AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



Roll of 1 177-8 as paying a mark for some breach of the forest laws 26 ; also 

 in i i 8 1-2 27 and later. 28 He was Dean of Kirkham in 1 I94- 29 The deanery 

 was smaller than it afterwards became, there being also a Dean of Lancaster, 

 but it had attained its full jurisdiction before 1291, when it included the 

 parishes of Kirkham, Preston, Ribchester, Chipping, Garstang, Cockerham, 

 Lancaster, St. Michael's, Poulton (with Bispham) and Lytham. 30 The 

 names of several of the deans have been preserved. 31 



36 Farrer, op. cit. 38. 



ij Ibid. 47 ; he desired to secure the wardship of his nepos and the marriage of the mother. 



13 Ibid. 52 ; he married his daughter, who was of the king's donation, to the son of Norman de 

 Redmayne. 



39 Cur. Reg. R. 2, m. 17 d. so Pope Nick. Tax. (Rec..Com.), 307. 



sl John de Conisburgh was dean in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 101 d. 



John de Ascam was dean in 1334, when he was accused of extortion, demanding fees of 2O/. for 

 every 20 contained in a testament and 2O</. for every 20*. ; Coram Rege R. 297, Rex m. 22 d. 



William Ballard was dean in 1346; Kuerden MSS. iv, K 18. He died of the plague in 1349, 

 being succeeded by 



Adam de Kirkham ; Engl. Hist. Rev. v, 526. 



Thomas Catterick, chaplain, was dean in 1388 ; Pal. of Lane. Docquet R. I (12 John of Gaunt). 



Richard Cleveland occurs in 1504 ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 219, 233. 



Richard Waring was dean in 1517; Hornby Chapel D. 



Nicholas Lawrenson was dean in 1561 ; Duchy of Lane. Spec. Com. no. 36. 



Richard Parker, vicar of Chipping, was appointed dean in 1592 and again in 1598 ; Dansey, Herat 

 Dec. Rur. ii, 374, 376. 



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