Instituted 

 27 Nov. 1339 . 



— (July), 136+ • 



3 Nov. 1376 . 

 19 May, 1378 . 

 31 Aug. 1404 . 

 oc, 1416—24 . . 

 oc. 1427 . . 

 10 Feb. 1432-3 . 

 27 Oct. 1433 . 

 30 May, 1462 . 

 12 July, 1485 . 

 27 March, 1489. 

 15 Oct. 1509 



17 Jan. 1535-6 . 

 2 Sept. 1557 . 

 29 Oct. 1564 



4 Feb. 1567-8. 

 17 July, 1602 . 



— — 1633 . 



WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



Name Patron 



John de Massey ' Ric. de Molyneux . . 



Mr. Jordan de Holme " . . . . Duke of Lancaster . . . 



William deOke» „ . . . 



Simon de Melburn * „ ... 



Roger Hawkshaw ' Mr. Ric. de Winwick, &c. 



JohnTotty* 



Richard de Haydock ' 



Nicholas de Haydock « . . . . Will, de Heth, &c. . . 



Richard del Kar» „ . . . 



John Molyneux, M.A. '».... Rob. Molyneux, &c. . . 



Henry Molyneux, M.A. "... James Stanley, &c. . . 



James Molyneux " Ric. Molyneux, &c. . . 



Edward Molyneux " Will. Molyneux . . . 



Anthony Molyneux, D.D. "... Sir W. Molyneux . . . 



Robert Ballard " Sir R. Molyneux . . . 



John Finch '" „ . . . 



John Nutter, B.D." „ . . . 



Gregory Turner, M.A. " . . . . „ . . . 



Thomas Legh, D.D." 



SEFTON 



Cause of Vacancy 



d. Gilbert 



exchange 



d. Jordan de Holme 



res. W. de Oke 



d. of S. de Melburn 



d. R. de Haydock 

 d. N. de Haydock 

 d. R. Kar 

 d. J. Molyneux 

 d. H. Molyneux 

 d. J. Molyneux 

 d. E. Molyneux 

 d. last rector 

 d. R. Ballard 

 d. J. Finch 

 d. J. Nutter 

 d. G. Turner 



1 Lich. Epis. Reg. ii, fol. 1134. He 

 was described as * clerk.* He probably 

 belonged to the family of Massey of Sale, 

 and seems to have been rector of a mediety 

 of Lymm also j Ormerod, CAes. (ed, 

 Helsby), i, 593 ; see also Dep. Keeper^! Rep* 

 xixvi, App. 328, &c, 



^ Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), iii, 799. 

 Jordan de Holme had been appointed to 

 Stockport in the previous January, and 

 his successor, John de Massey, held it till 

 his death in 1376. He had also been 

 rector of Ashton-on-Mersey, which he 

 resigned at the same time as Stockport, 

 in favour of another John de Massey of 

 Sale (ibid, i, 561), who was ordained 

 priest in June 1365 ; Lichfield Epis. Reg. v, 

 fol. goi. He was a canon of St. John's, 

 Chester ; Ormerod, Cbes. i, 309. Jordan 

 died 14 Oct. 1376 ; he had leave to ab- 

 sent himself for one year in Sept. 1364, 

 and for two years in Sept. 1369, and to 

 let his church to farm ; Lichfield Epis. 

 Reg. V, fol. 9, 22. 



8 Ibid, iv, fol. 88. John of Gaunt pre- 

 sented, as guardian of Richard, heir of 

 Sir William de Molyneux, deceased. Oke 

 was in minor orders only. 



* Ibid, iv, fol. 89. He was probably of 

 illegitimate birth, requiring a dispensation ; 

 he was made subdeacon in Sept. 1378, 

 deacon in the following Dec, and re- 

 ceived letters dimissory for the priesthood 

 in Feb. 1378-9 ; ibid, vii, foL I22i ; v, 

 foL Iigi, 120A, 32 ; also vii, fol. 174 for 

 an ordinance as to Sefton. In April 

 1392, he had leave of absence, 'in locis 

 honestis,' for a year, and in. Feb. 1393-4 

 a similar leave, ' provided the cure be not 

 neglected and the rectory buildings be 

 duly constructed' ; ibid, vi, foL 128, 131. 



* Ibid, vii, foL 92. The patrons were 

 Master Richard Winwick, canon of Lin- 

 coln, James de Langton, Roger Winter, 

 and John Totty, as feoffees of Richard de 

 Molyneux, who died in 1397 i Lanes. Inq. 

 p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 70. Roger Hawk- 

 shaw was ' cousin ' of Richard Winwick ; 

 dying 2 Feb. 1414-15, he was buried in 

 Lincoln Cathedral, where there used to 

 be a memorial brass ; Peck, Desiderata 

 Curiosa, bk. viii, 24. 



^ John Totty, mentioned in the last 

 note, had long been a chaplain at Sefton ; 

 he is named as rector in 1416, and again 

 in 1424 ; Norris D. (B.M.), n. 600, to 

 which his seal is appended ; and Blundell 

 of Crosby D. K. 28. 



7 Richard de Haydock, rector of Sefton, 

 was the feoffee of Robert de Parr in 1427 j 

 Ct. of Wards and Liveries, box 13 A, n. 

