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In 1202 Siward de DUXBURY son of Magnei was granted 6 oxgangs of land by Walter de STANDISH
In 1202 Siward and brother Hugh granted 2 oxgangs of land to Robert son of Ulf.
In 1227 Adam de BURGH and Hugh de TONGE each sold their one third share of Duxbury to Siward, who now owned it all.
In 1228 Adam de DUXBURY and Hugh de ALDINGTON held land in moiety in Duxbury and Aldington for which they paid a rent of 2s-9d and 14d respectively to William de FERRERS.
In 1246 Adam joined with the lords of Standish and Aldington to petition William FERRERS that he should quit them of the services claimed of them by the guardians of the Earl of Lincoln's estates.
In 1288 Roger de BOLTON and Ellis de TONGE each bought their one third share back again from Adam de DUXBURY.
In 1315 Henry de DUXBURY, son of Adam, took part in the abortive uprising by Adam de BANASTRE against the Earl of Lancaster and was imprisoned in Lancaster Castle.
In 1334 Adam DUXBURY, son of Henry, married Agatha daughter of Ralph STANDISH
In 1335 Adam DUXBURY gave land to Richard son of Ralph STANDISH
In 1359 Henry DUXBURY sold Highfield to Nicholas de NORREYS, and in 1384 his (?whose) son Robert sold it again to Hugh de STANDISH.
(Land continued to be sold for the next 100 years or so, but even into the 1500s a branch of the DUXBURY family continued to hold land in Adlington and Duxbury itself)
Uchtred DUXBURY gent had 5 tenants who paid a yearly rent of 86s and 14 days shearing.
In 1513 Uchtred DUXBURY, together with his brother John DUXBURY and John's son Robert, was fined for "breaking the close" of Sir Thomas BROADHURST at Anglezark.
(Thomas DUXBURY, son of Ughtred, sells or signs away land to Rauff and Mather STANDISH)
In 1525 Richard STANDISH gives to Richard HAYDOCK land recovered from Thomas DUXBURY
In 1532 there is a grant of life rent from Rauff STANDISH to Thomas DUXBURY concerning his quitting the premises and delivering up the ancient writings, among which was the pedigree of his own family "which though imperfect, were very interesting"
Ralph and Hugh STANDISH are variously referred to as Uncles of Ughtred DUXBURY, or "my good friends"
Oliver STANDISH is mentioned as a guardian of Ughtred DUXBURY, notwithstanding that Ughtred has at least six or seven sons, viz: Thomas, Robert, Richard, John, William, Hugh, and perhaps Henry.
In 1532 an Alexander DUXBURY is also mentioned being granted for his lifetime the peaceful occupation of land in Duxbury by Matthew STANDISH November 1993