122 
The rest of the associations of the family with the present 
homestead, so far as they can be gleaned, are soon told. A John 
Paslew, of Wiswell, on the 18th of December, 1607, sat with one 
James Massye, Escheator, and another gentleman at Chorley, 
at an inquisition to report on the possessions of Simon Haydock, 
of Fesonforth in Burnley, deceased; and four years later one 
Francis Paslew was a juror at a similar inquiry upon the death 
of John Baron, at Over Darwen. A careful examination of the 
registers at Whalley would no doubt reveal more particulars 
concerning later generations, but it appears the family had ceased 
to live at Wiswell Hall at the beginning of the 18th century, 
when it was occupied by a Thomas Tomlinson, who had married 
a daughter of the house. 
When the Paslew Cross was erected on an older base just 
below, on the road side leading to Whalley, and which still 
stands, one Henry Tomlinson lived at the Hall. He belonged 
to the ancient faith, and the old people in the district can still 
remember him; subsequently his son Thomas succeeded him 
and died there. His widow still lives and resides at Accrington. 
The land is now farmed by a Mr. Moore, who also occupies the 
Hall. Here also the late venerable George Foster, J.P., of 
Sabden (and partner of Richard Cobden) was born, a man who 
from humble birth and parentage rose to a high position of 
eminence and wealth, and became a blessing to the neighbour- 
hood in which he first saw the light. 
COLDCOATES. 
The Manor House of Coldcoates stands high on the right of 
the road leading direct from Wiswell. This manor comes into 
prominence in the usual records about 1212, when one Thomas 
de Coldcoates, as mentioned in the Coucher Book of Whalley, 
was living. It then formed part of the Abbey lands, but 
subsequently, for a time at least, was alienated from the 
monastery, only however to be restored later on. It eventually 
became the property of the Walmsleys, a branch of the 
Dunkenhalgh family, and related to the famous Judge Walmsley. 
From what remains of the two wings (H. and W.) the house, I 
think, would date from about the middle of the 16th century, 
and evidently was built in the shape of the letter EK, an archi- 
tectural arrangement said to be indulged in out of loyalty to the 
reigning sovereign, good Queen Bess. 
It faced due north, sheltered however from the winds by a 
very large and substantially built outbuilding, not unlike in 
size and appearance to the knightly stables standing to the 
North-west of Hoghton Tower. This building is still almost 
intact. On the easterly side of this, and facing that wing of 
the mansion, the view embraced the pleasaunce or garden of 
