
DDHU/47/13 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; endorsed is part of Anne
Hulton's reply
30 Oct 1665
DDHU/47/14 - Letter
2 Jan 1666
DDHU/47/15 - Letter
10 Apr 1666
DDHU/47/16 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; refers to a serious fire
in Holburne at the home of Mr Lutterell; ''His wife, his kinswoman and one or 2 of the
children cast themselves out of a window haveing first throwne out a featherbed or 2 to
make their fall more safe''
12 May 1666
DDHU/47/17 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; details of the Holburne
fire and of plague; ''the kinswoman...hath her leg about her angole so shatterd that the
chirurgeons knowe not what to doe with it''
1 (paper with partial applied heraldic seal)
26 May 1666
DDHU/47/18 - Letter
28 Sep 1666
DDHU/47/19 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; including reference to
the Fire of London; ''My journey concluded almost with my passage through the ruines
of poore London where I saw the smoke...in divers cellars and in one a cleare burning
fire''
3 Nov 1666
DDHU/47/20 - Letter
29 Dec 1666
273
DDHU
DDHU/47/21 - Letter
16 Feb 1667
DDHU/47/22 - Letter
23 Feb 1667
DDHU/47/23 - Letter
2 Mar 1667
DDHU/47/24 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; the city and suburbs
have been free of plague for some weeks
11 May 1667
DDHU/47/25 - Letter
1 (papr)
20 Jul 1667
DDHU/47/26 - Letter
16 Nov 1667
DDHU/47/27 - Letter
From William Jessop to his daughter Anne Hulton; has new employment as Clerk or
Secretary to the Commissioners of Accomptes
18 Jan 1668
DDHU/47/28 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; reference to new
employment
25 Jan 1668
DDHU/47/29 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; commissioners'
business in the House of Commons
14 Mar 1668
274
DDHU
DDHU/47/30 - Letter
27 Jun 1668
DDHU/47/31 - Letter
4 Jul 1668
DDHU/47/32 - Letter
1 (paper)
29 Aug 1668
DDHU/47/33 - Letter
From William Jessop at Brookhouse to his daughter Anne Hulton; an account of his
grandson William Hulton's illness; note from William Hulton appended
12 Sep 1668
DDHU/47/34 - Letter
From William Jessop at Brookhouse to his daughter Anne Hulton
26 Sep 1668
DDHU/47/35 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; concerning his grandson
William Hilton's going to Felstead School
21 Oct 1668
DDHU/47/36 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; further reference to
arrangements for William Hilton at Felstead School
14 Nov 1668
DDHU/47/37 - Letter
From William Jessop at Brook House to his daughter Anne Hulton; he has heard of
dangerous fevers in Lancashire
16 Jan 1669
275
DDHU
DDHU/47/38 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''Your news of a
Dolphyn in the Thames, though it bee so well knowne in Lancashire, I have not yet heard
of at London''
6 Feb 1669
DDHU/47/39 - Letter
13 Feb 1669
DDHU/47/40 - Letter
From William Jessop at Brook House to his daughter Anne Hulton; about William Hulton
at Felstead School; ''Mr Glascock characters him a boy of excellent parte and doubts
not but with Gods blessing hie will prove a good scholler''
17 Feb 1669
DDHU/47/41 - Letter
3 Apr 1669
DDHU/47/42 - Letter
9 Apr 1669
DDHU/47/43 - Letter
From William Jessop at Brook House to his daughter Anne Hulton
17 Apr 1669
DDHU/47/44 - Letter
From William Jessop to his daughter Anne Hulton
29 May 1669
DDHU/47/45 - Letter
27 Jun 1669
DDHU/47/46 - Letter
18 Dec 1669
276
DDHU
DDHU/47/47 - Letter
19 Mar 1670
DDHU/47/48 - Letter
28 May 1670
DDHU/47/49 - Letter
15 Jun 1670
DDHU/47/50 - Letter
2 Jul 1670
DDHU/47/51 - Letter
From William Jessop at Brookhouse to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''I hope the Colepitts
will bring my sonne a convenient returne of his charges.''
1 (paper)
16 Jul 1670
DDHU/47/52 - Letter
1 (paper)
20 Aug 1670
DDHU/47/53 - Letter
1 (paper)
7 Sep 1670
DDHU/47/54 - Letter
15 Oct 1670
DDHU/47/55 - Letter
From William Jessop at the Duchy office to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''Will last Moonday
was very well, and he continued till then without any fitt ..... We had very great Revelling
in our Hall last Thursday night, the King and Queene and all the great lords and ladyes
of the Court being here incognito.''
4 Feb 1671
277
DDHU
DDHU/47/56 - Letter
From William Jessop at the Duchy office to his daughter Anne Hulton
11 Mar 1671
DDHU/47/57 - Letter
24 Sep 1670
DDHU/47/58 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; appended is a note from
''your obedient sonne, William Hulton.''
11 Jan 1671
DDHU/47/59 - Letter
22 Apr 1671
DDHU/47/60 - Letter
From William Jessop at Brook House to his daughter Anne Hulton; appended is a letter
from her son William
24 Jun 1671
DDHU/47/61 - Letter
1 Jul 1671
DDHU/47/62 - Letter
8 Jul 1671
DDHU/47/63 - Letter
1 (paper)
22 Jul 1671
DDHU/47/64 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; refers to a great inundation;
''...sad and abideing effects remayne of it in other places and specially in Norff. At
Sturbridge many casks of goods were carryed away with the water''
3 Oct 1671
278
DDHU
DDHU/47/65 - Letter
11 Nov 1671
DDHU/47/66 - Letter
18 Nov 1671
DDHU/47/67 - Letter
25 Nov 1671
DDHU/47/68 - Letter
6 Jan 1672
DDHU/47/69 - Letter
26 Jan 1672
DDHU/47/70 - Letter
3 Feb 1672
DDHU/47/71 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''On Wensday last
some of his Majestys ships fell upon the Duch Smyrna fleet in the channell, being above
60 in number, and estimated to be worth some millions, and yesterday we had news that
30 of them were taken,''
17 Mar 1672
DDHU/47/72 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''I am troubled that
there should be occasion for Mr. Angiers trouble, the Lord doe him good by it.''
30 Mar 1672
279
DDHU
DDHU/47/73 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; 'The King is this
morning gone to Portsmouth, the French Fleet being come up as farr as the Isle of Wight.
The Duke of York is aboard the English fleet which is neare or hastening to the Downs'
4 May 1672
DDHU/47/74 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton and her husband
William; appended is a note from their son William
25 May 1672
DDHU/47/75 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; a note from William Hulton
6 Jun 1672
DDHU/47/76 - Letter
6 Jul 1672
DDHU/47/77 - Letter
20 Jul 1672
DDHU/47/78 - Letter
1 (paper)
27 Jul 1672
DDHU/47/79 - Letter
5 Aug 1672
DDHU/47/80 - Letter
20 Aug 1672
DDHU/47/81 - Letter
9 Oct 1672
280
DDHU
DDHU/47/82 - Letter
9 Nov 1672
DDHU/47/83 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; enclosing note to his
''deare Pegg.''
3 (paper)
21 Dec 1672
DDHU/47/84 - Letter
25 Jan 1673
DDHU/47/85 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; includes a sketch of
his New Year gift
1 Feb 1673
DDHU/47/86 - Letter
10 Mar 1673
DDHU/47/87 - Letter
25 Mar 1673
DDHU/47/88 - Letter
9 Apr 1673
DDHU/47/89 - Letter
1 (paper)
7 Jun 1673
DDHU/47/90 - Letter
8 Sep 1673
281
DDHU
DDHU/47/91 - Letter
13 Oct 1673
DDHU/47/92 - Letter
7 Nov 1673
DDHU/47/93 - Letter
2 May 1674
DDHU/47/94 - Letter
From William Jessop at Grays Inne to his daughter Anne Hulton; concerning the
education of his grandson William Hulton; ''I would...have him spend some tyme at the
univercity or at least bred in academicall studues under some able and honest man''
1 Aug 1674
DDHU/47/95 - Letter
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; concerning his grandson
William; ''Thie great matter willbe to gett a carefull and honest Tutor. If being so plact, he
shall prove studious and sober''
19 Aug 1674
DDHU/47/96 - Letter
16 Sep 1674
DDHU/47/97 - Letter
1 (paper)
7 Oct 1674
DDHU/47/98 - Letter
1 (paper)
2 Jan 1675
DDHU/47/99 - Letter
1 (paper)
8 Apr 1665
282
DDHU
DDHU/47/100 - Letter
From William Jessop at London to his daughter Anne Hulton; coming to Lancashire to
escape the plague
24 Jun 1665
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''Gods hand doth still lye
heavy in London yet graciously protects my poore helpless family''
17 Oct 1665
From William Jessop at Oxford to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''It is so cold that I can
scarce scrible theis rude lynes''
19 Nov 1665
From William Jessop at Oxford to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''Divers Lancashire men
were this Evening at my Lodgeing where we remembered you all''.
1 (paper)
25 Nov 1665
From William Jessop at Leez to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''If the Boy should incline to
Convulsive fitts I could wish you to make use of the powder inclosed being of the
Misseltoe of oakes''.
17 Apr 1666
From William Jessop at London to his daughter Anne Hulton
1 (paper)
5 May 1666
From William Jessop at Grays Inn to his daughter Anne Hulton
9 Feb 1667
From William Jessop at Grays Inn to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''there are Feares that
the French might attempt the Isle of Wight''
15 Jun 1667
283
DDHU
From William Jessop at Grays Inn to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''You may know the
Duch remain in the river. We remaine stopt up ..... We hop the French will have
employment enough in Flanders''
18 Jun 1667
1 (paper)
9 Jul 1667
From William Jessop at London to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''poore Hary's fitts grow
lesse''
28 Sep 1667
12 Oct 1667
9 Nov 1667
From William Jessop at Grays Inn to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''Present my service to
my Coz. Kenyon, being sory litle Roger is still troubled with his ague''
4 Jan 1668
29 Feb 1668
1 (paper)
18 Apr 1668
3 May 1668
284
DDHU
30 May 1668
From William Jessop at Brookhouse to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''I am sory for Roger
Rigbys losse, but most as it respects the Capts honour.''
8 Aug 1668
15 Aug 1668
From William Jessop at Grays Inn to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''I thinke Will content to
goe to schoole at Felstead.''
7 Nov 1668
21 Nov 1668
19 Dec 1668
9 Jan 1669
23 Jan 1669
20 Mar 1669
285
DDHU
18 Sep 1669
From William Jessop at Brookhouse to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''I received also the
box and Therein 2 swan skins, one undrest, the other made up.''
2 Oct 1669
13 Nov 1669
1 (paper)
11 Dec 1669
19 Feb 1670
From William Jessop at Grays Inn to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''a sad fire which began
betwixt 1 and 2 of the clocke and consumed the Savoy gatehouse and betwixt 20 and
30 houses as I heare''
11 Jun 1670
From William Jessop at Brookhouse to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''Our late Fires here
doe much dismay people.''
30 Jul 1670
25 Feb 1671
From William Jessop at the Duchy office to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''I am glad you
have some hopes of Cole in Denton.''
20 May 1671
286
DDHU
From William Jessop at Grays Inn to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''I hope my sonn Hylton
will not loose his ancient seat in Manchester church.''
15 Jul 1671
11 Oct 1671
21 Oct 1671
From William Jessop at Leeze to his daughter Anne Hulton
27 Aug 1672
12 Mar 1673
1 (paper)
28 Jun 1673
From William Jessop at Grays Inn to his daughter Anne Hulton; ''Yesterday came forth
an act of state very severe to the papists''
1 (paper)
6 Feb 1675
287
DDHU
3.4.4 Miscellaneous correspondence
This series of letters was originally arranged chronologically. However closer
examination revealed that many links could be found between parts of the collection and
that it possibly made more sense to arrange the letters thematically.
