A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Instituted 



21 June, 1639 

 3 April, 1640 



21 June, 1640 

 c. 1646 . . 



1660 



8 Sept. 1675 



23 Aug. 1678 

 30 Aug. 1684 

 26 Dec. 1721 

 13 April, 1722 

 12 Jan. 1763 

 3 May, 1802 



1 July, 1863 



10 Feb. 1871 



10 Aug. 1883 



2 Dec. 1890 



Edward Moreton, D.D. ' . . . . 



Joseph Thomson ' 



Edward Moreton 



John Bradford, D.D. s 



Jonathan Brideoak, B.D. 4 . . , 

 Richard Richmond, M.A. 5 . . , 



Richard Hartley 6 



Thomas Egerton, M.A. * . . . 

 Richard Rothwell, M.A. 8 . . 

 Richard Rainshaw Rothwell, M.A 9 



J Roger Dawson Dawson-Duffield. 



(LL.D., 10 Count Dawson-Duffield 



Englebert Horley, M.A. 11 . . 



Edward Horley, M.A. " . . . 

 George William Wall, M.A. ls . , 



Patron 



(The king . . 

 I Lord Molyneux. 

 (.The king . . 



(The king . . . 



(Anne Mosley . . 

 Lord Molyneux 

 Ric. Legh of Lyme 

 John Clayton . . 

 Lord Cardigan . 

 James Rothwell 

 The bishop . . . 



I Marquis de Rothwell 



\d. T. Legh 



exp. E. Moreton 

 reinstated 



Id. E. Moreton 



res. J. Bradford 

 d. J. Brideoak 



)d. R. Richmond 



d. T. Egerton 

 d. R. Rothwell 



d. R. R. Rothwell 



fd. R. D. Dawson- 

 [ Duffield 



d. E. Horley 



d. E. Horley 



Of the earlier rectors little is known ; Dr. Anthony spectively by the rector and Sir William Molyneux, 1 ' 



Molyneux, 1536-57, was the most distinguished. I 

 1541, in addition to the rector and two chantry 



but eight clergy appeared at the visitation in 1548. 

 Besides the parish church there was the chapel at 



