SALFORD HUNDRED 



ROCHDALE 



was then sold to the Entwisles of Foxholes, who also 

 acquired the estate called Little Howarth. 29 HAMER 



HOWARTH of Ho- 

 warth. Azure a bend 

 between two harts' heads 

 couptd or. 



HAMER of Hamer. 

 Sable a bend or between 

 two lions rampant ar- 

 gent. 



likewise gave a surname to a wide-spreading family.* 

 Hamer Hall, a large red brick 18th-century build- 

 ing, was pulled down in 1908. Dearnley," Hades," 



Marled Earth, 53 Crook, 34 and Shaw ss are other estates 



in Wardle of some interest. 



Rodes in Wardle belonged to the Hospitallers. 86 

 In 1626 the common lands in Wardle were 



reckoned at 880 acres. 37 There were also 358 acres 



of copyhold. 



The principal landowners in 1788 were Messrs. 



Entwisle and Sedgwick, who together contributed a 



fourth part of the land tax. 88 



WARDLEWORTH 



In Wardleworth the principal estate appears to 

 have been BUCKLET. It was owned by a family or 

 families surnamed after it. 39 A Geoffrey de Buck- 

 ley, living about 1 300, made various grants 40 of 

 Buckley and other lands in Hundersfield, and in 

 1309 surrendered to Adam son of Richard son of 

 John de Hulton and Christiana his wife, the daughter 



son of William Haworth, and Hugh and 

 Edmund his sons, are mentioned in the 

 Plea Rolls of 1444-8 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea 

 R. 8, m. 9 ; 12, m. 236, 3, 296. 



Edmund Haworth died in 1554-5 hold- 

 ing ten messuages, &c., in Hundersfield 

 of Sir Henry Savile in socage, by a rent of 

 51. I od. ; also an acre of the king and 

 queen in socage. His heir was his grand- 

 son Robert (son of Robert), aged twenty- 

 three years ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 x, no. 6. Soon afterwards James and 

 Arthur Haworth acquired a message in 

 Hundersfield from Robert Haworth ; 

 Margaret Haworth, widow, is mentioned 

 in the fine ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 16, m. 89. Robert Haworth occurs 

 among the freeholders in 1580; ibid, 

 bdle. 42, m. 72. His son Edmund re- 

 corded a pedigree in 1613 ; Visit. (Chet. 

 Soc.), 3. 



In 1626 Robert Haworth son of Ed- 

 mund held 299 acres, paying a rent of 

 51. lod. to the Savile representatives, and 

 6d. to the king ; Surv. in Raines MSS. 

 xxi, 90. His father Edmund had died 

 the year before, holding Haworth Hall, 

 &c., the acre called Birchamhead in Hun- 

 dersfield, lands called Gooseholme, Arthur- 

 gapp, and Holcroft in Rochdale, and 

 messuages in Boochey ; also Clegg Hall, 

 &c., in Butterworth. Robert died in 1639 

 at Haworth, leaving a son and heir of the 

 same name, three years old ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 66. The 

 estate, however, passed to Robert's bro- 

 ther, Theophilus Haworth, M.D., who 

 recorded a short pedigree in 1664, he 

 being then fifty and his son Henry 

 eleven years of age ; Dugdale, fish. 156. 

 Henry's sons Henry and RadclifTe died 

 unmarried in 1764 and 1768 respectively; 

 Fish wick, op. cit. 421. 



29 See Fishwick, op. cit 419. William 

 Butterworth held 48 acres in 1626, pay- 

 ing a rent of I4</. to Holt ; Surv. ut sup. 

 91. 



80 See Fishwick, op. cit. 395-407, with 

 pedigrees. 



The will of Henry Hamer of Hamer, 

 1573, is printed in Piccope's Wills, ii, 

 204-5 ; he mentions his sons Giles and 

 Ellis, and bequeathed money for the 

 repair of Hamer Mill Bridge and Hey- 

 brook Bridge. Ellis Hamer had sons 

 Edmund and Samuel ; Fishwick, loc. cit. 



Edmund Hamer of Hamer Hall died in 

 1598 holding messuages, water-mill, &c.; 

 his son and heir Samuel was only three 



years of age. A fourth part of the estate 

 was held of John Holt (a minor in the 

 queen's custody) by the fortieth part of a 

 knight's fee and a rent of J\d. ; the re- 

 mainder of Sir John Byron by the twen- 

 tieth part of a knight's fee and a rent of 

 22</. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 

 17. Samuel Hamer was in possession in 

 1626; Surv. ut sup. 83. In 1631 he 

 paid ^lofor declining knighthood ; Misc. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 216. The 

 estate remained in the Hamer family till 

 1810, when it was sold to the Entwisles ; 

 Fishwick, op. cit. 400. 



