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Roughlee:

Clitheroe Court Rolls 1510:

Henry Mitton junior, John Bulcock, Richard Mitton and Henry Hegyn (son of Lawrence Hegyn probably now the name of Higgin - see also Malkin Records) tenants of said Manor surrender 1 messuage with appurtenances in Roghle (rent at 22s 2 1/2d PA) which Henry Mitton senior delivered to them , to the use of Thomas, William, James and Isabell Mitton, his children to be equally divided amongst them. Thomas Mitton said he forbade fine on his brothers and sisters as it was his inheritance.

1510/11
Henry Mitton grieve of Pendle surrendered � messuage ans appurtenances in Nether barrowforth and Ryshetton Thornes at rent of 16s 4 1/2d PA to Laurence Hartley and the other � to James Hartley.

1514
Henry Hartley grieve of Pendle surrendered a messuage and other appurtenances in Barley at 6s 8d PA which Richard Holgate delivered to him to the use of James Hegyn (see above and Malkin records).

James Mitchell was fined 2d for cutting down trees at Blackow.

Henry Hartley grieve of Pendle surrendered � a messuage and other premises in Overbarrowforthe at 7s 6 3/4d PA which Henry Robinson delivered to him to the use of Agnes , daughter of Henry and Elizabeth, widow of Henry.

Miles Nutter grieve of Pendle surrendered � a messuage and other premises in Pendle at 33s 4dPA which Christopher Baldwyne delivered to him � Ellen, wife of Christopher Baldwyne forbade the fine. Bernard Hartley and John Haghe pledged to secure 1/3 of the property to her for life. Miles Nutter surrendered the other � to the use of William Bawden, son of the said Christopher. A 1/3rd secured to Ellen Bawden for life by pledge of John Robinson and Nicholas Robinson.

1514/15
Peter Smith grieve of Pendle surrendered a messuage and appurtenances in Hegham at 50s PA which Hugh Standen delivered to him to the use of Christopher More and Hugh More his son. The other � at 25sPA to the use of John More senior.

1515
Grieves of Pendle were Christopher, John and William Bawdyn

1515/16
John Bawdeyn fined for cutting wood and greenwood in Castyclough and William Bawden likewise.

1515/16
Roger Hargreaves obstructed the road within the Lordland at Barrowforth.

1520
Henry Mitton surrenders 4 parts of 1 messuage in Roghle at 5s 6 1/2d to the use of William his son.

Archbishop John Tillotson

FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=John Tillotson"A Tillotson who dealt with these troubled times rather better was John Tillotson, who became Archbishop of Canterbury. John was born in Sowerby, Yorkshire Oct. 1630. His father Robert was a Puritan clothier. His aunt was Alice Nutter of Roughlee Hall, who was hanged at Lancaster Castle as a witch. He managed to immerse himself in study at Cambridge during the great Rebellion, taking an advanced degree in 1654. He then found shelter from the ongoing turmoil as the private tutor to the family of Edmund Predeaux, the Attorney General under Cromwell. Returning to London, he became a Puritan preacher.

Upon Cromwell's death, Tillotson went over to the established Church. In 1664 he made an excellent marriage to Elizabeth French. Her father was canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and her uncle was Oliver Cromwell himself.

Tillotson's reputation as a fiery but skillful peacher began to grow. He advocated a natural religion and order of things in harmony with the new concepts of Isaac Newton. In the face of violent factionalism and intolerance, he preached that Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind. Arguing against atheism, he coined his most famous phrase, that "if God did not exist, then man would have had to invent him." In 1678, he preached a sermon against "Popery" before the House of Commons, "a religion more mischievous than irreligion itself". But then, in a sermon before the King, he proposed that Catholics could enjoy their own faith, so long as they did not draw men away from the Church of England.

John Tillotson ministered to Lord Russell on his way to the scaffold in 1683. The Russell family gave him entr�e to Princess Anne, who eventually followed his advice to settle the Crown on William of Orange. The new king made John Clerk of the Kings Closet in 1689. Acting on his counsel, William appointed an ecclesiastical commission to try and reconcile dissenters and the church.

John's even-handed diplomacy led to his election as Archbishop of Canterbury, in April 1691. He continued his efforts at reform. If the mark of a man is in the enemies he makes, John Tillotson achieved greatness. Fifty years later, he was still being attacked as if he were alive and well, accused that he "denies the divinity of Christ... denies the eternity of hell torments... speaks of the Old Testament as not good nor relating to Christ... makes Christianity good for nothing but to keep societies in order (Diaries of Bishop George Horne, 1750).

John Tillotson suddenly took ill during a sermon and died in London, Nov. 24, 1694. He had only been archbishop three years, and yet he had lasting influence. By embracing Newtonian science and natural religion, and standing up to both Calvinist and Jacobite, Tillotson "more than any other archbishop in his century had shifted the church's thinking toward religious teleration, constitutional monarchy, and the new science" (Margaret G. Jacob, "Christianity and the Newtonian Worldview"). Perhaps as significant, his Collected Sermons became a best-seller in the New World, and were found in the personal libraries of Washington and Jefferson.

Tillotson atended the Old Colne Gramar, next to the Parish Church (the one that preceded the present one). It has also been stated that Tilotson was the grandson of Ellen Nuter, brother to an Ellis.

"From page 7 of the Winans research, (organized and recorded by Barr Wilson),
we have a description of the GREENHEAD farm. In a letter dated September
1931, Mary A. Illingworth wrote that they were tenants there for 40 years.
She wrote that it was an old world place, with a lever garden in front, an
old Oak studded front door, wide hall with oak beams, an arched fireplace
with cupboards on each side, and mullioned windows. Upstairs had black oak
bedroom doors. The wall in four bedrooms were paneled in oak. The ceilings
were molded in plaster work, "friecas," and two rooms had mantels. There was
on modern bedroom. An attic covered the entire house. "The beams were made
of trees roughly trimmed and used for rafters. The house was alleged to have
secret passages and haunted rooms. In 1932 the house was owned by Capt.
Starkie of Huntroyde, West Padiham, England. The property included 100 acres
of meadow and pasture land, and as the name indicated the "Head of the
Green." Mary sent photos of the house. Unfortunately, they were not
available to us.

"Again from the Winans-Wilson research, we have a letter dated in May, 1926,
from an Ellis Nutter of Higher White Lee, Pence in Pendle, West Burnley,
Lancashire, England.

"There have been Nutters at New Church in Pendle since 1400, according to
tombstones and registers. I was born in 1884. My father was Henry Nutter,
born 1839. His mother was Mary Nutter, born 1806. Her father was John
Nutter; and his father an Ellis Nutter, who was a son of another Ellis
Nutter...I have heard father speak of his forefathers and of Ellis Nutter of
Broughton as Parson Nutter.' When there was Civil War in England, several
emigrated. About 1350 there was an Ellis Nutter at New Church."

John A Clayton
Barrowford 2005