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This Manor has an area of 1,012 acres.The River Yarrow, flowing to the southwest, crosses it; turning sharply to the northwest the river then forms part of the township boundary. The portion within the bend of the river contains the district of Burgh. The southern boundary of the main portion of the township is the Ellerbeck, flowing west to the Yarrow and dividing Duxbury from Adlington and Coppull. From the Yarrow the surface, rises somewhat steeply, attaining a height of 325 ft. There is no village or hamlet in the township, about a third of the area being occupied by the parks of Duxbury Hall and Ellerbeck. The population in 1901 was 282.

Is this Monument in Duxbury New England USA the Myles Standish or Myles Haydock Monument?

Should it be (a) the Myles de Standish Monument or (b) the Myles de Haydock Monument?

Whose Dna is lying in the grave of Myles in Duxbury USA, is it the Male line Dna of the Standish family or the Male line Dna of the Haydock family?

(a) If Myles Standish were descended from the Standish family of the Pele Tower upon the manor of Duxbury his male line Dna would be that of the de Haydock family.

(b) If Myles Standish were descended from the Standish family of the Burgh upon the manor of Duxbury his male line Dna would be that of the de Standish family of Standish.

Beneath the high alter (inside the Chancel Arch) are buried within the Standish family crypt many generations of the Standish family descended from Hugh de Haydock de Standish of Duxbury Manor.

Could a match be made between the ancient Dna in theChurch of St Laurence and the Dna of Myles Standish in his grave in Duxbury USA? Prof. David McConnell of Trinity College Dublin Ireland believes that the billion-dollar question can be answered if his team had access to the Dna in the crypt at the church of St. Laurence and the Dna of Myles Standish from his grave in Duxbury USA.

The flag of the United States of America hangs above the ancient Standish family pew the private seats for the family of the Lords of Duxbury Manor from the year 1595.The flag was given to the Church by American soldiers stationed in England during World War 2 to commemorate Myles Standish and the Standish families of Duxbury Manor.

The Standish family of the Pele on the Manor of Duxbury are descended from Alice Standish (sister of Jordan - Lord of the Manor of Standish) and her husband Hugh de Haydock. Their son Robert de Haydock was the Rector of Standish from 1275 to 1301. The Standish family papers from that period of time do not indicate the name of Robert de Haydock’s wife but they do very clearly name his children Hugh – Nicholas – Matilda. The Standish family papers clearly show that the son of Robert de Haydock was the founder of the Standish family of the Pele upon the Manor of Duxbury. Hugh de Haydock de Standish dropped the de Haydock from his name between the years 1315 - 1326 and was known thereafter as Hugh de Standish. Hugh de Haydock could clearly change his name but NOT his male line DNA profile.

1303. In the year 1303 Hugh de Haydock de Standish of the House of Standish buys land upon the Manor of Duxbury. Hugh de Haydock de Standish from the house of Standish of Standish arrived in Duxbury in the year 1303 and built his Pele Tower on the Manor of Duxbury between the years 1303 - 1315.

1301. Hugh de Standish was the founder of the Standish family of the Pele at Duxbury Manor.

Alice daughter of Richard de Molyneux of Sefton was in 1306 contracted in marriage to Hugh de Standish, she being under age ; Croxteth D. Genl. i, 5.

Hugh de Standish in 1315 summoned Nicholas de Bolton and Margery his wife to warrant him in the possession of lands in Duxbury ; - De Banco R. 211, m. 171 d.

In 1321 Hugh de Standish acquired the moiety of a messuage and land in Duxbury from Adam the Wright of Wigan and Cecily his wife ; Final Con, ii, 42.

1. William de Standish, eldest son and heir, was lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1326-1335, dying about 1335.

3. John de Standish, of Duxbury, living in 1351. Roger de Chisenhale granted to Sir Henry le Waleys, Rector of the Church of Standish, 3 acres and 29 perches of meadow in Worthington for a term of 6 years commencing . . . 1336, and if the said Henry die within six years then the said Roger grants for him and his heirs, that John son of Alice de Standish shall have it for the remainder of the term, paying annually one rose. Witness: John de Standish. (SD 24)

William son of Hugh and Alice de Standish was a plaintiff regarding the lands assigned to Alice his mother in 1332 DeBanco R. 291, m. 185.

William de Standish and William de Burgh in 1333 granted land in Duxbury to Henry Knoute ; Standish D. [Local Glean, ii), no. 23.

The lands assigned to Alice were in 1334 released by her son Richard de Standish ; ibid. X, i, 6.

Richard son of Hugh de Standish in 1335 made a grant of lands received from William his brother ; Standish D. {Local Glean.), no. 25.

In 1326 Margaret widow of Hugh de Standish claimed dower in lands in Duxbury and Standish held by William son of Hugh de Standish ; De Banco R. 264, m. 49 d. Hugh therefore had been married more than once.

Among Kuerden’s abstractsare several referring to Hugh son of Robert de Haydock, rector of Standish, and the identity of Hugh de Haydock and Hugh de Standish appears to be established by grants from Robert son of William de Worthington to Hugh de Haydock in 1299, by Hugh de Haydock to William son of William de Worthington and Mabel his wife in the same year, and by William son of William de Worthington to Hugh de Standish of "what he held of him" in 1304. ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 145. A number of short notes on Standish of Duxbury deeds are preserved in Kuerden’s MSS. ii, fol. 144, Sec. ; v, fol. 145 ; vi, fol. 96. They do not show clearly how the manor came to the Standish family. In 1359 Henry son of Adam de Duxbury sold to Nicholas le Norreys the reversion of a messuage and land held by Ellen widow of Robert del Burgh for her life ; Final Cone, ii, 161. Robert son of Nicholas le Norreys in 1384 sold the reversion to Hugh de Standish the elder ; ibid. iii. 19. Between 1381- 1384 Robert son of Nicholas le Norreys gave and released to Hugh de Standish two-thirds of the manor of Duxbury. Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 145.

