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The Emmott family is one of the most ancient families of Colne: = Burke's=20 Landed Gentry begins their lineage from 1619 with the burial date of = William=20 Emmott, however local knowledge, which has been passed down from one = generation=20 to another links the family to much earlier times and several notable = texts=20 support this assumption.
It is possible that the family lineage began before the Norman = Conquest=20 and this can be borne out by the etymology of the name Emmott. It was = common in=20 the early years for people to adopt and adapt names that pertained to = their work=20 or the area in which they lived. Emmott is derived from the old English = dialect=20 of eamut which combines two words ea meaning water and mut meaning mouth = of. As=20 can be seen from the map the situation of Emmott Hall and the land = immediately=20 surrounding it, is the place where various brooks, rivulets and other = waters=20 meet. The pronunciation of the name must also be taken into a = consideration, as=20 the local, especially the older local pronunciation, is consistent with = the old=20 English dialect Ee-ah-mut and consequently adds more provenance. =
Burke's Landed Gentry only records names and dates with documented = evidence as proof. For example names and dates taken from Church = registers are a=20 good indication of them being genuine, and much of this begins early in = the 17th=20 Century. Although the name of Emmott is not uncommon to the area, it is = quite=20 possible, considering the size of Colne and the population of the = surrounding=20 areas, that many of the Emmotts named in the various texts have some = connection=20 with the Emmott family of Emmott Hall, regardless of when they lived. =
The earliest documented Emmott is Henry de Emot who is mentioned = in=20 Whitaker'sHistory of Whalley as a Vaccary Keeper at Trawden in 1296, = however, it=20 is generally accepted (although no written proof is available) that a = Duc de=20 Emot came over with William the Conqueror. Under the Commonwealth Seal = the=20 Inquisition of 1311 under Edward II names Robert de Emote as a free = tenant=20 farming ten actres at a rent of seven shillings and sixpence. Clitheroe = Court=20 Records show that Thomas Emmott the elder was a juror in 1425 and = further=20 documentation show there was a Thomas and a William Emmott who were = tenants of=20 Colne in 1443 and a Thomas, a Richard and an Edmund Emmott also = mentioned=20 together in 1515. In 1524 a Thomas Emmott contributed to the subsidy for = land=20 owned by Whalley Abbey and there is a Thomas Emmott mentioned in 1564 = and again=20 in 1597 and a John Emmott in 1626. This falls into line with the family = tree=20 where the forenames of Thomas and William appear regularly and can be = assumed to=20 be family names. This adds more weight to the argument that many of the = above=20 mentioned Emmotts were actually connected to the same family. The notion = that=20 one was a juror and others land owners also gives sufficient onus for = the family=20 to be of some importance.
The Hearth Tax returns for the 17th century are an accepted source = of=20 primary information and are analogous to population estimates. The = Hearth Tax=20 Returns for Colne in 1666 shows that there were one hundred and seventy = hearths=20 liable for tax within the township and one hundred and thirty four = outside. A=20 History of Lancashire mentions Emmott Hall (as a house) was sited = outside the=20 township, and contained five hearths and was lived in by a William = Emmott,=20 whilst the principal house within Colne contained eleven hearths or = chimneys.=20 The principal house in Colne was owned by Robert Trueman and was of some = considerable size, but a Margaret Emmott is mentioned as living in Colne = in a=20 house containing eight hearths. In English Towns 1500-1700, the author = shows=20 that if the number of hearths is multiplied by 4.5 or 4.75 the = population of a=20 given area can be obtained and this helps to define the status of the = family=20 concerned.
The actual acquisition of land by the Emmott family is also of = much=20 interest. However, due to lack of evidence it is only possible to assume = how and=20 when this acquisition took place from the information at hand. According = to A=20 History of Lancashire. Emmott Moor and Carry Heys were originally part = of=20 Trawden Forest. In 1507 as no rents or subsidies had been paid by the = tenants of=20 Emmott Moor, the land was demised to Lawrence Townley and Ralph Askew = for =A31=20 rent, who by the following year had sold two thirds of this original = purchase.=20 One third was sold to Thomas Emmott and the other third, was sold to = Alice=20 Hanson and John Hanson, it would be only right to assume that the two = families=20 lived next to each other on the same land area. The document does not = mention=20 what relationship the Hansons were to each other but it is conceivable = that they=20 were husband and wife and the estate passed down through their children. =
It is further documented in the same text, that Thomas Emmott = initially=20 paid the whole rent in 1527 but by 1609 John Emmott paid two thirds and = John=20 Hanson one third (by 1662 William Emmott and William Hanson held the = same amount=20 of shares). John Hanson of Emmott died in 1612 when his son and heir = William was=20 twenty years of age. John Hanson of Emmott died 'holding a messuage = thereof the=20 king as duke by the two hundredth part of a knight's fee'.
