See Whitaker's Whalley, p. 299 and p. 300, for the curious journal of Nicholas Assheton, of Downham, Esq. 1617-18, since published entire as vol. xiv. of the series of the Chetham Society, 1848. For Assheton of Ashton-under-Lyne, Baines's Lancashire, ii. 532, and Collectanea Topog. et Genealog. vii. 12; for Ashton of Lever and Whalley, Baines, iii. 190. ARMS.--_Argent, a mullet pierced sable_. Present Representative, Ralph Assheton, Esq. RADCLYFFE OF FOXDENTON. [Illustration] This is a younger branch of the well-known Lancashire family of this name, who trace their descent from Richard of Radclyffe Tower, near Bury, in the reign of Edward I. Ordshall, also in this county, was for many ages the seat of the ancestors of the present family, who are descended from Robert, sixth and youngest son of Sir Alexander Radclyffe, of Ordshall, who was born in 1650. Foxdenton, which as early as the fifteenth century belonged to one branch of the Radclyffes, was bequeathed to the present family early in the last century. The extinct house of the Radclyffes, Barons Fitzwalter and Earls of Sussex 1529, were sprung from William, elder brother of the first Sir John Radclyffe, of Ordshall. The Radclyffes of Dilston, Baronets 1619, and Earls of Derwentwater 1687, were perhaps also of the same origin, but this has not been ascertained. See Burke's Landed Gentry, 2nd. ed. vol. ii. p. 1091, and Ellis's Family of Radclyffe, for the House of Dilston (1850). ARMS.--_Argent, two bends engrailed sable, a label of three points gules_. The more simple coat of _Argent, a bend engrailed sable_, was borne by the Earls of Sussex, and also by the Earls of Derwentwater. Present Representative, Robert. Radclyffe, Esq. +Gentle.+ HULTON OF HULTON. [Illustration] Hulton is in the parish of Dean, and gave name to Bleythen, called de Hulton, in the reign of Henry II., and from him this ancient family, still seated at their ancestral and original manor, is regularly descended. See Baines's Lancashire, iii. p. 40. ARMS.--_Argent, a lion rampant gules_. Present Representative, William Hulton, Esq. ECCLESTON OF SCARISBRICK (CALLED SCARISBRICK). [Illustration] Descended from Robert Eccleston of Eccleston, living in the reign of Henry III., an estate which continued in the family until the last generation, when it was sold, and that of Scarisbrick, with the name, acquired by marriage about the same period. See Baines, iii. 480; and for Scarisbrick, iv. 258. In Flower's Visitation of this county, in 1567, is a pedigree of Eccleston. ARMS.--_Argent, a cross sable, in the first quarter a fleur-de-lis gules_. Present Representative, Charles Scarisbrick, Esq. ORMEROD OF TYLDESLEY.