BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



WHALLEY 



and some grants of the mill have been recorded.' 

 In the reign of Elizabeth the manor consisted of 

 365 acres of copyhold land divided into oxgang 

 land, virhich then paid an ' ancient rent ' of \d. an 

 acre, rood or assart land ^d., and hall demesne \s? 



In the 1 5th century the RadclifFes of Winmarleigh 

 held some land here,'" probably by inheritance from 

 Heriz. In the middle of the 1 6th century and later 

 the tenants had many disputes with their neighbours 

 as to trespass on pasture called Chatburn Score or 

 Champion " and on Downham Green." Christopher 

 Dugdale of Chatburn in 1 63 1 compounded for not 

 taking knighthood." 



The services for a tenement in Chatburn in 1566 

 included one day's mowing, one day's ' shearing,' and 

 two hens, with conveyance of eight horse-loads of 

 sea-coal in the name of boons yearly ; the tenant 

 was also to pay all taxes and ' gald ' due to the 

 Church and the queen." 



The chapel of St. Martin at Chatburn appears to 

 have been built about 1520 ; it had 3 acres of land 

 and a house called ' Goysboytbutts.' How it was 

 served is unknown ; probably the alms of the people 

 paid a chaplain." After the Reformation this would 

 cease. There was no oblig.ition to maintain it, and 

 there were no clergy to serve it, yet the building 

 remained till the time of the Commonwealth, when it 

 was destroyed by the steward of the manor, the lands 

 being sold.'' It is not named in the survey of 1650. 



There was then no place of worship within the town- 

 ship until 1838, when in connexion with the Church 

 of England Christ Church was built. It was rebuilt in 

 1883. The patronage is vested in Hulme's Trustees." 



A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was erected in 1883. 



WORSTON 



Wrtheston, 1241 ; Wrthiston, 1258 ; Wurtheston, 

 Wurston, 1 30 1-2. 



This township occupies part of the north-western 

 slope of Pendle Hill, the altitudes varying from about 

 350 ft. to 1,650 ft. above sea level; and on the 

 northern boundary there rises another hill to a 

 height of 725 ft. The hamlet of Worston is near 

 the western end ; Angram Green lies to the south- 

 east, and Worsaw End to the north-east. With an 

 area of 1,090 acres there was in 1 901 a population 

 of 95. 



Through Worston hamlet passes a road from Chat- 

 burn to Whalley. The land is mostly in pasture. 

 The soil is clay, overlying rock. 



There is a parish meeting. 



In 1584 it was presented at the wapentake court 

 that there were no stocks at Worston. 



The hearth tax return of 1666 shows that there 

 were thirty-two hearths liable ; there were four houses 

 having as many as three hearths.' 



Like Chatburn IVORSTON was part of 

 MANOR the demesne of the honor of Clitheroe, 

 and the halmote courts were held together 

 for Pendleton, Worston and Chatburn." The town- 

 ship was assessed as two plough-lands,' and at one time 

 more than half seems to have been in the hands of 

 free tenants. In 1 241 John de Lacy had rents of 

 33^. 3a'., a pair of gloves, and two harriers' collars from 

 Worston* ; and the details given in 1258 show that 

 Sir Robert de Chester held one plough-land render- 

 ing the pair of gloves, Wyot (or Guy) de Worston 

 held half an oxgang of land rendering the two 

 collars, and one Thomas held an oxgang paying 

 1 8</. ; the rest (6 oxgangs) was held by seven 

 other men, who paid 35;. 6d. in all.^ Sir Robert's 

 moiety probably reverted to the lord at his death, 

 for in 1 3 1 1 Henry de Lacy held 1 3 oxgangs of 

 lands in demesne, each oxgang rendering zs. a 

 year, while eight free tenants, including Adam 

 son of Wyot and Hugh son of Thomas, held 7 

 oxgangs of land and 1 8 acres ; the total value 



Christopher Dugdcn or Dugdale and 

 John Ruskin were the tenants of 

 Whalley about 1537 ; Whalley Couch. 

 iv, 1214. 



