 Posted - 15/10/2005 : 13:58
I thought originally that the Burnley Folds were the lot from Folds House, these originated in Trawden and Colne. It appears,though, that the Burnley families were separate from these. A quick look through "The History of Burnley Vols 1 & 2" by Walter Bennett gives the following information:
1423-1440 Burnley Inhabitants:
John del Folds snr., John del Folds jnr., Chrostopher Folds son of John, Oliver del Folds, Richard del Folds, William del Folds son of Richard, Lawrence del Folds.
In 1425 Oliver de Foldes was an ale house keeper in Burnley.
Feb 8th 1425 John del Foldes sat on a halmot jury at Saint Peter's church in Burnley.
July 27th Ightenhill Manor halmot: Oliver del Foldes, John del Foldes snr and John del Foldes jnr were part of jury to ascertain a successor to Thomas Higgin who had died at Coldweather House without an heir. At this halmot Oliver del Foldes was indicted for contempt of court along with the Abbot of Whalley.
In 1520 John Foldys, a chaplain of the Towneley chantry chapel, erected a cross in St. Peter's church yard with the latin inscription "Pray for the soul of John Foldys Chaplain who caused this cross to be erected in the year of our Lord 1520."
1550s Geoffrey Folds had a 22 acre farm at Sandhole in Burnley, this now the Thompson Park. The farm adjoined the bank Hall farm of the Woodruff family, the Folds and Woodruffs were in continual disagreement over their boundaries. In 15.. Folds was ordered to make good his fences and in 1558 he had "encroached an oak and an ash" which he had to reinstate.
Sometime before 1550 a farm at Burnley Wood was divided between Christopher Folds and Richard Mitchell. Charles's mother Ellen died in 1578 and left a will giving 20d to two nephews, a coat to a brother-in-law, a white coat to another brother-in-law, 5 shillings to son Charles (who had already borrowed this sum) and the rest, including one cow, 33 shillings and 4 pence and household goods to daughters Janet and Christabel - another daughter Mary was married to a Robert Jackson and did not benefit from the will. The Halstead family of Rowley inherited the Burnley Wood farm in the late 1500s. Farms here were: Hollingreave, Moseley, Higher Timber Hill and Lowere Timber Hill.
The Home farm of Ightenhill Manor was 690 acres in extent, in 1534 the Towneleys divided it into 14 farms one of which was tenanted by Thomas Folds. This Thomas married an Isabell and was ordered by a chuch court in 1535 to separate from his wife on account of nearness of kin. Thomas denied that the church court had any jurisdiction over him and, in 1537, he and his wife were suspended from the church.
1526 William Folds, along with 29 others, caused affray at the Towneley's Habergham coal mine. They damaged the interior of the mine because they denied Towneley's right to the minerals. He was tried at the Duchy court in Colne in 1527 but I don't know what the outcome was.
1527 Geoffrey Folds objected to having to pay his tenth tithe to the Abbot of Whalley for 19 lambs when he only had 17.
I am not sure if this is the Foldys Cross, it is certainly a Burnley Cross.
Never trust an electrician with no eyebrows!
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makes things rather difficult. doesnt help living so far away too!!
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