BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



' Within living memory the district was rich in 

 fine ancestral timber ; the oak, the ash, the elm, the 

 sycamore, the hazel and the holly find congenial soil ; 

 and . . . the alder grows in great abundance in 

 "cam and marshes," although surface draining has in 

 recent years much reduced the growth.' a 



'Teanleas fires' used to be lighted on I May, 

 24 June, 3 1 August and I November. 3 



The township is governed by a parish council. 



Among the trades recorded in the parish registers 

 of the 1 7th century are those of gold-beater, glover, 

 hat-maker and linen-weaver. In 1825 there were 

 cotton-spinners, roller maker and spindle maker. 

 More recently lime-burning, iron-working and chair- 

 making were the principal industries. The last-named 

 continues, but the iron-turning mill was disused about 

 twenty years ago. The land is mostly in grazing. 4 

 The soil is clay and calcareous earth. 



In 1833 there were cattle fairs on Easter Tuesday 

 and 24 August. The fairs are now held on 23 April 

 and the first Wednesday in October. 



Ground for a camp and rifle range was acquired 

 by the government in 1892. 



In 1066 CHIPPING, assessed as three 

 MANORS plough-lands, was a member of Earl 

 Tostig's fee of Preston. 6 After the 

 Conquest it was granted to Roger of Poitou, and 

 became part of the possession of the Bussels of Pen- 

 wort ham for a time. Henry I in 1102 gave it to 



CHIPPING 



Robert de Lacy,* and from that time it continued to 

 form a member of the honor of Clitheroe. 7 



The land appears to have been divided among a 

 number of holders, but it is not possible to trace the 

 origin or descent of these tenements. The most 

 important were those of Hoghton of Hoghton, Knoll 

 of Wolfhouse or Wolfhall, and the Hospitallers, 

 each of them apparently being regarded at one time 

 or another as a ' manor.' 



The Hoghton tenement can be traced back to 

 1292, when Adam de Hoghton complained that 

 Richard le Surreys (Sothron) and others had made 

 forcible entry into his several pasture in Chipping. 

 The jury, however, found that the defendants had a 

 right to common in 20 acres of moor and other land 

 which Adam had inclosed by a dyke, and gave a 

 verdict for them. 8 In 1313 only the twelfth part 

 of the manor is named in a Hoghton settlement," but 

 in later times the 'manor' is spoken of absolutely. 10 

 In 1425 the manor was stated to be held of the king 

 by a rent of 2/. 11 ; in the i6th century the service 

 was unknown. 13 In 1552-6 there were disputes 

 between Hoghton and Shireburne of Wolfhouse as 

 to the lordship, the command of the waste being of 

 importance. It appears that the Hoghton manor- 

 house was Black Hall, about half a mile west of the 

 church. 1Sm This manor was sold to trustees for 

 Charlotte wife of Lord Strange about 1630." It 

 does not appear much later." 



T. C. Smith, Hilt, of C biffing, 3. 

 'Ibid. 6. For 'Mischief night,' the 



eve of May Day, tee ibid. 51. 



4 In 1843 about a fourth of the land 

 wai arable, chough little wheat was grown ; 

 T. C. Smith, LongriJge, 202. 



y.C.H. Lane,, i, 288*. Chipinden ' 

 or Chippingdale then probably included 

 Leagram and Little Bowland, and perhapt 

 part of Thornley. 



' Fairer, Lanci. Pifn R. 382 ; tee alto 

 the account of Aighton. 



7 In the account of the lands of John 

 de Lacy in 1241-2 it found a turn of in. 

 from Chipping, and it occurs again in 

 12581 Land. Iiia. and Extfttti (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Chei.), i, 156, 217. 



In 1 302 John ton of Robert del Hall 

 held land of the Earl of Lincoln by the 

 fortieth part of a knight's fee ; ibid, i, 

 319. From later inquisitions it appeart 

 that thit wai in Chipping ; Baines, Lanes. 

 (ed. 1870), ii, 693, from the Lantdowne 

 Feodary. In 1311 Joppe of the Hall 

 held a plat of the earl, rendering id. 

 yearly, and Thomas ton of Kutte did suit 

 for hit tenement to the court of Clitheroe; 

 D Lay laa. (Chet. Soc.), 1 8, 19. 



Later there are but few t. kens of the 

 dependency on Clitheroe ; tee Land. Ct. 

 K. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chet.), 48, 62. 

 In I 3 56 a number of tuitort of the courts 

 of Clitheroe are named, among them being 

 Adam de Hoghton and Adam ton of William 

 for tenementi in Chipping, Richard ton of 

 Thomas de Knoll for Thornley and John 

 de Bailey for Aighton ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Attize R. 5, m. lod. In a survey made 

 in 1445-6 Chipping wat stated to be held 

 of the king at of hit duchy in tocage for 

 too tolidatet of land ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Knights' Feet, bdle. z, no. 20. 



