A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



part of the abbeys e^vSte," and it appears to ha\ e 

 been sold by Rich.ird Crombock (or his trustees) to 

 Sir Nicholas Shlreburne in 1 709.'^ The whole 

 manor was thus reunited, and descended in the 

 same way as Stonyhurst to the Weld?.** By Thomas 

 Weld it was sold in 1830 to Robert Whalley of 

 Clerk Hill.'* 



The free chase of Wiswell was included in the 

 grant to Whalley by Sir Thomas de Arderne.*® 



A perambulation of the bounds between \\'i5well 

 and Pendleton was made in I ^42." 



On the division of the wartes of Pendleton and 

 Wiswell in 1619 an allowance of 50 acres was made 

 to Richard Shlreburne out of favour to him and the 

 commoners of Wiswell, because of long usage." An 

 inclosure award for Wiswell was made in 1790." 



A number of the minor tenements can be traced. 

 Swain son of Leofivine gave an oxgang of land to 

 Henry son of Suain de Wiswell — i.e. to his son," and 

 Henry gave the same to Henrj' de Clayton." Henr)" 

 son of Henry de Clayton had 6 oxgangs of land in 

 Wi.^selI." Families named Wl^well,^ Blackburn^ 

 and Banastre" appear later. James Mir^hiU died in 



14S3 holding lands in Wiswell, apparently in right 

 of Grace his wife, of the king as duke by knight's 

 service.'^ Thomas Hesketh acquired the same in 

 1^05," but Sir Thomas Hesketh and Alice his wife 

 sold in 1555 to Anthony Watson and Thurstan 

 Mawdsley." VValmesIey of Coldcoats *' and Banasirc 

 of Altham" also had lands in Wiswell. 



One of the most noteworthy families connected 

 with the township is that of Paslew, as it is believed 

 the last Abbot of Whalley sprang from it." Francis 

 Paslew of Wiswell was a Shireburne trustee in 1422 " 

 and occurs again in 1438-9." A later Francis and 

 his wife Alice gave a window to Whalley Church in 

 1510.*^ Thomas Paslew contributed to the subsidy 

 in 1524.** Fifty years later John Paslew claimed a 

 grange in Wiswell against Roger Nowell." Francis 

 Pa>lew or Pasley in 1589 obtained a lease of Wiswell 

 Hall from Sir Richard Shireburne," and purchased it 

 in 1630*"; in 1631 he compounded for having 

 refused knighthood.** He died in 1641," and was 

 succeeded by a son John or by John's daughter Alice, 

 who married Richard Townley of Barnside and died 

 without issue in 1644. Her aunt Elizabeth daughter 



1593 holding the third part of the man>', 

 varioui messuigcs, tScc, of the queen aa of 

 her manor of Eait Greenwich in socage \ 

 Duchy of Lane. In j. p.m. ivi, no. 40. 

 His son Willi. im, then fifty-six, held 

 similarly In 1601 j ibid, xviii, no. 39. 

 So aUo did his son John Cr>Hnbock of 

 SneUoe (or CUrk Hill} in 1617 j Lanci. 

 In f. p.m. (R c. Soc Lanci. and Chcs.), ii, 

 60-2. He .c'.t ft »nn and heir Richarl, 

 aged icven. Richard was living in i'>'j4, 

 when he recorded a pedigree, having then 

 J son William, aged twenty-Bcvcn ; Dug- 

 dale, rhit. (Chet. Sue), 89. 



John Crctmbotk, Klizabcth his wi!c, 

 William his son and Thomasine his wite 

 made a settlement of lands, &c., in Wis- 

 well in 1584 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdlc. 4''>, m. S2. 



•' Perhaps a gra.it of lands, &c., and 

 a rent called 'w^rks eilver,' made 

 (? to Cromblcholme) in 15441 P^^- 3^ 

 Hen. VIH, pt. xxvii. 



^ Shircbarnc Abstract Bk. ; this also 

 contains n- !c' of the draft of articles nt 

 marriage in 1681 for Richard son and 

 heir-apparent of Wil :am Crombock and 

 Clement dvjghter of Dr. Scth Bushel!, 

 vicar of Lancaster. 



'* It is named in Sh e urne and Weld 

 settlements, i , down to iS^-j Com. 

 Pleas Rccov. R. Trin. 8 Geo. IV, m. 5 

 (Joseph and Edward Weld). 



*' It was not afterwards sold to the 

 Duke of Buccleuch as stated in Baine^, 

 Lanes, [cd. I!^7c), li, 2^. 



^ If'halUy Couch, iv, ig86. 



» Printed in Whit.iker, fFhuHey^ ii, 

 32 a. ^ Baincs, loc. cit. 



*' L.TCS. and CAes. Re. (Rec. Soc, 

 Lanes, and Chet.), i, 56 j the award is 

 at Lancaster. 



^J Towneley MS. RR, no. 553 ; Henry 

 rector of Blackburn and Gilbert his son 

 were witnesses. ^ Ib.d. no. 552. 



'^ Ibid. no. 551. The three deeds 

 were in the possession of Mr. Grimshaw 

 of Clayton in 1659. 



