A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



to 2 ; this remained the nominal value in I34i. 5> 

 In 1535, however, the value of the tithes and obla- 

 tions was reckoned as 9 13^. I id. ; out of which 

 3/. was paid to the Archdeacon of Richmond and 

 los. was distributed to the poor on Maundy Thurs- 

 day according to ancient custom.* 3 



An inventory of the church goods made in 1446 

 shows that it was well furnished with books and 

 vestments. 44 



After the dissolution of the monastery it does not 

 clearly appear what provision was made for divine 

 worship," but the king as rector and then the 

 Holcrofts and their successors would pay a chaplain to 

 perform at least the minimum service. The stipend 

 also would be a minimum, and in 1610 Lytham was 

 reported as ' an usurped impropriation ' (as it was 

 supposed) possessed by one Mr. Roger Ley, gentle- 

 man, dwelling in the parsonage-house ; the stipendiary 

 minister (was) a bare reader and careless. 56 In 1604 

 it was reported that the parish clerk could neither 

 read nor write." In 1650 the tithes were worth 

 29 a year ; the patron and impropriator was 

 Thomas Clifton, ' a Papist and delinquent ' ; the 

 minister had no allowance or salary, but 50 was 

 allowed by the Committee of Plundered Ministers. 48 

 In 1717 Bishop Gastrell found that _zo a year was 

 allowed to the curate by the lay rector, who nomi- 

 nated him ; and the surplice fees came to z. There 

 were then neither schools nor charities.* 9 A grant 

 was afterwards obtained from Queen Anne's Bounty 

 and other endowments were given, 60 the vicar's income 

 now amounting to about 400." The trustees of 

 J. T. Clifton are patrons. 



The following have been curates and vicars : 



oc. 1548-62 George Lorimer" 

 oc. 1610 Hugh Grimbalson c * 

 oc. 1619 Peter Bullock" 

 oc. 1622 Brown 65 

 oc. 1639 Robert Brodbelt 6 * 



oc. 1646-54 William Armisteed" 



oc. 1678-1701 James Threlfall 68 



1701 Josiah Birchall 69 



1717 Timothy Pollard n 



1741 Ashton Werden, M.A. 71 (T.C.D.) 



1743 Robert Willacy " 



1759 Thomas Place 



1760 John Gibson '* 

 1800 Robert Lister, B.A." 



1834 Richard Barton Robinson, M.A." 

 (Queen's Coll., Oxf.) 



1 870 Henry Beauchamp Hawkins, M.A. 76 

 (Trinity Coll., Camb.) 



At the east end of the town St. John's Church 

 was built in 1848-50; the Clifton trustees are 

 patrons." At Fairhaven St. Paul's was built as a 

 chapel of ease to the parish church in 1904. St. 

 Anne's-on-the-Sea has taken its name from St. Anne's 

 Church built in that part of the township in 

 1872-3; Lady Drummond's trustees are pa'rons. 

 There is a mission church of St. Thomas built in 

 1900 ; the present vicar of St. Anne's is the 

 patron, but Mr. J. T. Clifton will succeed after his 

 de.ith. 



The Wesleyan Methodists opened a chapel in 

 1846; the present church succeeded it in 1868"; 

 they also have chapels at Fairhaven, 1899, and 

 St. Anne's, 1892, with mission halls. The Strict 

 Baptists have long had a meeting-place M ; their 

 present chapel is at Pollux Gate, Fairhaven. There 

 are two more recent Baptist chapels, at Ansdell and 

 St. Anne's, 1884-6; the former was rebuilt in 

 1908. 



The Congregationalists opened their first church in 

 1862*'; they have now another at Fairhaven, 

 1903-4, and a third at St. Anne's, 1894-6."' At 

 the last-named place the Christian Brethren also have 

 a meeting-room. 



payment of id. to the synod or to the 

 fabric of the mother church of York had 

 been refused in the time of Thomas the 

 elder (1070 noo), formerly archbishop. 

 The chrism pence were remitted by 

 Archbishop Thurstan ; Lytham D. at 

 Durham, 2 a, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 6. 



