. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. Liverpool. Quarterly gules and or a cross formy argent. far from complete, he is known to have held the office eleven times.'^ As mayor he received, and probably took a large part in obtaining, the writ for the erection of the chapel of St. Nicholas in 1356.'" In I 3 5 7 he is named first among the lessees of the great lease of the farm of the borough which forms so remark- able a landmark in the history of burghal ;" In 13 61 he was rewarded by Duke Henry, for ' the good and free service' which he ha
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. Liverpool. Quarterly gules and or a cross formy argent. far from complete, he is known to have held the office eleven times.'^ As mayor he received, and probably took a large part in obtaining, the writ for the erection of the chapel of St. Nicholas in 1356.'" In I 3 5 7 he is named first among the lessees of the great lease of the farm of the borough which forms so remark- able a landmark in the history of burghal ;" In 13 61 he was rewarded by Duke Henry, for ' the good and free service' which he had done, by the grant of a pension of 20/. for life from the profits of a West Derby manor.'" We have already seen him a tenant of the principal mill of Liverpool. In addition he owned a bakery in Castle Street,'" and seems to have controlled a fishery, probably leasing from the duke the weir which he had erected near Toxteth Park.'" In short, he is at once the wealthiest and the most public-spirited Liverpool burgess of his day.'** William de Liverpool left two sons, by different wives, both named John, one of whom founded the chantry of St. John in the Liverpool Chapel,'" perhaps in memory of his father ; but his lands and his mill presently passed into the hands of Richard de Crosse, a son of his wife by another marriage.'" With him begins the connexion with Liverpool of the Crosse family, who are to play an exceedingly prominent part in the affairs of the borough during the next century.'" The other branches of the Liverpool family seem to have adopted various surnames, especially William- son '" and Richardson, and to have become indistin- guishably merged in the mass of burgesses. The other principal Liverpool family of whom mention must be made was that of the Moores, for whom their descendant Sir Edward Moore claims that they were established in Liverpool from the earliest date.'" This claim is probably not without justi- fication
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