The Minor Family of Somerset

"Pedigrees of Halifax Families" from Hopkinsons MSS, Vol I. "Tho
mas Lacy, ofLongworth in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors, co. Lan
cs. In 1640 Joshua Hortonof Sowerby purchased the manor of Hor
ton...Jan. 18, 1667-8. Marriage settlement of Thomas Lacy of Lo
ngworth, co. Lancs. (a place mentioned in his father's will) se
ttling the manor or lordship of Longworth on his second wife Win
ifred; this had been previously settled on his first wife Anne..
.recorded his pedigree at Dugdale's Visitation of Lancashire i
n 1664-5, tracing his descent from John Lacy of Cromwellbottom
; he was age 36 on Nov 29 1664; wife Annedaught of Adam Hulto
n (Hilton is clearly a mistake for Hulton, see the pedigree of H
ulton in the same Visitation), by whome he had four sons and tw
o daughters. Roger aged 9 at the same date, Thomas aged 6, Ada
m aged 4, John aged2, Anne aged 12 and Hilton (Hulton) aged 11
. With regard to the manor of Longworth this was held by the Lo
ngworth family in 1632 (VCH Lancs., v 286); the mention of prope
rty there by Thomas Lacy in his will of 1634 suggests thatthe m
anor was acquired by him between those two years. In 1738 it wa
s no longer in the possession of any Lacy descendants, for it wa
s then named in a settlement of the estates of William Hulton o
f Over Hulton