BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



' Within living memory the district was rich in 

 fine ancestral timber ; the oak, the ash, the elm, the 

 sycamore, the hazel and the holly find congenial soil ; 

 and . . . the alder grows in great abundance in 

 " carrs and marshes," although surface draining has in 

 recent years much reduced the growth.' 2 



'Teanleas fires' used to be lighted on I May, 

 24 June, 3 1 August and i November. 3 



The township is governed by a parish council. 



Among the trades recorded in the parish registers 

 of the i /th century are those of gold-beater, glover, 

 hat-maker and linen-weaver. In 1825 there were 

 cotton-spinners, roller maker and spindle maker. 

 More recently lime-burning, iron-working and chair- 

 making were the principal industries. The last-named 

 continues, but the iron-turning mill was disused about 

 twenty years ago. The land is mostly in grazing. 4 

 The soil is clay and calcareous earth. 



In 1833 there were cattle fairs on Easter Tuesday 

 and 24 August. The fairs are now held on 23 April 

 and the first Wednesday in October. 



Ground for a camp and rifle range was acquired 

 by the government in 1892. 



In 1066 CHIPPING, assessed as three 

 MANORS plough-lands, was a member of Earl 

 Tostig's fee of Preston. 5 After the 

 Conquest it was granted to Roger of Poitou, and 

 became part of the possession of the Bussels of Pen- 

 wortham for a time. Henry I in 1102 gave it to 



CHIPPING 



Robert de Lacy, 6 and from that time it continued to 

 form a member of the honor of Clitheroe. 7 



The land appears to have been divided among a 

 number of holders, but it is not possible to trace the 

 origin or descent of these tenements. The most 

 important were those of Hoghton of Hoghton, Knoll 

 of Wolfhouse or Wolfhall, and the Hospitallers, 

 each of them apparently being regarded at one time 

 or another as a ' manor.' 



The Hoghton tenement can be traced back to 

 1292, when Adam de Hoghton complained that 

 Richard le Surreys (Sothron) and others had made 

 forcible entry into his several pasture in Chipping. 

 The jury, however, found that the defendants had a 

 right to common in 20 acres of moor and other land 

 which Adam had inclosed by a dyke, and gave a 

 verdict for them. 8 In 1313 only the twelfth part 

 of the manor is named in a Hoghton settlement, 9 but 

 in later times the ' manor ' is spoken of absolutely. 10 

 In 1425 the manor was stated to be held of the king 

 by a rent of 2/. n ; in the 1 6th century the service 

 was unknown. 12 In 1552-6 there were disputes 

 between Hoghton and Shireburne of Wolfhouse as 

 to the lordship, the command of the waste being of 

 importance. It appears that the Hoghton manor- 

 house was Black Hall, about half a mile west of the 

 church. 12a This manor was sold to trustees for 

 Charlotte wife of Lord Strange about i63O. 13 It 

 does not appear much later. 14 



1 T. C. Smith, Hist, of Chipping, 3. 



3 Ibid. 6. For 'Mischief night,' the 

 eve of May Day, see ibid. 52. 



4 In 1843 about a fourth of the land 

 was arable, though little wheat was grown ; 

 T. C. Smith, Longridge, 202. 



5 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288^. Chipinden ' 

 or Chippingdale then probably included 

 Leagram and Little Bowland, and perhaps 

 part of Thornley. 



' Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 382 ; see also 

 the account of Aighton. 



1 In the account of the lands of John 

 de Lacy in 1241-2 is found a sum of i is. 

 from Chipping, and it occurs again in 

 1258 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 156, 217. 



In 1302 John son of Robert del Hall 

 held land of the Earl of Lincoln by the 

 fortieth part of a knight's fee ; ibid, i, 

 319. From later inquisitions it appears 

 that this was in Chipping ; Baines, Lanes. 

 (ed. 1870), ii, 693, from the Lansdowne 

 Feodary. In 1311 Joppe of the Hall 

 held a plat of the earl, rendering id. 

 yearly, and Thomas son of Kutte did suit 

 for his tenement to the court of Clitheroe; 

 De Lacy Inq. (Chet. Soc.), i 8, 19. 



Later there are but few tokens of the 

 dependency on Clitheroe ; see Lanes. Ct. 

 R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 48, 62. 

 In 13563 number of suitors of the courts 

 of Clitheroe are named, among them being 

 Adam de Hoghton and Adam son of William 

 for tenements in Chipping, Richard son of 

 Thomas de Knoll for Thornley and John 

 de Bailey for Aighton ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 5, m. 10 d. In a survey made 

 in 1445-6 Chipping was stated to be held 

 of the king as of his duchy in socage for 

 100 solidates of land ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20. 



