The
Pateley Bridge Horners
I would think it highly probable that the
Horners of Craven were connected, either by marriage or through
land holdings with Pateley Bridge. In the sixteenth century,
Pateley was part of the Parish of Ripon, but it also abutted the
parish of Kirkby Malzeard. The moors of Kilnsey, and Appletreewick
abutted the moors of Nidderdale, and it is quite conceivable that
the Horners held land there as well.
So, it would appear that the Horners of Conistone, Kilnsey Rhylstone
and Linton parishes in Craven were ultimately related to each other.
These Horners were also probably related to the Horners of Nidderdale.
Both lines of Horners lived on the estates that were once joined
by the ancient manor of Malham. The Lordship of Malham had
included not only the townships of Bordley, Malham and Malham Moor,
but also estates in Hebden, Austwick, Horton in Ribblesdale, Long
Preston and Wigglesworth. These estates had also been at one time part
of the estates of Fountains Abbey and there were Ingleby family
connections between Hawkswick and Clapham in the sixteenth century.
However, these lines die out in Skipton, Conistone and Beamsley
in the seventeenth century and cannot be traced any further.
