LETTER


THE PUDSAY RELICS OF HENRY VI


I A pleasing legend is! shattered I


By J. H. W. Flshiwick


j ' J ’HE Pudsay family of Bolton-by-Bowland, and their sue- i X cessors the Pudsey Dawsons, w?fe accustomed to show certain objec^, namely a spoon, a pair of boots, and a pair


S2c(, gold and Platinnn


la r ^ sekctk of dct, I8ct.


mddlng r in ^ In plain,


fancy deslgni ranfliii from Cl>16taCI|


faceted and


i of gloves, which w;ere s ^ to have i been left behind by King Henry VI after his stay in hiding at Bolton Hall


during the Wars of. the Roses. In^ the. early part of the nineteenth century the then


owner of the Hall, Mr. Pudsey Dawson, had a. casket made ^ these relics, with an Inscription explaining them.


When the Hall was sold'Tor i


at some time after that event) toe casket and Its contents were | given to the Liverpool


Museum (now the Mayer Museum). I, am indebted for the fol­


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jumble sale for the hospital on Friday In the Cohgrega- tlonal School raised about £8.


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Settling down, to write to Father Christmas in the modern way Is Bryn Hart, of Salthill Road, Clitheroe. In­ stead of a^serlhbled note on any old piece of paper, Bryn believes in | sending .Santa a neatly-typed letter, setting out his wishes in the best business manner. And when Santa re­ ceives such ja letter, , surely he will t« pleased to grant the little iwy’s wishes.


£63 for church


'TOE annual Thank-offering Day at §t. James’s Church,


Clltheroe, on Sunday—a free­ will offering by the parishion­ ers tor the church—realised £63. The preacher was the Rev. G. H. Gaze, M.A., Rector of Slaldburn.


Committee bars loan of film projector


■'TWO applications for thi use of a school projector


were rejected by No. 5 Dlvll- slonal Education Executive at Whalley last week. Mr. J. C. Berryman, of


Padiham, commented that 9 ) times out of , 100 when any­ thing went wrong with the projectors it happened when they were being used by “out ­ side” organisations. One application was from


Miss R. Demaln, of West VleW, Clltheroe, on behalf of the’ local committee o^-^^the British and Foreign Bible Society and the other from the Clltheroe Free Church Federal Council.


* ♦ Peeps Into The


25 YEARS AGO Items from our issue of November 25th, 1932


(CONSIDERABLE I n t e r e s t was taken In the Illumina­


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tions at thp Moorcock Inn. The lamps were loaned by the Clltheroe Corporation and the display celebrated progress In taking electricity to the Hod- der Valley. * *


*■ A splendlfi parade of dairy


stocte took jiace at Clltheroe Auction Mart in the Christmas Show. For the second year in succession the championship was awarded to Mr. F. Bleaz- ard, of Standen Hey. !


* *■ * A musical hour was ar­


ranged at piltheroe Parish Church by the organist, Mr. H. B. Shaw. Artistes Included Mr.-J. R. Allison, Burnley bari­ tone, and Mr. James TVimlln- son, violin..


i * * * : Mr. and Mrs. R.v;wrlgley


were host and hostess at an "At Home” at Waterloo Wesley School. Maatbr S. Johnson and Miss W. Hotnby acted In a similar capablty at a child­ ren’s “At Homes” and Miss Isabel Wrlgley was In the chair.


, # * # Mr. Tom Lawson, of Salthill STRONG AIE


■Road,, was elected an honor­ ary member of CUtherbe Con­ servative Cliib in recognition of 50 years! menjbershlp. He had also been! a member of the Clltheroe, Cricket Club for 50


years. ■ . * *, * .


“The very latest things In


Lancashire footwear are clog “ Irons ” made from rubber.


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Shaped like |clog irons, only-, broader, they are attached to the wooden ^sole easily and securely and act not only as silencers but as shock absorb­ ers. Whethei* or not they will become popul[ir remains to be seen, but there will doubtless be many > j sentimentally - minded people who would still regret a fashion that took the clatter from Clogs.


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widely worn In Lancashire ai they were some years ago they are still regarded as typical of the county.


