Hugh de Hindley

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ⁸²⁶
Gilbert de Culcheth left four infant daughters as co-heirs, Margery, Elizabeth, Ellen, and Joan, who became wards of the lord of Warrington; and in course of time William le Boteler granted their marriage to Hugh de Hindley. Hugh married them to his own four sons, and Culcheth was divided among them, its four quarters becoming the manors of Richard de Hindley, who took the name of Culcheth; Adam, called de Peasfurlong, and later de Hindley; Robert, called de Risley; and Thomas, called de Holcroft.

~A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, pp. 156-166

• Background Information. ¹⁰³⁹
Hugh de Hindley of Hindley, Lancaster, had grants of lands in Hindley from Robert Banastre, Lord of Makerfield, to whom he was a military tenant. His wife was named Beatrix and they had four son who married the four daughter of Gilbert de Culcheth.

~The Risley Family, p. 19