People: Massey, Richard

Sex

Male

Parish

Tilston

Marital Status

Married

Spouse Name

Mary

Occupation Status

Gentleman

Remarks

Richard Massey was the son of Richard and Margery Massey, whose family had occupied Grafton Hall since the early sixteenth century. His family tree may be found in Ormerod’s Cheshire.

He died without leaving any children and Grafton Hall passed to his nephew, Gerard Massey, rector of Wigan. Gerard sold the Grafton estate to Sir Peter Warburton, a career lawyer, who rebuilt the Hall.

The image of Sir Peter Warburton’s Grafton Hall in the early nineteenth century is from Ormerod’s Cheshire, courtesy of HathiTrust.

Sources:

George T. O. Bridgeman, The history of the church and manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster, Part 1, Chetham Society, new series, 15 (1888). 

George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 (second edition, revised and enlarged by T. Helsby, London, 1882).

Causes

EDC 5/1582/11 – plaintiff