1326. William deStandish, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1326-1335, dying in 1335 , eldest son of Hugh and Alice (de Molyneux) de Standish.

1335. RICHARD de STANDISH, lord of the manors of Duxbury and Heapey, 1335-1356, second son of Hugh and Alice (de Molyneux) de Standish, succeeded to the lordship in 1335 on the death of his brother William and died about 1356. He married Clemency who survived him, and he is mentioned frequently in the acquisition of the manor of Standish Richard son of Hugh de Standish granted lands in Duxbury to William de Burgh and Joan his wife, in which he had been enfeoffed by William de Standish his brother, with reversion to the heirs of the said Richard. Witness: John de Standish. Dated, 1335. (SD 25). In 1350, Richard de Standish made a settlement of his manors of Heapey and Duxbury, with lands in Worthington, Heath Charnock and Hyndley. (Kuerden MSS V fol. 145b No. 55). With his brother John he signed as a witness, May 3, 1351. (SD 37).

In 1350 Richard de Standish made a settlement of his manors of Heapey and Duxbury, with lands in Worthington, Heath Charnock and Hindley. Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 14, no. 55.

Hugh is first mentioned in grants of land in Standish and Langtree made him by his father Richard in 1343 and 1346 ibid. no. 83, 84. He appears to have been in possession by 1356 ; see several abstracts in Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 145. He is described as 'the elder ' in 1384.

1356. HUGH de STANDISH, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1356-1421, son of Richard and Clemency de Standish of Duxbury, died about 1421, when he made his will which is preserved in the Kuerden MSS. He married, ca. 1369, Alice de Standish (No. 35, q. v.), daughter of Henry de Standish, lord of the manor or Standish and his wife Joan de Worseley. He married, second, Elizabeth who survived him. She was living about 1432, and was widow of Pennington, at the time of her marriage to Hugh.

Hugh was in possession of the manor of Duxbury in the time of Edward III and Richard II.

In 1378 Hugh de Standish received licence for his oratories at Duxbury and Bradley. Lich. Epis. Reg. v, fol. 31.

Document Lich. Epis. Reg. v, fol. 31 confirms that the Standish family of Duxbury Manor had their own private Chapel in their Pele Tower and also at their other family residence Bradley Hall in the township of Standish.

One very important consequence of these private Chapels (Oratories) was that family baptisms in these private Chapels went unrecorded.

As a general term, Oratory signifies a place of prayer, but technically it means a structure other than a parish church, set aside by ecclesiastical authority for prayer and the celebration of Mass. Oratories seem to have originated from the chapels erected where the faithful resorted to pray, and also from the necessity of having a place of worship for the people in country districts when churches proper were restricted to cathedral cities. Private oratories were originally for the celebration of Mass by bishops, and later private oratories were attached to the residences of noble families.

In 1416 Hugh de Standish the elder was exempted from service on juries, Kuerden, loc. cit. At the same time a Hugh de Standish, the younger, was serving with the armies in France ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xliv, App. 558.

1. Christopher de Standish, eldest son, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1421-1437.

2. Hugh de Standish, the younger, 1384, second son; served with the armies in France, 1416.

1421. CHRISTOPHER de STANDISH, Lord of the manor of Duxbury, eldest son of Hugh and Alice (de Standish) Standish of Duxbury, possessed the manor from 1421 to 1437, and died about the latter year. He married, about 1396, Margaret Fleming, daughter of Sir Thomas Fleming. (In 1396 a feoffment was made to Christopher son of Hugh de Standish and Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Fleming. (Dods. MSS cxxxvi fol. 95).

1. Ralph de Standish, of Duxbury, d. s. p.; m. Joan Gerard, dau. of Sir Thomas Gerard.

2. Sir Rowland Standish, Knt., according to the 1613 pedigree, served in the French Wars, was made a knight, and was slain about 1435, in the company of the Earl of Arundel. He was a brother of James Standish of Duxbury (1442) and gave a relic of St. Lawrence to Chorley Church. James Standish of Duxbury occurrs in 1441. (Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 3m. 12b).

In the year 1418 Christopher Standish and his sons Ralph and Rowland attested Chorley deeds. ; Add. MS. 32105, nos. 557,568, 548

In the year 1426 John de Pilkington transferred lands to Rowland de Standish of Duxbury Manor. Laurence Standish Lord of the Manor of Standish and husband of Lora Pilkington witnessed the deed. Myles Standish is said to have named his own daughter Lora in honour of Lora Pilkington.

DP 375/466/5 - Lancashire Record Office. Grant of Land Pilkington to Standish.

John de Pilkington son of William - Sir John de Pilkington Rector of Bury - Lora Pilkington wife of Laurence Standish, Lord of Standish.

1437. JAMES STANDISH, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1437-1462 son of Christopher and Margaret (Fleming) Standish, died about 1462. He married Margaret, who married, second, Richard Birkhead. He attested a grant in 1458 (SD 145) and was also mentioned in 1462. (Pal. of Lancs. Writs Proton ).

1441. James Standish of Duxbury occurs in 1441 ; Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 3, m. 12b

1458. James Standish, attested a grant in 1458 ; Standish D. (Local Glean) no. 145.

(Lancashire Record Office - DP 466/8)

To all my bailiffs and faithful subjects to whom this present letter may come; greetings.

