Chap. 1.] 



GENERAL HISTORY. H 



"In 14. Edw. III. (1341), Hugli de Rochefort (ih rapefortlj, plain- 

 tiff, and Fromund de NorthamiDton, and Hawise, his wife, deforciants, 

 of a moiety of the manor of Alston with the appurtenances."* 



"By fines made at Preston, 29 Feb., 1357, Joh. de Turnelay and 

 Cecilia, his wife, gave Eic. f Ade Eiblechastria one mesauage and 12 

 acres of land in Whittacre and Dilworth, with warranty from them- 

 selves and the heirs of Cecilia. For this he gave them 20 marks of 

 silver." 



"At Clitheroe, 6 June, 1358, the jury of the Sherill's bar, of Blake- 

 burnshire, found that Joh. del Slake (outlawed) ' quondam maneim in 

 Clepyn' felonioulsy stole a mare worth iiijs de ' Ric de Billeworth 

 Bacher Apiul Billeworth: 13 Sept., 1357." 



At Preston Assizes, 23 Feb., 1355, the jury of Aumunderness pre- 

 sented that Adam de Eishtone manems in Hodersale (in prison) 

 feloniously broke the mill of Alston on Sunday, 7 Dec, 1354, and 

 stole a sack with half a quarter of wheat worth 4s., and on 21 JiUy, 

 1354, he stole 2 heifers worth 6s. 8d. from Eob. f Eob. f Will, de 

 HodersaU, in Hodersale; and that Hen. de Hoghton (outlawed) was 

 aiding and consenting in the said felonies and taking part. On 3 

 March, 1355, a jury aquitted him of these offences, but the sack is 

 said to have contained wheaten flour, and he is charged with steaHng 

 two mares (diias Jumentasj worth 6s. 8d., on 21 July. 



JOHN DE KNOLL. 



" 22 Eichard the Second, 1398-9. 



"Information as to the cause of the taking into the hand of the 

 Duke in the year 22 of Eichard the Second of lands which belonged 

 to John, son of Eichard de Knoll, in Chepindale. 



"The King, by writ of WiUiam de Singleton and Adam de Why ting- 

 ham, committed to Eobert de Singleton the custody of aU the lands 

 and tenements and rents in Chepindale which lately belonged to John, 

 son of Eichard de Knoll, pertaining to the king as escheator, to beheld 

 for the term of 40 years, paying 13s. 4d. a year. 



'Gregson's "Fragments.' 



