182 A HISTORY OF LONGKIDGE. [Chap. 7. 



EEV. THOMAS MAETIN. 



Tlie present ijriest, tlie Eev. Thomas Martin, is a venerable-looking 

 old man of fine x^resence and genial temperament. He has led a quiet, 

 useful life, looking well after tlie interests of his flock, by whom he is 

 much respected. Latterly he has suffered much from illness, and is, 

 consequently, getting rather infirm. As a preacher he is plain and 

 practical. 



A minute's walk from the church are the alms-houses, established 

 by the Sherburnes, of Stonyhurst, in the seventeenth centui-y. They 

 have a very old-fashioned look about them. In the courtyard is an 

 ancient draw well. The alms-houses are intended for old and infirm 

 Cathohc women, who receive a small monthly allowance, upon which 

 they seem to live in a fairly comfortable fashion. 



BAYLEY CHAPEL. 



Just outside the boundary of Eibchester is Bailey Hall, which 

 deserves mention here. 



" Bailey, or Bayley Hall, near Stonyhm-st, was once served by the 

 Fathers of this College. Father "Walter Vavasour was there in 1701, 

 and probably before. He afterwards went to Preston, where he died 

 on the 10th of April, 1740. He belonged to the Yorksliire family of 

 that name, and was born in 1664. Bailey Hall afterwards passed 

 from the family of Bailey to the Shireburnes. It formed part of the 

 ancient manor of Bailey, Chaighley, and Aighton, and would now be 

 incorporated in the Stonyhm-st and Eibchester Missions. The manor 

 of Bailey formerly belonged to a family named Cliderhow (Clitheroe). 

 Edward I. granted a licence to Henry de Cliderhow to give lands in 

 mortmain, viz., two messuages in Eibchester and Button, forty acres 

 of land, &c., and six shillings rent, to say Mass daily in St. John 

 Baptist's chapel at Bailey Hall, built by Eobert de Cliderhow, late 

 Eector of Wiggan, for the soul of the said Eobert and Henry, and of 

 all their ancestors, and the souls of all the faithful departed. Dated 

 at the Tower of London, March 16th, 12 Edward I. 



" In the 12th Edward III. Henry do Cliderhow granted in perpetuity 

 alms to William de Preston, chaplain, two messuages in Eibchester 



