Alan de Windle

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁹²⁰
Pain de Vilers, the original grantee, gave one plough-land, in marriage with his daughter Emma, to Vivian Gernet; their inheritance seems to have been divided between daughters and granddaughters before 1212, when Alan son of Alan was holding this half of Windle of Robert de Vilers. [Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Lancs. and Ches.), 8]

Alan de Windle, the father of the Alan who was tenant in 1212, died before Easter 1200. [Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 132, 141; the younger Alan, as Alan de Pemberton, in 1201 proffered 10 marks for his relief after his father's death, and for having right as to 40s. against Nicholas le Boteler, who had been under-sheriff in 1197\endash 8; ibid. 100. Alan senior may therefore have died in 1197.] Shortly afterwards his widow Edusa claimed from the son her power in lands in Skelmersdale, Syfrethley in Dalton, Pemberton, and Windle. [Final Conc. i, 37] The younger Alan, sometimes called 'Le Styward,' [De Banc. R. 230, m. 172d.; 235, m. 124d. See also a note under Rainhill, where the Alan of 1318 names his great grandfather, Alan le Styward; Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 608, 609.] perhaps survived until about 1240, when he was succeeded by a son of the same name. [Adam de Pemberton, younger son of Alan senior, was living in 1246; Final Conc. i, 98]

Alan de Windle III, later called Sir Alan, [Whalley Coucher (Chet. Soc.), ii, 550] was acting as juror at various inquests from 1242 onwards. [Lancs. Inq. and Extents, 146, 186, 203. Alan married Amice, who brought her husband half the manor of Rainhill; she died between 1246 and 1256; Assize R. 404, m. 11; Final Conc. i, 125.] In 1252 William de Ferrers, earl of Derby, was pardoned for a false claim against him, [Fine R. 49 (36 Hen. III), m. 22] and next year Alan de Windle and Thurstan de Holand joined in resisting an encroachment by the earl. [Cur. Reg. R. 150, m. 3; 151, m. 4d.; 152, m. 9] Alan died between 1256 and 1274, and was succeeded by Peter de Burnhull and his wife Alice, the daughter and heir of Alan. The new lord died before 1292, [Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 377] leaving two sons, both under age; Peter, the elder, died without issue before 1298, and Alan his brother succeeded. [De Banc. R. 124, m. 9d.; Assize R. 419, m. 9; 420, m. 6d; 424, m. 2] He was living in 1318, but did not enjoy the manor long, for his son Peter was in possession in 1324, [Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 33; see also Feud. Aids, iii, 89] but died soon afterwards, when his sisters Joan and Agnes inherited his manors. The former married William Gerard, of Kingsley, in Cheshire, and the latter David de Egerton. [De Banc. R. 284, m. 15] Ultimately the whole inheritance was held by the Gerards, so that it may be presumed there was no issue by the other marriage.

The History of the County of Lancaster, Volume III, pp. 371-377