. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. SALFORD HUNDRED MANCHESTER After this the lordship appears to have been granted to the RadclifFes of RadclifFe at a quit-rent of los. a year,'' and they held it down to 1548, when it was sold by the Earl of Sussex to John ; It de- scended in the Reddish and Coke families'' until 1789, when Thomas William Coke," afterwards Earl of Leicester, sold the greater part to Lord Grey de Wilton, who added it to his Heaton ; It has descended to the present Earl â \ of Wilton, who owns about . two-thirds of
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. SALFORD HUNDRED MANCHESTER After this the lordship appears to have been granted to the RadclifFes of RadclifFe at a quit-rent of los. a year,'' and they held it down to 1548, when it was sold by the Earl of Sussex to John ; It de- scended in the Reddish and Coke families'' until 1789, when Thomas William Coke," afterwards Earl of Leicester, sold the greater part to Lord Grey de Wilton, who added it to his Heaton ; It has descended to the present Earl â \ of Wilton, who owns about . two-thirds of the land. The remaining portion was sold in 1794 to William Mars- den, a Liverpool merchant. After his death this part was again sold in 1819 to several purchasers.'^ For a long period a branch of the Chetham family held lands in the township," their residence, at least in later times, being known as Crump- sail Hall," famous as the birthplace of Humphrey Chetham, one of the most notable benefactors of Manchester, as founder of the hospital and library bearing his name, and in other ways. Humphrey, the fifth son of Henry Chetham of Crumpsall,'* was born in 1580,'° and in 1598 was bound apprentice to Samuel Tipping of Man-. Chetham. Argent a griffon segreant gules â¢within a bordure sable bessanty. Chester, linen ; Afterwards he became part- ner with his brother George, who had established a business in London as a ' grocer' or ' mercer.'" In 1619 Humphrey is found managing the Man- chester branch of the business, the joint stock being valued at ^^ 10,000.'' Shortly afterwards Clayton was purchased, and Humphrey resided there.'* He was the principal legatee of his brother George, who died in 1627,'" and continued to add to his lands and wealth, Turton being acquired in l6z8.'° He compounded in 1631 on refusing knighthood," and wished to avoid being appointed sheriff in 1634;'' he acted, however, and it became his duty to collect the
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