Lordship of Bowland
The Lordship of Bowland is a manorial lordship associated with the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England. The lordship fell into disuse between 1885 and 2008, during which time it was widely believed to have lapsed; it was revived in 2008.[1]
In 1885, the estates of the
It was subsequently discovered that the sale of Whitewell Estate, while it included mineral, sporting and forestry rights, specifically excluded the Lordship of Bowland itself. In fact, ownership of the title had descended to an extinct Towneley family trust. Consequently, in 2008,
The 46th Lord of Bowland was later revealed to be a
The current 47th Lord of Bowland is Brady Brim-DeForest,
History
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While a lineage for the barony can be traced back speculatively through the
Although
In turn, the Forest and Liberty of Bowland, along with the grant of the adjacent
Territorially, the Lordship of Bowland covered an area of almost 300 square miles (800 km2) on the historic borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It comprised a
In 1661, the manors contained within the former
In 2023, the lordship of Bowland was sold for an undisclosed sum to the
References
- ^ a b Forest of Bowland official website
- ^ "Lord of Bowland title sold at auction". Lancashire Telegraph. 31 October 2009.
- ^ "Lordship snapped up". Lancashire Evening Post. 1 November 2009. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
- ^ "Buyer of aristocratic title revealed". Lancashire Evening Post. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
- ^ "New Lord of Bowland is don at top university". Lancashire Telegraph. 13 November 2009.
- ^ "Mystery Lord refutes 'status symbol' claims". Lancashire Evening Post. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Lord of the Fells, Guardian of History" (PDF). Rural Life. November 2014.
- ^ "NFRA Reg. No. H1418910-98 - National Feudal Register and Archive". 13 February 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Other Notices | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ David Rollason, Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom (Cambridge University Press 2008)
- ^ JEA Joliffe, "Northumbrian Institutions", English Historical Review, 41 (1926), 1-42
- ^ G H Martin, ed. (1991). "An Introduction to the Lancashire Domesday": The Lancashire Domesday. London: Alecto Historical Editions. pp. 35–36.
- ^ Clitheroe Historic Town Assessment Report Lancashire County Council Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ William Farrer, The court rolls of the honor of Clitheroe in the county of Lancaster (1897)
- ^ "Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Slaidburn:, Yorkshire (West Riding)".
- ^ Thomas Dunham Whitaker, An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe (Routledge & Sons: Manchester 1872)
- ^ "The Lordship of Bowland | Forest of Bowland AONB". www.forestofbowland.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
External links
- Bowland: The Rise and Decline, Abandonment and Revival of a Medieval Lordship – CJ Spencer & SW Jolly, Cambridge UniversityHeraldic and Genealogical Society