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dimensions, containing only one aisle ; but fitted 

 up with the greatest neatness, and an arrangement 

 and attention to its interior decoration, which re- 

 flect credit on the parishioners At the western 

 end of the church is a neat marble slab 



In memory of 

 Richard Davvson, Esq. 

 Who died at Sinnington House* 

 On the 3!st of Oct. 1807, 



aged 25 years. 



He was the only surviving son of 



The Rev. Richard Dawson, of Milton Gill, 



Rector of Bolton-by-Bowland, in Craven, 



" four oxgangs of land here, with the church of All 

 " Saints in this Town ; which Henry III. confirmed. 



" Roger, son of Ralph de Clare, confirmed a toft and 

 " croft here, and a culture of land called Langeronne, 

 " in this territory, which Mabill de Clere gave ; all which 

 c< Henry III. confirmed. And in the year 1368. 42 

 " Edward III. Alice, prioress and convent demised this 

 <c manor, and five oxgangs of land, with Angrome flatte 

 *' and Le Heghe croft, and meadow thereunto belonging, 

 " to Stephen de Guisburu house, for life, he paying to 

 " them annually i. 5s." Burton's Monasticon. p. 

 285. and Dug. Mon. Anglicanum. p. 497. 



" In april A. D. 1239. 23 Henry III. It was agreed 

 <c between John, prior of Giseburn, on the one part ; 

 w Emma, prioress of Yeddingham, with the consent of 

 <{ Sir Walter de Harpham, then rector of the said house, 

 11 on the other part ; that the said prior and convent 

 "should give to the said Nuns four oxgangs of land, 

 <( in this territory, with tofts, crofts &c. the Nuns pay- 

 " ing annually to the Canons of Giseburn, at Shireburne, 

 " 1 5s. and to support the chapel of St. Michael's, and 

 " other buildings, for the better entertaining the Canons, 

 *' when there, with white litter, candles and fuel; and 

 *' have mass celebrated there thrice a week. " 



Burton's Monasticon. p. 285. 



