A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



opened In 1900 a.iJ a cemetery at Grane in 1903. 

 The Haslingden Institute,*^'' formed in 1861, was 

 transformed into a public free library by a gift from 

 Mr. Carnegie in 1905. The Technical School was 

 opened in 1903. 



Haslingden is the head of a poor law union ; the 

 workhouse is now at Pike Low in Oakenhead \\'ood. 

 To the county lay of 1624 Haslingden proper 

 contributed 19/. i^J. towards Xi°° raised by the 

 hundred, the Haslingden part of Rossendale gave 

 £z i6s. <^d., and the Newchurch part of the same 

 ^3 I/. 7^.*^ 



Haslingden was one of the ch.ipels 

 CHURCH existing when Whalley was bestowed on 

 the monks of Stanlaw, and in 1296 it 

 was found that its tithes were worth 5 marks and the 

 altarage 4 marks ^ ; the chaplain had x stipend of 

 4 marks," and the chapel had an endowment of 

 1 oxgang of land. The church, which is now called 

 St. James's, was rebuilt in the time of Henry Mil and 

 again in 1780, after having fallen down." There 

 was no regularly founded chantry,*' but in 1548 the 

 names of two priests were recorded in the bishop's 

 visitation list, and the same in 1554 ; later there was 

 only one minister, the curate.** His fixed income 

 was £\ a year out of the rectory of Whalley." The 

 Commonwealth Church Survey of 1650 fails to give 

 any account of the income of Haslingden Chapel, 

 but in 1717 it had £17 %s. 7J/. a year, including 

 £11 10/. out of the rectory, v.irious fees anJ the 

 E.ister roll. There were six chapelw-irdens.** In 

 1719 George Hargreaves and others gave j^200 to 

 augment the endowment,'^ and with later increments 

 the net value is now /368." The vicars of 



Whalley formerly presented the curates, but about 

 1848 the Hulme Trusteci acquired the p.itronage. 

 The benefice is styled a vicarage."* 



In the 1 6th century the north chapel was acquired 

 by the Rawstornes of New H.iU in Tuttington. 

 The south chapel belonged to the HolJens of 

 Holden."* 'In i 857, during .ilterations, there were 

 found in a cavity under the floor of the church 

 where the altar anciently stood a skull and cross- 

 bones with traces of gilding upon them, and therefore 

 believed to be the relics of St. James, the patron 

 saint.''"* A large 'plague stone,' with two holes in 

 it, was found in the churchyard. The entries in 

 the registers begin about 1620, but arc only 

 fragmentary until 1653.''" 



The following is a list of incumbents "" : — 

 oc. 1539-71 Thomas Holden '"* 

 1597 John Butterworth l<" 

 1635 George Jackson '"'' 



1 640 Robert Dewhurst ''" 



1641 W. Waller >08 

 1650 Robert Gilbody i"9 

 1652 James Smith "" 



1658 John Kippax, M.A."' (Clare Coll., Camb.) 

 1680 John Duckworth, M.A."^ (St. John'^ 



Coll., Camb.) 

 1695 Thomas Fleming, M.A.'" 



—Slater 

 1704 John Steele *'* 



1706 John Stones, B.A.'" (St. John's Coll., 

 Camb.) 



Archibald Young "^ 

 I 716 Isaac Place, B.A. 

 1739 John Holmes, B.A."^ (Balliol Coll., Oxf.) 



'" Sec ihe En J. Char. Rip. 1 900, 



** Grcgson, Fragmenti [d. Harland), 



*> ff/ijl/fy Couch. (Chet. Soc), i, 206. 



9' Whitaker, fVhallcy, ii, 301. The 

 abbey received ^j izi. f)d. from the 

 chapel in 1^36; ibid. I, 116. About 

 that time the chapel is several times 

 mentioned as a place where penances 

 had to be done ; in one case the ' principal 

 image ' is named ; .-lit Bk. of ff-'halUy 

 (Chet. Soc), 25, &c. 



The churchwardens of Haslingden 

 were in 15^2 concerned in a plea 

 respectin;; an illegal sale of lands in th.- 

 place J Ducarui Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 259. 



9* A brief \^.is issued ordering 

 collections for it. 



^ Some particulars of the ornaments 

 and bells are given by Raines, Chantr:ei 

 (Chet. Soc.\ ;~4, 277. 



'< \'isit. Lists at Chester Dioc. Reg. 



