A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Roger's 

 herding 

 L..thom 

 land in 



son Adam de Brockholes 2 ' died in 1290 

 the manor of Brockholes of Sir Robert dj 

 by the eighth p.irt of a knight's fee ; aLo 

 Bvrewath in Garstang and in Paythorne in 



Gisburn. 85 His son Roger succeeJeJ, but was still 

 under age in 1292.-" He married Nichola daughter 

 and heir of Isolda de Rigmaiden, 27 and was succeeded 

 in or before 131 1 by their son John. 28 He was 



Red Scar : The Dining-room 



holes and Old Brockholes ; ibid. William 

 son of William de Brockholes in 1284 

 gave his uncle Richard (son of Roger) his 

 right in an oxgang of land in Ribbleton 

 called Hysokecroft ; ibid. Another 

 version of the charter places Hysokecroft 

 in Brockholes; Add. MS. 32108, fol. 

 288. In 1 341 William son of William 

 son of Roger de Brockholes claimed 9 

 acres in Grimsargh against Richard son 

 of William son of Roger de Brockholes ; 

 De Banco R. 328, m. 524 d. 



- 4 In 1280 Adam de Brockholes, as 

 grandson and heir of Award de Brock- 

 holes, claimed a messuage and half an 

 oxgang of land in Brockholes against 

 Robert Noel, Agnes his wife, and Cecily 

 (under age) the sister of Agnes, who held 

 two-thirds, and Henry de Walton and 

 Agnes his wife, who had one-third ; De 

 Banco R. 36, m. 70. The claim was 

 still being prosecuted in 1287 against 

 Robert son of Adam Nowell of Mearley, 

 Agnes and Cecily, it being alleged that 

 Award de Brockholes had demised the 

 land for a term (then expired) to Uctred 

 de Brockholes ; ibid. 69, m. 75 d. 

 About 1284 an exchange seems to have 

 been made, Robert Nowell and the sisters 

 taking land in Paythorne ; Kuerden fol. 

 MS. fol. 273. Robert Nowell and Agnes 

 his wife claimed common of pasture in 

 Brockholes in 1288 against Adam de 

 Brockholes and William his brother ; 



Assize R. 1277, m. 31. It may be 

 added that an Alice daughter ot Roger 

 son of Uctred de Brockholes released 

 (c. 1285) to her sister Agnes all her 

 inheritance in Brockholes; Kuerden MSS. 

 v, fol. 1 1 &b. Roger son of Agnes de 

 Brockholes in 13 14-15 gave land in the 

 township to Thomas son of Roger Hyde; 

 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1875. 



Henry son of Robert de Ribbleton 

 released to Adam son of Roger de Brock- 

 holes half an oxgang of land in Brockholes 

 held of Adam ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 996. 

 The same Adam and Henry made an 

 exchange of land called Elondes, the 

 bounls naming the brook which formed 

 the division between Brockholes and 

 Ribbleton ; Towneley MS. HH, no. 1877. 

 Adam gave his brother William a part of 

 the waste of Brockholes, within certain 

 bounds ; a field called the Hyles is 

 named ; ibid. no. 1888. 



25 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 274. Henry 

 de Haydock and William le Blund were 

 the executors of the will of Adam de 

 Brockholes in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, 

 m. 100. In the same year John de 

 Rigmaiden claimed a debt — but was 

 non-suited — against the executors of 

 Cecily widow of Adam de Brockholes ; 

 ibid. m. 54 d. 



36 Maud widow of Wil'iam de Clifton 

 claimed a messuage and half an oxgang of 

 land in Brockholes against Roger son of 



IIO 



Adam de Brockholes, but the trial wai 

 adjourned till Roger should be of age; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 5 d. 



William de Clifton and Maud his wife 

 gave all their land in Brockholes with a 

 messuage there to Robert their son, and 

 this Robert made an exchange with Adam 

 de Brockholes about 1284 ; Kuerden fol. 

 MS. fol. 75, 74. 



27 About 1290 Adam son of Richaro 

 de Disteshaw granted all his land in 

 Brockholes to John de Rigmaiden and 

 Isolda his wife ; Towneley MS. HH, no. 

 1867. In 1308-9 Isolda de Rigmaiden 

 released to Nichola de Brockholes, her 

 daughter and heir, all right in the same ; 

 ibid. no. 1868. 



In continuation of the last note it may 

 be added that in 1310-11 Maud widow 

 of Robert son of William de Clifton 

 released her dower land to Nichola widow 

 of Roger de Brockholes, and that Roger 

 son of Robert de Clifton soon afterwards 

 granted all his lands in Brockholes to the 

 same Nichola ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 

 74-5. 



25 The last note shows that Nichola 

 was a widow in 1310-11. In i}i<-'7 

 John son of Roger dc Brockholes released 

 to Nichola his mother a third part of the 

 manor of Brockholes, 4c, as dower ; Kuer- 

 den MSS. v, fol. 1 18A. Nichola afterward- 

 gave to her son John the rent irom tnt 

 third part of the manor; HH, no. 1869. 