The History of Lancashire goes on to mention that a Thomas Emmott=20 contributed to the subsidy for lands owned by Whalley Abbey in 1524. He = is=20 listed again in 1564 and 1597 and a John Emmott is listed in 1626. =
Thomas Emmott who appears at the head of the Emmott family lineage = had=20 eight sons and three daughters. Of his children, the Reverend Alexander = was=20 Rector of Bolton in Bolling and the Reverend Bernard, who was educated = at=20 Oxford, gaining an MA was appointed Master of the Free Grammar School in = Clitheroe in August 1611, he died six years later. Four of the sons died = without=20 issue. According to the law of primogeniture the eldest living son = inherits the=20 estate, this was William, who in turn produced five sons and two = daughters.=20 William was a notable cloth merchant who died in Chester in 1641. His = second=20 daughter Ellen married William Hanson of Emmott and this sees the = amalgamation=20 of the Emmott lands. His second son John, succeeded to the estate. =
John Emmott married Anne Walker of Colne and they in turn had two = sons and=20 one daughter. Their eldest son William married Mary Trueman and produced = four=20 sons and four daughters: the eldest son, also William, was a Fellow of = Jesus=20 College Cambridge and is said to have married a relative of Sir Walter=20 Calverley, 1st Baronet of Calverley, Yorkshire, he died, however, = without=20 children.
Succession was then passed to John, who died unmarried. John, like = his=20 brother William was more in tune with spiritual rather than earthly well = being.=20 Dr Whittaker describes John as a "pious and amiable man, a Christian of = the old=20 school, regular, devout and humble". Unfortunately, the family estates = suffered=20 due to both William and John's inattention and preoccupation.
John together with Bannister Walton, bought land for an endowment = for=20 schools both at Laneshawbridge and Rawden in Yorkshire paying =A3350 and = =A3200=20 respectively. Under the deed of trust of the proceeds =A310 was sent to = Rawden and=20 the remainder to the Laneshawbridge school. The ideal of the school was = to teach=20 the children of the estate reading, writing, arithmetic and Latin in = order that=20 they may qualify to be put out as apprentices. John Emmott took = responsibility=20 for the appointment of teaching staff and school management.
Christopher, the fourth son (Thomas, the third son had died = unmarried some=20 years before) succeeded to the remnants of the family estate. With his = large=20 fortunate amassed through he work as a cloth merchant in London, he = bought back=20 any land that had been lost or mortgaged by his elder brothers. He also = bought=20 land in Yorkshire and further expanded the Emmott estates. It was = Christopher=20 Emmott who was responsible for the modernising of Emmott Hall in the = early 18th=20 century.
Christopher Emmott died unmarried in 1745 and the estate was = passed on to=20 the son of his sister Mary who had married a Richard Wainhouse of = Halfax. The=20 son, also Richard, changed his name and arms to Emmott by Royal Licence = on=20 becoming heir to his uncles. Richard died in 1761 leaving a son and two=20 daughters, he is buried in the same church as his uncle.
The son, another Richard, succeeded and in 1778 sold the land on = which the=20 Haworth Parsonage stands, now the home of the Bronte museum. Richard = lived at=20 Goldings, Hertford and died unmarried in 1819. From this point the = estate was=20 split between the land in Lancashire and the land in Yorkshire. The two = eldest=20 surviving sons of his niece Harriet Susannah were the inheritors. = Harriet=20 Susannah had married in 1811, a George Green and it was their eldest son = George=20 Emmott Green who succeeded to the Emmott Hall estate in Lancashire and = the=20 Yorkshire estates on Major General Edward Alfred Green.
George Emmott Green of Emmott Hall adopted the additional name of = Emmott=20 and arms of Emmott in 1851 and so became George Emmott Green-Emmott. = Edward=20 Alfred adopted the additional name of Emmott and Rawden and subsequently = became=20 Edward Alfred Green-Emmott-Rawden.
