HALMOTES OF THE MANORS OF CHATBURN, WORSTON, AND PENDLETON, A.D. 1377, 1425, 1495, 1498, HALMOTES OF THE MANOR OF COLNE, WITH THE Duchy of Lancaster. HONOR OF CLITHEROE. HALMOTE COURT ROLLS. HA I.-Court Roll, 51 Edward iif., 1377. (Preserved at Clitheroe Castle.) ALLEMOTE* of Penulton, Chatteburn, and Worston, held on Saturday next after the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the 51st year of the reign of King Edward III. [February 7th, 1376-7]. John de Cumberhalgh is elected Greavet of Penhilton, nd sworn. John Tyde is elected Greave of Chatteburn, and sworn. it has no Greave there, nor was willing to elect one. John Dicunson, of the Forest of Penhill, is amerced iijd for contempt of Court. * Hallmote, from Anglo-Saxon Heall, and Gemote, i.e., the assembly at the Manor Hall. In Saxon times, this was a Court inferior to the Hundred mote, as the latter was to the Shire mote. At this Court the differences between the tenants of the Manor were determined, and pleas of debt not exceeding 39s. 11fd. It was the Court Baron, for a description of which see the Introduction. † Greave, or Reeve, from the Anglo-Saxon Gerefa. This word, originally meaning famous or active, was applied to the chief officer or steward of the Saxon Manor or township. The Greave was elected by the tenants of the Manor from among those of their own number having most substance and ability. The liability to serve this office was attached to the more important holdings or messuages, called Greaveships. See the Introduction. B |