1523-1990
3.4.4.1 Correspondence relating to political matters
3.4.4.2 Correspondence relating to the church
3.4.4.3 Correspondence relating to schools and education
3.4.4.4 Correspondence relating to the Duchy of Lancaster
3.4.4.5 Correspondence relating to estate management
3.4.4.6 Correspondence relating to charity
3.4.4.7 Correspondence with Robert Haselden
3.4.4.8 Correspondence relating to personal matters
3.4.4.9 Correspondence with the Hyltons of Hylton Castle
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p294
p296
p297
p298
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p303
p306
p316
3.4.4.1 Correspondence relating to political matters
1523-1839
DDHU/53/11 - Letter
Henry [VIII] to Adam Hulton; as ''the Frenche king with suche power as he hathe
prepared to passe into Scotlond under the Duke of Albany, and with the hole Armye and
assistence of the Scottes intendethe in breif tyme to cause invasion to bee made into
this our Reame''; Adam Hulton is to have 42 able persons in readiness; including a sign
manual/autograph; 15 Henry VIII
1 (parchment, repaired)
10 Jul [1523]
DDHU/53/15 - Letter
Henry VIII to Adam Hulton; for the raising of men against the Scots; giving details of how
the men should be equipped, with orders for the provision of ''a good bowe and a good
full shaft of arrowes'' as well as a dagger; including a stamped sign manual / autograph;
34 Henry VIII
1 (paper)
20 Aug [1542]
DDHU/48/5 - Letter
Henry Nowell to William Hulton; stating that loans will be raised for him and for his money
to be laid out to the best advantage, when ''it will bee som incoragement for mee to come
for England''; he entreats William Hulton ''to buy a dozen paire of gloves and derect them
for the Countesse of Derby at Knowesley''
31 Mar 1669
DDHU/48/19 - Letter
William Higginson, Governor of Preston House of Correction to ''Mr. Jastes Hilton of
Parke'' asking for the release of a prisoner
19 Jun [16]90
288
DDHU
DDHU/48/45 - Letter
Raphe Assheton, London; asking for support in his election as Knight of the Shire
1 (paper)
9 Jan 1694
DDHU/48/64 - Letter
R. Worthington to Captain Wm. Leigh, Westhoughton; concerning the purchases of a
commission; franked by Lord Derby
15 Sep 1715
DDHU/48/67 - Letter
Sir Henry Hoghton, London, to Henry Hulton; asking for support in his stand for
Parliament at the next election
8 Dec 1720
DDHU/53/76 - Letter
From Lord Derby enclosing printed letter from Lord Sidmouth on the order of the Prince
Regent expressing ''to the Magistrates ... the great satisfaction derived by his Royal
Highness from their prompt, decisive, and efficient measures for the preservation of the
public tranquillity ...'' at Peterloo
1 (paper, repaired)
23 Aug 1819
Additional papers relating to Henry Hunt and actions at Peterloo can be found within
DDX 113
289
DDHU
DDHU/53/77 - Letter
From H Hobhouse at Whitehall stating that Lord Sidmouth does not wish his letter of 20
Aug regarding actions at Peterloo to be published
1 (paper)
23 Aug 1819
DDX 113
DDHU/53/78 - Letter
From Lord Derby expressing happiness that Hunt and his associates will not be tried at
Manchester for their actions at Peterloo
1 (paper)
29 Aug 1819
DDX 113
Concerning the election to Parliament of William Hulton (1787-1864); including lists of
local people who have given their support to his election and a statement of support
outlining his previous good service as a magistrate
21 (papers)
Mar 1820
DDHU/53/66 - Letter
Isaac Hunt, Secretary of the Weavers' Committee of Bolton to William Hulton; reporting
on a meeting of the previous night and enclosing a copy of the resolutions; referring to
the actions of Richard Needham and James Bennett
2 (paper)
16 Mar 1824
Robert Kay, Commercial Inn, to William Hulton; concerned with labour disturbances in a
mill at Chadderton; ''it appears from evidence given...that five men were killed on the
spot: one other man was in a dying state and Mr Goodlad the surgeon informed me that
he is in attendance upon five more, all of whom he considers as mortally wounded''
27 Apr 1826
From William Hulton; draft; referencing civil disturbances; ''the weavers are suffering
severely but they bear their privations in the most exemplary manner''
2 (paper)
29 Apr 1826
290
DDHU
Ralph Fletcher, Commercial Inn, to William Hulton enclosing copy of a letter from H
Hobhouse at Whitehall; regarding ''recourse to the Yeomanry Cavalry and the local
Militia'', [presumably to deal with local riots led by handloom weavers]
29-30 Apr 1826
[Edward N Townshend], Manchester, to William Hulton; troops have been sent to
Oldham and Middleton [perhaps in response to civil disturbances]
30 Apr 1826
Ralph Fletcher, Commercial Inn, Bolton, to William Hulton; giving reports of machine
breaking, rioting and military intervention at Rattenstall [Rawtenstall], Edenfield and
Chadderton
n.d. [Apr-May 1826]
James Watkins, Mayfield, to William Hulton; report of machine breaking at Blackburn
and Bury; ''they bring information of the ascendancy of the mob at Blackburn where they
have destroyed six or seven mills containing Power Loom machinery''
n.d. [Apr-May 1826]
Robert Peel, Whitehall, to William Hulton; concerning the use of military force to stop the
riots in Lancashire and the provision of additional funds for the relief of the manufacturers
1 May 1826
Lord Derby, London, to William Hulton; response to the machine breaking and rioting
which has taken place in Lancashire; ''The case is a most alarming one and God knows
how we can mend it''
1 May 1826
W P Dawson, Whitehall, to William Hulton; payment in lieu of the Bolton yeomanry who
''have been employed in aid of the civil Power''
1 (paper)
2 May 1826
291
DDHU
William Hulton to Robert Peel; draft; regarding relief offered to the neigbourhood to help
avoid further civil disobedience; ''I am…satisifed that we may rely on the continued
tranquility of this immediate neighbourhood''
2 (papers including applied seal)
4 May 1826
J Robinson, Downing Street, to William Hulton; funding for the Bolton and Leigh Railway
2 (papers including applied seal)
25 May 1826
Robert Peel, Whitehall, to William Hulton; regarding a recent visit to Hulton
1 (paper)
10 Dec 1826
P. N. Norton, Downing Street, to William Hulton; regarding his response to an attack in
The Times
2 (papers with applied seal)
10 Apr 1827
W Sturges Bourne, Whitehall, to William Hulton; an address to the King by members of
the Bolton Pit Club
1 (paper)
9 Jul 1827
Robert Peel, Whitehall, to William Hulton; the need to make direct communication with
members for Lancashire regarding a Bill currently in the House of Lords
2 (papers including an applied seal)
6 Apr 1828
Lord Derby, The Oaks, to William Hulton; progress of the [Reform] Bill for giving
representatives to Manchester
18 Apr 1828
Lord Kenyon, Portman Square, to William Hulton; potential impact on Salford if the
reform Bill were to pass in its present format; ''I should do anything but rejoice at the
Election franchise being given to Manchester because I think it be anything but beneficial
to it''
2 (papers with an applied heraldic seal)
22 Apr 1828
292
DDHU
Robert Peel, Whitehall, to William Hulton; congraulations on being appointed the
Constable of Lancaster Castle; enclosing letters of support for his appointment
3 (paper)
26 May 1828
Lord Melbourne, Whitehall to William Hulton; printed circular concerning the civil
response to labour disturbances
3 (papers)
25 Nov 1830
DDHU/53/71 - Letter
Request that William Hulton (1787-1864) should be one of a deputation to Government
''to confer with Earl Grey...on the injurious system of paying wages otherwise than in
money'' and the thanks of the Bolton Anti-truck Committee for his acceptance and ''for
the zeal with which he has advocated the interests of the retail shopkeeper, and the
industrious classes''
2 (paper)
6 Dec 1830
Lord Melbourne, Whitehall to William Hulton; printed circular ordering local magistrates
not to comply with the demands of those involved in labour disturbances
1 (paper)
8 Dec 1830
Lord Melbourne, Whitehall to William Hulton; the Government's response to labour
disturbances; ''considering what will be the most advisable and effectual measure for
stopping these Evils and preventing their recurrence''
2 (papers with an applied seal)
20 Dec 1830
The Secretaries of the Wigan Society for suppressing the Payment of Wages in Goods
to William Hulton; sending a resolution
22 Dec 1830
Lord Melbourne, Home Office, to William Hulton; the state of Lancashire; an official letter
has been sent to the Lord Lieutenant
2 (papers with applied heraldic seal)
22 Dec 1830
293
DDHU
W. Littleton, Penkridge, to William Hulton; celebrating the result of the Truck debate
24 Dec 1830
Lord Melbourne, to William Hulton; the state of Lancashire; ''it appears that the only safe
course is to combine and unite the friends of liberty and order''
30 Dec 1830
DDHU/ACC9301/65 - Letter
From J Norris to William Hulton (1787-1864); acknowledging his desire to retire as a
Magistrate for the Hundred of Salford and offering the thanks and good wishes of the
rest of the Committee for his service
1 (paper)
29 Oct 1831
From William Ford Hulton to Lord John Russell; asking for instructions for the
magistrates should the Chartists successfully take forcible possession of the church at
Deane, having already managed to do so at Bolton the previous Sunday [copy]
1 (paper)
31 Jul 1839
3.4.4.2 Correspondence relating to the church
1582-1828
Richard Holland to William Hulton, esq; assignment of tithes of Blaklye
1 (paper)
12 Feb 1582
Jo. Tilsley, Deane Church, to Adam Hulton, esq., at Mearley; recovery of a debt of Mrs
Rigby, which money is to go to the discharge of charges on Deane Rectory
2 (paper)
1 Nov 1649
DDHU/48/38 - Letter
E Valentine to Willian Hilton; stating that William Hilton's eldest son ''who dyed some
months agone'' was indebted in 32s to his brother John Valentine of Manchester mercer,
who has died leaving 6 small children orphans
4 Feb 1691
294
DDHU
DDHU/48/61 - Letter
Mr Chadwick, Liverpool; sending a copy of the ''sermon that was preached at the
Consecration of the New Church''; incomplete
1 (paper)
30 Jun 1707
DDHU/48/63 - Letter
Rev Ralph Rigby, Ashover, to Henry Hulton; his life as curate; ''If you and Mr Jessop be
pleased to come see Chattesworth and the wonders of the Peak the next summer, I
should be very glad if you would do me the honour to take a night's lodging with me
here.''
25 Feb 1715
DDHU/48/91 - Letter
The Rev H Lawson, Turton, to Henry Hulton; he is prepared ''to resign up Walmesley,
provided I may have my Chappel Wage at Turton securd.''
13 Oct 1731
DDHU/53/53 - Letters
From ministers giving the number of seats in churches and chapels in Blackrod, Bolton,
Little Bolton, Bradshaw, Bury, Heywood, Little Hulton, Holcombe, Rivington, Turton, and
Walmsley
Mar 1814
Lord Skelmersdale, Portland Place, to William Hulton; compensation for damages
caused by election riots; the Reform Bill
2 (paper)
18 Apr 1828
Lord Skelmersdale to William Hulton; the House of Lords are unable to add a clause to
the Reform Bill which would offer compensation to Salford if Manchester was to suffer
election riots
23 Apr 1828
Lord Skelmersdale to William Hulton; has presented the Bolton petition to the House of
Lords; Lord Aberdeen wishes him to write regarding a potential candidate for the County
Magistrate
2 (paper)
25 Apr 1828
295
DDHU
Lord Skelmersdale to William Hulton; regarding a potential commission to the County
Magistrate; additional note regarding a tithe of hay
2 May 1828
Lord Balcarres, Haigh Hall, to Lord Skelmersdale the Rector of Wigan; regarding a tithe
of hay
3 May 1828
Lord Skelmersdale to Lord Balcarres regarding a tithe of hay
1 (paper)
5 May 1828
Lord Skelmersdale to William Hulton; regarding a tithe of hay
6 May 1828
8 May 1828
2 (papera with applied heraldic seal)
10 May 1828
The Bishop of London to William Hulton; his promotion from Chester to London
3 Sep 1828
3.4.4.3 Correspondence relating to schools and education
1691-1791
DDHU/48/36 - Letter
Sir Richard Standish, Duxbury to William Hilton; the mastership of Blackrod School
3 Jan 1691
DDHU/48/37 - Letter
William Haydock to William Hilton; the mastership of Blackrod School
1 (paper with heraldic seal)
23 Jan 1691
296
DDHU
DDHU/48/39 - Letter
Sir Richard Standish, Duxbury, to William Hilton; concerning the master of Blackrod
School
14 Feb 1691
DDHU/48/40 - Letter
Sir Richard Standish, Duxbury, to William Hilton; concerning the exhibition money of
Blackrod School being given to Mr Atherton's son
27 Feb 1691
DDHU/48/46 - Letter
Roger Bradshagh, London, to William Hilton; sending a list of names ''of such Persons
as I shall approve of to be made Feoffees of the School of Blackroad.''
24 Jan 1694
James Rothwell, Blackrod, to William Hulton; informing of William Hulton's nomination
as Trustee of Blackrod School and sending a copy of his English Grammar
2 (paper)
13 Jul 1787
From Charles Lawson, Manchester; announcing annual meeting of Feoffees of
Manchester Grammar School, with proposed salaries
28 Sep 1791
3.4.4.4 Correspondence relating to the Duchy of Lancaster
1828
Lord Aberdeen, Argyll House, London, to William Hulton; the nomination of Mr Lomax to
the Magistracy
11 Mar 1828
Lord Aberdeen, Argyll House, London, to William Hulton; suggestions for appointment
to the Magistracy, with a comment on the number of clergymen already in the
Commission
24 Mar 1828
297
DDHU
Lord Aberdeen to William Hulton; appointments to the County Magistracy
1 (paper)
7 Apr 1828
Lord Aberdeen, Argyll House, to William Hulton; offering the position of the Constable of
Lancaster Castle
1 (paper)
22 May 1828
Frederick Dawes Danvers, Duchy Office to William Hulton; regarding the patent of the
office of Constable of Lancaster Castle
29 May-9 Jun 1828
3.4.4.5 Correspondence relating to estate management
1650-1990
DDHU/48/2 - Letter
Robert Mawdesley, Mawdesley, to Adam Hulton; requesting the lowering of the rent of
Humffrey Goare, as he has sustained damage to his house and the ''pullinge downe the
new Inclosed groundes''
1 (paper)
3 Jan 1650
DDHU/48/8 - Letter
Henry Howard to William Hulton; sending a copy of his father's deed
12 Jan 1677
DDHU/48/13 - Letter
Nath. Hulton, London to William Hilton; business matters
1 (paper)
9 Dec 1682
DDHU/48/59 - Letter
Thomas Boothe, Great Lever, to Orlando Bridgeman, Sheren Street, London;
concerning a lease by Mr Hilton to Henry Mather
1 (paper)
4 Jun 1700
DDHU/48/97 - Letter
Henry Moreton to John Curwen, Highgate; telling him that Mr. Hulton ''expects you bring
back to Hulton severall cows belonging to him which your wife took away''
1 (paper)
13 Feb 1739
298
DDHU
DDHU/48/98 - Letter
Henry Moreton to Wm Hulton, Readings Town, Tullamore, Ireland; refers to security for
£4000 to Sir R Asheton, and to a quarrel between William Woodward and J Makant;
refers also to the sale of timber and the possibility of purchasing Rumworth, which will
enable the enclosure of Dean Moor; ''Snydle and all Mr. Worthington's lands are... upon
Sale, Mr Starkie of Huntroyd and Mr Walmsley husband to Lady Petre are bidding hard
against each other,'' value £5000; certain mines run through the property
1 (paper)
31 Dec 1739
Thomas Bridge, Berchley, to Mr. Haslanton, Hillton; stating that he will come and pay for
timber
23 Mar 1742
Thomas Gerard, Garswood, to William Hulton; giving an account of deer hunting
8 Mar 1762
From Walter Bagot, Blithfield; concerning depredations ''probably by unlicenced and
unqualified sportsmen''
1 (paper)
29 Sep 1788
Alexander Ogilvie, Kings' Arms, Castle Street, Liverpool, to William Hulton; agricultural
matters
16 Jun 1829
From William Hulton (1787-1864) to his son William Ford Hulton (1811-1879);
concerning maintenance of the 'Great Sough'
1 (paper)
18 Mar 1851
Relating to the transfer of a mortgage held by the Gresham Life Assurance Society on
the life of Mrs Matilda Pearce to W.W.B. Hulton Esq; endorsed C.2.