8 Assize R. 408, m. 53. Earlier than 

 this may be a release by the widow of 

 William de Moton to Adam de Hoghton 

 of her right in the Wetridding, received 

 from John de Chipping for a third part 

 of the mill ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 1500. 



In 1304 Siegrith or Siota widow of 

 Richard son of Margery de Chipping 

 claimed dower in lands held by Richard 

 de Hoghton, Agnes widow of Adam de 

 Hoghton, William de Southworth, Wil- 

 liam son of John son of Bimme de Whit- 

 tingham, Adam son of Isabel de Whit- 

 tingham and Alice his wife and others ; 

 also against Robert de Pleasington in 

 respect of a sixth part of the water-mill ; 

 De Banco R. 149, m. 523 ; 152, m. 38 d. 

 For his part Richard de Hoghton sum- 

 moned Roger son of Richard son of Mar- 

 gery to warrant him ; ibid. 153, m. 124. 



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

 Ches.), ii, 14. 



In 1312 Richard son of Adam de 

 Hoghton gave land in Chipping to his 

 daughter Margery wife of Thomas de 

 Hothersall ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 348. 



Richard de Hoghton was in 1328 de- 

 scribed as chief lord when he appeared 

 among the defendants to a claim for a 

 messuage and lands put forward by Emma 

 daughter of William the Ward of Chip- 

 ping. Her brother Thomas had succeeded, 

 but had been divorced from his wife 

 Hawise for consanguinity ; hence his son 

 Richard was dispossessed. The other de- 

 fendants were William son of Richard de 

 Hoghton, William de Greenhulls (Hogh- 

 ton bailiff) and Richard son of John de 

 Greenhulls; Assize R. 1400, m. 234 d. 



Richard de Hoghton in 1328 granted 

 his son William the homage of John son 

 of William de Dodhill ; Towneley MS. 

 OO, no. 1504. 



10 Final Cone, iii, 3, of the year 1377 ; 

 it was settled on Henry, younger son of 

 Sir Adam. 



11 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 12 ; 

 the inquisition after the death of Sir 

 Henry. In later inquisitions in the same 

 volume no rent is mentioned nor is a 

 'manor' claimed ; ibid. 81, 127-9. 



A messuage, 7 acres of land and 5 acres 

 of meadow in Chipping, given in 1407 by 

 Sir Richard Hoghton to his chantry at 



27 



Ribchester, were held of Sir Henry de 

 Conway by a rent of 6d. ; Inq. a.q.d. 

 file 438, no. 26. 



In 1478 Agnes widow of Henry Hogh- 

 ton claimed dower in twenty-one mes- 

 suages, &c., in Chipping ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Writs Proton. 18 Edw. IV. 



12 So in that of Alexander Hoghton, 

 1498, and later; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iii, no. 66 ; xiv, no. 26, &c. The 

 manor of Chipping, with fifty messuages, 

 water-mill, dovecote, &c., was in 1602 

 settled on Sir Richard Hoghton and 

 Katherine his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 64, no. 73. This manor was 

 included in a general settlement in 1616; 

 ibid. bdle. 89, no. 41. 



I2a The bounds of the manor show that 

 it covered the whole township ; they went 

 up Chipping Brook, Peacock Brook, Carr 

 Hey Brook, east to Threapleigh, to Burn 

 slack, west to the edge of Bleasdale Hill, 

 Mereclough, Broadhead, down Bleasdale 

 Brook to the Loud, and back to the 

 starting-point. The pleadings are printed 

 by T. C. Smith, Chipping, 16-21. 



18 Land in Chipping was held of Richard 

 Hoghton in 1622 and of Lord Strange in 

 1633; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. 

 Lib.), 507. In 1626 a court was held by 

 Richard Hoghton as lord of the manor ; 

 T. C. Smith, Chipping, 22. It appears 

 that the manor was purchased out of the 

 portion of Charlotte de la Tremouille in 

 1629-30 ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 226. It is not 

 named among the estates of Sir Richard 

 Hoghton, who died in 1631. In 1642 a 

 settlement of the manors of Goosnargh 

 and Chipping was made by William Earl 

 of Derby, James Lord Strange and Char- 

 lotte his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 141, no. 31. 



For other references see Lanes, and 

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

 ii, 244, 247. 



14 It is stated to have been sold as 

 early as 1641 to James Walmesley and 



