A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



known ; also parcels in Ogden. 9 It appears that the 

 Byrons held land also of the Hospitallers, who owned 

 a great part of the township, 10 for in the rental it is 

 stated that a later Sir John Byron, about 1540, paid 

 l%d. for Butterworth. 11 The hall, which existed in 

 1 420," was built upon the Hospitallers' land." 



A number of families used the local surname. 14 In 

 the central hamlet, known as Butterworth Hall, are 

 situated Milnrow with the chapel, and the resi- 

 dences called Lady House, 14 Holt, 16 and Gartside, 17 " 

 all of which tenements possess some historical in- 

 terest. 



9 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 48 ; 

 the clear annual value was 40 marks. A 

 century earlier the Byrons' estate in But- 

 terworth was stated to be held of the Duke 

 of Lancaster by knight'* service ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 65. 



The heir of Francis Pulteney in 1545-7 

 claimed lands in Royton, Ogden, Haugh, 

 and Butterworth, against Sir John Byron ; 

 Ducatui Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 105. Sir 

 John Byron in 1558 recovered the manor 

 from Michael Pulteney ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 20, m. 7. 



10 See Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 

 375 ; De Banco R. 279, m. i8od. 



Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 84. 



13 Licence for oratories at Clayton and 

 Butterworth was granted to Sir John By- 

 ron on 4 Feb. 1420-1 ; Lich. Epis. Reg. 

 ix, fol. 3 A. 



18 Butterworth Hall ' has long been 

 the name of one of the hamlets, and the 

 actual site of the ancient hall appears to be 

 unknown, but Col. Fishwick judges that 

 the house owned by the Mayall family and 

 their successors had the best title to the 

 name ; Rochdale, 339. Robert Mayall, who 

 died in 1622, held lands in Butterworth 

 and Buersill of William, Earl of Derby, 

 as of his manor of Woolton, as parcel of 

 the late Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, 

 in socage by z\d. rent. James Mayall, 

 the son and heir, was over eleven years of 

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

 and Ches.), iii, 370. For the later history 

 see Fishwick, loc. cit. 



14 The Byron Chartulary contains many 

 names of Butterworths ; some have been 

 given in preceding notes, and in addition the 

 following may be cited : John son of 

 Andrew de Brune granted Richard son of 

 Robert de Butterworth half an oxgang of 

 land in Butterworth, purchased from Henry 

 his brother, at 6d. rent ; ibid. no. 14/77. 

 Ellis son of Andrew de Brune gave Sir 

 John de Byron and Joan his wife half an 

 oxgang; ibid, no 54/224. Maud, daughter 

 of Robert son of Alexander de Butterworth, 

 granted an oxgang and a half of her father's 

 land to Robert son of Thomas the Clerk, 

 at a rent of i8</. ; ibid. no. 34/80. Geof- 

 frey son of Award de Butterworth granted 

 to his lord, Sir John de Byron, and Joan 

 his wife, an oxgang held of Sir John, to- 

 gether with all the lands and rents held of 

 him in the vill ; ibid. no. 41/85. Richard 

 son of Roger de Butterworth gave the ser- 

 vice of Henry son of Robert de Butter- 

 worth for an oxgang of land in Butterworth 

 to Sir John de Byron ; ibid. no. 70/181. 



Geoffrey, son of Thomas son of Henry 

 de Butterworth, about 1 260-70, granted to 

 Sir John de Byron and Joan his wife and 

 their heirs all his inheritance in Butter- 

 worth, as well as the lands he had held of 

 Sir John, with homages, escheats, wards and 

 reliefs, liberties, &c., at a rent of a ginger- 

 root yearly ; ibid. no. 55/225. This 

 charter was alleged by the tenants of But- 

 terworth at the survey of 1626 ; Raines 

 MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxi, 54. 



From Hugh de Eland's charter quoted 

 above, it appears that Richard son of Gil- 

 bert de Butterworth held of him 2 oxgangs. 

 This Richard granted to Sir John de By- 

 ron all his land between Bradley Brook 

 and the ditch of Geoffrey de Turnagh, 



and the Hulls and the field of Ralph del 

 Rode, with a house on the Hulls and all 

 the bylandings on that side ; Byron Char- 

 tul. no. 40/82. 



In 3 Edw. (? II) Richard son of Gil- 

 bert de Butterworth granted all his lands 

 to his son William, with remainders tc 

 younger sons, Thomas and Adam ; Towne- 

 ley MS. GG. no. 68 1. The tenants' 

 names and services are given ; one of them 

 was Richard's son Henry, who held Bel- 

 grene by a rent of 6d. ; see also Final Cone. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 5. 



The name Belgrene occurs later in the 

 account of Milnrow Chapel. By an early 

 deed John son of Hugh de Eland gave to 

 Reynold son of Henry Brown an oxgang 

 called Belgrene, at the ancient rent of 21.5 

 and afterwards gave him 2 oxgangs which 

 his uncle William had held ; Towneley 

 MS. GG, no. 639, 662. 



15 It was formerly the residence of the 

 Milne family j see Fishwick, op. cit. 379. 



James Milne died in 1623 holding a 

 messuage and lands in Butterworth of the 

 heir of Geoffrey son of Thomas de Butter- 

 worth, rendering a root of ginger yearly ; 

 he also held land in Buersill of the Earl 

 of Derby as of his manor of Woolton. 

 James, his son and heir, was thirty-six 

 years of age ; Towneley MS. C, 8, 13 

 (Chet. Lib.), p. 858. 



16 It lie on the east of Milnrow, and is 

 supposed to have given a surname to the 

 Holt family, long the principal residents in 

 the parish. The above-cited deeds about 

 Belgrene may refer to it. 



