LEYLAND HUNDRED 



STANDISH 



PRKSCOTT, THE SONNE OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT, OF 

 COPPELL, AND NOWE CITIZEN AND GOULDSMITH, OF 



LONDON. ANNO 1608. It Stands 9^ in. in height, 

 and has further inscribed on it in Roman lettering in 

 three separate places — below the lip, at the bottom 

 of the bowl, and on the rounded upper portion of 

 the base — ' Lett a man examine himselfe and soe lett 

 him eate of this breade and drink of this cup. For 

 he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and 

 drinketh his own judgement because he discerneth 

 not the Lord's Body.' The cover is surmounted by 

 a plain knob, and when inverted forms the paten, on 

 which is engraved, ' Holy things are for holy men.' 

 Both chalice and paten have the maker's mark, 

 T. L, with a molet below in a plain shield. The 

 rest of the plate consists of two flagons of 1656, a 

 chalice and two patens of 1677, and an almsdish 

 of 1768. The flagons are silver-gilt, of very rich 

 design, standing 13 in. high and 7 J in. in diameter 

 at the base, with two bands of gilt repousse work, 

 and similar ornamentation on the lid, the design of 

 which consists of cherubs' heads and wings in a 

 circle round the edge interspersed with leaf and 

 scroll ornament. Each flagon bears the arms of 

 Holt of Shevington, dividing a long inscription, 



ALEXANDER HOLT, ESQUIRE, CITIZEN AND GOLDSMJTH, 

 OF LONDON, GAVE THESE TWO FLAGONS OF SILVER TO 

 THE PARISH OF STANDISH, WHERE HE WAS BORNE, FOR 

 THE SERVICE OF GoD AND THE USE OF THE PARISH0NER3 

 AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



A.D. 1657. The maker's marks are L W., with a 

 tun below, all in a plain shield. 



The second chalice is similar in size and shape to 

 the first, and bears the same scriptural verses set 

 out as before. It is inscribed, this cup and cover 



WAS given to the parish church of STANDISH, IN 

 THE county of LANCASHER, AS A COMMUNION CUP, BY 

 EDWARD HOLT, LATE OF SHEVINGTON, GENTLEMAN, IN 

 THE PARISH AFFORESAID, DECECED, IN THE YEARE OF 



OUR Lord 1677. The maker's mark is I. H., with a 

 fleur de lis below. The cover paten is similar to the 

 one belonging to the older chalice, but the second paten 



of 1677, which was the gift of James Holt, is larger, 

 being 9 in. in diameter, formed by a single shallow 

 depression, leaving a rim an inch wide deeply worked 

 in repousse. In the centre are the arms of Holt, 

 with a martlet for difference, and around the 

 arms is inscribed, ex dono jacobi holt mercatoris 



LONDONENSIS FIHJ EDWARDI HOLT GENEROSI NUPER 

 DE SHEVINGTON DEFUNCTI IN USUM SINCULAREM 

 PAROCHIALIS ECCLESI^ DE STANDISH IN COMITATU 

 LANCASTRENSI AD Ci^iNAM CELEBRANDUM. ANNO DOMINI 



1677. The almsdish is of silver gilt, inscribed, deo 

 ET ecclesijE de STANDISH SACRUM, and bears the mark 

 of John Harvey of London. 



The registers begin in 1558. The first volume 

 (1558 to 1663) has been rebound in leather. 



The churchyard lies principally to the south and 

 south-east of the church, and is bounded on the 

 north by the high road, from which there is a gate 

 at the east end ; but the principal entrance is from 

 the village on the south side, opposite the porch. It 

 was enlarged in 1805. The oldest dated gravestone 

 is 1645 . 



On the partition of Standish and 

 ADfOfVSON Langtree in 1206 the advowson of 

 the rectory was also divided,^ but a 

 later agreement must have been made,^ as the pre- 

 sentations from 1300 onwards were always made by 

 the lords of Standish, without any claim from the 

 Langtrees.' After 1713'' presentations were made 

 by the University of Cambridge, and then the advow- 

 son was sold.^ The present patron is Miss Mary 

 Adams, who acquired the right by purchase in 

 1886. 



