Manor of Rivington
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The Manor of Rivington was a medieval
manor
estate in Rivington
, Lancashire
, England. Before 1212 the Pilkington family
owned six oxgang
s of land. Over time it became separated in moieties
and by the 16th century the Pilkingtons of Rivington Hall
owned a 5/8 share. In 1605 the Lathoms of Irlam owned a quarter share and the Shaws 1/8. There were legal disputes regarding the will of Robert Pilkington who died 17 November 1605 and in 1611 the Rivington Hall estate was sold to the Breres with a mortgage from the Levers of Little Lever
. Katharine Pilkington, retained New Hall and associated land.
The Cromptons sold Rivington Hall and their interest in the manor to William Lever in 1900. Most of Lever's estate was compulsorily purchased by Liverpool Corporation, apart from 45 acres (18.2 ha) which he retained for his residence and private gardens. After Lever's death in 1925 his remaining estate was sold to the McGees.
were step brothers of the Rivingtons who were recorded in a grant of land in 1202. In 1212 Alexander de Pilkington held of King John
, in thanage
, six oxgang
s of land at a rent of 10s but the land was divided. The Anglo Saxon term thanage possibly indicates the manor may predate the Domesday Book
.
Rivington was held by the Pilkington family until 1290 when Sir Alexander de Pilkington (1225–1291) of Pilkington
gave his lands at Rivington to his second son, Richard as a gift on his marriage to Ellen, daughter of William de Anderton, of Rumworth
and Anderton
. From then until 1605 Rivington was held by the junior branch of the Pilkington family. This change of ownership saved the Rivington estate after the Battle of Bosworth Field
in 1489 when Sir Thomas Pilkington of the senior branch lost his estates by Royal Attainder.
In 1324, Roger de Pilkington held seven-eighths of the manor at a rent of 8s. 9d, while Richard de Hulton held the other eighth for 1s. 3d. p.a. In an account of the borders of Rivington, Ferneley or New Hall was mentioned in a grant from Robert Pilkington to his son, John and Joan De Heton on their marriage in 1336, and as a wedding gift from Dame Margaret Pilkington in 1476.
The best known of the Rivington branch was James Pilkington, born in about 1518, the son of Richard Pilkington and Alice Asshawe. He was the first Protestant Bishop of Durham in 1560 and founded Rivington School
in 1566. Robert the Bishops grandfather died at Rivington in 1508 having been Lord of the manor
for more than 30 years.
The division of the manor was illustrated at the enclosure
of the manorial waste land in 1536, out of 20 acre (0.0809372 km²) of waste land, Richard Pilkington enclosed 13 acres (5.3 ha), James Shaw 3 acres (1.2 ha), and George Lathom 4 acres (1.6 ha). Litigation about the manor wastes was frequent for the next eight decades.
On August 1, 1544 Richard Pilkington executed a transfer of the Rivington estate to trustees for his lifetime and bound the inheritance of the Manor to benefit his sons and his male heirs. On the same day he gave New Hall as a wedding gift to his eldest son George who was born 1506. On the death of Richard Pilkington in 1551, the Manor passed to George but it was burdened by litigation arising out of the enclosure of the wastes. In 1552 George gave New Hall to his mother, Alice, for her lifetime.
George Pilkington died in 1597 and his eldest son, Robert, inherited a manor burdened by debt from litigation. Robert's efforts to enclose the waste lands at Rivington made matters worse. By 1601 Robert had risked the estate by using it as surety for a debt of £250 to William Bispham, of London. Robert defaulted in July 1601, and Rivington and other lands were passed William Bisham until the debt was settled.
On 17 January 1604, as his fortunes declined further, Robert Pilkington agreed a 300 year lease
of the manor to James Anderton of Lostock, having made payment to his brother James to obtain his agreement. Robert Pilkington died aged 45 in November 1605 without a male heir, having made his will on the previous day. After his death there was much litigation.
