. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. Reddish of Reddish. Argent a lion rampant gules collared or. CoKK. Per pale gules and azure three eagles displayed argent. Reddish Hall was situated on the east side of the township, and was taken down about the year 1780. It was a two-storied timber and plaster house, on a stone base, E-shaped on plan, but said to have been originally quadrangular in form, and surrounded by a moat. The principal front, which had three over- hanging gables, was entirely covered with quatrefoil panelling, giving the building a very rich appear
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. Reddish of Reddish. Argent a lion rampant gules collared or. CoKK. Per pale gules and azure three eagles displayed argent. Reddish Hall was situated on the east side of the township, and was taken down about the year 1780. It was a two-storied timber and plaster house, on a stone base, E-shaped on plan, but said to have been originally quadrangular in form, and surrounded by a moat. The principal front, which had three over- hanging gables, was entirely covered with quatrefoil panelling, giving the building a very rich appearance. The great hall, as well as several of the other rooms, was wainscoted, the upper panels being carved with the collared lion of Reddish. 'Attached to the hall, and approached by a door to the left under the entrance gateway, was the domestic chapel . . The apartment over the gateway was known as the priest's chamber.' *^ " Lanes. Inq. (Chet. Soc), i, 80. " Add. MS. 32108, no. 1627 ; writ of Diem dausit extr. after the death of Ralph Reddish, 10 Hen. IV. About this time branches off the family of Reddish of Dodleston and Grappenhall in Cheshire; see Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), ii, 846—8, and many references in the Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi and zxxvii. " Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees, 2/20; ' Richard Reddish holds Reddish in socage, rendering ds. yearly ; he says that he holds in mesne of Roger Kirkby, who holds by feoffment.' In a pedigree in Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), ii, izi, Richard is called son of Otes brother of Ralph son of Richard Reddish. Otes Reddish is named in 1420; Dep. Keeper's Rep, xxxiii, App. 23. " Harl. MS. 2ii2,fol. 150/186 ; Ellen the mother of Richard was still living. ^^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. v, 48. '' Final Cone, i, 134 ; if Geoffrey should die without issue the land was to revert to Matthew and his heirs. There is nothing to show how the Byrons of Clay- ton stepped into the place of Matthew de Reddish, while the Reddish f
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