A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



in 1667 vjccecJed by his son Digby, who married a 

 distant cousin, Elizabeth daughter of Charles Gerard, 

 Karl of MaccLsfield, lord of the manor of H.ilsall in 

 Lancashire. Digby s heir was his daughter Eliza- 

 beth, who in 1698 married James fourth Duke of 

 Hamilton, killed in the celebrated duel with Lord 



Gerard, Lord 

 Ccrard of Gerard's 

 Bromley. Argent a 

 saltire gules. 



H win ton, Duke of 

 Ham It "n. Gules three 

 cin j ue foils pierced er- 

 mine. 



Mohun in I 7 1 2. 6 



The lordship of Wyresdale 

 descended with the dukedom until 1 853, 00 when it 

 was sold to Peter Ormrod of Bolton, 61 who settled 

 at Wyresdale Park. He diel about 1875, after 

 which his widow held it fur life. On her death in 

 1890 it went to James Cross Ormrod, nephew of 

 Peter, who was in 1 895 succeeded by his son Captain 

 Peter Ormrod, stated to be nmv lord of the manor 62 

 Wyresdale Park, a modern house, had a herd of 

 deer ; a pack of staghounds is maintained. 



Courts arc held. 83 In 164.2 it was ordcrcj by 

 the jury that the court should be elected out of the 

 several townships in rotation, the first year out of 

 Barnacre, Bonds and Tarnacre, the second year <>jt 

 of Cabus, Cleveley and Holleth, and the third year 

 out of Wyresdale, Longmoor or Pilling Moss and 

 the remainder. 64 The meeting-place was at Gober- 

 thwaite or Gubisthwaite in Cabus. fii Gubbcrford 

 and Gubbcrford Lane are marked on the ordnance 

 map in Cabus and adjoining Woodacre, and the 

 bridge over the Wyre is named Gubbcrlord Bridge. 

 The courts are still held in Cabus. 



The lords of the manor having been almost ^>' c 

 landowners, no other families occur to be noticed 

 specially in the township. 06 There were tome 

 sequestrations under the Commonwealth. 67 



Dolphinholmc in Nether Wyresdale FortM was 

 the subject of dispute in 1 59 1 . Cs W\ reside, in this 

 part of the township, is the seat of Captain Charles 

 Henry Garnett. 69 Scorton Old Hall belonged to the 

 Blackburnes in the 17th century. 70 



In connexion with the Church of England St. 

 Peter's, Scorton, was built in 1878-9 ; Captain 

 Peter Ormrod is patron. 71 



The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel at Scorton, 

 built in 1 843, n and another at Dolphinholmc The 

 Congregationalists have one at the latter hamlet. 75 



The Roman Catholic church of St. Mar)' and 

 St. James, built in 186 1-2, replaced an earlier one, 

 and represents missionary work at different home- 

 steads in the township and district, which can be 

 trac:d back to the early part of the 1 8th century. 74 



53 G.E.C. Complete Peerage^ iv, 146-50. 

 The descent may te given in outline as 

 fallows: James, 4th duke, killed 1712 

 -s. James, 5th duke, d. 1743 —8. James, 

 6th duke, d. 1758 -a. James George, 

 7th duke, d. 1769 -bro. Douglas, 8th 

 duke, d. 1799 —uncle Archibald, 9th 

 duke (son of James, 5th duke), d. 1819 -s. 

 Alexander, 10th duke, d. 1852. 



Lord Archibald Hamilton (afterwards 

 duke) was knight of the shire 1768-72 ; 

 Pink and Beaven, Pari. Repre. of Lanes. 

 8$. He died at Ashton Hall. 



There were fines and recoveries of the 

 manors of Nether Wyresdale, &c, in 

 1 701 by James Duke of Hamilton and 

 Elizabeth his wife, 1737 by James Duke 

 of Hamilton, 1762 by Lord Archibald 

 Hamilton, and 1800 by Archibald Duke 

 of Hamilton an I Alexander Marquess of 

 D tuglas 9 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdles. Z47, m. 105 ; 319, m. 10; Plea 

 R. 596, m. 5 ; Aug. Assizes, 40 

 Geo. Ill, R. 6. 



60 Fishwick, op. cit. 54. 



61 The Ormrods were cotton spinners 

 of Bolton. James Ormrod of Chamber 

 Hall died in 1825, leaving two sons, 

 Peter and James ; Barton, Bolton Glean. 

 i, 153. The latter was father of CoL 

 James Cross Ormrod named in the text. 

