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A HISTORY OF LONGRIDGE. 



[Chap. 1. 



" Eichard cle Town el ey ; letter of attorney to Ralph de Towneley to 

 take possession of the lands in Eibchester and Hothersall of Richard 

 de Hoghton, son of Henry de Hoghton. 25, Hy. VI. [1447.]" 



" Richard de Hoghton, of Laithgreen, son of Henr}' de Hoghton, 

 Knt., to Richard de Towneley and his heir; all his lands in Ribchester 

 and Hothersall. 25, Hy. VI. [1447.]'" 



" To. Whittaker to "William Cottam, of Dil worth, aU his goods in 

 Eibchester. 18, H. VI. [1440.]" 



"Thomas de Eatclyfe's release to Thomas de Ethelwick and Jo. 

 Eatlj-f e ; lands in Eibchester, called KendaU-hey, &c. 21, H. VI. 

 [1443.]" 



" Th.oa.Jil. Eobert de Eatlyfe to Jo. de Elliswick and Jo. Eatlyfe ; 

 parson's lands in Eibchester, &c. 21, H. VI. [1443.]" 



"This Indenture made between Henry Hoghton, Esq., son and heir 

 of Sir Eichard Hoghton, Elnight, and William Cotom, of Alston, 

 witnesseth that the said Henry has granted to said William one place 

 of land in Dillworth after decease of his fader, dureinge the Life of the 

 aforesaid William, payeing therefore yearly 32s., and after the decease 

 of the said Wm. to Elyes Cotum and Edmunde Cotume, sonnes of the 

 said Wm., unto the terme of their lives. Gylien at Sidgreaves the 

 20th day of Febr., ye 5 Ed. 4, 1466." 



"Be it known that Ughtred Cotom e, son and heir of the aforesaid 

 Ughtred, gave to Robert Combilhome and William Barker, Chaplains, 

 aU our messuages and lands, together with the water-mill in the vill 

 of Dillworth, hamlet of the vill of Ribchester, to be held by the 

 aforesaid Robert and William, and their heirs, of the chief lord, 

 paying therefor yearly a red rose, if required, at the season of roses." 



'Towneley MSS. 



2 This curious mode of "service" or 

 rent was very common in the fourteenth 

 and fifteenth centuries. 



In a grant to the Earl of Chester, 

 bearing date IS Oct., , the King 



(Henry) granted certain lands in the 

 county of Lancaster to lianulph, Earl of 

 Chester, " he (Ranulf) paying to the 

 king and his heirs yearly at the feast of 



St. Michael, a falcon, or, in place of it, 

 40 shillings at the exchequer, for all ser- 

 vice. " 



Rol. Charter, 13, Hen. III., m. 3. 



"A rent of one ponnd of pepper per 

 annum," was also a common rent-charge 

 in those days. 



r>oubtless it was a survival of a custom 

 in vogue amongst the old Norse people, 

 as may be gathered from the following 



