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the Commissioners of Chantry Lands at the Dissolution to the unendowed chapel of Whitewell, in Bowland. In the year 1521 it appears, from the Cornputus of the Abbey, that the chaplain of St. Michael in Castro received a stipend of 4. The castle of Clitheroc, with the demesnes and forests, is, strictly speaking, extra- parochial ; and, in consequence of this foundation, the latter are denominated the Castle Parish to the present day. 4
within Colne, the whole of the gravcships of Rossendalc within Newchurch, Haslingden, or Bury, and all the booths of Pendlc, except Reedly Hallows, Filly Close, New Laund, and Whcatlcy Carr, within Colne ; Padiham, or New Church in Pendle : these exceptions alone, together with Ightenhill Park, are now termed extra-parochial, and their inhabitants marry at Clitheroe. Ightenhill Park, however, was not originally extra-parochial, but parcel of the Chapelry of Burnley. This is proved beyond a doubt, by the Inquisition of the Rectory, A.I>. 1298.
of Lincoln and his heirs for ever. Great Cowcher of the Duchy of Lancaster (or Carta Eegum), vol. i. fol. 60. Omnibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit: frater Gregorius Abbas loci Benedict! de Stanlowe et ejusdem loci Conventus: salutem in Domino. Cum nobilis vir dominus Henricus de Lacy comes Lincoln, dederit et concesserit 1 On the plea that the Duke had alienated the advowson to the Abbey and Convent without the royal licence. 2 [Richard de Moseley was appointed to Clitheroe by Queen Isabella, 6 March, 1333, in exchange for the rectory of Dewsbury, and resigned the chapel to the abbot and convent of Whalley in the following year (see p. 259). He was then rector of Earl's Barton, in Northamptonshire.]
p. 225.
BOOK III. CHAP. III.] CHAPEL OF ST. MICHAEL IN CASTRO. 259
de Cliderhou sita sit infra limites parochiales ecclesie predicts de Quallay ; voluinus et concedimus pro nobis et succes- soribus nostris quod idem comes et heredes sui vel assignati eandem Capellam in perpetuum habeant et teneant cum omnibus juribus rebus et possessionibus que ad predictam Capellam pertinent. Ita scilicet quod nee nos nee successores nostri, nee aliquis per nos, aliquod jus vel clamium in predicta Capella, seu juribus, rebus, et possessionibus que ad eandem Capellam pertinent seu pertinere solebant, decetero aliquo modo exigere vel vendicare poterimus. In cujus rei testimonium huic scripto sigillum nostrum commune apposuimus. Hiis testibus, dominis Roberto filio Rogeri, Will'o le Vavasour, Johanne de Hodleston, Roberto de Hertford, Jacobo de Neville, Roberto de Schirburn, Johanne de Spring militibus, et multis aliis. Dat. apud Stanlowe in pleno capitulo nostro die Lune proximo ante festum Purificacionis beate Marie virginis, anno Domini Millesimo cc mo nonagesimo quarto (Monday, Feb. 1294). This charter is followed in the Great Cowcher by the Abbot of Stanlaw's renunciation of the right of hunting in the forests, which is of the same date, and was witnessed by the same persons, and has been printed at p. 174. 2. Letters patent of Queen Isabella declaring that on the resignation by her clerk John de Wodehouse of her free chapel within the oastle of Cliderhou she had granted the same to Sir Richard de Moseley by way of exchange for the said Richard's church of Dewsbury. Dated at Woodstock, 6 March, 8 Edw. III. (1334). Printed in the Coucher Book of Whalley (Chetham Soc.) p. 234. 3. Letters patent of King Edward III. surrendering to the abbot and convent of Whalley the chapel of Cliderhou, lately granted to John de Wodehouse. Dated at Northampton, 18 March, a. r. 8 (1334). Printed ibid. p. 228. 4. Letters patent of King Edward III. acknowledging the receipt into his chamber from the abbey of Whalley of 300 marks in which the abbot had been bound by recognisance made in the King's Chancery, "pro capella castri de Cliderhou." Dated at Folkingham, 27 April, a. r. 8 (1334). Printed ibid. p. 235.
18th March, made with the assent of his great council, and ratifying the same, notwithstanding she had recently pre- sented Richard de Moseley to the said chapel. Dated at Coventry, 13 May, 8 Edw. III. (1334). Printed ibid. p. 229.
conveying his license and authority to their acquiring the chapel. Dated at Sallowc prid. id. Mail (May 14) 1334. Printed ibid. p. 230.
