A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



the tithes." The same benefices were returned at the 

 rc.iu ed rates in i 34. 1- 3 * In 1555 the value of the 

 rectory was estimated at £ 1 00 a year," and that of 

 the vicarage at £2 1 u." The rectorial tithes were 

 usually let on lease. 36 In 1650 the vicar received 

 £80 a year !rom tithes and other dues as well as £50 

 augmentat'on from the Committee of Plundered 

 M nisten. 37 About 171 7 the income was given as 

 only £6o, arising from the small tithes, Easter dues, 



and surplice fees; there was an old house with a 

 customary acre of glebe belonging to it. 3 " The 

 value of the small tithes advanced rapidly in the 

 latter part of the 1 8th and the beginning of the 

 19th century, being £1,600 in 1835." The vuar'i 

 income is now returned as £4.00. w The Dean and 

 Chapter of Christ Church have recently given the 

 rectorial tithes of the present reduced ecclesiastical 

 parish of Kirkham to the vicar. 41 



The following have been incumbents : — 



Rectors 



Instituted Name 



c. 1 1 70 . . . Adam the Dean " — 



c. 1 2 1 1 . . . Walter de Grey n The King 



4 July 12 13 . Simon le Blund*' „ 



c. 1225 . . Richard" — 



1256 . . . William de York* 6 The King 



29 Jan. 1246-7 . Aymer de Valence* 7 



c. 1 25 1 . . . Artaud de Sancto Romano*^ ... ,, 



c. 1258 . . . Henry de Wingham iJ „ 



Patron 



Cause of Vacancy 



w Pope Nick. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 309 j 

 the Penwortham share was estimated at 

 £2 and that of Lancaster at £\ 61. %d. 

 The former priory received z\i. 4../. in 

 ■ 53$ ; i'jJor EccL (Rec. Com.), v, 23 }. 



11 Inq. Noiarum (Rec. Com.;, 37. The 

 tithei of corn, Ac, were thus valued in 

 the several townships : Clifton, £\ 61.; 

 Newton, £2 ej. 8./.; Freckleion, £-i u.; 

 W-ifMn, £2 $i. 8J.; lining, £2 71. %d.\ 

 Rilby, £2 14J. \d.\ Westby, £2 2J. 4/.; 

 \\Vei.>n tJ £z 71. Si/.; Singleton, £1 14;. \i.\ 

 H amble ton, £2 6s. ; Larbrcck, £2 \js. SV.; 

 Thistleton, £2 qj, ; Wesham, £1 171. ^d.\ 

 Trealea, £} 14J. ±d.\ Kirkham, £2 u,\ 

 Goosnargh, £6 131. +.d, ; Whittingham, 

 £t 61. 8*/.; NV-sham, £\ 6;. %J. The 

 difference between the old and new 

 taxations was accounted for by the omis- 

 sion of the tithe of hay, & :., about 

 10 marks a year, small tithe*, obljton^, 

 &c, pertain ng to the altarage 20 m-rks 

 and the glebe of tie church 10 marks ; 

 but the main deficiency was due to t'ie 

 destruction and war of the Sots, via. 

 £80 a year. 



** t'a.or Eed. (Rec Com.), v, — c, (mis- 

 printed 1001.). In 15+0 the fann of the 

 tithei of Kirkham produced £ f t+, those 

 of Ccosnarph £'*) *)*■♦ and the manse 

 £% lOi. ; Dugda.r, Mm. ring/, v, 711. 



w I'dor Eul. (Rec. Com.', v, 263. 

 The manse was valued at u M tithes of 

 wool and lambs £j f of hay, small tithes 

 and Easter roll £14. 91. \d. The church 

 dues paid by the vicar amounted to 

 91. 4.4 



K Fishwlck, op. cit- 36 ; Com^.z-.-u-. 

 CM. Sun-. (Rec. Soc Lanes, and Ches.), 

 1 5 ;-+. The family of Clifton of Westby 

 an: L-'th-im have usually been lessees of 

 all or part. 



*M;ii. M+-5 5 ^'W. Mi*'* Acctt. 

 (Rec Soc Lanes, and Ches.), 9, 96. 



** Gastrell, Nititia Cestr. (Chet. Soc), 

 :i, 4 '4- There were four churchwarden; 

 chosen by the Ticar and thirty men, viz. 

 one yearly out of Treaies or Weeton, one 

 out of Ciifton-with Saiw'ck, one out of 

 Westby with Plumptons and the other 

 out of the remaininj township. 



39 Baines, Lanes, lei. 1836;, iv, 385. 

 <° Mj*.;h. Dioc. Dir. 

 41 Information of the Dean of Christ 

 Church, Oxf. 



43 He is called ' de Kirkham' and was 

 pro'rably rector of the church and Dean of 

 Am. jedernrss ; Fairer, op. cit. ;S, 4iy, 



366. He was concerned in the plea of 

 1 1 94 regarding the advowson already 

 mentioned. A charter of about the same 

 date was attested by Adam the Dean, 

 William de Kirkham and other ecclesi- 

 astics, whir another was attested by Simon 

 and Wi;liam chaplains of Kirkham living 

 while Richard was rector there j Cocker- 

 unJ Lhartul. (ChcL Soc), i, 3;c, 332. 