Robert left 25 marks (£16-13-4d) per year to his brother James on condition he did not contest the will to which he had annexed a schedule of his debts. At the inquisition post mortem of Robert Pilkington in 1610, it was stated that, on 6 July 1601 he was seized of the manor of Rivington held of the Duchy of Lancaster
.
After Robert's death, his executors, including Katharine Pilkington, aided by Christian Anderton of Horwich
, straightened Robert's affairs and, on 30 March 1611, agreed the sale of the Rivington Hall estate to Robert Lever and Thomas Breres, who took on all Robert Pilkington's liabilities, for £1730 in exchange for an annual payment or rent charge to James during his lifetime. Within this sale agreement, "except and always foreprised out of the grant", was a house called New Hall and several fields for the benefit of Katherine Pilkington. On a scrap of paper dated 1620 James sold the benefits of the rent charge from the sale of the Rivington Hall estate and any claim upon the property to Robert Lever and Thomas Breres' widow, Ellen.
, Emma his wife, and Adam de Birkhead of Wigan
claimed a fourth part of two messuage
s in Rivington against Robert de Rivington, Richard his son, and others. Three years earlier, their son Roger, had made a settlement of the fifth part of the manor of Rivington in favour of their son Richard. In 1640, after the death of Edmund Lathom, the inquisition stated George, the deceased's grandfather, held a quarter of Rivington manor of the Crown
and had made a settlement in 1570. George Lathom of Huyton
and his wife Elizabeth were engaged in legal action with Richard Pilkington and others in 1549 and 1550, regarding Moldesfield and land in Rivington. Hyefurth House at Deane Head was part of the Lathom estate and the legal action continued until 1614 when Thomas, son of George Lathom, was granted 50 acres (20.2 ha) in settlement. In 1683 this land was sold by Thomas Lathom of Irelom in association with Thomas Ashurst of Ashurst and Ralph Egerton of Turton, to John Bradley of Rivington for £120, and included messuage
s, closes and parcels of land in Rivington and 50 acre (0.202343 km²; 0.0781250690760893 sq mi) moiety of waste ground. Bradley's Farmhouse is a listed building.
. Peter Shaw Junior bought back the estate in 1663, selling it some time later and buying it back from John Breres in 1671.
Peter Shaw and his son, Thomas, were in debt at the beginning of the 18th century and sold their estate to Hugh Willoughby, 12th Baron Willoughby of Parham
. The estate passed to the 15th Baron
. In 1765 on the death of Lord Willoughby the estate passed to his sisters, Elizabeth Shaw and Helena Roscoe. Some land in Rivington and Anglezarke was sold. Elizabeth Shaw died in 1787.
, near Bolton in 1648.
army during the time of the
Commonwealth
. John Andrews died in 1678. Jane Andrews inherited the estate from her father, Robert Lever who died aged 80 in 1688. The share of the estate passed to her son, John Andrews who married Anne Mort of Wharton Hall, Little Hulton
in 1682. Their son, the third John Andrews, born in 1684, married Abigail Crook of Abram
. In 1729 he purchased the Breres' share of the estate making him sole owner of the Rivington Hall estate. John Andrews died without a male heir in 1743.
On the death of John Andrews the estate passed to his daughter Abigail who married Joseph Wilson of Bolton. Joseph Wilson died in 1765 and the estate reverted to the line of John Andrews' second son, Robert who married Hannah Crompton in 1712. Their son Joseph Andrews was born in 1715. Robert Andrews died in 1793 and the manor passed to his son, Robert, who died unmarried in 1858. The manor next passed to his brother, John, who died childless in 1865 and finally to his sister, Hannah Maria Andrews who married Robert Fletcher of Liverpool
. Their daughter Lucy married Woodhouse Crompton in 1834.
, founder of Lever Brothers
, who became known as Lord of the Manor. After Lever's death in 1925 his remaining estate was sold to the Bolton brewing family, the McGees.
