BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



WHALLEY 



few of the inhabitants were assessed for land, though 

 many paid on goods. In 1524 Robert Waddington 

 was a landowner,^^ and he 

 appears again in 1543 with 

 Alice RadclifFe and John 

 Dugdale^'; in 1600 the 

 names were Robert Wad- 

 dington, William Dugdale, the 

 heirs of Nicholas Parker and 

 the heirs of Bri~an Parker.*' 

 The heir of Christopher 

 Anderton (in ward), William 

 Dugdale, Edward Colthurst, 

 Miles Baley and others are 

 named in 1626.*^ 



In the Civil War time the 

 lands of Cuthbert Tyldesley*' 



and Thomas Ryley '" were sequestered by the Par- 

 liament. The Dugdale family, from which sprang 

 the great antiquary Sir William Dugdale, deserves a 

 more particular notice.'* 



The corn-mill of the manor is mentioned in charters 

 and pleadings. "- 



Anderton of 

 Lostock. SahU three 

 thack-bolts argent^ a 

 mullet for difference. 



In 1666 there were 198 hearths liable to the tax. 

 The largest house was Mrs. Anderton's with eight 

 hearths, William Hitm' had seven, Bridget Farrer 

 six and others had five or less.'^ 



An inclosure of the wastes was made in 1786.'* 



A borough was created by Henry 

 BOROUGH de Lacy (1146-77), the liberties and 

 customs of the free burgesses of Chester 

 serving as the model.'' The chief officers are often 

 styled ' pretors ' in Latin charters.'" In 1258 there 

 were sixty original burgages each rendering 161/. 

 yearly to the lord, and six more had been made by 

 the burgesses from the waste, so that the whole rent 

 amounted to £^ 8j." The burgesses received a 

 confirmation from Henry de Lacy about 1283, 

 when the service was fixed at 10 marks a year.'* 

 The wood of Salthill was then excepted ; but this 

 wood with Parisourge and Balloclaw was allowed 

 in 1307.'^ At Henry's death in 13 11 the bur- 

 gesses paid £6 1 3/. 4a'. yearly .^<' Various con- 

 firmations were granted from time to time.** In 

 1343-62 burgages were acquired by Whalley 

 Abbey.82 



p.m. iii, no. 22. Charles RadclifFe of 

 TodmordcQ died in 1536, having a rent 

 of iSti. from a close called Thistlcridding ; 

 ibid, viii, no. 35. Henry Mawdesley of 

 Over Darwen died in 1607 holding 15 

 acres in Clitheroe of the king in socage 

 as of the manor of East Greenwich, pay- 

 ing 21. 6d. rent ; Lanes. Inq, p.m. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 85. Thomas 

 Lister of Twiston died in 1608 holding 

 Colthurst in chief by knight's service and 

 other messuages in burgage; ibid. 117. 

 William Hartley died in 1621, leaving a 

 son and heir Robert Henley, aged thirteen ; 

 also a v7idow Margaret and two daughters 

 Alice and Hester ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (ser. 

 2), cccxci, 70. James Marsden died in 

 1633 holding in Clitheroe of the king by 

 burgage ; his son and heir Hugh was 

 fifteen years of age ; Townelcy MS. 

 C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 860. John Tomlin- 

 son died the same year, his heir being a 

 brother Thurstan, aged sixty ; ibid. 1181. 



The Folds MSS. afford the following 

 rental of Clitheroe in 1617 : Robert 

 Hesketh, 26^. %d. ; Thomas Walmsley, 

 105. ; Richard Shuttleworth, i acre, \s. ; 

 Richard Greenacres, 105. 6d. ; Richard 

 Dawson, ys. 6d. 5 John Charleton, is. 



Thomas Clark of Clitheroe in 163 1 

 compounded for having refused knight- 

 hood ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 216. 



*5 Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 130, no. 82, 



66 Ibid. no. 125. 



fi^ Ibid. bdle. 131, no. 274 



^ Ibid. no. 317. 



«* Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3205 ; he 

 forfeited a messuage in Clitheroe Castle, 

 sold to Thomas Parker in 1654. 



^° Ibid, ii, 1211. He compounded in 

 1646 by a fine of ^50 ; he admitted 

 having worn a sword ' for defence against 

 the fury of soldiers on either side,* 



^1 The surname occurs frequently in 

 the court rolls of the neighbourhood ; see 

 Farrer, Clitheroe Cu R. 



In 1343 it was alleged that Richard de 

 Greenacres had taken /^od. by extortion 

 from Richard son of Richard Dugdale of 

 Clitheroe ; Assize R. 430, m. 23. 



In 1363 John de Dinelay claimed land 

 in Clitheroe against John Dugdale ; De 

 Banco R. 414, m. 100. 