After the death in 1876 of George Emmott, he was succeeded by his = son=20 Walter Egerton John. In 1895 on the death of his cousin Edward Montague, = who=20 died without issue, the Yorkshire estates were inherited by Walter = Egerton John=20 Green-Emmott of Emmott Hall.
Walter Egerton John Green-Emmott was born in 1865, he had been a = Captain=20 in the 3rd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment and had married Kathleen = eldest=20 daughter of the Hon Henry Predergast Vereker in 1896. She was a generous = supporter of the Colne Municipal Festival and cultural activities in = general.=20 Walter and Kathleen Green Emmott produced three sons and two daughters. = The=20 eldest son George Vereker was educated at Cheltenham and RMC Sandhurst, = he=20 served in the First World War and was unmarried when he died in 1965. =
The second son Edward Gossett succeeded his brother. Edward was a = retired=20 Major in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, he had also served in = World War=20 I. He had married Violet Mary Turner in 1925 and they had had a daughter = Jean=20 Elizabeth.
Jean Elizabeth married a Major Peter MacKellan and produced a son = Peter=20 Douglas Emmott and daughter Kathryn Mary Emmott born in 1967 and 1964=20 respectively.
The Emmott family have a long association with the Parish Church = in Colne=20 and several memorials to the family are on display. These memorials = include=20 William Emmott and his wife Mary buried 1683 and 1677 respectively and = their=20 family (middle aisle and pillar).
William Emmott of Emmott in this County, Gentleman. Buried 27 = August 1683,=20 and Mary, his wife, buried the 14 August 1677, leaving issue four sons = and one=20 daughter, viz William John Thomas Margaret and Christopher. Thomas = Emmott, their=20 third son buried 29 August 1699 aged 29.
In the body of the church near the pulpit is a memorial to Richard = Emmott=20 who died 1761. In the chancel is a memorial to the memory of Christopher = Emmott=20
To the memory of Richard Emmott Esq late of Basinghall Street, = London,=20 Merchant, nephew to John and Christopher Emmott, whose monuments are put = up in=20 this church. He departed this life the 14 March 1761 in the 60th year of = his=20 age. And his body lies interred in the church of Michael Basinghall in=20 Basinghall Street in London.
In the chancel lies the memorial to Christopher Emmott
To the memory of Christopher Emmott Esq late of London, Merchant, = fourth=20 and youngest son of William Emmott of Emmott Esq. He had so good a = judgement in=20 mercantile affairs, that differences between merchants were often, by = consent,=20 referred to his determination, by which he prevented many lawsuits. He = acquired=20 a large fortune, with a good reputation, and died unmarried the 24 = February 1745=20 in the 72nd year of his age, and was buried in the church of St Mary = Basinghall,=20 London. Likewise to the memory of John Emmott of Emmott Esq a gentleman = of great=20 piety and charity. He left =A310 per annum to the free school of Rawden = in the=20 county of York and =A310 per annum to the school at Laneshawbridge in = this parish.=20 He died unmarried, the 21 October 1746 in the 82nd year of his age, and = was=20 buried in this church. In gratitude to the such worthy relations, their = nephew,=20 Richard Emmott, hath caused this monument to be erected.
Emmott Hall, stood on high ground two and a half miles east of = Colne near=20 the junction of the River Laneshaw and the Hullown Beck; the front of = the hall=20 faced south towards Wycoller Valley. Whitaker describes it as "on the = summit of=20 a smooth and gentle elevation shrouded in aged trees=85" and was further = described=20 as "one of three very ancient mansions"
There is a great likelihood that a house has stood on this site = since the=20 1200s. A report by an eminent architect specialising in ancient = buildings=20 believed the carcass to have "unquestioningly medieval if not earlier=20 foundations".
The position is typical of an early dwelling of substance: raised = ground=20 near a plentiful supply of water for the purposes of protection and = production.=20 It is highly likely Emmott Hall began life as a simple farm house, = constructed=20 from local stone available from the nearby quarry and with a stone = slated roof.=20 The house was probably extended or rebuilt in times of necessity and = accumulated=20 wealth.
Emmott Hall was a large house pertaining to several periods of = time. The=20 main part of the house comprised a west wing and a north wing both of = two=20 storeys and was built in the 16th or early 17th century.
The inventory of William Emmott (d. 1641) lists a hall, parlour, = buttery,=20 kitchen and milkhouse with chambers over, plus lower house (used as a = workshop)=20 and chamber over which may have been separate.
