A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



September to December 1653, and from April 1659 

 to December i66o. !J 



The churchyard, which lies principally on the north 

 and south sides, is entered from the village at the 

 north-west corner, and is bounded on the west and 

 south-east by a line of beech trees. On the south 

 side are the base and octagonal stump of a cross, the 

 latter 2 ft. 6 in. high, and further west an i8th- 

 century pedestal sundial, the plate dated 1757, with 

 the name of John Miller, Preston, and the motto 

 ' Pereunt et imputantur.' On the east side is a stone 

 slab, much mutilated and worn, with the raised full- 

 length figure of a man with hands clasped. 



The advowson of the church of 

 ADVOWSON Garstang was held by the Lancaster 

 family as appurtenant to their manor 

 or fee of Nether Wyresdale, and in 1 204-5 Gilbert 

 Fitz Reinfred and Helewise de Stuteville were able 

 to'prove their right against the rector of St. Michael's, 

 who alleged that Garstang was a chapelry to which 

 he should appoint. 80 Gilbert afterwards granted the 

 advowson to Cockersand Abbey, 31 and the canons 

 held the church and rectory down to the Dissolution. 

 Queen Mary, in refounding the Savoy Hospital in 

 1556-8, included the advowson of Garstang," and 

 the master of the hospital in 1558, immediately 

 after Elizabeth's accession, demised it to Christopher 

 Anderton of Lostock for ninety-nine years. 8 ' After- 

 wards the advowson appears to have been acquired 

 absolutely, and was in 1679 sold by Sir Charles 

 Anderton of Lostock to Silvester Richmond, a Liver- 

 pool physician, 14 whose son and namesake in 1740 



sold to Richard Pedder of Preston." It has since 

 descended in this family, the present patron being the 

 vicar, the Rev. John Wilson Pedder. 3 ' 



The rectory was in 1291 valued at 26 13^. 4^. 

 a year, but after the incursion of the Scots in 1322 

 this was reduced to io* 7 ; an increase to 12 was 

 recorded in 1341." The valuation of 1535 was 

 only ji9. 89 After the Dissolution the Crown leased 

 the rectory out apart from the advowson, 40 and in 

 1604-5 sold it to Lawrence Baskervill. 41 It appears 

 to have been purchased by Robert Bindloss of Ber- 

 wick, 4 ' who also acquired the lessees' interest,' 8 and in 

 1622 the tithe corn was farmed for a gross sum of 

 274." A rent of 40 was paid to the Crown, and this 

 was part of the queen's income. 44 The main portion 

 of the rectory passed to Standish of Standish by 

 marriage, and has since descended with this manor. 46 



A vicarage was ordained in 1 241 by John Romaine, 

 then Archdeacon of Richmond. The vicar was to 

 have the tithes, &c., of Claughton, which included 

 the hamlets of Douansargh and Heyham, the obla- 

 tions of the entire parish at Christmas, Easter and 

 the patronal feast, with mass pennies and other dues. 

 The vicar was to be responsible for the due celebra- 

 tion of divine service, the payment of the arch- 

 deacon's dues, Peter's pence, &c. A residence was 

 allotted to him at Philiptoft, by the churchyard, also 

 an oxgang of land in the town fields of Garstang 

 exempt from tithes. 47 The vicar's income was in 

 1291 taxed as 13 6/. 8</., reduced after 1322 to 

 $. ta In 1535 the gross value was estimated as 

 14 8/. 8dV' by 1650 this had advanced to /6o, M 



19 Some extracts are given in Fishwick' s 

 Garstang (Chet. Soc.), 117-40. The 

 vestry books go back to 1734 ; ibid. 125. 



30 Gilbert (who was grandson of Rein- 

 fred) said that the advowson of the church 

 of St. Helen of Garstang belonged to his 

 wife Helewise, who had not been sum- 

 moned. She was the daughter and heir 

 of William de Lancaster by Helewise (de 

 Stuteville), the other defendant to the 

 claim on behalf of St. Michael'i. This 

 Helewise said she claimed nothing except 

 as dower, and called Gilbert and Helewise 

 his wife to warrant her ; Assize R. 1039, 

 m. 3. The date is known by an entry 

 in the Pipe Roll, stating that Matthew 

 the Physician owed 10 marks for the 

 summoning of a jury to decide whether 

 the church of Garstang was a chapel of 

 St. Michael's or not ; Fairer, Lanes. 

 Pipe R. 192. The jury stated that 

 St. Helen's had always been regarded 

 as a mother church, and pointed out 

 that it had never been regarded as in 

 the king's gift (as St. Michael's was) in 

 inquiries made in the time of Henry II 

 and of John himself when Count of 

 Mortain ; Curia Regis R. 32, 36. 



