Mem. quod confirmatio predicta est triplex, quarum una est in titulo tertio de Blakeburn, et alia in titulo quarto de Rached.

EXPLICIT TITULUS SECUNDUS DE ECCLESIA DE ECCLES ET DE

TERRIS IN WESTHALGHTON ET ALIJS LOCIS, IN QUO CON

TINENTUR XLJ. SCRIPTA SIGILLATA.

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TITULUS TERTIUS DE BLAKEBURN.

I. Carta Johannis de Lascy* de medietate ecclesie de

Blakeburn.

MNIBUS Cristi fidelib3 et sancte matris ecclesie filijs

presens scriptum visuris vel audituris, Johannes de Lascy, constab. Cestrie salutem. Noueritis me dedisse et caritatis intuitu concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et beate Marie et Abbati et monachis meis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe in puram et ppetuam elemosynam medietatem ecclesie de Blak. illam

* The date of this grant may be assigned to the year 1230, for William de Vernon was Judge of Chester in that year.

The total absence of arrangement in the entries of the following charters, and the complication consequent on the descent of the advowson in moieties, will render the following succinct statement of that descent, until the entirety became vested in John de Lascy, the munificent benefactor of Stanlawe, not unacceptable. I. Gamaliel

II. Gilbertus

III. Johannes

had successively the entirety of the Church.

IV. Henricus, clericus de Blackburn, had a grant of the whole church from Henry de Lascy circa 1160, which was confirmed by the Bishop of Coventry and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

On his death it descended to his sons in moieties.

One moiety descended to

Richard, his eldest son, and from him to his son

Adam, who had a grant from Robert de Lascy of that moiety which Richard

scil. quam Adam fil. Henrici tenet, cum capella de Walton et earum ptinentijs, quantum spectat ad laicalem donationem, p salute anime mee et uxoris mee et p salute dñi patris mei et matris mee et antecessorum et successorum meorum, libere et quiete sicut ulla elemosyna viris religiosis liberius et quietius dari potest. Ita quod ego vel heredes mei in predicta medietate predicte ecclesie et in predicta capella nichil iuris ad opus meum vel heredum meorum de cetero habere poterimus. Et ut hec donatio rata et inconcussa pmaneat imppetuum presens scriptum sigilli mei munimine corroboraui. Hijs testib3, Will. de Vernon Just. Cestr., Henr. psona de Rowelle, dño Colino de quatuor maris, Henr. de Nouo mercato, Rog. de Cestr., Robt. de Cestr., Baldewino Teutonico, Galfr. de Dutton tunc sen., Hug. de Dutton, Galfr. fil. Ad. de Dutton, Will. de Nouo campo, et multis alijs.

II. Carta eiusdem Johannis de Lascy de medietate ecclesie

de Blakeburn

MNIBUS Cristi fidelib3 et sancte matris ecclesie filijs presens scriptum visuris vel audituris, Joh. de Lascy constab. Cestrie salutem. Noueritis me dedisse et caritatis intuitu concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et beate

had, and he resigned the chapel of Walton to John de Lascy. According to Whitaker, he left two daughters,

Agnes, who married David Hulton.

Beatrice, who married William de Hulton, the brother of David, and died without issue.

Richard de Hulton, the son of David and Agnes, granted all his title in the

advowson to John de Lascy circa 1230.

The other moiety descended to

Adam, the son of Henry. His son

Roger granted it to John de Lascy.

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Marie et Abbati et monachis meis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe in puram et ppetuam elemosynam medietatem ecclesie de Blak., illam scil. quam Ad. fil. Henr. tenuit, cum capellis de Walton et de Samlesbury, et cum portione quam habuit in ecclesia de Whalleye et earum ptinentijs, quantum spectat ad laicalem donationem, p salute anime mee et uxoris mee et p animab3 dñi patris mei et matris mee et antecessorum et successorum meorum libere et quiete sicut ulla elemosyna viris religiosis liberius et quietius dari potest. Ita quod ego vel heredes mei in predicta medietate predicte ecclesie et in predictis capellis et in prefata portione de Whalleya nichil iuris ad opus meum vel ad opus heredum meorum de cetero habere poterimus. Et ut hec donatio rata et inconcussa pmaneat imppetuum presens scriptum sigilli mei munimine corroboraui. Hijs testib3, dñis Ric. de Draycote tunc Justic. Cestrie,* Henr. psona de Rowell, Colino de quatuor maris, Henr. de Nouo mercato, Rog. de Cestria, Robt. de Cestria, Baldewyno Theutonico, Galf. de Dutton, Hug. de Dutton, Alano senescallo, Will. de Longo campo, et multis alijs.

III. Carta Johannis de Lascy de alia medietate ecclesie
de Blakeburn cum corpore suo.

MNIBUS sancte matris ecclesie filijs presentib3 et futuris Johannes de Lascy, Com. Linc. et Constab. Cestrie, salutem in dño. Noueritis me dedisse et caritatis intuitu concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Deo et beate Marie et Abbati et monachis meis Loci Benedicti de Stanlawe in puram et ppetuam elemosinam medietatem ecclesie de Blak. illam scil. quam Rog. fil. Ade de Blak. tenuit cum omnib; ptinentijs suis infra limites parochie eiusdem ecclesie et extra cum corpore meo ibidem sepeliendo,

* Richard de Draycot was Judge of Chester 22 Henry III. A.D. 1238.

quantum spectat ad laicalem donationem, p salute anime mee et uxoris mee et p salute animarum dñi patris mei et matris mee et antecessorum et successorum meorum, ita libere et quiete sicut ulla elemosyna viris religiosis liberius et quietius dari potest. Et ut hec donatio mea rata et inconcussa pmaneat imppetuum presens scriptum sigilli mei munimine corroboraui. Hijs testib3, dñis Ric. de Draycote, Henr. de Longo campo, Rob. de Cestr., Rog. de Brus, Thom. de Panissy militib3, dñis Galf. de Dutton, Hug. de Dutton, dño O. psona de Donyngton, Ad. de Notingham capello, Symone de Heryce, Alano le Norreys, et alijs.

IV. Carta Henrici de Lascy* facta Henrico de Blakeburne
de ecclesia de Blakeburn.

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ENRICUS de Lascy omnib; hominib; ad quos presentes litere puenerint salutes. Notum sit omnib3 tam presentib3 quam futuris me concessisse et dedisse Henrico clerico de Blak. ecclesiam de Blakeb. cum omni integritate sua, scil. cum capella de Walton et cum omni libertate sua ad eam de iure ptinente, in terris et in aquis, in bosco et in plano. Concessi itaq. prenominato H. beneficium quoddam in ecclesia de Whall. et in eiusdem

* This Henry de Lascy must not be mistaken for the Henry de Lascy mentioned at p. 3. He was lord of Blackburnshire, and descended from Ilbert de Lascy, who received the fee of Pontefract from the Conqueror. The descents from that Ilbert

are,

I. Robert de Lascy, his son, Lord of Blackburnshire, probably by grant from Roger de Busli and Albert de Greslet, the grantees under the Conqueror. He was attainted and dispossessed of all his lands by Henry I., and they were granted to Hugh de la Val, but were restored. He left two sons, Ilbert, who succeeded, but died s.p.

Henry, who succeeded.

II. Henry de Lascy, who, A.D. 1147, founded a Cistercian abbey at Barnoldswick, which was afterwards translated to Kirkstall. He was the grantor to Henry de Blackburne above. He left a son,