Robert Dalton

Robert Dalton: 1529-1578

Robert died without male issue. One might assume that there were female issue; however, I have no records to suggest names of possible children.

Robert Dalton married Anne Kitchen, daughter of John Kitchen/Kytchen. Robert's widowed mother, Jane, is mentioned in several transactions. The earliest is in 1545, when "Matthew, son and heir to Christopher, conveyed to Jane Dalton, widow, and Robert her son, heir of William Dalton, deceased, a messuage called Keyhouse, with land in Croston; also a close of pasture called Castlepol Hey in Mawdesley." In 1546 Jane claimed a close called Castle Place against Henry Croston; also lands called the Paradise, Oldfield, Westhead, Withens and Hilifield. In 1550 she again claims a tenement in Croston against Henry Croston. In 1555 Richard Ashton claimed various property against Seth Worsley and Anne his wife. This Anne was the daughter of the Old Uncle William named in Roger Dalton's grant of 1527.

In 1556 Richard Ashton purchased property from "Jane Dalton, widow; Robert Dalton and Anne his wife" and it was the beginning of a series of sales in which the three names are associated. Sir Thomas Hesketh bought "the fourth parts of the manor of Croston with all other their hereditaments there" (VCHL VI p. 93). In 1558 Bispham itself went to two men, William Stopford and Richard Mason of Wrightington and Parbold.

FILE - ref. DDHE 26/50 - date: 4 Aug. 1556

Conveyance by Bargain and Sale: for £204.13.4: Robert Dalton of Byspham, esq. to Wylliam Nelson of Mawdysley, yeoman, -- 1ac. meadow in Olde Mawdysley adjoining a close the inheritance of Sir Thomas Hesketh called the Dooles, on the S. part thereof; also 1ac. meadow called the Greate Acre; also 1ac. named Short Acre; also closes called the Thre Acre; also Ryssheyorthe, Hanne Acre, the Carre, all in the tenure of Hugh Nelson; also a close of Meadow in Olde Mawdysley called Symondesyorthe, yearly value 4/-, also the lands of R.D. in a close in Mawdysley called Tonstyddes, yearly value 5/-, all in the tenure of W.N. and Joahnne Assheton, widow; also 2 cottages in Mawdysley and the lands lately improved and enclosed thereto, in the tenure of John Rydyng and Isabell Mosse, widow; also a close of meadow in Mawdysley late in the tenure of Hugh Assheton, called Prestes Medowe; also an acre of arable in Croston in the Hylfeilde, also ½ac. of meadow there in the Towne Medowes, both in the tenure of Thomas Hough; also chief rents of 2/- from land late the inheritance of Richard Croston, now in the tenure of Thomas Hough; also ½ac. of arable in Croston in Hyll Carre in the tenure of John Blackstone; also a close in Croston in the tenure of Wylliam Rydyng, late of Thomas Henreson.

FILE - ref. DDL 522 - date: 14 Aug. 1556

Feoffment: for 40 Marks: Robert Dalton of Byspham, esq., to Roger Nelson of Mawdysley, yeoman -- a barn and croft in Mawdysley; also a moiety of a folde stidde; also the Woddelane also closes called the Carre, Leye, Woodacre, Lower Ende of the Sandye Flatte in the Owlayefielde, the Sandyflatte, Slacke Buttes in Owlayfield, Woodacre hadlande.

FILE - ref. DDHE 26/51 - date: 18 Feb. 1557

Lease for 21 years at 18/- rent: for 20 marks: Roberte Dalton of Byspham, esq. to Johanne Cayne of Byspham, widow, and Thomas her son -- lands in Mawdesley called the Blaykehey, Rowse Scoles, Two Acres, and the 4th part of the Preist Medowe.

FILE - ref. DDHE 26/52 - date: 18 Jun. 1558

Lease for 20 years at rent of a red rose: Roberte Dalton of Byspham, esq. to Johanne and Thomas Cayne -- a house and 2 gardens in Mawdysley, in the tenure of George Tarylton.

In 1574 the Mayor and Corporation of Lancaster granted Robert Dalton of Thurnham a lease of a suitable plot in the waste of the town of Lancaster, commonly called the Green Ayre, on which plot he was to build a large house for a water-mill or two mills at the point he considered most suitable.

He was allowed to make a mill-stream and dam.

Robert Dalton also had possession of an area called the Friarage which had belonged to the House of the Friars covering 15 acres.

Robert Dalton of Thurnham: By R.N.D. Hamilton of the DGS in England.

William's eldest son by his second marriage, Robert established the Dalton's Thurnham estate and indeed other estates as well.

Our Dalton pedigree shows that Robert married Anne, daughter of John Kechyn. John Kechyn, who was of Hatfield, Hertforldshire, Esq. was supervisor of the Augmentation Office and became M.P. for the county of Lancaster. The Court of Augmentations was a branch of the Exchequer formed in 1535 to carry out the dissolution of the Monasteries and dispose of their land and property. Ten years later, by deed dated 29th August 1554, the abbey lands were conveyed, on the marriage of his daughter, to Robert Dalton of Bispham. Two years later, on the 24th June 1556, Thomas Lonna or Lowm. a citizen of Lordon. sold the manor of Thurnham to Robert for I,500p, having purchased it four years earlier from the Duke of Suffolk for I,080p. In 1556 and 1557 Robert bargained for lands formerly attached to the Priory of Lancaster. The Priory possessions were described in a document signed by "Gilbert Moreton, deputy of John Kechyn, our supervisor there", and on 22nd March 1557 rated for Robert Dalton for the purchase money of I,268p. 17s. 4d. The possessions that he purchased included the Aldcliffe and Bulk estates. Aldcliffe is just north of Lancaster. Bulk (local pronunciation Book according to the VCH and formerly known as Newton a name long obsolete) lies on the north side of Lancaster, part of it now in a suburb, and is bounded on the west and north by the river Lune. (VCH Lancs. Vol 8. pp 49 and 50).

