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WILLIAM BEAMONT .

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JAMES DEARDEN,F.S .A .

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THE VEN . JOHN RUSHTON,D .D .,ARCHDEACON OF MANCHESTER.

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1Manchester appears to have become the head of a Rural Deanery before the Hundred of Salford was con stituted,as the Deanery is commen surate with the Hundred,and yet is named after the chi ef town of the Ecclesiastical,and not of the Civil,di strict .The Rural Deanery ofManchester comprehended in the twelfth century,the Parishes

of Manchester,Bolton -Ie-Moors,Bury,Eccles,Middleton,Radcliffe,Rochdale,andPrestwich,and at a later period were added,A shton,Flixton,and Dean,which hadObtain ed the rank of parishes . The representative of this Deanery was generally theRector of Manchester,and “Dom . Gr. Deeann s Decanatfis de Mamcestr. occurs in a

deed s . d . and again “Dno . G. Decan . de Mamcestr.

”attests next after William de

Dumplinton,Vicar of Rochdale,before the year1238 . Th is an cient Ecclesiasticaldistrict is now divided i nto the modern Rural Deaneries of Manchester,Ashton,Bol‘ton,and Rochdale,and,_though “ sufficiently thick of people,” to adopt the quain tVOL .1L ] B

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An . [no] 1557,Crown presented,Hug o Griff. [ith] in DecretisDoctor. II) . p . 49 .

language of K iller, is exceedingly thin of parishes,there bein g only eleven in thewhole Hundr ed of Salford.

In1756 the county of Lancaster was describ ed as being one hundred and seventymiles in circuit and a County Palatine,as sending fourteen members to Parliament,and as having sixty-two parishes and twen ty-three market town s . The parish churchesin the Diocese of Chester were return ed as being two hundred andfifty-six .

2 From early times,until the tenth century,it was the custom for the Bishop personally to visit each Parish under hi s jurisdiction,on ce a year,unless where the Diocese was of too great an extent,in which case the indulgence of a bienn ial,or,at furthest,a trienni al visitation was allowed him . On the Scripture prin ciple nemo cog i tar

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As soon as the Bishops ceased to hold their itinerant visitation s and their Clerg ywere convened to their Cathedrals,the word “

p rocuratio” came to sign ify (as p roxy

or p rocur ation stilldoes) a pecuniary sum or composition paid as a commutation forthe provision or entertainment . The rate varies in di fferent parishes . At Ashton,the “Procuration annually,is 6s. 8 d .

” —See Dopping,Tract . de V isi tat. de Ep isc . p . 8 ;

Kennet,Par/rock. Ant. Glossary ; Reeves’ E ccles . Antiq. of D own,Conn or,and D romore,p . 99.

3The ancient Episcopal Synods (which were held about Easter,) were composed ofthe Bishop,as president ; the Dean of the Cathedral,as representative of the Collegiate body ; the Archdeacons,as at first only dep uties or proctors of that inferior order of Deacons,and the Urban and Rural Dean s who represented allthe ParochialPriests within their division . Hen ce the name Synodalz’a,called in English Synodaleor Synodies,whi ch denoted the duty usually paid by the Clergy when they came tothese Synods . The sum generally payable was two shillin gs,whi ch was fixed so earlyas A.D . 572,and payable alone to the Bishop,de jure commun i. Kennet,Pa/r. Ant.

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4At the trienni al visitation of the Bishop a procuration is still paid by certain of

the Clergy,whils t the annual procuration is paid by Church-warden s at the Archdea5 Dedicated to St . Michael. Value in1834,£1407 . Registers begin in1594.

At the Norman Conquest,the Manor of Ashton was granted by the King to hi skinsman Roger,Earl of Poictiers,but was forfeited by him between the years1066and1086. His confiscated lands were restored to the earl by Willi am Rufus,but owingto a subsequent revolt,he was ban ished England by Henry I . in1102,and the crowngranted this Manor to Robert de C redle or G relley,Lord of Manchester. It is

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recorded in the Testa de N evill’,that Albert C redle sen . gave in marriag e with hi sdaughter Emma a carucate of land in Eston (Ashton) to Orm Fitz Eward orAilward,and that the heirs of Orm held the same . The son of Orm is styled Fitz Orm deEston,and the old Lancashire genealogists (see Collin s’ Bar onetag e,vol. ii. p . 207,1720 ) have stated thi s Orm to be male ancestor of the Asshetons ofAshton -underLine. The proof,however,1s wan ting ; and from a very careful and criticalexamination of original eviden ces,Dr. Ormerod,the Cheshire Historian,(see Nichols

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ta/nea Top og rap hica et Genealog i ca,vol. vii .) has shown that the Manor was not reallyheld by an Assheton,by any known authen tic deed,before a Charter of Free Warren,dated the 9th Edward III. An Indenture dated Febr.1413,states that the Manorthen held by Sir John As sheton,was held12th Edward I. imm ediately fromthe Lords ofManchester,not by the Asshetons but by the ancestor of Sir Richard deKirkby,and in the 5th Henry VI. the Assheton s held as a snbz

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nfendation underKirkby. The E ston of the Testa de N evill’ was evidently Orm-E ston,now Urmston,in the Parish of Flixton,and the lands of Orm Fitz Ailward,as to a kni ght’ sfee adjacent to Ormskirk,passed to hi s heir,Roger de Lathom,the founder of

Burscough.

Thi s Manor continued in the Assheton family from the year1335 until the deathof Sir Thomas Assheton,7th Henry VIII. when it passed in marriage withMargaret,hi s eldest daughter and coheiress,to Sir Wm. Booth of Dunham Massey,ancestor of George Harry,Earl of Stamford and Warrington,the present noblemanerial owner.As the manor was held of the Baron of Manchester,so the Chapel of Ashton wasdependent upon the Chur ch of Manchester anterior to the32nd Edward I .but it appears to have obtain ed the rank of a Parish Church before1291,when “theCHURCH ofAs hton”was valued at £10 per annum. And in the 2nd Edward II.Thomas de Grelley gave to Sir John,afterwards Baron dela Warr,and to Joan hi swife,sister of the said Thomas,and to their heirs,the advowson of the “CHURCHESof Mamcestre and Asshetone .

”In the 5th Henry VI. Thomas dela Warr gave

to Sir John de Ashton K.B . the advowson of the Church,whi ch was conveyed,with the Manor,by hi s descendan t Margaret Assheton,about the year1516,in marriag e to Sir William Booth,(who Ob .11th Henry VIII.) and is now possessed by theowner of the Manor.The present fabric was partly erected about the year1413,and in1427 the Assheton s became the patron s,during the usefulincumbency of John Huntington B.D . thepious and munificent Warden ofManchester. In1516 the Church was enlarged anda new Tower erected. In1553Queen Mary restored a Chantry,which had beensuppressed by her predecessor . The north side of the Church and the Tower wererebuilt about1818 ; but considerable damage was done to the Nave,by an accidentalfire,on the 21st of March18 21. In1840 the south side of the Church was rebuilt,

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gram”,1, Town s . 1,and 21Ham lets,or19,as certif. [ied] below,vizAshton,Auden shaw,Little Moss,Waterhouses,Woodhouses,Knott Lanes,Park,Alth ill,Altlees,Crossbank,Alte- edge,Hartshead,Moseley,Smalshaw,Hurst,Haslehurst,Lusley,Soueracre,Ridge Hilland Lanes .

5 Halls ; the OldHall,6Herod,7 ShepleyfiSunderland,9 Taunton .

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and the whole structure underwent a g eneral and exten sive reparation,chiefly throughthe well-timed liberalityof the late venerable and excellent patron . In1845 an Organwas presented to the Church,by Edward Brown of The Ih'rs Esq . which cost onethousand guin eas .On the18 th July1650,the Parliamentary Inquisitors stated that “Asheton -underLyne hath one Parsonage house. Mr. John Harrison sup plyes the Cure there,bein gan orthodox,painful,and able Min ister ; 20 acres of land and certain tenementsworth £13. 6s . 8 d . belong to the Church. The said Mr. Harrison was put in to theb enefice by the Parli ament ; but Sir Oreo . Booth Kut . and Bart . hath formerly presented Mini sters ; and Mr . Harrison receives the tythes,being £113. 6s . 8 d . per ann .

We think a Parish Church should be built at Altedg e,3% mi les from Ashton and3miles from Oldham . Ing .vol. ii i . L a/mbeth MSS .

Mr . Harrison was inducted by a party of soldiers,who brutally destroyed the papersand library of Dr. Henry Fairfax,the pious,regular,and loyal Rector . - See VV alker’sSaf erz

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ng s of the Clerg y,p . 244; and Barnaby Oley’s Preface to Herbert’s CowntryParson,(3rd Edi t .12mo . who calls him, a regular and sober Fellow of

Trin ity College,Camb r. and brother of Ferdi nand,Lord Fairfax.

” He was the secondson of Sir Thomas,afterwards Lord Fairfax,and married Mary,daughter of Sir HenryCholmley ofWhitby Abbey. From a letter dated Ashton,Feb . 2,1632,addressed toher husband,then in London,she appears to have been worthy of such a man . She

names that “ his thr ee boys at Ashton are well,and that little Harry is weaned.

See Fairfax Corresp . 2 vols .1848 .

There are now ten Chapels dependent upon the Mother Church ofAshton .

6 The Old Hall,otherwise Ashton Hall,was originally the feudal Manerial residence,and it still retain s marks of extreme antiqui ty. The round towers,and square-headedtrefoiled arches,are of the time of Edward III. There are later buildings of the eraof Henry VI. with addition s made in the time of Queen Elizabeth . It has long ceasedto be occupied by the owners .7 Heyrod Hall was in the tenure of John del Heyrod in1422. The present house,containing a centre and two wings of the latter part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth,

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“W H O“ ?fees,15106s .08 d,

1Dedicated to St . Peter. Value in1834,£464. Registers begi n in1587.

William the Conqueror granted the Manor of Bolton to Roger,Earl of Po ictiers,butit was shortly afterwards confiscated,and thereupon tran sferred to Roger de Meresheia,who sold it in the reign of King Stephen to Ranulp h,Earl of Chester. At hi s death,in the16th Henry III. it passed withAgnes hi s sister and coheir ess,to Williamde Ferrers,sixth Earl of Derby,and in the 50th Henry III. on the attain der of Robertde Ferrers,the eighth Earl,it was granted to Edmund Crouchback,Earl of Lancaster.In the 45th Edward111. the Manor was in the possession of Willi am de Ferrers of Groby,and Margaret his wife,daughter ofHenry de Percy and relict of Robertson of Gilbert de Umfravill,Earl of An gus . From thi s family it appears to havedescended to the Harrington s of Hornby Castle,for on the attainder of Sir JamesHarrington,in the reign of Henry VII . it was granted to the Stanleys,and was held13th Henry VIII. by Thomas,Earl of Derby,of the King. It is now held by separateLords,the Earls of Derby and Bradford each holding one fourth part .The Manor of Little Bolton was in the possession of Richard de Bolton in the time

of Edward III . and in the 20th Henry VIII. Roger de Bolton was seised of the same,and it appears to have remained in hi s descendants until the17th cen tury. It wassettled by Thomas Marsden of Bolton Gent . on hi s wi fe Sarah,daughter of WilliamCroxton E sq. in1700,and was sold as dir ected by his willto John Moss of Manchesterwoollen draper,in1716. Thi s John Moss,by his will dated14th April1729,devisedthe Manor to his eldest son,John,(except the Ti thes of Com in Little Bolton and

Tonge,whi ch he thereby gave in Trust for the Min ister of the Chapel (of AllSaints)in Little Bolton,for the time bein g for ever,) who settled the same in1733on hi swife,Mary Bower. The issue of thi s marriage was one son,James Moss,who in1764settled the Manor on hi s wi fe Ap pylina,daughter of James Bayley ofManchester Esq.

Dying intestate and without issue,Mr. Moss’s estates descended to hi s cousin -germanand heir atlaw,John Gartside of Manchester Esq. Mr. Gartside married Catherin e,daughter of Philip Howard of Corby Castle in the county of Cumberland Esq.,and byindenture dated12th May1777,settled on her a jointure secured on thi s Manor. By

willdated 7t-h July1817,(proved at C hester10th September he devised thi s

meam n of Manchester.

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Thi s was a Prebend annexed to y6 Arch . [deaconry] of Chester,

Manor and other estates to hi s nephew,Thomas Tipping Esq. who by his will dated2d October1844,settled the same on Trustees for the use of hi s son Edmund JosephTipping of Davenport Hall in the county of Chester Esq. the present manerial owner .The Church of Bolton-le-Moors does not occur in the Valor of Pope Nicholas in1291,and its omi ssion may probably be accounted for,not on the ground of being

con stituted a Parish at a more recent date,(Baines’

s Hi story Of L ancashire,vol. ii . p .

but as being ann exed to the Ar chdeaconry of Chester. The archi tecture of thepresent Church is late Tudor. On the north of the Chancel is a Chapel formerlybelongin g to the Orrells of Turton,and at a later period to the Chethams . On thesouth of the Chancel is another Chapel belonging to the representatives of the familyof Bridgeman,and formerly to the Levers .There are now seventeen Chapels in this Parish,most of them of recent foundation .

In1650,the Parliamentary Inquisitors state that “Bolton hath a Parish Church,man sion house,glebe land,and six cottages worth £3per annum,in the possession of

Mr. John Harper and Mr . Richd Goodwyn the presen t Incumb ts by and with the election and con sent Of allor most of the parishioners in ye sd Parish,and they are men of

able part s and godly preaching Min isters,and con stantly teach on the Lord’s Day and

Lecture Days ; but did not observe the last Fast Day appd by Act of Parlt Theydoe receive the profits of the mansion house and cottages,and £9 from the agents ofSequestr“ on the delinquency of Christr Anderton of Lostock Esq. farmer of the saidRectory of Bolton : the residue of their salary is by free contrib“ of the Cong reg n of

Bolton . There are two closes of land in the possessu Of Mr. Thos . Lever,who hath acontract from the said Mr. Anderton for 21years,commencingMay1632,of the yearlyrent of13s . 4d . worth in possess“ £8 per ann . ; and other leases are named. Sir OrlandoBridg eman pays12d . a year for a Chancellin Bolton Church. Somelands were givenby Mr . Goosenarg h . [Gosnall] late Mini ster of Bolton,to the 8 d towne towards themain tenance of a con stant Lecturer at Bolton,of the yearly rent of 25s . on certaincondition s,whereupon a Sui t is now depending in the Hon . Court of Dutchy Chamberatt Westmin ster .” —Pa/rl. Ing a/is . taken19th Jun e1650,at Man chester,before Thomas Whi tehead ofBury Gent . George Chetham of Turton Gent. Richard Meadowcroftof Brig h tmet Gen t. Thomas Smi th of Radcliffe Gent . and others — L am b . M SS . vol.ii . In1649 the Inquisitors had stated that there were “ two honest ministers” at

Bolton,who had order from the Commi ttee of Plundered Min isters for £100 a yearout of the Rectory and Bishop’s rent of Bolton,and the same out of the Bishop

’s rentin Childwall . There were only two town ships in the parish that pai d tithe in kindone moiety of Great Bolton for Tithe Corn and Hay,estimated at £10 per annum,and“ Blackwood,” [Blackrod] estimated at £30 a year. £12 .13s. 4d . a year was paidout of the other Town ships and Hamlets . For Oblation money,every man and hi s

wife 2d. every widow1d . every communicant i d . Altarage at a marriage,if thewoman b e of the Parish,8d . A Church dole 4d. Burial Id. “Wefind in Mr . An

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(who is not included in Bain es’s catalogue of the Vicars .) James Anderton

Esq . by lease dated17th August 42nd Elizabeth,covenants that Peter Brooke shallenj oy hi s tenement of the Glebe fromlst May1599 for twenty-one years,and alsowith Christopher Longworth and Robert Norris,that they shallhave the tenementlate in the occupation Of George Longworth for the same term . A Vicarage housebelonging to the Rector is not worth 40s . a year . —.Parl. Ing . L am b . I/tbr . vol. iii .

E cton,in1742,records,ex relatione Reverend/t D octoris Bray,(see N oti tia Oestr .

vol . i . p .344,Note that Bolton was endowed with a lease of the Great Tithes bythe Lord Keeper Bridgeman .

In a letter to Bishop Gastrell,dated Hindley,April 28 th1721,soliciting the Vicarag e Of Bolton,then vacant,the Rev . Samuel Lever (Rector of Claughton1700—1711)says,“My father,who di ed in1691,was Mr. Haddon ’ s immedi ate predecessor,inwhose time the Glebe was not given to the Vicar,as since it has been,yet,my Lord,he expended above £8 00 in building ye Vicarage House,and besides was at the chargeof an unfortunate Law Suit with a part of the Parish for the Recovery of Tythes,wherein a corrupt Jury gave a Verdict against him,we“,as many yet can remember,ashtonisht y

° whole Court besides . When my Father dyed none of his children werecapable of succeeding him,otherwise,as I have been told,the late Sir John Bridgemanwod have had reg ard to ym . As for myself,(may it please your Lordship,) I took myMaster of Arts Degree at Brasenose in Oxford in the year1699,and ever sin ce havebeen employ’d in the Mini stry : and though I have never been idle I can truly say In ever had a place that was worth £40 per arm . I have had14Children,10 of whi chw th their Mother (I thank God) are living.

”— L anc . M SS . Vol. Letters,penes me.The east window in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Bolton -le-Moors was inserted A .D .1845,at the expen se of the Vicar,the Rev James Slade M .A . and of thefamilies of Bolling and Carlile with whi ch he is alli ed. It is an obituary window,recording the decease of several members of the thr ee fami lies . It is an exactfac simileof the decorated window in the north Transept of Witney Church in Oxfordshi re ;con sisting of seven lights,and divided in the upper portion into many smallcompartmen ts . It is filled with very beautiful stained glass,by Wailes of Newcastle,after adesign by the Vicar . In the centre light is our Lord holding a crozier,with Hisemblem b elow of the lamb and banner. On Hi s left hand are St . Matthew and St .

Mark ; on His right,St . John and St . Luke ; on the extreme left is St . Paul,and on

the extreme right is St . Peter,the Patron Saint of the Church . Allthe Apostles havetheir appropriate emblems below,and are surmounted with rich canopies ; and b etween the emblems and the figures are the various in scription s . The upper part isfilled with groups represen ting the Annunciation,the Adoration,the Crucifixi on,theSepulture,the Resurrection,and the Ascension,interspersed with Angels .A new font of Caen stone was presented in1845 by Matthew Dawes Esq . F.G.S. of

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An . [no]1503,Prior and Conven t of Marresley in Yorkshire,presented to Boulton . Inst. [i tution] B . [ook]1. p .l.wh . [ether] thi s Bolton ?3An . [no]1623,one Dickin son admitted ad Lecturum4 in Eccles .

Bolton,as an obituary remembrance of hi s father and mother. It is octagonal,andsufficiently large for immersion . The design is from the an tient font of Over in Camb ridg eshire,except the panels on the basin,which,in stead of containin g a plain shi eldon each face,have perpendicular tracery on the alternate sides,and shields within cusps(taken from Sir John Speke’ s Chantry in Exeter Cathedral) on those panels facingthe cardinal points. These latter are charged with a plain cross surmounted at theintersection by the letters ifE G on the east side,by the double triangle on the west,by two keys in saltire on the north,and on the south by the arms of Dawes,(or,ona bend engrailed,between six battle-axes erect,azure,three swan s with wings elevated,argen t .) The mouldings between the basin and the shaft contain in beautiful blackletter type the following in scriptionTo the glory of God,and in memory of Matthew Corr Dawes,who deceased 27th

October18 27,and of Elizabeth hi s wife,who deceased 23rd October18 25 . MatthewDawes of Bolton,eldest son of the above Matthew Corr and Elizabeth,dedi cates thi sfont,1845 . E n

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Dien est tout.” The cover is of oak,of an ogee outline,the panels

pierced with perpendicular tracery,and the ribs crocketed and termin ating in afini al.It is altogether an excellent piece of workman shi p,reflecting great credit on Mr.Thomas,the sculptor.There is also a piece of sculpture by Chantrey on the wall of the north Aisle,being alikeness of the late John Taylor Esq. of Bradford House nearBolton,who di ed in18 24.

In the Chan cel are several old stalls of good workman ship,in some of them the seatsturn up as misereres,and underneath one is the Derby crest of the Eagle and Chi ld,and another has anAcorn the crest of the Barton s of Smithills .

2 Mr. Prescott of Chester,the Deputy Registrar,an antiquary,and friend of Dr.Leig h,the author of the N a turalH istory of L ancashi re,(see p .168,and b . i i i . p .

writing to Bishop Gastrellthen at Christ Church,Oxon . 9th November1717,says, Ibelieve most of the Parishes,except some great ones,and a few Chapelrys,have givenin the numbers of the several fami lies of Churchmen and allDissenters,and I hope yourLordship will be pleased with the maj ority.

”Gastrell’s M SS . Rey . Chester .

3This probably refers to the Priory of Marrick and to the Church of Bolton uponSwale,both in the North Riding of Yorkshire . — See Dug dale’s Mon . vol. i . p . 48 5,and Whi taker’s Rich/m. vol.1. pp . 45,220.

4Thi s Lecture was founded by the Rev . James Gosnell (See N oti tia Cestri ensis,vol .i. p .10,N ote) Vicar of Bolton,(omitted in Baines

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de Bolton - in -le-Moors . B . [is/zap ] Subsc . [rip tion]B . [ook,] f. 21.Gosnell’s will is dated the 9th of January1622,in whi ch he describes himself as,“bythe gracious goodness of God,a Mini ster of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,having exercised my said Min i sterie above forty years in Bolton in the Moors to God’s glory andthe comfort of my conscien ce,being new somewhat di seased in body and further onhe adds,“touchi ng my Ministry I doe give allthe People of God to understand thatI have delivered noe doctrin e but such as in my con science I took to bee agreeable toGod’s most sacred Word, I protest before God and men that I am verily persuadedthe Religion now estaba in thi s King dome to be,concerning the substan ce of the Art icles,of the doctrin e of Faith and Sacraments,the only true Reli gion of God by whi chmen shall be saved,and for the matter of formality I protest as before God that themaine cause of my not yielding is and hath beene for that I think the things urged tohave beene in themselves simply un lawq and inconvenien t my funerals shallbe only a Drinking,not above the expen ses of five marks for such as accompany myCorps to the burial.” He gives legacies to hi s brother John Gosnell,hi s sister Judi thPowell ; and to Alice Dickinson alias Rogerson,and to John Nuttall her brother,andDorothy and Jane Nuttall her sisters,children ofAshton Nuttall,who are the prin cipallegatees his watch to hi s “ steed g rands on,

” Francis Nuttall,and a two and twenty shi llings piece to Mary hi s wife ; to Mr . John Langley,“my beste g own e ;

” to Mr. JamesLangley hi s brother,“my second g owne and grogram suite to Mr . Sanderson,Vicarof Bolton,(see N oti tia Oestr . vol. i. p .10,N ote

“my p’cher

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s g ownelyned withlambe, my foure books ofBellarmyn e’s works ;” to “Mr. Horrocks my stuff cloke,to Mrs . Rathb ande my mourning cloke.” He mention s having lately pur chased lands ofRichard Fogg of Darcy Lever,situate in Balderston,whi ch he conveys to his “wellbeloved James Lever of Darcy Lever,Richard Fogg,John Bradshaw,and Elli sCrompton Gents. of the same,James Crompton of

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Breig htmett Gent . and JohnNorri s of Bolton,draper,and their heirs and assign s, in trust,to divide the rentsinto six parts,and to p ay annually four of the same to a Preacher,di stinct from theVicar of Bolton,to preach in the Parish Church upon every Lord

’s day and Monday,towards hi s yearly stipend of £30 ; and the fir st part of the said six parts he gave to ,

the Poor of Bolton,Darcy Lever,and Little Lever ; and the other sixth part he gaveto the Master and Usher for the time being of Bolton School. He appointed for hisexecutors hi s “Ch ristian friends Thomas Howarth of Roclifi'e,and George Smi th of

Aynsworth .

” He appears to have been a wealthy man,and is erroneously calledJames Goswellin Brook’s L ives of the Pt ,vol. iii. p . 509,Addenda,in whi chthere is an extract from a letter of his dated Bolton about1584,from Baker’s M S .

Collecti ons,vol. xxxii . pp . 436-7. He says,“ here are great stores of Jesuits,Seminaries,Masses,and plenty of whoredom. Thefirst sort our Sheriff (Edmund TraffordEsq.) courseth pretty well.” It will be noted that the Roman Catholic Fami lies ofthe Parish were only forty-three in the time of Bishop Gastrell,so that the coursing,

’or rather,it may be hoped,a better system,had succeeded in reducing the

number.

{seam s‘

ofmamas “.

One Mr. Helm5 gave 201p . [er] an . [num] to a Lecturer to preach

[on the] Sund . [ay] afternoon and Fryd . [ay] fb efore [the] Sacr . [ament .]An . [no] 1662,Faculty to Vic . [ar] of Bolton to execute the

office of a Preacher on y6 usnalldayes appointed for Lectures in that

Church . Reg . [is ter] B . 3. [The Clerk is chosen accordin g to the 91st Canon,and hi s salary i s 91p er annum,besidesChurch dues . Vi car Morral’s Return ]An . [no]1673,4Warden s,1assist . [ant] for Bolton,besidesSix Chur chw . [arden s] for y6 6 Towns . viz . Great Bolton,Har Camus.

wood,Turton,Edgworth,Rivington,Blackrod to the election of

each person [the] consent of ye Vicar i s required . Certif. [ied ]

an . [no]1724.

5 This benefactor was William Hulme of Hulme and Kearsley Esq. the Founder ofthe Hulmeian Exhibition s at Brasen ose College Oxford,who,by indenture dated 8 thAugust1691,covenanted with Willi am,Earl of Derby,Sir John Bridgeman Bart .Thomas Lever Esq . and Roger ThrOp p Gen t . at that time the joint Manerial owners,to improve eight acres ofland,part of Bolton Moor,and legally settle the same sothat the rents might be employed for the main tenance of a Lecturer or Preachin gMinister of the Gospel,conformable to the Church of England,and duly licensed in theParish Church ofBolton upon Sundays and such Festivals and Fasting Days or othertimes as the said William Hulme should di rect,and the Lords of the Manor conveyedthe common land on this condi tion . By indenture dated 2nd January1790,and madebetween James Taylor of Sharples Yeoman,heir-at-law of the said William Hulme,andLord Grey de Wilton and seven other persons,after reciting so much of the will ofJames Gosnell as relates to the Lectureshi p,and also reciting the indenture of 8 thAugust1691,and that Mr Hulme had improved the eight acres of land,but (dyingvery shortly afterwards) had n ot settled the same for the uses aforenamed,and thatthe lands were then vested in the said James Taylor,he the said Taylor conveyed themto Lord Gr ey de Wilton and others,and their heirs and assign s for ever,upon trust,to

p ay the rents to a licen sed Lecturer in Bolton Church,conformable to the Church ofEngland,to read prayers every morn ing in the week before every Sacrament day,witha Lecture on the Friday in every such week,or upon every Lord

’s Day and Monday inthe year,as mentioned in Mr . Gosnell’s will,so that the two charitable donation smight go together . L ane . M S S .

The Charity Commi ssioners do not notice Mr. Hulme in connection with the BoltonLectureship,and the information afforded to the Commi ssioners in thi s respect,appearsto have been very imperfect,as the ren tal of the eight acres of land forms the mostimport an t portion of the Lecturer’ s income .

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By Covenant in [a] Lease made by Sr J . Bridgman,an . [no]1698,[the] Vicar i s to enjoy allye profits of y

eexcept 201

p . [er] an . [num] to b e paid to Wigland 6 School,provided he b enominated by Sr J . [ohn] Bridgman or hi s heirs,otherwise ye p rofits to g oe to some other person soe nom . [inated] to officiate in y9Chur ch . v . [ide] Lease.

Par . [ish] 30 m . [iles] in circumferen ce,besides Blackrode,wCh

joins to no part of it .

Haulgh Hall,7 Little Bolton,8 Hall of [the] Wood,9 Entwistle,10Lostock Hall,llDarcy Lever .12

5 Probably a mi stake for Wigan,as the family had no property at Wigland in thepar1sh of Malpas .7 Haulgh Hall is the property of the Earl of Bradford,inherited from hi s ancestors,the Bridgeman s,who obtain ed it by purchase in the reign of James I. It was settled,with other Lan cashire property,upon Eli zabeth,daughter of the Rev. John SimpsonM .A

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. on her marriage with Henry,son and heir apparent of Sir Orlando Bridgeman,by indenture dated 2d July1755 . In18 21a barrow was open ed here containing twoKist-vacue,an urn of red earth,a number of mouldering bones,and a bronze spearhead .

8 Little Bolton Hall,a wood,plaster,and brick house,is supposed to occupy thesite of the an cient Man or House of the Bolton s . In the year1600 it was the seat ofRichard Bolton Esq . and now belongs to Mr . Tipping.

9 Hall-i ’-th ’-Wood is a large,and in teresting wood and plas ter structure,partlymodernized. The Porch was added in1648,by Alexander Norris Gent . whose ancestors resided here in1550. The estate,con sisting Of upwards of1761acres,passedin marriage

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with Margaret,daughter of Alexander Norris Gent . to John Starkie ofHuntroyd E sq. in the seven teenth century,and is now possessed by hi s descendan t,Le Gendr e P . Starki e Esq . The situation of the house is extremely picturesque,and theprospect bold and pleasing. There are views of it in Roby’ s Tradi tions of L an cashire

and in Baines’

s History of the County. The house was the residence of SamuelCrompton,who,in1779,invented a mechanical engine called the Mule,being a com

bination of two machines used in the manufacture of Cotton . In1812 Parliamen tgranted him for hi s invention ; and in1842 hi s chi ldren received £200 fromthe Royal Bounty Fund.

10 Entwisle Hallwas long the seat of a kni ghtly family of the same name,whi choccurs as early as the time of King John . William de Radclifi’e gave two bovatesof land in Entwisle to Robert de Entwisle in marriage with hi s daughter,in the tM e

ofHenry III. Testa de N evill’ . In the14th Henry VI . John Entwisle held theManor of Entwisle of the Hospital of St . John of Jerusalem at a rent of12d . a year.Of thi s house was Sir Bertine Entwisle,Viscoun t and Baron of Brieb ec in N or

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fintitia C esteiens is.[The] Revenues of the School are 241p . [er] an . [num] upon

houses in Man chester ; 141p . [er] an . [num] on land in Harwood101 on land in Balderston 31-45 [for] land and 21[for a]ten . [ement] in Little Lever ;11-133-4d [for] land in Tockholes ; 4cottages,23-8 d,2S -6d,28,18 . In t . [erest] of1001in mortgage uponhouses,51; of 401upon bond,\21. In all,621-133-10d given bydiv . [ers] person s at di fferent times .

[The] Feoffees n om . [inate the] Master . Writings are kept m

an Iron Chest in ye V icari dg e . v . [ide] N om. [ination] an. [no]168 9,Pap . Rey .

110m] 22 Jac .1. Inquis . [ition] about money given tow. [ards]a Free School,or [for the] Poor in this place . MS . Halm.

98 . A .16.38 .

and William Lever of KersallGent . son and heir of William Lever of Kersall Gent .the last surviving brother of the testator,in1658 conveyed the lands in Harwood toGeorge Chetham E sq . and others,for the purposes mentioned in the willof RobertLever. In1622 the Rev . James Gosnell gave one-sixth part of hi s lands in Balderston to the Master of the School of Bolton ; and other benefaction s belonged to thi sSchool prior to Lever’s death. In178 7 the Governors of the School were incorp orated by Act of Parliament,and in18 27 the whole income of the School amounted toabout £48 5 a year.Of the same fami ly were Thomas Lever M .A. a learned controversialist and writer,who was born at Little Lever,and died in1577 Master of Sherburn Hospital nearDurham ; and also hi s brother Ralph Lever M .A. Archdeacon of Northumberland,Master of Sherburn Hospital,Canon of Durham,and Dean of that Cathedral.14Rev . Richard Goodwin M .A. of Harwood,by will dated the 27th of August1684,gave £5 a year,out of hi s estate of inheritan ce in Harwood,“to be bestowed upon thepoor,sick,or n eedy well-carried di ligent familes,not common beggars,by108 . a piece,as opportun ity should be afforded but it was not stated where the same should bebestowed,and by an arrangement made in1729 £50 was paid by the owner of the estate to the inhabitants of Harwood,and £50 to the inh abitants of Bolton,and acceptedin lieu of the annuity. Nothing has been paid to the poor since1732 . Mr . Goodwin,whilst Mini ster of Cockey Chapel,was married there on the3rd of August1641,toSarah,daughter of Mr. James Crompton of Bri g h tmet . Thi s puritanical alli anceconn ected him with several celebrated Nonconformist fami lies . Of hi s wi fe’s sisters,Alice married Mr. Robert Gregg,afterwards Vicar of Bolton ; Abigail marriedMr. Oliver Heywood ; and Mary married Mr . John Okey,whose singularly-inscribedgrave-stone,in Bolton church-yard,is well known . Mr. Goodwin became Vicar ofBolton in1642,was ejected in1662,and died in168 5,set . 72 .

meanern of Manchester.

Left by Mr . [Thos .] Marsden1501for clothing and teaching

poor boyes to read,[in1714] Mr . [John] Guest 601,[the] In t .

[crest] for Shirts and Shifts [to b e given to] the poor ; Mr . Good

win,14 [th e] Vicar,51,[the] In t . [erest to b e given] to poor House

k eepers ; Mrs . Blackburn101,her relation s to b e con sidered in ye

di stribution ; The . Lever301; Mrs . Chetham 20ltow . [ards] buildin g a Gallery for [the] ben efit of ye Vicar ; R . Roscoe101; Wth

these last sums,ab t an . [no]1714,were enclosed and improved12Lancashire Acres off y

e Moor,set at161p . [er] an . [num . ] [The]remainder of y

e Ren t,after [the] In t . [crest] of ye sev . [eral] sums

[i s] paid,goes to augmen t ye Charity School . Given by Mr .

Marsh 408 p . [er] an . [num] for Shirt - cloth ; Mr . Mort 41p .[er]an . [num] out of Tyth s in Legh Parish,to y

e Poor ; Lau . Brown

low a Mess . [uage] in Tonge and 401,in1630 Elli s Crompton,ofHacking,10l

THOREOREJ Certif. [ied] 211. C hapfllfiat008 -751,viz . ; [a] Stipend from y

6 1115031115 .1.Crown 41-4S -lé d ; [the] In t [erest] of3261-103o 0d,being the wholeChap . [el] stock,161-68 -6d . Th e Old stock,[the] donour s [of

1Dedi cated to St . Katherine. Value in1834£90. Registers begin in1607.

In the first year of King John,Hughle Norris,called in the Testa de N evill’,Hughde Blakerode,obtained a charter for a carucate of land in Blackroade ; and about the8 th Edward II . Sir

.William Bradshaig h M .P. obtained the Manor in marriage withMabel,daughter and coheiress of Sir Hugh Norris . After some mesne descents andalienations,it again passed to the Brad shaig h s,and is now in the possession of theirrepresentative,the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres .The Chapel was built in the fifteenth century,by Thomas Houghton and EdwardNorris Esqrs . the joint lords of the Manor. It was rebuilt in1766by funds raisedby a Brief.In1650 the Par t. Ing . reported,that “Blackrode Chapel lyes in a

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corner of the Hundr ed of Salford,and is fit to be made a Parish Church . Mr. Gerard Brown e ofiiciates,apain ful],godly,orthodox NIini ster,and a man of pious life and conversation,

” who hadbeen appoin ted by the 2nd Clas sis,Mr. Hilton,an unordained person,having been declared insufficien t and unworthy,and hi s baptisms pronoun ced nu11. —Walker’s Saffering e of the Clerg y,p . 41. per annum is paid by the Receiver att the Audi tt,and a donative of 6s . being ye interest of £10 per ann . given by Richd. Turner of

Haugh,c d. in the hands of Geo . Taylor of Blackrode,who hath given security for

fintitia C estciensis.

which are] not known,was 901. Given b y Edw. Holt of Wigan1501; H . Norris of Adlington 401850 .

An . [no]1542,[a] person [was] In stituted to y3Chan try of ye

Blessed Catherin e of Blackroad . Inst . [i tution] B [ooh] 12 .1Warden,an . [no]1673. [The Churchwarden here for Bolton,serves likewise for this Church,An ancien t Chappel,long sin ce endowed wth 12lp . [er]

an . [num] [the] V ic . [ar] of Bolton and Inhab . [itants] contrib .

[ute] 91p . [er] an . [num] more . Warden Wroe

’s Acc f 1706.

This Chap p elry i s 7 or 8 mi les in circuit ; [th e] Chapl. [is] 6m . [iles] from Bolton,[and] 2 m . [iles] from Rivin gton .

An an c . [ient] seat called Park Hall .

f ree Gram . [mar] School [was] erected by [the] Trustees ofJohn Holmes,[Citiz en andWeaver of London] who an . [no]1568,gave [by will] 81p . [er] an . [num] to y

8 Master,and 51p . [er]an . [num] for a Scholar in St . Marie’s [Pembroke Hall] in Camb .

[ridge] to b e chosen out Of this School,out of an estate in [theParish of All Saints] Lombard Street,London,[and St . Edmundin the City of London] to b e paid by [th e] Vicar and Church . [wardens] of St . Sepulchre,Left by Mrs . [Eliz abeth] Tildesley,[Widow] an . [no]1627,[an]

estate in Bedfordlet for161p . [er] an . [num] besides afine of1001said to b e worth 401p . [er] an . [num] w11y9 Lease expires by Mr .

[Henry] Norris an . [no]1639,401[the] Int . [erest] to [b e paid tothe] Master,who is nom . [inated] by [the] Trustees .

[The] School being ruinous,[it] was rebuilt b y Elli s Foster,yepresent Master,[1718 ] about 7 or 8 years agoe .

the same unto Nicholas Turn er of the same. The Tithes are worth £20 per ann . an

tiently paid to Mr . Anderton of Lostock,and sin ce hi s delinquency,are taken for theuse of the public - L a/mb . MSS . vol. ii . Mr. Anderton had the mi sfortun e to be aloyal subject,and consequently was Opposed to Cromwell and the ruling powers ; hi sproperty was therefore confiscated and hi s family ruined. Dr . Merle D ’

Aub igne suppresses these startlin g events in the Life of the Protector,and as serts that “the Commonwealth was remarkable for its Christian vi rtues .”— p . 278 .

Meaning of Manchester.

[Th e] Int . [crest] of1001fine paid for Bedford Estate .

[The] Feofiees name ye Master .

then by Mr . [Miles] Turner of Wigan 751; Edw . Holt of @b&t ffi9§oWigan1001; Mr . Norris 201; 2 others101each ; and3

[others] 51each ;2 and 4S p . [er] an . [num] by Edw . Pilk ington [by

will dated 28 Aug .

fifififigfifiw d Certif. [ied] yt there EPap . 35

[untary] contrib . [ution s] ab t121p . [er] an . [num] [The] Prescript . [ive] and other dues to y

6 Rectory from thi s Hamlet [are]not above308 p . [er] an . [num .] an . [no17172 In1722 the Vicar of Bolton stated that the in come of the Free School of Blackrod

amoun ted to £24; that the Clerk was chosen by the Minister,and that he receivedwhat the people pleased to give him . In18 27 the School income was £140. 4s . perannum ; and the Charity Commissioners stated that they could obtain no accoun t of£100 given by “Edward Holt in or of two gifts of £10 and £5 ; and theydeemed them lost charities .1Patron Sain t unk nown . Value in1834,£97. Registers begin in1814.

Henry de Bradshaw had a gran t of common in Tottingt on from Henry Montb eg on,Lord of Tottington,for his cattle and sheep in Bradshaw,by deed without date,butprobably of the time of King John . Henry de Bradshaw his son,had a similar grantby deed from Alexander de Keverdale,Lord of Harwood,of lands called TromsBooth. In1474 Elias de Bradshaw Esq. held hi s lands of the Lord Dela Warr.The family continued to reside here in unin terrupted male succession until the latterpart of the seventeenth century . John Bradshaw of Bradshaw E sq . in his willdatedthe15th of March1693-4,recites hi s indentures of the15tli' and16th ofMay1692,whereby he empowered hi s trustees,Henry Wrigley of Langley,Thomas Bradshaw of

Haslingden,and John Jenkinson of Failsworth Gents . by lease,mortgage,or sale,toraise legacies for hi s youn ger children from hi s Manor of Bradshaw,BradshawHall,and allhi s lands in Bradshaw,Harwood,and Tottington,and these trusts fulfilled,he devised the same lands to his son John Bradshaw,and hi s heirs . This sonshortly afterwards,having no issue by hi s wife,a daughter of Gregg of Chester,sold the estate to Henry Bradshaw of Marple Hall in the county of Chester Esq,The Man or afterwards passed wi th Mary,daughter and heiress of Henry BradshawEsq . to Nathaniel Isherwood of Bolton Esq . and is now vested in the trustees of herdescendan t Thomas Bradshaw Isherwood Esq — Lane. MSS .vol. xi.

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i s n othing at allb elon g g to it . V ol.Q .

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This Chap . [el] is said to b elong to Bradshaw Hall,3and (as someInhabit . [an ts] now living afii rm) it was built about 70 years agoeby y

e Bradshaw Family,but [it] i s now decayi ng . Certif. [ied ] byVi c . [ar] an . [no]1722 .

’Ti s now well repaired,an [no]1724.

[It i s] about 2 m . [iles] from [th e] Par . [i sh ] Church,[and] 2m . [iles] from Turton .

[There i s] no Meet . [ing House,] an . [no]1724.

N o School . N o Charities .

2 This certificate,under the hand of the Rev . Peter Haddon M .A . Vicar of Bolton,dated September 20th1717,was addressed to Dr . Wroe. Th e Vicar writes,“ Isen t you by the carrier,on Tuesday se

’nn ight,an acct of the Chap p els which my Lord

Bp . of Chester required ; that letter wch should have brought it I hear mi scarryed,therefore I send this . Bradshaw Chappel is of an tien t erection,hath no endowmentat all, the Min ister is maintain

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d by the con tribution of y° people,which scarceamounts to £12 per annum .

” Haddon ’s successor in the Vicarage afterwards certified,“Thi s Chappel belongs to Brad shaw Hall,and ye Min ister is maintain ed by subscription of the neighbourhood. The Clerk’s income is also by collection .

” The Chapelwas in existence in1650,when Mr. Fellg ate was the Teacher, being a man of a civillcarriage,elected by the congregation,and supported by volun tary contribution .

”

L a/mb . M SS . vol.11. Thi s was probably the “very ignorant Irishman” who was a Prob ationer at Middleton,and for fifteen months the only Min ister there,but n ever ordained,during the Commonwealth .

—Walker’s Saf ering s of the Clerg y,b .11. p . 236.

In168 7 Bishop Cartwright ordained Thomas Whi tehead B .A. de Jesu Cant . Curatede Bradshaw Cap . set . 23,and invited allthe Clerg y ordain ed to dine with hi s Lordshi p at one table,along with Bishop Lab ourne,the Romish Prelate,then at Chester.D i a/ry,p . 8 0. In1843the Chapel was a mean and dilapidated structure,the nomi

nation of the In cumbent being vested in the Vicar of Bolton .

3Bradshaw Hall is a respectable house of the early part of the seventeenth century,embosomed in wood,though surrounded by Prin t Works . The arms of Bradshaw are

cut in stone over the hall door,and emblazoned in the windows . Thi s family,whi chtraced their origin to Henry de Bradshaw,living ab out the year1210,continued here inmale descent for twenty-five generation s . After the sale of Bradshaw,the family wasrepresented by the descendants of Thomas Bradshaw Esq . (great uncle of the vendor,)and hi s wife,Elizabeth,daughter and heiress of Edward Rawsthorne of Lum HallE sq . and whose grandson,Rawsthorne Bradshaw Gent . by his wife,Dorothy,daug hter of the Rev . Henry Walmsley of New Malton in the county of York,had a son:

Dr. Henry Bradshaw,living in Salford in1765,and who considered hims elf entitledto this estate of hi s male ancestors — L ame. M SS . vol. xi . pp .153,4,5,6.

thapqsat .

incanecn’

of Manchester.

1117133161217QBN .‘ Certif. [ied] 281oOOS

00d viz ; 41from y6owners of y

e OldHall ;2101,Int . [erest] of 2001given by Mr . G . Shaw ; 71-10S Int .

[crest] of1501given by Mr . J . [ohn] Fielding ; 41Int . [erest] of 8 01upon Mortgage on Land ;11-103Int . [erest] of half ye gift of one

Broadhur st [in1681,“ if there shallb e a sound Orthodox Minister11In t . [erest] of 201in [the] hands of John Halliwell .l00lgiven formerly by Tho . Anderton,and101by h is sister,now

lost,supposed to have been applied by [the] Diss . [en ting] Trusteesto y

e mai nt . [enance] of yr Teacher . Curate

’s Acct to B . [ishop ]

Pap . Reg .

By a gran t of Q . [ueen] Eliz . [abeth] an . [no] R . [egn i] 8,it ap

pears that this Chappel had been built long before,at y6 charge of

ye and was then and thereby made a Paroch :[ial]Chappel,to allintents and purposes,by the Q ueen : v [ide] Gran t

1Patron Sain t unknown . Value in1834,£90. Registers of baptisms and burialsbegin in1703,and marriages in1754.

In thel0th Edward111. Alexander,son of Cecily de Rivington,granted the Manorto Robert de Pilkington,and from him descended Richard Pilkington of RivingtonEsq . who died in1551,aged sixty-five years,and by whom,according to Dr. Fuller,the Chapel was built . He married Ann,sister of Roger and Laurence As shawe of

Hall o ’th ’ Hill in Heath Charnock,who was living in1566,by whom he had issueseven son s and five daughters ; of whi ch James,the second son,was one of the sixDivines for correcting the Book of Common Prayer,and in1560 was con secratedBishop of Durham . He died on the 23rd of January,1575 . The Manor wasdevised to Trustees by the Bishop’s nephew,Robert Pilkington,in1605,and wassold by them to Robert Lever of Darcy Lever E sq . whose daughter and heiress,Jane,married John Andrews E sq . grandson of Willi am Andrews of Twywellin the countyof Northampton,and ancestor of Robert Andrews E sq . the presen t Manerial owner .The following in scription on a monunen t in Rivington Chapel records the Founder“V ivit post Funera Virtus . Richard’ Pilkington qui Templum hoc condidi t hic sepelieb atur aiIO D1111551,et Maii 24,tunc donica Trin itatis,ac aetatis suae 65,b oneememories Vir .

“Alicia Asshaw c i uxor12 liberos ci p ep erit,e quibus tres concionatores fuerun t etCantab rig iensis aCollegio S . JOhanni s,ac eavivit octog enaria. Fathers teache y “ children nurtur learn ing of the Lorde .

“Jacob us istorumfilius creat’ Ep iSCOp ’ Dunelmé 2 Martn ano1560,et setatis suae

42,hanc Scholam ap eruit anno1566et Templum . Children obey yoIr parents in ye Lord .

”

flotitta Oestctensis.made to [the] Gov . [ernors] of [the] Free School b y y

8 Q ueen,byAuthority of Parlt . Pap . Reg .

[The] Chap . [el was built] for ye use of [the] Inhab . [itants] of

Rivin gton,An glez ark,Hem shaws,and Foulds,who were then

reckoned to b e 500.

The Inhab . [itants] at their proper charges to find a Curate .

This Gran t [was] made to y6 Gov. [ernors] of y

e School,but nopower [was] given them to choose a Curate . V . [ide] Grant.1Warden an . [no]1673.Hamlets 2,Riv. [in g ton] and Anlez ark .

Rivington Hall .36m . [iles] from [the] Par . [i sh] Church ; 2 from Blackrode .

2 From a statement made on the3rd of June1717,by Mr. Joshua Dixon,MinisterOf Rivington,it appears that Mr. John Andrews and Mr. Willi am Breres,owners Ofthe Old Hall,paid the £4,whi ch was a ren t charge thereon,having been origin allygiven,before1649,by Robert Lever of Little Lever Gen t . and Thomas Breres ofRivington Gent . and charged on lands whi ch they h ad purchased ofMr. Rivington ; thatMr . George Shaw was born in Anlez ark ; that the £8 0 had been given by various in dividuals whose names were forgotten,and was then placed on mortgage of one Hamer’slands in Rivington . The Chapel was rebui lt in1666.

It was certified in1722 by the Rev . Thomas Morrall,Vicar of Bolton,that BishopPilk ington gave the lands belonging to the Church of Rivington,in value £27 perannun1.” —M S . Return in the Bishop’s Registry,Chester.It mi ght appear from the following in scription on a brass in the Chapel that the

Bishop was n ot the benefactor : -“Here Lyeth the Bedye of George Shaw,Gentleman,

who was the fourth sonne of Lawren ce Shaw of High Bullough111the county of

Lancaster,who in hi s Lyfe tyme gave £200 to be as stocke for ever for the use of theChurch of Rivington,the p rofitts whereof to be paid yearly to a. Preaching Mini sterat this Church. And at his Death hee gave,besides other large legacies to hi s kinsfolkes and fr iends,the sums of £100 to be as stocke for ever,the p rofitts whereof tobe yearly distributed amongst the Poor Inhabitan ts of Rivington,Andlesarg h,HeathCharnock,and Anderton,on Peter

’s Day and Michael’s Day,by even portion s : And£190 (being the remain der of hi s E state) hee also gave to be bestowed on land or laidout upon a ren t charge for ever,the p rofitts whereof to be lent from tyme to tym s

gratis to the poore tenn ants within the townes aforesaid towards the paying of theirFynes for such tyme and at the di scretion of Mr . Alexander Feeilden and Mr. GeorgeShaw hi s Executors,and their b eires,and others named in his last Will. Hee dyedNovember the viii day,anno Don i .1650,being of the ag e of 73years .”Mr. Shaw lived to see the Chapel of Rivington supplied by an Episcopalian and a

Presbyterian Min ister ; and whatever his own religious Opinion s might be,it is clear

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Upon a vacancy of [the] Master the 6 Governours (who are

made a Corporation) are to name 2 person s to [the] Master andSen . [ior] Fellows of St . John ’

s, they [are] to elect

one ofym in sixweeks,otherwise ye Master & c . to nominate . [The]

Usher to b e named by [the] Govern . [ors] in a month,otherwise

[the] B. [ishop] of Durham or [of] Chester to nomi nate . V . [ide]Abstract of Foundation,Pap . Reg .

(that“175 : then by John Shaw5 2001; John Broadhurst (in1681) 601;The Int . [erest] of [one] half to [b e given to] y6 Poor,and101,Int . [crest] to his poor Relation sln Rivington .

1511121509133Certif. [ied] 411430od,viz . [the] Int [crest] of 741given for

merly,and 201lately by Mrs . Ab . [igail] Chetham .

town ship of Wheelton near Rivington,for leaving lan ds un sold belonging tothe School under the annual value of £230. The entire income of the School in18 27was £308 . 9 8 . 8 d . ; and,whilst the funds have been beneficially managed,there is p robably not an other in stan ce on record of a Bishop having founded a School under aRoyal Charter,expressly on the principles of the English Church,whi ch has passedinto the hands of “Uni tarian s” and In dependen ts — See19th Rep . Che/r . Com.

5 It appears from hi s monument in brass stillremaining in Rivington Chapel,thathe was the second son of Mr . Lawren ce Shaw of High Bulhaug h,in Anglez arg h,andhi s wife,Ciccley,daughter ofMr . Wormall,that he gave “ out of lands” ten shillingsyearly for ever for the repair of Rivington Church,and twenty nobles yearly to thepoor. He died Nov.13th1627,agedfifty-five years .It is recorded on a Table of Benefaction s in the Church,that in1627 Mr. John

Shaw gave the annual sum of £6.13s . 4d . to the poor ; that Mr. George Shaw gave,prior to1650,£290 ; and that Mr . George Shaw of Blackburn,gave in1650,£220.

Lands were bought with the two latter sums,whi ch in1845 produced an annualin come of £330.17s .

1Dedicated to St . Bartholomew . Value in1834,£155 . Registers at Bolton .

In the time of King John,Turton was held by Roger,son of Robert de Holland,and passed from the Royalhouse of Lancaster to the Kni ghtly family of Orrell ofOrrell,near Upholland,who were seated here in1408,and held the lordshi p . In the

reign Of Edward IV. the Torb ocks claimed the Manor,and divers sui ts took place b etween them and the Orrells,which werefinally settled by Lord Derby’s award infavour of Mr . Ralph Orrell,on thelst Oct . 6th Henry VII . At this time Lord Dc

meanerp of Manchester.

Augm . [ented] by Mr . Chetham of Castleton,who gave1001inmoney,and a house,garden and orchard- stead,con sists Of a

part of an acre,val. [ue]1201. [The] Nomination of ye Curate

granted to Mr . Chetham upon account of this

laWarr claimed a chief rent of the Lord of the Manor as hi s subfeudatory,and establi shed it . The Manor and estate were sold Aug . 5th1628,by William Orrell Esq .

and Richard hi s brother,who had succeeded their improviden t brother,John OrrellE sq. in1626,to HUMPHREY CHETRAM of Clayton Gent . for and havingcon tinued in various branches of thi s ever-to-b e-honoured family for more than twocenturies,were sold about ten years ag o,to James KayEsq. Camden names TurtonChapel among precipices and wastes ;” and Harrison,in1577,describing the BradShaw stream,says,“ It ryscth of two heades above TURTON CHURCH,whence itrunneth to Bradsha,and ere long taking in the Walmesley becke,they go in one

chann ell tillthey come beneath Bolton in the More .” In1650 the tithes of Turtonand Longworth were worth £40 per annum,and were received by Mr . HumphreyChetham and Mr . Thomas Longworth,who paid thirty-five shillings by way of prescription .

“ One Widow Haigh,deceased,gave twenty shillings a year,111the handsof John Wood of Turton,towards the maintenance of the Mini ster there,and theresidue of his wages arises from free gifts and con tribution s of the congregation . Mr.James Livesey,a painful,godly,orthodox Minister,was elected by the unanimousconsent of the congregation of Turton,in the place ofMr. Michael Briscoe,a godlyMin ister,who did ofii ciate by order of the Commi ttee of Plundered Minis ters,butwas ousted by some of the Chapelry that did not affect him .

” —L a/mb . M SS .vol.11.See also VValkcr’s Sufiering s of the Clerg y,pp . 40,41,for some account of Mr

Livesey,who afterwards married Elizabeth,daughter of Geo . Chetham of Turton Esq.

On the 27th Oct .1716,Henry Lawson,Clerk,Curate of Turton,and Mr . Chr istopher Horrocks,an inhabitant of the Chapelry,certified on oath before ThomasWainwright and Edward Roberts E sqrs . that the certain yearly endowment of theChap el of Tur ton con sisted only of the interest of £74,except £20 left lately to it byMadame Abigail Chetham,deceased,payable by her nephew,Samuel Chetham Esq.

which he had lately laid out towards the building of a house designed by him for theCurate ; but that if hi s proposals for augmenting the said Curacy made to the Governors of the Queen ’s Boun ty take effect,in whi ch the said house,a garden and orchardstead,con sisting of the thi rd part of an acre of groun d,are in cluded,the said £20will be by him added to the stock aforesaid,and make the whole £94.

— Gastrell’sM SS . Reg is try,Chester .

In a letter to Chan cellor Wainwright,dated Sep .11th,1716,Mr. Haddon,the Vicarof Bolton,says,The Lord Bishop of Chester (you know) is Patron of Bolton ;1,asVicar thereof,doe willcon sent to whatever hi s Lordshi p shall advise think fit tobe done as tofixing the right of nomination of a Curate at Turton Chappel in Mr.Chetham,who is settling a salary on a Curate there in order to obtain Queen Ann e

’ sBounty. While that Chappel is under the cog nizance of the Ordinary,I do no

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His Family used to nomin . [ate] by reason of yecontrib . [ution s

which were] usually given by him and h i s tenan ts to y6 Curate .

N ot very an cient,but said to b e built upon the Foundation of an

Old N O endowmt,but Mr . Chetham and h i s tenantscontribute about301p . [er] Warden Wroe’s Acc t g iv.[en in]1706. Pap . Reg .

foresee any prejudice can arise to the Vicars ofBolton in future times, am confidentnone will in Mr. Chetham’

s life,who is a very worthy g entn If any thing more express than what I have wrote is requi site and required,you shall have it readily.

”

Thi s was a deserved character Of a liberal,pious,and sound Chur chman,who,dyingintestate in1744,his brother and heir,Humphr ey Chetham Esq. by will dated the1st Of December1746,gave to be invested by hi s Executors,and two-thirdsof the proceeds to be given to the Mini ster,and the other third to the Schoolmaster,of Turton .

The Chapel was rebuilt in1779,and,being too small for the population,was againentirely rebuilt and con siderably enlarged in1840-1. The In cumbent is nominated byG. M. Hoare E sq. in right of his wife,one of the co-heiresses of James Green E sq. the

grandson ofMrs . Alice Bland,one of the sisters and cO-heiresses of Edward Chethamof Turton E sq.

