A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Wivers was the manor-house of the Dinelays of 

 Downham.59 HORROCKSFORD, part of the Talbot 

 inheritance, was in the 1 6th century the residence of 

 a family named Parker,^*^ said to be the source of the 

 Parkers of Browsholme ; it was sold in 1618 to 



Christopher Anderton of Lostock," and continued to 

 be held by his descendants for a century or more.*^- 

 Afterwards It was acquired by the Curzons, and sold 

 by Earl Howe to — Ashton.^^ \'arious other estates 

 occur in the records.^^ The Subsidy Rolls show that 



by inheritance, and secured an acknow- 

 ledgement of his right ; Final Cone, i, 59. 



Amice widow of Richard son of Alan 

 de Clitheroe in 1280 claimed dower 

 against Jordan de Clitheroe, Alan son of 

 Hugh de Clitheroe and others ; De Banco 

 R. 34, m. 17 d. 



In 1292 William de Kighley and Emma 

 his wife (widow of Adam de Baudri) 

 claimed dower in Clitheroe against Alan 

 son of Hugh de Clitheroe, Alexander de 

 Clitheroe, Alice his wife and others 5 

 Assize R. 408, m. 48 d., 61 d. Roger son 

 of Alan son of Hugh in 1319—20 gave a 

 toft in Maluaysegate, &c., to Richard son 

 of Thomas dc Standen 5 DD, no. 1088. 

 In 1336 John son of Alexander de 

 Clitheroe made a settlement of eight 

 messuages, &c., the remainders being to 

 his son John, to Thomas son of William 

 son of Henry de Clitheroe and Emma 

 his wife and to John son of Robert brother 

 of Alexander ; Final Cone, ii, 195. 



Jordan son of Jordan son of Bubaod 

 gave to Alexander the Clerk son of Hugh 

 the Chaplain of Clitheroe a croft between 

 the stune bridge and the •wacellum which 

 was called Mukedclandcs syke ; DD, 

 no. 2095. Robert son of Richard the 

 Receiver gave an oxgang of land, with 

 various services, to Jordan son of Adam ; 

 ibid. no. 2121. To this Jordan Henry 

 de Middleton gave the meadow in Clitheroe 

 fields pertaining to an oxgang of land at 

 \d. rent ; ibid. no. 1232. 



Annota daughter of Ralph son of 

 Jordan dc Clitheroe was in 1292 non- 

 suited in her claim against her father ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 5 d. Thomas dc 

 Bradehurst also was non-suited in a claim 

 against Jordan son of Peter dc Clitheroe; 

 ibid. m. 48 d. The same Jordan was 

 among the defendants to a claim for a 

 messuage and toft successfully made by 

 Maud daughter of Robert son of Richard 

 dc Skipton j ibid. m. 28. 



An acre in Clitheroe was Jn dispute in 

 1287 between Robert son of Henry son 

 of Paulin and his brother William ; De 

 Banco R. 67, m. 57. Agnts and Eliza- 

 beth, Robert's daughters, were defendants 

 in 1303 — when ' PauUn's son' had been 

 abbreviated to * Pawesson ' — to a claim by 

 Maud daughter of Ralph son of Ralph 

 Peytevin and Isabel his wife; ibid. 145, 

 m. 49 d. ; 201, m. 38. 



John son of William de Clitheroe was 

 one of the defendants to a claim put for- 

 ward in 1334 by Hugh dc Whalley and 

 Agnes his wife. It was shown that Hugh 

 had granted the messuage in dispute to 

 Richard dc Morley in 1316 ; Coram 

 Regc R. 297, m. 125 d. 



*3 Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 79. For an 

 account of the family see Downham 

 Manor. To John de Dinelay Robert son 

 of Adam gave the land in Salthill apper- 

 taining to the grantor's 4^ burgages in 

 Clitheroe at a rent of 1^. ; DD, no. 

 1075. In 1313-14 Adam de Dinelay 

 gave lands in Clitheroe and other places 

 to his son John and Margaret his wife ; 

 ibid. no. 1205. In 1340 Cecily de 

 Dinelay obtained two messuages and 

 7 acres of land in Clitheroe against John 

 Douenay and Agnes his wife ; Final Cone, 

 ii, 113. These messuages were in dis- 



pute in 1 346 ; De Banco R. 349, m. 145. 

 John de Dinelay In 1357 recovered a free 

 tenement in Clitheroe against William 

 Nowell, Margaret his wife, John de 

 Grcenacres, Maud his wife and others ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 6, m. 8 d. 



Richard de Dinelay of Downham died 

 in 1369 holding of the Duke of Lan- 

 caster in socage six messuages in Clitheroe, 

 each with a burgage, 72 acres of land 

 and 5^ acres of meadow ; Inq. p.m. 43 

 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 32. Sec also Lanes, 

 Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 121. Richard 

 Dinelay died in 151 1 holding two mes- 

 suages there ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 iv, no. 5. 



^ Whitaker, loc. cit. Horrockaford 

 (Hurrocford) is named about 1330 in a 

 lease by Adam son of Hugh de Clitheroe 

 to Robert de Clitheroe, clerk ; Assize R. 

 1404, m. 25, The j is of late introduc- 

 tion. 



Among lands of John Hoghton of 

 Little Pendleton in 1515 was a tenement 

 in Bradford in Bowland called Horrocks- 

 ford in the occupation of Giles Parker ; 

 Towncley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 

 H 4.U. 