Oliver Roper says "Thus it was that Robert Dalton became possessed of a stretch of country extending from a point on the River Lum, three miles above Lancaster, to one on that river nearly six miles below, intercepted only by the lands of the borough of Lancaster and the demesne of Ashton Hall" On such a large estate "it was only fitting that a substantial residence should be erected, and probably Thurnham Hall owes its foundation to Robert Dalton".

No doubt to help provide him with the money required for his Thurnham and associated enterprises, Robert sold the Dalton interests in the Manors of both Bispham and Croston. He sold the Bispham estate in 1558 to William Stopford.

Source: VCH Lancs. Vol 6. p.102. Add MS 32107 no. 914, Towneley MS DD no. 175).

Robert and Jane, widow of his father William, in 1558, sold the Dalton's one fourth share in Croston Manor with all their other (?) there also.

Vol 2 p172, of the VCH Lanc.

Syon Abbey (Middlesex) owned the priory of Lancaster in 1527. Syon Abbey was dissolved in 1540. In 1557 the crown sold the bulk of the Lancaster Priory estate to Robert Dalton of Bispham for £1667.

Deed No. 543:

Acknowledgment of receipt, 1557, May 31. 4 Mary. 1 item : parchment ; 13.5 x 35 cm.

Acknowledgment by Robert Dalton of Byspam in the county of Lancaster, esquire, of the receipt of 290 from Bernard Townley of Brunley in the said county, gentleman, servant to John Townley, esquire, and John Aspedenne, clerk, by the hands of John Kechyn, esquire: being the purchase money of lands sold by Robert and Anne his wife to Bernard and John as specified in an indenture dated 29 March, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary. Given on 31 May, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary. Signed by Robert Dalton. Witnesses (endorsed): Jane Dalton, Thomas Dalton, Thomas Patrycke, John Kymby. With 1 seal (1.3 cm.) of red wax, bearing intitials: I.D.

Vol 2 p564, of the VCH Lanc.

Robert Dalton bought Lune mill from the crown in 1557/8. The mayor and burgesses of Lancaster rented it from him for 6s 8d a year until in 1571 a flood destroyed it. Robert Dalton died a few years after 1571, and the inquisition post mortem on his estate was held at Wigan on 13 January 1578/9

Robert Dalton was the mayor of Lancaster in 1773.

THE HIGH SHERIFFS OF LANCASHIRE - 1129 - 1947:

1577 Robert Dalton, of Thurnham, near Lancaster.

VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORIES of LANCASHIRE:

Vol. 8 page 15 - 1574

The mayor and corporation of Lancaster granted Robert Dalton of Thurnham a lease of a plot called Green Acre in the waste of Lancaster, for him to build a large house for a watermill, or for two mills, with permission to make a dam and millstream. The mill probably replaced the old priory mill in Bulk

Vol. 8 page 41 - 1578

Robert Dalton of Thurnham died, holding 15 acres in Lancaster, which used to belong to the friars.

Vol. 8 page 48 - March 1557.

Aldcliffe and Bulk were sold by the Crown to Robert Dalton I of Thurnham. In due course one portion went with Dorothy (younger daughter and coheir of Robert Dalton III who died in 1700) to the Riddells of Swinburne Castle, Northumberland. The rest, having been devoted to the maintenance of Roman Catholic secular clergy, was confiscated by the government in 1716 after an inquiry. Dorothy Dalton's husband Edward Riddell died in 1731. Their son Thomas took part in the 1st Jacobite Rebellion, was imprisoned at Lancaster, escaped and shared in the general pardon. Thomas was succeed by his son Thomas whose third son Ralph Riddell ultimately became his heir.

Vol. 8 page 82 -

The priory estate at Caton was regarded as a dependency of the manor of Bulk and passed to Robert Dalton of Thurnham [presumably in 1557]

Vol. 8 page 102-3-

Robert Dalton I, through his marriage to Anne Kitchen (daughter of John Kitchen of Pilling), acquired the site of Cockersand Abbey which adjoined Thurnham Abbey.

Robert Dalton I appears to have sold his lands in Bispham to acquire Thurnham Abbey and other property near Lancaster. In 1558 he bought Aldcliffe and Bulk from the crown. He died without issue in 1578 and left his estates to his nephew Robert Dalton II, son of his brother Thomas. His nephew was then 2 months old. The Inquisition Post Mortem shows Robert Dalton I as owning:

- the manor of Thurnham with messuages, watermills etc in Thurnham and Glasson.

- the manors of Bulk and Aldcliffe with lands in Bolton, Lancaster, etc;

- a fourth part of the manor of Hackinsall.

- the site of the Black Friars in Lancaster.