In the M S . Jow nalof Mr. William Horrocks of Entwisle,(1678 are nu

merous entries relatin g to Tur ton Chapel and the Parish ofBolton.

“ Oct . 3,168 7,James Wh itehead,Con stable of Entwisle,paid Mr. John Lever,Vicar of Bolton,£4,as a prescription or modas decimamdi,for the Manor or Lordshi p of Entwisle,in li euof allTyth s of Corn and Grain,Wool,Lamb,Pig,and Goose,within the said Manor,for four years last past .From an entry of “ the Alms” received at the Communi on,in168 8,it appears that

the Holy Eucharist was then admin istered at Turton on thefirst Sunday in everymon th,and the offerings were very large.The “ Ch appell Lay

”appears to have been regularly levied and collected,and the

writer of the Journal punctually records having paid “Chappell Wages,2 q" 3s. and

“ Parson-wages,1s . 6d. ” thr ough a long series of years. In1707 the Poor Tax forEdgeworth,Entwisle,and Quarlton,was as follows

s . d.

Edgworth,p er mensii 0102 02%Entwisle 0104 ol4kQuarlton 00 15 00%

£030105 in all.On the 4th ofMarch1657,the whole township of Entwisle was purchased from the

Tyldcsleys or the several tenants who had leases for lives of the same,in the names ofMr. Entwisle and Mr. N orbury. Lane. MES .vol. xxi.

mesnern of Manchester.

Augm . [ented] an . [no]1717,wth money and lands [of the] valueof 28 81-95 -91,as given in to [the] Gov . [ernors] of [the] Q [ueen]

’s

Bounty .1Warden an . [no]1673.5 Hamlets,Turton and Longworth,Edgworth,Entwisle and 9150111113.

Q uarlton .

Ancien t Seats,Turton Tower2 and Longworth Hall .34m . [iles] from Bolton ; 2 m . [iles] from Bradshaw.

N o Warden . [The Clerk i s chosen by ye Min ister,and hi s Income depends upon y

e People’s Pleasure ]

ere is a School erected b y y9 An cestours of Mr . Chetham of

Castleton,but no settled endowment,only Mr . Chetham

allows 41p . [er] an . [num] for teachi ng 6poor children . Certif. [ied ]an . [no]1716.

But an . [no]1717,1001was given by Mr . Chetham’s Brother,Charity.

[Gervase Chetham,the] Int . [erest] of w011cloth [e] s 5 Boycs .

4r

Mr . Chetham nom . [inates] theMaster .

fiiflfiififlfi.‘ Certif. [ied] Elfifii’ pof)00d,viz . 41in land called Greenlocs

3Turton Tower,says Camden,now “the residence of the illustrious family ofOrrell,was originally constructed for defen ce,and almost entirely rebuilt by William,sonand heir of John Orrell Esq. in the year1596,with stone,some of the older parts ofthe house being then,and now,of lath and plaster . The demesne land con sists ofthr ee hundr ed and sixty-five acres . A good view of the house is given in Hall’sBwronialHalls of Englan d,1844.

3Longworth Hall is now a farm house,without any peculiar characteristic,and haslong been the property of Mr. Hulton of Hulton,the owner of the whole town ship .

In1600 it was the residence of George Longworth Gent .4In the19th Rep . of the Chari ty Com. p . 212,thi s benefit is erroneously said to havebeen conferred by Abigail Chetham by will in1690,and invested in land,but noproof was adduced. Abigail,daughter of George Chetham of Turton Esq. died in1714,unmarried ; and her nephew,Gervase Chetham,died in1717-18,act .34,beingthe ben efactor.1D edi cated by the name ofChrist Church. Value in1834,£69. Registers at Bolton .

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tenemt 11-135,[the] Int . [crest] of331,out of wch[the] Repairs

are paid for .

2 There i s a Bond from Smith for171,and another

from Crosse for 71,whi ch belong to y‘3Chap . [el] Stock,3but both

[are] desperate . An . [no]1717 . [The] Prescript . [ive] and otherDues to y

6 Rect . [or] from this neighbourhood [are] n ot above

21-108 p . [er] an . [num .]An cient,and supposed to b e consecrated .

4 About 81p . [er] an .

[num] endowmt

N o Warden Wroe’s Acc t an . [no] 1706.

Ren t belong . [in g ] to [the] Chap [el,] 61p . [er] an . [num .] Cer

tif. [ied ] an . [no]1722 .

2 The Chapel is situated in the townshi p of Turton,but has long ceased to be supplied by the Incumbent Of Turton . It appears to have been built for the accommo

dation of the inhabitants of Turton and Longworth,and the Churchwarden sent tothe Parish Church for these town shi ps is chosen twice out of the former,and once outof the latter place .3In1650 there was a Chapel Stock of £60 towards the maintenan ce of the Mini ster,in the hands of William Stones of Sharples,John Welsh and James Sharrock ofTurton ; and £40 per annum was paid by the Committee of Plundered Ministers toMr. Michael Briscoe,who had offended the Chetham family at Turton,and lost theCuracy.

— L dmb . M SS . vol.11.There is a Tenement belonging the Chappel of ye value of six pounds p r ann .

Vicar Morrall’a Cer tif .

In the Rev . Peter Haddon’s statement to Warden Wroe in1717,he says Of thi sChapel that it is of ancient erection,and that of thi s £33,twen ty of it was in thehands of Mr . Hugh Entwisle of Bolton,and £13in the hands ofMr . Henry Lawson,the then Curate and Mini ster of Turton ; that Ge orge Smith’s Bond and the late Mr.Crosse’s Bond were both desperate,but the writings being in Mr . Chetham

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s hands,who was then in London,a more particular accoun t could not be obtained . There wereat that time Prayers and two Sermon s at the Chapel,one Lord

’s Day,every month .

4It might have been supposed that the Records of the See,would have afforded theBishop information respecting those Churches which had been con secrated,but Mr .Prescott,the Registrar,writing to hi s Lordshi p at Oxford,in1717,says,“We havenot many antient Books or Records in the Registry — not one discovering the Consecration Endowmt

of the Churches and Chapells . There is one of En tries of In stitution s w ch

g oes some years hi gher than the Erection of the Bishoprick,the mostantient materiallBooks bein g carried to Lichfield . And many Records of thi ngssince the Erection perished here (a Beseig ed Surrendered Place) in the time of

the Rebelli on .

”-M S . L etters,L ame . M SS .

The Church was rebuilt in1839,at a cost of

mesnern of Manchester.

Chappell stands in y6 Village of Turton .

4 m . [iles] from [the] Par . [ish] Church ; 1g m . [iles] fromTurton .

Served by [the] Curate of Turton .

ere i s a small S chool erected by about an . é chuui .

[no]1716,upon Mr . Lon sdal’s land ; but if ye said School

b e converted to any other use,it Shall revert to Mr . Lonsdalandhi s heirs .

MIR? ) about 2501p . [er] an [num ] Patron,[the] Earlof Derby.

Same Patron36H . [enry] 8 . Inst. [i tution] B . [00k]1.p . 45 . An . [no]1673,5 Warden s,5

1Dedicated to St . Mary. Value in1834,£1937. Registers begin in1590.

Bury was a fee belongin g to the Royal Manor of Tottington,and was held by theLaceys,Lords of Blackb urn shi re,soon after the Norman Invasion . In the reign of

Hen .111. Adam dc Bury held a knight’s fee in Bury of the Earl of Lin coln ’s fee,whoheld it of Rob . dc Ferrers,Earl of Derby,the King

’ s tenant in chi ef. In1311Henrydc Bury held a moiety only of the Manor under the Earl of Lin coln,by service,beingthe one half of a knight’s fee ; and in1351Roger Pilkington held one kni ght’s fee inBury,formerly held by Sir Adam dc Bury,and whi ch appears to have passed by mar

riag e to the Pilkington s,from the Burys . This Manor con tinued in the Pilkingtonfamily un til the attainder of Sir Thomas Pilkington in148 5,when it was granted bythe Crown,together wi th the other large estates of Sir Thomas,who had no issue,toThomas,Earl of Derby,in whi ch di stinguished and n oble family it stillremain s .There was a Church here at Domesday Survey,and Roger de Poietou,for a shorttime,was the Patron,but the patronage was afterwards vested in the Lascys . TheChurch was estimated at £13. 6s . 8 d . in the Valor of Pope Nicholas,in1291. In

1386 John de Pylking ton was Rector of Bury,and hi s family had before that time,Obtained the advowson from the Lascys . From the Pilkington s it passed with theManor to the Derby fami ly,the presen t noble Patron s . In1650 the ParliamentaryInquisitors reported that the late Earl of Derby,or the now Earl hi s son,presentedMr . Peter Travis B .D . to the Church of Bury,who received the profits of the saidRectory for n ine years,and now for some years past stands sequestered,as a delinquen t,by the Parliament,and that by order of the House,dated the 24th of April

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Walmsley and Lunt name3apiece to y6 out of w " h he

chooses1. Tottington names 2 to y8 Rectour .

1645,in these words,— “As di safi"i to the Parlt the proceedg s thereof, in LathamHouse kept a Garrison ag

t the Parlt It is therefore ordered that the sd Rectorybe forthwith seqd from the sd Mr . Travis, that Wm Alt Andr ew Latham,godlyorthodox di vines,doe for the presen t officiate the Cure of the s

(i Par . Chur chPreach di ligently there, shall have for their pain es the Parsonage House,

Glebe lands, allthe Tithes,Ren ts,Duties, Profits of the sd Rectory,till farther order be taken .

” — S ig ned,Gilbert Millington .

“An d since the death of

M " Latham,by order of the Commi ttee of Plundered Ministers dat . 28 Aug .1648,Mr Tobias Furn ess,a godly 85 orthodox di vin e,is appd along with M“ Alt . —S ig ned,Nathan Bacon . They preach twice every Sabbath Day, on ce every Thursday,beingMarket Day at Bury,keeping a con stant Lecture there as hath been accustomed,dwell in the Parsonage House, occupy the Glebe Lands, receive part of the saidTythes,accordi ng to the said order . A tenth part of the same is allowed to Dorothy,wife Of the S

G Mr. Travi s, her child“: viz . £18,paid by the s d Alt Furness toM“ Travis, they each have £8 0,as Rectors . — L a/mb . M SS .vol.11.Baines,in opposition to the above account,states that Peter Travis was institutedto the Rectory,March16th1633,and that in the following year Wm. Rothwell wasin stituted to the same,whilst Walker has recorded that he was merely Curate to Mr.Travis,and was himself abused,plundered,and turn ed out . —Ap p end . p . 422. Rothwell became Vicar of Leyland at the Restoration,and died in1677.

Mr . Travis was of Trini ty College,Cambridge,and Chaplain to James,Earl ofDerby. He rejected the Covenan t and the Presbyterian Discipline,and was thereforeejected from thi s Living and from the Rectory of Halsall,his private estate wassequestered,and his wife and six children were reduced to great poverty. Walkersays,that Mr . Alte had formerly been Curate to Mr . Travis,and that he and Mr.Latham did not allow Mrs . Travis and her chi ldr en one penny towards their support .Sufiof the Clerg y,p .38 0.

On the 26th of February1660,Charlotte,Countess of Derby,“ the true and un

doubted Patron, nominated the Rev . John Grenehalg h S .T.B . to the Rectory of

Bury,having procured the resignation of John Lightfoot,the last Incumbent,whostyles himself “ Chaplain” only ; and on the 2d of March1660,Brian,Bishop of

Chester,in stituted Mr. Grenehalg h . The arms used by the Countess,on blac k wax,are,on a bend,three stags

’ heads cabossed,impaling between a chevron thr ee eagles,di splayed ; and her signature is large and sing ularly bold. Baines had not ascertain edthe date of Mr. Grenehalg h ’s in stitution,and makes the E arlof Derby hi s Patron .

The Living was improved and the Town ben efited by an Act of Parliament obtainedby the Hon . and Rev . John Stanley,in1764,empowering the Rector,for the timebeing,to grant building Leases of the Glebe for ninety-nin e years . In1775 the Naveof the Church was rebuilt in a debased style,and in1843the fine Old Tower and

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g schuul. ere i s a School,Foun ded an . [no]1625,by Hen . Bury. Therewas161p . [er] an . [num] settled upon it :11But about an . [no]

the Hall,whi ch had been rebuilt in the time of Queen Anne,and erected near theformer site a large and handsome modern house.

5 New Hallwas purchased in1538 by Laurence Rawsthorne of Windsor in thecounty of Berks Gent . son and heir of William Rawsthorn e and hi s wife,Margaret,daughter of Emor Halliwell,of Rochdale,second son of Adam Rawsthorne of LummGent . It continued to be the residen ce of the family un til ' the latter part of theseventeenth cen tury. The family is now represented,and this estate held,by LaurenceRawstorne of Penwortham E sq . Lieut . Colonel of thelst Royal Lancashire Mili tia,and Sheriff of the county in1814.

6Lumm Hall,in Edenfield,became the seat of Adam Rawsthorn e Gent . before the22d Edward IV. and was conveyed in marr iage by Eli zabeth,daughter and heiress ofEdward Rawsthorn e Esq . about1660 to Thomas Bradshaw E sq . seventh son of JohnBradshaw of Bradshaw E sq. and his wife,Alice,daughter of Sir George Leicester ofToft Bart .7 Tottington Hall was the seat of a collateral bran ch of the very respectable family

of N otog h of N otog h,settled here certainly in the early part of the reig n of QueenElizabeth,according to Dug dale’s Pedi gree of the house,whi ch failed in an heiressin the last cen tury . Thomas Nuttall of Tottington Hall Gent . by willdatedthe14th of May1726,devised hi s estates in Tottington and elsewhere,to Trustees,for the use of hi s sole child,Margaret,wife of Adam Bag shawe ofWormh illin thecounty of Derby,Esq . for her life,with remainder to her son s in tail male. In failureof issue,the estates were devised to the testator

’ s kin sman,Thomas,son ofWilliamLangley of Thorn sco,w in the county of York Gen t . charged with legacies to the testator

’

s god-son,Thomas,son of Nathan Nuttall of Elton,and to his (testator’s) sister

Cromp ton’

s chi ldren . Theline is presumed to be represented (thr ough Bag shawe,)by Robert Radclyfl'c of Foxden ton E sq .

8 Nuthall Hall,in the hamlet of Holcomb,and town shi p of Tottington,was the seatof Richard de Notog h,born before the 4lst Edward III .1368,and living in the 20thRichard11.1397,and the10th Henry IV .1408,and descended to Richard Notog h,living in the 9th Henry VII. Aft er many intermedi ate descen ts,the estate passedfrom thi s family,probably by marriage,to Miles Lon sdale of Field House E sq . aboutthe year1698,and was conveyed by hi s descendan t and representative,An n,only childof Henry Lon sdale E sq . about1790,in marriage to the Rev . Richard Formby of

Formby L .L .B . by whom it was sold to Mr. Gran t . John,son of Nicholas Golynof Golynrodc in Walmersley,in the parish of Bury,conveyed Golynrodc,by deedda ted the 7th of September1491,to Henry N otog h of Notog h,and the arms and crestallowed in1664 to Thomas Nuttall of Tottington,claiming to represen t a collateralline,were allowed by Order of Chapter,in1841,to George Ormerod of Tyldesley andSedb ury Esq. as heir gen eral of Nuttall of Golynrodc,connected with the parent lin eby registered descent . N orfolk,viii . 64,68,Coll. Arm.

Heanerh of Manchester.

1683it was allspent in a Law Sui t . There is but one surviving

Trustee,who can give no accoun t of [the] Writings . The presen t

9 Booth Hall,afine wood and plaster buildin g of the time of Henry VII . was at

that period the property and residence of a family of the local name,whi ch continuedhere un tilshortly after1664,at whi ch time George Booth Gent . son of RichardBooth,and hi s wife,Dorothy,daughter of Andr ew Holden of Todd Hall Gen t . andgrandson of John Booth of Booth,who married Alice,daughter of Edwd . Rawsthorneof NewhallE sq . recorded a short Pedi g ree. The estate passed,probably by purchase,to James Lomax of Un sworth Gen t . and was conveyed in marriage by Eli zabeth,oneof hi s daughters and coheiresses,in1693,to John Halliwell of Pik e House E sq . whosedescendant,John Beswicke Gent . B .A. a Scholar of St . John’s College,Cambridge,devised it in1772 to the uses Of his wi ll,and being sold,was purchased in1796 for£3195,by Robert Nuttall of Bury E sq. It is now the property of hi s grands on,Robert Nuttall of Kemp say House in the coun ty of Worcester E sq .

1°Bridge Hall was the residence in the 22d Edward IV. of Roger Holt Gent . describedin the Pedi gree as a younger son of Holt of Grislchurst,and continued in thesame family in1664,when Roger Holt Gent . who married Jan e,daughter of ThomasGreenhalgh of Brandlesome E sq . recorded a short Pedigree . His son,Richard Holt,married Sarah,daughter of the Rev. Robert Belli s M .A. Incumben t of In ce in thecoun ty of Chester,and was living in1706,having one daughter and heiress,whomarried Nathaniel Gaskell of Manchester Gent . by whom she had two daughters andcoheiresses : Rebecca,married Richard Clive of Styche in the county of Salop,E sq.

father of Robert,first Lord Clive ; and Sarah,married Hugh,eleventh Lord Semp ill.~The estate was purchased of Lord Semp illand the Clives in1736 by Robert Nuttallof Bury merchant,and sold by hi s descendant,Robert Nuttall Esq. to EdmundGnm dy E sq . the presen t own er. The house has been modernized,but some of theearlier Elizabethan part s still remain .

11In1718 Mr . Thomas Clough,Curate of Bury,in a letter to Chancellor Gastrell,says, Ifind by someMSS . of the late Mr . Gipps,Rector of Bury,that £12 a y

r

(not£16) being the stipend settled on the School by Mr . Henry Bury,was belonging tothe School in1679,but that shortly aftd‘ alaw-suit broke out betwixt the feoffees ofthe School and the owners of the remaining part of the Tenemt called Nabb’sTenem t being a Leasehold Farm in Bury,held under the house of Derby, on itscoming to an issue the feofi'ecs were cast the Ren t lost . The only surviving feofi’eeis Thomas Nuttall of Bury Gent .” Thi s feofl’ee was the kin sman of the Rev . RogerKay M .A. Fellow of St . John ’s College,Cambridge,Prebendary of Serum,and Rectorof Fittleton in the county ofWilts,who,by Deed dated May 5th1726,settled Landsand Tenements,called Chadwick Hall,Half Acre,COp trod,Langfield,Bag slade,Bentwood,Hands,Pits,and Cutlane,in the Parish of Rochdale,on Trustees,as an En

dowmen t for the Grammar School of Bury. The Income of the School from thissource,in18 27,amoun ted to £442. The Rev . Roger Kay,by Will dated theloth of

April1729,appoin ted the following Trustees,if he died at Bury,viz . Henry Grenehalg h of Brandlcsome Esq . the Rev. James Banks,Rector of Bury,and Mr. Thomas

mans C estriensis.

Master (1718 ) was nom . [inated] 30 [32] years agoe by ye old

Feoffees ; but ye School standing upon Ld Derby

’s land,and ye

Writings beingle st,b e [h i s Lordship] challenges the Right toNominate .

Another School-house erected here by upon ye

lands of Miles Lon sdal] [of Bury Esq .]12 ab t3y . [ears] agoe,[by

Deed dated 27th August wch land i s to revert [to the

Gran tor] if [the] School b e ever turned into a Meeting-house [or

b e converted to any other use .] N O Endowment . Certif. [ied] an.

[no]1722.

Charities. then [in1666] by Rob . Shepherd [late of Bury,] an Estatein Elton,Of [the value of ] 91p . [er] annum,for binding out

Apprentices in this TownsP,[the Rector of Bury always to b e one

Trustee,and Richard Barlow of Bury Gent . a Trustee,hath theDeeds ;] by John Guest 40

1,[the] Int . [erest] to buy Linnen Clothfor [the] poor of thi s Town sP,[who have no monthly allowan ce,in

and [also] 201to Tottington . [The] Int . [erest] of1001toTottington,[left] by Mr . [Thos .] Bridge,Rect . [or] of Malpas,tobind out [two poor] Apprentices ; Rev. John Lomax101to the

Poor,in1694.

An . [no]1629:Verdi ct findi ng y‘o Anne Kay left a b equest to yePoor here . M S . Hulm. 98 . A .16. 49 .

Clough,Curate of Bury ; and by a Codicil dated the 6th of May1730,he left Mr.Clough,the Curate,a legacy of £40 . The large charities of this pious and munificentsecond Founder ofBury School,and the devotional tone of hi s Will,indicate him as

a bright example of an English Churchman . He appears not only to have di spen sedblessings during hi s life,but to have been solicitous to extend them even to the remotest posterity,and hi s name is deservedly held in grateful remembrance. He washi ghly esteemed by Bishop Burnet ; and I have seen a letter addressed to him by thatPrelate,who,no doubt in this instan ce,expressed hi s real Opinions,in terms of no or

dinary commendation .

12 Miles,son and heir of Henry Lon sdale of Chadderton in Tottington Gen t . married Mary,daughter and heiress of Henry Wh itehead of Field-House in Bury Gent .He was111the Commi ssion of the Peace for Lancashi re,and dying in1723,was succeeded by hi s son,Miles Lon sdale of Field-House Esq. barrister-at-law,who di ed in1774act . 72. L ane. M S . Ped . See also p . 27.

meanern of Manchester.

fiflfébflflifli mor EEE QEfijFEEZLE }Certif. [ied] 00105 5 00d p . [er] an .

[num,] given by John Grim e [of Baxenden .] This Chap . [el] and

Holcomb were alwayes,within memory,served by y6 same Curate .

Both of them were Con secrated in Q . [ueen] Eli z [ab eth]’s Reign .

In [the] Reign of Char .1,the BP compelled each Chapelry to allow101p . [er] an . [num ] apiece,to y8 Minister whom they shd choose,

or he should send,to Ofli ciate on ce a Month,in eachbut now there are only Contrib . [ution s] of ab t 81p . [er] an . [num]to both . Ward . [en] Wroe

’s Acc

tan . [no]1706. Pap Reg .

OneWarden,an . [no]1673.5 m . [iles] from Bury ; 2 m . [iles] from Holcomb . Same Curate

up plyes both [places ] Contrib . [ution s] to both,about171p . [er]

MYW QBQBJBJ Certif. [ied] 81105 -001,p . [er] Settled upon lands

1Patron Saint unknown . Value in1834,£117. Registers begin in1728 .

On the Tower of Edenficld Chapel is the date1614,and the ini tials L . H .

In1645 the tithes of Tottington were given by order of Parliamen t to the Chapelsof Edenfield and Holcomb . In1650 £20 were in the hands of William Kay of Cob b as,d Mar tin Kay of Little Wood,being several donation s to the Chapel of Edenfield,

as appears by their Bond containing the names of the donors and the sums given .

Eatonficld and Holcomb had the same Minister,“ but there is none now for want ofmaintenan ce,

”

(L amb . M SS . vol.11. p .357 so that the tithe endowment had been soonwi thdrawn . Walker states that Mr . Langley,the Mini ster,was s ilen ced by the 2dLancashir e Classis — Ap p end . p . 419 .

The Chapel was styled Parochialin1738,when Bishop Peploe granted a Faculty forputting up a Gallery and enlarging the north Chancel,and has been considered from an

early period totally independent of the Mother Chur ch for allEcclesiastical purposes,having the rights of baptism and sepulture,and alSo the privilege of imposing a Ch urchrate upon the lands and houses within the Chapelry. It is therefore to be inferredthat a Chapel existed here previous to the reig n of Queen Elizabeth,and that eithera new Chapel was then built,or the old one,for thefirst time,con secrated.

1Dedi cated to St . Luke . Value in1834,£148 . Registers begin in1747.

Heywood was granted by Sir Adam dc Bury to Peter de Heywood,who was livingV OL . r

34. si enna C estriens is.

left by Rich .Whitehead, Rich . Haworth,1001;3Jam :Smith,101.Thi s Chap [cl] was built by Rob . Heywood of Heywood Esq .

an . [no]1640,but never con secrated . The designed endowm t of

in the year1275,4th Edward I . and was then seized of the vill of Heywood,whichcontinued in the uninterrupted possession of hi s descendants until the year1717,when the hall and a good estate were conveyed,by sale,to John Starky of RochdaleGent .Baines states that thi s Chapel was built in1611,which is in correct,as it appears

in Saxton ’s Map of Lancashire published in1577 and Mrs . Ag nes Radclyfl’e of

Marland,widow,leaves by Willdated10th July1592,“ for the repaires of Burie,Ratchdale,and Myddleton Church,and every of them,vis viii d ' and to Heywod

Chappel ij s °” — L anc . M SS . vol. vi. p . 247.

In1645 the Parliament assigned the tithes of Heywood,Bamford,Whi ttle,andLomax to thi s Chapel,there being no glebe lands,and only “the use of £5 to suchM inlr as doth Ofii ciatc,being a Guift given by Mr. Wm. Holme Gent . decd remaining in hi s hands constan tly tow‘18 the mainte of a Preacher.” In1650 Mr . JonathanScholcfield was the Minister,orthodox for divin ity,well quali fied for life and conversation,and had the ben efit of the tithes aforesaid,worth £22 per annum,out of whichhe was required to p ay Mrs . Travis of Bury,40s . a year . [See p . A man sion or

dwelling-house was formerly built by the inhabitan ts of the said Chapelry,and a

garden and one acre of ground annexed,whi ch the Min isters formerly enjoyed ; butthi s endowment appears to have been lost,and may have been the one alluded to inthe text .— L amb . M SS . in L amb . L ib .vol.11. See also Walker’ s Snfi'

ering s of the

Clerg y,and Calamy.

In1717 the advowson of the Chapel was conveyed by the Rev . Robert Heyw ood toMr . Starky,along with the soil and site upon which the Chapel was bui lt,but thepatronage has long been exercised by the Rector ofBury — L ane . M SS . vol. xvi. p .112.

2Richard Wh itehead of Pilsworth in the parish of Bury Gent . by indenture datedthe 6th of December1671,granted to certain Trustees a ren t charge of £6,payableout of a messuage called Wallbank in the Houses of the Hill,lying near Whitworthin Spotland,in the parish of Rochdale,” a moiety thereof “ to the use of such Ministeras shd from tyme to tyme Officiate perform the Service Cure att the Chappell ofHeywood, the other moyctic to the use of such Min ister as shd perform the ServiceCure att the Chappell ofAshworth,in the p ar . ofMiddleton .

” On thel0th of July1676,thi s benefaction was confirmed by Thomas Whi tehead of Field House or “Overth

’ Fields,(Oversfield belonged to Sir Thomas Pilkington at his attainder inin Bury Gen t . eldest brother of the said Richard Whi tehead,deceased,and by HenryWhitehead,hi s eldest son and heir apparent . Mary,daughter and heiress of HenryWhi tehead Gent . and his wife,Mary,daughter of Richard Lomax of Un sworth,[byhi s wife,Isabella,daughter of James Chetham Esq. brother of the FOUNDER,] mar

ried Miles Lon sdale Esq. an active magistrate for the county of Lancaster,who di ed

incanern of Manchester.

ye Founder was lost,and y

e Estate sold . It has now about 81p . [er] an . [num] belong [in g ] to it,and contrib . [ution s amounting

to] about 81more . Ward . [en] Wroe’s Acct: an [no]1706. Pap .

Reg .

Ralph Berry gave1001towards [the] and1001more was given an . [no]1719 by Wil. [liam] Bamford Esq .

4and

John Starkey,5 [on condi tion of appointing Mr . Nathan Stock .]

license to teach Boys in Schola dc Heywood”6 [was é dJUULgranted] an . [no]1696. V . [ide] Subs . [crip tion] Book .

the10th of June1723,and whose descendan t and representative i s John Formby ofFormby E sq .

— L anc . M SS . vol ix . p .11.3Richard Haworth of Heap in the parish of Bury,Yeoman,by Will dated the3rd ofJune1704,after leaving to hi s cousin,James Haworth of the city of London,£10,infull discharge of allclaims on the estate,gave and devised a messuage and lands inCatley-lane,in Spotland,in the parish of Rochdale,to William Bamford of BamfordGent . Robert Percivallof Bamford,Yeoman,and Oliver Lomax of Heap,Yeoman,and to their heirs,in trust,to employ the issues “ for the sole use and ben efit of suchCurate,Min ister,or Preacher,as shall from time to tim e be appointed to officiateserve at the Chappell of Heyw ood,and as shall be conformable to the Liturgy Serviceof the Church of Eng ‘1as by Law now Estaba not otherwise. And if any Curate orMinr shall be imposed on the sd Chappell or shall ofiiciate there who shall not be conformable as af‘i then my s‘1Trustees shall dispose of allthe sd rents 85 profits as theyshall thinkfit . - L anc . M SS . vol. ix . p .11.

‘1William,son and heir Of Samuel Bamford of Bamford Gent . and hi s wife,Susanna,daughter of Mr . Richard Lomax of Bury,succeeded hi s father in1702,was an activemagistrate for the county,and di ed without male issue1111757.

5 John Starky Esq . second son of John Starky of Penn ington,was born in January1675,and married in1713Mary,daughter of Joseph Gregge of Chamber Hall,nearOldham E sq . and widow of Thomas Hindley junr . ofBirchenley,near Rochdale,Gent.He died in1749 .

6A b ay of building,and a chamber over it,had been erected on the north side of theChapel,by John Starky senr . E sq . before1737,and used as a School,to whi ch JamesLan cashire left by Will,£50,and the said Mr. Starky gave £50,which money,at therequest of the Rev. Nathan Stock M .A. Mini ster of Heywood,was invested in a rentcharge of £5 per annum on some houses in Heywood,payable to a Master nominatedby the owner of Heywood Hall,to teach children in the principles of the Church ofEngland.

si enna C estriens is.

QBTLQBQBM IBJ Certif. [ied] yt nothingcertain belongs to it . It i s 4m . [iles]

from Bury .

1Warden,an . [no]1673. V . [ i de] E atonficld .

g chuul. ere i s a Court House,built by [the] E . [arl] of Albemarle,

[in]1664,sometimes used to teach School in,but at presen t[there i s] no Master . 1718 .

1Patron Sai nt unknown . Value in1834,£150. Registers begin in1726.

Roger de Montb eg on,who diedl0th Henry III . gave to the Priory of St . MaryMag dalen,of Monk Bretton,in the coun ty of York,the whole Forest of Holecomb eand Common of Pasture wi thin certain bounds . At the Dissolution,Holcomb,in thetown ship of Tottin gton,was conveyed,by sale,to John BraddyllofWhalley Gen t .The royal Manor of Tottington was given by the Crown to Monk,Duke of Albemarle,and is now in the possession of the Duke of Buccleuch,to whom the Albemarlepossession s descended. The Court House still remain s n ear the Chapel,and was

originally one story hi gh . It is still used as a School.In1645 Mr . Thomas Nuttall of Tottingt on,and Mr . Richard Booth of Booth,were ordered by the Parliament to p ay their tithes to the Mini ster of Holcomb ; butin1650 there was no Min ister at all,owing to the entire want Of an endowment,although Walker states that Mr. Gilb ody was sequestered by the Classis,and Calamyrecords that Mr. Henry Pendlebury,one of the best of the Presbyterian Mini sters,was ejected from this wealthy b enefice in1662 . Half of the tithes of Tottingtonwere given by John,Duke of Lancaster,to the Church of Prestwich,and confirmedby Edward II . In1650 Mr. Isaac Allen,Clerk,leased the same to John GreenhalghE sq . late Of Brandlesome,and of the Isle ofMan,for the term of his life,and RichardHolte of Ashworth Esq . then received them in right of hi s father-in -law,the said Mr.Greenhalgh — L am b . M SS . vol.11.The Rev . C . Barret,Curate of Holcomb and Edenfield,stated on the13th of June1717,before the Bishop of Chester’s Commi ssion ers,that the parish ofBury extendedmore than four miles above Edenficld Chapel,that the Liberties belonging toHolcomb and Edenfield were computed to be a thi rd part of the whole parish of

Bury,and that the said Chapels were two miles distan t from each other . Thi s wasattested upon oath by Dionysius Howorth,John Haworth,Oliver Kay,and JamesGorton . At that time the Ch apel was reported to have been originally built as a prison,and that the lords of the Manor had exercised the feudal privilege of executing theirprisoners here. The original building was forty-n ine feet long by twenty -three feet nin ein ches,and ten feet n ine in ches in height. The pulpit,screen,and some of the oakbenches,were set up in1696. The whole was enlarged and p ewed in1714,when a

reading-desk and warden ’s pew were erected,out Of old benches . The Chapel wasraised and again enlarged in1774,and now seats two hundred and thirty-four persons

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38 s cans C cstriensis.

possessed by ye pres . [ent] Vicar,were purchased by ye inhab .

[itants],and are enjoyed by him during [their] pleasure .

2

Augm . [ented] with1071in money,and [a] messuage and landsto [the]val. [ue of] 4201,by Th o . Brown and others,an . [n o]1714.

The Lands were given formerly to thi s or other char . [itable] uses,at y

6 discretion of ye Trustees,who,by [a] Decree in Chan cery,

approp . [riated] ym to y

6 Vicar of Dean for ever . Upon wCh[the]

Govs of [Q ueen Anne’s] Bounty gave 2001.

Patron,the Crown . V . [ide] Present . [ation of Wm . Rothwell3in]1542 . Inst . [i tution] B . [ooh] i . p . 7

£154.3s . 8 d .— L amb . MSS . vol. see Walker’s Sufiering s of the Clerg y,p . 41,for

some accoun t ofMr. Tildesley.

Mr. Tildesley,in the year1660,was plaintiff in a suit,which had been going on forseveral years in hi s name,in the Duchy Court of Lancaster,on behalf of the School ofDean and the Poor ofRumworth,again st Milli cent Worthi ngton,widow of RalphWor

thi ng ton,executor of James Crompton,brother and executor of Dr . Ralph Crompton,and recovered £442,which was invested in lands in Tottington,though not men tionedin the text . See p . 40.

3The Rev. Richard Hatton,Vicar,stated in a letter to Dr. Wroe,dated February25th17O7-8,that he received £10 a year from the House of Lostock,the impropriators,in con sideration of allthe tithes,great and small ; that he also received £2 .15s . a

year from the Feofi’ees entrusted with the moneys,left many years ag o,viz . in1671,by Mrs . Ann e Morte of Little Hilton,to be di s tributed to pious uses,and someyears sincelai d out upon land in Croft,in the parish ofWinwick that John Farnworthof Little Hilton Gent left £10 to the Vicar,and the interest amounted to12s . a year ;but that the hous e and lands whi ch he occupied were purchased by the parishionersof Dean,and were not ann exed to the Vicarage,but were given to the Vicar,or detained,at pleasure. — Dr. Wroc

’

c MSS . Reg istry,Chester .

“Deane Rectory. Tithes in the townshi p of Westhaug hton . See the case ofLeigh versus Maudsley,18 th of February1730. Bunbury,38 0.

—Ducarcl’s Rep .

L amb . L ibrary .

3Mr. William Rothwell is perhaps only memorable as having had,whilst Vicar ofDean,George Marsh for hi s Curate. Thi s holy martyr,of whom sufficient is knownto make the reader of hisli fe desire more extended details,none of which exist in theBishop of Chester’s Court,was born at Dean,and lived there severalyears with hi swife and family. He is described as having been grave,inqui sitive,and studious .On the death of his wife,he applied himself entirely to the acquisition of learning,entered the University of Cambridge,and was ordained Deacon,and afterwards Priest .In1555 he was convened before the Earl of Derby,and examined by him on points ofPopish doctrine. He was afterwards urged by the Vicar ofPrescot and the Minister

Beaneth at Manchester.

[The] Parish [i s] divided into 4quarters : West Houghton [is]13mm”,1fourth ; [the] 3Hulton s another ; Farnworth,Rumworth,andKcrsley,a thi rd ; Heaton,Horwich,[and] Halliwell,a fourth .

Churchw. [arden s]11. Every Hamlet [having] one ; chosen by

house-row . Certif. [ied ] an . [no] 1724. An . [no] 1693,[therewere] 9 Warden s .

Seats Hulton,4 Peel,5 Farnworth,6 Brinsop, Smethills,739mg,[Hetou .]3

of Grappenhall to declare his opini on s more fully and clearly,whi ch he di d,andwas commi tted to Lan caster Castle . Whi lst there Dr. Cotes,Bishop of Chester,had in terviews with him,and accused him of heresy,upon whi ch Chancellor Wilm slow,the brother of Bishop Bon ner,after having used much severity towards theprisoner,sentenced him to be burn t at a stake,at Boughton,near Chester,April 24th1555 .

4Hulton Park is the seat ofWilliam Hulton Esq. Con stable of Lancaster Castle,the twenty-fourth in descen t from Blethyn ‘

de Hulton,living in the reign ofHenry11.(See Coucher Book of Whalley Abbey,vol.1. p . The an cien t Hall,with a do

mestic Chapel attached,has been superseded by a modern house .5 Peel Hallwas rebuilt in1634by George Rig b ye,fourth son of Alexander Rig bye

of Middleton E sq. and conveyed in marriage,in1657,by hi s sole daughter,AliceRig b ye,to Roger Kenyon Esq . M .P. His descendan t,Lloyd Kenyon,was appointedChief Justice of the Court of King’ s Ben ch,and created Baron Kenyon,in178 8 .

He was succeeded in18 02 by his son George,the present and second Lord Kenyon,E.S.A.

6Farnworth Hall was the seat Zof a b ranch of the parent stock of Hulton,settledhere in the 4th Edward II. and con tinued to be the residence of the family in the35th of E lizabeth,short ly after which it was abandoned to decay,and is now occupiedas cottages . It is the ’

p rop erty of the Earl of Bradford.

7 Smethills Hall was the residence ofWilliam de Radcliffe,son of Robert,a youngerson of Richard de Radcliffe of Radcli ffe Tower,in the time ofEdward III . and wasconveyed by Joanna,daughter and heiress of Sir Raphe Radcliffe,(living in1477to her husband,Ralph Barton of Holme Esq. after 29th Henry VI. Sir An drewBarton rebuilt much of the Hall in the time of Henry VII. Grace,sole daughterand heiress of Sir Thomas Barton,(ob . married Henry Belasyse M .P. eldestson of Thomas,first Viscoun t Fauconb erg,whose descendant,Thomas,the thirdEarl,in1721sold the Manor of Smcthills,whi ch afterwards passing into the Byromfamily,of Manchester,was sold for to Richard Ain sworth of Halliwell Esq.

who died in1833,and whose son,Peter Ainsworth E sq . M .P. now possesses andoccupies the hall . An ancien t domestic Chapel adjoin s the hall,whi ch is still used.In the east window there are numerous armorial cmblaz oning s.

isotttia Oestriensts.

it this Parish are 4 Schools,one an antient structure

(reported to have been built by one Tho . Leigh,) inRumworth . Sal. [ary] to [the] Master,91p . [er] an . [num],viz .

71p . [er] an . [num] in Totin g ton,bought w11lmoney [501] givenby Ralph Crompton [of Man chester M .D . by will dated the 8 thof July1623] and 21p . [er] an . [num] ren t charge in Windle,(Prescot Par .)[ish] by whom given not known . [The] School

[is]flee to [the] Inhab . [itan ts] of this Town sP only . [The]Master [is] nom . [inated] by Mr . Richardson,[the] only sur

viving Trustee .

Another School [has been] lately erected by Mr . [Henry] Hul

ton of Hulton . [The] Master has nothing but what he pleases toallow him . An . [no]1718 .

[A] School [has been] lately erected here by [the] Contrib .

sultan. [utions] of [the] Inhab . [itants] . Only 2115 s p . [er] an . [num][is allowed] to [the] Master,out of an Estate at Warrin gton,given byMrs . A . [nne] Mort ; and115 8 . [in] smallN o child [to b e] free . The Master [i s] n om . [inated] by G . [eorge]Kenyon [Esq . of Peel],and Mr . [Richard] Edge .

Farntuurth. [A] 41511School in this Town sP [was] lately erected [in

by [the] contrib . [ution s] of [the] Neighbourhood . [There i s]no settled maintenan ce for a Master .

An . [no] 1711[the] Curate of Dean [was] chosen by [the]Goldsmiths’ Comp . [any] to teach ye Free School of Dean . V . [i de]Mem. [orandum] B . [ooh] . Q .

An. [no] 22,Jac . I . [An] Inquis . [ition was made] bef. [ore the]BP,& c . ab t mi semployed money given tow . [ards] a School at Dean

Church . MS . Hulm 98,A .16,37 .

3Heton Hall was for several centuries the residence of a family of the same name,of which was Martin Heton D .D . Bishop of Ely,son of George Heton Esq. and hi s

wife,Johanna,daughter of Sir Martin Bowes Kut. Lord Mayor of London . He wasborn in1552,and di ed in1609 . The Bishop was a fat man ; and James the Firstcomplimented him by saying,“Fat men are ap t to make lean sermon s ; but yoursare not lean,but larded with good learning !”

incanern of Manchester.

then by Mr . John Guest 601,[the] Int . [erest] to b e laid out Charities.

in Lin en Cloth :9 by R . [alph] and Jam . [es] Crompton 8lp . [er] an . [num] out Of an Estate in Totin g ton : by J . [ohn]Rishton [of Farnworth] 401, [the] In t . [erest] to [b e given to

the] Poor of Farnworth,in1700 .

An . [no] 22 Jac .1. [An] Inqui s . [ition taken] ab t m i sem

ployed money given to [the] Peor of Rumworth . MS . Hulm98,A .16,36.

QBIRW Rw S Certif. [ied] by [the] g ugm,Vicar of Dean y

t there i s about 91mamas. 1.Diss . M . P .

9 Th1s account of Guest’s donation clears the doubts of the Char1ty Commi ss i oners, [ab outwho,in their19th Rep ort in18 27,could not ascertain either the donor’s name or the Ffi’gifa’fitigi”date of the benefaction .

Pap . 00

1Dedi cated to the Holy Trin ity. Value in1834,£220. Registers begin in1695 .

The forest Of Horwich belonged to the Grelleys,Lords of Man chester,from a veryearly period,and was sixteen miles in circumferen ce,being guarded by three foresters .The wild boars,falcon s,and aeries of eagles,have,however,long sin ce disappearedand as early as the reig n of Henry VIII . Horwich had its spinn ers of yarn . Thesehave largely increased in modern times,and Cotton Factories and Bleach Works havesuperseded the more hardy and inn ocen t pursuits of an earlier period .

The Manor is in the possession of Lord Camoys’ family,by the Will of Henry

Blundell of Ince Blundell E sq . dated 24th July18 09,whereby he devised the Manorsof Lostock,Anderton,Heaton,Horwich,Rumworth,and Adlin gton,in the countyof Lan caster,and about Six thousand acres of land,mines,& c .,to his daughters,Catherine,wi fe of Thomas Stonor of Stonor E sq .,father of Thomas,Lord Camoys,and Eli zabeth,wife of Stephen Tempest of Broughton E sq . and their heirs in tailmale,in fee . Thi s Willled to a trial atlaw at the assizes at Lancaster,in1812,theplain tiff being Charles Robert Blundell E sq . son of the testator,again st whom a verdict was given establishing the validity of the Will,whi ch was again confirmed by adecree of the Court of Chancery on the18 th of April,1815 .

— See SEPHTON .

Horwich Chapel existed in1565,as the Commission ers for removing Sup erstitionsOrnaments in formed the Bishop of Chester that they had “ taken away from Horwych Chappel,vestment,albe,( altar-cloth,corp orasse,and other idolatrous gear ;”from whi ch it might appear that the Min ister and people were thought to be,at thatt ime,Popishly more than Puritan ically afi’ected .

~— M S . in the Reg i stry at Chester .

In1650 the Chapel was supplied every Sabbath ordinarily by Mr. Henry Pendlcbury B .A. Preacher,who is a painful,godly p reach ing e M in',and who hath not for

the presen t any mayntenance or sallary but onely the benevolen ce of the Inhab " .

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42 fiatttia Oestriensis .

p . [er] an . [num] belong . [in g ] to this being ye Int:

[crest] of1901called Chap . [el] Stock but ye Trustees for this

money being Dissenters,they refuse to give an Account of it,or

to p ay ye Curate,tho

’ it was paid during ye Reigns of Cha . [rles]

2,Jam . [es] 2,and some part of K . [ing] William [’S re1gn .]V . [ide] Vi c

s Lett . [er],Sep . 21,1717 .

This is an an cient Chap . [el] and [i s] con secrated ; [it] has no

cndowmt but money in Stock yt yields101or111p . [er] an . [num .]

[It i s] now in a Dissenter’s hands .

2 War . [den] Wroe’s Acct:1706.

V . [ide] Pap . Reg .

Thi s (as ye Vicar sayes in hi s has

There was a donation of £100 heretofore given by the well affected of the Chapelry,in the hands of Rich‘1Holt of Ashworth Esq . who hath detayn ed the same for 5 or 6y“,and Elli s Brooke and Wm

and John Grenehalg h,(whose names the Bond fromM r Holt contains,) are in suit at present ab t it .

” — L amb . M SS . vol.11.The old Chapel was taken down in1831,and the present Church built by Parliamentary g ran t and subscription,the first stone being laid May 21st,1830,on a new

site,by Joseph Ridgway of Ridgemont Esq . a principal benefactor.2 The Old Chapel contained the monumen t of George,seven teenth BaronWilloughbyof Parham,who died at Rivin gton in1779,and was interred here,when the Baronybecame extinct . Thi s family became connected with Horwich by the marriage of SirThomas Willoughby wi th Eleanor,daughter ofHugh Whittle ofHorwich,of a Puritanfamily,whose religious Opin ion s were embraced b y Sir Thomas,who was erroneouslysummon ed to the House of Peers in168 5,as the eleventh Baron Willoughby of Parham . The title was111-supported,without an estate,by several Presbyterian LordsWilloughby,until1765,when the right heir was restored, -but only to continue forone generation .

3The following is the letter alluded to,addressed to the Rev. Dr .Wroe,Warden ofManchester,by the Rev . James Rothwell,presented by Queen Anne to the Vicarageof Dean in1712,and who died there in1767

Bolton,Sep . 21,1717.

Revd S”,I thought it necessary to send you ye following account of Horwich Chappel,

w Ch I desire you to tran smit to my Lord Bishop of Chester . Thi s Chappel is threemiles di stant from y

e Parish Church, ye revenue belonging to it is commonly said

to be about 9 or1011p . ann . being ye Interest of about 200h belonging to it, for amore full proof of y“,I here give my following Testimony.

“But in y‘3first place it may be conveni en t to acquaint you yt yElChappel has for

above ys 20 years last past been in ye han ds of ye Dissenters,thro’

ye contrivance of

y. late Lord Willoughby, y

e connivance of my Predecessour : [Richard Hatton,

intranets of Manchester.

for above 20 y . [ears] past been in ye hands of Dissents . But

upon ye Vicar’s notice to y

8 Teacher to quit it,accord . [ing ] to

[an] Order of [the] BP,an . [no] 1716,he submitted ; and ithas been served ever sin ce by a Curate of y

e Ch . [urch] of En g .

[land,the] Vic . [ar] allowing him 21p . [er] besides

surp . [li ce] fees,web,wth come to about141p . [er]an . [num]Augmented wi th 2001an . [no]1723;1001raised by [the] Vicar

and others,and1001[given ] by Lady Moyer .

4

appointedVicar in1673,who refused to renounce the Covenant,but was,nevertheless,instituted by Bishop Pearson ] But wn my Lord Bp of Chester was upon his visitation at Manchester,I acquainted his Lordshi p w“1y“matter,and hi s Lordship commanded me to give MrWalker ye Dissenting Teacher notice to desist,w ch

accordinglyI did, he submitted to hi s Lordship

’s Commands . Immedi ately after y“ I put into

ye Chappel a Conformable Clergyman,who has sup plyed ye Cure ever since,we1lis

above one whole year ; and tho’ I gave him ye Surplice Dues of ye Ch ap p elray wCh

is allyt belongs to me in y1part of ye Parish, two pounds p . ann . besides,yet ys whis con tribution s,wCh is allyt he has had to subsist on thus far,has not exceeded1411And when he demanded ye Interest of ye Chappel Stock during ye time of his Incumb en cy,the Trustees for y3mon ey being Dissenters,tell him they willnot p ay it,tillthey be forced to do it . Now one of these Trustees has told me, several others,y‘

y8 Chappel Stock is one hundred n in ety pounds ; about two months ag o heshewed Some bonds yt was made un to him upon yElaccoun t,to ye Sum of about8 011: And there are now several living witnesses,yt can do testify,yt ye Interestof y

8s‘1Chappel Stock,was paid to Episcopal conforming Clergy men,yt officiated

at Horwich Chappel during ye Reign s of King Charles ye 21: King James ye 24:And till some time after ye Revolution ; and tho’ y8 money as its said was givento allintents purposes towards mentaining a Curate yt should supply ye sd Ch appel,yet both again st justice honesty these Trustees have sen t me word,yt they willbuild a meeting house w th part of y8 money, apply ye remaining part towards Supporting a Presbyterian Teacher ; wt now is to be don e in y9 affair,I humbly desire myLord Bp of Chester’s opinion di rection,w“1your own,

“Who am your most Humblemost obedient Servt

Ja: Rothwell.For

The Reverend Dr . Wroe,Warden of Manchester.

4Thi s benefactor was supposed to be Bishop Gastrell,(sec Hodgson’s Account ofthe Aug mentation of L iving s by the Governors of Q ueen Anne

’

s Bounty,p . butthe Text assign s the gift to a liberal friend of that Prelate . Lady Moyer was Rebecca,

Retina Oestriens is.

An . [no] 1724,Recovered b y [a] Decree of [the] Commi ss .

[ioners] for Char . [itable] Uses,2001,and 8 01,for arrears of Int .

[crest,] from [the] Dissen t . [ers] in whose hands ye Chap . [el]money was lodged ; but y

5 8 01was most of it [used] to defray[the] charges of [the] Suit and p ay y

e Curate who officiated,soe

y12001on ly remain s for Stock .

[A] Curate [was] Licenced to Horwich an . [no]1702 . Subs .

[crip tion] B . [ooh] .

An . [n o]1673. l'Warden sworn . Chosen by house-row.

5

3m . [iles] from [th e] Parish Church .

A Meeting [House] ab t half a mile from y6

Charit ies. here are sev . [eral] Leg acyes to Charitable Uses ; being allin y

0 hands of Dissen ters,they will give ye Minister no

accoun t of ym

. [The money is] said to b e no more yn151,[the]

In t . [erest] of wCh i s [to b e] given to y5 Poor . V i c Acct: an .

[no]1daughter of Alderman Sir William Joliffe,and married Sir Samuel Moyer of PitseyHall in E ssex,Sheriff of the county in1698 . He was a wealthy Turkey merchant,and obtained a Baronetcy in1701,but dying without male issue,the title expiredwith him,in1716. Lady Moyer contributed largely to the augmen tation of severalsmall livin gs in the county of Somerset,in1721,and left a legacy for a similar purpose,which was appropriated accordin g to her W111by her benevolent daughter,Mrs .Eliza Jenyns,in1724and1725 . Lady Moyer also founded,about the year1720,aLecture in St . Paul’s Cathedral,in defence of some of the most vital doctrin es ofChristian ity,whi ch at that time were Openly and in sidi ously impug ned . The Lecturescontinued for a certain term of years the last of the series being preached,but notpublished,by the Rev. Peter Newcome L .L .B . Rector of Shenley,who died in1797.

Amongst the most learned and exact of the Moyer Lectures are those by Dr . Waterland and Mr . Wheatley.

5 In Vicar Rothwell’s Letter to Chancellor Ga strelldated1722,he adds,“ chosen byhouse-row,except some material objectionlie again st ’em .

”Gastrell’s MSS . Reg is

try,Chester .5 No mention being made of these Horwich Charities in the19th Rep ort of the Com

missi oners,it may be assumed that they were lost .

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CflflflififlCertif. [ied] 451-153-013,viz . Glebe,14acres,211; Pen s . [ion] from [the] (Sr

Jam . [es] Anderton,) -43; Ren t of Eleven Cot

tages, -la Surp . [lice] Fees,61. Ded . [uct]15 s for Proc [ur ation s] and Syn . [odals . In the Terrier of1705,it i s stated that the Vicar has no Tithes,nor are there any

Estates in the Parish tithe free ; neither has th e Vicar mortuaries,oblations,obvention s,or herbage . He has liberty of a little Com

mon called the Warth,lying at the river Side of the Irwell,and a

propriety in th e Waste,with the other Charterers,together withth e herbage of the Churchyard .]N ear 8 01p . [er] an . [num .] Warden Wroe

’s Acct -1706.

Patron,the Crown ?

1Dedi cated to St . Mary. Value in1834,£500. Registers begin in1563.E ccles gives name to no town ship,but the village forms the eastern centre of seve

raltown ships,and the Church is situated in the Town ship of Barton . Bart on was amember of the Barony of Manchester,and so were Mon ton,Irwelham,an d probablythe greater part of the Parish,as described in the Survey of that g reat Lordship inthe15th Edward II. The subinfeudation is thus detailed in the Testa de N evilF“Gilbert dc Barton holds a knight’s fee and a half in Barton of the fee of The . Gretley,and he of the Earl of Ferrers,and the latter in chi ef of the King.

”

In the 20th Edward I. the Man or of Barton passed in marriage with Loretta,daughter and heiress of Agnes,daughter and heiress of Sir Gilbert de Barton,toJohn,son of Thomas de Booth. The direct malelin e of the Booths,after producingtwo Archbishops,a Bishop,and sundry Ecclesiastical Digni taries,became extin ct onthe death of John Booth E sq . on the 9th of May1570. He left four daughters,hiscoheiresses,amongst whom hi s estates were divided. Margaret married in 15thE lizabeth,being then “

aged twelve years and upwards,Edmund Trafi’ord of Trafford,kn ighted at York on the17th of April1603,whose represen tative is the presen t Lord of the Manor of Barton ; Anne married about1578,George Leigh of HighLeigh E sq. whose descendant now possesses Barton Hall ; Dorothy married JohnMolyn eux of Sefton and Katherin e,the fourth,died unmarried,about the 25thElizabeth .

3The advowson of the Church of Eccles was pur chased of Gilbert dc Barton,andgiven,with its Chapels,to the Abbey of Stanlaw by John de Lascy,Earl of Lincoln,accordin g to Mr. Hulton,in1235 .

— Coucher Book of Whalley A bbey,vol.1. p .36. Itappears,however,that Geoffrey de Byron,Clerk,in1192 obtained a medi ety of theChurch,with two closes and two pastures,from Edith dc Barton and Robert de

meanern of Manchester.

[A] Vicar [was] presented an . [no]1504 by [the] Abbot andConv . [ent] of Whalley . Inst. [i tution] B . [ook,] i . p . 2 .

Grelley,but thi s also passed to the Monks of Stanlaw .—Coucher Book of Whalley,

vol.1. p .39 . At the Dissolution the advowson became vested in the Crown,where itstill remain s .The appropriation of the Church of Eccles to the Abbey of Stanlawe by Alex.

Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield,is printed (from the original n ow,1770,in theAugmentation Ofli ce,) in Madox’s Formular e,p .303,D,X X X,ct Dat . apud Susiam4kal. Jan . Pon t . sui ann o xi . - Ducarel’s Rep ert. L amb . L i br . And for the tripleordination of the Vicarages of Rochdale,Eccles,and Blackburn,by Roger Meuland,Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry,on the14th kal. May1277,see the Coucher Book

of Whalley Abbey,vol .1. p . 8 5 .

The Church of Eccles was valued at £20 per annum in1291.The Parli amentary Commi ssioners found in1650 that there was a Vicarage House

in Barton with some Glebe and Garden s worth £19 a year,and that the Tithes wereworth £169.12s . Glad. but sequestered to the Comm onwealth for the delinquency ofChristopher An derton . The Mini sters were Mr. John Jones,and Mr . EdmundJones,his son,who had the Vicarage House and Glebe,and received fr om Mr .An derton a yearly payment of £18 . Since the year1646 Mr. John Jones hadreceived from the State,£50 per annum,by way of augmentation,out of the sequestrations of the county — L am b . M SS . vol.The Tithes of the Rectory,after having been leased by the Crown for terms ofyears,were conveyed in1610 to Morris and Phillips,the well-known trafii ckers inChurch spoils,and having passed through the hands of Messrs . Downes and Mosley,were bought by James Anderton of Lostock E sq . whose descendant,Sir FrancisAnderton Bart . presented to the Living in1720-1,probably by permission of theCrown . On the 8 th of May1723,Sir Laurence Anderton of Lostock Bart . and hi smortgagee conveyed the Rectory to Fran cis Colstone of St . Andrew’s,Holborn,in thecounty of Middlesex,in fee ; and on the 26th of August1765,Mary Comyn,wi dow,(sole devisee of the said Francis Colstone,) conveyed the same,con sisting of allthegreat and small,predial,personal,mi xt,and allother Tithes,to Richard Edensor ofCongleton in the county of Chester gent . and John Cooke of Salford gent . for thesum of subject to an annual sum of £16.13s . 4d. to the Vicar Of Eccles,andto a very ancien t payment for the finding and providing wine for the Holy Sacramentat the Parish Church of Eccles,at Easter. The share of Mr. Eden sor passed by hisWill dated the3rd of October1767,to hi s son,and was held in1813by hi s rep resentative,Sir John Eden sor Heathcote Bart . and is now the property of R. E .

