A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



William Gerard ' 

 lohn Shircburne, B.D.- 

 I.imes StarLie, M..A.' . 

 William Bennett, B.A.'' 

 William Bispham, M.A.' 

 Alexander Cl.irlce, M..A..° 

 Robert Gale, M.A." . 

 Edu-irJ Rig'rr, M.A.« 

 Thomas Cr.inage ' . 

 William W.alkeri» . . 

 Philip Bennett " . . 



'Henry Pigot, B.D.^^ . 



P.itron 

 Sir T. Gerard . 

 Bifhcp of Chester . 

 W. Cavendish . . . 

 William Cavendish 

 The King .... 

 Countess of Devonshire 



Earl of Devonshire . 



Ciiisc of Vacancy 

 d. W. Ri,hton 



Earl of Devonshire 



25 Jan. igio . 



John Young ^^ 



Wiili.im Burrow, M.A. 

 Samuel Peggc, M.-A..'-" . . . 

 John Bourne, M..-\. 

 Peter Walthall, M.A.^^ . . 

 John Charles BristL-J, 1\I.A.". 

 Charles Edward Kendall, M.A. 

 Thomas Lund, B.D.'^ 

 Stephen R.iy Eddy, M.A.'-' . 

 Kinton Jacquci, M.A."^ . . 

 ( I'eorge Loni,!^ M.A.'-' 

 Philip Lancashire, M..\.-- 



'( Earl of Devonshire 

 Duke of Devonshire 



d. I. Shireburne 

 d. |. Starkie 

 d. 1.1 t incumbent 

 cxch. W. Bispham 

 d. A. Clarke 

 res. R. Gale 

 cxp. E. Rigby 



d. H. Pigot 

 d. J. Young 

 res. W. Burrow, jun. 

 res. S. Pegge 

 res. J. Bourne 

 d. P. Walthall 

 res. J. C. Bristed 

 d. C. E. Kendall 

 d. T. Lund 

 res. S. R. Eddy 

 res. K. Jacques 

 d. G. Lomas 



* The Church P.iper8 at Cheeter begin 

 with this rector, lie p.iiJ his tir-t-friiit3 

 on 1 1) Mjy 1568 ; I^'tct. and CJ'.i, Rfc. 

 (Rec. Sue. Lanes. anJ Che- \ ii, 409, 

 where later payments of the kind are 

 recorded. 



^ Act Bk^. at Chester ; the bialiop 

 collated by lapc. B.D.at Oxford 1563 ; 

 Foster, .-f/.-i".';/ 0\:n. Fir.-t-l'i uits paid 

 16 Feb. i;^s-6. Hl- was \iv.ir of 

 MicheldL\tr, Hants rector of U'.ivcrton 

 near Chester from 1565 to i5~''j, and 

 \ic.ir of Leyland f[om 1570 tdl his 

 death; see Ormerod, Cheihire (ed. Flelsby), 

 11, ^89. Buried at Brindlc 22 Dec. r 59+. 



Fur some parliLuljrj of his religiuui 

 views see the account of Bury Church. 

 He was a son of Robert Shireburne of 

 W'n'tliouse in Chipping ; C. U. Sherborn, 

 h\i<v. of S^erl.' n, 57. In 1 590 the rector 

 of Brindle was ' infirmed * j S. P. Dom. 

 Fl'z. xxxi, +''. 



* First-fruits paid 30 Oct. l<;9^. 



■' Act Bks. at Chester. lirst-fruits 

 paid 14 June 1603. Frum the registers 

 he appe.irs to have residei*, as his wile 

 was buried at Brindle in i6i~. He was 

 *no preacher'; lihr. MSS. Com. Re/t. 

 xiv, .App. i\, It. He was still rector in 

 162Z ; Ma:. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches), 

 1,6;-. 



•* Act Bks. at CliL-stLT. Bispham was 

 probably non-resident. He became rector 

 of Eccleston near Chester in i6;6 by 

 exchange with Alexander Clarke. He 

 was also rector of Lymnic and prcbendjrv 

 of Chester. Sec Ormerod's Cheshire (ed. 

 Helsby), i, 269 ; ii, 830. While at Brindle 

 he contributed to the subsidy of 1624 

 and to the repair of St. Paul's ; .1/;^^-. 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 81, 94. 

 He was presented twice — by trustees and 

 by the king on account of the minority 

 of his ward the Earl of Devonshire. In 

 CfQston's edition of Baincs' Lares, he is 

 said to have suffered as a Rcyalist during 

 the Civil War, but he regained h:s pre- 

 ferments, and died in 16S6, aged eig!it'.- 

 cight. 



^ M.A. of CambriJge j incorporated 

 at Ox:urd 1627 ] F^iicr, Alumni. Firs:- 



frults paid 7 Feb. 1656-7. From this 

 point the «-iarc , iS;c,, Ii;i\c been tnniiartd 

 with those in the Institution I'l^uk'^, 

 P.R.O., print'-d in Lanes, and Ches. Anti j. 