- the site of Cockersand Abbey with lands in Ellel, Forton, Bankhouses and Pillings (The Tongues)

- lands in Croston, etc;

1560- Robert Dalton I gave Aldcliffe Hall and the Ridge in Bulk to his mother Jane, widow of William Dalton. In 1573 he settled Abbot's Carr on his brother Thomas and Anne his wife, with the remainder to two other brothers, Roger and Richard. In 1571 he gave a rent of £2 a year to Robert Walmesley of Lincoln's Inn. Thurnham was sated in the Inquisition to be held in socage, at a rent of 6s8d, from William Curwen, late of Glasson.

In 1543 the Crown granted the site of Cockersand Abbey to John Kitchen whose daughter Anne married Robert Dalton I who seems to have held Cockersand absolutely: he died in 1578 holding the site from the queen by knight's service. He also held Cockshotts in Ellel and the Bankhouses in Cockerham. All passed to his nephew Robert Dalton III who held by knight's service in 1626.

Vol. 8 page 107 - 1582

Roger Dalton claimed the land which Furness Abbey had held in Forton by virtue of a lease from the queen, but William Corless, the holder, claimed he had it from a former lessee whose term had not run out.

Vol. 8 page 113 - 1557

Robert Dalton acquired land in Heysham when he bought Aldcliffe and Bulk from the Crown.

FILE - DDL 445 - date: 18 Feb. 1551/2

Bill of Complaint of Robert Dalton of Byspeham, esq., and Answer of Edwarde Worseley, Ewan Feyrehurste, Roger Fynche, John Mawdysley, John Bell, Gilbert Frythe, Thomas Draper and Richarde Rutter -- the Pyghtills in Mawdesley, (6ac.) --

FILE - DDL 446 - date: 18 Aug. 1556

Conveyance: Robert Dalton of Byspeham, esq., to Henrie Sompnor of Mawdysley, yeoman -- closes in M. called the Carre, Lytill Ley Havyn, Byrches, Barne Yorde, Clayflat Acre in the Owlay Fyld and 3 Dolles in Owlay Fyld; also the Pykedolle -- Witn. Roger Nelson, Rychard Asheton, John Butler. Seal.

FILE - DDL 523 - date: 15 Mar. 1557/8

Conveyance by bargain and sale: for £69: Robert Dalton of Byspam, esq., and Jane, Widow of William Dalton, esq., to Richard Mason of Lathom, yeoman -- a messuage in Mawdysley in the tenure of John Tomson and yearly rent of 23/2 -- Witn. Thomas Nelson, gent., Thomas Bowker, Richard Bradshaw. Seals.

Deeds 543

Acknowledgment of receipt, 1557, May 31. 4 Mary. 1 item : parchment ; 13.5 x 35 cm.

SUMMARY: Acknowledgment by Robert Dalton of Byspam in the county of Lancaster, esquire, of the receipt of 290 from Bernard Townley of Brunley in the said county, gentleman, servant to John Townley, esquire, and John Aspedenne, clerk, by the hands of John Kechyn, esquire: being the purchase money of lands sold by Robert and Anne his wife to Bernard and John as specified in an indenture dated 29 March, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary. Given on 31 May, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary. Signed by Robert Dalton. Witnesses (endorsed): Jane Dalton, Thomas Dalton, Thomas Patrycke, John Kymby. With 1 seal (1.3 cm.) of red wax, bearing intitials: I.D.

NAMES: I. Dalton, Robert. II. Townley, Bernard. III. Townley, John. IV. Aspedenne, John. V. Kechyn, John. VI. Dalton, Anne. VII. Dalton, Jane. VIII. Dalton, Thomas. IX. Patrick, Thomas. X. Kymby, John.

SUBJECTS: 1. Deeds--England--Lancashire. 2. Lancashire (England)--Charters, grants, privileges. 3. Bispham (England) 4. Burnley (England)

MAWDESLEY.

FILE - DDL 369 - date: 20 May 1557

Quitclaim: Robert Dalton of Byspeham, esq., to Roger Nelson of Mawdesley, yoman -- a barn and croft called the Barne Yorde, a moiety of the Folde Stydde, closes called the Carre, Leye, Wood Acre, Woodlane, Lower Ende of the Sandyflatte in the Owlayfielde, a rood in the Sandyflatt, a rood called the Slacke Buttes, a selion called the Woodacre Hadlande, an acre in 4 parts in Oldmawdisley -- Witn. Richard Assheton, senior, John Buttler, Henry Sumpnor, Lawrence Barrett, James Herseneppe.

FILE - DDHE 59/17 - date: 18 Nov. 1559

Conveyance by Bargain and Sale: for £220: Robert Dalton of Thorneham, esq. to William Stopforthe of Eccleston, gent. -- all his properties in Mawdisley and Bispeham in the tenure of Thomas Bowker of Bispeham, the widow of Richarde Mackane alias Patrike of Bispeham, the widow of Jamys Mawdesley of Mawdesley, and Jamys Bretherton of Mawdesley; also the 4th part of a close of moss or turbarie called the Reeds in Mawdesley in the tenure of Thomas Haresnape, John Stopforthe, and Richarde Haresnepe -- Witn: Robert Molyneux, Jamys Borsuche, Marmaducke Newton, Mathew Traces, John Eatough.

FILE - DDL 434 - date: 9 Jan. 1565/6

Grant: for £15: Richard Mawdysley of M., yeoman to Henry Assheton -- a close called the Cowhey, (1ac.) in Byspham late in the tenure of Roger Bretherton and had from Robert Dalton, esq., -- Witn. Sir William Bryadhull, priest, John Sharpuls, John More of Eccleston.