Heathcote of Longton Hall in the county of Stafford Esq . ; Mr . Cooke dying intestate,hi s portion of the Rectory devolved to hi s son,James Cooke E sq . who,byWill dated the14th ofMay1810,devised it to hi s childr en,and it was vested in hi sdaughter,Miss Susanna Dorothea Cooke of Pendleton,at her death in1848 .

There are nine Chapels in this large Parish.

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An . [no] 1559,the Crown presen ted Ih. and ever sin ce . In

1720 Sr Frs . Anderton in1722 [the] Crown . Eaton,p . 738 .

[The] Church of Bethome in Westm . [oreland] was ap p rOp .

[ri ated] to [a] Chantry in thi s Church,an . [no]1460 . V . [ide]Bethome.

33Thi s Church (Beetham,) with y5 land called Haverbeck,was given by Ivo Tallebois to y3Abbey of St . Marye’s,York ; but ann o1460 it was appropriated to y5

Chantry of St . Mary in y5 Church of Eccles,Com . Lanc . reserving a conven ient portion for a Vicar.” — Reg . R .T. M S . E b .

“Anno38 th Henry VI. ye advowson of

thi s Church was gran ted by y5 Abbot of St . Mary’s to Nic . Bryan and others,reserving 408 per annum to be paid to ye Abbot . —

.Pat. Claus . M .16,Tar . L ondon .

Bp Gastrell’s M S . N oti tia,D eanery of Kendall,p . 250. Thi s Chan try was foundedby Letters Patent in the 28 th Henry VI. for two Chaplain s,in the Parish Church ofSt . Mary the Virgin of E ccles,by William Bothe,Bishop of Coven try and L ichfield,John Byron Kut . (erroneously spelt Byrom” and “Bryan” in the N oti tia,) brotherin -law of the Bishop,Richard Bothe E sq . Laurence Bothe,Clerk,(subsequentlyArchbishop of York,) and Seth Worsley. This Chantry,on the north side Of theChan cel of the Church,as well as the Porch,belongs to Sir Thomas J . de TraffordBart . On the 27th ofAugust1595,it was ordered “ that the settle adj oining to theturn Greese,and the highest settle upon the north side of the Church,both of themn ext adjoin ing to the Chappel of Barton,shall belong to the House and ManorofBarton,and to the heirs thereof. — L anc . M SS .

It has been stated.

of Laurence Booth,Chan cellor,and Archbishop of York,thathe had risen by merit from obscurity,

”and that hi s appoin tmen t to

,the Chancellor

shi p turn ed out a great failure,as he had every b ad quality of a Judg e.-Lord Camp

bell’s L ives of the Chancellors,vol.1. pp . 38 9—90. If “ Obscurity” of birth and

station is intended,thi s statemen t is made on in sufli cient authority . His father heldthe Manor of Barton,whi ch had descended to him from hi s grandmother,the heiressof Sir Gilbert dc Barton,and having married Maud,daughter of Sir John Savage ofClift on,he had become conn ected with some of the most aristocratic and powerfulfamilies in the North of England,and had by this wife an only son,the future Chancellor,whose half-brother was Archbishop of York,and whose n iece mNcvill,Earl ofWestmoreland. Few famili es can boast of ancestry less Obscure thanthe present representative of the Booths of Barton .

There was an other and Older Chantry founded in thi s Church apparen tly by the samefamily,as in the 47th Edward111. Thomas dc Booth,who built the Chapel on SalfordBridge,and whose father had married the heiress of Barton,bequeathed his b ody b yWill to be buried before the Altar of St . Katherin e the Virgin in the Church of

Eccles,and to the two Chaplain s £6.13s . 4d . to be paid upon the Altar of St . Ka

therine,to pray for the souls of Kin g Edward111. RogerlaWarre,and Thomas dcWyche,Parson ofManchester,and for the souls of hi s father,Roger de Hulton,andallother benefactors . He appointed Thomas dc Wyche,Rector of the Church of

{Beanern of Manchester.

Presen tation to a Chantry in thi s Church,founded in y5 nameof Jesus and [of the] Blessed Virgin,by Sr John Byrom,Patronfor one turn,an . [no]1542 . Insti t. [ution] B. [ook,] i . p .15 .

An agreemen t [was] made by [the] Inhab . [itants] and con

firmed by y5 BP,conc . [erning] y

e repairs of ye Church,and

placin g the Parishioners,an . [no]1598 . Reg . [ister] B . [ooh],ii .

p . 227,228 .

Halls .14. Beauclifi'e,4 Davyhulme,5 Irlam,5 Pendleton,7 Clif33am.

Manchester,Richard,son of John de Radclyfi'e,John Radclyfi’e,hi s brother,andE llen Booth,his wife,Executors . — L anc . M SS . vol. xiv . p . 91. Baines styles thi sgreat feudal aristocrat an Opulent yeoman residen t at Barlow in the Parish of

E ccles .” - vol.11. p .198 .

Thi s Chan try was a large projecting building,on the south side of the Church,longsince demolished,but the site is still poin ted out .

The Chapel on the south side,or “south out Isle,of the Chancel,is claimed by theEarl of Ellesmere,111right ofWorsley Hall ; and a small aisle on the north side of thesame is claimed by Colonel Clowes of Broughton Hall,it is said,in right of the messuage called New Barn s Hall ; but probably thi s aisle is “the Mr. Worsley’s Chapellplac e,

”

(of Booth s,)mentioned in the “Orders ofMr . Williamson,Vicar of E ccles,theRight Worship fullRichard Brereton E sq . and other gentlemen of the Parish,”

respecting “ the settles” or pews of the Church,dated July 6th1595,not1598,as inthe Text,and ought to be claimed as reguardan t on Booths — L ane. M SS . vol. xxviii.p .341.Two Chan tries only in Eccles Church were suppressed in1548,restored in1553,

and fin ally extinguished in1558 .

4Beauclifi’e Hall has been en tirely removed. It was the prop erty of the Valentines,a family of great respectability amongst the lesser gentry,in the reign of Henry VII.from whom it descended to Ri chard Valentin e E sq. Sheriff of Lan cashi re in1713,bywhose representative it was sold in thelast century.

5 Davyhulme Hall was the seat of John de Hulme,in the reign ofHenry II. The family continued here for many gen eration s,and the E state was purchased by John AllenofMayfield in the county of Derby Esq . in the last cen tury,whose daughter and hconveyed it by marriage to Henry N orreys Esq . said to be descended from NicholasN orreys of Tarleton,younger brother of Sir William Norris of Speke,living in thereign of Henry VI . Mary,sole daughter and heiress of Henry N orreys Esq. havingmarried in1809 Robert Josias Jackson Harris of Uley in the county of GloucesterEsq . that gentleman assumed,by sign manual,the name and arms of Norreys,andhis son,Robert Henry N orreys Esq. is the present owner of Davyhulme. The house

5 Irlam Hall,a house of the Elizabethan era,is now occupied by a farmer. It was theproperty of the Irlams in thefifteenth century,and had pas sed to Sir George Lathum

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ton,3Barton,9 Trafford,10 Worslcy,11Booths,12 Wardley,13A g ecroft,14Kemp nall,15 Wolden,13and Monk s Hall .”

Knt . in the time of Edward VI. This fami ly claimed to be the representative of SirThomas L athum,the Oskatelof the celebrated Historical Poem,who was di spossessedby Sir John Stanley,in the latter part of the fourteenth century. His descendan t,Thomas Lathum .Esq . lived here in1681,and his E state was alienated at the Revolution .

- Jane,his daug hter,and sole heiress by survivorship,married about1693Joh nFinney of Fulshaw Hall in the county of Chester Gent . and had a son,Capt . SamuelFinney,living in1741. The estate,after some intermediate ali enation s,was purchasedby John Gr eaves of Hig hfield E sq . who died on theloth of December1815,and wassucceeded by hi s son,John Greaves Esq . the presen t owner.7 Pendleton Old Hall was the seat of Otho Holland E sq . in the tim e of Queen E11zabeth,and of hi s son,Thomas Holland Gent . in the next reign,who,on the 7th ofFebruary1622,married at Eccles,Mrs . Joan Irlam.

3Clift on Hall,a handsome house,with the Manor,was in the possession of WilliamHolland Gent . in the 21st Henry VII . and descended to his son,Thomas Holland,whose progen itor,Willi am Holland,and Joan hi s wife,afterwards married to WilliamMulton,had lands in Barton and Swynton,the19th Edward11. Before the18 th of

May1606,the Manor was conveyed in marriage by Ellinor,daughter and co-heiressof Thomas Holland E sq. and hi s wi fe,Helen,daughter of Thomas Langley ofAg ecroft,to Ralph Slade Gent . The estate,in the latter part of the seventeen th century,was the property,probably by purchase,of Mr. Dan iel Gaskell,and is now the inb eritan ce of hi s descendan t,Benjamin Gaskell of Thornes House in the county of

York Esq.

9 Barton was held by Edith de Barton in the time of Richard I . and the Manor wasconveyed by her in marriag e to Gilbert de Notton,whose grandson Gilbert assumedthe surname of Barton,and before the reign of Edward111. the heiress had marriedJohn del Bethe,jure uxoris,Lord of Barton. The old Hall is now us ed as a farmhouse . The Hall passed from the Booths in marriage,to George Leigh Of HighLeigh E sq. in1578,and is now the property of hi s descendant,Ge orge CornwallLeigh E sq. M .P. In1681Richard Savage,Lord Colchester,h eld part of the demesne of Barton ; Edmund Trafford Esq. another part ; and Mrs . Hannah Leigh,

1° Trafi’ord Park,the seat of Sir Thomas J. de Trafford Bart . descended fr omRandulphus Trafi’ord,who is said to have died in the reign of Edward the Confessor,and whose lands passed un interruptedly in the male lin e for eigh t centuries . Thepresen t h ouse is a modern structure of free stone. The E states were devised by theWillof Humphrey Trafi’ord of Trafford E sq. dated the 5th of Jun e1779,to his collateral kin sman,John Trafi’ord of Croston Esq. who largely increased their value byobtaining an Act of Parliament in1793to authorise him to let lands on buildingleases,and to lease the Waste Moss Lands in the Parishes of Manchester and Eccles,for ni nety-nin e years .11Worsley remained in the Worsley family from the Conquest until ab out the46th

JBeanery of Manchester.

[The] Parish [i s] divided in to3quarters,WOrsely,Barton,dis torts.

and Pendleton . In Worsely [there] are 4 hamlets,viz . Lower

End ofWorsely,Higher End,Booths Town,Swinton,and LittleEdward111. when Ali ce,sister and sole heiress of Sir Gefi’rey de Worsley,conveyedit in marriage to Sir John Mascy of Tatton,who was attain ted in thelst Henry I V .

The Manor again passed by marriage from the Mascys to the Stanleys of Holt Castle,and was conveyed by Joan,daughter ofWilli am Stanley,to Sir Richard Brereton,whose g randson marrying Dorothy,daughter of Sir Richard Egerton of Tatton,anddying without surviving issue in1598,settled allhis E states upon hi s father’s naturalson,Sir Thomas Egerton,afterwards Viscount Brackley,and Lord Chancellor,thean cestor of Francis,third Duke of Bridgewater,who,dying in18 03,devised his Lancashire E states to his nephew,George Granville,subsequently Duke of Sutherland,with remainder to hi s second son,Lord Francis Leveson Gower,who assumed thename of Egerton on the death of his father in1833,and was created ViscountBrackley and Earl ofE llesmere,in1846 to whom posterity willjustly apply the eulogyof Bishop Hacket on Chan cellor Ellesmere,as one, qui n ihilin vitan isilaudandumaut fecit,aut dixit,aut sen sit .

”of Archbishop Williams . The old Hall,con

structed partly of wood,plaster,and brick,still remain s ; but a large and more com

modi ous man sion,in the late Tudor style of Archi tecture,has been lately erected bythe noble own er of the E state. The right of Baptism is enj oyed in the DomesticChapel attached to the old Hall.13Booths Hall,within Worsley,was formerly the seat of a bran ch of the Worsleys,

of whi ch family was Robert de Worsley,Lord of Bothes about1292,and RobertWorsley,who held the Manor of Bothes,of the Manor ofWorsley,the15th HenryVII . The Worsleys resided here in the early part of the seventeenth century,andwere afterwards of Hovingham in the coun ty of York . The Manor and Hall of

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Booths were settled by Act of Parliament about178 9,in exchange for other lands,upon the younger children of Samuel Clowes ofMan chester Esq . and hi s wife,Martha,daughter of John Tipping ofMan chester,merchan t . The Estate is now vested in theEgerton fami ly. The houSe is of plain stone,and devoid of interest . Leland,in1549,speaks of a Place ofMasterWorscley of the Bonthe .”13Wardley Hall appears to have been built about the time of Edward VI. on thesite of an Older house,as a moat and gate-house still remain . The house is quadrangular,and built of wood,plaster,and brick . The stairs and hall are very noble andcapacious ; and the whole fabric having been much in decay,is n ow undergoing extensive repairs . This place became the property and residence of Thurstan Tildesley,bymarriage with Margaret,daughter and heiress of Jordan Worsley,in the reig n of

Henry IV . and passed to Roger Down es E sq. in the former part of the seventeenthcentury,whose descendan t,Roger Down es E sq . dying issueless in1676,the E statewas conveyed by his sister and heiress,Penelope,to Richard,fourth Earl Rivers,whodi ed without male issue,in1712 . It is now the property of the Earl of E llesmere.14’

Ag ecroft Hall,in Pendlebury,is a large wood and plaster mansion,of a quadran

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Houghton,jointly . In [the] Barton q . [uarter'

there are] 8

hamlets,viz . Barton,Irlam,Cadeshwalled,Mounton,Eccles,Davyhulme,Lostock,Dumplin g ton . In [the] Pendleton q . [uarter there are]3hamlets,Pendleton,Pendlebury,and Clifton .

6Warden s,[and] six assistan ts .

2 of ye Churchw. [ardens] are nom . [inated] by [the] [uk e] Of

Bridgwater ; 2 by Mr . Trafi'ord 1by y3Vicar ; and ye

p redeces

gular form,having had originally a moat . The Hallisfitted up wi th ancient furniture,and the windows are adorned with the arms of the Langleys,John of Gaun t,and others . The Domestic Chapel has been converted into a library. In1327Richard dc Longley,and Joan,his wi fe,paid afin e to William de Longley,Rector ofMiddleton,for the Manor of Pendlebury and other lands ; and here this branch ofthe kn ightly fami ly of Langley of Langley,descended from the feudal family of Prestwich of Prestwi ch,resided un tilthe marriage ofAnn e,eldest daughter and co -heiressof Sir Robert Langley,in1561,(the year after her father’ s death,) to Thomas Dauntescy Esq. when Ag ecroft pas sed to that family,which con tinued to reside here untilthe latter part of the last century. The present owner is Mr. Buck .

Of thi s family was Thomas Langley,Bishop of Durham,Lord Chancellor of

England,and Cardinal,who died in1437,said,in some pedi grees,to be descendedfrom the Langleys ofLangley in the county ofDurham,but more probably ofAg ecroft,and formerly of Langley in the Parish of Middleton,in the coun ty of Lancaster,inwhi ch Church a Chantry was founded by him before the year1430. He was theSupervisor of the Will of John of Gaun t,Duke of Lan cas ter,in1399 ; and by hi sown Will dated the 21st of December1436,and proved the17th of December1437,he left a legacy of books to the College of Manchester,then lately founded,and inwhi ch foundation he had participated in1422.

15 Kcmp nall,Kemp noug h,or Kcmp enhalg h Hall,in Worsley,is an ancient woodand plaster building,now much decayed,and used as a farm house. ,Hclen,daughterand heiress of Richard Worsley E sq. conveyed the E state in marriage to RichardParr Gent . in the early part of thefifteenth century ; and it again passed in marriagein1578 wi th Anne,daughter and heiress of Mr. John Parr of Kemp noug h,(of Cleworth Hall in Tildesley,and Snidale Hall in Westhoughton,and widow of Thurston,son and heir of Andr ew Barton of Smithells E sq.) to Nicholas Starkie of Huntroyd

Esq . who lived here in1594. It was also the seat of his eldest son in the nextgeneration,whose children were baptized at the Parish Church of Eccles . The property is still in the Starkie family.15 Great Wolden Hallis a large brick pile,now occupied as a farm house. In1595it was the worshipful seat of Thomas Holcroft E sq .

”of a family who shared largely

in the Church property at the Reformation,but not the notorious Sir Thos . Holcroftof Vale Royal,according to the statement in Baines

’

s History,vol .111. p .129 .

17 Monks Hall,a largewood and plas ter building,near Eccles Church,now occupied

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ground,171-18 -35 ; left b y Mrs . A . [nne] Mort, [a year]In t . [crest] of 50

1, Ren t Charge,11[It i s] said to b e a Domest . [ic] Chap . [el] belong . [in g ] to

Worsley Hall by Tho . [mas] Chaddocke,Curate,an . [110]1719But he was Licen sed to it an . [no]1709,upon ye nominat . [ion] of

[the] E . [arl] of Bridgwater : V . [ide] Mem. [orandum] B . [ooh]and Subs . [crip tion] B . [ooh],who nominated also to hi s Free

Chap . [el] of Ellenbrook,” an . [no]1669 .

An . [no]1673. 1Warden .

There was a Suit depending about thi s Chap . [el] an [no]1693,betw . [een] the BP and L1Willoughby of Parham ? V . [ide] Mr .Kenyon ’s Letters . Pap . Reg .

Q . What was done in it ?

In1650 ,Ellcnb rook Chapel was return ed asfit to be made Parochi al,and was

sometimes supplied by a preaching Min ister,and sometim es without,there being no

certain mean s for the Min isters,who had their wages from the well-affected neigh~

b ourhood thereabouts in voluntary contribution s . A Chapel was said to be requiredwithin Irlam.

—L amb . M SS . vol.11. Fuller says that it pas sed into a maxim durin gthe Great Rebellion,that it was safer for people to fast,than to feed on the poison of

malig nant Pastors,whi ch wi ll accoun t for so many of the Churches not being supplied

1In1655 the Chapel was considered to be Domestic,and by a decree of the Cour t ofChancery of the County Palatine,madethe 28 th of July1657 Robert Mawdsley wasordered to p ay to George Leigh and others,Trustees appoin ted for the use of theMini ster of the Chapel of Ellenbrook,and for the Poor ofWorsley and Middle.Hulton,£200 principal,given by Dame Dorothy Legh,deceased,for godly and pioususes,together with in terest from1638 to1652. Part of this sum was invested in .

land in Tildesley in1701,and one-fourth of the rent is still paid to the Poor.3Hugh,Lord Willoughby of Parham,married in1692 Honora,daughter of Sir '

Thomas Leigh,son and heir of Thomas,Lord Leigh of Stoneley,and widow of Sir

William Egerton KB . of Worsley,brother of John,third Earl of Bridgewater,andprobably prosecuted the suit at the instan ce of the Earl. Lord Willoughby di ed in1712. In a Dedi cation of the Life of Mr . Nathan iel Heywood,Vicar of Ormskirk,byMr. Henry As shur st,to thi s Hugh,Lord Willoughby,the Presbyterianauthor mention s ’

his Lordship’ s “ exemplary piety and zeal for our holy reli gion in such a degenerate and licentious ag e,and the coun tenance he gave to serious piety,wherever hefound it,among allthe different parties into whi ch we are so unhappily broken .

”

12mo .1694. See COPPULL for some account of Lord Willoughby ; for the Asshursts,Nob le

’s Continuation of Granger’s B iog . Hist. vol. i . ; and Swift’s Tale of a Tub,foran account of the City Procession to the Presbyterian Meeting House during SirWilliam Asshurst’s Mayoralty.

iBeauery of Manchester.

JLIIXQIQMR.‘ Certif. [ied] 341-009 -001,viz .301paid by

[the] Lessee of one of the Preb . [ends] of Litchfield,to whom the Improp . [riation] belongs,as h is Corpse .

Surp . [lice] f. [ees,] 41,[with y6 Mortuaries .]651p . [er] War . [den] Wroe

’s Acct1706. Pap . Reg .

The Minister is nominated by y8 Preb . [endary] for ye time

bein g .

The patronage of the Chapel is vested in the Trustees of the late Duke of Bridgewater ; and in1841the Chapel was enlarged and one hundred andfifty free sittingsprovided for the Poor,at the expen se of the Earl of E llesmere . There are now fourhundred children taught in a Sunday,and one hundred in an Infan t School.

1Dedicated to St . Michael. Value in1834,£103. Registers begin in1570.

Thi s Man or was given by Roger de Poictou,shortly after the Conquest,to theGrelleys,Baron s of Man chester,and one carucate was ceded by Albert de Grelley toHenry Fitz Siward,probably father of Robert de Lathom,by whose heirs it was heldin the reign of King John . These heirs were certainly the Lathoms of Lathom .

Testa de N em'll. ’ In the35th Henry III. William de Ferrers,Earl of Derby,

gave hi s land in Flixton,and the Manor of Ordesall,to David de Hulton . In the

27th or 28 th Edward III . Robert de Legh of Booths in E ccles,and Matilda,-his wife,held the moiety of the Manor of Flixton,[from the LathomsP] which appears to have

p assed‘in marriage with Matilda,sole daughter and heiress of John Legh of Booths,

to Richard de Radchfi'e of Ordshall,Steward of Blackburn shire,who was drown ed inRo ssendaleWater,on Thursday next before the Feast of St . Margaret,in138 0,andhis descendant,Sir John Radcli ffe died seized of the Manors of Flixton and Ordshall,on the 8 th of February158 9,ag ed 53,whose widow,Anne,daughter,and heiress ofThomas Asshawe ofHall on the Hill,died there on thel0th of January1627,agedeighty-two . In the 9th Car . I . the former Manor was in the possession of LeonardAsshawe of Shaw Hall Esq . whose daughter and coheiress,Elizabeth,conveyed it,in'

marriage,to Peter Egerton E sq . second son of Sir Ralph Egerton of Ridley in thecounty of Chester. Richard Egerton Esq. born in1663,was succeeded by JohnEgerton E sq . who was the last heir male of the family,and di ed in the beginn ingof the las t century.

In the3oth Elizabeth,and afterwards,Flixton is described as being in the Parishof Manchester,but it has long claimed,and established,the right of being an independent Parish .

The Church was in existence in the twelfth century,and was given,about A.D .1190,by Robert de Lathom to hi s Monastery ofBurscough. It occurs in Pope N icholas’sSurvey,in the latter part of the thirteenth century ; and is styled a Curacy to an Appropriation,in the 26th Henry VIII. The Parliamentary Inquisitors,in1650,reported

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This Church was made Preb endallby Roger,B. [ishOp ] oef Li tchf.

[ield] (who was made BP an . [no]1257 MS . S tr .

An . [no]1673,3Warden s,[and]3Shaw,2 Urmston,3N ewcroft .

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that the Parish Church was very conveniently situate in the middle of the Parish,nopart of it being distan t from the Church more than two statute miles ; that a messuage belonged to it worth £20 per annum ; and that the Tithes of Flixton and Shawwere worth £42 per annum. Peter Egerton of Shaw E sq. being the Lessee of Mr.Stockett Lutwich,late Prebendary of Lichfield,deceased,the Cure was then sup '

plied by Mr. Edward Hoolmore,“ able and godly,” who received the rents of thesaid tenements assigned him by Mr. Egerton,and £16 from the Commi ssioners ofPlundered Mini sters,b eing the ren t reserved to the said Prebend.

—Lm b . Sw eys,

In1756 the nomination of the Incumbent was claimed by the Warden and Fellowsof Manchester,but without sufficient title,as the Prebendary of the Prebend of Flixton,founded in the Cathedral Church of L ichfield,presented,as hi s successors haveever since done.Baines states that the Living was formerly in the gift of the Egerton s of Shaw,b ut

omits stating that their right was merely ann exed to their Lease of the Tithes of thePrebend. In1717 the Lessee was Mrs . Egerton,who paid Mr . Edward Sedgwi ck,the Curate,£30 per annum .

2 Shaw Hall,bui lt in the reign of James I. with gables and wooden parapets,hadformerly a moat which has partly disappeared. On one of the ceilings is a painting,well-executed,of the same ag e as the house,representing the family of Darius kneelingin supplication before Alexander the Great . Armorialbearings of the Asshawes and

Egerton s,in the windows,together with Tapestry and other relics of former times,add much to the interest of thi s venerable man sion . The hall and one hundredand forty-nine statute acres in a ring fence,were advertised for sale in . Prescott’sJam al,January 8 th,17741m The house is now the property ofMiss Warburton .

3Urmston Hall,a wood and plaster fabric,painted in lozenges and trefoils,is nowa farm house. The Orm-Estons appear to have descended from Orm,the Saxon pro

p rietor of Halton in Cheshire,whose son,Orm Magnus,by his marriage with Alice,daughter of Herveus,(a Norman nobleman,ancestor of Theobald Walter) obtain edlarge estates in Lan cashire. The descent of the Ashton s ofAshton under Lyn e,fromthis Orm,seems. to be apocryphal and it is certain that the Lathoms were the heirsof Orm Fitz Ailward,as to a Kn ight ’s fee adjacent to Ormskirk .

—See Testa deN evill’,and.Ormerod on the S ta/Meg L eg end also Note 5,p .3. The Man or pas sedin marriage with the daughter and heir ess of Adam de Urmston to Ralph Hyde,second son of Thomas Hyde of Norbury.,temp . Henry IV . and hi s descendants con ti

Jet sam) of Manchester.

are i s a School-House,erected (as’tis said) at y

6 Parish 5mm .

charge upon ye Waste,by y

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Nothing belongs to it but108 p . [er] an . [num,] left by G . Dean

in y6 hands of y

e Overseer of ye Poor of Urmston .

[A] Master [was] Licen sed 1718 . V . [ide] Subs .

[crip tion] B . [00k]

0 other Charity but 203p . [er] an . [num] left by Sam . [uel]fibaritp .

[William Sherlock,to b e given in bread to Poor housekeepers of Urmston that come to Church .

fiN éfifigEfiflfii ifilCollegiate Church con sists of [a] m. GI.

Warden and 4 Fellows,who supply allthe turn s of N.s

Preachin g,and 2 Chaplain s,who read Prayers and doe 2:allye other Duty of y

e whole Parish,and receive yeTrimé:g2Pens

Surp . [li ce] Fees ; [and] 4 Singing Men,4 Choristers,and an 15am . ” 17

gOrganist,who perform CathedrallService . 111555133]

. F . 2334N ewcroft Hall was held by Sir John de Radcliffe of OrdshallKut . M .P. in the [0

15311fift h s ]14th Edward III. and at his death in the32nd Edward III. ; and here resided hi s Tgfifffgfi

descendan t,Richard Radcliffe Gent . third son of Sir William Radcliffe and hi s fir st Churchw.

wife,Margaret,daughter of Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford. He married Margaret,S i desmen 1:

only daughter and heiress of John Radcliffe of Gi sb urne in the county of York Gent .before the3l st of March,in the 26th Elizabeth. He died on the31st of January1601,aged 67 years,and was buried in the Chancel of Flixton Church. He was succeeded at N ewcroft by hi s son,Alexander Radclyffe Esq. who died s .p . in1628,havingjoined with hi s brother,Francis Radclyffe of London Gen t . in1609,in the sale ofN ewcroft,to their brother,William Radclyffe of Foxdenton Esq. ancestor of thepresent Robert Radclyfi‘e of Foxdenton Esq.

1Dedicated by the name of Christ’s College. Registers begin in1573.2 Of thi s pen sion 40s . was payable to the Bishop of Chester,and 20s . to theArchdeacon of Chester,in1535 .

THE MAN OR OF MAN CHESTER,according to Mr . Whi ttaker,is of a date long antecedent to the Norman Conquest,at whi ch period,Roger,Earl of Poictiers,had allthe land conferred upon him between the rivers Ribble and Mersey. Roger grantedto Nig ellus,a Norman Knight,three hi des and half a carucate of land within the

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An . [no]1306. Patron of Manchester,Tho . [mas] de Grelle .

MS . Hulm,95,l .11,ex Cartul. Ep i . et Li tchf.

An . [no]1312 . Patron S I” JohnlaWare . lb .

Hundr ed of Salford ; and on the defection of Earl Roger,his other possession sin Salford Hundred appear to have passed to the Gresleys,as in the year1134Robertde Gresley bestowed upon the Monastery of Swi neshead in the county of Lin coln,theLord’s Mill at Manchester,and hi s son,Albert de Gresley,gave four bovates of land,in free alms,to the Church of Manchester . Robert de Gresley gave to Henry III .a palfrey,for a licen se to have a Fair within his Man or of Manchester un til the Kingshould attain hi s maj ority,and on that event occurring,a Charter dated11th HenryIII. was granted to thi s Baron to hold a Fair on the eve,day,and morrow of St . Mat

thew the Apostle,at hi s Man or of Man chester . Thomas,son and heir of Robert deGresley,being a minor at his father’ s death,12th Edward I . Amadeus de Savoy hadthe custody of the Manor ; but on attain ing hi s full ag e,he obtain ed in1301what iscalled the “ Great Charter of Manchester,

” by which the town was governed un til itwas In corporated in1838 . He was summoned to Parli amen t,amongst the Baron s ofthe Realm,from thelst to the 4th Edward II ; but dying without is sue,his possession s passed in marriage with hi s sister Joan,to John,son of Roger delaWarr,summoued to Parliamen t as Baron dela Warr,in1307. At his death,2lst Edward III .he was succeeded in the Manor of Manchester by his g randson,Roger,son of JohndelaWarr . On the death of Thomas,son of Roger dela Warr,in1427,the Baronyof Manchester passed to his nephew,Reginald West,who succeeded as Lord delaWarr,in right of hi s mother,the half sister of Thomas,the last Baron . His descendant,Lord dela Warr,and Thomas West,E sq . his son and heir,sold the Manorin 21st Eliz abeth,in con sideration of to John Laoye,citizen and clothworkerof London,who re-conveyed it in38 th E lizabeth,for to Nicholas Mosley,citizen and alderman of London . In18 09 the Inhabitan ts of Man chester negotiatedwith Sir Oswald Mosley for the purchase of the Manor,but declined givingth e very reasonable price fixed by the own er . Having remained in thi s family un til1845,it was purchased in that year by the Corporation of Sir Oswald Mosley Bart .for and conveyed to the Mayor,Aldermen,and Burgesses of the Borough,on the 6th ofMay,1846.

A t the period of the Domesday Survey there were two Churches in Manchester,dedicated respectively to St . Mary and St . Michae l ; the former it is conjectur ed havingstood in the place called Acre’s Field,n ear the top of the presen t St . Mary’s Gate,and the latter in Aldp ort . In1267 Peter de Gresley was Patron of the Rec tory ofManchester ; and in1305,(in the Text, Geoffrey de Stoke was appointed thesuccessor of Otho de Grandison by Thomas de Gresley,the Patron . In1322 the Churchwas valued at two hundr ed marks,the endowmen t con sisting of eight burgages inManchester,and the town s of Newton and Kirkmansholme,with the meadows,woods,pastures,and other appurtenances . The manerial lords continued to exercise the p atronage until1359,when Thomas delaWarr,Clerk,was presented to the Rectory,and

meanin g of Manchester.

The College was first founded an . [no]1422,by Tho . [mas] dela Ware,then Rectour,afterw . [ards] Lord dela Ware,wch Foundation was dissolved,1Edward 6.

on the death of his elder brother,in1398,he succeeded to the Barony of DelaWarr .In1421,and 9th Henry V. b e obtained a Licen se for founding a Collegiate Church,or,according to Kuerden,“ for making the Parish Church Collegiate,being assistedby Thomas Langley,Bishop of Durham,and afterwards C han cellor of England,whowas at that time one of the feofi‘ees of the Man or and Advowson of the Rectory ofMan chester . The College con sisted of a Warden,eight Fellows,four Clerks,and sixChoristers,and was called the College of the Blessed Virgin,of Man chester,beingdedicated to the Virgin Mary,St . George of England,and St . Den is of France. TheRectory was appropriated for the maintenan ce of the Warden and Fellows,and theCollege was otherwise endowed by the mun ificent founder . In July1422,Lord delaWarr laid the foundation ston e of the new edifice,which was cruciform,and thewestern portion of the buildi ng occupied the site of the old Parish Church of St . Mary,whilst the eastern part formed the new College .In1422 John Hun tingdon B .D . was appointed the first Warden,and,like hi sPatron,was a devout and boun tiful Churchman . He occupied his hi gh stationnearly thirty-seven years,and the following facts in connection with his archi tecturalproceedings,from original eviden ces hitherto unpublished,cannot failto interest thereader . He commen ced the building of the Choir,which was unfinished at the timeof hi s death,(which occurred on the1lth of September as appears by the following extracts from his Willdated the13th ofNovember,in the33rd Henry VI.1454,although on his bras s monument,stillremaining in the Choir,it is recorded that hede nova con strui t istam can cellam .

” He recites that he had lately g ranted by Deedto James Bridde,Hugh Aston,and Nicholas Ravalde,Priests,allhis messuages,lands,and rents,in Manchester,Salford,and elsewhere,in the coun ty of Lancaster,andalso in Chesterfield in the county of Derby,to the intent that after hi s death theyshould sell the same,(except hi s lands at Chesterfield) and that the said feoffees“ shall di spose of allsuch money to the edificacc’ m,exp ences,costes,and byg g yngof the newe works by me b eg on é n of the Chaun cellof the Kirke of our Lady of

Machestr,if so be yat my movablz godes aftr my decesse suffice nog ht nor bene sufiiciaun tz to ff

‘

orme the said edificacGn costs and b yg gyn g .

” It was then provided thatif there was any overplus it was to be appropriated to the support of Priests to saymasses,prayers,and other divin e services for the soul of the said Huntingdon,and hisfri ends for ever. He further provided that if his kin swoman,Elizabeth Baret,wasdead,or died without issue,that the lands at Chesterfield,devised to her,should b eapplied to the same purposes as his lands in Lan cashire — L ame . M SS . vol. xxiv.

It appears that the lands were not disposed of according to the Testator’s intention s,as by Deed dated at “ Mamcestrloth December,3rd Edward IV. the threePriests whom he had enfeofi'ed conveyed to John Bamford and James Chaloner,Chaplains,and William Bamford,allthe lands and tenements adjoining Manchester,

60 fintitia d eatrimais.Institution of Jo . Huntingdon in Decret . Baccal . Custod . Coll .

de Man chester,an . [no]1422 . M S . Hulm,95,l .11,ex Cartul. Ep i .clL i tchf.

called N etheraldep ort and Overaldep ort,whi ch they had of the gift and feofi’ment ofJohn Hnn tyn g don,Clerk,Master,or Guardian of the Collegiate Church of BlessedMary of Man chester,to hold to certain uses,whi ch are n ot however,declared. And

by another Indenture dated 22ud Edward IV.148 2,Geoffrey Hulme of Man chester,Raufe Langley,Warden of Manchester,and Parson of Prestwich,John Biron,JohnRadclyffe (of Radclyife) E sqrs . and James Radclyfi’e (his brother,) convey to RichardBexwicke of Man chester,and Ralph,son and heir apparent of the said GeoffreyHulme,[whi ch Ralph married E lizabeth,daughter of Richard Bexwicke senr . of

Manchester,merchant,Marriage Covenan t dated 20th of October,19th EdwardIV .

—Pike House Evi dences,L ame. M SS . vol. xxiv .] certain lands and services,apparently part of the estate of Warden Huntingdon . And by an other Deeddated19th July,22nd Henry VII .1506,Ralph Hulme granted to Ranulp h Poole,Clerk,Sir Oliver Thorneleg h,Clerk,Richard Bexwicke,son of Roger Bexw icke “ ofMamcestr,Ralph Holland of Clayton,Willi am Galey,Seth Galey,and ThomasBexw icke,son of Richard Bexwicke,allthe before-named lands,burgages,and ren ts,which were formerly the property of John Hun tingdon,in Mamcestr and Salford,excepting certain lands and tenements called N eth eraldp ort within the Man or ofMamcestr,to the use and for the purposes expressed in a certain Indenture madewith the con sent of Ralph Hulme and Henry Sedall,by the arbitration of AnthonyFitzherbert and Richard Hesketh Esqrs . learn ed in thelaw,dated30th May,22udHenry VII . in which award it is stated that there had been various controversies anddebates between Raufe Hulme Gent and Sir Henry Sydall,Willi am Bradford and

Richard Masey, Prest V icares,of the same College,respecting the lands and tenets formerly the inheritance of Sir John Hun tingdon,Warden of the College of

our Lady of Manchester,and that the contendi ng parties were bound in sureties of£40 to abide the award of Fitzherbert and Hesketh ; and further reciting that thesaid Hun tin gdon,ln his last Will,ordered hi s feofi’ees immedi ately after hi s decease,to sell allthe premi ses named therein,and the mon ey arising from the sale to be disposed to Priests to say Masses for the said Huntingdon and hi s benefactors,“whichWill as yett,as farre as wee can p’ceive,hath not ben e fulfilled.

”

The said Raufe Hulme claimed the lands as hi s own,by purchase of the right heirof the said John Hun tingdon,and als o of John Ravald,cousin and next h eir of

Nicholas Ravald,the last survivor of allthe feofi'ees of the said Huntingdonwhereas,the said Henry Sydalland others,claimed to be feoffees for the performanceof the last Willof the said Nicholas Ravald,Priest,by the feoffement of Sir ThomasBradford,who was enfeoffed by one Sir John Bamford,Priest,conjoin tly with otherperson s,whom the said Sir Thomas survived,and whi ch Sir John Bamford was en

feoffed by the said Nicholas Ravald to perform hi s Will,whi ch refers to,and contain sthe substance of the Will of Sir John Huntingdon,concerning the premises .

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BP, ad curam an imarum .

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[the] Warden and Fellows,v . [ide] I/icence of Foundation,9Henry 5 . Dug . Mon . vol.3. p .175,de Colleg . wn it was Incorp .

[orated] by y6 style of “

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Man chester .V . [ide] BPBridn Visit . [ation] of this Reg . p .112 .

Master Robert Cliff,Warden of Man chester,Thomas Langley,Parson of Prestwich,Edmund Bardesley,and Robert Laborer ; and that allthe money received,or b estowed,touchi ng the edification of the said Chancel,since the decease of the said SirJohn Hun tingt on,and allother receipts,costs,reparation s,and payments made by thesaid Sir Henry Sydall,touching the said lands and premises,are then and there to cometo a final reckon ing,and to be ordered and decided by the said four friends,accordingto the plain inten t of the true Testament and Will of the said Sir John Huntingdon,bearing date the13th of November,33rd Henry VI . whi ch allthe parties are agreedis the very true Willand Testamen t of the said Sir John Huntingdon . And it isalso awarded that yearly,an obit or anni versary shall be kept,with a Dirge,afternoon,and a Mass of Requiem on the morrow after,with Note,for the souls of

the said Sir John Huntingdon,his benefactors,the souls of the person s above-men

t ioned,and allChristian souls,at the charge of the said Priest for the time being,onthe11th day of November,on which day the said Sir John Huntingdon died.

James,Bishop of Ely,attests the award,which is signed by the awarders,andalso by Sydalland Hulme.On the 2lst of June,22nd Henry VII. James (Stanley,)Bishop of Ely,releases toRalph Hulme and. hi s heirs,allthe right which he had in the messuages and lands ofWarden Huntingdon,deceased,in Manchester. And on the 4th of June,23rdHenry VIII . Ranulp h Pole,Clerk,Ralph Holland of Clayton,Thomas Bexwicke,sonof Richard Bexwicke,and John Bexwi cke junr . Chaplain of a certain Chantry in theCollegiate Church of the Bles sed Virgin Mary ofMan chester, of the con stitution of

John Huntingdon,Chaplain,and of the foundation of Ralph Hulme late ofMamcestr

Gent . deceased,” granted to Richard Brownsworde of Mamcestr,in fee,two garden s,

or a whole piece of land,worth 20d . a year,lying in “Is heng yng dyche in Mamcestr,”

formerly belonging to John Hun tingdon,deceased,and comprised in an Indenturedated the19th of July,22ud Henry VII. ; paying annually to Thomas West,LordLawarr,and Lord of Manchester,6s . ; and also,paying annually,to Ranulph Poleand hi s cc -trustees,their heirs,and assigns,2s . 2d .,according to the arbitration of

Fitzherbert and Hesketh,with a power of di strai nt and re-en try,if the rents were notpaid within forty days after they were due . — Pz

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vol. xxiv.

Warden Huntingdon does not appear to have executed an intention whi ch he hadformed of building an Alms -house for poor persons,in Hang yng dyche,for whi ch he

mastery of Mambester.

An . [no]1684. Warden Instit . [uted] by [the] BP,by virtue of

a Commiss . [ion] from [the] Ab p,who then visited as MetrOp .

[olitan .] Insti t. [ution] B . [ook,] ii . p .160.

This Pari sh i s very large and populous,near 8 m . [iles] long

obtained a site from Regin ald West,Lord LaWarr,the nephew of his Patron,on the24th ofAugust,12th Henry VI . Beswi cke Enid . Pike House . D O

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In1547 Edward VI . di ssolved this Collegiate In stitution,and having seized theendowments,demised them to Edward,Earl of Derby,subject to certain pension s tothe Clergy, Queen Mary restored the greater part of these possession s,(but no t theCollegiate House,now used as Chetham

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s Hospital,) and the College,thus robbed andspoiled,was re-established.

In1578,on the petition of the Inhabitants of Manchester,supported by DeanNowell,Queen E lizabeth renewed the Foundation Charter,which comprehended oneWarden,Priest,to be a Bachelor of Divin ity at least,four Fellows,Priests,to beBachelors ofArts,two Chaplain s,four Laymen,and four Choristers . At thi s timethe name was changed to Christ

’s College,” and the Tithes and Lands were restoredto it.A new Chart er,drawn by Ar chbishop Laud,was granted to the College,whi ch wasin corporated the 2ud of October1635,[and not in1636,as in the Text,] by Charles I.vesting the appoin tment of the Warden in the Crown,and rendering the Fellowshipselective by the Warden and Fellows . The Warden’s office,notwithstanding the statemen t in the Text,was con sidered to be a dign ity,without cure of souls,whils t theFellowships were regarded as similar to Canonries in Cathedrals . It was also provided that there should be two Chaplain s or Vicars,being Bachelors of Arts,andtwo Clerks,one of whom to be in Holy Orders,to visit the sick,and do other Parochi al duties . The Bishop of Chester,for the time being,was appointed Vis itor. At

thi s time the Church,which had become much dilapidated,was repaired,and effec

tually restored. The College was again ruthlessly dissolved,by Ordinance of Parliament,for the sale of Dean and Chapter Lands,in1649,although some of the bestlawyers of the time thought that it did not come within the meaning of the Act .Charles II. restored thi s shattered Foundation,and it was allowed to continue numolested for nearly two centuries when,in1835,King William the Fourth appointedcertain Commi ssioners,of whi ch the Archbishops of Can terbury and York were thehead,to con sider the state of the Established Church with reference to EcclesiasticalDuties and Revenues ; and in theirfirst Report,dated the17th ofMarch1835,theCommi ssioners wisely recommended that two new Sees should be erected in the Province ofYork,- one at Manchester,and the other at Ri pon . In their second Report,dated the 4th ofMarch1836,they recommended that the Collegiate Churches shouldbe made the Cathedrals of these respective Sees and that at Manchester,the ancienttitles ofWarden and Fellows,should b e altered to Dean and Canon s . On the 21stof July1847,an Act pas sed the Legis lature,for establishing the Bishoprick of Man

chester ; and according to the provisions of the Act,the Bishop had not a seat in

anemia é teatrienaia.

(or12 statute miles) one way,and not much lesse the other way.

In [the] preamble to y6 last Charter the Inhab . [itants] are said tob e about 20 thousd . V . [ide] Camd . [en] Bri t. Eng . p . 799 . In

the House of Lords until the demise of a Prelate,and on that event taking place,it was provided that he should take his seat,but that the junior Bishop”

should not .On theloth of August1847,her Majesty,by an Order in Council,confirmed thescheme of the E cclesiastical Commissioners . From thelst of September1847,the Collegiate Church was con stituted a Cathedral Church and the seat of a Bishop,and was invested with allthe honours,di gni ties,and privileges of a Cathedral ; and

the Dean and Canon s were con stituted the Dean and Chapter thereof.From the same day,the Deaneries ofAmounderness,Blackburn,Manchester,andLeyland,and thewhole Parish of Leigh,includin g the Townships of Astley,Atherton,Bedford,Pennington,Tyldesley with Shakerley,and Westleigh,otherwise Leigh inthe Deanery of Warring ton,and such parts of the Deaneries of Kendal and KirkbyLon sdale as are in the coun ty of Lancaster and Diocese of Chester,were detached anddissevered from the Diocese of Chester,and were thenceforth con stituted the‘D ioceseof Man chester ; and allthe said Parishes,with their Clergy and Laity,were placedunder the spiritual jurisdiction,authority,and control of the Bishop of Manchester,subject to the metropoli tan jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York .

The Patronage of allb enefices belongin g heretofore to any Prebendary in the Colleg iate Church of Southwell,was to be alternately exercised by the Bishop of Riponand the Bishop of Manchester.The See of Man chester is di vided into two Archdeaconries,styled the Archdeaconry of Man chester,and the Ar chdeaconry of Lan caster,and the former con sist sof the Deaneries of Blackburn,Manchester,and Leyland,and the whole Parish ofLeigh,including the Town ships before mentioned,and the said Parish of Leighis detached from the Deanery of Warrington,and forms a part of the Deaneryof Manchester ; whilst the latter Ar chdeaconry,con sists of the Dean ery of Amounderness,and so much of the Deaneries of Kendal and Kirkby Lon sdale as are in cludedin the Diocese of Manchester,and those portion s are detached from their saidDean eries,and are con stituted and called the Deanery of Tunstall. The Bishop ofMan chester collates the Archdeacons .There is als o con stituted in the Diocese of Chester a new Archdeaconry,styled the

Archdeaconry of Liverpool,whi ch con sists of the Deanery ofWirrallin the countyof Chester,and the said Deanery ofWarrington,s o altered as above described.

That portion of the Deanery of Kirkby Lon sdale which is in Westmoreland,isannexed to that portion of the Deanery of Kendal whi ch is in the same county,andthey,together,con stitute the Deanery of Kendal ; and the Deanery of Coupland inCumberland,and the Deaneries of Furnes and Cartmel in Lancashire,are dis severedfrom the Diocese of

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Chester and are ann exed to the Diocese of Carlis le. A new

Archdeaconry is to be created and styled the Archdeaconry of Westmoreland,consisting of the said Deaneries ofKendal,Furnes,Cartmel,and Coupland.

flamers of Manchester.

[the] Act of Con secrn of Seilford Chap . [el] an . [no]1635,[it i sstated that there were] near 30 thous . [and]Ward . [en] Wrac

’s Acet1706.

Near 20 thous . [and] in [the] town an d parish . Pap . Reg .

Presen tation to y6 Chan try of St . Nicholas

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wthin the Colleg .

[iate] Church ofMan ch f,by Mr . Trafford,an . [no] Ins ti t .

[ution] B . [ook,] p .12 .

An Order [was made] about a Chappell in thi s Church b e

3There were seven Chantries in thi s College at the time of the Dissolution,said tohave been founded by Robert Grelley,Thomas Beke,William Radcliffe,RobertChetham,Bishop Stanley,Ralph Hulme,and Alexander Beswicke. Of th ese,theInden ture of Sale of that founded by Alexander Beswicke,stillremain s amongstthe Pike House Evidences,in the family of the foun der,to whom it might be con

veyed on the restoration of the Chantry by Queen Mary,when the deed ofalienation was reversed. It is dated the 2nd of September,6th Edward VI.1552,and purposes to

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be a conveyan ce from Edward Bray,John Thorn ton,and John Danby of London Gents . to Simon Ayn sworth of London Gent . in con

sideration of £240.los . of allthat our late Chantry,founded by Alexander Bessik ewithin the Church of Man chester,together with its endowmen t of sixteen messuages,and a water-mill,and alllands to the same belonging,situate in the Parishof Bolton,or elsewhere,in the

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coun ty of Lan caster,in the tenures of JamesKnowes,Richard Nabbe,An thony Holm e,Roger and Lionel Crompton,William and

Edmund Brooke,Adam and James Isherwood,and Margaret,wife of the said James,Thomas Roscowe,and Alice his wife,Alice Ro scowe,and Henry her son,ThomasCrompton,Katherine,relict of E lis Crompton,William Crompton,Hugh Hilton,andMargaret his wife,John Harryson,and Agnes hi s wife,and John Anderton,or theirassign s . Also,a messuage and four teen acres of land,lying in Bexwicke Bridge,n earMan chester,and in the Parish of Manchester,in the tenure of John Anderton,andto the said Chantry belonging,wi th allren ts,services,850 . in Man chester,Harwood,Bri g h tmeade,Bolton,and Bexwicke,allin the county of Lancaster. Also,those annual rents of 20s . 2d . to the same Chantry pertaining,charged on the lands of Thos .Bromley,Richard Saunderson,William Haslam,Elis Haslam,James Harryson,Richard Grenehoug h,Eli s Lomax,Elis Saunderson,Robert Tonge,Ralphe Tonge,Gefi’rey Todson,Geffrey Grenehaug h,Laurence Bradshag h,John Crompton,and thewidow of Thomas Aynsworth,Henry Crompton,Alice “Hilton,Wm . Crompton,Robert Hamor,and Edmund Trafford Kut . in Manchester,Harwood,Brig h tmeade,Bolton,and Bexw icke,in as fulla manner as the same were conveyed,inter alia byEdward VI. by Letters Paten t,dated Ely,lst of September1552,to be held of theKing,and hi s successors,as of the Manor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent .Seisin of the premises was given by Robert Aynsworth,Humfry Colwych,and RichardLever Gent — L ame . MSS .vol. xxiv .

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acme Qteatrieus is.

long . [ing] to Mr . Cecill[Trafford,] an . [no] 1634. Reg . [is ter]B . [ook,] ii . p .376.

An . [no]1629,Sam . [uel] Bordman,“ Socius Coll . de Man ch est .

a Reg . Eliz . Fun d .

” Subs . [cribes the] Art . [ioles] and tak es ye

Oath of Can . [onical] obed . [ience] to [the]BP. V . [ide] Subs . [cription]An . [no]1673,8 Warden s,and 5One Mr . Trafford has by prescription a Right to nomi nate a

Parish Clark,but that Clark cannot Depute another . V . [ide]Disp ute,on . [no]1693,Pop . Reg .

Leave [was] given to y6 2 Chaplains to build a Gallery andletye Seats for ye use of them and y

r in y9 same manner

as they doe two other An cient Galleryes erected for ye sam e use,

[one erected by Humphrey Booth,Merchant,in the profitsof w"h are confirmed to ym in y

esame In strum "

. an . [no]1717 .

Reg . [tater] B . [ook,] 4.

The Parish of Man ch . [ester] i s divided into six parts,viz . Man

ch f,Salford,Newton,Withington,Blakeley,Stretford .

The first division con tain s the Town sP of Man chester only,andhas 3Churchw . [arden s] and 4 Assistants or Sidesmen,chosenaccord . [ing] to [the] Canon .

[The] 2d Division contains Salford,Broughton and Carsall,[Kersall,] wCh take it by turn s to have one Churchw . [arden] and

3Sidesmen,chosen accord . [ing] to [the] Canon .

[The] [division contain s] Newton,Kirkman shulme,Droylsden,Failsworth,Bradford,Open shaw,Gorton,and 2 Ardwi ck s .

These take it by turn s,and have one Churchw . [arden] and3Sidesmen,Can . [oni cally appointed ][The] 4th [di vision con tain s] Withi ngton,Redish,Didsbury,

Burni sh,[Burnedg e,] Mosside,Chorlton,Heaton Norris,Denton,Houghton,Leven s -hulme,Hulme . These have one Churchw. [ar

den,] nominated by Lady Bland,and 2 Sidesmen .

[The] 5th [divi sion contains] Blakely,Chetham,Strangeways,

Crumpsall,Tetlow,Moston,Harper-heigh one Churchw . [arden]and 2 Sidesmen [appointed] acc. [ording to the] Can . [on .]

a eanerr of .Manchester.

[The] 6th [divi sion contain s] Stretford,Trafford,Rusham,[Rusholme,] Fallow-field,Yieldhouse,Birch,Platt,ChorltonRow ; one Churchw . [arden] and 2 Sidesmen [are] nom . [inated]by M r Trafford .

Gorton is a Chap p elry by itself. 2 Wardens . V . [ide] Gorton.

Reddi sh,4 Hulme,5 Ordsall,6 Hulme,7 Clayton,8 Strange Malls.

ways,9 Garratt,10 Kersall,11An coats,12 Barlow,13Culcheth,14 and

Slade” .

4A family of the local name resided here from a very early period. The last heirmale,Alexander Reddi sh,who died in1613,married Catharin e,daughter and heiressofHumphr ey Dethi ck of Longford and Newhallin the county of Derby,by whom heleft two daughters and coheiresses,Sarah and Gr ace. The former married Clement,sixth son of Lord Chi ef Justice Coke,from whom Reddish passed in succession to thelate T. W. Coke of Holkham E sq. created Earl of Leicester in1837,and was sold byhim,with his other Lancashi re property,about1792.

The ancien t Hall,taken down about the year178 0,was a large quadrangular timberbuildin g,surrounded by a moat . It contained a Domestic Chapel,the entrance towhi ch was on the left hand,under the gateway leading in to the quadrangle. Thelarge hall was wain scoated,and in the upper panels were carved numerous arms ofalli an ce of the Reddish family. A p en and ink sketch of the hall is in the possessionof the Rev. John Piccop e M .A . of Farndon .

5 Hulme Hall,in Reddi sh,was the residence of Laurence Hulme,third son of

Robert Hulme of Hulme,in the 8 th Henry V. and gont inued in the same name untilthe death of William Hulme E sq. in1691,whose munificent charities have added alustre to the name whi ch feudal aristocracy failed to impart . He was born in1631,and married E lizabeth,daughter of Ralph Robin son of Kearsley,by whom he hadissue a son,Banastre Hulme,who died a minor . [See p .11Note 5,and p . 72,Note

6Ordshallwas the seat of Sir John Radcliffe (younger son of Richard Radclifi'e of

Radcliffe) in the31st Edward L,Kn ight of the Shi re in the14th Edward III. and whodied in the32d year of the same reig n . He married Jennet,daughter of Sir RobertHolland,sister of Thomas,Earl of Kent . His descendant,Sir Alexander RadcliffeKn t . married,before1629,Jane Radcliffe,the naturaldaughter and heiress of RobertRad cliffe K.G.fifth Earl of Sussex. Sir Alexander was the last of his family who re

sided at Ordshall. His widow wasliving in1668,and hi s only son,John RadcliffeE sq . dying without male issue,(Will proved in London,on 2lst July the E statewas sold,and the lin e was con tinued by Robert Radcli ffe ofWi thinshaw Esq . sixth andyoungest son of Sir Alexander Radcliffe,and uncle of the -last owner. His descendantis Robert Radclytfe of Foxdenton E sq. The house is built of wood and plaster,surrounded by a moat,with an embattled gateway over the bridge. The great banqueting

-hall stands upon pillars,‘

and the oriel is filled with p ainted glass c onsisting of

fietitia creatriensis.

be School here was Founded by Hugh Oldham,BPofExeter,16an . [no]1519,who pur chased some lands near Manchester

and ye Mills of yt Town of Ld delaWare for a long term of years,

figures and armorial bearings . It is the property of Wilbraham Egerton of TattonPark E sq . and has long been di vided into numerous tenements .7 John de Hulme held Hulme in the reign ofHenry II . and Geoffrey de Hulme wasfound to

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hold hi s lands in Hulme under the Earl of Lancaster in thel0th EdwardII. Hulme Hall was the Manor House of Ralph de Prestwich in1434,and continuedin his descendants un til the Manor was sold by Sir Thomas Prestwich,the secondBaronet,to Sir Edward Mosley Bart . in1660,the sale being confirmed by an Act ofParliamen t in1673. The E state passed in marriage,in168 5,with An ne,daughterand heiress of Sir Edward Mosley to Sir John Bland of Kippax in the county ofYork Bart; M .P. In1751it was sold by his grandson,Sir John Bland,to GeorgeLloyd of Man chesterE sq . and purchased in1764 by the Duke of Bridgewater,inwhose Trustees it is now vested . The Hall,a large quadrangular buildin g of woodand plaster,has been

‘ lately pulled down . In one of the rooms were some beautifulcarvings,chiefly heads,supposed to be by foreign artists,and whi ch are engraved inBaines

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s L ancashure. Some years ag o,the late Mr . Bradshaw of Worsley h ad thecarvings removed,and after being clean sed from successive coats of pain t,placedthem in a wainscoated room in the old Hall at Worsley.

