Richard Massey, of Rixton and Glazebrook

Richard le Mascy (c. 1348–1406–7) and Maud Richard le Mascy of Rixton, son of Sir Hamon and his wife Katherine, was born c. 1348. He fought under Edward III in France and was involved in the defence of Beaumaris castle, Anglesey in 1374. He is named in land transactions in 1384, 1386 and 1395 and (aged 38) gave evidence in the Scrope v Grosvenor trial in 1386.10 In 1 Henry IV (1399—1400, Richard is called ‛Richard Massie’ and his wife ‛Matilda, heiress of William de Horton’: their children were named as Hamon, Peter, Elena and Margaret. 11 By 1400 he had married Matilda, daughter of John de Oulton, who survived him when he died in 1406–7 and was fl. 1414.12 Richard left two sons Hamon and Peter. All children were by Matilda, daughter of William de Horton.

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The first de Mascy lord of Rixton was Hamon, son of Robert de Mascy of Tatton (Rosthern, Cheshire). In the autumn of 1332 Alan de Rixton made a settlement of his manors and lands, his daughters Katherine, Sibyl, Elizabeth, Emma, Maud, Margaret, and Agnes, and their heirs male having the succession in turn. (fn. 12) The first of these about the same time married Hamon/Hamlet, son of Robert de Mascy of Tatton in Cheshire, (fn. 13) and their descendants continued in possession down to the end of the eighteenth century. Hamon/Hamlet died about 1360, (fn. 14) and was succeeded by his son Richard, who made a feoffment of the manors of Rixton and Glazebrook in 1384. (fn. 15) Other of Richard de Mascy's charters have been preserved, and he gave evidence in the Scrope v. Grosvenor trial in 1386. (fn. 16) He died before 1406, (fn. 17) leaving two sons, Hamlet and Peter, who married the daughters and coheirs of William de Horton of Hartford in Cheshire. (fn. 18)

Hamon/Hamlet succeeded his father at Rixton, (fn. 19) and added to his possessions there by purchasing the lands of Richard the Smith. (fn. 20) He had several sons, of whom one, Thomas, became rector of Warrington. (fn. 21) He died 20 June, 1436, holding the manors of Rixton and Glazebrook of the Boteler trustees by knight's service and the rent of 20s.; his son and heir, William, was thirty-one years of age. (fn. 22) Little is known of William de Mascy, but by his marriage with Parnell, daughter and heir of Richard de Warburton of Burges in Cogshall, he increased his Cheshire lands. (fn. 23) Hamon/Hamlet, his son and heir, was in 1438 married to Joan daughter of Sir Robert Booth, (fn. 24) and succeeded his father in 1448; (fn. 25) three years later the bishop of Lichfield granted him a licence for an oratory at Rixton. (fn. 26) In 1453 Hamon/Hamlet made a settlement of his estates. (fn. 27) He died in April, 1462, leaving a widow and eight children. (fn. 28)

Source:

British History Online

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp334-340