HILTONS OF LANCASHIRE

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The Hultons or Hiltons of Parke in Lancashire are thought to be of Norse Viking origin who settled in Wales then the west of England from Ireland where the Vikings had a kingdom in Dublin. They are first recorded as living at the Park, Over Hulton in the reign of King John, 1200 A.D.

Letters and estate papers from the Hulton/Hilton estate at Parke are in Lancashire County Records Office in England. They were written over 300 years ago, many are faded and extremely difficult to read without a magnifying glass, and it would take an expert in 17^th century handwriting to fully interpret them.

No direct link with this branch of the Hultons/Hiltons living at either the “Parke” or Hilton Hall, near Bolton, Manchester and either the Hiltons of Hylton Castle, Durham County or the Hiltons of Westmoreland. There are however, links between the Hiltons of London (Nathaniel Hilton of South Shields/Billinghurst) and Henry Hilton at Hulton/Hilton near Bolton, near Manchester,, between Charles Hilton (Henry of Hulton’s son) then staying near Gray’s Inn in 1688 and between Henry Hilton of Hulton and his son Edward, then living on their Irish Estates at Bryanstown, Drogheda, 50 km north of Dublin on the east coast of Ireland which they appear to have leased out after 1691

In the Visitiation of London of the name is originally spelt at Hulton and changes to Hilton.

In a charter of 1526, Sir William Hilton of Hylton Castle lists Adam Hilton of Parke in Lancashire "in tail male", in order of inheritance, of the Hilton Estates in Durham, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, albeit towards the bottom of his list of potential inheritors, after John Hilton, citizen and merchant-taylor of London, but before Thomas Hilton, Citizen and Skinner (Pelliparius) which suggests Adam Hilton of Parke was a descendent of John Hilton, citizen and merchant -taylor of London, Body Tailor to King Henry VIII..

The charter then states; "-with remainder over, failing these, and all the unlooked for issue of their loins, to his own right heirs for ever".

Surtees in his "History and Antiquities of Durham" states;

"The Hiltons or rather Hultons, of Hulton (near Bolton, Manchester) in Lancashire, a family of most ancient and honourable note, were certainly not connected with the Baronial family by male descent (at least their separate Pedigree is honourably and distinctly proved from the reign of Henry II) and it is not easy to trace even any female connection."

He also states;

"In the reign of George I, Richard Baron Hilton, made use of this old connection, as a topic of some very civil and engaging letters to Squire Hulton, whom he wished to see as a visitor to Hilton Castle, professedly with the laudable design of procuring a good husband for on of his five sisters thereby drawing into a true lover’s knot, the slackened thread of connection between the Houses of Duham and Lancaster”.

Letters from/to the Hulton/Hiltons of Parke in Lancashire in P.R.O. Preston in Lancashire, England;

15^TH APRIL 1656 – DDHU46/1 – To William Hilton at Hilton Park from William Jessop, Clerke of his Highnesse Counsell at Whitehall

IST NOV 1656 – DDHU 46/2 – To William Hilton at Hilton Park from William Jessop

28^th JAN 1664/5 – DDHU 46/9 – To William Hilton at Hilton Park from William Jessop who lived at Holborn

16^th MARCH 1681/2 – DDHU 41/34 – William Hilton of Hilton, esq. To Richard Brooke of Astley esq. And Nathaniel Hilton of London, merchant, the manors of Overhulton, Westhaugton, Farnworth, Rumworth, and Kearsley – Witnn Tho Lever, Edward Copley, Richard Hulme, George Haugh

Letter addressed to Nathaniel Hilton – next door to the Beare and Fountain, Lothbury, London

Letter addresses - Henry Hilton to Charles Hilton “For my loving brother Charles Hilton to be left at John’s Coffe House in Fullers Rents? Near Gray’s Inn, London 1688

26^TH NOV 1691 – DDHU45/8 Edward Hilton Dublin to his father I Henry Mather’s proposals for leasing Bryanstown. E.H. intends to learn French an “to take a great deal of pain s in it as long as I stay in towne”

24^th AUGUST 1695 – DDHU45/9 – Edward Hilton, Dublin, to Henry Hilton, his brother – concerning the estate.

29^TH MAY 1701 – DDHU/14 – Henry Mather, Dublin, to Henry Hilton, esq. – concerning his payment of rent.

