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THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY 
 
 OF 
 
 PETER TALBOT 
 
 OF 
 
 DORCHESTER, MASS. 
 
 COMPILED FOR 
 
 EMILY TALBOT WALKER 
 
 A DESCENDANT OF PETER TALBOT 
 
 BY 
 
 J. GARDNER BARTLETT 
 
 PRIVATELY PRINTED 
 
 BOSTON, MASS. 
 
 1917 
 
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 FOREWORD 
 
 'And if his name be George, I'll call him Peter." 
 
 — King John, Act 1, Scene 1. 
 
 This volume presents the results of extensive investigations 
 made in England and America by the compiler, J. Gardner 
 Bartlett, which, it is claimed, establish the identity of Peter 
 Talbot, the early New England colonist, with George Talbot, 
 son of the George Talbot who was the last of the Talbots of 
 Carr Hall, Lan^a^ire, England. ^ 
 
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THE TALBOT PEDIGREE 
 
 ". . . the Talbot, so much fear'd abroad 
 That with his name the mothers still their babes." 
 
 —Henry VI., PaH i. Act 2, Scene 3. 
 
 1. LE SIRE^ TALEBOT is among the names inscribed on 
 the "Roll of Battle Abbey", and so he is claimed to have been 
 among the Norman knights who accompanied William the Con- 
 queror in his invasion of England in 1066 and fought in the 
 momentous battle of Hastings or Senlac. On this battlefield the 
 Conqueror later founded and erected a vast monastery, as a 
 memorial of his victory and as a chantry for his companions, 
 which was called Battle Abbey; and in this monastery was pre- 
 served for centuries a roll of several hundred names of his prin- 
 cipal followers. There has been much controversy as to the 
 antiquity and authenticity of this famous roll; but in the main 
 the list of names can be shown to be correct from evidences 
 contemporaneous with the Conquest, although doubtless some 
 names were interpolated at a period many generations later. 
 (See "The Battle Abbey Roll" by the Duchess of Cleveland, 
 vol. 1, p. V. and vol. 3, p. 164; also "The Roll of Battle Abbey" 
 in the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register", 
 vol. 2, p. 35.) 
 
 It is thought by some writers that the Talebots were derived 
 from a junior line of the Comtes d'Eu in Normandy, as the coat 
 of arms of this noble house {barry of ten) was similar to that 
 originally borne by the early Talebots in England (bendy of ten). 
 Furthermore, the Talebot name is first found on record in con- 
 nection with Eu and vicinity in Normandy. As early as 1035 
 Hugh Talebot and Gilbert, Comte d'Eu, appear on a charter 
 to Trinity du Mont, Rouen, Normandy; and a generation later 
 William Talebot appears in the foundation charter in 1057 by 
 Robert, Comte d'Eu, of the Abbey of Treport near Eu, Nor- 
 mandy. It is very possible that this William Talebot is the 
 
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person referred to as "Le Sire Talebot" on the Battle Abbey 
 Roll, and that he was a knightly retainer of one of the great 
 feudal Norman barons who accompanied William the Con- 
 queror in the invasion of England. (See "The Battle Abbey 
 Roll", by the Duchess of Cleveland, vol. 3, p. 164.) 
 
 Le Sire^ Talbot is claimed to have been father of at least two 
 sons: 
 
 2. i. Richard', b. probably about 1050. 
 
 ii. Geoffrey; held lands as undertenant in County Essex, as 
 appears in the Domesday survey in 1085. (See "A General 
 Introduction to Domesday Book" by Sir Henry Ellis, vol. 
 2, p. 393.) 
 
 2. RICHARD2 TALEBOT, bom in Normandy about 1050, 
 was the ancestor of the celebrated historical Talbot family of 
 England. (See Burke's "Landed Gentry" for 1850, vol. 1, 
 p. 740; Burke's "Peerage" for 1904, p. 1411; and Dugdale's 
 "Baronage", vol. 1, p. 325.) 
 
 After the conquest, William the Conqueror divided most of 
 the land in England among the monasteries and his chief feudal 
 barons who held their possessions in capite or directly of the 
 King; and they in tiu-n parcelled out their possessions among the 
 lesser Normans as undertenants who owned and occupied the 
 lands under "knight's fees" or obligations to render military 
 service to their respective barons, according to the feudal custom 
 of the age. In 1085, a great survey and census was made of the 
 whole of England, showing the baronial possessions, names of the 
 undertenants, and extent and value of estates, etc.; the results 
 were incorporated into two great volumes called "Domesday 
 Book", the original being still preserved in the Public Record 
 Office in London; it established the foundation of all titles to 
 land in England, and its authority has never been allowed to 
 be called in question. Domesday shows that in 1085 there were 
 about fourteen hundred feudal barons who held great estates 
 in capite, and about eight thousand lesser landholders as under- 
 tenants, among whom Richard^ Talebot held a manor in Battles- 
 den, Bedfordshire, containing eight carucates of arable land 
 and an equal amount of meadow, as undertenant to Walter 
 Giffard, feudal Earl of Buckingham, and proprietor of over one 
 hundred lordships or manors in various parts of England. A 
 carucate was an area of land considered capable of cultivation 
 by one caruca or plowteam of four oxen yoked abreast, and 
 averaged about ninety modem acres; so the estate in Battlesden 
 
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 occupied by Richard^ Talebot comprised about fifteen hundred 
 acres. (See "A General Introduction to Domesday Book", 
 vol. 2, pp. 511 and 393; "Digest of the Domesday of Bedford- 
 shire", p. 54; and Burke's "Peerage" for 1904, p. 1411.) 
 
 Richard^ Talebot married, about 1080, a daughter of Hugh^ 
 de Gournay by Basilia daughter of Gerard Flaitel; and sister 
 (not daughter, as commonly stated) of Gerard^ de Gournay, 
 feudal Baron of Yarmouth. (See the "Ecclesiastical History 
 of Normandy and England", by Ordericus Vitalis [a monk 
 who lived from 1075 to 1142], Forester's edition, vol. 3, p. 452; 
 Ordericus here states that Hugh^, son of Richard^ Talebot, was 
 "nepos" of Hugh^ de Gournay; a careful study of the Gournay, 
 Mowbray, Albini, and Talbot families shows, that the word 
 "nepos" was here used in the sense of "cousin" and not 
 "nephew," as writers have generally assumed.) 
 
 Children: 
 
 3. i. Geoffrey', b. about 1080. 
 
 ii. Hugh, b. about 1085; in 1118 was in a rebellion raised by his 
 cousin Hugh' de Gournay against King Henry I.; ancestor 
 of the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury. (See Burke's "Peer- 
 age" for 1904, p. 411; Ordericus Vitalis, vol. 3, p. 452, as 
 above.) He was erroneously claimed to be ancestor of the 
 Talbots of Bashall, co. York, in a pedigree of that Talbot 
 family compiled in 1666 by Christopher Townley, an eminent 
 Lancashire antiquarian; and this error has been repeated by 
 some later historians and genealogists. (For an account of 
 the descendants of Hugh' Talebot, see Appendix I., pp. 85-87.) 
 
 3. GEOFFREY^ TALEBOT, born in England about 1080, 
 with his kinsman Gilbert de Lacy, was an ardent partisan of 
 Queen Matilda* in her rightful claim to the throne of England, 
 which was usurped by her cousin Stephen in 1135, upon the 
 death of her father Henry I. In 1139 she landed in England 
 with a retinue of noblemen adherents, and the feudal barons of 
 the western counties of England rallied to her standard. King 
 Stephen dispatched armies against them, and defeated one of 
 her forces in Herefordshire which was commanded by Geoffrey^ 
 Talebot. (See Hume's "History of England", edition of 1795, 
 vol. 1, pp. 267-8, and Smollett's "History of England", second 
 edition vol. 2, p. 41.) After the civil war had continued several 
 
 * Daughter and only surviving legitimate child of Henry I., King of 
 England, and wife successively of Henry V., King of Germany, and of 
 GeoflFrey Plantagenet, Comte d' Anjou. 
 
years with varying success, Matilda was driven out of England 
 in 1148 and retired to Normandy; but a compromise was effected 
 that thereafter King Stephen should reign undisturbed for life 
 and on his death Henry Plantagenet, son of Matilda, should 
 succeed to the throne of England, which he did on the death 
 of King Stephen in 1154. (See Hume*s "History of England", 
 vol. 1, p. 273.) 
 
 Geoffrey^ Talebot married Agnes . 
 
 Children: 
 
 i. Geoffrey*. 
 
 4. ii. William, b. about 1110. 
 
 4. WILLIAM^ TALEBOT, born about 1110, was associated 
 with his father and their kinsman Gilbert de Lacy on the side 
 of Queen Matilda in the civil war with King Stephen, men- 
 tioned above. In 1139 he was in command of a force which 
 held Hereford Castle for Matilda. (See "Visitation of York- 
 shire 1666", p. 236, and "Historia Majora" by Matthew Paris, 
 vol. 2, p. 167.) Later he was enfeoffed by his second-cousin. 
 Baron Roger de Mowbray, in two knight's fees of the manor of 
 Gainsborough, co. Lincoln, which he is recorded as holding in 
 1167. (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", p. 236, and "Lists 
 of Knight's Fees in the County of Lincoln, 14 Henry II.") 
 In 1174 the estates of Roger de Mowbray were confiscated by 
 King Henry II. on account of the former's participation in an 
 attempted revolution under Prince Henry, eldest son of the 
 sovereign; and although Baron Mowbray was eventually par- 
 doned and had some of his estates restored to him, the Manor of 
 Gainsborough was granted by the King, in capite, to another 
 feudal baron, Henry de Lacy, who also had William^ Talebot 
 as undertenant. (See Burke's "Extinct Peerage" for 1866, 
 p. 386, and Stark's "History of Gainsborough", pp. 110-113.) 
 Shortly afterwards, in some manner not ascertained, William* 
 Talebot became possessed in capite of the Manor of Gainsbor- 
 ough, as in 22 Henry II. (1176) he appears as lord of that manor 
 and paid a fine of 2 marks to the King for privilege of hunting in 
 the royal forest of Knaresborough. (See "Nova Placitia et 
 Conventiones pro com. Ebor, ex Rot. Pipae", 22 Henry II.; 
 also "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", p. 236.) He died a few 
 years later, but the exact year has not been determined. The 
 name of his wife is unknown. 
 
 Heir: 
 
 5, i. William^ b. about 1140. 
 
5. WILLIAM^ TALEBOT, born about 1140, succeeded his 
 father as lord of the Manor of Gainsborough, co. Lincohi, on 
 the death of the latter toward the end of the reign of Henry II. 
 (1154-1189). In 1186 he held lands in Yorkshire of William de 
 Warren, Earl of Surrey. In 1190-1192 he took part in the 
 third crusade to Palestine against the Saracens, serving in the 
 army of Richard I., Coeur de Lion, King of England, and 
 participated in the glories of the siege of Acres and the great 
 battle of Ascalon. On starting upon this expedition, he made a 
 grant to the church of Gainsborough for his soul and the souls 
 of his father William^ Talebot and grandfather Geoffrey^ Tale- 
 bot*. (See "Charter Rolls", 1 Richard I.) William^ Talbot 
 died during the crusade or very shortly afterwards, as his son 
 Roger^ had become lord of Gainsborough by 1194. The name 
 of his wife has not been learned. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Rogers, b. about 1165, was lord of the Manor of Gainsborough 
 in 1194 when he paid 50 s. on an assessment levied on the 
 nobility and landed gentry of England to ransom their King, 
 Richard I., from Henry VI., Emperor of Germany, into whose 
 inimical hands the English Bang had fallen while travelling 
 home through Austria from the crusade to Palestine. (See 
 "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", pp. 242 and 236.) Roger" 
 Talebot appears as holding one knight's fee in Gainsborough, 
 tevrfp. King John, and as a grantor of lands to the church of 
 Gainsborough. (Ibid.) He d. without issue, as he was suc- 
 ceeded by his brother Robert. 
 
 6. ii. Robert, b. about 1170; heir to his brother of the Manor of 
 
 Gainsborough, 
 iii. Sylvester, held lands in Thorpe, co. York, which he gave to 
 
 his nephew John' Talebot who deeded them to Selby Abbey. 
 
 (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", p. 236, and "Coucher 
 
 Book of Selby", charter no. 434, vol. 1, p. 264.) 
 iv. Simon. 
 
 6. ROBERT^ TALEBOT, born about 1170, succeeded his 
 brother Roger® as lord of the Manor of Gainsborough, co. 
 Lincoln, on the death of the latter without issue before 8 John 
 (1207). (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", pp. 236 and 242; 
 
 * William^ Talebot and his father William* Talebot have been con- 
 fused into one individual by some genealogists; this charter and the 
 improbability that a man old enough for an important military com- 
 mand in 1139 would serve in a foreign expedition in 1190, over fifty 
 years later, indicate there were two generations of William Talebots 
 here. 
 
also "Nova Oblata pro. com. Lincoln", 8 John.) In 1215 he 
 was granted by King John the lands of Hugh Pincerni in Arne- 
 thorpe and Skaleberg in Craven, Yorkshire. (See "Close 
 Rolls", 17 John, part 1, membrane 12.) Before 1216 he was 
 granted lands in Brackenburg in Craven, Yorkshire, by Hugh 
 de Lacy, Earl of Ulster. (See "Patent Rolls", 18 John, mem- 
 brane 5.) Later he was in the service of this Hugh de Lacy in 
 Ireland, from whom he received grants of extensive estates in 
 that country. In 1225 the estates of Robert^ Talebot in Ulster 
 were confiscated by King Henry III. and given to the Bishop 
 of Durham, the said Robert having served under his lord Hugh 
 de Lacy, Earl of Ulster, in an insurrection against the King; 
 but on payment of a fine of £100 the said Robert^ Talebot 
 was pardoned and the estates were restored to him. (See 
 "Close Rolls", 9 Henry III., part 2, membranes 16 and 5.) 
 Robert^ Talebot married Ermintrude de Ferrers, daughter 
 and co-heir of Robert de Ferrers (a son of Walcheline de 
 Ferrers, a younger son of the Earl of Derby) ; she brought to her 
 husband the Manor of Eggington, co. Derby. (See "Visita- 
 tion of Yorkshire 1666", p. 236; also "Pleadings in the Ex- 
 chequer Rolls", 13 Henry III., roll 13.) 
 Children: 
 
 i. William', b. about 1195, succeeded his father as lord of the 
 Manor of Gainsborough, but resided mostly in Normandy 
 where he d. in 1242. As he left no male issue, by some means 
 of entailment, the details of which are not of record, the 
 Manor of Gainsborough descended to his younger brothers 
 
 and not to his daughter. He m. Alice . 
 
 Child: 
 1. Joanna 8, sole child and heiress; m. Robert de Stute- 
 viLLE to whom she brought the Manor of Eggington. 
 Upon the death without issue in 1260 of her own-cousin 
 Richard* Talebot (son of her uncle Gerard' Talebot), 
 Robert de Stuteville and Joanna his wife unsuccess- 
 fully claimed the Manor of Gainsborough. (See 
 "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", pp. 237 and 243; also 
 "Close Rolls", 45 Henry III., membrane 16a.) 
 ii. John', received lands in Thorpe by grant from his uncle 
 Sylvester Talebot. (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", 
 p. 237; also "Coucher Book of Selby", vol. 1, p. 264.) In 
 1242 he succeeded his brother William as lord of the Manor 
 of Gainsborough, where he was granted free warren by King 
 Henry III. in 1243. (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", p. 
 237; also "Cartae et Pat.", 28 Henry IH.) During the same 
 year he was in the King's service against the Welsh. (See 
 
"Close Rolls", 28 Henry III., membrane 6, a.) He d. with- 
 out issue 35 Henry III. (1251). 
 iii. Gerard, succeeded his brother John in 1251, as lord of the 
 Manor of Gainsborough. (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 
 1666", p. 237.) In 1243 he had been in the King's service 
 with his brother John Talebot in an expedition against the 
 Welsh. (See "Close Rolls", 28 Henry HI., membrane 6a.) 
 In 1257 the King, on what ground is not clear, claimed the 
 Manor of Gainsborough which resulted in the following settle- 
 ment: by charter of 3 Nov. 1257, the King granted to his 
 brother, William de Valence, the Manor of Gainsborough, 
 CO. Lincoln, which the King lately claimed in his court against 
 Gerard Talebot, who restored said manor to the King by a 
 compromise that the manor should remain to said Gerard 
 Talebot for life, with one-third of remainder successively to 
 his widow, his heir, and the heirs of that heir, and two-thirds, 
 of remainder to said William de Valence. (Charter RoUs^ 
 42 Henry III., membrane 5.) He apparently d. about 1258. 
 
 He m. (1), EuPHEMiA ; and (2), Sybil . 
 
 Child by first wife: 
 1. Richard*, was reversionary heir to one-third of the 
 Manor of Gainsborough according to the settlement 
 above quoted. Upon his decease without issue in 
 1260, his own-cousins Thomas" Talbot of Bashall, co. 
 York, and Joanna wife of Robert de Stuteville of 
 Eggington, co. Derby, made rival claims to the Manor 
 of Gainsborough. (See "Close Rolls", 45 Henry III., 
 membrane 16a, and "Rotuli Curiae Regis", 45 Henry 
 III., membrane 9.) Both of these claims were evi- 
 dently unsuccessful, as the Manor of Gainsborough 
 passed through the King into the possession of his 
 half-brother William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, 
 according to the compromise settlement made by 
 Gerard Talbot, as above related, and then passed to 
 the Earl's descendants through the families of Comyn, 
 Strathbogie, Percy, and Burgh, to Thomas Baron 
 Burgh, who sold the manor in 1596 to Sir William 
 Hickman of London, Knt. (See Stark's "History of 
 Gainsborough", pp. 113-123, which account, however, 
 contains several obvious errors in details.) 
 7. iv. Robert', b. about 1205, youngest son. 
 
 7. ROBERT^ TALEBOT, born about 1205, was the young- 
 est son of Robert^ Talebot, lord of the Manor of Gainsborough, 
 CO. Lincoln. When a young man he settled in Yorkshire, where 
 he was granted lands in Huddersfield for life by John de Lacy, 
 Constable of Chester, first Earl of Lincoln of that family, and 
 
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 owner of vast estates in the northern counties of England. 
 (See "History of Whalley", vol. 2, p. 500.) According to 
 Christopher Towneley, this Robert Talebot at his death in 1235 
 (20 Henry III.) held two parts of one knight's fee in Wulrickby 
 {?)y CO. Lincoln, which had been given to him by his father. 
 (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", p. 237.) 
 
 He married about 1230, Matilda , who married sec- 
 ondly, in 1236, Robert de Bereville. (Jhid.y pp. 237 and 
 243.) 
 
 Children: 
 
 8. i. Thomas^, b. about 1230. 
 ii. Robert, held certain lands in Huddersfield, co. York, which 
 eventually passed by a daughter and heiress to the Beaumont 
 family of Whitley, co. York. (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 
 1666", pp. 237 and 243.) 
 
 8. TH0MAS8 TALBOT, born about 1230, was appointed 
 governor of Clitheroe Castle in the reign of Henry III. by Ed- 
 mund de Lacy, second Earl of Lincoln. (See "Visitation of 
 Yorkshire 1666", p. 237.) About 1253 he had granted to him 
 by de Lacy (whose family for several generations were powerful 
 patrons of the Talbots), the lands in Huddersfield which his 
 parents Robert and Matilda Talbot had held for life. (See 
 "History of Whalley", vol. 2, p. 500.) He also had by grant 
 from de Lacy, 37 Henry III. (1253), the Manor of Bashall in the 
 parish of Mitton, deanery of Craven, co. York, in fee farm to 
 him and his heirs forever, at a yearly rent of £8-10-7, to be paid 
 on the feast of St. Giles (Sept. 1). (See "History of Whalley", 
 vol. 2, p. 497; also Harleian Mss. 804, fol. 17, British Mu- 
 seum.) This grant was later confirmed by the King, in capiie, 
 and Bashall became the main seat of this branch of the Talbot 
 family. In 1260 he made an unsuccessful claim to the Manor of 
 Gainsborough, as previously related, claiming his rights through 
 his father Robert^ Talebot, youngest son of Robert ® Talebot, 
 lord of the Manor of Gainsborough in the time of King John. 
 (See "Rotuli Curiae Regis", 45 Henry III., membrane 9.) 
 He died about 2 Edward I. (1273). 
 
 He married Martha . 
 
 Children: 
 
 9. i. Edmund', b. about 1260. 
 ii. Robert. 
 
 iii. Thomas. 
 iv. Giles. 
 
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 9. SIR EDMUND^ TALBOT, KNT., of Bashall, co. York, 
 born about 1260, succeeded to the family estates. In 31 Edward 
 I. (1303), he served in the great expedition against Scotland, for 
 which service he received on 25 July 1304, the grant of free 
 warren in Bashall and Hapton. (See "Visitation of York- 
 shire 1666", p. 238; "Charter Rolls", 32 Edward I., no. 31; 
 and "History of Whalley", vol. 2, p. 497.) In 1306 he received 
 the honor of knighthood by bathing and other ceremonies along 
 with Prince Edward (afterwards King Edward II.). (See 
 "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", p. 243.) His name and arms 
 appear on a roll of the time of Edward I. as "Sire Edmund 
 Talbot; de argent, 3 lioncells de pourpre". On 22 Oct. 1309 
 he was summonsed for service against the Scots. (See "History 
 of Whalley", vol. 2, p. 497; also "Rotuli Scotiae", vol. 1, p. 78.) 
 He was witness to a deed dated the day before the feast of St. 
 Margaret the Virgin (July 19) 1310. (See "Coucher Book of 
 Whalley", p. 925.) He died soon after, as in 4 Edward II. 
 (1311), his widow Joane is recorded as holding as dower two 
 carucates of land in Rishton, Lancashire. (See Baine*s "His- 
 tory of Lancashire", edition of 1870, vol. 2, p. 84.) 
 
 He married about 1304, Joane Holland, born about 1285, 
 sister (not daughter as commonly stated) of Sir Robert Holland, 
 Knt., first Baron Holland. She married secondly, about 1312, 
 Sir Hugh Button, Knt., who died in 1326; and she married 
 thirdly, about 1328, Sir John Radcliffe of Ordsall, Knt., hold- 
 ing with him in 1349 two carucates of land in Rishton, as dower 
 from her first husband Sir Edmund Talbot, Knt. (See Baine's 
 "History of Lancashire", vol. 2, p. 84; "Chetham Society Pub- 
 lications", vol. 95, pp. 8, 9, 15, 23; and the Dutton pedigree in 
 Ormerod's "History of Cheshire", vol. 1, pp. 645-6; this latter 
 authority however gives her marriages in a wrong order.) 
 
 Children: 
 
 i. JoHN^°, b. about 1305; eldest son and heir of Bashall according 
 to "Nomina Villarum" for Yorkshire 9 Edward II. (1316). 
 (See "Surtees Society Publications", vol. 49, p. 354.) He 
 was under age and in ward to the King on 22 Aug. 1325. 
 (See "Close Rolls", 19 Edward IL, membrane 31.) He soon 
 after became of age, as in 2 Edward III. (1328), he released 
 the Manor of Hapton to Gilbert de Leigh, giving a receipt 
 for payment on 12 Mar. 1327/8. (See "Chetham Society 
 Publications", vol. 95, p. 153; "History of Whalley", vol. 2, p. 
 497; and Harleian Mss., 804, fol. 17, British Museum.) He 
 died soon after without issue. 
 10. ii. Thomas", b. about 1307; heir to his brother. 
 
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 10. SIR THOMASio TALBOT, KNT., of Bashall, born 
 about 1307, on the death without issue of his elder brother 
 John, succeeded to the family estates about 1328. On 3 Feb. 
 1328/9, he was deeded lands in Mitton by John de Brockholes. 
 (See "History of Whalley", vol. 2, p. 497; Harleian Mss. 
 804, fol. 17, British Museum.) In 1330 he was a knight, and 
 in 1338 was in service on the Scottish borders. (See "Rotuli 
 Scotiae", 12 Edward III., membrane 19.) In 1356 he granted 
 annuities to two of his younger sons, Thomas and John. (See 
 "History of Whalley", vol. 2, p. 501.) On 18 Feb. 1347/8, 
 Sir Thomas Talbot, Knt., was appointed on a commission to 
 investigate damage done in the Queen's chase of Slaidburn and 
 Bowland. (See "Patent Rolls", 21 Edward III., part 1, mem- 
 brane 31d.) 
 
 He married about 1328, Elizabeth Bellair, daughter and 
 co-heir of James Bellair of Leicestershire; she survived him, 
 being mentioned as his widow in 40 Edward III. (1366). (See 
 "History of Whalley", vol. 1, p. 500.) 
 
 Children: 
 
 11. i. Edmund", b. about 1328. 
 ii. Thomas; living 1356. 
 iii. John; living 1356. 
 
 iv. Richard; a witness in the celebrated Serope vs. Grosvenor 
 controversy in 1386 as to the right to a certain coat of arms. 
 V. Mary; m. Richard Tempest. 
 vi. Elizabeth. 
 
 11. SIR EDMUNDii TALBOT, KNT., of Bashall, born 
 about 1328, is said to have served in the war in France in 1348, 
 although probably not then quite of age, and to have been 
 knighted at the capture of Calais in that year. (See Foster's 
 "Feudal Arms and Pedigrees", p. 189.) In 1354 (28 Edward 
 III.), Robert de Rishton was plaintiff against Edmund Talbot, 
 son of Thomas Talbot, defendant, concerning the Manor of 
 Rishton, Lancashire. (See "Record Society of Lancashire and 
 Cheshire**, vol. 8, p. 364.) Later Sir Edmund Talbot served 
 under the famous "Black Prince" in his campaigns in France, 
 and in 1367 fought in the battle of Navaretta. He died in 
 1373. (See "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", p. 238.) 
 
 He married about 1353, Margery Byron, daughter of Sir 
 John Byron, Knt., of Clayton, Lancashire. (See "History of 
 Whalley", vol. 2, p. 500.) 
 
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 Children: 
 
 i. Thomas", b. about 1353; eldest son and heir, and succeeded 
 to the Bashall estates. For account of him and his descend- 
 ants, see "History of Whalley," vol. 2, pp. 497-500. 
 12. ii. RicHABD, b. about 1355. 
 
 iii. William, b. about 1360; his son John" Talbot was progenitor 
 of the Talbots of Salesbury in Lancashire. For account of 
 this branch, see Appendix U., pp. 88-92. 
 iv. Henry; was granted an annuity of 20 marks for life on 15 
 Oct. 1398, which was confirmed 16 Sept. 1400. (See "Patent 
 Rolls", 1 Henry IV, part 8, membrane 3.) 
 V. Gerard; living 1396. 
 vi. Edmund; living 1398. 
 vii. Matilda; m. Peter de Riggenhall. 
 
 12. RICHARD12 TALBOT, born about 1355, second son of 
 Sir Edmund Talbot, Knt., of Bashall, co. York, settled in the 
 adjoining parish of Slaidburn where he acquired lands which 
 continued in possession of his descendants for several genera- 
 tions. (See "History of Whalley", vol. 2, p. 514.) At the 
 inquisition post mortem of Thomas de Twenge, taken 26 Nov. 
 1376, the jurors stated that Richard Talbot and Anabilla his 
 wife and others held the Manor of EUale of said Thomas de 
 Twenge. (Inquisitions post mortem, 50 Edward III., no 68.) 
 He was buried at the chapel of Stede in 1388 (10 Richard II.). 
 (See "History of Whalley", vol 2, p. 514; "History of Craven", 
 p. 36.) 
 
 He married about 1375, Avelina or Anabella Rigmaden, 
 daughter of Peter Rigmaden. 
 Children: 
 
 13. i. Peter", b. about 1380. 
 
 ii. Giles; is mentioned as brother of Peter Talbot, son of Rich- 
 ard Talbot, among reversioners of a deed of enfeofiFment 
 quoted in the inquisition post mortem on the estate of Henry 
 de Houghton, taken at CUtheroe, 30 Dec. 1432. (See "Chet- 
 ham Society Publications", vol. 99, p. 44.) 
 
 13. PETER13 TALBOT, born about 1380, succeeded to his 
 father's estates in Slaidburn and other neighboring parishes. 
 Peter Talbot and Ellen his wife appear in a list of numerous 
 persons who paid fines on final concords in the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, 5 Henry V. (1417), and 6 Henry VI. (1427). (See 
 ** Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire", vol. 50, pp. 85 
 
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 and 124.) The inquisition post mortem of Henry de Houghton, 
 taken at Clitheroe, 30 Dec. 1432, mentions among reversioners of 
 a deed of enfeoffment Peter Talbot, son of Richard Talbot, and 
 his heirs, and failing heirs, then Giles Talbot, brother of said 
 Peter, and his heirs. (See "Chetham Society Publications", 
 vol. 99, p. 44.) 
 
 About this time, Peter Talbot was suspected of being in- 
 volved with others in some conspiracy under Richard, Duke of 
 York, against King Henry VI. Accordingly, on 24 May 1432, 
 a commission was directed to Sir Edmund Talbot, Knt., and 
 others, of Yorkshire, to arrest Peter Talbot and others, and 
 bring them before the King's court at midsummer next. (See 
 "Patent Rolls", 10 Henry VI., part 1, membrane 4 d.) Ap- 
 parently Peter Talbot avoided arrest, as similar warrants ap- 
 pear dated 19 Jan. 1432/3, 10 Dec. 1433, 16 Oct. 1434, 10 May 
 1435, and 15 Feb. 1436/7. (Ihid., 11 Henry 6, part 1, mem. 
 15 d., etc.) Finally, in 1437, Peter Talbot, son of Richard 
 Talbot, alias Peter Talbot of Newland, co. York, alias Peter 
 Talbot late of Bashall, co. York, aUas Peter Talbot of Bowland, 
 CO. York, etc., was granted a pardon for conspiring with Richard, 
 Duke of York, against the King. (See " Pardon Rolls", 15 Henry 
 VI., membrane 6; also "Visitation of Yorkshire 1666", p. 239.) 
 
 In a list of the tenants of the Honour of Clitheroe, taken by 
 commission dated 25 May 1443, appear Peter Talbot and Giles 
 Talbot; and Peter Talbot also appears as a tenant in the Forest 
 of Bowland. (See "Court Rolls, Honour of Clitheroe", vol. 
 
 1, pp. 499-500.) He was buried at Stede in 1446. 
 
 Peter^^ Talbot married first, before 1405, Anna Dutton, 
 daughter of Giles Dutton. (See "History of Whalley", vol. 
 
 2, p. 514.) 
 
 He married secondly, about 1410, Ellen Cunliffe, born 
 about 1385, daughter and heiress of Roger Cunliffe of Billing- 
 ton, CO. Lancaster. She brought to her husband property in 
 Tadcaster, co. York, and the hundred acre farm in Wilpshire 
 in the parish of Blackburn, co. Lancaster, called from time im- 
 memorial "Carr Hall". This latter estate became the home- 
 stead of a branch of the Talbot family for ten generations through 
 a period of just three centuries, and was the ancestral home of 
 Peter22 Talbot, the colonist of New England in 1675. It will 
 therefore be of interest to give a short outline of the Cunliffe 
 family, taken from the "Victoria History of Lancashire", vol. 
 6, pp. 331 and 336. 
 
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 CuNLiFPE Pedigree 
 
 Robert^ de Cundeclyve 
 
 of Billington, co. Lancaster 
 
 (b. abt. 1220) Uv. 1246, 1258, 1265 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 Robert^ de Cundeclyve ==s 
 (b. abt. 1250) Uv. 1276, 1288, 1296 
 
 1 ' 
 
 Robert' de Cundeclyve 
 (b. abt. 1280) d. bef. 1319 
 
 T 
 
 Robert* de Cundeclyve, — - Alice, dau. & heir of 
 
 Cundecliflfe, or Cunliffe I Stephen de Hamerton 
 
 (b. abt. 1305) of Tadcaster, co. York 
 
 J 
 
 I 
 
 Robert de Cunliffe 
 
 of Carr Hall and Tadcaster 
 
 (b. abt. 1325) 
 
 Margaret = Adam 
 Cunliffe de Lever 
 
 I 
 
 Robert Cunliffe 
 d. s. p. 1399 
 
 I \ 
 
 Adam Cunliffe a= 
 (b. abt. 1355) 
 
 Roger Cunliffe =s 
 (b. abt. 1360) 
 
 Peter" Talbot 
 b. abt. 1380 
 
 1410 
 
 I 
 Ellen Cunliffe 
 (b. abt. 1385) 
 
 Child of Peter^^ Talbot by his first wife Anna Dutton: 
 
 i. Giles", b. about 1405; succeeded to the estates of his father 
 in Slaidburn, Rowland, etc.; is mentioned on the Pardon 
 Rolls of 39 Henry VI. (1460-1), and was buried at Stede. 
 He m. Elizabeth Hopton, daughter of Robert Hopton. 
 Children: 
 1. Edmund", b. about 1430, d. without issue 12 Aug. 
 1496, and was buried in the Church of Preaching Friars, 
 London. The will of Edmonde Talbotte, esquier, 
 dated 11 Aug. 1496. Bequests for masses, etc. Two 
 "vestmentes withe myne armes theruppon'* to the 
 altars of the Church of Preaching Friars. To my sis- 
 ters Anne and Jennett. To the children of John Tal- 
 botte, to pray for my soul. Masses for the soul of 
 my wife Margarete. To James Lyvesey and William 
 his brother 20s. each. To [nephews] Grilles, WiUiam, 
 and Edmonde Talbotte, 10 marks each. All residue 
 to my brother Nicholas Talbotte, executor; he also 
 
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 to have all lands "I hadde by my Fader lying in Slade- 
 bourn Wodehouse", co. York, to be at his will. Proved 
 25 Aug. 1496. (P.C.C. Home 1.) He m. Margaret 
 . No children. 
 
 2. Jennett. 
 
 3. Nicholas, heir to his brother Edmund, d. in 1501. 
 His will dated 8 June 1501, gave small bequests to 
 over seventy persons, and to several churches and 
 towns. Of his relatives he mentions his wife Jane, 
 her first husband David Greffyn, his deceased brother 
 Edmund Talbott, his nephews Gilles and Edmunde 
 Talbott and Gilles, Edmunde, and Nicholis Levesey; 
 also Gilbarde Talbott, Sir John Talbott, Knt. [of 
 Salesbury] and "Edmund Talbott the heire of Bashall'*. 
 He gave 20s. in alms "as a recompense of what I have 
 wonne or lost yn gamynge". He left bequests for 
 masses at several churches, including Stede in Lan- 
 cashire "where my fader & moder is buryed", and 
 directed that he be buried in the lady chapel of the 
 church of Great Berkhampsted, co. Herts. He left 
 all his lands in Slaidburn Wodhouse in BoUand, co. 
 York, to nephew Gilles Talbott, with remainder to 
 issue of his sister Anne Levesey. (P.C.C, 1 Blamyr.) 
 
 He m. Jane , widow of David Griffin. No 
 
 children. 
 
 4. Anne; m. John Levesey. Children: 1. Giles; eldest 
 son and heir; on the death without issue in 1510 of 
 his cousin Giles^^ Talbot, succeeded to the Slaidburn 
 estates of their great-grandfather Peter^' Talbot, grand- 
 father Giles^* Talbot, and uncles Edmund^^ and Nich- 
 olas^** Talbot, according to the will of the latter, and 
 was unsuccessfully sued for the property by George" 
 Talbot of Carr Hall, a second cousin, details of which 
 litigation will be given in the account of the latter. 
 2. Edmund. 3. Nicholas. 
 
 5. Giles, d. unm. 
 
 6. William, d. before 1496; was married, but the name 
 of his wife is unknown. Children: 1. Giles^^y h. about 
 1465; heir to his uncle Nicholas" Talbot in 1501; d. 
 about 1510 leaving no surviving issue. 2. William, 
 d. before 1500, without issue. 3. Edmund, d. before 
 1510 without issue. 
 
 Child of Peteri3 Talbot by his second wife Ellen CunlifiFe: 
 14. ii. Richard", b. about 1412, succeeded to Carr Hall as heir 
 of his mother. 
 
1^ 
 
 14. RICHARD14 TALBOT, born about 1412, as heir to his 
 mother, Ellen Cunliffe, succeeded to a small property in Tad- 
 caster, CO. York and to her ancestral estate called "Carr Hall" 
 in Wilpshire township, Blackburn parish, Lancashire. Thus 
 was established a new branch of the Talbot family, which owned 
 and occupied Carr Hall for three centuries until the death in 
 1709 of George ^i Talbot, whose widow sold the estate out of the 
 family. 
 
