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The following is a list and description of the families that either
owned, lived or were associated with the Timperley manor (which includes both the moated Hall and the new Hall).
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Timperley
Currently, there is no hard evidence that a family with the surname of Timperley lived
at Timperley Old Hall prior to c. 1270. In fact, there isn't any written record of anyone
living there prior to that date. However, the archaeological evidence gathered so far
seems to indicate that it was inhabited during the 13th century and possibly earlier.
Current research finds that the name Timperley is first mentioned in 1211 when Waltero de
Timperleie was a witness to a charter of Hamon de Mascy, confirming to Robert the clerk of
Stockport the land of Newton conferred on him by Thomas Godley (De Trafford Deeds,
Lancashire Record Office, Fitton Charters, Bundle 5, no.7).
Additionally, it is known through lease and land tax records that Timperley Hall (at the
moated site) was occupied by a Nathaniel Timperley in 1738 and later by a John Timperley
during the years 1785 - 1792.
Mascy
According to the Visitation of Cheshire (1588) Sir John
(de Mascy) of Tymperlegh was lord of the manor in 1270. Sir John and his wife
(?Alice) had two sons, Sir William and John. John went to Suffolk to live and, upon the
death of his father, Sir William inherited the Timperley moiety. Sir William de Masey was
subsequently succeeded by his daughter Mathilda who married Sir Hamon de Mascy of Backford
(see below).
Sir Hamon de Mascy, 2nd Baron of Dunham Massey, was also lord of the manor of Backford,
but it was Sir Hamon de Mascy, the 6th Baron, who settled the manor of Backford on
Richard, son of Robert de Mascy of Sale (c. 1315). Upon the death of Richard, the manor
passed to his son, Sir Hamon de Mascy who, after his marriage to Mathilda, also became
possessed of the Timperley moiety upon the death of Sir William.
Sir Hamon de Mascy of Backford and Timperley and his wife Mathilda, daughter and
heiress of Sir William de Tymperley, had three sons and one daughter - Henry, Edward,
Thomas and Alice (?Agnes). On his death the Inquisition Post Mortem in 1349 states Sir
Hamon de Mascy of Tymperlegh held [in his demesne as of fee] the manor of Backford cum
per. from the Earl of Chester in capite by military service. Also a moiety of the manor of
Tymperlegh from Hugh de Mascy of Tatton, by military service. This appears to be the first
documentary evidence that the manor of Timperley was held from the de Mascy's of Tatton
and not directly from the Dunham Mascy barony. As Hamon did not enter into possession of
Backford, which was the main manor, until after the death of the 6th Baron of Dunham
Massey in 1342, this is probably the reason why his son Henry was bom at Timperley (see
below).
Henry de Mascy was ten years old when his father Sir Hamon died in 1349. Too young to
inherit, Henry became a ward of Edward, the Black Prince until he became of age in l360
when he petitioned for the return of his inheritance.
THE BLACK PRINCE'S REGISTER Folio 218 November 18, 1360
Order to Thomas le Young, the prince's yeoman and escheator of Cheshire, inasmuch as
Henry, son and heir of Sir Hamon de Mascy, claims to be of full age and has demanded the
lands of his inheritance which are in the prince's keeping during his minority, and the
prince wishes the said Henry, who was born at Tymperlegh, co. Chester, and baptised in the
church of that town, to make proof of his age before the eschetor, to take a proof of age
of the said Henry, and certify the prince's council in London thereof on the morrow of
Candlemas next. By advice and command of Sir John de Wengefeld.
It is interesting to note the apparent existence of a church in medieval Timperley.
This may be misleading, however, as the nearest parish church was at either Bowdon or
Northenden. The clerk, making the entry in the Register may also have meant a church at
Chester, or even a chapel at Timperley Hall.
Henry de Mascy does not appear to have married, or if he did there was no issue and he
was succeeded by his brother, Edward, who is recorded as being lord of the manor in 1368.
Edward de Mascy was under the age of twenty-one
when he succeeded his brother, Henry, and he, too, was a ward of the Black Prince, though
he does not appear as such in the Black Prince's Register.
