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 three acres of meadow in the same vill, which were held of the said parson of Wigan by socage, and are of the clear annual value of 12s.. He died seised also of other lands in Pemberton, which were held of Henry de Pemberton in socage, and also of certain lands in Pinington. Hugh de Pemberton, son of Thomas, son of the aforesaid Richard, was his heir.

James de Langton died intestate in this same year (1415); indeed, he must have been dead before the above inquisition was taken, for Henry, Hugh, and William de Langton give a fine to administer his goods and chattels, which fine is recorded among those of 2 Hen. V., and must, therefore, have been made before the 20th of March, 1415, which closes the second year of his reign.  He was succeeded by a certain, who occurs as parson of Wigan in 141 5, and who paid a fine to the King for a writ on 8th March, 1417. William de Langton was probably an illegitimate member of the family, for in 1398 William Langton, a secular, was admitted to consecration at Lichfield, notwithstanding defect of birth.

On Easter Monday 8 Hen. V. (24th March, 1420) there was an enrolment of a Charter of Ralph de Langton, Esq., by which he grants to Thomas, Lord Bishop of Durham, William de Langton parson of the church of Wigan, Henry de Kyghley, Esq., and James de Langton, brother of the said Ralph, the manors of Newton in Makerfield, and Walton-in-le-Dale, and all his other lands, tenements, &c., within the county of Lancaster, 