 While the armorial and knightly Talbots of Bashall and of 
 Salesbury were lords of manors and each of these families owned 
 a few thousand acres of land and numerous cottages let to 
 tenants, the Talbots of Carr Hall possessed as their principal 
 estate a small homestead farm of about one hundred acres, 
 having a couple of small cottages in addition to the Hall and its 
 farm buildings. But as they were freehold owners of their 
 estate and descended from the ancient Talbots of Bashall, they 
 ranked as minor landed and armorial gentry, and were entitled 
 to and used a coat of arms similar to that borne by the Bashall 
 and Salebury families. The coat-of-arms of the Talbots of 
 Carr Hall, recorded with their pedigree in the Visitation of 
 Lancashire in 1665, was: Argent, three lions salient, vert; while 
 the arms of the Talbots of Bashall and the Talbots of Salesbury, 
 recorded in earlier visitations were: Argent, three lions salient, 
 purpure; the only difference thus being in the tincture of the 
 lions. 
 
 The hundred acre estate known for centuries as "The Carr" 
 or as "Carr Hall" derived its name from its situation under a 
 high bank beside a moorland stream, the word "carr" signifying 
 a piece of boggy ground. It is located in Wilpshire, one of the 
 numerous townships of the ancient and extensive former parish 
 of Blackburn in Lancashire, which since 1851 has been a city 
 and grown to a population of about 140,000 from its important 
 manufacture of cotton print cloths. The township of Wilp- 
 shire lies about four miles north-east of the center of the city of 
 Blackburn, on the northerly slope of high land on the main 
 highway from Blackburn to Whalley. A portion of the town- 
 ship nearest to the city has in recent years become a pleasant 
 residential suburb of Blackburn, with attractive modern dwell- 
 ings; but most of the township is still open agricultural land with 
 old stone farm houses, several of them built over three centuries 
 ago. The Carr Hall estate is situated on the highest part of the 
 main road from Blackburn to Whalley and commands a charm- 
 
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 ing view towards the north and west over the valley of the 
 Ribble River; but towards the south and east the hill rises 
 sharply behind the house to a considerable height, and a flow- 
 ing stream and numerous springs on the hillside make the land 
 rather boggy about Carr Hall, whence its name. Of the earlier 
 buildings on the estate no knowledge has been secured; but the 
 present stone mansion was built about 1580 by George^^ Talbot, 
 and in the account of him a full description of the house will be 
 given. 
 
 Richard^^ Talbot was in middle life when the famous Wars 
 of the Roses broke out in 1455, which raged intermittently for 
 thirty years for the succession to the English throne between 
 the royal Houses of Lancaster and York, descendants in various 
 lines from King Edward III. During this sanguinary civil 
 strife, which lasted a generation and almost annihilated many 
 of the greatest families of the feudal nobility of England, the 
 knightly Talbots of Bashall and their junior branches of Sales- 
 bury, Slaidburn, and Carr, steadfastly served imder the white 
 rose of the House of York. At the battle of Wakefield, 30 Dec. 
 1460, the Yorkists were defeated, and their leader, Richard, 
 Duke of York, was killed. In February following, 1460/1, 
 the Lancastrian King Henry VI., issued pardons for large num- 
 bers of his Yorkist opponents, including Sir Edmund^^ Talbot, 
 Knt., of Bashall, Thomas^^, son of Sir Edmund^^ Talbot, John^* 
 Talbot of Salesbury , Gilesl^ son of Peter^^ Talbot, and Richard^^^ 
 son of Peteri3 Talbot. (See "Pardon Rolls", 39 Henry VI.) 
 But the Yorkists again took the field, and a few weeks later the 
 battles of Mortimer's Cross and Towton completely and per- 
 manently crushed the power of the House of Lancaster; and 
 Edward, son of Richard, Duke of York, became King of England, 
 as Edward IV., on 4 March 1460/1. King Henry VI. escaped 
 for a time, but in 1465 was captured by Sir Thomas^'* Talbot, 
 KJQt., of Bashall, assisted by a party of his relatives. 
 
 For their services to the House of York, the several Talbots 
 were rewarded by King Edward IV. with various grants of lands 
 and monetary pensions for life; among those so favored was 
 Richard^^, son of Peter^^ Talbot, who was granted twenty acres 
 of land in Pendleton, co. Lancaster. (See "Patent Rolls", 
 6 Edward IV., mem. 15.) 
 
 Richard^* Talbot died before 1482, but the exact time has not 
 been ascertained. The name of his wife has not been learned. 
 
 Child: 
 
 15. i. STEPHEN^^ b. about 1440. 
 
17 
 
 15. STEPHENi^ TALBOT, born about 1440, succeeded 
 his father in the possession of Carr Hall, co. Lancaster, and 
 estates in Tadcaster, co. York, and Pendleton, co. Lancaster, 
 and is the first of the Talbots of Carr Hall mentioned in the 
 pedigree of that family in the Visitation of Lancashire in 1664-5. 
 
 The College of Arms of England, instituted about 1464, and 
 later incorporated, is invested with the authority of granting 
 and confirming coats-of-arms and of registering them and the 
 pedigrees of their bearers. To facilitate the authority of the 
 College of Arms, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, 
 once in about a generation, its heralds went into the various 
 counties of England to visit the landed gentry, obtain and com- 
 pile records of their pedigrees and arms, and publish lists of 
 persons unlawfully assuming armorial bearings. Pedigrees in 
 Visitations cannot always be relied upon to be correct, as some 
 of the information given to the heralds was mere tradition. 
 There were four Visitations of Lancashire, viz.; in 1533, 1567, 
 1613, and 1664. Pedigrees of the Talbots of Salesbury are 
 given in all these Visitations of Lancashire; but the Talbots 
 of Carr appear only in the Visitation of 1664-5 by Sir William 
 Dugdale, as follows: 
 
 Talbot op Carr 
 
 Arms. — Argenty three lions salient, vert. 
 Stephen Talbot of Carr = 
 
 George Talbot of Carr = 
 vix. 16 Henry VII. I 
 
 Nicholas Talbot of Carr =p Anne, dau. & heir of 
 vix. 1 Edward VI. I Ewan Browne 
 
 J 
 
 George Talbot = Anne, dau. of Mr. 
 
 ob. 1629 aet. 83. | Roger Nowell of 
 
 Meareley 
 
 J 
 J 
 
 I 
 John Talbot r= Dorothy, dau. of Ed- 
 
 ward Braddyl of 
 Portfield. 
 
 Edward Talbot of Carr =^ Mabel, dau. of Laur- 
 ence Carleton 
 
 I 
 George Talbot 
 
 J 
 
18 
 
 (The Visitation of Lancashire for 1664-5 by Dugdale has been 
 printed by the Chetham Society, and the above Talbot pedigree 
 appears on p. 299 of vol. 88 of their publications.) 
 
 The foregoing pedigree has been proved by other sources to 
 be correct, except in two details, viz.; George Talbot died in 
 1628, not 1629; and Mabel Carleton was daughter of Launcelot, 
 not Laurence, Carleton. 
 
 It is noticeable that while almost all the three hundred pedi- 
 grees entered in this Visitation are signed by the heads of the 
 families submitting them to the herald, the pedigree of Talbot 
 of Carr is not so signed. Moreover, as will be duly shown, the 
 last named George Talbot, then head of the family, was from 
 1657 to 1685 out of possession of the ancestral estate, and fur- 
 thermore, at the time of the Visitation he had a wife and at 
 least four children not mentioned in the pedigree. It is there- 
 fore apparent that this pedigree had been compiled many years 
 before the time of the Visitation, but was accepted and entered 
 by Dugdale as authentic; and by good fortune the original of 
 this pedigree still exists and has been found. 
 
 During the seventeenth century, there flourished in Cheshire 
 and Lancashire four antiquarians and genealogists named 
 Randle Holme of Chester. For four generations they were 
 actively engaged in compiling pedigrees and emblazoning arms 
 of the gentry of those counties, and at times acted as assistants 
 and deputies to the heralds of the College of Arms. Their 
 valuable manuscripts are now among the famous Harleian 
 Collection in the British Museum, London. Among these, 
 Harleian Mss. 1987 is a large volume of their pedigrees of Lan- 
 cashire families, and on page 48 appears the following pedigree, 
 made in 1628 by the first Randle Holme, of the 
 
 Taubots op Carr 
 
 Stephen Talbott == 
 liv. 21 Ed. IV. [1481] ' 
 
 I I I 
 
 Richard George = William 
 
 ob. s. p. liv. 17 Hen. VII. [1501] a priest 
 
 I ' 
 
 Agnes, fil. Lau. == Nicholas ^ Anne, fil. et coheir Evan 
 Shotilworth Talbot Browne de Ribbleton, 
 
 arm. 
 
 J 
 
19 
 
 a b 
 
 I I 
 
 Margaret m. George s= Anne fil. Roger Noell de 
 
 Rob. Aspden ob. 4 Chas. I. 
 I [1628] ae. 83 
 
 Mearley 
 
 I 
 
 Rich*d Aspden John Talbott == Doroth. fil. Edward 
 
 Bradhull de Port- 
 field, arm. 
 
 ob. 2 Chas. I. fil. et heir, aet. 
 m. fil. Worthing- 57, 4 Chas. I. 
 ton de Sindle. [1628] 
 
 I i 
 
 Filia et heir Edward Talbot =s Mabilla, filia Launce- 
 
 habet terras 
 in Todcaster 
 
 lot Carleton 
 
 George Talbot 
 aet. 5, 4 Chas. I. [1628] 
 
 The above pedigree made in 1628 by Randle Holme, was evi- 
 dently compiled from family statements and old family docu- 
 ments and is remarkably accurate. Every step in the descent 
 and all the details have been proved correct by other sources; 
 and this pedigree clearly was the basis of Dugdale's pedigree 
 in the Visitation of 1664-5. 
 
 As Stephen^^ Talbot, besides his main seat at Carr Hall, also 
 inherited and occupied property in Tadcaster, eight miles from 
 the city of York, it is not surprising to find mentions of him 
 near this cathedral city. On a deed made by Robert Sharpies 
 to William Snawesell and others of lands in the City of York, 
 dated 7 June 4 Edward IV. [1464], Stephen^^ Talbot was one of 
 the witnesses. (See "York Memorandum Book", fol. 321 d.) 
 The will of John Holme of Huntington* (a wealthy merchant of 
 the city of York), dated 20 Dec. 1490, mentions among his 
 relatives his father-in-law William Snawsell and his "cosyn 
 Stephyn Talbot, Esq., and Margaret his wife". (Prerogative 
 and Exchequer Court of York, vol. 5, fol. 389.) The pedigree by 
 Randle Holme mentions Stephen Talbot as living 21 Edward 
 IV. [1481] ; so probably Holme was shown some document signed 
 in that year by Stephen Talbot which was in the possession of 
 his descendants in 1628. 
 
 From probate records it appears that Stephen^^ Talbot died 
 in 1494, leaving the following will: 
 
 The will of Stephen Talbot, Esquier, dated 19 Jan. 1493/4. 
 
 * A parish in Yorkshire, three miles from the City of York. 
 
20 
 
 My body to be buried within the church of St. Clemence of 
 Danys without the barres of the Newe Temple of London, before 
 the crucifex in the said church. I bequeith xxiv marks* to be 
 given to priests to sing M^ masses for my soul. Residue of all 
 my goodes I give to Margarete my wif, which Margarete of 
 this my wyll I make myn executrice. Witnesses: Sir Robert 
 Evererd, priest, and William Havison. Proved 16 Nov. 1494 
 by Margaret, relict and executrix. (P.C.C., 17 Vox.) 
 
 The church of St. Clement Danes, London, is located in the 
 center of the easterly end of the Strand, just before the Strand 
 terminates at Temple Bar and becomes Fleet Street. There 
 has been a church on this spot for over twelve hundred years; 
 but the present edifice was erected about 1680, replacing the 
 very ancient one in which Stephen^^ Talbot directed he be buried. 
 
 Stephen^^ Talbot married, probably about 1465, Margaret 
 , who survived him. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i. Richardis, b. about 1467; d. unm., according to the pedigree 
 by Randle Holme in 1628. 
 
 16. ii. George, b. about 1470; succeeded to Carr Hall and the other 
 family estates. 
 iii. William; was a priest and d. unm. 
 
 16. GE0RGE16 TALBOT, born about 1470, as eldest sur- 
 viving son of Stephen^^ Talbot, succeeded to Carr Hall and the 
 estates in Tadcaster and Pendleton. He is mentioned as living 
 in 17 Henry VII. [1501] in the pedigree compiled by Randle 
 Holme in 1628, (see antCy p. 18.) ; doubtless Holme saw some deed 
 of George^® Talbot in 1501 which had been preserved by his 
 descendants. A similar reference to George^^ Talbot appears in 
 the pedigree in the Visitation of Lancashire in 1664-5, doubtless 
 taken from the compilation of Randle Holme. (See ante p. 17.) 
 This George^® Talbot is also mentioned (as deceased) in a law- 
 suit in the Court of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1576 between 
 his grandchildren Margaret, widow of Robert Aspden, and 
 George^^ Talbot; the details of this suit will be given later. (See 
 posty p. 25.) 
 
 The only other record that has been found of George^^ Talbot 
 concerns an unsuccessful attempt by him to get possession of the 
 estates in Slaidburn, formerly of his great-grandfather Peter^^ 
 Talbot, as appears from the following document: 
 
 * A mark was 13 s. 4 d. or two-thirds of a pound. This bequest of 
 £16 (or about $80) for masses would be comparatively equivalent to 
 over $800 at the present time. 
 
21 
 
 On 24 Apr. 1510, George Talbot, gent., complains, that his 
 great-grandfather Peter Talbot died about 25 Henry VI., 
 seized of divers lands, messuages, tenements, etc., in Slaidburn 
 in BoUand, co. York, which should descend to complainant as 
 son and heir of Stephen Talbot, deceased, who was son and heir 
 of Richard Talbot long since deceased, son of said Peter Talbot. 
 But the said lands etc., and the evidences, scripts, and writings 
 thereto pertaining, have by casual means come into possession 
 of one Giles Levesey, gent., who refuses to surrender them to 
 complainant. A summons is prayed for that said Giles Levesey 
 be required to appear and answer. (Chancery Proceedings, 
 Early Series.) 
 
 No further papers in this case are preserved. As Richard^* 
 Talbot, grandfather of the complainant, was only a younger 
 half-brother of Giles^^ Talbot (eldest son of Peter^^) through 
 whom the estates had descended to Livesey, it does not seem 
 likely that the plaintiff had a good case. Even if Peter^^ Tal- 
 bot had entailed the property to his male heirs, doubtless the 
 entail had been broken by the descendants of Giles by legal 
 means of fine and common recovery. 
 
 The above litigation is the latest mention that has been dis- 
 covered of George^® Talbot who probably died about 1520, 
 certainly before 1523 when his son Nicholas^^ Talbot had suc- 
 ceeded to the estates. He was doubtless buried in Whalley 
 Church, but this assumption cannot be proved, as the parish 
 registers of this church do not commence until 1538. 
 
 The name of his wife is imknown. 
 
 Children: 
 
 17. i. Nicholas", b. about 1500. 
 
 ii. Thomas; m. Isabella , who was bur. at Whalley, 
 
 1 Oct. 1560. 
 iii. Richard, bur. at Whalley, 28 Feb. 1541/2; m. Isabella 
 
 , who was bur. at Whalley, 11 Dec. 1539. 
 
 iv. Robert; m. at Whalley, 20 Jan. 1538/9, Joanna Cooke. 
 
 17. NICH0LAS17 TALBOT, born about 1500, succeeded 
 to Carr Hall and the other family estates, and is first found of 
 record in 15 Henry VIII. [1523] on a subsidy roll [tax grant to 
 the King] for Lancashire, appearing as "Nycholas Talbot of 
 Wyllipshyre" and being assessed 2s. on lands of yearly value of 
 40s. (See "History of Blackburn", p. 62.) Three miles 
 north-east of Carr Hall lie the picturesque ruins of Whalley 
 Abbey, which was the grandest monastery in Lancashire and 
 
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 possessor of thousands of acres of lands until the destruction of 
 its buildings and the sequestration of its estates by Henry VIII. 
 in 1539. An inventory of the estates and rental roll of the 
 tenants of Whalley Abbey, taken at the time of its suppression, 
 shows that Nicholas Talbot held of the Abbot of Whalley, 
 Snodworth in Billington, paying yearly therefore 1 s. Snod- 
 worth is the upland farm adjacent to Wilpshire Moor, lying 
 above the estate of Carr Hall; and its name continues to the 
 present day. 
 
 Nicholas^^ Talbot died 28 Apr. 1547, and was buried on the 
 same day in Whalley Church, as recorded in its ancient regis- 
 ters. Although Carr Hall is located in Wilpshire township of 
 Blackburn Parish, the parish church of Whalley is a mile nearer 
 than that of Blackburn and the road to Whalley is more pleasant 
 and convenient. Therefore the Talbots of Carr Hall preferred 
 association with Whalley Church, and for at least six generations 
 most of their members had sepulture within its venerable and 
 hallowed walls. Whalley is one of the most ancient and interest- 
 ing parish churches in England, dating from early Saxon times; 
 and the present fine and impressive edifice, built as early as 
 1200, is in perfect preservation, having withstood through seven 
 centuries the devastations of civil wars and religious revolu- 
 tions, and the ravages of the elements. Its parchment parish 
 registers being in 1538, as early as any in England, and are com- 
 plete and in perfect preservation. 
 
 Details of the property in Lancashire held by Nicholas^' 
 Talbot appear in an inquisition post mortem held 5 Sept. 1 
 Edward VI. [1547]. The jurors state that he died seized of 
 two messuages [dwelling houses] forty acres of arable land, 
 sixteen acres of meadow, and eighteen acres of woodland, in 
 Wilpshire and Salesbury; twenty acres of land and 2s. rent in 
 Pendleton; and nine acres of land in Billington. They further 
 state that the lands in Wilpshire and Salesbury were held of 
 John Talbot, Esq., of Salesbury*; the lands in Billingtonf were 
 
 * This statement has caused much difficulty, making it appear that 
 the Talbots of Can descended from the Talbots of Salesbury, and con- 
 flicting with other evidences. But the statement is clearly erroneous, 
 as the Talbots of Carr Hall had derived that property by marriage with 
 the heiress of the Cunliffe family several years before the Talbots of 
 Salesbury acquired their far greater estate by marriage with the great 
 heiress, Isabel de Cliderou (Clitheroe), which family had never pos- 
 sessed Carr Hall. 
 
 t This was Snodworth farm. 
 
23 
 
 held in capite of the King, formerly of Whalley Abbey; and the 
 lands in Pendleton were held of tenure unknown. They also 
 state that the said Nicholas Talbot died 28 April last past, and 
 that George Talbot is his son and heir and aged one year, eleven 
 months, and more, on the date of the inquisition. (Duchy of 
 Lancaster, Inq. Post. Mort., vol. 9, no. 41.) Besides the above- 
 named property in Lancashire, Nicholas Talbot also left the 
 ancestral property in Tadcaster, co. York, on which no inquisi- 
 tion seems to have been held. 
 
 The marriages and children of Nicholas^^ Talbot are correctly 
 given in the pedigree compiled by Handle Holme in 1628 (see 
 antBy pp. 18-19), as his statements are confirmed by evidences 
 in a suit to be given in the account of George^ ^ Talbot. (See 
 post, pp. 25-26.) 
 
 Nicholas^^ Talbot married first on 4 Feb, 1525/6, Agnes 
 Shuttleworth, daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Worsley) 
 Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe, armiger; she had one daughter, and 
 was buried at Whalley 22 Nov. 1542. 
 
 He married secondly, in 1544, Anne Browne, daughter and 
 co-heir of Evan Browne of Ribbleton, co. Lancaster, armiger; 
 she had two children, survived her husband, and married 
 secondly, about 1549, Richard Sherburne of Bayley. 
 Child by first marriage: 
 
 i. Margaret^^^ born about 1527; m. about 1545, Robert 
 Aspden. In 1549 they sued her stepmother, her half-brother 
 George^* Talbot and others, for a part of her father's personal 
 estate. In 1576, Margaret Aspden, then a widow, unsuccess- 
 fully sued her half-brother George^^ Talbot for the Carr Hall 
 estate; and in Jan. 1578/9, he conveyed to her by fine the 
 ancestral property in Tadcaster, co. York. (Details of these 
 matters will appear in the account of George^* Talbot). 
 Robert Aspden d. before 1576, but the time of death of his 
 widow Margaret is unknown. Child: Richard, b. about 
 
 1550, d. 1626; m. Worthington, and left a daughter 
 
 who was heiress to the Tadcaster lands, according to the 
 Talbot pedigree by Randle Holme in 1628. (See ante, p. 19.) 
 Children by second marriage: 
 18. ii. George^^^ b. in September 1545; succeeded to Carr Hall, 
 iii. Bridget, b. abt. 1547; mentioned in the suit of 1549; further 
 history untraced. 
 
 18. GE0RGE18 TALBOT, born in September 1545, on the 
 death of his father in 1547 succeeded to the Carr Hall estate 
 which he held and occupied for the long period of eighty years. 
 
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 until his death in 1628. During his tenure the Talbot family 
 of Carr Hall attained its greatest importance and prosperity; 
 but soon after his death, there commenced a series of disastrous 
 reverses, due partly to their steadfast adherence to the Catholic 
 faith, partly to their support of the Royalists in the Civil War, 
 and partly to an extraordinary amount of litigation in which 
 they were engaged. It seems doubtful if any other estate of 
 equal value in England was the subject of as many lawsuits as 
 was Carr Hall from 1547 until 1709 when it passed out of the 
 family. 
 
 The long series of legal contentions started in the spring of 
 1549, when George^^ Talbot was only three years old, in a suit 
 brought by his much older half-sister and her husband, of which 
 the following particulars have been gleaned: 
 
 In Easter Term, 3 Edward VI. (1549), Robert Aspeden and 
 Margaret his wife and Bryget Talbot, said Margaret and 
 Bridget being daughters of Nicholas Talbot, late of Whylp)- 
 shyre, co. Lancaster, deceased, complain that by the ancient 
 custom of the county, if a man decease leaving a wife and 
 children, his wife should have one third of his goods [personal 
 estate], the executors another third, and the children (except 
 the eldest son and heir) the remaining third. But now, so it is, 
 the said Nicholas Talbot died in 1 Edward VI. [1547] leaving a 
 wife, the said two daughters, and George Talbot his son and 
 heir, and leaving goods of over £80 in value, which have been 
 seized by Anne late wife of deceased, and now wife of Richard 
 Sherburne, gent., and by John Singleton and the said George 
 Talbot, the other executors, who refuse to give the plaintiffs 
 their shares, although requested in most gentle manner to do so, 
 contrary to equity and good conscience. The plaintiffs pray 
 that said Richard Sherburne and Anne his wife, John Singleton, 
 and George Talbot, be summonsed to answer the premises. 
 
 The defendants answer that the plaintiff Margaret was ad- 
 vanced her portion at the time of her marriage, and she and her 
 husband Robert Aspden claim all the landed estate of said 
 Nicholas Talbot in Lancashire and Yorkshire, of yearly value 
 of over £10, in right of said Margaret as heir in tail, so she 
 cannot also claim any part of her father's goods. The said 
 Bridget Talbot is under three years of age and in custody of her 
 mother who stands charged with her portion, aAd the said 
 George Talbot is only four years old so has never administered 
 his father's goods. The said Nicholas by his will* bequeathed 
 
 * No record of this will now exists in any probate court. 
 
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 all his goods to his wife Anne and son George, so his other 
 children cannot claim any share in them. The said John 
 Syngleton merely paid the fees for probating the will. All the 
 goods of the said Nicholas came to the hands of the said Anne 
 except those that the said Robert and Margaret "imbesyled 
 and toke". 
 
 Among the depositions for the plaintiff, taken at Preston, co. 
 Lancaster, 18 Apr. 1550, Edward Whalley of Blackburn, ae. 70, 
 William Clayton of Little Harwood, ae. 70, Richard Radcliffe of 
 Balderston, ae. 79, and William Shorrock of Eccleshill, deposed 
 that by custom of the county if a man died leaving a wife and 
 children, his goods should be divided into three parts, one for 
 the wife, another for the executor, and the third for the children 
 (except the heir). Richard Warde of Mellor, ae. 63, Robert 
 Forest of Samlesburie, ae. 68, and Lawrence Heydock of Os- 
 baldeston, ae. 50, deposed they "praysed" the goods of said 
 Nicholas Talbot at £58-6-8. 
 
 By decree of Hilary Term 1553, it was ordered that said 
 Rycherd Sherbourne and Anne his wife pay to said Robert 
 Aspeden and Margaret his wife £10 for her portion of her 
 father's goods; but if the executors of Ewan Browne, gent., 
 deceased, recover £40 against the executors of said Nicholas 
 Talbot by reason of covenants made between said Ewan and 
 Nicholas on 31 Oct. 1544, then said payment to said Robert 
 and Margaret shall be reduced in proportion. (Pleadings in 
 the Duchy Court of Lancashire, vol. 53, A-1, and Orders and 
 Decrees, vol. 8, fol. 439 d.) 
 
 It will be noticed that in the answer in the above case about 
 personal property, the defendants state that the complainant 
 Margaret Aspden also had claimed the landed estates of her 
 father Nicholas Talbot. No records have been found of any 
 such suit at that time (1549); but nearly thirty years later, 
 George^^ Talbot was threatened in his ownership of Carr Hall, 
 etc., in another suit brought by his half-sister, as shown by the 
 following bill of complaint: 
 
 In 18 Elizabeth [1576], Margaret, widow of Robert Aspden, 
 deceased, complains that her grandfather George Talbot of 
 Carr in Wllpshire, gent., deceased, was seized of two messuages, 
 lands, meadows, etc., in Wilpshire and Salesbury, and lands 
 called Snodworth in Billington now in the tenure of one George 
 Talbot, son of Nicholas Talbot, deceased, and of one John 
 Hyndle. And being so seized, in consideration of a marriage 
 
to be had between Nicholas Talbot, son and heir apparent of 
 said George Talbot the grandfather, and Agnes daughter of 
 Laurence Shuttleworth, deceased, the said George Talbot the 
 grandfather, did convey the said messuages etc. unto Tristram 
 Yate, John King, et als. as feoffees, to the use of said George the 
 grandfather for life, with reminder after his decease to the use 
 of the said Nicholas and Agnes and their heirs.* On 4 Feb. 17 
 Henry VIEE. [1525/6], by force of above statute, said Nicholas 
 Talbot and Agnes his wife (his father George Talbot in the mean- 
 time having died), became seized of the premises in fee tail and 
 had issue the said complainant Margaret Aspden; and the said 
 Nicholas and Agnes having both died, said premises by right 
 descended to complainant as daughter and heir. But so it is, 
 that the evidences relating to the aforesaid conveyances have 
 by casual means come to the hands of George Talbot, son of 
 said Nicholas by a later wife, and to the said John Hyndley, 
 who hold the documents and the premises. Complainant prays 
 for a summons to said George Talbot and John Hyndleyf to 
 produce the documents in court. (Duchy of Lancaster Plead- 
 ings, vol. 99, no. A-12.) 
 
 No other documents in above suit can be found, and the 
 plaintiff evidently failed in her suit, as George^^ Talbot held the 
 estates until his death in 1628 and transmitted them to his 
 descendants. But it is possible that George^^ Talbot made some 
 compromise with his half-sister as to her claim to their father's 
 lands, as three years after the above suit took place, he conveyed 
 to her in 1579 the ancestral estates in Tadcaster, co. York, 
 which had been in the family for about 170 years and had come 
 to the Talbot family, together with Carr Hall, by the marriage 
 about 1410 of Peter^^ Talbot with the heiress Ellen Cunliffe. 
 This conveyance was made by fine, a method of land transfer 
 used in England nearly five centuries, the process being a col- 
 lusive suit in which by agreement the purchaser sued the seller 
 for the property in question, and the latter acknowledged the 
 right of the former to it, for a consideration. The considera- 
 tions named in such proceedings were fictitious or nominal; the 
 actual prices did not appear. 
 
 * This marriage contract was made by George Talbot and Lawrence 
 Shuttleworth when their children Nicholas and Agnes were mere boy 
 and girl, the marriage taking place several years later when they had 
 grown to maturity. This practice was common at that period among 
 the landed gentry. 
 
 t He was probably the tenant of the cottage on the Carr Hall estate 
 
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 Final concord made in the Octave of Hilary, 21 Elizabeth 
 [1578/9] between Margaret Aspden, widow, complainant, and 
 George Talbot and Anne [Nowell] his wife defendant, of one 
 messuage, one toft,* thirty-six acres of arable land, ten acres of 
 meadow, twelve acres of pasture, and two acres of wood in 
 Tadcaster [co. York]; said George and Ann acknowledged said 
 messuage, etc., to be the right of said Margaret, as those which 
 they remised and quit claimed to the said Margaret; and said 
 George and Anne warrant the premises to the said Margaret 
 and her heirs against the said George and his heirs forever. 
 And for this quitclaim, warrant, fine, and agreement, said 
 Margaret gave to said George and Anne £40 sterling. (Feet 
 of Fines, co. York, Hilary Term, 21 Elizabeth.) 
 
 A record has been found of one more suit in which George*^ 
 Talbot was engaged. In 1599 he sued Edward Braddyll, Esq., 
 of Portfield in Whalley, co. Lancaster, for £200. The answer 
 by Braddyll is the only document preserved in this suit; but it 
 gives some valuable family history, as will be seen by the fol- 
 lowing abstract: 
 
 The answer of Edward Braddyl, Esq., defendant, to the bill 
 of complaint of George Talbot, gent., complainant, dated 18 
 Nov., 42 Elizabeth [1599]. The defendant saith that the com- 
 planiant hath admitted to several witnesses that the defendant 
 doth not owe him £200 as in said bill is untruly alleged. De- 
 fendant further states that in consideration of a marriage to be 
 had and solemnized between John Talbot, son and heir of com- 
 plainant, and Dorothy Braddyl, daughter of defendant, by the 
 mediation of Ralph Assheton, the said complainant George Tal- 
 bot agreed to convey and assure certain lands to the use of the 
 said John and Dorothy, as part of her jointure. (Duchy of 
 Lancaster Pleadings, vol. 195, T. 8.) 
 
 It is a curious coincidence that over eighty years later, another 
 George^^ Talbot, great-grandson of the above George^ ^ Talbot 
 of Carr, brought a chancery suit in 1682 against his second- 
 cousin Edward Braddyll of Moreton, great-grandson of the 
 above Edward Braddyll of Portfield, full details of which will 
 be given in the account of George^i Talbot. 
 
 In a subsidy (or grant of a tax to the sovereign by Parliament) 
 in 1570, George Talbot was assessed on lands in Wilpshire of the 
 yearly value of 30 s. On the same subsidy, John Talbot, Esq., 
 of Salesbury was assessed on lands of yearly value of £21-13-6, 
 or on nearly fifteen times as much. In a subsidy of 1611 , George 
 
 •A ruinous building. 
 
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 Talbot paid 16 d. on lands in Wilpshire valued at 20 s. per year. 
 (See "History of Blackburn'', p. 87.) 
 
 During the sixteenth century the whole able-bodied male 
 population of England between the ages of sixteen and sixty 
 were held liable for military service, and militia musters were 
 held every few years. In 1574 a "Levy of Arms" was held, 
 by which the nobility and gentry were directed to supply 
 specified military equipment according to their station. In 
 the Parish of Blackburn, George Talbot was to furnish " 1 longe 
 bowe, 1 sheffe of arrows, 1 scull, and 1 bill". (See "History of 
 Blackburn", pp. 71-2.) 
 
 The Blackburn Grammar School (which still continues in 
 active operation) was founded in 1509, and in 1567 was granted 
 a charter of incorporation by Queen Elizabeth, its management 
 being placed in the hands of a Board of Governors elected for 
 life. George Talbot of Carr appears as a governor as early as 
 1586 and presumably continued in office over forty years until 
 his death in 1628. His interest in this school is further shown 
 in the following record in a subscription list of the Lancashire 
 gentry in 1601 to augment the school's endowment: "George 
 Talbot of the Carre, gent., of his owne gyfte, the some of fourtie 
 shillinges, whereof twentie shillinges for the Carre, and twentie 
 shillinges for Wytton". (See "Chetham Society Publications", 
 New Series, vol. Q6, pp. ix, 8, 38, 69, and 116.) 
 
 That George Talbot was considered a reliable business man is 
 indicated by the fact that in 1607 he was appointed one of the 
 trustees of the great landed estate of Sir Thomas Walmesley, 
 Knt., an eminent lawyer who had acquired an enormous fortune. 
 (See "History of Blackburn", p. 434.) 
 
 Preston was in ancient times the most important commercial 
 center near Carr Hall. By charter of 1179 this place was 
 granted a borough [or city] government, with special trade 
 privileges to its burgesses [freemen], and also was granted the 
 right to hold periodically a guild-merchant, which has been 
 held once every twenty years for at least six centuries, the last 
 one taking place in 1902. At these guild-merchants, the bur- 
 gesses enrolled their names and the names of their sons and 
 grandsons, and a pageant and a banquet were held with inter- 
 esting ceremonies of great antiquity. The burgesses were of 
 two classes, "In Burgesses" who dwelt in Preston itself, and 
 "Foreign Burgesses" whose residences were outside the city. 
 Burgesses paid a fine (or fee) on their admission, and at subse- 
 quent guild-merchants they attended, and the sons of burgesses 
 
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 had special rights of admission on account of their birth. Some 
 famiUes continued as burgesses for several generations, and the 
 recording of their names every twenty years gives some lengthy 
 pedigrees on these rolls which are preserved complete from 1542, 
 and a few earlier rolls exist back to 1397. 
 
 The Talbots of Carr Hall appear among the foreign burgesses 
 on the Preston Guild Rolls of 1602 and 1622 as follows: 
 
 Preston Guild Rolls. 
 Roll of 1602. 
 George Talbott of Carr, sworn. 
 John Talbott, son of him, sworn. 
 William Talbott, brother of him [John]. 
 George Talbott, son of said John. 
 Edward Talbott, brother of him [George] 
 
 Roll of 1622. 
 George Talbott of Carr, gent. 
 John Talbott, son of him. 
 Edward Talbott, son of him [John]. 
 Thomas Talbott, brother of him [Edward]. 
 John Talbott, brother of him [Thomas]. 
 
 At the next guild-merchant held in 1642, the Talbots of Carr 
 failed to attend and disappear from the rolls. 
 
 George^ ^ Talbot was a lad of thirteen years when Queen 
 Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1558 and firmly and per- 
 manently established the Protestant Church of England, to 
 which the vast majority of the people of England conformed. 
 But a small part of the population, particularly in Yorkshire, 
 Lancashire, and Cheshire, clung to the old Catholic faith, and 
 the Talbots of Salesbury and the Talbots of Carr continued 
 steadfast Catholics through the sixteenth and seventeenth 
 centuries. Two of the sons and several grandsons of George^^ 
 Talbot became Catholic priests. The Catholics endured various 
 sacrifices for their convictions, as from 1578 to 1791, no public 
 Catholic churches were allowed in England and their adherents 
 were subjected to constant surveillance and various persecu- 
 tions like double taxation and heavy fines. They were therefore 
 obliged to hold their services largely in private chapels of the 
 wealthy landed Catholic gentry, but were generally buried in the 
 churches or church yards of the Church of England. From time 
 to time lists of Catholics, called "Recusant Rolls" were com- 
 piled, which state the penalties of their recusancy, most of which 
 are now at the Public Record Office in London. In a Recusant 
 
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 Roll of 1592, preserved among the manuscripts of the Marquis 
 of Salisbury, appear in Lancashire, John Talbot of Salysbury, 
 Esq., George Talbot and Robert Talbot of Salisbury, gents., 
 and George Talbot of Carre, gent. (See "Historical Manu- 
 script Commission, 10th Report", part 4, pp. 265-6.) 
 
