Swain de Samlesbury

Surname has also been erroneously reported to be de Salmesbury.

Place of birth might instead be Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, England.

SAMLESBURY was held in the latter half of the 12th century by Gospatric son of Swain in thegnage by the yearly service of 12s. It is by no means improbable that he was a younger son of Swain son of Leofwin, lord of part of Hindley about the middle of the 12th century. In addition to his manor of Samlesbury he held half the manor of Alston in Amounderness, and in Salford Hundred half the manors of Harwood (fn. 4) and Sharples, estates which his son Roger held in 1212 after Gospatric's death. (fn. 5) Roger, having married Margaret daughter and heir of Walter son of Osbert (de Clifton) without the consent of the chief lord, Theobald Walter, was summoned in 1194 to answer for this default. (fn. 6) In 1224 his neighbour Edward de Brockholes demanded half the vill of Samlesbury from him, but after Roger's death accepted 10 marks from Roger's successor in 1227 to resign his claim. (fn. 7)

This successor was William de Samlesbury, Roger's eldest son, (fn. 8) who increased his estates by marrying Avina daughter and heir of William de Notton, lord of Breightmet in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors, (fn. 9) by whom he had issue Margery, Cecily and Elizabeth. He died about 1256, his widow obtaining the manor of Breightmet in satisfaction of her dower. (fn. 10) His eldest daughter Margery married first in or before 1257 Richard son and heir-apparent of William de Clifton, (fn. 11) who died shortly after his marriage, and secondly Robert de Hampton of Allonby, co. Cumb., and died without issue before July 1267 (fn. 12) ; Cecily the second daughter married before 13 April 1259 John Deuyas; and Elizabeth married after that date Robert de Holand son and heir of Thurstan de Holand. Robert de Hampton died in 1277, (fn. 13) but not until 1292 or 1296 was a partition of his third part of the manor made between Deuyas and Holand. (fn. 14) In 1311, at the death of the Earl of Lincoln, Dame Cecily Deuyas and Dame Elizabeth de Holand held a plough-land here in thegnage by the yearly service of 12s. (fn. 15)

The Holand (fn. 16) moiety of the manor passed like the other estates of the family to the Lovels, and was forfeited by Francis Viscount Lovel upon his attainder in 1485. On 25 February 1489 it was granted with many other forfeited estates in the county to Thomas Earl of Derby. (fn. 17) In July 1600 William Earl of Derby passed half the manor by fine to trustees, (fn. 18) by whom it was conveyed to Thomas Walmsley, kt., (fn. 19) Justice of the Common Pleas, and from him descended with the other estates of that family, as described in the account of Dunkenhalgh, (fn. 20) until in 1852 it was left to the father of the present owner, Mr. Oswald Henry Petre.

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Ancestry & descendants as found -

de Hindley 1080-1246, Wigan, Lancashire, England By Charles S. Lewis November 07, 2010 at 03:50:07

If the lineage is correct, from what I have found the Hindley lineage begins in 1080. From what I know of naming practices de means of, Which fell out of favor when the English were at war with France. and Fitz means son of.

1. Leofwin de Hindley, 1st Saxon Lord of Hindley

• B: 1080, Hindley, Lancashire, England
• D: ?
• Spouse: Unknown
• Child: 2. Leofwin

2. Leofwin de Hindley, Saxon Lord of Hindley

• B: abt 1100, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, England
• D: aft 1150, Samlesbury, Lancashire, England
• Spouse: Unknown
• Child: 3. Swain de Hindley

3. Swain de Hindley, Lord of Hindley

• B: abt 1133, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, England
• D: aft 1163, ?
• Spouse: Given name unknown de Samlesbury
• B: 1138D: ?
• Children:
• 4. ---- de Hindley
• 5. Gospatrick de Hindley 1163-1212

4. ---- de Hindley Lord of Hindley

• B: 1158, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, England
• D: aft 1185
• Spouse: Unknown
• Child: 6. ---- de Hindley

5. Gospatrick de Hindley

* B: 1163, Samlesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England

• D: 1212, Samlesbury, Lancashire, England

6. ---- de Hindley Lord of Hindley * B: 1185, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, England

• D: 1210, England
• Spouse: Unknown
• Child: 7. Hugh de Hindley

7. Hugh de Hindley Lord of Hindley * B: 1210, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, England

• D: aft 1246, Lancashire, England
• Spouse: Beatrice ___?___
• Children:
• 8. Richard Fitz Hugh de Hindley
• 9. Thomas Fitz Hugh de Hindley
• 10. Adam Fitz Hugh de Hindley
• 11. Robert Fitz Hugh de Hindley
• 12. Cecilia de Hindley

8. Richard Fitz Hugh de Hindley  (Took the land & name Culcheth after marriage).

+ Margaret de Culcheth 1270-? 

 Richard de Culcheth M. Cecilia de Hindley

9. Thomas Fitz Hugh de Hindley  (Took the land & name de Peasfurlong after marriage).

+ Joan de Culcheth 1272-?

10. Adam Fitz Hugh de Hindley  (Took the land and name de Holcroft after marriage).

+ Elizabeth de Culcheth 1274-?

11. Robert Fitz Hugh de Hindley*

B: bef? 1264, Lancashire, England

M: abt 1299, England  (Took the land and name de Risley after marriage).

D: bef 1303, of Risley, Lancashire, England

+ Ellen de Culcheth 1275-aft 1314

* Children:

* Henry de Risley*

• Richard de Risley
• Peter de Risley
• Gilbert de Risley
• Robert de Risley

12. Cecilia de Hindley

+ Richard de Culcheth

The parents of the 4 Culcheth girls:

Gilbert de Culcheth Lord of the Manor of Culcheth

* B: abt 1205, Culcheth Hall, Warrington, Lancashire, England

* M: 1240

• D: Murdered by unknown malefactors either 1246 or 1275.
• (depending on which record one finds).
• Spouse: LADY Cecilia de Latham/Lathom
• (a LADY in her own right).
• B: 1222, Lathom, Ormkirk, Lancastershire, England
• D: aft 1280, Lancashire, England

When Gilbert was murdered the 4 co-heirs became the wards

of the Baron of Warrington, William le Botiller (Butler today).

When they came of age William granted their marriges to Hugh de Hindley,

who married them to his own four sons.

* This is the early part of my Mother's (1916-1999) lineage.

Sources:

1.  The Risley Family History - Edwin Hills Risley - 1909

2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/Default.aspxhttp://www.british-his... (text search)

I took the liberty of re-finding and re-coping into here as something "just seemed to be missing" when reading through - this aligns better what was given