Middle Ages
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manor
Manorialism
Manorialism, an essential element of feudal society, was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the villa system of the Late Roman Empire, was widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe, and was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market...
estate in Rivington
Rivington
Rivington is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, occupying . It is about southeast of Chorley and about northwest of Bolton. Rivington is situated on the fringe of the West Pennine Moors, at the foot of Rivington Pike...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England. Before 1212 the Pilkington family
Pilkington of Lancashire
The Pilkington family has its origins in the ancient township of Pilkington in the historic county of Lancashire, England. After about 1405 the family seat was Stand Old Hall which was built to replace Old Hall in Pilkington. The new hall was built on high land overlooking Pilkington's medieval...
owned six oxgang
Oxgang
An oxgang or bovate is an old land measurement formerly used in Scotland and England. It averaged around 20 English acres, but was based on land fertility and cultivation, and so could be as low as 15.Skene in Celtic Scotland says:...
s of land. Over time it became separated in moieties
Moiety title
Moiety title is legal term describing a portion other than a whole of ownership of property. The word derives from Old French moitié meaning "half" , from Latin medietas "middle", from medius....
and by the 16th century the Pilkingtons of Rivington Hall
Rivington Hall
Rivington Hall is a Grade II* Listed building located in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It was the manor house for the Lords of the Manor of Rivington. The hall is of various builds as successor to a fifteenth-century timber-framed courtyard house that was built near to the present building of...
owned a 5/8 share. In 1605 the Lathoms of Irlam owned a quarter share and the Shaws 1/8. There were legal disputes regarding the will of Robert Pilkington who died 17 November 1605 and in 1611 the Rivington Hall estate was sold to the Breres with a mortgage from the Levers of Little Lever
Little Lever
Little Lever is a large village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is southeast of Bolton, west of Radcliffe, and west-southwest of Bury....
. Katharine Pilkington, retained New Hall and associated land.
The Cromptons sold Rivington Hall and their interest in the manor to William Lever in 1900. Most of Lever's estate was compulsorily purchased by Liverpool Corporation, apart from 45 acres (18.2 ha) which he retained for his residence and private gardens. After Lever's death in 1925 his remaining estate was sold to the McGees.
Pilkington of Rivington Hall
The PilkingtonsPilkington of Lancashire
The Pilkington family has its origins in the ancient township of Pilkington in the historic county of Lancashire, England. After about 1405 the family seat was Stand Old Hall which was built to replace Old Hall in Pilkington. The new hall was built on high land overlooking Pilkington's medieval...
were step brothers of the Rivingtons who were recorded in a grant of land in 1202. In 1212 Alexander de Pilkington held of King John
John of England
John , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death...
, in thanage
Thegn
The term thegn , from OE þegn, ðegn "servant, attendant, retainer", is commonly used to describe either an aristocratic retainer of a king or nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England, or as a class term, the majority of the aristocracy below the ranks of ealdormen and high-reeves...
, six oxgang
Oxgang
An oxgang or bovate is an old land measurement formerly used in Scotland and England. It averaged around 20 English acres, but was based on land fertility and cultivation, and so could be as low as 15.Skene in Celtic Scotland says:...
s of land at a rent of 10s but the land was divided. The Anglo Saxon term thanage possibly indicates the manor may predate the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
.
Rivington was held by the Pilkington family until 1290 when Sir Alexander de Pilkington (1225–1291) of Pilkington
Pilkington (ancient township)
Pilkington was a township in the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, hundred of Salford and county of Lancashire, in northern England.-Manor:The Pilkington family can be traced from about 1200. The senior line acquired the manor of Bury when Roger Pilkington who died in about 1347, married Alice Bury...
gave his lands at Rivington to his second son, Richard as a gift on his marriage to Ellen, daughter of William de Anderton, of Rumworth
Rumworth
Rumworth is an electoral ward of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically it was part of the hundred of Salford in Lancashire and centre of the Parish of Deane which once covered roughly half of the present Metropolitan Borough of Bolton...
and Anderton
Anderton, Lancashire
Anderton is civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is now a suburb of Adlington. 5 miles northwest of Bolton, Its east boundary is in the Rivington Reservoir. Grimeford Village is in the parish...