Edward died in 1394 and the Inquisition Post Mortem records that Edward de Mascy of
Tymplegh held inter alia, in joint feoffment with Elena his [late] wife, [in tail]
the manor of Backford, cum pert. , from the king as earl of Chester in capite, [by
knights service]. Also recorded in O rmerod's History of Cheshire, "Edwardus
de Mascy de Timplegh died seized in his demesne as of fee a moiety of the Manor of
Tymperly held of John de Massey of Tatton".
Edward de Mascy and his wife, Elena, had a son Richard who died in childhood, and a
daughter Cecily who was sole heiress.
Thomas de Mascy was the younger brother of Edward de Mascy, and as Thome de Massi de
Tympleg his name appears in 1364 on a grant of lands in Aston (Leycester of Toft
Charters, T.num.86).
Alice de Mascy married Sir William Stanley of Storeton (Stourton) in Wirral.
Chadderton
Cecily, who was sole heiress of Edward De Mascy and his wife Elena, was 36 years of age
when she married Richard de Chadderton who, through his wife, became possessed of the
manors of Backford and Timperley. They had one daughter named Margaret who married first
Sir Thomas Stanley and, upon his death, Richard de Radcliffe of Radcliffe Tower.
Richard de Radcliffe was the fourth son of Richard de Radcliffe, High Sheriff of
Lancashire between 1421-24. Richard served in the French wars and was knighted. He married
Margaret, daughter and heiress of Richard de Chadderton, widow of Sir Thomas Stanley in
1425 and in right of his wife he became possessed of the estates at Timperley and
Backford. Richard and Margaret had two daughters, Ellena and Elizabeth who were co-heirs.
The elder daughter Ellena married John Parre and inherited the Backford estate, which was
the main manor, while Elizabeth inherited the Timperley Hall moiety.
Elizabeth de Radcliffe married Charles Arderne, younger son of John Ardeme of Harden,
near Stockport, who may have been living at Riddings Hall, Timperley, which was owned by
his father. In 1498 Riddings was sold by John Ardeme to Thomas Vawdry of Bowdon, so it is
possible that Elizabeth and Charles lived at Timperley Hall after their marriage.
John Arderne was the only son of Charles and Elizabeth Arderne. About the year 1475
John married Ellen, daughter of Thomas Duncalf and they had two sons, Hamo Arderne, who
was heir, and William who married Helen, daughter of John Done.
In 1475, Timperley Moss and Common were divided, one quarter to Booth of Dunham Massey,
one quarter to Arderne of Timperley Hall, and one half to the Bulkeleys of Cheadle.
According to the Plea Rolls in 1503, John Arderne of Tymperley granted to Elizabeth
Barlowe, widow, all his lands in Tymperley in the tenure of Laurence Hunt and Edward Legh,
also various named fields. In 1505, he was exempted from serving on juries. With his son,
Hamo, John fought and won a case in 1511 against Thomas Vawdry for the recovery of 2
messuages, 52 acres of land, 10 of turf, and 20 of pasture in Tymperley, and again the
following year fought a similar case against Geoffrey Barlowe.
Hamo Arderne is mainly remembered for his action in 1532 when, as an elderly and blind
man, he sued various people through the Court of Star Chamber in London for the recovery
of his lands in Timperley which he claimed and had been unlawfully seized.
He married Margaret, the daughter of Sir Giles Strangwich. Their son William Arderne of
Tymperley, who was Mayor of Altrincharn in 1560, married Sibilla, daughter of Peter
Warburton of Arley. The Inquisition Post Mortem in 1584 states that he was seized in his
demesne as of fee and in the chief messuage, etc. called the Hall of Timperley, and of and
in 8 messuages, 80 acres of land, 40 of meadow, 50 of pasture, 8 of wood, 200 of heath,
and 100 of turbary therein and by and indenture, dated 1574 settled the same on George
Brereton and Sibilla, his wife, daughter and heir apparent of William. According to
Ormerod's History of Cheshire (see entry for Timperley) the lands in Timperley were
held of Richard Brereton of Worsley esq., in socage, at the rent of unius porci et
demid at the Feast of St. Martin, for all services.
