Robert Dalton, II

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  • Dalton.
• Roger Dalton of Byspham, co. Lancaster, esq. = . . . dau. to . . . Radclyff of Wymerley. ; ch: William (m. Jane Townley) Dalton
  • William Dalton sonne and heire. = Jane, dau. of Sir John Townley of Townley, knt. ; ch: Robert (m. Ann Kitchin), Thomas (m. Ann Molyneux), Roger ( 3.) Dalton
    • Robert Dalton, sonne and heire, obiit s.p. = Ann dau. of John Kitchin.
    • Thomas Dalton, second sonne and heire to his brother. = Ann, dau. of Sir Rich. Molyneux of Sephton, knt. ; ch: Robert (m. Elyza Hylton), Jane (m. Rowland Thornboroughe) Dalton
      • Jane, wife to Rowland Thornboroughe of Hampsfeild, co. Lancaster, esq.
      • Robert Dalton of Farnham, esq., sonne and heire, living 1613. = Elyza, dau. of William Hylton of Hylton, co. Lancaster, esq. ; ch: Thomas (sonne and heire, aetat. 5 annor. 1613.), Elyzabeth ( 2.), Margarett ( 1.), Ann ( 3.), Jane ( 4.), Elyn ( 5.), Dorothye ( 6.), Catheryne (7.) Dalton ___________________
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  • BURKES LANDED GENTRY-1937 Pages 554-555
  • DALTON OF THURNHAM
• JOHN HENRY DALTON, of Thurnham Hall, co. Lancs, Lord of the Manors of Thurnham and Boulk; s. his father in 1902.
• Lineage— Sir ROBERT De DALTON, Kt. temp. Edward III, was father of,
• Sir JOHN DALTON, Kt., who d. 1369, seised of the Manors of Bispham and Dalton, and of other lands in the co., of Lancs. From him descended in the direct male line two brothers,
  • 1. ROBERT, of Thurnham, of whom presently.
  • 2. THOMAS, m. Anne, dau. of Sir Richard Molyneux, Kt., of Sefton (see Burke's Peerage), and had issue, a son, ROBERT, s. his uncle.
• The elder brother ROBERT DALTON, of Bispham and Pilling, and later of Thurnham, which manor and estate he purchased 24 June, 1556, from Thomas Lonne, citizen and grocer of London, who had acquired it 20 April, 1552, from Henry Gray, Duke of Suffolk. He md. Anne, eldest dau. of John Kitchen, of Hatfield, and of Pilling Hall, but d.s.p. 1580 and was s. by his nephew.
• ROBERT DALTON, of Thurnham, m. Elizabeth, younger dau. of William Hulton, of Hulton Park (see Burke's Peerage, Hulton, Bt.) and d. 1626, and was s. by his only son,
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• THOMAS DALTON, of Thurnham, raised at his own expense a regiment of horse, with which he served in the Royal Army in the Civil War, and d. of wounds received at the second battle of Newbury, 1644. His son,
• ROBERT DALTON, of Thurnham, md. Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Thomas Horner, of Middleham, Yorks, and had issue, two daus. and co-heirs of whom the younger, Dorothy, s. to the Manors of Caton and Aldcliffe and m. Edward Riddell, of Swinburne Castle, who took part in the Rising of 1715 (See Riddell of Felton Park) . The elder dau.,
• ELIZABETH DALTON, of Thurnham, m. William Hoghton, of Park Hall, c. Lancs, derived from Richard Hoghton, of Park Hall, 3rd son of Sir Richard Hoghton, of Hoghton Tower, co., Lancs (see Burke's Peerage, DE HOGHTON, Bt.), and d. 1710, and was s. by her eldest son,
• JOHN DALTON, of Thurnham, who assumed the name of DALTON on succeeding to the manor and estates of Thurnham, .... etc. _____________________
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• SIR JOHN DALTON, knt. son of Sir Robert de Dalton living in the reign of EDWARD III. died in 1369, seised of the manors of Bispham, Dalton Hall, and other lands in the county of Lancaster. He was direct ancestor of
• ROBERT DALTON, esq. of Bispham and Pilling, who acquired by purchase, in 1556, the manor and estate of THURNHAM. This gentleman d. s. p. in 1580, and was s. by (the son of his younger brother, Thomas Dalton, by Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, knt. of Sefton,) his nephew,
• ROBERT DALTON, esq. of Thurnham, who d. in 1626, and was s. by his only son,
• THOMAS DALTON, esq. of Thurnham. This gentleman, a most enterprising, gallant, and intrepid cavalier, on the breaking out of the civil wars raised, at his own expense, a regiment of horse, to support the cause of royalty ; to which he ever remained most faithfully attached. After rendering many very essential services to his ill-fated sovereign, he was at length so desperately wounded at the second battle of Newbury as to survive but for a very short period that unhappy conflict. He was s. by his son.
