1322
1322. Manchester
In
this year there was
an" Extent" of the manor, which was then held of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Two separate and different copies of this document are Printed by Mr. Harland.
The demesne in Manchester contained about 3,550½
statute acres of arable land. There were 38 acres of heath land, and 85 more
claimed by the tenants by prescription.
There were 326 acres of Pasture land. Mamcestre had woods and moors of
Tutbury, which on account of their great size and diversity were not measured.
The wood of Alport with its aeries of hawks, herons, and eagles, bees' honey and
the like issues, was worth 8s. 8d. The wood of Bradford was being destroyed, and
comprised a mile in circuit. The park of
Blakely, seven miles in circuit, was valued at 53s. 4d.,
and contained two deer leaps “of the grant of Kings," The woods of
Horewith and Openshagh, the wastes of Curmesall and Denton, the lord’s mill, the
common oven, and the fulling mill of Manchester are also named.
Annual amount of the tolls and stallage for the markets and fairs of Manchester
was £5 13s. 4d.
1322.
Bury-Boroughbridge
Sir Roger de Pilkington, "bacheleur," being in arms against the King, was
taken prisioner at the battle of Boroughbridge, March15(Edward II.) Was also
imprisioned for joining the rebel barons, but his life was spared. In 1325 he
served in Guyenne. Died 1347.(9)