Giles Parker of Edisford obtained 

 leases of Horrocksford from the Talbots 

 in 1542 and 1546 ; his mother Elizabeth 

 was the occupier in the former year ; 

 Anderton D, (Mr. C. J. Stonor). In 

 1566 he purchased the messuage, &c., 

 from John Talbot and Mary his wife ; 

 ibid. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, 

 m. 73. In 1589 he purchased another 

 from James Aughton ; ibid. bdlc. 51, 

 m. 4^. Hardhill was part of the Parkers' 

 estate ; Pal. of Lane. Writs of Assize, 

 37 Hen. VIIL 



Clavcrell Hey had in 1552 been in 

 dispute between Giles Parker and Thomas 

 Aughton ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 

 118. James Aughton in 1582 claimed 

 land in Clitheroe against Thomas 

 Walmsley, putting forward the following 

 pedigree : Thomas Aughton — s. Thomas 

 -8, John -8. James, plaintiff; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 251, m. i6d. ; Ducatui 

 Lane, iii, 91. 



Nicholas son and heir-apparent of Giles 

 Parker had land in Chatburn in 1558 ; 

 Farrer, Clith. Ct. R. 190. He had a «on 

 Giles who matriculated at Oxford in 

 1599 ; Foster, Alumni. 



In 1606 the Parkers seem to have sold 

 part of their estate in Clitheroe, Giles 

 Parker of Horrocksford, Anne his wife, 

 Giles Parker of Chiterick and Richard 

 his brother being concerned ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 297, m. 8 d. 



®^ Lanes. Inf. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 163 ; the tenure was un- 

 known. On the marriage of Christopher 

 son of Christopher Anderton withAlcthea 

 Smith in 1638 Horrocksford was assigned 

 as dower. She being a recusant had two- 

 thirds sequestered under the Common- 

 wealth, and as a widow in 1653 asked 

 leave to compound ; Royalist Comp. Papers 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 40, 52. 



*^ As the * manor of Horrocksford' it 

 was held by Francis Anderton of Lostock 

 in 1715 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 500, 

 m. 2 d. There is a rental among the 

 Forfeited Estate Papers. 



•^ Baines, Lanes, (cd. 1870), ii, 16. 



*^ Roger de Lacy in the time of King 

 John gave William son of Fuik, his 

 marshal, all his demesne land in Clitheroe 

 between Brook Street and Monkgate, Scc.\ 

 ICuerden fol. MS. 231. 



Walter dc Waddington gave an oxgang 

 of land in Clitheroe and a culture called 

 Hortcaholc to his son Ellis at the rent of 

 a pair of white gloves ; DD, no. 2080. 

 Isabel widow of Henry son of Walter de 

 Waddington in 1322 claimed land in 

 Clitheroe against Robert de Rishton ; De 

 Banco R. 244, m. 112. 



Thomas Waddington purchased a mes- 

 suage from Edmond Colthurst in 1569; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F, bdlc. 31, m. 

 107. Robert Waddington and Isabel his 

 wife sold land to Giles Dugdale in i 594 ; 

 ibid. bdle. 56, m. 103. 



Robert son of Hugh (formerly reeve) of 

 Clitheroe gave land, &c., in Wolvct- 

 scholcs to William de Grimehaw j Kuer- 

 den MSS. iii, C 27. Richard Hare granted 

 Richard dc Morley and Elizabeth his wile 

 a tenement in Wolvetscholcs ; Towneley 

 MS. C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), H327. Alice 

 widow of Robert dc Shircburne in 1342 

 gave to John son of Adam del Clough 

 WolferichscalcB in Edisford in the vill of 

 Clitheroe ; ibid. S 246. Sec also Whalley 

 Couch, iv, 1 110-19. 



Many of tlic neighbouring landowners 

 liad burgages, messuages, &c., in Clitheroe, 

 the following appearing in the inquisi- 

 tions ; Shircburne of Stonyhurst, 1441 

 and later, two biirgagcft held in socage ; 

 Grcenacres of Worston, 1398 and later, 

 burgages; Talbot of Bashall, 1500 on- 

 \\ard, two burgages in burgage; Whit- 

 acres of Henthorn, Dodgson of Hmihorn, 

 Nowell of Little Mcarley, Morley of 

 Great Mearley, Hoghton of Pcndkton, 

 Walmsley of Showley and Aspinall of 

 Over Standen. There is nothing note- 

 worthy about the tenures. 



With regard to the Dodgson holding it 

 may be added that John Talbot of 

 Salcsbury and Anne his wife in 1475 

 granted a burgage adjoining the fabriea 

 of Clitheroe to John Dodgson ; DD, 

 no. 1056. 



The Clitheroe Court Roll of 1584 

 states that Thomas Walmsley of Showley 

 had died holding a close called Orchard 

 Ing or Aighton Ing, and that his son and 

 heir Thomas transferred the same to his 

 brother John Walmsley of Gray's Inn. 

 The roll of 1587 records that Thomas 

 Robinson deceased had held an acre of 

 'wapentake land' called Harryse Akcr, 

 and that his heirs were daughters Eliza- 

 beth and Alice, aged seven and four 

 respectively. The roll for 1583 shows 

 that the services due from 4 acres called 

 Salthill Flat were it/, rent, a day's 'shear- 

 ing,' a day's mowing, a day's leading of 

 turves, and a day's leading of coals. 



Roger Nowell died In 1507 holding the 

 moiety of two messuages, &c., by knight's 

 service and x%d. rent. His wife was 

 named Elizabeth and he left two daughters 

 Grace and Anne, aged six and four re- 

 spectively. The other moiety, held by 

 the same services, had been the right of 

 Sibyl (dead) wife of Thomas Holden and 

 mother of James ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 



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