. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE It i;, however, probable that the descendants of Ralph Clayton held the greater part of the tene- ments under John Osbaldeston, for Thomas Clayton gave puture to the sheriff about 1440 in respect of his tenement here. John his son is described as of Little Harwood, yeoman, in 1443, when with Nicholas his son he was sued for debt by Lawrence Bana^tre of Altham.'" In 1462 Ralph Abbot of Whalley granted licence to Nicholas son and heir of John Clayton of this place to make a weir on Black- burn Brook
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE It i;, however, probable that the descendants of Ralph Clayton held the greater part of the tene- ments under John Osbaldeston, for Thomas Clayton gave puture to the sheriff about 1440 in respect of his tenement here. John his son is described as of Little Harwood, yeoman, in 1443, when with Nicholas his son he was sued for debt by Lawrence Bana^tre of Altham.'" In 1462 Ralph Abbot of Whalley granted licence to Nicholas son and heir of John Clayton of this place to make a weir on Black- burn Brook running between Little Harwood and the ' tovvne hey' of Blackburn, and another weir on the conventual land called Chirche Holt," which he held of the abbot as parcel of the Blackburn glebe. In 1493 Thomas Osbaldeston passed the manor to feoffees, apparently for the purpose of effecting a sale to the ; Nicholas Clayton died with- out issue, and was succeeded by his brother Geoffrey, who died seised of the manor in or about ; John son and heir of Geoffrey married Rose daughter and sole heir of Richard Bushbury of Bush- bury, CO. Staff. He made a settlement in 1503 limiting the manor to himself for life with revi,r>ion to Edward Stanley, then knight, after- "' wards created Lord Mount- eagle, as mortgagee, providing for the redemption of the manor in case Sir EJward obtained a sufficient consideration for the marriage of Clayton's two ; Under this deed Lord Mounteagle assumed the entire ownership of the manor in I 5 I 5, after the death of John Clayton, and obtained a stay of proceedings on the part of the heirs at law, Robert, Giles and William, sons of George Clayton younger brother of Nicholas and John, by granting to them life estates in certain tenements parcel of the manor.''' In 1523 Lord Mounteagle died seised of the manor, having devised it by will with other estates towards the setting up of a chantry at Hornby. His su
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