A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



time owned by the Scholefields" HOLLINfTORTH, 

 or at least the portion which belonged to the Hos- 

 pitallers, was long tenanted by a family named Hill. 63 

 About 1270 2 oxgangs in Hollinworth were held 

 by William de Sale and Cecily his wife, in the latter's 

 right, it would appear ; and in 1278 a messuage and 

 half an oxgang were granted to John de Houghton 

 and Cecily his wife at a rent of 1 3</. M Afterwards 



the estate was sold to Sir John de Byron and Joan 

 his wife." 



Of HAVGH or Halgh there is little to be said ; M 

 it was acquired by the Byrons. 



In Bleakedgate was OGDEN, originally Akeden, 

 formerly held by Monk Bretton Priory. 67 It also be- 

 came part of the Byron estate. 68 ROUGHB4NK 

 was in 1626 owned by James Chadwick ; the estate 



vicar of Rochdale, and certain others were 

 among the arbitrators, and that had not 

 been the case ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 10, 

 m. 23. 



One James Clegg not, it would seem, 

 of this family died in 1621 holding 

 lands (formerly the Hospitallers') of the 

 Earl of Derby by a rent of z\d. James 

 his son and heir was twenty-eight years 

 old 5 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), iii, 

 370. 



62 Some Whitacre, or Whitacres, deeds 

 have been noticed in the account of Schole- 

 field. John de Scholefield in 3 Edw. 

 (? II) gave to John his son all his land 

 at Whitacre, with remainder to Adam, 

 another son ; Towneley MS. RR, no. 

 ' 382. One of the grants by Henry de 

 Scholefield in 1421 was dated at Whit- 

 acres; Towneley MS. GG, no. 633. 



The estate was in dispute in 1537, when 

 James Scholefield of Scholefield claimed 

 by entail against Hugh son of John Schole- 

 field, who was in possession ; Fishwick, 

 op. cit. 359, quoting Duchy Plead. 

 Hen. VIII, viii, S, 8 ; x, S, 9, 9*. Richard 

 Lightollers of Windybank, and Henry 

 .Scholefield of Whitacre, had in 1557-8 

 the guardianship of Robert son and heir 

 of Lawrence Newall, whose mother Agnes 

 afterwards married Robert Butterworth ; 

 and Henry afterwards (1564) became 

 sole guardian ; Towneley MS. GG, no. 



703- 



Arthur Scholefield in 1569 purchased 60 

 acres of moor from Sir John Byron ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 31, m. 104. In 

 1575 Henry Scholefield the younger and 

 Jane his wife seem to have released to 

 Arthur Lord and Margaret his wife a 

 messuage and lands in Butterworth ; ibid, 

 'bdle. 37, m. 86. A settlement of six 

 messuages and various lands was made in 

 1584 by Henry Scholefield, Isabel his 

 wife, and Arthur his son ; ibid. bdle. 46, 

 m. 174. A further arrangement was 

 made in 1596, Arthur's wife Margaret 

 being concerned ; ibid. 59, m. 367. Henry 

 Scholefield died in 1607 holding land in 

 Hollinworth of John Holt by knight's 

 .service and \o\d. rent, and in Butter- 

 worth of Sir John Byron by knight's ser- 

 vice and 41. rent. The heir was his 

 grandson Abraham (son of Arthur), thirty 

 years of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 l,ancs. and Ches.), i, 133. 



In 1626 Jacob Scholefield held Whit- 

 acres, with 138 acres, by grant of Abra- 

 ham Scholefield, in 1615 ; Surv. in Raines 

 MSS. xxi, fol. 67. For the later descent, 

 after the estate had been much divided, 

 -see Fishwick, op. cit. 366, 367. 



Brierley, mentioned in preceding notes, 

 was part of Whitacre. 



68 The name is often spelt Holling- 

 worth. In the Hospitallers' rental, c. 

 1540, it is said that Thomas Hill paid 6J. 

 for Hollinworth ; Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 84. 

 Thomas, son of Ellis Hill in 1477, was 

 bound to settle the lands he had by his 

 wife Alison upon his son Ellis; Towneley 

 MS. GG, no. 689. In 1514 Thomas 

 son of Ellis Hill received certain lands in 

 .Swinestiker and Saltley in Butterworth 



from the feoffees ; GG, no. 610. Thomas 

 Hill (a minor) was in 1577-9 engaged in 

 various suits regarding lands in Hollin- 

 worth and Sladen ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 56, 

 61, 87. 



In 1626 Thomas Hill, grandson of 

 Thomas Hill and Dorothy his wife, and 

 great-grandson of ArthurWhitehead(i 5 88) 

 held Upper Hollinworth ; Surv., ut 

 sup. 67. Part is now the endowment 

 of Hill's Charity for schools at Ogden and 

 Hollinworth. 



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

 Ches.), i, 155. The rent was payable 

 to William and Cecily and the heirs 

 of Cecily. From the following note 

 it will be seen that John de (West-) 

 houghton was also called John de Rylands. 



In the Byron Chartulary is a grant 

 by Thomas de Bamford to Matthew de 

 Hollinworth of a fourth part of Whit- 

 acres and Middlehurst, with common of 

 pasture in the vill of Hollinworth at 6d. 

 rent ; no. 60/130. It is possible that this 

 Matthew is the Matthew de Bromhale 

 who, in conjunction with Helen his wife, 

 acquired 2 oxgangs in Butterworth in 

 1235 from Reyner son of Henry; Final 

 Cone, i, 68. Cecily daughter of Matthew 

 de Hollinworth gave a moiety of Whit- 

 acres to Adam de Turnagh in exchange 

 for 13 J acres in Hollinworth ; Byron 

 Chartul. no. 26/59. This Cecily was 

 the wife of William de Sale ; as is shown 

 by pleas of 1293-6, when Cecily widow 

 of William de Sale claimed 6 acres of 

 pasture against John de Thornham, and 

 the same (also described as daughter of 

 Matthew de Hollinworth) claimed a 

 messuage and J oxgang against Henry de 

 Ogden; De Banco R. 101, m. 47 d.; 

 102, m. 6 ; 108, m. 4. 



