147:
131:
refused a truce to allow the bodies to be taken to the local church for proper services to be held, necessitating their burial in the garden behind the house. One of those killed was the fiancé of Mary Webb, a young woman who had been brought up by the
Tattons and had remained in the house with the defenders. Towards the end of the siege Mary saw the man who had led the attack, Duckinfield's second-in-command Captain Adams, sitting on a wall near the house. Borrowing a musket from one of the defenders, she shot him dead.
115:
29:
130:
the
Roundheads arrived at Wythenshawe Hall on 21 November 1643, but they did not find the task of taking it as easy as they had imagined. At one point during the siege the attackers almost took possession of the house in a struggle during which six of the defenders were killed. The Parliamentarians
170:
His
Delinquencie, that hee deserted his owne Dwellinge, and went and lived in Oxford whiles it was a Garrison holden for the Kinge againste the Parliament, and was there at the tyme of the surrender ... Hee hath neither taken the Negative Oath nor Covenante, but prayes to be exempt upon the
162:
of the county of
Cheshire but he was forced to flee from the city early the following year when it too was besieged by Parliamentary forces. This time he made for Oxford, where King Charles I was in residence, but it fell only a few months later on 24 June 1646, effectively ending the war.
86:
when Robert was 10 years old. As the only male heir Robert inherited his father's estate in
Wythenshawe, but as a minor he was made a ward of the king, Charles I, until he came of age. On 9 January 1628, Robert married Anne Brereton, the third daughter of William Brereton of
138:, with which they "reduced" the hall. By then the defenders had exhausted their ammunition and had very little food left. The hall was confiscated; an inventory taken after the surrender valued its contents at almost £1650, equivalent to about £350,000 as of 2023.
126:, was ordered to seize Wythenshawe Hall and to remove anything of value that could be found. Forewarned, Robert Tatton recruited a group of more than 50 defenders from among his staff and Royalist friends. After ransacking the nearby village of
98:, who the year after Robert's marriage was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary troops in Cheshire following the outbreak of the English Civil War. The first pitched battle of the war was fought at
166:
In the aftermath of the conflict
Wythenshawe was included in a list of estates owned by Royalists that were to be forfeited to the new government. Robert's entry is as follows:
219:
reported that six skeletons had been discovered in the garden during the previous century, perhaps belonging to the six killed in the defence of
Wythenshawe Hall.
523:
548:
183:
in
December 1646, and Wythenshawe Hall was returned to him two years after its confiscation. Following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 King
528:
194:
parish church in
Northenden, which contains a wall monument in his memory. His eldest son William (born 1636) inherited the Wythenshawe estate.
492:
474:
456:
543:
70:
following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. He and his wife Anne had six children the eldest of whom, William, inherited Robert's
95:
538:
191:
180:
66:
Robert was fined heavily by
Parliament for fighting on the side of the king, but he was subsequently rewarded for his loyalty by
20:
533:
372:
422:
146:
118:
After its confiscation by Parliamentarians in 1644, Wythenshawe Hall was returned to Robert Tatton in 1646.
184:
67:
518:
513:
48:
134:
The siege ended on 27 February 1644 after the Parliamentarians brought two cannons from nearby
229:
123:
99:
488:
470:
452:
52:
122:
Towards the end of 1643 the commander of the local Parliamentary forces in Cheshire, Colonel
88:
56:
55:, Robert is perhaps best known for the ultimately unsuccessful defence of his family home,
114:
240:
507:
216:
159:
83:
40:
187:
rewarded Robert's loyalty to the Crown by presenting him with a silver snuff box.
307:
235:
71:
236:"The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)"
135:
127:
94:
Robert's father-in-law William Brereton was a close relative of his namesake
175:
Parliament allowed Robert to keep his estate on payment of a fine of £804 10
60:
28:
176:
103:
155:
44:
32:
Robert Tatton more than a decade before the siege of Wythenshawe Hall
171:
articles of Oxford and the Vote of the House of Commons pursuante.
145:
113:
27:
190:
Robert Tatton died on 19 August 1669 and was buried at
91:. The couple went on to have four sons and two daughters.
309:
A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry
405:
403:
401:
367:
365:
352:
350:
284:
282:
280:
102:on 23 October 1642, and Robert decided to join the
150:Statue of Oliver Cromwell, facing Wythenshawe Hall
449:World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary
82:Robert's father, William Tatton, drowned in the
168:
312:, vol. 2, Colburn & Co., p. 1355
8:
301:
299:
297:
47:between 1645 and 1646. A supporter of King
19:For the later High Sheriff of Chester, see
232:inflation figures are based on data from
74:estate after his father's death in 1669.