 George^^ Talbot was the builder of the messuage or mansion 
 house of Carr Hall which still remains in unchanged general form 
 on the old estate, so this seems a desirable place to give a descrip- 
 tion of this interesting old dwelling-house. During the sover- 
 eignty of Elizabeth (1558-1603), a great wave of prosperity 
 swept over England, and the latter half of her reign witnessed 
 the reconstruction and enlargement of old structures and the 
 erection of new manor-houses, mansions, and farm-houses, all 
 over England. Whether the ancient messuage on the Carr 
 estate happened to be destroyed by fire, or had become so dilapi- 
 dated from age as not to be worth rebuilding, has not been ascer- 
 tained; but it is evident, from its style of architecture, that the 
 present "Carr Hall" was a new building erected about 1580 by 
 George^^ Talbot. His sale of his Tadcaster property to his 
 half-sister Margaret Aspden in 1579 perhaps provided the means 
 for building his new mansion. 
 
 Carr Hall faces the north-west, is built of stone, and consists 
 of a central block with two projecting wings, the favorite plan 
 of such houses built terrfp. Elizabeth. It measures about seventy 
 feet across the front and thirty-five feet in depth. The walls 
 are of stone, over two feet thick, and the roof is covered with 
 stone tiles about two feet square and nearly two inches thick; 
 the outside walls have been kept whitewashed in recent years. 
 The floor of the first story is paved with flagstones about two 
 feet square. The narrow mullions in the windows are of stone, 
 and the ancient diamond-shaped leaded lights in the sashes 
 were replaced by plain glass less than twenty-five years ago. 
 The flower garden in front of the house, surrounded with a five- 
 foot wall, extends the whole width of the building and is about 
 a hundred feet deep from the entrance gate to the front door of 
 the house. The writer visited the place on November 7, 1905, 
 and spent the morning in carefully examining, measuring, and 
 sketching the house. The building shows its age and is con- 
 siderably the worse for wear; but the central block and westerly 
 (or right hand) wing are still comfortably habitable as a farm 
 house. The easterly (or left-hand) wing, originally containing 
 the great "hall" (or living room) and the "great chamber'' 
 over it, is in a ruinous condition, and used only for farm storage^ 
 
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 The accompanying perspective drawing and plans show the 
 appearance and arrangement of the house during its occupancy 
 by four generations of Talbots from about 1580 to 1710. The 
 great "hall" (or living room) was twenty feet wide and thirty 
 feet long, with a massive fireplace at the rear end; the "dining 
 hall" was about twenty feet square and also had a large fire- 
 place; and the third hearth was in the "kitchen" which was 
 about thirteen feet wide and thirty feet long. In an ell, half 
 under ground and back of the kitchen, was a "buttery" about 
 twelve by fifteen feet, reached from the kitchen by a short 
 flight of stone steps, now well worn down by the footsteps of 
 busy housewives during over three centuries. In the second 
 story were the "great chamber", over the great hall and of the 
 same size; the "middle chamber", over the dining hall and 
 about fourteen feet wide and twenty feet long; the "little stair- 
 head chamber", over the kitchen and about thirteen feet square; 
 and the "other chamber", mostly over the kitchen and about 
 sixteen feet wide and twenty feet long. All the above rooms are 
 so named and mentioned in the inventory in 1709 of the estate 
 of George^i Talbot, the last of the Talbots who owned Carr Hall, 
 and great-grandson of its builder George^^ Talbot. After the 
 Talbots had disposed of Carr Hall, the inside was altered to 
 make it suitable for two families, by dividing the great hall and 
 great chamber over it each into two rooms, and by building a 
 small new stair hall in the front of the left hand wing, for which a 
 new small window was cut through the front wall. At the same 
 time, two of the five divisions of the great front window of this 
 wing were blocked up, to save tax on window glass. These 
 disfiguring changes appear in the cut which heads the article on 
 Carr Hall by Mr. Abram, this cut showing the front as it exists 
 at the present time. In 1710 Anne Talbot, widow of George^^ 
 Talbot of Carr Hall, sold the estate to the trustees of Barthol- 
 omew Walmesley, Esq., from whom it descended to the Petre 
 family and still is included in their very large landed estate. 
 Up to 1906 a family named Hill had been for three generations 
 the tenants of Carr Hall; but in that year the Petres made a 
 lease of the property to a family named Carr who have since 
 occupied it. 
 
 After owning and occupying Carr Hall for the remarkable 
 period of eighty years, George^^ Talbot died at the age of eighty- 
 three years and was buried in Whalley Church, 4 June 1628. 
 At that period it was a custom among the nobihty and landed 
 gentry to have an officer or deputy from the College of Arms to 
 
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 direct their funeral obsequies with various ceremonies according 
 to the rank of the deceased, and to draw up a "funeral certifi- 
 cate" which included a pedigree of the deceased and account of 
 his children. During the reign of James I. and Charles I. 
 (1603-1649), Randle Holme of Chester, as a deputy to the 
 heralds of the College of Arms, was much employed in this line 
 by the gentry of Lancashire and Cheshire; and it is likely that 
 the pedigree of the Talbots of Carr made in 1628, which remains 
 among his manuscripts was compiled by him from a funeral 
 certificate he prepared at the time of the obsequies of George^^ 
 Talbot on 4 June 1628. (See aniey pp. 18-19.) 
 
 George^^ Talbot married first, at Whalley Church, 27 June 
 1569, Anne Nowell, born about 1550, eldest daughter of Roger 
 and Elizabeth (Paslowe) Nowell of Little Mearley, co. Lancaster; 
 the witnesses to this marriage were Thomas and Alexander 
 Whittingham, Edward Mages, Edmund Middleton, John Turner, 
 and many others, according to the record of the wedding in 
 the Whalley registers. 
 
 The Nowells of Little Mearley, co. Lancaster, were minor 
 landed and armorial gentry and a jimior branch of the more 
 important and very ancient Nowells of Great Mearley and 
 Reade Hall. In the Visitation of Lancashire in 1567, Roger 
 Nowell entered the following pedigree of 
 
 Nowell of Little Merley 
 
 Anns. — Quarterly: 1 and 4« Argent^ three covered cups, sable, gar- 
 nished or [Nowell]; 2 and 3. Gules, a pelican in piety, or, foliage vert, 
 nest of the second [Gaskill]. 
 
 William Nowell of Mereley, co. Lancaster, == 
 second brother to Adam Nowell I 
 
 I ! 
 
 Henry Nowell of Little Mereley, descended =p 
 of a second sonne of the house of Create Merely I 
 
 Roger Nowell = Helene, dau. of William 
 of Little Merely I Lyster of Meddope, co. Ebor., ar. 
 
 I 
 
 Christopher Nowell s=& Julyan, dau. and heire of William Gasgyll 
 
 of Little Merely 
 
 [Gaskill] of Remyngton, co. Lancaster, gent., 
 and of his wyf, dau. and heire of Robert 
 Remington, co. Lancaster, ar. 
 
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 I 
 
 Roger Nowell : 
 of Little Mere- 
 ley, now 
 lyving, 
 anno 1567. 
 
 Elizabeth dau. 
 of Thomas 
 Pawslowe of 
 Wyswale, co. 
 Lancaster, gent. 
 
 I I 
 
 Alexander 
 sans yssue. 
 Helene 
 maryed to 
 
 1 
 
 EUzabeth 
 maryed to John 
 Bayly of Clyde- 
 rowe, CO. Lan- 
 caster, gent. 
 
 19. 
 
 I I I (III. 
 
 Christopher John Anne* Jane Grace Mary Catherine 
 
 Nowell, Sonne 2 sonne 
 and heire 
 
 ("Chetham Society Publications," vol. 81, p. 33.) 
 
 Anne (Nowell) Talbot died between 1581 and 1587, having 
 had at least ten children. 
 
 George^s Talbot married secondly, at Whalley Church, 3 
 Aug. 1587, Anne Holden, whose ancestry has not been learned. 
 She appears in a Recusant Roll of 34 Elizabeth (1592-3) as 
 "Anna Talbott de Carre ux Georgii Talbott, gen". (Recusant 
 Roll No. I, 34 Elizabeth, mem. 24.) She was buried at Whalley 
 Church, 13 May 1612, having had at least two children. 
 
 Children of George^s Talbot by his first wife Anne (Nowell), 
 recorded in the registers of Whalley: 
 
 i. Nicholas!", bapt. 31 Mar. 1570; bur. 15 Apr. 1571. 
 ii. John, bapt. 27 Mar. 1571; succeeded to Carr Hall, 
 iii. Thomas, bapt. 20 Jan. 1572/3; entered the Jesuit English 
 College at Rome in 1591, was ordained a priest 1 May 1597, 
 and entered the Society of Jesus in 1598. After serving as 
 penitentiary at Loretto, he was appointed rector and master 
 of novices at St. John's, Louvain, in 1607. In 1615 he was 
 sent to England as associate to Father Blount. In 1622 he 
 was in the Northamptonshire Mission; in 1639 in the College 
 of the Holy Apostles, Suffolk District, and in 1642 in the Col- 
 lege of the Blessed Aloysius, where he died about 1652, aged 
 about eighty years. (See Foley's "Records of the Enghsh 
 College of the Society of Jesus", vol. 1, p. 658 and vol. 7, p. 
 758.) 
 
 Elizabeth, bapt. 28 May 1574; living 1616. 
 Bridget, bapt. 11 Nov. 1575; living 1616. 
 vi. Mary, bapt. 19 Mar. 1576/7; Uving 1616. 
 vii. Richard, bapt. 23 Feb. 1577/8; became a CathoUc priest; 
 Hving in 1616. 
 
 * Two years after the Visitation, this Anne Nowell married in 1569, 
 George" Talbot, as before stated. 
 
 IV. 
 V. 
 
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 viii. Dorothy, bapt. 1 Aug. 1579; bur. at Church-Kirk, 5 May 
 1657; m. Ralph Rishton of Ponthalgh and Mickle-Hey in 
 the township of Rishton, son of WilHam and Eleanor (Char- 
 nock) Rishton, and descended from an ancient family of that 
 place. 
 
 Children (Rishton): 
 
 1. William, b. 1606, heir to Ponthalgh. 
 
 2. Anne, d. unm. 
 
 3. Ralph. 
 
 4. Margaret; m. John Buck. 
 
 5. Edward, b. in 1614, entered the Jesuit English College 
 at Rome in 1634. At his matriculation he stated: 
 "I am twenty years of age and son of Ralph and 
 Dorothy [Talbot] Rishton, both of respectable families. 
 My father before his death became a Catholic. My 
 mother is still living; also four brothers and three 
 sisters, all Catholics". He was ordained a priest 3 
 Apr. 1639. (See Foley's "Records of the Enghsh 
 College of the Society of Jesus", vol. 1, p. 659.) 
 
 6. John, d. unm. 
 
 7. Roger. 
 
 8. Dorothy, d. unm. 
 
 ix. Francesi» bapt. 14 Jan. 1580/1 ; living 1616. 
 
 X. Catherine, b. abt. 1583, living 1616; m. James Rishton of 
 Mickle-Hey, a relative of Ralph Rishton of Ponthalgh, hus- 
 band of her sister Dorothy. 
 Children (Rishton): 
 
 1. Edward, eldest son and heir, b. about 1608. 
 
 2. Frances. 
 
 3. Ralph, b. in 1612; matriculated at the Jesuit English 
 College at Rome in 1632, stating: "I am twenty years 
 of age and son of James and Catherine [Talbot] Rish- 
 ton of Micklehey in Rishton, and my parents are of the 
 middle class. My father's relatives are heretics but 
 esteemed for wealth. Nearly all on my mother's side 
 are Catholics and some of them of good note, viz., 
 two of my mother's brothers, both of whom studied in 
 this College and are in the Society of Jesus, viz., Thomas 
 and Wilham, sons of George Talbot of Carr Hall. I 
 have brothers Edward and John, and sisters Frances 
 and Anne". (See Foley's "Records of the English 
 College of the Society of Jesus", vol. 1, p. 658.) 
 
 4. John. 
 
 5. Anne. 
 
 Children of George^^ Talbot by his second wife Anne (Hol- 
 den), recorded in the registers of Whalley: 
 
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 xi. Nicholas", b. about 1590; bur. 10 Apr. 1595. 
 
 xii. William, b. about 1597; mentioned in the Preston Guild Roll 
 of 1602; entered the Jesuit Enghsh College at Rome 13 Oct. 
 1616, stating: "I am nineteen years of age and my parents 
 are of the upper class of society. I have three brothers and 
 six sisters, all Cathohcs". He received minor orders in 1617, 
 and was ordained a priest and admitted to the Society of 
 Jesus at Liege in 1619. For several years he served in the 
 missions at Paris and Rouen. Later he was a missioner in 
 the College of St. Ignatius (London District) in 1642, and in 
 the College of the Holy Apostles (Suffolk District) in 1649; 
 and in 1655 returned to London where he d. 12 May 1660. 
 (See Foley's "Records of the English College of the Society 
 of Jesus", vol. 1, p. 659, and vol. 7, p. 760.) He was buried 
 in the Church of St. Pancras, London, where his monument 
 bears the following inscription: 
 
 Here lyeth the body of William 
 
 Talbot, of Carr, in the county 
 
 of Lancaster, gent. Who dyed 
 
 the 2"^*^ day of May in the yeare 
 
 of our Lord 1660. 
 
 Aged 60 yeares. 
 
 (See Cansick*s "Epitaphs of Middlesex", vol. 1, p. 1.) Ap- 
 parently the age on this inscription is understated by about 
 three years. 
 
 19. JOHN" TALBOT, born at Carr Hall, about 11 P. M., 
 Sunday, 25 Mar. 1571, and baptized at Whalley Church 27 Mar. 
 1571, succeeded to the ancestral estate, at the age of fifty-seven 
 years, on the death of his father in 1628. On 22 Dec. 1628, he 
 was elected a governor of the Blackbiun Grammar School, and 
 paid the usual election fee of 10 s. (See "Chetham Society 
 Publications", New Series, vol. 67, pp. 165-6.) After 1642 his 
 name disappears from the school records as attending the 
 meetings of the governors. Although he was enrolled under his 
 father in the Preston Guild Rolls of 1602 and 1622, he did not 
 attend the guild-merchant of 1642; so the family lost their 
 citizenship as foreign burgesses of Preston. (See ante, p. 29.) 
 
 Being a Catholic, John Talbot suffered the penalties of main- 
 taining his religious convictions, as appears from the following 
 entries on the Recusant Rolls: 
 
 5 Charles I. [1629]. John Talbott of Carr, gent., for the 
 rent of one messuage and 40 acres of land etc. in Whilpeshire; 
 fine £10. (Recusant Roll no. 37, Lancashire.) 
 
 7 Charles I. [1631]. John Talbott of Carr in the township 
 
of Whilpshire and Edward Talbott his son, for the rent of two 
 parts of one messuage and 40 acres of land etc.; fine £6-13-4. 
 (Recusant Roll no. 39, Lancashire.) 
 
 Among the manuscripts of Lord Kenyon are two letters to 
 his ancestor Roger Kenyon, from the Talbots of Carr. One 
 letter written by John Talbot on 18 July 1630, advises Kenyon 
 to buy of a man named Carr a bellows for a lead smelter; he 
 states "I gave my smelter a noble a tunne". The other letter 
 written by Edward Talbot on 10 Sept. 1631, says, "Thomas 
 Cawcroft will give £3-10-0 for the lead ore gotten, and £3-2-0 
 for the ore to get. The sicknesse is sore in Heptonscale". 
 (See "Historical Mss. Commission, Appendix to 14*^ Report", 
 part 4, pp. 40 and 46.) It is certain that the Talbots engaged in 
 lead smelting, as a kiln and a smelter at Carr Hall are men- 
 tioned in the chancery suit in 1682 of George^i Talbot vs. Ed- 
 ward Braddyll. (See posU p. 64.) 
 
 By indenture of 24 Aug. 4 Charles I. (1628), between John^' 
 Talbot of Carr of the first part, Edward Talbot his son and heir 
 of the second part, and Thomas Holden of Witton, Thomas 
 Winckley of Billington, John Barker, gent., Edward Rishton, 
 and Thomas Greenfield, of the third part, feoffees, a portion of 
 Carr estate was conveyed to the use of said Edward Talbot 
 and Mabel his wife for life, as part of her jointure, with re- 
 mainder to their heir. (See suit of Mabel Talbot vs. Edward 
 Braddyll and Richard Hurst, jpost, p. 41.) 
 
 A few years later, John^^ Talbot found himself in financial 
 difficulties, and he and his son and heir Edward^** Talbot placed 
 encumbrances on the property, under which the latter's son and 
 heir George^^ Talbot struggled for nearly forty years before he 
 succeeded in clearing the estate in 1685. On 20 Apr. 1634, 
 Edward Talbot, son of John, mortgaged a moiety [half] of the 
 Carr for ninety years to Thomas Cockroft, as security for a loan 
 of £60. (See chancery suit of George^^ Talbot vs, Edward 
 Braddyll, post, p. 63; and suit in the Palatinate Court of Lan- 
 caster of Edward Braddyll vs. Thomas Lawe, posU p. 57.) 
 Also, about 1635, John and Edward Talbot further mortgaged 
 their interests in the Carr to Thomas Greenfield and John Crom- 
 bock, as trustees in behalf of John Osbaldeston, as security for 
 a loan of £100. (See suit in the Palatinate Court of Lancaster 
 of Thomas Greenfield vs. George Talbot, post, p. 47.) 
 
 The appended record of the family of John Talbot is preserved 
 in the calendar of a fifteenth century illuminated manuscript 
 
37 
 
 breviary, which in 1880 was in the possession of John Ingilby, 
 Esq., of Austwick, co. York. 
 
 Marcius 11. Anne Talbotte borne this day in y« morninge 1595 
 being Tuesday, and dyed when she was eleven weekes oulde. 
 
 Marcius 23. EHz. Talbott borne this day beinge Wednesday 1613 
 being foure in y« morninge. 
 
 Marcius 25. Jo. Talbot sonne of Go. Talbott borne anno 1571 
 about 11 of y* clocke at noc* beinge Sonday. 
 
 Marcius 26. Anne Talbott borne anno 1601 about five of y* clocke 
 in the morninge. 
 
 Aprilis 17. Margarett Talbott borne anno 1602, six of y« clocke in y« 
 morninge being Saturday. 
 
 Mains 2. George Talbott was borne anno 1597 hora quasi octava 
 vespere beinge Monday. 
 
 Mains 24. Tho. Talbott borne anno 1603 aboute foure of y« clocke 
 in ye morninge beinge Tuesdaye. 
 
 Julius 2. Dorethy Bradill maried to John Talbott, anno 1595. 
 
 Juhus 25. Edwarde Talbott was borne anno 1599 post meridiem 
 hora quasi secunda beinge Wednesdaye. 
 
 Julius 25. Frances Talbott y« same daye prima hora post meridiem 
 anno 1610. 
 
 Augustus 2. Marie Talbott borne anno 1606 about twoo of y« 
 clocke in the morninge, beinge Saturday. 
 
 September 24. Briget Talbott borne anno 1612 about three of y« 
 clocke in y« morninge being Thursday. 
 
 October 3. Doretty doughte' of Ed. Bradyll borne 1572. 
 
 December 13. John Talbott sonne of Jo. was borne anno 1607 
 about three of y* clocke in the morninge in the greate froste beinge 
 Sunday. (See "Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica", New Series, 
 vol. 3, p. 200.) 
 
 The will of Hugh Sherburne of Chipping, co. Lancaster, gent., 
 dated 4 Jan. 1640/1, mentions his nephew Richard Sherburne 
 of Bailey Hall, his nephew Adam Houghton, his nephew John 
 Talbott of the Carr, and his cousin Richard Sherburne of Hig- 
 ham. (Proved at Chester in Apr. 1641.) The testator was a 
 yoimger son of Richard Sherburne of Bailey by Anne his wife 
 widow of Nicholas^^ Talbot of Carr, and so half-brother of 
 George^^ Talbot of Carr and uncle of John^^ Talbot of Carr. 
 
 The last mention found of John" Talbot is 18 Apr. 1642 when 
 he attended a meeting of the governors of the Blackburn Gram- 
 mar School. (See "Chetham Society Publications", New 
 Series, vol. 67 p. 208.) He probably died soon after, aged 
 seventy-one years, about the time of the commencement of the 
 Civil War; but the exact time of his decease is unknown. 
 
He married 2 July 1595, Dorothy Braddyll, born 3 Oct. 
 1572, and baptized the next day at Whalley Church, daughter 
 of Edward and Anne (Asheton) Braddyll of Portfield in Whalley 
 Parish, Lancashire. She was buried on 27 June 1634. The 
 family of Braddyll of Brockhole in the township of Billington, 
 Blackburn Parish, was of great antiquity and derived the name 
 from a manor called Bradhull, located in Billington. 
 
 Braddyll Pedigree. 
 
 Arms: — Argent, a cross lozengy, vert, oppressed by a bend, gobonated, 
 ermine and azure, 
 
 Thomas* de Bradhull = 
 (b. abt. 1165). liv. 1199 and 1216 | 
 
 I II I 
 
 Roger^ as= Thomas Robert John 
 
 (b.abt. 1195) Hv. 1246 Uv. 1246 liv. 1246 
 
 d. bef. 1247 
 
 I I 
 
 Henry^ =s Geoffrey 
 
 (b. abt. 1220) Uv. I liv. 1284 
 1247, 1259 
 
 i 1 
 
 Walter* s^ Alice de Dinkley John 
 
 (b. abt. 1245) liv. | liv. 1285 
 
 1271, 1273 
 
 T 
 
 i 1 
 
 Henrys de Bradhull = John 
 
 (b. abt. 1270) Uv. I liv. 1311, 
 
 1292,1293, 1324; d. 
 1311, 1322 1329 
 
 I 1 
 
 John** = Margaret de Henry 
 
 (b. abt. 1295) Uv.^ Symonstone liv. 1339 
 
 1332, 1333 
 
 Henry^ de Bradhull ^= 
 
 (b. abt. 1325) liv. 
 
 1365, 1378 
 
 J 
 
 mil 
 
 J 
 
 I 
 
 Henry> BradhuU of Brockhole = 
 (b. abt. 1350) the first of the family 
 mentioned in the Visitation of 1567 
 
John' Bradhull == 
 (b. abt. 1380) Uv. 1425 
 
 I 
 
 Edwardio Bradhull 
 (b. abt. 1405) 
 
 H 
 
 J 
 
 I 
 
 Richard" Braddyll of Brockhole == Margery dau. of W" 
 (b. abt. 1430) liv. 1460 Harrington 
 
 I 
 
 Johni2 Braddyll = Emote, dau. of 
 
 (b. abt. 1455) I W^ Pollard 
 
 — i 
 
 William 
 a priest 
 
 Edwardia Braddyll 
 (b. abt. 1480) 
 bur. at WhaUey 1552 
 
 T' 
 
 Jennett 
 Crombock 
 
 I 
 
 Richard 
 
 1 
 
 William 
 
 I 
 
 John" Braddyll, Esq. = Jennett 
 (b. abt. 1505) bur. at I Foster 
 WhaUey 18 Nov. 1578 
 
 1 
 
 Richard 
 
 — r 
 
 William 
 
 1554 ' 
 
 Anne Asheton = Edward^^ Braddyll z=5 Ellen Starkey 
 
 bui. 29 Dec. 1586 
 
 Johni« 
 b. 1557 
 
 "n — 
 
 Jane 
 b. 1558 
 
 (b. 1534) bur. 
 6 Oct. 1607 
 
 Lettice 
 b. 1559 
 
 Richard 
 b. 1560 
 
 Anne 
 b. 1562 
 
 Edward 
 b. 1563 
 
 I III I I . 
 
 Ralphi« Elizabeth Cuthbert Gilbert Stephen Catherme 
 
 b. 1564 b. 1565 b. 1566 b. 1567 b. 1569 b. 1570 
 
 Dorothy!" _ John Talbot Thomas 
 b. 3 Oct. I of Carr Hall b. 1574 
 1572 
 
 == Jo 
 
 Margaret 
 b. 1576 
 
 Bernard 
 b. 1577 
 
 Edward Talbot = Mabel 
 of Carr Hall I Carleton 
 
 Anne = George Talbot = Anne 
 Ryley I of Carr Hall d.l716 
 d.l660 V b. 1624, d. 1709 
 
 I 
 Katherine^" = Gilbert La we 
 
 b. abt. 1591 
 d. Aug. 1671 
 
 Thomas Lawe 
 
 of WhaUey 
 
40 
 
 Children of Johni^ and Dorothy (Braddyll) Talbot, as re- 
 corded in the ancient breviary before mentioned: 
 
 i. Anne2o, b. 11 Mar. 1595/6; bur. at Whalley 1 June 1596. 
 ii. George, b. 2 May 1597; mentioned as son of John on the 
 Preston Guild Rolls of 1602; d. before 1622, unm. 
 20. iii. Edward, b. 25 July 1599; succeeded to Carr Hall. 
 
 iv. Anne, b. 26 Mar. 1601. ; ., 
 
 V. Margaret, b. 17 Apr. 1602; m. Richard Sherbui^ne. 
 vi. Thomas, b. 24 May 1603. 
 vii. Mary, b. 2 Aug. 1606. 
 
 viii. John, b. 13 Dec. 1607; became a Franciscan monk, 
 ix. Frances, b. 25 July 1610. 
 X. Bridget, b. 24 Sept. 1612. 
 xi. Elizabeth, b. 23 Mar. 1613/14. 
 
 20. EDWARD20 TALBOT, bornat Carr HaU, about 2 P. M., 
 Wednesday, 25 July 1599, is next found on records in 1602 and 
 1622 when enrolled on the Preston Guild Rolls under his father 
 Johni9 Talbot and grandfather George^s Talbot (See ante, pp. 28 
 and 29.) Records of Edward Talbot also appear in the pedigree 
 compiled in 1628 by Randle Holme, in a recusant roll in 1631, 
 and in a letter to Roger Kenyon the same year. (See ante, pp. 
 19, 36.) On 24 Aug. 1628, he and his wife Mabel were deeded 
 a life interest in part of the Carr Hall estate by his father John^^ 
 Talbot; and in 1634 and 1635 he joined with his father in mort- 
 gaging the estate to Thomas Cockroft for a loan of £60, and also 
 to Thomas Greenfield and John Crombocke, trustees in behalf 
 of John Osbaldeston, for a loan of £100. (See ante, p. 36, 
 post, pp. 41, 63, 47.) Upon the death of his father about 1642, 
 Edward^*^ Talbot succeeded to the ancestral estate, which they 
 had encumbered as above stated; but he survived his father less 
 than five years, dying before 1647. 
 
 In a lawsuit in 1684-5, by Thomas Greenfield vs. George^^ 
 Talbot (son of Edward), George^i Talbot stated that in Oct. 
 1647, his grandfather and father, "the said John and Edward 
 Talbot, were then both dead, and this defendant's estate was 
 under sequestration for their loyalty to King Charles I." 
 (See post, p. 48.) Nearly all the Catholic gentry of Lancashire 
 supported the King against Parliament in the great Civil War, 
 1642-1645; and as Edward Talbot was then a man about forty- 
 five years old in the prime of life, he doubtless served as an 
 officer in the Royalist army and fought in some of the san- 
 guinary conflicts of that momentous struggle. He certainly 
 died during the Civil War (1642-1645), but probably not while 
 
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 in military service, as his son would probably have mentioned 
 such a supreme sacrifice to the Royal cause. 
 
 Edward^^ Talbot married about 1623, Mabel Carleton, 
 born about 1581 (?), daughter of Laimcelot Carleton. (See 
 Talbot pedigree of Randle Holme in 1628, and Visitation of 
 Lancashire in 1664-5, ante, pp. 19 and 17.) 
 
 In 1652, George^i Talbot of Carr was charged by the Common- 
 wealth with " delinquency" in supporting the Royal cause at the 
 battle of Wigan, 25 Aug. 1651; and one John Lonsdale deposed 
 that "Mrs. Mabel Talbott of Carr, widow, mother of said 
 George, furnished one Andrew Carleton with arms and sent 
 him to the Earl of Derby who was then in Preston with his 
 [Royalist] forces; and at the fight at Wigan said Carleton was 
 taken prisoner by the Parliament forces, and ye said Mrs. Tal- 
 bot sent money to relieve him". (See post, p. 50.) This 
 Andrew Carleton was evidently her nephew, son of her brother 
 Ambrose Carleton. (See post, p. 43.) 
 
 On 17 Feb. 1657/8, Mabell Talbott of the Carr in Whilp- 
 shire, co. Lancaster, widow, complained that she had a life 
 interest in part of same, being a portion of her marriage jointure 
 with Edward Talbott, gent., deceased, by indenture dated 24 
 Aug. 4 Charles I. [1628], made between John Talbot, late of 
 said Carr, gent., deceased, of one part, said Edward Talbot, 
 gent., deceased, son and heir of said John, of the second part, 
 and Thomas Holden of Witton, Thomas Winckley of Billington, 
 John Barker, gent., Edward Rishton, and Thomas Greenfield, 
 of the third part; by which she enjoyed same several years after 
 the decease of her said husband. But recently one Edward 
 Braddyll and one Richard Hurst, in confederacy, have tres- 
 passed on complainant's estate by colour of deriving some estate 
 therein from George Talbot, eldest son and heir of complainant, 
 and they have seized and occupied part of the capital messuage 
 called Carr Hall and part of the lands thereof, and have ousted 
 complainant and her servants from her rights in the premises. 
 A summons is prayed for against said Braddyl and Hurst. 
 (Palatinate of Lancaster, Bills, 6, vol. 21, no. 9.) 
 
 "Mrs. Mabbell Talbott of Carre, widowe", was buried at 
 Whalley Church, 28 Mar. 1660. At her decease she was nearly 
 eighty years of age, according to statements made by her son 
 George^i Talbot and her daughter Dorothy (Talbot) Parker, 
 in a chancery suit of the former vs. Edward Braddyll in 1682. 
 (See post, p. 61.) If their statements were true, Mabel 
 (Carleton) Talbot would have been nearly eighteen years older 
 
42 
 
 than her husband; so her alleged age at death was probably 
 somewhat exaggerated. 
 
 While his ancestors had found wives among the gentry in the 
 near neighborhood of Carr Hall, Edward^" Talbot's wife Mabel 
 Carleton was born nearly a hundred miles to the north, being a 
 native of Brampton in Cumberland, in which county her an- 
 cestors had resided nearly five centuries, deriving their name 
 as lords of Carleton, a manor in the parish of Penrith, co. Cum- 
 berland. At the Visitation of Cumberland by Sir William 
 Dugdale in 1665, Sir William Carleton, Knt., of Carleton, then 
 head of the family, entered a pedigree of eighteen generations. 
 From this Visitation pedigree and other sources, the following 
 pedigree was compiled and printed on pages 43-45 of the 
 "Memorials of the Carletons", by Capt. Percival A. Carleton 
 of the English Army, who died in 1869. 
 
 Carleton op Carleton Hall, Co. Cumberland. 
 
 Arms: — Erm., on a bend sa,, three pheons^ org. 
 
 Baldwin* de Carleton = 
 
 I ' 
 
 Geoffrey^ ^-s 
 
 i ' 
 
 Oduard^ — 
 Henry* =s 
 
 Gilbert^ — = Fitzwilliam. 
 
 I ' 
 
 Williamfi = Helen, dau. of Geoffrey de Stainton 
 
 (b. abt. 1215) I 
 
 Adam' == Sarah, dau. of Adam de Newton 
 (b. abt. 1245) liv. 1286 | 
 
 John* ^ Dorothy, dau. of Henry de Brougham 
 (b. abt. 1275) liv. 1303 " 
 
 I 
 
 Thomas' := Jane, dau. of Roger de Lancaster 
 
 (b. abt. 1305) liv. 1325 " 
 
43 
 
 Johni" ^s Margaret, dau. of John de Moston 
 (b. abt. 1335) Uv. 1356 
 
 'J 
 
 I 
 Thomas" s=: Alice, dau. of George Dawbury 
 
 (b. abt. 1375) d. 1448 ' 
 
 r 
 
 Thomasi2 — Isabel, dau. of Gilbert Brougham 
 b. 1423, d. 1519T 
 
 Thomas^' == Agnes, dau. of Thomas Wibergh 
 b. 1451 d. 1506 
 
 Thomas^* = Anne, dau. of Thomas Layton 
 b. 1480 d. 1557 
 
 1 
 
 Thomas^' == Mabel 
 b. 1513, d. 8 Nov. 1587 [Carlisle 
 
 Guy" =s 
 
 U 
 
 Thomas" = Barbara 
 
 Launcelot" s== Eleanor George" 
 
 b. 1547 
 
 d. 14 May 
 
 1598 at 
 
 Carleton 
 
 dau. of Hugh of Brampton 
 Lowther b. 1549, 
 
 d. 1615 
 
 Thomas^' Gerard =s: Nichola 
 
 b. 1568 
 d. 1639 
 s.p. 
 
 b. 1570 
 
 d. before 
 
 1638 
 
 I 
 Sir Williamis 
 
 of Carleton Hall. 
 
 b. 1607, liv. 1665 
 
 Entered pedigree 
 
 In Visitation 1665 
 
 He m. twice, and 
 
 had 3 children 
 
 Elliot 
 
 I 
 
 Thomas" 
 b. 1585 
 a Royal- 
 ist officer 
 
 Kirkby b. 1559 
 dau. of Bishop of 
 Roger Chichester 
 
 I 
 
 Launcelot 
 
 Settled in 
 Ireland 
 Gr.-gr.- 
 father of 
 Gen. Guy 
 Carleton 
 1st Baron 
 Dorchester 
 
 Peter Roger 
 
 I 
 
 Ambrose*' s^s 
 b. abt. 1600 
 of CO. Mon- 
 aghan in 
 Ireland 
 
 I 
 
 Andrew*' 
 
 Rev. Guy 
 b. abt. 1600 
 Bishop of 
 Chichester 
 
 ,^ I ,1623_, , 
 Mabel s^= Edward 
 
 1581 
 1660 
 
 Talbot 
 of Carr 
 
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 The Carletons were staunch adherents of King Charles I. 
 during the Civil War (1642-1645), and several of them were 
 officers in the Royalist army, among them Sir William Carleton, 
 Knt., and his father's own cousins, Thomas, Launcelot, Roger, 
 and Rev. Guy Carleton (later Bishop of Chichester), who were 
 brothers of Mabel Carleton, wife of Edward^^ Talbot of Carr 
 Hall. 
 
 Children of Edward^o and Mabel (Carleton) Talbot, born at 
 Carr Hall: 
 21. i. George'i, b. in 1624; eldest son and heir. 
 
 ii. John, b. about 1626; lived in Wilpshire near Carr Hall where 
 he farmed leased lands. In a hearth tax of 25 Charles II. 
 (1673), he was assessed for four hearths as a householder in 
 Wilpshire. (Lay Subsidies, Lancashire, 132-355.) He d. 
 intestate in 1680, administration on his estate being granted 
 that year. (Probate Records at Chester.) The name of his 
 wife has not been learned. 
 Children*: 
 
 1. John22, b. perhaps about 1660; mentioned in the will of 
 his uncle George2i Talbot in 1708. (See post, p. .70) 
 He is claimed to be ancestor of the Talbots of Wheelton 
 in Leyland, co. Lancaster, who were staunch Catholics; 
 several members of this family became Jesuit priests 
 during the eighteenth century. (See "Catholic 
 Record Society", vol. 4, pp. 249-50, vol. 9, p. 183, vol. 
 14, p. 330, and vol. 16, p. 424-5.) 
 
 2. Thomas; mentioned in the will of his uncle George^i 
 Talbot in 1708. (See post, p. 70.) 
 
 iii. DoROTHY^i, b. in 1628; as "Dorothy, wife of Richard Parker of 
 Great Harwood, yeoman, aged fifty-four years", she deposed 
 on 13 Sept. 1683, that she was sister of George Talbot of Carr, 
 etc. (See chancery suit of George^i Talbot vs. Edward Brad- 
 dyll, post, p. 61.) She m. (1), at Great Harwood, 3 June 
 1654, Ellis Duckworth, who d. in 1667; she m. (2), in 1671, 
 Richard Parker. 
 
 In 1702, Thomas Duxbury of Rishton, co. Lancaster, com- 
 plained that Ellis Duckworth, late of Harwood, deceased, 
 left three daughters, viz., Katherine who m. Alexander Mer- 
 cer, Anne who m. complainant, and Jane who d. in London and 
 
 * The list of children, baptized in Blackburn Church, assigned to the 
 above John^i Talbot in Mr. Abram's accounts of the Talbots of Carr, 
 evidently belong to another John Talbot who was of Cowhill in Rish- 
 ton and later Wilpshire and Clayton in the Dale and married in 1665 
 Mary Sudell. This John Talbot was bapt. 17 May 1641, son of John 
 and Jennett (Clayton) Talbot, and grandson of Richard and Alice 
 (Duckworth) Talbot. (See "History of Blackburn", pp. 642-3.) 
 