Many alterations were made to the house and this is apparent in = the plan=20 showing the blocked doorways and passages. The demolition uncovered much = 17th=20 century mouldings and four arched lights on the north wall of a possibly = earlier=20 date. The accepted belief is that the house was 17th century. This is = due mainly=20 to the fact that a date stone inscribed 1693 (or 1643, the third figure = was=20 difficult to read) which was positioned behind the parapet near the = central urn=20 and is doubtless one of the original stones.
The date stone was later re-used in the 18th century alterations. = The date=20 may give the year of the building of the east wing and alteration to the = west=20 wing to match, the west wing being the oldest part of the house. =
The design of the house was typical of the time, comprising a = central hall=20 and projecting gabled end wings and topped by a stone slate roof. =
In the 18th century the whole of the middle part of the house was=20 re-fronted in ashlar stone and other alterations were carried out = entirely=20 changing its appearance. The building then became one of two storeys = with the=20 end wings retaining their original balled gables. The house now had neo=20 classical proportions which was in tune with 18th century fashion, = particularly=20 with families who had the means and were suitably conscious of bringing = city=20 style back to the country. It was Christopher Emmott, a London merchant, = who=20 instigated this work, and it is his great wealth that enabled this = provincial=20 family home to become the family country estate.
The initials C.I.E. and the date 1737 were inscribed on the front = of the=20 building.
As was the fashion of the time, stone was seen as the most = fashionable=20 building material, classical proportions were acquired, the windows were = modernised and sash windows holding twelve glass panes were substituted = for the=20 mullioned openings (the mullion windows were discovered when the house = was=20 demolished in the mid 1960s).. Moulded architraves were added and the = windows to=20 the first floor had pedimented heads. Between the two wings, the house = was=20 equally divided by four Ionic pilasters rising from the ground the full = height=20 of the two stories and carrying an entablature with cushioned frieze, = surmounted=20 by a parapet with large urn ornaments, the middle one of which bore the = Emmott=20 arms.
The doorway was centrally placed and had an open stone porch = supported by=20 small Ionic pillars and pilasters. The older 17th century work in the = wings was=20 built with small roughly coursed stones, but the later work was faced = with large=20 square blocks of gritstone.
The History of Lancashire describes "The junction of the classic = front=20 with the lower side gable is affected by a boldly stepped and curved = parapet,=20 the whole forming a very good specimen of late Renaissance work of a = type not=20 frequently met with in this part of the country.
The 18th century stone gate posts and iron gates at the south east = side of=20 the house and were originally built from sandstone and erected to the = left of=20 the carriage drive in front of the hall. These were removed to their = present=20 position in 1841, when the road was altered and the grounds in front of = the=20 house were rearranged by the banking up of soil of the rocky surface and = by the=20 erection of a retaining wall to the road.
The gate piers, which are still on view, are massive and square in = plan,=20 but made broader by buttresses to either side which end in volutes, they = comprise, plinth, cornice and intermittent rustication. The cornice = carries a=20 gadrooned base to a ball finial with an abacus at the midpoint. On the = inner=20 side the piers have Doric pilasters, but on the outer side rusticated = niches.=20 The side piers are similar but lack these additions. Whilst the side = railings=20 are fairly plain, the gates have running dog to the lock rail, dog bars, = spear=20 finials and a good scrolled overthrow.
The last inhabitant of the Hall was Mrs Kathleen Green Emmott and = after=20 her death in 1939 Emmott Hall was used as a billet for soldiers during = the war.=20 The Hall was then left empty for a good period of time and so fell into=20 disrepair and became impractical to renovate.
In 196 A huge crater was dug in the grounds and seven hundred and = fifty=20 tons of masonry was buried on the site. During the demolition work, a = carved=20 stone celtic head on one wall at the rear of the property was found with = date=20 stones of 1693, 1727 and 1737, perhaps indicating the various times the = Hall had=20 been altered.
This building situated to the east side of the Hall was originally = the=20 stables but now have been converted to residential use. The building is=20 constructed of dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It is built in a U = shape=20 with gabled wings, and each wing comprising moulded kneelers and = saddlestone=20 supporting finials. The windows on the upper floor are square and were = once of=20 two lights, now lacking mullions except on the right return wall, and = those to=20 the front have dripstones. To the ground floor there is one six light = square=20 mullion window, and a door with a decorated lintel. The left gable end = is=20 seriously altered but retains an oval window over the upper window. =
The name Hullown is a derivation of Halloween, which in itself = comes from=20 All Hallows Eve, the day before All Saints Day which is celebrated on 1=20 November. Originally dedicated by Pope Gregory IV in the 9th century it = was=20 introduced in order to overcome the many saints days celebrated within = the=20 Catholic Church.