8 Clayton was obtain ed in the time of King John by Robert de Byron,on hi s mar

riag e with Cecilia,daughter and heiress of Clayton . It con tinued to be thechief residence of the Byron family un til the mi ddle of the sixteen th century,and wassold along wi th “the impaled ground called Clayton Park,” and the reputed Manor ofClayton,by Sir John Byron Knt . to George Ch etham of London,g rocer,and Hum

p hr ey Chetham of Man chester,Chapman,by Indentur e dated the 20th of February1620,for There are still some small remain s of the House,and a moat witha stone

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bridge over it .9 Strangeways was held by Thomas de Strangeways,who died in the year138 9 . Itcontinued to be the residence of the Strangeways until about the time of James orCharles I . when it was sold to John Hartley of Man chester,draper . In the beginn ing of the eighteenth century it was in the possession of Mrs . Catherine Richards,widow,who by Will dated March3rd1711,devised it to Thomas Reyn olds of St .

Olave,Hart Street,London,E sq . ancestor of the presen t own er,Lord Ducie.10 Garratt Hall was an extremely picturesque wood and plaster house,of con siderable size,with numerous gables and tall chimn eys,and was the seat of a branch ofthe Trafi'ord family in the fourteenth century . The last heir male of thi s family wasRalph Traiford Esq . who di ed in1555 or1556. In1596 Oswald Mosley ofManchester,clothier,third s on of Edward Mosley of Hough End,purchased Garratt Hallfrom Thomas,Lord Gerard,and the sale was confirmed by Willi am Gerard of Harrowon the Hill,and Philip Gerard of Gray

’s Inn .

Kersall Cell and Manorwere granted by Henry II . to the Priory of Lenton in the

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211Master.

fiatitia Greatriensia.

Feofl'ees for ye use of ye School,wch was made Free to every body

by ye Foundation ; the Sal. [ary] of [the] Master being then101p . [er] an . [num,and of an] Usher,51p . [er] an . [num the] headScholars to teach English : But y

e value of coin rising and ye Rent

of ye Mills being advan ced,the Sal. [ary] of [the] Head Master i s

now 8 01p . [er] wth a good House and Garden,and about3178 out of ye Dutchy-rents,given by Q . [ueen]

[The] Sal . [ary] of [the] 2d Master i s 401p . [er] an . [num] a

Gratuity of 81,with a Garden and some Cottages,and ab t31p . [er]

for certain uses therein expressed ; and further reciting that the said Ralph Hulmeand Richard Hunt had also demised to the said Warden and Fellows lands inAn coats,whi ch they held jointly with Ralph Sondeforth,D .D . deceased,JohnVesey,Archdeacon of Chester,and Thomas Marler,as feoffees of Barnard Oldham,Archdeacon of Cornwall,for the like term of seventy years,for certain uses,allwhichpremises were worth £40 a year ; and it was wi tnessed that the said Hugh Oldham,the Warden and Fellows,the said Langley,Bexwyke,and Hulme should provide afit person,secular or regular,to in struct scholars in Manchester,paying him £10 a

year,and also £5 a year to his usher. Although the mills and other property werethus invested in the Warden and Fellows,as Trustees of the School,yet the saidHugh Bexwyke and Joan Bexwyke on the1st of April1525,by Indenture of feoffment,recited that Thomas West,Lord La Warr,had by Deed dated the3rd of

October1509,confirmed to the said Hugh and Joan,with the said Ralph Hulme,since deceased,the reversion of allthe said mills,&c . to hold to their own use,in fee,therefore they conveyed the same to certain fresh trustees,along with a burgage in Mill Gate,whi ch Hugh and Joan had by the gift of Hugh,Bishop of Exeter,by Deed dated the19th of Mayl6th Henry VIII. and further reciting that Hugh,Bishop of Exeter,deceased,for the good mind which he had to the county of Lancaster,where the learning of grammar had not been taught for lack of sufficientschoolmasters and ushers,had built a School-house in Manchester,adjoin ing the College,and had purchased a lease of the corn mills,and caused lands in An coats,and a

burgage in Mill Ga te,along with the said Hugh and Joan,to be converted to the maintenan ce of the said School in Manchester for ever,according to the con stitution smadeby the said Hugh and Joan Bexwyke,who were to nominate the Master duringtheir respective lives,and aft er their death the nomination to devolve on the Presiden tof Corpus Chr isti College,Oxford. In1699 the Trustees purchased from John and

Hannah Beswicke for £325,another messuage,in Mill Gate,Manchester,and in1758the Charity was regulated by an Act of Parliament,32d George II . c . 61,and theinhabitants were di scharged from the obligation of grinding any grain,exceptmalt,at the School mills . In18 25 the total income of the Trust amounted to17s .ltd .

incanern of Manchester.

The Feoffees have added a third Master for teaching 311Master.

whose Sal . [ary] i s161p . [er] an . [num .]But the Rents of y

e Mills exceeding these Allowances,the Feoffees (as they are appointed by Statute to doe) allow y

e overplus tob e disposed of by [th e] Warden and Head Master in Exhibition sto Poor Scholars sen t from this School to either Univ . [ersity,] viz .

51p . [er] an . [num ] each from [the time of their] En tran ce tilltheyare Batch . [elors] of Arts,and [in] ye last year101.The N ominat . [ion] of ye 2 Masters i s [vested] in y8 President of

Corpus Kti Coll:Oxon . who,upon every vacancy,i s to present onewthin a month,to y

e Warden ofManchester,who i s V i sitour of ye

School . Vide Cop y of Stat. Pap . B . [aalt .]

It appears from some recent proceedings in the Vice Chancellor’s Court,(Decemberthat,owing to an in crease in the funds of the School,the Masters’ salaries were

augmen ted,twelve Exhibition s of £60 each were instituted,and that in1832 thesurplus revenue having accumulated to m the three per cents . an order wasobtained on Petition under Sir Samuel Romilly s Act,(52d George III. e . fora referen ce to the Master to settle a scheme for the future managemen t of the Charity,and to enquire whether it would be beneficial that any exten sion of the Schoolshould take place,and also if any surplus should be expended in repairs and rebuilding of the School-house,&c . then much dilapidated. The Income had in creased to

leaving a surplus after alloutgoings ofThe Master’ s scheme provided for extra tui tion in mathematics,&c . and

was set apart for rebuilding the High Master’s house and other improvements,out ofthe surplus fund. Th e system of boarders was san ctioned,the exhibition s were continued,and the Masters’ salaries were increased. In1835 thi s scheme was impugned,chiefly on the ground that the Trustees were not residents in Man chester,and therefore ineligible for the office,and that the system of boarders (whi ch called for therebuilding of the High Master’s house) was at varian ce with the intention s of theFounders . The case was argued before Lord Cottenham,who,on the10th of

November1840,delivered his judgment,and expressed his opinion that the Trusteesought not to be removed,- that allchildren capable of in struction were eligible foradmission,— and that boarders were not to receive the Exhibition s . The case wasre-heard before Lord Lyndhurst,who expressed a strong opinion in favour of thepractice of taking boarders being in con sonance with the Foundation Deed and thepowers contained in it,and referred it to the Master to settle the limitation s and re

striction s under which boarders were to be taken .

On the11th of January1849,Vice Chan cellor Shadwell decreed that as the Trustees had not sanctioned the taking of boarders by the Masters,Lord Lyn dhurst

’shypothesis was the reverse of the fact,and that no boarders should be admitted.

trhfhitiuns.

{Retina Qtestriens is.

[The] Dutch [ess] of Somerset17 has settled lands for [the]maintenan ce of 4 Scholars in Braz enn . [ose] to b e

elected out of this School,who were b orn in

or Heref. [ord] shire and for other Scholars,to b e

chosen out of Manch f,Heref. [ord] and Marlb . [orough] Schools,by turn s .

William Hulme Esq . of Kearsley,18 in1691devised Lands forThe present School-house was built upon the old foundation,in the years1776 and

1777. There is a very mean view of it in Buckler’s Vi ews of E ndowed S chools,4to,18 27,and the writer says that “ Hugh Oldh am,a native of Oldham,founded thisS chool sometime prior to thel6th Henry VIII .” The Bishop was not born at Oldham,but at Crumpsall,in the parish of Man chester . L ane . M SS .vol. xxxi . andDug dale’s V isi t. of L an e .

17 The Duches s of Somerset was Sarah,daughter and coheir ess of Sir EdwardAlston Kut . M .D . of London,and married first,George,son and heir apparent of SirHarbottle Grimstone Bart. secondly,John,fourth Duke of Somerset,(who di ed in

and thirdly,Henry,Lord Coleraine. Her Grace died issueless in1692,andher estates passed to her niece,Mary,wife of Henry Boo th,fir st Earl ofWarrington .

See Granger’s H ist. of E ng . vol. iv . p .152 .

18 Mr . Hulme’s Will is dated Kearsley,the 2oth of October1691,and hefir st givesand devises to William Baguley Gent . hi s “ coz en,

”and his assign s,hi s lands at

Kearsley,Outwood,and Whi tefield,held un der leas e of the Earl of Derby and JohnStarkie E sq . in Trust,to p ay yearly to Ric hard Baguley,his brother,Chr istopherand Alexander Baguley,his un cles,£10 each,and to permi t Eliz abeth Hulme,thetestator’ s wife,to occupy the Kearsley E state,at an annual ren t of £18 . Out of hislands of inheritan ce at Heaton Norris,Denton,Ashton -under-Line,Reddish,Man

chester,and Harwood,he devises to hi s wife during her life,in lieu of jointure and

dower,his capital messuage,and demense lands called Hulme,Edg ecroft,and Hulme’ sMoor,in Reddish and Denton ; and after his wife’s death he charges these lands with£10 a year each,to his “ coz ens” Christopher,Alexander,and Richard Baguley,during their respective lives . And the reversion of allthese lands he gives to JamesChetham of Turton E sq . William Hulm e of Davy Hulmc Esq. and the said WilliamBaguley,hi s “ kin sman,

”and their heirs for ever,in Trust,to p ay the annual rents

amongst “ such four of the poor sort of Batchelors of Ar ts takeing such Degree inBraz enose Coll. in Oxford,as from time to time shall resolve to continue and residethere by the space of four years after such degree taken,” and so to con tinue to suchfour poor Bachelors successively for ever,to be n omin ated and approved of by theWarden ofManchester and the Rectors of Prestwich and Bury for the time bein g.He gives one-third of hi s persona lty to his wife . He gives to James Taylor theyoung er of Breightmet,£15,owing on Bond ; to E lizabeth,mother of the said James,£5 ; and to James Taylor,her husband,408 . whi ch he owed testator. [See p .11,

meanery of Manchester.

the maintenance of four of the poorest sort of Bachelors of Arts inBraz enno se College,Oxford,as should from time to time residethere for four years after tak ing their said Degree ; such poor

Bachelors to b e n omd and approved of by the Warden of Man

chester and the Rectors of Prestwich and Bury .

Note He gave to the wife of James Burgess ofMan chester,£5 ; 4os . each to hisman and maid servant ; and to “ Joshua Dixon,Clerke,£5,whom I desire to preachmy funerallsermon and the residue he bequeathed to the four Bag uleys,of whomb e constituted Willi am Baguley the sole Executor. He afterwards gave his wife “ thechamber and goods therein,whi ch were her late mother’s,

”and the goods and furni

ture “ in the chamber and rooms at Manchester,where wee used to lodge,”and “ other

household goods now in the house at Kearsley,where wee inhabit .” Proved at

Chester,the10th ofMarch1691—2,by the Executor. L ane. M SS .

In1769 an Act of Parliament was obtain ed to enable the Trustees of the E statesdevised by William Hulme E sq. to grant buildi ng leases thereof,and to increase thenumber of Exhi bition s in Brasenose College,Oxford. At that time four Bachelors ofArts had been from time to time nominated,and each had received £60 a year . TheE states had in creased in value to £360 per annum,and the Trustees had savedThis Act was amended in1795,and the Trustees were empowered to convey infee,or gran t leases for lives,or for long terms of years,the said Trust E states,andto make such allowance to the Exhibition ers as they might think proper . Therewere at that time ten Bachelors of Arts,each receiving £8 0 per annum,and theTrust E state had increased to per annum,over and above the m terest of

whi ch had been saved. These Acts were again amended in1814,when theWarden and two Rectors were empowered to nominate Under Graduates of Brasenose to ; the Exhi bition s,and the Trustees were empowered tofind rooms andlodgings and other provision for the Exhi bitioners,and also to found and support a

Divin ity Lecture in ' Brasenose College,and to In corporate the Trustees . At thattime there were fifteen Exhib itioners,each receiving £110 per annum,the annualproceeds of the E states amoun ted

\

to l6s . 8 d . over and above the interestof which the Trustees had saved. The before-named Acts were furtheramended in18 27,by enabling the Trustees,out of the accumulated funds arisingfrom the Trust E state,to purchase Advowson s . The fifteen Exhibition ers eachreceived £120 ,a year for main tenance and lodging,and £35 towards purchasingbooks

.The gross annual in come arising from lands amounted to 17s .lld .

and the accumulated fund from surplus ren ts amounted to 3s . 4d . The

amount to be paid for each Advowson to be purchased,not to exceed and

the b enefice,when void,to be presented to an Exhibitioner,a Bachelor of Artsof the Un iversity of Oxford,in Holy Orders,and in allrespects capable of being,and ready and willing to be,presented to any such b enefice,with a power to expend£700 in building or improving the Parsonage house pertain ing to any of the Livings .

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fintitia erestriensis.

Here is an Hosp itallfounded by Hum . [phrey] Chetham Esq .

19an ; [no] Incorporated by Char . [les] 2d,designed for y

e

main tenan ce of 40 poor Boyes,but en larged to 60,by y6 Go

vern . [ors,in to b e taken in betw . [een the ages of] 6 and

In1839 a further Act was obtained enabling the Trustees to build and endowChurches .The Hulmeian Exhi bition s are now £150 each,i .e. £120 in money,and £30 inbooks,and are Open to natives of any part of England.

There are now sixteen Exhi bition s from Mr . Hulme,sixteen from the Duchess ofSomerset,in participation with natives of Marlborough and Hereford,at BrasenoseCollege,Oxford,and St . John

’s College,Cambridge,and sixteen for the sole benefitof natives of Manchester .19 Humphrey Chetham of Clayt on Esq . accordin g to Dr . Charles Leigh,“ a greatexample of industrious improvemen t,

”was the fourth son of Henry Chetham of

Crumpsall Gent . and baptised at the Collegiate Church of Manchester,July thel0th158 0 . He was descended from a Kn ightly family of hi gh antiquity in the county ofLancaster,but being a younger son,he embarked in the Fustian Trade,for whi chManchester was then famous . He was alli ed to the Oldhams,and Beswickes,who hadfounded the Grammar School of Manchester,and doubtless obtain ed hi s education inthat useful in stitution . By success in trade,he realized a large fortune,and boughtClayton Hall in1620,and afterwards Tur ton Tower . In1635 he served the office ofSheriff of the coun ty. His Will is dated thel6th of December1651,and he died the20th of September,and was buried in the Collegiate Church,on the12th of October,1653,in his seventy-thi rd year,having been,accordi ng to Fuller,“ a di ligen t readerof the Scriptures,and of the works of sound Divin es a respecter of such Mini sters ashe accoun ted truly godly,up rig h te,sober,di screet,and sincere.” By hi s Will,heprovided that the Charity whi ch he had commen ced in hi s life-time should be p erp etuated ; and,from the MS . Notes and Draft’s of several Wills,made at variousperiods of hi s life,he appears to have long contemplated this method of di sposing ofa portion of his E state .The Feofi'ees are a body of gentlemen,twenty-four in number,incorporated byCharter dated 2oth November1665,by the name of “The Govern ors of the Hospitaland Library founded by Humphrey Chetham E sq . in Manchester and the grossin come of the Hospital,in18 26,amoun ted to 3s .11d . E ighty boys wereannually maintained,clothed,and educated in the Hospital,from1779 to18 26.

Mr . Chetham bequeathed for the purchase of books,as the foundation of a

Public Library,and £100 to provide a sui table buildi ng for their reception,and gavethe residue of hi s personal estate,said to have been to augment the Library andto support a Librarian . In the year18 26the in come from the Library E state amountedto £542 per annum. Dr. Leigh estimated the number of volumes in the Library,inthe year1700,at nearly four thousand. It i s now about

Escanerr of Manchester.

10,and maintained wth meat,drink,and to y6 ag e

“

of14 [years and then to b e boun d out Ap p ren t . [ices,] at y6 Chargeof y

e Hosp itall.The Revenue was at first 4201p . [er] an . [num,] but by y8 good

manag emt of ye Feoffees or i s n ow 5171-083. 04d .

Within ye Ho sp i talli s erected by y8 same Founder a Spacious

Library,to wch is given1161p . [er] to buy Book s forever .

[The] Sal . [ary] to [the] Libr . [ary] keeper i swho i s put in by

There i s also a large School for ye Hosp itallBoyes,where they Ghetham’

s

are taught to read and write .

then to y8 Poor by Mrs . Richards201001p . [er] an . [num by

6harities.

G . [eorge ] Clark,21 a yr; [by the] Burgesses of Colli

20 Mrs . Catherine Richards,by Will,dated3rd March,1711,devised her Manor ofStrangeways,and her capital Messuage called Strangeways Hall,and allher lands inManchester,to Thomas Reynolds Esq . and Mary hi s wife (for life),remainder toFran cis Reyn olds their son ; remain der to hi s first and other son s in tail malecharged with £100 a year for ever,for the relief of widows of decayed tradesmen ofMan chester,and for in structin g and apprenticing poor boys and girls,the childrenof decayed tradesmen,at the discretion of the person s who should possess her saidE states,together with the Warden of Manchester for the tim e bein g ; and afterthe determination of these E states,she devised her said Manor,&c . to the Warden of

Manchester for the t ime being,and hi s successors,in Trust,that the said messuage,called Strangeways Hall,and £100 a year of the proceeds of the said Man or,shouldb e taken by the sai d Warden,and hi s successors ; and that £150 a year of therents should,during the lives of the fir st,second,third,and other son s of NicholasHartley,or any issue male of their bodi es,be paid by the said Warden tosuch issue and she di rected that allthe residue of the ren ts,and the said£150 a year,after the determination of the said E states tail,last mentioned,shouldbe disposed of in like manner as her bequest of £100 per annum to the Widowsand Poor Children of Man chester . The property,in18 26,belonged to Thomas,LordDucie,grandson and heir of the said Fran cis Reyn olds ; and the ultimate devise to theWarden of Man chester appears to have been debarred by a Recovery in1797.

21George Clarke was a haberdasher in Manchester,and di ed in1636. He is describedby Fuller,as “

a plain hon est man,just,temperate,and frugal,and according to hi sunderstanding,which in the world

’ s esteem was not great,devout ; a daily frequenterof prayers and sermon s in the College Church,and dying without issue,he made the

76 fictitia Qtestriensis.

hurst [qu . Rowland Mosley Esq . who in the15th Jac . charged the

Collyhurst Estate with £10 a year to the Poor of Man chester,]and Mr . Hartley,101each,[by] G . [eorg e] Marshall,[in121a year ; [by] Edw . [ard] Maire,(or Mayes,who,in1621,gave£120,expended m land,an d worth £1 a year,in 91;[by] Ed . Barlow,and Tho . [mas] Percival of Royton,(the latterin1693left 71each ; [by] Edward Barlow,m1678,draper,101p er annum ; [by Jam . [es] Mosse,(in1705,£100) 515 8 ; [by]John Alexander (in168 8,land in Gorton,)31-5 8 ; John Barlow

Gent . (in 41; [by] Mrs . Ellen Hartley,(widow of NicholasHartley ; she gave in1626 a burgage in Market- stidd Lane in lieu

of £20 given by her husband : this house was sold in18 22,underan Act of Parliam en t to Improve Market Street,for 31;[by] Walter Nugen t an d Margaret his mother,(wi dow of Richard

Nugent,to b e given in turf to poor householders,in 21. Allthese annuallsum s in Land .

Given in money,in1652,by Mr . Richard Holland,1001; [by]John Partington,(in1677 ) Henry Dick en son,(in168 2 WilliamDrinkwater,(in Joshua Brown Gent . (in 1001each ;[by] Robert Sutton,

22(by Will dated in 4001; [by] Mr .

Fran cis Cartwright,(in 4201; [by] Mrs . Mary Chorlton,

(in 501,to b e len t by £10 forfive years,to young person snatives ofMan chester,who having served an appren ticeship in it,h ave a good character,and are members of th e Church of England ;

[by] Mr . Cole,301,[by] Humph . [rey] Oldfield,(in 201,[by] W. Mo sier,101; [by a] Widow,i n Lon don,91105 ; [by] R .

Sandiforth,51, [by] J . Clough,31133; Thomas Myn shull,bypoor of thi s town his heir,givin g them £100 per annum in good lands,lying inCrumpsall and Tetlow,within a mile of it .

” — (Worthies of L ancashire,p .121,fol ._The lands are n ow worth n early a year.

22 On a large square tomb,n ear the Chapter House in the Collegiate Church yard,the letters much worn,and the arms decayed,is this in scription Robert Sutton ofMan chester,skinn er,buryed Feb .15,1683,whose charity at death did abound,andto the poor he left £400,for ever . Ann,hi s wife,buried April16,1715 ; Robert,hi sson,buried Aug .18, His Willwas dated December 29th,168 7,according to

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Wharities.

fictitia Qtestriensis.

It i s worth about1001p . [er] an . [num,] arising from y9 Pews,

wChare to b elet by y6 Min ister wth ye con sen t of six or more of y

e

Inhab S,Comm issioned by ye BP,for any number of years n ot ex

ceedin g 21.[There are] 2 appointed by [the] BP accord .

[ing ] to Act of Barlt,wh o are made a Corporation to receive Benefaction s not exceeding 501p . [er] an . [num,] for y

e Repairs and

Uten sills of ye Church,and providin g Bread and Wine for ye

Sacrament .

2

then to this Church an . [no]1717 by Mr . [George] GrimShaw, to b e laid out [by h i s Executors,Mr . William

Hunter an d Mr . John D ig gles,both of Man chester,] in a Ren t

Charge,or Estate of Fee Simple,for [the] Rectr

. [The] In t .

[crest] in y8 m ean tim e to b e p

(1to [th e] Rectf .

Given for Repairing this Church by William Baguley Gent .

321p . [er] out of Lan ds in D ean sg ate ; and by Mr . Sam .

[uel] Heywood,4 41-16S p . [er] an . [num,] out of Lands in Shover .

V . [ide] Act of Purlt N ew Reg .

2 The Churchwarden s appointed by the Bishop do not appear to have acted in a veryunan imous mann er,and their grievan ces were brought under the notice of BishopGastrellin a long and querulous letter,dated Manchester,January 21st1723—4.

L anc . M S S . vol . L etters .

In the Church yard is the square tomb of Dr . Thomas Deac on,the celebrated nonjuror,who died on thel6th of February1753,aged 56, the greatest of sinners,andthe most unworthy of Primitive Bishops,as he styled himself.3William Baguley Gent . by Willdated the14th of April1725,and proved at Chester,gave £200 towards founding and endowing a Charity School in Manchester ; butthi s sum seems to have been lost,and the Charity Commi ssioners in their16th Rep ort,whi lst men tion ing £2,as payable out of certain premises on the easterly side of

D ean sg ate,to a Schoolmaster,omit allmention of the real object for whi ch thi s rentcharge was given . Mr. Baguley gave several sums for various charitable purposes atRingley,and the site on which St . Ann e

’s Church was built . He was the n ephewand executor of William Hulm e E sq . the Founder of the Exhibitions,and descendedfrom an old and wealthy Manchester family.

4Mr . Samuel Hayward gave,by Will,this ren t charge out of his lands in Sholver .

ficanergj of Manchester.

31i ii Q? Certif. [ied] 311OS 0od,arising from lands now held by Sam .

[uel] Lees . Con trib . [ution s] about 91.A Curate [was] Licen sed an . [no]1699 . V . [ide] Subs . [crip tion]

B . [ooh ]An . [n o]1720 [a] Curate [was] Licen sed upon ye Nomination

of Mr . Birch .

Con secrated by BP Chadderton . Warden Wrac’s { Md 1706.

1Dedicated to St . James . Value in1834,£160. Registers begin in1752 .

The Chapel was built by the Birch family shortly after the Reformation,thoughapparently not con secrated un til the time of Queen Elizabeth . The Advowson and

Birch E state passed to Dicken son,merchan t,of Man chester,in the last century,and were conveyed in1815 by Mary,daughter and heiress of John Dicken son E sq.

and his wife,Mary,daughter of Charles,eldest son of Lord Archibald Hamilton,inmarriage to General Sir William An son Bart . (son of George Adams E sq . whoas sumed the name of An son,) father of the presen t Patron .

In1650 Birch Chapel had a house and a little land belonging to it,lately purchasedby the inhabitan ts,and worth £3.10s . per annum . Mr . John Wiggan was the Min ister,and pain ful as a Preacher . He had received some main tenance out of the sequestration s,but allorders expiring about Midsummer1650,he then depended on thecontribution s of the people . It was con sidered fit to be made a distinct Parish .

L amb . M SS . vol . ii.On the13th of May1845,the foundation ston e of a new Church was laid,a fewyards to the east of the ancient Chapel of Birch,and the top ston e was put into itsplace on the13th of May1846,shortly after which the old Chapel was taken down .

The Church was con secrated by Bishop Sumn er on thelst of July1846. It con sistsof a Chan cel,Nave,and Aisles,with a square Tower,surmoun ted by an octagonalSpire,at the south-west angle. The Chan cel is thi rty-three feet by sixteen ; the Naveand Ai sles,eighty feet by forty-eight . The height of the Spire is one hundred and

thirty feet . The sacred edi fice is in the Early English style of architecture . Theeast and west windows arefilled with exquisitely stain ed glass ; and great accuracy oftaste is manifested in allthe details and arrangements of this beautiful Church . Thecost of the buildi ng was about the principal contributors being the Patron,Sir John Willi am Hami lton An son Bart . and hi s brother,the Rev . G. H . GrevilleAn son M .A. the Incumben t of the Church,who gave Large and admirablycon structed Schools were built here during the In cumben cy of the Rev. GeorgeDugard M .A . The Town ship of Rusholme and part of Moss Side have been con

stituted an Ecclesiastical District and attached to Birch Chapel.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

fiotitta (testriensis.

3m . [iles] from Man chester .Birch Hall .2

Q IDUUI It Eng . [lish] School only,but not Free .

ZlfifiifllmfiCertif. [ied] 271108vi z . Chappell-house,11; given by

2 Birch Halland Estate were granted by deed s .d . but as early as the time ofHenryIII. by Matthew de Haverseg e to Matthew de Birch,and continued in the Birchfamily until purchased by Mr. Dickenson . It is now the property of his representative,Sir J. W. H . Anson Bart .

1Dedicated to St . Peter . Value in1834,£140. Registers begin in1655 .

In the year1474 the town shi p of Blakely was held by John Byr on Esq . of theheirs of Sir Thomas West,son and heir of Richard,Lord DelaWarr,at an annualrent of £33. 6s . 8 d .

There was a chapel here in and before the year1548 . By indenture datedl6thMay1611,Sir John Byron of Newstead,the elder,Kn t . Sir John Byron of Royton,the younger,Kut . “ youn ger son and heir apparent of the said Sir John Byron theelder,

”Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme Kn t . Sir Richard Asheton ofMiddleton Knt . Richard

Asheton E sq . son and heir apparent of the said Sir Richard,and John Holte of

Stubley Esq . convey and sell to John Cudworth of Werneth,James Chetham of Nutb urst,and Edmund Haworth of Haworth,Gentlemen,in con sideration of a certainsum of mon ey heretofore paid to the said Sir John Byr on the son,by the inhab itan ts and farmers of Blakley, allthat our Chappell called Blakely Chappell,inBlakely,and allthat yard or court wherein the said Chappell standeth,used for andcalled the Chappell Yard,and one chamber or other building adjoing the Chappell,andcommonly called the Chappell Chamber,and one garden and backside belonging tothe said Chappell or chamber,and alltimber trees within the said Chappell Yard,together with alldeeds,evidences,&c . Cudworth,Chetham,and Haworth,held thepremi ses in trust for the inhabitants,tenants,or farmers of Blakley,their heirs andassign s,” an d seisin was given by Adam Holland and Robert Baguley of Newton,Yeomen .

Although the Chapel,Ch apel-yard,and Chamber,were thus sold by Sir JohnByron,whose ancestors had probably been the original founders before1548,the Inhab itan ts of Blakeley do not appear to have exercised the right of. Patronage,which haslong been annexed to the Collegiate Church of Man chester .In1631Bishop Bridgeman issued a Commission t o Raphe Assheton Esq . Hum

phrey Booth Gent . William Rathb and,Clerk,Joseph Consterdine,William Wardle

meanery of Manchester.

Jon . [ath an] Dawson of Manchester,201,p . [er] Adam mm“ . 1_Chetham,charged upon Land,3178 8 C1Int . [erest] of1001,givenworth,John Beswi cke,William Heywood,George Pendleton,George Travis,andJohn Wardleworth,,to allot and di stribute benches and seats in the body of theChapel of Blakeley in the Parish of Manchester,then newly built or made un iform,to the Inhabitants of the said Chapelry ; and on the17th of November in the sameyear,the Bishop confirmed the allotmen t of the said Commissioners . The inhabitantsso plac ed in the benches are obliged to contribute,four times a year,to the salary ofthe Min ister who ofii ciates,according to the rate fixed at the allotting of the seats,and in case of any refusing,the Chapel Warden s are empowered to assign the ben chor seat to an other person,always reserving the rig hts of the Bishop and hi s successors . Ann exed to the confirmation is a platform of the Chapel and Chancel,and thenames of the owners of seats . — L anc . M S S .

In1844,the Chapel,having become too small for the population,was taken down,and a large and handsome Church erected. On the10th of June1846,a decision wasgiven in the Court of Queen ’ s Bench against the claim ofMr. Thomas Travis to twopews in the new Church in lieu of two ancient prescriptive pews in the old Chapel,on the ground that the new Church was not erected on precisely the same site as theold

.

one .

2 Notwithstandi ng some of these ancient benefaction s,the Commissioners appointedby Parliament for the abolition of Cathedral and Collegiate dign itaries and the confiscation of their E states,returned Blakeley in the Parish ofMan chester,in1649,asone of the seven Chappells of Ease that have n oe Allowance to the Min isters,” and

the Tithes as being worth £26 per annum .— Par t. Surveg ,L am b , L ibr . In1650

these fun ctionaries again reported that “ there was no E cclesiastical Benefice withinthe Town ship ofBlackley except one dwelling-house,built by the inhabitants for theirMinister,and a gift of17s . 8 d . per annum,received from R(1Gartside by the Chappell reffes,for the use ofMr . Ja8 Walton,the Preacher,who hath manifested di ssat“

to the presen t Governm t by neglectg to observe days of hum iliat" and thanksgivingappointed by Ordinance of Parli ament,and speaking ag t the Engagement,by reasonwhereof the same place these days was not sup plyed . The Tithes are worth £15 perannum,and were formerly paid to the Warden and Fellows of Manch" ; but Mr .Walton hath no certain Salary,but what the Inhabitants are pleased volun tarily togive him in lieu of their Tithes,which they do not now p ay.

”- L a/mb . M SS . vol. ii .

3Although this paym ent is here,as well as in the Return of the Clerical Commissioners appointed by Bishop Gastrellto ascertain the value of the Livings in theDeanery of Man chester,stated to be charged upon land,

” such was not the natureof the benefaction,as Adam Chetham,by Indenture dated 28 th of September1625,gran ted and assigned to Ralph Assheton of Middleton Esq . Humphrey Booth Gent.and others,in Trust,for the better maintenan ce of a Minister to preach in BlackleyChapel ; and for the better reli ef and provision for the Poor inhabiting within Blackley ; a house,a barn,and three closes in Blackley,being four ac res of land,Lancashire ;

V OL . M

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notitia Grestrt’

enst’

s.

by G . Grimshaw of Manch . [ester,Maltster,] 51; In t . [erest] of101left by J . Travis,‘1103.

There i s a house left to this Chap . [el] by G . Grim shaw,5 after ye

death of Anne Bowyer h i s Servt,val. [ue] 71p . [er] an . [num .][The] Will i s in y

6 hands of John Diggle of Man ch . [ester ]Dissen ter .2Warden s an . [no ]1673,Sac . [were] chosen by [the] M in . [ister]

and Inb ah . [itan ts .]Nothin g but a smallhouse belong . [ed] to thi s Chap [cl] an [no]1706. Warden Wroe

’s Acc

t Pap . Reg .

3m . [iles] from Manchl‘

ere i s 51p . [er] an . [num] left by Mr . Rob . [ert] Litchford6

[in1710] to y63Schoolmaster of Blakeley,who shallb eapproved of by 4Trustees . [The] Money to b e raised out of an

Estate in Blakeley .

N o School yet erected .

measure,one thi rd part of the rent to b e distributed towards the maintenance of thePreacher at Blackley Chapel,and the other two thirds for the relief of the said Poorof the Town ship . The premi ses are now worth about £60 per annum.

4John Travis ofBlackley yeoman,(of the same fami ly as Father Travis,Min isterof Blackley,” the memorable correspondent of Bradford the Martyr,in1547—8—9see Foxe’s Maxrtg rolog g ) left £20,to be invested,and one half of the interest to bepaid yearly to “ the Parson of Blackley Chapel,” and the other half to the Poor Inhabitants of Blackley : An d hi s son,Thomas Travis,by Will dated12th of January1721,bequeathed to George Travis,his [Testator’ s] son,Thomas Travis,his grandson,and Thomas Jackson,£20,the Interest for the use of the Poor of Blackley.

Mr . Thomas Travis of Great Wolden Hall,[see p . 52,Note the descendan t ofthese benefactors,is now the Trustee .

5 Dr. Wroe stated,in1707,that “ Blakeley hath been a large Congregation,andmain tain

’d a Curate well ; but ye Subscription s are now fallen,and little else belongs

to it,onely y“ year one of o r Town has left to it ye interest of £100,for ever,and yeren t of an house,aft er a woman ’ s life,worth 7 or 811) p . an .

— M S . Retwn s of the

D eanery of M anchester,in the Reg is try at Chester .

6Robert L ichford,by Will dated 26th of December1710,devised a messuage andtenemen t called Cooper’s -Tenemen t,situate in Blackley,to Lichford Fli tcroft and hi sheirs,charged with an annuity of £5,for the use of a Schoolmaster inhabiting and

meanerp of Manchester.

t ft by Adam Chetham an . [no]1625,21-1313o 0d p . [er] an .603“t

[num,] one third of w" h to [b e paid to th e] Min . [ister,][and the] other two thirds to y9 Poor .

JQ QMMLEIQBN J Certif. [ied]l1.15 s oaflugm.

p . [er] being Int . [erest] of Eggjfigg ,(112money left . There was more,but 8 01was lost by a Tradesman in [PM

Man chester . N o settled Curate .

An an cien t con secrated Chap . [el.] Warden Wroe’s Acd an . [no]1706. Pap . Reg .

2 Wardens‘

an . [no] 1673,& c . [were chosen] w<>11serve for 2TownsPS,viz . Chorlton and Hardy,wthin ye Manour of Within g muons. 2.

ton . Chosen accord . [in g ] to [the] Canon . Serve [d] formerly forboth Town sPS

3m . [iles] from Man chester .

Augmented with 2001an . [no ]1723.Chorlton .

2

1Dedicated to St . Clemen t . Value in1834,£103. Registers begin in1737.

Chorlton was a member of the Manor of Manchester,and was held in the12thEdward IV. of the Lord dela Warr by Henry Trafford,son of Thomas Trafi’ord E sq.

third son of Sir John Trafi’ord of Trafford Knt . Eli as Entwisle also held lands hereat the same time and under the same Lord.

In1573it was provided by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners that there should bedi ligen t and con stan t Preachin g every Sunday” in Man chester Church,or in one of

the Chapels named,amongst which is Chorlton . About1647 Mr . Polli t,Mini ster ofChorlton Chapel,was dismissed by the Classis for main tain ing Episcopacy and defending the use of the Surplice and Book of Common Prayer . — Walker’s Sufiering sof the Clerg y,pp . 40 and 421. In1660 Mr . John Polli t was Incumbent ofMilnrow,and was probably the same person . In1650 there was a fund con sisting of £69,whichbelonged jointly” to [Mr . Richard Benson] the Curate and Schoolmaster of Chorlton,who had received some allowan ce from the sequestration s ; but that had ceased,although he was compliant with the demands of the ruling powers . Chorlton was

recommended to be made a Parish — L am b . M SS . In1717 Mr . Joseph Dale,theMin ister,held also the Chapel of Birch,and stated that the inhabitants of “Cholorton”contributed but £10 a year to hi s main tenance — Pap er in the Reg is try at Chester .

2 Chorlton Hall and its small demense lands were sold,in1590,by Edmund Trafl’ordE sq . to Ralph Sorocold of Golb orn Gent . for £320,who conveyed it to Ellis Hey ofMonks Hall in Eccles,Gen t . by whose son,E lli s Hey Gent . it was sold,in the year

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9mm“; 1110 En g . [lish] Schools wthin ye L ib ertyes,but neither of ym

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£11213:22216411. SEN QTQBN J Certif. [ied]121° 00S 00d,

viz . House and Garden,21a year ; In t .

[crest] of1601,81; Surp . [li ce] fees,21; V ol. [un tary] Contrib .

[ution s,] about101.1644,to Thomas Myn shull,an apothecary in Manchester,second son of RichardMynshullofWhi ston in the county of Chester,and his wife,Helen,daughter of Mr .Nicholas Goldsmith ofBosworth in the county of Leicester. Mr. MynshullmarriedAnn,daughter of James L ig h tb owne of Moston,E sq . and the Hall continued to be theresidence of his descendan ts until sold,in1774,(withfifty-seven Lan cashire acres ofland,) for by Roger Aytoun Esq . who had married the heiress of the family,and afterwards squandered the E states . The purchaser was John Dickenson ofMan

chester,E sq . who,by Will dated the 9th of December1775,settled these and otherlands to the use of Leigh Dicken son E sq . for life,with remainder to William ChurchillDicken son E sq . for life,and to hi s first and every other son,and in default of suchissue,to John Dicken son Esq . uncle of the said William ChurchillDickenson E sq .

and hi s heirs and assign s for ever. About the year1793Mr. Willi am Churchi llDicken son obtain ed an Act of Parliament to authorize him to let these lands on

building leases .

1Dedicated to St . James . Value in1834,£135 . Registers begin in1694.

The Man or of Den ton was held in the year1356by Thurstan de Holland,and theTown shi p was held in the tim e of Henry IV. by Raphe Hyde and Holland,andtheir descendants,Richard Holland E sq . and Robert Hyde of Denton,Esq . in1531—2,built thi s Chapel for the use of their tenants . Camp ian,the Jesui t,about the year158 0,complained of Holland of Denton as a rigid Puritan .

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Colonel Richard Holland M .P. the descendan t of the cc -founder,gave a house andgarden,valued in1650,at163a year,and £100,as an endowment . He was _anactive man in the Civil Wars,and on the side of the Parliament . He died in1664,and his E state of £8 00 a year,pas sed to hi s brother,a bachelor of sixty years of ag e.

It is related of him that intending to marry, he found out a suitable gentlewoman,one Mrs . Bretland ; the marriage day was appoin ted,allthings settled and concluded.

In the mean time he fellsick and died,and was buried upon the day prefixed for mar

riag e solemnities . —Hun ter’s L ife of Oliver Heywood,p .160. Elizabeth,sister andsole heiress of Edward Holland of Den ton and Heaton E sq. married Sir John EgertonBart . and conveyed the E states to hi s family,and the Patronage of thi s small andhumble Chapel having long been exercised by his descendants,is now vested in theRight Honourable the Earl ofWilton .

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An . [no]1695 one Kin sey was nominated Curate by [the] Ward .

[en] and Fellows of Man ch . [ester] under yr Com . [mon] Seal,

and Licen sed by [the] BP. V . [i de] Pap . Reg . Subs . [crip tion]B. [ooh ]Denton and Houghton . For each Town sP [there i s] one

Churchw . [arden ] He who serves for Denton i s chosen by [th e]M in . [ister,] for Houghton by [the] Inhab . [itants ]5 m . [iles] from [and] 2 m . [iles] from any other

Ch . [urch ]

fiflfiififiifififlThis i s ye most an

cien t Chap . [el] in y6 Parish, [and]

said to [b e] built about1235 . Certif. [ied] 51-4S o 0‘1,being [the]1Dedicated to St . John . Value in1834,£154. Registers begin in1561.The family of Mosley possessed con siderable E states in thi s Town ship in the reig n

of Edward IV. and John Mosley Gent . of Didsbury,was living in148 0,havinga son,James,also of Didsbury,in the 6th Henry VII. His grandson,Sir NicholasMosley,was a successful London and Man chester merchan t,and having been LordMayor of the former city,di ed December10th1612,aged eighty-five,and was buriedin Didsbury Chapel. Having laid the foundation of his family,by the pur chase ofexten sive lands,hi s grandson,Edward,was created a Baron et,in1640 ; but on thedeath of hi s son,s .p . in1665,the E states were devised to a second cousin,Sir EdwardMosley of Hulme Knt . who died in1695,aged seventy-seven,and was buried at Didsbury,having issue an only daughter and heiress,Ann e Mosley,who married,on the3lst ofMarch168 5,Sir John Bland ofKippax Park in the coun ty ofYork,Bart . M .P.

and dying in1734,ag ed seven ty,was buried at Didsbury .

According to Hollingworth,the orig inal Chapel of Didsbury was built about theyear1235,and is the oldest foundation in the Parish of Manchester,with the exception of the Mother Church. It was probably little more than a Chantry,in the fir stin stan ce,and became Parochi al in1352,when a Commi ssion ‘

was granted by Rogerde Norbury,Bishop of L ichfield and Coventry,for the con secration of the Chapelyard of Didsbury within the Parish of Man chester,for the burial of such as died ofthe Pestilence in that hamlet,and in the neighbouring hamlets,because of their di stan ce from the Parish Church of Man chester . —Holli ng worth ’s M ancun . a MS . in

Chetham’

s Library.

In1650 it was found that the Chapel had a house and tenement for six years unex

p ired,worth £10 per annum,and £48 in stock . Mr . Thomas Clayton was theMin ister,and approved of as an awaken ing and godly Preacher,” who derived hi sincome from the contributions of the people . —L amb . M SS . vol. ii .

{Beanerg of Manchester.

In t . [erest] of1041,left by sev . [eral] b enefactours ; 1'7s p . [er]an . [num] more due,but doubtful . Contrib . [ution s] ab " 101p . [er] an . [num .]An . [no] 1352,[the] Chap . [el] yard [was] Con secrated,and

Licence gran ted to Bury there in [the] time of [the] Pestilence .

MS . Hulm,95,l .11,cd ' Cartul. Ep i . Cov. and L .

[The] Church of Manch . [ester] find [s] Wine for ye Sacr .

[amen t,] at Easter .

Rowland Mosley,Esq . left Lands to thi s Chap . [el] worth 201p . [er] an . [num] for 8 0 years,after ye death of a Person men

tioned in y6 Lease ; not known w11y6 person died ; but [the]

Lands are taken away . There was also a piece of ground called ye

Og ree meadow,long enjoyed by y6 Curates,but taken away by

S t J . [ohn] Bland .

2

Caveat ag t Licen sing a Curate an . [no]1667,by Jos . [eph] Maynard and his wife . Ins t. [i tution] 2 . at the end .

An . [no]1704,one Wak e held (th e Curacy,) [who was] nom .

[inated] by [the] Warden and Fellows ofManch . [ester] Pap . Reg .

Anc . [ien t] Seats . House - end3and Old Hall,4 both belong . [in g ] testis.

to Sr J . [ohn ] Bland .

2 Bishop Gastrellhad the misfortun e to have a troublesome correspondence withLady Bland,whi ch is in my possession,respecting the right of the Chapel to thelands men tioned in the Text,left to it,probably for a term,by Rowland Mosley E sq .

the eldest son of Sir‘

N icholas,the Lord Mayor. This benefactor died and was buriedat Didsbury in1616,and was remotely connected with Lady Bland,whose an cestorshad claimed and exercised the Patronage,although it was not very clear how their rightto it originated . The Patronage continued with the Blands un til1775,when AnnBland sold the Advowson to Willi am Broome of Didsbury Esq . whose heir atlaw,William Broome Esq . again sold it,in1792,to John Newton Gent . by whose familyit was conveyed by sale,in18 29,to Mr .William Newall,whose son,the Rev. SamuelNewall M.A. sold it m1840 to the late Thomas Darwell,Esq. father of James DarwellofBarton upon Irwell E sq . the presen t Patron .

3Hough End,sometimes written Hough’s End,and in the Text,House-End,from

the Saxon Halg h,pron oun ced How,or Hoo,was the residence of the Mosleys in thefifteenth century,and con stituted their earli est acquired property in Lancashire. Thepresen t house appears to have been built about the time of James I. by Rowland Mosley E sq . and,with its ivy-man tled gable-roofs,and mulli oned wi ndows,is a respectablehouse,though always of moderate dimensions .

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Chap . [el] Wardens,2 . One chosen by Lady Bland,[and the]o ther by y

6 Chap p elryu [There are]34m . [iles] from Manch r .

manna. 4. Withington,Burn idg e,Heaton Norris .

5 511110" ere is a School,5 to w<>11was left an . [n o]1695,by S r Edw .[ard]Moseley of Hoolm Hall,41p . [er] in Land . Lady

Bland has ye Writings,and Nominates y

e Master . V . [ide] N om.

[ination,] an . [no] 1699 . Pap . Reg . Lands given by [the]Founder,value 61or 71p . [er] an . [num .] Certif. [iod]1722 .

«Ben ita eft to y9 Poor of Withington and Heaton -norris,by S r

Edw. [ard] Moseley,6 an [no] 1695,41p [er] an . [num .]V . [ide] Willin

ancien t Certif. [ied] 81i 5 s 00d,viz . house,garden,and little meadow,

4Old Hall,or Hough,is to b e dis tingui shed from the above. In September1774Hough Hall and twenty-six acres of land,Lancashire measure,were advertised tobe sold by Roger Aytoun E sq . who had obtain ed the E state by marriage with MadamMin shull. — L anc . M SS .

5 Sir Edward Mosley of Hulme Bart . devised by Will four acres of land in Didsburywhi ch were conveyed to Trustees,by Inden ture dated the30th of December168 5,topermi t the profits to be employed for the main tenan ce of a Schoolmaster in Didsburyfor ever,to be approved of by Edward Mosley E sq . his heirs,and assign s,beingLords of the Manor ofWithi ngton . Wilbraham Egerton Esq . is now Lord of theManor.5 Sir Edward Mosley Kut . by Will dated the 24th ofMay1695,charged hi s Manors

ofWithin gton and Heaton Norris with the payment of £4a year to a Schoolmas terof Didsbury,and £4a year to the Churchwarden s of Didsbury for the use of the PoorofWithington and Heaton Norris .

1Dedi cated to St . James . Value in1834,£150. Registers b egin in1570.

The Town shi p of Gorton,parcel of the Manor of Manchester,was held of theManerial owner by the Byron fami ly,and in the year1474,John Byron Esq . pai d anannual rent to the Lord of £30.l1s .

Thi s Chapel existed shortly after the Reformation,and occurs in Saxton’s map in’

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a small Barn,wthp

Shippon or Cowhouse ; and ab t

[the] 8111part of an acre,for a Garden - spot Surp . [lice] fees,11-15Elp . [er] Vol . [untary] about 221p .[er] an . [num . Signed,Griffith Swin ton MinrThis Chap . [el] i s well and un iformly '

Seated .

An . [no]1673,2 Warden s .

[A] Curate [was] Licensed an . [no .]1717 . V . [ide] Subs . [cription] B . [ooh ]An . [no .] 1717,Given tow . [ards] Augm [entation,] 3001by

John Gr [e] aves Gen t .

manna 2 . To [the] Chap pehy of Newton belong ye Town s? 8 of Newton

g nup art “1and Failsworth,and part ofMoston,Droylsden,and Bradford .3u11)2 Warden s : One for Newton,chosen by [the] Min . [ister,]

[and the] other for Failsworth,by y6 Chap p elry,every thi rd year,out [of] Moston and Droylsden,acc . [ordi ng] to [the] Canon .

2 m . [iles] from Man chr,and from any other Ch . [ur ch .]

cum Scales,whi ch is a Town shi p in the Parish of Kirkham . The Church is dedicatedto AllSaints . Value in1834,£155 . Registers begin in1723.The Byrons of Clayton held very large territorial possession s in Newton,at an earlyperiod,of the DelaWarrs but the Manor was vested in the Warden and Fellows ofthe Collegiate Church ofManchester in thefifteenth century,and still belongs to thatCorporation . The commons within the Manor were enclosed and di vided by Act ofParliament,42d George III. cap .107,(18 02 )The Chapel is named in1573,and Bishop Bridgeman,in the time of James I. made

an order respecting the rents of the pews and the maintenance of the Curate .In the year1650 Mr. John Walker “ Preacher of the Gospel,” supplied the Cure,

and received £34. 2s .3d. from lands and tenements in Newton,formerly paid to Man

chester,“ till by Order restrayned .

” Tithes in Newton £8 per annum,and in Kirkmanshulme 40s . per annum. per annum is paid Mr . Walker by hi s hearers,being inhabitants,by voluntary contributions ; their Tithes,formerly payable to theWarden and Fellows of Man chester,are now kept in their own hands towards p ayment of the said £40. A dwelli ng-house of two bays,and a stable of one b ay,havebeen bui lt by the inhabitants for their Min ister .” M SS . vol. ii .In the year1738 the Chapel was enlarged,the Warden and Fellows of Manchestergiving the timber,Edward Chetham of Smedley E sq . the Lessee of the Tithes,contributing £50,and the residue of the expen se being defrayed by voluntary offerings .It was rebuilt under an Act of Parliament obtain ed on May 4th1814,and which Actwas amended on the 23d ofMay1817,57th George III. cap . 22.

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fichocl,by whom built not known ;2 nothing belongs to it Q chq s.

but [the] Int . [erest] of 201g iven by John Gilli am,forteachin g 4Poor Children .

Another School,founded by Mr . Gascall,3who gave 41p . [er]an . [num] for teaching 20 poor Children to read in y

6 Bible ; buthow long y

e Charity i s to continue [i s] not known .

eft by John Gilliam,201,[the] In t . [erest] to b e paid yearly (Shanty.

to such Poor of Newton and Failsworth as ye Trustees shd

think fit,who are alldead without mak ing a new Trust ; 24sh

p . [er] an . [num] i s now paid but ye Security [i s] not

certain .

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2 Thi s School is mentioned as “ the new School lately erected n ear Newton Chapel,in an Indenture dated the19th of December168 9,whereby John Gilliam of NewtonGen t . conveys to Ralph Worsley and others,in Trust,£20,given by the Will ofElizabeth Ch etham,to dispose of the profits for the religious education of poor children in the Town ships of Moston and Newton,until they can read the English Bible,and no longer . The £20 still remain s in the hands of Trustees,and is probably thebenefaction alluded to in the Text .3Mr . Gaskell’s School is no longer in existence. The benefactor was,doubtless,Nathan iel Gaskell Gent . a pious,wealthy,and liberal Presbyt erian,who,by Willdated the12th of November1716,says, my Executors shall p ay unto the Schoolmasters,whom I have employed for some time to teach poor Children,their quarteridg e at Christmas next,viz . 20s . apiece,and p ay for Books,and likewise Lady-dayquarter1717,but no longer . By a Codi cildated the15th of November1716,hehowever provides,_“ that mine Executors shall continue the quarterly payments to theseveral Schools whereto I have formerly and hitherto contributed,during the space ofthree years from Christmas next after my death,in such proportion as I have heretofore paid.

— L anc . M S S . vol. xxxi. Mr . Gaskell was ancestor of the Earls ofPowi s and the Baroness Semp ill— See p .31,Note10. E lizabeth,hi s third daughter,married Mr . Dan iel Bayley of Manchester,whose only daughter died a minor,and the whole of the Gaskell E states then descended to Lady Semp illand Lady Clive,in fee.

4 John Gilliam of Leven shulme Gent . was son and heir of John Gilliam of the sameplace,E sq. (a Captain for the Parliament and Justice of Peace,) and hi s wife,. Mary,daughter of James Halliwell of Pike House in the Parish of Rochdale Gent . He wasbaptized at Littleborough,July . the 2d1658,and married Jane,daughter of ThemasPercival of Royton Gent . After his death,she married secondly,Richard Tong e ofTonge Gent . By Will dated June16th168 8,and proved at Chester on the 26th of

October in the same year,Mr . Gilliam left many legacies fer charitable purposes,and

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JEFQBi ii33.1Certif. [ied] 60100500d p . [er] vi z . 201given by

Mr . Hum . [phrey] Booth,Founder of ye Chap . [el and 401arising

settled hi s very large Estates on his only child,Jane Gilliam,who subsequently mar

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ried John Greaves of Culcheth Esq . High Sheriff of Lancashi re in1733,ancestor ofEdward Greaves of N ettleworth Hall in the county of No ttingham,and of CulchethHall in the coun ty of Lancaster E sq .

In the Parliamentary Return s of Charities in1786,under the head ofNewton,it iserroneously stated that John Guillam in1632, gave £20 to the Poor,secured by aren t charge of £1. 4s . per annum,and then vested in Edward Gr eaves Esq. Thepaymen t subsequently dropped to12s . per annum,and has now ceased altogether.

1Dedicated to the Holy Trin ity. Value in1834, Registers begin in1708 .

The following account of this foundation and its pious founder,is given by theRev . Richard Holli ngworth,a native ofMan chester,and the first Incumbent : “Ann o1634,Humfrey Booth of Salford laid the foundation of Trini ty Chappell in Salford,and of his oun e cost (save that about £200 was given by severallperson s) didfini shit,and endow it with £20 lands per annum : the sayd Humfrey Booth,being byGod’s blessing on hi s tradi ng,made rich,gave alls o to the poore of Salford,the firstlands that he bought,to the value of £20 per arm. and payd it duely allhi s life-time .Hee being in greate weaknesse,earn estly desired that hee mi ght line to see the Chappellfin ished,whi ch hee did,but immedi ately after the solemn e dedi cation of it by theBishop of Chester,he more apparently weaken ed ; then he earnestly begged that hemi ght partake of the Lord’s Supper there,and then hee would n ot wish toliue longer .It pleased God to reuiue him in such a measure,as that hee was able to goe to theChappell con stan tly tillhee was partaker of the Supper (whi ch could not be done of

some moneths after the con secration) in the Chappell,and was n euer able to goe forthafter,nor scarce to get home. Hee was a man just in his trading,generous in hisentertainm en t of any gen tlemen of quality that came to the town e,though meerestrangers to him,b ountifullto the Church and Poore,faithfull to his friend,and weehope God gave him bo th repentance for,and remi ssion of his sin s,in the blood of

Jesus . — Hollingworth ’s M ancuniensi s,a MS. in the Ch etham Library .

In1650 it was reported that Salford Chapel had b een lately erected and endowedwith £ 20 per annum,being a free gift ofMr . Humfrey Booth Gent . the elder,out oflands partly in the Town shi p of Man chester,and partly in Pendleton in the Parish ofE ccles . Mr . Hollingworth had resigned the Living at this time,as Mr . WilliamMoeko, an able and sufficien t Mini ster, officiated and had the cur e of souls,andreceived the £20 from Mrs . Anne Booth,widow. The Tithes of Salford, antiently”paid to the Parish Church of Manchester,

‘were then worth £16per annum. It is saidby the Commissioners,“ this is fit to be made a Parish,and not to be united toManchester thoug h within a quarter of a mi le of it,because it b ath a compe

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[the] Act of Consecr . [ation] in [the] N ew Reg . [ister .] Orig . [inal]now in being,1619 . [lB. [ishop] Bridgman,soon after y

e appointed

Commiss . [ioners] to Seat ye Inhab . [itants] and tax y

e Pews,acc .

[ordi ng] to [the] Scheme agreed upon . V . [ide] Cop y of [the] In

strumt [in the] N ew tak en from [the] orig . [inal,] nowin being . 1719 .

In t . [erest] of101to [the] Min . [ister] and Poor . V . [ide] Char .

[i ties] to [the] Poor .

An . [no] 1694: Nom . [ination] of Guardian s of Mr . Booth .

Given by Sr Rob . Booth,L . [ord] Ch . [ief] J . [ustice] of [the]King’ s Bench,1001. Int . [erest] to [b e given to] y

3Clerk .

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Given by [th e] s(i Hum . [phrey] Booth,191p . [er] an . [num] to

repair ye Chap . [el the] overplus to [b e given to the] Poor .

