A.D. 1596. Grant by William 6th Earl of Derby of the tithes of Mawdesley to Thomas Ashton of Croston, Esquire, for £200. Eliz. xxxix. 1620. Conveyance from Thomas and Henry Ashton of Croston Esquires, to Thomas Nelson of Ulnes Walton yeoman of lands att Ulnes Walton. 1626. Conveyance from Sir Richard Molineux of Sephton Knight, William Fazakesley, Edward Holt, John Rutter of Pendle to William and Thomas Moore of Eccleston. 1631. Fine (Finealis concordia) between Thomas Moore and John Moore and Isabella his wife. 1636-37. Inquisition taken at Wigan of the property of William Moore of Eccleston at his decease. 1644-45. Final agreement between Thomas Mellony (Rector of Eccleston) and other Trustees of the Croston School and John Moore and Isabella his wife. 1663. Last Will and Testament of William Dandy of Croston by which he left money for " poor cloth." 1686. Bond of William and Thomas Cooper to the Trustees of Croston School for performance of Covenant. 1678. Release from the Trustees of Croston School to Mistress Mary Hyett, widow of the Rev. J. Hyett, Rector of Croston. 1692. Indenture between Henry Finch of Walton-le-Dale and Jane his wife, Edward Derbyshire, and John Heyes, of tenements and lands at Mawdesley. 1693. Lease for a year from Henry Croston of Croston, yeoman, to Robert Pennington and others of his newly erected almshouses. 1693. Revocation of conveyance of land in Croston by Henry Croston. 1692. Lease from Henry Finch of Walton le Dale yeoman to Edward Derbyshire and John Heyes of tenements and lands in Mawdesley. 1692. Conveyance from Henry Finch of Walton le Dale to Edward Derbyshire and John Heyes of Ormskirk of a Masuage and 14 acres at Hurst Green Mawdesley. 1714. Lease for a year from Peter and Thomas Legh of Lyme in the county of Chester Esquire to Nicholas Fazakesley of Hill House Esq. of lands at Ulnes Walton at a pepercorn rent. 1719. Lease for three lives from John Trafford of Croston Esquire to Jane Wiggins, widow a Tenement and land at Croston. 1728. Lease for a year from Nicholas Fazakesley of the Middle A.D. Temple, and Anne Smith of co. Herts, Widow of the Rev. William Pilkington, LL.D., Rector of Croston, and others of land at Ulnes Walton. 1757. Deed of gift from Richard Farrington to Roger and John Riding of cottages and premises in trust for the poor of Croston. 1734. Declaration of Trust and appointment of Trustees of Croston Alms Houses. 1781. A Faculty for erecting a pew in Croston Church to Robert Dec. 21. Norres of Croston. 1669-1745. A book giving the names of those who received gifts of cloth from William Dandy's poor charity. 1685-85. Decree of the Court of Chancery upon the suit of Dr. Charles Leyfield Rector of Croston for the payment in kind of Tithe upon potatoes. 1667. Lease for six months of tenement of lands at Eccleston to which the following names are attached :— Thomas Malloney, D.D., Rector of Eccleston. William Farrington, Esquire, Worden. William Smith, Esquire, Snape Scaresbrick. Richard Meal, Croston. William Eccleston, Charnock. Richard and William Gradwell, Ulnes Walton. 1667. Lease for three thousand years from Trustees of Croston 1668. School. ditto. ditto. signed by Nicholas Regbie. William Farrington. Christopher Bannestre. James Pilkington. NOTES ON THE HESKETH PEDIGREE By the Rev. W. G. Procter, B.A., Read 10th November 1910 ERALDRY and genealogy are twin sisters; when rightly understood they have served useful and important purposes. They have assisted historians and biographers to trace past events, and clear up doubtful points; they have operated to the detection of frauds, forgeries, and impostures; they have established the validity of marriages; they have ascertained family alliances; they have vindicated and corroborated the title to lands and property; they have furnished effectual evidences for the settlement of claims, and rights of inheritance. It is not easy to determine with exactness when the office of "Herald" was first introduced. The word "Heraldus" was found in a State paper of the time of the Emperor Frederic Barbarossa in the year 1152. Some writers affirm that the office was in existence in this country before the Conquest, but there is not sufficient proof of this. The oldest public documents in which there is any mention of English heralds are (1) a pell-roll (parchment roll) of 12 Edward III., and a "wardrobe list" of the same year. The Heralds' College, or College of Arms, was incorporated by Letters Patent in 1483, and it was the custom from the time of its incorporation for the heralds to visit every part of the kingdom |