A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Instituted Name Presented by Oiuie of Vacancy 



6 Nov. 1565. . William Wrightington M .... John Fleetwood . . . d. R. Cropper 



9 Sept. ,'573. • Richard Greenhall - l^feeLrf T^T. } 4 W " **"*•*•» 



, „ ..... fi7 (Edward Fleetwood 



11 Tan. 1 5^z-3 • Peter White 67 \ , x/ ..,. .>„„_ 



J -> J { William 1 arson . 



16 Jan. 1644-5 • Robert Frecldeton M John Browne .... 



oc. 1650 . . . Peter White 69 



oc 1653 . . . Thomas Rigbv, M.A. 70 .... 



1 Aug. 1662 . George Shaw 71 Bishop of Chester . . 



6 Oct. 1674 . Richard Harrison, B.A. 72 .... Richard Fleetwood . . d. G. Shaw 



6 Aug. 1 7 14 . Timothy Hall, B.A. 73 Edward Fleetwood . . d. R. Harrison 



4 July 1726 . Robert Loxham, M.A. 74 .... „ . . d. T. Hall 



28 Nov. 1770 . Thomas Turner, B.A. 75 .... Frances Hesketh . . . d. R. Loxham 



28 Dec. 1 8 10 . Nathaniel Hinde, M.A. 76 . . . . Bold Fleetwood Hesketh d. T. Turner 



13 July 1828 . Charles Hesketh, M.A. 77 .... Peter Hesketh. . . . res. N. Hindc 



6 Oct. 1835 . John Hull, M.A. 78 Rev. C. Hesketh . . . res. C. Hesketh 



21 Jun; 1864 . Thomas Clark, M.A. 79 „ . . . res. J. Hull 



Mar. 1869 . William Richardson, M.A.* 1 . . - - . . d. T. Clark 



10 June IS S9 . Thomas Hill Guest, M.A. 81 . . . Mrs. Hesketh . . . d. W. Richardson 



7 Apr. 1907 . John Young, M.A.* 2 C. H. Fleetwood-Hesketh res. T. H. Guest 



The list of clergy contains nothing of note except vicar ; one of them would serve Bispham/' In 1554 



the long incumbency of Peter White, nearly seventy there were the vicar and an assistant at Poulton and 



years except for a very brief interval. Before the another at Bispham, but in 1562 the vicar and the 



Reformation there was no endowed chantry, 83 and curate at Bispham were the only clergy recorded, 



those at Staining and Carleton, of which there is early This probably continued to be the regular staff till 



mention, were probably not permanent. The \ isita- recent times, the building of Marton Chapel, about 



tion List of 1548 shows four clergy in addition to the 1750, leading the way to further changes. 



*** Thia and later institutions are from 

 the church papers in the Diocesan 

 Registry at Chester. Many of the par- 

 ticulars concerning these incumbents hare 

 been derived from Fishw^k, op. cit. 71— 

 8-, where biographies will be found. 



John Fleetwood presented by virtue of 

 a grant from Thomas Fleetwood ; Kuerdcn 

 MSS. ii, fol. 267. WiLiam Wrightingt >n 

 by his will 1575 made his brother John 

 his executor ; ibid. His family had land 

 in Shevington, Sec. 



06 The patrons were Bridget Fleetwood 

 of the Vaci.e, widow, and William Fleet- 

 wood hrr ton. 



67 Act bk. at Chester, 1579-1676, fol. 

 9A This vicar's name appears constantly 

 in (be registers until about 1631. lie 

 was a ' preacher,' but not resident in 

 1 590 ; S.P. Dom. Eliz. xxxi, no. 47. He 

 was then or soon became a Puritan, tor in 

 1604 it was rcf orte 1 that he did not wear 

 the surplice nor use the sign of the cross 

 in bapt.sm. There was only one com- 

 munion in the yr.ir, and the chancel of 

 the church had iVilien down ; Visit. Papers 

 at Chester Dioc. Reg. In 1610 the rep> r; 

 of him was 'a preacher but ncv.r 

 preacheth'; lint. M.S. Com. Reft, xiv, 

 App. iv, 8. 



c " His institution and later ones are 

 recorded in th~* Institution Books, P.R.O., 

 and printed in Lanci. and Ch<s. Antij. 

 .Y;.*rj, i, 9;, Sec Freckleton was son-in- 

 law of Peter White and had charge of 

 Bispham. He was in Chester when the 

 city was taken by the Pariiammtary 

 forces (Feb. 164^-6), and had his goods 

 sequestered ior his 'delinquency.* He 

 was pro tempore placed in charge of Back- 

 urd and received an augmentation from 

 the Committee of Plundered Mi listers ; 

 Co~.~.:-.-~. Ck. Swt: 2iSi Plund. Mint. 