1888-1892
299
DDHU
From Fullager and Hulton, solicitors to William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton; relating to
arrangements for the barring of an entail and subsequent resettlement; this is likely in
relation to the Hulton settled estates
1 (envelope of papers)
1889
Rev W.D. Macray to W.W.B. Hulton; sending a print of the Report of the Historical
Manuscripts Commission on the Hulton Manuscripts
1 (paper)
18 Jul 1890
John Heaton Parkington to W.W.B. Hulton; returning manuscripts
1 (paper)
1902
The Duke of Northumberland to Mr Hulton; acknowledging receipt of a paper
1 (paper)
30 Jun 1906
Correspondence files of Roger Bradyll Hulton (1891-1956) relating to the settlement of
the estate of William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943) after his death; bundle also includes
a draft grant of easement over land between Bolton Rd and Manchester Rd
Westhoughton for the construction of a new County Road 1937; correspondence relating
to a maintenance claim for Hulton Hall, which has been uninhabited except for a
caretaker since 1918, with comparison to the situation at Foremarke Hall in Derbyshire;
Abstract of the title of Sir Roger Bradyll Hulton to settled estates at Over Hulton,
Westhougton, Turton, Rumworth, Bolton, Kersley and Farnworth 1940s; copy will of Sir
William R Hulton dated 7 July 1914; copy deeds and opinion relating to the Hulton settled
estates 1950; with a label endorsed 'Hulton Trust 2201'
1914-1950
Letters sent from Mr J.E. Crompton to Geoffrey Hulton (1920-1993); offering
condolences after the death of Sir Roger Bradyll Hulton, recounting memories from his
grandfather who worked on the Hulton estate and discussing a Hulton pedigree which
he has in his possession
5 (paper)
7-19 May [19]56
300
DDHU
Letter from John W Case to Lady Hulton; offering condolences after the death of her
husband Sir Roger Hulton; recalls his own childhood on the Hulton estate where he was
often visited by Roger, himself still a child, and learned the news of the accident which
led to Roger's paralysis
3 (paper)
10 May [19]56
Mainly containing letters sent from John W Case to Sir Geoffrey Hulton (1920-1993);
Case grew up on the Hulton estate where his parents worked, and during the
correspondence includes extensive memories of his time there, with descriptions of
fundraising concerts, his education at the local schools, Christmas parties for estate
staff, the annual shoot, the fall after which Roger Hulton was paralysed, his own career
in coal mining, a return visit to Hulton Park as an adult, his wife's work in the censor
office during the Second World War and their time spent in India; also including much
discussion of possible subsidence and other damage at Hulton park caused by coal
mining in the area, with detailed plans and diagrams; also included in the bundle are a
letter from M.F. Harris arranging a visit to Hulton Park by Spanish relatives and a long
letter from Robert Walmsley discussing various facts from an untitled book which the
family have refuted [likely to be referring to 'Peterloo: The Case Reopened']
1 (papers)
1968
DDX 113
Correspondence between Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993) and P.M. Reid of the
National Monuments Record; he is involved in making a record of vanished country
houses and hopes to obtain photographs of Hulton Hall; including a photocopy of a
Country Life article on the project
1 (file of papers)
30 Dec 1972-29 Jan 1973
301
DDHU
Correspondence between Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993), Brian F Mitton, Kate Mitton
and Mrs Battle; Kate (Kittie) Mitton's father James Jackson was farm manager and head
woodsman to Sir William Hulton (1868-1943) from 1908 to 1920 and Kate grew up on
the Hulton Park estate; includes a photocopied account of her childhood experiences on
the estate; the account gives descriptions of Hulton Hall and of the farmhouse in which
she grew up, as well as the surrounding parks and gardens; events described include a
Christmas party for estate employees held in the servant's hall, skating on the lake in
winter, her father's trip to the local fair with Roger Hulton to visit sideshows and watch
ladies on the cake walk and a trip to Manchester with Lady Hulton, her first in a motor
car, to visit an eye specialist; there are also portraits of William and Lady Hulton and
their son Roger, who was paralysed and so had to use a wheelchair and a specially
adapted car which could be controlled with his hands; the account paints a vivid picture
of life on an estate at that time and of the apparently close relationship between the
Hulton family and their employees; the correspondence relates to the provision of this
account and a request for permission to obtain photographs of the buildings which
remain on the site
1 (file of papers)
29 Mar-9 Apr 1990
3.4.4.6 Correspondence relating to charity
1637-1741
DDHU/48/1 - Letter
Robert Hyde of Hyde to Adam Hulton; requesting a loan of £4 for Mr Anderton
31 Mar 1637
DDHU/48/50 - Letter
Colonel Francis Edgworth, Bolton, to Henry Hilton; desiring the use of a ''Charett or
Callash'' to carry him to Warrington, as he has had a fall from his horse and strained his
leg
1 (paper with applied seal showing a lion rampant)
23 Aug [16]94
DDHU/48/54 - Letter
Henery Barron, Grantham, to Henry Hilton; thanks for services
19 Apr 1697
Lady Anderton to Henry Hullton, esq; concerning a loan and ''my apprehention of the
small Pox''
1 (paper)
17 Jan [late 17th cent.]
302
DDHU
DDHU/48/88 - Letter
Alderman Jo. Markland, Wigan, to Henry Hulton; requiring a ''plaister'' for his girl who ''is
allmost killed, as we thinke, with Wormes''
20 Jan 1729
DDHU/48/92 - Letter
Edward Sedgwick, John Mort, James Hood, Peter Collier, John Astley, Robert Marsh,
John Withington and Edward Rigby of Atherton to Robert Duckinfield and Robert Booth,
esqs; asking for their intervention on behalf of six poor people of Atherton, wrongfully
accused of hunting hares in Hulton Park
1 (paper)
26 Jan 1733
Martha Arlidge, London, to Mr Hilton; being daughter of Jonathan Whitfield of Liverpool,
watchmaker, and her husband's trade as armourer being bad, she asks for charity
14 Jul 1741
3.4.4.7 Correspondence with Robert Haselden
Jessop Hulton (1667-1726) married Mary Haselden, the daughter of William Haselden
of Deane; when Jessop died around 1726 his son William Hulton (1717-1741) was
himself still only a child, and it appears from this correspondence that his uncle Robert
Haselden took some responsibility for the management of the estate until William was
old enough to take on this role
1738-1744
DDHU/48/95 - Letter
R Haselden, Bromyeard to William Hulton; report on progress of attempt to obtain the
land of Miss Atherton for William Hulton
1 (paper)
9 Jan 1738
Richard Robinson, Salford, to Mr Haslton, Hulton; ''There has bine a Captin at me and
wants a horse.''
1 (paper)
9 Apr 1741
Thomas Holland, Rochdale, to Mr Hasleden, Hilton; questions concerning timber
1 (paper)
9 Apr 1741
303
DDHU
R Heywood, Manchester, to Mr Hasleden, Hulton; ''I have bespoke the atchment which
will be ready shortly.''
1 (paper)
12 Apr 1741
Robert Gwillym, Leigh, to Mr Haselden, Hulton; apologies for not attending Mr Hulton's
funeral
14 Apr 1741
Robert Gwillym, Leigh, to Mr Haselden, Hulton; refers to his appointment as a Hulton
Trustee
n.d. [c.1741]
Robert Heywood, Manchester, to William Haseldine, Hulton; domestic affairs
1 (paper)
8 Jun [c.1741]
R Gwillym, Leigh, to Mr Haselden, Hulton; wanting to purchase ''the Pan which was used
to boil meat for the Hounds''
11 Sep 1741
DDHU/19/38 - Letter
Maur. Hall to Mr Hazledine at Westhoughton, concerning the coaling of wood at Hilton
1 (paper)
21 Sep 1741
Richard Broome, to Mr Haselden, Hulton; domestic affairs
22 Oct 1741
R Haselden to Widdow Mayo, at or near Blackbourn; asking her to accept Alexander
Mayo as a tenant
30 Nov 1741
William Curghey, Wigan, to Mr Haselden, Houghton; domestic affairs
24 Dec 1741
304
DDHU
William Curghey, Wigan, to Mr Haselden, Houghton; announcing his coming to Hulton
1 (paper)
1 Mar 1742
DDHU/19/39 - Letter
Edward Hall at Cranage to Mr Hazleton at Hilton Hall, concerning the coaling of wood at
Hilton
1 (paper)
22 Mar 1742
B Hulton, London, to Mr. Haseldon, Hulton, her uncle; domestic affairs
12 Apr 1742
B Hulton, London, to Mr Haseldon, Hulton, her uncle; requiring money ''for London is a
very expencif place.''
24 Apr 1742
L Hodgson, Warrington to Mr Robert Heselden, her brother; asking for his son to be sent
for Christmas
1 (paper)
15 Dec 1742
A Hulton, Bath, to Mr Hasselden, her uncle; complaining that the money has not been
sent
27 Jun 1743
B Hulton, Preston, to Mr Haselden; wanting to borrow £20 as they ''cannot peay for our
meate and board''
18 Oct 1743
John Starkie, Exchanger Office, Inner Temple, to Mr Hasleden; notifying the death of his
mother Mrs Holt
1 (paper)
29 Oct 1743
305
DDHU
John Starkie, Exchanger Office, Inner Temple, to Mr Hasleden; matters arising out of
the death of Mrs Holt
1 (paper)
22 Nov 1743
Widow Walker, Manchester, to Robert Hasleden; concerning arrears of rent
1 (paper)
29 Dec 1743
A Hulton, Preston, to Mr Haselden, her uncle; domestic affairs
5 Mar 1744
Beatrix Hulton, Preston, to Mr Hasselden; requiring money
2 Oct 1744
3.4.4.8 Correspondence relating to personal matters
1659-1974
DDHU/48/3 - Letter
Jo Parker, Extwisle, to William Hulton ''att Mr. Jesaps house in Holburne'';
acknowledging receipt of wine
2 Mar 1659
DDHU/48/4 - Letter
Sarah Gamiell to Mrs Hillton; concerning the offer of a house in London
4 Mar 1662
DDHU/48/6 - Letter
R Brudeoake, Sarum, to William Hulton; ''If your son be ready for Eaton or this schole,
you shall see that I will study to requite you in the care of your son''
1 (paper)
16 May 1669
DDHU/48/7 - Letter
Za[chary] Gee, London, to William Hilton; notifying him that his father-in-law ''is under a
very severe indissposition which seized on him yesterday Morning and tooke away his
speeche'', and that Lady Warwicke has had care of him
23 Feb 1675
306
DDHU
The Commissioners of Accompts to Wm Hilton, esq, or his lady Ann Hilton; Requiring
delivery of the books and papers of their late secretary, William Jessop, deceased
1 (paper)
9 Mar 1675
DDHU/48/9 - Letter
Anne Lacy, Wrigtenton, to Margret and Anne Hulton; stating that her ''father I sopose
douth desire to take mee from hence shortly if things foll out according to his
expecttetion''
1 (paper)
24 Jan 1678
DDHU/48/10 - Letter
A(nne) H(ulton) to William Hilton, her husband; ''Cosen Roger Lacy ... tells me he and
his Lady are fully resolved they mary, shee tells him there is a place to be bought neare
Wigan .... but she does not like Longworth at all.'' Not to be sold for less than £2,000
19 Feb [1678]
DDHU/48/11 - Letter
W(illiam) H(ulton) to Anne Hilton his wife; progress of business
23 Feb 1678
DDHU/48/12 - Letter
Za[chary] Gee, London to William Hilton; affairs due to the death of Lady Warwick
28 May 1678
DDHU/48/14 - Letter
Edward Coply to his uncle; a master for ''Cosen Charles.''
1 (paper)
1688
DDHU/48/15 - Letter
Henry Hilton to his brother Charles Hilton; domestic matters
1 (paper)
18 May 1688
DDHU/48/16 - Letter
Henry Hilton to his sister Mrs Starkey at Huntroyde; domestic matters and a debt of £449
by James Rodes the younger of Bolton, to Michaell Pimloth of Manchester, mercer
1 (paper)
24 May 1688
307
DDHU
DDHU/48/58 - Letter
A(nne) S(tarkey) to Henry Hilton, her brother; requiring a Deanchurch cake
n.d. [c1700]
DDHU/48/17 - Letter
Henry Hilton to his sister Mrs Starkey at Huntroyde; Domestic matter; ''If brother Jessop
or you designs to goe see the King when he comes to Chester I hope to goe with you.''