Sir William left a will dated 14 June 1584 in which the above indenture is mentioned.
His daughter and heir, Sibilla, married George Brereton of Ashley Hall, younger son of Sir
William Brereton of Brereton.
Brereton ( c. 1584 - 1660)
Although inheriting the Timperley Hall estate George Brereton and Sibilla lived at
Ashley Hall. They had twelve children - ten sons, the eldest of whom was William and two
daughters. They are buried at Bowdon Parish church.
In 1589, William Brereton of Ashley married Jane, one of the daughters of Peter
Warburton of Arley, and had eight children. William was sheriff of Cheshire in 1609, and
he died in 1630 at the age of sixty-five. His wife died in 1627 and their monument is in
St. Mary's Church, Bowdon.
At the Inquisition Post Mortem taken at Northwich in 1634, it was stated that the day
William Brereton died he was seized in fee of the manor of Ashley; of a capital messuage
in Timperley and of 8 messuages, 8 gardens, 80 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 50 acres
of pasture, 8 acres of wood, 200 acres of furze and heath and 100 acres of turbary in
Timperley. The premises in Timperley were held of John, Earl of Bridgewater by fealty and
rent of one pig and a half yearly and worth yearly (clear) L6. 13s 4d (Cheshire
Inquisitions, William Brereton of Ashley esq. (File 102, no.7)). William was succeeded
by his son Richard.
Richard Brereton of Ashley never married and upon his death in 1649 he was buried at
Bowdon at the age of fifty-nine.
Richard was succeeded by his brother Thomas Brereton who married Theodosia, daughter of
Sir Thomas Tirrell of Castlethorp, Bucks. They had no children and upon Thomas's death in
1660 his inheritance was shared between his three sisters - Frances, who married Alexander
Barlow, of Barlow in Lancashire; Anne who married Robert Tatton of Withenshawe, and
Katherine who married Raufe Ashton of Kirkby in Lancashire.
Barlow (1660 - 1664)
It was Frances Barlow whose share included the Timperley estate, and when she died
without issue she willed her portion to her niece, Anne Tafton (bom 1642), daughter of her
sister Anne whose husband was Sir Robert Tatton of Wythenshawe, in marriage with Sir Amos
Meredith of Ashley.
Meredith (1664 - 1725)
In 1664 Anne Tatton married Sir Amos Meredith of Ashley at Bowdon Parish Church. They
never lived at Timperley Hall and in 1669 Sir Amos died in Ireland.
Between 1714-25 Timperley Hall was owned by Sir William Meredith son of Sir Amos
Meredith (Notitia Cestrensis). In 1726 a survey was carried out of his "Timperley
Hall Demean" in which the Hall, barnyard, garden, moat and outoffices were valued
together with various named fields. The tenant of the Hall in 1726 was George Hankinson.
Johnson (c. 1785 - 1813)
The Timperley Hall estate was eventually sold to George Johnson, a wealthy Manchester
businessman, who was living there in 1785. In 1801 he gave the estate to his son the
Reverend Croxton Johnson, curate of St. Martin's Church, Ashton-on-Mersey in 1774, and who
was later made rector of St. Bartholomew's Parish Church, Wilmslow in 1785.
In 1809, the Reverend Croxton Johnson offered to sell the Timperley Hall estate to the
Earl of Stamford for the swn of L25,000, and although the Earl's agent Isaac Worthington
recommended acceptance, the transaction never took place and the estate was sold to
businessman, James Wood, c. 1811.