• ROBERT DALTON, esq. of Thurnham, who made some additions to the family mansion. He wedded Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Horner, esq. of Middleham, in Yorkshire, and had two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.
  • ELIZABETH,
  • Dorothy, who inherited the manor of Caton and Aldcliffe, in Lancashire.
• .... etc. ______________________
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  • ALDCLIFFE
• After the suppression of Syon Abbey, Aldcliffe and Bulk were retained by the Crown for a time, but in 1557—8 were sold to Robert Dalton of Thurnham, whose successors continued to be the most prominent Catholics in the neighbourhood and great benefactors of the mission till the death of Miss Dalton in 1861.21 In the middle of the seventeenth century Aldcliffe Hall was the residence and property of the eleven sisters of that Thomas Dalton who was fatally wounded at Newbury in 1644 when fighting for Charles I. Seven of them were convicted of recusancy in 1640, and two-thirds of their estate was consequently sequestered in 1643, when the Parliament obtained power.22 They survived these troubles and saw the restoration of Charles II. Two of them were still living there unmarried in 1674, when the inscription was set up which gave the house its name of "The Catholic Virgins." 23 It reads : — .... etc.
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  • 21 See the account of the family in a forthcoming volume of the Victoria County History of Lancashire ; also the late Mr. Roper in the Historic Society's Transactions (new series), vi. 105-8. The following is an outline of the descent : Robert Dalton, the grantee of Aldcliffe and Bulk, died 1578 — nephew Robert (son of Thomas Dalton), d. 1626 — son Thomas, killed 1644 — son Robert, d. 1700— two daughters, Elizabeth and Dorothy. The former married William Hoghton of Park Hall in Leyland Hundred, and had a son John, who took the name Dalton ; he was the Jacobite, and died in 1736 — son Robert, d. 1785 — son John, d. 1837 — daughters, the above-named Elizabeth, &c. The last-named John Dalton had a half-brother William, from whom the present Daltons of Thurnham, who are Protestants, are descended.
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• Aldcliffe Hall, belonging to the Daltons, is famous as the residence of "The Catholic Virgins" who scorned to change with the times, and boldly set up a stone inscribed to that effect in 1674. In the old oak ark formerly belonging to the Abbot of Cockersand, and now or recently at Thurnham Hall, is still preserved "A brief relation of some particulars touching the gentlewomen of Oldcliffe their estates, set
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• down by me Lawrence Copland, Nov. 12, 1641." This referred to the seven surviving sisters of the famous Colonel Thomas Dalton, who sacrificed his life in the royal cause at the battle of Newbury in October 1644. Upon the death of Charles Ii. in February 1685, but two of the courageous virgins were alive- Catherine and Eleanor Dalton. .... etc.
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• .... Robert Dalton, of Thurnham and Aldcliffe, Esq., married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hulton, of Hulton Park, whose family were, and so remained for a considerable period, staunch recusants, the name given to those who refused to take the sacrament as established by Parliament, and thereby renounce the ancient faith. Two sons and ten daughters were the issue of this marriage. Of the sons, Thomas, the eldest, born 8th July 1609, succeeded to the estates, and when the civil war broke out was foremost, like all Catholics throughout the country, in showing his loyalty to his Sovereign. He raised a regiment of horse for the service of King Charles, of which he was appointed colonel, and not long afterwards sacrificed his life in the royal cause, being mortally wounded at the second battle of Newbury, October 27th, 1644, whence he was carried to Marlborough, and died six days later. His younger brother, Robert, died unmarried. The names of their ten sisters were — Margaret, Elizabeth, Anne, Jane, Catherine, Ellen, Dorothy, Catherine, Eleanor, and Penelope. Of these, the first Catherine died in infancy, and perhaps one or more eventually became nuns in one of the English convents on the Continent, but this impression requires verification by reference to the conventual records. Anyhow, at the time of their father's death, in 1626, eight of them were alive, and in 1633 were residing at Aldcliffe Hall, at which period they were enduring bitter persecution and suffering heavy penalties on account of their faith. Their names were — Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane, Anne, Ellen, Dorothy, Catherine, and Eleanor. Their attitude is expressed in the words of an old poem : — .... etc. _______________
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  • Ellen Dalton, an Infant.
