t iN ANH i HA i i Cornell alniversity Library BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME FROM THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND DHE: GIFT OF Henry W. Sane 1891 A633 52 SA ee 1357 TT 3 1924 088 434 620 Cornell University The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924088434620 The Victoria history of the Counties of England EDITED BY WILLIAM PAGE, F.S.A. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE VOLUME VI THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND LANCASHIRE LONDON CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LIMITED h.2b339e This History 15 tssued to Subscribers only by Constable § Company Limited and printed by IV. H. Smith & Son London INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF HER LATE MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA WHO GRACIOUSLY GAVE THE TITLE TO AND ACCEPTED THE DEDICATION OF THIS HISTORY THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER EDITED BY WILLIAM FARRER, D.Litt. anp J. BROWNBILL, M.A. VOLUME SIX LONDON CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LIMITED IQII CONTENTS OF VOLUME SIX PAGE Dedication . 5 F : 3 . v Contents ‘ : : F . . ‘ : : ‘ : ; ; : ‘ ix Index of Parishes, Townships and Manors . : ‘ ; ‘ A : 4 : : xi List of Illustrations 5 : : ; : ‘ ‘ ; : A , : . kV List of Maps : : ‘ ‘ : ‘ F : . F : : , . XIX Editorial Note ‘ ‘ : : : : ‘ ‘ : : F , ‘ - xxl Topography . ‘ a . General descriptions and manorial descents by W. Farrer, D.Litt., and J. Brownsitt, M.A. Architectural descriptions by F. H. Cureruam. Heraldic drawings and blazon by the Rev. E. E. Dorutne, M.A., F.S.A. Leyland Hundred— Introduction . ; ‘ ; . ‘ . . . : . . . 1 Leyland . ‘ ‘ ‘ i ‘i : : ‘ : : ‘ ‘ F 3 Penwortham. ; 3 F f ‘ : ; ‘ 2 i : . 52 Brindle . ; . : ‘ ‘ : P : ; : . i eZ Croston . : . ‘ F : ‘ ; ‘ = ‘ ‘i ‘ . 81 Hesketh-with-Becconsall . , : ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ é F F . il Tarleton . 3 : 3 é - : é - # F : : = ars Rufford . < ‘ ‘ : : : ; ‘ 3 ‘ ‘ 5 . 119 Chorley . é ; : F ‘ : : ‘ ‘ : < ‘ 129 Hoole. A : ‘ : F , : P : . ‘i é . 149 Eccleston , : . : , : : : : : a : » 155 Standish . : . ‘ F ‘ 5 ‘ : ‘ : . . 182 Blackburn Hundred— Introduction . ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ F ‘i : F : ‘ : + 230 Blackburn : : : : é : : 3 . : : ‘ » 235 Whalley (Architectural description of Abbey by S.C. K. Smirx) . : . - 349 INDEX OF PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, AND MANORS In the following list (m) indicates manor, (p) parish, and (t) township. Accrington (Whalley), (t) 423, (m) 424 Adlington (Standish), (t) 217, (m) 217 Alkincotes (Whalley), 526 Altham (Whalley), (t) 411, (m) 411 Anderton (Standish), (t) 220, (m) 220 Aspden (Whalley), 407 Astley (Chorley), 136 Audley (Blackburn), 240 Bagganley (Chorley), 142 Balderston (Blackburn), (t) 313, (m) 314 Banister Hall (Blackburn), 293 Bank (Croston), 105 Bank Hall (Whalley), 444 Bank Hey (Blackburn), 251 Bank House (Whalley), 445 Barbles Moor (Croston), 108 Barcroft (Whalley), 482 Barley-with-Wheatley Booth (Whalley), 518 Barnside (Whalley), 546 Barrowford Booth (Whalley), 541 Baxenden (Whalley), 425 Becconsall, (p) 