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for this transgression he may be said to have made some atonement 

 by frequently lamenting, in the presence of others, his own incon- 

 siderate entrance upon the ministry both during his life and at his 

 death.* He considered the minister's office " a weighty calling," 

 as most undoubtedly it is ; and the memoirs of this divine are here 

 introduced in confirmation of this important truth. Wherever the 

 officiating minister is rendered weak by poverty of stipend, the in- 

 fluence and assistance of the high and more opulent in his parish, 

 who profess to belong to the Church of England, are indispensably 

 necessary to promote her prosperity : and wherever this assistance 

 is withheld, or influence, in matters respecting religion, perverted 

 by being conveyed through other channels than that of, or uncon- 

 nected with, the officiating minister ; whether curate or incumbent, 

 the Church will most materially suffer. 



TRENTHAM, is a parish in Pirehill North, adjoining to that of 

 Newcastle. It contains four townships, namely, Blurton and 

 Lightwood Forest, Hanchurch and Butterton, Handford, and Trent- 

 ham. This parish contains 399 houses, 417 families ; 1069 males, 

 1051 females: total, 2,120 inhabitants. 



The village of Trentham is situate on the turnpike-road between 

 Newcastle and Stone, about four miles from the former place. It 

 consists of several tenements and a large Inn. The new Cemetery 

 of the House of Trentham is situated in the village of Trentham, 

 on the eastern side of the road that passes through it. It is a large 

 pyramidal pile of stone, of two stories, the upper of which contains 

 one bell, and is surmounted by a cross. The entrance is at the 

 western side, and a large Gothic window admits the light from the 

 east. The interior of the cemetery contains twenty catacombs 

 on each side, each sufficiently capacious to hold one coffin. The 

 divisions between these catacombs are faced with Derbyshire marble. 

 The funeral service is performed in this Mausoleum on the inter- 

 ment of any of the parishioners, and an extensive burying-ground 

 is enclosed in the rear of this structure, beyond which the minister's 

 house stands in a field : it is now the residence of the Rev. T. 

 Butt, the present minister of Trentham. 



The Church, which originally was part of the monastery, noticed 

 hereafter, is an ancient structure of stone situated close to the Hall, 

 and is dedicated to St. Mary. 



* His death is thus entered in the register " Johanes Ball obijt vicesshno 

 die Octobris, 1639, quondam Curatus de Wbitmore observatissimus." 