65 William de Sale and Cecily his wife 

 granted all their land in Hollinworth to 

 Sir John de Byron and Joan his wife ; and 

 about the same time John son of John 

 de Rylands and Cecily his wife made a 

 grant of the land they had had from 

 William and Cecily ; Byron Chartul. 

 no. 35/58, 36/69. In 1298 Cecily widow 

 of William de Sale, calling herself Cecily 

 de Hollinworth, released to the Byrons the 

 2 oxgangs in Hollinworth formerly sold to 

 them ; no. 21/67. 



John de Sale in 1363 released to John 

 de Scholefield all his title to lands in 

 Butterworth ; GG, no. 586. Some Sale 

 family deeds will be found in Raines 

 MSS. iv, 2-30. 



66 Andrew son of Henry son of Wen 

 and Christiana his wife granted to Sir John 

 de Byron all that land in Butterworth 

 called the 'Haly' (? Halgh) which they 

 held of him ; Byron Chartul. no. 

 73/208. In 1262 John de Byron estab- 

 lished his title to 60 acres in Butterworth 

 against Andrew de Butterworth and Christi- 

 ana his wife; Final Cone, i, 135. Christiana 

 daughter of Andrew Cheverell released to 

 Sir John all her land in Butterworth, 

 viz. the ' Halet ' ; Byron Chartul. no. 74, 

 209. Henry son of Thomas de Butter- 

 worth granted to Sir John de Byron his 

 lord the land called Little Halgh, formerly 



220 



held by Andrew del Halgh; Byron Chartul. 

 no. 76/213. 



67 From the Monk Bretton Chartulary 

 (Lansdowne MS. 405) it appears that 

 Roger de Notion gave to Monk Bretton 

 all his lands in Ogden, viz. half the vill, 

 and that John son of Hugh de Holland 

 confirmed this ; fol. 44^. Gilbert de 

 Notion also gave the monks his land in 

 Ogden, viz., half the vill probably the 

 same half ; he also gave William son of 

 Osbert de Marsden land there which had 

 formerly been held by Adam son of Award 

 Birun, at a renl of 41.; fol. 5 3 b. Richard 

 son of Hugh de Bullerworlh and Alice 

 his wife afterwards released lo R. (? Regi- 

 nald) ihe moiely of ihe vill of Ogden, 

 which Gilbert de Notion had given to 

 William Gald, father of Alice ; fol. 44^. 

 Reginald de Ogden released his righls to 

 the monks, to whom also Baldwin Tyas, 

 for the health of Margaret his wife, re- 

 leased his right and the rent of \zd. 

 formerly paid by Reginald ; fol. 45. 



68 Adam le Rus, Prior of Bretlon, granted 

 to Adam le Sladen (Slaveden) at a rent of 

 31. the oxgang in Ogden which Gilbert de 

 Nollon had given to the priory ; ibid. fol. 

 15^5 Byron Chartul. no. 10/56. 



In 1276 Adam de Sladen claimed a 

 messuage and an oxgang of land in Ogden 

 against Maud daughter of William Gaddon, 

 and William son of Richard de Cliff ; De 

 Banco R. 15, m. 89. Adam gave the 

 oxgang, &c., to his son Swain ; Byron 

 Chartul. no. 27/62. Swain granted to 

 Sir John de Byron a rent of izd. a year 

 from the oxgang in Ogden in Butterworth 

 he had had from his father ; and Wagner 

 son of Adam de Sladen released his right 

 to the oxgang in Ogden received from his 

 father, and to half of Quickley ; ibid. no. 

 71/183,63/49. William, Prior of Monk 

 Bretlon, in 1292 withdrew his claim 

 againsl John (de) Byron concerning a 

 messuage, oxgang of land, and izd. rent 

 in Ogden, bul John held joinlly wilh his 

 wife, who was not named in the writ ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 60, 71. Adam de 

 Sladen is called ' Knyttepurs.' 



The olher moiely of Ogden seems to 

 have been obtained by the Byrons from 

 Germain de Ogden, who in 1296 granled 

 Sir John de Byron and Joan his wife two- 

 thirds of an oxgang there, wilh ihe 

 homage of Adam de Preslwich and ihe 

 service of zd. due from him ; ibid. no. 

 '5/53' In ihe same charlulary are some 

 olher Ogden deeds. By one Geoffrey de 

 Chetham granted to Adam son of Bibby 

 (William) and Cecily his wife land in 

 Ogden purchased by him ; and Adam de 

 Ogden, with the consent of Cecily his 

 wife, gave half the land to Richard his son, 

 and another half to Adam his son ; no. 

 28/63, 12/64, 11/61. Among the place- 

 names there occur Thornyhead, Cold- 

 greave, Cutfordack brook, Marerede yotl, 

 Lese clough, and Rosele clough. 



In 1626 Abraham Turnough had in his 

 possession the above-cited deed by Adam 

 de Slaveden to Swain his son ; Surv. ut 

 sup. 55. The Turnoughs were succeeded 

 by Taylors ; Fishwick, op. cit. 384. 