 Peter Ormrod rebuilt the parish church 

 at Bolton ; his brother James built St. 

 Peter's, Scorton, in memory of him. 



The price paid for Nether Wyresdale 

 (4,027 acres) was /i 10,500, for 

 Cleveley (693 acres) ^35,100, and for 

 Cabus (1,359 acres) £54,100; Preston 

 Guard. 21 Nov. 1874. 



63 Hewitson, North-ward, 75. 



63 Fishwick, op. cit. 57. 



64 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 528. 

 Fishwick (op. cit. 47-54) gives a list of 

 the tenants in 1604-5 with the allot- 



ments of common made to each by 

 agreement with Lord Gerard. 



65 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 72 j 

 the manor of Wyresdale is here called 

 Goburthwaite. See the account of Little 

 Ecclesion. 



68 Scabgill in Wyresdale was in 161 5 

 held by Robert Foxe of the king as of 

 his manor of Wenden Ferrens in Bucks. 

 in socage. Thomas Foxe, aged twenty, 

 was next of kin an 1 heir ; Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Chcs.), ii, 

 122. 



Park Houne, part of the lands of 

 Willi-im (Parr) Marquess of Northampton, 

 was in 1 561-4 in dispute between 

 Anthony Harrison (in right of his wife 

 Margaret, daughter and heir of Richard 

 HodgekJnson) and William Harrison, &c. ; 

 Dueatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 286—7. 



There were disputes as to tenures in 

 the manor in 1664 and later, yielding 

 the names of many of the tenants ; 

 Exeh. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 38, 43, 44. The depositions were 

 printed in the Preston Guard. 6 Nov. 

 1 886 and later. A court held at 

 Wedacre is named. There were further 

 disputes in 1687, Lady Elizabeth Gerard 

 being in possession ; Exch. Dep. 71. 



67 William Baines, recusant, had two- 

 thirds of hiB estate under sequestration in 

 1653 ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 157. John Baines, 

 aged thirty, admitted to the English 

 College, Rome, in 1659, was son of 

 William. He stated that his parents, 

 * Catholics of the middle classes, descended 

 from an ancient stock . . . suffered much 

 on account of their religion and were 

 reduced to very slender means in con- 

 sequence* ; Foley, Rec. S. J. v, 399. He 

 was ordained and sent to England. John 

 Baines, who had taken part in the * second 



304 



war ' on the king's side, escaped with i 

 fine of £3 j Royaliit Comp. Papen, i, 1 18. 

 Thomas Mercer and Mary his wife, 

 who were leaseholders under Lady Kil- 

 morey, for recusancy suffered sequestra- 

 tion, but were dead in 1655 ; ibid, iv, 1 30. 

 The surname is given as Myerscougli in 

 Cat. Com. for Comp. v, 3242. John 

 Riginaiden of Wyersdale, recusant, de- 

 aired to contract for the two-thirds of his 

 estate in 1654; ibid, v, 3186. John 

 seems to have died soon after, the trustees 

 of his daughter Anne, wife of Roger 

 Green, petitioning for discharge later in 

 Ihe year; ibid, iv, 2851. William 

 Windresi, though not actually sequestered, 

 compounded in 1651 for having been in 

 arms for the king in 1643 j ibid, iv, 2899. 



68 Ducalut Lane, iii, 275. 



69 Burke, Landed Gentry. 



70 Fishwick, op. cit. 256. 



71 A district was formed for it in 1880 ; 

 Lond. Gaz. 17 Sept. 



72 Hewitson, Our Country Churekei, 524. 

 A poor woman, employed at the mill, 

 held a class meeting in her house ; this, 

 after some persecution, found protectors 

 in the mill-owners and regular serrices 

 were instituted. 



73 Services began in 1875 and an iron 

 church was opened in 1881 j Nightingale, 

 Lanes. Nonconf. i, 207. 



7< Hewitson, op. cit. 521-3. Mh.wiI 

 to be said at Brackeniea (occupied by the 

 lenkinsons), and there was a priest's 

 hiding-place at Foxhouses. ' The original 

 Catholic chapel at Scorton was a small 

 rude thatched building. In its early career 

 the building, it is said, was used as a 

 clogmaker's shop on weekdays and for 

 Catholic worship on Sunlays. It was 

 eventually replaced by another building, 

 set apart entirely for religioui purpoi"-' 

 This wa» afterwards useJ as a tchoolroom. 



