Short title: Houghton v Farrington. Plaintiff(s): Sir Charles Houghton, bart. Defendant(s):...

Short title: Houghton v Farrington.

Plaintiff(s): Sir Charles Houghton, bart.

Defendant(s): William Farrington, Agnes Farrington, widow, Hugh Simons, Edward Fleetwood, George Farrington, Lawrence Rawstorne, Edward Miller alias Exton.

Subject of depositions: Manor or lordships of Lea and Ashton super Ribble, Penwortham, Hutton, and Houghwick(Lancashire). Touching right of free fishing in the river of Ribble. Metes and bounds. Customs of manors. [The names and possessions of Sir Richard Hoghton, bart (plaintiff's great grandfather), Sir Gilbert Hoghton (plaintiff's grandfather), Sir Richard Hoghton (plaintiff's late father), William Farrington (defendant Henry's late father), John Fleetwood (defendant Edward's late father), and Edward Rawstorne (late father of defendant Lawrence) are mentioned.] [See also 3 and 4 W. and M. Hilary, Number 26 of this Calendar].

County/place: Lancashire.

Date of commission: 15 June 1692.

Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 22 August 1692 at Preston.

Deponent(s): Gilbert Cuerdall; William Parkinson; William Serjeant; Gilbert Hoghton; John Turner; Ralph Pope; Richard Eccles; William Critchlow; James Sherrington; Grace Eccles; Lawrence Pilkington; Henry Burton; John Hodgkinson; Robert Yate; William Short; Henry Ashton; Richard Cowband; Jeoffrey Robey; Thomas Winckley; Ralph Southworth; Richard Sands; Christopher Nowell; John Ball; Robert Anyon; William Singleton; Daniel Dunster; Richard Sudell; John Wildinge; Richard Heaton; Edward Craven.