c 1346 In 39 Edw III, Roger le Warre granted to Thomas de Booth, all the lands in Barton, formerly belonging to John, son of Gilbert de Barton. Dated London, on the Feast of S. Margaret the Virgin, [1]
1367 In the 47 Edw. III., 1367, Thomas de Booth of Barton, Esq., appointed Thomas de Wyche, Rector of the Church of Manchester, Richard, son of John de Radcliffe, John Radcliffe, his brother, and Ellen Booth his (testator's) wife, the executors of his will, and provided that masses should be offered on the altar of S. Katherine, in Eccles, for the souls of Edw. III., Roger la Warre, Thomas de Wyche, Parson of Manchester, and for the souls of the testator's parents, Roger de Hulton, and other benefactors. (Gastrell's Notitia Cest., vol. ii. pt. 1, p. 48, note.) [Hibb.-Ware, vol. iv. p. 105.] [2]
1368 The Thomas del Booth wrote his will, naming sons William, John, and Henry, among other persons. [3] [4]:
In the name of God, Amen. Monday before the feast of St. Michael the Archangel [September 25], 1368. I, Thomas del Booth, now living in good health, make my testament in this manner. First, I bequeath my soul to God and to the blessed Virgin Mary, and to all his saints, and my body to be buried in the church of Eccles, before the altar of St. Katherine Virgin, and with my body my best beast in the name of a mortuary. Also, I leave to my [wife and] sons William, John, and Henry, all my corn at Burton and Bradford, and all other my goods within my lordships of Barton and Bradford. Also, I leave to each of them £20 in money. I leave to my [wife and] sons William and John 16 oxen and 16 cows, and 4 of the best young heifers, and all my swine and all my sheep. I leave to the wife of Gilbert de Culche[th] £10 and 2 heifers, with 4 [blank]. I leave to the wife of John le Messy, £10. To Alice, daughter of Thomas, £20. To Margaret, daughter of Thomas, £20 towards marriage. To Agnes, sister of the said Margaret, £20. To Roger, son of Thomas del Booth, £20 and 4 oxen, 4 cows, and one horse. To Richard, son of Thomas del Booth, £10 and 4 cows and 4 [i] bullocks. To Gilbert de Barton and William his son £10 a d 4 bullocks [or heifers—bouccotas ? boviculas]. To Thomas son of Gilbert de Barton, £10. To John de Berri, my brother, £10. To the bridge of Salford, £30, to be paid in the next three years by equal portions. To two chaplains, £66 13s. 4d. [i.e. 100 marks], to be psid before the altar of St. Katherine, in the church of Eccles, for the soul of King Edward 111., and for the soul of Roger de Hulton, and of all benefactors of the said Thomas, to be taken for each chapel yearly 5 marks, for the ten years next following. [This shows there were two chapels] To Thomas, son of Thomas del Booth, £30 to maintain him at school. To Roger del Heath, 10s. To the wife of William del Heath and her children, £10. To my mother £10 and 9s. To John Ganym and his children, £10. I bequeath 30s. towards making the causeway near "Le Poll,". and "Urblsche," and "Le Barlache;" 20s. to making the bridge near the mill and the causeway; 20s. to making "the bark-platt and the salteam-plat."2 To the parson of Mamecestre, " molua sijin "3 of silver. To John, son of Radcliiie, another "molus syfin." To "Sed," 10 marks (£6 13s. 4d.) To John Botterley, chaplain, 10 marks. To Roger Flour, chaplain, 20s. To John Brunbadby, chaplain, half-a-mark (6s. 8d.). To William de Fere, chaplain, 3 cows with [or in] calf. To John de Fere, one cow. To the son of Robert de Fere, one cow with calf. To John Toulay, one cow with calf. To John de Wordeley [Wardley] two heifers with calf.
"Inventory of the goods of Thomas del Booth on the day on which he made his will—to wit, 30 oxen, worth £20; 30 cows, worth £20 ; corn at Barton and Bradford, perhaps £50 ; and other necessaries within my houses, worth £10 ; for which money (1) John Bordeley, is security, by charter of the same Roger, by written statute, John de Bar of Kuerdeley of ingress. The same John de Bur [? Barton, Byron, or Bury], for the great tithes of the chapel £47. See the back."
Endorsement—"To be paid at the feasts of St. John Baptist and the Nativity of the Blessed Mary [June 24 and September 8]. The same John de Byr[en] owes Booth for cows [? milk] and other necessaries, 9d. ; and the same John owes Booth of the altarage, to be paid at Christmas, 20 marks (£13 6s. John de Botley, Adam de Tetlow, and John Gowayn, owe Booth £30 for corn sold. Richard do Hull, Geoffrey de Newham, and Henry del Holt, owe £16 10s., to be paid at Christmas, for 33 'Bost.'(?) Richard de Hull and Geoffrey de Newham owe Booth £7 6s. for 20 steers. Hugh Atkinson and Adam Atkinson owe 60s. for stirks.
"For the faithful execution of these things I ordain and make my executors—to wit, Sir Thomas de Wyke, rector of the church of Mamecestre; Richard, son of John de Radcliff; John, his brother, and Ellen my wife. In testimony whereof I have set my seal to this will with my own hands. Given at Barton the year and day abovesaid."
Sir Cecill Trafford has written—"This is the whole will verbatim. It is indented. There was a seal fixed on the back, but it is broke off."
