CUAP. 8.] PARISH OF CHIPPING. 203 



It was a post and pattern building, with a P-Jectmg upper .torey 

 formin- a covered area underneath, with a terrace m f out This was 

 aTry ancient building, and dated probably torn the time of the 

 LacyT In 1821 Mr. Weld's father took down all that remamed of the 

 old house, and re-built the house i\it\F-esentfoi^. 



The domestic chapel was erected by Mr. J. Weld in 1852. 



Leao-ram HaU is finely situated upon rising ground, and the park is 



.ice y wooded. It is a well-built mansion, and contains some hand- 



IZe rooms, in which are hung the family pictures. Attaching to the 



^chapel at Leagram is an interesting history, which is thus related 



by Foley '--^^^^^^^ Mission and Father John Penketh. 



<. In ' Eecords S.J.,' under the head of ' Chipping,'_ it is stated that, 

 according to tradition. Father John Penketh was imssioner there ; and 

 Zn under the head of ' Stonyhurst,' the same Father is treated as 

 fe :;rliest traceable missiouer there From a ^f^ ^J^^^^'^-^f^ 

 j-i r.f ih^ 'Tvldpslev Diary,' we have reason to believe tnat tne 

 Iwm s on^r w f n^'paLi-' John Penketh, but the Bev. Eichard 

 Penketh priest, probably of the same family, and, m the opinion of 

 Mr Gm^w, a Jesuit FatLr. We do not, however, trace such a mem- 

 ber of the Society, and believe that he was a secular pnest. We ex- 

 tract the foUowing fi-om the " Diary " :-" June 5. Went earlj^ m 

 the morning a foxrhunting, with Cos Wadsworth, to meet Mr. Penket, 

 and found a fox, but could not holle him. 



Tlie Editors, in a note, state : — , . . 



^ The Rev. kichard Penketh, or Pencoth, S.J., was tke missioner 



at the Lawnd, as the Lodge of Leagram, or L-^V-^^.^Sw' ^ 

 Aen called, and his burial is recorded in the register of Chipping 

 Church " Eichard Pencoth, a Popish priest, buried August 7 1721 

 of Chtping Lawnd."' The oldest chapel at Leagram of which there 

 is any knowledge, and of which there have been any remains found, 

 stood'on tie high ground at the north-western extremity of the court- 



._.. Jan.es ParUe.-, the talle,-, of Lea- '^J^^^l^'^'^ S f^ 



gram ; and Jan>es P^^k^- f« "j' fay something in Latin, what is caUed 



of the same, depose this 18th J"ly. ^'^ W "_MS. , s. 100. 



that they rent part of Chipping Lawn Mas.. 