Originally, it was the time when all the cattle were brought back = from the=20 pastures to the stalls for winter protection. It was a time for = celebrating the=20 end of summer and seasonal protection in order to protect the country = dweller=20 and his animals from the dangers and blight of winter.
Halloween was the Celtic turning point in seasonal sequence = celebrated=20 with fire festivals. The church in its liturgical year associated the = ancient=20 pastoral observances with its own Feast of All Saints and solemnity of = All=20 Souls.
In Lancashire and other certain other places (mainly Ireland, = Yorkshire=20 and Devonshire) fires were lighted to commemorate 1st November (old = style New=20 Year's Day). The fires were to drive away witches and other malign = forces among=20 many forms of divination which were practiced as appropriate to the = beginning of=20 the year. The cult of the dead was deeply ingrained in the November = ritual.=20
Today, Hallown Farm is run by Harry and Julie Day as a working = rare breeds=20 farm and visitor centre with many associated leisure and tourism = activities.=20
The well to the east of Hullown Farm is known locally as the = Saints Well;=20 it is constructed of dressed stone and measures eighteen feet long by = sixteen=20 feet wide and nine feet deep. It can be defined as a large bath and = further=20 described as a place of baptism as it contains fourteen steps leading to = the=20 bottom. The lower three steps of the well stem from the 17th century, = the level=20 being later raised to about nine feet.
It is said that Christians newly converted from paganism about 835 = AD were=20 baptised there.
Before the building of the reservoir higher up the River Laneshaw, = the=20 well was filled with clear water, which over-flowed down a spillway into = the=20 Hullown Beck. The bottom of the well being flush with large stone flags = in the=20 centre of each a hole has been drilled through which the water rushes = with great=20 force. Local opinion has it that when the pumps begin working at the = local=20 reservoir, the water level of the well drops, thus, the source of the = Hullown=20 appears to be some distance away from the well itself.
The well used to be constantly full being replenished by a = powerful=20 spring, unfortunately, during the summer months it is possible for the = water in=20 the well to dry up due to changes in the water tables caused by = abstraction of=20 water by the authorities.
There is no evidence to suggest that pottery has ever been dug up = from the=20 site of the well and this only enhances the opinion of the well being = used for=20 immersion only.
The well is also known locally as a Wishing Well, and Harland in = his book=20 entitled Lancashire Folk Lore mentions the old superstitions of casting = pins or=20 pebbles into the wells. By observing the ripples caused by the agitated = water=20 which moved in rings across the surface, note was taken as to whether = the waters=20 were troubled or whether the water retained its transparency. The = watchers drew=20 inference as to future events. It is not mentioned how much inference = was made.=20 Much later children threw coins into the well and made a wish.
In the grounds of the Hall, the original standing place of the = Emmott=20 Cross can still be seen just within the boundary wall near the Wycoller = Road.=20 This can be found on map. The cross has been documented, mainly as the = Emmott=20 Cross from as early as the beginning of the 19th Century. The cross = consisted of=20 a large square stone socket just under two feet high and just under four = feet=20 square. Fitting into this is an octagonal shaft about seven feet in = length, with=20 a capital or corona, of the same shape and with a height of about eight = inches,=20 this contains an orifice to hold a crucifix or other Christian token. = The=20 tapering shaft measures approximately ten inches in diameter at the base = and=20 approximately eight inches in diameter under the capital.
The style of the cross has been described as English Gothic dating = from=20 about the 13th Century. The ciphers on the capital are now obliterated = through=20 age but Dr Whitaker declared them to be the I.H.S. and the Omega. =
The useages of the cross have been the subject of much debate for = many=20 years, one local newspaper described it as a marshalling post, where the = soldiers called up by the Crown would congregate before marching out of = town and=20 as they left would touch the cross for luck. This is the basis of the = 'touch=20 cross'.
There are, however, three main schools of thought regarding the = original=20 purpose of this cross from simply marking cross roads to the use of = wayside=20 worship. One notion is that the cross probably stood on the side of the = old road=20 from Colne to Wycoller before being installed within the grounds of = Emmott Hall.=20 If this had been the case, it would have stood on its original site for = many=20 hundreds of years and have been used possibly for healing purposes for = people=20 going to and from the Saint's Well: the cross would then be used as a = memorial=20 or praying cross.
