The Court Rolls of the Honor of Clitheroe, in the County of Lancaster: Translated and Transcribed From the Original Rolls, Preserved in the Public Record Office, London and at Clitheroe Castle (Classi

Excerpt from The Court Rolls of the Honor of Clitheroe, in the County of Lancaster: Translated and Transcribed From the Original Rolls, Preserved in the Public Record Office, London and at Clitheroe CastleClitheroe contained in this volume relate to the manors of Accrington and Haslingden, in the ancient parish of Whalley, and that of Tottington, in the parish of Bury, and cover the period down to the year 1567. This volume completes the work undertaken by the writer more than twenty years ago, and, with the two volumes already issued, places at the di5posal of the public the whole of the matter contained in the earlier Rolls of this great and important Honor down to the year named. Whilst it is a matter of congratulation to the students of local history that so much material illustrating the history of the past has been preserved to the present day, there is also a sense of regret that the local officers of the Crown did not take greater care of the earlier records, which belonged to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A commission1 issued on 22 June, 22 Elizabeth to Ralph Asshton, the younger, one of the particular receivers of the possessions of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Edward Braddell, surveyor of woods in the north parts, to make a list of the Court Rolls in Clitheroe Castle, and to cause a strong and sure chest to be made for the safe keeping of the Records, Court Rolls, and other evidences, resulted in the following report made on the II October following.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.