For inclosures of the moor in the time 

 of James I see Lanes, and Ches. Rec. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 279. 



® The custody of the water-mill was in 

 1401 leased to John Kendal at zSs. %d. 

 yearly ; Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 530. 

 The lease was renewed at a higher rent 

 in 141 5; Towneley MS. CC, no. 467. 

 Robert Shakerley had the lease in 1465 

 at 261. id. rent, and later the inhabitants, 

 or some of the more responsible, took it ; 

 Farrer, op. cit. 66. In 1529 certain 

 tenants took oath to make a sufficient 

 measure called a 'multure dish' to 

 regulate the tolls levied ; ibid. 89. The 

 miller's exactions were complained of in 

 1560 ; ibid. 196. See also Pat. 7 Jas. I, 

 pt. xi. Suit to the mill was in dispute 

 in 1579 and the toll later; Ducatus Lane. 

 (Rec. Com.), iii, 79 ; Lanes, and Ches. 

 Rec. ii, 268. 



9 Whitaker, Whalley, ii, 117. 



>" Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 

 103 ; land and meadow and Chatburn 

 Wood, held of the king as Earl of 

 Lincoln in socage. In 1500 the rent 

 was stated as lid. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iii, no. 75. 



" Ducatus Lane, i, 240 ; ii, 133 (plan), 

 tec. 



^^ Ibid, ii, 210, &c. ; see the account 

 of Downham. Other disputes concerned 

 Laghez Oxgang (ii, 145), right of way 

 through a close called Opchey (ii, 278), 

 Saltisflat (ii, 338), Chatburn HoUins (iii, 

 166), Middlcwood and Watercroft (iii, 

 272). 



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

 i, 216. 



" Farrer, Clitheroe Ct. R. i, 213. 



^^ Ibid. 72, 68. It is mentioned in 

 the accounts of Whalley Abbey down to 

 the Suppression ; Whitaker, Whalley, i, 

 116. 



In 1533 land in Chatburn was given 

 to Sawley Abbey for the maintenance of 

 the Jesus Mass there ; Farrer, op. cit. 

 100. 



'* Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 1 1 7. An 

 inquiry into the chapel lands was made 

 in 1579; Duchy of Lane. Special Com. 

 285. 



•' A district was formed for it in 1843 ; 

 Land. Gaz. 3 Jan, 



1 Lay Subs. Lanes, bdlc. 250, no. 9. 



* For the printed rolls see the note in 

 Chatburn. There is little of interest in 

 the Worston entries. The township was 

 fined for detention in 1324 ; Lanes. Ct. R. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 25. In 1 544 

 various persons were fined for having 

 built houses on their land at Worsaw and 

 trespassed with their cattle on the west 

 side of the moor contrary to ancient 



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custom ; Farrer, Clitheroe Ct. R. i, 141. 

 A number of place-names can be collected, 

 including Quatcroft, Holme, Hall Ing, 

 Anggrome, Sholebroddes, and Trough of 

 Hawoodhall. 



'^ Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 216. 



Mbid. 156. 



* Ibid. 216-17. Wyot's half oxgang 

 should have been called a whole one. 

 The charter granting it is recorded in 

 Harl. MS. 2077. By it John de Lacy 

 granted to Guy son of Thomas de 

 Chorlton i oxgang of land in the vill of 

 Worston with a toft and assarted land 

 which the reeve had formerly held. The 

 rent was to be two collars for harriers at 

 the feast of St. Oswald. This deed was 

 in the keeping of Richard Johnson in 

 1659. Ido (Wido) de Worston gave to 

 his son Adam all his land in Worston ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 420. It seems 

 to have been held by Robert Dicconson in 

 1419 ; ibid. no. 421. Whitaker saw the 

 charters to Guy and his son and states : 

 * They are contained in a small box 

 apparently coeval with the older (and) are 

 accompanied by two dog-collars which 

 have evidently not been used * ; Whalleyy 

 ii, 1 16. 



It is not stated whether the * seven 

 other men of the vill ' were free tenants 

 or not ; if they were the whole of the 

 township was then held freely. 