WILL of Robert Dalton:

ROBERT DALTON, of Thurnham, co. Lancr, Esqr, makes his will 12th Sept., 1578. Gives his body to be buried in the parish Church of Cockerham. He gives all his Leases, terms of years, tacks and bargains whatsoever in the Realm of England as follows:—To his brother Richard his Estate of the Milnes at Lancaster during the nonage of Robeit, son to his brother Thomas, deceased, and after to remain to the said Robert, son of Thomas, and his assigns during his term therein. All the rest of his Leases, tacks, &c., to be for the payment of his debts, &c., and after these are discharged he gives the same to his brother Roger during the minority of Robert, son of his brother Thomas, and then to remain to him and his assigns during his terms therein. He gives to George Patricke one annuity of 10i during his life out of lands in Lancaster. To James Swinburne, his servant, the Seal of the Friars at Lancaster and one wind milne formerly belonging to the same, and certain lands thereto belonging to him and his assigns during his life. To George Bradshaw, his servant, one annuity of 6i 13* 4d during his life. To Richard Charnocke, his servant, 61 13* 4d annuity during his life. To his cozens Dugles Nevlll and Margret Ashton, either of them, 100i, to be paid to his mother's Exec™ for their uses. To his servant, Henry Culler, 40i. To Richard Kitchin, his servant, 5i annuity during his life. Gives all & singular his manors, lands, &c., whatsoever to his brother Roger and his assigns (the aforesd annuities excepted) until Robert, son of his brother Thomas, deceased, shall be 21, then the same to descend to (1) Robert and his heirs males, then (2) to the use of the said Roger, his brother, and his heirs males, and (3) then to the use of the said Richard, his brother, and his heirs males. And for default, then to the use of William ats Kitchen, bastard son of Richard, his brother, &c. To his Exec, either of them, 10i in money, & either a gelding. And the rest & residue of all his goods, after his debts, &c., discharged, he gives to the children of his brother Roger Dalton, Jane D., daughter of his brother Thomas D., William D., bastard son of his brother Richard D., & such of his servants as are yet unrewarded, to be equally divided amongst them. And makes Rich. Bold. Esqr, & Gilbert Moreton, Geni, his Exec.

A FAMOUS ANGLO-AMERICAN LANCASHIRE FAMILY: THE DALTONS OF THURNHAM HALL.

Befoir Queene Bess hir holde obteyned On Englande's Crowne and Ball, Ye Englishe DALTONS ruled and reigned As Squires of THUBNHAM HALL.

May 12, 1902, the fine old Lancashire estates of Thurnham, Bulk, Glasson and Cockshades passed into the hands of John Henry Dalton, Esq., by the death of his father on that day. The young Squire had been summoned from his legal studies at Princeton University and arrived at Thurnham Hall a few hours after Mr. William Henry Dalton had passed away. It was the conclusion of a particularly interesting chapter in the history of the old place, and the beginning of a new era for the famous Dalton family. Mr. William Henry Dalton died at the age of sixty- seven after a strenuous and successful career, tinged also with some romance. He was a Dalton of the Daltons, but in his youth no less than eleven lives stood between him and succession to the ancestral acres. Instead of sitting around waiting for something to happen, Mr. Dalton struck out on his own account. His early life was spent in Jersey, and while yet a young man he had visited Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Brazil, ultimately settling in Mexico, where for twenty years he was the proprietor of a profitable cattle-ranch.

In 1876 he married Miss Mary Emma Cook, the eldest daughter of Mr. J. T. Cook, an American gentleman. In 1894 Mr. Dalton succeeded to the Dalton Estates, after making good his claims in the highest courts of the land. By this time, however, his health had given way, and he did not enjoy his new possessions long enough to make much impress on them, although he regularly spent a large portion of his income improving his property.

The Daltons have been connected with Thurnham Hall since 1556. Always prominent as a family they were fated invariably to espouse the losing side of all national controversies. As a consequence they had their lands taken from them and suffered imprisonment more than once. But their resources, influence and connections were always powerful enough to enable them to buy back their confiscated estates, and consequently Thurnham Hall has been identified with Daltons of blood or family connection for almost four centuries. They have left their mark in Lancashire with no uncertain impression. In Lancaster town "Dalton Square ' ' is named after an early ancestor, and members of the Dalton family are specifically commemorated in the streets named John, Mary, Gage, Lucy, Bridget, Charlotte, Eobert and Sulyard. Thurnham street and Bulk street of course take their names from the two estates of the family.

Many interesting incidents are on record about the Daltons who have also been connected by marriage with many other powerful families, notably with the Derbys (who gave England a Prime Minister), with the Earls of Sefton (family name Molyneux) ; with the Gages (of Hengrave Hall, Suffolk) ; with the Flemings, the Riddells, the Houghtons and the Middletons ; with the noble family of Lathom, and with the Fitzgeralds of Ireland. The present Mr. Dalton is a direct lineal descendant of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), the illustrious statesman and author, who was beatified by Pope Leo XIII., December 9, 1886. More succeeded Wolsey as Chancellor of England in 1529, and held office until

he resigned in 1532. His execution is one of the blackest crimes to the credit of the royal monster Henry VIII. More's "Utopia" is the greatest political romance ever written, and was first published in Latin in 1516. The Daltons of old were good Catholics and always loyal supporters of "the rightful heirs" to the crown.

