. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE ^vhom has succeeded his son Mr. Augustus ^\^llter Rawcliffe. Lower Chorley Hall \va5 taken down in 1:^07-8 and a large edifice was built by Thomas Gillibrand in its place.^ The Chorley family ^ resided at a house in the northern part of the township which took its name of CHORLEr HJLL from its owners. Abstracts of a number of the family deeds have been preserved,^ from which it is clear that a considenble number of persons used the local surname,'* rendering it im- possible to trace the earlier ancestr
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE ^vhom has succeeded his son Mr. Augustus ^\^llter Rawcliffe. Lower Chorley Hall \va5 taken down in 1:^07-8 and a large edifice was built by Thomas Gillibrand in its place.^ The Chorley family ^ resided at a house in the northern part of the township which took its name of CHORLEr HJLL from its owners. Abstracts of a number of the family deeds have been preserved,^ from which it is clear that a considenble number of persons used the local surname,'* rendering it im- possible to trace the earlier ancestry of the William de Chorley who comes into prominence about 1360 and was ancestor of the Jacobite of 1715. It may be that the family was descended from one Ellis de Chorley, living in the time of Edward I, whose son John died about 1359,^ and was succeeded by William, probably his son.^ William de Chorley and Margery his wife received lands from their feoffees in 1361,'^ and in the follow- ing year they and their son Ralph obtained land in Brindle from John son of Robert de Langton for the rent of a rose® ; further grants are recorded in i 364 and 1368.^ The Bishop of Lichfield in 1366 granted William de Chorley licence for an oratory in his mansion house at Chorley, and in i 370 allowed him to choose a confessor.^*^ Charters between 1369 and 1379 show a Williamson of William de Chorley making feoffments, See, of lands in Chorley, Walton-. le-Dale, Eccleston and Newton in Makerfield" ; and a settlement was made in i 371, the remainders being to William de Chorley the elder and issue, and then tc William the younger.'^ About 1380 Henry de Hcpwall and Lord Bourchier granted to William de Chorley the hall of Chorley with dove- cot and mill and various lands to be held by an annual service of j^i is. id}^ It is somewhat difficult to under- stand this deed, which is undated, for it speaks of William de Chorley having been lord of Chorley, &c., and attainted.^^ William de C
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