LEYLAND HUNDRED 



STANDfSH 



held by neighbouring landowners, as appears from 

 the inquisitions.* 



The subsidy roll of 1542-3 shows the following 

 landowners in Coppull and Worthington : Richard 

 and Peter Worthington, Thomas Chisnall and the 

 wife of John Chisnall * ; the roll of 1 564 has 

 Thomas and Peter Worthington, Thomas Chisnall 

 and Andrew UgnalL* Several * Papists ' registered 

 small estates in 1717.* In 1783 the principal land- 

 owners were James Hammerton, Jane Person, Edward 

 Chadwick (double assessed), Samuel Crook and 

 Edward Holt.^ 



A chapel certainly existed at Coppull 

 CHURCH before the Reformation,® but it was 

 afterwards allowed to fall into ruin/ 

 In 1654 a new one was built by William Crook, the 

 inhabitants repaying him most of the cost.^ On the 

 restoration of episcopacy and the Prayer-book in 

 1660 the chapel appears to have been served from 

 the parish church, but after a time the trustees or 

 the survivor made an effort to secure it for the 

 Presbyterian worship.* The chapel was on account 



of these feuds closed in 171 5, but soon afterwards 

 secured for the Church of England. A grant from 

 Queen Anne's Bounty was obtained in 1716'" and 

 a perpetual curate appointed. The chapel was re- 

 built in 1758 and replaced by the present church 

 in 1 861. There is no dedication. The rector of 

 Standish is now patron. A district was assigned in 



1842," 



The following is a list of the curates and vicars : — 



1688 Thomas Walkden '*^ 



1705 Thomas Ingham '^ 



1733 George Hargreaves '* 



1763 Benjamin Cooper, B.A." 



1763 Richard Dewhurst, B.A. 



1793 Joseph Taylor '^ 



1839 Henry Worsley Jackson 



1855 J. G. Hollingworth,B.A. (Exeter Coll., Oxf.) 



1906 George Tomlinson, B.A, (Dur.) 



The Wesleyan Methodists have a church, as have 



also the Primitive Methodists. 



There was formerly a meeting of the Society of 



Friends,'® perhaps the original of that in Langtree. 



Birkacre, 1 751, shows that he had land in 

 Chorley, Duxbury and Coppull. Two of 

 his daughters — Mary and Anne — were 

 then abroad ; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), 

 iii, 282, from R. 29 of Geo. II at Preston. 

 Matthew Cragg of Burgh in 1746 gave 

 j^boo to his daughter Eleanor Maria, who 

 married Thomas Chadwick of Burgh 5 

 ibid. (p. 284). In 1758 the executors of 

 John Chadwick' s will were Ellen Chad- 

 wick of Birkacre, widow, Thomas Chad- 

 wick of Burgh and James Chadwick of 

 Croxteth ; ibid, iii, 372. It was owned 

 by John Thorn, who died in 1891, and 

 was succeeded by his eldest son Colonel 

 Robert Wilson Thom. 



^ In 1386 Thomas son of Richard son 

 of Hugh de Duxbur)' purchased messuages 

 and lands in Coppull, Worthington and 

 Charnock Richard from Robert de Derby, 

 Joan his wife, Richard the Serjeant of 

 Walton-le-Dale and Anabilla his wife ; 

 Final Cone, iii, 27. 



In the Hoghton of Hoghton inquisi- 

 tions the tenure of their land in Coppull 

 was unknown, and so in the cases of Sir 

 John Radcliffe of Ordsall and Sir Robert 

 Hesketh of Rufford. 



James Crosse of Liverpool in 1557 

 held lands in Coppull of Thomas Worth- 

 ington of Worthington by a rent of 45. ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 20. 



George Aspinwall of Scarisbrick in 

 1559 held in Coppull and Langtree of 

 Edward Earl of Derby and Gilbert Lang- 

 tree ; ibid, xi, CO. 36. 



Robert Werden of Clayton in 1580 

 held land of the lord of Coppull by a rent 

 of I2t/. ; ibid, xiv, no. 71. 



Edward Standish of Standish in 1610 

 held lands in Coppull and Worthington 

 of Edward Rigby by 51. o^J. rent ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 

 190. Edward Langtree of Langtree in 

 1 6 1 9 likewise held of Edward Rigby ; ibid, 

 ii, 207. Ellen Chamberlain, widow, 

 daughter of Roger Fairclough, in 1623 

 held of the same ; ibid, iii, 347. 