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 by her will left £100 between her two sisters, and made her 
 master executor. Said Katherine went to London and has 
 seized the whole legacy, and refuses to give complainant the 
 share of his wife who d. two years ago. Katherine Mercer, 
 defendant, answers that her father ElHs Duckworth d. thirty- 
 four years ago [1667] leaving a widow Dorothy and three 
 children, Katherine aged ten years, Jane aged five years, and 
 Anne aged two years, who m. (1), Lambert Clarke and m. 
 (2), the complainant. Said Jane lived in London about 
 fifteen years, and by her will gave her two sisters £50 each, 
 made her master James Whitchurch of London executor, and 
 d. in Aug. 1696. The defendant has received only her own 
 share. (Palatinate of Lancaster, Bills, vol. 48, p. 89; and 
 Answers, vol. 107, p. 21.) 
 Children by first marriage (Duckworth). 
 
 1. Katherine, b. abt. 1656; m. Alexander Mercer. 
 
 2. Jane, b. abt. 1661; d. in London in Aug. 1696, unm. 
 The will of Jane Duckworth of London, spinster, dated 
 1 Aug. 1696. To sisters Katherine Mercer and Ann 
 Clarke £50 each. Brother-in-law Alexander Mercer, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, and Mr. Todd the minister. 
 My master James Whitchurch, merchant of London, 
 executor. Proved 31 Aug. 1696. (Archdeaconry of 
 London.) 
 
 3. Anne, b. abt. 1664; m. (1), Lambert Clarke; and m. 
 (2), Thomas Duxbury. 
 
 Children by second marriage (Parker) : 
 
 4. John, b. abt. 1672; living in 1708. 
 
 5. Alexander, b. abt. 1674; living in 1708 when he and 
 his brother are named in the will of their uncle George** 
 Talbot of Carr Hall. (See post, p. 70.) 
 
 21. GE0RGE21 TALBOT, born at Carr Hall about 1624, 
 eldest son of Edward and Mabel (Carleton) Talbot, on the 
 death of his father about 1645 succeeded to the ancestral estate. 
 The earliest mention found of him is in the pedigree compiled 
 by Randle Holme in 1628, when he is stated to be "ae. 5". 
 (See ante, p. 19.) 
 
 George^i Talbot entered upon his inheritance about 1645 
 under unfavorable conditions and in troublous times. Im- 
 poverished by heavy fines for adherence to the Catholic faith, 
 his father Edward^o Talbot and grandfather John^^ Talbot had 
 been obliged about 1635 to raise money by placing mortgages on 
 the estate. His father Edward^^ Talbot had fought for the 
 defeated King Charles I. during the Civil War (1642-1645), 
 
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 and so made the estate subject to further fines by Parliament. 
 As a climax to his difficulties, George^^ Talbot was unwise 
 enough to join the Royalist uprising in 1651 under Charles II., 
 and fought in the forces of Earl of the Derby at the battles of 
 Wigan and Worcester, in which the Royalists were defeated 
 and the uprising was crushed. For his participation in this 
 rebellion, the Carr Hall estate was sequestered by ParUament 
 and subjected to additional fines. 
 
 As a result of these complications, numerous lawsuits took 
 place about the property, the records of which provide most of 
 the information secured concerning George^^ Talbot. To clear 
 his estate, in 1657 he deeded it to his second cousin Edward 
 Braddyll for a term of thirty-one years for £320, of which £300, 
 was applied to pay off all former encumbrances. So from 
 1657 to 1685 George^i Talbot was totally out of possession of 
 the Carr estate, and "very poor" as he himself states; how 
 he maintained himself during this period of nearly thirty 
 years, has not been determined. It is certain that from about 
 1674 to 1676 he lived at Preston, co. Lancaster (then the most 
 important seaport of northwestern England). For a few years 
 previous to 1682 he lived in Ireland where his mother's relatives, 
 the Carletons, had settled and were flourishing; possibly he was 
 in their employ or under their patronage. Previous to 1670 he 
 married a second wife, from whom he probably acquired the 
 means to bring a chancery suit in 1682 against Edward Brad- 
 dyll, by which he redeemed his ancestral estate of Carr Hall in 
 1685, which he thereafter possessed and occupied until his death 
 in 1709. 
 
 George^^ Talbot became involved in litigation soon after he 
 succeeded to Carr Hall, his first lawsuit taking place in 1649 
 against his second-cousin, the widow Lettice (Braddyll) Green- 
 field. The circumstances leading up to this suit and the con- 
 sequences ensuing are related in another suit brought thirty- 
 five years later by Thomas Greenfield Jr. (son of the above 
 Lettice Greenfield) against George^^ Talbot, of which an ab- 
 stract is herewith appended: 
 
 Greenfield vs. Talbot. 
 On 28 Nov. 1684, Thomas Greenfield of Preston, co. Lan- 
 caster, gent., son and heir of Thomas Greenfield, gent., deceased, 
 complains that about fifty years ago John Talbot of Carr Hall, 
 gent., and Edward Talbot his son, both long since deceased, being 
 seized of said estate of about two [sic] hundred acres, did 
 
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 convey to complainant's father (or to John Crombock in trust 
 for him) a part of said estate for a long term of years, as security 
 for a loan of £108, which was not paid when due, so said estate 
 became forfeited to complainant's father. But by entreaty of 
 said two Talbots the mortgage was continued on interest, with 
 the estate in said Crombock as trustee. Complainant's father 
 died in 1647 leaving complainant t^en aged about three years, 
 as his heir, who should have succeeded to the premises. But 
 on the marriage of complainant's mother to a second husband, 
 one George Towlnson, the latter got possession of the evidences 
 in the matter and of the will of complainant's father. L9,ter, 
 one Edward Braddyll, gent., and one George Talbot late of 
 [blank] in the kingdom of Ireland, gent., applied to the said 
 Towlnson, and by conspiracy with him seized the premises and 
 have since enjoyed them, thus defrauding complainant, who has 
 only recently learned of his rights in the property. A summons 
 is prayed for that said George Talbot and Edward Braddyll be 
 made to appear and give information as to the tenure, deeds, 
 and mortgages pertaining to Carr Hall and to their dealings 
 with said Towlnson; also to reply whether or not about 13 
 June 1650 Crombock and said George Talbot did not join in 
 assigning the premises, partly to one Gilbert Lawe and his wife, 
 and partly in trust to one James Ryley for the use of said George 
 Talbot. 
 
 In May 1685, George Talbot, gent., defendant, answers that 
 complainant has no just cause, and brought suit in collusion 
 with said Braddyll, to vex and harass defendant. John Talbot 
 and Edward Talbot his son, grandfather and father of defendant, 
 held Carr Hall for life only, as it was entailed, and defendant was 
 next heir as eldest son of said Edward. Defendant denies that 
 his father or grandfather ever conveyed any part of said estate 
 to Thomas Greenfield, the father of complainant, or to any 
 persons in trust for his use, or that they borrowed any money 
 from said Thomas. But about fifty years ago, John Talbot, 
 grandfather of defendant, borrowed £100 of John Osbaldeston 
 of London, gent., who sent the money by said Thomas Green- 
 field, father of complainant, and entrusted to him to arrange for 
 security. Whereupon said John and Edward Talbot gave a 
 mortgage to said Greenfield and Crombock as trustees for the 
 use of said Osbaldeston, as security for said loan. As the loan 
 was not paid when due, said Greenfield entered the premises as 
 trustee for Osbaldeston, and took the profits therefrom until the 
 
48 
 
 death of said Greenfield, when Lettice Greenfield, his widow 
 and executrix, attempted to set up a title to the premises; but 
 said Osbaldeston exhibited a bill* against her in this court in 
 October 1647, and made out the mere trusteeship of her late 
 husband. Thereupon said Lettice Greenfield bought out said 
 Osbaldeston's claim of £100 for the sum of £80. And the said 
 John and Edward Talbot being then both dead, and this de- 
 fendant's estate being sequestrated for their loyalty to King 
 Charles I, in 1649 this defendant and his mother Mabel Talbot 
 exhibited a billf in this court against said Crombock and Lettice 
 Greenfield, touching the Carr estate; and after her reply, this 
 defendant made an agreement to pay the claim she had bought 
 of said Osbaldeston, being the loan of £100 lent by the latter to 
 John Talbot, defendant's grandfather, and to this end, defendant 
 borrowed £50 of Gilbert LaweJ of Whalley which he paid to 
 said Lettice Greenfield. And this defendant together with 
 James Ryley this defendant's late wife's father, deceased, 
 made a bond to said Lettice Greenfield for the other £50 to be 
 paid in six or twelve months. Said £50 was not paid when due, 
 this defendant being then in actual arms for King Charles 11. 
 And defendant's estate being sequestered for his loyalty, the 
 bond continued in force until 1657, when this defendant to pay 
 off his debts and clear the sequestration leased his whole estate 
 for thirty-one years to Edward Braddyll for £320, of which sum 
 £80 was paid to George Towlnson (who had married [in 1651] 
 the said widow Lettice Greenfield) to discharge the above bond 
 of £50 and repay said Towlnson for clearing the sequestration. 
 To secure said Lawe for his loan, defendant gave him a lease for 
 thirty-one years of one cottage and twenty-three acres of land, 
 which lease has expired. The debt to Osbaldeston being thus 
 long since paid, complainant has no cause for this suit. De- 
 fendant has just recovered his estate by redemption by a suit 
 in the court of Chancery against said Edward Braddyll who 
 has just died, before the accounting was completed. De- 
 fendant denies that the complainant's father ever had any 
 interest in the Carr estate other than as abovesaid, and knows 
 of no will or deeds or other papers of complainant's father. 
 Defendant denies any conspiracy with Towlnson, Crombock, 
 Braddyll, or any one else, to defraud complainant, who has no 
 
 * The documents in this suit are missing, 
 t No documents in this case can be found. 
 
 t This Gilbert Lawe had married Katherine Braddyll, great-aunt 
 of defendant. (See Braddyll Pedigree, ante, p. 39.) 
 
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 claim whatever on the estate. Defendant denies ever discussing 
 the alleged claim with complainant, although about eight years 
 ago defendant had lived over two years together at Preston 
 where complainant then lived and now lives, and was frequently 
 then in company with complainant. Defendant believes that 
 Edward Braddyll, who was "cozen german" to complainant, 
 conspired with complainant to bring this suit to embarras 
 defendant in his suit against said Braddyll. The said James 
 Ryley, who was father-in-law of defendant, was merely a bonds- 
 man for defendant on the bond for £50, at request of defendant. 
 In the account rendered by said Braddyll, he charges this de- 
 fendant with £80 paid to said Towlnson to discharge the £50 
 bond due his wife, formerly the widow Greenfield, and to recom- 
 pense said Towlnson for removing the sequestration. Defendant 
 never saw the mortgage to Osbaldeston, which was made in the 
 youth of defendant, but on coming of age was acquainted in 
 regard to it by his mother. Defendant asks that complainant's 
 bill be dismissed with costs. (Palatinate of Lancaster, Bills, 
 vol. 37, no. 79; Answers, vol. 78, last page.) No other docu- 
 ments of this case are preserved. 
 
 Confirmation of most of the statements made in the above 
 answer by George^^ Talbot are to be found in the records of the 
 Commissioners for Sequestration who proceeded against him 
 for his "delinquency" in taking part in the unsuccessful Royal- 
 ist insurrection in 1651. At the time of these sequestration 
 proceedings in 1652, George^^ Talbot naturally denied his par- 
 ticipation in this rebellion; but as he was convicted and se- 
 questered, and as thirty years later, when the Stuart dynasty 
 had been restored, he claimed to have served the King, there 
 can be no doubt that he did so. The following abstracts have 
 been secured giving particulars of his sequestration. 
 
 Examinations taken before the Commissioners for Seques- 
 trations in the County of Lancaster, touching the delinquency of 
 George Talbot of Carr, gent. 
 
 1. John Mitton of Preston, yeoman, deposeth: that in 
 August last, when the Earl of Derby and his forces lay in Pres- 
 ton, deponent saw the said George Talbot frequently ride among 
 said forces armed with a long tuke rapier; but deponent know- 
 eth not whether he had any command. Sworn 27 Feb. 1651/2. 
 
 2. Thomas Loynsdale of Whilpshire, tanner, deposeth: that 
 when the Earl of Derby invaded this county with his forces last 
 August, he knoweth that Mr. George Talbot of Carr was then 
 in arms under the said Earl, trailing a pike, and he came not 
 
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 home again until after Wigan fight. Sworn 24 Mar. 1651/2. 
 3. John Lonsdale of Billington, tanner, deposeth: that when 
 the Earl of Derby was in this county with his forces, Mrs. Mabel 
 Talbot of Carr in Whilpshire, widow, mother of said George 
 Talbot, furnished one Andrew Carleton with arms and sent him 
 to the Earl who was then in Preston with his forces; and at the 
 fight at Wigan said Carleton was taken prisoner by the Parlia- 
 ment forces, and ye said Mrs. Talbot sent money to relieve him. 
 Sworn 24 Mar. 1651/2. 
 
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 8. Margaret wife of Thomas Lonsdale of Whilpshire, de- 
 poseth: that she heard Mrs. Anne, wife of George Talbot of 
 Carr, gent., affirm that her husband the said George was at 
 Preston and had a pike; and the Sunday before the Earl of 
 Derby went from Preston to the fight at Wigan, the said George 
 Talbot was then to have a horse from the said Earl and to be 
 listed in the said Earl's own troop; and she further saith that the 
 Wednesday after the fight at Wigan, the said Anne Talbot went 
 to look for the said George Talbot to come home, who came 
 home that night.* Sworn 9 Feb. 1652/3. (State Papers, Inter- 
 regnum, A. 163-88.) 
 
 Depositions of witnesses taken at Ormskirk on 30 Apr. 1655, 
 on behalf of George Talbot of Carr. 
 
 1. Thomas Walkden of Blackburn deposes: that he well 
 knoweth said George Talbot whom he conceives to be about 
 twenty-six years of age and of middle stature. That in August 
 1651 when the Earl of Derby's forces lay about Preston, de- 
 ponent was taken prisoner at Clitheroe and carried to Preston 
 on the Thursday before the battle at Wigan. That at Preston 
 deponent did see said George Talbot and speak with him in the 
 street, but he did not see said Talbot carry any weapons. 
 
 3. Anne Atkinson, wife of Thomas Atkinson of Walton in the 
 Dale, aged fifty-six years deposeth: that she well knoweth 
 George Talbot of Carr who is a young man. That she, living 
 at Lowechurch in Walton in August 1651, did see said Talbot 
 going along afoot through the highway near her house, in the 
 company of two soldiers of the Earl's forces who had taken said 
 Mr. Talbot prisoner; but said Talbot bore no weapons. 
 
 * The Battle of Wigan was fought on Monday 25 Aug. 1651. 
 
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 7. Edward Rishton of Micklehey, gent., aged forty years, 
 deposeth: that he well knows said George Talbot who is now 
 about twenty-six years of age. . . . That said Talbot 
 was not in actual arms with the late King, nor with the Earl of 
 Derby in August 1651; but he believes said Talbot went to 
 Preston at that time about his private occasions, and that in his 
 journey thither he was taken prisoner by the Earl's soldiers at 
 Lowechurch. (State Papers, Interregnum, A. 163-91.) 
 
 The flimsy excuses offered by the witnesses for the defendant 
 were unavailing, and the estate of George^^ Talbot was seques- 
 tered; but the amount of the fine levied to remove the seques- 
 tration has not been found of record. During the course of 
 these proceedings, George Towlnson and Lettice (Braddyll- 
 Greenfield) his wife (who are mentioned in the suit in 1684-5 
 of Thomas Greenfield vs. George^^ Talbot, previously given), 
 petitioned the Commissioners of Sequestration as to their claim 
 against George^^ Talbot, as appears from the following docu- 
 ments: 
 
 George Towlnson of Witton, co. Lancaster, and Lettice his 
 wife, complain that George Talbot of Carr, gent., and James 
 Ryley of Rawshaw*, yeoman, by bond dated 13 June 1650, 
 were jointly bound in £100 for the payment of £50 before 13 
 Feb. next ensuing; but they defaulting payment and said 
 Ryley going for Ireland, your petitioners brought an action at 
 law against said Talbot and at the general sessions held at 
 Lancaster 11 Mar. 1651/2, obtained judgment for said £100 and 
 63 s. costs. Thereupon a moiety of Talbots lands were ex- 
 tended [attached] ; but the Commissioners for Sequestration have 
 ordered his whole estate to be sequestered to the Commonwealth 
 for his delinquency in the late war, and have endeavored to out 
 your petitioners who ask for use of Talbot's estate as security 
 for their judgment. 
 
 Examination of witnesses at Preston, 15 Sept. 1653. 
 
 1. William Wall of Preston, gent., aged thirty-six years, 
 under-sheriff, deposeth: that on an execution obtained by said 
 Towlnson against said Talbot, deponent on 29 Mar. 1653 held 
 an inquisition on the estate of said Talbot and found that he 
 held estates in Wilpshire, the moiety whereof was granted to 
 George Towlnson for satisfaction of said judgment. 
 
 2. Richard Craven of Dinkley, aged fifty-three years deposeth : 
 that he was present when George Talbot of Carr and James 
 
 * A hamlet near Oswaldtwistle in Church Kirk. 
 
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 Ryley of Rawkshaw did sign a bond of £100 for the payment of 
 £50 at a day long since past. 
 
 3. Edward Rishton of Micklehey, yeoman, aged forty-five 
 years, deposeth: that he knows the Towlnsons and has known 
 George Talbot of Carr for twenty-five years. He knows that 
 George Hindle and John Sharpies of Blackburn did enter the 
 estates late of George Talbot, then in possession of said Towln- 
 son and his wife, by pretence of an order from the Commissioners 
 of Sequestration, and did put the Towlnsons and did seize the 
 estate for the use of the Commonwealth, on account of the sup- 
 posed delinquency of said Talbot. He heard Talbot confess a 
 debt of £50 to Towlnson. The said Ryley went into Ireland 
 where he yet remains, and before he went to Ireland he sold 
 all his goods. (State Papers, Interregnum.) 
 
 By 1656 the Carr estate, consisting of the Hall, two cottages, 
 and about one hundred and three acres of land, seemed almost 
 hopelessly encumbered. Mabel Talbot, mother of George, held 
 as dower for life part of the Hall and about forty acres of land; 
 one cottage and about twenty-three acres of land had been 
 leased to Gilbert Lawe, for thirty-one years from 1650, for a 
 loan of £50; the other cottage and about three acres of land were 
 leased to 1678 to Richard Hurst; about seventeen acres of land 
 were held by George Towlnson as security for £50; and the re- 
 maining twenty acres and rest of the Hall were leased for 
 ninety-nine years from 1634 to Thomas Cockroft, as security 
 for £60. In addition there was the sequestration fine, the 
 amount of which does not appear. The condition of affairs 
 was most discouraging for George^^ Talbot who probably lived 
 with his mother in her dower part of the estate, until her decease 
 in 1660. But he was evidently a man of perseverance with a 
 determination to eventually redeem his ancestral estate. There- 
 fore, in 1657 he concluded a bargain with his second-cousin 
 Edward Braddyll, whereby he conveyed to Braddyll the whole 
 Carr estate (including the reversion of the dower of his mother 
 Mabel Talbot) for a term of thirty-one years, for a loan of £320, 
 of which sum £300 was applied to pay off the sequestration fine 
 and the claims of Towlnson and Cockroft. The conveyance 
 to Braddyll was made by fine, a legal process of land transfer 
 used five centuries in England, which was in the nature of a 
 fictitious and collusive lawsuit, by which the grantee, termed 
 the querant (plaintiff), sued the grantor, termed the deforciant 
 (defendant), for the premises agreed to be conveyed, and the 
 deforciant acknowledged the premises to rightly belong to the 
 
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 querant, for a consideration. The actual conditions of these 
 transfers, however, are not apparent from the records of these 
 fines, and the considerations stated are merely nominal. 
 
 The following documents give a complete record of the inter- 
 esting process of a transfer of land by fine. Of course the ex- 
 cusing of the deforciants from attending court to answer the 
 querant, on account of alleged infirmity of body, was simply the 
 legal technicality used to avoid the needless waste of time and 
 expense to attend court to defend a collusive case. 
 
 Edward Braddyll vs. George Talbot. 
 
 Oliver Lord Protector of the Dominion of England and Scot- 
 land & Ireland and the dominions thereto belonginge. To the 
 Sheriffe of Lancaster greetinge. Command George Talbot and 
 Anne his wife that Justly and without delay they would with 
 Edward Braddill the Covenant amongst them made of one mes- 
 suage two cottages one water corne milne three score acres of 
 Land sixteen acres of meadow twentie acres of pasture tenn 
 acres of wood, three acres of mosse, and Common of pasture 
 for all cattle with the appurtenances in Wilpshire and Billington. 
 And unless they will doe it And the said Edward Braddill shall 
 secure you of prosecuting his complaint, then summon by good 
 summoners the said George Talbot and Anne his wife, that they 
 be before our Justices at Lancaster on ye first day of the next 
 generall Session of Assizes there to be houlden to showe where 
 they will not doe it, and have you there the Summoners and this 
 writt. Witness our self e at Lancaster the tenth day of march in 
 ye yeare of our Lord MDCLVI. Fell. 
 
 Oliver Lord Protector of ye Commonwealth of England, Scot- 
 land, & Ireland and the Dominions thereto belonging. To 
 Sir John Talbot Knt, Roger Nowell Esq., Thos. Braddyll Esq., 
 Tempest Slinger and Richard Waddington, gents.; 
 
 Whereas a writt of Covenant dependeth before the Justices 
 at Lancaster Betweene Edward Braddyll demandant and 
 George Talbott and Anne his wife Deforceants of One mes- 
 suage two Cottages, one Water corne Milne, three score acres 
 of Land sixteene acres of meadowe twenty acres of pasture 
 tenn acres of Wood three acres of Mosse & common of pasture 
 for all Cattle with the appurtenances in Wilpshire and Billing- 
 ton. A flyne whereof is to be levied amongst them before the 
 said Justices at Lancaster accordinge to ye Lawe & Custome of 
 the said County Pallatyne of Lancaster, and the said George 
 Talbott & Anne are soe infirme that without great danger of 
 
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 their bodyes (as we are given to understand) they are not able 
 to travell to Lancaster by the day contained in the said writt to 
 make aknowledgements which are required in this behalf, We 
 pittieinge the condition of the said George Talbot & Anne have 
 given you two or more of you, power to take the knowledge- 
 ments which the said George Talbott and Anne shall willingly 
 make of the premises before you two or more of you; And there- 
 fore wee command you, two or more of you, that you personally 
 cominge to the said George Talbott & Anne his wife doe take 
 their aforesaid acknowledgements. And when you have taken 
 them then doe you certifie the Justices at Lancaster thereof 
 distinctly and plainly under the scales of you, two or more of 
 you. That then the said ffyne among the said parties may be 
 levied of the premises before the said Justices at Lancaster 
 aforesaid accordinge to the lawe & custom aforesaid, sendinge 
 to the said Justices this writte. Witness ourseK at Lancaster 
 the xxv*^ day of March in the yere of our Lord, One thousand 
 sixe himdred fifty and seaven. Fell. 
 
 Lane. Assizes. Command George Talbott and Anne his 
 wife that Justly they keepe with Edward Braddyll the covenant 
 of one Messuage, Two cottages, one water corne Milne, Three 
 Score Acres of lande, Sixteene Acres of meadowe, Twentie 
 Acres of pasture, ten Acres of wood. Three Acres of Mosse & 
 Common of pasture for all Cattle with the appurtenances in 
 Wilpshire & Billington and Unless etc. — 
 
 And the agreement is such that the sayd George & Anne have 
 acknowledged the aforesayd tenements & common of pasture 
 with the appurtenances to be the right of him the sayd Edward 
 as those which the said Edward hath of the gifte of the sayd 
 George & Anne. 
 
 And the same they hath remised & quitclaimed from them the 
 sayd George & Anne & their heires to the aforesayd Edward & 
 his heires forever. And moreover the sayd George & Anne have 
 granted for them & the heires of the sayd George that they 
 will warrant to the sayd Edward & his heires the aforesayd 
 tenements & common of pasture with the appurtenances against 
 them the sayd George & Anne and the heires of the sayd George 
 forever. 
 
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 And for this etc — 
 
 Taken and acknowledged at Whalley the 26*^ day of March 
 in the year of our lord 1657, when the sayd Anne was privately 
 examined and did willingly consent hereunto before us : 
 Thos. Braddyll, Rich: Waddington. 
 
 This is the final agreement made in the Court at Lancaster 
 on Saturday the eight and twentieth day of March in the yeare of 
 our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty seven, Before John 
 Parker one of the Barons of the Exchequer of the Lord Protector 
 and Erasmus Earle Serjeant at Law Justices at Lancaster, and 
 others then and there present. Betweene Edward Braddill 
 plaintife And George Talbott and Anne his wife deforceants 
 of one Messuage two Cottages one water Corne Milne three score 
 acres of land sixteene acres of meadow twentie acres of pasture 
 tenn acres of wood three acres of mosse and Common of pasture 
 for all Cattle with the appurtenances in Wilpshire and Billing- 
 ton. Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned betweene 
 them in the same Court that is to saye 
 
 That the said George and Anne have acknowledged the afore- 
 said Tenements and Common of pasture with the appurtenances 
 to be the right of him the said Edward As those which the said 
 Edward hath of the gift of the said George and Anne And the 
 same they have remised and quitclaimed from them the said 
 George and Anne and their heires to the aforesaid Edward and 
 his heires forever. And moreover the said George and Anne 
 have granted for them and the heires of the said George that 
 they will warrant to the said Edward and his heires the aforesaid 
 tenements and Common of pasture with the appurtenances 
 against them the said George and Anne and the heires of the 
 said George forever. And for this acknowledgement, remis- 
 sion, quitclayme, warrantie, fyne, and agreement the said 
 Edward hath given to the said George and Anne one hundred 
 sixtie six pounds, thirteene shillings and four pence sterlinge. 
 (Palatinate of Lancaster Fines, Lent Term, 1657, bundle 160, 
 no. 40.) 
 
 Edward Braddyll immediately took up his residence in Carr 
 Hall in the spring of 1657, occupying most of the mansion. 
 The five families of Edward Braddyll, Mabel Talbot, George 
 Talbot, Gilbert Lawe, and Richard Hurst, were now crowded 
 into the Carr estate, and disagreements among them naturally 
 arose. In less than a year, Mabel Talbot brought a suit on 17 
 Feb. 1657/8, in the Palatinate Court of Lancaster against 
 Braddyll and Hurst for encroaching on her part of the property, 
 
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 details of which have been previously given. (See ante, 
 p. 41.) After the death of Mabel Talbot in 1660, Braddyll took 
 possession of the portion of the estate she had occupied, and her 
 son George^i Talbot must also have soon removed; but where he 
 then located has not been learned, his next known residence being 
 in Preston in 1674. (See ante, p. 49.) At the same time, Brad- 
 dyll found means to make conditions so uncomfortable for his 
 great-aunt Katherine (Braddyll) Lawe and also for Richard 
 Hurst, that they were induced to lease their parts of the prem- 
 ises to him; so from 1660 Edward Braddyll seems to have oc- 
 cupied the whole estate for several years, and he was assessed 
 for three hearths there in the hearth tax of 25 Charles II. 
 (1673). (Lay Subsidies, Lancashire, 132-355.) Later in this 
 year he leased the premises for £40 a year to Burton Shuttle- 
 worth, who held them until 1680. (See post, p. 63.) In 1682 
 George^^ Talbot started a chancery suit against Braddyll to 
 recover the estate by redemption, in which suit he was successful 
 as will be described later. 
 
 According to a statement of Edward Braddyll, he was obliged 
 to pay a fine of £40 at the time of the decease of Mabel Talbot, 
 before he could take over her part of the estate, as she had been 
 convicted and fined that amount for recusancy. (See post, p. 60.) 
 
 The next known litigation in connection with Carr Hall oc- 
 curred in 1672, between Edward Braddyll and Thomas Lawe, 
 son and heir of Gilbert and Katherine (Braddyll) Lawe. The 
 appended documents give details of this case. 
 
 Edward Braddyll vs. Thomas Lawe. 
 In May 1672, Edward Braddyll, gent., complains that about 
 twenty-one years ago one George Talbot, gent., leased the part 
 of his estate of Carr Hall called "Snodworth" to one Gilbert 
 Lawe and Katherine his wife for thirty-one years for £80. 
 Later complainant acquired the remainder of the Carr Hall 
 estate from said Talbot on an understanding with said Gilbert 
 and Katherine Lawe that they would give up their lease to 
 complainant for an annuity of £8-8-0, and on the death of the 
 longest liver of them said Snodworth to remain to complainant. 
 Said Gilbert died first, intestate, and later his widow Katherine 
 died intestate, and now one Thomas Lawe, son of Gilbert and 
 administrator of said Katherine, claims said annuity was to 
 extend for thirty-one years, and has sued this complainant in 
 the common law to recover on bonds given to secure the an- 
 nuity. A summons is asked for against said Thomas Lawe. 
 (Palatinate of Lancaster, Bills, vol. 29, p. 72.) 
 
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 Thomas Lawe, defendant, answers that said George Talbot 
 leased part of Carr estate to Gilbert and Katherine Lawe for 
 thirty-one years, and later the complainant bought the rest of 
 said estate from said Talbot. Defendant denies the Lawes 
 agreed to surrender their lease to Braddyll for a life annuity. 
 They occupied the leased premises until the death of Gilbert 
 Lawe [in 1661], and then complainant abused and harrassed the 
 said Katherine, so she finally agreed to rent the premises to com- 
 plainant for £8-8-0 per year during the remainder of the term 
 of thirty-one years; and bonds for each year of the residue of 
 the thirty-one years were drawn up by Thomas Braddyll of 
 Portfield, brother of complainant, to secure said payments. 
 Defendant denies there were any conditions or agreements 
 other than are contained in the bonds. 
 
 Depositions for complainant, 27 Sept. 1672. 
 
 William Cockroft of Wadsworth in Heptonstall, co. York, 
 yeoman, aged about fifty-nine years, deposeth: that he has 
 known complainant and defendant many years, and has seen 
 Gilbert and Katherine Lawe, but was not acquainted with 
 them. Depondent's father Thomas Cockroft, deceased, had a 
 lease for ninety years of a moiety of the Carr, which lease came 
 to deponent, as son and heir, who about fifteen years ago con- 
 veyed the unexpired term to complainant for £110. 
 
 Andrew Holden of Toadehole, co. Lancaster, gent., aged 
 sixty-three years, identifies the deed of Edward Talbot to 
 Thomas Cockroft, of 20 Apr. 1634. 
 
 Elizabeth Rishton, wife of John Rishton of Whalley, hus- 
 bandman, aged forty-eight years, deposes that said Katherine 
 Lawe told her that she and her late husband held only a life 
 interest at Carr. 
 
 Alice Hatch of Brindle, widow, aged forty-three years, "de- 
 poseth and saith that shee knows the complainant and the de- 
 fendant and did knowe George Talbott in the Interrogatory 
 mentioned", etc.; also she saith the Lawes requested her to tell 
 said Braddyll they would take a life annuity of £8-8-0 for their 
 lease, if he would buy the Carr of said Talbot. 
 
 Depositions for defendant. 
 
 William Brierly deposes that he knows the complainant and 
 the defendant and has seen but did not know George Talbot; 
 he did not know Gilbert Lawe, but did know Katherine Lawe. 
 
 Jane Hargreaves deposes that she knows the complainant and 
 hath seen Mr. Talbot and did know Katherine Lawe, but did 
 not know Gilbert Lawe and does not know the defendant. 
 
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 Thomas Braddyll of Portfield, Esq., aged forty one years, 
 deposes that he knows complainant and defendant, and did 
 know Mr. Talbot, and did well know said Gilbert Lawe who 
 died about eleven years ago, and did well know said Katherine 
 Lawe who died about 1 Sept. 1671. Deponent is a bondsman 
 on several bonds of £8-8-0 from complainant to Katherine 
 Lawe, and knows of no agreement in respect to them other than 
 is contained in the bonds themselves. (Depositions, Palatinate 
 of Lancaster, bundles 89 and 90.) 
 
 It is noticeable that while the above deponents state they 
 "know" the complainant and defendant, etc., when they refer 
 to George Talbot they state they "did know" or "had 
 seen" him; this indicates that their acquaintance with him was 
 in the past, and that he had not been for some time a resident in 
 the vicinity of Carr Hall, at the date of the depositions (1672). 
 
 Ten years now pass during which no record of George^^ 
 Talbot has been discovered; but from statements in the suit of 
 Greenfield vs. Talbot in 1684, previously given, it appears that 
 George^i Talbot lived from 1674 to 1676 in Preston, co. Lanca- 
 shire, and that for some time prior to 1682 he resided in Ireland. 
 (See antey pp. 49, 47.) But in the last named year he returned to 
 England, having acquired means, probably by his second wife 
 then coming into property, wherewith to redeem his ancestral 
 estate of Carr Hall from Edward Braddyll who had held the 
 estate and enjoyed all the profits therefrom for twenty-five 
 years. But Braddyll refusing to then surrender the estate on 
 payment of the mortgage, George Talbot on 28 Nov. 1682 
 entered a suit in equity against him in the High Court of Chan- 
 cery, for right of redemption of the property and settlement of 
 accounts. The documents in this case furnish valuable and 
 interesting information concerning George^^ Talbot and the 
 Carr Hall estate. 
 
 George Talbot vs. Edward Braddyll. 
 To the Lord keeper of the Great Seal of England. Humbly 
 complaining, your orator George Talbot of the Carr in Wilp- 
 shire, co. Lancaster, gent., sheweth that he served his present 
 majesty [Charles IL] and his late father [Charles L] in the civil 
 wars, and was at Woogan fight in Lancashire and at Worcester 
 fight imder Lord Derby, in the service of his present majesty. 
 And for his fidelity your orator's estates were sequestered, your 
 orator being seized in fee tail of certain estate and also of other 
 estate whereof the reversion was to your orator, viz., of that 
 capital messuage commonly called the Carr, in Lancashire, and 
 
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 of one water corn-mill, two cottages, and divers farm buildings, 
 with lands, etc., belonging to said Carr, all of the yearly value 
 of £80. The said estates of your orator were seized and he was 
 turned out and detained from the rents thereof; and by force 
 of said sequestration one Robert Cunliffe of Sparke, co. Lan- 
 caster, had possession of said estates from 1652 to 1655, when 
 one Towlnson obtained said sequestration and secured them. 
 And your orator being acquainted with one Edward Braddyl 
 of Moreton in said county, gent., (to whom said Towlnson was 
 uncle or near relation), your orator and said Braddyl had 
 numerous conferences concerning buying off said sequestration. 
 And at length said Braddyl proposed that if your orator would 
 settle his estates on said Braddyl as security for £320 and 
 interest, the said Braddyl would pay to your orator £20 in 
 money and free your orator's estate from sequestration by pay- 
 ment of the fines thereon. For security Braddyl was to have 
 possession of said estates and receive the profits therefrom until 
 he was satisfied the said £320 and interest. So on 25 Mar. 
 1657, your orator assigned his estates to said Braddyl, the 
 dower of Mabel Talbot excepted, for £320, whereof £20 was 
 paid to your orator and the £300 residue was paid out for com- 
 pounding the sequestration of your orator's estates. Said as- 
 signment was for a term of ninety-nine years, for a rent to your 
 orator of 5 s. per annum, and at expiration of said term said 
 estates to revert to the use of your orator and his heirs; but if 
 your orator should pay to said Braddyl £380 on 25 Mar. 1688, 
 then the estate should revert to your orator and his heirs. Be- 
 fore the indenture was signed, your orator objected to some of 
 the wording as not being in the nature of a mortgage, and Brad- 
 dyl agreed to later execute a bond declaring the conveyance to 
 be merely a mortgage. Thereupon the indenture was signed 
 and Braddyl entered upon and enjoyed the estates to the amount 
 of £50 per annum until the death of widow Mabel Talbot, 
 three years after the date of indenture, when said Braddyl took 
 possession of the dower of said Mabel, and said Braddyl has 
 since enjoyed the whole estate. Said Braddyl did sign a bond 
 declaring his possession was only a mortgage; but in rendering 
 an account, he asked your orator to produce said bond, which 
 your orator did, not doubting Braddyl, and he put same into a 
 fire which was at hand, do what your orator could to prevent it. 
 Your orator hopes said Braddyl will on his oath testify to 
 the truth of this story, your orator's witnesses that could prove 
 the same being either dead or removed beyond the seas where 
 
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 unknown to your orator. Your orator being very poor, it was 
 Braddyl's intent to swallow up your orator's estate. Braddyl 
 now claims absolute possession for ninety-nine years and all 
 profits for thirty-one years, and that the £380 to be paid by 
 your orator was to be for repairs and improvements on estate. 
 Said Braddyl has rendered no account for payment for seques- 
 tration, neither has he made any improvements on the estate; 
 but he has racked the same, and cut off the wood, and taken 
 down the mill and other buildings. Your orator prays for a 
 summons to said Braddyl to appear and answer, and for the 
 equity of redemption of said estates, and an accounting of the 
 profits. 28 Nov. 1682. (Chancery Proceedings, 1649-1714, 
 Bridges, bundle 566.) 
 
