James Anderton (aristocrat)
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James Anderton (1557 - 1618) was an English Catholic aristocrat.[1]
He belonged to the well-known Catholic Anderton family who lived at Lostock Hall, Lostock, west of Bolton, in Lancashire, and inherited a large estate from his parents, Christopher and Dorothy Anderton. In 1582 he married Margaret Tyldesley.[2][3]
Like his father he became a lawyer, and in 1592 succeeded his father as Prohonotary of the Duchy Court at Lancaster. Both his mother and his wife were faithful Catholics, but like his father, he temporized. In 1618 he signed an address for the "disarming of recusants".
He was credited with the Catholic work "The Protestant's Apologie" although it is claimed that the real author was his nephew, the Jesuit Lawrence Anderton. James Anderton did shelter a Catholic press on which the work was printed.
[edit] References
- ^ James Anderton - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Lostock - manor and township (British History Online). URL accessed 17 November 2007.
- ^ Lostock Village - Andertons. URL accessed 17 November 2007.
This article incorporates text from the entry Anderton in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
