A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



In 1537 the lands of the dissolved monastery of Whalley were surveyed and from this record 

 a few extracts are subjoined : — 



Elker Wood, in Billington, of about 60 acres is wrell replenished with oaki and fair young trees 

 and much underwood of ' hasell and eller ; ' the Nab of 40 acres is replenished with oak timber and 

 many fair ash trees, and but small underwood. 



Whalley Park, having a circuit of 2 miles, is well replenished with timber and underwood for 

 three parts of the same ; through it runneth a fair river called the water of Calder wherein is taken 

 Salmon trout with other fish. There is in the park at this vision 30 deer. Crow Park of 4 acres, 

 well replenished with ashes . . . breedeth herons hewes ; Oxhey Wood of 16 acres is well replenished 

 with timber and underwood which hath been accustomed to be felled once at every 20 years. 



Romesgreve Wood is well replenished with old oaks and fair timber and containeth in circuit 

 I J mile."' 



From a survey of Bowland Chase, made in 1652, it appears that several tenants were ' bound 

 to suffer the deereto goo unmolested into their several grounds : they are also fyned if anie without 

 lycens keep anie dogg bigger than will go through a stirupe to hunt the deere out of the come.'"* 

 There were then of red deer twenty stags, hinds and calves, and forty fallow deer, the herbage 

 reserved for their sustenance being valued at £2^ ioj. The woodlands were valued at £^2 per 

 anniun.*" 



This herd of wild deer was destroyed in 1805, an act of undoubted benefit as regards the 

 improvement of woodlands and the successful conduct of agriculture. 



Burton Chase 



Almost immediately to the north of Bowland Chase lay that of Burton-in-Lonsdale. Before 

 121 8 William de Mowbray conceded to his free tenant, Adam de Staveley, the right to take hare 

 and wolf with dogs in the forest of Lonsdale, whilst the latter released to his chief lord all claim 

 to take wild deer or falcons.^'' Roger de Mowbray had vaccaries in the wood of Mewith in 

 Bentham before 1298, one of which he gave to John de Creppinges."' In 1307 a commission 

 was appointed to make inquiry touching the bounds of the free chase of Burton, by which the 

 ancestors of John de Mowbray had held it, and later an inquest was held by which the right 

 boundaries were duly declared.''* 



Hornby 



Reference is made to the forest of Roger de Montbegon in a royal charter of 1 1 99."° In 

 the time of Edward I the marches of the forest of Dame Margaret de Nevill in Cawood are thus 

 described. 



Where Serelfal brook falls into Kere, following eastward unto Sandyford, thence to the Febryth 

 and from thence following the Rusell unto Threpholme between Holrys and Helangrysse, so by the 

 moor unto the Loghlangrj-gg and following the Ronekersyke to West Storth brook, following the 

 brook to the Blaksyke thence following to the Howath and from the head of Howath following 

 the Russell into Lune, following Lune to Aubras pool, thence to Blakmelez upon Qwytmore, from 

 thence unto Warne-beckheuid, from thence unto Mychel Sueinsete, from thence to Lytell Sueinsete 

 from thence to Litell deenalaunt, so to Fauch edge and from thence ascending unto Stevensete and 

 from thence to Wolfhole cragge.'" 



In 1 30 1 Dame Margaret gave liberty to the monks of Furness to have free passage for their 

 animals through her lands of Hornby, save in her parks and in her several pasture of Roeburndale.'" 

 In 1584 there were two parks adjoining Hornby Castle, the old and new parks. In the latter 

 which had an area of 172 acres (customary), there were both red and fallow deer."* ' 



'" IVhalley Coucher (Chet. Soc. Old Ser. xx), 1 196 et seqq. 



'" A representation of this gauge preserved at Browsholme is given in Whitaker's Hist, of WhalU-i 

 (ed. 1876), i, 338J. J J 



'" Ibid. 331. i« Whitaker, Hist, of Rkhmondshire, ii, 3 C4. 



'" Cfl/. /><;/. 1 292-1 301, p. 369. ^'^' 



'"Ibid 1 301-7, p 540; nr^./»^.(York.Rec. Soc.),xxxvii, 149. ' From Caldestane by a place called 

 Harlaw to the Tonge of Brounmore, so by Fourstanes to Kirk Beck and thence to Whenyng Water and to 

 Littel Wath, from thence below Ravencross to Aid Weryngton [Old Wennington] and Grythawe thence 

 to Langbrig or Langebrege, and to Dowegill and from the head of Dowegill to the Pyke of Graerete ''formed 

 the boundary from south to north against co. Lancaster. 5 > ea 



■'' Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), xl. 



>" a'hT'^M^c;?' ^^^' ^°\ ,'^' ^^'' corresponds with the western boundary of the lordship of Hornby 

 Add. MSS. 3324+, fol. 29. i» Whitaker, Rkhmondshire, ii, 257. "°rnDy. 



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