SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



Instituted 

 29 Aug. 1667 

 I May, 1684 

 1718 . . . 

 25 Oct. 1738 



7 March 1782 

 12 July 1800 



8 March 1823 



10 July 1840 



Ny 1847 



7 Dec. 1872 . 

 30 April 1884 

 28 Oct. 1890 

 25 July 1906 



Name 



Nicholas Stratford, D.D. 318 .... 



Richard Wroe, D.D. 319 



Samuel Peploe, B.D. 320 



Samuel Peploe, D.C.L. 3 " 



Richard Assheton, D.D. 321 .... 

 Thomas Blackburne, D.C.L. 323 . . . 

 Thomas Calvert, D.D. 324 ; . . ... 



DEANS 



Hon. William Herbert, D.D." 5 . . . 

 George Hull Bowers, D.D. 326 . . . 

 Benjamin Morgan Cowie, D.D. 327 . . 



John Oakley, D.D. 328 



Edward Craig Maclure, D.D. 329 . . 

 James Edward Cowell Welldon, D.D. 330 . 



Patron 

 The King 



Cause of Vacancy 

 d. R. Heyrick 

 res. N. Stratford 

 d. R. Wroe 

 res. Bp. Peploe 

 d. S. Peploe 

 d. R. Assheton 

 d. T. Blackburne 



The Queen 



The King 



d. T. Calvert 

 d. W. Herbert 

 res. G. H. Bowers 

 piom. B. M. Cowie 

 d. J. Oakley 

 d. E. C. Maclure 



818 He was educated at Trinity College, 

 Oxford, of which he became a fellow in 

 the Commonwealth period ; M.A. 1656 ; 

 D.D. 1673. There is a portrait of him 

 in Hibbert-Ware's Manch. Foundations, ii, 

 5. He conformed to episcopacy at the 

 Restoration, and had various benefices 

 and dignities, resigning Manchester on 

 becoming vicar of St. Mary Aldermanbury 

 in London. The strength of the Presby- 

 terians in the Manchester district, and a 

 troublesome lawsuit with the Trafford 

 family regarding the tithes of Stretford, 

 are thought to have influenced him in re- 

 signing. He adhered to the Whig party, 

 and on the Revolution was made Bishop 

 of Chester and Rector of Wigan. At 

 Manchester he restored the use of the 

 surplice, antiphonal singing by the choir, 

 and the reception of the communion at 

 the altar rails ; ' he was very laborious 

 and extraordinarily charitable, affable, and 

 humble in his place, and generally be- 

 loved.' See Raines, op. cit. 139-47, 

 where there is a list of his works ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. ; Wood, Athenae. 



It should be explained that though Hey- 

 rick himself did not conform, the surplice 

 was used in the church after the passing 

 of the Act of Uniformity ; see New- 

 come, Diary (Chet. Soc.), 120. The 

 churchwardens' accounts of 1664 record 

 a payment for washing the surplices. 



819 Act Bks. at Chester Dioc. Reg. 

 He was born at Radcliffe ; educated at 

 Jesus College, Cambridge, of which he 

 was elected fellow ; M.A. 1665 ; D.D. 

 1686. In 1675 he was elected fellow of 

 Manchester, and became exceedingly ad- 

 mired in the district, the epithet ' silver- 

 tongued' distinguishing him. Several of 

 his sermons were published. He had 

 some other church preferment. In 

 politics he was a Whig, and thus was 

 untouched by the Revolution and the 

 Hanoverian succession. He died 6 

 January 1717-18. See Raines, op. cit. 

 148-57 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; also Pal. Note- 

 Bk. ii, i, 33 (with portrait). He lived in 

 Deansgate in 1683 ; Ct. LeetRecs. vi, 231. 



820 He was educated at Jesus College, 

 Oxford ; M.A. 1693. There is a portrait 

 in Hibbert-Ware, op. cit. In 1695 he 

 became rector of Kedleston and in 

 1700 vicar of Preston. He was a latitu- 

 dinarian in religion and a Whig in 

 politics. His courage in praying for King 

 George in 1715 during the Jacobite 

 occupation of Preston is said to have led 

 to his promotion to Manchester. The 

 appointment was resisted on the ground 

 that the statutes required the B.D. degree 

 in the warden, and that his obtaining 



such degree from the Archbishop of 

 Canterbury would not suffice. At Man- 

 chester he was unpopular with the fellows 

 of the collegiate church, who were High 

 Churchmen and Jacobites, and he was in 

 antagonism to the bishop also (Dr. Gas- 

 trell). On the bishop's death, however, 

 Peploe was in 1726 promoted to Chester, 

 retaining the wardenship till 1738. As 

 warden and as visitor he was harsh and un- 

 popular. He published some sermons. 

 See Raines, op. cit. 1 57-66 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



821 The church papers at Chester begin 

 with this warden. He was presented by 

 the king on ' the death of Richard Wroe, 

 S.T.P., last warden,' the in commendam 

 tenure of Bishop Peploe being ignored. 

