A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



of 40.;. 5 d. ; the acreage was only 387 arable,with pasture 

 lands of nearly 800 acres, and there were alsoof common 

 land 300 acres. 66 The Walsden people had 788 

 acres of common in Inchfield. 67 



TODMORDEN was held by divers tenants, some 

 of whose lands passed in 136410 William de Radcliffe 

 of Langfield in Yorkshire, the ancestor, or at least the 

 predecessor in title, of the Radcliffes of Todmorden 

 and Great Mearley. 68 Richard Radcliffe of Todmor- 

 den, who died in 1502, held six messuages, 60 acres 

 of land, &c., in Swineshead and Genredewood of the 

 king as of his manor of Rochdale ; a messuage called 

 Henshaw in Hundersfield of John Hamerton ; also 

 the manor or capital messuage of Todmorden of Sir 

 John Savile, all in socage. Charles RadclifFe, his son 

 and heir, was thirty-five years of age. 69 Charles 

 RadclifFe died on 15 August 1536, holding certain 

 messuages and lands in Todmorden of Sir Henry 



Savile in socage by a rent of 33*. \d., and others in 

 Walsden of the king by knight's service and a rent of 

 8/. io^</. 70 Edward his son and heir was forty-six 

 years of age, and died at Mearley in 1557, leaving 

 the estates to his son Charles, forty-five years old. 71 

 Charles, at his death in 1590, held Todmorden of 

 Sir John Byron and Walsden of the queen ; the ser- 

 vice for the latter was 8/. rent. 7 * Henry the son and 

 heir, then fifty-seven years old, died ten years later, 

 his heir being his grandson Saville RadclifFe, aged six- 

 teen. 73 Saville's grandson Joshua died in 1676, leaving 

 as heir his daughter Elizabeth ; she married Roger 

 Mainwaring of Kermincham in Cheshire, and in 

 1717 the estate was sold. The purchaser was John 

 Fielden, a Quaker. In 1796 it was sold to 

 Anthony Crossley, from whom it descended to James 

 Taylor of Calverlands, Berkshire. 74 



Todmorden Hall is a two-story stone-built house 



66 Surv. ut sup. 123. Sir John Byron 

 had sold it to George Travis the father. 

 It descended in the Travis family until 

 1739, when Sarah daughter and co-heir of 

 John Travis of Oldham married Lawrence 

 Nuttall of Lower Town House ; see Fish- 

 wick, Rochdale, 460 ; Raines MSS. v, 

 314-16. 



6 7 Surv. ut sup. The common of Wals- 

 den occupied 2,015 acres. An ancient 

 grant by John de Eland excepted the pas- 

 ture between Todmorden and Ramsden 

 from the easements of the vill of Hunders- 

 field, and the people of Inchfield claimed 

 it as their right. 



Other estates in this part of the district 

 were Henshaw, held in 1626 by Saville 

 Radcliffe (see below), and Lightbank and 

 Hollinworth, formerly the lands of John 

 Bradshaw, who in 1489-90 demised them 

 to Richard Radcliffe of Todmorden ; in 

 1626 they were held by John (grandson of 

 Richard) Butterworth. 



For the estates of Warland and Stone- 

 house see Fishwick, op. cit. 454, 455- 



68 For the charters of this family see 

 Add. MS. 32104, no. 604, &c. The fol- 

 lowing show the composite character of 

 the Radcliffes' estate : In 1299 Henry 

 son of Richard de Hipperholm granted a 

 fourth part of the vill of Todmorden to 

 John de Lacy and Margaret his wife, to be 

 held of the nearest chief lord ; three years 

 later he gave certain rents in Wardle ; 

 no. 548, 725, 728. Margaret de Lacy 

 gave her lands to her son Thomas ; no. 

 730. John de Eland gave Todmorden 

 Hey, by the Little Blackcarr, to Richard 

 Harder of Todmorden, at a rent of 2s. ; 

 no. 625. 



Matthew son of Robert de le Wood in 

 1306 gave all his land in Awardbottom to 

 Henry son of Thomas de Burdell ; no. 

 1 202. Roger de Todmorden gave to 

 Robert son of Henry in 1317 land be- 

 tween Hennynshok and Penhilshawsyke, 

 and between lands of Ellis de Greenhurst 

 and Thomas del Dene ; no. 726. Thomas 

 son of Richard del Dene in 1322 gave 

 all his lands, &c., in Todmorden to his 

 son Thomas and Cecily daughter of Henry 

 de Wardle ; no. 644. William son of 

 Thomas del Dene in 1324 gave all his 

 lands, &c., in Todmorden to Agnes 

 daughter of John de Stodelay, whom he 

 was marrying ; no. 784, 754. Agnes, as 

 widow of William, in 1342 gave most of 

 her lands in Todmorden, with two houses 

 built upon them, to John son of Thomas 

 Harder, a rent of zs. being payable to the 

 hief lords ; no. 772. The rent is the 



same as that for Todmorden Hey above. 

 Robert son of Henry de Swineshead in 

 1350 gave to William de Harwood all his 

 lands, &c., in Hundersfield ; no. 735. 