During the Civil Wars of England they took the field and raised their own regiments, more than one member of the family laying down his life for King and country. Even as late as the Jacobite uprising of 1715 John Dalton of Thurnham stood out for the unfortunate Stuarts. A pretty legend is connected with Aldcliffe Hall, which was at one time a Dalton residence. Seven Dalton sisters were known as "The Catholic Virgins" and in confirmation of the fact a stone tablet is yet to be seen with a Latin inscription which has been deciphered to read "Catholic Virgins are we, who scorn to change with the time: Ano. Dni: 1674." Mr. Wm. H. Dalton did not die a Catholic, and the living Daltons are all devoted to the Protestant faith.

The Dalton Territory in Lancashire at one period embraced something like fifty thousand acres, but portions have from time to time been sold, or were not desired in redeeming confiscated lands, and now five thousand acres would probably include all the estates already mentioned. The Bulk estate from its proximity to the town of Lancaster is of great value as it can be almost immediately laid off in building lots. The "Glasson Docks" are located on the Glasson estate, and it has a fringe of seashore (along Morecambe Bay) that seems destined for fine Villa sites at no distant date.

On other parts of the Dalton lands are deposits of sand, gravel and slate, with a fair promise of more valuable minerals. The present Mr. Dalton has many important plans under consideration for the development of his properties, and, if spared to carry them out, his advanced ideas will restore the home of his ancestors to a position worthy of its renowned pedigree. Old Thurnham Hall has long been in a state of decay, and only temporary alterations have been attempted in recent times, but enough remains to give more than a suggestion of its ancient glory. Almost opposite its gates are the ruins of Cockersand Abbey, founded in the days of Henry II.

The Chapter House of the Abbey is now used as a burial place for the Dalton family. The old oak-chest, or "Ark," that formerly belonged to the Abbot of Cockersand is now at Thurnham Hall.

Mr. John Henry Dalton, like his father before him, is greatly attached to the Western Hemisphere, and

being half-American spends a considerable portion of his time in the New World. He owns properties in Florida, California and Texas, and at present is much interested in the development of Oil-lands in the latter state. He has been educated partly in England and partly in the United States. With his intelligent admiration for republican principles, he has lost none of a true Englishman's love for his native land, and very fittingly represents the coming powerful Anglo-American racial type that so happily blends the best of the old country's blood with the ablest of the new.

THE SEAT OF JOHN DALTON, ESQ.

THURNHAM HALL, the seat and inheritance of the Daltons, is two miles from Ashton Hall, the residence of the Duke of Hamilton, five miles south-west from Lancaster, and about seven from Garstang. The Mansion, which stands on an eminence, commanding a prospect of a most fertile and abundant district, is nearly coeval with the possession of the estate by the family, which was as early as the reign of Queen Mary. Our view, taken from a sketch by Captain Edward Jones, to whom we are under many obligations, represents the front, where modern innovation has demolished the projecting bays of the Old Hall, and deprived the windows of their mullions ; originally it presented a fair specimen of the Hall-house, in the days of Elizabeth ; but has since undergone several alterations ; the present front, built of free-stone, was completed in in 1823. The Hall in the centre of the house is thirty-nine feet by twenty-four ; the Dining-room, on the right of the Hall, twenty-four feet by twenty-seven; and the Library, on the left of the Hall, is twenty-four feet by sixteen ; an old oak Staircase leads to the Drawing-room, which is over the Hall, and is of the same dimension. Part of the Manor enjoys the feudal privilege of free-warren.

The ruin of Cockersand Abbey, one of the principal antiquities of the county, is situated upon the estate, about two miles from the Hall. It was founded for Cluniac Monks of the Premonstrateusian Order, in the reign of Richard L by Theobald Walter, Lord of Amounderness, and brother of Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, whose descendants were the Butlers, Earls of Ormonde, the Bulters of Rawcliffe, &c. The founder of this Abbey granted all the pasture grounds in Pilling as perpetual alms to his Monastery,

which was dedicated to Saint Mary, and was subordinate to the Abbey of Leicester. It derived its name from its site upon a neck of land which projects into the sea, adjoining to the sands of the Cocker, between the mouth of that river, and the Lune. The original endowment of the Abbey was confirmed by King John, and afterwards by Richard IL, and amongst the principal benefactors were the old Barons of Kendal. There is a remarkable circumstance attending the dissolution of this Abbey, for it appears, that within three years of that event, it was actually restored to its ancient privileges by a grant from King Henry VIIL The building formerly occupied above an acre of ground, and was fortified from the encroachments of the sea by a rock of reddish stone, upon which it was erected. Very little architecture now remains to attest its former grandeur, except the Chapter House, in which several members of the Dalton family have been interred : this portion of the Abbey is octangular, having a

single pillar in the centre, to support its groined roof; it stands in a commanding situation, with a fine view over the sands towards the Irish sea.

The Daltons are paternally descended from the family of Hoghton, long seated at Hogbton Tower in this county. Richard Hoghton, Esq. of Park Hall, their direct ancestor, being the third son of Sir Richard Hoghton, Knt. of Hoghton Tower, Knight of the Shire for the county of Lancaster, in 1557, 1st of Edward VI., descended from Adam de Hoghton, temp. Henry II. 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 1309, seized of the Manors of Byspharn, Dalton Hall, and other lands in this County, ride 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 Aldclifle, 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.

