LANGTON, William (d. 1659), of Broughton Tower, Preston, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. 1st s. of Roger Langton of Broughton Tower, and 1st w. Anne (bur. 4 Mar. 1624), da. of William Clayton of Fulwood, Lancs.H. Fishwick, Hist. of the Par. of Preston (Rochdale, 1900), 258. educ. St John’s, Camb. Easter 1628;Al. Cant. G. Inn 28 Apr. 1630.G. Inn Admiss. 190. m. 22 May 1638, Jane (bur. 22 Aug. 1687), da. of William Lever of Kersal, Lancs. 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 2 Apr. 1644. bur. 25 Oct. 1659 25 Oct. 1659.Fishwick, Preston, 258.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Preston by 1622–?d.;Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 66. Liverpool 21 Sept. 1642–d.Chandler, Liverpool, 290, 297. Recorder, Liverpool 21 Sept. 1642–2 Apr. 1650, 17 Sept. 1656–d.Chandler, Liverpool, 290, 297; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 13, 86. Town clerk and steward, Preston 2 July 1649–d.Lancs. RO, CPN/3/1/1, ff. 57, 88.

Legal: called, G. Inn 23 June 1637; ancient, 17 Nov. 1654.PBG Inn, i. 329, 409.

Local: member, sub-cttee. of accts. Lancs. by Oct. 1646–?SP28/256/372; SP28/257, unfol. J.p. 4 Oct. 1647–16 Apr. 1650.Lancs. RO, QSC/48–51. Commr. assessment, 16 Feb. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Religious: elder, seventh Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 511.

Parlimentarian

LANGTON, William (d. 1659), of Broughton Tower, Preston, Lancs.

: of Broughton Tower, Lancs., Preston.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LANGTON, William (d. 1659), of Broughton Tower, Preston, Lancs.

Will

not found.

Estates

in 1608-9, Roger Langton purchased the Castle Inn, a burgage in Preston market place, the house of the Friars Minor or Grey Friars in Preston and lands adjoining and a windmill in Preston.VCH Lancs. vii. 102. In 1614-15, he purchased manor of Broughton, Preston, and lands in nearby Cadeley, Durton, Fernyhalgh, Fulwood and Haighton, Lancs.Lancs. RO, QDD/24/m25; VCH Lancs. vii. 119. In about 1632, the Langtons’ estate was reckoned to be worth £500 p.a.Fishwick, Preston, 182.

Oxford 1644

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