111, (m) 112 Billington (Blackburn), (t) 325, (m) 326 Birtwisle (Whalley), 509 Bispham (Croston), (t) 100, (m) 100 Blackay (Whalley), 544 Blackburn, (p) 235, (t) 244, (m) 245 Blacklidge House (Leyland), 15 Blainscough (Standish), 227 Blakey Hall (Whalley), 527 Bolton Hall (Blackburn), 257 Bowland, Little (Whalley), 380 Bowland - with - Leagram (Whalley), (m) 379 Braddyll (Blackburn), 329 Bradley (Eccleston), 162 Bradley (Standish), 198 Bretherton (Croston), (t) 102, (m) 103 Brick Hall (Eccleston), 165 Briercliffe-with-Extwistle (Whalley), (t) 468, (m) 469 Brindle, 75 Broad Holden (Whalley), 430 Brockhall (Blackburn), 330 Buckshaw Hall (Leyland), 21 Burgh (Standish), 212 Burnley (Whalley), (t) 441, (m) 443 (t) 379, Carr Hall (Blackburn), 336 Carr Hall (Whalley), 543 x1 Carr House (Croston), 102 Catlow (Whalley), 407, 538 Charnock, Heath (Standish), (t) 213, (m) 213 Charnock Richard (Standish), (t) 204, (m) 204 Chatburn (Whalley), (t) 372, (m) 372 Chew (Blackburn), 326 Chisnall (Standish), 226 Chorley, (p) 129, (m) 130 Church (Whalley), (t) 399, (m) 399 Clayton Hall (Leyland), 31 Clayton Hey (Blackburn), 260 Clayton-le-Dale (Blackburn), (t) 257, (m) 258 Clayton-le-Moors (Whalley), (t) 417, (m) 417 Clayton-le-Woods (Leyland), (t) 29, (m) 29 Clerk Hill (Whalley), 387 Clitheroe (Whalley), (t) 360, (m) 364 Clitheroe Castle (Whalley), 362 Clitheroe, Honor of (Whalley), 361 Cliviger (Whalley), (t) 478, (m) 479 Coldcoats (Whalley), (t) 388, (m) 391 Colne (Whalley), (t) 522, (m) 524 Coo Hill (Blackburn), 265 Coppull (Standish), (t) 224, (m) 224 Cow Hill (Blackburn), 347 Crawshaw (Standish), 219 Crook (Leyland), 34 Crook (Standish), 202 Crosse Hall (Chorley), 140 Croston, (p) 81, (t) 91, (m) 91 Cuerdale (Blackburn), (t) 300, (m) 301 Cuerden (Leyland), (t) 23, (m) 23 Cunliffe (Blackburn), 331, 347 Darwen (Blackburn), 274 Darwen, Lower (Blackburn), (t) 275, (m) 276 Darwen, Over (Blackburn), (t) 269, (m) 270 Dean Hill (Blackburn), 332 Denham Hall (Brindle), 77 Dewhurst (Blackburn), 335 Dinckley (Blackburn), (t) 336, (m) 336 Dineley (Whalley), 481 Douglas Chapel (Eccleston), 180 Downham (Whalley), (t) 552, (m) 552 Duckworth (Whalley), 408 Dunkenhalgh (Whalley), 419 Dunnockshaw (Whalley), 514 Duxbury (Standish), (t) 208, (m) 208 Eccleshill (Blackburn), (t) 278, (m) 279 Eccleston, (p) 155, (t) 162, (m) 162 INDEX OF PARISHES, Ediholes (Blackburn), 251 Fllerbe. k (Standish), 211 Emmott (Whalley), 525 Euxton (Leyland), (t) 1s. (m) 18 Ewood (Blackburn), 287 Extwistle (Whalley), 471 Eyes (Blackburn), 265 Fairhurst (Eccleston), 1735 Farington (Penwortham), (t) 61, (m) 62 Farington, Little (Penwortham), 64 Fearnhurst (Blackburn), 278 Feniscliffe (Blackburn), 288 Feniscowles (Blackburn), 269, 288 Filly Close—see Reedley Hallows Fleetwood Hall (Blackburn), 310 Foulridge (Whalley), (t) 544, (m) 545 Friarhills (Whallex), 425 Gawthorpe (Whalley), 463 Goldshaw Booth (Whalley), 514 Greenfield (Whalley), 527 Grimshaw (Blackburn), 279 Gunolfsmoors (Leyland), 38 Habergham Eaves (Whalley), (t) 454, (m) 455 Hacking (Blackburn), 328 Hallhead (Blackburn), 335 Hall o’ th’ Hill (Standish), 214, 215 Hapton (Whalley), (t) 507, (m) 507 Margreave (Whalley), 494 Harrock (Eccleston), 173 Har-tonleigh (Blackburn), 251 Harwood Fold (Blackburn), 260 Harwood, Great (Blackburn), (t) 337, (m) 335 Harwood, Little (Blackburn), (t) 249, (m) 249 Haslingden (Whailey), (t) 427, (m) 425 Healey (Chorley), 140 Heapey (Leyland), (t) 50, (m) 50 Heath Charnock—see Charnock Heir’s House (Whalley), 526 Henheads (Whalley), 437 Henthorn (Whalley), (t) 3&8, (m) 390 Hesketh-with-Becconsall, (p) 111, (m) 112 Heskin (Eccleston), (t) 166, (m) 166 Heyhouses (Whalley), 513 Heysandforth (Whalley), 443 High Whitacre (Whalley), 493 Higham-with-West Close Booth (Whalley), (t) 512, (m) 512 Hizher Booths (Whal'ey), (t) 433 Highercroft House (Blackburn), 277 Hill (Standish)—see Hall 0’ th’ Hill TOWNSHIPS, AND MANORS Hoarstones (Whalley), §15 Hoddlesden (Blackburn), 273 Hoghton (Leyland), (t) 36, (m) 37 Holden (Whalley), 425 Holden, Broad (Whalley), 430 Hollinshead Hall (Blackburn), 222 Hollowhead—see Hallhead Holme (Whalley), 482 Holmeswood Hall (Tarleton), 116 Holt House (Whalley), 526 Hoole, 149 Hoole, Little, (t) 153, (m) 154 Hoole, Much, (t) 149, (m) 149 Horrocksford (Whalley), 366 Howick (Penwortham), (t) 65, (m) 65 Huncoat (Whalley), (t) 409, (m) 409 Huntroyde (Whalley), 499 Hurstwood—see Worsthorne Hurstwood Hall (Whalley), 478 Hutton (Penwortham), (t) 67, (m) 67 Icornhurst (Whalley), 425 Ightenhill Park (Whalley), (t) 487, (m) 487 Knowlcy (Chorley), 140 Ladyhalgh (Standish), 222 Langho (Blackburn), 332 Langroyd (Whalley), 528 Langtree (Standish), 197 Leagram Park (Whalley), 379 Lemon House (Blackburn), 295 Leyland, (p) 3, (t) 10, (m) 11 Little Mitton (Whalley), (t) 388, (m) 388 Littlewood (Croston), 108 Livesey (Blackburn), (t) 284, (m) 284 Longton (Penwortham), (t) 69, (m) 69 Lostock Hall (Blackburn), 295 Loveley Hall (Blackburn), 256 Low Church (Blackburn), 296 Lower Booths (Whalley), 435 Marsden, Great and Little (Whalley), (t) 536, (m) 537 Martholme (Blackburn), 341 Mawdesley (Croston), (t) 96, (m) 97 Mearley (Whalley), (t) 375, (m) 375 Mearley, Great (Whalley), 375 Mearley, Little (Whalley), 377 Mellor (Blackburn), (t) 260, (m) 260 Micklehey (Blackburn), 346 Middleforth (Penwortham), 59 xil INDEX OF PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, AND MANORS Moreton (Whalley), 387 Mosshouses (Hoole), 151 Netherton (Blackburn), 339 Newchurch-in-Rossendale (Whalley), 437 New Hall (Blackburn), 258 New Laund Booth (Whalley), (t) 489, (m) 491 Nutshaw (Penwortham), 66 Old Laund Booth (Whalley), 521 Ollerton (Leyland), 47 Ormerod (Whalley), 484 Osbaldeston (Blackburn), (t) 319, (m) 320 Oswaldtwistle (Whalley), (t) 4o4, (m) 405 Oxendale (Blackburn), 325 Padiham (Whalley), (t) 492, (m) 493 Parbold (Eccleston), (t) 178, (m) 178 Park Hall (Standish), 205 Park Hill (Whalley), 543 Pedder House (Blackburn), 296 Pendleton (Whalley), (t) 392, (m) 392 Pendleton, Little (Whalley), 393 Penwortham, (p) 52, (t) 56, (m) 57 Pickup Bank (Blackburn), 280 Pleasington (Blackburn), (t) 266, (m) 266 Ponthalgh (Whalley), 400 Ramsgreave (Blackburn), 251 Read (Whalley), (t) 503, (m) 503 Redlam (Blackburn), 265 Reedley Hallows (Whalley), (t) 489, (m) 490 Riding House (Blackburn), 296 Rishton (Blackburn), (t) 344, (m) 345° Rishton Thorns (Whalley), 