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cordingly in the 1st year of the reign of Queen Mary, 1554, a Eoyal 

 Commission was appointed " to enquire, serche, and survey what land 

 and tenements and hereditaments, and bell and chalisses, plate, Jewell, 

 and stockis of Kyen shepe, mony, and other things," which had not 

 been surrendered to King Edward VI. 's Commissioners. 



Edward Parker, who was appointed Sub-Commissioner by the former 

 Commission, declared that he had not received certain bells, amongst 

 which was, "item, one Ij-tell bell belongyng to the chapell of Longe- 

 rydche."' For we find that "Syr Eobt. Cottom, priest, and John 

 TomljTison, chj-rche reve, sworn and examined, depose and say, ' that 

 there ys one belle yett remayninge at ye said chapell specifyed in ye 

 said sedule wch was lease to thuse of oiu- said late soveraigne lorde 

 Elinge Edwarde ye vjth, by auctorytie of ye said former Comyssion.' " 

 The chalice, of silver gilt, weighing 7J ounces was given up, as were 

 also the ornaments, which were valued at twelvepence. 



In 1650 the Jurors of the Inquisition say "that the said parishe 

 (Eibchester) doth contayne within it foure Towushippes, viz., Alston- 

 cum-Hothersall, being distant from theii- Parishe Church five myles,^ 

 Dilworth, foure myles, and Button, foure myles. And they fm-ther 

 saye that there is one chappell within the said Parishe, viz., Longridge 

 Chapell, standinge in Alston aforesaid, and distant from their Parish 

 Church betwixt foare and five myles," but neither Minister nor mayn- 

 tenance. The inhabitants of Alston-cum-Hothersall and Dilworth, 

 being remoate from their Parishe Church, as aforesaid, and consistinge 

 of one hundred and fforty families, humbly desire the same may be 

 made a Parishe Church, and that the minister and competent mayn- 

 tenance may be allowed." (Lambeth MS. Survey of Church Lands, 

 vol. xi.) 



After the suppression of the chantries, Longridge becamethe parochial 

 chapelry of a poor district. In 1650 its poverty came forcibly before 

 the Commissioners of the Parliamentary Survey, when it was stated 



'Xotice the spelling. One other from Eibchester Church. But this ex- 



variatiou we find about this time, Long- aggeration of distances, etc., is an old 



rigg. trick for sujiporting arguments and one 



*This is inaccurate, the Parish Church not confined to the good old times, 

 of Longridge being distant 3i miles only 



