A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



So n c gran ts to Roger and Joh n de Lacy arc 

 known. -^ 



In 1329 lohn son of Peter del Scholefield granted 

 to Philip the Parker of Foulridge his messuage and 

 lands in the township.'^'' Elizabeth Savile, lady of 

 Thornhill, in 141 2, in her widowhood, granted all 

 her manor of Foulridge to Lawrence son of John 

 Parker for his life at a rent of j^io 1 3/. 4t/.-"* 

 Lawrence Parker in 14-1-1 gave his lands, Sec, in 

 Foulridge, Colne, Pendle and Trawden to trustees, 

 among these being his son Christopher.-^ Thomas 

 Parker of Foulridge is named in 1 49 5 ."^ John 

 Parker died in 15 19 holding eight messuages, &c., 

 in Foulridge of the heirs of John de Crigleston in 

 socage ; his heirs were two daughters, Margaret \^■ife 

 of James Catterall and Joan wife of John Rushworth, 

 aged thirty and twenty-six respectively.-' Henry 

 Parker died in 161 7 holding of the king as duke by 

 knight's service messuages and lands in Foulridge, 

 2 J. \d. free rent belonging to the manor and issuing 

 from the tenements of John Acornley, and a twelfth 

 part of the mill and its profits, the marriages, re- 



liefs, 6.C., and the naste. His heir was his grandson 

 Alexander (son of Henry) Parker, aged sixteen years.'-S 



The name of Acornley can be traced back to the 

 time of Henry III, for in 1259 the royal escheator 

 was ordered to inquire into a feoffment of 16 acres 

 in Foulridge to Gcoftrcy the Harper, made by a 

 certain Adam de Acornlt\ , who was afterwards hanged 

 for felony.-' The Harper estate appears latcr.^^ 

 James Acornley (here spelt Acranley) died in 1 62 1 

 holding two messuages commonly called * Acranley* 

 and various lands of the heirs of Richard Thornhill 

 in socage by a rent of 6s. His son and heir Thomas 

 was twenty-eight years old.^' 



There are but few other names to record in this 

 part of the township.^^ There were Townlcys of 

 F'oulridge Hall in 1639-58, kinsmen of those of 

 Royle and Greenfield in Colne. ^^ The hall is now 

 the property of Colonel Parker of Browsholmc, who 

 has a large estate in the township. 



BJRNSIDE or Barnsett was in 1258 granted by 

 Edmund de Lacy to the monks of Pontefract."' On 

 the suppression of monasteries this manor was in 



' Noynoc,' a messuage called ' Coldweather 

 House,' another called ' Moss House ' and 

 the thirtieth part of the water-mill, of the 

 king as of his duchy by the fiftieth part of 

 a knight's tee. The heir was his son John, 

 aged seventeen j Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 XXV, no. 24. 



Robert Blakey died in 1630 holding a 

 messuage, &c., in Foulridge of the king 

 as duke by the 200th part of a knight's 

 fee. His heir was his brother Simon, 

 aged fifty ; Towncley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet. 

 Lib.), p. 75. 



Robert Hoghton, clerk, died in 1628 

 holding a messuage, &c., of the king by 

 the 200th part of a knight's fee. His 

 heir was his son William, aged twenty- 

 two ^ ibid. p. 517. 



James Hartley died in 1634 holding of 

 the king by the 200th part of a knight's 

 fee a messuage called the Cragg and the 

 fiftieth part of the manor and water-mill ; 

 also another messuage and fiftieth part of 

 the mill lately bought from Alexander 

 Parker. His sister and heir was Isabel 

 Hanson, widow, aged forty-eight, but the 

 Cragg had been settled on James's wife 

 Elizabeth, and the second part of the 

 estate OQ William Hartley and Henry his 

 brother ; ibid. p. ^24. 



Lawrence Robert also held land in 

 Foulridge of the king as duke by the 

 200th part of a knight's fee in 1629, but 

 his chief estate was at Bradford. His 

 heir was his nephew Lawrence (son of 

 Roger) Robert of Winewall, aged thirty ; 

 ibid. p. 1007, 



To a fine in 1655 respecting ten thirty- 

 sixth parts of the manor the parties were 

 Thomas Pollard, James Hartley, John 

 Robinson, James Robinson and Robert 

 Hargrcaves, plaintiffs ; James Brookden, 

 Elizabeth his wife, John Robinson, Anne 

 his wife, John. Hammond, Mary his wife, 

 Alexander Parker and Henry Banister, 

 defendants ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle, 

 15-, m. 172. 



In 1785 there was a recovery of the 

 moiety of a fifth and a thirty-sixth part 

 of the manor, the Rev. John Adamson, 

 demandant, v, William Carr and others ; 

 Pal of Lane. Plea R. 642, m. 8. 



^ Among the charters Ibund at Ponte- 

 fracttcmp, Edw. II were these : By Adam 

 ion of Peter the chaplain an oxgang and 

 a half of land in Foulridge to Roger de 



Lacy ; by Ad.im son of Adim de Foulridge 

 a moiety of the vill to the same Roger j 

 and by Ralph de Wrmundham all his 

 land to John de Lacy j Whitakcr, 

 H'halle)^ ii, 260 (notes). 