543 Roacher Hall (Blackburn), 310 Roddlesworth (Leyland), 47 Roughlee Booth (Whalley), 519 Rowley (Whalley), 475 Royle (Whalley), 445 Rufford, (p) 119, (m) 120 Runshaw (Leyland), 21 Sabden (Whalley), 513 Salesbury (Blackburn), (t) 252, (m) 252 Samlesbury (Blackburn), (t) 303, (m) 303 Sarscow (Eccleston), 164 Shaw Hill (Leyland), 36 Shevington (Standish), (t) 199, (m) 199 Shorrock Green (Blackburn), 262 Shorrock Hey (Blackburn), 268 Showley (Blackburn), 259 Shuttleworth (Whalley), 509 Simonstone (Whalley), (t) 496, (m) 497 Smalley (Blackburn), 318 xill Stainscomb (Whalley), 516 Standen (Whalley), 394 Standen, Over (Whalley), 395 Standish, (p) 182, (m) 193 Standish-with-Langtree (Standish), (t) 192 Stanley House (Blackburn), 261 Stanworth (Leyland), 47 Studlehurst (Blackburn), 324 Sunderland (Blackburn), 317 Swinden (Whalley), 539 Tarleton, (p) 115, (m) 115 Thorp (Croston), 104. Thurcroft —see Highercroft Tingreave (Eccleston), 163 Tockholes (Blackburn), (t) 280, (m) 281 Tockholes, Green (Blackburn), 282 Tottleworth (Blackburn), 347 Towneley (Whalley), 457 Townworth (Blackburn), 332 Trawden (Whalley), 548 Trigg Hall (Chorley), 143 Tunley (Eccleston), 176 Twiston (Whalley), (t) 558, (m) 558 Ulnes Walton (Croston), (t) 108, (m) 108 Ulvedene (Penwortham), 69 Walton-le-Dale (Blackburn), (t) 289, (m) 291 Walton, Little (Blackburn), 294 Whalley, (p) 349, (t) 381, (m) 382 Whalley Abbey (Whalley), 383 Wheatley Carr Booth (Whalley), 520 Wheelton (Leyland), (t) 49, (m) 49 Whithalgh (Blackburn), 288 Whittle-le-Woods (Leyland), (t) 32, (m) 33 Whittle, Welch (Standish), (t) 203, (m) 203 Willworth (Blackburn), 251 Wilpshire (Blackburn), (t) 334, (m) 335 Wiswell (Whalley), (t) 396, (m) 396 Witches Hall—see Roughlee Hall Withnell (Leyland), (t) 47, (m) 47 Witton (Blackburn), (t) 263, (m) 264 Woodcock Hall (Leyland), 28 Worden (Leyland), 12 Worsthorne (Whalley), 474 Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood (Whalley), 473 Worston (Whalley), (t) 373, (m) 373 Worthington (Standish), (t) 222, (m) 222 Wrightington (Eccleston), (t) 169, (m) 169 Wycoller Hall (Whalley), 549 Wymondhouses (Whalley), 394 Yate Bank (Blackburn), 280 Coniston LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Water : ‘ : P Leyland Church from the South-east . »» Worden Hall ” ” Euxton : Cuerden Hoghton ” » Old Hall ” ” ” Old Barn) Buckshaw Farm Hall x» Green: Woodcock Hall Tower : Upper Courtyard - Plan of First Floor Lower Courtyard. Plan of Ground Floor . - North Front a Gateway > The Courtyard Part of Great Hall ” Penwortham Church from the South-west . ” Priory Brindle Church from the South Croston Church: Plan ay ”? Mawdesl ” ” from South-east The Nave looking East ) % Piscina ) Rectory ) Village ey Hall: Plan Ps Steps to ”> Bretherton : Carr Sioa ” ” 29 Tarleton ” Rufford : ” ” Doorway Bank Hall . Old Schoolhouse . : ‘Ram’s Head’ Holmes Wood Hall. Old Cottage Old Hall sy 42! Plan. . ; » 9, Interior of Great Hall » 9 from the South ) New Hall ) XV PAGE Srontispiece 5 13 Jull-page plate, facing 14 ” 5 ” 22 ” ” ” 2 6 ” ? ” 2 8 bed ” ” 40 i : . - 42 Sull-page plate, facing 42 Jacing 4.4 Jull-page plate, facing 46 » » » 48 54 60 Jull-page plate, facing 78 83 Sull-page plate, facing 84 bP) ” o 86 ” ” ” gz 98 é 99 Sull-page plate, facing 100 ” ” ” 104 ” ”» 2 I 06 107 115 117 ; : ‘ . 