341:
264:
208:
485:Wythenshawe Hall and the Tatton Family
329:
409:
392:
356:
288:
271:
39:(1606 – 19 August 1669) was the
7:
524:Law enforcement in England and Wales
467:Cheshire: Its Traditions and History
59:, during its three-month siege by a
154:Robert escaped and made his way to
423:"Church of St Wilfrid, Manchester"
14:
487:(Revised ed.), Peter Riley,
63:force in the winter of 1643/44.
549:People of the English Civil War
529:Sheriffs in the United Kingdom
1:
21:Robert Henry Grenville Tatton
158:, where in 1645 he was made
544:Politicians from Manchester
306:Burke, Sir Bernard (1852),
565:
425:, British Listed Buildings
18:
110:Siege of Wythenshawe Hall
469:, Kessinger Publishing,
465:Ingham, Alfred (2003) ,
375:, Manchester Art Gallery
539:People from Wythenshawe
447:Grossman, Mark (2006),
234:Clark, Gregory (2017).
179:, reduced to £707 13s 4
16:High Sheriff of Chester
173:
151:
119:
33:
483:Riley, Peter (1999),
149:
117:
31:
215:Writing in 1852 Sir
96:Sir William Brereton
534:People from Chester
230:Retail Price Index
152:
124:Robert Duckenfield
120:
34:
494:978-1-874712-38-1
476:978-0-7661-5506-0
458:978-0-8160-4732-1
451:, Facts on File,
53:English Civil War
556:
497:
479:
461:
434:
433:
432:
430:
419:
413:
407:
396:
395:, pp. 10–11
390:
384:
383:
382:
380:
369:
360:
354:
345:
339:
333:
327:
321:
320:
319:
317:
303:
292:
286:
275:
269:
253:
252:
250:
248:
226:
220:
213:
57:Wythenshawe Hall
564:
563:
559:
558:
557:
555:
554:
553:
504:
503:
500:
495:
482:
477:
464:
459:
446:
442:
437:
428:
426:
421:
420:
416:
408:
399:
391:
387:
378:
376:
371:
370:
363:
355:
348:
342:Grossman (2006)
340:
336:
328:
324:
315:
313:
305:
304:
295:
287:
278:
270:
266:
262:
257:
256:
246:
244:
233:
227:
223:
214:
210:
205:
200:
144:
112:
80:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
562:
560:
552:
551:
546:
541:
536:
531:
526:
521:
516:
506:
505:
499:
498:
493:
480:
475:
462:
457:
443:
441:
438:
436:
435:
414:
397:
385:
361:
346:
334:
322:
293:
276:
274:, pp. 8–9
263:
261:
258:
255:
254:
241:MeasuringWorth
221:
207:
206:
204:
201:
199:
196:
143:
140:
111:
108:
79:
76:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
561:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
522:
520:
517:
515:
512:
511:
509:
502:
496:
490:
486:
481:
478:
472:
468:
463:
460:
454:
450:
445:
444:
439:
424:
418:
415:
411:
406:
404:
402:
398:
394:
389:
386:
374:
368:
366:
362:
358:
353:
351:
347:
343:
338:
335:
332:, p. 229
331:
330:Ingham (2003)
326:
323:
311:
310:
302:
300:
298:
294:
290:
285:
283:
281:
277:
273:
268:
265:
259:
243:
242:
237:
231:
225:
222:
218:
217:Bernard Burke
212:
209:
202:
197:
195:
193:
188:
186:
182:
178:
172:
167:
164:
161:
157:
148:
141:
139:
137:
132:
129:
125:
116:
109:
107:
105:
101:
97:
92:
90:
85:
77:
75:
73:
69:
64:
62:
61:Parliamentary
58:
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
37:Robert Tatton
30:
26:
22:
501:
484:
466:
448:
440:Bibliography
427:, retrieved
417:
412:, p. 11
410:Riley (1999)
393:Riley (1999)
388:
377:, retrieved
359:, p. 10
357:Riley (1999)
344:, p. 49
337:
325:
314:, retrieved
308:
289:Riley (1999)
272:Riley (1999)
267:
245:. Retrieved
239:
224:
211:
192:St Wilfrid's
189:
174:
169:
165:
160:High Sheriff
153:
133:
121:
93:
84:River Mersey
81:
65:
41:High Sheriff
36:
35:
25:
519:1669 deaths
514:1606 births
291:, p. 9
72:Wythenshawe
508:Categories
373:"The Hall"
198:References
185:Charles II
142:Later life
136:Manchester
128:Northenden
78:Early life
68:Charles II
260:Citations
49:Charles I
104:Royalist
100:Edgehill
156:Chester
51:in the
45:Chester
491:
473:
455:
429:1 June
379:2 June
316:1 June
106:side.
89:Ashley
247:7 May
203:Notes
489:ISBN
471:ISBN
453:ISBN
431:2011
381:2011
318:2011
249:2024
228:UK
43:of
510::
400:^
364:^
349:^
296:^
279:^
238:.
251:.
181:d
177:s
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
