A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Wolfenden Booth (vachery) with 2 pastures called 



Cowhope and Wolfeclose 

 Gamelsheud (vachery) . 

 Herleyhead alias Bacopbothe (vachery) 

 Tunstead (vachery) 

 Hodlesden (vachery) and New^hey . 

 High Ryley alias Horleyhead (vachery) 

 Anteley '" (vachery) 

 Baxtonden (vachery) 

 Crawshaw Booth (vachery) 

 Godshaugh (vachery) 

 Fulclough (vachery 

 Prymerosefeld (pasture) . 

 Newhallhey (vachery) and 



Over Lynche and Hallecarre . 



Wolfenden '" (waste) . 



Musbury park '^ (470 acres) . 

 Emottes More (waste) in the forest of Trawden '^ 

 The moyte [moiety] of Rusheton Thornes (pasture) 

 RowclifFe Wood (pasture) .... 



For over a century the copyhold tenants of these lands enjoyed their tenements in complete 

 security, but in 1607 the crown lawyers of James I pretended to discover a flaw in the tenure by 

 the ' new hold.' The subsequent negotiations between the tenants and the crown are illustrated in 

 the following extracts : — 



1607, Apl. 5. — A letter from the Privy Council addressed to Mr. Auditor Fanshaw pointing out the 

 difference in status between the tenants of copyhold lands enjoyed time out of mind by custom and of 

 improvements out of his Majesty's forests and chases, called lands of the newhold, which have only been 

 granted by the steward and by warrants made by the steward for the admittance of those enjoying them, 

 which are only of the nature of assart lands and cannot be claimed by any custom or prescription to be copy- 

 hold, nor any right claim thereunto by any former grant without licence from his Majesty according 

 to the forest laws, which was not obtained. 



The king is graciously pleased, not only to make offer to the ancient copyhold tenants for to 

 enfranchise their copyhold estates and to grant them the inheritance of the said copyhold in fee farm by 

 free socage whereby they should be freed from all incertainties of fines and other bound services and 

 charges, but also to have offer made to them of the assart lands. 



The auditor was requested to report what description and willingness he might find to accept his 

 Majesty's most gracious offer. 



'" ' In Acryngton Foreste.' 



'" The tenants ' to stond chargeable and to be collectours of xx marc yerelie of and for the ferme of 

 Wolfenden lande which is laten to al tenauntes of the seyd forest ' of Rossendale. See below. 



'» For half of the Hall carr. 



'" ' Crete large wast ground in the myddes of the seyd Forest of Rossyndale callid Wolfenden with a feir 

 logge [a fair lodge] therein set, whych ground was never arrented ne set to no certen ferme but hath bene 

 reservid for socour of dere and to releve al the kynges tenauntes in the seyd Foreste as a common amonge them.' 



'" ' A wast ground . . . whych was sometyme a park in dede and now the closure is downe and is 

 laid to pasture savyng the dere of the forest of Rossindale hath recorse therein amonge.' 



'" ' Every man depastureth it that wryll.' 



'™ MS. at Huntroyde. It is interesting to compare these values with the farms received in 1324. 

 Blakey dose, 20/. ; 2 vacc of Barouford, 28/. ; another, 13/. 4</. ; 2 vacc. of Rughelegh, 56/. ; vacc. of Whit- 

 halgh, 28/.; vacc. of Bayrlegh, 28/.; 2 vacc. of Goldiauebothis 56/. ; vacc. of Haghebothe 18/. ; herbage of 

 Westeclose and Hegham, 40/.; herbage of Roel and Filicloos, 20/.; 2 vacc. of Wycolure, 14/. and i6s.- vacc. of 

 Wynwcll, 28/. ; 2 vacc. of Berdeshaw, 56/.; vacc. of Bacstanden, 30/.; vacc. of Gamelesheuid, 20/.; vacc. of 

 Hoddesden with herbage of the forest there, 24/. ; vaccaries of Croweschagh, Dedequenclogh, Wolfham dene 

 Tunstede, and Bacop, besides the keep of the deer 26s. each — £6 13/. ^d. ; vacc. of Neuhall, Routonstall' 

 Godischaw, and Lufclogh, besides the keep of the deer 20/. each — £^ ; vacc. of Constabillegh, besides etc. 

 13/. 4</. ; vacc. of Hegham and Penhill, besides, etc., 20/. ; vacc. of Rilay, besides, etc., 26s. 8d. ; vacc. of 

 the Couhous in Accrington, 40;. ; vacc. of Anteley, 30/. ; herbage of Musberi Park, 20/. ; herbage of 

 Romysgreve, 14/. ; white rent of 5 vacc. and 8 cows put to farm at 3;. j^.d. each cow — £16 6s. Sd. ■ vacc. 

 of Brenand in Bouland, 30/. ; vacc. of Sviynylhirst, 20/. ; vacc. of Whitleghdale, 20/. ; herbage of Wy'twalle, 

 1 2d. ; vacc. of the Trogh, 6s. Sd. ; vacc. of Galsterdale, 6s. Sd. ; vacc. of Heghoke, 20/. ; vacc. of Randolf- 

 bothe, 26s. Sd. ; herbage of vacc. of Bathirarghis besides, etc., 3/. ^. ; white rent of 5 vacc. and 7 cows 

 each at 3;. 2d. and an aged cow at is. -jd. — £\i %s. ^d. Mins. Accts. bdle. 1 148, No. 6. 



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