AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED 



GARSTANG 



and by 1717 to 73 io/. 51 At the present time the 

 net value is 266 a year. 52 



The names of some of the early rectors are known, 



Robert occurring about ii9O-i2o6, 53 both singly 

 and in conjunction with Henry 04 ; also William 

 somewhat later. 55 



The following have been vicars : 

 Instituted Name 



. Benedict 56 . . . . 

 Roger de Cockersand 57 

 . William de Skipton " . 

 William de Lonersale 59 

 . William de Caton . 

 Richard Pacock 61 



Patron 



Cause of Vacancy 



oc. 1277-8 . . 

 29 May 1281 



oc. 1330 . . . 



oc. 1 341 . . . 



oc. 1347 . . . 



c. 1356 . . . 



21 Oct. 1380 . 



oc. 1385 . . . 

 1 6 Mar. 1395-6 



? 1410 . . . 



1 6 Nov. 1421 . 



3 Aug. 1422 . 

 14 Feb. 1422-3 



29 Sept. 1429 . 

 oc. 1461 (r) . 



oc. 1481 . . . 

 oc. I 500 . 



oc. 1 508 . . 



c. 1515 . . 



oc. 1535 . . . 



Oct. 1545 . 



1 8 Jan. 1558-9 



28 July 1562 . 



81 Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 408 ; glebe 

 tithes of Claughton ^46 io.t., modus 

 for tithe hay 1, Easter reckonings ^5, 

 and surplice fees j. This value had 

 increased to over 80 a year by 1725 ; 

 ibid. 409. The glebe land measured 16 

 or 17 acres. A terrier of 1736 is in the 

 Visit. Ret. 



The glebe is situated partly in Kirkland 

 (the vicanige, &c.), but chiefly in Garstang 

 (Stout House). 62 Munch. Dioc. Dir. 



63 R. de Garstang was a surety to the 

 monks of Wyresdale for the chaplain of St. 

 Michael's between 1 194 and 1 199 ; Farrer, 

 Lanes. Pipe R. 338. He is no doubt the 

 Robert de Garstang who attested a 

 Conishead charter about 1190 ; ibid. 361. 

 Robert rector of Garstang and Paulin his 

 brother also occur ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 

 291. See also Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), i, 

 57 ; ii, 387 (dated 1205-6). 



Paulin was perhaps the ancestor of 

 Edmund de Wedacre living in 1340 ; De 

 Banco R. 321, m. 294. 



54 Robert and Henry, rectors of 

 Garstang, made an agreement as to the 

 tithes of Bilsborrow with Robert the Clerk 

 of Preston, the latter releasing his claim ; 

 Cockersand Chartul. i, 334. 



55 Lane. Ch. ii, 362 (dated 1230), 429. 

 William de Lancaster (HI), sending 

 greeting and sincere love to William 

 rector of Garstang, directed him to render 

 his homage and service for land in Nateby 

 to Gilbert the Clerk ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, 

 fol. 77. About 1260 one William was 

 ' chaplain ' of Garstang ; Cockersand 

 Chartul. i, 292. 



66 Benedict vicar of Garstang attested 

 Claughton charters ; Add. MS. 32104, 

 no. 933, 1309. In 1278 he complained 

 of a ditch in Garstang, made by John le 

 Tailor, but died about that time ; Assize 

 R. 1238, m. 31 ; 1239, m. 39. Also 

 lief. Keeper's Rep. xlvi, App. 166. 



57 Tork Reg. Wick-wane (Surtees Soc.), 

 119 ; collated by reason of the archbishop's 

 visitation. He was a priest. 



Archbishop of York 



Richard de Preston 61 Cockersand Abbey 



Roger Pacock 63 



Thomas de Green 64 Cockersand Abbey 



Robert Lancaster 



Robert Carrington Cockersand Abbey 



Roger Garnet . 



Robert Overton ,, . 



Thomas Hoton G5 . . 



Henry * 



John Bradford 663 



John Woods' 7 



Thomas Bowland 67a 



John Lancaster 68 



James Dugdale 69 



Richard Preston, M.A. 70 .... John Kechyn . . . 



