This, the 'new hall', was built in 1545 and though there appears to be no written link between it and the 'de Heskin' family (of whom there is littlle record), there is evidance to link it with some of the best known names in English history.
In 1506 the lands (with others) were bought by Edmund Dudley, a Minister of Henry VIII who was later executed for treason. Although initially forfeit his lands did pass to his widow Elizabeth and through her to their son John Dudley Earl of Northunberland. He followed in his fathers' footsteps and was executed for treason by Queen Mary. His son, Robert Dudley, is well known for his being a favourite of Elizabeth I.
The Dudley family misfortune benefitted the Seymours who owned the land next. Mary, the widow of Sir Thomas Seymour, and mother of Jane Seymour (wife of Henry VIII) sold it to a Richard Molyneux in 1556.
It remained in the hands of the Molynuex family until 1739 when it became part of the Molyneux family estates before being sold to and Alexander Kershaw in 1744. A wealthy man, originally from Rochdale, he never married but when he died in 1788 he left three acknowledged children, Edmund Newman Kershaw, John Copper and James Kershaw. By a will dated 1786 Edmund inherited the estate of his father, but on his death,
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