120 Jull-page plate, facing 122 ; ; : - 124 Full-page plate, facing 124, 126 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Chorley Ast’ev Hall ” ” ” ” The Hall 5 : : Tapestry and Ceiling in the Drawing-room Plan Cromwell’s Bed The Gallery . ” 5 Crosse Hall ” ” 3. a9 Parker Pew Standish Pew Hoole Church from Sc ‘a-east ) Eccleston Church from South-west ! A » Plan 5 », Interior »» Brick Hall, the Ancient Seat of the Dicconsons »» Heskin Hall: Plan ” ” ” » Harrock Hall Wrightington : So Standish Church : »” ” ys: | edalll-. ” ” uth Tunley . Plan from South-east ) The Nave luoking East ) The Roof ) The Pulpit} The Old Drawing-room . Shevington: Finch House 3 Crook Hall Worthington Hall . ” ” The Doorway Mellor : Woodfold Park Pleasington : Old ay Hall Live-es Hall from Hall the South Walton-le-Dale Church Samlesbury + Old Hall: Plan , ” ” ” ss Charch : Plan ” ” from the South-west Osbaldeston Hall from the South-east 3 » Chimneypiece in Upper Room of East Wing Billington : Hacking Hall ) ” ” » The Attic) os St. Leonard’s, Langho: Plan . Dinckley Hall Great Harwood : Martholme ” ” i 35 The Gatehouse) * xvi Church: from the South-west, before addition of Aisles c.1856 ) ) Sull-page plate, facing Jull-page plate, facing ”» ” Jull-page plate, facing Sull-page plate, facing ” > Jull-page plate, facing ” ao ”? a Sull-page plate, facing Sull-page plate, facing Sull-page plate, facing Sull-page plate, facing Sull-page plate, facing ” ” ” LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Whalley Church from the South-east : : , ; . full-page plate, facing 350 ” ” Plan 5 Fs . ‘ *. . . ° . C n wi » 351 ”? ne easaisies “ ‘ . full-page plate, facing 352 $5 3 Quire Stalls } Clitheroe Castle: Plan . F : : é ‘ ; : : : F 7 . 363 ee ; : . . : . full-page plate, facing 374 Little Mearley Hall Whalley Abbey : Dormitory j ‘i , ‘ ‘ ‘ F 4 » » Plan. ‘ . : F ‘ , F : ‘ é facing 384 55 + North-west Gateway ‘i ; . ‘ F ‘ ‘ . . 386 » Moreton Hall . : : . - : F . . full-page plate, facing 388 Little Mitton Hall: East Front - : ‘ . : F . 5 i 390 Pendleton : Jollie’s Initial Stone ‘ ¥ : ‘ . : 5 3 3 ss 396 Altham Church: Plan . . F : : ‘ i ‘ ‘ . F F . 414 Clayton-le-Moors : Dunkenhalgh Hall, North Front . . ‘ . full-page plate, facing 420 - 5 55 », Gate-house 33 5 33 » The Oak Room } ” i - = Burnley : Danes House 7 ‘ Church from the at : ss a : wet Habergham Eaves: Towneley Hall: Plan : : j ; 5 : 3 facing 460 3 . - 55 s . : ‘ 5 . : ¥ ‘ . 462 3 - iy » Doorway . ‘ : . . full-page plate, facing 462 3 53 Gawthorpe Hall ‘ i : 7 » ” 464 5 3 " » Plan of Ground Floor : : F ‘ : . 465 Fe 3 5 » Plans of First and Second Floors . : : 3 . 466 2 ” 08 Mm sae r. Sull-page plate, facing 466 a ‘ . 5 g Room 5 5 33 », Old Fireplace in Long Gallery b. 68 53 59 os 9» +c. 1800 ) 7 : $ Briercliffe-with-Extwistle : Extwistle oa Hurstwood : Tattersall’s Homestead Cliviger : The Holme i 482 » Barcroft Hall . - 53 55 » Plan . ‘ P 3 ; ; ‘ i . ; , - 483 8 Ormerod Hall ‘ ; . 3 . . 3 . j : - 485 Simonstone : Huntroyde: Plan i 4 . a é : : , : : » 501 i Pr 3) | EYTT : . . ; . : . 