Hawkshead-Talbot of Chorley

DDHK

Hawkshead-Talbot of Chorley

1274 - 1966

DDHK 1. Manorial Records

DDHK 1/1. Chorley Manor

DDHK 1/2. Ightenhill Manor

DDHK 1/3. Parbold Manor

DDHK 1/4. Bedfordshire: Ravensden Manor

DDHK 2. Hundredal Records

DDHK 2/1. Leyland Hundred (High Constable's papers)

DDHK 3. Title Deeds (including Leases, Settlements & Legal Case Papers)

DDHK 3/1. Parker estates (including Crosse & Stanfield estates)

DDHK 3/2. Pincock estates

Pincock mill

Euxton (general)

Bannester's Tenement, Euxton

Buckshaw's Tenement, Euxton

Rivington's Tenement, Euxton

Combined properties

DDHK 3/3. Talbot estates (including Coppull Chapel)

DDHK 3/4. Hawkshead estates

Rigby's Tenement, Chorley

Robinson's or Lowe's Tenement, Hartwood Green

Fisher's & Rawhey's estate in Coppull

Barrett's Tenement, Eccleston

Heskin family estates

Loxam family estates

Miller family estates

Eccleston (general)

Lancaster-Lea Estates

Fisher's Tenements in Heskin & Shevington

Waterworth family estates

Heskin (general)

Mawdesley

Penwortham

Harrison's Tenement, Ulnes Walton

Baldwin's lands, Wigan

DDHK 3/5. Brooke estates

Abbott's Tenement, Chorley

Other Brooke properties

DDHK 3/6. Bretherton estates

Cooper's Tenement, Leyland

Townfield enclosed land, Leyland

Leyland (general)

DDHK 3/7. Gaskell estates

Hambleton

Preesall with Hackensall

Lower Harr Carr, Stalmine

Danson's Estate, Stalmine

Stalmine (general)

Staynall (general)

Stalmine with Staynall (various & combined premises)

DDHK 3/8. Various estates

Doncaster's estate, Adlington

Bolton

Burscough

Charnock Richard

Chorley

Wakefield's tenement, Chorley

Coppull

Eccleston & other places

Great Carleton & Bispham

Horwich Footpath Agreement

Liverpool & surrounding area

Shevington & other places

Ulnes Walton

Walton le Dale

Warton

Wolfen Hall, nr. Chipping

Worsley

Hitchon's tenement, Worsthorne

Wrightington & Heskin

Hitchon family properties in Yorkshire

DDHK 4. Wills and probate

DDHK 4/1. Parker family

DDHK 4/2. Crosse & Pincock families

DDHK 4/3. Talbot family

DDHK 4/4. Hawkshead family

DDHK 4/5. Brooke family

DDHK 4/6. Other families

DDHK 5. Estate Management

DDHK 5/1. Surveys and Rentals

DDHK 5/2. Leases

Parker estates - Stanfield's tenement

Pincock estates - Robinson's estate

Pincock estates - General

Hawkshead estates

Brooke estates

Gaskell estates, Out Rawcliffe

Townley estates

Standish estates

General leases

DDHK 5/3. Accounts (including Tithe, Land Tax, Hearth Tax)

