A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



sentation was vested in the founder and his heirs, but 

 after a three months' vacancy it would lapse to the 

 bishop.*" A few of the names of the priests of this 

 foundation occur in the Lichfield Registers, and others 

 have been collected by Mr. Beamont from the Legh 

 deeds.** In 1534 the income was 661. id., and it 

 remained the same till the confiscation in 1548." 



The second chantry, known as the Stanley chantry, 

 was founded by the ancestors of the Earl of Derby. 

 It was in the rector's chapel, and endowed with bur- 

 gages in Lichfield and Chester, bringing in a rent of 

 66s. 8^."' 



A grammar school, once of some note, was founded 

 by Gowther Legh in the time of Henry VIII, and 

 refounded in 161 9 by Sir Peter Legh.** 



The charities of this parish are 

 CHjIRITIES numerous and valuable. As in other 

 cases, some are general, others applic- 

 able to particular objects or townships. 



For the whole parish are the ancient bread chari- 

 ties and other gifts to the poor," the Bible charity 

 founded by Dean Finch,** and the modern educational 

 funds.*' 



For Winwick-with-Hulme are gifts of linen, &c., 

 for the poor,'" and funds for binding appren- 

 tices," and buying school books." At Houghton, 

 Middleton, and Arbury are poor's cottages.** Gol- 

 borne and Lowton together share in William Lead- 

 beater's benefaction.** The townships separately 

 have some minor charities,*' including poor's cot- 



'* Lich. Epis. Reg. Northburgh, iii, fol. 

 764, and Beamont, tVin-wick, 82. The 

 original endowment consisted of eight 

 messuages, seven tofts, 4if acres of land, 

 with appurtenances in Newton in Maker- 

 field, with the reversion of others held 

 for life by Adam de Walton. Chalices, 

 books, vestments, and other ornaments 

 were provided by the founder. Should 

 the chaplain be unable through infir- 

 mity to attend to his duties he was to 

 receive a portion of the fruits sufficient 

 to support him decently. See Final Cone. 

 ii, 81. 



^ Beamont, 83-6. The list (omitting 

 the first names and making one or two 

 other corrections) is as follows : — 



1334. Peter de Winwick, nominated 

 by the founder, Gilbert de 

 Haydock; Lich. Epis. Reg. 

 Northburgh, ii, fol. logZ". 

 OC 1343. William de Rokeden. 



1358. Richard de Heton, presented 

 by John de Haydock, on 

 the death of W. de Rokeden; 

 Lich, Epis. Reg. Northburgh, 

 ii, fol. 1344. 



I361, Ralph de Tabley, presented 

 by John de Haydock, on 

 the resignation of Richard 

 de Heton ; ibid. Stretton, 

 iv, fol. 7 8 A. 

 oc. 1370. William de Wigan, by the 



same patron. 

 — — Matthew de Haydock by the 



guardian of P. Legh. 

 oc. 1478. Matthew Fowler, by Peter 



Legh. 

 oc. 1478. William Gam, by Sir Peter 

 Legh. 



1505. Christopher Houghton, by the 



same. 

 — Robert Garnet ; by the same. 



1532. Lawrence Pennington ; by 

 the same. He was cele- 

 brating according to his 

 foundation up to the sup- 

 pression J Raines, Lanes. 

 Chant. (Chet. Soc), i, 69. 

 He was then aged 48, and 

 lame ; ibid, i, 72 n. He 

 appeared at the Visitation 

 of 1554, but not later. 



" Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 220. In 

 1478 a further endowment was made by 

 Sir Peter Legh the patron ; Raines MSS. 

 xxxviii, 523. 



The endowment in 1548 is given in 

 detail in Lanes. Chant, i, 71-4 ; it was 

 derived from a number of tenements in 

 Newton in Makerfield, the principal tenant 

 being James Greenforth, who paid a rent 

 of 141. A chalice and two old vestments 

 belonged to it. 



8* Falor Ecel. v, 220 ; Laics. Chant, i. 



6y~g. There was no plate. The chan- 

 try priest in 1534 was Roger Gillibrand, 

 and in 1 548 William Stanley ; the latter 

 was fifty-six years of age. He was living 

 in 1553, but did not appear at the Visita- 

 tion of 1554. The lands of the Stanley 

 chantry were given by Queen Mary to the 

 Savoy Hospital when she refounded it, and 

 were leased by the Master to Christopher 

 Anderton ; Anderton of Lostock D. no. 8, 

 ID, 15 ; Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiii, 

 168. 



»6 End. Char. Rep. 



The Rev. Robert Wright, master of 

 the school from 1717 to 1735, published 

 tables of longitude ; Loeal Glean. Lanes, 

 and Ches. i, 177, 226. 



