BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



WHALLEY 



different times. In 1302 John de Twisleton was 

 recorded as holding the eighth part of a knight's fee in 

 Twiston of the Earl of Lincoln/ in 131 1 Hugh son 

 of John de Twisleton was stated to hold a plough-land 

 in Twiston in thegnage by a rent of 20J.,® while in 

 1322 he held the same by the service of the fourteenth 

 part of a knight's fee.^ Few particulars of the family 

 are known,"* and the manor, which was regarded as 

 a dependency of Downham," passed by marriage or 

 purchase to Richard de Greenacres.'^ By marriage 

 with two co-heirs '^ the manor became divided between 

 the Radcliffes of Todmorden'* and the Worsleys/^ whose 

 descent has been noticed In theaccount of Downham."^ 

 By a later partition (1-I-94) Mearley was assigned to 

 the Radcliffes and Twiston to the Worsley co-heirs." 



Thomas Starkie, who before 14.86 married Alice 

 sister and co-heir of the last Robert Worsley,'^ 

 appears to have settled in Twiston,'' but, though his 

 descendants long resided there, there is very little 

 known of their origin "" or descent. William Starkie 

 in 1564 agreed with Thomas Lister of Westby for a 

 division of Twiston Moor.^' The same or a later 

 William was a freeholder in 1600.^'' Thomas Starkie 

 died in 1 607 holding a messuage and lands in 

 Twiston of the king as duke by knight's service ; his 

 heir was his son Thomas, sixteen years of age.'*^ 

 Thomas Starkie of Twiston, his son James and three 

 daughters contributed to the poll tax of 1 660.'^' 

 From him descended the Thomas who was vicar of 

 Blackburn 1780-18 18." 



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

 * Ibid, ii, 13. 

 »Ibid. 135. 



^° Adam 3oa of Hugh de Twisleton 

 gave an oxgang of land In Twiston to 

 Hugh son of Hugh de Twiston j Towne- 

 ley MS. DD, no. n8o. In 1281 Hugh 

 de Twisleton claimed half an oxs:ang from 

 Ralph son of Hugh de Mearley, the fourth 

 part of an oxgang from Robert de Bogland 

 (Beland) and Cecily his wife, another 

 fourth part from Robert son of Peter de 

 Twisleton and a messuage from Lawrence 

 fionofHugh [deMearley] ;De Banco R.38, 

 m. 4 d. Walter son of Hugh de Twisle- 

 ton complained in the same year that 

 Robert son of Peter had taken goods of 

 his i ibid. 41, m. 54. In the former 

 suit the plaintiff recovered his lands ; ibid, 

 43, m. 93 ; Cal. Close, 1279-88, p. 115. 

 Alice widow of John de Twisleton in 

 1303 claimed dower in 5 oxgangs of land, 

 a mill, &c., in Twiston, against Simon de 

 Baiderston, who had them on lease from 

 her late husband. To warrant him Simon 

 called Hugh son of John, who was a 

 minor and in his mother's custody ; De 

 Banco R. 149, m. 19. 



^^ The Heriz family had some lord- 

 ship in both. In the suit of 1281 above 

 cited John de Heriz was called- to warrant 

 the defendants ; De Banco R. 41, m. 35 d. 

 In 1292 Cecily widow of John de Heriz 

 claimed dower in Walter son of Hugh de 

 Twisleton's tenement, but was non-suited; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 15. 



In 1349 John de Dinelay held in 

 demesne and service one plough-land in 

 Twiston by the fourteenth part of a 

 knight's fee ; Lansdowne Feodary in 

 Baines' Lijwcj. (ed. 1870), 11,693. Dine- 

 lay did not become lord of Downham till 

 1354, but he may have held Twiston in 

 conjunction with his half plough-land in 

 Downham. 



12 Richard de Greenacres in 1323 ac- 

 quired a messuage, &c., in Twiston from 

 John de Dinelay and Margaret his wife j 

 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 ii, 56, In 1327 a settlement was made 

 by which John de Dinelay gave to Richard 

 the capital messuage in Twiston, water- 

 mill, &c., which he had by gift of the said 

 Richard and of Hugh son and heir of John 

 de Twisleton, the remainders in default of 

 issue being to Robert, William and Mar- 

 gery, brothers and sister of Richard de 

 Greenacres, to Adam Nowell and to John 

 de Dinelay ; DD, no. 620, 621. 



In 1338 a further settlement was made, 

 the estate being described as the manor of 

 Twiston. After the death of Richard de 

 Greenacres and Margaret his wife the 

 manor was to go to his son Richard and 

 heirs male j other sons were John, Robert, 



Henry, Thomas, Lawrence, Gilbert, Adam 

 and William. Alice daughter of Ji'hn 

 son of Hugh dc Twisleton put in licr 

 claim ; Final Cone, il, 107. 



Richard de Greenacres held the tenth 

 part of a knight's fee In Twiston in 1355; 

 Feud, Aids, nl, 88. 



^^ See the accoimt of Mearley. It was 

 probably the younger Richard who in 

 1 36 1 held the tenth part of a knight's fee 

 In Twiston of the Duke of Lancaster ; 

 Inq, p.m. 35 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. 

