BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



WHALLEY 



At Michaelmas 1418 Roger Flore, chief steward, 

 let the herbage of Wheatley to Henry Worsley for 

 ten years at ^^5 ip. ^d. yearly rent/ Bernard 

 Shuttleworth in 1459 and 1464 paid ^^5 6s. id. for 

 Wheatley Carr," while ten years later Lawrence 

 Towneley held it at the same rent." His grandson 

 Lawrence had it in 1495/ 



At the granting of the forests in I 507 the pasture 

 called Wheatley Carr was demised by copy of Court 

 Roll to Nicholas Townley of Royle at a copyhold 

 rent of £6 6s. 'id.' He held it in 1527,' and it 

 descended in his line, being held in 1662 by Nicholas 

 Townley (^4 7/. i^d.), Isabel Townley, widow 

 {£1 gj. o^-</.),and Henry Parker (loj. 6,/.)-'° About 

 1725 Thomas Townley had three tenements here, 

 viz. Upper Wheatley, 40 acres, occupied by Thomas 

 Alston ; Wheatley Upper Barn, 34 acres, by John 

 Howorth ; and Lower Wheatley, 1 3 acres, by John 

 Mitchell. Mr. Harry Tunstill of Reedyford House 

 is now the principal landowner. 



Carr Hall and its demesne, though now m Barrow- 

 ford, were formerly in Wheatley Carr, and pro- 

 bably represented £2 of the copyhold rent fixed in 

 1507. 



In 1533 a special jury awarded a bridleway from 

 the house of Hugh Parker (in Higham) for walking 

 and riding over his own land to a gate situate in 

 Wheatley Head called ' Le Heyghyait,' and so from 

 Wheatley down to the water (of Pendle) to a gate 

 at Lower Lomeshaye, and so through land belonging 

 to Robert Banastre (of Lower Lomeshaye) and John 

 Hargreaves (of Higher Lomeshaye) to the Hey and to 

 Bradley Mill." 



On the northern boundary of the township is 

 a chapel of the Inghamites, an early Methodist 

 denomination. It is said to have been built in 1750 

 and rebuilt in 1837. 



OLD LAUND BOOTH 



Oldelaunde, 1459; Oldelande, 1527. Blackewode, 

 1459. Fens in Penhill, 1402. 



This township consists of two portions of nearly 

 equal size, parted by a projection from Goldshaw 

 Booth and part of Higham ; the total area is 

 43 1 J acres.' The population in 1901 was 549.' 

 The eastern portion is the principal and larger one ; 

 it contains the hall, the hamlets of Wheatley Lane 

 and Lower Harpers, with Blackwood and Brown- 

 brinks to the north and Raven's Clough to the south. 

 The western or detached part contains Fence. The 

 road from Fence to Barley adjoins the northern 



boundary, and that from Whalley to Barrowford and 

 Colne ^ passes through both parts of the township. 

 The surface falls from an elevation of 780 ft. above 

 sea level in the north to 350 ft. in the south-eastern 

 corner, below Old Laund Hall. The land is used 

 for pasture, there being 603 acres in permanent grass 

 and 34 acres of woods and plantations, but no arable 

 land.'' Many of the people are employed at the mill 

 in the adjacent township. There is a parish council 

 for the extended township or civil parish of Old 

 Laund Booth, the interposed parts of Goldshaw and 

 Higham having been included in it in 1898.* 



In 1459 Richard Robinson and Roger Croke were 

 the farmers of the Old Laund at 60s. yearly rent, 

 and of Little Blackwood at zs. (reduced from 3;. \d.).'' 

 The herbage and pasture of these places were in 

 1462 demised for a term to William Leyland, and 

 in 1466 the lease was extended for ten years." 

 Nevertheless in 1474 Richard Robinson paid £'i for 

 the farm of Old Laund and zs. for Little Blackwood,' 

 as he did also in 1495.' 



