A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



confirmcJ by Roger de La.v, then lord of Clitheroe,'" 

 and the monks held Cliviger till 1287, wl-cn they 

 again surrendered it to the chief lord. Henry de 

 Lacv promised them a certain rent in lieu of it, 

 and in 1294 he obtained the king's charter of free 

 w.irren in his demesr.e lands in Cliviger." The 

 accounts of 1296 show receipts of over £15 from 

 this place." In I 3 1 1 Henrj- de Lacy held in Cliviger 

 80 acres demised to tenants at will at the usual rent 

 of 4<2'. an acre, and a water-mill worth 20/. a year. 

 The agistment of beasts on the common pasture was 

 worth \s. There were thirty-three free tenants, 

 paying in all ^8 l<)s. 3|i." The net sum received 

 in 1323 was £13 I ~-'. l\d}^ 



The Abbots of Kirkstall had made grants from time 

 to t^me," and Henry de Lacy ratified or added to 

 these grants; in 1292 he gave to Gilbert son of 

 Michael de la L-gh the lands lately belonging to 

 Adam de Hargreaves," and in 1302 he added other 

 of Adam's lands and those of Ellis de Brownbirks, 

 6s. iiJ. to be paid yearl)." In 1302 also he gave to 

 William de Middlemore and M.ir^ery his wife the 

 lands lately held of the Abbot of Kirkstall by Robert 

 del Holme, at a rent of 5/. 6.^." In 131 I the free 

 tenants held 598 .acres, the largest holding being that 

 of the above-named Gilbert de Legh, ancestor of the 

 Tu.Mieey famih.who had 140 acres and rendered 

 46;. I I J. yearly. The complete list is" : — 



Dyke del Birches . 

 Dykesonof.Mocockde Brerecrolt 

 A Jam del Bridge 

 Rich.ird de ColneknoU 



*° Kirhlall Cou£h. 199. Roger de Lacy 

 also released his right to the tree rent, for 

 the benefit of infirm secular persons 

 relieved by the monks; ibid, 193. In l 258, 

 however, it was found that Cliviger ren- 

 dered l8i. a vcar to the lord; Land. In^. and 

 £"jr;-nrt (Rec Soc Lanes, and Ches.), i, 217. 



** M. t. (Thoreiby Soc), iv, 196-203. 

 The house was overwhelmed with debt 

 and Henry de Lacy took back Clivijcr, 

 Accrington and other lands which had 

 not been very profitable to the monks 

 and ga\c them a fixed annual rent of 

 50 marks instead. The charters are 

 printed in \\'i.itakcr, op. cit. ii, 200. An 

 inquiry as to the abbot's right was made 

 in I ;22 ; Lancu h.-j. and A.r.VT.'j, ii, 44. 



" Charter R. 87 {22 EJw. I;, m. 11, 

 no. 2 ;. 



" /). Ucy C-jr.fAi (Chct. Soc), 12. 

 Free tenants (unnamcd\ holding by 

 charter, paid ^^6 1 31. 8^. ; the farm of 

 cottars and assarted lands was ^^4 6j. \d.\ 

 0.i\cr de Stansfield paid (yd, for charter 

 lands in Cliviger and Burnley ; perpcr, 

 spiir and glove rents came to 11. 3^. 

 The mill paid £\ 12:. Feudal lue?, 

 inclujing profits of the courts, agistment 

 of the pastures, relief, &c., yielded 9^. S^i. 

 Of this 3j'. came from sea coal sold there. 

 The total was £\^ 31. 4W., but 31. dd. 

 was spent on repairing the mill ; ibid. 1 ;. 



The receipts in 1305 were about ioj. 

 less, the mill producing oalv fz 14;. A 

 new source of income was an iron mine, 

 61. %d. being the yield ; ibid. 109. Half 

 a mark was charged for repairs to the 

 mill, of which 2j. had been paid to the 

 e-;rpenter ; ibid. 9-. .A relief of ;.-. 3ii. 

 had been received, and a rent of ;;. 1 ii^, 

 for I oigang of land had ceased ; ibid. 1 11, 

 114. The net receipt was ,^14 95. i \\d. 



Hcn-^}- de Cowhope 



WiUi.im de Dine!ay 



Stephen del Grange 



Adam de Grimsha\N 



Richard de Grimshaw 



John de H.ir[.Tea\es 



Henry de Healey , 



Robert del Holme 



Adam de Legh 



Gilbert de Legh 



John de Legh 



Jordan de Lichtness 



Poke de Lomclough 



Mocock de Lowe . 



Mocoek del .Mcreelough . 



William de Middlemore . 