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2 “Wedn . Mar . 2,1686. S1Robert Booth b uryed at Salford ys day. Mr. Hydepreached on Isai . lvii .1. - Rev . Henry N ewcome

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s M S . Di a/ry . He was son of

Robert Booth of Salford Esq. and hi s wife,Ann e,daughter of Oswald Mosley of

Ancoats E sq. and grandson and heir of Humphrey Booth,the Founder . He becameLord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,in Ireland,and a Privy Councillor of thatkingdom. He married Susan,daughter of Sir Henry Oxendon of Deane in the countyof Kent,Bart . and dying without male issue,(Willdated the 2d ofAugust hisE states passed to hi s brother,Humphrey Booth E sq . whose grandson,Robert Boothof Salford Esq . after1746,devised hi s E states to John Gore Booth E sq. ancestor ofthe presen t Sir R. G. Booth Bart .3Bishop Gastrellconfounds the Benefactor who provided for the repair of the Chapel,with hi s grandfather,Humphrey Booth E sq. the Founder. This appears fromthe following clause in the Will of Humphrey Booth of Salforde,the unprofitableServante of God,” dated the3d ofMarch1672 : I give and bequeath my house andCroft in the Gravell-hole,within Salforde,and those four Closes and Barn es lying andbeing near the Broaken Banke,together with one Roode of land,w °11hath a Well init,commonly called by the name of Oldfielde Well,within Salforde,now in the occup at

“of George Richen son,to be imployed towards allrepair es of the Chappell of Sal

forde : And in case there be any overplus,then my will and mind is that it shall bedi strib ‘1amongst the Poor of Salforde,at Xmas,as the Moneys left by my Grandfather is .” Thi s is now called the Salford Chapel Charity. In1841the annual income cf this Charity amounted to £629 .15 8 . 9d . This benefactor died unmarried,leaving hi s sisters,Sarah,the wife of James Davenport Esq. and Elizabeth,the wifeof John Oldfield of Salford Gent . hi s cc -heiresses .

incanern of Manchester.

Salford Hall .4

then to [the] Poor by Hum . [phrey] Booth,Founder of ye c arities.

Chap . [el] 201p . [er] an . [num by Mr . Charles Haworth,(in 101,[the] In t . [erest] to (Mr . Richard Hollingworth,thethen) M in . [ister] and [the] Poor ; by Mr . J . Whitworth,101,[the] Int . [crest] to [the] Poor ; by Rob . [ert] Cuthbertson,(in1001,[the] In t . [erest] to [th e] Poor,for ever ; by [the] s(i

Hum . [phrey] Booth,[the] Surplus of191p . [er] an . [num] givento repair y

e Chap . [el Humph . [rey] Oldfield,in1690,[gave] 501to [th e] Poor ; Geo [rg e] Buersell,in 1690,convey(1a Mess .

[nage] to [the] Poor,and by Will,in1692,gave 501; Tho . [mas]Dickan son,in1697,gave a Mess . [uage] in Salford,in cloth for 8coats,to Poor Men .

unwarr an ted Certif. [ied]11. 01s .

02d,viz . settled maintenance,115 211;Surp . [li ce] fees,10SI V ol. [un tary] contrib . [utions] ab "101.2 Wardens an . [no]1673.4 In the34th Henry VI . Edmund Farington,Rector of Halsall,and Laurence

Smersall,Chaplain,feoffees,delivered to Edmund Radcliffe,(second son of Sir RapheRadcliffe of Smi thills,) and Eliz abeth,hi s wife,Salforth Hall and demense,for theirjoint lives,with remainder to Ciceley and Ellen,their daughters,for life,and afterwards to Ralph Radcliffe,son of the said Edmund,and hi s heirs male. He died,however,without male issue,in thelst Henry VII. and hi s solo daughter,Cecili a,married her second cousin,John Barton of Smithills,where she and her husbandwere living in1506. In the Ordsall Pedi gree in Baines’s L an cashir e,thi s grant ofSalford Hall is erroneously referred to the second son of Sir John Radcliffe of Ordsall . Salford Hall was purchased in the32d Henry VIII:by Adam Byrom of Salford,merchant,(ob . 25th July of An drew Barton Esq. and Agnes,his wife,for£56; and was the residence of the same family at the death of Adam Byrom Gent .only son ofMaj or John Byrom,without issue,in1683— L ame. M SS .vol. xxiv. Foxdenton Evid .

1Dedi cated to St . Matthew. Value in1834,£134. Registers begin in1590.

A Chapel existed here at an early period,supposed to have been founded hy .the family of Trafford. Mr . John Odcroft was “ Preacher ofGod’s Word” here in1650,and

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Augm . [ented] an . [no]1717 wth 2301by John Harrison Gent .

[A] Curate [was] Licen sed an . [no]1718 . V . [ide] Subs . [crip ~

tion]

abribate School2 only,wthout any Endowmt

IHBJBQHEQY®N§1 [Certified] about 2501p . [er] an .

[num .] Patron,Sr Ralph Asheton .

An . [no]1328, Agn es,relict of Sr Johnde Barton . MS . Hulm 95,l.11ea: cartul. Ep i . Cov.

the Tithes had been farmed by Sir Edmund Trafford Kn t . deceased,at the yearly rentof £6.13s . 4d . but were worth in kind £36.13s . 4d . ; two parts of which were takenfrom Sir Cecil Trafford for his Recusancy. Mr . Odcroft’s salary was pai d by theinhabitants of Stretford,without any allowance from the Rectory of Manchester orotherwise,“ to the un supportable burden and charge of the s(1Inh ab 's .” It was saidto be four miles from the Parish Church,andfit to b e made a di stin ct Parish — L am b .

M SS . vol . ii. In1718 it was rebuilt,by voluntary contribution s,Mrs . An n Hin de,whodi ed in1724,aged seventy,relict of the Rev . John Hinde,Fellow of the CollegiateChurch,bein g a principal benefactor. Baines states (vol. ii . p . that “ for wan tof repair s,the Chapel fell down ; but on referring to the Chapel Warden s’ Book of1718,it appears that a Meeting of the Inhabitan ts of the Chapelry was regularlyconvened,when it was decided that the old Chapel should be taken down and a new

one built in its place,whi ch was accordingly done. In was enlarged in18 21,andagain in18 24; but being too small for the increased population,the foundation stoneof a new Church was laid by Lady de Trafi’ord on the3oth of September1841,andthe Church was consecrated on thel0th of October1842. The

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expen se of thebuildin g amounted to of whi ch Sir Thomas de Trafi‘ord contributed £150 and

the site,and the Inh abitants of Stretford2 This School was afterwards endowed by Mrs . Ann Hinde,above-named,who,byWill dated the1lth of February1723,settled on Trustees,a Close in Salford,andher Messuages in Fenn el Street,Manchester,to dis pose of the rents in in structin gten poor children of the town of Manchester,and ten of the town ship of Stretford,five of each ten to be boys,and the other five to be girls .

1Dedicated to St . Leonard. Value in1834, Registers begin in1541.The Manor ofMiddleton was held in the reign ofHenry III. by the family of the

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Present . [ation] of a Rector,) [Richard Warburton,] an . [no]168 2,[on the death of Robert Sym onds there i s no

mention of [a] Patron before in [the] In st . [itution]V . [ide] B . [ook] 2,p .15 5 .

Parish. The said Raphe Asheton E sq . hath300 acres in demesne land in Middletonnever paid Tythe for,and it is worth £10 per annum for Tythe . Thornhamwas considered a fit place to have a Parish Church,being two and a half miles andfifty-six poles from the Mother Church ; and another Church was wanted at StreetoHough in Pilsworth,four mi les from Prestwich — L am b . M SS . vol. ii. A very different character was afterwards given of the Rev .William Asheton in the L amb . M SS .

vol. ii. p . 271; from which it is clear,however,that he was lik ely enough to supplythe Cure very weakly” as a Churchman . He is memorable as being the father of

William Asheton D .D . born here in the year1641,afterwards Fellow of BrasenoseCollege,Chaplain to the Duk e of Ormond,Prebendary of York,and Rector of Beckenh am in Kent,aman who modestly declin ed the Mastership of his College,and afterwards a Bishoprick. He was of low stature,and mean in his aspect,but truly reverend. After a li fe of piety and usefulness,he entered upon his reward in the year1711. —See his Life,and an Accoun t of hi s numerous and truly valuable Writings,bythe Rev . Thomas Watts,M .A. 8vo .1714. In the B i bliotheca Bri t. he is erroneouslystyled Rector of Middleton in Lancashife.

Within the Church are three Chapels,of uncertain foundation . In the south-eastcorner of the Church is the “Assheton Chantry,” so called in1522,although it wasprobably founded by the Barton s . It is not en closed,and contain s numerous monuments of the Assheton family. Part of the armour of Sir Richard Assheton,dedicated by him,on his return from Flodden,to “ St . Leonard of Middleton,” still remain s here ; and also the ston e altar with its five crosses in cised.

In the n orth-east corner of the Church is “ the Rector’s Chapel,in whi ch the remain s of many of the former Incumbents are buried. In one of the windows is afin e artistic head of an E cclesiastic,being,probably,a portrait of Thomas dc Langley,afterwards Bishop of Durham,Cardi nal,and Chan cellor of England,who founded aChantry in this Church. In the 26th Henry VIII. a pen sion of evis . viii a. was p ay

able to the Chaplain,secured on lands belonging to the Abbey of Joreval,by Thomasde Langley,the founder of a Chantry in the Church of Middleton in Lan cashire.Th ere was also a pen sion payable to the Master of the School of the Chantry in Durham,foun ded by the said Thomas de Langley.

— Whitaker’s H istory of Richmondshire,vol. i . p . 46. Lord Campbell not having di scovered any trace of hi s origin,unjustlycon siders him one of the many aspir ing men who,thr ough the Church,rose from ob

scurity to high offices in Church and State. — I /ives of the Chancellors,vol. i. p .312 .

See p . 52,Note14.

On the south side of the Church,enclosed with rails,of the period of the Restoration,is the “Hopwood Chapel,

” containing a piscin a,with some modern stained glas sin the windows . On the exterior wall is the letter H,whi ch may indi cate that thi s

meanest) of Manchester.

8 hamlets,viz . Middleton,Hopwood,Thornham,Pilsworth,Eumns.

Birele,Ashworth,Great Lever,and Ain sworth .

[There are] 5 Churchwardens,who serve for ye first 5 Ham lets,

and are chosen by y6 Patron and Rectour .

Langley,3Smethur st,4 Gri sleist,5 [Middleton,6 Hopwood,7 Stan saws.

nycli ffe .] 8

portion of the fabric was built by John Hopwood Esq. about the year1524. It wasthe bur ial place of the family in the sixteenth century .

The Oak Screen is of the time of Henry VIII. and contain s some bold and luxuriant carving,in terspersed with the arms of allian ce of the Asshetons,without muchregard being had to heraldic propriety.

In1846—7 con siderable improvements were judi ciously made in the Church by thepresent learned and active Rector. The Chancel end was rebui lt,a new east windowof richly stained glass,was presented,the floor paved with encaustic tiles,and somefin ely carved Church furni ture added.

A new Church,dedi cated to St. John the Baptist,was con secrated in the Townshipof Birele cum Bamford,July1st1846,by Bishop Sumner.

2 Great Lever,at the western extremi ty of the Parish of Middleton,was long heldby the Levers ; but the Manor was awarded to Sir Raphe Assh eton of Middletonagain st the claim of Roger Lever Gent . in the year1466. His descendant,Sir RapheAssheton,in the19th James I. was seiz ed of the Manor and E state of Great Lever,which was sold about the year1629 to Dr. Bridgeman,Bishop of Chester,who re

built the Hall,and resided here during some part of the Rebellion . In the year178 8Dornin g Rasb otham E sq. speaks of “ a great part of the house,betwixt 20 and30years past,to prevent the expen se of repairs,being demolished, (there are,however,still con siderable remain s and adds,“ there is yet a decent Domestic Chapel,of whi ch no use is now made,but in whi ch,b efore ’ t he 20th of hi s late Majesty,[Ge orge marriages were solemn ized. At the end,Opposite to the altar,to whi chthere is an ascent of two steps,is a Gallery formerly for the use of the Family,and a

bench run s round the Chapel below,as I imagine,for that of the Tenants and Servants . It is 9 yards long by 6broad .

” The Bishop’s descendant and representative isGeorge,. Earl of Bradford,whose ancestor,Sir Henry Bridgeman Bart . obtained anAct of Parliament,in the year1793,to enable him to let lands in Great Lever and

elsewhere in Lancashire,on building leases for nin e hundred and ninety-nin e years .3Langley Hall,the seat of the Langleys in the time of Edward II.,a large,butmodern ized house,now occupied by a farmer,was bought by Jamys Radclyff ofLangley,Swyer,

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(of the Foxdenton house,) of Thomas Langley of E ssex,in the 6thEdward IV. Sir Joseph Radcliffe Bart . descends from thi s branch of thi s great Lancash ire family. Langley passed,by sale,in the year1631,from Gabriel Tudor Gent .and Mary,his wife,daughter and heires s of Owen Radclyfi'e Esq . to Mr . HenryWrigley of Manchester,and was conveyed in

' the year1740,in marriage,by Betty,

si enna etcstrtcnst’

s.

crc is a School Free to y8 whole parish and some adjacent

parts,founded an . [no]157 by D rAlex. Nowell,Princip . [al]of Braz . [enose] and Dean of St . Paul’s . [The] Sal.[ary] then [paid] to [the] Head Master [was] 20 m . [ark s] p . [er]an . [num] and 5110S out of Dutchy Rents [granted] by Q . [ueen ]

daughter and heiress of the Rev . Henry Wrigley B .D . to the Rev . Michael FerebeeB.A. (Chaplain to Colonel Egerton

’s Regiment,) by whose descendant the E state wassold in the year1846,for to Mr. James Collinge of Oldham.

4Smethurst con sists of a timber centre,with stone wings,and appears to havepassed from the Smethursts to the Meadowcrofts about the beginni ng of the sixteenthcentury. The latter family recorded a Pedigree of a few descen ts at Dug dale’sVisitation in the year1664. Francis Meadowcroft Gen t . was living in the year1702,and having married Alice,daughter and co -heiress of James Lomax of Booth HallGent . had issue Richard and James,and two daughters . -Pleading s in the RollsCourt,1702,L ane. M SS .

5 Gristlehurst was a large irregularly built man sion of wood and plaster,erected inthe fifteenth century ; few parts of the original house now remain . The E state wasobtain ed before the year1449,by Ralph Holt,who,(according to a curious parchment Roll,in my possession,of the time of Henry VII .) married E llen,widow of

James Bellairs,who died in France,and daughter and co -heiress of John Sumpter ofColchester,by hi s wife,Margery,daughter and co -heiress of Sir Geoffrey BrockholesKnt . It appears that Sir Geoffrey had married Eleanor,the heiress of Sir JohnRoos Kut . who inh erited large E states in E ssex from her mother,Alice,the soleheiress of Sir Robert Asheldam . The property of Sir Geoffrey,which descended tohim from hi s mother,Alice,one of the heiresses of Sir Guy de Mancetter,Lord of

Mancetter in the coun ty of Warwick,also came to the Holts,which gave them a p o

sition and rank not enj oyed by the elder bran ches of the house. In five direct descentsthese Gristlehur st Holts married into Knightly families . The E state was conveyedin marriage by Elizabeth,daughter and heiress of Willi am Holt E sq . to RichardBeaumont of Whitley Beaumont in the coun ty of York Esq . by whom it was soldin the year1758 to Mr . Milne of Flockton Manor House . It is now the property ofJames Fenton of Bamford Hall Esq . having been purchased by hislate father. A

century ag o,the E state comprised127a.1r . 24p . of pasture land,and 42a.1r. 20p . of

old timber .6Middleton Hall was the Manor House,and was situated in a Park ; but havingbeen modern ized about the latter part of the last century,and afterwards forsaken byits owners,was entirely demolished in the year1845 — See Assheton ’

s Jour nal,p . 70,Note1.7 Hopwood,a quadrangular house of the time of Henry VIII . was held .b y Williamde Hopwood about the year1277 and was devised by the Will(dated1762) of hi sdescendant,Robert Hopwood Esq . M .D . (who died in the year to hi s friend,Edward Gregge of Chamber HallEsq . father of Robert Gregge Hopwood Esq . the

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QLharities’. then by J . Stock,Merchant,to Middleton,Thornham,Hop

wood,and Pilsworth,151-125 p . [er] to b e laidout in12 sixpenny loaves,ev . [ery] and121[p .er] an .

[num,] to bind out 2 Boyes and 2 Girls apprent . [ices] ev . [ery]year,and to cloth [e] them .

By Abdy Asheton,101,(in1633J . [Ohn] Guest,to Middleton,31; and by Mr . HenryWrigley,(of Langley,) 201,(in [the]In t . [erest to b e laid out] in Linnen . By J

“. Blasdale,301,(in1676 R . [ichard] Whitehead,(in and Mrs . [Deborah]

Wolstenholme,(in1701101each ; Mr . [Robert] Holt,(of Castleton Hall,in 51; Henry Jones,31,(in1678 Jones and

Stock,21each,[the] In t . [erest] to [b e given to the] Poor inGen1; Tho . [mas] Chadwi ck,21; Tho . [mas] Jaques,51,(in

532w QBR 215Q } presumed to b e

Consecrated as being very Ancient ;

[it was] founded in the Reign of H . [enry] 8 . The family Of

Elisab . xi iii . annoque Domin i Thi s School was new roofed and ceiled1781. Commun icated to Archdeacon Churton by hi s “ very worthy friend” theRev . Joshua Brookes,M .A. of Brasen ose,Chaplain of the Collegiate Chur ch inManchester.— I/if

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e of D ean N owell,p .199 .

10 Henry Jon es of Hanging Chadder in the Parish of hfiddleton,yeoman,left thisLegacy to the Poor,by Will dated the10th ofMay1678 . He appears to have beenof the same family as Henry Jon es of Middleton yeoman,father of Sir Roger Jones,dyer,and Alderman of London,who was described on his tomb-stone in the ChurchOf St . James,Garlick Hithe,as a native of Middleton in Lancashire,” and who di edon the 25th of July1605,(Stowe’s Survey,vol. i . b . 3,p .11,1720 and also ofThomas Jon es D .D .

“ born in thi s coun ty,” according to Fuller,(Worthi es of L anca

shire,p . who became Archbishop of Dubli n and Chancellor of Ireland,and di edin the year1619 . His Grace’s son,Roger,was created in the year1628,Baron Jonesand Viscoun t Ranelagh,and was thelineal an cestor of Thomas,the present and seventhViscount . The arms born e by the Alderman,to whom they were granted,were“azure,a cross,or,charged with five estoiles,sable,between four pheon s Of the se

cond,” which di ffer from the arms now used by the family — L ame . M SS .

1Dedicated to St . James . Value in1834,£119 . Registers of Baptism begin in

1741,Burials in1776,and Marriages in1778 .

weanerp of Manchester.

Holt of Ashworth alwayes allowed 41p . [er] an . [num] to it . Mr .Hallows,ye late purchaser of Holt’s Estate,pretends now that it i sa Dom . [estic] The 41p . [er] an . [num] was gen erally

made up betw . [een] 201and301p . [er] an . [num] by y

6 Vicarage .

[Rectory Warden Wroe’s Acct an . [no]1706. Pap . Reg .

Certif. [ied] yt nothing certain belongs to it .

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The Man or ofAshworth was held by Roger,son ofAlexander de Middleton,in themiddle of the reig n of Henry111. b ut the mesn e lord,before this period,was Barnardde Hessewort,who devised the Manor to hi s son s,Robert and Stephen de Assheworth .

The moiety of Stephen was alienated by hi s daughter Margery,in the 22d Edward I .to her cousin,Robert,son of Robert de Assheworth ; and Matilda,daughter and

co -heiress of Robert,having married,before the 23d Edward III. Hugh,son of John del Holt,conveyed the whole to him. It continued in unbroken maledescent in this family un til it had the misfortun e to fall in to the han

iof Richard

Holt E sq . an improvident and wasteful man,who,by repeated mortgages,ncumb ered

his E state ; and on the mortgagee,Sir Raphe Assheton,refusing to purchase,theTown ship was sold on the12th of August1700,to Samuel Hallows of Gray’ s InnE sq . for and an annuity of £25 to the Vendor for1118 . Samuel Hallows,byWill dated Februarylst1736,devised his E states to John Hatfield,son of hi s no

phew,John Hatfield of Hatfield in the coun ty of York Gent . and to Samuel HallowsHamer,son of his nephew,Samuel Hamer of Hamer E sq . and thi s Manor falling tothe share ofMr. Hatfield,was sold by him in the year1751to Thomas Ferrand of

Rochdale Gen t . for con sisting ofl018 a.1r .36p . the whole being full of coal.It was first mortgaged,and afterwards sold by Mr . Ferrand about the year1767 toSamuel Egerton of Tatton Park E sq. and the Town ship,Manor,and Advowson are

now the inheritance of his grandson,Wilbraham Egerton E sq— L an e. M SS . vol . xi .

pp . 246—7.

The Chapel appears,from the text,to have been built in the reign of Henry VIII.probably by Sir Thomas Holt,Priest,who frequen tly occurs amongst the Holt Papersin this reign . He was the younger son of Richard Holt,and hi s wife,Margaret,daughter of James Chetham of Nuthurst . A Legacy of vis .viii d . is given by the Willof his nephew,Robert Holt of Ashworth Gen t . dated the 6th of November1559,“toy6sustentacon of Asheworth Chappel,to be paid when the Church Ryves require it .”

It is memorable as being the place in which (during the Usurpation) the Rev. RobertBath,Vicar of Rochdale,and other Presbyters,assuming Episcopal authority,ordained Mr. Henry Pendlebury M .A . a learned and pious Nonconformi st,whoseTreatise on Tran substantiation was recommended and published by ArchbishopTillotson . See Pendleb ury’s Infe,by Robert Seddon of Bolton,12mo . 1696.

Calamy says he was on ly Probationer here,and was ordained at Turton . In

the year1650 the Parliamentary Commissioners state that Mr. Henry Pendlebury,a godly and orthodox mini ster,well qualified for gifts and parts,was late

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A Nomination of a Curate,in form,was made by Rich . [ard]Holte of Ash eworth Esq . to B. [ishop] Stratford, 1695,who i s styled there,verus clindubi tatus Patronas,and desires yeBP,autori tate et L icentidvestrd admittere. V . [ide] Pap . Reg .1Warden,an . [no]1673,an . [no]1674,and now,an . [no]1724.

V . [ide] Cockey.

Min ister there,and supplied the Cure ; but hath ceased to ofii ciate at AshworthChappel for want of mainte,and for the present there is no Minr there. —m b .

M SS . vol. ii . In the year1751it is stated that the Chapel produced £50 per annum ;

about £30 in land,and £20 from the pews . The Chapel was nearly rebuilt in theyear178 9,and en larged in1837,in the Conven ticle style of archi tecture . TheAdvowson has always been reg uarden t of the Manor,whi ch was offered for sale inthe year1816,but n ot sold.

2 In the year1737 Samuel Hallows Esq. gave £200,and Queen Anne’s Governors a

similar benefaction,when the Chapel ceased to be a Donative. Samuel Hallows wasthe eldest son ofMr . Matthew Hallows of Newbold Hall,and his first wi fe,Margaret,daughter of Mr. Rothwell of Bury,and born in the year1667. The family isOften named in the D imy of Oliver Heywood,and were zealous supporters of thePresbyterian s . Of the two son s of Matthew Hallows,Samuel was a di sorderly conformi st,and very obnoxious and troublesome to his wealthy neighbours,the Bam

fords and Starkys . He was an active Whi g Magistrate,and Often invested withCommission s from the Crown,and Duchy Court . In the MS. Diary of John Starkyof Heywood Esq . is this record : “1740,Jan . 21st . This day di ed Mr. Sam .

Hallows of Ashworth,to the great j oy of allhi s neighbours !” The other son

of Matthew Hallows,and hi s second wife,Sarah,sister of Mr. George Westby,was Westby Hallows Esq . of Newbold Hall,who married,in the year1718,E llen,daughter of Richard Entwisle of Foxholes Esq. and on the death of hi s wifeand child in the year following,fell into reckless habits,and died the victim of intem

p erance,in the year1739 .

Mr. Henry Prescott of Chester,writing to Bishop Gastrell,at Christ Church,Oxford,on the 9th of November1717,says,“Mr. Hallows ofAshworth,the modernpurchaser of that Lordship,on commencing Justice of Peace,claimed the Chapel,though remote from hi s house,as hi s Domestic Chapel. A Nobleman’s Chapel,Ipresume,is more privileged by the quality of the house and family,than those belonging to Gentlemen not capable to qualify a Chaplain,and a Chapel is useless to qualifyChaplain s for them ; and I fear that of Ashworth is in danger of being perverted to aConventicle .”— L cmc . M SS .

3Mr. Richard Whi tehead’s annual gift of £3,in the year1671,seems to have beenforgotten . It is still paid. —See p .34,Note 2.

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[The] Rector of Middleton preaches here once a month ; other

Sund . [ays] it i s vacant .Here i s a Meeting-house built [in1672] soe near it y

tye Con

g reg . [ation s] may hear one another Sing Psalms .

[There i s] Some money given to it (the Chapel) in y6 hands of

Feofiees,who say they may di spose of it to any other use . The

Chap . [el] i s in y6 hands of Dissenters,and Ashworth i s much whatin y

e same case . Warden Wroe’s Acc

tan . [no]1706. Pap . Reg .

1Ward . [en] an . [no]1673,and now an . [no]1724.

Augm . [ented] an . [no] 1724,1001given by Mr . Sidebottom,Rect . [or] ofMiddleton ;1001b y [the] Dean of St . Paul’s .

fibariticfi. then by Mrs . Horax,a Messuage,and Lands b elong . [ing ]to it,in Bri g htmet and Harwood,the profits to g oe to such

uses as her Trustees,and ye majority of [the] Inhab . [itants] shall

agree upon ; and by Mary Seddon 501to y8 sai d Feofl'ees,to b edisposed of in like manner wth y

eother .

p elwarden of Cockey Chapel, who,contrary to his Oath,and the Laws and Canonsof the Church and Realm,did give leave to several person s who deny to conform to

the disciplin e of the Chur ch,to preach publickly in the said Chapel of Cockey,especially these person s following,viz . Mr . Heywood,Mr . Z . Rootes,Mr. N orb ery,and

Mr. Jollye,drawing together several di saffected person s from their respective Ministers and Cong regations .

”— Bishop of Chester’s A ct Book .

In July1662,Oliver Heywood records that he preached in thi s Chapel,but whenhe came again in the following October,the doors were closed again st him . It is recorded that there was n either Pastor n or flock for many years after Mr . Lever retired,and the Church Service was only occasionally performed on stated Sundays,in theafternoon,by the Rector ofMiddleton . The Chapel had been vacated by the ejectionof an Episcopal Clergyman,about the year1640,on the ground of hi s being scandalous and ignorant,” but really on hi s refusal to take the Covenant and the individual who h ad been intruded in hi s place,being called upon at the Restoration eitherto conform or resign the Living,appears to have been unwilling to do either . Th e

Glebe,enclosed from the Common,and since in creased under an Inclosure Act,wastran sferred to the Meeting House,built in the year1672,opposite the ancient Chapel ; and has been held ever since,first by the Presbyterian s,and now by their successors,the Unitarians,” who p ay £2 .15s . a year to the Incumbent of Cockey.

In the year1719 the Chapel stillretained some of its original features,being described as a wooden Chapel set about with trees .”

Brewery of Manchester.

fififififlfififiifi6mm QBiLiMQfim,‘40011) [er] QR. 46. 04. 09é

an . [num .] Patron,Mr . Asheton,2 the Rect . [or,] who 53t 313; f;has lately sold the Advowson to Mr . Watson Went Tri “ 1° 6

Fam 473.worth,for1,0001in hand,and1001p . [er] an . [num]

for ten years .

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Dedicated to St. Mary. Value in1834, Registers begin in1603.In the reign of Henry III . Adam de Prestwych held lands in Prestwich of theKing ; and his de scendants settled at Hulme on acquiring that Manor before the12th Henry VI. The Manor and Advowson of Prestwich were conveyed by an

heiress,about the year1460,in marriage,to Sir Robert Langley ofAg ecroft ; and on

the death of his descendant,Sir Robert Langley,in the year1561,without male issue,the Manor passed to Alexander Reddi sh of Reddish Esq . in right ofhi s wife,Margaret,daughter and co -heiress of Sir Robert,and being subsequently conveyed by Sarah,oneof the daughters and co -heiresses ofAlexander Reddish,to Clement,sixth son of Sir

Edward Coke Kut . was sold by his represen tative,Thomas Willi am,first Earl ofLeicester,(of the new creation,) to Peter Drinkwater of Irwell House E sq .

The Church of Prestwyke”was valued at £18 .13s . 4d . in1291.— Pope Nicholas’

Taxatio . The Advowson,amongst other property,was the share of Katharine,another of the co -heiresses of Sir Robert Langley,and the wife of James Asheton of

Chadderton E sq. in whose descendants it con tinued until the year1710,when theRevWilliam Asheton B .D . the Rector,sold it to the Hon . Thomas Watson Wentworth ofWen tworth Woodh ouse in the county of York . In the year1744,Thomas,Earl of Malton,only son of Mr . Wentworth,sold the Advowson to the Rev. JohnGriffith D .D . Rector of Eckington in the coun ty of Derby,and Prebendary of York,who became Rector here in the year1752 . Dr. Griffith sold the Advowson in theyear1755,to James Collin s of Knaresborough Gent . who again tran sferred it,bysale,in the year1758,to the Rev . Levett Harris of Barwick in Elmet,who becameRector of Prestwi ch in the year1763. Mr. Harris sold the Advowson once more,inthe year1781,to Matthew Lyon Esq . of Warrington,whose son,the Rev. JamesLyon M .A. was in stituted to the Living in the year1783,and di ed here on the13thof August1836,in thefifty-fourth year of hi s Incumbency,having,in the year1815,sold the Advowson to Robert,first Marquess ofWestmin ster,in whose son,the RightHon . the Earl ofWilton the Patronage is now vested.

The present Church was built in the latter part of the fifteenth century,by WardenLangley,although Sir John Prestwich,in his Resp ublz’ca,says,amongst other baselessthings,“ thi s Church was founded and endowed by my ancestors,and to whi ch thejust right of presentation belongs to me and my family,at thi s day,p . 264,4to .178 7.

In the year1650,it was found that Edmund Asheton,late of Chadderton,E sq . did,as Patron,present to the Rectory,Isaac Allen,Clerk,but that the Cure of theChurch had,for about six years past,been supplied by others,viz . by Mr. Langley,

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Comp . [osition] of108 . p . [er] an . [num] in Ringley,and 4s 21.for Presto -Lee,for Corn Tythes .

An . [no]11Eliz . [abeth,the] heir of Robert Langley presented .

V . [ide] Ins t. [i tution] 1. Pap . B . [cola] p .1.An . [no] 1605,this Rectory was,at y6 desire of y

e Rect . [or,

Mr . Porter,Mr. Furness,Mr. Brierley,and for one year past,by Mr. John Leake(Lake,) Preacher of God’s Word,who was to have for his stipend and wages £8 0,out of the Tithes,Parsonage house,glebe,rents of tenemen ts and cottages,worth£100.15s . per annum . In the name of tenths had been paid £4.17s . 5%d . Mr.Grenehalg h of the Isle ofMan,paid a reserved ren t,out of the Tithes of Tottington,of £6.13s . 4d . Allthe Rectory was worth £120,per annum .

— L amb . M SS . vol. ii .An Act of Parliament was granted in the year1792,to enable the Rector of Prestwich-cum-Oldham to lease Glebe lands,near Manchester and Oldham,for buildingpurposes,on leases for ninety-nine years .A Chapel in thi s Church belonged to the Patron s at a very early period,and passed

in the time of Queen Elizabeth,with the co -heiress of Sir Robert Langley,to JamesAsheton of Chadderton E sq. In the year1645,this Chapel being dilapidated,andthe E states of Edmund Asheton E sq . sequestered,“ for the use of y

e PUBLIC,”

a

Petition was p resented by the Churchwarden s to Sir Thomas Stanley Bart . PeterEgerton Esq. and the rest of the Committee for Sequestration s within the coun ty ofLancaster,to allow £1. 6s . 8 d . to be expended in repair ing “ the breaches and decays”

of the said Chapel.— L anc . M S S . vol. v . p . 254.

Another Chapel,also the property of Sir Robert Langley,passed in marriage withDorothy,hi s third daughter and co-heiress,to Thomas Legh Esq . (fourth son of Sir

Peter Legh of Lyme,) who settled at Alkrington ; and on the sale of that E state aboutthe year1630,the Chapel was conveyed to John Lever E sq . and by his descendan t,Dorn ing Rasb otham Esq . was lately sold to the Messrs . Lees of Clark’s Field,Oldham,the present Opulent owners .

2 This Patron was the Rev . William Asheton B .D .fifth son,but eventually heir of

James Asheton of Chadderton E sq . the eighth in descent from Sir Thomas Ashetonof Ashton under Lyn e . He was born in the year1649,and educated at St . John ’ sCollege Cambridge,of which he was elected Fellow. He was presented by hi s fatherto the Rectory of Prestwich in the year168 5,and di ed on the 25th of February1731,being the last heir male of his family . He married Martha,daughter of theRev . Stephen Gey,Vicar ofWhalley,by whom he had two daughters,his coheiresses,Catharine,who married John Blackburne of Orford Esq . Sheriff of Lan cashi re,anddied in the year1740 ; and Dorothy,who married Sir Darcy Lever L .L .D . Sheriff ofLancashire,and di ed in the year1777. He was an example of the mutabili ty of fortun e,as he lost hi s Paternal E state,sold hi s Advowson,and had no heir male to sue

oecd him. He lived to be an old man,managed his domestic matters prudently,andhaving been charitable during his life,died rich.

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Old Hall,6 in Heaton ; Alkrin gton,7 Tonge,8 Old Hall,9 inPilkington [and] Stand Hall,10 in Pilkington Park .

of Heaton and Denton Esq. and is the seat of his noble descendant,Thomas,secondEarl ofWilton .

5 Old Hall,in Heaton,a seat of the Hollands,at an early period,has been removed .

7 Adam de Prestwych held four bovates of land in Alkrinton,temp . Henry III .Test. dc N evill.’ Alkrington Hall,conveyed in marriage by Dorothy,daughter and

co -heiress of Sir Robert Langley of Ag ecroft,to Thomas Legh,temp . E lizabeth,became the residence of the Levers in the early part of the seventeenth century,afamily descended from Levingus de Lever,living shortly after the Norman Conquest,and which continued here,in the male lin e,un til the death ofJohn Lever E sq. in1836,when the E state passed to hi s nephew,Dorn ing Rasb otham E sq . who sold it in theyear1844,to the Messrs . Lees of Clark’s Field n ear Oldh am . The House,a largebrick building devoid of archi tectural preten sion,was built,on the site of an olderhouse,in the year1736,by Sir Darcy Lever,whose son and successor,Sir AshetonLever,was born here in the year1729,and di ed in the year178 8 . The LeverianMuseum,collected by the latter gentleman,was disposed of by Lottery in the year178 5,and being sold by auction in the year18 06,was thus di spersed. The saleoccupied sixty-five days .8 Tonge Hall is a very perfect and almost unique specimen of the post and petrelstyle of buildin g,and apparently of the era of Henry VIII. with allits originalarchitectural characteristics stillremainin g. It appears from the pleadings in a sui tbrought by Henry de Tonge against Robert de Longley,in thel6th Henry VI . thatthe plain tiff was the son of Henry de Tonge,whose grandfather,Thomas de Tonge,alias Wolveley,was the son and heir ofAli ce deWolveley,living in the 7th EdwardII

.The family continued h ere until the year1726,when the E state was sold,pur

suan t to the Will of Jonathan Tonge Gen t . dated the year preceding,to Mr . JohnStarky of Heyw ood,for and was devised by the Will of hi s grandson,JamesStarky Esq. who di ed in the year1846,with other E states,to hi s relatives,Mrs .Hornby of St. Michael’s,and Joseph Langton of Liverpool E sq — L ame . M SS .

voL xiii . Tong e Evi d .

9 Old Hall,in Pilkingt on,has long since perished. In the last century it was theprop erty of Joshua Crompton Gent . The E state is freehold,and belongs to Mr.James Ramsbottom of Clerk’s Hill in Pilkington .

10 Stand Hall,otherwise Pilkington Tower,was the seat of the knightly fami ly of thePilking ton s in the10th Henry I . whi ch they held under the Grelleys,Lords of Man

chester. Edward IV . granted a licence to Sir Thomas Pilkington,a devoted Yorki st,to kernel and embattle hi s Man or house at Stand. The Estates,“

and what SirThomas Pilkington had in right of his lady,who was daughter and heiress ofChetham of Chetham,

”

(Baines,vol. iv. p . were confiscated by the adherence ofSir Thomas Pilkington to Richard III. and were conferred by Henry VII. on Thomas,second Lord Stanley andfirst Earl of Derby. Sir William Pilkington of Chevet in

meanerp of Manchester.

flouse,and some Land,[worth] about 41p . [er] an . [num,] Q chuul.[lying near the Stand] in Pilk inton,[was] left to Char .

[itable] uses,by Hen . [ry] Syddall [of Ratclifi'e Bridge,Tailor,in]1696,but being left to ye D i sp osallof a Dissenter,[Roger Walker

of Radcliffe,Butcher,] a Presbyterian Meeting-house i s builtupon part of y

e Land,and a Dissenter teaches School in part

of ye house ; but wt i s done wth y

e profits of ye Estate cannot b e

learnt . Curatc’s Acc

tan . [no]1718 . The present Master is

Wm . Walker,one of their own Gang . Mr . Scholes’ Acct1722 .

n acre of Land,bought [at Rain sow in Prestwich,] by [the]fiharities’.and a house built upon it,[of the value] of

41p . [er] an . [num,which sum is] laid out in Linnen Cloth,[every Christmas ; the] Int . [erest] of 971-83o 9d,given by Rect .[or Asheton,John Scholes of Elton,] and other Inhab . [itants]of Pilkin g ton,given in Linnen Cloth to the Poor of that Town s .

[hi p,who industriously endeavour to keep themselves out of the

Poor’ s Book .]

g amma} Certif. [ied] yt nothing 013313.ttbelongs to i t but w y

9 Rect . [or] FhI

ils

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sfi i'3p8.m

pleases to allow,who i s obh g ed to supply 1t . 135326[20 P. 6 Q .)

the county of York Bart . is the head of thi s family,being the descendant ofArthurPilkington of Bradley in the coun ty of York,son and heir of Sir John Pilkington,younger brother of Sir Thomas Pilkington,the zealous Yorkist. Leland writes,Pilken ton had a place hard by Pilkenton Park,three miles from Manchester.”

Stand Hall,in Pilkington Park,a large wood and plaster bui lding,was taken downby the Earl of Derby in the year1835,and a new house built on its site. On a redgrit stone was incised the date1518 . The Barn,originally a Chapel,also the trefoilheaded windows with oak mullion s,and the timber roof,with some handsome carvingof the reign of Henry VII . still remains .

1Dedi cated to St. Mary. Value in1834,£191. Registers b egin in1558 .

The Manor of Oldham or Aldh olme was held in the18 th Edward II. by Richard,son of William,son of Adam de Oldham and in the 2d Henry IV. anno1400,it was found that John,son of Margery Cudworth,daughter of Richard de Oldham,held the Manor of Oldham of the King,as parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster,by

Qtutnns. 4.

fintitia Qtestrienst’s.An Ancient Chappell,but no Endowment . Warden Wrac

’s

Acct1706. Pap . Reg .

2OS p . [er] an . [num for an] Anni v . [ersary] Sermon, [to b e

preached on the next Wednesday after Michaelmas,on which

day his Charities are distributed,left] by Mr . [Samuel ] Haward,out of hi s Char . [ity] of 20

1p . [er] an . [num .]

The Chap p elry i s very large,containing 4Town sPS . The Con

greg . [ation i s] very num erous .

Oldham,Ryton,Chadderton,[and] Crompton .

In Oldham [Chapelry,] Chaddcrton,2 and Foxdenton3in Chad

Kni ght’s service,and a ren t of vi“.viii d. The Manor was sold by Joshua CudworthGen t . about the latter part of the eighteenth cen tury,to Sir Raphe Assheton Bart .and was purchased in the year1794,by John Lees ofWerni th Esq. grandfather of thepresen t owner . —L a/nc . MS S . vol. viii . p .350.

In the years1802 and18 03,Acts of Parliamen t were obtain ed by John Lees E sq.

.to enable him to enclose and allot the Common s “within the Manor of Oldham cumWerni th .

The Church is not mentioned in the great V alor of Pope Nicholas in the year1291,and apparently is not included under the Mother Church,although a hi ghantiqui ty has been,without sufficien t eviden ce,claimed for it . In the year1448,theChapel of Oldham is styled,in a Decree of the Archdeacon of Chester,“ notoriouslydependent” on the Parish Church of Prestwich,and the Inhabitants of the town shi psof Oldham,Chadderton,Royton,and Crompton,are required to contribute towardsthe charges of the bread and win e,and other n ecessaries of the Mother Church,inthe same manner as the other Parishioners .The ancien t Chapel of Oldham having become dilapidated,Ralph Langley,Rector

of Prestwich-cum-Oldham,and Warden of Manchester,entered in to contracts withcertain builders,by Indenture dated the 4th of November1476,to rebuild theChurch,whi ch undertaking was to be completed by Easter Day in the year1479,at acost of £28 . 65 . 8 d . the Rector furn ishing the building materials . The liberality of theRector was not,however,sufficient to settle the long agitated disputes between theParishi oners of Prestwich and the Inh abitants of Oldham for in the year1558,Cuthbert,Bishop of Chester,commanded the latter to furni sh the usual n ecessariesto the Mother Church,under pain of interdiction,and even suppression of theirChapel.In the year18 24,the Inhabitants of Oldham,in vestry assembled,determinedto apply to Parli ament for powers to take down and rebuild the Church,out of

a Rate to be levied on the Parishi oners,the own ers of property being required tocontribute two-thirds,and the tenants one-third. The first stone of the Church waslaid on thel6th of October18 27,by Thomas,Earl ofWilton,and on the12th of

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a Qtestrt’

ensts.

one of them chosen by [the] Rect [or,the Minister of Oldham,]for Oldham [the] other3by [the] Par . [i sh,] as the 8 9th Canondirects ; and each serves for a Township .

of the Man or. These were sold by his descendant,the Rev . Willi am Asheton B .D .

about the year1690,to Joshua Horton of Sowerby in the county of York Esq .

(nephew ofWilli am Horton ofHowroyd E sq .) and passed in marriage with his rep resentative,Henrietta Susanna Ann e,(who died the 29th of December onlychild of Sir Watts Horton Bart . to Charles Rhys of Kilmaenllwyd in the county ofCaermarthen E sq . the present owner . The south front of the house was added aboutthe middle of the eighteenth century,by Sir William Horton . The oak staircase ofthe time of Charles II. with double twisted rails,is very handsome. Here are manyneglected portraits of the Horton family.

—L cmc . M SS . vol. xiii .

3Foxdenton Hall,like Chadderton,was granted by Richard de Trafford to hi s sonGeoffrey,and having been obtained by the Radcliffes,was conveyed in marriage byElizabeth,eldest daughter and co -heiress of Richard Radcliffe of Chadderton,on the7th of May in the32d Henry VI. to Robert Radclyffe,second son of AlexanderRadclyffe of OrdshallEsq . in whose descendant,Robert Radclyfi’e of the city of

Bath E sq . it is n ow vested. The Gate House” named in the year1651,is gone ;and the house itself,now an incon siderable buildi ng,has long been forsaken bythe owners,although numerous family portraits are stillallowed to remain . Manyaddi tion s were made to the house in the year1620,by William Radclyffe Esq . thefather of Sir Willi am Radclyffe,a Colonel in the army of Charles I . ; and the princ ip alfron t appears to have been built about the latter part of the seventeenthcen tury.

4Royton Hall was granted by Edward II. in the year1301,to Sir John de Byronof Clayton,and was occupied during the latter part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth,by Sir John Byr on the younger,at which time much of the present house was bui lt .Richard,the second Lord Byron,sold the E state in the year1662,to Thomas PercivalofMan chester,merchant,whose great grand-daughter,Katherine Percival,having mar

ried in the year1763,Joseph Pickford ofAlt HillE sq . the E state descended to heronly son,Willi am Percival Pickford E sq . who dyin g wi thout is sue,in the year1815,devised it to his father,Sir Joseph Radcliffe Bart . in whose son it is now vested.

The Hall is divided into several ten ements,and appears to have been new fron tedabout the middle of the last century . The Park has disappeared.

5 Crompton Hall,in East Crompton,the residence of Hugh de Crompton,son of

Simon dela Legh,” in the3oth Henry I . and of hi s descendan ts,un til the year1660,when it was sold,owing to the losses sustain ed by the family during the Civil Wars .It has been re-purchased by a collateral descendan t of the family,and a new hous ebuilt .6Whi tfield Hall,a large and irregular stone house,taken down about the year178 0,was in the possession of Laurance Buckley Gent . a bran ch of the parent house

of Buckley,in the year1552,and continued in hi s family until the year1713,when the

{Beanerp of Manchester.

6 m . [iles] from [the] Mother Chur ch . 3m . [iles] from Mid

dicton,ye next Par . [ish] Church .

Estate was sold by James Buckley Gen t . to John Lever of Alkrington Esq. and isnow in severalties .7Wern ith Hall was held by William de Wernith in the reign of Henry III. and

shortly afterwards,by Alward de Aldholm,and Alicia hi s wife. The E state was conveyed by Margery,daughter and co -heiress of Richard de Oldham,in marriage,toJohn Cudworth of Cudworth in the coun ty of York,whose grandson,Geoffrey Cudworth,lived here ih the 5th Edward IV. Joshua Cudworth sold the E state of hi s ancestors (b eing about one hundred acres) to Sir Raphe Assheton ofMiddleton Bart . whogave it,in the year1716,in marriage with hi s daughter Katherine,to Thomas Listerof Arnoldsb ig g in in the county ofYork . It was sold in the year1794,to John LeesEsq . grandfather of the present own er forOf thi s very ancient family was Ralph Cudworth D .D . son of Ralph CudworthGent . and Agn es,daughter of Alexander Lees of Lees,n ear Ashton under Lyn e. Hewas Fellow of Emanuel College Cambridge,October3d in the 43d Elizabeth ; and

was then named a Trustee in the marriage settlement of his kin sman,James Chethamof Nuthurst Gen t . —L cmc . M SS . vol. xi. p . 78 . He was afterwards Rector of Allerin Somersetshir e,and died in the year1624. Here was born in the year1617,hismore celebrated son,Ralph Cudworth D .D . also a Fellow and Tutor of EmanuelCollege,and author of The True In tellectual System.

” He was father of thelearn ed Lady Masham,the friend of Locke,and died in the year168 8 .

8 Chamber Hall was held by Richard de Tetlow in the reign of Edward II. Robert,son of Adam de Oldh am having granted to Richard,son of Adam de Tetlow,landsin Wern ith juxta Oldham,by Deed dated in the14th Edward II. His grandfather,Adam de Tetlow,(according to a Deed quoted in the year1639,in a di spute respecting the Common s of Oldh am,with Sir John Byr on,) having married Eva,daughter ofWilliam,son of Adam de Oldham,obtained her lands in Wern ith and Oldham . Thefami ly remain ed here in good repute,and lineal descen t,un til Jane,sole heiress ofRobert Tetlow Esq. conveyed the E state in marriage to

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George Wood Gent . whosold it in the year1646,to Mr . Henry Wrigley,a Linen Draper in Salford,whosegrand-daughter,Martha daughter and heiress of Henry Wrigley Esq. having aboutthe year1680,married Joseph Gregge E sq . the E state was devised to him . Hisgrandson,Edward Gregge Hopwood of Hopwood Esq . settled it upon hi s youngerchildr en in the year1786.

9 Horsedg e Hall,a timber house,near the Church,was the property and residenceof Edmund Taylor Gent . in the year158 8 ; and a moiety of it,was conveyed beforethe year1683,by Ellinor,one of the daughters and co-heiresses of John Taylor Gent .in marriage to Thomas Nuttall of Tottington Hall Gen t . whose daughter and co

heiress,Margaret,conveyed it to her husband,Adam Bagshaw of Wormhill in thecoun ty of Derby Gent . from whom it passed by marr iage in the year1731,to thegrandfather of the presen t owner,Robert Radclyffe of Foxdenton Esq . The othermoiety was settled on Elizabeth,the other co-heiress of Mr. Taylor,who married

g chuut.

4131)s t itica’.

fintitia (restrienst’s.ere i s a School,built b y Mr . Jam . [es] Asheton,

12 (inendowed wth 21p . [er] an . [num] out of an Estate in Oldham

called Rhodes ; an d10s p . [er] an . [num] rent of a Croft ; 20b p . [er]an . [num] was left by G . [corge] Scole

'

s of Chadderton,yeoman,for repairing y

e School,out of certain lands lying in Crompton,called Shaw- side,and Dog h ill. [The] Master [i s] nominat . [ed]

.

b y [the] Feoffees . Writings in y8 Church Chest,in the Chan cel .

then in1705,by Mr . Sam . [uel] Haward of Salford,201p . [er] to b e laid out by hi s Trustees in Woollen

Cloth [for an cien t decayed House-keepers,] and 20 Bibles and

William Langley of Th orn scow in the county ofYork Gent . Thi s is n ow the propertyof Joseph Jones ofWalshaw House E sq .

10 Lees Hall was the property and residen ce in the year1531,of Thomas ChadertonGent . and his wife,Joan,daughter of John Tetlow of Chamber . Here was born,inthe year1536,and n ot at Chadderton Hall,according to Mr .Whatton,(Baines

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s H ist.

vol. ii. p . their younger son,Laurence Chaderton,B .D . afterwards Master ofEmanuel College Cambridge,and one of the Tran slators of the Engli sh Bible,who di edin the year1640,aged one hundr ed and three years . His elder brother,George,mar

ried,about the year1590,Mary,daughter and co -heiress of John Cuerden of Cuerden,and had issue four daughters,and a son,Thomas, of the Leg h s n ear Oldham,

” who,in the year1613,married,when under ag e,Mary,daughter ofWilliam Orrell of Turton E sq . and recorded his Pedigree in the College ofArms,in the same year. The

statemen t in Baines’

s H istory of L ancashire,vol. ii . p . 590,respecting the disinheriting of Dr . Laurence Chaderton,and the devise of his E states to the Radclifi’es of

Chadderton,is a pure fabrication . The Estate of Lees con tinued in the family untilthe death of Mr. George Chaderton in the year1675,when it passed by devise toHenry Lyon Gent . Peter Plumpton Gen t . and Denton Gent . as heirs atlaw .

Lees Hall was the residen ce of the Lyon s from this time until the death of NicholasJohn Lyon Esq . in the year1771,when it was sold to John Lees Esq . whose grandsonis the present owner . The Hall is now divided into cottages .11Ben t Hall,n ow used as a Hat Warehouse,containin g some mullion and tran somwin dows,is the property of Mr . Clegg.

12 Th e Foun der was James Asheton of Chadderton Hall Esq . eldest son of EdmundAsheton,and hi s wife,Ann,daughter of Ralph Prestwich of Holme Esq. He mar

ried first,a daughter and co -heiress of Sir Robert Langley of Ag ecroft,but she dyingissueless,he married secondly,Ann,daughter, of Thomas,son of Sir Thomas Talbotof Bashall in the county,ofYork. He had no is sue by her ; and she surviving him,married secondly,Ralph Asheton of Lever E sq. and di ed at Stannyclifi'e Hall nearMiddleton,in the year1636.

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fintitiaflestriensis.Inhab . [itants] tow. [ards the] maint .[enance] of a

was lai d out in Land before ye It i s styled,“ Capella Sti Salvatori s . V . [ide] Reg . [ister,p .] 415 .

Th e right of N om . [inatin g ] a Curate was,by [the] Act of Consecr . [ation,] given to Mr . Walworth for li fe,and after hi s death to

[the] Ecotours of Prestwych,Bury,and Middleton,or [the] major

part of ym

. [The] Towns . [hi ps] of Ringley,Kersley,Clifton,andOutwood resort to it . Kersley i s in Dean Par . [i sh,] and Clifton

in Eccles Par . [ish .] The Rights of these3Parishes are preserved,but [there i s] no men tion of [the] con sen t of y

e Min 8 of any of ym

in y6 disp osallof [th e] Right of Nomination . V . [ide] Act II) .

Certif. [ied] -104,viz . 241,Rent of a tenemt and mes

suage,and six Oxgangs of Land,cont . [aining] ab t120 Acres,inLittle Benton,York sh . [ire,] settled by NathanWalworth,Founderof y

e an . [no]1635,in Trustees,for ye use of ye Curate ;but the housing being Ruinous,[and materials for building beingscarce and dear in that coun try,] and [the] Estate at [a] greatdi stance (viz . 8 0 m . large deduct . [ion s] are to b e made.

Seddon of Prestolee,and Robert Bolton of Kersley,yeoman ; who stated that thereversion of a Messuage in Sharples,and a rent of £1.lod . out of the said Messuagewas reserved to the Trustees,by Lease made by the Founder before he built theChapel,for a term,whereof eighty years were then unexpired . They further statedthatfifteen or twenty years after the Chapel had been consecrated,the Inh abitants,and others charitably di sposed,bui lt a house,with outhousing,and bought two g ab .

den s for the use of the Min ister ; and that John Starkie ofHun troyd E sq . by Indenture of Lease dated thel0th of December1668,demised to William Hulme ofKersleyE sq. a parcel of Waste Groun d in Kersley,bein gfifty yards in length and twentyyards in b readth,(whereon Mr . Hulme built a house and outhousing,) for five hundred years,under the ren t of 4d. to the said Mr. Starkie,and hi s heirs,the profitsbeing appropriated to the Minister of Ringley,for the time being . The Estate wasthen vested in William Baguley Gent . Executor ofMr . Hulme,the generous Foun derof the Hulm ei an Exhi bition s at Brasenose College,Oxon ; and Mr . Joshua Dixon,anold man,was then the Minister here,and also at Rivington .

— See p . 72,Note18 . TheCorrespondence of the founder with Peter Seddon,chiefly on the subject of his Charities,is still in existence,from whi ch it might seem tha t the old Steward,in the phra~seolo g y of Pisani o,was “

a man of waggish courage,ready in gibes,quick answered,saucy,and as quarrelous as the weasel.”

The Chapel was rebuilt in the year18 27.

meanerg of Manchester.

11-05 -10d,Rent of a Tenem . [ent] in Sharples,given by y9 said

Walworth . [The] Chap . [el] -house and 2 Garden s [were] givenby [the] 20 y,[ears] after y

e Chap . [el] was built,[worth] 2

1[a year [a] house and plot of Land,in Kersley,given by Joh . [n ] Starkey,[worth]31-10S [a year .]3m . [iles] from [the] Par . [i sh] Church,and from any other

Ch . [urch ]Augm . [ented] an .[no]1719,w15112001b y Mr . A sheton,Ecotour

of Prestwich .

err i s a School,founded by Mr . Na .[than] Walworth,and g chuut.endowed with101p . [er] an . [num] by y

6 Will of [the]Founder. [The] Rectours of Prestwich,Bury,and Middleton,orthe greater part of them,name ye Master . The Endowment was

2 Oxgangs,or 40 acres,of Land,at Flamborough,in Yorks .

[hi re,]let now, for 91p . [er] N o

Scholars free .

Writings,belong . [in g ] both to [the] Chap . [el] and School,arein y

8 hands of Jam . [es] Seddon of Outwood,one of ye Trustees .

A11. [no]1719 . [They are] now in a strong Chest,with3lock supon it,in the Chapel of Ringley. Certif. [toute] of Mr . Jacob

Scholes,Apr . [11]13,1722 .

answ er} Certif. [ied] yt no certain

Salary belongs to y8 Curate,but ya

Rect . [or] generally allows 51p . [er] an . [num,] and yeneighbour

mg Inhab . [itants] ab t131p . [er]

Dedicated to the Holy Trin ity. Value in1834,£220. Registers begin in1704.

A family of the local name resided here in the time of Edward III . and by Deeddated at Crompton,in the 44th Edward III.1370,Thomas de Shaw settles uponAlexander his son,and his issue male,allthe lands and tenements whi ch he had of

the gift of John,son of Roger de Chaderton,in the Town ship of Crompton . In default of male issue,the lands to descend to Thomas and Henry,brothers of Alexanderde Shaw,with a remainder over to Thomas,son of Adam de Chaderton,in fee.Probably of this family was Oliver Shaw Gent . who di ed at Hey-side,and was buried

120 fintitia Qtestriensis.

Augm . [ented] an . [no]1718,wth 2001,given by Mr . Asheton,Rectour of Prestwych .

6m . [iles] from [the] Mother Church .

N o School reported .

N o Charities reported .

at Shaw,in the year1705,aged seventy. He recorded a short Pedi gree in the CollegeofArms . L ane. M SS .

There is a tradi tion that the Chapel was anciently called St . Patrick’s Chapel onthe Moor,” and that the alteration of the Patron Saint took place when the Chapelwas rebuilt in the last century . Adj oining the Chapel are lands stillcalled MoorFields . On the 8 th of July1515,Hugh Burdman was licen sed to .the omoe of

Reader in Shaw Chapel,in the Parish of Prestwich,by the Archdeacon of Chester.A ct Book,vol. i. L a/nc . M SS .

