. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED BLACKBURN Robert son of Roger de RadcHffe for term of his life in ; In 1340 Adam de Radcliffe held a messuage and a plough-land here of Queen Isabella by knight's service and ^d. for castle-ward ; In 1345 he was outlawed for felony at Lancaster for burning the houses of John de Pudsay, but, antici- pating trouble, had previously enfeoffed the vicars of Whalley and Blackburn of his estate here, and they, obtaining the royal assent, alienated it in 1347 to the Abbot and convent of Whalley,
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED BLACKBURN Robert son of Roger de RadcHffe for term of his life in ; In 1340 Adam de Radcliffe held a messuage and a plough-land here of Queen Isabella by knight's service and ^d. for castle-ward ; In 1345 he was outlawed for felony at Lancaster for burning the houses of John de Pudsay, but, antici- pating trouble, had previously enfeoffed the vicars of Whalley and Blackburn of his estate here, and they, obtaining the royal assent, alienated it in 1347 to the Abbot and convent of Whalley, together with lands acquired from John son of Adam de Ireland.'* The demesne of Witton thus passed into the hands of the monks of Whalley, and there continued until the dissolution of the house. It was sold to Richard Crombilholme of Button, yeoman, on 20 May i 544, together with other possessions of the house, and he conveyed it four days later to George Astley of Stakes, gent., and William his son," in whose line it continued at least as late as the latter part of the 17th century, and possibly until the Rev. George Astley dispersed the family estates early in the reign of. Tyrr-^ Astley. Azure a Feilden of Witton. cinquefoil pierced ermine. Argent on a fesse cotised azure bet'ween two mart- lets in chief sable and in base a rose gules three lozenges or, George ; Witton Hall was acquired by Joseph Feilden of Blackburn, who paid land tax in 1788 amounting to £^ 10s. z\d. out of ^i i 10/. charged upon the ; It is probable that he also acquired the manor from the Holme family. His predecessors are said to have commenced purchasing lands here in 1690. Samuel Bower of Highgrave also acquired numerous messuages here in the latter part of the i8th century, which are said to have been sold after his death in 1793 to Mr. Henry Feilden of ; James Hawley Gilbert Feilden of Witton Park, late captain in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, fourth in desce
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