A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Hulme in 1507 from lands left by the first warden, 

 John Huntington, had a clear income of 6 is. 8</. 354 

 The ' new chapel ' of St. John Baptist later known 

 as the Stanley or Derby chapel begun by James 

 Stanley, Bishop of Ely and formerly warden, and 

 completed by his son Sir John Stanley, had an endow- 

 ment of 4 zs. 8//. S5i This chapel, which has the 

 small Ely chapel at its north-east corner, was used as 

 the baptistry a century ago. The Trafford chapel or 

 * closet of St. Nicholas ' had a chantry founded, it 

 was believed, by Robert Grelley possibly the lord 

 of Allerton and Chorlton, living in the I4th century; 

 the clear income was 5 gs. 7</. SS6 In the same 

 chapel was another chantry founded by the ancestors 

 of Sir Edmund Trafford, the incumbent being known 

 as ' the Lady priest ' ; the endowment being very 



small, 6$s. net, the parishioners contributed a quantity 

 of oats for him. 357 At St. George's altar there were 

 two chantries, both founded by Robert Chetham ;. 

 at one of them the priest was to celebrate Mass at six 

 o'clock in the morning for the souls of the founder 

 and his ancestors ; the net endowment of this chantry 

 was 6 zs. 7</., 3M and that of the second 5 os. 8^. 359 

 Another chantry was that founded by William Rad- 

 cliffe at the altar of the Trinity, with a net income of 



5 3'- ^- S6 



An important foundation, already mentioned, was 



that of Richard Bexwick at the Jesus altar. His in- 

 tentions do not seem to have been carried out fully,, 

 but in i 547 two priests, one of them teaching a school, 

 were maintained. 361 



There were gilds associated with the Jesus and 



854 Raines, Chant, i, 25-8; Notitia Cestr. 

 ii, 59-62, notes. The circumstances of the 

 foundation are narrated in the account of 

 Warden Huntington already given. The 

 endowment consisted of 26 acres in Alport 

 and three burgages in the town. The chan- 

 try priest in i 5 34 was John Bexwick (Falor 

 Eccl. [Rec. Com.], v, 225), and in 1547 

 Nicholas Wolstonecroft, who paid his first- 

 fruits in 1543 (Lanes, and Ches. Recs. 

 [Rec. Soc.], ii, 408), and is named in the 

 list of clergy at the Visitation of 1554. 



In the chapel was an ' Image of Pity,' 

 with the announcement of an indulgence 

 or pardon of 26,000 [years] and twenty-six 

 days on reciting five Paternosters, five Aves, 

 and a Credo ; Hollinworth, 55. The 

 lands of this chantry were in 1549 be- 

 stowed on the Earl of Derby for a pay- 

 ment of 268 31. 4</. ; Pat. 3 Edw. VI, 

 pt. ii. 



855 Chant. 28-31. The lands were at 

 Bollington and Lyme in Cheshire. The 

 chapel possessed a chalice and three old 

 vestments. Thomas Johnson was the 

 j'iest in 1534 and 1547. 



856 Ibid. 31-5. The endowments con- 

 sisted of three burgages in Manchester 

 and tenements at Grindlow Cross. The 

 ornaments consisted of a chalice, vest- 

 ments, and altar cloths. 



In 1320, when Robert Grelley was 

 living, one Henry de Salford, chaplain, 

 paid to the lord of Manchester a rent of 

 2OJ. for Grindlow, and zs. q.d. for Black- 

 acres ; a note perhaps of the 1 6th cen- 

 tury states that these were the lands of 

 St. Mary's chantry ; Mamecestre, ii, 279. 



From deeds printed in Canon Raines* 

 notes it appears that the patronage of the 

 chantry wa in 1428 in dispute between 

 Sir Edmund Traffbrd and Thomas Booth 

 of Barton the elder, it having been the 

 right of ' the heir of Bexwick ' ; De Traf- 

 ford D. no. 86 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 2, m. 9 d. On the death of Thomas 

 Whitehead, Reynold Hobson became chan- 

 try priest in 1506 on the presentation of 

 Sir Edmund Trafford (De Trafford D. 

 no. 70), and was in 1508 succeeded by 

 Henry Ryle, perhaps the same who was 

 serving in 1534, though he seems to have 

 resigned in 1514. On the resignation of 

 Charles Gee, Edmund Trafford presented 

 another Henry Ryle in 1542 (Act Bks. 

 at Chester ; Lanes, and Ches. Recs. ii, 

 407), and he was serving in 1547 ; he was 

 summoned to the visitation in 1554. The 

 chapel was long used as the burial-place 

 of the Trafford family. 



For grants of the lands of Trafford's 

 chapel see Pat. 32 Eliz. pt 1354 Jas. I, 

 pt. 25 ; also Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), 

 iii, 382. 



85 ? Chant. 36-40. From deeds there 

 given the chantry seems to have been 

 founded or refounded early in the 1 5th 

 century, but there has been preserved a 

 gift to Matthew de Sholver, chaplain, and 

 his successors celebrating the Mass of St. 

 Mary at St. Nicholas' altar, which may be 

 dated about 1300 ; Norris D. (B.M.), no. 

 951. In 1429 Thomas son of Thomas del 

 Booth of Barton claimed to present to ' the 

 chantry of the Blessed Mary at the altar of 

 St. Nicholas,' against John de Bamford 

 Henry de Trafford, and Hugh de Scholes, 

 chaplain ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 2, m. 

