A HISTORV OF LANCASHIRE 



the new chaj-eh remained in the same, as ch.ipcl. of 

 ease. St. Mary's," giving a name to NEfrCHLRCH 

 in Pendlc, was built in Goldshaw Booh, in a central 

 pj>itoi, before 1529." One of the lirst curates, 

 named William Seller,^' was unsatisfactory, and in 

 1535 it was reported that he did not attend to hear 

 confessions.'* In the following year he was sus- 

 pended," and in 1537 Thomas Hird was chaplain.'" 

 In 154.4 ^^^ Bishop of Chester gave sentence of 

 consecration, apportioning the oblations, &c., to the 

 service of the curate and forbidding the chaplain of 

 the castle to officiate there.'' In 1551 an agreement 

 ^^as made for the maintenance of a priest at the new 

 church in Pendle.'" Little is known of its history, 

 and it is probable that the curates frequently changed." 

 About 1610, however, it was reported to be 'well 

 affected,' one Mr. Nutter being the minister." 

 Nothing is said as to his maintenance, and there 

 appears to have been no endowment, for in 1650 

 the minister, Edward Lappage, ' an able divine,' had 

 no maintenance but £-}g a year from the committee 

 of the county.'^ The allowance would cease at the 

 Restoration,*' and in 1717 the certified income was 

 only £1 Ms., but there were subbcriptions of about 

 j^i3." In 1722 (Sir) N.ith.iniel Curzon gave £100 

 for an endowment, and the patronage was assigned 

 to him** ; after descending in his family for about a 

 century it \\as sold, and the Hulme Trustees now 

 present to the vicarage.' The net income is given 



The following have been incumbents" ; — 

 1 702 John Young 



1S48 Thomas Morton Gosling, M.A. (Brascn<>'e 



Coll., Oxf) 

 1865 Nicholas Medland Germon, M.A. (Brascnose 



Coll., Oxf) 

 1S70 James Holt Horrox, M.A. (Br.isenosc Coll., 



Oxf) 

 1905 Stephen Peachcy Duval, M.A. (Brascnoic 



Coll , Oxf) 

 1908 George Charles Fletcher, M.A. (BraiCnosc 



Coll., Oxf) 



In 1 68 1 a conventicle was reported at the house 

 of George Hargrcaves in ' Pendle,' and fines of 5/. 

 on eich of those present were imposed." 



The Weslcy.an Methodists have a chapel at 

 Harpers, built in 1824. 



At an official inquiry in 1899 it 

 CHARITIES was stated that there were no endow- 

 ments for the poor, though there 

 were small sums available for schools, £\6 9/. Sd, 

 yearly in all. The report was issued in 1900. 



BARLEY WITH WHEATLEY BOOTH 



Barelegh, i 324. 



This township embraces three older divisions, and 

 has .1 total area of 2,625 'icres of hill country.' Barley 

 Booth, to the west, has 1,396 acres; while to the 

 en^t and north Whcatlcy Booth, which includes the 

 ancient Haw' or Hay Bo(,th and Whithalgh (repre- 

 sented by White Hough), contains 1,229 acres. On 

 the west side is the highest point of Pendlc, rising 

 abruptly at Pendle End to 1,830 ft." ; on the east is 

 Stank Top, attaining 1,060 ft. ; down the valley be- 

 tween them flows Black Moss Water from its source 

 near Firbar House on the Yorkshire border. In the 

 southern end of the valley, about 700 ft. above sea 

 le\cl, are the hamlets of Barley and Barley (jrecn. 

 Near them the stream is joined by another 

 flowing cast do\\n Ogden Clough, and combined as 

 White Hough Water or Roughlee Water they go cast- 

 ward towards Barrowford. North of Stank Top the 



" .-Jcr Bk. of WhalUy (Chet. Soc.}, 

 158 ; failing heirs, certain lands were to 

 be devoted to tlic maintenance of the new 

 chapel of IJ. Mary in Pendle. See also 

 Clitheroe Ct. R. 17 (at Clitheroc Castle). 