Richard de Moselay, then in occupation of the chapel, very urgently impleaded the convent by a writ of scire facias in Chancery, until they compounded for his interest by an annual pension of 40/. which they granted by the charter next described : 7. Grant to Richard do Moselay, clerk, of an annual rent of 40Z. for life, to be paid at Merland, co. Lane, from the manors of Steyninges, Cho, Merland, and Blackburn. Dated at Whalley on Tuesday next after the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Sept. 14.) 8 Edw. III. (1334). Printed ibid. p. 233.
claim in the chapel of St. Michael in the castle of Cliderhou. Dated at Whalley on Friday next after the feast of St. Edward the King and Confessor (14 Oct.) 1334. Printed ibid. p. 234.
Wolf) to answer the complaint of the Abbot and convent of Whalley that he refused to undertake the parochial care of the chapel within the Castle of Clitherhow, although it was annexed to the church of Whalley. Dated at London 17 kal. April, 1335 (March 16, 1335-6). Printed at length in the present volume, at p. 178. 10. Answer of the Vicar, acknowledging the receipt of the mandate, which he recites word for word, as was cus- tomary. Dated Idus April, 1336 (April 17.) Printed ibid. 11. Mandate of the Official of the Bishop of Lichfield to William le Wolf, vicar of Whalley, that the Bishop in his Visitation had decided that he was responsible for the cure of souls of the parishioners of the chapel of the castle of Clitheroe, and ordering his obedience under pain of the greater excommunication: otherwise he is to appear at Lichfield on the 13th April, 1339, to answer to this summons: Officialis venerabilis patris Rogeri Dei gratia Coventrensis et Lichfeldensis Episcopi et ipsius in quibuscunque correcionum negociis Commissarius : vicario ecclesie de Whalley salutem in Auctore salutis. Nuper contra vos auctori- 2 L 2 260 HISTORY OF WHALLEY. [BOOK III. CHAP. III. tate dicti patris occasione quorundam compertorum in visitacione quam idem pater in Archidiaconatu Cest' tune exercuerat legitime procedentes, curam animarum parochianorum in Capella Castri de Cliderhou consistencium, ad vos et successores vestros pertinere debere pronunciavimus, necnon Religiosos viros dominos Abbatem et Conventum Monas- terii de Whalleye, ecclesiam de Whalleye cum Capella Castri de Cliderhou et aliis suis pertinenciis in proprios usus optinentes, ad inveniendum Capellanum ydoneum in Capella Castri de Cliderhou supradicta singulis diebus divina cele- brantem, ac etiam clericum eidem Capellano monstrantem condempnavimus sentencialiter et definitive justicia suadente, vos tamen curam de qua premittitur agnoscere subire et exercere, juxta vim, formam et efiectum pronunciacionis nostre supradicte recusastis et adhuc recusastis minus juste, prout ex querela dictorum Abbatis et Conventus accepimus nobis facta. Quocirca vobis sub pena excommunicacionis majoris firmiter injungendo mandamus, quatenus hujus- modi nostre pronunciacioni parere quateuus ad vos pertinet nullatenus omittatis. Alioquin tenore prescntium peremp- torie vos citamus, quod compareratis coram nobis vel nostro Coinmissario in ecclesia Cathed' Lichefeld' secundo die Juridico post dominica qua cantatur Officium Misericordia Domini, 1 canonicum si quod vobis competat in hac parte proposituri et prosecuturi cum effl-ctu, facturi ulterius et recepturi juxta negocii qualitatem et naturam quod justicia suadebit. Quid autem in premissis duxeritis faciendum, nos vel nostrum Commissarium dictis die et loco certificetis per literas vestras patentes harum seriem continentes. Dat. Lich. xv kalen' Aprilis, anno Domini MCCC. xxxviii" (18 Mar. 1339). Add. 10374, f. 83, b. Istud Mandatum prenotatum rnissum fuit per Officialem domini Coventr' et Lich. Episcopi domino Will'mo dicto le Wolf tune vicario ccclesie de Whalleye ad subeundam et agnoscendam curam parochianorum Capelle Castri de Cliderhou pertinencium sub pena excommunicacionis majoris juxta pronunciacionem sentencie super hoc facte per eundcm Officialem. 12. Sentence of the Commissary of the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield that the vicar of Whalley shall have the cure of the parishioners of the castle chapel. Dated at Lichfield, ii. id. Maii, 1339. (Printed in the Coucher Book, p. 235.)