On the10th of December1646,the Committee for Compounding with Delinquentsstated,that Edmund Asheton of Chadderton Esq . having been fined with a

proviso that if he would settle £50 per annum upon the Chapelry of Oldham,for themaintenan ce of a Preaching Min ister for ever,and £40 per annum for the same purpose upon the Chapel of Shaw,thefine should be reduced to £514. It being afterwards discovered that £50 a year would n ot make up a sufficient main tenance for theIncumben t of Oldh am,Mr . Asheton was required to settle £50 in addition,uponOldham,and so obtain hi s di scharge . On the18 th of

“December1646,the notoriousPresiden t Bradshawe addressed “Mr. Henry Wrigley,Mr. John Ogden,Mr. JohnSmith,and the Gentlemen of Oldham Parish,” assuring them that,“ by the goodn essofAlmighty God,wee have now gotten yor b usines so di sp atcht as will be doub tlesto yo” great conten t comfort . I am a witnes of the executing of a Deed by w °h

you have the whole Rectory of Oldham settled in as good a way as you can wi she'

up p on yor Church of Oldh am,and Shaw Chappell.” “I have sent youe by

thi s bearer the Order I procured before for £40,to be allowed for mayntenance of a

Min ister at Shawe Chappell .” Orig inalL etters,L a/nc . M SS .

In the year1650,Shaw was return ed to the Government as being two miles andthr ee quarters and twenty-four poles from Oldham Church. The Cure had been suppli ed by Mr . Robert Sym onds ; and he ought to have had after the rate of £40 perannum for his salary,but he could not obtain it . For three Sabbath days,then lastpast,the Cure had been served by such Mini sters as the Inhabitants could provide,but there was no settled Min ister or Endowmen t . It was recommended that theChapelry should be made a distin ct Parish — L amb . M SS . vol . ii . It was little bettercircumstan ced in the year1717,when William and Abraham Lees deposed,on oath,before Dr . Wroe,that there being no Endowmen t “when the Chapel has been supplied,the Curate hath been maintain ed” as men tioned in the Text .Mr. Symonds was born in E lton near Bury,educated at Oxford,and became Chaplain of the Collegiate Church of Man chester before the year1638 . He suffered muchduring the Usurpation,being one of the seven thousand Clerg ym en who

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fintitia Grestrt’enst’s.[A] Vicar,[Richard Gorstelow,p er mortem ultim i Incumben

tis,-was] present . [ed] by Q . [ueen] Mary an . [no] R. [egui]1,and

Inst . [ituted] by [the] B. [ishop] of Chester . Inst. [i tution] B. [00k]1,p . 41.An . [no]1595,[the] Abp . of Cant . [erbury] presented [Joseph

Midgley,p er dep riv. Ric . Midgley .] B . [oolc] 2,p . 24,Patron and Improp . [riator,th e] Ab p . of Canterbury .

shortly afterwards sold it to Sir Robert Heath,at that time the Attorney General.Having mortgaged the Manor to Sir John Byron in the year1634,Sir Robert Heathconveyed the Manor,in fee,four years afterwards,to Sir John and his heirs,for

In the year18 23,the Manor was sold by George Gordon Lord Byron,toJames Dearden of Rochdale E sq . and is now in the possession of hi s son,JamesDearden Esq . F .S.A.

It has been repeatedly stated i n prin t,and is reiterated in Baines’s H istory ofL cmcashire,vol . ii. p . 622,that Newstead Abbey was sold by Lord Byron to Mr .Dearden,although it need scarcely be named that Colonel Wildman was the purchaserof that interesting religious house,in the year1817. Neither is it correct that theRochdale Manerial rights “ include that portion of Saddleworth which lies within theParish of Rochdale,” although it might be asked what portion of Saddleworth lieswithout the Parish of Rochdale nor is there any exception of such districts asRobert de Lacy gave to the Abbots ofWhalley.

— Baines’

s H istory,vol. ii . p . 623.No Church is named in D omesday,as existing at Rochdale ; although the silenceof that record is not conclusive again st the existence of a Church at that period.

About the year1170,Adam de Spotland gave lands “ to God,St . Mary and AllSaints,and to St . Chad and the Church of Rachdam ; proving that a Church at

least had then arisen here . Robert de Whalley,who died before the year1193,wasprobably the fir st Rector,and reconveyed these lands to Alexander de Spotland,andhis heirs,to be held of St . Gedda,the Church of Rachetham,and of the said Robertand his successors,in fee. Between the years1214and1223,Roger de Lacy,whosefather,John,had di ed in the Holy Land,in the year1179,and who had himselffought under Richard I . at the siege of Acon,in the year1192,gave his share of theAdvowson of the Church of Rochdale,along with John

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de Eland,to the Abbey ofStanlaw,upon whi ch house,after being removed to Whalley,the Church continued dependent un til the Reformation .

— See the Coucher B ook of Whalley,vol. i. pp .135—145,published by the Chetham Society,for the various steps taken to procure thi s donation . A Vicarage was ordained by Roger de Meuland,Bishop of L ichfield and

Coventry,14kal. May1277. The Church of Rakedale is valued at £23. 6s . 8 d . in

the year1291but no Chapels are men tion ed. At this time the b enefice had ceasedto be a Rectory and it is not easy to account for its dimini shed value as a Vicaragein the Valor ofHenry VIII.At the east end of the South Ai sle is Trinity Chapel,founded by Indenture dated

Beanerg of Manchester.

The Vicar has a large Glebe,and allye houses of two of ye best

Streets in y(3Town belonging to him 130 houses .

This i s a large Parish ; the circumference of it [is] computed tob e 46miles .

[Th e] Poor Leys in [the] Town and Parish are usually11001p . [er] Ward . Wroe

’s Acc‘1706. Pap . Reg .

3Warden s,[and]3Assist . [ants ]the 24th of September148 7,by Dr . Adam Marland of Marland,Sir Randal Butterworth of Belfield,and Sir James Middleton,“ a Brotherhode maide and ordaynyd in

y" Worship of the Glorious Trin ite in the Churche of Rachedale,” Sir James being

appointed “ the Trynyte Prest duryng hislyf;” and,amongst other things,he wasrequired when he wen t to the Lavatory,standing at the Altar end,twice a week,topray for the co -founders,with de p rofim di s . Sir Randal also desired that hisfather and mother,Bernard and Agn es,his brother Alexander and his wi fe,Mar

garet,with allhi s brethren and sisters,and other good friends,together with thenoble Prin ce Humphrey,Duke of Buckingham,the Lady Anne,hi s wife,and our

Prin ce, and also the soulof Roger Haslingden,Doctor of Divin ity,should beprayed for . Sir James also willed that hi s father and mother,Richard and Agnes,with hi s brothers and sisters,Geoffrey Sandiforth and Isabel his wife,especially,“ wh allthose yt holp t hi to ye Schole in g e

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rallbe p ’y’d A moiety of thi sChapel,“with the ground and soil thereof,

”was sold on the12th day of October

1665,by James Marland of Marland Gent . to Alexander Butterworth of BelfieldE sq . who had inherited the other moiety as the heir atlaw of Sir Randal Butterworth. The Chapel passed,in the year1728,by devise,to Richard Townley of

Rochdale Gent . and was sold by his descendant,Richard Greaves Townley of BelfieldE sq . on the 8 th of August18 23,for £650,to James Dearden E sq. father of thepresen t own er,whose good taste has prompted him to complete the Chapel in thestyle of architecture whi ch prevailed at the period of its erection — L ane . M SS .

vol. xii i. p . 438 .

At”

the east end of the North Ai sle is St . Katherine’s Chapel,now used as a Vestry,but by whom founded is unknown . It was in existen ce in the year1516,as RobertHolte of Stubley Esq . awards that Henry Sale and Thomas Chadwick shall p ay toWilliam Rode opon the auter of Sayn t Katerin witin ye pysshe Church of Rachdale,xiii “ ivd of gud yn glysse mon ey,” in mann er therein mentioned. Dated viii Juneviiithof Henry VIII. — L auc . M SS .vol. iv . p .14. .Pike House Eui d .

In the year1815 the Church,owing to dilapidation s by time and ill-treatment,wassupposed to be in an in secure state,and was recommended to be taken down and

rebuilt . Application was accordingly made to Parliament for that purpose,but themeasure was strongly Opposed to the wishes of nearly the whole of the Landownersand Parishioners and a few wealthy individuals,who had introduced the Bill,wereobli ged to withdraw it . On a careful examination of the several parts of the structure

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[The] 4TownsPS are,Hundersfield,Spotland,Butterworth and

Castleton .

9 Warden s ; 4 for ye Church and 5 for y

e Chappells,chosen by

[the] Vicar and Parishioners join tly.

Given by Ab p . Juxon,2 for Curates in this parish,421p . [er] an .

[num,] Kennett of p . 256; but this must b e a

m istak e,there being n o more than31.6s . 8 d pd to Milnrow,and 71

p . [er] an . [num] to Saddleworth,by [the] out of

ye Tyth s,and no other Land or Mon ey [i s] given by any Ab p .

An . [no] 1725,a very good new House [was] built by Dr

Dun ster,Vicar .

3 [There i s] no Hallor Grange in the Parish .

by Jeffrey Wyatt E sq . (who published his report addressed to the Bishop of Chester,July 24th it was concluded that exten sive repairs would preserve the originalfabric for future generation s . At thi s time,the Parishioners stated in the House ofCommon s,that they were disposed to give every facili ty to any measure that wouldbe advantageous to the Church ; but they trusted that the venerable structure whichthey had been so long accustomed to con template with reverence mig ht not be destroyed without some clear and urgent necessity .

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The Tower is low and massive,built about the time of Henry VIII. and con tain s afine peal of eight bells .A new Font lined with lead and furn ished with a drain,from a beautiful design ofthefifteenth century,in the Church of St . Stephen,n ear St . Alban ’s,executed by Mr.Whi te,the sculptor employed in the recent restoration of the Chapter House ofYork,was presen ted to the Church in the year1846,by the Rev. Dr . Molesworth theVicar. A cover remains to be placed over the Font .

2 Dr. Ducarelhas tran scribed Kennett’s erron eous account of Juxon ’

s gift to theCurates of Rochdale Parish ; and has als o added that a pen sion was settled on thePari sh by Ar chbishop Sancroft . He quotes Bishop Kennett’s Case of Imp rop riations,p.308 . These augmentation s were made to the Curates ofWhalley,and not of Rochdale . Archbishop Juxon,on the ren ewal of hi s Rectorial Leases in the year1661,settled £120 a year,up on the Vicar and Curates ofWhalley ; £70 a year,upon theVicar and Curates of Blackburn ; £42 a year,upon the Vicar and Curates of Rochdale ; besides £107. 6s . 8 d . a year,upon other poor Livings in his Grace

’s gift . Itis not known by what mean s the pious inten tion s of the Primate were frustrated,butit is certain that hi s b eneficence was not fully enj oyed by those for whom it was3Samuel Dun ster D .D . is said to have been the son of a London Merchan t,andbuilt the Vicarage House on the plan of hi s father’s house in the Savoy. He removedthe old Vicarage House,whi ch was covered with thatch,and altered the site . Hewas educated at Oxford and was presented by Queen Anne on the12th of July1706,

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ere is a School founded by Abp . Park er,who endowed it wth

171p . [er] payable out of ye Tyth s of Rachdale .

16Left since by D r Chadwi ck31p . [er] an . [num] for teaching 9 poor

Boyes of thi s Par . [ish ]

en tirely removed about the year1810,and a large modern house erected on its site.Much of the old house was built in the time of Queen Eli zabeth,by Robert Howarth,whose monumen t and arms,a bend between two bucks

’ heads coped,in RochdaleChurch,long sin ce perished,were noticed by Dodsworth3d April1619,(vol . cxlv. p .

The in scription was as follows Hie jacet Rob ertus Howorth de HoworthGen . qui obiit 2° die Julij ann o aetatis 8 0,1611.

Ossa premi t quamvi s hodi e gravis iste lapillusSpiritus emperovivit in arce poli .

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5 Buckley Hall,a low stone building of the time of Henry VIII . with addi tion s madein1698,and an as cent of several steps to the front door,has been entirely removed,and a cotton mill is erected on its site . The house was formerly surrounded by amoat,whi ch was partly visible in1830.

-Here dwelt a very ancien t family of thesame name as the hamlet,descended from Geoffrey de Bucley,slain at the battle ofEvesham in1265,and whi ch became extinct in the malelin e on the death of WilliamBuckley Esq . in1740,whose great n ephew,Thomas Foster,son of Thomas Foster ofBeaumont Hall near Lancaster and of E lston n ear Preston,Esq. and his wife Ann,sole child of Thomas Buckley of Buckley Esq . eldest brother of William Buckley,assumed the name of Buckley in compli ance with the will of his grand uncle,Willi amBuckley,dated 9th May1730. He married Elizabeth,sister of Edward Millar Mun dyof ShipleyE sq . M .P. for the county ofDerby,and aunt ofGeorgian aEliz abeth; Duchessof Newcastle,and hi s son,Edward Buckley E sq . sold thi s and allhi s Rochdaleestates in1786 to Robert Entwisle of Foxholes E sq . for and dying in1816,left two daughters hi s co-heir esses .

6 Castleton Hall and other lands in Castleton,Whalley,and elsewhere,were sold byHenry VIII. on the 28 th March33Henry VIII . to Robert Holte of Stubley E sq . in

con sideration of £491. 5 8 . 5d . being parcel of the dissolved abbey lands . The housewas built in the time of Queen E lizabeth by a younger bran ch of the Holts,and on

the death of Charles Holt M.D . in1627,his elder brother vacated Stubley and fixedhis abode here,and not

“about according to Dr . Wh itaker. - See Sir Robert

Heath’s Survey of the Man or,1627. The present Hall was not built by Robert HoltE sq . soon aft er the Revolution of (Baines,vol. ii . p . as he di ed in1675,anold man ; n or was Castleton Hall at any time “ the ancien t man sion of the Marlands,”

(p . as allthe wills and eviden ces of that family are dated at Marland. On thedeath of James Holte Esq . the last heir male of the family,in the year1713,hi s estateswere di vided amongst hi s four daughters and coheir esses ; and Mary,the youngest,whomarried at Rochdale,21st July1714,Samuel Chetham Esq . of Turton Tower,hadone fourth of Castleton assigned to her as her portion,and the other shares were purchased of her sisters by Mr . Chetham . The estate passed in1744 to Humphrey

meanerp of Manchester.

By Mr Linney 2lp . [er] an . [num .] By M

r Hargreaves11p . [er]an . [num] for teaching poor boyes to write . By M

r Jam : Holte

1001,[the] In t . [erest] for teaching poor boyes,not exceeding six

Chetham E sq. as heir atlaw of his brother Samuel,who died in testate,and wasdevised in the year1748,by the said Humphrey to their cousin,Edward Chethamof Smedley E sq . for life,on whose death in the year1769 without male issue,itbecame vested under Humphrey Chetham ’

s Will in Clement Win stanley of Braunstone House in the coun ty of Leicester E sq . the son of Frances,one of the coheir essesof the said James Holte E sq. by whom it was sold,in the year1773,to WilliamAllen of Davyhulme E sq . and Roger Sedgwick of Manchester E sq . forTh ese purchasers afterwards conveyed it by sale to Thomas Smith of Rochdale,merchan t,at whose death in18 06 without male issue,his estates were dividedamongst hi s four daughters,and Castleton became the share of Ellen,afterwards thewife of John En twisle of Foxholes E sq. M .P . in whose son it is now vested,— thestatement in Baines,vol. ii. p. 639,being altogether in correct .In1719 Samuel Chetham E sq. made con siderable addition s to the house,which isthe largest and most commodious in the parish.

7 Oakenrod,“an assart called Ak inrode,

” is named in a deed of the time of HenryIII . and here a family of the localname resided,of whi ch was Hugh dele Okenrode,who attests in Butterworth on Monday n ext after the feast of St . Giles,loth EdwardI.1283,and Thomas dele Okenrode,living3d July1313. The estate was bought byJames,son and heir of Hugh Gartside of Gartside Gent . in1555,on hi s vacating hisancient patrimon ial estate of Gartside . Thi s James Gartside,Roger hi s son,andJame s hi s grandson,were proctors to the abbot and convent of Whalley,and alsoflam ers of portion s of the tithes of Rochdale parsonage. Th e family con tinued hereuntil the beginning of the last century,when Oakenr od became the property and

residen ce of Edmund Butterworth of Windyb ank,merchan t,whose descendant,Edmund Lodge of Leeds E sq . sold it,after178 7,to James Royds E sq. in whose son,Clemen t Royds of Faling e Esq . it is now vested. The house was modern ised by theButterworths .

8 Foxholes became the residence of the En twisles about the year1590,and,withother estates in Rochdale,was anciently the inheritance of a family named Shi pwelb otham,and afterwards descended to Henry Bradshaw of Bradshaw,whose daughterand coheiress marriedWilliam Entwisle,younger son of Edmund Entwisle of EntwisleEsq . who died 8 th July1545 . Edmund Entwisle,son and heir of William,lived atLeveng reave near Whi tworth,in1535,and his son and heir,Richard,is styled “

of

SydhallGent .” (now Townh ead) in1581,and of Foxholes” in1594,in whi ch yearhe was Steward of the Manor of Rochdale. On the death of Robert En twisle E sq . in178 7,the estate passed by will to John Markland E sq . (of the an cient and veryresp ectable family of that name of the Meadows near Wigan) the grandson of Ellen,daughter of Bertie En twisle Esq . Vice Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster,whoassumed the name and arms of Entwisle. In the year1793,he rebuilt the house of

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[in number,] to b e named by [the] Vicar and 5 Churchward . [en s ]In all281p . [er] an . [num .]

[The] Master i s nom inat . [ed] by [the] Ab p . of Can terbury .

hi s maternal ancestors ; and was Sheriff of Lan cashire in the year1798 . He wassucceeded by his eldest son,John Entwisle Esq . M .P. Sheriff of Lancashi re in theyear18 24,and on his death in the year1837,the E state descended to his only7 son,the presen t High Sheriff of the County. There is an eng raved view of the house inBaines

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s H istory of L ancashire .

9 Balderston e Hallwas in the possession of Adam de Balderstone in the 24thEdward I . ; and Eleanor,daughter and heiress of Henry de Balderstone,conveyedthe E state in marriage,before the 20th of Jun e in the 6th Henry V.1418,to James,son of Geoffrey del Holt,brother of Hugh del Holt of Ashworth . Richard Holtappears to have been the last of his family who held thi s property. He was the sonof John Holt Gent . and his wife,Joanna,daughter of Mr . John Allen of Redivales,and in the year1651was a minor,and John Allen Gent . his uncle and

' guardian,wasliving in the year1676. The present house appears to have been built about a

century.

10 Hamer Hall was the residence of Bernard Hamer in the year1471,and was heldby Edmund,(son of Elli s,and grandson of Henry)Hamer Gen t . whose Willis datedJanuary 27th1597. His descendan t,Samuel Hamer Esq . an ac tive Magistrate,mar

ried Mary,sister of Sir Henry Ibbetson of Denton Park Bart . and rebuilt the house.Dying in the year1755,he was succeeded by his second son,James Hamer E sq . whodi ed in the year1784,and whose son,James Hamer,embarked in trade,and sold theE state in the year18 08,to John Entwisle of Foxholes E sq. The house is of brick,and very commodi ous .11Newbold belonged to John de Newbold,in the reign of Henry III . and he had itby grant from hi s uncle Geoffrey de Bucley. The family continued here until theyear1627,when the Hall was held by Richard son of Henry Scholefield of FieldenGent . whose daughter and coheiress married in the year1656,Thomas Croxton o f

Raven scroft in Cheshire E sq. and conveyed it to her husband. His son,ThomasCroxton of London E sq. and his daughters,Cicely and Mary Croxton,sold it in the

year1693,to Thomas Hindley of Birchenley Gent . whose son,Thomas Hindley junr.Gent . settled it in the year1711,on his wife,Mary,daughter of Joseph Gregge o fChamber Hall E sq. She afterwards married John Starky of Heywood Esq ; and at

her death in the year1745,it passed to Samuel Stead of Rochdale,Merchan t,in rightof his wife,Judi th,daughter of Thomas Hindley senr . and his wife,Judith,daughterof Samuel Hamer E sq . and was devised by him to his kin sman,Thomas Dyson Holland Esq . whose son sold it in the year1840,to Mr . Samuel Newbold of Bury.

A younger branch of the Newbolds continued to reside here from the beginning o f

the sixteen th until the end of the las t century .

12 Gooselane was,in the year1504,a Grange belonging to Wh alley Abbey,and,after the Dissolution,was purchased by the Holts of Stubley. In the year1626,the

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Girls . Charles Holland,17 in1628,£10 . Mr . Gartside and h is

Mother,£200 and certain houses .

year1299,and on the Feast of St . Thomas in the year1303. In a deposition takenat Chester on February 4th1548,Thomas Wolstenholme of the Parish of Rochdale,aged sixty,says,that “ John Parslowe (Paslew) wellwaslately Abbat of Whalley,was his Un cle,and yt hee hath sene ye Rentallof ye E ster Roole of Rachdall.” In

the year1549,in the same suit,John Wolstenholme of Wolstenh olme Gent . deposedthat, Hugh Wolstenholme,and Thomas,his son,had a lease of the Tethe Corne ofRachdale from John Parslew,late Abbat ofWh alley,and the Convent of the same,and thi s he certenlye knoweth by reason he was a laborer and sutor to the saydAbbat and Convent for the same,and that they declared to thi s deponent yt it waspast their hands,and granted to the said Hugh and Thomas . In the year1554John Wolstenholme Gent . held hi s capital message called Wolstenholme Hall,of Sir Henry Savile Knt . in free soccage,paying 2s . a year. His descendants,Francis Wolstenholme Gent . and John,hi s son and heir apparen t,sold their patrimon ial E state,in the year1623,to William Bamford of Bamford Gent . for £220 ;and E sther,sole child of John Wolstenholme,the co -vendor,by his wife,Jane,daughter of Tetlow of Oldham Gent . conveyed the remnant of the property inmarriage,to Arthur,son and heir of Fran cis Kay of Redlum Gent . and died on the18 th of August1668,leaving issue . The house appears to have been rebuilt aboutthe tim e of Charles I . and is occupied by a farmer. — L anc . M SS .

15 On the12th of June in the1st Edward VI. the Executors of Henry VIII. inexecution of the King’s Will,and “ for dis charge of his Grace’ s con scien ce, perfec ted an agreement of exchange entered into by the King and Archbishop Cranmer,and conveyed to the latter,and his successors,not “

as a matter of Royal Boun ty,”

but for an equivalen t,amongst other hereditaments,the Rectories and Advowson sof Whalley,Blackburn,and Rochdale,and the Chapels of Saddleworth and But

torworth,and other Chapels,to the Monastery of Whalley,then lately belonging,and leased by the King on the 20th of May1538,to Henry Parker,one of the Pagesof hi s Majesty’s Chamber,for twenty-one years . On the 20th of December1547,Archbishop Cranmer,at the Kin g

’s special desire,demised the reversion of this lease toThomas Strete Gent . Groom of his Majesty’s Chamber,for twen ty-one years,theArchbishop allowing Strete £12 a year for the pen sion of the Vicar of Rochdale,and£10 for the stipend of the Curates of Saddleworth and Butterworth,ann exed to thesaid Church of Rochdale,“ in such manner as had theretofore been allowed for thesame ; the lessee,at his own cost,to cause the Cures of the Church and two Chapelsto be duly served,and to maintain the Chan cels of the Church and Chapels . On the27th of May in the 4th Edward VI . the Ar chbishop leased the reversion of theTithes of Rochdale to Sir John Byron of Newstead Kut . (the Patronage of theVicarage of Rochdale excepted,) for twen ty-one years,subject to the charges aforesaid .

On the1st of January in the 7th E lizabeth,Archbishop Parker charged the Titheswith £17 a year,in perpetuity,for the Master and Usher of the Grammar School of

meanerig of Manchester.

FJGJLJEBQMKQBQHfifi.‘ The Abbot

and Conv . [ent] of Whalley,by In

Rochdale,of his foundation . On the1lth of December1590,Ar chbishop Whitgiftren ewed the lease to Sir John Byron,son of the late lessee,subject to £15 a year tothe Master of the Grammar School of Rochdale,and £2 a year to the Usher ; and,in

con sideration of being discharged of the Cures of the Parish Church of Rochdale,and the Chapels of Saddleworth and Butterworth,he con sented that the Rectoryshould be charged with £8 a year to the Vicar,in addition to £6.13s . 4d . then

paid,with £5 a year in addition to £2 then paid to the Curate of Saddleworth,andwi th £2 a year in addi tion to £1. 6s . 8 d . then paid to the Curate of Butterworth ; and he permitted the Vicar,and hi s successors,to have the herbage of theChurch-yard of Rochdale,and the two Curates,and their successors,to have theherbage of their Chapel-yards . There is a covenant that when the stipend of theSchoolmaster and Usher. shall be charged on the Rectory of Blackburn,the lessee ofRochdale shall p ay annually to the Vicar and his successors £10,to the Curate ofSaddleworth £4,and to the Curate of Butterworth £3per annum . On the renewalof a lease,in the year1642,Archbishop Laud stipulated with Lady Byron that allChurch duties arising from marriages,christen ings,and burials,should be received bythe Vicar of Rochdale,for the time being,for hi s further in crease ofmaintenance,theVicarag e not realizing more than £120 per annum. The Byron s relinquished theirinterest in the Rectorial Tithes in the year1765,and in the year1814,they were soldto the Freeholders,under the 47th George III. ; and the produce was no t invested forthe benefit of the Vicarage of Rochdale,as stated by Bain es,(vol. ii. p . butexpended,amongst other useful purposes,in rebuilding Addington House,a seat ofthe Archbishops of Can terbury . The purchaser of “Lot 27 became entitled,according to the condition s of sale,to allthe privileges attached to the Chancel of RochdaleChurch,and thi s lot being conveyed to Thomas Ferrand Esq . he became the Lay Im

p rop riator. At hi s death he was succeeded in this office by hi s nephew,James DeardenE sq . the present Manerial Lord. L ane. M SS . vol. xi . p . 206 and vol. xiv . p . 454.

In the years1846—7,a large and handsome Grammar School,on a new site,waserected ; and the various steps taken by Archbishop Parker,in the foundation of hi sSchool b etween the years1561and1578,are recorded in the Memorials of RochdaleGrammar S chool,

” published by the Edi tor in the year1845 .

17 Ch arles Holland of Ratchdale,yeoman,by Willdated the 9th of March1628,says, I give to the Poor of the town of Rachdale,£10 ; which shall be put forth touse by my Executor un til it doth amounte to such a sum of money as will extend tobuy and purchas Land of the annual rent of xxs,and then to be bestowed by my Executor to purchase the same,and the rent of the said land shallremaine towards themain tenance of the Poor of the said town of Rachdale for evermore .” He appointedEdward Atkinson of Burnedg e his Executor,who proved the Willat Chester,on the2d of October1629 . The charity is lost .

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dent . [ure dated] an . [no]1477,(now in y8 hands of a Gent . [leman] 2

of this Chap p elry,) Gran ted to [the] Inhab . [itants] of Butterworthand Hundersfield,in [the] Par . [ish] of Rachdale,leave to havecertain Masses said in a Chap . [cl] newly built in ye town of Hun

1Dedicated to the Holy Trin ity,(and not to St . James,Ecton ’

s Thes .) Value in1834,£190. Registers beg in in1758 .

Littleborough is situated in the Town ship ofHundersfield . In the13th Henry VI.John Holt is found by hi s jurors to have held his lands in Honorsfeld,Spotland,andButterworth,of John,Duke of Lancaster,by Kn ight

’s service,but there is no men

tion of any subinfeudatory Manor . In the time of Henry VIII. Robert Holt ofStubley Esq. is stated to hold the Manor ofHundersfeld of the King,in capite ; and

in the post mortem inquisition of Robert Holt E sq . in thelst and 2d Philip and

Mary,he is said to hold the Manors ofHundersfeld,Spotland,and Castleton,of theKing and Queen,as of the Duchy of Lancaster,in capite,by mili tary service .Robert Holt E sq . in the3d Elizabeth,is found by the jurors to have held the ManorsofHundersfield,Spotland,and Castleton,by the same tenure,and the fortieth part ofa Kn ight’s fee . In the35th Elizabeth,Charles Holte E sq . is also foun d to have heldthe same Manors by the same tenure. In the 20th Jac . there is no accoun t of theManors in the inqui sition of John Holte Esq . who had succeeded to his father’sE states ; and in the time of Charles II . it was found that these subordinate Manorsexercised no rights whatever,but were dependent on the Manor of Rochdale .

2 The Licen se has been carefully preserved by the family of the gentleman referredto in the text,but the date there assigned to it is wrong . It is dated in “ the ChapterHouse of Whalley,on the Feast of St . Chad the Bishop,anno domin i five

years earli er than the date assign ed to it by Dr . Whi taker,who had not seen theoriginal document,and six years earlier than by the writer in the text,who had seen it .The Abbot and Convent gran t to the Inhabitants of the vills of Boterworth and

Honorsfeld withi n the Parish of Rachdale,that they shall have in their Chapel withinHonorsfeld, honorifice constructa et novitia edificata” private masses celebrated bya proper Chaplain to be licen sed by the Bishop,so that no injury is don e thereby tothe Mother Church . The Chaplain is to p ay two tenths of the oblation s and allother dues to the Mother Church . The Abbot and Convent,and also the Vicar ofRochdale,are perpetually exonerated from the burden of exhi bition,institution,orfinding (invent ionem) of such Chaplain,or any other burden . And if it should happ en that the inhabitants,the Chapel being without a Minister,should withhold,conceal,or dimin ish any tithes,oblation s,or obven tion s due to the said Parish Churchof Rochdale,the licen se is to cease,and the Chapel to fall under an in terdi ct and suspen sion,and so to continue until otherwise decreed by the Abbot . The common sealof the Abbey was affixed by the Abbot and Conven t — L ane . M SS . vol. iv . P ik e

The next notice whi ch Ifind of this Chapel is in the Will of Geoffrey Buckley,Rector of St . Alban’s,in Wood Street,London,dated the 28 th of June1477,who

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K [ing]’s Comm issm into whose hands it came for 4OS to y

6 Inhab .

[itants] of ye Chap p elry and y

r heirs for ever,to solemn ize Div .

[ine] Service therein . N ot long after wch (’ti s believed in [the]

b eg . [inni ng] of Q . [ueen] Mary’s some of ye chief Inhab .

[itants] were empowered to mak e seats and appoint ye Inhab . [it

an ts] their places in ym,upon y

r agreeing to p ay101p . [er] an .

[num] to y6 maint . [enan ce] of y

e M in :[ister] in proportion to yr

Seats and Estates,W011has continued ever since . Certif. [ied] an .

[n o]1717.

in allLeas and Cesments towards the Curate’s Wages,and Rep aracons,and othern ecessaries,as much as any of the said Plaintiffs,and more than some of them.

”

Bishop Bridgeman ordered the bench in di spute to be removed,and “ the floor inthe aisle of the South Chappell,on part whereof the sai d bench is sett upp,to beflagged,up p on y

e genllcharge of the Inhabitants of the said Chap p ellry as avoydplace,and a Lay presently to be laid for that purpose.

” Mr . Halliwell removedhis sui t into the Court of York,apparen tly with no better success,as Dr . WilliamEasdale,Vicar General of Samuel,Lord Archbishop of York,pronounced for theDefendants,on the10th of March1629—30.

— L a/nc . M SS . vol . iv . Pike H ouse E nid .

In the Parliamentary Inquisition in the year1650,it is stated that Mr. ThomasBradshaw had his maintenance out of the Tithes of the Chapelry,whi ch latter oughtto be made an independen t Parish . In another Inquisition,taken at Rochdale,onthe18 th of January1658,there is a very full and distin ct account of the Ecclesiasticalstate of the Parish. The boundaries of this Chapelry are accurately defined ; and it isrecommended that they should con stitute the limi ts ofa new Parish ; and that the Titheswithin the Chapelry,amounting to £64.18 8 . ought to be allotted to the said new Parish,whi ch would comprise two hundred and seventy-two families . It is also stated thatthe inhabitan ts had voluntarily contributed to the support of their Min ister ; butthat they were at that time without any Service,having no settled Minister owing tothe wan t of an Endowment . The Chapel was well built and in good repair,sufficientlylarge for the population,and adjoinin g to it was a large Chapel-yard wherein theinhabitants were accustomed to bury their dead — L ane . MS S . vol. ii . p .19 .

“ The Chapel Wage” paid in proportion to the E states and Seats of the inhab itants,appears to have originated in the Act of the 23d Henry VI . 0 . 9,

“for regulatin gthe Wages of Chaplain s .” Mr. Hunter says the free gifts were sometimes changedinto assessments on the person s who attended (the Chapels,) which the Rustics ofLancashire,in their homely phrase,were wont to call Chapel Wages .”— I/ife of OliverHeywood,p . 423. There was at least an tiquity for the phrase ; nor was it confin edmerely to the Lancashire Rustics . The Chapel wage” is stillpaid at Littleborough .

In the year1747,a subscription was made to meet a grant from the Governors ofQueen Anne’s Bounty,for the augmentation of this Curacy and,from a list of about

iBeanerg of Manchester.

Certif. [ied]101p . [er] an . [num,which i s] paid by y9 Inhab . [it

ants] in proportion to yr Estates and Seats,there being 93Fam . [i

lies] wCh contribute towards that sum .

three hun dred names,the following are selected as the principalbenefactors,and are

printed here to prove to their descendants that such good works and alms-deeds arenot forgotten even in this world :

s .Mrs . Shore 50 0

John Halliwell E sq . PikeHouseHumphrey Chetham E sq

Castleton HallMrs . Chetham,widowJames Chetham E sq . SmedleySir Ralph Asheton Bart . Mid 110

Mr . Laurence Newall,TownHouse

Mrs . Jane Newall,widowRev. Dr. Samuel Dun ster,Vicar of Rochdale

Mr. John Stott,Bent HouseMr . Jas . Clegg,of D eanhead

Mr . Th omas Shore,of ShoreMr . Chas . Stott,Ben t HouseMrs . Butterworth,OakenrodRobert Entwisle Esq . Fox

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0

2 2

Mrs . Dolly En twisle,spin ster 010Mr . Samuel Stead,Rochdale 2

Mrs . Stock,Rochdale 1Mrs . Hardman,widow,Rochdale and Allerton 6

Mrs . Leech,Spotland Bridge 30

Mr . John Dawson 10 6

Robert Mills,Littleb ro ’ 4 0

Mary Bamford,Higher Shore 2 2 0

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Thomas RoydesMr. Simon Dearden,Rochdale,Attorney 0

Mr. Isaac Smith,Starring 3Richd . Townley E sq. Belfield 1Mrs . Mary GibsonRobert Butterworth 3Mr. Thos . Ferrand,Rochdale 010 6

Mr . Thos . Whi taker,Holme O10 6

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Mr. Nuttall,Bury 010 6

Mr . James Starky 110

Mr. Marm. Vavas our 010Mr. Andr ew Holden 0 5

Mr . Jonathan Fildes O 5

Mr. John Fildes,junr 0 2

Mr . Chas . Smith,Smallshaw 1Mr . Roger Sedgwick 4

James Dawson,senr . 5

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James Dawson,junr . 010 6

Mr . Nicholas 0 5 0

Mr . Charles Hamer 2 2 0

James Travis 110 0

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Sarah Roydes,spin ster 10

Robert Butterworth,Hey 33Mr. William Byrom,Roads 010Mr. Thomas Lord,Rochdale 5 5

Mr. RichardNutter,Rochdale 0 2

John Smi th,Sparth 0 5 0

Mrs . Birch 0 5 0

An E state called “Bardsley’s Tenement,near Shaw in Crompton,was purchased,onthe 5 th of July1749,for £600,of “ the Messrs . Clegg,and their Trustees,the annual ren t then being £24. In the year1844,the same farm was let for £113per annum . The Surplice dues formerly paid to the Vicars of Rochdale have been abolished,here and throughout the Parish,by the Rev . Dr . Molesworth,the presen t Vicar.

fintitia Grestrt'enst’s.

The circumf. [eren ce] of this Chap . [elry] i s about 7 m . [iles ][The chapel i s] 43; m . [iles] from Rachdale,and 215 m . [iles] from

Milnrow,the n extThe Curate. Baptizes here,but tran sm its ye names of y

e Persons

Baptized to y6 Par . [i sh ] and payes allSurp . [lice] dues

to ye Vicar .

Part of [the] Town sP of Middle Hundersfield and part of But

terworth are wth in this Chap p elry .

One Warden .

Malls. Stubley Hall,3Cleg g swood,4 Town House,5 Pyke House .

6

3Stubley was held by Nicholas de Stubley in the year1322,who was succeeded byJohn de Stubleyliving in the year1332,6 Edw . III . In the same reign occursJohn del Holt,whose descendant,Christopher Holt,was of Stubley,in the year1481.The house was rebuilt,of stone,by Robert Holte E sq . in the reign of Henry VIII .and abandoned by Robert Holte E sq . before the year1626,for Castleton . On thedeath of James Holte E sq. in the year1713,the family expired in the male line,andthe E states passed amongst his four daughters and coheiresses . Stubley contained adomestic Chapel . The windows were wellfilled with pain ted glass,and the carvedoak was rich and beautiful.4Cleg g swood was the residence of Thomas Belfeld Gent . in the 26th Henry VIII .

whose son,Thomas Belfeld Gen t . died in the year158 5,leaving a son,John,whomarried Margaret,daughter of Robert Holte ofAshworth E sq . and his wife,Joanna,daughter of Mr. Robert Langley. Dying in the year1602,he was succeededby hi s son,Abraham Belfeld Gen t . who married on the 29th of September,1600,Deborah,daughter of Robert Radcliffe Gen t . and his wife,Katherin e,sister of theRev . Edward Assheton M .A . Rector of Middleton . On hi s death in the year1614,his son and heir,John Belfield,was a minor,and in ward to John Holte ofStubley E sq . who sent him to Emanuel College,Cambridge . This son married on the4th of November1616,E lizabeth,daughter of William Barcroft of Barcroft E sq .

and by his Willdated the15th of January1631,proved at Chester on thel0th ofMay1632,he appoin ted hi s widow (who married in December1636,John,son and

heir of James Halliwell of Pike House Gent .) the guardi an of his son,Thomas,who,by hi s wife,E lizabeth,daughter of Robert Parker of Extwisle E sq . left a daughter,the heiress of her only brother,John . She married before th e year1652,RichardIngham Gen t . by whom she had several children ; one of whom,Jane Ingham,eventually heiress gen eral of the family,married at Littleborough,in the year1667 JohnDearden Gent . of Handle Hall; and,in her widowhood,she married Jordan,thirdson of John Chadwick of Healey Hall Esq . By her first husband she left a son,the di rect an cestor of James Dearden of Rochdale,Barrister at Law .

5 Town House was the seat of Michael,son of William dela Ton,as early as the7th Henry III . and had passed to John de Kyrkshagh before the year1281,9th

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Mr . Rich:Halliwell8 (Brother to TheOph .) gave 61p . [er] an . [num

being a] Rent charge on Lands in Walsden for ye Master to teach

poor Children in y5 neighbourhood to read and write,to b e ap

poin ted by hi s Trustees ; and he gave [the] Nom . [ination] of

[th e] Master to John HalliwellEsq . hi s nephew,and h is heirs for

OVOI’

.

V . [ide] Nom . [ination] by Mr . Halliwell an . [no]1705 . Pap .

Reg .

Ealees Gent . descended,according to a very perfect collection of evidences stillremain ing,from John,son of Nicholas del Helwal,to whom William,son of John deStainland,gave lands in Middle Thornlee in Stainland,in the Parish of Hali fax,onthe Sabbath next after the Feast of St . Barnabas the Apostle,in the17th Edward III .

and whose son,Richard del Helliwell,sen ior,and Matilda,his wife,had otherlands from Willi am de Presteley,and Ann abella,hi s wife,in Stain land,by Deed datedSunday next after the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary,in the 5th Richard II .

(138 7 ) Pike House was rebuilt in the year1609,by the grandson of the purchaser ;and the entrance hall,forty feet by thirty-eight,the wide oak staircase with doubletwisted rails,and (until recently) the mantel-tree and open fire place,are good specimen s of the style then prevalen t. The house was moderniz ed in the year1703. On

the death of John Halliwell Esq . in the year1771,the Estate became vested in Rob ertBeswicke Esq. in right of hi s grandmother,Mary Halliwell,(sister of the last own er,)who had married,on the 6th of July1720,Robert Beswicke of Manchester Esq .

grands on and heir of the Rev . Charles Beswicke M .A . Rector of Radcliffe. Thedirect male lin e failed in the year1842,on the death of John Halliwell BeswickeE sq . only son ofMaj or John Beswicke,a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peacefor the county of Lancaster,who died on the 28 th of November1831. The E state isnow vested in Trustees . L ane . M SS . Pike House E nid .

7 Theoph ilus,eighth and youngest son of James Halliwell of Pike House Esq . was

baptised at Rochdale on the 22d of September1633,educated at Oxford,and calledto the Bar by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn,on the 4th of November1654.

He married An ne,daughter and coheiress of Alexander Kershaw of Higher TownHouse Gen t . on the 9th of November1675 . His Will is dated the 6th of September168 8,and he was buried “ in the Middle Alleye of Rachdale Church,near the Pulpitsteps,where his aneestors were accustomed to bury,” April3d168 9. He devised toTrustees,an E state called Crowelshaws,in Sowerby,near Halifax,and a fee farmrent of 2os . to the pleasure of Almighty God,” and for the use ' of a Schoolmas ter atLittleborough . His relict married (3lst of August Michael Buckley Esq .

M .D . son of Thomas Buckley of Buckley E sq . and being a second time a widow,shemarried Samuel Birch of Underwood n ear Rochdale Gent . but di ed without havinghad issue .

8 Richard Halliwell was the third son of James Halliwell of Pike House,and

meanery of Manchester.

JELN JRQBW .‘ Certif. [ied]131138

061,viz .31-65 - 8 d paid by [the] Im

p rop . [riator 81-18 8 o 6f1out of ye Seats ; and11. 8 8 o4d from a Loftor Gallery .

N o Surp . [lice] fees ; and [the] con trib . [ution s] are small .Upon ag reem

tand Joint con sen t of y

e Inhab . [itants] of ye sev.

[eral] Chap p elryes in this Par . [i sh,] there was an old Wage [so it

baptised at Rochdale,on the 23d of July1617 He was a Captain,probablyfor the Parli ament,during the Civil Wars . He endowed this School,by Willdatedthe13th of December1699 ; and desired burial “ amongst his ancestors in RochdaleChurch . He was there in terred June18 th1700,aged eighty-three,having died unmarried . He gave,by Will,£6 a year,charged on lands in Walsden,for the use ofthe Mas ter of the School lately built by him at Littleborough .

Dedi cated to St . James . Value in1834,£137. Registers begin in1718 .

Milnrow is the principalhamlet in the Town ship of Butterworth,and although thelatter was sometimes styled a Manor,no rights appear to have been exercised .

Geoffrey,son of Thomas de Boterworth,granted about the year1270,to Sir John deBuron,and Dame Johan,hi s wife,and their heirs,allthe lands which he had by inheritan ce from Thomas his father,and Henry de Boterworth,his grandfather,and allthe lands which he held of the said Sir John pertain ing to the Lordshi p,in homages,services,rents,escheats,wards,reliefs,inclosures,and common s,without any reservation except the paym ent of a race of ginger to him,and hi s heirs,yearly,at the Feastof St . Martin,for allsecular services and demands . Thi s race of ginger was madepayable by Robert Butterworth of Halg h,on the 8 th of March in the 6th Jac . towhom Sir John Byron sold lands subject to this charge ; but the right heir wasnot then known . The lands on the freehold side of the Town ship claimed exemp

tion from chi ef rents in the year1626,by virtue of thi s Deed,although the Byron sthen claimed the Manor in right of Joan,daughter of Sir Baldwin de Tyas,and therelict of Sir Robert de Holland,Secretary to Thomas,Earl of Lancaster,who mar

ried Sir John de Byron before the 20th Edward I . On the 28 th of Jun e1308,Edward II. granted to Sir Richard,grandson of Sir John de Byron an d the LadyJoan,Free Warren in allhi s lands of Butterworth,Clayton,and Royton and

these are styled Manors in the post mortem inquisition o f Richard Byron,Chevalier,in the 21st Richard II . A.D .1397 and in the14th Henry VII.1498,NicholasByron Esq . claimed free service of the Manor Court of Rochdale,and the officeof Baili ff of the King’s said Manor of Rochdale,and produced a Charter of John,Earl of Lin coln,conferring these privileges on an ancestor of him,the saidNicholas . The greater part of the property of the Byron s,in thi s Township,wassold in the year1608 by Sir John Byron,father of the first Baron Byron ; and the

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i s termed] laid upon yesev . [era1] Seats and Estates,(as now at

Littleborough,) viz . Todmorden,201p er annum Whitworth,201;this Chap . [el] 91,as Certif. [ied] by four of y

e Curates,[viz . Mr .

Welsh of Todmorden,Mr . Han son ofWhitworth,Mr . Asheton of

Milnrow,and Mr . Thornley of Littleborough,] an . [no]1717,wCh

they undertook to prove by shewing yt wnever the Min .

’ 8 Wages

were to b e Augmented or ye Chap . [el] to b e repaired,the Rule tog oe by in y5 Assessment was

‘

the OLD WAGE,not ye King’s Tax,

n or [the] Poor-Lay .

Butterworths,descended from Richard,son of Roger,and grandson of Richard deButterworth,younger brother of Henry de Butterworth,living about the time ofKing John,again became the chief terr itorial owners . Such they continued untilthe death ofAlexander Butterworth of Belfield Esq . in the year1728 .

There was a tradition,about the year1720,that a wooden Chapel stood in thefield near Butterworth Hall,stillcalled “ the Chapel Yard,

”and adjoining the Cha

pel Meadow,” (both so called in the year1598,when a small payment was demanded forthem called “St . John of Jerusalem before the ancient Chapel of Milnr ow wasbuilt . On the 2oth of March in the12th Henry VII . Edward Butterworthof Butterworth scur. Gent . conveyed to Robert Butterworth,his son,Edward,son of

Ewan Butterworth,and John Cleg g e,Chaplain,to the uses of his Will,a plot ofland called the Goseholme,” being parcel of the Belg rene,lying in the hamlet of Butterworth,the witnesses being Raphe Belfield,Gilbert Bukley,Bernard Belfield,ThomasHill,and Henry Mylne. This was the site ofMilnrow Chapel ; and shortly after thedate of the conveyance,the Chapel was built . — L anc . M SS . vol. xv .

In an accoun t of the Tenths and Subsidi es paid by the Religious Houses and Livingsin the Diocese of Chester,in the year1535,under Rochdale,occurs Dh us HenricusFerror,conduct

’ per Robert’ Butterworth Gen . de Belfeld p’ M ilnr o from which itmi ght seem that the Minister had been engaged to officiate by Mr . Butterworth ofBelfield.

“Sir Henry Ferror,Preste,” is also a legatee in the Will of Ar thur Scolfeld

of Scolfeld Gen t . dated the 23d of August1557.

In the year1547 the Chantries were ’

di ssolved and although Milnrow does notoccur in any catalogue known to be in existence,according to the result of an extensive examin ation by the late John Caley E sq . E .S .A. yet in the year1565,EdmundAssheton of Chadderton Esq . and Laurence Buckley of Whi tfield Hall in CromptonGent . the Queen ’s lessees for a term of years,prosecuted in the Duchy Court,SirJohn Byron,and others,claimin g by purchase on the Dissolution of Chan tries,forholdi ng lands and heredi taments, and a Chapel calledM illrowe Chapel,late belongingto the Dissolved Chantry ofButterworth . And at the same time and place,Sir JohnByron in stituted proceedings again st Cuthbert Scolfeld of Scolfeld Gent . and Reyn ardHeley,who claimed to hold,in right of the Queen ’ s lease to Assheton and Buckley,the land whereon the Chapel stood,known by the name of “Goseholme,” and also a

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fintin’

a Qtestriens is.

Augm . [ented] an . [no]1717 wth 2001by Sam . [uel] Chetham,Esq .

2

Here i s a disorderly custom called a Rushb earin g,on Saty next

before S t James’ day.

$3115 . Scholefield,3Belfield,4 Clegg,5 Gartside,6 [and] ButterworthHall .7

ther,that the Chapel was well built,in good repair,conveni ently situate,and sufficientfor the accommodation of the inhabitants but that it had no glebe lands or settledmean s for the support of the Min ister,and that Mr . Peter Bradshaw,Clerk,exerc i sed there . -L an c . M SS . vol. ii. p .120 .

The Chapel was enlarged and a Gallery built,in the year1715 . In the year1798,the old Chapel was abandoned,and another built on a new site,which was Consecrated on the15th of August1799 . In the year1814,it was found necessary torebuild the new Chapel. In the year1817,it was decided by the Court of King’ sBench,that the Chapelry was Parochial,and entitled to a Rate for the repairs ofthe Chapel. Barn . and Alderson,p . 8 7. In the year1833,an excellent ParsonageHouse was built,during the present In cumbency,at an expen se of and in

the year1840,large National Schools were erected.

2 Thi s benefactor was Samuel Chetham of Castleton Hall and Turton Tower Esq .

who died in the year1744,s .p .

5 Scholefield Hall is a large and handsome house,in the Elizabethan style,in a

most remote and desolate part of the Parish ; and here lived in the15th Edward II .

John,son of John de Sch olefeld,whose descendant,Captain James Scholefield,ruined himself by embarking in the Civil Wars of Charles I. and dying in the year1693,was succeeded in the remnan t of his E state by his son,Radcliffe Sch olefieldEsq . a barrister atlaw,who di ed in the year1708 . Th e ancien t patrimoni al inboritance,however,had been sold in the year1673,to Seth Clayton E sq . who had mar

ried Alice,daughter of James Sch olefield Esq . ; and after remain ing in two generation s of the Clayton s was sold,about the year1770,by a Decree of Chancery,toRobert Entwisle of Foxholes Esq . in whose represen tative it is now vested.

4Belfield was held by Adam de Belfeld,who attests a Deed ofWilliam de L ihtollers,and another Deed of Geoffrey de Slaveden in Honrisfeld,s .d . but in the reign of HenryIII. or Edward I. On Monday next after the Invention of the Holy Cross,in the37th Henry VI .1458,Alexander Butterworth of Belfield” awards in Butterworth,but how he had obtain ed the capital man sion of Belfield does not appear . On thedeath of his last male descendan t,Alexander Butterworth Esq. on the 5th of April1728,aged eighty-eight,his large E states were conveyed,by Deed and Will of the lastowner,to Richard Townley of Rochdale Gent . ancestor of the present owner,RichardGreaves Townley Esq . M .P.

The old bui ldings,on three sides of the inner quadrangular court,are still standing;and are approached by alow arched gateway,over which was a large stone ‘shield

mesnern of Manchester.

$3333i QEW QBR Gfl.‘ Certif. [ied] ¥nrhsb iw1611OS 005,vi z . Glebe,about 7 acres Fem, 300DISS . M . P .

and [a] half,consisting of 2 Garden s,2 meadows,5 fields for [abgu

g

containing the arms of Butterworth,Burdishull,Belfeld,and Clegg . This wasremoved in the year1815,by permission of Mr. Townley,to gratify the family prideof Joseph Butterworth M .P. thelaw stationer,whose laborious attempt to deducehi s descent from this respectable feudal fami ly,was a signal failure . — L anc . M SS .

vol. v . A new brick front was added to the house by Colonel Richard Townley inthe year1752,and some of the fittings and decorations of an older house were used.

Here are still some of the portraits, of the Butterworth family ; and,in a panel overthe di ning roomfire place,is that of Alexander Butterworth,the last of his race,ina large flowing wig of the time of James II. and in singular costume.

5 Clegg gave name to two di stinct famili es of an cient gen try,early divided intoGreat Clegg and L ittle Clegg,though probably both of them were derived from a

common an cestor . Bernulp h de Clegg,and Q uenilda,hi s daughter,appear,accordingto Dr .Whitaker,as early as the reign of King Stephen,who died in the year1154.

H is tory of Whalley,p . 439,where wife is prin ted in stead of daughter. Little Cleggwas sold in the year1816,by Mr. John Clegg,the last of hi s family,to Mr. RobertHolte of Chamber House,and is now held by hi s grandson,Richard Orforde Holteof Harrow-on -the-Hill Esq .

Great Clegg,now called Clegg Hall,passed with an heiress of Clegg to Belfeld,before the year1491and,in the year1571,was conveyed in marriage by Ann,daughter and coheiress of Ralph Belfeld E sq. to William Asheton Esq . Justice of

Peace,who,by Will dated the11th of January158 2,and proved on the 7th of Oct .1602,devised it to hi s only surviving son,Theophilus Asheton Esq. L .L .D . and hedying unmarried in the year1622,the E state passed to Edmund Haworth ofHaworth,who had married Eli zabeth Asheton,his half sister. From thi s family itwent by marriage,to the Hulton s of Hulton,and was sold in the last century to theEntw isles,who again sold it to Mr . Joseph Fenton of Bamford,in whose son s it isnow vested . The Hall appears to have been built by William Asheton,about thelatter part of the reign of Queen Eli zabeth.

5 Gartside was held by William,son of Eduse de Garteside,in the reign of HenryIII . and having been given to the Monks of Stanlaw by Sir Gilbert de Barton,wasalienated by the religious to Adam de Wyndhull,and Clarissa,hi s wi fe,in the samere ign,(about the year Coucher Book of Whalley,vol. i. p .163,edi ted byWilliam Hulton Esq . It was sold on thel6th of May1545,to Sir John Byron,by James,son and heir of Hugh Gartside Gent . for £28 . 5s . 4d . ; and was conveyedfrom another Sir John Byron,by sale,in the year1609,to William Greaves ofGartside Gent . son of the Rev . William Greaves of Rochdale . On the death ofhi s de scendant,William Greaves Beaupré Bell E sq . M .A. Commissary of the Un i

versity of Cambridge,of Beaupré Hallin the coun ty of Norfolk,and of Fulbourn in

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Ploughing or Pasture,[3of ’em are called Geld Fields,and y

e

other 2 Ovenhouse Fields,] worth ab t 71p . [er] an . [num paid

out of ye Tyth s,71; Surp . [lice] fees,2

1-108 . [The] Min . [ister]has a house of3bayes,and 2 bayes of outhousing,viz . 2 Barn s,a

the coun ty of Cambridge,on thel0th ofMarch178 7,this E state,with other large p ossession s,passed to hi s great nephew,Richard Greaves Townley Esq . father of RichardGreaves Townley Esq . M .P. for the county of Cambridge,the presen t own er ofGartside. In Nichols’ L it. Anec vol. vi. p .10,and els ewhere,the Commissary’spatronymic is mis -spelt Graves . The Rev . William Cole of Milton,who kn ew himwell,always speaks of him with unmitigated di slik e and severity ; but,it was surelysome alleviation of such bitterness,to have been the friend and p roteg e

’ of Dr.Bentley .

—Cole’s M SS . in the Bri tish Museum. Bishop Monk’s L ife of Bentley,p . 547—8 . 3d edit .7 Butterworth Hall is said to have been a seat of the Byrons but when it passedfrom that fami ly,or from the Butterworths,is unknown . The present house wasbuilt in the year1630 ; but the foundation s of a larger house are poin ted out near“ the Hall Green .

1Dedicated to St . Chad. Value in1834,£143. Registers begin in1633.A Church was built here in the early part of the thirt eenth century,by SirWilliamde Stapylton,the Manerial owner,who gave the Tithes to the Mother Church of

Rochdale,to whi ch the Chaplain of Saddleworth was to be subject . Robert de Stapylton,son of the Founder,confirmed the Tithes,obvention s,and oblation s of hiswhole Forest of Sadelword to the Rectors of Rachdale,as hi s father had grantedthem forty years precedin g. Thi s Deed is s .d . but as Adam de Stafford,Archdeaconof Chester,is an attesting witness,and held his office between the years1271and1279,its date is brought within a narrow compass .Probably,the same Robert de Stapelton endowed the Chapel of Sadelworth withthi rteen acres of land,and a toft for building a competent house,with other privileges .Walter,Archdeacon of Chester,from the year1279 to the year1281,is an attestor.The Abbot and Convent of Whalley aft erwards became appropriators of a portion of

the Tithes,and mi ght nominate the Curate. After the Dissolution,the Vicar of Rochdale appears charged wi th thi s respon sibility.

— L an c . M SS .vol. xv . pp . 4—10 ; and

Coucher Book of Whalley,vol . i . p .146,et seq.

In the year1535,Sir William Taylor,Curate of Saddleworth,was assessed vis ii5

to a Subsidy,and Sir Elli s Asheworth of the same,iv“vd for the same purpose .L anc . M SS . vol. xiv. p . 43.On the 23d of December in the35th of Eliz abeth, John Wild,Min ister ofthe Gospel of Jesus Christ,at Saddleworth in the coun ty of York,being sick,madehi s last Will,and after desir ing that his body might be buried in the Chan cel of hisChurch,proceeds to say, Wh ereas,I have taken of the Worshipful Sir JohnByron,over and besides a Lease taken of Edmund Heyward and Robert Farrand,of

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6 Chap . [e],there] shallb e paid 5 sh toth e Warden s : Confirm ed an . [no]1672 . V . [ide] Reg . [ister .]2 Warden s,an . [no]1673.Leave [was gran ted] to build a n ew Gallery,1718 . Reg . [ister]

Book,4.

