AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



held land in Newsham of John Warren in I573- 147 

 The Fishwicks occur. 148 



HOLLOWFORTH with its mill was the estate 

 bought by Robert de Holland in 1292 149 and held in 

 13234 by William de Holland of Euxton of the 

 heirs of Stockport by a rent of 2/. 150 Like Euxton it 

 descended to Molyneux of Sefton, 151 and was in 

 1558 sold by Sir Richard Molyneux to George 

 Newsham. 152 Land in Hollowforth was held by the 

 Middletons in 1 600-40. 153 The estate of Lawrence 

 Parkinson of Hollowforth was one of those sequestered 

 and sold under the Commonwealth. 154 There is still 

 a mill at Hollowforth. 



Alexander Rigby, James Sidgreaves and Thomas 

 Helme each paid 10 in 1631, having refused 

 knighthood. 155 



John Reynolds of Newsham as a * Papist ' registered 

 a leasehold estate in this part of the township in 

 I7I7. 156 Robert Shepherd of Barnacre did the 

 same. 157 



In the grant of Kirkham to Vale 

 CHURCH Royal Abbey in 1281 its chapels ' were 

 included, 158 so that it is probable that 

 ST. MART'S, Goosnargh, already existed. It was 

 frequently called a ' church,' and its district a ' parish ' 

 before the Reformation. 159 Direct proof of its 

 existence begins in 1330, when its ' chaplain ' was 

 required to send an ox of the value of los. to the 

 Abbot of Vale Royal (as rector) every year. 160 

 Complaint was made of an assault upon Sir Adam 

 Banastre at Goosnargh Church in I336, 161 and that 

 the chapel was in constant use is shown by the names 

 of the ministering priests which have been preserved. 161 

 John son of Adam de Whittingham granted certain 

 lands in 1379-80 to Henry Moton, the rent being a 

 pound of wax, due to the church of B. Mary of 



KIRKHAM 



Goosnargh. 163 There was in it a second altar, that of 

 St. John the Baptist, the priest at which in 1528-9 

 received an endowment perhaps temporary from 

 William Barnes of Tewkesbury. 164 A more substantial 

 endowment was secured to the chaplain celebrating 

 in the ' church or chapel ' of B. Mary the Virgin of 

 Goosnargh by Alan Singleton, the statutes of the 

 chantry being ordained by Roger Singleton in 1 508. 165 

 This chantry was in existence at the confiscation of 

 such endowments in 1547-8. It had a revenue 

 of 5 a year. 166 



What happened during the next fifty or sixty 

 years is uncertain. A curate was probably maintained 

 there, but the stipend was only 3 i8j. from the 

 tithes of Christ Church, Oxford, 167 increased no doubt 

 by occasional offerings. The curate of 1611 was 

 presented to the bishop for having given notice of the 

 rush bearing ' on the Sabbath day,' leading to piping 

 in the church and churchyard, 168 while eleven years 

 later the curate had not preached himself and had 

 procured only two sermons in the year ; he kept ale 

 to sell. 169 The arrangement of the seats in 1635 

 has been preserved. 170 The Presbyterian discipline 

 was accepted without resistance in 1646, and the 

 minister in 1648 signed the 'Harmonious Consent.' 

 There was in 1650 no allowance to the minister, 

 except ^50 from the Committee of Plundered 

 Ministers. 171 This would, of course, cease at the 

 Restoration, but Christ Church afterwards increased 

 the allowance from the tithes to 1 9 1 8 j. 178 About 

 1720 a grant was obtained from Queen Anne's 

 Bounty, 173 and the incumbent's income has gradually 

 increased until it is now ^2Oi. 174 A separate parish 

 was assigned in i846. 175 



The church stands on the north side of the village 

 of Goosnargh, and consists of chancel 25 ft. 6 in. 



147 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, 

 no. 30, 34. 



148 See the account of Bulsnape. Adam 

 Fishwick in 1558 sold messuages in 

 Newsham, &c., to Ralph Massy and 

 William Neild ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 1 8, m. 16 ; 19, m. 51. 