  • (First Series, Vol. xix., No. 528, fols. 583, &c.)
• fo. 583. Report on the petition of James Anderton, Esq., and Gabriell Hesketh, gentleman, and Lawrence Copeland, yeoman, on her behalf, desiring an examination of their title to the remainder of a lease of 1,000 years of certain lands granted to them in trust for the said Ellen Dalton, which lands were then under sequestration for the recusancy of Margaret, Elizabeth, Ann, Jane, Ellen, Dorothy, Katherine, and Hellenor Dalton (daughters of
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• Robert Dalton, Esq., deceased), whose estate therein had expired.
• Mr. Reading found that by an indenture dated 13 December, 1640, made between Margaret Dalton, Elizabeth Dalton, Ann Dalton, Jane Dalton, Ellen Dalton, Dorothy Dalton, Katherin Dalton, and Hellinor Dalton, daughters of the said Robert Dalton, Esq., deceased, of the one part, and Thomas Dalton, Esq., James Anderton, John Westby, Esqs., Gabriell Hesketh, gentleman, and Lawrence Copeland, yeoman, of the other part, reciting that whereas the 14th of August, 1626, the said Robert Dalton, for the consideration therein expressed, demised to Humphrey Davenport, Roger Kirkby, Thomas Couell, John Bradshaw, Adam Mort, and Edward Gervis (amongst other things) one messuage or tenement then in the possession of Francis Stith or his assigns, being of the yearly value of 21S. 2 1/2d.; and also a messuage, &c., in the tenure of Robert Barton, worth yearly 22s. 6d.; another in the tenure of Robert Serjant, worth 22s. 8 1/2d.; another in the tenure of Thomas Wather [? Waller], worth 13s. 4d.; another in the tenure of Richard Hamson, worth 29s. 10 1/2d.; another in the tenure of Robert Croskell, worth 26s. 8d.; another in the tenure of John Hadwin, worth 29s. 10 1/2d. ; and a messuage in the tenure of Robert Hoslan and Alice his wife, worth 9s. 10 1/2d. ; another in the tenure of Hellen Shesson [? Sherson or Sheirson], widow, worth 18s. yearly; another in the tenure of Robert White, worth yearly 18s., all being parcels of the manor of Bulk-cum- Alcliff, and all lands, woods, rents, reversions, &c., there-unto belonging, to have and hold from the making thereof for 1,000 years at a peppercorn rent; and reciting that whereas the said Humphrey Davenport, Thomas Dalton, Thomas Couell, John Bradshaw, Adam Mort, and Edward Gervis, by their indenture dated 1 September, 1638, made between them of the one part, and the said Margaret, Elizabeth, Ann, Jane, Ellen, Dorothy, Katherin, and Hellenor Dalton of the other part, for the discharge of the trust reposed in them by the said Robert Dalton in
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• the said recited deed expressed to be in trust and to the only use and behoof of the said Margaret and the others, for and towards their maintenance and preferment, did, by and with the consent and at the request of the said Thomas Dalton, amongst other things, assign and set over unto the said Margaret and the others, their executors and assigns, the before mentioned premises demised to them by the said Robert Dalton, and all their estate, interest, title, &c., and term of years, to have and hold for the residue of the 1,000 years to come; and the said Thomas Dalton, in consideration of 5s. in the last recited indenture mentioned, demised and granted to the said lessees and their assigns "all and singular goods and cattells of fellons, waifs, and straies, wrecks of the sea, profits, priveleges, and immunities whatsoever of him the said Thomas Dalton in Auliff aforesaid which were not granted to them by the said Robert Dalton by the said first recited deed," to have and hold from 14 August, 1626, for 1,000 years, yielding to him a peppercorn rent. That indenture witnessed that the said Margaret and the others as well, in consideration of £200 satisfied to them by the said Thomas Dalton and other considerations therein expressed, granted and assigned to the said James Anderton and John Westby, Gabriell Hesketh and Lawrence Copeland, all those before mentioned premises and all their estate, title, interest, term of years whatsoever of and in the same, to have and hold to the petitioners, their executors and assigns, from the 2nd February, 1654[-5], for the remainder of the said 1,000 years then to come and unexpired, to and for the maintenance and preferment of Ellen Dalton, one of the daughters of the said Thomas Dalton, and for no other use or purpose whatever, under the rent of a peppercorn.
