The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . pon the Fishwick Hall estate. Certain premises he devised to the issueof his son Thomas, and other premises to the issue of her son John, andfailing to his [testators] nephew James, son of his brother Luke also left a messuage in Church Street, to his son John so long ashe continued in partnership with William Riddihalgh (testators partner.)He also directed that his pew or seat in the new chapel, Preston, shouldgo with the reversion of his inheritance of his messuages in Friargate. Shortly after this th
The history of the parish of Preston in Amounderness in the county of Lancaster . pon the Fishwick Hall estate. Certain premises he devised to the issueof his son Thomas, and other premises to the issue of her son John, andfailing to his [testators] nephew James, son of his brother Luke also left a messuage in Church Street, to his son John so long ashe continued in partnership with William Riddihalgh (testators partner.)He also directed that his pew or seat in the new chapel, Preston, shouldgo with the reversion of his inheritance of his messuages in Friargate. Shortly after this the hall was sold to William Shawe, the owner ofthe manor [see p. loi.] Of the old building little remains except the partformerly used as a Catholic Chapel, and in one of the bedrooms is anarched recess for an altar. The kitchen has its old ingle nook, and manyof the old oak doors are still here. The hall stands in a beautiful situa-tion facing south and sheltered by rising ground covered with trees fromthe north and east winds. Old Houses and Old Families. 309 BARTON OLD The Barton family wassettled in the township andlived in the manor house formany generations. As earlyas 4 Edward L [1275-76], wefind mention of an arraign-ment against Agnes, daughterof Gilbert de Barton, touch-ing lands in Barton in Amoun-derness ;? and in the SubsidyRoll for Barton in 1332 occursGilbert of the Hall. Towardsthe end of the fifteenth cen-tury a Gilbert Barton ( prob-ably the grandson of Richard) was outlawed for trespass before 1496 ; hehad died seised in his demesne as of fee of 12 messuages, 200 acres of landand meadow, 60 acres of pasture, 20 acres of wood, and 40 acres of moorand turbary in Barton and Billsburgh [Bilsborough], which were held of theking as of his Duchy of Lancaster, and were worth 40 marks per 1505 Gilbert Barton, grandson of the outlaw, appeared as defendant inthe Duchy Court, the plaintiffs being William Ireland and Clemence hiswife, who pleaded that they
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