*■ Hist. MSS. Com. Rip. liv, App. iv, 

 10. There is a reference to this stipend 

 in James's Iter Larc. (Chet. Soc), 10 ; 



* Chapels have no land 

 To cherish learned curates, though Sir 



John 

 Do preach for four pounds unto Has- 

 lingdon.' 



Archbishop Juxon is said to have added 

 £j loi. i Gastrell, Xor::ij Cestr. (Chet. 

 Soc), ii, 352. In other cases such an 

 increment is found to have been added 

 before the Civil War j perhaps Juxon 

 confirmed it. 



» Ibid. 



»" Ibid. 



»8 Mamh. Dice. Dir. 



« LonJ. Gaz. 3 Apr. 1866. 



'" Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 302 ; on the 



rebuilding the inhalitants bought out 

 these rights. '"' Ibid. 301 n. 



'•^^ For extracts from these and other 

 church books, see H. Stephenson, 

 Hailingder, Ch. (1878). 



*^ Some of the earlier names are from 

 Whitaker (op. cit. li, 303), who prefixes 

 John Blake and William Hackenstall, 

 141 1 ; Lawrence Halliwell, 1523-4; 

 John Holden, 1519. Henry Ramsbottom 

 and Christopher Jackson are styled 

 * chantry priests.* 



In 1523 the above Lawrence Halliwell 

 undertook to leave Haslingden Church 

 within three months ; Towneley MS. 

 DD, no. 824. 



From the Clitheroe Ct. Roll of 1550 

 (Accrington Halmote) it appears that 

 Henry Ramsbottom had the chantry lanili 

 allowed him for li'e. See note 126. 



^^ There is no reason to suppose that 

 he was a monk of Whalley, although in 

 1534 he had his title for ordination from 

 the abbey ; DD, no. 807. Holden was 

 then an acolyte. He was ordained sub- 

 deacon in 1535 by John Bishop of Sodor; 

 ibid, no 868. He was the son of Gilbert 

 Holden of Holden ; ibid. no. 826. 



Holden was still at Haslingden in i 571, 

 being certified by Archbishop Grindal as 

 lawfully admitted to the ministry, suffi- 

 ciently instructed and of good and honest 

 conversation ; ibid. no. 825. 



'**^ According to the registers he re- 

 mained at Haslingden till 1635, but 

 Whitaker inserts John Croston in 1607 

 and Thomas Mercer in 1625. Butter- 

 worth was certainly there about 16 10; 

 Hilt. AI.SS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 10. 

 In 1601 there was *no sermon' at Has- 

 lingden ; Visit. Returns. 



100 Note by Mr. Earwakcr, George 

 Jackson, 'preacher,' was at Haslingden 

 in 1622, and being found teaching with- 

 out a licence was suspended until he ob- 

 tained one ; Visit. Returns. 



'"' Earwaker. 



'08 Ibid. 



^^ He was under suspension in 1650 j 

 Commoniv. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Chcs.), 167, Early in the next year 

 an augmentation of /'50 out of the 

 sequestrations of Sir Thomas Tyldcslcy 

 was ordered for Gilbody's support ; Plund. 

 Mins, Accts. (Rec. Soc, Lanes, and Ches.), 



'» 97- 



"Mbid. no. 



11' Ibid, ii, 201. According to Calamy 

 Kippax was ejected in 1662 ; this seems 

 to be an error, though there may have 

 been a temporary suspension through lack 

 of episcopal ordination. He was ordained 

 priest in 1662, and in 1665 had license 

 to preach at Haslingden ; he appeared at 

 the bishop's \i8itation8 down to 1677, 

 and was curate of Church also from 1668. 



^^^ He was 'conformable* in 1689; 

 Hiit. MSS, Com, Rep. xiv, App. iv, 229. 



"* The Haslingden church papers at 

 Chester begin with his nomination. 



^^* He was nominated by the inhabit- 

 ants, with the approbation of the vicar 

 of Whalley. 



^'^ In 1710 he was appointed rector 

 of Coddington, and afterwards distin- 

 guished himself as a Chcahire antiquary ; 

 Ormerod, Chei. (ed. Hclsby"*, ii, 756. 



*l* Described as * formerly curate'; 

 Reg, 1716. 



^^' In the church is a monument to 

 his son John Holmes, D.U., rector of 

 Whitechapel J d. 1795. 



