A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



The Holts of Gristlehurst 37 and 

 Ashworth 38 were also holders 

 of land there. In 1626 there 

 were common lands measuring 

 823 acres. 39 



FILINGS, a dependency 

 of Whitworth, was held by a 

 local family, who were among 

 the benefactors of Stanlaw 

 Abbey. 40 John Royds pur- 

 chased part of the hamlet in 

 1756, and his descendants are 

 now the chief landowners 

 there. 41 The Hospitallers had 

 some land in the hamlet, in 



which was St. Mary's Croft, held in 1626 by Robert 

 Holt. 41 



ROYDS of Falinge. Er- 

 mine on a crost engrailed 

 bet-ween four liont ram- 

 pant gules a if ear in pale 

 proper between four be- 

 aanft. 



Two oxgangs in HEALEY, which was also a de- 

 pendency of Whitworth, had belonged to Hugh de 

 Eland, who gave them in free marriage with his 

 daughter Wymark, wife of Jordan de Mitton. They 

 were acquired by Gilbert de 

 Notton and given to Stanlaw 

 Abbey. 43 



The Healeys of Healey, who 

 were benefactors of Stanlaw, 44 

 appear to have been succeeded 

 by a branch of the Chadwicks. 44 

 John Chadwick died in No- 

 vember 1496 holding two 

 messuages and lands in Hun- 



dersfield, Spotland, and But- 



/ . . . _. . HKALEV of Healey. 



terworth of the king as Duke Azure three boars , htads 

 of Lancaster ; Thomas, his son couped in pale argent. 



fee; ibid, xi, no. 38. In 1619 the 

 tenure of the messuage, &c., in Spotland 

 was described as of Sir John Byron the 

 younger and John Holt in socage by 

 21. 8J. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 179. 



Samuel son of William Bamford in 

 i6z6 held 322 acres, which had been the 

 Wolstenholme family's estates, as he pro- 

 duced their charter ; Surv. ut sup. 192. 



In a plea of 1326 a charter was ad- 

 duced by which Adam de Bury gave land 

 in Wolstenholme to Thomas de Strange- 

 ways and Agnes his wife ; Abbre-v. Plac. 

 (Rec. Com.), 355. As late as 1581 a 

 Thomas Strangeways had land, &c., in 

 Spotland and Rochdale ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 43, m. 152. 



8 ? Surv. ut sup. 196 ; Theophilus Holt 

 had 149 acres. 



88 Ibid. 196 ; Richard son and heir of 

 Robert Holt of Ashworth held 142 acres. 

 The lands of Robert Holt in Wolsten- 

 holme, Spotland, Marcroft Gate, and 

 Cheesden, had been held of the Ashtons 

 of Middleton as part of the Bamford 

 estate ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), iii, 441. 



Other Ashtons held lands in Spotland. 

 Thus James Ashton and Anne his wife in 

 1545 made a settlement of six messuages, 

 &c., in Wolstenholme, Spotland, and 

 Hundtrsfield ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 12, m. 184. Arthur Ashton (seethe 

 account of Clegg) in 1547 purchased ten 

 messuages, &c., in Hundersneld and Spot- 

 land from James Gartside, and the same 

 (or another ten) from Roger Gartside in 

 1558 ; ibid. bdle. 13, m. 233 ; 19, m. 92. 

 In 1566 he purchased land from Richard 

 Linney and Katherine his wife ; ibid, 

 bdle. 28, m. 269. (Richard Linney had in 

 1564 purchased lands, &c., in Spotland 

 and Hundersneld from Lawrence Buckley 

 and Margaret his wife ; ibid. bdle. 26, m. 

 74.) Richard Ashton and Elizabeth his 

 wife sold some land in Spotland in 1562 ; 

 ibid. bdle. 24, m. 51. 



John Chadwick of Yelandrod had two 

 messuages and lands in Wolstenholme in 

 1588 ; ibid. bdle. 50, no. 26. For Yea- 

 land see Fishwick, op. cit. 81. 



89 Surv. ut sup. 206. 



40 A moiety of Falinge was included in 

 the grant of Whitworth made to Stanlaw 

 by John de Eland ; Whalley Coucher, iii, 

 637. 



Orm de Falinge gave J oxgang in Hal- 

 werdewerd to his son Robert ; a rent of 

 i^d. was to be paid to Stanlaw ; ibid, i, 



155- 



Andrew and Randle sons of Orm de 

 Falinge granted to the monks of Stanlaw 



the rents they had received from certain 

 lands ; and Adam son of Geoffrey de 

 Falinge gave the homage and service of 

 William son of William the Serjeant and 

 Adam son of Henry del Field ; ibid, iii, 

 769-71. 



Adam son of Henry del Field (called 

 'de Spotland ' in the title) surrendered to 

 the monks the house and land he had held 

 of them ; and Robert son of Adam son of 

 Henry confirmed it ; ibid, iii, 774-5. 

 The latter may be the Robert son of Adam 

 de Falinge who released to the abbey all 

 claim to his hereditary lands in the ham- 

 let ; ibid, iii, 794. In 1330 Randle son 

 of Gilbert de Falinge gave to the monks 

 of Whalley all his lands, &c., in the 

 ' Falenges ' in the vill of Spotland ; ibid, 

 iii, 798-9. 



