A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Lord HenT7 Scott, second son of the fifth dnke, who 

 was soon afterwards (1885) created Lord Montagu of 

 Beaulieu.^ He transferred the whole to a limited 



Eakloom or Lak- 

 C ASTER. England 

 jzfftrcKCiJ ^tk a label 

 Msutrf^ cis'-giJ ^dk nine 

 ^emrz de Izs ir. 



Monk, Duke cf 

 Albemarle- GmJa a 



Hants' keads eraud orgenT. 



Sen TT, Dake 



Baocfjc!!- Or vt 





company, the Clitheroe Estate Ompanj-, Soc^kA bs. 

 1 898.-" This company therefore bcdds t~e ksiizp 

 of the honor, with its lands, copyhold rssti. :3in=, 

 and all rights. Manor courts are hdd.^ 



The terms of the copyhold tenure were dc&jed 

 and made secure by an Act of 1 609,* and the tenzss 

 compounded with the king by a large fine. A ftDther 

 Act was passed in 1650.* The old forms c£ transier 

 by delivery of a stick or straw are preserred. 



Mr. F. D. Robinson, steward of the honor, has 

 supplied the following particulars of its present 

 condition : The honor consists of ( i ) the manor of 

 Chatbum, Worston and Pendleton, with Tarioos 

 messuages, ic, in those places ; (2) the wapentake of 

 Blackburn, with lands. Sec, in Clitheroe, Chipping, 

 Cliviger, Read, SLmonstone and Blackburn (at 



Billinge Scar and Reridge) ; (3) the manor of 

 Accrington Old Hold, with lands. &c, in Old 

 Accrington, Honcoat, Oswaldtwistle and HaalingdeB ; 

 (4) the manor of Accrington New Hdd, with lands, 

 &c, in New Accrington, Bazenden, Cowhonaes, 

 Gambleside, Dunnockshaw, Higher Booths, Lower 

 Booths, Lovedongh, Goodshaw Booth, Crawshaw 

 Booth, Constable Lee, RawtenstaD, Oakenhead Wood, 

 Tnnstead, Wolfenden Booth, Henheads, Deadwen- 

 cloagh, Wolfenden, Bocnp, Rawdiffe Wood, L cnc h w , 

 Cowpe, New Hall Hey and Hall Carr, Mnsbiuy, 

 Pickup Bank, Yate Bank ; (5) the manor of 

 Tottington, with lands, &c, in Higher End and 

 Lower End ; (6) the manor of Ightcnhill, with 

 lands, &C., in Bornkf, Habogliam Eares, Briercliffe 

 with Extwisde, litde Maisden, Padiham and Hen- 

 houses ; (7) the manor of Coln^ with lands, &c^ in 

 CoLae, Foolri^e and Great Maisden ; (8) the 

 forest of Tiawden ; (9} the forest of Fendk, with 

 lands, Jcc, in Ree^ HaDowi, Fi% Oose, Higham 

 with West CkEc Booch, Roi^falee Booth, Barky 

 Booth, Goliikrir Booth, Wheadey Booth, Barxowford 

 Booth, Old Lrand Booth, New Lannd Booth and 

 Wbeatl^ Carr Booth. The honor formerly indaded 

 also the forest <£ Rowland in the West RJding, but 

 this was in 1:35 sold by the then Dnke of Bocdench 

 to the late Peregrine Edward Townd^ of Towndey. 



Court ttiGs ham the 1 5th centoiy are preserred 

 at Qitheioe Castle ; there are a few others in the 

 Record 0£ce in London. .An inquiry into their 

 noicber ami rrwtXairw, itas made in 1580. In one 

 cbest were faoad rzriocs ralb &om Edward III 

 ajmni i i rd : all were daa^ e d throogh damp and 

 ooaid Boc he "rrtTtTtrnfA lauy e ilj. In another chest 

 were xKme wajKBCake coon roSs- A list of the 

 ff z'—.-r r- soBi (Heary \T1I — ^EIizih«h) u giren.** 



Tsa^ inpeaszkE ot Qkhcioe is sometimes spoken 

 f£^ bet a|!|«m o be only an ahematii<e name for 

 the wapeaakc of Kackboon, the coorts being hdd at 

 Clitheroe. 



