A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



In 1553 Queen Mary leased the rectory of Huyton 

 to Sir Urian Brereton for twenty-one years ; and in 

 1568 Queen Elizabeth demised it to Lawrence 

 Mynter, for thirty-one years after the expiry of the 

 preceding lease, at a rent of jfzi 3^ 11 a". The 

 rectory was in 1602 sold for £<)^^ 19/. zJ. to 

 Edward Cason and Richard Barrell, to be held at 

 the same rent. Three years later, the grantees trans- 

 ferred it to Edward Torbock, junior (afterwards Sir 

 Edward), for ^^1,380 ; the rent oi £zi 3/. iii/. was 

 to be paid ' at the audit to be holden in the honour 

 and fee of Halton.' The rectory, like the manor of 

 Tarbock, came into the possession of Sir Richard 

 Molyneux. The latter's descendants have since sold 

 various portions of the rectory ' — the advowson and 

 the tithes of all the townships except Tarbock — to 

 the earls of Derby and the Seels ; the earl of Sefton 

 is still the rector of Huyton, being responsible for the 

 due repair of the chancel, and has the tithes of 

 Tarbock.' The earl of Derby presents to the 

 vicarage. 



The Commonwealth sur\cyors in 1650 reported 

 that the tithes were worth £1^0 per annum ; of this 

 /80 was paid to Mr. Bell. The vicarage was worth 

 j^io, and the profits were in the hands of Mr. 

 Starkje.' Bishop Gastrell about 1 720 found the 

 value of the vicarage to be £\z, including the house 

 and tithes ; there was also £^ a year for a charity 

 sermon.' In 1778 the value was about £6^, includ- 

 ing the modus in lieu of tithes, £^2, the vicarage 

 house and ' fourteen young lime trees in the church- 

 yard.' ' The value is now given as £600. 



Copyhold land in Deysbrook Lane, West Derb)', is 

 held by the churchwardens of the parish church in 

 trust for the repair of the building." 



Of the earlier clergy of Huyton the names of two 

 only have been preserved — Ernald, who was chaplain 

 in 1 191,' and Richard son of Robert (formerly rector 

 of Walton), who was rector about 1228, probably the 

 ' Richard rector of Huyton ' occurring a little later 

 than this, and the Richard de Walton rector in 

 1254.' 



The following is 

 Institution 

 oc. 1291 . . . 



I 2 March, 1308-9 



25 Jan. 1338-9 . 

 23 Sept. 1349 . 



15 April, 1378 

 oc. I 381-2 

 oc. 1394 . . 

 oc. 1 4 1 8 . 

 27 Oct. 1433. 

 5 Feb. 1454-5 

 20 May, 1 46 1 

 7 Sept. 1473 . 

 oc. 1488 . . 



— Dec. 1495 



^ May, 1517. 



— 1558 . . 



a list of the vicars : — 



Name 



Henry' 



Thurstan de Wigan 



Adam de Ashton '° Burscough 



Adam de Ruycroft " 



William de Donington " . . . . Burscough 



William Bryde 



Simon le Walsschs " Burscough 



Robert de Breton '* 



John de Fomeby " Burscough 



John Layot '" 



Thomas del Ryding " 



Richard de Kar " (or Baxter) . . . 



Robert Laithwayte " Burscough 



John Lathom '" 



Ralph Langley" Burscough 



Thomas Reynold, LL.B. "... 



John Tyrell " 



John Haydock" Burscough 



Roger Mason " „ 



James Smith 



Patron 



Priory 



Cause of Vacancy 



d. of Th. de Wigan 



^ There appears to have been a tem- 

 porary alienation of the rectory about 

 1660, for the carl of Southampton pre- 

 sented in 1663, and about 1670 Charles 

 earl of Maryborough paid the crown a 

 rent of ^21 oj. yJ. for the rectory of 

 Huyton ; Pat. 22 Chas. II, pt. 2 (ist R.). 



^ Croxteth D. Z. ii, 2, 3 ; iv, 1 1 ; &c 



' CommoTJtv, Cb. Surf. (Rec. Soc 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 71. A petition from 

 the inhabitants of Huyton about the 

 beginning of 1649 complained that Lord 

 Molyneux had as yet, under compulsion, 

 made no 'settlement' of the recton- of 

 Huyton, and that Mr. Bell, * a learned 

 and painful divine, being appointed by the 

 Parliament vicar there,' had not above 

 £zo per annum to maintain him ; and 

 the parish being very great, consisting of 

 about 1,000 persons, so it could not be 

 expected that any good painful man would 

 continue long to officiate the said cure 

 upon so small an allowance ; Rc\a!i:t 

 Corr.p. Pap, (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Che=.^, 

 iv, 154. 



"* Aodfia CestT. (Chet. Soc), ii, I-"/. 



^ Terrier preserved in the church. The 

 church furniture consisted of the com- 

 munion table with cloth covering, a linen 



cloth and napkin ; two surplices, a Bible 

 and two Prayer Books, and Book of 

 Homilies. The plate, all of silver and 

 kept in an oak chest, consisted of a flagon, 

 a chalice (given by Captain John Case, of 

 the Red Hazels, in 1695), two plates 

 (given by Dorothy Case), a paten and a 

 salver j there were also four bells, three 

 biers, and two hearse cloths ; three old 

 registers and two new ones. 



^ The earliest entry in the West Derby 

 Court Rolls is dated 1476, and mentions 

 Ralph Knoll of Knowsley, deceased, as 

 the benefactor. In 1829 the land was 

 let at a rent of ^16, and in 1900 at ^^13, 

 out of which 2j. 6d. was allowed to the 

 tenant for bringing the money to Huyton. 

 No manorial payments have been made 

 nor any of the incidents of copyhold 

 tenure observed within living memory ; 

 End. Char, Rep, [Huyton)^ 1900. 



7 Burscough Reg. fol. 68i, 69. 



s Ibid. fol. 6<^b i Tram. Hist. Soc. xxxii, 

 188; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 116; Pipe Roll, 39 Hen. IH, 

 oblata. 



^ He had a son Adam ; K.uerden MSS. 

 ii, fol. 270, n. 68, 73, 139. 



10 Lich. Epis. Reg. i, fol. 56*. 



^^ Adam dc Ruycroft appears as early 

 as 1 3 15 in one of the Incc-Blundell 

 cliarters. It is possible he is the same as 

 Adam dc Ashton. 



" Lich. Epis. Reg. ii, fol. 113. 



" Ibid, ii, fol. 124. He was there in 

 1369 (?) ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 231. 



"Vicar in 1367 (?) ; ibid. fol. 270. 

 One of the dates must be wrong. 



" Lich. Epis. Reg. iv, fol. 89A ; he was 

 a priest. 



"Ibid. V, foL I26A,- a notice of his 

 ordination. See the account of Hale. 



'? Occurs in various charters from 

 1394-1407. He was previously chaplain 

 at Huyton ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 270, &c. 



" Towneley MS. in Chet. Lib. C. 8, 

 20. He was in 1433 promoted to Sefton. 



" Lich. Epis. Reg. \x, foL 122 ; he was 

 priest. 



a'Ibid.ii, loA, II. 



'' Ibid, xii, 99. He was a canon ot 

 Burscough, and had an augmentation of 

 his stipend as vicar; see Dep. Kec/ir'i 

 Rcf>. ixxvi, App. 200. 



^ Lich. Epis. Reg. xii, fol. 107A. 



■■" Kuerden MSS. iii, T. 2, n. 2. 



'^ Lich. Epis. Reg. jtiii, fol. 158*. 



^ Ibid, xiii-xiv, fol. 59^. 