Source of above: Google books on the Internet.

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• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 1 By John Burke
• https://books.google.com/books?id=U_CvyAF3ko4C&pg=PA523&lpg=PA523&d...
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalheral01burk
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalheral01burk#page/523/mode/1up
• 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. ______________________
• The John Dalton book of genealogy by Dalton, Mark Ardath
• https://archive.org/details/johndaltonbookof00dalt
• https://archive.org/stream/johndaltonbookof00dalt#page/5/mode/1up
• .... etc.
  • 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,
• https://archive.org/stream/johndaltonbookof00dalt#page/6/mode/1up
• 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.
• https://archive.org/stream/johndaltonbookof00dalt#page/25/mode/1up
  • PEDIGREE OF DALTON FAMILY
  • compiled by JOHN LUCHER DALTON 1889
• A copy was obtained from Voyla Dalton Smith, the daughter of John Luther Dalton and a copy of the Dalton pedigree chart sent to Sarah Cedenia Dalton of Parowan, Utah, by John Luther Dalton.
• In a letter sent to me, dated March 19, 1960, Mrs. Voyla Dalton Smith has this to say, "Father left on a mission to England the 28th of April 1863 and re- turned 1866. He also made a subsequent trip to England for genealogical research in 1888 and compiled his findings in 1889. Father never put down the source of his information as I have indicated but Mother said that he searched histories, deeds, wills, cemetery records and etc."
• — 1 —
• LeSieur or Sire de Dalton came from Normany, France, in 1135 A.D. with King Henry II of England.
• The eldest son John was granted on the death of his father, the Manors of Dalton and Byspham in Lancashire, England. He executed a deed in favor of his eldest son John 1193 A.D. He had two sons.
• — 2 —
• John Dalton or Doldon was given a deed 1193 A.D. Lancashire, England. Simon de Dalton was mentioned in a deed 1190 A.D. Lancashire, England.
• *Note — In the Sarah Cedenia Dalton copy "The eldest son John executed a deed in favor of his eldest son third John 1193 A.D."
• — 3 —
• (1) Sir Richard, eldest son of John, was a crusader in the Holy Land 1187 A.D. He killed several Saracens. From this the family takes the green griffin in its crest. He was buried at Dalton with his legs crossed.
• (2) His brother was John Dalton or second John.
• https://archive.org/stream/johndaltonbookof00dalt#page/26/mode/1up
• — 4 —
• Sir Richard, eldest son of Sir Richard (3), married Miss Lawrence in 1277, Lancashire, England. His signature to a deed 1282 A.D. is still extant.
• — 5 —
• His eldest son Sir Robert, married the daughter of Sir Thomas Latymer or Latham.
• — 6 —
• His son Sir John, married Alice Hussey 1327 A.D., daughter of Sir Henry Hussey of Lancashire. Received lands in 1327.
• — 7 —
• His eldest son, Sir John, bore arms as a Knight in 1389, and was given a deed 1359. He married Miss Pilkington, daughter of Sir Richard Pilkington.
• — 8 —
• His son, Robert Dalton, married Margaret Holker, 1444, Lancashire, England.
• — 9 —
• Richard Dalton married Miss Hesie or Heine (Fleming)
• — 10 —
• His son Roger Dalton of Lancashire, married his second cousin Margaret Stanley.
• — 11 —
• Their son Richard, married Jane Whitaker
• — 12 —
• Roger Dalton married twice, first Miss Radcliff of Wymerly
• — 13 —
• Their son William, 1513, Byspham, Lancashire, also married twice. He had no children by his first wife, and his second wife was Jane Townley or Towerly. By her he had three sons.
• — 14 —
• 1 -Robert Dalton, married Ann Kitchin and he died without male issue.
• 2-Thomas Dalton, married Ann Molyneux. Thomas inherited Thurnham and other properties and his descendants in the female line have lived at Thurnham Hall up till about thirty years ago.
• 3 -Roger Dalton (Our Line) married Mary Ward or Warer of Lancashire.
• — 15 —
• Walter Dalton, born 1552, died 1619, Whitney, Oxfordshire, England. He married Margaret of Lancashire and had issue.
• — 16 —
• 1 -Walter Dalton (Our Line) born 1582, Whitney, Oxford and died 1650. He married Elizabeth of Curbridge, Oxford and had issue ( 17) .
• 2-Edward Dalton, born 1590, Whitney, Oxford, England. He went to Ireland, then afterward to America.
• — 17 —
• 1-Walter Dalton (Our ancestor) born 1603, Whitney, Oxford, England. He died 1666. Married Jane Needham.
• 2-Charles Dalton, born 1605, Whitney, Oxford, England died 23 Oct. 1707.
• 3 -Elizabeth Dalton, born 1609, Whitney, Oxford, England — died young.
• 4-Thomas Dalton, born 1611, Whitney, Oxford England — died young.
• 5-William Dalton, born 1614, Whitney, Oxford, England — died young.
• https://archive.org/stream/johndaltonbookof00dalt#page/27/mode/1up
• 6-Andrew Dalton, born 1616, Whitney, Oxford, England. He died in 1721. The last of his descendants as far as could be traced was William, who died 1850.
• 7-Johanna
• Walter Dalton, born 1603, the eldest son of Walter (Our Ancestor) married Jane Needham and left issue. After the battle of Worchester he settled in South Wales about 1651. Walter Dalton died 1666 and Jane Needham died May 1, 1714. Children:
• — 18 —
• 1 -Charles Dalton, born 1639, Whitney, Oxford, England, died 23 Oct. 1707. Married Jane Shedd or Shead. They had nine children, none of the sons left issue.
• 2-Thomas Dalton, born 1643, Whitney, Oxford, England — died young.
