THE RECORD SOCIETY FOR THE publication of ©rígínal Documents RELATING TO LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE VOLUME cvn. Soak Ate a f^H, ? FHL ^ 'Ö? TITLE # 1961 380198 lartcaarjxw ani> tøføsljm Hfcoríï Sotíítp, ©ømtril, 1960-61: WM. FERGUSSON IRVINE, M.A., F.S.A., Brynllwyn, Corwen, North Wales, President. GEOFFREY BARRACLOUGH, M.A., Chatham House, St. James Square, London, S.W.I. SIR ERNEST ROYDEN, BART, Hill Bark, Frankby, Wirral. Hortorarrj treasurer: P. H. LAWSON, j.p., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., 6 Shavington Avenue, Chester. Irøttørarjj üerretarg: R. SHARPE FRANCE, M.A, Lancashire Record Office, Preston. to tir« form«rltj pr«a«rlr«a in Cfjt probate JUgtátrp, at JFor tlj« ^íars 1821-1825 bottj rnrlusib« EDITED BY ROBERT DICKINSON, B.SC, Ph.D. Printed for THE RECORD SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE by F. TAYLOR & Co. (BLACKPOOL) LTD., BACK REGENT ROAD, BLACKPOOL 1961 PREFACE Jt is now more than thirty years since the last list of the Chester probate records, for the period 1811 to 1820, was published by the Record Society in volumes 78 and 79. In 1949 all the documents prior to 1858 were removed from the jurisdiction of the Chester Probate Registry and divided into three groups : those relating to Welsh estates were deposited in the National Library of Wales, the Cheshire ones went to the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, and the remainder — by far the largest portion — which related to Lancashire estates, together with the indexes, registers and act books were deposited in the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. All the wills proved and administrations granted in the Chester Court for the period 1821 to 1825 are now listed in this volume in three indexes, baldly described as Lancashire, Cheshire and Welsh, although several documents in each group relate to other parts of the country. To save space, the words parish and county have been omitted, each date has been restricted to year and month, codicils are not indicated, limited administrations are called administrations and admini­ strations with will annexed are called wills. Indexes of places and of professions or trades have been provided. Perhaps the most unusual name in this collection is Robert Skikelthorp of Manchester, while that of Cosmo Gordon of Liverpool, suggests he was an ancestor of a former Archbishop of Canterbury. The numerous references to Saddleworth, a chapelry in Rochdale parish, indicate its importance in the textile world of that time; it is also notable for its wealth of place names. The hazards of a seafaring life are indicated by the large number of mariners' estates and vi PREFACE the many ships that are named. Some of these ships occur repeatedly, e.g. the Ottawa twelve and the Neptune nine times suggesting serious damage or total loss of these vessels. The editor is indebted to the National Library of Wales for the list of Welsh wills now in its custody, to Major F. G. C. Rowe of the Cheshire Record Office, for the list of Cheshire wills and to Mr. R. Sharpe France, for all facilities required in the compilation of the lists from the original indexes. This list of probate records is published with the assent of the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. ABBREVIATIONS A Administration Bond. T Tuition Bond. W Will. d. died. esq. esquire. gent, gentleman. * An