Documents relating to the Daunteseys of Agecroft

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 418 Agecroft/3
  • Dates of Creation
      1573-1777
  • Physical Description
      84 files

Scope and Content

Sir Robert Langley died in 1560, the last of the male line in possession of Agecroft Hall. The following year his daughter and heiress Anne married William Dauntesey of West Lavington co Wilts, son of Richard Dauntesey Gentleman-Usher to Queen Katherine Howard. William's inquisition post mortem records that he died seised of the manors of Prestwich, Pendlebury, and Agecroft, and messuages and lands there and in Alkrington, Tetlow, Oldham, Crompton and Manchester.