1 Assize R. 408, m. $3. Earlier than 

 thit may be a release by the widow of 

 William de Moton to Adam de Hoghton 

 of her right in the Wetridding, received 

 from John de Chipping for a third part 

 of the mill ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 1500. 



In 1304 Siegrith or Siota widow of 

 Richard ton of Margery de Chipping 

 claimed dower in lands held by Richard 

 de Hoghton, Agnes widow of Adam de 

 Hoghton, William de Southworth, Wil- 

 liam ton of John ton of Bimme de Whit- 

 tingham, Adam ton of Isabel de Whit- 

 tingham and Alice hit wife and others ; 

 alto againtt Robert de Pleatington in 

 retpect of a tixth part of the water-mill ; 

 De Banco R. 149, m. 52-3 ; 152, m. 38 d. 

 For hit part Richard de Hoghton sum- 

 moned Roger ton of Richard son of Mar- 

 gery to warrant him ; ibid. 153, m. 114. 



Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lan'ct. and 

 Chei.), ii, 14. 



In 1312 Richard ton of Adam de 

 Hoghton gave land in Chipping to hit 

 daughter Margery wife of Thomas de 

 Hothertall ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 348. 



Richard de Hoghton wai in 1328 de- 

 scribed at chief lord when he appeared 

 among the defendanti to a claim for a 

 metsuage and landt put forward by Emma 

 daughter of William the Ward of Chip- 

 ping. Her brother Thomas had succeeded, 

 but had been divorced from hit wife 

 Hawite for consanguinity ; hence hit ton 

 Richard wat dispossessed. The other de- 

 fendants were William ton of Richard de 

 Hoghton, William de Greenhulli (Hogh- 

 ton bailirt) and Richard ton of John de 

 Greenhullt ; Assize R. 1400, m. 234 d. 



Richard de Hoghton in 1328 granted 

 hit ton William the homage of John ton 

 of William de Dodhill ; Towneley MS. 

 OO, no. i $04. 



10 Final Cone, iii, 3, of the year 1377 i 

 it was settled on Henry, younger son of 

 Sir Adam. 



11 I^nei. Inj. f.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 12 ; 

 the inquisition after the death of Sir 

 Henry. In later inquisitions in the tame 

 volume no rent it mentioned nor it a 

 'manor* claimed j ibid. 81, 127-9. 



A messuage, 7 acres of land and 5 acret 

 of meadow in Chipping, given in 1407 by 

 Sir Richard Hoghton to hit chantry at 



2? 



Ribchetter, were held of Sir Henry de 

 Conway by a rent of 6./. ; Inq. a.q.d. 

 file 438, no. 26. 



In 1478 Agnes widow of Henry Hogh- 

 ton claimed dower in twenty-one mes- 

 suages, &c., in Chipping ; Pal. of Lane 

 Writs Proton. 18 Edw. IV. 



l> So in that of Alexander Hoghton, 

 1498, and later; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iii, no. 66 ; xiv, no. 26, &c. The 

 manor of Chipping, with fifty messuages, 

 water-mill, dovecote, &c., wai in 1602 

 settled on Sir Richard Hoghton and 

 (Catherine his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 64, no. 73. This manor was 

 included in a general settlement in 1616; 

 ibid. bdle. 89, no. 41. 



lla The bounds of the manor thow that 

 it covered the whole township ; they went 

 up Chipping Brook, Peacock Brook, Carr 

 Hey Brook, eait to Threapleigh, to Burn 

 slack, wett to the edge of Bleatdale Hill, 

 Mereclough, Broadhead, down Bleatdale 

 Brook to the Loud, and back to the 

 starting-point. The pleading! are printed 

 by T. C. Smith, Ctiffing, 16-21. 



" Land in Chipping wat held of Richard 

 Hoghton in 1622 and of Lord Strange in 

 1633 ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. 

 Lib.), $07. In 1626 a court wai held by 

 Richard Hoghton at lord of the manor ; 

 T. C Smith, Caiffing, 22. It appears 

 that the manor wai purchased out of the 

 portion of Charlotte de la Tremouille in 

 1629-30 ; Koyaliit Comf. Paftn (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanct. and Ches.), ii, 226. It ii not 

 named among the ettatet of Sir Richard 

 Hoghton, who died in 1631. In 1642 a 

 tettlement of the manors of Gooinargh 

 and Chipping wai made by William Earl 

 of Derby, James Lord Strange and Char- 

 lotte hit wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of V. 

 bdle. 141, no. 31. 



For other references tee [.anei. ana 

 Ckei. Kit. (Rec. Soc. Lines, and Chet.), 

 ii, 244, 247. 



14 It it stated to have been told at 

 early at 1641 to Jamei Wilmetley and 