As it has also been suggested the cross was used by pilgrims = travelling on=20 their way from Whalley to Yorkshire, but this is most improbable as the = present=20 road which passes the Herders Inn is a modern road. The old High Road = did not=20 pass by Emmott Hall but led from Colne to Winewall through Wycoller = Valley until=20 it reached Combe Hill Cross on the Moor and from there to Yorkshire. =
The most feasible and favoured explanation is that the cross was = removed=20 from Colne Parish church yard for safe-keeping during some time of = religious=20 upheaval. It is documented that a cross originally stood in the church = yard of=20 Colne Parish Church where it acted as the original market cross. In = Local=20 Crosses by P Marquis, the author actually calls the cross a Papist = Cross. A 1622=20 presentment made that "the cross in ye churchyard standeth undefaced". = During a=20 religious upheaval, the Sexton, in 1728, removed the cross from Colne = churchyard=20 for which service and his wages he received =A31 18s. 3 =BDd. It is = highly likely=20 that the Emmott Hall Cross is the original Colne Parish Church cross. C = Byrne=20 the author of A Survey of Ancient Wayside Crosses in North East = Lancashire=20 supports this argument: firstly, saving the cross would have been a = similar=20 exercise to the one that Towneley did at Burnley in the saving of Foldys = Cross=20 from St Peter's Parish Church and re-erecting it in Towneley Park. = Secondly, the=20 sum of money paid to the Sexton was too large for simply disposing of = the cross.=20 Thirdly, Mr Marquis, apparently interviewed a resident at Emmott = Hall and=20 asked them to relate the history of the cross. Although the precise = details were=20 not known, the respondent was aware that the original position of the = cross was=20 not in the grounds of Emmott Hall.
The cross remained safely in the grounds of Emmott Hall until = early in the=20 1940s when the Emmott family left. In 1951 the capital of the cross was = found to=20 have been levered off and broken up. The pieces were saved and taken to = the=20 public library at Colne. The Borough Librarian at that time Wilfred = Spencer,=20 cemented the pieces together. The shaft and base stone that weighed one = and a=20 half tons remained at Emmott Hall.
In 1967 the decision was taken to demolish the Hall and permission = was=20 obtained from various parties to take the whole cross back to the church = yard=20 from where it had originally come from. By this time the capital was = again in=20 pieces and after taking professional technical advice it was repaired on = a more=20 permanent basis. The Archdeacon of Blackburn, the Venerable HN Hodd MA = carried=20 out the rededication of the cross, on the 5 November 1967.
Between the Hall and the Well is a small artificial lake where a = boathouse=20 existed there fore many years. The lake is surrounded by mature trees, = oaks,=20 beeches birches and sycamores, pines, elms and elders. It is frequented = by=20 various water fowl including herons and mallards. The lake was = originally filled=20 with trout and there was a fish hatchery consisting of a series of fry = ponds at=20 its upper end.
The trout were taken from the lake and kept in a tank at the side = of the=20 house in close proximity to the kitchen, and used as a source of fresh = food in=20 the winter months.
At one time the outlet of the lake, sited where the lake runs into = the=20 stream, powered a hydraulic ram that was used by the coal workings = situated in=20 the field almost opposite the school. During the Second World War the = banking=20 was breached and the lake was drained. One of the reasons given was said = to be=20 for security, apparently the reflection of the moon on the water could = be used=20 to assist enemy aircraft with their navigation. Today, the lake is once = more=20 teaming with wildlife and stocked with trout, it is used for sporting=20 purposes.
Green-Emmott
Emmott: per pale azure and sable, on a fesse argent, cottised or, = between=20 three plates, each charged with a bull's head caboshed of the first, as = many=20 annulets of the second.