Richard Butterworth of the Holt (dead 

 in 1521) was a son of Edward, the bene- 

 factor of Milnrow Chapel ; Towneley MS. 

 GG, no 645. Robert Butterworth (son 

 of Richard) of the Holt in 1530, agreed 

 that his son Thomas should marry Jane 

 daughter of James Shepard, of Chesham ; 

 ibid. no. 717. 



A Robert Butterworth in 1545 held a 

 close called Gyll Cross in Butterworth in 

 right of his wife Elizabeth ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Writs of Assize, bdle. 22 (Aug. 37 Hen. 

 VIII). 



Thomas Butterworth of the Holt in 

 1550 gave to Lawrence Hopwood land 

 called Inghram, in exchange ; Towneley 

 MS. GG, no. 719. Thomas died in 1559, 

 having made a settlement of the Holt ; 

 ibid. no. 696, 718. 



The inquisition shows that Thomas son 

 of Robert Butterworth, held ten messuages, 

 &c., in Butterworth, Milnrow, Moorhouse, 

 Wardle, and Spotland ; his heir being his 

 sister Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Simon, 

 and forty years of age. The premises in 

 Butterworth and Milnrow were held of 

 the heirs of Hugh de Eland by a rentof 2J.j 

 those in Moorhouse of the heir of Henry 

 de Clayton by a rent of 17 d,; the rest, of 

 the heir of Thomas Buckley, a rent of IQ.J. 

 being paid for Wardle ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xi, no. 56. 



Thomas Simon, of Highton in Essex, 

 and Elizabeth his wife became bound to 

 Ewan Butterworth of Chesham in 1559 ; 

 Towneley MS. GG, no. 582 ; and Adam 

 (? Ewan) Butterworth of Chesham became 

 bound to Cuthbert Scholefield to secure 

 the latter's title to Holt ; ibid. no. 

 591. Ewan and Cuthbert were dividing 



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the estate ; ibid. no. 724. Jane But- 

 terworth, the widow of Thomas, after- 

 wards married Nicholas Grimshaw, and 

 retained possession of the Holt until 1 594, 

 though many disputes had arisen with 

 Cuthbert Scholefield ; ibid. no. 733, and 

 Fishwick, op. cit. 377, &c. 



V Gartside appears to have been origin- 

 ally in Crompton and to have become at- 

 tached to Rochdale by its grant to Stanlaw 

 Abbey by Gilbert de Barton. It lay on 

 the west of Aspiwall syke, and its bounds 

 had been agreed upon by Baldwin le Tya 

 and the said Gilbert ; free approach was 

 allowed between the ditch of Crompton 

 and land held of the Hospitallers by 

 William, then vicar of Rochdale. Adam 

 de Windhill was tenant for a time ; Whal- 

 ley Coucber (Chet. Soc.), i, 163-5. 



The place gave a surname to one or 

 more families, who no doubt sprang from 

 the occupying tenants ; thus about 1 540 

 James Gartside was the monks' bailiff for 

 their Rochdale estate; ibid, iv, 1232. 

 There are various scattered notices of the 

 Gartsides ; thus William de Milnhouses 

 released to William son of Edusa de Gart- 

 side the rent of id. and four barbed arrows 

 due to him at Martinmas ; ibid, ii, 618. 

 John de Byron granted to Richard son of 

 Robert de Gartside land in Butterworth ; 

 Byron Chartul. no. 77/180. 



The Hospitallers had an estate in Gart- 

 side. Alexander son of Robert de Spot- 

 land gave to Andrew son of William del 

 Okencliff all his lands, &c., in Gartside on 

 the north of the Outlane, held of the Hos- 

 pital of Jerusalem ; a rent of izd. was 

 payable and at death ^ mark in lieu of 

 the third part of the tenant's goods ; ibid, 

 no. 80/210. Eugenia daughter of Robert 

 de Belfield, and Lugeria widow of Geoffrey 

 de Gartside, gave land and dower right in 

 Gartside to William de Cliff, and in 1284 

 Thomas le Wyld released to William son 

 of Richard del Cliff probably the same 

 William 6d. rent due from lands in Gart- 

 side, formerly Andrew de Gartside's ; ibid. 

 no. 81/211, 86/236, 3/78. To the last- 

 quoted charter Richard and Henry de Gart- 

 side were witnesses. Eugenia seems also 

 to be described as widow of Richard son of 

 Edusa de Gartside ; ibid. no. 75/212. 



Adam son of William de Gartside in 

 1351 released to Robert son of William de 

 Crompton his right to lands inherited from 

 his father, together with an eighth part of 

 the estate of Buersill Moor acquired from 

 John de Balderstone. John Faghell, who 

 occupied a messuage, &c., gave up his 

 tenement ; ibid. no. 26/101, 25/100. 



The Whalley portion was sold by 

 Henry VIII to John Braddyll of Whalley 

 (Pat. 37 Hen. VIII, pt. 4), who conveyed 

 Gartside Hey, alleged to be parcel of the 

 same, to Roger Gartside, on which some 

 hot disputes arose ; see Fishwick, Rochdale, 

 381, quoting Duchy of Lane. Plerd. 38 

 Hen. VIII, xiv, G, 9 ; i Edw. VI, i, G, 

 I. James son of Hugh Gartside in 1545 

 sold Gartside Hall to Sir John Byron ; 

 ibid. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet, of F. bdle. 1 2, 

 m. 208, 344. This was probably the 

 Hospitallers' portion; it is not named separ- 

 ately in the rental preserved by Kuerden. 

 This estate of 101 acres was in 1626 held 

 by eight freeholders ; Survey in Raines 