" Adam son of Gilbert de Wiswell 

 gave Ellis his brother haJf an oigang of 

 land there at 6J. rent ; Shireburne Ab- 

 s:rac: Bk. Robert Cortes of W. swell, who 

 had had lands there with £mot his wife, 

 daughter of Robert son of Richard de 

 WisweV, in 1316-17 granted the earae to 



his son Wriiani, who had married Agnes 

 daughter of Renald de Whalley ; ibid. 



Adam son of Richard de Wiswell in 

 t ; ",4 claimed against Cecily and Mnr^ery 

 daughters of Henry son of Richard de 

 Wi'well ; Assize R. 1417, m. 7 d. 



'In I 36S Richard de ,'tlackburn ob- 

 tained a messuage and an 'Xj mg of land 

 in Wiswell from John de dr^ra-.e and 

 Cccilv his wife i i-inai Ccnc. ii, i ■■4. 



I hn Blackburn, chaplain, as trustee of 

 Wi.iam Blj-kbum, in 14.37-8 gave to 

 William's «on Richard lan-^l in Wiswell j 

 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 227. 



Richard Blackburn ai.d Elizabeth his 

 w fc in l4^^ hid lanls settled on ihcni, 

 also the reversion of what 1 - ni, Ritliard's 

 mohcr, held as dower; Duci.v of Lane. 

 Anct. D. (P.R.O.), L 10;;. 



^' Chris npher Banastrc acquired land 

 in 14^4 or 1441 ; ^/^d/ Cowf. iii, 99, 108. 

 W'^liam Banastrc appears in 1505 ; ibid. 

 156. Robert Craven in i';59 furchasel 

 Imd near Cr'-ok.icrc, &c., fiom Wilfrid 

 Banastre ; Pal. of Lane Feet of F. 

 bdle. 21, ra. 77. Other sales by Wilfrid 

 are recorded ; ibid, bdic, 22, m. yt:,, 84. 



*' Lira. Inp p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 119. 

 Richard their son and heir was twenty- 

 three years of age. 



^'* hf.al C r.^. in, 156. Thedeforcid.its 

 were William Banastre and Grace his 

 wife — ob. ir.usly the Grace Mar. hall of 

 1483 — William Marshall and Richard his 

 son and heir. The estate of six messuages, 

 &c., was to be Grace's for life. 



The tenure was unknown at Thomas 

 Hc'keth's death in 1523 and later j 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. t6 ; vii, 

 no. 14. 



^ PaU of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 16, 

 m. 10", I 22. 



Anthony Watson died in 15C8 holding 

 part of his estate in Wiswell and Wiswell 

 Eaves of Sir PJchard Shireburne in scc-i^e, 

 paying izd. rent, and part of the queen 

 in chief by knight's service ; Duchy of 

 Lane Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 36. His eon 

 Thomas held similarly in 1579 ; ihid. liv, 

 no. 28. Thomas's ion Anthony Watson, 

 described as of Killington Hall in West- 

 morland, sold his lands in Wiswell to Sir 

 Richard Shireburne in 1589; Shrebume 

 Abstract Bk. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle, 51, m. 35. 



398 



Thurstan M.iw !e>le\' and Kathcrinc his 

 wife in 1568 sold a messuage to John 

 Braddyll j ibid. bdle. 30, m. 143. Brad- 

 dyll had acquired part of the abbey e«tutc 

 from Richard Cromblcholme of Duttonin 

 I 544 J Pal. of Lane. Plea R, i -g, ni. i 2 d. 

 Also another part directly from t lie Crown 

 in 1 ^45 ; Pat. 37 Hen. VIII, pt. iv. In 

 ii;78 he was stated to hold his land in 

 Wiswell of Sir Richard Shireburne in 

 socage by a rent of izJ. (cf. Watson, 

 above) ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, 

 no. 85. 



Edward Braddyll and John his son and 

 heir seem to have sold their land in 

 Wiswell in 1596, the purchasers being 

 William Grenevile or Greenfield and 

 others j Pal. of Lane. Feet of F, bdle. 59, 

 m. 134. 



William Greenvilc died in that year 

 holding a capital messuage in Wiswell 

 Eaves of Richard Shireburne in socage by 

 12^. rent, and a barn of the queen as of 

 her duchy by the three-hundredth part of a 

 knight's fee. His heir was a nephew 

 Thomas (son of Gilbert) Greenfield, aged 

 seventeen ; Lanci. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 36. The change o\ 

 spelling is noteworthy. 



*i Ibid, i, 222 ; held partly of the king 

 as of his manor of East Greenwich by 21. 

 rent, and partly of Richard Shireburne by 

 3</. rent. 



^2 Ibid, i, 236 J held of the king in 

 socage. 



^^ There is a Paslew pedigree in Brad- 

 ford Antiq. July 1908. The surname 

 often occurs in the Clitheroe Ct, Rollt. 



•** Dunkcnhalgh D. 



*^ Shireburne Abstract Bk. at Lea- 

 gram. 



*" Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 13. 



*'' Lay Subs. L.jncs. bdle. 130, no. 82. 



*8 Ducatus Lane, (Rec. Com.), iii, 



^* Shireburne Abstract Bk, 



"I Old. 



*' Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Che..;, 

 i, 217. 



^^ The be part .ulars arc due to Dr. 

 J. A. Laycock of Sabdcn, who gives the 

 descent thus : Francis Paslew (dead in 

 1515) D. Thomas, d. I 551 -(.Francis 



8. John, d. 1617 - s. Francis (1559- 

 1641) - s. John da. Alice. 