. From then until 1605 Rivington was held by the junior branch of the Pilkington family. This change of ownership saved the Rivington estate after the Battle of Bosworth Field
Battle of Bosworth Field
The Battle of Bosworth Field was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians...
in 1489 when Sir Thomas Pilkington of the senior branch lost his estates by Royal Attainder.
In 1324, Roger de Pilkington held seven-eighths of the manor at a rent of 8s. 9d, while Richard de Hulton held the other eighth for 1s. 3d. p.a. In an account of the borders of Rivington, Ferneley or New Hall was mentioned in a grant from Robert Pilkington to his son, John and Joan De Heton on their marriage in 1336, and as a wedding gift from Dame Margaret Pilkington in 1476.
The best known of the Rivington branch was James Pilkington, born in about 1518, the son of Richard Pilkington and Alice Asshawe. He was the first Protestant Bishop of Durham in 1560 and founded Rivington School
Rivington and Blackrod High School
Rivington and Blackrod High School is a Church of England, voluntary aided comprehensive and sixth form school in the North West region of England...
in 1566. Robert the Bishops grandfather died at Rivington in 1508 having been Lord of the manor
Lord of the Manor
The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
for more than 30 years.
The division of the manor was illustrated at the enclosure
Enclosure
Enclosure or inclosure is the process which ends traditional rights such as mowing meadows for hay, or grazing livestock on common land. Once enclosed, these uses of the land become restricted to the owner, and it ceases to be common land. In England and Wales the term is also used for the...
of the manorial waste land in 1536, out of 20 acre (0.0809372 km²) of waste land, Richard Pilkington enclosed 13 acres (5.3 ha), James Shaw 3 acres (1.2 ha), and George Lathom 4 acres (1.6 ha). Litigation about the manor wastes was frequent for the next eight decades.
On August 1, 1544 Richard Pilkington executed a transfer of the Rivington estate to trustees for his lifetime and bound the inheritance of the Manor to benefit his sons and his male heirs. On the same day he gave New Hall as a wedding gift to his eldest son George who was born 1506. On the death of Richard Pilkington in 1551, the Manor passed to George but it was burdened by litigation arising out of the enclosure of the wastes. In 1552 George gave New Hall to his mother, Alice, for her lifetime.
George Pilkington died in 1597 and his eldest son, Robert, inherited a manor burdened by debt from litigation. Robert's efforts to enclose the waste lands at Rivington made matters worse. By 1601 Robert had risked the estate by using it as surety for a debt of £250 to William Bispham, of London. Robert defaulted in July 1601, and Rivington and other lands were passed William Bisham until the debt was settled.
On 17 January 1604, as his fortunes declined further, Robert Pilkington agreed a 300 year lease
Lease
A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the lessee to pay the lessor for use of an asset. A rental agreement is a lease in which the asset is tangible property...
of the manor to James Anderton of Lostock, having made payment to his brother James to obtain his agreement. Robert Pilkington died aged 45 in November 1605 without a male heir, having made his will on the previous day. After his death there was much litigation.
Robert left 25 marks (£16-13-4d) per year to his brother James on condition he did not contest the will to which he had annexed a schedule of his debts. At the inquisition post mortem of Robert Pilkington in 1610, it was stated that, on 6 July 1601 he was seized of the manor of Rivington held of the Duchy of Lancaster
Duchy of Lancaster
The Duchy of Lancaster is one of the two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Cornwall. It is held in trust for the Sovereign, and is used to provide income for the use of the British monarch...
.
After Robert's death, his executors, including Katharine Pilkington, aided by Christian Anderton of Horwich
Horwich
Horwich is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest from the city of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway close to the...