The Dene family occur in 1314 in a 

 suit by Agnes widow of Michael de le 

 Dene to recover dower in a messuage, &c., 

 in Hundersfield against John de le Dene 

 and Geoffrey son of Richard de le Dene ; 

 De Banco R. 206, m. 25d. 



In 1364 William son of Henry the Ward 

 of Stones, gave lands within the hedge of the 

 Ringge of Todmorden to William son of 

 William de Radcliffe ; Add. MS. 32104, 

 no. 753. Three years later Adam Rogger 

 gave the Little Rode to the same William 

 de Radcliffe ; no. 781 In 1373 the lands 

 in the former grant were given by William 

 de Radcliffe to John de Notehogh(Nuttall); 

 no. 624. John son of William de Rad- 

 cliffe had in the same year obtained the 

 reversion of lands at Swineshead from 

 John son of Robert del Law, which the 

 said Robert had from Robert son of Wil- 

 liam de Swineshead ; no. 634, 770. 



Richard II, at the request of Sir Robert 

 de Urswick, in 1392 pardoned William 

 de Radcliffe for the death of Robert de 

 Lydesay ; no. 750. In 1388 William 

 son of William de Radcliffe had made a 

 feoffment of his lands, services, &c., in 

 Hundersfield and elsewhere in Lancashire; 

 and these were in 1402 transferred to 

 new feoffees, of whom John de Radcliffe 

 was one ; no. 746, 747. Henry IV in 

 1400 granted William de Radcliffe of 

 Todmorden an annuity of 10 out of the 

 profits of the manor of Rochdale ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Misc. Bks. xv, fol. 20 d. Richard 

 son of William de Radcliffe married Mar- 

 garet daughter and heir of Henry de 

 Dyneley of Downham, and in 1401 her 

 share of the inheritance was delivered to 

 her; Add. MS. 32104, no. 667; see 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 41, 42 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Chan. Misc. 1/8, m. 23/4. 



In 1418 William de Radcliffe of Tod- 

 morden became bound to Thomas Savile 

 of Thornhill to submit to an arbitration ; 

 Geoffrey the son of William is named ; 

 Add. MS. 32104, no. 670. 



In 1419 Henry de Dearden proceeded 

 against William son of William de Rad- 

 cliffe the younger and others for breach of 

 the peace at Spotland ; Add. MS. 32108, 

 no. 1672. 



The trustees of William son of Wil- 

 liam Radcliffe in 1423-4 gave Stubbs 

 in Todmorden and other lands to Chris- 

 tiana daughter of Robert Pilkington, 

 to hold for her life, with remainder to 



230 



Richard son of William son of William 

 Radcliffe, &c. ; Kuerden, fol. MS. 261, 

 no. 66 1. 



Henry Marland, vicar of Rochdale, and 

 other trustees in 1443 gave to William 

 son of William Radcliffe all lands, &c., in 

 Hundersfield and Langfield ; Add. MS. 

 32104, no. 780. William de Radcliffe 

 made another feoffment in 1451 ; no. 722. 



Richard Radcliffe occurs in 1490, when 

 he acquired Hollinworth in Hundersfield 

 from John son and heir of Thomas Brad- 

 shaw (no. 786) and also purchased the 

 estate of Robert son and heir of Richard 

 Henshaw in Walsden ; no. 748. This 

 last in the following year he granted to 

 Peter Henshaw (no. 630), and in 1492 he 

 assigned the same for life to his bastard 

 son William Radcliffe and Elizabeth 

 daughter of Thomas Towneley ; no. 621. 



For a charge of harbouring felons against 

 Richard Radcliffe see Fishwick, Rochdale, 

 468 (quoting Duchy of Lane. Plead. 

 Hen. VII, ii, G 4). 



69 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 94. 



' Ibid, viii, no. 35. In 1512 Charles 

 Radcliffe and Edward his son made a lease 

 of lands called Pighills and Dryelhurst in 

 Hundersfield ; Add. MS. 32104, no. 755. 



7 1 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 24. 

 Edward Radcliffe in 1537 demised for a 

 term to Richard Shepherd lands, &c., 

 called Dobroyd, Stone Meadow, Norse 

 Hoyle, and Carrin Todmorden ; Add. MS. 

 32104, no. 646. In 1541 he agreed with 

 Charles Stansfield as to the possession of a 

 piece of land on the south side of the 

 Calder and the east side of the water of 

 Walsden ; no. 662. 



7 a Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 24. 

 The following relate to purchases and 

 settlements by Charles Radcliffe, Henry 

 his son being joined in the later ones ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12, m. 205; 

 26, m. 104 ; 27, m. 249 ; 34, m. 7 ; 40, 

 m. 30. 



78 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 

 45. For the descent see Dugdale, Visit. 

 1664, p. 240. A settlement of the 

 manor of Todmorden was made by Henry 

 Radcliffe in 1595 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 57, m. 43. 



7 4 For the later descent see Fishwick, 

 Rochdale, 469-72. 



In 1626, when Saville Radcliffe held 

 the manor of Todmorden, with 398 acres 

 of land, and 175 acres in Gauxholme, a 

 number of the above-cited deeds were pro- 

 duced, as also a grant of 1537 by Edward 

 Radcliffe to Charles his son and heir ap- 

 parent, who had married Margaret, the 