Petrus de Cestria quondam Rector ecclesie parochialis de Whalley, Coventr' et Lich. dioc', in personatu dicte ecclesie predecessor Abbatis et Conventus Monasterii de Whalley, ordinis Cisterciensis, ejusdem dioc', qui prefatam ecclesiam in suos usus jam optinent appropriatam, ac alii ejusdem ecclesie Rectores dicti Petri predecessores a tempore cujus contrarii memoria hominum non existat, capellatn beati Michaelis in Castro de Cliderhou infra fines et limites parochie dicte ecclesie de Whall. notorie situatam, tanquam capellam eidem ecclesie annexam et ab eadem dependentem tenuerunt, occupaverunt et pacifice possederunt, decimacionosque dominicalium terrarum de Blakeburnschire et de Boulaud, eidem capelle deputatas, per dominos prefati Castri de Cliderhou dicte ecclesie patronos antiquitus assignatas, ut de jure ejusdem sue ecclesie perceperunt, et de decimacionibus illis taliter perceptis, una cum aliis ejusdem capelle proventibus, libere per omnia disposuerunt absque contradiccione vel resistencia cujuscunque. Post decessum autem ejusdem Petri : cum dicti Abbas et Conventus Monasterii de Whall. possessionem dicte Matricis ecclesie de Whall. cum suis capellis et juribus universis canonice apprehendissent et in usus proprios assumpsissent perpetuo possidendam, precedentibus ad hoc et concurrentibus omnibus et singulis que de jure requirebantur quomodolibet in hac parte, Nobilis vir dominus Henricus de Lascy Comes Lincoln, et dominus Castri de Cliderhou et de Blakeburnschire, dicte ecclesie patronus ac fundator Monasterii antedicti, dictos Abbatem et Conventum possessione dicte capelle, vi et potentia domi- nacionis, absque auctoritate vel consensu eorum aut ordinarii cujuslibet spoliavit, eandem capellam cum decimacionibus et proventibus predictis, tanquam capellam liberam, de, facto duntaxet, cum de jure non potuit, sibi nequiter usurpavit, et ipsius capelle patronatum ad totam vitam sibi retinuit minus juste, necnon clericis suis eandem capellam contulit, et per seneschallos suos de Blakeburnschire dictos clericos in eandem capellam instituit, ac in ejus corporalem possessionem induci mandavit et fecit, concessu dictorum Abbatis et Conventus vel Diocesani aut alterius Ordinarii cujuscunque ininime requisite. Quara quidem possessionem Patronatus dicte capelle taliter usurpatam domini Castri de Cliderhou et de Blakeburnschire post mortem prefati domini Comitis Henrici, videlicet dominus Thomas quondam Comes Lan- 1 Introit from Ps. 33 (Misericordia Domini plena est terra) and name of the second Sunday after Easter. The summons was for the 13 April, 1339. BOOK III. CHAP. III.] CHAPEL OF ST. MICHAEL IN CASTRO. 261
runt et absque alio justicie titulo per multa tempora occuparunt, dictamque capellam suis clericis quam pluribus vicissim et successive contulerunt, ipsos in eadem capella propria presumptione instituendo et corporaliter inducendo, irrequisitis consensu et auctoritate Diocesani sen alterius Ordinarii cujuscunque. 1 Dicti etiam clerici taliter instituti, vel potius intrusi, decimaciones et obvenciones omnimodas eidem capelle ut premittitur deputatas per manutenentiam dominorum suorum libere perceperunt et de eisdem ad libitum disposuerunt, de servientibus insuper dictorum domi- norum, neciion de tenentibus dominicalibus eorundem correcciones capitulares et omnimodam jurisdiccionem ordinariam, nullo privilegio sedis apostoKce vel aliunde habjto in hac parte muniti, sibi temerarie usurpabant et sic usurpatam per non modica tempora exercebant, videlicet per xxx et viii annos videlicet ab anno Domini Millesimo cc Nonagesimo sexto usque ad annum Domini Millesimum CCC tricentesimum quartum. 