asterisk at the end of an entry indicates an " Infra " will, i.e. one where the personalty is under forty pounds. Lancashire Mills ABBOTT, Henry, Blackburn, cordwainer. W Dec, 1825* Abernathy, John, the Bull Dog, Liverpool, mariner. W Dec., 1822* Abram, Thomas. Bickerstaffe, yeoman. W July, 1823. Ackerley, Samuel, Salford, gent. W May 1821 Ackers, John, Westleigh, yeoman. W Aug., 1823 Thomas, Prescot, brewer. W May, 1821 Thomas, Hindley. victualler. A May, 1824 Adamson. Ann, Ashton-in-Makerfield, widow. W. Aug., 1821* Francis, Whalley, saddler. W Sep., 1822 Rev. John, Padiham and Altham. W Apr., 1823 Roger, Ashton, cotton spinner. W Oct., 1822 Roger, Everton. A Jan., 1823 Roger, Liverpool, grocer. W Aug., 1823 Thomas, Ashton-in-Makerfield, fustian weaver. A Sept 1821 Addison, John, Manchester, gent. W Nov., 1821 Adkin, Joseph, Manchester, gent. W Mar., 1823, see also Atkin Adshead, James, Eccles, esq., captain in the 22nd Dragoons W May, 1822 Aindow. Elizabeth, Formby, widow. W Nov., 1824 Ainscow, James, Aspull, farmer. W Dec, 1823 Ainsworth, Alice, Blackburn, widow. W Sep., 1825 David, Oldham, flannel and baize manufacturer. A and T April, 1824 (2nd grant 1844) Elizabeth, Hulme, widow. W June, 1825 Hannah, Blackburn. A Apr., 1824 Henry, Bolton, innkeeper. A July, 1821 Henry, Blackrod. W Sep., 1823* Jesse, Wieken Hall, Rochdale, gent. W Dec, 1824 John, Bury, butcher. W May, 1821 John, sen., Leyland, cotton weaver. W Oct., 1821 Mary, Manchester. A Sep., 1825 Peter, Eccles, bleacher. W Feb., 1824 Samuel, Warrington, slater. W Dec, 1822 Thomas. Pleasington, gent. A Feb., 1823 Aires, Stephen or Robert, Liverpool, mariner. A Nov., 1825* Aislabie. Richard. Kirkby Stephen, schoolmaster. A June 1822* LANCASHIRE WILLS Alanson, Edward, Wavertree, esq. W Jan., 1824 Mary, Wavertree, widow. W Mar., 1824 Alcock, see Allcock Aldcroft, Thomas, Manchester, innkeeper. A Apr., 1821 Alderley, William, Manchester, boilermaker. W Mar., 1821 Alderson, John, Liverpool, lamp and oil dealer. W May, 1823 John, Manchester, butcher. W May, 1825 Thomas, Manchester, gent. W Nov., 1825 Aldred, Thomas, Burnage, weaver. W Mar., 1823 Alker, Edward, Samlesbury, gent. W Nov. 1822 Thomas, Blackrod, yeoman. W Mar., 1824* Allan, Thomas, see Ramsay Allat, James, Horwich, yeoman. W Dec, 1825 Allbison, Joshua, Hooley Hill, Ashton-under-Lyne, yeoman. W Oct., 1824 Allcock (Alcock), Edward, Warrington, joiner. W June, 1823 (other grants 1787 and 1832) Thomas, Pendleton, nailer. W Sep., 1824* William, Little Bolton, shopkeeper. W Dec, 1824 Allen, James, the ship Kingston, Liverpool, mariner. A Nov., 1823 John, Water Lane, Radcliffe, weaver. W Apr., 1825 Peter, of the Agnes of Liverpool, mariner. A Oct., 1824* Thomas, Kirkhams, Prestwich, yeoman. W Nov., 1825 Almond, Agnes, Liverpool, spinster. A Sep., 1823 and Nov., 1825 Alice {née Rimmer) w. John, Litherland, wheelwright. A Feb., 1821 James, Entwistle. W Oct., 1821 James, Maghull, yeoman. W Nov., 1824 Josiah, Blackburn, weaver. W Feb., 1822 Paul, Maghull, bachelor. A Feb., 1825 Thomas, Liverpool. A Sep., 1823 William, Liverpool. A Sep., 1823 William, Liverpool, mariner. A Nov., 1825 Alsop, Richard, Litchford Hall, esq. W Mar., 1821 Alston, Thomas, Barrowford, weaver. A Oct., 1822 Alty, Daniel, Burscough, yeoman. A Feb., 1823 Henry, Rufford, farmer. A July, 1821 Mary, Ormskirk, widow. A Oct., 1822 Robert, Maudsley, yeoman. W June, 1823 