A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



At the present time the Earl of Derby and the 

 Earl of Bradford are said to hold each a fourth part of 



STANLEY, Earl of 

 Derby. Argent on a 

 bend azure three hart? 

 heads caboshed or. 



BRIDGEMAN, Earl 

 of Bradford. Sable ten 

 flates, on a chief argent 

 a lion fastant ermines. 



the manor ; the holders of the remainder are not 

 known. 



Many of the surrounding landowners have held bur- 

 gages and lands in Great Bolton from an early period, 51 

 and the names of other owners occur in various plead- 

 ings and charters." Among the more noteworthy of 

 these were a branch of the Norris family of Tonge. 63 

 The returns of ' Papists' estates ' in the time of 

 George I include the name of Cope Brooks of Bolton. 5 * 



There was a case of treasure trove in I56o. 55 



The distinction between the trades of tanners and 

 leather-dressers was insisted upon in I445. 56 



Richard Rothwell, a Puritan exorcist of the begin- 

 ning of the I yth century, is said to have been a native 

 of Bolton. 



settlement was made by Robert Row- 

 bottom and his wife, Henry Varley and hi 

 wife, and other* ; ibid. Hil. 54 Geo. Ill, 

 fine 27 ; while in 1826 Robert Rowbot- 

 tom and his wife were in possession of 

 the third part of a fourth part of the 

 manor ; ibid. Hil. 7 Geo. IV, fine 34. 



A moiety of the manor of Bolton-on- 

 the-Moors was in 1664 granted to Charles 

 Lord Gerard ; Pat. 1 6 Chas. II, pt vi, no. 

 10. It is stated to have been the portion 

 of Sir James Harrington attainted. 



81 Anian de Entwisle held lands in 

 1442 of the three lords of the manor, by 

 unknown services ; Towneley MS. DD, 

 no. 1478. George Entwisle sold mes- 

 suages, &c., in i 546 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 12, m. 217, 271 ; see alsobdle. 

 I5,m.79. 



Thomas de Longworth in 1448 held a 

 burgage in Bolton ; Lanes. Rec. Inq. p.m. 

 no. 36, 37<i. Margaret and Ralph Long- 

 worth purchased six messuages, &c., in 

 1549 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 13, 

 m. 4. Christopher Longworth in 1608 

 held two messuages and certain land in 

 socage by izd. rent of Ralph Assheton and 

 Jane Ainsworth ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 116. 



John Hulton of Farn worth in 1487 

 held lands in Bolton of the three lords, 

 worth 3*. 4</. a year; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iii, no. 26. His successor, William 

 Hulton, nearly seventy years later also 

 held burgages and lands in Bolton of the 

 three lords in socage ; ibid, x, no. 32. 

 The estate appears in 1422 ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 6. For another 

 Hulton estate see Final Cone, iii, 1 18. 



Richard Radcliffe of Smithills in 1502 

 held lands, &c., in Bolton of the lords by 

 the rent of izd. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iii, no. 98. His successor, John Bar- 

 ton, was said to hold of Thurstan Holland 

 of Dalton [? Denton] in socage ; ibid, iv, 

 no. 82. In 1580 Robert Barton's ten 

 burgages, &c., were found to be held of the 

 Earl of Derby by a rent of zs. ; ibid, xiv, 

 no. 24. See also Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc.), i, 211. 



John Radcliffe of Radcliffe in 1513 

 held a burgage of the lords of Bolton by 

 the rent of izd. j Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iv, no. 7. 



Richard Radcliffe of Langley in 1578 

 held ten messuages, &c., in Bolton of the 

 three lords by a rent of 51. Sd. ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 19. His son Ed- 

 mund in 1604 held them of the four lords 

 by fealty only ; Lanes. Inq, p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 22. 



The Hollands of Denton also had an 

 estate here. Richard Holland in 1481 

 held five messuages, 100 acres of land, 

 &c., which descended to his grandson 



Thurstan ; they were said in 1510 to be 

 held of Lord La Warre in socage ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 36, 58. The 

 tenure is more correctly stated in 1571 

 and 163; as of the lords of Bolton in 

 socage by a rent of 6</. ; ibid, xiii, no. 20 ; 

 xxvii, no. 42 ; see also Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 146. 



Adam Mort of Astley in 1631 held a 

 messuage in Bolton of the Earl of Derby ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxv, no. 33. 



Adam Byrom of Salford at his death in 

 1558 held five cottages, &c., of Lord 

 Mounteagle by a rent of izd. ; ibid, xi, 

 no. 65 ; also xvii, no. 39. Ralph Byrom 

 in 1581 had the reversion of an estate in 

 Bolton belonging to James Bradshaw ; it 

 included a burgage, fulling mill, &c. ; Pal. 

 of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 43, m. 102 ; 

 see also bdle. 30, m. 63 ; 40, m. 206. 



