A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



The present organ in its Gothic case set on the 

 rood-loft succeeds one made by Father Smith about 

 1684. This, after having been sent to St. Saviour's 

 Church, Chetham, was returned to the cathedral, and 

 set up in the north aisle of the quire. 



The list of cathedral plate includes — 



Two chalices, 1 584.-5, each inscribed, 'This 

 belongs to the Collegiate Church of Manchester.' 



Two chalices, 1626, each inscribed, 'Given to the 

 Church of Manchester by Margarett Nugent, Wid- 

 dowe, l6z6.' 



Three patens, 1676-7, each inscribed, 'This 

 belongs to the Collegiate Church of Manchester, and 

 was bought at ye parish charge. Anno Dom. 1676.' 

 Almsdish, 1675-6, same inscription as patens, but 

 date-letter a year earlier. 



Small flagon, 1697-8, with the mark of Peter 

 Harracke; no inscription. 



Pitcher flagon, 1 70 1, inscribed, 'The gift of Mrs. 

 Mary Holbrook to the Collegiate Church of Man- 

 chester 1 70 1,' with the mark of John Ruslem. 



Four large flagons, 1707-8, 17 in. high, with 

 mark of Nathaniel Lock, each inscribed, ' Deo et 

 eccleslae Mancuniensi Sacrum anno 1708. Johannes 

 Sandiford D.D.D.' Two patens, same marks and in- 

 scriptions. 



Almsdish, 171 5, inscribed, 'The gift of Mrs. 

 Elizabeth Cartwright, Widdow, to ye Collegiate 

 Church of Manchester, Anno Dom. 171 5.' 



Chalice, 1875, given in memory of Canon Richson 

 by an unknown donor. Silver gilt. 



Four beaker cups made for the Scots church of the 

 Scots Factors at Campvere, Holland, in 1620 (no 

 marks), presented by Earl Egerton of Tatton. They 

 are numbered i, 2, 3, and 4, and bear Latin and 

 English inscriptions, the latter reading : 



1 . According zeal off factors at Campheir 



2. Gives us four coups for the Lord's table heir 



3. The year of God a thousand with sax hunder 



4. And twenty in Janvar, Macduff being minister. 



There is a ring of ten bells, five being dated 

 1706.=" 



The registers begin in 1573.'^ 



The endowment of St. Mary's 

 ADVOWSON Church at Manchester is recorded 

 in Domesday Book.*™ Rather more 

 than a century later the rector is named.'" In addi- 

 tion to the parish, there was a deanery of Manchester, 

 and several of the early deans are known ; '^ their 

 position with regard to the parish church, however, 

 is not ascertained ; they may have been the chaplains 

 in charge.'^' The original endowment was the 

 plough-land in Newton referred to above ; to this 

 Albert Grelley the elder added four oxgangs from his 

 demesne, supposed to be the land afterwards called 

 Kirkmanshulme, which, though detached, was con- 

 sidered part of the township of Newton ; *™ the 

 church had also some land between Deansgate and 

 the Irwell, known as the Parsonage land. In 1282 

 the value of the rectory was estimated as 200 marks,'" 

 though in the official taxation of nine years later it is 

 given as less than half that sum, viz. ^53 6s. Sd.'" 

 The value of the ninth of the sheaves, wool, &c., was 

 returned as 60 marks in 1341.'" 



The patronage of the church descended with the 

 manor until the confiscation of the college endow- 

 ments in 1 547 ; on the refounding by Mary it was 

 assumed by the Crown.'" 



The church was made collegiate in 142 1—2 by 

 Thomas, Lord La Warre, the rector and patron, in 

 honour of St. Mary, St. Denis, and St. George."* 

 The tithes were appropriated to its maintenance, and 

 the old manor-house and certain lands were given to 

 increase the endowment, ^3,000 being set apart for 

 building a suitable residence on the site of the manor- 

 house."^ The new foundation consisted of a warden 

 or master, eight fellows or chaplains, four clerks or 

 deacons, and six choristers.'" In 1534 the revenue 

 from lands was ^^40 5/. 3a'., and from tithes 

 j^i86 js. 2d.; payments of ^^13 is. 6d. had 



^* For the bells see Lanes, and Ches. 

 Antiq, Soc. xvii, 75-86. 



