A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



D„j Name P»tron Came of Vtancj 



2 Aug. 1438 . Stephen Wilton, Deer. D.' . . . The King .... cons, of R. Gilbert 



4 Nov. 1 44 1 . William Booth • exch. with S. Wilton 



Vicars 



c 1448 . . . Ralph Duckworth, D.D.' .... 



6 1nlvi47i. . Richard Lincoln, S.T.B.*. . . . Thos. Cliff, by grant ol 



■" ' King's College . . res. R. Duckworth 



7 Aug. 1492 . Robert Hacomblene, D.D.' . . . King's College . . . 



f. 1509 ... Robert Noke, M. A.' 



14 Dec. 1529 . Simon Matthew, B.D.' .... King's College . . . 



15 April, 1 541 . Robert Brassey, D.D.« „ ... d. S. Matthew 



25 Dec 1558 . William Whitlock, D.D.' . ... „ ... d. R. Br.issey 



26 Dec. 1583 . Thomas Mead, M.A.'» .... „ ... d. W. Whitlock 



5 Dec. 1 61 6 . John Alden, B.D." „ . . . d. T. Mead 



21 Feb. 1642-3 . Richard Day, B.D." „ ... d. J. Alden 



June, 1650 . Edward Larking, M.A." .... „ ... d. R. Day 



^o ^,"^- '^A° ' ljoh° Withins, M.A." „ ... 



8 Nov. 1662 . J-' 



29 June, 1667 . Abraham Ball, M.A." „ ... d. J. Withins 



24 July, 1677 . Edward Goodall, M.A." . ... „ ... d. A. B.-1II 



18 July, 1690 . John Legge, M.A." „ ... res. E. Goodall 



18 Mar. 1691-2. Thomas Bryan, M.A." .... „ ... d. John Legge 



' Lich. Epis. Reg. ix, fol. 123A. He was is doubtful ; he entered King's College in Robert Dcvereux earl of Essex, this clearly 



prebendary of London and Lincoln, and 1 500, became prebendary of York and indicating his theological standpoint, 



archdeacon successively of Middlesex, Southwell, and died in 1529; Le Neve, "From this time the institutions have 



Salisbury, and Cleveland, dying in June, Fasti, iii, 167, 427. For his degrees see been taken from the Institution Books 



1457 ; Le Neve's Faiii, iii, 147, *c. Grace Book B. (Luard Mem.), i. He is P.R.O. as printed in Lanes, and Chis. 



' Lich. Epis. Reg. ii, fol. 125. The mentioned as having been rector in 1 521 in Artli(j. Notes, i, ii. Firstfruits were paid 



admission took place on 9 Nov. William a suit as to tithes ; Ci.Coi)</j, 1552, p. 81 21 Jan. 16 16-7. John Alden entered 



Booth was then canon of Salisbury ; he (quoting PiccopeMSS.). In 1523 Cardinal King's in 1592. He acted as justice of 



became rector of Leigh (q.v.) in 1445, Wolsey expressed a wish to have him as the peace in Lancashire. A decision was 



bishop of Lichfield in 1447, and arch- subdean of his chapel, but Bishop West, made by the bishop of Chester in 1619 



bishop of York in 1452. He died in in sending him, expressed a doubt as to concerning repairs, the election of church- 



1464; Le Neve's Fasti, i, 553, &c. In the suitability of the appointment ; L.and wardens, &c. as between the people of 



his will he left a manual and a missal to P. Hen. yill, iv, 10. Prescot and those of Farnworth j Kenyan 



Prescot ; Test. Ebor. ii, 266. " Lich. Epis. Reg. xiii-xiv, fol. 65A. No MSS. (Hist. MSS. Com.), 25. 



■The succession at this point is not reason is given for the vacancy. Simon ^^ Firstfruits paid 1 1 April, 1643. Day 



quite certain. Matthew went to King's Coll. in 1513, was admitted to King's College in 1622. 