May you know that we, of our special grace, and from certain knowledge, and of our own free will, have pardoned, remitted and released James Standish, (heir and tenant of the lands and tenements which belonged to Roland Standish esquire), also called James Standish of Duxbury in the County of Lancaster, Esquire, or by whatever other name he may be known,

All manner of trespasses, offences, misprisions, contempt’s and impeachments done or perpetrated by the same James before the ninth day of April last past, contrary to the form of the statutes of liveries of clothes and hoods, in respect whereof punishment might have fallen due by way of a fine in redemption, or of other monetary penalties, or imprisonment, the aforesaid statutes notwithstanding;

And over this, of our free will and knowledge aforesaid, have pardoned, remitted and released the same James from liability to Suit for Breach of our Peace which appertains to us against him for all manner of treasons, murders, rapes of women, rebellions, insurrections, felonies, conspiracies, collusions and embraceries [briberies of jurors], and other trespasses, offences, negligence’s, extortions, misprisions, infamies, contempt’s, concealments forfeitures and deceptions done or perpetrated by the same James in any way whatsoever before the said ninth day of April,

And also of outlawry, if any shall have been pronounced against the same James by virtue of these occurrences, or any of them, and we grant him our firm peace in respect thereof,

Such that, however, he shall stand to right in our court if anyone should wish to speak against him concerning the premises or any of the premises.

So long as the same James be not a traitor, involved, openly or secretly, in any treason touching our person.

And further we have pardoned, remitted and released the same James from all manner of fines for escapes of felons, chattels of felons and fugitives, chattels of outlaws, suicides, deodands, wastes, impeachments, and all manner of articles liable to be heard in our courts, destructions and trespasses in the greenwood or the chase, sale of wood (within forests and without), and of any other things whatsoever, which happened or arose before the said ninth day of April, within our realm of England and the Marches of Wales,

In respect whereof punishment might have fallen due by way of a demand due, or a fine and redemption, or other monetary penalties, or forfeiture of goods and chattels, or imprisonment or amercement, of communities, of towns, or of individual persons, or in the charging of a free tenant of his who ever trespassed, as also of heirs, executors or lands of tenants, [by the imposition of escheators, sheriffs, coroners and other such,

And from all that which pertains or may be able to pertain to us against the same James from the causes above.

And also we have pardoned, remitted and released the same James all manner of gifts, alienations and purchases done and had by him concerning lands and tenements held in chief, of us or our progenitors, former kings of England,

And also all manner of gifts and purchases done and had into mortmain without royal licence.

And indeed all manner of intrusions and entries into his inheritance, in part or in whole, after the death of his ancestors, done without due process of the same out of the royal hand before the same ninth day of April, together with the issues and profits received there from in the mean time.

And over this, we have pardoned, remitted and released the same James all manner of penalties forfeited by the same James for any reason, both to us and to our most dear father deceased, and levied for our use, before the same ninth day of April, and all manner of sureties for breach of the peace.

And also thirds, and thirds of thirds, of all manner of prisoners of war taken in war, due, appertaining or belonging to us, by the same James, on the said ninth day of April in any way whatsoever.

And indeed all manner of trespasses, offences, misprisions, contempt’s and impeachments done or perpetrated by the same James before the same ninth day of April contrary to the form of any statutes, ordinations and provisions whatsoever made or enacted before the said ninth day of April concerning the purchases, acceptances, readings, publications, notifications and executions whatsoever applied before the said ninth day of April, and of all other statutes, ordinations and provisions by reason of which any suit against the same James, by bill or by writ of Praemunire done or perpetrated before the same ninth day of April is able to be made, as also of any other statute whatsoever,

And also we have pardoned, remitted and released the same James all manner of fines, admissions, issues, forfeits, relief’s, scutages, and all manner of debts, accounts, loans, arrears of farm, and due and pertaining to us before the first day of September in the twenty fifth year of our reign,

And also all manner of actions and demands which we, alone, or jointly with other persons or another person, have or shall be able to have against the same James for any of these fines, issues, reliefs, scutages, debts, accounts, loans and arrears due to us before the same first day of September.

And also outlawries published upon the same James for any of the above said causes, wholly excepting all manner of debts and accounts dm and pertaining to us which by force of our letters patent, or of our writs of great or privy seal, or by instalments or assignments of debts, have been postponed,

Such that our present pardon regarding the premises, or any of the premises, should not tend to the damage, prejudice or derogation of any other person, or at most, to our own person only.

Provided always that this our pardon is worth nothing at all, and should not be apportioned or allowed, and should not in any way extend, to Eleanor Cobham, daughter of Reginald de Cobham, knight, John Bolton of Bolton in the County of Lancaster, Bladesmith, William Wyghale, late Keeper of our gaol of Nottingham, or any of them, nor to the felony, lately perpetrated, of the death of Christopher Talbot, knight, feloniously killed.

Nor does our present pardon, nor any other pardon of ours, in any way extend to any other wool or woolfells, or other merchandises of the staple, carried and transported to any foreign parts outside our realm of England, contrary to the form of the statute enacted in our parliament held at Westminster on the day after Saint Martin's day in the eighteenth year of our reign, or of any other statute whatsoever,

Nor to exonerations or acquaintances of any persons whomsoever of punishments to be made_,according to the form of the same statutes, for any wools or woolfells, or other merchandises of the staple, carried or transported to any foreign parts contrary to the form of the same statutes.