 Answer of Edward Braddyl, gent., defendant, 15 Feb. 1682/3 
 Defendant does not know whether or not complainant served 
 the King, and does not know whether or not he was sequestered. 
 Defendant does know that complainant was seized of Carr 
 estate, partly in inheritance and partly in reversion, all of which 
 defendant believes was of the yearly value of about £43. Part 
 of said estate to the value of £15 was in possession of complain- 
 ant; and Mabel Talbot, mother of complainant, held another 
 part for life worth £17 per annum; and one Katherine Lawe 
 held another part for thirty-one years (which term expired about 
 three years since) of the yearly value of £8; and one Richard 
 Hurst held a lease of another part worth £3 per year, which 
 lease expired five years since. Defendant never heard that 
 complainant's estate was sequestered, but knew that his mother 
 Mabel Talbot's was, because of recusancy, which cost defendant 
 £40 to remove, after said Mabel's death. Neither does de- 
 fendant believe that Cunliffe or Townson ever enjoyed any of 
 said estate by virtue of sequestration, although complainant 
 being in debt, they may have obtained it for that reason. Said 
 George Townson was uncle to defendant by marriage to sister 
 of defendant's father. Defendant denies any conversation with 
 complainant concerning buying of sequestration. But in March 
 1656/7 there was a treaty between complainant and defendant 
 concerning defendant purchasing an interest in plaintiff's 
 estate, part of which was encumbered. Complainant agreed 
 for £320 to convey his estates to defendant for ninety-nine 
 years; but if complainant should pay defendant £380 at end 
 of thirty-one years, then said term of ninety-nine years should 
 cease. By indenture dated 25 Mar. 1657, complainant and 
 Anne his wife agreed to acknowledge a fine at the next assizes 
 
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 to convey the premises to defendant and his heirs, to the intent 
 that defendant might be perfect tenant of the freehold of said 
 premises. And said deed was made and defendant paid out to 
 the creditors of complainant the sum of £320 by his direction, 
 and plaintiff gave a receipt therefor, dated 4 May 1657. De- 
 fendant cannot now recall how each part of said £320 was paid. 
 Defendant denies that complainant objected to the indenture, 
 until after it was signed, when he suggested that a thirty-one 
 year term was too long and desired the £380 might be paid at 
 the end of twenty-eight years. Whereupon defendant gave a 
 note to said complainant that he would accept of said money 
 at end of twenty-eight years, which note complainant did three 
 or four days later surrender to defendant, on payment of 40 s. 
 to complainant and £5 to his wife. Defendant claims the 
 conveyance was a sale for a fixed term and not a mortgage with 
 security. The mother of complainant enjoyed part of the 
 estate for four years, and defendant paid £8-8-0 yearly to said 
 Katherine Lawe until two years ago, and £3 yearly to Richard 
 Hurst until five years ago. Defendant denies he was to pay for 
 compounding any sequestration, or that he ever stated he held 
 merely a mortgage of the premises. Defendant denies giving 
 or burning any bond, or of giving any paper other than afore- 
 said, or that he took advantage of complainant's poverty. 
 Defendant has expended £80 in improvements, besides £30 
 in suits at law to defend the title. Defendant denies cutting 
 down trees or pulling down buildings, and claims that complain- 
 ant himself let some of the buildings go down. (Chancery 
 Proceedings, 1649-1714, Bridges, bundle 566.) 
 
 Depositions for Complainant, taken 13 Sept. 1683. 
 
 (Chancery Depositions, Reynardson, bundle 1008.) 
 Dorothy, wife of Richard Parker of Great Harwood, yeoman, 
 aged fifty-four years, deposes: that she has known the com- 
 plainant and defendant for over forty years, being sister to 
 complainant and daughter to Mrs. Mabel Talbot who died in 
 March next preceeding his present Majesty's happy restoration, 
 and who was near four score years of age at her death. She 
 knew Richard Hayhurst and Edward Hayhurst, both buried 
 at Great Harwood, Richard being father of Edward. The com- 
 plainant George Talbot served imder the Earl of Derby at 
 Wigan, where he was wounded, and also at Worcester. For his 
 loyalty to the King, the complainant was sequestered [in 1652] 
 by means of one Cunliffe and one George Hindle, agents for 
 
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 sequestration, and thereupon complainant was turned out of 
 possession of Carr and said estate was set over by sequestra- 
 tion to one Thomas Loynsdale. The estate continued under 
 sequestration for two years, when same was taken off by one 
 George Towlnson who paid moneys in behalf of complainant 
 for clearing the estate, but deponent knows not the amount, 
 nor does she know the total of complainant's loss. By reason 
 thereof, his creditors fell upon him and sued him for debts, 
 which caused him to make bad bargains, and particularly this 
 bad agreement with defendant. Deponent values the premises 
 of George Talbot at Carr, which Braddyl took, at £20 per an- 
 num, and she has good knowledge thereof as she was born at 
 Carr. The value of Mabel Talbot's portion was about £23 
 per year. Deponent also knows that part of the estate occu- 
 pied by Katherine Lawe (whose maiden name was Braddyl), 
 and it was worth £12 per annum, and said Katherine did one 
 time let same for £12 to Edward Slater of Whalley. But the 
 defendant quarrelled with her and so disturbed her that she 
 was forced to let same to defendant for £8 per annum. The 
 portion of the estate in occupation of Richard Hurst, late serv- 
 ant to complainant, was worth £3 clear and contained three 
 acres. 
 
 Leonard Waring of Goosenargh deposes, that at the request 
 of the wife of complainant, he has surveyed the estate and finds 
 it contains 103 acres, 3 roods, and 32 perches; whereof the lands 
 of George Talbot entered by defendant contain 38 acres, 1 rood, 
 and 2 perches; those occupied by Mabel Talbot contain 39 
 acres and 27 perches; those occupied by Katherine Lawe con- 
 tain 23 acres, 2 roods, and 1 perch; and Hurst tenement con- 
 tains 3 acres and 2 perches. Deponent estimates the land 
 worth 10s. 6d. per acre per annum. 
 
 Robert Fielding of Pythorne, aged seventy-two years, de- 
 poses that he knows the complainant and defendant, and that 
 Mabel Talbot, mother of complainant, was a very ancient 
 woman at her death in March 1660. The complainant was in 
 actual arms at Worcester fight, and was later sequestered, and 
 the estate was farmed out to Thomas Loynsdale. Katherine 
 Lawe died about twelve years ago. 
 
 Depositions for Defendant, taken 13 Sept. 1683. 
 
 Edward Hesketh of Thornleigh, co. Lancaster, carpenter, 
 deposes that the buildings on Carr estate were in a ruinous con- 
 dition when Braddyl entered in 1657. 
 
 Burton Shuttleworth of Carr Hall, gent., aged sixty-four 
 
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 years, deposes that for seven years up to 2 Feb. 1679/80, he 
 farmed the estate for defendant at £40 per annum, and de- 
 ponent had a very hard farm of the premises. 
 
 Thomas Cockroft of Clitheroe, aged sixty years, deposes 
 that his father did long since lend to the father of the com- 
 plainant the sum of £60, and as security had a long lease of a 
 moiety of the Carr, redeemable on repayment with interest. 
 In 1657 the defendant Braddyll cleared said encumbrance by 
 paying to William Cockcroft, brother of deponent, the sum of 
 £110. Deponent identifies an indenture for above loan, made 
 20 Apr. 10 Charles I. [1634], between Edward Talbot, son and 
 heir of John Talbot of Carr Hall, gent., and Thomas Cockcroft, 
 father of deponent, who died about twenty years later. 
 
 Second Bill of Complaint, dated 18 May 1685. 
 George Talbot of Carr, co. Lancaster, gent., complains, that 
 in Michaelmas 1682 your orator exhibited his bill against 
 Edward Braddyl, since deceased, setting forth your orator had 
 served his Majesty Charles II. at Wigan fight, and was se- 
 questered for this service, etc., etc. Depositions were taken, 
 the cause was heard 20 Feb. 1683/4, and judgement was de- 
 livered that the instrument of assignment to Braddyl should be 
 held to be a mortgage, that your orator should be admitted to 
 the redemption of the premises, and that an accounting of the 
 profits and improvements of the defendant should be taken 
 before a master. Before the accounting had been settled, said 
 Edward Braddyl died [in Aug. 1684], leaving Margaret his wife 
 administratrix, who ought to complete account. Your orator 
 asks for a summons for her to appear and complete the account- 
 ing. (Chancery Proceedings, 1649-1714, Bridges, bundle 95 
 no. 16.) 
 
 Depositions for Defendant, taken in Oct. 1685. 
 (Chancery Depositions, Collins, bundle 194, no. 2.) 
 
 James Sharpies of Billington, servant to the late Mr. Brad- 
 dyl, deposes that when Mr. Braddyl took possession of Carr 
 Hall no one could go dryshod in the house or barn in foul 
 weather, the mill had fallen down, and there were no gates nor 
 stiles on the premises. Mr. Braddyl laid out £200 in repairs. 
 
 Edward Titterington of Billington, formerly servant of Mr. 
 Braddyl for eight years, deposes that the house was in extra- 
 ordinary great decay when Mr. Braddyl first took possession, 
 in so much that cattle ran into the house for wormstall in the 
 summer time. 
 
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 Alice Hatch deposes that Mr. Braddyl went to dwell at 
 Carr Hall twenty-eight years ago, deponent being then his 
 servant there for five weeks. The buildings were in extra- 
 ordinary decay. Twelve years ago she again saw the place 
 and it had been put in repair at expense of £200. Deponent 
 further states that the first night Mr. Braddyl went to inhabit 
 at Carr Hall, some difference happened between him and Mr. 
 Talbot, and the latter slipped into the house and barred the 
 door and kept Mr. Braddyl out, saying Mr. Braddyl should 
 have no possession until he (Talbot) and his wife were satisfied. 
 Whereupon they went to Whalley and there matters were 
 settled, so that the next night they came to Carr Hall and com- 
 plainant owned that Braddyl had paid £5 to Mrs. Talbot, and 
 therefore was free and welcome to possession of Carr Hall. 
 
 Anne, wife of George Taylor, deposes that she has been 
 servant to Mr. Braddyl, and knows that Mrs. Mabel Talbot 
 had used the timbers from the old mill for firewood. 
 
 Depositions for Complainant. 
 
 John Sudell, yeoman, deposes that when Mr. Braddyl first 
 occupied the house there were two props in the house, but now 
 there are thirty props in the house and barn to keep them from 
 falling. Deponent believes that Mr. Braddyl has spent less 
 than £12 for repairs, and the house is in much more decay than 
 when he entered. 
 
 Richard Edmundson, yeoman, aged sixty-four years, de- 
 poses that Carr estate has been let for the last few years to 
 Major Shuttleworth for £40 per annum. Repairs made by 
 Mr. Braddyl cost less than £12. Major Shuttleworth told 
 deponent that he was in fear of his life in the house, and that 
 it needed a dozen more props to make it safe. 
 
 Thomas Wilkinson of Clayton-in-the-Dale, yeoman, aged 
 eighty-one years, deposes that Carr estate has about 100 
 acres, and is now worth £40 per year clear. The buildings 
 were something out of repair when Mr. Braddyl first entered, 
 but are now much more worse and are supported by over 
 thirty props. Deponent and several neighbors estimate that 
 repairs made by Braddyl cost under £12. The mill and kiln 
 were so much out of repair when Mr. Braddyl first entered, that 
 they could not be used without repairs; so he took them down 
 and rebuilt the garden wall with the stones. 
 
 Having thus recovered his ancestral estate, after an exile 
 from it of over twenty-five years, George^^ Talbot, at the age 
 of about sixty years, returned in 1685 to Carr Hall, and re- 
 
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 sided there for the remaining twenty-five years of his life. Dur- 
 ing this period he was engaged in at least two lawsuits of which 
 records have been found. The first one of them, in 1697, fur- 
 nishes interesting domestic information and the earliest recorded 
 mention that has been found in England of any child of George^^ 
 Talbot, although he had been first married nearly half a cen- 
 tury before. 
 
 James Parkinson vs. George Talbot. 
 On 15 Feb. 1696 [1696/7] James Parkinson of Stainderber, 
 CO. Lancaster, gent., complains that George Talbot of Carr, 
 CO. Lancaster, gent., being a gentleman of good real and per- 
 sonal estate, and having* andf , 
 namely, t , and having more than ordinary af- 
 fection for his said daughter Mary (who had been very dutiful 
 all her life to him and his wife), the said George had often de- 
 clared he would handsomely prefer her in marriage, frequently 
 stating he would give said Mary a marriage portion of £500 
 or £600. And complainant having heard of these promises, 
 proposed marriage with said Mary, whereunto said George 
 willingly hearkened and consented, and was informed as to 
 complainant's estate, etc. And said George promised that upon 
 said marriage he would put complainant in possession of said 
 estate called Carr, of which said George claimed to be seized, 
 worth £60 per year, and that complainant should have the prof- 
 its thereof, paying said George £20 per year for seven years after 
 said marriage; and your complainant was also to have all the 
 goods of said George, worth £300, on condition complainant 
 should pay a debt of said George to John Warren, Esq., of £100, 
 which said George claimed to be his only debt. Furthermore, 
 said George also promised to pay complainant £200 at the end 
 of seven years after the marriage. And said George wrote and 
 invited complainant and his relatives to come to Carr to have 
 the marriage settlement concluded and the marriage consmn- 
 ated. So about July or August § complainant and his 
 relations went to Carr where they insisted said George put his 
 promises in writing. Whereupon said George, although ad- 
 mitting above promises, then pretended his wife was unwilling 
 to leave his estate at Carr where they then lived, and said he 
 would pay his said daughter's marriage portion in another 
 
 * Omitted words should be, "one son". 
 
 t Omitted words should be, "two daughters". 
 
 X Omitted words should be, "George, Catherine, and Mary". 
 
 §"1693" omitted. 
 
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 way. Whereupon said George executed the following articles: 
 Articles of agreement of marriage to be solemnized between 
 James Parkinson of Escow,co. York, and Mary Talbot, daughter 
 of George Talbot of Carr, co. Lancaster, dated 5 Aug. 1693, 
 witnesseth that the said George Talbot agrees to pay the said 
 James Parkinson £100 at the end of three years, and for security 
 assigns meadows called Broad Meadow and Long Meadow, 
 containing eight acres. Said James and Mary shall have diet 
 and lodging free with said George Talbot until next May day, 
 and longer if it is agreed. Said George also agrees that at his 
 death his said daughter Mary shall by will be made equal or 
 better than the rest of his children over and above said £100. 
 Said James Parkinson shall endow said Mary in half of a tene- 
 ment called Escow and a piece of land called Stainderber, 
 situate in the counties of York and Lancaster. Signed by 
 George Talbot. Complainant was induced to accept above 
 written articles instead of the former verbal promises. There- 
 upon about* complainant and said Mary intermarried 
 and had diet and lodging free with said George Talbot until 
 next May day 1694, when complainant took his wife to his 
 own estate at Escow, where they have since resided. About 
 last October, complainant and his wife went to Carr, and com- 
 plainant civilly requested said George to pay the £100 as agreed. 
 But said George now repudiates the articles of agreement, re- 
 fuses to make payment, and claims the aforesaid meadows had 
 been previously assigned and so cannot be attached by complain- 
 ant, and so in plain terms bids your complainant "goe to his 
 purpose and take his course; although in August last, said £100 
 should have been paid." Also said George now pretends Carr 
 estate was in some other persons upon secret trust, and he 
 refuses his agreement to make his daughter Mary better than 
 his other children. It is apparent that said George intended 
 to put off said daughter upon complainant, without any portion, 
 contrary to equity and good conscience, as the complainant 
 is unable to enter upon the previously assigned closes to collect 
 the agreed dowry of £100. 
 
 Complainant prays that a summons be directed to the said 
 George Talbot to answer whether or not the above named 
 promises were first made by him, whether or not the above 
 articles were finally accepted by complainant, and whether or 
 not in last October said George refused to pay the £100 or to 
 convey said meadows to complainant, pretending they were 
 
 * Date omitted. 
 
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 entailed. Complainant prays that said George may be re- 
 quired either to fulfill his original promises or the written articles 
 of agreement. (Palatinate of Lancaster, Bills, bundle 44, no. 
 113.) 
 
 No answer, depositions, or decree can be found regarding this 
 suit, and it is evident that the case was settled by George^i 
 Talbot paying Parkinson the £100 agreed upon, as in his will 
 in 1708 he mentions the fact that his daughter Mary had al- 
 ready received £100. 
 
 This will of George^i Talbot in 1708 (to be given later) be- 
 queathed Carr estate to a son George^^ Talbot, *^if he happen to 
 be alive and appear at Carr^*; this last phrase shows that the son 
 had then long been missing; and James Parkinson's claim in 
 above suit that George^^ Talbot had originally promised to con- 
 vey Carr Hall to Parkinson as a marriage portion for George's 
 daughter Mary^^ Talbot, makes it certain that the son George^ 
 Talbot had long been missing as early as 1693; as certainly 
 Parkinson could not advance such a tale, if George^^ Talbot's 
 son and heir was then known to be living. 
 
 While James Parkinson and his wife were having "free diet 
 and lodging" at Carr Hall in 1694, a Catholic rebellion was 
 attempted in Lancashire; but it was quickly suppressed by the 
 Government and commissioners were sent out to ferret out the 
 Catholics who had instigated the plot, and to summons witnesses 
 for examination. Among these witnesses, James Parkinson of 
 Carr Hall, co. Lancaster, gent., deposes, that one Ellis, servant 
 to Capt. Baker one of the King's commissioners, seized two of 
 deponent's horses, and deponent sent his wife to try and see if 
 she could prevail on Ellis and his company to restore the horses; 
 and deponent's wife informed him that John Lunt, who was 
 with Ellis, informed her he had matters of consequence to im- 
 part to deponent. And so deponent went to Lunt who asked 
 his assistance in giving evidence against Lord Molineux. (See 
 "Historical Mss. Commission Reports," No. 14, Appendix, 
 part 4, p. 368.) 
 
 Among the manuscripts of Lord Kenyon, is a copy of eight 
 charges made in 1690 against Thomas Braddyll of Portfield by 
 Rev. Stephen Gey, vicar of Whalley, alleging that Braddyll 
 was a Catholic. The fifth charge was: "Numbers of papists 
 of quality were freed by Braddyl from taxes in his oflSce as com- 
 missioner for the King's subsidy in Whalley District, among 
 them R. Grimshaw, Esq., G. Talbot, gent., and Judge Cottrell; 
 they being doubly assessed, according to the Act, as professed 
 
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 papists, were struck off by said Braddyl", etc. (See "Historical 
 Mss. Commission Reports" No. 14, Appendix, part 4, p. 251.) 
 This "G. Talbot, gent.", doubtless refers to George^i Talbot 
 of Carr Hall, who evidently adhered to the Catholic faith of his 
 ancestors. 
 
 Two more mentions of George^^ Talbot before 1700 have been 
 found. The inventory of the estate of George West of Wilp- 
 shire was taken 22 Apr. 1696, by George Talbott, Richard Dob- 
 son, Oliver Feilding, and Roger Noblet. (Chester Probate 
 Records.) On 17 June 1698, George Talbot of Carr in Wilp- 
 shire and George Blore of Billington, claiming to be adminis- 
 trators of the estate of John Houlden of Witton, sued Richard 
 Worthington, Thomas Brockhole, and James Houlden, who had 
 seized the estate of the deceased. (Palatinate of Lancaster, 
 Bills, bundle 46, no. 35.) The deceased John Holden was a 
 nephew of Anne Holden, the second wife of George^^ Talbot, 
 great-grandfather of George^^ Talbot; but the documents in 
 this suit furnish no information about the Talbot family. 
 
 The long and checkered life of George^^ Talbot was now 
 drawing to a close. He had lived in the reigns of nine sover- 
 eigns and had witnessed three revolutions in the English govern- 
 ment. By a first marriage he had had two sons and two 
 daughters; and when his sons were but children, he had lost 
 his inherited homestead, apparently hopelessly; so the eldest 
 son, with no prospect of inheritance, had become a Catholic 
 priest and soon after died in a foreign land. The other son, 
 when a young man, had mysteriously disappeared, and for 
 many years had not been heard from, so his father did not know 
 whether he were living or dead. Probably with the money of 
 his second wife, he had been able to redeem his ancestral estate 
 in 1685, after over twenty-five years exile from it, and had since 
 lived there with her nearly a quarter of a century. His two 
 daughters, both married and with children and grand-children, 
 were living in the vicinity, and apparently not on friendly 
 terms with their step-mother. These were the circumstances 
 under which George^^ Talbot, at the age of eighty-five years, 
 and realizing his approaching end, arranged for the disposal of 
 his estate. 
 
 Will of George Talbot of Carr. 
 
 In the name of God, Amen, the eighteenth day of December 
 in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and 
 eight, I George Talbott of Carr in the County of Lancaster, 
 Gent., being indisposed in body but of sound and perfect mem- 
 
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 ory, praised be God for the same, Doe make & ordain this my 
 last Will and Testament in manner & forme following. First 
 and principally I doe commend my Soule unto the hands of 
 Amighty God my Maker and Redeemer and my body to the 
 earth to be buryed at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter 
 named, Trusting assuredly through the mercyes of my God that 
 I shall receive full pardon and free remission of all my sinns and 
 be saved by the pretious death and meritts of my Blessed 
 Saviour and Redeemer Christ Jesus. And as concerning my 
 worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God toblesse me, I 
 dispose of the same as foUoweth. Imprimis: I give and be- 
 queath unto my dearly beloved Wife Ann Talbott one full half 
 part of all my Mess^ & Tenem* with the appert' called the Carr 
 situated & being in Wilpshire and Billington in the said County, 
 to have & to hold the said half part for and during her natural 
 life, the whole to be divided by two such neighbours as she shall 
 nominate and my said Wife to have her choice of whitch part 
 she shall be mindful to take. Item : I give and bequeath all the 
 other half part of the said Messg^ & Tenn** to my Sonn George 
 Talbott if hee happen to be alive and to appear at Carr aforesaid 
 in right sense and good understanding, to have and to hold the 
 same from the time of such appearance untill the death of my 
 said Wife, and after her decease and the like appearance of my 
 said Son George, I give & bequeath all the whole before men- 
 tioned Messu^^ & Tenem*^ with the appurtenc' to my said son 
 George his Exc**, Adm^ & Ass^ during all the remainder of my 
 term therein. And it is my Will & minde that my said Wife 
 shall have & enjoy all the whole said Mess'gs & Tenem*^ with 
 the appurt^ until such appearance of my said son George. And 
 if he happen to be dead or shall not appear at Carr aforesaid 
 in such right sense and understanding, then I give & bequeath 
 all the said Mess^^ & Tenem*^ with the appur*^ with all my 
 right, title, terme, & interest therein unto my said Wife Ann 
 Talbott, her Exuc, Adm, & Ass, and the same to be disposed of 
 as she shall think fitting. Item : I give and bequeath unto my 
 daughter Cathrin Eden the sum of One hundred pounds in full 
 satisfaction of her portion and in full of all her title & claim of 
 any money due to her by virtue of any act or deed by me for- 
 merly made or executed. And it is my Will and minde that 
 shee shall give a generall release of all Title to the Carr afore- 
 said before shee shall receive the said money or any part there- 
 of; and upon the refusall, to forfeit the same to my Executrix 
 hereafter named. Item: I give unto my said daughter Cath- 
 
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 rine Eden's two children called Robert and Mary each of them 
 Twenty pounds, to be paid them at the decease of my said Wife 
 and upon condition of their release as aforesaid. Item: I give 
 unto my daughter Mary Osbaldeston Twenty pounds to be 
 paid her also at the decease of my said Wife, upon condition that 
 her husband and shee doe likewise give a generall release shortly 
 for the One hundred pounds she has already received, according 
 as above required for my said daughter Cathrine. Item: I 
 give to my said daughter Mary's children, called James, Mary, 
 Dorothy, Margery, and Ann, each of them Twenty pounds, to 
 be paid them at the death of my said Wife, upon condition of 
 my said daughter Mary and her said husband release as afore- 
 said. And it is my Will & mind that my said Wife shall have the 
 interest of all the money hereby given to all or any of my grand- 
 children & daughter Mary during the life of my said Wife. 
 Item: I give to my cozen John Parker Tenn shillings, to my 
 cozen Alexander Parker Tenn shillings, to my nephews John 
 & Thomas Talbott each Ten shillings. Item: after all my 
 debts, legacy's, & funeral expenses are paid & discharged, I 
 give and bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of all my 
 money and all my goods, chattells, & personall estate whatsoever 
 unto my said dear Wife Ann Talbott, And I doe hereby nominate 
 & appoint my said dear Wife Ann Talbott Sole Executrix of 
 this my last Will & Testament, hoping she will see the same 
 faithfully performed as my trust is in her. In Witness whereof 
 I have hereunto put my hand & seal and published the same as 
 my last Will the day & year first above written. 
 
 George Talbott 
 
 Sealed, signed, published, & declared by the said George 
 Talbott for & as his last Will & Testament before us who attested 
 the same in his presence and at his request. Theoph Taylor, 
 Mathew Gregson, Jno. Sherburne. 
 
 Whereas I the within named George Talbott by my within 
 written last Will and Testament dated the 18*^ day of December 
 Anno Domi 1708, have nominated & appointed my within said 
 dear Wife Ann Talbott sole Executrix thereof. It is my further 
 Will and mind that if my said Son George, my said daughter 
 Cathrine Eden, my said daughter Mary Osbaldeston, or any of 
 them, or any of my said grandchildren shall at any time there- 
 after put my said Wife to any charge by reason of their or any 
 of their suites, troubles, or refractory proceedings occasioned by 
 their or any of their noncomplyance with my said last Will & 
 Testament & the true intent & meaning thereof That then & in 
 
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 such case it is my Will & Minde that my said Wife her Exuc*, 
 Adm, or Ass^ shall deduct & reimburse all such charges as afore- 
 said out of such respective child or grandchild's portion or 
 legacy by me therein given as shall be vexatious and not com- 
 plying with the just performance of my said last Will & 
 Testament making this writing part thereof and ratifying & 
 confirming the same As Witness my hand & Scale the 18 day of 
 February Anno Domi 1708. [1708/9]. 
 
 George Talbott 
 
 Sealed, signed, published, and declared by the said George 
 Talbott as a Codicill to the within written Will in the presence 
 of us, Theoph Taylor, Jno. Sherburne. 
 
 Proved in the Consistory of Chester 24 June 1709. 
 
 George^^ Talbot died less than six weeks after making the 
 codicil to his will, as shown by the entry of his burial in the 
 registers of Whalley church: "1709. March y 30*^. Buried 
 Mr. George Taulbert of Carr hall, gentleman, in y« church". 
 
 Carr Hall had been the subject of extensive litigation through- 
 out the life of George^^ Talbot, and his will caused more work for 
 lawyers. By this will, the long missing son George'^^ Talbot 
 was to eventually succeed to Carr Hall "if he happen to be alive 
 and appear at Carr; but if he happen to be dead or never appear 
 at Carr", then the said estate was to pass outright to the testa- 
 tor's second wife Anne, "to dispose of as she shall think fitting". 
 Thus, if the son George were dead or never returned home, not 
 only were said son's descendants (if any) cut off from the suc- 
 cession, but the will also explicitly excluded the testator's two 
 daughters, Catherine and Mary, from succeeding, in favor of the 
 testator's second wife. Considering the known history of 
 George^i Talbot, and reading between the lines of his will, it 
 seems evident that George^^ Talbot thus favored his second wife 
 because her money enabled him to redeem his ancestral property; 
 and it is also evident that his children were in a state of war 
 with their step-mother. Doubtless the daughters felt, that if 
 their brother were dead without heirs, that they should have 
 the reversion of the estate, which had been in the family three 
 centuries, after the decease of their step-mother. As soon as the 
 eldest daughter Catherine Eden learned of the provisions of her 
 father's will, she expressed her wrath in violent manner, as 
 shown by the following document fastened to the original will 
 which itself is in fragments and pasted on a paper backing. 
 
 Catherine Eden vs Anne Talbott. 
 22 Sept. 1709. Anne Talbott deposes: George Talbot de- 
 
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 parted this life on or about 29 March last. About April 5 
 following, Catherine Eden, daughter of said George Talbot, 
 plaintiff in this case, came to the defendant's house and de- 
 sired that she might see or hear read her father's will, which the 
 defendant agreeing, ordered one William Clayton to bring the 
 will and read it to her, and while he was so doing she the said 
 Catherine Eden hastily snatched the said original will out of 
 the hands of the said William Clayton, and before it could be 
 recovered from her she the said plaintiff tore the said will in 
 abundance of pieces; some [fell] on defendant's house floor, some 
 on her way home, and others were not to be found. Which 
 said fact and violent action of hers, the said plaintiff hath since 
 confessed before a Justice of the Peace at Preston, and at the 
 next quarter sessions after, and before several credible witnesses. 
 
 The will was admitted to probate 24 June 1709; but the 
 daughter Catherine Eden engaged one Richard Bouchier, an 
 attorney in the ecclesiastical courts, to contest the will in the 
 Court of the Bishop of Chester, her step-mother Anne Talbot 
 having John Hulton as attorney to defend the will. As will be 
 later shown, Catherine Eden evidently attempted at this time 
 to get in touch with her missing brother George^^ Talbot in New 
 England, she apparently believing him to be there. The trial 
 began at Chester on 22 Sept. 1709; unfortunately no documents 
 in the case are preserved, except the deposition by Anne Talbot, 
 previously given; the clerk's minutes in the Court Book simply 
 list the case as successively postponed on 6 October, 3 Novem- 
 ber, 10 November, 17 November, and 24 November, to 1 Dec. 
 1709, when decree was made for the will. (Court Book, Regis- 
 try of the Bishop of Chester.) 
 
 The following inventory of the personal estate of George^^ 
 Talbot of Carr Hall, is filed with his will at Chester: 
 
 In the barn: one bull, two oxen, four horses, one 
 cow, six calves, two foals, one pig £25-15-0 
 
 Carts and hay in the barn 1-17-0 
 
 In the hall : two long tables, one form, five chairs, 
 two stools, one clock, fire-irons, etc., 1- 8-0 
 
 In the dining hall: one table, five chairs, fire- 
 irons, etc 12-8 
 
 In the great chamber: two chests, two bedsteads, 
 bedding, fire-irons, etc 1- 1-0 
 
 In the middle chamber: one bed, two chests, 
 table, trunk, five chairs, fire-irons, etc 2-15-0 
 
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 In the little stairhead chamber: one bed, bedding, 
 
 chairs, etc 0-15-0 
 
 In the other chamber: two beds, chairs, table, 
 
 form, stool, fire-irons, etc 3- 0-0 
 
 In the kitchen: cooking utensils, etc 1-17-0 
 
 In the buttery: utensils 4-16-0 
 
 Linen 1-15-0 
 
 Purse and apparell 320- 0-0 
 
 Total £365-11-8 
 
 The will of George^^ Talbot being finally allowed, and his 
 son George^^ Talbot being dead, the widow Anne Talbot became 
 sole possessor of the Carr Hall estate which she at once sold to 
 the trustees of the great landed estate of Bartholomew Walmes- 
 ley, Esq., of Dunkenhalgh, co. Lancaster. His daughter and 
 sole heiress, Catherine Walmesley, born in 1698, married 
 Robert Petre, seventh Baron Petre of Writtle, co. Essex, and 
 carried all the great Walmesley estates, including Carr Hall, into 
 the Petre family. Their son Robert James, eighth Baron 
 Petre, was succeeded by his only son Robert Edward, ninth 
 Baron Petre. The latter had two sons: 1. Robert Edward 
 Petre, born in 1763, tenth Baron Petre, ancestor of the present 
 Baron Petre; 2. George William Petre of Dunkenhalgh, Esq., 
 born 1766, who succeeded to all the Lancashire estates, and 
 whose descendant, George Ernest Augustus Henry Petre of 
 Dunkenhalgh, co. Lancaster, is the present owner of Carr Hall. 
 
 Although Anne Talbot, widow of George^^ Talbot, sold the 
 Carr Hall estate in 1709, nevertheless she continued to reside 
 there until her death in 1716; and it was later occupied by Mary 
 (Talbot) Parkinson-Osbaldeston, daughter of George^^ Talbot, 
 and her children and grandchildren, as tenants of the Petre 
 family, probably by some lease for term of three lives. 
 
 In the "Blackburn Times" of Saturday, 27 May 1893, Wil- 
 liam A. Abram Esq., the eminent historian of Blackburn, printed 
 a three column article on the Talbots of Carr Hall. A short 
 notice of Mr. Abram and a complete copy of this article are 
 given as Appendix IV. of this volume. After tracing the 
 history of the family from Stephen Talbot down through 
 George^^ Talbot, Mr. Abram starts the conclusion of his article 
 with this statement: "An old document which I have seen 
 supplies some information as to the children and descendants 
 of George Talbot, the last of the family who owned Carr free- 
 
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 hold. The eldest son, Edward Talbot, became a monk in one 
 of the orders of the Church of Rome, and went to Italy where 
 he is said to have died. The other son, George Talbot, emigrated 
 to New England, and settled in America'*. Mr. Abram also 
 quotes the old document as to the descendants of Catherine 
 and Mary, daughters of George^^ Talbot. The whole informa- 
 tion given in this "old document" seen by Mr. Abram may be 
 tabulated as follows: 
 
 George Talbot = Anne, dau. of 
 of Can Hall Ryley of Church 
 
 I 
 Edward 
 Talbot 
 a monk 
 d. in Italy 
 
 I 
 George 
 Talbot 
 emigrated to 
 New England 
 
 I 
 Catherine = 
 Talbot 
 
 i 
 
 Robert Eden 
 
 — Eden 
 son of John 
 Eden of West 
 Auckland 
 
 Mary Eden 
 
 James Parkinson 
 of Standerbar 
 
 1st ' 
 
 r^ Mary Talbot 
 
 d. 1763, ae. 105 
 
 2d 
 
 I 
 
 Robert Osbaldeston 
 
 James 
 Parkin- 
 son, d. 
 ae. 20 
 
 I 1714 • • 
 
 Mary = Thomas Dorothy Margery 
 
 Parkin- 
 son 
 
 Darwen Parkin- 
 son, d. y. 
 
 Parkinson 
 
 Anne 
 Osbal- 
 deston 
 
 m. 
 Robert 
 Bennett 
 
 I 
 
 George 
 Osbal- 
 deston 
 d.ae.l9 
 
 Henry 
 Darwen of 
 Carr Hall; 
 later of 
 Langley 
 CO. Essex 
 
 I 
 John 
 
 Darwen of 
 Ribchester 
 d. 1792 
 
 Margaret 
 Darwen 
 
 m. 
 Lawrence 
 Peele 
 
 Chas. ^ Julian 
 Baron Darwen 
 m. (2) 
 Dr.W- 
 Ritchie 
 of Aber- 
 deen. 
 Charles Baron 
 
 I 
 
 Dorothy 
 Darwen 
 m. 1762 
 Daniel 
 Robinson 
 of Man- 
 chester 
 
 Unfortimately Mr. Abram did not state where the above 
 "old document" was preserved; but he was a journalist, anti- 
 quarian, and genealogist of the highest standing, and his ex- 
 plicit statement that he had "seen" it, is sufficient guarantee 
 that it was a genuine old record. As the latest date in it is 
 1792, it was probably made the next year. The most probable 
 
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 reason for drawing up this "old document" was to show the 
 descendants of the last George^^ Talbot of Carr Hall, in regard 
 to termination of their leases of the place. The document 
 appears to have been drawn up from verbal statements, and 
 not from a search among records. Now Mary Talbot, daughter 
 of George ^^ Talbot, born in 1658, lived to the great age of 105 
 years, dying in 1763. Doubtless her Darwen grand-children, 
 who resided at Carr Hall and were thirty-five to forty-five years 
 old at her death, had learned the family history from the vener- 
 able dame, and it was probably imparted by some one of them in 
 1793 to the author of the "old document". The information 
 given in this extraordinary record has been proved by other 
 sources to be remarkably correct in almost every detail and no 
 errors have been discovered; it is therefore reasonable to con- 
 clude that the whole of it is correct, including the statements 
 about Edward and George, the two sons of the last George^^ 
 Talbot of Carr Hall. 
 