• 3-Ormand Dalton, born 1645, Whitney, Oxford, England — died young.
• 4- Walter Dalton, born 1648, Whitney, Oxford, England — died young.
• 5-James Dalton (Our Line), born 1650, Whitney, Oxford, England died May 15, 1721 — He married Joyce Vaughn, 1677. She was the daughter of Rowland Vaughn. She was born 1647 Pembrey, Carmarthanshire, Wales, and died March 14, 1731.
• 6-Johanna, born 1653 — Married James Butler.
• James Dalton, born 1650, married Joyce Vaughn, 1677. They left issue.
• .... etc. _____________________
• The visitation of the county palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1613 (1871)
• https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00sainrich
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun00sainrich#page/32/mode/1up
• Pg.32
  • 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 ___________________
• The Visitations of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564: Made by William ... By William Flower
• https://books.google.com/books?id=pjMEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA394&lpg=PA394&d...
• https://archive.org/details/visitationsyork00britgoog
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationsyork00britgoog#page/n97/mode/1up
• Pg.85
  • Dalton.
• Sir Rychard Dalton of Byspam in Lancashyre, Knight. = ; ch: Sir Robert (m. . . . Latham), Sir John (2 son.) Dalton
  • Sir John Dalton Knight 2 son. ; ch: B (Pg.86 Sir Pyter Dalton Knight. = . . . . doughter of . . . . ; ch: John Dalton.)
  • Sir Robert Dalton son & heyre of Sir Rychard Dalton Knight. = . . . . doughter of Sir Thomas Latham. ; ch: A (Pg.86 Sir John (m. . . . . Hussey) Dalton)
    • https://archive.org/stream/visitationsyork00britgoog#page/n98/mode/1up
    • Pg.86
    • Sir John Dalton Knight. = . . . . doughter of Sir Henry Hussey Knight. ; ch: Sir John (m. . . . . Pylkyngton.) Dalton
      • Sir John Dalton Knight son & heyre to Sir John. = . . . . doughter of Sir Rychard Pylkngton. ; ch: Sir Rychard (m. Kateren Venables), Robert (m. Margaret . . . . ) Dalton.
        • Sir Rychard Dalton Knight son & heyr to Sir John. = Kateren doughter of Sir Thomas Venables, Knight. ; ch: Ales (m. William Gryffyth), other doters Dalton
          • .... etc.
        • Robert Dalton of Bispayne, 2nd son. = Margaret doughter of . . . . ; ch: William (m. Elsabeth Beaconsall), John (3rd son.), Rychard (m. doughter of Fleming) Dalton
          • William Dalton 2nd son. = Elsabeth doughter of . . . . Beaconsall of Lancashyre. ; ch: Richard (a Prest.), Anne (m. Seth Worsley) Dalton
            • .... etc.
          • Rychard Dalton of Croston son & heyr to Robert maryed = doughter & on of 3 heyrs of Sir William Fleming of Wath in Yorkshyre. ; ch: Roger (m. . . . . Ratclyf & . . . . Standyche & . . . . Faryngton & (Pg.87 Jane Jakes), Ellen (sine exitu.), Ellen (Lady Garter.) Dalton
            • Roger Dalton of Dalton Hall in Yorkshyre & after of Croston had no issue by his 2 and 3 wyffe. = . . . . doughter of Sir John Ratclyf of Lancashyre fyrst wyff. ; ch: 1. William (m. Margaret Terboke & Jane Towneley), 2. Roger (sine prole.), Sybell (m. William Wolberd Draper) Dalton ; = 2. . . . . doughter of Standyche. ; = 3. . . . . doughter of Faryngton. ; = 4. See next page (Pg.87 Jane Jakes)
              • 1. William Dalton of Bispam son & heyre to Roger = Margaret doughter of Sir William Terboke of Terboke Hall fyrst wyf to William. ; ch: Robert (sine prole), Roger (sine prole), Jane (sine prole), Margery (m. . . . . Wenloke & Gylbert Moreton), 3 others (sine prole) Dalton. ; = 2nd to Jane bass doughter to Sir John Towneley of Lancashyre. ; ch: Robert (m. Anne Kechyn), Thomas (2 son.), Roger (3 son.), Rychard 4 son.), Anne (m. . . . . Westmer) Dalton
                • Margery fyrst wyff to . . . . Wenloke & after to Gylbert Moreton & had issue by nether of them but dyed sans issu.
                • Robert dalton of Thurnam weded Anne doughter of John Kechyn. _________________
• St. Peter's, Lancaster : a history by Billington, Richard Newman
• https://books.google.com/books?id=RJ0OAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=...
• https://archive.org/details/stpeterslancaste00billuoft
• https://archive.org/stream/stpeterslancaste00billuoft#page/66/mode/1up
  • 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.
• https://archive.org/stream/stpeterslancaste00billuoft#page/76/mode/1up
  • 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.
• https://archive.org/stream/stpeterslancaste00billuoft#page/204/mode...
• 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
• https://archive.org/stream/stpeterslancaste00billuoft#page/205/mode...
• 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.
• https://archive.org/stream/stpeterslancaste00billuoft#page/208/mode...
• .... 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. __________________
• Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire ..., Volume 42
• https://books.google.com/books?id=lKTNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&d...
• Pg.98
• 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.
• Pg.100
• 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. . . "
• Pg.101
• .... 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,
• Pg.102
• 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,
• Pg.103
• 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. ________________
• Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland ... Vol. II. By John Preston Neale
