A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



to £z ; this remained the nominal value in I 341." 

 In 1535, however, the value of the tithes and obla- 

 tions was reckoned as £9 13/. n</. ; out of which 

 3/. was paid to the Arcndeacon of Richmond and 

 10/. was distributed to the poor on Maundy Thurs- 

 day according to ancient custom. 43 



An inventory of the church goods made in 1 446 

 shows that it was well furnished with books and 

 vestments. 54 



After the dissolution of the monastery it does not 

 clearly appear what provision was made for divine 

 worship," but the king as rector and then the 

 Holcrofts and their successors would pay a chaplain to 

 perform at least the minimum service. The stipend 

 also would be a minimum, and in 16 10 Lytham was 

 reported as ' an usurped impropriation ' (as it was 

 supposed) possessed by one Mr. Roger Ley, gentle- 

 man, dwelling in the parsonage-house ; the stipendiary 

 minister (was) a bare reader and careless. 46 In 1604 

 it was reported that the parish clerk could neither 

 read nor write." In 1650 the tithes were worth 

 £29 a year ; the patron and impropriator was 

 Thomas Clifton, ' a Papist and delinquent ' ; the 

 minister hai no allowance or salary, but £50 was 

 allowed by the Committee of Plundered Ministers." 

 In 1717 Bishop Gastrell found that £20 a year was 

 allowed to the curate by the lay rector, who nomi- 

 nated him ; and the surplice fees came to £z. There 

 were then neither schools nor charities. 1 * A grant 

 was afterwards obtained from Queen Anne's Bounty 

 and other endowments were given, 60 the vicar's income 

 now amounting to about £400." The trustees of 

 J. T. Clifton are patrons. 



The following have been curates and vi.ars : — 



oc. 1548-62 George Lorimer " 

 oc. 1610 Hugh Grimb.il n J 

 oc. 16 1 9 Peter Bullock" 

 oc. 1622 — Brown a 

 oc. 1639 Robert Brodbelt™ 



oc. 1646-54 William Armisteed" 



oc. 1 67 8- 1 70 1 James Threlfali" 



1 701 Josiab. Birchall a 



1 7 1 7 Timothy Pollard " 



1741 Asht n WerJen, M.A." (T.C.I)) 



1 743 Robert Willacy " 



1759 Thomas Place 



1760 John Gibson'* 



1 800 Robert Lister, B.A." 



1834 RL-harJ Barton RoMrwjn, M.A." 



(Queen's Coll., Oxf.) 



1870 Henry Beauchamp Hawkins, M.A." 



(Trinity Coll., Camb.) 



At the east end of the town St John's Church 

 was built in 1848-50 ; the Clifton trustees are 

 patrons. 77 At Fairhaven St. Paul's was built as a 

 chapel of ease to the parish church in 1904. St. 

 Anne's-on-the-Sea has taken its name from St. Annc'i 

 Church built in that part of the township in 

 1S72-3 7 '; Lady Drummond's trustees are parons. 

 There is a mission church of St. Thomas built in 

 1900 ; the present vicar of St. Anne's is the 

 patron, but Mr. J. T. Clifton will succeed after his 

 death. 



The Wesleyan Methodists opened a chapel in 

 1846; the present church succeeded it in 1868"; 

 they also have chapels at Fairhaven, 1 899, and 

 St. Anne's, 1892, with mission halls. The Strict 

 Baptists have long had a meeting-place 80 ; their 

 present chapel is at Pollux Gate, Fairhaven. There 

 are two more recent Baptist chapel3, at Ansdell and 

 St Anne's, 1884-6 ; the former was rebuilt in 

 1908. 



The Congregationalists opened their first church in 

 1862 81 ; they have now another at Fairhaven, 

 1903-4, and a third at St. Anne's, 1 894-6.*' At 

 the last-named place the Christian Brethren also have 

 a meeting-room. 



payment of id. to the c yn >d or to the 

 Jaoric of the mother church of York had 

 been refused in the time of Tiv mil the 

 elder (1070— I loo), formerly archbish- p. 

 The chrism pence were remilted by 

 Archbishop Thurstan ; Lytham D. at 

 Durham, 2 a, 4. ae, Fib >r. no. 6. 



M Ivj. Xiarum (Rec. Com.), 3-. The 

 reduction was accounted for by 201. 

 altarage and 201. loss by the destruaon 

 wrou:tu by the Scots. 



» /'jiV Eiv/. ut sup. 



H Lytham D. at Durham ; printed in 

 Hi : f Lytham (Chet. Soc), 29. 



