A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Date 



26 Nov. 1 579 



4 July, 1581 . 



3 June, 1589 . 



1 Mar. 1607-8. 

 29 May, 1621 

 oc. 1646 . . 

 Dec. 1646 . 

 17 Jan. 1662-3 



4 Oct. 1664 . 

 10 Jan. 1690-1 . 

 22 Jan. 1718-9 . 

 21 June, 1723 . 



27 Dec. 1766 



14 Sept. 1767 . 



3 June, 1807 . 



3 Jan. 1832 . . 



2 Sept. 1854 . 

 20 May, 1888 . 



Simon Harward, M.A. 1 .... 

 Michael Johnson, B.A. 8 .... 



John Ashworth 3 



William Gillibrand 4 



William Ward " 



James Smith 6 



Robert Yates 7 



Samuel Ellison * 



Joseph Ward, B.A. S 



Samuel Shawe, M.A. 10 .... 

 Thomas Egerton, M.A. 11 .... 

 John Haddon, M.A. 1 ' .... 

 William Farington, B.D. 13 . . . 

 Edward Owen, M.A." .... 

 Robert Atherton Rawstorne, M.A. 15 

 Hon. Horatio Powys, M.A. 16 . . 

 William Quekett, M.A." . . . 

 Frederic William Willis, M.A. 18 . . 



Edward Butler . . 

 Sir Hen. Scurwen . 

 Thos. Ireland . . 



Sir T. Ireland '. '. 



Gilbert Ireland. . 

 Sir G. Ireland . . 



James Holt . '. '. 

 Ric. Atherton . 



R. V. A.'Gwillyro! 

 Lord Lil'ford .' .' 



The Queen . . . 

 Lord Lilford . 



Cause of Va 

 d. J. Butler 



d. J. Ashworth 

 d. W. Gillibrand 

 res. W. Ward 



exp. R. Yates 



d. J. Ward 

 d. S. Shawe 

 res. T. Egerton 

 d. J. Haddon 

 d. W. Farington 

 d. E. Owen 

 res. R. A. Rawstor 

 prom. Bp. Powys 

 d. W. Quekett 



The most noticeable feature of the above list is the 

 rapidity of the succession in many periods. About 

 1360 the title appears to have been uncertain. The 

 lease of 1534 having reduced the income from tithes 

 to zo a year for two centuries, Warrington was not 

 as a benefice very attractive. 



The commissioners of I 5 3 5 found a rector and four 

 endowed chantry priests serving the church ; one of these 

 also taught the school, and another served the chantry 

 at Hollinfare. 19 The clergy list of I 541-2 shows that 

 besides the rector, probably non-resident, and the four 

 cantarists, there were in the parish eight priests, one 

 of them being the curate, and the others paid by pri- 



vate persons or living on casual fees and offerings : 

 two of them seem to have removed soon afterwards." 

 The visitation list of I 548 records the names of the 

 rector and eight other clergy, four being chantr) 

 priests ; two died about the same time. Six years 

 later the rector, just deprived, is not named ; six name: 

 are recorded, two of the bearers, however, appear tc 

 have been absent ; the four chantry priests were stil 

 living, though unemployed. The diminution in the 

 number of clergy went steadily on at Warring 

 ton ; in 1562 the rector Thomas Amery, his curate, 

 and two others were named in the list ; but one c-~ 

 the latter did not appear. The rector, appointed i i 



11 Educated at Brasenose Coll. Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1723; Foster, Alumni Oxon. Ii ; 

 his time Keble's lease expired. He w. * 

 a friend of John Byrom. 



18 See the account of vicars of Leigh. 



14 Educated at Jesus Coll. Oxf. ; M.^. 

 1752; also master of Warrington schoo ; 



at Great Crosby School and curate .f 

 the chapel there. See Beamont, op. c :. J 

 104-14. He translated Juvenal ai d 1 

 Persius, and was author of some ed i- 

 cational works ; and he also publish d 

 sermons, one volume going under thfl 

 name of his predecessor Faringto.'s 

 Sermons; Trans. Hist. Soc. xxii, 123. 

 He has a place in the Diet. Nat. Siog. 



>5 Educated at Brasenose Coll. Oxf ; 

 M.A. 1803 ; rector of South Thoresl y, ', 

 Lines. 1807 to 1852 ; perpetual curate of; 

 Penwortham and Longton, 1831 to i8<2, j 

 when he died ; Foster, Alumni. He v .ill 

 a relative of Lady Lilford. His atten :>t 

 to make the head-mastership of the schc ol 

 a sinecure for the rector was defeaU-d * 

 after an appeal to the court of Chancer > 

 Beamont, 116. 



16 Son of the patron. Educated at 

 St. John's Coll. Camb.; M.A. 182.; 

 ministered to the sick during the chol ra 

 epidemic of 1833 ; bishop of Sodor id : 

 Man, 1854. See Beamont, 122-6. 



i? Educated at St. John's Coll. Cam . i 

 M.A. 1831 ; incumbent of Christ ch 

 Poplar, 1841. He rebuilt the church. 



18 Son of Daniel Willis of Halsner, 1 1 

 educated at Corpus Christ! Coll. Ox!. 

 M.A. 1873 ; vicar of All Saints', Well! | 

 borough, 1872 ; hon. canon of Liverp. i 

 1895. 



Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 219. 



*> Clergy List (Rec. Soc. Lanes. 

 Ches.), 14. 



