BLACKBURN HUNDRED ribchester 



of Blackburn, 16 Clitheroe," Talbot" of Salesbury, took their names from places within Button, 

 Moton, 19 and Hoghton of Hoghton. 1 "' Others as Ash," Dodhill, 83 Hayhurst" and Hunting- 



16 Adam de Blackburn gave his aon 

 Richard lands in Dutton and Hayhurst, 

 part of them being held of St. Saviour's, 

 for the rent of a pair of white gloves ; 

 Towneley MS. OO, no. 1191. Amabel 

 widow of Adam de Blackburn claimed 

 dower in 1291 in two messuages, &c, in 

 Hayhurst and Dutton against William de 

 Blackburn ; De Banco R. 90, m. 87. 



Adam de Blackburn and others were 

 accused of assault in 1292 by Jordan the 

 Clerk of Dutton (son of Emma) ; Assize 

 R. 408, m. 95 d. In the same year Adam 

 son of Master Adam de Blackburn re- 

 leased an annual rent which Jordan owed 

 him for land and meadow in the vill of 

 Dutton ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 176. Six 

 years later he demised to Adam de 

 Huddleston for a term Whitworth in 

 Dutton and two-thirds of a culture called 

 the Coltepark; Towneley MS. DD, no. 

 2061. 



Robert de Cofhill granted land in the 

 Hough and the Berecroft in Dutton to 

 Adam de Blackburn, a rent of 6d. being 

 payable to St. Saviour's ; Towneley MS. 

 DD, no. 2131. Adam son of Robert de 

 Cofhill in 1297-8 claimed certain land 

 against William de Blackburn, who replied 

 that he (William) was a villein of Thomas 

 le Surreys and held the said land in 

 villeinage ; De Banco R. 116, m. H7d. ; 

 122, m. 48 d. William, however, gave 

 to Adam de Cofhill land in Hayhurst 

 between the brook running from Cunuyld 

 Wall to the Ribble and Wyarde Burn ; 

 Towneley MS. OO, no. 1207, 11 93. A 

 little earlier William son of Adam de 

 Blackburn had obtained land from Adam 

 son of Adam de Blackburn ; De Banco 

 R. 114, m. 86; 115, m. 179 d. Robert 

 de Clitheroe, clerk, obtained land from 

 William de Blackburn in 1304 ; Assize 

 R. 419, m. 11. Adam de Clitheroe in 

 1327 complained that William and others 

 had cut down his trees in Dutton ; De 

 Banco R. 269, m. 70 d. 



The above-named Richard son of Adam 

 de Blackburn seems to have been the 

 founder of the family of Blackburn of 

 Shevington and Dutton ; their deeds are 

 in Add. MS. 32107, no. 1462, &c. 

 Richard son of Adam obtained lands 

 from Henry de CunlifFe and also from 

 William son of Richard de Dutton ; the 

 latter grant included parts of Middes- 

 holme, Bradridding and Dodhill (under 

 the Stanrays) ; ibid. no. 1485, 1489. 

 Richard also had from Richard de Dutton 

 his part within the fields of Dodhill per- 

 taining to 2 oxgangs of land in Dutton ; 

 and from William de Dutton land in 

 Dodhill, the bounds of which touched 

 Karkesti ; ibid. no. 1506, 15 10. Richard 

 de Blackburn gave his son Thomas land 

 in Dutton to the east of Dodhill Brook ; 

 ibid. no. 1475. Thomas obtained other 

 grants; ibid.no. 1496, 1501. 



17 Ralph de Clayton gave Hugh de 

 Clitheroe a moiety of the mill on the 

 Ribble in a place called Harewas in 

 Dutton; Towneley MS. DD, no. 1177. 

 William de Blackburn exchanged land on 

 the Hough for another piece in Hayhurst 

 with Hugh de Clitheroe ; ibid. no. n $7. 

 Adam son of William de Dutton gave 

 Roger de Clitheroe all his land in Dutton ; 

 ibid.no. 2063. In 1316-17 Alice daughter 

 of Geoffrey son of Godith de Dutton 

 granted all her land in the township to 

 Adam son of Hugh de Clitheroe ; ibid, 

 no. 2069. 



In 1335 Cecily widow of Adam de 

 Clitheroe recovered dower in land in 

 Dutton against Philip de Clayton ; De 

 Banco R. 304, m. 235 d. Some years 

 later (1349) an agreement as to pasture 

 was made between Henry de Clayton of 

 Dutton on the one side and on the other 

 Cecily widow of Adam de Clitheroe, 

 William de Rilston and Sibyl his wife, 

 Robert son and heir of Robert de 

 Clitheroe and Adam de Blackburn ; DD, 

 no. 2138. 



18 This family inherited the Clitheroe 

 estate and made other purchases. 



Isabel daughter of Richard brother of 

 Sir Robert de Clitheroe, who married John 

 Talbot, had lands in Dutton and Ro- 

 chester ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. fChet. Soc), ii, 

 42, 55. Later the lands in Dutton are 

 stated to be held of the Abbot of Whalley ; 

 ibid, ii, 144, 161. 



19 William son of William de Dutton 

 demised for his life to William son of 

 Henry Moton a moiety of his land in 

 Batbanridding at a rent of 2s. yd. ; Add. 

 MS. 32106, no. 180. Jordan de Dutton, 

 clerk, gave William the Tailor, son of 

 Henry Moton, land in Mossiley Carr in 

 1317 ; ibid, no. 147. In the same col- 

 lection will be found other grants of land 

 in Old Carr and New Carr, &c, to the 

 same William son of Henry ; some of 

 them were made by Richard son of 

 Amery and Thomas his son. In 1361 

 William Moton of Dutton and Cecily 

 widow of Nicholas Moton appear to have 

 sold their lands to Henry de Clayton ; 

 ibid. no. 183, 178, 156. 



