Adam de Walton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁸²⁷
Adam son of Adam de Walton gave to Warine his son half the vill of Eccleston as Adam the elder had held it of Benedict Gernet and Adam the son of the heirs of Benedict; Piccope MSS., iii, p. 3. Master Adam de Walton in 1294 claimed 6 acres in Eccleston against William de Dacre. The land had been approved from the waste by Benedict Gernet and Warine de Walton, lords in common, and fell to the latter's share on a division. Adam son and heir of Warine demised it to William de Shorneton (? Shurventon) for 6s. a year, and this tenant sold his crops and title to William de Dacre; Assize R. 1299, m. 14. In 1301 the moiety of the manors of Eccleston and Heskin was included in a Walton agreement; Final Conc. i, 194. By 1320-1 it had come into the possession of Thurstan de Northlegh and Margery his wife; ibid. ii, 33, 43. See also Assize R. 1404, m. 26 d., 27.

'Townships: Eccleston', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, pp. 162-166