2 Quo anno dicti Abbas et Conventus, declarato jure suo quod ad dictam capellam liabuerunt coram domino Rege et consilio suo, optinuerunt eandem capellam tanquam annexam ecclesie sue supradicte, et ab eadem dependentem sibi restitui, de expresso consentio ejusdem domini Regis et consilii sui, amoto quodam Ricardo do Moselay clerico suo, ejusdem capelle tune illicito detentore, sicque dicti Abbas et Conventus anno quo supra in festo Sancte Trinitatis (22 May, 1334) in dictam capellam intraverunt, et earn cum suis pertinenciis predictis, tanquam jus ecclesie sue de Whall. supradicte, sibi canonice assumserunt in usus proprios perpetuo cum dicta ecclesia possiclcndam, ejusque posscssionem hujusmodi usque ad festum Sancti Jacobi Apostoli (25 Julii) anno Domini Millesimo ccc"xl quiuto pacifice tenuerunt. Quo elapso, dicti Abbas et Conventus de Whallsye prosequentcs jus suum quod ad dictam capellam habuerunt erga dominum Regem, qui dominium de Blakeburnscliir' tune temporis possidebat, propositisque ct ostensis hiis quo ad declaracionern sui juris sufficere videbantur, coram dicto domino Rege et Consilio suo, tandem idem dominus Ilex de expresso consensu consilii sui predict! eisdem Abbati et Conventui eandem capellam tanquam annexam ecclesie sue de Whalleye predicte et ab eadem dependentem reddidit et retribuit, amoto quodam Ricardo de Moselay clerico suo, ejusdem capelle tune illicito detentore. Sicque dicti Abbas et Conventus hiis prcmissis Anno videlicet Domini MCCCxxxiiii to in festo Sancte Trinitatis in dictam capellam intraverunt et capellam cum suis pertinenciis predictis tanquam jus ecclesie sue de Wh. sibi canonice assumpserunt in usus proprios cuin dicta ecclesia perpetuo possidendam ejusque possessionem a die predicto usque in presentem festum Sancti Jacobi Apostoli Anno Domini MCCC xlv videlicet per xi annos et amplius jam pacifice tenuerunt. {Liber Loci Benedict!, Add. MS. 10,37-4, f. 10 b.)
advowson of the chapel of Clithcroe, which he had recently granted for life to his clerk Henry dc Walton. Dated at his manor of the Savoy, 24 Aug. 13-19. Printed in the Couchet Book, p. 11 09.
Blanche his wife, the Abbot and Convent of Whalley having taken possession of it without the King's licence and thereby forfeited it, after having obtained a grant from Henry Earl of Lancaster by a false suggestion:
venerint: salutem. Supplicarunt nobis carissimus films noster Johannes dux Lancastrie, et Blanchia uxor ejus, quod cumHenricus nuper Comes Lancastrie ad prosccucionem Abbatis et Conventus de Whalleye protendencium se jus habere in Capella Sancti Michaelis infra Castrum de Cliderhowe cum suis juribus et pertinenciis quibuscumque racione paro- 1 Another statement of this character has been printed in the Coucher Book of Whalley, p. 22G. The monks speak in it as freely as here of the conduct of their patrons, stating that Henry Earl of Lincoln had given the chapel " cuidam clerico suo, nomine Will'o de Nuny, et quantum in ipso fuit injuste a Matricc ecclesia de Whalleye et non sine gravi periculo animEe suse seperavit." 2 The other statement says, "usque ad annum d'ni Edwardi regis Anglie tertii post conquestum quintum " (i.e. 1331), when Robert de Toppecliffe then abbot presented his petition to the King in his full parliament, stating that inter cetera the said chapel was annexed to his church of Whalley, and was not a free chapel as the King supposed, because it had not baptism nor burial, nor any privilege from the apostolic see as other free chapels had in various parts of England, but all the parishioners of the chapel baptize and bury in the church of Whalley.