Robert Lever of Darcy Lever in 1620 

 held a messuage and gardens at Bolton of 

 Richard Shireburne by f,\d. rent ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chet.), ii, 



257- 



Ellis Crompton held messuages, &c., 

 and an approvement of the wastes of the 

 king as of his duchy ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Inq. p.m. xxviii, no. 69. 



Roger Walmesley of Rogerstead in 

 Heaton held 27 messuages, 8J burgages, 

 &c., in Bolton of the Earl of Derby in 

 1622; Towneley MS. C.8, 13 (Chet. 

 Lib.), fol. 1287. 



sa Emma daughter of Roger Steel of 

 Bolton claimed dower in a toft and acre 

 of land against John son of Hugh the 

 Chaplain in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 61. 

 Alice widow of William de Pendlebury in 

 1307 claimed dower in Bolton among 

 other places ; De Banco R. 164, m. 206. 



Some charters of a family surnamed 

 Bolton are contained in Add. MS. 32104. 

 By one of these, dated 1316, Richard the 

 Cook of Harwood gave a burgage to 

 Richard the Carpenter of Hutton ; no. 



1235. In 1322 Adam son of Walter the 

 Fuller of Bolton released his claim in a 

 certain curtilage to Ellis Bulling son of 

 William de Oakenbottom ; no. 1220. 

 Maud daughter of Ellis the Skinner re- 

 leased her right to a toft and buildings 

 sold by her mother Emota to Robert 

 de Pontefract ; no. 1231. John son of 

 Geoffrey de Bolton appears in 1353 and 

 later ; he had a burgage in Bayard Street, 

 and land in Bromycroft and elsewhere ; 

 no. 1185, 1182, 1204. Alice his widow 

 had a grant in 1369; no. 1225. Adam 

 de Bolton made a feoffment of his lands 

 in 1403, and he and his wife Isabel 

 received them back in 1407 ; a new feoff- 

 ment was made in 1411 ; no. 1215, 



1236, 1209. About thirty years later 

 the property appears to have come to 



Robert de Habergham of Burnley; no. 

 1229, 1218, 1230. The above-named 

 John son of Geoffrey de Bolton was at 

 Easter 1354 a defendant in a suit re- 

 specting a messuage, &c., at Bolton, 

 claimed by Henry son of Richard son of 

 Roger de Bolton ; Duchy of Lane. Assize 

 R. 3, m. 4. 



John Parke of Bolton died in 1621 

 seised of messuages and lands which were 

 held of Richard Shireburne by a rent of 

 ityd. ; the heir was his grandson Robert 

 son of John Parke ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 253. 



Abraham Holme died in 1614 holding 

 a messuage, &c., of Ralph Assheton and 

 Jane Ainsworth ; his son William was 

 seventeen years of age ; Add. MS. 

 32108, fol. 90. William died in 1621 

 holding similarly, his brother George be- 

 ing heir ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 274. 



58 Robert Norris of Bolton, clothier, 

 son of Alexander Norris of Tonge, died 

 in 1620 holding six messuages, &c., of 

 Richard Shireburne, by the rent of i8|</. 

 George Norris, the son and heir, was 

 twenty-three years of age ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 211. 



William, a younger son, received part of 

 the estate, and died 15 July 1628, leaving 

 as heir his son Robert, then four years of 

 age. His will mentions George and 

 William, younger sons, and Robert Norris, 

 son of his brother John ; Towneley MS. 

 C.8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), fol. 9 1 5. 



Isabel Norris, said to be the widow of 

 Robert the father of William, died in 

 1637, leaving a messuage and land held of 

 the Earl of Derby to her daughter and 

 heir Margaret, wife of Thomas Black- 

 burne of Newton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xxx, no. 77. 



An Alexander Norris of Bolton in 1646 

 compounded for his estate by a fine of 

 15. He had absented himself from 

 home and spent some time in the king's 

 quarters, but had since taken the National 

 covenant ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iv, 218. 



54 Lanes, and Ches. Recs. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 195. 



ss Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 228. 



56 Sir Ralph de Radcliffe complained 

 that Roger Jenkinson of Bolton-on-the- 

 Moors, and two others, all using 'the 

 mystery of leather-dressing,' had exercised 

 also ' the mystery of tanning ' contrary to 

 the statute ordaining that should any 

 leather-dresser use the office of tanner 

 during the time that leather-dressing is 

 used he must forfeit 6s. %d. to the king 

 for each skin tanned by him, as well as 

 6s. %d. for each defective skin ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 7, m. ib. 



