Adam Nowell

Personal and Family Information

Adam was born about 1275, the son of Roger Nowell and Elizabeth Fitton. The place is not known.

He died after 1335. The place is not known.

His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Lawrence (c1305-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

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DDN - NATIONAL TRUST DEEDS

DDN 1 - Description available at other catalogue level

Catalogue description Agreement: John of Heskayth & Adam Nowel -- tenements in Great Harrewod, the...

Reference: DDN 1/22

Description:

Agreement: John of Heskayth & Adam Nowel -- tenements in Great Harrewod, the Nethirtonndene to the Dic, with part of Nethirtonn, a third of a third of the Great Heye on Caldre, & the land of Dobbe Emmeson which Roger Nowel gave to William of Heskayth; also approvement of the common waste of Great Harrewod towards Cundecliffe to the value of 9d per year -- these being a third of the lands of William Fytonn which after his death were divided between his daughters & their husbands, William of Heskayth & Maude his wife, Edmund of Legh & Anabella his wife, & Roger Nowel & Elizabeth his wife. Witn: Sir Richard of Radecliff, parson of Bury, Adam of Radeclyffe, John his brother, John of Dynelaye, Adam of the Clogh, John of Blakeburn, John of Cliderhou.

Given at Markedholme.

Date: Aug. 1324

Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives

Language: English

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DDHE - HESKETH of RUFFORD

DDHE 18 - GREAT HARWOOD

Catalogue description Agreement : Sir John of Heskait and Adam Nowel : after disputes concerning the land of...

Reference: DDHE 18/11

Description:

Agreement : Sir John of Heskait and Adam Nowel : after disputes concerning the land of Dobbe Emmesone and of land towards Leghshaghbroc, and of Tymildefeld and of Denefeld and of all the other Outfeldes. Sir J.H. to have all the lands taken from Wythinehevid, Wilkestubbinges, and Dobbe Hope and that A. shall have the aforesaid three fields, and 4ac. waste next to 6ac. lately improved out of Denefeld. Given at the chapel of Harewode, Fri. after St. Luke, 8 Ed. III. Heraldic Seal.

Date: [25 Oct. 1335.]

Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives

Language: English

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DDHE - HESKETH of RUFFORD

DDHE 75 - GREAT HARWOOD - GENERAL.

Catalogue description Charter: -- granting to Adam Nowel, for his services in Scotland, a weekly market and a fair for his manor of Netherton in Great Harwood. Witn: J. Archbishop of Canterbury; R. Bishop of Chichester and Chancellor; Henry, Earl of Derby; John de Veer, Earl of Oxford, Thomas de Wake, Henry de Ferrars, chamberlain.

Given at Walton. 26 June. 12 Ed.III.

Date: 26 June.[1338]

Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives

Language: English

Physical condition: Seal - damaged

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The Victoria history of the Counties of England, EDITED BY WILLIAM PAGE, F.S.A., A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE, VOLUME VI, THE VICTORIA HISTORY

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434620/cu31924088434620_djvu.txt#:~:text=k%20[Standish]%2C%20211%20Emmott%20[Whalley]%2C%20525%20Euxton,[p]%20115%2C%20[m]%20115%20Thorp%20[Croston]%2C%20104.

—

In 1289 Hesketh became possessed of two-thirds

of the manor, having acquired from Edmund de Leye

and Amabel their portion of the Fiton inheritance.”

In 1310 for £23 he purchased from John son of Ed-

mund Fiton the lordship of the manor, including his

own service of 20s. per annum and other ros. due

yearly from Adam son of Roger Nowell.’ <<<< Adam Nowell.

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In 1306 a dispute between the lords of this manor

and Adam de Huddleston, kt., lord of Billington,

touching the share of the wastes belonging to each

manor, which had been commenced in 1301, was

terminated in the presence of the Earl of Lincoln at

Altofts."* This was followed in 1310 by the con-

cession to the monks of Whalley of common of pasture

and estovers which they and their predecessors had

enjoyed time out of mind in the waste lying between

the boundary of Billington and Roulegh Clough in

Harwood.”

—

In 1313 John de Hesketh and Adam Nowell

were complaining of the waste made in the manor

by their respective parents, who held their tenements

by the courtesy of England, in felling timber, and

in 1324 an inquest was held by the king’s order to

de Hesketh now grants licence to Adam

Nowell to approve the common waste

bbrev. Rot. Orig. , 93-4.

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certify to the King’s Bench what waste Margaret

relict of William Fiton had made in tenements

belonging to the inheritance of Adam Nowell. He

recovered the tenements and obtained a verdict for

£6 7s. damages against her? Margaret died

shortly before August 1324, when the lands she |

had held in dower were divided between Hesketh

and Nowell.”

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Upon the collection of a subsidy in 1332, John de

Hesketh contributed 65. out of 235. levied upon

twelve persons in this town-

ship. Six years later Adam

Nowell obtained a grant of a

weekly market on Thursday

and a yearly fair on the day

of St. Lawrence in his manor

of Netherton in recognition

of his services in Scotland,

and in 1339 William de

Hesketh obtained a grant of

free warren in this township.” Heskern. Argent on

Some dispute about the ‘out- a bend sable three garbs

fields’ called Tynuldefeld, or.

Denefeld, land towards Legh-

—

shagh Brook and the land of Dobbe Emmesone, was

arranged in 1332 by a friendly division between

Adam Nowell and John de Hesketh, kt., of certain

inclosures adjoining those fields called Wythineheved,

Wikestubbing and Dobbes Hope.”

—

On Easter Monday, 1390, John Nowell, son and

heir of Lawrence Nowell, came to Harwood Chapel

and did homage and fealty to Thomas de Hesketh

for the lands which he held of him in chief by

knight’s service.” The superior lordship descended

in the Hesketh family until 1818, like the manor of

Rufford, whilst the mesne manor of Netherton de-

scended in the Nowell family, like that of Read,

until 1772.