The value of the benefice was in 1291 taxed as 

 j^l3 6s. 8a'.,^ and the ninth of sheaves, wool, &c., 

 was also valued as 20 marks in 1341.' The clear 

 value in 1535 was returned as £\i^ l6s. %d} The 

 Commonwealth surveyors in 1650 found that the 

 value of the parsonage-house and glebe lands alone 

 was £^0, and that of the tithes £1,^6.^ In 1722 

 Bishop Gastrell found the income to be above 

 ^(^300.'" At present it is returned as j£i, 320.^1 



The following is a list of the rectors : — 



Instituted Name 



oc. 1206, 1220 . Alexander de Standish ^^ 

 Edward" .... 



Patron 



Cause of Vacancy 



^ Final Cone, (Rec. See. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 25. 



^ In 1 219, the church being vacant, as 

 was alleged, a dispute occurred between 

 Richard de Langtree plaintiff and Ralph 

 de Standish as to the right of presenta- 

 tion to the mediety. It appeared that 

 Alexander son of Ralph was the rector 

 and had been rector in 1206, and that it 

 was his * vicar,* named Leising, who had 

 just died. There is no sign that Alex- 

 ander was even in minor orders ; Leising 

 had paid him 201. ' in the name of pen- 

 sion,' and on his death Alexander, as 

 rector, presented another clerk. This led 

 to Richard's complaint ; Curia Regis R. 

 70, m. 16 ; 71, m. 6. 



^ See the list of rectors. The advow- 

 son of the church is regularly mentioned 

 in the Standish inquisitions. 



* Probably in consequence of the Act 

 of 1714(12 Anne stat. 2, cap. 14) extend- 

 ing the disability to present from ' Popish 

 recusants convicted ' to * every Papist or 



person making profession of the Popish 

 religion,' and his trustees. Bishop Gas- 

 trell notes that after 17 1 5 the estate and 

 advowson * were sold by the Crown to 

 one Edward Biscoe, but 'tis supposed to 

 be in trust for Standish, and the right of 

 presentation is now in dispute, anno 

 1722'; Notitia Ceitr, (Chet. Soc), ii, 

 391. 



^ The Claytons of Adiington purchased 

 the right for a term, and it was in 1777 

 acquired from Mrs. Cecily Towneley by 

 Sir Richard Pcrryn, then by the Rev. 

 William Green Orrett and Joseph Pilking- 

 ton Brandreth, IVT.D. ; W. F. Price, 

 ut sup. It should be noted that in 1821 

 the patron was returned as Charles 

 Standish esquire, at the bishop's visitation. 



^ Pope Nich. Tax, (Rec. Com.), 249. 



'^ Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 40. 

 The separate township valuations were 

 Worthington with Coppull, 475. 4^, ; 

 Standish with Langtree, 40J. ; Shevington, 

 40J. ; Charnock Richard, 40J. ; Duxbury 



187 



with Adiington, 331. 41/. ; Anderton, 2lj. ; 

 Heath Charnock, 231. ; Welch Whittle, 

 221. 



» Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 232. 

 The glebe produced ^6 61. id., the tithes 

 of corn averaged ^^34 13s. ^d., other 

 tithes £■>, 7J., oblations, small tithes and 

 Easter roll £y 6j. %d. ; out of this came 

 the bailiff's fee ^5, and the synodals, &c., 

 paid to the Archdeacon of Chester, 171. 



^ Common'w. Ch. Surv, (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Chcs.), 97. 



^'Notitia Catr. ii, 390. Each of the 

 eleven townships at that time chose a 

 sidesman, out of whom the rector nomi- 

 nated one churchwarden and the whole 

 parish the other. 



" Manch. Dice. Dir. 



'^ For this 'rector' and his 'vicar' 

 Leising, who died in 1219, see a preced- 

 ing note. 



'' ' Sir Edward, rector of Standish,' was 

 witness to a grant of land in Charnock 

 Richard ; Kuerdea MSS. iii, C 4, no. 4. 