Parker estates

Crosse estates - General

Crosse estates - Tootell's tenement

Stanfield's estate

Pincock estates - Pincock Mill

Pincock estates - General

Pincock estates - Bannester's tenement

Pincock estates - Robinson's estate

Hawkshead estates - General

Hawkshead estates - Miller family's estate

Brooke estates - General

Brooke estates - Chorley & Astley Tithes

Gaskell estates

Townley estates

Various estates

DDHK 5/4. Bonds, Obligations & Arbitrations

Parker estates

Crosse estates - General

Crosse estates - Tootell's tenement

Pincock estates - General

Pincock estates - Robinson's tenement

Hawkshead estates - General

Hawkshead estates - Miller Family's estate

Brooke estates

Standish estates

Various estates

DDHK 5/5. Correspondence

Crosse estate

Stanfield's estate

Pincock estates - General

Pincock estates - Robinson's tenement

Hawkshead estates - General

Brooke estates

Townley estates

DDHK 5/6. Sale Particulars

DDHK 5/7. Timber

Parker estates

Crosse estate

Stanfield's estate

Pincock estates

Hawkshead estates - General

Hawkshead estates - Miller Family's estates

Miscellaneous estates

DDHK 5/8. Maps and Plans

Hawkshead estates

Brooke estates

Parker Estates

Talbot Estates

Miscellaneous plans

DDHK 5/9. Miscellaneous estate papers p.338

DDHK 6. Enclosure

DDHK 6/1. Chorley p.339-343 and Addendum p.7

DDHK 6/2. Eccleston p.343

DDHK 6/3. Heskin p.343

DDHK 6/4. Layton, Marton and Bispham p.344-345

DDHK 6/5. Runshaw Moor p.345

DDHK 7. Charity Papers

DDHK 7/1. Lathom's charity, Bispham p.346-349

DDHK 7/2. Mason's charity, Chorley p.349-350

DDHK 7/3. Cooper's charity, Chorley p.350-351

DDHK 7/4. Hodgson's charity, Chorley p.351-359 and Addendum p.8

DDHK 7/5. The Coward Trust p.359-361

DDHK 7/6. Chorley - General p.362-363

DDHK 7/7. Clitheroe charity lands p.363

DDHK 7/8. Euxton charities p.363

DDHK 7/9. Rigby's charity, Eccleston p.364

DDHK 8. Schools p.365

DDHK 9. Family Papers

DDHK 9/1. Parker Family personal papers p.366-389 and Addendum p.8-10

Including correspondence of Hugh Parker(2) p.367-370

James Parker(2) p.371

James Parker(7) p.380-381

DDHK 9/2. Crosse Family personal papers p.389-392

DDHK 9/3. Pincock Family personal papers p.393-411

Including Malt Business papers of John Pincock(2) p. 405-406

DDHK 9/4. Talbot Family personal papers p.412-413 and Addendum p. 10-11

DDHK 9/5. Hawkshead Family papers p.414-458 and Addendum p. 12-20

Including the papers of William Hawkshead Talbot p.451-457

DDHK 9/6. Brooke Family personal papers p.459

DDHK 9/7. Gaskell Family personal papers p.459

DDHK 9/8. Various Families personal papers p.459-461

DDHK 10. Official Papers

DDHK 10/1. Militia p.462-463

DDHK 10/2. Constables p.463-464

DDHK 10/3. Churchwardens p.465

DDHK 10/4. Highway Surveyors p.465-467

DDHK 10/5. Turnpike Roads p.467

DDHK 10/6. Poor Law p.467-471

DDHK 10/7. Excise p.471

DDHK 10/8. Other official papers p.472

DDHK 11. Printed and miscellaneous papers

DDHK 11/1. General papers (including accounts, correspondence, etc) p.473-474 and Addendum p.21

DDHK 11/2. Recipes p.474-475

DDHK 11/3. Copy documents p.475-476

DDHK 11/4. Printed material p.477-478 and Addendum p.21

Note on the arrangement of Title Deeds

Because of the lack of arrangement of the collection generally, it was felt that all deeds and papers relating to property should be catalogued together as Title Deeds. Strictly speaking, leases subsequent to a family's acquisition of an estate should be catalogued under Estate Management, as they are not deeds of title. However, there were instances during the sorting of the collection where it was apparent that deeds of title had been grouped together with subsequent leases of the acquired premises, often as the result of a legal action to prove the right of title. Legal cases also resulted in the inclusion of accounts and correspondence with the deeds of title, as was the case with the acquisition by the Pincock family of their estates in Euxton. In certain instances, therefore, leases, accounts and correspondence have been catalogued as deeds of title. The nature of the inheritance of the estates also needed to be taken into consideration, and it was felt that a grouping of deeds relating to each family from the Parkers through to the Brethertons was more appropriate than a strictly archival arrangement based on the JSA article referred to above. Where appropriate, a note regarding the arrangement of each section has been included within the catalogue.