 \ofes. Alexander C:arkc vas buried at 

 Brindle 27 Mar. 16^7. 



^ Fir-t-fruits paid 1^ May 1637. 



*Sam. Bradwell, rector,* signed the 

 registers in 165S, bjt nothing further is 

 Lnown of his connexion w,th Brindlc. 



« Act Bk^. at Ch'Mcr. Ed uatcJ at 

 Brasenosc Col!., Oxf. ; M.A. 16^6; 

 Foster, .■llu'T.Ki. First -fruits paid ^ j Jmu- 

 164.0. He was expelled by the Parlia- 

 ment in 1646, he being *a delinquent in 

 arms at Lathom Hnue ' ; P/unJ. Mnr. 

 .■hcti. (Rec. Soc. Lanes. anJ Ches.), 

 i, 46. 



^ He was intruded on the sequestra- 

 tion of the benefice ; ibiJ. 1, 4^, 46. He 

 signed t!ie 'Harmonious Consent' of 

 li'^'s as 'pastor of Brindlc,' He was 

 buried there 7 June 165O. 



A Thomas Cranage of St. John's Col- 

 lege, Camb., became B.D. at Oxford in 

 1629 ; Foster, Alumni. 



*" He was 'an orthodox, godly preach- 

 ing minister and conr>rmablc \into the 

 present government, and was [resented 

 to the said place by William, Earl of 

 Devonshire, patron of the said church (as 

 is pretended), and had the assent of above 

 torty of the said inhabitants'; Common- 

 ivealih Ch. Suri-. 105. Othera of the 

 name were .it Mjnchester and Whallcy, 



1' The name appears in the parish 

 registers ; he is probably the Philip 

 Bennett, incumbent of Cartmcl. 



'^ See the account of the vicars of 

 Rochdale. He was of Lincoln College, 

 Oxf. (.\LA. 16^4}, and obtained epis- 

 copil ordination during the Common- 

 wealth period. His entry to Brindle in 

 16^1 is noteJ in the parish registers, 

 \\hich he signeJ in 1655. 



In i7or it was presented to the Bl'.hnp 

 of CliL-^tfr that 'our minist'.T hath another 

 ecclesia-t cal benefice (\'z. Rocli !a!e) yet 

 (is) very frequent v. ithi.i and keeps and 

 maintains a constant curate cpscopally 

 orJalned, who lives in the parsonage- 



80 



house and constantly preaches cvciy 

 Lord's d.iy ' ; Entry in the pari^Ii 

 registers. 



'■' He had been curate of Piestnn ; 

 Abram, Mr»i. of tht Guthh^ 81. He w-is 

 buried .it Brindlc 4 Dec. 1^4^. 



^' Educated at St. John's Coll., Camb., 

 of which he became Icllow \ M.A. 1729. 

 He obtained prebends at LichfulJ (17 S7) 

 and Lincoln {1772), which he held till 

 his death in I7(j'i. He became vicar of 

 Godmersham in Kent In 1731 and ex- 

 changed it for Brindle in 1751, and this 

 he resigned for Heath in Derbyshire. He 

 \\:\% :iKi) incumbent of Wingerwoilh. He 

 pub! i dud works on English aiulqiiities. 

 See l)iii, Nat. liiog.j and Scott, Admiisiotis 

 St. J'jhni Coll. iil, 349. His son Samuel 

 wrote Citiiuliii. 



'■' Educated ;it Braaenoae Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1757. For pedigree see J. Sleigh, 

 Leek, 83. 



In hia time (1789) a new organ was 

 erected in the church, the * Messiah ' being 

 performed at its opening. 



*** Educated at Emmanuel Coll., Camb,; 

 M.A. 1799. 



''' Educated at Trinity Coll., Camb. ; 

 M.A. 1822. 



i** E liJcatcd at St. John's Coll., Camb., 

 of which he was elected fellow ; M.A. 

 1831, B.D. 1837. He was rector of 

 Morton in Derbyshire 1841 to 1864, 

 and prebendary of Lichfield 1864. He 

 published mathematical works and ler- 

 mons. 



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

 M.A. 1861 ; vicar of Youlgreave i860 to 

 186;, and of Buxton 1865 to 1877. 



20 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1863 ; vicar of Wc-.tliou;liton 1869 

 to 1889; Hon. Canon of NLmchcstcr 

 1902. 



2' Educated at Hertford Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1876. 



The Rev. FL P. Owen Smith of Douglas 

 Chapel was nominated to the vacancy in 

 1908, but died before institution, 



'''-' Educated at Brasenosc Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1878 ; vicar of St. Peter's, OlJham, 

 18S3-1909. 