“Although clogs are not as “Their utility Is unques­


tioned and, though many a modern miss will go to the shed in a smart pair of shoes, she keeps a pair of clogs by her looms to keep her feet warm and well supported.


"A Lancashire industrial


.town will, however, be almost unrecognisable If the new sub­ stitute for Irons is widely adopted and our factory wor­ kers go about the streets with


their clogs muffled.” '■* ' * #


It vras reported that Shaw


Bridge Mill had been sold. The name of the purchaser was not disclosed. I n t r u d e r s had


smashed 300 windows at the mill. 1 ■# # #


The Borough Band was to


have an audition In the B.B.C.S North Regional head­


quarters at Manchester. # # #


The licence of the Brown


Cow inn was transferred from Mr; James (Judgeon to Mr. Isaac Cundall, of Duck Street.


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■rhe Men’s Sodality of SB. Michael and John’s Church held a hot-pot supper and smoking concert In The Hall. Entertainment was provided by Messrs. F. Parker, J. Ash­ ton, J. Tresnan, W. Crompton (snr.), E. Holden, E. Swarbrlck J. W. Wlnckley with Mr. Ger-^


ard I Thornber as accompanist. *


* ■ * , Mr. Hezeklah Eccles of East


View, Grlndleton, felled with his 'umbrella a man who at­ tempted to snatch a parcel frorn him In the lane near Grlndleton Brow.


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50 YEARS AGO Items from our Issue of I November 29th, 1907


MR. Griffiths, a former soldier, was appointed


Verger a t Clltheroe Parish Church.


Mill, died aged 74. j # *


lowing information about them;to Miss Olivia Llttledale, daughter of the late Col. Ralph


Pudsay Llttledale (editor of books and papers for toe


Y o r k s h i r e Archaeological Society). '


fflng Henry VI was sheltered at Bolton Hall by Sir Ralph Pudsay after the Battle of Hexham In 14641 Is confirmed by documentary evidence and Is therefore not, to be’ dis­ missed as mere legend.


I The ancient tradition that i The story that the well at


the Hall was connected with King Henry, can neither be proved nor disproved, but there seems no reason to


doubt that It may have been •there In his time. I royal relics


When we come to toe “boots, glove? and spoon of Henry VI"


however, we are on different ground.


,! It Is true that, because King Henry was regarded as a saint from the time of his death, i^elics iof him were treasured by many people In Yorkshire and elsewhere,, and that these were [often articles of his clothing.


The antiquarian Dodsworto,


In his “ Church Notes” on Yorkshire (about 1618) re cords that “Thor are thera- bouts sundry thlnges that did belong to him as the spoone he used to 'eate wlthall, and a gowne of Black velvet att Mr. Pudseyes att Bblton, a caniett at Waddlngton,” etc. i ■


We cannot of course say


whether, after 150 years, the relics that Dodsworth saw were authentic, but it Is not Impossible that they were. On the other hahd, the present “Pudsay relics” are not the same list as Dodsworth’s.


LATER DATE


Moreover! expert examina­ tion of them has shown that


they are all of later date than the 15th century. The silver spoon bears the,


London hall-mark of A.D. 1525/6, and the heart-shaped


mark of a London silversmith of that period. As for the boots and gloves, they are definitely of the


Stuart perlod-about James I or Charles I. It Is a pity to demolish a


pleasing legend, but’historical truth comes first


At any rate, we can now also


demolish a less pleasing legend—that Henry VI was a man of exceptionally small size.


Whitaker, in his “History of ♦ •


Dane, I a former manager at Dewhurst’s Shawbrldge Mill, and later employed at Holmes


I Mr. James Windle, of Woone * Mr. W. Povey scored several


notable successes with chrys­ anthemums at the Blackburn


Society’s show. I * * *


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Mr. A. ’fltterlngton and Mr. T. Clough, of West Bradford,


;were among successful exhi­ bitors ! at the International Poultry Show held at the Crystal Palace. Entries ex­


ceeded' 10,000.' ,


4 # # A meeting organised by the


North of England Society for Women’s Suffrage was held at Whalley. Miss Mitchell presid­ ed and had the support of Miss Margaret Ashton, Miss Cox an|d Mrs. M. WUson, Mrs. Cooper I , (Blackburn), Mrs.


