A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Instituted Name Patron 



10 Mar. 1574-5 . George Ainsworth 7S Bishop of Chester . . . 



2 Feb. 1609-10 . George Mitton, B.A James Anderton . , . 



17 Feb. 1620-1 . Augustine Wildbore, D.D. 74 - S . . Master of Wards . . . 

 Apr. 1645 . . Christopher Edmundson 76 . . . 



29 Nov. 1654 . . Isaac Ambrose, M.A. 77 Master of Savoy . 



3 June 1663 . . Robert Ditchfield, B.A. 78 . . . . Bishop of Chester . > . 

 28 July 1677 . . Henry Patten, M.A. 79 The King 



6 Jan. 1678-9. . Robert Hunter 80 Silvester Richmond . . 



9 Mar. 1679-80 . Richard Richmond, M.A. 81 ... ... 



28 Nov. 1684 . . Richard Wroe, D.D. 8J .... Richard Richmond . . 

 10 Mar. 1696-7 . Robert Styth, B.A. 83 Sarah Richmond, &c. 



4 Apr. 1698. . . Henry Richmond, B.A. 84 .... 



I Mar. 1706-7 . Thomas Waring, M.A. 84 .... Richard Richmond, &c. . 



4 Mar. 1722-3 . Thomas Hayward, M.A. 86 . . . Silvester Richmond . . 



14 July 1731 . . Leh Richmond 87 . . . 



i June 1750 . . Thomas Hunter, M.A. 88 .... ... 



3 Sept. 1755 . . James Pedder, B.A. 89 Richard Pedder . . . 



29 June 1772 . . James Fisher 90 James Pedder . . . . 



22 Aug. 1794 . . John Pedder, M.A. 91 John Pedder .... 



27 July 1 835 . . James Pedder, M.A. SI James Pedder . . . . 



Feb. 1856 . . John Pedder, M.A.' 3 John Pedder . . . . 



18 Oct. 1859 Wilson Pedder, M.A. 94 .... Richard & Thomas Pedder 

 1 4 July 1 89 1 . . John Wilson Pedder, M.A. 9S . . . J. W. Pedder . . . . 



Cause of Vacancy 



d. G. Ainsworth 



depr. I. Ambrose 



d. Rt. Ditchfield 

 res. R. Hunter 

 res. R. Richmond 

 res. R. Wroe 

 res. R. Styth 

 res. H. Richmond 

 d. T. Waring 

 res. T. Hayward 

 res. L. Richmond 

 res. T. Hunter 

 d. J. Pedder 

 res. J. Fisher 

 d. J. Pedder 

 d. J. Pedder 

 d. J. Pedder 

 d. W. Pedder 



a lease of the vicarage to Thomas Ander- 

 ton ; Fishwick, op. cit. 146, citing Pedder 

 D. Hugh Anderton graduated from St. 

 Mary Hall, Oxf.; B.A. 1566, B.C.L. 

 1572 ; Foster, Alumni. From an agree- 

 ment dated 1583 between John Bold, 

 farmer of the vicarage, and Thomas 

 Brockholes of Claughton it appears that 

 a grant of the vicarage was made in 1581 

 by Thomas and Hugh Anderton of 

 Chorley during the life of the said Hugh 

 Anderton, B.C.L. ; Add. MS. 32105, 

 foL zz8i. There is therefore something 

 doubtful about the time and manner of 

 Ainsworth's succession. 



73 The bishop collated ' by lapse.' 

 George was a younger brother of Henry 

 Ainsworth, the Brownist. 



In a return made in 1590 he was 

 described as 'no preacher'; S. P. Dom. 

 Eliz. xxxi, 47. A similar report was 

 made of him about 1610, but at that time 

 one of the king's preachers had been 

 stationed at Garstang ; Hist. MSS. Com. 

 Rep. xiv, App. iv, 8. 



74 - 5 From this time the institutions are 

 recorded in the Inst. Bks. P.R.O. printed 

 in Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Notes, i, 95, &c. 



Dr. Wildbore was vicar of Preston 

 1626-30, and of Lancaster 1630 onwards. 

 Both benefices were sequestered by the 

 Parliament, he being a Royalist. He 

 died in 1654. 



76 It is improbable that Edmundson 

 had any legal title to the vicarage, as Dr. 

 Wildbore was sequestered only for 'delin- 

 quency,' but he is styled vicar in the 

 registers. He was approved by the 

 Assembly of Divines as 'godly and 

 orthodox,' and required to officiate as 

 vicar and preach diligently, having for his 

 pains therein the vicarage-house, &c. ; 

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

 Ches.), i, 3. He was a member of the 

 Classis in 1646, and signed the 'Har- 

 monious Consent' in 1648; he was 

 approved as ' a diligent painful minister ' 

 in 1650; Commoniv. Ch. Surit. 150. 

