. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. SALFORD HUNDRED MANCHESTER were in 1579 sold for ;^3,ooo by the heir of the Wests to John Lacy, citizen and clothworker of London ;" and Lacy in 1596 sold them to Nicholas Mosley, Lord Mayor of London in 1599.'^ The new lord of the manor was knighted in the same year and settled at Withington, ac- quiring this manor also and building the hall at Hough ; The manor descended regu- larly to his great grandson, Sir Edward Mosley, who, dying childless in 1665, bequeathed his manors to a cousin.'* His widow, however,
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. SALFORD HUNDRED MANCHESTER were in 1579 sold for ;^3,ooo by the heir of the Wests to John Lacy, citizen and clothworker of London ;" and Lacy in 1596 sold them to Nicholas Mosley, Lord Mayor of London in 1599.'^ The new lord of the manor was knighted in the same year and settled at Withington, ac- quiring this manor also and building the hall at Hough ; The manor descended regu- larly to his great grandson, Sir Edward Mosley, who, dying childless in 1665, bequeathed his manors to a cousin.'* His widow, however, con- tinued to hold Manchester till her death in 1680," when, as the disposition made by Sir Edward had been set aside owing to litigation, and a division of the estates had been made, the manor went to a cousin Edward, who was succeeded in 1695 by his daughter Lady Bland. After her death in 1734 this manor passed to a second cousin, Sir Oswald. West, Lord La Warre. Argent a /esse dancetty sable. Mosley, descendant of Sir Nicholas's younger bro- ther, Anthony Mosley.'" Sir Oswald was succeeded by his two sons, Oswald and John, and on the death of the latter in 1779 the manor went by bequest to a cousin, John Parker Mosley, created a baronet in 1781. Dying in 1798 he was followed by his grandson Sir Oswald, who in 1846 sold the lordship to the Corporation of Manchester for ^^200,000.'' {Pedigree,p. 232.) A grant of free warren in all Thomas Grelley's demesne lands of Manchester was made by the king in 1249.'' The date of BOROUGH borough—if. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Farrer, William, 1861-1924, ed; Brownbill, J. , joint ed. London [Constable]
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