. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. LEYLAND HUNDRED LEYLAND In 1301 the king granted Robert 'de Euxton' (Holland of Euxton) a charter for a market ever)- week on Tuesday, and a fair every year on the feast of St. Barnabas ; also for free warren in his demesne lands of Euxton.' Here as in many other places Thomas Earl of Lancaster created a mesne manor in favour of Sir Robert de Holland, which was forfeited after the rebellion of 1322. Thus in 1323 it was found that William de Holland had died holding certain lands, &c., in Euxton of Robert de Holland, which
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. LEYLAND HUNDRED LEYLAND In 1301 the king granted Robert 'de Euxton' (Holland of Euxton) a charter for a market ever)- week on Tuesday, and a fair every year on the feast of St. Barnabas ; also for free warren in his demesne lands of Euxton.' Here as in many other places Thomas Earl of Lancaster created a mesne manor in favour of Sir Robert de Holland, which was forfeited after the rebellion of 1322. Thus in 1323 it was found that William de Holland had died holding certain lands, &c., in Euxton of Robert de Holland, which were then in the king's hands by reason of the forfeiture ; the manor, demesne lands, and water- mill were held of the king as of the fee of Penwortham in socage by suit at the six weeks' court at Lancaster and at the three weeks' court of the wapentake, and by a rent of lib. of cummin. Other lands were held of the master of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by a rent of 6/. zd. Robert, his son and heir, was eleven years of ; Robert de Holland' was succeeded by William, probably his brother,' but ultimately by Joan the daughter of Robert. She married William de Moly- neux (who died in 135S), son of the lord of Sefton,' their son Sir William de Molyneux succeeding to Euxton, in which his widow Agnes had dower after his death in ; Down to 1729 the manor remained in the Molyneux family,' but was then sold, with lands in the township, and disappears from the records for nearly a century. It is stated to have been acquired by James Longworth of Liverpool, whose descendants afterwards sold it to William Incc Anderton of Euxton,' in whose family it has remained till the present 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. , j
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