■** Ibid. 122 ; the chaplain's name is 

 given as Ceorge Peyke. He does not 

 occur again unless this is a mistake for 

 John Spckc, who was there in 153OJ 

 ibid. 129. 



8* Ibid. 141 5 took the oath of obedi- 

 ence I 5 52. 



36 Ibi-1 176. 



■^" Ibid. 18:;. 



■^' ISid. 196. 



^^ Whitaker, IfhalUx^ 1, 299. This 

 was perhaps a second chnpel \ see note in 

 Gastrell, Notitia Cistr. (Chet. Soc), it, 

 3^S. Ornaments, &c., confiscated in 

 1 548- 5 2 are named in Raines' Chantries 

 (Chet. Soc), 269, 277. 



*° Note by Townelev. 



*' In 1562 Giles Parker was curate, 

 in 1563 and t$t^ James EUIs ^ Visit. 

 Lists at Chester. Canon Raines adds 

 Nicholas Rishton 156"' and Thomas 

 Varley 1569 ; Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), 

 xxii, 58. 



" Hist. MSS. Com. R.p. xiv, App. iv, 

 10. The minister is doubtless the Chris- 

 tr.phcr *Nuttall' named in the visitation 

 hst of 159-. Wills werij proved before 



him from i^QO to 1617; in the latter 

 year as * rural dean of Blackburn.' In 

 1614 no curate'g name is given, but in 

 1622 Mr. Nowell (?Nutta]l} was * lec- 

 turer' at Pendle ; Misc. (R'.-c. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 68. Jolm Ilorrocks waa 

 curate in 16405 note by Mr. Earwaker. 



^•* Common-w. Ch. Sur%\ (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 168. Jonas Brown 

 had been minister in 1646, Lappage suc- 

 ceeding in 164S; Whitaker, op. cit. i, 

 221-2. 



^' The chapel was void in 1665; 

 Robert Hartley was there in 1671, Paul 

 Bareston in 1674 and — Ellis in 1695 ; 

 Visit. Lists. 



*■' Gastrell, op. ct. ii, 339. T),cre 

 were four wardens. J. Glasbrook was 

 curate in 1720. 



*'' Ibid. 



^' The benefice was declared a vicarage 

 in 1868 ; Lond. Gaz. 14 J'Jir. 



■*' Manch. Dioc. Dir. 



*^ From the church papers at Chester 

 Dioc Reg. The curates in 1 702 and 

 1721 were nominated by the vicir of 

 Whalley ; the later ones by the Cur/on?, 

 &c. 



■^' Administration to the effects of 

 Thomas Ellis, clerk, of Pendle, v/as 

 granted in 1718. 



" The church papers contain the fol- 



lowing letter from J. Lancaster of Wad- 

 dington : *The bearer Mr. John Anderton 

 was my parishioner born and was sent by 

 his father (a gentleman of good family and 

 honest reputation but of the Romish 

 persuasion) to a monastery beyond sea in 

 order to be a priest, where he remained 

 till he had obtained the order of priest- 

 hood as I have re-ison to believe. But it 

 pleasing God to give him a true sight of 

 the errors of the Romish church he made 

 his escape from thence and returned to 

 this parish about twelve months ago, and 

 by his sober pious behaviour and constant 

 communion with the Church of England, 

 ever since hath evidenced himself to be a 

 true convert.' Anderton was curate of 

 Altham (q.v.) from 1730 till his death 

 in 1742. 



*^ Curate of Harwood. 



^'Archdeacon of Manchester r843; 

 afterwards rector of Prc^twich and vicar 

 of Blrickburn. 



^ Clitheroe Ct. R. 



^ The Census Rep. 1901 gives 2,629 

 acres, including 3 of inland water. 



^ This name has disappeared. 



^ Camden in his Britannia records a 

 traditional but inaccurate rhyme : 



Ingleborow, Pendle and Pcnigcnt 



Arc the highest hills between Scotland 

 and Trent. 



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