16 Apr [16]90
DDHU/48/18 - Letter
A(nne) S(tarkey) to her brother Henry Hilton; domestic matter
24 Apr [16]90
DDHU/48/20 - Letter
Charles Hilton to William Hilton his father; domestic affairs; a Proclamation is out to take
certain named individuals
1 (papers)
22 Jul 1690
DDHU/48/21 - Letter
Charles Hilton to William Hilton his father; domestic matters; ''Pray father when you have
to read my letter alwais burne it for I commonly write it in a Coffeehouse where there's
such a noise and I'm commonly in hast that I feare I often write what I should not doe'';
incomplete
1 (paper)
19 Aug 1690
DDHU/48/25 - Letter
Hilton Lacy, London, to William Hilton; domestic affairs
1 (paper)
Sep 1690
DDHU/48/22 - Letter
John Lever, Bolton, to William Hilton; an invitation to ''a small dinner, when you will meet
Mr. Nathaniel Hulton of London, Mr. Ja. Chetham, Coz. Nic. Starkie, my Bro. and his
daughter, Dr. Grundy, Mr. Shelmerdin and a few others.''
1 (paper with applied seal showing a building)
9 Sep 1690
DDHU/48/23 - Letter
Charles Hilton to Jessopp Hilton his brother; domestic affairs; endorsed with a reply
asking for a book called ''the Art of Brewing'' and to make enquiries concerning brewing
1 (paper)
13 Sep 1690
308
DDHU
DDHU/48/24 - Letter
Charles Hilton to William Hilton his father; domestic affairs; asking to borrow money;
''and truly father I love to be out of debt and out of scandall''
1 (paper)
27 Sep 1690
DDHU/48/26 - Letter
A(nne Starkey) to her brother Henry; domestic affairs; ''I find that in the long nights James
must goe sometimes to the Alehous and it is the custom hereabouts when people are in
drink to break Viols.''
28 Sep 1690
DDHU/48/27 - Letter
A[nne Starkey] to her brother Henry; ''When I writ to you last I was in a great pet that Mr
Starkie kept James alnight at Padiham fair''; domestic matters
30 Sep 1690
DDHU/48/28 - Letter
Charles Hilton to William Hilton, his father; domestic affairs; ''I believe there's noe man
can name the time whenever I was extravagant since I came to London''
1 (paper)
18 Oct 1690
DDHU/48/29 - Letter
Charles Hilton to William Hilton, his father; domestic affairs
1 (paper)
7 Nov 1690
DDHU/48/30 - Letter
Sarah Lacy to Madam Starkie; domestic matters
12 Nov [16]90
DDHU/48/31 - Letter
Richard Blower, Barnards Inne, to William Hilton; concerning his son's [Charles?]
progress
18 Nov 1690
DDHU/48/32 - Letter
Nathaniel Hulton to William Hilton; thanks for a pot of venison and a pot of woodcocks
22 Nov [16]90
309
DDHU
DDHU/48/33 - Letter
Charles Hilton to William Hilton his father; requiring velvet for a ''westcote''
1 (paper)
27 Nov [16]90
DDHU/48/34 - Letter
Charles Hilton to William Hilton his father; ''You need not feare my goeing to Taverns or
Alehouses.''
13 Dec 1690
DDHU/48/35 - Letter
Thomas Russell, Bolton, to Henry Hilton; sending a man for his picture
13 Dec 1690
DDHU/48/41 - Letter
Edward Hilton to his father William Hilton; domestic affairs
1 (paper)
30 Apr [16]92
DDHU/48/42 - Letter
Charles Hilton, Grays Inne, to William Hilton his father; asking for more letters
5 May 1692
DDHU/48/43 - Letter
Charles and Francis Hilton to their father William Hilton; domestic matters
1 (paper)
20 Jul 1692
DDHU/48/44 - Letter
B C(opley) to Henry Hilton, her cousin; domestic affairs
20 Dec [16]93
DDHU/48/47 - Letter
A(nne) S(tarkey) to Henry Hilton her brother; concerning her husband's treatment of her;
''he abuses me with the dirty fellows in the House, sends them into the chamber where
the children and I are in bed he finds blows does not alter me and therefore he will try
this method thinking to grieve me to death and that way to get rid of me he talks openly
to all company he meets with that I lye with the servants...if it were not for my childrens
sake I woad never come in his sight so long as I lived''
1 (paper)
25 Mar [16]94
310
DDHU
DDHU/48/48 - Letter
Francis Hilton, Grays Inne to William Hilton his father; domestic affairs
1 (paper)
19 Apr [16]94
DDHU/48/49 - Letter
A(nne) S(tarkey) to Henry Hilton her brother; domestic affairs; she hopes it is not true
that ''cosen Kenyon has lost his place in the Isle of Man.''
14 Jun [16]94
DDHU/48/51 - Letter
B Copley, to Henry Hilton her cousin; domestic affairs
1 (paper)
5 Sep [16]94
DDHU/48/52 - Letter
Anne Lacy, Manchester, to her cousin Henry Hilton; domestic matter
8 Mar [16]95
DDHU/48/53 - Letter
William Hulton, London, to his wife; domestic affairs; the wife of cousin Jessop ''has a
tympany and is very likely to leave him a widower within a few months.''
27 Jul [16]96
DDHU/48/55 - Letter
Samuel Wood, Cockfield, to Henry Hulton; suggesting a marriage with the daughter of
Mr Courthrop of Danny near Hurst, Sussex
2 Aug 1699
W(illiam) H(ulton) to Mrs Ann Hilton at Leez in Essex; ''Your uncle allmost smothers the
Brewers widow with his unreasonable kisses, but neither she nor any other can
perswade him to cut away his overgrowne mustachos''
1 (paper)
n.d. [late 17th cent.]
DDHU/48/57 - Letter
A(nne) S(tarkey) to Henry Hilton, her brother; family matters
1 (paper)
20 Jan [c.1700]
DDHU/48/56 - Letter
A(nne) S(tarkey) to Henry Hilton, her brother; domestic matters
15 Jun [c.1700]
311
DDHU
DDHU/48/60 - Letter
Edward Hyde to Henry Hilton his cousin; announcing a visit by Lady Standley and the
two Sir Thomases
1 (paper)
11 Aug 1700
DDHU/48/62 - Letter
Edward Hyde to Charles Hilton his cousin, Grays Inne; arrangements for his sailing
2 Mar 1710
DDHU/48/65 - Letter
Mrs H Stewkley, Henham Hall, to Henry Hulton; domestic affairs
1 (paper)
18 Apr 1718
DDHU/48/72 - Letter
Robert Lawson, Chirton, to Henry Hylton; concerning a marriage into the family
28 Feb 1724
DDHU/48/78 - Letter
Robert Lawson, Chirton, to Henry Hylton; supports the proposed marriage
7 Nov 1724
DDHU/48/83 - Letter
James Boys, to Charles Hylton, Lincolns Inne; giving the descendants of Thomas
Jessop, late vicar of Doggeshall, Essex
16 May 1725
DDHU/48/86 - Letter
Henry Hulton to John Hylton; advising him not to let slip any opportunity for the marriage
of Dorothy; draft
1 (paper)
9 May 1726
DDHU/48/89 - Letter
William Hulton to his uncle; ''I have geiven to Mr. Purnell half a giney for cock muney ....,
because I had not a mind to be diferant from the Rest of the Scholears''
1 (paper)
1730
DDHU/48/90 - Letter
A Townsend to her uncle Henry Hilton; thanking him for a gift of woodcocks
1 (paper)
23 Feb. 1730/1
312
DDHU
DDHU/48/93 - Letter
Mrs H Stewkley, London, to Henry Hulton; she will set out for Lancashire by the
Warrington Coach on Monday and hopes to arrive the Saturday night following
1 (paper)
4 Oct 1735
DDHU/48/94 - Letter
Anne Holt, London to her brother; domestic matters; ''I often keep walking to the
chambers of late they were in great danger of being Rob'd by a notorious theif that lodg'd
in the same court and apeard the finest Gentleman in the whole Inn till the day he was
discoverd and that minute he went stark mad and dy'd in 3 days''
1 (paper)
11 Oct 1737
DDHU/48/96 - Letter
William Leigh, London, to William Hulton; enclosing an account; ''I am very sorry to hear
you have got so undeserving a person as my Brother in your Country.''
1 (paper)
9 Sep 1738
DDHU/48/99 - Letter
Ralph Worthington, London to William Hulton; stating that ''your Aunt Holt is much
dissatisfyed about the execution of your late Uncles will -- she tells me she has been
credibly informed that he was not in his senses when done''
25 Oct 1740
Ralph Worthington, London to William Hulton; questioning credibility of will
1 (paper)
27 Nov 1740
6 Dec 1740
Ralph Worthington, London to William Hulton; questioning credibility of will; a Bill has
been exhibited
9 Dec 1740
25 Dec 1740
313
DDHU
Ann Holt, London, to William Hilton, her nephew; domestic affairs
14 Mar 1747
P Cunningham, Dover, to James Kearsley, King Street, Manchester; concerning the
homecoming from the continent of Mrs Hulton and her deceased husband
4 Feb 1773
Letters addressed to Col Bradyll at Hampton Court and Plymouth; mainly received from
J McMahon, writing on behalf of the Prince of Wales, later the Prince Regent George IV;
the letters generally relate to Col Bradyll's attempts to secure a military position for his
son T Bradyll; also included is a letter from his son thanking him for the position which
has been obtained [William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943) married Ethel Marguerite
Richmond-Gale Bradyll in 1890]
9 (paper)
1806-1811
P Langford Brooke, London, to William Hulton; domestic matters; ''It is said there is to
be an illumination for three successive nights on the passing of the reform bill. I shall put
out a few lights to save the windows and in compliance with mob law''
6 Jun 1832
Letters of condolence written to William Hulton (1787-1864) after the death of his son
Frederick Blethyn Hulton; Frederick was baptised in 1820 and at the time of his death
was serving as an ensign in the 48th regiment at Gibraltar; he fell from his horse during
a match at the garrison and died shortly afterwards; letters are received from Mr
Cavendish Boyle, Major Willots, Captain W Cleverly, Sir A Woodford, John Gordon
Sinclair, Col Bridgemen and Capt Dalzell
13 (paper)
21 Sep-26 Nov 1839
DDHU/ACC9301/66 - Copy letters
'Extract from a letter from Mr Campbell the Clergyman at Baden, B Montagu Villiers'
reporting on his attendance at a death bed; copy of a letter from Beyroot [Beirut] 7 Jul
1842 regarding an individual now in England claiming to be the Bishop of Tripoli of the
Orthodox Church in Syria, who is in fact a member of the Roman Catholic Church
2 (paper)
n.d. [c.1842]
314
DDHU
Addressed to 'Madam' from Ebenezer Bindshaw at Walkley, near Sheffield; informing
her of his new engagement in service with a lady near London, but that he would rather
still be employed by her
1 (paper)
19 May [18]49
From H.E. Hulton to William [Hulton]; sending a photographic copy of 'the old Cambris
marriage certificate of 1758'
1 (paper)
10 Sep 1900
From Carrington and Co, 130 Regent St, London to the Viscountess Mountmorres;
regarding coronets to be fitted into a tiara
1 (paper)
3 May 1911
From the Lord Chamberlain's Office at St James's Palace to the Dowager Viscountess
Mountmorres; acknowledging receipt of an application to be present at Court
1 (paper)
5 Jan 1914
Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Hulton family; including a letter from
William Hulton (1868-1943) to William Eckersley offering sympathy on the loss of his
wife; correspondence with the poet Robert Graves including some reference to their
respective military careers but mainly relating to the poetry of his nephew; a letter from
Harry Birtwistle regarding the book 'The Ashworth Cotton Enterprise' which includes
some reference to the Hulton family; correspondence from Sir William Gladstone
regarding a reference in the Bolton Chronicle to the saving of William Ewart Gladstone's
life by William Ford Hulton around 1818; cutting from 'Woman's Pictorial' including a
photograph of Lady Hulton with her children Geoffrey and Barbara; letter from Robert
Walmsley regarding an unidentified Hulton portrait and other family history; note
regarding William Jessop; correspondence with M.J. Franklin regarding links to the
Montmorres family; correspondence with the British Museum/Library regarding the
reproduction of correspondence donated there by the Hulton family
1 (file of papers)
10 Feb 1929-19 Feb 1974
Mainly consisting of correspondence from the Royal Exchange Assurance relating to the
will of Lady Ethel Marguerite Hulton, and provisions for the care of Leslie Florence
Hulton; also correspondence from St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton, a charitable
mental health hospital where Leslie Hulton has been receiving treatment
2 (tied bundle of papers in an envelope)
1954-1955
315
DDHU
Letter from Robert Walmsley to Sir Geoffrey Hulton (1920-1993); discussing the fabric
of Deane Church and evidence of Hulton family patronage to be found there
2 (paper)
22 Oct 1969
3.4.4.9 Correspondence with the Hyltons of Hylton Castle
1720-1729
DDHU/48/66 - Letter
Richard, Lord Hylton, Hylton Castle; suggesting that ''we are more nearly related than I
imagined when I saw you, the knowledge of which I came by from an old Pedigree''
1 (paper)
20 May 1720
DDHU/48/68 - Letter
John Hylton, Hylton Castle, to Henry Hylton; announcing his brother's death
23 Sep 1722
DDHU/48/69 - Letter
Jane Young, Hylton, to Henry Hylton; domestic affairs
1 (paper)
27 Mar 1723
DDHU/48/71 - Letter
Jane Young, Hilton Castle, to Henry Hilton; domestic affairs
3 Sep 1723
DDHU/48/73 - Letter
Dorothy Hylton, Hayton Castle, to Mrs. Margrett Catterall, Wigan; suggesting marriage
with Henry Hilton
27 Apr 1724
DDHU/48/74 - Letter
John Hylton, Hylton Castle, to Henry Hylton; complaining of ''our correspondence so
extremely cool of late''
1 (paper)
3 May 1724
DDHU/48/75 - Letter
Dorothy Hilton, Hayton Castle, to Henry Hulton; thanking him for a letter
1 (paper)
27 May 1724
316
DDHU
DDHU/48/76 - Letter
John Hylton, Hylton Castle, to Henry Hylton; stating that he will help to promote the
marriage
25 Jul 1724
DDHU/48/77 - Letter
Dorothy Hilton, Hayton Castle, to Henry Hilton; suggesting her agreement to the
marriage
1 (paper)
23 Sep [1724]
DDHU/48/79 - Letter
John Hylton, London, to Henry Hylton; suggesting the marriage at Hylton Castle
7 Jan 1725
DDHU/48/80 - Letter
John Hylton, London, to Henry Hylton; pressing for the marriage
28 Feb 1725
DDHU/48/81 - Letter
John Hylton, London, to Henry Hylton; announcing a visit
1 (paper)
16 Apr 1725
DDHU/48/82 - Letter
John Hylton, London, to Henry Hylton; thanks for hospitality; ''I called at Grizelust and
payd my respects to my cousin Holt''
11 May 1725
DDHU/48/84 - Letter
John Hylton, Hylton Castle, to Henry Hylton; soliciting a visit
1 (paper)
4 Jul 1725
DDHU/48/85 - Letter
John Hylton, Hylton Castle, to Henry Hylton; still pressing for the marriage
1 (paper)
May 1726
DDHU/48/87 - Letter
John Hylton, Hylton Castle, to Henry Hulton; condolences for the death of Mrs Jessop
Hulton
2 Jul 1726
317
DDHU
DDHU/48/70 - Letter
John Hylton, Hylton Castle; suggesting a visit; ''since you are inclinable to change your
state I think I may venture to say that my third sister Elizabeth is a very good Girll and
as sober and discret as any woman''
1 (paper)
16 Jul 1729
3.4.5 World War 2
Geoffrey Hulton (1920-1993) served in the Royal Marines during the Second World War,
surviving both the sinking of the HMS Repulse and three years as a POW on the Burma
Railway. During this period, and after his safe return, Geoffrey wrote about his
experiences, and the letters, manuscripts and other relevant documents have been
gathered together here.