 FD14. 



8 Lichfield Epis. Reg. ix, fol. 121. 

 The patrons were William de Heth, rec- 

 tor of Grappenhall, Richard de Balders- 

 ton, and Thomas de Urswick. 



^ Ibid, ix, fol. 122. He had been 

 vicar of Huyton. 



^'^ Ibid, xii, fol. looi. The patrons 

 were Robert Molyneux, esquire, and 

 Richard Law, priest, feoffees of Sir 

 Richard Molyneux, deceased. In 147 1 

 John Molyneux became rector of Walton 

 also, and prebendary of Lichfield ten years 

 later ; Le Neve, Fasti. He founded a 

 chantry at Walton. Simon Hewison of 

 Litherland, who died in 1465, by his will 

 desired to be buried in the cemetery of 

 St. Helen's, Sefton ; from the inventory 

 of his goods it appears that he owed 

 2s. to St. Mary of the church of Sef- 

 ton (See. Marie ecclesie de Sefton) ; 

 Moore D. n. 703. This may refer to 

 the altar of Our Lady of Pity, at which 

 the Bulkeley chantry was afterwards 

 founded. 



11 Lich. Reg. xii, fol. 119*. The patrons 

 — James Stanley, clerk, Sir Christopher 

 Southworth, Richard Clifton, and Reynold 

 Dyo, clerk — had a grant from Sir Thomas 

 Molyneux of Sefton, deceased. There 

 was a dispute as to the right, Henry 

 Molyneux and Robert Mercer being pre- 

 sented ; they appeared before the bishop 

 at Eccleshall in July, and he decided 

 in favour of Henry's claim ; Robert 

 Mercer, however, was to be paid j^i2, 

 and have £7 yearly for seven years, 

 and he was to pray for the souls of 

 Sir Thomas Molyneux and the late 

 rector; ibid. fol. 157. A Henry Moly- 

 neux, canon of Exeter, made his will 

 4 March, 1489-90, and it was proved 

 6 July, 1 49 1 ; Gisborne Molineux, 

 Molyneux Family, 126. Another Henry 

 Molyneux, priest, founded a chantry at 

 Halsall. 



12 Lich. Epis. Reg. xii, fol. 122A. The 

 patrons were Richard Molyneux, the son 

 and heir of Sir Thomas, a minor, Richard 

 Clifton, esquire, and Reynold Dyo, priest. 

 James Molyneux had been rector of 

 Grafton, Notts, in 1484 ; Cal. of Pat. 



1476-85, p. 445- ....,, ^ „ 



18 Lich. Epis. Reg. xni-xiv, fol. 56. He 

 was also rector of Ashton-under-Lyne and 



63 



Walton and prebendary of Salisbury ; he 

 founded the Molyneux chantry at Sefton. 

 He was the youngest son of Sir Thomas 

 Molyneux, and apparently his mother's 

 favourite ; a large part of his time was 

 given to lawsuits. 



^^ Ibid. 35. He was also rector of 

 Walton. He built or restored the revestry 

 and chancel. He was a younger son of 

 Thomas Molyneux of Hawton, and edu- 

 cated at Oxford ; the garden wall of Mag- 

 dalen College is said to have been built by 

 him. His will is printed by Piccope — 

 Wills (Chet. Soc), ii, 263 ; in it he men- 

 tions his books of divinity, and the ser- 

 mons, both Latin and English, written 

 in his own hand ; he would have * no 

 month's mind ' — meaning probably the 

 feasting then customary. For his Ox- 

 ford career see Car3e and Gordon, Sef- 

 ton, 65, &c. He is said to have built 

 schools by the church ; these were 

 turned into cottages and later demolished ; 

 ibid. 54.. 



^5 Act Books at Chest. ; Raines MSS. 

 (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 36, He refused to appear 

 at the visit, of 1559 } Gee, Elizabethan 

 Clergy. ^ 



ifi Paid first-fruits 23 Nov. 1564 ; Lanes, 

 and Ches. Recs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 4.09, from which volume other 

 references to these payments are taken. 

 He had been vicar of Walton. 



17 Paid first-fruits 21 Feb. 1567-8. 

 He was also rector of Aughton, 1577, and 

 of Bebington, 1579; ibid, ii, 409. He 

 had appointments in Chest, Cath., of 

 which he became dean in 1589. He 

 died at Sefton, suddenly. After his death 

 there were disputes as to his property 

 as it was supposed that he had hidden 

 his money ; ibid, ii, 336. Anthony 

 Nutter of Goldshaw Booths in 1602 gave 

 Sir R. Molyneux a receipt for ;^4o, his 

 share (and his wife's) of the dean's pro- 

 perty ; Croxteth D. See also Ches. 

 Sheaf (ser. 3), v. 95. He seems to have 

 been curate of Eccles in 1563 ; ibid, i, 



34- 



18 Act books at Chest. He paid first- 

 fruits 15 Oct. 1602. Previously school- 

 master at Wigan ; Bridgeman, Wigan 

 (Chet. Soc), 235. He it was who for 

 some years refused to allow ' popish re- 

 cusants ' to be buried at Sefton ; see the 

 account of Little Crosby. 



13 Paid first-fruits 11 Nov. 1633. He 

 was also rector of Walton, 