It came into the hands of the Holts of 

 Gristlehurst with the rest of Spotland, as is 

 shown by the inquisition of 1562 already 

 cited. Theophilus Holt in 1626 held 

 154 acres ; Surv. ut sup. 152. 



41 Fishwick, Rochdale, 509-12, where a 

 pedigree of the Royds family may be seen. 



43 Surv. 153. There is quoted in the 

 same place the grant of land in Falinge 

 made by Lawrence Buckley of Whitfield 

 in 1564 (see fine already cited) to Richard 

 Linney, great - grandfather of Edmund 

 Linney, living in 1626. 



48 Whalley Coucber, iii, 680 ; ii, 623 ; 

 see also iii, 637. 



44 Anketil son of Andrew the Chaplain 

 of Rochdale gave to his brother Clement 

 an oxgang of land in Healey with an assart 

 there, at a rent of I zd. and four horse irons; 

 ibid, iii, 781. It was probably the same 

 oxgang which about 1200-20 Robert the 

 son of Anketil de Healey gave to Stanlaw 

 Abbey at a rent of 1 6d. ; ibid. Clement 

 son of Andrew the Priest held another ox- 

 gang of Hugh son of Jordan de Mitton at 

 a rent of 6d. ; ibid, iii, 782. Clement 

 sold both oxgangs to the abbey ; ibid, iii, 



777- 



Dolfin de Healey had two sons, Adam 

 and Henry, who had lands in Castleton ; 

 ibid, ii, 596-7. In a note Canon Raines, 

 quoting the Healey deeds, says that Henry 

 had a son John who died about 1272 hold- 

 ing house and land at Healey ; Andrew 

 the son of John was in possession in 1310, 

 and by his wife Avice daughter of Henry 

 de Marland had a son Thomas, whose only 

 child Avice, wife of Adam son of Nicholas 

 de Ogden, in 1338 released to her son 

 Alexander all her lands in the vill of Spot- 

 land ; Alice de Ogden, a descendant and 

 co-heir of Alexander, married John Chad- 

 wick of Healey before 1445. 



Peter de Healey granted the monks the 



210 



land called Healeyhalgh.es, the bounds 

 going from Shore to Heaves in Balshaw, 

 to the brook, to Falinge Syke, Spot Brook 

 (Spodden), Arnolds Rode, Elis Rode, and 

 Light Hazels ; ibid, iii, 777. William the 

 son of Peter and others made supplemen- 

 tary grants ; ibid, iii, 668, 778-80. 



John son of Elote de Healey in 1292 had 

 to defend his title to a messuage and a half 

 oxgang in Spotland against Adam of the 

 Bergh, grandson and heir of Robert the 

 Clerk of Anglezarke ; Assize R. 408, m. 3. 

 Robert de Anglezarke, clerk, held ij ox- 

 gangs in Healey by grant of Adam son of 

 William de Healey, who held of the Abbot 

 of Stanlaw ; and Richard son of Robert 

 afterwards surrendered it to the abbot ; 

 Whalley Coucher, ii, 615-17. Adam of 

 the Bergh appears as plaintiff in 1300 ; 

 De Banco R. 134, m. I35d. 



John son of Richard de Tonwallcliff in 

 1355 secured damages in a claim against 

 the Abbot of Whalley and Alexander 

 de Healey ; it appeared that Richard 

 held a messuage and land of the abbot 

 in socage, but Alexander de Healey, 

 pretending that the tenure was knight's 

 service, took possession, John being 

 a minor ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 

 4, m. 8. John de Tonwallcliff was 

 again plaintiff in 1374, William son of 

 Geoffrey de Healey being defendant ; De 

 Banco R. 456, m. 10. Tonwallcliff is 

 several times named in the Whalley 

 Coucher, e.g. iii, 658, 660. 



Ellen widow of Adam de Hopwood 

 claimed dower in Spotland in 1 3 70 against 

 William son of Geoffrey de Healey ; Dt 

 Banco R. 440, m. 1 1 8 d. 



About 1 540 the abbey tenants included 

 William and James Healey and Richard 

 Lord ; Whalley Coucher, iv, 1232, 1225. 



In 1594 John Healey and Susan his 

 wife held a messuage and lands in Spotland; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 56, m. 62. 

 In 1626 John son of Thomas Healey held 

 113 acres in Healey, paying a quit rent of 

 zs. to Theophilus Holt ; while Thomas 

 Healey of Lower Healey (son of Thomas) 

 held 30 acres; Surv. ut sup., 209, 210. 

 Theophilus Holt (as representing Whalley 

 Abbey) had 106 acres in his own hands ; 

 ibid. 208. 



45 See preceding note. In 1626 Jordan 

 Chadwick, holding 86 acres, produced a 

 charter from Richard de Healey to John 

 his brother, granting land in Healey at a 

 rent of i zd. ; a half oxgang held by Henry 

 son of William was excepted ; ibid. 208. 

 See also Fishwick, Rochdale, 482-5. Ab- 

 stracts of a number of the Chadwick of 

 Healey evidences are printed in Corry, 

 Lanes, ii, 645, &c. 