31 Cockersand Chartul. (Chct. Soc.), i, 

 178 ; the gift wa made for the souls 

 of Kings Henry and Richard, also of 

 King John, the grantor and his wife, 

 with the consent of William de Lancaster 

 his heir. The date is about 1215, in 

 which year King John ratified it ; ibid. 

 46. Helewise de Stuteville also con- 

 curred ; ibid. 279. William de Lancaster 

 confirmed his father's gift and added 

 4 oxgangs of land ; ibid. 280. 



William Archdeacon of Richmond 

 approved the gift, reserving the right to 

 ordain a vicarage j ibid. 281. Gregory IX 

 confirmed it in 1232 ; ibid. 25. 



The Abbot of Cockersand was rector 



in 1246, when he claimed an oxgang of 

 land as the free alms of his church and 

 not the lay fee of Jordan son of Thorfin ; 

 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 106. Jordan relinquished his claim ; 

 Cockersand Chartul. i, 276. 



3J Anderton D. (Mr. C. J. Stonor). 



38 Ibid. The list of vicars shows that 

 Christopher Anderton presented in 1559. 

 In 1650 another Christopher Anderton, 

 ' a Papist delinquent,' was patron ; Com- 

 montu. C/i. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 149. 



84 Fisliwick, op. cit. 83, citing Pedder 

 D- An account of the Richmond family 

 is given ibid. 83-6. K Ibid. 86. 



36 The descent is thus given : Richard 

 Pedder -gth t. James (vicar, 1755-72) 

 -s. John (vicar, 1794-1835) s. James 

 (vicar, 1835-56) bro. John (vicar, 

 1856-9) bros. Thomas and Richard, of 

 whom the latter survived ; he was of 

 Preston and Finsthwaite House, Ulvers- 

 ton, d. 1891 -bro, Wilson (vicar, 1859 

 91) and his son John Wilson, present 

 vicar, who has afforded the editors this 

 and other information. 



97 Pope.NicA. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 307, 3 27. 



38 Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 37. The 

 contribution of Garstang was recorded as 

 cj 6s. 8</., Claughton i 131. 4</., 

 Catterall i 6s. 8</. and Bilsborrow fi ; 

 the glebe also produced 1 6s. 8</. ; a 

 total of 14 131. 4^. Waste due to the 

 destruction made by the Scots accounted 

 for the 12 reduction. Claughton (and 

 perhaps also the glebe) appertained to the 

 vicarage. 



89 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 261. 



40 L. and P. Hen. VUI, xiv (i), 609 ; 

 a grant by the Court of Augmentations 

 in 1539. A lease for twenty-one years 

 was made to Edward Turner in 1588; 

 Pat. 30 Eliz. pt. xv. 



41 Pat. 2 Jas. I, pt. xvii. 



J> Though it does not appear that the 

 lay rector was in any way responsible for 

 the church services, complaint was made 

 in 1621 that Sir Robert Bindloss refused 

 to keep a curate in the rectory of Gar- 

 stang which he had purchased, to diat six 

 hundred persons were destitute of services ; 

 Cal. S. P. Dam. 1619-23, p. 283. 



Sir Robert Bindloss of Borwick and 

 Rebecca his wife made settlements of the 

 rectory of Garstang, &c., in 1650 and 

 1660 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 



'49. m - 38 i >65, m- 4- 



43 Fishwick, op. cit. 88, citing ' Exch. 

 Bills and Answer:, Jas. I,' no. 156. 



44 Ibid. 89. 



45 Pat. 2 Chas. I, pt. iv (14 Mar.). 



46 Fishwick, op. cit. 90. About 1717 

 'Lady Standish, a Papist, [was] impro- 

 priator of six townships and Mr. Butlet 

 of the other four ' ; Gastrell, Nttitia Cistr. 

 (Chet. Soc.), 409. 



47 Cockersand Chartul. i, 282-3. 



48 Pope Nich. Tax. 307. 



49 Valor Eccl. v, 263 ; the manse and 

 demesne lands were worth 21. clear, 

 tithes of grain 8 131. 4</. and of wool, 

 &c., 1 131. 4</., other small tithes and 

 dues as in the Easter roll ,4. The vicar 

 was liable for synodal! 21. and procura- 

 tions 31. 5</. 



In 1571 the vicar was alleged to claim 

 'plough pence 1 and 'house money, 

 otherwise called smoke money or smoke 

 pence,' belonging to the rectory j Fishwick, 

 op. cit. 88. 



* Commoniu. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 149-50; the vicarage- 

 house and 3 acres of glebe were worth ^3 

 a year, Stout House, on the glebe, worth 

 i 3 6s. 8</., but then detained by John 

 Greenwood of Lancaster under a lease from 

 Dr. Wildbore ; tithes of Claughton 45. 