 He was the only son of Bishop Peploe ; 

 educated at Jesus and Wadham Colleges, 

 Oxford; B.C.L. 1726; D.C.L. 1763. 

 There is a portrait in Hibbert-Ware, op. 

 cit. He held various ecclesiastical pre- 

 ferments vicar of Preston, rector of 

 Tattenhall, Canon of Chester, Archdeacon 

 of Richmond, and Chancellor of the 

 diocese. He shared his father's religious 

 and political views, so that his father's 

 opponents became his also, and it was not 

 until after the suppression of the 1745 

 rebellion that he became more friendly 

 with the other clergy of his church ; he 

 does not appear to have resided regularly 

 in Manchester. He is described as a 

 gentle and liberal man, ' remarkable for 

 his attendance on public worship,' and 

 preserving ' the gravity and decency of the 

 clerical character.' See Raines, op. cit. 

 166-71. 



822 He was a son of Ralph Assheton of 

 Downham, and was educated at Brase- 

 nose College, Oxford, of which he was 

 elected a fellow; M.A. 1751 ; D.D. 1782. 

 He was rector of Radcliffe and Middleton 

 in 1757, but resigned the former ; he re- 

 tained the latter till his death in 1800. 

 See Raines, op. cit. 171-6. 



828 He was a son of Thomas Black- 

 burne of Orford, and educated at Brase- 

 nose and Trinity Colleges, Oxford ; M.A. 

 1794; D.C.L. 1801. He was curate of 

 Thelwall in 1782, vicar of Weaverham 

 in 1796 ; these he held till 1806. The 

 wardenship is said to have been granted 

 at the request of his elder brother John, 

 for forty-six years knight of the shire. 

 He resided at Thelwall Hall near War- 

 rington. See Raines, op. cit. 176-8 ; 

 Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 749. 



824 He was educated at St. John's 

 College, Cambridge, and became fellow ; 

 M.A. 1800; D.D. 1823. There is a 

 portrait of him in Hibbert-Ware, op. cit. 

 ii, 172. He was Norrisian Professor, 



197 



1815 to 1824, and preacher at Whitehall 

 in 1819, thus attracting the notice of 

 Lord Liverpool, who afterwards presented 

 him to the wardenship. In 1819 also he 

 took the surname of Calvert instead of 

 Jackson, in memory of a friend who had 

 left him a fortune. He published some 

 sermons. He was a strong opponent of 

 Catholic Emancipation, but otherwise 

 ' gentle in ruling, wise in counsel, charit- 

 able in word and deed.' See Raines, op. 

 cit. 178-83 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



825 H e was a son o f Henry, Earl of 

 Carnarvon ; educated at Exeter College, 

 Oxford, but removed to Merton ; M.A. 

 1802 ; D.C.L. 1808 ; D.D. 1841. He 

 tried a parliamentary career, 1806 to 

 1812, but in 1814 was presented to the 

 rectory of Spofforth, which he held till 

 his death. He was a Whig in politics, 

 and a High Churchman of the old 

 Arminian school in religion, but never- 

 theless assisted the Bible Society ; he 

 supported the Ten Hours Bill of 1844. 

 He published some poems and other 

 works, and was a botanist of repute. He 

 died in 1847, shortly before the passing 

 of the Act which made Manchester 

 Collegiate Church a cathedral ; but after 

 the Act of 1840 he had usually been 

 styled Dean of Manchester. See Raines, 

 op. cit. 183-92 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



826 He was of Clare College, Cam- 

 bridge ; B.D. 1829; D.D. 1849. He 

 was rector of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 

 1831 to 1848, and actively concerned in 

 the foundation of Marlborough and 

 Haileybury Colleges. He died in 1872 j 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. 



82 ? He was of St. John's College, Cam- 

 bridge, graduating as senior wrangler in 

 1829, and being elected fellow; D.D. 



1880. He held university and other 

 appointments, and was vicar of St. 

 Lawrence Jewry from 1857 to 1873. ^ n 

 1883 he was made Dean of Exeter. He 

 published various sermons, &c. He died 

 in 1900 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



828 He was of Brasenose College, Ox- 

 ford ; M.A. 1859; D.D. 1881. He pub- 

 lished one or two works and was vicar of 

 St. Saviour's, Hoxton, from 1867 to 



1 88 1, when he was advanced to the 

 deanery of Carlisle ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



829 He was of Brasenose College, Ox- 

 ford ; M.A. 1858 ; D.D. 1890. He became 

 vicar of Habergham Eaves in 1863 and of 

 Rochdale in 1877. He died 8 May 1906. 



880 Formerly fellow of King's College, 

 Cambridge ; M.A. 1880 ; head master of 

 Harrow School, 1885; D.D. 1898; Bishop 

 of Calcutta 1898-1901 ; canon of West- 

 minster 1901. 