502 fe os c. 1880 . . ‘ ; : : . full-page plate, facing 502 Read Hall . . Fi . ” ” ” 506 Roughlee Booth : Roughlee Hall or Witches’ Hall. - ¥ ‘ ay ‘5 - 520 Colne Church from the South-east ' ey . ‘ i 5 yy 55 3 530 3 » The Porch a » Plan 5 7 ‘ f A 7 . . . : . F . 531 Trawden : Wycoller Hall: Plan, . : : . é * F - 3 « §50 xvii ¢ LIST OF Index Map to the Hundred of Leyland ag ” ” Parish of Leyland . 5 Penwortham » Brindle. » Croston. » Eccleston »» Standish. Hundred of Blackburn . Parish of Blackburn » Whalley x1x MAPS PAGE 155 182 230 236 348 EDITORIAL NOTE Tue Editors desire to acknowledge the liberal assistance and information during the compilation of this volume given by the Lord Shuttleworth, Sir James de Hoghton, Bart., Mr. John Allen, Mr. H. I. Anderton, the Rev. H. J. G. Beloe, the Ven. Archdeacon Fletcher, M.A., Mr. O. Folds, J.P., Mr. J. H. Lumby, Mr. W. Mayhew, Mr. H. T. Parke, J.P, the Rev. T, C. Porteus, B.A. Mr. W. F-. Price, the late Rev, W. G. Procter, B.A., Mr. F. D. Robinson, Mr. R. A. Tatton, Mrs. Tempest, the late Mr. W. Waddington, Mr. J. Wilson, the Town Clerk of Burnley, and Mr. Edward McKnight, Librarian of Chorley. They also wish to express their thanks to Mr. J. P. Rylands, F.S.A., for revising the heraldry. For the use of plans and photographs, and for information regarding the architecture of the county, the Editors are indebted to the Lord Shuttleworth, Sir James de Hoghton, Bart., Mr. E. le Gendre Starkie, Messrs. Austin & Paley, Sir George F. Toulmin, M.P., the late Rev. W. G.. Procter, B.A. Mer. J. C. He. Sandbach, the Rev. W. A. Wickham, Mr. H. V. Wolstenholme, and Mr. C. Woodall. The Editors wish to record their gratitude for the facilities so generously given to them for the inspection of private documents. They regret, however, that access was not accorded them to examine the very important collection relating to Blackburn Hundred among the Towneley manuscripts now in the custody of Lady O’Hagan. XXI A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE TOPOGRAPHY THE HUNDRED OF LEYLAND CONTAINING THE PARISHES OF LEYLAND TARLETON PENWORTHAM RUFFORD BRINDLE CHORLEY CROSTON HOOLE HESKETH-WITH- ECCLESTON BECCONSALL STANDISH Before the Conquest the hundred and manor of Leyland were the king’s, and both seem to have been conterminous except for Penwortham. King Edward in 1066 held in demesne in Leyland 1 hide and 2 plough-lands, with a wood 2 leagues long by 1 broad in which was an eyry of hawks, while twelve berewicks ap- 7 m purtenant were held [F SN < , r aS af Si8S iN NE: Ss by twelve free men CSAS ; for as many manors. |W \ =S r In these there were Ns PEnWwoRT 6 hides and 8 plough- | gRHEsgeT SS ig lands, with woods \ WY: 6 leagues long by 3 SN on leagues and 1 furlong broad. In Penwor- tham were 2 plough- lands, held by King Edward. The men of the hundred had the same customs as ' those of Salford. The manor of Leyland and hundred together rendered £t9 18s. 2d. yearly to the king. Penwortham rendered 10d." ~ “In 1086 Girard held 13 hides of the land of the manor, Robert 3 plough- lands, Ralph and Roger 2 plough-lands each, and Walter 1 plough-land ; 4 radmans, a priest, 14 villeins, 6 bordars, and 2 neatherds had 8 ploughs, but part of the land was waste or unoccupied. The woodland had decreased to an area of 3 leagues by 2 with 4 eyries of hawks. The value was Sos. Penwortham had a castle, and was worth £3.’ The lordship of the hundred descended, in the same way as that of West Derby,* to the Dukes of Lancaster and the Crown. The principal officer was the bailiff of the hundred, who in 1212 was Gerald de Clayton." In or before 1246 his descendant Robert de Clayton sold his bailiwick to William de Ferrers, lord of the land ‘ between Ribble and Mersey,’ ° from whom it passed to a younger son William, ancestor of the Groby family. As in the STON: The subsidies show the relative wealth of this part of the county. In 1237 a contribution of one-thirtieth of movable goods yielded £28 55. 2d., or rather more than an eighteenth part of the total raised from the county.° In 1332 another subsidy, the basis of the later ‘ fifteenth,’ produced a few shillings more, being under a tenth of the gross collection.’ According to the county lay fixed in 1624 Leyland Hundred had to contribute £9 towards each {100 required from the county.® According to the certificate of the general muster of 1574 the men furnished with weapons by the county included 259 from this hundred, viz. 59 archers and 200 billmen; the unfurnished men were 40 archers and go billmen.? On the formation of the diocese of Manchester in 1847 the whole of this hundred was included in it. 1 The descent is shown in the account of the manor of Chorley. In the sheriff's accounts for 1348 appears a sum of 135. 4d. from John Harrington and partners, bailiffs of the wapentake, for leave to appoint a deputy ; Duchy of Lanc. Var. Accts. 32/17, fol. 4. William de Ferrers of Groby died in 1371 scised of a fourth part of the wapentake of Leylandshire, worth 2s. ; a fourth part of the services of free tenants there, 13s. 4¢. 3 and a fourth part of the bailiwick of the serjeanty of the wapentake, nil ; Ing. p.m. 45 Edw. ILI, pt. i, no, 22. John de Arderne in 1395 held (for life) of the inheritance of William de Ferrers a fourth part of the bailiwick or wapentake of Leylandshire, with all the issues, profits, fines, and amercements of the court ; also three-parts of another fourth part of the wapentake ; Ing. p.m. 18 Ric. II, no. 1. At this time, therefore, the Ferrers family held a moiety of the bailiwick. Their portion was afterwards held by the Earls of Derby, who in 1523 had a moiety of the wapentake ; Duchy of Lanc. Ing. p.m. v, no. 68. This was sold in 1597 to Roger and Alexander Rigby ; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 258. John de Harrington died in 1359 seised of a fourth part of the same bailiwick, held of Henry Duke of Lancaster, and worth 40s. a year; Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. III, pt. i, no. 99. This descended to the Lords Mounteagle, and was in 1574 sold by William Stanley, Lord Mounteagle, to Sir Richard Shireburne ; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 138. As Sir Richard held a fourth part of the wapentake of ‘Eccleston’ already by inheritance, his share thus became a moiety ; see Duchy of Lanc. Ing. p.m. vi, no. 65. ? Richard Shireburne died in 1628 holding the hundred, bailiwick, and view of frankpledge of Leylandshire ; Duchy of Lanc. Ing. p.m. xxvi, no. 4. The hundred of Leyland, like the other Shireburne manors, &c., was in the possession of Thomas Weld in 1777 ; Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 625, m. 10d. (16), 40. 