178 A HISTORY OF LONGRIDGE. [Chap. 7. 



By the great kindness of tlie Rector of Eibcliester, I am enabled to 

 give the following interesting extracts from the registers of Ribchester 

 Church. 



Jan. 1667 — Payd for Ringing for the joy of the Victory wh. the King had 



at the Sea against the Dutch^ 



Jan. 14, 1671— Spent when Mr. Hartley preached 



Robt. Ratclifife, 1740, one x.xiv. 



W. Ratclifi, C.W., 1674, Hother. 



Edward Rhodes, to serve for widdow Downley for Dilworth, 1675." 



Nov. 5, 1675— Spent when great Bible was sent from London 



1680 — Paid to Thomas Cottam for a fox head 



1681— Pd. upon ye parishioners at Longridge Chapel and one minister ... 

 1683 — Paid for a warrant from Mr. Bradyll for tak' up frequent gamsters 



at Button Lee 



1684 -Spent on Mr. Butterworth, and Mr. Coulton ye King's preacher 



and other preachers 



1688— Pd. to the Ringers the last day of Thanksgiving 



Ringers' gloves 



" County of Lancr., 

 " IsabeU Mitchell, of Dillworth, in ye County of Lanr., widow, 

 maketh oath that she was p'sent by upon Thursday last, the fifth day 

 of this instant, Septemb', and did for the body of Grace Sharpies, late 

 of Dillworth aforesaid, widow deceased, wound up or buryed in any 

 shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hempt, silke, 

 haire, gould, silver, or in any other stuffe or thing than what was 

 made of sheepe's woole onely, nor was laid or put into any coffin lined 

 or folded w"' anj' sort of cloath or stuffe, or any other thing whatso- 

 ever that is mad' or mingled w''= flax, hempe, silke, haire, goulde, or 

 silver, or any other materiaU but sheepe's wool onely. 

 ^^ Jurat apud Preston, 9 die 



" Sept., 1670. Coram me. 



" IsabeU MitcheU, 

 ' ' Thomas Eigbj-, her X mark. 



' ' Witnesses thereof, James Sharpies, 

 Thomas Seede." 



" Note and that pigg or goose may be taken in 



money or kind, whether y^ Vicar pleases." 



'This was a "victory" by order of the spectacle of a Dutch fleet anchored 



Charle-i II. In reality it was one of the at the Nore, " dreadful, and a dishonour 



most humiliating defeats England ever never to be wiped out. " 



experienced. Well might Evelyn call 'As Churchwarden. 



