221 A HISTORY OF LONG RIDGE. [Chap. 10. 



endorsed this letter witli tlie followiug reply : " Tkis money, together 

 ■with a sum left by one Higham, was laid out along with Queen Anne's 

 Bounty in the pui-chase of the Hill House estate, near the Chapel." 



From the Petition sent to the Bishop of Chester, Dr. Sparke, 

 I gather the following — That the Chapel was worth £100 or upwards : 

 the School, now vacant, was worth £45 per annum. The dwelling- 

 house attached to the living was within half-a-mile of the Chapel, had 

 been occupied by the last resident Curate, and was in fair condition- 

 There was duty every Sunday morning and afternoon except 4 days 

 in the year, when the Curate usually assisted at the Sacrament at 

 Goosnargh Church. 



No funerals or marriages, only baptisms to perform. Part of the 

 land bought with money left for the purpose by one Beesley, on con- 

 dition that the Curate should reside in the township of Goosnargh, and 

 visit the sick at the higher end of that township. The petitioners 

 further go on to say that the Inliabitants contemplate enlarging the 

 Chapel, and have applied to have the Sacrament administered there, 

 as the Chapel is 2^ miles from Goosnargh Church. They conclude by 

 stating that not only has Mr. Saul refused to reside in the parish, but 

 has also engaged a Curate, contrarj' to the express wish of the people, 

 and they pray for the Bishop's assistance and interference. 



After some delaj' the following reply was received from the Bishop 



of Chester : — 



18, Bernera Street, May 27, ISll. 

 Sir, — In consequence of your former letter I have had some correspondence 

 with Mr. Saul upon tlie subject of Ms residence at White Chapel, in the course of 

 which he e.xpressed a wish to be allowed time to look out for some other house in 

 the Chapelry, or {in the eyent of his not meeting with one), to enable him to put 

 the present House into such a state that it may be fit f^r his residence. — With this 

 request I have complied. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



B. Chester. 



The people in further communications stated that Mr. Saul, though 



resident at Lancaster, was Curate of a place in Yorkshire, as well as 



Curate of Whitechapel, and they pressed for his lordship's admonition. 



Mr. Saul, continuing his correspondence with Mr. Cross, says, in a 



letter of July 17th, 1811, " that the Bishop offers me his License of non- 