, straightened Robert's affairs and, on 30 March 1611, agreed the sale of the Rivington Hall estate to Robert Lever and Thomas Breres, who took on all Robert Pilkington's liabilities, for £1730 in exchange for an annual payment or rent charge to James during his lifetime. Within this sale agreement, "except and always foreprised out of the grant", was a house called New Hall and several fields for the benefit of Katherine Pilkington. On a scrap of paper dated 1620 James sold the benefits of the rent charge from the sale of the Rivington Hall estate and any claim upon the property to Robert Lever and Thomas Breres' widow, Ellen.
Lathom of Irlam
In 1347 Roger de Westleigh of IrlamIrlam
Irlam is a suburban town and unparished area within the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 18,504. The town lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, and is west-southwest of...
, Emma his wife, and Adam de Birkhead of Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...
claimed a fourth part of two messuage
Messuage
In law, the term messuage equates to a dwelling-house and includes outbuildings, orchard, curtilage or court-yard and garden. At one time messuage supposedly had a more extensive meaning than that conveyed by the words house or site, but such distinction no longer survives.A capital messuage is the...
s in Rivington against Robert de Rivington, Richard his son, and others. Three years earlier, their son Roger, had made a settlement of the fifth part of the manor of Rivington in favour of their son Richard. In 1640, after the death of Edmund Lathom, the inquisition stated George, the deceased's grandfather, held a quarter of Rivington manor of the Crown
The Crown
The Crown is a corporation sole that in the Commonwealth realms and any provincial or state sub-divisions thereof represents the legal embodiment of governance, whether executive, legislative, or judicial...
and had made a settlement in 1570. George Lathom of Huyton
Huyton
Huyton is a suburb of Liverpool within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, with some parts belonging to the borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Urban Area and has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with...
and his wife Elizabeth were engaged in legal action with Richard Pilkington and others in 1549 and 1550, regarding Moldesfield and land in Rivington. Hyefurth House at Deane Head was part of the Lathom estate and the legal action continued until 1614 when Thomas, son of George Lathom, was granted 50 acres (20.2 ha) in settlement. In 1683 this land was sold by Thomas Lathom of Irelom in association with Thomas Ashurst of Ashurst and Ralph Egerton of Turton, to John Bradley of Rivington for £120, and included messuage
Messuage
In law, the term messuage equates to a dwelling-house and includes outbuildings, orchard, curtilage or court-yard and garden. At one time messuage supposedly had a more extensive meaning than that conveyed by the words house or site, but such distinction no longer survives.A capital messuage is the...
s, closes and parcels of land in Rivington and 50 acre (0.202343 km²; 0.0781250690760893 sq mi) moiety of waste ground. Bradley's Farmhouse is a listed building.
Shaw of Rivington, Heath Charnock and Anglezarke
John Shaw married Elizabeth Haydock of High Bullough in Anglezarke, he was a defendant in litigation in 1507, 1528, and 1545 relating to the eighth part of the manor originally held by the Hultons. His grandson, John, married Katherine, sister of Bishop James Pilkington. Robert, son of Thomas Shaw, made a settlement of the eighth part of the manor and other lands in 1606. The Shaw portion was sold to John Risley in 1656 to raise funds for recovery from the English Civil WarEnglish Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
. Peter Shaw Junior bought back the estate in 1663, selling it some time later and buying it back from John Breres in 1671.
Peter Shaw and his son, Thomas, were in debt at the beginning of the 18th century and sold their estate to Hugh Willoughby, 12th Baron Willoughby of Parham
Hugh Willoughby, 12th Baron Willoughby of Parham
Hugh Willoughby, 12th Baron Willoughby of Parham was an English peer of the House of Lords. He was the eldest son of Thomas Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby of Parham and his wife Eleanor, daughter of Hugh Whittle of Horwich...
. The estate passed to the 15th Baron
Hugh Willoughby, 15th Baron Willoughby of Parham
Hugh, 15th Baron Willoughby of Parham was an English nobleman and hereditary peer of the House of Lords. He was born in 1713, the eldest son of Charles Willoughby, 14th Baron Willoughby of Parham and Hester, daughter of Henry Davenport of Little Lever and Darcy Lever, near Bolton...
