A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



The following is a list of the recton : 



I 



1699 Robert Stythe, B.A. m 

 1714-17 vacant, owing to a dispute. 7 " 1 



1717 Thomas Bell, M.A. W 



1726 John Stanley, D.D. 7 * 



1750 Robert Brereton 



1784 George Hodson, M-A. 1 " 



1794 Samuel Renshaw, M.A. m 



1829 Jonathan Brooks, M.A. 7 * 



1870 

 1904 



II 



1699 William Atherton, B.A. 7 * 1 



1706 Henry Richmond, B-A. 718 



1721 Thomas Baldwin, M.A. m 



1753 Henry Wolstenholme, M.A. m 



1772 Thomas Maddock, M.A. 7 * 



1783 Thomas Dannett ^ 



1 796 Robert Hankinson Roughsedge, M.A. 7 * 



1829 Augustus Campbell, M.A. (sole rector, 

 1855) " 



Alexander Stewart, M.A.** 



John Augustine Kempthorne, M.A. 1 * 



St. George's Church, for which an Act of Parlia- 

 ment was obtained in 1715,** was begun in 1726 on 

 the site of the castle ; it was completed in 1734. It 

 had originally an elegant terrace, supported by rustic 

 arches, on one side ; these arches the frequenters of Red 

 Cross market used to occupy.' *" The church was re- 

 built piecemeal between 1819 and 1825, and its new 

 spire was reduced in height in 1 83 3 ; in its time it was 

 regarded as ' one of the handsomest in the kingdom.' 

 It was the property of the corporation and main- 

 tained by them, the mayor and the judges of assize at 

 one time attending it. On Mr. Charles Mozley, who 

 was a Jew, being elected mayor in 1 863, the incum- 

 bent preached a sermon denouncing the choice, and 

 from that time the mayor and corporation ceased to 

 attend St. George's. The building having long failed 



to attract a congregation was dosed in 1 897 and then 

 demolished, the site being acquired by the corpora- 

 tion.'* 4 



St. Thomas's, Park Lane, was built in 175.0 under 

 the provisions of an Act of Parliament. 8 "' 'The 

 land was given by Mr. John Skill, who, however, 

 afterwards charged three times the value of the ground 

 for the churchyard when it was required.' m A very 

 tall and slender spire was a feature of the exterior ; 

 after various accidents it was taken down in 1822, 

 and the present miniature dome replaced it. A large 

 part of the churchyard was acquired by the corpora- 

 tion about 1885 for a new thoroughfare. *** 



St. Paul's, one of the corporation churches, was 

 begun in 1763 in accordance with an Act obtained 

 the previous year,* 6 and opened in 1 769. Its chief 



7 Educated at Brasenose College, Ox- 

 ford ; B-A. 1680; ordained deacon and 

 priest by the Bishop of Chester in 1 6 So 

 and 1682 ; master of the Free School at 

 Liverpool, 1684. Held the rectory of 

 Garstinj for twelve months (1697-8), 

 apparently as a 'warming pan.' He is 

 regarded as co-founder, with Bryan Blun- 

 dell, of the Blue-coat School, Liverpool. 

 He died in Dec. 1 71 3. See H. Fishwick, 

 Gtrstug (Chet. Soc.), 185. 

 ^* Picton, Mamie. Ree. ii, 68. 

 !* Educated at Pembroke College, Ox- 

 ford ; M-A. 1698 ; Foster, Alxmad. 



* Son of Sir Edward Stanley of Bicker- 

 staffe ; Fellow of Sidney-Sussex College, 

 Cambridge ; rector of Win wick 1740 to 

 1742, and 1764 to 1781 ; also rector of 

 Bury 1743 ID 177!. 



Son of the Rer. George Tin Jinn. 

 curate of West Kirby ; educated at Brase- 

 nose College, Oxford ; M-A. 1763 ; died 

 14 Apr. 1794; Foster, Miaou; Mm 

 fkearr Sckstl Reg. i, 53. 



r * Son of John Renshaw of Liverpool ; 

 educated at Brasenose College, Oxford ; 

 MJL 1775; ied 19 Oct. 1829, nine 

 days after the other rector, Mr. Rough- 

 sedge ; Foster, AlxmtmL He published a 

 volume of sermons in 1791. 



