SALFORD HUNDRED 



ROCHDALE 



of N4DEN* The local name was used by one or 

 more families, including that of the reeve. 7 In 1292 

 John de Lacy of Cromwellbottom claimed various 

 lands improved from the waste ; it was declared that 

 the Abbot of Whalley, Robert de Whitworth, Robert 

 son of Henry, and Richard son of Ivo, held the waste 

 in common. 8 



The old 'town of Spotland' afterwards became 

 divided into the hamlets of Catley Lane and Wood- 

 house Lane. 9 The former included lands and es- 

 tates of which only a brief mention can be given : 

 Ellenrod, 10 Brotherod, 11 Coptrod, 11 Caldershaw, 

 Broadley, Greave, 15 Redfern, 14 and some others ; 1S 

 the latter Woodhouse " and Sidholme. 17 The 



pleadings quoted in Fishwick, Rocbdalc t 

 78, it appears that courts were actu- 

 ally held in 1573, though there seems 

 never to have been a manor properly so 

 called. According to the Survey of 1626 

 Theophilus Holt had only 197 acres; 

 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxi, 170. 



6 In 1311 Henry de Lacy of Cromwell- 

 bottom held half a plough-land in Spotland 

 by the annual service of 201. ; De Lacy 

 Inq. (Chet. Soc.), 20. The service for 

 the sixth part of die manor of Rochdale 

 was thus charged on a small part of it. 

 The Stubley family would no doubt claim 

 in respect of the rights of these Lacys ; 

 see Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), iii, 31. In 1500 the messuage 

 and lands in Spotland held by Thomas 

 Holt, who died in 1494, were stated to 

 have been occupied by Richard Belheld ; 

 they were held of the king by knight's 

 service ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, 

 no. 46. In 1555 and later the ' manor of 

 Spotland ' is named as part of the estate ; 

 ibid, x, no. 48 &c. Naden was in 1562 

 held by Thomas Holt (of Gristlehurst) of 

 Charles Holt of Stubley, who held of the 

 queen ; but a rent of 21. was payable and 

 6d. also to the Earl of Derby ; ibid, xi, 

 no. 46. Robert Holt in 1626 held 

 121 acres in the hamlet of Spotland and 

 claimed one messuage as his manor house ; 

 Surv. in Raines MSS. xxi, 171. 



At Naden (Naueden or Naveden) a 

 minor Holt family were in occupation 

 about 1600; Fishwick, op. cit. 510. In 

 earlier times it had been given by Hugh 

 de Eland in free marriage with Margery 

 his daughter, wife of Gilbert de Notton ; 

 Whalley Coucbcr, iii, 640. 



It gave a name to the immediate holders. 

 Maud widow of Thomas de Naden 

 claimed dower in a messuage and land in 

 Wolstenholme in 1277 against Roger son 

 of Robert de Naden ; De Banco R. 21, 

 m. 5 d, 58. Adam de Naden occurs in 

 1323-5, and John his son in 1325 ; Lanes. 

 Ct. R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 17, 

 143, 150. Somewhat later Henry de 

 Naden is named as witness to a charter ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 4. 

 William de Naden was plaintiff in 1364 

 respecting lands in Spotland ; De Banco R. 

 418, m. 376. Isabel widow of Thomas 

 Naden claimed dower in Spotland in 1516 

 against James Holt ; Pal. of Lane. Plea 

 R. 119, m. 8. Part of Naden was held 

 by the Chadderton family. 



The district known as Naden lies partly 

 in Wolstenholme. 



7 Adam de Spotland, living about 1190, 

 gave to Rochdale Church 6 acres in Spot- 

 land in Watland Wood, Doning Booth, 

 and Chadwick by Ireford ; these were 

 granted to Alexander his son, a clerk, who 

 passed them on to his brother John ; 

 W 'bailey Coucber, iii, 727-31. Henry son 

 of John de Spotland granted Hugh son of 

 Martin meadow in the Mosiley, and after- 

 wards made a grant to Stanlaw ; ibid, iii, 

 73 2 753 Hugh and Henry sons of 

 Martin de Spotland were also benefactors ; 

 ibid, iii, 736, 752. Martin is also called 

 de Witley'; iii, 733. 



Henry son of Geoffrey de Whalley gave 



to Michael son of Robert the Reeve 

 (already mentioned) an oxgang in Spotland 

 at ii,\d. rent ; and Michael son of Robert 

 de Spotland gave half an oxgang to his 

 brother Alexander, lying on the Chadwick 

 side of Redbrook, within these bounds 

 Redbrook, Catshaw, Selfull Lache, Grims- 

 ley Carr, Blacklache under Selfull, the 

 lache towards Naden, by Naden to Bag- 

 slate, Helesclough, Roch, Spotbrook, and 

 Redbrook ; but Redfern and Twofoldhee 

 were excepted ; ibid, iii, 739. Alexander 

 de Spotland afterwards gave this half ox- 

 gang of land to the monks of Stanlaw ; 

 ibid, iii, 741. 



Randle de Spotland in 1292 claimed 

 common of pasture against the Abbot of 

 Stanlaw, but was nonsuited ; Assize R. 

 408, m. 30. 



8 Assize R. 408, m. 68 d. ; some other 

 pleas at the same assize show a like 

 ownership ; m. 27 d, 73 d. Earlier than 

 this, in 1278, John de Lacy had com- 

 plained that the Abbot of Stanlaw, Robert 

 de Whitworth, and German his brother 

 had cut down his trees, &c. at Spotland ; 

 De Banco R. 23, m. 40. 