45 Thomas Dannett by the lease of 

 1^39 was bound to provide an able and 

 honest priest to celc'mte divine service ; 

 Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 38. 



* Hist. MiS. C:t.. Rep. »t, App. iv, 9. 



i; Visit. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg. 



** Cc-r-rtnc. Ci, Sw-l: (ReC. Soc 



Lanes, and ChesA 1:6. An allowance 

 of £40, increased to £\0. was decreed in 

 164.6 out of the lav rector's sequestrated 

 tithes ; r.'iT./. .U. ;. Ac.:?, i, 40, 45. 



w y.-ti.-li Ccst: (Chet. So 



», +4 



There were two churchwardens. 



60 A board in the church stated that 

 the Countess Dowager Gower gave £1 ;o 

 in i~fs and Queen Anne's Bour:y 

 £100 ; this was invested in the purchase 

 of Ryheads in Goosnargh in l~o$. 



About ^t,:oo was given between 1S01 

 and 1S14. 



61 Mj-.ci. Dot. :>. 



61 Visit. Li<ts at Chester. Thomas 

 Primett, p'itsL, Kjrltham, in 1564 be- 

 queathed Lis velvet cap, £ ;., to Gcor, '.- 

 L' r:mer ; Richf.:id Wills (Surteel So;.;, 

 t 72. 



u From his presentment of recusants 

 in the Consistory Ct. papers, Chester. 



w V.sit. ; a:er«, Chester. 



•» Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Cl.c), 

 i, 69 ; Visit. Li'ts. 



w Ibid, i, 1 24 ; he was at Bnph^m in 

 i'>22; ibid. 69. The will of Kob-rt 

 Er-dbeltofBispham,cir:k, <.~4_, ■• pr.nted 

 in Fishwick's Bispham (Chet. Soc), 43. 

 He may have been a Royalist, as he does 

 r.ot appear during the Commonwealth 

 prrioi. 



s Plund. Mi'.s. Accts. i, 4", 141. He 

 had been curate and schoolmaster of 

 Kirkham ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.), i, 6 ; , 124. 



*■■ In the Visitation List of 1691 he is 

 stated to have been crda ; ned in 1663 ; he 

 may have been at Lytham the whole time. 

 He was the * minister* in 1678 when a 

 collect on of l_ 1 3s. %d. was made for the 

 rebuilding of Sl Pa-l's CnlhHral, :>.r 

 Thomas Clifton and Mr. James Threlfali 

 heading the list with ;j. each ; A', jii Q. 

 (Ser. ^, x, 164. He was * conformable ' 

 in 16S9 ; //::.-. .Uo.>. Com. Ret. xiv, App. 

 iT, 229. He bequeathed £z used I r the 

 school, the date being given as 1 "32. 



** In 1-0- the min strr did not wear 

 the surplice ; Visit, returns. 



70 Nominated by the University of 



218 



Cambridge. The vacancy was cau^e! by 

 the dc.Tth of the preceding incumbent ; 

 Chester Dioc. Reg. In 1725 the sacra- 

 ment was administered thrice a year. 



71 Nominated by Alex mder 0*'>aldeston 

 of Preston, who alto nominated the next 

 incumbent. Went to Biipham. 



'"Buried at Lytham, 1758; Ut t. <f 

 Lytham (Chet. Soc ), 61. 



In 1745 the holy sacrament was ad- 

 min ste red five lim'S a year ; V.vt. 

 returns. 



73 Nominated by Abigail Clayton of 

 Lark Hill, Blackburn, at widow and 

 ex?' utrix of Thorn 31 Clayton, executor 

 of Alexander Osbaldenoo, 



74 Nominated by John Clayton of 

 Little Harw od. 



lj He was nominated by Thomai 

 Clifton. He died in 1872 \ there ii a 

 memorial tablet in the church, subscribed 

 by parishioners. 



76 Hon. Cancn of Manchester, 1891. 



77 Porter, op. cit- 446. 



78 A district was assigned to it in 

 187- ; Z.W. Gas. 26 Oct. 



7 * Porter, op. cit. +45 



*' Ibid. 439 ; thcoririnal sma!l chapel, 

 h .Id n: about thirty worshippers, was 

 open- d about i8zo. 



1?1 Nightmza'c, Lanes. .\'on£.if. i, 

 106—9. 



" : In t .% is a mrmorial brass for W.J. 

 P -r -tt, who U regarJe- as tl»c founder ^\ 

 St. Anne's. 