c1941-1992
DDHU/ACC9301/1 - Manuscripts
Those Dreadful Years' by Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993); Hulton served with the
Royal Marines Plymouth Division during World War 2; after surviving the sinking of the
HMS Repulse he was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and spent the rest of the
war as a POW on the Burma Railway; these manuscript notes describe his experiences
from capture and imprisonment in the Changi prison camp to his travels through Thailand
while working on the railway up to his rescue in September 1945, after more than 3 years
imprisonment; ''I am not going to go into gruesome details; each awful day gave way to
the next, the food dwindled, and the Japanese continued to bully, as men died. In late
October the main body, who had gone out to work on the railway, returned to the fold,
and some of them were in a shocking state''; file includes multiple copies of the
manuscript with minor differences; one version includes an addendum which describes
his journey back to England and marriage, as well as his return to Thailand in 1965
during which he was able to revisit many of the sites described; includes correspondence
from S J Flower offering thanks for access to the manuscripts [likely to have been used
as research in the writing of 'Captors and Captives on the Burma-Thailand Railway'];
also including two ties embroidered with the FEPOW [Far East Prisoners of War] motif
1 (file of papers)
n.d. [c1945]-1992
318
DDHU
Correspondence sent by Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993) to his parents, sister and
fiance while serving in the Royal Marines during World War 2; letters sent from the HMS
Repulse include a detailed description of a journey into the 'valley of a thousand hills' to
see a Zulu village in South Africa, and of the sinking of the Repulse, ''I got over the side,
and slipping and falling reached the bulge of the keel as it was coming up out of the
water...One last look round - and it is impossible to explain all that means to those who
have never served in a ship, and learned to love her as a human being. There was no
time for regret, and with a sigh I took my leap, thick into the oil fuel that was all over the
surface of the water''; also including the first letters written after his release from
imprisonment as a POW in Thailand; many of the letters include typed transcripts
1 (file of papers)
3 Jan 1942-25 Aug 1945
See DDX 2938/6 for an alternative account of the sinking of the HMS Repulse written
by the bandleader Lawrence Thistleton
Correspondence between Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993) and Patrick Mahoney;
Mahoney wrote to Hulton because he intended to publish a book on the sinking of the
HMS Prince of Wales and the HMS Repulse, and hoped to obtain accounts from
survivors; the letters indicate that Hulton provided him with copies of the letter written to
family members in which he recounted his experiences during the sinking of the Repulse;
information is also given on the location of the shipwrecks, which Mahoney has visited;
[the book was eventually written with Martin Middlebrook and published as 'Battleship:
the loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse']
1 (file of papers)
18 Mar 1974-13 Jun 1975
Letter from H W Farrell to Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993); Farrell served under Hulton
while a POW and offers thanks for his kind treatment during this time; ''I remember the
days you use to accompany us to the railway and stay with us all day, walking around
and talking, joking to keep up our spirits''; also giving an update on his life since the end
of the war
10 (paper)
15 Apr [19]74
Correspondence between Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993) and N.P.N. Evans; Evans
first wrote to Hulton with the intention of publishing a book on the fall of Malaya and
Singapore to the Japanese in 1942; Hulton was able to supply him with copies of his
manuscript memories of his time as a POW as well as copies of letters sent home during
that period, as well as answering questions on a number of other matters; including
contemporary postcards depicting locations in Singapore and the Dead Railway Bridge
crossing the River Kawai; many of the letters include news of fellow veterans with whom
Evans has been in correspondence
1 (file of papers)
5 Sep 1977-21 Dec 1982
319
DDHU
Relating to Geoffrey Alan Hulton's (1920-1993) military service; includes
correspondence with Claude Derek Lawrence Aylwin, a survivor from the sinking of the
HMS Prince of Wales who was later a fellow POW and describes his experiences; Dr
Sidney Hamilton, medical officer on the HMS Repulse describing his own experience of
the sinking; Sibylla Flower concerning the use of his POW account in a book on the
subject
1 (file of papers)
1978-1992
Photographs, mainly of Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993) during World War 2; including
a number of images taken on board the HMS Repulse, both formal and informal, an
official Christmas card sent from the ship and copy portraits of the crew drawn by Barnett
Freedman [Freedman was an official war artist who spent time on board the Repulse
and produced the painting ''15 Inch Gun Turret, HMS Repulse'']; also including wedding
photographs from the marriage of Geoffrey Alan Hulton and Mary Patricia De Vere
Reynolds
32 (black and white photographic prints)
n.d. [c1941-1945]
DDHU/ACC9301/44 - Drawing
Unidentified pencil drawing believed to show Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993) during
his time as a POW in either Singapore or Thailand; the picture is unsigned and the
original artist is unknown
1 (pencil drawing on cardboard)
n.d. [c1943]
320
DDHU
3.5 Newscuttings
Single newscuttings and albums relating to or likely to have been collected by members
of the Hulton family
1808-1989
DDHU/ACC9301/56 - Newscutting
Newspaper cutting recounting birthday celebrations of William Hulton (1787-1864) on
the occasion of his 21st birthday
1 (newspaper)
n.d. [1808]
DDHU/53/81 - Newscutting
Newspaper account of a riot at an election in Bolton; ''Mr Hulton, of Hulton Park, who
was quietly walking along the streets, in company with Mrs Hulton and one of the Miss
Hultons was most furiously set upon by the mob of armed ruffians. Some one cried out
'there goes old Peterloo' and immediately a rush was made towards him.''
1 (paper)
n.d. [Aug 1841]
DDHU/ACC9301/70 - Newcuttings
Articles relating to the sinking of the Ocean Monarch and the subsequent inquest; also
a poster for the display of a lithograph showing the destruction of the ship, to raise money
for the sailor's home
5 (paper)
n.d. [1848]
DDHU/ACC9301/89 - Newscuttings book
Belonging to William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907); mainly containing
newscuttings relating to family notices and social events; also programmes for local
events at which family members have been involved; a loose copy of the Bolton Evening
News dated 19 May 1879 includes a long article on the death of William Ford Hulton
(1811-1879); back pages include extracts from books read by W.W.B. Hulton
1 (bound volume)
1863-1879
Containing newspaper cuttings mainly related to the Hulton family and their local
charitable work; family notices, including marriages, deaths, obituaries and reports of
coroner inquests; records of individual political and military careers; many early notices
relate to local schools and a Mechanics Institute with which the family appear to have
had close links, with later articles recording open days at the park used to raise money
for the schools; contemporary newspaper reports of the Pretoria Pit Disaster, detailing
the efforts to retrieve corpses from the mine and the subsequent inquest; reports on the
fate of Geoffrey Hulton during his military service, including confirmation that he has
survived the sinking of the HMS Repulse and has become a POW; the demolition of
Hulton Hall; also including a printed 'Chequerbent St Thomas C.E. School Domesday
Survey Project' pamphlet with local information and statistics
1 (hard bound volume, most pages now disbound)
1892-1986
321
DDHU
Newscuttings mainly relating to William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943), collected by his
daughter Leslie Florence Hulton; mainly containing death notices, obituaries and
information on the settlement of the estate of William Rothwell Hulton; also containing
some loose cuttings relating to the marriage of Captain J.E.V. Butterfield to Beatrice
Hulton and the birth of their son Hugh Butterfield
1 (exercis book)
1933-1946
DDHU/ACC9301/38 - Newscutting
Page from the Bolton Evening News containing an article on Sir Geoffrey Hulton and his
Sinclair C5; Hulton was forced to give up driving around 1970 due to injuries sustained
while a prisoner of war
1 (paper)
4 Oct 1989
3.6 Photographs and illustrations
Including images of members of the Hulton family, Hulton Hall and Park and of Deane
Church
c1831-c1998
DDHU/ACC9301/42 - Photograph album
Containing portraits of family members and members of Royal families, both British and
international; [inscribed on the inside front cover 'my grandmothers Album WRH', which
likely refers to Georgiana Hulton nee Lister Kay]; a number of loose photographs have
been stored within the album, some unidentified, most of which are likely to be family
photographs but also including an image of the crew of the Serafin with Edward Grey
Hulton.
322
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9301/42 (cont.)
Including photographs of Rebecca Elena Hulton, John Frederick Hulton, W.F. Hulton,
Lister-Kaye, Mr and Mrs Dennison Hargreaves, Lieut. Edward G. Hulton, Maria Hulton,
Lord Gilford, Mr Clough, Hugh Hulton, Eila Hulton, Alyne Hulton, M.C. Hulton, Mrs
Spencer Markham, Bishop Villiers, Mr Hick M.P., Rev. J. Shepherd Birley, R.R. Rothwell,
Mr and Mrs Shakerley, Sir John Lister Kaye Bart, Miss Dixon, Sir Aubrey Paul Bart, Mrs
Horace Durrant, Mr and Mrs Bower, Lady Caroline Lister Kaye, Alan Lister Kaye, Cecil
Lister Kaye, John Pepys Lister Kaye, Colonel George L. Lister Kaye, Mrs Burton, Mrs H.
Montagu Villiers, Mary Villiers, Eida Hulton, Captain Horace Durrant, Duchess of Kent,
Mrs Horace Durrant, Captain Horace Durrant, Rev F.H. Thicknesse, Rev Canon Dale,
Dr. Stannus, Mrs Stannus, Archbishop Sumner, Miss Long, Bishop of Sodor, Mr Tatton,
General Wilbraham, Mr Dixon, Mrs Dixon, Mr and Mrs Braddyll, Miss Braddyll, Marie
Lister Kaye, Earl of Ellesmere, Marquise de Gallifet, Mrs W. Gordon Cotton, George C.
Wilson, Edward Wilson, George E. Wilson, R. Howard, E. Talbot, Mrs Wilson. Mr and
Mrs Shepherd Birley, Lord and Lady Mountgarrit, Capt. Russe, Earl of Ellesmere, William
F. Ralph Hulton, Marie Hulton, Mr Clough, R.B. Hulton, Mrs Hugh Hulton, Mrs Montagu
Villiers, Dean of Carlisle, Rev. Dr. Cumming, Dean of Ripon Rev. J.M. McNeill,
Marchioness of Hastings, Colonel George Lister Kaye, Edith Cole, Mrs Smith Barry,
Admiral Sir Henry Leeke, Mrs Berkeley Paget, Christine Wilsson, M. Lister-Kaye, Henry
Braddyll, Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Louise,
Prince and Princess Christian, The Shah, Prince Imperial, Empress of the French, Kate
Terry, Adelina Patti, Mrs Ashton, Miss Lister Kaye, Mrs Girdlestone, The Misses Sharpe,
John Sharp, Mrs Henry Sharp, Jessie Lister Kaye, Charlton Parr, Mr and Mrs Ashton,
Captain Ward Bart, Mr Ridgmay, Colonel Blackett, Mrs Blackett, Colonel Henry, Lord
Somerville, Lady Somerville, Lady Biddulph. Teddy Ashworth, Mr and Mrs Eliott,
Harrington Hulton, Hultonb Harrop, Mr and Mrs Harrington Hulton, The Misses Cole, Mr
and Mrs Arthur Lasielles, Edward Hargreaves, Lily Braddyll
1 (leather bound volume with metal clasps)
n.d. [19th cent]
Containing portraits of family members, a number of whom are named; also an image of
Stephenson's Rocket; including photographs of William Ford Hulton, Sarah Matilda
Hulton, W.W.B. Hulton, L. Hulton, Montagu Lister Hulton, Caroline Maria Hulton, Arthur
Hyde Hulton, Maude R.M. Braddyll, Georgiana Hulton, William Rothwell Hulton at
Farington, Roger Braddyll Hulton
1 (leather bound volume with a metal clasp)
n.d. [19th cent]
Photographs and newscuttings relating to the local Scouting movement [Sir Geoffrey
Hulton (1920-1993) was appointed District Commissioner for the Boulton Association in
1957 and County Commissioner in 1961, retiring in 1964; he also donated land at Hulton
Park to be used as a Scout camp]
1 (bound volume containing black and white photographic prints)
1957-c.1967
323
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9301/16 - Engraving
Hand coloured illustration of Hulton Hall; [this engraving was originally produced by
Rogers from a picture by Harwood, and was first published in 'Lancashire Illustrated']
1 (paper)
n.d. [c1831]
Exterior images of Hulton Hall, the cottage [at Hulton Park?] and Deane Church
n.d. [19th cent]
DDHU/ACC8410/174 - Photograph
'Hulton Park, near Bolton'; Fred Boult, Photographer, 4 Green Avenue, Bolton; stamped
on 24 May 1929 by the Bolton and District Regional Planning Committee
1 (black and white photographic print mounted in card)
17 May 1929
Black and white photographs of Hulton Hall, including aerial photographs, images of the
hall from the front and back with the surrounding lake, one interior and the Hulton Park
gatehouse
n.d. [mid 20th cent.]
