BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



WHALLEY 



of Catlow and lands in Marsden and Scholfield to 

 Richard Radcliffe of Clitlieroe." William Radcliffc 

 of Winmarleigh had land in Great Marsden at his 

 death in 1 561,'* and it descended to Sir Gilbert 

 Gerard, who had lands at Chamber in Little Marsden 

 also.*' In the 17th century a family named Sagar*' 

 was established at Catlow in Great Marsden and 

 continued to hold it till recently. William Sagar 

 died in 161 6 holding a messuage at Catlow, &c., of 

 the king as duke in socage ; his heir was his grand- 

 son Henry Walton, aged six.'^ Another Sagar family 

 had land at Southfield," where in 1407 William 

 Marsden of Swinden gave Henry his son land called 

 'The Six-acre'*' ; Henry in 1432 gave it to his son 

 Richard." William Sagar of Southfield, who died in 

 1809, and Richard Sagar were strong supporters of 

 the Methodist movement in this district." Mr. 

 William Berry is the present owner of Southfield 

 House. 



SWINDEN was another estate sometimes called a 

 manor or lordship.*' John de Lacy, constable of 

 Chester, granted Adam de Swinden 1 6 acres of land 

 in Great Marsden in fee at a rent of 5/. 4a'. for all 

 services." John dc Marsden in 1323 held a field 

 called Swinden by charter, paying 17/. 6d. for all 

 services.*' John Banastre of Wakefield in 1427 



agreed with Christopher Marsden respecting the 

 manor of Swinden ; John's title was acknowledged, 

 but Christopher was to hold it for life.*' Henry 

 Banastre, Alice his wife and Robert his son and 

 heir in 1565 sold two messuages in Marsden to 

 John Halsted,*' and John Halsted of Swinden had 

 John de.Lacy's charter in his keeping in 1660.*° 

 The same grantor gave 1 2 acres in Heggengrene to 

 Adam de Swinden in fee at the rent of ^d. an acre ; 

 in 1655 the owners were Lawrence Robinson and 

 Richard Hartley of Wycoller.'" In 1693 Swinden 

 Hall was in the possession of William Hargreaves, 

 and in 1719 was acquired by James Folds of Trawden, 

 from whom it descended to Mary Folds, living a 

 century ago." 



The Towneley family " and others also had estates 

 in Great Marsden." Henry Mancknowles died in 

 1 561 holding the messuage called Townhouse with 

 40 acres of land ; his son John was sixty-five years of 

 age." The estate of Henry Mancknowles, ' Papist,' 

 was sequestered by the Commonwealth authorities." 

 Lawrence Mancknowles of Townhouse was a bene- 

 factor to the poor of Colne.'* Edmund son and heir 

 of John Parker of Colne in 1443 released land at 

 Birchinley to Lawrence Lister of Middop." Henry 

 Farrer in 1597 claimed from various persons, the 



35 Add. MS. 32104, no. 9-;4 ; Richard 

 would be James's nephew. Catlow 13 

 called a manor in a somewhat earlier 

 Radcliffe deed (1+41) ; ibid. no. 909. 



In 1304 Ralph de *Schelflet,' probably 

 Scholefield in Little Marsden, had a suit 

 with Roger the Walker and Catherine his 

 wife ; Assize R. 419, m. 4. Gilbert de 

 Marsden in 1346 had a close at Schole- 

 field ; Coram Rege R. 346, m. 66. 



Richard Radcliffe of Astley and Win- 

 marleigh died in 1477 holding two messu- 

 ages, 60 acres of land, &c., in Great 

 Marsden of the king, as of his lordship of 

 Blackburn, in socage by \d. rent ; Lana, 

 Irtq, p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 103. The 

 estate is thus described in the Court Rolls : 

 Greswall, Brigholme, Halhill, and Worm- 

 ley Eaves, near Wolverden to the south of 

 Catlow, an acre of new improvement near 

 Catlow Green on the east side of Catlow, 

 and a messuage with 30 acres of rood- 

 land, a croft and 5^ acres of oxgang land; 

 Farrer, CUtheroe Ct, R. i, 226. The same 

 description was given in 1522 ; ibid. 276, 

 330. 



^* Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 7 ; 

 the land was held of the queen as of her 

 duchy in socage. 



^^ Ibid, xvi, no. 2. 



^ The Sagars were tenants in Colne 

 and Marsden early in the i6th century. 

 Richard Sagar acquired Sidgreave in 

 Marsden in 1548 ; Farrer, Clithcroe Ct. R. 

 i, 376. 



^' Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 52-6. William's daughter 

 Anne had married John Walton, Henry 

 being their son. The remainder was to 

 Stephen Sagar of Catlow, younger son of 

 another William Sagar, deceased. A rent 

 of \zd. was due for Catlow. One Henry 

 Walton of Catlow was buried at Colne 

 17 May 1621 ; Reg. See also Whitaker, 

 Whalley,]\, 171 n. ; Baines, Lanes, (ed. 

