. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE The family pedigree cannot be traced ; A Gilbert Abram died about 1470 leaving two daughters as heirs; Constance married Henry By- rom and Isabel married James Holt; ^^ and the later holdings of these families probably re- present the inheritance of the daughters.^^ The manor, how- ever, continued in the male line "^ to Thomas Abram, who died in 1606, also leaving two ; The elder, Susan,. Abkam. Azure a sun in splendour or, daughters to divide the married Henry La
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE The family pedigree cannot be traced ; A Gilbert Abram died about 1470 leaving two daughters as heirs; Constance married Henry By- rom and Isabel married James Holt; ^^ and the later holdings of these families probably re- present the inheritance of the daughters.^^ The manor, how- ever, continued in the male line "^ to Thomas Abram, who died in 1606, also leaving two ; The elder, Susan,. Abkam. Azure a sun in splendour or, daughters to divide the married Henry Lance, of a Cornish family,** and the manor was assigned to her ; the younger daughter, Mary, married Philip Langton of the Lowe in Hindley.'^ All adhered to the ancient religion, and suffered accordingly under the persecuting laws in force.^' In 1652, however, Abraham Lance, the son and heir of Henry and Susan, being ' conformable,' petitioned for the removal of the sequestration of his mother's lands, and on condition that he abjured his religion they were allowed to him.^^ It does not appear whether he actually re- gained possession or not, but the ruin of the family, several members of which fell in the Civil War fighting as Royalists, could not be ; Shortly afterwards William Gerard and Anne his 1^ Adam de Abram occurs in ; Assize R. 404, m. 13 d. In 1270-1 Robert de Abram and Robert and Adam his sons were defendants ; Curia Regis R. 201, m. 15 d. From one of these may descend the John son of Richard son of Robert de Abram mentioned in 1342; Townelcy MS. GG, no. 2670. Richard de Abram, probably the head of the family, was a juror in 1288 ; Inq. and Extents, i, 273. Johnson of Richa d de Abram was a defendant in 1301 ; Snnon de Holland was plaintiff; Assize R. 419, m. 4 d. ; 418, m, 2, John de Abram seems to have died soon after his father, for in 1305 the defendants in a case con- cerning land were Richard son of John de Adburgham, Agnes widow of John, Maud
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