Nor does our present pardon, nor any other pardon of ours, in any way extend to any of our great accountants, that is to say, to the Treasurers of Calais and of our Household, the Victuallers of Calais, the Chamber, Chester, North wall et South wall, The Keepers of the Wardrobe and of our Household, or the Keepers of our Great Wardrobe, or the Keepers or Clerks of our Wardrobe, die Clerks of our Works, the Constables of Bordeaux, die Treasurers of our Land of Ireland, and the Receivers of our Duchy of Lancaster and of our Duchy of Cornwall, both general and particular, so far as concerns their office, or their occupations, or tiiat of any of them.

Witnessed by me myself at Westminster on the twelfth day of February in the twenty fifth year of our reign.

Note re - Bradley in Standish township:Henry de Langtree gave Bradley to Hugh son of Robert de Haydock, Rector of Standish (Kuerden MSS III W 26) which was perhaps the estate in Standish settled by fine in 1304 (Final Concords, I. 204).

Bradley was in 1471 in the possession of Christopher son of James Standish of Duxbury.

1468. James Standish of Duxbury in 1468 gave certain lands in Standish, Worthington and Langtree to trustees, who re-granted them to James's son Christopher and Elizabeth daughter of William Bradshagh of Haigh ; Kuerden MSS. vi, fol. 97, no. 98, 99. For marriage dispensation see Lich. Epis. Reg. xii, fol. 148A. Christopher son and heir of James Standish occurs in 1471 ; Kuerden, loc. cit. no. 101.

In 1473 Margaret widow of James Standish of Duxbury, esq., and wife of Richard Birkhead, claimed that Bradley in Standish should be settled on Hugh Standish, her son and heir by her former husband ; Pal. of Lanc. Chan. Rec. Answers, i.

1483. Alice widow of James Standish of Duxbury in 1483-4 made a grant to Sir Christopher, her son ; deed on visit, pedigree, 1613. Alice was still living in 1518. Sir Christopher was made a knight in the Scottish expedition of 1482. Metcalfe's Book of Knights. Duchy of Lancs. Inq. p.m. iii, no.107.

Alicia relict[a] Jacobi Standish de Duxbury in viduetate mea demisi Christopher Standish militi filio meo etc 1 R 3[Alice, the relict of James Standish of Duxbury, in my widowhood, have devised to Christopher Standish, knight, my son etc. 1 Richard III (1483/84)]

1471. Sir CHRISTOPHER STANDISH, Knight, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1471-1495, was the son of James and Alice Standish. He died in September, 1495, leaving a son and heir, Thomas, only fifteen years of age.

Thomas son and heir of Sir Christopher Standish was in 1497-8 engaged to marry Katherine daughter of Sir Alexander Standish Lord of the Manor of Standish. Standish Deeds. [Local Glean.), no.181,184.

Indenture [in English] made between Sir Alexander Standisshe, knight, on the one part, and Thomas Pole, knight, Thomas Pole, esq., and Ralph Pole, gent., on the other. Reciting that the three last mentioned parties had been enfeoffed by Sir Christopher Standisshe, knight, deceased, of his lands in Lancashire, that with the profits and the marriage of his heir they might pay his debts, marry his daughters, help his younger sons, and do other things for his soul's well, as his will shows.

They with the agreement of Dame Alice (Pole), late wife of Sir Christopher, and Thomas Standisshe his son and heir, grant to Sir Alexander that before the feast of St Nicholas (6th Dec.) next the said Thomas Standisshe shall by the grace of God marry Katherine daughter of Sir Alexander, if the law of Holy Church will suffer it and Katherine agree.

The trustees will create a life estate for her of ten marks yearly in Heapey. When Thomas is xxi, they will grant to him all manors, &c, except lands called Bradley and Helyclif, which are the jointure of Dame Alice.

Size of Deed 24 X 10 inches. Three tabs, two seals crushed, one gone. - Earwaker, CLXXXI

There are very few deeds in the Standish of Standish collection, which mention the other notable Standish family of Duxbury. Here, however, we have a marriage between members of the two families. The close family connection is underlined by the words of Sir Christopher Standisshe “Thomas Standisshe shall by the grace of God marry Katherine daughter of Sir Alexander, if the law of Holy Church will suffer it” the very close family descent and thus the degree of relationship between Thomas and Katherine is recognised between the parties, hence the proviso relating to the law of Holy Church.

1495. THOMAS STANDISH, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1495-1517, son of Sir Christopher and Alice (Pole) Standish of Duxbury, was born in 1480 and he died in 1517. He married, about 1497/8, Katherine Standish, daughter of Sir Alexander Standish of Standish, Knt. (No. 71). Articles of marriage between the parties named. (SD 181). Sir Thomas Pole, Knt., Thomas Pole, Esq., and Ralph Pole, gent, released Sir Alexander Standish, Knt., 20 marks due to the said Pole for the marriage of Katherine, daughter of Sir Alexander Standish with Thomas son and heir to Sir Christopher Standish, Knt. Dated, 1498/9. (SD 184).

In 1506 Thomas Standish made a settlement of his manors of Duxbury and Heapey and various lands ;

1517. JAMES STANDISH, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1517-1567, the second son of Thomas and Katherine (Standish) Standish of Duxbury, was born in 1501 and he died about 1567. He was married, first, to Elizabeth Haydock, daughter of Vane (or Evan) Haydock. He married, second, 1536, Elizabeth Butler, daughter of John Butler of Rawcliffe. In the inquisition of his father, Thomas Standish, James, the son and heir, was sixteen years of age and provision was made for Thomas's mother Alice his wife Katherine, daughter Alice and son James, on his marriage with a daughter of Vane Haydock.

1. James Standish Lord of the Manor of Duxbury 1517 - 1565 (the second or younger brother from the house of Standish) was the grandson of Sir Alexander Standish Lord of the Manor of Standish 1468 – 1507.

