41.   God gave them the lands in sacred trust, thousands of years ago.

42.   It seems to me unavoidable that one of the consequences would be to take more greenbelt land in West Yorkshire.

43.   We are presented therefore with a list of all the owners of land in the manor.

44.   The following month he and a partner bought some land nearby in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, where some of his descendants still reside.

45.   Of the lands in lay hands, the two crown duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster possess some of the fullest records, although they are by no means unique.

46.   Gloucester was given a major collection of duchy land in Lancashire and Cheshire, including Clitheroe, Liverpool and Halton.

47.   The other was John Harper, a royal auditor whose responsibilities included the duchy of Lancaster lands in Wales.

48.   Across the Pennines the duchy included the forest of Bowland, the county palatine of Lancashire and land in north Cheshire.

49.   The Redmanes of Levens held land in both Westmorland and Yorkshire, while several ducal associates, including the Harringtons, held land in Lancashire and Yorkshire.

50.   When John Pilkington farmed land in Rossendale his sureties were John Huddleston of Millom, William Plumpton of Plumpton and William Hopton of Swillington.