AMOUN-DERNESS HUNDRED 



held land in Newsham of John Warren in I573-" 7 

 The Fishwicks occur.'** 



HOLLOWFORTH with its mill was the estate 

 bought by Robert de Holland in 1292 "' and held in 

 1323-4 by William de Holland of Euxton of the 

 heirs of Stockport by a rent of 2/. 1 ** Like Euxton it 

 descended to Molyneux of Sefton," 1 and was in 

 1558 sold by Sir Richard Molyneux to George 

 Newsham. 1 ** Land in Hollowforth was held by the 

 Middletons in 1600-40.'** The estate of Lawrence 

 Parkinson of Hollowforth was one of those sequestered 

 and sold under the Commonwealth. 1 * 4 There is still 

 a mill at Hollowforth. 



Alexander Rigby, James Sidgreaves and Thomas 

 Helme each paid 10 in 1631, having refused 

 knighthood.'** 



John Reynolds of Newsham as a ' Papist ' registered 

 a leasehold estate in this part of the township in 

 1717."* Robert Shepherd of Barnacre did the 

 same." 7 



In the grant of Kirkhatn to Vale 

 CHURCH Royal Abbey in 1281 its chapels ' were 

 included,"* so that it is probable that 

 ST. MART'S, Goosnargh, already existed. It was 

 frequently called a ' church,' and its district a ' parish ' 

 before the Reformation.'" Direct proof of its 

 existence begins in 1330, when its ' chaplain ' was 

 required to send an ox of the value of lot. to the 

 Abbot of Vale Royal (as rector) every year. 160 

 Complaint was made of an assault upon Sir Adam 

 Banastre at Goosnargh Church in 1336,"' and that 

 the chapel was in constant use is shown by the names 

 of the ministering priests which have been preserved. 1 " 

 John son of Adam de Whittingham granted certain 

 lands in 1379-80 to Henry Moton, the rent being a 

 pound of wax, due to the church of B. Mary of 



KIRKHAM 



Goosnargh."* There was in it a second altar, that of 

 St. John the Baptist, the priest at which in 1528-9 

 received an endowment perhaps temporary from 

 William Barnes of Tewkesbury." 4 A more substantial 

 endowment was secured to the chaplain celebrating 

 in the ' church or chapel ' of B. Mary the Virgin of 

 Goosnargh by Alan Singleton, the statutes of the 

 chantry being ordained by Roger Singleton in 1508."* 

 This chantry was in existence at the confiscation of 

 such endowments in 1547-8. It had a revenue 

 of 5 a year. 1 " 



What happened during the next fifty or sixty 

 years is uncertain. A curate was probably maintained 

 there, but the stipend was only 3 i8/. from the 

 tithes of Christ Church, Oxford, 1 * 7 increased no doubt 

 by occasional offerings. The curate of 1611 was 

 presented to the bishop for having given notice of the 

 rush bearing ' on the Sabbath day,' leading to piping 

 in the church and churchyard,"* while eleven years 

 later the curate had not preached himself and had 

 procured only two sermons in the year ; he kept ale 

 to sell.'" The arrangement of the seats in 1635 

 has been preserved. 170 The Presbyterian discipline 

 was accepted without resistance in 1646, and the 

 minister in 1648 signed the ' Harmonious Consent.' 

 There was in 1650 no allowance to the minister, 

 except 50 from the Committee of Plundered 

 Ministers. 171 This would, of course, cease at the 

 Restoration, but Christ Church afterwards increased 

 the allowance from the tithes to 1 9 1 8/. I7> About 

 1720 a grant was obtained from Queen Anne's 

 Bounty, 175 and the incumbent's income has gradually 

 increased until it is now 20 1. 174 A separate parish 

 was assigned in 1846."' 



The church stands on the north side of the village 

 of Goosnargh, and consists of chancel 25 ft. 6 in. 



147 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, 

 no. 30, 34. 



1411 See the account of Bultnape. Adam 

 Fishwick in 1558 sold messuages in 

 Newsham, Sec., to Ralph Masty and 

 William Neild ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdlc. 18, m. 1 6 ; 19, m. Ji. 



149 Final Cane, i, 175 ; Robert ton of 

 Adam de Holland acquired z oxgangs 

 of land, a mill, Sec., in Newsham from 

 Adam de Newsham. In a pleading of 

 the same year already referred to Robert 

 de Holland was joined with Adam de 

 Acton in defending the right of two 

 messuages, 80 acres of land, a water-mill, 

 Sec., claimed by Richard son of Adam de 

 Acton. Both claimed by gift of Adam, but 

 Richard withdrew, acknowledging Robert's 

 right ; Astize R. 408, m. 1 7 d. The name 

 Hollowforth doe* not appear till much later. 