2.Katharine Standish the mother of James Standish was the daughter of Sir Alexander Standish Lord of the Manor of Standish 1468 – 1507. Katharine Standish was also the sister of Thurston Standish of the Burgh upon Duxbury Manor and the sister of Henry Standish the Bishop of St. Asaph.

3. In the year 1584 (birth date of Myles Standish) Thomas Standish was lord of the Manor of Duxbury, the family of Thomas lived at the Pele tower on Duxbury Manor. Thomas was the second son of James Standish Lord of the Manor of Duxbury 1517 - 1565. Thomas had one brother "Christopher Standish" who was the founder of the Irish and Canadian branches of the Standish family.

4.Therefore was Myles Standish (in common with his Irish and Canadian cousins) the great grandson of James Standish Esquire Lord of the Manor of Duxbury the second or younger brother from the house of Standish and thus Myles was the great great grandson of Sir Alexander Standish Lord of the Manor of Standish 1468 –1507?

5. The name of the wife of Christopher Standish is not mentioned in any of the Standish family papers and their marriage predates the start of church records, thus without her maiden name the land contained within her dowry cannot be determined. James Standish the son of Christopher is said to have married a sister of Myles Nightingale who was resident upon the Manor of Duxbury in 1582.

1. Lawrence Standish, in 1531 he is the son and heir apparent of James Standish of Duxbury and was espoused to Elizabeth Hoghton, daughter of Sir Richard Hoghton, he died before 1533. (Dods. MSS cxlii fol. 44).

3. Christopher Standish ( founder of the Irish and Canadian branches of the Standish family).

Visit, of 1533 (Chet. Soc), 52. In 1531 Lawrence son and heir of James Standish of Duxbury was espoused to Elizabeth daughter of Sir Richard Hoghton; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 44. He died before 1533.

James Standish recorded apedigree in 1533, his son Thomas being named as son and heir., and in 1564, he made a settlement of his manor of Duxbury and other lands. (Visit, of 1533 (Chet. Soc.) 52). In 1531, his son Lawrence was son and heir.

1567. THOMAS STANDISH, Esquire, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1567-1599, son of James and Elizabeth (Butler) Standish, died in 1599. He married Margaret Hoghton, daughter of Sir Thomas Hoghton of Hoghton.

Thomas made a settlement of the manor in 1581, and dying in 1599, left Alexander, son and heir, twenty-one years of age. (Duchy of Lane. Inq. p. m. XVII No. 54; Pal. of Lane. Feet of Fines, bdle. 43 m. 35). The will of Thomas Standish was made in 1593 and proved in 1600. (Piccope MSS (Chet. Lib.) IX 295). The manor at this time was stated to be held of the Queen in socage by rent of 12d.

1599. ALEXANDER STANDISH, lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1599-1622, son of Thomas and Margaret (Hoghton) Standish, was born in 1578, and he died in 1622. He married Alice Asheton, daughter of Sir Ralph Asheton, Bart., of Whalley Abbey, Lancashire in 1592.

1. Thomas Standish, Esq., b. 1593. buried church of St. Laurence Chorley 2nd October 1642.

3.Captain Alexander Standish, (will printed in Piccope's Wills (Chet. Soc.) II 141).

4. Captain Ralph Standish. buried church of St. Laurence Chorley 15th January 1638.

1623. (LANCASHIRE INQUISITIONS)

The will of Alexander Standish of Duxbury Esquire.

Inquisition taken at Chorley, Sept., 21 James [1623], before Edward Rigby, Esq., Escheator, after the death of Alexander Standish, of Duxbury, Esq., by the oath of -

Thomas Worthington, of Worthington, Esq.,

Thomas Worthington, of Cromshawe [?],

James Whithalgh,

John Smith,

Thurstan Standishe of the Burgh,

Hugh Tootell,

William Tootell,

Richard Prescott,

Thomas Wasley,

James Wilkinson,

EllisSumpner,

George Harwood,

John Whittle,

John Withnell,

Thomas Nightingale,

James Sumpner,

William Haukeshead,

Thomas Woodcocke,

Miles Sumpner,

Richard S . , . dley,

Thomas Lowe,

George Browne,

Richard Lassell,

William Worthington, gentlemen,

- who say that Alexander Standish long before his death was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Duxbury; and of 13 messuages, 13 gardens, 1 water-mill, 200 acres of land, 50 acres of meadow, 150 acres of pasture, 12 acres of wood, 20 acres of moor, and \2s. free rent in Duxbury ; and of the manor of Heapey, and 28 messuages, 28 gardens, 1 water-mill, 400 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 240 acres of pasture, 4 acres of wood, 200 acres of furze and heath, 100 acres of moor, and \12\6d. free rent in Heapey ; and of the tithes of sheaves and grain yearly growing in Heapey ; and of the manor of Whittle in le Woodes ; and of 20 messuages, 20 gardens, 1 water-mill, 200 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 1 acre of wood, 12 acres of moor and 10s free rent in Whittle in le Woodes ; and of the manor of Heath Charnocke,and 12 messuages, 12 gardens, 160 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 12 acres of wood, 30 acres of moor, and 27s.free rent in Heath Charnocke. The said Alexander Standish was also seised as of fee of the reversion of the manor of Anlezargh, and of the reversion of 12 messuages, 12 gardens, two water-mills, 240 acres of land, 30 acres of meadow, 130 acres of pasture, 8 acres of wood, 500 acres of furze and heath, 200 acres of moor, 100 acres of marsh, and 10s. free rent in Anlezargh, after the death of Alice Countess of Derby, who holds the said manor and other the premises in Anlezargh for life; the said Countess "is yet living at Anlezargh”, And the said Alexander Standish was also seised in fee of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 6 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow, 8 acres of pasture, and 5 acres of moor in Standishe ; 1 messuage, 1 garden, 30 acres of land, 5 acres of meadow, 15 acres of pasture, 2 acres of wood, 12 acres of moor in Worthington and 1 messuage, 1 garden, 20 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture, 2 acres of wood, and 15 acres of moor in Langtree and 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 6 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, 12 acres of pasture, and 5 acres of moor in the town of Lancaster; and 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 8 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture, and 6 acres of moor in Scotforth and 1 messuage, 1 garden, 6 acres of land, 1 acre of meadow, 9 acres of pasture, and 3 acres of moor in Burrowe and 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 10 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, and 8 acres of pasture in Longton;and 12 messuages, 12 gardens, 80 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, and 30 acres of pasture in Gousenargh and 1 messuage, 1 garden, and 3 acres of land in Chorley.