. In 1765 on the death of Lord Willoughby the estate passed to his sisters, Elizabeth Shaw and Helena Roscoe. Some land in Rivington and Anglezarke was sold. Elizabeth Shaw died in 1787.
Breres of Rivington Hall
In the inquisition post mortem of Robert Pilkington in 1610, it was stated the Reverend John John Breres, a Presbyterian preacher at Rivington Unitarian Chapel, had bought 3 messuages, 1 cottage, 4 gardens, 4 orchards, and land in August 1603 of which Robert Pilkington was seized in July 1601. The remainder of the Rivington Hall estate was sold to Robert Lever and Thomas Breres, brother of John, on 30 March 1611. In 1667, John Breres mentioned in his will that he had mortgaged his interest in Rivington Old Hall, after the death of his uncle Thomas Breres in 1617, to Rev. James Pilkington of Heaton Rhodes, his wife's uncle, and William Pilkington of Wigan, his father in law. William Breres and his wife Martha Gill lived at the Old Hall. He died in 1723 and the estate passed to their son John who sold it in 1729 to John Andrews who had inherited a share from the Levers.Lever of Little Lever
Robert Lever of Little Lever near Bolton bought the estate with Thomas Breres in 1611, having bought the outstanding claims and mortgages. He died in 1620, having given his part of the Rivington estate to his youngest son, Robert, a London merchant, in 1617. The Levers were descendants of the Pilkingtons Robert never married and his manor passed to his nephew, another Robert, son of his brother James. Robert Lever had a daughter, Jane, who married John Andrews of Little LeverLittle Lever
Little Lever is a large village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is southeast of Bolton, west of Radcliffe, and west-southwest of Bury....
, near Bolton in 1648.
Andrews of Rivington Hall
In 1648 Jane Lever married John Andrews of Little Lever Hall, a captain in the RoundheadRoundhead
"Roundhead" was the nickname given to the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I and his supporters, the Cavaliers , who claimed absolute power and the divine right of kings...
army during the time of the
Commonwealth
Commonwealth of England
The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...
. John Andrews died in 1678. Jane Andrews inherited the estate from her father, Robert Lever who died aged 80 in 1688. The share of the estate passed to her son, John Andrews who married Anne Mort of Wharton Hall, Little Hulton
Little Hulton
Little Hulton is a village—effectively a suburb—within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies south of Bolton, west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester...
in 1682. Their son, the third John Andrews, born in 1684, married Abigail Crook of Abram
Abram, Greater Manchester
Abram is a village and electoral ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat land on the northeast bank of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, west of Leigh, southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester...
. In 1729 he purchased the Breres' share of the estate making him sole owner of the Rivington Hall estate. John Andrews died without a male heir in 1743.
On the death of John Andrews the estate passed to his daughter Abigail who married Joseph Wilson of Bolton. Joseph Wilson died in 1765 and the estate reverted to the line of John Andrews' second son, Robert who married Hannah Crompton in 1712. Their son Joseph Andrews was born in 1715. Robert Andrews died in 1793 and the manor passed to his son, Robert, who died unmarried in 1858. The manor next passed to his brother, John, who died childless in 1865 and finally to his sister, Hannah Maria Andrews who married Robert Fletcher of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. Their daughter Lucy married Woodhouse Crompton in 1834.
William Hesketh Lever
In 1900, the Cromptons sold their interest in the manor including the hall to William LeverWilliam Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme
William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme was an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician....
, founder of Lever Brothers
Lever Brothers
Lever Brothers was a British manufacturer founded in 1885 by William Hesketh Lever and his brother, James Darcy Lever . The brothers had invested in and promoted a new soap making process invented by chemist William Hough Watson, it was a huge success...
, who became known as Lord of the Manor. After Lever's death in 1925 his remaining estate was sold to the Bolton brewing family, the McGees.