3 Edward Rigby died in 1627 holding a moiety of the wapentake of Leylandshire, rendering the service of bailiff of the hundred ; Duchy of Lanc. Ing. p.m. xxvi, no. 5. * About 1526 Henry Farington was high steward of the wapentake and hundred, and in 1544 the same Henry was high steward of the fee of Penwortham ; Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), ii, 227, 203. : 5 In the sheriffs accounts of 1348 it appears that the following sums were due: for 4 burgages in Chorley, 4s. and £4 from the park of Healey ; Duchy of Lanc. Var. Accts. 32/17. For an under-bailiff’s troubles in making a distraint see Duchy Plead. ii, 226. It appears that notice of the holding of the wapentake court was given on Sunday at Standish Church, and probably at the other churches in the hundred, ® Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 50. 7 Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), $3. ® Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 22. * Ibid, 31. LEYLAND HUNDRED LEYLAND LEYLAND CLAYTON-LE-WOODS WITHNELL EUXTON WHITTLE-LE-WOODS WHEELTON CUERDEN HOGHTON HEAPEY This extensive parish, having an area of 19,2654 acres and a population in 1901 of 17,940, appears from its irregular shape to be a remnant of a larger district, from which at various times other parishes have been cut off. At one time the townships of Hoghton, Withnell, Wheelton and Whittle-le-Woods formed a district or lordship bearing the special name of Gunolfsmoors. This part includes most of the hilly country in the eastern half of the parish ; in the Leyland or western half the surface becomes comparatively level. The township was ancicntly divided into four ‘quarters,’ viz. Leyland, Euxton, Cuerden with Clay- Faringtons became the principal residents in the western part of the parish about 1560, and have maintained their pre-eminence. The Reformation left a large number of the minor gentry and people faithful to the Roman Catholic religion. The Commonwealth sequestrations involved the principal families, as well as many smaller ones, in disaster, for the Faringtons were bound up with the Earls of Derby, and the Andertons were zealous Royalists; the Hoghtons were divided, a Parliamentarian succeed- ing his Cavalier father. The passage of the Young Pretender through the ton and Whittle, and the Moors, each of which paid equally to the county lay fixed in 1624.' To the fifteenth the various town- ships paid thus :—Leyland, £1 os. 2d; Euxton, £i gs. 72.3; Cuerden, 155. 8¢d.; Clayton, £1; Whittle, 175. 4¢. ; Hoghton, aI 6s. gd; Withnell with ” Roddlesworth, 75. 82; Wheelton with Heapey, Its. 3 a total of £6 45. 2d, when the hundred paid £30 125. 8d? The agricultural land in the parish now amounts to nearly 16,000 acres, and 13 occupied as follows :— Arable, 2,530 acres; per- manent grass, 12,454 acres ; Midge Hon? Meracn