Being so seised, 31 March, 20 James [1622], he made his Will, whereby he gave the premises in Standishe, Langtree, and Worthington by the name of the capital messuage called " Bradley hall," and all his hereditaments thereto belonging, and all his hereditaments in Standishe, Langtree, and Worthington to Thomas Standishe, then his son and heir apparent, and his (Thomas') assigns for the term of his life; and after his decease, to one Anne Standishe, (lately deceased), then wife of the said Thomas, for her life ; and after her decease, to the heirs male of the body of the said Thomas Standishe; and in default, to the heirs male of the body of himself the said Alexander Standishe; and in default, to the right heirs of himself the said Alexander Standishe for ever.

And further, by the same Will he gave all the said premises in Duxbury, Heapey, Whittle in le Woodes, Anlezargh, Heath Charnocke (except 1 messuage and 8 acres of land in Heath Charnocke lately purchased by him of Thomas Broadhurst, clerk) to the said Thomas Standishe and his heirs male; and in default, to the heirs male of the body of himself {Alexander); and in default, to his right heirs for ever.

And further, he gave the premises in Scotforth, Burrowe, Lancaster, Longton, and Goosenargh, and also the tenements in Heath Charnocke (before excepted) to Christopher Bannastre, of Gray's Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., and Thomas Sergeant, of Newton, in the county of Lancaster, gentleman, and their heirs.

And he gave to Richard Standishe, Ralph Standishe, and Alexander Standishe, his younger sons, and to each of them for the term of their lives, a yearly rent of; £33 : 6 : 8, issuing from the premises in Heapey, Whittle in le Woodes, Heath Charnocke, and Anlezargh (except 36 acres of land in Heapey, formerly in the tenures of James Abbott and Thomas Prescott; 35 acres of land formerly in the tenure of Ralph Leyland; 50 acres of enclosed land of the waste of the manor of Whittle; 8 acres of land purchased of the said Thomas Broadhurst; and except 30 acres of land in Heath Charnocke, formerly in the occupation of one George Croston, to be paid to the said Richard, Ralph, and Alexander [the younger] as therein expressed, as by the said Will, shown to the Jurors in evidence, more fully appears.

Alexander Standish, being so seised, died 18 June, 20 James [1622], after whose death the said Thomas Standishe was seised of the premises so given to him, as required by law.The said Christopher Bannestre and Thomas Sergeant likewise after the death of the said Alexander were seised of the premises so given to them, as required by law.

The manor of Duxbury, and all other the premises in Duxbury are worth per ann. (clear) £5, but of whom they are held the Jurors know not. The manor of Heapey and all other the premises in Heapey (except tithes) are held of the King, as of his Duchy of Lancaster, by knight's service, but by what part of a knight's fee the Jurors know not, and are worth per ann. (clear) £6:13:4. The said tithes of sheaves are worth per ann. (clear) 3s. 4d., but of whom they are held the Jurors know not. The manor and all other the premises in Whittle in le Woodes are held of the King, as of his Duchy of Lancaster, by knight's service, but by what part of a " Prout lex postulat et requirit," knight's fee the Jurors know not, and they are worth perann. (clear) 40s. The manor and all other the premises in Heath Charnocke are held of the King, as of his Duchy of Lancaster, but by what part of a knight's fee the Jurors know not, and they are worth (except the tenement purchased of Thomas Broadhnrst, which is worth yearly 6 pence) per ann. (clear) 40s. The manor and all other the premises in Anlezargh are worth per ann. (clear) 33s. 4d. The messuage, lands, and other the premises in Standish are worth per ann. (clear) 2.s. The messuages, lands, and other the premises in Worthington are worth per ann. (clear) 20s. The messuages, lands, and other the premises in Langtree are worth per ann. (clear) 30s 4d. Of whom these are respectively held the Jurors know not. The messuage, lands, and other the premises in the town of Lancaster are held oi the King in free and common burgage by fealty only, and are worth per ann. (clear) 3s. 4d. The messuages, lands, and other the premises in Scotforth are worth per ann. (clear) 5s. The messuages, lands, and other the premises in Burrowe are worth per ann. (clear) 2s. The messuages, lands, and other the premises in Longton are worth per ann. (clear) 6s 8d. The messuages, lands, and other the premises in Goosenargh are worth per ann. (clear) 26s. 8d. The premises in Chorley are worth per ann. (clear) 6d. Of whom these respectively are held the Jurors know not.

Thomas Standishe is the son and heir of Alexander Standish, and is aged at the time of taking this Inquisition 29 years and more.

Christopher Bannestre and Thomas Sargant have occupied all the premises so devised to them as aforesaid, and have received the issues and profits thereof from the time of the death of the said Alexander up to the day of taking this Inquisition.

