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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: tubal cain on Wednesday 01 December 10 22:27 GMT (UK)
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Hello,
My interest is with the WILCOCK FAMILY in and around CHORLEY. BUCKSHAW HALL / HOUSE was built in 1650
and was supposedly occupied by " many generations" of
the Wilcock family, in the earlier days.
Does anyone have any clues about this, and if so.. can they be identified ? ( Names, D.O.B. etc)
Was this building actually occupied by WILCOCKs ?
Any information will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Apologies, if you've seen this already: http://wilcock1780.com/
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Thanks for the response.
I have followed this up and it is in line with the info I have,... that is.. the info I am trying to confirm.
Thanks for your interest.
Have a good Christmas,
B.
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In the Civil War period Buckshaw Hall (Higher Buckshaw) was in the occupation of Edward Robinson, one of the Justices of Lancashire. In 1644 he was described as a Major in the Parliamentarian army. It was he who appointed the Registrar of Leyland in 1655 and 1656. He appears to have made his peace with the authorities after the Restoration, and died 7th January 1680/1.
That might give a clue about when the Wilcock family took occupation of Buckshaw.
There are few early mentions of the Wilcock name in Leyland parish, which includes Buckshaw. The earliest is Richard Wilcocke, buried at Leyland in October 1653 (no township mentioned), Robert and John Wilcock (both of Leyland) in November 1667. The next Wilcock is Christma Eve 1702 when John son of John of Houghton was baptised. The conclusion must be that they arrived from elsewhere (they had real money if they bought Buckshaw, so could travel) or that they were Roman Catholics. My guess is the latter, since they avoided putting the surname in later Leyland registers too.
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According to the National Archives, there's a Tithe Book in Wigan Archives for 1716 & 1717 with names of payers. Should help narrow down things.
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Thank you for all that.
The depth of your knowledge never fails to astound me.
Your mention of R.C.s may be correct... some of the Wilcock name who were reputed to be connected with this property are noted in the St Josephs RC at Brindle.
The earliest is noted as b. 1683 in that place.
Could they have " inherited" , to put it nicely.. after the restoration do you think?
Just a thought, I am still learning...
B.
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The entry for his death gives Edward's abode as Euxton, so I don't think he was turfed out.
The bigraphical details come from the LPRS transcription of the early Leyland registers. The author delights in such entries. A large footnote about the burial mentions Edward's doings in the war, and mentions that his sons John and Edward appear in the Preston Guild Rolls for 1662 and 1682, while Edward appears only in 1644.
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My husband is the grandson of a Wilcock from Buckshaw. He gives the following info:
The following is the census information regarding Higher and Lower Buckshaw farms
1841 Richard Dickinson at Higher Buckshaw – Samuel Mason at Lower Buckshaw
1851 Richard Dickinson at Higher Buckshaw – Samuel Mason at Lower Buckshaw
1861 James Wilcock aged 59 and Michael Wilcock aged 26 at Higher Buckshaw – Margaret Mason at Lower Buckshaw
1871 James Wilcock aged 69 at Higher Buckshaw – Michael Wilcock aged 36 at Lower Buckshaw
1881 Michael Wilcock aged 46 at Higher Buckshaw – Lower Buckshaw unoccupied
1891 Michael Wilcock aged 56 at Higher Buckshaw – William Shaw at Lower Buckshaw
1901 Michael Wilcock aged 66 at Higher Buckshaw – William Iddon at Lower Buckshaw
1911 Michael Wilcock aged 76 at “Village Euxton”
James Wilcock, who was born in 1801, was the son of Michael and Alice Wilcock née Snape. He was born at Withnell and baptised at St Chad’s RC church, South Hill on 4th July 1801. Michael Wilcock was his son born in 1834. All the Wilcocks were Catholics and those who lived at the Buckshaw farms were buried in St Mary’s churchyard, Euxton.
I haven’t been able to trace the Wilcocks back beyond James’ father Michael who was born at Wheelton about 1781 and buried at South Hill in 1863 having lived in Euxton certainly from the time of the 1841 census.
I don’t know whether any other Wilcocks lived/farmed at Buckshaw in the time between Edward Robinson’s death and 1841.
Cheers jana