• Evidence was adduced shewing the bona fides of the last mentioned indenture by John Laithes, Thomas Sergeant, and Robert Bainton, the latter of whom deposed that Robert Dalton died about twenty-eight years then ago, and Thomas about eight or nine years then ago, and that Ellen Dalton, the infant, was at the time of these
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• proceedings fifteen or sixteen years of age, but deponent did not know whether she had been brought up to the Protestant faith or not.
• The deed of 14 August, 1626, was produced and proved before the Lancashire Commissioners, also the deed of 1 September, 1638, by John Lowe, one of the witnesses endorsed.
• Gabriell Hesketh deposed that he knew of no other trust than the one mentioned in the said indenture, and he did not know that the said trust had ever been revoked or made void by any of the parties, nor did he know any cause in law or equity why deponent should not enjoy the lands and tenements in the said deed of trust mentioned.
• The Lancashire Commissioners certified that in the year 1643 two third parts of the estate mentioned were sequestered for the recusancy of Margaret above mentioned and the others. That it was worth yearly clear £52. 18s. 2d., and they certified that "in the Book of Convictions" returned to them (of such persons as were convicted of recusancy in that county) in the year 1640 the said Margarett, Elizabeth, Ann, Jane, Ellen, Dorothy, Katherine, and Elenor Dalton were convicted of recusancy.
• Mr. Baily certified that the said Margaret and the others had been all sequestrated, and that Thomas Dalton was one of the persons included in the Act for sale, and that James Anderton and John Westby (two of the petitioners) were also included in the said Act. Mr. Williams certified that he had searched in the books of seizures and convictions of recusants, but did not find any of their names, but he had no book of convictions in his custody for the county of Lancaster since the year 1638.
• It was submitted for judgment whether, the estate being the estate of the said Margaret Dalton and her sisters, who were convicted of recusancy in 1640 and the same year conveyed their interest therein to the use of the said Ellen Dalton, the petitioner, being an infant, which was in time before the said lands were sequestered for their recusancy, which sequestration was in 1643, and the assign-
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• ment to commence the 2nd of February, 1654[-5], this assignment shall be good to take off the sequestration, although all the said recusants are living (26 June, 1655).
• .... etc.
  • Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane, Ellen, Dorothy, Katherine and Phillippa Dalton, sisters of Thomas Dalton, late of Thurnham, co. Lancaster.
  • (First Series, Vol. xix., No. 532, fols. 634, &c.)
• fo. 646. Petition, which shewed that two thirds of petitioners' estate at Adcliff stood jointly sequestered for their recusancy only. Petitioners prayed that they might be
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• allowed jointly to contract for the redemption of their interests. Referred to Mr. Reading (13 January, 1653 [-4]).
• fo. 650. Petition.
• fo. 652. Petition of Katherine Dalton, of Awcliffe, which shewed that she had taken a seven years' lease of two parts out of three of her own estate from the Lancashire Commissioners. Prayed that the London Commissioners would confirm the arrangement (19 May, 1653). "The Commissioners to certifie whether they have let the estate according to the Act of Parliam't and our Instruccons.
  • "E. W., R. M."
• fo. 634. Certificate signed by Daubeny Williams, shewing that he had searched the books in his custody relating to Lancashire, Middlesex, and London, and found no conviction against Margaret Dalton or her sisters (11 May, 1655).
  • Katherine Dalton, of Awcliffe.
  • (First Series, Vol. ci., No. 4,113, fol. 412.)
• fo. 412. Letter dated at Preston, June 17th, 1653, signed by E. Aspinwall, Nicholas Cunliffe, and Ro. Massey, mentioning that in observance of an order of the 19th May, 1653, made upon the petition of the above, touching a lease made by the then former Commissioners unto petitioner of two third parts of her own estate in Awcliffe, they certified that they found that two thirds of the said estate had been sequestrated for the recusancy of petitioner and six other of her sisters, and that the same had been surveyed, posted, and let according to their honours' instructions; and that after the contract the said Commissioners leased the same to petitioner by indenture under their hands and seals for seven years at £40 a year rent, with the usual covenants, taking as security the said Katherine with William Dicconson and John Lathes.
