SALFORD HUNDRED 



RADCLIFFE 



paid to the archdeacon for synodals and procurations/ 8 

 The Commonwealth Commissioners in 1650 found the 

 income to be about 50 a year ; in addition Colonel 

 Assheton, lord of the manor and patron, had demesne 



At the beginning of the next century the value had 

 risen to .90, of which more than a third was the 

 rent of the glebe. 80 It is now 950 a year ; 81 Sir 

 Frederick Johnstone, by purchase from the Earl of 



lands worth _i 50 a year for which he paid no tithe. 79 Wilton, is at present the patron. 



The following is a list of the rectors : 



Institution Name 



Robert 89 



John de Hulton M . . 

 Richard de Radcliffe M 

 Roger de Freckleton M 

 Thomas de Clipston M , 



c. 1240 . . . 

 oc. 1292 . 

 14 June 1310 

 14 Jan. 1318-19 

 1 8 May 1322 

 21 Jan. 1363-4 . 



i Apr. 1367 

 1 8 Feb. 1367-8 . 

 oc. 1374 . . . 



Patron 



William de Radcliffe 



13 Nov. 1389 



9 Mar. 1407-8. 

 31 Jan. 1437-8 

 23 May 1459 



6 Aug. 1481 



23 Feb. 1483-4 . 

 1 8 July 1486. . 



7 Dec. 1496 



14 Nov. 1534 



4 Apr. 1538 . 



1559 . . . 



4 Feb. 1583-4 , 



Robert de Newton 87 Richard de Radcliffe 



Alexander de Pilkington M . . . " 



Richard de Radcliffe 89 .... Richard de Radcliffe 



Richard de Clipston * 



John Fitheler 91 



Roger de Lache B * James de Radcliffe . 



Christopher Walker M 



Richard Forth M Richard Radcliffe . 



Oliver Smethurst 9S James Radcliffe . . 



John Bendelouse 96 John Radcliffe . . 



Thomas Blakelowe 97 ,, . 



Hugh Radcliffe 98 Richard Radcliffe . 



Roger Longworth 99 . 



Richard Beswick 10 



Thomas Mawdsley 10! Earl of Sussex . . 



Robert Ashton 10> . . 



John Ashton m 



Cause of Vacancy 



d. J. de Hulton 

 exc. R. de Radcliffe 

 d. R. de Freckleton 

 d. T. de Clipston 

 d. R. de Newton 

 res. A. de Pilkington 



exc. with J. Fitheler 

 d. R. de Lache 



d. R. Forth 

 res. O. Smethnrst 

 d. J. Bendelouse 

 d. T. Blakelow 

 d. H. Radcliffe 



d. R. Beswick 

 res. T. Mawdsley 



Leonard Shaw 1M Richard Assheton 



d. Joh. Ashton 



7 8 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 226. 

 The total -was made up of the value of 

 the glebe-land, 401.; tithe of grain, 8 10*.; 

 tithe of lambs, &c., linseed and hemp, 

 and Easter roll, 52*. 40". ; oblations, 



& 



' 9 Commonwealth Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 29. The glebe-lands 

 were -worth 20 a year ; rents, 30*. ; 

 tithes, ^28 ioj. There was no need of 

 another church, but part of Pilkington 

 might be joined to the parish, as a number 

 of the inhabitants used to attend Radcliffe 

 Church. 



80 Gastrell, Notitia Ceitr, (Chet. Soc.), 

 ii, 158. The glebe, 24 acres, let for 33, 

 and ten cottages brought in 311. 8</. 

 There were three churchwardens and two 

 assistants ; the retiring churchwardens 

 used to nominate six for the following 

 year, of whom the rector chose one and 

 the parishioners two. 



81 Mancb. Dioc. Cal. 



82 Robert, rector of Radcliffe, attested a 

 Lacy charter printed by Whitaker, 

 Wballey, ii, 226, but it may not be the 

 Lancashire parish. 



88 John de Hulton, rector of Radcliffe, 

 attested a family charter in 1292 ; Hulton 

 Fed. 2. In 1298 was cited a quitclaim 

 by John son of David de Hulton, rector 

 of Radcliffe, to his brother Richard ; De 

 Banco R. 125, m. nod. 



84 Lich. Epis. Reg. i, 8, fol. 58 5 the 

 bishop granted him 'the custody of the 

 sequestration ' on 8 May. The previous 

 rector died on the eve of Palm Sunday. 

