Manor of Rivington

The Manor of Rivington was a manorial estate in Rivington, Lancashire, England that possibly predates the Domesday survey. Before 1212 the Pilkington family owned six oxgangs of land. Over time it became separated in moieties and by the 16th century the Pilkingtons of Rivington Hall owned a 5/8 share. In 1605 the Lathoms of Irlam owned a quarter share and the Shaws 1/8. The Pilkington portion passed to the Crompton family who in 1900 sold to William Hesketh Lever.

Lathom of Irlam

In 1347 Roger de Westleigh of Irlam, Emma his wife, and Adam de Birkhead of Wigan claimed a fourth part of two messuages in Rivington against Robert de Rivington, Richard his son, and others. Three years earlier, their son Roger, had made a settlement of the fifth part of the manor of Rivington in favour of their son Richard. In the 14th century a quarter of the manor was held by the Westleigh and Birkenhead families. This descended to the Birkenheads and Chisnalls.[2] By the 17th century a quarter was held by the Lathoms of Irlam. In 1640, after the death of Edmund Lathom, the inquisition stated George, the deceased's grandfather, held a quarter of Rivington manor of the Crown and had made a settlement in 1570.[2] George Lathom of Huyton and his wife Elizabeth were engaged in legal action with Richard Pilkington and others in 1549 and 1550, regarding Moldesfield and land in Rivington. Hyefurth House at Deane Head was part of the Lathom estate and the legal action continued until 1614 when Thomas, son of George Lathom, was granted 50 acre in settlement.[39] In 1683 this quarter of the manor was sold by Thomas Lathom of Irelom in association with Thomas Ashurst of Ashurst and Ralph Egerton of Turton, to John Bradley of Rivington for £120, and included messuages, closes and parcels of land in Rivington and 50 acre moiety of waste ground.[40] Bradley's Farmhouse is a listed building.

Shaw of Rivington, Heath Charnock and Anglezarke
Family Tree of Alice Asshaw

John Shaw married Elizabeth Haydock of High Bullough in Anglezarke, he was a defendant in litigation in 1507, 1528, and 1545 relating to the eighth part of the manor originally held by the Hultons.[2] His grandson, John, married Katherine, sister of Bishop James Pilkington. Robert, son of Thomas Shaw, made a settlement of the eighth part of the manor and other lands in 1606.[2] The Shaw portion was sold to John Risley in 1656 to raise funds for recovery from the English Civil War. Peter Shaw Junior bought back the estate in 1663, selling it some time later and buying it back from John Breres in 1671.[41] The Shaw and Pilkington family are related, a further connection being through Alice, wife of Richard Pilkington and mother of James, Bishop of Durham.

Peter Shaw and his son, Thomas, were in debt at the beginning of the 18th century and sold their estate to Hugh Willoughby, 12th Baron Willoughby of Parham. The estate passed to the 15th Baron. In 1765 on the death of Lord Willoughby the estate passed to his sisters, Elizabeth Shaw and Helena Roscoe. Some land in Rivington and Anglezarke was sold. Elizabeth Shaw died in 1787.[41]

References

Notes

  1. Pilkington 1912, pp. 25–26
  2. Farrer & Brownbill 1911, pp. 286–294
  3. Pilkington 1912, pp. 186–187
  4. Irvine 1904, p. 10
  5. Pilkington 1912, pp. 28–29
  6. Pilkington 1912, pp. 88
  7. Pilkington 1912, pp. 89
  8. Pilkington 1912, p. 213
  9. Pilkington 1912, p. 236
  10. Pilkington 1912, pp. 91–92
  11. Pilkington 1912, pp. 88–89
  12. Pilkington 1912, pp. 95
  13. Pilkington 1912, pp. 94
  14. Pilkington 1912, p. 354
  15. Pilkington 1912, pp. 97–101
  16. Pilkington 1912, p. 100
  17. Irvine 1904, pp. 29–30
  18. Irvine 1904, p. 28 to p33
  19. Irvine 1904, p. 128
  20. Pilkington 1912, p. 115
  21. Pilkington 1912, p. 249 B. No. 76
  22. Pilkington 1912, p. 250 B. No. 76
  23. Pilkington 1912, p. 120
  24. Pilkington 1912, p. 251
  25. Pilkington 1912, p. 255
  26. Pilkington 1912, p. 256
  27. Irvine 1904, pp. 38
  28. Irvine 1904, pp. 39
  29. Pilkington 1912, p. 96
  30. Irvine 1904, p. 50
  31. Irvine 1904, p. 40
  32. Shaw 1940, p. 283
  33. Irvine 1904, p. 51
  34. "Rivington Manor". Rivington. Angelfire. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  35. "Tithe map of Rivington (township in the parish of Bolton le Moors), Lancashire IR 30/18/269". National Archive. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  36. "Liverpool Corporation Act, 1902" (PDF). Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI). Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  37. "Land Registry Title LAN62356". GOV UK. GOV UK. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  38. Pilkington 1912, p. 189.
  39. Irvine 1904, p. 32
  40. DDX 121/21 16 & 17 May 1683
  41. Shaw 1940, pp. 133–134

Bibliography

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  • Pilkington, James (1912). The History of the Pilkington family and its branches, from 1066 to 1600 (Third ed.). Liverpool: C. Tinley & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 21 June 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link).
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