 George^i Talbot married first, in 1650, Anne Ryley, baptized 
 at Church Kirk, co. Lancaster, 31 July 1634, daughter of 
 James Ryley. (See suit of Greenfield vs. Talbot, ante, p. 48.) 
 This conSarms Mr. Abram's "old document". She had four 
 children and died in August 1660, her burial being recorded in 
 the registers of Whalley Church, as follows: "Mrs. Anne Talbott 
 of Carre in Billington was buryed the xx*^ day of August 1660". 
 
 George^^ Talbot married secondly, before 1670, Anne , 
 
 whose parentage has not been learned; she survived her 
 husband, and the registers of Whalley record her sepulture: 
 "1715/16. March ye 13. Ye same day. Buried Mrs. Ann 
 Taubert of Carr Hall in Billington, in ye Church". She is 
 not mentioned in Mr. Abram's "old document", probably be- 
 cause she had no children. 
 
 Abstract of the will of Anne Talbot of Carr within Whilpshire, 
 CO. Lancaster, widow, dated 14 Mar. 1714/15. To my great- 
 granddaughter Jane Eden £20 according to a conditional agree- 
 ment made between my son-in-law John Blore and me 28 Nov. 
 1711; and if not paid, I give said sum to my executors to divide 
 among my grandchildren by my daughter Mary Osbaldeston. 
 To my grandchildren Anne and George Osbaldeston, £5 each. 
 To Mr. Gerrard £2. To John Parker of Eccleston 10 s. To 
 Robert Ryley 5 s. Residue to two grandchildren Mary and 
 Margery Parkinson. Richard Walmesley of Preston and Wil- 
 liam Bastian of Jockhouse, executors. Proved 4 June 1716. 
 Inventory of goods £167-1-8. (Consistory of Chester.) 
 
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 Children of George^i and Anne (Ryley) Talbot of Carr Hall: 
 i. Edward22, b. about 1652; according to Mr. Abram's "old 
 document" he became a Catholic monk and d. in Italy. This 
 is the sole record that has been found of the existence of this 
 son. But no reason has been found for doubting the state- 
 ment; it seems likely that George^i Talbot would have named 
 a son for his father Edward^" Talbot; and as the family were 
 Catholics and several members in earHer generations had 
 been priests, it would have been a natural vocation for a 
 young heir apparent to assume whose father's ancestral estate 
 was probably deemed to be hopelessly lost. 
 
 22. ii. George, b. about 1654; by his father's will in 1708 was given 
 Carr estate **if he happen to be alive and appear there"; 
 according to Mr. Abram's "old document" he "emigrated to 
 New England", 
 iii. Catherine, b. about 1656; according to Mr. Abram's "old 
 document" she "married a son of John Eden of West Auck- 
 land, and had a son Robert and a daughter Mary"; these 
 statements are confirmed by the will of George^i Talbot 
 which names his daughter Catherine Eden and her children 
 Robert and Mary Eden. She m. (1), about 1678, Robert 
 Eden, who d. in London in 1703, administration on his estate 
 being given that year. (Chester Probate Records.) She 
 m. (2), about 1711, John Blore of BilHngton, who is men- 
 tioned as "son-in-law" in the will of widow Anne Talbot in 
 1715. This second marriage of Catherine Talbot is not men- 
 tioned in Mr. Abram's "old document", probably because it 
 was of no interest to its compiler, as John Blore had no chil- 
 dren. On 3 Mar. 1725 /6, administration on the estate of John 
 Blore of Billington, was given to his widow Catherine Blore. 
 (Chester Probate Records.) She had a contest over the estate 
 with her husband's nephew George Blore; among the witnesses 
 were her granddaughter Jane (Eden) Waring, ae. 21, wife of 
 Richard Waring, and her niece Margery (Parkinson) Hodg- 
 kinson, ae. 26, wife of WiUiam Hodgkinson; witnesses stated 
 that the widow Catherine Blore had been blind for several 
 years. 
 
 Children of Robert and Catherine (Talbot) Eden: 
 
 1. Robert, b. about 1680; was Kving in London in 1720. 
 Children: 1. Jane^ b. about 1705, m. in 1726, Richard 
 Waring. 2. Barbara, 
 
 2. Mary. 
 
 iv. Mary, b. about 1659; m. (1), in Aug. 1693, James Parkinson 
 of Standerbar. (See suit of Parkinson vs. Talbot, ante, p. Q5.) 
 She m. (2), at Blackburn Church, 3 Aug. 1705, Robert Os- 
 BALDESTON. These marriages are mentioned in Mr. Abram's 
 
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 "old document", and are further confirmed by the wills of 
 George^i Talbot in 1708 and of his widow Anne Talbot in 1715. 
 (See ante, pp. 70, 75.) Mr. Abram's "old document" asserts 
 that she d. in 1763, aged 105 years. This remarkable state- 
 ment is proved to be correct by two evidences. The registers 
 of Whalley record the burial of "Mrs. Mary Osbaldeston of 
 Dinkley, widow, July 4*^* 1763"; and her death is noticed in 
 the "London Magazine" for August 1763, as follows: "Late 
 Deaths: Mrs. Osbaldeston of Whalley in Lancashire, aged 
 105 years". 
 
 Children by first marriage (Parkinson) : < 
 
 1. James, b. in 1694; is named in the will of his grand- 
 father George^i Talbot dated 18 Dec. 1708, but not in 
 the will of widow Anne Talbot dated 14 Mar. 1714/15, 
 so he probably d. between these dates. The state- 
 ment in Mr. Abram*s "old document" that he "died 
 aged 20 years", so about 1714, is thus confirmed. 
 
 2. Mary, b. about 1696; m. in 1715 Thomas Darwen; 
 named in the wills of her grandparents, and in Mr. 
 Abram's "old document" which also assigns her the 
 following five children (Darwen): 1. Henry, of Carr 
 Hall, and later of Langley, co. Essex. 2. John of Rib- 
 chester, d. 1792*. 3. Margaret, m. Lawrence Peelef. 
 4. Juliana, m. (1), Charles Baron, and m. (2), Dr. 
 WiUiam Ritchie of Aberdeen. 5. Dorothy, m. 1762, 
 Daniel Robinson of Manchester. This marriage is 
 thus recorded on the registers of Manchester Cathedral: 
 "Daniel Robinson of Manchester, book-keeper, and 
 Dorothy Darwent of Oswaldtwistle were married 
 Oct. 20, 1762", thus confirming Mr. Abram's "old doc- 
 ument". 
 
 3. Dorothy, b. about 1698; named in will of her grand- 
 father George Talbot in 1708, but not in that of widow 
 Anne Talbot in 1715; this confirms the statement of 
 Mr. Abram's "old document" that she d. young. 
 
 * The registers of Ribchester confirm this death record, showing the 
 burial of John Darwen on 31 Dec. 1792. His will dated 26 Nov. 1792, 
 mentions wife Ann, brother Henry Darwen, sister Julian Richey, and 
 children of sister Dorothy, wife of Daniel Robinson. Executors, Wil- 
 liam Pye and George Pye. Proved 10 May 1793. (Archdeaconry 
 of Richmond.) This will confirms Mr. Abram's "old document". 
 
 t The Peele Genealogy states that Lawrence Peele, second son of 
 William Peele of Oswaldtwistle in Church Kirk, married Margaret 
 Darwen of Carr Hall near Whalley. Robert Peele, eldest brother of 
 Lawrence, was father of Sir Robert Peele, Bart., the great cotton manu- 
 facturer, and grandfather of the eminent statesman Sir Robert Peele. 
 
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 4. Margery, b. about 1700; is named in the "old docu- 
 ment" and in the wills of her grandfather George^i 
 Talbot in 1708 and widow Anne Talbot in 1715. In 
 1726 she deposed, ae. 26, in the suit over the estate of 
 John Blore; she mentions her marriage to William 
 Hodgkinson about 1719. 
 
 Children by second marriage (Osbaldeston) : 
 
 5. Anne, bapt. at Blackburn Church 11 Aug. 1706; 
 mentioned in the wills of her grandfather George^i 
 Talbot in 1708 and widow Anne Talbot in 1715; is 
 also named in Mr. Abram's *'old document" which 
 states she m. Robert Bennett 6f Ribchester. This 
 statement is evidently correct, as the Whalley regis- 
 ters have the burial on 13 June 1728 of -"William Ben- 
 net, son of Robert Bennet of Carr Hall in Billing ton". 
 
 6. George, b. doubtless in 1709, as he is not named in 
 the will of his grandfather George^i Talbot dated 18 
 Dec. 1708, but is named in the will of widow Anne 
 Talbot in 1715. According to Mr. Abram's "old 
 document" he died aged 19 years; this statement is 
 proved correct by the registers of Whalley: "George 
 Osbaldeston, son of Mr. Robert Osbaldeston of Carr 
 Hall in Billington, gent., buried May 30, 1728". 
 
 22. GEORGE22 TALBOT, second son of George^i and Anne 
 (Ryley) Talbot of Carr Hall, was born about 1654. Only two 
 records of his existence have been found in England. By the 
 will of his father dated 18 Dec. 1708, he was to succeed to Carr 
 Hall, " if he happen to be alive and to appear at Carr aforesaid 
 in right sense and good understanding". (See ante, p. 69.) 
 He would have been at this time about fifty-five years of age; 
 but this is the earliest mention of him that has been discovered 
 in extensive research in England; and the way in which he is 
 mentioned indicates he had been missing many years and that 
 his father did not know where he was, or whether he was living 
 or dead. The expression "right sense and good understanding" 
 is difficult to understand; but it probably refers to some serious 
 disagreement with his father, perhaps due to the son breaking 
 away from the ancestral Catholic faith, or to difficulties with 
 his stepmother, as a result of which he left home and kept his 
 whereabouts unknown. At just what time he had disappeared, 
 the will does not indicate; but as James Parkinson, in his suit 
 against George^^ Talbot, claimed the latter had promised in 
 1693 to convey Carr Hall to him on his marriage with Mary 
 
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 Talbot, it is evident that the son and heir George^ Talbot had 
 disappeared long before this year; if the latter was known to be 
 then living, Parkinson's claim would have been absurd. (See 
 ante, p. 65.) In his suit against Braddyll in 1682, George^^ 
 Talbot mentions an incident many years before, the witnesses 
 to which were "either dead or removed beyond the seas where 
 unknown to your orator"; this may refer to his missing son 
 George22 Talbot. (See ante, p. 59.) 
 
 The only other mention found in England of George^^ Talbot, 
 is in Mr. Abram's remarkable "old document" of about 1793, 
 which states that he "emigrated to New England". (See 
 antCy p. 74; also Appendix IV., p. 104.) As above shown, nearly 
 every statement of this "old document", even in minute details, 
 has been proved by other sources to be correct, and no errors 
 in it have been found; it was probably drawn up from informa- 
 tion derived through the centenarian Mary^ (Talbot) Parkinson- 
 Osbaldeston, bom about 1659, died in 1763, sister of George^^ 
 Talbot; and she probably had knowledge of what became of her 
 brother. But no trace of any such George Talbot can be found 
 in New England. We are therefore convinced that George^ 
 Talbot, bom about 1654, who disappeared from Carr Hall, was 
 identical with 
 
 PETER TALBOT, born before 1656, who first appears in New 
 England in 1675, being on the tax-list of Dorchester, Mass., for 
 that year. The family record made by his son Capt. George 
 Talbot of Stoughton and long preserved in the family, states 
 that his "father Peter Talbot was born in Lancashire old Eng- 
 land and died about 1704". (See "Descendants of Peter Tal- 
 bot" by Newton Talbot, pp. 7 and 8.) 
 
 Over eighty years ago, some of the great-grandchildren of 
 Peter Talbot gave a traditionary account of their ancestor which 
 was written down and preserved*, and in 1855 was printed. 
 According to this statement, much embellished with details, 
 he was born in Lancashire, England, and in youth was kid- 
 napped and impressed into the naval service; and being on a 
 vessel saihng by the Rhode Island coast, he deserted at night, 
 escaped to shore by swimming, and made his way north to Dor- 
 chester as secretly as he could. (See "New England Historical 
 and Genealogical Register", vol. 9, p. 129.) This legend may 
 be partly true, especially in regard to his desertion, which 
 would provide a reason for his discarding his name "George" 
 
 * This original is not now to be found. 
 
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 and assuming the name "Peter" instead. It is also significant 
 that at the time Peter Talbot first appears in New England 
 (1675), George^^ Talbot of Carr Hall, claimed in this volume 
 to be his father, was residing in Preston co. Lancashire, then 
 the chief seaport of north-western England (See antCy p. 49); 
 so his son could readily have run away to sea at that time, or 
 been seized by a press-gang, according to tradition, impress- 
 ment of seamen being then a common practice. 
 
 That George^^ Talbot Jun. of Carr Hall who disappeared from 
 his family and "emigrated to New England" according to Mr. 
 Abram*s "old document", was identical with the colonist 
 Peter Talbot of Dorchester, Mass., is further indicated by the 
 names given by Peter Talbot to his children. One daughter, 
 Mary, was evidently named for her mother Mary (Gold) Tal- 
 bot; but none of the names of the other children of Peter Talbot 
 are found in the families of either of his wives. The eldest 
 son, Edward, was so named, we believe, in memory of the 
 child's uncle and great-grandfather; the second son, Peter, 
 bore his father's assumed name; while to the youngest son, 
 George, was given the name which we claim was originally 
 borne in England by his father, the colonist Peter Talbot. 
 The eldest daughter, Dorothy, was evidently named for her 
 great-aunt Dorothy Talbot. 
 
 But the final and clinching evidence of the parentage of 
 Peter Talbot, appears in a deposition in New England made 
 after his death. When Catherine Eden attempted to break the 
 will of her father George^i Talbot of Carr Hall in 1709, she ap- 
 parently had reason to believe that her brother, the missing 
 George, was living in New England; and evidently she had word 
 sent thither, either to her brother or his family or to the authori- 
 ties, stating that her father was dead, and that his son should 
 come home to succeed to the estate. At this time, Peter Tal- 
 bot, the colonist, had been dead over five years, having been 
 lost at sea on a voyage to England in 1704, according to tradi- 
 tion among his descendants. But his eldest surviving son, 
 Peter Talbot Jun., then a young man of about twenty-five 
 years, probably thought he might succeed to the inheritance as 
 his father's heir. In order to establish his identity, he there- 
 fore proceeded to secure the following aflSdavit, taken by 
 strange coincidence on the very day the trial to break the will 
 was started at Chester, which affidavit is preserved in the files 
 of the Middlesex County Court at East Cambridge, Mass. 
 
^1 1^ |>? 
 
 ^? i M H 
 
 I 
 
 ^' 
 
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 "Sept. 22, 1709, at the request of Peter Talbot, Daniel Hoar 
 aged about sixty years and Richard Stratton aged about 45 
 years, depose that about five years ago they heard Peter Talbot, 
 formerly of Chelmsford, say that he was born in the parish of 
 Blackburn, Lancashire, in the realm of England, son of one 
 George Talbot ; and further saith not. Sworn before me, Francis 
 Foxcroft, J. P." 
 
 These two deponents, Daniel Hoar and Richard Stratton, 
 were parties to a deed of 31 May 1704, by which the colonist 
 Peter Talbot and his wife Hannah, then stated to be of Boston, 
 sold some land he owned in Chelmsford; this deed is the last 
 mention found in New England of Peter Talbot, and was exe- 
 cuted probably just before he sailed on the voyage on which he 
 was lost. It may be confidently surmised that it was at this 
 time he casually informed Hoar and Stratton of his birthplace 
 and parentage, and that he was going to England to see his 
 relatives. 
 
 The combination of evidences found in England and New 
 England, establish beyond doubt that George^^ Talbot Jun., of 
 Carr Hall was identical with Peter Talbot the New England 
 colonist. But mysteries still remain. Why did he emigrate, 
 change his first name, and keep his whereabouts unknown to 
 his father? Why did he conceal his true name from his children, 
 apparently to the end? How did his sister Catherine Eden in 
 England know or at least have reason to believe that he was in 
 New England, and so send thither for him after their father's 
 death? We can only make surmises. A change in religion 
 from the Catholic to the Protestant faith, or bitter troubles with 
 his step-mother may have estranged him from his father, and 
 caused him to leave home and desire his whereabouts to remain 
 unknown. Perhaps he enlisted or was impressed into the navy, 
 and by desertion rendered himself subject to severe penalty; 
 or possibly he may have been implicated in some political in- 
 trigue or other difficulty, for which he was seized and trans- 
 ported for Virginia, but escaped in the manner claimed by tradi- 
 tion; in either of these cases, permanent or at least long con- 
 cealment of his identity may have been necessary. If estranged 
 from his father and step-mother, perhaps he may at some time 
 have communicated with his sister. It is doubtful if the actual 
 facts in these matters will ever come to light. 
 
 At the time of the arrival of Peter" Talbot in New England, 
 the colonies were in a fiourishing condition. Between the 
 landing of the Pilgrims in 1620, and the year 1640, some twenty- 
 
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 five thousand colonists had settled in the wilderness of New 
 England; and although the emigration almost ceased in 1641 
 upon the Puritan party coming into power in England, the popu- 
 lation of New England had nearly trebled by 1675, and after 
 the crushing of the Pequot Indians in 1637, the colonies had 
 been practically free from serious Indian depredations. In the 
 spring of 1675, however, Philip, chief of the Wampanoag 
 Indians on the easterly shore of Narragansett Bay, formed 
 an alliance with numerous other Indian tribes in a supreme 
 effort to completely exterminate or drive out the Puritan colo- 
 nists. During this two years' conflict, known as "King Philip's 
 War", twelve of the frontier towns were destroyed by the 
 Indians, forty other settlements were attacked and damaged, 
 and over one thousand of the colonists were killed or wounded. 
 After six months of varying fortunes and severe losses, the three 
 colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Connecticut, 
 united in December 1675 in raising an army of one thousand 
 men to strike the savages a crushing blow. In a bitterly cold 
 blizzard, this force marched against the fortified stronghold of 
 the Narragansetts, the most powerful of the Indian tribes, 
 situated on an island in the center of an ordinarily inaccessible 
 swamp in South Kingston, R. I.; but on account of the extreme 
 cold, the swamp at this time was frozen, and thus made passable. 
 The colonial army surprised the Indians on 21 Dec. 1675, and 
 after a bloody conflict was completely victorious, the Indian 
 wigwams being ignited and the tribe nearly annihilated by fire 
 and sword. This battle is known as "The Great Swamp Fight" ; 
 and over fifty years later the soldiers who participated in it or 
 their eldest male descendants were granted large tracts of land 
 by the Province of Massachusetts, as reward for this service. 
 Peter Talbot was one of the soldiers in this campaign and his 
 son Capt. George Talbot of Stoughton inherited his Narragan- 
 sett claim in Narragansett Township No. 5, now Bedford, N. H. 
 (Bodge's "Soldiers in King Philip's War", pp. 433, and 179-191.) 
 Peter^^ Talbot took the oath of allegiance in Dorchester in 
 1678 and resided there until 1679 when he moved to Milton 
 where he lived some five years. In 1684 he removed to Chelms- 
 ford where his first wife died and he married again, and he 
 resided there until 1693 when he returned to Milton, being taxed 
 there in 1693 and 1694; but he retained the ownership of a 
 small tract of land in Chelmsford for more than ten years longer. 
 It is supposed that about 1695 he leased lands in the Ponkapoag 
 Indian Reservation (now Canton, Mass.), where it is claimed he 
 
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 settled and afterwards resided. On 31 May 1704, Peter Tal- 
 bot of Boston, husbandman, and Hannah his wife, for £10 
 conveyed to Richard Stratton of Boston, miller, a parcel of 
 land containing six acres in a place called Robin's Hill in Chelms- 
 ford, formerly the possession of Henry Sparks. Witnesses: 
 John Sharlock, Daniel Hoar, and George Tolbutt. Ac- 
 knowledged By Peter Talbot and Hannah Talbot 3 June 1704. 
 (Middlesex County Deeds, vol. 13, p. 677.) This is the last 
 record found of Peter Talbot; and probably he soon started for 
 England and was lost at sea during the voyage in 1704, according 
 to tradition. 
 
 Peter^^ Talbot married first, in Dorchester, Mass., 12 Jan. 
 1677/8, Mrs. Mary (Gold) Wadell, born in Braintree, Mass., 
 23 Dec. 1651, daughter of Francis and Rose Gold (emigrants to 
 New England), and widow of John Wadell of Chelmsford; she 
 died in Chelmsford 18 Aug. 1687, having had five children by 
 Talbot. He married secondly, in Chelmsford, 29 Dec. 1687, 
 Mrs. Hannah (Clark) Frizell, born in Woburn, Mass., 13 
 Feb. 1645/6, daughter of William and Margery Clark (emi- 
 grants to New England), and widow of William Frizell of Con- 
 cord, Mass. She had one son by Talbot, and was living on 31 
 May 1704, when they sold his Chelmsford land. 
 
 Children by first wife (i.-iii. recorded in Milton; iv.-v. in 
 Chelmsford) : 
 
 i. Edward23, b. 31 Mar. 1679; evidently named for his great- 
 grandfather or for his uncle "who d. in Italy"; no further 
 record; according to tradition he was killed in childhood by 
 the Indians in Chelmsford, 
 ii. Dorothy, b. 20 Feb. 1680/1; evidently named for her great- 
 aunt Dorothy2i Talbot, or her great-grandmother Dorothy 
 Braddyll; m. in 1704, James Cutting of Watertown, Mass., 
 later of Windham County, Conn, 
 iii. Mary, b. 15 Jan. 1682/3; named for her mother; no further 
 
 record; probably d. young, 
 iv. Peter, b. 1 Jan. 1684/5; on 22 Sept. 1709, secured the deposi- 
 tion about his father, previously given. (See arde, p. 81.) 
 On 20 Sept. and 1 Dec. 1736, James Cutting and Dorothy 
 his wife, of Windham County, Conn., and Eleazer Puffer 
 and Elizabeth his wife, of Suffolk County, Mass., release to 
 their brother Capt. George Talbot, their interest in any land 
 grants made or to be made by the Province of Massachusetts 
 Bay to their brother Peter Talbot, supposed to be deceased. 
 (Suffolk CO. Deeds, vol. 126, pp. 161-2.) This expression 
 indicates that Peter Talbot disappeared; he may have died in 
 the Indian Wars, or perished at sea on a futile trip to Eng- 
 
84 
 
 land to claim succession to his father's rights to Carr Hall; 
 his obtaining the deposition as to his father and grandfather, 
 favors the latter supposition. 
 V. Elizabeth, b. 13 Jan. 1686/7; m. (1), 27 Nov. 1713, Eleazer 
 Puffer of Stoughton; m. (2), 3 Aug. 1748, Samuel Rousau 
 of Stoughton. 
 Child by second wife : 
 
 vi. Capt. George23, b. in Chelmsford 28 Dec. 1688; evidently 
 named for his father. When a child he was taken by his par- 
 ents in their removal to the Ponkapoag Indian Reservation 
 (now Canton, Mass.) . Upon his marriage in 1707, he leased of 
 Thomas Vose for twelve years a farm in the north-east corner 
 of the present town of Canton (then part of Dorchester). 
 In 1720 he purchased for £111 a farm of 160 acres in that part 
 of Dorchester which in 1726 became the south-east part of 
 the new town of Stoughton, whither he removed. Here he 
 became a prosperous and prominent man, constantly increas- 
 ing his landed possessions, serving in numerous town offices, 
 and holding commissions as captain of the local military com- 
 pany and justice of the peace, then offices of distinction. On 
 4 Apr. 1714, both he and his wife were admitted to full com- 
 munion in the Milton church, and on 12 Nov. 1717 they were 
 dismissed to the newly-formed church in Dorchester New 
 Village (Stoughton). He is represented by tradition as a 
 man of great piety and high character. He d. at his home- 
 stead in Stoughton 31 July 1760, aged seventy-one years. 
 He was ancestor of all of the Talbot name descended from 
 Peter Talbot. 
 
 He m. (1), 18 Feb. 1706/7, Mary Turell, b. in Boston 
 10 June 1683, daughter of Daniel and Anna (Barrell) Turell; 
 she had nine children and d. 24 Apr. 1736. 
 
 He m. (2), 27 July 1737, Elizabeth Withington, b. in 
 Dorchester, in June 1696, daughter of Philip and Thankful! 
 (Pond) Withington. She d. 30 Apr. 1774; no children. 
 
 Children by first marriage: 
 
 1. Mary2S b. 24 Mar. 1708; m. 1729, George Allen. 
 
 2. Daniel, b. 7 Mar. 1709/10. 
 
 3. Hannah, b. 1 May 1712; m. 1 May 1735, David Gay. 
 
 4. George, b. 24 Oct. 1714. 
 
 5. Peter, b. 27 Feb. 1716/17. 
 
 6. Sarah, b. 23 Aug. 1719; m. 29 Nov. 1739, Benjamin 
 White. 
 
 7. Jerusha, b. 6 Oct. 1721; m. 20 Nov. 1746, Dea. 
 Jonathan Capen. 
 
 8. Ebenezer, b. 4 Dec. 1723. 
 
 9. Experience, b. 20 Feb. 1726/7; m. 29 Oct. 1747, 
 Joseph Smith. 
 
APPENDIX I 
 
 PEDIGREE OF TALBOT, EARLS OF SHREWS- 
 BURY 
 
 HUGH3 TALEBOT, born about 1085, (said to be younger 
 son of Richard^ Talebot recorded in Domesday Book, who is 
 supposed to be son of Le Sire Talebot who came into England 
 from Normandy in 1066 with William the Conqueror*), was 
 made commander of the Castle of Plessey in 1118 by his first 
 cousin Hugh de Gournay, then in rebellion against King Henry 
 
 I. Hugh Talebot late in life assumed the habit of a monk and 
 retired into the monastery of Beaubec in Normandy where he 
 died. He is said to have had three sons, of whom, 
 
 RICHARD^ TALEBOT, born about 1120, is claimed to be 
 the Richard Talebot who about 1155 obtained from King Henry 
 
 II. a grant in capite of the lordship of Eccleswall in Linton, 
 County Hereford, which grant was also confirmed in 1189 by 
 King Richard I. on payment of 200 marks. From this Richard 
 Talebot the descent can be traced with certainty, as these estates 
 in Linton formed the main seat of the family for many genera- 
 tions. He married a daughter of Stephen Bulmer of Appletree- 
 wick, Yorkshire, and was succeeded by his eldest son, 
 
 GILBERT^ TALEBOT, born about 1150, who was present 
 at the coronation of King Richard I. in 1189, by whom he was 
 granted additional lands in Linton for military services as com- 
 mander of Ludlow Castle. He was living as late as 1199 and 
 was succeeded by his son, 
 
 RICHARD^ TALEBOT, born about 1180, who married 
 Aldsta (Bassett) Montague, daughter of Allan Bassett, Baron 
 of Wycombe, and widow of Dreux de Montague. Both were 
 living in 1231. They had a son Richard^ Talbot who became 
 Bishop of London in 1262, and an eldest son, 
 
 * See antey p. 3. 
 
86 
 
 GILBERT^ TALBOT, born about 1215, who succeeded to the 
 family estates and was later made governor of the castles of 
 Grismond, Skinfrith, and Blancminster by King Henry III., 
 and also was appointed a justice for the County of Hereford. 
 He married Gwendoline, daughter of Rhys ap Griffith, King of 
 South Wales, and thereupon relinquished his paternal ancestral 
 arms, viz.. Bendy of ten, argent and gules, and assumed for 
 arms. Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed, or, the 
 armorial ensigns of the Princes of South Wales, which arms his 
 descendants have ever since borne. He died in 1274 and was 
 succeeded by his son 
 
 RICHARDS TALBOT, born about 1245, who was sheriff 
 of Gloucestershire in 1300 and died in 1306. He married 
 Sarah de Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp, 
 Earl of Warwick. Their eldest son, 
 
 SIR GILBERT^ TALBOT, KNT., first Baron Talbot, born 
 about 1275, inherited the family estates, served in the expedition 
 against Scotland in 1298, was appointed governor of Gloucester 
 Castle in 1323, and was summoned to Parliament as a Baron 
 from 1331-1343. He died in 1346. By his wife Anne Boteler, 
 daughter of William Boteler of Wemme, he had a son and heir, 
 
 SIR RICHARDio TALBOT, KNT., second Baron, born in 
 1302, was summoned to Parliament from 1331 to 1335. In 
 1332 he claimed certain Scottish estates in right of his wife, and 
 adhering to Edward Baliol invaded that Kingdom and defeated 
 the Scots at Gleddesmore; but two years later he was made a 
 prisoner and had to pay 2,000 marks for redemption. In 1336 
 he was made governor of Berwick Castle, in 1346 succeeded to 
 his father's estates, in 1355 served in the expedition to France, 
 and died 23 Oct. 1356. He married in 1325 Elizabeth Comyn, 
 daughter and co-heir of John Comyn, Lord of Goodrich Castle. 
 Their eldest surviving son and heir, 
 
 GILBERT" TALBOT, third Baron, born in 1332, succeeded 
 to the family estates in 1356, and was summoned to Parliament 
 from 1362 to 1386. He served in the wars in France under the 
 Black Prince, and died 24 Apr. 1387. He married, first, about 
 1360, Petronilla Butler, daughter of James Butler, Earl 
 of Ormonde, by Eleanor his wife, daughter of Humphrey de 
 Bohun, Earl of Hereford, by his wife the Lady Elizabeth Plan- 
 tagenet, daughter of King Edward I. Their son. 
 
87 
 
 IMCHARD12 TALBOT, fourth Baron, born about 1361, was 
 summoned to Parliament from 1384 to 1393. He inherited the 
 family estates on the death of his father in 1387 and died 7 
 Sept. 1396. He married about 1382, Ankaret Le Strange, 
 daughter and heiress of John Le Strange, Baron Strange of 
 Blackmere. They had five sons and four daughters, of whom the 
 eldest son, Gilbert^^ Talbot, born in 1383, succeeded to the 
 estates in 1396, was summoned to Parliament as fifth Baron 
 from 1404 to 1417, and died 19 Oct. 1419, leaving a sole child 
 and heiress Ankaret^^ Talbot, who died in 1421 at the age of 
 four years. The second son, 
 
 SIR J0HN13 TALBOT, K. G., first Earl of Shrewsbury 
 born about 1385, married in 1406, Maud Nevill, eldest daugh- 
 ter and co-heir of Thomas Nevill, Lord Furnivall, by whom he 
 acquired vast estates in Hallamshire (including the Castle of 
 Sheffield), in consequence of which he was summoned to Parlia- 
 ment from 1409 to 1420 as John Talbot, Lord Furnival. On 
 the death in childhood of his niece, Ankaret^^ Talbot, in 1421, 
 he succeeded also to the ancient Talbot estates in Linton and to 
 the Baronies of Talbot and Strange of Blackmere. 
 
 From 1412 to 1420 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; 
 but in 1422 he entered into military pursuits and became one of 
 the most renowned warriors of the martial age in which he 
 lived. He gloriously sustained the cause of King Henry VL 
 throughout his French realm in battle after battle, until the 
 very name of Talbot became a terror to his foes. Once his 
 forces were defeated by the army of the Maid of Orleans at the 
 Battle of Patay in 1429, and he himself was taken prisoner; 
 but four years later he was exchanged, and soon again in com- 
 mand of an English army. For his brilliant achievements he 
 was created in 1442 Earl of Shrewsbury and in 1446 Earl of 
 Waterford. Later he was commander of the Castle of Falaise 
 in Normandy (the birthplace of William the Conqueror), 
 to which he added a massive keep, still known as the Talbot 
 Tower. In 1453 he was again in command of an English army 
 in France and was killed by a cannon shot at the Battle of 
 Chastillon, 17 July 1453. He had been victorious in forty 
 battles, and his death proved fatal to English dominion on the 
 Continent. From this great Earl, the present Earl of Shrews- 
 bury, the Premier Earl of England, is directly descended, 
 (See Burke's "Peerage" for 1904, pp. 1411-12; and G. E. Cock- 
 ayne's "Complete Peerage", vol. 7, pp. 359-61, and 136-7.) 
 
APPENDIX II 
 PEDIGREE OF TALBOT OF SALESBURY 
 
 J0HN13 TALBOT, bora about 1385, son of Williami^ Talbot 
 a younger son of Sir Edmund^^ Talbot, Knt., of Bashall (see 
 ante, p. 11), having divorced in 1415 his first wife Margery (by 
 whom he had had three sons), married secondly, about 1421, 
 Isabella de Cliderou (Clitheroe). She was daughter and 
 heiress of Richard de Cliderou, and brought to her husband the 
 manor of Salesbury and other estates in that region comprising 
 in all about a thousand acres. Thus was established a new 
 and important branch of the Talbot family which continued 
 seated at Salesbury Hall until 1679 when an heiress, Dorothy^^ 
 Talbot carried the estates in marriage to the Warren family. 
 John^^ Talbot died 18 Apr. 1449; his wife Isabella had died 1 
 Aug. 1432. 
 
 Children by first wife Margery: 
 i. Hughes b. about 1410. 
 ii. Christopher. 
 iii. Alexander. 
 Children by second wife Isabella de Cliderou: 
 iv. A daughter" , b. about 1423. 
 V. John, b. about 1425. 
 
 vi. A DAUGHTER. 
 
 vii. Richard. 
 viii. A daughter. 
 ix. Lawrence. 
 
 J0HN14 TALBOT, ESQ., of Salesbury, bora about 1425, 
 was eldest son of John^^ Talbot by the latter's second wife Isa- 
 bella de Cliderou, and so succeeded to the manor of Salesbury 
 and the other estates of his mother. He is called six years old 
 in the inquisition post mortem held after the death of his 
 mother in 1432, and twenty-four years old at the inquisition 
 
post mortem held after the death of his father in 1449. In 
 1465 he assisted his second-cousin Sir Thomas^* Talbot, Knt., 
 of Bashall, in the capture of King Henry VI., for which service 
 he was rewarded with a pension by King Edward IV. He died 
 in 1484. He married about 1449, Johanna Radcliffe, 
 daughter of Sir John Radcliffe, Knt., of Ordsall. 
 Children: 
 
 i. JoHN^S b. about 1450. 
 ii. Ralph, a captain at Calais, 
 iii. William. 
 iv. Myles. 
 V. Roger. 
 
 vi. Isabella, m. Richard Ashton. 
 vii. Elizabeth, m. Lawrence Ainsworth. 
 viii. Margaret 
 ix. Alice, m. Giles Levesey. 
 X. Lucy, m. Ralph Ashton. 
 
 SIR J0HN15 TALBOT, KNT., of Salesbury, born about 1450, 
 was knighted at the Battle of Hutton Field in 1483, succeeded 
 to the family estates on his father's death the next year, and 
 had from King Richard III. a grant of continuation of his 
 father's pension. He died 10 Aug. 1511. He married Anne 
 Ashton, daughter of Sir Ralph Ashton of Middleton, Knt. 
 
 Children: 
 
 i. John18, b. about 1477. 
 
 ii. Ralph. 
 iii. Richard. 
 iv. Thomas. 
 
 V. Anne, m. Richard Rishton. 
 vi. Margery, m. Alan Singleton. 
 vii. Ellen, m. John Singleton. 
 
 JOHNi« TALBOT, ESQ., of Salesbury, born about 1477, 
 at the age of twenty-four years succeeded his father in 1511, 
 but enjoyed the estates but a few years, as he died in 1515. He 
 married about 1500, Isabella Towneley, daughter of Richard 
 Towneley. 
 Children: 
 
 i. John", b. in 1501. 
 ii. Richard. 
 iii. Hugh. 
 iv. William. 
 V. Anne, m. Edmund Hopwood. 
 