Thomas Standish has occupied the residue of all the manors, lands, and premises, and has taken the issues and profits of the same for the same length of time.

Edward Rigby, Esq., Escheator.

Mittimus: To the Constableof Chester – to take into custody William Charnock gent. As a dangerous recusant 15^th January 1618/1619. - Alexander Standish.

(Robert Charnock was outlawed for an unspecified reason and his brother John was hanged drawn and quartered for his part in the Babington Plot to assasinate Queen Elizaberth 1 in 1586.Robert Charnock was pardoned when James I came to the throne in 1611)

Lancashire Archives 397/13/15 date 1618 (take into custody William Charnock gent)

Alexander Standish made his will 31^st March 1622 and stated in his will that it was his greatest wish “to be buried in the Chapel of Chorley above the steppes at the south of where my wife be buried and with her near the north wall of the said chancel” (Lancashire Archives - WCW Alexander Standish 1622)

Alexander Standish who died on the 18^th June 1622 commenced preparations for his burial as detailed in his will dated 31^st March 1622 to find that his right to burial in the Chapel of Chorley was being challenged in court by Thomas Charnock of Astley. (the Charnock and Standish families being joint owners of the Chancel in the Chapel of Chorley at that time)

Thomas Charlock’s action was retribution for the arrest of William Charnock on the 16^th January 1618 by the hand of Alexander Standish. The dispute was so acrimonious that Thomas Charnock took his action to the Court of King James 1 and persuaded the King to appoint a commission of judges to determine the outcome. King James also strictly forbade any burials in the disputed Chancel and enjoined George Comey, vicar of Croston, Richard Smith, curate of the chapel of Chorley, the churchwardens of Chorley and the parish clerk not to make any grave in the Chancel or allow any burial of the said Alexander Standish until the suit was decided.

Alexander Standish was close to death by this date but he had placed the dispute in the hands of the Standish family lawyers who produce a very lengthy and detailed rebuttal of Thomas Charnock’s claims regarding his family’s ownership in the Chancel of the Chapel of Chorley. The Standish family lawyers won the argument and the parish register of the Chapel of Chorley records the burial of Alexander Standish alongside his beloved wife Alice on the 29^th of June 1622.

The extensive legal argument put by the Standish family lawyers in the court of Delegates - “Standish v Charnock - burial place in Chorley Church” can be found in the Lancashire Archives document 397/13/16 date June 1622.

Lancashire Archives document 397/13/16 date June 1622 - Standish burial place in the Chapel of Chorley.

FILE [no title] - ref. DDHK 5/2/83 - date: 1617
[from Scope and Content] Alexander Standish of Duxbury, esquire

FILE - ROLL 21 - ref.  QDD/21 [n.d.]
         item: Lawrence brendwood of Altham, yeoman, to Alexander Standish of Duxburie, Esq., -- Duxbury - ref.  QDD/21/m17d - date: 6 October 1613
         item: Raphe Assheton of Greate Leaver, Esq. to Alexander Standish of Duxbury, Esq., -- Anglezarke - ref.  QDD/21/m37 -   date: 2 May 1614

FILE - ROLL 30 - ref. QDD/30 [n.d.]
item: Rauffe Standish of Standish, Esq., and John Mollineux of Widnesse, gent. to James Pilkington of Wigan, gent. - Wigan Woodhouses - ref. QDD/30/m6d - date: 29 March 1623

item: Christofer Banastre of Graies Inne, Esq., and Thomas Sergeant of Newton in Makerfield, gent. (executors of Alexander Standish of Duxburie Esq., dec'd.), to Henrie Chapman of Lancaster, yeoman. -- Lancaster - ref. QDD/30/m22 - date: 2 April 1624

FILE - ROLL 35 - ref. QDD/35 [n.d.]
item: Christofer Banastre of Grayes In, co. Middlesex Esq., and Thomas Sergeant of Newton in Makerfield, gent., Executors of Alexander Standish of Duxburie, Esq., dec'd., to John Cooke of Scotforth, yeoman, -- Scotforth - ref. QDD/35/m28 - date: 4 August 1627

I Captain Ralph Standish younger son of Alexander Standish late of Duxburie in the county of Lancaster Esq^. deceased &c. And my body I commit to the earth from whence it came to bee buried in Christian burial.

And for my goods and personal estate I bequeath the same as herein is declared that is to say To my brother Thomas Standish xx³ and to every one of his children except Ratcliffe xx^s

My sister Alice xx^s her daughter Anne Asshton v^u her three children had by her second adventure to every one of them v¹¹

My brothers Grelibrand X^s Hamblett Ashton X^s My brother Banaster x^s (brothers in law)

The poor of Anglezark Heapey Whitle Chorley and Duxbury viz* to every townshipp xx^s

I bequeath after my debt &c. are paid all the residue of my said goods &o. unto Ratcliffe Standish daughter unto Thomas Standish to bee putt forth for her use by my executors until she come unto years of discretion And I desire that my brother Standish shall have nothing to doe with it.

And I doe hereby constitute &c. my brother Alexander Standish and Edward Farnworth of Duxbury bestowing of them ten pounds apiece for their pains executors of this my last will not doubting but they will truly execute the same according to my desire and trust in them reposed.

Memoranda that the goods hereafter mentioned were given by Captain Ralph Standish in his life time by word of mouth viz' -

To my sister Banaster one beaver hat one fur coat one cad-owe and a seller of bottles

To my nephew Richard Clayton one case of pistols three muskets a target a leading staffe powder bag and two other little pieces

To Thomas Compton his boy in money v¹¹ and some of his clothes at the discretion of his executors

To William Nickson one demicastor hat and some other old clothes at my executors discretion

One old Testament to my sister Banaster and the rest of my books to any of his friends that desired one at y^e discretion of my executors.

