The Meadowcroft & Lang Ancestors Pages:Information about Thomas MEADOWCROFT
Thomas MEADOWCROFT (b. 01 Apr 1678, d. date unknown)
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Thomas MEADOWCROFT (son of Thomas MEDOWCROFT) was born 01 Apr 1678 in Bury, Lancashire, and died date unknown.He married Elizabeth ASPINAL on 01 Jun 1696 in St Mary the Virgin, Bury, Lancashire4107, daughter of John ASPINAL and Elizabeth FLETCHER.
Notes for Thomas MEADOWCROFT:
The Meadowcroft family early appear in Middleton. Thomas de Meadowcroft in 1347 complained that various persons had been digging in his quarry at Middleton and otherwise trespassing; De Banco R. 351, m. 27; 352, m. 368.
Adam del Meadowcroft was a defendant in 1351; Duchy of Lanc. Assize R. 1, m. v. Geoffrey son of Nicholas de Meadowcroft was charged with waste in Middleton in 1368; De Banco R. 431, m. 168.
Robert son of Roger de Meadowcroft was in 1387 found to have enjoyed for a time the profits of lands belonging to John son of Roger de Meadowcroft in Kearsley, and to John son of John de Ainsworth in Middleton; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 27.
Roger de Meadowcroft of Middleton, gentleman, was defendant in a plea of trespass by Rose widow of Richard de Bamford in 1441 and 1442; Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 3, m. 16; 4, m. 6b.
Ralph Meadowcroft in 1559 made a settlement of his estate of five messuages, &c., in Bury and Middleton; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 21, m. 71.
Richard Meadowcroft was plaintiff in 1574 in a plea concerning Birtle and other lands; Ducatus Lanc. (Rec. Com.), iii, 23.
Francis Meadowcroft of Smethurst was a freeholder in 1600; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), i, 247. In 1622 he contributed in Bury to the subsidy for his 'goods,' while Richard Meadowcroft contributed for 'lands' in Middleton; ibid. 161, 158.
On a summons of the heralds a pedigree was recorded in 1664, showing three generations: Richard Meadowcroft of Smethurst, d. 1660; s.—Richard, aged 62; s.—Richard, aged 30; Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc), 196.
'Francis Meadowcroft, gent., was living in the year 1702, and having married Alice daughter and co-heiress of James Lomax of Booth Hall, gent., had issue Richard and James, and two daughters.—Pleadings in the Rolls Court, 1702'; Raines in Notitia Cestr. ii, 100.
It appears that in 1677 Francis Meadowcroft sold or mortgaged to Adam Gaskell 'a demesne called Smethurst, with all the housing and all the conveniences belonging, and the three tenements at Roughhill Street, which in all contains about 55 acres more or less,' situate in Middleton; a place called Bratshey Hill, containing about 12 acres, also in Middleton; and a tenement called Elbutt, under the Earl of Derby, containing about 60 acres; Exch. of Pleas, 29 Chas. II, Mich. m. 5, v, m. 17.
From: 'Townships: Birtle-with-Bamford', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (1911), pp. 174-76. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=53023. Date accessed: 15 April 2007.
More About Thomas MEADOWCROFT:
Christening 1: 07 Feb 1698, St Marys, Bury, Lancashire.
Christening 2: 07 Feb 1678, St Marys, Bury, Lancashire.
More About Thomas MEADOWCROFT and Elizabeth ASPINAL:
Marriage: 01 Jun 1696, St Mary the Virgin, Bury, Lancashire.4107
Children of Thomas MEADOWCROFT and Elizabeth ASPINAL are:
- +Thomas MEADOWCROFT, b. 05 Feb 1698, Bury , Lancashire, d. date unknown.