Hoghton Tower has a long and fascinating history stretching back to the 12th century...
century. The building has seen attacks by Parliamentarian troops and visits from the King. Sir Henry Philip De Hoghton gambled away the family fortune. The De Hoghtons were intricately linked with Preston and their family seat has a fascinating history.
The land that Hoghton Tower now sits upon, to the east of Preston, has been in the De Hoghton family since William the Conqueror. In fact the first building dates from 1109. The present house was rebuilt in 1862 .So what was Preston like after the Norman Conquest? The Domesday Book is the main reference for England at the time. Unfortunately the north was not covered as well as the south.
Preston was part of the Amounderness Hundred. Notably this area had been taken over by Earl Tostig of Northumbria, in the 1060s. The Domesday Book is vague but suggests that Preston was the main Manor for the purpose of tax collection. Other settlements are mentioned – ‘sixteen of them have a few inhabitants’ – but there is little else of note.The main Norman focus was on the castle town of Lancaster.
King James I stayed at Hoghton Tower and, in response to a petition, he visited Preston. James I was Protestant, although his mother Mary I was Catholic. The Puritans were notorious for their miserabilist policies on recreation. However due to the Preston petition the King lifted restrictions on Sunday entertainments.In 1768 the family permanently moved to another house. The Hoghton site was rented to weavers, spinners and local farmers. Consequently, by the 19century, it had fallen into ruin.
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