A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Nicholas son and heir of Richard Townley acquired 

 the estate in 1541,*^ and thus it descended to the 

 Townleys of Royle.''^ Edmund Townley, the son of 

 Nicholas, died in I 598 holding the manor of Green- 

 field, with various lands in Colne, Marsden and 

 Trawden, of the queen by knight's service and a rent 

 of 40/. lO(/.'^ The estate continued in the same 

 ownership as Royle down to 1 8 16, when R. Townley 

 Parker sold it to Jonathan Dickinson. It was after- 

 wards owned by Mr. C.itlow. The farm called 

 Stanroyd or Standroyd formed part of the estate,*'' 

 but in 1538 Standroyd Hall was owned by the 

 Rushworths.*' 



Heyroyd and Moss House were owned by Thomas 

 son and heir of John Driver in 1524.** The former 

 has long been in the possession of the ancestors of 

 the present o^^•ner, Mr. Richard Sager. Lands called 

 Burwens*^ were the inheritance of Christopher 

 Lister, who was in 1509 succeeded by his son 

 William.'" The estate was afterwards sold in part at 

 least to the Townleys of Barnside,'' and so descended 

 to the Claytons of Carr Hall.'- Mrs. Anderton is 

 the present owner. The Mitchell family occurs 

 frequently in the records.'' 



John Hartley oi LANGROVD was a plaintiff in 

 I 540.'^ The estate is now the property of Mr. Edward 

 Carr. Langroyd House is a picturesque two-story 

 stone building about three-quarters of a mile to the 

 north of Colne, of simple design, the chief feature 



being a boldly projecting two-stor)' gabled porch in 

 the middle of the south or principal front. In the 

 spandrels of the doorway, whii h has a four-centred 

 arched heaJ, is the date 1605 — pnjbably the year of 

 erection. The hou c, however, has been a good deal 

 restored and modernized, especially internally, the 

 windows having probably all been enlarged in the 

 I Sth century. The original front measures only about 

 42 ft. in length, but at a later date a new wing, with 

 gable 20 ft. wide, facing south, has been added at the 

 east end, slightly projecting in front of the main wall. 

 On each side of the gabled porch the rooi,, which are 

 covered with modern green slates, have overhanging 

 eaves with gables facing east and west. Additions 

 were made again at the east end in 1900, and at the 

 back in 1909, during the progress of which latter 

 work two old chimney openings were discovered and 

 opened out. In a panel over the porch are the arms 

 of Carr, a modern insertion taking the place of an 

 older panel, the original moulded border of which 

 remains. 



The Vivers or Vivary was shared by the Walker and 

 other families.'^ Mr. Harold Smith is the owner of 

 Nether Heys. The names of owners of land appear 

 also in the Subsidy Rolls."' 



EMMOTT^'-^ probably represents the 10 acres in 

 Colne held by Robert de Emmott in 1 3 1 1 by a rent 

 of 3/. 4<2'." An estate of 10 acres in Emmott was in 

 1440 granted by John WoUo of Kildwick to Maud 



of Henry Banastre or Banister of Green- 

 field, and had a daughter Ellen, who 

 married Thomas a natural son of Sir 

 John Towneley, but was divorced. In 

 1524 there was a fine concerning lands in 

 Colne, Marsden and Twiston, the de- 

 forciants being George Hoghton and Joan 

 his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 11, 

 m. 183. 



8^ Ibid. bdle. 12, m. 49 ; the deforciants 

 were George Hoghton, Thomas Townley 

 and Ellen his wife. In 1544-5 there was 

 enrolled an agreement concerning the 

 manor of Greenfield between George 

 Hoghton and Nicholas Townley of Royle ; 

 Close R. 36 Hen. VIII, pt. i, no. 12. 



Before this sale there had been disputes 

 as to the inheritance, one Richard Banastre 

 claiming Greenfield. Ellen Townley was 

 described as kinswoman and heir of John 

 Banastre, which John had married a Joan 

 Worsley (see the account of Downham) 

 without obtaining a nullification of his 

 previous marriage ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. 

 Com.), i, 170; ii, 55, 61, 63, 70. 

 Ellen Hoghton afterwards married James 

 Hartley ; Farrer, op. cit. i, 392. 



8' Nicholas Townley inherited certain 

 lands in Colne, his grandfather dying in 

 or before 1533 in possession of two 

 messuages, which descended to his son 

 Richard Townley ; ibid, i, 308. Richard 

 Townley died in 1541 holding four 

 messuages, &c., his son Nicholas, the 

 purchaser of Greenfield, succeeding ; ibid. 

 354. He died in 1546 holding five 

 messuages and various lands in Colne, 

 including Law House, Booth House, 

 Whitesyke and Fernside. His son Ed- 

 mund was under one year of age, and had 

 for guardian his uncle George Vaughan. 