<* In<j. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 37. The 

 reduction was accounted for by 20*. 

 altarage and zos. loss by the destruction 

 wrought by the Scots. 



63 Valor Eccl. ut sup. 



H Lytham D. at Durham ; printed in 

 Hist, of Lytham (Chet. Soc.), 29. 



65 Thomas Dannett by the lease of 

 *539 was bound to provide an able and 

 honest priest to celebrate divine service j 

 Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 38. 



M Hist. MSS. Com. Rtf. iciv, App. iv, 9. 



67 Visit. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg. 



58 Commonly. Ck, Sur*v. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 156. An allowance 

 of 40, increased to 50, was decreed in 

 1646 out of the lay rector's sequestrated 

 tithes ; Plund. Mint. Accts. i, 40, 45. 



69 Notitia Ctstr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 446-7. 

 There were two churchwardens. 



60 A board in the church stated that 

 the Countess Dowager Gower gave ,150 

 in 1765 and Queen Anne's Bounty 

 200 ; this was invested in the purchase 

 of Ryheads in Goosnargh in 1768. 



About 1,300 was given between 1801 

 and 1814. 



61 Manch. Dioc. Dir. 



61 Visit. Lists at Chester. Thomas 

 Primett, priest, of Kirkham, in 1564 be- 

 queathed his velvet cap, &c., to George 

 Lorimer ; Richmond Wills (Surtees Soc.), 

 172. 



M From his presentment of recusants 

 in the Consistory Ct. papers, Chester. 



64 Visit, papers, Chester. 



65 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 69 ; Visit. Lists. 



66 Ibid, i, 124 ; he was at Bispham in 

 1622 ; ibid. 69. The will of Robert 

 Brodbelt of Bispham, clerk, 1 674, is printed 

 in Fishwick's Bhpham (Chet. Soc.), 43. 

 He may have been a Royalist, as he does 

 not appear during the Commonwealth 

 period. 



67 Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 40, 141. He 

 had been curate and schoolmaster of 

 Kirkham ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.), i, 68, 124. 



68 In the Visitation List of 1691 he is 

 stated to have been ordained in 1663 ; he 

 may have been at Lytham the whole time. 

 He was the 'minister' in 1678 when a 

 collection of i 31. 8</. was made for the 

 rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral, Sir 

 Thomas Clifton and Mr. James Threlfall 

 heading the list with 51. each ; N. and Q. 

 (Ser. 5), x, 164. He was conformable ' 

 in 1689 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rtp. xiv, App. 

 iv, 229. He bequeathed 2 used for the 

 school, the date being given as 1 702. 



"In 1707 the minister did not wear 

 the surplice ; Visit, returns. 



*<* Nominated by the University of 



218 



Cambridge. The vacancy was caused by 

 the death of the preceding incumbent ; 

 Chester Dioc. Reg. In 1725 the sacra- 

 ment was administered thrice a year. 



71 Nominated by Alexander Osbnldeston 

 of Preston, who also nominated the next 

 incumbent. Went to Bispham. 



n Buried at Lytham, 1758 ; Hist, of 

 Lytham (Chet. Soc .), 61. 



In 1745 the holy sacrament was ad- 

 ministered five times a year ; Visit, 

 returns. 



73 Nominated by Abigail Clayton of 

 Lark Hill, Blackburn, as widow and 

 executrix of Thomas Clayton, executor 

 of Alexander Osbaldeston. 



74 Nominated by John Clayton of 

 Little Harwood. 



75 He was nominated by Thomas 

 Clifton. He died in 1872 ; there is a 

 memorial tablet in the church, subscribed 

 by parishioners. 



76 Hon. Canon of Manchester, 1891. 



77 Porter, op. cit. 446. 



78 A district was assigned to it in 

 1877 ; Land. Gax. 26 Oct. 



7 Porter, op. cit. 445. 



80 Ibid. 439 ; the original small clapel, 

 holding about thirty worshippers, was 

 openeo ..'-"'I 1820. 



61 Nightingale, Lanct Nonconf. i, 

 106-9. 



82 In this is a m morial brass for W. J. 

 Porritt, who is rarded as the founder of 

 St. Anne's. 



