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a knight's fee there.'" The extent made in 1 3 1 1 

 shows that the lord held 1 1 7 acres of ar.ible land, 

 receiving 59/. a year from tenants at will, while 

 10 acres of meadow yielded 20/. The 10 oxgangs 

 of land were held in bondage by natives, who paid on 

 St. Giles's Day at the rate of 3/. an oxgang, and 

 rendered at Midsummer in common an additional p. 

 in all. Cottagers held nine tofts at 6<j'. each toft. 

 The water-mill was worth 26s. 8 J. a year. The free 

 tenants rendered i Js. ()d. The halmote was held in 

 conjunction with Pendleton and Worston." 



In 1354 Henry Duice of Lancaster granted the 

 manor to John de Dinelay, excepting the rents of the 

 free tenants, then amounting to 38/. zd.; he was to 

 render the services due for the fourth part of a knight's 

 fee and pay a rent of £12 6s. jd. yearly, also render 

 zs. for ward of Lancaster Castle and puture.'" The 

 grant was confirmed by the king in 1357." John de 

 Dinelay died in i 367 holding the manor of Downham 

 and lands in Yorkshire ; he was succeeded by his son 



Richard, aged forty-eight.'* Rich.ird died a little over 

 two years later, in September 1369, Henry his son 

 and heir being twenty-six years of age." John of 

 G.iunt in 1380 made a lease of 40 acres .it Downham 

 Green to Henry de Dinelay grandson of John de 

 Dinel.iy at 1 3/. i^d. -t year,'" and he appears to have 

 intended to repurchase the manor from Henry, paying 

 80 marks." Henry died in 1390 in possession of 

 two-thirds of the manor, of which John Parker of 

 Foulridge took possession, but the heir was Henry's 

 half-brother John de Dinelay, aged twenty-two." The 

 other third part was probably in his mother's posses- 

 sion as dower.'" 



John de Dinelay obtained possession, and about 141 2 

 paid 25/. as relief" He died in 141 6, when his heir 

 was a son Richard, aged fifteen." Here the detailed 

 evidence ceases for a time." Richard Dinelay died 

 in I 5 1 1 seised of the manor of Downham, which was 

 held of the king in chief by the fourth part of a 

 knight's fee." His son John having died before him, he 



(Chet. Soc), to, II. The only addi- 

 tional receipt in 1305 was io</. for the 

 pasture of Greenhow, &c. ; ibid. 107. 



^^ Lanes, Inq. and Extents, i, 318. 

 From the next note it appears that Henry 

 held only a third part of the land, though 

 he appears to have discharged the whole 

 of the knight's service due from the 

 manor, which had been increased since 

 1242. 



" Ibid, ii, 5. The plough-land held by 

 the Blackburn family is not mentioned. 

 The oxgangs in the hands of the free 

 tenants named amount to 9^ in all, or a 

 third part of three plough-lands and a 

 halt 



Another extent of 1323 is printed 

 ibid. 192 ; the free tenants of 1296 were 

 represented by the heirs of Geoffrey de 

 Cuerdale and Ralph de Clayton, Walter 

 de Waddington and Richard the clerk. 

 Several tenancies had expired and the 

 net receipts from Downham were 

 ^16 HI. 2j^. 



1* Towneley MS. DD, no. 2234 ; Dep. 

 Keeper s Rep. xxxii, App. 333, where the 

 rent of the free tenants is stated at 

 j^i 3i. 4^. only. 



A former note shows that John de 

 Dinelay held half a plough-land in Down- 

 ham in 134.9. Mc married Margaret, 

 who is stated to have been daughter of 

 Henry de Downham ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. 

 (Chet. Soc), i, 41. It was probably the 

 same John who had complained of an 

 assault upon him at Downham in 1329 

 by the Abbot of Sawley and some of the 

 monks and lay brothers ; De Banco R. 

 278, m. 38 d. Robert de Blackburn de- 

 mised to him for fifteen years his capital 

 messuage, &c., in Downham at a rent of 

 4 marks; Towneley MS. C8, 13 (Chet. 

 Lib.), B291. In 1348 John de Dinelay 

 complained against a number of persons 

 for cutting down his trees, &c., at Down- 

 ham and Cliviger; De Banco R. 355, 

 m. 19 d. After acquiring the manor he 

 pn-ocecded against various people of 

 Downham for depasturing, &c. ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. iv. 



'3 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, D 39 ; the 

 manor had been acquired without the 

 king's licence. In the aid of 1346-55 

 John de Dinelay contributed for the 

 fourth part of a knight's fee in Little 

 Downham formerly held by Robert de 

 Chester ; Feudal Aids, iii, 88. He held 

 similarly in 1361 ; Inq. p.m. 38 Edw. 

 Ill (ist nos.), no. 122. 



" Inq. p.m. 41 Edw. Ill {2nd nos.), 

 no. 20 ; the Lancashire part of the inqui- 

 sition is now illegible, but has been pre- 

 served by Towneley. The manor-house 

 and buildings were in great decay. There 

 were sixteen tenants holding for terms of 

 years ; Towneley MS. GG, fol. 408, 

 where the Assheton of Downham deeds 

 are given. 