9 m . [iles] from Rachdale ; 4m . [iles] from any other Ch . [urch .]others,they state that they are

“above eight score of the inhabitants who approach

his Lordship that “ upon the death of our late Minister,Mr . Lees,whi ch happened before Christmas last was twelve months,the people proceeded to make choiceof another to succeed him,as time out ofmin d they have been used,in the like case,todo,and humbly recommended him to your Lordshi p

’s predecessor (the n ow Archbishop of York) for hi s Licen se,but there met with Opposition from the Vicar ofRochdale,claiming a right of nomination of a Curate to Saddleworth,as beingw ithin his Parish of Rochdale,—a thing utterly new,and unk nown,to the most antient of the inhabitants of Saddleworth,and which we cannot acknowledge . We thenrepresented that in allour an tien t writings sin ce Queen E lizabeth’s reign,if not b efore,it has been,as it now is,called the Parish of Saddleworth,and that if ever itwas a Chapel it was so originally to some Monastery,to which we have been assuredit antiently did belong,and n ot to Rochdale . That the Parish of Saddleworth incircumference is16 or 20 miles,— had within itself allParochial rights,p n'vileg es,and liberties,entire,—and n ever own ed or paid anything to the Church of Rochdale,(as is common not only for Chapels of Ease,but Parochial,to do to their MotherChur ch,) in the way of fees,rights,contribution s,or dues,upon any account .This matter has long been under the con sideration of His Grace of Canterbury,the own er of the Tithes of Saddleworth,which are charged with £7 a year to theMin ister here,but has been left by him (the Ar chbishop) undetermined,and wewithout a Mini ster,save the said Vicar

’s nomin ee,whom his Grace of York thoughtfit should officiate amongst us,tillit should be decided whether to licen se and establish him as the said Vicar’ s nominee or not . We assure your Lordshi p that allweaim at is what in our con sciences we believe we have,viz . an independency of Roch;dale,and by our own Choice we mean no more than to have such an orthodox goodman for our Min ister as might be approved by a majority of us,on whose cheerfulcon tribution s to him,his comfortable subsisten ce,must depend,the £7 above men ;

t ioned and n ear as much in a Glebe belonging to the Church being but a small thingto live on . We submit the whole to your Lordship’s wisdom and justice,humblybegging your con sideration of the matter and a reply directed for us to Huthersfieldby the Yorkshi re Post,by the way of Wakefield,and we remain your dutiful son s andservants .” Signed,Thomas Lees,John Andr ew,James Broadbent,Giles Shaw,Churchwardens — L ane. M S S . vol. xv .

In1772 the same question was again started and fiercely agitated,but with n o otherresult than mi ght have been an ticipated.

— L anc . MSS . vol. i . p . 267. The Vicar ofRochdale continues to be the Patron .

Meaneth of Manchester.

QBMM QBQRIBJIN JEH Certif. [ied] 21,viz . a small house for y

é Curate11;and for a Charity Sermon ev. [ery] N ew Year’s Day to b e preached

in [the] Church of Rochdale, Con trib . [ution s] about141p . [er]

The Chap p elry formerly paid 201p . [er] an . [num,] and thoughtthemselves bound by custom so to doe,but now they are most

Q uakers .

4 Warden Wroe’s Acct an . [no]1706.

1Dedicated to the Holy Trinity,(St . Mary,Ecton .) Value in1834,£134. Registers begin in1662 .

Todmorden was claimed as a Manor by the Radclifl’es before the3d Henry VII.when Richard Radcliffe E sq . was said to hold his Manor of Todmorden of the Kin g,as ofhi s royal Manor of Rochdale — Post M or tem Inquisi tion . And in the 29th HenryVIII. Edward Radcliffe E sq . conveyed h is Man or of Todm orden to his son and heirapparen t,Charles Radcliffe,and Margaret,hi s wife,to be held of the chief lord of thefee,by service and a Savile ren t of 8 d . per,annum . An examination of the an cientevidences of this family shews that no Manor was ever granted out,but that John,son of William dela Dene,by Deed dated the 22d Edward I .1293,gran ted to Alice,daughter of William de Radcliffe,(which Alice is n ot named in the elaborate Pedi greeof the family,in Whi taker

’ s H istory of Whalley,) “ in pura virgin itate,”allhis lands

and services in Todmorden . These lands had been conveyed by Deed s .d . by Thomasdela Dene to William,his son and heir,and hi s issue,payinglos . annually for allservices and demands . By another Deed dated the 27th Edward1. Henry,son ofRichard de Hipperholme granted to John de Lascy,and Margaret,his wife,and theirissue,the fourth part of the vill of Todm orden,with the whole of the annual rent,together with the moors,homages,reliefs,and escheats to the same belonging,to beheld of the chi ef lord,by the accustomed services . In the year1302 Henry,son ofRichard de Hipperholme,released to John de Lascy,allthe claim which he ever hadin a rent from the son of Andrew de Wardh ull,for homage,service,wardshi p,&c .

In thel6th Edward II. these lands had been conveyed by the dela Denes to theWardhulls,and in the38 th Edward111. Henry de Stones conveyed them by sale toWilli am de Radcliffe of Langfield,grandson of Richard de Radcliffe of RadcliffeTower,living in the year1275,to be held of the chief lord of the fee. L ane. M S S .

Th e hamlets of Todmorden and Walsden in the Town ship of Hundersfield,con stituted the Parochial Chapelry of Todmorden withi n the Parish of Rochdale .The old Church exi sted in the year1476,was rebuilt in the year1770,and is nowchiefly used for Baptisms and Burials,and a Wednesday Even ing Service,a largenew Church having been built,on a more advantageous site,and con secrated in July1832.

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Todmordi ne Hall being new possessed by a Q uaker who haslately bought an Estate of 8 01p . [er] for w " h

ye Cur ate

used formerly to receive318 3,he now refuses to p ay any thing,and y

e Cur ate i s not able to Sue him . Curate’s Acct an . [no]1717 .

In the year1840,a building in the hamlet of Walsden was licensed for Divine Service,and used as a Sunday School. A new and independent Parish has been formed,and the foundation stone of a Church,dedicated to St . Peter,was laid,on land g ivenby John Crossley E sq . M .A. of Scaitclifl'e,on the 8 th day of July1846. The Churchwas con secrated by the Lord Bishop of Manchester,on the 7th of August1848 .

In an Inqui sition taken at Rochdale on Tuesday the18 th of January1658,theJurors say

“ that Todmerden is a large Paroch iallChappell di stinct [distant] fromthe Parish [Church of Rochdale nine miles,and upwards ; that the hamlet ofTodm orden and Walsden,in the Township of Hun dersfield in the said Parish of

Rochdale,is distinguished and kn own from the other parts of the same Town ship bythe Constablry,con sisting of117 families,and upwards,and are fit to be taken and

severed from the said Parish Church of Rochdale and to be united and annexed to thesaid Chappell of Todmerden and made a di stinct Parish of itself,the Tythes andE cclesiastical] p

’fitts whereof are of the yearly valn e of £21.10s . ; that the saydChappell of Todmerden is well built,conven iently scituate,conven ient to hold theInhabitants fit to be allotted to it as aforesaid ; and that there is no Gleab e Lands,Donation s of Moneys,nor any other Settled Maintainan ce belongin g to the saydChappell,save only the Chappell yard,we11is large,and wherein the Inhabitants have,time out of mind,buried their dead ; and that Thomas Somerton preacheth at thesaid Chappell.”

On the above evidence the following remarks were made by a contemporary,notunlik ely to be acquainted with the cir cumstances of the case,and were entered in a

book kept in the Cour t Baron at Rachdale“Todmerden is a Little Church,distan t from Rachdale but six miles,as hath

always been accounted. It is scituate in the outmost corner of the Parish of Rachdale,in the county of Lane”,and upon y

e River Bank that Divides the coun tys ofLane . and Yorke,— that divers of the Inhabitan ts within the coun ty of Yorke haveright of Buryin g places,and Seats in the said Church of Todmorden,and p ay wagesthereto for the Maintenance of the Mini ster and yt allthe 8 d Tythes of Todmordenand Walsden amount but to £14p . an .,and allthe other Tythes,if they could be collooted,amoun t but to £6 per ann .

— so inquire whether these Person s befitt to bemade a Distinct Parish unless a great part of the n ext adjoin ing parish w Chlies in theco . of Yorke might be taken away and added to them . That the Church of Todmor

den is return ed in the Inquisition to be well built ; w eh is very untrue,for the wallsare cloven asunder,the Church ready to fall to the Ground for want of rep airation,very unconven iently scituate by reason it stands so in the outmost corner of theParish as aforesd,and scituate for the benefit of a great number of the Inhabitan ts ofthe county of Yorke . That some of the Inhabitt s doe by force,again st the wills of

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fam ily by Mr . Crabtree,formerly Curate,wherein h e acknow

ledged that £2 .10s . from the fam ily was a gratuity to the M in ’ .

An . [no]1673,lWarden,[an d]1Assist . [ant ] for 2 Hamlets,

the Curate’s stipend,commonly called Min ister’ s Wages,shall be proceeded ag t accg

to Law .

“ 2 . That the sd Curate and hi s successors shall be saved harmless from allcostand damages .3. That any Suit so commen ced

‘ shall be prosecuted at the sole charge of thewhole Chapelry,in proportion as the Reparation Lay has usually been paid.

”

Signed by John Fielden,Chapel-warden ; Anthony Crossley,Overseer ; John Crossley,Gilbert Lacy,Cyril Scholefield,and many others .On the14th of January1719,a meetin g was called for the same purpose,and similar resolution s were passed,only it was resolved “ that the Quakers should be pro

ceeded agtaccordg as the Paragraph in the Statute of the First of King Geo . the sixth

Chap . in that case,hath ordered and directed.

”

At a very large publi c meeting legally called on the30th of March1719,it wasagain agreed that,“Whereas,several con siderable Inhabitan ts of Todm orden di d p aythe antient customary Rent for the maintenance of the Curate of Todm“,and severalgreat E states lying within the said Chapelry,that did customarily p ay as aforesaid,are now by purchase come in to the hands of several Quakers,who refuse to p ay theantient and customary Rent to the Curate,to his great and man ifest damage and loss,that an Assessm“ shall be made by any two Inhab ts subscribing these presen ts,uponallour E states proportionably and respectively,for any sum not exceeding £20 ; wCh

said sum shall be levied and paid in to the hands of the Chapel-Warden of Todmorden,that with it he may Sue,implead,and proceed (according tolaw) again st alland everythe said Quakers,and allother person s refusing to p ay as afd,until they have (i .e . theInhabitants) fully recovered the 8

d Curate’s Rights and Dues,and allArrears .” o

Sign ed by John Halliwell,Pike House ; John Crossley,Anthony Crosley,AnnaTravis,Cyril Scholefield,John Fielden,Samuel Fielden,Thomas Sp rowell,and

thir ty-five others .As a natural con sequence of this flagrant dishonesty the Incumbent had beenstarved out ; and “ there was no Min ister from January 24th to July 26th1713,when I (John Welsh) was ordained Deacon by Sir William Dawes,Bishop of Chester,in the Cathedral Church of Chester,the19th of July this presen t year,andPreached my first Sermon at Todmerden y

e 26th day of the same month,on Phi lipp .

3c . 8 v .— M emorandum in the Reg ister Book .

Thi s worthy man continued here for seventeen years the Minister and Schoolmaster,andwas very successful in reclaimi ng Dissen ters,and extending the influence of theChurch. It was certified to Bishop Gastrell,in the year1716,that Mr . Welsh hadbehaved himself at Todmorden as became hi s office,that he was unblamable in hi spractice,orthodox in his Opin ion s,that his care and diligence in the Min istry hadbeen remarkable,and that the , same could be testified by Mr . Pigot,Mr . Alexander

Beanery of Manchester.

vi z . Todmordine and Walsden . Warden chosen in [the] Par . [ish]Church of Rachdale ; who serves for these 2 ham lets on ly .

9 mi . [les] from Rachdale .

The Clerk beggs Woollthrough ye Chap p elry for hi s maintenan ce .

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Butterworth (of Belfield,) Mr . Samuel Chetham,Mr. Andrew Holden,and Mr . JohnStarky . He married at Todmorden on the 5th of June1716,Mrs . Mary Lacy,anddi ed Incumben t of Newchurch in Rossendale about the year1762,a very aged man .

From some of hi s Letters whi ch I have seen he appears to have been an in telli gent,useful,and pious Clergyman,zealous for the welfare of his flock,and one who soughtto promote peace wi thout sacrificing prin ciple. L ane . M SS .

5 Whilst zealous in defence of the rights of their own Chapel,the influential inh ab itan ts of Todmorden were equally resolute in resisting what were doubtless con sidered,though not by them,the just rights of the Mother Church of Rochdale ; and whilstthey di d not object to their Clerk begging wool,they assembled in large numbers,inNovember1683,and “

agreed to,and with each other,being Freeholders and Charterers of Todmorden and Walsden within the Parish of Rochdale,to assess theirrespective lands to bear the costs and charges in Defending or Commencing of any

Suits or AccOns for the Preservation of the Rights,Privileges,and Immun ities b elonging to the Church or Parochi allChappellof Todmurden,again st allperson s whoshall endeavour to exacte or extorte Wages,Fees,or Salearyes from any of us,eitheras Min ister,Clarke,or other Ecclesiastical person,belonging to any other Church,Chappell,or Place whatsoever . This Agreemen t is sign ed by Radcliffe Scholefield,Anthony Crosley,Rich. Crosley,Geo . Stan sfield,Joshua Fielden,and many others .On the 2d of July1684,Ralph Webb,Parish Clerk of Rachdale,gives an acquittance to the inhabitan ts of Todmorden,ag ain st whom he had comm en ced a Suit forthe Recovery of some Dues,or Pretended Dues,or Salarie,

” to which Henry PigotB .D . the Vicar was a witness ; and,at thi s time,it is not improbable that doubledues ceased to be paid to the Vicar of Rochdale from Todmorden,which continued tobe demanded,and paid from the other Chapels in the Parish,un til they were remi ttedby the Rev . Dr . Molesworth,in the year1841. The claim of the Parish Clerk was “

a

bowl of Corn e” yearly from the principal freeholders,and which antient right” wascommuted in the year1692 for a money-paymen t charged on the Rates,in perpetuity,but whi ch is now withheld . The clerk’s claim was quite di stinct from the Tithe,andis alluded to in a Poem,in the L ansdowne M SS . an terior to the time of the Reformation,on the burden s to whi ch landed property was then subjected,each verse concluding with the lin e “ I praye to God epede well the plough.

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“And so shulde of right the parson prayeThat hath the tithe shefe of the lande ;For our sarvaun tys we most nedis paye,Or ellys fulstillthe plough maye stondeThen cometh the clerk anon a t hande

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To have a shef of corne there i t g roweth,And the sexton somewhate in his hande,I praye to God speds wele the plough.

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Wright’s E ssays,vol. ii . p . 274.

5 On the 23d of April1724,Bishop Gastrellissued a Commiss ion to Henry Waltonof Marsden Hall E sq . George Haworth of Crawshaw Booth Gent . Robert Lowndesof Rochdale,attorney atlaw,the Rev . James Matthews,Vicar of Whalley,the Rev.

John Barlow of Colne,and the Rev . Nicholas Houghton of Altham,to enquire intothe nature and value of an E state proposed to be purchased by the Governors ofQueen Ann e’s Bounty,in conjun ction with Mr . John Starky of Rochdale,who hadproposed and promised to advance the sum of £200,for a perpetual augmentation of

the Curacy of Todmorden .

7 Todmorden Hall was much enlarged or rebui lt in the beginn ing of the seventeenthcen tury by Savile Radclifl’e E sq. the tenth in lin eal descen t from the original purchaser . In one of the rooms there still remain s a finely carved oak mantel piece,onwhich are emblazoned the followin g arms In the centre pan el,on a shield,are thearms of RAD CLIFFE,argent,a bend engrailed sable,a mullet in sini ster chief for difference ; quartering GREENACRES,vert a cheveron,g ules,between three garbs or ;impalin g HYDE of Norbury,azure,a chevron,between three lozenges,or.Crest of RAD CLIFFE - A bull’ s head erased,sable,ducally gorged and chained,or .

Crest of HYD E — An eagle,with wings endorsed sable.MOTTOS. Natale Soli'i Dvce . Ama V irtvtem . On the two side pan els areflatcarvings,in a debased style,of a domestic Cat,a Unicorn,a Lion,a Con ey,and a

Hare.Surmoun ting the whole is an Earl’s coronet,placed above a shi eld con tain ing the

arms of Ratcliffe,Earl of Sussex,arg . a bend engrailed,sab . and en closed within a

garter,with the usual motto,stillperfect and two smaller blank shi elds below.

Beneath the pane llin g in front of the mantel,are four shields,and in the centre,within a circle,the Radcliffe crest . The two shields on the left contain (1) argent,aLion rampan t,gules,and (2) the arms of Radcliffe ; those on the right (3) the armsof Hyde,and (4) arg . a Cross,moline .There are also the letters S. R. K. R. and on each of the four pilasters the figures16 0 3.The last heir male of the Radcliffes of Todmorden was Joshua Radcliffe E sq. who

died in the year1676,leaving issue a sole daughter and heiress,E lizabeth,in ward toher maternal grandfather,Richard Bradshaw of Penn ington E sq . and afterwardsthe wife of Roger Mainwaring of Kermincham Esq . Sheriff of Cheshire in the year1697. He squandered the large E states of hi s wife,and sold Todmorden Hall aboutthe year1700. His wife di ed in August1738 .

The Hall is now the property and residence of James Taylor Esq.

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aaraw e n ann Certif. [ied] 61viz . house and croft,11-65 -8 5,

Int . [erest] of100151. There are some Contrib . [ution s] from

[the] Inhab . [itants] challenged as Due,but that they dispute .

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1720,having founded a Charity for the Poor of his Parish in the year1670.

Of the thr ee daughters and cohe1resses of the Vicar,Elizabeth,the youngest,alon emarried . Her husband was Robert Watson of Wakefield Gent . by whom she hadtwo children,Dr. Robert Watson,Vicar of Paddington,who died in the year1756 ;and Mrs . Jane Watson,who di ed unmarried,in testate,a lun atic,and very rich,inthe year1772 . Her heir-at -law was found to be Mr. John Byrom of Rhodes nearRochdale,a descendant of the only sister of the Rev. Richard Clegg,who shared herE states with his kinsman,Mr . John Royds of Faling e,who had been in strumentalin obtaining them. Dr . C. Leigh,in hi s N atur alHistory of L an cashire,b . ii . p . 8 9,g ives a remarkable instance of the cure of Mrs . Clegg,the wife of the Vicar ofKirkham,of a Quartan Ague,attended with loss of speech,and other unusual symptoms,by the use of the Cortea, Sulphate of Quin in e being unknown to the learned and

scientific Doctor . — L a/nc . M SS . vol. xvi . pp .195,et seq.

1Dedicated to St . Bartholomew. Value in1834,£256. Registers begin in1763.Shortly aft er the Conquest,Whitworth was held by Robert de Whitworth,andcontinued in the localfamily name until it was conveyed by two daughters and co

heiresses to Hugh de Eland,and to de Liverseg e. A moiety of the vill ofWhitworth was given by John de Eland to the Abbey ofWhalley,in the thirt eenthcentury ; and the other moiety was given by Robert de Liverseg e to the Abbey ofSalley in Yorkshir e,which afterwards granted it to the Prioress of Hampole,who,having held it forty years,conveyed it to Robert,son of Ralph de Whi tworth,at a ren tofl6s . a year : and he afterwards having ceded his right,this moiety passed also inthe reign of Edward II. to the Abbey of Wh alley,where it remained until the Dissolution,when it was sold to Sir Thomas Holte of Griz zlehurst,who conveyed theAbbey lands to various purchasers .

2 Thi s dispute” appears to have originated in the appoin tment of an unpopularIncumbent by the Rev. Henry Pigot B .D . Vicar of Rochdale,who,about the year1710,nominated the Rev . Joseph Han son B .A . to the Living ; but by what legalrig ht appears somewhat doubtful,as it is evident that the Chapel was built by theinhabitants ofWhitworth,in the year1532,and that the patronage was vested bythem in certain Trustees . Mr . Pigot writing to Mr . Stratford o f Chester,Marchl6th1715-16,says, Allthe particulars respecting the old Chapel Wage my Curates willprove,if n ecessary ; and I myself will add,that it was the result of Bishop Stratford’s judgmen t that if the maj or part concluded t é ’ treble the Old Wage,it shouldbind the whole to that proportion : but in hi s Lordship’ s time,none stood out,Mr:

Meanerp of Manchester.

The1001given to ye Chap . [el] was on condition [that] ye Curate

was Mr or Batch . [elor] of Arts .

Whitehead being then ordained to Whi tworth by my N ominat“,and duly paid tillremoved.

”— M S . L etters,L ane. M SS . About the year1710,the following Case wasdrawn up and submi tted to Counsel,and will explain the relative position of the Vicarand this section of his Parishioners . As the case is fairly stated,it will be unnecessary to allude further to the original foundation Deed of the Chapel. In the 24thHenry VIII. severallInhabitants of Whitworth in the p’ish of Rachdall,who hadgott someland given them for that purpose,by Robert Holt E sq. did erect a Chappell and make a Chappell yard. And these Builders appointed four men to see thework go forward,to assigne Seats to the Congregation,Assess the Wages each personshould p ay to the Curate,and agreed that those four men,and their successors,should for ever have the placing and settling the Priests there. An d they agreedthat if it should please the King,or his Successors,that Service should not be hadthere,that then allthe payments should end,and be no longer paid : And o rderedthat the sd four men,and their successors,should appoin t every year two Reeves,tocollect the Priest’s Wages,and bring it to the said four men,and their successors .Pursuan t to the Articles made on thi s accoun t the said four men,and their succe ssors,have allalong had the choice and nominac é n of the Priest to serve in ye saidChappell,without the in termeddling of the Parson of the Parish ; and they have paidsuch Priests’ Chappell Wag es p

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suant to the usuallcustome. But now the Vicar (ofRochdale) hath Imposed hi s Curate upon them,who made a forcible Entry into theChappell. And the four men also by force,re-took posses sion thereof; for whi ch theVicar brought an Action,and on Trialllast Lancaster Assizes,produced Witnessesto prove that he,about forty years ag o,made severallp ’sentation s of Curates to thesaid Chappell,who held and enj oyed the same. Since the Tryall,the p

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ecut Curate,tho’ he was named in opposition to the Chap p elry,threaten s to Sue the Inhabitantsfor the moneys which they have usually paid to the Curates of their own chuseing .

“Q u. If the Curate can any way or how force the Inhabitants to p ay him such

Wages as they did tothose [Curates] of their own chusing,the cOmencemtand conti

nuacOn thereof being in direct opposition to the Title he makes thereunto .“ James Wolfenden [of Hades in Wardle in the Parish of Rochdale,yeoman,] byDeed dated 25th Dec.168 6,gives to the said four men £8 0,to .put forth at Interest tillthe same should come to £100 clear ; and then therewith to purchase Lands,or someo ther heredi t',annuity,or rent charge,to the use of a Preaching Mini ster at Whi tworth Chappell,such Min ister for the time being,being a Master ofArts,a Bachelorof Arts,or an approved orthodox Divin e and Uni versity Scholar,according to theE cclesiastical Laws of the Church of England,to and for such Min ister’s betterMaintenan ce,Livelih ood,and Stay of Living,as there should be a succession of oneMin ister after another happening to Preach and live there . At the coming of whichMini ster the said four men,and their heirs,and the survivor and his heirs,should consent and approve of him ; or else they might detain such profit and maintenance till

156 flotitia Qtestrt'ensis.

An . [no]1674,1Warden ;1Assist . [ant .]

[The] Chapelry consists of 2 Division s,Whitw . [orth] and

Wardle .

there should be such an approved Minister as aforesaid. The said four men took a

Mortgage of Lands for the paymen t of £5 per annum for forty years,and £105 theyear after. Since which three of them are dead,and the p

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sent Curate p’

sented tothe Chappell without the consent or approbation of the Survivor,or without so muchas asking it untillafter he was Licensed. P

’sently after hi s comeing,the surviving

Trustee made other Trustees to himself,against allwCh &c . the Vicar brought thesaid Action .

Q u. If the present Curate can compel the Trustees to p ay the £5 p . ann . untillhe hath their con sent and ap p rob acOn ? Will such con sent and ap p rob acc

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mnow afterhis Lycence entitle him to it ? Or can he force the payment thereof,there being noGift over,but to remain in the Trustees

’ hands till they shallapprove of a Cnratethere P” L ane. M SS .

At thi s time Whi tworth Chapel was con sidered a Donative ; but the OriginalAgreement with the Ordinary,and the Royal License,could not be found. It was,however,contended that these might have existed,and would necessarily have b eenobtained,as no Donative could be established wi thout them. On the other hand,itappeared that from the Restoration,the Bishop Visited and granted a License to theIncumbent to Preach,nominated by the Vicar of Rochdale,but had no power toregulate the seats in the Ch apel. These unfortunate disputes were settled by Mr.John Starky of Rochdale obtaining the Patronage,as stated in the text .In the Great Survey of the Manor of Rochdale by Sir Robert Heath,the AttorneyGeneral,in the year1626,it is stated, that there is a small tenemen t with a close ofpasture,being1a.1r.30p . valued

_at £1. 6s . 8 d . a year,adjoin ing north to the Chapel

ofWhitworth,lately encroached from the Waste,which is claimed as belonging tothe Chapel of Whitworth,by the Inhabitants .”— Rochdale Manor Records,L ane.

M SS . vol. xxi . p . 232 . It is als o stated that “ the Chapel and Chapel Yard contain25 perches,and that the latter is worth one shilling by the year ; from which it may

be inferred that there were no Burials,and that it was not Parochial.The tenement and croft mentioned by Bishop Gastrellare stilla portion of the endowment of the Living ; and the cottage,being formerly the residence of the Minister,is still kn own as

“ the Chapel-house.”

An in scription on the Bell,records that the Chapel wasfirst built in the year1532,and the bell recast in the year1656.

The Chapel havin g been long di lapidated a Brief was obtained in the year1770,anda local subscription commenced,the largest indi vidual sum contributed being10s . !

At a public meeting,it was determined that application should be made to the peopleof Todmorden for their advice concerning the best method of repairing the said Chapel,and that Robert Entwisle junr . Esq . John Chadwick Esq. Richard Townley Esq.

James Hey,and others,be requested to manage and superintend the undertaking .

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fintitia crestrt’ens is.

fiflfit K-flilabout p . [er] an . [num,] of w011about

24 Acres, Glebe ; reserved Ren t of 10 Cottages,11118 8 5,we11may b e improved to 41145 . [The]Glebe sets for331p . [er] an . [num .]

Sr Ralph Asheton of Middleton,Patron .

2

poor women in Whitworth,in the Parish of Rachdale in the county of Lanc aster,the Min isters of Rachdale and Berry to be Trustees for the same.” She names hersister,“Ann Cog hran,her nephew,John Beag rave,her nephew,Stephen Archboldher niece,Mary Archbold the younger,and Welb ore Ellis. Proved in DoctorsCommon s,by “ Lady Amely Butler,3d Dec .1702 .

1Dedi cated to St . Bartholomew ? Value in1834,£346. Registers begin in1559 .

At the Norman Survey,Radcliffe had been held by Edward the Confessor,and wasconferred upon Roger de Poictou ; and being afterwards forfeited by him,remainedin the Crown until the reign of Stephen,when it was granted to Ranulp h de Gernon s,Earl of Chester. The Radcliffes were located here anterior to the reign of Henry II.and afterfilling some of the highest offices in the kingdom,through various reign s,ayounger branch was created,by Writ of Summon s,Baron Fitzwalter,in the year148 5and on failure of the direct male lin e,Robert,son of John,Baron Fitzwalter,succeeded to this Manor in the year1518,and,in the year1529,was created Earl ofSussex,and became K .G . The third Earl sold the Manor aft er the year1556,toAndr ew Barton of Smithills Esq . and died in the year1583. It was conveyed inmarriage by Grace,daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Bart on,about the year1632,to Henry Bellasyse,M .P. eldest son of Thomas,Viscount Fauconb erg,and was soldby the first Earl,about the year1722,to James Wh alley of Sparth E sq . and Christopher Baron of Oswaldwi sle Gent . in equal moieties . Baines states that the lattermoiety is still in Mr . Baron ’ s family,and that the former was purchased by Thomas,Earl of Wilton ; whereas,in the year18 09,the whole belonged to the Earl of Wilton,the Man or being then described as co -exten sive with the Parish,and the Earlentitled to allthe Soil and Royalties in the Common s of the Man or. The Manor1s now ln the possession of his Lordship’ s descendan t,the Right Hon . the Earl ofWilton .

2 In the year1538,Robert,Earl of Sussex,presented Robert Assheton,Acolyth,to the Church of Radclyfl’e .

The Advowson passed from the Barton s to the Asshetons of Middleton,by purchase ; and the latter family presented to the Living from the time of QueenElizabeth,until it was conveyed in marriage,in the year1769,by Eleanor,youngerdaughter and coheiress of Sir Ralph Assheton Bart . to Sir Thomas Egerton Bart .created Baron Grey de Wilton,Viscount Grey andWilton,andEarlofWilton,in theyear18 01,in whose grandson,the Right Hon . the Earl of Wilton,it is now vested.

meaners of Manchester.

An . [no]1624,Sr Rich . [ard] Asheton of Middleton [the] truePatron . Ins ti t. [ution] B . [ook,] 2,p .105 .

3Chur chwarden s,[and] 2[The] Pres . [en t] Churchw. [ardens] name six for y

e next year,out of wch

[the] Rect . [or] chooses one,and [the] Inhab . [itan ts]

The Church i s alow pile of the era of Henry IV. with some remain s of hi gherantiquity,although it does not occur in the great Valor of Pope Nicholas,in theyear1291. The south tran sept,or as it is commonly called,the “ Sun Chapel,” is aChantry Chap el,’ wh ich from the style of its archi tecture,appears to have been foundedabout the middle of thefifteenth century,at whi ch time it was not unusual to thr owout Ch antries in the form of tran septs . A north tran sept was added in the year1846,the south porch removed,and a west doorway Opened through the Tower . Allthe seats in the Nave and tran septs were renewed of substantial Old oak,and are now

free to the Parishioners . The east,south,and north windows of the Chan cel werefilled with richly stain ed glass ; the first being an obituary window in memory ofThomas Hutchin son Esq . and the others being presented by a lady. The Chancelwalls have been faced with terra cotta,disposed in figured quarries,and a reredos,ofgood design,has been added . These judicious improvements have been effected underthe superintenden ce of the Rev . Nathani el Milne,the Rector,at an expen se amountingto near towards whi ch sum he was a liberal contributor.In removing sundry layers of paint from the Pulpit and desk,the following dates

and initials were discovered,b eautiq y inlaid in coloured wood. On the first panelof the Pulpit,is the year with a mullet beneath it ; being the armorial coguiz ance of the Asheton family. On the second panel,is the Boar

’s Head erased,theCrest of the Ashetons,and the in itials S . R. A. [Sir RichardAsheton ] On the thirdpanel is the Asheton mullet and the letters

L . S .

P .

R. W .

probably denoting Leonard Shaw and Robert Walkden,who were Rectors duringthe alteration s made at the beginn ing of the seventeen th century. On the fourthpan el,are the initials I . I . with a mullet between them,[qu. Holte,Lady Asheton

’s

maiden name and on thefifth,the lettersT. H.

I. M .

being probably the initials of the Churchwardens .The Reading Desk appears to have been the gift of Charles Beswicke M.A. the

Rec tor,from the in itialsR.

C . B .

and the date,1665,stillremaining. As a border runn ing round the upper part of theDesk,is the following text,in old English letters : allflag hearts that it shall

fictitis ai rstrieusis.

y° other two ; but commonly y63first of y

e six who have not

served are admitted .

[There i s] one an tient Seate or Hall,called Ratcliff-Tower .3Mr . Gaskell ofMan chester gave 41p . [er] an . [num,] for teachi ng

20 poor Children ; but’tis this Legacy i s to continue but3years

after hi s death,wch time i s now almost expired,

«mamas. Bft by Mr . Gaskell,a Rent Charge of31-153-00d p . [er] an .

[num,] to buy 72 yards of Linen Cloth for 45 poor People,such as y

e Min t shall think most wan ts it ; but by some mismanagement,there is now but31p . [er] an . [num,] arising out ofallLands given to this Charity .

Left lately by Will . [iam] Brown,a Scotch Merchan t,1001; buthi s Brother (who was Exec?) Refuses to p ay it,and

’tis feared is

gone off wth.

y° effects,an . [no]1718 .

Left by Dr .Wroe,Warden ofMan ch . [ester] in1718,101,[the]In t . [erest] to [b e given to] ye eldest Poor who are at Church

upon X tmas -day. [Certified by Henry Lister,Rector,13th April17sp zak tutufiber,Bruits into whim39mmans39cm withwhim QBats. mass,m.

QIbap .10 bass.”The Tower of the Church was rebuilt in the year1665,as appears from the incisedlapidary record containing the arms of Beswi cke of Manchester,afterwards and

now of Pike House,and the words Carolus Beswicke,Rector,” stillremaining

The Parliamentary Commissioners found,in the year1650,that Raphe AshetonEsq. presented Mr. Th omas Pyke B .A. to the Rectory,about six . years ag o,and thathe received from Glebe,£20 per annum from Rents,30s . per annum and fromTithes,£28 .los . per annum : and that he was “well qualified.” It was also di scovered that Colonel Asheton had demesnelands in Radcliffe worth £150 per annum,and yet paid no Tithe for them.

—m b . M SS .vol. ii.3Radcliffe Tower,a manerial fortress whi ch was in existence in the13th KingJohn,is mentioned in the32d Edward III. ; and was embattled,and probably t ebuilt,by Royal Licen ce,in the 4th Henry IV. This castellated fortress in the year1833,was used as a hay

-loft and cow-shed,and has since been almost entirely demoli shed . It has been well described,and an interior view of it given by Dr.Whitaker ;and few individuals were more competent for the undertaking .

4See p . 91,Note3.

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INDEX .

A shworth,manor of,103.A shworth,S ir Ellis,of Saddleworth,144.

A sshawe,Alicia,19 .

A sshawe,Ann,(Ali ce,)Roger,and Lauren ce,19.

A sshawe,Ann,daughter of Thomas,andwife of Sir John Radcliffe,55 .

A sshawe,Ann,wife of James Feilding,21.

A sshawe,John and Richard,21.A sshawe,Leonard,and his daughterE lizabeth,55 .

A sshawe,Thomas,Esq . 21A ssheton,Colonel,160.

Aslséi eton,Edward,rector of Middleton,6.

Assheton,Geoffrey,th ird son of S irThomas,5 .

As

é

s

peton,Mary,daughter of Sir Raphe,

A ssh eton,Miles,Gent . 5 .

A ssh eton,Mr . Robert,Fellow of theCollegiate Church of Manchester,93.

A ssh eton,Raphe,E sq . 8 0,81,97,98,105,116.

A ssheton,Samuel and Elizabeth his wife,5 .

A ssh eton,S ir John,3,97.

A ssheton,S ir Raphe,of Middleton,96,97,115,158 .

Assheton,S ir Richard,of Middleton,159 and Richard his son,8 0,96.

Assheton,Sir Thomas,3,108,113; hisdaughter Margaret,3.

Ass

f

heton,William,DD . some account

Assheton,William,rector of Middleton,97.

A ssheton s of Assheton,1; their descentfrom Orm examin ed,3,56.

A ssh eton’s Journalreferred to,29,100.

A ssh eworth,Margery,daughter of Stephen,103.

A ssheworth,Matilda,103.A ssheworth,Robert and S tephen,103.A stley,64.

A ston,Hugh,59.

A therton,64.

A therton,Miss,of Kersall Cell,69 .

A tkinson,Edward,of Burnedg e,130.

Audenshaw,4.

Aynesworth,Giles,105 .

Aynesworth,John de,105 .

Aynsworth,Robert,65 .

Aynsworth,S imon,of London,Gent . 65 .

Aynsworth,widow of Thomas,65 .

Aytoun,Roger,of Chorlton Hall Esq .

84,8 8 .

Bacon,Nathan,28 .

Bagshaw,Adam,of Wormhill,in thecounty of Derby,and Margaret hiswi fe,30,115 .

Bag slate,31.Baguley,A lexander,72 .

Baguley,Christopher,72 .

Baguley,Richard,72.

Baguley,Robert,of Newton,8 0.

Baguley,William,72,73,78,118 .

Baines’s H is tory of L an cashi re quoted,

7,45 corrected,28,34,49,52,53,56,96,116,122,126,127,130,131.

Baker’s MS . Collecti on s,10Balderston,10,14,125 .

Bamford,name of,assumed by RobertHesketh,29 .

Bamford,A lexander de,29.

Bamford,Ann,29.

Bamford Hall,29 .

Bamford,John,chaplain,59.

Bamford,John,of Orford,Esq . andCatherin e his wife,108 .

Bamford,S ir John,60,61.Bamford,S ir Thomas,61.Bamford,the estate sold to Mr . JosephFenton,29 .

Bamford,Thomas de,29.

Bamford,Tithes of,34.

Bamford,William,59,130.

Bamford,William,Esq . son and heir ofSamuel,35 .

Bamford,William,Esq . and Margaret,daughter of Edward Davenport Esq .

29.

Bamford,William,of Tarlton Bridge,and Ann,daughter of Thomas Blackburn e of Hale Esq . 29.

Banks,Rev. James,Rector of Bury,31.Barcroft,William,of Barcroft,136E lizabeth his daughter,136.

Bardesley,Edmund,62.

Baret,Elizabeth,59 .

Barlow,Edward,76.

Barlow Hall,67.

Barlow,John,Gent . 76.

Barlow,Richard,of Bury,Gent .32 .

Barlow,S ir Robert de,69 .

Barlow,Thomas,Esq . 69 .

Barret,Rev . C .,Curate of Holcomb,36.

Barton,Agnes,95 .

Barton,Agnes,relict of S ir John de,96,97.

INDEX .

Barton,5152 .

Barton,Edith de,46,50.

Barton,Grace,daughter and heiress ofS ir Thomas,39,150.

Barton,Gilbert de,46,48 Agnes,hisdaughter and heiress,46.

Barton Hall,50.

Barton,John de,and Matilda,97.

Barton,John,of Smithills,95 CeciliaRadcliffe his wife,95 .

Bart on Margery,daughter of Richard,of S ir Raphe A ssheton,97

Barton,Ralph,of Holme,39.

Bart on,S ir Andrew,39,95,158 .

Barton,Thurston,son of Andrew,52.

Barton township,46,47Bartons of Smithills,9 .

Barvis,Rev . Cuthbert,125 .

Basnett,Rev . R .,8 9.

Bath,Robert,Vicar of Rochdale,103.Baxenden,33.Bayley,James,of Manchester,6.

Beancliffe Hall,49 .

Bedford,16,64.

Beetham,48 .

Beighton,Joseph,145 .

Beke,Thomas,65 .

Belasyse,Henry,M .P. 39 Grace hiswife,39.

Belfeld,Abraham,and h is wi fe DeborahRadcliffe,136.

Belfeld,Adam de,142 .

Belfeld,Bernard,140.

Belfeld,John,and his wife MargaretHolte,136.

Belfeld,John,of Emanuel College,Cambridge,and his wife E lizabeth Barcroftof Barcroft afterwards wife of JohnHalliwell ofPike House,136.

Belfeld,Ralph,140,143.Belfeld,Thomas,and his wife,ElizabethParker of Extwisle,136.

Belfeld,Thomas,of Cleg g swood,136.

Belfield Hall,some accoun t of,142Portrait s of the Butterworths,142.

Bell,William Greaves Beaupré,Esq .

Bellarmyne’s Works,11.Bellis,Sarah,daughter of the Rev. Robert,31.

Ben son,Mr . Richard,Curate of Chorlt on,83.

Bent Hall,in Oldham,113,116.

Ben twood,31.Berry,Ralph,35 .

Beswicke,Alexander,65 .

Beswi cke Eviden ces quoted,69,74.

Beswi cke,Hugh,and Joan,widow,69 .

Beswi ck e,John,31,81.Beswick e,John and Hannah,70.

Beswi ck e,Rev . Charles,Rector of Badcliffe,159,160 S ilen ce,his wife,121.

Beswicke,Robert,of Pike House,Esq .137.

Beswi ck e,Major John,138 .

Beswick e,John Halliwell,138 .

Bethom,Church of,48 .

Bexwi ck e Bridge,65 .

Bexwick e,Elizabeth,61.Bexwick e,John,jun . Chaplain,62.

Bexwicke,Richard,of Manchester,60.

Bexwicke,Richard,sen .,merchant,andElizabeth his daughter,wife of RalphHulme of Hulme,60.

Bexwick e,Richard,son of Roger,60.

Bexwicke,Thomas,son of Richard,60,62 .

Bexwyke,Hugh,Chaplain,69 .

Bexwyk e,Joan,sister of Bishop Oldham,69 .

Birch,67,79,8 0.

Birch,Matthew de,8 0.

Birch,Mr . 79 .

Birch,Samuel,of Underwood,Gent . andAnn his wife,138 .

Birch enley,n ear Rochdale,35 .

Birele cum Bamford new Church,99.

Biron,John,60.

Blackburn,Mrs .15 .

Blackburne,47,64.

Black b urn e,Anna,daughter of ThomasBlackb urne of Hale E sq . wi fe of William Bamford,29 .

Blackb urne,Mr .,Curate of Rivington,21,Rector of Prestwich,109 .

Black road Chantry,16.

Black road Free School,17.

Black road Grammar S chool,16.

Blackrod,ll,15,20.

Black rode Chapel,15 .

Blackwood,alias Blackrod,7.

Blakeley,66,8 0.

Blak erode,Hugh de,15 .

Bland,Lady,66,8 7,8 8 .

Bland,Lad daughter of Sir EdwardMosley,6 77.

Bland,Mrs . Alice,24.

Bland,S ir John,68,8 6.

Blasdale,James,102 .

Blundell,Henry,Esq .13,41Catherineand E lizabeth,his daughters,41Charles Robert,his son,41.

INDEX .

Blundell,Mr . of Ince Blundell,13.Bold,Fran cis,Gen t .133.Bolling family,8 .

Bolton,65 .

Bolton,Great,11.Bolton inle Moor s,6,23,25 .

Boltonle Moors,Church of,7.

Bolton,Little,tith es in,given to AllSaints’ Chapel,6.

Bolton,Little,Hall,12 .

Bolton,Richard de,6.

Bolton,Richard,E sq .12 .

Bolton,Robert,of Kersley,118 .

Bolton,Roger de,6.

Bolton,Parish,thirty miles in circumferen ce,12 .

Bolton upon Swale,9 .

Booth,Dame E lizabeth,5 .

Booth,Ellen,49 .

Booth,George,son of Richard and hiswife Dorothy,31.

Booth Hall,29,31.Booth,Humphrey,8 0,81builds a g allery in Man chester Church,66 founder of Salford Chapel,92,93,95 .

Booth,Humphrey,of Salford,94 histwo daughters,94.

Booth,Humphrey,the elder,Gen t . 92 .

Booth,John,of Bart on,and his fourdaughters,46.

Booth,John,ofBooth,and his wife A lice,31.Booth,John,son of Thomas de,64.

Booth,Mrs . Ann,widow,92 .

Booth,Richard,of Booth,36.

Booth,S ir George,4.

Booth,S ir Robert,son of Robert,94.

Booth,S ir Robert Gore,92 .

Booth,S ir William,of Dunham Massey,3.Booth,Susan,wife of Robert,and

daughter of S ir H . Oxenden Bart . 94.

Booth,Thomas de,48 .

Booths Hall,50.

Booths Town,51.Bordman,Hugh,Reader of Shaw,inOldham,120.

Bordman,Samuel,66.

Bothe,John del,50.

Bothe,Lauren ce,afterwards Archbishopof York,and Chancellor of England,48 ; vindicated,48 .

Beth e,Richard,E sq . 48 .

Bothe,William,Bishop of Coven try andL ichfield,48 .

Boughton,n ear Chester,39 .

Boulton,9 .

Bower,Ann e,8 2 .

Bower,Mary,wife of John Moss,6.

Bowes. S ir Martin,Kut . and Johannahis daug hter,40.

Brackley,Viscoun t,and‘

Earl of Ellesmere,51.

Braddyll,John,of Whalley,36Bradford,Bradford,Earl of,12,39,99 .

Bradford,S ir Thomas,60.

Bradford,William,60.

Bradshaw,17,25 .

Bradshaw Chapel,18 .

Bradshaw,Dr . Henry,18 .

Bradshaw,E lias de,E sq .17.

Bradshaw,E lizabeth,30.

Bradshaw,Henry de,17,18 .

Bradshaw,Henry,of Marple Hall,17.

Bradshaw,James,13.Bradshaw,James Edward,13.Bradshaw,John,assumed the name of

Greaves,12 .

Bradshaw,John,of Bradshaw,Esq .17.

Bradshaw,John,of Darcy Lever,10,13.Bradshaw,Laurence,65 .

Bradshaw,Mary,17.

Bradshaw,Mr. of Worsley,68 .

Bradshaw,Mr . Thomas,ministe r of Littleb oroug h,134.

Bradshaw Peter,m inister of Cockey,105 .

Bradshaw,Presiden t,his letter on Oldh am and Shaw Chapels,120.

Bradshaw,Rawsthorn e,and Dorothy hiswife,18 .

Bradshaw,Richard,of Pennington,E sq .152 .

Bradshaw,Thomas,E sq . and Elizabethhis wife,18 .

Bradshaw,Thomas,of Haslingden,17.

Bradshaw,Thomas,seven th son of JohnBradshaw of Bradshaw,E sq .30.

Bran dlesholme,A lice, daughter and

heiress of Henry de,29 .

Brandlesome Hall,29,31,36.

Bray,Dr. 8 .

Bray,Edward,65 .

Brearley,John,of Rochdale,157.

Breres,Mr . William,20.

Breres,Thomas,20.

Bzzreton,Right Worshipful Richard,

Br5

ereton,Sir Richard,and Joan his wife,1.Brereton,S ir Richard,and Dorothy hiswife,53.

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Byron,George Gordon,Lord,122 .

Byron,John,E sq . 8 0,8 8 .

Byron,John,Kut . 48,68,69,8 0,97,114,130,131,139,143,144,145 .

Byron,Margaret,daughter of S ir John,wife of S ir John A ssheton,97.

Byron,Nicholas,E sq .139.

Byron,Richard,139 .

Byron,Richard,second Lord,114.

Byron,Robert de,and Cecilia his wife,68 .

Byron,S ir John,and Dame Johan -hiswife,139.

Cadeshwalled,52 .

Calamy claims a Conformist Minister,21statement corrected,103.Caley,John,Esq . P .S .A .140Cambridge,Master and Sen ior Fellowsof S t . John ’s College,elect the Masterof Rivington S chool,22 .

Camden,13,25,64,105 .

Camoys,Lord,41.Campbell’s,Lord,L ives of the Chancellors,corrected,48,98 .

Carlile family,8 .

Cartmel,Dean ery of,64.

Cartwright,Bishop,18 .

Cartwright,Fran cis,76.

Case,Rev . Thomas,and his wife Ann e,daughter and coheiress of OswaldMosley,Esq . 93,94.

Castleton Hall,126,127Castleton town ship,124.

Chadderton,112 .

Chadderton,Bishop,79 .

Chadderton Hall,112,113.Chadderton,in Tottington,32 .

Chadderton,Margaret,Wife of John deRadcliffe,113.

Chaddock e,Thomas,Curate of E llenbrook,54.

Chaderton,George,116.

Ch1a(16erton,George,and Mary his wife,1Chaderton,Laurence,B .D .116.

Chaderton,Thomas,and Mary his wife,daughter of William Orrell,116.

Chaderton,Thomas,of Lees Hall,andJoan his wife,116.

Chadwick,Charles,E sq .129.

Chadwick,Colonel John,129 rebuiltHealey Hall,129,156.

Chadwick,Dr .126.

Chadwick Hall,31,125 .

Chadwick,Hugo Malveysin,129 .

Chadwick,John,de Heley,129.

Chadwick,John,Gen t . 5 .

Chadwick,John,son of Jordan and Alicehis wife,of Healey,129 .

Chadwick,Jonathan,M .D . and his wifeMary Chetham,129.

Chadwick,Mrs . Sarah,129 .

Chadwick,Nicholas de,129.

Chadwick,Oliver,129 .

Chadwick,Rev . John,M .A . 5 .

Chadwick,Robert,129 .

Chadwick,Thomas,102,123.Chadwicks,some accoun t of the,129.

haloner,James,Chaplain,59 .

hamber Hall,in Oldham,113,115 .

han trey,S ir Francis,9 .

hap els do not qualify Chaplain s,104.

Chappell Wages,24; an ancien t phrase,still used,134.

Charity Commission ers’ n ineteen th Report corrected,25 elucidated,41quoted,44.

hester,Bishop of,77 ; his A ct Bookquoted,106,120.

Chester,Brian,Bishop of,28 .

Chester,Cuthbert,Bishop of,112 .

Chester,Ranulp h,Earl of,6 A gnes hissister and coheiress,6.

Chesterfield,in the coun ty of Derby,59.

tham,66.

tham,Abigail,22,b etham,Adam,a benefactor to Blackley,8183.hetham,Edward,Esq . 24,90,127 ;A lice,his sister,24.

Chetham,E lizabeth,a benefactor toNewton,91.

Chetham,Gervase,25 .

b etham,George,of Turt on,Gent . 7,121,Humphrey and Elizabeth,children,121.b etham,Humphrey,of Clayton,Gen t .son of Henry Chetham,74; buys Turton,23; obtain s the dismissal of theCurate of Turton,26; buys ClaytonPark,68 ; founds an Hospital,& c . in

hg

anchester,74 some accoun t of him,7

Chetham,Isabella,daughter of James,E sq .34.

Chetham,James,of Crumpsall,69.

Chetham,James,of Nuthurst,8 0.

Chetham,James,of Smedley,135 .

Chetham,James,of Turton,an origi nalTrustee of Captain Hulme,72 .

Chetham,Margaret,daughter of James,

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of Nuthurst,wife of Richard Holt,103.Chetham,Mr . of Castleton,23,25,151.Chetham,Mrs .15,135 a benefactor toLittleborough,135 .

Chetham,Robert,65 .

Chetham,Samuel,E sq . 23Bishop Gastrell and the Vicar of Bolton cede thepatronage of Turton Chapel to him,23his character,24 support s a

S chool at Turton,25 in London,26his marriage,126; enlarges CastletonHall,127 endows Milnrow Chapel,142 ; Humphrey Chetham his brother,and heir,augmen ts the Living an dS chool of Turton,24,127 a benefactor to Littleborough,135 .

Chetham’s Hospital,formerly the Colle

g i ate House 63.Childwall,7Cholmley,Slr Henry,of Whitby Abb ey,and his daughter Mary,4.

Chorlton,66,83.Chorlton and Hardy,83.Chorlton Hall,83.Chorlton,Mrs . Mary,76.

Chorlton Row,67.

Church dole,7.

Churton’s,Archdeacon,L ife of Dean

N owell,102.

Clark,G eorge,of Manchester,and hischarities,75 .

Clarke,Edward Hyde,E sq . 8 5

Clarke,George,E sq . and his W1fe Anne,daughter of Edward Hyde,Esq . 8 5 .

Claughton,Rector of,8 .

Clayton,Cecilia,wife of Robert de Byron,68 .

Clayton Hall,67,74.

Clayton,Mr. Thomas,Minister of Didsbury,8 6.

Clayton Park,68 .

Clegg,Bernulp h de,and Q uenilda,143.Clegg,Great,143.Clegg,Little,143.Clegg,Mr . John,143.Clegg,Richard,Vicar of Kirkham,153.Cleg g e,John,Chaplain,140.

Cleg g swood,136.

Cleworth Hall,in Tildesley,52 .

Cleydon,Robert,Gent . and his daug hters and coheiresses,Bridget,A lice,Cecilia,and Margaret,5 .

Cleydon,Thomas de,5 .

Cliffs,Master Robert,Warden of Man o

chester,62 .

Clifton,52 .

Clifton Hall,50.

Clive,Richard,E sq .31.Clive,Rob ert,Lord,31.Clough,J . 76.

Clough,Mr . Thomas,Curate of Bury,31,32.

Clowes,Colon el,of Broughton Hall,49.

Clowes,Samuel,of Manchester,Esq . andMartha his wife,51.ockey Chapel,14,104,105 .

ockey,the Coccium of An toninus,105 .

ockle 105 .

oke, ord Chief Justice,67 Clemen this son,and Sarah Reddish his wife,

Coke,T . W . of Holkham,67,107.

Cokersand Abbey,45,105 .

Cole,Mr . 76.

Cole,Rev . William,of Milton,144.

Cole’s MSS .144.

Colerain e,Henry,Lord,72 .

Coléeg e of A rms,30,102,105,116,120,17.

Collinge,Mr . James,100.

Coilips,James,of Knaresborough,Gen t .

0

ollins’s Baron etag e quoted,3.olstone,Francis,of S t . Andrews,Holborn,47.

olwych,Humfry,65 .

omm i ssioners,Bishop of Chester’s,36.

omyn,Mary,widow,47.

Con stan tine,Mr . Robert,Minister of

Oldham,and Dr . Lake,113.Consterdine,Joseph,8 0.

Cooke,James,47.

Cooke,John,of Salford,Gent .47.lcoke,Susanna Dorothea,47.

Coppull,54.

Cop trod,31.Cotes,Dr . Bishop of Chester,39.

Cottenham’s,Lord,Judgment respectingMan chester S chool,71.

Couches° Book of Whalley A bbey,37,39,46,47,122,143,144.

Coupland,Deanery of,64.

Cowpe cum Len che,29.

Crabtree,Mr .,Curate of Todmorden,150.

ranmer,Archbishop,obtain s the Rectories of Whalley,Blackburn,and

Rochdale,130 an accoun t of them,130.

Crawford and Balcarres,Earl of,15 .

Croft,in Winwick,38 .

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Crompton,Abigail,wife of Oliver Heywood,14.

Crompton,A lice,wife of Vicar Gregg,14.

Crompton,Dr . Ralph,38,40.

Crompton,E llis,15 .

Crompton,E llis,of Darcy Lever,10.

Crompton Hall,113,114.

Crompton,Hen ry,65 .

Crompton,Hugh de,son of S imon delaLegh,114.

Crompton,James,38,105 .

Crompton,James,of Breightmet,1014.

Crompton,John,65,105 .

Crompton,Joshua,of Old Hall,in Pilkington,110.

Crompton,Katherine,relict of E llis,65 .

Crompton,Mary,wife of John Okey,14.

Crompton,Ralph and James,41.Crompton,Roger and Lionel,65 .

Crompton,Samuel,12 .

Crompton,Sarah,wife of Vicar Goodwin,14.

Crompton,sister of Thomas Nuttall,30.

Crompton,Thomas,65,105 .

Crompton town ship,112 .

Crompton,William,65 .

Crook,Mr . ofAbram,45 .

Crosleg h,John del,152.

Crosley,Anthony,151.Crosley,Richard,151.Crossbank,4.

Crosse,Mr . 26.

Crossley,An thony,150.

Crossley,John,150.

Crossley,John,of S caitcliffe,Esq .148153.Crouchback,Edmund,Earl of Lancaster,6.

Croxton,Cicely and Mary,128 .

Crox

gon,Thomas,of Ravenscroft,Esq .12

Croxton,William,Esq . and Sarah hisdaughter,6.

Crumpsall,66,74,76.

Cudworth Chapel,in Oldham Church,113.Cudworth,G eoffrey,115 .

Cudworth,John,of Cudworth,115 .

Cudworth,John,of Werneth,Gen t . 8 0,113.Cudworth,John,son of Margery,111.Cudworth,Joshua,Gen t .112,115 .

Cudworth,Ralph,D .D .115 .

Cudworth,Ralph,Gent . and Agnes Leeshis wife,115 .

Cuerden,John,of Cuerden,and Mary

his daughter,wife of George Chadert on of Lees,116.

Culcheth Byron,69 .

Culcheth Hall,67.

Cuthbert son,Robert,95 .

Cutlane,31.Dale,Mr . Joseph,Min ister of Birch and

Chorlton,83.auby,John,Gent . 65 .

arwell,James,of Barton upon Irwell,E sq . 8 7.

Darwell,Thomas,E sq . 8 7.

D’Aub ig n é,Dr . Merle,16.

Davenport,James,E sq . and his wi feSarah,sister of Humphrey Booth,94.

Davy,David,Min ister of Gorton,8 9 .

Davyhulme,52.

Davyhulme Hall,49.

Dawes,arms of,9 .

Dawes,_Matthew,E sq . 8 .

Dawes,Matthew Corr,and Elizabeth,9 .

Dawes,S ir William,Bishop of Chester,150.

Dawson,Jonathan,of Man chester,81Deacon,Dr . Thomas,78 .

can,37 ; a Chapelry in E ccles Parish,37 ; afterwards independent,37 ; theSchool,38,40.

