Instituted 



31 Mar. 161 5 . 

 29 April, 1628 . 

 1643 . 



7 Aug. 1656 . 



4 Oct. 1662 \ 



29 Jan. 1662-3 ) 

 9 Mar. 1679-80 



12 April, 1692 . 

 21 Aug. 171 8 



26 Dec. 1727 

 10 Feb. 1780 

 17 Dec. 1800 



30 Oct. 1812. 



7 June, iP-- 

 9 Dec. 

 3 Jan. 



26 July 1850 



13 Sept. 1853 



8 Nov. 1870 

 5 Sept. 1884 



1813 



l8l8 

 1846 



WEST DERBY HUNDRED 



Name Patron 



Henry Ambrose, B.A.' Earl of Derby .... 



John Broxoppe, M.A.' .... Lord Strange .... 



William Dunn ' 



Nathaniel Heywood, M. A.* . . . Dowager countess of Derby 



John Ashworth, B.A.' „ 



ORMSKIRK 



Cause of Vacancy 



res. W. Knowles 

 d. H. Ambrose 

 d. J. Broxoppe 



Zachary Taylor, M.A." .... 

 Archippus Kippax, M.A.' .... 

 Christopher Gibson, B.A. ^ . . . 

 William Knowles, M.A.» .... 

 Randal Andrews, M.A.'° .... 



James Stanley, M.A." 



Geoffrey Hornby, LL.B. "... 

 Edw. Thos. Stanley Hornby, M.A." 

 Joshua Thomas Horton, M.A." . 

 Edw. Jas. Geoffrey Hornby, M.A." 

 William Edward Rawstorne, M.A.'" 



Joseph Bush, M.A." 



Richard Vincent Sheldon, M.A.'* . 

 John Edwin Woodrow'^ .... 



Earl of Derby 



depr. N. Heywood 



res. J. Ashworth 



res. Z. Taylor 



d. A. Kippax 



d. C. Gibson 



d. W. Knowles 



d. R. Andrews 



d. J. Stanley 



res. G. Hornby 



res. E. T. S. Hornby 



d. J. T. Horton 



res. E, J. G. Hornby 



res. W. E. Rawstorne 



d. J. Bush 



d. R. V. Sheldon 



It will be noticed that most of the pre-Reformation 

 vicars were canons of Burscough Priory. In 1366 

 the parishioners subscribed the stipend of a chaplain 

 to minister at the parish church at the altar of Our 

 Lady." In 1 541-2 besides the vicar and the three 

 regular chantry priests there were six others stationed 

 in the parish, one paid by the vicar ; two by Peter 

 Stanley of Bickerstaffe ; one by James Stanley of 

 Cross Hall ; and two by the earl of Derby. Some of 



these would be domestic chaplains, and others would 

 celebrate at the parish church." In 1554 there was 

 a nominal staff of eleven priests, including the vicar, 

 his curate, and three who had been chantry priests.^^ 

 At the visitations of 1563 and 1565 none of them 

 put in an appearance except the vicar ; his curate, 

 the only other name recorded, was Hugh Brekell.'* The 

 old staff of ten or eleven priests had quickly been 

 reduced to two. At the visitation of 1592 there 



^ Act books at Chester. He was buried 

 in tbe chancel 25 April, 1628. 



^ Act books at Chester. He seems to 

 have been Archdeacon of Man; Le Neve's 

 Fasti, iii, 329. Previously lecturer at 

 Huyton. A king's preacher. Buried in 

 the chancel 23 Dec. 1642. 



® Appointed in 1643, according to a 

 minute in the grammar school minute 

 book. Signed the ' Harmonious Con- 

 sent' of 1648. He was described as a 

 * painful preaching minister' in 1650, 

 and was transferred to Bromborough in 

 1657 ; Plund. Mins. Accn. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 195. 



* Brother of Oliver Heywood ; edu- 

 cated at Trinity College, Camb. ; expelled 

 in 1662, though he had welcomed the 

 Restoration. Afterwards licensed to 

 preach at Bickerstaffe (in Lady Stanley's 

 house) and Scarisbrick, but silenced. 

 Buried in the Bickerstaffe chapel in 

 Ormskirk church on 18 Dec. 1677. 

 Ancestor of Sir T. P. Heywood, bart. 

 See the account of him by James Dixon 

 in Tram, Hist. Soc. xxx, 159. Facsimile 

 of his presentation to Ormskirk in 

 O. Heytvoad^s Diaries, ii, 48. 



* For this and later institutions see 

 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Notes, i and ii ; 

 from the Inst. Books P.R.O. 



Ashworth was presented twice. Insti- 

 tuted by the archbishop of York on 

 29 Jan. 1662-3 > visit, books at Chester. 

 He was of St. John's College, Oxf. 

