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CHAPTER XIII.
PARISH OF KIRKHAM.
FRECKLETON.
In the Domesday Book Freckeltun is stated to contain
four carucates of arable soil. During the reign of
Henry III. Richard de Freckleton, Allan de Singleton,
and Iwan de Freckleton, with three others, held land
in Freckleton from the earl of Lincoln. In 1311 the heirs of
Adam de Freckleton held Freckleton from Alice, the daughter
and heiress of the earl of Lincoln, shortly after which Ralph de
Freckleton was lord of the manor. Gilbert de Singleton had a
house with 12 acres of land and a mill there in 1325. In 1349
the manor was held under the earl of Lancaster as follows:—Robert
de Freckleton, 1 messuage and 3 bovates; Nicholas le
Botiler, 1 messuage and 11 bovates; the heirs of Robert Sherburne,
2 bovates; the heirs of Sir Adam de Banastre, 2 bovates;
and Thomas de Singleton, 1 bovate. During the first half of the
16th century the Botilers or Butlers retained property in Freckleton,
whilst the Sherburnes held estates there until the early part
of the 17th century. Hugh Hilton Hornby, esq., of Ribby Hall,
is the largest territorial proprietor at present, but there are several
resident yeomen.
In 1834 a temporary episcopal chapel was erected, and 5 years later the existing church was built, being a neat brick edifice, with a spire at the west end, and containing an ancient pulpit from Kirkham church. The Rev. G. H. Waterfall, M.A., was the earliest incumbent, and the Rev. Walter Scott, appointed in
