. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED WHALLEY. Barcroft of croft. Argent a rampant sable. Bar- lion Hurstwood and ; His son William, then fifty-six years old, died in 1621 holding similarly and leaving a son Robert, aged twenty-seven.^^ Robert Barcroft in 1631 compounded for having declined knighthood by a fine of ^13 6s. Sa"." He was one of the lay mem- bers of the Presbyterian Classis formed in 1646, but died the following ;*' The estate descended to his brother Thomas Barcroft, \vho re- corded a pedigree in
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED WHALLEY. Barcroft of croft. Argent a rampant sable. Bar- lion Hurstwood and ; His son William, then fifty-six years old, died in 1621 holding similarly and leaving a son Robert, aged twenty-seven.^^ Robert Barcroft in 1631 compounded for having declined knighthood by a fine of ^13 6s. Sa"." He was one of the lay mem- bers of the Presbyterian Classis formed in 1646, but died the following ;*' The estate descended to his brother Thomas Barcroft, \vho re- corded a pedigree in 1664.''' He died in 1668, leaving several daughters to inherit. Susan, daughter by his first marriage, was wife of Peter Ormerod of Ormerod ; but most of the estate was devised to the issue of the second marriage—Eliza- beth wife of Henry Bradshaw of Marple ; Sarah wife of Nicholas Townley of Royle ; Ruth wife of Peter Leigh of Norbury Booths ; and Anne wife of John Brock- holes of Claughton near Garstang. A large part of the estate became united with Royle and has de- scended with it. The house and demesne descended through Bradshaw to Isher- wood and was in 1795 sold to Charles Towne- ley of Towneley.^' A tradition of the dis- trict says that one of the Barcrofts, alleging that his elder brother was a lunatic, put him in confinement, where he became mad, and seized the estate him- self ; but according to ' the Idiot's curse' the lands soon passed away to strangers.^' BARCROFT HALL is situated on the outskirts of Towneley Park near the north-west boundary of the township and is a massively built two-story house of gritstone with projecting end-wings and stone- slated roofs. The gables are quite plain without coping or ornaments, and the original windows in the principal front, which faces north, are small, giving an appearance of great solidity to the elevation. The house consists of the usual arrangement of central hall with kitchen and offices at the east and the living ro
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