 122. Agnes and Joan his daughters 

 or granddaughters married respectively 

 William de Radcllffe and Henry de 

 Worsley. In 1445-6 the tenth part of a 

 knight's fee in Twiston was held by 

 William son of William Radcllffe anJ 

 Richard son of John Worsley ; Duchy of 

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



In 1386 pardon was granted to Sir 

 Robert de Greenacres for the ravishment 

 of Margery daughter of Richard de Ravens- 

 holme at Twiston ; Cal. Pat. 1385-9, 



P- 139- 



^* In 1 48 1 in a marriage agreement 

 between Richard Radcllffe of Todmorden 

 and Edmund Ashton of Chadderton the 

 lands of the former in Twiston, Mearley 

 and Downham were named ; DD, no. 

 2245. 



^^ In 1443 Robert Worsley was said to 

 hold half the 'vUl of John Dinelay, and his 

 nephew Richard in 1464 was said to hold 

 half the manor In socage by rendering a 

 red rose yearly ; ibid. no. 1475 j Lanes. 

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



'^ Lawrence Shuttleworth and Elizabeth 

 his wife In 1504 made a settlement of her 

 part of the Worsley estate in Twiston ; 

 Final Cone, iil, 155. This part was in 

 1527 sold by the Shuttleworths to Thomas 

 Lister ; Lord Ribblesdale's D, T 8, 9 ; 

 Dods, MSS. civ, fol. 131. 



The Aghton share was In 1531 sold to 

 John Lambert of Sklpton, who In 1534 

 sold it to Lawrence son of William Lister 

 of Middop as the fifth part of the manor j 

 Lord Ribblesdale's D. T 11-15 ; Dods. 

 ut sup. This seems to be the last time 

 the* manor' is named. This Lawrence 

 Lister had a son Anthony named below j 

 ibid. T16. 



John Dean was said to hold his lands 

 In Twiston of the king as duke ; Duchy 

 of Lane. Inq. p.m. vil, no. 12. As 

 already stated Sir Thomas Langton in 

 1536 purchased the Dean share of the 

 estate ; Pal, of Lane. Plea R. 163, 

 m. I . 



A John Worsley appears to have 

 asserted a claim to Twiston in 1528; 

 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 141. 



1^ Lord Ribblesdale's D. T i (note by 

 Mr. Anderton). 



^ 559 



i^ Pal, of Lane. Plea R, 62, m. 

 10 d. 



A writ of diem clauslt extremum was 

 issued in 1520 after the death of Alice 

 Starkie j Towneley MS. CC, no. 827. 



^^ Thomas Starkie was one of the 

 defendants to John Worsley's claim In 

 1528. Thomas Starkie, gent., and John 

 his son were witnesses to a Whalley 

 decree in 15 14; Act Bk. of PVhalley 

 (Chet. Soc.), 31, 3*;. A William Starkie 

 occurs in 1528 j ibid. 71. Thomas 

 Starkie of Downham gave evidence In a 

 tithe case in 1533 ; Duchy Plead. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 37. 



-0 According to a note by Christopher 

 Towneley, Thomas was a brother of 

 Edmund Starkie, the first of Huntroyde ; 

 00, no. 1643. Thomas Starkie contri- 

 buted to a subsidy in 1524 and Edmund 

 in 1543. 



21 Lord Ribblesdale's D. T 25. William 

 Starkie took part in various disputes in 

 the time of Elizabeth. In 1564 he and 

 others disputed the title to common, 

 pasture and turbary called Twiston Moor, 

 and actions for trespass had been begun in 

 Clitheroe Court ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 296 

 He was the owner of land there called 

 Chapel Flat j ibid. He was plaintiff 

 again in 1573 ; ibid, iii, 10. 



In the Clitheroe Court Roll of 26 & 27 

 Eliz. (1584-5) the jury presented that 

 certain persons had been 'accustomed to 

 uphold and make the hedge that lieth 

 between Twiston stakes and a place called 

 Robert Lye afore that Twiston pasture 

 was divided,' but now that a division 

 had been made they could not say who 

 was liable. 



22 Misc. (Rec. Soe. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 h ^35" An old pedigree of unknown 

 origin states that Ellen daughter of 

 Thomas Ryley of the Green married 

 William Starkie of Twiston ; Visit, of 

 1567 (Chet. Soc), 125. See also JVhalley 

 Reg, (Lanes. Par. Reg. Soc). 



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

 and Ches.), i, 100. The younger Thomas 

 Is named in N. Assheton's Journal. 



^■* Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 250, no, 4. In 

 1667 licence was granted for the marriage 

 of James Starkie of Twiston and Sarah 

 Robinson, widow ; note by Mr. H. Ince 

 Anderton. Thomas Starkie was burled 

 at Downham in 1688, aged (as was 

 believed) 104 ; Reg, He was about ninety- 

 seven. 



^^ See the account of the vicars of 

 Blackburn ; also Whitaker, PF/ialley, ii, 

 155. Dr. Layeock gives the following 

 as the descent : Thomas Starkie, d. 168S 

 -3. James -s. Thomas, d. 1741 -s. James, 

 d. 1 76 1 -s. Rev. Thomas, viear of Black- 

 burn. 



