More information : [SD 8188 3405] IGHTENHILL MANOR HOUSE (Site of) [GT] (1)
Ightenhill Park.
"The first occurence of the name Ightenhill appears to be in a
charter by John de Lacy to Monk Breston Priory dated at this place
in 1238.... After the death of Henry de Lacy in 1311 it was recorded
that the capital messuage in Ightenhill was of no value beyond
reprises: the park with moss and herbage was valued at 40s;....
The park was not granted as a copyhold tenement by the Commissioners
of 1507, but the herbage in that year was demised to Robert Rishton
for a term of 21 years... Rishton in 1518-19 surrendered his lease
to Sir John Towneley to whom in 1524 the Crown granted a lease
of the park in fee farm at a rent of #30.... At Sir John's instance
a view of the state of the manor-house was on 16 July 1522 made by
twelve copyholders, their report being enrolled on the hallmote
as follows:-
'At the day of taking this inquest the great hall and the timber of
the manor-house of Ightenhill are in ruins and fallen to the ground,
a great part carried away and not to be found there. The great
chamber at the western end of the hall is in like state; the kitchen,
butler's house, and pantry are destroyed and no part to be found,
nor are any timbers or slate stones now left. The oven house and
great barn are in like state. The long chamber at the western end of
the hall has fallen down and no part of it remains. Only the
park-keeper's house remains standing with timber & slate stones but
the doors and windows have been taken away, and it is like to
fall through lack of repair. The chapel there and the stable also
remain in like state. John Towneley has not been found guilty of the
removal or destruction of any timber or stone of the said houses.'...
The circumstances of the transfer of the lease to the Shuttleworths
of Gawthorpe are not known but in 1593 Sir Richard Shuttleworth
granted a lease of lands in the park.... The cause of the transfer
was probably connected with the recusancy of the former lessee.
In 1597 a lease in remainder of the park and two miles was
granted to Sir Richard for a term of forty-one years.....
.....No part of the walls [of Ightenhill manor House] is standing
but in 1894 the foundations of the keep could easily be traced.
The old draw well had then been only recently covered up...." (2)
The deer park of Ightenhill which was attached to the Forest of Pendlewas disparked and granted on lease in 10th Henry VIII. (3)
Surveyed 1:2500 (4)
SD 818 340. Ightenhill Manor (site of). Scheduled No LA/123. (5)
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