. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE of Sparth and Christopher Baron of Knuzden, after which it was held in ; The former moiety, or perhaps the whole, was acquired by the first Sir Robert Peel, and descended to his son the more famous Sir Robert'' ; but it does not appear that any manor is now claimed, and the land is held by a number of proprietors. The Peels are said to have come to Blackburn from Craven '* about 1600 and engaged in the cloth trade.'^ Robert Peel in 1731 purchased an estate in Oswald- twistle, known then a
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE of Sparth and Christopher Baron of Knuzden, after which it was held in ; The former moiety, or perhaps the whole, was acquired by the first Sir Robert Peel, and descended to his son the more famous Sir Robert'' ; but it does not appear that any manor is now claimed, and the land is held by a number of proprietors. The Peels are said to have come to Blackburn from Craven '* about 1600 and engaged in the cloth trade.'^ Robert Peel in 1731 purchased an estate in Oswald- twistle, known then as Oldham's Cross,'*' and since as Peel Fold. His grandson Robert (172 3-9 5), while farming in Blackburn, vras led to join a calico-printing busi- ness, and invented a process of block-printing ; he made other improvements and greatly extended his business. Riots and factory-wrecking caused him to move to Burton- on-Trcnt, but on retiring he lived at Ardwick. The de- scendants of his eldest son William still own Peel Fold. The third son was the above-named Sir Robert Peel, created a baronet in 1800.''. PtEL of Peel Fold. Argent three skea-ves of as many arrovji proper banded gulesy on a chief ataure a hee 'volant or. The Barons had long had an estate in the town-hip and neighbourhood.'" William son and heir of George Baron of Aspden is named in a lease of 1601.'* William Baron died in 1618 holding messu- ages and lands in Oswaldtwistle and Church and leaving a son and heir George, aged ; Christo- pher Baron, the purchaser of a moiety of the manor, died in 1733," and was succeeded by a son Henry.*' A minor RadclifFe family had land in Oswaldtwistle as in Church about the end of the 13th century. Richard son of Roger de Oswaldtwistle granted to Adam de Radclifte for 15 marks an oxgang of land in Oswaldtwistle and three quarters of an oxgang in Duckworth.*^ Peter son of Adam de RadclifFe granted to Richard son of Robert de RadclifFe all right in the Boothroyds
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