''■ Inq. p.m. 43 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 32 ; 

 the sixteen tenants paid 321. a year for 

 their messuages and ^y for 140 acres of 

 land ; the water-mill was worth 31*. 

 yearly and the halmote 35. 4^. In ad- 

 dition to the manor he held a messuage 

 and 5 oxgangs of land of the duke by 

 knight's service and 20j. rent. 



"^ Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xiv, 106 ; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, D 47-8. A 

 grant by Henry son of Richard de Dinelay 

 had his armorial seal appended, showing 

 a fesse and in chief three mullets pierced, 



withlegend-j-SIGILLVM.HENRlC. DYNELAY ; 



Dods. MSS. cxlii, foL 64. 



1' C 8, 1 3, D 49 ; GG, fol. 409. 



'^ The succession led to disputes. In 

 1394—5 John Parker and Alice his wife, 

 then tenants, were to be distrained for 

 reliefs, &c. ; Memo. R. (L.T.R.), 160, 

 m. 30 d. 



In 1395 John de Dinelay claimed the 

 two-thirds of the manor against John 

 Parker of Foulridge and Margaret de 

 Dinelay daughter and heir of Henry ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Chan. Misc. bdle, i, file 3, 

 no. 40. Margaret's guardian was William 

 de RadclifFe of Todmorden. 



In 1396 John de Dinelay claimed 

 lands in Clitheroe and the Ley and 

 Holroyds in Cliviger against John Parker, 

 Richard son of William de Radclifte of 

 Todmorden and Margaret his wife, Robert 

 Holden of Simonstone and Alice his wife. 

 The estate was traced back to Adam de 

 Dinelay, who in 13 13-14 gave it to his 

 son John and Margaret his wife ; DD, 

 no. 1205. Their son Richard, who suc- 

 ceeded, was twice married — to Alice de 

 Kighley and to Alice Franks — having a 

 son Henry by the former and John 

 (plaintiff) by the latter ; Lanes, Inq. p.m, 

 (Chet. Soc), i, 40-2 ; Pal. of Lane 

 Chan. Misc bdle. i, file 8, m. 23, 24. 

 Henry's sisters of the whole blood were 

 (1390) Margaret wife of William Popeley, 

 Elizabeth wife of Henry Lacy and Isabel 

 wife of William Parker. 



'' A detailed account of the dower 

 assigned to Alice widow of Richard de 



Dinelay in 1369 is recorded in Inq. p.m. 

 45 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. ig. She was 

 still living in 1416. 



2» Memo. R. (L.T.R.) 176. An inquiry 

 as to the tenure was ordered in 1414 \ 

 Add. MS. 32104, no. 7S5. The return in 

 1416 stated that Henry de Dinelay had 

 held the manor of the king in chief, as of 

 his crown, by knight's service and a rent 

 of j^i2 6j. 'j\d. and zs. for castle ward. 

 He married Alice daughter of John de 

 Mallum, who after his death bore a 

 daughter named Margaret, still living ; 

 Duchy of Lane, Inq. p.m. i, no. 15. 



21 Lanes, Inq, p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 121. 

 The manor was stated to be held of the 

 king in chief, as of his crown of England, 

 by the service of the fourth part of a 

 knight's fee. His wife Margaret survived 

 him. 



^^ John son and heir of John Dinelay 

 of Downham is mentioned in 1423; Dep. 

 Keeper*s Rep. xxxiii, App. 24. Probably 

 Richard died during minority and his 

 brother John succeeded. 



In 1445-6 John Dinelay, Henry Parr 

 and Agnes his wife, Christopher Banastre, 

 John Alanson and Richard Bretherton 

 held the fourth part of a knight's fee in 

 Downham, whereof the relief was 251. 

 John Dinelay's share was 7s. 5^.; he said 

 he had been in ward to the king, who 

 sold it to Robert Halsall, late escheator. 

 The Parrs' share was iij. lod., but Agnes 

 was in ward. The other shares were 

 respectively 2s. iid,, zs, zd. and id., 

 which had been received ; Duchy of Lane, 

 Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no, 20. John 

 Dinelay was living in 1463 j Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 75. 



From a confused note by Dodsworth it 

 seems that Richard Dinelay living in 

 1498-9 was the son of John i Dods. MSS, 

 cxlix, fol. iioi. It seems to be taken 

 from Richard's answer to a summons to 

 show by what right he claimed view of 

 frankpledge, &c., in his manor of Down- 

 ham i Pal. ot Lane Writs Proton. 1 3 & 1 5 

 Hen. VII. 



'" Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. iv, no, 5. 

 Agnes was the widow of Richard Dinelay ; 

 she held messuages and land in Downham 

 and Clitheroe for life by the demise of 

 John Dinelay father of Richard. Alice 

 wife of Edmund Haworth also had a 

 messuage in Downham, and Edward son 

 of Richard Dinelay had another. From 

 the age of the grandson it may be inferred 

 that Richard was born before 1440. 



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