• https://books.google.com/books?id=kpEZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT165&lpg=PT165&d...
• https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013643339
• https://archive.org/stream/gri_33125013643339#page/n117/mode/1up
• Pg. no numbering
• .... 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. _______________________
• DALTON, Robert (by 1533-67 or later), of Carlisle, Cumb.
• b. by 1533.1
• Offices Held
  • Mayor, Carlisle in 1554, 1566-7.2
• Robert Dalton probably came of a family which although prominent at Carlisle is to be distinguished from the more important one of nearby Dalston Hall which produced John Dalston, knight of the shire in 1558. Dalton had served at least one term as mayor before being returned to Parliament and in July 1561 his was one of the signatures which followed the mayor’s in the Carlisle Dormont Book. In 1567 his second mayoralty was interrupted by a summons to appear before the Privy Council after an investigation by the 9th Lord Scrope and the bishop of Carlisle of a controversy ‘touching the mayor’. He appeared on 21 Apr. and ‘being found culpable therein’ was committed to the Fleet. Eight days later the warden was ordered to release him and to charge him no more ‘than for his ordinary commons’ as he was ‘a very poor man’. He was nevertheless required to give satisfaction at the next assizes for the £100 he was said to owe the city of Carlisle, ‘as also all other sums wherewith he may be justly charged to have taken out of the common treasury of the same, and also to restore the charter of the said city and such plate of the city’s as has come into his hands’. He was to be replaced as mayor either by him ‘who was on the other side alleged to have been according to their charter lawfully chosen’, or by the senior alderman. What befell him thereafter is unknown, but 12 years later there was again a Dalton in the Fleet.3
• Dalton’s election to Parliament had taken place when William, 3rd Lord Dacre, was warden of the west marches, which were administered from Carlisle, and it may be a pointer to Dacre’s interest in the matter that about 1561 a namesake of Dalton, a former prebendary of Durham, was ordered to remain with Dacre; the name was, however, a not uncommon one in the north, its bearers including the Lancashire son-in-law of John Kitchen and a brother of Thomas Dalton of Hull. At Carlisle itself a Robert Dalton was granted a gunner’s room in 1590 and two years later the same man or another was admitted to the merchants’ guild.4
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/da... __________________
• A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of ..., Volume 1 By John Burke, Bernard Burke
• https://books.google.com/books?id=C8fTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA303&lpg=PA303&d...
• Pg.303 _______________
• 'Dalton01'
• Sir Richard Dalton of Bypsam, Lancashire
  • 1. Sir Robert Dalton
  • m. _Latham (dau of Sir Thomas Latham)
    • A. Sir John Dalton
    • m. _ Hussey (dau of Sir Henry Hussey)
      • i. Sir John Dalton
      • m. _ Pilkington (dau of Sir Richard Pylkyngton)
        • a. Sir Richard Dalton 'of Apethorpe'
        • m. Katherine Venables (dau of Sir Thomas Venables)
          • (1) Ales Dalton
          • m. William Gryffyth of Penryn
          • (2)+ other daughters
        • b. Robert Dalton of Bispayne
        • m. Margaret
          • (1) Richard Dalton of Croston
          • m. _ Fleming (dau of Sir William Fleming of Wath, Yorkshire)
            • (A) Roger Dalton of Dalton Hall
            • m1. _ Ratclyff (dau of Sir John Ratclyff of Lancashire)
              • (i) William Dalton of Bispam
              • m1. Margaret Terboke (dau of Sir William Terboke of Terboke Hall)
                • (a) Margery Dalton (dsp)
                • m1. _ Wenloke
                • m2. Gylbert Moreton
                • (b)+ other issue (dsp) - Robert, Roger, Jane, 8 others
            • m2. Jane (natural daughter of Sir John Towneley of Lancashire)
              • * (m) Robert Dalton of Bispham, Pillin and Thurnham (dsp 1580)
                • m. Anne Kechyn (dau of John Kechyn)
                • Visitation ends with this generation, identifying Robert as "of Thurnham". This is presumed to be the Robert who is the first mentioned by Commoners, being described therein as "of Bishpam and Pilling, who acquired by purchase, in 1556, the manor and estate of Thurnham" and who was succeeeded by his nephew.
                • (n) Thomas Dalton
                • m. Anne Molyneux (dau of Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton)
                  • ((1)) Robert Dalton of Thurnham (d 1626)
                  • This is probably the Robert who married Elizabeth Hulton.
                    • ((A)) Thomas Dalton of Thurnham (d after Newbury 1643)
                      • ((i)) Robert Dalton of Thurnham
                      • m. Elizabeth Horner (dau of Thomas Horner of Middleham)
                        • ((a)) ..... etc.
                • (o) Anne Dalton
                • m. _ Westmer
                • (p)+ other issue - Roger, Richard
              • (ii) Roger Dalton .... etc.
• Main source(s): Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Dalton), Commoners (vol i, Dalton of Thurnham)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/dd/dalton01.php _________________
• Links
• http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=3511:15421&ref2=...

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