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| | Townships: Penketh | British History Online |
 | | William replied that Penketh being a hamlet in Sankey and not a vill by itself, he, as son and heir of Emery, lord of Sankey, had approved from the wastes of the vill and hamlet; further, Gilbert had common of pasture not solely but together with one Robert de Penketh; Assize R. m. |
 | | Penketh, which is not called a manor, is said to be held in socage by fealty and the rent of a silver penny, showing a commutation of the old services. |
 | | Richard Penketh was in 1553 involved in a dispute with Thomas Butler as to the title to Penketh Hall; Ducatus Lanc. |
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