Henry Dugdale in 1569 purchased land 



and fishery from Edmund Colthurst and 

 Eleanor his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 31, m. 115. Next year he was 

 involved in disputes with Thomas Colt- 

 hurst respecting the Woorowe fishery ; 

 Ducatus Lane, ii, 381, 390. Dugdale sold 

 to John Braddyll in 1577 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 39, m. 31. Nicholas 

 Dugdale and Richard his brother occur in 

 1587 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 261, m. 13. 

 Giles Dugdale in 1596 purchased a mes- 

 suage from Richard Greenacres ; Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F, bdle. 59, m. 165. 



Edmund Dugdale died in 1588 holding 

 four burgages. Sec, of the queen in free 

 burgage as of her borough of Clitheroe, 

 paying 55. ^d. rent. His heirs were two 

 daughters, Janet (aged twenty- seven) wife 

 of William Dugdale and Elizabeth (aged 

 fifteen) ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, 

 no. 21. William Dugdale purchased a 

 burgage from Thomas Talbot in 1593 \ 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 55, m. 45. 

 Family disputes are noticed in Ducatus 

 Lane, iii, 371. In i6oo Thomas Mercer 

 claimed land in Marketgate against John 

 Dugdale 5 ibid. 442, 426. 



James Dugdale of Clitheroe is stated to 

 have had a son John (1552— 1624), who 

 sold what he had in Lancashire and re- 

 moved from the county. His son the 

 famous William (1605-86) was born at 

 Shustoke, published his Warivickshire in 

 1656, M-onastieon 1655-72, Baronage 

 1675-6, and other works. See Life by 

 Canon Raines prefixed to the Visitation of 

 the county in 1664-5 (Chet. Soc). 



''2 The king granted the mill to Henry 

 Felongley for life in 1413 ; Duchy af 

 Lane. Misc. Bks. xvi, 79 (pt. ii). In 

 1482 it was stated that John Talbot of 

 Salesbury had made a new mill at 

 Clitheroe, so that the king's mill there 

 stood unoccupied; ibid, xix, 107 d. In 

 1557 Henry Colthurst, farmer of the 

 mill, complained that various tenants had 

 refused to grind their corn there ; Whit- 

 aker, op. cit. ii, 78. There were further 

 disputes in 1594-5 j Ducatus Lane. (Rec. 

 Com.), iii, 321, 329. See also Lanes, and 

 Ches. Rec. ii, 267. 



'^^ Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle, 250, no. 9, 



^* Lanes, and Ches. Antiq, Soc. vi, 123 ; 

 with respect to 300 acres. In 1553-4 

 the queen issued a commission to inquire 



into encroachment! ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 

 139. 



^^ This appears from the confirming 

 charter, c. 1283 ; Harland, Clitheroe Chart. 

 6, The Chester liberties are recited ibid. 



It does not appear that a burgage had 

 any fixed amount of land appurtenant, 

 for in 1334 a burgage, seven ridges and 

 meadow in Greenlache were transferred, 

 and in 1447 a burgage with a croft, 2 

 acres of arable land and 2 acres of meadow; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 6y6y 921. 



''* The number seems to have varied 

 from two to six ; see Towneley MS. 

 DD, no. 3030, 2095, 2098. John the 

 clerk and Robert son of Ralph, the pretors, 

 attested a grant of land in the town fields 

 made by Walter son of Emma to Richard 

 son of Karnwath ; ibid. no. 2000, 2006. 

 In another charter the same officers are 

 called reeves; ibid. no. 11 00. William 

 son of Henry and William Tailor were 

 bailifFa in 1324-5 ; ibid, no. 1083, 



'^ Lanes, Inq, and Extents, i, 213. The 

 names of twenty-six of the burgesses, act- 

 ing for the whole, are recited in a charter 

 (c. 1287) preserved by Towneley; Add. 

 MS. 32104, fol. 143. A drawing of the 

 borough seal is appended, showing a castle 

 with three towers and the legend 's. 



COMVNITAT. BVRGENSIVM DE CLIDERHOV.' 



'8 Harland, op. cit. 6, 7. The carl 

 also granted to the burgesses the farm of 

 the viU and the pleas of the court there 

 with issues pertaining thereto, saving 

 assaults by the burgesses upon the officers 

 and household of the earl. 



^^ Ibid. 13 ; Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 75. 

 Turbary in Pendle was allowed in lieu of 

 that in Bashall, granted by the former 

 charter. 



Common of pasture on the waste in 

 respect of a burgage was in dispute about 

 1590; Lanes, and Ches. Rec, (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 273-4, 287. 



^^ Lanes. Inq, and Extents, ii, 3. 



81 By Edw. Ill in 1346; Duchy of 

 Lane. Misc. Bks. xxv, 25 d. ; Cal. Pat. 

 1345-8, p, 124. By Hen. V in 141 3-14; 

 Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 74n. By Hen. VIII 

 in 1542 and by Jas. I in 1604 ; ibid. 



82 Inquiries as to whether or not it 

 would be to the king*s loss for the monks 

 to acquire the burgages, &c., in mortmain, 



367 