Anders, Jonathan, Eccleston, farmer. W Apr., 1823 Anderson, Alexander, Harrington, merchant and shipowner. W Mar., 1825 Ann, Liverpool, widow. W Sep., 1825 Elias, Liverpool, mariner. A July, 1821* Richard, Wray, yeoman. A Sep., 1822 Ruth, Liverpool. W Feb., 1824 (1st grant 1823) LANCASHIRE WILLS 3 William, Liverpool, victualler. W Mar., 1825 Anderton, Ann, Warrington, widow. W Sep., 1824 Austin, Ashton-under-Lyne, farmer. W Nov., 1822 Mary, Liverpool, widow. A Apr., 1822 Ralph, Houghton, farmer. W Feb., 1824 (2nd grant 1830) Thomas, Wilpshire, weaver. A Feb., 1824 Thomas, Hollinwood, shopkeeper. W Aug., 1824 Andrew (Andrews), Charles, sen., Manchester, milk seller. W Oct., 1821 James, Colthill, Saddleworth, yeoman. W Oct., 1821 James, Thornham, husbandman. A Apr., 1822 John, Woodhouses, Ashton-under-Lyne, yeoman. W Feb., 1821 John, Liverpool, broker. W Jan., 1824 John, Manchester, fustian weaver. Apr., 1824* John, Cowlishaw, Crompton, weaver. W Sep., 1824 Jonathan, sen., Alt, Ashton-under-Lyne, yeoman. W Feb., 1823 Joseph, Middleton, farmer. A Mar., 1821 Mary, Faggale, Royton, widow. A Nov., 1824 Thomas, Harpurhey, calico printer. W Feb., 1822 Thomas, Ashton-under-Lyne. A July, 1823 Ansdell, John, Rainford, yeoman. W Jan., 1825 Antrobus, Philip, Manchester, yeoman. W Apr., 1821 Appleton, James, Burtonwood, victualler. A Sep., 1822* James, Liverpool. A Nov., 1823 John, Liverpool, watchmaker. A Feb., 1825 Mary, Liverpool, widow. W Dec., 1825 Samuel, jun., Bury, joiner. W July, 1825 William, Liverpool, mariner. A Oct., 1825* Ardern, Richard, Liverpool, hatter. A Jan., 1823 Armett, Caesar Colclough, Lt. Col., 35th Regt. of Foot. A Dec, 1822* Armistead, Robert, Church Bank, Blackburn. A Sep., 1825 Armstrong, Elizabeth, Wavertree. W Sep., 1822 Joseph, Bolton, yeoman. W Feb., 1821 (2nd grant 1860) Arnett, Edward, Blackburn, hairdresser. W Mar., 1821 Arnold, William, Robert St., Liverpool, shoemaker. A Nov., 1823 Arrowsmith, Betty, Liverpool, spinster. W June, 1825 Henry, Hardshaw, shopkeeper. W Dec, 1823 Samuel, Peel Hall, Astley, gent. W May, 1823 Arstall, Elizabeth, Hollins Green, widow. A May, 1822 Hugh, Cadishead, wheelwright. A May, 1822 Ascroft, Thomas, Wigan, stonemason. W Feb., 1821 Thomas, Wigan, farmer. W June, 1821. See also Ashcroft Ashburner, James, Blackburn, linen draper. W Apr., 1824 Margaret, Soutergate, Ulverston, widow. W June, 1821 4 LANCASHIRE WILLS Thomas, Liverpool, spinner. A Jan., 1821 Ashcroft, Edward, Aintree, yeoman. W Apr., 1823 Peter, Liverpool, landing waiter. W Apr., 1825 (2nd grant 1826) 5 Thomas, Lydiate, gent. W Apr., 1823 William, Altcar, gent. W Feb., 1823 William, Wavertree, yeoman. W Apr., 1823. See also Ascroft Ashley, William, Kersall, miller. W Apr., 1823 Ashton, Ann, Warrington, widow. W Dec, 1823 Arthur, Rochdale. A Feb., 1822 Hannah, Hollinwood. A July, 1821 James, Osbaldeston. W Oct., 1821 James, Eccleston, yeoman. WNov, 1821 James, Boston, U.S.A., gardener. A Feb., 1822 John, Liverpool, merchant. W July, 1822 John, Siddal Moor, Hopwood, farmer. W Dec, 1823 John, Liverpool, joiner. A Aug., 1825 Margaret, Liverpool, widow. W Feb., 1822 Martha, Pendleton, spinster. W Nov., 1822 Richard, Burtonwood, yeoman. W Apr., 1821 Thomas, Copster Hill, Oldham, shopkeeper. A Dec, 1824 Thomas, Wavertree, master porter. W Dec, 1824 (later grants 1844 and 1848) William, Warrington, saddler. W Mar., 1821. See also Aston Ashworth, Ann, Newton, Crompton.