Richard son of Ivo is probably the same 

 who occurs in Clegg in Butterworth. 



9 These hamlets are not recognized in 

 the Survey of 1626. Catley is no doubt 

 connected with the Catshaw named in a 

 former note. 



10 Alexander de ' Ailwarderod ' released 

 to the monks of Stanlaw the rent of id. 

 due to him from land purchased from his 

 brother Michael in Spotland, belonging to 

 an oxgang in Broadhalgh ; Wholly Coucber, 

 iii, 754. From another charter it appears 

 that this Alexander was also known as 

 Cotterel (iii, 759) ; he seems also to be the 

 Alexander son of Robert the Reeve already 

 mentioned. 



In more recent times Ellenrod was 

 owned by a Chadwick family ; Fishwick, 

 op. cit. 496. 



11 It was part of the Whalley lands. 

 Alan de Marland gave to Andrew his son, 

 at a rent of 2</., the land called Broderod 

 in Spotland with the appurtenances of 

 half an oxgang ; Whalley Coucher, iii, 762. 

 Andrew son of Alan de Marland by his 

 will left all his land in Spotland, held of 

 Adam his brother, to the monks of Stan- 

 law, together with his body ; the rent of 

 id. was to be paid to Adam and his heirs ; 

 ibid, iii, 790. The rent appears to be that 

 of Henry son of Martin for land in Witley 

 which was released by Adam ; ibid, ii, 

 600. Henry son of Henry de Witley 

 granted to the monks all his right in 

 Broderode ; ibid, iii, 678* About 1540 

 the wife of James Green was the tenant ; 

 ibid, iv, 1,225. 



It formed part of the estate of the Holts 

 of Gristlehurst, and was in the 1 8 th cen- 

 tury purchased by James Royds of Deep- 

 lish, in whose family it has since de- 

 scended ; Fishwick, op. cit. 497. 



13 A number of deeds about Copthurst 

 and Coptrod will be found in the Whalley 

 Coucber, iii, 733-6, 764 ; ii, 600. About 

 1540 James Gartside held 2 oxgates of 

 land and a ' peacle ' of pasture in Coptrod 

 at a rent of 161. %d. ; ibid, iv, 1226. 



2O7 



See also the account of the Linneys be- 

 low. 



18 See Whalley Coucher, iii, 776, and 

 note ; also Fishwick, op. cit. 503. Edward 

 Rawsthorne in 1563 obtained two mes- 

 suages, &c. in Spotland from his father 

 Lawrence ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 25, m. 231. 



14 Alexander son of Robert de Spotland 

 gave to the monks of Stanlaw the rent of 

 7\d. due from Henry de Redfern for 

 Fernilea and Redfern ; Whalley Coucher, 



' 753- 



Thomas Redfern, who died in 1601, 

 held a messuage in Redfern in Spot- 

 land and another in Wolstenholme ; 

 James, his son and heir, was fifty years 

 of age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xviii, no. 28. See also Fishwick, op. cit. 

 506. 



15 Among others whose holdings are 

 recorded in the Surv. of 1626 (ut sup. 

 173-7) are Henry son and heir of John 

 Hopwood, 75 acres, paying a rent of lod. 

 to (the assigns of) Savile ; Jordan Chad- 

 wick (see Healey), 47 acres, paying gd. 

 to Robert Holt; John Whittakers, 53 

 acres, paying 3;. to Robert Holt and 6d. 

 to Theophilus Holt ; the widow of Alex- 

 ander Butterworth (see Belfield), 89 acres ; 

 and the heir of Robert Holt of Ashworth 

 (see Wolstenholme) claimed 85. 



Thomas Hopwood and Alice his wife 

 in 1575 made a settlement of their lands, 

 mill, &c.; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 37, 

 m. 78. Thomas died at Spotland on 

 2 January 1627-8, holding four messu- 

 ages, a water corn-mill, &c. in Spotland 

 and Hunderstield ; the heir was his grand- 

 son Henry (son of John, son of Thomas), 

 thirteen years of age. Priscilla, the 

 widow of John, afterwards married Robert 

 Chadwick. By a settlement made in 

 1609 the estates had been settled on 

 John and his heirs male, with remainder 

 to his daughter Alice. The lands were 

 held of Sir John Byron, except an acre in 

 Spotland, held of the king ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 70. The residence 

 was known as Spotland Gate. It was 

 at one time the property of W. Harri- 

 son Ainsworth, the novelist ; Fishwick, 

 op. cit. 515-18, where there is a pedi- 

 gree. 



Samuel Hopwood, who died in 1640, 

 held a messuage, &c., in Spotland of 

 Robert Holt of Castleton and Thomas 

 Holt of Gristlehurst ; he left a son and 

 heir John, twenty-six years of age ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, no. 89. He 

 lived in Woodhouse Lane ; Fishwick, op. 

 cit. 518. 



16 It was for several centuries the resi- 

 dence of a family named Bentley ; see 

 Fishwick, op. cit. 518. 



Samuel Greave of Woodhouse in 1626 

 held various lands in Spotland, for which 

 he paid quit-rents as follows : To the 

 king, i 31. 4</. ; to the suppressed priory of 

 St. John, <)\d. ; and to Holt of Stubley, 

 izd. ; Surv. in Raines MSS. xxi, 179. 



*7 This was formerly part of the estate 

 of the Radcliffes of Langley, and then of 

 the Bamfords ; see Fishwick, op. cit. 

 519. 



