Tatton.
IN the Reign of William the Conqueror, William Fitz-Nigell Baron of Halton held one half of Tatton, which one Erchbrand held formerly.
And Ranulfus (the supposed Ancestor of the Manwarings) held the other half, which one Leuvinus held before: So the Record of Doomsday-book informs us.
About one hundred Years afterwards, I find Alanus de Matton possessed of the Ma∣nor of Tatton: And Alanus Filius Alani de Tatton stiled himself in his Chartes, Dominus de Tatton; who assumed the Sir-name of Tatton from this Place of their Residency here, which their Posterity retained: For Sir-names in those elder Ages were not taken up generally; but Men were denominated usually of the Places where they lived; and that by Continuance at last became a Sir-name.
VVilliam, Son of VVilliam, Son of Quenild de Tatton, granted a great part of Tat∣ton unto Sir Richard Massy and Isabel his Wife, about the Year of Christ 1286. which Peter Hackham, then Prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, con∣firmed.
Placita ante Festum Sancti Dunstani, 16 Edw. 2. apud Cestriam; upon a Distress by Hamon Massy, Baron of Dunham-Massy, on the Goods of Robert Massy of Tatton, taken in Tatton aforesaid, Hamon pleads, That Nicolas de Audley held the Manor of Tatton of him the said Hamon by Knights Service, and by working at his Castle of Dunham, and by the Service of Sixty Shillings yearly Rent: Of which Services the said Hamon was seised by the Hands of the said Nicolas de Audley: Which Three Pound yearly Rent, Sir James Audley of Heelegh-Castle in Staffordshire released afterwards to Sir John Massy of Tatton, 1 Rich. 2. 1377. for which Sir John gave him two Messuages in VVrenbury in Cheshire.
Also it appears that Nicolas de Alditheley (or Audley) granted to Sir Richard Massy, and Isabel his Wife, all his Lands in Tatton and Owlarton: Testibus Reginaldo de Grey Justiciario Cestriae, Johanne Filio suo, Radulfo de Vernon, Hamone de Massy, VVillielmo