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  • Thomas Dalton, Esq.
  • (First Series, Vol. Ixviii., No. 2,174, fol. 259.)
• fo. 259. Petition from Captain William Waller, of the town of Lancaster, which shewed that King James, among other things, granted to Henry Parker, Esq., and his heirs for ever, a parcel of ground within the manor of Bulke, co. Lancaster, containing two acres, called or known by the name of the Brerebutts or Milne Close ; that the said Henry Parker about the year 1630 granted the said land to one Sharp and his heirs, who conveyed the same to petitioner and his heirs; that in 1642 Thomas Dalton, Esq., becoming a delinquent, and being lord of the said manor of Bulke (where the land lay), the said manor was sequestered, and subsequently the Agent for Sequestrations held the land, pretending it to be the estate of the said Thomas Dalton. Prayed for an order restoring the lands, or an enquiry into his title, &c. (25 February, 1651[-2]). The Commissioners directed to examine and certify.
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• Robert Dalton, the purchaser of Thrunham, married Ann, daughter of John Kitchen, of Pilling, and of Hatfield, in Hertfordshire. John Kitchen was supervisor of the Augmentation Office, and became member of Parliament for the county of Lancaster. .... etc.
• By deed dated 29th August 1554, the abbey lands were conveyed, on the marriage of his daughter to Robert Dalton, of Bispham, who, as we have seen, two years later purchased the manor of Thurnham.
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• The Visitation of Lancashire in 1567 thus describes the descent of Robert Dalton (Harl., 891, fo. 86) :
• "Roger Dalton, of Byspham in Com. Lanc., "sonne and heir to Richard Dalton, maried [Anne] "the daughter to [Hugh] Ratcliffe, of Wymerley, "in com. Lanc. : had issue Wm. Dalton, sonne and "heire; after the said Roger maried to his second "wife [Mary], daughter to [Sir William Farring- "ton], and by her hath issue Lawrens Dalton, "second sonne, Richard, third sonne.
• "William Dalton, of Bysphum, pr'd., sonne and "heire to Roger, pr'd., maried to his first wife "Margaret, dau. of Sir Wm. Tarbock, of Tarbock, "in com. Lanc., gent., and by her hath issue Mar- "gerie; and to his second wife he maried Jane, " daughter to Sir Jo[hn] Townley, of Townley, in "com. Lanc., knight, and by her hath issue Robt. "Dalton, his eldest sonne, Thomas second sonne, "Roger third sonne, Richard iiijth sonne; Anne, "married to Tho. Westmore, of London.
• "Robt. Dalton, of Thornham, in com. Lanc., ar., "sonne and heir to Wm., pr'd., maried Anne, daugh. "to Jo. Kitchin, of Pillen, in com. Lanc., gent. . . "
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• .... etc.
• Robert Dalton, by his will, dated 12th September, 1578, after directing his body to be interred in Cockerham Church, gave all his real property to his nephew, Robert Dalton, the son of his late brother, Thomas.
• Robert Dalton the elder died without issue in 1578, and his widow Anne in 1593.
• The Thurnham estates passed to his nephew,
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• Robert Dalton, who, on the accession of James I., joined in the address of loyalty to his sovereign. Robert Dalton married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hulton, of Hulton Park, by whom he had two sons and ten daughters.
• Robert Dalton, by his will, dated 17th August, 1626, after desiring to be buried in Cockerham Church, requested his kinsman, Roger Downes of Wardley, to have the wardship of his son and heir, Thomas Dalton, then under age. .... All his goods he gave to his eight daughters equally between them.
• The eldest son, Thomas Dalton, of Thurnham, was born on the 8th of July 1609; and his father, Robert, having died in 1626, he, on attaining his majority, entered upon the whole of the large estates. .... etc.
• .... The troop was entirely equipped at his own expense, and did good service for the King at the second battle of Newbury, on the 27th October, 1644. It leader fought with all the valour of youth and confidence in his cause, but at length he fell, severely wounded. He was carried to Marlborough,
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• where for a few days he lingered, dying on the 2nd of November, in the 36th year of his age.