149 Final Cone, i, 175 ; Robert son of 

 Adam de Holland acquired 2 oxgangs 

 of land, a mill, &c., in Newsham from 

 Adam de Newsham. In a pleading of 

 the same year already referred to Robert 

 de Holland was joined with Adam de 

 Acton in defending the right of two 

 messuages, 80 acres of land, a water-mill, 

 &c., claimed by Richard son of Adam de 

 Acton. Both claimed by gift of Adam, but 

 Richard withdrew, acknowledging Robert's 

 right ; Assize R. 408, m. 17 d. The name 

 Hollowforth does not appear till much later. 



150 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 162. 



151 Richard Molyneux died in 1397 

 holding a plat of land called Hollowforth 

 in Amounderness ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc.), i, 71. 



Sir William Molyneux in 1548 held 

 Hollowforth of Sir Edward Warren in 

 socage by 21. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. ix, no. 2. 



152 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, 

 m. 95 ; the estate was described as three 

 messuages, water-mill, &c. 



158 The tenure of George Middleton 

 of Leighton's land in 1600 was not 

 recorded, but Thomas Middleton's in 

 1640 was said to be held of the king in 

 socage in conjunction with Kellamergh ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 51 ; 

 xxix, no. 64. 



154 Cat. Com. for Comp. ii, 1301 ; Index 

 of Royalists, 43. 



155 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 221. 



146 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. 

 Nonjurors, 96. 

 57 Ibid. 140. 



158 See the account of Kirkham Church. 



159 Even an official document like the 

 Ministers' Accounts in 1549 speaks of 

 the chantry in the parish church of 

 Goosnargh ; Lanes, and Ches. Recs. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 88. 



160 Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), ii, 167. 



161 Assize R. 430, m. 20. 



163 Katherine Radcliffe of York in 

 1458 left 2OJ. to the fabric of the chapel 

 of Goosnargh, where she was born ; Test. 

 Ebor. (Surtees Soc.), ii, 92. 



163 Add. MS. 32107, no. noo. 



164 Ibid. no. 10 1 2, 1074-5. 



165 Something has been said of the 

 founders' family in the account of Middle- 

 ton. Roger Singleton's deed, apparently 

 for the appointment of new trustees, is 

 printed by Fishwick, op. cit. 215-18. In 

 the Valor Eccl. (Record Com.), v, 263, 

 the founder is called Roger Singleton, and 

 61. $J. had to be distributed to the poor 

 on his anniversary (St. Luke's Day). In 

 1 548, however, Anne Singleton (perhaps 

 the daughter of Alan) was said to have 

 founded it, but no foundation deed was 

 known, and the priest used to ' celebrate 

 there at his pleasure ' ; Raines, Chantries 

 (Chet. Soc.), 242-3. 



166 Ibid. 244. The chantry priest oc- 

 cupied Middleton, out of which a rent 

 of 6s. was due to the king's bailiff of 



201 



Amounderness ; 5*. zd. and 5*. 6J. were 

 paid to Sir Richard Hoghton and Thomas 

 Catterall respectively as free rents for 

 other parts of the endowment. 



In addition there was land of the yearly 

 value of 461. %d. devoted to the celebra- 

 tion of obits and the maintenance of 

 lamps in the church ; ibid. 253. Afield 

 called St. Mary's Croft is supposed to 

 have been part of it ; Fishwick, op. cit. 16. 



There were three bells ; Raines, op. cit. 

 264, 280. 



167 Plund. Mini. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 8 ; Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. 

 (Chet. Soc.), ii, 420. 



168 Fishwick, op. cit. 28, citing Raines 

 MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 86. Cf. Asshe- 

 ton's Journ. (Chet. Soc.), 41. 



169 Fishwick, op. cit. 29. The ale- 

 selling is named in the visitation record 

 of 1619. 



1 70 Ibid. 71-3. 



171 Commoniv. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 155. An allowance 

 of 40 was made out of the sequestered 

 tithes as early as 1645 ; this was increased 

 to 50, but about 1655 reduced to 20 ; 

 Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 8 ; ii, 88, 210. 



Goosnargh, which had what was 

 thought ' a fair parochial chapel,' was 

 made an independent parish in 1658-9; 

 ibid, ii, 265, 272. 



172 Gastrell, op. cit. ii, 420. There 

 were two chapel wardens for Goosnargh 

 and two for Whittingham ; a list to 1800 

 is given by Fishwick, op. cit. 86-102. 



178 Fishwick, op. cit. 21. 



174 Manch. Dioc. Dir. 



175 By Order in Council 21 Jan. 1846. 



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