In 1 1 % I free w^iui w-is allowed to Edmund de 

 Lacy in his deizesie lasis in Qithero^ Haslingden, 

 Padiham. Wotstoa, Chatham, Downham and 

 Brierdifc.*» 



The casde was the seat of the honor, 

 CJSTLS and was goremed by a coostaUe.** It 

 was used xs a ftixta^ and the porter had 

 certain fees assigned to him.* 



** W. Farrcr, Cutkirv Cc iZ. i, p. Ti, He 

 c:ci ia 1905 ani wu sacceeded by his 

 ■oil, the prrsenr Lord Moatagu. 



" Debcsr^re* were issued. 



*3 The czitoms oi the boQor, as re- 

 coriei in 16-3, ire prince:: in Wbitaker, 

 ffU:lri, i, 292-5. 



^ - Jsi. I, cap. 3, priTate ; 'an Act 

 Ibr the pertect creaiira and connrmalioa 

 of certain crpThold lanii in tise honor, 

 cijtic, manor or loriship of Clitlleroe, or 

 in the scTeral manors or Icrdships of 

 Wesc~ Dcrbr, j^ccrinzroo, Coine ani 

 I^hrcnhlil ia the counry cf Lannssrer-' It 

 being oh*erxe-£ thac manT- of ciie cenanLj 

 were nnT-ill^nj to comp3::2ii, it waj 

 s^i^TStei tiiir a stiicr s^irrev wonif soon 

 change their arJr-de ; Cj, S. P. Lhm, 

 1611-1S, p. A5. 



* PrJnrei in Rij.zl^ Carp. Pt^xn 

 ^Rec- S-;c. Lanes, and Oies.), ii. 



» Dnchr cf La: 

 "Tbe 



i.'^t arrears 



Special C(Kn. 2S9. 

 abo^ 15==; 



Lsmcs. £mJ Cia. JSdC (Rec Soc^ Laaca. 

 and Ches.), i, 101. 



» C*/. Ciart. R. 122^;-, p. ?>-. 

 The duTter was produced and allo-s-ei in 

 1292 ; Plac de Qm Warr. (Rec Coco.), 

 3S1. Free diase was claimed as &aai 

 time PTT TTy i r y rial . 



^ Tile names of some are grrcxi in 

 Whitaker, fFhalleyy ii, 72. The diarsa 

 for making die gieat gate of the castle in 

 1324 and a new chamber in 1425 are 

 printed Ibid. 70, 71. 



^ In 1292 complaint was made that 

 Xidbo!^ f e Wardle had been seized and 

 frnpris-cned at Oitfaeroe ; P£k. de Qaa 

 Wm-r. (Rec. Onn.), 387, 



la 1525 Wiliain de Tatham was die 

 keeper of the king's castle of Oitheroe 

 and paid die porter i^/. a daj ; Lsxa. 

 1x7. £xJ Ejcztz^ Uj 185. Farther allnji : =Ls 

 XXi the use of the czide as a prison are in 

 C«/.P^i530-4,pp.i8$,i99; 1345-8, 



p. ?-s. 



S-r \^ ir'am Atfacrtoa aikd others were 



I tke cMie i> 141; i n^ 



la 152a a nnkr of aiea vete ias- 

 priaaard thae he Lj»ae Acf nSttBi a 

 sLiitL &e kzap ^ >■ ci^eMaoB igitasi 

 the Scots; ftaiy Kaaat (Krc. Sor. Lata. 

 aad Chea.^ m, 24>. 



^Tbcsc b a Est af ike fonm m 

 Wzi-ai-rr, 0(t cii. 5, -3. Kobat tke 

 Poner ■■ txjS reajere^ to the bra 

 trelxe luiULd aiTovs jeM^ ; JL^nk uf. 

 aW Ziama, i, 213. !■ I5«« (w 150^ 

 coQtrauctmy prodaMMKaoBHi wtit ^nae 

 as to a msster of jaaml ^Taes oa WbaScy 

 Mooc^ in cocseqaeoce of wWk Joha 

 Kin^ porter 0: ^e cude, Irak pact ■■ 

 the xsacmhlj'. For this he was Ks^mameA 

 and impciaoaed br Sr Pien Lcgl^ n ike 

 indignatioa of Sir Rickari Slwckne; 

 Dmcfy PUmd. i, 14. Sir Pien k^ heea 

 appoiated auaaid of tke fcnadiid ia 

 >S05 ; D^ Cetfa't M^ rf. Appw $44. 



Rabat RiAtioa, paitei^ oaaifbMel 

 ikat ke bad ia i ;o6 beea ezpcEcd fnet 



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