170 A HISTORY OF LONGRIDGE. [Chap. 7. 



That he did examine the registers to a certain extent is clear from his 

 chapter on Eibchester. But, apparently, he never thought it his 

 ohvious duty to carefully and closely scrutinise the church records. 

 This is, I fear, only one more additional proof of his carelessness and 

 neglect in collating and verifying his facts. I make these observations 

 — as becomes a humble student in the domain of historical research — 

 with all due respect and reverence for the learned historian of 

 "Whalley;" but had he examined at all critically the registers of 

 births, marriages, and deaths at Eibchester Church, he would have 

 foimd the evidence which the present Eector of Eibchester and the 

 writer have been able to place before the reader. 



Nor can the editors of the last edition of the " History of Whalley" 

 escape their share of blame by the light of the following paragraph 

 from their preface : — " But in respect to the descent of great properties, 

 and the correction and continuation of the lists of incumbents of the 

 older churches, and the masters of the grammar schools, this edition 

 will be rendered as complete as possible." — Vol. I. xi. 



LIST OF VICAES AITD " CUBATES-IN-CnARGE" OF EIBCHESTER 



Since the Eeformation (revised and corrected according to the 



Eegisters). 

 George Wollfyt. 

 H. Norcrosse. 

 E. Learoyde, B.A. 

 Christopher Hindle. 

 William Ingham. 

 George Ogden. 

 Thomas Johnson, A.B. 

 John Heber, A.M. 



W. Ayrton. 



James Fisher. 



Page Godfrey. 



Mark Burn. 



Myles Atkinson. 



Edmund Armitstead. 



Eeginald Heber, LL.B. 