"Add. MS. 32104, no. 1216. John 

 Parker of Foulridge was a juror i 388-96 ; 

 Lanes, Iny. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 32, 41. 



^* Add. MS. 32104, no. 1223, Henry 

 Marton gave 2 oxgangs of land in 

 Broughton to Lawrence Parker in 1414— 

 19; ibid. no. 1224, 1221. Christopher 

 Parker had 2^ oxgangs of land there in 

 1423 ; ibid. no. 1217. 



-■^ Ibid, no. 1219. John Savile and 

 Joan his wife were in 1444 plaintiffs 

 against Lawrence Parker of Foulridge 

 respecting waste of the lands there which 

 Sir Thomas Savile (grandfather of John) 

 had demised to defendant for life : Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 6, m. 1. Next year the 

 same plaintiffs appeared against Chris- 

 topher Parker for breaking into their 

 houses ; ibid. R. 8, m. 6. 



^* Add. MS. 32104, no. 1227. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no, 50. 

 It is curious that in 1540 the daughters 

 and heirs of one Thomas Parker were 

 Agnes wife of John Rushworth and Joan 

 wife of James Catterall, the latter having 

 a son and heir Lawrence Habergham ; 

 Farrcr, CUtheroe Ct. R. i, 338. Lawrence 

 Habergham died in 161 5 holding mes- 

 suages in Foulridge of Robert Savile in 

 socage by 6j. dd, rent.; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rcc. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 21, 102, 



^ Ibid, ii, 78 ; Henry Parker also had 

 Holt House in Colne, He was a free- 

 holder in 1600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 236. 



^* Curia Regis R. 161, m. 6. It was 

 found that the feoffment was made a 

 month before the felony was committed ; 

 therefore Geoffrey's seisin was valid. 

 The name is spelt Akerlandeleyc. 



^*' John de Pothou and Rosamund his 

 wife claimed a messuage and i§ acres of 

 land against John the Harper in 1274; 

 Coram Rege R. 5, m. 57. Next year 

 John the Harper was plaintiff, claiming 

 2 oxgangs of land against the Pothous. 

 He said they were held by a time grant to 

 Nicholas del Cross made by his great- 

 grandmother Syreda in the time of Henry 

 III, alleging the following pcdigiee : 

 Syreda — s. and h. Adam -s. and h. Richard 



546 



-s. and h. John, the plaintiff. Defendants 

 said that Richard had an elder son Adam, 

 by whom they claimed, and obtained the 

 verdict; De Banco R. 10, m. 37 d. In 

 1292 Agnes daughter of John the H.trpcr 

 of * Akerlandleye,* under age, claimed .i 

 tenement in Foulridge against Adam the 

 H;irpcr of Dineley, but was non-suited j 

 Assize R. 408, m. 44. See also pleadings 

 quoted above. 



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

 and Ches.), ii, 248. 



^^ Henry Baldwin of Foulridge was a 

 freeholder in 1600 ; Misc. (Ree. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 236. Henry Moore 

 in 1631 paid ^ 10 as composition for 

 refusing knighthood; ibid. 217. Henry 

 Shaw of Langroyd died in 1605 holding 

 land of the king as of his manor of 

 Foulridge in socage by ^d. rent. His son 

 Henry was eighty years old in 1616 ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 39. 



Notes of various disputes as to the 

 bounds, &c., will be found in the Ducatus 

 Lane. e.g. iii, 92. Some of these appeal 

 to have arisen from the partition, e.g. 

 iii, 219, 261. Noyna, Over Moor and 

 Slipper Hill are named in 1592 ; iii, 275. 



^^ Add. MS. 32104, no. 218. Robert 

 Townley according to his will (1645-8) 

 had a lease of Foulridge Hall for twenty- 

 one years and left the remainder of the 

 term to his wife Agnes and then to his 

 'cousin' (nephew) Charles Townley. 



^ Pontefraet Chart. (Yorks. Arch. Soc.), 

 i, 44 ; 'all the vill of Barnside.' In the 

 same year Barnside was held for \i. as of 

 the honor of Clitheroe ; Lanes. Inq. and 

 Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 

 217. 



The tenure by the monks was as un- 

 eventful as usual. In 1292 William the 

 Prior of Pontefraet claimed against Simon 

 Nowell a messuage and two parts of 

 2 oxgangs of land in Barnside as the right 

 of his church of St. John the Evangelist, 

 and Nowell in turn called Adam de 

 Poterton to warrant him ; Assize R. 408, 

 m. I 5 d., 67 d. The prior at length re- 

 covered ; Abbre'u. Plac. (Rcc. Com.), 242. 

 In 1355 the prior claimed a messuage and 

 land in Foulridge against William de 

 Marsden, alleging that his predecessor 

 Stephen had had a rent of ^f. a year from 

 William's father Richard and that it had 