Deane Rectory,38 .

Dearden,James,of Rochdale,Esq .122,123.Dearden,James,F .S .A .122,123,136.

Dearden,John,and his wife Jane Ingham,136.

D e

éanus D ecanatfis de Mam cestr . Dom .1.

Dene,John,son of William dela,147.

Den e,Thomas,and William his son,47Den ton,84,8 5,86Derby,Charlotte,Coun tess of,28 ; herarms and sig nature,28 .

Derby Crest in Bolton Church,9.

Derby,Edward,Earl of,63,137.

Derby,James,Earl of,28 .

Derby,Thomas,Earl of,6,27,61,110.

Derby,Thomas,late and present Earl of,and George,late Lord S trange,61.Derby,William de Ferrers,Earl of,55 .

Derby,William,Earl of,11,29Derby’s,Lord,Award,22 .

Derby’s,Lord,land,38,111.Dethick,Humphrey,of Longford,67.

Deyn e Hall,in Prestwich,109.

Deyn e,the,109.

Dickan son,Thomas,95 .

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Faring ton,Edmun d,Rector of Halsall,95 .

Farnworth,39,41.Farnworth Hall,39 .

Farnworth,John,of Little Hilton,38 .

Farnworth School,40.

Fauconb erg,Thomas,Viscoun t,39 .

Fauconb erg,Thomas,thi rd Earl,39 .

Feeilden,A lexander,Feildin g,James,of S treet,and Ann hi s

wife,21.Fellg ate,Mr .,Min ist er of Bradshaw,18 ;some accoun t of h im,18 .

Fenton,James,Esq . 29,100.

Fen ton,Mr . Joseph,of Bamford,29 .

Ferrand,Thomas,of Rochdale,Gen t .103.Ferrand,Thomas,Esq . Lay Impropriatorof Rochdale,131.Ferrers,Earl of,46.

Ferrers,Robert de,eighth Earl,6.

Ferrers,Rob ert de,Earl of Derb 27.

Ferret s,William de,sixth Earl o Derby,6.

Ferrers,William de,of Groby,and Mar

g aret his wife,6.

Ferror,S ir Hen ry,Preste,140.

Fielding,Mr . John,19.

Field House m Bury,Finney,John,of Fulshaw Hall,Jane hi swife,and Captain Samuel Finn ey,hisson,50.

Fi ttleton,in the coun ty of Wilts,31.Fitz Siward,Hen ry,55 .

F1tzherb ert An thony,Esq . 60.

Fi tz

5

v8

valter,Robe rt,son of John,Baron,1Flit croft,L ichford,82 .

Fli xton,55,5 7.

Fogg,Richard,of Darcy Lever,10.

Foldes,21.Forster,Rev. Dr .125 .

Fos

éer,Ellis,Schoolmaster of Blackrod,1

Fost er,Thomas,of Beaumont Hall,andAnn Buckley,hi s wife,126.

Foulds,20.

Foulh urst,S ir Robert,of Crewe,andAnn his daughter,97.

Foxdenton,Foxdenton Gate House,114.

Foxden ton Hall,114.

Foxholes,125 .

Fuller,Dr .19 .

Fuller’ s remark on Lancashi re Parishes,2 .

Fuller’s Worth ies quoted,74,

Fum es,Deanery of,64.

Fum ess,Mr .,of Prestwich,108 .

Furness,Mr. Tobias,28 .

Galey,Seth,60.

Galey,W illiam,60.

Garratt Hall,67,68 .

Gartside,Eduse de,143.Gartside Hall,143.Gartside,Hugh,127,143.Gartside,James,127,Gartside,John,of Man chester,Esq . 6;Catharin e Howard,his wi fe,6.

Gartside,Josiah,merchan t,149 .

Gartside,Mr . and his mother,benefactorsto Rochdale,130.

Gartside,Richard,81.Gart side,Rog er,127143.Gascall,1\Ir . 91.Gaskell,Benjamin,of Thornes House,Esq . 50,Gaskell,Dani el,of Cli fton,50.

Gas

kell,l Elizab eth,wife of Dani el BayCY;Gaskell,Nathaniel,of Man chester,31,91,160.

wife of Richard Clive,Gaskell,Reb ec ca,E sq .

Gaskell,Sarah,wife of Hugh,LordSemp ill,

Gastrell,Bishop,applied to for the Vicarag e of Bolton,8 ; his MSS . quot ed,9,

Gastrell,Bishop,77,8 9,145 ,hisp ondence with Lady Bland,8 7

Gastrell,Chancellor,31,44.

Gas trell’s N otitic Cestr iens i s,vol.1. 5 .

Gerard,Philip,68 .

Gerard,Thomas,Lord,68 .

Gerard,William,68 .

Gibson ’s Codes:and Conc ilia,2 .

G ilb ody,Mr . Min ister of Holcomb,36.

Gilliam,Jan e,daughter of Thomas Perc ivalof Royton,second wife of RichardTonge of Tonge,91.Gilliam,Jane,wife of John Greaves Esq .

92 .

Gilliam,John,of Levenshulme Gen t. sonof Captain G illiam,and Mary hi s wife,daughter of James Halliwell of PikeHouse,91.Gilliam,John,of Newton,91.Gillingham Rectory in Ken t,101.Gipps,M r .,Rector of Bury,his MSS .31.G isb urne,in the coun ty of York,57.

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Golyn,John,son of Nicholas Golyn of

G olynrodc,30.

Goodwin,Mr . Richard,Vicar of Bolton,7,15 some accoun t of him,14.

Goolden,Edmund,53.Gooselane,a Grange,125,128 .

Goosnargh or Gosnell,Mr .,Vicar of B01ton,7,14.

Gorstelow,Richard,Vicar of Rochdale,122 .

Gorton,66,67,76,8 8 .

Gorton,James,36.

Gosnell,James,founds3. Lecture at Bolton,9 ; Abstract of his Will,9,10.

Gosnell,John,10.

Gower,Right Hon . Francis Leveson,37 ; created Earl of E llesmere,51.Grandison,Otho de,5 8 .

Gran t,Mr .30.

Granville,George,Duke of Sutherland,51.Grappenhall,Min ister of,39 .

Greaves,Edward,of Culcheth,Esq .13;and Jane his daughter,13.Greaves,Edward,Sheriff of Lan cashire,69.

Greaves,Edward,of N ettleworth Hall,92 .

Greaves,John,E sq . 90,92 .

Greaves,John,of Irlam Hall,E sq . 50.

Greaves,Rev . William,of Rochdale,143.Greaves,William,of Gartside Hall,143.G reaves,Commissary,some accoun t of,143.Gredle or Grelley,Robert de,2,37,65 .

Green,James,E sq . 24.

Greenhalgh,Jane,daughter of ThomasGreenhalgh,31.Greenhalgh,Hen ry,Esq . 29,31.Greenhalgh,John,Esq .36.

Greenloes Ten emen t,25 .

Greenwich,Manor of East,65 .

Greese turn,” 48 .

Gregg,Robert,Vicar of Bolton,14.

Gregge,Edward,E sq .100,115 ; his son,R . G regge Hopwood E sq .100.

Gregge,Martha,Wife of Joseph Gregge,115 .

Gre g e,Mary,daughter ofJoseph Gregge0 Chamber Hall,Esq .35 .

Grelle,Thomas de,1,5 8 .

Grelley,A lbert de,sen .3,55,58 ; hisdaughter Emma,3.

Grelley,Robert de,47.

Grelley,Thomas,46,5 8 .

Grelleys,Lords of Manchester,41,55,110.

Grenehalg h,Henry,son and heir of JohnGrenehalg h,29.

Grenehalg h,John,42 .

Grenehalg h,John, Rector ofBury,28 .

Grenehalg h,William,42.

Greneh oug h,M r.,of the Isle of Man,108 .

Grenehoug h,Richard,65 .

Gresley,Joan,wife of John,son of Rogerdela Warr,5 8 .

Gresley,Peter de,Patron of Manchester,5 8 .

Gresley,Robert de,58 ; Thomas,his son,58 .

Griffi th,Hugo,Rector of A shton,2 .

Griffith,Dr . John,Rector of Prestwich,107.

Grime,John,of Baxenden,33.Grimshaw,George,78,8 2 .

Grimston e,S ir Harbottle,72 .

Gri slehurst,31.Gri slehurst Hall,99,100.

Grundy,Edmund,E sq .31.Guest,Mr . John,15,32. 41,102,Guillam,John,92 .

Hack et’s,Bishop,Eulog y on Lord Elles

mere,51.Hacking,Crompton Ellis,of,15 .

Haddon,Rev. Peter,Vicar of Bolton,18,23,26.

Haddon,Mr . 8 .

Haigh,Widow,23.Haigh,Rev . Joseph,B.A .125,137.

Haigh,William Blackett,137 and

Martha his daughter,137.

Half A cre,31.Hall 0 ’ th ’Hill in Heath Charnock,19,20.

Hall,01d,of A shton,4.

Hall 0 ’ th ’ Wood,12 .

Halliwell,39,137.

Halliwell,styled by Dr. Whitaker an

old family extinct,”137.

Halliwell,Emor,of Rochdale,and hisdaughter Margaret,30.

Halliwell,Mr . James,jun .133.Halliwell,James,of Pike House,141and Mary,his daughter, of Captain Gilliam,91.Halliwell,John,19,133.Halliwell,Mr . John,133.Halliwell,John,Esq . a Benefactor toLittleborough,135,138 .

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Halliwell,John,Esq . nephew of RichardHalliwell,138 .

Halliwell,John,of Pike House E sq . and

his wife E lizabeth,31,136,150,153.Halliwell,Mary,wife of Robert Beswicke of Man chester E sq .1Halliwell,Nicholas del,138 ; John,hisson,138 .

Halliwell,Richard del,and Annabellahis wife,138 .

Halliwell,Captain Richard,builds a

S chool,138 .

Halliwell,Mr . Theophilus,137 endowsa S chool at Litt leborough,some ao

coun t of him,138 .

Hallows,Mr . Matthew,and his wife,Marg aret Rothwell,and Sarah Westhy,l04.

Hallows,Samuel,of Gray's Inn,Esq .

some accoun t of his family,103,104.

Hallows,Westby,E sq . and his wife,E llen En twisle,104.

Hall’s BaronialHalls of E ngland,25 .

Halsall,Rector of,28 .

Hamer Hall,and some accoun t of theHamers,125,128 .

Hamer,Bernard,128 .

Hamer,Edmund,128 .

Hamer,Ellis,128 .

Hamer,Hen ry,128 .

Hamer,James,128 .

Hamer,Judith,wife of Thomas Hindley,128 .

Hamer,Samuel Hallows,Esq .103.Hamer,Samuel,128 .

Hamer,Samuel,E sq .103,141.Hamilton,Lord A rchibald,79 Mary,his daughter,wife of John Dickensonof Birch E sq . 79.

Hamor,Robert,65 .

Hands,31.Hargreaves,Mr .,of Rochdale,127.

Harper,Mr. John,Vicar of Bolton,7,8 .

Harp erheig h,66.

Harrington s of Hornby Castle,6.

Harrington,S ir James,6.

Harris,R . J . J . of Uley E sq . assumedthe name of N orreys,49.

Harris,Rev . Levett,107.

Harrison,James,65 .

Harrison,John,4,96.

Harrison,John,and Agnes his wife,65 .

Hart ley,E llen,relict of Nicholas,76.

Hartley, John, of Manchester and

S trangeways,68 .

Hartley,Nicholas,75 .

Hartley,Mr . 76.

Hart shead,4.

Harwood,11,13,14,65,105 .

Haslingden,Roger,D .D .123.Haslam,Hey,105 .

Haslam,William and Elis,65 .

Hatfield,John,of Hatfield Gent .103.Hatton,Rev. Richard,Vicar of Dean,38,43.Haulgh Hall,12 .

Haverbeck,48 .

Haverseg e,Matthew de,80.

Haward,Mr . Samuel,112 .

Haward,Mr . Samuel,of Salford,116.

Haworth Hall,and some accoun t of theHaworth s,125 .

Hawor th,Mr. Charles,95 .

Haworth,Edmund,of Haworth,8 0,143.Haworth,James,of London,35 .

Haworth,John,36.

Haworth,Rev . Radcliffe,125 .

Haworth,Richard,of Heap,34,35 .

Haworth,Robert,his monument,126.

Hayward,Samuel,7Healy Hall,125 .

Heap,28,29 .

Heap,Richard,117.

Heath,S ir Robt . Attorn ey General,122 .

Heathcote,S ir John Eden sor,Bart . 47.

Heathcote,R . E . Esq . 47.

Heaton,39,41,109.

Heaton Hall,109,110.

Heaton Norris,66,8 8 .

H eley,Avicia,daughter of Thomas deHeley,129 .

Helm shawes,21.Hem shaws,20.

Herbert ’s Country Pa/rson,4.

Hereford S chool,74.

Herod H eyrod,4.

Hesketh,Lloyd H . B . of Gwyrch CastleE sq . 29.

Hesketh,Richard,Esq . 60.

Hesketh,Robert,of Upton E sq . 29.

Hessewort,Barnard de,103.Hetou,George,Esq . and Joanna hisWife,40.

Hetou Hall,40.

Hetou,Martin,Bishop of Ely,40,Hey,Ellis,Gen t . of Monk ’s Hall,53,83.Heywod Chappel,34,35 .

Heywood,33.Heywood Hall,29.

Heywood Mrs . 5 .

Heywood Mr . Nathaniel,Vicar of Ormskirk,Llfe of,54.

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Horrock s,William,24.

Horrocks,Mr .,Min ister of West Hog hton,

Horsedg e,115Horseg e Hall1n Oldham,113.Horton Chapel in Oldham Church,113.q i to

u,Henrietta,wife of Charles Rhys,4.

Hort on,Jeshua,of Sowerby,114.

Horton,S ir Watts Bart .114.

H ort on,William,of Howroyd,114.

Horwi ch Chapel,37,41,44.

Horwich, 42.

Howard,Philip,of Corby Castle,Esq .

and Catherine Gartside,his daughter,6.

Howard,Osbert de,125 .

Howarth,Dionysius,36.

Howarth,Thomas,of Rocliffe,10.

Hough End,a seat of the Mosleys,8 7.

Hough Hall,8 8 .

Houghton,66,86.

Houghton,Thomas,E sq .15 .

Houses of the Hill in Spotland,34.

IImM SS .1,14,32,40,41,58,60,8 7,6.

Hulme,66,67,68,77.

Hulme,Banastre,67.

Hulme,Elizabeth, wife of WilliamHulme,72 .

Hulme,Geoffrey,68 .

Hulme,Geoffrey of Manchester,and hisson Ralph,who married E lizabeth,daughter of Richard Bexwicke sen .

of Manchester,60,61, 70,78 .

Hulme,Jehn de,of Davyhulme,49 .

Hulme,John de,68 .

Hulme,Laurence,third son of RobertHulme of Hulme,67.

Hulme,William,of Hulme and Kearsle E sq .11, founder of thet meian Exhibi tion s,11,72 ; hisWill,72,73; his Trustees incorporated,73; a Benefactor to Belten,11his h eir atlaw,in1790,11; a Benefactor to Ringley,118 .

Hulme,William,of Davyhulme Esq . 72.

Hulton,Blethyn de,39.

Hulton,David de,55 .

Hulton,Henry,of Hulton,40 .

Hulton of Hulton,Mr . 25,143.Hulton Little School,40.

Hulton,Middle,37.

Hulton,Over,40.

Hulton Park,39 .

Hulton,Rog er de,48 .

Hulton,Richard de,37.

Hulton,William,Esq . Constable of Lancaster Castle,39 .

Hulton s,Three,39 .

Hundersfield,124.

Hun t,Richard,70.

Hun t,M r.,Min ister of Oldham,145 .

Hun ter,Mr . William,78 .

Hunter’s L ife of Oliver H eywood,84,134.

Huntingt on,John,B .D 3,60 ; some account of him,59 ;1118 Will,59 ; hisChurch work s,59 ; his Chan try founded,61; the terms of foundation,61;his obit or ann iversary,62 ; his Almshouse in Hang yn g

~dyche not built,63.Hurst — Haslehurst,4.

Hutchinson,Thomas,Esq .159 .

Hyde,Alexander,8 5 .

Hyde,Edward,8 5 .

Hyde,John,8 5 .

Hyde,Laurence,second son of Rob ert

Hyde of Norbury,an cestor of the

Earls of Clarendon,8 5 .

Hyd e,M r .,Minister of Salford,94.

Hyde of Norb ury and Denton,8 5 .

Hyde,Ralph,of Urmston,second son of

Thomas Hyde of N orbury,56Hyde,Raphe,of Denton,84.

Hyde,Robert,Hyde,S ir Rob ert de,8 5 .

Hyde,Robert,of A rdwick,and his b rother N athan,8 5 .

Hyde,Rob ert,of Denton,8 5 .

Ibbetson,Sir Henry of Denton Park,128 .

Ibbetson,Mary,wife of Samuel HamerE sq .128Ince,in th e county of Chester,31.Ingham,Jane,wife of Jehn Deardenand of Jerdan Chadwick,136.

Ingham,Richard,of Cleg g swood,136.Irlam,52,Irlam Hall,49.

Irwelham,46.

Isherwood,Adam and James,65 .

Isherwood,Marg aret,wife of James,65 .

Isherwood,Nathan iel,of Bolton,andMary his wife,17.

Isherwood,Thomas Bradshaw,Esq .17.

Isle of Man,30.

Jackson,Mr . Jehn,8 5 .

Jackson,Thomas,82 .

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James the First’s killing wit,40.

James’s I ter Lan castren se referred to,29,125 .

Jaques,Thomas,102 .

Jenkinson,Jehn,of Failsworth Gent .17.

Jenys,Mrs . Eliza,44.

Jerusalem,S t . Jehn of,rent,140Joliffe,Rebecca,daughter of S1r William,and wife of Sir Samuel MeyerBart . 44.

Jellye,Mr .106.

Jones,Henry,102 ; some accoun t of hi sfamily,102 .

Jones,Mr. Edmund,47.

Jones,Mr . Jehn,Vicar of Eccles,47.

Jones,Jesep h,of Walshaw House Esq .

Jones,Roger,ancestor of Viscoun t Ranelagh,102 .

Jones,S ir Rog er,102 .

Jones,Thomas,D .D . Archbishop ofDublin,102 .

Juxen ’s,Archbishop,benefactions,124.

Katharine,St . the Virg in Altar of,inEccles Church,48 .

Kay,Ann,32 .

Kay,E sther,wi fe of A rthur,son ofFran cis Kay of Redlum,130.

Kay,James,Esq . bu s Turton,23.Kay,Martin,of Litt ewood,33Kay,Oliver,36.

Kay,Rev . Rog er,29,129 ; his Will,andEndowmen t of Bury School,31.

Kay,Roger,ofWyddellGen t .Kay,William,of Ceb b as,33.Kemp nallHall,50.

Kempsey House,in the county of W er

oester,31.K en dall,D eanery of,by Gastrell,48,Ken ion,Ralph,ofG orton,69 .

Kennett’s Case of Imp rop r iations,124corrected,124.

Kennett’s Par . An ti q. Gloss . 2.

Kent,Thomas,Earl of,67.

Kenyon,George,Esq . of Peel,40.

Kenyon,George,second Lord Kenyon,

Kenyon,Lloyd,created Baron Kenyon,39.

Kenyon,Mr . 54.

Kersall,66.

Kersall Cell,67,68,69.

Kersall,William Lever,of,14.

Kersley,39,67 .

Kershaw,Alexander,of Higher Town

House,138 ; Anne,his daughter andco-heiress,138 .

Keverdale,A lexander de,Lord of Har

wood,17,Kington Magna,13.Kirkby,S ir Richard de,3.Kirkmanshulme,66,90.

Knott,James,4.

Knowes,James,65 .

Kyrk shag h,Adam,137.

Kyrkshag h,Christopher and Margaret,13

Kyrk shag h,E leanora,wife of JordanChadwick,137.

Kyrk shag h,Geoffrey,137.Kyrk shag h,Hen ry,137.

Kyrk shag h,Isabella,wife of WilliamNewall,137.

Kyrk shag h,John de,136.

Kyrk shag h,Matthew de,136 Adam,hisson,who married Margery de L ihtolres,137.

Kyrk shag h,Margaret,wife of JohnKyrk shag h,137.

Kyrk shag h,Thomas,137.

Laborer,Robert,62.

Lab ourne,Bishop,18 .

acy,Henry,Earl of Lincoln,121Lacy,A lice,his daughter and heiress,121.

Lacye,Edmund de,121- 2 .

Lacye,John and Henry de,121—2 .

acye,John,58 .

acye,Rog er,son of Jehn Lacye,121—2 .

ake,Mr . John,108 ; some accoun t ofhim,113.

Lambeth MSS . quoted,7,16,18,21,23,26,28,33,34,36,38,42,45,47,54,56,90,96.

Lan cashire described in1756,2.

Lan cashire,James,35 .

L an cashi re MSS . quoted,8,11,17,18,21,24,26,29,32,34,35,48,49,59,60,65,72,73,78,81,91,101,103,108,110,113,114,115,120,121,123,124,130,131,132,134,140,141,144,145,146,147,154.

Lan caster,Blan ch,daughter of Henry,Duke of Lan caster,121.Lan caster,Jehn,Duke of,36.

Lan caster,Thomas,Earl of,121.Lanes,4.

Langfield,31.Langley Hall,99Langley,Katharme,wife of James A sheton,107.

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Langley,Mr. Minister of Edenfield,33.Langley,Mr .107.

Langley,Mr . Jehn,10,100 and James,10.

Langley,Raufe,Warden of Manchester,60,107,112 .

Langley,Mr . Robe rt,and his daughterJeanna,wife of Rob ert Holte E sq .136.

Langley,S ir Rob ert,107,108 ; Margaret,his daug hter,wife of A lexander Reddish,107.

Langley,S ir Rob ert,and Ann e,hisdaughter and coheiress,wife of Themas D auntesey,52 .

Langley,Thomas,Parson of Prestwich,62,69.

Langley,Thomas,of E ssex,99 .

Langley,Themas,Bishop of Durham,some accoun t of him,52,59,98 .

Langley,Thomas,son of William Langley of Thornscow Gen t .30,116.

Langten,Jesep h,of Liverp ool,E sq.110,156.

Langten,S ir Richard,1.Lascy,John de,Earl of Lincoln,46.

Lascy,Jehn de,and Margaret his wife,147.

Lascys,Lords of Blackb urnsh ire,27.

Latham,Andrew,28 .

Latham House,28 .

Lathom,Roger de,3.Lathom,Rob ert de,55 .

Lathoms,the heirs of Orm Fitz A ilward,56.

Lathum,S ir George,49.

Lathum,S ir Thomas,50.

Lathum,Thomas,E sq . 50.

Lathum,Jan e,married to John Finn eyof Fulshaw,E sq . 50.

Laud,A rchbishop,63; a Ben efactor tothe Vicarage of Rochdale,131,Lawson,Henry,Curate of Turton,23,26.

Lees,Ag nes,daughter of AlexanderLe es,and Wife of Ralph Cudworth,115 .

Lees Hall,113,116.

Lees,John,of W erni th Esq .112,115,116.

Messrs. of Clark ’s Field,108 .

M r .,Minister of Saddleworth,146.

Samuel,79 .

Thomas,146.

William and Abraham,120.

Legh,G . C . Esq . 50.

Legh,Georg e,E sq . and Anne Booth hisWife,46,50.

Legh,Mrs . Hannah,50,53.Legh,Matilda,daughter of John Leghof Boothe,wife of Richard de Radcliffe of Ordshall,5 5 .

Legh,Robert de,of Boothe,55 .

Legh,S ir Peter,of Lyme,53.Legh,Thomas,of Alkrington,and hiswife,Dorothy,daughter of S ir RobertLangley,108 .

Leicester,A lice,daughter of S ir GeorgeLeicester of Toft,30.

Leigh,Leigh,Dame Dorothy,54.

Leigh,Dr .,Author of the N a turalH istory of L an ca shi re,9,74,77.

Leigh,George,54.

Leigh,Honora,daughter of S ir ThomasLeigh,54.

Leigh,Lord of Stoneleigh,54.

Leighversus Maudsley,38 .

Leigh,S ir Peter,of Lyme,8 0.

Leigh,Thomas,40.

Leigh,Mr . William,of West Hoghton,37.

Lenten,Priory of,68 .

Leven s-hulme,66.

Lever,Ann,109 .

Lever,S ir A sheton,110 ; his Museum,110.

Lever,Darcy,Hall,12,19.

Lever,S ir Darcy,108 —9 ; Dorothy hisWife,108 .

Lever,Great,99 .

Lever,James,10.

Lever,Jane,wife of Jehn Andrews,19 .

Lever,John,of A lkrington,108,110,114.

Lever,Levin g us de,110.

Lever,Little,14.

Lever,Mr . Jehn,Vicar of Bolton,24;Minister of Cockey,105 .

Lever,M r .109 .

Lever,Richard,Gent . 65 .

Lever,Robert,109 .

Lever,Rob ert,Gen t .13,19 ; and William and Jehn,his brothers,13,14.

Lever,Robert,of Little Lever,Gent .20.

Lever,Robert,and A lice his daughter,13.Lever,Rog er,Gen t . 99.

Lever,Rev . Samuel,8 .

Lever,Mr . Thomas,7,Lever,Thomas,Esq .11.

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p orated,58 ; the Manor sold,58 ; a

S ee erected at Manchester,63limitsof the Diocese,64.

Marie’s,St . in Cambridge,16.

Markland,John,E sq . of The Meadows,Wigan,127 assumed the name ofEntwisle,127.

Marland,34.

Marland,Dr . Adam,123.Marland,James,of Marland Gen t .123.Marlborough School,74.

Marler,Thomas,70.

Marnhallin the county of Dorset,13.Marresley in Yorkshire,9 .

Marrick,9 .

Marsden,Thomas,of Bolton,Gen t . andSarah his wife,6,15 .

Marsh,Mr .15 .

Marsh,George,the Martyr,38 .

Marsh,George,45 .

Marshall,George,76.

Mary’s,S t . Abbey,York,48 .

Masey,S ir John,of Tatton,and Alicehis wife,51.

Mascy,Richard,Prest Vicar” of Man

chester,60.

Matthews,Rev. James,Vicar of Whalley,152 .

Maudsleyversus Leigh,38 .

Mawdsley,Robert,54.

Mayes or Maire,Edward,76.

Maynard,Joseph,and his wife,8 7.

Meadowcroft,A lice,100.

Meadowcroft,Francis,of Smethurst,100.

Meadowcroft,James,100 .

Meadowcroft,Richard,of Brig h tmetGen t . 7.

Meadowcroft,Richard,100.

Meek e,Mr . William,Minister of Salford,92.

Meresheia,Roger de,6.

Meuland,Rog er,Bishop of L ichfield andC oventry,47.

Middleton,96,97,99.

Middleton,Armour brought from Flodden in the Church of,98 .

Middleton,A ssheton Chan try in theChurch of,98 .

Middleton Grammar School,100,101.Middleton Hall,100.

Middleton,Hopwood Chapel in theChurch of,98 .

Middleton,S ir James,123.Middleton,Matilda,daughter of Rog er

Middleton,and wife of John de Barten,97.

Middleton,Peter,Parson of,97.

Middleton, Rector’s Chapel in theChurch of,probably founded by Cardinal Langley,98 .

Middleton,Rog er de,and Agnes hiswife,97.

Middleton,Roger,son of AlexanderMiddleton,103.Middleton,Richard and Agnes,103Middleton,Thomas,Clerk of,97.

Midgley,Richard and Jesep h,Vicars ofRochdale,122,145 .

Millington,Gilbert,28 .

Milne,Rev . Nathan iel,159 .

Milnrow,in Butterworth,139 ; the Byron s chief proprietors at an early p eried,139 tradition of an old Chapel,140 foundation of another Chapel,140 probably a Chantry,140 ; Min ister’s Wages,140 Chapel repaired byA ssessment,140 ; Inhabitan ts claimedthe Patronage,temp . Henry VIII .149 ; without legal right,130 ; Vicarof Rochdale Patron,140 ; an cient stipend charged on the Rectorial Tithes,131,139,141; a Parochial Chapelry,141- 2 ; Chap el rebuilt,142 ; Parsonag e House built,142 ; National Schoolsbuilt,142 ; Rushb earin g,142.

Molesworth,Rev . Dr.,Vicar of Rochdale,124,135,151.Molyn eux,John,of Sephton,and Dorethy Booth,his Wife,46.

Monk’s,Bishop,L ife of Ben tley,144.

Monk’s Hall,50.

Montb eg on,Henry,Lord of Totting ton,17.

Mon tb eg on,Roger de,36.

Monton,46.

Morrall,Rev . Thomas,20.

Morral,Vicar of Bolton,11,26.

Morris and Phillips,47,141.Mort,Mr .15 .

Mort,Adam,founder of A stley Chapel,93.Mort,Mrs . Ann e,37,40,54.

M ort,Mrs . Ann e,of Little Hilton,38 .

Mort,Nathan,of V Vhar ton Hall,117.

Mosier,William,76.

Moseley,4.

Mosley,Ann e,wife of Robert Booth Esq .

and of the Rev . Thomas Case,Mosley,Edward, .Esq 8 8 .

Mosley,Edward,Bart . 68,86,8 8 ; Anne,his daughter and heiress,wife of SirJohn Bland, 8 7,8 8 .

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Mosley,S ir Edward,Kut . 8 8 .

Mosley,John,of D idsbury,86.

Mosley,Nicholas,Alderman of London,58,86.

Mosley,Oswald,of Man chester,third sonof Edward Mosley of Hough End,68 .

Mosley,Oswald,69,94.

Mosley,S ir Oswald,Bart . 58 .

Mosley,Rowland,76,8 7.

Moss,James,and A p p ylina,his wife,6.

Moss,Jehn,of Manchester,and Jehnhis son,6.

Mosse,James,76.

Mosside,66,79.

Moston,66,90,91.Mounton,52 .

Meyer,Lady,43; some account of,44;her Lecture in S t . Paul’s,44.

Multen,William,50.

Mundy,Edward Millar,of Shipley E sq .126 E lizabeth his sister,wife of Themas Buckley Esq .126.

Murray,George,of Ancoats Hall,69 .

Musb erry,29 .

Myddleton Church,34.

Mylne,Henry,140.

Myn shall,Ann, daughter of JamesLightbourn e,84.

Myn shall,Richard,of Whiston,and hiswife Helen,daughter of Richard Goldsmith of Bosworth,84.

Mynshall,Thomas,76,84.

Nabb’s Tenemen t inBury,31.Nabbe,Richard,65 .

Newall,Lauren ce,Gent .133.Newall,Rev . Samuel,8 7.

Newall,Mr . William,8 7.

Newall,William,of Lower Town HouseGen t .133.

N ew Barn s Hall,49 .

Newb old Hall,125 .

Newbold,John de,128 .

Newcome,Rev . Peter,Rector of Shenley,44.

N ewcroft Hall,56,57.

ew Hall,29,30.

ewten,66,90,91.ewton,John,8 7.

ewton,Mr . Samuel,Min ister of Rivington,21a Conformist,though claimedby Calamy,21.ichols’ Collectan ea Top og rap hi ca et

Genealog i ca,quoted,3.N ichels’ L i terary A n ecdotes,125,144.

Nicholas,Pepe,Valor of,7,27,37.

Nichelas’,S t .,Chapel,in ManchesterChurch,65 .

Nigella s,5 7.

N orb ery,Mr .106.

Norb ury,Mr . 24.

Norb ury,Rog er de,Bishop of L ichfield,86.

Norbury,Thomas de,8 5 .

Nerreys,Henry,E sq . of Davyhulme,49.

N orreys,Mary,daughter and heiress ofH enry Nerreys,49 .

N orreys,Nicholas,of Tarleton,49 .

Nerreys,Robert Henry,49.

Norris,Mr .17.

Norris,A lexander,12 .

Norris,Edward,Esq .15 .

Norris,H . of Adlington,16.

Norri s,Henry,16.

Norris,Hughle,15 .

Norris,Sir Hugh,15 .

orris,John,of Bolton,10.

orris,Margaret,wife of John S tarkieE sq .12 .

orris,Mabel,wife of S ir W . Bradshaig h,15 .

Norris,Robert,8 .

Norris,S ir William,49.

N otili a Ces tr i en sis,vol . i . referred to,5,8,9,10.

otog h of N otog h,30.

otog h,Richard de,30.

otog h,Hen ry,of N otog h,30.

otton,G ilbert de,50.

Nowell,Dean,Nowell,Dr . A lexander,founder of theSchool at Middleton,100.

N owell,Robert,101.Nugen t Walter,and Margaret his mother,widow of Richard Nugen t,76.

Nuttall,Ashton,10.

Nuttall,Dorothy,10.

Nuttall,Fran cis,10.

Nuttall Hall,29 .

Nuttall,Jane,10.

Nuttall,John,10.

Nuttall,Rob ert,of Bury,31.Nuttall,Robert,of Kempsey HouseE sq .31.Nuttall,Rob ert,Merchan t,31.ut tall,Thomas,of Bury,Gent .31.Nuttall,Thomas,of Tottington,36.

Nuttall,Thomas,Gen t . 30,115 ; hisdaughter and heiress,Margaret,of Adam Bag shawe E sq .30,115 .

ut tall,Thomas,son of Nathan Nuttall,30.

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Oakenrod Hall,127.

Obituary Window in Bolton Church,8 .

Oblation money at Bolton,7.

Odcroft,Mr . Jehn,Min ister of Stretford,95,96.

Ogden,Mr . John,120.

Okeden,Adam de,son of Nicholas deOk eden,129 ; Avicia his wife,129 ;A lexander his son,129 .

Okeden,Adam de,and A lice his daug hter,wife of John Chadwick,129 .

Ok enrode,Hugh dele,127.

Ok enrode,Thomas dele,127.

Okey,Mr . John,14.

Oldfield,Humphrey,76,95 .

Oldfield,Mr. John,and his wife Elizabeth,sister of Humphrey Booth,94.

Oldham,the Church of,112 .

Oldéiam Church endowed as a Rectory,10.

Oldham,Barnard,Archdeacon of Comwall,70.

Oldham,Eva,daughter of William,sonof Adam de Oldham,115 .

Oldham,Hugh,Bishop of Exeter,68,69,70 ; born at Crumpsall,72.

Oldham,the Manor of,111.Oldham,Richard,son of William,sonof Adam de Oldham,111.Oldham,Richard de,and Margery Cudworth,his daughter,111,115 .

Oldham,Robert,son of Adam de Oldham,115,Oley,Barnaby,Open shaw,66.

Ordsall,67.

Ordshall,57,67.

Orm Fitz Eward or Ailward,3,56.

Orme,Mr . 45 .

Ormerod,Dr.,the Cheshire Historian,3.Ormerod,George,of Tyldesley and Sed15

116

1ry Esq .30 ; on the Stanley L eg end,Ormskirk,56.

Orrell of Orrell n ear Upholland,22.

Orrell,Ralph,22 .

Orrells of Turton,7,25 .

Orrell,William,Richard,and John,23.Orrell,William,son and heir of JohnOrrell,25 .

Ousey,Ralph,Esq . 5 .

Outwood,109,118,119 .

Over,in the county of Cambridge,9 .

Over th ’ Fields Oversfield,34.

Parishes,sixty-two in Lancashire in1754,2 .

Park,4.

Park Hall,16.

Parker,Archbishop,founds a S chool atRochdale,126 endows it,130.

Parker,Edward,133.Parker,Henry,page to Henry VIII .130.

Parr,Ann,Wife of Nicholas S tarkie of

Huntroyd Esq . 52 .

Parr,Richard,and his wife,HelenWorsle 52 .

Parsen ages,24.

Parting ton,John,76.

Paslew,Jehn,Abbot of Whalley,130 ;un cle of Thomas Wolstenholme,130.

Paul’s,S t .,Dean of,106.

Pearson,Bishop,liberal towards N onconformists,43.Peel,39 .

Peel Hall,39.

Pembroke Hall,Cambridge,16.

Pendlebury,52 .

Pendlebury,Mr . Henry,Min ister of

Holcomb,36; and of Horwi ch,41and of A shworth,103of Turton103; his L ife,by Robert S eddon,103.Pendleton,51,52.

Pendleton,George,81.Pendleton Hall,49.

Penwortham,Lieut . Col. Rawstorne of,30.

Peploe,Samuel,Bishop of Chester,13,33; E lizabeth his daughter,13.Percevall,Hon . Edward,13.Percivall,Katherin e,wife of JosephPeckford,114.

Percivall,Robert,of Bamford,35 .

Perc ivall,Thomas,df Royton,76.

Percivall,Thomas,of Man chester,Merchan t,114.

Percy,Margaret,daughter of Henry dePercy,6.

Perp oin t,Thomas de,37.

Piccop e,Rev. John,of Farndon,67.

Pickford,Jeseph,of Alt Hill E sq .114.

Pickford,Mrs . Priscilla,5 .

Pickford,William Percivall,E sq .114.

Pig h ells,Dan iel,Min ister of Todmorden,149.

Pigot,Henry,Vicar of Rochdale,153.Pike House Evidences quoted,60,62,63.Pike House,31,160.

Pilkington,Arthur,of Bradley,111

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Radclyffe,John,of Radclyffe Esq . and

James his brother,60.

Radclyffe,Richard,of Radcliffe,67.

Radclyffe,Richard,son of John,49 Johnhis brother,49 .

Radclyffe,Robert,of Withen shaw,67.

Ramsbottom,Mr . James,110.

Ramsden,William and John,145 .

Ramsey,Edward and Robert,E sqrs .121.Rasb otham

’s,Mr . Dorning,MSS . quoted,

45,99,108 .

Ratchdale Church,34,121.Rathb ande,William,Clerk,8 0.

Rathb ande,Mrs .10.

Ravalde,Nicholas,Priest,59,60 Johnhis heir,60.

Rawsthorne,Edward,of Lum,and Elizab eth his daughter,18 .

Rawsthorne,Edward,of Newhall,andAlice his daughter,31.Rawsthorn e E lizabeth,daughter of Edward,of Lumm,30.

Rawsthorn e,Lauren ce,of Newhall,45 .

Rawsthorn e,Laurence,of Windsor,30.

Rawsthorn e,Lieut . Col. Laurence,30.

Rawsthorne,William,and his wife Mar

garet,daughter of Emer Halliwell,29 .

Reddish,A lexander,and Catherine hiswife,67,107 ; Sarah and Grace,hisdaughters,67.

Reddish-Hall,67.

Redish 66.

Reeves E ccles . An tiq. of D own,'

enn er,an d D romore,2 .

Resp ubli ca,by S ir Jehn Prestwich,107.

Reynolds,Fran cis,75 .

Reynolds,Mary,75 .

Reynolds,Thomas, of London and

S trangeways,Rhodes,109.

Richards,Mrs . Catherine,of S trangeways,68 ; her Will and Charities,75 .

Richardson,Mr . 40.

Ridg e Hill,4.

Ridgway,Joseph,of Ridgmon t Esq . 42 .

Rig bye,A lice,wife of Roger Kenyon E sq .

M .P .39 .

Rig b ye,George,fourth son of A lexander,of Middleton,39 .

Ringley, Chapel built by N a

than Walworth,117 ; endowed byhim,118 ; endowmen t increased b y_William Hulme Esq .118 ; augmentedby Mr . A sheton,Rector of Prestwich,119 ; School,119 .

Rishton,John,of Farnworth,41.Riving ton,11,16,19,20.

Rivington,A lexander de,19 .

Rivington,Cecily de,19 .

Rivington Hall,20,21.Rivington,Mr . 20.

Rivington,Portrait of Bishop Pilkingtonat,21.Rivington,Richard,21.Rivington S chool,founded by BishopPilkington,21S t . John ’s Coll. Cambridge elects the Master,22 .

Roberts,Edward,Esq . 23.Robin son,Ralph,of Kearsley,67 ; Elizabeth his daughter,wife of WilliamHulme E sq . 67.

Roby’s Trad i ti on s of L an cashi re,12 .

Rochdale,34,47,121an accoun t ofthe Manor,121and Advowson,122Foundation deed of Trinity Chap el,123some accoun t of it,123S t . Ka

therin e’s Chapel,123new Fon t,124an account of the Tithes of,130i;James Dearden,Lay Impropriator,130 ; Memorials of the GrammarSchool,131.Rode,William,123.Roger Bishop of Lichfield,56.

Rootes,Mr . Z .106.

Rothwell,James,Vicar of Dean,42,4345 .

Rothwell,James,of Cockey,105 .

Rothwell,William,Curate of Bury,aft erwards Vicar of Leyland,28 .

Rothwell,William,Vicar of Dean,38 .

Royds,Clemen t,127.

Royds,James,of Faling e,127.

Royds,John,154.

Royton,112 .

Royton Hall,114.

Royton Park,114.

Rumworth,38,39,41Rumworth S chool,40.

Husham Rusholme,67,79.

Ryton,112,113.

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Saddleworth,143; the Manor,Church,endowment,augmentation by JohnW ild,144; the Inhabitan ts claim thePatronage,145 ; their address to Bishop Gastrell,146.

Sale,Henry,123.Salford,66.

Salford Bridge,Chap el on,48 .

Salford Chapel,65,92 .

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Salford Hundred contains only elevenParishes,2 .

Sanderson,M r .,Vicar of Bolton,10.

Sand iforth,Geoffrey,and Isabel his Wife,123.Sandiforth,R . 76.

Saunderson,Elis,65 .

Saunderson,Richard,65 .

Savage,Maud,daughter of Sir JohnSavage of Clifton,48 .

Savage,Richard,Lord Colchester,50.

Savile,S ir Henry,of Th ernh ill,121,130Savile,S ir Rob ert of Howley,121.Savoy,Amadeus de,58 .

Savoy,the,124.

Saxton ’s Map of Lan cashire,34,8 8 .

S choles,George,of Chadderton,yeoman,116.

Scholes,Mr . Jacob,of Ringley,119 .

S choles,John,of E lton,111.S choles,Mr . of Prestwich,111.S chelefield,Alice,daughter of JamesS chelefield,and wife of Seth ClaytonE sq .151.

S cholefield,Captain James,142 .

Schelefield Hall,some account of,142.

S cholefield,James,145 ; Robert his son,145 .

Sch elefield,John,son of Jehn de Schelefield,142 .

Schelefield,Mr . Jonathan,Minister ofHeywood,34.

S cholefield,Radcliffe,Esq .151.S colfeld,A rthur,of Scolfeld,140.

Scolfeld,Cuthbert,of S colfeld,140.

Sedall,Henry,60.

Sedb ury,30.

S eddon,James,of Prestolee,118 .

S eddon,Mary,106.

Seddon,Peter,of Ringley,117,118 .

Seddon,Rob ert,of Pilkin g t on,117.

S edgwick,Mr . Edward,56.

S edgwick,Rog er,of Man chester,127.

S elside,77.

Semp ill,Hugh,eleventh Lord,31Sarahhis wife,31.

Sephton,41.333th,” a seat in E ccles Church,48,

Shadwell’s,Vice Chan cellor,Decree respecting Manchester S chool,71.

Sharrock,James,of Turton,26.

Shaw Chapel,120 ; no endowment,120augmented by Mr . Asheton,120.

Shaw,Mr . George,19,20,22 .

Shaw,Giles,of Saddleworth,145,146.

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Shaw,John and Richard,and their sisterAnn,wife of James Feildin g,21.

Shaw,Lawrence,of High Bullough,20,22.

Shaw,Oliver,of Hey Side,119 .

Shaw,Robert,of High Bullock,Gent .21.

Shaw,Thomas,21.Shaw,Thomas de,and Alexander hisson,119 .

Shaw,Thomas and Henry,119 .

Shepherd,Mrs . Mary,of Westminster,157 abstract of her Will,157.

Shepherd,Robert,late of Bury,32 .

Shepley Hall,4,5 .

Shepley,John,a Grocer,5 .

Shepley,Peter de,and Jan e,5 .

Sherburn Hospital,14.

Sherlock,Dr .,of Winwick,53.Sherlock,William or Samuel,75 .

Shore,Thomas,of Shore,Gen t .133.Shore,Mrs .,a Benefactor to Littleborough,135 .

Shover,or Shelver,7Shuttleworth,E llen,77.

S iddall,Edward,of S lade,69 .

S iddall,Richard,of Withing ton,69.

S idebottom,Mr .,Rector of Middleton,106.

S impson,Rev . John,and Elizabeth hisdaughter,12 .

Skelmersdale,Lord,45 .

S lade Hall,67.

S lade,Jean,69 .

Slade Rev. James,Vicar of Bolton,8 .

Slade,Ralph,of Clifton,50.

S lade,Ralph,69 .

Slade,Thomas,69 .

Smalshaw,4.

Smersall,Lauren ce,95 .

Smeth ills Hall,39,52.

Smethurst Hall,99 .

Smith,Charlotte Mary,13.Smith George,of Aynsworth,10,26.

Smith,James,34.

Smith,Mr. John,of Oldham,120.

Smith,Richard,Parson of Bury,29.

Smith,Thomas,of Radcliffe,Gent . 7.

Smith Thomas,of Rochdale,127 Ellenhis daughter,wife of John EntwisleE sq .127.

Snidale Hall in Westhoughton,52 .

Somerset’s,Duchess of,Exhibitions,72 ;some accoun t of her Grace,72.

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Somerton,Thomas,a blacksmith,Min ister of Todmorden,148—9 .

S ondefor th Ralph,D .D . 70.

Sorecold,Ralph,of Gelhorn,83.Soueracre,4.

S outhwell Collegiate Church,64.

Speke’s Chan try in Exeter Cathedral,9.

Spotland,Adam de,122.

S potland,Alexander de,122 .

S tafford,Adam de,Archdeacon of Chester,144.

S tamford and Warrington,Geo . Harry,Earl of,3.

S tamford,Henry,Earl of,5 .

S tand Hall in Pilkington Park,110.

Sta

pdish,Rev . John Chadwick,Rector

e 5 .

S tanlaw Abbey,37,46,47.

Stan ley,Hon . and Rev . John,28 .

S tanleys of Holt Castle,51.Stanley,Joan,daughter of S ir WilliamStan ley,and wife of S ir RichardBrereton,51.

S tan ley,James,Bishop of Ely,61,62,65 .

S tann icliffe,101.S tann cliffe Hall,99.

Stap y ton,Rob ert de,144.

S tapylton,Sir William de,144.

Starkie,Mr. Jehn,of Heywood,110his wife Mary,128 his MS . D iaryquoted,104.

S tarkie,Jehn,of Huntroyd E sq .12,72,118 Margaret his wife,12.

S tarkie,L . G. P . E sq,12 .

S tarkie,Nicholas,and his wife,Ann

Parr,52 .

S tarky,James,Esq . of Heywood,29,110.

Starky,John,of Rochdale,29,34,35,S tarky,Jehn,of Penn ington,35 .

S tead,Samuel,of Rochdale,Merchant,and Judith his wife,128 .

S tock,Mr . Nathan,35 .

S tock,J .102.

S toke,Geoffrey de,Rector of Manchester,5 8 .

S tones,Henry de,147.

S ton es,William,of Sharples,26.

S tonor,Thomas,of Stonor,Esq . andCatherine h is wife,41.

Stran g eways Hall,67.

S trangeways,Thomas de,68 .

S tratford,Bishop,19,104,121.S treet in Heath Charnock,21.

Street in Pilsworth,98 .S trete,Thomas,Gen t .130.

S tretford,66,67,95 .

Stubley Hall,136.

S tubley,John de,136.

S tabley,Nicholas de,136.

S tyche in the coun ty of Salop,31.Suffield,Harbord,Lord,97.

Sumn er,Bishop of Chester,79,99 .

Sunderland Hall,4,5 .

Sutton,Robert,of Man chester,Ann hiswife,and Robert his son,76.

Swin ton,51.S i

gi

éi ten,Griffith,Min ister of Newton,

Sydall,Henry,60.

Sydall,S ir Henry,61,62.

Syddall,Hen ry,111.Symonds,Robert,M .A . 98 ; Curate ofShaw,120 ; Chaplain of ManchesterCollege,120 ; Rector of Middleton,121his family and sufferings,120,121; his son and two daughters,121;his Will,121.

Synods Synodalia Synodals Synedies,2 .

Talbot,Ann,Wife of James A shetonEsq .116.

Talbot,Thomas,son of S ir Thomas Talbot of Bashall,116.

Talleb ois,Ivo,48 .

Taunton,4.

Taylor,Edmund,of Horsedg e Hall,115 .

Taylor,E llinor,daughter of John Taylor,wife of John Nuttall,115 .

Taylor,E lizabeth,daughter of Mr . Taylor,wife of William Langley,115 .

Taylor,E lizabeth,72 .

Taylor,James,of Sharples,11.Taylor,James,sen . and James,jun . of

Brig h tmet,72.

Taylor,George,of Blackrod,15 .

Taylor,John,of Bradford House,E sq . 9 .

Taylor,Richard,8 9.

Taylor,Sarah,8 9.

Taylor,S ir William,Curate of Saddleworth,144.

Tempest,S tephen,of Broughton,Esq .

and Eliz abeth his wife,41.Testa de N evill’,3,12,15,46,55,56,110.

Tetlow,66,76.

Tetlow,Edmund,sen . and Edmund,jun .117.

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Turton Tower,25,74.

Tylston,Mr .,Vicar of Rochdale,141.V i rg il’s Al’n . quoted,2.

Vicar’s Hill House,Lymington,13.V alor of Pep e Nicholas,37.

Valentine,Richard,Esq . 49.

Vesey,John,A rchdeacon of Chester,70V iolett,Massted,Clerk,141.Urmston,formerly Orm-E sten,3,56.

Urmston Hall in Flixton,56.

Urmston,Adam de,56.

Umfravill,G ilbert de,and Robert hisson,6.

Unsworth,31,34,109.

Wailes of Newcastle,8 .

Wainwright,Chancellor,23.Wainwri ht,Thomas,Esq . 23.Walker, dmund,117.

Walk er,Mr . John,21,90 ; his Sermonat Newt on ’s Funeral,21.Walker,Mr .,a Dissenting Teacher at

Horwich,43.Walker,Re er,of Radcliffe,111.Walker’s ufier inys of the Clerg y,quoted,4,15,18,21,23,28,34,38,121.Walker,William,of Radcliffe,111.Wallbank,34.

Walmersley,29,30.

Walmersley S chool,32.

Walmesley becke,23.Walmsley,25,28 .

Walmsley,George,129.

Walmsley,Rev . Henry,of N ew Malton,and Doroth

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his daughter,18 .

Walmsley,Jo n,of Gooselane,129.

Walmsley,John,of Castlemere,Esq .129.

Walter,Theob ald,56.

Walton,Henry,of Marsden Hall Esq .152.

Walton,Mr . James,Minister of Blackle 81.Wa worth,Mr . Nathan,of London,117;Founder of Ringley Chapel and School,117 ; some account of him,117,118 ;his .MS . Corresp ondence,118 .

Warburton,Richard,Rector of Middleton,98 .

Wardleworth,Jehn,81.Wardleworth,William,8 0.

Wardley Hall,50.

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Ware,Sir John1a,58 .

Ware’s,Dr. Hibbert,History of the Colleg iate Church of Manchester,97.

Warr,John,Baron dela,and h is wifeJoan3.Warr,De La,Lord Richard,8 0.

Warr,Lord dela,17,23,58 .

Warr,La,Lord Reginald West,63.Wart s,Re erla,48,5 8 .

Warr,La,erd Thomas West,62,8 0.

Warr,Thomas dela,3,59.

Warring ton,Lord,1,5 .

Wa

i‘rring ton and Stamford,G . H . Earl

0 3.Warring ton,40.

Warrington,Trin ity Chapel in the Parish of,77.

Warrington,Mary,Countess of,72 .

Waterhouses,4.

Waterland,Dr . 44.

Watmoug h,Hugh,B.D . 29.

Watson,Jane,154.

Watson,Rob ert,Gent .154.

Wa

ggon,Dr . Robert,of Paddingt on,1

Watt’s,Rev . Thomas,L ife of D r . A sshe

ton,98 .

Webb,Raphe,Parish Clerk of Rechdale,152 .

Welsh,John,of Turton,26; of Ted

morden,150 ; of Newchurch,151.Wentworth,Mr. Watson,107.

Weseham,Rog er de,Bishop of Litchfield,8 .

West,Reginald,Lord dela Warr,5 8 .

West,Thomas,Esq . 58 .

West Halg h ton,45 .

Westhaug h ton,38 .

West Hoghton Chapel,37.

Westhoughton,39,45 .

Westleigh,64.

W estmin ster,Rob ert,Marquess of,107.

Westmoreland,Archdeacon of,64.

Westmoreland,Ralph Nevill,Earl of,48 .

Whalley Abbey,37.

Whalley S chool,101.Whalley,James,of Sparth Esq .158 .

Whalley,Robert de,122.

Wheatley,Mr. 44.

Wheelton near Riving ton,22 .

Whitak er’s H i story of Richmondshi re,noted,9,98h itaker

’s H i story of Whalley,

rected,125,126,132,137,143.

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Whitefield,109.

Whitehaven,77.

Whitehead,Henry,Gent . and Mary,hisdaughter and heiress,32,34.

Whitehead,James,Constab le of Ent

wiele,24.

Whitehead,Richard,of Pilsworth,34.

Whitehead,Richard,102,104.

Whitehead,Thomas,of Bury,Gent . 7.

Whitehead,Thomas,Curate of Bradshaw,18 .

Whitehead,Thomas,of Field House,34.

Whitfield Hall in Crompton,113,114.

WV h itg ift,A rchbishop,a Benefactor toRochdale,131.Whittle,Hug h,of Horwich,and Eleanor his daughter,wife of S ir ThomasWilloughby,42 .

Whittle,Tithes of,34.

Whitworth,34; some account of theearly Lords of,154 Inhabitants builda Chapel— disputes about the Patronag e,155 ; Advowson bought by Mr .John S tarky,156; ancient endowment bell Chapel rebuilt againrebuilt,157.

Whitworth,John,of Newton,69.

Whitworth,Mr . J . 95 .

Wigan S chool,12.

Wiggan,Mr. Jehn,79 .

Wigland School,12Wild,John,145 .

Wild,Jehn,Incumbent of Saddleworth,144 his Will,144.

Wild,Ottiwell,145 .

Wilde,James,of Shaw,Elizabeth hiswife,and James his nephew,117.

W illiamson,Mr .,Vicar of Eccles,49Willis,Mrs . Helen,53.Willis,Richard,of Halsnead Esq . 53Willoughby,Baldwin,69.

Willoughby,George,seventeenth Baron,of Parham,42 .

Willoughby,Hugh Lord,54; his wife

genera,daughter of S ir Thos . Leigh,

Willoughby,S ir Thomas,Bart . 42.

W ilmslow,Chancellor,brother of BishopBonner,39 .

Wliis70n,William,of Pep p itherne Gent .Wilton,Earl of,107.

W ilton,Lord Grey de,11.Wilton,Thomas,second Earlof,110,

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Windle,40.

Windsor,30.

Wlipptanley,Clement,of Braunston Esq .

Wirrall,Deanery of,64.

Witherslack in the county of Westmoreland,77.

Withington,66,8 8 .

Witney Church,Oxfordshire,8 .

Welden Hall,50,52,82.

Wolfenden,James,of Hades,a Benefactor to Whitworth,155 .

Wolstenholme,Mrs . Deborah,102 .

Wolstenholme,Esther,daughter and

heiress of John Wolstenholme,of Arthur Kay,130.

Wolstenholme,Francis,and Jehn hisson,sell the E state,130.

Wolstenholme Hall,125,129,130.

Wolstenholme,Hugh,and Thomas hisson,130.

Wolstenholme,Jane,wife of John W elstenholme,130.

Wolstenholme,John de,129.

Wolstenholme,Martin de,and Roberthis brother,129.

Wolstenholme,Thomas,nephew of Ah

b ot Paslew,130.

VVelveley,Alice de,and her son,Thomasde Tonge,110.

Wood,John,of Turton,23.Wermall,Ciceley,Wife of Mr. LaurenceShaw,22.

Wormhill,30.

Wern eth Hall,113,115 .

Wern eth,William de,115 .

Worsley,51.Worsley,Geoffrey de,37,51.Worsley Hall,49,50,54.

Worsley,Helen,daughter of RichardWorsle of Hempnall,and wife of

Richar Parr,52 .

Worsley,Jordan,and Margaret hisdaughter,51.Worsley,Mr . of Booths,49.

Worsley,Ralph,91.Worsley,Robert de,51the familyremoved to Hovingham,51.Worsley,S eth,48 .

Worthing t on,Mellicent,widow of RalphWorthmg ton,38 .

Wrigley,Betty,daughter of the Rev.Henry Wrigley,and Wife of the Rev .

Michael Ferab ee,100.

Wrigley,Henry,of Langley,17.

Mr . Henry of Manchester,

Henry,of Chamber Hall,

Wrig ley,Mr . Henry,of Langley,102 .

Wrigley,Mr . Henry; of Salford,115 .

Wrigley,Martha,wife of J oseph Gregge,115 .

Wroe,Dr . his charity to Radcliffe,160.

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