• Then the family estates became divided, Thurnham and Bulk remaining in the male line-Aldcliffe going to Robert Dalton's sisters. ________________
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• .... The family derive their maternal descent and name from Sir Robert de Dalton, Knt. who lived in the time of Edward III. and was the father of Sir John Dalton, Knt. who died in 1369, seized of the Manors of Byspham, Dalton Hall, and other lands in this County, vide Tower Rolls. From him in a direct line came Robert Dalton, Esq. of Byspham and Pilling, who purchased the manor and estate of Thurnham in the year 1556. At his death in 1580, without issue, he was succeeded by his nephew Robert, the son of his younger brother, Thomas Dalton, Esq. and Anne, the daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, Knt. of Sephton. Robert Dalton, Esq. died in 1626, and was succeeded by his only son Thomas, who distinguished himself in the cause of Royalty, having raised a regiment of horse at his own expense, to support his sovereign, Charles I. He was desperately wounded at the second battle of Newbury, in 1643, of which he soon afterwards died, and was succeeded in his estate at Thurnham Hall by his son Robert, who made some additions to the Mansion, and married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Thomas Horner, Esq. of Middleham, in Yorkshire, by whom he had issue two daughters, co-heiresses ; Dorothy, the youngest, inherited the Manors of Caton and Aldcliffe, in Lancashire, part of her father's property, and Elizabeth, the eldest, married William Hoghton, Esq. of Park Hall, in this county. The estates of Thurnham Hall, Cockersand Bulk, and lands in the Fryerage, at Lancaster, were limited upon her and her issue, in consequence of which her eldest son John, who succeeded to this estate in 1710, assumed the name and arms of Dalton ; he married Frances, the daughter of Sir Piers Mostyn, Bart, and had issue Robert Dalton, Esq. the father of the present proprietor of Thurnham, &c. _______________________

Robert Dalton II was a recusant. He was present at the Queensmore meeting in 1625. He died in 1626 and was succeeded by his son Thomas (born in 1609). Thomas, a Roman Catholic, was at a royalist meeting at Hoghton Tower in July 1642 and raised a royalist troop of horse. He was fatally wounded in the second battle of Newbury on 27 October 1644, and died at Marlborough a week later. Thomas's son and heir Robert Dalton III was 5 when his father died. The estates were seized by Parliament.

He was sheriff of Lancashire in 1577. He was one of the four "Esquires to the fureral" of Edward, Earl of Derby in 1575.

Elizabeth, the elder, married William Hoghton of Park Hall in Charnock and inherited Thurnham, Bulk and other properties. Dorothy, the younger, married Edward Riddell of Swinburne Castle, Northumberland and inherited Caton and a moiety of Aldcliffe. John, son of William and Elizabeth Hoghton, assumed the surname Dalton in 1710 and succeeded his father in 1712: a staunch Roman Catholic and Jacobite, he joined the 1st Jacobite Rebellion at Lancaster in 1715 and was captured at Preston. His life was spared and he redeemed his estates for £6,000. He died in 1736. His son Robert Dalton IV died in 1785.

TOCKHOLES AND WHEELTON.

FILE - DDL 869 - date: 18 Mar. 1608/9

Feoffment: for £116.13.4: Sir John Radcliffe of Ordesall, Robert Dalton of Pillinge, esq., William Holte of Grayes Inn, esq., and John Hide of Urmeston, esq., to Thomas Browen and Allexander Waddington of Tockeholes, Thomas Lyvesey of Lyvesey, husbandmen -- messuage in Tockeholes in tenure of T.B., part of the manor of Tockeholes, 7 messuages, 1 watermill, 7 gardens, 60ac. arable, 60ac. pasture, 10ac. meadow, 4ac. wood, 100ac. moor and 10/- rent in Tockeholes, in the tenure of Dame Ann Radclyffe for life, being mortgaged by J.R. to R.D., W.H., and J.H., 8 May 1606 -- Witn: Roger Downes, John Breakes, John Cudworth, Thomas Valentyne, Richard Worseley, John Cudworth.

Robert Dalton left 8 daughters who never married. The collectively were called "The Catholic Virgins". Read the story about these women in the profile of the first born, Elizabeth.

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