In 47 Edward III. Thomas del Bothe, whose father had married the heiress of Barton, by his last will and testament bequeathed his body to be buried in the church of Eccles, before the altar of St. Katherine the Virgin, and ordered that the best of his cattle should be presented to the priest as a mortuary ; and to the two chaplains £66. 13s. 4d. to be paid upon the altar of St. Katherine in the church of Eccles, for the souls of king Edward III. Roger la Ware, and Thomas de Wycke, parson of Manchester, and for the souls of his father, Roger de Hulton, and all other benefactors." [5] [6]
1460-61 [39 Henry VI] Thomas Booth, esq., son of Sir Thomas Booth, by letters of Attornasse to Henry Trafford and Jo. Foxley, delivered to Hugh del Scoles a parcel of land in Beswyk, together with the advowson of the chantry of St. Nicholas in St. Mary's church, Manchester, both of which were afterwards transferred by Hugh Scoles, chaplain, to Sir John de Trafford, knt., by deed dated 9 Edw. IV, (1469). - Harl. MSS. codex 2112. [7][8]
Research Notes:
Thomas Booth was a son of John de Booth and Loretta Barton. Thomalyn Booth of Barton, Lancashire, was erroneously reported as a son of John de Booth and Agnes Barton. [9] However, Agnes was apparently the mother of Loretta, the wife of Thomas. Thomalyn Booth was reported as the father of son John Booth and daughter Alia. [10]
Some researchers report an extra generation with Robert Booth between father John and this Thomas Booth. [11]
Son Henry Booth is reported to be the 3rd s. of Thomas Booth (d.1368) of Barton in Eccles, Lancs. by his w. Ellen; yr. bro. of John I*. m. (1) Elizabeth, 1s. 1da.; (2) by Mich. 1409, Isabel, da. of John Fynderne the elder of Findern, Derbys. by his w. Katherine. [Harl. 2112, ff. 167, 176; J.C. Cox, Notes on Churches Derbys. iii. 486-7; iv. 22-23, 486-7; CP25(1)39/44/9. Although Cox states that Isabel Fynderne was the mother of Booth's children, it is evident on chronological grounds that they must have been the issue of his first wife (CP25(1)39/42/18, 22, 44/33).][12]
Son John Booth is reported to be 2nd s. and h. of Thomas Booth (d.1368) of Eccles by his w. Ellen; bro. of Henry*. m. Joan, da. of Sir Henry Trafford (d.1375) of Trafford, Lancs., at least 6s. 5da.; 1s. illegit. [13]
"This John (or Robert) de Booths, had issue Sir Thomas Booth, of Barton, Knt. called Tomalin of the Booth?, living in the reign of Edw. III. This Seal was given by Thomas Booth, of Barton, in Lancashire, 43 Edw. III (c 1370). viz. a Chevron engrailed, in a Canton, a Mullet ; and for a Crest, a Fox, and a Catharine-wheel; and this Label round it, Sigillum Thoma Bothe, per antiquam cartam penes Dominum Delamer, 1680. He married Ellen, daughter of Thomas or Robert de Workefley (now wrote Worfley,) near Booths, in Lancashire, (from whom the Worfleys, of Pilewell, Hants, are descended,) and had issue three sons, and four daughters: 1. John, his son and heir, of whom hereafter. 2. Henry, who had issue John. To this Henry his father gave all his lands in Irwell, by the above mentioned deed. 3. Thomas, who had issue Robert." [14]
The relationship of this Thomas Bothe to John Bothe of Barton is uncertain. [15]
The relationship of this Thomas Bothe to William Booth of Dunham, if any, is unclear. [16] [17]
See also de or del Bothe, Bouthe.
Unverified notes: "Thomas del Booth was the son and heir of Robert Booth, in turn the son of John Booth and Loretta de Barton, the heiress of Barton, Lancs (VCH Lancs, vol 4, sub Barton). He married Ellen Worsley, the daughter of Robert Worsley of Booths (Vis Lancs 1664-5, sub Worsley). In or about 1368 he died as a result of an assault by Robert Worsley and others - presumably this was his nephew, son of his wife's brother William (Vis Lancs, ibid). He left a will, under which he set up various chantries and requested to be buried in Eccles church."
Unverified notes: "Edward Baines, History of ...Lancaster, Vol III chart facing p113 has William (not shown as eldest son), John, with two marriages, the first to Maud, d of Sir John Savage of Clifton and with Lawrence shown as legitimate son, the second to Joan d of Sir Henry Trafford of Trafford, with one more son than you mention. You mentioned five of your six, the others were Richard (4th), of Strickland, and Ralph, seventh son. Also marriages for Joan (2) = (a) Sir Thomas Shirburn and (b) Sir Thomas Southworth; Alice (4) = Sir Robert Clifton and Lucy (5) = Sir Edward Weever. Thomas is shown there as son of John and Loretta. The intervening generation (Robert) does not appear." ... "Robert Worsley is identified there as Robert de Workedly" [18]
Worsley resources:
The Worsley descent from Elias Worsley (circa 1150) to Ellen, spouse of Thomas Booth, was summarized by Davis with some detail and sources. [19]
A Worsley pedigree summarizes some of the ancestry of Ellen Worsley, perhaps with 2 spurious generations between Richard and Geoffrey Worsley. [20]
Dugdale reported a Worsley pedigree in his visitation of Lancashire, perhaps with 2 spurious generations between Richard and Geoffrey Worsley. [21]
An imaginative biosketch of Elias Worsley from Hundred of Salford - Eccles Parish. [22]
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