Note 183 — Chapter II · THE PEASANTRY

Court Rolls of the Lordships, etc., of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (Farrer). Halmote of Ightenhill, 1324, January 18: “John de Briddeswail for entry to half an acre of waste in Habrincham, 6d., for the same yearly, 2d.” Same court, May 7, 1324.: “Richard le Skinner for entry to 4 acres of waste in Sommerfordrod, 6d., for the same yearly, 6d.,” and passim. In the north of England there seems to have been very much colonising of the waste, perhaps because original settlements were small. See Turner, History of Brighouse, Rastrick, and Hipperholme, pp. 66–67, and Trans. Rochdale Literary and Philosophical Society, vol. vii., Rochdale Manor Inquisition.