Richard Lancaster of Wrightington in 

 1632 held of Alexander Rigby by a rent 

 of -^d. ; ibid, xxvii, no. 27. Henry 



Banastre also held of Rigby 5 ibid, xxix, 

 no. 1 5. 



^ Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 130, no. 126. 



^ Ibid. bdle. 131, no. 210. 



* Engl. Cath. Non-jurorsy 93, 132, 

 130. The names are Richard Johnson 

 of Lea, maltster ; Oliver Taylor and 

 William Taylor, yeomen. 



* Land tax returns at Preston. The 

 principal names in 1798 were Mr. Live- 

 sey, Mr. Chadwick, Samuel Crook, James 

 Hammerton and Edward Holt, 



® Coppull Chapel is mentioned in the 

 early part of the reign of Henry VIII in a 

 complaint as to illegal distress by a certain 

 Rowland Kirkby. The constables tried 

 to arrest him in the chapel, but were re- 

 sisted ; Duchy of Lane. Plead. Hen. VIII, 

 xxii, W4. 



In a marriage covenant between 

 Richard Worthington of Blainscough and 

 James Anderton in 1520 is a proviso that 

 the former might bequeath lands at Pres- 

 ton to the annual value of 135. ^d. for 

 the use of a priest for ever to say mass in 

 the chapel of Coppull in the parish of 

 Standish ; Worthington Abstract. 



The chapel, however, does not appear 

 to have had any endowment and is not 

 named in the church surveys of the 

 Tudor period. 



^ The site, at Cow Moss, was known 

 in 1650, when it was intended to build a 

 new chapel and to form a separate parish 

 for Coppull and the neighbourhood ; 

 Comfnoniv. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), 100. 



s Gastrell, Notifia, ii, 395. It was 

 not consecrated in 1715, but had never 

 been used for a Dissenters' meeting. 



^ Ibid. ; in the notes is printed a long 

 account of the disputes. The curate at 

 Standish had preached at Coppull once a 

 month, and after the chapel had been 

 repaired with the interest of ;^20o left 

 ' to maintain an orthodox Protestant 

 preacher,* the people desired a resident 

 curate and subscribed for an addition to 

 the stipend. The curate afterwards * gave 

 great offence by his immoral life,' and the 

 contributions ceased. Mr. Crook, the 



trustee, tried to transfer his right to Lord 

 Willoughby of Parham, He was soon 

 afterwards killed in a duel with Captain 

 Buckley of Buckley. 



Lord Willoughby in 1733 transferred 

 his right in the land and building to Sir 

 Henry Hoghton, also a Presbyterian, and 

 Sir Henry in 1764 transferred it to Samuel 

 Crook of Whittle ; Chester Dioc. Reg. 



^^ Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 396. The ^^400 

 from Queen Anne's Bounty, together with 

 the ^200 named in the last note, pur- 

 chased the tithes of Elston in Preston 

 parish. '^ Land. Gaa. 16 Aug. 1842. 



"^ Note by Rev. T, C. Porteus. 



'^ The curate named in a preceding 

 note ; he was there until 1715. There 

 is a notice of him in Preston Guardian 

 Sketches, no. 650. 



The disputes as to the patronage led to 

 several independent nominations for the 

 curacy. Ingham died in or before 1729, 

 for in December of that year the king 

 nominated Thomas Orrett * by lapse,' and 

 in the following January Lord Willoughby 

 nominated John Norcross. 



'^ This and subsequent names are from 

 the church papers in the Chester Diocesan 

 Registry. Hargreaves was nominated by 

 Sir Henry Hoghton. 



'* He was also curate of Heapey. He 

 and his successor were nominated by 

 Samuel Crook of Whittle-le-Woods. 



^^ Joseph Taylor was head master of 

 Eccleston School ; he was nominated to 

 Coppull by the rector of Standish. A 

 Joseph Taylor was vicar of Snitterfield 

 (Warw.) in 1802. 



In reply to the Bishop of Chester in 

 1821 it was stated that divine service 

 was performed twice on Sundays, with a 

 sermon each time, also on the great 

 festivals. The sacrament was adminis- 

 tered quarterly. The children were cate- 

 chized during the summer. 



'** A monthly meeting of Quakers was 

 held at Coppull in 1669 ; P^isit. Papers at 

 Chester Dioc. Reg. 



It is again named about 1750 in the 

 Life of John Griffith and Is probably the 

 'Standish meeting' existing in 1849. 



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