Knowlmere was a mesne manor of the Lords of Bowland originally subinfeudated to the Savile family but held by the Hammertons from 1382 . From at least the mid-thirteenth century , some thirty acres , the core of the estate , had been tenanted by the De Knoll family from which the manor takes its name . The Hammertons suffered severe penalties for Sir Stephen Hammerton 's involvement in the Pilgrimage of Grace and their lands , including Knowlmere , were confiscated in 1537 . By this time , the manor of Knowlmere comprised " some eighteen farms and lesser holdings which included Birkett , Foulscales , Thorneyholme , Mossthwaite and other properties on the south side of the Hodder between Newton and Dunsop Bridge " . A portion of the original Knoll family holding , close to Burholme , appears to have been retained by the family until 1503 when it came into the possession of the Earls of Derby . There has been some speculation that the mysterious '' Bogeuurde '' in Domesday - identified by Ekwall with '' Barge Ford '' , near Foulscales - may in fact be the manor of Knowlmere in its earliest manifestation
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Newton-in-Bowland