'*" Lanct. Inj. and Extents, ii, 162. 



'" Richard Molyneux died in 1397 

 holding a plat of land called Hollowforth 

 in Amoundemesi ; Lanct. Inq, f.m. (Chet. 

 Soc.), i, 71. 



Sir William Molyneux in 1548 held 

 Hollowforth of Sir Edward Warren in 

 socage by 21. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. ir, no. 2. 



151 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, 

 m. 9; ; the estate was described at three 

 messuages, water-mill, 4c. 



1M The tenure of George Middleton 

 of Leighton't land in 1600 wat not 

 recorded, but Thomas Middleton't in 

 1640 wat said to be held of the king in 

 socage in conjunction with Kellamergh ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. e. i ; 

 xiix, no. 64. 



1M Col. Com. for Comf. ii, 1301 ; Index 

 of R/yaliitt, 43. 



l *Miu. (Rec. Soc. Lanct. and Chet.), 

 i, 221. 



" Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. 



Nonjurori, 96. 



147 Ibid. 140. 



1M See the account of Kirkham Church. 



''' Even an official document like the 

 Ministers' Accounts in I $49 speaks of 

 the chantry in the parish church of 

 Goosnargh ; Lanct. and Chet, Rcct. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanct. and Ches.), i, 88. 



160 Ormerod, Out. (ed. Heltby), ii, 167. 



"" Assize R. 430, m. 20. 



'* {Catherine Radcliffc of York in 

 1458 left 201. to the fabric of the chapel 

 of Goosnargh, where the wat born ; Tut. 

 Ebor. (Surtret Soc.), ii, 92. 



10 Add. MS. 32107, no. noo. 



144 Ibid. no. 1012, 1074-5. 



ut Something has been said of the 

 founders' family in the account of Middle- 

 ton. Roger Singleton's deed, apparently 

 for the appointment of new trustees, is 

 printed by Fishwick, op. cit. lie, -18. In 

 the falor Eicl. (Record Com.), v, 263, 

 the founder it called Roger Singleton, and 

 6. SJ. had to be distributed to the poor 

 on his anniversary (St. Luke's Day). In 

 1 548, however, Anne Singleton (perhapt 

 the daughter of Alan) wat laid to have 

 founded it, but no foundation deed wat 

 known, and the priest used to ' celebrate 

 there at his pleasure ' ; Raines, Ckantriei 

 (Chet. Soc.), 242-3. 



" Ibid. 244. The chantry priest oc- 

 cupied Middleton, out of which a rent 

 of 61. wat due to the king't bailiff of 



201 



Amoundernest ; 51. id. and ;j. 6J. were 

 paid to Sir Richard Hoghton and Thomas 

 Catterall respectively at free rentt for 

 other parts of the endowment. 



In addition there was land of the yearly 

 value of 461. 87. devoted to the celebra- 

 tion of obits and the maintenance of 

 lamps in the church ; ibid. 253. Afield 

 called St. Mary's Croft it supposed to 

 have been part of it ; Fishwick, op. cit. 1 6. 



There were three bells ; Raines, op. cit. 

 264, 280. 



U7 Plund. Mint. Accti. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 8 ; Gattrcll, Natitia Can. 

 (Chet. Soc.), ii, 420. 



"* Fishwick, op. cit. 28, citing Rainet 

 MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 86. Cf. Auk,- 

 ton' i lourn. (Chet. Soc.), 41. 



'Fishwick, op. cit. 29. The ale- 

 telling it named in the vititation record 

 of 1619. 



Ibid. 71-3. 



171 Commonvi. C*. Surv. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanct. and Chet.), 155. An allowance 

 of 40 wat made out of the sequestered 

 tithet at early at 1645 ; thitwat increated 

 to 50, but about 1655 reduced to 20 ; 

 Flund. Mini. Accti. i, 8 ; ii, 88, 2IO. 



Gootnargh, which had what wat 

 thought ' a fair parochial chapel,' wat 

 made an independent parish in 1658-9; 

 ibid, ii, 265, 272. 



m Gastrell, op. cit. ii, 420. There 

 were two chapel wardens for Goosnargh 

 and two for Whittingham ; a lit! to 1800 

 it given by Fishwick, op. cit. 86-102. 



17> Fishwick, op. cit. 21. 



" Manet. Dioc. Dir. 



175 By Order in Council 21 Jan. 1846. 



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