The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
particulars for the sum of forty six thousand pounds and having paid into the
hands of Messrs DANIEL SMITH SON & OAKLEY the sum of four thousand six
hundred pounds as a deposit and in part payment of the said purchase money. I
hereby bind myself. my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to pay the
balance of the said purchase money and to complete said purchase in all other
respects agreeably to the above conditions of sale *[added in writing] “so far as
they are applicable to a sale by private contract” witness my hand this second
day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty six 188
There is a hand written amendment detailing the fixtures to be retained on the
estate after the sale, which mentions such things as “brewing plant, iron
hurdles, rails and gates”
An indenture in the Wiltshire record office 189 shows that Mary Stapleton
Bretherton borrowed some of the money to complete the purchase.
Mary Stapleton Bretherton was the eldest daughter of Bartholomew
Bretherton of Rainhill in Lancashire.
The Bretherton family’s wealth was relatively new – they originally came from
around Stoneyhurst in Lancashire and were a Catholic farming family. Towards
the end of the 18th century, the brothers Joseph, Francis, Peter and
Bartholomew Bretherton decided to seek their fortune in Liverpool.
In 1799 Bartholomew, described as a flour dealer, married Jane Atkinson at St,
Nicholas's Church, Liverpool 190 .
In 1800, Bartholomew decided to go into the coaching business in partnership
with one or more of his brothers. By 1820, he had the bulk of the coaching
188 W&SHC 44/5
189 W&SHC 44/4
An indenture, dated 10 Sep 1866, between Mary Stapleton Bretherton and & George
Lowe [corn merchant of Glasgow] and John Ashton of Warrington in Lancashire, which
was where MSB came from and lived much of the time even after she purchased
Lackham. She borrowed £5,500, with Lackham as the surety, at 5% interest p.a.
190 James Parker posting at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ENG-
MERSEYSIDE/2003-02/1044637238 no source given
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