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A History of the County of Lancaster
… assessed as two plough-lands, was part of Earl Tostig's Beetham lordship, and was held by Count Roger of Poitou in … This manor was held of the king in chief (as of the knight's fees which had belonged to William de Coucy) by knight's … juror in the forest perambulation of 1228; Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 420. Adam son of Richard de Berwick was plaintiff in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The Hodder forms the eastern boundary. Bowland paid 26 s. 10 d. to the county lay when the hundred paid 100. 4 … hearths liable to the tax in 1666; Richard Shireburne's was the only large house, having fourteen hearths. Bowland … and Chipping. Bowland also was granted; Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 382. This would account for the name Little Bowland. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… goes east to Leyland. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Liverpool and Preston railway crosses the north-east corner … In 11768 Thorp had contributed to the aids; Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 35, 38. Gamel de Thorp in 12034 contributed half a mark to a scutage; Lancs. Pipe R. 179. He held a portion of Bretherton also, and as …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Cottam and Lea. The London and NorthWestern Company's railway runs north through the western end of the township. … and at Fernyhalgh. V.C.H. Lancs. i, 288 a. Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 430. Uctred's 'antecessores ' had held Broughton, … also had land in Stainall; ibid. He is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of 11717; Farrer, op. cit. 24, &c. Lancs. Inq. and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by Katherine daughter of Adam Banastre by a rent of 27 s., 20 and descended to the Harringtons of Farleton 21 and … mark to the aid of the vills of the honour; Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 36. In 1200 it is found among the other demesne … of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 179, m. 92; 217, m. 20. Lancs. Pipe R. 326. The grant of the 'hermitage of Kersal' was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1848. The Square, Broughton-in-Furness Fr. West's description of the town in 1774 is of interest: This place … together with the Kirkhouse, now known as the "Old King's Head." These were all situate in the Rectory lands, a … V.C.H. Lancs, i, 289 b. See Kirkby above. Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 311. Furness Couch. (Chet. Soc), ii, 351. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… as one and were to be held as the fourth part of a knight's fee. Richard died in 1201, and John as king confirmed his … Edward was killed at Marston Moor, fighting on the king's side, and a younger son, Richard, born in 1605, became a … ploughlands in Bryning and Kellamergh; Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 132. Accordingly in 1212 and 1236 the heirs of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is a footpath by the Lune. The Midland Railway Company's line also runs along close to the Lune; and the Lancaster … William Singleton, a tenement held by a rent of 4 10 s. 2 d. and at the exchange of every lord and tenant a penny … portf. 9, no. 789. V.C.H. Lancs. i, 288 b. Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 289. As in other cases the assessment appears to have …
A History of the County of Stafford
… east of the city which were claimed as part of St. Michael's. Both had become independent by the 1830s 1 and are … to Farewell and Chorley, and in 1934 one of 93 a. covering Pipe Grange farm, Hilltop farm, and the fishponds at Maple … the boundary follows the upper reaches of Leamonsley (or Pipe) brook. 14 Much of the pre-1980 southern boundary was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1536 the manor remained for ten years or more in the king's hands, and the accounts which have been preserved throw … the House, p. 48. The charter is printed in Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 349, from the Burscough Reg. fol. 1, 56. See also … with Tarlscough and all other easements'; Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 350. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), …