 See also the a^o^nt in Turks. Arch. 

 Journ. xxi, 59. 



43 Chancellor of England 120^ 14, 

 Bishop of W- reciter 1214, Archbishop of 

 Y-rk 121^-5^ ; Diet. Nat. Biog. Kirk- 

 ham was one of the benefices given him by 

 King J "hn, who had the right of presen- 

 tation bv reason of the minority of the 

 heir of Theobald Walter; Dods. MSS. 

 ci i, fol. $8 ; Curia Regis R. 204, m. 20, 

 11 R;r. Lit. Pat. (Rec O.m.j, 102 ; 

 Simon Biund or B undel was nephew ol 

 the Archbishop of Di.t i.n. The king rrc- 

 in ted t • two-thirds only of the rectory, 

 which he held (as above) on account of 

 the wardship of the son and heir of 

 Theobald Waiter ; Land. Inq. and hxtrnti i 

 i, 1:0. Henry At Loundres was Arch- 

 bishop of Dublin 1212-28; Out. A jr.. 

 Biog. 



*■* Richard rector of Kirkham occurs 

 early in the time of Henry III ; for 

 truE.ir.ce, he attested a charter in con- 

 junction with Adam de Ycaland, ' then 

 sherl't," i.e. 1228-31; Lytham D. at 

 Durham, 1 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 40. 

 See also Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc), ii, 

 4<l9 ; Lane. CM. (Chet. Soc), ii, 429 ; 

 Kuerden MS), ii, foL 197. It is thus 

 evident that he resided at Kirkham, but 

 he was only a 'clerk' and had several 

 children, one of whom, Master Wi.l.am 

 de Kirkham, also a clerk, seems to have 

 been a man of standing in the district ; 

 Lytham D. 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 26 ; 

 Cocker said Chartul. (Chet. Soc), i, 217, 

 &c Another son, Jorian, had land in 

 Goosnargh and Grecnhalgh ; ibid, i, 240. 

 It should be noticed that in one deed 

 Richard is called corrector of Kirkham ; 

 during the tenure of Simon le Biund he 

 held the other third part of the rectory, 

 and probably succeeded to the whole on 

 Simon's death ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. ^/, 

 no. 27. Among the Lytham Priory 

 charters at Durham is one attested by 

 Simon Blund, rector of Kirkham, and 

 Richard, rector of Kirkham j Misc Chart. 



res. W. dc (ircy 



r77- 



.... res. W. dc York 



. . res. A. dc Valence 

 d. A. de S. Romano 



49 CaL r.it. 1232-47, p. ic6. In the 

 February following the king notified that 

 he had given the advowson of the church 

 of Kirkham (as p.nrt of the possessions of 

 the heir of Theobald le Botelcr) to Richard 

 Earl of Poitou and Cornwall, guardian of 

 the heir j ibid. 175. Richard, king of the 

 Germans, according to the later pleadings 

 confirmed the presentation of William de 

 York j Curia Regis R. 24, m. 20. 

 William was a prominent public official, 

 one of the three custodians of the realm 

 in 1242 and Bishop of Salisbury 1246-56 ; 

 Diet. Nut. Biog, He was provost of 

 Beverley in 1240, when the rectory of 

 Kirkham was said to be worth 240 marks 

 a year ; Assize R, 404, m. 22. 



47 CaL Pat. 1232-47, p. 496 ; he is 

 here called son of the Count dc la Msrchc, 

 and elsewhere the king's brother, for 

 Isabel, widow of Kinj: John, marrir-l 

 Hufih Count of La Man.hr. He became 

 1 ! i shop of Winchester in 1250-! and died 

 1260 j Diet. A'dt. Biog. Aymer is named 

 as rector in 1248 ; Close, 62, m. 10 d. 



In a charter of about 124^-65 there 

 occur among the witnesses * Robert anc 

 Roger, chaplains of the church of Kirk- 

 ham ' ; Ltham D. at Durham, l a, 2 ae, 

 4 ae, Ebor. no. 54. 



4H In the long statement regarding the 

 advowson in 1277 it is recited that King 

 John (as above) presented Walter de Grey 

 and Simon le Blund, and that the latter 

 died rector in the time of Henry III ; 

 also that Henry III presented William de 

 York (cause of vacancy not state !), Aymer 

 de la Marche, Artaud de Sancto Romano 

 (who died rector), Henry de Wingham 

 and Henry de Gaunt ; De Banco R. 21, 

 m. 16 d., 95. These presentations had 

 been made by reason of minorities, eicejt 

 the last, when the king presented by 

 reason of regality, the rector having been 

 elected to the bishopric of London. 



Artaud de Sancto Romano was pre- 

 sented to Shalford in 1241 j CaL Pat. 

 1232-47, p. 268. He is often named in 

 the Patent Roll?, Ac, being an officer of 

 the Wardrobe. He seems to hare die ! 

 about 1257; Excerpta t Rot. Em. (Rec. 

 Com.), ii, 252, 326. 



48 CaL Pat. 1 247-5 K P- 624- Henry 

 de Wingham or Wrngham was also a 

 public official : kecfer of the Great Seal 

 ,2< ?5 - 9* Bishop of London 1259 62; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. He was also rector o) 

 l'c ton 125O-62. 



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