Mantling: azure and argent =
Crest: upon a wreath of the colours in = front of a=20 demi bull sable, armed or sevee of annulets and gorged with a collar = gemel=20 argent, and holding between the legs a plate, three scallops reversed. =
Motto: Tenez le vraie
Livery: Blue with white facings
Thomas (the elder) a juror 1425
Thomas and William tenents of Colne 1443
Thomas, Richard and Edmund together 1515
Thomas (son and heir of James) and Henry Emmott, 1537 d. 1554 =
William 1561wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww = John (son=20 and heir)
Thomas b. 1544 of Emmott and brother John, James of Wycoller = together 1563=20 died 1619 buried at Colne quite possibly the father of
[1]John of Emmott Lane and Humphrey together 1563 m. Jennet(1), = (2) m.=20 Edward Marsden (living in 1638) Jennet d. 1626
[2]William of Emmott m. buried Colne 4 October 1641 (will 23 = January 1638,=20 Chester November 1641 [1]Thomas of Emmott d. unmarried buried at Colne = 20=20 December 1655 [2] John m. Anne daughter of Robert Walker of Colne buried = 7=20 February 1658/1659
[1]William of Emmott m. Mary Trueman buried 27 August 1683 = [1]William of=20 Emmott, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, baptised 18 August 1662, = said to=20 have married a relative of Sir Walter Calverley, 1st Bt of Calverley, = Yorks and=20 dsp 13 May 1720. [2]John of Emmott baptised 17 October 1664 d. unmarried = 21=20 October 1746 [3]Thomas baptised 14 July 1669 d. unmarried buried 29 = August 1699=20
[4]Christopher of Emmott and London, he acquired a large fortune, = and=20 purchased estates in Yorkshire, also purchased back the family estates = in=20 Lancashire which had been involved by his brothers. Baptised 22 October = 1674 d.=20 unmarried 1745 aged 71 years, buried in St Michael's Church Basinghall = Street,=20 London was succeeded by his nephew (Richard Wainhouse) [i]Anne baptised = 7 buried=20 10 October 1663 [ii]Elizabeth buried May 1667 [iii]Elizabeth baptised 21 = November 1667 dvp [iv]Mary baptised 24 January 1672 m. Richard Wainhouse = of=20 Halifax (d. 1701) d. 16 January 1722
[1]Richard Wainhouse, who assumed the name of Emmott on becoming = heir to=20 his uncles. He assumed the name of Emmott by Royal Licence 1745 on = becoming=20 heir. D. 14 March 1761 aged 60 years
[1]Richard Emmott of Emmott Hall, Lancashire and Rawden Yorkshire = and=20 Goldings, Herts d. unmarried 1819 when the Lancashire estates devolved = on his=20 grand nephew, George Emmott Green-Emmott and the Yorkshire estates on = Major=20 General Edward Alfred Green-Emmott, who assumed the name of Rawden. His = grand=20 nephew George Emmott Green-Emmott [i]Mary Susannah m. Alexander Grey, = 8th of=20 Skibo, Sutherland and of Springwell Place, Herts (who on the death of = his half=20 brother, George Ross 1st of Cromarty assumed the name of Ross) [i]Ellen = m. her=20 cousin Alexander Oswald (brother of Elizabeth, 2nd wife of 7th Earl of = Elgin and=20 11th of Kincardine, son of JT Oswald of Dunniker, Fife. She assumed the = surname=20 and arms of Emmott by Royal Licence 1821 and dsp [ii]Caroline m. Edward = Parkins=20 of Cheshfield Lodge, Herts and dsp [iii]Harriett Susanna m 13 April 1811 = George=20 Green of Harley Street London d. 10 August 1839
[1]George E Green-E succeeded his great uncle. JP Lancashire and = West=20 Riding of Yorkshire b. 1 March 1813 adopted the additional name and arms = of=20 Emmott in 1851 m. 10 March 1840 Louisa Mary Sherican (d. 26 February = 1908)=20 daughter of Major John Macpherson of Pitmain, Inverness by his wife = Marion=20 Collette, 2nd daughter of John Addison Res Judge, Moorshadabad, Bengal = d. 1876=20 [1]Charles Edward b. 16 January 1847 killed in Australia 30 December = 1860 as a=20 result of a fall from his horse [2]Sydney Robert b. 12 January 1855 d. = 17 August=20 1856
[3]Walter Egerton John G-E of Emmott Hall Lancashire and Rawden = Yorkshire,=20 JP Lancashire, Captain 3rd Bn E Lancs Regt succeeded his father 1876 and = in 1895=20 his cousin Edward Montague G-E-R of Rawden Yorkshire, assumed by Royal = Licence 1=20 May 1897 the name and arms of G-E b. 11 August 1865 m. 1 August 1893 = Kathleen=20 Louise d. 10 June 1939 eldest daughter of Hon Henry Predergast Vereker, = 4th son=20 of 3rd Viscount Gort and d. 11 March leaving issue [1]George Vereker G-E = of=20 Emmott Hall Lancashire, late Lieut 2nd Dragoon Guards served in WWI = 1916-18 b.=20 10 January 1898 educated Cheltenham and RMC Sandhurst d. unmarried 23 = March=20 1965.