Note on the arrangement of Estate Management

In keeping with the arrangement of the overall catalogue, the Estate Management section has been arranged first by document class and then by family, with the exception of the sub-section Surveys and Rentals (see note below).

Note on the arrangement of Surveys and Rentals

A section of the records relating to estate surveys, mostly carried out by William Hawkshead, was initially separated out and catalogued under the reference DDHK SURV. Because of the existence of the earlier list and the loss of information on the provenance of the surveys, it was felt that restructuring the sub-section in line with the rest of the catalogue would be too confusing. The earlier list has now been renumbered as DDHK 5/1, and additional surveys discovered during the sorting of the collection have been incorporated in this section of the catalogue. The original SURV reference has been included with the description where appropriate.

Note on the Parker Estate correspondence

The Parker correspondence has all been catalogued under Family Papers, as there was no distinct grouping of estate correspondence. Some of the personal correspondence contains references to estate matters, but it was felt to be inappropriate to separate individual letters out of the sequence.

Note on the arrangement of Family Papers

In comparison with the rest of the catalogue, this section has been catalogued in order of family name, then by individual. Where a substantial amount of material exists for an individual, the documents have been further catalogued by document type. Personal papers include accounts, diaries, correspondence, personal bonds and arbitrations, and records relating to official appointments and legal obligations. Marriage Settlements which do not involve transfer of land have been included in this section. For marriage settlements involving the transfer of land, please see under Title Deeds. Where pedigrees exist, these have been catalogued at the end of each family.

Note on Printed and Miscellaneous Papers

Items which could not easily be included in any of the main catalogue sections have been grouped together and catalogued as Printed and Miscellaneous Papers. The majority of the accounts, correspondence and legal papers in this section probably found their way into the archive through the official business and duties of certain members of the Parker, Hawkshead and Pincock families, but have no specific relevance to those families or their estates.

<p>There are pedigrees of the families involved available in paper format at Lancashire Record Office. Numbers and relationships in brackets within this catalogue are based on the pedigrees.</p>

English

• <famname>Talbot, Hawkshead-, family of Chorley, Lancashire</famname>
• <famname>Hawkshead-Talbot, family of Chorley, Lancashire</famname>

11 sub fonds

Accessions 1211, 2651 & 3193

The Hawkshead-Talbot collection was originally deposited in 1956 by the Revd. H Bretherton (accession 1211) who had succeeded to the Bretherton family estates in 1924. There were two subsequent deposits of further material in May 1970 (accession 2651) and July 1970 (accession 3193) made by Lt. Col. J T Bretherton-Hawkshead-Talbot, who succeeded to the Hawkshead-Talbot estates in 1942. The current owner of the collection is the Revd. R D Bretherton-Hawkshead-Talbot, younger brother to the above named depositors.

The collection is not a strict Estate Collection as it is made up of two strands of papers of various families (the Bretherton family, and the Parker/Hawkshead/Talbot families) which intermarried. The descent of property culminated in the inheritance of the estates through marriage by the Bretherton family following the death of William Hawkshead Talbot in 1907. As there was little clear order to the collection, it has been restructured following guidelines published by White, Bagley, Cory, Underwood and Williams in the Journal of the Society of Archivists [JSA] vol.13 no.1 (Spring 1992) pp. 1-8. Rather than catalogue the papers of each individual family, it has been decided to treat the collection as being the papers of the Bretherton-Hawkshead-Talbot family, and to list the collection first by document type, and then by family.

A further anomaly exists in the deposit in 1976 (accession 3863) of papers salvaged from premises formerly occupied by a firm of solicitors in Chorley, which relate to the Parker and Talbot families. These papers are catalogued separately as DDX 1111 with cross-references to the collection DDHK.