Chap. 7.] PAKISH OF RIBCHESTER. 161 



At the time of the Reformatiou, the possessions of the chantrj', 

 dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, were seized for the King's use. 

 " James Tai-leton " was the " priest Incumbent ther of the foundation 

 [1405] of Sir Richard Houghton Knight ther to celebrate for the 

 sowles of his antecessors.' 



" The same is at the alter of our lady within the parochial church 

 of Ej'bchestre and the said preist Incumbent doth celebrate according- 

 lie." There was no plate belonging to the chantry, but a long list is 

 given of " the mansion house, closes, and parcells of land " belonging 

 to it. Some of the names of the tenements may be given : " Stoney- 

 furlonge," "Atough," " Morchase," "Avergate," " Steyde." The 

 names of some of the tenants are : Jenkynson, Hayhurst, Talbot, 

 Holte, Baker, and Forrest. The net income received by the Incumbent 

 amounted to £9 68. 3d., " after paying the reprises, and the houseling 

 people there amounted to 500.'" 



It was also stated that there was " lande geven to the fjTidinge of a 

 Lampe in the Parish Church there but whether the same was geven to 

 have contjTiuance for euer we know not ; of the yearly value of Vs."' 



I take the following extracts from the "Status de Blagbornshire " : 



" Post hcec aideni crescent e fidelitMi devotione, numeroqice credentioum 

 migmentato in partihus illis, constructs fuerunt alia ires ecclenia infra Blag- 

 bornshire ; videlicet, ecclesia de Blagborne, ecclesia de Chepyn, et ecclesia 

 de Eiblechester, jmrochioi ecclesiarum earundem ah inmceni distinct^, et mclis 

 undiqiie limitibus denignafm, protd in praesens risque continue, pcrseverant, et 

 (ipwl omnes partihus illis innotesamt." 



" Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. lien. VIII. 

 2(i Henry VIII. 



" First Fruits Office Returns — Valores sum ^S2)ecalium j" in Temporalium 

 pertinen' Monasterio Monaehoz Alhoz de JVhalley, infra Decanat pred' 

 Johanne Passeleive Ahbe ib'm. 



Rybehester. 



Redditus tcnius parcelle terr' ibidem pam - - 01. 2s. Od. 



'CanonEaines- -Lancashire Chantries. 