90 
 
 J0HN17 TALBOT, ESQ., of Salesbury, born in 1501, when 
 fourteen years old inherited the family estates. He entered his 
 family and arms in the Visitation of Lancashire of 1533, wherein 
 he is termed by the herald " a very gentle esquier and worthy 
 to be taken paynes for". As the herald mentioned some of the 
 gentry in a much less complimentary strain, it would seem likely 
 that John Talbot handed the herald a generous fee! He died 
 30 Aug. 1551, leaving a will made two days previously. He 
 married first, about 1521, Anne Sherburne, daughter of Hugh 
 Sherburne; and he married secondly, in 1532, Anne Bannister, 
 daughter of Richard Bannister of Altham. 
 Children by first marriage: 
 i. JoHNis, b. about 1523. 
 ii. Jane. 
 
 iii. Anne, m. John Hothersall. 
 iv. Margaret. 
 
 Children by second marriage: 
 
 v. Thomas, b. about 1533; became a celebrated antiquarian 
 and genealogist and Keeper of the Records in the Tower of 
 London, 
 vi. Michael. 
 vii. John "the younger", 
 viii. Richard. 
 ix. Nicholas. 
 X. Robert. 
 xi. Beatrice. 
 
 xii. Elizabeth, m. Humphrey Wtke. 
 xiii. Isabel, m. Wilfred Bannister. 
 
 J0HN18 TALBOT, ESQ., of Salesbury, born about 1523, 
 succeeded his father in 1551, and adhered to the Catholic faith 
 after the Reformation. The inquisition post mortem taken 
 after his death on 1 Sept. 1588, states that his heir was his grand- 
 son John Talbot, aged seven years, son of George Talbot, de- 
 ceased. 
 
 He married first, Alice Osbaldeston daughter of Sir Alexan- 
 der Osbaldeston, Knt.; she died without issue in 1553. He 
 married secondly, in 1554, Mary Moore, by whom he had three 
 illegitimate sons born before marriage, and a son and two 
 daughters who were legitimate. 
 
 Children, (i.-iii. illegitimate): 
 i. JoHNi9, b. about 1548. 
 
 ii. Robert, b. about 1550; ancestor of the Talbots of Cowhill 
 in Rishton. (See Appendix HI., post, pp. 93-94.) 
 
91 
 
 iii. Thomas, b. about 1552. 
 iv. George, b. about 1555; eldest legitimate son. 
 V. Mary, m. John Atherton. 
 vi. Frances, m. Peter Barlow. 
 
 GE0RGE19 TALBOT, born about 1555, fourth but eldest 
 legitimate son of John^^ Talbot, after his marriage occupied 
 Dinkley Hall, one of the several homesteads owned by his 
 father, where he died during his father's lifetime, 26 Sept. 1584. 
 His will dated 14 June 1584 names his father John Talbot of 
 Salesbury, Esq., brother Robert Talbot, wife's sister Anne 
 Southworth, cousin William Talbot, son John Talbot, and 
 daughter Mary Talbot. (Consistory of Chester.) He married 
 Mary Southworth, second daughter of Sir John Southworth, 
 Knt. 
 
 Children: 
 
 i. John2o, b. about 1581. 
 ii. Mary, m. John Singleton. 
 
 SIR JOHN20 TALBOT, KNT., of Salesbury, born in 1581, 
 succeeded to the family estates on the death of his grandfather 
 in 1588, and on 20 Aug. 1617 was knighted by King James I. 
 When the Civil War broke out in 1642, he joined the Royalists, 
 and as a result Salesbury Hall was seized and plundered, but 
 not destroyed, and later all his estates were sequestered by 
 Parliament and subjected to heavy fines. He died in Dec. 1659, 
 and was buried in Blackburn Church. He married first about 
 1607, Margaret Barlow, daughter of Sir Alexander Barlow, 
 Knt., who died 26 Dec. 1628. He married secondly, Margaret 
 
 , who was buried at Blackburn 6 June 1653. 
 
 Children by first wife: 
 
 i. JoHN^i, b. 29 Aug. 1608. 
 ii. Alexander, b. 1610; d. y. 
 
 iii. George, b. 8 June 1612; fought in the Royalist army at the 
 storming of Preston 9 Feb. 1642, where he was taken prisoner. 
 In 1665 he built a mansion called New Hall in the township 
 of Clayton-in-the-Dale, where he d. in 1678. His will [date 
 illegible], proved 3 Feb. 1678, gave to "reputed* daughter 
 Elizabeth*', £40, to the poor of Salesbury and Clayton le Dale 
 10s. each, to George Pigott of Preston a signet ring, to George 
 Pigott the younger of Preston three pieces of gold, and to 
 daughter Margaret Talbot all residue of estate. Said George 
 
 * She was probably his step-daughter Elizabeth Walmesley. 
 
9Z 
 
 Pigotts executors. Inventory £103. (Chester Probate Rec- 
 ords.) He m. (1), at Blackburn, 20 Apr. 1657, Anne Park- 
 inson, daughter of Robert Parkinson of Fairsnape, Gent. 
 He m. (2), in 1674, Mrs. Elizabeth (Southworth) Wal- 
 MESLEY-NowELL, b. in 1620, daughter of Thomas Southworth 
 of Salmesbury, and widow first of Richard Walmesley of 
 Showley (by whom she had a daughter Ehzabeth), and 
 secondly of John Nowell of Meareley. (See Abram's *'His- 
 tory of Blackburn," p. 662.) 
 Child by first wife: 
 1. Margaret22, b, about 1659, sole child and heiress; 
 living 1678; later history untraced. 
 
 iv. Margaret", m. Thomas Clayton. 
 V. Mary, b. 1615; bur. 11 July 1638, unm. 
 
 vi. Thomas, b. 31 Jan. 1616/17; bur. at Blackburn 6 Nov. 1628, 
 unm. 
 
 vii. Anne, b. 1619, m. Alexander Osbaldeston, Esq., of Osbal- 
 deston, and had ten children. He entered his pedigree in 
 the Visitation of Lancashire in 1664, and was bur. at Black- 
 burn 11 Feb. 1670/1. She was bur. there 19 Mar. 1673. 
 
 J0HN21 TALBOT, ESQ., of Salesbury, born 29 Aug. 1608, 
 as eldest son and heir succeeded to the inheritance of the estates 
 which he secured after the restoration of Charles II. in 1660. He 
 was buried in Blackburn Church 11 Oct. 1677. He married 
 first, about 1630, Margaret Westby, daughter of Thomas 
 Westby of Mowbreck; she was buried at Blackburn 27 June 
 1634. He married secondly, Dorothy Wilford, daughter of 
 James Wilford of Newman Hall, co. Essex; she was buried at 
 Blackburn 9 Sept. 1684. 
 
 Children by first wife: 
 
 i. John22, b. 1630; bur. 24 Feb. 1630/1. 
 ii. Margaret, b. about 1632; bur. 15 Jan. 1636/7. 
 
 Children by second wife: 
 
 iii. John22, d. y. 
 
 iv. Dorothy, b. 15 Feb. 1650, only surviving child, and heiress to 
 all the estates of the Talbots of Salesbury; m. in 1678, Ed- 
 ward Warren, Esq., of Poynton, co. Chester, and had eight 
 children. The Talbot estates continued in their descendants 
 until 1866 when they were sold to Henry Ward of Blackburn 
 for £140,000. The estates then comprised a total of 2837 
 acres, 3 roods, and 34 perches. 
 
 Note. The above pedigree is taken mainly from Abram's "History 
 of Blackburn", pp. 647-655. 
 
APPENDIX III 
 
 PEDIGREE OF TALBOT OF COWHILL IN 
 
 RISHTON 
 
 R0BERT19 TALBOT, born about 1550, second son of Sir 
 John^^ Talbot, Knt., of Salesbury, but born before his parent's 
 marriage, is mentioned in the will in 1584 of his younger brother 
 George^^ Talbot, their father's legitimate heir. Robert Talbot 
 resided in Dinkley Hall, one of the family estates, after the 
 decease of his brother George^^ Talbot. (See ante, pp. 90-91.) 
 
 He married Elizabeth Hoghton, daughter of Richard 
 Hoghton of Lea. 
 
 Children: 
 
 i. JOHN^O. 
 
 ii. George. 
 iii. Robert. 
 iv. Richard, b. about 1583. 
 
 V. Thomas. 
 
 RICHARD20 TALBOT, born about 1583, settled at Cowhill 
 in Rishton where he died in Nov. 1654. His will dated 2 Jan. 
 1653/4, directed that his goods be divided into three equal parts, 
 whereof his wife Mary to have one, his son Thomas one, and the 
 third to his executors to perform these legacies, viz.; to son and 
 heir John 5s., to old servant Christopher Hindle a new bed, and 
 the residue to the daughter of Charlton Hindle of Pleasington. 
 Proved 13 Feb. 1654/5. (P.C.C, Aylett 238.) 
 
 He married first, about 1607, Alice Duckworth, by whom 
 
 he had two sons. He married secondly, Mary . sister 
 
 to the wife of Adam Bolton who survived him. 
 
 Children by first wife: 
 i. John", b. about 1608. 
 ii Thomas, living in 1669. 
 
94 
 
 J0HN21 TALBOT, born about 1608, resided at Cowhill in 
 Rishton and appears with his three sons Thomas, John, and 
 Robert, on the Preston Guild Rolls of 1662, but died before 1669. 
 He married at Blackburn, 7 Feb. 1631/2, Jennett Clayton, 
 daughter of John Clayton of Clayton Hey, who was buried at 
 Clitheroe 6 Apr. 1684. 
 Children: 
 
 i. Thomas22, bapt. at Blackburn 3 Aug. 1634; was elected a 
 governor of the Blackburn Grammar School in 1667, and d. in 
 Aug. 1675. He m. at Blackburn, 26 Nov. 1657, Mrs. Mary 
 (Ellison) Cross, bapt. there 12 June 1632, daughter of 
 John Ellison, and widow of John Cross of Altham. 
 Children bapt. at Blackburn: 
 
 1. Anne28, b. 1658, d. y. 
 
 2. Alice, bapt. 10 Mar. 1659/60. 
 
 3. John, bapt. 28 Sept. 1662; appears on Preston Guild 
 RoUs of 1682, 1702, and 1722. 
 
 4. Mary, b. probably in 1664. 
 
 5. Richard, bapt. 16 Mar. 1666/7; mentioned on Preston 
 Guild Rolls in 1682. 
 
 Elizabeth, bapt. 30 Jan. 1669/70. 
 
 ii. Anne22, m. Leonard Nowell of Clitheroe. 
 
 iii. John, bapt. 17 May 1641; was of Rishton and later of Clay- 
 ton, and d. before 1682 when he is termed deceased and his 
 four sons are named as of Clayton on the Preston Guild 
 Rolls of 1682. He m. in 1665, Mary Sudell, daughter of 
 John and Alice Sudell of Stopping Hey in Wilpshire, whose 
 will dated 19 Nov. 1685, mentions his grandchildren Thomas 
 and Samuel Talbot. 
 Children: 
 
 1. Richard*', b. 1666. 
 
 2. John, b. 1669. 
 
 3. Thomas. 
 
 4. Samuel. 
 
 iv. Robert22, b. about 1643, settled in Clitheroe where he was 
 bur. 20 June 1675. He m. in 1666, Isabella Lawson, who 
 d. in 1703. 
 Children: 
 
 1. John23, b. 1668; bur. at CUtheroe 16 Oct. 1677. 
 
 2. George, b. about 1671; mentioned on the Preston 
 Guild Rolls of 1682, as "George Talbot, son of Robert 
 of Clitheroe." 
 
 Note. The above pedigree is based on one in Abram's "History of 
 Blackburn", pp. 642-3, and a manuscript pedigree drawn up in 1669 
 by Christopher Towneley, now in the British Museum, London, Addi- 
 tional Mss. no. 30146, p. 118. 
 
APPENDIX IV 
 PEDIGREE OF TALBOTS OF CARR HALL 
 
 By W. A. Abram 
 
 [William Alexander Abram, Esq., of Blackburn, England, 
 was a journalist by profession, but became widely known and 
 distinguished as an antiquarian, historian, and genealogist. In 
 1877 he published his monumental work, "A History of Black- 
 burn", a volume of some eight hundred pages of the greatest 
 historical interest and value, and also containing genealogies of 
 over three hundred of the old families connected with the 
 parish. The "Preston Guild Rolls", published by the Record 
 Society in 1884, were also transcribed and edited by him. 
 
 Besides the above two important works, Mr. Abram was a con- 
 stant contributor of antiquarian articles to various newspapers 
 in Blackburn and vicinity for over twenty years from 1873 to 
 1894, except during the period 1881 to 1887 when all his atten- 
 tion was occupied as editor-in-chief of the "Blackburn Times". 
 During the score of years named, he printed over six hundred 
 articles in the "Preston Guardian", "Blackburn Weekly Ex- 
 press and Standard", and " Blackburn Times". Mr. Abram was 
 a member of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 
 the Record Society, and the Society of Antiquaries of London, 
 and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He died in 1894, 
 eleven years before the writer visited Blackburn in November 
 1905 in search of the ancestry of Peter Talbot; but through the 
 kindness of his son, G. P. Abram, Esq., of Blackburn, and of Mr. 
 Ashton, librarian of the Blackburn Free Library, the writer 
 was enabled to see all the six hundred newspaper articles written 
 by Mr. Abram. Among these articles was a valuable and 
 interesting three column account of the Talbots of Carr Hall 
 compiled by Mr. Abram and printed in the "Blackburn Times" 
 of Saturday 27 May 1893. This article is of the greatest 
 importance, as in it Mr. Abram mentions the fact that he had 
 seen an old document y which states that George Talbot Jun., 
 
96 
 
 of Carr Hall emigrated to New England. Mr. Abram's son 
 kindly presented to the writer the only copy of this article 
 known to be preserved, a complete verbation copy of which is 
 given below, with annotations by the writer who from very 
 extensive research on this family has been able to correct a few 
 slight errors in Mr. Abram's account. 
 
 — J. Gardner Bartlett.] 
 
 ANCIENT HOUSES AROUND BLACKBURN 
 
 CARR HALL, WH^PSHIRE, 
 AND ITS FORMER OWNERS, THE TALBOTS OF CARR 
 
 By W. a. Abram. 
 
 The neat engraving placed above depicts, for the first time as an 
 illustration to a printed account, the antiquated house which bears the 
 name of Carr, or Carr Hall, which is situated about four miles from the 
 town of Blackbm-n, to the north-eastward, on the further border of the 
 township of Wilpshire, the nearer portion of which has now become a 
 pleasant and picturesque residential suburb of Blackburn. [Note l.j 
 The traveller on the high road from Blackburn to Whalley, soon after 
 he has passed the highest point on the road, a little beyond the modern 
 village, and begins to descend into the Ribble valley, where the scene 
 before him is so strikingly fine, descries across the fields on the right, 
 standing in its fold in a sheltered hollow or nook at the foot of the 
 acclivity of Wilpshire Moor, a good-sized white house, which even at 
 a distance appears of old structure. This is the ancient messuage of 
 the Carr, deriving its name from its situation, under the high bank 
 beside a moorland stream — the word "carr" signifying a piece of low 
 boggy ground. The house is reached from the turnpike by a short 
 occupation road. Our engraving is reduced from a drawing, after a 
 good photograph recently taken by Mr. Bibby, with the assistance of 
 Mr. Mosley. It represents the front of the house, which has a westerly 
 outlook, and is separated from the farm-yard by a garden plot. As 
 an example of the work of the house-builders of the district some three 
 centuries ago, this house on the front shown is intact, and therefore 
 useful for illustration. Its structure has not been injured or altered in 
 any feature on this aspect, but in the rear there appears to have been 
 some demolition of a portion of the original extension from the main 
 block. [Note 2.] The outer walls of Carr Hall are whitewashed, as 
 they have been for many years, since I have known the place, but its 
 clean and home-like look is perhaps rather enhanced by its coating of 
 lime-wash. 
 
 Unlike most of the sixteenth and seventeenth century houses of 
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 no lettered stone on its exterior to indicate the date of its erection, or, 
 by its initials, the owner's and builder's name. But by comparison 
 with other houses in the district, we may guess the age of this approxi- 
 mately. It bears a close resemblance, for instance, to Pleasington Old 
 Hall, not only in plan, projection, and width of the wings and pitch of 
 the gables, but in the position and form of the front doorway, and in the 
 detail of the small mullioned windows, &c. Compare the view of Carr 
 Hall above with the engraving of Pleasington Old Hall in my History 
 of Blackburn (page 621). Now the manor-house of Pleasington was 
 rebuilt in 1587, and we may confidently say that the house at Carr in 
 Wilpshire was rebuilt within a few years of the same time. Its builder, 
 therefore, I am pretty sure, was the George Talbot, Gentleman, who 
 held the estate through the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James the 
 First, when there was a general rebuilding of manor-houses, and other 
 gentlemen's and yeomen's houses, not only in Lancashire, but through- 
 out England. The plan of Carr Hall, the recessed centre and wings 
 projecting at either end, is the common plan of Lancashire houses of 
 the period. This house is built of the local gritstone. As to its in- 
 terior, the rooms are spacious and have an air of olden time about 
 them, but have no features of remarkable interest for the antiquary. 
 The hall has long been reduced from its former dignity as the minor 
 manor-house of a proprietory family, to the condition of a house for 
 the tenant farmer. Several years ago, when along with two or three 
 friends on a summer evening's walk in the neighbourhood, we looked at 
 the old house at Carr, I promised some day to write an article about it 
 and its former owners. Below I now give the results of my research 
 into the history of this ancient freehold. 
 
 The Talbots of Carr in Wilpshire were a branch of the Talbots, 
 lords of Salesbury, unless, which is not unlikely, they directly sprung 
 from the older house of the Talbots of Bashall, at a date earlier than 
 the commencement of the Hne of the Salesbury Talbots with William 
 Talbot, younger son of Sir Edmund, of Bashall. [Note 3.] The 
 Talbots settled at Carr, although their landed estate was always small, 
 bore the same arms as the eminent famihes seated at Salesbury and 
 Bashall, and were certainly of the same origin. The first who has been 
 traced is Stephen Talbot of Carr, living in the second half of the 
 fifteenth century. He was the father of George Talbot of Carr, 
 living in the 16th Henry VII. (a. d. 1500). His sou- 
 Nicholas Talbot, of Carr, Gent., was in possession before 1523, 
 when he paid the King's Subsidy for his lands in Wilpshire, valued at 
 40 s. a year, equal to more than as many pounds of present money. 
 Amongst the tenants of Whalley Monastery, at the date of its sup- 
 pression, in 1538, was Nicholas Talbot, who held of the Abbot and 
 Monks, Snodworth in Billington, paying yearly Is. Snodworth is the 
 upland farm adjacent to Wilpshire Moor, above the tenement of Carr 
 which Nicholas Talbot held in fee. Nicholas Talbot's first wife was 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Lawrence Shuttleworth, of Gawthorp, Gent., 
 
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 and his second was Anne, first daughter and one heir of Evan Brown 
 of Ribbleton, Gent. [Note 4.] The latter survived him, and married 
 again, to Richard Sherburne of Bayley, Esq. Besides a son George 
 by his second wife, Nicholas Talbot had two daughters, Margaret and 
 Bridget, by his first wife. [Note 5.] He died in the first year of Ed- 
 ward VI. In the Public Record OflSce is preserved the return of the 
 Inquisition taken by the Escheator after his death; this I have con- 
 sulted, and made a note of its material contents. It testifies that 
 Nicholas Talbot, Gent., had died seased of two messuages, 40 (cus- 
 tomary) acres of land, 16 acres of meadow, and 18 acres of woodland 
 in Wilpshire and Salesbury; also of 20 acres of land and 2 s. rent in 
 Penhulton [Pendleton] ; and of 9 acres of land and woodland in Billing- 
 ton. (The 103 acres of land of Lancashire measure would be equiva- 
 lent to nearly 200 statute acres.) Nicholas Talbot died on the 28th 
 of April preceding the inquisition, and in the year 1547. George 
 Talbot was his son and heir, aged 5 years and 11 months. [Note 6.] 
 
 George Talbot, the son and heir of Nicholas, being a child under 
 six years, he would be in the wardship of the King until he was of age. 
 Litigation took place soon after between Nicholas Talbot's daughters, 
 and the husband of one of them, and his widow. The case is found in 
 the Calendar of Pleadings in the Chancery Court of the Duchy of 
 Lancaster, in the 11th Edward VI. (1556-57). [Note 7.] The plain- 
 tiffs were Robert Aspeden and his wife, one of the daughters of Nicholas 
 Talbot, deceased, and Brydget Talbot, another daughter of Nicholas, 
 and the defendants were. Sir Richard Sherburne, Knt., and Anne his 
 wife, one of the executors of the said Nicholas Talbot, and afterwards 
 wife of Richard Sherburne, and John Singleton and George Talbot, 
 other executors of the deceased; and the matter was a disputed title 
 to goods and chattels of the deceased; and depositions were made 
 respecting the custom of the County of Lancaster, in regard to the 
 distribution of the goods and chattels of a father deceased among his 
 children not being his heirs, and notwithstanding his Will. The place 
 to which the cause related was situated in Wilpshire township. George 
 Talbot married, at Whalley Church, on the 27th of June, 1569, Anne, 
 daughter of Roger Nowell of Mearley, Gent. He had issue, sons, 
 Nicholas, died in infancy, buried at Whalley Church, 15 April, 1571: 
 John, born 25 March, 1571 ; Nicholas, died in 1595, buried at Whalley, 
 10 April; and William, living in 1602. Also, daughters, Bridget, bap- 
 tized at Whalley Church, 2 November, 1575; Mary, baptized 19 March, 
 1577; Dorothy, born in 1579, married, in 1589, at the age of 10, Ralph 
 Rishton, gent., of Ponthalgh, and was living in 1625; and Frances, born 
 in June, 1580. [Note 8.] George Talbot, Gent., was an early Governor 
 of Blackburn Grammar School, in 1586, and about the same date the 
 School Records show that "George Talbot, of the Carre, Gent., of his 
 owne gifte (gave to the School) the some of ffortie shilhnges, whereof 
 twentie shilhnges for the Carr and twentie shiUinges for Wytton". 
 This item is proof that the Talbots of Carr then held lands in Witton. 
 
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 One would scarcely expect to find the epitaph of a member of a 
 family of small proprietors like the Talbots under notice, living in a 
 secluded corner of Lancashire as Blackburn parish was at that period, 
 on a tombstone in one of the ancient London Churches. Yet from my 
 copy of Cansick's Epitaphs of Middlesex I get the following inscrip- 
 tion from a monument in Old St. Pancras Church: — 
 
 "Here lieth the body of William Talbot, of Carr, in the County of 
 Lancaster, Gent. Who died the second day of May, in the year of our 
 Lord 1660, aged 60 years". 
 
 This William Talbot who became a citizen of London must have been 
 William, youngest son of George Talbot, of Carr, though I should have 
 taken him to be a few years older than 60 in 1660. There may be an 
 error in the statement of age on the monument. But that William 
 occurs, as a boy in 1602, when his father entered him at Preston Guild 
 Merchant. Having no prospect of inheriting estate, Wilham Talbot 
 probably migrated to London to engage in trade. [Note 9.] 
 
 Here I may mention the fact that the Talbots of Carr were for a time, 
 in the first half of the 17th century, "Foreign Burgesses" of the Guild 
 Merchant of Preston. The Guild Rolls of 1602 and 1622 contain the 
 subjoined names: — 
 
 Guild Roll of 1602 — Foreign Burgesses. 
 George Talbot, of Carr (in Wilpshire), sworn. 
 John Talbot, his son, sworn. 
 Wilham Talbot, his (John's) brother. 
 George Talbot, son of the above-named John. 
 Edward Talbot, his (John's) brother. 
 
 Here are mentioned members of three generations of the family of 
 the Talbots of Carr in Blackburn Parish, living in 1602, namely, George 
 Talbot, head of the family; his two sons, John and WilHam; and his two 
 grandsons, George and Edward, sons of John Talbot. The two first- 
 named were sworn as out-burgesses of the Guild. The other members, 
 being under age in 1602, were not sworn, but were enrolled as sons of 
 sworn burgesses. 
 
 Guild Roll of 1622 — Foreign Burgesses. 
 George Talbot, of Carr, Gentleman. 
 John Talbot, his son. 
 Edward Talbot, his (John's) son. 
 Thomas Talbot, his (Edward's) brother. 
 John Talbot, his (Thomas's) brother. 
 
 "George Talbot, Gent.", was, with Lord Danvers and others, ap- 
 pointed by Sir Thomas Walmesley, the celebrated Judge, a trustee of 
 his estates on his settlement of them in trust in 1607. He was a Juror 
 at Blackburn in August, 1612. After having been inheritor and 
 owner of the estate for the remarkable period of over 80 years, George 
 Talbot died, at the age of 88 years, in 1629. [Note 10.] 
 
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 John Talbot, gent., succeeded him at the age of 58 years. He had 
 married Dorothy, daughter of Edward Braddyll, Esq., of Portfield in 
 Whalley. A curiously detailed personal record of these Talbots of 
 Carr, near Blackburn, and of the Braddylls of Portfield, near Whalley, 
 connected at that period with the Talbots by marriage, has come to 
 lightin an unexpected direction. It consists of a private register of 
 births, marriages, and deaths, written down by a member of the Talbots 
 in the calendar of an illuminated Manuscript Breviary of the fifteenth 
 century, which has travelled far from its ancient receptacle, and was 
 recently in the possession of John Ingilby, Esq., of Austwick, York- 
 shire. A transcript of these "Talbot and Braddyll Memoranda", 
 communicated by John Foster, Esq., was printed in 1879, in Miscel- 
 lanea Genealogica et Heraldica. I think it interesting enough to insert 
 here. The entries are a mixture of old-style English and Latin, and 
 the dates are not consecutive, but are ranged in the order of the months. 
 
 "1595. Marcitis [March] 11. Anne Talbotte borne this day in 
 ye morninge, 1595, being Tuesday, and dyed when shee was eleven 
 weekes oulde. 
 
 1613. Mardus 23: EH: [Elizabeth] Talbott borne this day, beinge 
 Wednesday, 1613, beinge foure in ye morninge. 
 
 1571. Marcius 25. Jo: [John] Talbott, sonne of Go: [George] 
 Talbott, borne anno 1571, about 11 of ye clocke at nupty beinge Sonday. 
 
 1601. Marcius 26. Anne Talbott borne, anno 1601, about five of 
 ye clocke in ye morninge. 
 
 1602. Aprilis 17. Margarett Talbott borne, anno 1602, six of ye 
 clocke in ye morninge, being Saturday. 
 
 1597. Mains 2. George Talbott was borne, anno 1597, hora quasi 
 octava vesyere^ beinge Monday. 
 
 1584. Maius 10. Circa horam ante meredie . . . nota fuit 
 Joh'nafilia Joh'is Bradyll an'o d'no, 1584, et a*o Eliz. 26, 10 Mail. 
 
 1583. Maius 20. Natus erat Edwardus filius JoKis Braddyll, circa 
 horam quarto' post meridie\ 1583. 
 
 1603. Maius 24. Tho: [Thomas] Talbott borne, anno 1603, aboute 
 foure of ye clocke in ye morninge, being Tuesday. 
 
 1595. Julius 2. Dorothy Bradill married to John Talbott, ann* 
 1595. 
 
 1602. Julius 12. This day Mrs. Braddyll was borne, 1602. 
 
 1599. Julius 25. Edwarde Talbott was borne, anno 1599, post 
 meridiem hora quasi secunda, beinge Wednesdaye. 
 
 1610. Julius 25. Frances Talbott ye same day prima hora meridiem, 
 anno 1610. 
 
 1606. Augustus 2. Marie Talbott borne, anno 1606 about two of 
 ye clocke in the morninge, being Saterday. 
 
 1599. September 17. John Braddill borne, an'o dom' 1599, being 
 Monday. 
 
 1612. September 11. Briget Talbott borne, anno 1612 about three 
 of ye clocke in ye morninge, being Thursday. 
 
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 1572. October 3. Dorothy, daughter of Ed : Bradyll, borne 1572. 
 
 1584. October 6. Anne Braddyll marriage, being Monday, (jlo 
 dorrC 1584. [Ann Braddyll (sister of Dorothy, wife of John Talbot of 
 Carr), married Thomas Southworth, Gent.] 
 
 1607. December 13. John Talbott, sonne of John, was borne, anno 
 1607, about three of ye clocke in the morninge in the greate Froste, 
 beinge Sunday". 
 
 John Talbot, by Dorothy his wife, had altogether thirteen children. 
 [Note 11.] They were married at Whalley Church, on the 2nd of 
 July, 1595. The issue included, sons, George, born 2 May, 1597, died 
 young: Edward, born 25 July, 1599; Thomas, born 24 May, 1603; 
 William, baptized 19 May, 1605; John, born 13 Dec., 1607; George, 
 baptized 4 Dec, 1608; and daughters, Ann, born 11 March, 1595-6, 
 died in infancy; a second Ann, born 26 March, 1601; Margaret, born 
 17 April, 1602; Marie, born 2 August, 1606; Frances, born 25 July, 
 1610; Bridget, born 24 Sept., 1612; Elizabeth, born 23 March, 1613-14. 
 Mistress Talbot, wife of John Talbot, died in June, 1634, and John 
 Talbot himself did not live very long after her. [Note 12.] He had 
 been elected a Governor of Blackburn Grammar School in December, 
 1628. [Note 13.] 
 
 Edward Talbot, Gent., was the next possessor, and he was in 
 tenure of the estate at the commencement of the great Civil War in 
 1642. He married, about 1620-1625, Mabel, daughter of Lawrence 
 Carleton, Gent. The only issue of whom information is obtainable is 
 his two sons, George and John. [Note 14.] His religious attachment 
 as a Roman Cathohc would impel him to take sides with King Charles 
 the First in the conflict with Parliament; and, besides, his neighbour 
 and remote kinsman. Sir John Talbot, of Salesbury Hall, who was the 
 most energetic and influential partizan of the King in Blackburn 
 Parish, doubtless called upon Mr. Edward Talbot to join him, and as he 
 was then only forty-two years old, it is likely that he was one of the 
 numerous body of local Royahsts who armed themselves and mustered 
 for warfare under Sir John Talbot's command. If so, he shared the 
 discomfiture of that Knight, when the "Roundheads" of Blackburn and 
 Manchester in force attacked him at Salesbury Hall, drove him out, 
 and occupied and plundered that mansion. The misfortunes of the 
 war in which he was on the losing side may have shortened Edward 
 Talbot's life if he was not slain or wounded in fight, for it appears that 
 he died not later than 1651. The Blackburn Parish Registers for the 
 years 1637 to 1651 were destroyed, so the exact date of the deaths of 
 parishioners during those years cannot be ascertained. Mr. Edward 
 Talbot's wife, who had been a widow some years, died about 1660. 
 
 Edward's younger son occurs as "John Talbot of Wilpshire", and 
 he farmed, I conjecture, land in that township in the vicinity of his 
 father's and elder brother's property at Carr. He had sons, Richard 
 born in 1666, baptized at Blackburn Church, Nov. 4, 1666; John, born 
 in 1668, baptized Nov. 3, died in 1708; Thomas, living in 1708; and 
 
Joseph and Benjamin, twins, born in 1677. Joseph died in infancy, 
 buried at Blackburn Church, January 18, 1678-9. John Talbot, the 
 father, died in 1680, and leaving no Will, administration was granted 
 with an inventory of goods of John Talbot of Wilpshire, in that year at 
 Chester. 
 
 George Talbot entered upon possession in succession to his father 
 about the year 1651, and he was soon called upon by the Government 
 of the victorious Parliamentarian party to pay the penalty of his 
 father's and his own adherence to the cause of the decapitated King. 
 The freehold estate of Carr was placed under sequestration, and, like 
 many others, George Talbot was branded as a "dehnquent" towards 
 the ruling powers. But he was previously unable to pay his debts, and 
 two creditors who had obtained a judgment against him at the assizes 
 petitioned the Commissioners for sequestration of Royalists' estates to 
 have their debt paid out of the rents of the lands then received by the 
 Commission. Below is the substance of the official records relating 
 to this application, dated 1653 and 1654: — 
 ** Claimants on the Estate of George Talbot, of Carr, Co. Lancaster 
 
 19 July, 1653. George Tolnson, of Witton, Co. Lancaster, and 
 Lettice his wife, beg allowance of a judgment for £103 3 s. obtained at 
 Lancaster Assizes, 11 March, 1652, on the lands of James Ryley and 
 George Talbot, which are now secured for the alleged delinquency of 
 Talbot. Petitioners beg to receive the rents on security. 
 
 19 July. The petition was referred to the County Committee. 
 
 25 April, 1654. The petition was renewed, George Talbot not having 
 been adjudged a delinquent. George Talbot was ordered to show 
 cause why the petition should not be granted. 
 
 20 June, 1654. George and Lettice Tolnson beg leave to proceed on 
 the extent, and enjoy the lands till paid their debt and damages. 
 George Talbot failing to show cause, the Tolnsons were allowed to pro- 
 ceed on their extent till satisfied". 
 
 It may be supposed that during the years from 1652 to 1660, George 
 Talbot, his rents being thus impounded to defray his debts as well as 
 the heavy fines exacted by the authorities, was hard put to it to main- 
 tain his family. He was at the time a young man from about thirty 
 to thirty-five years old. He had previously married Anne Ryley, 
 daughter, I think, of James Ryley, one of the Ryleys of Church Kirk, 
 who is named in the document quoted above, as having had his lands 
 seized along with those of George Talbot for the "alleged delinquency" 
 of the latter. [Note 15.] 
 
 The children of George Talbot by Anne his wife were, sons, Edward 
 and George; and daughters, Mary and Catherine. In 1660, when the 
 Stuarts were restored, George Talbot was reheved from the pains and 
 penalties to which he had been subjected in preceding years as a "King's 
 man", and his estate was restored to him. [Note 16.] But before that 
 event he had been necessitated to raise money by a pecuHar legal 
 process, and this incumbrance was not got rid of until more than 
 
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 twenty years afterwards. Here, again, old legal records disclose cer- 
 tain facts concerning the affairs of this local family of small landowners. 
 In the Court of Chancery, in Trinity Term, 1683, a cause was heard 
 of which there is an account in Vernon's Reports, and in which George 
 Talbot, of Carr, was plaintiff, and Edward Braddyll, of Portfield, was 
 defendant. "The plaintiff, being seised in possession of lands of £15 
 per annum, and in reversion, after the death of his mother, of other 
 lands of about £17 per annum (which estate was subject to incum- 
 brances), did by deed and fine in March, 1657, in consideration of 
 £320, demise those lands to Mr. Braddyll, the defendant, for 99 years, 
 at 5 s. per annum rent, upon condition that if the plaintiff or his heirs 
 should pay the defendant £380, the 25th of March, which should be 
 in the year 1688, then the corruzees should stand seased to the use of 
 the plaintiff and his heirs; and the plaintiff consented for the defend- 
 ant's enjoyment accordingly. And now in 1682, twenty-five years 
 after the conveyance, the plaintiff brings his Bill to be permitted to 
 redeem the premises, and to have an account of profits from the date 
 of the deed, alleging that though the deed was in that form, yet it was, 
 nevertheless, agreed between him and the defendant that it should be 
 a mortgage, and redeemable at any time upon payment of £320 and 
 interest; and though there was no proof of any other agreement than 
 the deed, and that there was a bond to perform the covenants of the 
 deed, and although it appeared that the estate consisted much in Old 
 Buildings and a Mill, and that the defendant had laid out about £100 
 in repairs, yet in regard the plaintiff's Mother died within three years 
 after the deed, whereby the revenue exceeded the interest of the money; 
 the Lord Keeper, notwithstanding there was a contingency at the time 
 of the deed, thought this an unreasonable bargain, and did decree an 
 Account of the profits ab originey and a redemption on payment of 
 what the profits fell short of the £320 and interest, and appointed the 
 same to be paid at a day certain, and not to expect 'till 1688 according 
 to the condition of the Deed". 
 
