LEYLAND HUNDRED brindle 



2 ft. In diameter, probably of 1 2th-century date, the inscription in Gothic letters, ' maria in noie ihs,' 



standing on a made-up base at the west end of the and the other has various marks difficult to decipher, 



nave. Close to it is a four-sided font with chamfered one being a Gothic a. 



angles, apparently dating from the early 1 6th century. The plate consists of a chalice, ' the gift of Rachael 

 having panelled sides, on one of which is the sacred Derbyshire to the church of Brindle, An. Dom. 

 monogram and on another a four-leafed flower. The 1729'; another chalice without inscription with 

 other two sides are defaced and plain. The remaining maker's mark rl; a paten of 1704-5; a pewter 

 font inside the building is a plain 18th-century one flagon ; and a silver-plated flagon given in 1874. 

 on a circular pedestal, but the one in the rectory The registers begin in 1558. The first two 

 garden is of greater interest. It is seven-sided and volumes (1558 to 1714) have been printed by the 

 of rough stone, and is only 16 in. in diameter. Lancashire Parish Register Society.' The church- 

 It was recovered in the village in 1907, and m.iy wardens' accounts begin in 1775. 

 have belonged to St. Helen's well. The bowl is The rectory is mentioned before 

 12 in. wide and 7 in. deep, and there is no pedest.al. JDFOIVSON 1200,' but it must be noticed that 

 In the churchyard, in the angle of the vestry and in 1341 Brindle was taxed as one of 

 northchapel, is a stone coffin, and ne.ar to it a sepulchral the townships of Penwortham.' A few years later 

 slab with a plain incised cross. There are also two the reguLir succession of rectors begins. The advow- 

 other slabs in the churchyard, one to the east and son was always attached to the manor ' until the 

 the other to the south of the building, each with a division mentioned above, when the Duke of Devon- 

 floreated cross, and on both the north and south sides shire retained the patronage, which has descended to 

 is an octagonal sundial shaft raised on two steps. the present duke.' 



The tops of the shafts are square with hollowed faces, The net value of the rectory in 1535 was 



and the dial plates are gone. j^i2 18/. .^d.^ In 1650 besides the church there 



There are six bells, four of which are by Taylor was a parsonage-house with 4 acres of glebe, and the 



of Loughborough, one recast in 1837, and the others value was about £"](, a year.' The certified value 



cast in 1 904. The two remaining Isells are ancient sixty years later was less than this, namely, j^49 15/." 



and said to belong to the 14th century. One bears It is now given as £if(>\.^ 



The following is a list of the rectors : — 



Instituted Name Patron Cause of Vacancy 



c. 1 1 90 . . . Ughtred '° 



oc. 1292 . . . Thomas de BurnhuU " 



oc. 1 3 5 5 . . . Hugh de Pemberton " 



11 Feb. 1369-70 Thomas de Chorley " David de Egerton . . . d. Hugh de Pemberton 



10 Apr. 141 3 . Richard de Shakerley " .... Sir Thos. Gerard . . . 



9 Jan. 1445-6 . John del Kirk" Sir Peter Genird . . . res. R. de Shakerley 



24 Oct. 1487 . William Lunt '« Sir T. Gerard . . . . d. J. del Kirk 



? Thomas Gerard " 



c. 1523 . . . Thomas Bulkeley" Sir T. Gerard . . . . 



12 Aug. 1537 . John Harper, M.A." Thomas Gerard . . . d. T. Bulkelcy^ 



oc. 1565 . . . William Rishton™ 



1 Transcribed by the Rev. Canon Rents of lands were estimated at 13s. 41/. ; chaplain. The name is spelt Shakerby in 



Jacques and Henry Brierley, vol. xi, tithes of grain, &c., ^^lo 1 6t. 8</. ; offer- one place. 



1901. The originals are very defective, ings and Easter roll, 531. 4rf. Of the total '^ Ibid, ix, fol. 12/4; a priest, 



but most of the gaps have been supplied 20j. was paid to the bailiff and 51. to the '^ Ibid, xii, fol. 121 j a priest. He 



from the transcripts at Chester. The two archdeacon. was still rector in 1496 ; Duchy of Lane, 



volumes are now bound together. ' Commoniv. Ch. Sur'v. (Rec. Soc. Inq. p.m. v, no. 3. 



a Ughtred, rector of Brindle, attested Lanes, and Ches.), 104. " This name is doubtful, being taken 



a charter about that time ; Whallcy Cou- » Notltia Cestr. (Chet. Soc), ii, 348 ; from the list in Croston's ed. of Baines' 



chir (Chet. Soc), i, 296. The church the glebe produced ,f 5 81., and the tithes Latia. iv, 216, where accounts of the 



does not occur in the Taxation of Pope averaged ,^40. There were two church- later rectors may be found. 



Nicholas in I29i,but in 1292 Gilbert de wardens and two assistants. " He was rector in Sept. 1523 ; see 



Clifton (guardian of the heir) granted that ' Manch. Dioc. Dir. a deed in Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, 



he would attend at Wigan in September '^'' Whalliy Coucher, i, 296, as above. no. 3. In a list compiled in 1527 it is 



before Thomas de BurnhuU, parson of the The grantor, Robert, was rector of Roch- stated that Thomas Bulkeley, clerk, had 



church of Brindle, and Warinc de Clayton, dale about 1 190. Henry, parson of Black- been rector of Brindle for four years, on 



executors of the will of Peter de Burn- burn, the first witness, was presented as the nomination of Sir Thomas Gerard, kt., 



hull, and account with them; Assize R. early as 11 60. deceased, and that the benefice was 



-408, m. 99d. At the same time Thomas "Assize R. 408, m. 36 d., 99 d. as worth (^^o a year; Duchy of Lane 



the parson of Brindle complained that above. Rentals, bdle. 5, no. 15. He had been 



Gilbert de Clifton had obstructed « road "^ This rector was much concerned in Sir Thomas's chaplain ; see Duchy Plead. 



in Brindle ; ibid. m. 36 d. numerous suits respecting lands in Pern- (Rec Soe. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 216; 



3 /m. iVoMT-KM (Rec Com.), p. 40 ; it berton and elsewhere, either as owner ii, 233- The name was also spelt 



should pay 20j. or trustee. He is described as rector Buckley ; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 



* In 1369 David de Egerton claimed in pleas in 1355 ; Duchy of Lane. 232. 



the advowson against William Gerard and Assize R. 4, m. ly d., 20. He died, " Lich.Epis. Reg.xiii-xiv, fol. 36. In 



Joan his wife; De Banco R. 436, m. 317. according to the Lichfield registers, on 1548 he had a dispute with the executors 



Afterwards the whole of the BurnhuU the Saturday before 29 Aug. 1369. of the late rector (Bulkeley) respectmg 



estate came to the Gerards, and the ad- '» Lich. Epis. Reg. iv, fol. 85 ; he was the church land at Haugh Moss, tithes, 



vowson of the church of Brindle waa a priest. Shortly after institution he ob- &c ; Duc/iy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 



included; Land. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), tained leave of absence for a year ; ibid. Ches.), iii, 32. He was buried at Brindle, 



i 123. v, fol. 25. He was stiU rector in 1407 ; 7 Jan. 1563-4. 



' 5 See the account of the manor above. L.T.R. Memo. R. 173, j. 20 visitation list at Chester. The 



^ Valor Eccl. (Rec Com.), v, 232, n Lich. Epis. Reg. vii, fol. 103*; a name is also given as Ruxton (? Rixton). 



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