In 1626 Ralph Hamer, grandson of 

 Ralph, held 30 acres in Wardle, paying a 

 rent of ifyd. to Savile ; Surv. ut sup. 91. 



81 The surname occurs in the I4th 

 century ; thus Roger de Dearnley contri- 

 buted to the subsidy of 1332 ; Exch. Lay 

 Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 34. 

 At Michaelmas 1351 Richard son of 

 William de Bury did not prosecute his 

 suit against John del Dearnley and others 

 respecting a tenement in Hundersfield ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 5 d. In 

 1360 Adam de Dearnley was a plaintiff, 

 John de Dearnley being one of his 

 pledges; ibid. R. 8, m. 4d. ; see also ></>. 

 Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 342. 



In 1400 it was stated that Henry de 

 Dearnley had been outlawed in 1372 at 

 the suit of Henry de Haworth for trespass, 

 and that his land in Hundersfield had 

 passed into the hands of the Ashton family; 

 Pal. of Lane. Misc. 1/9, m. 87-8 ; Dtp. 

 Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 536. 



Sir John de Ashton held land in Wardle 

 in 1429 of James de Buckley, by a rent of 

 I*. 2</.; Lane. Inj. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 22. 

 A later Sir John, 1507, held of Thomas 

 Buckley by the same rent ; ibid, ii, 138. 

 Sir Thomas Ashton of Ashton died in 

 1514 holding lands in Hundersfield of the 

 heirs of James de Buckley in socage ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 80. 



In 1444 Roger Whitehead and Mar- 

 garet his wife, together with Ellen 

 Dearnley, recovered a moiety of two mes- 

 suages, 40 acres of land, &c., in Hunders- 

 field and Spotland, which Roger Dearnley 

 had given to John Dearnley and his issue, 

 and which after the death of John's son 

 Geoffrey should descend to Margaret and 

 Ellen, daughters of Geoffrey ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 6, m. 12. The same plain- 

 tiffs claimed the other moiety against Alex- 

 ander son of Roger Butterworth ; he replied 

 that there was another daughter of Geof- 



225 



frey, viz. Mary, still living at Newcastle 

 on Tyne, but they said she had died at 

 Chadderton in 1442 ; ibid. m. izb. The 

 estate was claimed as late as 1580 by a 

 Roger Dearnley against Arthur White- 

 head ; see Fishwick, op. cit. 422 (quoting 

 Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. Ixxxi, D. 7). 

 There are a number of fines respecting 

 Arthur Whitehead's estate. He was in 

 1589 joined with Edmund his son and 

 heir apparent respecting eight messuages, 

 &c., in Hundersfield ; PaL of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 51, m. 178. Edmund White- 

 head held 45 acres in Wardle in 1626 ; 

 Surv. ut sup. 95. This was no doubt the 

 son of Edmund Whitehead who died in 

 1621 holding a messuage in ' Hastinges* 

 in Hundersfield of the king as of his 

 manor of Rochdale by a rent of id. ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 254. 



82 James Fielden of the Hades occurs 

 in 1626 ; Surv. ut sup. 96. See Fish- 

 wick, op. cit. 431. 



83 Ibid. 429-31. 



84 John Butterworth of Turnagh held 

 the Crook in 1626; Surv. ut sup. 98. 

 The Butterworths of Belfield, however, 

 seem to have had most of the land ; see 

 Fishwick, op. cit. 433-35. Edward 

 Butterworth of Belfield in 1626 held 120 

 acres called Starring, paying 2 id. to Savile 

 and 6d. to Holt ; also 225 acres called 

 the Steed ; Surv. 89, 95. 



85 In early times it appears to have given 

 a surname to its owners; cf. Michael de la 

 Shaw in the Buckley charters below. Alex- 

 ander Scholefield held it in 1626; Surv. 91. 

 See the account of Tong End in Spot- 

 land. 



86 Two messuages &c. there were about 

 1 540 held by the heir of Richard Butter- 

 worth, by a rent of i id. ; Kuerden MSS. 

 v, fol. 84. 



8 ? Manor Surv. 102. 



88 Land Tax Ret. at Preston. 



89 Geoffrey de Buckley made a grant to 

 Stanlaw Abbey early in the 1 3th century ; 

 he speaks of Geoffrey, Dean of Whalley, 

 as his patron ; Whalley Couch, i, 142. 

 Robert the brother of Geoffrey also 

 occurs ; ibid, ii, 608. A Geoffrey de 

 Buckley is styled 'dominus' about 1260 ; 

 ibid, ii, 609. About 1270 Geoffrey son of 

 Geoffrey de Buckley was one of the men 

 of Nicholas son of Michael de Wardle ; 

 ibid, i, 157. 



40 Abstracts of the charters are con- 

 tained in Add. MS. 32107, no. 396, &c. 



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