^7 The particulars in the following 

 notes are taken from the Jf^iniviek En~ 

 doiued Charities Report of 1 90 1, which 

 includes a reprint of that of 1828. 



Dr. Richard Sherlock, rector, by his 

 win in 1689 directed ,^300 to be invested 

 for the use of the poor ; it was employed 

 in buying chief rents from premises in 

 Croft, amounting in 1824 to^^ii 8j. 5^., 

 distributed in bread at the parish church 

 and four chapcls-of-ease. In 1900 the 

 rent-charges amounted to ,^9 131. -^d., 

 others having been redeemed and the 

 money invested in consols. The sum 

 available is divided in a customary pro- 

 portion among the different ecclesiastical 

 districts, and is spent chiefly in bread for 

 the poor. 



Adam Mather in 18 18 left money for 

 bread for poor persons who were also com- 

 municants ; the latter condition is now 

 not insisted upon. 



Rector Stanley in 1772 left ,^1,000 for 

 the poor, and ,^50 interest was in 1828 

 given in various ways — doles or blankets, 

 &c. The capital, invested in the War- 

 rington and Wigan Turnpike, was in 

 great part lost on the termination of the 

 Turnpike Act ; ,^400 was recovered and 

 invested in consols, producing ,f 11 ijs.^d, 

 yearly ; this is distributed by the rector 

 and other clergy at their discretion. 



^ He died in 1728 and left ,^200 to 

 the rector and churchwardens for Bibles, 

 prayer books, and instruction in the 

 Church of England catechism. In 1828 

 the income was ,^9 1 51. gd., given usually 

 in books, but sometimes applied to the 

 Sunday schools. The income is now 

 ,^6 145. id,, and is distributed by the 

 rector every three years, being chiefly 

 devoted to the Sunday schools. 



*' These are partly derived from the 

 endowments of the older schools, and 

 partly by gifts by George McCorquodale, 

 of about j^6oo in all, for prizes at the 

 Endowed School and St. Peter's School, 

 Newton. 



™ In 1685 a poor's fund had accumu- 



130 



Digitized by IVIicrosoft® 



lated by the gifts of sundry benefactors, 

 and Dr. Sherlock, the rector, added ^^89 ; 

 other gifts were made in subsequent years, 

 and in 1828 the interest amounted to 

 j^j 2s., spent on gifts of linen, &c., to 

 poor cottagers. The capital has to a great 

 extent been lost, and the yearly income is 

 now ,^1 13J. 8</., distributed in gifts of 

 calico. 



'1 Thomas March and Henry Low about 

 1720 left money for binding apprentices, 

 but by 1828 half the original capital, ^^52, 

 had been lost, and the interest was added 

 to the linen charity ; this erroneous use 

 continued down to 1900. 



3^ John Bankes, sometime schoolmaster 

 at Winwick (died 1775), left a small sum 

 for books for the ch'ldren attending the 

 school in Winwick churchyard. This in 

 1828 had been wrongly united to the linen 

 charity, and so continued in 1900. 



^ The poor's money appears to have 

 been invested in two cottages, but the 

 rents, ,^11, were applied to the poor rate 

 in 1828. A rent of 121. from Delph 

 House in Middleton had then ceased. In 

 1 840 the rent had increased to ^^14, but 

 ,^3 was and is payable to the highway 

 authority : the rest is given by the rector 

 of Winwick in clothing. 



** The testator gave an estate in Low- 

 ton and Golborne to the poor, and by his 

 will in 1685 gave ,^40 to erect at his 

 house at Lowton two good bays of build- i 

 ing, and ,^10 more to raise up the bay 

 called ' the shop ' the height of the afore- 

 said bays, &c. ; a large stone was to be laid 

 upon his burial place inscribed so that 

 people might learn of his benefaction. In 

 1828 the rents amounted to £sSt equally 

 distributed in linen or flannel for the poor 

 of the two townships. Various changes 

 have since occurred ; part of the land has 

 been sold to the Wigan Junction Railway, 

 1877 ; another part has been let on 

 a building lease of 999 years ; and the 

 coal under another has been mined. The 

 rental is now ,^119 17s. 6d., of which 

 £2^ is derived from the founder's house 

 in Church Lane, Lowton, and is distri- 

 buted by the trustees appointed under a 

 scheme made in 1892. 



*' For Golborne John Mather left a 

 charge of loj. for the poor, to be added to 

 Leadbeater's Charity; and Hannah Hooper 

 left ^20, the interest, £1, being paid in 

 1828. These have been added to the 

 Golborne share of the Leadbeater Charity 

 under the scheme of 1892, and the amount 

 is applied in subscriptions to dispensaries, 

 nurses, clothes, &c., or temporary relief in 

 money. 



Miss Frances Moon, by her will in 

 1873 bequeathed ^1,000 for the sick and 

 aged poor ; but only about ,^420 was 

 realized. 