Photographs of the exterior of Hulton Hall in front of the adjoining lake and various
interiors including 'where the stone cantilevered staircase meets the arched landings',
'Chinese lacquered cupboards in the ladies boudoir', 'a corner of the beautiful gilt and
tapestry domed ceiling in the ladies boudoir' and 'exquisite designed ceiling in the
drawing room'
5 (black and white photographic prints)
n.d.[c1955]
324
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9318/115 - Photograph
Exterior of Deane Church
1 (photographic print mounted on card)
n.d. [c1900]
3.7 Other personal papers
These records consist of miscellaneous bundles of papers and individual items which
did not fit easily into any of the series above, but which do tell something about the
history of the Hulton family
[16th cent]-1972
DDHU/53/14 - Autographs
Robert Ogle knight Lord de Ogle of Bothall in Northumberland and Adam Hulton of
Hulton Park Lancashire esq
1 (paper)
n.d. [16th cent]
DDHU/ACC9301/22 - Family papers
Miscellaneous papers removed from the 'old red box'; including the envelope for a letter
sent from William Jessop to his daughter Anne Hylton; family history notes and a partial
pedigree; note regarding a bed on which Prince Charles Stewart is reputed to have slept
[this bed was made for Adam de Hulton in the early 16th cent but was later donated to
Chethams Library where it was converted into a book shelf]; 'Lancashire, or, Our Own
County: A Lecture by W.W.B. Hulton'; Copy synopsis of Appointment by Mr W.R. Hulton
by way of jointure to his wife on his marriage with Miss E.M. Braddyll; Copy birth
certificate of Roger Braddyll Hulton 30 Mar 1891; transcript of two letters relating to
Robert Devereaux 2nd Earl of Essex and his son, given to 'Rossall'; newscutting on the
re-erection of coats of arms in the Hulton Chapel at Deane Church; letter from H.E.
Hulton to 'my dear Admiral' describing a visit to Minster Lovell; correspondence from
William Hulton addressed to 'my dear Laird' describing life in Spain, errors in the 1844
Ordnance Survey maps, suggested investments and the history of Hulton Hall; letter
from Chetham Hospital asking for additional funds which caused William Hulton to resign
as a governor; declaration of trust between Sir William Rothwell Hulton and the Royal
Exchange Assurance; plans showing coal sections at Sapling Mine, Half Yard Mine, No
2 Pit Cronton Colliery and No 4 Pit Hulton Colliery; letters from John W Case to R.B.
Hulton mainly discussing politics; various engineering drawings and notes of unknown
origin; newscuttings relating to the sale of furniture at Hulton Hall, the golden wedding
anniversary of Mr and Mrs Williams, long term servants on the estate, the death of Sir
W.R. Hulton and the marriage of Sir Geoffrey Hulton and Mary Reynolds; letters from
Geoffrey Hulton to his father offering advice on the sale of the family silver and other
valuables, and offering emotional thanks on the news that he is to be given the Hulton
Estate free from death duty; thanks from Bolton Museum and Art Gallery for a donation
and Bolton Rotary Club for the loan of items for an exhibition; issue of 'Lancashire Life'
magazine dating from Summer 1955 including a feature on Hulton Park; rhymes
1 (file of papers)
c.1668-1955
325
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9301/21 - Family papers
Miscellaneous family papers which had been stored together in a file, with no way of
determining if they constitute an original bundle; including an abstract copy of the will of
Henry Hulton originally proved 10 Mar 1739; a typescript copy of a letter from Mr W.E.
Gladstone to William Ford Hulton acknowledging congratulations on his approaching
marriage to Catherine Glynn; Punch's Pocket Book cartoon entitled 'A Social Sketch; or,
Everything in Common' [by the artist John Leech]; copy birth certificate of William
Rothwell Hulton 16 Feb 1860; Copy will of William Ford Hulton and valuation of his
personal estate; marriage certificate of William Rothwell Hulton and Ethel Braddyll 31
Jul 1890 and synopsis of their marriage settlement; practising certificates for Roger
Braddyll Hulton as a solicitor at the Supreme Court; newscutting on the cost of living;
correspondence concerning the appointment of John Forrester as land agent in 1943;
note on interpretation of scale terms; Deeds of Covenant from Sir Roger Braddyll Hulton
concerning the provision of stipends for his mother, his children, the vicars of Deane and
Westhoughton, Bolton Royal Infirmary and the Church of England Incorporated Society
for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays; receipt for the deposit of a number of items
of costume at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, including a detailed list of the
items donated; correspondence from the Duchy of Lancaster concerning Sir Roger
Hulton's position on the Retired List of County Justices; printed history of Deane Church;
death certificate of Ethel Marguerite Hulton 4 Mar 1954; label for an exhibition case
where heirlooms from the Hulton family are to be displayed; a handwritten recipe for
mulled ale; typed poem 'An Ode - On Our Bobby. Our Dumb friend'; photograph of
horses
1 (file of papers)
c1739-1954
DDHU/ACC9301/13 - Transcriptions
Transcriptions of documents which appear to have been compiled by Montagu Lister
Hulton, the son of William Wilbraham Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907); including documents
relating to the building and opening of the Bolton and Leigh Railway; the bills for burning
Cranmer, Ridley and Latimer at Oxford; a letter written by Mr Gladstone to Mr Hulton in
1839; a note on two Papal Bulls and a seal of the Restoration of Charles II held at Hulton
Park; also containing notes 'Additional to pedigree' and thanks from Mr and Mrs Hulton
for remembrance on their Silver Wedding Day
1 (bound volume with a marbled cover)
n.d. [c1900]
Papers relating to the death of Alan Edward Grey Hulton; including a letter from C.W.C.
Oman at Oxford University regarding the donation of books to All Souls College; 'List of
the books placed in the Codrington Library, which belonged to Alan Hulton, fellow of All
Souls College 1908-1915'; photograph of a memorial plaque at Deane Chapel; a
coloured illustration of Alan Hulton's Coat of Arms [Alan Edward Grey Hulton was the
only son of Rear Admiral Edward Grey and Louisa Hulton. He was wounded at Ypres in
Flanders 25 Apr 1915 while serving in the Great War as Lieutenant in the Army Service
Corps and died in London 6 Jun 1915 aged 29 years]
9 (paper and photographic print)
[c1917]
326
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9301/87 - Progress book
Progress book of Geoffrey Alan Hulton (1920-1993); including birth records, birth and
baptismal register, vaccination record, early progress, development of teeth, medical
history, education, religious progress, recreations and amusements, holiday records,
annual autograph register, physical progress, annual progress updates and numerous
black and white family photographs; including a sample of Geoffrey Hulton's hair at 2
years old and examples of his childhood writing; also containing a letter sent by Joan
Hulton to Dr Hamilton confirming Geoffrey's safe return to England after imprisonment
as a POW
1 (disbound volume wrapped in brown paper)
1920-1945
Miscellaneous family papers typically relating to financial arrangements around family
deaths including a draft settlement; a letter from William Rothwell Hulton (1868-1943) to
his son Roger which concerns arrangements for the financial care of his sister Leslie
1938; death certificate of William Rothwell Hulton 1943; schedules of real property, rents
and apportionments belonging to the estate of William Rothwell Hulton 1943;
correspondence relating to investment in West African gold mines 1952
1938-1952
DDHU/ACC9301/35 - Magazine
'Hampshire; the county magazine' including an article by H.W. Earney entitled 'The man
who caused the American War of Independence'; the article describes the role of Henry
Hulton, a distant descendant of the family from Hampshire who as First Commissioner
of Customs in the American Colonies was responsible for collecting the unpopular taxes
which played a role in the events leading up to the American Revolution; the article
includes quotations from family correspondence in which Hulton gives first hand
accounts of his experiences in Boston during this time
1 (paper)
Oct 1972
4 Other records
Some items within the Hulton collection are difficult to categorise, either because they
have no obvious direct link to the Hulton family or because they do not easily fit into the
sections described previously. These records are listed together here, but arranged into
thematic sections to aid discovery.
1418-1992
327
DDHU
4.1. Ecclesiastical
4.2 Education
4.6 Military
4.7 Politics
4.8 Paupers
4.11 Notices
4.1 Ecclesiastical
Miscellaneous papers relating to ecclesiastical matters; including sacrament certificates
and papers relating to the registration and sequestration of the Hulton estate
1418-[19th cent]
DDHU/53/3 - Mandate
John Till, Prior Provincial of the Order of Dominicans in England, in favour of William,
Prior of Cartmel, promising prayers for William on his deathbed and, on his death,
prayers for his soul by the whole of the Dominican Order; illuminated in gold, blue and
red, with a miniature of the Resurrection; given at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Latin
1 (Parchment with illumination)
[15 Aug] 1418
There is a full translation in Sam Taylor, Cartmel People and Priory (Kendal, Titus
Wilson, 1955), p.151. The author says the document had recently come to light in the
Hulton muniments in LRO, having previously been in the Scarisbrick family papers.
328
DDHU
DDHU/53/7 - Composition settled by arbitration
John, Thomas and William, Abbots of Fountains, Salley, and Kyrkestall, in a dispute
between John, Abbot of Roche, and Ralph, Abbot of Whalley respecting the tithes of
Hildebrithorp, Rochdale [in Saddleworth, York]; including an unidentified notarial sign;
endorsed on paper no 51 Latin
8 Jul 1456
DDHU/53/20 - Sacrament certificate
John, Bishop of Chester certifies that Cuthbert Hulton of Over Hulton, gent took part in
Divine Service at Chester Cathedral; [many of the Hulton family including Cuthbert were
in fact Catholic and so it is likely that he chose to obtain this certificate in order to try to
avoid the persecution which was being faced by many Catholics during this period,
including the loss of property and even possible arrest] Latin
1 (parchment with a pendant seal of the Bishop of Chester)
1 Feb 1636
DDHU/53/25 - Order
Order given at Boulton [Bolton] by John Byron, Peter Egerton, and J Bradshawe that the
estate of Mr Adam Hilton be discharged from sequestration
1 (paper)
21 Jun 1649
Concerning sequestrations at the time of the Civil War made by Thomas Rothwell of
Bolton, Abram Asley, George Smith, Robert Hey, Adam Hilton of Westhaughton and
Adam Hilton of Joneses; notes appear to record information gathered by Henry Hulton
(1665-1737)
2 (paper)
1712-1713
DDHU/53/44 - Decree
Commissioners of Forfeited Estates allowing Henry Hulton esq, Jessup Hulton and
Charles Hulton, gents a chief rent of 13s 4d issuing from the lands of Sir Francis
Anderton in the parishes of Dean, Bolton, and Standish; given at their meeting at the
Town Hall in Preston
1 (parchment with 4 applied seals)
5 Jul 1718
DDHU/53/43 - Register of Estates
Henry Hulton of Over Hulton esq in pursuance of the Act for the Registration of Papist's
Estates; giving a detailed description of his property throughout Lancashire and the
terms on which each piece of land is owned or leased; copy
1 (sewn papers)
n.d. [1725]
See QDP/1/15 for the registered copy of this return as submitted to the quarter
sessions court
329
DDHU
DDHU/53/51 - Sacrament certificate
William Hulton (1787-1864) of Hulton Park, esq; taken at Dean Church before Robert
Latham, minister, and John Partington, churchwarden; witnessed by Samuel Cadbury
and Samuel Maddock
1 (paper)
2 Feb 1812
To the Magistracy of Bolton by the ministers of Bury and Bolton, on public houses, which
''are too commonly perverted to purposes of profligacy and profaneness, inviting the
laboring clases to incur expences which distress and ruin their families''
2 (paper)
n.d. [early 19th cent.]
