Rivington continued to be held by the Pilkingtons from the township of the same name until an undated document of around 1290 records that land at Rivington was passed from William De Anderton of Rumworth and Anderton as dower for his daughter Ellen on her marriage to Richard, second son of Alexander Pilkington. This added to holdings that had been bought up by …
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The Rector of Standish, Roger Standish in 1477 was the last surviving trustee of the estates of Alexander Pilkington of the Pilkington family of Lancashire who had died in 1474 and held the families land in Rivington and Mellor in trust, the original beneficiary being his son Ralph who also died the same year. The trust had been created in 1460 with trustees named as Thurstan …
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Rivington Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It was the manor house for the Lords of the Manor of Rivington. The hall is of various builds as successor to a 15th-century timber-framed courtyard house that was built near to the present building of which no trace remains. It is a private residence.
Richard improved the local chapel, Rivington Church and in 1536 donated 3 acres of land for use of the priest, he died in 1551 and his wife in 1565 and are interred under the floor of the church, a copy of their memorial 'The Pilkington Painting' is on display there.
Their daughter, Lucy married Woodhouse Crompton in 1834. The Tithe Tax in 1850 gives detail of the extent of Rivington Hall in the mid Victorian era, being 32 acres.
Pilkington. The Rector of Standish, Roger Standish in 1477 was the last surviving trustee of the estates of Alexander Pilkington of the Pilkington family of Lancashire who had died in 1474 and held the families land in Rivington and Mellor in trust, the original beneficiary being his son Ralph who also died the same year.
See also: Manor of Rivington. The Rector of Standish, Roger Standish in 1477 was the last surviving trustee of the estates of Alexander Pilkington of the Pilkington family of Lancashire who had died in 1474 and held the families land in Rivington and Mellor in trust, the original beneficiary being his son Ralph who also died the same year.
The Rector of Standish, Roger Standish in 1477 was the last surviving trustee of the estates of Alexander Pilkington of the Pilkington family of Lancashire who had died in 1474 and held the families land in Rivington and Mellor in trust, the original beneficiary being his son Ralph who also died the same year. The trust had been created in 1460 with trustees named as Thurstan Pilkington Chaplain and his brother Thomas, with Ralph his son appointed as his attorney to deliver seisen. He released the estates to the beneficiary being Robert Pilkington, Alexanders grandson on him attaining the age of majority. Roberts ownership of lands in Mellor was challenged legally and physically by his uncle, William De Aynesworth and his son who carried out raids on properties on the estate and harassed the tenants and took numerous costly legal actions and even abducted Robert and took him prisoner, at which time they tried to poison him.
The date stones are now in the chapelyard of Rivington Unitarian Chapel.
The Rivington House sale is currently being investigated by the Department of Investigations and the NYC Comptroller's Office. A NY Post investigation has revealed similar shady dealings in parts of Brooklyn and Harlem as well.
Even though Mayor Bill de Blasio said he only learned of the Rivington House fiasco towards the end of March, some people in his administration had already spent a month by that time trying to undo the potential fallout from the deal.