BILLINGTON ARCHIVES

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Creator(s):
Shuttleworth, Dallas and Cromblehome, Preston, solicitors
ASSIZE PAPERS - ref. DDCM 1

Orders for the Commutation of Death Sentences to Transportation

 FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDCM 1/38  - date: 24 Aug. 1831
         [from Scope and ContentJohn Grimes, George McGivesall, otherwise George McGiveren, John Sidepot, Samuel Taylor, Joseph Wilkinson (burglary), John Riley, Joshua Ashcroft, Samuel Wilson otherwise James Maitland (larceny in a dwelling house), John Standring, Robert Eccles, Thomas Thompson, otherwise Thomas Gill (robbery) Thomas Kelly, Richard Clough (horse stealing) James Bates (sheep stealing) James Thompson, Richard Meadows (riotously and feloniously beginning to demolish a dwelling house), Richard Edlestone, otherwise Richard Slater, Robert McNare (uttering counterfeit money), William Brett the younger (stealing letters from a post office), John Campbell (being accessory before the fact to forging a promissory note), William Calvert (being accessory before the fact to forging a Bill of Exchange), Robert Kirkwood (forging a Bill of Exchange and promissory note), John Stansfield (forging a promissory note). Jonathan Dade otherwise Jonathan Day (forging a Bill of Exchange), James Kirkwood (uttering a forged promissory note) William Billington (uttering forged Bills of Exchange). Beyond the seas for life. Thomas Chadwick (robbery. Beyond the seas for 14 yrs.

LEASE OF LAND

ALTCAR - ref. DDM 19.....  LEASES
FILE - John Billington of Altcar, yeoman - ref.  DDM 19/147  - date: 24 Jun. 1741
 FILE - John Billington of Altcar, husbandman - ref.  DDM 19/154  - date: 24 Jun. 1742Great Crosby, General - ref. DDBL 46

 FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDBL 46/58  - date: 20 Jul. 1784
 [from Scope and ContentSurrender: Thomas Billington of Manchester, cabinetmaker, to Nicholas Blundell, esq. -- 6 perches in common field in Great Crosby called the Dunnd Acre, with 2 cowgates on Crosby Marsh. --

LAYTON-with-WARBRECK. - ref. DDCL 695-774

   
FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDCL 733  - date: 28/29 Apr. 1742
 
[from Scope and Content] Lease and Release: for £42.10.-: George Billington of Rakes within Layton with Warbreck, husbandman, to Sarah Roskell of Blackpoole, spinster -- a close in the Rakes called the Withern, late the inheritance of John Grookall of the Rakes, husbandman (purchased by G.B. from John Crookall by Mitcham, co. Surry, Leather-Dresser, devisee of J.CC,) 1½ ac. -- Witn. Richard Wilson, Richd.Tennant. Seal.

Clifton-with-Salwick.

   
Salwick Leases.

      
FILE - Thomas Billington of Lower Bartell, husbandman. - ref.  DDCL 1571  - date: 7 Jan. 1724/5

      
FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDCL 1616  - date: 2 Feb. 1763
         
[from Scope and Content] Richard Hardman of Wharleys, yeoman (administrator of goods of John his father), and James Etherington of Garstang, flaxdresser (administrator of goods of Thomas Etherington of Salwick, flaxdresser, who was eldest son and heir of James Etherington of the same, yeoman,), Matthias Etherington of Salwick, taylor (another son of James E.), James Etherington of Salwick, husbandman, eldest son of John Etherington of Salwick, flaxdresser (another son of James E.), and Philip Ashcroft of Rufford who married Elizabeth a daughter of James E., to Thomas Billington of Treales, weaver. (Assignment.)

WOODPLUMPTON - ref. DDS 5

   FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDS 5/1  - date: 2 Apr. 1714
      from Scope and ContentLease for 3 lives at £1.1.0 retn: for £120: John Warren of Stockporte, co. Chester, to John Towlinson of Woodplumpton, husbandman, -- cottage called Moone's Cottage with barn, garden, and 1½ac. moss; also 6½ac. moss in several parcels; also 6ac. moss ground, part unimproved called Abbotts Moss Short, late in the tenure of Anthony Billington of Bartell, all in Catforth Quarter of Woodplumpton -- for ewes of J.R. and John and James Eccleston his grandsons.

MOORSIDE - ref. DDX 243/8

   FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDX 243/8/13  - date: 12/13 Feb. 1794
    [from Scope and ContentLease and Release: for £30: (i) William Cock of Halton, yeoman, (the surviving trustee), (ii) Edward Hesketh of Caton, yeoman, and Anne his wife, (iii) Anthony Billington of Caton, taylor -- dwellinghouse with one garden at Caton Moorside, also two bracken dales on Caton Common.

   FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDX 243/8/14  - date: 13 Feb. 1794
     [from Scope and ContentBond: for £20: William Tomlinson Hesketh of Manchester, cotton manufacturer, Joseph Hesketh of Manchester, husbandman, Thomas Tomlinson of Garstang, gent. to Anthony Billington of Caton, taylor -- to bar Ann Hesketh's dower, as DDX 243/8/13

Affidavits in Borough Court of Clitheroe

      FILE - Thomas Warner v. John Billington of Eydesford Factory, labourer - ref.  DDX 28/249/1  - date: 27 Nov. 1790 Chapel Centenary - ref. BIN 8

      FILE - Letter to Rev. A J Long from John Billington of Thornton-le-Fylde with information on history of Inskip Baptist Chapel - ref.  BIN 8/7  - date: n.d [1916/1917]

Assessment Cause Papers

   FILE - Woodplumpton: Robert Butterworth, curate v. John Cunliffe etc - ref.  ARR 13/1/18  - date: 1722-1723
      [from Scope and ContentWoodplumpton: Robert Butterworth, curate v. John Cunliffe, John Lund, Grace Baine and Thomas Billington for non-payment of assessments, 1722-1723

 FILE - Thomas Warner, joiner v. John Billington of Primrose Hill, labourer - ref.  DDX 28/249/13  - date: 15 Aug. 1793
Properties in divers townships

   FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDB 13/31  - date: 5 Mar. 1699/1700
      [from Scope and ContentLease for a year at peppercorn rent: Richard Spencer of Preston, esq. and Sidney his wife, widow of Thomas Hesketh of Rufforth, esq to Thomas Winckley of Preston, gent. -- capital messuage late in tenure of Richard Farington, gent., decd. and now of William Billington, yeoman, with closes called the Intack, Maiden Croft, Litle Forlong, Town Field, Long Hey, Litle Hey, Black Earth, Great Field, Marle Field and Wood, Hill or Wood Meadow and Wood, Coppy, Kilne Croft, Wall Banck and Wood, Great Forlong, West Croft, Litle and Great Kill Butts, Ox Hey and Lane, Litle and Great Fishwick Bancks, 2 Crooked Ridings, Broom Banck and Wood, Hillock and Ash Orchard, in RIBLETON, FULLWOOD and FISHWICK (90ac); also cottage in Ribbleton late in tenure of Henry Cooper and now of William Cooper, with close called the Moor Intack (2ac); also close in LONGTON late in tenure of Alice Wilding and now of one Wiggans her husband (6ac½ac) --

CHIPPING

  FILE  [no title] - ref.  DDE 22  - date: 21/22 Jan. 1768
      [from Scope and ContentLease and Release: for £20: to George Heys and his wife Ann and 5/- to James Cottam by John Walmesley: (i) G.H. of Rishton, tailor, & his wife A.H., (ii) J.C. of Rishton cotton-weaver, (father of A.H.) and (iii) J.W. of Chipping yeoman: -- eighth part of moiety as DDE 19 --: recites previous descent of property. Witn. Jas. Billington, T.P. Haighton

Broughton Chapel

   FILE - Bond: Sir Henry Hoghton to John Billington of Alston with Hothersall yeoman -- for payment of 12/- per year to the curate of Longridge Chapel for administering the sacrament on Good Fridays - ref.  DDHO 299  - date: (Copy) Jan, 1792
 

Correspondence - ref. PR5033/4

   Letter books

      FILE - Copy deed of appointment and declaration in connection with Goosnargh Village Hall - ref.  PR5033/4/5  - date: 1962 2 Apr
         [from Scope and Content1 William Billington of Whittingham Lane, Goosnargh, Thomas Holland of 25 Charnock Avenue, Penwortham, Thomas Wilkinson of Gray Rigg, GoosnarghFILE - Conveyance: for £135: (i) James Cottam of Greaves Town in Lea, yeoman, (ii) John Blacow of Mowbrick, yeoman, William Billington of Kirkham, pavior, and John Gradwell of Preston, yeoman, (iii) James Brown of Woodplumpton, yeoman, and (iv) William Cunliffe of Salwick, yeoman -- close called Dargley Croft (1ac) in Catforth in Woodplumpton, in the tenure of Joseph Dewhurst -- Seals - ref.  DDX/50/1  - date: 10 Feb. 1807

Building Byelaw Deposited Plans - ref. RDG 19 GARSTANG RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL

   Plans (13 boxes) numbered annually

         FILE  [no title] - ref.  RDG 19/1/1914/51a  - date: 1914 Scorton, Mr Billington: wood stable, etc