Stansfleld and Miss Hanson. ■;! *


* # “This Is the day of the


motor, jit Is said that horses for vehicular use may before long bq' almost as extinct as the do^o.


“We even read of occasional


motor funerals In which not only the mourning coaches


have bWn supplanted by the mechanically-propelled vehi­ cles, but the hearse Is motor driven!


“ It sounds very old-


fashlonqd, therefore, to hear that one of the hand-drawn type of jhearses Is Still In use In a nearby village. “Thlsj curious survivor of


bygone ^Imes Is depicted In th e ‘Sunday Circle.’ The illus­ tration shows the quaint cof- fin^arrler, which Is one of the curiosities of Mltton Church. !'As Pictured, It Is but -a


glorlfled sort of hand-barrow with raised roof, having a double rbw of black plumes. It Is said to date from 1832, and those who see It will ^ agree there Is no reason to dispute the s ta t^ en t .”


^ * k The first of a series of lec­


tures and discussion arranged by Whalley Conservative Club for toe [Winter months was given b3


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Clegg, of Whalley Abbey, whose tojjic was “ Radical Pro­ mise—and Performance.” f" * *


A hot-Mt supper and social


was held! at the White Lion Hotel to 'celebrate a billiards victory bjf mairled over single members of Clitheroe Conser-


j vatlve club. The ; married players included W. Blackburn W. E. Sagaf, W. Downham, J. Holden, E.[ Swales, J. Chadwick W. Houlker, W. Eccles, J. Blbby T. Lord ai|^d C. Whiteside. Single riayers were T. Rob­


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i' Scores: Married, 1092; single 822.


* * * Members! of toe ‘^Pickwick


Club” promoted a dance In aid of Clltherde Cricket du b at the Weaver's Institute. Messrs. I G. Taylor, j; H. Satter-


thwalte and W. R. Snailham were the MIC.’s.


Craven,” gave currency to this notion after an Inspection of the boots and gloves, which he declared could only have fitted a very small Individual; and this has been repeated after


him by countless- historians who never saw the objects.


Actually, the gloves are not (lotably small-for a,man; but the boots could only have been worn by a child or a small woman,, for whom Indeed they,


were,obviously “styled" (to use the modern word).


! PERIOD OF DECLINE They clearly did not belong


to the same Individual as toe gloves, so, we cah'jiow at least restore King Henry to his proper physical stature!


(As for his mental and moral stature, these are not


always appreciated a s ' they should be; the common notion of him as a pious but Ineffec­ tual weakling should be coon- pletely revised).


We do not jknow how or


when these pMtlcular relics came to be attributed to Henry VI; but Bolton Hall suffered a long period of decline during toq 17th and 18th centuries, and was finally left empty for many years after about 1780.


One can only surmise that,


the original relics having been lost, another spoon was dis­ covered lurking jn.some comer together with the boots and gloves, and that wishful thinking did the rest.


What remains Is the cer­ tainty of old Sir Ralph’s shin­


ing fidelity to his defeated King. J. H. W. pishwick writes:


The Pudsay relics referred to by Miss Llttledale — boots, gloves and spoon were all lost In the blitz which destroyed the Liverpool Museum in 1941.


Fortunately in 1937/ Miss


Llttledale; had! had the relics photographed, and the prints from these negatives are the


only pictorial evidence that remains.


Car equipment missing ivhen worker left


JM'EADING EHiUty ; tO the theft of a car battery, a


foot pump and a grease gun, Brian Judge, a 19-year-old farm labourer, ['was fined £3. and drdered tb pay £3 7s. costs at BOwland Magistrates Court, Grlndleton, on Monday.


'The articles | were mlsshig


from Clough Farm, Slaldburn, after he had worked there. He Is now working; on a farm at Thlstleton.


, P.c. Roberts found toe bat­ tery on a car which Judge had sold in Clltheroe.


He saw Judge at Weeton and In a toolbox In hls car found


the foot pump and grease gun. Judge denied putting them


there. He said the battery was on the other car when he


bought it from a Clltheroe garage.


' i Judge, who was stated by


Insp. E. J. Dobbs to be of good character, told toe epurt he had always had the footpump


and grease gun In the car. " I thought nothing about ft" he declared.


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