Chetham Society Books
Christopher Haigh, The Last Days of the Lancashire Monasteries and the Pilgrimage of Grace, 1969,
Chetham Society, Vol. XVII (Third Series).
The Survey of the Manor of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, parcel of the possessions of
Sir Robert Heath, Knt., His Majesty’s Attorney-General, made in 1626. Edited by Henry Fishwick, 1913.
Chetham Society (NS 71).
The Journal of Nicholas Assheton, Vol. 14, First Series, The Chetham Society.
Notitia Cestriensis — Historical notices of the Diocese of Chester, Rev. Francis Gastrell.
Edited by Rev. F. R. Raines, 1845. Vol. II, Part 1, pp. 10–11, 16–17, 30–31, 36–37, 42–43, 80–81,
96–97, 100–105, 122–123, 126–129, 132–133, 136–137, 142–143, 156–157. Chetham Society publication.
B. G. Blackwood, The Lancashire Gentry and the Great Rebellion 1640–1660, Chetham Society,
TS 25, pp. 21, 37, 48, 49, 60, 61, 68, 69, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 98, 99, 104, 105, 114, 128, 129,
148, 149.
Thomas Dunham Whitaker, A History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honour of Clitheroe in the
Counties of Lancaster and York, 3rd ed., 1818, Chetham’s 4/1045, pp. 254, 454–458.
Edward Baines (Senior), The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. Biographical
department by W. R. Whatton, with additions by John Harland and Rev. Brooke Hereford. New, revised and
enlarged edition, edited by James Corston, 1888–1893, 5 vols. Chetham’s 4/921 (Volume III).
J. A. Green, Heywood Notes and Queries, 4 vols, reprinted from the Heywood Advertiser, 1905–1908
(Chetham’s 4/983): Vol. I, pp. 135–142, 148–152, 190–194 — Holts of Ashworth Hall; Vol. II, pp. 9–12 —
Holts of Grizelhurst; Vol. III, pp. 50–56 — Thomas Holt of Gristlehurst; Vol. IV, pp. 7, 17, 27, 72,
178–181 — Bridge Hall and the Holts.