DDHU/ACC9301/71 - Sermon
Printed notes on the Lord's Prayer; annotation indicates that these may have been used
as part of a sermon at Deane Church
1 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
Transcriptions of Latin documents relating to Cartmel Priory [including DDHU/53/3] Latin
3 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
DDHU/ACC9301/99 - Bill
Transcription of the bills for burning Cranmer, Ridley and Latimer [the Oxford Martyrs,
burned at the stake in 1555]
1 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
4.2 Education
Miscellaneous exercise books and other papers relating to education
1686-c1860
DDHU/ACC9301/9 - Commonplace book
Appears to have belonged to Henry Hulton (1665-1737), though signatures in the back
of the book indicate that it may have been passed on to either his son or his grandson,
both William Hulton; including notes in Latin and English, on subjects including 'Divine
Sentences' and prayer, English measures, 'Grave or Sententious Apophtheomes of
Great Men' and a French dictionary
1686-c1745
Containing notes on Latin grammar; owner unknown
1 (bound volume with a marbled cover)
[early 19th cent]
330
DDHU
''An Act for Amending Two...Acts... relating to the Estates devised by William Hulme,
Esq and .... to apply the Trust Monies..... for the Exhibitioners... in Brazen Nose College,
Oxford......''; printed
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1814
List of subscribers to liquidate debt owed by the Trustees of the Bradshaw School
1 (sewn pamphlet)
Nov 1836
Writing and arithmatic practice book belonging to James Westwell
1 (volume with sewn pamphlet binding)
'Articles by heart and declensions to write out in school'; produced by William Wilbraham
Blethyn Hulton (1844-1907)
1858
DDHU/ACC8410/157 - Register
'Hulton Reading Room Evening School'; attendance and payments register Apr-Dec;
also a separate register page and a page of accounts dating from 1860 which may relate
to school income and expenses
3 (sewn pamphlet with marbled cover and loose pages)
n.d. [c1860]
Miscelleous papers mainly relating to the treatment of prisoners
1424-1820
DDHU/53/5 - Warrant
Ralph de Radclif, Justice of the Peace to the Bailiffe and Constables of the Wapentake
of Derby; to arrest Roger Gelybrond, Lawrence Gelybrond, Hugh Gelybrond, Mathew
Gelybrond, Roger Haselhurst, and Gilbert Coldale on the complaint of Richard Hulton
de Astley and Ralph his brother; given Thursday before St Katherine Virgin 3 Henry VI
Latin
[23 Nov 1424]
DDHU/ACC9301/72 - Illustration
Portrait of John Bellingham, who assassinated the British Prime Minister Spencer
Perceval; drawn by permission in court by W. Medland; certified as a correct likeness by
Jno A Newman, Keeper of Newgate; printed
1 (paper)
16 May 1812
331
DDHU
DDHU/53/59 - Lancaster Castle
Papers concerning the treatment of prisoners in Lancaster Castle, mainly relating to legal
advice regarding a decision to intercept correspondence between Nathan Broadhunt, a
prisoner in the castle, and George Williams, who also writes to William Hulton on the
matter; also including a printed copy of the ''Rules...to be observed by the Crown
Prisoners and enforced by the Keeper of His Majesty's Gaol, the Castle of Lancaster''
with handwritten annotations
12 (papers)
Aug 1820
DDHU/53/64 - Poster
''A Voice from the Dungeon, or Jacob Magennis, described by himself''; printed copy of
a letter written by Magennis, a weaver who was executed for having shot a constable in
Stockport, Cheshire; also including a polemical writing relating to Magennis' apparent
conversion to Christianity close to his execution; printed by Joseph Pratt, Manchester
1 (paper)
n.d. [c.1820]
Miscellaneous papers mainly relating to civil unrest and disturbances carried out by
cotton workers and mine employees, as well as actions at Peterloo
1819-1842
''Act to authorise Justices of the Peace in certain disturbed Counties, to seize and detain
Arms collected or kept for Purposes dangerous to the Public Peace''
1 (paper)
18 Dec 1819
Printed extracts from the opinions of Judges on the application for a new trial in the case
of Redford v Birley concerning military intervention at Peterloo
1 (paper)
1822
DDX 113
DDHU/53/67 - Notice
Printed notice relating to resolutions of a meeting of the Weavers' Committee of Bolton;
concerning the characters of Richard Needham and James Bennett, ''appointed by the
Weavers' Committee...to lay before (Parliament) the distressed state of the Cotton
Weavers''
1 (paper)
18 Mar 1824
332
DDHU
By William Thomson, shoemaker, secretary of the Bolton Mechanics' Committee;
relating to resolutions of a meeting of the Weavers' Committee of Bolton concerning the
Combination Laws
1 (paper)
20 Mar 1824
DDHU/ACC9301/76 - Proclamation
A Proclamation by Queen Victoria; offering a £50 reward to anyone who helps to
discover or apprehend one of the ''great Multitudes of lawless and disorderly Persons
[who] have lately assembled themselves together in a riotous and tumultous Manner,
and have, with Force and Violence, entered into certain Mines, Mills, Manufactories, and
other Places, and...prevented Our good Subjects therein employed from following their
usual Occupations and earning their Livelihood''; printed
1 (paper)
13 Aug 1842
DDHU/53/56 - Extracts
Handwritten extracts from Alison's History of Europe Vol 2 relating to Peterloo, with
comments by William Hulton; ''The town was saved from such pillage and conflagration
as afterward destroy'd a great part of the city of Bristol''
1 (paper)
n.d. [mid 19th cent.]
DDX 113
Papers relating to leisure activities which may have been enjoyed by members of the
Hulton family
1814-1963
DDHU/ACC9301/39 - Sketchbook
Mostly containing examples of figures and human anatomy, in pencil, pen and ink and
watercolour; also containing some images of animals and animal anatomy; [the owner
of the sketchbook is unclear, though correspondence at the time of the deposit indicated
that it may have belonged to Maria Hulton, born Maria Ford in 1790, married William
Hulton in 1808; however there are examples of coded letters within the volume dating
from 1785, prior to Maria's birth, which may indicate another owner]
1 (bound volume with a marbled cover and multiple loose items)
333
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9301/40 - Sketchbook
Containing a range of artworks of different subjects and materials, including pencil, pen
and ink, charcoal, watercolour and other paints; subjects include portraits, flowers,
animals and landscapes; it is unclear if all of the pictures were produced by the book's
owner or if some were removed from other publications, perhaps as examples to be
copied; [the owner of the sketchbook is unclear, though correspondence at the time of
the deposit indicated that it may have belonged to Maria Hulton, born Maria Ford in 1790,
married William Hulton in 1808]; the volume also contains an article about Westhoughton
entitled 'How now, town cow?' which originally appeared in Lancashire Life in Feb 1980
and includes input from Sir Geoffrey Hulton
1 (hard bound volume with a gold embossed design)
DDHU/ACC9301/75 - Illustrations
Small watercolour landscapes, perhaps removed from a larger sketchbook; artist
unknown
4 (card)
n.d. [19th cent]
DDHU/ACC9301/67 - Drawing
Illustration of Smithills Hall
1 (paper)
21 Jul [19th cent]
DDHU/53/54 - Songs and verses
Anonymous and including both handwritten and printed examples; titles where given
include New Garmes at St Stephen's Chapel; The Kiss; To Miss M.A.J.; The Keeper's
Dance; The Boroughmongers Dying Words
1814-1830
Collection of riddles
17 (small leather bound volume with additional loose papers)
n.d. [19th cent]
DDHU/ACC9301/77 - Puzzle
'The Social Science Puzzle! Proving by demonstration that irregularities can become
regularities: from ten angular pieces construct a perfect square'; inscribed on inside of
envelope 'To dear Harriet'
13 (paper and card)
n.d. [19th cent]
DDHU/53/69 - Articles
Heaton Park Racing Club; including articles, a list of members and races to be held in
1830; printed by T. Bowler, Manchester
1 (paper)
1829
334
DDHU
DDHU/ACC9301/74 - Handkerchief
Printed handkerchief recording the horses to be raced at the Croxton Park Meeting
1 (silk)
2 Apr 1846
DDHU/53/74 - Invitation
''The Stewards of the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy'' to Mr Hulton; invitation to a
dinner at the Merchant Tailors' Hall
1 (card)
19 May 1831
DDHU/ACC9301/58 - Invitations
Ticket for admission of the Viscountess Montmorres to Westminster Abbey for Her
Majesty's Jubilee Thanksgiving Service 21 Jun 1887; letter from the Lord Great
Chamberlain's Office promising to provide the Dowager Viscountess Montmorres two
tickets for the coronation procession 21 Jul 1902; invitation to Sir Geoffrey and Lady
Hulton to attend the afternoon garden party at Buckingham Palace
3 (paper)
1887-1963
DDHU/ACC9301/100 - Poster
'Notes, Of the Diet, at Hoghton, At the King's coming there, 1617'; printed
1 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
2 copies of transcriptions entitled 'Ancient Living'; extracts from the journal of Elizabeth
Wydeville [Woodville] previous to her marriage with Lord Grey
2 (paper)
n.d. [19th cent]
4.6 Military
Miscellaneous papers relating to military activities and training
1645-1813
DDHU/53/23 - Naval Commissioners report
''Several Consideracions touching the Government of the Navie, humblie presented by
the Commissioners thereof''; regarding funding of the navy through the customs and
excise gained from flesh and salt
1 (paper)
20 Jan 1645
DDHU/53/27 - Order
Henry Wrigley and Thomas Browne, High Constables, to the Constables of the Three
Hultons, under a warrant of Thomas Greenhalgh, esq captain of the light horse, that they
command William Hulton of Parke, esq to send one ''man, and armes, unto the place of
Randivous at Bury'' and also to supply six days' pay for his soldier
1 (paper)
12 Nov 1660
335
DDHU
DDHU/53/34 - Exercise book
Inscribed on the inside cover ''David Balldock his Booke, Auggustt the 4th day Anno
domni 1682 Edward Hilton''; containing handwritten ballistics exercises with calculations
regarding the weight of lead and iron shot and amount of powder required in a range of
circumstances
1682
DDHU/53/35 - Exercise book
Exercises in navigation; possibly also belonging to ''David Balldock''; including notes on
currents, sailing by the wind, Mercator's sailing and trigonometry
n.d. [c1682]
DDHU/53/38 - Order in Council
Sent by Lord Brandon to the Justices of the County of Lancaster for the raising of recruits
17 Feb [16]91
DDHU/53/39 - Order
Prince George of Denmarke, Lord High Admiral to the Earl of Derby, Vice-Admiral of the
County of Lancaster; for the impressing of seamen; including a sign manual / autograph
1 (repaired paper with a wafer seal)
19 Jan 1706
William Legh appointing William Hoult as a Press master; together with copy orders and
instructions from Prince George of Denmarke to the Earl of Derby for the impressing of
seamen
1 (2 papers tied with string and featuring an applied seal)
19 Mar 1706
15 Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Lancaster to the Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant,
recommending Captain William Legh to be commissioned to instruct the Militia raised
''in this time of emminent Danger when we are threatened to be invaded by great
Numbers of the Scotch and other Rebells''; this document likely refers to the Jacobite
rebellion of 1715
1 (paper)
n.d. [1715]
DDHU/ACC9301/69 - Militaria
Papers relating to the French 'Order of Reunion', an award created by Napoleon; ''taken
out of a distinguished officers carriage at the Battle of Vittoria'' French/English
9 (paper)
1812-1813
336
DDHU
4.7 Politics
Miscellaneous papers relating to political matters
1690-1835
DDHU/53/37 - Speech
''His Majesties most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament'' regarding the
situation in Ireland and the actions of his subjects during an attack by the French;
addressed to William Hilton, esq with the note ''Corke is taken''; printed
1 (paper)
2 Oct 1690
DDHU/53/55 - Address
''To His Royal Highness the Prince Regent...with the expression of our warmest
Sentiments of Indignation, at the late atrocious Outrage and Insults offered to your Royal
Person...our utter detestation of all traitorous and seditious Plots and Conspiracies, and
our fixed Determination to support the Honour and Dignity of the Crown''; proposed by
Sir Henry Philip Hoghton and seconded by William Hulton, Esq at a County Meeting held
in Preston; printed
1 (sewn pamphlet)
25 Feb 1817
Copy petition sent to Parliament asking for the transfer of the Elective Franchise from
Grampound to the Hundreds of Salford and Blackburn; ''these hundreds are the chief
seat of the Cotton Manufacturers of the Country...that no other portion of the
Country...contains an equal agregate value of Property''; petitioners include local clergy,
gentry and other principal inhabitants of the hundreds in question
2 (paper)
1820
Handwritten notice from ''Undersigned Gentry, Merchants, Tradesman and others
resident in the Borough of Bolton and its neighbourhood'' expressing thanks to William
Hulton (1787-1864) for his actions as a magistrate and giving their support for his
continued service
1 (parchment)
30 Mar 1835
4.8 Paupers
Miscellaneous papers relating to treatment of the poor
1687
DDHU/53/36 - Order
Lancaster Assizes, pursuant to a Rule of the King's Bench, concerning the payments for
the relief of the poor of Bolton, Turton, Harwood, Edgworth, Rivington and Blackrod;
Certified copy
1 (paper)
1 Aug 1687
337
DDHU
Miscellaneous papers relating to shipping and trade, including sales catalogues
1647-1968
DDHU/53/24 - Certification
Burgomaster and Council of Lubeck, of a declaration under oath by Johann Petersen,
master and Hermann Hengke, Kurt Brandt, and Claus Jurgen owners of the ship, S.
Johannes, that the said ship, which is sailing for Dover and back to Lubeck is the property
of the owners, and that her port of ownership is Lubeck German
6 Mar 1647
DDHU/ACC9301/78 - Regulations
Printed page removed from a volume, featuring information on stamp duties, rates of
postage, tenancy, registration of births and giving the four quarters of the year
1 (card)
n.d. [19th cent]
Thomas Crapper & Co., patentees and manufacturers of sanitary appliances; catalogue
and price list; including black and white illustrations
May 1902
Doulton and Co Ltd, Sanitary Engineers; catalogue of fitted sanitary appliances;
including black and white and colour illustrations
Jan 1904
DDHU/ACC9301/68 - Advertisement
'History of Old Sheffield Plate' by Frederick Bradbury; An exact reproduction of the 1912
edition; to be published Oct 1968; including an order form
1 (paper)
[1968]
c1790-1992
DDHU/ACC8410/160 - Publication
'A cursory view of a proposed canal: from Kendal to the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal;
Leading to the great manufacturing town of Manchester...'; signed by Richard Ainsworth
1 (sewn pamphlet)
n.d. [c1790]
DDHU/53/70 - Poster
''Lands in Upper Canada to be disposed of by the Canada Company'' with map; printed
1 (paper)
n.d. [c.1830]
338
DDHU
'The Taming of Horses' by J.S. Rarey; Published in London by George Routledge and
Co; including adverts for Routledge's Cheap Literature - The Railway Library
1858
'Beeton's Penny Dictionary of Universal Information' Part 1; published in London by W
Kent and Co
1 (sewn pamphlet)
1862
DDHU/ACC9301/94 - Magazines
'Truth' magazine; containing society news, advertisements, share prospectuses and
trading advice
2 (stapled paper pamphlets)
7 Apr-5 May 1881
DDHU/ACC9301/91 - Manuscript
'Westhoughton' by John Heaton Partington; a history of the township of Westhoughton,
mostly compiled from research in original documents
1911
DDHU/ACC9301/33 - Publications
'Yesterday's Lives Today's History'; magazines produced by the Willows Local History
Group; collections of personal memories, stories and local history relating to the area
around the Willows Estate in Deane; it appears that the magazines were sent directly to
the Hulton family by a member of the group; pieces on coal mining and the Pretoria Pit
Disaster are likely to be of the most relevance to the rest of this collection
5 (stapled volumes)
1987-1992
4.11 Notices
Printed notices relating to Bolton and district. These notices were originally collected into
a scrapbook from which they had been removed and rearranged according to their
subject matter. This arrangement has been refined and largely retained here. Duplicates,
fragments and badly damaged items have been discarded. Some of the subject matter
relates to other items within the Hulton archive, but it was felt that this series of
documents represented a discrete collection which should be retained together.
