| Description | Estates acquired by marriage with the co-heiress of Grosvenor of Hulme; added to by the dissolution of Dieulacres Abbey. Include: Hulme Hall, Allostock [manor], Rudheath, Bradshaw Brook, Lach Dennis, Lostock Gralam, Sculshaw Green, Newall, Stublach. Also lands in Nether Peover, Birches, Hulse, Mottram St Andrew, Chorley, Hough, Walling in Northwich, Byley cum Yatehouses [manor], Byley Hall, Lees, Drakelow, Sproston, Ravenscroft, Goostrey, Sandbach. Approximately 5,000 acres. |