 Edmundson's title ceased on the termina- 

 tion of the sequestration by Dr. Wild- 

 bore's death in 1654, and the people 

 petitioned that Ambrose, who had long 

 had the office of king's preacher in the 

 neighbourhood, should be appointed, 'there 



being a great necessity of such a reverend 

 and able man among us in regard to the 

 extraordinary profaneness, lukewarmness, 

 popery and several strange heresies so 

 much abounding' ; Fishwick, op. cit. 1 68. 

 Edmundson was presented to Hawkshead 

 in 1657 (Plund. Mins. Accts. ii, 182, 

 307), probably conformed in 1662, and 

 died at Hawkshead in 1675. 



Hiet Edmundson, son of Christopher, 

 entered St. John's Coll., Camb., in 1661, 

 aged seventeen ; he was described as ' of 

 Oldham.' He graduated B.A. in 1664, 

 and became vicar of Deeping ; Mayor, 

 Admissions to St. John's, i, 149 ; Wilson^ 

 Sedbcrgh Reg. 85. 



77 Vicar of Preston 1639-57. He was 

 presented to Garstang i Sept. 1654, and 

 the appointment was ratified 29 Nov. ; 

 Plund. Mins. Accts. ii, 54. On the 

 restoration he obtained a new presenta- 

 tion from the king ; Def. Keeper's Rep. 

 xlvi, App. 19. He was deprived for 

 nonconformity in 1662 and retired to 

 Preston. 



78 The bishop presented by lapse. This 

 vicar, who was of St. Mary Hall, Oxf., 

 B.A. 1662 (Foster), appears to have had 

 a doubtful title. In 1676 the king pre- 

 sented Richard White, M.A., to the 

 vicarage ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xlvi, App. 

 121. Ditchfield died at Garstang in July 

 1677. 



79 The king presented ' by reason of 

 simony or other cause ' ; Patten was 

 instituted, but his title must have been 

 faulty, as the next vicar was presented as 

 successor to Ditchfield. Henry Patten 

 matriculated at Oxford in 1664 (Foster, 

 Alumni), but the source of his degree is 

 not known. 



80 Hunter was curate of Liverpool 

 1670-88 ; he probably occupied Garstang 

 till Richard Richmond was of proper age. 



81 In the Inst. Bks. P.R.O. and the 

 Church Papers the date is given as in the 

 text; in the Act Bks. as 30 Oct. 1679. 

 For this vicar see the accounts of the 

 rectors of Sefton (1684-1721) and Walton 

 (1690-1721). 



82 Also Warden of Manchester (q.v.J 

 1684-1718. 



83 The patrons were Sarah, Richard, 

 Silvester and Henry Richmond and 



Richard Houghton. Styth was one of 

 the curates of Liverpool, and occupied 

 Garstang for twelve months only, till 

 Henry Richmond (one of the patrons) 

 was ready. 



84 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ; 

 B.A. 1695; Foster, Alumni. He became 

 one of the rectors of Liverpool in 1706. 



85 Educated at Christ Ch., Oxf. ; M.A. 

 1688 ; Foster. 



86 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1719; Foster. He was head 

 master of Warrington Grammar School, 

 and held Garstang only until the patron's 

 son was of age for institution. 



87 Son of the patron. He resigned 

 Garstang on being presented to the rectory 

 of Stockport, 1750-69 ; Earwaker, East 

 Ches. i, 396, 372. His grandson, of the 

 same name, wrote the Dairyman's 

 Daughter, &c. 



88 Educated at Queen's Coll., Oxf., but 

 left without graduating. He had Balderston 

 chapel, but resided at Garstang ; Visit. 

 Ret. In 1771 the degree of M.A. was 

 granted by the University for his Philo- 

 sophical Character of Lord Bolingbroke. 

 He wrote other works. From 1755 till 

 his death in 1777 he was vicar of Weaver- 

 ham, Cheshire. See Fishwick, op. cit. 

 193-7 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



83 The patron is described as ' of 

 Preston, linen draper'; the vicar was 

 his son. He was educated at Brasenose 

 Coll., Oxf. ; B.A. 1753 ; Foster. A 

 ' threatening letter ' by him, addressed to 

 the priest at Claughton, is printed by 

 Hewitson op. cit. 460. 



90 The patron, an infant, was son of the 

 late vicar. 



91 The patron presented himself in this 

 and some following cases. John Pedder 

 was educated at Trinity Coll., Camb. ; 

 M.A. 1794. 



92 Educated at Christ's Coll., Camb. ; 

 M.A. 1829. 



93 Educated at St. John's Coll., Camb. ; 

 M.A. 1829. 



94 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1842, vice-principal of Wells 

 Theological Coll. 1842-7, vicar of 

 Compton Dando 1847 ; J.P. for Lanes. 



95 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1876. 



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