James Anderton 71 Christopher Anderton 



Hugh Anderton, B.C.L." . . . The Queen .... 



d. R. Lancaster 



res. R. Garnet 

 res. R. Overton 



d. last inc. 

 d. last inc. 

 res. J. Anderton 



Roger vicar of Garstang in 1292 made 

 a claim against Henry de Haydock and 

 William the White, executors of the will 

 of Adam de Brockholes, and recovered 

 40*. ; Assize R. 408, m. 98. He may 

 be the Roger afterwards Abbot of 

 Cockersand ; Chartul. i, p. xxii. 



58 He claimed 50*. as owing by John 

 de Bardsey, Thomas de Southworth and 

 Gilbert de Howath ; De Banco R. 283, 

 m. 280 d. 



59 John de Pleasington in 1341 com- 

 plained that William de Lonersale, vicar 

 of Garstang, had broken down his hedges 

 and trespassed in his corn and grass there ; 

 De Banco R. 327, m. 151. 



60 Ibid. 352, m. 537 d. 



61 Complaint was made that he kept 

 greyhounds and dogs for hunting foxes 

 and hares, to the hurt of the deer ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Forest Proc. bdle. I, 

 no. 20, m. 3. 



M This and some later institutions are 

 taken from Whitaker, Richmondshire t ii, 

 453, citing Torre's MSS. 



Richard de Preston was vicar in 1382 ; 

 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1468. 



68 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 91. 



64 Thomas Green became Abbot of 

 Cockersand in 1410 ; Chartul. i, p. xxii. 



65 In 1444 a monition was issued 

 against the vicar of Garstang for non- 

 residence ; Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), 

 xxii, 373. Thomas Hoton as vicar in 

 14678 witnessed the last will of Roger 

 Dugdale, who left one of his animals for 

 the repair of Garstang Bridge ; Richmond 

 Wills (Surtees Soc.), 5. 



66 Kuerden MSS. iv, G 4. The date 

 is erroneous. 



66a Cockersand Chartul. iii, 1133, &c. 

 He was a cnon of the abbey and vicar as 

 late as 1497. 



87 Ibid. 1144. He also was a canon 

 of Cockersand. 



67a Named in a settlement by Ralph 

 Catterall recited in Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. iv, no. 4. 



297 



68 In a return made to the king in 1527 

 it was stated that Garstang Rectory, 

 appropriated to Cockersand Abbey, was 

 worth 20 a year and the vicarage 10. 

 The latter hnd been held by John Lancas- 

 ter, one of the canons of the house, for 

 twelve years and more ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Rentals, bdle. 5, no. 15. In 15 24 Lancas- 

 ter had some dispute with John Brock- 

 holes, John Rigmaiden, Robert Pleasing- 

 ton the elder and Richard Cottam ; the 

 award was that, after anyone died, his rep- 

 resentatives should give the vicar, ' for the 

 solemn singing," id. if unable to give the 

 rector a mortuary, zs, if able to give a 

 mortuary, and 3*. if a gentleman ; Add. 

 MS. 32105, no. 823. 



In 1520 Robert Walhill was 'parish 

 priest,' or curate in charge ; Fishwick, 

 op. cit. 217. In 1524 Adam Astley was 

 ' curate ' ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, 

 no. 62. 



69 Valor EecL v, 263. 



70 Act Bks. at Chester, 1502-76, fol. 

 23/1. In 1538 the Abbot of Cockersand 

 granted the next presentation to Sir 

 William Poulet and John Kechyn ; Church 

 Papers in Dioc. Reg. Chester. The Churck 

 Papers and Act Bks. have supplied the 

 later vicars, where no other references are 

 given. Accounts of the various incum- 

 bents will be found in Fishwick, op. cit. 

 145200 ; Raines, Lanes, (ed. Croston), v, 

 4214. Richard Preston was still vicar 

 in Sept. 1557 ; Catterall D. (W. Farrer); 

 also in 1558-9, according to Piccope, 

 Wills (Chet. Soc.), iii, 74 ; but there 

 must be a mistake in the date. 



71 In old pedigrees 'James Anderton, 

 priest,' is named as a brother of Peter 

 Anderton of Anderton ; e.g. Harl. MS. 

 1549, fol. 22. In the Visit. List of 1562 

 he was said to be at Oxford, but the entry 

 (though James is named) may refer to the 

 next vicar. 



73 Of this vicar nothing seems to be 

 known except that he joined with Chris- 

 topher Anderton, the patron, in granting 



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