The commissioners of 1507 demised the pasture 

 called Old Laund to John Robinson ' and Richard 

 Croke to hold by copy of Court Roll at £^ 6s. id. 

 yearly rent ; subsequently Little Blackwood was de- 

 mised to them similarly at 3/. 41^. rent.'" In 1527 

 John Robinson had two-thirds of Old Laund and 

 John Hugyn or Higgin the remainder ; they also 

 shared Little Blackwood." In 1 533 a jury awarded 

 to John Robinson of Old Laund a road to Bradley 

 Mill.'' By an award made in 1579 between (l) John 

 Nutter of New Laund and John his second son and 

 (2) Edmund son of John Robinson of Old Laund 

 Edmund and his heirs were for ever excluded from 

 using a way through a gate called Ravens Clough 

 gate." Edmund Robinson held the greater part of 

 the land in 1609, the remainder being divided 

 between Thomas and Richard Crook.'* Edmund 

 and John Robinson of Old Laund in 163 1 com- 

 pounded for having refused knighthood, paying ^^lo 

 fine." John Robinson of Old Laund took the king's 

 side in the Civil War, and in 1649 was allowed to 

 compound for his sequestrated estate for ;£i9i. He 

 appears, however, to have taken arms again, perhaps 

 in 1651, and in 1652 his estate was declared forfeit 

 and sold, one George Hurd being the purchaser." 

 By 1662 the Robinsons' estate had passed to Henry 

 Druell and the Crokes' to Edmund Stephenson, 

 Nicholas Stephenson and John Sharpe being small 

 holders." The hearth tax of 1666 shows Thomas 

 Clarke as assessed for seven hearths, Edmund Stephenson 

 and John Sharpe for four each." 



* Mins. Accts. bdle. 76, no. 1498. 

 5 Whitaker, IVhalhy, i, 359. 

 " Receivers' Accts. bdle. 90, no. 1649, 

 1650. 



'' Ibid. bdle. 91, no. i66z. 



8 MS. at Huntroyde. 



' Duchy of Lane. Rentals, bdle. ;, no. 12. 



" Honor of Clitheroe MS. p. 248. 



" Farrer, Clitheroe Ct. R. i, 312. 



1 This was increased to 681 acres by 

 the extension of 1898. 



2 The enlarged township contained 834 

 inhabitants. 



» Formerly called Wheatley Lane, now 

 Barrowford Road. 



sa Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905). 



* Local Govt. Bd. Order 37367. 



' Receivers' Accts. bdle. 89, no. 1648. 



' Duchy of Lane. Chan. R. 31, no. 36 ; 

 Whitaker, JVhalley, i, 359 (621. rent). 



' Duchy of Lane. Receivers' Accts. 

 bdle. 90, no. 1650. 



8 Ibid. bdle. 91, no. 1662. 



^ John son of Richard Robinson of 

 Pendle recovered a plat of land called 

 Folds House in Brierclift'e from Thurstan 

 son of John Banastre of Wakefield by an 

 award made in 1482 ; Add. MS. 32104, 

 no. 1272. 



10 MS. at Huntroyde. 



" Duchy of Lane. Rentals, bdle. 5, 

 no. 12. John Higgin of Old Laund was 

 a juror in 1530, but did not appear; 

 Whalley Act B{. (Chet. Soc), 129. 



12 Farrer, Clitheroe Ct. R. i, 312. See 

 Wheatley Carr above. 



521 



1-^ Add. MS. 32104, no. 1274. In 

 1609 John Paslew of Wiswell and Alice 

 his wife, daughter and co-heir of Thomas 

 Robinson, late of Chatburn, made a 

 general release to Edmund Robinson of 

 Old Laund and Agnes his wife ; ibid. no. 

 1270. i"* Grimshaw MS. 



1^ Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chcs.), 

 i, 217. 



^^ Cal. Com. for Comp, iii, 2009 ; 

 Index of Royalists (Index Soc), 41. He 

 had lands in Oswaldtwistle, Chatburn, 

 Slaidburn, Sec. He rented Old Laund, 

 Hamaton Cliff and Chamber in Pf-ndle 

 from the sequestration ; Proc. Com. for 

 Comp. vol. G 215, fol. 476. 



i? Honor of Clitheroe MS. 



^^ Lanca. Lay Subs. bdle. 250, no. 9, 



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