 The new rector was an acolyte ; he was 

 ordained subdeacon early in the following 

 year, and deacon in 1315 ; ibid, i, fol. 

 114, i3 



85 He exchanged Bury for Radcliffe 

 with Richard de Radcliffe ; ibid, i, fol. 

 86. 



88 Ibid, ii, fol. 99; the new rector was a 

 priest. 



87 Ibid, iv, fol. 81* ; he is called ' chap- 

 lain.' He died on the Monday after 

 St. Gregory, 13667. 



88 Ibid, iv, fol. 83 ; 'son of Thomas de 

 Pilkington ; having the first clerical 

 tonsure." In the following January the 

 Bishop of Lichfield granted letters dimis- 

 sory to Alexander de Pilkington, acolyte, 

 rector of Radcliffe, for his promotion to 

 all holy orders ; ibid, v, fol. i8. Alex- 

 ander resigned a few days afterwards. 



89 Ibid, iv, fol. 83 ; he was a priest 



90 He may be the same as Richard de 

 Radcliffe. He was rector in 1374, and 

 one of the feoffees of Ralph de Langton ; 

 De Banco R. 456, m. 243 ; Dtp. Keeper" t 

 Rep. xxxiii, App. 6. 



91 He became vicar of Rochdale, and 

 died in 1402. 



98 Lich. Epis. Reg. vi, fol. 54; here called 

 Roger son of William de Manchester, but 

 elsewhere Roger de Lache. He had been 

 vicar of Rochdale since 1369. His will, 

 dated 28 February 1407-8, and proved a 

 year later, is printed in Various Coll. (Hist. 

 MSS. Com.), ii, 16 ; he desired to be 

 buried at Radcliffe, and in addition to 

 legacies to friends, he left bequests to the 

 churches of Radcliffe, Rochdale, Saddle- 

 worth, and Manchester, and to Upholland 

 Priory. His books included Stimulus 

 Conscience, Vite Patrum, Homilies, the 

 Breviaries, an Ordinale, and a Manuale. 



98 Lich. Epis. Reg. vii, fol. 96* ; a 

 ' chaplain.' 



94 Ibid, ix, fol. 23* ; a priest. 



95 Ibid, xii, fol. i b ; a chaplain. 



98 Ibid. fol. 113*5 a chaplain. He 

 granted an annual pension to his prede- 

 cessor for life ; ibid. fol. 1 14. 



W Ibid. fol. 1 1 6b. 



98 Ibid. fol. 1 2o. 



65 



99 Ibid, xiii, fol. 230; a priest. He 

 died in or before 1514, when the above- 

 recorded dispute as to the advowson 

 occurred ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 117, m. 7. 



The succession of rectors is given in 

 the Coekey Moor Examinations (Chet. Soc. 

 Misc.), 10. 



100 He may have succeeded Longworth 

 in 1514. His will is printed in Piccope, 

 Wills (Chet. Soc.), ii, 144; he made a 

 number of bequests to Middleton Church, 

 but none to Radcliffe ; his father, Roger 

 Beswick, is named as executor, together 

 with John Cowope his brother-in-law, 

 and Edward and Ralph his brothers. 



101 Lich. Epis. Reg. xiii-xiv, fol. 34. 

 He was chantry priest at Middleton. His 

 predecessor left him, among other priests, 

 i6</. to say dirge and mass and pray for 

 his soul. His own will, dated 1554, is 

 printed in Raines' Chant, i, 1 24 ; he left 

 to Radcliffe Church a vestment of baudekin 

 and flowers. He may have been put into 

 Radcliffe until his successor was old 

 enough to be instituted. 



103 Lich. Epis. Reg. xiii-xiv, fol. 36^ ; an 

 acolyte. He became rector of Middleton 

 in 1541, and is supposed to have resigned 

 in 1559. 



108 Also rector of Middleton, compound- 

 ing for first-fruits for both on 29 Nov. 

 1559; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 409. He was 

 buried at Middleton 9 Oct. 1584. 



104 Act Bks. at Chester. Shaw com- 

 pounded for first-fruits 12 Mar. 1584-5 ; 

 Lanes, and Ches. Rec. ii, 410. He contri- 

 buted to the clerical subsidies in 1620, 

 1622, and 1624; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 54, 66, 80. There is an 

 unsatisfactory notice of him in Chet. Misc. 

 ( Chet. Soc.), v. He married Mary daugh- 

 ter of Peter Heywood ; O. Heywood, 

 Diaries, i, 1 1 6. 



