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A History of the County of Lancaster
… became the property of the Earls of Derby, under whom the Rishton family held it, having, it is said, purchased from … in title to the Hospitallers; Barton, Farnworth, 12. John Rishton, who died 22 Dec. 1633, held a messuage, garden, two … Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England. William Rishton, his son and heir, was thirty-five years of age; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Henry son of the Lawrence Townley who in 1507 acquired Rishton Thorns in Barrowford; Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Ellis; Visit. Lists at Chester. Canon Raines adds Nicholas Rishton 1567 and Thomas Varley 1569; Raines MSS. (Chet. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… west of the town, with a branch road leading through it to Rishton and Blackburn. The old and almost disused road from … There is a cemetery with mortuary chapel on the road to Rishton, near Lidgett. John Mercer, calico printer and … dispute touching the boundaries between Harwood and Rishton, in 1457, John Bradshaw of Bradshaw awarded to Thomas …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… acknowledged to be free. Other lands called Bridgeholme, Rishton's Place, &c., were also 'concealed' from the Crown. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… when it is recorded that John Hargreaves and Gilbert Rishton paid 3 s. 4 d. for Henheads and Frerehill or Friar …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Old Parrock; ibid. 264. John Cronkshaw and Ellen Rishton claimed lands in West Close, Hunterholme, Fence and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… messuages, 40 acres of land, &c., in Huncoat of Richard Rishton and Thomas Grimshaw in socage by a rent of 1 d. … excused from serving on assizes; ibid. no. 575. Henry de Rishton and Margaret his wife, as owning a moiety of Clayton, … ibid. no. 564. Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 40. Rishton and Grimshaw were the lords of Clayton. In 1512 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1507, but the herbage was in that year demised to Robert Rishton for a term of twenty-one years, together with the Burnley watermill. 23 Rishton in 151819 surrendered his lease to Sir John Towneley, … s.; the widow of Richard Stuttard, 27 3 3 s. 4 d.; Edmund Rishton, 1 8 s.; Henry Harger, 1 8 s.; George Halstead, 2 1 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from an elevation of over 700 ft. near Side Beet in Rishton to the source of Showley Brook on the boundary of … 4 d. Harstonlegh was the property and residence of Richard Rishton in 1401, and continued in his descendants for two and … appointed John Clayton her gamekeeper of the manors of Rishton, Billington and Lower Darwen; Clayton D. Raines in …