 Dower was granted to the widow Anne 

 Townley. The fine was 23J. 4^. ; ibid, 

 i, 372. For the Booth family in 1425 

 see ibid. 220. 



Anne Townley was still living in 1564, 

 when she had disputes as to dower with 

 Thomas Townley, James Hartley and 



others ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 218, 298, 401. 

 Edmund Townley had also to meet claims 

 by the Hartleys ; ibid, iii, 6, 34, 79, 86, 

 102, 264. Some of these concerned the 

 working of coal mines at Greenfield ; 

 ibid, iii, 151. 



In 1573 Robert Hartley of Greenfield 

 sold to Edward Braddyll of Whalley and 

 Richard Braddyll of Catterall all the 

 messuages, &c., in Greenfield lately occu- 

 pied by James Hartley, Thomas Townley 

 and Anne Townley, widow ; Add. MS. 

 32104, no. iiii. Sec also Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 172. 



*j Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 

 13. A settlement of the manor had been 

 made in 1596 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 59, m. 248. 



Thomas Townley of Royle and his 

 son about 1725 held in Colne Law 

 House, Standroyd, Hainslack (Ayneslack) 

 and other copyhold estates j Folds D. 



^ In 1478 Lawrence Dicconson names 

 Standroyd as held by him for life by the 

 grant of Richard Banastre the elder and 

 Richard Banastre the younger, son of the 

 elder Richard and Joan his wife. He 

 then released all his title therein to John 

 Banastre son of the younger Richard and 

 Isabel his wife, daughter of John Popeley ; 

 Add. MS. 32104, no. 613. Twenty acres 

 called the Standroyd were secured to the 

 use of Ellen (Hoghton) wife of James 

 Hartley in 1551 ; Farrer, op. cit. i, 392. 

 8' John Rushworth, esq., Agnes his 

 wife and Alexander his son and heir 

 were put in possession ; Farrer, op. cit. 

 i, 333. They also had the land called 

 Carr or Carry Heys. The house is 

 called Standroyd Hall in 1566 ; ibid. 

 470. 



S8 Ibid. 281, 288. John Driver was 

 the owner in 1556 ; ibid. 410. 



89 Part of the town of Colne is built 

 on Rurwains or Burrance meadow ; Carr, 



op. cit. 19. 



^ Farrer, op. cit. i, 244. 

 or Henfid I was also part of the in- 



Hansfield 



herltance when William Lislfr died in 

 1541 and was succeeded by a son 

 Christopher; ibid. 350. This Chris- 

 topher died ten years later and wa^ 

 followed by a son William, of full age ; 

 ibid. 389. " Ibid. 425, in 1558. 



^* Captain Every-Clayton was owner 

 about 1875 ; Carr, op. cit. 31. Henfield 

 was about 1600 purchased by Alice 

 Hartley, si benefactor of the poor ; ibid. 



73- ■ 



9' Peter Mitchell of Colne had the 

 king's pardon in 1479 ; Towneley MS. 

 RR, no. 1448. For family disputes sec 

 Ducatus Lane, i, 173 } ii, 80, 292, 349 ; 

 iii, 259, 2S8. Henry Mitchell made a 

 surrender of certain lands in 1521 ; his 

 son Nicholas had died leaving a widow 

 Elizabeth; Farrer, op. cit. i, 271. Other 

 Mitchells occur two years later ; ibid. 

 279. See also pp. 435, 449. 

 '•" Ibid, i, 337-8. 



'' The Blakeys had part of the Vivary 

 in 1531 ; ibid, i, 302. The Hartleys in 

 1534; ibid. 315. Nicholas Walker in 

 1552 and 1557 ; ibid. 398, 422, 437. 



As might be expected, this last surname 

 occurs early, Matthew the Walker 

 occurring in 1324 and Michael the 

 Walker in 1332; Lanes. Ct. R. 2; 

 Exch. Lay Suit. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 85. Robert Walker of Colne in 

 1 63 1 paid j^io for having declined 

 knighthood ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 217. 



* See those printed by Carr, op. cit. 

 24-27 ; also text below. 



»^-*Emot, 1296; Emote, 1311. 

 " Lanes. Inf. and Extents, ii, 6. Henry 

 de Emmott occurs in Trawden in 1296 ; 

 De Lacy Compoti, 22. William son of 

 Henry de Emmott in 1323 paid 40./. for 

 10 acres held by charter ; Farrer, op. 

 cit. 482. William de Emmott occurs 

 again in 1332 ; Lanes. Ct. R. 5 ; ExeA. 

 Lay Subs. 85. William son of Robert 

 Emmott was a defendant in 134- i 

 Coram Regc R. 322, m. 163 d. 



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