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History of the Fylde of LancashirePorter, John (Writer on the Fylde of Lancashire)

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History of the Fylde of Lancashire

Name: History of the Fylde of Lancashire
Author: Porter, John (Writer on the Fylde of Lancashire)

Porter, John (Writer on the Fylde of Lancashire)

Lancashire (England) -- History

Warton                              4 men.
  Carleton                            8  ”
  Hardhome with Newton                8  ”
  Much Eccleston                      5  ”
  Clifton                             6  ”
  Bispham and Norbreke                5  ”
  Freckleton                          5  ”
  Thilston                            8  ”
  Thornton                            8  ”
  Out Rawcliffe                       4  ”
  Upper Rawcliffe and Tornecard       1  ”
  Pulton                              3  ”
  Weton                               3  ”
  Threleyle                           6  ”
  Little Eccleston and Larbreke       6  ”
  Little Singleton and Grange         5  ”
  Newton with Scales                  3  ”
  Layton with Warbrick                8  ”
  Elliswicke                          5  ”
  Kelmyne and Brininge                5  ”
  Kirkham                             3  ”
  Westbye and Plumpton                8  ”
  Rigby with Wraye                    8  ”
  Lithum                              5  ”
  Much Singleton                      7  ”
  Plumpton                           11  ”

The commanders of the regiment were—Sir Thomas Hesketh, Sir Richard
Houghton, George Browne, John Kitchen, Richard Barton, William Westby (of
Mowbreck), and William Barton, Esquires.

Dodsworth, who lived in the latter part of the sixteenth and early part
of the seventeenth centuries, informs us that sometime during the year
1555 “a sudden irruption of the sea” took place near Rossall grange, and
a whole village, called Singleton Thorp, was washed away by the fury of
the waves. “The inhabitants were driven out of their ancient home, and
erected their tents at a place called Singleton to this day.” It has been
surmised that Singleton Thorp was the residence of Thomas de Singleton,
who opposed Edward I. in a suit to recover from that king the manors of
Singleton, Thornton, and Brughton. The site formerly occupied by the
ancient village is now called Singleton Skeer. Dodsworth also declares
that the Horse-bank lying off the shores of Lytham was, in 1612, during
the reign of James I., a pasture for cattle, and that, in 1601, a village
called Waddum Thorp existed between it and the present main-land.

In January, 1559, about two months after the accession of Elizabeth,
another muster took place throughout the several counties of the kingdom,
and subjoined are enumerated the bodies of soldiers furnished by the
different Hundreds of Lancashire:—

  BLACKEBURNE HUNDRED—407 harnessed men, 406 unharnessed men.
  AMOUNDERNES HUNDRED—213 harnessed men, 369 unharnessed men.
  LONDESDALL HUNDRED—356 harnessed men, 114 unharnessed men.
  LEYLONDE HUNDRED—80 harnessed men, 22 unharnessed men.
  SALEFORDE HUNDRED—394 harnessed men, 649 unharnessed men.
  WEST DERBY HUNDRED—459 harnessed men, 413 unharnessed men.
  Sum Total of harnessed men 1919.
  Sum Total of unharnessed men 2073.[31]

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History of the Fylde of Lancashire

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