Richard son of William Moton was 

 defendant in 1360, the plaintiffs being 

 Richard son of Simon Ball of Farington, 

 Alice his wife, Henry del Scholes of 

 Cuerdale and Maud his wife ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Assize R. 8, m. 8 d. 



20 From the charters it appears that the 

 Moton lands came into the possession of 

 Sir Richard Hoghton about 1407 ; Add. 

 MS. 32106, no. 129, &c. Sir Richard 

 also acquired the lands of Hitche 

 (Richard) son of Amery, which have 

 been mentioned previously; ibid. no. 145. 

 One or two further references may be 

 added : William son of William son of 

 Maud de Ulnes Walton, together with 

 Margery (his wife) and Hawise, daughters 

 and heirs of William Baskit, in 13 16-17 

 granted the reversion of a toft in Dutton 

 to Richard son of Amery (fern.) de Brad- 

 hill and Alice his wife ; ibid. no. 244. 

 From another charter it appears that the 

 grantors were the heirs of Adam son of 

 Alice de Wheatley ; ibid. no. 138. Roger 

 de Wheatley son of Richard the Smith of 

 Chipping a little later gave them the right 

 he had in a certain toft after the death of 

 Alice his wife; ibid. no. 130. In 1330 

 Richard son of Amery gave his lands in 

 Dutton and Ribchester to his son Thomas, 

 with remainders to other sons William and 

 John ; ibid. no. 484 (fol. 329). Thomas 

 son of Richard made a feoffment or sale 

 of his lands and the rent of yd. due from 

 the land of William son of Robert de 

 Ribchester in 1372 ; ibid. no. 171. 



Land in Dutton was held by Sir Henry 

 Hoghton in 1424 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc), ii, 43. The tenure of the Hoghton 

 lands in Dutton was unknown in the 

 1 6th century ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xiv, no. 26 ; xv, no. 39. 



21 Deeds of this family are in Add. 

 MS. 32107, no. 874, &c, and reference 



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may be made to the account of Aighton 

 and Bailey already given. 



Alexander del Ash (de Fraxino) demised 

 land in Dutton to Richard del Ash for a 

 term of years ; ibid. no. 901. Henry de 

 Clayton gave the same Richard Roughfall 

 in Hayhurst; no. 890. Richard also 

 obtained other lands in the same part of 

 the township ; no. 880, 900. Richard del 

 Ash made the following grants : In 

 1 3 20- 1 to John his son a messuage in 

 Hayhurst (no. 913); in 1335 to Hugh 

 his son Willeriddings in Dutton, which 

 Richard del Ash the younger seems to 

 have confirmed (no. 911, 914); and in 

 1336 to Robert his son Roughfall 

 (no. 907). Hugh son of Richard del Ash 

 in 1 361 granted all his land in Dutton to 

 Robert de Bailey ; no. 887. In the same 

 year Margery daughter and heir of Robert 

 de Hayhurst by Emota his wife released 

 all her right in Dutton to Robert del Ash ; 

 no. 876. 



Robert son of Richard del Ashes in 

 1347 recovered a messuage and lands in 

 Dutton and Aighton against his brother 

 Richard and others; Assize R. 1435, 

 m. 33 d. Robert del Ash in 1360 claimed 

 messuages, &c, in Dutton against Hugh 

 del Ash ; it appeared that Richard del 

 Ash had in the time of Edward II granted 

 them to John del Ash and to William and 

 Robert, the brothers of John, and that 

 John and William had died without issue ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7, m. 5 ; 8, 

 m. 6. Robert del Ash in 1 366 claimed land 

 against Robert de Leyland and Katherine 

 his wife ; De Banco R. 425, m. 504. 



The descent cannot be traced accurately. 

 Richard son of Robert in 1378-9 married 

 Ellen de Aighton; Add. MS, 32107, 

 no. 878. Richard appears to have had 

 sons John and Thomas ; ibid. no. 886, 

 919. Robert son and heir of Thomas 

 Ash in the time of Edward IV married 

 Elizabeth Crumbleholme ; ibid. no. 912. 



Hugh Ash died in Sept. 1554 hold- 

 ing messuages in Dutton of the king 

 and queen in chief by knight's service ; 

 his son George was a year old ; Duchy of 

 Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 35. George Ash 

 appears in 1583 ; Pal-, of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 45, m. 172. 



Edward Ash in 1609 held CloughBank 

 of the lord of Dutton ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 165. 

 Edward Ash of Dutton in 1630 com- 

 pounded for his recusancy by paying £3 

 yearly ; Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv, 

 174. 



Robert Ash of Dutton in 1652 desired 

 confirmation of a house and land seques- 

 tered for the recusancy of John Talbot of 

 Dinckley ; Cal. Com. for Comp. ii, 1449. 



22 This family appears from an early 

 time, and some references to it will be 

 found in deeds already quoted. Thomas 

 de Bradhurst of Dutton granted a toft to 

 John son of Thomas de Dudhill in 

 1316-17; Add. MS. 32107, no. 1525. 

 Richard de Dudhill in 1342 granted land 

 in Ribchester to Adam son of Richard 

 Award de Dutton ; Towneley MS. OO, 

 no. 1 1 98. ThomaB son of William de 

 Dudhill made grants of land in Hunting- 

 don in 1364 and 1375 ; Add. MS. 32107, 

 no. 1524, 1462. 



Part at least of the Dudhill lands ap- 

 pears to have descended to the Bradleys 

 mentioned later. 



23 Deeds of this family are contained 

 in Towneley's MS. OO, no. 1191, &c. 



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