Wood (1813 - 1849)
James Wood was bom in Bradford, Yorkshire, on 3rd May 1777. He was the youngest of four
sons to John and Hannah Wood. In 1790 when James was thirteen, his parents sent him to
Manchester to live with his uncle, Peter Wood, who had a smallware business. James was
quick to learn and his business acumen ensured his success in commercial matters. Having
started in business as a smallware merchant with premises in High Street, Manchester,
James later became head and founder of the firm of Wood and Westward in Piccadilly, and
then President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. In 1803 he married Mary Burton,
third daughter of cheesemaker, Daniel Burton of Rhodes House, Middleton. They had five
daughters and one son, Peter, who was born on 19 July 1811 at Timperley Hall, "a
country residence which his father had acquired for the family's recreation in the summer
time". He was their only child who survived infancy, and he was baptised in the
Wesleyan Chapel, Altrincham.
After studying at Trinity College, Dublin, Ecole de Medecine, Paris, and Edinburgh
University, in 1834 Peter Wood qualified as a doctor and obtained the post of physician at
Manchester Infirmary where he supervised the fever wards. When James Wood died on 24 April
1849, Peter sold the Timperley Hall estate to Samuel Brookes, who built the farmhouse (now
demolished) at the side of the threshing barn. In 1850 Dr. Peter Wood moved to Southport
where he became Consulting Physician and in 1853 laid the foundation stone for a new
hospital there. He died of heart failure in Southport in 1877.
Brookes (1849 - ?)
Trafford ( owner as of Jan. 1997)
The Timperley Hall estate was eventually sold to Trafford Borough Council.
Sir John de Mascy, lord of the manor of Timperley,
held for the de Mascy's of Tatton by military service
+Alice?
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| John de Mascy of Timperley, went to Suffolk to live.
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Sir William de Mascy
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Mathilda de Mascy, daughter and heire to Sir William de Mascy
+Sir Hamon de Mascy, d.1349, descended from Robert de Mascy
of Sale (c.1315) also acquired manor of Backford in 1342
after the death of it's 6th Baron
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| Henry de Mascy, b. 1339, ward of Henry the Black Prince
| died soon after 1360 without issue.
| Thomas de Mascy, granted land in Aston 1364
| Alice de (Mascy) of Timperley
| +Sir William Stanley of Storeton in Wirral.
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Edward de Mascy of Timperley, d. 1394
+Elena
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| Richard de Mascy, died in childhood
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Cecily (or Cecilia) de Mascy of Timperley
+Richard de CHADDERTON
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Margaret de (CHADDERTON)
+Sir Thomas STANLEY
+Richard de RADCLIFF of Radcliffe Tower (2nd husband) m. 1425
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| Ellena de (RADCLIFF), elder daughter, inherited Backford
| +John PARRE
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Elizabeth de (RADCLIFF), inherited Timperley moiety
+Charles ARDERNE, son of John Arderne of Harden near Stockport
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John ARDERNEof Timperley m. c. 1475
+Ellen (DUNCALFE) daughter of Thomas Duncalfe
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| William ARDERNE
| +Helen (DONE), daughter of John Done
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Hamo ARDERNE of Timperley
+Margret (STRANGWICH) daughter of Sir Giles Strangwich
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William ARDERNE of Timperley, Mayor of Altrincham in 1560
+Sibilla (WARBURTON) daughter to Peter Warburton of Arley
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Sibell (ARDERNE) daughter and heire
+George BRERETON of Ashley
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| nine other sons and two daughters
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William BRERETON of Ashley b.1565 d.1630 sheriff Cheshire 1609
+Jane WARBURTON of Arley m. 1589 d. 1627
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| Richard BRERETON, heire, d. 1649 having never married
| Thomas BRERETON, 2nd heire, died without issue
| +Theodosia TIRRELL dau. of Sir Thomas Tirrell
| of Chastlethorp, Bucks
| Frances (BRERETON), 3rd heire to Timperley estate,
| died without issue
| +Alexander BARLOW of Lancashire
| Katherine (BRERETON)
| +Raufe ASHTON of Kirkby in Lancashire
| ...3 other BRERETON children...
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Anne (BRERETON)
+Robert TATTON of Withenshawe
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Anne (TATTON) b. 1642, heire to Timperley estate
+Sir Amos MEREDITH of Ashley
m. 1664 at Bowdon Parish Church, d. 1669 in Ireland
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Sir William MEREDITH, heire to the Timperley estate
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