A History of Lancashire

by Henry Fishwick

[95] Report of Deputy–Keeper of Public Records, xxxiii. 21.

[96] Stubbs’s “Select Charters,” p. 40.

[97] See “The Parliamentary Representation of Lancashire,” by W. J. Pink.

[98] See “History of Rochdale,” p. 33.

[99] Baines’ “History of Lancashire,” ii. 359 (second edition).

[100] Report of Deputy–Keeper of Public Records, xxxii. 354.

[101] See detailed account of the plan of this castle in Lanc. and Ches. Hist. Soc., vol. vi., new series.

[102] Record Office, Roll of Fines, etc., chap. xxv., A 7, No. 14; also Coucher Book of Furness.

[103] Turton Tower, near Bolton, claims to be a very ancient foundation, but as its name never occurs in the ancient charters heretofore discovered, it appears doubtful if it dates back beyond the fifteenth century.

[104] Vol. xxxvii.