 1870), ii, 31 — John Sagar then owner 

 and occupant. 



*" Baines, loc. cit. — William Sagar, 

 deceased, had owned it. Lawrence Lee 

 or Legh was the owner in 1536 ; Farrer, 

 Clithme Ct. R. i, 342. It passed to John 



Legh of Croston in 1567; ibid, i, 459, 

 472. 



" Towneley MS. C 8, 13, M 69. 



■•■^ Ibid. M 62. John son of Richard 

 Marsden of Osbaldeston in 1465 gave 

 ' the 6 acre ' in Great Marsden to Law- 

 rence son of John Higgin ; ibid. M 67, 68. 



** Carr, Annals of Colne, 4-3~7* 



■'■' Farrer, CUtheroe Ct. R. i, 3 14. 



■*^ Harl. MS. 2077, fol. 327 ; see 

 another version in Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 

 261-2. The rent is the usual 4^/. an 

 acre. '•^ Farrer, op. cit. 1, 482, 



*^ Final Cone, iii, 92. Christopher 

 Marsden was perhaps the brother of 

 Henry Marsden of Southfield named in 

 1413 ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, fol. 881. 

 Another Christopher, son of Henry, occurs 

 in 143 1 ; ibid. M 63. James Banastre 

 of Swinden was plaintiff against James 

 Walton of Colne in 1442 respecting a 

 debt ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 4, m. i. 



<* Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 27, 

 m. 205. Henry and Robert Banastre were 

 concerned in various pleadings between 

 1552 and i^yj'jDucatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), 



i> 254, 255 ; ii. 332 i 'i'> 2> ^h 3^- 



*' Harl. MS. 2077 ut sup. These 

 were the Halsteds of Rowley in Wors- 

 thorne. John Halsted notes ; ' Mem. that 

 about 24th June, 1644, I had taken from 

 Swinden, by Prince Rupert's forces, five 

 beasts to the value of ,^20. Item, one 

 horse from Rowley by the said Prince's 

 forces to the value of £2. Item, about 

 the ... I had taken from Swinden 

 by the garrison of Skipton ten oxen and 

 two other beasts to the value of ^^45 as 

 the market was then. Item, the plunder 

 of my house [meaning probably at Swin- 

 den] at their pleasure ; which I know 

 not how to value ' ; Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 

 233. 



^" Harl. MS. 2077, fol. 325 ; Kuerden 

 fol. MS. p. 230. In 1562 William Lister 

 sold Swinden Hall, with its buildings and 

 lands and right of way to the common 

 pasture called Leigh (Lee), to John Hart- 

 ley ; Farrer, CUtheroe Ct. R. i, 444. 



51 Folds D. (W. Farrer) ; see the 

 account of Trawden. 



539 



*2 Richard Towneley had lands in Great 

 Marsden in 148 1 j Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3, 

 T 84, 94. 



In 1524 George Hoghton and Joan his 

 wife had lands, &c., in Colne, Marsden 

 and Twiston ; these were purchased by 

 Nicholas Townley in 1541 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 11, m. 183 ; 12, m. 49. 



Sir Richard Towneley died in 1554 

 holding, among other properties, the 

 water-mill in Marsden ; Lancs^ Inq. p.m. 

 (Chet. Soc), ii, 157. 



Henry Higgin in 1558 purchased a 

 messuage, &c., from Lawrence Towneley 

 and Helen h.j wife 5 Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 19, m. 54. See Ducatus Lane. 

 '') 317* 326* Lawrence Higgin died in 

 1 61 5 holding a messuage in Great Mars- 

 den of the king in socage. His heir was 

 his daughter Isabel, aged forty, wife of 

 James Wilson in 1617 ; Lanes. Inq, p.m. 

 (Rer. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 64. 



Edmund Townley of Greenfield and 

 Royle died in 1598 holding lands in 

 Great Marsden and Trawden of the queenj 

 Duehy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 13. 



^^ Christopher Hartley in 1565 pur- 

 chased land from William Lister and 

 Bridget his wife j Pal. of Lane, Feet of 

 F. bdle. 27, m. 208. Robert Hartley 

 made a feoffment of land in Great Mars- 

 den and Colne in 1574; ibid, bdle, 36, 

 m. 172. 



Nicholas Battersby appears as owner 

 early in the 16 th century j Ducatus Lane, 

 i, 124; iii, 37. 



''^ Duchy of Lane, Inq. p.m. xi, no. 44. 

 The land was held of the queen in chief 

 by knight's service and a rent of %ii. a 

 year. 



55 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), iv, 113-16. 



5^ In i66o; Gastrell, Nstitia Cestr, 

 (Chet. Soc.), ii, 328. John Mancknowles 

 of Townhouse is named under Colne in 

 Baines* Lanes. Dir. of 1826. 



5?Dods. MSS. civ, fol. 176. Chris- 

 topher Lister was plaintiff In 1 543, 

 various persons having broken his close 

 at Marsden and carried cart-loads of stone 

 away ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 174, m. 3 d. 