1622. THOMAS STANDISH, Esquire, M. P., lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1622-1642, son of Alexander and Alice (Ashton) Standish of Duxbury, was born in 1593, died in October 1642, and was buried at Chorley the church of St. Laurence, October 29, 1642.

He married, first, Anne Wingfield, daughter of Sir Thomas Wingfield, Knt., of Letheringham, Suffolk.

He married, second, Anne Whittingham, daughter of Christopher Whittingham, Esquire, of Suffolk.

The family had by this time become Protestant and Thomas was a zealous Parliamentarian, representing Preston from 1640 till his death. (Pink and Beaven, Pari. Repres. of Lane, 151-152.)

A settlement of the manors of Duxbury and Heapey was made by Thomas Standish in1623. (Pal. of Lane.Feet of F.)

His eldest son, Captain Thomas Standish, however, espoused the king's side and was killed in September, 1642, while taking part in the attack on Manchester. He was buried at Chorley the church of St. Laurence, September 30, 1642.

1. Captain Thomas Standish, Esq., of Duxbury; m. Elizabeth Vaux, dau. of Thomas Vaux of Dotchet; had one dau. who d. y.

2. Colonel Alexander Standish, Esq., lord of the manor of Duxbury, 1642 - 1647 (second son and heir after his older brother Thomas died;

3. Richard Standish, of Duxbury buried church of St. Laurence Chorley 31st August 1628.

1642. Alexander Standish, Esq., the last lord of the manor of Duxbury, (1642 - 1647 from the direct male line in England.

1647. Margaret Standish widow of Alexander holds as her dower the manor of Duxbury and all other lands and property belonging to the Lord of Duxbury. By a legal transfer in 1647 signed by Margaret Standish and sealed by the lawful seal of the Lords of Duxbury, Margaret transfers her dower (the manor of Duxbury and all other lands and property belonging to the Lords of Duxbury) to a cousin of her husband - Colonel Richard Standish.

Eleanor Johnson in her book "The Standish Family" (1976) states the basis of the argument for the birth of Myles Standish upon the Manor of Duxbury.

John Wilson an eminent local historian in his book "Chorley Church" published in 1914 conclude that Myles was descended from Christopher Standish the founder of the Irish and Canadian branches of the Standish family.

Christopher Standish was the third son of James Standish Lord of the Manor of Duxbury 1517 – 1565 and he was the great grandson of Sir Alexander Standish Lord of the Manor of Standish 1468 to 1507.

James Standish son of Christopher is said to have married a sister of Myles Nightingale of Duxbury.

However John Wilson noted the residence of the Standish family of the Burgh upon the Manor of Duxbury and thus the possibility that Myles was descended from that branch of the Standish family

(Lancashire Record Office - DP 466/8)

Inquisition taken at Chorley, Sept., 21 James [1623], before Edward Rigby, Esq., Escheator, after the death of Alexander Standish, of Duxbury, Esq., by the oath of -

Thomas Worthington, of Worthington, Esq.,

Thomas Worthington, of Cromshawe [?],

James Whithalgh,

John Smith,

Thurstan Standishe of the Burgh,

Hugh Tootell,

William Tootell,

Richard Prescott,

Thomas Wasley,

James Wilkinson,

EllisSumpner,

George Harwood,

John Whittle,

John Withnell,

Thomas Nightingale,

James Sumpner,

William Haukeshead,

Thomas Woodcocke,

Miles Sumpner,

Richard S . , . dley,

Thomas Lowe,

George Browne,

Richard Lassell,

William Worthington, gentlemen,

Thomas Standishe is the son and heir of Alexander Standish, and is aged at the time of taking this Inquisition 29 years and more.

Christopher Bannestre and Thomas Sargant have occupied all the premises so devised to them as aforesaid, and have received the issues and profits thereof from the time of the death of the said Alexander up to the day of taking this Inquisition.

Thomas Standish has occupied the residue of all the manors, lands, and premises, and has taken the issues and profits of the same for the same length of time.

Edward Rigby, Esq., Escheator.

(Lancashire Record Office - DP 466/8)

Inquisition taken at Chorley, Sept., 21 James [1623], before Edward Rigby, Esq., Escheator, after the death of Alexander Standish, of Duxbury, Esq., by the oath of -

Thomas Worthington, of Worthington, Esq.,

Thomas Worthington, of Cromshawe [?],

James Whithalgh,

John Smith,

Thurstan Standishe of the Burgh,

Hugh Tootell,

William Tootell,

Richard Prescott,

Thomas Wasley,

James Wilkinson,

Ellis Sumpner,

George Harwood,

John Whittle,

John Withnell,

Thomas Nightingale,

James Sumpner,

William Haukeshead,

Thomas Woodcocke,

Miles Sumpner,

Richard S . , . dley,

Thomas Lowe,

George Browne,

Richard Lassell,

William Worthington, gentlemen,

Thomas Standishe is the son and heir of Alexander Standish, and is aged at the time of taking this Inquisition 29 years and more.

Christopher Bannestre and Thomas Sargant have occupied all the premises so devised to them as aforesaid, and have received the issues and profits thereof from the time of the death of the said Alexander up to the day of taking this Inquisition.

Thomas Standish has occupied the residue of all the manors, lands, and premises, and has taken the issues and profits of the same for the same length of time.

Edward Rigby, Esq., Escheator.

EllisSumpner,