 9^ ; see also the preceding. The endow- 

 ment was derived from burgages in St. 

 Mary Gate, Todd Lane, and Deansgate ; 

 the priest celebrated with the ornaments 

 of the other chantry. John Reddish 

 seems to have been the chaplain in 1431, 

 James Smith in 1498 and 1525, John 

 Dickonson in 1532 and 1535, William 

 Ashton (or'Hache 1 ) in 1547. 



858 Chant. 40-5. The endowment 

 was derived from burgages in Market 

 Street Lane, Millgate, and Deansgate ; 

 there was no plate. From a deed printed 

 in Raines" notes it appears that the chan- 

 tries were founded in 1501, the priest to 

 be 'one of the priests of the Guild or 

 Brotherhood of our Blessed Lady and St. 

 George of Manchester, to be founded in 

 the College Church of Manchester ' ; the 

 hour of six o'clock wasjfixed by the founder. 

 John Bridcoak was the cantarist in 1534 

 and 1 547. This chantry was partly en- 

 dowed by the founder's wife Isabel 

 daughter of Richard Tetlow out of her 

 father's estate. 



859 Ibid. 46-8. The endowment in- 

 cluded Domville House in Salford, and 

 other burgages and lands in Salford, 

 Worsley, and Spotland. From the will of 

 the founder's widow, it is clear that Hugh 

 Marler was the incumbent in 1523. 

 Robert Byrom was there in 1534 (Valor 

 Eccl. [Rec. Com.], v, 226) and Edward 

 Smith in 1547. In addition to making 

 regulations for the two chantries Isabel 

 Chetham by her will left a pair of silver 

 beads to our Lady of Manchester, 5 marks 

 to the repair of the church, and 261. 8</. 

 to the building of Irk Bridge. 



Of the Gild of St. George nothing 

 further seems to be known. The chapel 

 was built by William Galey, who died in 

 1 58, and part of the endowment was left 

 by him, viz. a house in Market Street 

 Lane occupied by Robert Chetham, and 

 no doubt part of the endowment of the 

 former chantry. See Raines, loc. cit. in 

 the notes, and Hollinworth, Mancuniensis, 

 55. For the Galey family see Mamecestre, 

 iii, 489 ; Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes. 



2OO 



and Ches.), ii, 162 ; Manch. Ct. Lett Recs* 

 ii, 8, 77. 



For disputes as to the chantry lands in the 

 Acres and elsewhere see Ducatus Lanc.(Rec* 

 Com.), i, 224, 265 ; Duchy Plead, iii, 30. 



860 Chant. 49-54. The income was de- 

 rived from burgages and shops in Market 

 Street, Hanging Bridge, Smithy Door, 

 Hanging Ditch, and Collyhurst Fold 

 (' foyte '). There was no plate. Hugh 

 Brideoak was priest in 1534 and Roger 

 Ireland in 1547; William Woodall suc- 

 ceeded before 1548. This chantry seems 

 to have been founded by William Radcliffe- 

 of Ordsall, who died in 1498. In the 

 following year Elizabeth widow of John 

 Radcliffe of Ordsall bequeathed to the 

 chaplain celebrating at Trinity altar a 

 mass book with cover and clasps, a cruet 

 of silver with I.R. on the cover, two 

 towels, a vestment of green and white 

 velvet with bulls' heads on the orphreys,. 

 and 3*. 4</., to buy a sacring-bell ; Raines, 

 in the notes. The chapel is now the 

 outermost aisle of the nave on the north 

 Hollinworth (op.cit. 47) describes the 'very 

 rich window ' and gives the verses in- 

 scribed on it ' in worship of the Trinity.' 



861 Some particulars have been given in 

 a previous note ; see also Chant. 48-52, 

 where are printed several deeds relating 

 to the foundation ; e.g. the licence of 

 James Stanley, as warden, to the Gild 

 of St. Saviour and the Name of Jesus to 

 receive all oblations and emoluments 

 offered to the image of the Saviour in the 

 chapel recently built at the south side of 

 the collegiate church ; an agreement of 

 1509 as to the position of the Bexwick 

 chaplains in the choir and in the college^ 

 showing that they were to share in all 

 things, except the stipend ; a deed by 

 which Isabel daughter and sole heir of 

 Richard Bexwick and widow of Thomas 

 Beck (to whom the chantry was some- 

 times attributed) conveyed the Jesus 

 chapel in 1562 to Francis Pendleton and 

 Cecily his wife, daughter of Isabel, and 

 others. A case respecting the endow- 

 ment of this chantry is given in Duchy 

 Plead, ii, 82. The revenue was 4 is. \d. 

 in 1534, when James Barlow was chantry 

 priest ; at that time 18*. %d. was by the 

 founder's will distributed at his obit to the 

 clergy and the poor ; Valor Eccl. (Rec, 

 Com.), v, 225. Robert Prestwich was 

 the cantarist and Edward Pendleton the- 

 schoolmaster in 1546, when the revenue 

 was 8 i zs. 3</. ; Chant. 246-7. 



The chapel had at the south-east 

 corner a smaller chapel, now destroyed, in 

 which were buried the remains of William 

 Hulme, the founder of the Hulme exhibi- 

 tions at Oxford. 



