. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. CuLCHETH of Cul- cheth. Argent an eagle sable preying on an infant vuiaddled gules banded or. Trafford, Argent I griffon segreant gules. became Jesuits, one being a priest, and four of his six daughters were ; The descendants of the other daughters, Anne and Catherine, ultimately inherited the manor. He died in 1683," and was succeeded by his grandson Thomas, whose father had died a year or two previously.'" Thomas Culcheth, the last of the male line, died childless in 1747,*° and in accordance with his d
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. CuLCHETH of Cul- cheth. Argent an eagle sable preying on an infant vuiaddled gules banded or. Trafford, Argent I griffon segreant gules. became Jesuits, one being a priest, and four of his six daughters were ; The descendants of the other daughters, Anne and Catherine, ultimately inherited the manor. He died in 1683," and was succeeded by his grandson Thomas, whose father had died a year or two previously.'" Thomas Culcheth, the last of the male line, died childless in 1747,*° and in accordance with his dispo- sitions the manor passed to his cousin Thomas Stanley wmwicK of Eccleston in the Fylde, son of Richard Stanley by his wife Anne ; Thomas Stanley enjoyed the estate only two years ; *» his son Richard was declared a lunatic, and on the death of the daughter Meliora, wife of William Dicconson," the manor went in 1794 to John Trafford of Trafford, grandson of John Traf- ford of Croston, who had married Catherine Cul- cheth.'" The new possessor died in 1815, and about ten years later the manor and lands were sold, Peter Withington being the pur- chaser ; from him the estate has descended to his grandson, the present owner, Mr. Tho- mas Ellames ; II.âTo Elizabeth, the se- cond daughter of Gilbert de Culcheth, was assigned PEAS- ; By her hus- band, Adam de Peasfurlong, she had two daughters, Mar- gery " and Beatrice," the for- mer of whom carried this quarter of Culcheth to her husband, William son of Richard de Radcliffe of ; It descended regularly in this family until. Radcliffe of Rad- cliffe. Argent a bend engrailed sable. *'^\rs 1677 a settlement was made of the manors and lands by Thomas Cul- cheth and Anne his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 198, m. 65. ^* From a pedigree in Foley, op. cit. vi, 690, said to be taken from one com- piled in 1692. Thomas Culcheth alias Parker mostly re
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