LEYLAND HUNDRED croston 



Hoole had been separated ' ; and sixty or seventy cottages. ^ At the present time the income is given 



years later the rectory was reported to be worth as [^dz^, but large parts of the old parish have been 



about j^400, with 6i acres of glebe and seven cut oft? 



The following is 



Instituted 



c. 1160 . . . 



oc. 1191 . . . 



c. 1230 . . . 



c^ 1240 . . . 



oc. 1 246-60 . . 



oc. 1291-5 . . 



1303 . . . 



2 Feb. 1310-11 



2 2 Nov. 1 3 1 8 . 



I Mar. 1333-4 



18 Jan. 1344-5 

 oc. 1362 . . 



25 July 1387 . 



Oct. 1398 . 



19 Feb. 1404-5 

 5 Apr. 1405 . 



22 Oct. 1408 . 



14 Aug. 1409 . 



4 Sept. 1418 . 



a list of incumbents : — 



Rectors 



Name Patron 



Liulph* 



Nicholas ^ 



Stephen " 



Geoffrey 



Philip' 



Walter de Langton ^ 



Mr. Walter de Clipston ^ . . . 



Mr. William de Lancaster '" . . Lancaster Priory 



Mr. Ralph de Tunstall " ... „ 



Richard de Wamberge ^- . . . . „ 



William de Exeter '' The King . . 



William de Huntlow ''.... 



William Glynn ^^ The King . 



Robert de Faringdon ^° . . . . 



Henry Kays'' John Wakering 



Richard Kingston '^ 



William Lochard '' The King . . 



Nicholas Slai(e 20 



Thomas Fishburne ^^ W. Kenolmarsh 



Cause of Vacancy 



d. W. de Clipston 



d. last rector 



d. R. de Tunstall 



d. R. de Wamberge 



res. W. de Huntlow 

 exch. W. Glynn 

 d. R. de Faringdon 

 exch. H. Kays 

 res. R. Kingston 

 res. W. Lochard 



* ComOTOWTP. Ch, Surv^ 108, 



2 Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 353. Some de- 

 tails are given in Raines' notes as to the 

 leasing of the tithes in the 17th century. 



^ lidanch. Dioc. Dir. 



* As ' Lidulf priest of Croston * he 

 attested charters made between 1 1 5 3 and 

 1160 ; Lanes. Pipe R, 323, 325. 



* * Nicholas de Croston ' occurs in and 

 about 1191 ; WhalUy Coucher{Chct. Soc), 

 i, 40; Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc), i, 112. 

 From his position among the witnesses it 

 may be assumed that he was rector. 



® Stephen is named as Philip's prede- 

 cessor * in the time of the king who now 

 is,' and Geoffrey as his * immediate pre- 

 decessor,' in the plea quoted in the next 

 note. 



7 Philip rector of Croston in 124.6 

 claimed an oxgang of land and a third as 

 belonging to * two-thirds of the church,' 

 against Peter le Fizle, chaplain, who 

 claimed it as his lay fee. It appeared 

 that Geoffrey, the preceding rector, had 

 granted it to Peter for life ; Assize R. 

 404, m. I d. One-third of the church 

 must at that time have been held by some- 

 one else, perhaps as a pension. 



Philip attested several charters of the 

 same period, one being dated 1260 ; Lane. 

 Ch. i, 23,29,45; ii, 43>- 



^ He was also rector of Manchester 

 (q.v.). For the dispensation to retain 

 Croston together with other benefices see 

 Cal. Papal Letters, i, 525, 529, 550, 

 559. He was engaged in the king's ser- 

 vice and the churches were served by 

 deputies. He became Bishop of Lichfield 

 in 1296 ; Le Neve, Fasti ; Diet, Nat. Biog. 



^ He was prebendary of Tarvin in 

 Lichfield Cathedral ; Le Neve, Fasti, i, 

 630. In 1303 Boniface VIII allowed the 

 Bishop of Lichfield to grant a dispensation 

 to his nephews Walter and Robert, sons 

 of Robert de Clipston, aged respectively 

 twelve and ten years, and only in minor 

 orders, to hold a benefice apiece ; Cal. 

 Papal Letters, i, 611. 



'» Lich. Epis. Reg. i, fol. 5 84 ; he was a 

 priest. He had been rector of Eccleston, 



" Ibid, fol, 86 ; a chaplain. He also 



had been rector of Eccleston for a time. 

 Tunstall may have forfeited the church 

 for a time, as there is a note in the 

 register (ibid, iii, fol. 44) that Croston 

 became vacant on 31 Aug. 1329. 



12 Ibid, ii, fol. io8i ; a priest. At the 

 institution he is called Robert de Wam- 

 berge, He had been rector of Eccleston 

 in 1319-20. 



