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Richard de Elend claimed the grange of Cliviger, for which he had a strong case; Lambert consequently resigned the property into the hands of their patron, Roger de Lacy, and received in return the park of Accrington, whereupon the abbot dispossessed the inhabitants there, and converted Accrington into a grange. Those expelled were naturally hostile and sought revenge; ‘at the instigation of the Devil’ they burnt down the monks’ grange and furniture, and murdered three of the lay-brothers who managed the grange; Roger was outraged at this offence and ensured that the offenders made satisfaction to the abbot for their crime; peace was ostensibly restored and the grange rebuilt.(47)