One of the early episcopal acts of the held other benefices, and was prebendary His will was proved at Chester in 1650. 



last-named rector was to sanction the of St. Paul's; he appears to have taken ^^ Commonivealtb Ch. Surv, 71. He 



appropriation of Prescot to King's Col- an active part in the Anglican Reforma- was son of John Larking, prebendary of 



lege and to ordain a vicarage there. The tion of Henry VIII's time, and some of Rochester ; admitted to King's ColL, 



first vicar, Dr. Ralph Duckworth, who his sermons have been printed ; Cooper, becoming fellow ; M.A. 1647 i described 



may have also been the last rector, stayed Athenae Cantab, i, 78, 533. as ' a very troublesome man in this col- 



for twenty years or more, and from ' Lich. Epis. Reg. xiii-xiv, fol. 38A. A lege in the year 1 650 ' j became rector of 



several notices in the registers it appears Robert Brassey was vicar of Friston in Dunton in 1653, and of Limpsfield in 



that he frequently or usually resided. In Sussex in 1534 ; f^a/or Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 1655 ; author of Speculum Patrum, 1659. 



1453 he was associated with Archdeacon i, 341. For Prescot firstfruits were paid From the records of King's Coll. ; also 



Stanley and others in an inquiry con- 13 April, 1541; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. Ca/. o/'S.P. Z)ow. 1660-1, p. 165. 



cerning various defaults in Burscough (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), li, 407. " Educated at King's Coll, entering 



Priory; in 1457 and 1459 he inquired Though he retained his benefice through in 1639. He was presented 'on the 



concerning frays in Wlgan and Lowe the reign of Edward VI he appears to death of R. Day,' Larking not having 



churchyards ; in 1459 also taking part in have adhered to the ancient order and was been instituted. He married Day's 



an inquire- as to the condition of Walton made provost of King's in 1556. He widow; Dugdale, yisitat, (Chet. Soc), 



church ; Lich. Epis. Reg. xi, fol. 50, 91* ; retained this benefice ; and in 1554 was 223. On his conforming in 1662 a new 



xii, fol. 124/', 125. resident, for he was invited to take part presentation seems to have been required ; 



< Ibid, xii, fol. 106. He was a fellow in the discussions with George Marsh at probably he had not been episcopally 



of King's Coll. Cam. See Grace Book A. Lathom House ; Foxe, Acts and Monu- ordained. 



(Luard Mem.), p. 52, 77. For his 'cau- menti (ed. Cattley), vii, 42. He was of " Entered King's Coll. 1650. 



tion' he deposited a volume of Chrysostom. King's Coll.; B.A. 1530; D.D. 1557. "Entered King's Coll. in 1661 and 



' From this time there is a list of the He died a week before Queen Mary, on became fellow; M.A. 1670. In the time 



vicars printed by Greg8on(Fr<7^tntt, 174, 10 Nov. 1558, and was buried in the of James II he was received into com- 



175) from one said to have been compiled College Chapel, where there is a brass. munion with the Roman Church, but 



by Mr. Here, probably the vicar in 1700. See Cooper, Athena Cantab, i, 182. retained his benefice until 1690, when 



It has been compared with the books » Act books at Chester. Dr. Whitlock he resigned it. His subsequent career is 



at King's College. For biographical was also beneficed elsewhere, and was unknown. His delay in resigning caused 



notices of the later vicars see Baines, prebendary of Lichfield 1561 to 1583; great indignation, and 51. 81/. was paid to 



L^nci. (ed. Croston), v, 6. Assistance has Le Neve, Fasti, i, 594. He entered the ringers when the news came that he 



been given to the editors by the Rev. F. G. King's ColL in 1537 ; B.A. 1542 ; B.D. was 'quite outed.' He was the subject 



Paterson, MJ^, lately curate of the parish, 1553. Though he became an adherent of a controversial tract by Thomas 



in the general history of the township, and of the new system in religion he appears Marsden, vicar of Walton ; Gillow, BiU. 



more especially in compiling the accounts to have had antiquarian tastes, and pub- Diet, of Engl. Cath. ii, 523. 



of the vicars. lished books on the history of Lichfield ; W Educated at King's ColL; M.A. 1 683. 



Robert Hacomblene in 1509 became Cooper, ^fi«« CanraA. i, 485 ; Diet. Nat. He resided at Prescot during his short 



provost of King's, which he had entered in Biog. tenure of the benefice. 



1462. He died in 1528, and was buried " Educated at King's CoU. and be- " Of King's ColL ; M.A. 1685 ; fellow, 



in the CoUege Chapel. Cooper, Athenae came vice-provost. Firstfruits paid 1 7 He resided at Prescot during his first year, 



C^^-Jah.^U\ptct.^at.Btog. Jan. 1583-4. He was chaplain to Henry but not afterwards, Christopher Marsden 



Robert Nokc s tenure of the vicarage Sunley earl of Derby, and afterwards to of Farnworth being left in charge. 



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