[2]Edward Gossett G-E succeeded his brother. Of Emmott Hall = Lancashire and=20 Rawden Yorkshire, Lord of the Manor of Rawden, JP (1946) Salop CC = 1937-48 Major=20 (ret) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, served in WWI 1918 and in WWII = RARO=20 1926 Chairman Ludlow Petty Sessions 1956-65 succeeded his elder brother = 28 March=20 1965 b 28 March 1899 educated Cheltenham and RMC Sandhurst m. 1 June = 1925 Violet=20 Mary youngest daughter of late Joseph Harling Turner CBE JP of Cessnook = Castle,=20 Galston, Ayrshire and has issue
Jean Elizabeth b. 17 January 1935 m. 14 September 1962 Major Peter = Malcolm=20 Kerr Mackellar, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders son of Lt Col John = Gray=20 Mackellar DSO OBE DL, late of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of = Arngomery,=20 Kippen Stirlingshire and has issue
Peter Douglas Edward Emmott b. 18 May 1967 Kathryn Mary Emmott b. = 21=20 August 1964
[3]Oswald Hamilton b. 5 September 1900 d. unmarried 6 October 1961 =
[i]Louise Marion C of St J (10 Rutland Gate, SW7) b. 18 November = 1896 m. 7=20 January 1925 Rt Hon Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross 1st Bt PC, KCMG, KCVO and = has issue=20 4 daughters, he d. 3 June 1968
[ii]Beatrice Colette (Wynyates, Hook Heath, Woking, Surrey) b. 25 = November=20 1903 m. 23 September 1925 Gordon Boyd Wallis youngest son of late H Boyd = Wallis=20 of Graylands, Horsham, Sussex and has issue 2 sons (he died 15 October = 1966)=20
[i]Marion Caroline m. 4 October 1859, John Cowper 3rd son of = Frederick=20 Cowper of Carleton Hall, Cumberland and Harley Street, London, d. 29 = March 1895=20 (d. 1895) He d. 18 November 1881
[ii]Georgina d. Young 7 September 1848
[iii]Susannah Emmeline d. young 20 October 1847
[iv]Gertrude m. 1876 Richard Augustus Bedingfield of Thornton = Lodge,=20 Northallerton, Yorkshire leaving issue
[2]Charles Alexander killed 1841 in Kabul War
[3]Edward Alfred G-E-Rawden of Rawden, Yorkshire Major General IA = (ret) m.=20 1848 Charlotte Augusta d. 16 April1899, daughter of Captain George = Neyland, 16th=20 Lancers, d. 1800 (issue 3 daughters and a son)
[1]Edward Montague, Lieut Mid Ulster Artillery b. 1857 dsp 9 = February 1895=20 leaving Rawden and his Yorkshire estates to his cousin, Walter G-E of = Emmott=20 Hall
[4]Augustus William of Faulkners, Kent m. Marion daughter of H = Bannerman=20 of Hunton Court, Kent and dsp 10 February 1900
[5]Walter Emmott d. 29 October 1867
[i]Harriet Susannah m. Henry Deffell of Harley Street London and = d. 1894=20 with issue
[ii]Caroline Fanny m. (1) Capt Edward Fulcher (2) Henry Egerton = Green of=20 Colchester, d. 1893 leaving issue 4 sons and 2 daughters
[iii]Gertrude Ellen Emmott m. S Brandram d. 1859 leaving issue =
[iv]Frederica Emily m. Major General Charles Arthur Barwell CB = leaving=20 issue
[2]Thomas baptised 23 March 1656
[i]Anne baptised 1 March 1647 buried28 July 1658
[3] George
[4] James buried at Colne 8 January 1658
[5] Lawrence
[i] Elizabeth d. unmarried buried at Colne 18 December 1657 =
[ii]Ellen m. William Ianson of Emmott
[3]Alexander (Rev), Rector of Bolton in Bolling, Yorks d.1637 =
[4]Barnard (Rev), Master of the Free Grammar School, Clitheroe, = educated=20 Oxford MA will prior 1 July 1619 [5]Robert, living 1626
[6]George, living 1626 m. : [1] John, living 1626
[7]James, living 1626 m. : [1] Thomas
[8]Lawrence m. buried Colne September 1643: [1] John James of = Emmott,=20 clothier, d. 1681 (Chester)
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