 The disturbed times in which this representative lived, and which 
 covered the periods of a long civil war and three revolutions in England, 
 and the diflSculties he encountered in his younger days did not prevent 
 George Talbot from surviving to an advanced age. [Note 17.] The 
 ancient freehold which his ancestors had held should have been in his 
 tenure between fifty and sixty years; and he seems to have resided In 
 the house at Carr in Wilpshire, even whilst he did not receive the rents 
 of considerable portions of his land. [Note 18.] His Will, executed 
 shortly before his death, is dated December 18th, 708. In it testator 
 is described as "George Talbot, of Carr Hall, Gentleman". He ap- 
 points his wife, Anne Talbot, sole executrix. He mentions his son, 
 George Talbot; his daughter, Katherine Eden, and her children, 
 Robert and Mary Eden; another married daughter, Mary Osbaldeston, 
 and her five children, James, Mary, Dorothy, Margery, and Anne 
 Osbaldeston. [Note 19.] Testator also names his nephews, John and 
 
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 Thomas Talbot, sons of John. The Will was proved as Chester in 
 1709, and some singular depositions attached to it suggest that the 
 Will had been the cause of quarrel or difiFerence amongst the members of 
 the family, and had been wilfully torn by one of the daughters, Kather- 
 ine Eden. Mrs. Anne Talbot, the widow, executed the Will. By 
 her the Carr estate was sold, in the year 1709, to the trustees of Bar- 
 tholomew Walmesley, Esq., of Dunkenhalgh, and it has remained from 
 then till now a possession of the Walmesleys and their successors the 
 Petres. The estate is contiguous to the manor estate of the Petres in 
 Billington township. Mistress Anne Talbot lived at Carr, however, 
 until her death in 1716, for in her Will her description is "Anne Talbot, 
 of Carr, in Wilpshire, Widow". 
 
 An old document which I have seen supplies some information as to 
 the children and descendants of George Talbot, the last of the family 
 who owned Carr freehold. The eldest son, Edward Talbot, became a 
 monk in one of the orders of the Church of Rome and went to Italy, 
 where he is said to have died. The other son, George Talbot, named by 
 his father in his Will, afterwards emigrated to New England, and settled 
 in America. [Note 20.] Of the daughters, Mary Talbot married 
 twice, and had issue mentioned below. The other daughter, Katherine, 
 married a son of John Eden, of West Auckland, and had a son, Robert 
 Eden, and a daughter, Mary. 
 
 The last descendants of the Talbots of Carr who are known, having 
 lived in this district, were the children and grandchildren of George 
 Talbot's eldest daughter, Mary. [Note 21.] She was born about the 
 year 1658. She married, first, James Parkinson, of Stander Bar, and 
 had to him a son, James Parkinson, who died at the age of 20, and 
 daughters, Mary, Dorothy (died young), Margery, and Anne. After 
 becoming a widow, the mother married Robert Osbaldeston. This 
 marriage took place at Blackburn Parish Church: — "1705. August 3rd. 
 Robert Osbaldeston, of Osbaldeston, yeoman, and Mary Parkinson, 
 of Wilpshire, widow". By this marriage two children appear — George 
 Osbaldeston, who died at the age of 19 years; and "Anne daughter of 
 Robert Osbaldeston, of Wilpshire, yeoman", baptized at Blackburn 
 Church, August 11, 1706. The daughter, Anne Osbaldeston, became 
 the wife of Robert Bennett, of Ribchester. The mother was the latest 
 survivor by many years of the children of George Talbot, of Carr. She 
 died in 1763, a centenarian, aged 105 years. 
 
 Her daughter, Mary Parkinson, married, in 1714, Thomas Darwen, 
 of Ribchester, yeoman (a brother of Henry Darwen, of Balderstone, yeo- 
 man). Issue, Henry Darwen, who was a Roman Catholic, and was 
 sometime a tenant of Carr Hall; he removed to Langley, in Essex; 
 John Darwen, of Ribchester, died in 1792; Margaret Darwen, married 
 Lawrence Peel; Juliana, married, in 1740, Mr. Charles Baron, and 
 had a son Charles: and, secondly, married Dr. William Ritchie, of 
 Aberdeen; and Dorothy Darwen, married, in 1762, Mr. Daniel Robin- 
 son, of Manchester, and had numerous issue. 
 
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 NOTES ON THE FOREGOING ARTICLE 
 By J. Gardner Bartlett 
 
 Note 1. The engraving mentioned in the text has been slightly 
 enlarged to make the photogravure opposite this page, showing the 
 appearance of the building at the time of Mr. Abram's article in 1893 
 and since then. 
 
 Note 2. The front is slightly altered from its original appearance in 
 1580, in that after 1710 two of the five sections of the first story window 
 in the left wing were blocked up, and a new two section window was 
 cut through higher up in the front of this wing. (See ante, p. 31.) 
 
 Note 3. The Talbots of Carr derived from the Talbots of Bashall 
 through a branch at Slaidburn and not through the branch at Salesbury, 
 securing Carr Hall and property in Tadcaster by marriage about 1410 
 with a Cunliffe heiress. (See ante, pp. 11-13.) 
 
 Note 4. Nicholas Talbot married first Anne or Agnes, not Elizabeth, 
 Shuttleworth. (See ante, pp. 18 and 26.) 
 
 Note 5. Margaret was the only child of Nicholas Talbot by his 
 first wife Anne or Agnes Shuttleworth; Bridget and George were by his 
 second wife Anne Brown. (See ante, p. 23.) 
 
 Note 6. The age given in the original document is one year and 
 eleven months, not five years and eleven months as here printed. (See 
 ante, p. 23.) 
 
 Note 7. This suit took place in 3 Edward VI. (1549) and not in 11 
 Edward VI. (See ante, pp. 24-25.) 
 
 Note 8. He also had three other children not named in the text, 
 viz., Thomas, bapt. 20 Jan. 1572/3, EHzabeth, bapt. 28 May 1574, 
 and Catherine. He also had a second wife Anne Holden, to whom he 
 was married 3 Aug. 1587. (See ante, pp. 33-34.) 
 
 Note 9. This WiUiam Talbot was not engaged in trade, but was a 
 Catholic priest. (See ante, p. 35.) 
 
 Note 10. George Talbot was born about Oct. 1545 and was buried 
 4 June 1628, aged nearly eighty three years, not eighty-nine. (See 
 ante, pp. 23 and 31.) 
 
 Note 11. John Talbot had only eleven children. WiUiam, bap- 
 tized 19 May 1605, and George, baptized 4 Dec. 1608, named in the 
 text and recorded at Blackburn, do not belong in this family; the former 
 (William) was son of another John Talbot; while the latter (George) 
 was son of a Thomas Talbot and was buried at Blackburn 3 Feb. 
 1636/7. 
 
 Note 12. She was buried at Blackburn 27 June 1634. (See ante, 
 p. 88.) 
 
 Note 13. He was living in 1642 and probably died during the Civil 
 War. (See ante, p. 37.) 
 
 Note 14. He also had a daughter Dorothy, born about 1628, who 
 married first, 3 June 1654, ElHs Duckworth and secondly in 1671, 
 Richard Parker. (See ante, pp. 44, 45, and 61.) 
 
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 Note 15. This marriage to Anne Ryley took place before August 
 1651; she was buried at Whalley 20 Aug. 1660. George Talbot later 
 
 married a second wife Anne , who survived him. (See ante, 
 
 pp. 48 and 75.) 
 
 Note 16. Although nominally it may be true that Talbot's estate 
 was restored to him on the return of the monarchy in 1660, yet prac- 
 tically he was out of possession from 1657 to 1685, as he deeded his 
 whole estate to Edward Braddyll in 1657 and did not get it back until 
 1685 by means of a chancery suit. (See ante, p. 46.) 
 
 Note 17. He was born in 1624 and died in 1709, aged about eighty- 
 five years. (See ante, pp. 45 and 71.) 
 
 Note 18. He did not reside at Carr Hall after his mother's death 
 in 1660 until 1685 when he recovered the property by law suit; but he 
 thereafter lived there until his death in 1709. (See ante, p. 46.) 
 
 Note 19. Four of these children were by her first husband James 
 Parkinson; only Anne was by her second husband Robert Osbaldeston. 
 (See ante, pp. 77-78.) 
 
 Note 20. Of course this word "afterwards" was not in the "old 
 document" Mr. Abram is here quoting. It is perfectly certain that he 
 never saw the whole will of George Talbot, but had only a brief abstract 
 of it, giving merely the names of the persons in it; he thus was unaware 
 of the pecuhar way the son George was referred to in the will which 
 proves he had gone from home long before the date of the will. Mr. 
 Abram was accustomed to send to a correspondent in Chester for brief 
 abstracts of batches of wills there of families which he was compiling, 
 as appears from his papers shown by his son to the writer. (See ante, 
 pp. 69, 78-79.) 
 
 A brief pedigree of the Talbots of Carr (as ancestors of the Darwens 
 of Ribchester, Co. Lancaster), appears on pages 251-2 of the "History 
 of the Parish of Ribchester," published in 1890 by Tom C. Smith, Esq., 
 then of Longridge near Blackburn. After tracing down the line from 
 Stephen Talbot of Carr, this pedigree gives the following account of 
 the last George Talbot of Carr and his descendants: 
 
 "George Talbot, of Carr, gent., married Ann, daughter of 
 
 Riley, of Church, and had sons, Edward, died in Italy; and George, 
 a doctor in New England; and daughters, Mary; and Katherine, married 
 John Eden, of West Auckland. He died about 1708. Mary Talbot 
 married, firstly, John Parkinson of Standerbar, and had issue, James, 
 Mary, Dorothy, and Marjorie. Secondly, she married Robert Osbal- 
 deston. Mary Parkinson, granddaughter of George Talbot, married 
 in 1714 Thomas Darwen, of Ribchester." Etc. 
 
 When working on the Talbot pedigree in England in 1905, the 
 writer called upon and conferred with Mr. Smith, who was then living 
 at Harrogate in Yorkshire. Mr. Smith stated that all the information 
 he ever had of the Talbots of Carr was given to him by Mr. Abram; 
 and he showed the writer the manuscript notes of his Talbot pedigree 
 which merely state that George Talbot Jun., "deceased" in New 
 
107 
 
 England; the notes have nothing of his being "a doctor" there. Mr. 
 Smith stated the printed words "a doctor" were evidently typographi- 
 cal errors for the word "deceased," an error he overlooked in proof- 
 reading while under severe illness. 
 
 Note 21. Mary Talbot was the younger of the two daughters of 
 George Talbot, not the elder. (See ante, pp. 76-77.) 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS 
 
 Abbam 
 G. P. 95 
 
 Mr., = William Alex- 
 ander 31 74-78 80 92 
 94 96 105 106 
 William Alexander 73 
 95 
 
 AmSWORTH 
 
 Elizabeth 89 
 Lawrence 89 
 Allen 
 George 84 
 Mary 84 
 
 ASHTON or ASHETON 
 
 Mr. 95 
 
 Anne 38 39 89 
 Isabella 89 
 Lucy 89 
 Ralph 27 89 
 Richard 89 
 
 ASPDEN or ASPEDEN 
 
 Margaret 19-20 
 
 23-27 30 
 
 Richard 19 23 
 
 Robert 19 20 23-25 
 
 98 
 
 Athebton 
 
 John 91 
 
 Mary 91 
 
 Atkinson 
 
 Anne 50 
 
 Thomas 50 
 
 Aylett 
 
 Baine 
 
 9 
 
 Bailey or Bayly 
 
 EHzabeth 33 
 John 33 
 
 Baker 
 
 Capt. 67 
 
 Baliol 
 
 Edward 86 
 
 Bannister 
 
 Anne 90 
 
 Isabel 90 
 
 Richard 90 
 
 Wilfred 90 
 
 Babker 
 
 John 36 41 
 
 Barlow 
 
 Alexander 91 
 
 Frances 91 
 
 Margaret 91 
 
 Peter 91 
 
 Baron 
 
 Charles 74 77 104 
 
 Julian or Juliana 74 
 
 77 104 
 
 Barrell 
 
 Anna 84 
 
 Bartlett 
 
 J. Gardner 96 105 
 
 Bassett 
 
 Alina 85 
 
 Allan 85 
 
 Bastian 
 
 WiUiam 75 
 
 Beauchamp de 
 
 Sarah 86 
 
 William 86 
 
 Bellair 
 
 Elizabeth 10 
 
 James 10 
 
 Bennett 
 Anne 74 78 104 
 Robert 74 78 104 
 WiUiam 78 
 Bereville de 
 Matilda 8 
 Robert 8 
 Bibby 
 Mr. 96 
 Black Pbince 
 Edward 10 86 
 Blamyb 
 
 14 
 
 Blore 
 
 Catherine 76 
 George 68 76 
 John 75 76 78 
 Blount 
 Father 33 
 Bodge 
 
 82 
 
 BOHUN DE 
 
 Eleanor 86 
 Elizabeth 86 
 Humphrey 86 
 Bolton 
 Adam 93 
 Boteler 
 Anne 86 
 William 86 
 
 BOUCHIER 
 
 Richard 72 
 Bradhull DE or 
 Braddyll 
 Alice 38 
 Anne 38 39 101 
 Bernard 39 
 Cuthbert 39 
 
110 
 
 Bradhull de or 
 Braddyll (cotU.) 
 Dorothy 17 19 27 
 37-40 83 100 101 
 Edward 17 19 27 
 36-39 41 44 46-49 
 52-56 58-60 62-64 100 
 101 103 106 
 Elizabeth 39 
 Ellen 39 
 Emote 39 
 Geoffrey 38 
 GUbert 39 
 Henry 38 
 Jane 39 
 Jennett 39 
 Johanna 100 
 John 38 39 100 
 Katherine 39 48 56 
 62 
 
 Lettice 39 46 51 
 Margaret 38 39 63 
 Margery 39 
 Ralph 39 
 Richard 39 
 Robert 38 
 Roger 38 
 Stephen 39 
 Thomas 38 39 53 55 
 57 58 67 68 
 Walter 38 
 William 39 
 Brierly 
 WiUiam 57 
 Brockholes D£ or 
 Brockhole 
 John 10 
 Thomas 68 
 Brougham de or 
 Brougham 
 Dorothy 42 
 Gilbert 43 
 Henry 42 
 Isabel 43 
 Brown or Browne 
 Anne 17 18 23 98 105 
 Evan or Ewan 17 18 
 23 25 98 
 
 Buck 
 
 Margaret 34 
 
 BULMER 
 
 Stephen 85 
 Burgh 
 Thomas 7 
 Burke 
 
 [ =John 
 
 Bernard] 2 3 4 87 
 Butler 
 Eleanor 86 
 James 86 
 Petronilla 86 
 Byron 
 John 10 
 Margery 10 
 
 Cansick 
 
 35,99 
 
 Capen 
 Jerusha 84 
 Jonathan 84 
 Carleton de or 
 Carleton 
 Adam 42 
 Agnes 43 
 AUce 43 
 Ambrose 41 43 
 Andrew 41 43 50 
 Anne 43 
 Baldwin 42 
 Barbara 43 
 Dorothy 42 
 Eleanor 43 
 Geoffrey 42 
 George 43 
 Gerard 43 
 Gilbert 42 
 Guy 43 44 
 Helen 42 
 Henry 42 
 Isabel 43 
 Jane 42 
 John 42 43 
 Launcelot 18 19 41 
 43 44 
 Laurence 17 18 
 
 Lawrence 101 
 
 Mabel 17 18 39 
 
 41-45 101 
 
 Mabilla 19 
 
 Margaret 43 
 
 Nichola 43 
 
 Oduard 42 
 
 Percival A. 42 
 
 Peter 43 
 
 Roger 43 44 
 
 Sarah 42 
 
 Thomas 42-44 
 
 William 42-44 
 
 Carlisle 
 
 Mabel 43 
 
 Charles I. 
 
 19 32 35 40 41 44 45 
 
 48 58 63 101 
 
 Charles H. 
 
 44 46 48 56 58 63 92 
 
 Charnock 
 
 Eleanor 34 
 
 Clarke or Clark 
 
 Anne 45 
 
 Hannah 83 
 
 Lambert 45 
 
 Margery 83 
 
 William 83 
 
 Clayton 
 
 Jennett 44 94 
 
 John 94 
 
 Margaret 92 
 
 Thomas 92 
 
 William 25 72 
 
 Cleveland 
 
 Duchess of 1 2 
 
 Clitheroe or 
 
 Cliderou de 
 
 Isabel 22 
 
 Isabella 88 
 
 Richard 88 
 
 Cockayne 
 
 G. E. 87 
 
 Cockroft or 
 
 Cawcroft 
 
 Thomas 36 40 52 57 
 
 63 
 
 WiUiam 57 6S 
 
Ill 
 
 Cole 
 Elizabeth 45 
 
 COMTN 
 
 Elizabeth 86 
 John 86 
 Cooke 
 Joanna 21 
 
 COTTBELL 
 
 Judge 67 
 
 Craven 
 
 Richard 51 
 
 Crombock 
 
 Jennett 39 
 
 John 36 40 47 48 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 OUver 53 
 
 Cross 
 
 John 94 
 
 Mary 94 
 
 Cundeclyve de or 
 
 CUNLIFFE 
 
 Adam 13 
 Alice 13 
 Ellen 12-15 26 
 Margaret 13 
 Robert 13 59-61 
 Roger 12 13 
 
 CUTTINQ 
 
 Dorothy 83 
 James 83 
 
 Danvers 
 
 Lord 99 
 
 Darwen 
 
 Anne 77 
 
 Dorothy 74 77 104 
 
 Henry 74 77 104 
 
 John 74 77 104 
 
 Julian or Juliana 74 
 
 77 104 
 
 Margaret 74 77 104 
 
 Mary 74 77 104 106 
 
 Thomas 74 77 104 
 
 106 
 
 Dawbury 
 
 Alice 43 
 
 George 43 
 
 Derby 
 
 Earl of 6 41 46 49-51 
 
 58 61 
 
 COMTE d'Eu 
 
 Gilbert 1 
 Robert 1 
 
 DiNKLEY DE 
 
 Alice 38 
 
 DOBSON 
 
 Richard 68 
 Duckworth 
 AHce 93 
 Anne 44 45 
 Dorothy 44 45 105 
 Ellis 44 45 105 
 Jane 44 45 
 Katherine 44 45 
 
 DUGDALE 
 
 [ = William] 2 
 
 17-19 42 
 
 DUTTON 
 
 Anna 12 13 
 Giles 12 
 Hugh 9 
 Joane 9 
 Duxbury 
 Anne 44 45 
 Thomas 44 45 
 
 Earle 
 
 Erasmus 55 
 
 Eden 
 
 Barbara 76 
 
 Catherine or Katharine 
 
 69-72 74 76 80 81 103 
 
 104 106 
 
 Jane 75 76 
 
 John 74 76 104 106 
 
 Mary 70 74 76 103 
 
 104 
 
 Robert 70 74 76 103 
 
 104 
 
 Edmundson 
 
 Richard 64 
 
 Edward I. 
 
 8 9 
 
 Edward II. 
 
 
 
 Edward III. 
 9-11 16 
 Edward IV. 
 
 16 18 19 89 
 Edward VI. 
 
 17 22 24 98 105 
 Elizabeth 
 27-30 97 
 Elliot 
 Nichola 43 
 Ellis 
 
 67 
 
 Henry 2 
 Ellison 
 John 94 
 Mary 94 
 Evererd 
 Robert 20 
 
 Ferrers de 
 Ermintrude 6 
 Robert 6 
 Walcheline 6 
 Fielding 
 OUver 68 
 Robert 62 
 FrrzwiLLiAM 
 
 42 
 
 Flaitel 
 Basilia 3 
 Gerard 3 
 Foley 
 
 33-35 
 
 Forest 
 Robert 25 
 Foster 
 10 
 
 Jennett 39 
 John 100 
 
 FOXCROPT 
 
 Francis 81 
 Frizell 
 
 Hannah 83 
 
 William 83 
 
 Gaskyll or GasgiiiL 
 Julyan 32 
 
112 
 
 Gat 
 
 David 84 
 Hannah 84 
 Gerrabd 
 Mr. 75 
 Gey 
 Stephen 67 
 
 GiFFARD 
 
 Walter 2 
 Gold 
 
 Francis 83 
 Mary 80 83 
 Rose 83 
 
 GOURNAY DE 
 
 BasiUa 3 
 
 Gerard 3 
 
 Hugh 3 85 
 
 Greenfield 
 
 Lettice 46 48 51 
 
 Thomas 36 40 41 46 
 
 47 51 
 
 Greffyn 
 
 David 14 
 
 Jane 14 
 
 Gregson 
 
 Matthew 70 
 
 Griffith ap 
 
 Gwendohne 86 
 
 Rhys 86 
 
 Grimshaw 
 
 R. 67 
 
 Hamerton de 
 Alice 13 
 Stephen 13 
 Hargreaves 
 Jane 57 
 Harrington 
 Margery 39 
 WilUam 39 
 Hatch 
 Alfce 57 64 
 Havison 
 William 20 
 Hayhurst see Hurst 
 Henry I. 
 3 85 
 
 Henry U. 
 
 4 5 85 
 Henry HI. 
 
 6-8 86 
 Henry IV. 
 11 
 
 Henry V. 
 3 11 
 Henry VI. 
 
 5 11-13 16 21 87 89 
 Henry VH. 
 
 17 20 97 
 Henry VIH. 
 21 22 26 
 Hesketh 
 Edward 62 
 Heydock 
 Lawrence 25 
 Hickman 
 WiUiam 7 
 HiNDLE or Hyndley 
 Charlton 93 
 Christopher 93 
 George 52 61 
 John 25 26 
 Hoar 
 Daniel 81 83 
 
 HODGKINSON 
 
 Margery 76 
 WiUiam 76 78 
 
 HOLDEN 
 
 Andrew 57 
 
 Anne 33 34 68 105 
 
 James 68 
 
 John 68 
 
 Thomas 36 41 
 
 Holland 
 
 Joane 9 
 
 Robert 9 
 
 Holme 
 
 John 19 
 
 Randle 18-20 23 32 
 
 40 41 45 
 
 HOPTON 
 
 Elizabeth 13 
 Robert 13 
 
 HOPWOOD 
 
 Anne 89 
 
 Edmund 89 
 
 HORNE 
 
 14 
 
 Hothersall 
 Anne 90 
 John 90 
 Houghton or de 
 Hoghton 
 Adam 37 
 Elizabeth 93 
 Henry 11 12 
 Richard 93 
 
 HULTON 
 
 John 72 
 Hume 
 
 3 4 
 
 Hurst or Hayhurst 
 Edward 61 
 Richard 36 41 52 55 
 56 60-62 
 
 Ingilby 
 John 37 100 
 
 James I. 
 32 91 97 
 John 
 5 6 8 
 
 Kenyon 
 Lord 36 67 
 Roger 36 40 
 King 
 John 26 
 
 KiRKBY 
 
 Eleanor 43 
 Roger 43 
 
 Lacy de 
 Edmund 8 
 Gilbert 3 4 
 Henry 4 
 Hugh 6 
 John 7 
 Lancaster de 
 Jane 42 
 Roger 42 
 
113 
 
 La WE 
 
 Middleton 
 
 Ormerod 
 
 Gilbert 39 47 48 52 
 
 Edmund 32 
 
 9 
 
 55-58 
 
 MlTTON 
 
 Osbaldeston 
 
 Katherine 39 56-58 
 
 John 49 
 
 Alexander 90 92 
 
 60-62 
 
 MOLINEUX 
 
 Alice 90 
 
 Thomas 36 39 56 57 y^^^^ ^7 
 
 Anne 70 74 75 78 92 
 
 Lawson 
 
 Montague de 
 
 103 104 106 
 
 IsabeUa 94 
 
 Alina 85 
 Dreux 85 
 Moore 
 
 Dorothy 103 
 
 Layton 
 Anne 43 
 
 George 74 75 78 104 
 James 103 
 
 Thomas 43 
 
 John 36 40 47-49 
 
 Leigh de 
 
 Mary 90 
 
 Margery 103 
 
 Gilbert 9 
 
 MOSLEY 
 
 Mary 70 73-75 77 
 
 Lever de 
 
 Mr. 96 
 
 79 103 104 106 
 
 Adam 13 
 
 MOSTON DE 
 
 Robert 74 76 78 104 
 
 Margaret 13 
 
 John 43 
 
 106 
 
 Levesey or Livesey 
 
 Margaret 43 
 
 
 AHce 89 
 
 Mowbray de 
 
 Paris 
 
 Anne 14 
 
 Roger 4 
 
 Matthew 4 
 
 Edmund 14 
 
 
 Parker 
 
 Giles 14 21 89 
 
 Nevill 
 
 Alexander 45 70 
 
 James 13 
 
 Maud 87 
 
 Dorothy 41 44 61 
 
 John 14 
 
 Thomas 87 
 
 John 45 55 70 75 
 
 Nicholas 14 
 
 Newton 
 
 Richard 44 61 105 
 
 WilHam 13 
 
 Adam 42 
 
 Parkinson 
 
 LonsdatjF. or Loyns- 
 
 Sarah 42 
 
 Anne 92 104 
 
 dale 
 
 NOBLET 
 
 Dorothy 70 74 77 104 
 
 106 
 
 James 65-67 70 74 
 
 John 41 50 
 
 Roger 68 
 
 Margaret 50 
 
 No WELL or NOELL 
 
 76-78 104 106 
 
 Thomas 49 50 62 
 
 Adam 32 
 
 John 106 
 
 LOWTHER 
 
 Alexander 33 
 
 Margery 70 74-76 78 
 
 Barbara 43 
 
 Anne 17 19 27 32 33 104 106 
 
 Hugh 43 
 
 94 98 
 
 Mary 70 73-77 79 
 
 LUNT 
 
 Catherine 33 
 
 104 106 
 
 John 67 
 
 Christopher 32 33 
 
 Robert 92 
 
 Lyster 
 
 Eli/Hbeth 32 33 92 
 
 Paslowe 
 
 Helene 32 
 
 Grace 33 
 
 Elizabeth 32 33 
 
 
 Helene 32 33 
 
 Thomas 33 
 
 Mages 
 
 Henry 32 
 
 Peele 
 
 Edward 32 
 
 Jane 33 
 
 Laurence 74 77 104 
 
 Maid of Orleans 
 
 John 33 92 
 
 Margaret 74 77 104 
 
 87 
 
 Julyan 32 
 
 Robert 77 
 
 Matilda 
 
 Leonard 94 
 
 William 77 
 
 1 A 
 
 Mary 33 
 
 Petke 
 
 O It 
 
 Mercer 
 
 Roger 17 19 32 33 
 
 Catherine 73 
 
 Alexander 44 45 
 
 53 98 
 
 George Ernest Augus- 
 
 Katherine 44 45 
 
 William 32 
 
 tus Henry 73 
 
114 
 
 Petre (cont.) 
 
 Rishton or DE 
 
 Margaret 40 
 
 George William 73 
 
 RiSHTON 
 
 Richard 23-25 37 40 
 
 Robert 73 
 
 Anne 34 89 
 
 98 
 
 Robert Edward 73 
 
 Catherine 34 
 
 Shorrock 
 
 Robert James 73 
 
 Dorothy 34 98 
 
 WiUiam 25 
 
 Philip 
 
 Edward 34 36 41 51 Shuttleworth 
 
 King 82 
 
 52 
 
 Agnes 18 23 26 105 
 
 PiGOTT 
 
 Eleanor 34 
 
 Anne 105 
 
 George 91 92 
 
 Elizabeth 57 
 
 Burton 56 62 64 
 
 PiNCERNI 
 
 Frances 34 
 
 Elizabeth 23 97 105 
 
 Hugh 6 
 
 James 34 
 
 Lawrence 18 23 26 
 
 Plantagenet 
 
 John 34 57 
 
 97 
 
 Elizabeth 86 
 
 Margaret 34 
 
 Singleton 
 
 Geoffrey 3 
 
 Ralph 34 98 
 
 Alan 89 
 
 Henry 4 
 
 Richard 89 
 
 EUen 89 
 
 POLLABD 
 
 Robert 10 
 
 John 24 25 89 91 98 
 
 Emote 39 
 
 Roger 34 
 
 Margery 89 
 
 William 39 
 
 William 34 
 
 Mary 91 
 
 Pond 
 
 Ritchie or Richey 
 
 Slater 
 
 Thankfull 84 
 
 Julian or Juliana 74 
 
 Edward 62 
 
 Pui'FER 
 
 77 104 
 
 Slinger 
 
 Eleazer 83 
 
 WiUiam 74 77 104 
 
 Tempest 53 
 
 Elizabeth 83 84 
 
 Robinson 
 
 Smith 
 
 Pye 
 
 Daniel 74 77 104 
 
 Experience 84 
 
 George 77 
 
 Dorothy 74 77 104 
 
 ! Joseph 84 
 
 WiUiam 77 
 
 ROUSAU 
 
 Tom C, or Mr. 
 
 
 EKzabeth 84 
 
 106-107 
 
 Radclifpe 
 
 Samuel 84 
 
 Smollett 
 
 Joane 9 
 
 Ryley 
 
 3 
 
 Johanna 89 
 
 Anne 39 74-76 78 102 Snawesell 
 
 John 9 89 
 
 106 
 
 WiUiam 19 
 
 Richard 25 
 
 James 47-49 5152 
 
 SOUTHWORTH 
 
 Remington 
 
 75 102 106 
 
 Anne 91 101 
 
 Robert 32 
 
 Robert 75 
 
 Elizabeth 92 
 
 Richard I. 
 
 
 John 91 
 
 5 85 
 
 Salisbury 
 
 Mary 91 
 
 Richard II. 
 
 Marquis of 30 
 
 Thomas 92 101 
 
 n 
 
 Sharlock 
 
 Sparks 
 
 Richard 111. 
 
 John 83 
 
 Henry 83 
 
 89 
 Riggenhat-Tj de 
 
 Sharples 
 
 Stainton de 
 
 James 63 
 John 52 
 
 Geoffrey 42 
 Helen 42 
 
 Matilda 11 
 
 Robert 19 
 
 Stark 
 
 Peter 11 
 
 Sherburne 
 
 Arnie 23 24 25 37 
 
 1 7 
 
 RiGMADEN 
 
 rr 1 
 
 Starkey 
 
 Anabella 11 
 
 90 98 
 
 Ellen 39 
 
 Avelina 11 
 
 Hugh 37 90 
 
 Stephen 
 
 Peter 11 
 
 John 70 71 
 
 34 
 
115 
 
 Strange lb 
 Ankaret 87 
 John 87 
 Stratton 
 Richard 81 83 
 Stuteville de 
 Joanna 6 7 
 Robert 6 7 
 
 SUDELL 
 
 Alice 94 
 John 64 94 
 Mary 44 94 
 Symonstone de 
 Margaret 38 
 
 Talbot Talbott 
 Talbut Talebot 
 Taulbert Tawlbut 
 Agnes 4 18 23 26 105 
 Alexander 88 91 
 Alice 6 89 90 93 94 
 Alina 85 
 Anabilla 11 
 Ankaret 87 
 Anna 12 13 
 Anne 13 17-19 23-25 
 27 31-34 37 39 40 50 
 53-55 69-78 86 89 90 
 92 94 98 100-102 
 104-106 
 Avelina 11 
 Beatrice 90 
 Benjamin 102 
 Bridget 23 24 33 37 
 40 98 100 101 105 
 Catherine or Katharine 
 34 65 71 74 76 
 102-106 
 
 Christopher 88 
 Daniel 84 
 
 Dorothy 17 19 27 34 
 37-11 44 80 83 88 92 
 98 100 101 105 
 Ebenezer 84 
 Edmund 8-14 16 88 
 97 
 
 Edward 17 19 29 36 
 37 39-48 57 63 74-76 
 80 83 99-102 104 106 
 Elizabeth 10 13 33 
 37 40 84 86 89 90 92- 
 94 97 98 100 101 105 
 EUen 11-14 26 89 
 Ermintrude 6 
 Euphemia 7 
 Experience 84 
 Frances 34 37 40 91 
 98 100 101 
 Geoffrey 2-5 
 George 14-21 23-34 
 36 37 39-41 44-58 
 61-84 90 91 93-95 97- 
 102 104-107 
 Gerard 6 7 11 
 Gilbert 14 85-87 
 Giles 8 11-14 16 21 
 Hannah 81 83 84 
 Henry 11 
 
 Hugh 1 3 85 88 89 
 Isabel 90 
 
 Isabella 21 88 89 94 
 Jane 14 90 
 Jennett 13 14 44 94 
 Jerusha 84 
 Joane 9 
 Joanna 6 21 89 
 John 5-7 9-11 13 14 
 16 17 19 22 27 29 30 
 33 35-37 39-41 44-48 
 53 63 70 87-94 98-105 
 Joseph 102 
 Katharine, see 
 Catherine 
 Lawrence 88 
 Le Sire 12 85 
 Lucy 89 
 
 Mabel 17 36 39-45 
 48 50 52 55 56 59-62 
 64 101 
 Mabilla 19 
 Margaret 13 14 19 
 20 23 24 37 40 89-92 
 98 100 101 105 
 
 Margery 10 88 89 
 
 Martha 8 
 
 Mary 10 33 37 40 44 
 
 65-67 71 73-76 79 80 
 
 83 84 90-94 98 100- 
 
 104 106 107 
 
 Matilda 8 11 
 
 Maud 87 
 
 Michael 90 
 
 Myles 89 
 
 Newton 79 
 
 Nicholas 13 14 17 18 
 
 21-26 33 35 37 90 97 
 
 98 105 
 
 Peter 11-14 16 20 21 
 
 26 79-84 
 
 Petronilla 86 
 
 Ralph 89 
 
 Richard 2 3 6 7 10- 
 
 12 14-16 18 20 21 33 
 
 85-90 93 94 101 
 
 Robert 5-8 21 30 90 
 
 91 93 94 
 
 Roger 5 89 
 
 Samuel 94 
 
 Sarah 84 86 
 
 Simon 5 
 
 Stephen 16-21 73 97 
 
 106 
 
 Sybil 7 
 
 Sylvester 5 6 
 
 Thomas 7-11 16 21 
 
 29 33 34 37 40 44 70 
 
 89-94 99-101 104 105 
 
 William 1 4-6 11 13 
 
 14 18 20 29 34 35 88 
 
 89 91 97-99 101 105 
 
 Taylor 
 
 Anne 64 
 
 George 64 
 
 Theopilus 70 71 
 
 Tempest 
 
 Mary 10 
 
 Richard 10 
 
 Titterington 
 
 Edward 63 
 
116 
 
 Todd 
 Mr. 45 
 
 TOLNSON or TOWLNSON 
 
 George 47-49 51 52 
 59 60 62 102 
 Lettice 48 51 102 
 
 TOWNELEY 
 
 Christopher 3 8 94 
 Isabella 89 
 Richard 89 
 
 TURELL 
 
 Anna 84 
 Daniel 84 
 Mary 84 
 Turner 
 John 32 
 
 TWENGE DE 
 
 Thomas 11 
 
 Valence de 
 WiUiam 7 
 
 VlTALIS 
 
 Ordericus 3 
 VosE 
 Thomas 84 
 
 Waddington 
 Richard 53 55 
 Wadell 
 John 83 
 Mary 83 
 Walkden 
 Thomas 50 
 Wall 
 WilUam 51 
 
 Walmesley 
 Bartholomew 31 73 
 104 
 
 Catherine 73 
 Elizabeth 91 92 
 Richard 75 92 
 Thomas 28 99 
 Ward 
 Henry 92 
 Richard 25 
 Waring 
 Jane 76 
 Leonard 62 
 Richard 76 
 Warren 
 
 88 
 
 Dorothy 92 
 Edward 92 
 John 65 
 WiUiam 5 
 West 
 
 George 68 
 Westby 
 Margaret 92 
 Thomas 92 
 Whalley 
 Edward 25 
 Whitchurch 
 James 45 
 White 
 
 Benjamin 84 
 Sarah 84 
 Whittingham 
 Alexander 32 
 Thomas 32 
 
 WlBERGH 
 
 Agnes 43 
 Thomas 43 
 Wilford 
 Dorothy 92 
 James 92 
 Wilkinson 
 Thomas 64 
 William the 
 Conqueror 
 1 85 87 
 
 WiNCKLEY 
 
 Thomas 36 41 
 
 WiTHINGTON 
 
 Elizabeth 84 
 Philip 84 
 ThankfuU 84 
 
 WORSLEY 
 
 Ehzabeth 23 
 
 WORTHINGTON 
 
 Richard 68 
 Wyke 
 
 Elizabeth 90 
 Humphrey 90 
 
 Yate 
 
 Tristram 26 
 York 
 
 Richard, Duke of 
 12 16 
 
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