^^ Extracts ranging between 1573 and 

 1750 have been printed by Mr. John 

 Owen, 1879. The Owen MSS. in the 

 Free Reference Library include two tran- 

 scripts (one alphabetically arranged) of the 

 16th to 18th-century portions. 



266 F.CH. Lanes, i, 287. A specula- 

 tion as to a possible change of site may 

 be read in Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soe. 

 xxiii, 96-7. 



26' W. Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 331. 



268 Jordan, Dean of Manchester, occurs 

 in 1 1 77, when he was fined for some 

 offence against the forest laws ; ibid. 38. 

 In 1 1 93-4. he rendered account oi £zo 

 * for the service of Count John ' ; ibid. 



78, 92> 97- 



Geoffrey, Dean of Manchester, attested 

 a Grelley deed about 1200 ; Trans. Hist, 

 Soc. (new ser.), xvii, 4.2. G. Dean of 

 Manchester, perhaps the same, occurs 

 about 1240 ; ffhalley CoiifAsr (Chet. Soc), 

 ii, 601. See also Booker, Bireh (Chet. 

 Soc), 231. 



Randle, the dean in 1 294, was witness 

 to a grant of land in Ancoats ; Trafford 

 deed quoted by Canon Raines. He was 

 no doubt the same as Randle de Welhum, 

 dean ; Booker, Prestwiehy 250. 



269 TOUiam Knight, archdeacon of 

 Chester, held the deanery in 1534 ; Valor 

 Eeel. (Rec. Com.), </, 224. In later times 



(It has been asserted) the dean's office 

 was annexed to the rectory or wardenship, 

 because the charter of Charles I speaks of 

 the wardens as * Installed into the warden- 

 ship or deanship of that church.' In 

 1594, however, the rural dean was 

 Thomas Richardson, and Bishop Bridge- 

 man (between 1619 and 1636) reserved 

 the deaneries of Manchester and Amoun- 

 derness as preferments for his chaplains ; 

 Dansey, Horae Deeanicae Rurales, Ii, 375, 

 381. 



270 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 57. The gift was 

 made between 11 54 and 1162 and was in 

 free alms. 



2'' Ibid. 249, 250. 



272 Pope Nieh. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 249. 



2'3 Inq. Non. (Rec. Com.), 39. The 

 details are thus recorded : Manchester, 

 22 marks ; Salford with Broughton, 525. ; 

 Cheetham, loi. ; Hulme by Manchester, 

 loj. ; Chorlton, loi. ; Stretford, 461. %d. ; 

 Reddish, 52s. n.d. These sums, however, 

 amount to less than 35 marks. 



2"'' The list of rectors and wardens 

 gives evidence of this. Thomas West, 

 Lord La Warre, died In 1554 seised of 

 the manor of Manchester and the advow- 

 son of the church ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. 



The Crown seems to have exercised the 

 patronage from the refounding of the 

 college In 1557, and expressly claimed it 



192 



in the charters of Elizabeth and of 

 Charles I. 



2^6 Half a century ago it was supposed 

 that the nave was the representative of the 

 old parochial church of St. Mary, while 

 the chancel was the new collegiate church, 



276 The ancient rectory house is sup- 

 posed to have been in Deansgate, on the 

 church land there. 



277 The erection of the college, with 

 the appropriation of the rectory, is re- 

 corded in the Lichfield Epis. Registers, 

 Heyworth, x, fol. 61. See also V.C.H. 

 Lanes, ii, 167. Before the change was 

 made the parishioners were summoned 

 and gave their consent ; Hollinworth, 

 Maneuniensis, 40, 41. The king's licence 

 (printed in Hibbert-Ware, Foundations, 

 i, 38-40) vfas granted on 22 May 1421 j 

 and the Bishop of Lichfield's decree 

 Is dated 5 August 142 1. On 9 May 

 1422 the rector-patron paid 200 marks 

 for the royal licence to appropriate the 

 rectorial tithes and possessions to the en- 

 dowment of the new college ; Raines, 

 Wardens (Chet. Soc), 13, 14. The 

 pope's confirmation was obtained in 1426 j 

 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xxlv, 11-20. 

 All the members of the foundation were 

 required to reside and keep hospitality. 

 Two of the priests were to serve the 

 parish, and all the rest were bound to 

 keep the choir daily ; Raines, Chant. 

 (Chet. Soc), i, 8. 



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