136 A HISTORY OF LONGEIDGE. [Chap. 6. 



Spent after the play was done with young Lord, Gabe. Hesketli, 

 Hew. Wliittingham, Jack Threlfall, Will Leckonby, Tounge Mr. 

 Hothersall, Young Ince, and others, itt beeing ditto's birthdaj', 

 3s. 6d."' 



Mr. GiUow, to whom I am indebted for the pedigree of the 

 Hothersalls, tell me in a letter that, "there is much that is un- 

 certain about the earlier generations. The Hothersalls were mora 

 numerous than is generally supposed, and probably some confusion 

 has occurred in consequence. However, it is original, and if you were 

 to state that I have drawn it up, but do not consider it perfectly re- 

 liable in the earlier generations, it would be the safest course to 

 pursue." Mr. GiUow also refers to the firmness with which this ancient 

 CathoHc family remained true to the faith, in spite of the innumer- 

 able persecutions to which they were subjected. " There was a chapel 

 in the hall," he continues, " provided with several hiding places for 

 the priests, who probably served it pretty regularly from the reign of 

 Elizabeth to early in the last century." 



" The present chapel at Alston Lane may be said to have originated 

 from that in the Hall." 



Two of this family were Jesuits, as the following notices by Mr. 

 GiUow show : — 



"Brother Thomas HothersaU, Scholastic 8. J., born at Grimsargh in 

 1642, was a son of William HothersaU, and his wife, Ann Slater. He 

 studied at St. Omer's CoUege, and thence proceeded to the English 

 CoUege at Rome, which he entered as a convictor, October 15, 1665. 

 After receiving minor orders he entered the Society, June 20, 1668. 

 In 1683 he was sent to Maryland, and was employed in teaching until 

 his death, in 1698, aged 56. He never became a priest. 



"Father WiUiam HothersaU, S.J., probably of the same family as 

 the above, was born May 19, 1725. He entered the Society Sept. 7, 

 1744. He was the last Jesuit Eector of the English College at Rome, 

 from 1766 to the suppression of the Society in 1773. He died at 

 Oxford, August 25, 1803." 



i"Tyldesley Diary." 



