vobis factas per bone memorie Willm. de Cornehull et Alex. predecessores nostros; et confirmationem capituli Couentr., summorum Pontificum, scil. Honorij tertij, et etiam Innocentij tertij, confirmationib; sup eisdem subsecutis. Et etiam donationem nobilis viri Johannis de Lascy, comitis Lincoln, de ecclesia de Eccles cum capella de Saynte mariden, et ceteris suis ptinentijs, et concessionem bone memorie Alex. predecessoris nostri, simul cum confirmationib3 capitulorum Couentr. et Lich. et etiam Alex. pape quarti sup eisdem ; necnon et donationem eiusdem nobilis viri Johannis de Lascy de ecclesia de Blakeburn cum capellis de la Lawe et Samlesbury, et portione quam habet dicta ecclesia in ecclesia de Whalleye et alijs suis ptinentijs; et concessionem in pprios usus sup una medietate dicte ecclesie de Blak. bone memorie Alex. predecessoris nostri et predictorum capitulorum confirmationes; et sup alia medietate dicte ecclesie concessionem nostram in pprios usus cum confirmatione capituli Couentr. sup utraq. medietate, Alex. pape quarti confirmatione subsecuta, sufficienter habeatis, prout de hijs omnib3 per exhibitionem instrumentorum vestrorum superius precatorum nob. constitit euidenter, et insuper vob. dictas ecclesias cum capellis prenominatis et omnib3 alijs suis ptinentijs a nobis petieritis confirmari. Nos dictorum dñorum vestigijs inherentes ac sicut convenit volentes annuere votis vestris, prefatas ecclesias cum capellis suis et omnib3 alijs que ad eas ptinent in pprios usus vestros auctoritate pontificali concedimus et confirmamus ppetuis temporib3 possidendas. Et ut hec nostra concessio et confirmatio rata imppetuum pmaneat et inconcussa nos presens scriptum sigilli nostri munimine duximus roborand. Hijs testib3, Magistris Alano dicto le Breton thesaurario Lich., Ad. de Walton cancellario Lichef., Joh. de Crauen decano Cestr., Ada de Stafford archidiac. de ead., dño Rogero priore de Norton, dño Willo dicto le Ponere milite, Magistro Rob. de Sauthorp, et alijs. Dat. apud Heywood xiiij. kalend. Maij anno gratie mo cc lxvijo, et consecrationis nostro vicesimo.

Mem. quod confirmatio predicta est triplex, quarum una est in titulo tertio de Blakeburn, et alia in titulo quarto de Rached.

EXPLICIT TITULUS SECUNDUS DE ECCLESIA DE ECCLES ET DE

TERRIS IN WESTHALGHTON ET ALIJS LOCIS, IN QUO CON

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TITULUS TERTIUS DE BLAKEBURN.

I. Carta Johannis de Lascy de medietate ecclesie de

Blakeburn.

MNIBUS Cristi fidelib; et sancte matris ecclesie filijs presens scriptum visuris vel audituris, Johannes de Lascy, constab. Cestrie salutem. Noueritis me dedisse et caritatis

intuitu concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et beate Marie et Abbati et monachis meis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe in puram et ppetuam elemosynam medietatem ecclesie de Blak. illam

* The date of this grant may be assigned to the year 1230, for William de Vernon was Judge of Chester in that year.

The total absence of arrangement in the entries of the following charters, and the complication consequent on the descent of the advowson in moieties, will render the following succinct statement of that descent, until the entirety became vested in John de Lascy, the munificent benefactor of Stanlawe, not unacceptable.

I. Gamaliel II. Gilbertus

III. Johannes

had successively the entirety of the Church.

IV. Henricus, clericus de Blackburn, had a grant of the whole church from Henry de Lascy circa 1160, which was confirmed by the Bishop of Coventry and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

On his death it descended to his sons in moieties.

One moiety descended to

Richard, his eldest son, and from him to his son

Adam, who had a grant from Robert de Lascy of that moiety which Richard

scil. quam Adam fil. Henrici tenet, cum capella de Walton et earum ptinentijs, quantum spectat ad laicalem donationem, p salute anime mee et uxoris mee et p salute dñi patris mei et matris mee et antecessorum et successorum meorum, libere et quiete sicut ulla elemosyna viris religiosis liberius et quietius dari potest. Ita quod ego vel heredes mei in predicta medietate predicte ecclesie et in predicta capella nichil iuris ad opus meum vel heredum meorum de cetero habere poterimus. Et ut hec donatio rata et inconcussa pmaneat imppetuum presens scriptum sigilli mei munimine corroboraui. Hijs testib3, Will. de Vernon Just. Cestr., Henr. psona de Rowelle, dão Colino de quatuor maris, Henr. de Nouo mercato, Rog. de Cestr., Robt. de Cestr., Baldewino Teutonico, Galfr. de Dutton tunc sen., Hug. de Dutton, Galfr. fil. Ad. de Dutton, Will. de Nouo campo, et multis alijs.

II. Carta eiusdem Johannis de Lascy de medietate ecclesie
de Blakeburn

MNIBUS Cristi fidelib3 et sancte matris ecclesie filijs

presens scriptum visuris vel audituris, Joh. de Lascy constab. Cestrie salutem. Noueritis me dedisse et caritatis intuitu concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et beate

had, and he resigned the chapel of Walton to John de Lascy. According

to Whitaker, he left two daughters,

Agnes, who married David Hulton.

Beatrice, who married William de Hulton, the brother of David, and died without issue.

Richard de Hulton, the son of David and Agnes, granted all his title in the advowson to John de Lascy circa 1230.

The other moiety descended to

Adam, the son of Henry. His son

Roger granted it to John de Lascy.

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Marie et Abbati et monachis meis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe in puram et ppetuam elemosynam medietatem ecclesie de Blak., illam scil. quam Ad. fil. Henr. tenuit, cum capellis de Walton et de Samlesbury, et cum portione quam habuit in ecclesia de Whalleye et earum ptinentijs, quantum spectat ad laicalem donationem, p salute anime mee et uxoris mee et p animab3 dni patris mei et matris mee et antecessorum et successorum meorum libere et quiete sicut ulla elemosyna viris religiosis liberius et quietius dari potest. Ita quod ego vel heredes mei in predicta medietate predicte ecclesie et in predictis capellis et in prefata portione de Whalleya nichil iuris ad opus meum vel ad opus heredum meorum de cetero habere poterimus. Et ut hec donatio rata et inconcussa pmaneat imppetuum presens scriptum sigilli mei munimine corroboraui. Hijs testib3, dñis Ric. de Draycote tunc Justic. Cestrie, Henr. psona de Rowell, Colino de quatuor maris, Henr. de Nouo mercato, Rog. de Cestria, Robt. de Cestria, Baldewyno Theutonico, Galf. de Dutton, Hug. de Dutton, Alano senescallo, Will. de Longo campo, et multis alijs.

*

III. Carta Johannis de Lascy de alia medietate ecclesie
de Blakeburn cum corpore suo.

MNIBUS sancte matris ecclesie filijs presentibz et futu

ris Johannes de Lascy, Com. Linc. et Constab. Cestrie, salutem in dño. Noueritis me dedisse et caritatis intuitu concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et beate Marie et Abbati et monachis meis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe in puram et ppetuam elemosinam medietatem ecclesie de Blak. illam scil. quam Rog. fil. Ade de Blak. tenuit cum omnib3 ptinentijs suis infra limites parochie eiusdem ecclesie et extra cum corpore meo ibidem sepeliendo,

* Richard de Draycot was Judge of Chester 22 Henry III. A.D. 1238.