. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED WHALLEY ;' The Townele}'s were usually farmers of the mills," and numerous disputes occurred as to the suit to these ; In 1548 the copyholders of Burnley complained that whereas they had had from time immemorial unlimited right of common on Saxi- field and Marsden Edge for pasture and turbary, various inhabitants of Pendle Forest had lately sent horses, cattle and various ' kind of nawte' to feed there ; when these had been impounded. Sir Richard Towne- ley's servants had broken
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED WHALLEY ;' The Townele}'s were usually farmers of the mills," and numerous disputes occurred as to the suit to these ; In 1548 the copyholders of Burnley complained that whereas they had had from time immemorial unlimited right of common on Saxi- field and Marsden Edge for pasture and turbary, various inhabitants of Pendle Forest had lately sent horses, cattle and various ' kind of nawte' to feed there ; when these had been impounded. Sir Richard Towne- ley's servants had broken the pound and sent the animals back to the waste. In reply, Henry Nutter of Pendle Chase, Thomas Ryley of Hapton and others asserted rights of pasturage on ; By a survey made in 1594 it was found that in Burnley and Habergham Eaves there were 378 acres of free- hold land and 1,575^ acres of ancient copyhold ; there were eight freeholders and fifty-five copyholders \vho had no freehold ; Twenty-seven copyhold tenements were recorded in a survey of 1617.'' In accordance with the decree of inclosure in 1618 the whole long been ; The following landowners contributed to the subsidy of 1524: Richard Townley, Simon Hay- dock, Hugh Habergham, Lawrence Shuttleworth, John Woodroffe, Richard Tattersall, Richard Towne and William Folds.'" To that of 1564: Alexander Radcliffe and John Woodroffe in Burnley ; and Lawrence Habergham, Hugh Shuttleworth and Jennet Barcroft in Habergham ; To that of 1597 : Nicholas Townley and Katherine his mother, Simon Haydock, William Folds, Robert Ingham, Lawrence Habergham, Hugh Halsted, James Bancroft, John Whitaker, John Haworth, James Tattersall, Richard Pollard.'* To that of 1626 : RichardTowne- ley, Richard Shuttleworth, Nicholas Townley, John Habergham, Evan Haydock, Hugh Halsted, Nicholas Bancroft, Robert Tattersall, Robert Whitaker, Robert Ingham, William Folds and George Halsted. Towne- 5ey
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