XV. Carta Gilberti de Notton et Edithe uxori s eiusfacta Willo clerico de iiij. parte ecclesie de Eccks.

*~7~~\— NIUERSIS sanete matris ecclesie filijs tam futuris Я I quam presentib} clericis et laicis Gilbertus de Notton ^^^^"O salutem. Notum vobis sit me dedisse et cöcessisse et hac presenti carta mea cöfirmasse consensu et assensu dñe Edithe de Barton uxoris mee Wifto clerico de Eccles quartam partem ecclesie de Eccles, illam, seil. partem que fuit Willi patris sui.

1. Gilbert.

2. Matthew, who had a daughter,

Matilda. William de Notton was succeeded by his son, IV. Gilbert, who assumed the name of Barton, and was seneschal to John de Lascy, eighth baron of Halton. He married twice; first, Margery, daughter of John de Elond; and secondly, Cecilia, living 1277, the mother of

1. John de Barton.

2. Agnes.

From Cuerden's Abstracts of Deeds, it appears that he sold the wardship of his daughter Agnes to John do Blackburne, who sold it to Thomas de Grelley. Gilbert de Barton died ante 1277. This family becoming extinct in the direct male line, the inheritance passed to the Booths of Barton, the heiress having married John del Bothe.

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Tenend. in vita sua libere et quiete cum omnib} ptinctijs que ad cam ptinent in puram et ppetuam elemosynam p animal>} patris mei et matris mee et pro me ipso et uxore mea et pueris nostris et p animab} omnium antecessorum nostrorum. Hijs testib}, Magistro A. Cestr. offic. tune existente, Magistro T. de Eccles, dño R. de Urcarlegh, Ric. de Hulton, Rob. de Hulton, Rie. de Standishe, Dauid capello de Eccles, et multis alijs.