 Aces, i, ;:+-i 1. It is reasonable to sup- 

 pose that he was appointed to Po .Iton as 

 a relief to the vicar, not to supersede him. 



** In 1650 the vicar was 'Mr, P-.-tcr 

 White, formerly an able and painful 



minister, but now very aged and infirm. 

 The cure was supplied by Mr. John 

 Brerch y, who had no allowance ; the 

 parishioner* desired he might have allow- 

 ance and encouragement * ; Commomu. Ch. 



i>U'X. I CI. 



70 Educated at St. John's CI!., Camb.; 

 M.A. 1638, Fellow 1639; Mayor, 

 Admissions, i, 5 \ Baker, Hist, of St. John'i 

 (ed. M.>v r), 1, 29$. He was a son of 

 Alex an cr R . :y of Bi:reh and Lay ton, a 

 Cavalier. Tnomai Right, who occurs at 

 Bri ughton-in-Furness in 1650-1, was 

 vicar before \ v. i6'i,when a ton of his 

 was baptize 1 at Poulton. In 1660 it was 

 agTeed that an additional sum of £30 

 should be paid to a 'godly and painful 

 minister ' at Poulton, approved by the 

 committi-, and it was next ordered that 

 it be paid to Thomas Rigby j Vlund. Mini. 

 Ann. ii, ^i6. Soon after the Ris'oration 

 he went to Ireland and acquired bene- 

 fices and prebend there. For pedigree 

 see DugJale, 1'iut. (Chet. Soc), 244. 



'"' An entry in the registers states that 

 'Mr. Gcorrc Shaw was presented vicar 

 and took quiet possession according to a 

 legal form the 16th day of December, 

 1661/ The presentation and institution 

 by the bishop in 1662 show there wa« 

 some defect in his title to Poulton. 



He was of Cockerham, son of Robert 

 Shaw, clerk ; and after two years at 

 Queen's ColL, Oxf., was admitted to St. 

 John's ColL, Camb., in July 1658 ; 

 Mayor, Admissions, i, 137. He married 

 a daughter of Sir Paul Fleetwood, and 

 sister of the then patron. 



77 Educated at Brasenose ColL, Oxf. ; 

 B.A. 166S j Foster, Alumni. He was 

 * conformable * in 1689 ; Hist. MSS. Com. 

 Re*, xiv, App. i .', 230. He enlarged the 

 vie a rage -ho use. For pedigree see Misc. 

 Gen. et Her. iv, 118. 



73 Educated at Brasenose ColL, Oxf. ; 

 B.A. 1703 ; Foster, op. ciL He adminis- 

 tered the holy sacrament seven t.mes in 

 the year at least ; Visit. Ret. 1725. 



224 



u Educated at Trinity Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 17155 Foster, op. cit. He was 

 rector of Workington 1724-6. In 1749 

 he obtained another benefice, being pre- 

 sented to Poulton a second time. 



7A The actual nominators were Richard 

 Wilbraham Bootlc of Lathom, Thomas 

 Hunt and Robert Moss; with the con- 

 sent of Frances Hesketh, widow. 



Thomas Turner, described as formerly 

 curate of Bradford, was educated at St. 

 John's Coll., Camb., which he entered in 

 1743 j R. F. Scott, Admnuonty iii, 109, 



538. 



'This vicar purchased the living, then 

 worth £75 per annum, for the sum of 

 ,£200 ' j Thornbcr, Blackpool, 288. His 

 funeral is said to have been the last con- 

 ducted at night by tnrJilight ; on such 

 occasions each householder illuminated 

 his windows with candles ; ibid. 294. 



h - Educated at St. Mary Hall, Oxf. He 

 w.s vicar of Shifnal 181 1-3 1, and rector 

 of rCingswinford 18 14. 



77 Educated atTrin. Coll , Oxf. ; M.A. 

 1830. He was also incumbent of limp- 

 ham. In 183$ he became rector of North 

 Meols (q.v.). 



7H Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ; 

 M.A. 1826. Hon. Canon of Manchester 

 1852. Presented to the rectory of Eagles- 

 cliffe, Durham, 1864. 



78 Educated at Queens' Coll., Camb. ; 

 M.A. 182^. Incumbent of Christ Church, 

 Pr ston, 1 fc 34-64. 



^ M.A- by Archbishop of Canterbury, 

 1859. He was rector ot St. John's, Miles 

 Platting, 1852-69. 



"*> Educated at Christ's Coll., Camb. i 

 M.A. 1865. Rector of St. Mark's, 

 Hume, 1871-89. 



* Educated at Christ's ColL, Camb. ; 

 M.A. 1904. 



93 A Thornton chantry is mentioned in 

 the 1 ^th century ; Lanci. In^.p.m. (Chet. 

 Soc. n ;i, 25. 



w These details are from the Vis.L 

 Lists in Chester Dioc Reg. 