* He belonged to a mercantile family 

 in Liverpool, being son of Joseph Brooks, 

 Everton. He was educated at Trinity 

 dilirtr, Csjskifri ; M-A. iSoz ; Arch- 

 deacon of Liverpool, 1848. He died 29 

 Sept. 1855. ' Few men have enjoyed in 

 their day and generation more general 

 respect than fell to the lot of ArrUrsxBSl 

 Brooks. Of a dignified and noble pre- 

 sence, his manners were genial, courteous, 

 and, with perfect troth it may be said, 

 those of a gentleman. Who fnaiis^ 

 at vestry meetings in the stormy times of 

 contested Church rates, when occasionally 

 very strong language was indulged in, a 



quiet, pleasant remark from the " old rec- 

 tor " would calm the troubled waters and 

 frequently cause all parties to laugh at 

 their own violence. . . . His great popu- 

 larity led to the erection of a memorial 

 statue in St. George's Hall, by B. Spence' ; 

 Picton' s Lfcerfool, ii, 136, 367, 349. 



?* Ordained deacon and priest by the 

 Bishop of Chester in 1678 and 1679 re ~ 

 pectirely. Ancestor of the Athertons of 

 Walton. 



A William Atherton of Lancashire 

 entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 

 in 1674, and graduated as B-A. in 1677 ; 

 information of Mr. J. B. Peace, bursar of 

 the college. 



?* Son of Sylvester Richmond, a Liver- 

 pool physician ; educated at Brasenose 

 College, Oxford; B-A. 1695. He was 

 rector of Garstang from 1698 till 1-12 ; 

 he was buried in St. Nicholas' Church; 

 see Fishwick, Ganttmg, 186. 



7" Son of John Baldwin, Alderman of 

 Wigan 5 educated at Jesus College, Cam- 

 bridge; M-A. 1709. In 1748 he pur- 

 chased the advowsons of North Meols and 

 Leyland ; his son John became rector of 

 the former parish, and himself (1748-52) 

 and his son Thomas were successively 

 vicars of Leyland. He was a councillor of 

 Liverpool from 1733 to 1748. See 

 Fairer, Nortm Mesh, (4 j Baines, .Lacs. 

 (ed. Croston), iv, 166. 



* Author of two volumes of sermons. 



7* Educated at Brasenose College, Ox- 

 ford ; B^. 1735 ; Foster, Alm*an. For 

 his sons see Mmrnrmntrr Scmool Reg. (Chet. 

 Soc.), ii, 13. See Gilbert WakenekTs 



w Chosen by a majority of die mayor 

 and council. 



^Sonof Edward Roughseoge of Liver- 

 pool ; educated at Brasenose College, Ox- 

 ford ; M^. 1771. He died 10 Oct. 

 1829 j Foster, 



46 



"** Also vicar of Child wall, 1824- 

 70- 



aM Educated at Clare College, Cam- 

 bridge ; M-A. 1852. Vicar of Cogges, 

 Oxfordshire, 186870 ; Hon. Canon of 

 Liverpool, 1880. 



881 Educated at Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge ; M-A. 1890. Vicar of St. Marc's, 

 Rochdale, 1895 ; of St. Thomas's, Sun- 

 derland, 1900 ; Rector of Gateshead, 

 1901 ; Hon. Canon of Liverpool, 1905. 



" I Geo. I, cap. 21. 



* Strmmger im Liverpool. From this 

 guide, of which there were many editions, 

 much of the information in the text is 

 derived. 



At one end of the ' terrace ' was the 

 office of the clerk of the market ; at the 

 other that of the night watch. There was 

 a vault beneath the church for interments. 

 The interior fittings were good. The east 

 window had a picture of the Crucifixion, 

 inserted in 1832. There were originally 

 two ministers, the chaplain and the 

 lecturer, and the appointment was i-valry 

 a stepping-stone to the rectory ; D. 

 Thorn in Trmms. Hist. Soc. iv, 161. This 

 essay on the changes and migrations of 

 churches was continued in vol. v, and 

 illustrated with views of the older build- 

 ings. 



** An effort was made to retain die 

 spire. There is an account of this church 

 and St. John's by Mr. Henry Pert in 

 Trims. Hot. Soc. (new ser.), xv, 2744. 



** 21 Geo. n, cap. 24. 



" Strmmger im LrverfoeL 



f The Bishop of Liverpool's com- 

 mission in 1902 recommended that the 

 incumbency be extinguished at the next 

 vacancy, die district to be annrxrd to St. 

 Michael's, Pitt Street, 



" 2 Geo. Ill, cap. 68 ; the same Act 

 authorised St. John's Church. There were 

 formerly two incumbents at St. PauTs. 