^^ Ibid. fol. 118. The presentation was 

 in the king's hand£ by reason of the war 

 with France ; Cal. Pat. 1 343-5, p. 346. 

 For the claim see Memo. R. (Q.R.) 122, 

 m. 277; De Banco R. 341, m. igd. ; 

 Cal. Close, 1343-5, p. 483. John de 

 Winwick had been presented by the king 

 in the previous June, but does not seena 

 to have been instituted ; Cal. Pat, 1 343-5, 

 p. 300._ 



William de Exeter was rector of Cros- 

 ton as late as 1353 and 1354 ; Assize R. 

 435, m. 33 ; Dep. Keeper s Rep. xxxii, 

 App. 331, He allowed the rent due 

 to the Prior of Lancaster to fall into 

 arrears ; De Banco R. 349, m. 208. A 

 William de Exeter was about that time 

 physician to Queen Philippa. He re- 

 signed the precentorship of Lincoln in 

 1344. See Diet. Nat. Biog.; Le Neve, 

 Fasti, ii, 92 ; Cal. Papal Letters, ii, 328, 

 &c. 



^■* Huntlow was rector as early as 

 1362 ; Lich. Epis. Reg. v, fol. 45. He 

 occurs in numerous suits from that time 

 onwards; De Banco R. 416, m. 20 d., 

 &c. He was prebendary of Hereford in 

 1395 ; Le Neve, Fasti, i, 511. 



It seems to have been reported that 

 Huntlow had died, for Hugh de Cotting- 

 ham, clerk, was presented by the king as 

 true patron, and instituted 18 Mar. 

 1382-3; Cal. Pat, 1381-5, p. 234; 

 Lich, Epis. Reg. iv, fol. 93i. 



^5 Ibid, vi, fol. 5 3 ; in minor orders. The 

 king was patron 'for this turn.' In 1393 

 a licence was granted to Rector Glynn to 

 hear the confessions of his parishioners ; 

 ibid, vi, fol. 129^. 



For some reason not stated the king 

 presented Simon Bache to the rectory in 

 1389; Cal. Pat. 1385-9, p. 535. 



"< Ely Epis. Reg. Fordham, fol. 6o4 ; 

 William Glynn, rector of Croston, ex- 

 changed with Robert de Faringdon (or 

 Farington), rector of Doddington in 

 Cambridgeshire. The latter had been 

 rector of Wrotham in Kent. See also 

 Cal. Pat. 1396-9, p. 375. 



In Dec, 1399 Faringdon, described as 

 'king's clerk,' obtained a ratification by 

 Henry IV of his estate in the church of 

 Croston and prebends at York (Le Neve, 

 Fasti, iii, 200, 219) and Dublin ; Cal, Pat, 

 1399-1401, p. 135. There are many 

 references to him as a public official in 

 Cal. Pat. 1401— 5. His executors were 

 his brother, William de Farington, D.D., 

 Robert de Hothersall, D.D., and Henry 

 Malpas, canon of Lichfield ; Towneley 

 MS. CC (Chet. Lib.), no. 422. 



^^ Lich. Epis. Reg. vii, fol. 93 ; a clerk. 

 The register states that John Wakering, 

 clerk, had the right of presentation by 

 grant of the Prior of Lancaster in August 

 1 40 1. This was confirmed by the king 

 in 1402 ; Cal. Pat. 1401-5, p. 39. 



Kays was a royal official and became 

 canon of Hastings ; Cal. Pat. 1422-9, 

 pp. 5, 322, &c. 



^^ Lich. Epis. Reg. vii, fol. 93 ; he had 

 been rector of Fakenham Dam, to which 

 Henry Kays went. The king presented 

 or concurred in the exchange, ' on account 

 of the war with France ' ; Cal. Pat. 

 1401-5, p. 494. Kingston held canonries 

 at Hereford, &c. ; Le Neve, Fasti, i, 497, 

 (fee. He became Dean of Windsor in 

 1402 ; Cal. Pat. 1401-5, p. 107. 



^^ Lich. Epis. Reg. vii, fol. 97 ; the king 

 is called 'true patron.' Lochard was pro- 

 moted to other benefices, canonries, &c. ; 

 he died in 1438. See Cal. Pat. 1401-5, 

 pp. 247, 478 ; Le Neve, Fasti, iii, 384 ; 



^" Lich. Epis. Reg. vii, fol. 98 ; a chap- 

 lain. He held various ecclesiastical offices 

 and became Dean of St. Stephen's, West- 

 minster ; Le Neve, Faiti^ iii, 221, Sec. ; 

 Lane. Ch. ii, 528. 



21 Lich. Epis. Reg. viii, fol. 20 ; a chap- 

 lain. The qualification of the patron fur 

 that turn is not recorded. 



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