3^RD JUNE 1701 – DDHU 45/15 – John Withington, Dublin, to Henry Hilton esq. – relating to a legal suit with Henry Mather over possession of the Bryanstown Estate

12^th DEC 1701 – DDHU 45/16 Edmund Valantine, Dublin, to Henry Hilton esq. Reporting progress of the suit with Mather

17^TH MARCH 1712/3 – DDHU 45/18 – John Fleming, Dublin, to Henry Hilton, esq. Asking for a lease of Bryanstown

15^th DEC 1727 – DDHU 45/23 – Chris Pettit Dublin, to Henry Hilton es. – asking for lease of Bryanstown

Hugh Hilton. who arrived in Virginia was almost certainly part of the Hiltons of Westmoreland branch of the family who had married into the Middleton family of Westmoreland and was known to the Sandys family of Westmoreland. Edwin Sandys was a member of the Council for Virginia and a member of the Virginia Company of London from 1607 and took control of the Company in 1618. He seems to have immediately recruited the younger sons of the major families of Durham ,and Westmoreland to help solve the problems that existed at Jamestown in 1618.

His father Edwin Sandys had been Archbishop of York to whom the Bishops of Durham reported in the ecclesiastical pecking order of the Church of England.

Hugh Hilton (Westmoreland)is recorded in Virginia in 1619, Anthony Hilton (South Shields) in 1623., Thomas Hilton (Westmorland.

THE HULTONS (HILTONS) OF LANCASHIRE

The Hultons of Westhoughton

It is recorded that Iorweth and Madoc Hulton, came to Bolton from Wales in 1167. In 1304 Richard de Hulton, of Hulton Park south-west of Bolton in Westhoughton, is recorded as having freehold of lands in the districts of Hulton, Ordsall, Flixton and Heaton. At Hulton he built Hulton Hall, which, by the late 19th century was surrounded by a 1,316 acre park of plantations and pleasure grounds with 4 acres of water. The estate which is rich in coalmines was the sole property of the Hulton's of Hulton Park.
The old Hulton family was highly respected, influential and long lasting. The last surviving member of the Hulton family, Sir Geoffrey Hulton, died only a few years ago after more than eight centuries dominating the land west of Bolton. It was in 1819, at the infamous "Peterloo Massacre", that magistrate William Hulton ordered the Yeomanry Cavalry in to arrest Orator William Hunt as he addressed the great demonstration at St Peter's Field in Manchester, thus setting off a train the events which were to go down in history as a less than glorious event.

1563

In the Reign of

Elizabeth I

Lay Subsidy: James Browne, John Leghe, Roger Pendlebury - most substantial landowners in Westhoughton; Adam Hulton in Hulton. Chet.Soc.NS62

1574

Mr Hulton de Park and Mr Browne were to furnish a horse and arms for the General Levy. Chet.Soc.1XL

1586

In the Reign of

Elizabeth I

Fear of uprisings in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots, led Elizabeth's Protestant Council to list Catholic gentry; Lord Burghley's, map of Lancashire shows Hilton of Hilton Park as "obstinate" Catholics

List of persons "ill-affected" to the state contains Mr Hilton of Hilton Park

Divers Priests were harboured at the house of Ralph Holme in Checkerbent. Chet.Soc.1XL

1600

Lay Subsidy: James Browne, James Worthington and Robert Leigh - most substantial landowners in Westhoughton; Adam Hulton in Hulton. Chet.Soc.NS83

1664

Hearth Tax	1664	1666
William Worthington Esq.	6 hearths	6 hearths
Raphe Browne, gentleman	3 “	5 “
William Leigh, gentleman	3 “	4 “
Nathaniel Molyneux	6 “	6 “
Adam Hulton de Park	8 “	9 “
*Bolton Ref.Lib.*

1685

Agreement between Mr Worthington and Mr Hulton that the latter should have the right to mine all coal between Snydale and Wingates

1694

In the Reign of

William & Mary

Jacobite Trials : Henry Hulton of Hulton, served on the Grand Jury Chet.Soc.XXV111

1812

Westhoughton Factory was set on fire by Luddites. 4 were hanged and 5 transported to Australia. Calendar of Crown Prisoners.

See Westhoughton Parish History at

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Westhoughton/history.html

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