Adam de Ormerod 



Tille de Ormerod . 



.■\dam the Smith 



\\'illiam Topping , 



Margery de Wolpitgreave 



Dyke del Yate 



John del Vate 



John son of Gilbert 



Henr\- son of Hobkin 



GeoflVcy son of John, i messuage 



John son of Matthew 



Adam son of Robert 



WiUiam son of Robert 



There does not seem to have been any manor 

 properly so called, but the Towneley holding, that of 

 Legh augmented by a number of purchases," was 



^^ Lanes. Inj. and Exifnf^ ii, 9. 



1^ Ibid, 19+; the farm of the water- 

 mill '.'■d; 5+j., but I2J. lod. had been 

 spent on its re; lir. 



^® The following ha\c been preserved 

 by Rucrdco, MSS. 1:1, C 30 :— 



(a) Abbut Maurite (i 222-4.9) granted 

 I ;i acres to Adam son of Gilbert de 

 Cliviger between H' le Clough and Bornes 

 Clougb and from Deangate to Litter- 

 britterLTitc, at 4J. 6i. rent. One of the 

 witnesses was Robert le Thajn. 



(b) Abbot Adam (1249-^9) gave to 

 Wa.tiT the Chaplain of Towneley the 

 land formerly belonging to Henry son of 

 Micliael de Lichtness, with half an acre of 

 augmentation whereon Walter had built, 

 but excepting + acres which Henry had 

 given to his sister Sabina in marriage. 

 After W.ilter's death the land was to go 

 to hia alumni Adam and Serlo and their 

 heirs. A rent of 5*. 6d. was to be paid. 

 This charter is printed in Whitaker, 

 H'hjilliy^ ii, 198. It is regarded as 

 belonging to the estate called Holme. 



(c) The same abbot granted to Reginald 

 son of Robert de Cliviger 2 acres and a little 

 messuage unaerShirclifFin Cliviger at \zd. 

 rent. Michael de Legh was a witness. 



{::) Abbot Hcnn.- (1280-4) allowed 

 Mich^ielde Legh pasturage for one hundred 

 oxen and cows and two hundred sheep. 

 Robert the Thain was a witne:3. 



(e) Abbot Hugh (1284--) granted Gil- 

 bert son of Michael de Legh all the land 

 which Robert de Grange had held, with 

 freedom from pannage and from multure 

 for his com and malt at Cliviger mill ; a 

 rent of 131. ^d. was to be paid at St. 

 Gil-f"s Day. 



(f) Another abbot gave 2 acres of waste on 

 Holecloughbanks to Henry de Cowhope. 



480 



Whitaker gives the following (from 

 Towneley) : — 



(g) Abbot Simon (1262-9) ?^^^ 

 Matthew son of Henry de Dinelay the 

 lands east of Calder surrendered by Richard 

 son of Gilbert de Barcroft (Berccroft) and 

 all the lands in Dineley ; op. cit. ii, 198. 

 Richard de Towneley attested this. 



Towneley has preserved a cha rtcr 

 supplementing (b) above. By it Sabina 

 daughter of Henry de Lichtness (Lcthnis) 

 gave to Robert de Lichtness all the land 

 received by her father in free marrinf^e 

 with Sabina his wife ; Towneley MS. D D, 

 no. 1292. In a charter of 1301 is men- 

 tioned Simon son of Adam son of Walter 

 the Chaplain of Towneley (C 8, 13, 

 C 127), confirming Whitaker's suspicion 

 as to the meaning of alumnus, 



l*" Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 202. 



18 Ib.d. 203. " Ibid. 



^ Lanes. Inj. and Extents, ii, 9. The 

 following additional rents were paid in 

 some cases : (a) Pair of gloves, value \d. ; 

 (b) I lb. of pepper, worth 11. ; (c) pair of 

 spurs, worth \\d.\ (d) pair of gloves, 

 value id. * Brcrecroft ' is perhaps a 

 mistake for Berccroft or Barcroft. Colne- 

 knoU may be the same as the Calve- 

 knoU of 1332; Exch, Lay Subs. (Rcc 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 74. 



^ Oliver de Stansfield in 1307 co-^ 

 firmed to John son of Gilbert de Legh 

 8 acres in Cliviger, lying in one inclosure in 

 Shedden, which he had had from the Earl 

 of Lincoln; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,8 103. 



In 1308 William son of Robert del 

 Grange confirmed to Gilbert de Legh 

 I J acres of land in the viil and territor)' of 

 Cliviger. Three roctds lay in the Weterode, 

 the east side adjoining the Caiicr ; the 

 other 3 lay in the Waderode : ihid. G 60. 



