FEUDAL BARONAGE of Gilbert Woodcock, who had lands in Cuerden by the feoffment of Roger, son of Henry de Cuerden.^ She survived her husband,** whose death occurred in 1291.' He had issue one son, James, who predeceased his father, and a daughter Clemence,* who had MoUington Banastre in marriage with William de Lea, of Lea, near Preston, whose son Henry de Lea, kt., was beheaded in 1315 for participation in the rising which Adam Banastre, kt., led against Thomas, earl of Lancaster ; ^ and a daughter Sibil, married to Richard de Hoghton, of Hoghton, kt. James Banastre married Elena, daughter of William the butler, of Warrington, and had issue an only daughter Alesia, who was contracted in marriage to John, son of John de Byron, kt. John de Byron, the father, was guardian of Alesia and of a portion of her inheritance in 1292, at which time she is described as being under age and the wife of the younger John de Byron, in the record of a plea at Lan- caster, in which she and her husband had been summoned to prove their warrant to hold a market and fair in Newton and to have free warren there and in Makerfield, Woolston, and Walton-in-le-Dale.° Before November, 1295, young John Byron was dead without issue, and the earl of Lancaster had granted the marriage of his widow to his friend John de Langton for 250 marks. The grantee was probably John de Langton, Keeper of the Rolls to Edward L, appointed chancellor in 1292, and bishop of Chichester in 1305.* If so he married the heiress to his younger brother, also named John, before the end of 1297, when John de Langton and Alesia his wife were found to hold a knight's fee in Newton of Edmund, earl of Lancaster.' Early in 1301 John de Langton, brother of the chancellor, at the latter's instance, obtained a grant of a weekly market, two fairs yearly, and free warren in Newton in Makerfield and also in Walton-in-le-Dale.^" His wife, who was living in 13 10, predeceased him." As Johnde Langton, kt., he had frequent letters of protection from Edward IL whilst in his service.^^ He was living in 1328, but died before July, 1333.^' In 1325 he was in the retinue of the earl of Warenne in Guyenne, and the year previous was summoned from CO. Leicester to attend a great council at Westminster." His son Robert de Langton, chr., was one of the commissioners of array in this county in 1335 to raise troops in the county and lead them to the marches of Scotland." In 1341 he had a licence to crenellate his mansion of Newton in Makerfield." In 1344 he was one of the commissioners of array for the raising of 500 archers in the county for service in Scotland." Upon 1 Dr. Kuerden's MSS. See Ormerod, Hist. ofChes. ed. Helsby, ii. 574. 5! Coucher ofWhalley, Chatham Soc. 117. 3 He was living on 3 Feb. 1 291, when lands in Walton-in-le-Dale were released to him (Add. MSS. 32,106, f. 150^). In Michaelmas term, 1291, Alesia, the relict of Robert Banastre, was claiming dower against a large number of the tenants of Alesia, wife of John, son of John de Byron, of lands in Hindley, Walton, and Cuerden, and against Ellen, the relict of James Banastre. Alesia de Byron's lands were partly in the custody of her father-in-law, John de Byron, and partly of Edmund, the king's brother. (De Banc. R. No. 91, m. 157.)
- Add. MSS. No. 32,106, ch. 338.
6 Dodsworth's MS. cxlii. f. 37. * Plac. de Quo War. (Rec. Com.), 373^. 1 Dodsworth MS. cliii. 136. « poss, Judges of England, 1870, 395^. 9 Lanes. Inq. Rec. Soc. xlviii. 298. 1° Chart. R. 29 Edw. I. m. 12. 11 Cal. Chse R. 1307-13, 257. i^ Ca/. Pat. R. temp. Edw. II. 13 Cal. Chse R. 1327-30, 336 ; 1333-7, 121. In 1332 he sealed a letter of attorney with his paternal coat Vair. Chetham Soc. (Old Ser.), xcviii. 23. Seal of [? Ralph] de Langton, Argent, 3 chevronels gules. Roll of Lanes, arms, temf. Edw. III. penes W. Farrer. See Hist. Soc. Lanes, and Ches. (New Ser.), i. p. 154. 1* Gascon R. 18 Edw. II. m. w d. ; Palgrave, Pari. Writs, i. 640. 15 ^ot. Scot. (Rec. Com.), i. 321^. 18 Cal. Pat. R. 1340-S, 304. " Rot. Scot. (Rec. Com.), i. 649a. 373