262 HISTORY OF WHALLEY. [BOOK III. CHAP. III. chialis ecclesie ipsorum Abbatis et Conventus de Whalleye quam ipsi in proprios usus tenent dederit et concesserit prefatis Abbati et Conventui advocacionem Capelle predicte que est parcella dominii de Blakeburnshire, quod est de hereditate prefate Blanchie et quod de nobis tenetur in capite ut dicitur, habendam et tenendam eisdem Abbati et successoribus suis imperpetuum; dictusque Abbas et Conventus virtute donacionis et concessionis predictarum eandem Capellam in proprios usus tenendam ingressi fuerint, licencia nostra super hoc non obtenta, per quod advocacio Capelle predicte ad manus nostras tanquam nobis forisfacta jam devenit: Velimus eisdem Duci et Blanchie advocacionem predictam habendam sibi et heredibus suis concedere graciose. Nos habito respectu ad hoc quod prefatus Comes advocaeionem predictam prefatis Abbati et Conventui per suggestionem minus veracem ut dicitur in forma predicta alienavit: Nolentes prefatam Blanchiam occasione suggestions hujusmodi exheredari: set volentes eosdem Ducem et Blanchiam in ea parte favore prosequi graciose : de gracia nostra speciali dedimus et concessimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris prefatis Duci et Blanchie advoca'cionem predictam habendam et tenendam sibi et heredibus nostris per servicia inde debita et consueta imperpetuum. Ita quod post mortem eorundem Ducis et Blanchie, si ipsi sine herede de corporibus suis legitime procreate obierint, dicta advocacio eisdem personis et eodem modo et per eadem servicia tenenda remaneat, quibus personis et prout advocacio predicta remansisse et teneri debuisset si ipsa per prefatum Comitem nunquam alienata fuisset, set post decessum ejusdem prefate Blanchie jure hereditario descendisset. In cujus rci testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westm. duodecimo die Decembris, Anno regni uostri tricosimo septimo (13G3). (Great Cowcher of the Duchy, vol. i. fol. 60 b.)
within three years, 500/. according to its title, " pro licentia optinendi ad prosequendum jus suum de capella castri de Cliderhow." Dated at Whalley 23 Aug. 38 Edw. III. (1364). Printed in Coucher Book, p. 1169.
to sue him for the Chapel : Ceste endenture faite perentre lui nobles homes Johan Due de Lancastre dune parte et les Abbe et Covent de Whalleye dautre part tesmoigne, que come les dites Abbe et Covent eient souvent suez per peticion au dit noble due lour patron et avowe en ckunantz davoir droit a tenir la Chapelle de Seint Michiel deinz son Chastel de Cliderowe en propres oeps come annexe a leur esglise de Whalleye, et empriantz au dit noble due de sa bone grace et en oevre de charite faire a eux droit en cello partie, ou les soeffrer presuire leur dit droit a la cornune ley saunz estre grevez ou faire damage ou duresce a eux ou a leur conseil ou eidantz per celle catise: le dit due come celui qest obeissant a la ley de la terre et qui nulluy voet destourber a presuire per la ley, si ad octroiez et grante bonement per cestes lettres leur requeste avantdit, et promys a eux que pur nulle seute qils ferront vers lui et la duchesse sa compaigne per processor de ley per la cause suisdite, il ne nul desoens ferra as ditz Abbe et Covent, ne a leur eidantz ou conseillantz damage, grevance, ne duresce, en destourbance de leur dite perseute encontre la comune ley, mes le soeffra estre termiuez a plus tost qil purra bonement sanz offense de la ley. Issint toutes voies que nulle seute serra faite en prejudice iiostre tresredoutez Seigneur le Roi: ne au dit due. En tesmoignance de quelle chose a ceste endenture les parties avant dites entrechaungeablement ont mys leur sealz. Donne a Londres le xvi jour de Feverer, Ian du regne nostre Seignur le Roi Edward tierz puis le conqueste trent noesisme (1365). (Great Cowcher of the Duchy, vol. iv.) CHAPTER THE FOURTH.
HONOR OF CLITHEROE, WITH THE FORESTS AND OTHER DEMESNES. HE Honor dependent upon this Castle is commensurate with no other division, civil or ecclesiastic. It extends over the present parishes of Whalley and Blackburn, which con- stituted the original hundred ; over those of Chipping and Ribchester, anciently included in the hundred of Amunderness ; over Bowland, in the wapen take of Staincliff; over the manor of Tottington, within the hundred of Salford ; and over that of Rochdale, partly within the former wapentake and partly within Agbridge in Yorkshire. But it coincides most nearly with the original parish of Whalley, the whole of which it covers, and no where passes the boundaries of it, but to take in the manor of Tottington. Within this extensive tract all manors and estates, of what tenure soever, arc held of the Castle of Clitheroe, 1 the common centre from which all landed property has emanated, and to
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