1600 On 27 April, "henrye Claton" and "Esod towson" were married. [1]
1602 On April 5, Edmund claton, son of Henerici was baptized at Aldingham: "Edmund Claton, f: Henerici". [2]
1605/06 On 20 January, John Claton, son of Harry, of Gleaston, was baptized at Aldingham: "John Claton, f: Harry de Gleaston". [3]
1613 On March 10, a son of Henry Clayton of gleston, was baptized at Aldingham: "de Claton, s. of henry of gleston". [4]
1617 Ane cleaton, daughter of henry de gleston was baptized at Aldingham: "Ane cleaton, d. of henry de gleston". [5]
Research Notes:
1654-6 Mary Clayton, Anne Clayton, and others "were several times committed to prison for speaking to priests and people in their public assemblies." [6]
1526 Lancashire Pleadings in the Duchy Court. Olyver Clayton, age 80, of Burnley, testified that he never knew of any coal being sold at Brodheide. John, Richard, and Gyles Claton and many others were fined. [7]
1526 Lancashire Pleadings in the Duchy Court. Robert Crombelhome complained that William Clayton, parson of Ribchester, had not met obligations of an agrement. [8]
1592 Exchequer Deposition. Attorney General, versus Wm Garstang of Preston ... Lease of burgage in Preston (Lancaster) held ... lately in the occupation of Alex. Clayton ... whether the premises are "recusants' lands"? [9]
[1] Henry Swainson Cowper, ed., The Registers of the Parish of Aldingham in Furness in the County of Lancaster. Baptisms Burials & Weddings 1542-1695 (1907), 119, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Henry Swainson Cowper, ed., The Registers of the Parish of Aldingham in Furness in the County of Lancaster. Baptisms Burials & Weddings 1542-1695 (1907), 26, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Henry Swainson Cowper, ed., The Registers of the Parish of Aldingham in Furness in the County of Lancaster. Baptisms Burials & Weddings 1542-1695 (1907), 29, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Henry Swainson Cowper, ed., The Registers of the Parish of Aldingham in Furness in the County of Lancaster. Baptisms Burials & Weddings 1542-1695 (1907), 32, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Henry Swainson Cowper, ed., The Registers of the Parish of Aldingham in Furness in the County of Lancaster. Baptisms Burials & Weddings 1542-1695 (1907), 33, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Rev. B Nightingale, Early Stages of the Quaker Movement in Lancashire (London, 1921), 35, [InternetArchive].
[7] Henry Fishwick, ed., Pleadings and Depositions in the Duchy Court of Lancaster, Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol. 32 (1896), 142-143, [InternetArchive].
[8] Henry Fishwick, ed., Pleadings and Depositions in the Duchy Court of Lancaster, Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol. 32 (1896), 202, [InternetArchive].
[9] Caroline Fishwick, ed., A Calendar of Lancashire and Cheshire Exchequer Depositions by Commission, Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol. 11 (1885), 7, [InternetArchive].