 B.A. 1649 ; Foster's Alumni Oxon, 

 Master of Great Crosby School, i6Sz-jy. 

 King's preacher. Being non-resident the 

 charge of the parish practically devolved 

 on the ejected vicar ; Nightingale's 

 Lanes. Nonconf. iv, 187. John Ashworth 

 was appointed master of Macclesfield 

 School at the end of 1676 ; afterwards 

 he became preacher in the parish 

 church. He was buried at Macclesfield 



in 1689 ; Earwaker, East Ches. ii, 521, 

 505, 506. 



^ Visit, and act books at Chester. 

 Described as 'conformable' in 1689; 

 Kenyan MSS. (Hist. MSS. Com.), p. 229. 

 He was afterwards rector of Croston. 



^ Of Clare College, Camb. ; M.A. 

 1685. Archdeacon of Man 1696-1700; 

 Le Neve's Fasti, iii, 330. Buried at 

 Ormskirk 6 May, 1718, and has a monu- 

 ment in the church. 



3 Act books at Chester. Educated at 

 St. John's College, Camb.; B.A. 1706. 

 See Admissions, St. ]ohrCs Coll. Camb. ii, 

 166. Was king's preacher. Buried at 

 Ormskirk 1 6 Aug. 1727. 



^ Visit, books at Chester. He had pre- 

 viously been curate. Educated at Camb. 

 (Sidney Sussex College) ; M.A. 1742. He 

 was a king's preacher, and a benefactor 

 to the church. Buried in the chancel 

 31 Dec. 1779. 



^^ Act books at Chester. Educated at 

 Worcester Coll. Oxf. ; M.A. 1776 ; 

 Foster's Alumni. Died 27 Nov. 1 800. 



^^ Act books at Chester. Probably the 

 James Stanley of Peterhouse, Camb. ; 

 M.A. 1 801. 



I'' Act books at Chester. Son of Geof- 

 frey Hornby, rector of Winwick. After- 

 wards became rector of Bury. 



^ Act books at Chester. Younger 

 brother of the previous vicar. Educated 

 at Oxf. (Fellow of All Souls) ; M.A. 

 1809; Foster'^ Alumni. 



^** Act books at Chester. Had leave of 

 absence in 1826 on appointment as 

 chaplain to H.M.S. Gloucester ; Misc. in 

 Dioc. Registry at Chester. Was of Trinity 

 Coll. Camb.; M.A. 1811. In 1830 

 he succeeded to the paternal estates at 

 Howroyde in Yorks. ; for pedigree see 

 Burke's Commoners, i, 283. 



^^ On the presentation by the earl of 

 Derby was endorsed a certificate by the 



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Eccles. Com. that the benefice was worth 

 jf 300 to ;^400 a year ; Act books at 

 Chester. Youngest son of Geoffrey 

 Hornby, formerly vicar of Ormskirk. 

 He was afterwards rector of Bury. 



^^ Afterwards vicar of Penwortham. 



'? Misc. in Dioc. Registry at Chester. 

 On the presentation was endorsed a cer- 

 tificate that the benefice was of less value 

 than ;^300 ; Act books at Chester. Had 

 been chaplain to the county asylum at 

 Rainhill. Of Wadham Coll. Oxf. ; M.A. 

 1853 ; Foster's Alumni. 



'8 Misc. in Chest. Dioc. Registry. 

 Previously incumbent of St. Matthias', 

 Liverpool, and of Hoylake. Educated at 

 Camb. (Queens' Coll.); M.A. 1864. 

 Honorary canon of Chester 1875; rural 

 dean, 1876. He began the restoration of 

 the church. 



^' Misc. in Chest. Dioc. Registry. For- 

 merly beneficed in the West Indies 

 (1871-80). 



2° Exchequer Lay Subs. 1332 (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 109— 121. 



21 Clergy List (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 16. The first four of the above 

 answered the call at the visitation of 

 1547 ; Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc), 

 103, quoting from the Visit, books at 

 Chest. For the plate and vestments of 

 the church remaining in 1552 see Church 

 Goods (Chet. Soc), 113. They included 

 ' a pair of organs bought of the king ' — i.e. 

 probably from Burscough. 



22 Visit, books at Chester. Of the old 

 clergy John Dolland was buried in the 

 church 30 July, 1558; Reg.; Gilbert 

 Shurlacres 21 Aug. 1558; Humphrey 

 Jackson 29 May, 1567. 



'^ Visit, books at Chester. Hugh Brekell 

 had been ordained by Bishop Scott in 1 5 5 8, 

 being made priest in Dec. ; Ordination Book 

 (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 103, 108, 

 115. 