Unfortunately no information is available about who may have compiled the original
scrapbook.
Examples of the pages from which the cuttings were removed can be seen under the
reference DDHU/53/82/18. The number marked in pencil on the back of each document
refers to its original position in the scrap book.
1770-c1840
339
DDHU
DDHU/53/82/1 - Public Appointments
Adverts canvassing for the positions of ale-conner of the City of London, with an
application for candidacy by John Clark; a surveyor for the township of Great Bolton;
coroner of the County Palatine of Lancaster, with recommendations in favour of John
Milne and Robert Ellis Cunliffe; advert, resolutions and appointments of Special
Constables in Bolton
9 (paper)
1790-1816, n.d. [19th cent.]
DDHU/53/82/2 - Politics and Elections
Resolutions of Common Sense about Common Rights by Thomas Bull; Letter of a
dissenter to the Vicar of Bolton; Prince Regent's speech to both Houses of Parliament
regarding hostilities and Christian slavery in Algiers, military operations in India and the
state of the public income and expenditure; report of a General Meeting of the Bolton
Pitt Club 1813; report of a meeting of the Bolton Political Union regarding William Naisby
and parliamentary reform; circular by a South Lancashire freeholder regarding proposals
by radicals to exclude publicans from the franchise in the Borough of Manchester;
circulars on the impact of political reform; notice of the nomination of candidates for
Borough elections; canvassing by, on behalf of and against local political candidates
including John Ashton Yates, William Lumley Hampden, John Smith, Lord Francis
Egerton, William Bolling, Mr Cunliffe, R Torrens, George William Wood and Robert Hyde
Greg
34 (paper)
1813-[c1840]
DDHU/53/82/3 - Political satire
Satirical writing mainly relating to Bolton elections, including mock wanted and missing
posters; 'Programme of the Grand procession...to escort the ''Old Green Unit,'' alias, the
Old W[e]st I[n]d[ia]n Sl[a]v[e] D[ea]le[r]'; 'Dialogue between two Tories!! Mr Simpleton
and Mr Wisdom'; cures for ''all mad Parliamentary Candidates''; demonstration of a Spy
System by Sir William Putty Baronet; 'The Reformer's Code: Printed and published for
the use of the house-breakers (not housekeepers) of England and Ireland'; 'Grand
competition of locomotives on the new Bolton and St Stephen's Railway'; publication of
a Digest of the Laws relating to entail; proclamation by J.A.Y. Rex; Special meeting of
''Andro's'' Friends; mock adverts for 'Race Horses, Hacks, Hunters'; mock playbills
including a menagerie 'from the remote regions of Whig-land'; also songs and poems
titled 'The Unit and his Canvassers', 'Noseby's Soliloquy', 'The Pic-Nic Pie, from the
Bolton Election Dinner', 'Summut New, or King Solomon quite wrung', 'Song on the
opening of the South Lancashire Conservative Hall at Newton'
28 (paper)
c1820-1835
340
DDHU
DDHU/53/82/4 - Labour disputes
Notice concerning efforts to check combinations of workmen for higher wages including
list of regulations; resolutions at a meeting of bleachers, printers and dyers regarding
duties payable on raw materials; petition for a public meeting to consider their distresses
by householders to boroughreeves and constables of Bolton, and their reply; resolutions
made at a meeting in Bolton concerning the general distress and methods of relief;
protest against being named on a Bolton committee formed to petition Parliament about
distress, by John Pilkington, John Cockshott and William Thistlethwaite; notice to
landlords and tenants concerning rates allowed under the Act of Levy and Distress;
petitions against payment of wages in kind to labourers and textile workers; notice of a
public meeting about relief for victims of Peterloo, and cancellation of that meeting;
facetious printed leaflet on `General Distress'; printed petition to Lords in Parliament
regarding monopoly of trade by the East India Company; evidence against Sir Robert
Peel's Factory Bill; circular on behalf of mule spinners
15 (paper)
1810-1831
DDX 113
DDHU/53/82/5 - Charities and Benefits
Address to the inhabitants of Bolton on the 'desirability and utility of Sunday Schools';
Howell-Croft Sunday School Annual Exhibition; sermons for the benefit of the Sunday
Schools and Benevolent Society in Bolton; Report of the Benevolent Society 1807-1808
including accounts, list of subscribers, rules and officers; form of recommendation for
admittance into the Manchester Lying-In Hospital, requiring certificates of marriage and
place of settlement; Report of the Ladies' Charity for the relief of poor lying-in women in
or near Great and Little Bolton 1805-1806, including rules, list of subscribers, accounts
and committee; notice of a special general meeting of the subscribers and friends to the
Catholic schools; notice of a sermon to be preached for the benefit of the London Female
Penitentiary; prospectus for Fieldsend's Classical and Commerical Seminary, Attercliffe
Hill-top, near Sheffield; notice of an exhibition and performance of military music in
support of the National and Lancastrian Schools
15 (paper)
1797-1818
DDHU/53/82/6 - Accounts
Receipts for half year rental payments due to Sir Henry Brigeman, John Gartside esq
and Lord Bradford; accounts of the Bolton Volunteer Corps; accounts of the Trustees of
Great Bolton 1796-1801; tavern bills; accounts of Manchester Police 1801; accounts of
the overseers of the poor for Great Bolton 1801, 1814-1815, including a list of the
mothers of illegitimate children who have had to receive maintenance and the names of
the reputed fathers of their children and an alphabetical list of paupers receiving support
1814-1815; notices of amounts of tax to be paid on various goods and services; notice
demanding return of silver given in mistake for copper
16 (paper)
1783-1821
341
DDHU
DDHU/53/82/7 - Shipping
Shipping notes confirming the safe carriage of goods; reports on the export market from
James Wardle, broker
5 (paper)
1770-1810
DDHU/53/82/8 - Credit notices
Notice of the dissolvement of ''Wrights and Addison'' and instructions for payment and
receipt of debts; notices to creditors of Thomas Kaye of Bolton-le-Moors and John
Brownlow of Bolholt, Tottington Lower End
4 (paper)
1790-1812
DDHU/53/82/9 - Insurance notices
Proposals and policy of the Royal Exchange Assurance; notice of a return of 50% from
the Norwich Union Fire and Life Office; notice that a premium is due to be paid on a
policy held with Strand and Cornhill, London; notice of premiums offered by the
Manchester Agricultural Society
5 (paper)
1790-1810
DDHU/53/82/10 - Lottery
Lottery ticket; 'The Gypsey's Prophecy' lottery advert; various adverts for Grand State
lotteries contracted to G. Carroll, Swift and Co, Sivewright, William Carter, Richardson,
Goodluck and Co and Bish, all based in London, and T. Sowler at St Anne's Square,
Manchester
25 (paper)
1796-c.1817
DDHU/53/82/11 - Letting and job notices
Notices for the lease of a homes at Stackfield in Saddleworth, Folds in Little Bolton and
Alder House near Chowbent; a farm called Arthur Lane and various named farms near
Bolton; a cotton factory at the bottom of King St in Great Bolton and the Little Bridge
Factory in Little Bolton; coal mines under an estate called Higher Marshes in Little Lever;
tenders distributed to paviors (sic), road makers and stone masons, to be let by ticket;
also notices for mule spinners for new mills in Bolton and an apprentice for a woollen
drapery business
13 (paper)
c.1807-1816
342
DDHU
DDHU/53/82/12 - Auction notices
Building plots in Little Bolton; ground and chief rents in Little Bolton; timber; various
messuages and dwelling houses, often giving information about the current tenants; the
White Lion Inn at Stratford-upon-Avon; a spinning works at Warrington; coal mines in
West Leigh; a shop in Brighton; household furniture; stock in trade of the late Abraham
Butler of Bolton; a steam engine and mangle; factory machinery; printing utensils and
stock; a collection of books; also a notice of the opening of an auction mart at No 132
Bradshawgate
35 (paper)
1800-1821
DDHU/53/82/13 - Sales Advertisements
Adverts for various businesses and goods for sale, including distilleries; wine merchants;
tea and coffee merchants; portraiture; County maps of Lancashire with lists of
subscribers; a ''novelist's library'' to be published monthly; local trade directories; paper
and stationery; newspapers including the Manchester Observer, the London Telegraph
and the Manchester Courier; booksellers; account books and other publications; drapery
and hosiery; a tailor's price list; boots and shoes; muslins and other fabrics; timber
merchants; mineral brown paint; roman cement; the sloop Richard and James of
Dundalk; a freehold house in Howell-Croft, Bolton to be sold by private contract; the
London Stove Grate Company; candles; leather; meat including pork, venison and turtle;
a magic lantern; Aubin, glass-worker in miniature; the Mersey Mills Flour and Bread
Company; also including a notice that Joseph Warburton, joiner and cabinet maker,
Chowbent has taken out a licence as an auctioneer; notice to clothiers in Wigan that
tenants of the Old Cloth Hall are to pay their tolls to R. Rowbottom; share certificate;
receipt for the purchase of Georgia weft from Taylor, Hindle and Co
61 (paper)
c.1807-1818
DDHU/53/82/14 - Medicinal
Adverts for Doctors and medicines including R. Stringer, druggist, The Strand;
Solomon's Cordial Balm of Gilead; Dr M'Layman, late Surgeon in the army; Hermitage,
no 21 Edgware Rd offering cures for deafness as well as tinctures and pectoral elixir; Dr
Sibly's reanimating solar tincture; Dr Fothergill's restorative cordial drops; Venner's
brown plaister for the cure of wounds; testimonies on the treatment of Mr Borthwick,
medical practitioner, Toad Lane, Manchester; Mr Lignum's antiscorbutic drops including
patient testimonies; Mr Williams, oculist, London; Haycock's infallible remedy for
deafness; friar's drops; Dr Bateman's pectoral drops; British ointment for corns; Leake's
justly famous pill; Carrington's life pills; cures for venereal disease offered by Dr
Matthews, Drs C and J Jordan, Dr Freeman, Dr Eady, Dr Lambert, Messrs Sloan and
Co and Dr Harvey
24 (paper)
c.1812
343
DDHU
DDHU/53/82/15 - Education
Advertisement for room for Literary and Philosophical Society, Bolton; A.M. Ward, leader
of the Orchestra at the Theatres Royal, Manchester and Birmingham, to give piano
lessons; Mr Smith, 114, Strand, handwriting teacher; Mr W.J. Lewis, teaching
handwriting, short-hand, arithmetic and algebra; Lectures on Heads, Mnemonics and a
new system of writing by Mrs Smith
5 (paper)
c1815
DDHU/53/82/16 - Entertainment
Playbills for the Theatre Royal, Lancaster and Bolton Theatre; Panharmonicon exhibition
of music by mechanical power; L. Charles, ventriloquist; Sieur Mench, fire eater and
magician'; Mr Leach, 'The Shortest Person in the World!'; Miss Crachami, ''the celebrated
Sicilian dwarf'' [Caroline Crachami was the first person to be medically cited with
primordial dwarfism; she unfortunately died shortly after being 'exhibited' in London and
her skeleton is now held by the Hunterian Museum]; display of the art of self-defence by
Molineaux, ''the celebrated black'', and Carter, ''a native of Lancashire'', at the Cross
Keys, Lancaster [Tom Molyneaux (1784-1818) was an African-American former slave
who became a boxer and first fought in England in 1810]; collections of models and
pictures; menageries
20 (paper)
c.1800-1825
DDHU/53/82/17 - Miscellaneous
'County Palatine of Lancaster Instructions to Constables and Tithingmen; order to pay
tithes to Christ College, Manchester'; notice of an intended turnpike road from Pilkington
to Kersley; circulars by the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Company; resolutions of
the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company; notice regarding subscription for Mr Hone's
legal expenses; caution from the General Post Office regarding unlawfully sending
letters; warning regarding trespass on the land of John Silvester esq; rewards for the
capture of burglars and bank robbers; extract from Mademoiselle Panache by Miss
Edgeworth; Wheeler's Manchester Chronicle; statement of Horwich landowners
regarding the pursuit of game by Mr Ridgway; Rules for the Bolton Hunt; list of the
hounds and where quartered; notice that the Bolton hounds ''cast off to-morrow
morning''; receipts for the payment of subscriptions for a trade directory; prayers, hymns
and orders of service; return of numbers killed or wounded at Trafalgar
30 (paper)
1780-1821
DDHU/53/82/18 - Scrapbook pages
The loose notices listed under DDHU/53/82 were removed from a volume into which
they had been pasted; this volume was originally used by Messrs Cradock and Co to
keep a record of the coal which had been mined by the Little Bolton Machine; a small
number of pages have been retained as an example
4 (paper)
n.d. [early 19th century]
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